THE WEEK IN CHESS 297 17th July 2000 by Mark Crowther
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North Sea Cup 30 games
10th Lippstadt Tournament 42 games
1st European Championships 150 games
First Saturday July IMA 28 games
First Saturday July IMB 28 games
Golden Cleopatra Chess Festival 65 games
Norwegian Championships 92 games
Bolzano open 46 games
2nd ShakkiNet GM 35 games
2nd ShakkiNet IM 35 games
10th Smith & Williamson YM 31 games
Staffordshire GM 45 games
Staffordshire IM 45 games
Staffordshire Open 44 games
9th AKN Open 318 games
Golden Tulip Fribourg 6 games
Southern California Champs 24 games
US Junior Championships 45 games
World Open 86 games
FIDE Zone 1.7 in Mezezers 67 games
Greek Team Chess Championships 503 games
1870 games
My thanks to Yin Hao, Lost Boys, Suzanne Martin, Laszlo Nagy, Hassan
Khaled, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Lanfranco Bombelli, Przemek Jahr, Jussi Tella and
Sami Hämäläinen, Richard Palliser, Adam Raoof, Adrie Pancras,
Robert Sporri, Jack Peters, Michael Atkins, Larry Tamarkin (Marshall Chess
Club), Jay Bonin, Lorne Yee, Sam Sloan, Scott Pendergrast, Ülar Lauk,
Argiris Kotsis and all those who helped with this issue.
Vladimir Kramnik won the Dortmund SuperGM event on tie-break from
Viswanathan Anand, the last event he plays before taking on Kasparov in London
in October. This week also saw the venue for this match announced, the
Riverside Studios. Dortmund was notable for the participation of DEEP JUNIOR
which finished on a 50% score. In another event in Lippstadt, Germany the
program PCONNERS actually won a weaker event. Whether computers have any place
in such events I severely doubt. Its strange that events such as AEGON and the
Harvard Cup which were man-machine contests are no longer on the chess calendar
if they are such publicity winners.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2000 took place July 7th-16th 2000
in the Dortmund Theatre. The final round saw Viswanathan Anand beat Robert
Huebner and the leader Vladimir Kramnik draw with Khalifman. Both finished on
6/9 with Kramnik taking first place on Sonnenberger tiebreak. Leko could also
have finished on 6 but lost to DEEP JUNIOR after having two draw offers turned
down. The computer program DEEP JUNIOR 6 finished on 50%. I have presented the
results with and without including those of the computer.
In addition there was a GM tournament won by Eckhard Schmittdiel.
Official site with more details:http://www.dortmund.de/chess/
Live coverage:
http://www.kasparov.com/
(Java only)
Additional Coverage :
http://teleschach.de/dortmund/
Round 5 (July 12, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - DEEP JUNIOR 6 1-0 33 D00 Queen's pawn
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1-0 45 C89 Ruy Lopez
Leko, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 50 B19 Caro-Kann
Khalifman, Alexander - Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 24 C02 French; Advance
Huebner, Robert - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 48 D39 Queen's gambit
Round 6 (July 13, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 65 A17 English; 1.c4
Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 1/2 32 C65 Ruy Lopez
DEEP JUNIOR 6 - Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 45 C00 French
Bareev, Evgeny - Huebner, Robert 1-0 52 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Piket, Jeroen - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 34 D48 Meran Variation
Round 7 (July 14, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - DEEP JUNIOR 6 1/2 18 D05 Queen's pawn
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 28 C42 Petroff defence
Akopian, Vladimir - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 25 D39 Queen's gambit
Khalifman, Alexander - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 29 D47 Semi-Slav
Huebner, Robert - Adams, Michael 1/2 36 E15 Nimzo indian
Round 8 (July 15, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Huebner, Robert 1-0 27 D27 QGA;
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 24 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Adams, Michael - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 43 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
DEEP JUNIOR 6 - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 34 B15 Caro-Kann
Bareev, Evgeny - Akopian, Vladimir 0-1 70 E41 Nimzo indian
Round 9 (July 16, 2000)
Leko, Peter - DEEP JUNIOR 6 0-1 60 C48 Four knights
Akopian, Vladimir - Adams, Michael 1/2 15 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Khalifman, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 15 E05 Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 21 D47 Semi-Slav
Huebner, Robert - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 39 E09 Nimzo indian
SuperGM Dortmund GER (GER), 7-16 vii 2000 cat. XVI (2632)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 * 1 0 = 1 1 = = = 1 6.0 2789
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2762 0 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2836
3 Adams, Michael g ENG 2755 1 0 * = = = = = 1 = 5.0 2739
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2743 = = = * = 0 = 1 = 1 5.0 2792
5 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2660 0 = = = * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2750
6 DEEP JUNIOR 6 ---- 0 = = 1 = * = = 0 1 4.5 [2702]
7 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2667 = 0 = = = = * = = = 4.0 2664
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2702 = = = 0 0 = = * = 1 4.0 2659
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2649 = 0 0 = 0 1 = = * = 3.5 2568
10 Huebner, Robert g GER 2615 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 2.0 2520
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Standings without DEEP JUNIOR 6
SuperGM Dortmund GER (GER), 7-16 vii 2000 cat. XIX (2703)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2762 * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2836
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 1 * = 0 1 = = = 1 5.0 2789
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2743 = = * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2792
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2755 0 1 = * = = = 1 = 4.5 2739
5 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2660 = 0 = = * = 1 1 = 4.5 2750
6 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2667 0 = = = = * = = = 3.5 2664
7 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2702 = = 0 = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2659
8 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2649 0 = = 0 0 = = * = 2.5 2568
9 Huebner, Robert g GER 2615 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * 2.0 2520
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Dortmund GM
GM Dortmund GER (GER), 7-16 vii 2000 cat. IX (2456)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Schmittdiel, Eckhard g GER 2490 * 0 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2577
2 Naiditsch, Arkadij m GER 2442 1 * 1 = = = = = 1 0 5.5 2538
3 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2530 0 0 * 1 1 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2528
4 Petrosian, Arshak B g ARM 2476 = = 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2534
5 Mikhalchishin, Adrian g SLO 2552 = = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2488
6 Doettling, Fabian f GER 2477 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2497
7 Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino m GER 2437 = = = 0 = = * = 0 1 4.0 2415
8 Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira m MDA 2444 = = = 0 0 0 = * = 1 3.5 2377
9 Wegener, Olaf f GER 2359 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = * 0 2.5 2301
10 Mainka, Gregor GER 2357 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2.5 2301
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The 6th Tan Chin Nam Cup & 2nd Hua Yuan Hotel Cup GM Chess
Tournament took place in Beijing, China July 9th - 18th 2000.The Category XVI
event (2644) had 10 players. There was a four way tie for first between Viktor
Bologan, Nigel Short, Alexei Dreev, Alexander Onischuk with Bologan winning on
tie-break. Bologan was the last player to finish attempting to win his final
round game against Wang Zili. My thanks to Yin Hao for the news
Pictures of the event at:
http://www.sinosports.net
Round 3 (July 11, 2000)
Bologan, Viktor - Short, Nigel D 1/2 21 C11 French; Classical
Ye Jiangchuan - Wang Zili 1-0 74 B52 Sicilian
Peng Xiaomin - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 21 C78 Ruy Lopez
Zhang Zhong - Xu Jun 1/2 24 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Adianto, Utut - Dreev, Alexey 0-1 57 D43 Semi-Slav
Round 4 (July 12, 2000)
Bologan, Viktor - Adianto, Utut 1/2 61 B17 Caro-Kann
Dreev, Alexey - Zhang Zhong 1-0 31 A81 Dutch defence
Short, Nigel D - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 52 C51 Evans gambit
Xu Jun - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 20 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Wang Zili - Peng Xiaomin 1/2 47 C90 Ruy Lopez
Round 5 (July 13, 2000)
Onischuk, Alexander - Wang Zili 1-0 33 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Ye Jiangchuan - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 59 C07 French; Tarrasch
Peng Xiaomin - Xu Jun 1/2 22 B51 Sicilian
Zhang Zhong - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 9 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Adianto, Utut - Short, Nigel D 1/2 31 E05 Nimzo indian
Round 6 (July 14, 2000)
Bologan, Viktor - Ye Jiangchuan 1-0 37 B63 Sicilian
Dreev, Alexey - Peng Xiaomin 1-0 29 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Short, Nigel D - Wang Zili 1-0 22 B26 Sicilian; Closed
Xu Jun - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 88 D15 Slav defence
Adianto, Utut - Zhang Zhong 0-1 52 D77 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Round 7 (July 15, 2000)
Onischuk, Alexander - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 13 D12 Slav defence
Ye Jiangchuan - Adianto, Utut 1-0 57 B06 Modern defence
Peng Xiaomin - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 16 B51 Sicilian
Zhang Zhong - Short, Nigel D 1/2 23 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Wang Zili - Xu Jun 1/2 15 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 8 (July 16, 2000)
Bologan, Viktor - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 15 C54 Italian game
Dreev, Alexey - Wang Zili 1/2 31 A57 Benko gambit
Short, Nigel D - Xu Jun 1-0 64 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Zhang Zhong - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 16 B01 Scandinavian
Adianto, Utut - Peng Xiaomin 1/2 51 A65 Modern Benoni
Round 9 (July 17, 2000)
Onischuk, Alexander - Adianto, Utut 1-0 30 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Ye Jiangchuan - Short, Nigel D 1/2 22 C08 French; Tarrasch
Peng Xiaomin - Zhang Zhong 1/2 14 C02 French; Advance
Xu Jun - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 9 D15 Slav defence
Wang Zili - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 55 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
6th Tan Chin Nam Cup Beijing CHN (CHN), 9-17 vii 2000cat. XVI (2644)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2641 * = = = 1 = = 1 = = 5.5 2724
2 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2676 = * = = 0 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2720
3 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2677 = = * = = = = 1 1 = 5.5 2720
4 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2627 = = = * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2725
5 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2670 0 1 = = * 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2683
6 Peng Xiaomin g CHN 2657 = 0 = = 1 * = = = = 4.5 2642
7 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2636 = 0 = = = = * = = 1 4.5 2644
8 Xu Jun g CHN 2668 0 = 0 = = = = * = = 3.5 2561
9 Wang Zili g CHN 2603 = = 0 0 0 = = = * = 3.0 2523
10 Adianto, Utut g INA 2583 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = * 2.5 2484
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The Schuhplatter Chess Tournament took place in the Hotel Bayerischer
Hof in Munich, Germany, July 4th-15th 2000. It was the 9th Veterans vs Ladies
contest organised by the "Association Max Euwe" in Monaco and was sponsored by
J.J. van Oosterom. Last year the Ladies took a terrible beating 30.5-19.5 and
had a measure of revenge this time. After round 7 the Ladies led by 6 points
but the veterans pulled back to a final score of Ladies 27.0 - Veterans 23.0, a
win by 4 points.
The Ladies Team captained by Ljubomir Ljubojevic is: Zhu Chen
(China), Alisa Galliamova (Russia), Nana Ioseliani (Georgia), Xie Jun (China),
Sofia Polgar (Israel). They take on the Veterans Team Hans Bouwmeester
(The Netherlands), Vlastimil Hort (Germany he is also the captain) Victor
Korchnoi (Switzerland) Vassili Smyslov (Russia) Mark Taimanov (Russia).
Internet coverage at:
http://chess.lostcity.nl/Schuhplattler/
Round 7 (July 11, 2000) Ladies 20.5 - Veterans 14.5
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Hort, Vlastimil 1-0 83 E16 Nimzo indian
Ioseliani, Nana - Bouwmeester, Hans 1-0 31 E48 Nimzo indian
Polgar, Sofia - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 58 C12 French; Macutcheon
Xie Jun - Taimanov, Mark E 1-0 60 B47 Sicilian
Zhu Chen - Smyslov, Vassily 1/2 56 A22 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 8 (July 13, 2000) Ladies 23.0 - Veterans 17.0
Bouwmeester, Hans - Polgar, Sofia 1/2 26 A43 Queen's pawn
Hort, Vlastimil - Zhu Chen 1-0 45 D45 Semi-Slav
Korchnoi, Viktor - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 1/2 73 D43 Semi-Slav
Smyslov, Vassily - Xie Jun 1/2 22 C47 Four knights
Taimanov, Mark E - Ioseliani, Nana 0-1 47 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 9 (July 14, 2000) Ladies 25.0 - Veterans 20.0
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Bouwmeester, Hans 1-0 53 D37 Queen's gambit
Ioseliani, Nana - Smyslov, Vassily 1/2 14 D12 Slav defence
Polgar, Sofia - Taimanov, Mark E 0-1 118 B46 Sicilian
Xie Jun - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 27 C77 Ruy Lopez
Zhu Chen - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 40 D60 QGD;
Round 10 (July 15, 2000) Ladies 27.0 - Veterans 23.0
Bouwmeester, Hans - Zhu Chen 1-0 60 D77 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Hort, Vlastimil - Ioseliani, Nana 1/2 47 B20 Sicilian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Xie Jun 1-0 29 E73 Kings indian
Smyslov, Vassily - Polgar, Sofia 1/2 14 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Taimanov, Mark E - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 0-1 23 A11 English; 1.c4
The Esbjerg Chess Union revived its North Sea Cup and staged its 15th
edition July 7-15 2000. 10 players competed in the strongest round-robin ever
in Denmark, at category 14: John Emms, Nick de Firmian, Mikhail Gurevich,
Alexander Grischuk, Boris Gulko, Curt Hansen, Lars Bo Hansen, Peter Heine
Nielsen, Dennis de Vreugt and Peter Svidler played. Mikhail Gurevich and Peter
Svidler shared 1st place.
Internet coverage:
http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/vh2000/2index.htm
Round 4 (July 10, 2000)
Svidler, Peter - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 20 C11 French; Classical
Hansen, Curt - Hansen, Lars Bo 1/2 36 C99 Ruy Lopez
Grischuk, Alexander - De Vreugt, Dennis 1-0 60 C90 Ruy Lopez
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Emms, John M 0-1 53 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Gulko, Boris F - DeFirmian, Nick E 1/2 32 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 5 (July 11, 2000)
Gurevich, Mikhail - Hansen, Curt 0-1 39 E39 Nimzo indian
Hansen, Lars Bo - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 18 E46 Nimzo indian
DeFirmian, Nick E - Svidler, Peter 0-1 46 C92 Ruy Lopez
Emms, John M - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 27 B86 Sicilian
De Vreugt, Dennis - Gulko, Boris F 0-1 51 B57 Sicilian
Round 6 (July 12, 2000)
Gurevich, Mikhail - DeFirmian, Nick E 1-0 39 E32 Nimzo indian
Svidler, Peter - De Vreugt, Dennis 1-0 37 C88 Ruy Lopez
Hansen, Curt - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 20 A18 English; 1.c4
Grischuk, Alexander - Hansen, Lars Bo 1/2 32 C36 Kings gambit
Gulko, Boris F - Emms, John M 1-0 38 A69 Modern Benoni
Round 7 (July 13, 2000)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 41 D36 Queen's gambit
Hansen, Lars Bo - Gulko, Boris F 1/2 32 A40 Queen's pawn
DeFirmian, Nick E - Hansen, Curt 1-0 56 B85 Sicilian
Emms, John M - Svidler, Peter 0-1 43 C90 Ruy Lopez
De Vreugt, Dennis - Gurevich, Mikhail 0-1 32 C11 French; Classical
Round 8 (July 14, 2000)
Gurevich, Mikhail - Emms, John M 1-0 43 E32 Nimzo indian
Svidler, Peter - Hansen, Lars Bo 1-0 41 C96 Ruy Lopez
Hansen, Curt - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 22 D30 Queen's gambit
Gulko, Boris F - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 29 B38 Sicilian
DeFirmian, Nick E - De Vreugt, Dennis 1/2 64 C89 Ruy Lopez
Round 9 (July 15, 2000)
Grischuk, Alexander - Gulko, Boris F 1-0 35 C02 French; Advance
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Svidler, Peter 1/2 16 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Hansen, Lars Bo - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 12 E15 Nimzo indian
Emms, John M - DeFirmian, Nick E 0-1 65 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
De Vreugt, Dennis - Hansen, Curt 1/2 38 C19 French; Winawer
North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (DEN), 7-15 vii 2000 cat. XIV (2596)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2667 * = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2754
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2689 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2752
3 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2613 1 = * = = 1 = 0 = = 5.0 2637
4 Grischuk, Alexander m RUS 2606 0 = = * = 1 = = = 1 5.0 2638
5 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2578 0 = = = * = = 1 0 1 4.5 2598
6 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2643 = = 0 0 = * = = 1 1 4.5 2591
7 Hansen, Lars Bo g DEN 2562 = 0 = = = = * = 0 1 4.0 2557
8 DeFirmian, Nick E g USA 2567 0 0 1 = 0 = = * 1 = 4.0 2556
9 Emms, John M g ENG 2527 0 0 = = 1 0 1 0 * 0 3.0 2479
10 De Vreugt, Dennis m NED 2511 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 2.0 2385
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The Brain Games Network World Chess Championships will take place at The
Riverside Studios, London running 8th October to Saturday 4th November, 2000.
All games will start at 3.00pm, playing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and
Sundays during the competition.The match is between Garry Kasparov and Vladimir
Kramnik. They will be playing for a $2,000,000 prize fund and the The Howard
Staunton Memorial Trophy designed by Asprey and Garrard.
TWIC will have a seperate mini-site during the event with background,
pictures, reports and annotated games starting just before the event and
running throughout.
Further details and information about tickets
http://www.braingames.net
The 10th Lippstadt Tournament ran July 6th-16th 2000. The event included
a computer programme P. ConNers which won the event. The event used the unusual
scoring system of 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. PCONNERS would
have been level with second place Zbynek Hracek (but with a better tie-break)
if the normal scoring system had been used. Young British talent Luke McShane
who had a good result last year had a nightmare this time.
Internet coverage:
http://people.freenet.de/lsvturm/gm2000.htm
Round 5 (July 10, 2000)
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Luther, Thomas 1/2 29 A63 Modern Benoni
Mueller, Karsten - Hracek, Zbynek 1/2 64 B86 Sicilian
Slobodjan, Roman - Speelman, Jonathan S 1-0 34 E12 Nimzo indian
Dautov, Rustem - PCONNERS 0-1 43 E15 Nimzo indian
Schlosser, Philipp - McShane, Luke J 1-0 32 A49 Queen's pawn
Brenke, Andreas - Wehmeier, Stefan 1/2 13 C01 French; Exchange
Round 6 (July 11, 2000)
PCONNERS - Wehmeier, Stefan 1/2 34 C97 Ruy Lopez
Hracek, Zbynek - Slobodjan, Roman 1-0 27 C78 Ruy Lopez
Speelman, Jonathan S - Schlosser, Philipp 1/2 25 E54 Nimzo indian
Dautov, Rustem - Mueller, Karsten 1/2 68 A11 English; 1.c4
Luther, Thomas - Brenke, Andreas 1/2 19 B63 Sicilian
McShane, Luke J - Chiburdanidze, Maia 0-1 44 B50 Sicilian
Round 7 (July 12, 2000)
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 44 E11 Bogo indian
Mueller, Karsten - PCONNERS 1/2 17 A45 Queen's pawn
Slobodjan, Roman - Dautov, Rustem 1/2 25 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Schlosser, Philipp - Hracek, Zbynek 1/2 17 A31 English; 1.c4 c5
Brenke, Andreas - McShane, Luke J 1/2 18 B31 Sicilian
Wehmeier, Stefan - Luther, Thomas 0-1 49 C07 French; Tarrasch
Round 8 (July 13, 2000)
PCONNERS - Luther, Thomas 1-0 78 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Hracek, Zbynek - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1/2 16 B63 Sicilian
Mueller, Karsten - Slobodjan, Roman 1/2 19 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Speelman, Jonathan S - Brenke, Andreas 1-0 56 A16 English; 1.c4
Dautov, Rustem - Schlosser, Philipp 1-0 43 D39 Queen's gambit
McShane, Luke J - Wehmeier, Stefan 0-1 39 B54 Sicilian
Round 9 (July 14, 2000)
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Dautov, Rustem 1/2 48 E14 Nimzo indian
Slobodjan, Roman - PCONNERS 1-0 53 A45 Queen's pawn
Schlosser, Philipp - Mueller, Karsten 0-1 39 D10 Slav defence
Luther, Thomas - McShane, Luke J 1/2 17 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Brenke, Andreas - Hracek, Zbynek 1/2 31 B53 Sicilian
Wehmeier, Stefan - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 22 B17 Caro-Kann
Round 10 (July 15, 2000)
PCONNERS - McShane, Luke J 1-0 86 B10 Caro-Kann
Hracek, Zbynek - Wehmeier, Stefan 1-0 47 C67 Ruy Lopez
Mueller, Karsten - Chiburdanidze, Maia 0-1 37 A46 Queen's pawn
Speelman, Jonathan S - Luther, Thomas 1-0 26 D46 Semi-Slav
Slobodjan, Roman - Schlosser, Philipp 1/2 9 C01 French; Exchange
Dautov, Rustem - Brenke, Andreas 1/2 32 E11 Bogo indian
Round 11 (July 16, 2000)
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Slobodjan, Roman 1-0 37 A57 Benko gambit
Schlosser, Philipp - PCONNERS 1/2 60 A48 Queen's pawn
Luther, Thomas - Hracek, Zbynek 0-1 32 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Brenke, Andreas - Mueller, Karsten 0-1 30 E01 Nimzo indian
Wehmeier, Stefan - Dautov, Rustem 0-1 32 B18 Caro-Kann
McShane, Luke J - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 10 B17 Caro-Kann
10th It Lippstadt GER (GER), 6-16 vii 2000 cat. XI (2521)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 PCONNERS ---- * 1 1 = 0 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.5 21.0 [2654]
2 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2612 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.5 20.0 2705
3 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2545 0 = * 1 1 = = 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 19.0 2668
4 Mueller, Karsten g GER 2513 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 18.0 2632
5 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2539 1 0 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 1 6.5 17.0 2555
6 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2623 1 = = = 0 * = = 1 1 = = 6.5 16.0 2547
7 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2606 0 0 = = = = * 1 = = 1 1 6.0 15.0 2584
8 Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2523 = = 1 0 = = 0 * = = = 1 5.5 13.0 2521
9 Luther, Thomas g GER 2547 0 0 = = = 0 = = * = 1 = 4.5 10.0 2482
10 Brenke, Andreas GER 2357 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = = * = = 3.5 7.0 2427
11 Wehmeier, Stefan m GER 2390 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 3.0 7.0 2341
12 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2480 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 1.5 3.0 2229
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10th It Lippstadt GER (GER), 6-16 vii 2000 cat. XI (2521)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2612 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2705
2 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2545 = * 1 = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2668
3 Mueller, Karsten g GER 2513 = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2632
4 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2606 0 = = * = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2584
5 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2623 = = = = * 0 = 1 1 = = 5.5 2547
6 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2539 0 0 = = 1 * = = = 1 1 5.5 2555
7 Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2523 = 1 0 0 = = * = = = 1 5.0 2521
8 Luther, Thomas g GER 2547 0 = = = 0 = = * = 1 = 4.5 2482
9 Brenke, Andreas GER 2357 = 0 0 = 0 = = = * = = 3.5 2427
10 Wehmeier, Stefan m GER 2390 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 2.5 2341
11 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2480 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 1.5 2229
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The 1st European Chess Championships took place in Saint Vincent July
3rd-14th 2000. There were 109 entries 45 of whom were rated over 2500 and 16
over 2600. Pavel Tregubov won the 1st European Chess Championships after
winning with black in the final round against Aleksej Aleksandrov with black.
Tregubov had led the event until he lost a marathon game in round 9 to Tamasz
Markowski. He took the event on superior Bucholz tie-break from Aleksandrov,
Markowski and Andrei Kharlov all four scored 8/11. Jan Timman, Kiril Georgiev
and Michal Krasenkow were in a group tied for 12th place on 7/11.
Further information at: http://www.scacchivda.com/
Final Standings
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
1 Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2615 8.0 78.0 52.25 51.5 2620 2718 +1.30
2 Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2606 8.0 75.0 53.00 51.5 2591 2727 +1.95
3 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2531 8.0 75.0 52.75 51.0 2568 2721 +2.17
4 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2616 8.0 74.0 52.50 48.5 2627 2716 +1.18
5 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2587 7.5 75.5 50.75 47.5 2595 2686 +1.34
6 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2666 7.5 73.5 47.75 45.0 2677 2668 -0.09
7 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2593 7.5 73.0 48.75 47.5 2605 2648 +0.68
8 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2583 7.5 71.5 48.00 47.0 2572 2685 +1.67
9 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2684 7.5 71.0 47.50 46.5 2646 2657 +0.13
10 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2566 7.5 69.0 45.25 44.5 2587 2655 +1.01
11 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2567 7.5 65.5 44.00 42.0 2608 2604 +0.02
12 Hertneck, Gerald g GER 2571 7.0 76.0 46.50 47.5 2541 2625 +1.17
13 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2653 7.0 75.5 45.75 49.5 2626 2651 +0.29
14 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2661 7.0 75.0 46.25 44.0 2702 2644 -0.81
15 Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 7.0 75.0 45.50 45.5 2639 2652 +0.18
16 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2677 7.0 74.0 45.50 47.5 2661 2666 +0.07
17 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2675 7.0 73.0 43.75 44.5 2673 2626 -0.70
18 Fressinet, Laurent m FRA 2501 7.0 71.5 42.00 42.0 2536 2611 +1.06
19 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2640 7.0 71.0 44.00 45.0 2654 2633 -0.37
20 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2517 7.0 70.5 43.25 44.0 2562 2641 +1.17
21 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2578 7.0 70.0 43.25 45.0 2591 2616 +0.29
22 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2579 7.0 66.0 41.50 42.0 2584 2565 -0.26
23 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2563 6.5 74.5 42.50 43.0 2529 2648 +1.70
24 Gershon, Alik m ISR 2471 6.5 73.0 39.50 44.5 2502 2622 +1.88
25 Bunzmann, Dimitrij m GER 2502 6.5 70.5 38.50 41.0 2484 2561 +1.22
26 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2528 6.5 70.0 38.25 42.5 2554 2555 +0.01
27 Kuczynski, Robert g POL 2451 6.5 70.0 37.50 40.0 2479 2553 +1.00
28 Lobron, Eric g GER 2550 6.5 69.0 38.00 42.0 2530 2555 +0.34
29 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2538 6.5 68.0 37.25 41.0 2536 2550 +0.23
30 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2580 6.5 67.0 37.25 42.0 2585 2548 -0.54
31 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2667 6.5 66.5 38.00 39.5 2567 2539 -0.43
32 Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2555 6.5 65.5 37.50 41.0 2555 2506 -0.76
33 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2432 6.5 65.5 35.75 40.0 2456 2543 +1.20
34 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2606 6.5 65.0 35.75 40.0 2571 2506 -0.98
35 Godena, Michele g ITA 2487 6.5 64.5 33.00 38.0 2485 2525 +0.67
36 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2609 6.5 63.0 36.75 38.0 2563 2466 -1.31
37 Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2499 6.5 63.0 34.25 38.5 2532 2513 -0.32
38 Jonkman, Harmen f NED 2446 6.5 62.5 32.50 39.0 2424 2500 +1.10
39 Mittelman, Gur m ISR 2443 6.5 61.5 33.75 39.0 2419 2535 +1.60
40 Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2535 6.5 61.0 34.50 36.5 2557 2454 -1.42
41 Franco Ocampos, Zenon g ESP 2511 6.5 60.0 33.50 35.0 2512 2414 -1.42
42 David, Alberto g LUX 2520 6.0 72.5 37.25 39.5 2487 2532 +0.61
43 Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2548 6.0 71.0 36.00 40.0 2520 2515 -0.16
44 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2611 6.0 69.0 37.00 40.5 2608 2507 -1.48
45 Odeev, Handszar m TKM 2425 6.0 68.0 33.00 38.5 2442 2498 +0.80
46 Solak, Dragan m YUG 2515 6.0 66.5 34.50 39.0 2490 2505 +0.17
47 Bellini, Fabio m ITA 2484 6.0 66.5 33.00 39.5 2484 2517 +0.50
48 Marcelin, Cyril m FRA 2439 6.0 63.0 30.75 37.0 2433 2452 +0.30
49 Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2399 6.0 60.0 28.75 32.0 2414 2386 -0.49
50 Vukovic, Zdravko m YUG 2475 6.0 58.5 27.50 34.5 2471 2401 -1.00
51 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2471 6.0 58.0 29.25 34.0 2450 2324 -1.70
52 Handke, Florian m GER 2413 6.0 54.5 27.00 32.5 2455 2306 -2.00
53 Simonenko, Sergei m TKM 2440 5.5 70.5 32.75 37.5 2465 2499 +0.50
54 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2528 5.5 69.5 30.50 38.5 2498 2459 -0.55
55 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2537 5.5 65.5 30.50 35.5 2520 2391 -1.87
56 Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2514 5.5 65.5 29.00 37.0 2519 2425 -1.43
57 Sorensen, Jan m DEN 2401 5.5 65.0 29.50 34.5 2399 2435 +0.55
58 Aldrovandi, Costantino f ITA 2328 5.5 64.5 31.75 34.5 2351 2472 +1.70
59 Miljanic, Boro m YUG 2429 5.5 64.0 30.00 33.5 2401 2401 +0.00
60 Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2452 5.5 64.0 27.75 35.5 2467 2417 -0.70
120 players
Laszlo Nagy reports: There were 2 IM groups and 2 FM groups in the July
edition of the First Saturday tournaments taking place July 1st-13th 2000. 15
year old Zhao Xue was the convincing winner of the IMA event with 10.5/13
undefeated.
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 =.
Final Standings:
FSIMA July Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 vii 2000 cat. I (2263)
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1 Zhao Xue CHN 2373 * = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2505
2 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2321 = * = 1 = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2433
3 Erenburg, Sergey f ISR 2325 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2433
4 Bar, Roman ISR 2328 = 0 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2433
5 Eriksson, Johan f SWE 2364 = = 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2430
6 Lindgren, Fredrik SWE 2177 0 0 0 = 0 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2269
7 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2301 0 = 0 = 0 = * 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 6.0 2231
8 Keatinge-Clay, Adrian USA 2287 = = 0 0 0 1 1 * = 1 = 0 0 = 5.5 2204
9 Yates-Doerr, Riley USA 2297 = = 1 = 0 0 0 = * = 0 = = = 5.0 2173
10 Hardicsay, Peter m HUN 2310 0 = = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 0 5.0 2172
11 Mont-Reynaud, Jordy USA 2282 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 0 * = 0 = 4.0 2120
12 Rasmussen, Rogvi W FAI 2139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = = * = 1 4.0 2131
13 Harakis, Alexis ENG 2179 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 = * 1 4.0 2128
14 Segovia,Javier PUR ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = 0 0 * 2.5 2032
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1 Froehlich, Peter f GER 2375 * = 0 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 9.0 2433
2 Hjelm, Niclas f SWE 2347 = * 1 = = = = = = 0 1 = 1 1 8.0 2381
3 Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2309 1 0 * = 0 1 = = = 1 0 1 1 1 8.0 2384
4 Resika, Nathan A USA 2190 = = = * = 0 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 8.0 2393
5 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2365 0 = 1 = * = 1 = = = 1 = 0 1 7.5 2350
6 Carlsson, Pontus SWE 2262 = = 0 1 = * = = = 0 = = 1 1 7.0 2329
7 Naes, Flovin Tor FAI 2257 = = = 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 0 = 1 6.5 2301
8 Xu Hanbing CHN 2420 0 = = = = = 0 * = = = = 1 1 6.5 2288
9 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2285 = = = = = = = = * = 0 = = = 6.0 2270
10 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2271 0 1 0 0 = 1 = = = * 0 1 0 1 6.0 2271
11 Dub, Zeev ISR 2158 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = 1 1 * 1 = 0 5.5 2251
12 Yu Mingyuan CHN 2419 0 = 0 = = = 1 = = 0 0 * = 1 5.5 2231
13 Zalkind, Karmi ISR 2250 = 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 = 1 = = * 0 5.0 2214
14 Cooke, Eric USA 2266 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 * 2.5 2049
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Hassan Khaled reports: The Golden Cleopatra Chess Festival takes place
11th-20th July 2000. The event, under the supervision of the Egyptian Chess
Federation and sponsored by Eastern Company Sports Club takes place about 5 km
from the Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt. There are two Swiss system events including
the main closed section with 26 players (4 GMs, 13 IMs, 3 FMs) including nine
foreign players and 17 Egytian players. The oldest player is 62 year old
Alexander Vaysman and the youngest Ahmed Adly, 13 years old.
Golden Cleopatra Open Cairo EGY (EGY), 3-15 vii 2000
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1 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2481 +23 +20 +13 = 4 + 7 4.5 2769
2 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2486 =15 =17 +10 =13 + 4 3.5 2557
3 Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2561 = 7 +22 = 5 = 6 +13 3.5 2522
4 Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2505 +19 = 5 +11 = 1 - 2 3.0 2459
5 Grunberg, Mihai m ROM 2409 +16 = 4 = 3 = 9 = 8 3.0 2486
6 Donchenko, Anatoly G m RUS 2428 =17 = 8 +15 = 3 = 9 3.0 2474
7 Abou el Zein, Eid Mahmoud m EGY 2366 = 3 = 9 +20 +17 - 1 3.0 2513
8 Sameeh, Hany EGY 2292 =21 = 6 +25 =10 = 5 3.0 2373
9 Navrotescu, Catalin m ROM 2439 =22 = 7 +21 = 5 = 6 3.0 2416
10 Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2433 +25 =11 - 2 = 8 +17 3.0 2337
11 Abdel Aziem, Ramadan EGY 2230 +24 =10 - 4 =14 +20 3.0 2471
12 Adly,Ahmed EGY ---- -13 -14 +24 +23 +19 3.0 2416
13 El Ghazali, Youssef M m EGY 2386 +12 +18 - 1 = 2 - 3 2.5 2369
14 Elgabry, Mohsen m EGY 2271 -18 +12 =19 =11 =15 2.5 2255
15 Hassan, Sayed Barakat m EGY 2397 = 2 =21 - 6 +26 =14 2.5 2337
16 Rahman, Yehya m EGY 2273 - 5 =19 =26 =24 +22 2.5 2333
17 Afifi, Assem m EGY 2321 = 6 = 2 +18 - 7 -10 2.0 2334
18 Abdel Razik, Khaled EGY 2318 +14 -13 -17 =22 =23 2.0 2250
19 Himdan, Maher m EGY 2333 - 4 =16 =14 +21 -12 2.0 2185
20 Sarwat, Walaa m EGY 2407 +26 - 1 - 7 +25 -11 2.0 2195
21 Yousry, Salah EGY 2239 = 8 =15 - 9 -19 =25 1.5 2143
22 Mohamed, Farag Amrou f EGY 2280 = 9 - 3 =23 =18 -16 1.5 2239
23 Ezat, Mohamed EGY 2352 - 1 =26 =22 -12 =18 1.5 2119
24 Vaysman, Alexander UKR 2382 -11 -25 -12 =16 +26 1.5 2004
25 Hamed,Mohamed EGY ---- -10 +24 - 8 -20 =21 1.5 2201
26 Ghonimy, Soltan f EGY 2262 -20 =23 =16 -15 -24 1.0 2122
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Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: The Norwegian championships were played in
Asker (just south of Oslo) July 8-15th 2000. GM Simen Agdestein and GM Rune
Djurhuus finished equal first with 7.5 points from 9 rounds. Agdestein won the
tie-break match 2-0 to clinch the title. In third place with 6.5 points came IM
Leif E. Johannessen, missing his first GM-norm by half a point.
Web site (in Norwegian): http://www2.computas.com/sjakk/
ch-NOR Asker NOR (NOR), 8-15 vii 2000
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1 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2484 +17 = 2 + 4 - 5 + 6 + 3 +12 +10 + 7 7.5 2659
2 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2588 +12 = 1 +11 - 3 +14 + 4 + 9 + 8 +10 7.5 2621
3 Johannessen, Leif Erlend m NOR 2431 =13 +14 +20 + 2 +12 - 1 +10 = 4 = 6 6.5 2572
4 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2492 = 9 + 8 - 1 +14 + 5 - 2 +11 = 3 +12 6.0 2460
5 Lie, Kjetil A NOR 2227 =15 + 7 =10 + 1 - 4 -12 - 8 + 9 +16 5.0 2381
6 Fyllingen, Roy Harald m NOR 2408 = 8 =13 +15 =10 - 1 - 9 +19 +11 = 3 5.0 2347
7 Elsness, Frode NOR 2396 =11 - 5 = 9 +17 +16 -10 +15 +12 - 1 5.0 2348
8 Sagafos, Magne NOR 2073 = 6 - 4 +19 -11 +20 =15 + 5 - 2 +14 5.0 2387
9 Heim, Sverre f NOR 2366 = 4 -11 = 7 =15 +13 + 6 - 2 - 5 +19 4.5 2339
10 Ostenstad, Berge m NOR 2447 +16 =20 = 5 = 6 +11 + 7 - 3 - 1 - 2 4.5 2379
11 Bae, Torstein NOR 2218 = 7 + 9 - 2 + 8 -10 . - 4 - 6 =18 4.0 2331
12 Gabrielsen, Stig NOR 2272 - 2 +18 +13 +20 - 3 + 5 - 1 - 7 - 4 4.0 2343
13 Leer-Salvesen, Bjarte NOR 2262 = 3 = 6 -12 =16 - 9 =19 =18 =17 +20 4.0 2272
14 Dannevig, Oystein NOR 2356 +18 - 3 +16 - 4 - 2 . +17 +15 - 8 4.0 2265
15 Johansen, Terje NOR 2211 = 5 =19 - 6 = 9 +18 = 8 - 7 -14 =17 3.5 2201
16 Johannessen, Svein m NOR 2306 -10 +17 -14 =13 - 7 =18 =20 +19 - 5 3.5 2225
17 Hagesaether, Halvard NOR 2215 - 1 -16 +18 - 7 -19 +20 -14 =13 =15 3.0 2192
18 Eriksen, Terje NOR 2242 -14 -12 -17 =19 -15 =16 =13 =20 =11 2.5 2105
19 Glenne, Bjorn Erik NOR 2250 -20 =15 - 8 =18 +17 =13 - 6 -16 - 9 2.5 2104
20 Gullaksen, Erik m NOR 2353 +19 =10 - 3 -12 - 8 -17 =16 =18 -13 2.5 2111
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Agdestein, Simen - Djurhuus, Rune 1-0 65 A45 Queen's pawn
Djurhuus, Rune - Agdestein, Simen 0-1 24 B03 Alekhine defence
ch-NOR Playoff Asker NOR (NOR), 16-16 vii 2000
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Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2588 1 1 2.0
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Lanfranco Bombelli reports: The Bolzano (Bozen in German) takes place
July 15-22: Khenkin, Epishin, Sax, Gyimesi, Timoscenko, Nikolaidis, Rotstein,
Farago, Godena, Skembris, Voiska and others in a field of 31 players.
Full coverage at: http://www.altea.it/scacchi
Round 3 Standings:
Open Bolzano ITA (ITA), 15-22 vii 2000
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1 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2609 +12 +11 + 7 3.0 /3
2 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2667 +18 = 9 +16 2.5 /3 2702
3 Rotstein, Arkadij g GER 2441 +25 +13 = 4 2.5 /3 2662
4 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2622 +14 =10 = 3 2.0 /3 2528
5 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2518 +20 = 6 =10 2.0 /3 2484
6 Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2366 +26 = 5 =17 2.0 /3 2460
7 Banikas, Hristos m GRE 2535 +24 +17 - 1 2.0 /3 2575
8 Timoscenko, Genadij g SVK 2519 =19 +22 = 9 2.0 /3 2392
9 Ortega, Lexy m CUB 2479 +31 = 2 = 8 2.0 /3 2546
10 Farago, Ivan g HUN 2467 +32 = 4 = 5 2.0 /3 2531
11 Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2481 +27 - 1 +24 2.0 /3 2413
12 Trabert, Bettina wm GER 2273 - 1 +27 +21 2.0 /3 2328
13 Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2425 +21 - 3 +20 2.0 /3 2353
14 Baquero, Luis A COL 2303 - 4 +32 +19 2.0 /3 2422
15 Drabke, Lorenz ITA 2149 =16 =19 =18 1.5 /3 2333
16 Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2530 =15 +23 - 2 1.5 /3 2272
17 Godena, Michele g ITA 2487 +30 - 7 = 6 1.5 /3 2311
18 Mukic, Josko f YUG 2278 - 2 +31 =15 1.5 /3 2298
19 Bertagnolli, Alexander ITA 2191 = 8 =15 -14 1.0 /3 2198
20 Schacher, Gerd ITA 2245 - 5 +26 -13 1.0 /3 2189
21 Scharrer, Patrick ---- -13 +25 -12 1.0 /3 2147
22 Luban, Peter GER 2131 =28 - 8 =23 1.0 /3 2048
23 Pfeufer,L ---- =29 -16 =22 1.0 /3 2095
24 De Eccher, Stefano f ITA 2256 - 7 +30 -11 1.0 /3 2224
25 Kowalczyk, Martin ITA 2120 - 3 -21 +30 1.0 /3 2032
26 Erschbaumer,H ---- - 6 -20 +32 1.0 /3 2105
27 Gatterer,F ---- -11 -12 +31 1.0 /3 2152
30 Astengo, Marcello ITA 2032 -17 -24 -25 0.0 /3
31 Rossi, Giampiero ITA 2078 - 9 -18 -27 0.0 /3
32 Ruzzier, Dario ITA 2080 -10 -14 -26 0.0 /3
2nd ShakkiNet international has started in Helsinki, Finland. There is
category VIII GM-group and category IV IM-group. My thanks to Jussi Tella and
Sami Hämäläinen for the news.
Internet coverage: http://www.shakki.net/2si/
Round 7 standings:
2nd ShakkiNet GM Helsinki FIN (FIN), 10-18 vii 2000cat. VII (2414)
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1 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2528 * 1 . . 1 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2643
2 Yrjola, Jouni g FIN 2438 0 * 1 1 . = . 1 = 1 5.0 2551
3 Agopov, Mikael m FIN 2402 . 0 * = 1 1 = . 1 1 5.0 2559
4 Karttunen, Mika FIN 2313 . 0 = * 1 1 = 0 1 . 4.0 2489
5 Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2383 0 . 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 . 4.0 2492
6 Sepp, Olav m EST 2414 1 = 0 0 0 * 1 . . 1 3.5 2407
7 Gavrikov, Viktor g LTU 2563 = . = = 0 0 * 1 . 1 3.5 2380
8 Norri, Joose m FIN 2400 0 0 . 1 0 . 0 * 1 1 3.0 2367
9 Anka, Emil m HUN 2474 0 = 0 0 0 . . 0 * = 1.0 2075
10 Nyysti, Sampsa FIN 2224 0 0 0 . . 0 0 0 = * 0.5 2037
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2nd ShakkiNet IM Helsinki FIN (FIN), 10-18 vii 2000cat. IV (2333)
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1 Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2428 * . = 1 1 1 . 1 = 1 6.0 2611
2 Kiik, Kalle m EST 2445 . * 0 = 1 . 1 1 1 1 5.5 2527
3 Nouro, Mikael f FIN 2398 = 1 * 0 . = = 1 1 . 4.5 2438
4 Raaste, Eero J m FIN 2349 0 = 1 * 0 = . . 1 1 4.0 2401
5 Lampen, Timo FIN 2307 0 0 . 1 * = = 1 . 1 4.0 2391
6 Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2376 0 . = = = * = = 1 . 3.5 2320
7 Maki-Uuro, Miikka f FIN 2341 . 0 = . = = * = 1 = 3.5 2316
8 Koskela, Niina wm FIN 2182 0 0 0 . 0 = = * . 1 2.0 2208
9 Gamback, Bjorn SWE 2235 = 0 0 0 . 0 0 . * = 1.0 2063
10 Pirttimaki, Timo f FIN 2271 0 0 . 0 0 . = 0 = * 1.0 2017
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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. Andrew Webster,
Richard Bates and Nicholas Pert lead on 2.5/3. Joseph Conlon had to miss his
games from rounds 2 and 3 and will catch up during the tournament. My thanks to
Richard Palliser.
Internet coverage: http://www.swyoungmasters.co.uk
Standings Round 3/9
10th Smith & Williamson Young Masters Witley ENG (ENG), 14-22 vii 2000
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1 Webster, Andrew m ENG 2401 + 7 + 4 = 6 2.5 /3 2563
2 Bates, Richard m ENG 2368 +13 +16 = 3 2.5 /3 2586
3 Pert, Nicholas f ENG 2396 +20 +11 = 2 2.5 /3 2582
4 Mahesh Chandran, P IND 2237 +12 - 1 +17 2.0 /3 2380
5 Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2349 =15 +18 = 8 2.0 /3 2381
6 Williams, Simon m ENG 2362 +22 =10 = 1 2.0 /3 2394
7 Vigus, James f ENG 2273 - 1 +19 +16 2.0 /3 2412
8 Werle, Jan NED 2311 +21 =15 = 5 2.0 /3 2371
9 Middelburg, Tom NED 2347 -10 +22 +15 2.0 /3 2332
10 Broomfield, Matthew ENG 2166 + 9 = 6 . 1.5 /2 2547
11 Greet, Andrew ENG 2238 +14 - 3 =12 1.5 /3 2282
12 Collins, Sam IRL 2130 - 4 +20 =11 1.5 /3 2265
13 Pert, Richard G f ENG 2298 - 2 =14 +18 1.5 /3 2311
14 Bitansky, Igor ISR 2322 -11 =13 +22 1.5 /3 2259
15 Addison, Bret ENG 2215 = 5 = 8 - 9 1.0 /3 2210
16 Hansen, Torbjorn R NOR 2245 +19 - 2 - 7 1.0 /3 2160
17 Thiruchelvam, Thirumurugan ENG 2235 =18 . - 4 0.5 /2 2047
18 Koneru, Humpy IND 2244 =17 - 5 -13 0.5 /3 2021
19 D'Costa, Lorin ENG 2215 -16 - 7 =20 0.5 /3 2007
20 Palliser, Richard ENG 2322 - 3 -12 =19 0.5 /3 1974
21 Conlon, Joseph P ENG 2175 - 8 . . 0.0 /1
22 Menon, Shanker ENG 2241 - 6 - 9 -14 0.0 /3
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The Staffordshire Millennium Congress took place in Lichfield 6th-14th
July 2000. There were three events a GM event and IM and an Open. The event was
organised by Adam Raoof. Aaron Summerscale was the convincing winner of the GM
event with 7.5/9 and Brian Kelly scored a GM norm. The IM event was won by
Sipke Ernst with 6.5/9, Christophe Philippe scored an IM norm and Jana Bellin
had to withdraw after two games and was replaced by Lawrence Cooper.
Internet coverage: http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/staffs/
Staffordshire Millennium Congress GM Lichfield ENG (ENG), 6-14 vii 2000cat. VIII (2434)
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1 Summerscale, Aaron g ENG 2430 * = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2707
2 Motwani, Paul g SCO 2468 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2596
3 Kelly, Brian m IRL 2421 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2601
4 Turner, Matthew m ENG 2487 = = = * 1 = = = = = 5.0 2471
5 Krush, Irina wm USA 2399 0 = 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 4.5 2438
6 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2504 0 0 0 = = * 1 = = = 3.5 2346
7 Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2424 0 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 3.5 2355
8 Ippolito, Dean m USA 2373 = = 0 = 0 = = * = 0 3.0 2315
9 Kinsman, Andrew P.H m ENG 2399 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = * = 2.5 2272
10 Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2436 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = * 2.5 2267
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1 Ernst, Sipke m NED 2392 * 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 = . 6.5 /9 2479
2 Philippe, Christophe FRA 2293 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 . 6.0 /9 2449
3 Krutti, Valer m HUN 2382 0 1 * = 0 1 = = . 1 1 5.5 /9 2375
4 Dunnington, Angus J m ENG 2372 1 = = * = 0 1 = = = . 5.0 /9 2358
5 Van der Vorm, Teun f NED 2372 = 0 1 = * 0 0 = 1 = . 4.0 /9 2272
6 Hanley, Craig ENG 2231 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 = 0 = . 4.0 /9 2288
7 Beaumont, Chris ENG 2290 = 0 = 0 1 0 * = = 1 . 4.0 /9 2281
8 Richardson, John R f ENG 2331 0 0 = = = = = * = 1 . 4.0 /9 2277
9 Cooper, Lawrence f ENG 2338 0 = . = 0 1 = = * . . 3.0 /7 2275
10 Wallace, Paul IRL 2210 = 0 0 = = = 0 0 . * = 2.5 /9 2148
11 Bellin, Jana wg ENG 2169 . . 0 . . . . . . = * 0.5 /2 2103
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Adrie Pancras reports: The 9th AKN chess tournament took place 30th June
- 2nd July 2000 in Haarlem Holland. The winner was Igor Khenkin with 5.5/6
ahead of a field including 8 other GMs and 6 IMs and a total of 121
participants. Dutchman Jeroen Blokhuis (2244) was shared 10th place including
three draws against 3 grandmasters.
AKN Open Haarlem NED (NED), 30 vi-2 vii 2000
No. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2622 5.5 25.0 22.50 20.5 2622 2727 +0.40
2 Gofshtein, Leonid D g ISR 2580 5.0 22.5 18.00 18.0 2580 2480 -0.40
3 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2486 5.0 25.5 20.50 19.0 2572 2567 +0.02
4 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2550 5.0 23.0 18.25 16.5 2550 2506 -0.10
5 Dgebuadze, Alexandre m GEO 2540 5.0 20.0 15.75 18.0 2540 2404 -0.52
6 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2528 5.0 17.5 15.50 15.0 2528 2273 -0.82
7 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2481 5.0 25.0 20.25 18.5 2486 2498 +0.08
8 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2483 5.0 25.5 17.75 19.0 2483 2599 +0.65
9 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2540 4.5 23.5 15.75 17.0 2547 2424 -0.72
10 Ragozin, Evgeni m RUS 2475 4.5 20.5 14.75 16.0 2475 2327 -0.78
11 Blees, Albert m NED 2402 4.5 20.5 13.75 17.0 2437 2364 -0.42
12 Solleveld, Maarten NED 2396 4.5 22.0 14.50 17.5 2381 2328 -0.36
13 Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2349 4.5 23.0 15.75 16.5 2336 2352 +0.10
14 Blokhuis, Jeroen NED 2240 4.5 23.5 16.25 16.5 2244 2441 +1.56
15 Ligterink, Gert m NED 2391 4.0 21.5 12.75 16.5 2385 2251 -0.92
16 Ernst, Sipke m NED 2392 4.0 23.0 14.25 15.5 2383 2341 -0.25
17 Bertholee, Rob f NED 2343 4.0 23.0 14.00 15.0 2354 2213 -0.70
18 Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2305 4.0 23.0 13.50 16.0 2305 2297 -0.08
19 Erwich, Frank NED 2224 4.0 24.5 14.00 16.0 2299 2335 +0.28
20 Haznedaroglu, Kivanc TUR 2287 4.0 23.5 14.00 16.0 2287 2299 +0.10
21 Diepeveen, Vincent NED 2254 4.0 20.0 12.00 14.0 2255 2140 -0.80
22 Mulder, Bart-Piet NED 2244 4.0 19.0 12.75 13.0 2244 2120 -0.65
23 Szuveges, Grant AUS 2203 4.0 22.5 12.50 16.0 2203 2335 +1.06
24 Perez Garcia, Hebert NED 2205 4.0 18.5 12.00 13.0 2163 2049 -0.80
25 Van der Klashorst, Fred NED ---- 4.0 18.5 9.00 14.0 2146 2180 +0.28
26 Remmel, Tim NED 2225 4.0 20.0 11.00 14.0 2135 2221 +0.70
27 Van der Veen, Jan NED 2092 4.0 20.0 11.00 13.0 2098 2089 -0.08
28 Van den Bergh, Jan NED ---- 4.0 19.5 11.00 13.0 2097 2121 +0.16
29 Groot,Simon NED ---- 4.0 18.5 10.50 14.0 1970 2120 +1.00
30 Pelter, Yehuda Z NED 2043 4.0 17.0 9.75 13.5 1951 2074 +0.80
31 Monteban,Martijn NED ---- 4.0 21.0 13.00 13.5 1921 2210 +1.95
128 games
The Golden Tulip tournament took place in Fribourg, Switzerland July
7th-11th 2000. The event was a seven round Swiss System event. After five
rounds the top four players played a mini-knockout amongst themselves to
establish the top places, the other players continued on for rounds 6 and 7.
Seres beat Kaenel and Boricsev lost to Florin Gheorghiu in the semi-finals.
Gheorghiu then beat Seres in the final to take the event.
Internet: http://www.beochess.ch,
my thanks to Robert Sporri for the information.
Semi-Finals (July 10, 2000)
Seres, Lajos - Kaenel, Hansjuerg 1-0 63 A84 Dutch defence
Boricsev, Oleg - Gheorghiu, Florin 0-1 44 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Final Round 7 (July 11, 2000)
Seres, Lajos - Gheorghiu, Florin 0-1 34 A64 Modern Benoni
Final leadings Standings:
1. Gheorghiu Florin GM 2461 ROM 6 27½ 173½
2. Seres Lajos IM 2444 HUN 5 27 167½
3. Kaenel Hansjuerg IM 2452 SUI 4½ 27½ 156½
4. Boricsev Oleg IM 2348 HUN 4½ 31½ 159
5. Kiss Pal IM 2400 HUN 5½ 29½ 149
6. Raetsky Alexandr IM 2425 RUS 5½ 26½ 165½
7. Kelecevic Nedeliko IM 2414 BIH 5 25 154
8. Kolly Jacques 2199 SUI 5 24 162
9. Joksic Sinisa IM 2281 YUG 5 24 151
10. Cruceli Salvatore 2089 SUI 5 23 144
62 players
Jack Peters reports on the Southern California Championships which took
place July 8th-9th and July 15th-16th at Eduard Gufeld's club, Chess Academy,
in Los Angeles. The tournament counts as a state championship for the chess
"state" of Southern California. The Southern California Chess Federation
organized the event, and John Hillery directed capably.
Peters himself shared first place with Cyrus Lakadawala on 5.5/7. Tony
Davis played only 3 games the rest he defaulted. There are some differences in
the rating list with Jack Peters being listed under John Peters and
Ambartsoumian being list as Ambarcumjan.
ch-SCCF Los Angeles USA (USA), 8-16 vii 2000 cat. III (2304)
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1 Peters, John A m USA 2462 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 /7 2511
2 Lakdawala, Cyrus f USA 2441 = * 1 = = 1 1 + 5.5 /7 2484
3 Ambarcumjan, Armen ARM 2377 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 + 5.0 /7 2427
4 Jones, Stephen L f USA 2301 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 4.0 /7 2354
5 Yee, Karl Y f USA 2276 0 = = = * 0 1 + 3.5 /7 2262
6 Van Buskirk, Charles f USA 2335 = 0 0 0 1 * = = 2.5 /7 2197
7 Rowell,John USA ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = * + 1.5 /7 1964
8 Davis, Tony USA 2242 0 - - 0 - = * - 0.5 /3 2093
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Michael Atkins reports: IM-elect Eugene Perelshteyn won the 2000 U.S.
Junior Championship with a score of 7-2, a point and a half ahead of Justin
Sarkar and the 1999 Junior Champ Marcel Martinez. Perelshteyn, who led from the
start and was only held back by a loss to Dmitry Schneider, and seemed to be
behind in many of his games only to pull out victories. Smartchess.com awarded
a $200 prize for best game and best endgame. Judged by GM Ron Henley, the Best
Game when to Justin Sarkar for his win over Dmitry Schneider and Best Endgame
went to Andrew Whatley for his win over Steve Winer.
Dr. Alan Sherman from UMBC and David Pelleteir and Kurt Eschbach from
the Maryland Chess Association organized and Michael Atkins directed.
ch-USA Junior Catonsville USA (USA), 7-16 vii 2000cat. III (2322)
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1 Perelshteyn, Eugene f USA 2429 * = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2530
2 Martinez, Marcel f USA 2349 = * = = = 1 0 = 1 1 5.5 2398
3 Sarkar, Justin USA 2316 0 = * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2402
4 Chudnovsky, Jacob f USA 2346 = = 1 * 1 = 0 = = 0 4.5 2319
5 Schneider, Dmitry f USA 2329 1 = 0 0 * = 1 = = = 4.5 2321
6 Whatley,Andrew USA ---- 0 0 = = = * 1 1 0 1 4.5 2357
7 Bhat, Vinay S USA 2398 0 1 = 1 0 0 * = = = 4.0 2270
8 Winer, Steven USA 2308 0 = 0 = = 0 = * 1 1 4.0 2280
9 Zaremba, Andrie USA 2337 0 0 0 = = 1 = 0 * = 3.0 2195
10 Kolinko, Paul USA 2407 0 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 = * 2.5 2146
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The World Open took place in Philidelphia June 28th-July 4th 2000. There
were seven sections with the main open section having a strong entry. There was
an eight way tie for first after the nine rounds were completed, between Jaan
Ehlvest, Alexander Goldin, Joel Benjamin, Gregory Serper, Alexander Ivanov,
John Fedorowicz, Pavel Blatny and Sergey Kudrin. There was a single round robin
blitz playoff amongst six of these eight (Ivanov and Fedorowicz didn't
participate) which was won by Joel Benjamin.
Details: http://www.worldopen.com
my thanks to Scott Pendergrast for his help.
Additional games (mainly from the final rounds) and a few corrections
with the aid of Larry Tamarkin (Marshall Chess Club), Jay Bonin, Lorne Yee and
Sam Sloan appear in this issue.
World Open Philadelphia USA (USA), 28 vi-4 vii 2000
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1 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2591 7.0
2 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2622 7.0
3 Goldin, Alexander g ISR 2566 7.0
4 Serper, Grigory g USA 2587 7.0
5 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2541 7.0
6 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2540 7.0
7 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2512 7.0
8 Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2496 7.0
9 Kaidanov, Gregory g USA 2599 6.5
10 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2592 6.5
11 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2625 6.5
12 Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2539 6.5
13 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2575 6.5
14 Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2444 6.5
15 Ashley, Maurice g USA 2499 6.5
16 Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2508 6.5
17 Perelshteyn, Eugene f USA 2429 6.5
18 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2563 6.0
19 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2601 6.0
20 Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2552 6.0
21 Zaichik, Gennadi USA 2489 6.0
22 Gufeld, Eduard g USA 2448 6.0
23 Miton, Kamil m POL 2425 6.0
24 Tate, Emory f USA 2309 6.0
25 Sarkar,Justin USA 2316 6.0
26 Paragua, Mark C PHI 2368 6.0
27 Gonzales, Jayson PHI 2411 6.0
28 Rogers, Norman USA 2265 6.0
29 Del Mundo, Anton PHI 2161 6.0
30 Solon, Nathan USA 2283 6.0
182 players
FIDE Zonal 1.7 took place in Mezezers (Latvia) 6th-18th June, 2000. The
winner Jaan Ehlvest and second placed Aloyzas Kveinys qualified for the FIDE
Championships. Kaido Kulaots and Mikhail Rytshagov were tied for third place
and had to playoff for the final FIDE qualification spot. There were three
draws before Mikhail Rytshagov won the final game of the match to take this
final place.
My thanks to Ülar Lauk for the remaining games from the event.
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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2622 * = = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2662
2 Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2496 = * 1 1 = = 0 1 1 = = 1 = = 8.5 2571
3 Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2499 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 = = 1 = = = 1 8.0 2547
4 Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2542 = 0 1 * = = 1 = 0 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2544
5 Krakops, Maris g LAT 2518 0 = 0 = * 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2488
6 Butnorius, Algimantas m LTU 2434 = = 0 = 1 * = 1 = = 0 1 0 = 6.5 2465
7 Kiik, Kalle m EST 2445 = 1 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.5 2465
8 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2481 = 0 = = = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 6.5 2462
9 Slapikas, Vytautas m LTU 2423 0 0 = 1 = = 0 = * 0 1 1 0 1 6.0 2437
10 Klovans, Janis g LAT 2492 0 = 0 = = = 0 = 1 * = = = 1 6.0 2432
11 Cmilyte, Viktorija wg LTU 2329 0 = = = 0 1 0 0 0 = * 0 1 1 5.0 2387
12 Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2482 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 = 1 * 1 = 5.0 2375
13 Labuckas, Aidas m LTU 2307 0 = = 0 0 1 0 0 1 = 0 0 * = 4.0 2334
14 Luckans, Arnolds f LAT 2421 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 0 0 = = * 4.0 2325
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Kulaots, Kaido - Rytshagov, Mikhail 1/2 17 C11 French; Classical
Rytshagov, Mikhail - Kulaots, Kaido 1/2 65 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Kulaots, Kaido - Rytshagov, Mikhail 1/2 31 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Rytshagov, Mikhail - Kulaots, Kaido 1-0 33 A43 Queen's pawn
zt 1.7 Playoff Rakvere EST (EST), 20 vi 2000
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1 2 3 4
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Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2542 = = = 1 2.5 2594
Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2499 = = = 0 1.5 2455
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The 29th Greek Premier League Championships took place 6th-13th July
2000. Venue: Stadium of Peace & Friendship, Athens. A.O. Kydon Chania won
the event. My thanks to Argiris Kotsis.
Full internet coverage:
http://www.blackqueen.net/news/2000/gr-champs2000/
Final Standings:
1st-6th places
1 A.O. Kydon Chania 12
2 Dei Macedonia/Thrace 12
3 E.S. Thessalonikis 11
4 E.E.S. Korydallos 11
5 A.O.P. Marousi 8
6 S.O. Ilioupolis 7
7th-12th places
7 S.O. Kavala 10
8 Panellinios 9
9 O.A. Chania 8
10 D.K.P. Ano Liosia 4
11 P.P.L.T.Y. Patras 2
12 Panathlitikos 2
Czech Open 2000
The Czech Open 2000 festival in Pardubice (Czech Republic) runs July
13th-30th, 2000. There are about 1300 players from 46 countries and 5
continents competing including 33 GMs, 5 WGMs, 60 IMs and 5 WIMs. Mikhail
Gurevich, Alexandr Goloshchapov, Hannes Stefansson, Valeri Beim, Alexander
Delchev, Ruslan Sherbakov play in the main open. Sergei Movsesian (CZE) and
Vlastimil Babula (CZE) compete in the active chess event.
Internet coverage:
http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
Biel Chess Festival
The Biel Chess Festival takes place July 24th- August 4th 2000. The main
GM event is Category XVI (2631) event is a 6 player 10 round event. Players: 1.
GM Peter Svidler RUS 24 years old (2689), 2. GM Boris Gelfand ISR 32 years old
(2681), 3. GM Loek van Wely NED 27 years old (2643), 4. GM Ruslan Ponomariov
UKR 16 years old (2630), 5. GM Vadim Milov SUI 28 years old (2628) and 6. GM
Joseph Gallagher SUI 36 years old (2514).
Internet coverage: http://www.schachfestival-biel.ch
Open Chess Dieren 2000
The Dutch Open Championships take place in Dieren July 18th-27th 2000.
Players include: Afek, Barsov, Van Beek, Berkvens, Bosch, Dvoirys, Gelashvili,
Ikonnikov, Levin, Meyers, Mokry, Murey, Safin, Savchenko, Solleveld, Van der
Weide, Van der Wiel and Zilberman play in the field of 64. Internet site:
http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/dieren2000/
European Youth Championships
The European Youth Championships Greece, October 2nd-10th 2000 will be
covered at the new website: http://www.inchess.com
Ciudad de Oviedo
III Open Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Oviedo 16th-17th September
2000 Active Chess -25' finish, 9 rounds 1.350.000 pts. 1st 200.000; 2nd
175.000; 3rd 150.000... (hasta 35 premios) Entry: 2.500 ptas. Sub16: 1.500 ptas
c.c: 2048 0153 65 0340023819 More info: 985 29 63 95 (Víctor) - 649 104
582 (Arturo) oviedo@damanegra.com http://www.damanegra.com/oviedo
The murder of Larissa Yudina
The murder of Kalmykian journalist Larissa Yudina has been a thorn in
the side of FIDE (and Kalmykian) President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov since it occurred
in June 1998. It has never been proven that Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was involved in
the murder. However it is a case of great importance to his reputation. A
controversial new book Schaakmat in Kalmukkië (Checkmate in Kalmykia) has
been published in the Netherlands. Written by Martin van den Heuvel he claims
to throw more light on the matter. The central allegation is that Kirsan's
brother Vyatsheslav was implicated in the affair too (the witness who claims to
have seen him subsequently died in a car crash). The book was savaged in New In
Chess 4 of 2000 where the unnamed reviewer in NIC Cafe says it is a clumsily
written rehash of known facts and gives a one sided picture of Ilyumzhinov.
However this view is not universally shared, there does seem to be new
information on murders and misappropriation of subsidies in Kalmykia. Also my
source says the clumsy writing is much overstated. Why is it every account by
journalists not connected with chess seems to have a very negative opinion of
human rights in Kalmykia?
Martin van den Heuvel is a renowned Eastern Europe expert and was in
Kalmykia in December 1999 as an observer of the elections for the UN.
You can read a brief account of the book in Tim Krabbé diary
section of his site at:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm
MSO Chess
After some initial doubt the 4th Mind Sports Olympiad will definitely
take place in London, at Alexandra Palace, from August 19th-28th 2000.
The Ron Banwell MSO Chess tournament takes place in Alexandra Palace
20th-28th August 2000. Likely contestants include: Murey, McNab, Hodgson and
Speelman.
Play 15.30-22.00 daily Rate of play: 40/100, all in 50, adding 30
seconds from the first # Prizes: £1000 500 300 200 150 100 This is the
guaranteed prize fund. Best score by a Disabled player: £200 £100
If the income warrants it, the Best score by a player Under-16: £50
prizes will be increased. Mind Sports Olympiad Medals in categories: Open,
Under 16, Disabled No player may win more than one cash prize nor more than one
medal. Part of The Terence Chapman Group Grand Prix
Play 15.30-22.00 daily Rate of play: 40/100, all in 50, adding 30
seconds from the first # Prizes: £1000 500 300 200 150 100 This is the
guaranteed prize fund. Best score by a Disabled player: £200 £100
If the income warrants it, the Best score by a player Under-16: £50
prizes will be increased. Mind Sports Olympiad Medals in categories: Open,
Under 16, Disabled No player may win more than one cash prize nor more than one
medal. Part of The Terence Chapman Group Grand Prix
Entry Fees: GMs, IMs, WGMs, WIMs, if received by the penalty fee date*
free Players FIDE Rated 2300 or higher, FMs, WFMs £30 Players FIDE Rated
2150-2299 £50 Players FIDE Rated 2001-2149 £75 Players unrated, BCF
Grade 175 (National 2000 or higher) £100 Players unrated, BCF Grade under
175 (National 2000 or lower) £150 Players with disabilities free Players
Under 21 or Over 60 pay half the above fees BCF Direct Members, discount of
£4 Penalty Fee for late entries postmarked after 12 August £20
*Players with international titles who accept a free entry will be expected to
be prepared to work with a disabled player for the period of the event. This
might include post game analysis, pre game preparation.
Directed by: Stewart Reuben on behalf of the London Chess Association
with the financial assistance of: British Chess Federation, Friends of Chess
Ron Banwell, a haemophiliac, left a substantial bequest to the British Chess
Federation. It will be possible to gain international honours. It has the
objective of demonstrating that people with disabilities can compete at chess
on totally equal terms.
Address to send entries: MSO 51 Borough Way Potters Bar Herts EN6 3HA
Details at:
http://www.msoworld.com/Olympiad/details-chess.html
If interested contact Stewart Reuben at sreuben@compuserve.com or
Anthony C. Corfe at tony@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk for further details.
Confirmed other 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/
Wipro GM tournament, Hyderabad
The Wipro GM tournament in Hyderabad takes place July 15th-28th 2000.
There are 14 players: 1 GM Evegeny Vladimirov Kazhakstan 2598 2 GM Alexander
Fominyh Russia 2594 3 GM K Sasikiran India 2573 4 GM Abhijit Kunte India 2556 5
GM Leonid Yurtaev Kyrgystan 2552 6 GM Sergey Ionov Russia 2541 7 GM Maxim
Sorokin Argentina 2541 8 IM P Harikrishna India 2500 9 IM S S Ganguly India
2498 10 IM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Iran 2487 11 IM Sandipan Chanda India 2446 12 IM
D V Prasad India 2431 13 IWM S Vijayalakshmi India 2378 14 IWM Aarthie
Ramaswamy India 2319.
Internet coverage at:
http://chennaionline.com/chess/news/wipro02.asp
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).
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
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, Naumkin, Skembris, Lobron, Godena, Palac and IMs Sulava, Van Der
Werf, Belotti, Tatai, De Gleria are entered already.
There will be a website at:
http://italway.it/associazioni/cssurya
.
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
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.
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 Aug.
The list of participants in the A event:
Ruslan Scherbakov RUS g 2558 Andrei Kovalev BLR g 2537 Bartlomiej
Macieja POL g 2536 Marat Makarov RUS g 2515 Jiri Stocek CZE g 2514 Tomas Polak
CZE m 2499 Martin Mrva SVK m 2468 Mikulas Manik SVK m 2425 Milan Novkovic YUG m
2402 Irina Krush USA wm 2354 Average Elo 2480,8 (10th category)
Tournament B is canceled due to low interest of players (only 4 players
interested to play). 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).
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. 19th-27th of July BUDAPEST SUMMER, GM-IM-Open, org.:IM Rigo, e.mail:
me-ri@matavnet.hu
2. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY
3. 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
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/
