THE WEEK IN CHESS 413 7th October 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Brains in
Bahrain match
3) FIDE October Rating List
4) FIDE World Cup in Hyderabad
5) Peruvian
Championships
6) 11th Monarch Assurance
7) 6th Itau Cup
8) 7th European Club Cup for
Women
9) Najdorf Memorial 2002
10)
European Rapid & Blitz Championship
11) European
Seniors and Mitropa Cup
12) First Saturday
October
13) Hotel Opatija
14)
Autumn Cup
15) Bacrot - Gelfand Match
16) Milk Tournament in the Hotel Selfoss
17) Armenian Championships
18) Forthcoming
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Games section
Brains in Bahrain match 2 games
Peruvian Championships 112 games
11th Monarch Assurance 224 games
6th Itau Cup 69 games
7th European Club Cup for Women 140 games
Najdorf Memorial 2002 58 games
European Rapid & Blitz Championship 260 games
European Seniors and Mitropa Cup 279 games
First Saturday October 34 games
Hotel Opatija 24 games
Autumn Cup 66 games
1268 games
My thanks to Ingvar Johannesson, Marius and Herman Claudius van
Riemsdijk, Eduard Piacun, Gagik Khanamiryan, John Saunders, James Alvis, Radu
Chirila, Manuel Glave Testino, Jovan Petronic, Mig Greengard and everyone else
who helped with the issue.
The top event is the Brains in Bahrain Match. Kramnik's win in game two
showed how he can expect to win the games from practically symmetrical
positions using his fantastic technique. The match reminds me very much of the
1996 match between Kasparov and Deep Blue in Philadelphia rather than the
acrimonious match the following year which Kasparov lost. For one thing there
seems to be friendly relations between the programmers and the player.
Interestingly Feng-hsiung Hsu has just published a book on Deep Blue called
"Behind Deep Blue : Building the Computer That Defeated the World Chess
Champion" which may reopen the controversy about that match. To me the most
controversial thing was the fairly obvious way they tried to upset Kasparov
away from the board in 1997 rather than Kasparov's claims of human influence on
the moves.
Its been a busy week for me and some smaller news stories have had to be
held over until next week.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Brains in Bahrain match between Vladimir Kramnik and Deep Fritz
takes place 2nd-22nd October 2002 (Opening Ceremony 2nd October. Playing days
4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17 & 19 October, 2002).
After a 28 move draw in game one where Kramnik held Fritz on the black
side of his favourite Berlin Defence Kramnik took the lead in game two with a
very controlled grind on the white side of a Queens Gambit Accepted.
TWIC has daily coverage of the match including live moves, pictures and
reports. Live moves are at
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/brainsc/client.html
Official coverage: http://www.brainsinbahrain.com/ and
http://www.chessbase.com
DEEP FRITZ - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 28 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kramnik, Vladimir - DEEP FRITZ 1-0 57 D27 QGA
Brains in Bahrain Bahrain UAE (UAE), 4-19 x 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 = 1 . . . . . . 1.5
DEEP FRITZ ---- = 0 . . . . . . 0.5
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The FIDE October 2002 list is out. The full list is available from:
http://www.fideonline.com. The list now
goes down to players rated 1800 or above. The whole list may be affected by the
fact that no games played in France during the summer were rated even through
the results were submitted.
A quick look at the top 100 shows Peter Leko up from 2717 to 2743 and up
to World number 6, Bareev gained 11 points but falls a place because of Leko's
rise. Van Wely bounces back up the list from 2645 to 2681, Krishnan Sasikiran
continues his rise now up to world number 26, Alexander Graf lost a lot of
rating points last year around the time of his change of country he has most of
these points back now, Viktor Korchnoi gains 14 point, Konstantin Landa,
Alexander Goldin, Yasser Seirawan, Teimour Radjabov, Artur Jussupow, Vadim
Milov and Bartlomiej Macieja are amongst the other risers on the list. Into the
list comes Lazaro Bruzon, Evgenij Agrest and Valeriy Neverov. Back in is Igor
Khenkin.
Players who have lost rating points include Vladimir Epishin down from
2643 to 2628, Aleksej Aleksandrov 2646 to 2621, Zhang Zhong down from 2637 to
2621 and Curt Hansen from 2625 to 2610.
Jan Timman falls out of the top 100 after his rating falls from 2623 to
2594, others out of the top 100 list include Eingorn, Sermek, Van den Doel,
Novikov and Ehlvest. Ehlvest without actually losing any rating points. The
bottom rated player in the top 100 is now 2601. Twenty years ago this was
candidates class.
No. Name t NAT ap01 ju01 oc01 ja02 ap02 ju02 oc02 Gms
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2835 2838 2838 2838 2838 2838 2838 0
2 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2797 2802 2809 2809 2809 2807 2807 0
3 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2794 2794 2770 2757 2752 2755 2755 0
4 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2750 2744 2731 2742 2744 2752 2745 6
5 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2707 2711 2733 2739 2745 2745 2743 14
6 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2730 2730 2739 2713 2707 2717 2743 13
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. g UKR 2673 2684 2684 2727 2743 2743 2743 0
8 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2709 2719 2719 2707 2724 2726 2737 10
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2731 2731 2731 2717 2711 2711 2709 2
10 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2749 2749 2742 2742 2718 2716 2707 6
11 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2712 2704 2701 2703 2707 2710 2704 6
12 Grischuk, Alexander............. g RUS 2667 2669 2666 2671 2702 2702 2702 0
13 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2722 2706 2706 2715 2704 2697 2699 9
14 Khalifman, Alexander............ g RUS 2690 2700 2702 2688 2698 2690 2690 0
15 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2695 2695 2686 2688 2688 2690 2690 0
16 Akopian, Vladimir............... g ARM 2654 2660 2660 2680 2678 2689 2689 0
17 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2692 2692 2692 2693 2690 2687 2688 1
18 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ........... g HUN 2678 2686 2686 2677 2677 2681 2685 2
19 Sokolov, Ivan................... g NED 2659 2659 2658 2659 2647 2677 2684 27
20 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2676 2664 2675 2663 2673 2682 2684 9
21 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2691 2702 2698 2702 2685 2676 2683 14
22 Van Wely, Loek.................. g NED 2670 2695 2714 2697 2642 2645 2681 18
23 Zvjaginsev, Vadim............... g RUS 2627 2638 2640 2656 2645 2668 2680 9
24 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2685 2690 2676 2683 2677 2676 2673 19
25 Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2640 2630 2630 2644 2650 2672 2672 0
26 Sasikiran, Krishnan............. g IND 2611 2589 2569 2569 2633 2650 2670 28
27 Malakhov, Vladimir.............. g RUS 2623 2637 2637 2647 2663 2668 2670 6
28 Vaganian, Rafael A.............. g ARM 2641 2650 2650 2662 2664 2667 2667 9
29 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2671 2677 2681 2676 2676 2676 2667 4
30 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2670 2674 2674 2676 2676 2676 2666 15
31 Lautier, Joel................... g FRA 2658 2675 2653 2687 2675 2663 2665 0
32 Rublevsky, Sergei............... g RUS 2657 2639 2634 2655 2657 2658 2664 9
33 Nikolic, Predrag................ g BIH 2652 2652 2652 2653 2653 2661 2661 0
34 Georgiev, Kiril................. g MKD 2676 2695 2686 2655 2654 2658 2658 0
35 Sutovsky, Emil.................. g ISR 2604 2651 2664 2656 2660 2658 2657 20
36 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2693 2704 2706 2695 2674 2648 2653 0
37 Bacrot, Etienne................. g FRA 2627 2653 2653 2649 2653 2653 2653 0
38 Krasenkow, Michal............... g POL 2655 2573 2592 2632 2641 2657 2651 20
39 Movsesian, Sergei............... g SVK 2661 2627 2631 2624 2624 2654 2651 16
40 Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2638 2659 2668 2649 2661 2652 2650 27
41 Onischuk, Alexander............. g USA 2658 2667 2660 2655 2641 2644 2649 33
42 Sakaev, Konstantin.............. g RUS 2637 2630 2639 2649 2649 2647 2647 0
43 Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2601 2605 2605 2596 2616 2638 2646 25
44 Piket, Jeroen................... g NED 2628 2630 2649 2659 2659 2646 2646 0
45 Lutz, Christopher............... g GER 2614 2643 2643 2644 2644 2650 2645 12
46 Xu, Jun......................... g CHN 2655 2646 2654 2654 2654 2654 2643 13
47 Volkov, Sergey.................. g RUS 2558 2578 2578 2567 2609 2636 2642 13
48 Huebner, Robert Dr.............. g GER 2616 2612 2612 2628 2628 2634 2640 7
49 Graf, Alexander................. g GER 2649 2610 2610 2605 2623 2624 2635 29
50 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2559 2630 2630 2629 2638 2648 2635 10
51 Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2688 2633 2605 2641 2641 2649 2634 42
52 Korchnoi, Viktor................ g SUI 2643 2617 2639 2633 2635 2620 2634 19
53 Hjartarson, Johann ............. g ISL 2633 2633 2633 2633 2634 2634 2634 0
54 Motylev, Alexander.............. g RUS 2601 2627 2641 2639 2622 2634 2634 0
55 Landa, Konstantin............... g RUS 2610 2619 2619 2619 2623 2621 2632 11
56 Tkachiev, Vladislav............. g FRA 2672 2642 2632 2634 2633 2625 2632 10
57 Tiviakov, Sergei................ g NED 2603 2618 2599 2614 2625 2628 2631 37
58 Goldin, Alexander............... g USA 2599 2594 2612 2630 2618 2609 2630 28
59 Seirawan, Yasser................ g USA 2640 2644 2644 2644 2631 2618 2629 11
60 Epishin, Vladimir............... g RUS 2579 2583 2583 2599 2606 2643 2628 38
61 Radjabov, Teimour............... g AZE 2533 2558 2567 2599 2610 2618 2628 8
62 Bologan, Viktor................. g MDA 2676 2655 2668 2651 2652 2631 2627 9
63 Lputian, Smbat G................ g ARM 2607 2608 2618 2634 2634 2627 2627 0
64 Lastin, Alexander............... g RUS 2627 2628 2628 2630 2619 2625 2625 0
65 Kobalia, Mikhail................ g RUS 2590 2595 2603 2620 2602 2625 2625 0
66 Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2633 2631 2631 2631 2631 2624 2624 0
67 Jussupow, Artur................. g GER 2645 2633 2633 2618 2618 2612 2622 9
68 Pigusov, Evgeny................. g RUS 2584 2613 2613 2623 2623 2622 2622 0
69 Shabalov, Alexander............. g USA 2595 2574 2585 2606 2622 2624 2621 29
70 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............ g BLR 2610 2646 2645 2645 2654 2646 2621 22
71 Milov, Vadim.................... g SUI 2605 2614 2602 2595 2606 2602 2620 34
72 Nielsen, Peter Heine............ g DEN 2585 2593 2620 2642 2636 2626 2620 29
73 Zhang, Zhong.................... g CHN 2632 2667 2657 2656 2639 2637 2620 13
74 Fressinet, Laurent.............. g FRA 2575 2606 2588 2591 2606 2619 2619 0
75 Dautov, Rustem.................. g GER 2631 2630 2630 2636 2636 2611 2617 0
76 Dorfman, Josif D................ g FRA 2602 2602 2599 2602 2613 2617 2617 0
77 Macieja, Bartlomiej............. g POL 2608 2588 2582 2612 2585 2607 2615 29
78 Istratescu, Andrei.............. g ROM 2561 2598 2603 2605 2606 2622 2615 23
79 Filippov, Valerij............... g RUS 2632 2617 2617 2625 2612 2615 2615 0
80 Vescovi, Giovanni............... g BRA 2572 2581 2585 2590 2611 2611 2614 9
81 Bruzon, Lazaro.................. g CUB 2589 2573 2564 2590 2569 2590 2613 16
82 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter......... g ROM 2596 2609 2609 2608 2610 2613 2613 0
83 Nunn, John D.M.................. g ENG 2578 2584 2595 2595 2595 2611 2611 0
84 Hansen, Curt.................... g DEN 2619 2626 2613 2613 2613 2625 2610 9
85 Benjamin, Joel.................. g USA 2581 2587 2587 2593 2598 2608 2609 13
86 Dominguez, Lenier............... g CUB 2556 2585 2596 2594 2601 2613 2608 20
87 Hodgson, Julian M............... g ENG 2595 2581 2589 2598 2598 2608 2608 0
88 Baklan, Vladimir................ g UKR 2613 2599 2590 2609 2618 2614 2607 14
89 Agrest, Evgenij................. g SWE 2532 2529 2563 2599 2584 2599 2607 13
90 Hracek, Zbynek.................. g CZE 2603 2610 2610 2586 2596 2600 2607 12
91 Kharlov, Andrei................. g RUS 2639 2656 2656 2638 2633 2609 2606 13
92 Hickl, Joerg.................... g GER 2582 2600 2600 2601 2602 2602 2605 7
93 Shipov, Sergei.................. g RUS 2640 2625 2625 2630 2613 2613 2604 2
94 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas............. g KAZ 2571 2585 2569 2561 2583 2604 2604 0
95 Ftacnik, Lubomir................ g SVK 2618 2580 2566 2574 2576 2602 2603 22
96 Khenkin, Igor................... g GER 2609 2579 2572 2598 2587 2598 2603 20
97 Peng, Xiaomin................... g CHN 2648 2629 2607 2611 2611 2602 2602 0
98 Neverov, Valeriy................ g UKR 2562 2562 2569 2587 2587 2587 2601 27
99 Giorgadze, Giorgi............... g GEO 2585 2585 2585 2591 2591 2591 2601 19
100 Bu, Xiangzhi.................... g CHN 2588 2553 2569 2593 2601 2602 2601 12
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. The top seeds are Viswanathan Anand, Alexander
Morozevich, Vassily Ivanchuk, Nigel Short, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Ilia Smirin,
Alexey Dreev, Ye Jiangchuan and Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
List: http://www.chathurangam.com/Indian2k2/wchyd/preview.asp
not sure where or whether live coverage is available.
GM Granda Zuñiga is playing in the Peruvian Championships Lima.
Playing his first games for four years he has started with 7.5/8.
Internet coverage at:
http://members.fortunecity.es/unichessclub
and comments at: http://www.torre64.com
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ch-PER Lima PER (PER), 1-10 x 2002 cat. IV (2337)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2605 * . = 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 . 1 . 7.5 2762
2. Gutierrez, Renzo PER 2233 . * 1 = . 1 0 = . . = . = 1 5.0 2438
3. Belli, Mario m PER 2401 = 0 * . . . . = 1 = 1 . = = 4.5 2373
4. Pacheco, Marco PER 2284 0 = . * 0 . = = . 1 . 1 . 1 4.5 2392
5. Garcia, Javier f PER 2297 0 . . 1 * 1 . . 0 = = . = = 4.0 2336
6. Oblitas, Carlomagno m PER 2408 0 0 . . 0 * 1 1 = 1 . = . . 4.0 2349
7. Castaneda, Georgui m PER 2425 . 1 . = . 0 * 0 0 . 1 . = = 3.5 2256
8. Soto, Jorge PER 2412 . = = = . 0 1 * . . 0 = . = 3.5 2264
9. Nina, Miguel PER 2238 0 . 0 . 1 = 1 . * 0 . = = . 3.5 2342
10. Esplana, Christian f PER 2335 0 . = 0 = 0 . . 1 * . = 1 . 3.5 2313
11. Cotrina Moscoso, Wilder PER 2225 0 = 0 . = . 0 1 . . * = . 1 3.5 2314
12. Robbiano Taboada, Carlo PER 2252 . . . 0 . = . = = = = * = = 3.5 2269
13. Cruz, Filemon f PER 2363 0 = = . = . = . = 0 . = * . 3.0 2261
14. Vera, Kelver PER 2233 . 0 = 0 = . = = . . 0 = . * 2.5 2175
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ch-PER w Lima PER (PER), 1-10 x 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Zapata, Karen wm PER 2067 * = = 1 . . 1 1 . 1 . . 1 1 7.0 2365
2. Morales Mendoza, Luciana PER 2147 = * . 1 . . . 1 1 = 1 . 1 1 7.0 2355
3. Esplana,Estefany PER ---- = . * . = 0 1 . 1 1 1 1 . . 6.0 2201
4. Calle, Miryam PER 2091 0 0 . * 1 1 1 . . = 1 1 . . 5.5 2167
5. Aquino,Milsy PER ---- . . = 0 * 1 1 = 0 . . 1 = . 4.5 2054
6. Cori,Deysi PER ---- . . 1 0 0 * 0 . 1 . = 1 1 . 4.5 2054
7. Mendoza,S PER ---- 0 . 0 0 0 1 * . 1 . 1 1 . . 4.0 2019
8. Huerta,Nora PER ---- 0 0 . . = . . * 0 1 = 1 . 1 4.0 2026
9. Roncal,Elena PER ---- . 0 0 . 1 0 0 1 * = . . . 1 3.5 1975
10. Aliaga,Ingrid PER ---- 0 = 0 = . . . 0 = * . . 1 1 3.5 1995
11. Zapata,Talia PER ---- . 0 0 0 . = 0 = . . * . 1 1 3.0 1942
12. Alejandro,Liz PER ---- . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . * 1 1 2.0 1818
13. Gutierrez,Sandra PER ---- 0 0 . . = 0 . . . 0 0 0 * = 1.0 1704
14. Vasquez,Maria PER ---- 0 0 . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 1582
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11th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Chess International took place 28
September - 6 October 2002 in the Cherry Orchard Aparthotel, Port Erin, Isle of
Man. Vladimir Epishin won with 7/9. My thanks to John Saunders.
Official coverage:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2002/index.html
Final (Round 9) Standings
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11th Monarch Assurance Port Erin IOM (IOM), 28 ix-6 x 2002
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1 EPISHIN,Vladimir......... g 2643 7 9 7 2508 6.12 0.88
2 DAUTOV,Rustem............ g 2617 6½ 9 6½ 2516 5.76 0.74
3 FRIDMAN,Daniel........... g 2577 6½ 9 6½ 2482 5.67 0.83
4 SULSKIS,Sarunas.......... g 2577 6½ 9 6½ 2431 6.30 0.20
5 GOLOSHCHAPOV,Alexander... g 2544 6 9 6 2517 4.86 1.14
6 HEBDEN,Mark.............. g 2534 6 9 6 2427 5.85 0.15
7 KOGAN,Artur.............. g 2530 6 9 6 2439 5.58 0.42
8 NEVEROV,Valeriy.......... g 2587 6 9 6 2484 5.76 0.24
9 SHULMAN,Yuri............. g 2573 6 9 6 2420 6.30 -0.30
10 FELGAER,Ruben............ m 2528 5½ 8 4½ 2443 4.96 -0.46
11 GLADYSZEV,Oleg........... m 2388 5½ 9 5½ 2465 3.51 1.99
12 GRUNBERG,Mihai........... m 2445 5½ 9 5½ 2380 5.31 0.19
13 LALIC,Bogdan............. g 2540 5½ 9 5½ 2383 6.39 -0.89
14 PERALTA,Fernando......... m 2499 5½ 8 4½ 2317 5.92 -1.42
15 STOCEK,Jiri.............. g 2555 5½ 9 5½ 2435 5.94 -0.44
16 WARD,Chris............... g 2498 5½ 9 5½ 2478 4.77 0.73
17 WELLING,Gerard........... m 2393 5½ 8 4½ 2409 3.84 0.66
18 ZAPATA,Alonso............ g 2549 5½ 9 5½ 2500 5.13 0.37
19 CIOARA,Andre N........... m 2414 5 8 4 2295 5.28 -1.28
20 COLLINS,Sam.............. 2313 5 5 2 2521 1.15 0.85
21 DALY,Colm................ f 2338 5 9 5 2339 4.50 0.50
22 KUNTE,Abhijit............ g 2477 5 9 5 2326 6.30 -1.30
23 LEDGER,Andrew............ m 2408 5 9 5 2456 3.87 1.13
24 ORR,Mark................. m 2332 5 9 5 2329 4.50 0.50
25 PERT,Richard............. f 2357 5 9 5 2400 3.96 1.04
26 TYOMKIN,Dimitri.......... g 2482 5 8 4 2466 4.16 -0.16
27 ULIBIN,Mikhail........... g 2589 5 9 5 2382 6.93 -1.93
28 ANSELL,Simon............. m 2399 4½ 8 4½ 2316 4.88 -0.38
29 BLACKBURN,Jonathan....... 2158 4½ 8 3½ 2355 2.00 1.50
30 BRADY,Stephen............ f 2353 4½ 8 3½ 2430 3.12 0.38
31 COOPER,Lawrence.......... m 2349 4½ 7 3 2226 4.69 -1.69
32 GORDON,Stephen J......... 2159 4½ 8 3½ 2321 2.32 1.18
33 GRANT,Alan............... 2195 4½ 7 2½ 2392 1.75 0.75
34 HANLEY,Craig............. 2331 4½ 8 3½ 2336 3.92 -0.42
35 HINKS-EDWARDS,Thomas..... f 2363 4½ 7 2½ 2326 3.85 -1.35
36 MIEZIS,Normunds.......... g 2510 4½ 9 4½ 2430 5.49 -0.99
37 PALLISER,Richard......... m 2441 4½ 9 4½ 2324 5.94 -1.44
38 RAYNER,Francis........... 2219 4½ 9 4½ 2395 2.43 2.07
39 BENNION,David A.......... 2060 4 8 3 2235 2.16 0.84
40 HUTCHINSON,Norman A...... 4 8 3 2234 2147
41 KEMENADE,Rudy van........ 2141 4 6 1½ 2351 1.38 0.12
42 LUTTON,J Ezra............ 2113 4 9 4 2327 2.07 1.93
43 MARCHAND,Francois........ 2237 4 9 4 2294 3.78 0.22
44 ROTSTEIN,Arkadij......... g 2557 4 9 4 2341 7.02 -3.02
45 BURROWS,Martin........... 2196 3½ 8 3 2423 1.68 1.32
46 CAFOLLA,Peter............ 2109 3½ 7 2½ 2311 1.68 0.82
47 DOUGHERTY,Michael........ f 2320 3½ 8 2½ 2233 4.96 -2.46
48 ELLISON,D George......... 2116 3½ 5 ½ 2328 1.15 -0.65
49 FOX,Anthony.............. 2142 3½ 8 3 2241 2.88 0.12
50 GOODGER,Martyn........... 2133 3½ 8 2½ 2187 3.36 -0.86
51 KELLY,David.............. 3½ 5 1 2300 2060
52 PALUS,Ryszard............ 2232 3½ 8 2½ 2376 2.48 0.02
53 PURTON,Ben............... 2067 3½ 5 1½ 2230 1.40 0.10
54 SPANTON,Tim.............. 2008 3½ 6 2 2171 1.68 0.32
55 VUILLEUMIER,Alexandre.... 2169 3½ 8 2½ 2264 2.96 -0.46
56 HANLEY,James L........... 3 5 1 2258 2018
57 HARBORNE,Matthew......... 3 7 1½ 2278 2048
58 LUTTON,E Josiah.......... 2045 3 7 1 2224 1.89 -0.89
59 SHEPHERD,Michael......... 2071 3 5 ½ 2168 1.85 -1.35
60 WAUGH,Jonathon C......... 3 6 1½ 2125 1932
61 ORMSBY,Alan.............. 2½ 5 ½ 2219 1853
62 WILLIAMS,Simon........... m 2421 2½ 6 2½ 2383 3.30 -0.80
63 CROSS,Glenn.............. 2 4 1½ 2137 2050
64 CHESHIRE,Paul L.......... 1½ 5 0 2079 1402
65 HEAD,Graham.............. ½ 1 0
66 KERMEEN,Robert........... 0 1 0
The 6th Itau Cup took place September 28th - October 5th in the
São Paulo Chess Club. Victor Mikhalevski, Oleg Korneev and Luis Galego
finished on 7.5/9. My thanks to Marius and 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
Final (Round 9) Standings:
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1. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2520 7.5 41.0 53.5 57.0
2. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2583 7.5 39.5 52.0 55.5
3. Galego, Luis g POR 2511 7.5 37.5 47.0 51.5
4. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2611 7.0 37.5 51.5 55.5
5. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2574 7.0 37.0 48.0 52.0
6. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2558 7.0 37.5 50.5 55.0
7. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2541 7.0 37.5 48.5 52.5
8. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2450 7.0 38.0 49.5 54.5
9. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2469 7.0 36.0 46.0 50.5
10. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2467 6.5 36.5 48.5 53.0
11. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2426 6.5 36.0 50.5 54.5
12. De Souza, Mauro m BRA 2350 6.5 34.0 45.5 48.5
13. Dorin, Mauricio m ARG 2389 6.5 33.5 46.0 50.5
14. Rocha, Wellington Carlos BRA 2363 6.5 33.5 45.0 49.0
15. Cubas, Jose Fernando f PAR 2370 6.5 31.5 44.5 48.5
188 players
The 7th European Club Cup for Women took place in Antalya, Turkey 28th
September - 6th October 2002. BAS Belgrade just managed to outscore Ladia Kazan
to take the gold medal.
Full scores and internet coverage:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2002/eccw/women.htm
Leading Final (Round 7) Standings:
1 BAS Belgrade 4 3 0 11 17½ 111½
2 Ladia Kazan 5 1 1 11 17½ 97½
3 Chess Club NTN Tbilisi 4 2 1 10 16 119
4 Momot Regional Donetsk 4 1 2 9 18 69
5 RAD Belgrade 3 2 2 8 16½ 104½
6 AEM Luxten Timisoara 4 0 3 8 16½ 89
7 Internet Podgorica 4 0 3 8 16½ 69
8 SC Baden Oos 3 1 3 7 16½ 88½
9 Istanbul Techn.University 3 0 4 6 10½ 78
10 Antalya Calli SK 1 1 5 3 4½ 82
11 Marmaris Belediyesi 1 1 5 3 4 83½
Najdorf Memorial 2002 takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina from
September 23rd to October 8th. The Final stage of the knockout event on October
7th-8th will see Hugo Spangenberg and Diego play off for 1st-2nd. Bent Larsen
and Facundo Pierrot for 3rd-4th, Ariel Sorin and Sergio Slipak for 5th-6th and
Pablo Zarnicki and Raul Claverie for 7th-8th. There are two standard time rate
games followed by a pair of rapid playoff games and a pair of blitz games if
required.
The official website of the tournament is at:
http://www.miguelnajdorf.com.ar/Najdorf2002/English/
and http://www.miguelnajdorf.com.ar/
there will be live games, pictures and commentaries.
Round 1
GM Ricardi, Pablo 2544 1.5-2.5 Claverie, Raúl 2306
GM Zarnicki, Pablo 2522 1.5-0.5 Moreda, Lucas 2340
GM Sorín, Ariel 2519 2.5-1.5 FM Auciello, Sergio 2346
GM Spangenberg, Hugo 2512 1.5-0.5 FM Dolezal, Cristian 2390
GM Slipak, Sergio 2493 1.5-0.5 FM Juliá, Ernesto 2399
IM Valerga, Diego 2487 1.5-0.5 IM Szmetan, Jorge 2408
GM Larsen, Bent 2486 4.0-2.0 IM Rosito, Jorge 2420
GM Panno, Oscar 2480 1.0-3.0 IM Pierrot, Facundo 2423
Round 2 Quarter Final
IM Pierrot, Facundo 2423 3.0-1.0 Claverie, Raúl 2306
GM Zarnicki, Pablo 2522 1.0-3.0 GM Larsen, Bent 2486
GM Spangenberg, Hugo 2512 3.0-1.0 GM Slipak, Sergio 2493
IM Valerga, Diego 2487 1.5-0.5 GM Sorín, Ariel 2519
Round 3 Semi-Final
1st-4th
IM Pierrot, Facundo 2423 2.5-3.5 GM Spangenberg, Hugo 2512
IM Valerga, Diego 2487 3.0-1.0 GM Larsen, Bent 2486
5th-8th
GM Zarnicki, Pablo 2522 2.5-3.5 GM Sorín, Ariel 2519
Claverie, Raúl 2306 0.5-1.5 GM Slipak, Sergio 2493
The European Rapid & Blitz Championship took place in Crete
organised by the Kydon Sports Club. The tournament consisted of 4 gaming days,
2 for Rapid (30/09 - 01/10) and 2 for Blitz (02/10 - 03/10). Hristos Banikas
and Sergei Movsesian scored 8.5/11 in the rapid. Movsesian also took clear
first in the Blitz.
Live coverage: http://www.venizelia.gr/chess/euro2002/
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Eu Rapid Ch Panormo GRE (GRE), 30-1 ix 2002
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1. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2521 8½ 60.00
2. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2654 8½ 59.50
3. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2602 7½ 59.50
4. Karjakin, Sergey m UKR 2523 7½ 52.50
5. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2647 7 60.00
6. Borovikov, Vladislav g UKR 2570 7 58.50
7. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij m UKR 2525 7 53.50
8. Smirnov, Pavel m RUS 2539 6½ 60.50
9. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2645 6½ 58.50
10. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2579 6½ 55.00
11. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2591 6½ 54.50
12. Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2495 6½ 52.00
13. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2507 6½ 50.50
14. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2571 6½ 49.75
15. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2550 6 57.50
16. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2517 6 54.50
17. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2600 6 52.50
18. Soylu Suat f TUR 2384 6 49.00
19. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2626 6 46.50
41 players
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Eu Blitz Ch Panormo GRE (GRE), 2-3 x 2002
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1. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2651 28.5 464.5 2889
2. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2600 26.0 476.5 2776
3. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2620 24.5 459.5 2689
4. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2647 24.0 480.5 2673
5. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2620 24.0 472.0 2678
6. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2642 23.0 473.5 2629
7. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2595 23.0 466.5 2646
8. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2525 23.0 456.0 2623
9. Karjakin, Sergey m UKR 2527 22.5 476.0 2645
10. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2520 22.5 475.0 2643
11. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2681 22.5 456.5 2587
12. Roiz, Michael m ISR 2512 22.5 451.0 2597
13. Smirnov, Pavel m RUS 2562 22.5 440.0 2563
14. Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2528 22.5 401.0 3163
15. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2568 22.0 479.5 2617
16. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2572 22.0 477.5 2610
17. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2523 22.0 437.5 2540
18. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2495 22.0 432.5 2526
19. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2545 22.0 432.0 2531
20. Tzermiadianos, Andreas m GRE 2440 22.0 411.0 2953
21. Managadze, Nikoloz m GEO 2442 22.0 379.5 2880
22. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2548 21.5 446.0 2556
23. Jenni, Florian m SUI 2483 21.5 409.5 3049
24. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2556 21.5 381.0 2821
25. Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2494 21.0 443.5 3212
26. Arduman, Can m TUR 2369 20.5 440.0 3054
27. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2587 20.5 416.0 3019
28. Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2490 19.5 387.5 2730
29. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2517 19.5 375.0 2726
40 players
The European Seniors and various Mitropa Cups took place in
Saint-Vincent 28th September - 6th October 2002. Vladimir Bukal won the Seniors
event and Andras Flumbort the Category IV Juniors.
Internet coverage: http://www.scacchivda.com/
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European Seniors Saint Vincent ITA (ITA), 28 ix-6 x 2002
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1. Bukal, Vladimir m CRO 2425 7.5 52.5 2536
2. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2425 7.0 56.5 2523
3. Murey, Jacob g ISR 2496 7.0 51.0 2489
4. Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2425 7.0 49.5 2426
5. Khanukov, Boris GER 2354 7.0 43.0 2894
6. Chernikov, Oleg L g RUS 2464 6.5 54.5 2480
7. Lapienis, Donatas f LTU 2287 6.5 52.0 2436
8. Csom, Istvan g HUN 2448 6.5 49.5 2396
9. Ljubarskij, Jurij GER 2329 6.5 48.0 2376
10. Klundt, Klaus m GER 2385 6.5 47.5 2359
11. Villing, Dieter GER 2159 6.5 44.5 2447
12. Jubani, Cesk ---- 6.5 44.0 2344
13. Cibulka, Vladimir f SVK 2324 6.5 42.5 2445
14. Rotshtein, Efim GER 2376 6.0 54.5 2449
15. Gruzmann, Boris f RUS 2263 6.0 51.0 2461
16. Kraidman, Yair g ISR 2324 6.0 50.0 2359
17. Boey, Josef m BEL 2268 6.0 49.0 2355
18. Zichichi, Alvise m ITA 2312 6.0 48.5 2240
19. Planas Ferret, Rossen ESP 2208 6.0 47.5 2258
20. Asmundsson, Ingvar f ISL 2338 6.0 46.5 2261
21. Mikeli,Leonard ---- 6.0 45.5 2220
22. Krueger, Erich GER 2223 6.0 44.5 2204
133 players
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3rd Mitropa Cup Junior Saint Vincent ITA (ITA), 28 ix-6 x 2002cat. IV (2341)
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1. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2437 * = = 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2480
2. Ortega, Lexy g ITA 2467 = * = = = 1 1 1 0 = 1 6.5 2438
3. Paehtz, Thomas g GER 2455 = = * = 0 = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2401
4. Langheinrich, Ferenc GER 2360 0 = = * = 1 0 1 = 1 1 6.0 2410
5. Lain, Luigi ITA 2160 1 = 1 = * 0 0 0 1 = 1 5.5 2394
6. Bellaiche, Antony FRA 2369 = 0 = 0 1 * 1 0 1 = = 5.0 2337
7. Piscopo, Pierluiei ITA 2289 0 0 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2345
8. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2294 0 0 = 0 1 1 1 * = = 0 4.5 2309
9. Isonzo, Davide f ITA 2337 = 1 = = 0 0 0 = * = = 4.0 2269
10. Kuljasevic, Davorin f CRO 2365 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = = * 1 3.5 2228
11. Kurmann, Oliver SUI 2214 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 * 2.0 2113
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1st Mitropa Cup Women Saint Vincent ITA (ITA), 28 ix-6 x 2002
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1. Kaps, Darja wm SLO 2229 =17 +16 . +15 + 2 +18 . + 9 + 8 6.5 2548
2. Verot, Melanie FRA 2077 + 3 +15 . =18 - 1 + 9 + 8 +17 +20 6.5 2402
3. Milliet, Sophie FRA 2173 - 2 +18 +19 + 9 = 8 +17 +20 . +15 6.5 2375
4. Helm, Leonie GER 2242 =10 +12 +16 - 7 = 5 =14 +11 + 6 . 5.5 2323
5. Hund, Barbara wg SUI 2285 . +14 +11 = 6 = 4 =10 =13 =16 = 7 5.0 2276
6. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2253 =13 . + 7 = 5 +14 +11 . - 4 =10 4.5 2314
7. Te-Llalemand, Rosa wg FRA 2301 -14 =11 - 6 + 4 +10 +13 =16 . = 5 4.5 2222
8. Macek, Vlasta wm CRO 2222 - 9 . +12 +20 = 3 +15 - 2 +18 - 1 4.5 2175
9. Umpfenbach, Caroline GER 2072 + 8 +17 +20 - 3 =15 - 2 +18 - 1 . 4.5 2194
10. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2279 = 4 . -13 +16 - 7 = 5 +14 =11 = 6 4.0 2182
11. Ambrosi, Eleonora ITA 2067 +16 = 7 - 5 +14 . - 6 - 4 =10 =13 3.5 2165
12. Pallova, Martina CZE 2193 . - 4 - 8 . +16 . =15 . +18 2.5 2156
13. Hitzgerova, Gabriela wm CZE 2230 = 6 . +10 . . - 7 = 5 -14 =11 2.5 2154
14. Marchadour, Claire FRA 2081 + 7 - 5 . -11 - 6 = 4 -10 +13 -16 2.5 2066
15. Mueller, Sebastian GER 2305 . - 2 +18 - 1 = 9 - 8 =12 =20 - 3 2.5 1981
16. Sautto, Alessandra ITA ---- -11 - 1 - 4 -10 -12 . = 7 = 5 +14 2.0 2016
17. Cedikova, Katerina CZE 2198 = 1 - 9 . . +20 - 3 . - 2 . 1.5 1961
18. Fittante, Giuliana f ITA 2011 +20 - 3 -15 = 2 . - 1 - 9 - 8 -12 1.5 1907
19. Mihevc, Narcisa wf SLO 2110 . +20 - 3 . . . . . . 1.0 2086
20. Chiapponi,Paola ---- -18 -19 - 9 - 8 -17 . - 3 =15 - 2 0.5 1702
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XXVI Camp Valdostano op Saint Vincent ITA (ITA), 28 ix-6 x 2002
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1. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2370 7.0 44.0
2. Folk, Petr CZE 2279 6.5 44.0
3. Lacrosse, Marc f BEL 2244 6.5 44.0
4. Barlocco, Carlo ITA 2136 5.5 44.5
5. Van Hoolandt, Patrick MNC 2163 5.5 44.0
6. Yeuillaz, Corrado ITA 2231 5.5 44.0
7. Pesco, Giuseppe ITA ---- 5.0 42.0
8. Frank, Alita RSA 2050 5.0 38.0
There are five tournament in October in Budaptest: 1 GM, 2 IM and 2GM
tournament which take place 5th-17th October 2002. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and
Andras Bacsi for the news.
Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0210/index.htm
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FSGM Oct Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 x 2002 cat. VII (2416)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Suarez, Damian ARG 2240 * . . . = . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2569
2. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2506 . * . . = . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2545
3. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2465 . . * . . . = . . . . 1 1.5 2556
4. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2471 . . . * . = . . . . . 1 1.5 2619
5. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2288 = = . . * . . . . . . . 1.0 2373
6. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2482 . . . = . * . . . . = . 1.0 2443
7. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2355 . . = . . . * . . = . . 1.0 2465
8. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2465 0 . . . . . . * 1 . . . 1.0 2353
9. Todorovic, Goran M g YUG 2467 . . . . . . . 0 * 1 . . 1.0 2465
10. Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2466 . . . . . . = . 0 * . . 0.5 2218
11. Erdos, Viktor HUN 2416 . 0 . . . = . . . . * . 0.5 2301
12. Szieberth, Adam m HUN 2371 . . 0 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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FSIMA Oct Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 x 2002 cat. II (2281)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Papp, Gellert HUN 2275 * . . . 1 . 1 . . . 2.0
2. Orso, Miklos m HUN 2352 . * . . . 1 . . . 1 2.0
3. Dudas, Janos m HUN 2362 . . * . . = . . 1 . 1.5 2410
4. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2338 . . . * . . = 1 . . 1.5 2451
5. Werner, Dimo m GER 2384 0 . . . * . . . . 1 1.0 2209
6. Babos, Csaba ROM 2207 . 0 = . . * . . . . 0.5 2164
7. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2304 0 . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2113
8. Compagnie, Luc Gerrit NED 2212 . . . 0 . . . * = . 0.5 2090
9. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2228 . . 0 . . . . = * . 0.5 2094
10. Bognar, Csaba f HUN 2143 . 0 . . 0 . . . . * 0.0
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FSIMB Oct Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 x 2002 cat. I (2261)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Dub, Zeev f ISR 2270 * . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . 2.0
2. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2406 . * . . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0
3. Banusz, Tamas HUN 2274 . . * = . 1 . . . . . . 1.5 2344
4. Abella Vazquez, Cesar ESP 2117 . . = * . . . . . = . . 1.0 2292
5. Alfred, Nathan ENG 2251 0 . . . * . . 1 . . . . 1.0 2264
6. Cooke, Eric USA 2185 . . 0 . . * 1 . . . . . 1.0 2305
7. Schneider, Attila m HUN 2337 . . . . . 0 * . 1 . . . 1.0 2208
8. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2258 . . . . 0 . . * . 1 . . 1.0 2281
9. Berczes, David HUN 2232 . . . . . . 0 . * . . 1 1.0 2265
10. Berczes, Csaba f HUN 2311 . . . = . . . 0 . * . . 0.5 1994
11. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2299 0 0 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Sallai, Kalman HUN 2194 . 0 . . . . . . 0 . . * 0.0
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The 4th IM Closed "ZNG 111" tournament takes place in the Hotel Opatija
in Opatija, Croatia 4th-13th October 2002.
Internet coverage:http://www.zng111.tk/
Round 4 Standings:
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4th ZNG111 IM Opatija CRO HUN (CRO), 4-13 x 2002 cat. IV (2337)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Bistric, Faruk m BIH 2484 * . . = = . . . . 1 . 1 3.0 2477
2. Zufic, Miroslav f CRO 2321 . * 0 . 1 . . . . 1 . 1 3.0 2496
3. Rukavina, Josip m CRO 2393 . 1 * . . = = . . . = . 2.5 2412
4. Armanda, Ivica CRO 2316 = . . * . . . 1 . 0 . 1 2.5 2416
5. Topalovic, Zlatko CRO 2272 = 0 . . * . 1 . . . 1 . 2.5 2430
6. Rezan, Sasa f CRO 2414 . . = . . * . = = . 1 . 2.5 2456
7. Sitnik, Igor SLO 2238 . . = . 0 . * . 1 . . = 2.0 2358
8. Glavas, Dragan f BIH 2252 . . . 0 . = . * = 1 . . 2.0 2380
9. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2504 . . . . . = 0 = * . 1 . 2.0 2300
10. Gombac, Jan SLO 2286 0 0 . 1 . . . 0 . * . . 1.0 2150
11. Orak, Ljubomir CRO 2298 . . = . 0 0 . . 0 . * . 0.5 2073
12. Kljako, Damir f CRO 2263 0 0 . 0 . . = . . . . * 0.5 2017
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The Autumn Cup took place in Bucharest, Romania, September 25th -
October 5th 2002. The Category II event was won by Valentin Raceanu with
8.5/11. My thanks to Radu-Catalin Chirila.
Internet site: http://www.geocities.com/rchirila2002
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1. Raceanu, Valentin ROM 2339 * 1 = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 = 8.0 2456
2. Mateuta, Gabriel m ROM 2408 0 * = = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2377
3. Musat, Adrian f ROM 2414 = = * 1 1 1 = = = = 0 = 6.5 2339
4. Grigore, Nicolae Petre m ROM 2380 0 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 = = 1 = 6.5 2342
5. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2270 = = 0 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2352
6. Nita, Lucian ROM 2265 = 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 0 1 1 = 5.5 2288
7. Voicu, Carmen wf ROM 2205 = 0 = = 0 0 * = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2293
8. Glodeanu, Ion m ROM 2266 = = = 0 = = = * = = = = 5.0 2251
9. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2254 0 = = = 0 1 0 = * = = 1 5.0 2253
10. Bernard, Jacques FRA 2231 0 = = = 0 0 0 = = * 1 = 4.0 2189
11. Osman, Mihai FRA 2083 0 0 1 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 3.5 2171
12. Vezdeutsan, Viorel f MDA 2318 = 0 = = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 3.0 2108
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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/
The Category XII Milk Tournament takes place in the Hotel Selfoss,
Iceland October 8th-16th 2002. Players: Ivan Sokolov NED, GM 2684 Predrag
Nikolic BIH, GM 2661 Zbynek Hracek CZE, GM 2607 Pavel Tregubov RUS, GM 2594
Hannes Stefánsson ISL, GM 2566 Tomas Oral CZE, GM 2546 Luke McShane ENG,
GM 2546 Helgi Ólafsson ISL, GM 2476 Stefán Kristjánsson
ISL, IM 2431 Bragi Þorfinnsson ISL, FM 2357.
Internet Coverage: http://www.chess.is/milk2002/
Gagik Khanamiryan sends news of the LXII Armenian Chess Championships
which took place 5th-15th October 2002. Levon Aronyan won the event with a
superior SB score on 6/9. Sadly no games available and it seems its been a
couple of years since the Armenian Chess Federation updated their site at:
http://www.armchess.am/
LXII Armenian Chess Championship,
Yerevan (ARM), 5-15.ix.2002
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1. Aronyan, Levon g 2585 x = 1 = 1 = = = = 1 6.0
2. Sakisyan, Gabriel g 2538 = x 1 = 1 1 0 0 1 1 6.0
3. Minasyan, Artashes g 2564 0 0 x 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0
4. Anastasyan, Ashot g 2567 = = 0 x = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0
5. Asryan, Karen g 2591 0 0 = = x 1 = 1 = 1 5.0
6. Petrosyan, Tigran L. 2298 = 0 0 0 0 x 1 1 1 1 4.5
7. Yegiazaryan, Arsen g 2565 = 1 = 0 = 0 x = 1 = 4.5
8. Nalbandyan, Tigran m 2450 = 1 0 = 0 0 = x = 1 4.0
9. Petrosyan, Davit 2329 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = x = 2.0
10. Pashikyan, Arman 2305 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = x 1.0
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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 Youth Championships
The European Youth Championships will take place in Peñiscola
(Castellón, 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.
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.