THE WEEK IN CHESS 291 5th June 2000 by Mark Crowther
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Lausanne Masters 131 games
European Women's Championships 62 games
Playoffs Dutch Team Championships 40 games
Czech Republic Championships 66 games
Czech Extraliga 528 games
Indian Championships 54 games
First Saturday June 12 games
Lido degli Estensi 101 games
Chess Festival in Bydgoszcz 128 games
Norwegian team championship 96 games
Russian Women's Championships 144 games
Turkmenistan Chess Championships 91 games
Lisbon Championships 66 games
Sisak 2000 45 games
1610 games
My thanks to Sami Hämäläinen, Anton Gubanov and
Ruschess.com, Geurt Gijssen, Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk, Sergey Simonenko,
Rodolfo Bigagli, Calle Erlandsson, George Mastrokoukos, JF Croset,
Jean-Philippe Orsoni, Scott Pendergrast, Robert Klomp, net64, Martin
Dlouhý, Visweswaran, Laszlo Nagy, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Luis Santos, Milan
Franic and all those who helped with this issue.
As Summer comes the level of chess activity rises. This week there has
been a huge variety of events. Anand won an enjoyable "advanced chess" event in
Leon defeating Judit Pogar and Alexei Shirov on the way. 16 year old Alexander
Grischuk is quietly rising in strength and has the potential to rise to the
very top, he won the Young Masters event in Lausanne. Good new for July and
August with Montecatini Terme running July 28th to August 6th 2000. There is a
Champions Category XVIII event with Alexei Shirov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Evgeny
Bareev, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Sergei Rublevski, Jeroen Piket, Artashes
Minasian and Smbat Lputian.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The 13th Ciudad de León Tournament used the "advanced chess"
format (players will be allowed to use a computer for databases and a playing
program). The two game matches were at a timerate of one hour for all the moves
per player. The competitors were Anand, Shirov, Judith Polgar and Illescas. The
event ran 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 was 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.
Anand beat Shirov 1.5-0.5 in the final winning the first game as white
in a French and then drawing the second with black. Anand's win in the final
was almost an anti-computer idea with a piece sacrifice to produce an
unstoppable passed pawn. The event was far more balanced than last year with
all the players being familiar with the use of chess playing computers and
databases, unlike Anatoly Karpov who lost heavily to Viswanathan Anand last
year in a gross mismatch.
Round 1 (June 2, 2000)
Shirov, Alexei - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 30 B12 Caro-Kann
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 54 D48 Meran Variation
Round 1 (June 3, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Polgar, Judit 1/2 60 B42 Sicilian
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 25 B85 Sicilian
Rapidplay playoffs
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 34 C10 French
Anand, Viswanathan - Polgar, Judit 1-0 68 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Round 2 (June 4, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 39 C11 French; Classical
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 51 C42 Petroff defence
The second edition of the Olympic Capital Young Masters Tournament took
place in Lausanne 30th May - 4th June 2000 in the Casino de Montbenon. The
event was a three round knockout. The event was won by Alexander Grischuk who
beat Ruslan Ponomariov in the final. Final results: 1st Alexander Grischuk 2nd
Ruslan Ponomariov 3rd Vladimir Malakhov 4th Alexander Galkin 5th Dennis De
Vreugt 6th Bu Xiangzhi 7th Laurent Fressinet 8th Florian Jenni.
Round 1 (May 30th-31st, 2000)
Grischuk, Alexander - Fressinet, Laurent Gm 1: 1-0 33 Gm 2: 1/2
48
De Vreugt, Dennis - Malakhov, Vladimir Gm 1: 0-1 69 Gm 2: 1-0 34
Playoff: 25 min: 0-1 1-0 5 min: 1/2 0-1
Galkin, Alexander - Bu
Xiangzhi Gm 1: 1/2 16 Gm 2: 1-0 37
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Jenni,
Florian Gm 1: 1-0 39 {time} Gm 2: 1/2 57
Round 2: (June 1st-2nd 2000)
Ponomariov, R - Galkin, A 1-0 1/2
Malakhov, V - Grischuk,
A 1/2 0-1
Playoff for Places 5-8
Jenny, F - Bu, X 0-1 1/2
De Vreugt, D - Fressinet, L
1/2 1/2 1-0 1-0
Round 3: (June 3rd-4th. Final results)
1st-2nd place Grischuk, A - Ponomariov, R 1/2 1-0
3rd-4th
place Malakhov, V - Galkin, A 0-1 1-0 Tiebreak: 1/2 1/2 1/2
1-0
5th-6th place Bu, X - De Vreugt, D 0-1 0-1
7th-8th place
Jenni, F - Fressinet, L 1/2 1/2 Tiebreak: 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Internet coverage: http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com
and http://www.ruschess.com/News/2000/Lausanne/table.html
Mladen Palac won the Master Open which took place alongside the Young
Masters event. Palac scored 7/9 ahead of seven players on 6.5/9. Igor Rausis
only played the first four rounds. Games available from the first five rounds.
Master Open Lausanne SUI (SUI), 31 v-4 vi 2000
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1 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2570 7.0 50.0 424.
2 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2548 6.5 53.0 419.00
3 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2558 6.5 52.5 397.50
4 Moiseenko, Alexander m UKR 2573 6.5 51.5 427.00
5 Sokolov, Andrei g RUS 2565 6.5 49.5 420.50
6 Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2574 6.5 48.5 396.50
7 Gofshtein, Leonid D g ISR 2580 6.5 47.0 406.00
8 Turner, Matthew m ENG 2487 6.5 42.0 393.50
9 Prie, Eric g FRA 2501 6.0 52.0 421.50
10 Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2347 6.0 49.5 422.00
11 Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2496 6.0 48.0 394.50
12 Preissmann, Emmanuel f SUI 2368 6.0 47.0 395.00
13 Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2574 6.0 47.0 392.00
14 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2667 6.0 41.0 346.50
15 Fedorchuk, Sergey A f UKR 2406 5.5 49.0 409.00
16 Bunzmann, Dimitrij m GER 2502 5.5 48.5 396.50
17 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2478 5.5 48.5 396.00
18 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2493 5.5 47.5 392.00
19 Prusikhin, Mihailo m GER 2429 5.5 46.5 387.00
20 Masserey, Yvan f SUI 2303 5.5 45.0 385.50
21 Huss, Andreas m SUI 2349 5.5 44.0 385.50
22 Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2406 5.5 44.0 369.00
23 Firman, Nazar UKR 2261 5.5 43.5 380.50
24 Kosteniuk, Alexandra wg RUS 2409 5.5 42.0 364.50
25 Seret, Jean-Luc m FRA 2363 5.5 41.5 370.00
26 Hernando Pertierra, Jose C f ESP 2403 5.5 41.0 349.50
27 Berkvens, Joost NED 2297 5.5 40.5 373.00
28 Etchegaray, Patrice m FRA 2360 5.5 37.0 370.50
29 Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2529 5.0 46.0 379.50
30 Skytte, Rasmus f DEN 2346 5.0 44.0 373.50
31 Hindermann, Felix SUI 2224 5.0 43.0 380.00
32 Rainfray, Arnaud FRA 2400 5.0 43.0 364.50
33 Van Blitterswijk, Stefan f NED 2308 5.0 42.5 371.50
34 Midoux, Sebastien FRA 2241 5.0 41.5 356.50
35 Trent, Lawrence ENG 2188 5.0 40.5 380.50
36 Zwanzger, Johannes GER 2275 5.0 39.5 369.50
37 Patuzzo, Fabricio SUI 2299 5.0 39.5 364.50
38 Kohler, Gael SUI ---- 5.0 39.0 344.00
39 Figeac, Aurelien FRA 2195 5.0 34.0 348.50
87 players
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2000 takes place July 7th-16th
2000 in the Dortmund Theatre. The draw has been carried out very early to help
publicise the event which also has a computer program JUNIOR 6 playing.
Round 1 7 July 2000 14-00 CET
Evgeny Bareev - JUNIOR 6
Michael Adams - Jeroen Piket
Vladimir Kramnik - Vladimir Akopian
Viswanathan Anand - Alexander
Khalifman
Peter Leko - Robert Huebner
Official site with more details:http://www.dortmund.de/chess/
The First European Women's Chess Championships are taking place in
Batumi, Georgia May 26th - June 14th 2000. There were 32 entrants to this 32
player knockout event. Rounds 1-3 were two game matches, the semi-final and
final are over 4 games. In the event of a tie games at faster time-rates are
played. In rounds one and two these tie-breaks consisted of two 15 minute games
followed by if necessary two 5 minute games. Then from the quarter finals
onwards the tiebreaks consist of two 25 minute games, then two 15 minute games
and then finally two 5 minute games.
Batumi is the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara in Georgia.
It is the sea-shore resort at the Black Sea along of Georgian - Turkish border.
My thanks to Geurt Gijssen and Ruschess.com. Games from the first two
rounds are now available.
Further internet details at: http://www.ruschess.com/ and in Russian at
Kasparov's internet site in Russia
http://www.clubkasparov.ru/indexe0.htm
Round 1 May 27th-28th 2000
1) Nill J. 0.5 - Chiburdanidze M. 1.5
2) Zhukova N.
2.5 - Grossar K. 1.5
3) Javakhishvili L. 0.5 - Khurtsidze N.
1.5
4) Kovalevskaya E. 2 - Melia S. 0
5) Khurtsilava I.
0.5 - Zatonskikh A. 1.5
6) Stepovaya T. 1.5 - Slavina I. 0.5
7) Mkrtchian L. 2.5 - Matveeva S. 3.5
8) Vasilevich T.
1.5 - Lomineishvili M. 0.5
9) Riezniece D. 0.5 - Madl I. 1.5
10) Alexandrova O. 0 - Pokorna R. 2
11) Matnadze A. 2 -
Khmiadashvili T. 0
12) Gaprindashvili N. 1.5 - Golianina T. 0.5
13) Alexandria N. 2 - Gaponenko I. 0
14) Olarashu V. 0 -
Radzievich I. 2
15) Eidelsson I. 1 - Gurieli N. 3
16)
Sofieva A. 0.5 - Lagvilava H. 1.5
Round 2 May 29th-30th 2000
Lagvilava G. 0 - Chiburdanidze M. 2
Zhukova N. 1.5 -
Gurieli N. 0.5
Radzievich I. 3.5 - Khurtsidze N. 2.5
Kovalevskaya E. 2 - Alexandria N. 0
Gaprindashvili N. 1 -
Zatonskih G. 3
Stepovaya T. 2 - Matnadze A. 0
Pokorna R. 2 - Matveeva S. 0
Vasilevich T. 1.5 - Madl I. 0.5
Round 3 Quarter-Finals May 31st- June 1st 2000
Chiburdanidze M. 3 - Madl I. 1
Zatonskih A. 0.5 -
Kovalevskaya E. 1.5
Radzievich I. 0.5 - Stepovaya T. 1.5
Pokorna R. 2 - Zhukova N. 4
Round 4 Semi-Finals June 3rd-5th 2000
The semi-finals and finals are over four games. After two games.
Chiburdanidze (GEO) - Kovalevskaya (RUS) 1-0 0-1
Stepovaia (RUS) -
Zhukova (UKR) 0-2
Robert Klomp reports: Panfox won the play-offs for the Dutch Team
Championships. The results were:Semi-finals Panfox (Breda) 8.5-1.5 ESGOO
(Enschede) and HSG (Hilversum) 5.5-4.5 BSG (Bussum). These semi-finals took
place on Thursday 1st June. The finals and 3rd-4th place playoffs took place on
Friday 2nd June 2000. FINAL Panfox 6.5-3.5 HSG and 3rd-4th playoff:
Magnus BSG 6.5-3.5 ESGOO.
Detailed coverage at:
http://www.svpanfox.demon.nl/playoffs_00/index.htm
The lineups were even stronger then last year. Panfox has added Sergei
Movsesian and HSG, Mathew Sadler. The line ups for the 4 teams will be as
follows:
Panfox: Loek van Wely, Jan Timman, Ivan Sokolov, John van der Wiel,
Eric van den Doel, Michael Adams, Mikhail Gurevich, Rafael Vaganian, Sergei
Movsesian,, Joel Lautier.
Magnus/BSG: Alexei Barsov, Rustam Kasimdjhamov, Jeroen Bosch, Dmitri
Reinderman, Igor Glek, Hans Ree, Vladimir Chuchelov, Dorian Rogozenko, Liafbern
Riemersma, Bruno Carlier.
ESGOO: Gerhard Schebler, Michael Hoffmann, Bernd Kohlweyer, Matthias
Thesing, Daniel Hausrath, Marcel Beulen, Oscar Lemmers, Dirk Hennig, Christof
Sielecki, Mihail Feigin, Thomas Henrichs, Frank Kroeze
HSG: Jeroen Piket, Matthew Sadler, Yona Kosashvili, Ian Rogers,
Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Friso Nijboer, Paul Van der Sterren, Joris Brenninkmeijer,
Rudy Douven, Sofia Polgar.
Round 1 (June 1, 2000)
Panfox (players starred) 8.5 - ESGOO 1.5
Van Wely, Loek * - Schebler, Gerhard 1-0 40 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Hoffmann, Michael - * Adams, Michael 0-1 37 C34 Kings gambit
Timman, Jan H * - Hausrath, Daniel 1-0 41 B31 Sicilian
Lemmers, Oscar - * Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 37 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Lautier, Joel * - Thesing, Matthias 1-0 43 D46 Semi-Slav
Kroeze, Frank M - * Gurevich, Mikhail 0-1 54 C08 French; Tarrasch
Movsesian, Sergei * - Hennig, Dirk 1/2 72 B06 Modern defence
Feigin, Mihail - * Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 53 C17 French; Winawer
Van der Wiel, John * - Sielecki, Christof 1/2 22 C11 French; Classical
Van Wissen, Michiel - * Van den Doel, Erik 0-1 27 B50 Sicilian
BSG 4.5 - HSG (players starred) 5.5
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir * - Barsov, Alexei 1-0 48 A13 English; 1.c4
Chuchelov, Vladimir - * Piket, Jeroen 0-1 36 D30 Queen's gambit
Pliester, Leon * - Glek, Igor V 0-1 25 A90 Dutch defence
Bosch, Jeroen - * Van der Sterren, Paul 1/2 41 C54 Italian game
Sadler, Matthew * - Rogozenko, Dorian 1/2 35 D48 Meran Variation
Reinderman, Dimitri - * Nijboer, Friso 0-1 37 A16 English; 1.c4
Kosashvili, Yona * - Langeweg, Kick 1/2 49 B19 Caro-Kann
Ree, Hans - * Douven, Rudy C 1/2 25 E12 Nimzo indian
Polgar, Sofia * - Riemersma, Liafbern 0-1 55 B83 Sicilian
Carlier, Bruno - * Rogers, Ian 1/2 24 D02 Queen's pawn
Round 2 (June 2, 2000)
FINAL HSG 3.5 - Panfox (players starred) 6.5
Van Wely, Loek * - Rogers, Ian 1-0 23 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Van der Sterren, Paul - * Timman, Jan H 1/2 52 D19 Slav defence
Adams, Michael * - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 32 B47 Sicilian
Sadler, Matthew - * Lautier, Joel 1/2 27 D47 Semi-Slav
Sokolov, Ivan * - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 31 E61 Kings indian
Piket, Jeroen - * Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 26 D15 Slav defence
Vaganian, Rafael A * - Douven, Rudy C 1-0 38 E17 Nimzo indian
Polgar, Sofia - * Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 56 C15 French; Winawer
Van den Doel, Erik * - Kosashvili, Yona 1/2 31 C96 Ruy Lopez
Brenninkmeijer, Joris - * Van der Wiel, John 1/2 41 E32 Nimzo indian
3rd-4th playoff Magnus BSG (players starred) 6.5 - ESGOO 3.5
Hausrath, Daniel - * Chuchelov, Vladimir 1/2
Rogozenko, Dorian * - Feigin, Mihail 1-0 41 A43 Queen's pawn
Lemmers, Oscar - * Bosch, Jeroen 1/2 17 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Glek, Igor V * - Hoffmann, Michael 1-0 36 B30 Sicilian
Reinderman, Dmitri - * Thesing, Matthias 1/2
Barsov, Alexei * - Hennig, Dirk 1/2 22 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Schebler, Gerhard - * Riemersma, Liafbern 1/2 46 B08 Pirc; Classical
Ree, Hans * - Kroeze, Frank M 1-0 18 D11 Slav defence
Sielecki, Christof - * Langeweg, Kick 1-0 28 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Carlier, Bruno * - Van Wissen, Michiel 1-0 33 D02 Queen's pawn
The Championships of the Czech Republic took place 22nd May - June 1st
2000 in Opava. The winner was Pavel Blatny who scored 8/11 half a point clear
of ELO favourite Zbynek Hracek on 7.5, both players were undefeated as was
Eduard Meduna who shared 3rd with Tomas Polak on 7. My thanks to Martin
Dlouhý for the information.
Further information at: http://sachy-opava.hyperlink.cz/ or
http://www.chessjournal.cz/
ch-CZE Opava CZE (CZE), 22 v-1 vi 2000 cat. IX (2459)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2512 * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 8.0 2628
2 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2620 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2576
3 Meduna, Eduard g CZE 2495 = = * = = = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2557
4 Polak, Tomas m CZE 2503 = = = * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2556
5 Konopka, Michal m CZE 2442 0 = = 1 * = = 1 = = 1 = 6.5 2525
6 Babula, Vlastimil g CZE 2573 = = = = = * = = 1 0 = 1 6.0 2484
7 Kalod, Radek m CZE 2445 0 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2459
8 Velicka, Petr m CZE 2458 0 = = = 0 = = * = 0 1 = 4.5 2393
9 Vokac, Marek g CZE 2504 = 0 = = = 0 0 = * 1 0 1 4.5 2389
10 Belunek, Vladimir CZE 2272 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 0 * = = 3.5 2342
11 Dolezal, Radoslav1 CZE 2329 = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = * 0 3.0 2295
12 Firt, Stanislav f CZE 2350 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 3.0 2293
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The Czech Extraliga 1999-2000 took place between 23rd October 1999 -
19th March 2000.
The winners were SK Infinity Pardubice whose players included Sergei
Movsesian, Vigen Mirumian, Jan Votava, Robert Kuczynski and Róbert
Tibenský (they had 17 registered players altogether). In second place
were Sportclub A64 Lázne Slatinice whose players included: Vlastimil
Babula, Tomáš Oral, Karel Mokrý, Richard Biolek, Milan
Zurek, Petr Pisk and Petr Buchnícek (15 registered players). In third
was SK Dum armády Praha (players included: Zbynek Hrácek, Igor
Štohl, Vlastimil Jansa, Tomáš Polák, Miloš
Jirovský, David Navara, Vladimir Sergeev, Robert Cvek and Radek Kalod).
Alexei Shirov played two games for Holdia DP Praha.
Venues included: Ostrava, Praha, Plzen, Karvina, Pardubice and Zlin.
I've normalised the venues to Ostrava in the games section.
Final Standings.
1. SK Infinity Pardubice 11 9 0 2 53,0 18
2. SC A64 Lázne Slatinice 11 7 2 2 53,5 16
3. SK Dum armády Praha 11 6 3 2 51,5 15
4. Nová Hut Ostrava 11 5 3 3 47,0 13
5. Holdia DP Praha 11 6 1 4 47,0 13
6. TZ Trinec 11 4 3 4 41,5 11
7. SK Sokol Vysehrad 11 3 4 4 44,5 10
8. SK Zlín 11 4 2 5 39,5 10
9. Ingem Plzen ZCE 11 2 4 5 38,5 8
10. Sokol Kolín 11 1 5 5 37,5 7
11. TJ Jäkl Karviná 11 2 2 7 41,0 6
12. SK H Fuchs Ostrava 11 2 1 8 33,5 5
Further details: http://www.chess.cz/extraliga/index.htm
and http://www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~svatos/chess/sachy.htm
The Indian National A Championships take place in Mumbai 15th May-5th
June 2000. The huge Category 7 19 player all-play-all event is being led by
Abhijit Kunte with 13/17, two points clear of Krishnan Sasikiran on 11/16 who
is a further point ahead of Dibyendu Barua on 10/16 who still has to play the
undefeated leader. There are an odd number of players so each player has one
bye in the event. My thanks to Visweswaran for the news.
Internet coverage: http://www.chennaionline.com/chess/
ch-IND Mumbai IND (IND), 15 v-5 vi 2000 cat. VII (2424)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2487 * 1 . 1 = = = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 13.0 /17 2614
2 Sasikiran, Krishnan m IND 2514 0 * = 1 1 = = = = 1 1 . = = 1 1 . 1 = 11.0 /16 2563
3 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2555 . = * 1 = 1 = 1 = . 1 = = = 0 = = = 1 10.0 /16 2506
4 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2440 0 0 0 * . = 1 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 . 1 10.0 /16 2517
5 Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2421 = 0 = . * = = = 1 . = 1 = = = = 1 = = 9.0 /16 2465
6 Harikrishna, P f IND 2354 = = 0 = = * = = = = 0 = 1 1 1 0 . . 1 8.5 /16 2448
7 Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam f IND 2373 = = = 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 = . 1 . = 0 = 1 8.5 /16 2451
8 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2475 = = 0 0 = = 1 * 0 = . = = 1 1 1 0 1 . 8.5 /16 2445
9 Saravanan, V m IND 2412 = = = 0 0 = 0 1 * 0 = = 1 . 1 = 1 1 . 8.5 /16 2450
10 Sandipan, Chanda IND 2424 = 0 . = . = = = 1 * 0 = = = = = = 1 1 8.5 /16 2436
11 Hegde, Ravi Gopal m IND 2387 = 0 0 = = 1 0 . = 1 * = 0 = = . = = = 7.0 /16 2379
12 Sareen, Vishal IND 2351 0 . = = 0 = = = = = = * = 0 . = = = 1 7.0 /16 2379
13 Sriram, Jha IND 2356 0 = = 0 = 0 . = 0 = 1 = * . 0 1 1 = = 7.0 /16 2390
14 Murugan, Krishnamoorthy m IND 2382 0 = = = = 0 0 0 . = = 1 . * 0 = = 1 = 6.5 /16 2366
15 Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2433 0 0 1 0 = 0 . 0 0 = = . 1 1 * 0 = 1 = 6.5 /16 2365
16 Neelotpal, Das m IND 2436 0 0 = = = 1 = 0 = = . = 0 = 1 * = 0 0 6.5 /17 2338
17 Prakash, G B m IND 2435 0 . = 0 0 . 1 1 0 = = = 0 = = = * 0 = 6.0 /16 2334
18 Atanu, Lahiri IND 2426 = 0 = . = . = 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 1 1 * 0 5.5 /16 2310
19 Ravi, Lanka m IND 2391 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 . . 0 = 0 = = = 1 = 1 * 5.5 /16 2306
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Laszlo Nagy reports: There are three First Saturday tournaments in June,
one GM and two IM events taking place June 3rd-15th 2000.
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
Round 2 Standings:
FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 vi 2000 cat. VIII (2436)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2496 * . . . . = . . . . 1 . . 1.5 / 2 2607
2 Belichev, Nikolai UKR 2414 . * . . . . . = . . . . 1 1.5 / 2 2623
3 Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2440 . . * . . . = . . . . 1 . 1.5 / 2 2582
4 Lazarev, Vladimir m RUS 2493 . . . * . = . . . . . . 1 1.5 / 2 2648
5 Kallio, Heikki m FIN 2452 . . . . * . . . . . = 1 . 1.5 / 2 2529
6 Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2474 = . . = . * . . . . . . . 1.0 / 2 2494
7 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2460 . . = . . . * . . = . . . 1.0 / 2 2464
8 Postny, Evgeny ISR 2424 . = . . . . . * = . . . . 1.0 / 2 2417
9 Almasi, Istvan m HUN 2420 . . . . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 / 1 2424
10 Kallai, Gabor g HUN 2489 . . . . . . = . . * . . . 0.5 / 1 2460
11 Jakab, Attila f HUN 2354 0 . . . = . . . . . * . . 0.5 / 2 2281
12 Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2318 . . 0 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0 / 2
13 Markus, Robert YUG 2436 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0 / 2
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The Lido degli Estensi (Ferrara) Open took place in the Hotel Plaza 27th
May - 4th June 2000. The top event was the Open A which was a 9 round swiss
system event with a 5 way tie on 6/9 between Igor Efimov (he had the top
Buchholz tie-break), Igor Naumkin, Stefan Djuric, Lexy Ortega and Slobodan
Martinovic.
Coverage: http://www.infcom.it/fsi/tornei/00este.htm
Open A Lido Estensi ITA (ITA), 27 v-4 vi 2000
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1 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2537 6.0 46.0
2 Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2498 6.0 44.5
3 Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2491 6.0 44.0 4.5
4 Ortega, Lexy m CUB 2479 6.0 44.0 4.0
5 Martinovic, Slobodan g YUG 2448 6.0 41.0
6 Timoscenko, Genadij g SVK 2519 5.5 45.0
7 Razuvaev, Yuri S g RUS 2548 5.5 42.5 4.0
8 Ristic, Nenad g YUG 2435 5.5 42.5 3.5
9 Godena, Michele g ITA 2487 5.5 41.5
10 Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2425 5.5 41.0
11 Marchini, Massimo ITA 2187 5.5 35.0
12 Aleksic, Nenad1 m YUG 2405 5.0 43.0
13 Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2497 5.0 42.0
14 Pegoraro, Nicola ITA 2060 5.0 33.5
15 Genocchio, Daniele ITA 2245 4.5 42.5
16 Mauro, Alan f ITA 2231 4.5 38.5
17 Dragojlovic, Andjelko m YUG 2437 4.5 37.5
18 Diotallevi,Maurizio ITA ---- 4.5 36.5
19 Dell'Accio,Cataldo ITA ---- 4.5 36.0
20 Wagman, Stuart f USA 2188 4.5 34.5
21 Pienabarca, Nicola ITA 2030 4.0 38.5
22 Frank, Albert BEL 2029 4.0 37.5
23 Barbieri, Giovanni ITA 2103 4.0 35.5
24 Aglietti, Graziano ITA 2051 4.0 33.5 1.0 3
25 Ruzza, Claudio ITA ---- 4.0 33.5 1.0 2
26 Insabato, Giovan Battista ITA 2175 3.5 37.5
27 Ricci, Alfredo ITA 2093 3.5 31.0
28 Bondielli, Georgio ITA 2013 3.5 30.0
29 Straub, Peter GER 2126 3.0 32.5
30 Renier,Renzo ITA ---- 3.0 30.5
31 Turuncic,Bojan SLO ---- 1.0 32.0
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The 2nd International Chess Festival in Bydgoszcz takes place May 28th-
June 6th 2000. There are 3 opens with the main tournament having 17 GMs. After
seven rounds Evgeny Gleizerov and Eduardas Rozentalis lead on 5.5/7.
Scores, tables, standings and games (only open A) are available during
the event at: http://www.szachy.lo.pl/Turnieje/Bydg2000/bydg00.htm
Round 7 standings:
Bank Pocztowy Open Bydgoszcz POL (POL), 28 v-6 vi 2000
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1 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2508 5.5
2 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2553 5.5
3 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2528 5.0
4 Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2540 5.0
5 Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2514 4.5
6 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2432 4.5
7 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2523 4.5
8 Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2597 4.5
9 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2556 4.5
10 Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2553 4.5
11 Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2575 4.5
12 Makarov, Marat g RUS 2513 4.5
13 Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2460 4.0
14 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2580 4.0
15 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2522 4.0
16 Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2526 4.0
17 Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2582 3.5
18 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2572 3.5
19 Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2568 3.5
20 Vysochin, Spartak m UKR 2494 3.5
21 Bogdanov, Valentin m UKR 2425 3.5
22 Bobrowska, Monika m POL 2417 3.5
23 Gorin, Leonid RUS 2413 3.5
24 Shishkin, Vadim m UKR 2411 3.5
25 Mueller, Matthias f GER 2384 3.5
26 Szymanski, Marcin f POL 2335 3.5
27 Kantorik, Marian SVK 2303 3.5
28 Struk, Jerzy POL 2268 3.5
29 Utnasunov, Alexander RUS 2175 3.5
30 Likavsky, Tomas SVK 2397 3.0
31 Starostits, Ilmars LAT 2374 3.0
32 Dzjuba, Vsevolod LAT 2274 3.0
33 Kludacz, Magdalena wm POL 2261 3.0
34 Govashelishvili, Genadij RUS 2240 3.0
35 Zolnierowicz, Krzysztof m POL 2340 2.5
36 Krainski, Aleksander POL 2271 2.5
37 Ziolkowski, Dawid POL 2169 2.5
38 Romanov, Evgeny RUS 2143 2.5
39 Borchardt, Adam POL 2009 2.5
40 Mazalon, Mariusz POL 2207 2.0
41 Takhirov, Viktor BLR 2176 2.0
42 Rybak, Tomasz POL 2174 2.0
43 Sciborowski, Miroslaw POL 2197 1.5
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The Zonal Tournament of Zone 2.4 takes place June 5th-15th 2000 in the
Sao Paulo Chess Club at 6pm (Brasília). Two players will qualify for the
World Championships. There are 5 grandmasters: Milos, Leitao, Sunye, Lima and
Vescovi. My thanks to Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk for the news.
Coverage at:
http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/Zonal2000.htm
The Guillermo Garcia Tournament takes place in Santa Clara, Cuba May 24
- June 9th 2000.
Premier I Round 7 standings:
1 Bruzon,Laz g CUB 2568 5.5/7
2 Gongora,Mai m CUB 2439 5.0/7
3 Vera,Rey g CUB 2546 4.5/7
4 Abreu,Aryam m CUB 2419 4.0/7
5 Perez,Rod m CUB 2472 3.5/7 12.25
6 Gonzalez,Bernal m CRC 2416 3.5/7 9.00
7 Borges Mateos,Juan m CUB 2435 3.5/7 8.75
8 Fiorito,Fabian m ARG 2459 3.0/7 9.25
9 Teran Alvarez, Ism f ESP 2401 3.0/7 8.25
10 Roeder,Mathias m GER 2413 3.0/7 8.25
11 Perez,Luis Manuel f CUB 2459 2.5/7 9.75
12 De la Paz,Frank m CUB 2462 2.5/7 7.50
13 Bellon Lopez,Juan g ESP 2446 2.0/7
14 Mateo,Ramon m DOM 2408 1.5/7
Coverage at:
http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/guille.htm
Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: The Norwegian team championship was played
in Oslo 31st May - 4th June 2000. The winners were Bergens Schakklub, beating
second-placed Oslo Schakselskap 5-1 on the way to their third Norwegian title
in four years. The winning team: IM Roy H. Fyllingen, IM Ivar Bern, IM Eirik T.
Gullaksen, Daniel Hersvik, Stein A. Aarland, Trond Gabrielsen and Kristian
Sørensen. The star performer of the tournament was the young Kjetil Lie
(2227) taking 4 points out of 5 against 2 GMs, 2 IMs and 1 FM on the top board
for the Porsgrunn team. This gave a rating performance of 2664.
The final round games should be available next week.
Final rankings:
1. Bergens Schakklub
2. Oslo Schakselskap
3. Asker Schakklubb
4. Porsgrunn Sjakklubb
5. Akademisk Sjakklubb Oslo
6. Trondheim Sjakkforening
7. Randaberg Sjakklubb
8. Narvik Sjakklubb
Coverage at http://home.sol.no/~eirikgu/lagnm2000.htm
(in Norwegian).
The Chess Palace in Elista was the venue for the 50th Russian women's
championships which took place May 11th-19th 2000. Ekaterina Kovalevskaya won
the event with 7/9 a point clear of five players in second place. Note that the
results below differ from those given at the echess site by one place with Olga
Stjazhkina scoring 5 points instead of the 4.5 points they give, but with an
odd number of half points in the final results list they cannot be correct.
Also S Bezgodova doesn't appear in the rating list, she may be S Filichkina but
I have no way of knowing for sure.
Official coverage at: http://echess.dk.ru/
ch-RUS Women Elista RUS (RUS), 11-19 v 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2451 +25 +13 = 7 =15 +16 + 3 +10 = 5 = 2 7.0 2567
2 Kosteniuk, Alexandra wg RUS 2409 =20 = 6 +26 + 8 + 7 -10 = 4 + 9 = 1 6.0 2433
3 Galianina-Ryjanova, Julia wm RUS 2307 +29 =21 + 6 =12 +15 - 1 +18 = 4 = 7 6.0 2443
4 Slavina, Irina wf RUS 2261 -15 +19 +29 =16 +20 +13 = 2 = 3 = 5 6.0 2423
5 Zayac, Elena wg RUS 2340 =19 =26 -20 +32 +29 +15 + 8 = 1 = 4 6.0 2389
6 Korbut, Ekaterina RUS 2294 +24 = 2 - 3 -19 =22 +23 +27 +21 +13 6.0 2363
7 Shumiakina, Tatiana wg RUS 2365 +18 + 9 = 1 =11 - 2 =12 =15 +10 = 3 5.5 2428
8 Kulish, Irina wm RUS 2282 =27 =23 +24 - 2 +14 +11 - 5 +22 =12 5.5 2314
9 Sirotkina, Nina wm RUS 2284 +31 - 7 +30 -13 +27 +19 =11 - 2 +21 5.5 2332
10 Polovnikova, Ekaterina wm RUS 2356 +28 +17 -15 =20 +21 + 2 - 1 - 7 =11 5.0 2390
11 Stjazhkina, Olga wg RUS 2319 +30 =15 +21 = 7 =13 - 8 = 9 =12 =10 5.0 2368
12 Demina, Julia wg RUS 2376 =26 =20 +32 = 3 =19 = 7 =13 =11 = 8 5.0 2318
13 Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2348 +32 - 1 +23 + 9 =11 - 4 =12 +18 - 6 5.0 2321
14 Malina, Diana RUS 2149 -17 +25 -16 +26 - 8 -27 +29 +19 +20 5.0 2266
15 Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana wg RUS 2420 + 4 =11 +10 = 1 - 3 - 5 = 7 =16 =17 4.5 2337
16 Strutinskaya, Galina N wm RUS 2314 =23 =27 +14 = 4 - 1 =21 =19 =15 =18 4.5 2247
17 Lopatskaya, Elena P wm RUS 2328 +14 -10 -27 +23 -18 -26 +32 +24 =15 4.5 2201
18 Zakurdjaeva, Irina RUS 2216 - 7 -29 +31 +30 +17 +20 - 3 -13 =16 4.5 2248
19 Chasovnikova, Eugenia wf RUS 2185 = 5 - 4 +25 + 6 =12 - 9 =16 -14 =22 4.0 2239
20 Saunina, Ludmila wm RUS 2260 = 2 =12 + 5 =10 - 4 -18 =24 +27 -14 4.0 2207
21 Mashinskaya, Iulia wg RUS 2381 +22 = 3 -11 +27 -10 =16 +26 - 6 - 9 4.0 2224
22 Mirzoeva, Elvira RUS 2258 -21 -30 +28 -29 = 6 +31 +25 - 8 =19 4.0 2170
23 Timurova, Lilia RUS 2114 =16 = 8 -13 -17 +32 - 6 =31 +26 =25 4.0 2217
24 Kursova, Maria wf RUS 2091 - 6 +28 - 8 =31 -26 +30 =20 -17 +27 4.0 2162
25 Bezgodova,S RUS 2268 - 1 -14 -19 +28 =30 +29 -22 +32 =23 4.0 2153
26 Ovchinikova, Julia RUS 2221 =12 = 5 - 2 -14 +24 +17 -21 -23 =28 3.5 2185
27 Vasilevich, Irina RUS 2054 = 8 =16 +17 -21 - 9 +14 - 6 -20 -24 3.0 2139
28 Kochetkova, Julia wf RUS 2197 -10 -24 -22 -25 =31 =32 =30 +29 =26 3.0 2064
29 Gelashvili, Anna RUS 2103 - 3 +18 - 4 +22 - 5 -25 -14 -28 =31 2.5 2065
30 Komiagina, Maria RUS 2120 -11 +22 - 9 -18 =25 -24 =28 =31 -32 2.5 2047
31 Kharashkina, Bairta RUS 2090 - 9 -32 -18 =24 =28 -22 =23 =30 =29 2.5 2009
32 Potihoshkina, N RUS 2195 -13 +31 -12 - 5 -23 =28 -17 -25 +30 2.5 2076
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Sergey Simonenko reports: The Turkmenistan Chess Championships took
place in Ashgabat May 12th - May 25th 2000. The event was won by IM Orazly
Annageldyev half a point clear of FM Artek Ovezov and FM Karen Grigoryan.
ch-TKM Ashgabat TKM (TKM), 12-25 v 2000 cat. I (2275)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Annageldyev, Orazly m TKM 2455 * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2512
2 Ovezov, Artek f TKM 2305 1 * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 10.0 2483
3 Grigoryan, Karen f TKM 2362 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2479
4 Odeev, Handszar m TKM 2425 0 = = * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 9.5 2438
5 Geldyev, Gochmyrad f TKM 2308 0 = = 0 * 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 8.5 2382
6 Kakageldyev, Amanmurad m TKM 2491 = 1 0 = 0 * = 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2345
7 Aliev, Kerim m TKM 2328 0 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2328
8 Annaberdiev, Meylis TKM ---- 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2267
9 Tselutin, Evgeny TKM 2202 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2193
10 Kudriashov, Anatoli f TKM 2368 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = * = 0 1 = 4.0 2127
11 Atabaev,Aidogdi TKM ---- 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = = * = = 0 3.5 2121
12 Ovezova, Mekhri wg TKM 2339 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 3.5 2095
13 Temirov, Muhtar TKM 2270 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1 3.0 2064
14 Yahiaev,Tolikbay TKM ---- 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 2.0 2000
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Luis Santos reports: The Championships of Lisbon took place May
15th-June 1st 2000. 18 year old Diogo Fernando finished with a perfect 11/11
score.
Further coverage: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/
City-ch Lisbon POR (POR), 15 v-1 vi 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Fernando, Diego POR 2270 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0
2 Guerra, Victor POR 2131 0 * 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2305
3 Dias, Paulo POR 2267 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 7.5 2292
4 Santos, Antonio P POR 2272 0 1 0 * 0 = = 1 1 1 0 1 6.0 2195
5 Andrade, Jose POR 2196 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2202
6 Ferreira, Nelson m POR 2208 0 = 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2165
7 Rodrigues, Rui POR 2128 0 0 0 = = = * = 0 1 1 1 5.0 2136
8 Costa, Fernando J.M POR 2100 0 = 1 0 0 = = * 0 0 1 = 4.0 2073
9 Peixoto, Antonio POR 2082 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 1 * 0 = 0 4.0 2074
10 Morais, Vitor POR 2156 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 4.0 2067
11 Oliveira, Luis POR 2166 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 = 1 * = 3.5 2036
12 Lima, Paulo POR 2049 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * 2.0 1917
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A Category IV tournament took place in Sisak, Croatia, May 17th-23rd
2000. Sandor Videki and Richard Biolek took joint first place with 6.5/9. My
thanks to Milan Franic for the information.
Internet coverage: http://www.fran.hr/chess/sisak2000/
including pictures, tables and further details.
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 Videki, Sandor m HUN 2439 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2478
2 Biolek, Richard m CZE 2432 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2479
3 Franic, Milan m CRO 2386 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2443
4 Jankovic, Alojzije CRO 2320 0 = = * 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2451
5 Kos, Toni f SLO 2300 = = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2453
6 Sitnik, Igor SLO 2371 0 0 = 1 0 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2320
7 Fuksik, Jakub CZE 2275 = = = 0 = = * = 1 0 4.0 2288
8 Balenovic, Zvonimir f CRO 2254 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 2.5 2167
9 Brigljevic, Milan f CRO 2278 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 2.0 2110
10 Takac, Zvonko CRO 2200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1.0 1988
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The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
Produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow
Results up to June 1st 2000.
Birthday NAT RAT VAR
1. Kasparov,Garry 4/13/63 RUS 2825 122
2. Kramnik,Vladimir 6/25/75 RUS 2749 106
3. Shirov,Alexei 7/4/72 ESP 2742 176
4. Morozevich,Alexander 7/18/77 RUS 2718 171
5. Leko,Peter 9/8/79 HUN 2715 125
6. Anand,Viswanathan 12/11/69 IND 2714 114
7. Adams,Michael 11/17/71 ENG 2701 164
8. Kamsky,Gata 6/2/74 USA 2696 184
9. Ivanchuk,Vassily 3/18/69 UKR 2680 152
10. Bareev,Evgeny 11/21/66 RUS 2676 164
11. Topalov,Veselin 3/15/75 BUL 2676 171
12. Svidler,Peter 6/17/76 RUS 2654 165
13. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 3/16/60 GEO 2651 131
14. Krasenkov,Mikhail 11/14/63 POL 2649 176
15. Short,Nigel D 6/1/65 ENG 2645 148
16. Almasi,Zoltan 8/29/76 HUN 2642 156
17. Karpov,Anatoli 5/23/51 RUS 2640 122
18. Akopian,Vladimir 12/7/71 ARM 2638 168
19. Khalifman,Alexander 1/18/66 RUS 2635 154
20. Dreev,Alexey 1/30/69 RUS 2632 158
21. Gelfand,Boris 6/24/68 ISR 2631 156
22. Piket,Jeroen 1/27/69 NED 2629 173
23. Movsesian,Sergei 11/3/78 CZE 2627 171
24. Rublevsky,Sergei 10/15/74 RUS 2619 140
25. Georgiev,Kiril 11/28/65 BUL 2618 151
26. Polgar,Judit 7/23/76 HUN 2617 172
27. Beliavsky,Alexander 12/17/53 SLO 2614 161
28. Salov,Valery 5/26/64 RUS 2612 199
29. Lautier,Joel 4/12/73 FRA 2611 154
30. Vladimirov,Evgeny 1/20/57 KAZ 2611 163
31. Gulko,Boris F 2/9/47 USA 2610 163
32. Seirawan,Yasser 3/24/60 USA 2607 148
33. Tkachev,Vladislav 11/9/73 FRA 2607 151
34. Ye Jiangchuan 11/20/60 CHN 2607 158
35. Gurevich,Mikhail 2/22/59 BEL 2606 145
36. Sadler,Matthew 5/15/74 ENG 2605 194
37. Hjartarson,Johann 2/8/63 ISD 2604 175
38. Smirin,Ilia 1/21/68 ISR 2604 180
39. Wolff,Patrick G 2/15/68 USA 2602 186
40. Granda Zuniga,Julio E 2/25/67 PER 2602 202
41. Sakaev,Konstantin 4/13/74 RUS 2596 153
42. Nikolic,Predrag 9/11/60 BIH 2596 154
43. Kharlov,Andrei 11/20/68 RUS 2596 170
44. Van Wely,Loek 10/7/72 NED 2596 177
45. Khenkin,Igor 3/21/68 RUS 2596 182
46. Psakhis,Lev 11/29/58 ISR 2595 129
47. Magerramov,Elmar 4/10/58 AZE 2595 187
48. Korchnoi,Viktor 3/23/31 SUI 2594 173
49. Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 12/5/79 UZB 2593 160
50. Hansen,Curt 9/18/64 DEN 2592 147
Tournaments & Matches
GER Essen Borovski Cat.15&10
GER Berlin Lasker Mem. Cat.9
FRA Cannes Tkachiev-Piket match
LTU Vilius Championship
EST Tallinn Championship Cat.7
ITA Cutro Cat.9
YUG Split Cat.7
ISR Tel Aviv Israel Liga
INA Jafa Cat 16&open
UKR Kharkov Cat.7
UKR Lvyv Cat.17&10
NED Rotterdam Championship Cat.10
SWE Malmoe Cat.15
CUB Varadero Cat.13&8 (2)
POR Vilareal Cat.9
BIH Sarajevo Cat.19
Montecatini Terme
There is an international chess festival in Montecatini Terme July 28th
to August 6th 2000. There will be two events. A Champions Category XVIII event
with Alexei Shirov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Evgeny Bareev, Zurab Azmaiparashvili,
Sergei Rublevski, Jeroen Piket, Artashes Minasian and Smbat Lputian.
In addition there will be an open for a maximum of 200 players. GMs
Sax, Zelcic, Drasko, Farago, Naumkin,Skembris, Malakhov are entered already.
There will be a website.
World Open
The 28th Annual World Open begins on June 30th and runs through July
4th. The 9-round swiss system event has a $200,000 guaranteed prize fund. The
tournament had over 1400 entries last year with seven players tieing for first
(GM Gregory Serper won in a blitz tiebreak).
Internet coverage with live games, live images from a "chess cam," games
in a Java board, and audio interviews with players:
http://www.worldopen.com
Corsican Open 2nd-5th November 2000
The Corsican International Open takes place 2nd-5th November 2000 in
Bastia (Theatre). There is a Prize fund of 450 000 F for 2 events.
Corsica Masters, 3rd-5th November (elo =>2300) 7 rounds 20'+5" After
the 7 rounds 1/4 final (10"+10, return match), 1/2 final, final
Prize fund 300 000 F 60 000 F - 35 000F- 20 000 F - 20 000 F 5th thru 8
10 000 F each -8 000 F - 6 000 F - 11th thru 20th 4 000 F each elo 2300-2500 :
10 000 F - 7 000 F - 4 000 F 1st Woman 5 000 F, 2nd : 3 000 F, 3rd 2 000 F 1st
french : 7 000 F, 2nd 5 000 F, 3rd 3 000 F Schedule : Friday November 3rd Round
1 6.00 pm Round 2 7.30 pm Round 3 9.00 pm Saturday November 4th Round 4 11.30
am Round 5 2.00 pm Round 6 6.00 pm Round 7 7.30 pm Sunday November 5th 1/4
final 9.00 am 1/2 final 11.00 am Final 1.00 pm
Entry Fees : 250 F if paid by october 1, 350 F after october 1st.
Tournament of Bastia, 2nd-4th November (elo=<2400) 9 rounds 50'+10"
Prize fund 150 000 F 15 000 F -10 000 F - 8 000 F - 6 000 F - 5000 F - 4 000 F
- 3 000 F - 2000 F 1st Junior : 6 000 F, 2nd 4 000 F, 3rd 2 000 F elo 2000-2300
: 8 000 F - 5 000 F - 3 000 F elo 1800-1999 : 6 000 F - 3 500 F - 2 500 F elo
1600-1799 : 4 500 F -3 000 F - 2 000 F elo 1000-1599 : 4 000 F - 2 500 F -1 500
F Entry Fees : 250 F if paid by october 1, 350 F after october 1st. Schedule :
Round 1 : November 2nd 3 pm, last round November 4th 9 pm
Players rated elo 2300-2400 can play both events.
Tournament manager : Léo BATTESTI 33 195 31 14 08 - fax 33 495
32 42 44 Mobil phone : 33 608 51 52 93 e-mail : opencorse@wanadoo.fr web site :
http://www.opencorsica.com
2nd ShakkiNet International
The 2nd ShakkiNet International sees three events in Helsinki July
10th-18th, 2000.
A GM-group (cat 9) players: GM Gavrikov Viktor LTU 2563 GM Solozhenkin
Evgeniy RUS 2528 IM Külaots Kaido EST 2499 IM Anka Emil HUN 2474 IM Kallio
Heikki FIN 2452 GM Yrjölä Jouni FIN 2438 IM Sepp Olav EST 2414 IM
Agopov Mikael FIN 2402 IM Norri Joose FIN 2400 IM Sammalvuo Tapani FIN 2383
An IM-group (cat 4) players: IM Kiik Kalle EST 2445 FM Nouro Mikael FIN
2398 IM Payen Arnaud FRA 2376 IM Välkesalmi Kimmo FIN 2351 IM Raaste Eero
FIN 2349 FM Mäki-Uuro Miikka FIN 2341 FM Lampen Timo FIN 2307 Gambäck
Björn SWE 2235 WIM Koskela Niina FIN 2182 (one place left for a foreign
player 2300+)
An Elo-group players: Sorsa Nuutti FIN 2222 Nybäck Tomi FIN 2141
Parkkinen Jyrki FIN 2121 Sorsa Miitrei FIN 2121 Liitiäinen Elia FIN 2074
Puuska Heini FIN 2063 (4 places left)
Website: http://www.shakki.net/2si
Contact info: Sami Hämäläinen at
sami.hamalainen@shakki.net
Swiss Chess Tour 2000
ZURICH LAKE: The 1st Plaza Zurichzee - Open Pfaeffikon run from June
9th to 12th.
Open Pfaeffikon - open to all, 7 rounds, Swiss system. After round 5
the first four players will play a knock-out for the winner and the others
continue in a Swiss system tournament. Time control: each players will have 2
hours to complete the game. Last 5 minutes without writing moves. Venue: Hotel
Seedamm Plaza (****) Prize Fund : 2.000/1.500/1.000/800/600/500/400/300/250/200
+ natural prizes
Registered: GMs Leonid Gofstein (ISR), Vladimir Tukmakov (UKR), Milos
Pavlovic (YUG), Lothar Vogt (GER) and Florin Gheorghiu (ROM), IMs Slavko Cicak
(SWE), Petr Velichka (CZE), Hansjuerg Kaenel (SUI), Nedeljko Kelecevic (BIH)
and Martin Ballmann (SUI).
FRIBOURG: The 1st "Golden Tulip" Open run from July 7th to 11th.
"Golden Tulip" Open Fribourg - open to all, 7 rounds, Swiss system.
Time control: 2 hours each players will have for 40 moves and 30 minutes to
complete the game. "Golden Tulip" Chain host "Swiss Chess Tour" in Fribourg for
the first time. Venue is Hotel "Golden Tulip" (****). Prize Fund :
2.000/1.500/1.000/800/600/500/400/300/250/200 + natural prizes.
More information: http://www.beochess.ch Robert Spoerri, Tiergarten 33,
CH-3400 Burgdorf, tel: 00/41/34/4240106; Fax: 00/41/34/4240107 E-mail:
info@beochess.ch
New Greek Site
The OAA Heraklio Chess Club a new website:
http://www.oaachess.bizland.com
the site has chess news from Greece, chess features, etc. Includes a Greek
chess calendar.
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
North Sea Cup
The Esbjerg Chess Union revives its North Sea Cup with a 15th edition
July 7-15 2000. 10 players will play what appears to be the strongest
round-robin ever in Denmark, probably category 14: John Emms Nick de Firmian
Mikhail Gourevitch Alexander Grischuk Boris Gulko Curt Hansen Lars Bo Hansen
Peter Heine Nielsen Dennis de Vreugt Peter Svidler The tournament has its own
home page: http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/centrum.htm
then hit 'Vesterhavsturneringen' which is Danish for The North Sea Cup.
European Youth Chess Championships 2000
The European Youth Chess Championships 2000 will be held 2nd-10th
October in Kalithea in Halkidiki (Greece). If you require further details:
http://www.geocities.com/eycc2000
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
Balatontourist Open
BALATONTOURIST Open, 9 rounds Swiss from 16th until the 24th of June in
Budapest, Hungary /The Balatontourist is the organisation who is dealing with
tourism near the Balaton lake./
Venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. Opening ceremony:
15:00 on the 16th of June, Friday
Organizer: Parej, Jozsef, phone: (36)-87-321-950 Central European Time
19:00-21:00 hours. More info /accomodation, etc./: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu mobile from abroad: (36)-30-230-1914, tel-fax-answering
machine: (361)-263-28-59
Prizes: 30-20-15-10-5-4-2x3-2x2 thousand HUF /1 USD = 283 HUF now/.
Entry fee system will be sent upon request.
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
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
Hogeschool Zeeland Chess
Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament in Vlissingen (The Netherlands).
July 29 - August 5, 2000 9 rounds Swiss, FIDE-rated Rate of play: 40 moves in 2
hours, then 30 minutes knock-out. Entry fee: Dfl 60 (GM / IM free, FM Dfl 30)
Prizefund: Dfl 3500 - 2500 - 1500 - 750 - 500 - 250 - 150 - 150 - 100 - 100 9
rounds in 8 days: on Sunday July 30 there will be 2 rounds. There will be a
simul on July 28 and one GM will give chesstraining to the participating youth
players during the tournament. Information: Hans Groffen hgroffen@zeelandnet.nl
Paul van Rooijen pro@vlissingen.nl Website:
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen/index.htm
16th Maccabiah Chess Tournaments
As part of the 16th Maccabiah there will be a number of chess
tournaments (GM/IM and open tournaments) The 16th Maccabiah (Jewish Olympiad)
takes place in Tel-Aviv 16th-26th June 2001.
http://www.slavchess.co.il/academy/maccabi.html
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
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
Greek Events this Summer
The Ikaros Chess Festival 2000 (11-23 July 2000, Agios Kyrikos, Ikaria
island, GREECE) This year Ikaros Festival includes seven (7) tournaments. The
first three tournaments offer accommodation privileges for the winners while
the remaining four offer cash prizes of total value one million drachmas
(1.000.000). Further details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
The Korinthos 2000 International Chess Open Tounament takes place July -
August 2000. 9 round Swiss. Prizes: 1st 400.000 drs 2nd 275.000 drs 3rd 175.000
drs 4th 100.000 drs 5th-6th 150.000 drs (2x75.000) 7th-8th 100.000 drs
(2x50.000) 9th-10th 80.000 drs (2x40.000) 11th-12th 60.000 drs (2x30.000)
Further details: http://www.chess.gr/korinthos/announ.html
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).
Festival Schneider Bohemia Pilsen 2000
The 6th International Chess Festival "Festival Schneider Bohemia" Pilsen
2000 (The main tournament of this Festival is International Open Czech
Championship) 19th - 27th August 2000 in Pilsen (Czech Republic)
http://www.pef.zcu.cz/pef/kof/skline/
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
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
