THE WEEK IN CHESS 411 23rd September 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) European Club
Cup
3) FIDE Rapid Ratings September 2002
4) Ignatius Leong withdraws his FIDE challenge
5) Kasparov - Junior Postponed
6) Pablo
Gorbea Memorial
7) Switzerland vs. Germany
8) First Saturday September
9) Polish Team
Championships
10) Latvia vs. Estonia Match
11) 5th Lausanne Open
12) Croatian
Teams
13) Poio Open
14) 20th
Villarrobledo Rapid
15) Educational Internacional
Tournament
16) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Latvia vs. Estonia Match 50 games
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My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Gustavo Albarran, Alexei Shirov, Michal
Krasenkow, Willy Iclicki, Argiris Kotsis, Antonio Bento, Andras Bacsi, Kaspars
Migla, Luis Costa, Rafa Couto, Mirjana Medic, Przemek Jahr, Luis Maseda, Peter
Heine Nielsen, Bobby Ang, Pablo Sierra and all those who helped with this
issue.
The European Club Cup got off to an interesting start yesterday. Some
very strong players including Grischuk, Svidler, Adams, Shirov, Bareev,
Khalifman, Ivanchuk, Polgar and Van Wely play in this team event. Shirov's
complaint about the lack of an updated rapid rating list published on the TWIC
site earlier in the week brought quick action and a new list. Ignatius Leong's
withdrawal from the FIDE election for President didn't come as a tremendous
surprise. Ever since the election of Florencio Campomanes beating the incumbent
has been practically impossible. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov now seems to have complete
control of the organisation. Leong and Morten Sand look set to join the
presidential board as part of the deal to withdraw and try for reforms on the
"inside". It seems that apparently implacable opponents of Ilyumzhinov are
prepared to work with him now even though very few of the objections to him
have changed.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The European Club Cup takes place September 22nd-28th 2002 in Greece.
Players include: Grischuk, Svidler (playing for the NAO club), Adams, Shirov
(Bosna Sarajevo), Bareev (Norilsky Nikel), Khalifman (Kazan), Ivanchuk, Polgar
(Polonia Warsaw), Van Wely (Clichy).
Internet coverage: http://ecc02.chessworld.info/ and
http://www.chess.gr
1 ASA ¨Shlomo Har-Zvi¨ Tel-Aviv - NAO Chess Club 2-4
Harzvi, Ronen Grischuk, Alexander 0-1
Gofshtein, Leonid Svidler, Peter ½-½
Kantsler, Boris Lautier, Joël 0-1
Zoler, Dan Fressinet, Laurent ½-½
Finkel, Alex Nataf, Igor-Alexandre ½-½
Stisis, Yaacov Hauchard, Arnaud ½-½
2 BOSNA Sarajevo - Chess Academy of D.E.I.Northern Greece 5-1
Adams, Michael Banikas, Hristodoulos ½-½
Shirov, Alexei Mastrovasilis, Athanasios 1-0
Sokolov, Ivan Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios ½-½
Movsesian, Sergei Karayiannis, Athanasios 1-0
Radjabov, Teimour Tzermiadianos, Andreas 1-0
Kozul, Zdenko Pinchuk, Sergey T 1-0
3 C.A. Reverte Albox - "Norilsky Nikel" (Norilsk) 2-4
Suba, Miha Bareev, Evgeny ½-½
Saldano, Horacio Dreev, Alexey 0-1
Romero Holmes, Alfonso Zviagintsev, Vadim ½-½
Del Rio Angelis, Salvador Malakhov, Vladimir 0-1
Zlotnik, Boris Tregubov, Pavel 0-1
Hernando Rodrigo,Jose Maria Glek, Igor 1-0
4 "Ladia-Kazan-1000" (Kazan) - Schachfreunde Neukölln 03 3-3
Khalifman, Alexandr Berndt, Stephan 1-0
Akopian, V Polzin, Rainer ½-½
Baklan, Vladimir Borriss, Martin 1-0
Timofeev, Artyom Poldauf, Dirk 0-1
Yandemirov, Valeri Thiede, Lars 0-1
Hasangatin, Ramil Rudolf, Henrik ½-½
5 DIE KLAGENFURTER - Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw 0,5-5,5
Bischoff, Klaus Ivanchuk, Vasyl 0-1
Horvath, Jozsef Polgar, Judit 0-1
Hoelzl, Franz Krasenkow, Michael 0-1
Steflitsch, Erich Macieja, Bartlomiej ½-½
Pilaj, Herwig Kempinski, Robert 0-1
Titz, Heimo Rozentalis, Eduardas 0-1
6 "Saint-Petersburg LTG" - Rochade Eupen 3,5-2,5
Sakaev, Konstantin Chuchelow, Vladimir ½-½
Volkov, Sergey Kishnev, Sergey ½-½
Popov, Valery Coenen, Norbert ½-½
Ivanov, Sergey Ahn, Martin 1-0
Smirnov, Pavel Marechal, Andy 1-0
Anisimov, Pavel Petzold, Klaus 0-1
7 Hellir Chess Club - "Tomsk-400" (Tomsk) 1-5
Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar Filippov, Valerij 0-1
Olafsson, Helgi Motylev, Alexander 0-1
Karlsson, Agust Sindri Pigusov, Evgeny ½-½
Asmundsson, Ingvar Kobalia, Michail ½-½
Bergsson, Snorri Landa, Konstantin 0-1
Bjornsson, Gunnar Belozerov, Andrei 0-1
8 KISELJAK - Sollentuna Chess Club 5-1
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab Agrest, Evgenij 1-0
Nikolic, Predrag Carlsson, Pontus 1-0
Lputian, Smbat Couso, Luis 1-0
Palac, Mladen Bergstrom, Peter ½-½
Yemelin, Vasilij Lindberg, Bo 1-0
Lugovoj, Aleksej Rygaard, Michael ½-½
9 CORPORA Lipovec - BM Kisela Voda Skopje 0,5-5,5
Stohl, Igor Georgiev, Kiril ½-½
Timoscenko, Gennadij Onischuk, Alexander 0-1
Jaromir, Bednar Damljanovic, Branko 0-1
Kajan, Milan Ivanisevic, Ivan 0-1
Radovan, Dibala Mitkov, Nikola 0-1
Vladimir, Petko Georgiev, Vladimir 0-1
10 CLICHY - Arhus 4,5-1,5
Van Wely, Loek Palo, Davor 1-0
Relange, Eloi Boe, Mads ½-½
Degraeve, Jean-Marc Vinter-Schou, Uffe ½-½
Conquest, Stuart Pedersen, Finn 1-0
Apicella, Manuel Rasmussen, Casper ½-½
Moingt, Jean-Claude Rewitz, Poul 1-0
11 Boey Temse - A.V.Momot Regional Donetsk Chess Club 1,5-4,5
Stryjecki, Marek Borovikov, Vladislav 0-1
Van Der Stricht, Geert Efimenko, Zahar 0-1
Filipek, Jakub Miroshnichenko, Evgenij 1-0
Boeykens, Marc Areshchenko, Alexander 0-1
Dardha, Arben Korobov, Anton ½-½
Barbier, Wim Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
12 Danko Donbass - Shakkikerho Taraus (Chessclub Taraus) 5,5-0,5
Eingorn, Vecheslav Mäki, Veijo 1-0
Kruppa, Yuri Nyysti, Sampsa 1-0
Savchenko, Stanislav Lehtinen, Heikki ½-½
Timoshenko, Georgy Penttinen, Jarkko 1-0
Kuzmin, Genadi Mertanen, Janne 1-0
Shneider, Aleksandr Hokkanen, Petri 1-0
13 Barbican - Beer-Sheva Chess Club 3-3
Parker, Jonathan Avrukh, Boris ½-½
Ferguson, Mark Huzman, Alexander ½-½
Dishman, Stephen Greenfeld, Alon 1-0
Sands, David Roiz, Michael ½-½
Taylor, Peter P Golod, Vitali ½-½
Tucker, Alex Vydeslaver, Albert 0-1
14 Karpaty - Galychyna - Joensuun Shakkikerho 4,5-1,5
Romanishin, Oleh Kiik, Kalle ½-½
Volokitin, Andriy Karttunen, Mika ½-½
Gritsak, Orest Lampén, Timo ½-½
Maksimenko, Andriy Lahtinen, Markku 1-0
Kozakov, Mihaylo Nivala, Tuomas 1-0
Firmin, Nazar Saastamoinen, Aarne 1-0
15 Studenti - Chess Club Alkaloid - Skopje 1-5
Stavri, Igor Aleksandrov, Aleksej 0-1
Seitaj, Ilir Tiviakov, Sergey 0-1
Rama, Lorenc Nedev, Trajce 0-1
Mehmeti, Dritan Jacimovic, Dragoljub ½-½
Cela, Shkelqim Bogdanovski, Vlatko ½-½
Adhami, Vangjel Stanojoski, Zvonko 0-1
16 SK Merkur Versicherung - CERCLE ROYAL DES ECHECS DE LIEGE E.L. 4-2
Luther, Thomas Winants, Luc ½-½
Stanec, Nikolaus Kocsis, Levente ½-½
Kindermann, Stefan Gulbas, Cemil 1-0
Teske, Henrik Hautot, Stephane 1-0
Watzka, Horst Goossens, Etienne ½-½
Detter, Peter Dal Borgo, Albin ½-½
17 Bristol - NSK - SZ Rafinerija" - Novi Sad 0,5-5,5
Sherwin, James Kovacevic, Aleksandar 0-1
Beaumont, Chris Ilincic, Zlatko 0-1
Burgess, Graham Polak, Dragan 0-1
Collier, David Popovic, Petar 0-1
Buckley, David Lazic, Miroljub 0-1
Dilleigh, Steve Petrovic, Vojislav ½-½
18 NAPREDAK Sarajevo - C.E. Dudelange 5,5-0,5
Atalik, Suat Habibi, Ali 1-0
Blagojevic, Dragisa Hisler, Thomas ½-½
Varga, Zoltan Mossong, Hubert 1-0
Kosic, Dragan Schartz, Alain 1-0
Rasic, Damir Gaspar, Lucien 1-0
Glavas, Dragan Schammo, Jean 1-0
19 Istanbul - CSUTI A. SK Zalaegerszeg 1,5-4,5
ATAKISI, Umut Sax, Gyula ½-½
YEKE, Serkan Horváth, Ádám ½-½
ERDOGAN, Hakan Horváth, Csaba 0-1
KILICASLAN, Hasan Grószpéter, Attila ½-½
GUNER, Bulent Horváth, Gyula 0-1
BOLCAN, Engin Horváth, Tamás 0-1
20 Hapoel "Cellcom" Kfar-Sava - Randaberg SK 5-1
Sutovsky, Emil Egeli, Per Ove 1-0
Gershon, Alik Storland, Knut Harald 1-0
Lerner, Konstantin Harestad, Thor Geir 1-0
Soffer, Ram Harestad, Hans Krogh 1-0
Rabinovich, Alex Vestly, Jan Vidar 1-0
Kaganskiy, Gleb Steedman, James 0-1
21 CARDIFF CHESS CLUB - SK Hohenems 1-5
Cobb, Charles Hickl, Jörg 1-0
Trevelyan, John Atlas, Valery 0-1
Spice, Alan Gustafsson, Jan 0-1
Borg, A Naumann, Alexander 0-1
Fletcher, J. Bezold, Michael 0-1
Davies, Peter L. Novkovic, Milan 0-1
CRUMLIN CHESS CLUB Bye
The latest FIDE Rapid Ratings were released on September 20th 2002.
Shirov tops the list even without his strong result in Villarrobledo which may
be added if the organisers send a full tournament table. The publication of the
list followed a letter earlier in the week by Shirov.
Willy Iclicki comments:
Alexy Shirov was right to insist for the publication of the rapid list.
He is now sharing the lead with Kasparov and Adams. His rating could be even
bigger but I could not include his strong result at Villarrobledo,
unfortunately the organizers never send me the final cross-table.
Kasparov lost 9 points mainly because of its poor performance at the
match Russia vs. Rest of the World, one of his worst result in chess. Kramnik
did the same. Lautier lost 20 places and Morozevich make the biggest jump, he
is now 8th. Radjabov, who did so well this year, becomes the best junior.
By the way, looking at the standing, it looks that the victory of the
Rest of the World was not an accident as only 2 Russian players are in the top
10! Well done Yasser! but next time don't forget Tkachiev and Kasimdzahnov
since a while they are close or in to the top 10. For this period, all top
tournaments were included: Monaco, Prague, Moscow, Dubai, Russia vs. Rest of
World… and some matches like Anand- Ponomariov, Shirov-Topalov etc. Thanks
to those who support the rapid rating. See you next February. Willy Iclicki
Iclicki@netvision.net.il
Top 100 Men Rapid Rating List 20th September 2002
No NAT ID Name Elo Elo date
1 ESP 00001 Shirov Alexis 279 20-Sep-02
2 RUS 00012 Kasparov Gary 279 20-Sep-02
3 ENG 00002 Adams Michael 279 20-Sep-02
4 IND 00001 Anand Vichy 278 20-Sep-02
5 BUL 00001 Topalov Veselin 277 20-Sep-02
6 ISR 00001 Gelfand Boris 277 20-Sep-02
7 HUN 00005 Leko Peter 275 20-Sep-02
8 RUS 00021 Morozevich Alexander 274 20-Sep-02
9 UKR 00001 Ivanchuk Vassily 274 20-Sep-02
10 FRA 00008 Tkachiev Vladislav 273 20-Sep-02
11 UZB 00001 Kasimdzahnov Rustam 272 20-Sep-02
12 BIH 00002 Sokolov Ivan 272 20-Sep-02
13 RUS 00002 Kramnik Vladimir 270 20-Sep-02
14 USA 00008 Kamsky Gata 270 25-Sep-99
15 FRM 00001 Georgiev Kiril 270 20-Sep-02
16 RUS 00003 Karpov Anatoly 270 20-Sep-02
17 HUN 00014 Chernin Alexander 269 23-Mar-02
18 RUS 00020 Rublevsky Sergei 269 20-Sep-02
19 AZE 00001 Radjabov Teimour 269 20-Sep-02
20 RUS 00015 Khalifman Alexander 269 20-Sep-02
21 RUS 00022 Bareev Evgeny 268 20-Sep-02
22 GEO 00001 Azmaiparashvili Zurab 268 20-Sep-02
23 RUS 00054 Grischuk Alexander 267 20-Sep-02
24 UKR 00008 Ponomariov Ruslan 267 20-Sep-02
25 NED 00006 Timman Jan 266 20-Sep-02
26 FRA 00001 Lautier Joel 266 20-Sep-02
27 RUS 00001 Svidler Peter 266 20-Sep-02
28 RUS 00023 Salov Valery 265 01-Jun-99
29 RUS 00019 Shipov Sergei 265 23-Mar-02
30 RUS 00041 Ibragimov Ildar 265 23-Mar-02
31 SUI 00002 Milov Vadim 265 20-Sep-02
32 RUS 00078 Kharlov Andrei 265 16-Mar-02
33 BLR 00001 Fedorov Alexei 265 25-Jun 99
34 CZE 00001 Movsesian Sergei 265 20-Sep-02
35 FRA 00002 Bacrot Etienne 265 20-Sep-02
36 ARM 00004 Akopian Vladimir 265 20-Sep-02
37 ISR 00002 Smirin Ilya 264 20-Sep-02
38 USA 00015 Gulko Boris USA 264 23-Mar-02
39 ISR 00112 Sutovsky Emil 264 20-Sep-02
40 RUS 00013 Dreev Alexey 264 20-Sep-02
41 NED 00002 Piket Jeroen 264 20-Sep-02
42 GEO 00004 Giorgadze Giorgi 264 25-June99
43 BEL 00001 Gurevich Mikhail 263 22-Sep-02
44 UKR 00024 Baklan Vladimir 263 23-Mar-02
45 ENG 00009 Speelman Jonathan 263 25-Sep-01
46 SLO 00003 Beliavsky Alexander 262 20-Sep-02
47 POL 00004 Krasenkow Michael 262 25-Jun-01
48 RUS 00060 Pigusov Evgeny 262 25-Jun-01
49 FRA 00110 Spassky Boris 262 23-Mar-02
50 HUN 00006 Almasi Zoltan 262 20-Sep-02
51 SWE 00001 Andersson Ulf 262 25-Jun-99
52 USA 00019 Shabalov Alex 262 23-Mar-02
53 RUS 00005 Epishin Vladimir 262 23-Mar-02
54 ISL 00005 Hjartarsson Johann 262 01-Jul-00
55 ARM 00006 Minasian Artashes 261 01-Jul-00
56 BRA 00003 Leitao Rafael 261 25-Jul-01
57 LTU 00001 Gavrikov Viktor 261 20-Sep-02
58 RUS 00072 Landa Kontantin 261 23-Mar-02
59 HUN 00016 Gyimesi Zoltan 261 23-Mar-02
60 SWE 00005 Agrest Evgenij 261 23-Mar-02
61 ISR 00009 Psakhis Lev 261 23-Mar-02
62 RUS 00039 Svesnikov Evgeny 261 20-Sep-02
63 USA 00003 Seirawan Yasser 261 20-Sep-02
64 EST 00001 Ehlvest Jan 261 20-Sep-02
65 BIH 00001 Nikolic Pedrag 261 20-Sep-02
66 ENG 00011 Lalic Bogdan 260 23-Mar-02
67 USA 00014 Serper Grigory 260 25-Jul-01
68 SVK 00001 Ftacnik Lubomir 260 01-Sep-99
69 BUL 00013 Kolev Atanas 260 23-Mar-02
70 RUS 00028 Kobalija Mikhail 260 23-Mar-02
71 UKR 00010 Savchenko Stanislav 260 23-Mar-02
72 SUI 00001 Korchnoi Viktor 260 23-Mar-02
73 RUS 00017 Dolmatov Sergey 260 25-Jun-99
74 GER 00133 Seul Georg Germany 260 23-Mar-02
75 RUS 00014 Zvjaginsev Vadim 260 20-Sep-02
76 UKR 00025 Shneider Aleksander 260 23-Mar-02
77 POL 00003 Macieja Bartlomiej 260 22-Sep-02
78 ARM 00007 Anastasian Ashot 260 23-Mar-02
79 AUS 00001 Rogers Ian Austalia 259 23-Mar-02
80 NED 00016 Tiviakov Sergei 259 22-Sep-02
81 SLO 00007 Sermek Drazen 259 23-Mar-02
82 ISR 00010 Huzman Alexander 259 25-Jul-01
83 RUS 00038 Filippov Valeri 259 19-Jul-01
84 HUN 00012 Ribli Zoltan 259 25-Jun-99
85 ISR 00003 Greenfeld Alon 259 25-Jul-01
86 RUS 00044 Najer Evgenij 259 23-Mar-02
87 IND 00005 Sasikiran Krishan 259 20-Sep-02
88 RUS 00056 Rustemov Alexander 259 23-Mar-02
89 RUS 00018 Sakaev Konstantin 259 23-Mar-02
90 USA 00001 Gurevich Ilya 259 01-èþí-99
91 UKR 00027 Brodsky Michail 259 25-ÿíâ-01
92 CUB 00004 Dominguez Lenier 259 23-Mar-02
93 FRA 00003 Dorfman Iossif 259 25-ÿíâ-01
94 CRO 00008 Cviltan Ognjen 259 25-ÿíâ-01
95 ARM 00009 Aronian Levon 259 23-Mar-02
96 USA 00009 Benjamin Joel 259 25-ÿíâ-01
97 ESP 00007 Vallejo Pons N 259 23-Mar-02
98 YUG 00001 Ljubojevic Ljubomir 259 20-Sep-02
99 ROM 00010 Istratescu Andrei 258 23-Mar-02
100 ARM 00003 Asrian Levon 258 25-June99
101 FRA 00010 Fressinet Laurent 258 20-Sep-02
102 GER 00126 Jussupov Artur 258 20-Sep-02
103 RUS 00024 Ulibin Mikhail 258 01-èþë-00
104 RUS 00055 Malakhov Vladimir 258 25-ÿíâ-01
105 ISR 00050 Gofshtein Leonid D 258 23-Mar-02
106 DEN 00001 Nielsen Peter Heine 258 25-June99
107 GER 00131 Lobron Eric Germany 258 23-Mar-02
108 UKR 00021 Onischuk Alexander 258 20-Sep-02
109 KAZ 00003 Vladimirov Evgeny 258 23-Mar-02
110 UKR 00020 Timoshenko Georgy 258 23-Mar-02
111 ENG 00008 Short Nigel 258 20-Sep-02
112 LTU 00005 Kveinys Aloyzas 258 23-Mar-02
113 SUI 00004 Gallagher Joseph G. 258 01-èþë-00
114 CHN 00044 Ye Jiangchun 258 20-Sep-02
115 CHN 00007 Zhang Zhong 258 23-Mar-02
116 SWE 00007 Hellers Ferdinand 258 23-Mar-02
Shirov Letter
What happened to the Rapid ELO lists?
Dear sirs,
With this open letter I would like to express my concern about the
current situation in ratings calculation. Putting aside my personal opinion (I
strongly believe that the rapid chess competitions should be integrated into
the same rating system as the classical chess tournaments) I can not help
expressing my disgust that the rapid ratings that were published up to March
2002, have stopped being calculated by now.
After the Russia vs. ROW match I asked FIDE about it and they claimed
that it was Willy Iclicki's fault as he was responsible for Rapid ratings
calculations. Of course, Iclicki himself claimed that it was FIDE's
responsibility when asked the same question. I don't care whose fault it is but
I do want the rapid rating lists to continue being published.
Needless to say, precisely since March 2002 I had some strong results
in rapid competitions (the tournaments that I played were Monaco, Dubai,
Prague, tie-break in Dortmund, Villarrobledo and Russia vs. ROW in Moscow) and,
of course, now I would like to see my name where it belongs - somewhere in the
top five of the Rapid ratings lists. But none of these tournaments has been
calculated until now.
In the afore mentioned tournaments I played all together 49 rapid games
against the average opposition of 2654 (counting normal FIDE rating as there is
no any other ultimately) and scored 33 points which would be approximately 2782
performance. Of course, there are players that had even better achievements but
once again there is the question - why not to take those achievements into
account? I kindly ask FIDE and any parties involved to calculate all the
important rapid events of 2002 and issue the new rapid rating list.
I still believe that for future it's better to unify the rating system
and give, for example two rapid games (always having minimum 10 seconds added
per move to avoid losing by time when it's not by game) the same value as one
game with classical time control. I sincerely hope that this topic will be
discussed during the next Olimpiad in Bled where unfortunately I am not able to
be present. But as I said, that is the question for future, for the moment I
just urge FIDE to publish the rapid rating lists as the rapid tournaments get
more important year by year.
Sincerely
Alexei Shirov 18th September 2002
Michal Krasenkow Letter
Dear Editor,
Alexey Shirov's letter is a good occasion for me to remind the young
players the whole story of the discussion on rapid chess, its championships,
titles and ratings.
Rapid (or "active") chess appeared in 1980s and was mostly used for
demonstration and other unofficial events. In 1988, for the first time, FIDE
organized official European and World Championships in rapid chess (in Gijon
and Mazatlan correspondingly), both won by Karpov. On that occasion there was a
heated discussion on rapid chess in the whole world and particularly in the
Soviet Union (both in press and at the meetings of the Soviet Chess
Federation). It happened to me to take an active part in that discussion. To
some extent, that discussion reflected the struggle against the Communist
dictatorship, which took place in the USSR at that period, and the
Karpov-Kasparov + FIDE-GMA struggle in the chess world. It was therefore
overshadowed by the polytical circumstances but still remained quite
substancial. There was no doubt that the element of chess art in rapid chess is
very limited while the element of pure chance is higher than in "classical"
chess. Therefore, the conclusion, shared by most of the grandmasters and stated
in the official opinion of the Soviet Chess Federation Board (then dominated by
pro-perestroyka activists) in June, 1988, was, in my opinion, quite reasonable
(excuse me for forgetting the exact wording):
"Rapid chess is an entertaining but still a superficial form of chess,
which should not enjoy the full rights of classic chess;
Therefore, it can be used and even spread in commercial and
demonstration events;
However, organizing official World and European Rapid Championships is
inexpedient while awarding ratings and titles in rapid chess is inadmissible."
That appeal was supported by the world chess community (including FIDE,
GMA, PCA etc.). For a dozen of years many interesting rapid events were
organized (including PCA Gran Prix) but championships were not held and ratings
were not calculated. The situation changed at the end of the last century when
European Chess Union started organizing European Rapid and Blitz Championship
(with awful conditions and indecently low prize funds) and FIDE started
calculating rapid ratings. Fortunately, they were never taken really seriously
by chess players and, most importantly, chess organizers. Therefore the rapid
ratings simply "died from natural causes" and nobody appeared to regret about
that.
However, that was not all. Some officials launched a whole campaign of
killing chess art altogether by means of shortening the time control in
"classical" chess. As a pretext, they used controversial proposals by none
other than Alexey Shirov! Now the same outstanding grandmaster suggests that
the rapid ratings should be artificially revived; moreover, they should be
mixed with "classical" ratings! A very dangerous approach, spoiling our ancient
game even further, which can once again serve as a pretext for some to act
accordingly!
I think those for whom chess art are not just mere words (I can't
believe that Shirov doesn't belong to them! Remember ...Bh3!!) should strongly
protest against all forms of spoiling chess. The 7-hour time control (perhaps
with Fischer modification) should be restored! Rapid chess should have its
proper place as a way of advertising chess as itself: demonstrations - yes!
opens - yes! commercial tournaments like Amber or Frankfurt Classic - yes! Gran
Prix - yes! official championships - no! ratings - no!
Kind regards,
Michal Krasenkow, GM 19th September 2002
The FIDE habit of producing a President by acclamation continues, this
time the candidate didn't even make it to the FIDE Congress. An accord between
FIDE President Kirsan Ilymuzhinov and Ignatius Leong means that the strength of
opposition to FIDE will not even be tested. Read the accord at:
http://www.chessdaily.com. Leong's
website is at: http://www.ignatiusleong.org/ contains
a statement (http://ignatiusleong.org/web_pages/statement.html)
saying that "The agreement we have signed is the best we could achieve at this
time.". Leong and Morten Sand seem set to join the Presidential board.
The Garry Kasparov match against Deep Junior in in Jerusalem under the
auspices of FIDE has been postponed.
The match will thus not act as a spoiler for the Kramnik Brains in
Bahrain match between Vladimir Kramnik and Deep Fritz which takes place over 8
games October 4th-19th 2002. Full daily coverage on TWIC including on the spot
reports, photos and an applet with the games live. Official coverage:
http://www.brainsinbahrain.com/
and http://www.einstein-group.tv
Kasparov's manager Owen Williams sent out a press release saying "FIDE
President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced on Monday that the human-machine chess
match between world number one Garry Kasparov and world computer champion Deep
Junior had been postponed until December 1, 2002."
Kasparov - Deep Junior Million Dollar Match Postponed until December
Press Release 17th September 2002 from Owen Williams.
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced on Monday that the
human-machine chess match between world number one Garry Kasparov and world
computer champion Deep Junior had been postponed until December 1, 2002. "We
regret the delay," said Ilyumzhinov, "but all of the parties involved have
agreed that there was not enough time to give such a prestigious event the
required presentation." The event will be the first time Kasparov has faced a
computer since his famous matches against Deep Blue in 1996 and 1997. He won
the first and narrowly lost the second to the IBM machine.
The six-game match was scheduled to begin on October 1 in the Israeli
capital and finish on the 13th. Jerusalem mayor Ehud Olmert welcomed the
rescheduling. "The whole world will be watching and we want people to see
Jerusalem host a world-class event between two great champions." After Deep
Junior won the World Computer Chess Championships in the Netherlands little
time remained to complete the negotiations and organize the match before the
starting date. Efforts were additionally complicated by the onset of the Jewish
high holidays.
Both Garry Kasparov and the team behind Deep Junior expressed
disappointment at the delay but enthusiasm for the benefit it will provide the
event. "I think I am already well prepared," said Kasparov, "and since I have
other events to play before December I don't think the postponement will help
me at all." Kasparov will lead the Russian team in the Chess Olympiad that
starts October 25. He added, "I've waited five years for my revenge, so what is
two more months?"
Deep Junior's Israeli programmers, Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky, also
sounded patient. "We have always dreamed of taking on the world's top player
and Deep Junior will not mind the delay at all."
The match has a prize fund of one million dollars and is auspiced by
the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the International Computer Games
Association (ICGA). The full event schedule and additional information for the
media will be made available by FIDE.
The VI Pablo Gorbea Memorial (V Open) takes place in Madrid, Spain
16th-24th September 2002. After seven of nine rounds Ruslan Pogorelov leads on
6.5/7.
Internet coverage:
http://www.ajedrezenmadrid.com/torneos/torneo.asp?torneo=02091600
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VI Pablo Gorbea Mem Madrid ESP (ESP), 16-24 ix 2002
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1. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2453 6.5 30.5
2. Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2509 6 31.0
3. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2533 6 31.0
4. Moreno Carnero, Javier m ESP 2494 6 30.5
5. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2583 6 30.0
6. Martin Martin, Luis Vicente ESP 2140 6 29.0
7. Zapata, Alonso g COL 2549 6 28.5
8. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2454 5.5 31.5
9. Peralta, Fernando m ARG 2478 5.5 30.5
10. Sprenger, Jan Michael m GER 2426 5.5 29.0
11. Vilela, Jose Luis m CUB 2355 5.5 29.0
12. Almagro Llanas, Pablo ESP 2290 5.5 29.0
13. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2534 5.5 28.5
14. Valles Moreno, Ivan ESP 2294 5.5 28.0
15. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2437 5.5 27.5
16. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2445 5.5 26.0
17. Van Hoolandt, Patrick MNC 2163 5.5 21.5
237 players
Viktor Korchnoi and Yannik Pelletier took on Christopher Lutz and
Arkadij Naiditsch in Berlin in the return section of the Switzerland vs.
Germany match played at standard time controls. The first half of the event in
Zurich September 7th-8th 2002 saw the Swiss take a 3.5-0.5 lead. The return in
Berlin took place September 14th-15th 2002 and saw the Germans win with
2.5-1.5. News from Pablo Sierra.
Round 1 (September 14, 2002)
Lutz, Christopher - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 33 C17 French Winawer
Korchnoi, Viktor - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 57 E38 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 2 (September 15, 2002)
Pelletier, Yannick - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 26 E17 Queens Indian
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 41 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
The Category VII First Saturday GM event and three IM events started 7th
September 2002. Bui Vinh won with 9/13 and a GM norm. 11 year old Nguyen Ngoc
Truongson destroyed the IMB tournament winning 11/12 games and losing just in
the 11th round to Janos Dudas. Miklos Galyas and Ngo Ngoc Quang finished on
8/11.
Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0209/index.htm
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FSGM Sept Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 ix 2002 cat. VII (2408)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Bui Vinh VIE 2444 * = 1 1 = = = = 1 0 1 = 1 1 9.0 2546
2. Williams, Simon m ENG 2421 = * 0 1 = = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2517
3. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2415 0 1 * 1 1 0 = = = = = 1 1 . 7.5 2504
4. Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2404 0 0 0 * = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 7.5 2465
5. Breder, Dennis m GER 2438 = = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 . 7.0 2464
6. Pham Minh Hoang1 VIE 2354 = = 1 0 = * = 0 1 = = 1 1 . 7.0 2471
7. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2446 = 1 = 0 = = * 0 = = 1 1 1 . 7.0 2463
8. Todorovic, Goran M g YUG 2482 = 0 = = 0 1 1 * = = = = 1 = 7.0 2431
9. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2441 0 = = = = 0 = = * 1 1 1 0 . 6.0 2407
10. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2395 1 = = 0 0 = = = 0 * = 1 1 . 6.0 2411
11. Claverie, Christophe f FRA 2392 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 = * 0 1 . 3.5 2253
12. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2359 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 . 3.5 2256
13. Rajlich, Vasik G f USA 2338 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * . 1.5 2093
14. Barczay, Laszlo g HUN 2389 0 0 . = . . . = . . . . . * 1.0 2244
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FSIMB Sept Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 ix 2002 cat. III (2301)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson VIE 2234 * 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2708
2. Schneider, Attila m HUN 2337 0 * = 1 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 9.0 2491
3. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2293 0 = * = 1 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2397
4. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2309 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 = 7.0 2357
5. Dudas, Janos m HUN 2368 1 0 0 0 * = = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2295
6. Philipowski, Robert GER 2299 0 0 1 = = * = = 1 0 = = 1 6.0 2301
7. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor ISL 2284 0 1 0 0 = = * = = 0 1 1 1 6.0 2302
8. Korpics, Zsolt f HUN 2331 0 0 = = = = = * = = = = = 5.0 2242
9. Nemeth, Miklos HUN 2337 0 0 = = = 0 = = * 1 1 0 = 5.0 2241
10. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2355 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 = 0 * = 0 = 4.5 2210
11. Berczes, Csaba f HUN 2316 0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 4.5 2213
12. Richards, Heather wm ENG 2275 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 1 0 * 1 4.0 2178
13. Metaxasz, Vaszilisz HUN 2181 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = = = 0 * 2.5 2081
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FSIMC Sept Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 ix 2002 cat. II (2295)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2407 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 = = 1 = 8.0 2459
2. Ngo, Ngoc Quang VIE 2172 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2480
3. Lund, Esben DEN 2329 0 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2393
4. Hanley, Craig f ENG 2331 = = 1 * 0 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 6.5 2356
5. Soos, Bela m GER 2283 = = 0 1 * = = = = = = 1 6.0 2331
6. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2314 = 0 1 0 = * = = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2328
7. Petran, Pal m HUN 2364 0 0 0 = = = * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2252
8. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2276 0 = 0 1 = = = * = = 0 = 4.5 2231
9. Pert, Richard G f ENG 2357 = = 0 = = 0 = = * = = = 4.5 2223
10. Berczes, David HUN 2205 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = * = = 4.0 2200
11. Le Kieu Thien Kim wm VIE 2256 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 = = * = 3.5 2165
12. Frink, Ferenc HUN 2240 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = = * 3.0 2124
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The Polish Team Championship 2002 (Extra League 2002) took place in
Lubniewice 31st August - 8th September 2002. The winners were Polonia Plus GSM
Warszawa. My thanks to Przemek Jahr.
Lubniewice 31.08-08.09.02
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa *** 4.0 2.0 3.0 4.5 5.0 4.0 5.5 4.0 5.0 37.0
2 AZS UMCS Lublin 2.0 *** 2.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 3.5 4.5 4.5 6.0 34.5
3 Polfa Grodzisk Maz. 4.0 3.5 *** 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.5 4.0 6.0 33.0
4 Miedz Legnica 3.0 2.5 4.0 *** 3.0 3.0 4.5 3.5 4.0 4.5 32.0
5 PTSz Plock 1.5 2.5 3.5 3.0 *** 4.0 4.5 3.0 5.5 4.0 31.5
6 Zelmer Rzeszów 1.0 1.5 3.0 3.0 2.0 *** 3.5 3.5 4.0 3.5 25.0
7 Stilon Gorzów Wlkp. 2.0 2.5 2.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 *** 3.0 2.5 5.0 23.0
8 Pocztowiec TP SA Poznan 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 2.5 3.0 *** 2.5 5.5 22.5
9 Juvena-Hancza Suwalki 2.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 0.5 2.0 3.5 3.5 *** 4.0 21.0
10 MOK Budoprojekt Glogów 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 1.0 0.5 2.0 *** 10.5
The Annual Latvia vs. Estonia match took place in Riga on August 31st
2002 over 100 boards with Latvia winning 60.5-39.5 reports Kaspars Migla. Games
of the first 50 boards are available.
1976 Latvia-Estonia 50:50
1980 Latvia-Estonia 41:59
1982 Latvia-Estonia 52:48
1985 Latvia-Estonia 50,5:49,5
1987 Latvia-Estonia 52,5:47,5
1990 Latvia-Estonia 47,5:52,5
1993 Latvia-Estonia 43:57
2000 Latvia-Estonia 34,5:65,5
2002 Latvia-Estonia 60,5:39,5
Total: +4 -4 =1, 431,5:468,5
The 5th Lausanne Open takes place 13th-16th September 2002. Vladimir
Tukmakov and Charles Lamoureux finished on 6/7. No games available.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessonline.ch/members/lejoueur/
Final Standings (7 rounds)
1 Tukmakov,Vladimir B GM 2566 6 32.5 210
2 Lamoureux,Charles IM 2372 6 30 200
3 Huss,Andreas IM 2354 5.5 31 206
4 Starostits,Ilmars IM 2442 5.5 30 192.5
5 Berset,Philippe 2189 5 34 194.5
6 Bucher,Denis FM 2295 5 32 198.5
7 Erdelyi,Tamas IM 2300 5 31.5 193
8 Horvath,Tamas IM 2411 5 31 194
9 Vesin,Jean-Robert 2196 5 30.5 201.5
10 Gallagher,Joseph G. GM 2517 5 29.5 190.5
11 Lehtivaara,Petri FM 2329 5 29 200.5
12 Kaenel,Hansjuerg IM 2375 5 27 196.5
13 Ambrosini,Nicola 2232 5 27 190
14 Perruchoud,Benoit 2198 4.5 31 188.5
15 Preissmann,Emmanuel FM 2342 4.5 30.5 195
16 Le Floch,Sebastien 2188 4.5 27.5 181
17 Montavon,Gerard 2042 4.5 27 183
18 De Reymaeker,Walter 2095 4.5 27 171
19 Tournier,Pascal 2162 4.5 26.5 190.5
84 players
The Croatian League Championships took place in Medulin 8th-18th
September 2002. The winners were Mravince DC who were led by Vladislav Tkachiev
who scored 75% with 6/8. My thanks to Mirjana Medic.
Internet coverage:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/medulin/1liga02.htm
Croatian 1st League
1 Mravince DC 7 1 1 44,5
2 Zrinjevac 6 3 0 41,0
3 Pozega 5 3 1 35,0
4 Pula 4 2 3 31,5
5 Osijek 3 3 3 30,0
6 TKC Split 3 2 4 27,5
7 Slavonska banka 2 2 5 27,0
8 Mladost 2 4 3 26,0
9 Goran Bibinje 2 1 6 24,5
10 Casino 0 1 8 17,0
Scores Board by Board
Board 1
1 GM Tkachiev Vladislav 2625 Mravince DC 8 6,0 75,0 8
2 GM Cebalo Miso 2548 Pula 9 6,0 66,7 9
3 GM Palac Mladen 2564 Pozega 9 5,5 61,1 9
GM Pinter Joszef 2562 Slavonska banka 9 5,5 61,1 9
5 GM Lalic Bogdan 2540 Zrinjevac 8 4,0 50,0 8
6 GM Hracek Zbynek 2600 Osijek 9 4,0 44,4 9
GM Hulak Krunoslav 2570 Mladost 9 4,0 44,4 9
GM Sax Gyula 2518 Goran 9 4,0 44,4 9
9 GM Gyimesi Zoltan 2580 TKC Split 9 3,5 38,9 9
10 Krstic Uros 2420 Casino 9 1,5 16,7 9
Board 2
1 GM Fedorov Alexei 2578 Zrinjevac 9 6,5 72,2 9
2 GM Stevic Hrvoje 2527 Slavonska banka 9 6,0 66,7 9
GM Stohl Igor 2556 Osijek 9 6,0 66,7 9
4 GM Mohr Georg 2523 Mladost 9 5,0 55,6 9
5 GM Dizdar Goran 2525 Pozega 8 4,5 56,3 8
GM Sermek Drazen 2603 Mravince DC 8 4,5 56,3 8
7 IM Fercec Nenad 2494 Pula 9 3,5 38,9 9
8 IM Bukal Vladimir 2425 Casino 9 3,0 33,3 9
9 FM Zelic Mladen 2272 TKC Split 9 2,5 27,8 9
10 FM Rezan Sasa 2414 Goran 8 1,5 18,8 8
Board 3
1 GM Shariyazdanov Andrey 2562 Zrinjevac 9 7,5 83,3 9
2 GM Kozul Zdenko 2588 Mravince DC 9 7,0 77,8 9
3 GM Horvath Jozsef 2535 Pozega 9 5,0 55,6 9
4 FM Bilobrk Franjo 2348 Goran 9 4,5 50,0 9
IM Leventic Ivan 2424 Osijek 9 4,5 50,0 9
FM Rade Miroslav 2372 TKC Split 9 4,5 50,0 9
7 IM Kovacevic Blazimir 2458 Slavonska banka 9 4,0 44,4 9
8 GM Nikolac Juraj 2430 Mladost 9 3,0 33,3 9
9 IM Tratar Marko 2466 Pula 8 2,5 31,3 8
10 IM Bukal Vladimir Jr. 2405 Casino 9 2,5 27,8 9
Board 4
1 GM Horvath Csaba 2517 Pozega 9 6,5 72,2 9
GM Zelcic Robert 2565 Zrinjevac 9 6,5 72,2 9
3 GM Cvitan Ognjen 2574 Mravince DC 8 5,5 68,8 8
4 IM Feletar Darko 2420 Osijek 9 5,5 61,1 9
5 FM Biliskov Vjekoslav 2338 Goran 9 3,5 38,9 9
6 IM Vujakovic Branko 2370 Mladost 6 3,0 50,0 6
7 IM Brumen Dinko 2398 Casino 9 3,0 33,3 9
IM Ljubicic Filip 2432 TKC Split 9 3,0 33,3 9
IM Milu Romeo Sorin 2442 Slavonska banka 9 3,0 33,3 9
10 IM Boric Muhamed 2402 Pula 6 2,5 41,7 6
11 Zecevic Dean 2305 Mladost 5 2,0 40,0 5
Board 5
1 GM Kurajica Bojan 2548 Mravince DC 8 6,0 75,0 8
2 GM Sulava Nenad 2556 Zrinjevac 9 6,0 66,7 9
3 IM Berebora Ferenc 2412 TKC Split 9 5,5 61,1 9
4 IM Franic Milan 2412 Pula 8 5,0 62,5 8
5 Zufic Miroslav 2349 Pula 7 4,0 57,1 7
6 FM Jankovic Alojzije 2299 Mladost 9 4,0 44,4 9
7 FM Kuljasevic Davorin 2365 Casino 9 3,5 38,9 9
IM Levacic Patrick 2336 Goran 9 3,5 38,9 9
GM Muse Mladen 2474 Pozega 9 3,5 38,9 9
10 FM Brkic Ante 2351 Slavonska banka 7 2,5 35,7 7
11 IM Jukic Branimir 2380 Osijek 6 1,5 25,0 6
Board 6
1 GM Pavasovic Dusko 2568 Mravince DC 9 7,0 77,8 9
2 Armanda Ivica 2316 TKC Split 9 5,5 61,1 9
3 IM Kutuzovic Branko 2398 Pozega 9 5,0 55,6 9
4 IM Mestrovic Zvonimir 2387 Goran 9 4,5 50,0 9
5 GM Zaja Ivan 2445 Zrinjevac 8 4,0 50,0 8
6 IM Jovanovic Zoran 2393 Osijek 9 4,0 44,4 9
7 FM Novak Danijel 2359 Pula 6 3,5 58,3 6
8 FM Biti Ozren 2308 Casino 9 3,5 38,9 9
9 FM Rasic Damir 2353 Mladost 7 3,0 42,9 7
10 Teofilovic Vjeran 2225 Slavonska banka 6 2,5 41,7 6
11 FM Vitic Ivan 2283 Osijek 3 1,5 50,0 3
12 FM Vargic Drago 2314 Slavonska banka 5 1,5 30,0 5
13 GM Dizdarevic Emir 2520 Mravince DC 3 1,0 33,3 3
14 FM Fucak Emilio 2317 Pula 1 0,5 50,0 1
GM Kovacevic Vlado 2500 Mravince DC 1 0,5 50,0 1
16 IM Rogulj Branko 2445 Zrinjevac 2 0,5 25,0 2
The II Poio Internation Open took place 31st August - 8th September
2002. Azer Mirzoev won the event with a superior tie-break ahead of Dragan
Barlov and Kim Pilgaard, all scored 7.5/9. My thanks to Rafa Couto.
Internet coverage: http://www.xadrezpoio.com
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II Open Poio ESP (ESP), 31 viii-8 ix 2002
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1. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2498 7.5
2. Barlov, Dragan g YUG 2422 7.5
3. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2437 7.5
4. Rivera, Daniel m URU 2323 6.5
5. Espineira Gonzalez, Diego ESP 2194 6.5
6. Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael m ESP 2273 6.0
7. Pena Gomez, Manuel ESP 2109 6.0
8. Abalde Fernandez,Esteban ESP ---- 6.0
9. Barral Rubirosa, Cristobal ESP 2129 6.0
10. Bjerring, Kai m DEN 2263 5.5
11. Piankov, Evgenij m UKR 2341 5.5
12. Fleitas, Yuleikis wm CUB 2229 5.5
13. Piay Augusto, Diego ESP 2289 5.5
14. Outerelo Ucha, Manuel ESP 2181 5.5
15. Leite, Catarina wm POR 2151 5.5
16. Cubero Ferreiro, Rodrigo ESP 2095 5.5
17. Moldes Diez,Luis F ESP ---- 5.5
18. Ces Gens,Jose ESP ---- 5.5
19. Saavedra Rionda,Victor ESP ---- 5.0
20. Dias, Paulo f POR 2347 5.0
61 players
The 20th Villarrobledo Rapid took place 18th-18th August 2002. Ivan
Sokolov won the event ahead of Igor Khenkin and Alexei Shirov all scored 7.5/9.
I can't find a way to download the games from the site.
Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrezvillarrobledo.com/
Leading Final Standings:
1. SOKOLOV Ivan g NED 7.5
2. KHENKIN Igor g GER 7.5
3. SHIROV Alexei g ESP 7.5
4. CHERNIN Alexander g HUN 7.0
5. BERTONA Fernando ARG 7.0
6. JANEV Evgeni m BUL 7.0
7. BELIAVSKY Alexander g SLO 6.5
8. BRUZON Lázaro g CUB 6.5
9. HERNÁNDEZ Gilberto g MEX 6.5
10. BARSOV Alexei g UZB 6.5
11. KURAJICA Bogdan g BIH 6.5
12. GEORGIEV Vladimir g MKD 6.5
13. CIFUENTES Roberto g ESP 6.5
14. ANDERSSON Ulf g SWE 6.5
15. KOGAN Arthur g ISR 6.5
16. STRIKOVIC Aleksa g YUG 6.5
17. MITKOV Nikola g MKD 6.5
18. F.CMILYTE Viktorija g LIT 6.5
19. FERNÁNDEZ José Luis g ESP 6.5
20. LLOBELL Enrique ESP 6.5
21. ROMERO Alfonso g ESP 6.0
22. LANDA Konstantin g RUS 6.0
23. KORNEEV Oleg g RUS 6.0
24. POGORELOV Ruslan g UKR 6.0
25. DE LA PAZ Frank m CUB 6.0
26. CABRERA Alexis m COL 6.0
27. ARIZMENDI Julen m ESP 6.0
28. F.AMURA Claudia g ARG 6.0
29. BORGES Juan m CUB 6.0
30. GARCÍA ROMÁN Daniel ESP 6.0
31. MARTÍNEZ Jorge ESP 6.0
32. REYES Juan m PER 6.0
33. SERNA Sergio ESP 6.0
34. ORATOVSKY Michael m ISR 5.5
35. KOLEV Atanas g BUL 5.5
36. SALDANO Horacio m ARG 5.5
37. ZLOTNIK Boris m RUS 5.5
38. CONQUEST Stuart g ENG 5.5
39. VÁZQUEZ Renier m CUB 5.5
40. PÉREZ Rodney m CUB 5.5
41. GIACCIO Alfredo m ARG 5.5
42. ABREU Aryam m CUB 5.5
43. KOMLJENOVIC Davor g CRO 5.5
44. BERMEJO Julián ESP 5.5
45. DELGADO Jesús F. ESP 5.5
46. RIZOUK Aimen m ALG 5.5
47. CANDELA José f ESP 5.5
48. GÓMEZ PECO Pablo ESP 5.5
49. MAGEM Jordi g ESP 5.0
50. ESCOBAR Alder m COL 5.0
The Educational Internacional Tournament took place in Faxinal do
Céu - Paraná, Brazil 15th-19th September 2002. GM Carlos Garcia
Palermo won the event with 7,5/9. Luís H. Coelho, 20, achieved his
second IM Norm. No games available. My thanks to Antonio Bento.
Educational Internacional Tournament
Faxinal do Céu - Paraná, BRA 15-19 ix 2002
1. Giardelli, Sergio H Carlos ARG 2437 * 1 = 1 = = 0 1 = = 5.5/9 6.30
2. Choma, Ernani Francisco BRA 2216 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 1 0 0 4.5/9 3.24
3. Aranha Filho, Alvaro BRA 2281 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 = 0 4.5/9 4.14
4. Valiente, Cristobal PAR 2330 0 = = * = = 0 = = = 3.5/9 4.86
5. Pita, Vivian Ramon CUB 2251 = 1 0 = * 1 = 1 0 0 4.5/9 3.78
6. Benares, Ricardo BRA 2307 = 0 = = 0 * = 0 = 0 2.5/9 4.50
7. Fernandes, Rogerio P. Muller BRA 2205 1 0 = 1 = = * = 0 0 4.0/9 3.15
8. Egoroff, Jomar BRA 2235 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * 0 0 2.0/9 3.51
9. Coelho, Luis Henrique Pinto BRA 2352 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 * = 6.5/9 5.13
10. Palermo, Carlos Horacio Garcia ARG 2443 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = * 7.5/9 6.30
6th Itau Cup
The 6th Itau Cup takes place September 28th - October 5th in the
São Paulo Chess Club. There will be R$ 30.000,00 (thirty thousand
reais), about US$ 10.000,00, in prizes, with R$ 5.000,00 for the first place.
The 9 round swiss will have a double round on September 29th. Games are at a
rate of 23 moves for the first hour and another hour for the remaining moves.
There is a very strong field which includes:
Leading players:
Vescovi, Giovanni Portilho SP 2611 2508 gm 140678
Korneev, Oleg RUS 2583 gm 250769
Leitão, Rafael Duailibe SP 2558 2507 gm 281279
Lima, Darcy Gustavo SC 2541 2436 gm 220562
Mikhalevski, Victor ISR 2520 gm 120772
Galego, Luis POR 2511 1942 gm 250466
Soppe, Guillermo ARG 2469 2425 im 190960
Rodríguez, Andrés URU 2467 2475 gm 191273
Gómez Baillo, Jorge ARG 2462 im 190459
Matsuura, Everaldo SC 2450 2302 im 011070
García Palermo, Carlos ARG 2443 gm 021253
Crosa, Martin URU 2441 2204 fm 140980
Giardelli, Sergio ARG 2437 im 270655
Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo URU 2426 im 170965
Braga, Cícero Nogueira SC 2415 2350 im 070358
Pelikian, Jefferson SP 2409 2260 im 101065
Martínez, Carlos Alejandro SP 2402 2290 fm 080855
Limp, Eduardo Thelio SP 2399 2247 im 120455
Dorin, Mauricio ARG 2391 im 160360
Cubas, José Fernando PAR 2370 1880 fm 090481
Coverage: http://200.246.90.112/HiperChess/Itau2002.htm
and list of players at:
http://200.246.90.112/HiperChess/Itau2002ListaParticipantes.htm
Najdorf Memorial 2002
Najdorf Memorial 2002 will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina from
September 23rd to October 8th. The tournament has 2 stages, a Great Swiss Open
to 8 rounds, and a Playoff Final, played by 10 top players from the Open plus 6
invited masters. Total prize fund will be U$S 5000.
The official website of the tournament will be
http://www.miguelnajdorf.com.ar/Najdorf2002/English/
and http://www.miguelnajdorf.com.ar/
there will be live games, pictures and commentaries.
European Senior Championship 2002
The European Senior Championships take place September 28th - October
6th in Saint Vincent, Italy.
Further details: http://www.chessdaily.com/news.asp?id=75
European Youth Championships
The European Youth Championships will take place in Peñiscola,
Spain September 29th - October 8th 2002. There are ten events 5 for girls and 5
for boys U10 U12 U14 U16 U18.
Internet coverage: http://www.infoxadrez.com/
Junior 7 vs. Evan Olivier Match
6 Rapid Chess games between Evan Olivier + a chess engine vs. Junior
7.
Round 1, 01.10.2002 21-00 CET EVAN,O + Shredder 5.32 (engine) vs JUNIOR 7
Round 2, 03.10.2002 21-00 CET JUNIOR 7 vs EVAN,O + Fritz 7 (engine)
Round 3, 06.10.2002 21-00 CET EVAN,O + Hiarcs 7.32 (engine) vs JUNIOR 7
Round 4, 08.10.2002 21-00 CET JUNIOR 7 vs EVAN,O + Shredder 5.32 (engine)
Round 5, 10.10.2002 21-00 CETEVAN,O + Fritz 7 (engine) vs JUNIOR 7
Round 6, 13.10.2002 21-00 CETJUNIOR 7 vs EVAN,O + Hiarcs 7.32 (engine)
Internet site: http://www.chesslines.com/indexmatchen.html
AJ Goldsby's Chess Pages
AJ Goldsby has an internet site including annotated games (latest the
game between Bacrot and Lautier) and a training program.
Site: http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/
Pula International Correspondence Tournament
The Pula Chess Club in Croatia are organising an International
correspondence chess tournament which will start on October 10th on
http://www.apacic.net. The tournament is
not official and is not registered in any federation. The main idea is to
promote chess as a game and chess friendships all over the world.
Czech Mountains Open 2002
The 3rd International Czech Mountains Open takes place 17th-24th
October 2002 in the town of Bedrichov (in the Jizerske mountains). This
tournament is a part of series Czech Tour 2002-3
Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
and http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
6th Email Afro-Asian Championship
6th Email Afro-Asian Championship: All players from Africa and Asia are
invited to take part to the 6th email Afro-Asian championship which will start
in january 2003. Like the previous editions, there are two stages : The
preliminaries for all participants and the final for those who will qualify.
The number of sections will depend upon the number of entries. The players
interested by this competition may send their application to M. Samraoui. Email
address is : samraoui@aol.com No entry fees is required but deadline for
entries is 20.12.2002. (ICCF's website: http://www.iccf.com ) Announcement: Hirokaz
Onoda (ICCF delegate for Japan)
14th Leuven Open
The 14th International Open Tournament of Leuven takes place 8th - 11th
November 2002 in the city of Leuven, Belgium. Swiss tournament, 7 rounds, 40
moves/2h + 15' KO. More than 5.500 EUR in prizemoney, including several
ratingprizes.
More information: http://turn.to/desperado
7th World University Chess Championships
The 7th World University Chess Championships take place in Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia, September 11th-20th 2002. Players include:Zhang Zhong 2637, Viorel
Iordachescu 2555, Anton Shomoev 2533, Sergey Iskusnykh 2485 and Dmitry Bocharov
2464.
Internet coverage: http://www.mssf.mn
or http://www.fisu.net
Frank Quisinsky Computer Chess Pages
Frank Quisinsky who writes on computer chess has moved his activities to
"Arena by Martin Blume" at: http://www.playwitharena.com and won't
be updating his old page http://www.amateurschach.de. Arena is a
graphical user interface compatible to WinBoard protocol I, II by Tim Mann and
UCI protocol by Rudolf Huber (SOS) and Stefan Meyer-Kahlen (Shredder). SOS and
Shredder are chess programs, UCI and WinBoard are protocols for chess programs.
20th Cairnhill International Open
The 20th Cairnhill International Open Chess Championship will be held
from 11th to 15th December 2002 in Singapore. 7 rounds Swiss System. The
Championship will be limited to a maximum of 120 entries only. E-mail:
open_chess@yahoo.com.sg
Further details:
http://pc-connect.com.sg/chess/open02/02_Main.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
Cap d'Agde 5th Chess Festival
The Cap d'Agde 5th Chess Festival takes place 23rd-30th of October
2002.
Events include: CCAS Trophy From the five continents (Africa, Asia,
America, Oceania and Europe), the best players in the world will meet in Cap
d'Agde at rapid chess. A. Karpov, M. Gurevich, A. Dreev, B. Guelfand, V.
Tkachiev, I. Nataf .
"Open game Match" Tkachiev - Nataf For the first time in a chess match,
two top Grand Masters will play and comment their games "live" for the public.
The audience will grasp the ideas and strategy from the champions themselves,
seconds before they make their move.
Chess for all 3 Open tournaments according to Elo rating The
"Grand-Prix CCAS" (above 2000 Elo rating) The "Tournoi du Cavalier" (between
1700 and 2100 Elo rating) The "Open de l'Avenir" (unrated and players with a
rating below 1800 Elo)
3 competitions "social activities" Final of the French championship
"inter-comités d'entreprise" (work concils) Final of the "CMCAS"
(competition for "Electricity and Gas of France" employees) Super Final between
"inter-comités d'entreprise" and "CMCAS"
This 5th Chess meeting "Rencontres Nationales et Internationales
d'Echecs" is organised by CCAS (management of social activities for electricity
and Gas of France employees) in cooperation with FFE (French Chess Federation)
and FSGT (sports and gymnastic Federation of workers).
Contacts: Centre de vacances CCAS, avenue de la Butte 34309 Cap d'Agde
Cedex Tél : 04 67 01 39 89 Fax : 04 67 26 45 83
Website: http://www.asmeg.org/index.php?page=191
Patrick Wolff vs. The World
GM Patrick Wolff will play the Rest of the World starting 31st August.
The time limit for the match is 5 days per move. GM Wolff is a two times United
States Champion. To play in the match go to
http://www.letsplaychess.com and
follow the Play menu to ‘Play the expert’ and from there join the
world team.
II Abierto de los Viernes
The II Abierto de los Viernes starts September 6th 2002. 5 round swiss.
Round 1 6th Sept, 2nd Round 13th Sept. 3rd Round 20th Sept, 4th Round 27th
Sept, 5th Round 4th Oct 2002. Further info: E-mail uru64@montevideo.com.uy
Tel.: 311 2699 José Riverol
1st Computer Chess Handheld Tournament
John Marountas announces the 1st Computer Chess Handheld Tournament
(CCHT) organized by Digital Chess Network (http://www.digichess.gr)
Dates
Weekend : November 2-3
Weekend : November 9-10.
Registration Date : Until October 31
Prizes
Programmers
Winner : Gold Metal + Trophy
Runner Up : Sliver Metal
Third : Bronze Metal
Registration URL : http://www.digichess.gr/ccht/register.htm
Operators The operators of the first three participants will win a FREE
website with 10 MBs of available space at the DigiChess Server. Official
Website : http://www.digichess.gr/ccht/
Winterthur Chess Week
The 2nd Winterthur Chess Week takes place in Winterthur (Switzerland)
October 11th-20th 2002. The main event is a 9-round Open with a total prize
money of CHF 10750 (EUR 7400, USD 7200). Other events include an invitational
Young Masters tournament and a Youth Open (7 rounds October 14th-18th), as well
as one Rapid and two Blitz tournaments. Further details:
http://www.chessstore.ch/schachwoche/
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
Benidorm, Spain
There are tournaments in Benidorm, Spain November 22nd-30th 2002.
Further info: Telephones of general information during the month of
August: 965202214 from 19 to 21 h.; 650407091; Sr. Hernández 950 130493
y 607631481, webmaster@ajedrezactual.com webmaster@jaque.tv
Details: http://www.jaque.tv/benidorm_avance2702.htm
America's Foundation for Chess
America's Foundation for Chess (formerly known as the Seattle Chess
Foundation) has a new website. The address is: http://www.af4c.org
Bethune Open
The 23rd Bethune International Open takes place 26th-30th December 2002
in the Salle Olof Palme, Commercial center La Rotonde, 62400 Bethune, FRANCE.
There are 7 rounds over 5 days with a time rate of 40 moves for 2hours followed
by one hour KO. Accelerated pairings, possibility of getting a FIDE rating.
This year the open is divided in two tournaments :- tournament A only
for players whose ELO rating is above or equals 1600 (> or =1600) -
tournament B only for players whose ELO rating is strictly under 1800
(<1800) At least 5500 euros prize (8300 euros given in 2001) 1st prize
tournament A : 1500 euros 1st prize tournament B : 250 euros General standing
and ELO-category prizes for both tournaments Entry cost : 40 Euros (adults) 20
Euros (youngsters under 20) A Blitz tournament (5 mins for each player) will be
organised on Saturday 28th December from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm (free morning) in
the tournament room. All the players can take part in it (entry cost 5euros).
Prizes : 100 % of the entry. (for information 1 $ (US dollar) = 1.05 Euros)
Website : http://bethunechess.freefr
Contact e-mail: bethunechess@hotmail.com
1st Benidorm Internatonal
The 1st Benidorm Internatonal is an open taking place 21st-30th November
2002.
Further details: http://www.jaque.tv/benidorm_avance0702.htm
2003 Australian Open
The Australian Open Chess Championships is to be held 2nd-10th January
2003. The Championships are jointly organised by The New South Wales Chess
Association Inc. and Australian Chess Enterprises on behalf of the Australian
Chess Federation Inc.
Further information:
http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/penrith/index.cfm
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.
Hungarian and Yugoslav Tournaments
Hungarian and YUG Chess tournaments in the second half of 2002.
1. 21st of September-2nd of October KECSKEMET, GM closed, org:
dr.Erdelyi,
2. 5th-18th of October, FIRST SATURDAY, 2 GM /cat.IX-X !!,
cat.VII-VIII/, IM-FM, Budapest,
3. 18th-31st of October, GM-IM tmt THIRD SATURDAY, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, org: Kotevski
4. 2nd-15th of November, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, Budapest,
5. 16th-28th of November, GM-IM KECSKEMÉT, org: dr.Erdelyi,
6. 7th-19th of December, GM-IM-FM, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.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
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/
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'.
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.