THE WEEK IN CHESS 292 12th June 2000 by Mark Crowther
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FIDE Zone 1.5, Yerevan Armenia 75 games
FIDE Zone 1.7 in Mezezers 28 games
FIDE Zone 2.4 in Sao Paulo 35 games
FIDE Zone 4.2 in Cairo 30 games
European Women's Championships 24 games
Hamburg City Championships 32 games
First Saturday June GM 42 games
First Saturday June IMA 54 games
First Saturday June IMB 54 games
Stockholm IM 10 games
Indian Championships 18 games
Bydgoszcz Open 69 games
Parkroyal Surfers Paradise Open 55 games
Svolta Open Turin 67 games
Norwegian team championships 24 games
Polish Chess Championships 91 games
Victor Syre Memorial 107 games
Xie Jun vs The World 1 game
Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera 3 games
Oz.com Internet qualifier on ICC 1094 games
1913 games
My thanks to Ülar Lauk, Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk, Hassan
Khaled, Dominique Primel, Dmitri V. Borissenkov, Eirik Gullaksen, Gary Bekker,
Jonathan Hains, Geurt Gijssen, Anton Gubanov and Ruschess.com, Rolf Sander,
Laszlo Nagy, Paolo Godina, Lennarth Eriksson, Visweswaran, Francisco Acosta,
Pat Reynolds, Przemek Jahr, Dominique Primel, John Fernandez, Tom Hendricks and
all those who helped with this issue.
Four Zonals including the very strong zone 1.5 in Yerevan Armenia top
the news this week. The European Women's Championships are just coming to a
close, you can read in the forthcoming events of the strong European Men's
event in Saint Vincent July 3rd-14th. The four player tournament with Shirov,
Polgar, Akopian and Gilberto Hernandez runs 13th-21st June 2000 in the City of
Merida and should be the highlight of next week along with the Frankfurt Chess
Classic 2000 which starts on the 16th (Shirov manages to play in both!). There
is good news as a new sponsor for the US Championships means that the event
does run this year.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
FIDE Zone 1.5 of the World Chess Championship, 2000 takes place in
Yerevan, Armenia, June 7th-16th 2000. There are four qualifiers from this nine
round Swiss Open events.
Coverage at: http://www.armchess.am
Round 5 standings:
zt 1.5 Yerevan ARM (ARM), 7-15 vi 2000
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1 Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2618 =21 + 8 +17 + 5 + 3 4.5 2878
2 Asrian, Karen g ARM 2572 =13 +11 +18 = 3 = 4 3.5 2684
3 Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2564 +22 +14 + 9 = 2 - 1 3.5 2684
4 Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2598 =15 +19 = 5 +22 = 2 3.5 2644
5 Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2539 +25 +18 = 4 - 1 + 9 3.5 2702
6 Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2514 =29 =13 +27 = 7 +14 3.5 2600
7 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2605 =16 +21 =10 = 6 = 8 3.0 2551
8 Izoria, Zviad GEO 2372 +12 - 1 =14 +24 = 7 3.0 2643
9 Ilincic, Zlatko g YUG 2554 +27 +20 - 3 +10 - 5 3.0 2579
10 Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2530 =26 +15 = 7 - 9 +22 3.0 2552
11 Khachian, Melikset m ARM 2462 =24 - 2 +26 =12 +23 3.0 2577
12 Banikas, Hristos m GRE 2535 - 8 +29 =16 =11 +21 3.0 2496
13 Nalbandian, Tigran m ARM 2448 = 2 = 6 =24 =21 =17 2.5 2553
14 Tosic, Miroslav g YUG 2503 +28 - 3 = 8 +16 - 6 2.5 2441
15 Dervishi, Erald g ALB 2478 = 4 -10 =25 +28 =18 2.5 2479
16 Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2482 = 7 =24 =12 -14 +25 2.5 2525
17 Aronian, Levon m ARM 2587 =19 +26 - 1 =23 =13 2.5 2470
18 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2606 +23 - 5 - 2 +27 =15 2.5 2494
19 Ivanisevic, Ivan m YUG 2460 =17 - 4 -21 +29 +24 2.5 2517
20 Yegiazarian, Arsen m ARM 2513 +30 - 9 -22 =25 +26 2.5 2404
21 Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2501 = 1 - 7 +19 =13 -12 2.0 2461
22 Jobava, Baadur GEO 2430 - 3 +28 +20 - 4 -10 2.0 2423
23 Antic, Dejan m YUG 2491 -18 =25 +29 =17 -11 2.0 2398
24 Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2595 =11 =16 =13 - 8 -19 1.5 2295
25 Karkanaque, Ilir f ALB 2389 - 5 =23 =15 =20 -16 1.5 2351
26 Sendur, Adnan f TUR 2335 =10 -17 -11 +30 -20 1.5 2332
27 Seitaj, Ilir m ALB 2392 - 9 +30 - 6 -18 =28 1.5 2303
28 Atakisi, Umut TUR 2274 -14 -22 +30 -15 =27 1.5 2274
29 Gurcan, Selim TUR 2307 = 6 -12 -23 -19 =30 1.0 2223
30 Erdogan, Hakan TUR 2316 -20 -27 -28 -26 =29 0.5 1998
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FIDE Zonal 1.7 takes place in Mezezers (Latvia) 6th-18th June, 2000. 3
players qualify for the FIDE Championships. In the case a two way tie for 3rd
and 4th there is a playoff. In the case of a three way tie or more for
qualification place(s) firstly elimination of scores against opponents in the
lowest final group will be used, then if still tied, elimination of scores from
the next lowest group and so on. If the tie remains unbroken, qualification
will be decided by lot. My thanks to Ülar Lauk.
After six rounds Jaan Ehlvest has a clear one point lead having scored
5/6. Luckans, Arnolds - Slapikas, Vytautas (6) result is missing.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.online.ee/~maleliit/english.htm
zt 1.7 Mezezers LAT (LAT), 3-15 vi 2000 cat. IX (2464)
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1 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2622 * . . 1 . = = . 1 . 1 1 . . 5.0 / 6 2733
2 Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2496 . * . = . 1 . . 1 . = = . = 4.0 / 6 2584
3 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2481 . . * = . . = . = 1 = 1 . . 4.0 / 6 2553
4 Klovans, Janis g LAT 2492 0 = = * = . . 1 . . . . 1 . 3.5 / 6 2554
5 Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2542 . . . = * . 1 . . 1 = . 0 = 3.5 / 6 2493
6 Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2499 = 0 . . . * . . = . 1 = . 1 3.5 / 6 2537
7 Kiik, Kalle m EST 2445 = . = . 0 . * 0 . 1 . . 1 . 3.0 / 6 2466
8 Luckans, Arnolds f LAT 2421 . . . 0 . . 1 * = = = . . . 2.5 / 5 2448
9 Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2482 0 0 = . . = . = * . . 1 . . 2.5 / 6 2417
10 Labuckas, Aidas m LTU 2307 . . 0 . 0 . 0 = . * . . 1 1 2.5 / 6 2400
11 Krakops, Maris g LAT 2518 0 = = . = 0 . = . . * . . . 2.0 / 6 2385
12 Cmilyte, Viktorija wg LTU 2329 0 = 0 . . = . . 0 . . * . 1 2.0 / 6 2377
13 Slapikas, Vytautas m LTU 2423 . . . 0 1 . 0 . . 0 . . * = 1.5 / 5 2295
14 Butnorius, Algimantas m LTU 2434 . = . . = 0 . . . 0 . 0 = * 1.5 / 6 2239
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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.
Coverage at:
http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/Zonal2000.htm
After 7 rounds
zt 2.4 Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 5-15 vi 2000 cat. VIII (2443)
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1 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2511 * = . . = . 1 . 1 1 1 5.0 / 6 2702
2 Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2555 = * = 1 . 1 = 1 = . . 5.0 / 7 2585
3 Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2565 . = * = = 0 . 1 . 1 1 4.5 / 7 2544
4 Lima, Darcy m BRA 2514 . 0 = * = 1 . 1 . 1 . 4.0 / 6 2597
5 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2620 = . = = * . 0 . 1 . 1 3.5 / 6 2490
6 Oblitas, Carlomagno m PER 2389 . 0 1 0 . * 1 = = . . 3.0 / 6 2441
7 Limp, Eduardo BRA 2420 0 = . . 1 0 * . . = 1 3.0 / 6 2463
8 Chemin, Vitorio BRA 2313 . 0 0 0 . = . * 1 = . 2.0 / 6 2324
9 Ramos, Ernesto PER 2280 0 = . . 0 = . 0 * 1 0 2.0 / 7 2283
10 Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2393 0 . 0 0 . . = = 0 * 1 2.0 / 7 2258
11 Gauche, Charles BRA 2310 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 1 0 * 1.0 / 6 2191
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Zonal 4.2 in Cairo runs June 6th-14th 2000 in the Youth Center of Helwan
East. The event is a 10 player all-play-all . 6 players from Egypt, 2 from
Kenya and 2 from Uganda compete. There is one qualifier. My thanks to Hassan
Khaled.
After six rounds:
zt 4.2 Cairo EGY (EGY), 3-15 vi 2000
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1 Labib, Ibrahim Hasan m EGY 2426 * = 1 . . . = 1 1 1 5.0 2505
2 El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2471 = * . = 1 . . 1 1 1 5.0 2541
3 Sarwat, Walaa m EGY 2407 0 . * . 1 . = 1 1 1 4.5 2408
4 Abdel Razik, Khaled EGY 2318 . = . * = = = . 1 1 4.0 2295
5 Ezat, Mohamed EGY 2352 . 0 0 = * 1 1 . . 1 3.5 2256
6 Bibasa,Bob UGA ---- . . . = 0 * 0 = 1 1 3.0 2197
7 Nsubuga,Grace UGA ---- = . = = 0 1 * 0 . . 2.5 2246
8 Sorial, Hanna EGY 2316 0 0 0 . . = 1 * 1 . 2.5 2193
9 Andolo, Humphrey KEN 2200 0 0 0 0 . 0 . 0 * . 0.0
10 Makatia,Alex KEN ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . * 0.0
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The US Championships 2000 are back on. They were cancelled by the US
Chess Federation due to their financial problems. They US Chess Federation and
a Seattle based organisation have come to an agreement over sponsoring the
event over the next few years. The event will take place September 25th -
October 6th 2000 at The Golf Club at Newcastle, near Seattle. The newly formed
Seattle organisation seems to have connections with Inside Chess.
Further info:
http://www.uschess.org/news/press/uspr0024.html and
http://www.insidechess.com/announcement2.html
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.
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 June 1st-4th 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 6th-9th 2000
Chiburdanidze,M (GEO) - Kovalevskaya,E (RUS) 1-0 0-1 1/2
0-1
Stepovaia,T (RUS) - Zhukova,N (UKR) 0-1 0-1 1/2
FINAL June 11th-14th
Natalia Zhukova (wg UKR 2471) vs Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (wg RUS 2451)
0-1 1-0 1-0
Final game Tuesday 13th June, if Kovalevskaya doesn't win then Zhukova
is champion.
The Hamburg City Championships (or IHEM Internationale Hamburger
EinzelMeisterschaft) 2000. Will take place June 10th-18th 2000. The tournament
is a nine round swiss 'closed' with 32 players. 7 invited foreign Grandmasters
(Rogozenko, Yemelin (winner of Hamburg open 1999), Vladimir Georgiev, Gyemesi,
Hector, Lanka and Rausis) will compete with the invited IM Kopylov and some
local players, who qualified through various local tournaments. These players
are 'headed' by GM Karsten Mueller. My thanks to Rolf Sander.
Internet coverage at:
http://members.aol.com/HHSchV/turniere/ihem2000.htm
IHEM Hamburg GER (GER), 10-18 vi 2000
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1 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2515 +21 +18 2.0
2 Reddmann, Hauke f GER 2356 +31 +28 2.0
3 Farago, Ivan g HUN 2467 +20 = 6 1.5 2599
4 Georgiev, Vladimir m BUL 2538 +19 = 9 1.5 2572
5 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2518 +22 =10 1.5 2562
6 Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2562 +26 = 3 1.5 2600
7 Berger, Steve GER 2286 =13 +27 1.5 2612
8 Mueller, Karsten g GER 2527 =14 +25 1.5 2487
9 Kopylov, Mihail m UKR 2428 +29 = 4 1.5 2585
10 Loeffler, Stefan m GER 2426 +32 = 5 1.5 2562
11 Hochgraefe, Markus GER 2365 =24 +23 1.5 2383
12 Reeh, Oliver m GER 2399 =23 +24 1.5 2383
13 Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2503 = 7 =15 1.0 2319
14 Lindinger, Markus GER 2316 = 8 =17 1.0 2506
15 Bach, Matthias f GER 2352 =16 =13 1.0 2251
16 Becker,Norbert GER ---- =15 =26 1.0 2349
17 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2486 =25 =14 1.0 2294
18 Breyther, Ruediger f GER 2365 +30 - 1 1.0 2355
19 Heyken, Enno m GER 2331 - 4 +29 1.0 2392
20 Schleicher, Guido GER 2250 - 3 +31 1.0 2273
21 Voigt, Martin f GER 2300 - 1 +30 1.0 2355
22 Pajeken, Wolfgang f GER 2313 - 5 +32 1.0 2369
23 Engelbert, Christoph GER 2209 =12 -11 0.5 2189
24 Langrock, Hannes GER 2171 =11 -12 0.5 2189
25 Trabert, Bettina wm GER 2273 =17 - 8 0.5 2313
26 Hegeler, Frank f GER 2347 - 6 =16 0.5 2088
27 Buhr, Carl Christian GER 2335 =28 - 7 0.5 2220
28 Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2540 =27 - 2 0.5 2152
29 Laqua, Christian GER 2246 - 9 -19 0.0
30 Maahs, Erich GER 2195 -18 -21 0.0
31 Meier, David-Geffrey GER 2079 - 2 -20 0.0
32 Schuetze, Michael GER 2221 -10 -22 0.0
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Laszlo Nagy reports: There are three main 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 9 Standings:
FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 vi 2000 cat. VIII (2436)
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1 Belichev, Nikolai UKR 2414 * = = . 1 1 . 1 . = . = 1 6.0 / 8 2649
2 Lazarev, Vladimir m RUS 2493 = * = . = 1 = 1 . = . . 1 5.5 / 8 2585
3 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2496 = = * . 1 . = = 1 1 . . = 5.5 / 8 2574
4 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2460 . . . * . = 1 = = 1 = = = 5.0 / 8 2514
5 Kallio, Heikki m FIN 2452 0 = 0 . * . = = = 1 1 . = 4.5 / 9 2425
6 Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2440 0 0 . = . * 1 0 = = 1 . 1 4.5 / 9 2421
7 Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2474 . = = 0 = 0 * . 1 . = 1 . 4.0 / 8 2437
8 Markus, Robert YUG 2436 0 0 = = = 1 . * = . = = . 4.0 / 9 2392
9 Jakab, Attila f HUN 2354 . . 0 = = = 0 = * . = 1 . 3.5 / 8 2402
10 Postny, Evgeny ISR 2424 = = 0 0 0 = . . . * 1 = = 3.5 / 9 2362
11 Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2318 . . . = 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 . 3.0 / 8 2354
12 Kallai, Gabor g HUN 2489 = . . = . . 0 = 0 = 0 * = 2.5 / 8 2271
13 Almasi, Istvan m HUN 2420 0 0 = = = 0 . . . = . = * 2.5 / 8 2317
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FSIMA June Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 vi 2000 cat. II (2299)
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1 Froehlich, Peter f GER 2375 * . = = 1 = = . 1 1 1 = 6.5 2448
2 Antal, Gergely HUN 2339 . * 1 0 0 . 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2455
3 Kolbus, Dietmar GER 2286 = 0 * = = . 1 1 . 1 1 = 6.0 2442
4 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2257 = 1 = * 0 0 1 = 1 . 1 . 5.5 2398
5 Pinter, Gabor HUN 2378 0 1 = 1 * = . . = 0 1 1 5.5 2355
6 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2271 = . . 1 = * = = 0 1 0 1 5.0 2342
7 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2397 = 0 0 0 . = * = 1 . 1 1 4.5 2290
8 Dobos, Jozsef m HUN 2336 . = 0 = . = = * = = 0 0 3.0 2153
9 Morrison, Chris SCO 2176 0 0 . 0 = 1 0 = * = . = 3.0 2188
10 Valenti, Giuseppe ITA 2202 0 0 0 . 1 0 . = = * 0 1 3.0 2179
11 Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2309 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 . 1 * . 3.0 2190
12 Cooke, Eric USA 2266 = 0 = . 0 0 0 1 = 0 . * 2.5 2140
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FSIMB June Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 vi 2000 cat. II (2283)
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1 Zivanic, Marko f YUG 2317 * 1 = . = = . = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2459
2 Goldenberg, Danny f CAN 2244 0 * = 1 0 1 1 . 0 1 1 . 5.5 2362
3 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2365 = = * = = = = . . = 1 1 5.5 2351
4 Bognar, Csaba HUN 2246 . 0 = * . = 1 = = = 1 1 5.5 2362
5 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2285 = 1 = . * 0 = = 1 = = . 5.0 2329
6 Yu Mingyuan CHN 2419 = 0 = = 1 * = = . = . 1 5.0 2327
7 Resika, Nathan A USA 2190 . 0 = 0 = = * = 1 . 1 1 5.0 2330
8 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2321 = . . = = = = * 0 = = 1 4.5 2273
9 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2261 0 1 . = 0 . 0 1 * = 1 = 4.5 2260
10 Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2302 = 0 = = = = . = = * . = 4.0 2262
11 Daamen, Ferry NED 2155 0 0 0 0 = . 0 = 0 . * = 1.5 2006
12 Keatinge-Clay, Adrian USA 2287 0 . 0 0 . 0 0 0 = = = * 1.5 2013
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There are IM and ELO tournaments in Stockholm 10th-18th June 2000. The
standings after two rounds of the IM event are below, the game Olsson-Sjoberg
from round 1 was postponed. My thanks to Lennarth Eriksson.
Internet coverage:
http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/imochelo2000.htm
Round 2 Standings:
IM Stockholm SWE (SWE), 10-18 vi 2000 cat. IV (2347)
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1 Hjelm, Niclas f SWE 2347 * = . . . 1 . . . . 1.5 / 2 2486
2 Von Bahr, Oskar SWE 2240 = * . . . . . . . 1 1.5 / 2 2536
3 Olsson, Anders SWE 2222 . . * . 1 . . . . . 1.0 / 1
4 Sjoberg, Mats m SWE 2352 . . . * . . . . 1 . 1.0 / 1
5 Eriksson, Johan f SWE 2364 . . 0 . * . 1 . . . 1.0 / 2 2318
6 Skytte, Rasmus f DEN 2346 0 . . . . * . 1 . . 1.0 / 2 2390
7 Dzevlan, Miralem m BIH 2414 . . . . 0 . * . . 1 1.0 / 2 2351
8 Ahlander, Bjorn f SWE 2434 . . . . . 0 . * = . 0.5 / 2 2186
9 Matros, Alexander m KAZ 2413 . . . 0 . . . = * . 0.5 / 2 2200
10 Nilssen, John Arni FAI 2339 . 0 . . . . 0 . . * 0.0 / 2
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The Indian National A Championships took place in Mumbai 15th May-5th
June 2000. The huge Category 7 19 player all-play-all event was won by Abhijit
Kunte undefeated on 13.5/18. He was a point clear of Krishnan Sasikiran and in
retrospect their round four game with was Sasikiran's only loss was decisive.
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 Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2487 * 1 = 1 = = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 13.5 2613
2 Sasikiran, Krishnan m IND 2514 0 * = 1 1 = = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 12.5 2559
3 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2555 = = * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 0 = 1 = = = = = 1 11.5 2518
4 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2440 0 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 = = 1 11.0 2502
5 Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2421 = 0 = = * = 1 = = = = = = = = 1 1 = = 10.0 2466
6 Harikrishna, P f IND 2354 = = 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 0 1 0 = = 1 1 10.0 2470
7 Saravanan, V m IND 2412 = = = 0 0 = * 1 0 0 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 10.0 2467
8 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2475 = = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 0 = 1 = 10.0 2463
9 Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam f IND 2373 = = = 0 = = 1 0 * = 0 = 1 1 = 0 = = 1 9.0 2426
10 Sandipan, Chanda IND 2424 = 0 0 = = = 1 = = * = = 0 = = = = 1 1 9.0 2423
11 Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2433 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 = 8.5 2402
12 Sriram, Jha IND 2356 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 = = = 8.0 2384
13 Hegde, Ravi Gopal m IND 2387 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 0 1 = 0 * = = = = = = 7.5 2368
14 Murugan, Krishnamoorthy m IND 2382 0 = = = = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 7.5 2369
15 Neelotpal, Das m IND 2436 0 0 = = = 1 = 0 = = 1 0 = = * = = 0 0 7.0 2343
16 Prakash, G B m IND 2435 0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 1 = = 0 = = = * = 0 = 7.0 2343
17 Sareen, Vishal IND 2351 0 0 = = 0 = = = = = 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 7.0 2347
18 Atanu, Lahiri IND 2426 = 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 1 = * 0 6.0 2298
19 Ravi, Lanka m IND 2391 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = 1 = 0 1 * 6.0 2300
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The 2nd International Chess Festival in Bydgoszcz took place May
28th-June 6th 2000. There were 3 opens with the main tournament having 17 GMs.
Evgeny Gleizerov outdistanced Eduardas Rozentalis by winning his final two
rounds to take clear first with 7/9 half a point clear of Rozentalis on 6.5
(the two were sole leaders after seven rounds). There was a three way tie for
3rd on 6/9 between Robert Kempinski, Alexander Vaulin and Bartosz Socko.
Scores, tables, standings and games at:
http://www.szachy.lo.pl/Turnieje/Bydg2000/bydg00.htm
Final Standings:
Bank Pocztowy Open Bydgoszcz POL (POL), 28 v-6 vi 2000
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1 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2508 =34 +33 + 9 = 4 +21 = 2 + 3 +15 = 6 7.0 /9 2712
2 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2553 +29 +13 = 3 =12 + 4 = 1 +18 = 6 = 5 6.5 /9 2662
3 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2528 +36 +18 = 2 = 5 +23 +14 - 1 = 4 = 8 6.0 /9 2609
4 Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2540 +31 +25 =12 = 1 - 2 +23 +14 = 3 = 9 6.0 /9 2606
5 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2556 =33 +34 +20 = 3 =14 = 7 =12 +18 = 2 6.0 /9 2571
6 Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2597 =10 =24 +29 =18 =12 =16 +19 = 2 = 1 5.5 /9 2550
7 Makarov, Marat g RUS 2513 -41 +40 =28 +27 +17 = 5 =15 = 8 =12 5.5 /9 2492
8 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2523 +38 =20 =21 - 9 =25 +24 +17 = 7 = 3 5.5 /9 2549
9 Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2553 +28 =11 - 1 + 8 -18 +42 +22 =12 = 4 5.5 /9 2507
10 Bobrowska, Monika m POL 2417 = 6 -14 +31 +19 =16 -17 =20 +32 +22 5.5 /9 2558
11 Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2460 +35 = 9 =15 -21 +20 -22 +23 =16 +25 5.5 /9 2537
12 Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2514 +43 +41 = 4 = 2 = 6 =15 = 5 = 9 = 7 5.5 /9 2553
13 Vysochin, Spartak m UKR 2494 +39 - 2 =36 +41 -15 =25 =16 +24 +21 5.5 /9 2488
14 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2580 =24 +10 +16 +23 = 5 - 3 - 4 =22 =18 5.0 /9 2524
15 Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2575 -23 +32 =11 +30 +13 =12 = 7 - 1 =16 5.0 /9 2493
16 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2522 =27 +26 -14 +36 =10 = 6 =13 =11 =15 5.0 /9 2492
17 Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2582 =26 +30 -23 +24 - 7 +10 - 8 =20 +33 5.0 /9 2462
18 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2432 +37 - 3 +42 = 6 + 9 +21 - 2 - 5 =14 5.0 /9 2497
19 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2572 -20 +38 =24 -10 +28 +29 - 6 =26 +30 5.0 /9 2431
20 Mueller, Matthias f GER 2384 +19 = 8 - 5 =25 -11 +31 =10 =17 =23 4.5 /9 2467
21 Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2568 =30 +27 = 8 +11 - 1 -18 =26 +28 -13 4.5 /9 2419
22 Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2526 +32 -23 =25 =28 +26 +11 - 9 =14 -10 4.5 /9 2427
23 Likavsky, Tomas SVK 2397 +15 +22 +17 -14 - 3 - 4 -11 +38 =20 4.5 /9 2492
24 Shishkin, Vadim m UKR 2411 =14 = 6 =19 -17 +32 - 8 +30 -13 +36 4.5 /9 2473
25 Bogdanov, Valentin m UKR 2425 +42 - 4 =22 =20 = 8 =13 =28 +34 -11 4.5 /9 2382
26 Gorin, Leonid RUS 2413 =17 -16 =41 +40 -22 +35 =21 =19 =27 4.5 /9 2395
27 Govashelishvili, Genadij RUS 2240 =16 -21 +33 - 7 =30 -28 +41 +31 =26 4.5 /9 2390
28 Szymanski, Marcin f POL 2335 - 9 +43 = 7 =22 -19 +27 =25 -21 +37 4.5 /9 2415
29 Kantorik, Marian SVK 2303 - 2 +39 - 6 =42 +41 -19 +35 -30 +34 4.5 /9 2311
30 Starostits, Ilmars LAT 2374 =21 -17 +34 -15 =27 +39 -24 +29 -19 4.0 /9 2357
31 Dzjuba, Vsevolod LAT 2274 - 4 =35 -10 +33 =37 -20 +39 -27 +42 4.0 /9 2225
32 Struk, Jerzy POL 2268 -22 -15 +35 =37 -24 +43 +42 -10 =39 4.0 /9 2248
33 Zolnierowicz, Krzysztof m POL 2340 = 5 - 1 -27 -31 +38 -34 +43 +35 -17 3.5 /9 2249
34 Utnasunov, Alexander RUS 2175 = 1 - 5 -30 -38 +44 +33 +37 -25 -29 3.5 /9 2243
35 Ziolkowski, Dawid POL 2169 -11 =31 -32 +39 +36 -26 -29 -33 +44 3.5 /9 2198
36 Krainski, Aleksander POL 2271 - 3 +37 =13 -16 -35 -40 +44 +42 -24 3.5 /9 2195
37 Romanov, Evgeny RUS 2143 -18 -36 +44 =32 =31 =41 -34 +40 -28 3.5 /9 2157
38 Kludacz, Magdalena wm POL 2261 - 8 -19 -39 +34 -33 +44 +40 -23 =43 3.5 /9 2207
39 Rybak, Tomasz POL 2174 -13 -29 +38 -35 +43 -30 -31 +44 =32 3.5 /9 2180
40 Mazalon, Mariusz POL 2207 . - 7 +43 -26 -42 +36 -38 -37 +41 3.0 /8 2160
41 Takhirov, Viktor BLR 2176 + 7 -12 =26 -13 -29 =37 -27 +43 -40 3.0 /9 2211
42 Borchardt, Adam POL 2009 -25 +44 -18 =29 +40 - 9 -32 -36 -31 2.5 /9 2137
43 Sciborowski, Miroslaw POL 2197 -12 -28 -40 +44 -39 -32 -33 -41 =38 1.5 /9 1979
44 BYE ---- . -42 -37 -43 -34 -38 -36 -39 -35 0.0 /8
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The Guillermo Garcia Tournament took place in Santa Clara, Cuba May 24 -
June 9th 2000. GM Lazaro Bruzon and IM Maikel Gongora both scored 9.5/13 a
result which looks to have produced a GM result for Gongora. These two were a
point and a half clear of Reynaldo Vera on 8. There was a Premier II event won
by Lenier Dominguez with 9/14 in an eight player double round robin event half
a point clear of Walter Arencibia who pulled back after a slow start. I hope to
have all the games next week.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/guille.htm
Guillermo Garcia Premier I Santa Clara CUB (CUB), 24 v-9 vi 2000 cat. IX (2453)
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1 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2568 * 1 = 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1 9.5 2619
2 Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2439 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 9.5 2629
3 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2546 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 = 0 = 1 = 8.0 2532
4 Perez, Rodney m CUB 2472 0 = = * 1 = = = = = = 1 = 1 7.5 2508
5 Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2435 = 0 = 0 * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2511
6 Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2419 1 0 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 = 0 6.5 2455
7 Gonzalez, Bernal m CRC 2416 0 0 = = 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 = = 6.5 2455
8 Roeder, Mathias m GER 2413 = = 0 = = = = * 0 = = = = 1 6.0 2427
9 De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2462 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 * 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2423
10 Teran Alvarez, Ismael f ESP 2401 0 1 = = = = 0 = 0 * = = = = 5.5 2400
11 Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2459 0 0 1 = 0 0 = = = = * 1 = 0 5.0 2365
12 Mateo, Ramon m DOM 2408 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 4.5 2346
13 Perez, Luis Manuel f CUB 2459 = 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = 0 * 1 4.5 2342
14 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2446 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 = = 1 = 0 * 4.5 2343
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Guillermo Garcia Premier II Santa Clara CUB (CUB), 24 v-9 vi 2000cat. IX (2462)
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1 Dominguez, Lenier m CUB 2508 ** 1= == 0= == 11 11 == 9.0
2 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2529 0= ** == =1 == =1 == 11 8.5
3 Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2466 == == ** =0 == 1= =1 =1 8.0 51.50
4 Delgado, Neuris m CUB 2443 1= =0 =1 ** 00 =1 == 11 8.0 51.25
5 Herrera, Irisberto m CUB 2472 == == == 11 ** 00 == =1 7.5
6 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G m ESP 2463 00 =0 0= =0 11 ** 1= 11 7.0
7 Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2402 00 == =0 == == 0= ** == 5.0
8 Perdomo, Carlos Andres m COL 2411 == 00 =0 00 =0 00 == ** 3.0
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The Parkroyal Surfers Paradise International is taking place in Surfers
Paradise, Australia 7th-17th June, 2000. Alex Wohl, Ian Rogers, Predrag Nikolic
and Lubomir Ftacnik are in the field of 22. After 5 of the 9 rounds Darryl
Johansen and Sergey Galdunts lead on 4/5. The venue is the Parkroyal Hotel,
Surfers Paradise.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/spi.htm with games daily,
there is live coverage on ICC. My thanks to Gary Bekker.
Round 5 (of 9) standings.
Parkroyal International Surfers Paradise AUS (AUS), 7-17 vi 2000
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1 2 3 4 5
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1 Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2494 +13 = 7 +11 +10 = 4 4.0 2556
2 Galdunts, Sergey m ARM 2473 +17 =11 +14 = 5 +10 4.0 2546
3 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2659 + 8 = 6 =10 + 9 = 5 3.5 2527
4 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2562 + 9 =14 = 6 + 8 = 1 3.5 2492
5 Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2579 =18 +19 + 7 = 2 = 3 3.5 2575
6 Wallace, John Paul m AUS 2367 +21 = 3 = 4 = 7 +11 3.5 2471
7 Hunt, Adam ENG 2388 +16 = 1 - 5 = 6 +14 3.0 2438
8 Allen, Andrew AUS 2264 - 3 +18 +12 - 4 +13 3.0 2420
9 Zhao Zong Yuan AUS 2242 - 4 +21 +15 - 3 +19 3.0 2442
10 Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2438 +12 +15 = 3 - 1 - 2 2.5 2393
11 Yadao, Israel PHI ---- +19 = 2 - 1 +16 - 6 2.5 2348
12 Caoili, Arianne PHI 2078 -10 +20 - 8 =15 +18 2.5 2243
13 Tindall, Brett AUS 2194 - 1 =16 +17 =14 - 8 2.0 2190
14 Rujevic, Mirko AUS 2348 +22 = 4 - 2 =13 - 7 2.0 2251
15 Saw, Geoffrey AUS 2264 +20 -10 - 9 =12 =17 2.0 2112
16 Stead, Kerry AUS 2042 - 7 =13 +18 -11 =21 2.0 2094
17 Hanks, John AUS 2166 - 2 +22 -13 =19 =15 2.0 2187
18 Weeks, Manuel AUS 2249 = 5 - 8 -16 +20 -12 1.5 2043
19 Teichmann, Erik O.M.C f ENG 2365 -11 - 5 +22 =17 - 9 1.5 2048
20 Vagg,Adam AUS ---- -15 -12 =21 -18 +22 1.5 1969
21 Corker, Kerry AUS 2002 - 6 - 9 =20 -22 =16 1.0 1890
22 Kassa,Peter AUS ---- -14 -17 -19 +21 -20 1.0 1936
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Paolo Godina reports: Sinisa Drazic and Spartaco Sarno scored 6/8 to
share first in the SVOLTA SV Open A tournament in Turin, Italy. The event took
place 28th May - 4th June 2000.
There were 6 half point byes in round 1. Those were for Drazic, Laketic,
Vujovic, Lovric, Genova and Chilingirova.
Further information in Italian at:
http://www.arpnet.it/scacchi
SVOLTA Open Turin ITA (ITA), 6 v-4 vi 2000
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1 Drazic, Sinisa m YUG 2483 = + 9 + 6 + 2 = 4 + 5 - 3 + 8 6.0 2459
2 Sarno, Spartaco m ITA 2391 +15 +16 + 3 - 1 + 6 = 4 = 5 + 9 6.0 2465
3 Lazic, Miroljub g YUG 2478 +14 +11 - 2 = 5 = 8 = 6 + 1 = 4 5.0 2403
4 Laketic, Gojko m YUG 2456 = =10 +14 +11 = 1 = 2 - 6 = 3 4.5 2323
5 Vujovic, Milorad m YUG 2316 = + 8 =10 = 3 +13 - 1 = 2 = 6 4.5 2304
6 Lovric, Branko CRO 2322 = +12 - 1 +10 - 2 = 3 + 4 = 5 4.5 2359
7 Racioppo, Paolo ITA 2189 -16 =15 =12 = 8 = 9 =11 +13 +14 4.5 2145
8 Genova, Ruzka wm BUL 2171 = - 5 +15 = 7 = 3 =10 +11 - 1 4.0 2250
9 Diana, Riccardo ITA ---- =12 - 1 -13 +15 = 7 +14 +10 - 2 4.0 2217
10 Chilingirova, Pavlina wm BUL 2237 = = 4 = 5 - 6 +12 = 8 - 9 +16 4.0 2181
11 Spinelli, Doriano ITA 2189 +13 - 3 +16 - 4 =14 = 7 - 8 +15 4.0 2197
12 Faraoni, Enrico ITA 2174 = 9 - 6 = 7 -14 -10 +16 -15 +13 3.0 2041
13 Scarenzio, Renato ITA 2013 -11 -14 + 9 +16 - 5 +15 - 7 -12 3.0 2055
14 Soncin, Denis ITA 2143 - 3 +13 - 4 +12 =11 - 9 -16 - 7 2.5 2048
15 Saccona, Silvano ITA 2113 - 2 = 7 - 8 - 9 +16 -13 +12 -11 2.5 2001
16 Ravagnani, Tiziano ITA 2014 + 7 - 2 -11 -13 -15 -12 +14 -10 2.0 1988
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Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: As reported last week the Norwegian team
championships were 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.
Final round games are now available.
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 Irish National Club Championships took place on June 11 2000 in
Leinster reports Pat Reynolds.
There were four qualifiers for the event:
Bray - Leinster league winners / holders
Cork - Munster league
winners
North Belfast - Ulster KO cup winners
Dublin - Leinster cup
winners (in lieu of Connacht side)
The event was held in Leinster for the first time. Only two teams
actually turned up and the event had to be made a double-round event. This was
due to the late withdrawals from North Belfast & Cork. Despite an upset on
board one Bray took a 3-point lead in the first session & drew the second
round match to retain the title and qualify for the European Club Championships
in 2001.
Final score: Bray 7.5 - Dublin 4.5
Rd1 Bray 4.5 Dublin 1.5
Rd2 Dublin 3 Bray 3
Bd1 C Barry 0-2 J O'Connor
Bd2 T Clarke 2-0 F Vang
Bd3 J Joyce 2-0 M Schmidt
Bd4 H Barber 0.5-1.5 E O'Connor
Bd5 B Beckett 1-0 C Egan; C Brady 0-1 C Egan
Bd6 P Reynolds 1-0 S Clements; E Bennett 1-0 S Clements
The Polish Chess Championships took place in Plock April 28th-May 10th
2000. The event was won by Michal Krasenkow. My thanks to Przemek Jahr for the
information.
57th ch-POL Plock POL (POL), 28 iv-10 v 2000 cat. X (2495)
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1 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2661 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 10.5 2733
2 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2531 0 * = 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 9.0 2633
3 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2538 0 = * 1 0 = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2578
4 Jaracz, Pawel m POL 2490 = 0 0 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2582
5 Blehm, Pawel m POL 2494 = = 1 = * = = 0 1 0 = = 1 1 7.5 2552
6 Kuczynski, Robert g POL 2451 = 0 = = = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2555
7 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2556 0 1 = = = = * = = 0 1 0 1 1 7.0 2519
8 Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2535 0 = = 0 1 = = * = 1 0 1 1 = 7.0 2521
9 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2528 = 0 0 = 0 = = = * = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2492
10 Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2467 0 0 = = 1 = 1 0 = * = 0 = 1 6.0 2468
11 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2522 = = = 0 = 0 0 1 0 = * = 1 1 6.0 2464
12 Grabarczyk, Bogdan m POL 2394 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 = * 1 0 4.0 2362
13 Czerwonski, Aleksander m POL 2414 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 * = 2.0 2205
14 Hnydiuk, Aleksander POL 2352 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * 2.0 2210
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Dominique Primel reports: The 23rd edition of the Victor Syre Memorial
took place in Issy Les Moulineaux near Paris June 1st-4th 2000. The event was a
six round swiss system event. The winner was IM Luc Bergez with 5.5/6, he had a
superior TPR to second placed Jean-Marc Degraeve who also scored 5.5.
Internet coverage: http://perso.club-internet.fr/dprimel/
including annotated games.
Open Victor Syre Mem Issy Les Moulineaux FRA (FRA), 1-4 vi 2000
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1 Bergez, Luc m FRA 2424 5.5 2736 26.5
2 Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2498 5.5 2694 26.5
3 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2528 5.0 2549 24.5
4 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2513 5.0 2530 25.5
5 Le Bideau, Alain FRA 2181 5.0 2438 24.5
6 Brochet, Philippe FRA 2335 5.0 2411 21.5
7 Large, Laurent FRA 2231 5.0 2356 24.0
8 Guedon, Stephanne FRA 2332 5.0 2338 22.0
9 Marcelin, Cyril m FRA 2439 4.5 2469 27.0
10 Te-Llalemand, Rosa wm FRA 2340 4.5 2375 24.0
11 Giffard, Nicolas m FRA 2364 4.5 2363 25.0
12 Appleberry, Martin FRA 2262 4.5 2351 21.5
13 Gouret, Thierry FRA 2303 4.5 2330 23.5
14 Wurhmann,Daniel FRA ---- 4.5 2249 21.0
15 Aurel, Luc FRA 2180 4.5 2230 20.5
16 Akl, Nabil FRA 2181 4.5 2224 20.5
17 Belabdelouahab, Ryad FRA 2142 4.5 2202 19.0
18 Szylar, Eric FRA 2183 4.5 2189 22.5
19 Leuly, Max FRA 2121 4.5 2181 21.5
20 San Marco, Jean FRA 2123 4.5 2170 21.5
21 Veron, Cyprien FRA 2186 4.5 2168 20.5
22 Imbert, Christophe FRA 2157 4.5 2167 21.5
23 Stoessel,Patrice FRA ---- 4.5 2153 19.5
210 players
John Fernandez reports: The OZ.COM prize qualifier on CHESSCLUB.COM on
Sunday March 5th 2000 broke practically every record in the history of internet
chess. 63 GMs, 51 IMs, 37 FMs, 1 WGM and 5 WIMs, took part in this massive
tournament. GM Alex Wojtkiewicz and GM Robert Kempinski, both from Poland,
scored 8/9 to tie for first in this massive 310 player field. In a tiebreak
match held after the tournament, Wojtkiewicz won 3-1 against Kempinski which
qualified him for the trip to the Top of the World tournament April 1-2 in
Kopavogur. 2,615 people were logged into Chessclub.com to watch this event (an
all time record.) In addition, 168 FIDE titled players were logged in, more
than doubling the previous record of 68. GM Nigel Short had broken away from
the pack to lead the tournament with 7.5/8 before being tripped up by GM
Kempinski in the last round. FM Vinay Bhat had a wonderful tournament, scoring
6.5/8 against GMs! "If only this tournament was rated!", one observer remarked.
The event was sponsored by OZ.COM (http://www.oz.com) and CHESSCLUB.COM (http://www.chessclub.com), the world's
premier site for online chess play. The event was organized and directed by
John Fernandez (jfernandez@chessclub.com).
Games now available (original report above appeared in TWIC 278). My
thanks to John Fernandez for the games.
Internet site: http://www.chessclub.com/oz.html
Final Standings:
1. GM Alex Wojtkiewicz 2563 8.0 Trip to Iceland + $500
2. GM Robert Kempinski 2528 8.0 $700
3-7 GM Nigel Short 2683 7.5 $240
GM Alexandre Lesiege 2582 7.5 $240
GM Igor Glek 2554 7.5 $240
IM Diego Adla 2492 7.5 $240
FM Vinay Bhat 2398 7.5 $240
8-12 GM Ilya Smirin 2666 7.0 $ 20
GM Sergei Shipov 2640 7.0 $ 20
GM Boris Avrukh 2620 7.0 $ 20
GM Vitali Golod 2566 7.0 $ 20
IM Stelios Halkias 2482 7.0 $ 20
13-27 GM Alexey Dreev 2680 6.5
GM Peter Svidler 2672 6.5
GM Loek van Wely 2646 6.5
GM Boris Gulko 2644 6.5
GM Gregory Kaidanov 2599 6.5
GM Leonid Gofshtein 2580 6.5
GM Gilberto Hernandez 2560 6.5
GM Bartlomiej Macieja 2538 6.5
GM Michael Rohde 2535 6.5
IM Dmitry Tyomkin 2516 6.5
GM Pablo Zarnicki 2498 6.5
IM Jon Gunnarsson 2400 6.5
Diego Flores 2373 6.5
Julio Hernando 2364 6.5
Gokhan Demir 2247 6.5
310 players total
The Chinese Website chess.lotof.com is running a The World match against
Xie Jun. http://chess.lotof.com/index_e.asp is in Chinese and English.
The match which started on March 18th 2000 has reached move 44 (on June 12th
2000) with Xie Jun holding a serious, probably winning advantage.
Again the match showed that the individual has the great advantage of
being able to play the best move. There were quite a number of strong players
competing at the start of the game but when The World chose 23. Nf4 the winner
instead of the much to be preferred 23. e4 many of them withdrew complaining of
voting irregularities. You can read more at:
http://www.gamers.com/messages/overview.asp?name=XieJunVsWorld&page=1
(Information on this from Tom Hendricks)
Xie Jun - The World [C99] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4
13.cxd4 Bb7 14.d5 Rac8 15.Bd3 Nd7 16.Nf1 f5 17.Bg5 Nc5 18.exf5 Nc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4
20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Ne3 Nd3 22.Re2 Rc5 23.b3 Nf4 24.bxc4 Nxe2+ 25.Qxe2 Bc8 26.g4
Bd7 27.Nd2 Rcc8 28.Ne4 Rb8 29.Qd2 Rb6 30.c5 dxc5 31.d6 Qe8 32.Nxc5 Kh8 33.Rc1
Rc6 34.Qd5 Qf7 35.Rd1 Qxd5 36.Rxd5 Rd8 37.Nc4 Be8 38.d7 Rxd7 39.Nxd7 Rxc4
40.Nxe5 Rc8 41.Kg2 Kg8 42.h4 Kf8 43.Rd6 a5 44.f6 continues
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. Just a
confirmation from last week that the 25th placed player Svetlana Bezgodova is
in fact Svetlana Filichkina her name may well change in the next FIDE rating
list. You may want to alter the name in the games section from last week.
Official coverage at: http://echess.dk.ru/
ch-RUS Women Elista RUS (RUS), 11-19 v 2000
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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 Filichkina,Svetlana 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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The death of Cuba's leading playing in the 1960s has been announced.
Eleazar Jimenez Zerguera was born in Ciego de Avila, a Province of Camaguey,
25th June 1928, he and died May 6th 2000 aged 71. He was the son of
Tomás Jiménez who was very active in Cuban chess also. He was top
board for Cuba 1960-1968.
Olympiad Record
Bd Olympiad Year + = - Tot Pl %
1 Leipzig 1960 4 11 3 9.5 (18) 52.8
1 Varna 1962 3 13 3 9.5 (19) 50.0
1 Tel-Aviv 1964 3 11 2 8.5 (16) 52.9
1 Havana 1966 4 5 6 6.5 (15) 43.3*
1 Lugano 1968 2 6 3 6.0 (12) 50.0
2 Siegen 1970 3 11 1 8.5 (15) 56.7
4 Nice 1974 6 4 0 8.0 (10) 80.0
* Havana 1966 saw Cuba qualify for the final A group for the first time
where he played in turn Larsen, Petrosian, Pomar, Uhlmann (draw), Portisch,
Johannessen (draw), Gligoric and finally Fischer (one of the victims of
Fischer's Exchange variation of the Ruy Lopez), a pretty tough ask.
In the course of his career he played most of the top players of his era
Smyslov, Tal, Reshevsky, Gligoric, Keres, Korchnoi, Geller, Taimanov, Portisch,
Stahlberg, Larsen, Petrosian, Fischer (he did manage draws against Fischer in
the Capablanca Memorial of 1965 and the 1970 interzonal), Polugaevsky,
Botvinnik and Stein. He mostly lost but did get a few draws in a career taking
in the above Olympiads, numerous Capablanca Memorial tournaments (with most of
the World's best playing at some time or another) and invitations to events
such as the Alekhine Memorial 1963, Leningrad 1967, Palma de Mallorca 1967. By
coming first equal in the Quito Zonal in 1969 he qualified (after a couple of
earlier near misses) for his only Interzonal appearance, in the Palma de
Mallorca Interzonal of 1970. He came last but drew against the top 3 and
defeated Portisch and Filip. His was a pretty solid player and apart from at
the highest level he was hard to defeat.
Jiménez was 5 times champion of Cuba (1957, 1960, 1963, 1965 and
1967), 3 times Pan-American Champion (1963, 1966 and 1970) he was awarded the
IM title by FIDE. He worked also in the Academy of Chess of the University of
Havana and was National Commissioner and President of the Cuban Chess
Federation representing them at several FIDE Congresses.
Original report: http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/index.htm
Merida GM Tournament
There is an interesting quadrangular tournament with Alexei Shirov
(Spain), Judit Polgar (Hungary), Vladimir 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.
Voronezh Open
The 4th International Chess Festival Voronezh takes place June 10th-21st
2000. June 10th-11th was a rapidplay event, the main open starts today, June
12th. Further coverage next week.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/
Khalifman Chat
A transcript of the live online chat with FIDE World Champion Alexander
Khalifman which took place Sunday June 4 2000 on the About Chess site can be
read at:
http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa060600a.htm
1st European Chess Championships
The 1st European Chess Championships take place in Saint Vincent July
3rd-14th 2000. There is already a very strong field assembled with 109 entries
45 of whom are rated over 2500 and 16 over 2600. Leading entries so far: Alexei
Federov (2684), Alexei Dreev (2680), Kiril Georgiev (2677), Zurab
Azmaiparashvili (2675), Vladimir Epishin (2667), Ilia Smirin (2666), Sergei
Rublevski (2662), Michal Krasenkow (2661), Jan Timman (2655), Vadim Milov
(2653), Alexander Beliavsky (2650), Loek Van Wely (2646), Rafael Vaganian
(2618), Andrei Kharlov (2616), Pavel Tregubov (2615), Smbat Lputian (2605),
Artashes Minasian (2598), Vladimir Malkhov (2593), Vladislav Nevednichy (2589)
and Christopher Lutz (2587). Entry is still possible in this and other events
in the Festival.
Further information at: http://www.scacchivda.com/
Golden Cleopatra 2000
GM Rune Djurhuus on the 1999 event (including pictures).
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~runed/egypt99.html
Golden Cleopatra Chess Festival 10-22 July –2000 Under the
supervision of the Egyptian Chess Federation Sponsored by Eastern Company
Sports Club a) Closed Section (for Rated Players 2300+Up)
The tournament will be played in Cairo-Egypt- Eastern Company Sports
Club, about 5 km from Pyramids-Egypt.
Swiss System – 9 Rounds – 40 Players (7 GMs–25 IMs)
– Time control 7 hours – Fischer system.
GM’s-norm and IM’s-norm are available.
Arrival: 10 July- 1st round: 11 July–Rest Day: 16 July-last Round:
20 July–Closing Ceremony: 21 July (8p.m.)- Departure: 22 July. All Rounds
start at 4pm.
Prizes in U.S. Dollars: 1st 1000 - 2nd 800 - 3rd 700 – 4th 600
– 5th 500 - 6th 400 – 7th 300 – 8th 200 – 9th 150 –
10th 150.
For Rated players over 2300, They will pay 250 US$ including
Registration fee + Accommodation in 3 star Hotel double Bedroom + 3 meals
starting from Arrival date to Departure date + Splendid touristic tours. For
other Rated players the same but they participate in Open Section. B) Open
Section (for rated Players under 2300)
Fide Rated Swiss System-9 Rounds –120 Players–Time Control 2
hours for the first 40 moves then one hour to finish the game. Schedule as
above.
Prizes in Egyptian Pounds: 1st 500 -2nd 400 -3rd 300 -4th 250 -5th 250
-6th 200 -7th 200 -8th 150 -9th 125 -10th 100.
Contact Hassan Khaled before June 30, as there are limited places.
Hassan Khaled General Director Egyptian Chess Federation E-mail:
ecf@idsc.gov.eg or haskh@yahoo.com, Blitzin I.D.: haskd Phone: +20-2-3378987,
Mobile: +20-10-5003063, Fax +20-2-3025683 Venue: Eastern Company Sports Club
(Tel & Fax +20-2-5620931) Hotel: Ledo Hotel –Pyramids Street
(Tel+20-2-572026 - 5694624)
Player wanted for Hungarian Chess Tournament
The Hotel Írottko GM tournament takes place in Koszeg, Hungary
21st June - 1st July 2000. One player required, contact Péter
Tomcsányi at primerat@mail.matav.hu if interested.
Information about the tournament http://www.primerate.hu
New Russian Website
There is a new Russian Website (English content to follow) at:
http://kvkchess.euro.ru/. Material
includes chess history and statistics and a collection of the chess links.
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
You can also see the Official Guide to Chess Tournaments in Greece at:
http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2000/hellas2000/index.html
XLII Portuguese Team Championships
The XLII Portuguese Team Championships take place June 11th-12th,
16th-18th and 22nd-25th June 2000. There are three leagues of competition which
takes place in the Pavilhao Aristides Hall in Aveiro University.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.sas.ua.pt/desporto/xadrez/
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-29th August GM cat.8 IM cat.4 11 rounds and 19th-27th August FM
closed 9 rounds Paks HUN Org: IM Videki, e-mail: videkisn@mail.matav.hu
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).
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
