THE WEEK IN CHESS 480 19th January 2004 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Corus Wijk aan Zee
3) Bermuda GM
4) Commonwealth Chess Championships
5) Welsh International
6) Excelsior Cup
7) XXIX Seville Open
8) Hilton Open
9) 87th New York Masters
10) IM Silman vs The Rest of the World
11) São Paulo CC
12) 17th Itau Cup
13) 4NCL
14) Tapolca Open
15) 16th World Correspondence Champion - Tunc Hamarat
16) GMT Rating of Open Swiss Events
17) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Corus Wijk aan Zee           126 games
Bermuda GM                    12 games
Commonwealth Championships   326 games
Welsh International           48 games
Excelsior Cup                 25 games
XXIX Seville Open            146 games
Hilton Open                  109 games
87th New York Masters          4 games
São Paulo CC                  66 games
17th Itau Cup                 21 games
883 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Herman Van Riemsdijk, Zenón Franco Ocampos, Arthur Brameld, Pascal Villalba, Frank-Juergen Greger, Chris Duncan, John Henderson, John Fernandez, Tom Braunlich, Laszlo Nagy, Olivier Deville, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Nigel Freeman, Jovan Petronic, Peter Kartal, Eric Schiller, Tryfon Gavriel and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Wijk aan Zee tournament reaches its final lap with five rounds to go. The leader in the A group is a revitalised Viswanathan Anand, who with three wins in a row has a great 6/8 score. Just behind him is Michael Adams who is on course to make his best result in a long time. The event is not going as well for Vladimir Kramnik who lost to Adams in the last round and faces Anand with white in round 9. Anand and Adams have performances over 2800 so far, a more surprising 2800+ performer is 12 year old Magnus Carlsen in the C event. The Norwegian is already assured a GM result and is another in a line of strong young players who have emerged in recent years, most of them look likely to graduate to the very top of international chess.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 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. Viswanathan Anand is in tremendous form with a score of 6/8. Half a point behind is Michael Adams. Vladimir Kramnik will probably have to beat Anand in round 9 with white to rescue his tournament.

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

Round 3 (January 13, 2004)

Leko, Peter         -  Topalov, Veselin    1/2   30  B92  Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Svidler, Peter      -  Bareev, Evgeny      1-0   17  C10  French Rubinstein
Akopian, Vladimir   -  Timman, Jan H       1/2   30  B08  Pirc Defence
Van Wely, Loek      -  Anand, Viswanathan  1/2   21  E34  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shirov, Alexei      -  Zhang Zhong         1/2   59  C92  Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Sokolov, Ivan       -  Adams, Michael      1/2   22  E34  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bologan, Viktor     -  Kramnik, Vladimir   1/2   18  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo

Round 4 (January 14, 2004)

Anand, Viswanathan  -  Bologan, Viktor     1/2   26  C42  Petroff's Defence
Adams, Michael      -  Zhang Zhong         1-0   42  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Topalov, Veselin    -  Akopian, Vladimir   1-0   59  B19  Caro Kann
Kramnik, Vladimir   -  Svidler, Peter      1-0   49  B97  Sicilian Najdorf
Sokolov, Ivan       -  Leko, Peter         1/2   55  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Bareev, Evgeny      -  Shirov, Alexei      1-0   54  E05  Catalan
Timman, Jan H       -  Van Wely, Loek      0-1   40  A34  English Symmetrical

Round 5 (January 15, 2004)

Leko, Peter         -  Adams, Michael      1/2  101  C67  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Svidler, Peter      -  Anand, Viswanathan  1/2   80  C83  Ruy Lopez Open
Akopian, Vladimir   -  Sokolov, Ivan       1-0   37  C95  Ruy Lopez Breyer
Van Wely, Loek      -  Topalov, Veselin    1/2   26  E35  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shirov, Alexei      -  Kramnik, Vladimir   1/2   25  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Bologan, Viktor     -  Timman, Jan H       0-1   59  C00  French Defence
Zhang Zhong         -  Bareev, Evgeny      1/2   41  C00  French Defence

Round 6 (January 17, 2004)

Anand, Viswanathan  -  Shirov, Alexei      1-0   56  C42  Petroff's Defence
Adams, Michael      -  Bareev, Evgeny      1-0   25  C07  French Tarrasch
Leko, Peter         -  Akopian, Vladimir   1/2   40  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Topalov, Veselin    -  Bologan, Viktor     1-0   52  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir   -  Zhang Zhong         1-0   78  A17  English Opening
Sokolov, Ivan       -  Van Wely, Loek      1/2   46  A57  Volga Gambit
Timman, Jan H       -  Svidler, Peter      1/2   45  A34  English Symmetrical

Round 7 (January 18, 2004)

Svidler, Peter      -  Topalov, Veselin    1-0   46  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Akopian, Vladimir   -  Adams, Michael      1/2   20  A13  Reti Opening
Van Wely, Loek      -  Leko, Peter         1/2   28  E15  Queens Indian
Shirov, Alexei      -  Timman, Jan H       1-0  100  C11  French Defence
Bologan, Viktor     -  Sokolov, Ivan       1-0   55  D17  Slav Defence
Bareev, Evgeny      -  Kramnik, Vladimir   1/2   25  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Zhang Zhong         -  Anand, Viswanathan  0-1   40  A05  Various

Round 8 (January 19, 2004)

Anand, Viswanathan  -  Bareev, Evgeny      1-0   48  C11  French Defence
Adams, Michael      -  Kramnik, Vladimir   1-0   43  B85  Sicilian Scheveningen
Leko, Peter         -  Bologan, Viktor     1-0   30  B17  Caro Kann
Topalov, Veselin    -  Shirov, Alexei      1/2   28  C42  Petroff's Defence
Akopian, Vladimir   -  Van Wely, Loek      1/2   26  B31  Sicilian Rossolimo
Sokolov, Ivan       -  Svidler, Peter      1/2   42  D82  Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Timman, Jan H       -  Zhang Zhong         0-1   40  E15  Queens Indian

GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 10-25 i 2004                 cat. XIX (2702)
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                                  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1 Anand, Viswanathan  g IND 2766 * . = . = . 1 = 1 . = 1 1 .  6.0  2886
 2 Adams, Michael      g ENG 2720 . * = = . 1 = . = = . 1 1 .  5.5  2856
 3 Leko, Peter         g HUN 2722 = = * = . . = = . = 1 . . 1  5.0  2781
 4 Topalov, Veselin    g BUL 2735 . = = * 0 . 1 = = = 1 . . .  4.5  2745
 5 Svidler, Peter      g RUS 2747 = . . 1 * 0 . . = = . 1 = =  4.5  2749
 6 Kramnik, Vladimir   g RUS 2777 . 0 . . 1 * 0 1 = . = = 1 .  4.5  2736
 7 Akopian, Vladimir   g ARM 2693 0 = = 0 . 1 * = . 1 . . . =  4.0  2702
 8 Van Wely, Loek      g NED 2617 = . = = . 0 = * . = . = . 1  4.0  2711
 9 Shirov, Alexei      g ESP 2736 0 = . = = = . . * . . 0 = 1  3.5  2666
10 Sokolov, Ivan       g NED 2706 . = = = = . 0 = . * 0 . . =  3.0  2599
11 Bologan, Viktor     g MDA 2679 = . 0 0 . = . . . 1 * = = 0  3.0  2617
12 Bareev, Evgeny      g RUS 2714 0 0 . . 0 = . = 1 . = * = .  3.0  2623
13 Zhang Zhong         g CHN 2639 0 0 . . = 0 . . = . = = * 1  3.0  2627
14 Timman, Jan H       g NED 2578 . . 0 . = . = 0 0 = 1 . 0 *  2.5  2551
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GMB Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 10-25 i 2004                    cat. XIII (2561)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1 Fressinet, Laurent      g FRA 2636 * . = 0 1 1 . = 1 1 . 1 . .  6.0  2764
 2 Dominguez, Lenier       g CUB 2605 . * = . = 1 = 1 . 1 = . . =  5.5  2697
 3 Bruzon, Lazaro          g CUB 2603 = = * . = = 1 . . . . 1 1 0  5.0  2653
 4 Naiditsch, Arkadij      g GER 2576 1 . . * = . = 1 0 0 1 . . 1  5.0  2645
 5 Tiviakov, Sergei        g NED 2600 0 = = = * 0 . . . . . 1 = 1  4.0  2570
 6 Granda Zuniga, Julio E  g PER 2581 0 0 = . 1 * = . . . 1 0 . 1  4.0  2571
 7 Stellwagen, Daniel      m NED 2489 . = 0 = . = * = = . . 0 1 .  3.5  2517
 8 Van der Wiel, John      g NED 2542 = 0 . 0 . . = * = = 1 . = .  3.5  2514
 9 Lobron, Eric            g GER 2497 0 . . 1 . . = = * 1 0 . 0 =  3.5  2503
10 Hamdouchi, Hichem       g MAR 2588 0 0 . 1 . . . = 0 * = = 1 .  3.5  2520
11 Nakamura, Hikaru        g USA 2571 . = . 0 . 0 . 0 1 = * 1 = .  3.5  2515
12 Nijboer, Friso          g NED 2586 0 . 0 . 0 1 1 . . = 0 * . 1  3.5  2525
13 Zhu Chen                g CHN 2495 . . 0 . = . 0 = 1 0 = . * =  3.0  2459
14 Stefanova, Antoaneta    g BUL 2478 . = 1 0 0 0 . . = . . 0 = *  2.5  2426
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GMC Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 10-25 i 2004                     cat. IX (2454)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1 Carlsen, Magnus        m NOR 2484 * . . 1 1 = 1 1 1 = . 1 . .  7.0  2816
 2 Ernst, Sipke           m NED 2474 . * . 1 = . 1 = 1 1 = . 1 .  6.5  2722
 3 Smeets, Jan            m NED 2505 . . * = = . = 1 0 1 1 1 . .  5.5  2636
 4 Pavlovic, Milos        g SCG 2548 0 0 = * . = 1 . 1 1 . 1 . .  5.0  2565
 5 Gagunashvili, Merab    g GEO 2583 0 = = . * . . 1 . . 1 0 1 1  5.0  2511
 6 Lahno, Kateryna        m UKR 2493 = . . = . * = 0 . . 1 0 1 1  4.5  2478
 7 Popov, Valerij         g RUS 2580 0 0 = 0 . = * . 1 . . 1 . 1  4.0  2431
 8 Werle, Jan             m NED 2407 0 = 0 . 0 1 . * . . = . 1 1  4.0  2448
 9 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wg NED 2323 0 0 1 0 . . 0 . * . . 1 1 1  4.0  2430
10 Janssen, Ruud          m NED 2489 = 0 0 0 . . . . . * = 1 1 1  4.0  2434
11 Pavasovic, Dusko       g SLO 2615 . = 0 . 0 0 . = . = * . 1 1  3.5  2379
12 Peng Zhaoqin           m NED 2419 0 . 0 0 1 1 0 . 0 0 . * . .  2.0  2307
13 Etmans, Maarten D      f NED 2225 . 0 . . 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . * =  0.5  2004
14 Barendse, Ted            NED 2206 . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . = *  0.5  2020
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3) Bermuda GM

A six player double round GM Tournament takes place in the Fourways Inn in Bermuda, 15th-25th January 2004. News Nigel Freeman.

Website likely to be: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess/

Round 1 (January 15, 2004)

Vescovi, Giovanni    -  Macieja, Bartlomiej  1/2   14  C42  Petroff's Defence
Movsesian, Sergei    -  Gelfand, Boris       1/2   32  B84  Sicilian Scheveningen
Shabalov, Alexander  -  Iordachescu, Viorel  1-0   60  B12  Caro Kann Advanced

Round 2 (January 16, 2004)

Gelfand, Boris       -  Shabalov, Alexander  1-0   25  D45  Anti-Meran Variations
Vescovi, Giovanni    -  Movsesian, Sergei    1/2   32  B51  Sicilian Rossolimo
Macieja, Bartlomiej  -  Iordachescu, Viorel  0-1   66  B06  Modern Defence

Round 3 (January 17, 2004)

Movsesian, Sergei    -  Macieja, Bartlomiej  1/2   25  B75  Sicilian Modern Dragon
Shabalov, Alexander  -  Vescovi, Giovanni    0-1   59  C95  Ruy Lopez Breyer
Iordachescu, Viorel  -  Gelfand, Boris       0-1   40  B80  Sicilian Scheveningen

Round 4 (January 18, 2004)

Gelfand, Boris       -  Vescovi, Giovanni    1/2   38  C93  Ruy Lopez Smyslov
Shabalov, Alexander  -  Macieja, Bartlomiej  1-0   68  B41  Sicilian Paulsen
Iordachescu, Viorel  -  Movsesian, Sergei    1/2   29  B51  Sicilian Rossolimo


It Bermuda BER (BER), 15-25 i 2004             cat. XVI (2649)
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                                   1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Gelfand, Boris       g ISR 2709 ** =. =. 1. 1. ..  3.0  2825
2 Vescovi, Giovanni    g BRA 2633 =. ** =. 1. .. =.  2.5  2751
3 Movsesian, Sergei    g SVK 2639 =. =. ** .. =. =.  2.0  2657
4 Shabalov, Alexander  g USA 2623 0. 0. .. ** 1. 1.  2.0  2657
5 Iordachescu, Viorel  g MDA 2634 0. .. =. 0. ** 1.  1.5  2569
6 Macieja, Bartlomiej  g POL 2653 .. =. =. 0. 0. **  1.0  2439
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4) Commonwealth Chess Championships

The Commonwealth Chess Championships incorporating an International Open took place in the Hotel Mirador, New Link Road, Chakala, Andheri (E), in Mumbai 10th-18th January 2004.

Nigel Short took the title of Commonwealth Champion with a score of 7.5/9. He was level with Pavel Smirnov who was ineligible for the Commonwealth title but did take the International Open Trophy with a better tie break than Nigel Short.

Internet coverage: http://www.venuschessacademy.org

Alternate addresses: http://www.chessindia.org/cwc
Live Coverage : http://www.live.chessindia.org

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ch-Commonwealth Mumbai IND (IND), 10-18 i 2004
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  1. Smirnov, Pavel              g  RUS 2609  7.5  53.0  2741 +1.29
  2. Short, Nigel D              g  ENG 2702  7.5  50.5  2715 +0.12
  3. Dzhumaev, Marat             g  UZB 2498  7.0  49.5  2585 +0.88
  4. Murshed, Niaz               g  BAN 2436  7.0  49.0  2563 +1.33
  5. Thipsay, Praveen M          g  IND 2486  6.5  50.5  2615 +1.55
  6. Sasikiran, Krishnan         g  IND 2654  6.5  50.0  2595 -0.52
  7. Fominyh, Alexander          g  RUS 2559  6.0  53.5  2609 +0.60
  8. Harikrishna, P              g  IND 2582  6.0  52.5  2591 +0.06
  9. Kunte, Abhijit              g  IND 2512  6.0  50.0  2534 +0.24
 10. Iskusnyh, Sergei            g  RUS 2482  6.0  52.5  2514 +0.33
 11. Vakhidov, Tahir             m  UZB 2515  6.0  47.5  2467 -0.57
 12. Sundararajan, Kidambi       m  IND 2437  6.0  46.5  2474 +0.42
 13. Koneru, Humpy               g  IND 2498  6.0  47.5  2440 -0.66
 14. Sandipan, Chanda            g  IND 2522  6.0  47.5  2462 -0.66
 15. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman   m  IND 2444  6.0  46.0  2450 +0.06
 16. Rathnakaran, K                 IND 2309  6.0  48.0  2533 +2.76
 17. Poobesh Anand, S            m  IND 2360  6.0  44.5  2429 +0.78
 18. Ramesh, R.B                 g  IND 2506  6.0  44.0  2441 -0.75
 19. Venkatesh, M.R                 IND 2392  6.0  45.0  2463 +0.78
 20. Ravi, Lanka                 m  IND 2462  6.0  44.5  2400 -0.66
 21. Sengupta, Deep                 IND 2349  6.0  42.5  2422 +0.87
 22. Lodhi, Mahmood              m  PAK 2395  6.0  40.0  2339 -0.66
 23. Bakre, Tejas                m  IND 2446  5.5  48.5  2455 +0.10
 24. Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi       IND 2400  5.5  50.5  2467 +0.82
 25. Gupta, Abhijeet             f  IND 2392  5.5  49.0  2497 +1.27
 26. Tilak, Sharad S             m  IND 2310  5.5  49.5  2466 +1.90
 27. Michelakis, George          m  RSA 2432  5.5  49.0  2448 +0.19
 28. Sareen, Vishal                 IND 2371  5.5  50.0  2455 +1.09
 29. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar      g  IND 2541  5.5  48.0  2470 -0.80
 30. Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam   m  IND 2353  5.5  44.0  2400 +0.58
 31. Hegde, Ravi Gopal           m  IND 2344  5.5  46.0  2330 -0.14
 32. Deshmukh, Anup              m  IND 2340  5.5  44.0  2362 +0.28
 33. Meenakshi, S                wm IND 2328  5.5  49.0  2477 +1.90
 34. Prasad, Devaki V            m  IND 2395  5.5  45.5  2418 +0.28
 35. Conquest, Stuart            g  ENG 2543  5.5  42.5  2380 -1.70
 36. Lahiri, Atanu               m  IND 2325  5.5  45.5  2451 +1.54
 37. Singh, Gurpreetpal             IND 2360  5.5  44.0  2315 -0.53
 38. Iuldachev, Saidali          g  UZB 2559  5.5  44.0  2357 -2.06
 39. Gopal, G.N                     IND 2233  5.5  40.0  2278 +0.50
 40. Balaji, G                      IND 2266  5.5  39.5  2319 +0.52
 41. Udeshi, Aditya                 IND 1952  5.5  39.0  2337 +4.24
152 players

5) Welsh International

The Welsh International 2004 took place at the Hilton Hotel in Newport 7th-15th January. Mark Hebden won the event with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.mark-adams-home.com/welsh/index.html

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Welsh International Newport WLS (WLS), 7-15 i 2004
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                                           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Hebden, Mark            g  ENG 2549  +19 +15 = 4 + 3 = 5 = 2 + 6 +13 +12  7.5  2613 
 2. Miezis, Normunds        g  LAT 2525  +20 + 7 = 3 = 4 +15 = 1 =13 + 6 + 5  7.0  2568 
 3. Georgiev, Vladimir      g  MKD 2563  +18 +10 = 2 - 1 +11 = 6 + 5 = 4 +13  6.5  2512 
 4. Gormally, Daniel        m  ENG 2471  +23 + 9 = 1 = 2 +10 = 5 + 8 = 3 = 7  6.5  2524 
 5. Cobb, Charles              ENG 2406  +21 = 8 =12 + 7 = 1 = 4 - 3 +11 - 2  5.0  2405 
 6. Cobb, James             f  WLS 2321  =12 +20 = 8 =11 + 7 = 3 - 1 - 2 +17  5.0  2353 
 7. Howell, David WL        f  ENG 2304  +13 - 2 +14 - 5 - 6 +19 =15 + 8 = 4  5.0  2321 
 8. Jones, Richard S           WLS 2262  +11 = 5 = 6 -10 +17 +15 - 4 - 7 +16  5.0  2327 
 9. Poulsen, Martin            FAI 2274  +17 - 4 -13 +21 =12 =11 =10 =16 +20  5.0  2224 
10. Marusenko, Petr         m  UKR 2340  +22 - 3 +16 + 8 - 4 -13 = 9 =15 +14  5.0  2280 
11. Devereaux, Maxim        f  ENG 2331  - 8 +18 +22 = 6 - 3 = 9 +12 - 5 +15  5.0  2312 
12. Evans-Quek, Suan-Shiau     WLS 2261  = 6 +13 = 5 -15 = 9 +16 -11 +18 - 1  4.5  2272 
13. Rees, Ioan                 WLS 2179  - 7 -12 + 9 +14 +22 +10 = 2 - 1 - 3  4.5  2312 
14. Turner,John D              WLS ----   .  +23 - 7 -13 =20 =   +21 +19 -10  4.0  2102 
15. Piankov, Evgenij        m  UKR 2339  +16 - 1 +17 +12 - 2 - 8 = 7 =10 -11  4.0  2248 
16. Jamieson, Ian              SCO 2051  -15 +19 -10 =   +18 -12 +22 = 9 - 8  4.0  2121 
17. Rety, John                 ENG 1997  - 9 +21 -15 +19 - 8 +20 -18 +23 - 6  4.0  2089 
18. Gwynne,D                   WLS ----  - 3 -11 =   =22 -16 +23 +17 -12 +21  4.0  2090 
19. Hurn,Robert                WLS ----  - 1 -16 +20 -17 +21 - 7 +23 -14 +    4.0  2057 
20. Cooke,M                        ----  - 2 - 6 -19 +23 =14 -17 +   +22 - 9  3.5  2044 
21. Tonks,B                    WLS ----  - 5 -17 +23 - 9 -19 +22 -14 +   -18  3.0  1950 
22. Hughes,Beryl               WLS ----  -10 +24 -11 =18 -13 -21 -16 -20 =23  2.0  1880 
23. Blackwell,E                WLS ----  - 4 -14 -21 -20 +   -18 -19 -17 =22  1.5  1779 
24. Hennessey,Andrew           WLS ----   .  -22  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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6) Excelsior Cup

The Excelsior Cup 2004 took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, 8th-16th January 2004. The event was organised by Ari Ziegler. Main sponsor is the leading Nordic Chess dealer: Svenska Schackbutiken AB (http://www.schackbutiken.com) Leif Erlend Johannessen has started with 4/4, he won just one more game and drew the rest to win with 7/9.

English coverage: http://www.chess2chess.com

Swedish coverage: http://www.schacknytt.com

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Excelsior Cup Goteborg SWE (SWE), 6-16 i 2004               cat. IX (2469)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Johannessen, Leif Erlend    g NOR 2500  * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2685 
 2. Rogozenko, Dorian           g ROM 2517  = * = = 1 = 1 1 = 1  6.5  2629 
 3. Berg, Emanuel               m SWE 2495  = = * 1 0 = 0 1 1 1  5.5  2545 
 4. Gavrikov, Viktor            g LTU 2565  = = 0 * = = = 1 = =  4.5  2458 
 5. Akesson, Joel                 SWE 2333  0 0 1 = * = = = 1 =  4.5  2483 
 6. Marin, Mihail               g ROM 2531  = = = = = * 0 = 0 1  4.0  2418 
 7. Hector, Jonny               g SWE 2518  0 0 1 = = 1 * 0 0 1  4.0  2420 
 8. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel   g ESP 2429  0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 1  4.0  2430 
 9. Meijers, Viesturs           m LAT 2499  0 = 0 = 0 1 1 0 * 0  3.0  2340 
10. Hultin, Johan                 SWE 2300  0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 1 *  2.0  2267 
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7) XXIX Seville Open

The XXIX Seville Open took place 9th-17th January 2004. Kevin Spraggett took first place on tie-break from Daniel Campora and Vladimir Epishin.

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

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 1. Spraggett, Kevin               g  CAN 2536  7.5    54.5   40.5    42.5
 2. Campora, Daniel H              g  ARG 2503  7.5    53.5   39.0    42.5
 3. Epishin, Vladimir              g  RUS 2633  7.5    52.0   37.5    41.5
 4. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S     g  ECU 2490  7      53.0   38.0    41.0
 5. Franco Ocampos, Zenon          g  PAR 2524  7      51.0   35.5    39.5
 6. Paunovic, Dragan               m  SCG 2517  7      50.5   38.0    40.0
 7. Garcia Luque, Agustin          m  ESP 2413  7      50.0   35.0    38.5
 8. Saldano, Horacio               m  ARG 2424  7      48.0   34.5    38.0
 9. Teske, Henrik                  g  GER 2526  7      47.0   35.0    37.0
10. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S         m  UZB 2452  6.5    54.5   38.0    43.5
11. Korneev, Oleg                  g  RUS 2566  6.5    54.5   37.0    43.0
12. Van der Weide, Karel           m  NED 2436  6.5    54.0   35.0    42.5
13. Veingold, Aleksandr            m  EST 2478  6.5    52.5   36.0    40.5
14. Cheparinov, Ivan               m  BUL 2550  6.5    52.0   34.5    41.5
15. Speck, Nick                       AUS 2381  6.5    51.0   33.0    40.0
16. Strikovic, Aleksa              g  SCG 2524  6.5    50.5   35.5    39.5
17. Teran Alvarez, Ismael          m  ESP 2382  6.5    50.0   34.5    39.0
18. Castellanos, Renier               CHI 2438  6.5    50.0   34.0    38.5
19. Komljenovic, Davor             g  CRO 2441  6.5    49.5   35.5    39.0
20. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique    m  ESP 2391  6.5    48.5   38.0    37.5
21. Movsziszian, Karen             g  ARM 2497  6.5    47.5   34.0    38.0
22. Ivanov, Jordan                 m  BUL 2406  6.5    46.0   34.0    36.0
23. Perez, Rodney                  m  CUB 2458  6      53.0   35.5    41.5
24. Mirzoev, Azer                  g  AZE 2551  6      52.0   35.0    40.5
25. Barria, Daniel                 f  CHI 2351  6      50.0   35.0    41.0
26. Razmyslov, Alexander              UKR 2337  6      50.0   32.5    38.0
27. Tissir, Mohamed                m  MAR 2436  6      49.5   35.0    38.5
28. Barrientos, Sergio             f  COL 2425  6      49.0   33.0    38.0
29. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto      m  ESP 2425  6      49.0   33.0    37.5
30. Pogorelov, Ruslan              g  UKR 2451  6      48.5   32.5    37.0
31. Castillo Gallego, Sergio          ESP 2233  6      48.5   31.0    38.0
32. Ortega Valle, Jose R              ESP 2274  6      47.5   31.0    37.0
33. Estremera Panos, Sergio        m  ESP 2353  6      47.0   30.5    36.5
34. Almagro Mazariegos, Sebastian     ESP 2326  6      46.5   31.5    35.0
35. Martin Perez, Javier              ESP 2280  6      45.0   31.0    34.5
36. Van Hoolandt, Patrick          f  MNC 2262  6      45.0   29.0    35.0
37. Garrido Dominguez, Jesus          ESP 2213  6      44.5   32.0    35.0
38. Ferrer Garcia, Isaac              ESP 2178  6      44.5   30.0    35.5
39. Perea Pino,Juan D                 ESP ----  6      44.5   26.5    35.5
40. Fernandez Quintero, Jose          ESP ----  6      42.5   25.0    33.5
41. Romero Garcia, Mariano            ESP 2167  6      42.0   30.0    33.0
42. Martinez, Juan M                  ARG ----  6      41.5   27.0    32.5
43. Campos Moreno, Javier B        m  CHI 2498  5.5    53.5   35.5    42.5
44. Hidalgo Begines, Pablo            ESP 2102  5.5    51.0   30.5    39.5
45. Lopez Gonzalez, Daniel            ESP 2113  5.5    50.5   29.5    39.5
46. Suba, Mihai                    g  ROM 2522  5.5    49.5   32.0    39.0
47. Mena Villar, Raul                 ESP ----  5.5    48.0   29.0    37.5
220 players

8) Hilton Open

Sinisa Joksic reports: The "Hilton" Hotel in Basle hosted its 6th Chess meeting January 1st-4th 2004.

There were 8 different chess events. The ITAG masters featured Vlastimil Hort, Andei Sokolov, Yannik Pelletier and Florian Jenni. The Venue was the Hilton’s amphitheater. The first two round were very peaceful, all fighting draws, long games with an unpopular end. Finally in the last round both games were decisive.

The ITAG Tele-rapid was played in the TV studios of Tele Basel. This was a knockout system, 15 minutes each. Sokolov beat Jenni in final. The games will be broadcast by Tele Basel every week in January and February.

The Hilton Open itself was won by Stefan Djuric who finished on 5.5/7. He edged out Csaba Balogh, Andrey Zontakh, Attila Czebe, Trajce Nedev and Mihajlo Stojanovic all of whom finished on the same score.

Without doubt, the Hilton Open was a most exiting tournament.

ITAG Masters

Round 1 (January 1, 2004)

Sokolov, Andrei1    -  Hort, Vlastimil     1/2   35  C67  Ruy Lopez Berlin
Pelletier, Yannick  -  Jenni, Florian      1/2   29  E97  King's Indian Classical

Round 2 (January 3, 2004)

Jenni, Florian      -  Hort, Vlastimil     1/2   62  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Pelletier, Yannick  -  Sokolov, Andrei1    1/2   25  E58  Nimzo Indian

Round 3 (January 4, 2004)

Hort, Vlastimil     -  Pelletier, Yannick  1-0   75  B67  Sicilian Rauzer
Sokolov, Andrei1    -  Jenni, Florian      1-0   60  C89  Ruy Lopez Marshall

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ITAG Basel SUI (SUI), 1-4 i 2004      cat. XIII (2558)
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                                    1 2 3 4 
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1. Hort, Vlastimil      g GER 2543  * = = 1  2.0  2688 
2. Sokolov, Andrei1     g FRA 2585  = * 1 =  2.0  2674 
3. Jenni, Florian       g SUI 2518  = 0 * =  1.0  2446 
4. Pelletier, Yannick   g SUI 2587  0 = = *  1.0  2423 
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ITAG Tele-rapid

Semifinal:
Jenni Florian        - Pelletier Yannik      1:0,
Hort Vlastimil       - Sokolov Andrei        0:1,

Final:
Sokolov Andrei    - Jenni Florian            1:0,

3/4 
Pelletier Yannik   - Hort Vlastimil          1:0.

Hilton Open
Final Round 7 standings: 

 1. Djuric, Stefan                   g  SCG   2487    5.5 (28.5);
 2. Balogh, Csaba                    m  HUN   2456    5.5 (28.0-163.0);
 3. Zontakh, Andrey                  g  UKR   2525    5.5 (28.0-160.5);
 4. Czebe, Attila                    g  HUN   2487    5.5 (27.5-167.0);
 5. Nedev, Trajce                    g  MKD   2489    5.5 (27.5-163.5);
 6. Stojanovic, Mihajlo              m  SCG   2506    5.5 (26.0);
 7. Mitkov, Nikola                   g  MKD   2520    5.0 (31.0);
 8. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav            g  RUS   2550    5.0 (28.5);
 9. Malakhatko, Vadim                g  UKR   2543    5.0 (28.0);
10. Riff, Jean Noel                     FRA   2372    5.0 (27.5);
11. Pikula, Dejan                    g  SCG   2532    5.0 (27.0);
12. Souleidis, Georgios              m  GRE   2395    5.0 (26.5);
13. Pinter, Jozsef                   g  HUN   2501    5.0 (25.0);
14. Perez, Jose                         SUI   2203    4.5 (28.0);
15. Gallagher, Joseph G              g  SUI   2524    4.5 (27.5);
16. Lekic, Dusan                     m  SCG   2389    4.5 (26.0-157.0); 
17. Rukavina, Josip                  m  CRO   2422    4.5 (16.0-154.0); 
18. Siebrecht, Sebastian             m  GER   2397    4.5; 
19. Burnier, David                   f  SUI   2297    4.5; 
20. Drabke, Lorenz                   m  GER   2439    4.5; 
21. Cicak, Slavko                    g  SWE   2528    4.5; 
22. Goldstern, Flip                  f  NED   2360    4.5; 
23. Velicka, Petr                    m  CZE   2458    4.5; 
24. Nemet, Ivan                      g  SUI   2383    4.5; 
25. Milosevic, Goran                 m  SUI   2395    4.5; 
26. Deschler, Fabrice                   FRA   2156    4.5 etc

9) 87th New York Masters

Leonid Yudasin and Aleks Wojtkiewicz won the 87th New York Masters on 13th January 2004 with 3/4. News John Fernandez.

Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com

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                                     1   2   3   4   Total
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   1. Yudasin, Leonid     g ISR 2568 = 9 +10 + 3 = 2   3.0  ($200)
   2. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks  g USA 2564 + 7 = 5 + 4 = 1   3.0  ($200)
   3. Becerra, Julio      g USA 2569 =10 + 9 - 1 + 5   2.5
   4. Stripunsky, Alex    g USA 2553 + 8 = 6 - 2 +11   2.5
   5. Blatny, Pavel       g CZE 2452 +12 = 2 + 6 - 3   2.5
   6. Ehlvest, Jaan       g EST 2599 +11 = 4 - 5 = 7   2.0
   7. Fierro, Martha     wg ECU 2310 - 2 +12 = 9 = 6   2.0  ($ 40)
   8. Eisen, Lewis        f USA 2240 - 4 =11 =12 +13   2.0  ($ 40)
   9. Vovsha, Eli         m ISR 2441 = 1 - 3 = 7 =10   1.5
  10. Privman, Boris      f USA 2241 = 3 - 1 =11 = 9   1.5
  11. Bonin, Jay          m USA 2330 - 6 = 8 =10 - 4   1.0
  12. Gaillard, Edward      USA 2161 - 5 - 7 = 8 =     1.0
  13. Shahade, Greg       m USA 2441 --- --- --- - 8   0.0


PRIZES

1ST   - $300
2ND   - $100
U2400 - $ 80

10) IM Silman vs The Rest of the World

IM Silman vs The Rest of the World ChessWorld.net hosting a "Rest of the World" match against IM Jeremy Silman. This is a voting game where the "Rest of the World" (ROW) votes for the moves against Silman, and the highest voted move played after five days. Kasparov played a ROW game a few years back. IM Jeremy Silman is the author of the one chess book that everyone raves about, How to ReAssess Your Chess.

The match has inspired the largest ROW team ever at ChessWorld, well over 300 players at last count. IM Silman opened the game with 1. d4 and the voting is underway. You can get in on the game at http://www.chessworld.net - head for Play!..World team games after logging in.

The up to date position is also available on the TWIC front page.

11) São Paulo CC

São Paulo Chess Club’s Championship was a closed Category III with 7 Brazilians and 5 foreigners. The winner was (by Koya System) Uruguayan GM Andrés Rodríguez, from IM Mauro de Souza who had won the two last editions. The tournament was held from January 8th-16th 2004. News Herman Van Riemsdijk.

Details: http://200.246.90.112/HiperChess/torneios/2004/cxsp/CXSP2003.htm

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 1. Rodriguez, Andres         g URU 2485  * 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 1  8.5  2504 
 2. De Souza, Mauro           m BRA 2362  1 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1  8.5  2515 
 3. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C   m BRA 2409  0 = * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1  8.0  2475 
 4. Tsuboi, Edson Kenji       f BRA 2344  0 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2408 
 5. Aranha Filho, Alvaro Z      BRA 2275  0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1  6.5  2377 
 6. Bachmann, Axel              PAR 2225  0 = = 0 1 * = = 1 = 1 1  6.5  2382 
 7. Valiente, Cristobal       m PAR 2332  0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 = = 1  5.5  2307 
 8. Marra, Eduardo da Costa     BRA 2129  1 = 0 = 0 = 0 * = = = 1  5.0  2289 
 9. Santos, M.V.M               BRA 2311  = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1  4.5  2244 
10. Caldeira, Adriano         f BRA 2355  0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 1  3.5  2172 
11. Vera, I Jorge               PAR 2338  0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 * 1  2.5  2095 
12. Barrionuevo, Alfredo C      ARG 2149  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *  0.0       
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12) 17th Itau Cup

The 17th Copa Itaú takes place in São Paulo Chess Club. The open has 164 competitors with 4 GMs and 10IMs. After three rounds, 10 players still have a perfect score. The tournament marks the 450th Anniversary of the foundation of São Paulo, which will happen on January 25th 2004. News from Herman Van Riemsdijk.

Standings: http://200.246.90.112/HiperChess/torneios/2004/Itau2004_SP450.htm

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17th Itau Cup 450th Ann Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 17-25 i 2004
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 1. Giaccio, Alfredo               m  ARG 2470 3  
 2. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C        m  BRA 2409 3  
 3. Rodriguez, Andres              g  URU 2485 3  
 4. Panno, Oscar                   g  ARG 2485 3  
 5. Milos, Gilberto                g  BRA 2594 3  
 6. Matsuura, Everaldo             m  BRA 2460 3  
 7. Pelikian, Jefferson            m  BRA 2414 3  
 8. Vera, I Jorge                     PAR 2338 3  
 9. Santos, M.V.M                     BRA 2311 3  
10  Pereira, Silvio Cunha             BRA 2237 3  
11  Coelho, Luís                   m  BRA 2401 2.5
12. Marques, Vinicius              m  BRA 2403 2.5
13  Madeira, Wagner Martins           BRA 2215 2.5
14  Coutinho, Sidnei Bissacot         BRA ---- 2.5
15  Maia, Luciano                     BRA 2273 2.5
16  Marra, Eduardo da Costa           BRA 2129 2.5
17. Leitao, Rafael                 g  BRA 2566 2.5
18  Rosa, José Antonio                BRA 2092 2.5
19  Burgos, Marcelo Alves             BRA 2154 2.5
20  Dianda, Joao Carlos               BRA 2114 2.5
21  Molina, Roberto Junio Brito       BRA 2227 2.5
22. Toth, Christian Endre          m  BRA 2344 2.5
23  Batista, Renato Luiz              BRA 2212 2.5
24  Pereira, Jorge A.V.               BRA 2114 2.5
25. Soppe, Guillermo               m  ARG 2435 2.5
26  Valiente, Cristobal            m  PAR 2332 2.5
167 players

13) 4NCL

Round 3 and 4 of the 4NCL took place 17th-18th January 2004. Wood Green and Betsson.com shared a 4-4 draw in round 3 and also the lead in the event. The round was interupted by a fire alarm. Round 4 details unavailable. Games and those results next week.

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk

RD 3   BETSSON.COM          2383 4 - 4 WOOD GREEN 1         2526 
1 w Pert, Nicholas          2504 ½ - ½ Speelman, Jonathan S 2578 
2 b Pert, Richard G         2424 1 - 0 McShane, Luke        2651 
3 w Hunt, Adam C            2411 ½ - ½ Baburin, Alexander   2541 
4 b Williams, Simon K       2396 ½ - ½ Lalic, Bogdan        2518 
5 w Ansell, Simon           2371 1 - 0 Turner, Matthew J    2506 
6 b Dworakowska, Joanna (F) 2370 0 - 1 Ward, Christopher    2522 
7 w Eames, Robert G         2295 0 - 1 Emms, John M         2501 
8 b Ledger, David J         2289 ½ - ½ Hunt, Harriet (F)    2392 

RD 3   NUMERICA 3CS 1       2296 4 - 4 WOOD GREEN 2         2343 
1 w Davies, Nigel R         2502 1 - 0 Littlewood, Paul E   2390 
2 b Arkell, Keith C         2531 1 - 0 Sowray, Peter J      2360 
3 w Gordon, Stephen J       2284 ½ - ½ Martin, Andrew D     2429 
4 b Clarke, Stuart W        2310 0 - 1 Rechel, Bernd        2420 
5 w Ashton, Adam G          2235 ½ - ½ Tiller, Bjorn        2382 
6 b Bentley, John L         2218 ½ - ½ Tan, Desmond         2332 
7 w Taylor, Robert M        2175 ½ - ½ Law, Andrew P        2310 
8 b Kosteniuk, Oxana (F)    2113 0 - 1 Gilbert, Jessie (F)  2122 

RD 3   WARWICKS. SELECT     2212 2½-5½ RICHMOND             2289 
1 w Thomas, Nicholas        2263 ½ - ½ Wall, Gavin          2413 
2 b Mason, Don              2280 0 - 1 Van de Griendt, Jan  2373 
3 w Hynes, Anthony          2289 0 - 1 Bates, Richard A     2376 
4 b Dighton, Simon          2247 0 - 1 Webb, Laurence E     2344 
5 w James, Russell A        2209 ½ - ½ Hinks-Edwards,Thomas 2357 
6 b Wu, Li                  2167 ½ - ½ Nixon, Thomas C M    2209 
7 w Pitcher, John           2185 ½ - ½ Franklin, Michael J  2224 
8 b Chevannes, Sabrina (F)  2052 ½ - ½ Wilson, Alexandra(F) 2014 

RD 3   BARBICAN 4NCL 1      2388 4 - 4 THE ADS 1            2316 
1 w Parker, Jonathan        2541 ½ - ½ Chandler, Murray G   2508 
2 b Kelly, Brian            2499 ½ - ½ Mestel, A Jonathan   2496 
3 w Collins, Sam            2392 0 - 1 Richardson, John R   2293 
4 b Palliser, Richard       2399 1 - 0 Lyell, Mark          2272 
5 w Knott, Simon            2370 ½ - ½ Snape, Ian           2251 
6 b D'Costa, Lorin A R      2351 0 - 1 Anderton, David W    2256 
7 w Ferguson, Mark          2381 1 - 0 Wheeler, Darren P    2243 
8 b Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)  2171 ½ - ½ Bellin, Jana (F)     2209 

RD 3   SLOUGH 1             2347 4 - 4 MICRO MARK. NWE 1    2316 
1 w Wells, Peter K          2493 1 - 0 Sebag, Marie (F) *   2404 
2 b Shaw, John *            2465 ½ - ½ Ghasi, Ameet K       2344 
3 w Howell, David W L       2304 1 - 0 Hanley, Craig A      2322 
4 b Houska, Jovanka (F)     2370 0 - 1 Crouch, Colin S      2365 
5 w McNab, Colin A          2388 ½ - ½ Kennaugh, Charles W  2290 
6 b Dearing, Eddie          2376 1 - 0 van der Linden,Lukas 2275 
7 w Lappage, Jonathan       2181 0 - 1 Carleton, John J     2286 
8 b Smith, Andrew P         2198 0 - 1 Charleshouse, Glenn  2238 
    Board order by agreement      

RD 3   GUILDFORD-ADC 1      2442 5½-2½ BARBICAN 4NCL 2      2320 
1 w Rowson, Jonathan        2547 ½ - ½ Collinson, Adam      2391 
2 b Flear, Glenn C          2489 ½ - ½ Woodward, Timothy D  2344 
3 w Kosten, Anthony C       2507 1 - 0 Taylor, Martin R     2332 
4 b Cherniaev, Alexander    2496 ½ - ½ Trent, Lawrence      2377 
5 w Gormally, Daniel W      2471 1 - 0 Rogers, Jonathan W   2338 
6 b King, Daniel J          2497 1 - 0 Berry, Neil          2285 
7 w Prie, Eric              2429 1 - 0 Taylor, Peter        2289 
8 b Yurenok, Maria S (F)    2100 0 - 1 Regan, Natasha (F)   2202 

Round 3 Standings:
WOOD GREEN 1        2  1  0  5  
BETSSON.COM         2  1  0  5  
GUILDFORD-ADC 1     2  0  1  4  
BARBICAN 4NCL 1     1  2  0  4  
THE ADS 1           1  1  1  3  
WOOD GREEN 2        1  1  1  3  
RICHMOND  1         1  1  3  
BARBICAN 4NCL 2     1  1  1  3  
MICRO MARK. NWE 1   1  1  1  3  
NUMERICA 3CS 1      0  2  1  2  
WARWICKS. SELECT    0  0  3  0  
SLOUGH 1            0  1  2  0 * 

14) Tapolca Open

The 9 Round Tapolca Open took place in Budapest, Hungary, 9th-17th of January 2004. Sponsored by the Tapolca city administration and taking place in the Hungarian Chess Federation. Csaba Berczes Jr Nguyen Ngoc Truongson, Gabor Kovacs and Laszlo Gonda Jr all finished on 7/9. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy for the news.

Leading Final Round 9 Standings.
  1.   10  Berczes Csaba  Jr         2302   7.0  51.5  2523 
        2  Nguyen Ngoc Truongson **  2436   7.0  51.0  2474 
        4  Kovacs Gabor              2408   7.0  51.0  2474 
        5  Gonda Laszlo Jr           2390   7.0  48.0  2425 
  5.    1  Galyas Miklos             2436   6.5  55.0  2461 
        3  Jakab Attila              2411   6.5  49.0  2365 
       18  Pasztor Ferenc            2262   6.5  47.0  2391 
       13  Khechumyan Gagik          2290   6.5  44.5  2368 
  9.    8  Werner Dimo               2349   6.0  48.5  2352 
       19  Pesztericz Laszlo         2257   6.0  47.0  2356 
       12  Martini Balazs            2293   6.0  42.5  2268 
       15  Suto Gabor                2275   6.0  41.0  2280 
 13.    9  Harmatosi Jozsef          2313   5.5  51.0  2332 
       23  Dombai Istvan             2217   5.5  48.5  2270 
        7  Szollosi Laszlo JR.       2352   5.5  47.0  2227 
       27  Piroska Istvan            2198   5.5  47.0  2309 
        6  Majeric Zoran             2366   5.5  44.0  2319 
       14  Jamrich Gyorgy            2288   5.5  44.0  2258 
       26  Szell Lajos               2200   5.5  40.5  2217 
       30  Burghart Jozsef           2178   5.5  37.0  2130 
88 players

15) 16th World Correspondence Champion - Tunc Hamarat

The ICCF has announced that GM Tunc Hamarat (Austria) has become the 16th World Correspondence Chess Champion. His current score of 11 points in 15 games (with one still in play) cannot be tied or exceeded by any of the other competitors. One of his main adversaries was GM Igor Samarin (Russia) with 8.5 points, but he lost one of his 3 open games and cannot now end with 11 or more points. This is GM Hamarat's second participation in a World Championship Final, having tied for third place with GM Lecroq of France in the 14th World Championship Final 1994-2001 (behind winner GM Oim of Estonia and GM Ekebjaerg of Denmark in second place). This 16th World Correspondence Chess Championship Final began on 30.06.1999 with the participation of 17 players.

Official site: http://www.iccf.com/

16) GMT Rating of Open Swiss Events

Jean-Claude Templeur's project to find a way of rating tournaments in the same way that all-play-all events has released its results for 2003. The basic method is to calculate the number of GM events and additional IM events that could be made up from the players in the event. The Aeroflot tournament in Moscow was by far the strongest Open last year.

List: http://www.chessmile.com/gmt.php. Rules: http://www.chessmile.com/articles.php?id=4

Top 10 2003
 1 Moskva Aeroflot (3)                         RUS 42,01
 2 Cappelle la Grande                          FRA 24,04
 3 Championnat d'Europe - Istanbul             TUR 20
 4 Pardubice (3)                               CZE 15,18
 5 Open du 300e anniversaire - St Pétersbourg  RUS 12,03
 6 Buenos Aires - Torneo Cont. de las Américas ARG 11,03
 7 St Vincent Aoste (2)                        ITA 10,01
 8 Commonw. Champ. Mumbai                      IND 7,04
 9 Linares - Anibal                            ESP 7,03
10 Bad Wiessee                                 GER 7,03

17) Forthcoming Events and Links

17th Ciudad de Leon 2004

The 17th Ciudad de Leon 2004 will again be a knockout event taking place June 3rd-7th 2004 in Leon, Spain.

Players: Alexei Shirov (Spain), Peter Svidler (Russia), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbajan) and Francisco Vallejo (Spain).

Official site: http://www.advancedchessleon.com and http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com

Austrian Team Championships Live

Rounds 4-7 of the Austrian Team Championships take place 22th-25th January 2004 in Austria. All 36 Boards will be broadcast live on the internet.

Live coverage: http://www.members.aon.at/schach1/live/start8.htm

Official site: http://www.chess.at

Lenk Chess Festival

Lenk International Chess Festival is a Swiss Chess Tour event 2004. The 16th "Kreuz-Open" takes place April 8th-12th 2004.

The Hosts will be the Hotel "Kreuz", "Grande" Open, 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. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1944), junior(1984-87), schoolboy (1988) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free.

Time table: Round 1st 18.30-22.30 April 8,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 9,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 10,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 11,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 12. Closing ceremony April 12 at 16.00.

Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or site http://www.beochess.ch for more details.

ChessBrain Match vs Peter Heine Nielsen

The distributed computing foundation and the ChessBrain project invite all members of the chess community to take part in an official Guinness world record attempts on Friday January 30th, 2004. Computers from all over the world will join forces to take on Grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen in an online chess game. With over 1000 computers expected to participate, this will set a new world record. Chess fans throughout the world can participate in this official world record by setting up their own computer to join the team.

All details and instructions are at http://www.chessbrain.net. Internet coverage of the events will include chess discussion and discussion of distributed computing technology.

5th Montenegro International Open

5th Open International Chess Championship of Montenegro "Sozina 2004" Hotel "Topolica" Bar, February 18-26th, 2004

Further details: http://www.sozina2004.com/

13th Aurec Open

The 13th Aurec Open takes place 13th-14th February 2004.

Further details: http://loirechecs.chez.tiscali.fr/20032004/Tournois/Aurec/Aurec.htm

5th Annual MILLENNIUM CHESS FESTIVAL

APRIL 2 - 4, 2004 (the weekend before Foxwoods!) is the date for the next Millennium Chess Festival. Come play chess on the beach!...

PRIZES: $18,000 in 5 sections. Open Section prizes are guaranteed -- $2500-1200-800-600-400-300-200 U2400/Unr: $500-200 U2200: $500-200 Upset Prize: $150. Class Sections have large prize funds based on 55 per section.

HOTEL: Ramada Plaza Beach Oceanfront Hotel, Virginia Beach, USA. COMPS: GM, WGM, and IM Comps are available.

Our popular GM "Dinner/Exhbition" Match again scheduled for Saturday Night. (Details soon.)

WEBSITE: http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival/
QUESTIONS: eschlich@aol.com

TESTA-GM-Tournament

The TESTA-GM-Tournament will take place from 20th - 28th Jan. 2004 in Griesheim (near Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany) as 9 player all-play-all.

The ten participants of this 4th tournament (X category) of the Chess Club of Griesheim are GM Dimitrij Bunzmann, GM Sergey Galdunts, GM Stanislav Savchenko, IM Lorenz Drabke, IM Gennadij Ginsburg, IM Bogdan Grabarczyk, IM Vitaly Kunin, IM Leonid Milov, IM Piotr Murdzia and IM Michael Prusikhin.

Internet coverage: http://www.schachverein-griesheim.de/2004gm/

Shirov's New Website

Alexei Shirov has a new webpage which includes an online school project (together with GM Alfonso Romero and IM Javier Sanz both from Spain) and a personal page within. The address is http://www.shirovonline.com, at the moment everything is in Spanish although the English version should follow soon.

IX Cesenatico International Open

The IX Cesenatico International Chess Open takes place in Cesenatico (Italy) 4th-12th September 2004.Open A 9 rounds. Open B 8 rounds.

Organiser Jean Christophe Pirini email info@antiquascom.it Fax +39547681217 # mobile phone +39335.6615956.

Further details: http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm

IV Savaria Summer Open

IV Savaria Summer International Chess Open takes place in Szombathely, Hungary 19th-26th July 2004. 9 round Swiss 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move.

Further Information:

KORPICS Zsolt H-9700 Szombathely, Rohonci 13. +(36)-30/951-0063 korpicschess@axelero.hu

PERGEL László H-9700 Szombathely, Tátra 2. +(36)-30/530-4904 a_mester@freemail.hu

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 for norms, Budapest, 7th-19th of February, Organizer: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Webpage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Internet Chess Club nickname: MrFirstSaturday ICQ#: 44805877 Cell phone: +(36)-30-2301914 Tel-fax: +(36-1)-2632859

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 round robin, 15th-25th of May, organizer: IM Zsinka, Laszlo, +(36)-20-9219197 e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu or: zsinka@budapest.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, 17th-25th of July /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, other organizer: Vajda, Albert Sr. e-mail: avajda@udv.topnet.ro More info: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

15. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.

16. Cat.XI. GM-closed, 10 participants, Budapest, 18th-27th of Aug. Org: PALI, Gabor, e-mail: gaborpali@freemail.hu Mobile: +/36/-20-470-50-37

17. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West from Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net

18. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 4th-16th of September, Org: NL.

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

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

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

The GibTelecom Chess Festival is takes place January 26th to February 5th, 2004 at the 4 star Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar.

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

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.

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.

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.

New York Masters

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

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