THE WEEK IN CHESS 412 30th September 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) European Club
Cup
3) Eduard Gufeld 1936-2002
4)
Ricardo Calvo 1943-2002
5) 65th Corus Lineup
6) FIDE World Cup in Hyderabad
7) Ignatius
Leong and FIDE
8) 11th Monarch Assurance
9) Tula International
10) Pablo Gorbea
Memorial
11) 6th Itau Cup
12)
Najdorf Memorial 2002
13) 1st Villeurbanne
Masters
14) 7th World University Chess
Championships
15) European Rapid & Blitz
Championship
16) European Seniors and Mitropa Cup
17) Professional World Chess Ranking
18)
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European Club Cup 756 games
Eduard Gufeld 1936-2002 10 games
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My thanks to Jesus J. Boyero Gabarre, Jan van de Mortel, Luis Maseda,
Aard Daanen, Argiris Kotsis, Ignatius Leong, John Saunders, Thomas Henrich,
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk, Vladimir Dvorkovich and all those who helped
with this issue.
The top event this week was the European Club Cup in Halkidiki, Greece
with a number of leading players such as Adams, Grischuk and Ivanchuk. There
was also news of the deaths of two chess personalities Eduard Gufeld and
Ricardo Calvo.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The European Club Cup took place September 22nd-28th 2002 in Halkidiki,
Greece. Bosna Sarajevo (Adams, Shirov etc) won the event ahead of Norilsky
Nikel (Bareev), Polonia Warsaw (Ivanchuk, Polgar) and the NAO Chess Club
(Grischuk, Svidler).
Internet coverage: http://ecc02.chessworld.info/ and
http://www.chess.gr
Final Standings
MP BP
1 BOSNA Sarajevo BIH 2 12 27,5
2 "Norilsky Nikel" (Norilsk) RUS 3 12 27,0
3 Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw POL 5 11 29,5
4 NAO Chess Club FRA 1 11 24,0
5 Danko Donbass UKR 12 10 27,0
6 "Ladia-Kazan-1000" (Kazan) RUS 4 10 26,5
7 BM Kisela Voda Skopje MKD 9 10 26,5
8 CSUTI A. SK Zalaegerszeg HUN 19 9 26,5
9 Chess Club Alkaloid - Skopje MKD 15 9 24,5
10 "Tomsk-400" (Tomsk) RUS 7 9 23,5
11 "Saint-Petersburg LTG" RUS 6 9 23,0
12 SK Hohenems AUT 21 8 26,0
13 ASA Shlomo Har-Zvi Tel-Aviv ISR 22 8 26,0
14 Hapoel "Cellcom" Kfar-Sava ISR 20 8 25,0
15 Karpaty - Galychyna UKR 14 8 24,0
16 NAPREDAK Sarajevo BIH 18 8 23,5
17 AV Momot Reg Donetsk CC UKR 11 8 23,0
18 Clichy FRA 10 8 22,5
19 Chess Academy DEI N.Greece GRE 23 8 21,0
20 C.A. Reverte Albox ESP 24 8 20,0
21 NSK-SZ Rafinerija - Novi Sad YUG 17 7 25,5
22 Beer-Sheva Chess Club ISR 13 7 24,0
23 Schachfreunde Neukölln 03 GER 25 7 22,5
24 KISELJAK BIH 8 7 21,0
25 Arhus DEN 31 7 19,0
26 SK Merkur Versicherung AUT 16 6 21,0
27 Boey Temse BEL 32 6 21,0
28 Cercle Royal - Liege BEL 37 6 18,5
29 Rochade Eupen BEL 27 6 17,5
30 Shakkikerho Taraus FIN 33 6 17,5
31 Hellir Chess Club ISL 28 6 17,0
32 Sollentuna Chess Club SWE 29 5 18,5
33 CORPORA Lipovec SVK 30 5 17,5
34 Studenti ALB 36 5 17,5
35 C.E. Dudelange LUX 39 5 15,0
36 Joensuun Shakkikerho FIN 35 4 17,5
37 Istanbul Tech University Sports Club TUR 40 4 15,0
38 Die Klagenfurter AUT 26 4 14,5
39 Cardiff Chess Club WLS 42 4 14,0
40 Barbican ENG 34 3 16,5
41 Randaberg SK NOR 41 3 14,5
42 Bristol ENG 38 3 13,5
43 Crumlin Chess Club IRL 43 1 8,0
Board Medals
Board 1
1 GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl 4.5/6 75% 2804 Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw
2 GM Eingorn, Vecheslav 5 /7 71,40% 2751 Danko Donbass
GM Atalik, Suat 5 /7 71,40% 2672 NAPREDAK Sarajevo
GM Sutovsky, Emil 5 /7 71,40% 2668 Hapoel "Cellcom" Kfar Saba
Board 2
1 GM Dreev, Alexey 5.5/7 78,60% 2807 Norilsky nikel ( Russia)
GM Polgar, Judit 5.5/7 78,60% 2799 Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw
GM Gershon, Alik 5.5/7 78,60% 2658 Hapoel "Cellcom" Kfar Saba
Board 3
1 GM Varga, Zoltan 5.5/7 78,60% 2666 NAPREDAK Sarajevo
2 GM Damljanovic, Branko 5 /7 71,40% 2715 BM Kisela Voda Skopje
IM Horváth, Ádám 5 /7 71,40% 2644 CSUTI A. SK Zalaegerszeg
IM Gustafsson, Jan 5 /7 71,40% 2559 SK Hohenems
Board 4
1 GM Movsesian, Sergei 5.5/7 78,60% 2793 Bosna Sarajevo
2 GM Timoshenko, Georgy 5 /7 71,40% 2654 Danko Donbass
GM Horváth, Csaba 5 /7 71,40% 2621 CSUTI A. SK Zalaegerszeg
IM Zoler, Dan 5 /7 71,40% 2566 ASA Shlomo Har-Zvi Tel-Aviv
GM Teske, Henrik 5 /7 71,40% 2565 SK Merkur Versicherung
IM Naumann, Alexander 5 /7 71,40% 2500 SK Hohenems
Board 5
1 IM Thiede, Lars 6 /7 85,70% 2594 Schachfreunde Neukölln 03
2 GM Tregubov, Pavel 5.5/7 78,60% 2807 Norilsky nikel ( Russia)
3 GM Kempiñski, Robert 4.5/6 75,00% 2644 Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw
Board 6
1 IM Timofeev, Artyom 6 /7 85,70% 2706 "Ladia-Kazan-1000" (Kazan)
FM Novkovic, Milan 6 /7 85,70% 2551 SK Hohenems
IM Karjakin, Sergey 5.5/7 78,60% 2687 AV Momot Reg Donetsk CC
GM Georgiev, Vladimir 5.5/7 78,60% 2635 BM Kisela Voda Skopje
GM LAZIC, Miroljub 5.5/7 78,60% 2593 NOVOSADSKI SAHOVSKI KLUB
Round 1 22nd September 2002
1 ISR ASA ¨Shlomo Har-Zvi¨ Tel-Aviv - FRA NAO Chess Club 2-4
2 BIH BOSNA Sarajevo - GRE Chess Academy DEI N.Greece 5-1
3 ESP C.A. Reverte Albox - RUS "Norilsky Nikel" (Norilsk) 2-4
4 RUS "Ladia-Kazan-1000" (Kazan) - GER Schachfreunde Neukölln 03 3-3
5 AUT DIE KLAGENFURTER - POL Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw 0,5-5,5
6 RUS "Saint-Petersburg LTG" - BEL Rochade Eupen 3,5-2,5
7 ISL Hellir Chess Club - RUS "Tomsk-400" (Tomsk) 1-5
8 BIH KISELJAK - SWE Sollentuna Chess Club 5-1
9 SVK CORPORA Lipovec - MKD BM Kisela Voda Skopje 0,5-5,5
10 FRA CLICHY - DEN Arhus 4,5-1,5
11 BEL Boey Temse - UKR AV Momot Reg Donetsk CC 1,5-4,5
12 UKR Danko Donbass - FIN Shakkikerho Taraus 5,5-0,5
13 ENG Barbican - ISR Beer-Sheva Chess Club 3-3
14 UKR Karpaty - Galychyna - FIN Joensuun Shakkikerho 4,5-1,5
15 ALB Studenti - MKD Chess Club Alkaloid - Skopje 1-5
16 AUT SK Merkur Versicherung - BEL Cercle Royal - Liege 4-2
17 ENG Bristol - YUG NSK-SZ Rafinerija - Novi Sad 0,5-5,5
18 BIH NAPREDAK Sarajevo - LUX C.E. Dudelange 5,5-0,5
19 TUR Istanbul - HUN CSUTI A. SK Zalaegerszeg 1,5-4,5
20 ISR Hapoel "Cellcom" Kfar-Sava - NOR Randaberg SK 5-1
21 WLS CARDIFF CHESS CLUB - AUT SK Hohenems 1-5
IRL CRUMLIN CHESS CLUB Bye
Round 2 23rd September 2002
1 POL Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw - RUS "Saint-Petersburg LTG" 2,5-3,5
2 MKD BM Kisela Voda Skopje - AUT SK Merkur Versicherung 4-2
3 RUS "Norilsky Nikel" (Norilsk) - UKR Danko Donbass 3,5-2,5
4 YUG NSK - SZ Rafinerija"-Novi Sad - FRA NAO Chess Club 2,5-3,5
5 HUN CSUTI A. SK Zalaegerszeg - BIH NAPREDAK Sarajevo 3-3
6 UKR Karpaty - Galychyna - BIH BOSNA Sarajevo 1-5
7 RUS "Tomsk-400" (Tomsk) - UKR AV Momot Reg Donetsk CC 4-2
8 FRA CLICHY - BIH KISELJAK 2,5-3,5
9 MKD Chess Club Alkaloid - Skopje - AUT SK Hohenems 4-2
10 IRL CRUMLIN CHESS CLUB - ISR Hapoel "Cellcom" Kfar-Sava 0,5-5,5
11 ENG Barbican - RUS "Ladia-Kazan-1000" (Kazan) 0,5-5,5
12 ISR Beer-Sheva Chess Club - GER Schachfreunde Neukölln 03 5,5-0,5
13 BEL Rochade Eupen - ENG Bristol 3,5-2,5
14 FIN Shakkikerho Taraus - ISR ASA Shlomo Har-Zvi Tel-Aviv 0,5-5,5
15 SVK CORPORA Lipovec - ESP C.A. Reverte Albox 1,5-4,5
16 BEL Cercle Royal - Liege - AUT DIE KLAGENFURTER 2-4
17 DEN Arhus - WLS CARDIFF CHESS CLUB 6-0
18 NOR Randaberg SK - BEL Boey Temse 1-5
19 FIN Joensuun Shakkikerho - ALB Studenti 2-4
20 SWE Sollentuna Chess Club - TUR Istanbul Tech Uni SC 4-2
21 GRE Chess Academy DEI N.Greece - ISL Hellir Chess Club 4,5-1,5
18 LUX C.E. Dudelange - Bye
Round 3 24th September 2002
1 ISR Hapoel "Cellcom" Kfar-Sava - RUS "Saint-Petersburg LTG" 2-4
2 BIH BOSNA Sarajevo - RUS "Norilsky Nikel" (Norilsk) 3,5-2,5
3 FRA NAO Chess Club - MKD BM Kisela Voda Skopje 3,5-2,5
4 BIH KISELJAK - RUS "Tomsk-400" (Tomsk) 3-3
5 HUN CSUTI A. SK Zalaegerszeg - MKD Chess Club Alkaloid - Skopje 2-4
6 RUS "Ladia-Kazan-1000" (Kazan) - BIH NAPREDAK Sarajevo 5-1
7 AUT DIE KLAGENFURTER - ISR Beer-Sheva Chess Club 1,5-4,5
8 ALB Studenti - POL Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw 0,5-5,5
9 UKR Danko Donbass - SWE Sollentuna Chess Club 4,5-1,5
10 GRE Chess Academy DEI N.Greece - YUG NSK-SZ Rafinerija - Novi Sad 3,5-2,5
11 ISR ASA Shlomo Har-Zvi Tel-Aviv - UKR Karpaty - Galychyna 1,5-4,5
12 BEL Rochade Eupen - DEN Arhus 3-3
13 AUT SK Merkur Versicherung - FRA CLICHY 2,5-3,5
14 AUT SK Hohenems - BEL Boey Temse 5-1
15 UKR AV Momot Reg Donetsk CC - ESP C.A. Reverte Albox 5,5-0,5
16 GER Schachfreunde Neukölln 03 - IRL CRUMLIN CHESS CLUB 6-0
17 LUX C.E. Dudelange - ENG Barbican 3,5-2,5
18 FIN Shakkikerho Taraus - BEL Cercle Royal - Liege 2-4
19 NOR Randaberg SK - FIN Joensuun Shakkikerho 1,5-4,5
20 TUR Istanbul Tech Uni SC - SVK CORPORA Lipovec 4,5-1,5
21 ENG Bristol - ISL Hellir Chess Club 4-2
WLS CARDIFF CHESS CLUB - Bye
Round 4 25th September 2002
1 RUS "Saint-Petersburg LTG" - BIH BOSNA Sarajevo 2-4
2 MKD Chess Club Alkaloid - Skopje - FRA NAO Chess Club 2-4
3 BIH KISELJAK - RUS "Ladia-Kazan-1000" (Kazan) 2-4
4 ISR Beer-Sheva Chess Club - RUS "Tomsk-400" (Tomsk) 2-4
5 POL Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw - GRE Chess Academy DEI N.Greece 4,5-1,5
6 UKR Karpaty - Galychyna - UKR Danko Donbass 2,5-3,5
7 RUS "Norilsky Nikel" (Norilsk) - ISR Hapoel "Cellcom" Kfar-Sava 5-1
8 MKD BM Kisela Voda Skopje - FRA CLICHY 3,5-2,5
9 UKR AV Momot Reg Donetsk CC - AUT SK Hohenems 4-2
10 DEN Arhus - LUX C.E. Dudelange 3,5-2,5
11 BIH NAPREDAK Sarajevo - BEL Rochade Eupen 2,5-3,5
12 GER Schachfreunde Neukölln 03 - HUN CSUTI A. SK Zalaegerszeg 1-5
13 YUG NSK-SZ Rafinerija - Novi Sad - ALB Studenti 5,5-0,5
14 AUT DIE KLAGENFURTER - ISR ASA Shlomo Har-Zvi Tel-Aviv 3-3
15 SWE Sollentuna Chess Club - AUT SK Merkur Versicherung 3-3
16 FIN Joensuun Shakkikerho - ENG Bristol 4-2
17 ESP C.A. Reverte Albox - BEL Cercle Royal - Liege 3,5-2,5
18 BEL Boey Temse - TUR Istanbul Tech Uni SC 2,5-3,5
19 SVK CORPORA Lipovec - ENG Barbican 3-3
20 WLS CARDIFF CHESS CLUB - IRL CRUMLIN CHESS CLUB 5,5-0,5
21 ISL Hellir Chess Club - NOR Randaberg SK 3,5-2,5
FIN Shakkikerho Taraus - Bye
Round 5 26th September 2002
1 FRA NAO Chess Club - BIH BOSNA Sarajevo 3,5-2,5
2 RUS "Tomsk-400" (Tomsk) - RUS "Ladia-Kazan-1000" (Kazan) 2,5-3,5
3 MKD Chess Club Alkaloid - Skopje - POL Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw 3,0-3,0
4 RUS "Saint-Petersburg LTG" - UKR AV Momot Reg Donetsk CC 2,5-3,5
5 UKR Danko Donbass - MKD BM Kisela Voda Skopje 2,0-4,0
6 BEL Rochade Eupen - RUS "Norilsky Nikel" (Norilsk) 1,0-5,0
7 ISR Beer-Sheva Chess Club - BIH KISELJAK 2,5-3,5
8 HUN CSUTI A. SK Zalaegerszeg - DEN Arhus 5,5-0,5
9 SWE Sollentuna Chess Club - YUG NSK-SZ Rafinerija - Novi Sad 1,0-5,0
10 AUT SK Hohenems - ESP C.A. Reverte Albox 2,5-3,5
11 ISR Hapoel "Cellcom" Kfar-Sava - GRE Chess Academy DEI N.Greece 1,5-4,5
12 FRA Clichy - FIN Joensuun Shakkikerho 4,5-1,5
13 TUR Istanbul Tech Uni SC - UKR Karpaty - Galychyna 0,5-5,5
14 ENG Bristol - BIH NAPREDAK Sarajevo 1,5-4,5
15 ISR ASA Shlomo Har-Zvi Tel-Aviv - WLS Cardiff Chess Club 5,5-0,5
16 AUT SK Merkur Versicherung - AUT Die Klagenfurter 3,0-3,0
17 LUX C.E. Dudelange - GER Schachfreunde Neukölln 03 0,5-5,5
18 BEL Cercle Royal - Liege - ALB Studenti 3,5-2,5
19 FIN Shakkikerho Taraus - BEL Boey Temse 3,0-3,0
20 ENG Barbican - ISL Hellir Chess Club 2,5-3,5
21 IRL Crumlin Chess Club - SVK CORPORA Lipovec 1,5-4,5
NOR Randaberg SK Bye
Round 6 27th September 2002
1 RUS "Ladia-Kazan-1000" (Kazan) - FRA NAO Chess Club 3,0-3,0
2 BIH BOSNA Sarajevo - UKR AV Momot Reg Donetsk CC 4,0-2,0
3 RUS "Norilsky Nikel" (Norilsk) - MKD BM Kisela Voda Skopje 3,5-2,5
4 POL Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw - BIH KISELJAK 4,0-2,0
5 RUS "Tomsk-400" (Tomsk) - HUN CSUTI A. SK Zalaegerszeg 3,5-2,5
6 ESP C.A. Reverte Albox - YUG NSK-SZ Rafinerija - Novi Sad 3,0-3,0
7 GRE Chess Academy DEI N.Greece - UKR Danko Donbass 2,0-4,0
8 UKR Karpaty - Galychyna - RUS "Saint-Petersburg LTG" 3,0-3,0
9 FRA Clichy - MKD Chess Club Alkaloid - Skopje 4,0-2,0
10 BEL Rochade Eupen - ISR Beer-Sheva Chess Club 1,0-5,0
11 DEN Arhus - ISR ASA Shlomo Har-Zvi Tel-Aviv 0,5-5,5
12 BIH NAPREDAK Sarajevo - GER Schachfreunde Neukölln 03 4,0-2,0
13 ISL Hellir Chess Club - AUT SK Hohenems 1,0-5,0
14 AUT Die Klagenfurter - ISR Hapoel "Cellcom" Kfar-Sava 1,0-5,0
15 TUR Istanbul Tech Uni SC - AUT SK Merkur Versicherung 1,5-4,5
16 FIN Joensuun Shakkikerho - BEL Cercle Royal - Liege 2,5-3,5
17 BEL Boey Temse - WLS Cardiff Chess Club 5,0-1,0
18 LUX C.E. Dudelange - SVK CORPORA Lipovec 1,0-5,0
19 ENG Bristol - SWE Sollentuna Chess Club 0,0-6,0
20 ENG Barbican - FIN Shakkikerho Taraus 2,0-4,0
21 NOR Randaberg SK - IRL Crumlin Chess Club 3,5-2,5
ALB Studenti Bye
Round 7 28th September 2002
1 FRA NAO Chess Club - RUS "Norilsky Nikel" (Norilsk) 2.5-3.5
2 RUS "Ladia-Kazan-1000" (Kazan) - BIH BOSNA Sarajevo 2.5-3.5
3 POL Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw - RUS "Tomsk-400" (Tomsk) 4.5-1.5
4 MKD BM Kisela Voda Skopje - UKR AV Momot Reg Donetsk CC 4.5-1.5
5 UKR Danko Donbass - FRA Clichy 5-1
6 YUG NSK-SZ Rafinerija - Novi Sad - RUS "Saint-Petersburg LTG" 1.5-4.5
7 ESP C.A. Reverte Albox - ISR ASA Shlomo Har-Zvi Tel-Aviv 3-3
8 ISR Beer-Sheva Chess Club - MKD Chess Club Alkaloid - Skopje 1.5-4.5
9 BIH KISELJAK - HUN CSUTI A. SK Zalaegerszeg 2-4
10 BIH NAPREDAK Sarajevo - UKR Karpaty - Galychyna 3-3
11 SVK CORPORA Lipovec - AUT SK Hohenems 1.5-4.5
12 BEL Cercle Royal - Liege - ISR Hapoel "Cellcom" Kfar-Sava 1-5
13 AUT SK Merkur Versicherung - GRE Chess Academy DEI N.Greece 2-4
14 SWE Sollentuna Chess Club - DEN Arhus 2-4
15 BEL Boey Temse - BEL Rochade Eupen 3-3
16 GER Schachfreunde Neukölln 03 - AUT Die Klagenfurter 4.5-1.5
17 ISL Hellir Chess Club - FIN Joensuun Shakkikerho 4.5-1.5
18 FIN Shakkikerho Taraus - TUR Istanbul Tech Uni SC 4.5-1.5
19 ALB Studenti - IRL Crumlin Chess Club 6-0
20 WLS Cardiff Chess Club - ENG Barbican 3-3
21 NOR Randaberg SK - LUX C.E. Dudelange 2-4
ENG Bristol Bye
Eduard Yefimovich Gufeld was born 19th March 1936 in the Ukraine and
died 23rd September 2002 at the age of 66 in the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in
Los Angeles. He had a massive stroke two weeks before before which left him in
a coma.
Gufeld had a long career as a professional player becoming an IM in
1964 and a GM in 1967 although these dates are slightly misleading. In those
days Soviet players often didn't international titles at all and Gufeld's
career best result of 7th in the Soviet Championships occurred in 1963 and was
worth a whole lot more than most GM norms by modern standards.
Gufeld played the early part of his career at a time when Soviet Chess
was at its most dominant. This was due not only to the famous names who went on
to take the World Title or become Candidates but also due to the incredible
strength in depth they had of which Gufeld was a part. He played in the Soviet
Championships 8 times qualifying 6 times between 1959 and 1966 when it was a
real achievement to do so. Looking at his record it seems his best achievements
were behind him by the time he became an International Master. His wins against
Tal, Spassky and Korchnoi took place in the period 1958-60. Unlike his
Ukrainian rival Leonid Stein his results never really did kick on as he might
have liked.
Instead Gufeld's career settled into that of a good professional
Grandmaster. He moved to Georgia and became trainer to amongst others Maya
Chiburdanidze. He represented the Soviet Union in some team events and had a
steady diet of invitationals. With the fall of the Berlin Wall he used the
extra freedom he had to travel the World playing chess and turned up in opens
everywhere. He finally settled in the United States in his final years where he
had some very respectable results.
To get a feel of his chess career I looked ChessBase Megabase for his
results against various players. The figures won't be totally correct because
of missing games but indicate the kind of results he got. For instance he
played 15 serious games against Tal +1 =9 -5; Petrosian =2 -5; Spassky +1 -4;
Smyslov +1 =5 -3; Keres =3; a very young Kasparov =1 -1; Korchnoi +1 =7 -4; he
didn't play Karpov. Anotoshin =4; Averbakh +1 =5 -1; Bagirov +3 =7 -2;
Bronstein +6 =7 -3; Furman +1 =5 -6; Geller =8 -3; Gipslis +2 =6 -4; Gulko =2
-4; Gurgenidze +2 =5 -4; Ivkov =3 -1 Kholmov +2 =7 -2; Klovans +2 =5 -1;
Krogius +1 =3 -1; Nei +1 =4 -1; Osnos +3 =6; Polugaevsky +4 =7 -5; Savon +1 =7
-2; Stein =9 -2; Suetin +4 =2 -2; Taimanov +3 =9 -2; Tukmakov +2 =4; Vasiukov
+6 =4 -6.
He was a prolific author of books of distinctly variable quality. You
can read John Watson's review of "The Search for the Mona Lisa"
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/jwatsonbkrev43.html
which is probably the best available book of his writings. I still shudder at
the thought of his long out of print Batsford book on the Benko in the 1980s
which was certainly the poorest opening book I've ever bought.
Opinions of him as a person are sharply divided depending on how you
took to his extremely loud and boisterous behaviour. There isn't any doubt
about his continued enthusiasm for the game throughout his life.
I have included a small selection of games including ones that he
highlighted as being amongst his best including the one that gives the "Mona
Lisa" title to his book a 32 move win against Bagirov at the Kirovabad
tournament in 1973.
A selection of Gufeld's results [Source ChessBase Megabase]
1958 Soviet Championships Semi-Finals Tashkent 4th 10/15.
1959 26th Soviet Championships 12th-13th with Bronstein 9/19
1959 Ukrainian Championships 11th 11/21.
1960 Soviet Championships Semi-Finals Vilnius 1st-3rd 12/17.
1960 27th Soviet Championships Leningrad 14th 7.5/19
1961 Moscow ZCC 5.5/11 8th-9th with Pachman.
1961 28th Soviet Championships Moscow 8/19 14th place.
1961 World Team Championships Under-26 a huge 10.5/12.
1961 Soviet Championships Semi-Finals Novosibirsk 3rd 10.5/15.
1962 Soviet Team Championships 5/7.
1963 31st Soviet Championships 7th 11/19.
1963 Soviet Team Championships 2.5/4.
1964 Sarajevo 8th-9th 7.5/15.
1965 33rd Soviet Championships Tallinn 8/19 15th-17th.
1966 34th Soviet Championships Tblisi 13th 9.5/20
1966 Soviet Teams 9/11
1967 October Revolution 5th 10/16
1968 Gori 4th-5th 6/10
1968 Toth Memorial Kecskemet 2nd 9.5/15
1968 Kislovodsk 4th 8.5/14.
1969 Tallinn 4th 8/13.
1969 37th Soviet Championships Moscow 20th 9/22.
1970 Moscow 6th-7th 7.5/13.
1971 Skopje Solidarnost 4th 8.5/15.
1972 Sukhumi Cat X 11th-12th 6.5/15.
1972 40th Soviet Championships Baku Cat XI 17th-20th 9/21.
1973 Soviet Championships Semi-Finals Tblisi Cat IX 11th 8/17.
1974 Capablanca Memorial A Camaguey 2nd 11/15.
1974 Goglidze Memorial Tiblisi 1st=
1975 Vilnius Zonal Cat 12 5th-6th 8.5/15.
1978 Jurmala Cat 8 2nd-3rd 9/15 behind Bronstein.
1980 Baku Cat X 3rd-5th 8.5/15 behind Kasparov and Beliavsky.
1980 Tiblsi 1st 11/15.
1980 DSV-Turnir Leipzig Cat IX 2nd-3rd 8.5/13.
1981 Tallinn Cat IX 4th-5th 8.5/15.
1981 Soviet FL49 Volgodonsk Cat X 16th 7/17.
1982 Vinkovci Cat VIII 3rd-4th 8/13.
1983 Dortmund Cat IX 9th 5/11.
1983 Tblisi Cat VIII 5th-9th 8/15/
1984 New Delhi Cat VII 5th-6th 6/11.
1986-7 Hastings Premier Cat X 7th-8th 7/13.
1988 Wellington Cat 8 1st-3rd 7.5/10.
1988 Tblisi Cat 11 10th 3/10.
1989 New York Open 6/9.
1989 GMA Baleares Open
1992 Podolsk Cat 11 11th 3.5/11.
1994 Kuala Lumpa Cat 10 6th and last 2.5/10.
1994 Lloyds Bank London 6.5/10.
1996 Tan Cup Beijing Cat 10 3rd 5.5/9.
His career continued on with visits to such disparate places as
Helsinki, Calcutta, Oviedo, Biel, USA (World Open, National Open and weekend
events) Alushta, etc followed in the next 6 years. He beat Victors Pupols in
the final round of the National Open on 10th March 2002 in his final event.
IM Ricardo Calvo has died of cancer of the esophagus in Madrid at the
age of 59. Ricardo Calvo was born in Alcoy (Alicante) 22nd October 1943 and
died in Madrid 26th September 2002. He was a prolific writer. He organised
"URSS-Resto del Mundo de 25 minutes" in Madrid in 1988. He played for Spain in
5 Olympiads Havana (1966), Lugano (1968), Siegen (1970), Nice (1974) and Buenos
Aires (1978). Below is a famous win in the first of those appearances. Info
Jesús J. Boyero Gabarre.
Calvo-Korchnoi Havana ol 1966 7th round. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4
cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.c4 Nc6 8.0-0 Qh4 9.N1d2 Nge7 10.c5 Ne5
11.Be2 b6 12.f4 N5c6 13.Nc4 bxc5 14.g3 Qh6 15.f5 Qf6 16.fxe6 Qxe6 17.Nd6+ Kf8
18.Bc4, 1-0.
Calvo was a thorn in the side of the international chess federation FIDE
for many years and was declared persona non grata in 1987 by the
organisation.
The 65th Corus Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place January
10th-26th 2003. Players: Vladimir Kramnik - RUS 2807 Viswanathan Anand - IND
2755 Veselin Topalov - BUL 2745 Ruslan Ponomariov - UKR 2743 Evgeny Bareev -
RUS 2726 Vassili Ivanchuk - UKR 2711 Alexander Grischuk - RUS 2697 Alexey
Shirov - ESP 2697 Anatoly Karpov - RUS 2687 Judit Polgar - HUN 2681 Michal
Krasenkow - POL 2662 Loek van Wely - NED 2645 Jan Timman - NED 2623 Teymour
Radjabov - AZE 2618 Grandmaster group B will be expanded by two to 14
participants. Among them are Sergey Karjakin (UKR 2523) and Humpy Konery (IND
2473). Garry Kasparov has turned down his invitation and will be missing for
the second year in a row. He cites a busy schedule which may be connected to
the postponement of his match against Deep Junior.
The FIDE World Cup in Hyderabad, India takes place 9th-20th October
2002. The event looks sure to be missing many of the top stars but they have
some good news as defending champion Viswanathan Anand has confirmed he will
play. Barring last minute additions missing are Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander
Grischuk, Garry Kasparov, Vladamir Kramnik, Vesselin Topalov, Michael Adams,
Boris Gelfand and Peter Leko.
List: http://www.chathurangam.com/Indian2k2/wchyd/preview.asp
Ignatius Leong has said that the agreement with FIDE has been broken and
that he may still stand in the Presidentical race. He wanted the agreement and
some proposals of his to be put to the FIDE Congress in Bled but they aren't on
the agenda. It seems he has been comprehensively outmanoevered as even if he
stands its unlikely he will get many votes. Sadly this is pretty typical of the
troubles candidates have had opposing the FIDE leadership since it was taken
over by Florencio Campomanes and subsequently Kirsan Ilymuzhinov.
Read last week's 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.
11th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Chess International takes place 28
September - 6 October 2002 in the Cherry Orchard Aparthotel, Port Erin, Isle of
Man. Players include: Vladimir Epishin, Rustem Dautov, Yuri Shulman, Mikhail
Ulibin, Valery Neverov, Sarunas Sulskis and Daniel Fridman. My thanks to John
Saunders.
Official coverage:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2002/index.html
Round 2 Standings:
Monarch Assurance International Isle of Man 28 ix - 6 x 2002
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1 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2549 2.0
2 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2617 1.5 2714
3 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2643 1.5 2599
4 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2534 1.5 2668
5 Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2587 1.5 2682
6 Tyomkin, Dimitri g ISR 2482 1.5 2552
7 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2498 1.5 2656
8 Kogan, Artur g ISR 2530 1.5 2442
9 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2510 1.5 2432
10 Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2573 1.5 2529
11 Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2555 1.5 2477
12 Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2577 1.5 2649
13 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2589 1.5 2569
14 Rayner, Francis WLS 2219 1.5 2496
15 Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2544 1.5 2658
16 Blackburn, Jonathan L WLS 2158 1.5 2422
17 Marchand, Francois f FRA 2237 1.5 2507
18 Palus, Ryszard POL 2232 1.5 2515
65 players
There was a category V tournament in Tula, Russia 4th-12th September
2002. Valentin Arbakov and Farrukh Amonatov both finished on 7.5/9. My thanks
to Thomas Henrich for pointing this event out.
Games: http://home.tula.net/chess/partii.html
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It Tula RUS (RUS), 4-12 ix 2002 cat. V (2351)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Arbakov, Valentin g RUS 2445 * = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2613
2. Amonatov, Farrukh f TJK 2483 = * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2609
3. Simantsev, Mikhail m UKR 2401 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2470
4. Brikov, Illarion RUS 2341 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2477
5. Perun, Sergey m UKR 2367 = 0 = = * = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2429
6. Saulin, Dmitri m RUS 2445 = = = 0 = * = 1 = 1 5.0 2383
7. Zhidkikh, Darja RUS 2099 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 3.5 2298
8. Igriashvili, Zurab GEO 2296 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * = = 1.5 2084
9. Gusev, Aleksey m RUS 2412 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * = 1.5 2071
10. Bakutin, Aleksey RUS 2220 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.0 2014
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The VI Pablo Gorbea Memorial (V Open) takes place in Madrid, Spain
16th-24th September 2002. Ruben Felgaer won the event with 7.5/9 with a better
tie-break from Jose Luis Vilela and Oleg Korneev on the same score. Ruslan
Pogorelov after leading on 6.5/7 lost his last two games. Games from round 9
are missing.
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. Felgaer, Ruben ARG 2509 m 7.5
2. Vilela, Jose Luis CUB 2355 m 7.5
3. Korneev, Oleg RUS 2583 g 7.5
4. Moreno Carnero, Javier ESP 2494 m 7.0
5. Peralta, Fernando ARG 2478 m 7.0
6. Spraggett, Kevin CAN 2533 g 7.0
7. Arencibia, Walter CUB 2534 g 7.0
8. Abreu, Aryam CUB 2454 m 7.0
9. Zapata, Alonso COL 2549 g 7.0
10. Pilgaard, Kim DEN 2437 m 7.0
237 players
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.
Games are at a rate of 23 moves for the first hour and another hour for the
remaining moves. Sergio Giardelli, Giovanni Vescovi, Rafael Leitao, Bernardo
Roselli Mailhe, Cicero Braga, Darcy Lima, Victor Mikhalevski, Wellington Rocha,
Mauro de Souza, Andres Rodriguez, Marcus Vinicius Santos, Everaldo Matsuura,
Carlos Garcia Palermo, and Jorge Vera Insfran all lead on 3/3. There are 9 gms
and 38 Fide titled players in a field of 188 players. My thanks to Herman
Claudius van Riemsdijk.
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 takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina from
September 23rd to October 8th. The Final stage of the event starts tomorrow
with players such as Pablo Ricardi and Bent Larsen joining the event.
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.
Matches Tuesday 1st October
GM Ricardi, Pablo 2544 vs Claverie, Raúl 2306
GM Zarnicki, Pablo 2522 vs Moreda, Lucas 2340
GM Sorín, Ariel 2519 vs FM Auciello, Sergio 2346
GM Spangenberg, Hugo 2512 vs FM Dolezal, Cristian 2390
GM Slipak, Sergio 2493 vs FM Juliá, Ernesto 2399
IM Valerga, Diego 2487 vs IM Szmetan, Jorge 2408
GM Larsen, Bent 2486 vs IM Rosito, Jorge 2420
GM Panno, Oscar 2480 vs IM Pierrot, Facundo 2423
The 1st Villeurbanne Masters took place 21st-29th September 2002.
Vladimir Lazarev and Yohan Benitah finished on 6/9 in the Category IV
event.
Internet coverage: http://www.epernet.fr/ecv/n_tournoi.htm
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1st Masters Villeurbanne FRA (FRA), 21-29 ix 2002 cat. IV (2345)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 2458 * = = 1 1 = = = 1 = 6.0 2457
2. Benitah, Yohan FRA 2341 = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2470
3. Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2498 = 1 * 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5.5 2407
4. Saez, Frederic FRA 2166 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 0 1 5.0 2407
5. Sermier, Guillaume f FRA 2386 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 0 1 = 4.5 2340
6. Masserey, Yvan f SUI 2327 = 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2346
7. Bolding, Klaus FRA 2373 = = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 0 4.0 2298
8. Mensch, Etienne f FRA 2353 = 0 1 0 1 0 = * 0 1 4.0 2300
9. Ravot, Sylvain FRA 2198 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 1 * = 3.0 2236
10. Gervasio, Ricardo BRA 2347 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = * 2.5 2178
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The 7th World University Chess Championships took place in Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia, September 11th-20th 2002. Zhang Zhong won the men's event with 7.5/9
and Li Ruofan the women's.
Internet coverage: http://www.mssf.mn
or http://www.fisu.net
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7th WUCC Men Ulaanbaatar MON (MON), 11-20 ix 2002
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1. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2637 7.5 2698
2. Shomoev, Anton m RUS 2533 7.0 2662
3. Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2475 7.0 2600
4. Iskusnyh, Sergei g RUS 2485 7.0 2618
5. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2427 5.0 2396
6. Chi Fengtong CHN 2308 5.0 2295
7. Batzorig, Tuvshintogs MGL 2180 5.0 2313
8. Hochstrasser, Michael f SUI 2318 4.5 2337
9. Du Shan f CHN 2408 4.5 2332
10. Soltanici, Ruslan m MDA 2426 4.5 2370
11. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2555 4.5 2389
12. Sitnikov, Dmitrij m RUS 2419 4.5 2331
13. Mongonhuu, Mijgee MGL 2167 4.5 2230
14. Ganduulga, Dagii MGL ---- 4.5 2231
15. Otgonbat, Cendayush MGL 2119 4.5 2256
16. Kalajzic, Ivan CRO 2195 4.0 2188
17. Costa, Paulo POR 2178 3.0 2100
18. Moreno, William PER 2102 2.5 1988
19. Fernandes, Emanuel POR ---- 1.0 1827
20. Ranadheer, Reddy D IND ---- 0.0
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7th WUCC Women Ulaanbaatar MON (MON), 11-20 ix 2002
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1. Li Ruofan wg CHN 2327 8.0 2595
2. Kochetkova, Julia wm RUS 2244 6.0 2315
3. Anhchimeg, Bayanmonh wf MGL 2244 6.0 2332
4. Petrenko, Svetlana wg MDA 2349 5.5 2303
5. Yu Ting wm CHN 2220 5.5 2244
6. Rybenko, Kseniya wm RUS 2295 5.0 2261
7. Batceceg, Tuvshintogs wm MGL 2188 5.0 2275
8. Ding Linlin CHN 2294 5.0 2206
9. Moshina, Cristina wm MDA 2271 4.5 2221
10. Otgonjargal, Sengeravdan MGL 2094 4.5 2193
11. Ubiennykh, Ekaterina wf RUS 2225 4.5 2183
12. Kradolfer, Conny SUI 2069 2.5 2033
13. Nidhi,Kumar IND ---- 0.5 1743
14. Yamini,Passey IND ---- 0.5 1746
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The European Rapid & Blitz Championship takes place in Crete
organised by the Kydon Sports Club. The tournament consists of 4 gaming days, 2
for Rapid (30/09 - 01/10) and 2 for Blitz (02/10 - 03/10).
Sergei Movsesian, Konstantin Sakaev, Loek van Wely, Sergey Volkov, Peter
Heine Nielsen and Vadim Milov all play.
Live coverage: http://www.venizelia.gr/chess/euro2002/
The European Seniors and Mitropa Cup takes place in Saint-Vincent 28th
September - 6th October 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.scacchivda.com/
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for October 1st 2002 has been released. Produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey and
calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2795 117
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2789 124
3 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2712 171
4 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2709 154
5 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2703 166
6 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2699 187
7 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2696 170
8 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2681 134
9 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2665 141
10 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2660 141
11 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2657 163
12 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2649 141
13 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2649 158
14 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2647 200
15 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2639 154
16 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2630 160
17 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2629 171
18 Zvjaginsev,Vadim 18.08.1976 RUS 2626 146
19 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2625 181
20 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2624 130
21 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2622 157
22 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2621 148
23 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2621 162
24 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2615 124
25 Krasenkow,Mikhail 14.11.1963 POL 2613 165
26 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2611 171
27 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2611 200
28 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2609 185
29 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2608 156
30 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2608 157
31 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2605 153
32 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 BIH 2604 151
33 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2602 143
34 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2602 157
35 Vaganian,Rafael A 15.10.1951 ARM 2602 170
36 Lputian,Smbat G 14.02.1958 ARM 2600 169
37 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2597 140
38 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2597 161
39 Tkachiev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2592 143
40 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2591 165
41 Goldin,Alexander 27.02.1965 ISR 2590 176
42 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2588 163
43 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2587 171
44 Volkov,Sergei 07.02.1974 RUS 2586 207
45 Lutz,Christopher 24.02.1971 GER 2585 153
46 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2584 142
47 Macieja,Bartlomiej 04.10.1977 POL 2584 170
48 Piket,Jeroen 27.01.1969 NED 2584 178
49 Pigusov,Evgeny 31.03.1961 RUS 2583 128
50 Tiviakov,Sergei 14.02.1973 RUS 2582 150
Bacrot - Gelfand Match
Etienne Bacrot will play Boris Gelfand in his home town of Albert in
France 7th-13th October 2002. He has played a match there every year since
1995.
Further details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
Evgeny Bareev vs. HIARCS 8
Evgeny Bareev will play a match against HIARCS 8 January 28th-31st
2003.
Further details: http://www.chessevents.nl/bareev_match.shtml
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
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
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/
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
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.