THE WEEK IN CHESS 273 31st January 2000 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Lost Boys, John Henderson, Ülar Lauk, Maximiliano
Alvarez, Dima Tyomkin, Emil Anka, Antonio Bento, Ruben Casafus, Laszlo Nagy,
Michael Atkins, David Koenig, Steve Immitt, Nigel Johnson, Tim Reilly and all
those who helped with this issue.
Kasparov moved away from the rest of the field to take very clear first
in Wijk aan Zee. The top four players were all undefeated and all go on to
Linares at the end of February, it should be a fantastic tournament. Elsewhere
there is a nice mix of chess including the Keres Memorial rapidplay in Tallinn
which saw Ivanchuk and Shirov play.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The first major tournament of 2000 was won comfortably by Garry
Kasparov. The Corus Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee ran 14th-30th January 2000
in the De Moriaan Community Centre and was just shy of Category 19. Kasparov's
play was just a little short of his best, but all his games were of interest
and he was ruthlessly efficient when chances were presented to him (perhaps
only Anand was allowed to escape). Kasparov won the most games (6) and finished
undefeated. In joint second place were Anand, Kramnik and Leko, again all were
undefeated scoring +3 =10. They all struggled to get going with at least one
(Anand) suffering from flu like symptoms. These four players will be joined by
Khalifman and Shirov in Linares February 28th - March 10th 2000. In 5th place
was the crowd's favourite Alexander Morozevich. I watched Morozevich destroy
the last Lloyds Bank tournament with 10/11 and his progress to the top ten
isn't that bigger surprise. However he is the loostist player at the top level
in a very, very long time. He likes to complicate and frequently comes close to
losing. Its entertaining chess but often unsound, Kasparov was annoyed he
didn't get more spectator prizes but people like to see players get away with
enterprising (perhaps even over-enterprising) chess. Its a lot of years since
Kasparov had the reputation of being exciting but slightly unsound but it was
one of the reasons people liked his early play. However Morozevich's style does
not look suited to a Linares style tournament.
The Dutch (and Corus in particular) are to be congratulated in putting
together an excellent event and its to be hoped that a few more top events can
be organised this year. There are certainly plenty of gaps in the calendar and
a number of excellent GMs about (I asked Peter Svidler what his plans for this
year were and he answered do you have any suggestions? He is not alone in this
problem.).
Below is a small summary round by round. The TWIC website has excellent
pictures and reports direct from the venue by John Henderson and also TWIC TV
which was from Wijk aan Zee.
Round 9. There were just two decisive results in round 9 and all
the games were finshed around the first time control. First to finish was the
game Korchnoi-Nikolic which ended suddenly when Korchnoi blundered on
move 18. Kasparov and Timman had a theoretical discussion of the
Scotch, one which they've had a number of times before. They entered an endgame
on move 20 and Timman didn't find a way of defending his inferior position.
Polgar-Leko was a complex Sicilian Defence ending in a draw in 34 moves.
Kramnik-Piket was a Kings Indian where Kramnik seemed to overpress
slightly, he had to defend a little but the game ended in a draw on move 39.
Van Wely-Lputian was a Bf4 Queens Gambit Declined, on move 21 Van Wely
won Queen for Rook and Knight but play seemed balanced after that and he took a
draw straight after first time control. Adams-Anand was started 1. e4 e5
2. Bc4. Adams won a pawn but agreed to a draw on move 34, as it wasn't that
easy to use. Morozevich-Short was a Scotch where Short seemed to be close to
winning, Morozevich found a fine idea to earn a draw by perpetual check in 34
moves.
Round 10. Garry Kasparov extended his lead to a full point
after converting an extra pawn in an ending against Predrag Nikolic.
Jeroen Piket won a pawn against Nigel Short in an unusual d-pawn
opening. Piket then won a piece by exploiting Short's bad King position.
Anand-Morozevich was a fascinating draw in the Slav Defence.
Lputian-Adams was an a3 Queens Indian drawn in 29 moves. Timman-Van
Wely was an exciting Scheveningen Sicilian won by Timman in 37 moves.
Leko-Korchnoi was a Classical French where Leko won a pawn and converted
a complex ending. Kramnik-Polgar was drawn in 31 moves of a Queens
Indian.
Round 11. Garry Kasparov drew against Peter Leko in
A Sicilian Defence lasting 34 moves. Leko had to play carefully to achieve the
draw but never seemed in any danger. Joint with Leko in second place was
Vladimir Kramnik , he drew against Victor Korchnoi with black in
43 moves. Alexander Morozevich produced another wonderful mess, this
time on the white side of a French starting 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 against
Smbat Lputian. Lputian was winning for several moves as Morozevich
missed something and came close to just resigning. Lputian's 28. ...gxh2 was
the start of some real mistakes and gradually Morozevich opened up on Lputian's
King and won on move 37. Michael Adams beat Jan Timman on the
white side of the Petroff's Defence. Adams gradually out-manoeuvered Timman
eventually netting a pawn and with another about to fall Timman resigned on
move 41. Nigel Short drew against Viswanathan Anand in a very
dull Petroff's Defence. Judit Polgar won her first game of the event by
beating Jeroen Piket in 45 moves of a Ruy Lopez. Van Wely failed to
convert a winning position againstPredrag Nikolic.
Round 12. Garry Kasparov held Vladimir Kramnik on
the black side of a Gruenfeld Defence Exchnage Variation assuring himself at
least a tie for first place. Kasparov was faced with a move that has not been
seen with success since the 50's. 8.h3 is a rarity and was generally thought to
be a waste of a tempo compared with the trendy 8.Rb1 that is Kramnik's
speciality. Kasparov came up with a novelty, 9. ...b5 that had advantages and
disadvantages over 9…b6. He decided not to test the critical line with
9…Nc6 where White often sacrifices the exchange with d5, doubtless Kramnik
was ready for that. Kramnik found a way to exploit Kasparov with the clever
14.Qb1 but although he won a pawn the game reached an endgame with just
kingside pawns. Kramnik was in already time trouble and could not find a way to
play for a win and just before first time control Kasparov achieved a dead
drawn position. Peter Leko had the opportunity to move half a point
closer to Kasparov but he drew against Van Wely in only 28 moves of a
Sicilian as once again the back marker defended against the English Attack in
the Najdorf with the thematic idea of …g5 grabbing the black squares.
Unlike Jan Timman and Alexander Morozevich in earlier rounds, Leko could not
find a sacrificial continuation and was probably pleased with the repetition of
moves as his kingside was taken over. Jeroen Piket and Viswanathan
Anand disputed a line of the Slav where black gives up a piece. They agreed
it drawn after 17 moves without having left the book (it followed
Cramling-Hector Malmo 1998 and a few others). Judit Polgar had white
against Viktor Korchnoi who played the MacCutcheon Variation. Korchnoi
diverged first from a couple of his games from the 50s where he played 8...g6 -
8...Kf8is thought superior nowadays and then diverged from the game Polgar v
Lautier Madrid 1993 with 14…Bd7. The game ended in a draw in 48 moves with
Black always looking fine. Jan Timman played a variation of the
Tarrasch French where he wins the exchange on move 13 against Alexander
Morozevich. The line is generally held to be great for black. 21. Rad1
seemed to be a new move and despite Morozevich's attempts to complicate Timman
converted the won position he had achieved at the first time control.
Predrag Nikolic beat Michael Adams on the white side of a Queens
Indian. Adams sought activity but at the cost of a weak pawn on c5 that was
expertly surrounded (31.Nf1! and 32.Nd2 unmasking the Bf2). Adams lost the pawn
just before first time control and faced with an outside passed pawn he
resigned. Smbat Lputian was again very unlucky not to win and was unable
to finish off Nigel Short after winning a pawn just out of the opening
in a Queens Indian. Short's early queen sortie was simply refuted ( 14.Nf3!
when both captures on f2 lose material) and Lputian was just a passed queenside
pawn up for nothing before blundering it back. He might have missed that 31.f3
does not win a piece after 31…Qd4+ 32.Bf2 Qa1+. White was still better but
elected to swop queens into a king and pawn endgame that turned out to be drawn
when the queen and pawn endgame still gave him chances.
Round 13. Garry Kasparov beat Judit Polgar in a
thrilling game where he took huge risks to maintain his 100% record against
her. Polgar came up with a novelty 10. ...Nf6 in a variation of the Sicilian
she has used before (although Kasparov may have been ready for it as it was his
10. h3 was a surprise. Kasparov found an exchange sacrifice that first of all
secured equality and then in mutual time trouble a winning position. Michael
Adams drew with Peter Leko in only 15 moves of a Bb5 Sicilian.
Kramnik and Van Wely also drew, in 22 moves of a Queens indian.
Nigel Short won a pawn against Jan Timman in an Open Ruy Lopez
but couldn't convert it in a Queen and Pawn ending. Alexander Morozevich
completed an exciting tournament for him by beating Predrag Nikolic in a
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 French. Viktor Korchnoi beat Jeroen Piket
in a Queens Indian Classical Variation. Piket got himself into terrible
time pressure leaving himself only 11 minutes after move 17 and only a minute
for the last ten moves. Korchnoi won the resulting bishops of opposite colour
ending. Viswanathan Anand beat Smbat Lputian in 61 moves of a
Winawer French Defence with 5. ...Ba5. Anand made slow progress in an ending
where black had a dreadful light squared bishop but Lputian had seen enough
after the second time control
Round 9 (January 25, 2000)
Kasparov, Gary - Timman, Jan H 1-0 36 C45 Scottish
Kramnik, Vladimir - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 39 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Morozevich, Alexander - Short, Nigel D 1/2 39 C45 Scottish
Adams, Michael - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 34 C54 Italian game
Polgar, Judit - Leko, Peter 1/2 34 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Korchnoi, Viktor - Nikolic, Predrag 0-1 19 A13 English; 1.c4
Van Wely, Loek - Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 43 D37 Queen's gambit
Round 10 (January 27, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Polgar, Judit 1/2 31 E15 Nimzo indian
Leko, Peter - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 43 C11 French; Classical
Anand, Viswanathan - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 37 D17 Slav defence
Piket, Jeroen - Short, Nigel D 1-0 40 A40 Queen's pawn
Timman, Jan H - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 37 B80 Sicilian
Nikolic, Predrag - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 65 D71 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Lputian, Smbat G - Adams, Michael 1/2 29 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 11 (January 28, 2000)
Kasparov, Gary - Leko, Peter 1/2 34 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Morozevich, Alexander - Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 37 C00 French
Adams, Michael - Timman, Jan H 1-0 41 C42 Petroff defence
Short, Nigel D - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 23 C42 Petroff defence
Polgar, Judit - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 45 C92 Ruy Lopez
Korchnoi, Viktor - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 43 E15 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 94 E32 Nimzo indian
Round 12 (January 29, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 37 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Leko, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 28 B80 Sicilian
Piket, Jeroen - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 17 D17 Slav defence
Timman, Jan H - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 53 C06 French; Tarrasch
Nikolic, Predrag - Adams, Michael 1-0 45 E15 Nimzo indian
Polgar, Judit - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 48 C12 French; Macutcheon
Lputian, Smbat G - Short, Nigel D 1/2 49 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 13 (January 30, 2000)
Kasparov, Gary - Polgar, Judit 1-0 44 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Anand, Viswanathan - Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 61 C17 French; Winawer
Morozevich, Alexander - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 44 C00 French
Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 1/2 15 B31 Sicilian
Short, Nigel D - Timman, Jan H 1/2 42 C80 Ruy Lopez
Korchnoi, Viktor - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 60 E14 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 22 E15 Nimzo 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 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2851 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 9.5 2860
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2758 = * = = = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 = 8.0 2779
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2725 = = * = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 8.0 2782
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 = = = * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 8.0 2778
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2748 0 = = = * = = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2750
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 = 0 = = = * = 1 0 1 = = = 1 7.0 2725
7 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2633 = = = = = = * 1 0 1 0 0 1 = 6.5 2702
8 Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 0 = = = 1 0 0 * = = = = 1 1 6.5 2700
9 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2659 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 = * = = 1 = = 6.0 2671
10 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 = 0 = = = 0 0 = = * 1 = = = 5.5 2641
11 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2658 0 = = = 0 = 1 = = 0 * = 0 = 5.0 2613
12 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2659 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 = = * 0 1 5.0 2613
13 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2605 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 1 * = 4.5 2594
14 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2646 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * 4.0 2560
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There are additional events taking place in Wijk aan Zee. In the B event
Sergei Tiviakov secured a place in the A event ahead of Boris Avrukh of Israel
and Alexander Onischuk all of whom scored 8/11.
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 18-30 i 2000 cat. XI (2507)
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1 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2567 * = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 0 1 1 8.0 2676
2 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2637 = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2669
3 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2620 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2671
4 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2611 = = 0 * = 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2562
5 Van der Wiel, John g NED 2558 0 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2566
6 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2561 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 1 = 1 = = 6.0 2537
7 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2540 = 0 = = 0 1 * 0 1 1 0 1 5.5 2503
8 Danailov, Silvio m BUL 2462 = = 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 1 = = 5.5 2510
9 Ashley, Maurice g USA 2499 0 = = 0 0 = 0 0 * = 1 = 3.5 2374
10 Berkvens, Joost NED 2297 1 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * = 1 3.5 2392
11 Hendriks, Willy NED 2373 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 = * = 3.0 2343
12 Delemarre, Jop m NED 2354 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = * 2.0 2258
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Manuel Bosboom won the reserve event and thus qualified for the B event
next year.
Corus Reserve Group Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 21-30 i 2000
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1 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2461 =12 = 4 +16 +18 +11 = 2 = 3 +14 + 7 7.0 2595
2 Visser, Yge f NED 2406 +33 +32 +11 =14 = 7 = 1 + 8 = 3 = 5 6.5 2495
3 Kalinin, Alexander m RUS 2422 =30 +21 -14 +12 + 4 + 6 = 1 = 2 = 8 6.0 2505
4 Van Blitterswijk, Stefan f NED 2308 = 8 = 1 =26 +24 - 3 +10 +13 = 6 +20 6.0 2517
5 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2089 -17 +25 =10 =23 +15 +11 = 7 + 9 = 2 6.0 2457
6 Georgiev, Vladimir m BUL 2538 +29 =13 +18 = 7 =14 - 3 +16 = 4 +11 6.0 2498
7 Bellin, Robert m ENG 2351 =26 +31 +15 = 6 = 2 = 9 = 5 +20 - 1 5.5 2420
8 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2499 = 4 =12 =22 +30 +27 =14 - 2 +13 = 3 5.5 2425
9 Ivkov, Borislav g YUG 2450 =22 +30 =13 +17 =19 = 7 =14 - 5 +15 5.5 2389
10 Bertholee, Rob f NED 2343 -32 +33 = 5 =22 =16 - 4 +24 +27 +14 5.5 2328
11 Romero Holmes, Alfonso g ESP 2483 +25 +17 - 2 +13 - 1 - 5 +19 +18 - 6 5.0 2372
12 Andonovski, Ljubisa f FRM 2287 = 1 = 8 =23 - 3 +31 -26 +22 =25 +29 5.0 2346
13 Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2349 +34 = 6 = 9 -11 +22 +18 - 4 - 8 +25 5.0 2395
14 Yuneev, Alexey m RUS 2430 +16 =15 + 3 = 2 = 6 = 8 = 9 - 1 -10 4.5 2409
15 Keatinge-Clay, Adrian USA 2287 +20 =14 - 7 -19 - 5 +21 +23 +26 - 9 4.5 2327
16 Stojanovski, Dejan FRM 2279 -14 +20 - 1 +26 =10 +23 - 6 =28 =18 4.5 2384
17 Werner, Clemens f GER 2314 + 5 -11 +32 - 9 =23 =27 -18 =22 +28 4.5 2297
18 Kosteniuk, Alexandra wg RUS 2409 +28 +24 - 6 - 1 +32 -13 +17 -11 =16 4.5 2328
19 Krnic, Zdenko m YUG 2401 -24 =28 +34 +15 = 9 -20 -11 =29 +26 4.5 2326
20 Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2452 -15 -16 =21 +33 +28 +19 +26 - 7 - 4 4.5 2283
21 Happel, Hendrik A f NED 2215 =23 - 3 =20 -32 =29 -15 +33 +30 +27 4.5 2300
22 Kiseleva, Natalia wg UKR 2285 = 9 =23 = 8 =10 -13 =24 -12 =17 +32 4.0 2274
23 Popov, Luben m BUL 2354 =21 =22 =12 = 5 =17 -16 -15 =24 +31 4.0 2200
24 Ludden, Gert-Jan NED 2263 +19 -18 =27 - 4 =25 =22 -10 =23 +34 4.0 2250
25 L'Ami, Erwin NED ---- -11 - 5 =33 +34 =24 +32 =27 =12 -13 4.0 2206
26 Van den Berg, A.M.J NED 2209 = 7 =27 = 4 -16 +30 +12 -20 -15 -19 3.5 2252
27 Van Geet, Dirk Daniel m NED 2346 =31 =26 =24 +28 - 8 =17 =25 -10 -21 3.5 2172
28 Stellwagen, Daniel NED 2265 -18 =19 +29 -27 -20 =33 +31 =16 -17 3.5 2246
29 Strating, Sybolt f NED 2334 - 6 =34 -28 -31 =21 +30 +32 =19 -12 3.5 2181
30 Floor, Dick NED 2278 = 3 - 9 +31 - 8 -26 -29 +34 -21 =33 3.0 2178
31 De Mie, Mariska NED 2168 =27 - 7 -30 +29 -12 =34 -28 +33 -23 3.0 2168
32 Gouw, Carel-Peter NED ---- +10 - 2 -17 +21 -18 -25 -29 =34 -22 2.5 2112
33 Burlage, Peter NED 2232 - 2 -10 =25 -20 =34 =28 -21 -31 =30 2.0 2038
34 Barendse, Ted NED 2198 -13 =29 -19 -25 =33 =31 -30 =32 -24 2.0 2005
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The X Sport-Society Kalev rapid chess tournament (Paul Keres Memorial)
took place 22nd-23rd January 2000 in Tallinn. It was a strong event won by
Vassily Ivanchuk ahead of amongst others Alexei Shirov (1. Ivanchuk 6/7
2.Ehlvest 4 3.-5. Shirov, Sveshnikov, Rausis 3,5 6.Bologan 3 7.Miezis 2,5 8.
Rytshagov 2 ). In addition there was a women's event.
Keres Mem (Rapid) (EST), 22 i-23 v 2000 cat. XIV (2590)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2709 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2882
2 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2622 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 = 4.0 2635
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 0 1 * 1 0 = = = 3.5 2567
4 Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2541 = 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 3.5 2597
5 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2486 0 = 1 0 * = = 1 3.5 2605
6 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2589 0 0 = 1 = * 0 1 3.0 2540
7 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2481 0 0 = 0 = 1 * = 2.5 2503
8 Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2542 = = = 0 0 0 = * 2.0 2439
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Keres Mem (Rapid) Women (EST), 22 i-23 v 2000 cat. I (2275)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana wg RUS 2420 * 1 = = = = 1 1 5.0 2412
2 Reizniece, Dana wm LAT 2259 0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 5.0 2435
3 Cmilyte, Viktorija wg LTU 2329 = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2425
4 Piarnpuu, Leili wm EST 2214 = = = * = 0 1 1 4.0 2333
5 Fomina, Tatyana wm EST 2289 = = 0 = * = 1 1 4.0 2323
6 Zatonskih, Anna wg UKR 2441 = 0 0 1 = * 0 1 3.0 2201
7 Rause, Olita wg LAT 2249 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 2.0 2120
8 Helistvee,Dhea LAT ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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Preliminary tournament A 1.-2. Normunds Miezis (LAT), Viorel Bologan
(MDA) 5,5 7-st 3.-5. Jevgeni Sveshnikov (LAT), Igors Rausis (LAT), Viktor
Gavrikov (LIT) 5 6.-12. Sergei Zjukin (EST), Edvins Kengis, Vladimir Bagirov
(both LAT), Jüri Vetemaa (BEL), Viesturs Meijers (LAT), Kalle Kiik (EST),
Kaido Kulaots (EST) 4,5 13.-16. Aleksei Lugovoi (RUS), Aleksander Veingold
(EST), Mikael Agopov (FIN), Igor Shvõrjov (EST) 4 17.-21. Mati Nei
(EST), Janis Daudzvardis (LAT), Tarvo Seeman, Priit Leito, Andrei Shishkov 3,5
22.-26. Olav Sepp, Igor Krupenski, Valdo Muutnik, Roman Sergejev, Juri
Krupenski 3 27.-32. Meelis Kanep, Oleg Kortshagin, Rainer Raud, Deniss
Kovaljov, Margus Lehiste, Guntars Antoms 2,5 33.-34. Jaan Narva, Robert
Shevtsenko 2 35.-36. Helmut Luik, Marko Keskel (all EST) 0,5.
Further information at the Estonian Chess Federation site:
http://www.online.ee/~maleliit
Emil Anka reports: The Perenyi Memorial is taking place in Gyula
(Hungary) in the Hotal Agro 24th Jan-3rd Feb 2000. This Category IX event is
being led by Zhang Pengxiang after 8 rounds.
Round 8 Standings:
Perenyi Memorial Gyula HUN (HUN), 24 i-3 ii 2000 cat. IX (2464)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Zhang Pengxiang m CHN 2562 * 1 = . = = 1 . . . 0 . 1 1 5.5 2594
2 Ni Hua f CHN 2390 0 * . = 1 1 = . . . 1 . = = 5.0 2565
3 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2548 = . * = 1 = . . . . = = = 1 5.0 2554
4 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2519 . = = * = . = = = = . 1 . . 4.5 2510
5 Ruck, Robert m HUN 2472 = 0 0 = * . . = = 1 . 1 . . 4.0 2476
6 Wang Rui m CHN 2496 = 0 = . . * = 1 . . = . 1 0 4.0 2461
7 Yu Shaoteng m CHN 2535 0 = . = . = * . = 1 . = = . 4.0 2468
8 Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2470 . . . = = 0 . * 1 . = = = = 4.0 2443
9 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2437 . . . = = . = 0 * = 0 1 . 1 4.0 2450
10 Danner, Georg m AUT 2443 . . . = 0 . 0 . = * 1 0 1 1 4.0 2448
11 Lauber, Arnd m GER 2416 1 0 = . . = . = 1 0 * . 0 . 3.5 2432
12 Li Wenliang m CHN 2444 . . = 0 0 . = = 0 1 . * . 1 3.5 2423
13 Vajda, Levente m ROM 2459 0 = = . . 0 = = . 0 1 . * . 3.0 2395
14 Dittmar, Peter f GER 2308 0 = 0 . . 1 . = 0 0 . 0 . * 2.0 2280
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The 66th Brazilian Chess Championship took place in Brasilia-DF, Brasil,
(Torre Palace Hotel) January 19th - 25th 2000. 22 players competed in a 9 round
swiss system event. The event was won by Giovanni Vescovi who outpaced Eduardo
Limp in the final two rounds to take the title with 8/9, Limp was second with
7.5. In third place was Charles Gauche on 6 points ahead of Jefferson Pelikian
in fourth on 5.5.
Official coverage at: http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx
ch-BRA Brasilia (BRA), 7-19 i 2000
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1 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2511 +12 + 8 + 4 = 2 +16 + 3 = 5 +15 + 9 8.0 /9 2675
2 Limp, Eduardo BRA 2420 +11 +13 +15 = 1 +12 +10 = 4 = 3 + 5 7.5 /9 2596
3 Gauche, Charles BRA 2310 =18 +10 + 5 - 4 + 6 - 1 + 7 = 2 + 8 6.0 /9 2438
4 Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2393 +21 +14 - 1 + 3 -10 +12 = 2 = 8 = 6 5.5 /9 2384
5 Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2441 + 9 -15 - 3 +21 = 7 + 6 = 1 +10 - 2 5.0 /9 2353
6 Guimaraes, Wagner P BRA 2320 -10 = 7 +11 +14 - 3 - 5 +21 +16 = 4 5.0 /9 2316
7 Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2334 =22 = 6 -12 +20 = 5 +16 - 3 =11 +15 5.0 /9 2294
8 Chemin, Vitorio BRA 2313 +20 - 1 +21 -16 +19 =15 +11 = 4 - 3 5.0 /9 2285
9 Benares, Ricardo f BRA 2236 - 5 -16 +17 +18 -15 +21 +20 +12 - 1 5.0 /9 2260
10 Coelho, Luis BRA 2091 + 6 - 3 =14 +19 + 4 - 2 =15 - 5 =17 4.5 /9 2282
11 Valle, Adriano BRA 2229 - 2 =19 - 6 +13 +14 +17 - 8 = 7 =12 4.5 /9 2249
12 De Souza Haro, Paulo Cezar f BRA 2273 - 1 +20 + 7 +15 - 2 - 4 +16 - 9 =11 4.5 /9 2294
13 Rios Filho, Hilton Carlos f BRA 2295 +19 - 2 -16 -11 -17 +14 =18 +21 +20 4.5 /9 2145
14 Dejeanne, Francisco ARG 2294 +17 - 4 =10 - 6 -11 -13 +23 +18 +19 4.5 /9 2147
15 Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo f BRA 2365 +16 + 5 - 2 -12 + 9 = 8 =10 - 1 - 7 4.0 /9 2266
16 Souza Neves, Andrey M BRA 2166 -15 + 9 +13 + 8 - 1 - 7 -12 - 6 +23 4.0 /9 2251
17 Silva Sobrinho,A BRA ---- -14 -21 - 9 +23 +13 -11 +19 =20 =10 4.0 /9 2106
18 De Paula,G BRA ---- = 3 =22 -19 - 9 -20 +23 =13 -14 =21 3.0 /9 2041
19 Leite Jr,Erasmo BRA ---- -13 =11 +18 -10 - 8 =20 -17 +23 -14 3.0 /9 2010
20 Bastos,W BRA ---- - 8 -12 +23 - 7 +18 =19 - 9 =17 -13 3.0 /9 2036
21 Roland, Marcos USA 2204 - 4 +17 - 8 - 5 +23 - 9 - 6 -13 =18 2.5 /9 2056
22 Toth, Peter BRA 2163 = 7 =18 . . . . . . . 1.0 /2 2167
23 BYE ---- . . -20 -17 -21 -18 -14 -19 -16 0.0 /7
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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 first two rounds of the Israeli League took place in the Sol and
Sissy Mark Center, Ramat-Aviv 14th and 21st Janaury 2000. The favourites are:
"Club Kasparov" (Rishon Le Zion), "Elitzur" (Petach-Tikva) and Beer-Sheva CC.
Computers are now permitted to play in the event.
Further details at Dima Tyomkin's www site:
http://www.slavchess.co.il/academic.html
Round 1 14th Jan 2000
Tel-Aviv University - Beer-Sheva 1,5:5,5
"Elitzur" Jerusalem"B" - "Elitzur" Jerusalem"A" 1,5:5,5
Maccabi, Afek - "Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion 1,5:5,5
Kfar-Saba - Hertzlia 4:3
Netanya - "Elitzur" Petach-Tikva 2,5:4,5
"Ironi" Tel-Aviv - "Hapoel" Petach-Tikva 4,5:2,5
Round 2 21st Jan 2000
Hertzlia - Beer-Sheva 1,5:5,5
"Elitzur" Jerusalem"B" - Netanya 3:4
"Ironi" Tel-Aviv - "Club Kasparov" Rishon-Lezion 1,5:5,5
Kfar-Saba - "Maccabi" Afek 2:5
"Hapoel" Petach-Tikva - "Elitzur" Petach-Tikva 3,5:2,5
Tel-Aviv University - "Elitzur? Jerusalem "A" 3,5:2,5
Round 2 standings:
1-2. Beer-Sheva, 11
"ClubKasparov" Rishon-Lezion 11
3. "Elitzur" Jerusalem "A" 8
4-5. "Elitzur" Petach-Tikva 7
"Hapoel" Petach-Tikva 6
6-7. Netanya 6.5
"Maccabi" Afek 6.5
8-9. "Ironi" Tel-Aviv 6
Kfar-Saba 6
10. Tel-Aviv University 5
11-12. Hertzlia 4.5
"Elitzur" Jerusalem "B" 4.5
The 5th and 6th rounds of the 4 Nations Chess League took place January
22nd-23rd 2000 in Birmingham. Games are now available.
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
Games are available from the Hastings Challengers (reported in TWIC 170)
which was won by Sergei Beshukov and Jim Plaskett 29th December 1999 - 6th
January 2000 and the Weekend Open 7th - 9th January 2000 won by William Watson.
The Marshall Chess Club January Open Grand Prix took place in the famous
New York City Club January 22nd-23rd 2000. The event was won by 22 year old
David Koenig with a 2600 performance, he's recently returned to chess after a
break of four years.
1 Koenig, David E.............2253 W 19 W 20 W 4 W 3 4.0
2 Robovic, Saudin.............2430 D 26 W 18 W 16 W 6 3.5
3 Stripunsky, Alexander.......2580 W 21 W 17 W 7 L 1 3.0
4 Dubinsky, Roman.............2400 W 8 W 11 L 1 W 12 3.0
5 Santana, Joan E.............2226 W 22 D 6 D 17 W 11 3.0
6 Bonin, J: RE-ENTRY!........2439 W 29 D 5 W 15 L 2 2.5
7 Stamnov, Aleksandar.........2303 W 27 W 14 L 3 D 8 2.5
8 Averbukh, Alex..............2177 L 4 W 22 W 14 D 7 2.5
9 Greco, Anthony..............1975 L 15 H--- W 27 W 21 2.5
10 Ross, Laura R...............1846 L 16 W 26 W 19 H--- 2.5
11 Polyakin, V: RE-ENTRY!.....2134 W 28 L 4 W 18 L 5 2.0
12 Polyak, Pavel...............2085 L 17 W 29 W 23 L 4 2.0
13 Gaspard, Fritz P............2065 L 20 D 25 D 21 W 22 2.0
14 Mairena, Marcus.............2044 B--- L 7 L 8 W 23 2.0
15 Monokroussos, Dennis........2365 W 9 D 16 L 6 U--- 1.5
16 Privman, Boris..............2326 W 10 D 15 L 2 U--- 1.5
17 Belorusov, Mikhail..........2238 W 12 L 3 D 5 U--- 1.5
18 Ross, Philip E..............2100 W 24 L 2 L 11 H--- 1.5
19 Remsen, Tiffany D...........1617 L 1 W 24 L 10 H--- 1.5
20 Bonin, Jay R................2439 W 13 L 1 U--- U--- 1.0
21 Grechikhin, Vladimir........2211 L 3 D 27 D 13 L 9 1.0
22 Burrows, Brandon............2089 L 5 L 8 W 24 L 13 1.0
23 Ben-Dak, Shirley............1543 H--- H--- L 12 L 14 1.0
24 Saulkin, Vadim..............unr. L 18 L 19 L 22 B--- 1.0
25 Hulse, Brian................2209 U--- D 13 U--- U--- 0.5
26 Polyakin, Vladimir..........2134 D 2 L 10 U--- U--- 0.5
27 Zemanian, Lewis W...........2096 L 7 D 21 L 9 U--- 0.5
28 Privman, B: RE-ENTRY!......2326 L 11 U--- U--- U--- 0.0
29 Kreitner, Ilan..............2200 L 6 L 12 U--- U--- 0.0
The V Open "Ciudad de Ubeda" took place 19th-28th January 2000. 114
players competed in the event and it finished with Armenian Artashes Minasian
taking first place on tie break from Pavel Tregubov, both scored 7.5/10. They
finished half a point clear of 11 players on 7 points, including top rated
Vadim Zvjaginsev. There were GM norms for 22 year old Azer Mirzoev of
Azerbaijan, 17 year old Alexander Grischuk of Russia and 29 year old Arnaud
Hauchard of France. In addition there were IM norms for Dinesh Sharma of India,
Aleksei Holmsten of Finland, Jose Candela Perez and Ernesto Fernandez Romero of
Spain.
Coverage at:
http://www.ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez
Final standings (10 rounds)
V Ubeda Open ESP (ESP), 19-28 i 2000
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1 Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2598 7.5 58.5 48.5 46.00
2 Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2615 7.5 55.0 39.5 45.50
3 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2641 7 59.0 43.0 43.75
4 Grischuk, Alexander m RUS 2581 7 58.5 43.0 42.25
5 Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2513 7 57.5 41.5 42.25
6 Motylev, Alexander m RUS 2552 7 57.0 41.5 41.50
7 Mirzoev, Azer m AZE 2438 7 57.0 40.5 40.25
8 Turov, Maxim g RUS 2526 7 55.5 41.0 40.25
9 Dolmatov, Sergey g RUS 2615 7 53.5 38.5 36.75
10 Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2472 7 52.0 39.5 37.50
11 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2523 7 51.5 38.5 37.50
12 Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2496 7 50.5 38.5 37.75
13 Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2560 7 43.5 31.0 32.50
14 San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo g ESP 2497 6.5 55.5 41.5 36.75
15 Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2482 6.5 55.0 37.5 36.00
16 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2606 6.5 52.5 35.5 35.00
17 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2521 6.5 48.5 36.0 31.75
18 Holmsten, Aleksei f FIN 2364 6 57.0 39.0 33.50
19 Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2572 6 55.0 37.5 34.50
20 Zakharov, Alexander I m RUS 2426 6 55.0 37.0 32.00
21 Sargissian, Gabriel m ARM 2442 6 54.0 35.0 32.00
22 Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2482 6 53.0 37.5 29.50
23 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2619 6 53.0 36.0 35.50
24 Minasian, Ara m ARM 2485 6 52.0 35.5 31.75
25 Vokarev, Sergey m RUS 2452 6 50.5 36.5 29.25
26 Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2440 6 50.5 34.5 29.25
27 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis m ESP 2445 6 48.5 34.0 29.75
28 Aronian, Levon m ARM 2587 6 48.5 33.5 29.50
29 Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2486 6 47.0 30.5 29.25
107 players
Tim Reilly reports: The Asian Individual Chess Championships took place
in Udaipur, India January 10th-21st 2000. The first event was held in Tehran in
1998 and this event was supposed to be held last year so officially it was the
1999 championships. The third (2000) event will be held in Tashkent this year,
probably September.
Complete final standings follow, in tiebreak order: 8.5/11 GM Xu Jun
(PRC) 8 GM Zhang Zhong (PRC), GM Peng Xiaomin (PRC) 7.5 GM Dao Thien Hai (VIE)
7 IM Sasikiran (IND) 6.5 IM Ramesh (IND) 6 GM Wang Zili (PRC), IM Kunte (IND),
IM Tair (UZB), GM Thipsay (IND), FM Harikrishna (IND), FM Ehasan (IRA) 5.5
Ganguly (IND), GM Yuldashev (UZB), GM Barua (IND), IM Wu Wenjin (PRC), IM
Kayumov (UZB), Ahamed (YEM), Kidambi (IND) 5 IM Reefat bin Satter (BAN), IM
Prakash (IND), IM Prasad (IND), IM Isaev (TJK) 4.5 IM Ziaur Rahman (BAN), IM
Babu (IND) 3.5 FM Reilly (AUS) 1.5 Reza (IRA)
If anyone has the games in electronic format (there was a printed
bulletin) I would be interested in publishing them.
Website: http://www.hrhindia.com/asianchesschampionship.html
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/
The Professional World Chess Rankings for Feb 1st 2000 are out now. The
are produced using the program of Ken Thompson of New Jersey and are calculated
by Vladimir Dvorkovich of Moscow.
1 Kasparov,Garry RUS 2837 133
2 Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2737 108
3 Anand,Viswanathan IND 2724 111
4 Shirov,Alexei ESP 2723 181
5 Leko,Peter HUN 2722 126
6 Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2707 174
7 Kamsky,Gata USA 2696 184
8 Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2685 151
9 Adams,Michael ENG 2670 175
10 Topalov,Veselin BUL 2668 168
11 Short,Nigel D ENG 2668 151
12 Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2663 154
13 Gelfand,Boris ISR 2656 154
14 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2651 131
15 Dreev,Alexey RUS 2648 170
16 Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2646 134
17 Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2643 156
18 Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2639 157
19 Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2638 168
20 Movsesian,Sergei CZE 2634 159
21 Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2631 159
22 Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2629 191
23 Svidler,Peter RUS 2628 160
24 Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2626 145
25 Fedorov,Alexey BLR 2625 187
26 Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2624 159
27 Seirawan,Yasser USA 2621 170
28 Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2616 141
29 Piket,Jeroen NED 2612 158
30 Salov,Valery RUS 2612 199
31 Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
32 Timman,Jan H NED 2611 199
33 Gulko,Boris F USA 2610 163
34 Kobalija,Mikhael RUS 2608 166
35 Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2608 160
36 Lautier,Joel FRA 2607 155
37 Hansen,Curt DEN 2607 158
38 Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2606 139
39 Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2604 175
40 Yusupov,Artur GER 2604 144
41 Sadler,Matthew ENG 2603 182
42 Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
43 Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2602 202
44 Bologan,Viorel MDA 2601 201
45 Tkachev,Vladislav FRA 2600 145
46 Smirin,Ilia ISR 2599 182
47 Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2596 170
48 Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2595 187
49 Dolmatov,Sergey RUS 2593 142
50 Polgar,Judit HUN 2592 174
51 Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLR 2592 181
ENG York Viking GM Cat.12
ESP Las Palmas open
ITA Padova open
NED Hertogenbosch Tourn. of the Future
NED Wijk ann Zee 8th Sonnevanck
SUI Ticino open
IRL Kikelnny open
USA Philadelphia open
USA Washington Easten open
SUI Zurich open
ESP Pamplona Cat.15
ITA Reggio Emilia Cat.8
SWE Stokholm Rilton Cup
POR Porto Cat.9
AUS Mingara Champ.
HUN Budapest Leko-Khalifman match
ENG Hastings Premier Cat.13
ENG Hastings open
ROM Bukharest Champ.
CRO Pula Champ.
GER Polvermuehle Cat.10
ESP Linares Hanibal open
NOR Gausdal open
NED Wijk ann Zee Corus Cat.18
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/
Yately Manor International
February 4th-6th and 19th-20th Yateley Manor International (Open FIDE
and GP event, 9 rounds over 2 weekends All Play Alls and Swiss) . £1,000
+ prize fund (subject to entry). Some free accommodation for titled players.
Ray Clark, High Cedars, Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks. SL9 8DA (0802
306210 and ray.clark@kpmg.co.uk)
More
details
GM Ariel Sorin vs. World
GM Ariel Sorin will play against the World from January 31st 2000. The
game will start at 17:00 (-03:00GMT). To play it is free. IM Guillermo Llanos
will suggest some moves, and the people will choose one of them. GM Ariel Sorin
will play: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. World will play: Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday. Sunday will be a rest day. However, there will be an analysis of
the position and the moves of the week.
Website: http://chessok.virtualave.net
Millennium Chess Festival
THE TOURNAMENT
MARCH 4-5, 2000 - PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. 120 Grand Prix Points
$8,350 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND!
5-Round Swiss System Tournament, in Two Sections "Open' (Open to all)
"Reserve" (Open to players under 1800) PRIZES OPEN: $$2,000-1,200-800-400,
U2400/Unr. $400-200, U2200 $400, U2000 $200, "SWEEP PRIZE" $400 (bonus for
winning all 5 games in Open section, to all players who do it!) RESERVE: First
Place $1,000, Top B $250-100, Top C $250, Top D $250, Top E/Below $250, Top Unr
$250 (Unrated not eligible for 1st in Reserve) Top Jr. = Trophy
TIME CONTROL
Game / 2 hours (USCF and FIDE Rated)
ROUNDS
Round 1 Saturday, March 4: 10:00am Round 2 Saturday, March 4: 2:30pm
Round 3 Saturday, March 4: 7:00pm Round 4 Sunday, March 4: 10:00am Round 5
Sunday, March 4: 2:30pm
1/2-point Byes are available Must commit rounds 4-5 before round 2.
ADVANCE ENTRY FEE
Only $50!(Must be received by February 19, 2000)
Contact: E. Rodney Flores Address: 4 Witch Hazel 0. Portsmouth, VA
23703 Phone: 757-686-0822 Email: ergfjr@erols.com
AT-SITE ENTRY FEES
Registration Time: Saturday, March 4, 8:00am to 9:30arn Entry Fee $65
Cash only Please -- No checks or credit cards at site.
SITE: Olde Towne Holiday Inn -8 Crawford Pkwy, Portsmouth VA 23704 A
beautiful site right on the Elizabeth River overlooking downtown Norfolk! Large
well-lit playing Hall. FREE PARKING!
GM Rohde Lecture and Simultaneous Exhibition Friday, MARCH 3, 2000 A
rare opportunity to play against one of America's most talented Grand Masters!
He will give a lecture, and then take on a limited number of players. WHERE:
Olde Towne Holiday Inn, Portsmouth (Driving Instructions) REGISTER: Between
5:30pm and 6:30pm. START TIME: 6:30pm FEES: Lecture is FREE - Open to all!
Simul is $20 per player.
The number of players in the Simul may be limited, taken, on a
first-come, first-served basis. Bring your own set and board-Spectators
welcome. Inquiries: Rodney Flores 757 686-0822
The Tournament Directors Michael Atkins (Associate National TD) and
David Pelleteir(Senior TD and member USCF Tournament Director Certification
Committee)
WBCA BLITZ-CHESS TOURNAMENT $750 Guaranteed Prize Fund (More per
Entries) Saturday Night, March 4 6-Round, Double Swiss (12 games total)
5-Minute Speed Chess WHERE: Olde Towne Holiday Inn, Portsmouth (Driving
Instructions) REGISTER: Anytime until 10:00pm START TIME: About 10:30pm PRIZES:
1st Place $300 2nd Place $150 Top 1900-2099 $100 Top 1600-1899 $100 Top
1300-1599 $75 Top Under 1300 $50 First-round byes will be available for those
whose 3rd round tournament games run late. Inquiries: Rodney Flores,
757-686-0822
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, Alexander (2548, RUS), IGM
HORVATH, Csaba ( 2519, HUN), IGM CSOM, Istvan (2464, HUN), IM BURNETT, Ronald
(2437. USA) SZABO, Zsolt, Jozsef (2429, HUN), IM FOGARASI, Tibor (2429, HUN),
RIBSHTEIN, Nati (2362, ISR), IM NGUYEN, Anh Dung (2496, VIE), WGM HOANG, Th,
Trang (2448, VIE), IM WANG Rui (2496, CHN), FM NI, Hua (2390, CHN), IM LI,
Wenliang (2444, CHN), IM YU, Shao Teng (2535, CHN), ZHANG, Pengxiang (2562,
CHN). Reserves: IM LIPINSKY, Fabian (GER), IM VAJDA, Levente (ROM), JAKAB,
Attila (HUN).
The participants registered to our 5th-17th of February 2000 FIRST
SATURDAY IM-tournament: IM ZIMMERMAN, Yuri (RUS), 2397 IM SINKOVICS, Peter
(HUN), 2331 IM KAHN, Evarth (HUN), 2301 IM SERES, Lajos,(HUN), 2394 IM
EPERJESI, Laszlo (HUN), 2365 WOOLRIDGE, Leon (ENG), 2185 FM BELOTELOV, Dmitri
(RUS), 2280 RESIKA, Nathan, (USA), 2190 WIM DEMBO, Yelena (ISR) 2269 WIM GARA,
Anita (HUN) 2257 SZEBERENYI, Adam (HUN) 2257 WONG, Zi Ling (MAS) 2324 ANTAL,
Gergely (HUN) 2339 IM NEMETH, Zoltan (HUN) 2397 GOCZO, Melinda (HUN) 2250 WGM
VAJDA, Szid¢nia (ROM) 2382 WIM MEDVEGY, Nora (HUN) 2275, FM MURZIN, Lenar
(RUS) 2231 YU, Ming Yuan (CHN) 2419 PARKANYI, Attila (HUN) 2357 BALOGH, Csaba
(HUN) 2356 RAJLICH, Vasik (USA, 2309) SIKULA, Vaszilij (UKR, 2346) FM
FROEHLICH, Peter (GER, 2375). Mr.Eric COOKE (USA, 2266) I plan 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
