THE WEEK IN CHESS 401 15th July 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Dortmund
Sparkassen Chess Meeting
3) US. vs China Summit Chess
Match
4) New FIDE Website and Titles
5) Belfort Masters
6) Bled Open
7) North Sea Cup
8) Scottish
Championships
9) 2nd "Pentium 4 Chess Trophy"
10) 30th World Open
11) Tan Chin Nam
Cup
12) Swedish Championships
13)
XX Andorra International Open
14) First Saturday
July
15) Aarhus IM
16) 31st Greek
Premier League
17) Third Saturday GM June
18) Norwegian Championships
19) Smith &
Williamson Young Masters
20) Magnus Carlsen vs. The
World
21) Jacques Lemans Open
22)
Paris Championships
23) 5th Open Vins du Medoc
24) 25th Asian Junior Chess Championship
25) Politiken Cup
26) Czech Open 2002
27) Richard Aronow Foundation Invitational
28) South African Open
29) 7th Computer
Olympiad
30) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Dortmund Sparkassen Candidates 20 games
Dortmund Matches 6 games
US. vs China Summit Chess Match 40 games
Belfort Masters 24 games
Bled Open 78 games
North Sea Cup 30 games
Scottish Championships 72 games
2nd "Pentium 4 Chess Trophy" 30 games
30th World Open 167 games
Tan Chin Nam Cup 3 games
Swedish Championships 42 games
XX Andorra International Open 180 games
First Saturday July 163 games
Aarhus IM 30 games
31st Greek Premier League 241 games
Third Saturday GM June 66 games
Norwegian Championships 33 games
Smith & Williamson Young Masters 70 games
Magnus Carlsen vs. The World 1 game
7th Computer Olympiad 83 games
1379 games
My thanks to Yin Hao, JP Touzé, Jørn Hansen, Manuel
Benitez, Ivan Gluckman, Jacob Pallesen, Bjorn Salvesen, Michael Atkins, George
Mastrokoukos, Andres Bacsi, Richard Palliser, John Henderson, Andrzej
Filipowicz, Casper Rasmussen, Ger Jan Meijer, Laszlo Nagy, Oscar de la Riva and
all those who helped with this issue.
A great week for chess. I really do enjoy watching tough hard
competition and the Dortmund tournament has certainly produced that. There has
been a lot of combative chess. The game Bareev-Morozevich with its numerous
errors also showed that there is real competition here and the nerves that go
with it, something that doesn't necessarily happen even in the normal elite
events.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
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.
The groups stages finshed with Topalov and Shirov dominating group 1 and
going through. Group 2 was far more interesting with all the players being in
with a chance going into the last round. Michael Adams the favourite to qualify
was eliminated without winning a game. Alexander Mororzevich could have won the
group had he not allowed a three fold repetition against Adams in round 5 and
thrown away a win to a loss against Bareev. In the end Leko and Bareev went
through.
The Semi-Finals already have one result with Leko crushing Shirov
2.5-0.5 with two wins as black. Topalov was my favourite to win the whole thing
and after a win in game one it seemed this would come to pass. However losses
in games 2 and 3 now makes Bareev strong favourite for this match. Bareev has
had a tremendous year and winning Dortmund would certainly catapult his
reputation even higher than it is now. He's always been a class act but perhaps
someone who falters at key moments. This year he's been taking his chances.
There is a lot of chess all over the world this week, probably the 2nd China
vs. US Chess Summit was the pick of the rest. Category 16 in Biel starts at the
end of the week too!
You can read John Henderson's reports on the event daily on TWIC's
pages. Also there is Live Betting on Dortmund. Live betting on the tournament
is now available from: http://www.betsson.com. Betsson is a person
to person betting exchange allowing chess players from across the World to bet
against each other.
There is an Open A tournament. Details:
http://www.schachfreunde-brackel.de/Turniere/opena2002ausl.htm
Semi-Finals
Shirov, Alexei - Leko, Peter 0-1 47 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 29 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Shirov, Alexei - Leko, Peter 0-1 31 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Sparkassen sf Dortmund GER (GER), 13-16 vii 2002
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1 2 3 4
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Leko, Peter g HUN 2722 1 = 1 . 2.5 2970
Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2697 0 = 0 . 0.5 2449
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Bareev, Evgeny - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 46 A67 Benoni Three Pawns System
Topalov, Veselin - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 58 B19 Caro Kann
Bareev, Evgeny - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 61 E97 King's Indian Classical
Sparkassen sf Dortmund GER (GER), 13-16 vii 2002
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1 2 3 4
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Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2726 0 1 1 . 2.0 2870
Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2745 1 0 0 . 1.0 2601
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Preliminary Groups
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
Round 4 (July 9, 2002)
Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 58 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Lutz, Christopher - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 25 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Round 5 (July 10, 2002)
Shirov, Alexei - Lutz, Christopher 1-0 69 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Gelfand, Boris - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 19 A33 English Symmetrical
Round 6 (July 11, 2002)
Shirov, Alexei - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 51 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Lutz, Christopher - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 34 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Sparkassen Gp 1 Dortmund GER (GER), 6-11 vii 2002cat. XIX (2701)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2745 ** == 1= 1= 4.0 2810
2 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2697 == ** =1 =1 4.0 2826
3 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2710 0= =0 ** 1= 2.5 2640
4 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2650 0= =0 0= ** 1.5 2524
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Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 38 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 36 C42 Petroff's Defence
Sparkassen Gp 1 Playoff Dortmund GER (GER), 12 vii 2002
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1 2
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Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2697 = 1 1.5 2938
Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2745 = 0 0.5 2504
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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)
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 41 C42 Petroff's Defence
Adams, Michael - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 31 B19 Caro Kann
Round 4 (July 9, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Adams, Michael 1/2 25 E04 Catalan
Morozevich, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 55 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 5 (July 10, 2002)
Leko, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 78 B19 Caro Kann
Adams, Michael - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 46 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 6 (July 11, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 40 A00 Irregular Openings
Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1-0 45 C42 Petroff's Defence
Sparkassen Gp 2 Dortmund GER (GER), 6-11 vii 2002cat. XX (2728)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2726 ** 10 == 11 4.0 2853
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2717 01 ** =1 == 3.5 2788
3 Adams, Michael g ENG 2752 == =0 ** == 2.5 2662
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2716 00 == == ** 2.0 2606
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Side Matches
Baramidze, David - Maric, Alisa 1-0 32 B19 Caro Kann
Maric, Alisa - Baramidze, David 1-0 35 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Baramidze, David - Maric, Alisa 1/2 57 B19 Caro Kann
Sparkassen Match Dortmund GER (GER), 13-21 vii 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Baramidze, David GER 2351 1 0 = . . . . . 1.5 2455
Maric, Alisa m YUG 2455 0 1 = . . . . . 1.5 2351
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Naiditsch, Arkadij - Timman, Jan H 1-0 58 B03 Alekhine's Defence
Timman, Jan H - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1 36 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Timman, Jan H 1/2 62 B17 Caro Kann
Sparkassen Match Dortmund GER (GER), 13-21 vii 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2581 1 1 = . . . . . 2.5 2896
Timman, Jan H g NED 2623 0 0 = . . . . . 0.5 2308
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Official website: http://www.chessgate.de or directly
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The US-China Chess Summit took place July 10th-15th 2002 in Shanghai
with games on the 11th, 12th, 14th, and 15th. Each round consisted 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. The US led until the final round
when a 6-4 loss condemned them to a narrow 20½ - 19½ overall
loss. Games from the first three rounds only available this week.
Official coverage: http://www.linta.com and Official Live
coverage: http://www.worldchessnetwork.com
Round 4
CHINA 6-4 USA 15th July 2002
(20½ - 19½ )
Ye Jiangchuan W 1/2 B Alexander Goldin
Xu Jun B 0-1 W Larry Christiansen
Zhang Zhong W 1/2 B Boris Gulko
Bu Xiangzhi B 1/2 W Gregory Kaidanov
Ni Hua W 1/2 B Joel Benjamin
Xie Jun B 1-0 W Alexander Shabalov
Zhu Chen W 1-0 B Irina Krush
Wang Pin B 1-0 W Elena Donaldson
Zhao Jun W 1/2 B Dmitry Schneider
Wang Yue B 1/2 W Nakamura Hikaru
Round 3
CHINA 5 - 5 USA 14th July 2002
(14½ - 15½)
Ye Jiangchuan B 1/2 W Alexander Goldin
Xu Jun W 1-0 B Larry Christiansen
Zhang Zhong B 1/2 W Boris Gulko
Bu Xiangzhi W 1/2 B Gregory Kaidanov
Ni Hua B 1/2 W Joel Benjamin
Xie Jun W 1/2 B Alexander Shabalov
Zhu Chen B 0-1 W Irina Krush
Wang Pin W 1/2 B Elena Donaldson
Zhao Jun B 0-1 W Nakamura Hikaru
Wang Yue W 1-0 B Vinay Bhat
Round 2
CHINA 5.5-4.5 USA DAY 2 12th July 2002
Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 Alexander Goldin
Yasser Seirawan 1/2 Xu Jun
Zhang Zhong 1-0 Boris Gulko
Gregory Kaidanov 1/2 Bu Xiangzhi
Ni Hua 0-1 Joel Benjamin
Alexander Shabalov 1-0 Zhang Pengxiang
Zhu Chen 1-0 Irina Krush
Jennifer Shahade 0-1 Wang Pin
Zhao Jun 1/2 Dmitry Schneider
Vinay Bhat 1/2 Wang Yue
Round 1
CHINA 4-6 USA DAY 1 11th July 2002
Ye Jiangchuan B 0-1 W Alexander Goldin
Xu Jun W 1/2 B Yasser Seirawan
Zhang Zhong B 1/2 W Larry Christiansen
Bu Xiangzhi W 1/2 B Gregory Kaidanov
Ni Hua B 0-1 W Joel Benjamin
Zhang Pengxiang W 0-1 B Alexander Shabalov
Zhu Chen B 1-0 W Irina Krush
Wang Pin W 1-0 B Jennifer Shahade
Wang Hao B 0-1 W Dmitry Schneider
Wang Yue W 1/2 B Vinay Bhat
Round 1 (July 11, 2002)
Wang Yue - Bhat, Vinay S 1/2 30 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Zhang Pengxiang - Shabalov, Alexander 0-1 31 B75 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Christiansen, Larry M - Zhang Zhong 1/2 20 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Wang Pin - Shahade, Jennifer 1-0 61 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Schneider, Dmitry - Wang Hao 1-0 45 C44 Scotch Gambit
Krush, Irina - Zhu Chen 0-1 42 D12 Slav Defence
Benjamin, Joel - Ni Hua 1-0 32 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Bu Xiangzhi - Kaidanov, Gregory S 1/2 83 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Xu Jun - Seirawan, Yasser 1/2 47 D36 QGD Exchange
Goldin, Alexander - Ye Jiangchuan 1-0 53 E61 King's Indian Defence
Round 2 (July 12, 2002)
Bhat, Vinay S - Wang Yue 1/2 44 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Zhao Jun - Schneider, Dmitry 1/2 82 A13 Reti Opening
Shahade, Jennifer - Wang Pin 0-1 27 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Zhu Chen - Krush, Irina 1-0 64 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Shabalov, Alexander - Zhang Pengxiang 1-0 28 D10 Slav Defence
Ni Hua - Benjamin, Joel 0-1 42 C45 Scotch Game
Kaidanov, Gregory S - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 56 D18 Slav Defence
Zhang Zhong - Gulko, Boris F 1-0 41 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Seirawan, Yasser - Xu Jun 1/2 39 D35 QGD Exchange
Ye Jiangchuan - Goldin, Alexander 1/2 29 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 3 (July 14, 2002)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Zhao Jun 1-0 50 B07 Pirc Defence
Wang Yue - Bhat, Vinay S 1-0 26 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Wang Pin - Donaldson-A., Elena 1/2 39 C73 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Krush, Irina - Zhu Chen 1-0 39 D10 Slav Defence
Xie Jun - Shabalov, Alexander 1/2 26 C97 Ruy Lopez
Benjamin, Joel - Ni Hua 1/2 44 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Bu Xiangzhi - Kaidanov, Gregory S 1/2 72 D53 Queens Gambit
Gulko, Boris F - Zhang Zhong 1/2 28 A17 English Opening
Xu Jun - Christiansen, Larry M 1-0 46 A20 English Opening
Goldin, Alexander - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 15 D76 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 4 (July 15, 2002)
Zhao Jun - Schneider, Dmitry 1/2 28 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru - Wang Yue 1/2 48 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Donaldson-A., Elena - Wang Pin 0-1 42 E97 King's Indian Classical
Zhu Chen - Krush, Irina 1-0 46 D27 QGA
Shabalov, Alexander - Xie Jun 0-1 34 E97 King's Indian Classical
Ni Hua - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 70 C45 Scotch Game
Kaidanov, Gregory S - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 35 D61 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2
Zhang Zhong - Gulko, Boris F 1/2 32 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Christiansen, Larry M - Xu Jun 1-0 64 B23 Sicilian Closed
Ye Jiangchuan - Goldin, Alexander 1/2 31 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Game Results and Performances
2nd China-USA Summit Shanghai CHN (CHN), 11-15 vii 2002
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1 2 3 4
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1 Wang Pin wg CHN 2475 +24 +24 =22 +22 3.5 /4 2695
2 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2608 +21 +21 =21 =21 3.0 /4 2726
3 Zhu Chen g CHN 2505 +20 +20 -20 +20 3.0 /4 2606
4 Goldin, Alexander g USA 2609 +15 =15 =15 =15 2.5 /4 2771
5 Wang Yue f CHN 2455 =17 =17 +17 =13 2.5 /4 2526
6 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2637 =14 +18 =18 =18 2.5 /4 2682
7 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2624 +25 +25 =12 -12 2.5 /4 2651
8 Schneider, Dmitry f USA 2429 +23 =19 . =19 2.0 /3 2367
9 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2602 =10 =10 =10 =10 2.0 /4 2638
10 Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2638 = 9 = 9 = 9 = 9 2.0 /4 2602
11 Xu Jun g CHN 2654 =16 =16 +14 -14 2.0 /4 2588
12 Xie Jun g CHN 2562 . . = 7 + 7 1.5 /2 2817
13 Nakamura, Hikaru m USA 2494 . . +19 = 5 1.5 /2 2602
14 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2559 = 6 . -11 +11 1.5 /3 2648
15 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2676 - 4 = 4 = 4 = 4 1.5 /4 2522
16 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2618 =11 =11 . . 1.0 /2 2654
17 Bhat, Vinay S m USA 2411 = 5 = 5 - 5 . 1.0 /3 2330
18 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2597 . - 6 = 6 = 6 1.0 /3 2512
19 Zhao Jun CHN 2363 . = 8 -13 = 8 1.0 /3 2325
20 Krush, Irina wm USA 2413 - 3 - 3 + 3 - 3 1.0 /4 2312
21 Ni Hua f CHN 2533 - 2 - 2 = 2 = 2 1.0 /4 2415
22 Donaldson-A., Elena wg USA 2377 . . = 1 - 1 0.5 /2 2282
23 Wang Hao ---- - 8 . . . 0.0 /1
24 Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2341 - 1 - 1 . . 0.0 /2
25 Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2550 - 7 - 7 . . 0.0 /2
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Part of the fallout of Artem Tarasov leaving FIDE Commerce seems to be
that he has retained control of the site http://www.fide.com. FIDE have had to
move sites and they are now up and running on
http://www.fideonline.com it seems that
Casto Abundo has taken over the running of the site.
At the FIDE meeting at the Ritz-Calton, Doha, Qatar 6-7 July 2002 the
Presidential Board dealt with this issue as well as endorsing the concept of
the Prague agreement to unify the titles. You can read about this in full at:
http://www.fideonline.com/news.asp?id=37
Various new titles have been announced including these new GMs
Sargissian, Gabriel ARM, Stefanova, Antoaneta (WGM) BUL, Li, Shilong CHN,
Delgado, Neurys CUB, Navara, David CZE, Mchedilishvili, Mikheil GEO, Jakubiec,
Artur POL, Efimenko, Zahar UKR and Fedorchuk, Sergey UKR.
Internet address: http://www.fideonline.com
The 5th Comtois Masters and the 1st Women's Masters took place in
Belfort 27th June - 7th July 2002. Both events were 6 player double round
robins. Hichem Hamdouchi won the Category XIV 5th Comptois Masters with 6.5/10
a point clear of Pavel Tregubov. My thanks to JP Touzé.
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 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2570 ** 1= == 11 0= =1 6.5 2698
2 Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2627 0= ** == 00 11 11 5.5 2613
3 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2571 == == ** 10 == == 5.0 2588
4 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2652 00 11 01 ** 11 00 5.0 2572
5 Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2595 1= 00 == 00 ** =1 4.0 2511
6 Koch, Jean-Rene m FRA 2498 =0 00 == 11 =0 ** 4.0 2531
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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 Bojkovic, Natasa wg YUG 2431 ** =1 == == =1 11 7.0 2417
2 Nepeina-Leconte, Maria wm FRA 2308 =0 ** 1= 01 11 =1 6.5 2402
3 Ionescu-Brandis, Irina wg ROM 2319 == 0= ** 1= =1 11 6.5 2400
4 Velcheva, Maria wg BUL 2327 == 10 0= ** 0= =0 3.5 2179
5 Muller, Anne m FRA 2167 =0 00 =0 1= ** 01 3.5 2211
6 Roumegous, Marina wm FRA 2220 00 =0 00 =1 10 ** 3.0 2161
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The 23rd Chess Festival Bled took place 2nd-10th July 2002 in Bled
(Slovenia). Zoltan Gyimesi on 7/9 edged out Dusko Pavasovic on 6.5 for first
place.
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. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2580 +38 +19 =10 = 2 = 6 + 3 + 4 +16 = 5 7.0 2770
2. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2568 +45 = 3 +17 = 1 +31 + 5 =16 =11 = 7 6.5 2698
3. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2530 +46 = 2 +18 +10 = 5 - 1 = 7 =14 +20 6.0 2646
4. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2587 +28 =17 = 9 =32 +20 = 6 - 1 +24 +11 6.0 2583
5. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2561 +47 +22 =16 +15 = 3 - 2 =26 +18 = 1 6.0 2627
6. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2555 -41 +45 +25 +27 = 1 = 4 =18 = 9 +14 6.0 2579
7. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2571 -22 +51 +38 =26 =18 +27 = 3 +17 = 2 6.0 2552
8. Kovacevic, Aleksandar g YUG 2547 =33 =35 +41 =42 = 9 =21 =12 +32 +16 6.0 2508
9. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2516 +40 =15 = 4 =16 = 8 +23 =10 = 6 =19 5.5 2592
10. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2564 +30 +41 = 1 - 3 +32 =11 = 9 =20 =12 5.5 2532
11. Mikhalchishin, Adrian g SLO 2533 =35 +33 +44 =31 =14 =10 +15 = 2 - 4 5.5 2544
12. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2565 -34 +47 -42 +38 +30 =13 = 8 +26 =10 5.5 2496
13. Mikac, Matjaz m SLO 2410 =49 =32 =43 =17 +24 =12 -14 +35 +26 5.5 2454
14. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2589 +23 =18 =27 +36 =11 -16 +13 = 3 - 6 5.0 2517
15. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2603 +25 = 9 +20 - 5 =23 =17 -11 +30 =21 5.0 2499
16. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2652 +39 =20 = 5 = 9 +42 +14 = 2 - 1 - 8 5.0 2556
17. Grosar, Aljosa m SLO 2470 +48 = 4 - 2 =13 +25 =15 +21 - 7 =18 5.0 2507
18. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2466 +37 =14 - 3 +33 = 7 +31 = 6 - 5 =17 5.0 2520
19. Mohr, Georg g SLO 2523 +29 - 1 +34 =23 =21 =26 =32 =31 = 9 5.0 2452
20. Solak, Dragan g YUG 2522 +43 =16 -15 +22 - 4 +42 +30 =10 - 3 5.0 2517
21. Stojanovski, Dejan f MKD 2416 =51 =44 =22 +43 =19 = 8 -17 +28 =15 5.0 2423
22. Brkic, Ante f CRO 2351 + 7 - 5 =21 -20 +43 =36 -24 +45 +31 5.0 2487
23. Borisek, Jure f SLO 2341 -14 +52 +24 =19 =15 - 9 =31 =36 +37 5.0 2486
24. Eljanov, Vladimir m UKR 2426 -44 +46 -23 +34 -13 +41 +22 - 4 +33 5.0 2372
25. Jelen, Igor m SLO 2365 -15 +40 - 6 +35 -17 =33 +46 =29 +36 5.0 2407
26. Nedev, Trajce g MKD 2476 +50 -31 +35 = 7 +36 =19 = 5 -12 -13 4.5 2449
27. Soln, Primoz m SLO 2419 =32 +49 =14 - 6 +41 - 7 =36 =33 =29 4.5 2358
28. Orel, Oskar f SLO 2346 - 4 =48 =37 =29 =46 =35 +44 -21 +32 4.5 2281
29. Bratovic, Blaz SLO 2277 -19 -38 +52 =28 +45 -30 +34 =25 =27 4.5 2362
30. Sebenik, Matej f SLO 2380 -10 =37 +51 +44 -12 +29 -20 -15 +41 4.5 2367
31. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2588 +42 +26 =36 =11 - 2 -18 =23 =19 -22 4.0 2398
32. Lenic, Luka SLO 2182 =27 =13 +48 = 4 -10 +39 =19 - 8 -28 4.0 2398
33. Krivec, Jana wf SLO 2253 = 8 -11 +49 -18 =39 =25 +42 =27 -24 4.0 2363
34. Bruehl, Andreas GER 2305 +12 -36 -19 -24 +40 =44 -29 =46 +45 4.0 2307
35. Sakelsek, Tadej SLO 2245 =11 = 8 -26 -25 +50 =28 +47 -13 =38 4.0 2358
36. Kuljasevic, Davorin f CRO 2365 +52 +34 =31 -14 -26 =22 =27 =23 -25 4.0 2361
37. Srebrnic, Marko SLO 2179 -18 =30 =28 -41 +38 =43 =45 +42 -23 4.0 2304
38. Guidarelli, Laurent f FRA 2418 - 1 +29 - 7 -12 -37 +48 +39 =41 =35 4.0 2318
39. Dizdar, Selim f BIH 2380 -16 -43 =40 +48 =33 -32 -38 +52 +44 4.0 2243
40. Illijin, Neboisa m ROM 2240 - 9 -25 =39 -45 -34 +50 +51 =47 +46 4.0 2268
41. Jaracz, Barbara wm POL 2265 + 6 -10 - 8 +37 -27 -24 +43 =38 -30 3.5 2335
42. Nikolov, Sasho m BUL 2354 -31 +50 +12 = 8 -16 -20 -33 -37 +49 3.5 2330
43. Steiner, Darko f SLO 2250 -20 +39 =13 -21 -22 =37 -41 =48 +50 3.5 2246
44. Guid, Matej SLO 2185 +24 =21 -11 -30 =47 =34 -28 =49 -39 3.0 2235
45. Lazar, Ales ml f SLO 2304 - 2 - 6 =46 +40 -29 +49 =37 -22 -34 3.0 2198
46. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf YUG 2269 - 3 -24 =45 +49 =28 =47 -25 =34 -40 3.0 2205
47. Sitnik, Igor SLO 2296 - 5 -12 =50 +51 =44 =46 -35 =40 -52 3.0 2167
48. Srebrnic, Ana wf SLO 2195 -17 =28 -32 -39 +52 -38 =50 =43 =51 3.0 2165
49. Zorko, Jure SLO 2165 =13 -27 -33 -46 +51 -45 =52 =44 -42 2.5 2116
50. Rodman, Franc SLO 2220 -26 -42 =47 =52 -35 -40 =48 +51 -43 2.5 2101
51. Kukovec, Borut SLO 2145 =21 - 7 -30 -47 -49 +52 -40 -50 =48 2.0 2078
52. Susnik, Matej SLO 2202 -36 -23 -29 =50 -48 -51 =49 -39 +47 2.0 2044
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The North Sea Cup took place in Esbjerg Denmark July 5th-13th 2002. The
event was organised by the Esbjerg Chess Union and was a 10-player category 14
round-robin. The Cuban players Lazaro Bruzon and Lenier Dominguez shared first
on 6/9.
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 1 = = = = 1 6.0 2710
2 Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2613 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2707
3 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2545 = = * = 1 = 1 = = = 5.5 2670
4 Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2545 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 = = 5.0 2633
5 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2626 0 = 0 1 * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2624
6 Glek, Igor V g GER 2590 = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 = 4.0 2542
7 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2628 = = 0 0 = = * = = 1 4.0 2537
8 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2625 = = = 0 0 = = * = = 3.5 2501
9 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2588 = 0 = = 0 0 = = * 1 3.5 2505
10 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2505 0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 * 2.5 2428
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The Scottish Championships take place July 6th-14th 2002 in Stirling.
Internet coverage: http://stirlingchess.com/ and
http://www.scottishchess.com/
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1. Motwani, Paul g SCO 2509 +15 + 7 = 3 + 2 + 6 = 4 + 5 + 9 . 7.0 2616
2. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2404 =11 + 9 +17 - 1 = 4 +15 + 3 + 8 . 6.0 2450
3. Bryson, Douglas M m SCO 2383 + 8 +14 = 1 = 4 + 9 = 5 - 2 + 7 . 5.5 2413
4. McKay, Roderick M m SCO 2375 =13 +11 =16 = 3 = 2 = 1 = 7 +10 . 5.0 2364
5. Berry, Neil SCO 2255 =10 -17 =15 +14 + 7 = 3 - 1 +12 . 4.5 2231
6. Grant, Jonathan SCO 2201 -14 +13 =10 +17 - 1 - 8 +16 +15 . 4.5 2215
7. Gourlay, Iain SCO 2248 +18 - 1 + 8 = 9 - 5 +16 = 4 - 3 . 4.0 2273
8. Redpath, Joseph SCO 2174 - 3 +12 - 7 =18 +17 + 6 = 9 - 2 . 4.0 2198
9. Grant, Alan SCO 2195 +12 - 2 +14 = 7 - 3 +13 = 8 - 1 . 4.0 2233
10. Beaton, Kenneth S SCO 2103 = 5 =16 = 6 -13 =12 =11 +15 - 4 . 3.5 2147
11. Nolan, Graeme SCO 2175 = 2 - 4 =13 =12 -15 =10 =18 +17 . 3.5 2126
12. Spencer,Edwin SCO ---- - 9 - 8 +18 =11 =10 =14 +13 - 5 . 3.5 2100
13. Stevenson, James SCO 2130 = 4 - 6 =11 +10 =16 - 9 -12 =14 . 3.0 2071
14. Mcgowan, Daniel SCO 2016 + 6 - 3 - 9 - 5 =18 =12 =17 =13 . 3.0 2078
15. Fraser, Mark Gordon SCO 2186 - 1 +18 = 5 =16 +11 - 2 -10 - 6 . 3.0 2156
16. Robertson, Ian C SCO 2202 =17 =10 = 4 =15 =13 - 7 - 6 =18 . 3.0 2088
17. Rutherford, Elaine wf SCO 2061 =16 + 5 - 2 - 6 - 8 =18 =14 -11 . 2.5 2049
18. Kafka, Graeme SCO 2098 - 7 -15 -12 = 8 =14 =17 =11 =16 . 2.5 1991
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The 2nd "Pentium 4 Chess Trophy" takes place 9th-17th July 2002 in
Milan (Italy). The event is a category 8 round robin with 9 rounds.
Internet coverage:
http://www.italiascacchistica.com/pentium4_2002/
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1. Godena, Michele g ITA 2488 * = . 1 1 . = 1 . 1 5.0 2711
2. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2548 = * 1 . . . = 1 = 1 4.5 2631
3. Lazic, Miroljub g YUG 2474 . 0 * = = = 1 = . . 3.0 2439
4. Bellia, Fabrizio m ITA 2412 0 . = * = = . 1 = . 3.0 2437
5. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2420 0 . = = * = . . 1 = 3.0 2415
6. Qendro, Llambi f ALB 2355 . . = = = * 0 . 1 = 3.0 2416
7. Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2430 = = 0 . . 1 * 0 = . 2.5 2402
8. Drazic, Sinisa g YUG 2474 0 0 = 0 . . 1 * . 1 2.5 2393
9. Sedina, Elena m ITA 2416 . = . = 0 0 = . * = 2.0 2294
10. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2349 0 0 . . = = . 0 = * 1.5 2257
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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. Some games now available. I have processed and dated
the games as if the event was a nine day open but in fact it had a confusing
number of different schedules.
Internet coverage: http://www.worldopen.com/
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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
The Qingdao Chess Festival took place July 4th-8th, 2002. The Qingdao
Tan Chin Nam Cup GM Open 2002 finished in a 5 way tie and no tie-break was
applied. News Yin Hao. My thanks to Yin Hao for the games.
Full details: http://www.64.net.cn/qdopen.htm
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1. Sasikiran, Krishnan 6.5 51.0 33.25 34.5 2650 2733
Shabalov, Alexander 6.5 44.5 31.00 30.5 2624 2665
Seirawan, Yasser 6.5 48.0 34.00 34.0 2618 2704
Goldin, Alexander 6.5 46.0 31.75 32.5 2609 2661
Ni Hua 6.5 50.5 32.75 33.5 2533 2705
6. Kaidanov, Gregory 6.0 43.0 27.75 29.5 2638 2567
7. Xu Jun 5.5 47.0 27.00 30.0 2654 2593
Benjamin, Joel 5.5 43.0 24.50 30.5 2608 2564
Bu Xiangzhi 5.5 44.0 23.25 28.5 2602 2570
Novikov, Igor 5.5 46.0 27.50 31.0 2601 2623
Zhang Pengxiang 5.5 45.0 25.00 28.5 2550 2584
Dao Thien Hai 5.5 44.0 24.75 29.0 2539 2606
Wu Wenjin 5.5 45.5 24.00 26.5 2533 2519
Nguyen Anh Dung 5.5 52.0 30.75 34.0 2517 2668
Tong Yuanming 5.5 39.5 22.25 25.0 2492 2547
16. Epishin, Vladimir 5.0 42.0 21.75 25.0 2643 2535
Zhang Zhong 5.0 37.5 19.75 23.5 2637 2470
Harikrishna, P. 5.0 38.0 20.25 23.5 2568 2441
Christiansen, Larry 5.0 43.5 22.25 27.5 2559 2545
Yu Shaoteng 5.0 33.5 18.75 21.0 2550 2401
Barua, Dibyendu 5.0 43.0 22.75 29.5 2542 2551
Liang Chong 5.0 48.5 26.00 29.0 2529 2570
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 5.0 41.5 19.00 27.5 2524 2554
Kunte, Abhijit 5.0 42.5 20.00 25.5 2477 2480
Lin Weiguo 5.0 39.5 17.75 23.0 2463 2473
Wang Yue 5.0 46.0 25.75 28.5 2455 2617
Mikhalevski, Alexander 5.0 42.5 21.00 23.5 2429 2523
Bhat, Vinay 5.0 48.0 26.00 24.5 2411 2622
29. Mikhalevski, Victor 4.5 44.5 19.75 27.0 2520 2507
Sandipan, Chanda 4.5 41.0 16.25 22.5 2507 2391
Ramesh, R. B. 4.5 37.0 17.75 23.0 2456 2457
Mittelman, Gur 4.5 40.0 19.00 20.0 2413 2474
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman 4.5 35.0 13.75 16.5 2399 2404
Li Ruofan 4.5 42.0 19.00 22.5 2327 2495
35. Li Wenliang 4.0 42.0 16.50 23.5 2506 2435
Wang Pin 4.0 39.5 14.50 21.5 2475 2389
Hatanbaatar, Bazar 4.0 31.0 10.00 14.0 2450 2339
Wang Shuai 4.0 34.0 12.25 17.0 2431 2374
Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg 4.0 38.0 15.00 19.0 2427 2354
Du Shan 4.0 35.5 11.75 20.5 2408 2412
Wang Yu 4.0 42.5 17.25 19.0 2355 2462
Wu Xibin 4.0 39.0 14.00 17.5 2340 2417
Ma Yu 4.0 35.5 13.25 19.0 2327 2401
Xu Yuanyuan 4.0 40.0 15.00 21.0 2320 2442
45. Cheng Xinkai 3.5 36.5 12.25 18.5 2393 2364
Zhao Xue 3.5 35.0 9.75 14.5 2385 2216
Guo Yu 3.5 39.0 14.00 18.5 2381 2409
Li Chao 3.5 35.5 10.50 15.5 2310 2279
Yu Mingyuan 3.5 31.5 9.50 15.5 2298 2337
Liu Shilan 3.5 41.5 13.50 21.0 2226 2371
51. Schneider, Dmitry 3.0 38.5 11.25 16.0 2429 2333
Xu Hanbing 3.0 30.5 5.25 12.5 2335 2186
Byambaa, Zulzaga 3.0 31.5 6.75 15.0 2289 2223
54. Li Qun 2.5 27.5 5.75 11.0 2344 2159
55. Mu Ke 1.5 29.0 1.75 7.5 2324 1941
56. Bakre, Tejas 0.0 40.5 20.25 0.0 2450 -
Wang Wenhao 0.0 40.5 20.25 0.0 2404 -
Song Bing 0.0 40.5 20.25 0.0 2332 -
Huang Qian 0.0 40.5 20.25 0.0 2327 -
Zhou Weiqi 0.0 40.5 20.25 0.0 2318 -
Zhang Jilin 0.0 40.5 20.25 0.0 2307 -
Li Bo 0.0 40.5 20.25 0.0 2295 -
The Swedish Championships took place June 29th - July 14th 2002 in
Skara. Jonny Hector won the category IX event with 10/13 half a point clear of
Evgenij Agrest.
Internet coverage: http://www.schackbutiken.com/sm/
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1 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2513 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 10.0 2674
2 Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2584 = * = 1 = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 9.5 2633
3 Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2506 = = * = = 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2574
4 Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2460 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 = 8.0 2554
5 Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2540 0 = = = * 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2548
6 Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2503 = 0 1 0 0 * 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 7.5 2521
7 Cicak, Slavko g SWE 2537 0 = = = = 0 * = 0 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2490
8 Barkhagen, Jonas m SWE 2455 0 = = 0 = = = * = = 1 = 1 = 6.5 2468
9 Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2471 0 = = = = 0 1 = * 0 0 = 1 1 6.0 2437
10 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2451 0 0 0 = = = 0 = 1 * = 0 1 = 5.0 2381
11 Vernersson, Per SWE 2394 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = * 0 = 1 4.5 2362
12 Eriksson, Johan m SWE 2426 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 1 1 * 0 = 4.5 2360
13 Eriksson, Jonas SWE 2280 = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 * 0 3.0 2270
14 Ahlander, Bjorn m SWE 2419 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 * 3.0 2259
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The XX Andorra International Open in Andorra la Vella took place July
6th-14th 2002. Lev Psahkis took clear first with 7.5/9. My thanks to Oscar de
la Riva for the games.
Website: http://www.feva.ad
Final Round 9 Standings:
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1. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2574 7,5
2. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2533 7,0
3. Paunovic, Dragan m YUG 2518 7,0
4. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2537 7,0
5. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2582 7,0
6. Zapata, Alonso g COL 2549 7,0
7. Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2542 7,0
8. Moreno Carnero, Javier m ESP 2494 6,5
9. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2499 6,5
10. Gustafsson, Jan m GER 2542 6,5
11. Handke, Florian m GER 2471 6,5
12. Marin, Mihail g ROM 2548 6,5
13. Oratovsky, Michael m ISR 2556 6,5
14. Radulski, Julian m BUL 2529 6,0
15. Dumitrache, Dragos m ROM 2504 6,0
16. Jeremic, Veljko YUG 2482 6,0
17. Comas Fabrego, Lluis g ESP 2503 6,0
18. Moldovan, Daniel m ROM 2459 6,0
19. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2492 6,0
20. De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M g ESP 2441 6,0
21. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2557 6,0
22. Berkovich, Mark A m ISR 2407 6,0
23. De la Riva Aguado, Oscar m AND 2522 6,0
24. Mateo, Ramon m DOM 2410 6,0
25. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L m ESP 2503 6,0
26. Rivera, Daniel m URU 2323 6,0
27. Navarro Cia, Miguel ESP 2305 6,0
28. De Jong, Jan Willem NED 2234 6,0
29. Baches Garcia, Guillermo ESP 2368 5,5
30. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2452 5,5
31. Candela Perez, Jose f ESP 2426 5,5
32. Moreno Tejera, Emilio f ESP 2365 5,5
33. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2535 5,5
34. Iglesias, Jorge ARG 2366 5,5
35. Campos Moreno, Javier B m CHI 2493 5,5
36. Collas, Didier m FRA 2405 5,5
37. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2408 5,5
38. San Emeterio Cabanes, Jose L ESP 2318 5,5
39. Gonzalez Pruneda, Arturo ESP 2220 5,5
40. Caselas Cabanas, Jacobo f ESP 2356 5,5
41. Llaneza Vega, Patricia wf ESP 2302 5,5
42. Molander, Riku f FIN 2286 5,5
43. Andres Gonzalez, Ivan ESP 2241 5,5
44. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique ESP 2324 5,5
45. Ahlers, Ben NED 2184 5,5
46. De la Fuente Mayan, Alfredo ESP 2158 5,5
153 players
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. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek DEN 2458 * . . = 1 1 = . = 0 1 = 1 . 6.0 2541
2. Csom, Istvan g HUN 2448 . * = . = = = 1 = = . 1 1 . 6.0 2529
3. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2462 . = * = . 1 0 . 1 . = = 1 1 6.0 2551
4. Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 2535 = . = * 1 . = = 1 = . 0 = . 5.0 2450
5. Sedlak, Nikola m YUG 2468 0 = . 0 * 1 1 . = 1 = . . = 5.0 2476
6. Kristjansson, Stefan f ISL 2428 0 = 0 . 0 * . 1 . . 1 = 1 1 5.0 2463
7. Bui Vinh VIE 2444 = = 1 = 0 . * 1 0 = . . . = 4.5 2436
8. Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2372 . 0 . = . 0 0 * = 1 1 1 . = 4.5 2423
9. Toth, Andras1 HUN 2401 = = 0 0 = . 1 = * 1 . . 0 . 4.0 2389
10. Rajlich, Vasik G f USA 2338 1 = . = 0 . = 0 0 * = . . 1 4.0 2398
11. Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2407 0 . = . = 0 . 0 . = * = 1 1 4.0 2367
12. Thorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 2362 = 0 = 1 . = . 0 . . = * 0 = 3.5 2355
13. Gerzhoy, Leonid ISR 2366 0 0 0 = . 0 . . 1 . 0 1 * = 3.0 2313
14. Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2444 . . 0 . = 0 = = . 0 0 = = * 2.5 2239
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1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2407 * = . = = = 1 1 = = . 1 6.0 2415
2. Predojevic, Borki f YUG 2359 = * 1 0 1 . 0 . 1 1 = 1 6.0 2425
3. Hajnal, Zoltan f HUN 2377 . 0 * . 1 = 1 1 = 1 = = 6.0 2395
4. Dudas, Janos m HUN 2368 = 1 . * = 0 1 0 1 . 1 = 5.5 2374
5. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2352 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 . . 1 1 5.5 2389
6. Alfred, Nathan ENG 2249 = . = 1 = * = = 0 1 . = 5.0 2353
7. Pachow, Joerg f GER 2334 0 1 0 0 0 = * . 1 1 1 . 4.5 2304
8. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2276 0 . 0 1 0 = . * 0 1 1 = 4.0 2247
9. Le Kieu Thien Kim wm VIE 2256 = 0 = 0 . 1 0 1 * 0 = . 3.5 2225
10. Suranyi, Pal HUN 2188 = 0 0 . . 0 0 0 1 * 1 . 2.5 2164
11. Tanaka, Yuuki JPN 2187 . = = 0 0 . 0 0 = 0 * 1 2.5 2138
12. Dencsi, Tibor HUN 2232 0 0 = = 0 = . = . . 0 * 2.0 2128
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1. Le Dinh Tuan VIE 2361 * 1 = . = 1 = = 1 . 1 6.0 2476
2. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2252 0 * = = = 1 1 . 1 = . 5.0 2390
3. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2289 = = * = = . 1 = = . 1 5.0 2395
4. Berczes, Csaba f HUN 2316 . = = * = 0 . 1 1 1 = 5.0 2362
5. Hardicsay, Peter m HUN 2302 = = = = * = . = 1 . . 4.0 2344
6. Pedersen, Christian Kyndel DEN 2258 0 0 . 1 = * 1 0 . = 1 4.0 2279
7. Philippe, Christophe f FRA 2316 = 0 0 . . 0 * 1 = 1 1 4.0 2274
8. Rendle, Thomas ENG 2241 = . = 0 = 1 0 * 0 = 1 4.0 2249
9. Zimmerman, Yuri m ISR 2343 0 0 = 0 0 . = 1 * 0 1 3.0 2155
10. Metaxasz, Vaszilisz HUN 2181 . = . 0 . = 0 = 1 * 0 2.5 2183
11. Feibert, Fred f GER 2270 0 . 0 = . 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 2037
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1. Pham Minh Hoang1 VIE 2357 * = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2466
2. McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2396 = * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2461
3. Paci, Cedric FRA 2178 = 0 * = 1 = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2400
4. Balster, Stefan f GER 2349 0 1 = * 0 1 1 = = = 5.0 2344
5. Soos, Bela m GER 2283 0 = 0 1 * 1 = = = 1 5.0 2351
6. Boe, Mads f DEN 2390 = = = 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 4.5 2296
7. Mork, Kjell-Arne f NOR 2275 = 0 1 0 = 0 * = = 1 4.0 2266
8. Egeli, Per Ove NOR 2312 = 0 0 = = 1 = * 0 = 3.5 2225
9. Dobos, Jozsef m HUN 2311 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 * = 3.0 2180
10. Partenheimer, Axel GER 2208 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 2043
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Aarhus in Denmark was the venue for a 10 player round robin IM event
July 5th-12th 2002. Ruben Felgaer won with a huge 8.5/9 score.
Casper Rasmussen reports that the Aarhus Chess Summer IM-tournament has
finished. It was a really power performance by the Argentine Champion IM Ruben
Felgaer, who won with 8½ out of 9! The tournament also saw strong play
by the Danish junior player Davor Palo (16 years old), who came 2nd with
6½. This was his 2nd IM-norm in a row (the first in Ljubljana Open with
7 out of 9), both of them 1 point clear of the norm! If everything goes
according to plan, next year Aarhus Chess Summer will contain both an IM-group
and a GM-group.
Website: http://www.chesshouse.dk/sommerskak/index.htm
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1. Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2509 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2810
2. Palo, Davor f DEN 2394 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2545
3. Peralta, Fernando m ARG 2478 = 1 * 0 1 = = 1 0 1 5.5 2449
4. Rasmussen, Allan Stig DEN 2305 0 = 1 * 0 1 0 = 1 1 5.0 2432
5. Vinter-Schou, Uffe m DEN 2342 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 1 = 4.5 2384
6. Hanley, Craig f ENG 2331 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 1 4.0 2343
7. Rasmussen, Karsten m DEN 2404 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 1 0 0 3.0 2253
8. Bromann, Thorbjorn f DEN 2378 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 3.0 2255
9. Richards, Heather wf ENG 2275 0 0 1 0 0 = 1 0 * 0 2.5 2226
10. Holst, Allan DEN 2390 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 * 2.5 2213
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IM George Mastrokoukos reports that 22 grandmasters (18 GMs and 4 WGMs)
participated in this year's Greek Club Championship which has grown into a
major event. This year it was organized in Halkidiki (July 6th-12th) and the
Kydon Sports Club of Hania won the championships for the 3rd year in a row.
The final standings of the play-offs for the top 6 places:
1. Kydon Sports Club (Azmaiparashvili, Grivas, Papaioannou, McShane,
etc.) 16 p. 2. DEI Chess Academy (Radjabov, Banikas, Galego, Karayannis, etc.)
14 p. 3. OAA Heraklio Chess Club (Atalik, Kr. Georgiev, Mastrokoukos,
Logothetis, etc.) 12 p. 4. Kavala Chess Club (Halkias, Miladinovic, Skembris,
Markidis, etc.) 10 p. 5. ES Thessaloniki Chess Club (Gelashvili, A.
Mastrovasilis, D. Mastrovasilis, Bousios, etc.) 7 p. 6. OAX Chess Club
(Istratescu, Kourkounakis, Hadzidakis, Theofilopoulos, etc.) 5 p.
The best individual result was achieved by GM Suat Atalik of OAA
Heraklio Chess Club, who scored 5.5/7 in the 1st board which is a 2812
performance rating.
My thanks too to Argiris Kotsis.
Website: http://www.blackqueen.net/news/2002/acat-champs02/
(Greek only)
The 7th Third Saturday Tournament took place in the hall of the Belgrade
Chess Federation 15th-25th June 2002. The category 8 event was won by GMs Milko
Popchev and Bosko Abramovic with 7/11.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu
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1. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2431 * 1 = 0 1 1 = = = = = 1 7.0 2527
2. Abramovic, Bosko g YUG 2509 0 * = 1 1 1 = = 0 = 1 1 7.0 2520
3. Cabrilo, Goran g YUG 2501 = = * = 0 1 = = = = 1 1 6.5 2484
4. Milanovic, Danilo YUG 2427 1 0 = * = 0 = = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2490
5. Tadic, Branko m YUG 2442 0 0 1 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2489
6. Ivanisevic, Ivan g YUG 2547 0 0 0 1 = * = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2480
7. Matulovic, Milan g YUG 2428 = = = = 1 = * 0 = = 1 = 6.0 2461
8. Markovic, Miroslav g YUG 2517 = = = = 0 0 1 * = = = 1 5.5 2417
9. Andonov, Bogomil m BUL 2364 = 1 = 0 0 0 = = * = 1 = 5.0 2395
10. Simic, Radoslav g YUG 2406 = = = 0 = = = = = * = 0 4.5 2362
11. Weinzettl, Ernst m AUT 2397 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 3.0 2253
12. Lundin, Jan SWE 2143 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * 2.0 2189
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The Norwegian Championships took place in Roros July 6th-13th. The 9
round swiss was won by Simen Agdestein with 7/9. Only games involving the top
players have been made available.
Internet coverage: http://www.sjakknm2002.net/
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1 Simen Agdestein 2572 7.0 37.5 42.0 45.5 34.50
2 Einar Gausel 2523 6.5 38.0 42.5 47.0 32.75
3 Øystein Dannevig 2295 5.5 38.0 42.5 45.5 25.50
4 Rune Djurhuus 2507 5.5 38.0 42.0 46.0 27.50
5 Berge Østenstad 2451 5.5 38.0 42.0 45.5 25.25
6 Leif E Johannessen 2527 5.0 38.5 43.0 47.0 24.75
7 Daniel Hersvik 2307 5.0 37.5 41.0 42.5 20.75
8 Roy Fyllingen 2356 5.0 30.0 33.5 35.0 17.00
9 Torstein Bae 2352 4.5 40.0 43.5 47.0 20.00
10 Kjetil A Lie 2458 4.5 36.5 40.5 44.5 19.25
11 Stig Tjomsland 2262 4.5 36.0 39.5 42.5 19.25
12 Kristian Trygstad 2279 4.5 35.0 39.0 42.5 20.50
13 Geir Sune Tallaksen 2219 4.0 32.5 36.0 39.0 15.25
14 Torbjørn R Hansen 2267 4.0 30.5 34.0 37.0 15.00
15 Magnus Øen Carlsen 2237 4.0 29.5 31.0 31.0 10.25
16 Geir I Henriksen 2115 3.5 31.0 34.5 37.5 14.25
17 Carl F Ekeberg 2222 3.5 30.0 33.0 33.0 8.75
18 Øystein Hole 2249 3.5 30.0 31.5 31.5 8.25
19 Martin Østtveit 2088 3.0 28.5 30.0 30.0 6.00
20 Victor Hansen 2008 1.5 20.5 20.5 20.5 5.25
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 is held
at Millfield School for the first time. The tournament is headed up by the
Masters section, a 9-round, 20-player swiss.
S&WYM Millfield School ENG (ENG), 10-17 vii 2002
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1 Pinter, Gabor m HUN 2381 +15 = 6 = 2 +17 + 8 = 4 = 5 . . 5.0 2521
2 Mah, Karl m ENG 2409 +20 = 3 = 1 + 4 = 5 = 8 =10 . . 4.5 2466
3 Dearing, Eddie SCO 2343 +16 = 2 = 6 - 8 +13 = 9 + 4 . . 4.5 2455
4 Antal, Gergely m HUN 2492 +11 + 9 =17 - 2 + 6 = 1 - 3 . . 4.0 2399
5 Skytte, Rasmus f DEN 2366 =12 +10 =19 = 6 = 2 = 7 = 1 . . 4.0 2406
6 Palliser, Richard m ENG 2441 +18 = 1 = 3 = 5 - 4 +13 = 8 . . 4.0 2406
7 Jones, Gawain C ENG 2237 = 8 =15 =11 = 9 =17 = 5 +14 . . 4.0 2349
8 Middelburg, Tom f NED 2382 = 7 =19 +20 + 3 - 1 = 2 = 6 . . 4.0 2397
9 Sinkevich, Petr f RUS 2337 +13 - 4 =10 = 7 +19 = 3 =12 . . 4.0 2378
10 Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2388 +14 - 5 = 9 -13 +15 +17 = 2 . . 4.0 2337
11 Haslinger, Stewart ENG 2310 - 4 =13 = 7 =20 =18 +15 +17 . . 4.0 2323
12 Addison, Bret ENG 2219 = 5 -17 -14 =16 +20 +18 = 9 . . 3.5 2273
13 Martyn, Rafe ENG 2201 - 9 =11 +16 +10 - 3 - 6 =18 . . 3.0 2287
14 Trent, Lawrence ENG 2246 -10 -20 +12 -18 +16 +19 - 7 . . 3.0 2236
15 Broomfield, Matthew ENG 2229 - 1 = 7 +18 =19 -10 -11 +20 . . 3.0 2274
16 Woodward, Timothy DM ENG 2211 - 3 =18 -13 =12 -14 +20 +19 . . 3.0 2230
17 Koster, Ramon NED 2226 =19 +12 = 4 - 1 = 7 -10 -11 . . 2.5 2247
18 Erwich, Frank f NED 2330 - 6 =16 -15 +14 =11 -12 =13 . . 2.5 2163
19 Williams, Simon m ENG 2421 =17 = 8 = 5 =15 - 9 -14 -16 . . 2.0 2127
20 Skjoldborg, Jesper DEN DEN 2201 - 2 +14 - 8 =11 -12 -16 -15 . . 1.5 2056
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11 year old Magnus Carlson drew against the rest of the net in a match
organised by the Norgwegian TV Channal TV2.
Carlsen,M - Resten av Norge [B00] Nettavisen oppvisningsmatch, 2002 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 Nf6
10.d4 Bb6 11.dxe5 Ne4 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 0-0 14.Rd1 Be6 15.Nd4 Nxe5 16.f3 Nc4
17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.fxe4 c5 19.Nd2 cxd4 20.cxd4 Qb6 21.Nf1 Rae8 22.d5 Qxe3+ 23.Nxe3
Bd7 24.Rd4 Re5 25.a4 f5 26.Nxf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 Re2 28.axb5 axb5 29.Rb1 Rxf5 30.d6
Rff2 31.d7 ½-½
Internet
coverage and http://www.ntg.no/sjakk/arena/norge/index.htm
The 21st International St. Veiter Chess Tournament and the Jacques
Lemans Open 2002 took place 6th-14th July 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.stveitopen.at
Leading final standings:
1 GM Teske Henrik 2522 GER 7½ 55½
2 IM Rogic Davor 2478 CRO 7½ 54
3 IM Mazi Leon 2378 SLO 7 52½
4 FM Pilaj Herwig 2318 AUT 7 52½
5 FM Kaspret Guido Mag. 2252 AUT 6½ 54
6 Franz Karsten 2232 GER 6½ 53½
7 Seifert Volker 2261 GER 6½ 53½
8 FM Wegener Dirk 2345 GER 6½ 53
9 MK Hebesberger Thomas 2282 AUT 6½ 51
10 Zechner Gernot 1993 AUT 6½ 49
11 Ragger Markus 2160 AUT 6½ 47½
12 IM Jeric Simon 2303 SLO 6½ 47
13 Hafner Robert 2127 AUT 6½ 43
14 ÖM Schwab Rene 2237 AUT 6 50½
15 MK Genser Harald 2259 AUT 6 49½
16 MK Wallner Dieter 2131 AUT 6 49
17 Mussnig Manfred 2117 AUT 6 47½
18 Kreisl Robert 2128 AUT 6 43
146 players
The Open Paris Championships took place 6th-14th July 2002. Andrei
Shchekachev and Jean-Luc Chabanon scored 7.5/9. I will wait until a selection
of games is available from all rounds.
Coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com/articles/paris2002.php
and http://www.sissa.org/chparis2002/index.htm
1 m AFEK Yochanan 2329 7,5 41,0 2684 2677
2 g SHCHEKACHEV Andrei 2555 7,5 41,0 2626 2621
3 g CHABANON Jean-Luc 2483 7,5 38,5 2647 2640
4 g MUREY Yaacov 2496 7,0 37,5 2570 2570
5 m BRATANOV Zsivko 2438 7,0 37,5 2565 2563
6 g NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter 2613 7,0 37,5 2559 2542
7 m BIN-SATTAR Reefat 2454 7,0 37,5 2531 2529
8 g FRESSINET Laurent 2619 7,0 37,0 2532 2529
9 g DAVID Alberto 2511 7,0 36,5 2520 2512
10 f HOSSAIN Enamul 2387 7,0 35,0 2558 2556
11 gf KOSTENIUK Alexandra 2459 7,0 34,5 2474 2472
12 f JUSTO Damian 2306 7,0 34,0 2500 2498
13 HOUSIEAUX David 2308 6,5 34,5 2404 2397
14 m BERGEZ Luc 2351 6,5 34,0 2436 2429
15 m KARR Jean-Philippe 2404 6,5 34,0 2420 2413
16 f BADII Madjid 2284 6,5 33,5 2418 2411
17 BRIH Said 2220 6,5 30,5 2366 2359
209 players
The 5th Open Vins du Medoc took place 30th June - 7th July 2002. Viorel
scored a crushing 8.5/9. No games available.
Internet coverage: http://opendesvins.free.fr/open2002.htm
Final Round 9 Standings:
1 g IORDACHESCU Viorel 2555 MDA 8,5 43,5 54,5 2784 2776
2 g RENET Olivier 2494 FRA 7,0 44,0 54,0 2469 2468
3 HELVENSTEIJN Dennis 2242 NED 6,5 43,0 52,5 2303 2308
4 gf FOISOR Cristina Adela 2437 ROU 6,5 42,0 50,5 2388 2373
5 m FOISOR Ovidiu 2431 ROU 6,5 41,5 51,5 2331 2330
6 m WOHL Aleksandar H. 2388 AUS 6,0 46,0 56,0 2419 2416
7 MILHAROUX Guillaume 2040 FRA 6,0 41,5 50,5 2310 2339
8 m SERET Jean-Luc 2322 FRA 6,0 39,5 49,0 2263 2272
9 RUNDE Thomas 2180 GER 6,0 36,5 45,0 2165 2162
10 BERT Jerome 2086 FRA 6,0 36,5 44,5 1978 1994
11 LAGUNES Jean-Renaud 2108 FRA 6,0 35,5 44,0 2092 2089
12 VAN DE LAAR Clement 2067 NED 6,0 35,5 43,5 1997 2016
108 players
The 25th Asian Junior Chess Championships were held in Marawila, Sri
Lanka June 27th-July 5th 2002. Deepan Chakravarthy won the boys and Tania
Sachdev the girls both players are from India. Unfortunately the games given at
the site are almost beyond repair.
Details: http://asianjuniors02.tripod.com/index.html
Final Placings (Boys)
Name Country Score PS
1 Deepan Chakravarthy IND 8 55.5
2 Satyapragyan S IND 8 46.5
3 Sundararajan Kidambi IND 7.5 47.5
4 Paragua Mark PHI 7.5 47
5 Ghaem Maghami IRI 7.5 45.5
6 Megaranto Susanto INA 7 45
7 Peyman Mohajerin IRI 6.5 43.5
8 Gogineni Rohit IND 6.5 40.5
9 Smerdon David Craig AUS 6.5 39
10 M K Athula Russell SRI 6.5 37
11 Vu Dinh Hung VIE 6 36
12 Hasan Mehdi BAN 6 34
Final Placings (Girls)
No. Name Country Score PS
1 Tania Sachdev Ind 8.5 55
2 Prathiba Y Ind 8 50.5
3 Mary Ann Gomes Ind 7.5 44.5
4 Priya P Ind 7 49
5 D Harika Ind 7 46.5
6 Eesha Karavade Ind 7 43
7 Siti Zulaikha Mas 6.5 40.5
8 Kavitha J E Ind 6.5 40
9 Huynh Mai Dung Vie 6.5 38.5
10 Kasturi M Ind 6 42.5
11 Chathuri Hettige Sri 6 33.5
12 Aketaeva Dana Kaz 6 33
The 24th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup takes place 15th - 26th of July
2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.politikencup.dk
1 GM Alexander Beliavsky SLO 2652
2 GM Vladimir Epichin RUS 2643
3 GM Sergei Tiviakov NED 2628
4 GM Peter Heine Nielsen DEN 2626
5 GM Lenier Dominguez CUB 2613
6 GM Jonny Hector SWE 2562
7 GM Peter Kiriakov RUS 2553
8 GM Nick de Firmian USA 2551
9 GM Lars Schandorff DEN 2547
10 GM Andrey Volokitin UKR 2545
11 GM Luke J. McShane ENG 2544
12 GM Maxim Turov RUS 2518
13 IM Ruben Felgaer ARG 2509
14 GM Heikki Kalio FIN 2502
15 GM Chris Ward ENG 2500
196 players
The Czech Open 2002 takes place in Pardubice 11th-28th July 2002. There
are 5 FIDE open tournaments, 2 teams tournaments, an active chess tournament, a
blitz tournament, a blitz marathon, a problem solving competition and bughouse
and Fischerandom tournaments. There are 1400 players from 46 countries
including 55 GMs and WGMs and 88 IMs and WIMs competing.
There are 350 players in the top GM open with an average rating of
2329. Average TOP 20 ELO is 2572 and TOP 100 2491. Top players include:
Krishnan Sasikiran (IND, 2650), Bartolomiej Macieja (POL, 2607), Zbynek Hracek
(CZE, 2600), Valery Neverov (UKR, 2587), Evgeny Alekseev (RUS, 2580), Zoltan
Gyimesi (HUN 2580), Vladimir Burmakin (RUS, 2574), Lev Psakhis (ISR, 2574),
Andrei Kovalev (BLR, 2572), Daniels Fridmans (LAT, 2571), Vladislav Borovikov
(UKR, 2570), P. Harikrishna (IND, 2568), Peter Acs (HUN, 2560).
Internet coverage: http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
The Richard Aronow Foundation Invitational Tournament takes place July
12-21, 2002. Players: Evgeniy Najer RUS 2585, Evgeny Gersov USA 2351, Bryan
Smith USA 2412 , Mikhail Belorusov USA 2293, Stanislav Kriventsov USA 2443 ,
Luis Chiong PHI 2368, Yury Lapshun USA 2393, Oladapo Adu NGR 2263, Gennadi
Zaichik GEO 2516 and Norman Rogers USA 2354.
Stanislav Kriventsov and Yury Lapshun have started with 3.5/5. No games
yet.
Internet coverage:
http://www.pscfchess.org/results/aronow.html
Ivan Gluckman reports: The South African Open was played in Port
Elizabeth 3rd - 13th July. TG Van Tonder won the title with 9/11. Van Tonder, a
relative unknown, won the title by beating the 1st seed IM Amon Simutowe in the
last round. He beat Jonathan Gluckman to the title on Tie-break.
SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2002
Final Round 11 Standings:
1 VAN TONDER, TG 2012 9.0 54.0
2 GLUCKMAN, JL 2293 9.0 52.5
3 SIMUTOWE, JM m 2393 8.5 57.5
4 BORICSEV, O m 2343 8.5 57.0
5 SOLOMON, KT f 2353 8.5 53.0
6 BOUAH, LJ 2095 8.0 52.0
7 OPHOFF, JA 2034 8.0 51.5
8 CAWDERY, DJ 2247 8.0 50.5
9 BRODIE, SM 2007 8.0 50.5
10 STEENKAMP, JJ2 1994 8.0 50.5
11 WILLENBERG, KS 2075 8.0 48.5
12 SMIT, L 1926 8.0 47.5
13 SAFFIER, C 1823 8.0 41.0
14 VAN DEN HEEVER, DO 2059 7.5 52.0
15 SOLOMONS, DM 2299 7.5 51.5
16 DE WIT, D f 2204 7.5 47.5
17 SAFFIER, J 1988 7.5 46.5
18 WILKEN, JB 1961 7.5 46.5
19 MORRISON, GR 2108 7.5 44.0
20 WILLENBERG, CG 1916 7.5 43.0
21 WILLENBERG, A 1932 7.5 42.5
22 STANDER, H 1868 7.5 42.0
23 JACOBS, KT 1510 7.5 40.5
24 ODENDAAL, F 1797 7.5 39.0
181 players
The 7th Computer Olympiad (including World Chess Championship) takes
place in Maastricht July 5th-11th 2002. Games apart from chess included
Backgammon, draughts, Shogi and Go. DEEP JUNIOR 7 won after a playoff against
SHREDDER.
Internet coverage: http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/Olympiad2002/
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10th WCCC Maastricht NED (NED), 6-11 vii 2002
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1. SHREDDER + 7 + 9 = 3 + 2 = 4 +12 + 8 = 6 +11 7.5
2. DEEP JUNIOR 7 = 8 +10 + 6 - 1 + 9 + 3 + 4 + 5 +12 7.5
3. BRUTUS +11 +12 = 1 = 4 + 5 - 2 + 7 +13 + 6 7.0
4. QUESTMAASTRICHT +16 +14 = 5 = 3 = 1 = 6 - 2 + 7 + 9 6.0
5. WARP +15 = 6 = 4 +14 - 3 - 7 +12 - 2 +13 5.0
6. DIEP +18 = 5 - 2 = 7 +10 = 4 + 9 = 1 - 3 5.0
7. ISICHESSX - 1 = 8 +13 = 6 +17 + 5 - 3 - 4 =10 4.5
8. IKARUS = 2 = 7 +15 = 9 =12 =13 - 1 -11 +17 4.5
9. PARSOS +13 - 1 +17 = 8 - 2 +10 - 6 +18 - 4 4.5
10. GOLIATH MAASTRICHT -12 - 2 +18 +11 - 6 - 9 +16 +17 = 7 4.5
11. CHINITO 2.1 - 3 -15 +16 -10 +18 =14 +17 + 8 - 1 4.5
12. SJENG MAASTRICHT +10 - 3 =14 +15 = 8 - 1 - 5 +16 - 2 4.0
13. XINIX - 9 =16 - 7 +18 +14 = 8 +15 - 3 - 5 4.0
14. INSOMNIAC +17 - 4 =12 - 5 -13 =11 +18 =15 =16 4.0
15. SPIDERCHESS - 5 +11 - 8 -12 =16 =17 -13 =14 +18 3.5
16. POSTMODERNIST - 4 =13 -11 =17 =15 +18 -10 -12 =14 3.0
17. NOONIAN CHESS -14 +18 - 9 =16 - 7 =15 -11 -10 - 8 2.0
18. SHARKY - 6 -17 -10 -13 -11 -16 -14 - 9 -15 0.0
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SHREDDER - DEEP JUNIOR 7 0-1 35 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
DEEP JUNIOR 7 - SHREDDER 1/2 59 B93 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
10th WCCC Playoff Maastricht NED (NED), 11-11 vii 2002
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DEEP JUNIOR 7 ---- 1 = 1.5
SHREDDER ---- 0 = 0.5
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Biel Chess Festival
The 35th Biel International Chess Festival takes place July 20th to
August 3rd 2002. There are ten different tournaments including a GM -Tournament
(category 16) and a match between the swiss national team and Computer Shredder
6-0 from Chessbase.
Internet coverage: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
35th INTERNATIONAL BIEL CHESS FESTIVAL 2002
July 20th - August 3rd
Biel Grand Master Tournament
Round Robin (July 22nd - August 1st),
FIDE category 16 (2636 Elo*)
PLAYERS
NAT Age RAT RANK
1. GM Ilya Smirin ISR 34 2676 nr 21
2. GM Alexei Dreev** RUS 33 2676 nr 22
3. GM Francisco Vallejo Pons ESP 19 2648 nr 42
4. GM Vladislav Tkachiev FRA 28 2625 nr 62
5. GM Viktor Kortchnoï *** SUI 71 2620 nr 71
6. GM Yannick Pelletier SUI 25 2571
* according new FIDE rating list from July 2002
** winner in Biel in 1995
*** winner in Biel in 1979 and 2001
Curacao Open
The Curacao (*) 1962-2002 chess tournament is an open tournament that
will be held November 16th-28th 2002. The tournament commemorates the 40th
Anniversary of the Candidates tournament in 1962. Viktor Korchnoi (a player)
and Yuri Averbach (a second) from the original event have already confirmed
that they will return after 40 years. The tournament will have 9 rounds and a
maximum of 120 players including about 15 titled players. Jan Timman (NL),
Bartek Macieja (Pol), Sofia Polgar (Israel/Hungary), Yona Kosashvili (Israel),
Anjelina Belakovskaia (USA), Alonso Zapata (Colombia), Johan Alvarez
(Venezuela) and Carlos Gallegos (Venezuela) are amongst the players.
More information (including a 1962 and a 2001 picture gallery and
general information about Curacao) is available at:
http://www.curacao.com/chess. There
is also a download of the electronic tournament book of the 2001 edition
available. Jan Timman was the winner of that tournament.
(*) Curacao is an island in the Caribbean and is part of the Netherlands
Antilles.
US Junior Invitational
U S Junior Open and Invitational is hosted by the Dallas Chess Club July
19-21, 2002.
Players: Players : FM Dmitry Schneider, IM Vinay Bhat, Aaron Pixton,
Andrei Zaremba, FM Phillip Xiao Wang, FM Daniel Fernandez, Daniel Rensch,
Matthew Hoekstra, Stanislav Ritvin and Noah J. Siegel.
Internet coverage: http://www.dallaschess.com/USJ2002/
Miercurea Ciuc (Romania)
The V International Chess Festival Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) takes place
19.08 - 01.09.2002 Miercurea Ciuc, 19.08 - 25.08.2002 : V." Ciuc-Premium" (9
rounds), Miercurea Ciuc, 26.08 - 01.09.2002 : III." Banc Post" (9 rounds)
Venue : Study-house Jakab Antal ** (Szék str. 147) and Banc Post
** (Sadoveanu str. 4). A) International FIDE round robin tournaments for
international rating B) International FIDE open tournaments Rate of play : 40/2
; + 0.30 minutes.
Program : Monday, August 19 and August 26 : 15.30 opening ceremony
16.00-21.00 round I Tuesday, August 20 and August 27 : 16.00-21.00 round II
Wednesday, August 21 and August 28 : 09.00-14.00 round III 16.00-21.00 round IV
Thursday, August 22 and August 29 : 16.00-21.00 round V Friday, August 23 and
August 30 : 09.00-14.00 round VI 16.00-21.00 round VII Saturday, August 24 and
August 31 : 16.00-21.00 round VIII Sunday, August 25 and September 1 :
09.00-14.00 round IX 15.00 closed ceremony
Entry fee (EUR): FIDE rating Group "A" unrated 60 2000-2099 30 2100-2199
20 2200-2299 10 above 2300 no entry fee Group "B" Adult 20 EUR, Youth 10 EUR.
Prizes : V. "Ciuc-Premium" + III. "Banc Post" prize funds = 500 EUR + extra
prizes. Accomodation prizes : Study-house Jakab Antal ** and Banc Post ** -
Full board, Single room/day = 22 EUR, - Full board, Bouble room/person/day = 18
EUR
Organizer : IM Sandor Biro Postal address : R-4100 Miercurea Ciuc 1,
C.P. 68, Romania Phone/fax : (+40)-266-316712, mobile : (+40)-740-021866 E-mail
: caissa@topnet.ro
ChessBrain and Distributed Chess Project
There are a couple of chess projects involving linking computers
Worldwide to form a single chessplaying computer. According to Carlos
Justiniano "The ChessBrain project currently had over 230 members from 25
different countries around the world. Over 300 hundred computers have already
been linked up to form a preliminary global network."
You can read more at: http://www.chessbrain.net in addition
there is Ralf Seliger's Distributed Chess Project which you can read about at:
http://wind.prohosting.com/chessweb
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/
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
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
Ghent Open
The 25th Ghent Open takes place 20th-24th July 2002. Entry includes GM
Vladimir Baklan 2618.
Further information: htp://www.kgsrl.be
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
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.