THE WEEK IN CHESS 295 3rd July 2000 by Mark Crowther
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White Nights Open 246 games
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991 games
My thanks to Willy Iclicki, Joël Escala, Andrés Molina,
Anjo Anjewierden, Sinisa Joksic, Bert Hollmann, Peter Gubics, Laszlo Nagy,
Michael Byrne, Slobodan Adzic, Oscar de la Riva, Mikhail Golubev, Emil Anka and
all those who helped with this issue.
The new FIDE rating list was released today. As expected Garry Kasparov
and Vladimir Kramnik are World numbers 1 and 2, they meet in a match later this
year in London. Anand who has been displaced as World number 2 by Kramnik is at
3 and meets Kramnik in the Dortmund tournament that starts later this week. The
other big climbers in the top 10 are Adams who gains 40 points to move to 5 in
the World and Krasenkow who is at 10 up from 26 in the last list.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The FIDE ELO Rating list for July 2000 was released today. Heading the
list at 2849 still is Garry Kasparov (he lost just a couple of rating points).
Kramnik (who plays Kasparov in a match this autumn) London has gained 12 points
to take the World number 2 spot from Anand who lost just 6 points during his
recent severe loss of form (he looked back to something like his best in
Frankfurt and it will be interesting to see what happens in the Dortmund
tournament that starts this week where Kramnik also plays). Morozevich gains 8
points in 4th, Adams moves into 5th place after he gained 40 points both
displacing Shirov who lost 5. Leko drops one place to 7th but is up 18 rating
points, Ivanchuk 8th up 10, Topalov 9th up 5 and Krasenkow up 41 in 10th place
knocking Evgeny Bareev out of the top 10.
Top Juniors are Ruslan Ponomariov of the Ukraine (2630 born 11.10.83),
Etienne Bacrot (2613 born 22.01.83), Alexander Grischuk (2606 31.10.83 ) with
in 7th place Bu Xiangzhi of China (2570 born 10.12.85), moving up. Judit Polgar
of course heads the women's list with her 2656 rating with Xie Jun of China in
second at 2568.
No. Name t NAT ja00 ju00 gm
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2851 2849 35
2 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2758 2770 23
3 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2769 2762 23
4 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2748 2756 28
5 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2715 2755 38
6 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2751 2746 33
7 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2725 2743 29
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2709 2719 10
9 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2702 2707 11
10 Krasenkow, Michal............... g POL 2661 2702 61
11 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2709 2702 17
12 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2696 2699 11
13 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2614 2690 44
14 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2672 2689 9
15 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2692 2681 27
16 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2683 2677 44
17 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2666 2677 25
18 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2680 2676 26
19 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2675 2673 0
20 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2616 2670 45
21 Rublevsky, Sergei............... g RUS 2662 2670 24
22 Xu, Jun......................... g CHN 2578 2668 75
23 Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2676 2668 25
24 Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2694 2667 50
25 Khalifman, Alexander............ g RUS 2656 2667 35
26 Movsesian, Sergei............... g CZE 2668 2666 48
27 Georgiev, Kiril................. g BUL 2677 2661 22
28 Akopian, Vladimir............... g ARM 2660 2660 20
29 Peng, Xiaomin................... g CHN 2624 2657 76
30 Nikolic, Predrag................ g BIH 2659 2657 24
31 Tkachiev, Vladislav............. g FRA 2670 2657 23
32 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ........... g HUN 2658 2656 39
33 Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2640 2654 77
34 Piket, Jeroen................... g NED 2633 2649 45
35 Lautier, Joel................... g FRA 2632 2648 26
36 Seirawan, Yasser................ g USA 2647 2647 17
37 Fedorov, Alexei................. g BLR 2684 2646 20
38 Salov, Valery................... g RUS 2644 2644 0
39 Van Wely, Loek.................. g NED 2646 2643 49
40 Gulko, Boris F.................. g USA 2644 2643 9
41 Nenashev, Alexander............. g UZB 2600 2642 54
42 Bologan, Viktor................. g MDA 2589 2641 51
43 Andersson, Ulf.................. g SWE 2625 2641 21
44 Hodgson, Julian M............... g ENG 2625 2640 21
45 Shipov, Sergei.................. g RUS 2640 2640 0
46 Timman, Jan H................... g NED 2655 2639 54
47 Zhang, Zhong.................... g CHN 2611 2636 66
48 Zvjaginsev, Vadim............... g RUS 2641 2634 39
49 Khenkin, Igor................... g GER 2622 2633 43
50 Milos, Gilberto................. g BRA 2620 2633 39
51 Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. g UKR 2627 2630 7
52 Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2630 2628 10
53 Sakaev, Konstantin.............. g RUS 2629 2627 43
54 Ehlvest, Jaan................... g EST 2622 2627 42
55 Onischuk, Alexander............. g UKR 2637 2627 24
56 Kharlov, Andrei................. g RUS 2616 2627 22
57 Milov, Vadim.................... g SUI 2653 2626 24
58 Avrukh, Boris................... g ISR 2620 2625 31
59 Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2599 2624 36
60 Vaganian, Rafael A.............. g ARM 2618 2623 35
61 Speelman, Jonathan S............ g ENG 2604 2623 25
62 Tregubov, Pavel V............... g RUS 2615 2620 67
63 Korchnoi, Viktor................ g SUI 2659 2620 51
64 Huebner, Robert Dr.............. g GER 2620 2615 24
65 Hansen, Curt.................... g DEN 2618 2613 32
66 Bacrot, Etienne................. g FRA 2594 2613 22
67 Hracek, Zbynek.................. g CZE 2620 2612 21
68 Kozul, Zdenko................... g CRO 2597 2611 38
69 Novikov, Igor A................. g UKR 2591 2611 33
70 Sokolov, Ivan................... g BIH 2637 2611 33
71 Psakhis, Lev.................... g ISR 2599 2611 21
72 Jussupow, Artur................. g GER 2628 2610 23
73 Landa, Konstantin............... g RUS 2598 2610 17
74 Sutovsky, Emil.................. g ISR 2597 2609 47
75 Tiviakov, Sergei................ g NED 2567 2608 40
76 Ftacnik, Lubomir................ g SVK 2579 2608 29
77 Dolmatov, Sergey................ g RUS 2615 2608 28
78 Grischuk, Alexander............. m RUS 2581 2606 36
79 Dautov, Rustem.................. g GER 2602 2606 23
80 Malakhov, Vladimir.............. g RUS 2593 2605 22
81 Smagin, Sergey.................. g RUS 2580 2605 8
82 Granda Zuniga, Julio E.......... g PER 2605 2605 0
83 Wang, Zili...................... g CHN 2571 2603 65
84 Shabalov, Alexander............. g USA 2592 2601 67
85 Wu, Wenjin...................... m CHN 2522 2601 63
86 Dorfman, Josif D................ g FRA 2593 2600 28
87 Baklan, Vladimir................ g UKR 2571 2599 49
88 Giorgadze, Giorgi............... g GEO 2599 2599 0
89 Vladimirov, Evgeny.............. g KAZ 2586 2598 71
90 Lputian, Smbat G................ g ARM 2605 2598 22
91 Najer, Evgeniy.................. g RUS 2572 2597 42
92 Yermolinsky, Alex............... g USA 2601 2596 44
93 Kuzmin, Alexey.................. g RUS 2587 2596 22
94 Lutz, Christopher............... g GER 2587 2595 35
95 Minasian, Artashes.............. g ARM 2598 2595 29
96 Iordachescu, Viorel............. g MDA 2560 2594 79
97 Fominyh, Alexander.............. g RUS 2551 2594 45
98 Kobalija, Mihail................ g RUS 2593 2594 23
99 Sturua, Zurab................... g GEO 2595 2594 0
100 Filippov, Valerij............... g RUS 2584 2593 48
101 Spasov, Vasil................... g BUL 2590 2593 31
There was a match between Etienne Bacrot and Zoltan Almasi in Szeged
27th June - 2nd July 2000. Almasi won 3.5-2.5, his two wins came from games
where the Frenchman played quickly in the opening but then found himself in
lost positions. My thanks to Peter Gubics for the news.
http://www.chess.hu/
Bacrot, Etienne - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 20 D19 Slav defence
Almasi, Zoltan - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 34 C92 Ruy Lopez
Bacrot, Etienne - Almasi, Zoltan 0-1 22 C54 Italian game
Almasi, Zoltan - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 68 C92 Ruy Lopez
Bacrot, Etienne - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 41 B32 Sicilian
Almasi, Zoltan - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 39 C92 Ruy Lopez
Match Szeged HUN (HUN), 27 vi-2 vii 2000
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Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2676 = 1 1 = 0 = 3.5 2651
Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2594 = 0 0 = 1 = 2.5 2619
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The 53rd Russian Chess Championships are taking place in Samara June
16th-27th 2000. The event was an 11 round Swiss system tournament. The top
rated player was Vadim Zvjaginsev in a field with 34 GMs, 18 IMs in the total
of 62 players. The event also counted as a Zonal with three qualifiers going
through to the FIDE Championships. Sergey Volkov won the event alone with 8/11,
half a point clear of five players on 7.5. Rustermov and Kharlov qualified
along with Volkov on tie-break.
Internet coverage at: http://www.clubkasparov.ru/index0.htm
[in Russian]
Final Standings
ch-RUS Samara RUS (RUS), 16-27 vi 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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1 Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2582 +53 +31 + 9 =16 = 8 = 5 +10 =11 = 4 = 2 +15 8.0 2725
2 Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2553 +56 =29 +13 = 8 =10 =20 =19 +23 +11 = 1 = 3 7.5 2668
3 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2517 = 8 +21 =22 =11 +48 -10 +32 =41 +14 + 9 = 2 7.5 2690
4 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2616 -19 +61 = 6 =13 +49 +46 =17 +16 = 1 =11 + 9 7.5 2615
5 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2550 -45 +52 +40 +46 +37 = 1 =15 - 9 +17 = 8 +12 7.5 2624
6 Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2541 +55 - 9 = 4 +45 =38 =37 +48 = 8 =12 +19 +11 7.5 2633
7 Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa m RUS 2515 +33 -12 -14 +58 =21 =45 +37 +38 = 8 =10 +25 7.0 2639
8 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2645 = 3 +50 +49 = 2 = 1 =17 =16 = 6 = 7 = 5 =13 6.5 2586
9 Maljutin, Evgeni m RUS 2451 +36 + 6 - 1 +41 +30 +16 -11 + 5 =20 - 3 - 4 6.5 2629
10 Motylev, Alexander m RUS 2552 =51 +44 =23 +19 = 2 + 3 - 1 =20 =15 = 7 =17 6.5 2597
11 Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2551 =44 =39 +24 = 3 +50 +18 + 9 = 1 - 2 = 4 - 6 6.5 2579
12 Jakovenko, Dmitrij m RUS 2443 +34 + 7 -16 =30 =33 -15 +35 +18 = 6 +20 - 5 6.5 2627
13 Kosyrev, Vladimir m RUS 2474 +26 =49 - 2 = 4 =32 +22 =42 =25 +23 =16 = 8 6.5 2628
14 Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2591 -31 +42 + 7 =18 +47 =23 =20 =19 - 3 +24 =16 6.5 2583
15 Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2605 =38 +48 =19 -37 +44 +12 = 5 =17 =10 +28 - 1 6.5 2576
16 Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2534 +52 +45 +12 = 1 =20 - 9 = 8 - 4 +42 =13 =14 6.5 2584
17 Popov, Valerij g RUS 2534 =59 +47 +29 =20 =23 = 8 = 4 =15 - 5 +41 =10 6.5 2604
18 Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2526 =60 +54 =37 =14 +22 -11 =38 -12 =26 +48 +33 6.5 2556
19 Iljushin, Alexei m RUS 2515 + 4 =20 =15 -10 +25 +21 = 2 =14 =33 - 6 =35 6.0 2624
20 Dolmatov, Sergey g RUS 2615 +42 =19 +28 =17 =16 = 2 =14 =10 = 9 -12 =26 6.0 2560
21 Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2615 =24 - 3 =51 +31 = 7 -19 =39 +35 =27 +37 =22 6.0 2551
22 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2543 =47 +51 = 3 =50 -18 -13 +44 +30 =29 =33 =21 6.0 2538
23 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2523 =54 +60 =10 +32 =17 =14 =28 - 2 -13 =38 +41 6.0 2536
24 Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2510 =21 =25 -11 =40 =54 +55 +45 =28 =41 -14 +38 6.0 2535
25 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2593 =39 =24 -50 +57 -19 +56 =46 =13 +43 +29 - 7 6.0 2500
26 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2572 -13 =56 -47 +52 =39 =53 =31 +51 =18 +46 =20 6.0 2511
27 Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2552 =40 -46 +60 -48 -45 +59 +53 =37 =21 +42 =28 6.0 2491
28 Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2515 =61 +59 -20 -47 +60 +50 =23 =24 +46 -15 =27 6.0 2481
29 Zakharevich, Igor m RUS 2486 +32 = 2 -17 =33 =43 +30 =41 =42 =22 -25 =34 5.5 2560
30 Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2567 =48 =38 +31 =12 - 9 -29 +40 -22 =55 =39 +45 5.5 2468
31 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny f RUS 2503 +14 - 1 -30 -21 =53 +60 =26 =55 +52 =34 =42 5.5 2510
32 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2580 -29 +58 +39 -23 =13 +47 - 3 -46 =38 =40 +48 5.5 2477
33 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2611 - 7 +62 =38 =29 =12 -42 +49 +48 =19 =22 -18 5.5 2506
34 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2548 -12 =57 =56 +51 -46 =44 +47 =43 =37 =31 =29 5.5 2450
35 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2580 -37 =53 =45 =39 =40 +51 -12 -21 +54 +55 =19 5.5 2458
36 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2558 - 9 -55 =57 -60 =52 =61 =59 +56 =50 +51 +46 5.5 2373
37 Smikovski, Ivan m RUS 2492 +35 =41 =18 +15 - 5 = 6 - 7 =27 =34 -21 =40 5.0 2514
38 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2512 =15 =30 =33 +59 = 6 =41 =18 - 7 =32 =23 -24 5.0 2499
39 Sapunov, E RUS 2498 =25 =11 -32 =35 =26 =54 =21 =52 =40 =30 =43 5.0 2485
40 Riazantsev, Alexander m RUS 2442 =27 =43 - 5 =24 =35 =49 -30 +44 =39 =32 =37 5.0 2496
41 Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2576 +58 =37 =46 - 9 +55 =38 =29 = 3 =24 -17 -23 5.0 2449
42 Makarov, Marat g RUS 2513 -20 -14 =52 +56 +59 +33 =13 =29 -16 -27 =31 5.0 2466
43 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2546 =46 =40 =55 =44 =29 -48 +54 =34 -25 =45 =39 5.0 2420
44 Khlian, E RUS 2454 =11 -10 +54 =43 -15 =34 -22 -40 =57 +61 +55 5.0 2416
45 Kornev, Alexei RUS 2384 + 5 -16 =35 - 6 +27 = 7 -24 -49 +53 =43 -30 4.5 2472
46 Smirnov, Pavel m RUS 2426 =43 +27 =41 - 5 +34 - 4 =25 +32 -28 -26 -36 4.5 2499
47 Frolov, Denis f RUS 2428 =22 -17 +26 +28 -14 -32 -34 =54 =59 =50 =49 4.5 2430
48 Meister, Yakov m RUS 2473 =30 -15 +61 +27 - 3 +43 - 6 -33 +49 -18 -32 4.5 2457
49 Totsky, Leonid m RUS 2524 +57 =13 - 8 =55 - 4 =40 -33 +45 -48 =52 =47 4.5 2407
50 Varavin, Viktor g RUS 2410 +62 - 8 +25 =22 -11 -28 -51 =53 =36 =47 =58 4.5 2459
51 Tunik, Gennady m RUS 2442 =10 -22 =21 -34 +57 -35 +50 -26 +61 -36 =53 4.5 2421
52 Alavkin, Arseny m RUS 2397 -16 - 5 =42 -26 =36 +58 +57 =39 -31 =49 =62 4.5 2439
53 Yevseev, Denis m RUS 2496 - 1 =35 -59 +61 =31 =26 -27 =50 -45 +62 =51 4.5 2395
54 Sultanov, Alexander V RUS 2294 =23 -18 -44 +62 =24 =39 -43 =47 -35 =56 +61 4.5 2406
55 Tolstikh, Nikolay m RUS 2419 - 6 +36 =43 =49 -41 -24 +56 =31 =30 -35 -44 4.0 2423
56 Sergienko, Sergey m RUS 2425 - 2 =26 =34 -42 +58 -25 -55 -36 +62 =54 =57 4.0 2384
57 Belitzkij, Alexandr RUS 2306 -49 =34 =36 -25 -51 =62 -52 =58 =44 +60 =56 4.0 2375
58 Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2475 -41 -32 +62 - 7 -56 -52 =61 =57 =60 +59 =50 4.0 2312
59 Sidorov, Anatoly RUS 2339 =17 -28 +53 -38 -42 -27 =36 =62 =47 -58 =60 3.5 2360
60 Yashtylov, Anatolij RUS 2319 =18 -23 -27 +36 -28 -31 =62 -61 =58 -57 =59 3.0 2278
61 Utnasunov, Alexander RUS 2175 =28 - 4 -48 -53 =62 =36 =58 +60 -51 -44 -54 3.0 2294
62 Grechihin, Valery g RUS 2521 -50 -33 -58 -54 =61 =57 =60 =59 -56 -53 =52 2.5 2175
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The 28th Annual World Open began on June 30th and runs through until
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). There are seven sections
with the main open section having a strong entry that includes: Jan Ehlvest,
Alex Yermolinsky, Alex Shabalov, Alex Goldin, Joel Benjamin, G. Serper, Suat
Atalik, John Fedorowicz, Sergery Kudrin, Eugune Perelshteyn, Alek Wojtkiewicz,
Vasilios Kotronias, Pavel Blatny, Eduard Gufeld, Maurice Ashley, Vale
Gaprindishvili, Julian Hodgson, Anatoly Lein. The event is a 9 round Swiss
system, with the early rounds being played according to various schedules.
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
The Ukranian Zonal 1.9 (also the "Absolute Championships of the
Ukraine") took place in Ordzhonikidze June 7th-19th 2000. There were three FIDE
qualification places available from the Zonal. The first place was taken by
Alexander Onischuk who scored 6.5/9 half a point clear of the trio Vladimir
Baklan, Vereslav Eingorn and Oleg Romanishin. Romanishin lost out on the final
qualification place due to an inferior 'truncated Buchgolz' tiebreak. Onischuk
won from a drawish position against Ovsejevitsch, after he found he needed a
win due to his tie-break position. It seems to have been up to the organisers
of the Zonal what tie-break method was used, with playoffs used in some zonals
and tie-breaks in others. The top four players plus Vassily Ivanchuk and Ruslan
Ponomariov (both already qualified for the FIDE Championships) will make up the
Ukranian Olympiad side.
My thanks to Mikhail Golubev.
Further info: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/ukr00z.htm
zt 1.9 Ordzhonikidze UKR (UKR), 9-17 vi 2000
Tie-break scores:
Score WP SB PS
1. 1 Onischuk,Alexander GM 2637 6.5 43.5 31.00 32.0
2. 4 Baklan,Vladimir GM 2582 6.0 48.0 31.00 31.5
2 Eingorn,Vereslav GM 2597 6.0 46.5 30.00 29.0
6 Romanishin,Oleg M GM 2578 6.0 44.5 28.50 29.5
Cross Table:
zt 1.9 Ordzhonikidze UKR (UKR), 9-17 vi 2000
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1 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2637 =24 +23 =20 +27 = 5 + 4 = 2 = 3 + 6 6.5 2700
2 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2571 +19 +15 = 5 = 3 = 7 = 6 = 1 = 8 + 9 6.0 2683
3 Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2597 =12 +17 = 7 = 2 = 8 +21 = 5 = 1 +11 6.0 2675
4 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2578 +22 =27 = 6 = 5 +17 - 1 + 7 = 9 + 8 6.0 2664
5 Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2568 +30 + 9 = 2 = 4 = 1 = 7 = 3 - 6 +16 5.5 2620
6 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei m UKR 2526 =16 +26 = 4 +15 = 9 = 2 = 8 + 5 - 1 5.5 2620
7 Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2561 =20 +18 = 3 +16 = 2 = 5 - 4 +13 =10 5.5 2619
8 Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2575 =17 =21 =27 +19 = 3 +16 = 6 = 2 - 4 5.0 2562
9 Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2505 +28 - 5 =10 +12 = 6 =11 +14 = 4 - 2 5.0 2604
10 Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2561 =21 =12 = 9 =22 =20 +17 =15 =16 = 7 5.0 2540
11 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2576 =18 =24 =22 +20 =21 = 9 =13 +15 - 3 5.0 2563
12 Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2514 = 3 =10 =24 - 9 =23 =27 =18 +26 =13 4.5 2520
13 Moiseenko, Alexander m UKR 2573 =26 -20 =21 =30 +19 +22 =11 - 7 =12 4.5 2505
14 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2584 -27 =16 =25 =23 +18 +24 - 9 =20 =15 4.5 2486
15 Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2541 +25 - 2 +23 - 6 =22 +20 =10 -11 =14 4.5 2521
16 Nosenko, Alexander UKR 2427 = 6 =14 +29 - 7 +27 - 8 +21 =10 - 5 4.5 2545
17 Zubarev, Alexander1 m UKR 2476 = 8 - 3 +18 +29 - 4 -10 =27 +24 =21 4.5 2540
18 Vysochin, Spartak m UKR 2494 =11 - 7 -17 +25 -14 +30 =12 +29 =19 4.5 2521
19 Moroz, Alexander g UKR 2513 - 2 =25 +26 - 8 -13 +28 =23 +27 =18 4.5 2518
20 Zubov, Alexander UKR m UKR 2482 = 7 +13 = 1 -11 =10 -15 =29 =14 =22 4.0 2521
21 Borovikov, Vladislav m UKR 2472 =10 = 8 =13 +24 =11 - 3 -16 =28 =17 4.0 2499
22 Maksimenko, Andrei g UKR 2495 - 4 +28 =11 =10 =15 -13 =24 =23 =20 4.0 2496
23 Sulypa, Alexandre m UKR 2449 +29 - 1 -15 =14 =12 =25 =19 =22 =26 4.0 2484
24 Gritsak, Orest m UKR 2522 = 1 =11 =12 -21 +30 -14 =22 -17 =28 3.5 2452
25 Anapolsky, Sergey m UKR 2448 -15 =19 =14 -18 =26 =23 -28 +30 =29 3.5 2435
26 Kuzmin, Gennadi P g UKR 2466 =13 - 6 -19 =28 =25 =29 +30 -12 =23 3.5 2432
27 Mikhaletz, Lubomir g UKR 2513 +14 = 4 = 8 - 1 -16 =12 =17 -19 -30 3.0 2405
28 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2574 - 9 -22 -30 =26 =29 -19 +25 =21 =24 3.0 2368
29 Shneider, Aleksandr g UKR 2551 -23 +30 -16 -17 =28 =26 =20 -18 =25 3.0 2350
30 Rogovski, Vladimir m UKR 2466 - 5 -29 +28 =13 -24 -18 -26 -25 +27 2.5 2357
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The Grand Hotel in Valjevo was the venue for a Category IX event which
took place June 17th-30th 2000. GM Miroslav Markovic won the event with 9/13.
My thanks to Emil Anka for the news.
It Valjevo YUG (YUG), 17-30 vi 2000 cat. IX (2463)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Markovic, Miroslav g YUG 2586 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 0 = 1 9.0 2594
2 Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2534 = * 1 = 0 = = = 1 1 = 0 1 1 8.0 2544
3 Brenjo, Slavisa m YUG 2492 = 0 * = = 1 1 0 = = 1 = 1 = 7.5 2517
4 Perunovic, Milos f YUG 2384 = = = * 1 = = = 0 = = 1 = = 7.0 2498
5 Kozakov, Mikhail m UKR 2426 0 1 = 0 * 1 0 1 1 = 0 1 0 1 7.0 2494
6 Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2476 = = 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 = 0 1 1 7.0 2491
7 Anka, Emil m HUN 2474 0 = 0 = 1 = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2491
8 Sedlak, Nikola f YUG 2323 = = 1 = 0 = = * = 1 1 = 0 0 6.5 2473
9 Vuckovic, Bojan m YUG 2427 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 = * 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2465
10 Gross, David CZE m CZE 2465 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 1 * = 1 1 1 6.5 2462
11 Velimirovic, Dragoljub g YUG 2558 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 0 = = * = 1 1 6.0 2426
12 Stojanovic, Mihajlo m YUG 2443 1 1 = 0 0 1 = = 0 0 = * = 0 5.5 2407
13 Andonov, Bogomil m BUL 2418 = 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 = * 1 4.5 2356
14 Todorov, Todor m BUL 2477 0 0 = = 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 * 3.0 2251
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The annual White Nights Chess Festival 2000 takes place in St
Petersburg, Russia from June 23rd-July 4th 2000 (the women's tournament
continues). The main category IX all-play-all saw IM Azer Mirzoev and Yuri
Kruppa finished 1st= with 6.5/9. Sergey Sivokho, Kadir Guseinov, and Vladimir
Karasev shared 1st in the open.
Further details: http://www.gmchess.com
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1 Mirzoev, Azer m AZE 2438 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2624
2 Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2561 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2611
3 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2475 = = * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2579
4 Krush, Irina wm USA 2399 = 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2543
5 Kochyev, Alexander g RUS 2429 = = = = * = = = = = 4.5 2459
6 Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2561 0 = = = = * = = = = 4.0 2402
7 Bakre, Tejas m IND 2352 = 0 0 = = = * = = = 3.5 2388
8 Akhmetov, Artiom f RUS 2438 0 0 = 0 = = = * = 1 3.5 2378
9 Polovodin, Igor A m RUS 2434 = 0 0 0 = = = = * = 3.0 2334
10 Bagirov, Rufat m AZE 2481 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * 2.0 2234
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1 Korbut, Ekaterina RUS 2294 * 1 1 1 . 1 0 = 1 . 1 6.5 / 8 2521
2 Rubzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2252 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 = . 1 1 6.0 / 9 2394
3 Ovod, Evgenija wm RUS 2318 0 1 * . 0 1 1 1 . 1 0 5.0 / 8 2356
4 Popova, Natalija wm BLR 2261 0 = . * 1 = 1 = 1 0 . 4.5 / 8 2313
5 Eidelson, Rakhil wg BLR 2333 . 0 1 0 * 0 . 1 = 1 1 4.5 / 8 2293
6 Zimina, Olga wf RUS 2163 0 0 0 = 1 * = . 1 = 1 4.5 / 9 2272
7 Lopatskaya, Elena P wm RUS 2328 1 0 0 0 . = * 0 1 1 . 3.5 / 8 2217
8 Lymar, I wm UKR 2347 = = 0 = 0 . 1 * 0 . = 3.0 / 8 2198
9 Sirotkina, Nina wm RUS 2284 0 . . 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 3.0 / 8 2176
10 Sorokina, Anastasia BLR 2165 . 0 0 1 0 = 0 . 0 * 1 2.5 / 8 2128
11 Sudakova, Irina RUS 2213 0 0 1 . 0 0 . = = 0 * 2.0 / 8 2076
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White Nights Open St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 23 vi-2 vii 2000
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1 Sivokho, Sergey RUS 2436 7.0 /9 2574
2 Guseinov, Kadir AZE 2324 7.0 /9 2542
3 Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2347 7.0 /9 2500
4 Orlov, Vassily m RUS 2444 6.5 /9 2476
5 Petrov, Anton f RUS 2335 6.5 /9 2532
6 Eliseev, A RUS 2325 6.5 /9 2522
7 Allahverdiev, Anar m AZE 2403 6.0 /9 2433
8 Monin, Nikolay m RUS 2362 6.0 /9 2414
9 Abbasov, Farid f AZE 2298 6.0 /9 2451
10 Arbakov, Valentin g RUS 2471 5.5 /8 2486
11 Chepukaitis, Genrikh RUS 2393 5.5 /9 2384
12 Smirnov, Leonid L RUS 2353 5.5 /9 2371
13 Groenn, Atle NOR 2362 5.5 /9 2425
14 Ivanov, V I RUS 2260 5.0 /9 2321
15 Novikov, Mikhail V RUS 2408 5.0 /9 2338
16 Shchukin, Dmitry RUS 2387 5.0 /9 2370
17 Babaev, Rashad AZE 2357 5.0 /9 2201
18 Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2349 5.0 /9 2360
19 Malinin, Yuri RUS 2342 5.0 /9 2261
20 Malinin, Vasily B f RUS 2338 5.0 /9 2239
21 Altshul, Raffael RUS 2333 5.0 /9 2245
22 Nikolaev, Nikita RUS 2315 5.0 /9 2330
23 Turikov, V RUS 2311 5.0 /9 2265
24 Zvereva, Marija wm RUS 2254 5.0 /9 2189
25 Kuzmin, Gennadi RUS 2215 5.0 /9 2367
26 Smirnov, Artem RUS 2210 5.0
27 Kiselev, A.S RUS 2385 5.0 /9 2307
28 Moskovets,K RUS ---- 5.0 /9 2378
56 games
The XVIII International Open d'Escacs d'Andorra took place 24th June -
2nd July 2000. There were 14 GMs and 27 IMs the field of 96 players. Lev
Psakhis of Israel took clear first place with 7.5/9, half a point clear of
Mihail Marin and Hichem Hamdouchi. My thanks to Oscar de la Riva for his
help.
Internet coverage: http://www.internet.ad/feva
XVIII Open Andorra (AND), 24 vi-2 vii 2000
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1 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2599 7.5 /9 2731
2 Marin, Mihail g ROM 2555 7.0 /9 2674
3 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2513 7.0 /9 2613
4 Kuzmin, Alexey g RUS 2587 6.5 /9 2607
5 Georgiev, Vladimir m BUL 2538 6.5 /9 2595
6 Ramesh, R.B m IND 2443 6.5 /9
7 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2534 6.5 /9 2565
8 Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2468 6.5 /9 2515
9 Velicka, Petr m CZE 2458 6.5 /9
10 Perez, Luis Manuel f CUB 2459 6.5 /9 2554
11 Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2455 6.0
12 Mellado Trivino, Juan m ESP 2493 6.0
13 Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2508 6.0
14 Cicak, Slavko m SWE 2506 6.0
15 Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2548 6.0
16 Jirovsky, Milos m CZE 2474 6.0
17 Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2458 6.0
18 Cosma, Ioan m ROM 2468 5.5
19 Saravanan, V m IND 2412 5.5
20 Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2440 5.5
21 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2538 5.5
22 Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2458 5.5
23 Mateo, Ramon m DOM 2408 5.5
24 Granero Roca, Antonio ESP 2372 5.5
25 Reinaldo Castineira, Roi f ESP 2345 5.5
26 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2392 5.5
27 Cosma, Elena Luminita wg ROM 2360 5.5
28 Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2495 5.5
29 Tyomkin, Dimitri m ISR 2516 5.5
30 Borbjerggaard, Lars m DEN 2389 5.5
31 Kogan, Artur g ISR 2483 5.5
32 Larsen, Karsten DEN 2294 5.5
33 Garcia, Raul f AND 2326 5.5
34 Braga, Fernando m ITA 2449 5.0
35 Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2402 5.0
36 Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2353 5.0
37 Volman, Horassio ISR 2214 5.0
38 Simonet, Marc AND 2248 5.0
39 Gallego, Ruben AND 2264 5.0
40 Goswami, Vedant IND 2251 5.0
41 Gonzalez de la Torre, Santiago ESP 2245 5.0
42 Serra Olives, Tomas ESP 2196 5.0
43 Shahade, Jennifer m USA 2263 5.0
44 Tanco, Jesus M ESP ---- 5.0
45 Sanchez Moreno,Jose Carlos ESP ---- 5.0
96 players
The VII Linares International Tournament took place 24th-26th June 2000,
in the city of the same name (300 Kms south of Santiago). The tournament was a
9 rounds swiss system, with time rates of 45 minutes, 1 hour, and 1 hour 30
minutes. The first six prizes were US$2500, US$1250, US$800, US$700, US$600 and
US$500
Andrés Molina reports: this VII version of Linares International
Open -in Chile- was an outstanding meeting, with the visit of the British GM
Nigel Short and an exciting final round. The tournament ended with a quadruple
tie between GM Pablo Zarnicki (who won by Medium-Bucholz system), GM Nigel
Short, and Chileans IM Rodrigo Vásquez and IM Pablo Toloza. The
tournament highlights were the triumph of Toloza over Short (in round 4) and
the triumph of the blind boy Tomás Figueroa in 20 moves over the FM
Cristhian Montero, who played without sight of the board in respect to his
rival, an attitude very much commented on by the rest (this was round 7).
Further information, photos and videos, at
http://www.torneolinares.com
Final Standings
1 ZARNICKI, PABLO (ARG) gm 2497 7.5
2 SHORT, NIGEL (ENG) gm 2683 7.5
3 VASQUEZ, RODRIGO im 2445 7.5
4 TOLOZA SOTO, PABLO im 2347 7.5
5 VALENZUELA FUENTEALBA, LUIS im 2419 7
6 SZMETAN, JORGE (ARG) im 2405 7
7 GODOY, DAVID 2355 7
8 SALAS ARROS, CHRISTIAN fm 2288 7
9 VALIENTE, CRISTOBAL (PAR) im 2385 7
10 CARMONA ROSALES, JOSE 2188 7
11 SILVA SANCHEZ, JOSE fm 2405 7
12 HERNANDEZ, JUAN EDUARDO 2195 6.5
13 EGGER, JORGE im 2421 6.5
14 LOBOS BARRENECHEA, MIGUEL 2218 6.5
15 ARANCIBIA GUZMAN, EDUARDO 2379 6.5
16 LEON NANJARI, RODRIGO 2181 6.5
17 LOPEZ SILVA, HUGO 2181 6.5
18 FARFAN O,ALFREDO 2085 6.5
170 players
Laszlo Nagy reports: There are 2 IM groups and 2 FM groups in the July
edition of the First Saturday tournaments taking place July 1st-13th 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:
FSIMA July Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 vii 2000 cat. I (2263)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Eriksson, Johan f SWE 2364 * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . 2.0
2 Zhao Xue CHN 2373 . * . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . 2.0
3 Erenburg, Sergey f ISR 2325 . . * . = . . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2498
4 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2301 . . . * . . = . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2496
5 Bar, Roman ISR 2328 . . = . * . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2355
6 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2321 . . . . . * = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2348
7 Hardicsay, Peter m HUN 2310 . . . = . = * . . . . . . . 1.0 2311
8 Lindgren, Fredrik SWE 2177 0 . . . . . . * . . . . 1 . 1.0 2251
9 Harakis, Alexis ENG 2179 . 0 . . . . . . * . . = . . 0.5 2142
10 Keatinge-Clay, Adrian USA 2287 0 . . . . . . . . * = . . . 0.5 2130
11 Mont-Reynaud, Jordy USA 2282 . . 0 . . . . . . = * . . . 0.5 2113
12 Yates-Doerr, Riley USA 2297 . . . 0 . . . . = . . * . . 0.5 2047
13 Rasmussen, Rogvi W FAI 2139 . 0 . . . . . 0 . . . . * . 0.0
14 Segovia,Javier PUR ---- . . . . 0 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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FSIMB July Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 vii 2000 cat. II (2298)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2271 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 2.0
2 Naes, Flovin Tor FAI 2257 . * . . . . . . . 1 = . . . 1.5 2403
3 Froehlich, Peter f GER 2375 . . * . . . . = . . . 1 . . 1.5 2528
4 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2365 . . . * = . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2499
5 Hjelm, Niclas f SWE 2347 . . . = * . = . . . . . . . 1.0 2325
6 Resika, Nathan A USA 2190 . . . . . * = . = . . . . . 1.0 2297
7 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2285 . . . . = = * . . . . . . . 1.0 2268
8 Zalkind, Karmi ISR 2250 . . = . . . . * . . . . = . 1.0 2397
9 Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2309 . . . . . = . . * . . = . . 1.0 2305
10 Dub, Zeev ISR 2158 . 0 . . . . . . . * . . 1 . 1.0 2338
11 Carlsson, Pontus SWE 2262 0 = . . . . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2071
12 Xu Hanbing CHN 2420 . . 0 . . . . . = . . * . . 0.5 2149
13 Yu Mingyuan CHN 2419 . . . . . . . = . 0 . . * . 0.5 2011
14 Cooke, Eric USA 2266 0 . . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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There was a friendly match between women's teams from Hungary and
Yugoslavia which took place in Szeged over the weekend of June 25th-26th 2000.
The double round match was over six boards with the bottom two boards being
reserved for players under-18. Hungary won the match 7-5 (including a decisive
4-0 sweep of the bottom two boards). Yugoslavia brought almost their strongest
available Olympiad side apart from Maria Manakova for the top four boards. The
Match was sponsored by the Hungarian Chess Federation and the Hotel Forras in
Szeged and was played in excellent conditions. The Arbiter was GM Zsuzsa
Veroci. There are plans for a return match in Yugoslavia prior to the Olympiad
in Istambul.
My thanks to FM Slobodan Adzic (owner of Chess Press and Chess Express
in Szeged and Novi Sad) for the information. He and Gabor Turi provided
technical support for the match.
Additional report by Sinisa Joksic: Yugoslavia won the lady's part of
the match against Hungary 5-3 in Szeged. However Hungary's girls won all the
games on the final two boards! The Hungarian town of Szeged hosted the event
July 25th-26th 2000. Both selections played a double round. Without the Polgar
sisters, Yugoslavia was the clear favorite before the match but the games were
very tough. Ildiko Maric surprised Alisa Maric, Natasa Bojkovic played well and
Svetlana Prudnikova and Irina Chelushkina used their experience to win. Sisters
Ticia and Anita Gara, easily beat the sisters Nadezda and Andjelija Stojanovic.
There was simply, a big difference in class.
HUN-YUG Match Szeged HUN (HUN), 25-26 vi 2000
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Round 1 (June 25, 2000)
Maric, Alisa - Madl, Ildiko 1/2 29 D12 Slav defence
Medvegy, Nora - Bojkovic, Natasa 0-1 24 B42 Sicilian
Prudnikova, Svetlana - Lakos, Nikoletta 1-0 76 D11 Slav defence
Horvath, Julia - Chelushkina, Irina 1/2 50 E10 Nimzo indian
Stojanovic, Nadezda - Gara, Ticia 0-1 26 B89 Sicilian
Gara, Anita - Stojanovic, Andjelija 1-0 51 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Round 2 (June 26, 2000)
Madl, Ildiko - Maric, Alisa 1-0 44 B17 Caro-Kann
Bojkovic, Natasa - Medvegy, Nora 1/2 23 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Lakos, Nikoletta - Prudnikova, Svetlana 1/2 20 C07 French; Tarrasch
Chelushkina, Irina - Forgo, Eva 1-0 52 C44 Scottish
Gara, Ticia - Stojanovic, Nadezda 1-0 31 E54 Nimzo indian
Stojanovic, Andjelija - Gara, Anita 0-1 47 D02 Queen's pawn
Yugoslavia
1 Maric, Alisa m YUG 2463 0.5 /2 2215
2 Bojkovic, Natasa wg YUG 2423 1.5 /2 2468
3 Prudnikova, Svetlana wg YUG 2421 1.5 /2 2509
4 Chelushkina, Irina wg YUG 2398 1.5 /2 2449
5 Stojanovic, Nadezda wf YUG 2101 0.0 /2
6 Stojanovic, Andjelija f YUG 2141 0.0 /2
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5.0
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Hungary
1 Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2408 1.5 /2 2656
2 Medvegy, Nora wm HUN 2275 0.5 /2 2230
3 Lakos, Nikoletta wm HUN 2316 0.5 /2 2228
4 Horvath, Julia wm HUN 2254 0.5 /1 2398
4 Forgo, Eva wm HUN 2258 0.0 /1
5 Gara, Ticia HUN 2299 2.0 /2
6 Gara, Anita wm HUN 2257 2.0 /2
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7.0
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The 8th Suncoast Noosa Open Tournament which took place over the weekend
1st-2nd July 2000 in Australia saw Ian Rogers and Alez Wohl finish with 6/7.
They were half a point clear of Lubomir Ftacnic, Predrag Nikolic, Stephan
Solomon, Jonathan Sarfati and John Myers. Rogers won blitz playoff 1.5-0.5. My
thanks to Michael Byrne.
In addition the Gold Coast Open took place June 24th-25th with 108
players, 7 rounds 1= Predrag Nikolic (BIH), Lubomir Ftacnik (SVK) 6.5 3rd= Ian
Rogers (AUS), Daryl Johansen (AUS) on 6. Predrag Nikolic won the blitz playoff
2-1.
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Title Club Score
1-2 Rogers, Ian NSW 2562 2633 gm 6
Wohl, Alex QLD 2438 2477 im 6
3-7 Ftacnic, Lubomir SLO 2582 gm 5.5
Nikolic, Predrag BOS 2656 gm 5.5
Solomon, Stephen QLD 2372 2352 im 5.5
Sarfati, Jonathon NZ 2278 2187 fm 5.5
Myers, John QLD 2084 2009 A 5.5
8-12 Pizzato, Charles QLD 2150 2133 5
Zong-Yuan, Zhao NSW 2242 2200 im J 5
Dunne, Terry QLD 1838 A 5
Rej, Tomek NSW 1861 A J 5
Weller, Tony QLD 1813 A 5
13-20 Lugo, Ruperto VIC 1470 C T 4.5
Greenwood, Andrew ACT 1830 A 4.5
Hummel, Mark ACT 1592 B 4.5
Wilkinson, Leo QLD 1744 A 4.5
Stewart, Craig QLD 1550 B 4.5
McColl, Kevin QLD 1893 A S 4.5
Rogers, Cathy NSW 1734 wfm A 4.5
Jovanovic, Peter ACT 1832 A J 4.5
75 players
The 1st European Chess Championships take place in Saint Vincent July
3rd-14th 2000. There is 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/
There was a tournament in Montauban, France which took place June
22nd-30th 2000. There was a three way tie between Jacob Murey, Jean-Luc
Chabanon and Cyril Marcelin with 6.5/9. Category IX. 2461 average rating. GM
norm 6.5/9 IM 4.5/9. Games only from rounds 1-7 available.
Coverage at: http://ceit.free.fr/ and
http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
It Ingres Montauban FRA (FRA), 23-30 vi 2000 cat. IX (2460)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Murey, Jacob g ISR 2487 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2622
2 Chabanon, Jean-Luc m FRA 2440 = * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2628
3 Marcelin, Cyril m FRA 2439 = = * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2628
4 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2568 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2572
5 Lazarev, Vladimir m RUS 2493 = 0 1 = * 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2536
6 Touzane, Olivier m FRA 2384 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2468
7 Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2519 = = 0 0 = = * = = 0 3.0 2328
8 Bricard, Emmanuel m FRA 2461 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * = 1 2.5 2293
9 Boyd, Stephen f FRA 2384 = 0 0 0 0 = = = * 0 2.0 2248
10 Bergez, Luc m FRA 2424 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 2.0 2243
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On June 24/25 a rapidplay-event took place at Herford, Germany. 66
players met in an 11 round, 30 min per game event. Daniel Fridman and
Karl-Heinz Podzielny were unbeaten. The favorite Vladimir Epishin lost two
games, against Podzielny and Janusz Koscielski.
Leading Final Standings: 1. D. Fridman (2539) 9/11 2. K-H Podzielny
(2506) 8,5 3. V. Epishin (2667) 8 V. Meijers (2482) 8 B. Schneider (2436) 8.
Internet coverage: http://www.schach.com/herford
The Arab Chess Championships for Boys U12 & U10 took place in Dubai,
UAE 12th-21st June 2000. Seven Arab countries participated in the event
Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine , Bahrain , Jordan and United Arab Emirates.
There were 10 players in each category playing a round robin tournament . The
winners Basim Samir of Egypt in the U12 section and Ahmad A.Khoury and Ibrahim
M. Khoury of the UAE in the U10 section all scored 8/9 and also got the FM
title. My thanks to Dr Hesham Elgendy.
Arab Boys U10 Dubai UAE (UAE), 3-15 vi 2000
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1 Ahmad,Abbas UAE ---- 8.0
2 Ibrahim,Mohd UAE ---- 8.0
3 Noreddin,Almusla MAR ---- 6.5
Arab Boys U12 Dubai UAE (UAE), 3-15 vi 2000
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1 Bassem,Sameer EGY ---- * 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8.0
2 Khalifa,Khamies UAE ---- 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5
3 Omar,Abdulwahab UAE ---- 0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 5.5
The World Professional Chess Rankings for July have been released.
Produced by Ken Thomson , New Jersey and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich,
Moscow. They make an interesting comparison with the new FIDE rating list.
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2824 123
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2749 106
3 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2740 188
4 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2727 172
5 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2715 114
6 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2715 125
7 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2701 162
8 Kamsky,Gata 02.06.1974 USA 2696 184
9 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2681 152
10 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2677 164
11 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2676 171
12 Krasenkov,Mikhail 14.11.1963 POL 2663 164
13 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2655 165
14 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2651 131
15 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2640 122
16 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2639 159
17 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2636 158
18 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2635 154
19 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2635 154
20 Piket,Jeroen 27.01.1969 NED 2634 173
21 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2630 155
22 Movsesian,Sergei 03.11.1978 CZE 2628 172
23 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2626 167
24 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2622 153
25 Beliavsky,Alexander G 17.12.1953 SLO 2622 154
26 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2622 170
27 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2619 140
28 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2618 152
29 Kharlov,Andrei 20.11.1968 RUS 2613 171
30 Salov,Valery 26.05.1964 RUS 2612 199
31 Vladimirov,Evgeny 20.01.1957 KAZ 2611 161
32 Gulko,Boris F 09.02.1947 USA 2610 162
33 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2610 178
34 Seirawan,Yasser 24.03.1960 USA 2607 148
35 Tkachev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2607 150
36 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2607 158
37 Khenkin,Igor 21.03.1968 RUS 2607 181
38 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2606 142
39 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2606 174
40 Hjartarson,Johann 08.02.1963 ISD 2604 176
41 Aleksandrov,Aleksej 11.05.1973 BLR 2602 181
42 Wolff,Patrick G 15.02.1968 USA 2602 186
43 Granda Zuniga,Julio E 25.02.1967 PER 2602 202
44 Sadler,Matthew 15.05.1974 ENG 2601 190
45 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2597 153
46 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2596 155
47 Vaganian,Rafael A 15.10.1951 ARM 2595 162
48 Korchnoi,Viktor 23.03.1931 SUI 2595 173
49 Magerramov,Elmar 10.04.1958 AZE 2595 187
50 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2594 160
51 Timman,Jan H 14.12.1951 NED 2594 176
52 Psakhis,Lev 29.11.1958 ISR 2593 125
10th Smith & Williamson Young Masters
The 10th Smith & Williamson Young Masters takes place from the
14th-22nd July this year at King Edward's School, Witley (nr. Guildford). This
event remains as England's premier junior event in which U21 players have the
opportunity to obtain IM norms, as Karl Mah did last year. Internet coverage:
http://www.swyoungmasters.co.uk
Open Dutch Junior Chess Championships
The Royal Dutch Chess Federation would like to invite strong young
players to their tournament.
The Open Dutch Junior Chess Championships takes place 7th-12th August
2000 in Hengelo (The Netherlands). For players with a FIDE-rating of at least
2200 there are a number of places with full board (free accomodation, meals and
travel inside The Netherlands). Details about the tournament can be found at
the site of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation:
http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/stork2000/index.htm
The previous edition of the tournament was won by IM Stelios Halkias (GRE)
ahead of IM Jan Gustafsson (GER), IM Leif Erlend Johannessen (NOR) and IM
Alexei Iljushin (RUS). Players should be born in 1980 or later. You can also
contact Anjo Anjewierden at webmaster@schaakbond.nl.
WPC Site
Valery Salov heads the WPC (World Players Council) and they have their
own website. The site is at: http://ajedrez_democratico.tripod.com
with a mixture of material in Spanish and English. Includes: In English
continued correspondence between Yasser Seirawan and Valery Salov, the WPC
Memorandum and a summary of a press conference in London and Alexei Shirov
annotating his win against Bacrot in Sarajavo. In Spanish there is more
material including a press conference in Leon 5th June with the participants:
GM Valeri Salov, IM Javier Ochoa, GM Zenón Franco, GM Jordi Magem, IM
Ricardo Calvo, IM Leonid Bass, Leontxo García, Miguel Ángel
Nepomuceno, Frederic Friedel (his exchanges are given in English), Amador
Cuesta Robledo, and David Llada. You could try running the Spanish sections
through the Babel Fish translation program to get the early exchanges if you
don't speak the language.
Halkida Open
The International open of Halkida (70 km north of Athens) will be
organized this year from August 11-19. For more information, the official site
of the event is: http://oaachess.bizland.com/halkida2000.htm
Total prizes are over 5000 euro (1st prize: 1500 euro).
4th Mind Sports Olympiad goes ahead
After some initial doubt the 4th Mind Sports Olympiad will definitely
take place in London, at Alexandra Palace, from August 19th-28th 2000.
Confirmed major events include the following: "The Times" British
Crossword Puzzle Championship is expected to attract around 1,000 entries. The
final stages of the British Land UK Chess Challenge is expected to add a
further 1,100. And the British Open Dominoes and Cribbage Championships are
likely to bring in another 1,000 or more. There is a programme of Go events, as
well as the European Shogi Championships, the British Open Backgammon
Championships, the British Scrabble Championships, the 5th Computer Olympiad
(incorporating the World Microcomputer Chess Championship), and several other
tournaments. There is also an initiative under way to enable the organisers to
hold the MSO Masters Chess Championship. There will be a very large Bridge
presence, including the London heats of the MSO Worldwide Charity Simultaneous
Pairs Championship on August 22nd and 23rd.
Press Release at:
http://www.msoworld.com/Olympiad/4preview.html
MSO Site at: http://www.msoworld.com/
Lisbon International Chess Festival
The Lisbon International Chess Festival takes place August 21st-30th.
The main open has 9 GMs entered already.
More information at http://www.infoxadrez.com e-mail for
contacts: infoxadrez@infoxadrez.com
Regulations:
A. MAIN TOURNAMENT FIDE LEVEL 1. Swiss system, 10 rounds, from August
21st-30th, starting at 17-00h, except round 10, which will start at 9-00h.
Automatic pairings by Swiss Perfect software. Possibility of FIDE norms. 2.
Entry fee: 10.000$00. Players with FIDE titles exempt. 50% discount until June
30th. 3. Timerate: 2h/40 + 1h/20 + 30m KO. Tie-break: performance
(SwissPerfect); progress; Brazilian. 4. Prizes: 1º 300.000$; 2º
150.000$; 3º 120.000$; 4º 100.000$; 5º 70.000$; 6º 50.000$,
7º 30.000$; 8º 30.000$; 9º-10º 25.000$; 11º-13º
20.000$; 14º-16º 15.000$; 17º-20º 10.000$. The prizes will
be awarded according to the final standings after the tie-break. Cups and
special prizes also will be awarded. 5. Special conditions for GMs: 30.000$00 +
full board (lodging and meals)
B. OPEN TOURNAMENT NON-FIDE LEVEL 1. Swiss system, 10 rounds, from
August 21st-30th. Starting at 20-00h, except round 10, that will start at
9-00h. Automatic pairings by Swiss Perfect software. Possibility of FIDE norms.
2. Entry fee: 5.000$00. 50% discount until June 30. 3. Time-rate: 2h KO.
Tie-break: performance (SwissPerfect); progress; Brazilian. 4. Prizes: 4.1.
General Standing: 1º 30.000$; 2º 20.000; 3º 15.000$;
4º-5º 10.000$; 6º-20º 5.000$ 4.2. Elo < 1800: 1º
5.000$; 2º 3.000$; 3º 2.000$ 4.3. Elo < 1600: 1º 5.000$;
2º 3.000$; 3º 2.000$ 4.4. The prizes will be awarded according to the
final standings after the tie-break. Cups and special prizes also will be
awarded.
Mytilene Open
The Greek Chess Federation and the Chess Club of Mytilene are organising
the Mytilene Open. The event which takes place on the island of Lesvos, is in
its 5th consecutive year, takes place July 24th-31st 2000.
More information about this event can be obtained from the official web
site of the tournament: http://oaachess.bizland.com/mytilene.chtml
The Hilton Chess Festival, Blackpool
The Hilton Chess Festival in Blackpool, Lancashire, England takes place
August 20th-24th 2000. The overall emphasis will be on fun and bringing the
game of chess in its many forms over to the public as well as the general chess
playing people. The rapidplays will have prizes, whilst all the other events
will have prizes for the children, including prizes to be used in Blackpool
itself.
Details:
http://www.lancashirechess.co.uk/hilton/chessfest.html
2nd ShakkiNet International
The 2nd ShakkiNet International takes place in Helsinki July 10th-18th,
2000. There will be three groups, a GM, an IM and an ELO group.
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,
IM-Group (cat 4) players: IM Kiik Kalle EST 2445, IM Seeman Tarvo EST
2428, 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
There is also an 8-10 player ELO-group for players rated between
2000-2300. (3-5 places left)
Contact Information: Sami Hämäläinen email
sami.hamalainen@shakki.net
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
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)
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
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.
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
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
Swiss Chess Tour 2000
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.
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
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. 21st of June - 1st of July, HOTEL IROTTKO, GM-IM-closed, KOSZEG,
Org.:FM Tomcsanyi, Peter e-mail: primerat@mail.matav.hu
2. 1st-13th of July FIRST SATURDAY,
3. 19th-27th of July BUDAPEST SUMMER, GM-IM-Open, org.:IM Rigo, e.mail:
me-ri@matavnet.hu
4. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY
5. 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
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
3 our tournaments, which will take place during summer in Kobuleti
(GEORGIA). INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL "MARTVE - OPEN - 2000" 30 July - 08
August INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL "REMKA - OPEN - 2000" August 10-19
INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL "KOBULETI-OPEN-2000" August 20-29 Full text of
Provisions is on our web page:
http://www.geocities.com/a_japaridze/kobu.htm
Besides there will be held chess tournaments with the norm of the International
Master: 1) 30.07-9.08 2) 10.08-20.08 3) 21.08-30.08 Organizers of the
tournaments Mr.Amiran Berdzenishvili, Mr.Ioseb Mzhavanadze, Mr.David Japaridze.
With best regards David Japaridze Georgian Chess Federation Fax: +(995)32 98 70
53; Phone +(995)32 99 95 21, 95 83 66, 22 67 45 in Tbilisi and 6 33 17, 6 25
89, 635 81 in Kobuleti. E-mail:a_japaridze@yahoo.com, allach@viam.hepi.edu.ge
URL: http://www.geocities.com/a_japaridze/
