The Week in Chess 400

THE WEEK IN CHESS 400 8th July 2002 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Andras Bacsi, Mihajlo Savic, Richard Palliser, Fritz Pedersen, Robert Ericsson, Aard Daanen, Ales Drinovec, Michael Atkins, Sami Hämäläinen, Lubo Ftacnik, Yin Hao David Llada, Rodolfo Arias, Hartmut Metz, Francisco Hernandez and all those who helped with this issue.

I pass another landmark today with issue 400 of TWIC. I always have mixed emotions on these occasions. Its nice to pass these landmarks yet in another way its just another issue in a routine which is now part of my life. I thank you, the readers, for your continued support, the kind people who send me news, corrections and feedback and especially I thank Malcolm Pein and the London Chess Center for the kind of stability and financial support that allow me to be lucky enough to continue to be able to do this. A special thanks goes to Anjo Anjewierden whose program and players files I use to create consistency in the naming of players and and the production of PGN and tables without which TWIC would not be what it is today.

This week's top event has the kind of tournament that I really like. Tough chess at serious time controls with a great prize for the winner at the end of it is what all sport should be about. Once the dirty business of unification has happened then world championship qualifiers with real career defining prizes at stake are the priority. Hand picked challengers and flexible dates for the World Championships can no longer be tolerated. The last decade could have been fantastic for chess, we missed out on so many great events because of the split. Most of the leading players have not been able to plan or develop their careers because of the mess and I think we've all been the losers for that. A period of order and stability is now essential. Chess has the capacity to produce moments of fantastic drama but only with the background of a stable championship cycle. Here's hoping that a new start can produce great games and rivalries.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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.

After three rounds of the preliminary stage Vesselin Topalov leads group 1 with 2.5/3 and Evgeny Bareev group 2 with the same score. There have already been some exciting and tight games in what promises to be a tight and well fought event. You can read John Henderson's reports on the event daily on TWIC's pages.

Group 1

Round 1 (July 6, 2002)

Topalov, Veselin   -  Lutz, Christopher  1-0   34  B48  Sicilian Paulsen
Gelfand, Boris     -  Shirov, Alexei     1/2   39  D47  Queens Gambit Meran

Round 2 (July 7, 2002)

Topalov, Veselin   -  Gelfand, Boris     1-0   39  B12  Caro Kann Advanced
Lutz, Christopher  -  Shirov, Alexei     1/2   50  C99  Ruy Lopez Chigorin

Round 3 (July 8, 2002)

Shirov, Alexei     -  Topalov, Veselin   1/2   35  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov
Gelfand, Boris     -  Lutz, Christopher  1-0   37  E05  Catalan


Sparkassen Gp 1 Dortmund GER (GER), 6-14 vii 2002cat. XIX (2701)
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                                 1  2  3  4 
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1 Topalov, Veselin   g BUL 2745 ** =. 1. 1.  2.5  2958
2 Shirov, Alexei     g ESP 2697 =. ** =. =.  1.5  2701
3 Gelfand, Boris     g ISR 2710 0. =. ** 1.  1.5  2697
4 Lutz, Christopher  g GER 2650 0. =. 0. **  0.5  2444
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Group 2

Round 1 (July 6, 2002)

Adams, Michael         -  Leko, Peter            1/2   44  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Bareev, Evgeny         0-1   40  B14  Caro Kann Panov

Round 2 (July 7, 2002)

Bareev, Evgeny         -  Leko, Peter            1-0   37  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Adams, Michael         1/2   27  C42  Petroff's Defence

Round 3 (July 8, 2002)

Adams, Michael         -  Bareev, Evgeny         1/2   31  B19  Caro Kann
Leko, Peter            -  Morozevich, Alexander  1/2   41  C42  Petroff's Defence


Sparkassen Gp 2 Dortmund GER (GER), 6-14 vii 2002cat. XX (2728)
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                                     1  2  3  4 
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1 Bareev, Evgeny         g RUS 2726 ** =. 1. 1.  2.5  3001
2 Adams, Michael         g ENG 2752 =. ** =. =.  1.5  2719
3 Leko, Peter            g HUN 2717 0. =. ** =.  1.0  2606
4 Morozevich, Alexander  g RUS 2716 0. =. =. **  1.0  2606
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Official website: http://www.chessgate.de or directly http://www.chessgate.de/dortmund/e/index.html

3) FIDE July 2002 ELO

The FIDE July 2002 list is out. A quick look at the top 100 shows Adams getting back above Topalov, Leko back in the top 10, big gainers Ivan Sokolov, Epishin, Kaidanov, Volkov, Kobalia and Istratescu. Korchnoi is down 20 places, Seirawan, Dautov and Kharlov also lose points. Back in the list are Nunn, Ftacnik and Van den Doel. In for the first time is Kazhgaleyev. Those who have dropped out are Tregubov, Glek, Vladimirov, Gyimesi, Andrei Sokolov, Andersson, Korneev, Stefansson, Rustemov, Fedorov and Najer. 2598 was enough to get a player into the top 100 in the April list now the mark is 2600 hence the clearout of players at the bottom of the list. A large number of nations are missing including: Argentina, Yugoslavia, Latvia, Slovakia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Macedonia, Morocco, Angola, Jordan, Mozambique, Nigeria, Palestine, Yemen, Zimbabwe all due to unpaid fees by these Federations. There may be many others. Russian players were restored to the full list only a day after the initial release presumably their fees have been paid.

Source: http://www.chessdaily.com. The full list is available for download there.

No. Name                              t  NAT  ja01 ap01 ju01 oc01 ja02 ap02 ju02 Gms
  1 Kasparov, Gary..................  g  RUS  2849 2835 2838 2838 2838 2838 2838   0
  2 Kramnik, Vladimir...............  g  RUS  2772 2797 2802 2809 2809 2809 2807   3
  3 Anand, Viswanathan..............  g  IND  2790 2794 2794 2770 2757 2752 2755   2
  4 Adams, Michael..................  g  ENG  2746 2750 2744 2731 2742 2744 2752  18
  5 Topalov, Veselin................  g  BUL  2718 2707 2711 2733 2739 2745 2745   0
  6 Ponomariov, Ruslan..............  g  UKR  2677 2673 2684 2684 2727 2743 2743   0
  7 Bareev, Evgeny..................  g  RUS  2709 2709 2719 2719 2707 2724 2726  12
  8 Leko, Peter.....................  g  HUN  2745 2730 2730 2739 2713 2707 2717   9
  9 Morozevich, Alexander...........  g  RUS  2745 2749 2749 2742 2742 2718 2716   2
 10 Ivanchuk, Vassily...............  g  UKR  2717 2731 2731 2731 2717 2711 2711   0
 11 Gelfand, Boris..................  g  ISR  2712 2712 2704 2701 2703 2707 2710   0
 12 Grischuk, Alexander.............  g  RUS  2663 2667 2669 2666 2671 2702 2702   2
 13 Shirov, Alexei..................  g  ESP  2718 2722 2706 2706 2715 2704 2697  18
 14 Svidler, Peter..................  g  RUS  2695 2695 2695 2686 2688 2688 2690  16
 15 Khalifman, Alexander............  g  RUS  2690 2690 2700 2702 2688 2698 2690   8
 16 Akopian, Vladimir...............  g  ARM  2656 2654 2660 2660 2680 2678 2689  12
 17 Karpov, Anatoly.................  g  RUS  2679 2692 2692 2692 2693 2690 2687   2
 18 Short, Nigel D..................  g  ENG  2676 2676 2664 2675 2663 2673 2682   7
 19 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ...........  g  HUN  2676 2678 2686 2686 2677 2677 2681   1
 20 Sokolov, Ivan...................  g  BIH  2659 2659 2659 2658 2659 2647 2677  28
 21 Smirin, Ilia....................  g  ISR  2686 2691 2702 2698 2702 2685 2676  23
 22 Dreev, Alexey...................  g  RUS  2685 2685 2690 2676 2683 2677 2676  11
 23 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab..........  g  GEO  2670 2670 2674 2674 2676 2676 2676   0
 24 Ye, Jiangchuan..................  g  CHN  2671 2671 2677 2681 2676 2676 2676   0
 25 Almasi, Zoltan..................  g  HUN  2640 2640 2630 2630 2644 2650 2672   8
 26 Malakhov, Vladimir..............  g  RUS  2613 2623 2637 2637 2647 2663 2668  10
 27 Zvjaginsev, Vadim...............  g  RUS  2631 2627 2638 2640 2656 2645 2668   9
 28 Vaganian, Rafael A..............  g  ARM  2641 2641 2650 2650 2662 2664 2667  13
 29 Lautier, Joel...................  g  FRA  2658 2658 2675 2653 2687 2675 2663  12
 30 Nikolic, Predrag................  g  BIH  2652 2652 2652 2652 2653 2653 2661  25
 31 Georgiev, Kiril.................  g  BUL  2676 2676 2695 2686 2655 2654 2658  30
 32 Sutovsky, Emil..................  g  ISR  2605 2604 2651 2664 2656 2660 2658  11
 33 Rublevsky, Sergei...............  g  RUS  2657 2657 2639 2634 2655 2657 2658   8
 34 Krasenkow, Michal...............  g  POL  2658 2655 2573 2592 2632 2641 2657  26
 35 Movsesian, Sergei...............  g  CZE  2661 2661 2627 2631 2624 2624 2654  32
 36 Xu, Jun.........................  g  CHN  2655 2655 2646 2654 2654 2654 2654   0
 37 Bacrot, Etienne.................  g  FRA  2618 2627 2653 2653 2649 2653 2653  16
 38 Beliavsky, Alexander G..........  g  SLO  2638 2638 2659 2668 2649 2661 2652  27
 39 Lutz, Christopher...............  g  GER  2609 2614 2643 2643 2644 2644 2650  28
 40 Sasikiran, Krishnan.............  g  IND  2601 2611 2589 2569 2569 2633 2650  26
 41 Gurevich, Mikhail...............  g  BEL  2694 2688 2633 2605 2641 2641 2649  35
 42 Vallejo Pons, Francisco.........  g  ESP  2545 2559 2630 2630 2629 2638 2648  17
 43 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............  g  UZB  2693 2693 2704 2706 2695 2674 2648  13
 44 Sakaev, Konstantin..............  g  RUS  2639 2637 2630 2639 2649 2649 2647   8
 45 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............  g  BLR  2610 2610 2646 2645 2645 2654 2646  20
 46 Piket, Jeroen...................  g  NED  2632 2628 2630 2649 2659 2659 2646  18
 47 Van Wely, Loek..................  g  NED  2700 2670 2695 2714 2697 2642 2645  20
 48 Onischuk, Alexander.............  g  USA  2658 2658 2667 2660 2655 2641 2644   7
 49 Epishin, Vladimir...............  g  RUS  2578 2579 2583 2583 2599 2606 2643  48
 50 Kaidanov, Gregory S.............  g  USA  2607 2601 2605 2605 2596 2616 2638  14
 51 Zhang, Zhong....................  g  CHN  2607 2632 2667 2657 2656 2639 2637   9
 52 Volkov, Sergey..................  g  RUS  2564 2558 2578 2578 2567 2609 2636  18
 53 Motylev, Alexander..............  g  RUS  2570 2601 2627 2641 2639 2622 2634  30
 54 Huebner, Robert Dr..............  g  GER  2616 2616 2612 2612 2628 2628 2634   7
 55 Hjartarson, Johann .............  g  ISL  2633 2633 2633 2633 2633 2634 2634   0
 56 Bologan, Viktor.................  g  MDA  2684 2676 2655 2668 2651 2652 2631  18
 57 Tiviakov, Sergei................  g  NED  2597 2603 2618 2599 2614 2625 2628  26
 58 Lputian, Smbat G................  g  ARM  2607 2607 2608 2618 2634 2634 2627   8
 59 Nielsen, Peter Heine............  g  DEN  2585 2585 2593 2620 2642 2636 2626  19
 60 Kobalia, Mikhail................  g  RUS  2581 2590 2595 2603 2620 2602 2625  27
 61 Hansen, Curt....................  g  DEN  2619 2619 2626 2613 2613 2613 2625  13
 62 Tkachiev, Vladislav.............  g  FRA  2672 2672 2642 2632 2634 2633 2625  11
 63 Lastin, Alexander...............  g  RUS  2631 2627 2628 2628 2630 2619 2625  10
 64 Graf, Alexander.................  g  GER  2649 2649 2610 2610 2605 2623 2624  25
 65 Shabalov, Alexander.............  g  USA  2609 2595 2574 2585 2606 2622 2624  13
 66 Sadler, Matthew.................  g  ENG  2633 2633 2631 2631 2631 2631 2624   5
 67 Timman, Jan H...................  g  NED  2629 2620 2597 2600 2605 2616 2623  14
 68 Pigusov, Evgeny.................  g  RUS  2572 2584 2613 2613 2623 2623 2622  19
 69 Istratescu, Andrei..............  g  ROM  2582 2561 2598 2603 2605 2606 2622  15
 70 Landa, Konstantin...............  g  RUS  2610 2610 2619 2619 2619 2623 2621  14
 71 Korchnoi, Viktor................  g  SUI  2639 2643 2617 2639 2633 2635 2620  23
 72 Fressinet, Laurent..............  g  FRA  2581 2575 2606 2588 2591 2606 2619  24
 73 Radjabov, Teimour...............  g  AZE  2483 2533 2558 2567 2599 2610 2618   9
 74 Seirawan, Yasser................  g  USA  2640 2640 2644 2644 2644 2631 2618   4
 75 Dorfman, Josif D................  g  FRA  2602 2602 2602 2599 2602 2613 2617  22
 76 Filippov, Valerij...............  g  RUS  2619 2632 2617 2617 2625 2612 2615  19
 77 Baklan, Vladimir................  g  UKR  2613 2613 2599 2590 2609 2618 2614  22
 78 Dominguez, Lenier...............  g  CUB  2565 2556 2585 2596 2594 2601 2613  42
 79 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter.........  g  ROM  2596 2596 2609 2609 2608 2610 2613   9
 80 Shipov, Sergei..................  g  RUS  2640 2640 2625 2625 2630 2613 2613   0
 81 Jussupow, Artur.................  g  GER  2645 2645 2633 2633 2618 2618 2612  21
 82 Dautov, Rustem..................  g  GER  2631 2631 2630 2630 2636 2636 2611  34
 83 Nunn, John D.M..................  g  ENG  2578 2578 2584 2595 2595 2595 2611  18
 84 Vescovi, Giovanni...............  g  BRA  2519 2572 2581 2585 2590 2611 2611   0
 85 Kharlov, Andrei.................  g  RUS  2639 2639 2656 2656 2638 2633 2609  27
 86 Goldin, Alexander...............  g  USA  2595 2599 2594 2612 2630 2618 2609  13
 87 Hodgson, Julian M...............  g  ENG  2596 2595 2581 2589 2598 2598 2608  13 
 88 Benjamin, Joel..................  g  USA  2581 2581 2587 2587 2593 2598 2608   7
 89 Macieja, Bartlomiej.............  g  POL  2578 2608 2588 2582 2612 2585 2607  22
 90 Eingorn, Vereslav S.............  g  UKR  2589 2589 2598 2601 2598 2598 2604  17
 91 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas.............  g  KAZ  2571 2571 2585 2569 2561 2583 2604  11
 92 Sermek, Drazen..................  g  SLO  2515 2525 2579 2577 2595 2601 2603  27
 93 Ftacnik, Lubomir................  g  SVK  2618 2618 2580 2566 2574 2576 2602  30
 94 Van Den Doel, Erik..............  g  NED  2564 2574 2607 2583 2585 2583 2602  26
 95 Milov, Vadim....................  g  SUI  2604 2605 2614 2602 2595 2606 2602  21
 96 Hickl, Joerg....................  g  GER  2582 2582 2600 2600 2601 2602 2602  13
 97 Bu, Xiangzhi....................  g  CHN  2588 2588 2553 2569 2593 2601 2602   9
 98 Peng, Xiaomin...................  g  CHN  2648 2648 2629 2607 2611 2611 2602   9
 99 Novikov, Igor A.................  g  USA  2596 2596 2593 2588 2583 2603 2601  13
100 Hracek, Zbynek..................  g  CZE  2602 2603 2610 2610 2586 2596 2600  18
101 Ehlvest, Jaan...................  g  EST  2638 2630 2627 2626 2589 2588 2600   9

4) Milivoj Petrov Memorial Pancevo

Mihajlo Savic reports: The Milivoj Popov Memorial took place in Pancevo (10 km east of Belgrade) 26th June - 3rd July 2002. The Category VIII tournament had a GM norm target at 8.0 and IM norm at 6.0 points. The winner was IM Halkias Stelios of Greece with 8/11 who also made a GM norm (his 3rd). An IM Norm was achieved by Jovan Radlovacki with 6.5/11 (his 1st norm). The youngest player in the field Robulj Nenad gained the most rating points (12). The Chief arbiter was Mihajlo Savic.

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Milivoj Petrov Mem Pancevo YUG (YUG), 24 vi-4 vii 2002  cat. VIII (2430)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Halkias, Stelios      m GRE 2566  * = = = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2592 
 2. Cabrilo, Goran        g YUG 2501  = * = = = = = = 1 = = 1  6.5  2488 
 3. Fontaine, Robert      m FRA 2484  = = * 1 0 = = = = 1 = 1  6.5  2490 
 4. Radlovacki, Jovan       YUG 2387  = = 0 * = 1 = = = 1 1 =  6.5  2499 
 5. Rajkovic, Dusan       g YUG 2501  = = 1 = * = 0 = 1 0 = 1  6.0  2459 
 6. Todorovic, Goran M    g YUG 2487  1 = = 0 = * 0 = 0 1 = =  5.0  2389 
 7. Colovic, Aleksandar   m MKD 2362  0 = = = 1 1 * 0 = 0 = =  5.0  2400 
 8. Drazic, Sinisa        g YUG 2474  0 = = = = = 1 * = = = 0  5.0  2390 
 9. Markovic, Milovan     f YUG 2306  0 0 = = 0 1 = = * = = 1  5.0  2405 
10. Sanduleac, Vasile     m MDA 2477  0 = 0 0 1 0 1 = = * 1 0  4.5  2360 
11. Micic, Cedomir          YUG 2411  0 = = 0 = = = = = 0 * =  4.0  2329 
12. Robulj, Nenad           YUG 2206  0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 1 = *  4.0  2348 
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5) Slovak Championships

The Slovak Championships took place in Kaskády, 26 June - 7th July 2002.

Lubo Ftacnik reports: The Slovak championships were played in two sections between 26.6.-7.7.2002 at the holiday resort of Kaskady near Galanta (some 65 km from the capital Bratislava). The new energetic president of chess federation Milan Kajan always dreamed about the chance to run a round robin international event backed up by a reserves open. For the first time since the independence of Slovakia (1.1.1993) the project was truly realized with a respectable FIDE cat 12 GM tournament and distinctly more modest swiss event with 96 players. The foreign guests in the main event proved too strong for part of the slovak field, but Movsesian is now the proud owner of a slovak passport and membership of the federation on the July FIDE list. He did not play well after his Sarajevo triumph, but managed to win slovak title in a 10min+5sec tie break match with Ftacnik. Sutovsky had great time, but when he missplayed an advantage in the last round Landa nearly caught with him despite first round loss to Romanishin. The winner of the open section qualified for the 2003 championship, that might move to the booming Bratislava or traditionally strong chess center Presov. Regnina Pokorna nearly won the men's B championships (as well as the women's A title incorporated in the open), but went under in a winning position against Likavsky in the 8th round. 9 rounds op: 1.Likavsky 7,5, 2.-9.Pokorna Regina, Pribyl Jozef, Jovanovic Zoran, Rigo Zsolt, Meszaros Michal, Mrkonjic, Manik, Balogh Tomas 6,5 etc.

Internet coverage: http://www.chess.sk/

ch-SVK Kaskady SVK (SVK), 27 vi-7 vii 2002            cat. XII (2533)
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1 Sutovsky, Emil       g ISR 2660 * = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  8.5  2732
 2 Landa, Konstantin    g RUS 2623 = * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2700
 3 Romanishin, Oleg M   g UKR 2571 = 1 * 0 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1  7.5  2662
 4 Khenkin, Igor        g GER 2587 = = 1 * = 0 = 1 = 0 1 1  6.5  2593
 5 Ftacnik, Lubomir     g SVK 2576 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1  6.5  2594
 6 Movsesian, Sergei    g SVK 2624 0 0 = 1 = * 1 = 1 0 1 1  6.5  2589
 7 Stohl, Igor          g SVK 2550 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 = 1 =  5.5  2531
 8 Markos, Jan          m SVK 2467 = 0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 1 =  5.5  2539
 9 Plachetka, Jan       g SVK 2441 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 * 1 = 1  3.5  2408
10 Mrva, Martin         m SVK 2426 0 0 0 1 0 1 = 0 0 * = 0  3.0  2367
11 Priehoda, Vitezslav  m SVK 2425 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = * =  2.5  2332
12 Tibensky, Robert     m SVK 2448 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = *  2.5  2329
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Ftacnik, Lubomir   -  Movsesian, Sergei  0-1   66  A12  Reti Opening
Movsesian, Sergei  -  Ftacnik, Lubomir   1/2   50  B91  Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3


ch-SVK Playoff Kaskady SVK (SVK), 27 vi-7 vii 2002
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                                1   2 
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Movsesian, Sergei g  CZE 2624    1   =   1.5  2769
Ftacnik, Lubomir  g  SVK 2576    0   =   0.5  2431
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6) Belfort Masters

The 5th Comtois Masters and the 1st Women's Masters are taking place in Belfort 27th June - 7th July 2002. Both events are 6 player double round robins.

Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com/

5th Comtois Masters Belfort FRA (FRA), 27 vi-7 vii 2002cat. XIV (2586)
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                                   1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Bauer, Christian     g FRA 2571 ** =. =. 1. =. =.  3.5  2642
2 Hamdouchi, Hichem    g MAR 2570 =. ** 0. 1. =. 1.  3.5  2642
3 Degraeve, Jean-Marc  g FRA 2595 =. 1. ** 0. =. 0.  3.0  2569
4 Bologan, Viktor      g MDA 2652 0. 0. 1. ** 0. 1.  3.0  2581
5 Koch, Jean-Rene      m FRA 2498 =. =. =. 1. ** 0.  2.5  2544
6 Tregubov, Pavel V    g RUS 2627 =. 0. 1. 0. 1. **  2.5  2532
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1st Women's Masters Belfort FRA (FRA), 27 vi-7 vii 2002cat. II (2295)
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                                      1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Nepeina-Leconte, Maria wm FRA 2308 ** =. 1. 0. 1. =.  4.0  2405
2 Bojkovic, Natasa       wg YUG 2431 =. ** =. =. =. 1.  4.0  2376
3 Ionescu-Brandis, Irina wg ROM 2319 0. =. ** 1. =. 1.  3.5  2353
4 Velcheva, Maria        wg BUL 2327 1. =. 0. ** 0. =.  2.5  2237
5 Muller, Anne            m FRA 2167 0. =. =. 1. ** 0.  2.0  2214
6 Roumegous, Marina      wm FRA 2220 =. 0. 0. =. 1. **  2.0  2185
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7) Bled Open

The 23rd Chess Festival Bled takes place from 2nd-10th July 2002 in Bled (Slovenia). After six of nine rounds Dusko Pavasovic leads with 5/6.

Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled/2002

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23rd Open Bled SLO (SLO), 2-10 vii 2002
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                                              1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Pavasovic, Dusko          g  SLO 2568  +42 = 4 +20 = 2 +25 + 6  .   .   .   5.0  2778 
 2. Gyimesi, Zoltan           g  HUN 2580  +45 +16 = 7 = 1 = 9 + 4  .   .   .   4.5  2719 
 3. Beliavsky, Alexander G    g  SLO 2652  +46 =18 = 6 = 8 +33 +14  .   .   .   4.5  2680 
 4. Chatalbashev, Boris       g  BUL 2530  +38 = 1 +10 + 7 = 6 - 2  .   .   .   4.0  2626 
 5. Neverov, Valeriy          g  UKR 2587  +36 =20 = 8 =23 +18 = 9  .   .   .   4.0  2556 
 6. Eljanov, Pavel            g  UKR 2561  +40 +26 = 3 +15 = 4 - 1  .   .   .   4.0  2625 
 7. Palac, Mladen             g  CRO 2564  +24 +43 = 2 - 4 +23 =11  .   .   .   4.0  2536 
 8. Jaracz, Pawel             g  POL 2516  +49 =15 = 5 = 3 =21 +27  .   .   .   4.0  2620 
 9. Kurajica, Bojan           g  BIH 2555  -43 +42 +39 +29 = 2 = 5  .   .   .   4.0  2545 
10. Tratar, Marko             m  SLO 2466  +35 =14 - 4 +37 =12 +25  .   .   .   4.0  2576 
11. Mikhalchishin, Adrian     g  SLO 2533  =34 +37 +31 =25 =14 = 7  .   .   .   4.0  2529 
12. Ruck, Robert              g  HUN 2571  -26 +48 +45 =13 =10 +29  .   .   .   4.0  2504 
13. Nedev, Trajce             g  MKD 2476  +51 -25 +34 =12 +30 =16  .   .   .   4.0  2543 
14. Ulibin, Mikhail           g  RUS 2589  +27 =10 =29 +30 =11 - 3  .   .   .   3.5  2519 
15. Sermek, Drazen            g  SLO 2603  +39 = 8 +18 - 6 =27 =20  .   .   .   3.5  2519 
16. Mohr, Georg               g  SLO 2523  +41 - 2 +32 =27 =22 =13  .   .   .   3.5  2456 
17. Mikac, Matjaz             m  SLO 2410  =47 =23 =44 =20 +28 =19  .   .   .   3.5  2400 
18. Solak, Dragan             g  YUG 2522  +44 = 3 -15 +26 - 5 +33  .   .   .   3.5  2523 
19. Zelcic, Robert            g  CRO 2565  -32 +40 -33 +45 +24 =17  .   .   .   3.5  2417 
20. Grosar, Aljosa            m  SLO 2470  +50 = 5 - 1 =17 +39 =15  .   .   .   3.5  2511 
21. Kovacevic, Aleksandar     g  YUG 2547  =37 =34 +43 =33 = 8 =22  .   .   .   3.5  2398 
22. Stojanovski, Dejan        f  MKD 2416  =48 =31 =26 +44 =16 =21  .   .   .   3.5  2390 
23. Lenic, Luka                  SLO 2182  =29 =17 +50 = 5 - 7 +46  .   .   .   3.5  2482 
24. Sebenik, Matej            f  SLO 2380  - 7 =35 +48 +31 -19 +41  .   .   .   3.5  2376 
25. Kozul, Zdenko             g  CRO 2588  +33 +13 =30 =11 - 1 -10  .   .   .   3.0  2460 
26. Brkic, Ante               f  CRO 2351  +12 - 6 =22 -18 +44 =30  .   .   .   3.0  2447 
27. Borisek, Jure             f  SLO 2341  -14 +52 +28 =16 =15 - 8  .   .   .   3.0  2476 
28. Eljanov, Vladimir         m  UKR 2426  -31 +38 -27 +32 -17 +43  .   .   .   3.0  2295 
29. Soln, Primoz              m  SLO 2419  =23 +47 =14 - 9 +43 -12  .   .   .   3.0  2387 
30. Kuljasevic, Davorin       f  CRO 2365  +52 +32 =25 -14 -13 =26  .   .   .   3.0  2418 
31. Guid, Matej                  SLO 2185  +28 =22 -11 -24 =40 =32  .   .   .   2.5  2335 
32. Bruehl, Andreas              GER 2305  +19 -30 -16 -28 +49 =31  .   .   .   2.5  2327 
33. Nikolov, Sasho            m  BUL 2354  -25 +51 +19 =21 - 3 -18  .   .   .   2.5  2458 
34. Sakelsek, Tadej              SLO 2245  =11 =21 -13 -39 +51 =36  .   .   .   2.5  2357 
35. Srebrnic, Marko              SLO 2179  -10 =24 =36 -43 +45 =44  .   .   .   2.5  2297 
36. Orel, Oskar               f  SLO 2346  - 5 =50 =35 =41 =38 =34  .   .   .   2.5  2235 
37. Krivec, Jana              wf SLO 2253  =21 -11 +47 -10 =46 =39  .   .   .   2.5  2352 
38. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra  wf YUG 2269  - 4 -28 =42 +47 =36 =40  .   .   .   2.5  2287 
39. Jelen, Igor               m  SLO 2365  -15 +49 - 9 +34 -20 =37  .   .   .   2.5  2337 
40. Sitnik, Igor                 SLO 2296  - 6 -19 =51 +48 =31 =38  .   .   .   2.5  2267 
41. Bratovic, Blaz               SLO 2277  -16 -45 +52 =36 +42 -24  .   .   .   2.5  2305 
42. Lazar, Ales ml            f  SLO 2304  - 1 - 9 =38 +49 -41 +47  .   .   .   2.5  2288 
43. Jaracz, Barbara           wm POL 2265  + 9 - 7 -21 +35 -29 -28  .   .   .   2.0  2323 
44. Steiner, Darko            f  SLO 2250  -18 +46 =17 -22 -26 =35  .   .   .   2.0  2251 
45. Guidarelli, Laurent       f  FRA 2418  - 2 +41 -12 -19 -35 +50  .   .   .   2.0  2269 
46. Dizdar, Selim             f  BIH 2380  - 3 -44 =49 +50 =37 -23  .   .   .   2.0  2170 
47. Zorko, Jure                  SLO 2165  =17 -29 -37 -38 +48 -42  .   .   .   1.5  2107 
48. Kukovec, Borut               SLO 2145  =22 -12 -24 -40 -47 +52  .   .   .   1.5  2145 
49. Illijin, Neboisa          m  ROM 2240  - 8 -39 =46 -42 -32 +51  .   .   .   1.5  2155 
50. Srebrnic, Ana             wf SLO 2195  -20 =36 -23 -46 +52 -45  .   .   .   1.5  2140 
51. Rodman, Franc                SLO 2220  -13 -33 =40 =52 -34 -49  .   .   .   1.0  2029 
52. Susnik, Matej                SLO 2202  -30 -27 -41 =51 -50 -48  .   .   .   0.5  1856 
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8) 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

17th North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (DEN), 5-13 vii 2002cat. XIV (2586)
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 1 Bruzon, Lazaro        g CUB 2590 * . . = . . 1 . . =  2.0  2734
 2 Tiviakov, Sergei      g NED 2628 . * . = = . . . 1 .  2.0  2706
 3 Hansen, Sune Berg     g DEN 2545 . . * . . . . = = 1  2.0  2686
 4 Dominguez, Lenier     g CUB 2613 = = . * = . . . . .  1.5  2614
 5 Hansen, Curt          g DEN 2625 . = . = * = . . . .  1.5  2595
 6 Volokitin, Andrei     g UKR 2545 . . . . = * . = = .  1.5  2572
 7 Nielsen, Peter Heine  g DEN 2626 0 . . . . . * 1 . =  1.5  2589
 8 Stefansson, Hannes    g ISL 2588 . . = . . = 0 * . .  1.0  2447
 9 Galliamova, Alisa     m RUS 2505 . 0 = . . = . . * .  1.0  2447
10 Glek, Igor V          g GER 2590 = . 0 . . . = . . *  1.0  2462
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9) 30th World Open

The 30th World Open took place June 29th - July 7th 2002. There was a nine way tie for first amongst Alex Smirin, Alexander Onischuk, Artur Yusupov, Jaan Ehlvest, Alek Wojtkiewicz, Benjamin Finegold, Jonathan Rowson, Varuzhan Akobian and Kamil Miton. Games and more details next week.

Internet coverage: http://www.worldopen.com/

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30th World Open Philadelphia USA (USA), 29 vi-7 vii 2002
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 1. Smirin, Ilia             g  ISR 2685 7.0
 2. Onischuk, Alexander      g  USA 2641 7.0
 3. Jussupow, Artur          g  GER 2618 7.0
 4. Ehlvest, Jaan            g  EST 2588 7.0
 5. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander  g  POL 2554 7.0 
 6. Finegold, Benjamin       m  USA 2527 7.0 
 7. Rowson, Jonathan         g  SCO 2527 7.0 
 8. Akobian, Varuzhan        m  USA 2480 7.0 
 9. Miton, Kamil             m  POL 2516 7.0 
10. Ibragimov, Ildar         g  RUS 2588 6.5
11. Yudasin, Leonid          g  ISR 2564 6.5
12. Perelshteyn, Eugene      m  USA 2434 6.5
13. Paschall, William M.     m  USA 2428 6.5
14. Muhammad, Stephen A      f  USA 2329 6.5
15. Stripunsky, Alexander    g  USA 2554 6.0
16. Shulman, Yuri            g  BLR 2591 6.0
17. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  g  CHI 2556 6.0 
18. Schmaltz, Roland         g  GER 2559 6.0 
19. Anka, Emil               g  HUN 2438 6.0 
20. Fedorowicz, John P       g  USA 2514 6.0
21. Kreiman, Boris           m  USA 2515 6.0
22. Ashley, Maurice          g  USA 2473 6.0
23. Garcia, Gildardo         g  COL 2486 6.0
24. Summerscale, Aaron       g  ENG 2503 6.0
25. Rohde, Michael A         g  USA 2506 6.0
26. Strugatsky, Vladimir     f  USA 2430 6.0
27. Vovsha, Eli                 ISR 2411 6.0
28. Enhbat, Tegshsuren       f  MGL 2381 6.0
29. Burnett, Ronald          m  USA 2404 6.0
30. Lapshun, Yury            f  USA 2387 6.0
31. Kaufman, Larry C         m  USA 2410 6.0
32. Lein, Anatoly            g  USA 2394 6.0
33. Mikhailuk, Slava         f  USA 2440 6.0
34. Kaliksteyn, Alexander    f  USA 2390 6.0
35. Smith, Bryan G           f  USA 2412 6.0
36. Siegel, Noah J.             USA 2239 6.0
37. Ivanov, Alexander        g  USA 2579 5.5
38. Blatny, Pavel            g  CZE 2444 5.5
39. Nakamura, Hikaru         m  USA 2466 5.5
40. Kriventsov, Stanislav G. f  USA 2418 5.5
41. Zugic, Igor              m  CAN 2450 5.5
42. Ginsburg, Mark           m  USA 2388 5.5
200+ players

10) Tan Chin Nam Cup

The Qingdao Chess Festival takes 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. The main event is the Tan Chin Nam Cup GM International Open 2002 (Section A) For players 2450 and above. Most of the players from the US who are playing in the China – USA Chess Summit 2002 have confirmed their participation. Players include Yasser Seirawan, Nguyen Anh Dung, Krishnan Sasikiran, Alexander Goldin, Dao Thien Hai, Joel Benjamin, Ni Hua, Gregory S Kaidanov, Alexander Shabalov, Igor A Novikov, Liang Chong, Xu Jun, Bu Xiangzhi and Zhang Pengxiang. My thanks to Yin Hao for the games. I don't have detailed standings I will round them up next week.

Full details: http://www.64.net.cn/qdopen.htm

11) Swedish Championships

The Swedish Championships take place June 29th - July 14th 2002 in Skara.

Internet coverage: http://www.schackbutiken.com/sm/

ch-SWE Skara SWE (SWE), 30 vi-14 vii 2002                     cat. IX (2467)
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 1 Hector, Jonny           g SWE 2513 * . = = 1 1 . . 1 . . 1 . 1  6.0  2793
 2 Agrest, Evgenij         g SWE 2584 . * . . = = . = = . 1 . 1 1  5.0  2596
 3 Hillarp Persson, Tiger  g SWE 2460 = . * = = . 1 . = = . 1 . .  4.5  2593
 4 Brynell, Stellan        g SWE 2506 = . = * = = . 1 . . . = . 1  4.5  2576
 5 Wedberg, Tom            g SWE 2540 0 = = = * . 1 . . = . = . .  3.5  2496
 6 Cicak, Slavko           g SWE 2537 0 = . = . * 0 . . 1 1 = . .  3.5  2491
 7 Berg, Emanuel           m SWE 2503 . . 0 . 0 1 * = . . . = = 1  3.5  2440
 8 Vernersson, Per           SWE 2394 . = . 0 . . = * 1 = 0 . = .  3.0  2410
 9 Ernst, Thomas           g SWE 2471 0 = = . . . . 0 * . = = 1 .  3.0  2394
10 Akesson, Ralf           g SWE 2451 . . = . = 0 . = . * 0 . 1 =  3.0  2386
11 Eriksson, Johan         m SWE 2426 . 0 . . . 0 . 1 = 1 * . 0 =  3.0  2398
12 Barkhagen, Jonas        m SWE 2455 0 . 0 = = = = . = . . * . .  2.5  2402
13 Eriksson, Jonas           SWE 2280 . 0 . . . . = = 0 0 1 . * 0  2.0  2306
14 Ahlander, Bjorn         m SWE 2419 0 0 . 0 . . 0 . . = = . 1 *  2.0  2308
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12) 4th ShakkiNet International

The 4th ShakkiNet International took place June 24th - July 4th in Helsinki, Finland. There was a Category IV A tournament and an ELO event. Evgeniy Solozhenkin won the event with 8/11. My thanks to Sami Hämäläinen.

Official website: http://www.shakki.net/4si

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IV Shakkinet A Helsinki FIN (FIN), 24 vi-4 vii 2002        cat. IV (2334)
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 1. Solozhenkin, Evgeniy   g RUS 2499  * 0 = 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 1  8.0  2493 
 2. Nyysti, Sampsa         f FIN 2242  1 * = = 1 1 0 = = 0 1 1  7.0  2444 
 3. Maki-Uuro, Miikka      f FIN 2335  = = * = 1 0 = = = 1 1 1  7.0  2435 
 4. Sammalvuo, Tapani      m FIN 2440  0 = = * 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1  7.0  2426 
 5. Norri, Joose           m FIN 2426  0 0 0 1 * = 1 1 1 = 1 1  7.0  2427 
 6. Agopov, Mikael         m FIN 2412  0 0 1 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 =  6.0  2362 
 7. Karttunen, Mika        m FIN 2429  = 1 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 = 0 1  5.5  2325 
 8. Payen, Arnaud          m FRA 2356  = = = 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1  5.5  2331 
 9. Hjelm, Niclas          f SWE 2313  = = = 1 0 = 0 = * 0 1 0  4.5  2270 
10. Carlsen, Magnus          NOR 2163  0 1 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 0 1  4.0  2247 
11. Tiitta, Sauli            FIN 2249  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 1  3.0  2166 
12. Hansen, Victor           NOR 2143  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 *  1.5  2042 
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 1. Liitiainen, Elia           FIN 2164  * = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1  8.5  2340 
 2. Parkkinen, Jyrki           FIN 2169  = * = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1  8.5  2339 
 3. Karlsen, Terje             NOR 2121  0 = * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2266 
 4. Kilpela, Panu              FIN 2139  = 0 1 * = 1 0 = = 1 = 1  6.5  2196 
 5. Skrjabin, Igor             RUS 2114  0 = = = * = 1 = 1 = = 1  6.5  2198 
 6. Eskola, Risto              FIN 2145  0 0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 1  5.5  2131 
 7. Paronen, Petteri           FIN 2224  = 0 0 1 0 = * = = 1 = =  5.0  2087 
 8. Malmberg, Mio              SWE 2088  = 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 1 =  5.0  2100 
 9. Haapasalo, Jukka-Pekka     FIN 2149  = = 0 = 0 = = 0 * = 1 1  5.0  2094 
10. Oksanen, Timo              FIN ----  0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * = 1  3.5  2011 
11. Mavrichev, Juri            RUS 2115  0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = * 0  2.5  1922 
12. Luukkonen, Tommi           FIN 2158  0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 *  2.0  1867 
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13) Bogny sur Meuse GM

The Category VIII Bogny sur Meuse GM tournament took place 27th June - 5th July 2002. Andrei Shchekachev took clear first with 7.5/9.

Internet coverage: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aymon.chess/

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 1. Shchekachev, Andrei   g RUS 2555  * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 =  7.5  2694 
 2. Kveinys, Aloyzas      g LTU 2559  = * = = = = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2546 
 3. Rausis, Igors         g LAT 2478  = = * = = = 1 = = 1  5.5  2510 
 4. Collas, Didier        m FRA 2416  0 = = * 1 = = = = 1  5.0  2480 
 5. Laurent, Bruno        f BEL 2294  0 = = 0 * = = 1 = 1  4.5  2450 
 6. Eliet, Nicolas        m FRA 2400  0 = = = = * 1 = 0 =  4.0  2396 
 7. Tirard, Hugo          m FRA 2401  0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1  4.0  2395 
 8. Salaun, Yann          m FRA 2409  0 = = = 0 = 0 * 1 =  3.5  2358 
 9. Pira, Davoud          m FRA 2434  0 0 = = = 1 0 0 * =  3.0  2310 
10. Dunis, Aurelien         FRA 2405  = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = *  2.0  2218 
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14) La Fere Open

The first La Fere Open took place 30th June - 5th July 2002. Vladislav Nevednichy won the event with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Viesturs Meijers and David Housieaux.

Internet coverage: http://laferect.free.fr

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1st Open La Fere FRA (FRA), 30 vi-5 vii 2002
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 1. Nevednichy, Vladislav   g  ROM 2560  7½ 30.00 43.00
 2. Meijers, Viesturs       m  LAT 2427  7  28.00 44.50
 3. Housieaux, David           FRA 2308  7  28.00 43.50
 4. Sarakauskas, Gediminas  m  LTU 2388  6½ 28.00 40.50
 5. Daurelle, Herve            FRA 2187  6½ 28.00 38.00
 6. Gladyszev, Oleg         m  RUS 2381  6½ 28.00 37.50
 7. Gaponenko, Inna         wg UKR 2418  6½ 27.00 43.00
 8. Pytel, Krzysztof        m  FRA 2420  6½ 27.00 40.00
 9. Dgebuadze, Alexandre    g  BEL 2537  6½ 26.00 45.00
10. Moldovan, Daniel        m  ROM 2462  6½ 26.00 43.00
11. Te-Llalemand, Rosa      wg FRA 2300  6  27.00 42.00
12. Petitpas, Franck           FRA 2068  6  27.00 38.00
13. Bratanov, Zsivko        m  BUL 2432  6  26.00 43.50
14. Carton, Camille            FRA 2207  6  26.00 40.00
15. Sarakauskiene, Zivile      LTU 2105  6  26.00 39.00
16. Pytel, Martin           f  SUI 2322  6  26.00 35.00
17. Piankov, Evgenij        m  UKR 2326  6  25.00 45.00
18. Vanderstricht, Geert    m  BEL 2404  5½ 25.00 43.50
19. Filipek, Jakub             BEL 2383  5½ 25.00 43.00
20. Zigura, Oleg            m  UKR 2377  5½ 25.00 42.00
21. Gorshkova, Irina        wf BEL 2190  5½ 25.00 40.00
22. Bertin, Jean-Loup          FRA 2010  5½ 25.00 38.00
23. Dumitrache, Dragos      m  ROM 2505  5½ 24.00 44.00
24. Marquet, Mathieu           FRA ----  5½ 24.00 39.50
113 players

15) Scheveningen Match Belgrade

Mihajlo Savic reports: as part of the Yugoslav Teams preparation for the Olympiad in Bled (Slovenia), Olympiad representatives of Yugoslavia team played a training match against a team of young players (Olympiad hopes U-20). They played a five round Scheveningen system event. For the first three round the Hopes were the winners ahead 9,5:5,5. In the last two rounds the representives were the winners 8:2. Final score Representatives 13,5 Hopes 11,5. Teams Representatives: Zlatko Ilincic, Dejan Pikula, Ivan Ivanisevic, Aleksandar Kovacevic and Branko Damljanovic. The Hopes were: Milos Perunovic, Marko Zivanic, Dragan Solak, Nikola Djukic and Dalibor Stojanovic. The return match is in August. The match was played using the FIDE time control: 90 minutes for all moves till the end of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1. The Chief arbiter was Rados Marjanovic, IA.

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 1. Perunovic, Milos       m  YUG 2478  + 7 +10 + 4 = 3 = 2  4.0  2769 
 2. Ivanisevic, Ivan       g  YUG 2547  + 8 + 6 = 5 + 9 = 1  4.0  2705 
 3. Kovacevic, Aleksandar  g  YUG 2547  = 6 + 5 = 9 = 1 + 8  3.5  2614 
 4. Damljanovic, Branko    g  YUG 2548  - 5 = 9 - 1 + 8 + 6  2.5  2465 
 5. Djukic, Nikola            YUG 2434  + 4 - 3 = 2 - 7 =10  2.0  2457 
 6. Solak, Dragan          g  YUG 2522  = 3 - 2 + 7 =10 - 4  2.0  2457 
 7. Pikula, Dejan          m  YUG 2472  - 1 - 8 - 6 + 5 + 9  2.0  2393 
 8. Zivanic, Marko         m  YUG 2450  - 2 + 7 +10 - 4 - 3  2.0  2457 
 9. Stojanovic, Dalibor    f  YUG 2442  =10 = 4 = 3 - 2 - 7  1.5  2380 
10. Ilincic, Zlatko        g  YUG 2534  = 9 - 1 - 8 = 6 = 5  1.5  2316 
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Match Olympiad Hopes Schev  2002

                        --------------  Perunovic,Mil  2478     4.0/5
                        |  -----------  Zivanic,M      2450     2.0/5
                        |  |  --------  Solak,D        2522     2.0/5
                        |  |  |  -----  Djukic,Ni      2434     2.0/5
                        |  |  |  |  --  Stojanovic,Da  2442     1.5/5
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 1 Ivanisevic,I   2547  ½  1  1  ½  1     4.0/5
 2 Kovacevic,A    2547  ½  1  ½  1  ½     3.5/5
 3 Damljanovic,B  2548  0  1  1  0  ½     2.5/5
 4 Pikula,D       2472  0  0  0  1  1     2.0/5
 5 Ilincic,Z      2534  0  0  ½  ½  ½     1.5/5

16) 2nd St. Chély d'Aubrac

The 2nd St. Chély d'Aubrac Open took place 27th June - 3rd July 2002. The event was a 7 round swiss. Glenn Flear took clear first with 6/7.

Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com

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II Open St Chely d'Aubrac FRA (FRA), 27 vi-3 vii 2002
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 1. Flear, Glenn C         g  ENG 2530   6.0  2607 
 2. Cosma, Ioan            m  ROM 2463   5.5  2594 
 3. Belkhodja, Slim        g  TUN 2506   5.5  2531 
 4. Sofronie, Iulian       m  ROM 2460   5.5  2490 
 5. Apicella, Manuel       g  FRA 2513   5.0  2456 
 6. Voiska, Margarita      wg BUL 2300   5.0  2389 
 7. Cosma, Elena Luminita  wg ROM 2359   5.0  2401 
 8. Boudre, Jean-Pierre    m  FRA 2398   5.0  2425 
 9. Moingt, Jean-Claude    f  FRA 2300   4.5  2295 
10. Mrdja, Milan           m  CRO 2411   4.5  2256 
11. Fillon, Damien            FRA 2138   4.5  2285 
12. Gerard, Nicolas        f  FRA 2260   4.5  2234 
13. Szylar, Eric              FRA 2104   4.5  2267 
14. Bollore, Jacques          FRA 2153   4.5  2348 
15. Nanu, Ciprian          m  ROM 2440   4.5  2158 
16. Karim, Ismael             FRA 2072   4.5  2247 
17. Flear, Christine       wm FRA 2171   4.5  2204 
18. Labarthe, Arnaud          FRA 2082   4.5  2184 
62 players

17) XX Andorra International Open

The XX Andorra International Open in Andorra la Vella takes place July 6th-14th 2002. Players: Avrukh, Conquest, Psahkis, Nevednichi, Delchev, Vera, Zapata, Marín, Cámpora, Kulaots, Oratovsky, Paunovic, Gustafsson, Dumitrache, Radulski, Arizmendi, Moreno, Rizouk, Cheparinov... 14 GMs, 25 MIs, 103 players with elo rating, 160 players in total.

Website with results, pictures and live broadcast at: http://www.feva.ad

Round 2 Leaders: 
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XX Open Andorra la Vella AND (AND), 6-14 vii 2002
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 1. Conquest, Stuart              g  ENG 2582   2.0       
 2. De la Riva Aguado, Oscar      m  AND 2496   2.0       
 3. Dumitrache, Dragos            m  ROM 2505   2.0       
 4. Moreno Carnero, Javier        m  ESP 2497   2.0       
 5. Nevednichy, Vladislav         g  ROM 2560   2.0       
 6. Paunovic, Dragan              m  YUG 2518   2.0       
 7. Psakhis, Lev                  g  ISR 2571   2.0       
 8. Rizouk, Aimen                 m  ALG 2475   2.0       
 9. Vera, Reynaldo                g  CUB 2537   2.0       
10. Avrukh, Boris                 g  ISR 2567   2.0       
11. Marin, Mihail                 g  ROM 2556   2.0  
160 players

18) First Saturday July

There are a number of First Saturday event in July they are one GM, three IM and an FM tournament.

Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/firstsat/

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FSGM July Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-18 vii 2002                            cat. VII (2424)
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 1. Horvath, Jozsef                g HUN 2535  * = . . . . . . . . . . 1 .  1.5  2622 
 2. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek     DEN 2458  = * . . . . . . . . . . . 1  1.5  2643 
 3. Seres, Lajos                   m HUN 2462  . . * . . . . . . = . . . 1  1.5  2557 
 4. Sedlak, Nikola                 m YUG 2468  . . . * . 1 . . . . . . . .  1.0       
 5. Rajlich, Vasik G               f USA 2338  . . . . * . . . . . 1 ? . .  1.0       
 6. Kristjansson, Stefan           f ISL 2428  . . . 0 . * 1 . . . . . . .  1.0  2420 
 7. Ovod, Evgenija                 m RUS 2372  . . . . . 0 * . . 1 . . . .  1.0  2395 
 8. Bui Vinh                         VIE 2444  . . . . . . . * = . = . . .  1.0  2446 
 9. Csom, Istvan                   g HUN 2448  . . . . . . . = * . . . ? .  0.5  2444 
10. Thorfinnsson, Bragi              ISL 2362  . . = . . . 0 . . * . . . .  0.5  2224 
11. Lukacs, Peter                  g HUN 2444  . . . . 0 . . = . . * . . .  0.5  2198 
12. Radziewicz, Iweta             wg POL 2407  . . . . ? . . . . . . * . .  0.0       
13. Toth, Andras1                    HUN 2401  0 . . . . . . . ? . . . * .  0.0       
14. Gerzhoy, Leonid                  ISR 2366  . 0 0 . . . . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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FSIMA July Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-18 vii 2002             cat. II (2299)
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 1. Predojevic, Borki   f YUG 2359  * . . . . 1 . . . . 1 .  2.0       
 2. Dudas, Janos        m HUN 2368  . * . . . . . . . 1 . 1  2.0       
 3. Suranyi, Pal          HUN 2188  . . * = . . . . 1 . . .  1.5  2490 
 4. Galyas, Miklos      m HUN 2407  . . = * . . . . . = . .  1.0  2222 
 5. Hajnal, Zoltan      f HUN 2377  . . . . * . = . = . . .  1.0  2218 
 6. Lengyel, Bela       m HUN 2352  0 . . . . * . . . . . 1  1.0  2346 
 7. Alfred, Nathan        ENG 2249  . . . . = . * ? . . . .  0.5  2377 
 8. Resika, Nathan A    f USA 2276  . . . . . . ? * . . = .  0.5  2232 
 9. Tanaka, Yuuki         JPN 2187  . . 0 . = . . . * . . .  0.5  2089 
10. Le Kieu Thien Kim  wm VIE 2256  . 0 . = . . . . . * . .  0.5  2194 
11. Dencsi, Tibor         HUN 2232  0 . . . . . . = . . * .  0.5  2124 
12. Pachow, Joerg       f GER 2334  . 0 . . . 0 . . . . . *  0.0       
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FSIMB July Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-18 vii 2002                   cat. II (2284)
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 1. Le Dinh Tuan                   VIE 2361  * . . . = 1 . . . . .  1.5  2470 
 2. Berczes, Csaba               f HUN 2316  . * . = . . . . . . 1  1.5  2509 
 3. Metaxasz, Vaszilisz            HUN 2181  . . * . . . . . = . 1  1.5  2493 
 4. Eperjesi, Laszlo             m HUN 2289  . = . * = . . . . . .  1.0  2309 
 5. Hardicsay, Peter             m HUN 2302  = . . = * . . . . . .  1.0  2325 
 6. Farago, Sandor               m HUN 2252  0 . . . . * 1 . . . .  1.0  2338 
 7. Philippe, Christophe         f FRA 2316  . . . . . 0 * 1 . . .  1.0  2246 
 8. Rendle, Thomas                 ENG 2241  . . . . . . 0 * . 1 .  1.0  2293 
 9. Pedersen, Christian Kyndel     DEN 2258  . . = . . . . . * . .  0.5  2181 
10. Feibert, Fred                f GER 2270  . . . . . . . 0 . * .  0.0       
11. Zimmerman, Yuri              m ISR 2343  . 0 0 . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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FSIMC July Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-18 vii 2002        cat. III (2306)
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 1. McDonald, Neil R     g ENG 2396  * . . . . . . 1 . 1  2.0       
 2. Pham Minh Hoang1       VIE 2357  . * . . = 1 . . . .  1.5  2490 
 3. Balster, Stefan      f GER 2349  . . * . . . . = 1 .  1.5  2486 
 4. Paci, Cedric           FRA 2178  . . . * . . = . . 1  1.5  2492 
 5. Egeli, Per Ove         NOR 2312  . = . . * . . . = .  1.0  2316 
 6. Soos, Bela           m GER 2283  . 0 . . . * 1 . . .  1.0  2373 
 7. Boe, Mads            f DEN 2390  . . . = . 0 * . . .  0.5  2037 
 8. Dobos, Jozsef        m HUN 2311  0 . = . . . . * . .  0.5  2179 
 9. Mork, Kjell-Arne     f NOR 2275  . . 0 . = . . . * .  0.5  2137 
10. Partenheimer, Axel     GER 2208  0 . . 0 . . . . . *  0.0       
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19) Aarhus IM

Aarhus in Denmark is the venue for a 10 player round robin IM event July 5th-12th 2002. There is also an ELO tournament. They plan to expand to a GM event next year.

Website: http://www.chesshouse.dk/sommerskak/index.htm

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Aarhus Chess Summer IM Aarhus DEN (DEN), 5-13 vii 2002   cat. VI (2381)
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 1. Felgaer, Ruben          m ARG 2509  * = 1 . 1 . . . . .  2.5  2689 
 2. Peralta, Fernando       m ARG 2478  = * . . . . = . . 1  2.0  2535 
 3. Palo, Davor             f DEN 2394  0 . * . . . 1 . 1 .  2.0  2519 
 4. Rasmussen, Karsten      m DEN 2404  . . . * . 1 . 0 = .  1.5  2307 
 5. Bromann, Thorbjorn      f DEN 2378  0 . . . * = . . . 1  1.5  2401 
 6. Rasmussen, Allan Stig     DEN 2305  . . . 0 = * . 1 . .  1.5  2352 
 7. Hanley, Craig           f ENG 2331  . = 0 . . . * . = .  1.0  2279 
 8. Richards, Heather      wf ENG 2275  . . . 1 . 0 . * . 0  1.0  2241 
 9. Vinter-Schou, Uffe      m DEN 2342  . . 0 = . . = . * .  1.0  2251 
10. Holst, Allan              DEN 2390  . 0 . . 0 . . 1 . *  1.0  2252 
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20) Costa Rican Championships

Leonardo Valdes has won the Costa Rican Championships 2002. The championships took place 19th June - 2nd July 2002. My thanks to Rodolfo Arias for the information. Games may follow at a later date.

Further info: http://www.ajedreztico.com

Final Standings:
  1   Leonardo Valdes              im    9.5
  2   Alejandro Ramirez            im    9
  3   Sergio Minero Pineda         im    7.5
  4   Bernal Gonzalez Acosta       im    7
  5   Alexis Murillo Tsijli        im    6.5
  6   Francis Maynard                    6.5
  7   Ronald Ugalde                      6
  8   Francisco Hernandez Basante  im    6
  9   Carlos Granados                    6
 10   Jonathan Carvajal                  6
 11   Mauricio Arias Santana       fm    5.5
 12   Adolfo Rodríguez Miller            5.5
 13   William Charpentier Morales  fm    5.5
 14   Efren Solís                        5.5
 15   Juan Leon Jimenez            fm    5
 16   Ronald Valverde                    5
 17   Edwin Vega                         5
 18   Enrique Trejos                     5
 19   Dizan Alvarado                     4.5
 20   Sergio Bermúdez Vives              4.5
 21   Walter Salas                       4.5
 22   Stanley Gómez                      4.5
 23   Francisco Cersósimo                4
 24   David Rodríguez                    4
 25   Gilberth Gutiérrez                 4
 26   Adrian Rodríguez Rodríguez         2.5
 27   Boris Minero Pineda                2.5

21) Teimour Radjabov in Greece

Teimour Radjabov plays for the Greek Team D.E.I. Chess Academy. Teymour Radjabov will take part in the 31st Greek Premier League Championship which will be held in Chalkidiki between 5th-12th July 2002. Games available on the website I will round them up next week as I probably need a players list to process them properly.

Website: http://www.blackqueen.net/news/2002/acat-champs02/ (Greek only)

22) Marathon-Blitz

Luke McShane scored 50.5/53 in the 12 hour Marathon Blitz tournament organised in Kuppenheim Germany he was 2 points clear of IM Robert Rabiega. Games may become available.

Full details: http://www.rochadekuppenheim.de/12h/2002/

Final Standings top group after 53 games:
 1. GM Luke McShane           ENG 50,5 
 2. IM Robert Rabiega         GER 48,5 
 3. GM Vladimir Epishin       RUS 47,0 
 4. GM Klaus Bischoff         GER 46,5 
 5. GM Andrej Schchekatschew  RUS 45,5 
 6. IM Alexander Naumann      GER 44,5 
 7. IM Vladimir Okhutnik      UKR 42,5 
 8. IM Srdjan Panzalovic      GER 40,5 
 9. IM Todor Todorow          BUL 40,5 
10. IM Zlatko Basagic         SLO 40,0 
11. FM Igor Solomunovic       BIH 39,5 
12. FM Michael Kuraszkiewicz  GER 37,5 
13. FM Darko Supancic         SLO 36,0 
14.    Karl-Heinz             GER 35,5 
15.    Daniel Wichmann        GER 34,5 
16.    Sebastian Schafranietz GER 34,5 
17. IM Miran Zupe             GER 34,5 
18. FM Torsten Lang           GER 32,0 
19.    Peter Hildenbrand      GER 31,5 
20.    Anna Onischuk          GER 30,5 
21.    Joachim Diehl          GER 29,0 
22.    Udo Leibbrand          GER 28,5 
23. FM Sabahudin Hasecic      GER 28,0 
24.    Ramadan Raka           GER 28,0 
25.    Ralf Schmidt           GER 25,5 
26.    Rolf Holzinger         GER 25,5

23) Paul Onstad

Very sad news has reached me. Paul Onstad the writer of U4Chess Utilities died on July 3rd 2002. I remember him from my earliest days on the internet and had good reason to be grateful for his help in the early years of TWIC.

24) Forthcoming Events and Links

Norwegian Championships

The Norwegian Championships are underway in Roros July 6th-13th. The 9 round swiss has players such as Leif E Johannessen, Torstein Bae and Simen Agdestein.

Internet coverage: http://www.sjakknm2002.net/

Smith & Williamson Young Masters

The 2002 Smith & Williamson Young Masters takes place 10th-17th July 2002 at Millfield School, Somerset.

This year's top British junior event is again generously sponsored by Smith & Williamson. The tournament will be held at Millfield School for the first time. The tournament is headed up by the Masters section, a 9-round, 20-player swiss.

Contact IM Richard Palliser S&WYM Press Officer richard.palliser@worc.ox.ac.uk Tel: 07816-394152 (mobile)

Masters Participants
   Addison, Bret        - ENG, 2219;
IM Antal, Gergely       - HUN, 2492;
   Broomfield, Matthew  - ENG, 2229;
   Dearing, Eddie       - SCO, 2343
FM Erwich, Frank        - NED, 2330;
IM Gladyszev, Oleg      - RUS, 2388;
   Haslinger, Stewart   - ENG, 2310;
   Jones, Gawain        - ENG, 2237;
   Koster, Ramon        - NED, 2226;
IM Mah, Karl            - ENG, 2409;
   Martyn, Rafe         - ENG, 2201;
IM(e) Middelburg, Tom   - NED, 2382;
IM Palliser, Richard    - ENG, 2441;
IM Pinter, Gabor        - HUN, 2381;
FM Sinkevich, Petr      - RUS, 2337;
   Skjoldberg, Jesper   - DEN, 2201;
FM Skytte, Ramsus       - DEN, 2366;
   Trent, Lawrence      - ENG, 2246;
IM Williams, Simon      - ENG, 2421;
   Woodward, Tim        - ENG, 2211.

letsplaychess.com knockout

www.letsplaychess.com has announced its first World championship knockout event. This is an open to all event, which has the time limit of two days per move. The ambitious target to meet is one thousand and twenty four players. They will go through a series of knockout elimination rounds:- 1st round: 1024 players 2nd round: 512 players 3rd round: 256 players 4th round 128 players 5th round 64 players 6th round 32 players 7th round 16 players 8th round 8 players 9th round 4 players 10th round 2 players. The format of this event will make it very easy for players to find the time to compete, as you can play a move every 2 days and there is no software download required.

Further details: http://www.letsplaychess.com

Paris Championships

The Open Paris Championships take place 6th-14th July 2002.

Coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com/articles/paris2002.php and http://www.chez.com/echecsidf/chparis2002/index.htm

5th Open Vins du Medoc

The 5th Open Vins du Medoc took place 30th June - 7th July 2002.

Internet coverage: http://opendesvins.free.fr/open2002.htm

Hungarian and Yugoslav Tournaments

Hungarian and YUG Chess tournaments in the second half of 2002.

1. 3rd-15th of August, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM tournaments, Budapest. org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu

2. 16th-22nd of August, TALENTUM KUPA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Balatonkenese org: Mr.VALIS, Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@elender.hu

3. 7th-19th of September, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Budapest,

4. 21st of September-2nd of October KECSKEMET, GM closed, org: dr.Erdelyi,

5. 5th-18th of October, FIRST SATURDAY, 2 GM /cat.IX-X !!, cat.VII-VIII/, IM-FM, Budapest,

6. 18th-31st of October, GM-IM tmt THIRD SATURDAY, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, org: Kotevski

7. 2nd-15th of November, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, Budapest,

8. 16th-28th of November, GM-IM KECSKEMÉT, org: dr.Erdelyi,

9. 7th-19th of December, GM-IM-FM, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest

European Rapid & Blitz Championship

The European Rapid & Blitz Championship is in Crete. The KYDON SPORTS CLUB is organising the championship 29/-4/10 in IBEROSTAR CRETA MARINE hotel. Contact MARY VIGLIRAKI thebest@ret.forthnet.gr for further details

Live coverage: http://www.venizelia.gr

25th Asian Junior Chess Championship

The 25th Asian Junior Chess Championships take place in Sri Lanka June 27th-July 5th 2002. I can't find a dedicated website. Entry details below.

Details: http://www.chesssouthasia.20fr.com/custom4.html

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/

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/

Ghent Open

The 25th Ghent Open takes place 20th-24th July 2002. Entry includes GM Vladimir Baklan 2618.

Further information: htp://www.kgsrl.be

US. vs China Summit Chess Match

Live coverage of the US. vs China Summit Chess Match will be provided by WorldChessNetwork.com (WCN). The Match takes place July 10th-15th 2002. The Summit Match will be held in Shanghai with games to be played on the 11th, 12th, 14th, and 15th. Each round will consist of 10 games featuring six of the top male players, two of the top female players, and two of the top junior players from each country.

Internet coverage: http://www.worldchessnetwork.com

ICC World Blitz Championship

The Internet Chess Club (http://www.chessclub.com) is running an on-line tournament series, the ICC World Blitz Championship, which is likely to draw the largest and strongest field of any internet chess event to date.

Complete information on the tournament, including scheduling and format of the qualifying tournaments and the knockout stages, prizes and rules, is available on the ICC's webpage at http://www.chessclub.com/event/wbc/rules

Sixty-four finalists will be determined by qualifying Swiss-system tournaments to be held on weekend dates between June 29 and August 11. The qualifiers will be held at different times of day for the convenience of participants in different parts of the globe. One need not play in all of the qualifiers; a good score in any one of them may suffice to advance to the knockout stage.

A series of knockout matches will begin on August 17 and will culminate in a 20-game final match on September 7 and 8.

Time controls will be four minutes to start plus a two second per move increment in the qualifying tournaments, and five minutes plus a five-second increment in the knockout stages.

The prize fund will be $5000 US, with $1500 going to the first place winner. There will be cash prizes for the 32 finalists who win in the first knockout round, and over 33 years of free membership in ICC will be divided among as many as 200 players for their results in their respective rating classes in the qualifying tournaments.

Entry is free, but is limited to ICC members with paid or exempt accounts. (The ICC grants an exempt account to any FIDE GM, IM, WGM, or WIM. For others, membership costs $49 US per year, or $24.50 for youth and students. Free trial accounts are available, but are not eligible to play in this event.)

ICC organizers expect that this summer-long event will break the record for number of participants in an Internet chess event which was set by the third Dos Hermanas tournament, hosted by the ICC in March of this year. 1460 ICC members from around the globe, including 56 GMs and 97 IMs, participated in the qualifying rounds of that tournament, which was won by GM Aleksander Rustemov.

Organizers also are confident of their ability to prevent cheating by the use of computer programs or chess databases in this event. "Any time you are offering prize money to people who are playing over the Internet out of sight of each other, you have to prepare for the possibility that someone will try to use computer software to cheat," says ICC co-owner Martin Grund, lead organizer for the tournament. "But our investigatory team is the best there is. And we have improved the rules and format based on our experiences with other events. For example, the rules for this event guarantee our right to use proctors to observe play in person if we believe it is appropriate."

International Youth Rapid and Blitz

The 2nd European Individual and Team Chess Championship for Youth and Juniors (Rapid and Blitz) will be held from August 15th-22nd 2002, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.

Entry by mail, fax or e-mail to the Yugoslav Chess Federation, Nusiceva 25/II, 11000 Belgrade Organizing Committee's Chairman: Mr. Danko Bokan Secretary of Yugoslav Chess Federation tel. ++ 381 11 33 44 268, ++ 381 11 33 44 172, fax ++ 381 11 3227 826 mob ++381 64 15 05 735; E-mail: ssyug@eunet.yu; or bokand@eunet.yu;

6th Mind Sports Olympiad

The 6th Mind Sports Olympiad will take place at Loughborough University from August 14th-18th 2002. This is the first year that the event, which started in London in 1997, has moved outside the capital.

The Mind Sports Olympiad is an annual games festival in which all the contests are thinking games. The competitors play each other at a variety of well known strategy games such as Chess, Bridge, Backgammon, Scrabble, Othello and Go, and compete for Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. There are junior medals for those aged under 16.

Gold, Silver and Bronze medallions will be awarded to the top adults and top juniors in each competition. In addition there will be sponsored prizes in some tournaments.

For media information contact: David Levy, founder of the Mind Sports Olympiad Telephone: 0208 883 5180 e-mail: dlevy@msoworld.com

For entry information contact: Tony Corfe, Event Manger Telephone: 01707 659080 e-mail: mso@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk

Web site at http://www.msoworld.com

35th Chess Olympiad Bled and 73rd FIDE Congress

The 35th Chess Olympiad Bled takes place 25th October - 11th November 2002 and the 73rd FIDE Congress, 1st-11th November 2002.

Federations can get registration forms at: http://www.sah-zveza.si/ol2002/forms

6th Open International Bavarian Masters

The 6th Open International Bavarian Masters Bad Wiessee takes place 26th October to 3rd Novebmer 2002. Prize-fund: EUR 21.000. Former champions of Bad Wiessee are A. Khalifman (1997,1998), A. Shabalov (1999), A. Graf (2000) and V. Akopian (2001). Details: http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2002

2003 Australian Open Championships

The 2003 Australian Open Championships will take place 2nd-10th January 2003 at the Penrith Panthers World of Entertainment in Western Sydney. The official entry form will be published early in August and will appear on the website http://www.chessaustralia.com.au. The Main Tournament will be run as an 11 Round Swiss event, which will provide opportunities for FIDE ratings and possibly title norms. There will be various supporting events, including lightning and rapid play. Penrith is one hour by car or train from Sydney International Airport and/or Sydney CBD. It is just 15 minutes from the picturesque Blue Mountains National Park. Panthers World of Entertainment is one of Australia's largest entertainment complexes - see www.panthersworld.com.au Accomodation is available at the venue from A$49/night (twin-share) Complete details (entry fees, rates of play, rating limits etc) will be announced in due course. For additional information contact: Brian Jones, PO Box 370, Riverstone NSW 2765, Australia. Fax: 61-2-9838-1614 or Email: brian@chessaustralia.com.au

Braille Chess Association

The Braille Chess Association (B.C.A.) has a new website http://www.braillechess.org.uk.

Swiss Chess Tour Event 2002

There is a new tournament on the "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" in Davos. The 1st International Chess-summer Open will be August 4th-10th, 2002. The host and one of the sponsors is Hotel "Sunstar Parkhotel". Swiss system, 7 rounds (count for FIDE and Swiss rating); 40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end. Prizes are: 1.500/1.200/900/700/500/400/ 300/250/200/150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1942), junior(1982-85) and schoolboy (1986). Entry fee: 130 SF (juniors 60+ FIDE masters) GM + IM free. At the door 10 SF for the all players. Time table: August 4th, Round 1st 14.00-20.00; August 5th, Round 2nd 14.00-20.00; August 6th, Round 3rd 14.00-20.00; August 7th, Round 4th 14.00-20.00; August 8th, Round 5th 14.00-20.00; August 9th, Round 6th 14.00-20.00; August 10th, Round 7th 10.00-16.00. Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch

Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/

New York Masters

Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.

Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/

Computer Chess Database

Frank Quisinsky has added games to the computer chess database he has. These include: - 2nd MASPV Hungary (Hungary-ch) - 4th Massy 2002, French programmers organized this tournament. - 2nd CSVN computer chess tournament - 2nd Italien-ch

Internet site: http://www.amateurschach.de

6th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament

The 6th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen (The Netherlands) will take place August 4th-11th 2002. It's a 9 rounds Swiss, FIDE-rated. Rate of play: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 30 minutes k.o. per player. Entry fee: 30 Euro (GM/IM free; FM 15 Euro). Prizefund: Euro 1750 - 1250 - 750 - 375 - 250 - 125 - 75 - 75 - 50 - 50 and several rating prizes. 6 GM's have already confirmed their participation: Tiviakov (NED, 2625), Glek (GER, 2605), Gyimesi (HUN, 2605), Van den Doel (NED, 2583), Nijboer (NED, 2578) and Ikonnikov (RUS, 2522). During the tournament there will be a training for participating juniors given by GM Igor Glek. Information and registration: hgroffen@zeelandnet.nl or pro@zeelandnet.nl

Website: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen

Imre Konig Memorial

The Mechanics' Institute of San Francisco, the oldest continuously operating chess club in the United States (founded in 1854), will be hosting the Imre Konig Memorial from September 4th-15th 2002.

Participants in the event, which will be Category 12 or 13, are GMs Suat Atalik, Alexander Baburin, Walter Browne, Larry Christiansen, Nick DeFirmian, John Fedorowicz, Lubomir Ftacnik, Yury Shulman, Alex Wojtkiewicz and Alex Yermolinsky, plus teenage IMs Varuzhan Akobian and Hikaru Nakamura. This will be the strongest international round robin held in the United States since the 1995 Pan Pacific, also organized by the Mechanics.

Coverage for this event can be found at MI Chess Room (http://www.chessclub.org).

12th Heart of Finland Open

12th Heart of Finland Open July 17-21, Jyväskylä, the biggest open tournament in Finland. Tournament invitation: http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hofeng02.txt

Contact Mr. Sami Hämäläinen, email aurifera@kolumbus.fi

Italian Events

In Milan July 9th-17th 2002 the 2nd edition of the "Intel Trophy". Players: GM - Cebalo, Drazic, Lazic, Godena; wgm E. Sedina; IM Belotti, Bellia, Lanzani, Borgo; FM Qendro.

In August, 20th-28th the BRATTO della Presolana near Bergamo the top open tournament in Italy. Many GMs and IMs invited (invitation completed). Four groups: Master group for players with elo Fide or national elo over 1900. Details http://www.maskeret.com/bratto - phone ++39-02-9513573

Chess School Villa Martelli

Luis Scalise reports there is a chess school in a small town called Villa Martelli. Is just on the border of the Federal District (Buenos Aires City). Its name is: "Escuela de Ajedrez Ruy Lopez de Segura". More than one thousand children every year pass through the institution. The school depends on the Goverment of the Vicente Lopez Coundie (Municipalidad de Vicente Lopez).

Website: http://escavm.tripod.com

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

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

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/

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.

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/

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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.