THE WEEK IN CHESS 272 24th January 2000 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Christophe Bouton of Europe Echecs, GM Schach, Michael
Atkins, Maximiliano Alvarez, Gunnar Bjornsson, Dmitry Novikov, Rashid
Ziatdinov, Nigel Johnson, Antonio Bento, Juan Manuel Gonzalez, Leonard Barden,
John Henderson and all those who helped with this issue.
An enjoyable week of chess from Wijk aan Zee headlines the issue. TWIC
has John Henderson sending reports back each night including pictures which you
can catch on the homepage. Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik lead half a
point clear of Viswanathan Anand and Peter Leko. Kasparov has played some
excellent chess but has also betrayed signs of rustiness, as do a number of
players. Layoffs of 6 months lead to missed chances and inprecise play, I
expect a tightening up in this aspect in the last half of the event. From
Moscow comes the very sad news of the death of Alexey Vyzmanavin at the early
age of 40. I've written an editorial on the new FIDE list and the Myanmar
(Burma) ratings. It seems to me obvious that when ratings are so at odds with
the real strength of players action has to be taken.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The first major tournament of 2000 is well underway in Wijk aan Zee. The
Corus Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee runs 14th-30th January 2000 in the De
Moriaan Community Centre. The event sees the top three players in the World
Kasparov, Anand and Kramnik and altogether six of the top ten (Morozevich, Leko
and Adams also) in this very strong 14 player field which is just shy of
Category 19.
Round 3 All the games were finished by first time control. Garry
Kasparov said he didn't believe Loek Van Wely's treatment of the Sicilian. He
proved his point, taking only 25 moves to demolish the Dutchman's rather loose
treatment of the Sicilian. Kasparov's win was matched by most of his rivals.
Jeroen Piket took care of Dutch compatriot Jan Timman in only 28 moves, and he
was black as well. Vladimir Kramnik beat Nigel Short after the latter
mishandled the opening. Viswanathan Anand would have been pleased to hold in
form Peter Leko with black even at the expense of temporarily losing ground. In
the battle of the tacticians Alexander Morozevich emerged the winner against
Judit Polgar. He was black in his pet variation (7. ...a6 of the Classical
French) and, after improving his pawn structure, rustled up a winning attack on
the Kingside. Korchnoi-Adams and Nikolic-Lputian were fairly uneventful draws.
The B event has started, all round one games were drawn (see below).
Round 4Adams-Kasparov was the final game to finish. It saw Adams
trying to make something of a very promising position with an extra pawn, he
probably did miss something just before first time control. After that Kasparov
appeared to hold it without giving a clear winning chance. Anand-Kramnik ended
in a draw after the Indian found himself at a disadvantage. He eventually
traded into a drawn ending, the game finished on move 40. Piket-Van Wely was a
nothing game over in 11 moves, and Morozevich didn't make much headway against
Korchnoi's French Defence and the game ended in a draw on move 20.
Timman-Nikolic looked as if it might get interesting but a balance was found on
move 27. Judit Polgar was doing fine against Nigel Short until she committed a
terrible blunder with 32. ...Rxf3 which fails to a one mover (although she
continued for a few moves). Lputian-Leko was a complex game where Leko won a
pawn in a complex middlegame and Lputian in terrible time trouble couldn't
prevent it becoming moblile.
Round five saw Kasparov take on Morozevich.
Kasparov kept his 100% lifetime record (2 rapidplay wins in 1995 and a victory
in Sarajevo last year). They contested a line of the Slav popular in the
1930's. Morozevich's 11. ...g5 is a highly unusual but known idea and Kasparov
met it with the new (?) 12. Ne3. Kasparov stayed on top of the tactics and won
a pawn which he then converted. Judit Polgar hasn't had a good
tournament and she played very solidly against Anand. The game was drawn
on move 27 of a Sicilian Richter Rauser. Korchnoi and Short
halved their game after 18 moves of a Tarrach French. Leko tried a
Closed Variation of the French (the French is a popular opening in this
tournament) against Timman. The game drifted to equality on move 34.
Predrag Nikolic and Jeroen Piket contested a Queens Gambit
Declined Classical Variation. The game followed theory for around 19 moves.
Piket either miscalculated or decided he could hold the Queen and Rook ending a
pawn down, I'm not sure which. Nikolic is excellent at these technical endgames
and he kept a nagging initiative throughout the game and won on move 61.
Kramnik played a closed Catalan Defence against tail ender Smbat
Lputian. Kramnik played somewhat riskily in trying to win although perhaps
the game was in dynamic balance until move 28 or 29 where Lputian allowed a
clear advantage for Kramnik. Kramnik then made the best of the chances in the
position to convert to a win. Loek Van Wely and Michael Adams
contested a Nimzo-English. Adams gained an advantage just out of the opening,
probably Van Wely missed how powerful Adams pawn on d2 was in advance, and the
game went into a protracted bishops of opposite colours ending with Adams two
pawns up which he won in 76 moves.
Round 6 . The games Short-Kasparov and
Timman-Kramnik saw the joint leaders trying too hard with black,
although both games were draws white had serious winning chances in both. Short
and Kasparov shared the spectators prize for the game of the day but neither
played their absolute best. According to Kasparov he got into trouble because
he completely missed Short's 16. Nd1. After the game Kasparov demonstrated a
winning continuation for Short [25. Rd1 Rd5 (forced) 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27. Qa2 when
Queens have to come off and the ending is winning for white]. Early finishers
in round 6 were the games Anand-Korchnoi (Korchnoi got into a total mess
straight from the opening and had to resign on move 19 with his position just
about to fall apart) and Morozevich-Van Wely (Morozevich played some
clever tactics which allowed him to carve open the centre of the board with Van
Wely's king caught there, however Morozevich didn't think things all that clear
until 24. ...Bc8 (24. ...Bd5 and there is still much work to do) then it was
over quickly). Other games: Piket-Adams, Piket tried to exploit a
superior pawn structure but the game was drawn on move 30; Nikolic-Leko,
Leko gradually outplayed Nikolic and he moved into joint third; the
Lputian-Polgar, basement battle was the longest of the day, with Lputian
eventually winning a very complex ending. This allowed him to catch Polgar in
12th place.
Round 7. A highly interesting situation occurred in round 7 of
the Corus Wijk aan Zee tournament. The games Kasparov - Anand and Van
Wely - Short transposed into the same line of the Nimzo-Indian with g3
opening. Eventually, when the players realised, it meant that Van Wely and
Short (a few moves behind) could follow the course of the Kasparov-Anand game
and make their decisions accordingly. The games followed Tal Shaked - Kiril
Georgiev from the second round of the FIDE Championships in Las Vegas last year
until Kasparov (and subsequently Van Wely) played the novelty 19. Rd2 instead
of Shaked's 19. Re1. Anand got into trouble with his 21. ...Bf3 but Short found
the superior 21. ...Rfc8 allowing him to draw on move 25. Kasparov pressed hard
and seemed to be close to winning until his 35. Rb7? he had missed the strength
of Anand's 35. ...f6. Far superior was 35. e5+ with the continuation 35 ...Qc2
36 Qxc2+ Rxc2 37 a5 Ra2 38 Ra8 Kg6 39 g4 h5 40 h3 hxg4 41 hxg4. Anand steered
the subsequent rook and pawn ending to a draw on move 56. Leko-Piket was
drawn in 46 moves of an Open Ruy Lopez. Kramnik-Nikolic was drawn in 21
moves when Nikolic emerged from the Queens Gambit Declined Exchange Variation
with a completely level position. Timman-Polgar was drawn in 31 moves of
a Sozin Sicilian. Smbat Lputian having earned his first win against
Judit Polgar in round 6 beat Viktor Korchnoi in round 7 on the black
side of a 5. Bf4 Queens Gambit Declined. Lputian would have been relieved to
have more time than his opponent coming up to the time control for the first
time in the event. Korchnoi was worse after move 40 but he quickly lost track
altogether he blundered his position away in only half a dozen more moves.
Adams-Morozevich was a finely balanced French Tarrasch Defence and
perhaps the most interesting game of the day it was the last to finish, a draw
in 64 moves.
Round 8. There were a number of draws at the top in round 8.
Lputian seems to have adjusted to the level after a bad start. He and
Kasparov contested a Grunfeld and although Kasparov equalised the
position was dead drawn by move 30. Peter Leko and Vladimir Kramnik
drew in 21 moves. A crazy time scramble and complicated play marked the
game Piket-Morozevich. Short-Adams was a tough struggle which had
interesting play, Short was initially a pawn up, but Adams then got strong
counterplay. Adams played a clever sacrifice and he emerged two pawns up and
although Short tried hard he was unable to prevent Adams converting his
advantage. Van Wely played solidly as black against Anand and a
draw in 31 resulted. The longest two games of the day were
Nikolic-Polgar a Kings Indian drawn in 72 moves and
Timman-Korchnoi a 2. d3 French drawn in 65 moves.
Round 3 (January 18, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Short, Nigel D 1-0 32 D37 Queen's gambit
Kasparov, Gary - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 25 B80 Sicilian
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 27 C42 Petroff defence
Timman, Jan H - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 28 A53 Benoni
Nikolic, Predrag - Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 40 D55 QGD;
Korchnoi, Viktor - Adams, Michael 1/2 22 E15 Nimzo indian
Polgar, Judit - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 36 C11 French; Classical
Round 4 (January 19, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 40 B66 Sicilian
Piket, Jeroen - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 11 D10 Slav defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 20 C11 French; Classical
Adams, Michael - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 61 B50 Sicilian
Timman, Jan H - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 27 E32 Nimzo indian
Short, Nigel D - Polgar, Judit 1-0 40 B85 Sicilian
Lputian, Smbat G - Leko, Peter 0-1 37 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 5 (January 20, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 50 E07 Nimzo indian
Kasparov, Gary - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 45 D17 Slav defence
Leko, Peter - Timman, Jan H 1/2 34 C00 French
Nikolic, Predrag - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 61 D62 QGD;
Korchnoi, Viktor - Short, Nigel D 1/2 18 C03 French; Tarrasch
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 27 B65 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Adams, Michael 0-1 76 A17 English; 1.c4
Round 6 (January 22, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 19 C11 French; Classical
Piket, Jeroen - Adams, Michael 1/2 30 E05 Nimzo indian
Morozevich, Alexander - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 29 B80 Sicilian
Timman, Jan H - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 39 B30 Sicilian
Nikolic, Predrag - Leko, Peter 0-1 50 D73 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Short, Nigel D - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 34 B26 Sicilian; Closed
Lputian, Smbat G - Polgar, Judit 1-0 60 E05 Nimzo indian
Round 7 (January 23, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 21 D36 Queen's gambit
Kasparov, Gary - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 56 E20 Nimzo indian
Leko, Peter - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 46 C82 Ruy Lopez
Adams, Michael - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 64 C03 French; Tarrasch
Korchnoi, Viktor - Lputian, Smbat G 0-1 47 D37 Queen's gambit
Polgar, Judit - Timman, Jan H 1/2 31 B57 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Short, Nigel D 1/2 24 E20 Nimzo indian
Round 8 (January 24, 2000)
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 21 B42 Sicilian
Anand, Viswanathan - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 31 B80 Sicilian
Piket, Jeroen - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 51 D19 Slav defence
Timman, Jan H - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 65 C00 French
Nikolic, Predrag - Polgar, Judit 1/2 72 E63 Kings indian
Short, Nigel D - Adams, Michael 0-1 67 C42 Petroff defence
Lputian, Smbat G - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 30 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-30 i 2000 cat. XVIII (2697)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2758 * . = = . = 1 = = 1 . 1 . . 5.5 2835
2 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2851 . * . = = 1 = . . = 1 = . 1 5.5 2823
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2725 = . * = = = . = 1 = . 1 . . 5.0 2783
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 = = = * . . . = 1 . 1 . = = 5.0 2796
5 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2633 . = = . * = = 1 0 . . 1 . = 4.5 2743
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2748 = 0 = . = * = . . . = . 1 1 4.5 2748
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 0 = . . = = * . . 1 = . = 1 4.5 2747
8 Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 = . = = 0 . . * = . = 1 = . 4.0 2683
9 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2659 = . 0 0 1 . . = * = . = = . 3.5 2642
10 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 0 = = . . . 0 . = * = . 1 = 3.5 2665
11 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2659 . 0 . 0 . = = = . = * 0 . 1 3.0 2622
12 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2605 0 = 0 . 0 . . 0 = . 1 * 1 . 3.0 2612
13 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2658 . . . = . 0 = = = 0 . 0 * = 2.5 2544
14 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2646 . 0 . = = 0 0 . . = 0 . = * 2.0 2521
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There are additional events taking place in Wijk aan Zee. In the B event
Boris Avrukh of Israel on 5 leads Sergei Tiviakov and Alexander Onischuk by
half a point.
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 18-30 i 2000 cat. XI (2507)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2620 * . . 1 1 = . 1 . = 1 . 5.0 2756
2 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2567 . * = . = 1 = 1 . . . 1 4.5 2705
3 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2637 . = * = . 1 . . . = 1 1 4.5 2665
4 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2561 0 . = * . . . = 1 = 1 . 3.5 2538
5 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2611 0 = . . * . = . 1 . = 1 3.5 2530
6 Van der Wiel, John g NED 2558 = 0 0 . . * 1 . = . . 1 3.0 2530
7 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2540 . = . . = 0 * 0 . 1 . 1 3.0 2493
8 Hendriks, Willy NED 2373 0 0 . = . . 1 * = . = . 2.5 2450
9 Danailov, Silvio m BUL 2462 . . . 0 0 = . = * 1 . = 2.5 2435
10 Ashley, Maurice g USA 2499 = . = = . . 0 . 0 * = . 2.0 2394
11 Berkvens, Joost NED 2297 0 . 0 0 = . . = . = * . 1.5 2357
12 Delemarre, Jop m NED 2354 . 0 0 . 0 0 0 . = . . * 0.5 2161
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In the reserve group Yge Visser leads with 3/3.
Round 3 standings:
Corus Reserve Group Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 21-30 i 2000
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1 2 3
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1 Visser, Yge f NED 2406 +32 +26 + 9 3.0
2 Georgiev, Vladimir m BUL 2538 +34 = 7 + 6 2.5 2637
3 Yuneev, Alexey m RUS 2430 +28 =19 +18 2.5 2602
4 Bellin, Robert m ENG 2351 =11 +29 +19 2.5 2494
5 Ivkov, Borislav g YUG 2450 =13 +23 = 7 2.0 2429
6 Kosteniuk, Alexandra wg RUS 2409 +25 +15 - 2 2.0 2480
7 Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2349 +31 = 2 = 5 2.0 2520
8 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2461 =12 =14 +28 2.0 2416
9 Romero Holmes, Alfonso g ESP 2483 +33 +10 - 1 2.0 2365
10 Werner, Clemens f GER 2314 +22 - 9 +26 2.0 2315
11 Van den Berg, A.M.J NED 2209 = 4 =20 =14 1.5 2335
12 Andonovski, Ljubisa f FRM 2287 = 8 =16 =17 1.5 2438
13 Kiseleva, Natalia wg UKR 2285 = 5 =17 =16 1.5 2434
14 Van Blitterswijk, Stefan f NED 2308 =16 = 8 =11 1.5 2389
15 Ludden, Gert-Jan NED 2263 +24 - 6 =20 1.5 2385
16 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2499 =14 =12 =13 1.5 2293
17 Popov, Luben m BUL 2354 =27 =13 =12 1.5 2262
18 Kalinin, Alexander m RUS 2422 =23 +27 - 3 1.5 2307
19 Keatinge-Clay, Adrian USA 2287 +30 = 3 - 4 1.5 2411
20 Van Geet, Dirk Daniel m NED 2346 =29 =11 =15 1.5 2213
21 Bertholee, Rob f NED 2343 -26 +32 =22 1.5 2107
22 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2089 -10 +33 =21 1.5 2219
23 Floor, Dick NED 2278 =18 - 5 +29 1.5 2346
24 Krnic, Zdenko m YUG 2401 -15 =25 +31 1.5 2242
25 Stellwagen, Daniel NED 2265 - 6 =24 +34 1.5 2381
26 Gouw, Carel-Peter NED ---- +21 - 1 -10 1.0 2229
27 Happel, Hendrik A f NED 2215 =17 -18 =30 1.0 2284
28 Stojanovski, Dejan FRM 2279 - 3 +30 - 8 1.0 2322
29 De Mie, Mariska NED 2168 =20 - 4 -23 0.5 2052
30 Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2452 -19 -28 =27 0.5 1987
31 Barendse, Ted NED 2198 - 7 =34 -24 0.5 2088
32 Burlage, Peter NED 2232 - 1 -21 =33 0.5 1976
33 L'Ami, Erwin NED ---- - 9 -22 =32 0.5 1995
34 Strating, Sybolt f NED 2334 - 2 =31 -25 0.5 2060
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The Pulvermuele International took place January 3rd - February 10th
2000. The Category XI was won by Ildar Ibragimov with 7/11. He finished half a
point clear of Hichem Hamdouchi who beat Ibragimov in round 2.
Internet coverage at: http://www.pulvermuehle.de/schach.html
Round 5 (January 17, 2000)
Ibragimov, Ildar - Blatny, Pavel 1-0 61 A40 Queen's pawn
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Bezold, Michael 1-0 40 B42 Sicilian
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Wells, Peter K 0-1 51 D00 Queen's pawn
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Gabriel, Christian 1/2 38 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Zhu Chen - Bischoff, Klaus 1-0 24 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 6 (January 18, 2000)
Blatny, Pavel - Stefanova, Antoaneta 0-1 79 C42 Petroff defence
Zhu Chen - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1 68 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Wells, Peter K - Hamdouchi, Hichem 1/2 36 A45 Queen's pawn
Gabriel, Christian - Ibragimov, Ildar 0-1 66 B34 Sicilian
Bischoff, Klaus - Bezold, Michael 1/2 27 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Round 7 (January 20, 2000)
Ibragimov, Ildar - Zhu Chen 1-0 51 D11 Slav defence
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Blatny, Pavel 1/2 93 B15 Caro-Kann
Bezold, Michael - Wells, Peter K 1-0 31 B31 Sicilian
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Gabriel, Christian 1/2 62 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Bischoff, Klaus 1-0 24 B81 Sicilian
Round 8 (January 21, 2000)
Blatny, Pavel - Bezold, Michael 1/2 75 B06 Modern defence
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Ibragimov, Ildar 1/2 16 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Zhu Chen - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 63 D10 Slav defence
Gabriel, Christian - Hamdouchi, Hichem 1/2 52 D45 Semi-Slav
Bischoff, Klaus - Wells, Peter K 1/2 30 A13 English; 1.c4
Round 9 (January 22, 2000)
Ibragimov, Ildar - Bischoff, Klaus 1-0 41 E13 Nimzo indian
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Zhu Chen 1-0 32 B50 Sicilian
Bezold, Michael - Gabriel, Christian 1/2 20 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 34 A46 Queen's pawn
Wells, Peter K - Blatny, Pavel 0-1 63 B00 1.e4
1st Fraenkische GM Pulvermuele GER (GER), 12-22 i 2000cat. XI (2520)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2611 * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2730
2 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2513 1 * 1 = = 1 1 = = = 6.5 2687
3 Bezold, Michael g GER 2508 = 0 * = = = 1 1 = = 5.0 2564
4 Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2495 0 = = * 1 1 0 0 = 1 4.5 2523
5 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2512 0 = = 0 * 1 0 1 1 = 4.5 2521
6 Naiditsch, Arkadij m GER 2442 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 = 1 4.5 2528
7 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2530 0 0 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 1 4.0 2476
8 Wells, Peter K g ENG 2483 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 * = = 3.5 2444
9 Gabriel, Christian g GER 2564 0 = = = 0 = 0 = * = 3.0 2390
10 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2544 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = = * 2.5 2351
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The 66th Brazilian Chess Championship takes place in Brasilia-DF,
Brasil, (Torre Palace Hotel) January 19th - 25th 2000. 26 players will compete
in a 9 rounds swiss tournament. Official coverage at:
http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx
Standings after 7 of 9 rounds
ch-BRA Brasilia (BRA), 7-19 i 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2511 + 9 + 5 + 4 = 2 +14 + 3 = 7 6.0 /7 2639
2 Limp, Eduardo BRA 2420 +13 +16 + 6 = 1 + 9 + 8 = 4 6.0 /7 2617
3 Gauche, Charles BRA 2310 =18 + 8 + 7 - 4 +12 - 1 +11 4.5 /7 2400
4 Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2393 +21 +17 - 1 + 3 - 8 + 9 = 2 4.5 /7 2402
5 Chemin, Vitorio BRA 2313 +19 - 1 +21 -14 +20 = 6 +13 4.5 /7 2312
6 Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo f BRA 2365 +14 + 7 - 2 - 9 +10 = 5 = 8 4.0 /7 2327
7 Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2441 +10 - 6 - 3 +21 =11 +12 = 1 4.0 /7 2375
8 Coelho, Luis BRA 2091 +12 - 3 =17 +20 + 4 - 2 = 6 4.0 /7 2350
9 De Souza Haro, Paulo Cezar f BRA 2273 - 1 +19 +11 + 6 - 2 - 4 +14 4.0 /7 2362
10 Benares, Ricardo f BRA 2236 - 7 -14 +15 +18 - 6 +21 +19 4.0 /7 2218
11 Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2334 =22 =12 - 9 +19 = 7 +14 - 3 3.5 /7 2239
12 Guimaraes, Wagner P BRA 2320 - 8 =11 +13 +17 - 3 - 7 +21 3.5 /7 2271
13 Valle, Adriano BRA 2229 - 2 =20 -12 +16 +17 +15 - 5 3.5 /7 2234
14 Souza Neves, Andrey M BRA 2166 - 6 +10 +16 + 5 - 1 -11 - 9 3.0 /7 2282
15 Silva Sobrinho,A BRA ---- -17 -21 -10 +23 +16 -13 +20 3.0 /7 2129
16 Rios Filho, Hilton Carlos f BRA 2295 +20 - 2 -14 -13 -15 +17 =18 2.5 /7 2056
17 Dejeanne, Francisco ARG 2294 +15 - 4 = 8 -12 -13 -16 +23 2.5 /7 2087
18 De Paula,G BRA ---- = 3 =22 -20 -10 -19 +23 =16 2.5 /7 2041
19 Bastos,W BRA ---- - 5 - 9 +23 -11 +18 =20 -10 2.5 /7 2063
20 Leite Jr,Erasmo BRA ---- -16 =13 +18 - 8 - 5 =19 -15 2.0 /7 1974
21 Roland, Marcos USA 2204 - 4 +15 - 5 - 7 +23 -10 -12 2.0 /7 2085
22 Toth, Peter BRA 2163 =11 =18 . . . . . 1.0 /2 2167
23 BYE BRA ---- . . -19 -15 -21 -18 -17 0.0 /5
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Coverage at: http://www.cbx.org.br
This is followed by the BCX 2000 Brazilian Chess Open which takes place
in Brasilia-DF, Brasil (Naoum Plaza Hotel) January 27th - 30th 2000. The event
is a 7 rounds swiss tournament
Further details: http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx/abindice.htm
The 7th round of the German Bundesliga took place on January 8th 2000.
This was a single round
Official site for the competition: http://www.gm-schach.de/
Round 7 Results:
Venue SG Porz
PSV Duisburg 1:7 SG Porz
Venue: SV Castrop
SV Castrop-Rauxel 4:4 Godesberger SK
Venue Delmenhorst
Delmenhorster SK 3½:4½ SV Werder Bremen
Venue SG Solingen
SG Aljechin Solingen 7½:½ SV Wattenscheid
Venue Tegernsee
SV Tegernsee 3½:4½ SK Passau
Venue Magdeburg
USC Magdeburg 3½:4½ SF Neukölln
Venue Hamburg
Hamburger SK 2½:5½ Lübecker SV
Venue Plauen
SK König Plauen 3:5 Dresdner SC
Standings:
1. SG Porz 39:17 13:1
2. Solinger SG 37,5:18,5 13:1
3. SK Delmenhorst 31:25 11:3
4. Godesberger SK 30:26 10:4
5. SK Passau 29:27 7:7
6. Dresdner SC 27,5:28,5 7:7
7. SV Werder Bremen 27:29 7:7
8. SV Castrop Rauxel 25,5:30,5 7:7
9. SV Tegernsee 27,5:28,5 6:8
10. SFR Neukölln 25,5:30,5 6:8
11. Lübecker SV 28:28 5:9
12. USC Magdeburg 27:29 5:9
13. SK König Plauen 23,5:32,5 5:9
14. SV Wattenscheid 21,5:34,5 5:9
15. Hamburger SK 26,5:29,5 4:10
16. PSV Duisburg 22:34 1:11
Alexey Vyzmanavin 1st Jan 1960 - January 6th 2000. Alexey Vyzmanavin has
died in Moscow, probably on January 6th although he wasn't discovered for six
days. He was with two friends on January 6th (the Russian Christmas Eve), the
last time he was seen alive. The official version is that he died of a stroke.
Amongst his chess achievements he shared 1st place in the USSR Championships of
1990. He also played for Russia a number of times including Manila, 1992. He
was also successful in the PCA Rapidplay events. His highest ELO was 2620. He
had not played in two years and was reported to have suffered from depression
in recent times.
The new FIDE rating list was released earlier this month. The most
striking thing about the list was the presence of six Burmese players in the
top 100. In January 1997 Burma had four rated players (Aung Aung 2205 now 2595,
Aung Thant Zin 2245 now 2510, Myo Naing 2240 now 2545 and Zaw Win Lay 2230 now
World number 44 and rated 2633). The same players appeared in the June 1997
list with no additional games. However in the January 1998 list things started
to change. Lets follow Zaw Win Lay's progress. June 1997 2230, January 1998
2395, June 1998 2465, January 1999 2565, June 1999 2565 (but he played 86 games
at this inflated rating) and finally January 2000 2633. Unprecedented progress
unless you count the near similar progress of may of his compatriots. I believe
all these games were played in Burma. In the same time period Burma went from 4
rated players in 1997 to 16 then 72 in 1998, then 197 in 1999 from where they
reached the 202 in the latest list (suggesting that FIDE's action against
Scheveningen tournaments outlined below is not at all useful in this case).
After this "progress" was spotted in the last rating list FIDE suspended
the Burmese ratings pending an enquiry. These ratings were restored at a
meeting during the executive board meeting in Dohar, Qatar, just prior to the
rating list release in January. The decision runs as follows. Ratings
commission chairman Mr. Mikko Markkula said that "from the information he had,
there was nothing to show that there was a dishonest intent on the part of the
Myanmar (Burma) players." In addition they chose to abolish the 100 point rule
that has stopped even more spectacular progress by the Burmese players as being
unfair to a lot of "innocent players" (a highly interesting choice of words).
Mr. Markkula did propose that he would ask the Presidential board for powers to
require players who had "achieved excessively high ratings from playing in
tournaments, especially Scheveningen tournaments within their national
Federation, shall be required by the Qualification Commission to play in
specially designated international tournaments outside their Federation, where
their rating will be closely monitored."
FIDE did vote to not rate Scheveningen tournaments with unrated players
(from immediate effect) which has been seen in the past as the most effective
way of manufacturing rated players.
So FIDE have endorsed Burma as the joint second (behind Russia, level
with England) strongest nation in World chess as measured by those in the top
100. A long acknowledged weakness of the ELO system is that of lots of games
being played amongst players in a limited rating pool. This is precisely what
has happened in Burma. Manufacture a lot of rated players, play a lot of games
between them and you are going to get ratings that have no relation to those
outside that pool. In fact FIDE have a precident, one fully approved by the
inventor of the rating system Arpad Elo. They decided that most women played
events only against women and that their ratings were 100 points too low and
added 100 points to all but those of two of the Polgar sisters (as they had
played almost exclusively against male oppostion.) A controversial measure at
the time as it was seen as being aimed at the Polgar sisters but a highly
appropriate precedent here. Clearly FIDE decided not suspend Burma's ratings
because they view the situation as an exploitation of the weakness of the
rating system rather than fraud. They can surely with a clear conscience and
precedent adjust the ratings of the Burmese players down by 200, 300 or even
400 points as a necessary piece of administration. If they don't then in the
next rating period we will see a lot of international tournaments where titled
foreign players are invited, they pick up a nice fee and lots of free rating
points from underrated players whilst the Burmese players pick up titles by
getting results amongst themselves. Ironically FIDE's proposed solution that
Burmese players should play international chess would make a solution
problematic. Having played so few games against the general poll of players
means that their ratings have had until now little effect and correction
relatively easy. Playing internationally would corrupt the whole list. Inaction
would be a severe blow to the credibility of the FIDE rating list which is so
important to international chess.
Additional info: The FIDE site at: http://www.worldfide.com/ has the full
list. View the Top
100
The 5th and 6th rounds of the 4 Nations Chess League took place last
weekend. Games follow next week.
Round 5 22nd January 2000
Barbican 4NCL 1 6-2 North West Eagles
Slough 1 6½-1½ Bristol 1
Wood Green 1 5-3 Silvine White Rose
Guildford-ADC 4-4 I.K.H.H. 1
The AD's 5½-2½ Richmond
Wood Green 2 2½-5½ Bigwood 1
Round 6 23rd January 2000
North West Eagles 3-5 Wood Green 1
Richmond 2½-5½ Barbican 4NCL 1
I.K.H.H. 1 2-6 Slough 1
Bristol 1 2-6 Guildford-ADC
Bigwood 1 6½-1½ The AD's
Silvine White Rose 5½-2½ Wood Green 2
Division 1
P W D L MP GP
1 Slough 1 6 6 0 0 12 36.5
2 Wood Green 1 6 5 1 0 11 31.5
3 Bigwood 1 6 4 1 1 9 29.0
4 I.K.H.H. 1 6 3 2 1 8 24.5
5 Barbican 4NCL 1 6 3 1 2 7 27.5
6 Guildford-ADC 6 2 1 3 5 25.0
7 Richmond 6 2 1 3 5 22.0
8 Silvine White Rose 6 2 0 4 4 21.0
9 The AD's 6 2 0 4 4 19.5
10 Bristol 1 6 2 0 4 4 18.0
11 NWEagles 6 1 0 5 2 17.0
12 Wood Green 2 6 0 1 5 1 16.5
The V Open "Ciudad de Ubeda" takes place 19th-28th January 2000. After
five rounds Alexander Grischuk, Aleksei Holmsten and Artashes Minasian are on
4.5/5. 114 players.
Coverage at:
http://www.ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez
Standings after round 5
1 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2549 4.5
2 Holmsten, Aleksei FIN 2364 4.5
3 Minasian Artashes, ARM 2598 4.5
4 Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 2641 4
5 San Segundo, Pablo ESP 2497 2513 4
6 Zakharov, Alexander RUS 2426 4
7 Sorokin, Maxim ARG 2572 4
8 Maherramzade, Javad AZE 2423 4
9 Yagupov, Igor RUS 2482 4
10 Yandemirov, Valeri RUS 2472 4
11 Turov, Maxim RUS 2526 4
12 Motylev, Alexander RUS 2552 3.5
13 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G ESP 2463 2482 3.5
14 Hauchard, Arnaud FRA 2513 3.5
15 Lobzhanidze, Davit GEO 2448 3.5
16 Korneev, Oleg RUS 2619 3.5
17 Mirzoev, Azer AZE 2438 3.5
18 Dzhumaev, Marat UZB 2483 3.5
19 Tregubov, Pavel V RUS 2615 3.5
20 Salmensuu, Olli FIN 2418 3.5
21 Dolmatov, Sergey RUS 2615 3.5
22 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N RUS 2523 3.5
23 Sargissian, Gabriel ARM 2442 3.5
24 Vokarev, Sergey RUS 2452 3.5
25 Halkias, Stelios GRE 2482 3
26 Candela Perez, Jose ESP 2409 2411 3
27 Fernandez Romero, Ernesto ESP 2285 2266 3
28 Stocek, Jiri CZE 2496 3
29 Ivanov, Jordan BUL 2440 3
30 Peric, Slavisa YUG 2357 3
31 Bykhovsky, Anatoly A RUS 2398 3
32 Gallego Jimenez, Victoriano ESP 2359 2391 3
33 Piankov, Evgenij UKR 2375 3
34 Anastasian, Ashot ARM 2606 3
35 Kalantarian, Norik ARM 2474 3
36 Wohl, Aleksandar H AUS 2438 3
37 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis ESP 2445 2438 3
38 Minasian Ara, ARM 2485 3
39 Sharma, Dinesh K IND 2337 3
40 Bick, John D USA 2266 3
41 Barsov, Alexei UZB 2521 3
42 Pilgaard, Kim DEN 2377 3
43 Hovhanisian, Mher ARM 2361 3
44 Karatorossian, David ARM 2345 3
45 Khamrakulov, Ibragim S UZB 2354 3
46 Bjerring, Kai DEN 2276 3
47 Gerstner, Wolfgang GER 2402 3
114 players
The 8th Croatian closed championships took place in Pula 07th - 19th
January 2000. The event saw Krunoslav Hulak and Ivan Zaja finish on 8.5/13.
Coverage at: http://sah.posluh.hr and
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/pula/prvhrzat/prvhrzat.html
ch-CRO Pula (CRO), 7-19 i 2000 cat. VIII (2450)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Hulak, Krunoslav g CRO 2495 * 1 = 0 = 1 = = 1 0 1 1 1 = 8.5 2556
2 Zaja, Ivan m CRO 2452 0 * = 1 = 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2559
3 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2570 = = * 1 = 0 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2527
4 Kutuzovic, Branko m CRO 2432 1 0 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 8.0 2538
5 Golubovic, Boris m CRO 2449 = = = = * 1 = = = 1 = = 0 1 7.5 2506
6 Feletar, Darko CRO 2410 0 1 1 = 0 * = = 1 = 0 1 = 1 7.5 2509
7 Rogic, Davor m CRO 2494 = 0 = = = = * = 1 = 1 = 0 1 7.0 2475
8 Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2464 = = 0 = = = = * 0 1 0 1 1 = 6.5 2448
9 Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2438 0 1 1 0 = 0 0 1 * = = 0 1 = 6.0 2421
10 Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2529 1 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = * = 1 = = 5.5 2386
11 Krstic, Uros CRO 2386 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 = = * = = 0 4.5 2344
12 Stevic, Hrvoje m CRO 2508 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 1 0 = * 1 0 4.5 2335
13 Rezan, Sasa CRO 2291 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 0 = = 0 * 1 4.5 2351
14 Novak, Danijel CRO 2377 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 1 1 0 * 4.5 2345
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Juan Manuel Gonzalez reports: The Cali Open in Colombia took place
26th-30th December 1999. The event was won by GM Alonso Zapata, 60 players
competed.
Final Standings:
1 GM Zapata, Alonso 2454 8.0
2 IM Alzate, Darío 2403 7.0
3 IM Escobar, Alder 2385 7.0
4 FM Espinosa, Julio 2330 7.0
5 FM Mendoza, Rafael 2340 6.5
6 GM García, Gildardo 2446 6.0
7 Morales, John Alexander 2374 6.0
8 Gamboa, Nelson 2346 6.0
9 IM Pupo, Emilio 2340 6.0
10 Araque, Rafael 2310 6.0
11 Beltrán, Carlos A. 2255 6.0
12 IM Abreu, Arian 2427 5.5
13 Castro, Oscar 2359 5.5
14 Vittorino, Carlos 2300 5.5
15 Contreras, Henry 2265 5.5
16 Echavarría, Johann 2237 5.5
17 IM Herrera, Irisberto 2487 5.0
18 IM González, Renier 2426 5.0
19 IM Szmetan, Jorge 2420 5.0
20 Rentería, Jorge 2308 5.0
21 Gutiérrez, José Antonio 2280 5.0
22 Ruiz, Pablo Alexander 2109 5.0
23 IM Perdomo, Carlos Andrés 2413 4.5
24 IM Cabrera, Alexis 2407 4.5
25 Cuartas, Jaime 2365 4.5
26 Ramirez, Carlos 2324 4.5
27 Ríos, Alejandro 2316 4.5
28 Mosquera, Miguel 2315 4.5
29 IM Cuartas, Carlos 2300 4.5
30 García, Alvaro 2287 4.5
31 Ruiz, Alciguel 2269 4.5
32 Salazar, Jeyksson 1935 4.5
33 Mateus, Marthaunr. 4.5
34 Carvajal, Nolbertounr. 4.5
60 players
Christophe Bouton reports: There was a hurricane in Paris on Dec 26th
1999 with great damage to the city. This includes the grave of Alekhine in
Montparnasse Cimetery, in Paris (Lev Polugaevsky was also buried there).
Alekhine was buried in Paris in a ceremony attended by the FIDE president, some
vice presidents and Botvinnik. It took place on March 23, 1956. Officially the
grave should be repaired by the family (according to French law) or by family
insurance. It is reported that Alekhine's son lives in the US.
Photo
Further details at: http://www.europe-echecs.com
The Cadaqués computer tournament is being held in Spain and is
hosted by Prof. Enrique Irazoqui and CSS. Computers are runniing on two
PIII-500 with 256 MB RAM. Time controls are 40 moves in 40 minutes, each
participants play 20 game matches against all other participants, total 420
games. Competitors: Rebel Century (Ed Schröder Rebel B.v.), Fritz 6a
(Frans Morsch ChessBase), Hiarcs 7.32 (Mark Uniacke ChessBase), Junior 6 (Amir
Ban ChessBase), Nimzo 7.32 (Chrilly Donninger ChessBase), Rebel Tiger
(Christophe Théron Rebel B.v.) and Shredder 4 (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Millennium). Event runs January 3rd - February 10th 2000.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.computerschach.de/tourn/
New York Open
Michael Atkins reports: The New York Open is back!! Long, the strongest
Open tournament in the U.S., the NY Open is scheduled over the period of May
6-14, 2000. The Two Weekend schedule will start May 6-7, and the main Open
section will play May 8-14. The class sections will play May 10-14. Playing at
the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan, the same site as the last two NYO's, the
Open section will feature $50,000 in prizes which is about $10,000 more than in
the open section in 1998. All other details will be announced in late January.
For more details contact tournament organizer Mr. Jose Cuchi later in the month
Stay tuned for upcoming announcements and full details in late January on the
New York Open website http://w-w-w.com/nyopen/
First Saturday February
The First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments for February take
place in Budapest, 5th-17th February. Contact: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@elender.hu
if you wish to play as there are some vacancies.
The participants registered so far:
FIRST SATURDAY GM-tournament: IGM VOLZHIN, A. (RUS), IGM HORVATH, Csaba
(HUN), IGM CSOM, Istvan (HUN), JAKAB, Attila (HUN), SZABO, Zsolt, Jozsef (HUN),
IM FOGARASI, Tibor (HUN), RIBSHTEIN, Nati (ISR), IM NGUYEN, Anh Dung (VIE), WGM
HOANG, Th, Trang (VIE), IM WANG Rui (CHN), FM NI, Hua (CHN), IM LI, Wenliang
(CHN), IM YU, Shao Teng (CHN), ZHANG, Pengxiang (CHN). Reserves: IM GINSBURG,
Mark (USA), IM VILLAMAYOR, Bong (PHI), IM BURNETT, Ronald (USA), IM VAJDA,
Levente (ROM), IM VAJDA, Albert (ROM).
2000 FIRST SATURDAY IM-tournament: IM KAPOSZTAS, Miklos (HUN), IM
ZIMMERMAN, Yuri (RUS), IM SINKOVICS, Peter (HUN), IM KAHN, Evarth (HUN), IM
SERES, Lajos,(HUN), IM EPERJESI, Laszlo (HUN), JUNGER, Kai (GER), MARXEN, Peter
(GER), WOOLRIDGE, Leon (ENG), FM BELOTELOV, Dmitri (RUS), RESIKA, Nathan,
(USA), DEMBO, Yelena (ISR), WIM GARA, Anita (HUN), SZEBERENYI, Adam (HUN),
WONG, Zi Ling (MAS), ANTAL, Gergely (HUN), IM NEMETH, Zoltan (HUN), GOCZO,
Melinda (HUN), WGM VAJDA, Szidonia (ROM) FM PARKANYI, Attila (HUN), COOKE, Eric
(USA), YU, Ming Yuan (CHN), FM MURZIN, Lenar (RUS), IM NEMETH. Zoltan (HUN).
Reserves: BOGNAR, Csaba (HUN), BALOGH, Csaba (HUN). Planned 2 groups... (10-14
participants each...)
9th Aurec Rapid tournament
The 9th Aurec Rapid tournament takes place Feb 26th - 27th in Aurec,
France. There are 2 tournaments 7 rounds/ 20mins per game. More than FF 45 000
in prizes Invitations for GMs and IMs. Further info: Olivier Deville -
Côtevière - F-43110 Aurec Tél. : 0033 4 77 35 41 21 Fax :
0033 4 77 35 23 76 E-mail : odeville@netcourrier.com
12 Hour Brussels Blitz
The 12 Hour Brussels Blitz takes place Feb 26th 2000. Salle Sippelberg
Avenue Sippelberg, 3 (Metro Osseghem) 70.000 frs in prizes, 1st prize 15.000
frs. Entry: Senior - 400frs, Junior<18 - 250frs Timerate: 5 minutes. Info: B
Asman tel 512.48.43 e-mail: asmanbenny@skynet.be M. Grede tel 538.35.75 Chess
Club Anderlecht Caïssa Woluwé C.R.E.B. Les Fous du Roy
Politiken Cup 2000
The Politiken Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark takes place 17th-28th July
2000. There is a new venue at the Nørrebrohallen with room for 500-700
players.
Further information: http://www.kbhsu.dk
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.
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.
Coverage at:http://www.simnet.is/hellir/Reykopen00.htm
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.
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.
Website: http://cappelle.free.fr/
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
