The Week in Chess 470

THE WEEK IN CHESS 470 10th November 2003 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Andy McFarland, Rod McShane, Arthur Brameld and Rafael Vasquez, John Donaldson, Fred Lucas, Uwe Fleischer, Yannick Pelletier, Miklos Orso, Laszlo Nagy, Sinisa Joksic, Alper Efe Ataman, Hassan Khaled, Dominque Primel, Antonio Rosino, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, Stewart Reuben, Harald Grafenhofer, Stephen Boyd, Gabor Pali, Ralph Frisch, Steve Laios and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Association of Chess Professionals takes a major step with the start of elections to their board. I wish them all the luck, credible representation of the professional player has been needed for years not least to negotiate with FIDE and the European Chess Union. I'm unlikely to agree with everything they do but its time the players had a major voice at this time when making a living is so hard. They need to work hard at being united which is going to be difficult as players will have conflicting interests, I wish them luck.

FIDE have made decisions about their World Championships. Kramnik and Leko don't appear to be included (their match seems less and less likely to take place as we've been awaiting an immanent announcement for a long time). They have arrived at the strange situation where they have defaulted their champion, removed any future rights for a champion to be automatically in the final yet put Kasparov (world number one and perhaps most importantly the most likely to generate money for a match) straight through to a final where he will play the winner of a mini-cycle they have planned. I find it hard to get exercised about this as I might have in the past. Any solution where chess is actually played has at least got to have some merit.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 2nd Selfoss Milk Tournament

The 2nd Selfoss Milk Tournament took place October 29 - November 7th 2003 in Icelandair's Hotel Selfoss. Ivan Sokolov and Predrag Nikolic won with 7/11. My thanks to Rod McShane.

Official coverage: http://icechess.com/milk2003/.

Live coverage of some games: Internet Chess Club

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2nd Milk Tournament Selfoss ISL (ISL), 29 x-7 xi 2003     cat. XV (2613)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Sokolov, Ivan             g NED 2695  * = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1  7.0  2824 
 2. Nikolic, Predrag          g BIH 2647  = * = = = 1 1 1 1 1  7.0  2829 
 3. Malakhov, Vladimir        g RUS 2696  = = * = 1 = 1 1 1 =  6.5  2770 
 4. Vallejo Pons, Francisco   g ESP 2662  0 = = * 0 = = 1 1 1  5.0  2650 
 5. Rowson, Jonathan          g SCO 2541  0 = 0 1 * = = = = 1  4.5  2621 
 6. Fressinet, Laurent        g FRA 2654  = 0 = = = * 0 1 = 1  4.5  2608 
 7. Bologan, Viktor           g MDA 2673  0 0 0 = = 1 * 0 1 1  4.0  2563 
 8. Stefansson, Hannes        g ISL 2567  0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * = =  2.5  2452 
 9. Thorhallsson, Throstur    g ISL 2444  = 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 0  2.0  2412 
10. De Firmian, Nick E        g USA 2553  0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 *  2.0  2399 
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3) Curacao Open

The Curacao International Gateway Open took place in Willemstad 25th October - 3rd November 2003. Boris Gulko won the event with 6.5/9 ahead of Alexander Shabalov, Robert Huebner and Alon Greenfeld all finished on 6.5/9 but Gulko had the strongest opponents. My thanks to Arthur Brameld and Rafael Vasquez.

Internet coverage: http://www.txxxt.com/ (formerly)http://www.curacao.com/chess/

Leading Final Standings:
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Curacao Open Willemstad AHO (AHO), 25 x-3 xi 2003
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 1. Gulko, Boris F           g  USA 2597  6.5  51.5  2674 +0.92 
 2. Shabalov, Alexander      g  USA 2597  6.5  50.5  2653 +0.65 
 3. Huebner, Robert          g  GER 2604  6.5  50.0  2592 -0.07 
 4. Greenfeld, Alon          g  ISR 2527  6.5  49.5  2600 +0.83 
 5. Granda Zuniga, Julio E   g  PER 2623  6.0  53.5  2617 -0.12 
 6. Timman, Jan H            g  NED 2578  6.0  51.5  2577 -0.03 
 7. Ehlvest, Jaan            g  EST 2602  6.0  47.5  2494 -1.11 
 8. Szmetan, Jorge           m  ARG 2404  6.0  43.5  2395 -0.12 
 9. Stefanova, Antoaneta     g  BUL 2497  5.5  46.0  2441 -0.62 
10. Gallegos, Carlos         m  VEN 2460  5.5  46.0  2387 -0.80 
11. Rohl, Juan               m  VEN 2390  5.5  44.5  2360 -0.35 
12. Bick, John D             f  USA 2277  5.5  39.0  2186 -1.07 
13. Van der Weide, Karel     m  NED 2427  5.0  49.5  2504 +0.76 
14. Ozolins, Aris            f  LAT 2289  5.0  44.0  2292 -0.04 
15. Haag, Martin                GER 2324  5.0  43.0  2298 -0.40 
16. Essing, Arnold              GER 2253  5.0  43.0  2271 +0.23 
17. Muhren, Willem              NED 2193  5.0  42.0  2266 +0.86 
42 players

4) Association of Chess Professionals

The elections to the board of the Association of Chess Professionals have started. Voting takes place November 10th - December 15th 2003. Members can vote at the official website: http://www.chess-players.org where there are also full details. The board, which will consist of 9 representatives (7 men and 2 women) will commence its official duties on January 1st 2004. They have also announced they will be campaigning on a number of priority issues including hotels in official events, sponsorship in chess and decisions of both FIDE and the ECU.

5) FIDE announcement on the World Chess Championships

The FIDE Congress has decided that they will hold 2 KO qualifiers for a unified Men's World Championship, in April-May tentatively in Baku (Azerbaijan) and Tripoli (Lybia). The winners of the two sections will play and the winner of that will play Garry Kasparov for the unified title. It seems from my reading of the proposals they will ignore the claims of Vladimir Kramnik (who defeated Kasparov, yet Kasparov is in the unification process in spite of neither having nor claiming any world title) and Peter Leko (who is due to play him).

FIDE are back in financial problems and will move their headquarters to Greece.

FIDE announcement at: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=259 but we really need more details.

Further information in Russian at: http://www.worldchessrating.ru/ and http://www.chess-express.ru/main/index2.html

6) Tragedy for Egyptian Chess

Egypt's top player 38 year old Essam Ahmed Ali died on Monday 27th October and team boss Mohammed Labib, 60 the following day of cerebral malaria contracted at the African Games in Abuja, Nigeria. They were incorrectly diagnosed in Egypt after becoming ill.

Two of the delegation of the African games travelled on to the World Youth Championships (player Ahmed Adly and his coach Hassan Khaled) in Halkidiki, Greece where they were diagnosed and sent to Special Diseases Hospital in Thessaloniki. They recovered and went back to Egpyt.

Cerebral malaria is a disease of the brain that is accompanied by fever. The mortality ratio is between 25 and 50 percent, and if a sufferer is not treated, the disease is fatal in 24 to 72 hours.

Sources: News 24.com or The Age from Australia and later Al Ahram. (some of the info in these stories is incorrect). Also: http://www.sportmeeting.gr/WYCC2003/news.htm on the treatment in Greece.

Hassan Khaled sent a long E-Mail with better details as to what happened. I've slightly tidied up the language.

"We went to Abuja, Nigeria 2nd-19th October, our chess delegation was 6 players and 1 official and me as a coach. The African Team Active Chess tournament started on 5th October where Egypt made Medals for Team and individual Results.

The African Individuals with normal time controls started on 9th October 1st-5th qualifying for the World Championships.

On 16th-17th October 3 players from each country played in the African Individual Blitz with Medals for African Games. Egypt got 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze for the Blitz 1st place for Fouad El Taher (2505) and 2nd place for Ahmed Adly 2448.

African Individual 1st El Essam Gindy 2501 and GM norm and 2nd place for Ahmed Adly both qualified for the world Championships.

On 12th October I was in our accommodation drinking tea when I was bitten by a Scorpion on my left leg.

There was a fire of pains in my left leg where I was poisoned. Our Official Mohamed Labib, killed it and we went to the Nigerian Clinic and got 6 injections to recover at the end of the day.

On the 16th October I was very tired and felt cold and I needed a lot of covers then I became very hot and got a high temperature.

IM Imed Abdelnabbi and my student Ahmed Adly brought the Egyptian Doctor from our delegation and I told them about my case. They all said that I had Malaria. The Doctor came and gave to me only something to reduce my temperature!!

On the second day Ahmed Adly played his last games in the Blitz and Individual African with Malaria also, he took 2 jackets in order to be able to play last the last round.

The Egyptian Doctor at the end of the day him something for his stomach and to drop the temperature. The Doctor gave me the impression that Malaria is not that serious almost like the Flu!!!

We went to Greece on 22nd October, after the 1st round a Greek Doctor noticed Ahmed Adly and took him on 24th October to a good hospital in Thessaloniki. On 25th October he took me also, we were going to die.

On 27th October we learned about the death of Mohamed Labib, my room mate in Abuja and who saved me from the Scorpion and 38 year old IM Esam Aly Ahmed. He won the Arab Championships in 1996 and has 2 children, a boy 5 months old and a girl 2 years old.

We recovered and left Hospital on 31st October and returned to Egypt on the 3rd November, we now have only Anemia remaining, and for me I have stopped after 30 years of smoking.

After that they discovered another 24 cases in our African Games Delegation. We haven't had Malaria in Egypt for a long time so our Doctors didn't diagnose malaria correctly. There is now a great investigation to discover why only our delegation suffered from malaria of the 52 African countries in Abuja

The reason it first appeared in the chess players is that we are less fit than other sports. "

7) German Bundesliga

The first weekend of the German Bundesliga took place on 1st-2nd November 2003. Defending champions Luebeck withdrew from the event at the last minute leaving all their players unable to play for other teams. The reasons seem have been at least in part tax problems. SG Porz, SC Baden-Oos and SV Werder Bremen are all on 4/4.

Official Bundesliga site: http://www.schachbundesliga.com

Round 7 31st October 2003

SV Hofheim                     3 - 5      SCA St. Ingbert
GM Stanislav Savchenko         ½ - ½      GM Christian Bauer
GM Joerg Hickl                 ½ - ½      GM Cyril Marcelin
IM Sergei Krivoshey            ½ - ½      GM Vladimir Lazarev
IM Gennadi Ginsburg            0 - 1      IM Emmanuel Bricard
IM Arno Zude                   ½ - ½         Chi Minh Nguyen
WGM Jovanka Houska             1 - 0      IM Dieter Pirrot
FM Stephan Buchal              0 - 1         Dennis Drollinger
FM Patrick Burkart             0 - 1      GM Nenad Ristic

Round 1 1st November 2003

Hamburger SK                   7 - 1      König Plauen
GM Lubomir Ftacnik             ½ - ½      GM Tomasz Markowski
GM Suat Atalik                 1 - 0      GM Stefan Kindermann
IM Jan Gustafsson              ½ - ½      GM Lutz Espig
GM Matthias Wahls              1 - 0      FM Stefan Haskamp
GM Karsten Mueller             1 - 0      FM Ulrich Dirr
IM Emanuel Berg                1 - 0      FM Roland Pfretzschner
IM Oliver Reeh                 1 - 0         Thomas Espig
IM Thies Heinemann             1 - 0         Matthias Hoerr

SC Kreuzberg                  2,5-5,5     SC Baden-Oos
GM Zoltan Almasi               0 - 1      GM Peter Svidler
GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu      0 - 1      GM Rustem Dautov
GM Jens-Uwe Maiwald            0 - 1      GM Michal Krasenkow
GM Raj Tischbierek             ½ - ½      GM Philipp Schlosser
GM Ralf Lau                    ½ - ½      GM Roland Schmaltz
GM Sergey Kalinitschew         ½ - ½      GM Ludger Keitlinghaus
IM Karsten Volke               ½ - ½      IM Fabian Doettling
IM Drazen Muse                 ½ - ½      IM Andreas Schenk

SF Neukölln                    5 - 3      Stuttgarter SF
GM Dorian Rogozenko            ½ - ½      GM Mihail Golubev
IM Stephan Berndt              ½ - ½      IM Igor Berezovsky
IM Rainer Polzin               0 - 1      IM Hedinn Steingrimsson
IM Dr. Martin Borriss          1 - 0      FM Andreas Reuss
IM Dirk Poldauf                ½ - ½      FM Gerhard Lorscheid
IM Lars Thiede                 1 - 0      FM Aleksandar Vuckovic
IM Michael Schwarz             1 - 0         Dieter Migl
FM Henrik Rudolf               ½ - ½         Wilhelm Haas

SV Hofheim                     2 - 6      Werder Bremen
GM Stanislav Savchenko         ½ - ½      GM Luke James McShane
GM Joerg Hickl                 ½ - ½      GM Zbynek Hracek
IM Sergei Krivoshey            ½ - ½      GM Vlastimil Babula
IM Gennadi Ginsburg            0 - 1      GM Yannick Pelletier
IM Arno Zude                   0 - 1      GM Lars Schandorff
WGM Jovanka Houska             0 - 1      GM Joseph G. Gallagher
FM Oliver Brendel              0 - 1         Sven Joachim
FM Georg Haubt                 ½ - ½      IM Gerlef Meins

SCA St. Ingbert                3 - 5      Bremer SG
GM Christian Bauer             0 - 1      GM Etienne Bacrot
GM Cyril Marcelin              ½ - ½      GM Konstantin Landa
GM Vladimir Lazarev            ½ - ½      GM Evgenij Agrest
IM Emmanuel Bricard            0 - 1      GM Alexander Baburin
   Chi Minh Nguyen             ½ - ½      IM Gannadij Fish
IM Dieter Pirrot               1 - 0      IM Ewgeni Gisbrecht
   Dennis Drollinger           0 - 1      IM Martin Breutigam
GM Slobodan Martinovic         ½ - ½      IM Otto Borik

SF Katernberg                 2,5-5,5     SG Solingen
GM Andrei Volokitin            1 - 0      GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov
GM Vladimir Chuchelov          ½ - ½      GM Christian Gabriel
GM Igor V Glek                 ½ - ½      GM Matthew Sadler
GM Alfonso Romero Holmes       0 - 1      IM Alexander Naumann
IM Javier Moreno Carnero       0 - 1      IM Jan Werle
IM Martin Senff                0 - 1      IM Michael Hoffmann
IM Sebastian Siebrecht         0 - 1      GM John M. Emms
IM Georgios Souleidis          ½ - ½         Joerg Wegerle

SG Porz                       5,5-2,5     SV Wattenscheid
GM Christopher Lutz            ½ - ½      GM Bartlomiej Macieja
GM Alexander G Beliavsky       ½ - ½      GM Peter-Heine Nielsen
GM Alexander Graf              0 - 1      GM Alexander Rustemov
GM Rafael A Vaganian           1 - 0      GM Leif Erlend Johannessen
GM Curt Hansen                 1 - 0      IM Ralf Appel
GM Erik Van den Doel           ½ - ½      GM Florian Handke
GM Friso Nijboer               1 - 0      IM Dr. Frank Holzke
GM John T.H Van der Wiel       1 - 0      FM Timo Straeter

Round 2 2nd November 2003

TV Tegernsee                  4,5-3,5     Hamburger SK
GM Igor Khenkin                ½ - ½      GM Lubomir Ftacnik
GM Andrei Sokolov              1 - 0      GM Suat Atalik
GM Zoltan Ribli                ½ - ½      IM Jan Gustafsson
GM Klaus Bischoff              1 - 0      GM Matthias Wahls
GM Uwe Boensch                 ½ - ½      GM Karsten Mueller
GM Gerald Hertneck             ½ - ½      IM Emanuel Berg
GM Henrik Teske                0 - 1      IM Oliver Reeh
GM Markus Stangl               ½ - ½      IM Thies Heinemann

SC Baden-Oos                   6 - 2      SF Neukölln
GM Peter Svidler               ½ - ½      GM Dorian Rogozenko
GM Rustem Dautov               ½ - ½      IM Rainer Polzin
GM Michal Krasenkow            1 - 0      IM Dr. Martin Borriss
GM Philipp Schlosser           ½ - ½      IM Dirk Poldauf
GM Roland Schmaltz             1 - 0      IM Lars Thiede
GM Ludger Keitlinghaus         1 - 0      IM Michael Schwarz
IM Fabian Doettling            1 - 0      FM Henrik Rudolf
IM Andreas Schenk              ½ - ½         Jan-Dietrich Wendt

Stuttgarter SF                1,5-6,5     SC Kreuzberg
GM Mihail Golubev              0 - 1      GM Zoltan Almasi
IM Igor Berezovsky             0 - 1      GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
IM Hedinn Steingrimsson        0 - 1      GM Jens-Uwe Maiwald
FM Andreas Reuss               0 - 1      GM Raj Tischbierek
FM Gerhard Lorscheid           ½ - ½      GM Ralf Lau
FM Aleksandar Vuckovic         1 - 0      GM Sergey Kalinitschew
   Dieter Migl                 0 - 1      IM Karsten Volke
   Wilhelm Haas                0 - 1      IM Drazen Muse

Werder Bremen                  5 - 3      SCA St. Ingbert
GM Luke James McShane          1 - 0      GM Christian Bauer
GM Zbynek Hracek               ½ - ½      GM Cyril Marcelin
GM Vlastimil Babula            ½ - ½      GM Vladimir Lazarev
GM Yannick Pelletier           ½ - ½      IM Emmanuel Bricard
GM Lars Schandorff             0 - 1         Chi Minh Nguyen
GM Joseph G. Gallagher         1 - 0      IM Dieter Pirrot
   Sven Joachim                ½ - ½         Dennis Drollinger
IM Gerlef Meins                1 - 0      FM Georg Gross

Bremer SG                      4 - 4      SV Hofheim
GM Etienne Bacrot              ½ - ½      GM Stanislav Savchenko
GM Konstantin Landa            ½ - ½      GM Joerg Hickl
GM Evgenij Agrest              1 - 0      IM Sergei Krivoshey
GM Alexander Baburin           0 - 1      IM Gennadi Ginsburg
IM Gannadij Fish               1 - 0      IM Arno Zude
IM Ewgeni Gisbrecht            1 - 0      WGM Jovanka Houska
IM Martin Breutigam            0 - 1      FM Stephan Buchal
IM Otto Borik                  0 - 1      FM Dr. Erik Zude

SG Solingen                    2 - 6      SG Porz
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov         ½ - ½      GM Christopher Lutz
GM Christian Gabriel           0 - 1      GM Alexander G Beliavsky
GM Matthew Sadler              0 - 1      GM Alexander Graf
IM Alexander Naumann           ½ - ½      GM Rafael A Vaganian
IM Jan Werle                   ½ - ½      GM Curt Hansen
GM John M. Emms                0 - 1      GM Erik Van den Doel
IM Markus Schaefer             0 - 1      GM Friso Nijboer
IM Bernd Schneider             ½ - ½      GM John T.H Van der Wiel

SV Wattenscheid               3,5-4,5     SF Katernberg
GM Bartlomiej Macieja          ½ - ½      GM Andrei Volokitin
GM Peter-Heine Nielsen         1 - 0      GM Vladimir Chuchelov
GM Alexander Rustemov          0 - 1      GM Igor V Glek
GM Leif Erlend Johannessen     0 - 1      GM Alfonso Romero Holmes
IM Ralf Appel                  ½ - ½      IM Javier Moreno Carnero
GM Florian Handke              ½ - ½      IM Martin Senff
IM Dr. Frank Holzke            ½ - ½      IM Sebastian Siebrecht
IM Dr. Volkmar Dinstuhl        ½ - ½      IM Matthias Thesing

 1. SG Porz              2   11,5   4:0 
 1. SC Baden-Oos         2   11,5   4:0
 3. SV Werder Bremen     2   11,0   4:0 
 4. Bremer SG            2    9,0   3:1 
 5. SCA St. Ingbert      3   11,0   2:4
 6. Hamburger SK         2   10,5   2:2
 7. SC Kreuzberg         2    9,0   2:2
 8. SG Solingen          2    7,5   2:2
 9. SF Neukölln          2    7,0   2:2
 9. SF Katernberg        2    7,0   2:2
11. TV Tegernsee         1    4,5   2:0
12. SV Hofheim           3    9,0   1:5
13. SV Wattenscheid      2    6,0   0:4
14. Stuttgarter SF       2    4,5   0:4
15. SK König Plauen      1    1,0   0:2

8) Kasparov vs Fritz X3D match

Kasparov will take on an X3D version of Fritz in a match in New York 11th-18th November 2003. Kasparov drew with Deep Junior in January.

The site http://x3dchess.com/ will again be promoting the event. Kasparov has played high profile matches against Karpov and Junior for the company before. We will have live coverage during the event.

In America ESPN2 will have 17.5 hours of coverage of the match.

9) Rosny Masters

The Rosny sous Bois Masters took place 25th October - 2nd November 2003. Sebastien Cossin made his first IM norm in winning the event with 7.5/9. Marc Geenen defaulted the last two rounds.

Internet coverage: http://www.ecole-rosny-echecs.org/

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Masters Rosny sous Bois FRA (FRA), 25 x-2 xi 2003    cat. IV (2328)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Cossin, Sebastien      FRA 2352  * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1  7.5  2598 
 2. Inkiov, Ventzislav   g BUL 2471  0 * = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1  6.5  2478 
 3. Velikov, Petar       g BUL 2443  = = * = 1 = 1 = = 1  6.0  2440 
 4. Onkoud, Abdelaziz      MAR 2323  = 0 = * 0 1 0 1 1 1  5.0  2371 
 5. David, Vincent       f FRA 2320  0 0 0 1 * 1 = = 1 1  5.0  2372 
 6. Picard, Romain         FRA 2233  0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 = =  4.0  2295 
 7. Crut, Aurelien         FRA 2357  0 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 1 =  4.0  2282 
 8. Bogdanov, Emil       f FRA 2217  0 = = 0 = 0 0 * = 1  3.0  2215 
 9. Geenen, Marc         f BEL 2331  = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = * =  2.5  2162 
10. Daurelle, Herve        FRA 2236  0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = *  1.5  2065 
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10) First Saturday November

The First Saturday September took place 1st-13th November 2003. There are GM, IM and FM events. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and Miklos Orso.

Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

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FSGM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 xi 2003                 cat. VIII (2437)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Bui Vinh                 m VIE 2463  * = = = = . . 1 1 . 1 . . 1  6.0  2625 
 2. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei     g UKR 2510  = * . = . 1 1 = = = 1 . . .  5.5  2583 
 3. Sarakauskas, Gediminas   m LTU 2428  = . * = . = . = . 1 . 1 = 1  5.5  2566 
 4. Bluvshtein, Mark         m CAN 2463  = = = * = . 1 0 = . 1 . . .  4.5  2492 
 5. Seres, Lajos             g HUN 2510  = . . = * = = . . = . = 1 =  4.5  2474 
 6. Kallio, Heikki           g FIN 2493  . 0 = . = * . . 1 . = 1 = =  4.5  2465 
 7. Hoang Thanh Trang        m VIE 2463  . 0 . 0 = . * = = . . 1 = 1  4.0  2431 
 8. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson    f VIE 2417  0 = = 1 . . = * 0 1 0 . . .  3.5  2402 
 9. Szeberenyi, Adam         m HUN 2417  0 = . = . 0 = 1 * = . = . .  3.5  2408 
10. Schneider, Dmitry        m USA 2437  . = 0 . = . . 0 = * 1 . = =  3.5  2386 
11. Taylor, Timothy          m USA 2385  0 0 . 0 . = . 1 . 0 * = 1 .  3.0  2360 
12. Ionescu, Mihai           m ROM 2366  . . 0 . = 0 0 . = . = * 1 =  3.0  2345 
13. Kayumov, Sergey          m UZB 2434  . . = . 0 = = . . = 0 0 * =  2.5  2285 
14. Wittmann, Walter         m AUT 2333  0 . 0 . = = 0 . . = . = = *  2.5  2308 
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11) Western States Open

The Western States Open Chess Tournament took place October 17th-19th 2003, in Reno, Nevada. Hikaru Nakamura and Sergey Kudrin won the event with 5/6. News John Donaldson.

Results: http://home.nvbell.net/wayern/renochess/wso/index.html

Western States Open Chess Tournament
October 17-19, 2003. Reno, Nevada
   1   Nakamura,Hikaru     5 
   2   Kudrin,Sergey       5 
   3   Wojtkiewicz,Aleks   4.5 
   4   Stripunsky,Alexan   4.5 
   5   Yermolinsky,Alex    4.5 
   6   Ivanov,Alexander    4.5 
   7   Small,Gregg H       4.5 
   8   Serper,Gregory      4.5 
   9   De Guzman,Ricardo   4.5 
  10   Sharavdorj,Dashze   4 
  11   Gurevich,Dmitry     4 
  12   Browne,Walter S     4 
  13   Andrianov,Nikolay   4 
  14   Raptis,Nick John    4 
  15   Rensch,Daniel       4 
  16   Tsyganov,Igor M     3.5 
  17   Zilberstein,Dmitr   3.5 
  18   Wang,Philip Xiao    3.5 
  19   Langer,Mikhail      3.5 
  20   Khachiyan,Melikse   3.5 
  21   Akobian,Varuzhan    3.5 
  22   Kraai,Jesse         3.5 
  23   Ishkhanov,Tigran    3.5 
  24   Lakdawala,Cyrus F   3.5 
  25   Frankle,Jonathan    3.5 
  26   Poehlmann,Roger     3.5 
  27   De Firmian,Nick E   3 
  28   Shivaji,Shivkumar   3 
  29   Shipman,Walter J    3 
  30   Airapetian,Chouch   3 
  31   Vigorito,David E    3 
  32   Haessler,Carl A     3 
  33   Stubbs,Peter J      3 
  34   Stearns,Aaron V     3 
  35   Setzepfandt,Alexa   3 
64 players

12) Venetian Chess Autumn

Antonio Rosino reports: The 2003 edition of the Venetian Chess Autumn tournament was played 30th October - 2nd November 2003. The four tournaments were organized by the oldest of the Venetian Chess Clubs: "Esteban Canal" and "Carlo Salvioli". A total of 160 chessplayers participated. Forty players from seven different countries competed in the Master Tournament: 4 were GMs and 5 IMs. The winner with 5 from 6 was Hungarian GM Attila Groszpeter. The game Groszpeter - Jurkovic of the fifth round is not complete which is a pity as it was perhaps the decisive game of the tournament.

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Autumn Venice ITA (ITA), 30 x-2 xi 2003
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 1. Groszpeter, Attila     g  HUN 2497  5.0  2619 
 2. Djuric, Stefan         g  SCG 2488  4.5  2526 
 3. Kasparov, Sergey       m  BLR 2482  4.5  2540 
 4. Jurkovic, Ante            CRO 2317  4.5  2446 
 5. Boricsev, Oleg         m  HUN 2342  4.5  2469 
 6. Godena, Michele        g  ITA 2523  4.5  2458 
 7. Jankovic, Alojzije     f  CRO 2383  4.0  2394 
 8. Drazic, Sinisa         g  SCG 2467  4.0  2390 
 9. Laketic, Gojko         m  SCG 2399  4.0  2426 
10. Kiss, Pal              m  HUN 2393  4.0  2379 
40 players

13) 3rd Rohde Open

The 3rd Rohde Open took place in Sautron, France 25th October - 2nd November 2003. Andrei Istratescu (first on tie-break), Jiri Stocek and Sergey Fedorchuk all finished on 7/9. 144 players (8 IGM, 14 IM). There were two IM norms, for French FM Nicolas Gerard and Vincent Colin. My thanks to Dominique Primel for the news. Games from the final round missing.

Internet coverage: http://membres.lycos.fr/sautronechecs/

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3rd Rohde Open Sautron FRA (FRA), 25 x-2 xi 2003
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  1. Istratescu, Andrei          g  ROM 2595   7,0  45    56     39    2691
  2. Stocek, Jiri                g  CZE 2545   7,0  45    56     36,5  2669
  3. Fedorchuk, Sergey A         g  UKR 2561   7,0  45    55,5   35,5  2687
  4. Makarov, Marat              g  RUS 2517   6,5  45    56     36,5  2632
  5. Maze, Sebastien                FRA 2464   6,5  42,5  52     33    2484
  6. Prasad, Devaki V            m  IND 2409   6,5  41,5  51,5   31,5  2391
  7. Dobrev, Nanko               m  BUL 2389   6,5  40,5  49     31    2418
  8. Geller, Jakov               m  RUS 2486   6,0  44    54,5   34,5  2555
  9. Koziak, Vitali              m  UKR 2460   6,0  43    53     32    2386
 10. Korobov, Anton              m  UKR 2558   6,0  43    53     31    2456
 11. Wirig, Anthony                 FRA 2424   6,0  42    51     31,5  2365
 12. Colin, Vincent                 FRA 2351   6,0  41,5  52     32    2453
 13. Gerard, Nicolas             f  FRA 2272   6,0  40,5  50,5   30,5  2466
 14. Pham Minh Hoang             m  VIE 2438   6,0  40,5  49,5   30,5  2284
 15. Nevednichy, Vladislav       g  ROM 2575   6,0  40    49,5   30,5  2472
 16. Berthelot, Yannick          f  FRA 2331   6,0  39,5  48,5   29    2326
 17. Peric, Slavisa              m  SCG 2268   6,0  39    47     27    2243
 18. Bedouin, Xavier                FRA 2283   6,0  37,5  46,5   27,5  2244
 19. Faucher, Stephane              FRA 2075   6,0  37,5  46,5   25    2155
 20. Jaulin, Philippe               FRA 2106   6,0  37,5  45,5   25    2116
 21. Bollengier, Thierry            FRA 2165   6,0  37    44,5   27,5  2119
 22. Calotescu, Cristina         wm ROM 2304   6,0  35,5  43     26    2193
 23. Kengis, Edvins              g  LAT 2572   5,5  42    51     31    2369
 24. Serafimov, Tervel              BUL 2389   5,5  40,5  50     30    2321
 25. Ionescu, Cristian           f  ROM 2242   5,5  40,5  48,5   29    2337
 26. Gouliev, Namig                 AZE 2457   5,5  40    50     29,5  2312
 27. Andonov, Bogomil            m  BUL 2310   5,5  39,5  48     28,5  2312
 28. Serafimov, Dimitar             BUL 2219   5,5  39    48,5   28    2274
 29. Primel, Dominique              FRA 2133   5,5  39    48     26    2233
 30. Morice, Ludovic                FRA 2093   5,5  38,5  46     24,5  2120
 31. Batard, David                  FRA 2036   5,5  37,5  45     22,5  1859
 32. Mohandesi, Shahin           m  IRI 2329   5,5  37    45,5   26    2236
 33. Miqueu, Eric                   FRA 2112   5,5  36,5  44     25    2061
 34. Dunn, Alan                     FRA ----   5,5  36,5  44     23    2047
 35. Chevry, Philippe               BEL 1930   5,5  34,5  41     27    2110
144 players

14) H.J. Ralston Memorial

The H.J. Ralston Memorial, a Category 3 (2320) IM norm round robin held at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in San Francisco from October 28-November 9, was won by GM Alex Yermolinsky with a score of 10 from 11. Russian FM Vladimir Mezentsev was second with 7 1/2 points, good for his third and final IM norm. News John Donaldson.

The website for the event was http://www.chessclub.org/Ralston03.html

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Ralston IM San Francisco USA (USA), 25 x-9 xi 2003          cat. III (2321)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Yermolinsky, Alex       g USA 2546  * 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 10.0  2683 
 2. Mezentsev, Vladimir       RUS 2423  0 * 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 =  7.5  2444 
 3. De Guzman, Ricardo      m PHI 2417  0 0 * 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 = 1  6.5  2376 
 4. Ho, Matthew               USA 2176  = 1 0 * 0 0 = 1 = 1 = 1  6.0  2369 
 5. Zilberstein, Dmitry     f USA 2355  0 = = 1 * 1 = = 1 0 = =  6.0  2353 
 6. Ishkhamov, Tigran         USA 2265  0 0 1 1 0 * 1 0 1 0 1 0  5.0  2289 
 7. Shivaji, Shivkuma1        USA 2281  0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 0  5.0  2288 
 8. Poehlmann, Roger          USA 2192  0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * = 0 1 1  4.5  2267 
 9. Evans, Bela             f USA 2262  0 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 1 1  4.5  2260 
10. Keatinge-Clay, Adrian   f USA 2248  0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 * 0 1  4.0  2225 
11. Ilic, Zoran1            m SCG 2379  = 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 1 * =  3.5  2182 
12. Lobo, Richard             ENG 2302  0 = 0 0 = 1 1 0 0 0 = *  3.5  2189 
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15) Heerhugowaard Rapid

Fred Lucas reports: This weekend the local chessclub in Heerhugowaard in the Netherlands celebrated the 25th jubilee of their yearly tournament. Invited were a grandmasters Van Wely, Timman, Tiviakov, Van der Doel, De Vreugt. Nijboer, Kasimdzhanov, Van der Wiel, Jonkman and many others. Kasimdzhanov won the 7 round rapid and - amongst others - Timman and Van Wely ended third. There was a special event when the sponsor Dekker-Chrysanten-BV developed a chrysantthemum to which flower Jan Timman gave his name.

There is a photo report at: http://www.momentoo.nl

16) 10th Lohmar Fast Chess Open

The 10th Lohmarer Schnellschach-Open takes place on November 16th 2003. 11 round Swiss. 15 minutes per player.

Leading players: Rozentalis,Eduardas GM 2633 LIT; Khenkin,Igor GM 2627 GER; Eingorn, Vereslav S GM 2607 UKR; Fridman,Daniel GM 2592 LAT; Burmakin, Vladimir GM 2590 RUS; Landa,Konstantin GM 2587 RUS; Sulskis,Sarunas GM 2586 LIT; Luther,Thomas GM 2580 GER; Atalik,Suat GM 2570 BIH; Bischoff,Klaus GM 2564 GER; Gavrikov,Viktor GM 2560 LTU; Korobov, Anton IM 2558 UKR; Golod,Vitali GM 2544 ISR

Full details: http://www.sflohmar.de/announce/lssop03.htm

17) Charleroi correction and additions

The Charleroi tournament took place 22nd-30th October 2003. I reported on this event in a previous issue but got the country wrong (its in Belgium not France something I really should have remembered). Now also I have more games. My thanks to Steve Laios.

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2nd It Pays de Charleroi BEL (BEL), 22-30 viii 2003   cat. IV (2331)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Kveinys, Aloyzas      g LTU 2539  * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2527 
 2. Vandevoort, Pascal    f BEL 2353  1 * 1 0 = 1 0 1 = 1  6.0  2453 
 3. Genov, Petar          g BUL 2501  = 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 1 1  6.0  2436 
 4. Michiels, Bart          BEL 2376  0 1 0 * 1 = = = 1 1  5.5  2405 
 5. Marechal, Andy        f BEL 2256  0 = 1 0 * 1 = = 1 1  5.5  2419 
 6. Saiboulatov, Danial   f BEL 2366  = 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 =  4.5  2326 
 7. Cappon, John            FRA 2216  0 1 0 = = = * 0 = =  3.5  2263 
 8. Hautot, Stephane        BEL 2317  0 0 0 = = 0 1 * = 1  3.5  2252 
 9. Le Quang, Kim         f BEL 2244  0 = 0 0 0 0 = = * =  2.0  2120 
10. Lacour, Serge           FRA 2139  0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = *  1.5  2079 
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18) Cap D'Agde Open

6th National and International Chess Encounters World Rapid Chess Championship organised by CCAS took place in Cap d'agde 23rd-30th October 2003. Alongside the main events won by Anand I reported on last week there was also an open which saw Igor Miladinovic and Mladen Palac win with 7.5/9. My thanks to Stephen Boyd for the news.

Official site: http://www.asmeg.org/index.php?page=191 and also there is full coverage at: http://www.europe-echecs.com

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CCAS Open Cap d'Agde FRA (FRA), 23-30 x 2003
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 1. Miladinovic, Igor        g  GRE 2599 7,5 46,5 2703
 2. Palac, Mladen            g  CRO 2534 7,5 45,5 2664
 3. Fontaine, Robert         g  FRA 2526 7,0 46,5 2585
 4. Apicella, Manuel         g  FRA 2542 7,0 45,5 2566
 5. Pira, Davoud             m  FRA 2403 7,0 43,5 2566
 6. Tirard, Hugo             m  FRA 2421 7,0 43   2554
 7. Marcelin, Cyril          g  FRA 2473 7,0 39   2480
 8. Bagheri, Amir            m  IRI 2541 7,0 40   2468
 9. Touzane, Olivier         m  FRA 2329 6,5 44,5 2482
10. Laurent, Bruno           f  BEL 2365 6,5 41,5 2479
11. Libiszewski, Fabien      f  FRA 2446 6,5 44   2473
12. Sveshnikov, Evgeny       g  LAT 2557 6,5 41,5 2458
13. Kosten, Anthony C        g  FRA 2540 6,5 42   2454
14. Santo-Roman, Marc        g  FRA 2385 6,5 40,5 2462
15. Chomet, Pascal           m  FRA 2356 6,5 41   2440
16. Philippe, Christophe     f  FRA 2346 6,5 40   2422
17. Collas, Didier           m  FRA 2447 6,5 38   2410
18. Saiboulatov, Danial      f  BEL 2375 6,5 35,5 2365
19. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas     CAN 2329 6,0 41,5 2442
20. Bernard, Christophe      m  FRA 2333 6,0 39,5 2377
21. Brochet, Philippe        m  FRA 2386 6,0 40   2372
22. Meynard, Thibault           FRA 2258 6,0 39   2369
23. Vandevoort, Pascal       f  BEL 2363 6,0 37,5 2332
24. Gaudineau, Eric             FRA 2335 6,0 34   2297
25. Calistri, Tristan        f  FRA 2293 6,0 35   2279
26. Collas, Silvia          wg  FRA 2330 6,0 32,5 2259
196 players

19) Forthcoming Events and Links

Swiss Chess Tour 2003

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" will finish in Interlaken, one of the most attractive tourist towns in Switzerland.

The 3rd "Casino Open" December 26th-30th 2003. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. The natural prizes till 20th place. 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 "Chalet Oberland" New event - Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double rounds.

Time table for "Chalet Oberland-Open Interlaken": December 26. The last registration 11.00-12.15. Open ceremony and apero reception from 12.15-12.30. Round 1st 14.00-19.00. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December 28.: Round 4th 14.00-19.00. December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th 15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 10.00-15.00 Closing ceremonies 15.30.

Special chess rates in Hotel "Charlet Oberland". Main sponsor "RAPP" company.

Players so far: GM Hort (GER), GM Ikonnikov (RUS), GM Djuric (SCG), GM Nemet (SUI), IM Rukavina (CRO) etc.

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

Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/

Hastings Chess Congress

The line-up for the Hastings Premier, the world's longest-running international event is as follows: Alexander Cherniaev, Vladimir Epishin (Russia); Stuart Conquest, Danny Gormally, Mark Hebden (England); Vasilios Kotronias (Cyprus); Abhijit Kunte (India); Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine) who will celebrate her 14th birthday at the Drawing of Lots Ceremony on 27 December 2003 at Horntye Sports Centre; Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark) and Jonathan Rowson (Scotland). The average rating is 2554 making this much the strongest event in the English chess calendar.

Among those in the Challengers are Joanna Dworakowska, Petr Marusenko, Bartosz and Monika Socko (Poland); Zahar Efimenko, Gennadi Kuzmin (Ukraine); Bogdan Lalic, Peter Wells (England); Steve Mannion, Colin McNab, John Shaw (Scotland). The whole event takes place 28 December to 5 January and there are many other tournaments for weaker players.

Further details: Con Power power@hicc.demon.co.uk, telephone 01424 431970 website

Internet site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/

Aeroflot Open

The International Chess Open Festival "Aeroflot Open 2004" will be held in Moscow from 16th February (the day of arrival) to 26th February 2004 (the day of departure). The official hotel and tournament venue is the hotel "Rossija".

Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/regulp.htm

British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2003

British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2003. This years competition takes place 15th-16th November 2003 in the North Bridge Leisure Centre Halifax West Riding of Yorkshire.

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

65th Square Website

There is a new Turkish website: http://65thsquare.tripod.com I have given an interview to the webmaster Alper Efe Ataman.

Hungarian chess tournaments - Nov-Dec 2003 - Jan-March 2004

1 PAKS GM-IM closed, 100 km South from Budapest, 19th-29th of November, org: IM Videki, his e-mail: videkisn@axelero.hu

2. "TENKES CUP", 9 rounds Swiss Open, 20th-28th of November, Harkany /250 km West from Budapest/, org: Fulop Csaba, his e-mail fulopcsa@axelero.hu, - website: http://sakkverseny.fpn.hu

3. "FIRST SATURDAY", FS-GM-IM closed, Budapest, 6th-19th of December, organisation: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Webpage: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat ICC nickname: MrFirstSaturday ICQ#: 44805877

4. "SZENNAPACK" IM closed tournament, Kaposvar /200 km West from Budapest/, 17th-23rd of December, org: IM Mathe, Gaspar,

5. TAPOLCA Open 9 rounds Swiss, 9th-17th of January, Budapest, org. Parej Jozsef, More info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

6. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed, 7th-19th of February, org.Nagy L.

7. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 6th-18th of March, org. NL.

8. 20th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL, 9 rounds Swiss Open, 18th-27th of March org.Nagy Laszlo

9. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of April, org.NL.

10. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 1st-13th of May,

11. ELEKES memorial, Budapest GM-IM closed, 15th-25th of May, organizer: IM Zsinka.

12. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM 5th-17th of June, Budapest, org.Nagy L.

Computer Chess

CC-Calendar: http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm has the following databases of games from new computer events: - 02nd MPPS, Lodz 2003 (Polish-ch) - 10th France-ch, Massy 2003 - 23rd Dutch Open 2003

Since 1990 there are now 7.127 official computer chess tournament games.

Western Canadian Open

The Western Canadian Open takes plce July 9th-18th, 2004. The FIDE rated event is organised by the British Columbia Chess Federation.

Further details: http://www.chessbc.com

Australian Championships

The Australian Championships take place 29th December 2003 - 10th January 2004 at the University of Adelaide. Over $10,000 in prizes.

Details: http://www.unichess.org

Narender Nath Memorial Chess Tournament

The 3rd Annual Narender Nath Memorial Chess Tournament commemorating a man who died in the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001 is underway. The event raises money for charity.

Details: http://www.nathchesstournament.com/

Attila Schneider Memorial

Statisztika Chess Club from Budapest is organising the Attila Schneider Memorial in Budapest from 1-12 December 2003. They are planning to having 2 groups, GM cat. 7-8, and IM cat 3-4. Their partner is the Hungarian Chess Federation. For more info please contact GM Emil Anka. Email: emilanka@freemail.hu Tel/fax: 36-1-2212328

7th Bavarian Open

The 7th Bavarian Open takes place in Bad Wiessee (located at a lake named Tegernsee in Bavaria, Germany), November 8th - 16th 2003. Entries so far include: 27 GM, 25 IM, 22 FM and 4 WGM. The final number of competitors is expected to over 500

Official coverage: http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/wiessee03/

28th Kings Head Rapidplay

The 28th Kings Head Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 13 March 2004,

6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund £650, entry fee £17

Further info: http://www.khcc.org.uk

Lorin D'Costa vs ROW

Top ranking junior UK Under-19 chess player Lorin D'Costa has started a "Rest of World match" at Chessworld.net.

To join the rest of world game against Lorin simply register and login at http://www.chessworld.net. The match will be played at the rate of 5 days per move. Players will vote their moves by clicking on the chess board while discussing and formulating strategies and tactics in the Rest of World team forum.

150th Anniversary of Bradford Chess Club

Bradford Chess Club are celebrating their 150th Anniversary over the weekend of 8th-9th November. On the Saturday there will be a match between the Club's Woodhouse Cup winning teams of the 1960/70s and the team which won the trophy in 2001 followed by a buffet. On the Sunday there will be a Rapidplay event open to all. The Club is keen to hear from any former players and they should contact either Andrew Toothill on a.toothill@talk21.com or Ihor Lewyk on 150@bradfordchess.org.uk

Chess Exhibition in Cleveland Ohio

The Worlds of Chess Champions exhibition contains items including Egyptian chess pieces, commemorative stamps, autographed material, rare books and original manuscripts.

The event is in Cleveland OH. The Cleveland Public Library’s John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection is currently exhibiting an installation titled, Worlds of Chess Champions. This temporary exhibition is located in the third floor exhibition hall of the Main Building, 325 Superior Ave., N.E. The Library exhibition is free and open to the public. Paid parking is available on Rockwell, one block north of Superior Ave.

Worlds of Chess Champions puts chess into context through the lives of chess experts, authors, and champions. This exhibition sets the historical stage of chess champions from the 19th Century to the present. To illustrate the context of chess in the world, the earliest items displayed feature chess pieces from Egypt dating back to 1300 B.C. Other early items on display from the John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection include original manuscripts from the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Other rare and interesting items include a death mask photograph of an early 19th-century player, commemorative chess stamps, hand-written letters by and about world-famous chess champions, autographed material, and published books by chess champions.

Some of the materials in Worlds of Chess Champions have never before been exhibited. The John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection is the world’s largest and most comprehensive chess collection. The collection contains chess sets and pieces as well as material related to chess. Many stamps commemorating chess champions are in the exhibition. Newspaper and magazine clippings, chess championship programs, score sheets from games, and other rare items will be on display through June 12, 2004.

Mystery Consultation Match

There is a mystery consultation match with two teams of three players being held by the NAO Chess Club. White is a team captained by Igor Nataf (average ELO 2601) Black a team captained by the club sponsor Mme Nahed Ojjeh (average ELO 2681). There is a weeks break during the European Club Cup.

Team I. NATAF vs Team N. OJJEH 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Bd4 8.Bc4 Nh6 9.0-0 Ng4 10.Bb3 Qd6 11.Qf4 0-0 12.Qxd6 cxd6 13.Bf4 Nf6 14.Bxd6 Re8 15.Rae1 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nxe4 17.Bb4 Bd7 18.f3 Nf6 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.c4 b6 21.Rd1 Be6 22.Kf2 c5 23.Bc3 Rc8 24.g4 Kf8 25.a4 a5 26.Be5 Ne8 27.c3 g6 28.Bc2 Bxc4 29.Be4 Bb3 30.Rd2 Ke7 31.Rb2 c4 32.Re2 Kd7 33.Bb7 Rd8 34.Rd2+ Ke7 35.Rxd8 Kxd8 36.Bc6 Ke7 37.Bd4 Nc7 38.Bxb6 continues. [Update: 2nd November 2003]

Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html

15th Open of Leuven, Belgium

Chessclub Desperado Leuven is proud to present the 15th Open International Tournament of Leuven, Belgium. It will take place from Friday November 7th until Tuesday November 11th 2003. The Open Tournament consists out of 9 rounds, Swiss pairing system, 2hours/40moves + 15' QPF. Prizemoney adds up to more than EUR 6.000, including several ratingprizes!

More info, inscriptions and internet coverage: http://turn.to/desperado

Email inquiries: DesperadoLeuven@advalvas.be

9th HIT Open

9th HIT Open 2004 takes place in Nova Gorica - Slovenia 30th January 2004 - 5th February 2004. A + B Tournaments, Swiss system, 9 rounds - 90 min + 30 sek/potezo, Zug, Move Prize Fund 8.500 EU Netto

Further info: krapse.stefan@siol.net, ++ 386 5 333 21 74 or stojan.karer@email.si, ++ 41 643 388, fax ++ 386 5 302 43 34

Autunno Scacchistico Veneziano

The Traditional Chess Open Autunno Scacchistico Veneziano (first edition in 1985) takes place in Venice from October 30th to 2nd November 2003, organized together by "Esteban Canal" Chess Club and by "Carlo Salvioli" Chess Club.

Master tournament: 6 rounds (minimum 2000 Fide rating or 1900 Italian rating) 100 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 second every move; after 40 moves 10 minutes more plus 30 seconds every move. "A" Tournament: Italian rating 1700-1899; Fide rating less than 2000. Two hours for 40 moves and 30 minutes of quick play finish. "B" Tournament: Italian rating less than 1800. Two hours for 40 moves and 30 minutes of quick play finish. "C" Tournament: players without rating. Two hours for the whole game. A, B and C tournaments: 5 rounds from 31st of October

Further details: http://www.autunnoscacchisticoveneziano.org in Italian and in English.

Cairnhill Chess Festival 2003

Cairnhill Chess Festival 2003 The Cairnhill Chess Festival 2003 will take place from 6th-21st of December 2003 in Singapore. This year's events include the 21st Cairnhill International Open Chess Championship ‘The Cairnhill’s Cup’ as well as other side events such as Blitz, Rapid and Closed tournaments. Complete details will be announced in due course.

Further details at http://pc-connect.com.sg/chess/ccf03/03_Home.htm

Wales Interational

The Wales International 7th-15th January 2004. Further details kevin.staveley@btinternet.com.

The GibTelecom Festival

The GibTelecom Festival takes place 27th January to 5th February 2004. Besides the 10 round Swiss, there are two 5 round events for players under 2000 or unrated. Acceptances to the Masters from: Cramling, Stefanova, Kotronias, Rowson, Sulskis, Kunte, Harikrishna, Houska, Gormally, Hebden, Lalic, Emms, Motwani, McNab, Vuckovic, Davies. Further details conf.banq@caletahotel.gi.

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

Bermuda Open 2004 Cancelled

Nigel Freeman sends news. Hurricane Fabian has caused the cancellation of the Bermuda Open for 2004. The Fairmont Southampton Hotel is closed for repairs until early March and the organisers are unable to find a suitable replacement venue. They hope still to hold an invitational; details, when available, will be posted on the official website http://www.bermuda.bm/chess

ChessMile Website

Jean-Claude Templeur has built a website for FIDE rated players. http://www.chessmile.com

A large part of the news and comments are about french or french-speaking players.

It includes an articel http://www.chessmile.com/articles.php?id=4 (GMT Principles on a proposal to rate open events.)

II Benidorm International Chess Festival

The II Benidorm International Chess Festival takes place 21st-29th November 2003.

The event will include a part 27th-29th November 2003 with starts including: Viswanathan Anand IND 2774 g Veselin Topalov BUL 2735 g Judith Polgar HUN 2718 g Francisco Vallejo ESP 2699 g Anatoli Karpov RUS 2688 g Teimour Radjabov AZE 2648 g Sergey Karjakin UKR 2527 g etc

Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com.

6th Tanta Open

6th TANTA OPEN 2003 -This year the 6th Tanta festival will be held 7th – 17th DEC . at Tanta City about 90 Km. from Cairo, Egypt. -The event will be a Swiss Sytem – 9 Rounds, two sections: -New Fide Time Control ( 90 Min for all game and 30 Sec. Added for every move) - play starts at 5 p.m. daily from 7 to 16 DEC. , Rest Day 12 DEC., Arrival 6 DEC. , 1st Round 7 DEC. , last Round 16 DEC. , Closing Ceremony 17 DEC. 4 p.m. then departure. A) closed section : (40 players) (5G.M. + 25 I.M.+ 10 egyptian players ,the highest ratings) Prizes in L.E (Egyptian Pounds) 1st till 9th (5000 - 4500 - 3750 - 3000 - 2250 - 1500 - 1500 - 1250 -1250 ( 1US$ ~ 6.5 L.E) B) open section : Open for all players. - Prizes in L.E ( Egyptian Pounds) 1st till 15th (1000 - 900 - 800 - 700 - 600 -500 - 400 - 300 - 300 - 200 - 200 - 200 - 150 - 150 - 150 ) -Prizes are distributed according to Hort system (between the number of players corresponding to number of advertised prizes ) -Players who wants to participate will pay (25)US$ daily for full accommodation in Doubl Bedroom or (30) US$ for single Room 4 Star Hotel – (20) US$ daily for Double Bedroom or (25) US$ for Single Room 3 Star Hotel That included : Free transportation inside Egypt , including from and to Airport; Free Tourist tour; Free entry fee ; Daily Bulletin , and Book of the tournament distributed on Closing Ceremony -Special conditions for limited no. of GMs and IMs. ( Organizers asks for only one invited player from each country) Last day for registering is 30/11/2003. Contact: E-Mail ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Hassan Khaled - General Director - Egyptian Chess Federation Phone +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063 Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285

7th email Afro-Asian championship

7th email Afro-Asian championship. The preliminaries of this competition will start on 15.01.2004 , all players from Africa and Asia who wish to participate, should send their application to M. Samraoui email address : samraoui@aol.com before 30.11.2003 . Like the previous editions there is two stages, preliminaries and a final with qualified players. The number of sections will depend upon entries. No entry fees required.

Corus Wijk aan Zee

The Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place 9th-25th January 2004. There is yet again a tremendous field for the Category 19 A Group.

Players: Kramnik 2785 2 Anand 2774 3 Leko 2739 4 Shirov 2732 7 Svidler 2723 8 Bareev 2721 9 Adams 2719 10 Akopian 2703 14 Sokolov 2693 20 Morozevich 2679 23 van Wely 2661 31 Zhang Zhong 2658 33 Bologan 2650 42 Timman 2575.

Garry Kasparov was invited but his manager said the event doesn't fit into his schedule.

Further details: http://www.coruschess.com/

Two Czech Tournaments

1) Friendship chess tournament (11.-19.11.2003, Cartak - Czech Rep.) A - round-robin grandmaster tournament with possible fulfilling IGM and IM norms B - round-robin master tournament with possible fulfilling IM norms C - FIDE open of youth (born 1985 and younger) Other info - http://www.proclient.cz/a64

2) OPEN LILIE LITOMYSL 2003 (26.12.2003-1.1.2004, Litomysl - Czech Rep.) 5th christmas chess tournament, FIDE open 9 rounds, rate 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 60.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK - cca. 650 EUR). Other info - http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/litomysl2003/default.asp

III Salou Tournament

The III Salou Tournament takes place 7th-18th October 2003. Confirmed players: GM Kogan GM Korneev GM Movsisian GM Oratovsky GM Tyomkin IM Thal.

Details: http://chess.1000tiendas.com/

4th Liberec Open

4th International Chess Tournament Open Liberec 2003 takes place 25th October - 1st November 2003 in the town of Liberec (Jizerske mountains in the Czech Republic). This tournament is a part of the Czech Tour 2003-2004.

Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour

3rd Bangkok Open

The 3rd Bangkok Open is a FIDE rated tournament in Pattaya Resort Town (1-2 hours from Bangkok) October 22nd - 26th 2003. Due to the size of the venue there are only 150 max number of players allowed. 121 have registered so far.

Details: http://www.bangkokchess.com

12th International Raiffeisen Donau Open

12th International Raiffeisen DONAU OPEN 2003 26th-31st December 2003 Place: Aschacher Veranstaltungszentrum Bahnhofstrasse 6 A- 4082 Aschach an der Donau AUSTRIA Turnaments A - FIDE Open open to all B - Turnier Elo under 2000 C - Turnier Elo under 1600 7 rounds - Swiss system - FIDE rated time: 40 moves/2 hours, then 1 hour for the rest Information Günter Mitterhuemer Seebach 19, A-4070 Eferding Tel.: 0 72 72 / 43 98 , Fax 0 72 73 / 63 36 15 E-mail: guenter.mitterhuemer@schach.at

13th World Championship for Seniors 2003

13th World Championship for Seniors 2003 takes place in Bad Zwischenahn (Germany) November 16th-29th 2003.

11 rounds Swiss system, 2h /40 moves , than 1h rest prizefund: 12.000 Euro entry-fee 120 Euro The winner get the fide-title of grandmaster.

Information and applications: Jürgen Wempe Herbartstr. 7 26160 Bad Zwischenahn wempe@t-online.de

Futher details: http://www.seniorenschach.de

Kasparov Chess Academy Schools Tournament

The Kasparov Chess Academy is organising the 3rd Open Russian School Chess Team Championship.The next tournament is planned to begin in the period October - November 2003 with the finals in January of 2004.

All teams broken into Elementary (up to 12), Junior High, (Up to 18) categories. Entitled to participation are chess players who shall not have reached the age of 12 and 18 by January 1st of 2004 - 4 Member Teams / 4 Alternatives, 1 coach - Game / 20 min.+12sec/move Time Control.

Entry is free - Total prize fund about 100.000 roubles.

The Academy provides all the teams (4 chess players and 1 coach), qualified for the finals, with full board and lodging as well as 3000 roubles to refund traveling expenses.

Further details Contact Yuri Zelenkov E-mail yaz@totalchess.ru, Telephone 007- 095 245-3510.

VII Paks Cup

VII. Paks Cup Hungary, 19-29 Nov 2003 GM Tournament (11 rounds) &IM, FM Tournaments (9-11 rounds, 19-27 Nov 2003) Inscription and Information: Vid‚ki S ndor Paks, Fenyves Str. 13/7. H-7030Tel.: 0036-75-421225 Mobile: 0036-30-4012866 E-mail: videkisn@axelero.hu

II Benidorm Chess Festival

The II Benidorm Chess Festival takes place 21st-29th November 2003.

Includes an event 27th-29th November with Viswanathan Anand IND 2774 g Veselin Topalov BUL 2735 g Judith Polgar HUN 2718 g Francisco Vallejo ESP 2699 g Anatoli Karpov RUS 2688 g Teimour Radjabov AZE 2648 g Sergey Karjakin UKR 2527 g etc

Further Information: http://www.ajedrezbali.com

1st Vilnius International

Lithuanian Chess Federation organises the first Vilnius International Chess Championship September 27th - October 4th 2003 in Vilnius.

Further details: http://www.vilniuschesschampionship.lt

GM Chess at Somerset House

Your Chance to Play a Grandmaster! Every Saturday throughout September, October and November a Grandmaster will be playing blitz against visitors to the Somerset House Art of Chess Exhibition (extended to November 30th). Participating Grandmasters include John Nunn, Danny King, John Emms, Jonathan Levitt and Chris Ward. The event is free, so come along to the Seamens Hall at Somerset House (a fabulous venue by the river Thames near Aldwych and the Strand) any Saturday afternoon between 2 and 5 PM for this fun opportunity to pit your wits against a leading player.

Further information: Email: education@somerset-house.org.uk Tel: 020 7420 9406

Further details: http://www.somerset-house.org.uk

Gausdal Troll Masters 2004

Gausdal Troll Masters 2004 take place 26th January - 3rd February 2004. 10 round Swiss in 9 days. 60-70 players are expected including 12-15 GMs or IMs and only 6-8 without a FIDE-ELO.

Further details: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/troll2004/

Organiser and contact for events: IA & IO Hans Olav Lahlum (NOR) - hanso.lahlum@c2i.net

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

7th Bayerische Meisterschaft

7th Bayerische Meisterschaft International Open 2003 takes place in Bad Wiessee - Tegernsee 8th-16th November 2003 in the Wandelhalle des Jod- und Schwefelbades.

Further Info: Telefon / Fax: 02323 / 18112 W. Buchholz 44623 Herne Grenzweg 24 oder ChessPoint@t-online.de

Kurt Geiß Tel: +49-(0)8022 / 86060 Fax +49-(0)8022 / 8606-155 E-Mail: info@hotel-zur-post-bad-wiessee.de

Official site: http://www.chess-international.de

GACC World Inter Varsity Chess Championship

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

Friends of Hastings International Chess Congress

A new fundraising scheme has been launched by Hastings International Chess 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

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/

New York Masters

Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.

Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/