THE WEEK IN CHESS 278 6th March 2000 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Linares
2000
3) Daniel Abraham Yanofsky 1925-2000
4)
Internet qualifier on ICC
5) Tournoi de Maîtres de
Monaco
6) Sufe Cup
7) Malaga
Open
8) "8th March" Ladies Tournament
9) Croatian Championships
10) Varsity Match
2000
11) Wah Seong Penang IM
12)
Cannes
13) Millennium Chess Festival
14) US Amateur Teams
15) First Saturday
March
16) II Vince Toth Memorial
17) Swiss Chess Tour
18) Dutch Championships 2000
19) 12 Hour Brussels Blitz
20)
Goodricke International
21) Jersey Open correction
22) Open Letter from Michael Adams
23) Professional Chess Rankings: March
24) Forthcoming
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Games section
Linares 2000 15 games
Daniel Abraham Yanofsky 3 games
Tournoi de Maîtres de Monaco 45 games
Sufe Cup 21 games
Malaga Open 165 games
8th March Ladies Tournament 18 games
Croatian Championship Match 4 games
Varsity Match 2000 8 games
Wah Seong Penang IM 45 games
Cannes Masters 70 games
Cannes Open 443 games
Millennium Chess Festival 19 games
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II Vince Toth Memorial 45 games
Hilton Open 112 games
Ambassador Open 47 games
Dutch Championships 2000 38 games
Goodricke International 404 games
Jersey Open corrections 7 games
Total 1719 games
My thanks to Antonio Bento, Eduard Piacun, Olivier Deville, ICC, Europe
Echecs, Canal21, Ignatius Leong, Sinisa Joksic, SS Quah, Michael Atkins, Bill
Townsend, Albert Silver, Peter Kemner, James Tan, Michael Adams, Cecil Rosner,
John Fernandez, Michelangelo Bussacchini and all those who helped with this
issue.
A big issue. The Linares tournament seems to be heading to an exciting
finish with Kasparov and Kramnik fighting at the top. The first Canadian GM
Daniel Abraham Yanofsky sadly died this week. Yanofsky represented Canada at
the age of 14 in the Buenos Aires Olympiad of 1939, played in the Groningen
tournament on 1946 and the Interzonal of 1948. He had the ability to be a top
player but chose a legal career and to be a strong amateur player of
grandmaster strength. The issue contains a lot of chess news including Michael
Adams on his disputed match against Deep Junior.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Linares 2000 runs February 28th-March 10th. After six of the ten
rounds Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov share first place with four points.
They are undefeated along with Peter Leko who is on 50%. Khalifman and Shirov
are both on 2.5/6 (Khalifman has drawn all five games after losing his round
one game, a crunch game comes tomorrow when he plays Kasparov with black). The
disappointment of the tournament is Viswanathan Anand who lost to Shirov and
Kasparov in successive rounds, both with the white pieces. The event is
definitely hotting up with round six being especially hard fought. Detailed
round by round coverage is available on TWIC's main pages. TWIC has John
Henderson on the spot for reports and pictures. The games are available each
day on the conclusion of play.
Live internet coverage is available at:
http://www.ajedrez21.com.
Round 2 (February 29, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 20 D18 Slav defence
Khalifman, Alexander - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 29 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Shirov, Alexei - Leko, Peter 1/2 71 C42 Petroff defence
Round 3 (March 1, 2000)
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 21 C42 Petroff defence
Leko, Peter - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 38 C17 French; Winawer
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 41 C42 Petroff defence
Round 4 (March 3, 2000)
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 41 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Shirov, Alexei - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 20 C02 French; Advance
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 32 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 5 (March 4, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 48 D17 Slav defence
Kasparov, Gary - Leko, Peter 1/2 38 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Khalifman, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 D18 Slav defence
Round 6 (March 5, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 49 D58 QGD;
Shirov, Alexei - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 36 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 32 D85 Gruenfeld indian
SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 28 ii-10 iii 2000 cat. XXI (2752)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2758 ** =. =. 1= 1. =. 4.0 2859
2 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2851 =. ** =. =. 1= 1. 4.0 2860
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2725 =. =. ** =. =. == 3.0 2759
4 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2656 0= =. =. ** =. =. 2.5 2711
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 0. 0= =. =. ** 1. 2.5 2711
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 =. 0. == =. 0. ** 2.0 2619
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Daniel Abraham Yanofsky the Polish born (he moved to Canada at the age
of 8 months) Canadian Grandmaster has died aged 74 (3 weeks short of his 75th
birthday. He was born March 26th 1925 died 5th March 2000). He first came to
prominence at the age of 14 when he played in the 1939 Chess Olympiad in Buenos
Aires scoring 85% on board 2 and attracting the attention of Alexander Alekhine
in his reports from the event. He never really fulfilled his potential as a
chess player instead turning his energies to the legal profession. He won the
Canadian Championships 8 times. He played in the strong Groningen 1946
tournament finishing 14th/20 and defeated Botvinnik in that event. He played in
the first FIDE Interzonal in Saltsjobaden in Sweden finishing in 14th= position
from 20. He was 4th= at Dallas 1957. He became a GM in 1964. His main strength
was technical play, especially in the endgame. In his book "How Chess Games are
Won" Reshevsky described him thus "Dan Yanofsky is a tough opponent. His style
is defensive but quite accurate. When given the slightest opportunity, he is
strong enough to beat the best."
Cecil Rosner writes: Abe Yanofsky died this morning after a prolonged
battle with cancer and congestive heart failure. He would have been 75 in three
weeks.
Abe was Canada's first grandmaster and the most important Canadian
chess personality of the 20th century. He was born in Brody, Poland in 1925,
settling in Canada with his family when he was just eight months old. He
learned chess at the age of eight, after he and his father saw a chess board
and pieces on sale for $1 in the People s Book Store window on Main Street in
Winnipeg.
Little Abie, as the local newspapers called him, was a child prodigy.
At the age of 11 he was invited to the CNE in Toronto where he took on 22
players in a simultaneous exhibition. He won 17 and lost five. At 12, Abe
became Manitoba champion and placed fourth in the Dominion championship. He
eventually won eight Canadian championships.
At 14, Abe was picked to play second board for the Canadian team at the
chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires. He was the youngest player in the event and he
achieved an 85 per cent score, earning attention from all the great players
around the world. In Graham Burgess recent book, Chess Highlights of the 20th
Century, Yanofsky s spectacular win over Dulanto in the 1939 Olympiad is
presented as a central highlight of the year.
Abe went on to many tournament successes over the years, including a
memorable win over Mikhail Botvinnik at Groningen in 1946. During his studies
in Oxford, he found time to win the British championship. In 1964, he became
the first grandmaster in the British Commonwealth.
Outside of chess, Abe was active in his legal career and as a municipal
politician. A former mayor of the Winnipeg suburb West Kildonan, he went on to
serve as a councillor in Winnipeg, and for many years was chairman of the city
s finance committee.
In recent years, Abe suffered from both cancer and heart disease. He
entered hospital December 8 after suffering a broken hip, but his other health
problems prolonged his stay. Despite a determined effort to return home, he
lost his fight this morning. He was predeceased by his brother Harry, his legal
partner and a notable chess player as well.
A month ago, after learning that the Winnipeg Chess Centre was in
financial trouble, Abe wrote a letter offering support, and included a
financial contribution to the cause. He said because of his hospitalization ,
"I cannot offer you much in the way of help, however, I would at a later date
be willing to contact some of the people I know at city hall if you feel that
it would be helpful."
In his professional career, Abe was a Queen s Counsel. And because of
his contributions to the world of chess, the Canadian government presented him
with the Order of Canada.
The memorial service for Abe Yanofsky will be held 2 p.m., Tuesday,
March 7 at the Chesed Shel Emes Chapel, 1023 Main Street, in Winnipeg, not far
from the original site of the People s Book Store.
Report first appeared:
http://sitepowerup.com/mb/view.asp?Action=Reply&BoardID=109389&Reply=4348
John Fernandez reports: The OZ.COM prize qualifier on CHESSCLUB.COM on
Sunday March 5 broke practically every record in the history of internet chess.
63 GMs, 51 IMs, 37 FMs, 1 WGM and 5 WIMs, took part in this massive tournament.
GM Alex Wojtkiewicz and GM Robert Kempinski, both from Poland, scored 8/9 to
tie for first in this massive 310 player field. In a tiebreak match held after
the tournament, Wojtkiewicz won 3-1 against Kempinski to qualify him for the
trip to the Top of the World tournament April 1-2 in Kopavogur. 2,615 people
were logged into Chessclub.com to watch this event (an all time record.) In
addition, 168 FIDE titled players were logged in, more than doubling the
previous record of 68. GM Nigel Short had broken away from the pack to lead the
tournament with 7.5/8 before being tripped up by GM Kempinski in the last
round. FM Vinay Bhat had a wonderful tournament, scoring 6.5/8 against GMs! "If
only this tournament was rated!", one observer remarked. The event was
sponsored by OZ.COM (http://www.oz.com) and CHESSCLUB.COM
(http://www.chessclub.com), the world's premier site for online chess play. The
event was organized and directed by John Fernandez (jfernandez@chessclub.com).
Games and full crosstable will be available next week in TWIC, and shortly will
be available on the event's website: http://www.chessclub.com/oz.html
Final Standings:
1. GM Alex Wojtkiewicz 2563 8.0 Trip to Iceland + $500
2. GM Robert Kempinski 2528 8.0 $700
3-7 GM Nigel Short 2683 7.5 $240
GM Alexandre Lesiege 2582 7.5 $240
GM Igor Glek 2554 7.5 $240
IM Diego Adla 2492 7.5 $240
FM Vinay Bhat 2398 7.5 $240
8-12 GM Ilya Smirin 2666 7.0 $ 20
GM Sergei Shipov 2640 7.0 $ 20
GM Boris Avrukh 2620 7.0 $ 20
GM Vitali Golod 2566 7.0 $ 20
IM Stelios Halkias 2482 7.0 $ 20
13-27 GM Alexey Dreev 2680 6.5
GM Peter Svidler 2672 6.5
GM Loek van Wely 2646 6.5
GM Boris Gulko 2644 6.5
GM Gregory Kaidanov 2599 6.5
GM Leonid Gofshtein 2580 6.5
GM Gilberto Hernandez 2560 6.5
GM Bartlomiej Macieja 2538 6.5
GM Michael Rohde 2535 6.5
IM Dmitry Tyomkin 2516 6.5
GM Pablo Zarnicki 2498 6.5
IM Jon Gunnarsson 2400 6.5
Diego Flores 2373 6.5
Julio Hernando 2364 6.5
Gokhan Demir 2247 6.5
310 players total
Another internet event follows. 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
Michelangelo Bussacchini reports: The Tournoi de Maîtres de Monaco
took place 21st-27th February 2000 and was organised by the FME
Fédération Monégasque des Echecs and the FFE
Fédération Française des Echecs. The event saw Igor Efimov
run away with the Category 3 event with a score of 8.5/9. In joint second place
were Aurelien Dunis and Tony Kosten. Dunis scored an IM norm.
Monaco Masters MNC (MNC), 21-27 ii 2000 cat. III (2305)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2537 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2723
2 Dunis, Aurelien FRA 2254 0 * 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2530
3 Kosten, Anthony C g ENG 2511 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2502
4 Guidarelli, Laurent FRA 2359 0 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 = 1 4.5 2299
5 Olivier, Jean-Christophe FRA 2356 0 0 0 1 * 1 0 = 1 1 4.5 2299
6 Caposciutti, Maurizio f ITA 2344 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 4.5 2300
7 Mory, Eric FRA 2134 0 1 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 4.0 2281
8 Govciyan, Pavel FRA 2207 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 2.5 2149
9 Flear, Christine wm FRA 2264 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 0 1.5 2036
10 Bussachini, Michel MNC 2084 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.0 1978
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The Sufe Cup takes place in Shanghai, China, 2nd-16th March 2000. The
event is Category 13 with an average rating of 2569 (GM norm 7.5, IM norm 5.0).
Perhaps unfairly given that the event has an interesting mix of players
attention will probably focus on the performance of the Burmese players who are
generally regarded as grossly over-rated. My thanks to Ignatius Leong for the
results.
There is a website (in Chinese) http://www.linta.com/
Round 1 (March 3, 2000)
Filippov, Valerij - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 53 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Pigusov, Evgeny - Nay Oo Kyaw Tun 1-0 38 A11 English; 1.c4
Ye Jiangchuan - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 57 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Yin Hao - Xie Jun 1/2 40 C47 Four knights
Wang Pin - Zhang Zhong 0-1 40 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Wang Lei - Peng Xiaomin 0-1 36 E73 Kings indian
Aung Aung - Qin Kanying 1/2 49 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Round 2 (March 4, 2000)
Peng Xiaomin - Wang Pin 1-0 41 B52 Sicilian
Zhang Zhong - Yin Hao 1/2 21 C73 Ruy Lopez
Filippov, Valerij - Aung Aung 1-0 62 A88 Dutch defence
Krasenkow, Michal - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 37 A48 Queen's pawn
Qin Kanying - Pigusov, Evgeny 1/2 21 B31 Sicilian
Xie Jun - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 33 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Nay Oo Kyaw Tun - Wang Lei 1/2 17 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 3 (March 5, 2000)
Pigusov, Evgeny - Filippov, Valerij 1/2 14 E05 Nimzo indian
Ye Jiangchuan - Zhang Zhong 1/2 36 C06 French; Tarrasch
Yin Hao - Peng Xiaomin 0-1 37 C58 Two knights
Bologan, Viktor - Xie Jun 1/2 49 C92 Ruy Lopez
Wang Pin - Nay Oo Kyaw Tun 1-0 39 C90 Ruy Lopez
Wang Lei - Qin Kanying 1/2 58 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Aung Aung - Krasenkow, Michal 0-1 55 A41 Queen's pawn
Round 4 (March 6, 2000)
Peng Xiaomin - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 25 B45 Sicilian
Zhang Zhong - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 30 B06 Modern defence
Filippov, Valerij - Wang Lei 1-0 29 D44 QGD; Botwinnik
Krasenkow, Michal - Xie Jun 1-0 30 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Qin Kanying - Wang Pin 1/2 4 B52 Sicilian
Aung Aung - Pigusov, Evgeny 0-1 58 A75 Modern Benoni
Nay Oo Kyaw Tun - Yin Hao 0-1 33 B04 Alekhine defence
Sufe Cup Shanghai CHN (CHN), 3-15 iii 2000 cat. XIII (2569)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Peng Xiaomin g CHN 2624 * . . . . = . 1 . . 1 1 . . 3.5 2855
2 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2611 . * . . . = . = 1 . 1 . . . 3.0 2735
3 Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2584 . . * = = . . . . . . 1 1 . 3.0 2783
4 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2661 . . = * . . . . = 1 . . 1 . 3.0 2770
5 Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2610 . . = . * . = . . . . . 1 1 3.0 2755
6 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2616 = = . . . * . . = = . . . . 2.0 2591
7 Qin Kanying wg CHN 2475 . . . . = . * . . . = = = . 2.0 2542
8 Yin Hao m CHN 2496 0 = . . . . . * . = . . . 1 2.0 2593
9 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2589 . 0 . = . = . . * = . . . . 1.5 2520
10 Xie Jun g CHN 2542 . . . 0 . = . = = * . . . . 1.5 2503
11 Wang Pin wg CHN 2469 0 0 . . . . = . . . * . . 1 1.5 2489
12 Wang Lei wg CHN 2495 0 . 0 . . . = . . . . * . = 1.0 2376
13 Aung Aung m MYA 2595 . . 0 0 0 . = . . . . . * . 0.5 2260
14 Nay Oo Kyaw Tun m MYA 2595 . . . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 = . * 0.5 2195
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The III Malaga international Open took place February 25th - March 4th
2000. The event was won by Evgeny Gleizerov who scored 7.5/9. There was a six
way tie for second place between Reynaldo Vera, Atanas Kolev, Fernando Braga,
Eduardas Rozentalis, Viktor Moskalenko and Pia Cramling. The event was a bad
one for top seed Vladimir Epishin who finished in 29th place on 5.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://caissa.ic.uma.es/fma/open/00open.htm
III Malaga Open ESP (ESP), 25 ii-4 iii 2000
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1 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2508 7.5 50.5 40.5
2 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2546 7.0 53.0 38.0
3 Kolev, Atanas g BUL 2548 7.0 49.0 37.5
4 Braga, Fernando m ITA 2449 7.0 48.0 36.0
5 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2553 7.0 47.5 35.5
6 Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2518 7.0 47.0 36.0
7 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2493 7.0 46.5 35.5
8 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2619 6.5 50.0 36.0
9 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2513 6.5 48.0 34.5
10 Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2495 6.5 47.5 36.0
11 Mellado Trivino, Juan m ESP 2493 6.5 46.0 34.5
12 Moreno, Javier ESP 2506 6.5 45.0 34.5
13 Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2455 6.5 44.0 34.5
14 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2446 6.5 43.5 31.5
15 Teran Alvarez, Ismael f ESP 2401 6.0 49.5 34.5
16 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2529 6.0 46.5 34.5
17 Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2492 6.0 46.5 34.0
18 Herrera, Irisberto m CUB 2472 6.0 45.5 33.0
19 Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2522 6.0 45.0 33.5
20 Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A m COL 2312 6.0 45.0 32.0
21 Rivas Pastor, Manuel g ESP 2453 6.0 45.0 32.0
22 Hetey, Laszlo m GER 2343 6.0 43.0 31.5
23 Diez Gonzalez, Pedro ESP 2309 6.0 41.5 29.0
24 Cardenas Valero, Joaquin ESP 2234 6.0 35.5 28.0
25 Lopez Sanchez, Miguel ESP ---- 6.0 35.5 26.0
141 games
Sinisa Joksic reports: Belgrade hosts the 33rd "8th March" Lady's
Tournament from March 3-14, 2000. This years tournament is category 15 women's
event and a category 8 men's event (2411) There are 12 players, all with
women's grandmaster titles. At one time it was the strongest Lady's Tournament.
There are 6 prizes: 30.000 dinar (about 1.500 DM), 22.000, 18.000, 14.000,
10.000 and 6.000 and from 7-12 place 2.000 each player.
Round 3 standings:
33rd "8th March" Women's Tournament Belgrade YUG (YUG), 3-14 iii 2000cat. VII (2412)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2451 * . . . . . . . 1 1 . 1 3.0
2 Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2414 . * = . . 1 . . . . 1 . 2.5 2682
3 Prudnikova, Svetlana wg YUG 2421 . = * . 1 . . = . . . . 2.0 2520
4 Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana wg RUS 2420 . . . * . . = . = 1 . . 2.0 2544
5 Manakova, Maria wg YUG 2348 . . 0 . * . . 1 . . . 1 2.0 2539
6 Velcheva, Maria wg BUL 2364 . 0 . . . * 1 = . . . . 1.5 2436
7 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2471 . . . = . 0 * . . . 1 . 1.5 2409
8 Bojkovic, Natasa wg YUG 2423 . . = . 0 = . * . . . . 1.0 2252
9 Maric, Mirjana wg YUG 2324 0 . . = . . . . * . = . 1.0 2313
10 Maric, Alisa m YUG 2463 0 . . 0 . . . . . * . 1 1.0 2298
11 Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira m MDA 2444 . 0 . . . . 0 . = . * . 0.5 2130
12 Chelushkina, Irina wg YUG 2398 0 . . . 0 . . . . 0 . * 0.0
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There was a playoff match for Croatian championships between GM
Krunoslav Hulak (2495) and IM Ivan Zaja (2452) in Zagreb 2nd-5th March 2000.
The favourite Hulak was beaten 2.5-1.5 by Zaja.
Coverage: http://sah.posluh.hr
Hulak, Krunoslav - Zaja, Ivan 0-1 46 D44 QGD; Botwinnik
Zaja, Ivan - Hulak, Krunoslav 1-0 53 E39 Nimzo indian
Hulak, Krunoslav - Zaja, Ivan 1-0 52 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Zaja, Ivan - Hulak, Krunoslav 1/2 62 E45 Nimzo indian
Croatian Ch Playoffs Zagreb CRO (CRO), 2-5 iii 2000
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1 2 3 4
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Zaja, Ivan m CRO 2452 1 1 0 = 2.5 2590
Hulak, Krunoslav g CRO 2495 0 0 1 = 1.5 2365
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The annual Oxford-Cambridge Varsity match took place on Saturday 4th
March 2000. The final score was Cambridge 4.5 - Oxford 3.5 in a closely
contested struggle. The teams were Cambridge (Harriet Hunt, Karl Mah, Brian
Kelly, James Vigus, David Moskovic, Joseph Conlon, Nathan Alfred and Rohan
Churm) and Oxford (Ruth Sheldon, Aleksandar Trifunovic, Benjanmin Savage,
Zhidas Daskalovski, Joel Eklund, Timothy Chesters, Shashi Jayakumar and Kieran
Smallbone). The board one struggle was the one reserved for the women's players
with the top rated player in the entire event Harriet Hunt taking on Ruth
Sheldon. Hunt missed a win with 73. h7 and the game finished in a draw. On
board two Karl Mah outclassed Aleksandar Trifunovic on the black side of a
semi-slav. Brian Kelly against Ben Savage was an odd game where white was
completely winning by move 22 however by the end of the game black was better
however with only 7 seconds to make 17 moves it seems white should probably
have played on! The board five game David Moskovic - Joel Eklund was a
tremendous struggle with both players playing magnificantly combative chess.
31. Nf7 made the position almost random the game ended with white losing on
time after missing the winning 39. Bb4+.
Varsity Match London ENG (ENG), 4 iii 2000
Hunt, Harriet - Sheldon, Ruth 1/2 80 B47 Sicilian
Trifunovic, Aleksandar - Mah, Karl 0-1 35 D46 Semi-Slav
Kelly, Brian - Savage, Ben D 1/2 23 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Daskalovski,Z - Vigus, James 1/2 41 A87 Dutch defence
Moskovic, David M - Eklund, Joel 0-1 40 B42 Sicilian
Chesters,T - Conlon, Joseph P 1/2 62 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Alfred, Nathan - Jayakumar, Shashi 1-0 38 B30 Sicilian
Smallbone, Kieran - Churm, Rohan 1/2 28 C17 French; Winawer
Internet coverage: http://www.msoworld.com
The Wah Seong IM tournament 2000 took place in Penang, Malaysia
February 26th- March 5th 2000. In the final round Mas Hafizul beat Myo Naing to
take first place. Both Mok Tze-Meng and Wynn Zaw Htun made IM results.
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 MAS (MAS), 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 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2576
2 Mok Tze-Meng MAS 2270 = * = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2497
3 Wynn Zaw Htun MYA 2524 = = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2469
4 Ardiansyah, Haji g INA 2396 0 = 1 * = = = 1 1 0 5.0 2401
5 Liu Wenzhe m CHN 2451 0 1 0 = * = = 1 0 1 4.5 2352
6 Ng Tze-Han MAS 2216 0 0 = = = * = 1 = = 4.0 2335
7 Lim Chuing Hoong MAS 2214 = 0 0 = = = * 0 1 = 3.5 2298
8 Myo Naing m MYA 2545 0 = = 0 0 0 1 * = 1 3.5 2262
9 Wong Zi Jing f MAS 2324 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 = * = 3.0 2241
10 Chuah Jin, Hai Jonath MAS 2271 0 0 0 1 0 = = 0 = * 2.5 2206
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As well as the Karpov-Bacrot match there were other events in Cannes.
Continuing his good form in France Vladislav Tkachiev won the masters knockout
event that took place February 19th-22nd. He beat Stanislav Savchenko 4-2 in
the final. In addition there was an open with Kamil Miton, Angus Dunnington,
Philippe Brochet, Sinisa Drazic, Christophe Claveriem Andrew Kinsman and Yvan
Masserey all scoring 7/9. Unfortunately only the games from rounds 1-6 are
available from the official website.
Link: http://www.cannes-echecs.org/
Round 1 (February 19, 2000)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Delabaca, Romuald 1.5-0.5 Tkachiev
Lepelletier, Benoit - Lupu, Mircea-Sergiu 1.0-1.0 Lupu
Fressinet, Laurent - Vaisman, Volodia 1.5-0.5 Fressinet
Touzane, Olivier - David, Alberto 1.0-1.0 David
Vaisser, Anatoli - Wohlers-Armas, Friederike 2.0-0.0 Vaisser
Belkhodja, Slim - Garbarino, Xavier 2.0-0.0 Belkhodja
Miralles, Gilles - Santo Roman, Marc 0.5-1,5 Santo-Roman
Rouchouse, Stevens - Palac, Mladen 0.0-2.0 Palac
Savchenko, Stanislav - Kerbrat, Julien 2.0-0.0 Savchenko
Chabanon, Jean-Luc - Relange, Eloi 2.0-0.0 Chabanon
Anic, Darko - Haik, Aldo 0.0-2.0 Haik
Boudre, Jean-Pierre - Markowski, Tomasz 0.0-2.0 Markowski
Marciano, David - Giffard, Nicolas 0.5-1.5 Giffard
Mednis, Edmar J - Prie, Eric 0.5-1.5 Prie
Kogan, Artur - Pira, Davoud 2.0-0.0 Kogan
Marino, Olivier - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 0.0-2.0 Nisipeanu
Round 2 (February 20, 2000)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Lupu, Mircea-Sergiu 1.5-0.5 Tkachiev
Fressinet, Laurent - David, Alberto 1.0-1.0 David
Vaisser, Anatoli - Belkhodja, Slim 2.0-0.0 Vaisser
Santo Roman, Marc - Palac, Mladen 1.0-1.0 Palac
Savchenko, Stanislav - Chabanon, Jean-Luc 2.0-0.0 Savchenko
Haik, Aldo - Markowski, Tomasz 0.0-2.0 Markowski
Giffard, Nicolas - Prie, Eric 1.0-1.0 Giffard
Kogan, Artur - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 2.0-0.0 Kogan
Round 3 (February 21, 2000)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - David, Alberto 2.0-0.0 Tkachiev
Vaisser, Anatoli - Palac, Mladen 2.0-0.0 Vaisser
Savchenko, Stanislav - Markowski, Tomasz 2.0-0.0 Savchenko
Giffard, Nicolas - Kogan, Artur 0.0-2.0 Kogan
Round 4 (February 22, 2000)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Vaisser, Anatoli 2.0-0.0 Tkachiev
Savchenko, Stanislav - Kogan, Artur 1.0-1.0 Savchenko
Round 5 (February 22, 2000)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Savchenko, Stanislav 4.0-2.0 Tkachiev
Cannes Open FRA (FRA), 20-28 ii 2000
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1 Miton, Kamil m POL 2425 7.0
2 Dunnington, Angus J m ENG 2372 7.0
3 Brochet, Philippe FRA 2335 7.0
4 Drazic, Sinisa m YUG 2483 7.0
5 Claverie, Christophe FRA 2375 7.0
6 Kinsman, Andrew P.H m ENG 2399 7.0
7 Masserey, Yvan f SUI 2303 7.0
8 Liardet, Fabrice f SUI 2319 6.5
9 Doghri, Nabil TUN 2327 6.5
10 Manolov, Ivan m BUL 2327 6.5
11 Djingarova, Emilia BUL 2168 6.5
12 Richardson, John R f ENG 2331 6.5
13 Bujisho, Benjamin FRA 2299 6.5
14 Lukasiewicz, Grzegorz m POL 2348 6.5
15 Boudre, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2334 6.0
16 Philippe, Christophe FRA 2293 6.0
17 Pira, Davoud m FRA 2450 6.0
18 Sarthou, Gaetan FRA 2345 6.0
19 Lecuyer, Christian f FRA 2270 6.0
20 Lamorelle, Julien FRA 2192 6.0
21 Cooper, Lawrence f ENG 2338 6.0
22 Bonnet, Edouard1 FRA 2108 6.0
23 Calistri, Tristan FRA 2243 6.0
24 Loeffler, Markus m GER 2411 6.0
25 Machin, Giovillavne FRA 2099 6.0
26 Lagunes, Jean Renaud FRA 2157 6.0
27 Vaisman, Volodia m FRA 2385 6.0
149 players
The Millennium Chess Festival took place in Portsmouth, Virginia USA
March 4th-5th 2000.
Michael Atkins reports: 100 players came to compete in two sections of
the Millennium Chess Festival in Portsmouth Virginia this weekend. Overlooking
the scenic Elizabeth River, player were trated to Virginia hospitality by
sponsors Tom Braunlich and Rodney Flores and it was a nice, smooth tournament.
Eight players tied for first at 4-1 in the Open section. GMs Jaan Ehlvest, Igor
Novikov, Alex Wojtkiewicz, Alex Shabalov, Pavel Blatney, Alex Striounsky, IM
Enrico Sevillano and NM Floyd Boudreaux took top honors in the Open. Gary
Cummings and Ted Udelson took top honors in the Reserve with 4.5/5 scores. This
was the first year of hopefully an annual tradition of a well run, nicely
organized event in Portsmouth!
http://www.members.tropid.com/hrca/updates.htm
Bill Townsend reports: The U.S. Amateur Team Championships took place
over the weekend of Feb. 18 to 21 at four locations in the USA. The Team
Midwest was held in Oakbrook, Illinois; the Team West in Los Angeles,
California; the Team South in Gainesville, Florida; and the Team East in
Parsippany, New Jersey. The Amateur Teams started in New Jersey 30 years ago,
and the East is traditionally the largest of the three events, usually dwarfing
the other three put together.
This year 222 teams consisting of over 920 players competed for the
title of top Amateur Team in the East. The battle for first place was keenly
fought and when the smoke cleared, three teams were tied for first with 5 1/2
out of six. First on tiebreaks for the trophy was the top rated team, "Total
Brutality!" with an average rating of 2198.5. The team members were Igor
Shliperman, Saudin Robovic, Mark Kurtzman and Philip Sorge.
Also with 5 1/2 was "CK Fischers," a team of former students of chess
teacher John Collins. The team members were FM Ron Burnett, Brian McCarthy,
Thomas Bartell and Jonathan Cohen. The average team rating was 2190. The final
team with 5 1/2 was "CIS 2K" consisting of IM Ben Finegold, FM Yurij Lapshun,
Chris William and Craig Berger. The average team rating was 2190.25. The last
round battles were especially fierce with "Total Brutality!" edging out a team
led by former U.S. Champion Joel Benjamin, "The World Championship Is Not
Enough." The final score of 2.5-1.5 included Shliperman's tense draw with
Benjamin. The latter's flag fell on move 49 of the 50-move time control but
since Shliperman's scoresheet was incomplete the game continued and was drawn a
few moves later.
The battle at the second table was even more intense as the "CK
Fischers" faced a strong team from Massachusetts, the "Cambridge Springers." A
tight 2.5- 1.5 victory brought the "CK Fischers" into the winners' circle. The
battles here were so strenuously fought that three of these games were the last
to finish in the entire tournament. The key battle here was the first board
struggle where FM Ron Burnett managed to beat FM William Kelleher in an
opposite colored bishop ending that seemed impossibly drawish. It should be
stressed that while this was an amateur team event, there was no limit on the
rating of individual players so long as the average team rating is under 2200
USCF. In fact, there were over 85 players attending who had U.S. ratings of
2200 or over. Among the stars at this event was former U.S. Champion Joel
Benjamin playing first board for "The World Championship Is Not Enough" and
famed author and trainer IM Mark Dvoretzky who was playing board one for the
"Teaneck Chess School."
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 IM groups.
Further report next week.
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.
The II Vince Toth Memorial, a FIDE cat. VII (2401) event, took place
February 25th - March 3rd in the Guanabara Chess Club, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Eduardo Limp won the event with 7/9 half a point clear of Darcy Lima. There
seems to have been some controversy over his win on time against Nikola Mitkov
with the game having to be decided by the appeals committee. [ The original
says: "Aqui ao completar o quadragesimo lance, Limp aponta para a seta caida do
adversario, que apos a reconstituicao, recorreu ao comite de apelacao que ira
decidir amanha (02/03/2000)"] .
Albert Silver reports: The II Memorial Vince Toth took place February
25th - March 3rd in Clube de Xadrez Guanabara (Guanabara Chess Club) in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. The event, made possible thanks to the generous patronage of
Peter Toth, Vince Toth's son, is designed to allow Brazilian players a rare
opportunity to acquire the much sought international norms. This year's event
was a category 7 whose 10 players had an average rating of 2406 FIDE. The GM
norm was set at 7 points in 9 and the IM norm at 5.5. Once more, Eduardo Limp
came shining through by scoring his second GM norm, beating FM Sadi Dumont in
the last round in a long squeezed endgame. He has been having excellent runs of
late having also won the São Paulo state championship once more and
coming second in the Brazilian championship. It is all the same very curious
that he continues to appear untitiled in the rating lists even though has had
all of the qualifications for well over a year. Although within Brazil this is
well-known and thus does not affect him, it does deprive him of certain
possibilities and priviledges abroad. GM Darcy Lima came in second, having had
a solid run, and possibly only failed to win the tournament when a personal
tragedy occurred on the day of the last round which undoubtedly affected his
game. To be fair though, his opponent 3rd place runner IM Christian Toth had
had an excellent event and had seemed poised on scoring a GM norm before
stumbling on the Macedonian GM Nikola Mitkov in the 7th round. Credit must be
given to the organization for the smooth conditions and to International
Arbiter Friedrich Salomão.
Coverage at http://www.cbx.org.br/iivincetoth/vince2000.htm
and http://www.xadreznet.com/cxg/IIVinceToth/vincerod.htm,
photos: http://www.xadreznet.com/cxg/IIVincetoth/gfoto.htm
II Vince Toth Mem Rio de Janeiro BRA (BRA), 25 ii-3 iii 2000cat. VII (2407)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Limp, Eduardo BRA 2420 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2625
2 Lima, Darcy m BRA 2514 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2561
3 Toth, Christian Endre m BRA 2355 = = * 1 0 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2537
4 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2511 = = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2520
5 Mitkov, Nikola g FRM 2547 0 0 1 = * = = 1 1 1 5.5 2471
6 Galego, Luis m POR 2451 = = 0 0 = * 0 = 1 1 4.0 2359
7 Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2441 0 0 = 0 = 1 * = = 1 4.0 2360
8 Dumont, Sadi Glasser f BRA 2297 0 = = = 0 = = * 0 1 3.5 2339
9 Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva f BRA 2353 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 2.0 2192
10 Sant'Ana, Ricardo BRA 2180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 1988
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Sinisa Joksic reports:
The 6th Ambassador Open - Bern
The Ambassador Open one of the main events in the "Swiss Chess Tour",
was faced by collapse due to the weather. The Classic Christmas open (December
26.-30) was faced with a terrible hurricane, rare for Europe, so strong that it
stopped players getting to the tournament! Instead of more than 200 players, in
normal conditions, only 96 chessplayers arrived and more than 30 were late.
Some of them came during the night when the first round was already finished.
The organiser included all the late chessplayers in the tournament. The clear
winner was grandmaster Igors Rausis (39) from Latvia, half a point ahead of a
group of 5 players. IM Kaenel (48-SUI) took second and third was IM Petr
Velicka (33-CZE) (Bucholz tie-break) Special prizes: Kaenel for the best Swiss
player, Ciric (66-YUG) senior, Ralph Buss, from Allschwil (SUI), junior and the
Lady's prize went to Isabell Keysener from Fribourg (SUI). 8 players finished
tournament unbeaten: Rausis, Kaenel, Velicka, Sokolov, Ciric, Liardet, Mueller
and Baerenfaller.
Final standings:
1. Rausis Igors g 2496 LAT 6.0 28.5
2. Kaenel Hansjuerg m 2408 SUI 5.5 30.5
3. Velicka Peter m 2440 CZE 5.5 29.5
4. Sokolov Andrej g 2543 RUS 5.5 28.5
5. Ciric Dragoljub g 2359 YUG 5.5 26.5
6. Kolly Jacques 2177 SUI 5.5 26.0
7. Berzinsh Roland m 2446 LAT 5.0 30.0
8. Liardet Fabrice f 2327 SUI 5.0 28.5
9. Herbrechtsmeier Christof f 2297 GER 5.0 27.0
10. Mueller Dieter 2190 GER 5.0 26.5
11. Montavon Gerard 2071 SUI 5.0 25.0
12. Maurer Fritz 2190 SUI 5.0 25.0
13. Bex Pierre-Alain 2253 SUI 5.0 24.5
13. Riff Vincent 2061 FRA 5.0 24.5
15. Baerenfaller Beat 2024 SUI 5.0 22.0
... 96 players
2nd Hilton Open - Basel
Andrei Sokolov (37), Russian grandmaster, who has lived for many years
in Belfort, France, won Basel's Hilton Open for the second time. This time,
with a lot of luck, he won final against Ognjen Cvitan. The Hilton Open used a
new formula. The first five rounds were a classic Swiss system. After this the
top four played a knock-out system and all the others continued two more rounds
of the Swiss. The qualified quartet were, by order of standing after the 5th
round: Cvitan (CRO), m Attila Czebe (HUN), Sokolov and m Petr Velicka (CZE). If
the first game, played over 5 hours, finished in a draw, a second game was
played at a faster timerate, half an hour for all the game. If that game ended
without a winner the match continued with 5 minutes games until someone won. In
the semi-final, Cvitan saved himself in a lost position and won the second a
time scramble. The final took five games to decide. In the 4th game (blitz)
Cvitan didn't see that his opponent's flag had fallen and when his flag fell
the game finished in a draw. The position was completely winning for Cvitan,
with a rook more... Perhaps the FIDE rules for lighting chess should change!
(In tournament chess the arbiter has to intervene if a flag falls). Special
prizes divided: Ivan Nemet best Swiss, Cvitan Basel's player, m Charles Partos
(SUI) senior, Vesna Rozic (SLO) got Lady's prize and best school-pupil.
Semi final:
Cvitan - Velicka 0.5 1:0
Czebe - Sokolov 0:1
Final
Cvitan - Sokolov 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0:1
Czebe - Velicka 0.5 0:1
Final:
1. Sokolov Andrei g 2543 RUS
2. Cvitan Ognjen g 2511 CRO
3. Velicka Peter m 2440 CZE
4. Czebe Attila m 2414 HUN
Open:
5. Nemet Ivan g 2435 SUI 5.5 27.5
6. Tukmakov Vladimir g 2557 UKR 5.5 26.5 163.0
7. Horvath Joszef g 2526 HUN 5.5 26.5 158.5
8. Milosevic Goran m 2329 YUG 5.0 26.5
9. Rausis Igors g 2496 LAT 5.0 26.0 159.5
10. Giertz Niklaus f 2293 SUI 5.0 26.0 148.0
11. Vulevic Vjekoslav f 2262 SUI 5.0 24.0
12. Berzinsh Roland m 2446 LAT 4.5 29.0 159.5
13. Xheladini Mahmut 2276 GER 4.5 29.0 155.5
14. Farago Ivan g 2512 HUN 4.5 28.0
15. Nueesch Gerard 2191 SUI 4.5 26.0
16. Partos Charles m 2378 SUI 4.5 25.5
17. Lurje Pavel 2174 SUI 4.5 22.5
... 65 players
Peter Kemner reports: As a preliminary to the Broekhuis Dutch
Championships 2000, a Knock-Out tournament was played in Rotterdam over a
period of two weekends: 4-5 December 1999 (1st round, see TWIC 265) and 12-15
February 2000 (2nd and 3rd rounds). Amongst the starting line-up of 32 players
were Friso Nijboer (GM 2559), Roberto Cifuentes Parada (GM 2505), Manuel
Bosboom (IM 2476), European Youth Champion Dennis de Vreugt (2398) and former
Dutch Champion Rini Kuijf (IM 2455).
On Saturday February 12 and Sunday February 13, the sixteen remaining
contestants started their bid for a total of four tickets to the main event, to
be held in Rotterdam May 6-19 2000. Each round consisting of two games followed
by a 2-game rapid-play-off in case of a tie, and sudden-death blitzgames in
case of a tie in the rapid-games. Nijboer, who had a tough ride in the first
round, comfortably beat Joost Hoogendoorn (2281) 2-0. The upsets of the 2nd
round were the defeat of Roberto Cifuentes Parada, who was outplayed by Mark
van der Werf (2432), and the unlikely advance of Martijn Dambacher (2197), who
showed incredible stamina by beating Karel van der Weide (2434), needing 2
games, 2 rapid-games and three (!) sudden-death blitzgames to pull this one
off. Youngster Dennis de Vreugt had a hard time against almost-veteran Bruno
Carlier (2420), winning game one on time (Carlier missing a win earlier in that
game as well) and coming back from a lost position in game two. Many of
Carliers fans are still contemplating why Bruno didn't go for 9.g4!, winning a
piece. Both Herman Grooten (against Frank Kroeze) and Oscar Lemmers (against
Johan van Mil) needed a tie-break to reach the next round.
In the 3rd round (Monday 14 and Tuesday 15) Nijboer again proved himself
te be more than worthy of the finales, beating Ruud Jansen (2448) 2-0. Manuel
Bosboom put an end to Martijn Dambachers dreamride in mid-air, without even
lifting an eyebrow: 1,5-0,5. The other two games went to a tie-break. Dennis de
Vreugt, who won a spectaculair first game against Oscar Lemmers, but clumsely
lost the second, made good in the rapid-games and outplayed his opponent 2-0.
He will debut in the Dutch Championships at the age of 19 and many are
expecting him to do well. And finally, after 19 years of absence, Herman
Grooten (2412) reached the finals again, beating Mark van der Werf 1,5-0,5 in
the tie-break quite convincingly. So Dennis de Vreugt, Friso Nijboer, Herman
Grooten and Manuel Bosboom go to the finals in May in Rotterdam.
Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl/NK2000/
Round 2 results
1. Joost Hoogendoorn - Friso Nijboer 0-1 0-1
2. Edwin van Haastert - Ruud Janssen ½-½ 0-1
3. Harmen Jonkman - Manuel Bosboom 0-1 ½-½
4. Martijn Dambacher - Karel van der Weide 0-1 1-0 3-2
5. Roberto Cifuentes Parada - Mark van der Werf ½-½ 0-1
6. Frank Kroeze - Herman Grooten 0-1 1-0 0-2
7. Dennis de Vreugt - Bruno Carlier 1-0 ½-½
8. Johan van Mil - Oscar Lemmers ½-½ ½-½ ½-1½
Round 3 results
1. Ruud Janssen - Friso Nijboer 0-1 0-1
2. Mark van der Werf - Herman Grooten 1-0 0-1 ½-1½
3. Martijn Dambacher - Manuel Bosboom 0-1 ½-½
4. Dennis de Vreugt - Oscar Lemmers 1-0 0-1 1½-½
The 12 Hour Brussels Blitz took place Feb 26th 2000. There were 117
entries in spite of a clash with Cappelle La Grande.
1 Ekrem Cekro 2420 47,5/55 27.5 2403
2 Erik Knoppert 2377 45/55 27.0 2364
3 Aleksander Alienkin 2393 44/55 26.5 2323
4 Cemil Gulbas 2274 41/55 24.5 2284
5 Stéphane Hautot 2278 40,5/55 23.5 2148
6 Folco Ferretti 2286 40/55 24.5 2198
7 Richard Polaczek 2436 40/55 23.5 2273
8 Gorik Cools 2360 39/55 22.0 2247
9 Nimrod Faybish 2229 38/55 22.5 2167
10 Ferenc Peredy 2376 38/55 22.0 2231
11 Stefan Docx 2290 38/55 22.0 2222
12 Yves Duhayon 2245 37,5/55 23.5 2136
13 Mike Van den Abbeele 2109 37,5/55 22.5 2192
14 Laszlo Kubacsny 2382 37/55 22.5 2184
15 Christophe Gregoir 2042 36,5/55 19.5 2240
16 Ioan Macai 1919 36/55 22.0 2057
17 Lubo Blagojevic 1870 36/55 22.0 2008
18 Ghoerghe Judele 1968 36/55 21.0 1974
19 Eric Praet 2000 36/55 20.5 2136
20 Arben Dardha 2271 35,5/55 19.5 2152
21 Alex Johannes 2206 35/55 21.0 2132
22 Danny Haberkorn 2222 35/55 20.5 2045
23 Taki Apostolakis 1926 35/55 19.5 2035
24 Jorge Goncalves 2192 35/55 19.0 2009
25 Philippe Lorand 2188 35/55 18.5 2049
26 Sophie Brion 1737 34,5/55 22.5 1992
27 Aziz Aït-Messaoud 2146 34,5/55 20.5 2119
28 Pim Ydo 2078 34/55 21.5 2081
29 Andy Baert 2267 34/55 19.5 2091
30 Ahmed Draïdi 2108 33,5/55 20.5 2098
31 Oleg Iolis 2050 33,5/44 17.0 2082
32 Frederik Roels 1884 33/55 20.0 1934
33 Diederik Lot 1831 33/55 19.0 1986
34 Ruben Akhayan 32,5/55 18.0 1960
117 players
As reported in TWIC 276: The Goodricke International takes place in
Calcutta February 6th-17th 2000. Gregory Kaidanov led throughout drawing out
his last few games to finish half a point clear of Vladimir Akopian and Mathias
Roeder (who defeated Victor Korchnoi with black in the final round). Now all
the games are available (thanks to James Tan).
Internet coverage: http://www.goodrickechess.freeservers.com/
Final standings:
Goodricke Open Calcutta IND (IND), 5-16 ii 2000
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1 Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2599 8.5
2 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2660 8.0
3 Roeder, Mathias m GER 2413 8.0
4 Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2586 7.5
5 Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2487 7.5
6 Sasikiran, Krishnan m IND 2514 7.5
7 Peng Xiaomin g CHN 2624 7.5
8 Yurtaev, Leonid g KGZ 2536 7.5
9 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2659 7.0
10 Prakash, G B m IND 2435 7.0
11 Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 2557 7.0
12 Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2560 7.0
13 Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2548 7.0
14 Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam f IND 2373 7.0
15 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2550 7.0
16 Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2505 6.5
17 Rahman, Ziaur m BAN 2465 6.5
18 Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2421 6.5
19 Saravanan, V m IND 2412 6.5
20 Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2572 6.0
21 Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2561 6.0
22 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2512 6.0
23 Qin Kanying wg CHN 2475 6.0
24 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2440 6.0
25 Sandipan, Chanda IND 2424 6.0
26 Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2379 6.0
27 Gokhale, Jayant Suresh IND 2305 6.0
28 Harikrishna, P f IND 2354 6.0
29 Bakre, Tejas m IND 2352 6.0
30 Koshy, Varugeese m IND 2346 6.0
31 Babu, N Sudhakar m IND 2336 6.0
32 Shetty, Rahul IND 2307 6.0
33 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2611 5.5
34 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2475 5.5
35 Webster, Andrew m ENG 2401 5.5
36 Vijayalakshimi, Subbaraman wm IND 2383 5.5
37 Collas, Didier m FRA 2365 5.5
38 Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2356 5.5
39 Shankar, Roy m IND 2338 5.5
40 Joshi, G B IND 2306 5.5
41 Aarthie, Ramaswamy IND 2219 5.5
72 players
The games of unrated Thomas Nixon were misattributed to Rodney Nixon
last week.
Dear Mark,
I had not at first intended to prolong the discussions about the Deep
Junior match as I felt it rather detracted from what I still I still believe
was an interesting and innovative event but given some of the extremely
inaccurate things that have been written both on the internet and in print, I
feel I should state the facts from the Bermuda side.
In general I agree with the comments by Michael Greengard (Mig) on the
Club Kasparov site and on the computer chess club newsgroup. I was however
quite shocked to read the unwarranted accusations by Shay Bushinsky and Amir
Ban. It is clear that in a situation where the two opponents are in two
different countries that it is not possible to fully understand exactly what is
happening at the other side. In view of this it is especially surprising that
they have made such serious accusations without making any attempt to find out
the facts.
For some reason on the newsgroup Shay Bushinsky has directly stated
that I exhibited "very poor sportsmanship". Amir Ban also accuses me totally
without foundation of having demanded that the computer be defaulted in the
first game, in fact I did not demand that the computer be defaulted at all - it
was the decision made by Mig and obviously only applied to the second game.
Amir goes on to conclude - "Adams may have missed here a golden opportunity to
demand being declared winner of the entire Grand Prix". Indeed whilst this
match did nothing to change my high opinion of Deep Junior, unfortunately I am
unable to say the same about its programmers and operators.
Here are the facts as I am aware of them:
The start time of the match was not changed at my request: whilst he
was in Bermuda Mig offered that - as I was playing the computer - I could play
at a time of my choosing and offered to bring the match forward one day (i.e.
to the 15th). Had Mig not made this offer I would of course have played my game
at the original time as I did all my other rounds. I accepted this offer as it
was much more convenient for my match with Yasser and the Bermuda organisers
but it turned out that Mig had not consulted with my opponents who refused to
make the switch. As some kind of compromise Club Kasparov put the match time
back to 13.00 (all times Bermudian) as this was nearer to the start time of my
match games with Yasser.
It was of course unfortunate that Mig was unable to remain in Bermuda
for the full extent of my participation in the Grand Prix as I had understood
would be the case. Everyone in Bermuda expressed concern that it would be
difficult to resolve technical problems if they arose but Mig assured us that
all would go smoothly. When I reminded him of this conversation after the Deep
Junior incident he stated that his presence in Bermuda would not have helped to
solve the problems as they were all caused by the internet provider in Israel.
Equipment was a bit of a problem anyway as Mig had taken his laptop
with him and my laptop is too old to be used (obviously if the tournament had
been on its original dates it would have been very easy for me to play at home
on my PC or possibly at the Chess and Bridge Centre). We had also borrowed Jill
Faulks' mobile phone, as there was only one phone line in the playing hall
which was connected to the internet. I was playing using Nigel Freeman's
internet account as the account Mig had opened did not work in Bermuda. Yasser
and I were very grateful to everyone in Bermuda for their help not least that
of Nick Faulks, the sponsor of the Adams-Seirawan match, who agreed for the
schedule to be altered and also, reluctantly, for the match be reduced to 8
games from 10. Nick was especially understanding as the Seirawan-Adams match
had been scheduled for over a year and Club Kasparov were only able to contact
him with details of the Grand Prix less than a month before the start of the
match when due to other commitments and the fact that plane tickets had been
booked it was impossible to schedule extra days to complete the match. It seems
a poor reward for their considerable efforts to be accused of having technical
problems when all delays were the responsibility of either the internet
provider in Israel or Club Kasparov.
On the day of my game with Deep Junior, Carol Jarecki was already
working on the software, which had been successfully tested the day before,
from 09.00 although we were only able to acquire Jill Faulks mobile phone at
11.30 more than an hour and a half before the official start time of the match.
As it had taken Mig only twenty minutes to get everything running for my match
against Gulko this would seem to be ample for a prompt start (the delay to the
start of my match against Gulko was actually due to Mig arriving late to the
playing hall).
It was suggested by Aviv Bushinsky (Shay's brother) that maybe there
was a problem with Carol's computer and that using Yvette's might solve the
problem but it seems unlikely to me that this was the problem as Carol's
computer had been tested the previous day and was also used throughout my match
with Kasparov without any problems and I hence believe that the switch was
unnecessary. Naturally due to the switch of the computer it was also necessary
to switch my mouse.
By this stage the delay was approximately one hour, now everything was
more or less ready to go but I noticed that the verify button was not on the
screen and asked Aviv where it was, Aviv said that it was not available
although Mig had already offered me the use of it in my first round match
against Gulko. Mig had also assured us by email that it would be available for
this match and that it would take only five minutes to install. After about 25
minutes had passed I had become quite frustrated with the delay and said that I
just wanted to play as soon as possible with or without the verify button, we
were actually ready to start at about 14.40 Bermuda time.
At this stage Aviv said that the verify button might be working but
they hadn't tested it yet and suggested that instead, as I was playing the
computer, if I made a mouse slip Carol Jarecki who was acting as my operator,
should ring up Aviv and the move would be retracted. I wasn't very happy with
this solution and was very thankful that it did not occur during the game as I
felt that this would leave me open to all kinds of accusations which some of
the people involved have seemed all too happy to throw around.
Finally the game started. Obviously the game was a bit of a disaster
from my point of view and shortly after move 20 I had very little hope but as I
tried to resist in a lost position the computer started to consume large
amounts of time - at one stage I believe it took over a quarter of an hour on
one move and in the final position the times on my monitor were approximately
00:08:20 for myself and 00:01:40 for Deep Junior. After Deep Junior's last move
the message "game adjourned" immediately flashed up on the screen. Shortly
thereafter the mobile phone rang and Aviv said that there was a problem and the
game would continue shortly. As the computer was taking so much time the idea
of lag had already occurred to me and I asked Carol to confirm with Aviv that
the times on my computer were correct. Aviv said that he could not see the
times on his computer as his screen was blank but assured me that the times at
our end would be accurate. I had earlier been told that any lag would be
corrected on a move by move basis so I can only assume that the times we had
were correct. The times that the ICC had for the game seem to be quite similar
to the ones we had.
Given the speed that Deep Junior was moving it is impossible to say if
it would have forfeited on time had the game continued but obviously we were
denied the possibility of finding this out due to technical difficulties I
believe with the internet connection at the Israeli end. It is also surprising
to me that as much has been made of the importance of the match to Deep Junior
that it's operators did not ensure that the venue at which it played had either
a very reliable internet connection and or backup connections and other
facilities available.
Next Mig rang from New York to suggest some solutions to the problem.
His first solution was that the match be restarted from scratch the next day. I
explained this was completely impossible as there were no longer any free days
built in to the schedule of my match against Yasser ( I actually played 13
games over a period of 12 days during this time, obviously had the tournament
taken place in December when my schedule was completely free then this would
not have been a problem). Mig rang off to consult with Aviv.
He rang back again at about 17.00 Bermudian time, already over half an
hour after the adjournment of the game, he said that he did not consider it
fair to continue the first game after such a long break so I said that I was
happy to abandon it to a draw, which he seemed quite happy with. Mig then said
that if the Deep Junior was not ready to start the second game by 17.15 it
would be forfeited - this was in no way my suggestion - I only indicated that I
wanted to proceed with the second game as quickly as possible.
I notice that several people have commented that Mig was not qualified
to make this offer - indeed in TWIC you stated "I pretty much only have the
Deep Junior team's view on this matter which can be summed up as they accuse
Adams of being too quick to take a default from someone he knew had no official
role in the match". I find this most unfair. I understood, and still believe,
that Mig was more than qualified for several reasons: on my Club Kasparov
contract under the space organisers signature Mig has signed, (there is no
mention of Aviv on the official contract although I later received emails and
letters from him where he is listed as Event Co-ordinator), also Mig is a vice
president of Club Kasparov and he was also the operator for my previous round
match against Gulko. Furthermore if Mig had no authority I have no idea why he
was speaking on the phone to both me and Aviv or as to why his decision was
eventually upheld.
As regarding this particular situation the contract simply states that
problems should be dealt with on a case by case basis. So to me in this case
the ruling was pretty clear - the first game was a draw and if Deep Junior was
not ready to start by 17.15 Bermudian time it would be forfeited. Mig phoned
again at about 17.20 and I pointed out the deadline had passed, he said he
would ring Aviv and ring me back in five minutes. The next person we heard from
was Aviv who rang at 17.42 ( 27 minutes after the deadline) to say that the
decision was that the first game was a draw and that they were ready to start
the second game which should begin immediately. I imagine by this stage Aviv
knew about the forfeit as he did not even offer me five minutes warning after a
delay of an hour and a quarter. We asked for a delay until 18.00.
Having thought about the situation I felt that there should be some
clarification as to why Deep Junior had not been forfeited as was stated and
asked for an explanation prior to the second game. Aviv then had a lengthy
conversation with Carol Jarecki who fully supported my position. Of course
Carol is an extremely experienced arbiter who officiated at both Kasparov- Deep
Blue matches so she also has some experience of man-computer matches. This
conversation went on for quite some time but no progress was made.
At this stage Aviv decided to turn to the arbiter. This introduced a
rather comic side to the proceedings as Aviv said that he had to wake him up to
do so. This was apparently not an easy task but Aviv succeeded after more than
one attempt to reach him by phone. I find it hard to see how someone who is
asleep while the games are going on can make any kind of considered decision
and obviously he had not been party to any of the phone conversations
throughout the day. Aviv explained the situation to him briefly in Russian and
translated his decision which was in total agreement with Aviv's opinion. I
said that I did not feel that the arbiter could make a reasonable judgement and
asked why Mig's earlier statement was being disregarded. At this stage (it was
shortly after 19.00) Aviv said that he would ring Mig and someone would call me
back within five minutes. Finally at about 20.10 Mig rang me back to say that
his decision had been upheld and to apologise for all the problems and
confusion.
I feel after the problem Mig behaved very decently by accepting much of
the blame and also attempting to defend me against the unwarranted accusations
that have been thrown at me. Obviously I think that this kind of event is
interesting for Chess players and fans everywhere and hope that Club Kasparov
will continue to be able to put on events of this nature as the future of Chess
seems to be heading in this direction. Clearly however in the early stages it
will be necessary for all sides to be understanding to deal with any teething
troubles and I find it a great shame that the Deep Junior team has been unable
to do this.
Sincerely,
Michael Adams
The Professional World Chess Rankings for players rated 2500 and higher.
Produced by Ken Thomson , New Jersey and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich,
Moscow. Results up to March 1, 2000
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2837 133
2. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2737 108
3. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2724 111
4. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2723 179
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. Short,Nigel D ENG 2668 151
11. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2668 168
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. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2643 156
17. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2641 131
18. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2639 157
19. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2638 168
20. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2629 191
21. Svidler,Peter RUS 2628 160
22. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2626 145
23. Movsesian,Sergei CZE 2625 170
24. Fedorov,Alexey BLR 2625 187
25. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2624 159
26. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2621 170
27. Hansen,Curt DEN 2616 157
28. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2616 141
29. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2616 185
30. Salov,Valery RUS 2612 199
31. Piket,Jeroen NED 2612 161
32. Timman,Jan H NED 2611 199
33. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2611 169
34. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
35. Gulko,Boris F USA 2610 163
36. Kobalija,Mikhael RUS 2608 166
37. Lautier,Joel FRA 2607 155
38. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2604 175
39. Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2604 142
40. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2602 202
41. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
42. Yusupov,Artur GER 2602 141
43. Bologan,Viorel MDA 2601 201
44. Tkachev,Vladislav FRA 2600 145
45. Smirin,Ilia ISR 2599 182
46. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2599 161
47. Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2596 170
48. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2595 187
49. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2592 177
50. Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLR 2592 181
51. Kasimdzhanov,Rustam UZB 2592 162
52. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2592 173
53. Psakhis,Lev ISR 2591 134
54. Avrukh,Boris ISR 2590 210
55. Rohde,Michael A USA 2589 190
British Problem Solving Championships
Brian Stephenson reports: The 1999-2000 British Chess Solving
Championship is now complete. Full details can be found at:
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/9900/bcsc.html
and supporting pages. If you are a journalist and wish to quote some or any of
the problems you may only quote those not classified as 'original'. It would be
respectful to the composers of the problems and the publications that first
published their compositions (the sources) if you were to quote composer and
source along with the diagram.
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
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
Garry Koshnitsky Memorial
The Garry Koshnitsky Memorial Australian Chess Festival is being held
this year from 7 June to 13 August in memory of arguably the most important
figure in Australian chess history who died last year at the age of 91. The
festival commences with the Surfers Paradise Parkroyal International which is
being held at a five star venue on Queensland's Gold Coast in order to give
Australian players the opportunity to play top class overseas opposition. The
nine round Swiss event features GMs Nikolic, Ftacnik, Rogers and Johansen and
runs from 7-17 June. Whilst the Prize Fund is a modest $5,000 the playing
conditions are superb and the hotel is situated in one of the world's great
holiday destinations. Entry fees are IMs and GMs FOC, players rated 2300+ $150,
2200+ $250, 2100+ $350, 2000+ $450. Overseas players are half price and there
are discounts for payment by 15/3/00 ($50) and 15/4/00 ($25). There are very
special room rates at the Parkroyal only available to competitors ($75 single,
$37.50 twin share).
The Garry Koshnitsky Festival features the following events: 7 to 17
June Parkroyal Surfers Paradise International 18 June Parkroyal Surfers
Paradise Corporate challenge 19 to 23 June GM coaching in local schools 24 to
25 June Gold Coast Open 26 to 30 June GM coaching of elite Australian juniors 1
to 2 July Noosa Open 8 to 9 July Queen Victoria Building event, Sydney 15 to 16
July Australian National University Open, Canberra 24 July to 4 August
Australian Masters, Reserve Bank Building, Melbourne 12 to 13 August Adelaide
Weekender (Festival Finale)
Contact details: Graeme Gardiner, President Australian Chess Federation,
C/O Somerset College, Somerset Drive, Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast, Queensland 4213
Phone: (+61 7 international) or (07) 5530 3777 (w); (07) 5530 5794 (h); (07)
5525 2676 (fax) Email: ggardiner@somerset.qld.edu.au
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).
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.