THE WEEK IN CHESS 277 28th February 2000 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Linares
2000
3) Karpov-Bacrot Match
4)
Dutch League
5) Bundesliga
6) 16th
Cappelle La Grande
7) FIDE Commercialisation
8) Jersey Open
9) Malaga Open
10) Wah Seong Penang IM
11) Swiss Chess
Tour
12) Petroff Memorial
13) Cat
VII in Ptuj
14) Two Internet qualifiers on ICC
15) Jakarta Shahcom Chess Invitational
16) 9th Aurec Rapid tournament
17) Metalis
Open Bizovac
18) Yateley Manor Tournament
19) II Vince Toth Memorial
20) Forthcoming
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Games section
Linares 2000 3 games
Karpov-Bacrot Match 6 games
Dutch League 100 games
Bundesliga 128 games
16th Cappelle La Grande 249 games
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Malaga Open 46 games
Wah Seong Penang IM 15 games
Petroff Mem corrections 11 games
Cat VII in Ptuj 15 games
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Canal21 and all those who helped with this issue.
The start of Linares is always a time of anticipation. The first round
saw wins for Kasparov over Shirov and Kramnik over Khalifman, the two players
who did not compete at Wijk aan Zee this year. Whether this is an indication of
the way things will go only time will tell. TWIC will have daily coverage from
the event including on the spot reports and pictures.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Linares 2000 tournament started today with two of the three games
finishing decisively. Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Leko all played (undefeated)
in the recent Corus event in Wijk aan Zee. Shirov and Khalifman did not play
there and they both lost. FIDE Champion Khalifman in particular looked short of
form.
The draw was on Sunday in the Linares town hall. First to draw his
number (they were on Telefonica Mobile phones) was Anand (4), then Kasparov
(2), Khalifman (1), Kramnik (6), Leko (3) and finally Shirov (5) ie
alphabetical order. Luis Rentero who was the long time organiser of the event
(now his son is heavily involved) appeared fit after his serious car accident
in late 1998 and received a gold Medal and Diploma from the organisers.
Live internet coverage is available at:
http://www.ajedrez21.com.
TWIC has John Henderson on the spot for reports and pictures. The games
will be available each day on the conclusion of play.
Anatoly Karpov and Etienne Bacrot are playing a series of games in
Cannes, France. 2 games at classical time rates took place on February
23rd-24th 2000 (both drawn). Then two rapidplay games on Feb 26th saw two wins
for Bacrot the second saw him sacrifice material to delay Karpov and win on
time (in a totally lost position). Karpov won the two blitz games on Feb 27th.
There was live video coverage of the event.
Internet coverage:
http://www.europe-echecs.com/cannes/.
Standard
Bacrot, Etienne - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 46 D36 Queen's gambit
Karpov, Anatoly - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 31 D12 Slav defence
Rapidplay
Bacrot, Etienne - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 80 D35 Queen's gambit
Karpov, Anatoly - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 64 D12 Slav defence
Blitz
Bacrot, Etienne - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 71 A32 English; 1.c4 c5
Karpov, Anatoly - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 44 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Match Cannes FRA (FRA), 23-24 ii 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2594 = = 1 1 0 0 3.0 2696
Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2696 = = 0 0 1 1 3.0 2594
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Anjo Anjewierden reports: The second weekend of the Dutch League was
played in Hengelo. The ten teams of ten players included 20 GM's (Timman, Van
Wely, Piket, Korchnoi, Sadler, Lautier, etc.). Panfox took no risks and with a
line up of mostly GM's they won against both ESGOO and Rotterdam with 8-2. The
only win for Rotterdam was Korchnoi's victory over Loek van Wely on top board.
In the battle for second place, HSG had little problems with BSG (7.5-2.5).
Panfox, HSG and BSG are the most likely candidates for the four play-off
places. The remaining spot is very much open after a disappointing draw of
ESGOO against Utrecht. It could have been much worse for the home-team.
SMB surprised with two victories. In the second round the all-amateur
team defeated Amstelveen and in the second round they won against Groningen
(with Tiviakov on top-board). The arbiters had some problem deciding on the
outcome of Hans Bohm - Frank Erwich. The players disagreed on the number of
moves made, finally it was concluded that Bohm only made 39 moves and did not
make the first time-control. 15 year old Frank Erwich is the only player with a
perfect 4/4 score.
Round 3 (2000.02.26):
HSG (Hilversum) - Utrecht 7.0 - 3.0
BSG (Bussum) - Groningen 6.5 - 3.5
Amstelveen - SMB (Nijmegen) 3.5 - 6.5
LSG (Leiden) - Rotterdam 5.0 - 5.0
Panfox (Breda) - ESGOO (Enschede) 8.0 - 2.0
Round 4 (2000.02.27):
Groningen - Amstelveen 4.0 - 6.0
HSG - BSG 7.2 - 2.5
Rotterdam - Panfox 2.0 - 8.0
SMB - LSG 6.0 - 4.0
Utrecht - ESGOO 5.0 - 5.0
Standings:
1. Panfox 8 31
2. HSG 6 27.5
3. BSG 6 23.5
4. Amstelveen 4 19.5
5. ESGOO 4 18.5
6. SMB 4 17
7. Groningen 3 17.5
8. LSG 2 18
9. Utrecht 2 14
10. Rotterdam 1 13.5
The results of the sixth weekend were reported in TWIC last week. The
6th weekend games are in this issue.
Official site: http://www.gmschach.de/
6th Double Weekend
Venue: Dresden
Saturday 19th February 2000
Dresden Delmenhorst 3,5:4,5
Plauen Bremen 3:5
Sunday 20th February 2000
Delmenhorst Plauen 3:5
Bremen Dresden 4,5:3,5
Venue: Wattenscheid
Saturday 19th February 2000
Wattenscheid Godesberg 2,5:5,5
Solingen Castrop-Rauxel 5:3
Sunday 20th February 2000
Godesberg Solingen 3:5
Castrop-Rauxel Wattenscheid 4:4
Venue: Porz
Saturday 19th February 2000
Porz Passau 5,5:2,5
Duisburg Tegernsee 4,5:3,5
Sunday 20th February 2000
Passau Duisburg 5,5:2,5
Tegernsee Porz 3:5
Venue: Lübeck
Saturday 19th February 2000
Lübeck Neukölln 5,5:2,5
Hamburg Magdeburg 5:3
Sunday 20th February 2000
Neukölln Hamburg 4:4
Magdeburg Lübeck 4:4
Standings Round 11
1. SG Porz 60.5:27.5 21: 1
2. Solinger SG 56.5:31.5 19: 3
3. SK Delmenhorst 47.5:40.5 15: 7
4. Godesberger SK 46.5:41.5 14: 8
5. SK Passau 46.5:41.5 12:10
6. SV Castrop-Rauxel 43.0:45.0 12:10
7. SV Werder Bremen 41.0:47.0 11:11
8. Lübecker SV 45.0:43.0 10:12
9. Hamburger SK 44.0:44.0 10:12
10. SFR Neukölln 42.0:46.0 10:12
11. Dresdner SC 41.0:47.0 9:13
12. USC Magdebur 42.0:46.0 8:14
13. SK König Plauen 39.0:49.0 8:14
14. SV Wattenscheid 35.0:53.0 8:14
15. SK Tegernsee 40.5:47.5 6:16
16. PSV Duisburg 34.0:54.0 3:19
The 16th Cappelle La Grande Open took place February 19th-26th 2000.
Gilberto Milos, Andrei Kharlov, Pavel Tregubov, Konstantin Landa, Vereslav
Eingorn, Vladimir Malakhov, Semen Dvoirys, Simen Agdestein, Georgy Timoshenko,
Alexandre Lesiege, Leonid Gofstein, Tony Miles, Alexei Bezgodov, Andrei Zontakh
and Suat Atalik were amongst the 628 players. The event saw Yuri Kruppa and
Gilberto Milos finish on 7.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://cappelle.free.fr
16th Cappelle La Grande Open (FRA), 19-27 ii 2000
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1 Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2561 7.5 2721
2 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2620 7.5 2712
3 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2616 7.0 2716
4 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2517 7.0 2686
5 Golod, Vitali g ISR 2566 7.0 2685
6 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2593 7.0 2681
7 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2584 7.0 2681
8 Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2541 7.0 2680
9 Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2568 7.0 2661
10 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2572 7.0 2644
11 Popov, Valerij g RUS 2534 7.0 2641
12 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2548 7.0 2605
13 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2575 7.0 2559
14 Kuzmin, Gennadi P g UKR 2466 6.5 2698
15 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2489 6.5 2669
16 Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2598 6.5 2638
17 Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2615 6.5 2636
18 Gofshtein, Leonid D g ISR 2580 6.5 2633
19 Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2567 6.5 2628
20 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2505 6.5 2620
21 Luther, Thomas g GER 2509 6.5 2619
22 Turov, Maxim g RUS 2526 6.5 2600
23 Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2498 6.5 2595
24 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2543 6.5 2586
25 Dgebuadze, Alexandre m GEO 2540 6.5 2576
26 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2556 6.5 2566
27 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2582 6.5 2549
28 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2576 6.5 2534
29 Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2591 6.5 2508
30 Salmensuu, Olli m FIN 2418 6.5 2500
645 players
Bogdan Lalic, Simen Agdestein, Hannes Stefansson, Tony Miles
Vassily Yemelin, Jesus Nogueiras, Colin McNab, Vereslav Eingorn,
Vladimir Gurevich were amongst the 58 players on 6.0. Alexei
Bezgodov, Andrei Sokolov, Helgi Olafsson, Mark Tseitlin,
Edvins Kengis and Mikhail Gurevich were some of the better known
on 5.5. Alexis Harakis finished on 4.5.
FIDE have made their document on commercialisation available. Intro:
http://www.fide.org/fide/html/press/press11.html
and the document itself:
http://www.fide.org/fide/html/press/press11_1.html.
People should read these documents and understand. Elsewhere on the FIDE site
under the banner of FIDE Official Info: Chess Review there is material which at
the moment consists of near random comments on the top chess events of the year
so far over the top of tables mostly taken from TWIC (unacknowledged but surely
some sort of compliment). At least if they take over World Chess I'll have no
problem justifying the use of material from their site.
The Deloitte & Touche sponsored Jersey Festival of chess took place
February 20th-26th in St Helier. The winner was Tiger Hillarp-Persson with 6/7
who won by half a point from Chris Ward.
Internet coverage at: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/jersey/j
Deloitte & Touche Jersey Open (JCI), 20-26 ii 2000
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1 Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2548 6.0 /7 2584
2 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2509 5.5 /7 2457
3 Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2515 5.0 /7 2449
4 Summerscale, Aaron g ENG 2430 5.0 /7 2278
5 Ballon, Guenther Jan f NED 2260 5.0 /7 2240
6 Swanson, Stephen SCO 2283 4.5 /7 2331
7 Hawes, Jonathan JCI 2096 4.5 /7 2340
8 Theon, Pierre FRA 2172 4.5 /7 2271
9 D'Costa, Lorin ENG 2215 4.5 /7 2238
10 Corkett, Anthony f ENG 2295 4.5 /7 2174
11 Heurtebize, Olivier FRA 2200 4.0 /7 2394
12 Simons, Martin ENG 2248 4.0 /7 2208
13 Fulton, A.J JCI 2216 4.0 /7 2170
14 Dodgson, John A ENG 2123 4.0 /7 2193
15 Willmoth, Robert ENG 2215 4.0 /7 2136
16 Pullinger, Stephen J ENG 2095 4.0 /7 2183
44 players
The III Malaga international Open is taking place February 25th - March
4th 2000. Reynaldo Vera, Viktor Moskalenko, Hichem Hamdouchi, Eugeny Gleizerov,
Antoaneta Stefanova, Juan Mellado Trivino, Andres Rodriguez Vila, Fernando
Braga, Boris Chatalbashev, Javier Moreno Carnero, Ismael Teran Alvarez and Pia
Cramling all have 3/3.
Internet coverage: http://caissa.ic.uma.es/fma/open/00open.htm
The Wah Seong IM tournament 2000 takes place in Penang, Malaysia
February 26th- March 5th 2000. My thanks to SS Quah for the information.
There is a website:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Stadium/2379/WahSeong2000/index.html
Wah Seong IM Penang MYA (MYA), 26 ii-5 iii 2000 cat. V (2362)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Mas, Hafizulhelmi m MAS 2413 * . 1 1 . . . = . . 2.5 2626
2 Mok Tze-Meng MAS 2270 . * . . . = . . 1 1 2.5 2610
3 Ardiansyah, Haji g INA 2396 0 . * = . 1 . . . . 1.5 2462
4 Liu Wenzhe m CHN 2451 0 . = * 1 . . . . . 1.5 2451
5 Myo Naing m MYA 2545 . . . 0 * . = 1 . . 1.5 2329
6 Wynn Zaw Htun MYA 2524 . = 0 . . * . . . 1 1.5 2312
7 Wong Zi Jing f MAS 2324 . . . . = . * . = = 1.5 2344
8 Lim Chuing Hoong MAS 2214 = . . . 0 . . * = . 1.0 2266
9 Ng Tze-Han MAS 2216 . 0 . . . . = = * . 1.0 2144
10 Chuah Jin, Hai Jonath MAS 2271 . 0 . . . 0 = . . * 0.5 2099
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Double celebration for Romania
Sinisa Joksic reports: Romanian's Florin Gheorghiu and Christina Foisor
were the winners of the 1999 men's and women's Swiss Chess Tour. Grandmaster
Gheorghiu (56) finished with 52 points (via very complicate calculation!) in 9
tournaments, 4.5 points more than second place IM Hansjuerg Kaenel. He was also
the best place Swiss player. WGM (she also has an IM title) Christina Foisor
(33) had 23.5 points, half a point ahead of WGM Elena Sedina (UKR). The best
senior was Swiss Robert Schweizer (62) ahead of many GM's and IM's. The other
special prizes remained in Switzerland. Patrick Gaule from Sion was the best
junior, Benjamin Gerber from Trubschachen the best schoolboy, Kurt Baumann from
Aarau was the best player under 2000 and Hans Schirmer from Thun took the 1800
Swiss Elo prize. Altogether 1726 chess players played in the Swiss Chess Tour
1999 and 315 were rated. The Swiss Chess Tour 2000 has already started with
"Hilton" Basel Open, Geneva Open and Bern Open. The ext event will be "La
Perla" Open in Lugano, March 8-12, 2000.
There are a number of corrections to gamescores from the Petroff
Memorial as suggested by Anton Gubanov, Webmaster of "Russian Chess"
http://www.ruschess.com.
The Category VII tournament in Ptuj (Slovenia) ran 10th-19th February
2000. The event was won by GM Adrian Mikhalchishin with 6.5/9. GM Georg Mohr
finished in second place on 6 points. Zlatko Topalovic missed the last three
rounds. Games for the final three rounds are now available.
Internet coverage at: http://www.sah-zveza.si/ptuj/0002/
Final Standings:
Ptuj SLO (SLO), 10-19 ii 2000 cat. VII (2405)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Mikhalchishin, Adrian g SLO 2552 * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2554
2 Mohr, Georg g SLO 2488 = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 6.0 2520
3 Abramovic, Bosko g YUG 2501 = = * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2474
4 Kos, Toni f SLO 2300 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 = 1 5.5 2496
5 Kozakov, Mikhail m UKR 2426 = = = 1 * 0 = = = 1 5.0 2445
6 Podkriznik, Gregor f SLO 2331 = = 0 0 1 * 1 = 0 1 4.5 2413
7 Polajzer, Danilo m SLO 2387 = = = 0 = 0 * = = 1 4.0 2364
8 Krumpacnik, Domen SLO 2384 0 = = 0 = = = * = 1 4.0 2364
9 Zheliandinov, Viktor m UKR 2411 0 0 0 = = 1 = = * 1 4.0 2361
10 Topalovic, Zlatko CRO 2271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The "II Abierto International Chess Tournament Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"
Open takes place 7th-15th April 2000. This years Open will probably field
around 30 GMs and there is a 500.000PTS first prize (the closed superGM event
runs every two years next in 2001). This internet qualifier has four prizes
which are participation in the event. The event is sponsored by the Municipal
Sports Foundation of the City Hall of Dos Hermanas. The tournament is to be
played on ICC (Internet Chess Club), with the technical co-ordination of EDAMI
(Miguel Illescas Chess School).
The tournament takes place March 11th-19th. There are 12 qualifying
stages and a KO Final on March 18th - 19th 2000. Entry is free and open to all
players. Top prize is 1.000 Euros and in addition 4 invitations to participate,
with expenses paid, in this year's open.
Further details: http://www.doshermanas.net
There is another ICC qualifying event, this time a blitz 5,5 tournament.
1st prize an all inclusive trip to Reykjavik Iceland, March 31st to April 3rd
2000, and the participation in a speed chess tournament with GM Garry Kasparov,
GM Viswanathan Anand, GM Jan Timman, GM Viktor Kortchnoi, GM Ivan Sokolov, and
6 Icelandic GMs on April 1st - 2nd 2000. + $500 2nd Place: $700 3rd Place: $500
4th Place: $300 5th Place: $200 6th Place: $100 7th Place: $100 8th Place:
$100. Sponsored by Oz.com. 199 entries so far, all FIDE rated, players. 42 GMs,
(Top seeds: Adams, Short, Dreev, Svidler, Movsesian, Van Wely, Shipov,
Speelman, Annakov) look set to compete, the event is open to all FIDE rated
players.
Details: http://www.chessclub.com/oz.html
The Jakarta Shahcom Chess Invitational took place February 23rd-27th
2000. Nathanael Situru won the event with 6/7. The computer Fritz 6 finished in
second place in this open tournament. Games should follow.
http://www.ruschess.com/News/2000/Jakarta/table.html
1 Situru, Nathanael m 2370 6.0
2 Fritz 6 Computer 5.5
3 Juswanto, Denny m 2483 4.5
Liu, Dede m 2370 4.5
5 Barus, Cerdas m 2445 4.0
Majella, Yoseph R 2325 4.0
7 Suradiradja, Herman g 2285 3.5
Syarif, Mahmud f 2345 3.5
Tedy, Sukirman f 2295 3.5
11 Gundar Computer 3.0
Jurmansyah, Johny 3.0
Megararanto, Susanto 2192 3.0
Sampouw, Jacobus S 2265 3.0
Silalahi, Fernando 3.0
15 Praytino, Sugeng 2405 1.5
16 Lantang, Radey 2210 0.5
Olivier Deville reports: The 9th Aurec Rapid tournament took place
February 26th-27th in Aurec, France. There were 2 tournaments 7 rounds/ 20mins
per game with than FF 45 000 in prizes.
A blitz match was played after the Sunday tournament, and the French GM
David Marciano defeated the Croatian IM Milan Mrdja in the final. Games will
follow.
Saturday, 26.02.2000 :
1. Delchev,Aleksander BUL GM 2560 6/7
2. Savchenko,Stanislav UKR GM 2574 6
3. Wojtkiewicz,Aleksander POL GM 2563 5.5
4. Mrjda,Milan CRO IM 2425 5.5
5. Lukov,Valentin BUL GM 2452 5.5
6. Marciano,David FRA GM 2526 5
7. Janev,Evgeni BUL 2339 5
8. Libiszewski,Fabien FRA 2259 5
9. Georgiev,Vladimir BUL IM 2538 5
10. Ivanov,Jordan BUL IM 2440 5
11. Thiriet,Benoit FRA 2136 5
12. Deville,Olivier FRA 5
13. Safranska,Anda LAT FGM 2367 5
14. Bellet,Georges FRA 2229 5
15. Banse,Jacky FRA 2130 5
16. Shchekachev,Andrei RUS GM 2509 4.5
17. Aurel,Luc FRA 2180 4.5
18. Chilingirova,Pavlina BUL FIM 2237 4.5
19. Dumoutet,Emmanuel FRA 4.5
20. Tchalimian,Pascal FRA 4
Sunday, 27.02.2000
1. Wojtkiewicz,Aleksander POL GM 2563 6/7
2. Marciano,David FRA GM 2526 6
3. Savchenko,Stanislav UKR GM 2574 6
4. Mrdja,Milan CRO IM 2425 6
5. Ivanov,Jordan BUL 2440 5.5
6. Cosma,Ioan ROM IM 2468 5
7. Foisor,Ovidiu ROM IM 2424 5
8. Janev,Evgeni BUL 2339 5
9. Georgiev,Vladimir BUL IM 2538 5
10. Libiszewski,Fabien FRA 2259 5
11. Genova,Ruzka BUL FIM 2171 5
12. Safranska,Anda LAT 2367 5
13. Voiska,Margarita BUL FGM 5
14. Thiriet,Benoit FRA 2136 5
15. Gouby,Sliman FRA 5
16. Lukov,Valentin BUL GM 2452 5
17. Chilingirova,Pavlina BUL FIM 2237 5
18. Aiglon,Laurent FRA 2094 5
19. Celette,Robert FRA 5
20. Shchekachev,Andrei RUS GM 4.5
Eduard Piacun reports: The Metalis Open took place in Bizovac, Croatia
February 24th-27th 2000. There were 135 players and the event was won by Zdenko
Kozul.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/bizovac/bizovac.htm
and http://sah.posluh.hr
Metalis Open Bizovac CRO (CRO), 24-27 ii 2000
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1 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2597 6.5
2 Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2517 6.0
3 Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2553 6.0
4 Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2464 5.5
5 Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2544 5.5
6 Kristovic, Marijan f CRO 2314 5.5
7 Rogulj, Branko m CRO 2437 5.0
8 Jovanovic, Zoran CRO CRO 2324 5.0
9 Mestrovic, Zvonimir m SLO 2456 5.0
10 Leventic, Ivan m CRO 2390 5.0
11 Franic, Milan m CRO 2386 5.0
12 Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2425 5.0
13 Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2520 5.0
14 Biti, Ozren CRO 2269 5.0
15 Djukic, Zeljko CRO 2243 5.0
16 Kos, Toni f SLO 2300 5.0
17 Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2326 5.0
18 Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2529 5.0
19 Saric, Ante CRO 2206 5.0
20 Dabo-Peranic, Robert CRO 2266 5.0
21 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2570 4.5
...135 players
Ray Clark reports: The Yateley Manor 9 round FIDE rated event was held
over the 2 weekends 4th-6th and 19th-20th February 2000. together with current
ratings. Support was gratefully received from Friends of Chess and Yateley
Manor School.
Colin Crouch 2423 224 9.0 £225
Koichi Nicholas U16 n/a 159 7.0 £125
Stephen Clark U16 2132 160 5.0 £50
Robert Taylor 2226 159 4.5
Andrew Hughes U16 2075 152 4.5
Frank McLeod 2132 154 4.5
Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell 2114 178 4.5
Bill Hughes n/a 180 4.5
James Coleman 2039 167 4.5
Chetan Deva U14 2090 163 4.0
Kevin Bailey n/a 162 3.5
Maria Yurenok 2030 168 3.5
Matthew Sommer U16 n/a 129 3.0 played 5 rounds
Chris Rawlinson U16 n/a 139 2.5
Andrew Bigg U18 2163 177 2.0 played 5
rounds
Gordon Maton n/a 166 2.0 played 4 rounds
Sam Williams U14 n/a 141 0.5 played 6 rounds
The II Vince Toth Memorial a FIDE cat. VII, (2401) event runs February
25th - March 3rd in Guanabara Chess Club, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Participants:
g Nicola Mitkov, g Darcy Lima, g Giovanni Vescovi, m Everaldo Matsuura, Eduardo
Limp, m Luis Gallego, m Christian Toth, f Ricardo Teixeira, f Sadi Dumont and
Ricardo Sant'Ana.
Coverage at http://www.cbx.org.br/iivincetoth/vince2000.htm
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/
Oxbridge Match
The Oxford-Cambrige match will be broadcast live from the MSO Worldwide.
Web site at http://www.msoworld.com on
March 4th, starting at 12:30 pm UK time, 7:30 am EST, and running for
approximately 6 hours.
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
First Saturday March
In March the top event is an IM event. The events take place 4th-17th
March 2000. IM Yuri Zimmerman, IM Peter Sinkovics, IM Miklos Orso, WIM Anita
Gara, Ticia Gara, Dan Rat, IM Miklos Kaposztas, Werner Ackermann, IM Oleg
Gladyszev, IM Sandor Farago, FM Peter Froehlich, Peter Muehlbach, GM Lenar
Murzin, Martin Appleberry, Murugan Thiruchelvam, Naes Flovin, Jerzy Struk, WIM
Nikoletta Lakos, Attila Jakab, FM Attila Parkanyi, Igor Kragelj, IM Laszlo
Eperjesi, IM Evarth Kahn, Joost Berkvers, Stefan Van Blittersvijk, IM Zoltan
Nemeth, Yu Mingyuan, Tibor Reiss, Vasik Rajlich and Dmitri Dremin (30 players)
there are three groups planned and there are some vacancies to play.
Info: Nagy, Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59 Mobile: (36)-30-230-1914 ICQ # 44805877.
Malahide Millennium Tournament
The Malahide Chess Club in Dublin, Ireland are holding a weekend
tournament in in association with the National Millennium Council present the
Malahide Millennium Tournament on the weekend of April 8th & 9th, 2000. The
venue is St. Sylvester's GAA Club, Church Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin and there
are three events - an Open, an Under 1600 ELO and a Top Team event. To enter
contact Vincent Bissett on 353 1 8453609 and further detailed information is
available on our website at http://members.tripod.co.uk/MalahideCC.
Chess@Iceland
Chess@Iceland is a World Class rapid tournament (25 min player/game)
which takes place April 1st-2nd 2000, in Kopavogur, Iceland. There will be
twelve players. These include: Kasparov, Anand, Korchnoi, Timman, Ivan Sokolov
and winner of a qualifying tournament on ICC on March 5th (Svidler and Shirov
are amongst the players in this strong field). The event will consist of two
parts. Day one will see two 6 player round-robins. Day two sees the top two
from each group play in final. Website:
http://www.chess.is
Lugano Open
The 15 years ago Lugano was one of the most popular open in the world.
Last year the "Swiss Chess Tour" successfully restored the tradition and the
winnering trio were GMs Joe Gallagher (SUI), Vladimir Tukmakov (UKR) and Ian
Rogers (AUS). This year the venue is the four star Hotel "La Perla", in the
part of Lugano called Agno, not so far from Lugano Airport. Tournament is open
to all and is a 7 round event in one section. Time control 40 moves for 2 hours
and 30 minutes till the end. After Round 5, the first four players will play a
knock-out for the winner and the others continue in a Swiss system tournament.
Schedule: April 8th 16.00 - 17.15 Last registration 17.15 - 17.30 Open
ceremony 17.30 - 22.30 Round 1 April 9th 10.00 - 15.00 Round 2 16.00 - 21.00
Round 3 April 10th 17.30 - 22.30 Round 4 April 11th 10.00 - 15.00 Round 5 16.00
- 21.00 Round 6 April 12th 10.00 - 15.00 Round 7 15.30 Closing ceremony Enter
fee 130 SF, juniors and FIDE masters 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs
free.
Prizes in SF: 2.000/1.500/1.000/800/600/500/400/300/250/200, 10 natural
prizes, Special prizes for the best Lady, Senior (1940), Junior (1980-83),
Schoolboy (1984), Ticino's players etc.
More information: http://www.beochess.ch
R. Spoerri,
Breite 85, Ch-3306 Etzelkofen, tel: 0041-31-768-01-60; fax 0041-31-768-01-61
E-mail: info@beochess.ch
Foxwoods Chess Open
The 2nd annual FOXWOODS CHESS OPEN April 20-23 or 21-23 7-round Swiss at
the world's largest casino $100,000 prize fund. For details about entry fees
etc see the website below.
Website: http://www.foxwoods.com/frm_chess.htm
Miguel Najdorf Blitz
The Club Argentino de Ajedrez in Buenos Aires is holding a blitz event
on Saturday April 8th. $5.600 in prizes, starts at 18-00. 150 jugadores. Entry:
$ 20 Club Members $10. 7 minutes per game. Further info: (011) 4811-9412.
Arbiter, Adrián Roldán with Blas Pingas and Leandro Plotinsky.
Contact: Adrian@Roldan.com. Website: http://Adrian.Roldan.com
Bergen NOR
Tournament name : Bergen Chess International Site: Bergen, Norway. Date:
21-29th July 2000 Prize Fund : NOK 10000/6000/4000/2000/1000 + rating prizes
The prize fund is garanteed. Entry fee : No entry fee for foreigners with
FIDE-ELO Conditions : May be offered to a limited number of IMs/GMs. Number of
rounds : 9 System : Modifed Swiss Rate of play : 2 hours/40 moves, 1 hour/20
moves, 0.5 hour/rest Side events : Rapid tournaments, GM-simuls, blitz etc
Home page : http://home.sol.no/~eirikgu/bi2000.htm
40-50 participants are expected of which there will be 5-6 GMs and 6-8
IMs. Only 6 unrated players will take part. Confirmed titled players: GM
Yakovich (2580), GM Volzhin (2548), GM Gausel (2492), GM Djurhuus (2484), IM L.
Johannessen (2431), IM Fyllingen (2408), IM Bern (2379) and IM Gullaksen
(2353).
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
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
Oakham GM
The Oakham GM takes place 11th-19th April 2000, Oakham School, Rutland,
Leicestershire. Chris Ward, Danny Gormally, Neil McDonald, Colin McNab, Irina
Krush, Jacob Aagaard, Nick Pert, Yochanan Afek, Patrick Hummel and Alan Norris
play.
Further details: http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/oakham.htm
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, entry still open. Tel.: 354 568 9141 Fax:
354 568 9116 Email: siks@itn.is 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.