THE WEEK IN CHESS 478 5th January 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Corus Wijk
aan Zee
3) Hastings Premier
4) Reggio
Emilia
5) January 2004 FIDE Rating List
6) Rilton Cup
7) Harmonie Chess
Tournament
8) 1st Bois-Colombes GM
9)
Australian Championships
10) 20th Böblinger
Open
11) Zurich Weihnachtsopen 2003
12) XIX Nice International Open
13) 2nd Nantes
Open
14) 12th Donau Open
15) 7th
White Tower Open
16) Belgian Teams
17) North American Open
18) 30th Eastern
Open
19) 39th American Open
20)
21st Cairnhill Open
21) El Salvador Open
22) Professional World Chess Ranking
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Games section
Hastings Premier 40 games
Reggio Emilia 35 games
Rilton Cup 215 games
Harmonie Chess Tournament 10 games
1st Bois-Colombes GM 10 games
Australian Championships 105 games
20th Böblinger Open 57 games
Zurich Weihnachtsopen 2003 111 games
XIX Nice International Open 33 games
2nd Nantes Open 66 games
12th Donau Open 139 games
7th White Tower Open 90 games
North American Open 88 games
30th Eastern Open 35 games
39th American Open 40 games
21st Cairnhill Open 140 games
El Salvador Open 105 games
Corrections 2 games
1320 games
My thanks to Nigel Freeman, Vladimir Dvorkovich, John Hillery, Frank
Berry, Tryfon Gavriel, Steve Laios, George D. Alexopoulos, Jose Riverol, Bo
Garner Christensen, Aard Daanen, Harald Grafenhofer, Georg Kradolfer, Michael
Atkins, Ray Fourzan, John Fernandez, Andy McFarland, Rodolfo Arias, Kenny
Chern, Ralph Frisch, Jeroen van den Berg, Antti Parkkinen, Anjo Anjewierden,
Thierry Foissez, Cor Kamstra and everyone else who helped with the issue and
indeed all year.
The new FIDE rating list is out now. There hasn't been much change at
the top with Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand still occupying the top, Peter Svidler
is the main mover up from 9 to 4. Of note is that its the 20th Anniversary of
Garry Kasparov being World Number 1 for the first time, and apart from the July
1985 list and one list where Kramnik was number one on games played in one
list, Kasparov has stayed there continuously. An astonishing sporting
achievement and his stay doesn't look likely to end any time soon. The main
event of the coming week is the start of the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee.
Sadly the entertaining Morozevich won't be there due to illness but his
replacement Vesselin Topalov actually improves the tournament's average rating!
Its to be hope that this event kicks off an exciting year. World Championship
action is scheduled but I've stopped taking any notice so many events have been
cancelled or just not taken place. We'll see what turns up.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
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. The
main news is the last minute replacement of Alexander Morozevich who has severe
flu with Veselin Topalov.
Further details: http://www.coruschess.com/
Group A
Category 19 2702
Vladimir Kramnik 25.06.1975 2777 GM RUS 2
Viswanathan Anand 11.12.1969 2766 GM IND 3
Peter Svidler 17.06.1976 2747 GM RUS 4
Alexey Shirov 04.07.1972 2736 GM ESP 5
Veselin Topalov 15.03.1975 2735 GM BUL 6
Peter Leko 08.09.1979 2722 GM HUN 10
Michael Adams 17.11.1971 2720 GM ENG 11
Evgeny Bareev 21.11.1966 2714 GM RUS 14
Ivan Sokolov 13.06.1968 2706 GM NED 16
Vladimir Akopian 07.12.1971 2693 GM ARM 19
Viorel Bologan 14.12.1971 2679 GM MDA 23
Zhang Zhong 05.09.1978 2644 GM CHN 47
Loek van Wely 07.10.1972 2617 GM NED 79
Jan Timman 14.12.1951 2578 GM NED 175
Group B
Category 13 2560
Laurent Fressinet 30.11.1981 2636 GM FRA 55
Lenier Dominguez 23.09.1983 2605 GM CUB 102
Lazaro Bruzon 02.05.1982 2603 GM CUB 107
Sergey Tiviakov 14.02.1973 2600 GM NED 114
Hichem Hamdouchi 08.10.1972 2588 GM MAR 143
Friso Nijboer 26.05.1965 2586 GM NED 147
Julio Granda Zuniga 25.02.1967 2581 GM PER 165
Arkadij Naiditsch 25.10.1985 2576 GM GER 181
Hikaru Nakamura 09.12.1987 2571 GM USA 199
John van der Wiel 09.08.1959 2542 GM NED 322
Eric Lobron 07.05.1960 2497 GM GER 619
Zhu Chen 16.03.1976 2490 GM CHN 675
Daniel Stellwagen 01.03.1987 2489 IM NED 684
Antoaneta Stefanova 19.04.1979 2478 GM BUL 776
Group C
Category 9 2454
Dusko Pavasovic 15.10.1976 2615 GM SLO 86
Merab Gagunashvili 03.01.1985 2583 GM GEO 154
Valery Popov 10.09.1974 2580 GM RUS 168
Milos Pavlovic 05.01.1964 2548 GM SCG 286
Jan Smeets 05.04.1985 2505 IM NED 549
Kateryna Lahno 27.12.1989 2493 WGM UKR 648
Ruud Janssen 01.05.1979 2489 IM NED 684
Magnus Carlsen 30.11.1990 2484 IM NOR 726
Sipke Ernst 01.01.1979 2474 IM NED 808
Zhaoqin Peng 08.05.1968 2419 WGM NED 1612
Jan Werle 15.01.1984 2407 IM NED 1889
Tea Lanchava 11.09.1974 2323 WGM NED 4471
Maarten Etmans 09.04.1939 2225 FM NED 10976
Ted Barendse 15.08.1956 2206 - NED 12729
The Hastings Premier took place 28th December 2003 to 5th January 2004
in the Horntye Sports Centre in Hastings. Jonathan Rowson and Vasilios
Kotronias finished on 6/9.
Bogdan Lalic, Bartosz Socko and Zahar Efimenko led the Challengers going
into the final round. I will round up the games and results next week.
Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
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Premier Hastings ENG (ENG), 28 xii 2003 - 6 i 2004 cat. XIII (2552)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2541 * = 1 = = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2678
2. Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2626 = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 6.0 2669
3. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2658 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2620
4. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2535 = = = * 1 0 = = 1 = 5.0 2597
5. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2626 = 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 = 4.5 2544
6. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2560 0 = = 1 = * 0 1 = 0 4.0 2508
7. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2486 = = 0 = 0 1 * = = = 4.0 2516
8. Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2545 = = 0 = = 0 = * 0 1 3.5 2473
9. Cherniaev, Alexander1 m RUS 2476 = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 3.5 2480
10. Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2471 0 0 = = = 1 = 0 0 * 3.0 2436
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The 46th Reggio Emilia International Chess Tournament took place
December 27th 2003 - January 4th 2004. The Tournament was Category 8 event
(2439 points) and was played at the Hotel Mercure-Astoria in Reggio Emilia (9
rounds without rest-day). Igor Miladinovic won the event with 7/9 a point clear
of Dimitri Komarov.
Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/
46th It Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), 27 xii 2003 - 4 i 2004cat. VIII (2441)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2599 * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2643
2 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2566 = * 1 = = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2551
3 Bellini, Fabio m ITA 2503 0 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2513
4 Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2596 = = 1 * 0 0 = 1 = 1 5.0 2466
5 Zimina, Olga wm RUS 2387 = = 0 1 * 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2489
6 Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2447 = 0 0 1 1 * = = = = 4.5 2440
7 Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2321 0 = = = = = * = = 1 4.5 2454
8 Collutiis, Duilio f ITA 2417 0 = 0 0 = = = * = 1 3.5 2363
9 Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2371 0 = 0 = 0 = = = * 1 3.5 2368
10 Ronchetti, Niccolo' ITA 2201 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 0.5 2023
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The January 2004 FIDE rating list was released on January 1st.
Garry Kasparov gained 1 point from the 6 games he played in the European
Club Cup. Kramnik and Anand had no rated games. Peter Svidler's progress
continues, he's up from 9 to 4 in the World gaining 24 points, Morozevich up
from 16 to 7 in the World gaining 30 points, Polgar is at her highest ever, at
number 8 in the world, up from 11 after gaining 6 points. Ponomariov back in
the top 10, Michael Adams down to 11, Grischuk down to 12 from 7 after losing
ELO 13 points. Bareev down 10 places from 4 to 14 after losing 25 ELO
points
Some other changes include: Sutovsky up from 49 to 31, Radjabov up 10
to 35, Macieja up from 55 to 40, 19 year old Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov is back in
the top 100 up 51 points at 46 in the World. Peter Heine Nielsen up from 68 to
53, Curt Hansen up from 79 to 56, Iordachescu up from 85 to 57, Epishin down
from 37 to 59, Vadim Milov back in at 62 after gaining 58 points, Aleksander
Delchev in at 69 up 21 points, Shabalov back in at 70 after gaining 26 points,
Van Wely down from 41 to 79 after losing 37 points, Illescas Cordoba back in at
83, Pavasovic in at 86 after gaining 29 points, Sadvakasov in at 89, Krasenkow
back in at 90, Filippov down from 63 to 92, Smirnov down from 65 to 93, Kharlov
back in at 97, and Baklan and Inarkiev in at 99 and 100.
Exactly 100 players in the list this time (102 last) 2606 is the ranking
sufficient to get into the top 100 as opposed to 2605 in October.
Players out of the top 100 (October ranking and rating) 67 Kotronias,
Vasilios g CYP 2626 72 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2623 78 Berkes, Ferenc g
HUN 2616 82 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2613 87 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2610 88
Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2610 90 Van Den Doel, Erik g NED 2609 94 Najer, Evgeniy
g RUS 2608 95 Navara, David g CZE 2607 96 Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2607 97
Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2607 99 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2606 102 Dolmatov, Sergey
g RUS 2605
Source: http://www.fide.com. The full
list is available for download there.
No. Name t NAT ju02 oc02 ja03 ap03 ju03 oc03 ja04 Gms
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2838 2838 2847 2830 2830 2830 2831 6
2 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2807 2807 2807 2789 2785 2777 2777 0
3 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2755 2755 2753 2764 2774 2766 2766 0
4 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2690 2690 2693 2713 2723 2723 2747 24
5 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2697 2699 2723 2735 2732 2737 2736 16
6 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2745 2743 2743 2735 2735 2735 2735 0
7 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2716 2707 2678 2678 2679 2702 2732 23
8 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ........... g HUN 2681 2685 2700 2715 2718 2722 2728 6
9 Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. g UKR 2743 2743 2734 2718 2718 2718 2722 8
10 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2717 2743 2736 2746 2739 2722 2722 0
11 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2752 2745 2734 2723 2719 2725 2720 7
12 Grischuk, Alexander............. g RUS 2702 2702 2712 2701 2732 2732 2719 22
13 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2711 2709 2699 2704 2710 2710 2716 16
14 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2726 2737 2729 2734 2721 2739 2714 14
15 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2710 2704 2700 2700 2695 2703 2709 15
16 Sokolov, Ivan................... g NED 2677 2684 2688 2677 2693 2695 2706 22
17 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2682 2684 2690 2686 2701 2701 2702 9
18 Malakhov, Vladimir.............. g RUS 2668 2670 2677 2672 2696 2696 2700 24
19 Akopian, Vladimir............... g ARM 2689 2689 2703 2703 2703 2684 2693 6
20 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2676 2673 2690 2695 2698 2705 2682 15
21 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2687 2688 2688 2686 2693 2693 2682 6
22 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2676 2667 2682 2684 2683 2681 2681 0
23 Bologan, Viktor................. g MDA 2631 2627 2630 2663 2650 2673 2679 31
24 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............ g BLR 2646 2621 2633 2650 2659 2664 2679 23
25 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2676 2666 2678 2678 2702 2693 2678 15
26 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter......... g ROM 2610 2613 2592 2606 2666 2675 2678 0
27 Lautier, Joel................... g FRA 2663 2665 2670 2666 2677 2666 2676 14
28 Khalifman, Alexander............ g RUS 2690 2690 2702 2702 2678 2678 2674 23
29 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2676 2683 2664 2662 2656 2670 2670 13
30 Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2652 2650 2649 2649 2668 2667 2667 18
31 Sutovsky, Emil.................. g ISR 2658 2657 2651 2652 2639 2646 2666 14
32 Bacrot, Etienne................. g FRA 2653 2653 2671 2654 2645 2664 2664 11
33 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2648 2635 2629 2645 2662 2662 2663 24
34 Sakaev, Konstantin.............. g RUS 2647 2647 2645 2664 2655 2657 2656 16
35 Radjabov, Teimour............... g AZE 2618 2628 2624 2644 2648 2650 2656 9
36 Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2649 2634 2634 2635 2644 2656 2656 0
37 Rublevsky, Sergei............... g RUS 2658 2664 2644 2670 2672 2672 2655 16
38 Zvjaginsev, Vadim............... g RUS 2668 2680 2671 2664 2653 2653 2654 15
39 Sasikiran, Krishnan............. g IND 2650 2670 2664 2658 2654 2679 2654 9
40 Macieja, Bartlomiej............. g POL 2607 2615 2629 2634 2627 2635 2653 20
41 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2648 2653 2676 2680 2664 2668 2652 16
42 Onischuk, Alexander............. g USA 2644 2649 2658 2647 2657 2661 2652 8
43 McShane, Luke J................. g ENG 2544 2546 2568 2592 2619 2649 2651 13
44 Nikolic, Predrag................ g BIH 2661 2661 2638 2643 2649 2647 2648 25
45 Aronian, Levon.................. g ARM 2585 2581 2610 2606 2649 2649 2648 13
46 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz.......... g AZE 2552 2580 2596 2607 2585 2595 2646 31
47 Zhang, Zhong.................... g CHN 2637 2620 2624 2666 2658 2639 2644 30
48 Kobalia, Mikhail................ g RUS 2625 2625 2635 2639 2656 2656 2643 7
49 Tkachiev, Vladislav............. g FRA 2625 2632 2642 2643 2654 2645 2642 16
50 Motylev, Alexander.............. g RUS 2634 2634 2640 2634 2634 2634 2640 18
51 Hjartarson, Johann ............. g ISL 2634 2634 2634 2634 2640 2640 2640 0
52 Movsesian, Sergei............... g SVK 2654 2651 2663 2659 2647 2645 2639 13
53 Nielsen, Peter Heine............ g DEN 2626 2620 2620 2625 2636 2626 2638 9
54 Georgiev, Kiril................. g MKD 2658 2658 2654 2647 2637 2651 2637 25
55 Fressinet, Laurent.............. g FRA 2619 2619 2593 2595 2640 2654 2636 21
56 Hansen, Curt.................... g DEN 2625 2610 2610 2610 2618 2616 2635 20
57 Iordachescu, Viorel............. g MDA 2555 2567 2550 2550 2606 2611 2634 15
58 Lputian, Smbat G................ g ARM 2627 2627 2638 2638 2623 2630 2634 9
59 Epishin, Vladimir............... g RUS 2643 2628 2626 2628 2642 2658 2633 27
60 Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2672 2672 2676 2676 2655 2631 2633 7
61 Vescovi, Giovanni............... g BRA 2611 2614 2592 2615 2618 2633 2633 0
62 Milov, Vadim.................... g SUI 2602 2620 2592 2574 2595 2574 2632 42
63 Volkov, Sergey.................. g RUS 2636 2642 2624 2634 2620 2620 2630 15
64 Graf, Alexander................. g GER 2624 2635 2630 2630 2643 2646 2629 7
65 Tregubov, Pavel V............... g RUS 2599 2594 2612 2632 2635 2635 2628 15
66 Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2624 2624 2624 2624 2626 2626 2626 0
67 Rozentalis, Eduardas............ g LTU 2564 2563 2585 2586 2616 2633 2625 26
68 Lastin, Alexander............... g RUS 2625 2625 2636 2632 2634 2634 2625 18
69 Delchev, Aleksander............. g BUL 2557 2560 2583 2577 2572 2603 2624 50
70 Piket, Jeroen................... g NED 2646 2646 2646 2646 2632 2624 2624 0
71 Shabalov, Alexander............. g USA 2624 2621 2613 2592 2575 2597 2623 16
72 Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2638 2646 2629 2640 2638 2624 2623 9
73 Moiseenko, Alexander............ g UKR 2578 2570 2597 2627 2618 2618 2623 8
74 Vaganian, Rafael A.............. g ARM 2667 2667 2667 2653 2623 2623 2623 0
75 Vladimirov, Evgeny.............. g KAZ 2597 2597 2597 2597 2606 2614 2621 11
76 Seirawan, Yasser................ g USA 2618 2629 2636 2626 2626 2621 2621 0
77 Avrukh, Boris................... g ISR 2582 2595 2584 2586 2557 2609 2620 14
78 Sargissian, Gabriel............. g ARM ---- 2568 2577 2572 2600 2614 2618 9
79 Van Wely, Loek.................. g NED 2645 2681 2668 2675 2661 2654 2617 15
80 Nunn, John D.M.................. g ENG 2611 2611 2611 2611 2617 2617 2617 0
81 Jobava, Baadur.................. g GEO 2562 2570 2559 2566 2596 2605 2616 21
82 Agrest, Evgenij................. g SWE 2599 2607 2574 2591 2605 2605 2616 19
83 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel........ g ESP 2585 2585 2595 2599 2602 2602 2616 18
84 Dautov, Rustem.................. g GER 2611 2617 2604 2611 2610 2610 2616 16
85 Goldin, Alexander............... g USA 2609 2630 2621 2611 2608 2629 2616 11
86 Pavasovic, Dusko................ g SLO 2568 2581 2573 2584 2596 2586 2615 25
87 Giorgadze, Giorgi............... g GEO 2591 2601 2601 2593 2612 2612 2612 0
88 Khenkin, Igor................... g GER 2598 2603 2624 2644 2638 2627 2611 17
89 Sadvakasov, Darmen.............. g KAZ 2534 2538 2523 2577 2600 2595 2611 9
90 Krasenkow, Michal............... g POL 2657 2651 2633 2609 2585 2597 2609 24
91 Alekseev, Evgeny................ g RUS 2580 2593 2614 2607 2613 2613 2609 18
92 Filippov, Valerij............... g RUS 2615 2615 2616 2627 2630 2630 2609 16
93 Smirnov, Pavel.................. m RUS 2539 2562 2572 2615 2629 2629 2609 16
94 Hodgson, Julian M............... g ENG 2608 2608 2608 2608 2609 2609 2609 0
95 Xu, Jun......................... g CHN 2654 2643 2626 2628 2626 2608 2608 11
96 Dorfman, Josif D................ g FRA 2617 2617 2610 2610 2607 2608 2608 0
97 Kharlov, Andrei................. g RUS 2609 2606 2597 2581 2591 2591 2607 24
98 Galkin, Alexander............... g RUS 2572 2577 2568 2591 2607 2607 2607 6
99 Baklan, Vladimir................ g UKR 2614 2607 2605 2606 2598 2600 2606 18
100 Inarkiev, Ernesto............... g RUS 2545 2556 2566 2568 2582 2593 2606 18
The Rilton Cup took place in Stockholm, Sweden 27th December - 5th
January 2003. Nick De Firmian, Ralf Akesson and Tomi Nyback finished on 7/9. I
don't have official standings. There also should be more games at least from
the final round.
Internet coverage:
http://www.stockholmschack.nu/rilton/rilton2003.asp
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33rd Rilton Cup Stockholm SWE (SWE), 27 xii 2003 - 5 xii 2004
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1. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2553 7.0 2658
2. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2431 7.0 2669
3. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2497 7.0 2467
4. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2373 7.0 2527
5. Hansen, Torbjorn R NOR 2335 6.5 2625
6. Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2560 6.5 2589
7. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2580 6.5 2569
8. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2526 6.5 2566
9. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2616 6.5 2505
10. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2530 6.5 2525
11. Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2447 6.5 2529
12. Braun, Arik GER 2440 6.5 2559
13. Lobron, Eric g GER 2497 6.5 2488
143 players
The Harmonie Chess Tournament, Groningen, took place 21st-30th December
2003. The formula of the invitationgroup was: young talent against established
players. Friso Nijboer won the event with 7/9. Jan Smeets made a GM norm. My
thanks to Cor Kamstra.
Internet coverage: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2003/2003eng.html.
Live coverage: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2003/2003.html
Harmonie Groningen NED (NED), 21-30 xii 2003 cat. X (2484)
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1 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2577 * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2693
2 Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2527 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2644
3 Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2582 = 0 * = 1 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2597
4 Smeets, Jan m NED 2511 = = = * = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2605
5 L'Ami, Erwin NED 2470 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 5.0 2528
6 Ernst, Sipke m NED 2474 = 0 0 = = * = 1 0 1 4.0 2441
7 Li Wenliang m CHN 2477 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 = 3.5 2404
8 Michiels, Bart f BEL 2390 0 = = 0 = 0 0 * 1 = 3.0 2369
9 Werle, Jan m NED 2409 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 * 1 2.5 2325
10 Dambacher, Martijn NED 2419 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1.5 2217
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1st Bois-Colombes (Paris, France) GM tournament took place 21st-30th
December 2003. Manuel Apicella won the event with 6.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.bois-colombes-echecs.com/
BC Masters Bois Colombes FRA (FRA), 21-30 xii 2003cat. VII (2412)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2542 * = = 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 6.5 2564
2 Janev, Evgeni g BUL 2423 = * 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2536
3 Todorov, Todor m BUL 2472 = 1 * = 1 0 = 1 = = 5.5 2485
4 Marcelin, Cyril g FRA 2473 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2485
5 Okhotnik, Vladimir m UKR 2454 = 1 0 0 * 1 1 = 0 1 5.0 2450
6 Wirig, Anthony FRA 2424 0 = 1 = 0 * = = = = 4.0 2368
7 Rainfray, Arnaud f FRA 2409 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 1 1 4.0 2369
8 Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2376 1 0 0 = = = 0 * 0 1 3.5 2336
9 Shoker, Samy FRA 2273 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 1 * = 3.5 2347
10 Bernard, Vincent FRA 2278 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1.5 2154
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The Australian Championships take place 29th December 2003 - 10th
January 2004 at the University of Adelaide. Over $10,000 in prizes. After 7 of
11 rounds Stephen Solomon leads with 5.5/7.
Official site: http://www.unichess.org
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ch-AUS Adelaide AUS (AUS), 6 xii 2003 - 18 i 2004
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1. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2400 +17 =19 = 7 +12 = 3 + 2 + 5 . . . . 5.5 2556
2. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2420 +15 +10 + 4 = 6 + 5 - 1 = 3 . . . . 5.0 2524
3. Chapman, Mark AUS m AUS 2349 =28 =14 +20 + 9 = 1 + 4 = 2 . . . . 5.0 2492
4. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2574 + 9 +12 - 2 +29 + 6 - 3 = 7 . . . . 4.5 2438
5. Levi, Eddy f AUS 2269 +26 = 6 +19 + 7 - 2 +11 - 1 . . . . 4.5 2422
6. Tao, Trevor AUS 2390 +25 = 5 +21 = 2 - 4 +14 = 8 . . . . 4.5 2457
7. Zhao Zong-Yuan m AUS 2398 +29 +11 = 1 - 5 =14 +21 = 4 . . . . 4.5 2423
8. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2499 =14 =21 =11 +24 =10 +18 = 6 . . . . 4.5 2387
9. Yu, Ronald AUS 2265 - 4 +28 +13 - 3 +29 =10 +15 . . . . 4.5 2432
10. Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2338 +24 - 2 =14 +22 = 8 = 9 =11 . . . . 4.0 2345
11. Canfell, Gregory f AUS 2279 +27 - 7 = 8 +23 +12 - 5 =10 . . . . 4.0 2346
12. Depasquale, Chris f AUS 2327 +22 - 4 +16 - 1 -11 +26 +18 . . . . 4.0 2330
13. Smerdon, David m AUS 2427 =20 =16 - 9 -18 +27 +29 +21 . . . . 4.0 2271
14. Boyd, Tristan AUS 2253 = 8 = 3 =10 +19 = 7 - 6 =16 . . . . 3.5 2347
15. Rej, Tomek AUS 2242 - 2 =27 -24 +17 +23 +20 - 9 . . . . 3.5 2227
16. Charles, Gareth AUS 2171 =18 =13 -12 +28 -21 +19 =14 . . . . 3.5 2290
17. Xie, George AUS 2238 - 1 =22 -23 -15 +30 +28 +24 . . . . 3.5 2177
18. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2297 =16 =20 -29 +13 +26 - 8 -12 . . . . 3.0 2228
19. Barber, Haydn J f AUS 2287 +23 = 1 - 5 -14 =22 -16 +27 . . . . 3.0 2166
20. Tan, Justin AUS 2250 =13 =18 - 3 =27 +24 -15 =23 . . . . 3.0 2198
21. Blazkova, Petra wm CZE 2266 +30 = 8 - 6 =26 +16 - 7 -13 . . . . 3.0 2217
22. Jones, Brian f AUS 2176 -12 =17 +25 -10 =19 -24 +29 . . . . 3.0 2203
23. Wright, Neil AUS 2149 -19 =25 +17 -11 -15 +30 =20 . . . . 3.0 2152
24. Booth, Stewart AUS 2177 -10 =26 +15 - 8 -20 +22 -17 . . . . 2.5 2156
25. Thaw Chee Yin MAS 2204 - 6 =23 -22 =30 =28 =27 =26 . . . . 2.5 2037
26. Jovanovic, Peter AUS 2068 - 5 =24 +30 =21 -18 -12 =25 . . . . 2.5 2106
27. Eriksson, Ingela S AUS 2096 -11 =15 =28 =20 -13 =25 -19 . . . . 2.0 2108
28. Haasse, Adam AUS 2179 = 3 - 9 =27 -16 =25 -17 =30 . . . . 2.0 2019
29. Hacche, David AUS 2206 - 7 +30 +18 - 4 - 9 -13 -22 . . . . 2.0 2135
30. Szuveges, Narelle wf AUS 1920 -21 -29 -26 =25 -17 -23 =28 . . . . 1.0 1878
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The 20th Böblinger Open took place 26th-30th December 2003. The top
seed Vladimir Baklan scored 8/9 half a point clear of second seed Thomas Luther
and Lorenz Drabke. News: Franz Jittenmeier.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/boeblingen03/index.htm
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20th Open Boeblinger GER (GER), 26-30 xii 2003
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1. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2600 8.0 54.0 46.50
2. Luther, Thomas g GER 2580 7.5 58.5 47.50
3. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2449 7.5 55.0 43.50
4. Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2409 7.0 56.5 42.00
5. Schneider, Ilja GER 2316 7.0 55.0 41.00
6. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2485 7.0 54.5 41.50
7. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2510 7.0 54.5 41.25
8. Wippermann, Till f GER 2353 7.0 54.0 39.00
9. Zaitsev, Mikhail RUS 2467 7.0 53.0 40.50
10. Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2499 7.0 52.5 39.00
11. Hoffmann, Michael m GER 2430 7.0 51.5 38.25
12. Grooten, Herman m NED 2390 7.0 51.0 36.00
13. Rau, Hannes GER 2372 7.0 49.5 36.00
14. Sadiku, Bedri m SCG 2280 7.0 40.5 35.50
15. Hammes, Michael f GER 2349 6.5 54.0 36.00
16. Seel, Christian f GER 2315 6.5 51.5 35.50
17. Riedel, Holger GER 2236 6.5 50.5 35.00
18. Vujic, Branimir BIH 2279 6.5 50.5 34.50
19. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2559 6.5 50.5 32.50
20. Bauer, Peter GER f GER 2251 6.5 49.5 33.75
21. Meyer,Roland GER ---- 6.5 48.5 31.50
22. Gheng, Josef f GER 2367 6.5 46.5 31.75
23. Meyer, Falko f GER 2348 6.5 45.5 31.75
24. Schulte, Torsten GER 2141 6.5 44.5 31.50
25. Marasescu, Ioan m ROM 2308 6.5 43.5 32.50
26. Bogner, Sebastian GER 2052 6.5 43.0 29.50
27. Souleidis, Georgios m GRE 2401 6.0 53.0 33.75
28. Roos, Michael f GER 2411 6.0 53.0 32.50
271 players
Georg Kradolfer sends news of the Zurich Weihnachtsopen 2003, the
biggest tournament in Switzerland of the Year. 147 played in the master section
and 265 in the "Allgemeines Turnier". 12 players shared first on 5.5 out of 7.
GM Stanislav Savchenko had best Buchholz score. Behind him was A. Shneider, D.
Fridman, V. Golod, Joe Gallagher etc.
Internet coverage: http://www.weihnachtsopen.ch
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Christmas Open Masters Zurich SUI (SUI), 26-31 xii 2003
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1. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2563 5½ 35½ 4
2. Shneider, Aleksandr g UKR 2519 5½ 34 4
3. Fridman, Daniel2 g LAT 2592 5½ 33 5
4. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2544 5½ 33 4
5. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2522 5½ 32½ 4
6. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2527 5½ 30½ 4
7. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2590 5½ 30 4
8. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2572 5½ 30 4
9. Ginsburg, Gennadij m GER 2483 5½ 30 5
10. Pikula, Dejan g SCG 2494 5½ 29½ 4
11. Moor, Olivier f SUI 2352 5½ 28 4
12. Hochstrasser, Michael f SUI 2389 5½ 26 5
13. Galdunts, Sergey g ARM 2496 5 31 3
14. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2451 5 28 5
15. Wirthensohn, Heinz m SUI 2392 5 28 4
16. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2439 5 27 4
17. Schmid, Wolfgang f GER 2193 5 26½ 5
18. Knoedler, Dieter GER 2345 5 26 4
19. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2495 4½ 33 3
20. Jenni, Florian g SUI 2522 4½ 32½ 3
21. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2422 4½ 31 4
22. Loetscher, Roland f SUI 2345 4½ 31 2
23. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2509 4½ 31 3
24. Brendel, Oliver f GER 2311 4½ 30½ 4
25. Papa, Severin f SUI 2401 4½ 30½ 3
26. Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2531 4½ 30 3
27. Handke, Florian g GER 2476 4½ 30 4
28. Umbach, Andreas SUI 2237 4½ 29½ 3
29. Klauser, Markus f SUI 2379 4½ 29 3
30. Lekic, Dusan m SCG 2400 4½ 29 4
31. Wyss, Thomas SUI 2254 4½ 29 4
32. Milosevic, Goran m SUI 2405 4½ 28½ 4
33. Regez, Markus SUI 2156 4½ 28 4
34. Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2441 4½ 28 3
35. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2295 4½ 27½ 4
36. Trabert, Bettina wg GER 2222 4½ 27 4
37. Steckner, Johannes f GER 2293 4½ 26½ 4
38. Kolly, Jacques SUI 2231 4½ 26½ 4
39. Melkumjanz, Nikolay GER 2322 4½ 26 4
40. Maeser, Fabian f SUI 2286 4½ 25½ 4
41. Rufener, Markus SUI 2203 4½ 25 4
42. Bhend, Edwin m SUI 2240 4½ 24½ 3
43. Bucher, Michael SUI 2168 4½ 21½ 4
147 players
The XIX Nice International Open took place 26th-30th December 2003. 230
players from Italy, Croatia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Romania,
Russia competed in the 7 Round Swiss. Vladimir Lazarev and Thal Abergel
finished on 6/7.
Internet coverage: http://www.echiquier-nicois.org
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19th Winter Open Nice FRA (FRA), 26-30 xii 2003
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1. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 2526 6,0 36,5 2632 220
2. Abergel, Thal FRA 2430 6,0 31,0 2590 225,5
3. Cornette, Matthieu FRA 2399 5,5 34,5 2537 225
4. Dunis, Aurelien FRA 2399 5,5 33,5 2506 227,5
5. Bujisho, Benjamin m FRA 2381 5,5 32,0 2471 214
6. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2440 5,5 31,5 2482 214
7. Gachet, Sebastien FRA 2278 5,5 30,5 2466 213
8. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2387 5,5 30,5 2417 219
9. Libiszewski, Fabien f FRA 2446 5,5 30,5 2407 214
10. Drenchev, Petar BUL 2431 5,5 30,0 2402 207
11. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2588 5,0 34,5 2502 215,5
12. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2472 5,0 32,5 2391 205,5
13. Theon, Pierre FRA 2203 5,0 31,5 2375 207
14. Bijaoui, Manuel FRA 2324 5,0 31,5 2327 202
15. Murgia, Andrea ITA 2132 5,0 31,0 2299 203
16. Kirszenberg, Marc FRA 2174 5,0 30,0 2269 191
17. Tournier, Mathieu FRA 2202 5,0 30,0 2229 198
18. Vilaisarn, Akkhavanh FRA 2151 5,0 29,5 2258 192,5
19. Golia, Franco ITA 2162 5,0 29,5 2191 181
20. Delabaca, Romuald FRA 2188 5,0 28,5 2228 193
21. Ruiz, Richard FRA 2153 5,0 28,5 2161 196
22. Daloz, Jean-Michel FRA 2171 5,0 28,0 2252 193
23. Brancaleoni, Maurizio f ITA 2313 5,0 28,0 2242 193,5
24. Scotti, Umberto ITA 2135 5,0 28,0 2212 196
25. Milesi, Laurent FRA 2223 5,0 27,5 2250 193,5
26. Venner, Laurent FRA 2027 5,0 27,5 2161 191
230 players
The 2nd Nantes Open took place 26th-30th December 2003. Andrei
Istratescu won with 8/9. My thanks to Fabrice Drouet.
Internet coverage: http://www.chez.com/nantesje/open2003.htm
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1. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2595 8,0 46,0 41,0 56,5 2636
2. Bagheri, Amir m IRI 2541 7,5 42,0 36,5 52,0 2469
3. Berthelot, Yannick f FRA 2331 7,0 41,5 32,0 50,5 2348
4. Prie, Eric g FRA 2429 6,5 47,0 39,0 57,0 2451
5. Mullon, Jean-Baptiste f FRA 2325 6,5 42,5 34,0 52,5 2394
6. Alawieh, Amine f FRA 2253 6,5 42,5 31,0 51,5 2275
7. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2272 6,0 44,0 32,5 53,0 2314
8. Delorme, Alban FRA 2153 6,0 42,5 32,0 51,0 2261
9. Edouard, Romain FRA 2062 6,0 40,5 27,5 48,5 2188
10. Delorme, Axel FRA 2090 6,0 36,5 26,0 43,5 2064
11. Le Gallo, Frederic FRA 2041 6,0 36,0 26,0 44,5 2026
12. Larand, Manuel FRA 2058 6,0 35,5 27,5 43,5 2102
13. Jaulin, Philippe FRA 2106 6,0 34,5 27,0 41,0 2065
14. Stephan,Jean Marie FRA ---- 5,5 44,0 30,5 54,0 2214
15. Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea-Teodora wm ROM 2182 5,5 43,0 29,5 50,5 2168
16. Chabradze, Boris GEO 2134 5,5 42,0 30,0 50,5 2186
17. David, Vincent f FRA 2320 5,5 39,5 27,5 48,5 2078
18. Galloux, Maxime FRA ---- 5,5 37,0 28,5 44,0 1967
19. Smilga, Andrei RUS 2041 5,5 36,0 25,5 43,5 1953
20. Danzanvilliers, Patrice FRA 1986 5,5 34,0 25,0 42,0 1868
78 players
The 12th Donau Open took place in Aschach 26th-31st December 2003.
Nikolaus Stanec won the event with 6/7. My thanks to Harald Grafenhofer.
Internet coverage: http://www.aschach.at/schach/
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12th Donau Open Aschach GER (GER), 26-31 xii 2003
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1. Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2557 6 25,5 2675
2. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2495 5½ 24,0 2577
3. Ardeleanu, Alin m ROM 2377 5½ 22,5 2482
4. Moser, Eva wg AUT 2339 5½ 22,0 2502
5. Mazi, Leon m SLO 2422 5½ 21,0 2407
6. Studnicka, Tomas CZE 2320 5½ 20,0 2460
7. Teske, Henrik g GER 2518 5 23,0 2523
8. Sandhoefner, Florian AUT 2233 5 23,0 2515
9. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2452 5 22,0 2457
10. Jurek, Josef m CZE 2335 5 21,0 2387
11. Wegener, Dirk f GER 2358 5 20,5 2393
12. Schneider-Zinner, Harald f AUT 2347 5 20,0 2401
13. Sebenik, Matej f SLO 2430 5 19,5 2395
14. Meszaros, Andras m HUN 2325 5 18,5 2378
15. Butunoi, Alexandru m ROM 2380 5 17,0 2315
16. Ragger, Markus f AUT 2334 4½ 22,0 2429
17. Mahdi, Khaled m AUT 2418 4½ 21,5 2386
18. Cifka, Stanislav CZE 2266 4½ 20,5 2383
19. Testor, Sebastian AUT 2156 4½ 20,0 2358
20. Knoll, Hermann f AUT 2364 4½ 19,5 2362
21. Orel, Oskar f SLO 2367 4½ 18,5 2348
22. Aschenbrenner, Robert AUT 2243 4½ 18,5 2279
23. Seifert, Volker GER 2337 4½ 18,0 2253
24. Schnider, Gert AUT 2213 4½ 17,5 2352
103 players
The 7th White Tower (Lefkos Pyrgos) Open took place 20th-28th December
2003. Konstantinos Markidis, Krum Georgiev and Nikoloz Shavtvaladze finished on
7.5/9. My thanks to George D. Alexopoulos for sending me the games.
Further details: http://www.chess.gr
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7th White Tower Open Thessaloniki GRE (GRE), 20-28 xii 2003
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1. Markidis, Konstantinos GRE 2368 7½ 40½ 13 2481
2. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2452 7½ 40 5 2470
3. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz GEO 2429 7½ 39½ 8 2415
4. Papadopoulos, I GRE 2226 7 37½ 16 2352
5. Hadzimanolis, Antonios GRE 2288 7 36½ 6 2344
6. Oreopoulos, Konstantinos GRE 2256 6½ 36 5 2280
7. Milovanovic, Ninoslav SCG 2270 6½ 35½ 1 2265
8. Tsarouhas, Vasilios GRE 2182 6½ 35 2 2190
9. Stavrakakis, Vasilios GRE 2218 6½ 34 6 2218
10. Papahristou, Nikolaos GRE ---- 6½ 34 2343
11. Zakarian, David ARM 2246 6 35 1 2244
12. Simeonidis, Ioannis GRE 2340 6 34 -8 2254
13. Exizoglou, Dimitrios GRE 2164 6 34 1 2177
14. Argiroudis, Stamatis GRE 2219 6 33 2 2141
15. Tsikerdanos, Konstantinos GRE 2049 6 33 8 2172
16. Gavrilidis, Georgios GRE 2102 6 31½ -1 2094
17. Nikolaou, Georgios GRE 2237 6 31 -4 2100
18. Danchenko, Dimitrios UKR 1997 6 30 14 2174
19. Auth, Robert GER 2064 6 30 -8 1998
20. Kakousatze,Ilias GRE ---- 6 29 2139
21. Galopoulos, N GRE 1909 6 25 2027
121 players
Steve Laios sends the corrected round 5 Standings for the Belgian
teams.
Standings -Pts M/Pts -Play
1.Temse 1 29.5 4 5
2.KSK47-Eynatten 1 28.5 5 5
3.SK Rochade 1 24 4 5
4.Charleroi 1 18.5 2 5
5.K Brugge SK 1 18 2 5
5.Borgerhout 1 18 2 5
7.LV Leuven Fortis 1 18 1.5 5
8.K Gent SRL 1 17 2.5 4
9.Hoboken 1 14.5 2.5 4
10.KSK47-Eynatten 2 14.5 0.5 5
11.CRE Liège EL 1 12.5 1.5 4
12.Boitsfort 1 11 0,5 4
The North American Open took place in Las Vegas 26th-29th December 2003.
Alexander Shabalov won the event which was a qualifier for the US
Championships.
Final table: http://www.chesstour.com/nao03p.htm.
Games from the first four of six rounds only available at:
http://www.suburban-chess.org/nao/games.htm
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1. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2597 5.5 20.0 22.5
2. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2602 5.0 19.0 22.0
3. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2574 5.0 19.0 21.5
4. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2564 5.0 17.5 20.0
5. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2593 5.0 17.0 19.5
6. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2608 5.0 16.5 19.0
7. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2630 4.5 23.5 26.5
8. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2624 4.5 21.0 24.0
9. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2546 4.5 20.0 22.0
10. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2629 4.5 18.5 21.5
11. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2537 4.5 16.5 19.0
12. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2450 4.5 16.0 18.0
13. Novikov, Igor A g USA 2594 4.0 20.5 22.0
14. Barcenilla, Rogelio m PHI 2494 4.0 20.0 22.5
15. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2540 4.0 19.5 21.0 Q
16. Serper, Grigory g USA 2538 4.0 19.0 22.0 Q
17. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2605 4.0 18.5 21.5
18. Adamson, Robby f USA 2350 4.0 18.5 20.0 Q
19. Altounian, Levon f USA 2446 4.0 18.0 20.5 Q
20. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2411 4.0 17.0 17.5
21. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2567 4.0 16.0 18.0
22. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2519 4.0 16.0 18.0
23. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2558 4.0 14.5 17.0 Q
24. Boros, Denes HUN 2393 3.5 21.5 23.0
25. Friedel, Joshua E f USA 2328 3.5 20.0 21.5 Q
26. Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2541 3.5 19.5 22.5
27. Muhammad, Stephen A f USA 2377 3.5 19.5 22.5 Q
28. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2498 3.5 18.5 20.5
29. De Guzman, Ricardo m PHI 2417 3.5 18.0 20.5
30. Zak, Uriel m ISR 2356 3.5 18.0 20.5
105 players
30th Eastern Open Tournament was held at the Washington Wyndham Hotel
and directed by Michael Atkins, Ernie Schlich and Don Millican. 201 players
participated in 5 sections and 2 rated side events as well as 2 blitz events.
As usual lots of kids played at the wonderful hotel. Full details and standings
can be found at the US Chess Center website:
http://www.chessctr.org/eastern03.htm
The Open section was won by GM Alex Sherzer and IM Stanis Smetankin
with 6.5. Clear third place at 6-2 was GM Sergey Kudrin. Splitting the U2400,
U2300 and 4th place at 5.5 were Rodion Rubenchik, Ilye Figler and Matthew
Bengtson. Sharing 5th place were Stas Kriventsov, Larry Kaufman, Boris Privman,
Peter Bierkens, Ruixin Yang, Gary DeFotis and Peter Minear
The U2200 section was won by Christian Vogler with 6-2. Sharing 2nd,
3rd and Top U2000 were Bruce Altschuler, Eric Santarius, and Michael Guber.
Sharing 2nd U2000 were Kirk Williams and David Long.
GM Alex Sherzer won the Blitz Warmup with Tom Murphy in clear second.
GM Sherzer took the Blitz championship with 8.5/10 with Jason McKinney
close behind with 8 points.
News Michael Atkins
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Eastern Open Washington USA (USA),
26-29 xii 2003
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1. Sherzer, Alex g USA 2494 6.5
2. Smetankin, Stanislav m BLR 2486 6.5
3. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2542 6.0
4. Rubenchik, Rodion f USA 2331 5.5
5. Figler, Ilye f USA 2328 5.5
6. Bengtson, Matthew f USA 2262 5.5
7. Kriventsov, Stanislav G m USA 2416 5.0
8. Kaufman, Larry C m USA 2391 5.0
9. Privman, Boris f USA 2240 5.0
10. Bierkens, Pieter USA 2208 5.0
11. Yang Ruixin f USA 2090 5.0
12. De Fotis, Gary USA 2211 5.0
13. Minear, Peter USA 2131 5.0
53 players
The 39th American Open took place November 27th-30th 2003. Three players
Varuzhan Akobian, Suat Atalik and Pavel Blatny all finished on 6/8. My thanks
to John Hillery.
Internet coverage: http://www.americanopen.org/
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39th American Open Los Angeles USA (USA), 27-30 xi 2003
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1. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2537 6
2. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2570 6
3. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2494 6
4. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2571 5½
5. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2411 5½
6. Yegiarzarian, Arsen g ARM 2521 5
7. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2546 5
8. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2498 5
9. Cozianu, Costin f ROM 2431 5
10. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2450 5
11. Aramil, William J USA 2190 5
12. Khachiyan, Melikset m USA 2464 5
13. Yanayt, Eugene USA 2213 5
14. Del Pilar, Reynaldo USA 2233 5
15. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2548 4½
16. Casella, Michael f USA 2345 4½
43 players
The 21st Cairnhill Open took place in Singapore 7th-13th December 2003.
Tu Hoang Thai, Koh Kum-Hong, Ong Chong-Ghee and Chandrashekhar Gokhale all
finished on 7/9. My thanks to Kenny Chern.
Internet coverage:
http://pc-connect.com.sg/chess/ccf03/03_Home.htm
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21st Cairnhill Open Singapore SIN (SIN), 7-13 xii 2003
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1. Tu Hoang Thai VIE 2396 7.0 53.5
2. Koh Kum-Hong SIN 2244 7.0 52.5
3. Ong Chong-Ghee f SIN 2328 7.0 50.5
4. Gokhale, Chandrashekhar m IND 2379 7.0 48.5
5. Shetty, Rahul m IND 2377 6.5 52.5
6. Ramos, Domingo m JPN 2331 6.5 51.5
7. Mascarinas, Rico m PHI 2399 6.5 51.5
8. Tan Lian-Ann m SIN 2367 6.5 51
9. Tan Chor-Chuan SIN 2202 6.5 49.5
10. Sadorra, Julio Catalino PHI 2255 6.5 48
11. Tan Chin-Hoe SIN 2275 6.5 47
12. Achmad,Bahtiar INA ---- 6.0 51.5
13. Khaled, Omar BAN 2122 6.0 50.5
14. Srivachirawat, Kannapon THA 2169 6.0 49.5
102 players
There was an open tournament won by Victor Mikhalevski and Sergio Minero
10th-14th December 2003. Games from the last three rounds are missing, I've
done my best with the names in the games file but there are bound to be a few
errors.
Internet coverage: http://www.tablerotico.com/index2.html
and http://esajedrez.tripod.com/actualidad.htm
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II Open San Salvador ESA (ESA), 10-14 xii 2003
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1-2 Mikhalevski, Victor ISR 2548 gm 7.5 49.0 38.5 $1750
Minero, Sergio CRC 2417 im 7.5 48.5 37.5 $1250
3-5 Nedev, Trajce MKD 2480 gm 7.0 51.0 37.5 $700
Kiriakov, Petr RUS 2555 gm 7.0 50.0 38.0 $600
Juárez, Carlos GUA 2392 im 7.0 47.0 36.0 $500
6-7 Arias, Lemnys ESA 2289 fm 6.5 46.0 34.0 $225
Valdés, Leonardo CRC 2365 im 6.5 41.0 32.5 $75
8-21 Golod, Vitali ISR 2544 gm 6.0 52.5 35.0
Mitkov, Nikola MKD 2530 gm 6.0 50.0 37.0
Leyva, Héctor ESA 2400 im 6.0 50.0 36.0
González, Bernal CRC 2420 im 6.0 49.5 35.0
Castillo, Rommel NCA 2060 6.0 45.0 30.5
Juárez, Gustavo GUA 2213 fm 6.0 44.5 31.5
Burgos, Carlos ESA 2250 im 6.0 43.0 31.0
Juárez, Roberto GUA 2161 6.0 43.0 31.0
Pineda, Boris ESA 2258 fm 6.0 42.5 32.0
Juárez, Jorge GUA 2183 fm 6.0 42.5 32.0
Jiménez, Juan León CRC 2178 fm 6.0 42.5 30.5
Liévano, Juan ESA 2149 6.0 41.0 30.5
Infante, Salvador ESA 2264 fm 6.0 40.5 30.0
Olivares, Danields NCA 2177 fm 6.0 37.5 29.0
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for January 1st 2004 has been released. Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and
calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
NN Name Birthday NAT Rat. Var
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2786 147
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2730 131
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2713 164
4 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2701 125
5 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2699 172
6 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2689 162
7 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2687 167
8 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2677 179
9 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2671 166
10 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2669 171
11 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2665 152
12 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2659 134
13 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2657 162
14 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2656 185
15 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2655 140
16 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2655 146
17 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2655 151
18 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2645 161
19 McShane,Luke James 07.01.1984 ENG 2637 168
20 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 NED 2630 137
21 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2627 162
22 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2627 164
23 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2627 181
24 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter 01.08.1976 ROM 2620 147
25 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2620 156
26 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2620 192
27 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2619 136
28 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2619 152
29 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2616 161
30 Beliavsky,Alexander G 17.12.1953 SLO 2614 163
31 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2612 168
32 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2611 149
33 Aronian,Levon 06.10.1982 ARM 2611 173
34 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2604 132
35 Aleksandrov,Aleksej 11.05.1973 BLR 2603 141
36 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2603 146
37 Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar 12.04.1985 AZE 2603 157
38 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2602 167
39 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2599 165
40 Nielsen,Peter-Heine 24.05.1973 DEN 2597 168
41 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2596 160
42 Macieja,Bartlomiej 04.10.1977 POL 2595 154
43 Hansen,Curt 18.09.1964 DEN 2589 161
44 Fressinet,Laurent 01.11.1981 FRA 2589 171
45 Moiseenko,Alexander 17.05.1980 UKR 2588 159
46 Zvjaginsev,Vadim 18.08.1976 RUS 2587 142
47 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2586 164
48 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2586 176
49 Sasikiran,Krishnan 07.01.1981 IND 2585 173
50 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 USA 2585 195
Bermuda GM
There will be a six player double round GM Tournament in the Fourways
Inn in Bermuda, 15th-25th January 2004. Boris Gelfand, Viorel Iordachescu,
Bartlomiej Macieja, Sergey Movsesian, Alexander Shabalov & Giovanni Vescovi
for a 2648+ event. News Nigel Freeman.
Website likely to be: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess/
Welsh International 2004
The Welsh International 2004 takes place at the Hilton Hotel in Newport
7th-15th January.
There are presently 4 GM entries above 2525 (all Non-English), one of
which is rated 2634.
The prize fund is £7700. The 1st Prize is £2000 and
prizemoney goes down to 10th place (£200).
Official site:
http://www.mark-adams-home.com/welsh/index.html
Fulprint 17th York Chess Congress
Fulprint 17th York Chess Congress 9-11 Jan. 2004 Langwith College,
University of York Contact: Neville Pearce Tel. 01904 491287
AS04 Centenary 2004
The AS04 Centenary 2004 9 round Open International Swiss Tournament
takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark February 7th-15th 2004. The event celebrates
the centenary of the Chess Club "Arbejdernes Skakforening af 1904".
Further information: http://www.as04.dk or contact Bo Garner
Christensen by e-mail: press@as04.dk or by telephone +45 20 29 66 91 or sign up
for our free electronic mailing-list for forthcoming press releases.
2nd Annual Western Pacific Open
2nd Annual Western Pacific Open. Burbank, CA, April 2-4, 2004. 5-SS.
$10,000 based on 200 players, $6000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic
The Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic 2004. Glendale, CA, May 29-31,
2004. 6-SS. $20,000 based on 300 players, $10,000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE
rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
IM Jeremy Silman vs ROW
IM Jeremy Silman FIDE Rated 2384 is playing a "Rest of world" match
where players around the world will vote what they think is the best move
against him, and after five days the highest voted move will be automatically
played.
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.
Calcutta International Open
The Alekhine Chess Club will be holding the CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL OPEN
CHESS TOURNAMENT, 2004, from 27th Feb to 7th March, 2004. Previously the event
was known as the GOODRICKE INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT, CALCUTTA.
The total prize fund will be $12000. Boarding & lodging will be
provided to all GMs, WGMs, IMs, WIMs. For details contact: Mr. Soumen Majumder,
Gorky Sadan, 3, Gorky Terrace, Calcutta - 700 017, Telephone: 091 033 2280
3858, Fax: 091 033 2247 9559 / 2283 2746 E-mail: gnca@vsnl.com
Excelsior Cup 2004
The Excelsior Cup 2004 takes place in Gothenburg, Sweden, 8th-16th
January 2004. Event organised by Ari Ziegler. Potential category X event.
The tournament venue will be in the Hotel Excelsior all rounds start at
15.00. This will be the strongest tournament in Gothenburg since 1971. Main
sponsor is the leading Nordic Chess dealer: Svenska Schackbutiken AB (http://www.schackbutiken.com)
List of participants:
GM Gavrikov Viktor Lithuania 2560
GM Marin Mihail Romania 2536
GM Rogozenko Dorian Romania 2517
GM Hector Jonny Sweden 2515
GM Bellon Lopez Juan Spain 2425
GM Johannessen Leif Erlend Norway 2495
IM Meijers Viesturs Latvia 2499
IM Berg Emanuel Sweden 2489
IM Hermansson Emil Sweden 2422
Hultin Johan Sweden 2300
Projected Category: X
English coverage: http://www.chess2chess.com
Swedish coverage: http://www.schacknytt.com
Hungarian chess tournaments Jan-August 2004
1. TAPOLCA Open 9 rounds Swiss, 9th-17th of January, Budapest, org.
Parej Jozsef, Mobile: +36-70-227-30-77; More info: firstsat@hu.inter.net
2. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, 7th-19th of February,
Organizer: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Webpage:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu ICC nickname: MrFirstSaturday ICQ#: 44805877 Cell
phone: +(36)-30-2301914
3. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 6th-18th of March, org. NL.
4. SAVARIA-IM-1 closed tournament, Szombathely /250 km West from
Budapest/, 22nd March-1st of April, organizer: FM Korpics,Zsolt, e-mail:
korpicschess@axelero.hu
5. 20th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL, 9 rounds Swiss Open, 18th-27th of
March, Org.Nagy Laszlo
6. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of April, org.NL.
7. SAVARIA-IM-2 closed, Szombathely, 19th-29th of April, org: Korpics
Zsolt;
8. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 1st-13th of May,
10. ELEKES memorial, Budapest GM-IM closed, 15th-25th of May,
organizer: IM Zsinka, Laszlo, e-mail: zsinka@pannongsm.hu
11. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM 5th-17th of June, Budapest, org.Nagy L.
12. BALATON OPEN and GM-IM closed about 20th-30th of June, org: IM
Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu /150 km West from Budapest/,
13. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of July, Org: Nagy Laszlo,
14. Open EGER 9 rounds Swiss, /100 km North-East from Budapest/ and
GM-IM closed tmt, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, cell phone: +(36)-30-326-3692
e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu, more other info: firstsat@hu.inter.net
15. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.
65th Square Website
There is a new Turkish website: http://www.65thsquare.org (note the change
of address). I have given an interview to the webmaster Alper Efe Ataman.
Gausdal Troll Masters 2004 Cancelled
Gausdal Troll Masters 2004 was due to take place 26th January - 3rd
February 2004. the event has now been cancelled due to problems with the
playing venue which is also the biggest sponsor.
Further details: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/troll2004/
Organiser and contact for events: IA & IO Hans Olav Lahlum (NOR) -
hanso.lahlum@c2i.net
Zurich Christmas Open
The Zurich Christmas Open takes place 26th-30th December 2003. 147
players. Round 4 Standings: 1. GM Fridman Daniel 2592 LAT Lettland 4 10 4 2. GM
Savchenko Stanislav 2563 UKR Ukraine 3½ 11 3 3. GM Gallagher Joseph 2522
SUI Neuchâtel 3½ 11 3 4. GM Jenni Florian 2522 SUI Oberwil-Lieli
3½ 10½ 3 5. GM Shneider Alexandr 2519 UKR Ukraine 3½
10½ 3 6. IM Brendel Oliver 2311 GER Frankfurt 3½ 10 3 7. GM Golod
Vitali 2544 ISR Israel 3½ 9½ 3 8. GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2495 LTU
Litauen 3½ 9½ 3 9. GM Burmakin Vladimir 2590 RUS Russland
3½ 9½ 3 10. GM Handke Florian 2476 GER Deutschland 3½ 9 3
11. GM Zontakh Andrey 2531 UKR Ukraine 3½ 8½ 3 12. GM Greenfeld
Alon 2527 ISR Israel 3½ 7½ 3 13. FM Moor Olivier 2352 SUI Neuheim
3½ 7 3
Internet coverage:
http://www.kradolfer-informatik.ch/schach/wop/
Bethune Open
The 24th Bethune International Open takes place 26th-30th December 2003.
Round 4 Standings: 1 g SHCHEKACHEV Andrei 2522 RUS 4,0 2 m VAN DER WEIDE
Karel 2427 NED 4,0 3 g BUNZMANN Dimitrij 2542 GER 3,5 4 m VAN DER STRICHT Geert
2468 BEL 3,5 5 m ELIET Nicolas 2432 FRA 3,5 6 SPAN Paul 2279 NED 3,5 7 g
DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc 2562 FRA 3,0 8 g GOLUBEV Mihail 2536 UKR 3,0 9 m BOJKOV
Dejan 2398 BUL 3,0 10 f BOUHALLEL Rabah 2302 FRA 3,0 11 GHARAMIAN Tigran 2332
ARM 3,0 12 ABELN Michiel 2288 NED 3,0 13 DEGAND Alain 2054 FRA 3,0 14
STAWIARSKI Edmond 2207 FRA 3,0 15 BROEKMEULEN Jasper 2178 NED 3,0 16 CHEMALI
Lahcene 2112 FRA 3,0 17 m SPRENGER Jan Michael 2493 GER 3,0 18 DE WACHTER
Matthias 2266 BEL 3,0 19 CAMPELLO Leandro 2271 BRA 3,0 20 STEENBEKKERS Franck
2184 NED 3,0 21 ISRAEL Gregory 2106 FRA 3,0 22 DEPOORTER Enguerran 2146 FRA 3,0
23 JOSSIEN Remy 2155 FRA 3,0 24 WALLART Adrien 2243 FRA 3,0 25 CARTIGNY Patrick
1949 FRA 3,0
Internet coverage: http://www.bethunechess.com
Montreal Christmas Open
The Montreal Christmas Open results are being posted at:
http://members3.boardhost.com/echephile/msg/32575.html
2nd Nancy International
16-22 February 2004 in Nancy (France) 2nd international Chess Festival,
9 rounds closed tournaments 10 players. For any player between 1000 and 2300,
to obtain or to improve FIDE and National Elo + an IM-tournament (completed).
Prices : At least 200ˆ-120ˆ-80ˆ in each group. Info:
philippechr@wanadoo.fr and http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr
Swiss Chess Tour 2004
The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year (1.-4.1.2004.).
The 6th Hilton Open features with Vlastimil Hort, Yannick Pelletier, Andrei
Sokolov and Florian Jenni. They will play each other, one game on classic time
control and the other in rapid. Timetable of the 6th Hilton Open: 1.1.2004.
registration 10.00-12.00; 1.01.2004. Blitz open 21.00-23.00; 9 rounds, 5
minutes. 1.-4.1.2004. Fujitcu Siemens – Junior’s Open; 7 rounds, 4
hours. 1.-4.1.2004. Hilton Open; 7 rounds, 5 hours (40 moves-120 minutes, 30
minutes till the end.) 1.-4.1.2004. Baloise Open; 7 rounds, 4 hours (30
moves-90 minutes, 30 minutes till the and.) 1.-4.1.2004. Senior Open; same as
Baloise Open. 1.-2.1.2004. ITAG Tele-Rapid; with Hort, Pelletier, Sokolov,
Jenni; 15 minutes per game. 1.-4.1.2004. ITAG Masters (Hort, Pelletier,
Sokolov, Jenni); classic time control, 6 hours. 2.1.2004. Fujitsu Siemens
PC-Challenge (men&computer) 20.00-22.00. 4.1.2004. Closing ceremony
16.30-17.00.
Prizes: Hilton Open: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/2x200 Fr.
Special prizes (200 Fr. each): Best Lady, Senior (1944), Basler, Junior
(1984-87), Pupil (1988). Entry fee: 130 Fr. (FM & Juniors) GM & IM
free. At the door 10 Fr. Baloise Open: 500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 Fr. Entry fee:
110 Fr. (Juniors 50 Fr.) At the door 10. Senior Open: 400/300/200 Fr. + natural
prizes Entry fee: 60 Fr. At the door 10 Fr. Fujitsu Siemens-Junior Open:
400/300/200 + natural prizes for all participants. Entry fee: 50 Fr. At the
door 10 Fr. Blitz Open: 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 Fr. Entry fee: 20 Fr. (Junior 5
Fr.) Venue Hotel Hilton Basle. More information and registration: Robert
Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch
GibTelecom Chess Festival Competition
A new competition is taking in The English Times from 6th December to
3rd January. Details of the Winning Move competition are as follows: The
GibTelecom Chess Festival is taking place January 26 to February 5, 2004 at the
4 star Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar. They are offering a fabulous prize worth
£1000 of a holiday for two for the whole event, including air travel from
Gatwick, Luton or Manchester, bed and breakfast accommodation and entry fees to
the competition. The winners must hold valid passports and visas, if relevant.
All correct entries sent in for the Winning Moves from 6 December up to and
including January 3, 2004 will automatically be entered for a chance to win
this prize.
The closing date is January 8. The prize is not transferable. The
editor's decision is final. Times rules apply.
Further details on the event
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
or Tel 00350 76501
Stewart Reuben has sent a current list of invitees to the GibTelecom
Masters. He comments: 15 of these are females, including some of the best
players in the world. Of course tournaments solely for women, such as the
Olympiad, European Women's Championship, Women's World Championship have
attracted a much larger and stronger group. My question: In an open event, is
this the highest percentage and strongest group of female contestants ever to
take part in such an event? The Lloyds Bank Masters used to be very good from
this viewpoint, but female chess was weaker 10 years ago and the players there
were less strong at the top.
Alexei Dreev Russia GM 2705 Ranked 14 World
Nigel Short England GM 2701 Ranked 17 World
Vladimir Epishin Russia GM 2658 Ranked 37 World
Vasilios Kotronias Cyprus GM 2626 Ranked 67 World
Lenier Dominguez Cuba GM 2607 Ranked 96 World
Lazaro Bruzon Cuba GM 2603 Ranked 101 World
M. Al-Modiakhi Qatar GM 2588 Ranked 1 Qatar
Sarunas Sulskis Lithuania GM 2586 Ranked 2 Lithuania
Jon Speelman England GM 2575 Ranked 7 England
Vladislav Borovikov Ukraine GM 2571 Ranked 10= Ukraine
Pentala Harikrishna India GM 2570 Ranked 3 India
Sergey Karjakin Ukraine GM 2562 Youngest-ever GM
Mark Hebden England GM 2560 Ranked 8 England
Jonathan Rowson Scotland GM 2541 Ranked 1 Scotland
Dragan Solak Serbia,Monte GM 2539 Ranked 7 Serbia
Paul Motwani Scotland GM 2536 Scottish Champion 1=
Abhijit Kunte India GM 2535 British Champion
Dibyendu Barua India GM 2528 Commonwealth Champion
Evgeny Postni Israel GM 2526 Ranked 19 Israel
Alexander Fominyh Russia GM 2522 Ranked 84 Russia
Joe Gallagher Switzerland GM 2522 Ranked 4= Switzerland
Chris Ward England GM 2522 Ranked 11 England
John Emms England GM 2520 Ranked 12 England
Murray Chandler England GM 2508 Ranked 15 England
Bojan Vuckovic Serbia,Monte GM 2507 Ranked 17 Serbia
Bogdan Lalic England GM 2503 Ranked 17 England
Sergey Erenburg Israel IM 2500 Ranked 23 Israel
Antoaneta Stefanova Bulgaria GM/WGM 2497 Ranked 4 World
Zhu Chen China GM/WGM 2495 Woman World Champion
Nigel Davies England GM 2491 Ranked 23 England
Humpy Koneru India GM/WGM 2485 World U-20 Girls Gold 02
Peter Wells England GM 2485 Ranked 25 England
Jim Plaskett England GM 2483 Ranked 28 England
Gabriel Del Rio Spain GM 2480 Ranked 15 Spain
Pia Cramling Sweden GM/WGM 2470 Woman Europe Champion
John Shaw Scotland IM 2465 Ranked 3 Scotland
Davor Komljenovic Croatia GM 2440 Ranked 16 Croatia
Ketevan Arakhamia Georgia IM/WGM 2435 Scottish Champion 1=
S Vijayalakshmi India IM/WGM 2426 Ranked 2 India Women
Juan Bellon Spain GM 2425 Ranked 37 Spain
David Howell England FM 2381 12 years old, England 50
Colin McNab Scotland GM 2379 Ranked 4 Scotland
Daniel Contin Italy IM 2377 Ranked 18 Italy
Jovanka Houska England WGM 2358 Ranked 2 England Women
D Harika India WIM 2353
Steve Mannion Scotland IM 2348 Ranked 8 Scotland
5th Wellington College International
The 9 Round Swiss Wellington International (formerly the Yateley Manor
International but the venue has now changed to Wellington College, Crowthorne,
Berkshire. RG45 7PU).This is a qualifying event for the British Championships,
part of the BCF Grand Prix and will be rated by FIDE and BCF. The prize fund is
£1,000 (depends on entry) and includes a paid place in 2004 British
Championships (highest placed player not already qualified).
The event takes place over 2 weekends Friday 30th January to Sunday 1st
February 2004 and Saturday 7th to Sunday 8th February 2004 Venue: Wellington
College, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7PU (35 miles south west of London)
Tournament Director: IM Andrew Martin. Chief Controller: Neville Belinfante
(BCF Arbiter) Rate of play is 40 moves in 2 hours followed by all remaining
moves in 1 hour. No adjournments.
Tournament Secretary Entries, requests for accommodation lists, travel
details, detailed map and other enquiries should be addressed to : Ray Clark
High Cedars, Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8DA England Tel. (44)
(0)7802 306210 (Mon.-Fri. daytime) or Tel. (44) (0)1753 883300 (other times)
E-mail rayclark.mc@tiscali.co.uk
Entry Form:
http://www.bcf.org.uk/calendar/wellington04_dec03.doc
6th Annual ChessAward
Visitors can now nominate their favourite chess website for the 6th
Annual ChessAwards in 13 different categories. Deadline 31st December 2003.
Between January 1st to 20th 2004, visitors will be given the opportunity to
vote on the nominated sites. The winners will be presented the 1st of Febuary
2004.
Website: http://www.chessaward.com
Ken Whyld Association Founded
Calle Erlandsson reports: The Ken Whyld Association has been founded in
Brunswick, Germany. The British chess historian Ken Whyld was one of the
promotors of the chess historical association which was eventually founded
after being in the planning for 20 years was founded in Amsterdam in 2002.
Whyld died 77 years old on July 11, 2003, and regretfully he never saw the
realisation of the society that come to wear his name. KWA was founded on
November 21st in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany, and has so far 78 members
from 22 nations. Jurgen Stigter, Amsterdam, was elected as KWA's first
president and Peter Holmgren of Tyresö, Sweden, as deputy chairman. Hans
Engberts of Utrecht, The Netherlands, Michael Negele of Wuppertal, Germany and
Roger Klittich of Brunswick also were elected as members of the board.
Correpondence chess GM Juan Morgado had travelled all the long way from Buenos
Aires to participate. He will be the KWA contact person in Latin America.
The excursion to Bibliotheca Augusta - the Duke August library - in the
adjacent town Wolfenbüttel gave possibility to watch the first German
chess book as well as the manuscript, Gustavus Selenus: Das Schach- oder
Köningspiel, printed in 1616. Germany's so-called Golden Book could also
be seen with its illuminations from the 12th century. It can be seen at
Wolfenbüttel six weeks a year and is the most valuable book in the
country. It was bought some years ago for 37 million DM or about 14 million
British Pounds.
On the KWAs homepage there are already a lot of information about the
association, for example reports from the events in Brunswich and
Wolfenbüttel. The annual membership fee for the KWA is EUR 50 and shall be
paid from January 2004. If you are interested in joining the KWA you can do
this through the homepage.
Website: http://www.kwabc.com/,
http://www.kwabc.com/Homepage-UK/Foundation.htm and
http://www.kwabc.com/Homepage-UK/Foundation2.htm
33rd International Rapid Chess Tournament Herford
Herford, 19th-20th June 2004 33rd International Rapid Chess Tournament
2004. Grand-Prix of Sparkasse Herford. Qualification tournament for the German
Rapid Championships. 11 Rounds. Guaranteed Prize fund: € 1.500. 1st Prize
€ 500.-, Info:
http://www.schach.com/herford/turnier/2004/herford2004ausschreibung.htm
Homepage: http://www.schach.com/herford/
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
British Simul Record Attempt for Charity
Andrew Martin writes: We are planning to break Ulf Andersson's World
Record for the most opponents played simultaneously at one sitting (currently
310). We have set up a website which will enable players to enter online and
gives details of the event which will take place at Wellington College,
Crowthorne, Berkshire on Saturday 21st Feb 2004. The event forms an integral
part of the BCF Centenary Celebrations.
Entry is free although players will be asked to try and raise money for
charity and sponsorship forms will be issued. All sponsorship proceeds will go
to youth charities and activities involving young people.
Website: http://www.chessworldrecord.co.uk
Chennai International
1st International Open Chess Tournament organised by the Saranya Chess
Centre and WIN TV, Chennai (Madras), India from January 21st to February 1st,
2004. Prize fund Rs.500,000 (about $11,000). 13 rounds Swiss. Venue: Hotel
President, 25, Dr Radhakrishnan Road, Mylapore, Chennai 600004. Inauguration:
Jan 21 at 5 p.m., Closing ceremony Feb 1, 5 p.m. Appearance fee for GMs rated
above 2500: Rs.25,000 (about USD 550) but preconfirmation with organiser is a
must. Free entry for IMs, IWMs, GMs, WGMs and those rated above 2400+ For
others, there is an entry fee based on Elo rating. For details contact: Manuel
Aaron at e-mail: tnca@eth.net or mobile +91-44-31039257 or N.N.Sivagnanam,
e-mail: scc_sivagnanam@yahoo.com or mobile +91-44-32714005. Further details: at
http://www.tamilchess.com/Ad_tour/tour3.html
Praha and Marianske Lazne (CZE)
3 International Chess Tournaments will be held in the Czech Republic.
Open Praha 2004 (16th-23rd January 2004)
Marianske Lazne Open 2004 24th-31st January 2004
2nd round robin master tournament category 3.-4. FIDE Marianske Lazne
2004 24th January - 1st February 2004
Details: Dr. Jan Mazuch, Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR -
j.mazuch@avekont.cz
Links: http://www.czechopen.net,
http://www.czechtour.net and
http://www.avekont.cz/calendar/
9th HIT Open
The 9th HIT Open takes place 30th January - 5th February 2004. Further
details: tel.: ++386 5 3332174,fax: ++386 5 3025088, e-mail:
krapse.stefan@siol.net. I couldn't get the website:
http://skng.homeftp.net/ to work.
Tapolca Open
"TAPOLCA" Open 9 rounds Swiss system Open chess tournament, Budapest,
Hungary, 9th-17th of January 2004 Sponsored by the Tapolca city
administration...
Venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor close
to the red metro station Kossuth ter
Prizes: brutto, before taxes: 40-25-15-6-4-2x3-2x2.5- 2x2 thousand Ft-s
1 EURO = 256 Ft now.
Entry fees according the FIDE ELO Oct.list - between 2 and 6 thosuand
Ft-s.
Organizer: Mr.PAREJ, Jozsef, mobile: +(36)-70-227-30-77
More info e.g. accommodation NAGY, Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
Usually 80-90 players, 3-5 IM-s, 5-8 FM-s, 20-30 % foreigners, 60-70 %
FIDE ELO rated.
Linares 2004
The lineup for Linares 2004 looks like being Gary Kasparov 2830 Vladimir
Kramnik 2770 Veselin Topalov Peter Leko 2722 Alexei Shirov 2737 Paco Vallejo
2662 Teimour Radjabov 2650.
Dates are as follows: February 18th (draw of lots) Rd1 Feb. 19th Round
14 (Final) March 5th - Rest days Feb. 24th and March 1st.
German National Team vs. Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik will play the German National Team in a simultaneous
exhibition. The match will take place 29th January 2004 at 4pm at the Centro
Dannemann, in Brissago, on the shores of the Lago Maggiore.
The 2nd "Dannemann Chess Classico" will see Kramnik play against:
Christopher Lutz, Rustem Dautov, Dr. Robert Hübner and Klaus Bischoff.
Vladimir Kramnik will have 4 hours for his moves on all four boards,
while the German Grandmasters will have three hours each.
Germany’s public television network, Westdeutsche Fernsehen (WDR),
plans a 60-minute special possibly to be aired on Sunday 1st February 2004.
Further information will be available at
http://www.dannemann.com from December,
this will be the official site for the event.
Panamerican Team Championship
The Panamerican Team Championships start December 13th in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. The winner will qualify for the World Team Championship.
Info: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=142
Singapore IM Tournament
The One Chess Week (IM) tournament will take place from 16th-24th of
December 2003 in Singapore immediately after the Cairnhill Chess Festival 2003.
Players can still contact the organiser Kenny Chern if they wish to play.
E-mail: open_chess@yahoo.com.sg
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/
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
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
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/
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
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.
Wales Interational
The Wales International 7th-15th January 2004. Further details
kevin.staveley@btinternet.com.
Lilie Litomysl Open
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/