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Games section
Enghien-les-Bains 25 games World Junior Championships 24 games Pancevo 1153-2003 18 games Serbia and Montenegro Teams 121 games First Saturday June 86 games 61st New York Masters 5 games Svidler - Chernyshov Match 5 games Solingen Chess Week 154 games Norwegian team championships 120 games South African Closed 54 games Zone 3.2a championships 84 games Dutch Team Championship Playoffs 40 games Grenoble IM 8 games 2nd NAO GM 15 games Alvise Zichichi 1938-2003 3 games 762 games
My thanks to Andy McFarland, Antonio Rosino, Rodolfo Arias, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Oliver Kniest, John Fernandez, Mihajlo Savic, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Laszlo Nagy, Davide Cortese, Felix Vaisman, Nguyen Phuoc Trung, Gabor Pali, RR Vasudevan, Eric van Reem, Miklos Orso, Frank Quisinsky and everyone else who helped with the issue.
I've always been an admirer of Evgeny Bareev's play. For a number of years he struggled to get the invitations that his talent warrented but this seemed to turn around with a good performance at the FIDE Championships in Moscow in 2001 followed by a win in Wijk aan Zee as a late replacement for Garry Kasparov. Its been mostly good news for him since then. In second was Michael Adams who has been losing rating points steadily over the last year and will surely welcome this good result. Boris Gelfand and Judit Polgar will also take points away from the event. Teen star Teimour Radjabov, Vladimir Akopian and Viktor Korchnoi (who struggled with the clock an old story for him) all lost significant points.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 2003 Enghien-les-Bains category 17 tournament took place June 13th-22nd 2003. Time control is 2 hours + 1 hour.Evgeny Bareev won with 6.5/9 with a performance of over 2800 half a point clear of Michael Adams who also gained rating points. The bottom four players lost rating points especially Vladimir Akopian.
Website: http://enghien.free.fr
Round 5 (June 18, 2003) Gelfand, Boris - Adams, Michael 1/2 29 E04 Catalan Bauer, Christian - Polgar, Judit 1/2 76 E15 Queens Indian Radjabov, Teimour - Fressinet, Laurent 1/2 30 B10 Caro Kann Lautier, Joel - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 64 D18 Slav Defence Korchnoi, Viktor - Akopian, Vladimir 1-0 77 E38 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Round 6 (June 19, 2003) Bareev, Evgeny - Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 65 D45 Anti-Meran Variations Adams, Michael - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 29 B45 Sicilian Classical Polgar, Judit - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 22 C10 French Rubinstein Lautier, Joel - Bauer, Christian 1/2 17 A86 Dutch Leningrad Akopian, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 41 B50 Sicilian Defence Round 7 (June 20, 2003) Gelfand, Boris - Polgar, Judit 1-0 40 B49 Sicilian Paulsen Fressinet, Laurent - Adams, Michael 1/2 24 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange Bauer, Christian - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 44 C11 French Defence Radjabov, Teimour - Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 22 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Korchnoi, Viktor - Lautier, Joel 1/2 22 A20 English Opening Round 8 (June 21, 2003) Bareev, Evgeny - Adams, Michael 1/2 23 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Polgar, Judit - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 46 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Bauer, Christian - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 32 E08 Catalan Lautier, Joel - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 22 E15 Queens Indian Akopian, Vladimir - Fressinet, Laurent 1/2 63 D27 QGA Round 9 (June 22, 2003) Adams, Michael - Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 61 C07 French Tarrasch Gelfand, Boris - Bauer, Christian 1-0 42 E07 Catalan Fressinet, Laurent - Polgar, Judit 1/2 46 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo Radjabov, Teimour - Lautier, Joel 1/2 15 D47 Queens Gambit Meran Korchnoi, Viktor - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 29 D23 QGA ------------------------------------------------------------------- It Enghien les Bains FRA (FRA), 13-22 vi 2003 cat. XVII (2669) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2734 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2828 2. Adams, Michael g ENG 2723 = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2788 3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2700 = = * 1 1 1 0 = 0 1 5.5 2746 4. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2715 = = 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2744 5. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2595 0 = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 4.5 2677 6. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2582 = = 0 = 0 * = = = 1 4.0 2636 7. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2644 0 0 1 0 = = * = = = 3.5 2592 8. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2666 0 0 = 0 = = = * 1 = 3.5 2589 9. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2703 0 = 1 0 = = = 0 * 0 3.0 2540 10. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2632 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 * 3.0 2548 -------------------------------------------------------------------
The World Junior Championships (under 20) take place June 21st - July 3rd 2003 in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan. Participants from 29 countries. In the 13 round boys section there are 50 participants: 7- GM, 13 - IM. In the 11 round girl's section 28 participants: 2 - WGM, 2 - WIM. Info Vladimir Dvorkovich.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.az/eng/
Round 2 Standings: ------------------------------------------------- WJun Nakhchivan AZE (AZE), 22 vi-3 vii 2003 ------------------------------------------------- 1 Mahesh Chandran, Panchanathan IND 2419 2,0 2 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2542 2,0 3 Kritz, Leonid GER 2468 2,0 4 Zubov, Alexander UKR 2494 2,0 5 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2456 2,0 6 Sadykov, Rustem KAZ 2416 2,0 7 Dziuba, Marcin POL 2450 2,0 8 Gupta, Abhijeet IND 2335 1,5 9 Geinaert, Steven BEL 2289 1,5 10 Jatautis, Donatas LTU 2149 1,5 11 Guseinov, Kadir AZE 2505 1,5 12 Izoria, Zviad GEO 2569 1,5 13 Gashimov, Vugar AZE 2579 1,5 14 Hanley, Craig ENG 2375 1,5 15 Pantsulaia, Levan GEO 2465 1,5 16 Schneider, Dmitry USA 2424 1,5 17 Gashimov, Sarkhan AZE 2317 1,0 18 Kozak, Leonid UZB 2178 1,0 19 Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2330 1,0 20 Vermaak,Frans-Willem RSA 0 1,0 21 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz AZE 2607 1,0 22 Murariu, Andrei ROM 2347 1,0 23 Azarov, Sergei BLR 2530 1,0 24 Olsson, Linus SWE 2252 1,0 25 Werle, Jan NED 2404 1,0 26 Bachin, Vitaly RUS 2443 1,0 27 Rohit, Gogineni IND 2357 1,0 28 Jirka, Jiri CZE 2394 1,0 29 Wang, Hao Yuan CAN 2226 1,0 30 Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2379 1,0 31 Safarli, Eltaj AZE 2201 1,0 32 Arun Prasad, S. IND 2275 1,0 33 Esplana, Christian PER 2367 1,0 34 Pacheco, Marco PER 2349 1,0 35 Kuparadze, Giga GEO 2227 0,5 36 Allemann, Anton SUI 2254 0,5 37 Baladjaev, Gara AZE 2177 0,5 38 Agaev,Nidjat AZE 2116 0,5 39 Monroy, Charles FRA 2294 0,5 40 Harikrishna, Pentala IND 2563 0,5 41 Johannes Mayedi Mabusela RSA 0 0,5 42 Erenburg, Sergey ISR 2499 0,5 43 Agaragimov, Djakhangir AZE 2252 0,5 44 Masse, Hugues CAN 2120 0,0 45 Murray, David IRL 0 0,0 46 Yilmaz, Mustafa TUR 1941 0,0 47 Osttveit, Martin NOR 2084 0,0 48 Allajov,Ramil AZE 0 0,0 49 Sevdimaliev,Urfan AZE 0 0,0 50 Kanep,Meelis EST 2446 0,0
The category 10 "Pancevo 1153-2003" tournament is underway reports Mihajlo Savic. Pancevo (15km east of Belgrade) celebrates its 850th anniversary with a category 10 12 player event. Players from Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Russia and Macedonia.
The favourite Sedlak Nikola (rating 2524). GM Norm 7,5 and IM norm 5,5. The President of the Serbia and Montenegro Chess Federation GM Bozidar Ivanovic players. Chief arbiter: Mihajlo Savic.
------------------------------------------------------------------------- It Pancevo YUG (YUG), 20-30 vi 2003 cat. X (2477) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2508 * = . . = . . . . . . 1 2.0 2604 2. Lazic, Miroljub g YUG 2508 = * . . . . . . . = . 1 2.0 2597 3. Ivanovic, Bozidar g YUG 2512 . . * . = . . . = . 1 . 2.0 2569 4. Sedlak, Nikola m YUG 2524 . . . * . = . . 1 . = . 2.0 2579 5. Matulovic, Milan g YUG 2432 = . = . * . . . = . . . 1.5 2476 6. Martinovic, Slobodan g YUG 2461 . . . = . * = . . = . . 1.5 2480 7. Grigoriants, Sergey m RUS 2506 . . . . . = * = . . = . 1.5 2471 8. Todorovic, Goran M g YUG 2459 . . . . . . = * . 1 . 0 1.5 2471 9. Micic, Cedomir YUG 2408 . . = 0 = . . . * . . . 1.0 2364 10. Radlovacki, Jovan YUG 2411 . = . . . = . 0 . * . . 1.0 2351 11. Radulski, Julian m BUL 2493 . . 0 = . . = . . . * . 1.0 2389 12. Stanojoski, Zvonko m MKD 2497 0 0 . . . . . 1 . . . * 1.0 2366 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mihajlo Savic reports that the Men's and Women's Cup of Serbia and Montenegro took place in Budva (on the shore of the Adriatic Sea) 18th-24th May 2003. In the Men's event there were 20 Teams (four boards) and in Women's only 6 (three boards). The men played 7 rounds, the women 5 rounds.
The men's event was won by Novosadski sah klub compositum (Vladislav Nevednichy, Aleksandar Kovacevic, Dragan Solak, Miroljub Lazic, Petar Popovic and Miodrag Jevtic. The women's by BAS (Natasa Bojkovic, Svetlana Prudnikova, Maria Manakova and Gordana Markovic.
The Arbiters were Luka Milunovic and Petar Katanic-Vujic both international arbiters.
Final Table Men Rank Team Gam. + = - Pts. MP 1 Novosadski sah klub 7 5 0 2 19 10 2 New Donn 7 4 1 2 18 9 3 BSK Gambit 7 5 1 1 17½ 11 4 Akademija Nova 7 5 0 2 17½ 10 5 SK Radonja Bojovic 7 4 2 1 17 10 6 SK Slavija 7 4 0 3 15½ 8 7 SK Buducnost 7 4 0 3 15 8 8 SK Obilic 7 4 1 2 14½ 9 9 Elektroprivreda CG 7 2 2 3 14 6 10 SK Nis 7 3 1 3 13½ 7 11 SK Ivan Kurjacki 7 3 1 3 13½ 7 12 Sloboda Bohor 7 2 2 3 13½ 6 13 Radnicki 7 2 2 3 13 6 14 Hercegnovski SK 7 2 2 3 12½ 6 15 PASK 7 2 3 2 12 7 16 Mimoza 7 2 2 3 12 6 17 Telekom 7 2 1 4 12 5 18 Dr.Ljubomir Djurdjic 7 2 1 4 11½ 5 19 Romanticari Centrobanka 7 1 1 5 10 3 20 SK Veselin Boskovic 7 0 1 6 8½ 1 Final Cup for Womens Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts. MP 1 B A S * 2 2½ 1½ 3 3 12 9 2 MPS Progres 1 * 2 2 2½ 2½ 10 8 3 Podgorica-Internet CG ½ 1 * 2 3 3 9½ 6 4 SK Srem 1½ 1 1 * 2 3 8½ 5 5 SK Niksic 0 ½ 0 1 * 2 3½ 2 6 SK Jugovic 0 ½ 0 0 1 * 1½ 0
The FS June events took place 7th-19th June 2003. There are GM, IM and two FM sections. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and arbiter Gabor Pali.
David Vigorito got his 3rd and final IM norm. He will just need to gain a little less than 20 rating points for the title. I got one of the names wrong in the IM event so I give all the games again from that event.
Internet coverage: http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0306/index.htm
------------------------------------------------------------------- FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 vi 2003 cat. VII (2404) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Todorovic, Goran M g YUG 2459 * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2671 2. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2531 = * 1 = = 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2515 3. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2470 1 0 * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2476 4. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2454 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2478 5. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2413 0 = 1 = * = = = = 1 5.0 2446 6. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2388 0 0 = = = * 1 = = = 4.0 2363 7. Fang, Joseph m USA 2314 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2371 8. Blauert, Joerg m GER 2364 0 = = 0 = = 0 * = = 3.0 2283 9. Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2315 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * = 2.5 2248 10. Biro, Sandor m ROM 2334 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 2.0 2192 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSIM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 vi 2003 cat. II (2292) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hajnal, Zoltan f HUN 2385 * 1 = 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2458 2. Vigorito, David f USA 2298 0 * = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2466 3. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2401 = = * = 1 1 = = = = 1 1 7.5 2415 4. Parkanyi, Attila m HUN 2363 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2350 5. Berczes, David HUN 2324 1 0 0 0 * 1 = = 1 = = = 5.5 2289 6. Werner, Dimo m GER 2359 = = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 0 = 1 5.5 2285 7. Banusz, Tamas HUN 2259 = = = 0 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 5.5 2295 8. Husari, Satea m SYR 2334 0 = = = = = = * 0 = 1 1 5.5 2288 9. Porat, Ido ISR 2132 0 0 = 1 0 0 = 1 * = 1 1 5.5 2306 10. Broomfield, Matthew ENG 2255 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 = = * 0 1 4.0 2193 11. Pg, Mohd Omar Ak Hirawan BRU 2210 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 1 * 1 3.5 2166 12. Werner, Daniel GER 2184 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 1918 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Leonid Yudasin won the 61st New York Masters on 17th June 2003. News John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com
---------------------------------------------------------------- 61st New York Masters Action USA (USA), 17 vi 2003 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 Total ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Yudasin, Leonid ISR g 2558 =12 + 9 + 8 + 5 3.5 ($430) 2. Vovsha, Eli ISR m 2432 +13 +11 = 5 = 4 3.0 ($120) 3. Ippolito, Dean USA m 2371 +15 - 5 +11 + 9 3.0 ($120) 4. Gershov, Yevgeny USA f 2339 = 8 +12 + 7 = 2 3.0 ($120) 5. Braylovsky, Greg USA 2327 +17 + 3 = 2 - 1 2.5 6. Kedyk, Dmytro UKR 2108 = 7 - 8 +14 +13 2.5 7. Blatny, Pavel CZE g 2458 = 6 +14 - 4 = 8 2.0 8. Shahade, Greg USA m 2441 = 4 + 6 - 1 = 7 2.0 9. Eisen, Lew USA 2238 +10 - 1 +12 - 3 2.0 10. Bonin, Jay USA m 2364 - 9 =15 =16 =11 1.5 11. Sarkar, Justin USA m 2389 +16 - 2 - 3 =10 1.5 12. Shevelev, Danny ISR f 2318 = 1 - 4 - 9 +16 1.5 13. Privman, Boris USA f 2207 - 2 =16 +15 - 6 1.5 14. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2240 = - 7 - 6 +17 1.5 15. Lenderman, Alex USA 2219 - 3 =10 -13 = 1.0 16. Rosenberg, Evan USA 2155 -11 =13 =10 -12 1.0 17. LeGrand, Michael USA ---- - 5 --- --- -14 0.0 PRIZES 1ST - $430 2ND - $160 3RD - $ 90 U2400 - $110
The 7th Voronezh International Chess Festival (ALFA-ECO Cup Voronezh) took place June 10th-21st 2003. Peter Svidler beat Konstantin Chernyshov 2.5-1.5 in a 4 game standard match and 3-1 in a rapid match. An open tournament with 110 players also took place alongside. Valentin Arbakov (Moscow) won the Master Open with Alexander Riazantsev was the second. No games from the Master Open are available.
Internet coverage: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/
Standard Timerate Match Svidler, Peter - Chernyshov, Konstantin 1/2 48 C10 French Rubinstein Chernyshov, Konstantin - Svidler, Peter 0-1 54 E61 King's Indian Defence Svidler, Peter - Chernyshov, Konstantin 1-0 27 B00 Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence Chernyshov, Konstantin - Svidler, Peter 1-0 42 E61 King's Indian Defence Match Voronezh RUS (RUS), 12-15 vi 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 = 1 1 0 . . 2.5 2619 Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2524 = 0 0 1 . . 1.5 2626 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rapid Match Svidler, Peter - Chernyshov, Konstantin 1-0 46 B06 Modern Defence Chernyshov, Konstantin - Svidler, Peter 1/2 49 B40 Sicilian Classical Svidler, Peter - Chernyshov, Konstantin 1-0 32 B06 Modern Defence Chernyshov, Konstantin - Svidler, Peter 1/2 55 A03 Bird's Opening Rapid Match Voronezh RUS (RUS), 16-16 vi 2003 --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 --------------------------------------------------------------- Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 1 = 1 = 3.0 2717 Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2524 0 = 0 = 1.0 2520 --------------------------------------------------------------- Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Arbakov Valentin 2380 7.0 50.5 2671 Riazantsev Alexander 2534 7.0 50.5 2641 3. Ulko Jaroslav 2446 6.5 52.5 2611 Amonatov Farrukh 2558 6.5 52.5 2581 Popov Valerij 2570 6.5 51.0 2618 Skorchenko Dmitriy 2430 6.5 50.0 2607 Alavkin Arsenij 2482 6.5 48.5 2561 Hasangatin Ramil 2517 6.5 48.0 2573 Zakhartsov Viacheslav 2515 6.5 45.5 2585 Kokarev Dmitry 2483 6.5 45.0 2575 Sambuev Bator 2484 6.5 44.5 2538 Tjurin Alexander 2332 6.5 42.5 2583 13. Yandemirov Valeri 2475 6.0 53.5 2560 Dobrov Vladimir 2443 6.0 50.0 2523 Nikitin Andrey 2483 6.0 47.5 2500 Shishkin Vadim 2449 6.0 47.0 2553 Zakharevich Igor 2508 6.0 46.5 2496 Sergienko Sergey 2439 6.0 45.5 2490 Khmelnitski Alexander 2483 6.0 44.5 2480 Rodchenkov Vitali 2417 6.0 36.5 2429 110 players
Oliver Kniest reports: Solingen chess week started with a seven round Swiss system open tournament from 6th to 9th June. Top seeded IM Karl-Heinz Podzielny, a former German blitz champion, won the tournament comfortably with 6/7. Anna Onischuk scored 5,5 points and became surprising runner-up after an excellent tournament performance. FM Ralf Hubert finished as best player from Solingen at fourth place and therefore achieved the title as Solingen champion. The chess weeks will continue at 27th/28th June when the open Blitz and Rapid championship of Solingen will take place. Games now available.
Leading final standings: 1. Podzielny,Karl-He IM 2488 GER 6.0 31.5 205.0 2. Onischuk,Anna 2208 UKR 5.5 31.5 197.0 3. Rudolph,Johannes 2260 GER 5.0 31.0 202.5 4. Hubert,Ralf FM 2347 GER 5.0 30.5 196.5 5. Schneider,Bernd IM 2424 GER 5.0 29.0 196.0 6. Nowik,Volker 2181 GER 5.0 28.0 178.0 7. Kniest,Oliver FM 2287 GER 4.5 31.5 196.0 8. Krieg,Nikolaj 2097 4.5 28.5 190.5 9. Karimi,Farhad 2147 4.5 27.5 190.0 44 players
Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: The finals of the Norwegian team championships were played in Asker south of Oslo 28.May - 1.June 2003. 8 teams were playing in the top group, having qualified from regional leagues.
Final standings: 1. Bergens Schakklub 2. Oslo Schakselskap 3. Asker Schakklubb 4. Akademisk SK Oslo 5. Porsgrunn Sjakklubb 6. Hauge Sjakklubb 7. Kristiansund Sjakklubb 8. Tromsø Sjakklubb
The winning team from Bergen: FM Daniel Hersvik, IM Eirik Gullaksen, IM Ivar Bern, FM Stig Gabrielsen, Stein Arild Aarland, Harald B. Borchgrevink and Eilif Skodvin.
There were 5 GMs and 6 IMs playing, all Norwegian residents. Apart from the Faroes, Norway is the only Nordic country without imported GMs and IMs in the national championship.
Beside the top group there was an open with 17 teams. The winner NTG (with GM Simen Agdestein) qualified for next year's top group.
Details (in Norwegian): http://www.askersjakk.no/NM/NMstart.asp
The South African Closed Championships took place June 14th-21st 2003.
Kenny Solomon won the event on 8/11 having the better of the tie-break used in the event from Watu Kobese. Games from the final two rounds are missing.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessa.co.za/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ch-RSA Kempton Park RSA (RSA), 14-21 vi 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Kobese, Watu m RSA 2404 * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 1 8.0 2377 2. Solomon, Kenny f RSA 2328 = * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2384 3. Gluckman, David m RSA 2356 0 = * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2308 4. Aranov, Yuri RSA 2195 1 0 = * 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.5 2286 5. De Villiers, Charles f RSA 2335 0 = = 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2244 6. Cawdery, Daniel RSA 2182 0 = 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2222 7. Michelakis, George m RSA 2405 0 = = 1 0 1 * 0 = 0 = 1 5.0 2166 8. Van den Heever, Donovan RSA 2035 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 0 1 4.5 2170 9. Van Tonder, Ronnie RSA ---- 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 0 1 4.0 2136 10. Bouah, L RSA 2175 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 0 = * = = 4.0 2120 11. Willenberg, Kenneth Sean RSA 2212 = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 1 = * 0 4.0 2117 12. Bhawoodien, Shabier RSA ---- 0 = = 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 3.5 2105 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rodolfo Arias reports that after 8 out of 11 rounds in the Costa Rica national chess championship, IM Bernal González leads with 7 points. IM Valdés and IM Minero, the two other strongest participants, trail him by only half a point. Central America number one, and the only player in the region who has made a GM norm, 14 year old Alejandro Ramírez, is not taking part, being too tired after a heavy schedule in past months.
Full coverage: http://www.tablerotico.com
Standings Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score 1 González, Bernal FCA 2423 2423 7 2-3 Valdés, Leonardo FCA 2449 2449 6.5 Minero, Sergio FCA 2429 2429 6.5 4-9 Jiménez, Juan León FCA 2199 2199 5 Charpentier, William FCA 2155 2155 5 Minero, Carlos FCA 2133 2133 5 Trejos, Enrique FCA 2130 2130 5 Solís, Efrén FCA 2074 2074 5 Gutiérrez, Oscar FCA 2000 2000 5 10-14 Arias, Mauricio FCA 2247 2247 4.5 Ugalde, Ronald FCA 2182 2182 4.5 Granados, Carlos FCA 2174 2174 4.5 Bermúdez, Sergio FCA 2123 2123 4.5 Cersósimo, Francisco FCA 2025 2025 4.5 15-20 Hernández, Francisco FCA 2225 2225 4 Leandro, Johnny FCA 2099 2099 4 Solano, Agustín FCA 2070 2070 4 Vives, David FCA 2013 2013 4 Alvarado, Ernesto FCA 2005 2005 4 Arias, Rodolfo FCA 2000 2000 4 21-28 Carvajal, Jonathan FCA 2090 2090 3.5 Rodríguez, Adrián FCA 2073 2073 3.5 Minero, Boris FCA 2057 2057 3.5 Martínez, Ramón FCA 2048 2048 3.5 Muñoz, José Pablo FCA 2028 2028 3.5 Lowsky, Sofía FCA 2021 2021 3.5 Centeno, Erick FCA 2005 2005 3.5 Echavarría, Gustavo FCA 2000 2000 3.5 29-32 Jiménez, Alonso FCA 2154 2154 3 Alfaro, Carlos FCA 2006 2006 3 Murillo, Gustavo FCA 2000 2000 3 Ruiz, Sebastián FCA 2000 2000 3 33-34 Zoghaib, Charbel FCA 2020 2020 2.5 Arroyo, Luis FCA 2000 2000 2.5 35 Bolaños, Huberth FCA 2000 2000 2 36 Valverde, Ronald FCA 2094 2094 0.5 37 Vargas, Oliverio FCA 2005 2005 0
The Zone 3.2a Championships 2003 takes place June 20th-30th 2003 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Internet coverage: http://www.vietnamchess.com/3-2a/3-2a.htm
Round 3 (of 9) Standings: ----------------------------------------------------------------- zt 3.2a Ho Chi Minh City VIE (VIE), 21-29 vi 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Paragua, Mark m PHI 2500 +29 +13 + 8 3.0 2. Wu Shaobin g SIN 2531 +26 =23 + 7 2.5 2666 3. Le Quang Liem VIE 2202 =19 +21 +15 2.5 2711 4. Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2521 +31 = 9 +24 2.5 2630 5. Dableo, Ronald PHI 2305 +27 =15 +23 2.5 2579 6. Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2530 +25 =10 = 9 2.0 2491 7. Pham Minh Hoang m VIE 2445 +20 +18 - 2 2.0 2458 8. Nguyen Van Huy VIE ---- +28 +19 - 1 2.0 2554 9. Sitanggang, Salor m INA 2397 +34 = 4 = 6 2.0 2489 10. Irwanto, Sadikin f INA 2405 +36 = 6 =12 2.0 2532 11. Pham Duc Thang VIE ---- -13 +29 +31 2.0 2423 12. Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2520 =32 +33 =10 2.0 2352 13. Wong Zi Jing f MAS 2336 +11 - 1 =18 1.5 2247 14. Ngo, Ngoc Quang VIE 2325 =17 =16 =20 1.5 2075 15. Villamayor, Buenaventura g PHI 2484 +30 = 5 - 3 1.5 2256 16. Bao Quang VIE ---- =21 =14 =26 1.5 2338 17. Tran Anh Tri VIE ---- =14 =22 =25 1.5 2361 18. Duong The Anh VIE 2243 +22 - 7 =13 1.5 2414 19. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson f VIE 2440 = 3 - 8 +33 1.5 2067 20. Pham Chuong VIE 2225 - 7 +28 =14 1.5 2373 21. Tirto INA 2391 =16 - 3 +27 1.5 2067 22. Bui Vinh m VIE 2461 -18 =17 +32 1.5 2173 23. Megaranto, Susanto INA 2436 +35 = 2 - 5 1.5 2345 24. Dinh Duc Trong f VIE 2380 =33 +32 - 4 1.5 2266 25. Goh Koon Jong, Jason SIN 2297 - 6 +36 =17 1.5 2234 26. To Quoc Khanh VIE 2299 - 2 +35 =16 1.5 2243 27. Ton That Nhu Tung VIE ---- - 5 +30 -21 1.0 2194 28. Chan Peng-Kong m SIN 2349 - 8 -20 +35 1.0 2016 29. Goh Weiming SIN 2264 - 1 -11 +34 1.0 2055 30. Lim Yee-Weng MAS 2261 -15 -27 +36 1.0 2094 31. Purnama, Tirta Chandra INA 2294 - 4 +34 -11 1.0 2062 32. Leong, Luke SIN 2277 =12 -24 -22 0.5 2180 33. Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy VIE ---- =24 -12 -19 0.5 2173 34. Foudzi, Johan Iskandar MAS 2042 - 9 -31 -29 0.0 35. Iwasaki, Yudai JPN 2200 -23 -26 -28 0.0 36. Yeo Min-Yang, Evan SIN 2173 -10 -25 -30 0.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- zt 3.2a w Ho Chi Minh City VIE (VIE), 21-29 vi 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mongontuul, Bathuyag wm MGL 2321 +11 + 6 + 8 3.0 2. Nguyen Thi Thanh An wm VIE 2339 +15 = 5 +12 2.5 2359 3. Anhchimeg, Bayanmonh wf MGL 2232 +18 +13 = 4 2.5 2305 4. Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE ---- +19 +10 = 3 2.5 2446 5. Le Thi Phuong Lien wf VIE 2182 +16 = 2 = 9 2.0 2399 6. Hoang Thi Ut VIE ---- + 7 - 1 +13 2.0 2361 7. Caoili, Arianne wm PHI 2293 - 6 +16 +14 2.0 2185 8. Bui Kim Le VIE 2158 +20 + 9 - 1 2.0 2333 9. Le Kieu Thien Kim wm VIE 2303 +17 - 8 = 5 1.5 2130 10. Luong Minh Hue VIE 2116 =12 - 4 +18 1.5 2000 11. Siti, Zulaikha MAS 2055 - 1 =18 +15 1.5 2133 12. Tay Li Jin SIN ---- =10 +19 - 2 1.5 2209 13. Nguyen Ngan Bin VIE 2096 +14 - 3 - 6 1.0 1952 14. Vang Thi Thu Hang VIE ---- -13 +17 - 7 1.0 2021 15. Pham Bich Ngoc VIE 2078 - 2 +20 -11 1.0 2006 16. Lin, Quite FRA 2180 - 5 - 7 +19 1.0 2091 17. Liu Yang SIN 2050 - 9 -14 +20 1.0 1976 18. Hui Sau Mun SIN ---- - 3 =11 -10 0.5 1861 19. Chau Thi Ngoc Giao VIE 2173 - 4 -12 -16 0.0 20. Rolles,May Li SIN ---- - 8 -15 -17 0.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------
The Playoffs for the Dutch team championship 2003 took place June 21st-22nd 2003. The Team of ZZICT from Breda was the favorite to win the event and duly did so with a crushing 8-2 in the final against HSG (Hilversum). Players in the event included: Dennis De Vreugt, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Friso Nijboer, Predrag Nikolic, Yasser Seirawan, Paul Van der Sterren, Mikhail Gurevich, Ivan Sokolov, Jan Timman, John Van der Wiel and Loek Van Wely.
Live coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/plof2003/index.htm
Semi-Finals ZZICT (Breda) Zukertort Amstelveen 6,0-4,0 1 Van Wely, Loek (GM) - Okkes, Menno 0-1 2 Timman, Jan (GM) - Bertholee, Rob (FM) 1-0 3 Chuchelov, Vladimir (GM) - Bezemer, Arno 1-0 4 Gustafsson, Jan (IM) - Solleveld, Maarten (IM) 0-1 5 Gurevich, Mikhail (GM) - Wiersma, Eelke 1-0 6 Van der Wiel, John (GM) - Los, Sander (FM) 1-0 7 Van den Doel, Erik (GM) - Vink, Nico 1-0 8 Delemarre, Jop (IM) - Strating, Sybolt (FM) 0-1 9 Siebrecht, Sebastian (IM) - Ris, Robert 0-1 10 Blees, Albert (IM) - Tan, Matthew 1-0 HSG (Hilversum) - ING/ESGOO (Enschede) 6,0-4,0 1 Seirawan, Yasser (GM) - Schebler, Gerhard (IM) 1/2 2 Nikolic, Predrag (GM) - Feygin, Michail (IM) 1-0 3 Nijboer, Friso (GM) - Koster, Ramon 1/2 4 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (GM) - Hausrath, Daniel (IM) 0-1 5 Stellwagen, Daniël (IM) - Hoffmann, Michael (IM) 1-0 6 Vedder, Henk - Kroeze, Frank (FM) 1/2 7 De Vreugt, Dennis (GM) - Van Wissen, Michiel 1-0 8 Van der Sterren, Paul (GM)- Spoelman, Wouter 1-0 9 Zagema, Wieb (FM) - Bolwerk, Peter 0-1 10 Boersma, Paul (IM) - Becker, Marcel (FM) 1/2 Final HSG (Hilversum) - ZZICT (Breda) 2-8 1 Seirawan, Yasser (GM) - Van Wely, Loek (GM) 0-1 2 Nikolic, Predrag (GM) - Sokolov, Ivan (GM) 0-1 3 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (GM) - Timman, Jan (GM) 1/2 4 Nijboer, Friso (GM) - Van den Doel, Erik (GM) 1/2 5 Van der Sterren, Paul (GM)- Gurevich, Mikhail (GM) 0-1 6 Stellwagen, Daniel (IM) - Gustafsson, Jan (IM) 0-1 7 De Vreugt, Dennis (GM) - Chuchelov, Vladimir (GM) 1/2 8 Vedder, Henk - Blees, Albert (IM) 1/2 9 Pliester, Leon (IM) - Van der Wiel, John (GM) 0-1 10 Zagema, Wieb (FM) - Delemarre, Jop (IM) 0-1 3rd-4th place ING/ESGOO (Enschede) - Zuktertort Amstelveen 4-6 1 Koster, Ramon - Solleveld, Maarten (IM) 0-1 2 Hausrath, Daniel (IM) - Wiersma, Eelke 1/2 3 Hoffmann, Michael (IM) - Strating, Sybolt (FM) 1-0 4 Kroeze, Frank (FM) - Okkes, Menno 1/2 5 Schebler, Gerhard (IM) - Bertholee, Rob (FM) 0-1 6 Feygin, Mihail (IM) - Los, Sander (FM) 1/2 7 Van Wissen, Michiel - Bezemer, Arno 0-1 8 Becker, Marcel (FM) - Vink, Nico 1/2 9 Bierenbroodspot, Paul (FM)- Tan, Matthew 0-1 10 Spoelman, Wouter - Ris, Robert 1-0
The 2nd Grenoble international tournament takes place 21st-27th June 2003.
Internet coverage: http://grenoblechecs.free.fr/
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd It Grenoble FRA (FRA), 21-27 vi 2003 cat. III (2301) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Aguettaz, Maxime FRA 2263 * . . . . = 1 . . . 1.5 2539 2. Bolding, Klaus FRA 2309 . * = . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2444 3. Safranska, Anda wg LAT 2337 . = * . . . . . . 1 1.5 2417 4. Foisor, Ovidiu m ROM 2426 . . . * = . . . . 1 1.5 2460 5. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2395 . . . = * . . . = . 1.0 2353 6. Todorov, Todor m BUL 2470 = . . . . * . = . . 1.0 2214 7. Demarchi, Olivier FRA 2222 0 . . . . . * . 1 . 1.0 2272 8. Delabaca, Romuald FRA 2166 . 0 . . . = . * . . 0.5 2196 9. Saez, Frederic FRA 2281 . . . . = . 0 . * . 0.5 2115 10. Leignel, Nicolas FRA 2139 . . 0 0 . . . . . * 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
The 2nd NAO Chess Club GM tournament takes place June 20th-28th 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/naottt/index.htm and http://www.europe-echecs.com
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd NAO GM Paris FRA (FRA), 20-28 vi 2003 cat. VIII (2444) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Bellaiche, Antony m FRA 2424 * . . . . . 1 1 1 . 3.0 2. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2592 . * = . = . . . 1 . 2.0 2530 3. Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 2507 . = * . = . . . . 1 2.0 2558 4. Maze, Sebastien FRA 2423 . . . * = . = . . 1 2.0 2491 5. Onkoud, Abdelaziz MAR 2326 . = = = * . . . . . 1.5 2507 6. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2516 . . . . . * = 0 . 1 1.5 2422 7. Brochet, Philippe m FRA 2392 0 . . = . = * . . . 1.0 2329 8. Chabanon, Jean-Luc g FRA 2492 0 . . . . 1 . * 0 . 1.0 2316 9. Nguyen Chi Minh FRA 2383 0 0 . . . . . 1 * . 1.0 2377 10. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2382 . . 0 0 . 0 . . . * 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
In a welcome move the FIDE website http://www.fide.com has provisional ratings for July available. They invite players to check their ratings and provide corrections if necessary by June 30th.
IM, International Arbiter, former Italian Champion (absolute, Senior, Rapid) and former Presidente of Italian Chess Federation Alvise Zichichi died Saturday 21st June 2003 of a stroke.
Antonio Rosino writes: Alvise Zichichi (born Milano 4th July 1938) died suddenly in Rome Saturday 21st June 2003. Never a professional chess player he was a (now retired) manager of "Banco di Roma". He was nevertheless the most important personality in Italian chess in recent decades. He became an IM in 1977, Italian champion in 1985 and International Arbiter in 1979. He was also the organizer of the series of "Banco di Roma" tournaments and chief of "Banco di Roma chess team". He was president of FSI (Italian Chess Federation) from 1996 to the end of 2002, making a great and successful effort to give new life to Italian chess. Zichichi was a good chess journalist and chess writer: his two books "Esteban Canal" (1991) and "Lezioni di scacchi" (1993) had a deserved success in Italy.
The Bogny sur Meuse (France) GM tournament takes place 25th-4th July 2003. The double round robin features Aloyzas Kveinys, Alex Barsov, Normunds Miezis, Nicolas Eliet, Guillaume Vallin and Yannick Gozzoli. Probable coverage at: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aymon.chess/
The Ashdod Chess Festival (Israel) takes place October 12th-17th 2003. The festival will include the Israeli open championships (9 swiss rounds, prize fund of approximately 5000 USD), youth tournaments, a simul and many more events.
Further information in Hebrew: http://www.chess.org.il
The 7th Corsica Open takes place in Bastia 29th October - 2rd November 2003.
Further details: http://www.opencorsica.com
The FS July events start 5th July 2003 in the Hungarian Chess Federation in Budapest. Places still available, contact: Nagy Laszlo firstsat@elender.hu - phone-fax: 00-(361)-2632859 mobile: 00-(36)-30-2301914.
FSGM 5th-17th of July cat.VII-VIII 10-14 participants so far:
IGM OVSEJEWITSCH, Sergey (UKR), IGM POSTNY, Evgeny (ISR), IGM MEDVEGY, Zoltan (HUN), IM GUNNARSSON, Jon Viktor (ISL), NGUYEN, Truongson (VIE), THORFINNSSON, Bragi (ISL), IM KRAPIVIN, Alexander (RUS), IM FLUMBORT, András (HUN), IM SARAKAUSKAS, Gediminas (LIT), IM PERT, Nicholas (ENG(? GERZHOY, Leonid (ISR), IM PEDERSEN, Nicolai (DEN), Reserve: FM REUTSKY, Sergey (RUS), 10-14 players.
FSIM cat.I-II-III 10-14 participants participants so far: RAGGER, Markus (AUT), PITL, Gregory (GER), FM REUTSKY, Sergey (RUS), IM FARAGÓ, Sándor (HUN), FM WENDT,Jan (GER), WIM SHAHADE, Jennifer (USA), IM EPERJESI, László (HUN), FM GOTTESMAN, Jerome (USA), WGM DEMBO, Yelena (HUN), FM HOWELL, David (ENG), FM RAT, Dan (ROM), DENCSI, Tibor (HUN), IM GALYAS, Miklós (HUN), IM WERNER, Dimo (GER), IM HUSARI, Satea (SYR), FM REISS, Tibor (HUN), SARAKAUSKIENE, Zivile (LIT, 2206), 1-2 groups, 9-13 games per group.
FM Groups 10-14 participants
Liepajas rokade takes place 31.07. 03.08.2003. Players: Alexander Khalifman, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Loek van Wely, Daniel Fridmans, Jaan Elvest, Edvins Kengis, Aloizs Kveinis and Maxim Dlugy.
Internet site: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=7605
The III Salou Tournament takes place 7th-18th October 2003.
Details: http://chess.1000tiendas.com/
The final results of the French programmer tournament in Massy can be found on the Jester webpage (also a lot of pics): Jester (Stéphane N.B. Nguyen): http://www.ludochess.com/trn_massy2003/tournoi.php3
More information about Massy 2003 available in French programmers Yahoo group under: French programmers Yahoo group: http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/eefrance/ Replay Zone (FCP Forum, Replay-Zone): http://www.amateurschach.de/forum/replay/replay.htm CC-Calendar under: http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm Christophe Theron (ChessTiger, Guadeloupe) took the first place.
Garry Kasparov will be signing copies of his new book on 14th July 2003 at 7.30pm at Barnes & Noble bookstore, 2289 Broadway @ 82nd. New York.
On June 17 Vishwanathan Anand took part in an on-line chat on Chennaionline.
Read transcript: http://www.chathurangam.com/news/anandchat.asp
13th Heart of Finland open takes place in Jyväskylä, Finland, July 9-13, 2003. The tournament is played in one group with a 9 round Swiss system. The event is FIDE-rated, and there are possibilities to reach title norms.
Playing site Jyväskylä Polytechnic, street address Rajakatu 35.
There is an option to start the tournament from the 2nd round, in this case there is a ½ point bye from the 1st round, confirmation of participation Wed July 9, 15-16. Time rate 2 hours / 40 moves + 1 hour to finish.
Entry fees GM/IM free, FM/U20 50 EUR, ELO-players 60 EUR, others 80 EUR. Prizes Total prize fund approx. 7000 EUR, also rating prizes.
Information and Registration: Mr. Sami Hämäläinen +358 9 3238840, +358 40 5123864, aurifera@kolumbus.fi
The Biel International Chess Festival takes place 19th July-1st August 2003 for the 36th consecutive summer, with 9 different tournaments.
The GM event 21-31 July will be Category 16 with:
GM Alexander Morozevich RUS 2678 : nr 22 26 yo GM Ilya Smirin ISR 2662 : nr 34 35 yo GM Etienne Bacrot FRA 2654 : nr 37 20 yo GM Christopher Lutz GER 2640 : nr 52 32 yo GM Viktor Kortchnoi SUI 2632 : nr 60 72 yo GM Yannick Pelletier SUI 2623 : nr 73 26 yo Elo average : 2648, category 16
Ilya Smirin will come back to defend the title he won last year. Alexander Morozevich will play in Biel for the first time.
Amongst the other events: the Active Chess (July 19-20), the Blitz tournament (July 26) and different Open events including the strong Master Open (11 rounds).
Further details http://www.bielchessfestival.ch or contact Olivier Breisacher presse@schachfestival-biel.ch
All Richard Palliser book reviews have now been archived at: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc1384/
The Abe Yanofsky Memorial Tournament is a three-section Open event scheduled for Winnipeg, Canada, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2003. It honours the life of Canada's first Grandmaster. There is a guaranteed $10,000 prizefund. Endorsed by the Chess Federation of Canada. Top section is FIDE-rated. Grandmasters already registered for the event include Fridrik Olafsson, Arthur Bisguier, Helgi Olafsson, Kevin Spraggett, Yuri Shulman and Dimitri Tyomkin.
Full details are available at: http://www.chess.ca/yanofsky For more information, write to cecilrosner@shaw.ca
October 3-5, Los Angeles 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 .
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 $cdn 50,000. TD (Arbiter) of the 10-round event is IA Jonathan Berry. The Organizer is Denis Nadeau: nadeaud@cscdgr.on.ca
Further details: http://www.kapchess.com/kapchess/open.html
For details of the Kaps Pairing System, see: http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/kap.htm
Kapuskasing is a remote, wild location. A chess tournament there will be an experience long remembered by players accustomed to big city life.
Chessworld.net is organising a free to enter, Olympic style correspondence chess tournament. It has already attracted nearly 1000 competitors from over 50 countries. You can represent your country in the upcoming Chessworld.net Olympics by going to http://www.chessworld.net
The Tigran Petrosian Memorial Open will take place August 28th - September 7th 2003 in Yerevan, Armenia with a prize fund of US$ 27.500.
The tournament commorates the 40th Anniversary of Petrosian winning the title.
Details: http://www.armchess.am
An 11 round Swiss takes place in Jassy, Romania 1st-10th August 2003. M. Sadoveanu Chess Festival has prizes of 4000 Euros. Organisers V Manole and V Ungureanu.
Further details:http://www.artelecom.net/iasitel/
The 19th Faaker-See-Open takes place 9th-16th August 2003 in the Kulturhaus Latschach/Faaker See, Austria. 9 Round Swiss.
Further details: http://www.askoefinkenstein.at
Nagy Laszlo (Contact e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu, http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat sends news of the FS July events 5th-17th of July. There are still places.
Participants of the 5th-17th of July cat.VII-VIII 10-14 participants "FIRST SATURDAY" Budapest GM-tournament: IGM OVSEJEWITSCH, Sergey (UKR) IGM POSTNY, Evgeny (ISR) IGM MEDVEGY, Zoltan (HUN) IM GUNNARSSON, Jon Viktor (ISL) IM NEELOTPAL, Das (IND) NGUYEN, Truongson (VIE) THORFINNSSON, Bragi (ISL) IM KRISJANSSON, Stefan (ISL) IM BIRÓ, Sándor (ROM) IM HORVATH, Peter (HUN) IM FOGARASI, Tibor (HUN) IM FLUMBORT, András (HUN) IM BLUVSTEIN, Mark (CAN)
Participants of the 5th-17th of July cat.I-II-III 10-14 participants "FIRST SATURDAY" Budapest IM-tournament: RAGGER, Markus (AUT) PITL, Gregory (GER) FM REUTSKY, Sergey (RUS) IM FARAGÓ, Sándor (HUN) FM WENDT, (GER) WIM SHAHADE, Jennifer (USA) WIM MELNIKOVA, Yana (RUS) IM BOGUSZLAVSZKIJ, Jevgenyij (HUN) IM EPERJESI, László (HUN) FM GOTTESMAN, Jerome (USA) WGM DEMBO, Yelena (HUN) OMAR, Hira (BRU) OMAR, Hirawan (BRU) FM HOWELL, David (ENG) FM RAT, Dan (ROM)
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 take place July 4th-12th 2003. 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.
Players in the top group: Curt Hansen DEN 2610, Peter Heine Nielsen DEN 2625, Michal Krasenkow POL 2609, Alexey Dreev RUS 2695, Lars Schandorff DEN 2563, Krishnan Sasikiran IND 2658, Humpy Koneru IND 2496, Lazaro Bruzon CUB 2610, Lenier Dominguez CUB 2603 and Luke McShane ENG 2592.
Internet coverage: http://www.northseacup.dk/nsc2003/index.htm
Homepage: http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/vh2002/1index.htm
7th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament Vlissingen (The Netherlands) August 2 - 9 9 rounds Swiss, FIDE-rated Rate of play: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 30 minutes k.o. Prizefund: Euro 1750 - 1250 - 750 - 375 - 250 - 125 - 75 - 75 - 50 - 50, also rating prizes Entry fee: 30 Euro (GM / IM free; FM 15 Euro) Tournament hall: Hogeschool Zeeland, Edisonweg 4, Vlissingen Information: Hans Groffen hgroffen@zeelandnet.nl Paul van Rooijen pro@zeelandnet.nl
Website: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen
The Greenland Open 2003 will take place in the southern town of Qaqortoq from 28 June to 1 July. A line up of foreign stars, all of whom will be visiting Greenland for the first time, and local players will contest the event for a total prize fund of US$10,000.
Further details: http://www.icechess.com/
The Ikaros Chess Festival 2003 takes place 12th-20th of July 2003. The Ikaros Chess Festival has been held for the last 25 years on Ikaria island in the aegean islands of Greece. This year's events include the traditional open international tournament "Open Aegean Championship" (12th till 20th of July) as well as plenty of other side events such as blitz, rapid and simultaneous exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others. Special conditions apply for GMs (WGMs), IMs (WIMs) and FMs (WFMs).
Further information: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/ or send an e-mail to Mrs. Marietta Mourouti at: ikaroschess2003@yahoo.gr
1. 20-30th of June, BALATON , GM-IM-FM Open, Balatonlelle /130 km West from Budapest/, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@matavnet.hu
2. 5th-18th of July, FS Budapest,
3. 19th-27th of July, Szombathely Summer Open, organizer: FM Korpics, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
4. 2nd-14th of August FS Budapest,
5. 20th-28th of August, Talentum Cup, Balatonzamardi Open, 150 km West from Budapest, organizer: VALIS, Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@elender.hu
6. 21st-28th of August, KESZTHELY Open, 9 rounds Swiss, 200 km West from Budapest, Org: SZALAI, Istvan, phone: /private/ 00-(36)-83-319-047, Office: 00-(36)-83-505-529. Fax: 00-(361)-2632859 e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
7. 6th-19th of September, FS Budapest,
8. 20th-30th of September, GM-IM-FM closed, Eger /100 km North-East from Budapest/, organizer: IM Habibi /GER/, e-mail: europechess@web.de
9. 4th-17th of October, FS Budapest,
10. 1st-13th of November FS Budapest,
11. 14th-22nd of November TENKES CUP Open, Harkany, 300 km West from Budapest, organizer: Mikola, Lajos, e-mail: tenkescup@egon.gyaloglo.hu
The 1st International Chess Festival "Marche Estate" takes place July 21st-27th 2003.
Further details: http://digilander.libero.it/dragonscacchicv/festival.htm
The 2nd Open of Condom (France) takes place 12nd-18th July 2003. The Condom open will be a 9 round open tournament. 40 moves/2H + 1H KO. Total prizes : 8000 euros guaranteed. 1st price : 1200 euros. Further details : echecs.condom@free.fr.
Further details: http://echecs.condom.free.fr
As part of the 9th Rabat International Festival and in collaboration with the prefectally assembly of Rabat, the sporting club of the FUS - division chess, organises the 2nd international championship of chess of Rabat June 27th to July 3rd 2003.
System: Swiss in 9 rounds; Fischer System (90 minutes + 30 seconds each move); Points list: cumulative of 9 points for a win, 4 points for a draw, no points for a loss; Berger; Participation: 10 international grandmasters and international masters + 16 selected national players
Total of the prizes: 6'000 $ Official prizes: 1st prize: 1'400 $ and a cup; 2nd prize: 700 $; 3rd prize: 500 $; 4th prize: 400 $: 5th prize: 300 $; 6th prize: 200 $; 7th prize: 100 $; Prizes according to the ELO rating: (at the condition to have at the minimum 4 players of each category)
Contacts: * For information: Please contact the director of the tourney Mister Abdelhafid El Amri (fus_echecs@yahoo.fr) Tèl. 212 ? 61 54 25 09; * For the entry-formular: Please contact Mister Fareh Youness (fareh@excite.com)212 64 11 82 33.
The traditional chess festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2003, which will take place at 30.7. - 7.8.2003 in Olomouc, Czech Republic. There will be organized several tournaments: 1) 3-4 groups of round-robin IM tournaments, category 3-4 FIDE (10-12 players) 2) FIDE open - swiss, 9 rounds, 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, 1st prize 10000 CZK (Championship of the Czech Republic - open semifinals) 3) open seniors tournament from 60 years of age onwards 4) open tournament of youngsters up to 14 years of age
Complete information about above events are also published at http://www.proclient.cz/a64
Sergei Karjakin, the youngest Grandmaster in chess history, will fly to London from the Ukraine to play an Exhibition Tournament with 12 year old David Howell from Eastbourne, on Saturday 28 June 2003 to celebrate the opening of The Art of Chess at the Gilbert Collection. This exhibition match, using giant chess pieces, will take place at 11am in the Edmond J Safra Courtyard of Somerset House, Strand, London WC2.
The Art of Chess will feature nineteen chess sets designed by artists in the last hundred years that demonstrate the interaction between chess and modern art. Each set illustrates a move in the apocryphal last game played by Napoleon with General Bertrand on St Helena in 1820. In the starting position is the world's only known set designed by Carl Fabergé, specially made circa 1905 for Tsar Nicolas II's Commander in Chief of the Russo-Japanese War, General Alexei Kouropatkin. Visitors can then follow the game through the porcelain designs of the Lomonosov State Porcelain Factory in Russia in the 1920s - the 'Propaganda' chess set with Capitalists versus Communists - to Marcel Duchamp's Buenos Aires chess set of 1919, and the geometric designs of the Bauhaus set by Josef Hartwig. There is also a set created by leading Fluxist artist Yoko Ono, as well as five especially commissioned new designs by Damien Hirst, Yayoi Kusama, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Paul McCarthy and Maurizio Cattelan, the latter being laid out as the final move - checkmate.
Internet coverage: http://www.gilbert-collection.org.uk
The 2003 FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships take place in Tswane (used to be called Pretoria), South Africa from 2nd-13th July 2003. It is followed by the SA Open Chess Championship 4th-12th July 2003. More information, online entry form, etc. can be found on the tournament website: http://home.intekom.com/chess/GN/index/html
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'.
The 24th Chess festival Bled 2003 takes place 14th-20th July 2003. 9 round Swiss.
Further Details and Entry: http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled/
or: Tournament Director Vojko Mencinger vojkom@siol.net
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 Abhijit Kunte 2499 GM India Nigel Davies 2483 GM England Colin McNab 2412 GM Scotland Danny Gormally 2496 IM England John Shaw 2474 IM Scotland Richard Palliser 2441 IM England Adam Hunt 2366 IM England Stewart Haslinger 2385 FM England Craig Hanley 2375 FM England Sam Collins 2390 Ireland.
The Ron Banwell Masters Tournament will be another ten player all- play-all International, played at the same venue and the same dates. This event will offer IM norms to seven of the competitors in this tournament, which already includes young David Howell, Jeff Horner,IM Colin Crouch, Gary Kenworthy, Brett Lund and young American Josh Specht.
Organiser Bill O'Rourke
Website to be confirmed but may be: http://www.chessfest.org.uk
British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2003. This years competition has now been provisionally confirmed: 15th/16th November 2003 North Bridge Leisure Centre Halifax West Riding of Yorkshire.
Further details when available: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
The Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship (WCBCSC) is run annually by the British Chess Problem Society (BCPS). It is sponsored by Winton Capital Management. As well as a cash prize and a trophy, the winner receives a guaranteed place in the British team for the next World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC). Currently, the competition is only open to solvers resident in Great Britain.
Further details: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/bcsc/bcsc.html
The 7th Mind Sports Olympiad takes place at the Conference Centre, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 16th-25th August 2003.
Further details: http://www.msoworld.com
The XXXVII Villa de Mislata in Valencia, Spain will be a 9 rounds Swiss 19th-28th August 2003. Timerate: 30 moves / 1½ hours + 1 hour after flag fall. The venue is the Mislata Sports Pavillion, in Calle San Antonio s/n ( San Antonio str.), in front of the Military Hospital. Further details: http://www.viamichelin.com
The 14th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games Czech Open 2003 will be held 10th-27th July 2003 in Pardubice (the Czech Republic).
Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
University of Malaya, Malaysia will organize GACC World Inter Varsity Chess Championship in October 2003, it had received support from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippine, Brunei, China, India, Sri Lanka, Iran, UAE etc in the past 7 years. For detail please visit: http://www.geocities.com/gacc8wivcc
The 9th international chess tournament "FESTIVAL SCHNEIDER BOHEMIA - Pilsen 2003", takes place 16th - 24th August 2003 in the sport hall of Streleck stadion Pilsen-Lobzy (Czech Republic). The main tournament is the open international tournament The Czech Men Championship 2003 ( the 1st prize is 20.000 CZK, total prize fund 81.000 CZK - ca 2500 Euro). Further information: http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/.
Pacs, Hungary will hold an international chess tournament August 2nd-8th 2003.
Further information on the event http://sakkverseny.fpn.hu
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.
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)
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
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 Khalifman RUS 2702, GM Nigel Short ENG 2690, GM Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2684 and GM Yasser Seirawan 2626 USA). The match will take place May 22nd to June 7th 2003 in four of China's main cities Beijing, Jinan, Chongqing and Xian. - I presume this has been cancelled but I have no confirmation.
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)
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
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
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
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, Germanys 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
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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/
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
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
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/
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
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
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/