THE WEEK IN CHESS 417 4th November 2002 by Mark Crowther

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Contact The Week in Chess Mark Crowther E-Mail mdcrowth@netcomuk.co.uk Tel or fax 01274 882143 [Bradford England] Mobile 07866 484824 http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html Contents 1) Introduction 2) 35th Chess Olympiad Bled 3) Cap d'Agde 5th Chess Festival 4) 6th Corsica Open 5) 10th Chigorin Memorial 6) Before the Thunder Storm 7) 12th World Seniors 8) Blue Autumn 9) Guernsey Open 10) First Saturday November 11) Le Touquet Open 12) 6th Open International Bavarian Masters 13) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games section

35th Chess Olympiad Bled          3028 games
Cap d'Agde 5th Chess Festival        8 games
6th Corsica Open                    34 games
10th Chigorin Memorial             365 games
Before the Thunder Storm            32 games
Last Autumn                          5 games
12th World Seniors                  17 games
Blue Autumn                         76 games
CUPA TC IND                        107 games
Guernsey Open                      242 games
First Saturday November             23 games
Le Touquet Open                    162 games
6th Open Bavarian Masters           98 games
4197 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Gérard Demuydt, Laszlo Nagy, Dagobert Kohlmeyer, Andras Bacsi, Radu Chirila, Leonid Gofshtein, Emmanuel Variniac, Thomas Leckner, Arthur Brameld, Davor Golek and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Much better news this week as the Olympiad is well underway and the games are coming through. Russia with its heavyweight team of Kasparov, Khalifman, Grischuk, Svidler, Morozevich and Rublevsky looks certain to take the Gold and number 2 seeds Hungary are living up to their seeding so far (in fact as I write they have just beaten Russia 2.5-1.5 in round 9, it still doesn't alter my view as to where the gold is going). Alongside the Olympiad will is the FIDE Congress. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is unopposed as President but there will be a number of elections for other posts. The drug testing issue is set to come to a head when testing starts this week although I believe FIDE have said there will be no sanctions for positive tests. It will be interesting to see how that pans out.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 35th Chess Olympiad Bled

The 35th Chess Olympiad Bled takes place 25th October - 11th November 2002 and the 73rd FIDE Congress, 1st-11th November 2002. There was a huge improvement in the coverage of the Olympiad from Bled from the 3rd round onwards with the games coming through mostly without problems. It does seem to me however that the next Olympiad should make provision for people to type the games in from the first round in the case of problems next time and that there should be extra staff throughout the Olympiad who can check the games for errors introduced by electronic boards. Russia led by Garry Kasparov (4.5/5 and a huge 3000+ ELO rated performance) look almost certain to retain their title. After 8 rounds they are a point and a half clear of Hungary and look to have few weak points in their team. Nomatter what the result of the Russia - Hungary clash the Hungarian team looks balanced enough to be favourites for the silver medal having very much lived up to their number 2 seeding. Things haven't been so smooth for the Ukraine (number 3 seeds), Israel (4), Netherlands (5) and England (6). In clear 3rd place is China (7th seeds) who are starting to live up to the investment in time and energy that has taken place in recent years to the development of their players.

Official Sitehttp://www.35ChessOlympiad.com

Round 8 Standings

Round 8 Women's Standings

3) Cap d'Agde 5th Chess Festival

The Cap d'Agde 5th Chess Festival takes place 23rd-30th of October 2002. The CCAS Trophy has players from the five continents (Africa, Asia, America, Oceania and Europe).

Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com and http://www.asmeg.org

The Rapid event had a prelimanary group stage with two groups. Top 4 from each group go through to the next round.

Finals 30th October 2002

Karpov, Anatoly - Gelfand, Boris 0-2

Semi Finals 29th October 2002

Karpov, Anatoly - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 1-0
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 1/2

Quarter Finals Day 2 28th October 2002

Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g 2549 - Gelfand, Boris g 2704 0.5-1.5

4) 6th Corsica Open

The 6th Corsica Open takes place 31st October - 4th November 2002. Anand comes back from losing the first game to beat Karpov in the blitz playoff. The timerate was 20 minutes + 5 seconds a move for the first two games, 10mins + 5secs for the next pair and then 5mins+5secs. My thanks to Gérard Demuydt.

Final 4th October 2002

Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 0-1 1-3 after a playoff.

Semi-Finals 3rd October 2002

Karpov, Anatoly - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 1-0
Anand, Viswanathan - Gurevich, Mikhail 1-0 1/2

1/4 Finals

Karpov, Anatoly - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0 1-0
Shirov, Alexei - Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1.5-0.5
Anand, Viswanathan - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 1-0
Dreev, Alexey - Gurevich, Mikhail 1-0 1/2 Playoff 0-2

1/8th Finals

Anand Vishy - Moreno Carnero Javier 1/2 1-0
Milov Vadim - Jussupov Arthur 0-1 0-1
Karpov Anatoly - Zezulkin Jurij 1-0 1/2
Shirov Alexei - Mikhalevski Victor 1-0 1-0
Pavlovic, Milos - Gurevitch Mikhail 0-1 0-1
Brodsky Michail - Dreev Alexey 0-1 0-1
Glek Igor - Tkachiev Vladislav 1-0 0-1 Playoff 1.5-2.5
Epishin Vladimir - Kazhgaleyev Murtas 0-1 0-1

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

5) 10th Chigorin Memorial

The 10th Chigorin Memorial took place in St. Petersburg October 25th - November 2nd 2002. Alexander Fominyh took clear first in the event with 7/9. Games from the 9th round are not available at the moment.

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

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10th Chigorin Memorial St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 25 x-3 xi 2002
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 1. Fominyh, Alexander         g  RUS 2529   7.0  47.0  2725
 2. Areshchenko, Alexander     g  UKR 2567   6.5  45.0  2659
 3. Timofeev, Artyom           m  RUS 2558   6.5  49.5  2673
 4. Yevseev, Denis             m  RUS 2553   6.5  47.0  2666
 5. Kovchan, Alexander         g  UKR 2546   6.5  49.5  2674
 6. Lastin, Alexander          g  RUS 2625   6.0  46.0  2639
 7. Najer, Evgeniy             g  RUS 2579   6.0  47.5  2635
 8. Sorokin, Maxim             g  ARG 2531   6.0  41.0  2576
 9. Vorobiov, Evgeny E         g  RUS 2549   6.0  40.0  2583
10. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav   g  RUS 2513   6.0  42.0  2594
11. Ovetchkin, Roman           m  RUS 2573   5.5  41.0  2549
12. Eljanov, Pavel             g  UKR 2568   5.5  48.0  2571
13. Vaulin, Alexander          g  RUS 2549   5.5  46.0  2526
14. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij    g  UKR 2548   5.5  44.0  2563
15. Ionov, Sergey              g  RUS 2538   5.5  45.0  2566
16. Loginov, Valery A          g  RUS 2532   5.5  45.0  2586
17. Hasangatin, Ramil          m  RUS 2524   5.5  44.0  2562
18. Lugovoi, Aleksei           g  RUS 2523   5.5  51.0  2622
19. Kruppa, Yuri               g  UKR 2522   5.5  38.0  2540
20. Makarov, Marat             g  RUS 2513   5.5  38.0  2525
21. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei       g  UKR 2508   5.5  43.0  2582
22. Zontakh, Andrey            g  UKR 2503   5.5  42.5  2543
23. Bocharov, Dmitry           m  RUS 2502   5.5  41.5  2560
24. Grigoriants, Sergey        m  RUS 2479   5.5  49.0  2618
25. Zakharevich, Igor          g  RUS 2477   5.5  46.5  2600
26. Klimov, Sergey             m  RUS 2458   5.5  40.0  2529
27. Frolyanov, Dmitry             RUS 2433   5.5  41.5  2574
92 players

6) Before the Thunder Storm

The "Before the Thunder Storm" tournament took place 20th-30th October 2002 in Tel Aviv Israel. Mark Tseitlin, Avigdor Bykhovsky and David Kudischewitsch all finished on 8.5/11. The Last Autumn GM tournament started on 1st November and will run to the 12th. My thanks to Leonid Gofshtein.

Internet coverage at: http://www.tyomkinchess.com

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Before Thunder Storm Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), 20-30 x 2002       cat. II (2279)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Tseitlin, Mark D        g ISR 2472  * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1  8.5  2472 
 2. Bykhovsky, Avigdor      g RUS 2481  = * = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1  8.5  2471 
 3. Kudischewitsch, David     RUS 2384  = = * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1  8.5  2480 
 4. Kantarji, Pinchas         ISR 2304  0 = = * = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1  8.0  2451 
 5. Shutzman, Joseph          USA 2187  = 0 0 = * = = = 1 = = 1  5.5  2287 
 6. Drozdov, Alexandre      f RUS 2314  0 = = 0 = * = 1 0 = 1 1  5.5  2275 
 7. Chernomordik, Pavel       ISR 2305  = 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 = = 1  5.5  2276 
 8. Kaplan, Sasha             ISR 2152  0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 =  4.0  2188 
 9. Gutzeit, Avraham          ISR 2152  0 = = 0 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 =  3.5  2157 
10. Kharnak, Dmitri           ISR 2243  = 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 * 0 =  3.5  2149 
11. Caspi, Israel             ISR 2135  0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 1 * 0  2.5  2080 
12. Gershkowich, David        ISR 2216  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 *  2.5  2073 
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Last Autumn GM Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), 1-12 xi 2002       cat. VIII (2429)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Gerzhoy, Leonid           ISR 2389  * . . . . . . . . 1  1.0       
 2. Kundin, Alexander       f ISR 2429  . * . . . . . . 1 .  1.0       
 3. Bykhovsky, Avigdor      g RUS 2481  . . * = . . . . . .  0.5  2519 
 4. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon    g ISR 2519  . . = * . . . . . .  0.5  2481 
 5. Kudischewitsch, David     RUS 2384  . . . . * . . = . .  0.5  2494 
 6. Roiz, Michael           m ISR 2512  . . . . . * = . . .  0.5  2492 
 7. Tyomkin, Dimitri        g ISR 2492  . . . . . = * . . .  0.5  2512 
 8. Erenburg, Sergey        m ISR 2494  . . . . = . . * . .  0.5  2384 
 9. Deutsch, Eyal             ISR 2272  . 0 . . . . . . * .  0.0       
10. Kaganskiy, Gleb           RUS 2315  0 . . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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7) 12th World Seniors

The 12th World Open Senior Championships took place in Naumburg, Germany 21st October - 2nd November 2002. Jusefs Petkevich won the title with superior sum of scores tie-break from Stanko Kosanski in 2nd and Janis Klovans in 3rd, they along with Boris Katalymov all scored 8.5/11. Some games up to round 8 are now available. My thanks to Dagobert Kohlmeyer for the information.

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

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Senior WM Naumburg GER (GER), 21 x-2 xi 2002
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 1. Petkevich, Jusefs        m  LAT 2439  8.5 56.5 
 2. Kosanski, Stanko         m  CRO 2386  8.5 54.5 
 3. Klovans, Janis           g  LAT 2417  8.5 53.0 
 4. Katalymov, Boris N       m  KAZ 2378  8.5 52.0 
 5. Donchenko, Anatoly G     m  GER 2448  8.0 52.5 
 6. Uhlmann, Wolfgang        g  GER 2440  8.0 52.0 
 7. Asmundsson, Ingvar       f  ISL 2338  8.0 51.5 
 8. Shestoperov, Aleksej        RUS 2464  8.0 51.0 
 9. Boehnisch, Manfred       f  GER 2365  8.0 51.0 
10. Piankov, Evgenij         m  UKR 2353  8.0 50.5
11. Lieb, Harald             f  GER 2314  8.0 49.0 
12. Zoltek, Tadeusz          f  POL 2291  8.0 49.0 
13. Kraidman, Yair           g  ISR 2314  8.0 49.0 
14. Chernikov, Oleg L        g  RUS 2464  8.0 48.5 
15. Gurgenidze, Bukhut       g  GEO 2198  8.0 47.0
16. Taimanov, Mark E         g  RUS 2406  7.5 52.0 
17. Unzicker, Wolfgang       g  GER 2432  7.5 51.0 
18. Krieger,Hermann             GER 2237  7.5 47.5
19. Semasev, Kim             f  LAT 2274  7.5 47.0 
20. Klundt,Klaus             m  GER 2385  7.5 46.0
255 players

8) Blue Autumn

The Blue Autumn tournament takes place in Bucharest 23rd October - 6th November 2002. Anghel Valentin withdrew after 7 rounds.

Also the TC Ind Cup (City: Ploiesti-Romania, 9 rounds robin round + 2 rounds swiss) took place 14th September - 3rd October 2002. My thanks to Radu-Catalin Chirila.

Internet site: http://www.geocities.com/rchirila2002/

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Blue Autumn Bucharest ROM (ROM), 23 x-6 xi 2002                   cat. VIII (2429)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 
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 1. Lupulescu, Constantin       ROM 2480  * . 1 = . = = 1 = . 1 = . = 1  7.0  2573 
 2. Golubev, Mihail           g UKR 2528  . * = . 1 = = = . = 1 1 = . 1  7.0  2573 
 3. Kalezic, Blazo            m YUG 2430  0 = * = 1 = 1 0 1 . . . . = 1  6.0  2512 
 4. Moldovan, Daniel          m ROM 2460  = . = * . . 0 = = . 0 1 1 1 1  6.0  2494 
 5. Djukic, Nikola              YUG 2413  . 0 0 . * = . = 1 1 0 1 1 . 1  6.0  2498 
 6. Badea, Bela               g ROM 2474  = = = . = * . = = = = = = . 1  6.0  2461 
 7. Ionescu, Constantin       g ROM 2489  = = 0 1 . . * = = = = = = . 1  6.0  2466 
 8. Vasiesiu, Dan             m ROM 2435  0 = 1 = = = = * = = . . = = .  5.5  2432 
 9. Mateuta, Gabriel          m ROM 2390  = . 0 = 0 = = = * . . 1 . = 1  5.0  2431 
10. Radovanovic, Dusan          YUG 2334  . = . . 0 = = = . * 1 0 1 = .  4.5  2436 
11. Manolache, Marius         m ROM 2437  0 0 . 1 1 = = . . 0 * = 0 1 .  4.5  2397 
12. Murariu, Andrei           m ROM 2395  = 0 . 0 0 = = . 0 1 = * 1 = .  4.5  2367 
13. Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel     ROM 2431  . = . 0 0 = = = . 0 1 0 * 1 .  4.0  2357 
14. Diulger, Alexey           m MDA 2326  = . = 0 . . . = = = 0 = 0 * 1  4.0  2348 
15. Anghel, Valentin          f ROM 2410  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 . . . . 0 *  0.0       
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CUPA TC IND Ploiesti ROM (ROM), 14 ix-3 x 2002
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0  Pts  Coef
  1  Sârbu, Octavian      II     1600 # 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½                 1  3,0
  2  Lazar, Iosif M              2119 1 # - ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1     1       0        6,5
  3  Pogorevici, Leonid   CM     2144 ½ + # 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½   ½       ½          4,5  23,75
  4  Popa, Marian I              1800 1 ½ 1 # 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½     ½   ½            5,5       
  5  Mosnegutu, Klaus      M     2187 1 0 0 1 # 1 1 0 1 1               0 0    6,0  30,00
  6  Miron, Lucian        CM     2082 1 ½ 1 1 0 # 1 1 1 ½       ½         1    8,5    
  7  Dobrin, Catalin      CM     2069 0 0 1 0 0 0 # ½ 0 0 1                 +  3,5  
  8  Dobre, Claudiu       CM     2002 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ # 1 ½       0     ½        7,0  35,75
  9  Anuta, Laurentiu     CM     2102 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 # 1         0     0      5,0  22
 10 Bohâltea, Florin      CM     2214 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ # 0   ½       0          4,5  20,75
 11 Bunda, Catalin         I     1625 ½           0       # ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1  3,5
 12 Adoamnei, Roxana       M     2071     ½             ½ ½ # 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1  5,0  20,75
 13 Stanculescu, Claudiu  CM     2084   0   ½             ½ 0 # 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1  6,0  33,00
 14 Mosnegutu, Mariana    MF     2238            ½  1     ½ 1 0 # 1 1 0 1 1 1  8,0
 15 Dumitru, Victor       CM     2071      ½        1     1 1 ½ 0 # 1 0 0 0 1  6,0  24,25
 16 Sandulescu, Gheorghe   I     2043     ½             1 1 0 ½ 0 0 # ½ 0 ½ 1  5,0  21,5 
 17 Barbu, Nicolae        MF     2202   1         ½       1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ # ½ 0 1  8,0  
 18 Pepene, Gheorghe      CM     2113        1      1     ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ # 0 1  7,0  33,25
 19 Oncel, Ilie           CM     2173        1 0          1 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 # 1  7,5       
 20 Beciu, Ion             I     1600 0          -        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #  0
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9) Guernsey Open

The Guernsey Open took place in Les Dicqs 20th-26th October 2002. Tamaz Gelashvili won the event with 6/7. My thanks to Arthur Brameld for the games and results.

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Guernsey Open Les Dicqs GCI (GCI), 20-26 x 2002
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 1. Gelashvili, Tamaz         g  GEO 2516  6.0  2486 
 2. Bellin, Robert            m  ENG 2360  5.5  2413 
 3. Webster, Andrew           m  ENG 2415  5.5  2450 
 4. Woodward, Timothy DM         ENG 2185  5.5  2380 
 5. Van Voorthuijsen, Peewee  f  NED 2304  5.0  2324 
 6. Reijneveld,Ad                    ----  5.0  2322 
 7. Corkett, Anthony          f  ENG 2313  5.0  2271 
 8. Goris, Ton                   NED 2079  5.0  2330 
 9. Almond, Richard              ENG 2127  4.5  2296 
10. Ruston, Mark R               ENG 2065  4.5  2239 
11. Huijzer,J                        ----  4.5  2237 
12. Thurlow, Kevin J             ENG 2203  4.5  2145 
13. Wismayer, Clive R            ENG 2088  4.5  2286 
14. Kuijpers, Peter              NED ----  4.5  2245 
15. Mycroft, Richard             ENG 2068  4.5  2281 
70 players

10) First Saturday November

The First Saturday events in November include GM, IM and FM events. They take place in Budapest 2nd-14th November 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 Nov Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 xi 2002                  cat. VIII (2430)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Chernyshov, Konstantin   g RUS 2549  * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . .  2.0       
 2. Fogarasi, Tibor          m HUN 2466  . * = . . . . . . . 1 .  1.5  2610 
 3. Todorovic, Goran M       g YUG 2467  . = * . . . . . 1 . . .  1.5  2679 
 4. Balogh, Csaba            m HUN 2432  . . . * . . = . . = . .  1.0  2424 
 5. Pilgaard, Kim            m DEN 2432  . . . . * = . . = . . .  1.0  2435 
 6. Slaby, Jerzy               POL 2364  . . . . = * . . . . . =  1.0  2393 
 7. Szeberenyi, Adam         m HUN 2367  . . . = . . * . . . = .  1.0  2399 
 8. Szieberth, Adam          m HUN 2371  0 . . . . . . * . . . 1  1.0  2452 
 9. Horvath, Csaba           g HUN 2506  . . 0 . = . . . * . . .  0.5  2256 
10. Horvath, Peter1          m HUN 2482  0 . . = . . . . . * . .  0.5  2297 
11. Jakab, Attila            m HUN 2367  . 0 . . . . = . . . * .  0.5  2223 
12. Kahn, Evarth             m HUN 2355  . . . . . = . 0 . . . *  0.5  2174 
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FSIM Nov Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 xi 2002                    cat. I (2268)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. Zufic, Miroslav      f CRO 2321  * . . . . . . . . 1 1 . .  2.0       
 2. Ilfeld, Etan           ISR 2176  . * = . . . . . . . . . 1  1.5  2491 
 3. Papp, Gellert          HUN 2275  . = * . . . . . . . . 1 .  1.5  2416 
 4. Farago, Sandor       m HUN 2299  . . . * = . . . . . . . 1  1.5  2458 
 5. Dencsi, Tibor          HUN 2209  . . . = * . . . . = . . .  1.0  2261 
 6. Lengyel, Bela        m HUN 2338  . . . . . * = = . . . . .  1.0  2312 
 7. Schneider, Attila    m HUN 2337  . . . . . = * . = . . . .  1.0  2259 
 8. Brustkern, Juergen   f GER 2288  . . . . . = . * . . . . .  0.5  2338 
 9. Timmermans, Ivo        NED 2180  . . . . . . = . * . . . .  0.5  2337 
10. Harmon, Clark          USA 2223  0 . . . = . . . . * . . .  0.5  2072 
11. Alfred, Nathan         ENG 2251  0 . . . . . . . . . * . .  0.0       
12. Bogza, Adina        wm ROM 2270  . . 0 . . . . . . . . * .  0.0       
13. Fucak, Emilijo       f CRO 2322  . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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11) Le Touquet Open

The Le Touquet Open took place 27th October - 2nd November 2002. Ventzislav Inkiov won the event with 7.5/9. My thanks to Emmanuel Variniac.

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

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Open Le Touquet FRA (FRA), 27 x-2 xi 2002
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  1. Inkiov, Ventzislav         g  BUL 2424   7½ 54.00 2592
  2. Dgebuadze, Alexandre       g  BEL 2537   7  58.00 2532
  3. Kohlweyer, Bernd           m  GER 2450   7  56.00 2497
  4. Michiels, Bart                BEL 2254   7  56.00 2448
  5. Pelle, Guillaume              FRA 2228   7  54.00 2429
  6. Giffard, Nicolas           m  FRA 2303   7  53.50 2439
  7. Roeder, Mathias            m  GER 2476   6½ 56.00 2421
  8. Maes, Wim                  f  BEL 2290   6½ 54.00 2380
  9. Taddei, Benoit             f  FRA 2319   6½ 54.00 2347
 10. Okhotnik, Vladimir         m  UKR 2460   6½ 52.50 2398
 11. Henris, Luc                f  BEL 2325   6½ 52.50 2297
 12. Clery, Nicolas                FRA 2333   6½ 52.00 2403
 13. Hareux, Hubert                FRA 2241   6½ 52.00 2330
 14. Cioara, Andrei Nestor      m  ROM 2399   6½ 51.50 2309
 15. Wuts, Frank                f  NED 2304   6½ 50.50 2332
 16. Marchand, Francois         f  FRA 2282   6½ 50.50 2286
 17. Schabanel, Stephane           FRA 2242   6½ 48.50 2284
 18. Friess, Nicolas               FRA 2046   6½ 48.00 2218
 19. Weber, Tom                    LUX 2136   6½ 43.50 2118
 20. Gurevich, Vladimir         g  UKR 2444   6  54.50 2317
107 players

12) 6th Open International Bavarian Masters

The 6th Open International Bavarian Masters took place in Bad Wiessee, Germany. With 510 participants (an over 90 title-holders), coming from 26 different countries of the world, the event is one of the greatest open chess tournaments in this year. Konstantin Landa, Michael Oratovsky, Vladimir Malakhov, Levon Aronian, Gerald Hertnek, Igor Khenkin and Roland Schmaltz all finished on 7.5/9.

You can find current pairings/results/standings/etc. : http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2002/index_e.htm

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6th OIBM Bad Wiessee GER (GER), 26 x-3 xi 2002
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  1. Landa, Konstantin         g  RUS 2632  7.5 53.0 2447 
  2. Oratovsky, Michael        m  ISR 2567  7.5 53.0 2427 
  3. Malakhov, Vladimir        g  RUS 2670  7.5 52.0 2437 
  4. Aronian, Levon            g  ARM 2581  7.5 51.5 2391 
  5. Hertneck, Gerald          g  GER 2502  7.5 50.5 2386 
  6. Khenkin, Igor             g  GER 2603  7.5 49.5 2357 
  7. Schmaltz, Roland          g  GER 2529  7.5 48.5 2329 
  8. Shabalov, Alexander       g  USA 2621  7.0 53.0 2391 
  9. Womacka, Mathias          m  GER 2484  7.0 50.5 2366 
 10. Golod, Vitali             g  ISR 2523  7.0 50.0 2406 
 11. Lobron, Eric              g  GER 2500  7.0 50.0 2331 
 12. Naumann, Alexander        m  GER 2513  7.0 49.0 2327 
 13. Sandipan, Chanda          m  IND 2510  7.0 48.5 2332 
 14. Lerner, Konstantin Z      g  UKR 2504  7.0 48.5 2326 
 15. Jaracz, Pawel             g  POL 2545  7.0 48.5 2321 
 16. Savchenko, Stanislav      g  UKR 2541  7.0 47.0 2317 
 17. Korobov, Anton            m  UKR 2503  7.0 46.5 2270 
 18. Handke, Florian           m  GER 2504  7.0 45.0 2227
 19. Aseev, Konstantin N       g  RUS 2571  7.0 43.5 2260 
 20. Prusikhin, Mihailo        m  GER 2504  6.5 50.5 2310 
 21. Gershon, Alik             g  ISR 2562  6.5 50.0 2389 
 22. Mainka, Romuald           g  GER 2411  6.5 49.0 2359 
 23. Gutman, Lev               g  GER 2476  6.5 49.0 2358 
 24. Siegel, Georg             m  GER 2443  6.5 49.0 2323 
 25. Efimenko, Zahar           g  UKR 2567  6.5 48.5 2353 
510 players

13) Forthcoming Events and Links

British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2002

British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2002 take place 30th November-1st December 2002 at the Bradford City Football Stadium, Valley Parade Bradford

Further details: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/

Cairnhill Open 2002

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.

Hotel accommodation from 10th to 15th Dec 02 for limited no of GMs and IMs (only one invited player from each country). Registering will be based on a first-come-first-serve-basis.

Further details at http://pc-connect.com.sg/chess/open02/02_Main.htm E-mail: Kenny Chern open_chess@yahoo.com.sg

Novoshakhtinsk Open

The Novoshakhtinsk Open takes place 6th-11th January 2003 in the city of Novoshakhtinsk (Rostov region - Russia). 1st stage of the "Cup of Don - 2003.

Official site: http://www.fanchess.ru and specifically http://www.fanchess.ru/kuda/2003/01/1kubok.htm

Coulsdon Chess Fellowship

Coulsdon Chess Fellowship (CCF) is intending to host a 9 round IM norm closed tournament between Saturday 15th February and Sunday 23rd February with 1 round to be held each afternoon. Any players (title or non-title) who may wish to be considered for inclusion should email Scott Freeman at chess@ccfs.freeserve.co.uk

X "ANIBAL" INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN

The X Anibal Chess Open takes place in Linares, 28th February - 10th March, 2003 Dates are parallel to the XX "Ciudad de Linares" International Chess Tournament. Swiss system. 10 Rounds. New FIDE time control. Hotel Aníbal - Linares.

Further details from: e-mail: linareschess@teleline.es linareschess@wanadoo.es fax: 34 953652204

DEADLINE: Monday, 17th Feb 2003.

Novi Sad GM and IM

There is a tournament in Novi Sad Yugoslavia January 18th-26th 2003. Novi Sad is 76 km from Belgrade or 100 km from the Hungarian border conection by train from Wien 8 hours , from Budapest 5 hours, Belgrade airport, 70 km from Ns, bus connection from all of Europe . Venue: Hotel Park 20 euro double room full board, 25 euro in single. GM tourn. 12 players - FIDE timerate, cat. 9 (4 places at the moment ) IM tourn. cat. 3 or 4 - FIDE timerate, 12 players (5 places at the moment) elo t. , 12 players - 90 min . each. 2 blitz to. during the tournament. inscription fee according organiser , depending on elo, title and which tournament. Organiser GM Drazic Sinisa mail sdrazic@eunet.yu or thirdsaturday2002@yahoo.com tel .++381\ 21 \ 450-714 or 58-922 mobil | 64 | 124-9741

Swiss Chess Tour 2002

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" will finish in Interlaken, one of the most attractive tourist towns in Switzerland.

The 2nd “Casino Open” December 26th-30th 2002. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. The first time, natural prizes for all participants. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1942), junior (1982-85), schoolboy (1986) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. 2nd "Chalet Oberland" Open. Players under 2000. Swiss system, 5 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours. Prizes: natural, for all participants. Entry fee: 100 SF (juniors 50 SF). At the doors +10 SF. Venue: "Casino" New event - Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double rounds.

Time table for "Casino Open": December 26.: The last registration 11.00-12.15. Open ceremony and apero reception from 12.15-12.30. Round 1st 12.30-17.30. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December 28.: Round 4th 12.30-17.30. December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th 15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 9.30-14.30 Closing ceremonies 16.00.

Time table for “Chalet Oberland Open”: December 26 Round 1st 12.30-17.30; December 27 Round 2nd 9.30-14.30; December 28 Round 3rd 12.30-17.30; December 29 Round 4th 9.30-14.30; December 30 Round 5thh 9.30-14.30. Special chess rates in Hotel “Charlet Oberland”. Main sponsor “RAPP” company.

More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch or Ervin Tellenbach tel. +41+79+311-23-53 or Hotel “Charlet Oberland” tel. +41+33+827-87-87. Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/

Chess Today

Chess Today is turning 2 years old in Bled! It is the first daily Internet paper on chess, which started 2 years ago during the Istambul Chess Olympiad. Chess Today (http://www.chesstoday.net) has several GMs and IMs among its contributors and over 500 readers. There is a small subscription fee (44 euro or $44 per year), but for it readers get high-quality materials 365 times a year straight into their inboxes! Chess Today has a free Trial list too - at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CT-free-trial/. To celebrate Chess Today's second anniversary, the editors decided to send CT issues to that list for the 10 first days of the Bled Olympiad. Don't miss on this great offer - sign up for Chess Today Free Frial now and follow fine Olympiad coverage!

6th Corsica Open

The 6th Corsica Open takes place 31st October - 4th November 2002. Players include: Anand Vishvanathan IND GMI 2755 ; Shirov Alexei ESP GMI 2699 ; Karkov Anatoly RUS GMI 2688 ; Dreev Alexey RUS GMI 2673 ; Lautier Joël FRA GMI 2665 ; Tkachiev Vladislav FRA GMI 2632 ; Epishin Vladimir RUS GMI 2628 ; Jussupow Artur ALL GMI 2622 ; Milov Vadim SUI GMI 2620 ; Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ GMI 2604 ; Tregubov Pavel RUS GMI 2594 ; Hamdouchi Hicham MAR GMI 2593 ; Glek Igor ALL GMI 2576 ; Chernin Alexander HON GMI 2573 ; Greenfeld Alon ISR GMI 2553 ; Riazantsev Alexandre RUS GMI 2543 ; Goloshchapov Aleksander UKR GMI 2536 ; Timoshenko Georgy UKR GMI 2528 ; Zezulkin Jurij BLR GMI 2524 ; Malakhatko Vadim UKR GMI 2515 ; Shneider Aleksandr UKR GMI 2506 ; Gruenfeld Yehuda ISR GMI 2504 ; Marciano David FRA GMI 2502 ; Poluljahov Aleksandr RUS GMI 2501 ; Krivoshey Sergei UKR MI 2498 ; Djuroc Stefan YOU GMI 2490 ; Prié Eric FRA GMI 2489 ; Managadze Nikoloz GEO MI 2482 ; Blatny Pavel TCH GMI 2479....

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

XV Carlos Torre Tournament

The XV Carlos Torre International Tournament takes place 13th-21st December 2002.

Internet coverage: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx/2002/carlostorre2002.htm

World Youth Chess Championships

The 2002 World Youth Chess Championships will be hosted in the 5-star Creta Maris Hotel in Heraklio, Greece, November 15th-24th 2002. 802 young chessplayers (categories under 18, 16, 14, 12, 10 for boys and girls) from 71 countries have been registered and among them some of the strongest junior chessplayers of the world:

GM Xiangzhi Bu of China (2601, No.99 in the World Rankings), GM Shakriyaz Mamedyarov of Azerbaidzan (2580), GM Pentala Harikrishna of India (2551), WGM Elisabeth Paehtz of Germany (2349), etc.

The event is organized by the Greek Chess Federation and OAA Heraklio Chess Club with the financial support of the General Secretariat of Sports in Greece.

Internet coverage: http://www.greekchess.com/wycc2002

Lohmar Rapid Chess Open

The Lohmar Rapid Chess Open takes place on October 27th for the 9th time. Tournament information and an advertisement (german version) for download is available at: http://www.sflohmar.de/announce/index.htm

Gausdal Troll Masters Open

The Gausdal Troll Masters Open GM-tournament will be played in Gausdal in Norway 7th -15th January 2003. 10 rounds modified Swiss 2 hours / 40 moves and 1 hour / rest Homepage: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/troll2003/ Contact: Hans Olav Lahlum at hanso.lahlum@c2i.net

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).

Group A               Group B
Bareev       2737     Gelfand     2704
Karpov       2688     Dreev       2673
Lautier      2665     Onischuk    2649
Tkachiev     2632     Gurevich    2634
Milov        2620     Bologan     2627
Hamdouchi    2593     Fressinet   2619
Adianto      2562     Pelletier   2587
Morovic      2549     Nataf       2553

Average:     2630,75              2630,75

"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

2nd Annual Lindsborg Rotary Open

The 2nd Annual Lindsborg Rotary Open Chess Tournament takes place in Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas December 17-23 or December 20-23 2002. Anatoly Karpov will be a special guest of the tournament.

GM & IM norms are available; FIDE rating and evaluation guaranteed for 7-day option! GMS Onishuk, Shulman and Novikov are Confirmed! Ulf Andersson MAY PLAY. $3,000 guaranteed prize fund! 3 sections: FIDE: 9SS, 40/2, SD/1 (4-day option, rounds 1-5 G/50). First two rounds accelerated pairing. 1st - $1000, 2nd - $400, 3rd - $200, 4th - 150, 5th - 100 U2400: $100 - 75; U2200: $100 - 75 Open: 9SS, G/120 1st - $150 U2000: $100 - 75 - 50; U1800: $100 - 75 - 50 U1600: $100 - 75 - 50; U1400: $100 - 75 - 50 Scholastic (12/22): G/30. Trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each HS, MS, ES categories Entering fees: GMs & IMs free. Membership at Kansas Chess Association is required (dues can be paid on site). Before 11/1/02 Before 12/1/02 At site FIDE Section FIDE >2300 $70 $80 $90 FIDE, USCF >2200 $80 $90 $100 FIDE <2200 $90 $100 $110 non-FIDE rated, USCF <2200 * $120 $130 $140 Open Section $50 $55 $60 Scholastic Section $15 $20 $25 Credit cards OK. Online entry at www.lindsborg.org/events.htm * Number of non-FIDE rated players will be limited in this category

Schedules: FIDE Session: 7-day: 12/17-12/20 1:00 pm; 12/21 & 22 9:00 am & 5:00 pm; 12/23 9:00 am 4-day: 12/20 (G/50) 4:00 pm, 6:30 pm, 9:00 pm; 12/21 9:00 am, 1:00 pm, & 5:00 pm; 12/22 9:00 am & 5:00 pm; 12/23 9:00 am Open Sessions (G/120): 4-day: 12/20 4:00 pm; 12/21 9:00 am, 1:30 pm, 7:00 pm; 12/22 9:00 am, 1:30 pm, 7:00 pm; 12/23 9:00 am, 1:30 pm Scholastic Session (G/30): 12/22 10:00 am, 11:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm, 5:30 pm 1/2-pt byes OK at ALL. Limit 3. Last bye must commit before round 5. Special Event - 12/20 at 8:00 pm GM Igor Novikov will play simul games with 20 people. $20.

Hotel rates: $49 - $80 at Swedish Country Inn (1-800-231-0266), $36 - $56 at Coronado Motel (1-800-747-2793), $65 - $150 at Rosberg House B&B;(1-888-215-5234), $65 - $95 at Smoky Valley B & B (1-800-532-4407), and $60 - $120 at C&W Ranch Bed & Breakfast (785-668-2352). Reserve by 11/15 or rates may increase.

Ent: Lindsborg Chamber of Commerce (for the chess tournament), 104 E. Lincoln, Lindsborg, KS 67456. 1-888-227-2227; http://www.lindsborg.org/events.htm For more information please contact Mikhail Korenman at 785-227-3380, ext.8164 or korenman@bethanylb.edu USCF, FIDE. NS, NC.

Tel Aviv all-play-all norm events soon

There will be a Category 9 GM tournament 10 players 1st-10th of November 2002 for those who are looking for GM-norms; Players over 2300 may participate in both! Money prizes in both tournaments. For more info and details apply to: Zvulon Gofhstein gofshtein@hotmail.com or phone number 972-54-696432 972-37329233

XXVI Tenkes Cup

XXVI Tenkes Cup (Lajos Ózdi Memorial) takes place in the Hotel "Platán" in Harkány, Hungary November 14-22 2002. There will be 9-round A and B Opens. GMs, IMs, and over 2400 ELO no nominetings cost. More Information Lajos Gyökös: E-mail tenkescuo@egon.gyaloglo.hu Fax (36)-72-579-025

Cartak (CZE) Friendship Tournament 2002

The Friendship chess tournament takes place 6th- 15th December 2002 in Cartak (Czech Republic). There will be events including a: round-robin GM tournament, round-robin IM tournament and an open tournament.

Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/tp2002/default.htm

French Computer Championships

The 9th French Computer Chess Championships took place in Massy France 8th-9th October 2002 and saw F. Louget's Chess Wizard win out with 9.5/11. Full coverage: http://www.ludochess.com/fccc2002/tournoi.php3 and http://www.amateurschach.de/forum/replay/replay.htm . The page http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm has 6400 computer chess games since 1990.

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

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

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

6th Open International Bavarian Masters

The 6th Open International Bavarian Masters Bad Wiessee takes place 26th October to 3rd November 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.