THE WEEK IN CHESS 394 27th May 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Sarajevo
International
3) Julian Borowski Tournament
4) FIDE Moscow Grand Prix
5) More
Prague
6) Russian Team Championships
7) NAO Chess Club 2nd IM tournament
8) Vedior
Trophy
9) Lithuanian Championships
10) Tanta Open
11) Final Coupe de
France
12) Czech Championships in Ostrava
13) 3rd European Individual Women's Championships
14) Koneru Close to Record
15) Andbanc
Blitz
16) V Vila Real de Santo Antonio
17) Turkish Junior Championships
18) Open
du Parc Paris
19) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Sarajevo International 30 games
Julian Borowski Tournament 21 games
NAO Chess Club tournament 10 games
Vedior Trophy 42 games
Lithuanian Championships 66 games
Tanta Open 220 games
Final Coupe de France 4 games
Czech Championships in Ostrava 66 games
Ostrava Open 277 games
Andbanc Blitz 14 games
V Vila Real de Santo Antonio 35 games
Turkish Junior Championships 66 games
Open du Parc Paris 3 games
836 games
My thanks to Aard Daanen, Laszlo Nagy, Vladimir Talla, Eugeny Atarov,
David Llada, Hassan Khaled, Aydin Saray, Yasser Seirawan, Shamsul Arefin
Shaikh, Lanfranco Bombelli and all those who helped with this issue.
The Julian Borowski saw Vadim Zvjaginsev score a fantastic result which
should propel him up the rankings and hopefully more invitations. This week
will see the conclusion of the Sarajevo International and the start of the FIDE
Moscow Grand Prix. The main story is the participation of Kasparov, the first
product of the agreement in Prague. Yasser Seirawan gives his personal account
of the Prague negotiations. Its clear the key power brokers regarded Kasparov's
participation as essential to make it work, hence Kasparov in spite of losing
his title to Kramnik ended up level in status with the two champions Ponomariov
and Kramnik. The unification of the title is essential for chess to even think
about halting the decline of publicity in recent years, I don't like the
details but if it were to fall apart now it would be a disaster. Half the top
20 players in the World have signed a letter about certain aspects of the deal.
If these and more top 20 players can come to an agreement as to what is in
their best interests and speak with a single voice then they have a chance to
be heard.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 32nd traditional Bosnian tournament takes place in Sarajevo,
Bosnia-Herzegovina 21st-31st May 2002. The event is Category 16 (2628).
Daily Internet coverage by the Sah BIH Portal
http://www.sah.co.ba
Round 1 (May 22, 2002)
Movsesian, Sergei - Smirin, Ilia 1-0 39 B35 Sicilian Defence
Georgiev, Kiril - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 58 E63 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Dizdarevic, Emir - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 24 A11 Reti Opening
Kozul, Zdenko - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 26 D27 QGA
Kurajica, Bojan - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 31 C44 Scotch Gambit
Round 2 (May 23, 2002)
Smirin, Ilia - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 92 C05 French Tarrasch
Movsesian, Sergei - Kozul, Zdenko 1-0 39 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Shirov, Alexei - Kurajica, Bojan 1-0 34 B28 Sicilian Early a7-a6
Sokolov, Ivan - Dizdarevic, Emir 1-0 42 A41 Modern Defence
Dreev, Alexey - Georgiev, Kiril 1/2 20 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 3 (May 24, 2002)
Georgiev, Kiril - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 45 D11 Slav Defence
Radjabov, Teimour - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 28 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Dizdarevic, Emir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 41 A07 Barcza System
Kozul, Zdenko - Smirin, Ilia 0-1 63 D90 Gruenfeld Flohr
Kurajica, Bojan - Movsesian, Sergei 0-1 32 A11 Reti Opening
Round 4 (May 25, 2002)
Smirin, Ilia - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 17 C42 Petroff's Defence
Movsesian, Sergei - Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2 60 C41 Philidor's Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Georgiev, Kiril 1/2 20 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Sokolov, Ivan - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 49 E61 King's Indian Defence
Kozul, Zdenko - Kurajica, Bojan 0-1 52 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Round 5 (May 26, 2002)
Georgiev, Kiril - Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 48 D11 Slav Defence
Dreev, Alexey - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 63 D51 Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Radjabov, Teimour - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 31 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Dizdarevic, Emir - Kozul, Zdenko 0-1 35 A25 English Sicilian Attack
Kurajica, Bojan - Smirin, Ilia 0-1 50 A26 English Sicilian Attack
Round 6 (May 27, 2002)
Smirin, Ilia - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 69 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Movsesian, Sergei - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 26 C02 French Advance
Shirov, Alexei - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 39 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Kozul, Zdenko - Georgiev, Kiril 1/2 54 E05 Catalan
Kurajica, Bojan - Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2 13 D13 Slav Exchange
Bosnia GM Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 22-30 v 2002 cat. XVI (2628)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2685 * 0 . . 1 = = . 1 1 4.0 2743
2 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2624 1 * . 0 . . = = 1 1 4.0 2729
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2704 . . * = . 1 = = = 1 4.0 2727
4 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2654 . 1 = * = = = . = . 3.5 2699
5 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2647 0 . . = * 0 1 1 . 1 3.5 2674
6 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2677 = . 0 = 1 * = = . . 3.0 2637
7 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2610 = = = = 0 = * . . . 2.5 2608
8 Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2526 . = = . 0 = . * 0 = 2.0 2508
9 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2595 0 0 = = . . . 1 * 0 2.0 2499
10 Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2555 0 0 0 . 0 . . = 1 * 1.5 2437
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The Category 16 Julian Borowski tournament took place in Essen 16th-25th
May 2002. The event was won by Vadim Zvjaginsev who scored a 2900+ performance
in scoring 7.5/9 and taking clear first. Peter Leko came second with one of his
best results in some time, 7/9 would have been enough to win most events.
Victor Korchnoi had a lively tournament drawing only one game, a draw he agreed
in a winning position!
Internet coverage: http://www.chessgate.de
Round 6 (May 22, 2002)
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 31 D32 Tarrasch Defence
Leko, Peter - Krasenkow, Michal 1-0 41 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Fridman, Daniel - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 25 E08 Catalan
Korchnoi, Viktor - Luther, Thomas 1/2 20 E04 Catalan
Dautov, Rustem - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 28 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 7 (May 23, 2002)
Lutz, Christopher - Dautov, Rustem 1-0 49 B19 Caro Kann
Krasenkow, Michal - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 53 D38 QGD Ragozin
Jussupow, Artur - Leko, Peter 1/2 26 D93 Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Fridman, Daniel 1/2 27 C42 Petroff's Defence
Luther, Thomas - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 0-1 63 B27 Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Round 8 (May 24, 2002)
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Krasenkow, Michal 1-0 40 A84 Dutch
Leko, Peter - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 86 C81 Ruy Lopez Open Keres Variation
Lutz, Christopher - Luther, Thomas 1/2 49 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Korchnoi, Viktor - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 36 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Dautov, Rustem - Fridman, Daniel 1/2 54 D12 Slav Defence
Round 9 (May 25, 2002)
Krasenkow, Michal - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 31 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian System
Fridman, Daniel - Leko, Peter 1/2 22 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Jussupow, Artur - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 26 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 34 C11 French Defence
Luther, Thomas - Dautov, Rustem 1/2 28 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
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4th Borowski GM Essen GER (GER), 16-25 v 2002 cat. XVI (2634)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2645 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2905
2. Leko, Peter g HUN 2707 = * 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2845
3. Lutz, Christopher g GER 2644 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2712
4. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2641 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 = 1 5.5 2712
5. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2571 0 = = = * = = 0 = = 3.5 2560
6. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2618 = = 0 0 = * = 0 1 = 3.5 2555
7. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2674 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 = = 3.5 2549
8. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 * = 1 3.5 2553
9. Luther, Thomas g GER 2566 0 0 = = = 0 = = * = 3.0 2516
10. Dautov, Rustem g GER 2636 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 = * 2.5 2467
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The FIDE Moscow Grand Prix takes place 1st-6th June 2002. Garry
Kasparov and Ruslan Ponomariov are the top two players participating.
Coverage: http://www.fide.com
Players list:
Kasparov, Garry RUS g 2838
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR g 2743
Bareev, Evgeny RUS g 2724
Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR g 2711
Grischuk, Alexander RUS g 2702
Khalifman, Alexander RUS g 2698
Svidler, Peter RUS g 2688
Smirin, Ilya ISR g 2685
Akopian, Vladimir ARM g 2678
Dreev, Alexey RUS g 2677
Polgar, Judit HUN g 2677
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab GEO g 2676
Lautier, Joel FRA g 2675
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB g 2674
Vaganian, Rafael A. ARM g 2664
Beliavsky, Alexander SLO g 2661
Sutovsky, Emil ISR g 2660
Rublevsky, Sergey RUS g 2657
Georgiev, Kiril MKD g 2654
Bacrot, Etienne FRA g 2653
Nikolic, Predrag BIH g 2653
Bologan, Victor MDA g 2652
Gurevich, Mikhail BEL g 2641
Onischuk, Alexander USA g 2641
Sasikiran, Krishnan IND g 2633
Seirawan, Yasser USA g 2631
Motylev, Alexander RUS g 2622
Radjabov, Tejmour AZE g 2610
Ehlvest, Jaan EST g 2588
Ghaem, Ehsam Maghami IRI g 2519
Half the top 20 players in the World have signed a letter about Prague.
Their main points are about missing players in the current setup who will have
"no opportunity to take part in the World Championship until 2005" and worries
that the "that the Grandmasters' Committee has not been established yet".
Signatories are World Number 3 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2752, 7 Bareev, Evgeny
RUS 2724, 8 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2718, 11 Leko, Peter HUN 2707, 12 Shirov,
Alexei ESP 2704, 13 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2702, 14 Khalifman, Alexander RUS
2698, 16 Svidler, Peter RUS 2688, 17 Smirin, Ilia ISR 2685, 18 Akopian,
Vladimir ARM 2678, 23 Lautier, Joel FRA 2675, 24 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2674,
29 Sutovsky, Emil ISR 2660, 31 Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2657, 33 Georgiev, Kiril
BUL 2654, 37 Bologan, Viktor MDA 2652, 39 Sakaev, Konstantin RUS 2649, 41
Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 2645, 42 Lutz, Christopher GER 2644, 50 Dautov, Rustem
GER 2636, 71 Jussupow, Artur GER 2618 and 87 Glek, Igor V GER 2605.
Grandmasters’ open letter to FIDE
We, leading Grandmasters of the world, realize the undeniable
significance and importance of a possible reunification of the chess world.
However, we have to express our concern about the reunification plan that has
just been presented in Prague. If implemented in the current form, sports
principles would then be violated, as most of the top chess professionals will
have no opportunity to take part in the World Championship until 2005. FIDE
declared that rights and interests of all chessplayers will be taken into
consideration, but it is completely unclear how (and whether at all) this will
be done in practice.
We hope that all parties will have enough goodwill and common sense to
resolve the unjustice. We understand that the situation is complicated, but at
the same time, we are sure that there are better ways of reunification than the
one which has been considered in Prague.
We also express our concern about the fact that the Grandmasters'
Committee has not been established yet, though such a body could become the
media of expression for chessplayers in issues that are directly related to
their professional interests. We hope that such a Committee will be created in
the nearest future. It should be delegated all rights necessary for its
activities, meaning that it will not become an amorphous structure and that the
election of its members should be held on a democratic basis, through a vote by
the leading chessplayers of the world. It is very important that its members
would be respectful, competent and fair-minded professionals. Only in such
circumstances will it really be useful for the chess world.
We think that this letter is one step further towards true
reunification and we hope that our voice will be heard and are looking forward
to a constructive reply.
27.05.2002
Vladimir Akopian
Viswanathan Anand
Evgeny Bareev
Viorel
Bologan
Rustem Dautov
Kiril Georgiev
Igor Glek
Alexander
Grischuk
Artur Jussupow
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Alexander Khalifman
Joel Lautier
Peter Leko
Christofer Lutz
Alexander Morozevich
Sergey Rublevsky
Konstantin Sakaev
Alexey Shirov
Ilya Smirin
Emil Sutovsky
Peter Svidler
Vadim Zvjaginsev
Contact address for the letter letter@gmchess.com
Yasser Seirawan on Prague
Yasser Seirawan has produced a huge document giving his personal
account of the events leading up to the Prague agreement. Too large to put in
this magazine you can read it on the TWIC site. Links:
Part 1 and Part
2. Part 3 including detailed annex of future
proposals for cycles. One point to emerge is that neither Ponomariov or
Kasparov will not get draw odds in their match.
Eugeny Atarov reports on the Russian Team Championships which took place
in Ekaterinburg 17th-26th May 2002. Sixteen teams in two subgroups of eight
produced three winners from each group who played in the final for the title of
the champion of Russia, and a place in the European Club Championships. Ladia
Kazan won the event, more details to follow.
Internet coverage: http://www.joeblack.ru/
Final Standings:
1st "Ladia" Kazan 7 pts
2nd "Norilsky nikel" 7 pts
3rd "Lentransgaz" St.Petersburg 5 pts
4rd "Tomsk-400" 4 pts
5rd "Gazovik" Tumen 4 pts
6th "Universitet" Majkop 3 pts
The NAO Chess Club 2nd IM tournament took place in Paris 13th-21st May
2002. IM Cyril Marcelin won the event with 6.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com
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2nd NAO Masters Paris FRA (FRA), 13-21 v 2002 cat. V (2352)
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1. Marcelin, Cyril m FRA 2452 * = 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2506
2. Guidarelli, Laurent f FRA 2366 = * 1 = = 1 1 = 0 1 6.0 2475
3. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2440 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2467
4. Bonnet, Edouard1 FRA 2194 0 = 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 1 5.0 2412
5. Habu, Yoshiharu JPN 2342 1 = = 0 * = 0 0 1 1 4.5 2352
6. Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2423 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 = 4.5 2343
7. Lupu, Mircea-Sergiu g FRA 2470 1 0 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 0 4.0 2295
8. Midoux, Sebastien FRA 2288 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 * 1 = 4.0 2315
9. Serafimov, Tervel BUL 2284 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 2.5 2193
10. Marchand, Francois f FRA 2259 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 2.0 2142
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The "Vedior Trophy" in Milan was a Cat I Tournament taking place May
16th-26th 2002. FM Llambi Qendro of Albania won the event with 8/11. Sponsor
Vedior and Bugnion. 12 players. Valenti defaulted his last three games, Van
Hoolandt the final game.
Details: http://www.italiascacchistica.com
and http://italiascacchistica.com/vedior/
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Vedior Trophy Milan ITA (ITA), 16-26 v 2002 cat. I (2270)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Qendro, Llambi f ALB 2331 * 1 = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 8.0 2439
2. Drazic, Sinisa g YUG 2474 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = = 7.5 2384
3. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2338 = = * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2397
4. Geenen, Marc f BEL 2332 = 0 = * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2366
5. Isonzo, Davide f ITA 2360 0 = = = * = = 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2327
6. Astengo, Corrado ITA 2180 = = 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2314
7. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2362 = 0 = = = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2298
8. Di Fonzo, Valerio ITA 2208 0 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 1 1 5.5 2276
9. Bertazzo, Giorgio SUI 2139 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 = * = 1 = 5.0 2246
10. Van Hoolandt, Patrick MNC 2157 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 3.0 2105
11. Valenti, Giuseppe ITA 2268 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1 2.5 2059
12. Straub, Peter GER 2096 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 1977
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The Lithuanian Championships took place in Vilnius May 17th-25th 2002.
The favourite Eduardas Rozentalis won with 8/11.
Coverage:
http://www.chess.lt/lithuania/lit/htm/2002_vyru_finalo_dalyviai.htm
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ch-LTU Vilnius LTU (LTU), 17-25 v 2002 cat. IX (2462)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2586 * 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 0 1 1 8.0 2625
2. Malisauskas, Vidmantas g LTU 2514 0 * = 1 = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2558
3. Zagorskis, Darius m LTU 2469 = = * = = = = = = = 1 1 6.5 2526
4. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2577 0 0 = * 1 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2516
5. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2559 = = = 0 * = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2488
6. Sakalauskas, Vaidas m LTU 2424 = = = 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2501
7. Ruzele, Darius g LTU 2545 = 0 = 1 = = * 0 0 1 = 1 5.5 2454
8. Piesina, Gintautas m LTU 2411 0 1 = = = = 1 * 0 1 0 0 5.0 2430
9. Samulevicius, Tomas LTU 2286 0 = = 0 0 = 1 1 * = = 0 4.5 2412
10. Asauskas, Henrikas LTU 2384 1 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1 1 4.5 2403
11. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2388 0 0 0 = = = = 1 = 0 * 0 3.5 2335
12. Zapolskis, Antanas m LTU 2397 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 * 3.0 2292
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The Tanta Open was held 13th-23th May at Tanta City about 90 Km from
Cairo, Egypt. The event was a Swiss Sytem. Spartak Vysochin was the clear
winner with 8/9. There were 112 Players, 45 of them FIDE rated, 5 GMs and 10
IMs. Information Hassan Khaled.
Final (Round 9) Standings
1 Vysochin, Spartak UKR GM 2545 8.0 42.5 2388 7 6.0 1.03 2697
2 Krivoshey, Sergei UKR IM 2472 7.0 38.5 2384 8 6.0 1.04 2577
3 Sameeh, Hany EGY FM 2333 7.0 36.5 2349 9 7.0 2.68 2569
4 Vuckovic, Bojan YUG GM 2456 6.5 37.5 2411 8 5.5 1.02 2552
5 Kengis, Edvins LAT GM 2577 6.5 36.5 2363 8 5.5 -0.66 2504
6 Jonkman, Harmen NLD GM 2520 6.5 36.0 2346 9 6.5 -0.07 2512
7 De Vreugt, Dennis NLD GM 2457 6.5 35.5 2358 8 5.5 0.38 2499
8 Ezat, Mohamed EGY IM 2324 6.5 35.0 2311 8 5.5 1.34 2452
9 Halkias, Stelios GRE IM 2566 6.5 34.0 2328 8 5.5 -0.9 2469
10 Hassan, Sayed Barakat EGY IM 2355 6.5 32.5 2219 8 5.5 0.06 2360
11 Hakki, Imad SYR IM 2431 6.5 32.0 2253 9 6.5 -0.07 2419
12 Ahmed, Esam Aly EGY IM 2395 6.5 31.5 2266 8 5.5 0.14 2407
13 Abdel Razik, Khaled EGY FM 2356 6.5 31.0 2245 5 2.5 -0.75 2245
14 Othman, A. Moussa UAE FM 2367 6.5 27.5 2182 4 3 0.04 2375
15 Frhat, Ali EGY FM 2303 6.0 32.5 2262 5 2.0 -0.8 2190
16 Ismail, Hamed EGY 2287 6.0 31.5 2247 5 2.5 -0.3 2247
17 El Arousy, Abdul Hameed EGY IM 2229 6.0 31.5 2342 5 2.0 -0.15 2270
18 Sarwat, Walaa EGY IM 2402 6.0 30.5 2228 9 6.0 -0.57 2353
19 Tahoun, Emad EGY 2097 6.0 30.0 2250 6 3.0 1.2 2250
20 Georg, Magdy EGY FM 2279 6.0 30.0 2293 5 2.0 -0.4 2221
21 Elbasuny,Fahmy EGY 2232 6.0 30.0 2287 6 3.5 0.98 2344
22 Abdel Samee, Mohamed EGY 2225 6.0 29.0 2243 4 1.0 -0.88 2050
23 Meged, Elsdayed A. EGY 2177 6.0 29.0 2330 4 1.0 -0.2 2137
24 Rahman, Yehya EGY IM 2345 5.5 32.0 2272 8 4.5 -0.3 2315
25 Naby, Saiid A. EGY 2266 5.5 31.5 2380 6 2.5 0.46 2323
26 El Ghazali, Youssef M. EGY IM 2303 5.5 31.5 2355 6 2.5 -0.08 2298
27 El Amary, Kamal EGY 2238 5.5 29.5 2344 4 0.5 -0.94 2022
28 Amin, Ashraf EGY 2262 5.5 28.0 2412 2 0.0 -0.6 1735
29 Amin, Bassem EGY FM 2202 5.5 28.0 2415 3 0.5 -0.19 2142
30 Anwar, Ashraf EGY 2128 5.5 27.0 2307 4 1.0 -0.08 2114
31 Fouad, Samy EGY 0 5.5 26.0 2291 5 2.5 2291 2291
32 Hendawy, Adel EGY 0 5.5 25.5 2160 4 1.0 1967 1967
33 Elmossalamy, Aly EGY 0 5.5 25.5 2256 5 1.5 2107 2107
34 Lowis, Magdy EGY 2131 5.5 24.5 2386 3 1.0 0.43 2261
112 players
Boris Spassky was the hero of the NAO Chess Club in their match against
Montpellier in the final of the Coupe de France. He was the only winner,
against Marc Santo Roman which was enough for a 2.5-1.5 win for NAO. Vallejo
Pons held Vladimir Kramnik with black for Montpellier.
Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com
Final (May 25, 2002)
Kramnik, Vladimir NAO - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 30 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Bacrot, Etienne NAO 1/2 57 C24 Bishop's Opening
Maze, Sebastien NAO - Prie, Eric 1/2 50 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Santo Roman, Marc - Spassky, Boris V NAO 0-1 35 C45 Scotch Game
Vladimir Talla sends news and games from Ostrava where the Czech
Championships and an international open took place 16th-26th May 2002. Petr
Haba took first place on SB tie-break from David Navara in the Category IX
Czech Championships. In the international open Alexandr Kharitonov, Serguei
Vesselovsky and Jozef Michenka finished on 7.5/10.
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1. Haba, Petr g CZE 2493 * = = = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2554
2. Navara, David m CZE 2543 = * 0 = 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2550
3. Jirovsky, Milos m CZE 2446 = 1 * = = 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6.5 2522
4. Velicka, Petr m CZE 2437 = = = * = = = = 1 1 0 = 6.0 2494
5. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2487 = 0 = = * = 1 = = = = 1 6.0 2489
6. Berezjuk, Sergej m CZE 2430 1 0 1 = = * 0 0 1 0 = 1 5.5 2458
7. Vavra, Pavel1 m CZE 2419 0 1 0 = 0 1 * = 1 = = = 5.5 2459
8. Konopka, Michal m CZE 2468 0 0 1 = = 1 = * 0 0 1 1 5.5 2455
9. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2444 = 1 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 1 0 5.0 2421
10. Biolek, Richard m CZE 2446 0 0 1 0 = 1 = 1 0 * = 0 4.5 2392
11. Kalod, Radek m CZE 2472 0 0 0 1 = = = 0 0 = * 1 4.0 2352
12. Chytilek, Roman m CZE 2390 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 * 3.5 2329
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1. Kharitonov, Alexandr m RUS 2438 +23 +19 +17 +24 = 2 =18 + 5 = 3 = 6 = 4 7.5 2485
2. Vesselovsky, Serguei m CZE 2415 +29 +40 + 7 = 9 = 1 +24 =18 = 4 + 5 = 3 7.5 2484
3. Michenka, Jozef m CZE 2325 -46 =51 +41 +26 +22 + 9 +11 = 1 + 7 = 2 7.5 2404
4. Mudrak, Josef f CZE 2387 =43 +35 +15 =10 -24 +31 +17 = 2 +18 = 1 7.0 2401
5. Klima, Lukas CZE 2357 +33 +22 - 9 +27 +20 + 7 - 1 +18 - 2 +10 7.0 2423
6. Pisk, Petr m CZE 2365 +48 =25 -18 -31 +26 +36 +19 +21 = 1 +12 7.0 2344
7. Lys, Josef CZE 2353 +45 +46 - 2 +21 +17 - 5 =10 +15 - 3 +18 6.5 2369
8. Korolchuk, Nikolav BLR 2252 =50 +42 +12 -18 -11 =41 +43 =14 +21 +19 6.5 2286
9. Lahner, Jakub CZE 2235 +16 +34 + 5 = 2 -18 - 3 +39 -12 +28 =15 6.0 2282
10. Firt, Stanislav f CZE 2366 +39 +27 -24 = 4 =15 +25 = 7 =11 +20 - 5 6.0 2329
11. Hladik, Oto CZE 2259 -54 =41 +49 +46 + 8 +13 - 3 =10 -12 +30 6.0 2264
12. Pokorny, Petr CZE 2263 -31 +45 - 8 =39 +38 +46 =27 + 9 +11 - 6 6.0 2244
13. Jasny, Stanislav CZE 2285 =35 +43 =25 +36 =31 -11 -21 +39 +24 =17 6.0 2239
14. Bartos, Jan CZE 2211 -34 =16 +50 =42 =36 =32 +48 = 8 +22 =20 6.0 2195
15. Orzechowski, Jacek POL 2258 =26 +32 - 4 +51 =10 +48 =24 - 7 +27 = 9 6.0 2270
16. Vesely, Martin CZE 2074 - 9 =14 =33 +29 -25 -43 +51 +44 +31 +24 6.0 2221
17. Adamek, Jiri CZE 2227 +49 +54 - 1 +25 - 7 +22 - 4 =27 +38 =13 6.0 2282
18. Smistik, Milan CZE 2238 =30 +26 + 6 + 8 + 9 = 1 = 2 - 5 - 4 - 7 5.5 2332
19. Bures, Martin R CZE 2205 +28 - 1 +39 -22 +43 =27 - 6 +25 +32 - 8 5.5 2213
20. Trombik, Karel CZE 2263 =42 +50 =36 +32 - 5 =21 +31 =24 -10 =14 5.5 2218
21. Kozak, Milos CZE 2194 =38 =30 +54 - 7 +28 =20 +13 - 6 - 8 +33 5.5 2218
22. Karhanek, Pavel CZE 2136 +52 - 5 +34 +19 - 3 -17 =32 +26 -14 +38 5.5 2228
23. Vratny, Radim CZE 2144 - 1 =28 -26 =47 +49 +51 =33 =31 =25 +32 5.5 2136
24. Machycek, Lubomir CZE 2258 +41 +31 +10 - 1 + 4 - 2 =15 =20 -13 -16 5.0 2267
25. Slavicek, Martin CZE 2157 +37 = 6 =13 -17 +16 -10 +41 -19 =23 =28 5.0 2177
26. Holeksa, Zdenek CZE 2087 =15 -18 +23 - 3 - 6 +47 +29 -22 +46 =27 5.0 2190
27. Malik, Jan CZE 2188 +53 -10 +30 - 5 +42 =19 =12 =17 -15 =26 5.0 2194
28. Macicek, Jan CZE 2021 -19 =23 =43 +45 -21 =44 +35 +33 - 9 =25 5.0 2155
29. Kolar, Stanislav CZE 2127 - 2 +47 -32 -16 +30 =35 -26 =37 +50 +42 5.0 2095
30. Garlik, Michal CZE 2078 =18 =21 -27 -40 -29 +52 +53 +48 +41 -11 5.0 2185
31. Kalivoda, Jiri CZE 2103 +12 -24 +40 + 6 =13 - 4 -20 =23 -16 =35 4.5 2198
32. Gil,Karel ---- +44 -15 +29 -20 =33 =14 =22 +46 -19 -23 4.5 2137
33. Toman, Jaroslav CZE 2112 - 5 =52 =16 =34 =32 +42 =23 -28 +39 -21 4.5 2112
34. Chlevistan, Jakub CZE 2054 +14 - 9 -22 =33 -39 =37 +40 -41 =53 +48 4.5 2083
35. Weissmann, Lukas CZE 2106 =13 - 4 =37 =38 =51 =29 -28 =47 +45 =31 4.5 2070
36. Vysoglad, Petr CZE 2154 =51 +38 =20 -13 =14 - 6 -46 =42 =49 +47 4.5 2106
37. Ling,Bronislav ---- -25 =48 =35 =44 -41 =34 =45 =29 =40 +46 4.5 2087
38. Pardy, Martin CZE 2009 =21 -36 =48 =35 -12 +50 +44 +43 -17 -22 4.5 2120
39. Nabelek, Marek CZE 2099 -10 +53 -19 =12 +34 +40 - 9 -13 -33 +49 4.5 2142
40. Potomak, Vladimir CZE 2201 +47 - 2 -31 +30 -48 -39 -34 +53 =37 +41 4.5 2060
41. Staszko, Martin CZE 2089 -24 =11 - 3 +52 +37 = 8 -25 +34 -30 -40 4.0 2131
42. Kubacak, Lubomir CZE 2099 =20 - 8 +52 =14 -27 -33 =47 =36 +43 -29 4.0 2116
43. Holusova, Tana CZE 2120 = 4 -13 =28 +54 -19 +16 - 8 -38 -42 +51 4.0 2070
44. Papan, Cyril CZE 2170 -32 -49 =47 =37 +54 =28 -38 -16 =52 +53 4.0 2000
45. Smetana, Jaroslav CZE 2112 - 7 -12 +53 -28 -47 +49 =37 =50 -35 +54 4.0 2027
46. Slovak, Petr CZE 2106 + 3 - 7 =51 -11 +50 -12 +36 -32 -26 -37 3.5 2042
47. Snopek, Jiri CZE 2016 -40 -29 =44 =23 +45 -26 =42 =35 =48 -36 3.5 2021
48. Hlubina, Pavel CZE 2115 - 6 =37 =38 +49 +40 -15 -14 -30 =47 -34 3.5 2015
49. Dziadykiewicz, Tadeusz POL 2066 -17 +44 -11 -48 -23 -45 +52 +51 =36 -39 3.5 2062
50. Hladik, Lumir CZE 2084 = 8 -20 -14 +53 -46 -38 +54 =45 -29 =52 3.5 2051
51. Juroszek, Radomil ---- =36 = 3 =46 -15 =35 -23 -16 -49 =54 -43 2.5 1951
52. Biolek, Richard m CZE 2446 -22 =33 -42 -41 -53 -30 -49 +54 =44 =50 2.5 1899
53. Macejovsky,Igor ---- -27 -39 -45 -50 +52 +54 -30 -40 =34 -44 2.5 1959
54. Dvorak, Vladimir CZE 2090 +11 -17 -21 -43 -44 -53 -50 -52 =51 -45 1.5 1865
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The 3rd European Individual Women's Chess Championship takes place May
26th - June 9nd 2002 in Varna, Bulgaria. Round 1 today, Monday 27th May
2002.
Further details: http://www.chessbg.com/
Start List:
GALLIAMOVA Alisa (IM) wgm 2500 RUS 18.01.1972
IOSELIANI Nana (IM) wgm 2491 GEO 12.02.1962
KOVALEVSKAYA Ekaterina (IM) wgm 2482 RUS 17.04.1974
PEPTAN Corina (IM) wgm 2480 ROU 17.03.1978
STEFANOVA Antoaneta (IM) wgm 2473 BUL 19.04.1979
PENG Zhaoqin (IM) wgm 2472 NED 08.05.1968
KACHIANI-G. Ketino (IM) wgm 2465 GER 11.09.1971
MARIC Alisa (IM) wgm 2455 YUG 10.01.1970
KHURTSIDZE Nino (IM) wgm 2446 GEO 28.09.1975
DWORAKOWSKA Joanna (IM) wgm 2445 POL 21.10.1978
FOISOR Cristina Adela (IM) wgm 2437 ROU 07.04.1967
MATVEEVA Svetlana wgm 2437 RUS 04.07.1969
BOJKOVIC Natasa wgm 2431 YUG 03.08.1971
STEPOVAIA-DIANCHENKO Tatiana wgm 2428 RUS 23.09.1965
ARAKHAMIA-GRANT Ketevan (IM) wgm 2425 GEO 19.07.1968
ZHUKOVA Natalia wgm 2425 UKR 05.06.1979
PRUDNIKOVA Svetlana wgm 2422 YUG 18.03.1967
VASILEVICH Tatjana wgm 2421 UKR 14.01.1977
GAPONENKO Inna wgm 2418 UKR 22.06.1976
HUNT Harriet (IM) wgm 2415 ENG 04.02.1978
ALEXANDROVA Olga (IM) wgm 2413 UKR 28.01.1978
DANIELIAN Elina wgm 2411 ARM 16.08.1978
ZIELINSKA Marta wgm 2410 POL 30.01.1978
SEDINA Elena (IM) wgm 2407 ITA 01.06.1968
KLINOVA Masha wgm 2393 ISR 18.11.1968
MKRTCHIAN Lilit wgm 2391 ARM 09.08.1982
GRABUZOVA Tatiana wgm 2388 RUS 09.02.1967
CHELUSHKINA Irina wgm 2385 YUG 01.02.1962
PAEHTZ Elisabeth wgm 2385 GER 08.01.1985
OVOD Evgenija (IM) wgm 2379 RUS 10.11.1982
KISELEVA Natalia wgm 2373 UKR 27.05.1978
KOSINTSEVA Tatiana wgm 2373 RUS 11.04.1986
SEBAG Maria wim 2371 FRA 15.10.1986
KONONENKO Tatiana wgm 2370 UKR 05.12.1978
LOMINEISHVILI Maia wgm 2370 GEO 11.11.1977
SLAVINA Irina wgm 2370 RUS 10.08.1979
POLOVNIKOVA Ekaterina wgm 2366 RUS 14.11.1982
SHUMIAKINA Tatiana wgm 2366 RUS 04.10.1965
GALIANINA-RYJANOVA Julia wgm 2362 RUS 15.05.1974
ZIMINA Olga wim 2360 RUS 14.05.1982
ZAIATZ Elena wgm 2346 RUS 16.06.1969
REPKOVA Eva wgm 2345 SVK 16.01.1975
CIUKSYTE Dagne wgm 2340 LTU 01.01.1977
GAPRINDASHVILI Nona(GM) wgm 2336 GEO 03.05.1941
KOSINTSEVA Nadezhda wim 2336 RUS 14.01.1985
ALEKSIEVA Silvia wgm 2334 BUL 04.05.1974
DEMINA Julia wgm 2334 RUS 03.02.1969
BOSBOOM-LANCHAVA Tea wgm 2330 NED 11.09.1974
VELCHEVA Maria wgm 2327 BUL 14.10.1976
JACKOVA Jana wgm 2325 CZE 06.08.1982
VELIKHANLI Firuza wgm 2320 AZE 26.10.1970
SAUNINA Ludmila wim 2319 RUS 09.07.1952
ZAKURDJAEVA Irina wim 2318 RUS 30.11.1982
DJINGAROVA Emilia wim 2315 BUL 06.08.1978
BENDERAC Ana wim 2313 YUG 25.01.1977
MAMEDJAROVA Zejnab wim 2312 AZE
ZAKURDJAEVA Irina wim 2310 RUS 30.11.1982
NEPEINA-LECONTE Maria wim 2308 FRA 12.03.1970
MASHINSKAYA Lulia wgm 2300 RUS 18.02.1977
TE-LLALEMAND Rosa wgm 2300 FRA 08.8.1961
VOISKA Margarita wgm 2300 BUL 03.04.1963
CALOTESCU Ana Cristina wim 2299 ROU 03.07.1983
SIKOROVA Olga wim 2298 CZE 04.03.1975
RAIZNIECE Dana wgm 2296 LAT 06.11.1981
KRUPKOVA Petra wgm 2293 CZE 23.04.1976
ANDREEVA Nataliya wim 2289 RUS 22.02.1980
SCHUURMAN Petra 2283 NED 09.06.1968
CALZETTA Monika wim 2278 ESP 29.11.1972
LAHNO Katerina wim 2277 UKR 27.12.1989
KRIVEC Jana wfm 2271 SLO 30.05.1980
DIMITRIJEVIC Aleksandra wfm 2269 YUG 03.10.1986
BEZGODOVA-FILICHKINA Svetlana 2264 RUS 21.04.1971
HASANOVA Elvira wim 2256 RUS 10.07.1985
MUZYCHUK ANNA wim 2256 UKR 28.02.1990
RICHARDS Heather wfm 2252 ENG 27.03.1983
KAPS Darja wfm 2251 SLO 26.11.1981
BOGZA Adina wim 2251 ROU 25.08.1979
HERNANDEZ Yudania wim 2247 ESP 13.04.1973
SHAIDULLINA Sandugach wfm 2245 RUS 16.12.1981
GEORGIEVA Liubka 2241 BUL 25.10.1983
HLGATIAN Goar wim 2239 ARM 14.05.1975
OVCHINNIKOVA Julia wim 2235 RUS 03.10.1965
KADZIOLKA Beata 2235 POL 26.06.1986
KOUVATSOU Maria wgm 2232 GRE 02.11.1979
IONICA Iulia wim 2228 ROU 04.07.1980
AGREST Svetlana wim 2225 SWE 28.08.1966
KOSKOSKA Gabriela wim 2225 MKD 14.02.1969
GASPARIAN Narine wim 2204 ARM 10.07.1982
KHARASHKINA Bairta wfm 2193 RUS 08.02.1982
JOHANSSON Viktoria wim 2189 SWE 12.03.1974
MAKKA Ioulia 2188 GRE 10.12.1983
BEDNIKOVA Stefi 2184 BUL 09.11.1986
ZAWADZKA Jolanta 2181 POL 08.02.1987
PAPADOPOULOU VERA 2170 GRE 14.12.1986
MULLER Anne 2167 FRA 07.08.1974
SAVOVA Stefka wim 2165 BUL 28.11.1958
GALOJAN Lilit 2163 ARM 17.06.1983
MILLIET Sophie 2163 FRA 02.11.1963
ISMAILOVA Aytaj 2157 AZE
GERASIMOVITCH Olga 2153 BLR 18.01.1985
POLUSHKINA Svetlana wfm 2152 GER 19.04.1982
PARTAC Elena wim 2152 MDÀ 25.03.1984
SMOKINA Karolina wfm 2143 MDÀ 13.06.1977
LOMAKINA Galja 2142 RUS 26.08.1974
ZLATANOVA Emilia wim 2137 BUL 22.03.1958
LAUTERBACH Ingrid wim 2127 ENG 06.06.1960
MIRA Helene wim 2127 AUT 18.11.1954
YORDANOVA Svetla 2125 BUL 08.05.1976
ANDERSSON Christin 2119 SWE 16.11.1974
GUENTHER Anetta 2116 GER 17.06.1973
DIMOVSKI Aleksandra 2114 YUG 23.02.1985
JIRETORN Eva 2114 SWE 07.01.1971
SARAKAUSKIENE Zivile 2105 LTU 06.11.1978
RAEVA Elitsa 2101 BUL 13.03.1987
OTTEN Colleen 2099 NED 09.03.1956
SEPS Monika 2095 SUI 22.02.1986
DONCHEVA Marinela 2077 BUL 26.02.1958
BRATIMIROVA Dimitrinka 2076 BUL 05.02.1958
SHTEREVA Slaveja 2071 BUL 01.03.1984
STOILKOVSKA Sanja 2049 MKD 12.12.1981
CAVUSOGLU Yildiz 2036 TUR 14.12.1980
GJERGJI Rozana 2029 ALB
TOPEL Zehra 2023 TUR 13.04.1987
OZTURK Kubra 2017 TUR 11.05.1991
INGOLFSDOTTIR Hapra 2002 ISL 03.09.1964
ALTUNBAS Filiz TUR 05.10.1984
ALTUNBAS Zuhal TUR 24.09.1985
HAGESAETHER Torill NOR 11.05.1982
ONEY Fatma Nur TUR 23.03.1961
YILDIZ Betul Cemre TUR 16.05.1989
Humpy Koneru of India is playing in the Elekes Memorial Grandmaster
Chess Tournament 18th-28th May 2002. Leading with 7/9 she needs only a draw
against Peter Lukacs to score her final GM norm and beat Judit Polgar's women's
record as the youngest GM ever.
Further information: http://www.koneruhumpy.com
David Llada reports: the Grup Agricol Reig, Andbanc blitz knockout
tournament took place May 17th-18th 2002. Timerate: 5' + 3". Paco Vallejo ran
out an easy winner over the two days. Broadcast by SIC.
Further information:
http://www.feva.ad/Especials/2002Vallejo/20020520_Vallejo.htm
First Semifinal:
Paco Vallejo ESP 2650 1 1 1 ½ - 3½
Raül Garcia AND 2249 0 0 0 ½ - 0½
Second Semifinal:
O. de la Riva AND 2496 1 1 1 1 - 4
Ruben Gallego AND 2273 0 0 0 0 - 0
Final:
Paco Vallejo ESP 2650 1 1 0 1 1 ½ - 4½ [2689]
O. de la Riva AND 2496 0 0 1 0 0 ½ - 1½ [2445]
The V Vila Real de Santo Antonio tournament takes place May 20th-28th
2002. After 7 rounds Kevin Spraggett leads with 5.5/7.
Internet coverage: http://www.infoxadrez.com/
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1. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2515 * 0 1 1 1 1 = . 1 . 5.5 2700
2. Fernandes, Antonio m POR 2449 1 * = = = = . 1 . 1 5.0 2610
3. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2599 0 = * 0 . 1 1 1 . 1 4.5 2531
4. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto f ESP 2352 0 = 1 * 0 . = = 1 . 3.5 2484
5. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2544 0 = . 1 * . = 0 = 1 3.5 2422
6. Damaso, Rui m POR 2434 0 = 0 . . * = = 1 1 3.5 2457
7. Galego, Luis g POR 2532 = . 0 = = = * . 0 1 3.0 2404
8. Pinheiro, Jose f POR 2368 . 0 0 = 1 = . * = = 3.0 2395
9. Fernando, Diogo f POR 2383 0 . . 0 = 0 1 = * 0 2.0 2285
10. Dias, Paulo f POR 2357 . 0 0 . 0 0 0 = 1 * 1.5 2242
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Dr. Aydýn Saray reports: The Turkish Junior Championship Finals
took place in Kocaeli 13th-22nd May,2002. The 11 player, all-play-all was won
by Kerem Laciner won the title for 2002.
Web site:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2002/genc_2002/final/genc_final_main.htm
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1. Laciner, Kerem TUR 2194 * = 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2298
2. Esen, Baris TUR 2178 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2253
3. Citak, Selim TUR 2035 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2184
4. Isik, Engin Yasar TUR 2054 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 6.0 2144
5. Ataman, Alper TUR 2191 0 = = 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2095
6. Ayaz, Ilker TUR ---- 1 0 = 0 = * 0 0 1 = 1 4.5 2042
7. Yarligan, Taylan TUR 2130 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 1 0 = = 4.0 1993
8. Donmez, Yusuf TUR ---- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2006
9. Cil,Hassan Kivanc ---- 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 3.5 1968
10. Ozdemir,Ozan ---- 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 1 * = 3.0 1929
11. Kahramanmarasli,Tutku ---- = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 2.5 1885
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The Open du Parc took place in Paris 18th-20th May 2002. Vladimir
Okhhotnik won the event 6.5/7.
Further information: http://jeen.online.fr/
Open du Parc Paris FRA (FRA), 18-20 v 2002
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1 Okhhotnik, Vladimir IM UKR 6.5
2 Lukov, Valentin GM BUL 6.0
3 Payen, Arnaud IM FRA 6.0
4 Piot, Oliver FRA 5.5
5 Battaglini, Gabriel FRA 5.5
6 Dubois, Loic FRA 5.5
7 Valuet, Bertrand FRA 5.5
104 players
Politiken Cup
24th Copenhagen Open POLITIKEN CUP 15th - 26th of July 2002. Politiken
Cup will be an 11-round open tournament played in one big group - from novices
and club players to strong grandmasters. The Tournament takes place from the
15th to the 26th of July 2002 at Nørrebrohallen, Bragesgade 5, 2200
København N.
Details: http://www.ksu.dk
First Saturday June
There will be GM, IM and FM events as part of the First Saturday June
tournaments. Places still open contact: Nagy, Laszlo International Chess
Organizer E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile: (36)-30-230-1914
FSGM June cat.VII-VIII. 10-14 participants.
IGM LECHTYNSKY, Jiri /CZE, 2413/, IGM VAJDA, Levente /ROU, 2535/, IGM
SAHOVIC, Dragutin /YUG, 2371/, IM BAKRE, Tejas /IND, 2458/, IM ERENBURG, Sergei
/ISR, 2450/, IM POSTNY, Evgeny /ISR, 2482/, WGM TRANG, Hoang /VIE, 2426/, FM
LORSCHEID, Gerd /GER, 2331/, WGM KONERU, Humpy /IND, 2486/, IM FLUMBORT,
András /HUN, 2414/, IM HANDKE, Florian /GER, 2427/, WGM DEMBO, Yelena
/HUN, 2363/, IM BLAUERT, Jörg /GER, 2390/, IM SHIRAZI, Kamren /USA, 2486/.
Reserves: GERZHOY, Leonid /ISR, 2355/, IM JAKAB, Attila /HUN/, IM ANTAL,
Gergely /HUN/, IM ESTRADA, Julian /MEX/.
FSIM June 10-14 participants
IM FARAGO, Sandor /HUN/, IM LENGYEL, Bela /HUN/, IM EPERJESI, Laszlo
/HUN/, IM HUSARI, Satea /SYR/, FM SCHWARTZ, Ylon /USA, 2322/, FM BRUSTKERN,
Juergen /GER/, ALFRED, Nathan /ENG/, COOKE, Eric /USA/, BUI, Vinh /VIE/,
KONGSTED, Christian /DEN/, FM DUB, Zeev /ISR/, BERCZES, David /HUN/. Reserves:
IM NEMETH, Zoltan /HUN/, IM ZIMMERMAN, Yuri /RUS/, FM BERCZES, Csaba /HUN/,
MARTINI, Balazs /HUN/.
FSFM June
ZIEGLER, Peter /GER, nonrated/, VIAKOVSKY, Partik /GER, nonrated/,
SEIFERT, Norbert /GER, nonrated/, NIELSEN, Jan-Mose /DEN, 2070/, GANESH, D.V.
/IND/, nonrated/, PHANIKANTH, J.S.S./IND, nonrated/, SCHNEIDER, Veronika
/HUN,2103/, LADÁNYI, Gyula /HUN, 2037/, ZOLTÁN, András
/HUN, 2100/, SZIRMAI, Eduárd /HUN, 2135/, KOCZÓ, Kristóf
/HUN, 2100/, VARGYAS, Zoltán /HUN, 2105/, ZENTAI, György /HUN,
2090/, FRANK, József /HUN, 2060/, HEGEDÜS, Gyula /HUN, 2090/, DANI,
Tamás /HUN, 2065/, CSÁSZÁR, Gyula /HUN, 2103/. Reserves:
CSASZAR, Gyula /HUN, 2103/, MARTINI, Balázs /HUN, 2220/.
Hastings 2002
The 78th Hastings International Congress will take place 28th December
2002 - 5th January 2003. The official entry form will be published early in
August and will appear on the website http://hastingschess.org.uk
Events schedule is as follows: The Premier Tournament will run from
28th December 2002 to 5th January 2003. It will be an all-play-all event for 10
invited players.
The Challengers Tournament will also run from 28th December to 5th
January. This will be a Swiss event and will provide opportunities for title
norms and for FIDE ratings.
A new event this year will be an opening Weekend Congress running on
Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th December 2002. It will probably be in four graded
sections and will comprise five games - three on Saturday and two on Sunday.
Christmas Tournament will be in its usual format - participants will be divided
into graded sections of about 16 players. It will run from Monday 30th December
to Friday 3rd January 2003 The final Weekend Congress will run from Friday 3rd
to Sunday 5th January 2003 As usual there will be six games and the event will
be in four graded sections.
All events will take place at Horntye Park Sports Complex, Bohemia
Road, Hastings
Complete details (entry fees, rates of play, grading limits etc) will
be announced in due course.
As well as the above events, additional evening events are planned -
once again sponsored by the Pig in Paradise. It is hoped that the local
community will become more involved.
For information re entries contact: Con Power, Congress Director, 418
Harold Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN35 5HG Tel and fax: 01424 431970 e-mail:
power@hicc.demon.co.uk
Additional information from Pam Thomas, Press Officer 5 High
Wickham,Hastings,East Sussex,TN35 5PB Tel/Fax 01424 445348 e-mail:
dmt123@compuserve.com
Anand vs. Ponomariov Rapid Match
Chess Classic Mainz will hold an 8 game match Viswanathan Anand and
FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov. August 15th-18th 2002.
5th Jaroslav Pelikan Memorial
The 5th Jaroslav Pelikan Memorial takes place in Prague - Czech
Republic 20.07 - 27.07, 27.07.-03.08 and 03.08-10.08. The 12th International
Chess Holiday has Tournaments for strong and weak chessplayers, both men and
women of all ages. A rich programme for chessplayers and non-chessplayers too.
7 days hotel/shower+WC, bed and breakfast, chess, souvenir prizes for all
chessplayers, sightseeing in Prague, trips, a farewell party - for 230 Eur to
260 Eur /210 USD - 240 USD/. It is possible to order lunch, dinner - every meal
5 Eur /4,5 USD/. A offer of Theatre Performances. Discounts for children,
students, retired and those who have already been to the International Chess
Holiday. In groups the tenth person free of charge.
Entries till 30.06 2002 Info: Jindra Kollerov U Plyn rny 15,
140 00 Praha 4 - Michle Czech Republic Tel: + 420 2 41407355 Fax: + 420 2
61210054 Mobil: + 420 777 677899 E-mail: jindra.kollerova@mybox.cz
Festival Schneider Bohemia" Pilsen
The 8th International Chess Festival "Festival Schneider Bohemia"
Pilsen 2002 takes place 17th-25th August 2002 at "Strelecky stadion" Pilsen
Lobzy (The Czech Republic). The main tournament of this Festival is
International Open Czech Championship ( 1st prize 20 000 CZK, sum of prizes 81
000 CZK ).
Details: http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/
Chesmayne Chess Dictionary
The 2002 edition of the Chesmayne Chess Dictionary is now available at
a new permanent address. It has 100,000+ chess related keywords, AZ indexes,
pictures, midi's, graphics etc.
Site: http://chesmayn.valuehost.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen vs. The World
11 year old Magnus Carlson is playing the rest of the net in a match
organised by the Norgwegian TV Channal TV2.
Internet
coverage
There have been more than 100.000 hits and 8.000 votes. The moves so
far: Magnus Carlsen vs The World: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 Nxe4?!? 8. Qe2 d5 9. d3 Now grandmaster Simen
Agdestein has suggested 9... Nf6 or 9... Bxf2+, the latter probably a novelty.
Voting closes at 08.00 GMT Tuesday. Week days voting is daily.
1st Condom International Open
The 1st Condom International Open takes place 13th-19th July 2002. 9
round FIDE. Total prize : 8000 EURO 1st prize : 1200 EURO
Further details: http://echecs.condom.free.fr
Pancevo (YUG) closed
International Closed Tournaments, FIDE Category 8 City: Pancevo (10
kilometers from Belgrado), Yugoslavia Date: 24 June - 4 July 12 players, 11
rounds info: Sinisa Drazic sdrazic@eunet.yu Tel. 00381.64.1249741. Today (25
May) there are still 3 places available.
Stork Young Masters - Hengelo (August 5-10) and other Dutch events
The Royal Dutch Chess Federation (KNSB) invites strong players born
after January 1st, 1982 to the second Stork Young Masters. This is a 9 round
Round-Robin IM tournament (at least category 4). During the first edition 3
IM-norms and 1 WGM where scored.
Conditions: A. For IM or GM with FIDE Elo above 2400: - Full board and
lodging (4-10 August) during the tournament and EURO 115,- pocket money. B.
Player with FIDE Elo above 2350: - Full board and lodging during the
tournament.
Prize money: 1st EURO 700,- 2nd EURO 450,- 3rd EURO 350,- 4th EURO
250,- 5th EURO 200,- 6th EURO 150,- 7th EURO 100,-
Interested players can contact Harry Kroeze (st.caissa@zonnet.nl).
Other interesting tournaments in Holland during the summer: Jul 8-18:
Dieren: Open Dutch Championships (www.schaakbond.nl); Jul 26-Aug 4: Amsterdam:
10th Lost Boys (chess.lostcity.nl/lostboys); Aug 5-10: Hengelo: Open Dutch
Junior championships (U20, U16, U14, U12).
Contact webmaster@schaakbond.nl for general information.
1st Davos Chess Summer
The 1st Davos Chess Summer takes place 4th-10th August 2002. Venue the
Sunstar Parkhotel in Davos. 7 round Swiss.
Further information: E-Mail: info@beochess.ch; Internet:
http://www.beochess.ch
15th Kiel Open
The 15th Kiel Open takes place 10th-16th August 2002.
Information: http://home.t-online.de/home/KielerSg/default.htm
Brno closed and open tournaments
SK Duras BVK Kralovo Pole in cooperation with city of Brno chess
federation and SK Brno-Zabovresky presents the Duras Cup in Brno 5th-14th July
2002. This will be a Round-robin of 9-11 rounds, category III-IV. There is also
a 9 round Swiss at the same time and place. For further information:
Internet - http://volny.cz/skduras
E-mail - bchmelicek@bvk.cz Phone - Petr Mlynek, +4205 49273402 (home)
Fax - Petr Mlynek, +4205 48215239 (office)
European Club Cup 2002
Information about the European Club Cup 2002 "The Champions League"
takes place 22nd - 28th September in Kallithea -Halkidiki.
Information: http://www.sportmeeting.gr/
VII Memorial Nacional De Ajedrez
The VII Memorial Nacional De Ajedrez takes place 8th-9th June 2002.
Details: http://www.memorialdeajedrez.com
Aristophanes Publishers
Paul Connors of Aristophanes Press at startup company in
California/Colorado is looking for chess authors. If you are interested in
finding out more you can contact him at chesspubs@aristophanes.com.
4th ShakkiNet International
The 4th ShakkiNet International will take place in Helsinki from June
24th to July 4th, 2002. There are three different 12-player round-robin
(all-play-all) groups: Group A for players rated over 2400, Group B for players
rated over 2200, Group C for players rated between 1900 and 2200. All groups
are ELO-rated, in Group A there is a possibility to achieve GM-norm, in Group B
there is a possibility to achieve an IM-norm. Playing times In all groups: 2 h
/ 40 moves + 1 h / 20 moves + 30 min to finish the game Entry fees Group A: EUR
200, Group B: EUR 150, Group C: EUR 100 Prizes for three best players in each
group: Group A: EUR 600, EUR 400, EUR 200, Group B: EUR 450, EUR 300, EUR 150,
Group C: EUR 300, EUR 200, EUR 100. Money prizes will be shared equally between
players with same amount of points.
Registration Players interested to participate, please contact the
organizer Mr Sami Hämäläinen, email: aurifera@kolumbus.fi. In
GM- and IM-events (groups A and B) the organizer reserves the right to choose
players from the interested players so that there is a possibility to reach
international title norms (minimum requirements: 3 GMs in group A, 3 IMs in
group B, 4 non-Finnish players from at least two different countries in both
groups). In group C the players will be chosen by the order of
registration.
Olomouc Chess Summer Festival 2002
The Olomouc Chess Summer Festival 2002 in the Czech Republic takes
place 31st July - 8th August 2002. The event includes: 1) 3-4 groups of
round-robin IM tournaments, category 3-4 FIDE (10-12 players) 2) FIDE open -
swiss, 9 rounds, 2/40+1, 1st prize 10000 CZK 3) open for youngsters up to 18
years of age.
Detailed information at: http://www.proclient.cz/a64
IV Sants Hostafrancs
IV Sants Hostafrancs I La Bordeta Open takes place in Barcelona 30th
August - 8th September 2002.
Details of entry: http://www.secretariat.org/open/Ingles.htm
Tiviakov in Egypt
Tiviakov reports on his victory in the 6th Golden Cleopatra Chess Open
with a huge photo report including sight seeing around the pyramids where he
claims to have photographed a "creature from the the parallel world"!
Reports in Russian
http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/egypt2002-rus.htm
and English http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/egypt2002-eng.htm.
Ikaros Chess Festival
The Ikaros Chess Festival 2002 takes place from 7th-23rd of July 2002.
The Ikaros Chess Festival has been held for the last 24 years on Ikaria island,
one of the most picturesque aegean islands of Greece. This year's events
include the traditional open international tournament "Open Aegean
Championship" (13th-21st July 2002) as well as plenty of other side events such
as Women, Junior and Veteran tournaments, blitz, rapid and simultaneous
exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others.
Full details at: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
XX Andorra International Open
The XX Andorra International Open takes place 6th-14th July 2002.
Details of prizes and entry http://www.feva.ad
Bled and Ljubljana Opens
The 23rd Chess Festival Bled is taking take place from 2 July to 10
July 2002 in Bled (Slovenia). Open A (ELO > 2200): PF 15.500 EUR, 1st Prize:
2.500 EUR, For EU-Grand Prix, sensor boards and direct internet transmition of
games Open B (ELO < 2300): 6.000 EUR, 1st Prize: 600 EUR, Summer Open
Seniors Juniors Tournaments will be played 9 rounds, swiss, 90 min+30 sec/move.
Rounds at 6 p.m. Further details: http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled/2002
It is possible to combine play in this tournament with the 13th
Ljubljana Open which takes place 22nd-30th June 2002. Further details:
http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0206/ljubljana/lj02op.htm
Korinthos Computer Event
Korinthos will hold a man maching event with two Grand Masters Belgian
Mikhail Gurevich and Christodoulos Banikas taking on Junior 7 on a Pentium 4 at
2000 MHz and RAM 1 GB
Schedule 13 - 16/5/2002 Gurevich vs Junior 7 (rapid games of equal
number - 60 minutes for each player) 17 & 18/5/2002 Chr. Banikas vs
Gurevich (6 rapid games - 25 minutes for each player)
Coverage: Hellas Chess Club http://www.chess.gr
North Sea Cup
The North Sea Cup takes place in Esbjerg Denmark July 5th-13th 2002.
The event is organised by the Esbjerg Chess Union and is a 10-player category
14 round-robin with: Alisa Galliamova, Lazaro Bruzon, Leinier Dominguez, Sergey
Tiviakov, Hannes Stefansson, Igor Glek, Andrey Volokitin, Peter Heine Nielsen,
Curt Hansen and Sune Berg Hansen.
Internet coverage:
http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/vh2002/1index.htm
Gausdal Tournaments
Hans Olav Lahlum has put more details on his the web site for this
tournament. It now includes: 1) Introduction and basic information about the
tournament. 2) Portraits of all 40 participants. 3) Results and moves of all
180 games. 4) Bulletins with round reports covering all 180 games. 5) Commented
grades and ELO-calculations for all 40 participants. 6) A list of quotes from
the tournament (!?). The final results and games appeared in last weeks
TWIC.
Internet site: http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2002/
Qingdao Festival including the Tan Chin Nam Cup
The Qingdao Chess Festival will take place July 4th-8th, 2002. Qingdao,
known as Tsingdao, is a seaside city located in the east coast of China. At
2008 Olympic Games, the sailing events will take place there.
Four events: 3.1 Tan Chin Nam Cup GM International Open 2002 (Section
A) For players 2450 and above. Most US players who will attend the China –
USA Chess Summit 2002 have confirmed their participation. 3.2 IM Open (Section
B) For players 2150 and above 3.3 NM Open (Section C) For players below 2150
and unrated 3.4 Senior Open (Section D) For players aged 55 years old and above
as on January 1st 2002.
Prize fund: 5.1 Section A (total US$ 21,100) 5.2 Section B (total US$
8900) 5.3 Section C (total RMB 8500, 1 US$ = 8.3 RMB)
In the Section A, there are financial Guarantees for GM: Players with
2500-2549 shall get the at least US$ 400, with 2550-2599 shall get the at least
US$ 600, with 2600-2649 shall get the at least US$ 800, with 2650 and above
shall get the at least US$ 1000. In every different category, the first 8 GM
with earliest entry can have the conditions mentioned above. Other GM¡ s
financial guarantees will depend on sponsorship.
Contact addresses: Tel: 86-532-296 7803 Fax: 86-532-282 0125 E-mail:
yunqi@qingdaonews.com, yinhao128@hotmail.com
Full details: http://www.64.net.cn/qdopen.htm
Swiss Chess Tour event 2002
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" will continue in Basle with the State
(Bundesturnier) Championship May 9th-12th, 2002. “Swiss Chess Tour”
is providing a second year in a row a most popular chess competition in
Switzerland. The championship consist 5 groups (category). Two of that are
senior’s groups. The host and one of the sponsors is Hotel
“Hilton”. Swiss system, 7 rounds (seniors 5 rounds); 36 moves for 90
minutes and 60 minutes till the end. Group 1 (1800 and more) prizes are:
1.500/1.200/900/700/600/500/400/300/2x200 SF Entry fee: 120 SF (juniors 60+
FIDE masters) GM + IM free. Group 2 (1600-1839) prizes are:
1.000/800/600/500/400/300/2x200/2x150. Entry fee: 110 SF (juniors 55 SF) Group
3 (less then 1600) prizes are: 800/600/500/400/2x300/2x200/2x150. Entry fee:
100 SF (juniors 50) Senior 1 (1600 and more) prize are: 400/300/200. Entry fee:
60 SF Senior 2 (less then 1600) prize are: 300/200/100. Entry fee: 60 SF At the
door 10 SF for the all players.
Time table: May 9th 10.00-11.30 last registration; 11.30 opening
ceremony; Round 1st 12.00-17.00 (for all tournaments); Rounds 2nd 17.30-22.30
May 10th Round 3rd (seniors 2nd) 10.00-15.00; Round 4th (seniors 3rd)
15.30-20.30 May 11th Round 5th (seniors 4th) 10.00-15.00; Round 6th 15.30-20.30
May 12th Round 7th (seniors 5th) 10.00-15.00 Closing ceremony 16.00
Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch Further
information: http://www.beochess.ch/
Cesenatico International Open
The Cesenatico International Open takes place in Italy 2nd-8th September
2002.
Further Information and entry at:
http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
3rd European Individual Championships
The 3rd European Individual Championships will be held in Batumi,
Georgia, June 11th-27th 2002.
Further details: http://www.eurochess.org/start/index.php
Jeff Sonas Statistics on World Championship Formats
Jeff Sonas presents a statistical analysis of various world
championship formats, especially evaluating the FIDE, Einstein Group, and
Seirawan approaches in detail.
Championship Chessmetrics Analysis by Jeff Sonas
(version 2)
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2002 takes place 6th-21st July
2002. The main event is a Candidates tournament to find a challenger for
Vladimir Kramnik's Einstein Group World Chess title.
Seven of the top ten players in the World will compete. They are split
into two preliminary groups:
Group I:
1. Veselin Topalov BLG (1)
2. Boris Gelfand ISR (4)
3. Alexei Shirov ESP (5)
4. Christopher Lutz GER (8)
Group II:
1. Alexander Morozevich RUS (2)
2. Michael Adams ENG (3)
3. Peter Leko HUN (6)
4. Evgeny Bareev RUS (7)
The top two from each group will go forward to the semi-finals. Sadly
Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov will not be playing
they are probably the top three Candidates you would want to see.
Official website: http://www.chessgate.de
Advanced Chess in Leon
Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand will play an Advanced Chess Match
in Leon, Spain June 20th to June 24th 2002.
They will be playing Advanced Chess with both players consulting with
their databases and chess programs (Chessbase is one of the sponsors of the
tournament). Each player has 1 hour for the whole game. Schedule: Drawing of
lots June 20th at the Conde Luna Hotel of León. The event will be played
in 3 sessions: 2 games on Friday 21st, 2 games on Saturday 22nd and the last 2
games on Sunday 23rd . If the tournament finishes 3 to 3, there will be a
tiebreak blitz match to decide the winner.
Probable web page: http://www.advancedchessleon.com
5th Malbork Castle Cup
The 5th Malbork Castle Cup (Poland) 14-15 September 2002 (swiss type,
open tournament in 9 rounds, 30' game, prizes fund 7000 PLN (about 2000 Euro).
The Castle Malbork was honoured with an entry into UNESCO's List of the World's
Cultural Heritage. The city populated by forty-thousand inhabitants is visited
each year by half a milion tourists.
Detailed information (English, Germany and Polish) at:
http://skoraf.republika.pl/index.htm
7th Computer Olympiad
The 7th Computer Olympiad (including World Chess Championship) takes
place in Maastricht July 5th-11th 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/Olympiad2002/
3rd Asean Age-Group Championships
The 3rd Asean Age-Group Championships take place in Singapore 8th-14th
June 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.aseanchess.com/agegrp.htm
South African and Open Chess Championships
The South African and Open Chess Championships take place in Boardwalk
Casino & Entertainment Centre (Tsitsikama Conference Hall) Port Elizabeth
South Africa 1st-13th July 2002.
Further details: http://www.geocities.com/saopen2002/
Frank Quisinsky Computer Chess
Frank Quisinsky's Computer Chess pages have been updated. Computer Chess
calendar and a database computer games since 1990 are availble.
Link: http://www.amateurschach.de
Bergen Chess International
The Bergen Chess International 2002 takes place 20th-28th July 2002 in
Bergen, Norway. Open GM-tournament 9-round Swiss 7-hour playing session Side
events: Lower section, Cafe Chess Championship, Blitz tourneys
Further information: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2002/
6th Voronezh International Chess Festival
The 6th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th-21st
2002.
Further details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/
12th Heart of Finland Open
The 12th Heart of Finland Open takes place in Jyväskylä, July
17th-21st 2002. The tournament is played in one group with Swiss system. The
event is FIDE-rated, and there are possibilities to reach title norms. There is
the option to start the tournament from the 2nd round with a ½ point
bye. Time rate: 2 hours / 40 moves + 1 hour to finish.
Entry fees GM/IM free (must register May 31 at the latest), FM/U20 50
EUR, ELO-players 60 EUR, others 80 EUR. 10% discount from the entry fee if
registration before May 31, 20% discount if registration before March 31. Total
prize fund approx. 7000 EUR, also rating prizes.
Contact info: Sami Hämäläinen: Tel. +358-9-3238840 Email:
aurifera@kolumbus.fi
New Internet Correspondence Game to Begin
Beginning March 11th, 2002 the World Team will begin a new game against
GM Nick de Firmian. Having most recently finished the second of two games
against Chinese IM Yin Hao (WT 1.5 YH 0.5) the World Team now will play against
three-time U.S. champion Nick de Firmian, who will play the white pieces.
The World Team consists of players from around the World, many of whom
came together for the first time during the Kasparov vs. World Internet Game
held in 1999. The games against Yin Hao attracted players from Brazil, Canada,
England, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland and the United States.
Everyone willing to follow the rules of the game is welcome to play in
this new game against GM de Firmian. To participate or observe go to the World
Team strategy board and official site at
http://boards.gamers.com/messages/overview.asp?name=WTChess&page=1
More details about the game (and how to join the World Team) can be
found at the Game Info and Rules link at the official site. It should be fun
and "A Serious Game Among Friends".
Plaskett vs The ROW
GM James Plaskett will play the Rest of the World starting 1st March on
the internet at: http://www.chessworld.net
The match will be played at the rate of 5 days per move. Players will
vote their moves by clicking on the chess board while discussing and
formulating strategies and tactics in the Rest of World team forum. This match
is open to all who visit www.ChessWorld.net. Those wanting to play Plaskett
will need to login and follow the Opponents menu to 'Play the Expert'.
Pardubice Chess and Bridge Festival
The 13th International Chess & Bridge Festival CZECH OPEN 2002 will
be held 11th-28th July 2002 in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Further details:
http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
BCF Grading Questionaire
Results of the British Chess Federation Grading Questionaire are
available at the British Chess Federation site.
Internet site:
http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/grading/questionnaire.htm
Savaria Summer
SAVARIA SUMMER International Chess Open Szombathely (Hungary), 26th
July- 1st August 2002. Two events an "A" group- for FIDE-Elo and a "B" group-
for children under 13. Further details from: KORPICS Zsolt H-9700 Szombathely,
Rohonci 13. +(36)-30/951-0063 korpicszs@freemail.hu
NK Snelschaken Voor Clubteams
The NK Snelschaken Voor Clubteams takes place 1 June 2002 at the Golden
Tulip Bel Air hotel, Johan de Witlaan, Den Haag organised by the SC De
Vogelwijk Further information: Ruud Vissers, 010-2207070 (kantoor) of
06-26776496 ruv@epg.nl
X Lasker Memorial Barlinek Poland
The X Lasker Memorial Festival in Barlinek Poland takes place 17th-27th
July 2002. Blitz, rapid, open A, open B and under-16 events. Further details:
Krzysztof Kedzior E-Mail: umig@barlinek.pl
17th North Sea Cup
Esbjerg will stage a 17th North Sea Cup July 5th-13th 2002, probably
category 13-14. A 10 player round-robin hoping to carry on the reputation with
previous tournament winners like Short, Jusupov, Adorjan, Larsen, Vaganian,
C.Hansen, Svidler etc. Info: Brian Isaksen at brisak@esenet.dk
New FIDE Sites
There are two new FIDE sites. Chess Daily
http://www.chessdaily.com has
individual FIDE rating calculations. Also the FIDE site for the World
Championships in Moscow has been launched at: http://wcc2001.fide.com
ChessMetrics Site
Jeff Sonas has updated his site: http://www.chessmetrics.com/. It now
has lots of colorful graphs. It includes ratings based on ChessBase games from
1851 to 1998, and then weekly rating lists based on TWIC issues from January
1999 to September 10th 2001.
Hawaii International Chess Festival Postponed
The Hawaii International Chess Festival has been postponed until 2003.
It will have the first World Families Chess Championships. Pro (2000+), Mixed,
and Amateur (all players under 2000). Prizes for all sorts of combinations of
family members. Information: hawaii@chessworks.com.