THE WEEK IN CHESS 269 3rd January 2000 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Anton Gubanov, Club Kasparov and RusChess, Leontxo
García, Jesús Mena Sarasola, Carlo Mazzoni, Pam Thomas, Herman
van Riemsdijk, Luis Bernardo Hoyos-Millan, Harald Grafenhofer, Michael Atkins,
Ryan Hadley, all those who took part in the Millennium poll and all those who
helped with this issue.
My thanks to everyone who took part in my Millennium Poll where Bobby
Fischer just edged out Garry Kasparov as your favourite player. The year has
started with some good chess (from Reggio and Pamplona), good news for FIDE
(Leontxo García reports that FIDE have paid the players just in time for
the new year) and good news for Khalifman in particular (who apart from the
FIDE payments is now invited to Linares in place of Morozevich). Lets hope the
year is one of good news.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The 10th City of Pamplona Tournament has started. The event is organised
by the Oberena Chess Club in Pamplona and the regional government of Navarra
and it finishes Jan 5th 2000. My thanks to the organisers for daily updates
from the event. Nigel Short and Joel Lautier lead with 4.5/6.
Round 1 (December 27, 1999)
Almasi, Zoltan - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 40 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 41 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Timman, Jan H - Lautier, Joel 1/2 30 B31 Sicilian
Polgar, Judit - Short, Nigel D 1/2 46 C11 French; Classical
Magem Badals, Jordi - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1/2 14 D26 QGA;
Round 2 (December 28, 1999)
Short, Nigel D - Magem Badals, Jordi 1-0 32 B47 Sicilian
Lautier, Joel - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 59 A52 Benoni
Gelfand, Boris - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 23 D18 Slav defence
Timman, Jan H - Polgar, Judit 1-0 64 B50 Sicilian
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 45 B32 Sicilian
Round 3 (December 29, 1999)
Almasi, Zoltan - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1/2 65 B04 Alekhine defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Short, Nigel D 1/2 20 B54 Sicilian
Polgar, Judit - Lautier, Joel 1/2 21 B72 Sicilian; Dragon
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 41 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Magem Badals, Jordi - Timman, Jan H 0-1 53 C64 Ruy Lopez
Round 4 (December 30, 1999)
Short, Nigel D - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 42 C90 Ruy Lopez
Lautier, Joel - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 25 E15 Nimzo indian
Timman, Jan H - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 28 D43 Semi-Slav
Polgar, Judit - Magem Badals, Jordi 1-0 57 B01 Scandinavian
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 0-1 36 C45 Scottish
Round 5 (December 31, 1999)
Almasi, Zoltan - Timman, Jan H 1-0 53 C03 French; Tarrasch
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Polgar, Judit 1-0 44 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Gelfand, Boris - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1-0 53 A16 English; 1.c4
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Short, Nigel D 0-1 30 D58 QGD;
Magem Badals, Jordi - Lautier, Joel 0-1 42 B32 Sicilian
Round 6 (January 2, 2000)
Short, Nigel D - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 48 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Lautier, Joel - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1-0 32 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Timman, Jan H - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 43 D15 Slav defence
Polgar, Judit - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 37 C92 Ruy Lopez
Magem Badals, Jordi - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 38 B40 Sicilian
City of Pamplona ESP (ESP), 27 xii 1999 - 5 i 2000 cat. XV (2613)
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1 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2675 * . = = 1 . = 1 . 1 4.5 2808
2 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2638 . * . . = = = 1 1 1 4.5 2798
3 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2663 = . * . = 1 = 1 = . 4.0 2755
4 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2519 = . . * 0 1 1 . = 1 4.0 2743
5 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2713 0 = = 1 * . . = 1 . 3.5 2651
6 Timman, Jan H g NED 2650 . = 0 0 . * 1 = . 1 3.0 2603
7 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2671 = = = 0 . 0 * . . 1 2.5 2555
8 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2600 0 0 0 . = = . * 1 . 2.0 2510
9 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2473 . 0 = = 0 . . 0 * = 1.5 2417
10 Magem Badals, Jordi g ESP 2528 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 . = * 0.5 2203
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Carlo Mazzoni reports: The 42nd Reggio Emilia Tournament will run
December, 27th 1999-January 5th 2000 in the Grand Hotel Astoria. Leonid
Yudashin leads with 5.5/7 with two rounds to go.
Coverage at: http://www.cronaca.it/ippogrifo
Round 1 (December 27, 1999)
Khenkin, Igor - Vezzosi, Paolo 1-0 40 E12 Nimzo indian
Romanishin, Oleg M - Drei, Andrea 1/2 40 E17 Nimzo indian
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy - Yudasin, Leonid 1/2 40 E12 Nimzo indian
Manca, Federico - Efimov, Igor 1/2 58 C19 French; Winawer
Genocchio, Daniele - Aldrovandi, Costantino 1/2 2 A15 English; 1.c4
Round 2 (December 28, 1999)
Romanishin, Oleg M - Manca, Federico 1-0 55 A39 English; 1.c4 c5
Vezzosi, Paolo - Genocchio, Daniele 1-0 34 A78 Modern Benoni
Efimov, Igor - Khenkin, Igor 1-0 41 B18 Caro-Kann
Aldrovandi, Costantino - Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 0-1 69 B18 Caro-Kann
Drei, Andrea - Yudasin, Leonid 0-1 43 B82 Sicilian
Round 3 (December 29, 1999)
Yudasin, Leonid - Aldrovandi, Costantino 1-0 58 B50 Sicilian
Khenkin, Igor - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 39 E12 Nimzo indian
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy - Vezzosi, Paolo 0-1 33 E18 Nimzo indian
Manca, Federico - Drei, Andrea 1/2 63 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Genocchio, Daniele - Efimov, Igor 0-1 36 B06 Modern defence
Round 4 (December 30, 1999)
Romanishin, Oleg M - Genocchio, Daniele 1-0 35 A88 Dutch defence
Vezzosi, Paolo - Yudasin, Leonid 0-1 37 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Efimov, Igor - Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 1/2 12 C92 Ruy Lopez
Manca, Federico - Khenkin, Igor 1/2 54 C19 French; Winawer
Drei, Andrea - Aldrovandi, Costantino 1/2 31 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 5 (December 31, 1999)
Yudasin, Leonid - Efimov, Igor 1-0 42 C76 Ruy Lopez
Khenkin, Igor - Drei, Andrea 1-0 41 E12 Nimzo indian
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 50 A53 Benoni
Aldrovandi, Costantino - Vezzosi, Paolo 1/2 51 B18 Caro-Kann
Genocchio, Daniele - Manca, Federico 1/2 27 B15 Caro-Kann
Round 6 (January 1, 2000)
Khenkin, Igor - Genocchio, Daniele 1-0 28 A81 Dutch defence
Romanishin, Oleg M - Yudasin, Leonid 1-0 26 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Efimov, Igor - Aldrovandi, Costantino 1/2 79 A45 Queen's pawn
Manca, Federico - Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 0-1 52 B19 Caro-Kann
Drei, Andrea - Vezzosi, Paolo 0-1 60 B38 Sicilian
Round 7 (January 2, 2000)
Yudasin, Leonid - Manca, Federico 1-0 28 B30 Sicilian
Vezzosi, Paolo - Efimov, Igor 1-0 40 B06 Modern defence
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy - Khenkin, Igor 1/2 24 D39 Queen's gambit
Aldrovandi, Costantino - Romanishin, Oleg M 0-1 49 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Genocchio, Daniele - Drei, Andrea 1/2 112 B47 Sicilian
Torneo di Capodanno Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), 27 xii 1999 - 5 i 2000cat. VIII (2443)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2552 * . 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 . 5.5 2652
2 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2633 . * 1 1 = 0 = . 1 1 5.0 2572
3 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2567 1 0 * . = . 1 1 = 1 5.0 2599
4 Vezzosi, Paolo f ITA 2329 0 0 . * 1 1 . = 1 1 4.5 2554
5 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2544 = = = 0 * = 1 1 . . 4.0 2514
6 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2445 0 1 . 0 = * = = . 1 3.5 2438
7 Manca, Federico m ITA 2373 0 = 0 . 0 = * . = = 2.0 2325
8 Aldrovandi, Costantino ITA 2350 0 . 0 = 0 = . * = = 2.0 2281
9 Drei, Andrea f ITA 2349 0 0 = 0 . . = = * = 2.0 2284
10 Genocchio, Daniele ITA 2291 . 0 0 0 . 0 = = = * 1.5 2205
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The line-up for the Hastings Premier 4-12 January 2000 is Alexei Dreev,
Ivan Sokolov, Emil Sutovsky, Klaus Bischoff, Irina Krush, Jon Speelman, John
Emms, Bogdan Lalic, Murray Chandler and Luke McShane. The entry of 60 for the
Challengers includes: GMs Annakov, Zagrenbelny, Plaskett, Hebden,
Beshukov,Safin, Iuldashev, Palatnik, Arkell, McDonald and IMs, Cherniaev, Pert,
Williams, Marusenko. There is daily coverage of the Challengers event on TWIC's
pages and from tomorrow hopefully the games from the Premier.
The 52nd Russian Chess Championships took place in Moscow, Russia
December 15th-28th 1999. The event was a knockout and top rated Konstantin
Sakaev beat surprise finalist Alexei Bezgodov 3-1.
Coverage at: http://www.clubkasparov.ru/index0e.htm
and http://www.ruschess.com/
Final
Round 1 (December 25, 1999)
Bezgodov, Alexei - Sakaev, Konstantin 1/2 16 C11 French; Classical
Round 2 (December 26, 1999)
Sakaev, Konstantin - Bezgodov, Alexei 1/2 20 D34 Queen's gambit
Round 3 (December 27, 1999)
Bezgodov, Alexei - Sakaev, Konstantin 0-1 40 C11 French; Classical
Round 4 (December 28, 1999)
Sakaev, Konstantin - Bezgodov, Alexei 1-0 38 A44 Queen's pawn
ch-RUS KO Moscow RUS (RUS), 4-16 xii 1999
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1 2 3 4
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1 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2648 = = 1 1 3.0 2769
2 Bezgodov, Alexei m RUS 2576 = = 0 0 1.0 2455
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The 38th International Chess Tournament took place December 19th up to
and including December 31st 1999. There were three major events, a Women's GM
tournament won by Antoaneta Stefanova, a Young Masters event won by Hungarian
player Albert Bokros and a GM open won by locally based Sergei Tiviakov. There
were a number of norms scored: Van der Weide (GM 10 rounds), Najer (GM 11
rounds), Salmensuu (GM 11 rounds), Solleveld (IM 11 rounds), Everet (IM 10
rounds), Florath (IM 11 rounds), Friedman (IM 11 rounds), Wiersma (IM 9
rounds), Matnadze (WGM 9 rounds), Zhao (WIM 11 rounds), Jap Tjoen San (WIM 11
rounds) and Medvegy (WGM 11 rounds). The games from round 9 of the young
masters and round 8 of the WGM event are unavailable at the moment.
Further information on the event is to be found at:
http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~johan-z/.
38th Festival WGM Groningen NED (NED), 19-31 xii 1999cat. VIII (2446)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2444 ** 0= 01 11 11 11 7.5 2639
2 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2497 1= ** 0= =1 01 11 6.5 2545
3 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2462 10 1= ** 00 11 01 5.5 2478
4 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2503 00 =0 11 ** == 11 5.5 2470
5 Khurtsidze, Nino wg GEO 2472 00 10 00 == ** 10 3.0 2291
6 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wm NED 2297 00 00 10 00 01 ** 2.0 2235
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38th Festival Young Masters Groningen NED (NED), 19-30 xii 1999cat. IV (2337)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Bokros, Albert f HUN 2405 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 0 1 8.0 2506
2 Navara, David CZE 2406 = * 1 = = = 1 0 = 0 = 1 6.0 2367
3 Horvath, Adam m HUN 2412 = 0 * 1 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 0 6.0 2366
4 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2384 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 0 = 6.0 2369
5 Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2307 = = 1 = * = 0 0 = = 1 1 6.0 2376
6 Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2332 0 = 0 = = * = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2373
7 Zhao Xue CHN 2374 0 0 1 0 1 = * = = = 1 1 6.0 2370
8 Matnadze, Ana wf GEO 2280 0 1 = 0 1 0 = * 0 = 1 1 5.5 2342
9 Stellwagen, Daniel NED 2254 = = 0 0 = = = 1 * 0 = 1 5.0 2308
10 Ovod, Evgenija wm RUS 2303 0 1 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * 1 0 4.5 2275
11 Werle, Jan NED 2216 1 = 0 1 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 0 3.5 2215
12 Ma Yu CHN 2375 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 3.5 2200
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38th Festival Open Groningen NED (NED), 19-30 xii 1999
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1 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2611 8.5 /11 2694
2 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2603 8.0 /11 2679
3 Nenashev, Alexander g UZB 2584 8.0 /11 2638
4 Najer, Evgeniy m RUS 2562 8.0 /11 2631
5 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2423 8.0 /11 2575
6 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2531 7.5 /11 2562
7 Salmensuu, Olli m FIN 2443 7.5 /11 2616
8 Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2617 7.5 /11 2540
9 Shaw, John m SCO 2410 7.5 /11
10 Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2434 7.0 /11 2560
11 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2598 7.0 /11 2526
12 Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2528 7.0 /11 2559
13 Solleveld, Maarten NED 2404 7.0 /11 2541
14 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2553 7.0 /11 2448
15 Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2366 7.0 /11
16 Friedman, Aviv f ISR 2332 7.0 /11
17 Hendriks, Willy NED 2378 7.0 /11
18 Wang Lei wg CHN 2440 7.0 /11
19 Radjabov, Teimour f AZE 2438 7.0 /11 2440
20 Van de Mortel, Jan f NED 2403 7.0 /11
21 Florath, Patrick GER 2284 6.5 /11
22 Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2550 6.5 /11 2417
23 Wiersma, Eelke NED 2362 6.5 /11
24 Niklasch, Oliver GER 2363 6.5 /11
25 Jonker, Marc NED 2335 6.5 /11
26 Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2373 6.5 /11
27 De Vreugt, Dennis m NED 2398 6.5 /11
28 De Jong, Migchiel NED 2317 6.5 /11
29 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2657 6.0 /11 2452
30 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2576 6.0 /11
31 Middelburg, Tom NED 2326 6.0 /11
32 Everet, Alexander ITA 2294 6.0 /11
33 Breier, Andreas GER 2227 6.0 /11
34 Medvegy, Nora wm HUN 2296 6.0 /11
35 Giffard, Nicolas m FRA 2360 6.0 /11
36 Van Beek, Lucien NED 2326 6.0 /11
37 Fette, Martin f GER 2342 6.0 /11
38 Paragua, Mark PHI 2268 6.0 /11
39 Lemmers, Oscar f NED 2406 6.0 /11
40 Ernst, Sipke m NED 2444 6.0 /11
41 Kamstra, Cor NED 2295 6.0 /11
42 Holmsten, Aleksei f FIN 2380 6.0 /11
43 Van Beek, Alexander NED 2294 6.0 /11
44 Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2329 6.0 /11
100 players
As already reported Linares 2000 will take place. However there has been
a change in lineup with Khalifman replacing the originally announced
Morozevich. Kasparov, Anand, Shirov, Kramnik, Khalifman and Leko will play in
the double round robin event. It will take place February 28th - March 10th.
The Rilton Cup in Stockholm. The event takes place December 27th 1999-
January 6th 2000. Sergey Ivanov and Robert Kempinski lead on 4.5/5.
Details:
http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/stock.html
Rilton Cup Stockholm SWE (SWE), 27 xii 1999 - 5 i 2000
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1 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2538 4.5/5
2 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2549 4.5/5
3 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2569 4.0/5
4 Matros, Alexander m KAZ 2391 4.0/5
5 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2348 4.0/5
6 Oral, Tomas m CZE 2541 4.0/5
7 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2504 4.0/5
8 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2535 4.0/5
9 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2535 4.0/5
10 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2488 4.0/5
11 Votava, Jan m CZE 2497 3.5/5
12 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2592 3.5/5
13 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2562 3.5/5
14 Bobrowska, Monika m POL 2438 3.5/5
15 Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2487 3.5/5
16 Socko, Bartosz m POL 2543 3.5/5
17 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2542 3.5/5
18 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2407 3.5/5
19 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2520 3.5/5
20 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2382 3.5/5
21 Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2395 3.5/5
22 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 3.5/5
23 Kallio, Heikki f FIN 2360 3.5/5
24 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2507 3.0/5
98 players
The 107th New Zealand Chess Championship are taking place in the
Waipuna Hotel, in Auckland. There are four foreign invited players: Rogers
(AUS), Sermek (SLO), van Riemsdijk (BRA) and Zakaria (Malasia). Ian Rogers
leads after 7 rounds.
Internet coverage by Hiperchess
ch-NZL Auckland NZL (NZL), 28 xii 1999 - 8 i 2000
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1 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2574 5.5/7
2 Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2545 4.5/7
3 Kulashko, Aleksei f NZL 2396 4.0/7
4 Ker, Anthony F f NZL 2321 4.0/7
5 Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2422 3.5/7
6 Dive, Russell John m NZL 2448 3.5/7
7 Garbett, Paul Anthony f NZL 2360 3.5/7
8 Watson, Bruce R NZL 2260 3.5/7
9 Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2112 3.5/7
10 Smith, Robert W f NZL 2290 3.0/7
11 Green, Ewen M f NZL 2265 3.0/7
12 Wastney, Scott NZL 2193 3.0/7
13 Perry, Roger NZL NZL 2205 2.5/7
14 Bennett, Hilton NZL 2200 2.5/7
15 Sutherland, John NZL 2055 2.5/7
16 Barlow, Matthew NZL 2155 2.5/7
17 Zakaria, Fairin MAS 2185 2.0/7
18 Spiller, Paul NZL 2200 1.5/7
19 Gibbons, Robert NZL 2200 1.0/7
20 Metge, J. Nigel NZL 2160 1.0/7
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Luis Bernardo Hoyos-Millan reports: The Colombian Championships took
place in Fusagasuga, December 12th-22nd. The event was won by Oscar Castro.
Further information http://www.colsite.com/lav/ in addition
you can also see news of the Cali Open won by GM Alonso Zapata that followed
the championships.
ch-COL Fusagasuga COL (COL), 12-22 xii 1999 cat. II (2296)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Castro, Oscar H m COL 2359 * 1 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2500
2 Clavijo, Jorge m COL 2388 0 * 1 = 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2462
3 Acosta, Alejandro COL COL 2323 1 0 * = 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2426
4 Mosquera, Miguel COL 2315 = = = * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2395
5 Cuartas, Jaime COL 2365 0 0 1 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2391
6 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2454 1 1 = 1 = * = 0 = 0 = 1 6.5 2346
7 Gamboa, Nelson COL 2340 0 0 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2291
8 Barrios, Felix COL 2225 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 0 4.5 2237
9 Saladen, Rafael COL 2300 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1 4.5 2230
10 Ramirez, Carlos f COL 2324 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 * 0 = 2.5 2082
11 Garavito,Miguel COL ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1 2.5 2111
12 Corradine, Jorge COL 2154 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 * 2.0 2046
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Who are your favourite chess players of the millennium? I asked you to
nominate your top five players. A difficult task to be sure (many of you would
have preferred a lot more nominations). My thanks to everyone who took part and
for your thoughtful contributions. 502 people took part in the poll and there
were 116 players nominated.
Comments on the top 18
People had very strong opinions, some put players in ranking order and
for their number one choice said either "of course" or "who else" players who
fell into this category included Capablanca, Fischer, Kasparov and Tal. In the
end the battle for the number one spot was between Bobby Fischer and
Garry Kasparov. Someone suggested that I should also have had a least
favourite player poll too, and in the tradition of the music polls, its
possible Fischer would have topped both.
In the end Bobby Fischer topped the poll.
There is no doubt
however that Bobby Fischer's push for the World Championships and its attendant
publicity was the greatest exposure the game has ever received. Many players
started to play the game on the back of this publicity, including myself.
In second place was Garry Kasparov finishing just 17 votes short
of Fischer's total. Its always hard to judge someone's career whilst it is
still in progress, perhaps when its finished people will appreciate him more
than now or perhaps less. Kasparov's domination of the latter part of the 1980s
and the whole of the 1990's along with his exciting play will surely secure him
a high place in any future poll. However one can't take such things for
granted. If such a poll had been held in 1971 then I'm certain Boris Spassky
would have been near the top. Years of decline that followed his loss of the
title in 1972 and the fact that a great book on his career has yet to be
written all conspired against him. He got many of the votes he did get for
being one of the sport's great gentlemen, not for his great play, which seems
now largely forgotten.
Alexander Alekhine finished a clear third, his explosive play and
the ease with which you can follow his play with explanations in his own words
lifted him above his great rivals Capablanca and Lasker.
At one stage I thought Mikhail Tal might be in the shake up for
the top places. In the end he finished in 4th. His explosive play on the way to
winning the title inspired a generation. Tal suffered illness throughout his
subsequent career but even as late as 1979 it looked as if he might regain the
number one spot in the World. Tal also has been described as a great gentleman
(although perhaps those who played him around the time he won the title might
disagree, then he had the reputation of staring at his opponent) probably
because he seemed the most approachable of the champions. One voter called him
the chessplayer's chessplayer and that seems to sum up his appeal.
Lasker came in 4th and 5th respectively. These two prewar titans
appeal on completely different levels. Capablanca was one of the greatest
natural talents the game has ever seen, the chess machine, undefeated in many
years and after losing the title had a late flourish in 1936 winning the two
major events of the year. His wonderfully clear style has won him many
advocates over the years. Lasker was his great battling rival and he came in
6th place, 27 years as World Champion and his longevity were some of the key
reasons for voting for him.
Anatoly Karpov is one of the most controversial players in
history, he won the title by default in 1975 and had controversial matches
against Korchnoi and Kasparov. Nevertheless he also had a very clear style
which is attractive to chess fans and has won more tournaments than anyone
else.
Paul Morphy's reputation relies almost entirely on an explosive
appearance in Europe in 1858. His very clear and direct style which was very
much ahead of its time still mark him out nearly 150 years later as one of the
great chessplayers.
Mikhail Botvinnik came next. People appreciated his iron logic
and fighting qualities and recognised his contribution to Soviet chess,
including some part the training of a number of the great players who followed
him.
Viktor Korchnoi 10th place again shows that people vote for
longevity at the highest level. Korchnoi was a great player in the 1950s and
60s but came into his own in the 1970s to become Karpov's close rival. Korchnoi
still plays to an extremely high level now.
If you want to be appreciated as a player (modern stars please note!)
then writing about it is a good way to do it. Aaron Nimzowitch came in
11th place, his writings and theories rather than his results seem to have
secured him this high placing. Almost every player at some time has played
through some of his games and discovered something they didn't know about the
game.
It seems a nice irony that two of the strongest players never to win the
title were tied together on 45 votes, David Bronstein tied a World
Championship match with Botvinnik in 1951 and was one of the most creative
players in the World at his best, Paul Keres first came to prominence in
the late 1930s and after the war when his country of Estonia was subsumed into
the Soviet Union came second in a number of the Candidates events for the World
Championships. Whether he was denied the chance behind the scenes to fight for
the title itself is still a matter of great controversy (as indeed are some of
the moments in Bronstein's 1951 match).
Viswanathan Anand was the first of the post-Kasparov generation
to make the list. He was followed by Tigran Petrosian who had the
reputation of being a boring player but his games are still amongst the most
instructional. Alexei Shirov was tied level with Petrosian, his
explosive games were widely appreciated. Judit Polgar was one of only
three women players nominated. Her superiority over all other women's players
in history and her thrilling style got her votes. Akiba Rubinstein's
very clear games seemed the key to his support and that he possibly was the
best player in the World at the end of the first decade of the 20th
Century.
Poll results in full
1. Bobby Fischer 362 votes
2. Garry Kasparov 345 votes
3. Alexander Alekhine 230 votes
4. Mikhail Tal 218 votes
5. Jose Capablanca 196 votes
6. Emanuel Lasker 140 votes
7. Anatoly Karpov 114 votes
8. Paul Morphy 91 votes
9. Mikhail Botvinnik 73 votes
10. Viktor Korchnoi 66 votes
11. Aaron Nimzowitch 51 votes
12. David Bronstein 45 votes
Paul Keres 45 votes
14. Viswanathan Anand 33 votes
15. Tigran Petrosian 28 votes
Alexei Shirov 28 votes
17. Judit Polgar 27 votes
18. Akiba Rubinstein 25 votes
19. Boris Spassky 20 votes
20. Max Euwe 17 votes
Wilhelm Steinitz 17 votes
22. Vassily Ivanchuk 16 votes
23. Bent Larsen 15 votes
24. Jan Timman 10 votes
25. Adolf Anderssen 9 votes
Francois-AndreDanican Philidor 9 votes
27. Harry Nelson Pillsbury 8 votes
Richard Reti 8 votes
29. Vladimir Kramnik 7 votes
Fridrik Olafsson 7 votes
Nigel Short 7 votes
32. Vassily Smyslov 6 votes
33. Michael Basman 5 votes
Louis La Bourdonnais 5 votes
Yasser Seirawan 5 votes
Leonid Stein 5 votes
37. Michael Adams 4 votes
Mikhail Chigorin 4 votes
Frank Marshall 4 votes
Alexander Morozevich 4 votes
John Nunn 4 votes
Xavier Tartakower 4 votes
Veselin Topalov 4 votes
44. Jan Hein Donner 3 votes
Julian Hodgson 3 votes
Anthony Miles 3 votes
Rashid Nezhmetdinov 3 votes
Sigbert Tarrasch 3 votes
Artur Yusupov 3 votes
50. Reuben Fine 2 votes
Johann Hjartarson 2 votes
Robert Huebner 2 votes
Mir Sultan Kahn 2 votes
Gata Kamsky 2 votes
Peter Leko 2 votes
Lev Polugaevsky 2 votes
Sammy Reshevsky 2 votes
Ruy Lopez 2 votes
Howard Staunton 2 votes
Duncan Suttles 2 votes
Johannes Zukertort 2 votes
62. Simen Agdestein 1 vote
Woody Allen 1 vote
Ulf Andersson 1 vote
Etienne Bacrot 1 vote
Evgeny Bareev 1 vote
Joel Benjamin 1 vote
Henry Bird 1 vote
Joseph Blackburn 1 vote
George Botterill 1 vote
Graham Burgess 1 vote
Ron Burnett 1 vote
Bernard Cafferty 1 vote
Rudolph Charousek 1 vote
Irving Chernev 1 vote
Colm Daly 1 vote
Deep Blue 1 vote
Chris Depasquale 1 vote
Emil Diemer 1 vote
Alexei Fedorov 1 vote
Michael Franklin 1 vote
Fritz 1 vote
Efim Geller 1 vote
Igor Glek 1 vote
Julio Granda Zuniga 1 vote
Giaochino Greco 1 vote
Eduard Gufeld 1 vote
Thies Heinemann 1 vote
Alexander Kotov 1 vote
Vasilios Kotronias 1 vote
Alexander Lesiege 1 vote
Smbat Lputian 1 vote
Rev. George Alcock MacDonnell 1 vote
Geza Maroczy 1 vote
Vera Menchik 1 vote
Dennis Monokroussos 1 vote
Vladimir Nabokov 1 vote
Miguel Najdorf 1 vote
Lembit Oll 1 vote
Jonathan Penrose 1 vote
Cecil Purdy 1 vote
Eugene Rousseau 1 vote
Matthew Sadler 1 vote
Valery Salov 1 vote
Carl Schlechter 1 vote
Tal Shaked 1 vote
Miron Sher 1 vote
Andrew Soltis 1 vote
Jon Speelman 1 vote
Rudolph Spielmann 1 vote
Peter Svidler 1 vote
Mark Taimanov 1 vote
Matthias Wahls 1 vote
Roelof Westra 1 vote
Paul Van der Sterren 1 vote
Zhu Chen 1 vote
A category XI tournament is underway in Oporto. Competitors include GMs
Kevin Spraggett, Aleksa Strikovic and Nikola Mitkov, and IM Vladimir Georgiev.
(3 GMs and 7 IMs in total)
Coverage at: http://www.infoxadrez.com and
http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/
After 5 rounds:
Boavista Masters Porto POR (POR), 27 xii 1999 - 5 i 2000cat. IX (2454)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Galego, Luis m POR 2427 * . = = 1 . . = . 1 3.5 2575
2 Georgiev, Vladimir m BUL 2519 . * . = = = . 1 1 . 3.5 2609
3 Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2465 = . * . = . = . 1 1 3.5 2580
4 Strikovic, Aleksa g YUG 2518 = = . * . = . 1 = . 3.0 2541
5 Santos, Carlos P m POR 2383 0 = = . * 1 = . . . 2.5 2469
6 Mitkov, Nikola g FRM 2509 . = . = 0 * . = . 1 2.5 2437
7 Rocha, Sergio m POR 2427 . . = . = . * = = = 2.5 2427
8 Del Rey, Diego f ARG 2369 = 0 . 0 . = = * . . 1.5 2331
9 Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2521 . 0 0 = . . = . * = 1.5 2316
10 Damaso, Rui m POR 2399 0 . 0 . . 0 = . = * 1.0 2229
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Harald Grafenhofer reports: The 8th Danube open took place December
26th-30th 1999 in Aschach, Austria. Radek Kalod won the event with 6/7.
Further info at: http://www.schach.at
8th Danube Open Aschach AUT (AUT), 26-30 xii 1999
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1 Kalod, Radek m CZE 2440 6 26,0 2627
2 Cvek, Robert CZE 2444 5½ 21,0 2463
3 Pilaj, Herwig AUT 2197 5 23,0 2494
4 Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2477 5 22,5 2477
5 Almasi, Istvan m HUN 2435 5 22,0 2463
6 Kiss, Attila m HUN 2314 5 22,0 2420
7 Jurek, Josef m CZE 2336 5 21,0 2407
8 Gross, Stefan m CZE 2371 5 21,0 2370
9 Karner, Christoph AUT 2181 5 20,5 2360
10 Videki, Sandor m HUN 2445 5 19,0 2356
11 Moser, Guenter f AUT 2315 4½ 19,5 2367
12 Kaiser, Wolfgang m GER 2385 4½ 18,5 2318
13 Genser, Harald AUT 2160 4½ 18,0 2291
14 Kilgus, Georg AUT 2218 4½ 17,5 2334
15 Koeller, Oliver GER 2293 4½ 17,5 2235
16 Schelle, Artur GER 2160 4½ 15,0 2367
66 players
The Zurich Christmas Open took place December 26th-30th 1999. Tukmakov
won this seven round event on tie break from five others on 5.5/7.
Coverage at:
http://www.access.ch/private-users/gkradolfer/weihnachtsopen.html
Christmas Open Zurich SUI (SUI), 26-30 xii 1999
-----------------------------------------------------
1 Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2557 5.5 35.0 198.5
2 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2524 5.5 32.0 203.0
3 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2414 5.5 31.5 205.0
4 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2596 5.5 30.0 199.0
5 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2511 5.5 29.0 193.5
6 Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2453 5.5 27.0 196.0
7 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2479 5.0 30.5 196.5
8 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2536 5.0 30.5 196.0
9 Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2516 5.0 30.5 194.5
10 Ekstroem, Roland m SUI 2501 5.0 29.5 197.5
11 Loetscher, Roland SUI 2209 5.0 29.5 187.0
12 Novkovic, Milan f YUG 2407 5.0 29.5 183.5
13 Peter, Ambrus m HUN 2415 5.0 28.5 189.5
14 Wyss, Thomas SUI 2193 5.0 27.0 190.0
15 Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2458 5.0 26.0 188.5
16 Simon, Ralf-Axel f GER 2228 5.0 21.0 180.0
104 players
The St Petersburg Blitz Championships took place on Christmas Day 1999,
as with the Russian Championships the format was that of a knockout. By far the
strongest player was Peter Svidler however he lost to Vladimir Karasev in the
semi-finals. He in turn lost to A Eliseev in the final. Top four: 1st A Eliseev
(2327), 2nd Vladimir Karasev (im 2373) 3rd Peter Svidler (gm 2684) and 4th
Vladimir Loginov (g 2530).
Full coverage at:
http://www.ruschess.com/News/1999/Blitz/table.html
The 26th Annual Eastern Open took place in Washington DC December
26th-29th 1999. Michael Atkins reports: GM Alexander Ivanov won his second
Eastern Open in a row with a score of 6.5/8. Ivanov has a history of winning
Eastern Opens, several years ago knocking off 4 GMs in a row to finish in clear
first. Finishing a half point back were IM Edward Formanek and Yegeniy Gershov.
The U.S. record holder for being the youngest master ever - Hikaru Nakamura,
finished with 5.5 and had several really interesting games including a
devastating attack against Nigerian IM Oladapo Adu and a cute finish against IM
Larry Kaufman. With double rooks on the board and Nakamura down a pawn, RP vs
R+N P, he sacrificed both rooks to create stalemate. The tournament website
with games, results, standings and photos is
http://www.chessctr.org/eastern.htm
The tournament was held again in the luxurious Wyndham in Washington
DC. Thoughts of pending Y2K disasters might have kept a few players away, but
those who came enjoyed a nice tournament with very few disputes. The most
interesting one that comes to mind was a player about to lose when his opponent
advanced a pawn to the 8th and replaced it with a Queen, came running out to
claim that his opponent hadn't announced what piece it was. Well, make it the
silliest claim :) Next year's tournament, to be held several days before the
real new millenium, will be bigger and better than ever. Look for it on the web
at http://www.chessctr.org/eo2000.htm
Dec 27-30, 2000
Class prize winners were: Under 2200 - Igor Sapezhansky 7-1 Under 1900
- Sherwin Rugless 7-1 Under 1600 - Ksenia Didenko and Justin Dynda 6-2 Under
1300 - Jason Hart and Gary Gillespie 6-2
Coverage at: http://www.chessctr.org/eastern.htm
Eastern Open Washington DC USA (USA), 26-29 xii 1999
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1 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2515 6.5
2 Formanek, Edward W m USA 2289 6.0
3 Gersov, Evgeny RUS 2256 6.0
4 Lee Wang-Sheng SIN 2260 5.5
5 Bengtson, Matthew USA 2306 5.5
6 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2204 5.5
7 Privman, Boris USA 2192 5.5
8 Kaufman, Larry C m USA 2427 5.0
9 Winer, Steven USA 2306 5.0
10 Tate, Emory f USA 2329 5.0
11 Fernandez, Daniel USA 2057 5.0
12 Adu, Oladapo m NGR 2254 5.0
13 Kriventsov, Stanislav G f USA 2322 4.5
14 Wong Foong-Yin SIN 2295 4.5
15 Strenzwilk, Denis USA 2167 4.5
16 Friedel, Josh USA ---- 4.5
17 Nakamura, Asuka USA 2157 4.5
18 Stokes,William USA ---- 4.5
50 players
Ryan Hadley reports: The Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championship
ran from December 26th to 29th in Toronto, Canada. I played on the University
of Waterloo team. The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) won for
the third time in four years with a score of 5-0-1 (with FM Felecan as their
board 1). The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) came in second (with GM Yuri
Shulman as their board 1). Thirty-one teams participated from Canada, the US,
and Peru. The Open section ended with 5 way tie for first between IM Nickoloff,
IM Schleifer, IM Livshits, Milicevic, and Djerkovic. The blitz tournament was
won by the new IM Zugic (that was the only event he played in). The Scholastic
section was won by Stephen Glinert and if I understand correctly, first place
also comes with a full scholarship to the University of Texas at Dallas. The
website for the Pan-Am Intercollegiate is
http://chess.sa.utoronto.ca/. They
have more details and possibly games in the near future.
The Francesc Alsina Memorial is taking place in Barcelona December 26th
1999-January 5th 2000. Group A Players: GM 2510 García Ilundáin,
David GM 2477 Skembris, Spyridon GM 2471 Moskalenko, Victor MI 2447 Narciso
Dublan, Marc MC 2433 Gual Pascual, Antonio MI 2424 Vidarte Morales, Arturo MI
2412 Oms Pallise, Josep MI 2397 Anthony Rahal, Michael MI 2389 Vehí
Bach, Víctor M. MC 2378 López Martínez, José
Manuel. Group B players Category IV, GM 2501 Movsziszian, Karen MI 2484 Campos
Moreno, Javier MF 2358 Granados Gómez, Manel MC 2353 Jerez Pérez,
Alfonso MC 2335 Fluvià Poyatos, Joan MI 2314 González
Rodríguez, Jorge MIF 2301 Trabert, Bettina MC 2285 Baches García,
Guillem MC 2266 Hernando Rodrigo, Julio MC 2162 Piñero Fernández,
Javier
Coverage at: http://ajedrez.itgo.com/home.htm
The January 2000 World Professional Chess Rankings produced with Dr. Ken
Thompson's program and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich of Moscow have been
release.
Top 50
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2838 140
2. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2734 114
3. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2723 181
4. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2722 118
5. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2705 181
6. Leko,Peter HUN 2700 134
7. Kamsky,Gata USA 2696 184
8. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2685 151
9. Adams,Michael ENG 2676 173
10. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2668 168
11. Short,Nigel D ENG 2666 148
12. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2663 154
13. Gelfand,Boris ISR 2651 152
14. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2651 131
15. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2646 134
16. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2645 155
17. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2643 156
18. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2642 152
19. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2638 171
20. Movsesian,Sergei CZE 2634 159
21. Beliavsky,Alexander SLO 2633 166
22. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2629 191
23. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2628 162
24. Svidler,Peter RUS 2628 160
25. Fedorov,Alexey BLR 2625 187
26. Timman,Jan H NED 2624 195
27. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2622 140
28. Polgar,Judit HUN 2621 176
29. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2621 170
30. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2620 162
31. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2617 168
32. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2616 141
33. Salov,Valery RUS 2612 199
34. Gulko,Boris USA 2610 163
35. Hansen,Curt DEN 2607 158
36. Kobalija,Mikhael RUS 2607 166
37. Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2605 139
38. Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2605 165
39. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2604 175
40. Yusupov,Artur GER 2604 144
41. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2603 182
42. Granda Zuniga,Julio PER 2602 202
43. Wolff,Patrick USA 2602 186
44. Tkachev,Vladislav FRA 2600 145
45. Smirin,Ilia ISR 2599 182
46. Kasimdzhanov,Rustam UZB 2599 174
47. Khenkin,Igor RUS 2598 193
48. Lautier,Joel FRA 2596 157
49. Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2596 170
50. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2595 187
51. Piket,Jeroen NED 2595 153
52. Bologan,Viorel MDA 2594 199
Pulvermuehle GM
There is a round robin tournament (12-22.1.2000) in the town of
Pulvermuehle, in Germany. Klaus Bischoff, Hichem Hamdouchi, Peter Wells,
Christian Gabriel, Pavel Blatny, Ildar Ibragimov, Zhu Chen, Antoinetta
Stefanova, Michael Bezold and Arkadij Naiditsch compete. Further details in
German at: http://www.pulvermuehle.de
13th Ciudad de León Tournament
The 13th Ciudad de León Tournament will again use the "advanced
chess" format (players will be allowed to use a computer for databases and a
playing program). The competitors will be Anand, Shirov, Judith Polgar and
Illescas. The event will run June 1st-5th 2000 (playing days: June 2nd
Shirov-Illescas 2 game match, June 3rd Anand-Polgar 2 game match, June 3rd,
final. The venue is the Junta de León” building, with the opening
ceremony in the Conde Luna Hotel and the closing ceremony and Judit Polgar
simul at the University.
Leko Khalifman match
FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman has agreed to play Hungarian
Peter Leko in a six game match in Budapest. This is Khalifman's first
committment agreed to after he became World Champion. The match will run
3rd-9th Jan 2000 (restday 6th) in Budapest . Time control will be 40moves in 2
hours then 20 in 1 and the rest 30 minutes. The match will be held in the
Ballsaal of Hotel Kempinski in Budapest. The main sponsor of the event is the
company Westfälische Ferngas AG (Dortmund, Germany), who also sponsor
Peter Leko. Internet coverage is by net64 at:
http://www.terra.es/deportes/ajedrez/portada.htm
and http://195.235.97.120/khalifman-leko/html/index.html
19th Reykjavik International Open
The 19th Reykjavik International Chess Tournament takes place in the
Reykjavík City Hall 5th-13th April 2000.
Minimum Prize fund: USD 15.000 1. prize USD 5.000 2. prize USD 3.000 3.
prize USD 2.000 4. prize USD 1.500 5. prize USD 1.000 Under 2450 .USD 1.500
Under 2300 .USD 1.000.
9 rounds, Swiss System, Time Limit: 40 moves in 2 hours, 20 moves in 1
hour, and 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Registration: Please contact the ICELANDIC CHESS FEDERATION, P.O. Box
8354, 128 Reykjavík, Iceland, before Feb. 1st 2000. Tel.: 354 568 9141
Fax: 354 568 9116 Email: siks@itn.is Conditions for titled players please
contact ICF office. Eligible: All players rated 2000 or more (FIDE rating
list). No entrance fee for foreign players.
VII Linares Anibal Open and Ubeda Open
The VII Anibal Open takes place in Linares, January 7th - 16th, 2000 (10
Rounds).
PRIZES 1º 1.000.000 pts. 21º - 30º 30.000 pts. 2º
500.000 pts. 31º - 50º 25.000 pts. 3º 250.000 pts. 1st Woman
Chessplayer 50.000 pts. 4º 200.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2600 elo
50.000 pts. 5º 150.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2475 elo 50.000 pts.
6º-10º 100.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2350 elo 50.000 pts.
11º-20º 50.000 pts.
The V Ciudad de Ubeda takes place just afterwards January 19th - 28th,
2000 (10 Rounds).
PRIZES 1º 500.000 pts. 16º-50º 50.000 pts. 2º
250.000 pts. 1st Woman Chessplayer 50.000 pts. 3º 150.000 pts. 1st
Chessplayer under 2600 elo 50.000 pts. 4º 125.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer
under 2475 elo 50.000 pts. 5º 100.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2350 elo
50.000 pts. 6º-15º 75.000 pts.
Conditions for both events
Chessplayers with 2600 Elo: free full board in a single room and free
fixed fee. G.M. and I.M. lodging free. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are $10 per
person / day in a double room, (single supplement $20). For other players
lodging in a three stars hotel is $24 per person / day in a double room,
(single supplement $20). Breakfast, lunch and dinner are $10 per person / day.
FIXED FEE PER TOURNAMENT Since January 1st, 2000 10.000 pts. Bank details:
Banco de Andalucía, account nº 0004 3270 84 0601005803 Prizes will
be subject to 25% tax. VII Open "Anibal" Tel. 34 953 650400, fax 34 953 652204
(Miss Flori). V Open "Ciudad de Ubeda" Tel. 34 953 791011, fax 34 953 791012
(Miss Tana).
Official details on the internet:
http://www.ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez
Budapest Spring Festival
The 16th Budapest Spring Festival is a 9 round Swiss Open chess
tournament, the event runs 17th-25th of March 2000, Budapest. The planned
maximum is 100 participants, 1-3 GM-s, 6-8 IM-s, more, than 50 % ELO-rated,
min. 20 % foreigners. Info: Nagy, Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
www.elender.hu/~firstsat Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59 Mobile: (36)-30-230-1914 ICQ
# 44805877.
Swiss Chess Tour 1999 and 2000
The "Swiss Chess Tour 99" will finish with the "Ambassador Open" in
Bern, December 26.-30. 1999 and the new "Swiss Chess Tour 2000" will start two
days later with the "Hilton Open" in Basel, January 1.-5. 2000. The "Ambassador
open" is 6 years old, and is held in the Hotel Ambassador. The "Hilton Open" is
the second such event in this venue, the first was last January, this new
events shows that chess is very popular in Basel.
The both tournament are 7 rounds, Swiss system. The games will last a
maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end).
Prize are the same in Bern and Basel: 2.000 SF, 1.500, 1.000, 800, 600,
500, 400, 300, 250 and 200 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. The special
prizes for best Lady, senior, junior, schoolboy and best local player.
Enter fee 130 SF, juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GM and IM
free.
Time table for "Ambassador Open":
December 26.: The last registration 11.00-12.15
Open ceremony 12.15-12.30
Round 1st 12.30-17.30
December 27.: Round 2nd 9.30-14.30
Round 3rd 15.30-20.30
December 28.: Round 4th 12.30
December 29.: Round 5th 9.30-14.30
Round 6th 15.30-20.30
December 30.: Round 7th 9.30-14.30
Closing ceremony 15.30
Time table for "Hilton Open":
January 1.: The last registration 10.00-11.15
Open ceremony 11.15-11.30
Round 1st 11.30-16.30
Round 2nd 17.30-22.30
January 2.: Round 3rd 10.30-15.30
Round 4th 16.30-21.30
January 3.: Round 5th 17.30-22.30
The first four play knock-out and the other continue
tournament.
January 4.: Round 6th 17.30-22.30 (The semi-final 16.00-21.00)
January 5.: Round 7th 13.30-18.30 (The final 12.00-19.00)
The closing ceremony 19.00-19.30
Last years winners were, surprising, IM Peter Velicka (CZE) in the
"Ambassador Open" and GM Andrei Sokolov (RUS) in "Hilton Open".
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri
tel.
+41+31+768-01-60
faf +41+31+768-01-61
E-mail beochess@swissonline.ch
http://www.beochess.ch
XVIth Cappelle la Grande Open
The XVIth Cappelle la Grande Open takes place in the "Palais des Arts
et des Loisir" 19th-26th February 2000.
Entries: by cheque or money order to "l’Echiquier Cappellois" to:
M. Michel GOUVART 2, Place de Flandre 59180 CAPPELLE LA GRANDE - FRANCE
Tél./Fax : 33/ 03 28 64 94 98
Adults : 220 F Juniors and over 60s: 110 F
Dates: Opening ceremony and round 1 19th February 2000 Closing ceremony
26th Feb 2000.
Prizefund: 80 000 F minimum. 1st prize: 10 000 F / 2e: 5000 F / 3e:
4000F / 4e: 3000F / 5e: 2000F / 6e: 1500F / 7e à 10e : 1000F Other prize
categories for Elo, Jeunes, Féminins, Vétérans
Perenyi Memorial
There will be a Cat.VII-VIII in Gyula (Hungary) in the Hotal Agro 24th
Jan-3rd Feb 2000 which will finish just before the February edition of the
First Saturday tournaments.
Those interested in playing should contact: Emil Anka
Tel-fax:00-36-1-2212328 or Email:emilanka@freemail.hu
Tapolca Open
There will be a big Open 9 rounds Swiss in Budapest called TAPOLCA Open,
from 7th until 15th of January. 80-100 participants, min.50 % ELO-rated.
Prizes: 30-20-15-10-5-4- etc. thousand HUF. Organizer: Parej, Jozsef, phone:
(36)-87-321-444 from 8:00 until 13:00, GMT+1 hour. More info: Nagy Laszlo,
e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
