THE WEEK IN CHESS 497 17th May 2004 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Leander Laruelle, Pedro Alberdi, Vladica Andrejic, Hamid
Majid, Yasser Seirawan, Ching Kim Lye, Ali Nihat Yazici, Anjo Anjewierden,
Pablo Zarnicki, Gábor Szamosközi, José Riverol, Sead
Bicevic, Dominique Primel, Manmohan Das, Miklos Orso, Agnieszka Fornal-Urban,
Nina Haisken, Stewart Reuben, Bartlomiej Macieja and everyone else who helped
with the issue.
The main news of the week was the Centro Dannemann press conference in
Brissago, Switzerland which launched the Vladimir Kramnik vs Peter Leko match.
It announced the first really significant sponsorship for many years of a match
without the participation of Garry Kasparov. The presence of the new player
organisation the ACP to give their support could be the start of something very
significant. I don't think the point was lost on Garry Kasparov who gave what
looked in retrospect like quite a panicky interview to Mig Greengard. Kasparov
has thrown his lot in with FIDE and is now relying on them to deliver both a
successful FIDE Championships in Tripoli (and clearly again Malta if they
expect the participation of Jewish players) and then a quick match between the
winner and Kasparov, otherwise the ACP are talking about looking for other
alternatives for unifying the title. Of course Kasparov's ability to deliver
sponsorship and his still outstanding ability will make him a player but
perhaps he will have to accept that his influence over events has declined.
However like Ponomariov I think he probably needs to start playing more to
prove current form. There's nothing like a couple of impressive tournament
performances to establish credentials in chess negotiations.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Classical World Chess Championship takes place at the Centro
Dannemann in Brissago, Switzerland September 25th - October 18th, 2004. A total
of 14 games will be played under classical time controls. Vladimir Kramnik is
defending the title he won from Garry Kasparov in 2000 against Hungarian GM
Peter Leko, who qualified at the Dortmund Candidates in 2002.
There was a press conference on 12th May 2004.
In it the prizefund announced as 1 Million Swiss Francs which converts
to $769,162 or £434,228. 60% goes to the winner, 40% to the loser.
They also decided who would have white in the first game of the match.
Adriana Madeira a representative of the Ticino region where the match will take
place held aloft the board and selected the f5 square when the players were out
of the room. The players then played a 2 minute blitz game, under the rules the
first player to place a piece on f5 would be white in the first game.
Here is what happened: P.Leko - V.Kramnik Danneman CWCC for colours
(2') Hamburg
1 e4 e6 2 d3 d5 3 Qe2 Nf6 4 Nf3 Nc6 5 g3 Be7 6 Bg2 dxe4
7 dxe4 e5 8 0-0 0-0 9 c3 a5 10 a4 h6 11 Rd1 Bd6 12 Na3 Qe7 13 Nb5 Rd8 14 h3 Qf8
15 Be3 Be6 16 Nh4 Rd7 17 Nf5 and the key square was used and Leko will be
white in the first game.
The Press Conference was attended by Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Joel
Lautier (President of the ACP) and Hans Leusen (President of Dannemann Brasil).
Issues included: details of the competition, current questions about
professional chess and the world chess championship, increasing importance of
sponsoring in the chess world, current and future new opportunities of
electronic participation on major chess events.
According to the press release "Joel Lautier, President of the
Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) and the tournament director nominated
by the organiser presented in Hamburg the rules for the World Championship,
which according to ACP could also form the framework for future World
Championship duels. The cornerstones of the set of rules are the game plan as
well as the classical time for reflection, which are in harmony with the
118-year old tradition of the great World Championship duels."
Which was perhaps one of the reasons for Garry Kasparov's broadside the
previous day at: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1642
where he attacks Kramnik, Seirawan and the ACP.
Malcolm Pein on the Kramnik vs Leko Press
Conference in Hamburg -
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/malc130504.html
Malcolm Pein on the Joel Lautier Press
Conference in Hamburg -
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/malc140504.html
Joel Lautier Statement at the Kramnik vs
Leko Press Conference in Hamburg -
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/lautier130504.html
Modifying the Prague Agreement by Yasser
Seirawan - http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/yass160504.html
Official website for the match:
http://www.worldchesschampionship.info
Further details: http://www.centrodannemann.com and
http://www.chess-players.org
The 5th European Individual Chess Championship takes place in Antalya
Kemer-Beldibi 14th-31st May 2004.
There are 74 entries this year compared to 207 players last year. Its
unclear whether the ACP's dispute with the event has contributed but only 12
FIDE World Championship places to an event that's not certain to exist and a
Prizefund total of 43,500 Euro compared to 162,684 Euros was probably the main
reason.
Further information: http://www.eurochess.org/eurochamp2004
Standings: Round 2 of 13
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5th IECC Antalya TUR (TUR), 15-29 v 2004
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1. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2601 +48 +31 2.0
2. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2541 +39 +32 2.0
3. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2680 +45 +34 2.0
4. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2616 +60 +38 2.0
5. Navara, David g CZE 2602 +56 +35 2.0
6. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2670 +61 +36 2.0
7. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2570 +64 +30 2.0
8. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2585 +74 +29 2.0
9. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2543 +66 +37 2.0
10. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2609 +44 =16 1.5 2667
11. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2657 +40 =22 1.5 2703
12. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2648 +49 =14 1.5 2692
13. Radulski, Julian m BUL 2497 +43 =20 1.5 2837
14. Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2548 +59 =12 1.5 2631
15. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2633 +58 =18 1.5 2675
16. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2545 +55 =10 1.5 2607
17. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2672 =28 +53 1.5 2649
18. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2543 +72 =15 1.5 2605
19. Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2529 +67 =21 1.5 2521
20. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2573 +71 =13 1.5 2596
21. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2586 +65 =19 1.5 2624
22. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2567 +68 =11 1.5 2658
23. Aronian, Levon g GER 2645 =53 +54 1.5 2582
24. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2605 =52 +50 1.5 2565
25. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2555 =51 +52 1.5 2519
26. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2599 =50 +51 1.5 2491
27. Nedev, Trajce g MKD 2489 . +71 1.0
28. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2476 =17 =33 1.0 2629
29. Iotov, Valentin BUL 2342 +42 - 8 1.0 2586
30. Kose, Serkan TUR 2244 +47 - 7 1.0 2570
31. Petrosian, Tigran L m ARM 2539 +41 - 1 1.0 2365
32. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2614 +46 - 2 1.0 2479
33. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2587 =54 =28 1.0 2409
34. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2565 +57 - 3 1.0 2471
35. Smeets, Jan m NED 2531 +62 - 5 1.0 2355
36. Hulak, Krunoslav g CRO 2550 +70 - 6 1.0 2459
37. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2605 +69 - 9 1.0 2469
38. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2549 +73 - 4 1.0 2427
39. Aleskerov, Faik AZE 2167 - 2 +63 1.0 2469
40. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2453 -11 +73 1.0 2447
41. Goksel, Doga Cihan TUR 2130 -31 +69 1.0 2467
42. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2587 -29 +74 1.0 2326
43. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2716 -13 +65 1.0 2415
44. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2404 -10 +66 1.0 2396
45. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2488 - 3 +64 1.0 2486
46. Mazi, Leon m SLO 2417 -32 +72 1.0 2402
47. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2571 -30 +68 1.0 2258
48. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn f ISL 2345 - 1 +67 1.0 2335
49. Van der Stricht, Geert m BEL 2450 -12 +70 1.0 2448
50. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2344 =26 -24 0.5 2409
51. Erdogan, Hakan f TUR 2252 =25 -26 0.5 2384
52. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian m ROM 2401 =24 -25 0.5 2387
53. Klinova, Masha m ISR 2436 =23 -17 0.5 2465
54. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wg AZE 2343 =33 -23 0.5 2423
55. Bente, Bjoern GER 2219 -16 =60 0.5 2288
56. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2369 - 5 =62 0.5 2162
57. Esen, Baris TUR 2262 -34 =61 0.5 2322
58. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2421 -15 =59 0.5 2237
59. Makoli, Perparim SCG 2228 -14 =58 0.5 2291
60. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2418 - 4 =55 0.5 2224
61. Pashikian, Arman ARM 2466 - 6 =57 0.5 2273
62. Yildiz, Betul Cemre wf TUR 2108 -35 =56 0.5 2257
63. Soylu, Suat f TUR 2397 . -39 0.0
64. Bayram, Yakup f TUR 2292 - 7 -45 0.0
65. Bakalarz, Mieczyslaw f LUX 2333 -21 -43 0.0
66. Demirel, Tolga TUR 2183 - 9 -44 0.0
67. Ersahin, Bulent TUR 2070 -19 -48 0.0
68. Erturan, Yakup TUR 2273 -22 -47 0.0
69. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2395 -37 -41 0.0
70. Idrizaj, Abedin GER 2249 -36 -49 0.0
71. Karadeniz, Emre f TUR 2310 -20 -27 0.0
72. Mamedjarova, Turkan wm AZE 2191 -18 -46 0.0
73. Yeke, Serkan TUR 2238 -38 -40 0.0
74. Yilmaz, Turhan m TUR 2311 - 8 -42 0.0
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The XXXIV “Bosna 2004” tournament takes place in Sarajevo
18th-27th May 2004. Alexei Shirov, Nigel Short, Ivan Sokolov, Viktor Bologan,
Sergei Movsesian, Zdenko Kozul, Suat Atalik, Bojan Kurajica, Emir Dizdarevic
and Borki Predojevic.
Internet coverage:
http://www.skbosna.ba/bosna2004/en/stranice/info.htm
The Capablanca Memorial takes place 5th-19th May in Havana. Many events
including a Category 13 elite tournament.
Internet coverage: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
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Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2004 cat. XIII (2552)
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1. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2612 * 0 = 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 . 1 6.5 2797
2. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2602 1 * = = 1 1 . . = = . 1 6.0 2750
3. Delgado, Neuris g CUB 2557 = = * . . = 1 1 = = = . 5.0 2657
4. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2505 0 = . * . = = 1 = . 1 1 5.0 2644
5. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2592 0 0 . . * 1 . 0 = 1 1 1 4.5 2604
6. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2556 . 0 = = 0 * 1 1 . = 0 . 3.5 2506
7. Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2481 0 . 0 = . 0 * 1 1 . = = 3.5 2504
8. Ramirez, Alejandro g CRC 2542 . . 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 . 1 = 3.5 2493
9. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2583 0 = = = = . 0 0 * 1 . . 3.0 2471
10. Luther, Thomas g GER 2577 0 = = . 0 = . . 0 * = = 2.5 2424
11. Maiwald, Jens-Uwe g GER 2543 . . = 0 0 1 = 0 . = * 0 2.5 2395
12. Quezada, Yuniesky m CUB 2478 0 0 . 0 0 . = = . = 1 * 2.5 2415
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Capablanca Mem Premier I Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2004 cat. VIII (2428)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2451 * = = . = = . 1 . = . = 1 = 5.5 2501
2. Bluvshtein, Mark m CAN 2463 = * 1 = = . = . = . = 0 1 . 5.0 2474
3. Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2355 = 0 * = = = 1 = . 1 . . . = 5.0 2482
4. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2444 . = = * . = 1 = 0 . 1 = = . 5.0 2462
5. Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2516 = = = . * = 0 = . 1 . 1 . = 5.0 2462
6. Gonzalez Garcia, Jose m MEX 2443 = . = = = * = . 1 0 1 . 0 . 4.5 2425
7. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2440 . = 0 0 1 = * . 1 . = = = . 4.5 2433
8. Otero, Diasmany m CUB 2399 0 . = = = . . * = = = . 1 = 4.5 2424
9. Lafuente, Pablo m ARG 2433 . = . 1 . 0 0 = * = 0 1 . 1 4.5 2426
10. Prasca, Raphael m VEN 2362 = . 0 . 0 1 . = = * . 1 0 1 4.5 2428
11. Hernandez, Holden m CUB 2426 . = . 0 . 0 = = 1 . * 0 1 1 4.5 2431
12. Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2422 = 1 . = 0 . = . 0 0 1 * . = 4.0 2398
13. Gomez, Felix m CUB 2398 0 0 . = . 1 = 0 . 1 0 . * = 3.5 2349
14. Perez, Luis Manuel m CUB 2438 = . = . = . . = 0 0 0 = = * 3.0 2293
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Capablanca Mem Premier II Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2004 cat. VIII (2439)
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1. Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2426 * = = 1 1 1 . 1 = . 1 . . = 7.0 2657
2. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2482 = * = . . . = 1 1 1 . = 1 1 7.0 2658
3. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2426 = = * 0 . . 1 . 0 = . 1 1 = 5.0 2486
4. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2478 0 . 1 * . 0 = = 0 1 . = 1 . 4.5 2442
5. Rohl, Juan m VEN 2388 0 . . . * = 1 = = 0 = 1 = . 4.5 2438
6. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2459 0 . . 1 = * = = 1 = 0 . . = 4.5 2429
7. De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2449 . = 0 = 0 = * . . . = = 1 1 4.5 2439
8. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2484 0 0 . = = = . * 1 = = . . 1 4.5 2430
9. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2407 = 0 1 1 = 0 . 0 * . = = . . 4.0 2402
10. Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto m CUB 2420 . 0 = 0 1 = . = . * = = = . 4.0 2403
11. Perea, Osmany f CUB 2392 0 . . . = 1 = = = = * . 0 = 4.0 2389
12. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2472 . = 0 = 0 . = . = = . * = 1 4.0 2391
13. Borriss, Martin m GER 2441 . 0 0 0 = . 0 . . = 1 = * 1 3.5 2356
14. Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2420 = 0 = . . = 0 0 . . = 0 0 * 2.0 2227
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Capablanca Mem Mixto Havana CUB (CUB), 6-19 v 2004 cat. I (2270)
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1. Frois, Antonio m POR 2340 * = 0 1 1 . = 1 . = 1 . = 6.0 2393
2. Arribas, Maritza wg CUB 2327 = * . = 1 0 1 . = . 1 = 1 6.0 2381
3. Pina, Sulennis wg CUB 2317 1 . * = . = . . = = 1 = 1 5.5 2417
4. Mascaro March, Pedro f ESP 2309 0 = = * . 1 . = . = . 1 = 4.5 2325
5. Lucena, Lincoln BRA 2180 0 0 . . * 1 = . = . = 1 1 4.5 2311
6. Ramon, Vivian wg CUB 2206 . 1 = 0 0 * 0 1 = = 1 . . 4.5 2272
7. Marrero, Yaniet wm CUB 2271 = 0 . . = 1 * 0 1 . = = . 4.0 2258
8. Groffen, Hans NED 2207 0 . . = . 0 1 * 0 1 0 = 1 4.0 2233
9. Santa Torres, Juan m PUR 2241 . = = . = = 0 1 * = 0 . . 3.5 2221
10. Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio m ECU 2353 = . = = . = . 0 = * . 1 0 3.5 2223
11. Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2251 0 0 0 . = 0 = 1 1 . * . . 3.0 2174
12. Esquivel, Luis PAN 2314 . = = 0 0 . = = . 0 . * = 2.5 2129
13. Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra wf CUB 2199 = 0 0 = 0 . . 0 . 1 . = * 2.5 2152
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The "Karadjorje-Serbia 1840-2004 GM tournament took place 4-14th May
2004. Dimitrios Mastrovasilis and Kiril Georgiev finished on 8/11. News Mihajlo
Savic and Vladica Andrejic.
Official site: http://www.chessdiagonals.com
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Karadjordje-Serbia Topola SCG (SCG), 4-15 v 2004 cat. XIII (2554)
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1. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios g GRE 2533 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2730
2. Georgiev, Kiril g MKD 2637 = * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2721
3. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2591 = 1 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 7.5 2683
4. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2569 = 0 = * = 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2588
5. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2556 0 = = = * = = = = = = 1 5.5 2553
6. Jeremic, Veljko m SCG 2490 = = = 1 = * 0 = = 0 = = 5.0 2523
7. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SCG 2550 = 0 0 = = 1 * 0 = = 1 = 5.0 2518
8. Sedlak, Nikola g SCG 2519 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * 1 = 0 1 5.0 2520
9. Damljanovic, Branko g SCG 2583 0 0 = 1 = = = 0 * = = = 4.5 2486
10. Pikula, Dejan g SCG 2523 0 = 0 0 = 1 = = = * = = 4.5 2491
11. Todorovic, Goran M g SCG 2548 = 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = = * = 4.0 2452
12. Pavlovic, Milos g SCG 2545 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = = = * 3.0 2379
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Aleks Wojtkiewicz and Alexander Stripunsky won the 101st New York
Masters with 3.5/4 score on 11th May 2004. The regular rapid event provides
regular chances for keen players of 2200 and above to compete against GMs and
IMs in New York. News John Fernandez.
Website: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
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101st New York Masters Action USA (USA), 11 v 2004
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1. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g 2647 +15 + 9 +10 = 2 3.5 ($280)
2. Stripunsky, Alexander g 2610 +19 +17 + 7 = 1 3.5 ($280)
3. Gustafsson, Jan g 2629 +24 -10 +12 + 6 3.0 ($ 20)
4. Relange, Eloi g 2555 +20 - 7 +16 +10 3.0 ($ 20)
5. Bonin, Jay m 2406 +23 - 6 +14 + 9 3.0 ($ 20)
6. Becerra, Julio g 2642 =12 + 5 +11 - 3 2.5
7. Almeida, Alfonso m 2378 +22 + 4 - 2 =11 2.5 ($ 60)
8. Hess, Robert 2184 - 9 +15 +17 = 2.5 ($ 60)
9. Skripchenko, Almira m 2506 + 8 - 1 +13 - 5 2.0
10. Cela, Altin m 2424 +14 + 3 - 1 - 4 2.0
11. Hoffmann, Asa f 2364 = +18 - 6 = 7 2.0
12. Privman, Boris f 2347 = 6 =16 - 3 +20 2.0
13. Appelman, Harris 2155 -17 +24 - 9 + 2.0
14. Zenyuk, Iryna 2010 -10 +20 - 5 +18 2.0
15. Shahade, Jennifer wm 2359 - 1 - 8 +23 =16 1.5
16. Aravena, Peter 2204 = =12 - 4 =15 1.5
17. Krush, Irina m 2455 +13 - 2 - 8 --- 1.0
18. Shevelev, Danny f 2288 = -11 =19 -14 1.0
19. Nilsson, Martin 2215 - 2 =23 =18 --- 1.0
20. Treger, Yefim 2204 - 4 -14 +22 -12 1.0
21. Widmaier, Marc 2062 --- +22 --- --- 1.0
22. Gershenov, Ben 1668 - 7 -21 -20 +23 1.0
23. Fredericks, Jason 1753 - 5 =19 -15 -22 0.5
24. Caruana, Fabiano f 2237 - 3 -13 --- --- 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $ 400
2ND - $ 160
3RD - $ 60
U2400 - $ 120
The First Saturday events took place 1st-13th of May2004. The main
event was a Category 8 event won by GM Konstantin Chernyshov. Organised by
Laszlo Nagy.
Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 v 2004 cat. VIII (2426)
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1. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2556 * 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2653
2. Papp, Gabor m HUN 2434 0 * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2535
3. Paschall, William M m USA 2381 = 1 * = = = 0 1 1 = = 6.0 2502
4. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2507 = = = * = = = = 1 1 = 6.0 2490
5. Volke, Karsten m GER 2458 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2495
6. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2497 0 = = = = * 1 = 1 0 1 5.5 2455
7. Nagle, Sean f USA 2375 0 0 1 = = 0 * 1 0 1 = 4.5 2395
8. Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2351 = = 0 = 0 = 0 * = = = 3.5 2323
9. Karatorossian, David m ARM 2401 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 3.5 2318
10. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2391 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 = 0 * = 3.0 2280
11. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2339 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 = * 2.5 2242
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FSIM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 v 2004 cat. II (2287)
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1. Turzo, Attila m HUN 2349 * 1 0 = = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 9.0 2423
2. Chetverik, Maxim m RUS 2397 0 * 1 = = = = 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 8.0 2365
3. Poulsen, Martin FAI 2290 1 0 * = 1 = 0 = = = = 1 = 1 7.5 2343
4. Wendt, Jan-Dietrich GER 2304 = = = * = = = 1 0 1 0 1 = 1 7.5 2342
5. Berczes, David f HUN 2293 = = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 = 0 1 1 7.5 2343
6. Kolbus, Dietmar GER 2296 = = = = = * = = 1 0 = 0 1 1 7.0 2315
7. Dencsi, Tibor HUN 2229 0 = 1 = 0 = * = 0 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2320
8. Berczes, Csaba f HUN 2340 0 0 = 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2312
9. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2266 = = = 1 = 0 1 0 * 1 = = 0 = 6.5 2288
10. Simonsen, Hans Kristian FAI 2243 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 = 0 * 1 1 = = 6.0 2261
11. Werner, Dimo m GER 2362 0 1 = 1 = = 0 = = 0 * 0 = = 5.5 2224
12. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf SCG 2292 = = 0 0 1 1 0 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 5.5 2229
13. Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2245 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 = = 1 * = 4.5 2180
14. Papatryfonos, Constantinos CYP 2114 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * 2.5 2049
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The São Paulo Chess Club Open took place 7th-14th May 2004. 3 GMs
and 7 IMs played in a field of 91 players. Gilberto Milos won the event with
7.5/9.
Official pages: http://www.cxsp.com.br and
http://www.fpx.com.br
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CXSP Open Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 7-14 v 2004
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1. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2599 7.5 54.5
2. Crosa, Martin m URU 2395 7 54.0
3. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2564 7 53.5
4. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2473 7 53.0
5. Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2407 7 52.0
6. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2556 6.5 54.5
7. Limp, Eduardo m BRA 2407 6 52.5
8. De Souza, Mauro m BRA 2383 6 50.0
9. Madeira, Wagner Martins BRA 2263 6 49.5
10. Marra, Eduardo da Costa BRA 2175 6 48.0
11. Moyses Fo., Joao BRA 2094 6 47.5
12. Coelho, Luis m BRA 2400 6 47.5
13. Sega, Carlos Alberto BRA 2323 6 47.5
14. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2381 6 46.5
15. Camara, Terbio Jose BRA 2154 6 46.0
16. De Souza Haro, Paulo Cezar f BRA 2250 6 45.5
17. Da Mata, LC BRA 2111 6 39.0
18. Cajal, Andre BRA 2130 6 39.0
91 players
The Trofeo CBA takes place in Milan 14th-24th May 2004.
Official coverage: http://www.italiascacchistica.com/cba_2004/
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Trofeo CBA Milan ITA (ITA), 14-24 v 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2360 * . . . . 1 1 1 . . 3.0
2. Astengo, Corrado ITA 2129 . * = = 1 . . . . . 2.0 2388
3. Valenti, Giuseppe f ITA 2292 . = * . . . . . . 1 1.5 2356
4. Castaldo, Folco f ITA 2329 . = . * = . = . . . 1.5 2146
5. Ricci, Marco ITA 2169 . 0 . = * . . . . 1 1.5 2218
6. Rombaldoni, Denis ITA 2158 0 . . . . * . . 1 . 1.0 2363
7. Bertazzo, Giorgio SUI 2141 0 . . = . . * = . . 1.0 2183
8. Van Hoolandt, Patrick f MNC 2237 0 . . . . . = * = . 1.0 2164
9. Qendro, Llambi f ALB 2366 . . . . . 0 . = * . 0.5 2004
10. Mariano, Elia ITA 2198 . . 0 . 0 . . . . * 0.0
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The Uruguay Championships take place 15th-23rd May 2004. 11 round swiss
with 100 mins + 30 seconds per move. 32 players. Games currently
unavailable.
Further information
http://nuestroajedrez.ods.org/uruguay/2004-012.htm
Round 2 Standings:
1-5 Roselli Mailhe, MI Bernardo 2420 2
Izquierdo, MF Daniel 2312 2
Granara Barreto, MF Sebastian 2258 2
Bauza, MF Alejandro 2211 2
Escofet, MN Escofet 2190 2
6-11 Larrea, MN Manuel 2224 1.5
Carvalho, MN Guillermo 2172 1.5
Etchevers, MN Ignacio 2105 1.5
Braso, MN Jorge 2262 1.5
Arias Bouzada, MN Jorge 2100 1.5
Fuentes, Jorge 1.5
12-23 Curi Milia, MF Gabriel 2279 1
Muniz, MN Rafael 2233 1
Guerrero, MN Alvaro 2120 1
Cukerman, MN Diego 2161 1
Almada, MN Marcelo 1
González, CM Nahuel 2055 1
Bustelo, CM Tabare 2098 1
Cao, CM Jorge 2248 1
Magaldi, CM Nelson 2185 1
Rossel, Eduardo 1
Miralles, Nicolas 1
Corbo Barreto, Sixto 1
24-25 Riverol, MN Jose 2269 0.5
Sancristobal, CM Jose Ricardo 0.5
26-32 Nuñez De la Rosa, CM Maximiliano 0
Nuñez De la Rosa, Matias 0
Eoksizian, Sergio 0
Barboza Pereira, CM Mauro 2142 0
Saravia, Gumersindo 0
Guisande, Fernando 0
De Los Reyes, Mauro 0
The 3rd ACP Blitz Tournament will take place on playchess.com. Details:
http://www.chessbase.com/events/acp/acp03.htm
Sponsored by ChinaCom and ChessBase, the prize fund will amount to US $6,200
with US $1,800 to the winner. 5 preliminary tournaments take place May 31st to
June 3rd, and a final event on June 5th.
The second tournament was a women's event won by Svetlana Matveeva.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chessbase.com/events/acp/results-w01.htm
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1st ACP Women Blitz playchess.com INT (INT), 2-2 v 2004 cat. V (2371)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2496 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2669
2. Krush, Irina m USA 2465 = * 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8.5 2573
3. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2456 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2538
4. Fierro Baquero, Martha L wg ECU 2327 = 0 1 * = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2508
5. Kiseleva, Natalia wg UKR 2344 0 1 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2506
6. Pogonina, Natalija wm RUS 2393 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2502
7. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2387 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 4.0 2267
8. Harika, Dronavalli wm IND 2368 0 0 = = = 0 0 * 1 0 = 0 3.0 2196
9. Ambrosi, Eleonora wf ITA 2118 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 0 1 3.0 2219
10. Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino m GER 2439 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 * 1 0 3.0 2190
11. Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2348 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 2.5 2162
12. Veroci, Zsuzsa wg HUN 2315 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 2.0 2114
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With the growth of on-line chess events Pablo Zarnicki raises issues
about his disqualification from the recent Dos Hermanas event.
MC Comment: I've always thought that its hard if not impossible to be
strictly fair in these matters and almost every on-line event that matters has
been scarred by controversy (even the recent 1st ACP event had to disqualify a
couple of players). Serious events probably need arbiters with all the players
which would make events like Dos Hermanas Internet impossible. Otherwise you
have to do the best you can and accept the imperfections.
Pablo Zarnicki Open Letter
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
There is a saying: “silence implies consent”. In fact, I do
not always share this philosophy and I believe that when dealing with someone
who does not know what they are talking about it is better to ignore them than
to respond to them. Though it is different when one is unjustly harmed, and
even worse, one notices a system in which it is possible to continue to do
damage to a persons image without consideration. This situation, like any other
has its limits, and that is why I find myself forced to publicize my position.
CHESS ON THE INTERNET
For years we have known of the importance that technological advances
are making for our game. We get instantaneous games, we see the tournaments
live and even better Grand Masters, Masters, and even Intermediate players can
make a living with this. This point is very important considering that nowadays
the chess “pie” is being served to fewer and fewer people.
To earn money many of us are on-line instructors on one or various
servers. Also, in the past little while there have been on-line tournaments
with cash prizes, and this brought into suspicion the use of “external
help” by some players, which I want to particularly address.
Before further discussing this topic I would like to share some personal
references, from both the Internet and “real life”. I've been giving
lessons at the ICC for over 5 years; the site has become my second home. 200
students have been under my tutelage there, and I have developed friendships
all over the world.
That is still my primary work and for now, among other things, I have
drifted away from “serious” competition. Therefore when there is an
interesting on-line tournament I can't resist the temptation to sign, even I
loose money. The classes are more productive.
In “serious” chess I have had the honor of being Junior World
Champion in 1992, and a GM in 1994, and many others achievements I don't want
to bore you with.
As far as the blitz – and I am referring to real life, since there
are idiots that could say that I cheat in a friendly on-line game- I have beat
several of the best players in the world. The list is long but I will name just
a few: Kasparov when he visited Argentina in 1992, Karpov, with him we played
many blitz games in the Dominican Republic in 2002 (of course he won most of
them). In that same country I also came in third in a blitz tournament, ahead
of Shirov and Svidler (Milov won) beating Volkov, Filipov, Moiseenko, amongst
others. One match to Leko in 1994, etc.
Over the Internet I have won games against all the best of the world
that play on-line.
Of course they always win more games than I do, but I want to say that I
did beat them eventually. Finally it's said that the slower the game the easier
it is to cheat. In that case I would be better than Bill Gates with computers
because where I most stand out, is in the 1 minute (bullet) games where I am
always amongst the best at the ICC.
THE BEGINNING OF THE PROBLEM
At this year's Dos Hermanas tournament played at the ICC, I had the
“bad” luck of playing well in one of the qualifying stages, winning
in an undisputed way. A few days after the tournament, and before the final, I
was warned I could not play because I was under “suspicion” for
having used extra help. Although the tournament rules were clear in stating
that the organizers can eliminate anyone without giving any explanations (let
alone proof) it doesn't stop them from being discriminatory. First and for most
it should be said that the pace of the game under dispute (8+2) each player who
won was automatically under suspicion by the general public. Also if a not so
well known player surprisingly beat a GM they'd have a good chance of being
disqualified and in fact that's what happened in several cases.
Like I said at the beginning, I though of the issue as calmly as
possible, I am sill at my job at the ICC because the decision was only for me
to be barred from playing in said final. I can even understand, in some way
that the methods that they use sometimes fail and they made a mistake. Then
many ignorant people that supported the unjust disqualification got into a
verbal attack towards me, but it was a great compensation to feel the support
of the majority of the people who did not understand my disqualification.
It's certain that I will not return to play at Dos Hermanas, but I do
enjoy participating in events like this one. Now a days, I play frequently on
the Chessbase server where, as any other GM specialized in blitz, I win various
tournaments in which I participated in, also hung out all my pieces in many
others.
In fact, two ideal tournaments (good prizes) would have been perfect for
me to “cheat” in, are the one by the ACP, in which I didn't make it
to the final and the one from the Canary Islands, in which I qualified for and
ended up in 29th position.
You are probably asking why I'm writing this now and not before. It
turns out that in one of the servers I used to play in, up until few days ago,
is the WCN (World Chess Network).
Minutes after beginning the Saturday Masters tournament, I was informed
that I was being barred, for having used extra help. There, the time control of
the game was 3 0, and in the games I had participated in, they had gone just as
well as they had gone badly.
The person with whom I spoke, (Julie Trottier) treated me with contempt
and only informed me that many titled players (who?) saw my games and came to
an exact conclusion.
Maybe one of their “pieces of evidence” was if I was
eliminated from Dos Hermanas, it must have been for some reason. In reality,
that is the biggest problem of what occurred with said tournament, not losing
the final, but the creation of suspicion around me that I don't deserve. It is
good to clear up that many title holders are my rivals and prefer that I did
not participate, maybe they were the ones consulted. If they tell me that their
experts were Kasparov, Anand, and Kramnik then I would say fine, I better not
play in any more on-line games because I'm that damn good, like Fritz. But,
that's a big joke.
I am a person who has worked in different areas of my country. I write
in our biggest, and most important newspaper. Never in my life have I needed
artificial schemes to obtain what I have.
Proposal
With the growth of in-line chess, the business has also grown and
therefore everyday there are more and more servers on which to play, give
lessons, etc. I would like to tell you, dearest colleagues and make it public
at once, that many of these servers are good, and many not. Many masters have
been swindled and in many cases, and the owners or managers of these sites,
worship their own arrogance.
The same way we united to fight together in “real life” with
the ACP, I propose that within our growing association, we create a commission
of on-line chess, and maybe that way, those of us who are interested in
participating will be more protected in front of those who have never touched a
chess piece, who win money at our cost, and what is worse, damage our image
without any form of evidence, based only on rumors, how and when they please.
I am at your disposal, and a warm greeting to those who love chess.
GM Pablo Zarnicki pzarnicki@hotmail.com
The 9th "Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial" takes place in Split (Croatia)
1st-9th May 2004. Csaba Horvath is winner. won the event with Miroslav Rade and
Gyoso Pataki making their third IM norms.
Official site:
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/mladen18/mic04/index.html
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9th Ivan Cvitanovic Mem Split CRO (CRO), 1-13 v 2004cat. VII (2421)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Horvath, Csaba1 g HUN 2517 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 6.0 2535
2. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2487 = * = 0 = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2493
3. Videki, Sandor m HUN 2415 0 = * 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2501
4. Rade, Miroslav f CRO 2403 = 1 0 * = = = 1 = = 5.0 2466
5. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2381 = = = = * = = = = 1 5.0 2468
6. Cvorovic, Drazen m CRO 2444 0 0 1 = = * 1 0 1 = 4.5 2418
7. Zaja, Ivan g CRO 2439 = = 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2419
8. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2416 0 = = 0 = 1 = * = = 4.0 2378
9. Saric, Ante m CRO 2393 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 3.0 2299
10. Zelic, Mladen f CRO 2316 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 2.0 2212
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The 1st Kranj Open took place in Slovenia 7th-14th May 2004. Oleg
Korneev won the 9 round swiss event with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0405/tedenmladih/
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1st Open Kranj SLO (SLO), 7-14 v 2004
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1. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2573 7.5 41.0
2. Sebenik, Matej m SLO 2440 7.0 40.5
3. Nikolov, Sasho m BUL 2392 7.0 39.0
4. Kuljasevic, Davorin m CRO 2408 7.0 38.5
5. Gombac, Jan f SLO 2227 6.5 37.5
6. Ragger, Markus f AUT 2365 6.0 39.5
7. Orel, Oskar f SLO 2344 6.0 37.0
8. Jeric, Simon m SLO 2305 5.5 39.0
9. Podvrsnik, Marko f SLO 2221 5.5 35.0
10. Kozamernik, Janez SLO 2182 5.5 34.5
11. Srebrnic, Vojko SLO 2247 5.5 34.0
12. Markun, Bostjan f SLO 2286 5.5 34.0
13. Rodman, Franc SLO 2212 5.5 33.5
54 players
The Elekes Memorial takes place now in Budapest. It is the longest
running anually organized GM tournament in Hungary. There is an IM tournament
as well. 12 players in GM group Category 7. No internet coverage, news William
Paschall.
After 2 rounds , the scores are 2/2 IM Iszak(HUN) , IM Paschall(USA)
1.5/2 GM Medvegy (HUN) 1/2 GM Fogarasi (HUN), GM Anka (HUN), IM Galyas (HUN),
Chernousek (CZE), FM Nagle (USA) .5/2 Roussel-Roozmon (CAN) , IM Danner (AUT),
WGM Medvegy (HUN) 0/2 Poulsen (FAI)
FIDE Women's Championships
The FIDE Women's Championships take place in Elista Kalmykia, 21 May - 8
June 2004.
Official site: http://www.fide.com
Dutch Team Championship Playoffs
Dutch team Championship playoffs will take place 20th-21st May 2004.
Four teams compete: VastNed Doettling, Schmaltz, Reinderman etc; HSG Nikolic,
Seirawan, Rogers, Nijboer, Ljubojevic, Stellwagen, L'Ami, De Vreugt etc; ZZICT
Van Wely, Movsesian, Van den Doel, Chuchelov, Timman, Van der Wiel etc;
ING/ESGOO Feygin, Schebler, Hausrath etc
Official site:
http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/plof2004/index.htm
PWPW S.A. CHESS CUP
The International Women’s Tournament PWPW S.A. Chess Cup takes
place June 18th-22nd in Warsaw. Venue: Hotel Courtyard by Marriott in Warsaw.
The event is organised by the Polish Chess Federation and is sponsored Polska
Wytwornia Papierow Wartosciowych S.A. The event is a six player double round
robin. The rapid event has a time rate of 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. All
games will be played in the afternoon and transmitted on-line., website to be
announced.
The prize fund is equal to 8500 US$ in total and all the 6
participating players will receive financial prizes.
1. Stefanowa, Antoaneta g BUL 2490
2. Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2469
3. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2444
4. Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2411
5. Socko, Monika m POL 2408
6. Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2395
91st British Chess Championships
The 91st Smith & Williamson British Championships take place 1st -
14th August in the Spa Complex, Scarborough,Yorkshire. Michael Adams will be
competing.
Details: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bcf2004/index.html
13th Monarch Assurance Open
The 13th Monarch Assurance tournament takes place in the Isle of Man
25th September - 3rd October 2004.
Leading confirmed entries include: Ilya Smirin 2675 Israel Luke McShane
2661 England unless playing for England in Majorca Zhong Zhang 2633 China
Vladimir Baklan 2615 Ukraine Vassilios Kotronias 2607 Cyprus Evgeny Agrest 2601
Sweden Kaido Kulaots 2600 Estonia Ian Rogers 2587 Australia Hikaru Nakamura
2580 USA Jon Speelman 2569 England Viktor Korchnoi 2568 Switzerland Ehsan Ghaem
Maghami 2558 Iran Hicham Hamdouchi 2544 Morocco Mark Hebden 2544 England Stuart
Conquest 2524 England Murray Chandler 2520 England Peter Wells 2507 England
Official site:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2004/index.html
Ikaros Chess Festival 2004
The traditional Ikaros Chess Festival takes place 13th-20th July 2004.
Full details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
Flemish Championship
The Flemish Championship takes place on the following dates:
20,21,22,23,29,30 and 31 of May 2004 in Bilzen, a village near Hasselt in the
northeast of Belgium.
Further information: Closed event:
http://www.geocities.com/vsfkamp04/.
Open part: http://www.geocities.com/vsfkamp04/gesloten.html
1st Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open
The 1st Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship takes place in
Kuala Lumpur August 21st-31st 2004.
Further details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/ specifically
http://tcn.sourceforge.net/atmalaysianopen.html
24th Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2004
The 24th Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2004 takes place in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. 27th-29th August 2004. This is followed by a Rapid Chess Open
(Time Control: 25 Minutes + 10 Seconds increment from move 1) takes place
29th-31st August 2004.
Further details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/ specifically
http://tcn.sourceforge.net/merdeka2004.html
2nd Riva del Garda International Open
2nd Riva del Garda International Open Chess Tournament takes place
26th-30th December 2004. Open A >1700 - Open B <1800 – Seniores 7
Rounds - 2h x 40 + 1/2h quick play finish Info: tel. +39 0464 576657 - fax:+39
0464 521222 astoria@rivadelgarda.com
Further details; http://www.relaxhotels.com/Scacchi/
Olomouc Chess Summer
7th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2004 takes place
in Olomouc (Czech Republic) on 4-12.8. 2004. Round-robin GM and IM tournaments,
Open Championship of the Olomouc region (FIDE open), Open Seniors Championship
of the Czech Republic, Open Championship of the Olomouc region forYoungsters up
to 15 years of age and open tournament in active chess are part of the
festival.
Detailed information http://www.czechtour.net
Festival Schneider Bohemia
The 10th international chess tournament "Festival Schneider Bohemia -
Pilsen 2004", which takes place 14th-22nd August 2004 in the sports hall of
Streleck stadion Pilsen-Lobzy (Czech Republic). The main tournament is the OPEN
international tournament ( the 1st prize is 20.000 CZK, total prize fund 81.000
CZK - ca 2500 Euro ). Further information:
http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/.
Mitropa Cup
The Mitropa Cup 2004 takes place in Zemplinska Sirava, Slovakia, May
28th - June 6th 2004.
Internet coverage http://www.mitropa.chess.sk
3rd Open Rabat Championship
3rd Open Rabat Championship 2004 takes place June 25th - July 2nd 2004.
Players such as Hamdouchi and Tissir compete.
Details :http://www.fusechecs.fr.fm
10th Mahaala Open 2004
The 10th Mahaala Open takes place 19th-28th July 2004. The event is
open to all and takes place in Mahaala City about 120 km from Cairo.
Organized by Misr Spinning & Weaving Company at Mahaala City. FIDE
Rated - Swiss Sytem 9 Rounds Time Control ( 90 Min for all game and 30 Sec.
Added for every move).. Prizes as follows : 1st till 10th.
175-150-125-100-75-50-50-50-50-50 US$. Prizes are distributed according to Hort
System between the number of players corresponding to number of advertised
prizes). Players who wants to participate will pay 175 US$ for all beriod full
accommodation and Full Board in Double Bedroom Room 3 Star Hotel . That include
: Free transportation inside Egypt , including from and to Airport; Free
Tourist tours; Free entry fee . No special conditions .
Also will follow another FIDE rated tournament in Mansoura City ( 40 km
from Mahaala ) from 31 July till 9 Augst 2004 , its details will be declared
later
Last day for registering is 13 July 2004 . Email Hassan Khaled General
Director Egyptian Chess Federation ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Phone
+20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Eastern Company Club Fax :
+20-2-5620931 Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285
Golden Cleopatra Dates Change
The 8th Golden Cleopatra Open 2004 now takes place 5th-17th June 2004
at the Eastern Company Club about 5 km. from Pyramids Cairo. Swiss Sytem 10
Rounds Time Control (90 Min for all game and 30 Sec per move)
Special conditions for limited no. of GMs and IMs over 2400. Note:
Organizers needs only one invited player from each country. Last day for
registering is 30 May 2004.
Prizes as follows : 1st till 12th.
1000-800-700-600-500-400-300-200-200-200-150-150 US$. Prizes are distributed
according to Hort System between the number of players corresponding to number
of advertised prizes). Players who wants to participate will pay - 25 US$ daily
for full accommodation in Double Bedroom or 35 US$ for single Room 4 Star Hotel
20 US$ daily for Double bedroom or 25 US$ for Single Room 3 Star Hotel . (
Lunch & Dinner in The Club )
E-mail is ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Hassan Khaled General
Director Egyptian Chess Federation
Phone +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Eastern Company Club Fax
: +20-2-5620931 Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285
Badalona Open
The XXX International Chess Open "Ciutat de Badalona" takes place
2nd-10th August, 2004. Prizes over 6000 euros sponsored by the Generalitat de
Catalunya and the Catalan Chess Federation.
Further details:
http://www.iespana.es/cesantjosep/open2004/xxxopen.htm
VI Friendship Tournament in Cartak
The VI Friendship Tournament takes place in Cartak, Czech Republic.
19th-27th June 2004. Events: GM, IM and FIDE Open tournaments.
Contact Richard Biolek biolci@volny.cz
Further info: http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/
Winnipeg Canada
6 Icelandic grandmasters have confirmed they will play in Winnipeg,
Canada, to play in a unique event. It's all part of a festival to celebrate 60
years of the Icelandic Republic and 100 years of home rule for the former
Danish colony. Members of the Icelandic national theatre group, along with
other cultural ambassadors, also plan to be in Manitoba for the celebrations.
The tournament will be held June 18-19 at the University of Winnipeg.
The eight-round Swiss will be organized as a Game/30 event, with three rounds
on Friday night and the remaining five on Saturday.
The GMs are: Johann Hjartarson, Margeir Petursson, Helgi Olafsson, Jon
L. Arnason, Helgi Ass Gretarsson and Throstur Thorhallsson. Chess legend and
former FIDE president Fridrik Olafsson is also considering attending.
Entry fee is $40 for adults and $20 for juniors and seniors. No CFC
required, as it is unrated. You can enter June 18 from 6-6:30 p.m. at the U of
W, with the first round beginning at 7 p.m. Or get a $5 reduction by entering
in advance and mailing $35 ($15 for junior/senior) to tournament director
Waldemar Schulz, 198 Donwood Drive, Winnipeg, R2G 0W1.
Kasparov visit to Brazil
Garry Kasparov visits Campinas August 23rd and Belo Horizonte August 24
2004 to give a lecture "Strategy of the Future".
http://www.gestaodofuturo.com.br/english/
36th Chess Olympiad
The 36th Chess Olympiad takes place in Calvià (Majorca),
14th-31st October 2004. There is now a website with lots of information on the
event. Calvià is hoping to become a huge chess town with regular events
for tourists. There will be many events alongside the Olympiad.
Official site: http://www.36chessolympiad.com
Petrosian Memorial
A tournament celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the birth of the 9th
World Champion Tigran Petrosian will be held in Yerevan (Armenia), November
18-30, 2004.
The programme of the Petrosian Memorial includes two events:
a) Open Tournament - November 18-27, Swiss System, 9 rounds, Prize Fund
US$ 35.000
b) European Rapid Chess Championship - November 28-30, Swiss System, 11
rounds, Prize Fund 10.000 Euro
Further information: http://www.armchess.am or by contacting the
organisers at armchess@arminco.com
7th United Insurance International
The 7th United Insurance International Masters Chess Tournament is an
11 round Swiss taking place in Dhaka 6th-15th May 2004. Total Prize Money: US
$2000
Open for players with 2150+ FIDE Rating Facilities: Free food and
Accommodation to Foreign players rated over 2150. US $100 will be given to
IM’s and US $250 to GM’s as appearance money. Contact Syed Shujauddin
Ahmed General Secretary Bangladesh Chess Federation Fax + Phone: 88 (02)
7169336 E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com
27th Syre Memorial
The 27th Syre Memorial takes place 20th-23rd May in Issy Les Moulineaux
(near Paris). 6 rounds.
Internet coverage http://www.dprimel.com/ and
http://perso.club-internet.fr/doprimel/memorialsyre04.htm
14th Heart of Finland Open
The 14th Heart of Finland Open takes place in Jyväskylä, July
21-25, 2004.
9 rounds Swiss. ELO-rated with the possibility of title norms. Venue:
IT-Dynamo, street address Piippukatu 2, Lutakko, Jyväskylä. Timerate
2 hours / 40 moves + 1 hour to finish
Entry fees: GMs/IMs no entry fee (early registration required), FM/U20
50 EUR, ELO-rated players 70 EUR, others 90 EUR.
Prizes: Total prize fund approximately 7000 EUR, lots of rating group
prizes.
Further information: Sami Hämäläinen +358 9 3238840,
mobile +358 40 5123864, email aurifera@kolumbus.fi
Arthur Dake Memorial
The 2004 Arthur Dake Memorial IM will be held June 5th-13th at US
Fiberglass, Inc. offices at 117 NE 5th Street, Suite D,McMinnville, OR 97128,
USA.
It will be a 10 player round robin and a FIDE rated CAT II to CAT IV
event. For more info contact please Clark Harmon charmon@solarprism.com or GM
Emil Anka emilanka@freemail.hu
Czech Open 2004
The 15th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games and the
European Amateurs Championship in Chess takes place in Pardubice, Czech
Republic 15th July - 1st August 2004. There are a large number of different
events.
More details: http://www.czechopen.net
You can read about the Czech Tour 2004/2005 4th International Chess
Festivals Series details: http://www.czechtour.net
Open de Sants
The VI International Chess Open de Sants, Hostafrancs & La Bordeta
Barcelona takes place 28th August - 5th September 2004.
Information: http://www.secretariat.org/open/Ingles.htm
2nd Savaria IM Tournament
The 2nd Savaria IM Tournament takes place 3rd-11th May 2004.
(Szombathely, Hungary).
The organisers are looking for two players from abroad (FM or without
title) Information: Korpics Zsolt korpicschess@axelero.hu
VII Memorial Pedro Salas Caparros
The III Torneo Internacional de Vera or "VII Memorial Pedro Salas
Caparros" takes place in Vera, Almería, Spain, 8th-11th July 2004.
Players
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RI Nombre Tí Fed Elo Edad
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1. Radjabov, Teimour GM AZE 2670 17
2. Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM ESP 2666 21
3. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2657 19
4. Korchnoi, Viktor GM SUI 2579 73
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Official site: http://www.jaque.tv/noticia9204.htm
37th Biel International Chess Festival
The 37th Biel International Chess Festival 17th-30th July 2004.
Events include GM tournament (category 17), "Accentus" ladies
Grandmaster tournament, with six of the best juniors of the world and other 10
international events.
Newly designed website: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch in
English, German, French and Russian. With special offers.
XXII Andorra Open
The XXII Andorra International Open takes place 3rd-11th July 2004.
Total prizes: Total: 12.000€ including: 1st 2.500,00 € 2nd
2.000,00 € 3rd. 1.250,00 € 4th. 1.000,00 € 5th 800,00 €
6th. 650,00 € 7th. 500,00 € 8th. 360,00 € 9th. 300,00 €
10th. 250,00 € etc
Further details: http://www.feva.ad
Alushta Tournaments
Leonid Galperin the Vice-President of the Chess Federation of the
Ukraine sends news of future events in Alushta.
Official site: http://www.kaissa.com.ua/
1. GM norm events (11-13-15 rounds, circular system, VIII-IX category)
22.05-2.06 5.06-15.06 17.06-27.06 27.08-7.09 10.09-20.09 23.09-3.10
2. IM norm events (11-13 rounds, circular system, II-III category)
22.05-2.06 5.06-15.06 17.06-27.06 27.08-7.09 10.09-20.09 23.09-3.10
3. Festival "Alushta's summer-2004" The tournaments with the GM and IM
norm (11-13 rounds, circular system) 05.06 - 15.06 17.06. - 27.07 Rating
tournament (11-13 rounds, circular system) 17.06-27.06 Open tournament (under
16 years). First prize - 200 $. (9 rounds, swiss system ) 8.06-16.06 Blitz
tournament (9 rounds, swiss system) 28.06 "Rapid chess" (open) (9 rounds, swiss
system) 29.06-30.06 Open tournament (main tournament of festival)(9 rounds,
swiss system) First prize 1000 $. First prize (woman) 500$. 1.07-10.07
Australian Open Championship update
The Australian Open Chess Championships take place December 28th, 2004
to January 9th, 2005. It will be played at Mount Buller, a tourist destination
just a few hours from Melbourne, Australia. The organisers can arrange free
transfer from Melbourne to Mt Buller.
Confirmed entries include:
GM Shabalov, Alex (2636 - USA)
GM Ehlvehst, Jaan (2599 - EST)
GM Mikhalevski, Victor (2568 - ISR)
GM Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (2564 - USA)
GM Kengis, Edvins (2555 - LAT)
GM Golod, Vitali (2544 - ISR)
GM Kosten, Tony (2507 - FRA)
The organisers are looking for other GM or IM players interested in
participating. Contact cordover@chessworld.com.au for details of conditions for
players.
Prizes for the tournament are $3500, $2500, $1700, $1100, $900 . down to
8th place. There is a good chance the first prize will be increased to $10,000.
Further details: http://www.mindsports.com.au
Paks Tournaments
II. Marx György Memorial Paks, Hungary 5-15 June 2004 with
Portisch, Korchnoi, Beliavsky, Ács, Berkes GM Tournament (10 rounds, 6
invited players) & 5-15 June IM group, 5-11 June FM group, 12-15 June Open
Tournaments
VIII. Paks Cup 21-31 August 2004 GM-IM Tournaments 23-29 August 2004 FM
Tournament
Further information: Videki Sandor Tel: 0036-75421225, 304012866 email:
videkis2001@yahoo.com
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
Dutch Championships
The Dutch Championships take place June 28th - July 10th 2004.
Further info: http://www.schaakbond.nl/
Essent Dutch Championship
Name Title Qualified
Loek van Wely GM Essent NC 2003
Sergei Tiviakov GM Essent NC 2003
Daniel Stellwagen IM Essent NC 2003
John van der Wiel GM Essent NC 2003
Friso Nijboer GM Dutch Open
Ivan Sokolov GM wildcard
Erik van den Doel GM Semi Finals
Dennis de Vreugt GM Semi Finals
Yge Visser IM Semi Finals
Manuel Bosboom IM Semi Finals
Essent Dutch Championship for Women
Name Title Qualified
Zhaoqin Peng WGM Essent NC
Tea lanchava WGM Essent NC 2003
Petra Schuurman FM Essent NC 2003
Désiree Hamelink WIM Dutch Open
Bianca Muhren Semi Finals
Arlette van Weersel Semi Finals
US Championships
The 2004 US Championships will take place November 25th - December 5th
at the Hilton Torrey Pines, La Jolla San Diego, California.
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.
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 the FIDE
Zone 2.2 Championships 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
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
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
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
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.
Shirov's Website
Alexei Shirov has a 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
Hungarian chess tournaments May-August 2004
1. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 1st-13th of May,
2. 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
3. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 5th-17th of June, Budapest, org.Nagy L.
4. 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/,
5. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of July, Org: Nagy Laszlo,
6. 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
7. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.
8. 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
9. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West from
Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
10. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 4th-16th of September, Org: NL.
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.
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/
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/
