THE WEEK IN CHESS 286 1st May 2000 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Japfa
Classic
3) 4NCL
4) Chess Oscar
99
5) VI Leonardo Di Bona
6) Ivan
Cvitanovic Memorial
7) Julian Borowski IGM
8) Tkachiev - Piket Match
9) Aivars
Gipslis
10) Russian Teams
11)
38th Doeberl Cup, Canberra
12) Estonian
Championships
13) Championships of Uruguay
14) Foxwoods Chess Open
15) South African
Closed
16) 53rd Yugoslav Women's Championships
17) Irish Senior Championships
18)
Championships of British Columbia
19) 6th
Schloss-Open
20) British Junior Awards
21) Häring-Drei-Flüsse -Open
22)
Mar del Plata
23) World Chess Ranking
24) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Japfa 25 games
VI Leonardo Di Bona 20 games
Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial 10 games
Julian Borowski IGMA 25 games
Julian Borowski IGMB 25 games
Tkachiev - Piket Match 3 games
Aivars Gipslis 6 games
Russian Teams 288 games
38th Doeberl Cup, Canberra 72 games
Estonian Championships 10 games
Estonian Championships Women 8 games
Championships of Uruguay 136 games
Foxwoods Chess Open 83 games
South African Closed 45 games
53rd Yugoslav Women's Championships 91 games
Championships of British Columbia 45 games
6th Schloss-Open 158 games
Mar del Plata 134 games
1187 games
My thanks to Anton Gubanov (Ruschess.com), John Henderson, Alexander
Roshal, Willi Knebel, Lanfranco Bombelli, Kristianus Liem, Mladen Zelic, Paul
Dunn, Ülar Lauk, Alejandro Nogueira, Michael Atkins, Günther van den
Bergh, Sinisa Joksic, John Hurley, Jonathan Berry, Holger Sahrhage, Leonard
Barden, Axel Fritz, Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk and all those who helped with
this issue.
The Japfa Classic in Indonesia ends on Tuesday, with a four way tie for
first and with the top four playing amongst each other the last round could be
very exciting or very dull depending on the motivation of the players. Kasparov
won the Chess Oscar by a mile for his great results last year, Khalifman
finished 3rd behind Kramnik but did pick up the second largest number of first
preferences. The 4NCL saw some big names arrive in England for the final
weekend including Alexander Morozevich. There are also a number of other nice
all-play-alls at the moment.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
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.
With one round to go Anatoly Karpov, Judit Polgar, Alexander Khalifman
and Gilberto Milos share first place on 5.5/8. The last round is on Tuesday.
Zaw Win Lay the Burmese player is in last place but did manage to hold Karpov
with black in round 8.
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 4 (April 25, 2000)
Polgar, Judit - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 40 B17 Caro-Kann
Milos, Gilberto - Zaw Win Lay 1-0 34 C92 Ruy Lopez
Seirawan, Yasser - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 21 D36 Queen's gambit
Adianto, Utut - Timman, Jan H 1/2 28 A32 English; 1.c4 c5
Ehlvest, Jaan - Gunawan, Ruben 1-0 37 E14 Nimzo indian
Round 5 (April 27, 2000)
Karpov, Anatoly - Adianto, Utut 1-0 41 E15 Nimzo indian
Khalifman, Alexander - Milos, Gilberto 1/2 24 E13 Nimzo indian
Timman, Jan H - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 30 B81 Sicilian
Gunawan, Ruben - Seirawan, Yasser 1/2 22 E12 Nimzo indian
Zaw Win Lay - Polgar, Judit 0-1 76 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 6 (April 28, 2000)
Polgar, Judit - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 23 B07 Pirc
Milos, Gilberto - Gunawan, Ruben 1-0 32 B42 Sicilian
Adianto, Utut - Zaw Win Lay 1-0 20 D61 QGD;
Ehlvest, Jaan - Seirawan, Yasser 1/2 48 E11 Bogo indian
Timman, Jan H - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 62 B17 Caro-Kann
Round 7 (April 29, 2000)
Karpov, Anatoly - Ehlvest, Jaan 1-0 83 E15 Nimzo indian
Khalifman, Alexander - Adianto, Utut 1-0 38 B12 Caro-Kann
Seirawan, Yasser - Milos, Gilberto 1/2 25 E32 Nimzo indian
Gunawan, Ruben - Polgar, Judit 1/2 46 B80 Sicilian
Zaw Win Lay - Timman, Jan H 1/2 75 B42 Sicilian
Round 8 (April 30, 2000)
Karpov, Anatoly - Zaw Win Lay 1/2 72 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Polgar, Judit - Seirawan, Yasser 1/2 23 B17 Caro-Kann
Adianto, Utut - Gunawan, Ruben 1/2 28 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Ehlvest, Jaan - Milos, Gilberto 0-1 36 B88 Sicilian
Timman, Jan H - Khalifman, Alexander 0-1 26 C17 French; Winawer
Japfa Classic Bali INA (INA), 22 iv-2 v 2000 cat. XVI (2628)
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1 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2696 * = . = = 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2756
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2658 = * = . = 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2766
3 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2656 . = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2756
4 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2620 = . = * = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2766
5 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2647 = = = = * . = = = 1 4.5 2673
6 Adianto, Utut g INA 2584 0 0 0 = . * 1 = = 1 3.5 2587
7 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2622 0 = = 0 = 0 * = 1 . 3.0 2540
8 Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 = 0 0 = = = = * . = 3.0 2552
9 Gunawan, Ruben g INA 2507 0 = = 0 = = 0 . * = 2.5 2498
10 Zaw Win Lay m MYA 2633 = 0 0 0 0 0 . = = * 1.5 2376
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The final weekend of the 4NCL saw Wood Green arrive with a host of top
Grandmasters including Alexander Morozevich, Nigel Short and John Speelman.
Things didn't go to plan as you can read below. Games and final standings in
next week's TWIC. You can read John Henderson's detailed reports on the front
page of TWIC.
John Henderson reports: A close finish was expected at the final three
rounds of the 4 Nations Chess League in Birmingham as the reigning champions,
Slough, held a slender one-point lead over their rivals, Wood Green, with the
two teams due to meet in the decisive final game of the season on Monday. With
one wildcard selection for all teams allowed on the final weekend, Slough
arrived with their wildcard being the former Candidates finalist, Kevin
Spraggett of Canada, and the pre-registered Tony Miles and Lubo Ftacnik of
Slovakia. Not to be outdone, a determined Wood Green trumped that with the
wildcard of world no.5, Alexander Morozevich of Russia, and the pre-registered
Jon Speelman and the former world title challenger, Nigel Short. Everything
looked set for the final round showdown until disaster struck the Wood Green
Globetrotters when the non- GM team of Barbican burst their bubble by beating
the title hopefuls in round nine. Wood Green paid the price of not fielding
Morozevich and Short in a match they felt they could win with just five GMs!
The slip-up virtually guaranteed Slough their second successive title as they
moved three-points clear at the top with just two games to play.
Round 9
Slough1 6-2 Wood Green2; Barbican1 4.5-3.5 Wood Green1; Bigwood1 6.5-1.5
Richmond; Bristol1 3.5-4.5 Index IT1; Silvine White Rose 7-1 North West Eagles;
Guildford ADC 7-1 The AD's.
Division 1
1 Slough1 18 (54.5); 2 Wood Green1 15 (46.5); 3 Bigwood1 15 (46.5); 4
Barbican1 13 (42.0); 5 Index IT1 10 (35.0); 6 Guildford ADC 9 (41.0); 7
Richmond 7 (31.0); 8 Silvine White Rose 6 (32.5); 9 Bristol1 6 (29.5); 10 The
AD's 4 (26.0); 11 North West Eagles 3 (24.0); 12 Wood Green2 2 (23.5).
A tenth round victory over Barbican gave Slough an unassailable
three-point lead over their rivals, Wood Green, to lift the 1999/2000 4NCL
title with one game of the season left to play. After throwing their title
chances away in round nine after losing to Barbican, Wood Green, bolstered
their squad with Alexander Morozevich, Nigel Short and Ketevan Arakhamia-
Grant, to easily overpowered Guildford 5.5-2.5. In the top board clash,
Jonathan Rowson was well and truly "Morozevich'd" as the world no.5 turned over
the Scottish champion in just 26-moves. However, all the fun was taking place
on the next board as Nigel Short had a nightmare debut in the 4NCL. The former
world championship challengers King came under relentless pressure as Jim
Plaskett unleashed a devastating, winning attack. All eyes are now on the last
round of the season with the top fixture of Slough vs. Wood Green. Although
Slough have already secured the 4NCL division one title, they'll be a lot of
pride at stake for the Wood Green side as they need to win to be guaranteed
second place in the league.
Round 10
Barbican 4NCL 2.5-5.5 Slough1; Wood Green1 5.5-2.5 Guildford ADC;
Bristol1 2.5-5.5 Bigwood1; Index IT1 4-4 Silvine White Rose; Richmond1 2.5-5.5
North West Eagles; The AD's 3.5-4.5 Wood Green2.
Division 1
1 Slough1 20/20 (59.5); 2 Wood Green1 17 (52); 3 Bigwood1 17 (52); 4
Barbican 4NCL1 13 (45); 5 Index IT1 11 (39); 6 Guildford ADC 9 (43.5); 7
Silvine White Rose 7 (36.5); 8 Richmond 7 (33.5); 9 Bristol1 6 (32); 10 North
West Eagles 5 (29.5); 11 The AD's 4 (29.5); 12 Wood Green2 4 (28) - Figures in
brackets indicate game points.
Round 11 Final Round:
Slough1 Wood Green1 4-4
1 Almasi,Z 0-1 Morozevich,A
2
Gurevich,M draw Short,N
3 Miles,A draw Speelman,J
4 Ftacnik,L draw
Emms,J
5 Wells,P 1-0 Baburin,A
6 McNab,C draw Ward,C
7 Turner,M 1-0
Littlewood,P
8 Lalic,S 0-1 Arakhamia-Grant, K
Matthew Turner needed to win in order to save the match and score a GM
Norm.
Guildford ADC 5.5-2.5 Barbican 4NCL1; Index IT1 5-3 Bigwood1; NW Eagles
2-6 The AD's; Silvine White Rose 5-3 Bristol1; Wood Green2 3.5-4.5 Richmond
Division 1 Final Standings: 1 Slough1 21/22 (63.5); 2 Wood Green
1 18 (56); 3 Bigwood 1 17 (55); 4 Barbican 4 NCL1 13 (47.5); 5 Index IT1 13
(44); 6 Guildford ADC 11 (49); 7 Richmond 9 (38); 8 Silvine White Rose 9
(41.5); 9 The AD's 6 (35.5); 10 Bristol 1 6 (35); 11 North West Eagles 5
(31.5); 12 Wood Green 2 4 (31.5) - Figures in brackets indicate game points.
Relegated from division 1: Wood Green 2, NW Eagles & Bristol 1 (by
half a board point due to a big result from the ADs in the last round).
Promoted from division 2: South Wales Dragons, Barbican 4NCL2 &
Poisoned Pawns.
Alexander Roshal editor of "64 - Chess Review", Moscow, has totalled the
votes for the Chess Oscar 99. The winner was Garry Kasparov who enjoyed one of
his best years in 1999. There were 261 lists from 53 countries. Chess experts,
journalists and 53 grandmasters took part in the voting. Kasparov took 234
first places and gained 3297 points (1 place - 13 points, 2 - 11, 3 - 9, 4 - 7,
5 - 6 ... 10 - 1). Vladimir Kramnik was second with with 2132 (with one 1st
place). In 3rd was FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman with 1878 (21 first
places).
The VI Leonardo Di Bona tournament takes place in Cutro, Italy April
27th-May 7th 2000. The top event is a 12 player Category IX event. My thanks to
Lanfranco Bombelli.
Coverage at: http://www.infcom.it/fsi/tornei/00cutro.htm
Round 4 Standings:
VI Leonardo Di Bona Cutro ITA (ITA), 27 iv-7 v 2000 cat. IX (2454)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Razuvaev, Yuri S g RUS 2548 * . . . . = 1 . 1 . = . 3.0 2625
2 Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2538 . * = . = . . 1 . . . 1 3.0 2590
3 Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2382 . = * . . = . = . 1 . . 2.5 2580
4 Timoscenko, Genadij g SVK 2519 . . . * = . = . = . 1 . 2.5 2546
5 Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2481 . = . = * . . = . . . 1 2.5 2541
6 Aleksic, Nenad1 m YUG 2405 = . = . . * . . = = . . 2.0 2454
7 Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2522 0 . . = . . * = . . . 1 2.0 2448
8 Ortega, Lexy m CUB 2479 . 0 = . = . = * . . . . 1.5 2393
9 Pegorari, Pietro f ITA 2366 0 . . = . = . . * = . . 1.5 2411
10 Drasko, Milan g YUG 2520 . . 0 . . = . . = * = . 1.5 2310
11 Ristic, Nenad g YUG 2435 = . . 0 . . . . . = * = 1.5 2371
12 Abatino, Maurizio f ITA 2248 . 0 . . 0 . 0 . . . = * 0.5 2172
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The Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial, a 10 player, Category 7 Round Robin takes
place 29th April - 7th May 2000 in Split, Croatia. My thanks to Mladen Zelic
for his help.
Internet coverage:
http://sites.netscape.net/mladen18/mem2000/index.htm
Round 2 Standings:
Ivan Cvitanovic Mem Split CRO (CRO), 27 iv-7 v 2000cat. VII (2404)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Soln, Primoz m SLO 2382 * . . . . . 1 . 1 . 2.0
2 Muse, Mladen m GER 2478 . * . . . 1 . . . 1 2.0
3 Zaja, Ivan m CRO 2452 . . * = 1 . . . . . 1.5 2612
4 Farago, Ivan g HUN 2467 . . = * . = . . . . 1.0 2485
5 Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2372 . . 0 . * . . 1 . . 1.0 2377
6 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2519 . 0 . = . * . . . . 0.5 2279
7 Armanda, Ivica CRO 2308 0 . . . . . * = . . 0.5 2149
8 Bozanic, Ivica f CRO 2303 . . . . 0 . = * . . 0.5 2147
9 Nikolac, Juraj g CRO 2449 0 . . . . . . . * = 0.5 2152
10 Zelic, Mladen f CRO 2308 . 0 . . . . . . = * 0.5 2270
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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.
Internet coverage: http://home.t-online.de/home/jb_igm
Round 5 Standings:
Julian Borowski A Essen GER (GER), 27 iv-5 v 2000 cat. XV (2615)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2680 * . = . 1 . = 1 . = 3.5 2767
2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2641 . * . . = 1 = = = . 3.0 2658
3 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2602 = . * . . = . = = 1 3.0 2681
4 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2640 . . . * 0 = . = 1 1 3.0 2669
5 Huebner, Robert g GER 2620 0 = . 1 * . = . = . 2.5 2622
6 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2544 . 0 = = . * 1 . . = 2.5 2626
7 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2597 = = . . = 0 * . = . 2.0 2535
8 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2618 0 = = = . . . * . = 2.0 2571
9 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2554 . = = 0 = . = . * . 2.0 2548
10 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2653 = . 0 0 . = . = . * 1.5 2467
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Julian Borowski B Essen GER (GER), 27 iv-5 v 2000 cat. X (2486)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Hort, Vlastimil g GER 2541 * . = = . . = . 1 1 3.5 2603
2 Fridman, Daniel m LAT 2539 . * = . = . 1 . = 1 3.5 2631
3 Podzielny, Karl-Heinz m GER 2506 = = * . = = . . 1 . 3.0 2589
4 Seul, Georg m GER 2436 = . . * . 1 = 0 . 1 3.0 2536
5 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2578 . = = . * . . = = 1 3.0 2546
6 Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2452 . . = 0 . * = 1 . = 2.5 2454
7 Doettling, Fabian f GER 2477 = 0 . = . = * = . . 2.0 2417
8 Mainka, Romuald g GER 2478 . . . 1 = 0 = * 0 . 2.0 2412
9 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2478 0 = 0 . = . . 1 * . 2.0 2456
10 Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2373 0 0 . 0 0 = . . . * 0.5 2143
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An interesting match between Vladislav Tkachiev and Jeroen Piket took
place in Cannes April 18th-27th 2000. The match was drawn 4-4.
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
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 65 E05 Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 52 E20 Nimzo indian
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 64 A57 Benko gambit
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 = 1 = 0 4.0 2633
Piket, Jeroen g NED 2633 = = 1 0 = 0 = 1 4.0 2670
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The Latvian Grandmaster Aivars Gipslis who was born in Riga 8th February
1937 died on April 13th 2000 at the age of 63 in a Berlin hospital. He came
from a strong generation of Latvian players who emerged in the early 1950's.
Gipslis along with M Pasman, Klyavin, Janis Klovens and Mikhail Tal were all
teenagers when they won the Latvian Championships in the period 1951-5. In 1953
Gipslis, Tal and Klyavin represented Latvia in the USSR Team Championships and
finished in fourth place. Gipslis first won the Latvian Championships in 1955
afterwards was many times Latvian Champion. He became a GM in 1967. His best
results were: Bad Liebenstein 1963; 1st= with Polugaevsky (+6=9), Pecs 1964
1st= with Bobotsov (+6=9). His most impressive result came 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). He also played in the USSR Championships six times from
1958-1970 notably finishing 3rd in the event which took place 1966-7 (+6=12-2.
Scores: Stein 13, Geller 12.5, Gipslis, Korchnoi, Taimanov 12 other players
included: Bronstein, Polugaevsky and Smyslov). Gipslis played almost all the
World Champions alive during his career. He had draws against most including a
very young Garry Kasparov, and had wins against Karpov and Smyslov. From 1963
he was editor of the Latvian Magazine Sahs.
The Russian Club Championships took place in Smolensk April 15th-25th
2000. This was an 11 round event. Peter Svidler (2672) and Sergei Rublevsky
(2662) started with 3.5/4, other strong players included Konstantin Sakaev
(2629), Alexey Dreev (2680), Aleksej Aleksandrov (2606), Pavel Tregubov (2615)
and Alexei Fedorov (2684). Games from rounds 1-8 available the last three
rounds should be available next week.
Coverage at: http://www.sibchess.newmail.ru/smolensk.htm
and http://www.ruschess.com/
Russian Club Championship
Smolensk, Apr 15-25, 2000
1 Lentransgaz (St.Petersburg) 46.0
2 Siberia (Tomsk) 46.0
3 University (Maikop) 38.0
4 Phoenix (Moscow) 38.0
5-6 Polytechnik (Nizhny Tagil) 33.0
5-6 Transsib (Novosibirsk) 33.0
7 OSK (Voronezh) 32.5
8 SK (Novokuznetsk) 31.0
9 Polytechnik-Yantar (Tomsk) 31.0
10 GSK (Saratov) 28.5
11 CEM (Smolensk) 26.0
12 M.Saulin PRSFI (Moscow) 13.0
The Annual Doeberl Cup in Canberra too place April 21st-24th 2000. The
event was won by IM Alex Wohl (he defeated Ian Rogers in round 6) half a point
clear of GM Darryl Johansen and Mark Chapman . GM Ian Rogers was a further half
point behind. [Source Paul Dunn for the results and games]
The event has achieved wider media coverage than might have been
expected because of a fight that took place during round four. The incident
occurred in the fourth round when David Beaumont of Melbourne became upset by
the noisy comments made by another player, Sydney's Alexander Gaft, whose game
had already concluded. Beaumont politely asked Gaft to keep quiet but Gaft
replied with abuse followed by an invitation to step outside to settle the
matter. Despite having only a few minutes left on his chess clock to finish the
game, Beaumont left his seat and moved towards Gaft. A violent brawl ensued
spilling over from the playing room to the corridor, with Gaft being repeatedly
punched and Beaumont thrown onto a glass door. The fight was broken up after a
few minutes by other players, whereupon Beaumont returned to his game.
"Beaumont was sorely provoked," admitted chief arbiter Shaun Press, "but
retaliation is no excuse." "We have had people thrown out of the tournament
before but never for fighting," said Press. Despite having only 20 seconds left
upon his return to his game from the fight, Beaumont succeeded in achieving a
draw. However the organisers of the tournament immediately decided to expel
both players from the tournament. Press said that he expected Gaft to be banned
from tournament play in Australia for a considerable period.
Leading final standings:
1. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2438 6.0/7
2. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2494 5.5/7; 3. Chapman, Mark AUS AUS 2320
5.5/7
4. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2562 5.0/7; 5. Depasquale, Chris f AUS 2291 5.0/7;
6. Sandler, Leonid m AUS 2412 5.0/5; 7. Smirnov,Vladimir 0 5.0/7;
8. Smerdon, David AUS 2257 4.5/7; 9. Zhao Zong Yuan AUS 2242 4.5/7; 10.
Allen, Andrew AUS 2264 4.5/7; 11. Gluzman, Mikhail m AUS 2447 4.5/7; 12.
Soloveychik,Sasha 0 4.5/7; 13. Szuveges, Grant AUS 2203 4.5/7; 14. Wright,Ian
4.5/7; 15. Quick, Simon AUS 4.5/7; 58 players
The Estonian Championships take place in Tallinn April 29th - 6th May
2000. There are both men's and women's Championships. The men's event is Cat
VII (2407) with participants including: GM Rytshagov, IM Külaots, IM Kiik,
IM Seeman, IM Sepp, etc. My thanks to Ülar Lauk.
Internet site with full daily coverage:
http://www.online.ee/~maleliit/english.htm
Round 2 Standings:
ch-EST Tallinn EST (EST), 27 iv-7 v 2000 cat. VII (2406)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Sergejev, Roman EST 2377 * . . . = . . 1 . . 1.5 2589
2 Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2499 . * = . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2526
3 Zjukin, Sergei EST 2391 . = * . . . . . . 1 1.5 2615
4 Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2542 . . . * . = . . . 1 1.5 2573
5 Kiik, Kalle m EST 2445 = . . . * . = . . . 1.0 2402
6 Sepp, Olav m EST 2414 . . . = . * = . . . 1.0 2485
7 Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2428 . . . . = = * . . . 1.0 2429
8 Cheutshenko, Robert EST 2347 0 . . . . . . * 1 . 1.0 2326
9 Kovaljov, Denis EST 2275 . 0 . . . . . 0 * . 0.0
10 Svirjov, Igor f EST 2346 . . 0 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 2 Women's Standings:
ch-EST (women) Tallinn EST (EST), 27 iv-7 v 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Bashkite,Viktorija EST ---- * . . . . . 1 . 1 2.0 /2
2 Brokko, Margit EST 2157 . * . . . . . 1 1 2.0 /2
3 Piarnpuu, Leili wm EST 2214 . . * = . 1 . . . 1.5 /2 2236
4 Pritulina, Svetlana EST 2046 . . = * = . . . . 1.0 /2 2157
5 Zainetdinova, Svetlana EST 2100 . . . = * . . . . 0.5 /1 2046
6 Vark, Liina EST 2040 . . 0 . . * = . . 0.5 /2 1968
7 Paidla, Kaja J EST 2108 0 . . . . = * . . 0.5 /2 1827
8 Budylina, Sofia EST 2094 . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0 /1
9 Rytova,Merike EST ---- 0 0 . . . . . . * 0.0 /2
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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. My thanks to Alejandro Nogueira for the
games.
ch-URU Montevideo URU (URU), 15-23 iv 2000
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1 Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2401 8.0 / 9 2461
2 Crosa, Martin URU 2215 7.5 / 9 2374
3 Granara Barreto, Sebastian A URU 2066 6.0 / 9 2224
4 Cukerman,Diego ---- 6.0 / 9 2188
5 Carvalho, Guillermo URU 2162 5.5 / 9 2171
6 Martinez, Miguel2 URU 2174 5.5 / 9 2130
7 Rodriguez,Santiago ---- 5.5 / 9 2219
8 Muniz, Rafael URU 2120 5.5 / 9 2127
9 Riverol, Jose URU 2269 5.5 / 9 2199
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/
The 2nd annual Foxwoods Chess Open took place April 20th-24th 2000 in
Connecticut USA. 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. Games now
available.
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
14 Epishin, Vladimir...........2692 4.5
15 Benjamin, Joel..............2677 4.5
16 Kudrin, Sergey..............2623 4.5
17 Zapata, Alonso..............2607 4.5
18 Finegold, Benjamin..........2571 4.5
19 Kalikshteyn, Alexander......2371 4.5
20 Mac Intyre, Paul............2369 4.5
21 Tate, Emory A...............2358 4.5
22 Shahade, Jennifer...........2227 4.5
23 Goldin, Alexander...........2673 4.0
24 Lein, Anatoly Y.............2490 4.0
25 Ippolito, Dean..............2454 4.0
26 Kaufman, Lawrence...........2454 4.0
27 Sarkar, Justin..............2406 4.0
28 Margulis, Yevgeni...........2338 4.0
29 Colding, Ernest Pa..........2332 4.0
30 Gershov, Yegeniy............2298 4.0
31 Privman, Boris..............2288 4.0
32 Benen, Samson...............2247 4.0
90 players
Günther van den Bergh reports: The South African Closed
Championships 2000 took place over the Easter weekend and following week in
Port Elizabeth. This was a 10 player single round robin event. The winner was
Nicholas Van der Nat the lowest of the three ELO rated players in the event. He
was half a point clear of Ewan Kromhout. Top rated Chales de Villiers was 4th=
on 4.5 points.
Final 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
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1 Van der Nat, Nicholas RSA 2116 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 6.5 2222
2 Kromhout,Ewan RSA ---- 1 * 1 = 0 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2194
3 Solomon, M RSA ---- = 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2194
4 Calitz,Adriaan RSA ---- 0 = = * 1 = 0 1 = = 4.5 2069
5 Bouah, L RSA 2175 0 1 = 0 * 0 0 1 1 1 4.5 2050
6 De Villiers, Charles f RSA 2335 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 1 0 4.5 2032
7 Mauba,Solly RSA ---- 0 1 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 0 4.0 2026
8 Ophoff,Jacques RSA ---- 0 = = 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 4.0 2026
9 Pick, Deon RSA ---- 1 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1 2.5 1903
10 Ball,Llaurence RSA ---- 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 * 2.5 1903
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Sinisa Joksic reports on the 53rd Yugoslav Women's Championships.
Svetlana Prudnikova won the Yugoslav Women's Championship title on her debut in
the event. The 33 year old Russian now lives in Belgrade after her marriage and
she now has two children. She was Russian Champion twice, in 1992 and 1998, in
addition she finished second in 1996 and 1997. Svetlana became a WGM after the
Olympiad in Manila 1992, where she played second board for the Russian team.
Her chess career has seen a lot of second places, particularly as a junior.
Junior World championship Vilnus 1986, the Russian children's Championships
1982, 1983 and 1984. Prudnikova played excellent chess scoring 12/13 or 92 per
cent! She won the first 10 games and after two draws, won the last one. Russian
born players filled the next two places also, GM Maria Manakova (27) and Irina
Chelushkina (39). Manakova played very solidly and like Prudnikova was
undefeated. Last years champion, Chelushkina lost her first two games and had
to play hard to catch up with Manakova. There was a very good performance from
Marija Petrovic. Much more was expected from Ana Benderac. It's pity that
Yugoslav best players, Alisa Maric and Natasa Bojkovic didn't play. The 53rd
Yugoslav Championships took place in Herceg-Novi, on the coast of Montenegro,
April 9th - 23rd 2000. No-one made any norms for international titles. The
championships didn't see many spectators which is strange for Yugoslavia.
However the event was without the usual publicity and the hotel rates were very
high. The prizes were 25.000 dinars, 20.000, 15.000, 12.500, 10.000 6th-7th
7.500 and for players who didn't take the prize 1.000 for win and 400 dinars
for draw. (24 dinars = 1 DM)
53rd ch-YUG (women) Herceg Novi YUG (YUG), 16-2 iv 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Prudnikova, Svetlana wg YUG 2421 * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.0 2604
2 Manakova, Maria wg YUG 2348 = * 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2459
3 Chelushkina, Irina wg YUG 2398 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2456
4 Petrovic, Marija wm YUG 2281 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 9.0 2355
5 Maksimovic, Suzana wm YUG 2278 0 0 0 = * 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 7.0 2243
6 Benderac, Ana wf YUG 2228 = = 0 = 0 * 1 = = 1 0 = 1 = 6.5 2218
7 Petronic, Jovan m YUG 2423 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2203
8 Markov, Vesna wf YUG 2202 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2191
9 Stojanovic, Nadezda wf YUG 2101 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 0 1 = 1 5.0 2140
10 Todorovic, Violeta YUG 2151 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 * = = 1 1 5.0 2137
11 Ivanovic, Jelena YUG 2078 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 = * = 0 = 4.0 2088
12 Stoisavljevic, Sava YUG 2088 0 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 = = * = = 4.0 2087
13 Boskovic, Malina YUG 2050 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * 1 3.0 2020
14 Savic, Marijana YUG 2016 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 2.0 1938
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The Irish Senior Championships took place at the Ahane GAA club,
Castleconnell, Co. Limerick. April 22nd-30th 2000. A 9 round 12 player Swiss
event, it was won by Mark Heidenfeld. Games may follow next week. My thanks to
John Hurley.
Coverage at: http://www.iol.ie/~jghurley/
Final Standings:
1 Heidenfeld, Mark 2334 7 2349
2-4 Collins, Sam 2186 6.5 2339
Short, Philip 2197 6.5 2313
Wall, Gavin 2300 6.5 2346
5 McMahon, Daire 2117 5 2249
6-7 Daly, Colm 2327 4.5 2012
Clarke, Tom 2155 4.5 1971
8 Walsh, Paul 1832 3.5 2050
9-10 Fox, Anthony 2057 3 2040
McMahon, Pat 1738 3 2001
11 Keogh, Eamon 2095 2.5 1997
12 Path, David 1720 1.5 1798
The Championships of British Columbia took place April 20th-24th 2000 in
Vancouver, CAN. There was a two way tie for first between Jonathan Berry and
Dragoljub Milicevic.
Details: http://www.chess.bc.ca/games.html#2000
Championships of British Columbia (CAN), 20-24 iv 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Berry, Jonathan f CAN 2272 * = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2318
2 Milicevic, Dragoljub CAN 2184 = * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2328
3 Wright,Stephen CAN ---- 1 1 * 0 = = = = 1 1 6.0 2307
4 Yoos, John C CAN 2371 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2266
5 Zuk, Robert D f CAN 2291 = = = 0 * = = = = = 4.0 2107
6 Herder, David A CAN 2263 0 = = = = * = 0 = 1 4.0 2110
7 Sokourinski, Sergei CAN 2125 = 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 4.0 2125
8 Poitras, Luc CAN 2101 0 0 = 0 = 1 = * = 0 3.0 2046
9 Jiganchine,Roman CAN ---- 0 0 0 = = = = = * 0 2.5 2016
10 Pechisker, Alfred CAN 2035 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 * 2.5 2012
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Holger Sahrhage sends news of the 6th Schloss-Open tournament (the five
round A-Open) in Werther (Germany) which took place April 14th-16th 2000. The
event was won by Vladimir Epishin with 5/5 although he was level with untitled
German player Christian Richter.
Further news at: http://www.schach.com
Schloss Open Werther GER (GER), 14-16 iv 2000
----------------------------------------------------
1 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2667 5.0 /5
2 Richter, Christian GER 2134 5.0 /5
3 Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2482 4.0 /5 2551
4 Lingnau, Carsten m GER 2366 4.0 /5 2399
5 Salov, Sergei m RUS 2303 4.0 /5 2511
6 Goessling, Guido GER 2194 4.0 /5 2407
7 Rudolph, Johannes GER 2218 3.5 /5 2312
8 Langheinrich, Ferenc GER 2325 3.5 /5 2307
9 Scho, Christian GER 2179 3.5 /5 2285
10 Menk, Rolf GER 2188 3.5 /5 2226
11 Schuh, Dirk GER 2108 3.5 /5 2401
12 Cremer, Jochen GER 2168 3.5 /5 2243
13 Simonenko, Sergei m TKM 2440 3.0 /5 2319
14 Jugelt, Tobias GER 2386 3.0 /5 2255
15 Drobka, Stefan GER 2342 3.0 /5 2236
16 Peric, Slavisa m YUG 2357 3.0 /5 2169
17 Preusser, Raimund GER 2200 3.0 /5 2299
18 Grosselohmann, Gerhard GER 2135 3.0 /5 2278
19 Langer,Christian GER ---- 3.0 /5 2314
20 Andre, Gordon GER 2197 3.0 /5 2168
21 Bock, Juergen GER 2238 3.0 /5 2153
22 Krueger,Heiner GER ---- 3.0 /5 2265
23 Branding, Volker GER 2135 3.0 /5 2134
24 Krueger,Marcus GER ---- 3.0 /5 2274
25 Kaid, Almar GER 2248 3.0 /5 2106
26 Cohrs, Christopher GER 2213 3.0 /5 2086
61 players
Terence Chapman has announced a number of annual awards for England's
most promising juniors. One gold award and six silver awards will be made in
April each year.
The first awards (Malcolm Pein, Bob Wade and Leonard Barden were the
advisory panel) were: Gold Award IM Nicholas Pert who won the World U18
Championships in Spain. Silver Awards: WIM Jovanka Houska, Adam Hunt, WIM Ruth
Sheldon, Craig Hanley, Ameet Ghasi and Gawain Jones.
Axel Fritz reports: The Häring-Drei-Flüsse Open took place
21st-24th April 2000. There were 266 participants including: IM Slavko Cicak
(2503), GM Eduard Meduna (2495), IM Davor Rogic (2494), GM Ilia Balinov, GM
Vlastimil Jansa (2458), GM Peter Enders (2478), and the IM´s Manik,
Gross, Velicka, Kalod, Danner, Navara, Renner, Simonenko, Loeffler, Klundt,
Prienhoda, Aschoene, Babula, Solonar, Liebert, Baumhus, Wockenfuß and FIM
Medunova. IM Kalod Radek won with 7/7. The best woman player was 18 year old
Austrian Eva Moser (2272). No games available yet.
Further details: http://www.schach.com
Final Standings Round 7:
1. Radek Kalod IM Tschechien 7.0
2. Slavo Cicak IM Mainz 6.0
3. Martin Heika Regensburg 6.0
4. Petr Velicka IM Passau 6.0
5. Markus Loeffler IM Freiburg 6.0
6. Vlastimil Jansa GM Prag 5.5
7. David Gross IM Passau 5.5
8. Eduard Meduna GM Sokol Praha5.5
9. Ilia Balinov GM Baden 5.5
10. Vite.Priehoda IM Slowakei 5.5
11. Serg. Simonenko IM Turkmenist.5.5
12. Eva Moser FFM Spittal 5.5
13. Jürgen Haakert Frankfurt 5.5
14. Georg Danner IM Gleisdorf 5.0
15. Davor Rogic IM Kroatien 5.0
16. Christoph RennerIM Passau 5.0
17. Peter Enders GM Passau 5.0
18. Mikulas Manik IM Slowakei 5.0
As reported last week 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.
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk has sent a number of corrections to the
games from last week to names results and in a couple of cases the pairings
were the wrong way round. He also sends his game against Quiroga, from round 8
which is exactly the same sacrifice as the 1954 Bronstein-Najdorf game
(Argentina x USSR). He has played it several times before and had always won
but made some inacurracies (eg 22 c4! was better then 22 Rd1?!) and his
opponent played well.
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
The Professional World Chess Rankings for May have been released. For
players rated 2500 and higher. Produced by Ken Thomson , New Jersey Calculated
by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow. Below are the top 60.
Results up to May 1, 2000
1 Kasparov,Garry RUS 2826
2 Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2750
3 Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2716
4 Leko,Peter HUN 2716
5 Anand,Viswanathan IND 2715
6 Shirov,Alexei ESP 2708
7 Kamsky,Gata USA 2696
8 Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2669
9 Short,Nigel D ENG 2669
10 Topalov,Veselin BUL 2668
11 Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2663
12 Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2657
13 Gelfand,Boris ISR 2656
14 Adams,Michael ENG 2654
15 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2651
16 Dreev,Alexey RUS 2648
17 Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2643
18 Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2643
19 Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2642
20 Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2642
21 Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2638
22 Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2634
23 Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2632
24 Svidler,Peter RUS 2628
25 Piket,Jeroen NED 2627
26 Movsesian,Sergei CZE 2626
27 Fedorov,Alexey BLR 2625
28 Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2624
29 Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2616
30 Timman,Jan H NED 2614
31 Seirawan,Yasser USA 2613
32 Salov,Valery RUS 2612
33 Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611
34 Lautier,Joel FRA 2610
35 Gulko,Boris F USA 2610
36 Kobalija,Mikhael RUS 2608
37 Sadler,Matthew ENG 2606
38 Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2604
39 Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2602
40 Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602
41 Tkachev,Vladislav FRA 2600
42 Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2596
43 Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2595
44 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam UZB 2593
45 Bologan,Viorel MDA 2593
46 Hansen,Curt DEN 2592
47 Smirin,Ilia ISR 2592
48 Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2591
49 Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2590
50 Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2589
51 Rohde,Michael A USA 2589
52 Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2588
53 Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2588
54 Khenkin,Igor RUS 2587
55 Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2586
56 Van Wely,Loek NED 2584
57 Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLR 2584
58 Yusupov,Artur GER 2584
59 Hellers,Ferdinand SWE 2583
60 Psakhis,Lev ISR 2582
Events:
SLO Bled open
CHN Shanhai Cat.13
YUG 55th Championship
ISR Tel Aviv Cat.9
UKR Rovno Cat 8
UKR Kiev Spiring 2000 Cat. 8
UKR Alushta Cat.8
ISL Reykjavik open
ESP Dos Hermanas open
IND Chalpaithi Cat.10
RUS Krasnodar Cat.12
GER Bad Widbad open
CHN Shanhai Karpov - Xie Jun
CHN Dalian Karpov - Ye Jiangchuan
RUS St.Petersburg Champ. Cat.11
GER Bundesliga Round 14/15
CRO Pula Zonal tournament WCC
ENG Oakham Cat.7
DEN Aalsberg Championship Cat.11
ENG London Redbus knockout
RUS Smolensk Russian Team's Champ.
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
25th Annual Paul Keres Memorial
25th Annual Paul Keres Memorial Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May
13-22, 10 round Swiss in 5 sections, alternative schedules for those who cannot
be there the whole ten days. GMs Gligoric, Ivkov, Ehlvest, Epishin have
entered. GM & IM norms possible.
Website: http://www.chess.bc.ca/keres2000.html
4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee
The 4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee will be held October 28th-November 5th 2000.
It is expected to be a strong event, as last year with a number of strong GMs
playing.
More details: http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2000
First Saturday May
There will be two First Saturday IM tournaments in May. Players so far:
IM Janos Dudas (HUN), IM Laszlo Eperjesi (HUN), IM Zoltan Nemeth (HUN), IM
Sandor Farago (HUN), IM Miklos Kaposztas (HUN), GM Laszlo Vadasz (HUN), FM Kim
Pilgaard (DEN), Zhao Xue (CHN), Xu Haobing (CHN), Yu Mingyuan (CHN), Leonid
Kritz (RUS), Marc Geenan (BEL), FM Kai Wolter (GER), Thomas Kamaryt (AUT),
Vasik Rajlich (USA), Natan Resika (USA), Eric Cooke (USA), Alexander, Hoenig
(GER), Nikoletta Wim Lakos (HUN), Janos Orso (HUN), FM Peter Froehlich (GER).
There are vacancies in the IM and FM Groups.
Contact: Laszl Nagy. E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
www.elender.hu/~firstsat www.illawarra.net.au/chesscentral/
www.planet2000.com/firstsat/ Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59 Mobile: (36)-30-230-1914
ICQ # 44805877 ICC nickname: MrFirstSaturday
Capablanca Memorial 2000
The Capablanca Memorial 2000 takes place in the Hotel Bella Costa,
Varadero, Cuba 6th-22nd May 2000. There are four international tournaments.
ELITE Cat XIII ELO 2556.29
1 g Kobalija,Mihail RUS 2593
2 g Lesiege,Alexandre CAN 2582
3 g Miles,Anthony ENG 2579
4 g Bruzon,Lázaro CUB 2568
5 g Stefansson,Hannes ISL 2566
6 g Conquest,Stuart ENG 2563
7 g Nogueiras,Jesús CUB 2563
8 g Slobodjan,Roman GER 2561
9 g Volzhin,Alexander RUS 2548
10 g Oral,Tomas CZE 2540
11 g Vera,Reinaldo CUB 2546
12 g Acs,Peter HUN 2542
13 g Arencibia,Walter CUB 2529
14 m Dominguez,Leinier CUB 2508
PREMIER I Cat VIII ELO 2441.64
1 g Franco,Zenon ESP 2511
2 m Herrera,Irisberto CUB 2472
3 m Pérez,Rodney CUB 2472
4 m Fiorito,Fabian ARG 2459
5 m Pérez,Luis Manuel CUB 2459
6 g Zapata,Alonso COL 2457
7 g Garcia,Silvino CUB 2455
8 m Arizmendi,Julen ESP 2445
9 m Gongora,Maikel CUB 2439
10 m Paramos,Roberto ESP 2431
11 m Abreu,Aryam CUB 2419
12 f Gomez,Felix CUB 2414
13 m Blees,Albert NED 2402
14 f Almeida,Omar CUB 2348
PREMIER II Cat VIII ELO 2441.36
1 Moreno,Peter ESP 2506
2 m Matamoros,Carlos ECU 2492
3 m del Rio,Salvador ESP 2463
4 m de la Paz ,Frank CUB 2462
5 g Bellon,Juan ESP 2446
6 m Delgado,Neury CUB 2443
7 m Borges,Juan CUB 2435
8 m Vazquez,Reinier CUB 2429
9 g Szekely,Peter HUN 2428
10 m Arencibia,Juan Joel CUB 2425
11 f González,Yuri CUB 2421
12 f Leyva,Richard CUB 2415
13 m Pecorelli,Humberto CUB 2412
14 g Hernández,Roman CUB 2402
MIXTO Cat I ELO 2274.43
1 f Teran,Ismael ESP 2401
2 f Granero,Antonio ESP 2372
3 m Pazos,Plinio ECU 2344
4 g Arribas,Maritza CUB 2338
5 f Araque,Rafael COL 2309
6 m Piña,Suleinis CUB 2300
7 m Delgado,Mairelys CUB 2268
8 g Ramón,Vivian CUB 2267
9 m Calzetta,Mónica ESP 2267
10 f Santa Torres,Juan PUR 2260
11 m Hernández,Tania CUB 2216
12 m Frometa,Zirka CUB 2213
13 Marrero,Yaniet CUB 2130
14 m Fandiño,Roquelina CUB 2157
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
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
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
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