THE WEEK IN CHESS 426 6th January 2003 by Mark Crowther
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78th Hastings Congress 78 games
Groningen 2002 5 games
Rilton Cup 135 games
45th Reggio Emilia 40 games
11th Donau Open 60 games
Ramat-Aviv 30 games
26th Zurich Christmas Open 126 games
Robecchetto Open 72 games
Third Saturday December 12 games
Hallsberg Junior 117 games
Bethune Christmas Open 205 games
XVIII Nice Winter Open 70 games
950 games
My thanks to Jovan Petronic, Leonid Gofshtein, John Hillery, Antonio
Bento, John Henderson, Laszlo Nagy, David Llada, Graziano Ottolini, Mikhail
Golubov, Georg Kradolfer, Görgen Andersson and Arne Nyberg, Harald
Grafenhofer, Chris Bird and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The new FIDE rating list shows Kasparov extending his lead at the top of
the list after his Olympiad performance. Not such good news for him from Israel
where the collapse of kasparovchess.com has led to him being targeted by the
First International Bank of Israel as they try and recover some money from the
failure. This week will see the start of the US Championships in Seattle. The
final lineup for the Linares tournament in February has been announced with
Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Leko, Ruslan
Ponomariov, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Teimour Radjabov in what should be a
fascinating tournament.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 78th Hastings International Chess Congress took place at the
Horntye Park Sport Complex Saturday 28th December 2002 to Sunday 5th January
2003. The Premier Tournament was a 9-round all-play-all event for ten invited
players which was won by Peter Heine Nielsen. The Challengers finished 1 Daniel
Gormally (ENG) 7.5/9; 2 Alexander Cherniaev (RUS) 7; 3-5 Mark Hebden, Nick
Pert, Vladislav Borovikov (UKR) 6.5.
Official coverage: http://hastingschess.org.uk/
Premier Hastings ENG (ENG), 28 xii-5 i 2002 cat. XII (2549)
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1 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2620 * = 1 = 1 0 0 1 1 1 6.0 2665
2 Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2521 = * = = = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2631
3 Harikrishna, Pentala g IND 2551 0 = * 1 = = = 1 1 = 5.5 2628
4 Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2525 = = 0 * = 1 = = 1 = 5.0 2594
5 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2527 0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 5.0 2594
6 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2546 1 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 0 = 4.5 2549
7 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2670 1 = = = = 0 * = = = 4.5 2535
8 Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2527 0 = 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 4.0 2508
9 Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2455 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 3.0 2434
10 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2545 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 0 * 2.0 2329
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The FIDE January ELO 2003 list is out. A quick look at the top 100 shows
big changes throughout the list because of the Olympiad. Kasparov gains 9
points, Adams drops 11, Shirov back in the top 10, Akopian and Khalifman gain,
Judit Polgar at 13 in the World is the highest she's been in years, Ivanchuk
drops down to 15th and below 2700, Karpov down to 20th in the world,
Morozevich's decline continues down from 10th to 23rd in the World, Smirin
drops 19 points, Landa gains, Rublevsky loses 20, Korchnoi back in the top 50,
Khenkin gains 24 points, Pelletier gains 37 points and jumps into the top 100
for the first time as does Peter Acs (gains 33). Granda Zuniga returns to the
top 100 with a gain of points after a number of years inactivity, Hichem
Hamdouchi gains 22 points to become possibly the first African player in the
top 100, 17 year old Evgeny Alekseev gain 21 points to enter the list for the
first time Oleg Korneev gains 61 points to reenter the top 100, Pavel Tregubov
returns to the top 100, Levon Aronian gains 29 points to enter the top 100, out
of the top 100 are Artur Jussupow, Vadim Milov, Laurent Fressinet, Andrei
Istratescu, Giovanni Vescovi, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Joel Benjamin, Evgenij
Agrest, Joerg Hickl, Peng Xiaomin, Valeriy Neverov and Bu Xiangzhi.
Source: http://www.fide.com. The full
list is available for download there.
No. Name t NAT ju01 oc01 ja02 ap02 ju02 oc02 ja03 Gms
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2838 2838 2838 2838 2838 2838 2847 9
2 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2802 2809 2809 2809 2807 2807 2807 0
3 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2794 2770 2757 2752 2755 2755 2753 11
4 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2711 2733 2739 2745 2745 2743 2743 0
5 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2730 2739 2713 2707 2717 2743 2736 11
6 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2744 2731 2742 2744 2752 2745 2734 20
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. g UKR 2684 2684 2727 2743 2743 2743 2734 11
8 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2719 2719 2707 2724 2726 2737 2729 7
9 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2706 2706 2715 2704 2697 2699 2723 16
10 Grischuk, Alexander............. g RUS 2669 2666 2671 2702 2702 2702 2712 18
11 Akopian, Vladimir............... g ARM 2660 2660 2680 2678 2689 2689 2703 18
12 Khalifman, Alexander............ g RUS 2700 2702 2688 2698 2690 2690 2702 22
13 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ........... g HUN 2686 2686 2677 2677 2681 2685 2700 25
14 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2704 2701 2703 2707 2710 2704 2700 14
15 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2731 2731 2717 2711 2711 2709 2699 25
16 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2695 2686 2688 2688 2690 2690 2693 16
17 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2664 2675 2663 2673 2682 2684 2690 20
18 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2690 2676 2683 2677 2676 2673 2690 16
19 Sokolov, Ivan................... g NED 2659 2658 2659 2647 2677 2684 2688 27
20 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2692 2692 2693 2690 2687 2688 2688 0
21 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2677 2681 2676 2676 2676 2667 2682 19
22 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2674 2674 2676 2676 2676 2666 2678 28
23 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2749 2742 2742 2718 2716 2707 2678 16
24 Malakhov, Vladimir.............. g RUS 2637 2637 2647 2663 2668 2670 2677 22
25 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2704 2706 2695 2674 2648 2653 2676 22
26 Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2630 2630 2644 2650 2672 2672 2676 13
27 Bacrot, Etienne................. g FRA 2653 2653 2649 2653 2653 2653 2671 35
28 Zvjaginsev, Vadim............... g RUS 2638 2640 2656 2645 2668 2680 2671 6
29 Lautier, Joel................... g FRA 2675 2653 2687 2675 2663 2665 2670 18
30 Van Wely, Loek.................. g NED 2695 2714 2697 2642 2645 2681 2668 24
31 Vaganian, Rafael A.............. g ARM 2650 2650 2662 2664 2667 2667 2667 0
32 Sasikiran, Krishnan............. g IND 2589 2569 2569 2633 2650 2670 2664 16
33 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2702 2698 2702 2685 2676 2683 2664 11
34 Movsesian, Sergei............... g SVK 2627 2631 2624 2624 2654 2651 2663 21
35 Onischuk, Alexander............. g USA 2667 2660 2655 2641 2644 2649 2658 9
36 Georgiev, Kiril................. g MKD 2695 2686 2655 2654 2658 2658 2654 24
37 Sutovsky, Emil.................. g ISR 2651 2664 2656 2660 2658 2657 2651 20
38 Landa, Konstantin............... g RUS 2619 2619 2619 2623 2621 2632 2649 34
39 Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2659 2668 2649 2661 2652 2650 2649 30
40 Piket, Jeroen................... g NED 2630 2649 2659 2659 2646 2646 2646 0
41 Sakaev, Konstantin.............. g RUS 2630 2639 2649 2649 2647 2647 2645 10
42 Rublevsky, Sergei............... g RUS 2639 2634 2655 2657 2658 2664 2644 20
43 Korchnoi, Viktor................ g SUI 2617 2639 2633 2635 2620 2634 2642 25
44 Tkachiev, Vladislav............. g FRA 2642 2632 2634 2633 2625 2632 2642 8
45 Lutz, Christopher............... g GER 2643 2643 2644 2644 2650 2645 2640 14
46 Motylev, Alexander.............. g RUS 2627 2641 2639 2622 2634 2634 2640 7
47 Nikolic, Predrag................ g BIH 2652 2652 2653 2653 2661 2661 2638 27
48 Lputian, Smbat G................ g ARM 2608 2618 2634 2634 2627 2627 2638 18
49 Lastin, Alexander............... g RUS 2628 2628 2630 2619 2625 2625 2636 18
50 Seirawan, Yasser................ g USA 2644 2644 2644 2631 2618 2629 2636 9
51 Tiviakov, Sergei................ g NED 2618 2599 2614 2625 2628 2631 2635 24
52 Kobalia, Mikhail................ g RUS 2595 2603 2620 2602 2625 2625 2635 17
53 Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2633 2605 2641 2641 2649 2634 2634 0
54 Hjartarson, Johann ............. g ISL 2633 2633 2633 2634 2634 2634 2634 0
55 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............ g BLR 2646 2645 2645 2654 2646 2621 2633 23
56 Krasenkow, Michal............... g POL 2573 2592 2632 2641 2657 2651 2633 16
57 Bologan, Viktor................. g MDA 2655 2668 2651 2652 2631 2627 2630 26
58 Graf, Alexander................. g GER 2610 2610 2605 2623 2624 2635 2630 24
59 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2630 2630 2629 2638 2648 2635 2629 29
60 Macieja, Bartlomiej............. g POL 2588 2582 2612 2585 2607 2615 2629 22
61 Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2605 2605 2596 2616 2638 2646 2629 10
62 Xu, Jun......................... g CHN 2646 2654 2654 2654 2654 2643 2626 18
63 Epishin, Vladimir............... g RUS 2583 2583 2599 2606 2643 2628 2626 16
64 Huebner, Robert Dr.............. g GER 2612 2612 2628 2628 2634 2640 2625 18
65 Khenkin, Igor................... g GER 2579 2572 2598 2587 2598 2603 2624 26
66 Zhang, Zhong.................... g CHN 2667 2657 2656 2639 2637 2620 2624 26
67 Volkov, Sergey.................. g RUS 2578 2578 2567 2609 2636 2642 2624 24
68 Radjabov, Teimour............... g AZE 2558 2567 2599 2610 2618 2628 2624 23
69 Pelletier, Yannick.............. g SUI 2531 2545 2571 2568 2571 2587 2624 21
70 Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2631 2631 2631 2631 2624 2624 2624 0
71 Acs, Peter...................... g HUN 2514 2530 2560 2529 2560 2591 2623 15
72 Granda Zuniga, Julio E.......... g PER 2605 2605 2605 2605 2605 2605 2621 26
73 Goldin, Alexander............... g USA 2594 2612 2630 2618 2609 2630 2621 9
74 Nielsen, Peter Heine............ g DEN 2593 2620 2642 2636 2626 2620 2620 13
75 Ftacnik, Lubomir................ g SVK 2580 2566 2574 2576 2602 2603 2616 13
76 Filippov, Valerij............... g RUS 2617 2617 2625 2612 2615 2615 2616 7
77 Hamdouchi, Hichem............... g MAR 2533 2501 ---- 2570 ---- 2593 2615 15
78 Pigusov, Evgeny................. g RUS 2613 2613 2623 2623 2622 2622 2615 7
79 Alekseev, Evgeny................ g RUS 2544 2548 2580 2567 2580 2593 2614 14
80 Korneev, Oleg................... g RUS 2572 2544 2583 2599 2583 2551 2613 63
81 Bruzon, Lazaro.................. g CUB 2573 2564 2590 2569 2590 2613 2613 18
82 Shabalov, Alexander............. g USA 2574 2585 2606 2622 2624 2621 2613 14
83 Tregubov, Pavel V............... g RUS 2617 2611 2599 2627 2599 2594 2612 24
84 Nunn, John D.M.................. g ENG 2584 2595 2595 2595 2611 2611 2611 0
85 Aronian, Levon.................. g ARM 2562 2571 ---- 2571 2585 2581 2610 31
86 Dorfman, Josif D................ g FRA 2602 2599 2602 2613 2617 2617 2610 21
87 Hansen, Curt.................... g DEN 2626 2613 2613 2613 2625 2610 2610 0
88 Hodgson, Julian M............... g ENG 2581 2589 2598 2598 2608 2608 2608 0
89 Baklan, Vladimir................ g UKR 2599 2590 2609 2618 2614 2607 2605 16
90 Dautov, Rustem.................. g GER 2630 2630 2636 2636 2611 2617 2604 21
91 Eingorn, Vereslav S............. g UKR 2598 2601 2604 2598 2604 2600 2604 16
92 Rustemov, Alexander............. g RUS 2607 2611 2589 2598 2589 2597 2604 12
93 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas............. g KAZ 2585 2569 2561 2583 2604 2604 2604 0
94 Shipov, Sergei.................. g RUS 2625 2625 2630 2613 2613 2604 2604 0
95 Dominguez, Lenier............... g CUB 2585 2596 2594 2601 2613 2608 2602 13
96 Hracek, Zbynek.................. g CZE 2610 2610 2586 2596 2600 2607 2601 20
97 Giorgadze, Giorgi............... g GEO 2585 2585 2591 2591 2591 2601 2601 0
98 Ehlvest, Jaan................... g EST 2627 2626 2589 2588 2600 2600 2600 17
99 Novikov, Igor A................. g USA 2593 2588 2583 2603 2601 2592 2598 15
100 Najdoski, Toni.................. g MKD 2600 2600 ---- 2600 ---- 2598 2598 0
101 Kharlov, Andrei................. g RUS 2656 2656 2638 2633 2609 2606 2597 24
102 Moiseenko, Alexander............ g UKR 2581 2569 2578 2575 2578 2570 2597 19
103 Kacheishvili, Giorgi............ g GEO 2583 2583 2588 2584 ---- 2597 2597 0
104 Vladimirov, Evgeny.............. g KAZ 2612 2592 2597 2605 2597 2597 2597 0
David Llada reports that the final line-up for the traditional Linares
Supertournament will be Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand,
Peter Leko, Ruslan Ponomariov, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Teimour Radjabov.
There are no definitive dates available but 22nd February - 9th March 2003 will
be very close.
The final schedule of the Kasparov vs. Deep Junior has been announced.
The schedule is Game 1 Sun Jan 26th, Game 2 Tue Jan 28th, Game 3 Thu Jan 30th,
Game 4 Sun Feb 2nd, Game 5 Wed Feb 5th and Game 6 Fri Feb 7th all games start
at 3:30pm EST. In the New York Athletic Club (NYAC)-180 Central Park South -
New York. The event is International Chess Federation (FIDE) and International
Computer Games Association (ICGA President David Levy) and the The US Chess
Federation (USCF).
The event is called the "The FIDE Man Vs Machine World Chess
Championship" and is sponsored by FIDE and presented by X3D Technologies
Corporation which covered the recent Kasparov - Karpov match.
The time control is 40 moves in 2 hours followed by 20 moves in one
hour then 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
The Prize Fund is $1m with a $500,000 fee for Garry Kasparov, the other
half being divided: Winner gets $300,000 to the winner and the loser $200,000,
in the case of a tie, $250,000 each.
There was supposed to be a preliminary event 7th-9th January 2003 in
Jerusalem. This was cancelled because of Kasparov's ongoing problems as a
result of the folding of his website kasparovchess.com and action taken by the
First International Bank of Israel which is trying to recover $1.6m loaned to
the site.
Read
an article on Globes On-line and a
Generally
Kasparov hostile article at Pravda.ru
Kasparov has now commented in a press release from his management
agency:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Kathleen Dezio January 6, 2003 The
McGinn Group
ISRAELI BANK THWARTED IN ATTEMPT TO GAIN PERPETUAL USE OF CHESS
CHAMPION GARRY KASPAROV'S NAME AND LIKENESS
MOSCOW--The First International Bank of Israel (FIBI) was rebuffed by a
U.S. judge recently in its attempt to improperly use the name and likeness of
renowned Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov to recoup money it lost in a
failed business loan to Kasparov Chess Online, Inc. (KCO), a venture with which
Kasparov was associated.
In a Dec. 27 ruling, a U.S. chancery judge in the state of Delaware
refused to grant First International Bank of Israel a temporary restraining
order or a preliminary injunction against Kasparov Chess Online and several of
its board members, calling the record in the case "far too thin." The ruling
came after the Israeli bank filed a surprise complaint on Christmas Eve asking
for the injunction to force the company to reconnect its Web site on the theory
that this would assist the bank in trying to recoup the $1.6 million it loaned
the failed Internet business venture.
Kasparov Chess Online was a business venture created in mid-1999 by
Garry Kasparov and a group of Israeli investors at the crest of the Internet
boom to provide international subscribers the opportunity to play chess against
each other online, to receive instruction and information from Garry Kasparov,
and to promote the game of chess internationally, especially among children.
Kasparov never received any compensation from the company and provided $110,000
in 2001 to keep the venture afloat. His role in the company was to oversee
content for the site and to participate in promotional activities supporting
it, while the Israeli investors would run the business side of the venture.
"I joined in this venture and put my name and my own money in it with
great hopes of using the Internet to spread the game of chess throughout the
world and especially to help children learn about and appreciate the game,"
said Garry Kasparov. "Unfortunately, the economics of chess, the collapse of
the high tech market, and some unwise spending decisions on the part of those
controlling the business side of the venture combined to preclude us from
realizing the potential of this super chess site and eventually taking the
company public through an IPO, which we had all hoped to do. A number of people
and institutions lost time and money in the venture, and that is regrettable."
The company's business plan was to gain subscribers and then make money
through advertising, a common dot com strategy at the time. However, the
business strategy proved untenable, and the company was unable to achieve
profitability. It became apparent that there was a limited market for this
service, and the company's funding rapidly eroded.
The short history of the company has been marked by disputes between
its minority Israeli stockholders who control the business and administrative
functions of the company and its majority stockholders associated with Garry
Kasparov. Although the directors associated with Kasparov had majority control
of the company in theory, the physical location of the site was in Israel, and
the Israeli directors refused to comply with instructions they received from
the majority Kasparov directors and insisted on the continuing use of
Kasparov's name and likeness. The Israeli directors utilized their
relationships with the Israeli bank to obtain the loan to the company, which
was issued in the summer of 2000. In its lifespan, the company raised and spent
13 million dollars most of which went to pay for business and administrative
operations in Israel.
Ignoring customary practices, the bank is seeking to hold both the
company and its corporate directors responsible for the loan. The company's
directors did not guarantee the loan. However, First International Bank of
Israel did not sue the company's entire board of directors, but instead sued
only those directors associated with Garry Kasparov and excluded the company's
Israeli directors from the suit.
Following the court's refusal to grant the injunction the bank sought,
FIBI threatened to sue Garry Kasparov in Israel, forcing him to cancel an event
he had scheduled in Jerusalem next week. Kasparov had arranged for the event to
show his support for Israel.
"At the end of the day, this is about a financial institution trying to
squeeze individuals to pay a corporate obligation," said Richard Conn,
Kasparov's attorney and partner with the international law firm of Latham &
Watkins. "Through this lawsuit, the bank is attempting to seize permanent
control of the world-class asset of Garry Kasparov's name and likeness as
compensation for a failed loan to a corporation."
The company ceased operations months ago, and finally, in September of
2002, the Kasparov Chess Online board of directors voted unanimously to shut
down operations of the company due to lack of funds. Employees were dismissed,
site content was no longer updated, and Kasparovchess.com was eventually
disconnected from the Internet. FIBI Bank responded by demanding foreclosure of
company property, contending that company property includes the perpetual use
of the name and likeness of Garry Kasparov in connection with the site. The
bank filed its unusual Christmas Eve lawsuit in the U.S. State of Delaware
where the company is registered without any attempt to resolve the dispute
through negotiation and demanded a hearing on that date.
The Harmonie Chesstournament in Groningen took place December 21st-30th
2002. Dgebuadze played the first four rounds but then had to withdraw after
becoming ill. Friso Nijboer won the event with 6/8.
Internet coverage: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2002/2002.html
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Harmonie Groningen NED (NED), 21-30 xii 2002 cat. IX (2471)
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1. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2556 * = 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2653
2. Romero Holmes, Alfonso g ESP 2524 = * = 1 = = = 1 = 5.0 2559
3. Smeets, Jan NED 2461 0 = * 1 = = = 1 1 5.0 2567
4. Werle, Jan m NED 2434 1 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2570
5. Stellwagen, Daniel f NED 2426 0 = = = * 1 0 1 = 4.0 2476
6. Li Wenliang m CHN 2497 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 1 4.0 2468
7. Baramidze, David GER 2390 0 = = 0 1 0 * 0 1 3.0 2394
8. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2497 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 3.0 2381
9. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2456 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1.0 2151
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The 32nd Rilton Cup took place 27th December 2002 - 5th January 2003 in
Stockholm, Sweden. The 9 Round Swiss was won by Jonas Barkhagen with 7.5/9 half
a point clear of Artur Jussupow, Tom Weberg and Tomi Nyback.
Full details: http://www.stockholmschack.nu/rilton.asp
Leading Final (Round 9) Standings
32nd Rilton Cup Stockholm SWE (SWE), 27 xii 2002 - 5 i 2003
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NAT Rtg Score SmRat Progr
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1 Barkhagen, Jonas m SWE 2458 7.5 20135 38.0
2 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2622 7 19792 36.5
3 Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2530 7 19375 37.5
4 Nyback, Tomi m FIN 2445 7 19308 34.5
5 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2428 6.5 19324 33.5
6 Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2524 6.5 19317 35.5
7 Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2535 6.5 18963 32.0
8 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2581 6.5 18928 33.0
9 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2466 6.5 18671 31.0
10 Hunt, Harriet m ENG 2406 6.5 18402 28.5
11 Vasquez, Rodrigo m CHI 2481 6 0 35.0
12 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2566 6 0 33.0
13 Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2444 6 0 33.0
14 Handke, Florian m GER 2504 6 0 31.5
15 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2479 6 0 31.0
16 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2561 6 0 30.5
17 Ornstein, Axel m SWE 2426 6 0 30.5
18 Brendel, Oliver f GER 2378 6 0 28.5
19 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2508 5.5 0 30.5
20 Kiik, Kalle m EST 2450 5.5 0 30.5
21 Von Bahr, Oskar SWE 2320 5.5 0 30.5
22 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2406 5.5 0 30.0
23 Lehtinen, Heikki f FIN 2332 5.5 0 30.0
24 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2581 5.5 0 29.5
25 Nyysti, Sampsa f FIN 2410 5.5 0 29.5
26 Shumiakina, Tatiana wg RUS 2364 5.5 0 29.5
27 Karttunen, Mika m FIN 2413 5.5 0 29.0
28 Spielmann, Alain f FRA 2308 5.5 0 29.0
29 Popov, Valerij g RUS 2568 5.5 0 28.5
30 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2440 5.5 0 28.5
31 Lindberg, Bengt f SWE 2382 5.5 0 28.5
32 Trygstad, Kristian f NOR 2299 5.5 0 28.5
33 Johansen, Terje NOR 2267 5.5 0 27.0
34 Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2371 5.5 0 25.5
35 Kopasov, Evgeny RUS 2098 5.5 0 25.0
36 Hedman, Erik f SWE 2336 5.5 0 24.5
37 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2540 5 0 33.0
38 Furhoff, Johan f SWE 2302 5 0 32.5
39 Lobron, Eric g GER 2500 5 0 31.0
40 Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2450 5 0 29.5
41 Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2370 5 0 29.5
42 Naslund,Mikael SWE ---- 5 0 26.0
43 Johansson, Victoria wm SWE 2165 5 0 25.5
44 Couso, Luis f SWE 2355 5 0 25.0
45 Winge, Stefan SWE 2262 5 0 25.0
46 Hellborg, Teodor SWE 2240 5 0 25.0
47 Wikstrom, Joel SWE 2185 5 0 25.0
49 Lindberg, Henrik SWE 2218 5 0 23.5
50 Ask, Josef SWE 2128 5 0 21.5
51 Iivari, Magnus SWE ---- 5 0 20.5
121 players
The 45th Reggio Emilia International Chess Tournament took place
December 29th 2002 - January 6th 2003. Jean-Luc Chabanon took first place from
Mladen Palac on Sonnen-Berger tie-break both finished on 7/9. My thanks to
Giorgio Gozzi for the information.
Website
45th It Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), 29 xii-6 i 2002 cat. VIII (2437)
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1 Chabanon, Jean-Luc g FRA 2481 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2651
2 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2568 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2642
3 Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2432 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2603
4 Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2544 = = = * = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2549
5 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2562 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2502
6 Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2368 = 0 0 = = * = = 0 1 3.5 2364
7 Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2394 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 1 = 3.5 2361
8 Castaldo, Folco f ITA 2338 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 3.0 2322
9 Scalcione, Michelangelo f ITA 2366 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * = 1.5 2171
10 Iotti, Pierluigi f ITA 2314 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1.5 2177
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Chris Bird reports: The North American Open (Las Vegas, USA) was won by
GMs Nikola Mitkov and Ildar Ibragimov on 5/6. Mitkov took a quick draw in the
last round having taken the sole lead after round 5 with a win against Valerij
Filippov. Ibragimov beat Rogelio Barcenilla in round 6 to take a share of
first. Final Standings: 1st-2nd (5 points) - Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2566;
Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2534; 3rd-9th (4½ points) - Milov, Vadim g SUI
2620; Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2615; Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2613; Ehlvest,
Jaan g EST 2600; Kacheishvili, Georgi g GEO 2597; Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD
2549; Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2514. Games to follow.
The 11th Donau Open took place in Aschach an der Donau in Austria
26th-31st December 2002. Nikolaus Stanec won the event with 6/7.
Internet coverage: http://www.aschach.at/schach/
Final Round 7 Standings:
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11th Donau Open Aschach AUT (AUT), 26-31 xii 2002
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1. Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2523 6 24,0 2643
2. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2506 5½ 24,0 2562
3. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2498 5½ 24,0 2549
4. Mahdi, Khaled m AUT 2374 5½ 23,0 2494
5. Mazi, Leon m SLO 2391 5½ 23,0 2440
6. Jurek, Josef m CZE 2350 5 21,5 2460
7. Lau, Ralf g GER 2491 5 20,0 2386
8. Orel, Oskar f SLO 2322 5 19,0 2321
9. Wegener, Dirk f GER 2324 5 18,0 2325
10. Teske, Henrik g GER 2527 4½ 21,5 2453
11. Bogdanov, Valentin m UKR 2403 4½ 20,0 2361
12. Butunoi, Alexandru ROM 2404 4½ 20,0 2349
13. Studnicka, Tomas CZE 2124 4½ 19,5 2427
14. Devide, Zoran CRO 2273 4½ 19,5 2387
15. Bogdanov, Oleksi UKR 2297 4½ 19,5 2348
16. Cifka, Stanislav CZE 2114 4½ 19,0 2362
17. Roeberg, Frank GER 2259 4½ 19,0 2317
18. Hiermann, Dietmar f AUT 2240 4½ 16,5 2266
19. Knoll, Hermann f AUT 2365 4½ 16,5 2239
20. Mayerhofer, Peter AUT 2148 4½ 14,5 2351
89 players
There is a Category II tournament in Ramat-Aviv taking place 24th
December 2002 - 6th January 2003. IM norm 8 points. My thanks to Leonid
Gofshtein for the news.
Round 9 Standings:
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5th It Ramat-Aviv ISR (ISR), 24 xii 2002 - 6 i 2003 cat. II (2291)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Porat, Shi f ISR 2343 * . = 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 . 6.5 2448
2. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2472 . * 1 1 . 1 1 0 = = 1 = 6.5 2433
3. Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2221 = 0 * . = = = 1 = 1 . = 5.0 2361
4. Okunev, Lev RUS 2196 0 0 . * = = = 1 1 . = 1 5.0 2341
5. Deutsch, Eyal ISR 2272 1 . = = * = = = 0 = . = 4.5 2282
6. Botvinnik, Ilia m ISR 2431 = 0 = = = * = = . = 1 . 4.5 2303
7. Rapoport, Igor UKR 2301 = 0 = = = = * . = . = 1 4.5 2275
8. Shevelev, Danny f ISR 2323 0 1 0 0 = = . * . 1 = 1 4.5 2297
9. Porat, David ISR 2195 0 = = 0 1 . = . * = 1 = 4.5 2282
10. Nisman, Boris I m RUS 2393 0 = 0 . = = . 0 = * 1 1 4.0 2246
11. Okunev, Taras RUS 2206 0 0 . = . 0 = = 0 0 * 1 2.5 2144
12. Porat, Ido ISR 2139 . = = 0 = . 0 0 = 0 0 * 2.0 2066
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The 26th Christmas Open Masters took place in Zurich 26th-30th December
2002. 6 players finished first on 5.5/7 ahead on tie-break from 5 other players
including Daniel Fridman and Vladimir Burmakin. Across the various events there
were 404 participants. My thanks to Georg Kradolfer for the information.
Internet coverage: http://www.weihnachtsopen.ch
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26th Christmas Open Masters Zurich SUI (SUI), 26-30 xii 2002
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1. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2587 5½ 34½ 5
2. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2572 5½ 32 5
3. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2581 5½ 32 5
4. Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2549 5½ 31 5
5. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2515 5½ 29½ 4
6. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2530 5½ 29½ 5
7. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2570 5 32 4
8. Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2568 5 30½ 4
9. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2562 5 29½ 4
10. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2334 5 29½ 3
11. Jenni, Florian m SUI 2483 5 28 4
12. Knoedler, Dieter GER 2338 5 27½ 5
13. Georges, Sacha f SUI 2250 5 27 4
14. Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2463 5 27 4
15. Papa, Severin SUI 2326 5 26 4
16. Solomunovic, Igor f BIH 2429 4½ 33 4
17. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2562 4½ 31 4
18. Hochstrasser, Michael f SUI 2339 4½ 30 4
19. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2560 4½ 29½ 4
20. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2495 4½ 29½ 4
21. Rukavina, Josip m CRO 2393 4½ 28½ 4
22. Siegel, Georg m GER 2443 4½ 28 4
23. Moor, Roger f SUI 2400 4½ 28 3
24. Kuehn, Manfred GER 2267 4½ 28 3
25. Loetscher, Roland f SUI 2312 4½ 27½ 3
26. Umbach, Andreas SUI 2192 4½ 27 3
27. Duessel, Udo GER 2140 4½ 27 3
28. Pikula, Dejan g YUG 2485 4½ 26½ 3
29. Ciric, Dragoljub M g YUG 2272 4½ 26½ 3
30. Ekstroem, Roland m SUI 2478 4½ 26½ 4
31. Nemet, Ivan g SUI 2429 4½ 26 4
32. Kelecevic, Nedeljko m BIH 2377 4½ 25½ 4
33. Vidoniak, Roman m UKR 2452 4½ 24½ 4
34. Brunner, Karl SUI ---- 4½ 24½ 3
35. Kamber, Bruno f SUI 2332
36. Moor, Olivier f SUI 2377
37. Gaponenko, Inna wg UKR 2411
141 players
Graziano Ottolini reports: After missing three years the Robecchetto
chess festival was held from December 26th to 29th 2002. 76 players took part
to this event, 24 of them in the main open reserved to FIDE rated players or
with national rating over 1700. The rate of play was 100 minutes for all the
game and a bonus of 30 seconds for every moves beginning from the first. In
spite of the presence of IM Milan Mrdja from Croatia and FM Alessio De Santis
from Rome, the tournament was won by 25 year old Emiliano Aranovitch, born in
Varese, Italy but with Russian roots. The same player won also the Novara Open
last November.
Further details: http://digilander.libero.it/g8lini/cs/
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Open Robecchetto ITA (ITA), 26-29 xii 2002
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1. Aranovitch, Emiliano ITA 2192 5.0 20.5
2. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2368 4.5 24.0
3. Sgnaolin, Davide ITA 2118 4.5 17.5
4. De Santis, Alessio f ITA 2267 4.0 21.0
5. Ticozzi,Stefano ITA ---- 4.0 14.5
6. Petrini,Roberto ITA ---- 4.0 18.5
7. Moncelli, Giorgio ITA 2166 3.5 17.0
8. Tomasi, Diego ITA 2037 3.5 21.0
24 players
The Third Saturday December tournament took place in Belgrade December
21st-31st 2002. Bosko Abramovic won the event with 7/11.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu/srpski.htm
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TSGM Dec Belgrade YUG (YUG), 21-31 xii 2002 cat. VII (2406)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Abramovic, Bosko g YUG 2492 * 1 = 1 1 = = = = = = = 7.0 2500
2. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2437 0 * 1 = 1 = = = 0 1 1 = 6.5 2468
3. Abergel, Thal FRA 2361 = 0 * = = = 1 1 = 1 0 1 6.5 2474
4. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m YUG 2472 0 = = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 6.5 2464
5. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf YUG 2336 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2477
6. Arsovic, Zoran m YUG 2410 = = = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 6.0 2441
7. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2436 = = 0 = = = * = = = = 1 5.5 2403
8. Tadic, Branko m YUG 2480 = = 0 = 0 = = * 1 = = 1 5.5 2399
9. Cabrilo, Goran g YUG 2457 = 1 = = 0 = = 0 * = = = 5.0 2365
10. Matulovic, Milan g YUG 2423 = 0 0 = = = = = = * = = 4.5 2339
11. Weinzettl, Ernst m AUT 2354 = 0 1 0 0 0 = = = = * = 4.0 2308
12. Lundin, Jan SWE 2212 = = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 2.5 2212
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Görgen Andersson and Arne Nyberg of Hallsberg Chessclub send news
of the 38th Hallsberg International Junior Tournament which took place 28th
December 2002 - 5th January 2003. IM Nikola Sedlak won the event with
7.5/9.
Internet site: http://hijt.kh72.com/
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38th Junior Hallsberg SWE (SWE), 28 xii-5 i 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Sedlak, Nikola m YUG 2497 + 4 + 2 +17 = 3 + 5 = 9 + 7 +10 = 8 7.5 2582
2. Gajewski, Grzegorz POL 2436 + 6 - 1 +10 +15 = 4 = 3 = 9 + 8 = 5 6.0 2441
3. Palo, Davor f DEN 2489 =18 +11 + 5 = 1 +12 = 2 = 4 = 9 =10 6.0 2477
4. Tikkanen, Hans SWE 2313 - 1 +22 + 6 +21 = 2 =12 = 3 = 5 + 9 6.0 2475
5. Hovmoller, Kristian DEN 2287 +13 +15 - 3 +17 - 1 = 8 +12 = 4 = 2 5.5 2404
6. Tan, Kevin NED 2222 - 2 + 7 - 4 =19 =14 +23 +20 =12 +17 5.5 2307
7. Kjartansson, David ISL 2224 =22 - 6 +23 +24 = 8 +17 - 1 =11 +14 5.5 2316
8. Eriksson, Jonas SWE 2278 =21 = 9 =18 +10 = 7 = 5 +16 - 2 = 1 5.0 2373
9. Kanep, Meelis EST 2389 =25 = 8 +19 =12 +15 = 1 = 2 = 3 - 4 5.0 2345
10. Grecescu, Gabriel ROM 2187 =12 +20 - 2 - 8 +21 +13 +17 - 1 = 3 5.0 2362
11. Carlsson, Pontus SWE 2376 =19 - 3 +25 =13 =16 =20 +18 = 7 =12 5.0 2290
12. Szabo, Gergely ROM m ROM 2376 =10 +23 +21 = 9 - 3 = 4 - 5 = 6 =11 4.5 2296
13. Mohammadi, Amir SWE 2160 - 5 +14 =16 =11 =22 -10 -19 +24 +18 4.5 2226
14. Meier, Georg GER 2181 -15 -13 +26 =20 = 6 =21 +22 +16 - 7 4.5 2201
15. Muhren, Willem NED 2184 +14 - 5 +24 - 2 - 9 -18 =26 +25 +23 4.5 2218
16. Grafl, Florian f GER 2351 -17 +26 =13 =18 =11 +22 - 8 -14 +24 4.5 2202
17. Semcesen, Daniel SWE 2185 +16 +24 - 1 - 5 +18 - 7 -10 +19 - 6 4.0 2207
18. Tomczak, Rafal f POL 2313 = 3 =19 = 8 =16 -17 +15 -11 +20 -13 4.0 2206
19. Vernacki, Srdjan CRO 2063 =11 =18 - 9 = 6 -20 +26 +13 -17 =21 4.0 2195
20. Andersson, Fredrik2 SWE 2162 =23 -10 =22 =14 +19 =11 - 6 -18 =25 3.5 2109
21. Olsson, Linus SWE 2291 = 8 +25 -12 - 4 -10 =14 -24 =26 =19 3.0 2057
22. Halldorsson, Halldor ISL 2168 = 7 - 4 =20 +25 =13 -16 -14 =23 -26 3.0 2057
23. Wallin, Dennis SWE 2111 =20 -12 - 7 =26 +24 - 6 =25 =22 -15 3.0 2050
24. Gogin, Ruslan EST 2109 +26 -17 -15 - 7 -23 +25 +21 -13 -16 3.0 2057
25. Vovk, Oksana DEN 2088 = 9 -21 -11 -22 +26 -24 =23 -15 =20 2.5 2038
26. Nestorow, Marta SWE 2050 -24 -16 -14 =23 -25 -19 =15 =21 +22 2.5 2005
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The Tapolca Open takes place in Budapest, sponsored by the tourist town
of Tapolca - 200 km West from Budapest, near to the Balaton lake. The organizer
is Mr. Jozsef Parej. There are 89 players, 76 ELO rated, 19 title holders,
players out of 7 nations. Round 4. is today. Info Laszlo Nagy.
Round 3 Standings:
1. Gonda Laszlo * 2317 3.0
Biro Andras Dr 2311 3.0
Dobos Jozsef 2283 3.0
Pasztor Ferenc 2280 3.0
Martini Balazs 2278 3.0
Jamrich Gyorgy 2247 3.0
Berczes Csaba * 2240 3.0
8. Majeric Zoran 2302 2.5
Bencze Laszlo Dr 2274 2.5
Harmatosi Jozsef 2251 2.5
Alfred Nathan 2250 2.5
GOCZO MELINDA 2222 2.5
Balog Marton ** 28.08.88. 2156 2.5
Hegedus Gyula 2105 2.5
89 players
The Bethune Christmas Open took place 26th-30th December 2002. The clear
winner was Mihail Golubev with a score of 6.5/7.
Internet coverage: http://bethunechess.free.fr/
Final Standings:
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Open A Bethune FRA (FRA), 26-30 xii 2002
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1. Golubev, Mihail g UKR 2528 6,5 28,0 2714
2. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2551 6,0 33,0 2628
3. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2575 5,5 31,0 2592
4. Sprenger, Jan Michael m GER 2430 5,5 29,5 2522
5. Vanderstricht, Geert m BEL 2403 5,5 29,0 2457
6. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 2477 5,5 28,0 2508
7. Maitesian, Sergei FRA 2305 5,5 27,5 2448
8. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2400 5,5 27,5 2400
9. Bunzmann, Dimitrij m GER 2498 5,0 31,5 2511
10. Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2439 5,0 30,0 2419
11. Jossien, Remy FRA 2181 5,0 26,5 2324
12. Michiels, Bart BEL 2254 5,0 26,5 2295
13. Safranska, Anda wg LAT 2312 5,0 25,0 2303
14. Szylar, Eric FRA 2121 5,0 25,0 2281
15. Jossien, Arnaud f FRA 2355 5,0 24,5 2246
16. Spiridonov, Nikolai UKR 2182 4,5 29,5 2294
17. Chemali, Lahcene FRA 2017 4,5 28,0 2359
18. Marechal, Andy f BEL 2248 4,5 27,5 2262
19. Gharamian, Tigran ARM 2239 4,5 27,0 2232
20. Pfleger, Sascha GER 2214 4,5 26,5 2236
21. Hareux, Hubert FRA 2241 4,5 26,0 2249
22. Houdart, David BEL 2086 4,5 26,0 2165
23. Wallart, Adrien FRA 2261 4,5 25,0 2176
24. Jagodzinski, Andreas GER 2181 4,5 24,5 2248
25. Degand,Alain FRA ---- 4,5 24,5 2141
26. Lebon, Joffrey FRA 2031 4,5 24,0 2276
27. Bruned, Yvalin ESP 2130 4,5 24,0 2121
28. Cappon, John FRA 2175 4,5 23,5 2209
29. Vandemeulebrouck,Renaud FRA ---- 4,5 21,5 2148
30. Van Maele,Richard FRA ---- 4,5 21,0 2024
31. De Lagontrie, Jean FRA 2072 4,5 20,5 2048
32. Marciniak, Marcel FRA 2068 4,5 19,5 2034
33. Maupin, Valerie FRA 2004 4,5 19,0 1990
123 players
The XVIII Nice Winter Open took place 26th-30th December 2002. Hichem
Hamdouchi, Petar Genov, Igor Miladinovic, Gabriel Battaglini and Emmanuel
Amigues finished on 6/7.
Internet coverage: http://www.echiquier-nicois.org/
Final (of 7) Standings:
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XVIII Winter Open Nice FRA (FRA), 26-30 xii 2002
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1. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2593 6,0 36,0 2649 26
2. Genov, Petar m BUL 2515 6,0 35,0 2599 24,5
3. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2518 6,0 33,5 2529 23,5
4. Battaglini, Gabriel FRA 2229 6,0 31,5 2495 23
5. Amigues, Emmanuel FRA 2252 6,0 29,5 2461 21
6. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2551 5,5 31,5 2378 22,5
7. Dunis, Aurelien FRA 2399 5,5 31,0 2434 22
8. Bujisho, Benjamin FRA 2400 5,5 30,5 2403 21,5
9. Lamorelle, Yves f FRA 2199 5,5 28,5 2374 21,5
10. Caposciutti, Maurizio f ITA 2338 5,5 28,0 2358 20
11. Cossin, Sebastien FRA 2230 5,0 34,0 2449 24,5
12. Georgieva, Liubka BUL 2232 5,0 33,5 2406 24
13. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2330 5,0 33,0 2417 23,5
14. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2450 5,0 32,5 2390 23
15. Sanchez, Joseph PHI 2307 5,0 32,5 2368 23
16. Daurelle, Herve FRA 2217 5,0 31,0 2367 22,5
17. Libiszewski, Fabien FRA 2316 5,0 30,5 2367 21
18. Planell, Eric FRA 2225 5,0 30,0 2320 20,5
19. Lazic, Miroljub g YUG 2461 5,0 30,0 2256 21,5
20. Dubois, Loic FRA 2262 5,0 29,5 2277 20,5
21. Shoker, Samy FRA 2233 5,0 29,0 2229 20
22. Satta, Vladimiro ITA 2233 5,0 28,5 2301 20
23. Lamorelle, Julien FRA 2219 5,0 28,5 2294 19,5
24. Bjarnason, Oskar ISL 2195 5,0 28,5 2264 20
25. Dimitrov, Christo FRA 2223 5,0 28,0 2274 18,5
26. Acher, Mathieu FRA 2308 5,0 27,0 2281 19
27. Djalal, Boris FRA 2176 5,0 26,75 2258 19,5
28. Cornette, Matthieu FRA 2355 5,0 26,5 2264 19
251 players
The Mans International Open took place 26th-30th December 2002. No games
available.
Internet coverage: http://www.opendumans.fr.tc/
Final (Round 7) Standings
1 Todorov Todor m BUL 2455 7½ 56.00
2 Bagheri Amir m IRI 2438 7½ 55.00
3 Rainfray Arnaud FRA 2372 7½ 53.50
4 Gervasio Ricardo BRA 2347 7 56.50
5 Bergez Luc m FRA 2361 7 55.50
6 Le Roux Jean-Pierr FRA 2345 7 55.00
7 Petrosian Suren m ARM 2392 7 53.00
8 Tirard Hugo m FRA 2409 7 48.00
9 Blanche Paul FRA 2070 7 44.50
10 Saiboulatov Danial BEL 2305 6½ 55.50
11 Maze Sebastien FRA 2374 6½ 53.50
12 Tripoteau Nicolas FRA 2250 6½ 51.00
13 Sorbe Stephane FRA 2246 6½ 50.00
14 Laurent Bruno f BEL 2257 6½ 48.50
15 Giroux Fabrice FRA 2217 6½ 44.00
183 players
2003 US Chess Championships in Seattle
The 2003 US Chess Championships will take place in Seattle starting on
January 9th 2003. The event is organised by the America’s Foundation for
Chess (AF4C). 58 of the US's Best Chess Players Compete for $255,000, the event
incorporates the women's title event. The venue is the Seattle Center Northwest
Rooms.
There will be several other events of interest to the general public,
including live championship commentary, a Children’s Simul; Martin Luther
King Jr. Day Open-Chess Tournament for children, and the awards ceremony of the
U.S. Chess Championships.
For further information: http://www.af4c.org
Australian Open
The Australian Open takes place January 1st-9th 2003 in Penrith,
Australia. Top seeds: John-Paul Wallace, Peter Froelich, David Smerdon, Gary
Lane and Stephen Solomon.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/penrith/,
http://austopen.chesskit.com/ and
Live on ICC.
69th Brazilian Chess Championships
The 69th Brazilian Chess Championship takes place from January 9th -
15th 2003, in Torre Palace Hotel, Brasília City/DF, Brazil. It´s a
nine round swiss FIDE tournament organized by Brazilian Chess Confederation,
Brasilia Chess Federation and Brasilia Chess Club. Top players: GM Darcy Lima
(2521), IM Everaldo Matsuura (2438), IM Jefferson Pelikian (2407), Luís
Henrique Coelho (2392) and MF Rodrigo Disconzi (2389).
Internet coverage at http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx/
World Youth Championships
The World Youth Chess Championships 2003 and the 74th FIDE Congress
takes place 24th October - 2nd November 2003 in Halkidiki, Greece.
Internet coverage: http://www.sportmeeting.gr/
III Savaria Summer
The III Savaria Summer International Chess Open takes place in
Szombathely, Hungary 19th-27th July 2003.
The event is a 9 round Swiss system 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move.
Further Information: Korpics Zsolt H-9700 Szombathely, Rohonci 13.
+(36)-30/951-0063 korpicschess@axelero.hu and Pergel László
H-9700 Szombathely, Tátra 2. +(36)-30/530-4904 a_mester@freemail.hu
5th Hilton Chess Festival
There were various events during the Hilton Chess Festival 31st
December - 5th January 2002. I hope to be able to publish some games next week
when I'll try and round up the results.
Info: http://www.beochess.ch
Patrick Wolff Chess-Site
Patrick Wolff has launched a pay site at:
http://www.wolffchess.com
Western Pacific Open
April 11-13, Western Pacific Open. 5-SS. Los Angeles Airport Radisson,
Los Angeles, CA. $10,000 based on 200 players, $5000 guaranteed. Top section
FIDE-rated. Details: http://www.westernchess.com.
Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic
May 24-26, Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic. 6-SS. Los Angeles Airport
Radisson, Los Angeles, CA. $12,000 based on 240 players, $7200 guaranteed.
Details: http://www.westernchess.com
.
ZMD Schachfestival Dresden 2003
The ZMD Schachfestival Dresden 2003 takes place 17th-27th July 2002 in
the Treff-Hotel Dresden.
Further details:
http://www.schachfestival.com/index_schachfestival.html
World Amateur Championships
The World Amateur Championships take place in the Sammy Marks Building,
Pretoria, South Africa 2nd - 12th July 2003.
Internet site: http://www.chessa.co.za/
4th Yateley Manor International Fide Open
4th Yateley Manor International Fide Open This 9 round Swiss event,
takes place over 2 weekends Friday 24th to Sunday 26th January 2003 and
Saturday 1st to Sunday 2nd February 2003 at Yateley Manor School, Reading Road,
Yateley, Hampshire, England. 36 miles South West of central London. Free entry
for GM, IM, WGM, WIM. Prizes include a free place in the 2003 British
Championships (highest placed player not previously qualified). The prize fund
and allocation depends on entry. Event is FIDE rated and BCF rated and part of
British Chess Federation Grand Prix. Tournament Director: IM Andrew Martin.
Contact: Phone : + 44 (0)1753 883300 e-mail: rayclark.mc@tiscali.co.uk
Tapolca Open Budapest
"TAPOLCA" Open 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest, Hungary 3rd-11th of January
2003. Venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Bp. Falk Miksa Str.10. (Usually 75-80
players, 5-8 IM-s, 4-6 FM-s, 50-70 % ELO rated/. Thinking times: 2 hours 40
moves, then 30 min until the end. Organizer: PAREJ Jozsef, fax:
00-(36)-87-511-163 More info /e.g. accommodation in Budapest/ : Nagy Laszlo,
e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
Hungarian tournaments April-May-June 2003
6 GM and IM tournaments in a row in HUNGARY in April-May-June 2003 /3
months chess trip to Hungary is possible for the GM-IM-norms/ The info: 1.
5th-17th of April, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM Budapest, org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu, website: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat 2.
19th-29th of April, GM-IM, MINDSZENTKALLA, GM-IM, 200 km West from Budapest,
org.IM Istvandi, e-mail: sakkozo@netposta.net, 3. 3rd-15th of May, FIRST
SATURDAY, GM-IM Budapest, org: NL., 4. 17th-27th of May GM-IM Elekes memorial,
Budapest, org: IM Zsinka, fax: 00-(361)-327-18-71, 5. 7th-19th of June, FIRST
SATURDAY, GM-IM Budapest, org: NL, 6. 20th-30th of June, Balatonlelle /130 km
West from Budapest/ GM-IM-OPEN, org: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@matavnet.hu
Swiss Chess Tour 2003
The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year. The 5th Hilton
Open features Viktor Korchnoi, Vlastimil Hort, Yannick Pelletier and Ivan
Nemet. They will play each other, one game on classic time control and the
other in rapid. Timetable of the 5th Hilton Open: 31.12.2002. Blitz open;
14.00-17.00; registration 13.00; 9 rounds, 5 minutes. 1.1.2003. Fujitcu Siemens
– Junior’s Open; 10.00-16.00; 7 rounds, 15 minutes. 1.-5.1.2003.
Hilton Open; 7 rounds, 6 hours (40 moves-120 minutes, 60 minutes till the end.)
1.-5.1.2003. Baloise Open; 7 rounds, 4 hours (30 moves-90 minutes, 30 minutes
till the and.) 1.-5.1.2003. Senior Open; same as Baloise Open. 1.-4.1.2003.
ITAG Tele-Rapid; with Korchnoi, Hort, Pelletier, Nemet; 15 minutes per game.
2.-5.1.2003. ITAG Masters (Korchnoi, Hort, Pelletier, Nemet); classic time
control, 6 hours. 5.1.2003. Fujitsu Siemens VIP&PC Challenge (+ 5 best
juniors); 10.00-14.00 5.1.2003. Closing ceremony
Prizes: Hilton Open: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/2x200 Fr.
Entry fee: 130 Fr. (FM & Juniors) GM & IM free. At the door 10 Fr.
Baloise Open: 500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 Fr. Entry fee: 110 Fr. (Juniors 50 Fr.)
At the door 10. Senior Open: 400/300/200 Fr. + natural prizes Entry fee: 60 Fr.
At the door 10 Fr. Junior Open: Natural prizes. Entry fee: 5 Fr. At the door 10
Fr. Blitz Open: 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 Fr. Entry fee: 20 Fr. (Junior 5 Fr.)
Venue Hotel Hilton Basle.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel.
+41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further
information: http://www.beochess.ch
Gibraltar Chess Congress
The Gibraltar Chess Congress takes place 28th January 6th February
2003. Two 10 round Swisses. Amateur £3000 prize fund open to players
under 2000 or unrated. Open £12,000 prize fund. Acceptances so far in
attached list. Play takes place at the 4 star Caleta Hotel. Further details
about Gibraltar, accommodation and visas: conf.banq@caletahotel.gi Technical
details: Stewartreuben@aol.com
Players accepted so far: Nigel Short England gm 2684 Sergei Tiviakov
Netherlands gm 2631 Alexander Lastin Russia gm 2625 Zoltan Gyimesi Hungary gm
2596 Jon Speelman England gm 2583 Hichem Hamdouchi Morocco gm 2582 Simen
Agdestein Norway gm 2578 Mladen Palac Croatia gm 2569 Vladimir Kosyrev Russia
gm 2562 Vasilios Kotronias Cyprus gm 2561 Alonso Zapata Colombia gm 2556 Julio
Becerra Rivero Cuba gm 2552 Oleg Korneev Russia gm 2551 Luke McShane England gm
2546 Bogdan Lalic England gm 2542 Milos Pavlovic Yugoslavia gm 2531 Karen
Movsziszian Armenia gm 2530 Vadim Malakhatko Ukraine gm 2515 Darryl Johansen
Australia gm 2512 Pia Cramling Sweden gm 2508 Dmitri Reinderman Netherlands gm
2506 Alexander Cherniaev Russia im 2506 Daniel Campora Argentine gm 2505 Boris
Chatalbashev Bulgaria gm 2503 Sergei Beshukov Russia gm 2475 James Plaskett
England gm 2467 Viesters Miejers Latvia gm 2463 Hans Jonkman Netherlands gm
2456 Tejas Bakre India im 2452 Doru Ionescu Rumania im 2433 Juan Bellon Spain
gm 2428 Inna Gaponenko Ukraine im/wg 2411 Colin McNab Scotland gm 2406 Watu
Kobese South Africa im 2399 Martha Fierro Ecuador wgm 2384 Nora Medvegy Hungary
wgm 2375 Mohamed Tissir Morocco im 2366 Robert Bellin England im 2360 Anna
Zozulia Ukraine wgm 2311
Website: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
Aeroflot Open 2003
The International Chess Open Festival "Aeroflot Open 2003" will be held
in Moscow from 10 February (the day of arrival) to 20 February 2003 (the day of
departure). The total prize fund is 150000 USD. The Festival consists of 3
tournaments: A: for the chessplayers with Elo > 2400; B: for the
chessplayers with Elo 2150-2451; C: for the chessplayers with Elo < 2201 or
without rating
The Organizers of the Festival are "Aeroflot-Russian Airlines" and the
Association of Chess Federations in cooperation with the Committee on Tourism
of the Municipality of Moscow. The official hotel and tournament venue is hotel
"Rossija" (near Kremlin).
Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com
Paul Keres Memorial Rapid
The XIII Rapid Chess Tournament Paul Keres Memorial takes place January
10th-12th 2003 in Tallinn, Pärnu Rd. 41, Estonia.
There are two stages, a preliminary event 25 + 25 mins, 7 round Swiss
system.
The Men's Main tournament (25 + 25 min) played by 4 best players from
group A, 3 players invited directly to Main Tournament and the best Estonian
player. The Women's event will be played by the 5 best players of group A of
Preliminary Tournament and 3 players invited directly to the Main Tournament.
Participation is free for IM - s and GM- s. GM - s will be accommodated
in a hotel and their travel expences wil be covered within the limits of the
cost of railway tickets by ESA Kalev.
Contact: Phone : + 372 644 66 67 Fax: + 372 644 29 87 e-mail:
maleliit@maleliit.ee
Further details http://www.maleliit.ee
Politiken Cup
The 25th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup took place 14th-25th of July
2003. The Politiken Cup will be an 11-round open tournament played in one big
group - from novices and club players to strong grandmasters The Tournament
takes place in the Nørrebrohallen, Bragesgade 5, 2200 København.
Further information and online enrolment at
http://www.politikencup.dk
Howick and Pakuranga Times Auckland International Open
Howick and Pakuranga Times Auckland International Open, Auckland (NZL)
Dates: 26.01.03 - 31.01.03 Organiser: Paul Spiller
spillerfamily.enterprise@xtra.co.nz
Web Site: http://www.tuidesign.co.nz/chess/chessindex.htm
Info: Hosted at the prestigious Pakuranga Country Club, this 9 round
open tournament aims to give strong players from New Zealand and neighbouring
countries the chance to compete for FIDE ratings. Top prizes are 1st-$1,000,
2nd-$600, 3rd -$400, 4th-$200. Entry fees are as follows: 2300+ Free, 2200+
$50, 2100+ $75, 2000+ $100, Unrated $125, Juniors (U20) $100, GMs IMs &
Overseas FIDE rated players free, FM's receive 20% discount off entry fee.
Praha and Marianske Lazne
Details of the Praha Open 2003 (17.-24.1. 2003) and Marianske Lazne
Open 2003 (25.1.-1.2. 2003) and the round robin master tournament category 3-4
FIDE Marianske Lazne 2003 (25.1.-2.2. 2003) are now available at:
http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour.
New Year in Budva
The Budva 2002/03 tournament (with max. 120 players) takes place in
Budva (the town is on Montenegro's seaboard) 27th December 2002 - 05th January
2003 10.000. Eur prizes (first prizes 2000. -Eur ,20.prizes altogher + Special
prizes for Juniors, Women, Veterans). Organizers :Yugoslav Chess Federation
& Tourist Agency MAS travel TRADE. Details :http://www.yuchess.org
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
Ponomariov Interview
Ruslan Ponomariov talks about his position over his match with Garry
Kasparov "I don't want Kasparov, the challenger, to have more rights than me,
the Champion" and the Ukraine's performance in the Olympiad.
Website: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/ponofide.htm
Corus January 2003
The 65th Corus Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place January
10th-26th 2003.
GMA Group: Vladimir Kramnik 2809 (RUS), Viswanathan Anand 2755 (IND),
Vesselin Topalov 2743 (BUL), Ruslan Ponomariov 2743 (UKR), Evgeny Bareev 2737
(RUS), Vassily Ivanchuk 2709 (UKR), Alexander Grischuk 2702 (RUS), Alexei
Shirov 2699 (ESP), Anatoly Karpov 2688 (RUS), Judit Polgar 2685 (HUN), Loek Van
Wely 2681 (NED), Michal Krasenkov 2651 (POL), Teimour Radjabov 2628 (AZE) and
Jan Timman 2594 (NED).
GMB Group: GM Zhang Zhong (CHN, 2620), GM Peter Acs (HUN, 2591), GM
Johnny Hector (SWE, 2590), GM Arkady Naiditsch (GER, 2586), GM Ian Rogers (AUS,
2557), GM Friso Nijboer (NED, 2556), GM Sergey Karjakin (UKR, 2527), GM John
van der Wiel (NED, 2509), GM Dennis de Vreugt (NED, 2501), GM Koneru Humpy
(IND, 2484), IM Viktorija Cmylite (LITH, 2460), IM Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS,
2455), GM Harmen Jonkman (NED, 2456) and FM Daniel Stellwagen (NED, 2426).
Bermuda 2003
The Bermuda tournament in 2003 will consist of GM 'A' and 'B' 12 players
from 25th January to 5th February Pan American Amateur (players under 2000 FIDE
or no FIDE at all; 9 rounds from 27th January to 5th February 20th Open &
Blitz 6th February to 9th February. Confirmed participants (at present) A -
Blehm, Christiansen, Macieja, Motylev, Movsesian, Shabalov, Svidler, Vescovi
& Volokitin B - E. Berg, Blatny, Charbonneau, Nakamura, Seul &
Teplitsky. Website: http://www.Bermuda.bm/chess
SK Duras Open
The SK DURAS 80 Open takes place in Brno 25th-31st December 2002.
E-mail - bchmelicek@bvk.cz for more details.
VI Málaga International Open
The VI Málaga International Open 2003 takes place 20th-28th
February 2003. 7.800 euros in prizes.
Details: http://www.malagajedrez.org
1st Pan American Amateur Championships
The 1st Pan American Amateur Championship will be held at the elegant
Fairmont Southampton from 27th January to 5th February 2003. It will be nine
rounds plus a rest day and will be held alongside two GM Invitational
Tournaments (Cat XV and X). The rate of play will be 150 plus 30 seconds per
move. It is open to players under 2000 FIDE or no FIDE rating at all. Each
Federation in the Americas is allowed to nominate two players who do not have
to pay an entry fee, otherwise entry fee is $150 per player. It will be
followed by the 20th Bermuda Open from 6th to 9th February.
Rooms are $125 per night plus taxes etc. for one or two people, a third
person in a room would be an extra $30 plus taxes. etc To book rooms contact
the Fairmont Southampton on 1-800-441-1414 or 1-441-238-8000, mentioning
"PanAmerican Amateur Chess".
Details/Info: http://www.Bermuda.bm/chess or Nigel
Freeman 441-234-2322, cadilly@ibl.bm or Carol Jarecki 917-690-8566,
cjareck@attglobal.net.
Chesmayne Chess Dictionary 2003
The Chesmayne Chess Dictionary 2003 is out now. Available at:
http://chesmayn.valuehost.co.uk/
Seagaard ChessReviews - Book of the Year 2002
Seagaard ChessReviews has now selected the best books that was suggested
from our readers. It is now the readers time to make a choice and pick
"Seagaard ChessReviews - Book of the Year 2002". Readers can vote from 1/12
until 8/12 2002 and the book with the highest number is the winner. Read more:
http://seagaard.dk/review
Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Sergei Karjakin
There will be a match between Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Sergei Karjakin in
Brissago 1st-6th February 2003.
Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/danneeng.htm
1st Samba Cup
The Skanderborg Chess Club is organising a new GM tournament in Denmark.
There will be 2 groups, A-group category 15/16, B-group category 9/10, 10
players in each group, round-robin.
Dates of play: October 10th-20th 2003. Venue: Hotel Skanderborghus in
Skanderborg, Denmark. The hotel is beautifully located near lake and forest,
see much more at http://www.hotel-skanderborghus.dk/
Players who are interested may contact Tournament Organiser Michael
Andersson, e-mail GM@skanderborgskakklub.dk
Fischer Story
Bobby Fischer and his mother were investigated by the FBI. Read the
story: http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/4535883.htm
Round Robin's in Tel Aviv
5th International Tournament in Tel Aviv IM Round Robin in Tel Aviv,
December 24- January 7; Category 1-4 (average rating-2251-2350); 12 players
round robin system; Beginning of rounds 17:30pm, Thursday 31st-16:00, Thursday
January 2nd-day off,Fridays: 12:00pm; Saturdays- day off;
6th International Tournament in Tel Aviv GM Round Robin in Tel Aviv,
January 10 - January 23; Category 7-9 (average rating:2401-2475); 12 players
round robin system; Beginning of rounds 17:30pm, Friday 10th (round 1)-13:00pm,
Friday 17th and Saturdays- day off;
Contact Gofshtein Zvulon (Leonid) if you wish to play, e-mail:
gofshtein@hotmail.com tel. numbers international: (972) 54 696432, (972) 3
7329233; tel. numbers local: 054 696432, 03 7329233;
Cup ShRGEK in Shakhti
The Cup ShRGEK take s place 13th-18th January 2003 in the city of
Shakhti (Rostov region, Russia).
Further information:
http://www.fanchess.ru/kuda/2003/01/srgek.htm
18th North Sea Cup Esbjerg Denmark
2003 will be the year when the Danish Chess Federation turns 100! The
Esbjerg Chess Union and the renowned Danish round-robin the North Sea Cup are
scheduled to play a major role in the celebrations. The gm group with 10
players will play July 4-12. After 3 category 14s back to back the organisers
are hoping for a category 15 this time. Also a B-group, primarily for young
Danish up and coming players, will be on offer at this Danish chess festival. 4
foreign ims will be invited, and the winner of the B-group will be invited to
the gm group of the 19th NSC. Interested players should contact Brian Isaksen
at brisak@esenet.dk
Homepage:
http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/vh2002/1index.htm
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/
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
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
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)
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.
Contact e-mail: bethunechess@hotmail.com
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
No tournament December 24, 31 or January 14 (US Championship)
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
