THE WEEK IN CHESS 284 17th April 2000 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Pula,
Croatia Zone 1.2
3) Karpov-Xie Jun Match
4) Oakham GM
5) Danish Championships
6) 73rd St. Petersburg Championships
7)
19th Reykjavik International Open
8) SG Köln Porz
win the Bundesliga
9) Dos Hermanas Open
10) Court of Sports Arbitration
11) Val
Zemitis International
12) Category 10 Chalapathi
Grandmasters
13) Belgian Interteams
14) Estonian Club Cup
15) Three Ukranian
tournaments
16) Bad Wildbad
17)
Werther Open
18) Championships of Uruguay
19) Championships of the Faroe Islands
20)
Dutch Chess Championships
21) First Saturday, April
22) Miguel Najdorf Blitz
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Games section
Pula, Croatia Zone 1.2 102 games
Karpov-Xie Jun Match 4 games
Oakham GM 35 games
Danish Championships 13 games
73rd St. Petersburg Championships 24 games
19th Reykjavik International Open 148 games
Bundesliga 127 games
Dos Hermanas Open 184 games
Val Zemitis International 45 games
Chalapathi Grandmasters 50 games
Belgian Interteams 240 games
Estonian Club Cup 177 games
Puchko Memorial Alushta 91 games
Kiev Spring 2000 66 games
Caissa Open 2000 243 games
Bad Wildbad 106 games
First Saturday, April GM 18 games
First Saturday, April IMA 35 games
First Saturday, April IMB 19 games
1727 games
My thanks to GZdaily, Terra Sport, John Henderson, Thomas Heine Bech,
Grandmaster Chess School, Gunnar Bjornsson, Susan Polgar, John Donaldson,
Visweswaran, Alain Talon, Ülar Lauk, Chess Sector (Ukraine), Bert
Hollmann, Alejandro Nogueira, Anjo Anjewierden, Kees Stap, Laszlo Nagy,
Adrián Roldán, and all those who helped with this issue.
This week the issue is dominated by chess. Lots of it! Probably the most
important event is the strong Zonal in Pula Croatia. There hasn't been an
announcement on the FIDE Championships for 2000 but its still expected to go
ahead and its worth qualifying for. Elsewhere there is a good mix of national
championships, interesting closed events and opens.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
ZONE 1.2 tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championships takes place
in Pula (CRO) 11th-22nd April 2000. There are seven qualifying places available
from this very strong 11 round Swiss system event.
Links:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/pula/zonski/zonski.html &
http://sah.posluh.hr
zt 1.2 Pula CRO (CRO), 11-22 iv 2000
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1 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2640 +30 =18 = 6 = 8 +19 +13 4.5 2726
2 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2653 = 5 +19 =10 =13 +25 = 4 4.0 2665
3 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2587 =17 =29 +31 =10 = 6 + 8 4.0 2610
4 Mitkov, Nikola g FRM 2547 =32 +33 = 9 +18 = 8 = 2 4.0 2653
5 Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2517 = 2 +16 =18 =12 = 9 =11 3.5 2653
6 Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2544 =29 +17 = 1 = 9 = 3 =12 3.5 2594
7 Zaja, Ivan m CRO 2452 -12 +15 =11 +14 =16 = 9 3.5 2637
8 Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2530 +27 +12 =13 = 1 = 4 - 3 3.5 2542
9 Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2574 +22 =10 = 4 = 6 = 5 = 7 3.5 2572
10 Hickl, Joerg g GER 2556 +26 = 9 = 2 = 3 =12 =15 3.5 2622
11 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2599 =20 =14 = 7 +23 =13 = 5 3.5 2561
12 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2570 + 7 - 8 +29 = 5 =10 = 6 3.5 2551
13 Hertneck, Gerald g GER 2571 +28 +23 = 8 = 2 =11 - 1 3.5 2617
14 Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2520 =21 =11 =24 - 7 +26 +25 3.5 2598
15 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2597 -23 - 7 +27 +34 +20 =10 3.5 2461
16 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2620 =19 - 5 =34 +31 = 7 +24 3.5 2541
17 Nedev, Trajce m FRM 2484 = 3 - 6 -28 +27 +32 +30 3.5 2472
18 Gabriel, Christian g GER 2564 +34 = 1 = 5 - 4 =24 =19 3.0 2534
19 Hulak, Krunoslav g CRO 2495 =16 - 2 +32 +21 - 1 =18 3.0 2590
20 Mohr, Georg g SLO 2488 =11 =21 =25 =24 -15 +29 3.0 2558
21 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2666 =14 =20 =23 -19 =28 +32 3.0 2474
22 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2478 - 9 =27 =33 =32 =30 +28 3.0 2397
23 Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2479 +15 -13 =21 -11 =29 =26 2.5 2478
24 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2561 =33 =31 =14 =20 =18 -16 2.5 2455
25 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2558 =31 =32 =20 +28 - 2 -14 2.5 2435
26 Feletar, Darko CRO 2410 -10 =28 =30 +33 -14 =23 2.5 2437
27 Bosnjak, Damir BIH ---- - 8 =22 -15 -17 +34 +33 2.5 2440
28 Forster, Richard m SUI 2462 -13 =26 +17 -25 =21 -22 2.0 2402
29 Jakubovic, Nedzad BIH 2368 = 6 = 3 -12 =30 =23 -20 2.0 2402
30 Ekstroem, Roland m SUI 2498 - 1 =34 =26 =29 =22 -17 2.0 2346
31 Kutuzovic, Branko m CRO 2432 =25 =24 - 3 -16 =33 =34 2.0 2412
32 Weinzettl, Ernst m AUT 2402 = 4 =25 -19 =22 -17 -21 1.5 2345
33 Golubovic, Boris m CRO 2449 =24 - 4 =22 -26 =31 -27 1.5 2211
34 Grosar, Aljosa m SLO 2449 -18 =30 =16 -15 -27 =31 1.5 2258
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Anatoly Karpov was in Guangzhou China to play FIDE Women's Chess
Champion Xie Jun in a "female vs. male chess contest". There were four games at
regular timerates (April 9-12) and another two at rapid timerates (April 14th).
The event was sponsored by the Chess Association of China and www.gzdaily.com.
After two draws Karpov did manage one classic Karpovian squeeze in game three
to win the four game series by 2.5-1.5 in the rapidplay games he won one and
drew one against the FIDE Women's World Champion winning the six game series
4-2.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.gzdaily.com/chess/echess_index.htm
Regular timerate games (9-12 April 2000)
Karpov, Anatoly - Xie Jun 1/2 46 E84 Kings indian; Saemisch
Xie Jun - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 55 B12 Caro-Kann
Karpov, Anatoly - Xie Jun 1-0 39 E84 Kings indian; Saemisch
Xie Jun - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 17 B12 Caro-Kann
Rapidplay games (14th April 2000)
Karpov, Anatoly - Xie Jun 1-0 36 A16 English; 1.c4
Xie Jun - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 39 C02 French; Advance
Female vs Male Match Guanzhou CHN (CHN), 9-14 iv 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2696 = = 1 = 1 = 4.0 2667
Xie Jun g CHN 2542 = = 0 = 0 = 2.0 2571
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The Oakham GM tournament takes place 11th-19th April 2000, Oakham
School, Rutland, Leicestershire. Games start at 1300 hours each day except the
last, when there will be an 1100 start. The event is Category VII with an ELO
average of 2406 (GM norm 7, IM norm 5). The event uses the same time rate as
the FIDE World Chess Championships. Using a Digital Clock the initial rate of
play is 40 moves in 100 minutes, but throughout the game each player receives
30 seconds for every move made. After 40 moves each player is given a 50-minute
bonus After 60 moves each player is given a 10-minute bonus. Players must keep
an up-to-date scoresheet at all times. John Henderson reports fully daily for
TWIC.
After seven rounds there is a three way tie for first between Daniel
Gormally, Nicholas Pert and Chris Ward all on 5/7, they are 1.5 points clear of
the next four players.
Millennium Masters Oakham ENG (ENG), 11-19 iv 2000cat. VII (2406)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2504 * = 1 0 . 1 1 = . 1 5.0 2549
2 Pert, Nicholas f ENG 2396 = * = = = . 1 . 1 1 5.0 2569
3 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2509 0 = * 1 . = . 1 1 1 5.0 2552
4 Hummel, Patrick USA 2347 1 = 0 * 0 1 . 0 1 . 3.5 2430
5 Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2396 . = . 1 * = 0 0 1 = 3.5 2379
6 McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2438 0 . = 0 = * = 1 . 1 3.5 2400
7 Krush, Irina wm USA 2399 0 0 . . 1 = * 1 0 1 3.5 2401
8 Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2349 = . 0 1 1 0 0 * = . 3.0 2381
9 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2424 . 0 0 0 0 . 1 = * = 2.0 2227
10 Norris, Alan J f SCO 2301 0 0 0 . = 0 0 . = * 1.0 2129
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Danish Chess Championships 2000 take place April 15th-24th 2000 in
Aalborg, Denmark. Sadly 65 year old Bent Larsen has had to withdraw from the
event due to ill health (contrary to earlier information his illness is quite
serious).. His loss to Steffen Pedersen will count towards any norms that
Pedersen achieves but not towards the result of the event. My thanks to Thomas
Heine Bech.
Internet coverage (live)
http://www.dm2000.skak.stofanet.dk/index_uk.htm
Round 1 (April 15, 2000)
Berg, Klaus - Schandorff, Lars 1/2 14 D03 Queen's pawn
Hansen, Lars Bo - Danielsen, Henrik 1/2 30 A80 Dutch defence
Mortensen, Erling - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 45 A00 Irregular
Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove - Hansen, Curt 0-1 61 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Round 2 (April 16, 2000)
Hansen, Curt - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 17 D37 Queen's gambit
Schandorff, Lars - Mortensen, Erling 1-0 80 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Danielsen, Henrik - Berg, Klaus 1/2 49 A03 Bird (1.f4)
Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove - Pedersen, Steffen 0-1 42 B50 Sicilian
Round 3 (April 17, 2000)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Schandorff, Lars 1/2 15 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Hansen, Lars Bo - Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove 1/2 24 E70 Kings indian
Pedersen, Steffen - Hansen, Curt 0-1 24 D63 QGD;
Mortensen, Erling - Danielsen, Henrik 0-1 74 B01 Scandinavian
ch-DEN Aalborg DEN (DEN), 15-24 iv 2000 cat. XI (2503)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2618 * . . = . . 1 . 1 2.5 /3 2755
2 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2511 . * . = = . . 1 . 2.0 /3 2601
3 Danielsen, Henrik g DEN 2514 . . * . = = . 1 . 2.0 /3 2603
4 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2564 = = . * . . . = . 1.5 /3 2525
5 Berg, Klaus m DEN 2419 . = = . * . . . . 1.0 /2 2512
6 Hansen, Lars Bo g DEN 2569 . . = . . * . . = 1.0 /2 2472
7 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2454 0 . . . . . * . 1 1.0 /2 2524
8 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2447 . 0 0 = . . . * . 0.5 /3 2256
9 Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2430 0 . . . . = 0 . * 0.5 /3 2274
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The 73rd St. Petersburg Championships took place April 3rd-13th 2000.
This was a 12 player all-play-all event. Valery Loginov was two points clear of
the field after seven of the eleven rounds but had to play all his closest
rivals. In the end Valery Loginov just hung on to win edging out Evgeny
Shaposhnikov on tie-break, both finished on 7/11. In 3rd place was Konstantin
Aseev who along with Aleksei Lugovoi scored 6.5/11.is in excellent form with a
score of +5=2 two points clear of the field with 6/7. He hasn't played any of
the players in joint second on four points however.
Official Site is that of the Grandmaster Chess School:
http://www.gmchess.spb.ru/
73rd St Petersburg Championships RUS (RUS), 3-13 iv 2000cat. XI (2505)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2512 * 1 0 = 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2605
2 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny f RUS 2503 0 * 0 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2606
3 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2517 1 1 * = = = 1 = 0 = = = 6.5 2568
4 Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2515 = = = * = = 1 = = = 1 = 6.5 2568
5 Popov, Valerij g RUS 2534 1 = = = * = = = = = = 1 6.5 2566
6 Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2540 = = = = = * 0 1 1 0 = 1 6.0 2537
7 Chepukaitis, Genrikh RUS 2393 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2514
8 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2543 0 = = = = 0 0 * = 1 1 = 5.0 2465
9 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2475 = 0 1 = = 0 = = * = 0 = 4.5 2442
10 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2558 0 0 = = = 1 = 0 = * = = 4.5 2434
11 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2528 = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 = * 1 4.5 2437
12 Sivokho, Sergey RUS 2436 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 2.5 2299
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The 19th Reykjavik International Chess Tournament took place in the
Reykjavík City Hall 5th-13th April 2000. The event was a 9 round, Swiss
System event with 76 players competing. The event was a triumph for Hannes
Stefansson who finished with a great score of 7.5/9 (a performance of around
2787) a point clear of the chasing group of Nigel Short, Viktor Korchnoi (who
was defeated by Stefansson in the final round) Alexander Grischuk, Aleksander
Wojtkiewicz, Tony Miles, the new Chinese star Bu Xiangzhi and Jaan Ehlvest who
all finished on 6.5/9.
Reykjavík is the European City of Culture for the Year 2000 and
the tournament was part of this event. My thanks to Gunnar Bjornsson.
Coverage at:http://www.simnet.is/hellir/Reykopen00.htm
19th Reykjavic International ISL (ISL), 5-13 iv 2000
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1 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2566 7.5 39.0 50.0
2 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 6.5 44.0 56.0
3 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2659 6.5 41.0 52.0
4 Grischuk, Alexander m RUS 2581 6.5 41.0 52.0
5 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2563 6.5 38.0 48.0
6 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2579 6.5 37.0 48.0
7 Bu Xiangzhi m CHN 2565 6.5 36.5 47.0
8 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2621 6.5 35.5 46.0
9 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2637 6.0 39.0 51.0
10 Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 6.0 38.5 49.5
11 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2531 6.0 36.0 46.0
12 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2563 6.0 35.5 46.0
13 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis m ESP 2445 6.0 35.5 46.0
14 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2438 5.5 41.0 52.5
15 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2543 5.5 35.5 44.5
16 Drei, Andrea f ITA 2351 5.5 35.0 45.0
17 Salmensuu, Olli m FIN 2418 5.5 35.0 44.5
18 Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2603 5.5 34.5 44.0
19 Oral, Tomas g CZE 2545 5.5 34.5 44.0
20 Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2491 5.5 33.5 43.5
21 Johannessen, Leif Erlend m NOR 2431 5.5 33.5 43.0
22 DeFirmian, Nick E g USA 2575 5.0 40.0 51.0
23 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2596 5.0 38.5 50.0
24 Bricard, Emmanuel m FRA 2461 5.0 36.5 47.0
25 Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2548 5.0 35.0 45.0
26 Schulz, Michael GER 2224 5.0 33.0 42.0
27 Gunnarsson, Arnar ISL 2227 5.0 32.0 41.5
28 Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2195 5.0 32.0 40.5
29 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2489 5.0 31.0 40.5
30 Bjornsson, Tomas f ISL 2224 5.0 30.5 39.0
31 Kristjansson, Stefan ISL 2254 5.0 30.0 38.0
32 Schnabel, Ralf GER 2233 5.0 29.5 38.0
33 Sigfusson, Sigurdur f ISL 2215 5.0 29.0 39.0
34 Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2173 5.0 28.5 35.5
76 players
The final weekend of the German Bundesliga 1999-2000 took place April
8th-9th 2000. SG Köln Porz were two points clear having drawn just one
match all season. After their 6½-1½ win over Hamburger SK in
round 14 they probably didn't need to win their final game to win the title but
they did win 5-3 in the final match against Lübecker SV. Solinger SG were
clear second and duly won both their matches but with little hope of catching
Porz. The bottom four teams were Dresdner SC, SK König Plauen , SV
Tegernsee and PSV Duisburg who I believe were all relegated. Games now
available with Morozevich and Khalifman were the two big names playing and they
both were double winners.
All results and games: http://www.gmschach.de/
Venue Solingen
Round 14 8th April 2000
Solingen Dresden 6:2
Wattenscheid Plauen 4,5:3,5
Round 15 9th April 2000
Dresden Wattenscheid 3,5:4,5
Plauen Solingen 3,5:4,5
Venue Delmenhorst
Round 14 8th April 2000
Delmenhorst Passau 4:4
Bremen Tegernsee 5:3
Round 15 9th April 2000
Passau Bremen 4:4
Tergernsee Delmenhorst 2,5:5,5
Venue Neukölln
Round 14 8th April 2000
Neukölln Godesberg 3,5:4,5
Magdeburg Castrop-Rauxel 5,5:2,5
Round 15 9th April 2000
Godesberg Magdeburg 4:4
Castrop-Rauxel Neukölln 2,5:5,5
Venue Porz
Round 14 8th April 2000
Porz Hamburg 6,5:1,5
Duisburg Lübeck 5,5:2,5
Round 15 9th April 2000
Hamburg Duisburg 5,5:2,5
Lübeck Porz 3:5
Final Standings
1. SG Köln Porz 15 82 :38 29- 1
2. Solinger SG 15 76½:43½ 27- 3
3. SK Delmenhorst 15 64½:55½ 20-10
4. Godesberger SK 15 62 :58 19-11
5. SK Passau 15 63 :57 16-14
6. SV Werder Bremen 15 59½:60½ 16-14
7. Castrop Rauxel 15 58½:61½ 16-14
8. Hamburger SK 15 61 :59 15-15
9. SFR Neukölln 15 60½:59½ 14-16
10. USC Magdeburg 15 60 :60 13-17
11. Lübecker SV 15 59 :61 13-17
12. SV Wattenscheid 15 49½:70½ 12-18
13. Dresdner SC 15 54 :66 10-20
14. SK König Plauen 15 52 :68 9-21
15. SV Tegernsee 15 52 :68 6-24
16. PSV Duisburg 15 46 :74 5-25
Dos Hermanas Open tournament took place 7th-15th April 2000. 151 players
competed. Hristos Banikas of Greece edged out Roberto Cifuentes Parada of the
Netherlands on tie-break when both finished on 7.5/9. They were half a point
clear of Hichem Hamdouchi (who has had a number of good results recently),
Branko Damljanovic and Antonio Gamundi Salamanca who was the top Spanish
player.
Official Site:
http://www.terra.es/espdep/ajedrez/portada.htm
Open Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 7-15 iv 2000
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1 Banikas, Hristos m GRE 2535 7.5
2 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2483 7.5
3 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2513 7.0
4 Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2534 7.0
5 Gamundi Salamanca, Antonio m ESP 2450 7.0
6 Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2538 6.5
7 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S m ECU 2492 6.5
8 Franco Ocampos, Zenon g ESP 2511 6.5
9 Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2506 6.5
10 Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2548 6.5
11 Kogan, Artur g ISR 2483 6.5
12 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2581 6.5
13 Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2495 6.5
14 Reinaldo Castineira, Roi f ESP 2345 6.0
15 Mellado Trivino, Juan m ESP 2493 6.0
16 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2619 6.0
17 Tyomkin, Dimitri m ISR 2516 6.0
18 Magem Badals, Jordi g ESP 2529 6.0
19 Garcia Luque, Agustin f ESP 2333 6.0
20 Vassallo, Mauricio ARG 2404 6.0
21 Okhotnik, Vladimir m UKR 2499 6.0
22 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2534 6.0
23 Kovacevic, Slobodan m YUG 2415 6.0
24 Veingold, Aleksandr m EST 2448 5.5
25 Suba, Mihai g ROM 2510 5.5
26 Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2353 5.5
27 Braga, Fernando m ITA 2449 5.5
28 Colovic, Aleksandar m FRM 2414 5.5
29 Ivanisevic, Ivan m YUG 2460 5.5
30 Pinheiro, Jose f POR 2272 5.5
31 Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2443 5.5
32 Gonzalez Galvan, Juan Manuel ESP 2167 5.5
33 Eslon, Jaan m SWE 2350 5.5
34 Garcia Ramos, Javier ESP 2310 5.5
35 Medina Carrasco, Santiago ESP 2173 5.5
36 Schmidt, Jan Peter f GER 2324 5.5
37 Nuevo Perez, Antonio ESP 2195 5.5
38 Teran Alvarez, Ismael f ESP 2401 5.5
39 Rodriguez Gerrero, Enrique ESP 2133 5.5
40 Landero Luna, Vincente ESP 2280 5.5
41 Moreno Fuentes,A ESP ---- 5.5
42 Diaz Castro, S ESP ---- 5.5
43 Blanco Perez, D ESP ---- 5.5
44 Frois, Antonio POR 2350 5.0
45 Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2529 5.0
46 Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2455 5.0
47 Barrero Garcia, Carlos ESP 2300 5.0
48 Calaf Rellver, Guifre ESP 2244 5.0
49 Oms Pallise, Josep m ESP 2419 5.0
151 players
FIDE now has two cases which have gone to the Court of Sports
Arbitration in Lausanne over its World Championships.
Anatoly Karpov has brought a case because FIDE allegedly didn't consult
him as it should have over the date of the FIDE World Championships in Las
Vegas. FIDE have counter claimed for $1.8m in their response. Karpov was
supposed to respond before the end of March, the process is not an open one so
it isn't possible to say whether he has or not.
FIDE update:
http://www.worldfide.com/fide/html/news/newsletter1.html
Susan Polgar has instituted similar proceedings over her loss of the
Women's title. The lawsuit was submitted by Ms. Polgar's lawyer on April 6,
2000. She is suing FIDE for the women's World Championship title as well as
monetary compensation. Polgar was defaulted when a date for her match against
Xie Jun could not be agreed. FIDE has until May 30, 2000 to submit their
defense documents.
More details from Susan Polgar's point of view at:
http://www.polgarchess.com/sevents/lawsuit01.html
There is a not terribly helpful site at:http://www.tas-cas.org/ for the Tribunal of
Arbitration for Sport. It explains the rules but they don't publish how cases
are progressing at least on the internet.
John Donaldson reports: The Mechanics Institute hosted the Val Zemitis
International April 5-14. The IM norm event, had IM Cela (2527) as top seed,
was Category 4 (2340).
The tournament officially ended on Friday April 14th, but there were two
postponed games left as 15-year-old Vinay Bhat had school exams during the
tournament. Vinay Bhat won both these games and with them the tournament, he
also scored his third and final IM norm. On Saturday he beat fellow teenager
David Pruess to move up to plus two then on Sunday he won his final game
against IM Guillermo Rey who was leading with plus three (this final game I
will publish in next week's TWIC). It was a hard-fought tournament with almost
2/3rds of the games finishing decisively. It had four players under 20 (Bhat,
Pruess, Reizniece and Akopian).
Further details: http://www.milibrary.org
The tournament was named after the Latvian-American master Val Zemitis
of Davis, California, who celebrated his 75th birthday during the event. Mr.
Zemitis is the author of "The Unknown Tal" , the first book to appear (circa
1960) on the Latvian great. Zemitis is one of the great popularizers of chess
in the United States. At one time he subscribed to over 200 chess magazines and
published extensive lists of journals and chess book dealers which he made
available free of cost to interested parties all over the world. He has made it
possible for many European youngsters to make their debuts in the United States
ranging from Zsuzsa Polgar (San Francisco 1985) to Dana Reizniece (a
19-year-old Latvian WIM)who played in the Zemitis.
Val Zemitis IM San Francisco USA (USA), 4-13 iv 2000cat. IV (2340)
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1 Bhat, Vinay S USA 2398 * 1 1 = = 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 2459
2 Altounian, Levon f USA 2438 0 * = = 1 1 = = = 1 5.5 2409
3 Rey, Guillermo m USA 2359 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2418
4 Cela, Altin m ALB 2527 = = = * 0 = 0 = 1 1 4.5 2319
5 Baginskaite, Camilla wm USA 2240 = 0 = 1 * 0 = 1 0 1 4.5 2351
6 Ilic, Zoran1 m YUG 2381 0 0 = = 1 * = 1 0 1 4.5 2335
7 Lobo, Richard ENG 2300 0 = = 1 = = * 1 0 0 4.0 2301
8 Reizniece, Dana wm LAT 2259 1 = 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2306
9 Pruess, David USA 2228 0 = 0 0 1 1 1 0 * = 4.0 2309
10 Akopyan, Harutyun f USA 2274 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 2.5 2181
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The Chalapathi Grandmasters, a category 10 GM tournament, took place in
the coastal town of Guntur, Lam in Andhra Pradesh., India running April
2nd-16th 2000. Andrey Shariyazdanov won the event with 10/13 a point clear of
Alexander Fominyh. My thanks to Visweswaran.
Official coverage at: http://www.chennaionline.com/chess
Final standings:
Chalapathi GM Guntur, AP IND (IND), 3-13 iv 2000 cat. X (2482)
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1 Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2612 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = = 1 10.0 2682
2 Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2551 = * = = = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2617
3 Yurtaev, Leonid g KGZ 2536 = = * 1 = 1 0 1 1 0 1 = 1 = 8.5 2587
4 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2611 = = 0 * = 0 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2581
5 Sasikiran, Krishnan m IND 2514 0 = = = * 1 = = 0 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2566
6 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2555 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 0 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2504
7 Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2487 = = 1 0 = 0 * = = = = = = 1 6.5 2481
8 Sandipan, Chanda IND 2424 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 6.5 2486
9 Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2421 0 = 0 0 1 = = = * = = = = = 5.5 2429
10 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2475 0 0 1 = 0 = = 1 = * 0 0 = = 5.0 2395
11 Saravanan, V m IND 2412 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 * 1 = 1 5.0 2399
12 Koneru, Humpy IND 2244 = 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * = = 4.5 2389
13 Prakash, G B m IND 2435 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = = = * 0 4.0 2344
14 Rahman, Ziaur m BAN 2465 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 * 3.0 2271
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Alain Talon reports: Rochade 1 were the clear winners of the Belgian
Interteam Championships. The final round (11) finished on March 19th 2000. The
event had its share of controversy because of a dispute between the team KASK
and the Belgian Chess Federation. KASK were expelled from the competition for
refusing to pay a fine. They took the case to court and won. They now don't
have to pay the fine and because there is no time to play the matches they
missed they will play in division one again.
Round 6
Rochade 1 Leuven 1 6 - 2
Anderlecht 1 KASK 1 -
KGSRL 2 Eupen 1 5 - 3
Jean Jaurès 1 Deurne 1 6 - 2
KGSRL 1 CREB 1 7 - 1
Liège 1 Borgerhout 1 3 - 5
Round 7
Borgerhout 1 Rochade 1 2.5 - 5.5
CREB 1 Liège 1 3 - 5
Deurne 1 KGSRL 1 3.5 - 4.5
Eupen 1 Jean Jaurès 1 6.5 - 1.5
KASK 1 KGSRL 2 -
Leuven 1 Anderlecht 1 3 - 5
Round 8
Rochade 1 Anderlecht 1 4.5 - 3.5
KGSRL 2 Leuven 1 5.5 - 2.5
Jean Jaurès 1 KASK 1 -
KGSRL 1 Eupen 1 3.5 - 4.5
Liège 1 Deurne 1 5 - 3
Borgerhout 1 CREB 1 5.5 - 2.5
Round 9
CREB 1 Rochade 1 3 - 5
Deurne 1 Borgerhout 1 4.5 - 3.5
Eupen 1 Liège 1 3 - 5
KASK 1 KGSRL 1 -
Leuven 1 Jean Jaurès 1 4.5 - 3.5
Anderlecht 1 KGSRL 2 3.5 - 4.5
Round 10
Rochade 1 KGSRL 2 6 - 2
Jean Jaurès 1 Anderlecht 1 2.5 - 5.5
KGSRL 1 Leuven 1 3.5 - 4.5
Liège 1 KASK 1 -
Borgerhout 1 Eupen 1 2.5 - 5.5
CREB 1 Deurne 1 3.5 - 4.5
Round 11
Deurne 1 Rochade 1 4 - 4
Eupen 1 CREB 1 5.5 - 2.5
KASK 1 Borgerhout 1 -
Leuven 1 Liège 1 4.5 - 3.5
Anderlecht 1 KGSRL 1 2 - 6
KGSRL 2 Jean Jaurès 1 2.5 - 5.5
Final Standings
Rochade 1 54.5
KGSRL 1 44.0
Eupen 1 42.5
Borgerhout 1 41.0
Anderlecht 1 39.5
KGSRL 2 39.0
Deurne 1 38.0
Liège 1 37.5
Jean Jaurès 1 37.5
Leuven 1 35.5
CREB 1 31.0
Ülar Lauk reports: The Estonian Chess Club Cup took place over two
three day periods in Tallinn. The 1st leg was 25th-27th February 2000 the 2nd
leg 7th-9th April 2000.
1.round 25.02 Uus-Pärnu - Vabaettur II 6-0; Kadriorg - Reval-Sport
3,5-2,5; Vabaettur I - CC P.Keres 3,5-2,5 2.round 26.02 Uus-Pärnu -
Kadriorg 6-0; Vabaettur I - Vabaettur II 4,5-1,5; Reval-Sport - CC P.Keres
5,5-0,5 3.round 26.02. Uus-Pärnu - Reval-Sport 3,5-2,5; Kadriorg -
Vabaettur I 4,5-1,5; Vabaettur II - CC P.Keres 3-3 4.round 27.02 Reval-Sport -
Vabaettur I 4-2; Uus-Pärnu - CC P.Keres 4-2; Kadriorg - Vabaettur II 4-2
5.round 27.02 Kadriorg - CC P.Keres 5-1; Reval-Sport - Vabaettur II 3,5-2,5;
Uus-Pärnu - Vabaettur I 3-3
Final results: 1. Chess Club Uus-Pärnu 47 2. Chess Club Kadriorg
34,5 3. Reval-Sport Tallinn 33,5 4.Vabaettur I Tallinn 31 5. Vabaettur II
Tallinn 18,5 6. Chess Club P.Keres Tallinn 14,5
The winners were Chess Club Uus-Pärnu. There players scored as
follows: GM Viktor Gavrikov 1/2, IM Kaido Külaots 5/6, IM Kalle Kiik 4/5,
IM Tarvo Seeman 6/10, IM Olav Sepp 9/10, FM Vallo Maidla 7/8, Hendrik Olde 4/4,
Meelis Kanep 4/5, IM Leili Pärnpuu 6/8, Margit Brokko 1/2
Further information: http://www.online.ee/~maleliit
There have been two recent all-play-all events in the Ukraine. Further
details: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/
Puchko Memorial Alushta
The A.B.Puchko Memorial took place in Alushta (Ukraine) 19th-31st March
2000. This Category 8 event was won by Andrei Kovalev with 10.5/13 a point
clear of Valerian Gaprindashvili.
AB Puchko Mem Alushta UKR (UKR), 22-31 iii 2000 cat. VIII (2437)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2490 * 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 10.5 2683
2 Gaprindashvili, Valerian m GEO 2446 1 * = = 1 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 = = 9.5 2611
3 Kuzmin, Gennadi P g UKR 2466 0 = * = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 9.0 2575
4 Kozakov, Mikhail m UKR 2426 0 = = * 1 = 0 = = = 1 0 1 1 7.0 2466
5 Shengelia, Davit GEO 2387 0 0 0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2469
6 Alexandrova, Olga wg UKR 2400 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 0 0 1 1 = 6.5 2439
7 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil m GEO 2436 = 0 0 1 = = * = 1 = 0 0 = 1 6.0 2407
8 Khurtsidze, Nino wg GEO 2464 0 = = = = 0 = * 1 = = 0 = 1 6.0 2405
9 Sulypa, Alexandre m UKR 2449 0 1 = = 0 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2406
10 Mikhaletz, Lubomir g UKR 2513 = 0 0 = 0 1 = = = * 1 = = = 6.0 2401
11 Salinnikov, D.Y m RUS 2403 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = 0 0 * 1 = 1 5.0 2352
12 Rogovski, Vladimir m UKR 2466 = 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 = 0 * 0 = 4.5 2324
13 Zajarnyi, Anatolyi m MDA 2395 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = 1 * = 4.5 2330
14 Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2374 0 = = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = = * 3.5 2266
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Kiev Spring 2000
The Category 11 Kiev Spring 2000 tournament took place 22nd March-1st
April 2000 saw a three way tie between Viorel Iordachescu, Yuri Kruppa and
Vladimir Baklan shared first with 7.5/11.
Kiev Spring Tournament UKR (UKR), 22 iii-1 iv 2000 cat. XI (2507)
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1 Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2560 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 = = = 7.5 2635
2 Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2561 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2635
3 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2571 = = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2634
4 Korotylev, Alexey m RUS 2477 = = = * = 1 0 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2612
5 Vysochin, Spartak m UKR 2494 0 = = = * = 1 0 = 1 = 1 6.0 2544
6 Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2568 = = = 0 = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2537
7 Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2465 0 = = 1 0 1 * = 0 = = 1 5.5 2511
8 Vorobiov, Evgeny E m RUS 2500 0 0 0 = 1 = = * 0 1 1 1 5.5 2508
9 Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2486 0 0 0 = = 0 1 1 * 0 = 1 4.5 2444
10 Galinsky, Timofey m UKR 2424 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 * = 1 4.0 2412
11 Gritsak, Orest m UKR 2522 = 0 0 0 = = = 0 = = * 1 4.0 2404
12 Kosikov, Alexey I UKR 2460 = = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2128
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Caissa Open 2000
The Caissa Open took place in Kharkov (Ukraine) January 27th-2nd
February 2000. This open was won by Vladislav Borovikov with 7.5/9.
Caissa Open 2000 Kharkov UKR (UKR), 27 i-2 ii 2000
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1 Borovikov, Vladislav m UKR 2472 +42 +20 +13 = 5 = 3 +14 + 7 = 2 + 4 7.5 2622
2 Surjadnji, Aleksei m UKR 2423 -26 +29 +35 +18 =12 +19 + 5 = 1 + 8 7.0 2453
3 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij m UKR 2465 +23 +31 = 8 +11 = 1 - 7 =14 +27 +13 6.5 2473
4 Budnikov, Oleg UKR 2363 +50 -46 +42 =30 +28 +13 +12 + 7 - 1 6.5 2370
5 Zubarev, Alexander1 m UKR 2476 +35 +18 +10 = 1 = 7 =12 - 2 +16 = 9 6.0 2430
6 Gasanov, Eldar UKR 2400 -44 +47 +23 =27 =20 +31 - 8 +14 +12 6.0 2300
7 Shalimov, Valery m UKR 2400 +47 =12 +46 +28 = 5 + 3 - 1 - 4 +16 6.0 2383
8 Tugaj, Sergey UKR 2290 +51 +45 = 3 -12 =30 +35 + 6 +10 - 2 6.0 2355
9 Kobylkin, Evgeni f UKR 2380 -12 +50 =34 +45 +17 =20 =13 +19 = 5 6.0 2323
10 Bochkarev, Alexander2 UKR 2334 +32 +44 - 5 +46 -13 +34 +20 - 8 +22 6.0 2298
11 Khodotov, Jury UKR 2364 +54 +26 +27 - 3 -14 +30 -16 +34 +20 6.0 2358
12 Areshchenko,A UKR ---- + 9 = 7 +17 + 8 = 2 = 5 - 4 +15 - 6 5.5 2462
13 Matjushin, Gennady UKR 2275 +37 +24 - 1 +21 +10 - 4 = 9 +23 - 3 5.5 2324
14 Grin, Dmitry UKR 2282 =29 +36 =21 +24 +11 - 1 = 3 - 6 +27 5.5 2295
15 Simantsev, Mikhail m UKR 2447 +41 -27 +22 -20 +47 =18 +28 -12 +32 5.5 2210
16 Askarian, Karen UKR 2274 -45 +25 =41 +22 =34 +21 +11 - 5 - 7 5.0 2250
17 Nester, Igor UKR 2266 +33 =21 -12 +32 - 9 +29 -27 +28 =18 5.0 2167
18 Ustianovich, Nazar UKR 2258 +25 - 5 +26 - 2 +46 =15 -19 +40 =17 5.0 2294
19 Kolpakchi, Vladimir UKR 2285 =36 +48 -28 +41 +27 - 2 +18 - 9 =23 5.0 2250
20 Biriukov, Nikolai UKR 2255 +53 - 1 +44 +15 = 6 = 9 -10 +35 -11 5.0 2336
21 Ushenina,A UKR ---- +39 =17 =14 -13 +42 -16 -35 +50 +34 5.0 2262
22 Shurkaev,D UKR ---- =28 +38 -15 -16 =44 +46 +47 +31 -10 5.0 2253
23 Matjushin, Oleg UKR 2188 - 3 +52 - 6 =25 +51 +38 +30 -13 =19 5.0 2287
24 Sidorchuk, D UKR ---- +30 -13 +49 -14 -31 +50 -34 +47 +38 5.0 2251
25 Poluektov, Y RUS 2257 -18 -16 +54 =23 -38 +49 =26 +44 +35 5.0 2224
26 Aniskovitch, Alexandr BLR 2111 + 2 -11 -18 =33 -29 +43 =25 +37 =31 4.5 2172
27 Karlovich, Anastazia UKR 2242 +52 +15 -11 = 6 -19 +41 +17 - 3 -14 4.5 2294
28 Semerij, Yurij UKR 2240 =22 +40 +19 - 7 - 4 +32 -15 -17 +41 4.5 2211
29 Kovalenko,A UKR ---- =14 - 2 +39 -34 +26 -17 =36 =30 +43 4.5 2199
30 Sukharev, Sergey UKR 2245 -24 +54 +48 = 4 = 8 -11 -23 =29 +40 4.5 2133
31 Kuzmenko, Yevgen UKR 2252 +43 - 3 -45 +51 +24 - 6 +44 -22 =26 4.5 2112
32 Dubivka,G UKR ---- -10 =39 +40 -17 +49 -28 +38 +33 -15 4.5 2232
33 Pelagejchenko,N UKR ---- -17 -42 +52 =26 +39 -47 +41 -32 +50 4.5 2111
34 Khodotov, Gennady UKR 2229 -48 +37 = 9 +29 =16 -10 +24 -11 -21 4.0 2107
35 Kolkin, Michail UKR 2206 - 5 +43 - 2 +50 +45 - 8 +21 -20 -25 4.0 2146
36 Ivasenko,K UKR ---- =19 -14 -47 -38 =37 +53 =29 =39 +44 4.0 2085
37 Leshchenko, S UKR ---- -13 -34 =43 -39 =36 +54 +49 -26 +47 4.0 2087
38 Kovalenko, Sergey UKR 2277 =40 -22 -51 +36 +25 -23 -32 +46 -24 3.5 1969
39 Gevorkyan, Robert ARM 2241 -21 =32 -29 +37 -33 +51 -40 =36 =45 3.5 1920
40 Kovalenko,N UKR ---- =38 -28 -32 -49 +52 +42 +39 -18 -30 3.5 2114
41 Maratkanov, Evgeny UKR 2140 -15 +53 =16 -19 +43 -27 -33 +48 -28 3.5 2085
42 Rybakov, Sergey UKR 2205 - 1 +33 - 4 =44 -21 -40 +51 -43 +52 3.5 2016
43 Salenko,V UKR ---- -31 -35 =37 +54 -41 -26 +53 +42 -29 3.5 2021
44 Romashko, Andrey UKR 2035 + 6 -10 -20 =42 =22 +45 -31 -25 -36 3.0 2064
45 Lineykin,D UKR ---- +16 - 8 +31 - 9 -35 -44 -50 =52 =39 3.0 2061
46 Karanda,K UKR ---- +49 + 4 - 7 -10 -18 -22 =48 -38 =53 3.0 2087
47 Gavrish, Leonid UKR 2037 - 7 - 6 +36 +48 -15 +33 -22 -24 -37 3.0 2013
48 Yurchenko,O UKR ---- +34 -19 -30 -47 -50 +52 =46 -41 =49 3.0 2010
49 Katuzian, Valery UKR 2283 -46 =51 -24 +40 -32 -25 -37 +54 =48 3.0 1903
50 Dissky,Y UKR ---- - 4 - 9 +53 -35 +48 -24 +45 -21 -33 3.0 1980
51 Yeremenko,A UKR ---- - 8 =49 +38 -31 -23 -39 -42 =53 =54 2.5 2026
52 Stepanenko,S UKR ---- -27 -23 -33 =53 -40 -48 +54 =45 -42 2.0 1850
53 Poplavsky, A UKR ---- -20 -41 -50 =52 -54 -36 -43 =51 =46 1.5 1770
54 Borodavkin,A UKR ---- -11 -30 -25 -43 +53 -37 -52 -49 =51 1.5 1854
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The Bad Wildbad tournament took place April 1st-7th 2000. Vladimir
outpaced the field to take first place with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Sergey
Galdunts, Mikheil Kekelidse and Ulrich Schulze. My thanks to Bert Hollmann.
Further information at: http://www.schach.com/
1. Epishin Vladimir GM 2667 2383 7,5 2656 2669
2. Galdunts Sergey IM 2473 2314 7,0 2534 2487
3. Kekelidse Mikheil IM 2461 2409 7,0 2629 2500
4. Schulze Ulrich IM 2368 2188 7,0 2408 2380
5. Nikolac Juraj GM 2449 2291 6,5 2457 2455
6. Martinovic Slobodan GM 2448 2256 6,5 2422 2450
7. Henrichs Thomas IM 2428 2329 6,5 2495 2448
8. Luther Thomas GM 2505 2376 6,0 2501 2506
9. Lanka Zigurds GM 2503 2283 6,0 2408 2485
10. Polak Tomas IM 2503 2284 6,0 2409 2485
11. Velicka Petr IM 2458 2232 6,0 2357 2440
12. Kalod Radek IM 2445 2367 6,0 2492 2458
13. Joachim Sven 2445 2302 6,0 2427 2445
14. Krivoshey Sergei IM 2434 2335 6,0 2460 2443
15. Senff Martin 2349 2278 6,0 2403 2365
16. Koscielski Janusch 2330 2217 6,0 2342 2337
17. Kummerow Heiko FM 2326 2142 6,0 2267 2317
18. Sprenger Jan 2256 2183 6,0 2308 2271
19. Saltaev Mihail GM 2471 2284 5,5 2364 2450
20. Ristic Nenad GM 2435 2311 5,5 2391 2429
21. Wehmeier Stefan IM 2400 2218 5,5 2298 2381
22. Petrossian Suren 2366 2304 5,5 2384 2372
23. Vatter Hans-Joachim FM 2362 2183 5,5 2263 2344
24. Brustkern Jürgen 2303 2086 5,5 2166 2276
25. Freitag Roland 2268 2272 5,5 2352 2289
26. Wippermann Till 2255 2236 5,5 2316 2273
27. Heimrath Reiner 2221 2238 5,5 2318 2248
28. Gabriel Josef 2202 2133 5,5 2213 2205
29. Römhild Marcus 2134 2116 5,5 2196 2167
112 players
Bert Hollmann reports: there was a five round Swiss system event in
Werther, Germany (near Bielefeld, around 100km from Dortmund and Hannover).
There were 190 players in 3 groups. 61 players (40 with ELO ratings) finished
the "A-group". In the final round Vladimir Epishin won a fine attacking game
against Viesturs Meijers and he was joined on 100% by Christian Richter, who
defended well against IM Sergei Simonenko and won also. Epishin had a better
"Buchholz" (sum of the scores of his opponents) so he took first place. More
information will probably follow next week.
Further information at: http://www.schach.com/
Leading final Standings:
1. Epishin,Vladimir GM 2667 PSV Duisburg 1920 RUS 5.0 15.0 16.0
2. Richter,Christian 2134 SK Turm Emsdetten GER 5.0 15.0 12.0
3. Meijers,Viesturs IM 2482 Godesberger SK 1929 LAT 4.0 14.0 19.0
4. Lingnau,Carsten IM 2366 SF Katernberg 1913 GER 4.0 13.0 13.0
5. Salov,Sergej IM 2303 Lübecker SV 1873 RUS 4.0 12.0 16.0
6. Gössling,Guido 2194 SG Detmold GER 4.0 11.0 12.0
The Uruguayan Championships take place in Montevideo (capital city)
15th-23rd of April. The event is a 9 round Swiss. Leading players: IM Roselli
Mailhe Bernardo (2401), FM Curi Milia Gabriel (2332), FM Crosa Coll
Martín (2225), FM Izquierdo Daniel (2283), Riverol Silvera Jose I
(2269), Maiztegui Casas Lincoln (2260), Carvalho Guillermo (2162)... 32
players. My thanks to Alejandro Nogueira.
More information (in spanish) at :
http://www.uruwow.com/secciones/deportes/uruguayo2000.htm
Official page:
http://webs1.demasiado.com/uruajedrez/
The Championships of the Faroe Islands are being held at Oyrarbakki
April 15th-22th. More information can be found at:
http://www.sam-teld.fo/talv/Fm2000/eng/index.htm
The Broekhuis Dutch Chess Championships take place in Rotterdam 7th-19th
May 2000. The field is: 1. Loek van Wely 2646 2. Jeroen Piket 2643 3. Dimitri
Reinderman 2561 4. John van der Wiel 2558 5. Erik van den Doel 2522 6. Friso
Nijboer 2540 7. Dennis de Vreugt 2498 8. Manuel Bosboom 2461 9. Herman Grooten
2393 10. Paul van der Sterren 2526 11. Sergei Tiviakov 2567 12. Fritz SSS*
An English version of the Dutch Chess Championships press release can be
read at: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nk_eng.htm.
Publicity around the event centers on whether Fritz SSS a computer
program should play. There has been much discussion in the Dutch chess
newsgroup and there is a protest site: http://www.schaakprotest.nl
There were two IM groups and one GM group for the FS April events which
ran April 1st-14th 2000. In the GM Group GMs Zoltan Varga and Tibor Tolnai
shared first with IM Nguyen Anh Dung on 7/11, the GM norm was 8.
Stefan Van Blittersvijk (NLD), Joost Berkvens, (NLD), Adam Sziebert
(HUN),Lenar Murzin (RUS), Heikki Lehtinen and Peter Froehlich (GER) all reached
IM norms in the two IM events.
In May there will be two IM events which take place 6th-18th of May.
Entries so far include: IMs Janos Dudas (HUN), Laszlo Eperjesi (HUN), Peter
Hardicsay (HUN), Sandor Farago (HUN), Miklos Ors (HUN) and Miklos Kaposztas
(HUN). Other players Kim Pilgaard (DEN), Mads Boe (DEN), Rasmus Skytte (DEN),
Xue Zhao (CHN) Xu Yibing (CHN) male, Yu Mingyuan (CHN), Leonid Kritz (RUS),
Marc Geenen (BEL), Wolter Kai (GER), Thomas Kamaryt (AUT), Adam Szeberenyi
(HUN), Vasik Rajlich (USA), Natan Resika (USA). Eric Cooke (USA) and Peter
Froehlich (GER). If you are interested in playing contact Laszlo Nagy.
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.
Final Standings:
FSGM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 iv 2000 cat. VIII (2434)
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1 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2530 * = 1 = = 1 = 0 1 1 = = 7.0 2526
2 Tolnai, Tibor g HUN 2514 = * = = = = = 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2528
3 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2496 0 = * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2529
4 Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2448 = = 1 * = 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6.5 2497
5 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2519 = = = = * 0 = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2461
6 Berkvens, Joost NED 2297 0 = 0 0 1 * = 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 2481
7 Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2429 = = = 0 = = * = 0 = = 1 5.0 2397
8 Kallio, Heikki m FIN 2452 1 0 0 1 = 0 = * 0 = = = 4.5 2366
9 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2301 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 1 * = = 0 4.5 2380
10 Almasi, Istvan m HUN 2420 0 = 0 0 = 1 = = = * = = 4.5 2369
11 Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2440 = = 0 0 = 0 = = = = * = 4.0 2330
12 Balogh, Csaba HUN 2356 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 = = * 4.0 2338
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FSIMA April Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 iv 2000 cat. II (2291)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Froehlich, Peter f GER 2375 * = = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 9.5 2459
2 Lehtinen, Heikki FIN 2246 = * 1 = = 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2469
3 Sziebert, Adam f HUN 2334 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 9.5 2462
4 Maki-Uuro, Miikka f FIN 2341 = = = * = 1 1 = = = = = 0 1 7.5 2344
5 Dembo, Yelena ISR 2269 = = 0 = * 1 0 = = = 1 = 1 = 7.0 2321
6 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2271 0 1 = 0 0 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2321
7 Murzin, Lenar f RUS 2231 0 = = 0 1 1 * = 1 1 0 0 0 1 6.5 2295
8 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2365 = 0 0 = = = = * = 0 = 1 = 1 6.0 2256
9 Orso, Miklos m HUN 2341 = 0 0 = = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 6.0 2258
10 Atakisi, Umut TUR 2274 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 = * = 0 = 1 5.0 2205
11 Driamin, D RUS 2230 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = = = * 0 = 0 4.5 2185
12 Cooke, Eric USA 2266 0 0 0 = = 0 1 0 = 1 1 * 0 0 4.5 2183
13 Alfred, Nathan ENG 2200 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 = 0 = = 1 * 0 4.5 2188
14 Guedon, Stephanne FRA 2332 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 * 4.0 2146
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FSIMB April Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 iv 2000 cat. II (2289)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Van Blitterswijk, Stefan f NED 2308 * 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2596
2 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2321 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2461
3 Karttunen, Mika FIN 2313 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 7.0 2388
4 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2257 0 0 1 * = 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 6.5 2357
5 Barth, Norbert GER 2192 0 = = = * = = = 1 = = = 5.5 2297
6 Yu Mingyuan CHN 2419 = 0 0 0 = * = = 1 = = 1 5.0 2241
7 Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2309 0 0 0 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 1 5.0 2251
8 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2285 = = 0 = = = 1 * 0 0 1 0 4.5 2224
9 Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2236 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 0 4.5 2228
10 Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2379 0 = = 0 = = 0 1 0 * 0 1 4.0 2178
11 Dolgener, Tobias GER 2260 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 = 1 * = 3.5 2158
12 Resika, Nathan A USA 2190 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 = * 3.0 2123
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The Club Argentino de Ajedrez in Buenos Aires held a blitz event on
Saturday April 8th. $5.600 in prizes, starts at 18-00. 143 players competed.
Pablo Zarnicki was the clear winner with 8/9.
Website: http://Adrian.Roldan.com
Leading final standings:
1. ZARNICKI Pablo 8.0 51.5 56.00
2. ALONSO Salvador 7.5 48.0 51.00
3. CASOY Gaspar 7.0 50.5 54.50
4. PIERROT Facundo 7.0 50.0 54.00
5. SLIPAK Sergio 7.0 49.5 53.50
6. LABOLLITA Martin 7.0 49.5 53.00
7. SCHWEBWER Samuel 7.0 47.0 50.50
8. ANDRES Miguel 7.0 46.0 49.50
9. DIAZ Nahuel 7.0 44.5 47.50
10. RUBINETTI Jorge 7.0 43.0 46.50
11. HOFFMAN Alejandro 6.5 47.5 51.50
12. GOMEZ BAILLO Jorge 6.5 45.5 50.00
13. SPANGENBERG Hugo 6.5 45.5 49.50
14. MONIER Raul 6.5 44.0 48.50
15. DOLEZAL Cristian 6.5 39.5 41.50
16. BERTONA Fernando 6.5 38.5 39.50
(Pablo Ricardi, Andres Rodriguez and Ariel
Sorin were amongst those on 6.0)
Czech Open
The 11th International Chess Festival Pardubice takes place 13th - 30th
July 2000.
Events: A - open grand master tournament with rating for FIDE
(participation of players with ELO FIDE 2200 min.) B - open rating tournament
with rating for FIDE (players with ELO FIDE or ELO national 1950 min.) C - open
performance tournament (players without ELO FIDE with ELO national 1700 min.) D
- open amateur tournament (players without any ELO or with ELO national lower
than 1950) E - open 4-member team tournament with rating for FIDE (players
without age and performance limitation) F - open 4-member team tournament of
young players up to the age of 16 (players born in 1984 and younger regardless
ELO) G - open active chess tournament (players without age and performance
limitation) H - blitz marathon (players without age and performance limitation)
I - blitz tournament (players without age and performance limitation)
Applications together with accommodation orders should be sent by 15th
June 2000 to the following address: AVE-KONTAKT Sukova 1556 530 02 Pardubice
CZECH REPUBLIC tel./fax +420-40-65 35 200 e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz
Full details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
Swiss Chess Tour, Lenk and Crans Montana
LENK The 12th International Chess Tournament runs April
20th-24th 2000.
Three events: Lenkerhof Open - open to all, 7 rounds, Swiss system.
After Round 5 the first four players will play a knock-out for the winner and
the others continue in a Swiss system tournament. Time control 40 moves for 2
hours and 30 minutes till the end. Venue Hotel "Lenkerhoh" (****). Round 1st
starts April 20th at 6.30pm.
Residence-Holiday Open - players under 2000 only, 5 rounds, Swiss
system. Round 1 starts April 20th at 2 p.m. Venue Hotel "Residence" (***).
Junior Open - born 1980 and younger, more than 1800, 7 rounds, Swiss system.
Round 1 starts on April 20th at 6.30 pm. Piano concert April 22nd at 8.30 p.m.
Registered: GMs Florin Gheorghiu (ROM-winner 1990), Attila Groszpeter (HUN),
Andrej Sokolov (RUS-winner 1996), Vladimir Tukmakov (UKR-winner 1992 and 1999),
Zoltan Varga (HUN)and Lothar Vogt (GER), IMs Joszef Dobos (HUN) and Sandor
Videki (HUN) and WGM Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska (GER).
CRANS MONTANA - The 2nd International Chess Tournament run from
April 28th -May 1st
Etrier Open - open to all, 7 rounds, Swiss system. After round 5 the
first four players will play a knock-out for the winner and the others continue
in a Swiss system tournament. Time control: each players will have 2 hours to
complete the game. Last 5 minutes without writing moves. Registered: GMs Florin
Gheorghiu (ROM), Leonid Gofstein (ISR), Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska (GER), Milos
Pavlovic (YUG), Vladimir Tukmakov (UKR) and IM Alexander Cherniaev Alexander
(RUS).
More information: http://www.beochess.ch Robert Spoerri, Tiergarten 33,
Ch-3400 Burgdorf, tel: 00/41/34/4240106; Fax: 00/41/34/4240107 E-mail:
info@beochess.ch
Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2000
The Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2000 will be held 23rd-29th May
2000 in Malmö, Sweden. This year the event is a four player double
round-robin event with: IGM Judit Polgar, IGM Jan Timman, IGM Ulf Andersson and
IGM Tiger Hillarp-Persson.
http://www.sigeman-chess.comhttp://www.sigeman-chess.com
Heart of Finland Tournament
10th International Heart of Finland Tournament, the biggest open
tournament in Finland, will be played in Jyvaskyla, Finland 19-23.7.2000. More
information: http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hof00/.
Tanta Open
The Tanta Open takes place 2nd-13th May 2000 in Tanta City about 90 km
from Cairo-Egypt.
9 Round Swiss 40 Players ( 2 GMs 10 IMs) 25 Egyptian
players - Time control 7 hours Fischer system. Arrival 2nd May 2000 1st
round 3 May, last round 12th May. Closing ceremony and departure 13th May. Play
start at 4pm daily. Full Accommodation and 3 meals in a 3 star Hotel single
room for GMs and double room for IMs. 1st Prize 750 U.S.$ - 2nd 650$ - 3rd 600
4th 550 5th 500 - 6th 450 7th 400 8th 350
9th 300 10th 250. 400 U.S.$ for every GM over 2500 and 250 U.S.$ for
every IM over 2300 The organisers need only one player from each country and
have vacancies for around 5 IMs. Free transportation inside Egypt, including to
and from the Airport. 2 Free Touristic tours.
Email ecf@idsc.gov.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Contact: Hassan Khaled
General Director Egyptian Chess Federation
Julian Borowski IGM event
The Julian Borowski IGM tournament in Essen takes place 26th April-5th
May 2000. Group A (cat. XV) players: Alexei Dreev (2679), Vadim Milov (2653),
Vadim Zvjaginsev (2641), Alexander Beliavsky (2640), Robert Huebner (2620),
Curt Hansen (2618), Rustem Dautov (2602), Emil Sutovsky (2597), Igor Glek
(2554) and Klaus Bischoff (2544). Group B (cat. X) has 10 players too.
Further details: http://home.t-online.de/home/jb_igm
Redbus International
The Redbus group of companies, owned by Cliff Stanford, the founder of
Demon Internet, have just announced that they will again be supporting an elite
knockout tournament to run alongside the Southend Easter Congress. The time
control will again be 100 minutes plus 30 seconds per move for the whole game
with one round per day and two games per round. Matches tied at 1-1 will be
decided by two ten minute games followed by sudden death blitz if necessary.
The prize fund is £7,400. The full line-up for the Redbus Knockout is:
Michael Adams 2715 Jon Speelman 2604 Tony Miles 2579 Bogdan Lalic 2548 John
Emms 2546 Murray Chandler 2527 Glenn Flear 2519 Jim Plaskett 2515 Daniel King
2514 Chris Ward 2509 Jonathan Rowson 2499 Nigel Davies 2497 Peter Wells 2494
Mark Hebden 2493 Matthew Turner 2489 Luke McShane 2438 The Southend Easter
Congress will have events for players of all strengths and is supported this
year by Southend Council and The GFI group. The top section will be a seven
round FIDE rated Open. Players wishing to participate at Southend should call
Howard Grist On 01702 617976
Presov Chess Festival 2000
Presov Chess Festival 2000, 12th -20th August A) Grandmaster tournament
(10 participants, round robin, 10th category FIDE) B) Women's grandmaster
tournament (10 participants, round robin, 10th category FIDE) C) OPEN for
players with Elo FIDE minim. 2100 D) National OPEN E) Accompanying programme
(simultaneous game, blitz, football, ...)
Total prize fund 169 900 Sk (about $4000). There are still FREE places
for players in A as well in B tournament (and of course in C and D
tournaments).
Official web-pages of the Presov Chess Festival 2000
http://www.chess.vadium.sk/presov.htm
Last year: The results of the Presov Chess Festival 1999 are in TWIC250
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic250.html#13
The organising committee of the Presov Chess Festival 2000 can be
contacted at: chess@vadium.sk
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
5-11, 2000. 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.
New York Open website http://w-w-w.com/nyopen/
Send checks, money orders, or credit card information to New York Open,
21W. 46th St., Room 1004, New York, NY 10036. Tel. (212) 719-4204 Fax (212)
719-4369 e-mail: nyopen@w-w-w.com
Lausanne Young Masters
The second edition of the Olympic Capital Young Masters Tournament will
take place in Lausanne between 30th May - 4th June 2000. 3 events will take
place in the Casino de Montbenon. Young Masters: GM R.Ponomariov (Elo 2626), GM
A.Malakhov (Elo 2601), GM A.Grischuk (Elo 2581), the junior world champion GM
A.Galkin (Elo 2566), the youngest GM Bu Xiangzhi (Elo 2565), IM Laurent
Fressinet (Elo 2518), IM F.Jenni (Elo 2466) and IM L.McShane (Elo 2438) take
part. Masters Open for players above 2000 ELO The MASTERS OPEN are actually
registered : GM's V.Epishin, V.Tukmakov, A.Volzhin,J.Gallagher, E Prié,
WGM A.Kosteniuk (15 years old) and also some other young talented players such
as T.Radjabov (13) or V.Gashimov (13) from Azerbajdjan. and other titled
players compete. Also an Open for other amateur players. Information and
registration on our home-page http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com
more information : +41.21.729.63.85 fax +41.21.729.63.31
World Seniors
The 10th World Senior Championships will be held September 10th-24th,
2000 in the small village of Rowy in Poland. The event is open to men born in
1939 or earlier and women in 1949 or earlier).
Further information: Polish and Russian language: Mr. Alfred Obszanski -
Postomino, Poland, tel/fax: + 48 (59) 810-85-77 or German language: Mr. Jerzy
Konikowski - Dortmund (Germany), tel/fax: +49 (231) 17-15-67 e-mail:
konikowski@vobis.net
Official site: http://www.powiat.Slupsk.pl or
http://www.powiat.Slupsk.pl/chess
Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial
The Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial, a 10 player, Category 7 Round Robin takes
place 29th April - 7th May 2000 in Split, Croatia.
Internet coverage:
http://sites.netscape.net/mladen18/mem2000/index.htm
South African Closed
The South African Closed Championships 2000 will take place over the
Easter weekend and following week in Port Elizabeth. This will be a 10 player
single round robin event. Participants: Charles de Villiers (2335),Ewan
Kromhout, Llaurence Ball, Maxwell Solomon, Nicholas van der Nat (2116), Lyndon
Bouah (2175), Jacques Ophoff, Adriaan Calitz, Deon Pick and Solly Mauba.
Qingdao, China
Qingdao, a seaside resort 1000 km South-East of Beijing, takes place
15th-24th July. There is a flight from Budapest on July 13th and it is possible
to combine with the FIRST SATURDAY Budapest tournament 1st -13th July.
Events: 1. GM closed tmt cat.IX.-X. Prizes: 1500-1250-1000-750-500 USD
2. IM closed tmt cat.II. , Prizes: 600-500-400-300-200 USD 3. Open Swiss,
Prizes: 400-300-200-150-100 USD
More info: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu Phone:
(361)-263-28-59 Mobile: (36)-30-230-19-14
Two Mexican Events
The Mexican National Championship and International Open, takes place
18th-23rd April in the City of Irapuato, State of Guanajuato.
Website:
http://www.ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez/mexico/abiertonacional.htm
(All the information is in Spanish)
In June there is an interesting quadrangular tournament between Shirov
(Spain), Polgar (Hungary), Akopian (Armenia) and Gilberto Hernandez (Mexico).
It will be a double round robin, running 13th-21st June 2000 in the City of
Merida, State of Yucatan, with 260, 000 pesos in prizes.
There is an
English
Wesite for the event and at the same time there is an open tournament.
Details in English on
the
Open here.
Veszprem Summer Tournament
VI.Veszprem Summer - HEMO Coup, International Chess Tournament from
22nd-30th July.2000. Venue: HEMO Building (Presidial Culture House) Zalka Mate
square 1, Veszprem city, Hungary Organizer: HEMO Chess Society,
Veszprém.
Events: "A" group - IM tournament , 10 players "B" group - Swiss type
open tournament in 9 rounds according to the FIDE rules.
Entry fees: "A" group: 10.000 HUF (about 70 DM) "B" group: below FIDE
2200 3.500 HUF (25 DM) 2200 - 2299 3.000 HUF (20 DM) 2300 - 2399 2.000 HUF (13
DM) 2400 - ------ HUF Prizes: "B" group: 60.000 HUF; 40.000 HUF; 20.000 HUF;
15.000 HUF; 10.000 HUF; 5.000 HUF.
Information: Norbert Szelényi Phone number: 88-401-400 Place of
work: 88-426-233 /358 (am. 8.00 - pm. 16.00) Fax number: 88-426-233 /364 (am.
8.00 - pm. 16.00) For more information E-mail to: vpinfo@veszpremtej.hu
Web pages: http://www.infornax.hu/hotelves and
http://testver.sednet.hu/veszpm/e_alap.html
Frankfurt Chess Classic 2000
The Frankfurt Chess Classic 2000 takes place June 16th-25th 2000. There
will be six events: The Fujitsu Siemens Giants (6 players, double round robin,
4 days, June 22nd -25th) Participants: Anand, Kasparov, Kramnik, Leko,
Morozevich, Shirov. Masters (8 players, double round robin, 4 days, June 22nd
to June 25th) Participants: Adams, Bareev, Ivanchuk, Rabiega (winner of the
German championships), Topalov, Van Wely (winner of last years open), Yussupov
and the winner of this years open tournament. Computer exhibition matches (5
players, 2 games per match, June 17th to June 18th) Participants: Anand,
Kramnik, Leko, Morozevich, Shirov · Ordix Open (15 rounds swiss, 3 days,
June 16th to June 18th) The winner qualifies for the Master tournament, which
starts afterwards! · two simuls (June 19th, June 20th) one by Kasparov
and one by Ivanchuk · two Fischer Random Chess exhibition games In all
events each player has 25 minutes per game. The opening ceremony will take
place on the evening of June 21st, all players are obliged to participate. The
closing ceremony including price giving takes place on June 25th following the
last round of the Giants. Further details:
http://www.frankfurt-west.de/ChessClassic2000
soLett Chess Open 2000
soLett Chess Open 2000 will be played at Scandic Hotel, Skellefteå
in the northern part of Sweden 16th-24th April 2000 . Grandmasters as Evgenij
Agrest, Yuri Yakovic, Alexander Volzhin, Tiger Hillarp Persson, Vitali Golod,
Nikola Mitkov, Alexei Lugovoi, Jonny Hector and Viktor Mikhalevski are
registered. There will also be played a WIM-tournament: Skellefteå Kraft-
Sweden Ladies International with 16 participants. Information at:
http://tournament2000.tripod.com
Foxwoods Chess Open
The 2nd annual Foxwoods Chess Open April 20th-24th 2000 7-round Swiss at
the world's largest casino $100,000 prize fund.
Website: http://www.foxwoods.com/frm_chess.htm
Further
coverage by Michael Atkins at:
http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/fox/foxwoods.htm
Olomouc Opens
June 25-29, 2000 - Olomouc (CZE) "MLADI OPEN 2000" swiss system, 7
rounds 1) FIDE OPEN - for young players up to 20 years of age, 1st prize - FREE
START in round-robin tournament 4th category FIDE in August in Olomouc 2)
national open A - players born in 1984 and younger 3) national open B - players
born in 1988 and younger Contact: Agentura 64, 783 73 Grygov 337, Czech
Republic, tel./fax: ++420-68-5393327, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, WWW:
http://www.proclient.cz/a64
August 2-10, 2000 - Olomouc (CZE) "OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER 2000" 1)
round-robin GM tournament 10th category FIDE (10-12 players) 2) 2 round-robin
IM tournaments 4th category FIDE (10-12 players) 3) FIDE open - swiss, 9
rounds, 2/40+1, 1st prize 10000 CZK We are looking for players without title
for both round robin tournaments! Contact: Agentura 64, 783 73 Grygov 337,
Czech Republic, tel./fax: ++420-68-5393327, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, WWW:
http://www.proclient.cz/a64
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).
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.
The website is at: http://www.ajedrezdelfuturo.com and
the English version will be up soon at: http://www.advancedchess.com
Kobuleti (Georgia, Adjaria)
There are two events in Kobuleti (Georgia, Adjaria a health resort on
the Black Sea not far from Batumi). The Martve Open 2000 30th July-8th August
2000.The organisers are the Head Department of Physical & Military Training
of Ministry of Education of Georgia, Chess school for children tenagers of the
Kobuleti region named after Nana Ioseliani and Zurab Azmaiparashvili. A 9 round
Swiss. Main open for Men and Women along with Junior Boys and Girls under
6,8,10,14 and 16 events.
In August 10th-19th 2000 the Remka Open. A 9 round Swiss. Main open for
Men and Women along with Junior Boys and Girls under 6,8,10,14 and 16 events.
Further information : Fax: +(995)32 98 70 53; Phone: +(995) 32 999521,
958366, 226745 in Tbilisi and 63317, 62589, 63581 in Kobuleti (code 8-88236)..
E-mail: a_japaridze@yahoo.com, allach@viam.hepi.edu.ge