The Week in Chess 285

THE WEEK IN CHESS 285 24th April 2000 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Kristianus Liem, John Henderson, crochess.com, Yin Hao and Pierre Bourget, Cannes Chess Club, Anton Gubanov (Ruschess.com), Mikhail Golubev (Chess Sector), Thomas Heine Bech, John Donaldson, Nicolas Lavallée, José Mariano Acosta, Alejandro Nogueira, Antonio Castello, Günther van den Bergh, Stewart Reuben and all those who helped with this issue.

The Japfa Classic in Indonesia should be a very interesting event. Judit Polgar has taken an early lead but with a number of weaker players in the field the stronger players will have to play for some wins. Michael Adams won the 2nd Redbus Knockout in Southport. There is also news of some excellent events in the near future.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) Japfa Classic

The Japfa Classic International Chess Tournament 2000 is the strongest ever in Indonesia. The Category 16 event takes place in the Bali Beach Hotel. It runs 22nd April to 2nd May 2000. The total prize money US$56,500. After there is an open tournament (May 3-May 11, 2000) with total prize money of US$20,000. My thanks to Kristianus Liem for his help.

This should be a very interesting tournament with a real mix of abilities amongst the players. Can Karpov win his first high category event in a long time, or will it be FIDE Champion Alexander Khalifman, Judit Polgar, Jan Timman or Yasser Seirawan? At the bottom, Ruben Gunawan is officially the lowest rated player in the event. In reality Zaw Win Lay's rating of 2633 should probably be around 2333, it will be his chance to prove he isn't over-rated.

The previous strongest chess event in Asia was the double round robin Marlboro-Loyola Challenge in 1976 in Manila, Philippines, with the Karpov 2695, Ljubojevic 2620, Browne 2585 and Torre 2505. Torre went on to win that event with 4,5 point from 6 rounds.

Official website:http://www.gatra.com

Round 1 (April 22, 2000)

Polgar, Judit         -  Ehlvest, Jaan         1/2   24  B08  Pirc; Classical
Karpov, Anatoly       -  Gunawan, Ruben        1-0   47  D41  QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Adianto, Utut         -  Milos, Gilberto       1/2   37  E15  Nimzo indian
Timman, Jan H         -  Seirawan, Yasser      1/2   43  B17  Caro-Kann
Zaw Win Lay           -  Khalifman, Alexander  0-1   21  C07  French; Tarrasch

Round 2 (April 23, 2000)

Polgar, Judit         -  Adianto, Utut         1-0   48  B19  Caro-Kann
Seirawan, Yasser      -  Karpov, Anatoly       1/2   13  D27  QGA;
Milos, Gilberto       -  Timman, Jan H         1/2   32  C74  Ruy Lopez
Ehlvest, Jaan         -  Khalifman, Alexander  1/2   19  C11  French; Classical
Gunawan, Ruben        -  Zaw Win Lay           1/2   33  A13  English; 1.c4

Round 3 (April 24, 2000)

Karpov, Anatoly       -  Milos, Gilberto       1/2   48  E05  Nimzo indian
Khalifman, Alexander  -  Gunawan, Ruben        1/2   53  B43  Sicilian
Adianto, Utut         -  Ehlvest, Jaan         1-0   30  D77  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Timman, Jan H         -  Polgar, Judit         0-1   33  E12  Nimzo indian
Zaw Win Lay           -  Seirawan, Yasser      0-1   56  B17  Caro-Kann


Japfa Classic Bali INA (INA), 22 iv-22 v 2000      cat. XVI (2628)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Polgar, Judit         g HUN 2658 * . . . . 1 = 1 . .  2.5  2893
 2 Karpov, Anatoly       g RUS 2696 . * = . = . . . 1 .  2.0  2716
 3 Seirawan, Yasser      g USA 2647 . = * . . . . = . 1  2.0  2786
 4 Khalifman, Alexander  g RUS 2656 . . . * . . = . = 1  2.0  2712
 5 Milos, Gilberto       g BRA 2620 . = . . * = . = . .  1.5  2645
 6 Adianto, Utut         g INA 2584 0 . . . = * 1 . . .  1.5  2633
 7 Ehlvest, Jaan         g EST 2622 = . . = . 0 * . . .  1.0  2507
 8 Timman, Jan H         g NED 2655 0 . = . = . . * . .  1.0  2516
 9 Gunawan, Ruben        g INA 2507 . 0 . = . . . . * =  1.0  2536
10 Zaw Win Lay           m MYA 2633 . . 0 0 . . . . = *  0.5  2330
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3) Redbus Tournament

The Redbus elite knockout tournament ran April 21st-24th 2000 alongside the Southend Easter Congress. The time control was 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 were be decided by two ten minute games and was followed by sudden death blitz if necessary. The prize fund was £7,400 with the eight first round losers receiving 200 pounds, second round losers receiving 400 pounds, semi-finalists took home 600 pounds.

Michael Adams beat Bogdan Lalic in the final to win the event but the two finalists split 3000 pounds 1600 pounds to Adams 1400 pounds to Lalic as the match went to speed chess.

Players: 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.

TWIC was the official site and full coverage including games, pictures and daily reports from the event by John Henderson can be read at: http://www.chesscenter.com/Redbus

Results:

FINAL

Michael Adams vs Bogdan Lalic both normal time rate games were drawn as were both ten minute games, the first sudden death playoff game was won by Michael Adams.

Round 3 Results:

Jonathan Rowson - Michael Adams 1/2 1/2
Adams won the second 10 minute game with black to reach the final.
Mark Hebden - Bogdan Lalic 0-1 1/2

Round 2 Results:

Michael Adams - John Emms 1-0 1/2
Jonathan Rowson - Matthew Turner 1-0 1/2
Jon Speelman - Mark Hebden 0-1 1-0
Bogdan Lalic - Luke McShane 1-0 1/2

Tie break: Mark Hebden won the sudden death game with black against Jon Speelman after both ten minute games were drawn.

Round 1 results:

Jim Plaskett 2515 - Luke McShane 2438 0-1 1/2
Bogdan Lalic 2548 - Nigel Davies 2497 1-0 0-1
Daniel King 2514 - Michael Adams 2715 0-1 1/2
Peter Wells 2494 - John Emms 2546 1-0 0-1
Jonathan Rowson 2499 - Tony Miles 2579 1-0 0-1
Matthew Turner 2489 - Glenn Flear 2519 1/2 1/2
Murray Chandler 2527 - Mark Hebden 2493 0-1 1/2
Jon Speelman 2604 - Chris Ward 2509 1-0 0-1

In the first round of the 10 min quickplay, Lalic beat Davies 2-0; Emms beat Wells 1.5-0.5; Rowson 1-1 Miles (first two drawn, Rowson going through after winning first 5-min sudden death); Turner 2-0 Flear; Speelman 1-1 Ward (first two 10min drawn; Speelman going through after winning the fifth 5-min sudden death).

4) Pula, Croatia Zone 1.2

ZONE 1-2 tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championships tookplace in Pula (CRO) 11th-22nd April 2000. There were seven qualifying places available from this 11 round Swiss system event. The qualifiers were, Beliavsky, Psakhis, Sutovsky (who started with 0/2!), Ilia Smirin, Ivan Zaja, Emir Dizdarevic and Christopher Lutz. Nikola Mitkov tied with qualifiers on 6.5 but was to be the only player on this score to miss out on qualification due to an inferior tie-break (sum of opponents ratings).

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   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11 
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 1 Beliavsky, Alexander G  g SLO 2640  +27 =20 =23 =14 +18 +17 = 9 +12 = 2 + 5 = 7  8.0 /11  2724
 2 Psakhis, Lev            g ISR 2599  =15 = 6 = 5 +24 =17 =13 =23 +21 = 1 = 3 +11  7.0 /11  2633
 3 Sutovsky, Emil          g ISR 2597  -24 - 5 +31 +30 +15 =12 +16 = 8 = 9 = 2 +10  7.0 /11  2589
 4 Smirin, Ilia            g ISR 2666  = 6 =15 =24 -18 =25 +32 +20 =10 +14 = 7 + 9  7.0 /11  2625
 5 Zaja, Ivan              m CRO 2452  -16 + 3 = 2 + 6 =19 =10 =14 +23 + 8 - 1 =17  6.5 /11  2638
 6 Dizdarevic, Emir        g BIH 2520  = 4 = 2 =26 - 5 +29 +11 =18 +17 = 7 = 9 = 8  6.5 /11  2619
 7 Lutz, Christopher       g GER 2587  =21 =22 +33 =12 =23 +14 = 8 = 9 = 6 = 4 = 1  6.5 /11  2605
 8 Mitkov, Nikola          g FRM 2547  =32 +34 =10 +20 =14 = 9 = 7 = 3 - 5 +13 = 6  6.5 /11  2596
 9 Milov, Vadim            g SUI 2653  =13 +18 =12 =17 +11 = 8 = 1 = 7 = 3 = 6 - 4  6.0 /11  2604
10 Huzman, Alexander       g ISR 2574  +28 =12 = 8 =23 =13 = 5 =21 = 4 =19 +18 - 3  6.0 /11  2577
11 Gallagher, Joseph G     g SUI 2558  =33 =32 =15 +25 - 9 - 6 +29 =28 +23 +12 - 2  6.0 /11  2540
12 Hickl, Joerg            g GER 2556  +29 =10 = 9 = 7 =16 = 3 +19 - 1 =13 -11 =18  5.5 /11  2565
13 Sermek, Drazen          g SLO 2517  = 9 +19 =20 =16 =10 = 2 =17 =14 =12 - 8 =15  5.5 /11  2570
14 Kurajica, Bojan         g BIH 2530  +31 +16 =17 = 1 = 8 - 7 = 5 =13 - 4 =19 =21  5.5 /11  2514
15 Mohr, Georg             g SLO 2488  = 2 = 4 =11 =26 - 3 +22 =28 =19 =17 =21 =13  5.5 /11  2547
16 Palac, Mladen           g CRO 2570  + 5 -14 +22 =13 =12 =23 - 3 =18 =21 =17 =19  5.5 /11  2521
17 Hertneck, Gerald        g GER 2571  +25 +24 =14 = 9 = 2 - 1 =13 - 6 =15 =16 = 5  5.5 /11  2537
18 Hulak, Krunoslav        g CRO 2495  =19 - 9 +32 + 4 - 1 =20 = 6 =16 +28 -10 =12  5.5 /11  2567
19 Avrukh, Boris           g ISR 2620  =18 -13 =30 +33 = 5 +26 -12 =15 =10 =14 =16  5.5 /11  2511
20 Gabriel, Christian      g GER 2564  +30 = 1 =13 - 8 =26 =18 - 4 =22 =24 =25 +33  5.5 /11  2510
21 Nedev, Trajce           m FRM 2484  = 7 -23 -25 +31 +32 +27 =10 - 2 =16 =15 =14  5.5 /11  2477
22 Jakubovic, Nedzad         BIH 2368  =23 = 7 -16 =27 =24 -15 +30 =20 =25 =29 +35  5.5 /11  2459
23 Pavasovic, Dusko        g SLO 2544  =22 +21 = 1 =10 = 7 =16 = 2 - 5 -11 =33 =25  5.0 /11  2484
24 Stanec, Nikolaus        m AUT 2479  + 3 -17 = 4 - 2 =22 =29 =26 =27 =20 =28 =32  5.0 /11  2483
25 Forster, Richard        m SUI 2462  -17 =29 +21 -11 = 4 -28 +31 =26 =22 =20 =23  5.0 /11  2437
26 Slobodjan, Roman        g GER 2561  =34 =33 = 6 =15 =20 -19 =24 =25 =27 =30 =29  5.0 /11  2452
27 Ekstroem, Roland        m SUI 2498  - 1 =30 =29 =22 =28 -21 +33 =24 =26 =32 =31  5.0 /11  2391
28 Pelletier, Yannick      m SUI 2478  -10 =31 =34 =32 =27 +25 =15 =11 -18 =24 =30  5.0 /11  2405
29 Feletar, Darko            CRO 2410  -12 =25 =27 +34 - 6 =24 -11 =32 +31 =22 =26  5.0 /11  2405
30 Grosar, Aljosa          m SLO 2449  -20 =27 =19 - 3 -31 =33 -22 +35 +32 =26 =28  4.5 /11  2345
31 Bosnjak, Damir            BIH ----  -14 =28 - 3 -21 +30 +34 -25 =33 -29 +35 =27  4.5 /11  2370
32 Weinzettl, Ernst        m AUT 2402  = 8 =11 -18 =28 -21 - 4 +35 =29 -30 =27 =24  4.0 /11  2358
33 Kutuzovic, Branko       m CRO 2432  =11 =26 - 7 -19 =34 =30 -27 =31 +35 =23 -20  4.0 /11  2337
34 Golubovic, Boris        m CRO 2449  =26 - 8 =28 -29 =33 -31  .   .   .   .   .   1.5 / 6  2211
35 BYE                           ----   .   .   .   .   .   .  -32 -30 -33 -31 -22  0.0 / 5      
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5) Karpov-Ye Jiangchuan

After playijng Xie Jun in Guangzhou China Anatoly Karpov moved on to Shenyang (originally it was to be Dalian), China April 16th-19th to play Ye Jiangchuan beating him 3-1. The first two games were drawn (April 16th-17th 2000 normal timerates). Then there were two rapidplay games (April 19th 2000) Karpov won on time in the 1st rapidplay game (game incomplete) and played a good game to win with white in the final game. My thanks to Yin Hao and Pierre Bourget for the news.

Internet coverage at: http://www.sy.ln.cn/newchess/

Regular timerate games (16-17 April 2000)

Ye Jiangchuan    -  Karpov, Anatoly  1/2   22  B17  Caro-Kann
Karpov, Anatoly  -  Ye Jiangchuan    1/2   51  D77  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6

Rapidplay games (19th April 2000)

Ye Jiangchuan    -  Karpov, Anatoly  0-1   46  B17  Caro-Kann
Karpov, Anatoly  -  Ye Jiangchuan    1-0   54  D77  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6


Match Dalian CHN (CHN), 16-19 iv 2000
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                              1   2   3   4 
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Karpov, Anatoly  g RUS 2696    =   =   1   1    3.0  2809
Ye Jiangchuan    g CHN 2616    =   =   0   0    1.0  2503
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6) Tkachiev - Piket Match

After five of the eight games of the match between Vladislav Tkachiev and Jeroen Piket Match the score stands at 2.5-2.5. The match takes place in Cannes April 18th-27th 2000.

Official website http://www.cannes-echecs.org/

Piket, Jeroen        -  Tkachiev, Vladislav  1/2   22  D27  QGA;
Tkachiev, Vladislav  -  Piket, Jeroen        1/2   30  D47  Semi-Slav
Piket, Jeroen        -  Tkachiev, Vladislav  1-0   44  D24  QGA;
Tkachiev, Vladislav  -  Piket, Jeroen        1-0   33  D10  Slav defence
Piket, Jeroen        -  Tkachiev, Vladislav  1/2   30  E12  Nimzo indian


Match Cannes FRA (FRA), 18-27 iv 2000
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                                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 
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Tkachiev, Vladislav  g FRA 2670    =   =   0   1   =   .   .   .   2.5  2633
Piket, Jeroen        g NED 2633    =   =   1   0   =   .   .   .   2.5  2670
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7) Oakham GM

The Oakham GM tournament took place 11th-19th April 2000, Oakham School, Rutland, Leicestershire. The event was Category VII with an ELO average of 2406 (GM norm 7, IM norm 5). You can read John Henderson daily reports for TWIC on the main pages.

There was a close finish in the final round with Nicholas Pert missing a probable win against Neil McDonald only drawing. He took first place but missed out on a GM norm. Daniel Gormally faired even worse missing several promising continuations and he went on to lose, missing first and a GM norm. Irina Krush did win her final game and shared 3rd with Chris Ward. On the way she scored her second IM norm (the first being in the Koltanowski International in San Francisco in 1999).

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 Pert, Nicholas     m ENG 2396 * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1  6.5  2573
 2 Gormally, Daniel   m ENG 2504 = * 1 1 1 1 = 0 0 1  6.0  2520
 3 Krush, Irina      wm USA 2399 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 0 1  5.5  2487
 4 Ward, Christopher  g ENG 2509 = 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 1  5.5  2474
 5 McDonald, Neil R   g ENG 2438 = 0 = = * = 1 0 = 1  4.5  2402
 6 Aagaard, Jacob     m DEN 2396 = 0 0 = = * 0 1 1 =  4.0  2364
 7 Afek, Yochanan     m ISR 2349 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 1  4.0  2369
 8 Hummel, Patrick      USA 2347 = 1 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 0  3.5  2332
 9 McNab, Colin A     g SCO 2424 0 1 1 0 = 0 = 0 * =  3.5  2324
10 Norris, Alan J     f SCO 2301 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = *  2.0  2198
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8) Aivars Gipslis

Latvian Grandmaster Aivars Gipslis died on April 13th 2000 at the age of 63 in a Berlin hospital. Born 8th February 1937 he was an almost exact contemporary of fellow Latvian Mikhail Tal. Gipslis was many times Latvian Champion and became a GM in 1967. He came second in the Alekhine Memorial of 1967 (1st Stein 11, 2nd-5th Bobotsov, Gipslis, Smyslov, Tal 10, 6th-8th Bronstein, Portisch, Spassky 9.5 (Geller, Keres, Najdorf, Petrosian and Gligoric also played). A fuller tribute will follow in next week's edition.

9) Ukranian Team Championships

The Ukranian Team Championships took place in Alushta, April 10-18, 2000. There were 14 teams in this 9 round event with Juridical Academy Kharkov taking the title. 16 year old Ruslan Ponomariov scored 7/8 on top board for 3rd placed A.V.Momot Regional Donetsk Chess Club. These are the only games available. You download annotated versions of these games from his homepage.

Chess Sector coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/ukr00tt.htm

Ruslan Ponomariov's page including three annotated games from the event.http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/ruslan.html

1.Juridical Academy Kharkov 40,5

(Moiseenko 2573, Zubarev 2476, P.Eljanov 2455, Maly 2411, Sharapov 2387, Andreev 2385, Savon 2423, V.Zakharov 2368)

2.Danko-Donbass 40,5

(S.Savchenko 2574, G.Timoshenko 2584, Kruppa 2561, Shneider 2551, G.Kuzmin 2466, V.Gurevich 2502)

3.A.V.Momot Regional Donetsk Chess Club 37

(R.Ponomariov 2627 7/8, Efimenko 2332, G.Matjushin 2275, O.Ivanov, V.Dmitrenko, Polivanov 2306, S.Veliev)

10) St Petersburg Open Women's Championship

St.Petersburg Women's Open Championships which was also the 3rd stage of the Russian Women's Cup took place April 7th-15th 2000. The event was a 9 round Swiss system event which was won by Tatiana Grabuzova.

Site: http://www.ruschess.com/

Women's Open St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 7-15 iv 2000
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 1 Grabuzova, Tatiana    wg RUS 2343  7.5 / 9  2455
 
 2 Korbut, Ekaterina        RUS 2294  6.5 / 9  2282
 
 3 Kursova, Maria        wf RUS 2091  6.0 / 9  2406
 4 Sirotkina, Nina       wm RUS 2284  6.0 / 9  2316
 5 Kochetkova, Julia     wf RUS 2197  6.0 / 9  2335
 6 Stjazhkina, Olga      wg RUS 2319  6.0 / 9  2308
 7 Semenova, Irina       wm RUS 2272  6.0 / 9  2320
 8 Rubzova, Tatiana      wg RUS 2252  6.0 / 9  2279
 9 Filichkina, S            RUS 2268  6.0 / 9  2221
10 Hlgatian, Goar        wm ARM 2215  6.0 / 9  2245
11 Zvereva, Marija       wm RUS 2254  6.0 / 9  2252

12 Aseeva, Marina           RUS 2098  5.5 / 9  2276
13 Fatalibekova, Elena   wg RUS 2269  5.5 / 9  2203
14 Mashinskaya, Iulia    wg RUS 2381  5.5 / 9  2274
15 Ovchinikova, Julia       RUS 2221  5.5 / 9  2199
16 Slavina, Irina        wf RUS 2261  5.5 / 9  2257
17 Sudakova, Irina          RUS 2213  5.5 / 9  2177
18 Ubiennykh, Ekaterina     RUS 2262  5.5 / 9  2174
57 players

11) Danish Championships

Danish Chess Championships 2000 took place April 15th-24th 2000 in Aalborg, Denmark. Sadly Bent Larsen has had to withdraw from the event due to ill health. Curt Hansen won with 6/9 ahead of Peter Heine Nielsen on 5.5. My thanks to Thomas Heine Bech.

Internet coverage (live) http://www.dm2000.skak.stofanet.dk/index_uk.htm

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 1 = 1  6.0  2681
2 Nielsen, Peter Heine     g DEN 2564 = * = = 1 = 1 1 =  5.5  2636
3 Hansen, Lars Bo          g DEN 2569 = = * 1 = 0 = 1 =  4.5  2537
4 Schandorff, Lars         g DEN 2511 = = 0 * = 1 = = 1  4.5  2544
5 Danielsen, Henrik        g DEN 2514 0 0 = = * 1 1 = 1  4.5  2544
6 Mortensen, Erling        m DEN 2447 0 = 1 0 0 * 0 1 1  3.5  2466
7 Pedersen, Steffen        m DEN 2454 0 0 = = 0 1 * = 1  3.5  2466
8 Berg, Klaus              m DEN 2419 = 0 0 = = 0 = * =  2.5  2372
9 Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove  m DEN 2430 0 = = 0 0 0 0 = *  1.5  2261
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12) Val Zemitis International

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 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). The final game Bhat-Rey is now available.

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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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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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13) Metz Open

The Metz open took place April 15th-23rd 2000. Christian Bauer and Alexander Galkin both scored 7.5/9 half a point clear of a group of four on 7. My thanks to Nicolas Lavallée.

Coverage by French site La Tour Infernale http://www.tour-infernale.net/, directly at: http://www.tour-infernale.net/page/actu_echecs2.asp?News=1392

XVIII Open Metz FRA (FRA), 15-23 iv 2000
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 1 Bauer, Christian      g FRA 2517  7,5 41.00 2643 2692
 2 Galkin, Alexander     g RUS 2566  7,5 40.00 2678 2724
  
 3 Djuric, Stefan        g YUG 2491  7.0 38.00 2584 2639 
 4 Nijboer, Friso        g NED 2540  7.0 36.50 2574 2613 
 5 Shchekachev, Andrei   g RUS 2509  7.0 35.50 2493 2522 
 6 Lerner, Konstantin Z  g UKR 2575  7.0 34.00 2505 2507
 
 7 Sulava, Nenad         m CRO 2486  6.5
 8 Baklan, Vladimir      g UKR 2571  6.5
 9 Galdunts, Sergey      m ARM 2473  6.5
10 Eingorn, Vereslav S   g UKR 2597  6.5
11 Arkell, Keith C       g ENG 2436  6.5
12 Degraeve, Jean-Marc   g FRA 2498  6.5
13 Giffard, Nicolas      m FRA 2364  6.5

14 Safin, Shukhrat       g UZB 2512  6.0
15 Barsov, Alexei        m UZB 2521  6.0
16 Stanojoski, Zvonko    m FRM 2486  6.0
17 Cooper, Lawrence      f ENG 2338  6.0
18 Bogdanovski, Vlatko   g FRM 2479  6.0
19 Aleksieva, Silvia    wg BUL 2325  6.0
20 Collas, Didier        m FRA 2365  6.0
21 Kappler, Jean-Marie   f FRA 2248  6.0
22 Sorin, Maxine           FRA 2285  6.0
23 Mamut, Igor             ISR 2218  6.0
24 Steininger, Denis       FRA 2114  6.0
25 Timotic, Nicolas        FRA ----  6.0
26 Vreeken, Corry       wg NED 2087  6.0
141 players

14) Russian Teams

Russian Club Championships are taking place in Smolensk April 15th-25th 2000. This is an 11 round event. After 9 rounds: 1. Lentransgaz (St.Petersburg) - 38.5, 2. Siberia (Tomsk) - 37.5, 3. Phoenix (Moscow) - 32.5, 4. University (Maikop) - 30.0, 5-6. Politechnik (Nizhni Tagil); Transsib (Novosibirsk) - 28.0. Peter Svidler (2672) and Sergei Rublevsky (2662) started with 3.5/4, other strong players include Konstantin Sakaev (2629), Alexey Dreev (2680), Aleksej Aleksandrov (2606), Pavel Tregubov (2615) and Alexei Fedorov (2684).

Coverage at: http://www.sibchess.newmail.ru/smolensk.htm and http://www.ruschess.com/

15) Mar del Plata

The XXXI Mar del Plata Open took place April 15th-23rd 2000. The event was won by fm Martin Labollita who scored 8/9 to be a point clear of the rest of the field. My thanks to José Mariano Acosta for the information.

Coverage: http://geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/9356/mdp.htm

XXXI Open Mar del Plata ARG (ARG), 15-23 iv 2000
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 1 Labollita, Martin         f ARG 2261  8.0

 2 Tempone, Marcelo          m ARG 2443  7.0
 3 Peralta, Fernando         m ARG 2405  7.0
 4 Soppe, Guillermo          m ARG 2466  7.0

 5 Slipak, Sergio            m ARG 2503  6.5
 6 Szmetan, Jorge            m ARG 2401  6.5
 7 Giaccio, Alfredo          m ARG 2508  6.5
 8 Ricardi, Pablo            g ARG 2483  6.5
 9 Quiroga, Facundo            ARG 2363  6.5
10 Zarnicki, Pablo           g ARG 2498  6.5
11 Needleman, Alejandro        ARG 2359  6.5
12 Rodriguez, Andres         g URU 2492  6.5
13 Alonso, Salvador            ARG 2369  6.5
14 Felgaer, Ruben            f ARG 2375  6.5

15 Giardelli, Sergio C       m ARG 2426  6.0
16 Rubinetti, Jorge          m ARG 2441  6.0
17 Fiorito, Fabian           m ARG 2459  6.0
18 Van Riemsdijk, Herman C   m BRA 2409  6.0
19 Kanefsck, Gustavo         m ARG 2395  6.0
20 Rosito, Jorge             m ARG 2374  6.0
21 Hobaica, Juan Pablo         ARG 2296  6.0
22 Roisman, Fabio              ARG 2328  6.0
132 players

16) Championships of Uruguay

The Uruguayan Championships took place in Montevideo (capital city) 15th-23rd of April. The event was 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. Final leading scores below, the event was won by IM Bernardo Roselli, games follow next week.

1     IM Roselli B.  	2401 2481 8.0 
2     FM Crosa M. 	 	 2225 2385 7.5
3-4th MN Granara S.  	2066 2309 6.0 
      Cukerman D. 	        2248 6.0
5th=  Carvalho G. 	   2162 2357 5.5
      Martinez M.	    2174 2320 5.5
      Rodriguez S. 		      2216 5.5
      Muniz R. 	     	2125 2297 5.5
      Riverol J. 	    2269 2372 5.5
32 players

More information (in spanish) at : http://www.uruwow.com/secciones/deportes/uruguayo2000.htm
http://www.geocities.com/gonzalez_6620/news/uruguay.htm

Official page: http://webs1.demasiado.com/uruajedrez/

17) Championships of the Faroe Islands

The Championships of the Faroe Islands took place in Oyrarbakki April 15th-22th. There was a three way tie for first between John Rodgaard (who had the best tie-break) Torbjorn Thomsen and Flovin Tor Naes all of whom scored 6.5/9.

Website at: http://www.sam-teld.fo/talv/Fm2000/eng/index.htm

ch-FAI Oyrabakki FAI (FAI), 15-22 iv 2000
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                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Rodgaard, John     m FAI 2362 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2334
 2 Thomsen, Torbjorn    FAI 2169 = * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2356
 3 Naes, Flovin Tor     FAI 2257 = = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2346
 4 Nolsoe, Eydun        FAI 2178 = 0 1 * 1 = 1 0 1 1  6.0  2314
 5 Simonsen, Olavur     FAI 2146 = 1 0 0 * = = 1 1 1  5.5  2272
 6 Olsen, Heini         FAI 2289 0 = = = = * = 1 = 1  5.0  2219
 7 Nolsoe, Rani         FAI 2200 = 0 0 0 = = * 0 1 1  3.5  2106
 8 Brekka, Martin       FAI 2155 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 0  2.0  1971
 9 Hansen, Herluf       FAI 2060 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * =  2.0  1982
10 Samuelsen,Carl E     FAI 2065 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = *  1.5  1928
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18) Chess@Iceland

There are now some of the missing games from the chess@iceland event available. My thanks to Antonio Castello.

19) Foxwoods Chess Open

The 2nd annual Foxwoods Chess Open took place April 20th-24th 2000. This 7-round Swiss system event took place in the world's largest casino and had a $100,000 prize fund. There will be games and a fuller report next week. There was a five way tie on 5.5/7 with Babakuli Annakov, Alex Yermolinsky, Alex Shabalov, Gregory Serper and Maurice Ashley.

Website: http://www.foxwoods.com/frm_chess.htm
Further coverage by Michael Atkins at: http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/fox/foxwoods.htm

Leading final standings:
  1 Annakov, Babakuli...........2700 5.5
  2 Yermolinsky, Alex...........2664 5.5
  3 Shabalov, Alexande..........2633 5.5
  4 Serper, Gregory.............2633 5.5
  5 Ashley, Maurice A...........2533 5.5
  6 Bologan, Victor.............2687 5.0
  7 Wojtkiewicz, Alek...........2670 5.0
  8 Ivanov, Alexander...........2649 5.0
  9 Blatny, Pavel...............2590 5.0
 10 Garcia, Gildardo............2587 5.0
 11 Becerra, Julio J............2574 5.0
 12 Kreiman, Boris..............2573 5.0
 13 Shahade, Gregory............2484 5.0
90 players

20) South African Closed

Günther van den Bergh reports: The South African Closed Championships 2000 takes 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.

Round 3 standings:
ch-RSA Port Elizabeth RSA (RSA), 21-29 iv 2000
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Mauba,Solly              RSA ---- * . . . 1 1 1 . . .  3.0      
 2 Solomon, M               RSA ---- . * 1 = . . 1 . . .  2.5  2423
 3 De Villiers, Charles   f RSA 2335 . 0 * . . . . 1 1 .  2.0  2183
 4 Van der Nat, Nicholas    RSA 2116 . = . * . . 0 . 1 .  1.5  2000
 5 Calitz,Adriaan           RSA ---- 0 . . . * = . 1 . .  1.5  2058
 6 Kromhout,Ewan            RSA ---- 0 . . . = * . . . 1  1.5  2000
 7 Pick, Deon               RSA ---- 0 0 . 1 . . * . . .  1.0  1913
 8 Bouah, L                 RSA 2175 . . 0 . 0 . . * . 1  1.0  1986
 9 Ophoff,Jacques           RSA ---- . . 0 0 . . . . * 1  1.0  2025
10 Ball,Llaurence           RSA ---- . . . . . 0 . 0 0 *  0.0      
-------------------------------------------------------------------

21) Sangli International

The Sangli International incorporating the Commonwealth Championship 21 February to 3 March 2000 reports Stewart Reuben. No games available unfortunately.

Final Placings:
        Player               Country    Total Pts
 1-4    M Sorokin              Arg       8.5
 1-4    E Vladimirov           Kaz       8.5
 1-4    A Fominyh              Rus       8.5
 1-4    K Sashikiran           Ind       8.5
 5-7    S Shurat               Uzb       7.5
 5-7    A Kunte                Ind       7.5
 5-7    S Yuldashev            Uzb       7.5
 8-11   Yurtaev                Kyr       7.0
 8-11   Thipsay P.M.           Ind       7.0
 8-11   Lahiri,A               Ind       7.0
 8-11   Sattar R.B.            Ban.      7.0
12-24   Ibragimov              Rus       6.5
12-24   Goloshchapov           Ukr.      6.5
12-24   Gallagher              Eng       6.5
12-24   Barua D.               Ind.      6.5
etc.

22) Forthcoming Events and Links

Sarajevo tournament 2000

The Sarajevo tournament 2000 takes place in May (16th-29th). Garry Kasparov, Nigel Short (he replaces Vladimir Kramnik who is preparing for some match!), Alexei Shirov, Michael Adams, Alexander Morozevich, Etienne Bacrot, Ivan Sokolov, Evgeny Bareev, Veselin Topalov, Mikhail Gurevich, Kiril Georgiev and Sergei Movsesian are reported to be playing in this 12 player event. Further details as I get them.

33rd Biel Festival

33rd International Biel Festival. The event will take place 22nd July-5th August. Numerous events including a strong Open and a GM tournament, category 16 with Gelfand and Svidler (six players).

Website: http://www.schachfestival-biel.ch in 3 languages, English, French and German.

Keres Memorial

The Paul Keres Memorial, will be played in Tallinn, Estonia 14-22 August 2000. 9 rounds Swiss system, 2 hours / 40 moves + 1 hour / rest, tournament is rated for FIDE-ELO. Prizes: 1500 DM/1000 DM/800 DM/700 DM/600DM/500 DM/450 DM/300 DM/300DM/300 DM More info: Iivo Nei info@malemaja.neti.ee, Tel: +372 644 61 74, +372 631 32 24 Fax: +372 631 42 39

Website: http://www.estpak.ee/~iivoches/memorial

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 Crans Montana

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

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

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

"Festival Schneider Bohemia " Pilsen 2000

The 6th International Chess Festival "Festival Schneider Bohemia " Pilsen 2000, takes place 19th-27th August 2000 at the "Strelecky stadion" Pilsen Lobzy (Czech Republic). The main tournament of this Festival is International Open Czech Championship ( 1st prize 20 000 CZK, sum of prizes 60 000 CZK ). Details: http://www.pef.zcu.cz/pef/kof/skline/

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

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 : Yes, but already taken. Number of rounds : 9 System : Modifed Swiss. Rate of play : 2/40, 1/20, 0.5/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