THE WEEK IN CHESS 289 22nd May 2000 by Mark Crowther
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Sarajevo tournament 2000 30 games
Leonid Stein Memorial A 18 games
Leonid Stein Memorial B 18 games
Broekhuis Dutch Championships 18 games
Capablanca Memorial 2000 280 games
Israeli League 2000 35 games
Zone 3.2a 16 games
Zone 3.2b Oceana 14 games
Pula Open 151 games
Sisak 2000 5 games
Kastav 2000 45 games
First Saturday May IM 28 games
First Saturday May FM 28 games
Turkmenistan Women's Champ 105 games
791 games
My thanks to Leonxto Garcia, Yvette Nagel, Dima Tyomkin, Sergey
Simonenko, Laszlo Nagy, Michael Freeman, Edvard Glavas, Jack Shutzman, Eduard
Piacun, Ignatius Leong, Alisa Maric and all those who helped with this
issue.
Sarajevo is warming up nicely and next week we can look forward to
Kasparov playing Shirov and Morozevich. The Dutch Championships were won by
Loek Van Wely with Fritz eventually finishing 3rd=. FIDE are already making
moves that mean that computers will not be able to compete in rated events. It
seems uncertain whether the FIDE Championships will go ahead this year, a bid
has been accepted from India and Iran but the money has not been raised yet.
Tomorrow the Sigeman & Co Chess tournament in Malmoe, Sweden starts. Its
been a good month for top rated events.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Sarajevo tournament 2000 takes place May 16th-29th. After the first
five rounds the leaders are Garry Kasparov and Alexei Shirov with 4/5
undefeated. Kasparov has yet to play close rivals Shirov and Morozevich.
Kasparov has good records against both but they are in good form and these will
be key in the battle for first place.
Official Internet Coverage:
http://www.ks.gov.ba/bosna2000/gb/index.html
Round 1 (May 17, 2000)
Shirov, Alexei - Adams, Michael 1/2 40 C42 Petroff defence
Kasparov, Gary - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 39 C45 Scottish
Morozevich, Alexander - Gurevich, Mikhail 1-0 27 B07 Pirc
Georgiev, Kiril - Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 70 D15 Slav defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 30 A57 Benko gambit
Short, Nigel D - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 62 B20 Sicilian
Round 2 (May 18, 2000)
Bareev, Evgeny - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 23 A37 English; 1.c4 c5
Adams, Michael - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 47 B84 Sicilian
Topalov, Veselin - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 18 C11 French; Classical
Sokolov, Ivan - Short, Nigel D 1/2 19 D35 Queen's gambit
Bacrot, Etienne - Georgiev, Kiril 1/2 37 E13 Nimzo indian
Gurevich, Mikhail - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 58 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 3 (May 19, 2000)
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 27 C11 French; Classical
Kasparov, Gary - Gurevich, Mikhail 1-0 53 C11 French; Classical
Morozevich, Alexander - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 38 C34 Kings gambit
Georgiev, Kiril - Adams, Michael 1/2 22 E34 Nimzo indian
Movsesian, Sergei - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 61 C91 Ruy Lopez
Short, Nigel D - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 60 B15 Caro-Kann
Round 4 (May 20, 2000)
Bareev, Evgeny - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 38 A26 English; 1.c4 e5
Adams, Michael - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 41 B47 Sicilian
Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 19 E07 Nimzo indian
Sokolov, Ivan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 27 D18 Slav defence
Gurevich, Mikhail - Georgiev, Kiril 1/2 62 D37 Queen's gambit
Short, Nigel D - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 22 C01 French; Exchange
Round 5 (May 21, 2000)
Shirov, Alexei - Short, Nigel D 1-0 60 C18 French; Winawer
Kasparov, Gary - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 26 C42 Petroff defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 30 B12 Caro-Kann
Georgiev, Kiril - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 43 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Bacrot, Etienne - Adams, Michael 0-1 26 E13 Nimzo indian
Movsesian, Sergei - Gurevich, Mikhail 0-1 35 C02 French; Advance
SuperGM Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 17-29 v 2000 cat. XIX (2702)
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 * . . . = . 1 = . 1 . 1 4.0 2926
2 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2851 . * . . = . = 1 1 1 . . 4.0 2908
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2748 . . * = . . = 1 . 1 . = 3.5 2834
4 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 . . = * . . . = 1 . = 1 3.5 2815
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 = = . . * = . . 1 . = . 3.0 2780
6 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2677 . . . . = * = . = = 1 . 3.0 2746
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2702 0 = = . . = * . . . . 1 2.5 2742
8 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2637 = 0 0 = . . . * . . . = 1.5 2599
9 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2594 . 0 . 0 0 = . . * . 1 . 1.5 2575
10 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2694 0 0 0 . . = . . . * 1 . 1.5 2590
11 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2668 . . . = = 0 . . 0 0 * . 1.0 2437
12 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 0 . = 0 . . 0 = . . . * 1.0 2469
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The Leonid Stein Memorial took place in L'viv May, 12th-22nd 2000. This
was the first super tournament ever held in the Ukraine. The event was won by
Vassily Ivanchuk with 7/10 a full point clear of Michal Krasenkow. Andrei
Maksimenko and Alexander Chernin finished in joint first place in the B
event.
Round 5 (May 16, 2000)
Krasenkow, Michal - Beliavsky, Alexander G 0-1 45 A14 English; 1.c4
Korchnoi, Viktor - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 20 D43 Semi-Slav
Romanishin, Oleg M - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 41 D12 Slav defence
Round 6 (May 18, 2000)
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 30 D31 Queen's gambit
Gelfand, Boris - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 28 E12 Nimzo indian
Romanishin, Oleg M - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 47 D30 Queen's gambit
Round 7 (May 19, 2000)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 89 C42 Petroff defence
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 62 E61 Kings indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 42 D80 Gruenfeld indian
Round 8 (May 20, 2000)
Krasenkow, Michal - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 16 E17 Nimzo indian
Gelfand, Boris - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 36 E15 Nimzo indian
Romanishin, Oleg M - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 55 E17 Nimzo indian
Round 9 (May 21, 2000)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 56 C08 French; Tarrasch
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 59 D30 Queen's gambit
Gelfand, Boris - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 47 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 10 (May 22, 2000)
Krasenkow, Michal - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 12 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 11 D37 Queen's gambit
Romanishin, Oleg M - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 17 E05 Nimzo indian
Leonid Stein Mem Lviv UKR (UKR), 12-22 v 2000 cat. XVII (2657)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2709 ** == 1= 1= 11 == 7.0 2795
2 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2661 == ** 0= 1= 1= 1= 6.0 2727
3 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2640 0= 1= ** == == 01 5.0 2659
4 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2692 0= 0= == ** == =1 4.5 2613
5 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2659 00 0= == == ** 11 4.5 2620
6 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2578 == 0= 10 =0 00 ** 3.0 2523
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Round 5 (May 16, 2000)
Chernin, Alexander - Sulypa, Alexandre 1/2 13 A45 Queen's pawn
Atalik, Suat - Maksimenko, Andrei 1/2 18 D39 Queen's gambit
Taimanov, Mark E - Kozakov, Mikhail 1/2 43 A49 Queen's pawn
Round 6 (May 18, 2000)
Maksimenko, Andrei - Taimanov, Mark E 1-0 51 A13 English; 1.c4
Atalik, Suat - Chernin, Alexander 1/2 17 D49 Meran Variation
Sulypa, Alexandre - Kozakov, Mikhail 1-0 49 B07 Pirc
Round 7 (May 19, 2000)
Sulypa, Alexandre - Atalik, Suat 1/2 14 B52 Sicilian
Taimanov, Mark E - Chernin, Alexander 1/2 31 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Kozakov, Mikhail - Maksimenko, Andrei 1-0 27 B82 Sicilian
Round 8 (May 20, 2000)
Maksimenko, Andrei - Sulypa, Alexandre 1-0 39 D88 Gruenfeld indian
Chernin, Alexander - Kozakov, Mikhail 1-0 38 E70 Kings indian
Atalik, Suat - Taimanov, Mark E 1/2 58 E39 Nimzo indian
Round 9 (May 21, 2000)
Maksimenko, Andrei - Atalik, Suat 1/2 13 D15 Slav defence
Sulypa, Alexandre - Chernin, Alexander 1/2 12 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Kozakov, Mikhail - Taimanov, Mark E 0-1 39 B48 Sicilian
Round 10 (May 22, 2000)
Chernin, Alexander - Maksimenko, Andrei 1/2 9 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Atalik, Suat - Kozakov, Mikhail 1/2 38 A41 Queen's pawn
Taimanov, Mark E - Sulypa, Alexandre 1/2 41 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Leonid Stein Mem B Lviv UKR (UKR), 12-22 v 2000 cat. X (2488)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Maksimenko, Andrei g UKR 2495 ** == == 11 =1 =0 6.0 2559
2 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2583 == ** 1= == == =1 6.0 2541
3 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2575 == 0= ** == == 1= 5.0 2471
4 Sulypa, Alexandre m UKR 2449 00 == == ** 1= =1 5.0 2496
5 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2402 =0 == == 0= ** =1 4.5 2469
6 Kozakov, Mikhail m UKR 2426 =1 =0 0= =0 =0 ** 3.5 2390
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The official web-site of the event (with live coverage planned) is on
Vassily Ivanchuk's www site.
http://www.lvivchess.wertep.com/2000stein; Further information
at http://www.lvivchess.wertep.com/IVANCHUK
The Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2000 takes place 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.com
The Broekhuis Dutch Chess Championships took place in Rotterdam May
7th-19th 2000 (free days May 11th and May 16th). Loek Van Wely won his first
Dutch title. He drew his final round game with black after being in slight
difficulty out of the opening. Jeroen Piket lost his final round but still took
clear second place a point behind the winner. The event was controversial due
to the participation of Fritz 6. The main loser in Fritz's particiaption seems
to have been Van der Sterren, he would have been joint second if you just take
into account the human results but he refused to play the computer. A final
standings of the just human scores is given for comparison.
Fritz lost two games one to the winner Van Wely and the other to John
Van der Wiel in the final round, the latter winning the best game prize for a
game against the computer. He was one of the most successful players in the old
AEGON computer vs human events and it showed. De Vreugts final round win
against Bosboom was awarded the best game prize. This game was also De Vreugt's
third and final GM norm.
Internet coverage: http://www.nkschaken.nl
Round 9 (May 17, 2000)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Van der Sterren, Paul 0-1 46 B47 Sicilian
De Vreugt, Dennis - Fritz SSS 0-1 31 B12 Caro-Kann
Van der Wiel, John - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 37 B85 Sicilian
Reinderman, Dimitri - Van den Doel, Erik 0-1 30 C33 Kings gambit
Bosboom, Manuel - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 35 E63 Kings indian
Grooten, Herman - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 27 D29 QGA;
Round 10 (May 18, 2000)
Van Wely, Loek - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 40 A50 Benoni
Piket, Jeroen - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 43 E07 Nimzo indian
Fritz SSS - Van der Sterren, Paul 1-0 1
De Vreugt, Dennis - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 50 C84 Ruy Lopez
Nijboer, Friso - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 63 B38 Sicilian
Van den Doel, Erik - Grooten, Herman 1-0 30 B14 Caro-Kann
Round 11 (May 19, 2000)
Van der Sterren, Paul - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 38 A13 English; 1.c4
Tiviakov, Sergei - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 47 C54 Italian game
Van der Wiel, John - Fritz SSS 1-0 46 D00 Queen's pawn
Reinderman, Dimitri - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 45 B52 Sicilian
Bosboom, Manuel - De Vreugt, Dennis 0-1 39 A26 English; 1.c4 e5
Grooten, Herman - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 61 D80 Gruenfeld indian
ch-NED Rotterdam NED (NED), 7-19 v 2000 cat. X (2492)
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1 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2646 * = = 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 8.5 2689
2 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2633 = * 0 = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2612
3 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2526 = 1 * 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 = 1 7.0 2591
4 Fritz SSS ---- 0 = 1 * = 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2638
5 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2567 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2587
6 De Vreugt, Dennis m NED 2498 0 1 1 0 0 * 1 = = 1 1 0 6.0 2527
7 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2540 = = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 = 6.0 2523
8 Van der Wiel, John g NED 2558 = 0 1 1 0 = 0 * 0 0 = = 4.0 2384
9 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2561 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 = 4.0 2383
10 Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2522 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * = 1 3.5 2356
11 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2461 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 3.0 2319
12 Grooten, Herman m NED 2393 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = = 0 0 * 2.5 2290
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Final Standings without Fritz's results
1. Van Wely, Loek
g NED 2646 7.5; 2. Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2526 7.0; 3. Piket, Jeroen g NED
2633 7.0; 4. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2567 6.5; 5. De Vreugt, Dennis m NED 2498
6.0; 6. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2540 5.5; 7. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2561 3.5;
8. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2522 3.5; 9. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2558 3.0; 10.
Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2461 3.0; 11. Grooten, Herman m NED 2393 2.5;
PT Ummer Koya is attempting to raise funds for the FIDE Championships.
He proposes to hold the match in New Delhi starting on November 25th 2000 with
later stages to be held in Tehran or Elista. However contrary to earlier
reports he has not raised the money yet. Things should clarify a little in
June. A bid has been filed jointly by the Iranian and Indian chess federations.
$3.5m dollars is required in prizefund for the men's and women's FIDE
Championships. The bid does not reach that level. They will however have to
raise at least $1m (according to FIDE the bid is $2.7m). My understanding is
that little if anything has been raised so far.
There had also been considerable doubt concerning the 34th Chess
Olympiad, scheduled for Istanbul in October after the organisers failed to send
out the invitations on time. FIDE Vice President Emrehan Halici, the Chairman
of the organising committee came to London to reassure delegates that the event
would take place as planned. Mr Halici, a member of the Turkish Parliament,
even came armed with a new bank guarantee.
At the initiative of Kevin O Connell of the FIDE Ratings Commission, it
was agreed to deduct 100 points from all the Burmese players ranked over 2100.
This adjustment has been necessary because most of their ratings have been
produced by playing amongst themselves and are vastly out of synch with the
rating list as a whole.
Bu Xiangzhi of China has had his GM title ratified. He is the youngest
ever holder of the title at 14 years old.
The Presidential Board also unanimously resolved to exclude computers
from all FIDE rated events. The Board emphasized that while it will continue to
encourage chess exhibitions, strictly along commercial lines with computers, it
will not support the use of machines or computers against humans in official
chess competitions, in view of the recognition of chess as a sport by the
International Olympic Committee.
You can read the latest FIDE Newsletter at:
http://www.fide.org/fide/html/news/newsletter3.html
The XXXV Capablanca Memorial 2000 takes place in the Hotel Bella Costa,
Varadero, Cuba 6th-22nd May 2000. Play started on Sunday 7th May below are the
standings for round 12 of the elite event. A full round up of all the results
and games from the different events next week.
Full coverage at:
http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/
Capablanca Mem Elite Varadero CUB (CUB), 7-22 v 2000 cat. XIII (2556)
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1 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2548 * = . = 1 1 = = . = 1 1 = = 7.5 /11 2688
2 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2529 = * = 1 1 = = . = = = 1 1 0 7.5 /12 2652
3 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2582 . = * = = 0 = 1 1 = 1 0 1 = 7.0 /12 2611
4 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2593 = 0 = * = = = 1 . = 1 = = = 6.5 /12 2583
5 Oral, Tomas g CZE 2540 0 0 = = * 1 1 = = = = . 1 = 6.5 /12 2587
6 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2579 0 = 1 = 0 * . 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 6.5 /12 2583
7 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2561 = = = = 0 . * = 0 = = = 1 1 6.0 /12 2554
8 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2568 = . 0 0 = 1 = * = = 0 1 = 1 6.0 /12 2557
9 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2546 . = 0 . = = 1 = * = 1 0 0 1 5.5 /11 2554
10 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2563 = = = = = 0 = = = * = = = . 5.5 /12 2525
11 Dominguez, Lenier m CUB 2508 0 = 0 0 = = = 1 0 = * 1 . 1 5.5 /12 2530
12 Acs, Peter g HUN 2542 0 0 1 = . 0 = 0 1 = 0 * = = 4.5 /12 2471
13 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2563 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 = . = * 1 4.5 /12 2472
14 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2566 = 1 = = = = 0 0 0 . 0 = 0 * 4.0 /12 2429
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The Israeli League concluded on Friday May 12th with a final twist. The
previous week "Club Kasparov" Rishon Le Zion put themselves in a great position
to win the league by beating their close rivals Beer-Sheva and as a consequence
going top by a point. (the league standings are a combination of board points
and single bonus points for winning matches). However it was all reversed in
the final round with Beer Sheva beating Kfar Saba 5.5-1.5 whilst Club Kasparov
was narrowly losing to Herzlia 3-4. Both teams qualify for the European Team
Championships. Full results and games now available.
Further coverage at:
http://www.slavchess.co.il/academic.html and
http://www.kasparovchess.com/
Round 11 12th May 2000
"Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion - Herzlia 4.5-2.5
Beer Sheva - Kfar-Saba 5.5-1.5
Elitzur, Jerusalem "B" - University, Tel Aviv 1.5-5.5
Netanya "A" - Ironi Tel Aviv 2.0-5.0
Elitzur Jerusalem "A" - Elitzur Petach-Tikva 2.5-4.5
Maccabi,Afek - Hapoel,Petach-Tikva 2.5-4.5
Final Standings
Beer Sheva - 56.0
"Club Kasparov" Rishon-Le Zion - 54.5
Herzlia - 44.5
University, Tel Aviv - 44.5
Elitzur Petach-Tikva - 44.5
Ironi Tel Aviv - 37.0
Hapoel, Petach-Tikva - 36.5
Kfar-Saba - 33.0
Elitzur Jerusalem "A" - 32.5
Maccabi, Afek - 30.5
Netanya "A" - 21.5
Elitzur Jerusalem "B" - 19.0
There are two places available from zone 3.2a which takes place in Vung
Tau Vietnam May 21-29th 2000. A nine round Swiss System event with 32 players,
the final round will be followed on the same day by an necessary playoffs for
the two qualification places for the FIDE Championships.
Internet coverage: http://www.intourcovn.com/chess/3.2a/
zt3.2a Vung Tau VIE (VIE), 21-29 v 2000
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1 Adianto, Utut g INA 2584 +24 1.0
2 Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2551 +23 1.0
3 Bancod, Ronald m PHI 2382 +32 1.0
4 Barus, Cerdas m INA 2445 +29 1.0
5 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2550 +26 1.0
6 Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2448 +21 1.0
7 Mascarinas, Rico m PHI 2415 +30 1.0
8 Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2473 +28 1.0
9 Tran Ngoc Thach VIE 2248 +27 1.0
10 Paciencia, Enrique PHI ---- +22 1.0
11 Pham Minh Hoang1 VIE 2397 +31 1.0
12 Wynn Zaw Htun MYA 2524 +25 1.0
13 Bitoon, Richard PHI 2436 =20 0.5 2000
14 Jiravorasuk, Bajuab THA 2210 =18 0.5 2474
15 Simanjuntak, Sebastian INA 2313 =17 0.5 2557
16 To Quoc Khanh VIE ---- =19 0.5 2365
17 Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2557 =15 0.5 2313
18 Villamayor, Bong m PHI 2474 =14 0.5 2210
19 Nolte, Rolando PHI 2365 =16 0.5 2000
20 Bui Vinh VIE ---- =13 0.5 2436
21 Ismail, Ahmad MAS 2072 - 6 0.0
22 Liu Dede m INA 2370 -10 0.0
23 Mok Tze-Meng MAS 2270 - 2 0.0
24 Roca, Petronio PHI 2362 - 1 0.0
25 Surendorj, Handsuren MGL 2214 -12 0.0
26 Tu Hoang Thai VIE 2269 - 5 0.0
27 Myo Naing m MYA 2545 - 9 0.0
28 Wo-Dai, D VIE 2110 - 8 0.0
29 Bui Duy Toan VIE ---- - 4 0.0
30 Lim,Andrew SIN ---- - 7 0.0
31 Ngo Ngoc Quang VIE ---- -11 0.0
32 Nguyen Thanh Son VIE ---- - 3 0.0
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Zone 3.2b, the Oceana Zone takes place in Auckland New Zealand May
20-28th 2000. The event is a 14 player 9 round Swiss system event.
Internet coverage daily at: http://www.auschess.org.au/
Round 2 Standings:
zt3.2b Oceana Auckland NZL (NZL), 20-28 v 2000
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1 Garbett, Paul Anthony f NZL 2360 + 9 + 6 . . . . . . . 2.0
2 Kulashko, Aleksei f NZL 2382 + 7 + 8 . . . . . . . 2.0
3 Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2438 +10 = 4 . . . . . . . 1.5 2474
4 Ker, Anthony F f NZL 2321 +12 = 3 . . . . . . . 1.5 2481
5 Watson, Bruce R NZL 2260 +14 =11 . . . . . . . 1.5 2316
6 Dive, Russell John m NZL 2443 +11 - 1 . . . . . . . 1.0 2303
7 Lukey, Stephen G NZL 2235 - 2 +13 . . . . . . . 1.0 2239
8 Smith, Robert W f NZL 2300 +13 - 2 . . . . . . . 1.0 2239
9 Tindall, Brett AUS 2194 - 1 +14 . . . . . . . 1.0 2180
10 Zhao Zong Yuan AUS 2242 - 3 +12 . . . . . . . 1.0 2288
11 Levi, Eddy f AUS 2246 - 6 = 5 . . . . . . . 0.5 2158
12 Guthrie, David NZL 2138 - 4 -10 . . . . . . . 0.0
13 Ilic, Ilija AUS 2096 - 8 - 7 . . . . . . . 0.0
14 Saksena,Kaushik FIJ ---- - 5 - 9 . . . . . . . 0.0
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The Pula Open 2000 takes place May 16th-24th in the Hotel Histria, in
Pula Croatia. After six of nine rounds there is a four way tie on 5/6 between
Alexander Filipenko, Mladen Palac, Zdenko Kozul and Nenad Sulava. My thanks to
Edvard Glavas for the information.
http://www.fran.hr/chess/pula2000/
Leading Round 6 Standings:
Open Pula CRO (CRO), 16-24 v 2000
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1 Filipenko, Alexander V m RUS 2370 5.0/6
2 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2570 5.0/6
3 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2597 5.0/6
4 Sulava, Nenad m CRO 2486 5.0/6
5 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2489 4.5/6
6 Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2496 4.5/6
7 Rogulj, Branko m CRO 2437 4.5/6
8 Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2553 4.5/6
9 Filipovic, Branko m YUG 2435 4.5/6
10 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2611 4.5/6
11 Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2464 4.5/6
12 Mikac, Matjaz m SLO 2418 4.5/6
13 Feletar, Darko CRO 2410 4.5/6
14 Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2438 4.0/6
15 Weglarz, Leszek f POL 2387 4.0/6
16 Krstic, Uros CRO 2386 4.0/6
17 Tratar, Marko m SLO 2439 4.0/6
18 Bistric, Faruk m BIH 2474 4.0/6
19 Brumen, Dinko f CRO 2403 4.0/6
20 Soln, Primoz m SLO 2382 4.0/6
21 Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2541 4.0/6
22 Boric, Muhamed m BIH 2413 4.0/6
23 Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2574 4.0/6
24 Biti, Ozren CRO 2269 4.0/6
25 Cucancic, Sinisa CRO 2286 4.0/6
99 players
Jack Shutzman reports: On Monday (5/15/00), Susan Polgar won the New
York City Blitz championship at The Marshall Chess club (participants included
GMs Dlugy, Novikov, Zilberman and more). This was her first appearance for some
time in a chess tournament.
Further info:
http://www.polgarchess.com/tournres/nycblitz2000.html
Branislav Rakic celebrated 30 years as Chess Editor of the daily
newspaper "Politika Ekspres" on Friday May 19th. Recognition came from the
Yugoslav Chess Federation, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the President
of European Chess Union Boris Kutin. He also has been the chief of the Press
Center at all the "Investbanka" chess supertournaments. I used to read Politika
many years ago when I worked at Bradford University, it had two sides of A2
devoted to chess at the weekend and daily chess columns with games, it was one
of the best sources of information on chess. It was also the first place I saw
a picture of Bobby Fischer when he returned to chess to play Spassky in
Yugoslavia. My thanks to Alisa Maric for the news.
Category IV in Sisak, Croatia, May 17th-23rd 2000. Only round 1 results
and games are available currently.
Internet coverage: http://www.fran.hr/chess/sisak2000/
Round 1 standings:
It Sisak CRO (CRO), 17-23 v 2000 cat. IV (2326)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Balenovic, Zvonimir f CRO 2254 * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2 Biolek, Richard m CZE 2432 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3 Jankovic, Alojzije CRO 2320 . . * . . . . 1 . . 1.0
4 Brigljevic, Milan f CRO 2278 . . . * . . = . . . 0.5 2439
5 Franic, Milan m CRO 2386 . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2300
6 Kos, Toni f SLO 2300 . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2386
7 Videki, Sandor m HUN 2439 . . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2278
8 Fuksik, Jakub CZE 2275 . . 0 . . . . * . . 0.0
9 Sitnik, Igor SLO 2371 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Takac, Zvonko CRO 2200 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The category III event Kastav 2000 took place in Opatija Croatia May
5th-13th 2000. The event was won by IM Sahbaz Nurkic.
Internet coverage: http://sah.posluh.hr/kastav.htm
Kastav 2000 Opatija CRO (CRO), 5-13 v 2000 cat. III (2314)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Nurkic, Sahbaz m BIH 2418 * = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 7.0 2522
2 Rukavina, Josip m CRO 2419 = * 1 = = 1 = 0 1 1 6.0 2427
3 Zelenika, Srdjan CRO 2261 = 0 * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2399
4 Muhvic, Damir CRO 2224 0 = = * = 0 = 1 1 1 5.0 2366
5 Lakos, Nikoletta wm HUN 2316 0 = 0 = * = = 1 1 = 4.5 2313
6 Jovanic, Ognjen CRO 2332 0 0 1 1 = * = 0 = = 4.0 2268
7 Kiss, Attila m HUN 2326 0 = = = = = * 0 = 1 4.0 2269
8 Lovric, Branko CRO 2322 = 1 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 0 3.5 2233
9 Medancic, Rikard m CRO 2304 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 3.0 2190
10 Salami, Marco ITA 2217 = 0 0 0 = = 0 1 0 * 2.5 2158
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There were two First Saturday tournaments in May. They took place May
6th-18th 2000 and there was one IM group and one FM (ELO) group. The winner was
up and coming talent 16 year old Leonid Kritiz. He also scored 10 points which
was half a point more than the required 9.5 for an IM norm. Kim Pilgaard scored
a 12 round partial norm. In the fm event 1st-2nd I. Dombai (HUN, 2128) and Z.
Erdelyi (HUN, 2146) 8,5 3rd P. Van Hoolandt (BEL, 2098) 8 points.
FSGM June tournaments. Players so far for the event which takes place
June 3rd-15th 2000.
GM Gabor Kallai (HUN), GM Goran Kosanovic (YUG), GM Peter Lukacs (HUN),
IM Heikki Kallio (FIN), Attila Jakab (HUN), Robert Markus (YUG), IM Vladimir
Lazarev (RUS), Nikolai Belichev (UKR), Gerd Lohrsheid (GER), IM Miklos Galyas
(HUN), IM Nguyen Anh Dung (VIE), Evgeny Postny (ISR) [14 players planned]
There are going to be two IM groups of 10-14 players. Players so far:
IM Yuri Zimmerman (RUS), IM Stefano Tatai (ITA), IM Janos Dudas (HUN),
IM Miklos Kaposztas (HUN), IM Sandor Farago (HUN), IM Laszlo Eperjesi (HUN), GM
Laszlo Vadasz (HUN), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Adam Szeberenyi (HUN), Ferry Daamen
(NED), FM Danny Goldberg (CAN), Adrian Keatinge Clay (USA), Dietmar Kolbus
(GER), Vasik Rajlich (USA), FM Marko Zivanic (YUG), Chris Morrison (ENG), Gabor
Pinter (HUN), Giuseppe Valenti (ITA), Gergely Antal (HUN), Nathan Resika (USA),
Eric Cooke (USA), FM Johan Eriksson (SWE), Pontus Carlsson (SWE), Yu Mingyuan
(CHN)
Contact Laszlo Nagy if you wish to play as there maybe vacancies in the
GM and IM 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
FSIM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-18 v 2000 cat. III (2309)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Kritz, Leonid GER 2281 * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 = 10.0 2522
2 Pilgaard, Kim DEN 2377 0 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 9.0 2445
3 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2365 = = * = = = = = 1 = = 1 0 1 7.5 2362
4 Geenen, Marc f BEL 2358 = = = * = = = = = = = 1 = 1 7.5 2362
5 Froehlich, Peter f GER 2375 0 = = = * = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 7.5 2361
6 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2285 0 = = = = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2368
7 Hoenig, Alexander GER 2246 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2343
8 Yu Mingyuan CHN 2419 0 = = = = = 0 * 1 0 1 0 1 1 6.5 2301
9 Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2309 = 0 0 = = = 1 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 6.5 2309
10 Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2379 = 0 = = = = = 1 0 * 0 0 = 1 5.5 2247
11 Resika, Nathan A USA 2190 = = = = 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = = 1 5.5 2261
12 Cooke, Eric USA 2266 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 1 = * = 1 5.5 2255
13 Wolter, Kai f GER 2356 0 0 1 = = = 0 0 0 = = = * 1 5.0 2218
14 Straub, Peter GER 2126 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1822
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Sergey Simonenko reports that the Turkmenistan Women's Championships
took place in Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) 20th April 2000 - 5th May 2000. The
winner was Atbashieva Guldjahan with 12.5/14. There were a number of defaults
mostly from EG Brinova who didn't complete the event.
ch-TKM women Ashgabat TKM (TKM), 20 iv-13 v 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
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1 Atbashieva, Guldjahan TKM 2237 * = 1 1 0 1 1 1 + 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.5 2421
2 Temirova, Aykamar TKM 2185 = * 0 = + 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2304
3 Ovezova, Maisa wf TKM 2163 0 1 * = 1 0 1 1 + 0 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2268
4 Ovezova, Maral f TKM 2113 0 = = * 1 = = 1 + 1 = + 1 1 1 10.5 2272
5 Brineva, Elena S TKM 2117 1 - 0 0 * 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 9.0 2181
6 Masumova, Sevil f TKM 2101 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 1 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2130
7 Erashova, Durdana TKM 2100 0 = 0 = = 0 * 0 + 1 = = 1 1 1 7.5 2109
8 Isaeva, Guldjahan TKM ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2037
9 Brineva, Elena G TKM 2210 - = - - 1 1 - 1 * - 0 1 - - 1 5.5 1992
10 Achilova,Saodat TKM ---- 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 = 1 * = 0 = 1 0 5.5 2007
11 Hallaeva,Bahar TKM ---- 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = * = 1 0 1 5.5 2007
12 Hudaikulieva,Nasiba TKM ---- 0 0 0 - 0 = = 0 0 1 = * = = 1 4.5 1954
13 Isaeva, Aknur TKM ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 = * 1 = 3.5 1894
14 Sarkisian,Marina TKM ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 = 0 * = 3.0 1857
15 Kurbanova,Maya TKM ---- 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = = * 2.5 1825
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Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2000
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2000 takes place July 7th-16th
2000 in the Dortmund Theatre. Participants in the event are:
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Viswanathan Anand (India), Peter Leko
(Hungary), Michael Adams (England), Evgeny Bareev (Russia), Alexander Khalifman
(Russia), Vladimir Akopian (Armenia), Jeroen Piket (Netherlands), Dr. Robert
Huebner (Germany) and the chess programme Junior 6.
In addition there will be another GM Tournament (cat. 10/11) and
several opens that take place in parallel to the main event (registration by
e-mail: Sparkassen-Open@schachfreunde-brackel.de).
Further details: http://www.dortmund.de/chess
KasparovChess have bought exclusive rights to the live coverage at:
http://www.kasparovchess.com
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.
White Nights
The annual White Nights Chess Festival 2000 takes place in St
Petersburg, Russia from June 23- July 2, 2000. The field is expected to be
strong (GM norms in Round Robin, etc.). Further details:
http://www.gmchess.com
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,
http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/keres.htm,http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/k0.htm
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
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
Krkonose Open 2000
Krkonose Open 2000 takes place 29th October to 5th November 2000 in Pec
pod Snezkou town (The Krkonose mountains). Further information:
http://www.proclient.cz/krkonose
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/.
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
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/
2000 Summer Hungarian Chess tournaments:
1.3rd-15th of June FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Organizer:
Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu,
2. 16th-24th of June, BALATONTOURIST Open 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest,
Chess Federation, Org.: Parej Jozsef, phone: (36)-87-321-950
3. 21st of June - 1st of July, HOTEL IROTTKO, GM-IM-closed, KOSZEG,
Org.:FM Tomcsanyi, Peter e-mail: primerat@mail.matav.hu
4. 1st-13th of July FIRST SATURDAY,
5. 19th-27th of July BUDAPEST SUMMER, GM-IM-Open, org.:IM Rigo, e.mail:
me-ri@matavnet.hu
6. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY
7. 19th of August - 1st of Sept. PAKS, GM-IM closed, Org: IM Videki,
e-mail: videkisn@mail.matav.hu
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
