THE WEEK IN CHESS 441 21st April 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Hunguest Hotels Super Tournament 26 games
4th Karpov Tournament 10 games
Danish Chess Championships 30 games
St. Petersburg Championships 54 games
Moscow Championships 8 games
Commonwealth Chess Championships 50 games
First Saturday April 53 games
3rd CMA Futurity 20 games
Polish Under 20 Championships 36 games
FM 2003 Atlantic Airways Cup 64 games
Tampa Open 2003 45 games
Evry IM and GM 90 games
Deizisau IM 45 games
IV Monaco IM 45 games
XXXIV Mar del Plata Open 60 games
2 Belgrade Events 432 games
Western Pacific Open 23 games
St-Quentin-en-Yvelines Open 406 games
Zhu Chen vs Ioannis Papaioannou 2 games
Bangladesh Championships 6 games
4NCL 96 games
Belgian Teams 6 games
Asian Teams 43 games
1650 games
My thanks to Haroon or Rashid, Andy McFarland, Laszlo Nagy, Juergen
Brustkern, Eirik Gullaksen, Chim Kim Lye, Morten Rasmussen and Michael
Grøne Andersson, Eugeny Atarov, Stephen Boyd, Mary Vigliraki, Bill
O'Rourke, Ravi, John Hillery, José Riverol, Ching Kim Lye, Wieslaw
Niewiadomski, Jovan Petronic, Pierre Carbonnel, Michael Atkins, Thierry
Foissez, Arthur F Brameld, Hartmut Metz, Leontxo García, Jogvan Naes,
Matthew O'Hara, José Mariano Acosta, Vladica Andrejic, Victor Hansen,
Steve Laios, Nigel Short and everyone else who helped with the issue.
There isn't any doubt that the performance of the week is that of Nigel
Short. He took first place in the Category XVII Hunguest Hotels tournament in
Budapest with 6.5/9 a point clear of Judit Polgar. I asked Short about this
result and he replied that it was one of the best of his career. For him
Amsterdam VSB 1991 where he finished equal 1st with Salov ahead of Kasparov and
Karpov was probably the best. He places this result up with Tallinn/Parnu 1998
(7/9 in a category XVI event with amongst other Adianto, Khalifman, Lautier,
Andersson and Oll), Pamplona 1999 (again Cat XVI 7/9 ahead of Gelfand and
Polgar) and Groningen 1996 (Category XVI 7/11 ahead of Gelfand, Timman, Shirov,
Leko, Svidler etc). Polgar herself will surely be at least reasonably pleased
with her result, already back in the top 10 she gained rating points also.
Peter Leko finished a further point behind, after winning the Linares
tournament this result is certainly a step down but a win in the final round
limited the damage to his rating. The Category XVI Karpov tournament in
Poikovsky starts this week with Peter Svidler as favourite.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament took place in Budapest
11th-20th April 2003. Nigel Short took first place with 6.5/9 a point clear of
Judit Polgar who he beat in round 8 to record what he describes as one of his
best results of his career.
Official page: http://topchess.hu/verseny.html
Round 5 (April 15, 2003)
Short, Nigel D - Acs, Peter 1/2 76 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Polgar, Judit - Leko, Peter 0-1 44 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Gelfand, Boris - Berkes, Ferenc 1/2 29 E15 Queens Indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 22 D15 Slav Defence
Almasi, Zoltan - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 29 B88 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 6 (April 17, 2003)
Short, Nigel D - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 52 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Leko, Peter - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 52 C18 French Winawer
Acs, Peter - Lutz, Christopher 1-0 48 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Movsesian, Sergei - Polgar, Judit 1/2 43 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Berkes, Ferenc - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 59 A45 Trompowsky
Round 7 (April 18, 2003)
Polgar, Judit - Berkes, Ferenc 1-0 24 C11 French Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Acs, Peter 1-0 29 D15 Slav Defence
Lutz, Christopher - Leko, Peter 1/2 27 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Korchnoi, Viktor - Short, Nigel D 1/2 38 A28 English Four Knights
Almasi, Zoltan - Movsesian, Sergei 0-1 40 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 8 (April 19, 2003)
Short, Nigel D - Polgar, Judit 1-0 75 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Acs, Peter - Leko, Peter 1-0 37 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Gelfand, Boris - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 28 E01 Catalan
Movsesian, Sergei - Lutz, Christopher 0-1 30 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Berkes, Ferenc - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 61 A30 English Symmetrical
Round 9 (April 20, 2003)
Polgar, Judit - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 29 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Leko, Peter - Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 45 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Lutz, Christopher - Berkes, Ferenc 1-0 25 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Korchnoi, Viktor - Acs, Peter 1/2 61 D11 Slav Defence
Almasi, Zoltan - Short, Nigel D 1/2 9 C49 Four Knights Metger
It Budapest HUN (HUN), 11-18 iv 2003 cat. XVII (2663)
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1 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2686 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 = 6.5 2826
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2715 0 * 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2737
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2746 = 1 * 0 = = = 1 = = 5.0 2697
4 Acs, Peter g HUN 2600 = 0 1 * 0 1 = = = = 4.5 2670
5 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2700 0 = = 1 * = = = = = 4.5 2659
6 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2640 0 = = 0 = * = 1 1 = 4.5 2665
7 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2632 = 0 = = = = * = = = 4.0 2623
8 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2659 = = 0 = = 0 = * = 1 4.0 2620
9 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2578 0 0 = = = 0 = = * 1 3.5 2592
10 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2676 = 0 = = = = = 0 0 * 3.0 2536
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The 4th Karpov Tournament takes place April 20th-29th 2003 in Poikovsky,
Russia. My thanks to Eugeny Atarov.
Info http://www.chess-express.ru
Round 1 (April 20, 2003)
Svidler, Peter - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 34 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Bologan, Viktor - Obodchuk, Andrei 1-0 54 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Onischuk, Alexander - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 44 D35 QGD Exchange
Rublevsky, Sergei - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 20 A34 English Symmetrical
Lputian, Smbat G - Lautier, Joel 1/2 22 D39 QGD Ragozin
Round 2 (April 21, 2003)
Onischuk, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 25 D20 QGA
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 31 D56 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Vescovi, Giovanni - Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 40 C17 French Winawer
Obodchuk, Andrei - Svidler, Peter 1/2 19 E84 King's Indian Saemisch
Pelletier, Yannick - Lautier, Joel 1/2 14 D15 Slav Defence
4th Karpov It Poikovsky RUS (RUS), 20-29 iv 2003 cat. XVI (2632)
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1 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 * . . . . . 1 = . . 1.5 2709
2 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2663 . * . . = . . 1 . . 1.5 2733
3 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2647 . . * = . . . . . 1 1.5 2839
4 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2670 . . = * = . . . . . 1.0 2655
5 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2664 . = . = * . . . . . 1.0 2666
6 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2666 . . . . . * . . = = 1.0 2630
7 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2615 0 . . . . . * . 1 . 1.0 2675
8 Obodchuk, Andrei m RUS 2417 = 0 . . . . . * . . 0.5 2495
9 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2638 . . . . . = 0 . * . 0.5 2447
10 Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2623 . . 0 . . = . . . * 0.5 2463
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The Danish Chess Championships took place in Horsens 12th-20th April
2003. The favourite Peter Heine Nielsen took first place half a point clear of
Davor Palo. My thanks to Morten Rasmussen and Michael Grøne
Andersson.
Website: http://www.skak-dm.dk/
ch-DEN Horsens DEN (DEN), 12-20 iv 2003 cat. X (2489)
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1 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2625 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2693
2 Palo, Davor m DEN 2483 = * = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2655
3 Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2508 = = * 1 = = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2566
4 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2563 = = 0 * = 1 = 1 0 1 5.0 2523
5 Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2537 0 1 = = * 0 1 0 1 1 5.0 2526
6 Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2448 0 0 = 0 1 * = 1 1 = 4.5 2493
7 Rasmussen, Karsten m DEN 2423 = 0 1 = 0 = * 0 1 = 4.0 2453
8 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2453 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 3.5 2412
9 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2443 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 * 1 3.0 2369
10 Hoi, Carsten g DEN 2406 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1.0 2147
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The St. Petersburg Championships take place 16th-28th April 2003.
Official site: (in Russian):
http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/Kalend/2003/76chspb.html,
Games http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/Kalend/2003/spb76.zip,
additional coverage: http://www.ruschess.com/
City-ch St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 16-28 iv 2003 cat. XI (2517)
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1 Popov, Valerij g RUS 2570 * = . . . . 1 . 1 = = . . 3.5 / 5 2667
2 Yevseev, Denis m RUS 2580 = * = = . . . . . . . 1 1 3.5 / 5 2655
3 Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2563 . = * . = . . 1 . 1 . . . 3.0 / 4 2736
4 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2557 . = . * 0 . 1 . . = 1 . . 3.0 / 5 2580
5 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2514 . . = 1 * . . = . . . = . 2.5 / 4 2616
6 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2541 . . . . . * = . 1 . = . = 2.5 / 4 2567
7 Klimov, Sergey m RUS 2507 0 . . 0 . = * . . . . 1 1 2.5 / 5 2502
8 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2540 . . 0 . = . . * . = . 1 . 2.0 / 4 2510
9 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny m RUS 2564 0 . . . . 0 . . * . 1 . 1 2.0 / 4 2482
10 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2539 = . 0 = . . . = . * . = . 2.0 / 5 2459
11 Novikov, Mikhail V RUS 2401 = . . 0 . = . . 0 . * . = 1.5 / 5 2380
12 Sergeev, Veniamin RUS 2426 . 0 . . = . 0 0 . = . * . 1.0 / 5 2296
13 Praslov, Andrey f RUS 2417 . 0 . . . = 0 . 0 . = . * 1.0 / 5 2278
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City-ch w St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 16-28 iv 2003
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1 Stjazhkina, Olga wg RUS 2313 * 1 . . . . . . = 1 1 . 3.5 2468
2 Akatova, Ekaterina RUS 2136 0 * 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . 3.0 2421
3 Bystryakova, Elena V wm RUS 2197 . 0 * . 1 . . 1 . . 1 . 3.0 2277
4 Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2312 . . . * . . = . = 1 . 1 3.0 2374
5 Mokhova, Kristina RUS 2155 . . 0 . * . . 1 . . = 1 2.5 2182
6 Aseeva, Marina RUS 2125 . 0 . . . * . = 1 . 1 . 2.5 2197
7 Sudakova, Irina wm RUS 2277 . 0 . = . . * . 1 = . . 2.0 2198
8 Egorova, Ekaterina RUS ---- . . 0 . 0 = . * . . . 1 1.5 2058
9 Dushenok, Anna RUS 2224 = . . = . 0 0 . * . . . 1.0 2063
10 Rakitskaja, Mariya RUS 2122 0 . . 0 . . = . . * . = 1.0 2058
11 Kuzevanova, Evgenia RUS 2048 0 . 0 . = 0 . . . . * . 0.5 1875
12 Antoshkova, Tamara RUS 2103 . . . 0 0 . . 0 . = . * 0.5 1825
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The Moscow Championships are a 32 player KO which take place 16th-30th
April 2003. 15 GMs and 15 IMs compete. Players: Vladimir Malakhov, Mikhail
Kobalia, Eugeny Najer, Sergej Shipov, Sergej Smagin, Farrukh Amonatov etc. My
thanks to Eugeny Atarov for the information. Some games from round 2
available.
Coverage: http://www.chess-express.ru
Round 1 Results (1/16) April 16th-17th 2003
Malakhov - Glotov 1-0, 1-0
Potkin - Balashov 1-0, 0-1 (0:2)
Nikolenko - Smagin 1/2, 1-0
Riazantsev - Ivanov 1/2, 1/2 (1.5:0.5)
Shipov - Agejchenko 1-0, 1/2
Kosyrev - Gavrilov 1/2, 1/2 (2:1)
Kholmov - Korotylev 1/2, 1-0
Rychagov - Shorokhov 1-0, 1-0
Kobalia - Maksimov 1-0, 1-0
Sambuev - Devjatkin 1-0, 0-1 (2:1)
Yakovenko - Kozlov 1-0, 1-0
Vorobiov - Ulko 0-1, 1-0 (2:1)
Najer - Granovsky 1-0, 1-0
Vasiukov - Dragomaretsky 1/2, 1-0
Amonatov - Mitenkov 1-0, 1-0
Yuferov - Belov V. 1/2, 1/2 (2:0)
Round 2 Game 1 Results (1/8):
Vladimir Malakhov g 2672 - Yuri Balashov g 2494 1/2
Oleg Nikolenko m 2521 - Alexander Riazantsev g 2534 1/2
Sergey Shipov g 2604 - Vladimir Kosyrev g 2530 1-0
Mikhail Kobalia g 2639 - Bator Sambuev m 2484 1/2
Dmitry Yakovenko g 2562 - Evgeny Vorobiov g 2534 1/2
Evgeny Najer g 2606 - Evgeny Vasiukov g 2529 0-1
Farrukh Amonatov g 2562 - Sergei Yuferov m 2441 1-0
The Commonwealth Chess Championships for Men & Women And Boys &
Girls (incorporating an International Open Chess Tournament) takes place
19th-28th April 2003 in the Hotel Tulip Star, Mumbai, India.
Coverage: http://www.venuschessacademy.com/index.html
Top rated players
1 Kasimdzhanov Rustom UZB GM 2680
2 Sasikiran Krishnan IND GM 2658
3 Kotronias Vasilios CYP GM 2597
4 Vladimirov Evgeny KAZ GM 2597
5 Maxim Sorokim ARG GM 2568
6 Harikrishna P. IND GM 2563
7 Sherbakov Ruslan RUS GM 2557
8 Zhang Peng Xiang CHN GM 2557
9 Vakhidov T. UZB IM 2546
10 Barua Dibyendu IND GM 2545
11 Rahman Ziaur BAN GM 2543
12 Surya Sekhar Ganguly IND GM 2542
13 Rausis Igors LAT GM 2533
14 Nguyen Anh Dung VIE GM 2530
15 Fominyh Alexander RUS GM 2529
16 Ghaem Meghami E IRI GM 2528
17 Safin Shukhrat UZB GM 2523
18 Kunte Abhijit IND GM 2499
19 Koneru Humpy IND GM 2496
20 Dzhumaev Marat UZB GM 2495
138 players
There were GM, IM and FM event in Budapest for the First Saturday April
tournaments which took place 5th-18th April 2003. 18 year old IM Attila Jakab
made his first GM-norm with 11/13. 12 year old David Howell made his first
IM-norm and 20 year old WGM Anita Gara her first men's IM-norm. My thanks to
Laszlo Nagy and Juergen Brustkern.
Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0304/index.htm
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FSGM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-18 iv 2003 cat. VII (2413)
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1. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2388 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 11.0 2710
2. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2493 1 * 1 = = = = = 1 = 1 = = 1 9.0 2547
3. McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2392 0 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.5 2524
4. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2440 = = = * = 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1 = 8.0 2497
5. Hoffmann, Michael m GER 2435 0 = = = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2498
6. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2343 0 = = 0 1 * 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2475
7. Blauert, Joerg m GER 2364 0 = 0 1 = 0 * = = = = = 1 1 6.5 2416
8. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2477 0 = = = 0 = = * = = = 1 = = 6.0 2378
9. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2376 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = * = = 1 = 1 6.0 2386
10. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2454 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 1 6.0 2380
11. Erdos, Viktor f HUN 2425 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = = * = = 1 5.0 2324
12. Dub, Zeev f ISR 2358 = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1 1 4.5 2306
13. Papp, Gellert HUN 2362 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1 4.0 2275
14. Czebe, Attila m HUN 2471 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2007
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FSIMA April Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-18 iv 2003 cat. II (2286)
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1. Howell, David WL f ENG 2251 * 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2563
2. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2413 1 * = = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2492
3. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2342 0 = * 1 1 = = = 1 1 6.0 2405
4. Broomfield, Matthew ENG 2255 0 = 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2332
5. Harmatosi, Jozsef HUN 2209 = 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 0 1 4.5 2295
6. Alfred, Nathan ENG 2325 0 0 = = 1 * 0 0 1 1 4.0 2239
7. Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2298 0 0 = 0 0 1 * = 1 1 4.0 2242
8. Zakharchenko, Arnold m UKR 2316 0 = = 0 0 1 = * = = 3.5 2203
9. Werner, Daniel GER 2184 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 = * 1 3.0 2172
10. Dobos, Jozsef m HUN 2271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 1844
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FSIMB April Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-18 iv 2003 cat. II (2287)
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1. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2327 * 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 8.0 2523
2. Woodward, Timothy DM ENG 2250 0 * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2439
3. Werner, Dimo m GER 2359 0 1 * 1 = 0 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2389
4. Lund, Esben f DEN 2269 = 1 0 * 1 0 = 0 1 1 1 6.0 2360
5. Lehmann, Holger GER 2222 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2365
6. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2280 0 0 1 1 = * = 1 0 = 1 5.5 2323
7. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2325 = 0 = = 0 = * = = = 1 4.5 2247
8. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2323 = 0 = 1 0 0 = * 0 = 1 4.0 2211
9. Horvath, Andras HUN 2278 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 * = 1 4.0 2216
10. Hardicsay, Peter m HUN 2316 = 0 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 3.5 2174
11. Csapo, Zoltan f HUN 2209 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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3rd CMA (Chess'n Math Association) Futurity takes place in Montreal
April 16th-25th 2003.
Website: http://www.chesstalk.com/futurity3/
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3rd CMA Futurity Montreal CAN (CAN), 16-25 iv 2003 cat. II (2299)
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1. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2528 * = . . 1 . 1 . . 1 3.5 2627
2. Hebert, Jean m CAN 2417 = * . . . 1 . 1 . 1 3.5 2593
3. Burnett, Ronald m USA 2442 . . * . 1 . = 1 1 . 3.5 2532
4. Duong, Thanh Nha m CAN 2314 . . . * . . = 1 1 1 3.5 2540
5. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas CAN 2244 0 . 0 . * . 1 . 1 . 2.0 2377
6. Gilman, Arkadiy M RUS 2222 . 0 . . . * . = = 1 2.0 2252
7. Quan Zhe USA 2226 0 . = = 0 . * . . . 1.0 2189
8. Rousseau, Daniel CAN ---- . 0 0 0 . = . * . . 0.5 2026
9. Voskanian, Vahagn f ARM 2314 . . 0 0 0 = . . * . 0.5 1983
10. Lawson, Eric f CAN 2279 0 0 . 0 . 0 . . . * 0.0
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The Polish Under 20 Championships for men and women are took place in
Jarnoltowek 7th-15th April 2003. Marcin Dzuiba won the men's event Dominika
Nowak the women's. The final round men's games are missing. My thanks to
Wieslaw Niewiadomski.
Internet site: http://szachy.infomark.com.pl/MP20/
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ch-POLJ u20 Jarnoltowek POL (POL), 7-15 iv 2003 cat. V (2373)
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1. Dziuba, Marcin m POL 2450 * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2541
2. Mista, Aleksander POL 2430 = * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 = = = 7.5 2501
3. Heberla, Bartlomiej POL 2390 = = * = = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2473
4. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2472 = 1 = * 1 0 = 0 = = 1 = 6.0 2400
5. Gajewski, Grzegorz POL 2445 = 0 = 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2402
6. Moranda, Wojciech POL 2329 0 0 1 1 = * = = = 0 = 1 5.5 2377
7. Czakon, Jakub POL 2391 = 0 = = = = * = = = = 1 5.5 2371
8. Zawadzki, Stanislaw POL 2403 = 0 0 1 = = = * = = 0 1 5.0 2334
9. Pakleza, Zbigniew POL 2369 0 0 = = = = = = * = = = 4.5 2308
10. Slaby, Jerzy POL 2396 0 = 0 = 0 1 = = = * = = 4.5 2306
11. Paterek, Michal POL 2277 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 = = * = 4.0 2280
12. Banasik, Krzysztof POL 2128 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = = * 2.5 2184
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ch-POLJ u20 w Jarnoltowek POL (POL), 7-15 iv 2003
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1. Nowak, Dominika POL 2098 * = 0 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 8.0 2352
2. Kadziolka, Beata wm POL 2206 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 = = 0 1 7.0 2269
3. Czarnota, Dorota wf POL 2191 1 = * 0 1 = 0 0 1 = 1 1 6.5 2233
4. Toma, Katarzyna wf POL 2189 0 0 1 * 1 0 1 1 = = = = 6.0 2204
5. Worek, Joanna wf POL 2263 0 = 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 6.0 2198
6. Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2296 0 0 = 1 0 * = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2195
7. Szczepkowska, Karina POL 2137 = = 1 0 = = * = 1 0 = = 5.5 2173
8. Majdan, Joanna POL 2170 = 0 1 0 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 5.5 2170
9. Kupczyk, Edyta POL 2129 = = 0 = 0 = 0 1 * = = = 4.5 2109
10. Reszka, Malgorzata POL 2133 0 = = = 0 0 1 0 = * = = 4.0 2072
11. Socha, Anna POL 2108 0 1 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = * = 3.5 2043
12. Pokojska, Daria POL 2127 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 = = = * 3.5 2041
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The FM 2003 Atlantic Airways Cup took place in Tórshavn,
11th-19th April 2003. The event incorporated the 2003 Faroes Championships and
was an 11 round Swiss. Kim Pilgaard took the Atlantic Airways Cup and Martin
Poulsen the Faroes Championships.
My thanks to Jogvan Naes.
Internet coverage: http://www.faroechess.com
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ch-FAI Torshavn FAI (FAI), 11-19 iv 2003
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1. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2440 + 5 =12 = 2 +13 = 4 + 3 + 6 + 8 +10 +14 = 9 9.0 2526
2. Shaw, John m SCO 2474 + 6 + 4 = 1 = 3 = 8 = 5 + 7 +13 +11 = 9 +12 8.5 2516
3. Gullaksen, Eirik m NOR 2354 =15 + 8 + 7 = 2 +12 - 1 = 4 +14 = 5 = 6 =11 7.0 2394
4. Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2258 +16 - 2 +12 +11 = 1 + 8 = 3 - 5 = 6 =15 - 7 6.0 2327
5. Poulsen, Martin FAI 2239 - 1 -14 +16 +15 +10 = 2 =13 + 4 = 3 - 8 = 6 6.0 2279
6. Simonsen, Olavur FAI 2250 - 2 +16 =10 -12 + 9 +13 - 1 +15 = 4 = 3 = 5 6.0 2306
7. Naes, Flovin Tor FAI 2324 =10 +13 - 3 - 8 =11 +12 - 2 - 9 +15 +16 + 4 6.0 2302
8. Simonsen, Hans Kristian FAI 2224 =11 - 3 + 9 + 7 = 2 - 4 =14 - 1 +13 + 5 -10 5.5 2302
9. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2360 -13 =10 - 8 =16 - 6 +15 =11 + 7 +14 = 2 = 1 5.5 2254
10. Samuelsen, Carl Eli Nolsoe FAI 2142 = 7 = 9 = 6 =14 - 5 =11 -16 +12 - 1 =13 + 8 5.0 2223
11. Jepson, Christian m SWE 2412 = 8 =15 =14 - 4 = 7 =10 = 9 +16 - 2 =12 = 3 5.0 2212
12. Olsen, Heini f FAI 2278 +14 = 1 - 4 + 6 - 3 - 7 =15 -10 +16 =11 - 2 4.5 2205
13. Nolsoe, Eydun FAI 2220 + 9 - 7 +15 - 1 +14 - 6 = 5 - 2 - 8 =10 =16 4.5 2186
14. Andreasen, Joan Hendrik FAI 2106 -12 + 5 =11 =10 -13 +16 = 8 - 3 - 9 - 1 =15 4.0 2159
15. Thomsen, Torbjorn FAI 2212 = 3 =11 -13 - 5 =16 - 9 =12 - 6 - 7 = 4 =14 3.0 2079
16. Vang,Finnbjorn FAI ---- - 4 - 6 - 5 = 9 =15 -14 +10 -11 -12 - 7 =13 2.5 2043
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5th Dubai Open Chess Championships for the Sheikh Rashed bin Hamdan Cup
takes place 20th-29th April 2003 in Dubai, UAE. 100 players from 26 countries
including 46 GMs play in the 9 round Swiss. Konstantin Sakaev is the top seed
in a field that includes Evgeny Pigusov, Aleksej Alexandrov and Alexander
Motylev.
Internet coverage: http://www.arabfide.com/dubaiopen2003/
Matthew O'Hara of Cajun Chess reports: The 2003 Tampa Open was held at
the Comfort Inn near Busch Gardens on April 11-13. A total of 237 players,
including Grandmasters Jaan Elvest, Alexander Goldin, and Rashid Ziatdinov;
attended this event held by Cajun Chess (http://www.cajunchess.com). Early
fireworks were provided by Dagoberto Diaz, a player from Cuba with a 2245 FIDE
rating now living in the the Tampa area, with wins over GMs Elvest and
Ziatdinov. A last round setback kept Dagoberto away from a share of first
place. Elvest recovered from his first round loss to Diaz, winning all of his
remaining games. Goldin had the same result, only backwards, with a last round
loss at Elvest's hands after 4 wins. Rounding out the tie for first place at
four points were Senior Master Mark Ritter and Expert Daniel Ludwig. Ritter
defeated Diaz in round 2. Mr. Ludwig, the top-rated USA 12-year old, drew Mark
Ritter on the way to the top.
Leaading Final Standings:
1 Jaan Ehlvest 2705 4.0
2 Alexander Goldin 2683 4.0
3 Mark Ritter 2411 4.0
4 Daniel J Ludwig 2018 4.0
5 Nirio R Basallo 2167 3.5
6 Alexander Zelner 2183 3.0
7 Mario Va Marshall 2150 3.0
8 Goran Markovic 2129 3.0
9 Dagoberto Diaz 2072 3.0
10 Geoffrey Polizoti 2039 3.0
30 players
Evry, France hosted a GM and IM tournament April 10th18th 2003. Alberto
David won the GM event with 7/9 and Vladimir Lazarev the IM event with the same
score, he lost to the second and third placed players but won all the other
games.
Internet coverage: http://www.evry-grandroque.com/ and
http://www.europe-echecs.com
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1. David, Alberto g LUX 2548 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2631
2. Gozzoli, Yannick FRA 2431 = * = = = = 1 1 = = 5.5 2504
3. Bergez, Luc m FRA 2371 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2511
4. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2452 = = = * 0 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2465
5. Brochet, Philippe m FRA 2392 0 = = 1 * = 1 = = = 5.0 2471
6. Belkhodja, Slim g TUN 2443 = = = 0 = * 0 0 1 1 4.0 2380
7. Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2437 = 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 0 1 4.0 2380
8. Bellaiche, Antony m FRA 2424 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 1 3.5 2345
9. Abergel, Thal FRA 2365 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 * = 3.0 2306
10. Guidarelli, Laurent m FRA 2388 0 = = = = 0 0 0 = * 2.5 2263
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1. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 2517 * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2518
2. Simon, Olivier FRA 2293 1 * 1 = 0 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2448
3. Neiman, Emmanuel f FRA 2321 1 0 * = 1 1 = 0 1 1 6.0 2445
4. Velikov, Petar g BUL 2435 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2432
5. Amigues, Emmanuel FRA 2275 0 1 0 0 * = = 1 1 = 4.5 2325
6. Justo, Damian f ARG 2266 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 = 4.5 2326
7. Midoux, Sebastien FRA 2296 0 = = 0 = = * 0 1 1 4.0 2280
8. David, Vincent FRA 2351 0 0 1 = 0 0 1 * 0 1 3.5 2237
9. Sanchez, Louis FRA 2238 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * = 2.0 2109
10. Barletta, Diego ARG 2214 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1.5 2059
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The Deizisau IM tournament took place April 21th-17th 2003.
Internet coverage:
http://www.schachfreundedeizisau.de/NeckarOpen/7NO_home.htm
and http://www.europe-echecs.com
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1. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2441 * 1 = 1 1 = = = = 1 6.5 2504
2. Jens, Jelmer f NED 2375 0 * 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2511
3. Baramidze, David m GER 2440 = 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2463
4. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2483 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 5.0 2376
5. Sebag, Marie wm FRA 2394 0 = = = * = = 0 1 1 4.5 2343
6. Papa, Severin f SUI 2366 = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 1 4.5 2346
7. Zaragatski, Ilja GER 2336 = = 0 = = = * 0 1 = 4.0 2307
8. Bindrich, Falko GER 2284 = 0 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 1 4.0 2312
9. Braun, Arik GER 2324 = = 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1 3.5 2271
10. Auch, Stefan GER 2043 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 1938
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The IV Monaco IM took place 7th-14th April 2003. The Category III event
was won by Nanad Sulava with 8/9. Fabien Libiszewski made his third and what
should be final norm. My thanks to Thierry Foissez.
Further details: http://www.echiquier-nicois.org/
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IV IM Monaco MNC (MNC), 7-14 iv 2003 cat. III (2303)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2516 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2630
2. Libiszewski, Fabien FRA 2369 = * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2569
3. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2477 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2450
4. Geenen, Marc f BEL 2345 0 = = * 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2378
5. Beudaert, Xavier FRA 2293 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2347
6. Perez, Flavio FRA 2150 0 0 0 = = * 1 = = 1 4.0 2277
7. Leroy, Adrien f FRA 2265 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 3.5 2227
8. Basso, Fabrice FRA 2217 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 2.5 2147
9. Van Hoolandt, Patrick MNC 2298 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 2.0 2084
10. Gallissot, Alexandre FRA 2104 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1881
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The XXXIV Mar del Plata Open took place 12th-19th April 2003. Suat
Atalik took clear first with 7.5/9. Games from the first 6 rounds only
available. My thanks to José Mariano Acosta.
Internet coverage:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/9356/mdp.htm
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XXXIV Open Mar del Plata ARG (ARG), 12-19 iv 2003
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1 Atalik, Suat gm BIH 2568 7.5 50.0
2 Lafuente, Pablo fm ARG 2431 7 48.5
3 Fiorito, Fabian im ARG 2397 7 45.5
4 Needleman, Alejandro ARG 2417 7 45.0
5 Cubas, Jose Fernando im PAR 2424 7 44.5
6 Valiente, Cristobal im PAR 2308 7 44.5
7 Labollita, Martin im ARG 2433 6.5 49.0
8 Kanefsck, Gustavo im ARG 2388 6.5 48.5
9 Rubinetti, Jorge im ARG 2434 6.5 47.5
10 Mussanti, Diego fm ARG 2311 6.5 45.5
11 Cristobal, Ruben Alberto ARG 2298 6.5 43.5
12 Di Berardino, Diego BRA 2282 6.5 41.5
13 Slipak, Sergio gm ARG 2502 6 51.5
14 Rosito, Jorge im ARG 2410 6 48.0
15 Stefanova, Antoaneta gm BUL 2550 6 47.0
16 Vasta, Eduardo fm ARG 2367 6 46.5
17 Bachmann, Axel PAR 2146 6 46.0
18 Rojas, Luis im CHI 2444 6 45.5
19 Pierrot, Facundo im ARG 2426 6 44.5
20 Abarca Aguirre, Manuel fm CHI 2353 6 44.0
21 Lujan, Carolina wim ARG 2263 6 44.0
22 Aguilar, Andres ARG 6 43.5
23 Moreda, Lucas ARG 2329 6 43.0
24 Molina, Jorge BOL 2274 6 40.0
25 Loiterstein, Mariano ARG 2242 6 40.0
26 Tristan, Leonardo ARG 6 39.5
27 Palermo, Vicente Alfredo fm ARG 2266 6 39.5
28 Iglesias, Luis Rodolfo ARG 6 38.5
143 players
Vladica Andrejic reports on two events in Belgrade. The first was the
Belgrade Spring Open a Rating Tournament orgnised by the Belgrade Chess
Federation 25 March 2nd April 2003.
This was followed by the Belgrade Team Cup 4th-8th April 2003. (Swiss
system, 5 Rounds, 4 Boards )
Further details: http://www.beochess.org.yu
(Swiss System 9 rounds) Final Standings:
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Spring Open Belgrade YUG (YUG), 25 iii-2 iv 2003
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1. Cobic, Vladimir YUG 2353 7.5
2. Nestorovic, Dejan m YUG 2397 7.0
3. Mihajlovic, Miodrag f YUG 2265 7.0
4. Scekic, Milos m YUG 2447 6.5
5. Svetac, Nenad YUG 2379 6.5
6. Toth,Aleksandar YUG ---- 6.5
7. Zmijanac, Dusko YUG 2275 6.0
8. Ivanovic, Nikola YUG 2224 6.0
9. Jovanovic, Sasa T f YUG 2297 6.0
10. Starcevic, Goran f YUG 2153 6.0
11. Maksimovic, Milorad M YUG 2167 6.0
12. Lazarevic, Miodrag YUG 2112 6.0
13. Petrovic, Petar f YUG 2193 6.0
14. Vujic, Mihailo YUG 2276 6.0
70 players
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Team Cup Belgrade YUG (YUG), 4-8 iv 2003
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1. Cukaricki 14
2. Obilic 13.5
3. Romanticari U. Centrobanka 13
4. NIS Jugopetrol 12
5. Beogradski Vodovod 11.5
6-8. Beograd Sigurnost 10
Polet 10
Postanska Stedionica 10
9-11. Lestane 9
Radnicki 9
Lokomotiva 9
12-13. Rad 8.5
ASC 8.5
14. Grocka 7.5
15. Podunavac 7
The Western Pacific Open, held in Los Angeles, California April
11th-13th, saw 143 players compete in three sections. Taking first place in the
53-player Open section, which included 2 GMs and 5 IMs, were GM Alek
Wojtkiewicz and Daniel Rensch, a 17-year-old Master from Arizona. Next at 4-1
were GM Edhi Handoko, IM John Donaldson, Levon Altounian, Rico Salimbagat and
Pieta Garrett. John Hillery directed.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
The 6th St-Quentin-en-Yvelines Open tournament took place 12th-19th
April 2003. Manuel Apicella won the event with 8/9. Games from the final round
are currently unavailable.
Further details: http://ladamenoire.free.fr/
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6th St Quentin Open Elancourt FRA (FRA), 12-18 iv 2003
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1. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2501 8,0 2589 55,0 2626
2. Spiridonov, Nikola g BUL 2331 7,5 2435 54,5 2463
3. Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2497 7,0 2457 56,0 2480
4. Okhotnik, Vladimir m UKR 2439 7,0 2357 51,0 2431
5. Bogdanov, Emil f FRA 2202 7,0 2300 50,5 2320
6. Serafimov, Tervel BUL 2276 6,5 2351 55,5 2392
7. Piot, Olivier FRA 2212 6,5 2312 53,5 2322
8. Zigura, Oleg m UKR 2367 6,5 2273 42,25 2335
9. Krivokapic, Ratko FRA 2245 6,5 2146 45,0 2096
10. Appleberry, Martin FRA 2268 6,0 2310 52,0 2326
11. Draoui, Najib MAR 2278 6,0 2282 52,0 2294
12. Te-Llalemand, Rosa wg FRA 2291 6,0 2280 49,5 2290
13. Verat, Laurent f FRA 2357 6,0 2220 49,0 2211
14. Glod, Philippe FRA 2156 6,0 2208 46,0 2217
15. Bouton, Christophe FRA 2160 6,0 2179 47,5 2184
16. Joigneau,Sylvain FRA ---- 6,0 2168 46,5 2176
17. Boillon, Vincent FRA 2087 6,0 2165 46,0 2195
18. Vallepin,Cedric FRA ---- 6,0 2155 42,5 2190
19. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2243 6,0 2102 47,0 2118
20. Guyot,Emmanuel FRA ---- 6,0 2017 45,5 2023
103 players
There is a four game rapid match between Zhu Chen and Ioannis
Papaioannou in Gerani, Chania, Greece on 20th-21st April 2003. The event is
part of the Crete Easter Festival. After the first day Zhu Chen leads 1.5-0.5
after winning on time in game one.
Internet coverage: http://www.caissa.gr/easter2003/
Zhu Chen - Papaioannou, Ioannis 1-0 63 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Papaioannou, Ioannis - Zhu Chen 1/2 61 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Easter in Crete Rapid m Gerani GRE (GRE), 20-21 iv 2003
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Zhu Chen g CHN 2492 1 = . . 1.5 2768
Papaioannou, Ioannis g GRE 2575 0 = . . 0.5 2299
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The Open Norwegian Championships 2003 took place in Oslo 12th-20th April
2003. Normunds Miezis took first place with 8/9. Some games should be available
next week. My thanks to Victor Hansen.
Further details: http://home.online.no/~vichan/
1 Miezis, Normunds LAT 2516 8
2-4 Hersvik, Daniel NOR 2304 7
van der Weide, Karel NED 2388 7
Bae, Torstein NOR 2347 7
5-6 Agopov, Mikael FIN 2376 6.5
Andersen, Alf Roger NOR 2165 6.5
7-13 Asauskas, Henrikas LTU 2338 6
Hansen, Tobjorn R. NOR 2312 6
Senff, Martin GER 2454 6
Grotnes, Nils R. NOR 2260 6
Hagesther, Ellen NOR 2166 6
Godlauskas, Kazys LTU 2208 6
Bentsen, Oyvind NOR 6
74 players
The Foxwoods Open takes place April 17th-21st 2003.
Coverage: http://members.cox.net/tournaments/foxwoods/
Round 7 Standings:
1 Ilya Smirin 2802 6
2 Gregory Kaidanov 2743 5½
3 Igor Novikov 2686 5½
4 Ildar Ibragimov 2667 5½
5 Hikaru Nakamura 2632 5½
6 Yury Shulman 2615 5½
7 Sergey Kudrin 2597 5½
8 Pavel Blatny 2558 5½
9 Jaan Ehlvest 2705 5
10 Alexander Goldin 2683 5
11 Alex Yermolinsky 2622 5
12 Alexander Ivanov 2615 5
13 Gennadi Zaitshik 2590 5
14 Alexander Fishbein 2571 5
15 Dmitry Gurevich 2541 5
16 Michael Casella 2318 5
128 players
The 29th National Chess Championships of Bangladesh take place in Dhaka,
27th March to 10th April 2003. ELO favourite Ziaur Rahman withdrew after 2
rounds. Bin-Sattar Reefat won the event.
Website: http://www.bcs-online.org/
Final Standings after playoffs to
resolve ties.
1. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2451 10.5
2. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2435 9.5
3. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2405 9.5
4. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2451 8.0
5. Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2309 7.0
6. Hossain, Pollab Sawkat H BAN 2217 6.5
7. Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2211 5.0
8. Rahman, Taibur f BAN 2300 5.0
9. Rahman, S. Manfuzur BAN 2182 4.5
10. Islam, Kh. Aminul BAN 2271 4.5
11. Mohammad, Javed BAN 2100 3.0
12. Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2148 2.5
13. Alam, Md. Monjur BAN 2133 2.5
Crosstable
29th ch-BAN Dhaka BAN (BAN), 28 iii-13 iv 2003 cat. II (2278)
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1 Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2451 * = 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2599
2 Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2405 = * 1 = 1 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 9.5 2497
3 Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2435 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2494
4 Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2451 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2388
5 Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2309 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2332
6 Hossain, Pollab Sawkat H BAN 2217 0 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2312
7 Rahman, Taibur f BAN 2300 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 0 0 5.0 2219
8 Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2211 = = 0 0 0 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2226
9 Islam, Kh. Aminul BAN 2271 0 1 = 0 = 0 = = * 0 0 1 = 4.5 2191
10 Rahman, S. Manfuzur BAN 2182 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * = 1 1 4.5 2198
11 Mohammad, Javed BAN 2100 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 0 3.0 2099
12 Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2148 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 1 2.5 2058
13 Alam, Md. Monjur BAN 2133 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 1 0 * 2.5 2060
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The 7th and 8th Rounds of the 4NCL took place over the weekend of April
12th-13th 2003. Wood Green maintained their 100% record in the event. My thanks
to Arthur F Brameld for the games.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Steve Laios sends 6 more games from the final round of the Belgian team
championships.
The Asian Team Chess Championships took place in Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
India April 7th-17th 2003. Teams: China, India, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Iran,
Kazhakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Macau and
Bangladesh. China took first place in both the men's and women's competitions.
Top 3: Men's: 1 CHINA 25.0 2 INDIA ‘A’ 23.5 3 INDIA ’C’
23.0 Women's 1 CHINA 20.0 2 VIETNAM 19.0 3 INDIA ‘A’ 18.5
A smallish selection of games from the event is available.
Further details: http://www.asianteamchess2003.com
Final Standings Men
Pl Team Pts
1 CHINA 25.0
2 INDIA ‘A’ 23.5
3 INDIA ’C’ 23.0
4 KAZAKHSTAN 22.5
5 VIETNAM 21.5
6 INDIA ‘B’ 21.0
7 UZBEKISTAN 20.0
8 TURKMENISTAN 19.0
9 IRAN 17.5
10 MALAYASIA 16.0
11 KYRGYZSTAN 11.5
12 SRILANKA 9.5
13 MACAU 4.0
Final Standings Women
Pl Team Pts
1 CHINA 20.0
2 VIETNAM 19.0
3 INDIA ‘A’ 18.5
4 INDIA ‘B’ 17.5 (117.5)
5 INDIA ’C’ 17.5 (116.5)
6 KAZAKHSTAN 16.0
7 IRAN 13.5
8 KYRGYZSTAN 10.5
9 BANGLADESH 9.5 (123.0)
10 TURKMENISTAN 9.5 (116.0)
11 MALAYASIA 7
12 SRILANKA 3.5
Board Prizes Men
NO. PLAYER TEAM PTS TIE BREAK PRIZES
(MEDALS)
1st Board
1. DAO THIEN HAI VIETNAM 7.0/9 77.77% GOLD
2. YE JIANG CHUAN CHINA 5.5/8 68.75% (2538) SILVER
3. K. SASIKIRAN INDIA ‘A’ 5.5/8 68.75% (2531) BRONZE
2nd Board
1. PRAVIN THIPSAY INDIA ‘B’ 5.5/7 78.57% GOLD
2. MAHJOOB MURTEZA IRAN 5.0/7 71.42% SILVER
3. KOTSUR P. KAZAKHSTAN 5.5/8 68.75% BRONZE
3rd Board
1. LANKA RAVI INDIA ‘C’ 7.5/9 83.33% GOLD
2. XU JUN CHINA 6.5/9 72.22% SILVER
3 TU HOANG THONG VIETNAM 6.0/9 66.66% BRONZE
4th Board
1. ZHANG PENGXIANG CHINA 7.0/8 87.50% GOLD
2. DINESH SHARMA INDIA ‘C’ 6.5/8 81.25% SILVER
3. ODEEV HANDSZAR TURKMENISTAN 7.0/9 77.77% BRONZE
5th Board
1. ASKAROV BAKHTIYAR KAZAKHSTAN 4.5/5 90.00% GOLD
2. ABHIJEET KUNTE INDIA ‘A’ 5.0/7 71.40% SILVER
3. VAKHIDOV TAHIR UZBEKISTAN 3.5/5 70.00% BRONZE
Board Prizes Women
NO. PLAYER TEAM PTS TIE BREAK PRIZES
(MEDALS)
1st Board
1. ZHU CHEN CHINA 5.5/7 78.57% GOLD
2. SERGEEVA MARIA KAZAKHSTAN 6.0/8 75.00% SILVER
3. S. MEENAKSHI INDIA ‘B’ 6.5/9 72.20% BRONZE
2nd Board
1. XU YUHUA CHINA 7.0/9 77.70% GOLD
2. SWATI GHATE INDIA ‘B’ 6.5/9 72.20% SILVER
3. PARIDAR SHADI IRAN 6.0/9 66.66% BRONZE
3rd Board
1. LE KIEU THIEN KIM VIETNAM 5.0/7 71.43% (2185) GOLD
2. ANUPAMA GOKHALE INDIA ‘C’ 5.0/7 71.43% (2166) SILVER
3. WANG YU CHINA 4.5/7 64.20% BRONZE
4th Board
1. D. HARIKA INDIA ‘A’ 6.0/7 85.70% GOLD
2. VO HONG PHUONG VIETNAM 4.0/5 80.00% SILVER
3. SAI MEERA RAVI INDIA ‘C’ 4.5/6 75.00% BRONZE
III Internacional Governador Mário Covas
The III Internacional Governador Mário Covas takes place April
22nd-30th in Santos, Brazil.
Players: GM Gilberto Milos 2586 Brazil, GM Ivan Morovic 2551 Chile, GM
Alonso Zapata 2543 Colombia, GM Rafael Leitao 2533 Brazil, GM Alejandro Hoffman
2485 Argentina and GM Andres Rodrigues 2479 Uruguay.
Internet coverage: http://www.fpx.com.br/
Generation Chess International Tournament
The Generation Chess International Tournament takes place in the
Marshall Chess Club, New York City USA April 23rd - May 2nd 2003.
Players: GM Larry Christiansen 2544 USA, GM Leonid Yudasin 2558 Israel,
FM Stephen Muhammad 2397 USA, GM Joel Benjamin 2589 USA, IM William Paschall
2429 USA, IM Eugene Perelshteyn 2452 USA, IM Amon Simutowe 2411 Zambia, IM
Varuzhan Akobian 2547 USA, IM Irina Krush 2431 USA and IM Mark Bluvshtein 2451
Canada
Live coverage on ICC http://www.chessclub.com
Enghien-les-Bains
The 2003 Enghien-les-Bains tournament will have Judit Polgar, Teimour
Radjabov, Vladimir Akopian, Evgeny Bareev, Boris Gelfand, Laurent Fressinet and
Christian Bauer. The organisers are hopeful that Michael Adams and Viktor
Korchnoi may play. Joel Lautier or Hichem Hamdouchi are also likely. The 10
player event is expected to be category 17. Venue "Centre des Arts" in
Enghien-les-Bains. Event will take place June 13th-22nd 2003. Time control will
be 2 hours + 1 hour.
Chess Classic Mainz
Hartmut Metz sends news of this annual event:
The Chess Classic Mainz 2003 will see defending champion (and winner
for the last three years) Viswanathan Anand challenged by Judit Polgar in a
rapid match taking place 14th-17th August 2003. They will play two games per
day from 6.30pm in the Rheingoldhalle.
The event will be officially opened by Jens Beutel, Mayor of Mainz on
opens on 13th August 2003.
The Chess960 Open starts the following day (in which the initial
position is determined by drawing lots) is expected to attract more than last
year's 131 players. Peter Svider will play a match against Peter Leko in this
form of chess.
The traditional Ordix Open will take place on Saturday and Sunday (16th
and 17th August). 500 players are expected to play in the 10th tenth staging of
this competition.
Hilton Blackpool International August
The Hilton Blackpool International tournament will take place August
4th-9th 2003 at the Hilton Hotel Blackpool.
The event will be a 10 player all-play-all, with an average rating over
2400 elo. With 3 Grandmasters, with 4 players not from England and with five
players with titles, the event will be both GM and IM norm qualifying.
Players will include GM's Nigel Davies, Colin McNab and probably
Jonathan Rowson possibly GM norm seekers Danny Gormally and John Shaw
(Scotland); and IM norm seekers Stewart Haslinger, Craig Hanley, Jeff Horner
and Sam Colins (Ireland). Other players to be confirmed.
Organiser Bill O'Rourke
Website to be confirmed but may be:
http://www.chessfest.org.uk
Andorra Open 2003
The 21st edition of the International Chess Open of Andorra takes place
5th-13th July 2003 in the Government's Pavilion in Andorra La Vella,
Plaça del Poble.
Further details on the event: http://www.feva.ad
Contact details: F.E.V.A.- Tel. / Fax.:00.376.867846
openandorra@andorra.ad Oscar de la Riva: (21:00 - 23:30 h) 00.376.839899
Players so far include: - Khenkin, Igor (GM 2644 GER) - Volkov,
Aleksander (GM 2634 RUS) - Nisipeau, Dieter (GM 2606 ROM) - Avrukh, Boris (GM
2586 ISR) - Delchev, Aleksander (GM 2577 BUL) - Eljanov, Pavel (GM 2571 UKR) -
Pavlovic, Milos (GM 2570 YUG) - Ivanisevic, Ivan (GM 2569 YUG) - Marin, Mihail
(GM 2567 ROM) - Psakhis, Lev (GM 2566 ISR) - De la Riva, O (MI 2525 AND) -
Cheparinov, Iván (MI 2508 BUL) - Galego, Luis (GM 2506 POR) - Narciso,
Marc (GM 2501 ESP) - Paunovic, Dragan (MI 2496 YUG) - Comas, Lluis (GM 2490
ESP)
Anand, Polgar and Karpov against the Basque Team
Santurtzi, a small Basque town near Bilbao (Spain) will be the venue
(May 1st.-3rd.) of a very original match. The Basque team (GM F. Izeta, GM J.L.
Fernandez and GM M. Gomez) will play a total of nine games (three blindfold,
three advanced chess and three rapid [50 min. + 5 sec/move], three games each
day) against Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar and Anatoli Karpov.
According to the Town Council, the main sponsor, "the idea is a
combination of the sporting, cultural and spectacular sides of chess". A debate
with the players about the film "Searching for Bobby Fischer" will be one of
the parallel events.
Internet site: http://www.ayto-santurtzi.com
21st Metz Open
The 21st Metz Open takes place 19th-27th April 2003. Players include
Mikhail Gurevich, Vladimir Baklan, Vereslav Eingorn, Andrei Shchekachev,
Evgenij Agrest, Stanislav Savchenko, Bogdan Lalic and Nenad Sulava.
Coverage: http://193.252.48.8/Tournois/2003/Metz/Metz2003.htm
III Salou Tournament
The III Salou Tournament takes place 4th-16th May 2003.
Further details: http://chess.1000tiendas.com/
Championships of Uruguay Semifinals
The 2003 Championships of Uruguay Semifinals take place 25th-27th April
2003.
Internet coverage: http://nuestroajedrez.ods.org/
Dubai Open
The Dubai Open 2003 takes place 21st-30th July 2003. The 9 round Swiss
System event will use the Fischer system of time control . Around 40
grandmasters are expected to participate. Players will compete for a total
prize fund of US Dollars 35000 and prizes for the top 15 places.
Further details: http://www.dubaichess.com/intro.asp
4 Chess Queens and Kings
Fang Zhang reports that there will be a FIDE match between the Four
Chess Queens from China (GM Xie Jun 2569, GM Zhu Chen 2492, WGM Xu Yaohua 2489
and WGM Zhao Xue 2442) and the Four Chess Kings (GM Alexander Khlifman RUS
2702, GM Nigel Short ENG 2690, GM Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2684 and GM Yasser Seirawan
2626 USA). The match will take place May 22th to June 7th 2003 in four of
China's main cities Beijing, Jinan, Chongqing and Xian.
V Sants Open
The V International Open Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta takes place
30th August - 7 September 2003 in the Cotxeres de Sants C/ Sants 79 Barcelona
Spain. Prizes 9.425 euros. Last time there were 376 players from 24 countries.
Website: http://www.secretariat.org/open (in
catalan spanish and english version)
7th International Neckar-Open
7th International Neckar-Open takes place April 17th-21st 2003 in
Deizisau, Germany. The tournament has a total prize fund of 11.000 Euros
Players in the A-Open event include:
GM Konstantin Landa (ELO 2649/RUS) Winner 5th Int. Neckar-Open GM
Vladimir Epishin (ELO 2626/RUS) Winner 6th Int. Neckar-Open GM Levon Aronian
(ELO 2610/ARM) Junior World-Champion GM Vadim Milov (ELO 2592/SUI) GM
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ELO 2592/ROM) GM Zahar Efimenko (ELO 2590/UKR) GM
Aleksander Delchev (ELO 2583/RUS) GM Vladimir Burmakin (ELO 2575/RUS) IM Jan
Gustafsson (ELO 2566/GER) GM Vyacheslav Ikonnikov (ELO 2542/RUS) Rainer Buhmann
(ELO 2525/GER) GM Kaido Kulaots (ELO 2513/EST) GM Jozsef Horvath (ELO 2511/HUN)
GM Gyula Sax (ELO 2511/HUN) GM Ludger Keitlinghaus (ELO 2500/GER)
Swiss Chess Tour events 2003
International Chess Tournament Lenk
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" will continue in Lenk with the 15th "Hotel
Kreuz-Open" April 17th- 21st 2003. "Hotel Kreuz" will be host, for the second
time. Swiss system, 7 rounds (without pool!) 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. From 11.- 20. places
natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1943), junior(1983-86),
schoolboy (1987) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60
SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: "Hotel Kreuz". Special
chess-rates. Time table: Round 1st 18.30-22.30 April 17,; Rounds 2/3
09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 18,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 19,; Rounds
5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 20,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 21.
Closing ceremony April 21 at 16.00. List of participants: GMs: Sokolov (FRA),
Pinter (HUN), Gallagher (SUI), Jenni (SUI), Vogt (GER); WGMs: Sedina (ITA);
IMs: Forster (SUI), Horvath Peter (HUN), Krizsany (HUN), Joksic (YUG), Kiss
(HUN), Roger and Oliver Moor (SUI) etc. Not sure Vlastimil Hort (GER) and
Florin Gheorghiu (ROM). Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or
info@beochess.ch
International Chess Zurich Lake Open, Pfaeffikon SC
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" will provide in Pfaeffikon with the 3rd
"Hotel Seedamm Plaza Open" June 6th- 9th 2003. "Hotel Seedamm Plaza" will be
host, for the third time. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a
maximum of 4 hours (36 moves for 90 minutes and 30 minutes till the end). Prize
are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.-
20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1943),
junior(1983-86), schoolboy (1987) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs
and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: "Hotel
Seedamm Plaza". Special chess rates. Time table: Rounds 1/2 13.00-17.00 and
18.00-22.00 June 6,; Rounds 3/4 10.00-14.00 and 15.00-19.00 June 7,; Rounds 5/6
10.00-14.00 June 8,; Round 7 10.00-14.00 June 9. Closing ceremony June 9 at
14.30. Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch
International Chess Tournament Davos
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" will continue in Davos, one of the most
popular turist place, with the 2nd "Sunstar Park Hotel Open", August 2nd- 10th
2003. "Sunstar Park Hotel" will be host, for the second time. Swiss system, 9
rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and
60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles and FIDE rating. Prize are:
1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20.
places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1943),
junior(1983-86), schoolboy (1987) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs
and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: "Sunstar
Park Hotel". Time table: Rounds 1/8 14.00-20.00 August 2-9,; Round 9
10.00-16.00 August 10. Closing ceremony August 10, half-hour after the last
game. Unbelievable chess-rates. Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert
Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch
6th Pelikán Memorial
The 6th Memorial of Professor Jaroslav Pelikán (13th
International Chess Holiday) takes place in Prague - Czech Republic, 19th-26th
July 2003, 26th July - August 2nd 2003 and 2nd-9th August. There are
tournaments for strong and weak chessplayers, both men and women of all ages.
Closed groups and each one consists of 10 players. Chess + accommodation under
the same roof - Tourist Hotel. A rich programme for chessplayers and
non-chesplayers too. 7 days hotel/shower+WC, bed and breakfast, chess, souvenir
prizes for all chessplayers, sightseeing in Prague, trips, a farewell party -
for 245 Eur to 275 Eur. It is possible to order lunch, dinner - every meal 5
Eur. A offer of Theatre Performances. Discounts for children, students, retired
and those who have already been to the International Chess Holiday. In groups
the tenth person free of charge.
Entries till 30.06. 2003 Info: Jindra Kollerová U
Plynárny 15, 140 00 Praha 4 - Michle Czech Republic Tel: + 420 2
41407355 Fax: + 420 2 61210054 E-mail: jindra.kollerova@mybox.cz
http://www.schach-prag.de
16th "Ciudad de León"
Topalov and Ponomariov were in Madrid on March 10th to promote the
announcement of the Leon rapid tournament in June sponsored by the Spanish
sports newspaper Marca.
The 16th "Ciudad de León" chess tournament will take place June
5th-9th 2003 in León, Spain. This year it will be a quadrangular
knockout rapid tournament (not advanced chess ie no computers as in recent
years) with Ruslan Ponomariov (Elo 2734) Vesselin Topalov, (Elo 2743) Sergey
Karjakin, (Elo 2547) and Francisco "Paco" Vallejo Pons (Elo 2629) The venue
will be the Edificio de la Junta de Castilla y León".
2 semi-finals of 4 games - 20 minutes + 10 seconds per move. Schedule:
Friday June 6th : First Semi final: Topalov - Karjakin Saturday June 7th Second
Semi final : Ponomariov - Vallejo Sunday June 8th: Final.
The official web sites will be:
http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
Friends of Hastings International Chess Congress
A new fundraising scheme has been launched by Hastings International
Ches s Congress. Hastings Borough Council has generously agreed to continue its
support of this important historic event but funding for 2003/04 has been cut
from £32,740 last year, to £21,000 with a promise of a further
£5,000 if £5,000 match funding can be secured by the Congress.
Details available at: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2003
The final lineup for the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2003 has been
announced.
The six players are Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik,
his challenger Peter Leko, Viswanathan Anand, the winner of Wijk aan Zee,
Arkadi Naiditsch, Germany’s big hope, Viorel (Viktor) Bologan from
Moldavia who qualified via the Aeroflot open and Teimour Radjabov from
Azerbaijan who recently competed at the Linares tournament.
The double round robin event takes place at the Dortmund Theatre 31st
July - 10th August 2003.
The Sparkassen Open will take place at the Town Hall of Dortmund,
Friedensplatz, 1st - 10th August 2003. For more information and registration
please contact Schachfreunde Brackel. Phone: 0049-231/2009265 or
0049-231/2000560. http://www.schachfreunde-brackel.de
Maurice Ashley on draws
GM Maurice Ashley comments on the long discussed issue of early
draws.
Read the article at:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/ashley03.html
Duif Calvin's suggestions for tournament details
Duif Calvin has come up with a list for chess promoters of information
that is useful for chess fans to know when they're announcing their events. You
can read it at: http://jaderiver.com/chess/promote.html
Brno 2003
The Brno 2003 tournaments take place 28 June - 6th July 2003 in the
Club VA, Sumavska 4, Brno. Various open and closed events.
Further Information: http://volny.cz/skduras
Belfort International Open
The 9th International Grand Prix in Belfort takes place 12th-17th April
2003.Frutehr details contact belfortechecs@wanadoo.fr
Coulsdon Easter Chess Congress
The Coulsdon Easter Chess Congress takes place Friday 18th - Saturday
19th April 2003
Details and entry form can be found at:
http://www.ccfs.freeserve.co.uk/Chess/mainmenu.html
Click on the Long Play Congress Link for details.
Saint-Petersburg vs. Paris
Distance chess match Saint-Petersburg vs. Paris May 28 2003, at the day
of celebration of the 300 years anniversary of Saint-Petersburg, will take
place the first in the history match in distance chess between Saint-Petersburg
team and French club "NAO chess club". http://www.ruschess.com/
European Club Cup
The chess champions league in Crete The European Club Cup Men &
Women takes place in the CRETA STAR HOTEL 27th September-5th October 2003.
More than 400 chess players, the best in the world, will come to Crete
in order to claim the Champions League Title of Men and the Women. 7 round
Swiss there will be teams of 6 for the men and the right to use two
substitutes, and the teams of women will use 4 players.
Internet site: http://www.venizelia.gr
John Knudsen vs. The World
Senior International Master-Elect John Knudsen is playing a "Rest of
World" match on the internet at http://www.chessworld.net. He is one of
the worlds leading promoters of correspondence chess, setting up the domain
http://www.correspondencechess.com
in 1996 which now hosts many of the major cc sites. There is a spectator URL
set up for this game at the following link:-
http://www.correspondencechess.com/knudsen/replay/row.htm
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 Knudsen will need to
login and follow the Opponents menu to 'Play SIM Knudsen'.
chessworld.net have a continuing
match against Patrick Wolff which has reached move 27.
Wolff,P - Rest of World www.ChessWorld.net 17.02.2003 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.d3 0-0
11.Bg5 Na5 12.Ba2 b4 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nbd2 h6 15.Bh4 bxc3 16.bxc3 Qe7 17.Re1 Rab8
18.d4 Ba7 19.Qe2 Rb6 20.Bg3 Nd7 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 c5 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Nxe5
dxe5 25.Rad1 Kh7 26.Qe2 f6 27.Bc4 Continues
FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships
The 2003 FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships take place in Tswane
(used to be called Pretoria), South Africa from 2nd-13th July 2003. More
information, online entry form, etc. can be found on the tournament website:
http://www.chessa.co.za/wacc2003/index.html
Czech Open 2003
The 14th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games takes place
10th-27th July 2003 Pardubice, Czech Republic. Many events.
More detailed information at the following address: AVE-KONTAKT, Sukova
1556, 530 02 Pardubice, CZECH REPUBLIC, tel./fax +420 – 466 535 200
e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz , http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
VIII Cesenatico International Open
The VIII Cesenatico (Italy) International Open takes place 31st August
- 7th September 2003. The venue is the Palazzo Veronese Viale Carducci, 7 -
Cesenatico (Forlì Italy). Phone and fax +390547673096 #
Mobile phone +39335.6615956. Further details:
http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
Organiser Jean Christophe Pirini email info@antiquascom.it
SEA Games Chess Championships 2003
The 22nd SEA Games Chess Championships 2003 takes place 4th-14th
December 2003 at the Rex Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City. There will be 2 types of
events for men and women. 1 Standard Chess - 90 minutes with increment of 30
seconds per move. 2 Rapid Chess - 25 minutes with increment of 10 seconds per
move.
For each type, there will be individual and team events. The men and
women shall compete separately.
Further details: E-mail: ldc@hn.vnn.vn Website:
http://seagames22.com.vn/
17th Pula Open
17th International Open Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2003" 1st-7th June
2003 in Pula, Croatia.
Further details: http://sahklubpula.virualave.net
7th Voronezh International
The 7th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th -
21st, 2003.
Events: 1.Rapid tournament, 2.Blitz tournament, 3.Master Open 4. FIDE
Open 5. Amateur Open (for unrated players).
Place of the festival: Voronezh Chess Club, Engels str.34,
ph.007-0732-551777, 007-0732-550531.
Tournament director: Alexander Raetsky, e-mail:
alex_raetsky@hotmail.com
Further details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open
New Correspondence Chess Server
A new commercial Correspondence Chess Server
http://www.chessfriend.com started in
January. Members with full membership will have to pay 120 Euro/year. For that
money the members get these additional serves: - free ticket to the annual CFC
championship (3 rounds, 42 games, prize fund 80.000 Euro, 1st prize 30.000
Euro) - free ticket to a CFC class tournament (single round, 6 or 12 games /
prizes 130/75 200/125/75 Euro) - free ticktet to the CFC OTB open (9 rounds
Swiss, start September 2003 in Germany, prize fund 18.000 Euro, 1st prize 7.500
Euro) - free PDF copy of Chess Mail by Tim Harding - 10% gross discount on all
items bought at http://www.chessgate.de - etc. There are single entries
possible for our Class tournaments (7 or 13 players) starting with an entry fee
of 10 Euro.
Address: http://www.chessfriend.com
40th Canadian Open Championship
The 40th Canadian Open Championships take place in Kapuskasing, Ontario,
hosts Canada's most important open event, July 12-20, 2003. First prize is $cdn
6,000, and the projected prize fund is $cdn 50,000. TD (Arbiter) of the
10-round event is IA Jonathan Berry. The Organizer is Denis Nadeau:
nadeaud@cscdgr.on.ca Further details:
http://www.kapchess.com/kapchess/open.html
Kapuskasing is a remote, wild location. A chess tournament there will be
an experience long remembered by players accustomed to big city life.
Cannes Swiss Tournament
The Cannes Swiss Tournament takes place 8th-14th March 2003. 9 rounds
with 2 games on 2 days. 10,000 Euro prize fund with a first of 2000, Entry Fee
60 Euro, Juniors 30. 40 moves in 2: 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Contact info@cannes-echecs.org
Stichting Schaak Groningen address change
The Chess Foundation Groningen (Stichting Schaak Groningen - SSG ) has a
new e-mail address joh.zwanepol@hetnet.nl. You can contact Johan Zwanepol the
executive director of the SSG at that address or Boerakkerweg 9, NL-9321 EL
Peize, The Netherlands tel. +31(50)5032744
16th "Ciudad de León"
The 16th "Ciudad de León" chess tournament will take place June
5th-9th 2003 in León, Spain. This year it will be a quadrangular
tournament with Ruslan Ponomariov (Elo 2734) Vesselin Topalov, (Elo 2743)
Sergey Karjakin, (Elo 2547) and Francisco "Paco" Vallejo Pons (Elo 2629) The
venue will be the Edificio de la Junta de Castilla y León". The event
will almost certainly be advanced chess.
The official web site will be:
http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
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
Patrick Wolff Chess-Site
Patrick Wolff has launched a pay site at:
http://www.wolffchess.com
Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic
May 24-26 2003, 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/
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
Politiken Cup
The 25th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup takes 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
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. See more at the tournament's home page
http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2003
Players who are interested may contact Tournament Organiser Michael
Andersson, e-mail GM@skanderborgskakklub.dk
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
