THE WEEK IN CHESS 489 22nd March 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Reykjavik
Rapid 2004
3) 13th Amber Tournament
4) 5th Karpov Tournament
5) 21st Reykjavik
Open
6) Tigran Petrosian Memorial
7)
Miskolc 2004
8) First Saturday March
9) Dutch Championships Semi-Finals
10) New York
Masters
11) Israeli Teams
12)
Austrian Teams
13) Belgian Teams
14) Swedish Teams
15) Finnish Teams
16) German Cup Finals
17) 1st Chiuso
International
18) V Dos Hermanas Internet
Tournament
19) European Women's Championships
20) 2nd Parsvnath Open
21) Vietnam
Championships
22) Belorus Championships
23) Copa ENTEL 2004
24) Degrémont
Grand Prix
25) 20th Budapest Spring Festival
26) New US Championship Dates
27)
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Games section
Reykjavik Rapid 2004 32 games
13th Amber Tournament 36 games
5th Karpov Tournament 26 games
21st Reykjavik Open 77 games
Tigran Petrosian Memorial 10 games
Miskolc 2004 20 games
First Saturday March 66 games
Dutch Championships Semi-Finals 19 games
New York Masters 4 games
Austrian Teams 140 games
Belgian Teams 48 games
Swedish Teams 73 games
Finnish Teams 360 games
German Cup Finals 23 games
1st Chiuso International 6 games
V Dos Hermanas Internet 60 games
Vietnam Championships 117 games
Belorus Championships 66 games
Copa ENTEL 2004 6 games
Degrémont Grand Prix 3 games
1192 games
My thanks to Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, Mikhail Golubev, Emil Sutovsky,
Zsuzsa Veroci, Bartin Borriss, Roman M. Parparov, Thomas Henrich, Wojtek
Bartelski, Rafael Llanos, Harald Grafenhofer, Holger Sahrhage, Laszlo Nagy,
Ómar Óskarsson, Evgeny Atarov, Gabor Pali, Ingvar Þ.
Jóhannesson, Rod McShane, Eric Birmingham, David Cohen, Steve Laios,
John Fernandez, Vincenzo Soretti, Michael Rahal, Stewart Reuben, Axel Fritz,
Henri Koskinen and everyone else who helped with the issue.
A huge week of chess with almost all the top players in the world
competing. Garry Kasparov won the Reykjavik rapid after surviving a scare in
game one against Magnus Carlsen of their round 1 clash, he defeated Nigel Short
in the final. The Amber tournament is taking place in Monaco with Kramnik and
Anand and many others. The 5th Karpov tournament is taking place in the small
village of Poikovsky. A nice event which has taken over the village, it is in
the old Russian traditions and even has official songs to commemorate the
event.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Garry Kasparov beat Nigel Short in the final of the Reykjavik Rapid
tournament which took place 17th-21st March 2004. Time rate 25mins+5 seconds.
Rapid playoff games 5 mins+3 seconds per move. Short looked to have good
winning chances in game one but seemed Kasparov turned it round to win. Game
two was drawn.
The format of the tournament was rather unusual. The 16 players played
a blitz tournament, 5 3 on the 17th of March. The result determined the
seeding. An idea taken from Formula 1. The first round started on the 18th, The
1st seeded player played nr. 16, nr. 2 avs. 15 etc. Time allotted is 25 5. In
case of a tie there was a sudden death game. All rapid games available. Sadly
almost all the blitz games seem to be lost.
The main sponsor of the Reyjavik rapid 2004 was Atlantsal.
Internet coverage: http://www.ruv.is/skak
Round 1 (March 18, 2004)
Top Half
Olafsson, Helgi - * Aronian, Levon 0-1 0-1
Short, Nigel D * - Kristjansson, Stefan 1/2 1-0
Petursson, Margeir - * Dreev, Alexey 0-1 1/2
Stefansson, Hannes - * Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 0-1 Playoff 0-1
Bottom Half
Carlsen, Magnus - * Kasparov, Garry 1/2 0-1
Hjartarson, Johann - * Timman, Jan H 0-1 1/2
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - * Sutovsky, Emil 0-1 0-1
Epishin, Vladimir - * Nielsen, Peter Heine 0-1 0-1
Round 2 (March 19, 2004)
Short, Nigel D * - Aronian, Levon 1/2 1-0
Karpov, Anatoly - * Dreev, Alexey 0-1 1/2
Timman, Jan H - * Kasparov, Garry 1/2 0-1
Nielsen, Peter Heine * - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 1/2
Round 3 (March 20, 2004)
Kasparov, Garry * - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 1/2 Playoff 1-0
Dreev, Alexey - * Short, Nigel D 1/2 0-1
Round 4 (March 21, 2004)
Short, Nigel D - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 1/2
Day 1 Blitz Standings
1 Levon Aronian, 2648 13 94.25 11
2 Garry Kasparov, 2831 12 79.25 10
3 Emil Sutovsky, 2666 10 69.25 8
4 Alexey Dreev, 2682 9.5 63.00 6
5 Anatoly Karpov, 2682 9.5 61.25 7
6 Peter Heine Nielsen, 2638 9 52.00 7
7 Jan H. Timman, 2578 8 55.00 4
8 Nigel Short, 2702 7.5 44.25 6
9 Stefan Kristjansson, 2404 7 39.50 6
10 Johann Hjartarson, 2640 6 41.25 5
11 Vladimir Epishin, 2633 6 36.25 4
12 Hannes H. Stefansson, 2572 5.5 33.25 4
13 Margeir Petursson, 2540 5.5 28.50 5
14 Igor-Alaxander Nataf, 2569 4 32.50 2
15 Magnus Carlsen, 2484 4 29.25 3
16 Helgi Olafsson, 2504 3.5 20.75 2
13th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament takes place in the Monte
Carlo Grand Hotel in Monaco March 20th - April 1st 2004. It is sponsored by
creator of the event Mr. J.J. van Oosterom. Prize-fund is Euro 193,250.
Every day the grandmasters play one Rapid game and one Blindfold game,
of around one hour per game. The Blindfold games they play on a computer. For
the players only an empty chess board is visible on the screen. With the mouse
or the keyboard they can make a move, which will then appear on the screens of
both players. After they have confirmed their move, the players see the move
disappear and the clock of the opponent starts running. Various monitors in the
playing room show the course of the game, which is perfectly visible for the
arbiter and the audience, but not for the grandmasters. Free days: 24 March and
29 March. Play takes place 1.30-8.00 pm.
Official site : http://www.alldata.nl/amber
Amber Blindfold Results
Round 1 (March 20, 2004)
Morozevich, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 41 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kramnik, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 49 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter 1/2 80 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Shirov, Alexei - Leko, Peter 1/2 47 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Van Wely, Loek - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 46 A67 Benoni Three Pawns System
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 38 C10 French Rubinstein
Round 2 (March 21, 2004)
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 53 C61 Ruy Lopez Bird's Defence
Bareev, Evgeny - Svidler, Peter 0-1 53 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 61 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 69 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 40 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Gelfand, Boris - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 23 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 3 (March 22, 2004)
Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 31 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 29 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 63 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Anand, Viswanathan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 31 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 40 E05 Catalan
Van Wely, Loek - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 49 D19 Slav Defence
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 20 iii-1 iv 2004 cat. XIX (2720)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2747 * . . . 1 1 = . . . . . 2.5 3011
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2722 . * 1 = . . . = . . . . 2.0 2873
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2732 . 0 * . . . . 1 1 . . . 2.0 2849
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2777 . = . * . . . . = . . 1 2.0 2840
5 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2714 0 . . . * . . . . 1 1 . 2.0 2800
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2735 0 . . . . * 1 . . = . . 1.5 2710
7 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2766 = . . . . 0 * . . . 1 . 1.5 2715
8 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2736 . = 0 . . . . * . . . 1 1.5 2721
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2716 . . 0 = . . . . * . . 1 1.5 2739
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2617 . . . . 0 = . . . * = . 1.0 2579
11 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2663 . . . . 0 . 0 . . = * . 0.5 2426
12 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2709 . . . 0 . . . 0 0 . . * 0.0
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Amber Rapid Results
Round 1 (March 20, 2004)
Bareev, Evgeny - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 60 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 37 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 21 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Topalov, Veselin - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 48 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 26 D11 Slav Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 60 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 2 (March 21, 2004)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 26 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 67 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Shirov, Alexei - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 28 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Svidler, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 64 C10 French Rubinstein
Morozevich, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 67 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Van Wely, Loek - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 45 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 3 (March 22, 2004)
Bareev, Evgeny - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 47 A43 Old Benoni
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 35 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Shirov, Alexei - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 40 C11 French Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 1/2 35 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 69 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 47 A30 English Symmetrical
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 20 iii-1 iv 2004 cat. XIX (2720)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2714 * . . . . = . 1 . . 1 . 2.5 2948
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2777 . * . = . . . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2988
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2766 . . * . . = . . 1 . 1 . 2.5 2988
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2722 . = . * 1 . = . . . . . 2.0 2873
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2736 . . . 0 * . 1 . . . . 1 2.0 2846
6 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2747 = . = . . * . . = . . . 1.5 2738
7 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2732 . . . = 0 . * . . 1 . . 1.5 2724
8 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2617 0 . . . . . . * = . 1 . 1.5 2704
9 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2735 . . 0 . . = . = * . . . 1.0 2585
10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2716 . 0 . . . . 0 . . * . 1 1.0 2614
11 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2663 0 . 0 . . . . 0 . . * . 0.0
12 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2709 . 0 . . 0 . . . . 0 . * 0.0
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Amber Combined Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 20 iii-1 iv 2004 cat. XIX (2720)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2714 ** .. .. 0= .. .. .. .. 11 .. 11 .. 4.5 2868
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2777 .. ** == .. .. .. .. .. .. =1 .. 11 4.5 2908
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2722 .. == ** .. .. 1= =1 .. .. .. .. .. 4.0 2873
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2747 1= .. .. ** == .. .. 1= .. .. .. .. 4.0 2863
5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2766 .. .. .. == ** .. .. 01 .. .. 11 .. 4.0 2840
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2732 .. .. 0= .. .. ** 10 .. .. 11 .. .. 3.5 2781
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2736 .. .. =0 .. .. 01 ** .. .. .. .. 11 3.5 2778
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2735 .. .. .. 0= 10 .. .. ** == .. .. .. 2.5 2653
9 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2617 00 .. .. .. .. .. .. == ** .. =1 .. 2.5 2647
10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2716 .. =0 .. .. .. 00 .. .. .. ** .. 11 2.5 2682
11 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2663 00 .. .. .. 00 .. .. .. =0 .. ** .. 0.5 2298
12 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2709 .. 00 .. .. .. .. 00 .. .. 00 .. ** 0.0
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The 5th Karpov Tournament takes place in Poikovsky 17th-26th of March
2004. Poikovsky is a village Poikovsky in the Nefteyugansky region, the west of
Siberia. The event will be the strongest robin tournament in Russia this year.
It carries the name Anatoly Karpov and its power approaches the Linares,
Dortmund and Wijk-aan-Zee events. This year the average rating of the
participants is 2676 (category XVIII), and the organisers promise that next
year the event will be stronger. Rest day 21st March but Aleksandrov-Sokolov
(9) was played on that day as Ivan Sokolov has to leave early.
News Eugeny Atarov.
Official site: http://www.admoil.ru/chess2004/index_chess.htm
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5th Karpov Poikovsky RUS (RUS), 17-26 iii 2004 cat. XVIII (2676)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2719 * . 1 = 0 . 1 . . 1 3.5 2827
2. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2655 . * = = . . . = 1 1 3.5 2824
3. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2706 0 = * . . = . 1 1 = 3.5 2735
4. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2652 = = . * . = = 1 . . 3.0 2748
5. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2679 1 . . . * = . 0 1 = 3.0 2754
6. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2676 . . = = = * = = . . 2.5 2674
7. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2654 0 . . = . = * 1 = . 2.5 2673
8. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2679 . = 0 0 1 = 0 * . . 2.0 2545
9. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2639 . 0 0 . 0 . = . * 1 1.5 2529
10. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2700 0 0 = . = . . . 0 * 1.0 2439
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Round 1 (March 17, 2004)
Sokolov, Ivan - Lautier, Joel 1/2 21 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Bologan, Viktor - Aleksandrov, Aleksej 0-1 57 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 29 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Zhang Zhong - Rublevsky, Sergei 0-1 84 A04 Dutch System
Malakhov, Vladimir - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 60 D15 Slav Defence
Round 2 (March 18, 2004)
Grischuk, Alexander - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 30 C96 Ruy Lopez
Rublevsky, Sergei - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 15 C45 Scotch Game
Lautier, Joel - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 65 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Aleksandrov, Aleksej - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 0-1 48 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Zhang Zhong - Malakhov, Vladimir 1-0 43 B35 Sicilian Defence
Round 3 (March 19, 2004)
Sokolov, Ivan - Zhang Zhong 1-0 78 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Onischuk, Alexander - Aleksandrov, Aleksej 1-0 59 D38 QGD Ragozin
Bologan, Viktor - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 44 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Lautier, Joel 1/2 17 D10 Slav Defence
Malakhov, Vladimir - Rublevsky, Sergei 0-1 48 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 4 (March 20, 2004)
Grischuk, Alexander - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1-0 34 B35 Sicilian Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei - Aleksandrov, Aleksej 1/2 20 C45 Scotch Game
Lautier, Joel - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 23 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Zhang Zhong - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 84 B10 Caro Kann
Malakhov, Vladimir - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 72 D10 Slav Defence
Round 9 (March 21, 2004)
Aleksandrov, Aleksej - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 32 D11 Slav Defence
Round 5 (March 22, 2004)
Sokolov, Ivan - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 29 D20 QGA
Onischuk, Alexander - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 25 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bologan, Viktor - Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2 49 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Zhang Zhong 1/2 24 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Aleksandrov, Aleksej - Lautier, Joel 1/2 34 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
The 21st Reykjavik Open took place in The Reykjavik City Hall March 7th
- March 16th 2004. Alexei Dreev, Vladimir Epishin, Emil Sutovsky, Jan Timman,
Levon Aronian, Igor Alexandre Nataf and leading Icelandic finisher Helgi
Olafsson all went on to play the rapid event.
Official site: http://www.chess.is/reykjavikopen/english.html
Leading Official Final Standings
1 Dreev, Alexey RUS 2682 gm 6.5 43.5
2 Epishin, Vladimir RUS 2633 gm 6.5 42.5
3 Sutovsky, Emil ISR 2666 gm 6.5 41.5
4 Timman, Jan H NED 2578 gm 6.5 41.0
5 Aronian, Levon GER 2648 gm 6.5 40.5
6 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre FRA 2569 gm 6.5 37.0
7 Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2599 gm 6.5 35.5
8 Markus, Robert SCG 2527 im 6.5 35.0
9 Korneev, Oleg RUS 2566 gm 6 40.0
10 Erenburg, Sergey ISR 2523 gm 6 39.5
11 Hillarp Persson, Tiger SWE 2530 gm 6 37.5
Crosstable
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21st Open Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 7-16 iii 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2682 +51 +20 =16 + 5 = 9 +11 = 3 = 4 = 2 6.5 2726
2. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2633 +42 =37 =18 +19 =10 + 8 = 5 +11 = 1 6.5 2686
3. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2666 +36 =18 =29 +48 = 8 +21 = 1 +10 = 4 6.5 2706
4. Aronian, Levon g GER 2648 +50 =22 +38 =34 +16 = 5 +14 = 1 = 3 6.5 2717
5. Timman, Jan H g NED 2578 +49 +35 +33 - 1 +17 = 4 = 2 = 9 +14 6.5 2707
6. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2602 =58 -44 +61 +51 +18 =10 =24 +17 +12 6.5 2608
7. Markus, Robert m SCG 2527 +40 =26 =58 =33 =36 +46 +16 =15 +13 6.5 2595
8. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2569 +61 =38 =28 +35 = 3 - 2 +48 +33 +15 6.5 2666
9. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2523 +63 =47 +30 +23 = 1 =14 =15 = 5 =16 6.0 2616
10. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2566 +52 +45 =13 =15 = 2 = 6 +35 - 3 +25 6.0 2655
11. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2530 +66 -33 +50 +28 +13 - 1 +36 - 2 +23 6.0 2603
12. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2554 +41 =28 +26 =13 =15 =16 =33 +19 - 6 5.5 2566
13. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2582 +43 +27 =10 =12 -11 =48 +31 +20 - 7 5.5 2569
14. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2609 =44 +46 +22 =17 +34 = 9 - 4 +24 - 5 5.5 2588
15. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2606 +77 +31 =23 =10 =12 +20 = 9 = 7 - 8 5.5 2595
16. Luther, Thomas g GER 2572 +75 +48 = 1 +25 - 4 =12 - 7 +27 = 9 5.5 2568
17. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2537 +32 =30 +47 =14 - 5 +45 =27 - 6 +38 5.5 2517
18. Votava, Jan g CZE 2505 +64 = 3 = 2 +58 - 6 =26 -19 +46 +41 5.5 2510
19. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2436 +69 -23 +40 - 2 +39 =22 +18 -12 +37 5.5 2500
20. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2525 +60 - 1 +52 =45 +31 -15 +26 -13 +33 5.5 2531
21. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2572 =39 -58 +67 +44 +38 - 3 =28 +35 =22 5.5 2484
22. Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2504 +62 = 4 -14 +77 =45 =19 =23 +36 =21 5.5 2533
23. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2571 +59 +19 =15 - 9 =33 =24 =22 +44 -11 5.0 2508
24. Schmaltz, Roland g GER 2527 -47 +60 =59 +30 +37 =23 = 6 -14 =27 5.0 2465
25. Sedlak, Nikola g SCG 2539 =46 +39 +44 -16 =26 -35 +51 +28 -10 5.0 2471
26. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2404 +74 = 7 -12 +47 =25 =18 -20 +59 =31 5.0 2447
27. Maze, Sebastien m FRA 2462 +65 -13 =41 =39 +58 +34 =17 -16 =24 5.0 2455
28. Handke, Florian g GER 2459 +70 =12 = 8 -11 =55 +59 =21 -25 +50 5.0 2444
29. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2510 =56 +54 = 3 =36 =46 -33 -44 +61 +58 5.0 2400
30. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2376 +73 =17 - 9 -24 +41 =38 =34 =48 +44 5.0 2449
31. Galego, Luis g POR 2479 +67 -15 =49 +41 -20 +64 -13 +40 =26 5.0 2400
32. Arngrimsson, Dagur ISL 2239 -17 +57 -35 =53 =44 +58 =46 =49 +48 5.0 2372
33. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2451 +68 +11 - 5 = 7 =23 +29 =12 - 8 -20 4.5 2488
34. Pavlovic, Milos g SCG 2548 =54 +56 +37 = 4 -14 -27 =30 =43 =36 4.5 2410
35. Carlsen, Magnus m NOR 2484 +55 - 5 +32 - 8 +50 +25 -10 -21 =42 4.5 2433
36. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2353 - 3 +64 +65 =29 = 7 +37 -11 -22 =34 4.5 2447
37. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2485 +53 = 2 -34 +49 -24 -36 +66 +39 -19 4.5 2386
38. Krush, Irina m USA 2465 +71 = 8 - 4 +59 -21 =30 =43 +52 -17 4.5 2408
39. Sigfusson, Sigurdur f ISL 2285 =21 -25 +70 =27 -19 +47 =45 -37 +63 4.5 2376
40. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg CZE 2214 - 7 +75 -19 +43 -48 +42 =50 -31 +59 4.5 2351
41. Kjartansson, David f ISL 2267 -12 +68 =27 -31 -30 +62 +63 +45 -18 4.5 2354
42. Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn f ISL 2337 - 2 -53 =72 +65 =60 -40 +64 +51 =35 4.5 2263
43. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2307 -13 -65 +68 -40 +69 +53 =38 =34 =45 4.5 2279
44. Vidarsson, Jon G m ISL 2333 =14 + 6 -25 -21 =32 +54 +29 -23 -30 4.0 2431
45. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2390 +57 -10 +53 =20 =22 -17 =39 -41 =43 4.0 2307
46. Thorfinnsson, Bragi m ISL 2380 =25 -14 +54 +63 =29 - 7 =32 -18 =47 4.0 2358
47. Steindorsson, Sigurdur P ISL 2218 +24 = 9 -17 -26 =49 -39 +65 =66 =46 4.0 2320
48. Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2459 +72 -16 +66 - 3 +40 =13 - 8 =30 -32 4.0 2346
49. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor ISL 2302 - 5 +71 =31 -37 =47 =63 =55 =32 =52 4.0 2263
50. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn f ISL 2340 - 4 +55 -11 +71 -35 =66 =40 +57 -28 4.0 2273
51. Bromann, Thorbjorn f DEN 2371 - 1 +62 =63 - 6 =54 +55 -25 -42 +65 4.0 2295
52. Bergsson, Snorri f ISL 2270 -10 +69 -20 =64 =53 =60 +56 -38 =49 4.0 2248
53. Kjartansson, Gudmundur ISL 2162 -37 +42 -45 =32 =52 -43 -61 +71 +67 4.0 2242
54. Bjornsson, Tomas f ISL 2256 =34 -29 -46 +72 =51 -44 =67 +64 =56 4.0 2257
55. Halldorsson, Halldor ISL 2159 -35 -50 +73 +66 =28 -51 =49 =58 =60 4.0 2256
56. Hagesaether, Ellen NOR 2194 =29 -34 -77 +57 -59 +70 -52 +68 =54 4.0 2212
57. Sigurdsson, Johann Helgi ISL 2002 -45 -32 =62 -56 +72 =67 +70 -50 +66 4.0 2160
58. Ardaman, Miles f USA 2307 = 6 +21 = 7 -18 -27 -32 +71 =55 -29 3.5 2330
59. Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn f ISL 2278 -23 +72 =24 -38 +56 -28 +60 -26 -40 3.5 2262
60. Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2200 -20 -24 =69 +70 =42 =52 -59 =62 =55 3.5 2184
61. Thorarinsson, Pall A ISL 2278 - 8 =70 - 6 =67 =63 =68 +53 -29 =62 3.5 2195
62. Maack, Kjartan ISL 2176 -22 -51 =57 =69 +65 -41 =68 =60 =61 3.5 2117
63. Halldorsson, Bragi ISL 2211 - 9 +73 =51 -46 =61 =49 -41 +67 -39 3.5 2202
64. Fridjonsson, Julius ISL 2176 -18 -36 +74 =52 +77 -31 -42 -54 +68 3.5 2206
65. Johnsen, Sylvia wf NOR 2083 -27 +43 -36 -42 -62 +73 -47 +72 -51 3.0 2127
66. Lehikoinen, Pertti Ilari FIN 2234 -11 +74 -48 -55 +71 =50 -37 =47 -57 3.0 2134
67. Thorsteinsson, Erlingur ISL 2138 -31 =77 -21 =61 =68 =57 =54 -63 -53 2.5 2092
68. Bergsson, Stefan ISL 2036 -33 -41 -43 +73 =67 =61 =62 -56 -64 2.5 2054
69. Kjartansson, Olafur ISL 2034 -19 -52 =60 =62 -43 -71 =73 =75 =70 2.5 2009
70. Gretarsdottir, Lilja ISL 2071 -28 =61 -39 -60 +75 -56 -57 =74 =69 2.5 1997
71. Ragnarsson, Johann ISL 2122 -38 -49 +75 -50 -66 +69 -58 -53 =74 2.5 2040
72. Ingolfsdottir, Harpa ISL 2051 -48 -59 =42 -54 -57 =74 =75 -65 +76 2.5 1995
73. Thorkelsson,Sigurjon ---- -30 -63 -55 -68 +74 -65 =69 =76 =75 2.5 1938
74. Gunnarsson, Runar ISL 2016 -26 -66 -64 =75 -73 =72 =76 =70 =71 2.5 1953
75. Ingibergsson,Valgard ---- -16 -40 -71 =74 -70 =76 =72 =69 =73 2.5 1956
76. Palsson, Halldor ISL 2021 . . . . . =75 =74 =73 -72 1.5 1929
77. Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2329 -15 =67 +56 -22 -64 . . . . 1.5 2174
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Tigran Petrosian Memorial Tournament 2004 took place in Stepanakert,
Karabakh March 8th-18th 2004. Total prize fund was US$12,100, with a first
prize $4000. The event celebrated what would have been Petrosian 75th birthday.
The winner was Karen Asrian. Esam Ghaem Maghami - Karen Asrian round 8 was 0-1
default and turned out to be pretty key in determining the final winner.
The event was very diplomatically controversial. Karabakh's status is
under dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia. It will be up to FIDE to decide
whether to rate the event and that seems unlikely.
I've gone with Azerbaijan as the country in the PGN section simply as
this seems to be the official FIDE line.
Official site: http://www.karabakh2004.com.
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1. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2599 * = 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2694
2. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2653 = * = = = 1 1 0 = 1 5.5 2643
3. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2618 1 = * = = = = 0 1 = 5.0 2610
4. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2587 = = = * = = = 1 0 1 5.0 2613
5. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2643 0 = = = * 0 1 1 1 = 5.0 2607
6. Petrosian, Tigran L m ARM 2477 = 0 = = 1 * 0 = 1 = 4.5 2582
7. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2557 = 0 = = 0 1 * = 1 = 4.5 2573
8. Pashikian, Arman ARM 2451 0 1 1 0 0 = = * 0 = 3.5 2505
9. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2549 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 1 * = 3.0 2449
10. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2587 0 0 = 0 = = = = = * 3.0 2445
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Miskolc the biggest city in Northern Hungary hosted a Category XII GM
tournament Tha Miskolc 2004 "Talent and Courage" GM tournament took place in
Miskolc City Hall March 10th - March 19th 2004. Zoltan Varga won the event with
6/9. Prusikin made a third GM norm, he is a new german grandmaster. My thanks
to Zsuzsa Veroci.
Official site of the tournament: http://www.borsodchess.hu/ additional
news: http://origo.hu/sport/sakk/20040312varga.html
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It Miskolc HUN (HUN), 10-19 iii 2004 cat. XII (2528)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2564 * = 1 = 1 = 1 = = = 6.0 2648
2. Prusikin, Michael m GER 2519 = * = = 0 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2608
3. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2572 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2602
4. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2553 = = = * 1 0 0 = 1 1 5.0 2567
5. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2573 0 1 = 0 * = = 1 = = 4.5 2522
6. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2456 = 0 = 1 = * = = = 0 4.0 2492
7. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2468 0 0 = 1 = = * = = = 4.0 2491
8. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2498 = = 0 = 0 = = * = 1 4.0 2488
9. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2548 = = 0 0 = = = = * = 3.5 2445
10. Firman, Nazar m UKR 2526 = 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 = * 3.0 2402
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The First Saturday events took place 6th-18th of March 2004. The main
event was a Category 8 event won by GM Levente Vajda, 14 year old Nguyen Ngoc
Truongson finished half a point behind and made his first GM norm. Sofya
Zigangirova (KAZ) made a WGM-norm in the IM group which was won by Evarth Kahn.
There were FSFM events with 10-14 participants. Organised by Laszlo Nagy.
Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM March Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-18 iii 2004 cat. VIII (2435)
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1. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2482 * = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2661
2. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson f VIE 2436 = * 1 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 9.0 2628
3. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2450 = 0 * = = 1 = = = = = = 1 6.5 2462
4. Grafl, Florian m GER 2408 0 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 6.5 2466
5. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2374 0 = = 0 * = 1 = = = = 1 1 6.5 2469
6. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2477 = = 0 = = * = = = = = = 1 6.0 2431
7. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2481 = = = = 0 = * 0 = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2431
8. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2447 0 0 = = = = 1 * = = = = 1 6.0 2434
9. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2496 = 0 = = = = = = * = = 1 0 5.5 2401
10. Mahesh Chandran, P m IND 2437 0 = = 0 = = 0 = = * 1 1 = 5.5 2406
11. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2439 0 0 = = = = 1 = = 0 * = = 5.0 2377
12. Paschall, William M m USA 2401 0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * = 3.5 2280
13. Krivoborodov, Egor RUS 2329 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = = * 2.5 2214
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1. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2292 * 1 1 = = = 1 = = 1 6.5 2443
2. Berczes, David f HUN 2305 0 * 1 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 6.0 2400
3. Zigangirova, Sofya wm KAZ 2205 0 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2411
4. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2377 = 0 0 * = 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2347
5. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2322 = = = = * = 1 0 = 1 5.0 2316
6. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2299 = 1 0 0 = * 0 = 1 1 4.5 2276
7. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2375 0 0 = = 0 1 * = 1 1 4.5 2267
8. Werner, Dimo m GER 2349 = 0 0 0 1 = = * 1 = 4.0 2227
9. Czibulka, Zoltan HUN 2197 = = 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 2.5 2121
10. Stadt, Hans GER 2065 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 1858
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The third round of the Semi Finals of the Dutch Championships took place
March 15th-16th 2004. News: Koos Stolk
Further info: http://www.schaakbond.nl/
Semi Final Round 2 13th-14th March 2004
Jeroen Bosch - * Erik van den Doel 1-0 0-1 ½-1½
Jan Smeets - * Yge Visser ½-½ ½-½ 2-3
Manuel Bosboom * - Ruud Janssen ½-½ ½-½ 1½-½
Maarten Solleveld * - Stefan van Blitterswijk 1-0 1-0
Marcel Peek - * Erwin l'Ami 0-1 ½-½
Sipke Ernst * - Arthur van de Oudeweetering 1-0 1-0
Babak Tondivar * - Jop Delemarre ½-½ 1-0
Dennis de Vreugt * - Mark Thiele 1-0 1-0
Semi Final Women Round 2 13th-14th March 2004
Maartje de Jonge - * Bianca Muhren 0-1 1-0 0-2
Arlette van Weersel * - Yvette Nagel-Seirawan 1-0 1-0
Pauline van Nies - * Marlies Bensdorp 0-1 ½-½
Colleen Otten * - Laura Boszhard 1-0 1-0
Alex Stripunsky won the 95th New York Masters on 16th March 2004 on
3.5/4. News John Fernandez.
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95th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 16 iii 2004
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1. Stripunsky, Alex g USA 2553 + 8 +12 + 3 = 2 3.5 ($350)
2. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2568 =11 +13 + 4 = 1 3.0 ($ 67)
3. Becerra, Julio g USA 2569 +14 + 5 - 1 + 6 3.0 ($ 67)
4. Vovsha, Eli m ISR 2441 +15 + 9 - 2 + 7 3.0 ($ 67)
5. Benen, Samson f USA 2303 +10 - 3 = 9 +13 2.5 ($ 90)
6. Cela, Altin m ALB 2482 -12 +11 + 8 - 3 2.0
7. Bonin, Jay m USA 2330 - 9 +15 +10 - 4 2.0
8. Wolrich, Charles FRA 2241 - 1 +14 - 6 + 2.0
9. Arnold, Marc Tyler USA 1996 + 7 - 4 = 5 =11 2.0
10. Agaian, Sarkis USA 2169 - 5 + - 7 +14 2.0
11. Hoffmann, Asa f USA 2290 = 2 - 6 =13 = 9 1.5
12. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2122 + 6 - 1 --- = 1.5
13. Zenyuk, Irina USA 2168 + - 2 =11 - 5 1.5
14. Privman, Boris f USA 2241 - 3 - 8 +15 -10 1.0
15. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2251 - 4 - 7 -14 = 0.5
PRIZES
1ST - $350
2ND - $150
3RD - $ 51
U2400 - $ 90
Roman M. Parparov sends the results and standings after round 6 of the
Israeli Team Championships. Games may follow.
Israel Team Ch. Round VI:
CC Beer-Sheva I - Elitzur Kiryat-Shmuel 4.5:2.5
Moadon Ashdod - "Porat Mathematics" 3.0:3.0
CC Beer-Sheva II - Hapoel Holon 5.5:1.5
Feldklein RLZ - CC Hertzeliya 4.5:2.5
Hapoel Kfar-Saba - "Ironi Cherniak" TA 4.5:2.5
ASA "Shlomo Har-Zvi" TA - Elitzur Jerusalem 5.5:1.5
Israeli Team Ch. (After Round VI)
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts
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Chess Club Beer-Sheva I XXX 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 29
"Moadon Illit" Ashdod XXX 2.5 3.0 4.5 5.5 2.5 6.5 24.5
Chess Club Beer-Sheva II 2.5 XXX 5.0 3.0 4.5 2.5 5.5 23
"Feldklein" Rishon Le-Zion 2.0 XXX 4.5 4.5 2.0 5.5 4.5 23
"Hapoel" Kfar-Saba 2.5 3.0 XXX 5.5 4.5 4.5 2.5 22.5
Chess Club Hertzeliya 4.5 2.5 1.5 XXX 5.0 3.0 5.0 21.5
"Porat Mathematics" Rehovot 3.0 2.5 2.0 XXX 5.0 2.5 5.5 20.5
ASA "Shlomo Har-Zvi" Tel-Aviv 2.0 2.5 XXX 2.5 5.5 5.0 3.0 20.5
"Ironi Cherniak" Tel-Aviv 1.5 2.5 4.5 2.5 2.5 4.5 XXX 18
"Elitzur" Jerusalem 1.5 5.0 4.5 3.0 2.0 1.5 XXX 17.5
"Hapoel" Holon 2.0 4.5 1.5 1.5 4.5 2.0 XXX 16
"Elitzur" Kiryat-Shmuel 2.5 0.5 2.5 2.0 1.5 3.0 XXX 12
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Six boards. For winning a match, the winning team gets a bonus point. (Thus,
when winning 3.5:2.5, the final score is 4.5:2.5)
The Austrian Team Championships finished with rounds 8-11 in Jenbach
18th-21st March 2004. These follow rounds in Graz (1-3) 28th-30th November
2003; Velden (4-7) 22nd-25th January 2004. The clear winners were the team SK
Hohenems (Jan Gustafsson, Valery Atlas and Alexander Naumann.
Internet coverage:
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.htm?tnr=1344&lan=1
Rk. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TB1 TB2
1 SK Hohenems * 3½ 4½ 3½ 4 4 3 3 3½ 4 3 5 41.0 27
2 SC Admiral Sparkasse Fürstenfe 2½ * 3 3 5 2½ 3½ 2½ 3½ 4½ 4½ 4 38.5 20
3 Union Ansfelden 1½ 3 * 3½ 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 5 36.0 18
4 SV NÖ Melk-Wachau 2½ 3 2½ * 2½ 3 3½ 4 3 2½ 5 4 35.5 15
5 SV United Chocolates Tschatura 2 1 3 3½ * 3 3½ 3½ 4 3½ 3½ 4 34.5 23
6 SC Die Klagenfurter 2 3½ 3 3 3 * 3 3 4 4½ 2½ 3 34.5 15
7 SV Frohnleiten 3 2½ 2 2½ 2½ 3 * 3 4½ 2½ 3½ 3½ 32.5 12
8 SK Sparkasse Jenbach 3 3½ 3 2 2½ 3 3 * 2½ 4 2½ 2½ 31.5 10
9 SK Sparkasse Gleisdorf 2½ 2½ 3 3 2 2 1½ 3½ * 2½ 4 4 30.5 11
10 Sparkasse Schwarzach 2 1½ 3 3½ 2½ 1½ 3½ 2 3½ * 3 3½ 29.5 14
11 ESV Austria Graz 3 1½ 2 1 2½ 3½ 2½ 3½ 2 3 * 3 27.5 9
12 1. Wr. Neustädter SV 1 2 1 2 2 3 2½ 3½ 2 2½ 3 * 24.5 5
The Belgian Teams 2003-2004 reached round 10. Steve Laios sends results
and games. There is just one round to go. SK47 Eynatten 1 need only 2/8 points
to be champions ( with better M.P.) Boitsfort have already been relegated and
Hoboken, Liège and Leuven are all still fighting against relegation.
Round 10: 07.03.2004
1. Temse - K Gent SRL : 5.5-2.5
2. Hoboken - LV Leuven : 2.5-5.5
3. SK Rochade - CRE Liège : 3.5-4.5
4. SK47.Eynatten 2 - Boitsfort : 6.5-1.5
5. SK47.Eynatten 1 - Borgerhout : 7.5-0.5
6. Charleroi - K Brugge SK : 4.5-3.5
(round complete : 48 games)
Standings after Round 10
Pts M/P Pl
1.KSK47-Eynatten 1 59.5 10 10
2.Temse 1 53.5 8 10
3.SK Rochade 1 46 6 10
4.KSK47-Eynatten 2 44.5 5.5 10
5.K Brugge SK 1 40 5 10
6.Charleroi 1 39 5.5 10
7.K Gent SRL 1 36.5 4 10
8.Borgerhout 1 35.5 4.5 10
9.LV Leuven Fortis 1 35 3 10
10.CRE Liège 1 33 4.5 10
11.Hoboken 1 33 3.5 10
12.Boitsfort 1 24.5 0,5 10
The final three rounds of the Swedish Team Championships took place
12th-14th March 2004. The winner was SK Rockaden who fielded Vassily Ivanchuk,
Peter Heine Nielsen and Ulf Andersson over the final rounds. They edged out SK
Limhamns (Stellen Brynell, Ivan Sokolov, Jonny Hector etc) on board count after
the two teams drew in the final round. Missing games from the final two rounds
now available.
Official site: http://schack.anywhere.nu/elitserien/
Final Standings:
1. SK Rockaden 21 63 0
2. Limhamns SK 21 58 0
3. Sollentuna SK 16 56.5 0
4. Skara SS 16 50 0
5. LASK 11 46.5 0
6. Södra/SASS 11 43.5 0
7. SK Kamraterna 9 38 0
8. Farsta SK 8 38 0
9. SK Passanten 7 38.5 0
10. Schack 08 7 37 0
11. SS Manhem 4 36.5 0
12. Solna SS 1 22.5 0
Gaia from Helsinki overtook Matinkylä's lead in a thrilling final
in Espoo. The winning team includes GM:s Rytshagov, Kallio, Yrjölä
and Westerinen. Matinkylä had to settle for silver, defending champion
Jyväskylä was third. Games now in TWIC.
All games on the website:
http://www.shakki.net/pelaaminen/turnaukset/liiga.html.
Final results
1. Gaia, Helsinki 16/18
2. MatSK, Espoo 15
3. JyS, Jyväskylä 13
4. HSK, Helsinki 11
5. JoeSK, Joensuu 8
6. Taraus, Tampere 8
7. EtVaS, Vantaa 8
8. TuTS, Turku 7
9. MatSK II, Espoo 3
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10.VammSK, Vammala 1
The Deutsches Pokalfinale (Cup Final) took place in Erfurt 19th-21st
March 2004. German Individual Champion: Dr. Joachim Asendorf (SV Werder Bremen)
and German Team Cup Champions : SG Porz.
Live games + Info: http://www.schach.com/pokal/
Results
German Individual Champion: Dr. Joachim Asendorf (SV Werder Bremen)
German Team Cup Champions : SG Porz
Sunday 21st March 2004 09:00 Hrs
Finale (Individual)
Dr. Joachim Asendorf, FM 2274 - Olaf Heinzel, FM 2359 ½ - ½ (2 - 0)
Finale (Team)
SG Porz 2637 - SC Baden-Oos 2583 3 - 1
Graf,Alexander GM 2629 - Dautov,Rustem GM 2616 1 - 0
Beliavsky,Alexander GM 2667 - Hübner,Robert,Dr. GM 2604 ½ - ½
Gurevich,Mikhail GM 2656 - Krasenkow,Michal GM 2609 1 - 0
Lutz,Christopher GM 2597 - Keitlinghaus,Ludger GM 2503 ½ - ½
3rd-4th Playoff (Team)
Hamburger SK 2378 - Erfurter SK 2416 3 - 1
Heinemann,Thies IM 2426 - Brüggemann,Joachim FM 2423 1 - 0
Sebastian,Dirk 2378 - Enders,Peter GM 2478 1 - 0
Sievers,Stefan FM 2358 - Troyke,Christian IM 2354 ½ - ½
Lindinger,Markus FM 2348 - Machelett,Heiko IM 2409 ½ - ½
Saturday 20th March 2004 14:00 Hrs
Semi-Final (Individual)
Harald Darius 2161 - Dr. Joachim Asendorf, FM 2274 0 - 1
Olaf Heinzel, FM 2359 - Robert Schnicke 2274 1 - 0
Semi-Finals (Team)
Erfurter SK 2428 - SG Porz 2637 1½ - 2½
Casper,Thomas IM 2401 - Graf,Alexander GM 2629 1 - 0
Brüggemann,Joachim FM 2423 - Lutz,Christopher GM 2597 0 - 1
Machelett,Heiko IM 2409 - Gurevich,Mikhail GM 2656 ½ - ½
Enders,Peter GM 2478 - Beliavsky,Alexander GM 2667 0 - 1
SC Baden-Oos 2583 - Hamburger SK 2378 3 - 1
Dautov,Rustem GM 2616 - Heinemann,Thies IM 2426 ½ - ½
Hübner,Robert,Dr. GM 2604 - Sebastian,Dirk 2378 1 - 0
Krasenkov,Michal GM 2609 - Sievers,Stefan FM 2358 1 - 0
Keitlinghaus,Ludger GM 2503 - Lindinger,Markus FM 2348 ½ - ½
Friday 19th March 2004 18:00 Hrs
Quarter Finals (Individual)
Bernd Steinhagen 2222 - Robert Schnicke 2274 ½ - ½ (1 - 2)
(SSV Rotation Berlin) (TV Winnweiler)
Dr. Joachim Asendorf, FM 2274 - Marcus Ramlow 2179 ½ - ½ (2 - 0)
(SV Werder Bremen) (Sfr. Friedberg)
Olaf Heinzel, FM 2359 - Holger Hebbinghaus 2300 ½ - ½ (2 - 0)
(FC Bayern München) (SK Marmstorf)
Frerik Janz 2372 - Harald Darius 2161 0 - 1
(SV Fortuna Regensburg) (SV Schachdorf Ströbeck)
The 1st Chiuso International took place in Rome 8th-15th March 2004.
Lexy Ortega leads won the event with 9/11 undefeated.
Internet coverage:
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/bombelli/roma.htm
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1. Ortega, Lexy g ITA 2454 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2522
2. Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2318 = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2448
3. Sibilio, Mario f ITA 2361 = = * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 7.5 2402
4. Jones, Gawain C ENG 2387 = = = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2399
5. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2416 = = = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2397
6. Corvi, Marco f ITA 2295 0 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2340
7. Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2419 0 = 0 = = = * 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2299
8. Tribuiani, Renato ITA 2099 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 0 1 1 4.5 2227
9. Marzano, Carlo ITA 2228 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 * = 1 1 4.0 2179
10. Fayard, Alain FRA 2256 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 4.0 2176
11. Cavatorta, Fosco ITA 2088 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1.0 1910
12. Russo,Carmelo ITA ---- 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1831
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The V Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" took place on
Internet Chess Club (ICC), 6th-14th March, 2004. IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI,
Barcelona) reports:
As last year, the playing system was as follows: twelve 9-round Swiss
qualifiers using the Fischer System playing rate: 8 minutes + 2 seconds.
Qualifiers were held twice a day (from March 6th to 11th). March 12th was a
rest day, and the finals were held on March 13th-14th. The 12 qualifier winners
plus the 20 best scores qualified to the 32 KO final. The event was held on the
Internet Chess Club (www.chessclub.com)
has held the annual Internet Chess Tournament “Ciudad de Dos
Hermanas” (Spain). This event has consolidated as the most important
Internet tournament in the world, both in number and strength of players.
The final statistics were overwhelming: Registrations: 2.921 players
from 93 countries (1.627 playing at least one qualifier) including 74
GM, 5 WGM, 126 IM, 8 WIM, 82 FM y 1 WFM.
Twelve Swiss qualifiers were held, with around 350
players in each one. The best 32 best qualified to the KO finals, including 18
first order GM and 13 IM. Application of Clause V, section a), third paragraph
of the Tournament rules has resulted in the disqualification of some players,
including the initial winner and runner-up. The co-winners took 1.350 euros
each.
Curiously the participant "Phileas" played none less
than 87 rounds (each qualifier had 9 rounds, so he participated in 9,5
qualifiers!!, nearly all the week playing chess).
Complete standings, game file, PGN game files and other
interesting information can be found at the Dos Hermanas web site
http://www.doshermanas.net
Final standings and prizes
1º-2º GM Daniel Fridman (LVA 2588), GM Jan Gustafsson (DEU
2572) --> 1350 euros each
3º-4º GM Kiril Georgiev (BLG 2637), GM Arthur Kogan (ISR 2543)
--> 600 euros each
5º-8º GM Vitali Golod (ISR 2544), GM Zhang Zhong (CHN 2644),
GM Sergei Movsesian (SVK 2639), IM Radoslaw Jedynak (POL 2428) --> 250 euros
each
9º-16º GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO 2679), GM Sergey Shipov
(RUS 2593), , IM Salvador Alonso (ARG 2477), GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND 2654),
, GM Alex Wojtkiewicz (USA 2564), GM Sergey Volkov (RUS 2630), IM Boaz Emanuel
Berg (SWE 2495), IM Diego Flores (ARG 2446) --> 150 euros each
Standings qualifiers 1-10 (in black qualified players)
Section 06A, Saturday March 6, 1:00pm EST (553 players, 9 rounds)
1. "A-Riazantsev", GM Alexander Riazantsev, RUS, 8.5
2. "zevs", IM Dmitry Fingerov, UKR, 8.0 (opponents averaged 2330)
3. "Vanych", GM Viktor Komliakov, RUS, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2491)
4. "Tavria", GM Sergey Karjakin, UKR, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2368)
5. "mdrasko", GM Milan Drasko, YUG, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2306)
6. "Lobo", IM Cristian Michel Yunis, CHL, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2199)
Section 06B, Saturday March 6, 8:00pm EST (307 players, 9 rounds)
1. "zhong", GM Zhang Zhong, CHN, 8.0 (opponents 54.5 averaged 2434)
2. "BERTA", GM Ulf Andersson, SWE, 8.0 (opponents 52.0 averaged 2355)
3. "icclover", GM Julio Becerra Rivero, USA, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2360)
4. "ZARNICKI", GM Pablo Zarnicki, ARG, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2511)
5. "inmortal", FM Gustavo Mahia, ARG, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2252)
Section 07A, Sunday March 7, 1:00pm EST (464 players, 9 rounds)
1. "chaozz", GM Sergei Movsesian, SVK, 8.0 (opponents 54.5 averaged 2634)
2. "lorenzo", GM Henrique Costa Mecking, BRA, 8.0 (opponents 54.5 averaged 2512)
3. "Crest", GM Sergey Shipov, RUS, 8.0 (opponents 53.5 averaged 2639)
4. "Oficer", IM Farid Abbasov, AZE, 8.0 (opponents 50.5 averaged 2515)
5. "Volkov", GM Sergey Volkov, RUS, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2726)
6. "Moonspell", IM Radoslaw Jedynak, POL, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2691)
7. "babloo", GM Krishnan Sasikiran, IND, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2594)
8. "Huitag", Lars Andreassen, NOR, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2648)
Section 07B, Sunday March 7, 8:00pm EST (321 players, 9 rounds)
1. "ZARNICKI", GM Pablo Zarnicki, ARG, 8.5
2. "Boaz", IM Boaz Emanuel Berg, SWE, 8.0 (opponents averaged 2602)
3. "norival", GM Ni Hua, CHN, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2559)
4. "ninguno", IM Renier Gonzalez, USA, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2590)
5. "YuST", IM Yu Shaoteng, CHN, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2504)
6. "Jin", IM Imre Fancsy, HUN, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2358)
Section 08A, Monday March 8, 1:00pm EST (357 players, 9 rounds)
1. "D-Fridman", GM Daniel Fridman, LVA, 8.0 (opponents 53.5)
2. "Azmaiparashvili", GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili, RUS, 8.0 (opponents 53.0 averaged 2651)
3. "Moonspell", IM Radoslaw Jedynak, POL, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2721)
4. "M-Ezat", IM Mohamed Ezat, EGY, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2352)
5. "vagizovich", GM Ramil Hasangatin, RUS, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2444)
6. "Gahraman", IM Rasul Ibrahimov, AZE, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2600)
7. "Bandurista", IM Sasha Belzky, UKR 7.5 (opponents averaged 2563)
Section 08B, Monday March 8, 8:00pm EST (292 players, 9 rounds)
1. "Bingcoy", IM Luis Chiong, PHL, 8.5
2. "Chessbolo", IM Vladimir Grebionkin, RUS, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2431)
3. "szmetan", IM Jorge Szmetan, ARG, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2455)
4. "carlitox", IM Diego Flores, ARG, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2470)
Section 09A, Tuesday March 9, 1:00pm EST (335 players, 9 rounds)
1. "C-Liang", IM Liang Chong, CHN, 8.0 (opponents 54.0)
2. "babloo", GM Krishnan Sasikiran, IND, 8.0 (opponents 52.0 averaged 2450)
3. "icclover", GM Julio Becerra Rivero, USA, 8.0 (opponents 51.5 averaged 2535)
4. "Desant", IM Rauf Mamedov, AZE, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2491)
5. "gorato", GM Goran M Todorovic, YUG, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2437)
6. "Crest", GM Sergey Shipov, RUS, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2445)
Section 09B, Tuesday March 9, 8:00pm EST (280 players, 9 rounds)
1. "carlitox", IM Diego Flores, ARG, 8.0 (opponents 55.0)
2. "norival", GM Ni Hua, CHN, 8.0 (opponents 52.0 averaged 2498)
3. "FrozenShade", GM Tomi Nyback, FIN, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2548)
4. "BJL", IM Blas Lugo, USA, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2622)
5. "Kastor", GM Rodrigo Rafael Vasquez Schroder, CHL, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2508)
Section 10A, Wednesday March 10, 1:00pm EST (334 players, 9 rounds)
1. "babloo", GM Krishnan Sasikiran, IND, 8.0
2. "GodGusti", GM Jan Gustafsson, DEU, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2637)
3. "K-Georgiev", GM Kiril Georgiev, BGR, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2611)
4. "Desant", IM Rauf Mamedov, AZE, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2538)
5. "Kosteniuk", WGM Alexandra Kosteniuk, RUS, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2360)
6. "happensreels", GM Alex Wojtkiewicz, USA, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2383)
Section 10B, Wednesday March 10, 8:00pm EST (290 players, 9 rounds)
1. "K-Georgiev", GM Kiril Georgiev, BGR, 8.0 (opponents 55.0 averaged 2580)
2. "gaizca", IM Salvador Alonso, ARG, 8.0 (opponents 54.5 averaged 2711)
3. "Jin", IM Imre Fancsy, HUN, 8.0 (opponents 52.0 averaged 2610)
4. "BobSapp", GM Rustemov Alexander, RUS, 8.0 (opponents 48.5 averaged 2463)
5. "aik", GM Atanas Ivanov Kolev, BGR, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2428)
6. "YaacovN", Yaacov Norowitz, USA, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2408)
The European Women's Championships takes place 21st March - 2nd April
2004. The event is a 12 round Swiss.
Leading Players: 1. Cramling, Pia WGM 2488 SWE 2. Stefanova, Antoaneta
WGM 2478 BUL 3. Kosteniuk, Alexandra WGM 2469 RUS 4. Zhukova, Nataliya WGM 2462
UKR 5. Dzagnidze, Nana WGM 2459 GEO 6. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina WGM 2451 RUS 7.
Kosintseva, Tatiana WGM 2447 RUS 8. Radziewicz, Iweta WGM 2442 POL 9. Peptan,
Corina-Isabela WGM 2439 ROM 10. Alexandrova, Olga WGM 2437 UKR 107 players.
Internet coverage: http://www.eurochess-dresden.org
2nd Parsvnath took place in New Delhi that has 271 participants
including 10 GMs. Prominent names are Pavel Kotsur, Saidali Iuldachev, Georgy
Timoshenko, Dibyendu Barua, S S Ganguly, R B Ramesh, Sandipan Chanda and Koenru
Humpy.
Saidali Iuldachev, Pavel Kotsur and Surya Shekhar Ganguly finished on
9/11. Games not available.
Results: http://www.delhichess.com
Final Round 11 Standings:
1 Iuldachev, Saidali UZB 2559 9,0 58.5
2 Kotsur, Pavel KAZ 2569 9,0 58.5
3 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2541 9,0 51.0
4 Jha, Sriram IND 2450 8,5 53.0
5 Chanda, Sandipan IND 2522 8,5 50.5
6 Timoshenko, Georgy UKR 2564 8,5 49.0
7 Temirbaev, Serik KAZ 2459 8,0 55.0
8 Gokhale, C S IND 2372 8,0 53.5
9 Balasubramanium, R IND 2408 8,0 52.0
10 Shukhrat, Safin UZB 2528 8,0 51.0
11 Chakravarthy, Deepan IND 2388 8,0 48.5
12 Saravanan, V IND 2376 8,0 45.5
13 Sharma, Dinesh Kumar IND 2373 8,0 44.5
14 Ramesh, R B IND 2506 7,5 52.0
15 Barua, Dibyendu IND 2549 7,5 50.0
16 Laxman, R R IND 2335 7,5 50.0
17 Roy Chowdhury,Saptarshi IND 2400 7,5 49.5
18 Bakre, Tejas IND 2446 7,5 49.5
19 Venkatesh, M R IND 2392 7,5 49.0
20 Babu, N Sudhakar IND 2339 7,5 49.0
21 Ravi, T S IND 2353 7,5 48.0
22 Saha, Suvrajit IND 2351 7,5 48.0
23 Sengupta, Deep IND 2349 7,5 47.5
24 Humpy, Koneru IND 2498 7,5 47.0
25 Sharma, Himanshu IND 2380 7,5 46.5
26 Praveen Kumar, C IND 2232 7,5 46.0
27 Das, Neelotpal IND 2461 7,5 46.0
Rakib, Abdulla-Al BAN 2417 7,5 46.0
29 Shetty, Rahul IND 2382 7,5 45.5
30 Srinivasa Rao, M IND 2335 7,5 45.0
31 Das, Arghyadip IND 2334 7,5 44.5
32 Kamble, Vikramaditya IND 2335 7,5 44.0
33 Parag, Mehdi Hasan BAN 2224 7,5 42.0
34 Prasad, D V IND 2395 7,0 51.0
35 Ramaswamy, Aarthie IND 2280 7,0 49.0
36 Lahiri, Atanu IND 2325 7,0 48.0
37 Mishra, Neeraj Kumar IND 2355 7,0 47.5
38 Satyapragyan, S IND 2369 7,0 47.5
39 Deshmukh, Anup IND 2340 7,0 47.5
40 Islam, Kh. Aminul BAN 2256 7,0 47.5
41 Chokshi, Manthan J IND 2248 7,0 47.5
42 Javed, Md. BAN 2150 7,0 46.5
43 Ibraev, Nurlan KAZ 2427 7,0 46.5
44 Wajih, Nassir IND 2330 7,0 46.0
45 Konguvel, P IND 2366 7,0 46.0
46 Singh, Gurpreet Pal IND 2360 7,0 45.5
47 Sharma, R Preetham IND 2279 7,0 44.0
48 Visweswaran, K IND 2325 7,0 44.0
49 Medda, Amit Kumar IND 2198 7,0 43.5
50 Rathnakaran, K IND 2309 7,0 43.5
51 Shakil, Abu Sufian BAN 2292 7,0 43.5
52 Hossain, Enamul BAN 2446 7,0 43.0
53 Phoobalan, P IND 2242 7,0 41.5
54 Balaji, G IND 2266 7,0 41.5
55 Chatterjee, Devraj BAN 2175 7,0 41.0
56 Y., Sandeep IND 2115 7,0 41.0
57 Hamid, Rani BAN 2101 7,0 38.0
58 Chatterjee, Bishwajeet IND 2150 7,0 36.0
277 players
The Championships of Vietnam takes place 12th-23rd March 2004. There was
an 11 round Swiss an now there are playoffs for the final positions. Games from
the first 9 rounds of the men's championships are in the games section. Dao
Thien Hai plays Nguyen Anh Dung for the title.
Further details:
http://www.vietnamchess.com/Tournament/Nat/2004/Chess1st.htm
The 48th Women's Belorus Championships took place 20th February - 1st
March 2004. Rakhil Eidelson won with 8.5/11. The 70th Men's Championships took
place 4th-14th March 2004. Andrej Maljush won the event with 8/11. Games from
the men's event have not been made available.
Internet coverage: http://bychess.narod.ru
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70th ch-BLR Minsk BLR (BLR), 4 iv-14 iv 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Maljush, Andrej BLR 2344 * = = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.0
2 Dydyshko, Viacheslav g BLR 2574 = * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.5
3 Zhigalko, Andrey m BLR 2491 = 1 * = = = 1 0 = = 1 1 7.0
4 Azarov, Sergei g BLR 2551 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5
5 Kupreichik, Viktor D g BLR 2464 = = = 1 * = 0 = = 1 1 = 6.5
6 Tihonov, Jurij m BLR 2443 1 0 = = = * = 0 1 1 = = 6.0
7 Zhigalko, Sergei f BLR 2493 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 1 1 = 5.5
8 Teterev, Vitaly BLR 2460 0 0 1 0 = 1 0 * 0 = = 1 4.5
9 Kolesnik, Eduard m BLR 2406 0 0 = = = 0 = 1 * 0 = 1 4.5
10 Lavretzkij, Roman BLR 2390 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 * = = 3.5
11 Gorovets, Andrey BLR 2393 = 1 0 0 0 = 0 = = = * 0 3.5
12 Novitzkij, Dmitrij m BLR 2408 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 = 1 * 3.0
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48th ch-BLR w Minsk BLR (BLR), 20 ii-1 iii 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Eidelson, Rakhil wg BLR 2279 * 1 1 1 = = = = 1 1 1 = 8.5 2392
2. Polivoda, N BLR 2187 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 8.0 2365
3. Lagvilava, Genrieta wg BLR 2302 0 = * 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2312
4. Popova, Natalija wm BLR 2287 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2313
5. Sharevich, Anna wm BLR 2236 = 0 1 0 * = 1 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2287
6. Martynuk, Tatiana BLR 2187 = = 1 0 = * 0 0 0 1 1 1 5.5 2190
7. Savushkina, Evgenia BLR 2053 = 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2202
8. Volchek, Nastia BLR 2192 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 = 5.0 2153
9. Bondar, Tana wf BLR 2129 0 = 0 = = 1 0 0 * = = 0 3.5 2062
10. Zagorskaya, Tatiana BLR 2199 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 3.5 2055
11. Khomiakova,Ekaterina BLR ---- 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 2.5 1996
12. Gerasimovitch, Olga BLR 2226 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 2.0 1924
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The Copa ENTEL 2004 takes place 21st-28th March 2004 in Santiago, Chile.
Players: GM Julio Granda Zúñiga Perú 2581 GM Rafael
Leitao Brasil 2566 GM Rodrigo Vasquez Chile 2523 GM Andrés
Rodríguez Uruguay 2485 GM Oscar Panno Argentina 2470 IM Osvaldo Zambrana
Bolivia 2463 IM Luis Valenzuela Chile 2418 IM Luis Rojas Chile 2408 Eduardo
Arancibia Chile 2405 IM José Cubas Paraguay 2394 FM Marcelo Llorens
Chile 2384 FM César Velásquez Chile 2359
Official site: http://partidas.123.cl/index.php
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Copa ENTEL Santiago CHI (CHI), 22-29 iii 2004 cat. IX (2469)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2581 * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
2. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2566 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Vasquez, Rodrigo m CHI 2523 . . * . . . . . . 1 1.0
4. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2508 . . . * . = . . . . 0.5 2384
5. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2394 . . . . * . = . . . 0.5 2485
6. Llorens, Marcelo f CHI 2384 . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2508
7. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2485 . . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2394
8. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2485 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
9. Rojas, Luis m CHI 2408 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Velasquez, Cesar f CHI 2359 . . 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Degrémont Grand Prix was played in Clichy. The blitz games
between Relange and Collas are now available. Christian Bauer won the final
against Alberto David. My thanks to Eric Birmingham for the missing games.
The 20th Budapest Spring Festival is a 9 round Swiss Open chess
tournament taking place 18th-27th of March. 83 players from 6 countries
compete. News: Laszlo Nagy.
Round 3 Standings
1. Jakab Attila 2411 3.0
Berczes Csaba 2302 3.0
Horvath Andras 2284 3.0
Nagy Bence 2275 3.0
Pesztericz Laszlo 2257 3.0
6. Galyas Miklos 2436 2.5
Kerek Csaba 2347 2.5
Kerek Krisztian 2343 2.5
Bognar Csaba 2279 2.5
Dombai Istvan 2217 2.5
Koczo Kristof 2173 2.5
83 players
Official site: http://www.clichy-echecs.org
The 2004 US Championships will take place November 25th - December 5th
at the Hilton Torrey Pines, La Jolla San Diego, California.
America’s Foundation for Chess (AF4C) and their co-sponsor the NTC
Foundation expect to maintain its $250,000 prize fund along with corporate
sponsor Chessmaster®.
Already half of the 64-player field has been seeded directly into the
championship as the nation’s top players on the February 2004 United
States Chess Federation Rating List, or have won through by qualifying from the
2003 cycle of major U.S. tournaments. Next month sees the start of the 2004
qualifying cycle with a further 32-players looking to do battle over the
chessboard in the coming months for the honor of completing the line-up.
Further details of who has qualified so far and which events make-up the 2004
cycle can be found at http://www.af4c.org/events.asp.
The event Offers Something for Chess Fans and Non-Chess Players alike.
During this year’s Kids Simul event, more than 400 children will be given
an opportunity to play against America’s finest chess players, with one
grand master playing against 25 children at one time. Other events will range
from chess demonstrations, opportunities to meet the masters and a fund-raising
party.
Further details: http://www.af4c.org
8th Voronezh International Chess Festival
The 8th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th-21st
2004.
Internet coverage:
http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/index_e.htm
Olimp Base
One of the huge reference gaps in online chess literature is a list of
games and results from the Olympiads. There is a new site which is designed to
fill that gap.
Site: http://www.olimpbase.org
Mikhail Golubev Ukraine
Mikhail Golubev chronicled Ukrainian Chess news over a number of years
on his Chess-Sector website. He no longer updates the site but there is an
archive at: http://members.lycos.co.uk/csarchive/.
His personal pages are at: http://www.geocities.com/mikhail_golubev/
Other websites of Ukrainian news: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua,
http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua,
http://www.kaissa.com.ua and
http://www.ladja.com.ua
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Congress
The Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Congress takes place 25th September -
3rd October 2004. The open has 9 rounds and the 2 subsidiary events 7, the
latter starting on the 27th. A number of very strong grandmasters are likely to
compete as in previous years. Total prize fund £16500. The first World
Senior Team Championship will take place 5th - 12th October also in the same
Ocean Castle Hotel. This is for teams of 4 + one optional reserve. Male players
have to be at least 60 on 1 January 2004 and female players at least 50.
Further details on both events Stewartreuben@aol.com
Canadian Events
A calendar of Canadian events can be found at the Chess Federation of
Canada's web site - http://www.chess.ca -
Listed are the major Canadian events for the summer tourist season in order of
date, with links that can be pasted into a web browser. Please note their FIDE
Zone 2.2 Championships: 11th Canadian Women's Ch - April 9-11 77th Canadian
Closed Ch - August 20-29.
Canadian Schedule 2004:
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bw998/schedule.html
19th North Sea Cup
North Sea Cup, Esbjerg, Denmark. After 18 round-robins the Esbjerg Chess
Union has decided to change the format of their renowned North Sea Cup. The
organizers have always felt indebted to the participants of the amateur section
who year after year have made the NSC a little chess festival. So now any chess
devotee is offered the ( at least theoretical) possibility of facing even a GM
- the NSC transforms at least for one year into the Open format.
The 19th North Sea Cup will be played July 3-10 2004, 9 rounds Swiss
(two rounds on the 4th), the three top prizes DKK 15.000 - DKK 10.000 - DKK
5.000. The first 4 GMs who sign up will be offered free accommodation. Last
entry June 27. Entry fee DKK 200, GM-IM-WGM and WIM for free. More info: Brian
Isaksen brisak@esenet.dk
Further info: http://www.northseacup.dk
3rd Condom Chess Open
3rd Condom Chess Open 2004 (south-west of France)
The tournament takes place 10-17 july 2004 9 rounds swiss system 40
moves/2h + 1h KO FIDE homogation total prize : 8000 â?¬ - 1st 1200
â?¬ E-Mail: echecs.condom@free.fr
Further details: http://echecs.condom.free.fr
Australian Open Chess Championship
The Australian Open Chess Championship is being held 29 December 2004
to 10 January 2005 in the Mercure Grand Chalet Hotel at Mount Buller, just 2.5
hours drive North East from Melbourne, Australia. Over A$20,000 of prize money
is on offer, with first prize expected to be approximately A$3500. It is
anticipated that six GMs and ten IMs will participate in the event. This event
features a luxurious venue, strong international competitors, and excellent
prize money. Participating GMs who participate in all rounds of the tournament
are currently being offered A$1500 appearance money and free accommodation at
the tournament venue for the duration of the event. Participating IMs are being
offered A$200 appearance money and shared accommodation at the tournament venue
during the event. Titled players will be required to occasionally attend
after-game press conferences to provide commentary and analysis.
Further details will be made available via the web site
http://www.chesskids.com.au/mindsports/chess/.
This offer is limited and will be extended on a first come, first served basis.
Please contact Gary Bekker, gbekker@mira.net, to express your interest in
playing in the event.
Zhukova vs "All Sport" and "Chess in Ukraine"
Natalia Zhukova takes on the newspaper "All Sport" and the web-site
"Chess in Ukraine". Voting seems to be via E-Mail.
Moves so far: Zhukova vs. "All Sport" and "Chess in Ukraine" 1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f3 Be7
10.h4 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne2 0-0 13.Nd4 Rc8 14.g4 Bb7 15.Be3 Qc7 16.h5
continues.
Further details: http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua/
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2004
Dortmund has changed its format to that used by the event when it acted
as a Candidates tournament in 2002. There will be preliminary groups followed
by semifinal and final matches.
The event takes place in the Dortmund Theatre 22nd July - 1st August
2004.
Players not yet announced by the organisers but they're expecting the
event to be very strong.
Pula Open 2004
The Pula Open 2004 takes place 19th-26th June 2004 in Pula, Croatia.
Further details: http://skpula.hr
1st Coventry International
The 1st Coventry International takes place April 16th-18th 2004 at King
Henry VIII School, Coventry. FIDE Rated BCF Grand Prix (Elite Status). PRIZE
FUND: £1300+ 1st Prize=£500 2nd Prize=£200 3rd
Prize=£100 Tournament Director: Mark Hogarth. Chief Controller: John
Robinson (FIDE Arbiter) Controller: Roy Woodcock
This event allows players to improve/obtain their international FIDE
rating without taking a week off from studies/work. It is anticipated that
several GMs and IMs will take part. Entry fees: GM, IM, WGM, WIM FREE (If
before 5th April 2004) FM & WFM £16 (If before 5th April 2004)
Non-Titled Players £24. A late entry fee of £5 will be charged on
entries post marked after 12th April 2004
Further info: Mark Hogarth mark.hogarth@btinternet.com or Roy Woodcock
chessroy@tinyworld.co.uk
Pobeskydi Tournament
The Pobeskydi tournament takes place 8th-12th April 2004. It has two
parts, firstly closed IM, WGM and WIM tournaments, secondly a FIDE open.
Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz
Calcutta International Open
The Alekhine Chess Club will be holding the CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL OPEN
CHESS TOURNAMENT, 2004, from now takes place 20th-27th March, 2004. Previously
the event was known as the GOODRICKE INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT,
CALCUTTA. The event was cancelled.
Further details: http://www.chessindia.org
14th Asian Cities
The 14th Asian Cities Chess Team championship will be held March 20-28,
at the International Convention Center in Tagaytay City, Philippines where over
35 countries are expected to vie for the prestigious Dubai Cup. No official
website available yet. Latest News: http://www.cdsea.org
1st Riviera del Corallo Open
1st 'Riviera del Corallo' International open tournament in Alghero
(Sardegna- Italy) takes place 8th-12th April 7 round Swiss.
Further details: http://www.algherovacanze.com
Brno Events
The Duras Chess Club in Brno is organising Closed GM and IM events and
the Duras international open 3rd-11th July 2004.
Details: http://www.volny.cz/skduras/indexe.htm
TWIC Messageboard
With the Linares tournament about to start it seems a good time to
launch a new discussion forum. Vote on your prediction of the winner of
Linares. The TWIC message board. You need to register to post and vote.
Address: http://www.chesscenter.com/messageboard
Dos Hermanas
The IV Dos Hermanas international open tournament takes place 25th March
- 2nd April 2004.
Players:
1 Vladimir Epishin GM 2633 RUS
2 Vadim Milov GM 2632 SUI
3 Miguel Illescas Córdoba GM 2616 ESP
4 Oleg Korneev GM 2566 RUS
5 Sergey Karjakin GM 2566 UKR
6 Mladen Palac GM 2566 CRO
7 Izer Mirzoev GM 2551 AZE
8 Ivan Cheparinov GM 2550 BUL
9 Kevin Spraggett GM 2536 CAN
10 Daniel Cámpora GM 2530 ARG
11 Javier Moreno GM 2525 ESP
12 Alekxa Strikovic GM 2524 SCG
13 Zenón Franco GM 2524 PAR
14 Mihai Suba GM 2522 ROM
15 Bogdan Lalic GM 2518 ENG
16 Dragan Paunovic IM 2517 SCG
17 Roberto Cifuentes GM 2505 ESP
18 Gabriel del Río GM 2504 ESP
19 Karen Movsziszian GM 2497 ARM
20 Carlos Matamoros GM 2490 ECU
21 José Luis Fernández GM 2478 ESP
22 Alexander Veingold IM 2460 EST
23 Rodney Pérez IM 2458 CUB
24 Ibrahim Khamrakulov IM 2452 UZB
25 Ruslan Pogorelov GM 2451 UKR
26 Davor Komljenovic GM 2441 CRO
27 Mohamed Tissir IM 2436 MAR
28 José Candela IM 2435 ESP
29 Ernesto Fernández IM 2425 ESP
30 Jordan Ivanov IM 2406 BUL
31 Enrique Rodríguez IM 2391 ESP
32 Ismael Terán IM 2382 ESP
33 Javier Sanz IM 2379 ESP
34 Carlos Barrero FM 2339 ESP
35 Alexander Razmyslov FM 2337 UKR
36 Adalberto Villavicencio FM 2331 ESP
37 Joaquín Durao IM 2200 POR
Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2004
The Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2004 takes place 3rd-11th April 2004.
The main events are The Open Norwegian Championships 3rd-11th April
(Swiss tournament with chances for IM norms) and Oslo Young Masters 3rd-9th
April (international junior tournament).
Side events are rapid tournament 8th-9th April, blitz tournament 10th
April and team blitz tournament 4th April.
Further details:
http://home.online.no/~vichan/paske04/eng/indexa.html
Or contact: Victor Hansen email victorh@online.no, phone 0047 957 99
891.
Czech Tour 2004-2005
4th International Chess Festivals Series
15.-23.5. 2004 4th OPEN ZNOJMO (FIDE open, Open Women Championship of
the Czech Republic in active chess ?Znojemska kralovna ? The Znojmo Queen?,
tournament for girls up to 14 years of age, active chess tournament)
15.7.-1.8. 2004 15th CZECH OPEN ? Pardubice (5 FIDE opens, one of them
with GM and IM norm, Open European Amateurs Championship, Open Championship of
the Czech Republic of 4-member team tournament, in active chess, blitz
tournament, bughouse and Fischerandom chess, 14 tournaments altogether)
4.-12.8. 2004 7th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (FIDE open, closed GM and IM
tournaments, Open Seniors Championship of the Czech Republic, open tournament
of youngsters)
18.-26.9. 2004 1st OPEN HIGHLANDS ? Havlickuv Brod (Men Championship of
the Czech Republic - semifinals, FIDE open)
23.-30.10. 2004 5th OPEN LIBEREC (FIDE open)
14.-21.1. 2005 4th OPEN PRAHA (2 FIDE opens, one of them with IM norm)
22.-30.1. 2005 4th OPEN MARIANSKE LAZNE (FIDE open and 1-2 closed IM
tournaments)
More details e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz and
http:/www.czechtour.net
20th Budapest Spring Festival
The 20th Budapest Spring Festival is a 9 rounds Swiss Open Chess
Tournament 18th-27th March 2004. Organizer: Laszlo Nagy
e-mail:firstsat@hu.inter.net
Further details: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
Brussels 12 Hours
Brussels 12 Hours a 5 minute blitz tournament takes place on 27 March
2004. 1st prize 300 Euros and prizes for all categories.
Entry fees: 10 Euros. GMs/IMs Free, Under 16 years old 5 Euros.
Venue: CREB, Palais du Midi Rue Roger Vander Weyden,3 1000 Brussels
Entry: 09.30 - 10.30 - Tournament start 11h00 Prize ceremony 23h30
Information: Benny Åsman 02/512.48.43 e-mail: bennyasman@skynet.be
Joachim Demoulin 0475/33.22.87 jo.demoulin@wanadoo.be
Organised by Caïssa Woluwé, Chess Club Anderlecht, Fous du
Roy et CREB
3rd Saturday Tournament
A 3rd Saturday Tournament will take place in Novi Sad, 20th-27th March
2004. Improved Elo ratings, IM and maybe GM norms (depending on interest), Semi
Open. More info in few days on www.drazic.co.yu. Venue NSK, the oldest club in
all of the former Yugoslavia, center of Novi Sad, Serbia, no visa needed now
for European and USA citizens.
Cogas Energy Timman vs Van Wely Match
The Cogas Energy Match will take place 8th-10th April 2004. The 4 game
match will be between Jan Timman and Loek Van Wely. Alongside the match will be
a 6 round Swiss Grandmaster tournament with a prizefund of several 1000 Euro.
More information Albert Vasse +31 (0)6 53871200 or e-mail
schaken@cogas.nl
The event will be broadcast live at http://www.cogas.nl
CFC Cup
Correspondence Chess server of Chessfriend.com has a new free
competition. The CFC Cup 2004 allows interested players to test the server
without entry fees by playing a real tournament where ELO and titles are
available.
More details: http://www.chessfriend.com
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.
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
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.
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
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 March-August 2004
1.FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 6th-18th of March, org. NL. , 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
2. 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
3. 20th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL, 9 rounds Swiss Open, 18th-27th of
March, Org.Nagy Laszlo
4. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of April, org.NL.
5. SAVARIA-IM-2 closed, Szombathely, 19th-29th of April, org: Korpics
Zsolt;
6. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 1st-13th of May,
7. 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
8. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 5th-17th of June, Budapest, org.Nagy L.
9. 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/,
10. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of July, Org: Nagy Laszlo,
11. 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
12. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.
13. 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
14. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West
from Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
15. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 4th-16th of September, Org: NL.
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
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.
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
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/
Western Canadian Open
The Western Canadian Open takes place 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/