THE WEEK IN CHESS 307 25th September 2000 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to My thanks to Søren Søgaard, Axel Fritz,
Laszlo Nagy, Gyuricza Gabor, Sune Berg Hansen, David Llada, Andrzej Filipowicz,
Lothar Karrer, Charles Milton Ling, Gernet Isola, Yvette Nagel Seirawan and all
those who helped with this issue.
The Najdorf Chess Festival sees the return of Anatoly Karpov to
tournament chess after a long break. He lies in second place but did have a
tremendous scare in the first round when he had a lost position against lowly
rated Diego Flores. Judit Polgar and Viktor Bologan lead. The countdown to the
Braingames World Chess Championships have started and TWIC has a mini-site that
will cover the event. We've changed servers which should provide a much faster
downloads than before. The US Championships start tonight, its also a zonal for
the FIDE World Championships of 2001.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The final stages of the Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival are well underway.
The final all-play-all runs September 18th-26th 2000. This was the final stage
after an innovative set of qualification events to produce six of the ten
players. Diego Flores would never have been invited to such event and in the
first round he had ex-World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov in big trouble before
blundering and eventually losing. After seven rounds Judit Polgar and Viktor
Bologan lead on 5.5/7 half a point clear of Karpov. Milos, Gilberto - Pierrot,
Facundo was postponed from round 6.
Official site with detailed results: AJEDREZ SIGLO XXI -
http://www.adrianroldan.com
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Super Final Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 18-26 ix 2000 cat. XIV (2577)
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1. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2656 * . = 1 = 1 = . 1 1 5.5 2808
2. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2641 . * . = 1 = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2768
3. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2699 = . * = = = . 1 1 1 5.0 2720
4. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2677 0 = = * = 1 . 1 1 . 4.5 2708
5. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2626 = 0 = = * = 1 = . . 3.5 2593
6. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2567 0 = = 0 = * = . . 1 3.0 2542
7. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2488 = 0 . . 0 = * = 1 = 3.0 2507
8. Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2423 . 0 0 0 = . = * ? 1 2.0 2456
9. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2633 0 = 0 0 . . 0 ? * 1 1.5 2393
10. Flores, Diego ARG 2358 0 0 0 . . 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 2164
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Round 1 (September 18, 2000)
Polgar, Judit - Leitao, Rafael 1-0 41 B90 Sicilian Defence (Najdorf Variation, Deviations)
Ricardi, Pablo - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 54 B12 Caro Kann (Advance Variation)
Pierrot, Facundo - Milov, Vadim 1/2 58 B42 Sicilian Defence (Paulsen Variation)
Milos, Gilberto - Short, Nigel D 0-1 28 C18 French Defence (Winawer Variation)
Flores, Diego - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 42 B22 Sicilian Defence (Alapin Variation)
Round 2 (September 19, 2000)
Bologan, Viktor - Leitao, Rafael 1/2 55 B90 Sicilian Defence (Najdorf Variation, Deviations)
Karpov, Anatoly - Milos, Gilberto 1-0 38 E05 Catalan System
Short, Nigel D - Pierrot, Facundo 1-0 37 B31 Sicilian Defence (Rossolimo Variation)
Milov, Vadim - Polgar, Judit 1/2 50 E49 Nimzo Indian Defence (Normal Variation)
Ricardi, Pablo - Flores, Diego 1/2 50 E60 King's Indian Defence (without Nc3)
Round 3 (September 20, 2000)
Polgar, Judit - Short, Nigel D 1-0 43 C11 French Defence
Leitao, Rafael - Milov, Vadim 1/2 22 B42 Sicilian Defence (Paulsen Variation)
Pierrot, Facundo - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 37 B92 Sicilian Defence (Najdorf Variation with 6.Be2)
Milos, Gilberto - Ricardi, Pablo 0-1 36 B33 Sicilian Defence (Lasker/Pelikan/Sveshnikov Variation)
Flores, Diego - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 48 B06 Modern Defence
Round 4 (September 21, 2000)
Bologan, Viktor - Milov, Vadim 1-0 39 B43 Sicilian Defence (Paulsen Variation)
Karpov, Anatoly - Polgar, Judit 1/2 40 E15 Queen's Indian Defence (Main Line - Deviations)
Short, Nigel D - Leitao, Rafael 1-0 47 B92 Sicilian Defence (Najdorf Variation with 6.Be2)
Ricardi, Pablo - Pierrot, Facundo 1/2 19 B45 Sicilian Defence (Classical System)
Flores, Diego - Milos, Gilberto 0-1 22 B22 Sicilian Defence (Alapin Variation)
Round 5 (September 22, 2000)
Polgar, Judit - Ricardi, Pablo 1/2 60 B47 Sicilian Defence (Paulsen Variation)
Milov, Vadim - Short, Nigel D 1/2 58 E59 Nimzo Indian Defence (Normal Variation)
Leitao, Rafael - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 19 B17 Caro Kann
Pierrot, Facundo - Flores, Diego 1-0 68 C99 Ruy Lopez (Tchigorin Variation)
Milos, Gilberto - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 27 C99 Ruy Lopez (Tchigorin Variation)
Round 6 (September 23, 2000)
Bologan, Viktor - Short, Nigel D 1/2 37 C14 French Defence (Classical Main Line)
Karpov, Anatoly - Milov, Vadim 1/2 38 D38 Queen's Gambit: Ragozin System
Ricardi, Pablo - Leitao, Rafael 1/2 20 E05 Catalan System
Milos, Gilberto - Pierrot, Facundo * 0
Flores, Diego - Polgar, Judit 0-1 42 B50 Sicilian Defence (Variations with 2...d6)
Round 7 (September 24, 2000)
Polgar, Judit - Milos, Gilberto 1-0 33 C96 Ruy Lopez (Deviations from Tchigorin Defence)
Short, Nigel D - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 47 C33 King's Gambit (Bishop's Gambit)
Milov, Vadim - Ricardi, Pablo 1-0 49 D86 Gruenfeld Defence (Main Line, Simagin's Improved Variation)
Leitao, Rafael - Flores, Diego 1-0 57 E90 King's Indian Defence (Classical System)
Pierrot, Facundo - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 58 B22 Sicilian Defence (Alapin Variation)
Olympic Village Chess Exhibition
The FIDE Olympic Exhibition took place September 24th in the Olympic
Village in Sydney. There were two rapidplay games contested between Alexei
Shirov and Viswanathan Anand and attended by FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov
and FIDE officials such as David Jarrett, Emmanuel Omuku, Florencio Campomanes,
Pawlina and Sedenova.
Alexei Shirov has written to me about the problems he had travelling to
take part as I didn't get the story right last week. His journey started in
Madrid where he found upon arrival at the airport his flight was overbooked.
This meant that rather than taking his planned direct flight he had to take an
indirect root Madrid-London and then the later flight London-Sydney arriving at
his hotel five hours before the match was supposed to start. His problems
didn't end there. After being woken in time to get to the exhibition he found
that the taxi driver first of all didn't know the way and was even starting to
run out of petrol by the time he arrived at the village. When he arrived he was
requested to start straight away. Even with all these problems he was very
happy with the way he played. He believes that through this exhibition chess
has made an important step towards becoming an Olympic event. Bridge is looking
to be an event in Salt Lake City 2002 and if chess makes it as an Olympiad
event it is likely to be in the Winter Games. There were two rapidplay games
both of which were drawn.
Internet Coverage: http://sydney.fide.com/
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 39 B80 Sicilian Defence (Scheveningen Variation)
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 33 C11 French Defence
Olympic Exhibition Sydney AUS (AUS), 24-24 ix 2000
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2762 = = 1.0 2746
Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2746 = = 1.0 2762
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The US Chess Championships sponsored by the Seattle Chess Foundation
takes place in Seattle September 25 - October 6 2000. Players: 1. Boris Gulko
2748, 2. Yasser Seirawan 2703, 3. Gregory Kaidanov 2695, 4. Alex Yermolinsky
2683, 5. Nick de Firmian 2668, 6. Joel Benjamin 2650, 7. Larry Christiansen
2662, 8. Alexander Shabalov 2672, 9. Gregory Serper 2647, 10. Dmitry Gurevich
2650, 11. Alexander Ivanov 2634 , 12. John Fedorowicz 2620.
Internet Coverage:
http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org/2000uschamp.html
The XVI European Club Cup takes place in Bosnia September 24th-30th
2000. The event is of a different format this year with one event of seven
rounds rather than the shorter qualification events over three days that have
proved extremely controversial year after year. The event has a number of
strong players taking part. In round 1 Vassily Ivanchuk was defeated by
Christian Bauer in the surprise of the round. There are 34 clubs taking
part.
Internet Coverage:
http://www.eurocup2000-bosna.com/index1.htm
Results of the top 8 pairings (round 1)
Match Nr. 1 SV Ordina Breda 5.5 - 0.5 ASA Tel-Aviv
1 van Wely Loek GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Kantsler Boris GM ( 0 )
2 Adams Michael GM ( 0.5) 1/2 Gofshtein Leonid GM ( 0.5)
3 Gurevich Michail GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Zoler Dan IM ( 0 )
4 Tkachiev Vladislav GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Stisis Yaacov IM ( 0 )
5 Vaganian Rafael GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Bitanski Igor ( 0 )
6 van der Wiel John GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Kobrin MIchael ( 0 )
Match Nr. 2 Alkaloid Skopje 0.5 - 5.5 Sankt Petersburg
1 Bogdanovski Vlatko GM ( 0 ) 0-1 Khalifman Alexandr GM ( 1 )
2 Nedev Trajce IM ( 0.5) 1/2 Svidler Petr GM ( 0.5)
3 Jacimovic Dragoljub IM ( 0 ) 0-1 Korchnoi Victor GM ( 1 )
4 Dancevski Orce IM ( 0 ) 0-1 Sakaev Konstantin GM ( 1 )
5 Kiroski Toni IM ( 0 ) 0-1 Zvjaginsev Vadim GM ( 1 )
6 Colovic Aleksandar IM ( 0 ) 0-1 Volkov Sergei GM ( 1 )
Match Nr. 3 Bosna Sarajevo 5.5 - 0.5 Infinity Pardubice
1 Bareev Evgeny GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Babula Vlastimil GM ( 0 )
2 Georgiev Kiril GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Votava Jan GM ( 0 )
3 Movsesian Sergei GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Tibensky Robert IM ( 0 )
4 Sokolov Ivan GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Kulhanek Tomas ( 0 )
5 Kozul Zdenko GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Pacovsky Jiri ( 0 )
6 Atalik Suat GM ( 0.5) 1/2 Sabol Marian ( 0.5)
Match Nr. 4 Nancy 2 - 4 Pol. Plus GSM Warsaw
1 Bauer Christian GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Ivanchuk Vassily GM ( 0 )
2 Turner Matthew IM ( 0 ) 0-1 Krasenkow Michal GM ( 1 )
3 Adrian Claude FM ( 0 ) 0-1 Rozentalis Eduardas GM ( 1 )
4 Arkell Keith GM ( 0.5) 1/2 Gdanski Jacek GM ( 0.5)
5 Spilemann Alain ( 0.5) 1/2 Macieja Bartlomiej GM ( 0.5)
6 Zawadski Stephane ( 0 ) 0-1 Socko Bartosz GM ( 1 )
Match Nr. 5 Danko Donbass 3.5 - 2.5 Rochade Eupen
1 Ponomariov Ruslan GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Winants Luc GM ( 0 )
2 Onishuk Alexander GM ( 0 ) 0-1 Kishnew Sergey GM ( 1 )
3 Baklan Vladimir GM ( 0.5) 1/2 Schneider Bernd IM ( 0.5)
4 Kruppa Yuri GM ( 0 ) 0-1 Coenen Norbert FM ( 1 )
5 Savchenko Stanislaw GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Meessen Rudolf FM ( 0 )
6 Timoshenko Georgy GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Ahn Martin FM ( 0 )
Match Nr. 6 N™ Melk Wachau 1.5 - 4.5 Siberia Tomsk
1 Danner Georg IM ( 0 ) 0-1 Dreev Alexey GM ( 1 )
2 Lehner Oliver IM ( 0 ) 0-1 Filippov Valerij GM ( 1 )
3 Weinzettl Ernst IM ( 0 ) 0-1 Pigusov Evgeny GM ( 1 )
4 Ganaus Hannes ( 0.5) 1/2 Sherbakov Ruslan GM ( 0.5)
5 Neumeier Klaus FM ( 1 ) 1-0 Kotsur Pavel GM ( 0 )
6 Weissenbeck Manual ( 0 ) 0-1 Makarov Marat GM ( 1 )
Match Nr. 7 Beer-Sheva Chess Cl. 5.5 - 0.5 Hydina Kocice
1 Avrukh Boris GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Manik Mikulas IM ( 0 )
2 Huzman Alexander GM ( 0.5) 1/2 Kiss Pal IM ( 0.5)
3 Golod Vitali GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Kotan Ladislav FM ( 0 )
4 Greenfeld Alon GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Pcola Pavol IM ( 0 )
5 Mikhalevski Victor GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Hlinka Michal ( 0 )
6 Tseitlin Mark GM ( 1 ) 1-0 Krajnak Martin ( 0 )
The match between Nicholas Pert and Murray Chandler ran September
14th-19th 2000 and was drawn 3-3. The FIDE rated match was part of Pert's
Terence Chapman Award Scheme Gold award for English Juniors. Terence Chapman
was himself was a strong Junior and British Under 14 champion in 1970. He
instituted a number of annual awards for English Juniors this year, Pert took
the 1000 pound Gold award and six others won 500 pounds. Chapman heads the IT
consultancy services and software company the
Terence Chapman
Group which also sponsors the BCF Grand Prix (more details at:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/grandprix9900.htm).
The match was a fluctuating struggle with only two draw, game one and
the final game six. Games 2-5 saw four consecutive wins for white. My thanks to
Stewart Reuben.
Pert, Nicholas - Chandler, Murray G 1/2 37 E39 Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qc2)
Chandler, Murray G - Pert, Nicholas 1-0 39 C18 French Defence (Winawer Variation)
Pert, Nicholas - Chandler, Murray G 1-0 41 E12 Queen's Indian Defence (Petrosian System and 4. or 5. Bg5)
Chandler, Murray G - Pert, Nicholas 1-0 50 C10 French Defence (Rubinstein Variation)
Pert, Nicholas - Chandler, Murray G 1-0 43 E12 Queen's Indian Defence (Petrosian System and 4. or 5. Bg5)
Chandler, Murray G - Pert, Nicholas 1/2 38 C18 French Defence (Winawer Variation)
Terence Chapman Match London ENG (ENG), 14-19 ix 2000
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Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2526 = 1 0 1 0 = 3.0 2455
Pert, Nicholas f ENG 2455 = 0 1 0 1 = 3.0 2526
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Albacete in Spain was the venue for a four game match between Veselin
Topalov and 22 year old IM Hermino Herraiz Lopez. The result was a surprise
with a 2-2 draw. There was a Category VII tournament with Oleg Korneev taking
first place.
Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrez21.com/
Match
Herraiz Lopez, Herminio - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 47 A34 English Opening (Symmetrical Variation)
Topalov, Veselin - Herraiz Lopez, Herminio 0-1 48 E94 King's Indian Defence (Classical System)
Herraiz Lopez, Herminio - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 41 A30 English Opening (Symmetrical Variation)
Topalov, Veselin - Herraiz Lopez, Herminio 1/2 22 E94 King's Indian Defence (Classical System)
Match Albacete ESP (ESP), 10-13 ix 2000
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Herraiz Lopez, Herminio m ESP 2415 0 1 = = 2.0 2707
Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2707 1 0 = = 2.0 2415
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It Gp A Albacete ESP (ESP), 5-13 ix 2000 cat. VII (2403)
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1. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2619 * = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2651
2. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis m ESP 2456 = * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2521
3. Saldano, Horacio f ARG 2299 0 1 * = = = = = = 1 5.0 2457
4. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2478 0 = = * = 1 0 = 1 1 5.0 2437
5. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2445 = 0 = = * 0 1 1 0 1 4.5 2398
6. Oms Pallise, Josep m ESP 2430 = 0 = 0 1 * 0 = = 1 4.0 2356
7. Merino Garcia, Rafael ESP 2322 0 0 = 1 0 1 * = = = 4.0 2368
8. Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2442 0 = = = 0 = = * = 1 4.0 2355
9. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto ESP 2383 0 0 = 0 1 = = = * 0 3.0 2279
10. Vaya Gomez, Alejandro ESP 2153 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 2.0 2210
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The 10th World Senior Championships took place 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). The men's event was won by Oleg
Chernikov with 8.5/11 he won on tie-break from defending champion Janis Klovans
who also scored 8.5/11 (Chernikov had a sum of opponents ELO of ) and his
tie-breaks were of sum of opponents rating 23500 and a progressive score of 53
Klovans had 23238 and 49). Both players won in the final round. The top results
of the six joint leaders on 7.5 points going into the final round were: Klovans
1-0 Uhlmann, Taimanov 1/2 Shabanov and Karasev 0-1 Chernikov. Four players were
tied on 8/11 with Mark Taimanov having the superior sum of progressive scores
above Kholmov, Shabanov and Baumgartner. In the women's event WGM Elena
Fatalibekova took the title on tie-breakers from defending champion Tamara
Khmiadashvili, both scoring 9/11 a point and a half clear of Valentina
Kozlovskaya on 7.5/11. My thanks to Andrzej Filipowicz for the news.
Games and results at: http://www.szachista.home.pl/.
Official site: http://www.powiat.Slupsk.pl or
http://www.powiat.Slupsk.pl/chess
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World Seniors Rowy POL (POL), 11-23 ix 2000
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1. Chernikov, Oleg L m RUS 2437 + 82 + 40 = 8 + 18 = 13 + 44 = 3 + 5 = 4 = 2 + 10 8.5 2531
2. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2481 + 61 = 22 + 25 = 3 - 15 + 27 + 40 + 16 + 7 = 1 + 9 8.5 2511
3. Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2418 + 81 + 35 + 54 = 2 + 38 + 5 = 1 = 10 + 8 - 9 = 4 8.0 2503
4. Shabanov, Yuri m RUS 2486 +112 + 42 + 6 = 7 - 5 = 17 + 55 + 22 = 1 + 8 = 3 8.0 2492
5. Kholmov, Ratmir D g RUS 2415 + 72 + 44 = 13 + 39 + 4 - 3 + 66 - 1 + 35 = 7 + 15 8.0 2439
6. Baumgartner, Heinz f AUT 2352 + 56 + 27 - 4 + 68 = 17 - 22 + 47 + 44 = 15 + 23 + 18 8.0 2419
7. Shestoperov, Aleksej RUS 2428 + 74 + 37 + 12 = 4 = 8 = 10 = 22 + 17 - 2 = 5 + 30 7.5 2450
8. Rotshtein, Efim UKR 2336 + 73 + 71 = 1 + 43 = 7 = 20 + 19 + 13 - 3 - 4 + 29 7.5 2401
9. Uhlmann, Wolfgang g GER 2488 + 33 = 25 = 39 = 27 + 47 - 16 + 48 + 54 + 30 + 3 - 2 7.5 2388
10. Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2358 + 77 = 28 +114 + 29 + 14 = 7 = 13 = 3 + 18 = 15 - 1 7.5 2431
11. Arkhangelsky, Boris m RUS 2424 + 96 = 48 + 22 = 17 + 40 - 13 = 44 + 65 = 23 = 29 + 25 7.5 2329
12. Rosen, Willy f GER 2307 + 90 + 68 - 7 + 82 - 65 - 35 + 96 + 71 + 37 = 25 + 24 7.5 2294
13. Gurgenidze, Bukhuti g GEO 2278 + 87 + 19 = 5 + 36 = 1 + 11 = 10 - 8 - 24 + 55 = 17 7.0 2403
14. Lein, Anatoly g USA 2450 + 50 + 32 = 36 + 23 - 10 = 25 - 37 = 19 + 28 = 16 + 44 7.0 2328
15. Littlewood, John E f ENG 2301 = 92 = 51 + 81 + 41 + 2 = 65 = 20 + 37 = 6 = 10 - 5 7.0 2295
16. Zhuravlev, Nikolay f LAT 2272 = 75 + 93 - 43 + 50 + 28 + 9 = 65 - 2 = 19 = 14 + 39 7.0 2294
17. Lapienis, Donatas f LTU 2292 = 84 +101 + 53 = 11 = 6 = 4 + 68 - 7 + 34 = 24 = 13 7.0 2355
18. Semasev, Kim f LAT 2307 = 51 + 92 + 28 - 1 = 35 + 59 + 38 + 20 - 10 + 22 - 6 7.0 2307
19. Szczepaniec, Stanislaw POL 2126 + 64 - 13 +100 + 55 = 26 + 36 - 8 = 14 = 16 + 54 = 23 7.0 2358
20. Usachyi, Mark f UKR 2191 =101 + 84 = 26 + 91 + 30 = 8 = 15 - 18 - 40 + 65 + 36 7.0 2297
21. Krueger, Erich GER 2262 + 46 = 80 - 38 = 51 - 52 + 92 = 41 = 74 + 50 + 49 + 45 7.0 2147
22. Zhelesny, Stanislav f RUS 2236 +107 = 2 - 11 + 92 + 41 + 6 = 7 - 4 + 36 - 18 = 26 6.5 2357
23. Johannessen, Svein m NOR 2306 + 67 = 53 + 48 - 14 = 27 + 49 = 35 + 66 = 11 - 6 = 19 6.5 2261
24. Zakhvatov, Vladimir m RUS 2341 + 52 - 39 + 72 + 61 - 44 - 66 + 33 + 68 + 13 = 17 - 12 6.5 2207
25. Chehlov, Aleksander f LAT 2242 + 65 = 9 - 2 + 95 + 53 = 14 = 26 = 36 + 41 = 12 - 11 6.5 2349
26. Reichenbach, Werner f GER 2310 = 45 + 98 = 20 + 59 = 19 = 38 = 25 - 35 + 52 = 31 = 22 6.5 2207
27. Kaminik, Aleksandar UKR 2190 + 60 - 6 + 45 = 9 = 23 - 2 - 81 + 97 + 56 = 51 + 57 6.5 2213
28. Dahlhaus, Friedhelm GER 2175 + 57 = 10 - 18 + 58 - 16 = 56 + 78 = 52 - 14 + 66 + 54 6.5 2217
29. Bylino, O UKR 2264 + 69 = 41 + 95 - 10 = 39 - 68 + 56 + 81 + 65 = 11 - 8 6.5 2215
30. Godes, Dmitry R m RUS 2344 + 89 = 43 + 47 - 38 - 20 +112 + 53 + 72 - 9 + 40 - 7 6.5 2256
31. Brameyer, Hermann GER 2271 + 97 = 95 - 41 - 53 + 84 + 60 = 71 = 38 + 85 = 26 = 33 6.5 2171
32. Kristiansen, Erling f NOR 2220 + 58 - 14 - 66 + 83 + 90 - 72 - 46 + 84 + 82 = 34 + 53 6.5 2138
33. Schueler, Wolfgang GER 2083 - 9 - 65 +109 +107 = 69 = 42 - 24 + 62 + 60 + 48 = 31 6.5 2195
34. Kock, Hans-Uwe f GER 2167 +109 - 36 - 69 = 93 = 92 + 80 + 70 + 46 - 17 = 32 + 55 6.5 2166
35. Ofstad, Per NOR 2181 + 76 - 3 = 67 + 57 = 18 + 12 = 23 + 26 - 5 - 36 = 41 6.0 2261
36. Ivanets, Vladimir RUS 2324 + 66 + 34 = 14 - 13 + 48 - 19 + 43 = 25 - 22 + 35 - 20 6.0 2230
37. Ziembinski, Marian POL 2218 + 88 - 7 + 90 - 65 + 63 + 46 + 14 - 15 - 12 = 41 = 38 6.0 2192
38. Limberg, Siegfried GER 2147 =100 + 94 + 21 + 30 - 3 = 26 - 18 = 31 - 54 + 83 = 37 6.0 2254
39. Jugow, Alexander GER 2175 + 63 + 24 = 9 - 5 = 29 - 54 - 51 +107 + 76 + 42 - 16 6.0 2243
40. Balcerowski, Witold f POL 2226 + 70 - 1 + 89 + 69 - 11 + 52 - 2 = 51 + 20 - 30 = 43 6.0 2221
41. Krasowski, Slawomir POL 2092 +103 = 29 + 31 - 15 - 22 + 94 = 21 + 42 - 25 = 37 = 35 6.0 2236
42. Trinos, Viacheslav RUS 2229 + 62 - 4 = 52 + 56 - 66 = 33 + 67 - 41 + 57 - 39 + 75 6.0 2112
43. Winiwarter, Felix AUT 2164 +110 = 30 + 16 - 8 - 55 + 45 - 36 - 57 + 78 + 67 = 40 6.0 2197
44. Viner, Phillip AUS 2195 +106 - 5 + 73 + 80 + 24 - 1 = 11 - 6 = 51 + 46 - 14 6.0 2255
45. Neese,Hans Joachim GER ---- = 26 = 91 - 27 =100 + 57 - 43 = 69 + 58 + 68 + 47 - 21 6.0 2154
46. Schuler,Georg GER ---- - 21 +105 - 68 + 85 + 61 - 37 + 32 - 34 + 71 - 44 + 72 6.0 2179
47. Zhukov,Viktor RUS 2215 =108 + 78 - 30 + 67 - 9 + 77 - 6 = 60 + 74 - 45 + 51 6.0 2146
48. Mayers, Dan E USA 2107 +104 = 11 - 23 +102 - 36 + 82 - 9 + 53 = 66 - 33 + 65 6.0 2200
49. Ahlberg, Guenter GER 2176 - 80 +113 = 51 + 75 = 54 - 23 - 52 + 69 + 81 - 21 + 66 6.0 2113
50. Adasiak, Leszek POL 2059 - 14 = 58 + 78 - 16 = 76 =100 =107 + 86 - 21 + 97 + 70 6.0 2126
51. Wilke,Dieter GER ---- = 18 = 15 = 49 = 21 - 68 + 91 + 39 = 40 = 44 = 27 - 47 5.5 2200
52. Cylwik,Zbigniew POL ---- - 24 + 63 = 42 =114 + 21 - 40 + 49 = 28 - 26 - 53 + 83 5.5 2190
53. Tkhelidze, Merab GEO 2154 + 79 = 23 - 17 + 31 - 25 + 69 - 30 - 48 + 87 + 52 - 32 5.5 2162
54. Lainburg, Victor GER 2278 +102 + 85 - 3 = 66 = 49 + 39 = 72 - 9 + 38 - 19 - 28 5.5 2167
55. Mosionzhik, Ilya RUS 2267 = 93 + 75 = 80 - 19 + 43 + 81 - 4 = 85 + 72 - 13 - 34 5.5 2124
56. Dimitrov,Entcho BUL ---- - 6 = 60 +104 - 42 + 93 = 28 - 29 + 64 - 27 + 78 = 58 5.5 2110
57. Haug,Kjell Martin NOR ---- - 28 + 77 = 71 - 35 - 45 +102 + 75 + 43 - 42 + 85 - 27 5.5 2111
58. Oelert,Ralf GER ---- - 32 = 50 + 74 - 28 - 77 = 73 + 89 - 45 +102 + 81 = 56 5.5 2044
59. Davidov, Mikhail RUS 2169 = 94 =100 + 97 - 26 + 86 - 18 = 60 = 76 = 67 = 72 = 62 5.5 2056
60. Mella,Aage NOR ---- - 27 = 56 + 84 = 71 +114 - 31 = 59 = 47 - 33 = 82 + 85 5.5 2133
61. Kuznetsov, Fiodor RUS 2062 - 2 +107 + 64 - 24 - 46 - 70 = 83 +100 = 80 + 69 = 63 5.5 2074
62. Hellwege,Werner GER ---- - 42 =112 - 83 =101 = 73 = 89 + 90 - 33 + 92 + 77 = 59 5.5 2052
63. Filzmeier,Bruno AUT ---- - 39 - 52 +105 + 89 - 37 + 95 - 85 - 82 + 84 + 96 = 61 5.5 2065
64. Neri, Angelo ITA ---- - 19 + 87 - 61 - 84 + 97 - 67 +103 - 56 = 95 + 88 + 82 5.5 2028
65. Nau,Guenter GER ---- - 25 + 33 + 85 + 37 + 12 = 15 = 16 - 11 - 29 - 20 - 48 5.0 2194
66. Lubienski, T POL ---- - 36 +109 + 32 = 54 + 42 + 24 - 5 - 23 = 48 - 28 - 49 5.0 2197
67. Holze,Guenter GER ---- - 23 + 79 = 35 - 47 = 83 + 64 - 42 + 70 = 59 - 43 = 74 5.0 2080
68. Dryzek, Tadeusz POL 2163 +111 - 12 + 46 - 6 + 51 + 29 - 17 - 24 - 45 - 75 + 87 5.0 2105
69. Nietsch,Horst GER ---- - 29 +103 + 34 - 40 = 33 - 53 = 45 - 49 + 86 - 61 + 95 5.0 2075
70. Rychlig,Kurt GER ---- - 40 - 82 + 79 + 96 - 72 + 61 - 34 - 67 + 90 + 71 - 50 5.0 2029
71. Jahr, Dieter GER 2157 + 99 - 8 = 57 = 60 = 94 + 75 = 31 - 12 - 46 - 70 + 93 5.0 2047
72. Borchardt, Adam POL 2009 - 5 +106 - 24 +108 + 70 + 32 = 54 - 30 - 55 = 59 - 46 5.0 2148
73. Krasinski, Jerzy Roman POL ---- - 8 + 99 - 44 - 94 = 62 = 58 = 86 + 88 - 83 + 80 = 76 5.0 2012
74. Kuehn,Peter2 GER 2017 - 7 = 88 - 58 +104 = 78 = 86 + 94 = 21 - 47 = 76 = 67 5.0 2047
75. Rybak,Jozef POL ---- = 16 - 55 +101 - 49 + 95 - 71 - 57 + 91 = 96 + 68 - 42 5.0 2088
76. Barlo,Werner GER ---- - 35 - 81 +103 = 77 = 50 +114 = 82 = 59 - 39 = 74 = 73 5.0 2042
77. Assmann, Hans GER 2003 - 10 - 57 +110 = 76 + 58 - 47 =100 - 78 +107 - 62 + 94 5.0 2017
78. Thielemann, Joachim GER 2010 =114 - 47 - 50 +113 = 74 + 90 - 28 + 77 - 43 - 56 + 96 5.0 2042
79. Bubka,Stanislaw POL ---- - 53 - 67 - 70 =109 +111 = 93 = 92 - 87 + 89 = 90 + 97 5.0 1978
80. Werl,Wolfgang GER ---- + 49 = 21 = 55 - 44 = 82 - 34 = 84 = 96 = 61 - 73 = 81 4.5 2042
81. Semeniuk, Adam POL 2010 - 3 + 76 - 15 + 97 + 91 - 55 + 27 - 29 - 49 - 58 = 80 4.5 2081
82. Dembowski, Andrzej POL 2030 - 1 + 70 + 98 - 12 = 80 - 48 = 76 + 63 - 32 = 60 - 64 4.5 2032
83. Loesche,Heinz GER ---- - 85 =102 + 62 - 32 = 67 - 96 = 61 + 95 + 73 - 38 - 52 4.5 1995
84. Mettel,Werner POL ---- = 17 - 20 - 60 + 64 - 31 +104 = 80 - 32 - 63 + 99 = 86 4.5 2023
85. Schober, Manfred GER 2130 + 83 - 54 - 65 - 46 +108 + 87 + 63 = 55 - 31 - 57 - 60 4.5 2009
86. Rubinsztein, Aron AUS ---- - 95 - 97 +106 + 87 - 59 = 74 = 73 - 50 - 69 +107 = 84 4.5 1965
87. Piecowski,Maksymilian POL ---- - 13 - 64 +111 - 86 + 98 - 85 = 88 + 79 - 53 +100 - 68 4.5 2000
88. Augustat,Siegfried GER ---- - 37 = 74 - 92 -112 =103 +101 = 87 - 73 + 98 - 64 +100 4.5 1964
89. Buchholz, Karl GER ---- - 30 +110 - 40 - 63 =100 = 62 - 58 =104 - 79 +103 +105 4.5 1986
90. Martin, Petr CZE ---- - 12 +111 - 37 + 98 - 32 - 78 - 62 +110 - 70 = 79 +101 4.5 2003
91. Jach,Alfred POL ---- =113 = 45 +112 - 20 - 81 - 51 =102 - 75 +108 = 93 = 92 4.5 1961
92. Bakalarczyk, Wlodzimierz POL 2010 = 15 - 18 + 88 - 22 = 34 - 21 = 79 = 94 - 62 =101 = 91 4.0 2013
93. Zasztowt,Janusz POL ---- = 55 - 16 = 94 = 34 - 56 = 79 - 97 +103 =100 = 91 - 71 4.0 1976
94. Rogala,Jan POL ---- = 59 - 38 = 93 + 73 = 71 - 41 - 74 = 92 - 97 +102 - 77 4.0 1952
95. Trifunovic, Dusan YUG 2095 + 86 = 31 - 29 - 25 - 75 - 63 +105 - 83 = 64 +104 - 69 4.0 1968
96. Schwertel, Hans GER 2011 - 11 =104 =108 - 70 +101 + 83 - 12 = 80 = 75 - 63 - 78 4.0 1965
97. Schoen,Antoni POL ---- - 31 + 86 - 59 - 81 - 64 +105 + 93 - 27 + 94 - 50 - 79 4.0 1961
98. Stock,Hugo GER ---- +105 - 26 - 82 - 90 - 87 =113 =109 =108 - 88 =110 +107 4.0 1928
99. Gulliksen, Leif NOR ---- - 71 - 73 -107 =106 -109 +111 =108 -102 +105 - 84 +113 4.0 1912
100. Haupt,Joachim GER ---- = 38 = 59 - 19 = 45 = 89 = 50 = 77 - 61 = 93 - 87 - 88 3.5 1918
101. Wolffram, Gert GER ---- = 20 - 17 - 75 = 62 - 96 - 88 =106 +111 =104 = 92 - 90 3.5 1912
102. Prokopczuk, Antoni POL ---- - 54 = 83 +113 - 48 -112 - 57 = 91 + 99 - 58 - 94 =103 3.5 1909
103. Samson, Stefan POL ---- - 41 - 69 - 76 =110 = 88 +106 - 64 - 93 +109 - 89 =102 3.5 1875
104. Drauszke, Mieczyslaw POL ---- - 48 = 96 - 56 - 74 +113 - 84 =110 = 89 =101 - 95 =111 3.5 1887
105. Bergmann, Hans Dieter GER ---- - 98 - 46 - 63 +111 =107 - 97 - 95 +109 - 99 +106 - 89 3.5 1875
106. Szymanski, Edward POL ---- - 44 - 72 - 86 = 99 =110 -103 =101 =113 =111 -105 +108 3.5 1885
107. Turboust, Roger FRA ---- - 22 - 61 + 99 - 33 =105 +109 = 50 - 39 - 77 - 86 - 98 3.0 1881
108. Biszof,Henryk POL ---- = 47 -114 = 96 - 72 - 85 =110 = 99 = 98 - 91 =113 -106 3.0 1878
109. Meyts,Jozef BEL ---- - 34 - 66 - 33 = 79 + 99 -107 = 98 -105 -103 -111 +110 3.0 1847
110. Skjonberg,Sverre NOR ---- - 43 - 89 - 77 =103 =106 =108 =104 - 90 =113 = 98 -109 3.0 1840
111. Stene,Sigurd NOR ---- - 68 - 90 - 87 -105 - 79 - 99 +113 -101 =106 +109 =104 3.0 1839
112. Betz, Egon GER 2080 - 4 = 62 - 91 + 88 +102 - 30 . . . . . 2.5 2081
113. Gestrich, Wolfgang GER ---- = 91 - 49 -102 - 78 -104 = 98 -111 =106 =110 =108 - 99 2.5 1805
114. Zunker, Reinhard f GER 2219 = 78 +108 - 10 = 52 - 60 - 76 . . . . . 2.0 1936
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1. Fatalibekova, Elena wg RUS 2255 +16 +13 = 3 = 6 + 2 + 4 + 9 =10 + 5 +17 = 8 9.0 2416
2. Khmiadashvili, Tamar wg GEO 2245 +12 + 5 + 9 + 4 - 1 + 3 = 6 =16 +13 + 7 +11 9.0 2371
3. Kozlovskaya, Valentina wg RUS 2193 +15 + 6 = 1 = 9 + 5 - 2 + 8 - 4 +10 +16 =12 7.5 2267
4. Shushpanova, Nina RUS 2071 +21 + 8 +14 - 2 +13 - 1 + 5 + 3 +16 - 6 - 9 7.0 2239
5. Ankerst, Milka wm SLO 2114 +20 - 2 +15 + 8 - 3 +17 - 4 + 6 - 1 + 9 +16 7.0 2233
6. Blagonadezhnaya, Idea RUS 2069 +24 - 3 +19 = 1 = 9 +10 = 2 - 5 +12 + 4 - 7 6.5 2189
7. Dymshits, Galina RUS 2031 =10 =14 =13 -11 - 8 +22 +17 + 9 +15 - 2 + 6 6.5 2185
8. Sorokina, Tamara wm RUS 2209 +11 - 4 =16 - 5 + 7 +12 - 3 -13 +19 +10 = 1 6.0 2145
9. Mosionzhik, Bronia wf RUS 2163 +18 +19 - 2 = 3 = 6 +14 - 1 - 7 +21 - 5 + 4 6.0 2128
10. Strelnikova, Elena wf RUS 2232 = 7 -17 +21 =14 +11 - 6 +15 = 1 - 3 - 8 +19 5.5 2090
11. Krawcewicz, Lucyna POL 2026 - 8 =21 =18 + 7 -10 -16 +22 =17 +14 +13 - 2 5.5 2105
12. Abdikasova, Panno KAZ 2061 - 2 +20 =17 -13 +21 - 8 +19 +14 - 6 =15 = 3 5.5 2099
13. Zvorykina, Kira wg BLR 2160 +22 - 1 = 7 +12 - 4 +20 -16 + 8 - 2 -11 +21 5.5 2087
14. Cynolter-Bognarne, E HUN 2040 +17 = 7 - 4 =10 =16 - 9 +20 -12 -11 +18 +22 5.5 2074
15. Orlova,Lubov RUS ---- - 3 +22 - 5 +19 -17 +21 -10 +20 - 7 =12 +18 5.5 2073
16. Gumilevskaja, Galina GER 2063 - 1 +18 = 8 =17 =14 +11 +13 = 2 - 4 - 3 - 5 5.0 2099
17. Shestoperova, Aleksandra S wf RUS 2176 -14 +10 =12 =16 +15 - 5 - 7 =11 +22 - 1 =20 5.0 2038
18. Fiodorova,Ludmila RUS ---- - 9 -16 =11 -20 -22 -19 . +22 +20 -14 -15 3.5 1893
19. Zakhvatova, Roufina RUS ---- +23 - 9 - 6 -15 -20 +18 -12 =21 - 8 +22 -10 3.5 1941
20. Zasztowt, Helena POL ---- - 5 -12 =22 +18 +19 -13 -14 -15 -18 -21 =17 3.0 1875
21. Hoose,Hannelore GER ---- -18 =11 -10 +22 -12 -15 . =19 - 9 +20 -13 3.0 1889
22. Paderewska, Regina POL ---- -13 -15 =20 -21 +18 - 7 -11 -18 -17 -19 -14 1.5 1730
23. Pihajlic, Amalija wm YUG 2090 -19 . . . . . . . . . . 0.0
24. Schneider, Miloca GER ---- - 6 . . . . . . . . . . 0.0
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Karl Robatsch 1929-2000
Karl Robatsch 14th October 1929-19th September 2000. Austrian
Grandmaster and theorist Karl Robatsch has died after a struggle with stomach
and throat cancer. Robatsch was a strong grandmaster who played his best chess
in the early 1960s. He played in Olympiads from 1954 to 1994 for Austria (in
his first Olympiad he played the great Ossip Bernstein the great pre-WWI
player). He took the board one Gold Medal in 1960 drawing with Mikhail Tal on
the way to a +11=5 result which earned him the GM title. He was the pioneer of
the Pirc-Robatsch (sometimes known as the Modern) co-incidently his death comes
just four months after that of Anatoly Ufimtsev who developed the related
Pirc-Ufimtsev system.
Jaan Eslon 1952-2000
IM Jaan Eslon of Sweden 4th March 1952 - 24th September 2000. There is
sad news today that Jaan Eslon has died of a heart attack during the
Maspalomas2000 International Chess Tournament in Las Palmas, Spain. Eslon was
only 48 years old and had lived in Castellón, Spain for many years.
The Children's Chess Olympiad took place in Artek, Ukraine. September
9th-21st 2000. The winners were the Russian 1st team who scored 27.5 points a
point and a half clear of Ukraine's first team. Azerbaijan took took third.
Internet Coverage: http://www.artek.org.ua/
1 RUSSIA-1 27.5
2 UKRAINE-1 25
3 AZERBAIJAN 24
4 ARMENIA 22.5
5 BELARUS 21
6 POLAND 20.5
7 ISRAEL 20
8 ROMANIA 19.5
9 CHINA 18.5
10 UZBEKISTAN 18.5
11 MOLDOVA 18.5
12 FRANCE 18.5
13 UKRAINE-2 18
14 KAZAKHSTAN 18
15 IRAN 17.5
16 KYRGYZSTAN 17.5
17 SOUTH AFRICA 17.5
18 LITHUANIA 17
19 GEORGIA 17
20 ESTONIA 17
21 RUSSIA-2 16.5
22 YUGOSLAVIA 16.5
23 TURKEY 16.5
24 SLOVENIA 14.5
25 ZAMBIA 13
26 TURKMENISTAN 13
27 TAJIKISTAN 10.5
28 BELGIUM 10
The 5th European Club Cup for Women takes place in Halle, Germany 24th
September -1st October 2000. My thanks to Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy.
Toto&Lotto Company of Sachsen Anhalt, There are ten participating teams
entering on the basis of six different national Women team championship. The
players belong to eleven different federations. The event is organized under
the eagis of European Chess Union. /ECU/ Tournament Director: Mr.Werner
Stubenvoll of Austria. Main organizer: Mr. Anton Csulits of Germany.
Teams ranked by their average rating of the best for players:
1 Agrouniverzal Beograd (YUG) 2453 !
2 Danko-Donbass (UKR) 2387
3 BAS Beograd (YUG) 2378
4 St.Petersburg - Lentrangas (RUS) 2365
5 SK Sturm EMSDETTEN (GER) 2328
6 USV Halle (GER) 2300
7 Alisa Kazan (RUS) 2278
8 SK Nova Gorica (SLO) 2250
9 Sirvinta Vilkavskis (LTU) 2196
10 SC Leipzig -Gohlis (GER) 2143
21 Grandmasters 13 IM or FM qualifications
Highest ranked players :
Galliamova-I- Alisa 2526 Agr. Beograd
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2475 St.Petersburg
Hunt Harriet 2454 /ENG/ Sk.S. Emsdetten
Scripchenko_Lautier Almira 2450 BAS Beograd
Maric Alisa 2443 Agr.Beograd
Zatonskih Anna 2446 Danko Donbass .....
Round 1 results
Danko Donbass - Alisa Kazan 2 - 2
Zatonskih - Zayac Elena 0-1
Gaponenko Inna - Mashinskaya ,I 1/2
Kononenko,T - Khusnutdinova,L 1/2
Zozulia, A - Timurova ,L 1-0
USV Halle - Agr. Beograd 0.5 - 3.5
Madl, I - Maric, A 1/2
Jahn, C - Galliamova, A 0-1
Eckhardt - Prudnikova, Sv 0-1
Glaser,A - Cheluskina, I 0-1
SK Nova Gorica - BAS Beograd 2 - 2
Sedina, E - Bojkovic 1/2
Grosar, K - Skripchenko 1/2
Krivec, J - Markovic, G 0-1
Sbrnic, A - Kostic, M 1-0
St. Peterburg-Lentransgas - Sirvinta Vilkavlskis 4 - 0
Kovalevskaya, E - Cmilyte, V 1-0
Polovnikova, E - Varniene, R 1-0
Stjazhkina, O - Ciuksyte, Z 1-0
Ovod, E - Dambravaite, A 1-0
SC Leipzig - Gohlis - SK Sturm Emsdetten 0.5 - 3.5
Beltz , M - Hunt, H 0-1
Schuster,B - Micic , J 0-1
Ulms, S - Bosboom-L,T 0-1
Beltz, F - Sarana, O 1/2
Malcolm Pein (he is managing director of Chess and Bridge sponsors of
TWIC) was the Technical Director of the Braingames World Chess Championships
which start in October in London. On Friday 22nd of September he released the
following press statement:
Malcolm Pein resigns as Technical Director of the World Chess
Championship
With great regret I have to announce my resignation as Technical
Director of the World Chess Championship between Garry Kasparov and Vladimir
Kramnik to be held this October in London. This is due to serious professional
differences with the management of Braingames Network PLC.
I have enjoyed working with the players. The fact that they are friends
off the board has helped enormously. We have waited five years for Garry to
defend his title and I am sure this contest will live up to our expectations. I
am looking forward to every move.
Malcolm Pein
22nd September 2000
German Expo events
The German Chess-Youth is presenting his EXPO-Event this week in
Hannover. Two Internet matches between Germany and Spain, one a simultaneous
exhibition with the young German Leonie Helm and a match between IM Jan
Gustafsson against Fritz6 are the high-lights of the event.
Events:
Monday, 25th. 19:30 MET The spanish U8 Champ Manuel Perez Candelario
meets Florian Grafl. Live on http://www.ajedrez21.com/endirecto.
Tuesday, 26th 19.30 MET Leonie Helm play simultanosly on 8 Boards.
Follow live on http://www.schach.com/expo
Wednesday, 27th, 19:30 MET Phillipp Balcerak plays the spanisch U16
Champ Emilio Moreno Tejera. Live covered on
http://www.ajedrez21.com/endirecto.
Thursday 28th 19.30h MET IM Jan Gustafson matches Fritz6. Commented on
by the German Team-Chief GM Uwe Boensch on Expo and live on
http://www.schach.com/expo.
Greek Chess Championship
The 2000 Greek Chess Championship will be held in Agios Nikolaos, Crete,
October 13-23. The tournament is expected to be a FIDE category 6 event. Visit
the official website of the championship at http://www.inchess.com/gr2000 for
further information.
Peter-Heine Nielsen vs Denmark/World
Danish chess grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen challenges the chess
players of the world at Politikens web site. The game opens with the
grandmasters first move Monday September 25th and is played on the internet -
and you have the opportunity to participate at
http://www.politiken.dk
After each of Peter Heine Nielsen's moves, Politiken's chess expert Sune Berg
Hansen will suggest some relevant counter moves. You may vote on the moves via
e-mail before the game continues. There will be 24 hours between each move.
Internet coverage: http://seagaard.dk/stormesterskak
or http://politiken.dk/skak
First Saturday October
Laszlo Nagy reports: There is one GM and are possibly two IM events
taking place in Budapest 7th-19th of October 2000.
Participants in the 7th-19th of October GM-tournament: Igm Lukacs, Peter
/Hun/, Igm Lopushnoi, Denis /Rus/, Igm Batyrov, Sapar /Tkm/. Im Alm Si,
Istv N /Hun/, Im Vajda, Levente /Rom/, Im Fogarasi, Tibor /Hun/, Im
Annageldyev, Orasly /Tkm/, Wgm Hoang, Trang /Vie/, Im Soos, Bela /Ger/, Im
Postny, Evgeny /Isr/ Szeberenyi, D M /Hun/.
Participants in the 7th-19th of October IM-tournament: Im Karaklajic,
Nikola /Yug/, Im Farago, Sandor /Hun/, Igm Vadasz, Laszlo /Hun/, Im Ors ,
Miklos /Hun/, Im Eperjesi, Laszlo /Hun/, Im Dud S, Janos /Hun/, Im Nemeth,
Zolt N /Hun/, Resika, Nathan /Usa/, Bree, Thomas /Ger/, Fm Vigorito, David
/Usa/, Koster, Willem /Nld/, Spaan, Nathanel /Nld/, Van Der Plas, Rob /Nld/,
Wgm Vajda, Szidnia /Hun/, Fm Csom S, Roland /Hun/, Fm L Rincz, Istv N
/Hun/, Jamrich, Gyrgy /Hun/, Rajlich, Vasik /Usa/, Hoenig, Alexander /Ger/,
Barczes, Csaba /Hun/, Lehtinen, Heikko /Fin/, Nyysti, Sampsta /Fin/,
Cheparinov, Ivan /Blg/, ? Galindo, Ricardo /Arg/. Im Habibi, Ali /Ger/.
If you wish to play in any of these events you can contact Laszlo Nagy
at firstsat@elender.hu
1st Budapest Cup
The 1st Budapest Cup Organiser: Hungarian Chess Federation DATE: October
20 to 23, 2000 Obligatory moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 (Budapest Defence or
Gambit) Open Swiss 8 rounds, "rapid" games 2 x 55 minutes Opening ceremony and
first round Friday night 7 o'clock 2nd, 3rd and 4th round Saturday afternoon
5th, 6th and 7th round Sunday afternoon 8th round plus awarding of prizes -
Monday morning simultaneous against Stuart Conquest - Monday afternoon (Monday
is a national holiday in Hungary remembering the revolution of 1956) Place:
"Magyarok Haza" or Hungarians' House, Budapest, 5th District (downtown)
Semmelweis street 1-3. (1st floor)
First prize approx 330 USD, second 250 USD, third 200 USD and so on
until the 12th best player. Money prize and "Breyer cup" for the best game. We
are expecting 60 to 80 players altogether (from which about 20 IMs and GMs).
Budapest "specialists" confirmed so far: Romero Holmes, Lalic, Harding,
Reinderman, Mohr, Tagnon, Meinsohn, Wedberg, Tseitlin, Conquest and the
Hungarian masters: Kaposztas and Forintos. Nomination fees: Until ELO 2000 - DM
36 (USD 20) 2001 to 2400 ELO - DM 18 (USD 10) above 2401 - free Interested
players should contact Gabor Gyuricza by email legatum@elender.hu or fax
0036-1-2200835 for more information. We can help to find accomodations in 2, 3
or 4-star hotels close to the tournament.
Also there is the 1st BUDAPEST Cup thematic chess tournament, Budapest,
20th-23rd of October. More info:
http://www.chess.hu/en/tournaments.php3
or http://www.chessmail.com/notices.html.
Organiser: The organizer of the tournament: Gyuricza Gabor, e-mail:
legatum@elender.hu
2001 Australian Open
Thursday 28 December 2000 - Tuesday 09 January 2001 Rydges Hotel
Canberra City London Circuit, ACT, AUSTRALIA (3 hours drive from Sydney -
transfer from airport may be available)
11 Round Fide-Rated Open Swiss The Following Players Are Confirmed: Gm
Yuri Yakovich (Russia 2585) Gm Utut Adianto (Indonesia 2583) Gm Ian Rogers
(Australia 2558) Gm Alexander Volzhin (Russia 2556) Gm Darryl Johansen
(Australia 2505) Gm Markus Stangl (Germany 2479) Gm Goran Todorovich
(Yugoslavia 2455) Gm H. Ardiansyah (Indonesia 2421) Im Gary Lane (England 2452)
Im Michael Gluzman (Australia 2432) Im Vladimir Feldman (Australia 2399) Im Guy
West (Australia 2372) Im Zong Yuan Zhao (Australia 2341) Im David Smerdon
(Australia 2315) Im Irina Berezina-Feldman (Australia 2304) Gm And Im Norms
Will Be Available.
All rounds 2:00 PM except last round 10:00 AM Accompanying minor, rapid
and lightning events as well as simultaneous exhibitions. Entry: GMs, IMs,
WGMs, WIMs free. Otherwise: A$120 A$96 (concession) The Open prize fund will be
between A$11,000-A$15,000. 1st prize is A$3,000 with at least 6 place prizes
overall with 2nd A$1,800 and 3rd A$1,200. Also a wide range of rating group and
junior prizes in over 10 different sections.
Some conditions for GMs and IMs may be available, for instance billet
accommodation. A limited number of summertime tourist bus outback travel
packages might also be available for visiting titled players. 2001 Australian
Junior Championships: The Australian Junior Championships will follow the
Australian Open from 11 to 23 Jan 2001, also to be held in Canberra. Some
coaching opportunities may be available for squads of titled players playing in
the Open.
Important web sites: Australian Open
http://www.auschess.org.au/centenary/
Australian Chess Federation http://www.auschess.org.au/ Australian
Open Accommodation
http://www.auschess.org.au/centenary/austaccom.html
- cheap accommodation options available close to the venue
Villa de Calpe Open
The Villa de Calpe (Allcante, Spain) Open starts on October 8th 2000.
Contact: Teléfono 96-5839123 (Casa de Cultura de Calpe)
Teléfono 96-5202214 (Asociación Provincial de Ajedrez) de 18 a 21
horas Fax.- 96-5132840 ; E-mail: almipe@ctv.es
Website: http://www.arrakis.es/~asoalic/
US Championships 2000
Yvette Nagel Seirawan reports:
The US Chess Championships organized by the newly founded Seattle Chess
Foundation and sanctioned by the United States Chess Federation will be held
from September 24 (opening and drawing of lots) till October 7 (closing
ceremony) in Seattle, USA. The Championships will be played at Town Hall in
downtown Seattle. The Overall competition has 12 competitors and the Women's
championship 10 participants. Each competition is a round-robin event. The
Overall competition is a zonal event for the FIDE World Championships. The
United States Chess Federation hasn't announced if the Women's competition is a
zonal event. The total prize fund is $ 100,000 ($60,000 for the overall
competition; $40,000 for the Women's competition - highest prize fund ever!)
The following participants will compete: 1. Boris Gulko 2748 2. Yasser
Seirawan 2703 3. Gregory Kaidanov 2695 4. Alex Yermolinsky 2683 5. Nick de
Firmian 2668 6. Joel Benjamin 2650 7. Larry Christiansen 2662 8. Alexander
Shabalov 2672 9. Gregory Serper 2647 10. Dmitry Gurevich 2650 11. Alexander
Ivanov 2634 12. John Fedorowicz 2620 1.Camilla Baginskaite 2406 2. Anna Hahn
2271 3. Jennifer Shahade 2262 4. Esther Epstein 2237 5. Olga Sagalchik 2207 6.
Elina Groberman 2171 7. Jennifer Frenklakh 2170 8. Yelena Gorlin 2117 9.
Chouchanik Airapetian 2098 10. Sharon Burtman 2057 ratings are USCF ratings of
June 2000. First round will be played on September 25 at 10.00 AM. All
information about the US Chess Championships such as bios on the players,
playing schedule, prize distribution, side events, can be found on the website
of the Seattle Chess Foundation (http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org).
All games of the 2000 US Chess Championships will be broadcast live on the
Internet at the website of the Seattle Chess Foundation.
British Rapidplay Chess Championships
The British Rapidplay Chess Championships take place in the Brunswick
Building of Leeds Metropolitan University. The eleven round event takes place
in Leeds, England, November 18th-19th 2000. Details are available at:
http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
Bobby Fischer contribution to the Ambassador Report
Bobby Fischer was associated with Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide
Church of God for some time. The Ambassador report was compiled by opponents of
the organisation. You can read it at:
http://homepage.altavista.com/AmbassadorReport/files/Fischer.html
Bulgarian Open Rapid
The Bulgarian Open Rapid Chess and Blitz Championships 2000 takes place
28 September-1 October 2000, resort Albena, Sport Hall(about 25 km from Varna).
There will be 11 rounds in rapid chess and 7 rounds in blitz event. Swiss
pairing system will be used. Programme: 28.09 - 12.00-16.00 - registration
16.00 - technical meeting and opening ceremony - rapid chess 17.00 - first two
rounds 29.09 - 3 - 7 rounds according additional programme 30.09 - 8-11 rounds
according additional programme 01.10 - 9.00 - Technical meeting and blitz
Championships Prizes: 1.-700 BGL 2.-500 BGL 3.-350 BGL 4.-250 BGL 5.-200 BGL
6.-150 BGL 7-10.-x100 BGL Special Prizes: Women: 1.-300 BGL 2.-200 BGL 3.-100
BGL Veterans over 60: 1.-100 BGL 2.-50 BGL Information: Bulgarian Chess
Federation: Tel. + 359 2 9300518, +359 2 9300589, Fax: +359 2 9815728 Note: 1
BGL is equal to 1 DEM.
1st European Rapid Championships
The European Chess Union appointed the Chess Federation of Herzeg-Bosnia
to organize the First European Rapid and Blitz Senior Championships for men.
The venue is Hotel Zenit (4 stars) in Neum, a pleasant vacation town at the
Adriatic coast (and what is more: the safest place on the Earth). The distances
from nearest airports in Dubrovnik, Split and Sarajevo are 70, 150 and 200 km,
respectively. The event in Neum (Bosnia and Herzegovina) takes place from 2nd
to 5th October 2000, immediately after the European Club Cup which will be held
at the same venue.
Two events will be held: Rapid (30 min per player) and Blitz (5 min per
player). The Rapid event will be an 11 rounds Swiss tournament in two days (2-3
Oct). Prizes in DM: 6.000, 5.000, 4.000, 3.000, 2.500, 1.800, 1.000, etc. (20
prizes = 30.000 DM = 15.000 Euro in total). Entrance-fee: 60 DM. The Blitz
event will be a 20 double-rounds Swiss tournament in two days (4-5 Oct). Prizes
in DM: 4.000, 3.000, 2.500, 2.000, 1.500, 1.000, 800, etc. (20 prizes = 20.000
DM = 10.000 Euro in total). Entrance-fee: 60 DM.
Since the number of players is restricted to 500, a preliminary
registration is required. The deadline is 15th September. Please contact Mr.
Dragan Milovic, phone: +387 30 870 359, or mobile: +385 99 565 023.
MSO Mind Sports Games
John Saunders reports: Mind Sports Masters (Ron Banwell Memorial)
downloadable from the BCF site at
http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/national/mso2000.htm
It gives all the games by players with 5/9 or more. Note that some of the games
have been amended from the original file created by Stewart Reuben, which has
been published in TWIC. There will be a complete PGN file of all the games in
due course. [When the file is complete I will produce a corrected file MC]
4NCL Fantasy Chess
Fantasy Chess is now running a competition based on the 4NCL. People
have to predict the results of the matches rather than the individual games.
One for the Bundesliga will follow.
http://play.at/fantasychess
Krkonose Open 2000
Krkonose Open 2000 takes place 29th October to 5th November 2000 in Pec
pod Snezkou town (The Krkonose mountains). 60 players from 10 countries are
entered and entry is still open. Further information:
http://www.proclient.cz/krkonose
Three Hungarian Tournaments
Paks HUN WIM closed tournament 28.10-03.11 2000 9 rounds entry fee: 150
DEM information: Videki Sandor Tel/fax: 00-36-75421225 email:
videkisn@matavnet.hu
Szekszard HUN IM closed tournament 04-10 12 2000 9 rounds, 2 double
rounds, cat. 3-4, entry fee: 200 DEM information: Videki Sandor Tel/fax:
00-36-75421225 email: videkisn@matavnet.hu
Szekszard HUN 9 rounds open, children, blitz tournaments 05-10 12 2000
prizefound: 400000 HUF Information: Papp Csaba, Decs Oreg str.53 Hungary email:
rlaszlo@freemail.hu
Huge Chess Event in Mexico City
On October 22nd Mexico City will have its 2nd Festival of Chess. Last
year 5,046 Mexican chess players played games in one day. This year they hope
for 10,000 players to compete in simultaneous events against 500 masters.
More details http://www.ajedrez.df.gob.mx and
http://www.ajedrez.df.gob.mx/pages_ing/event.html
IECG Cup
The IECG Cup VI preliminary stage. IECG Cup is an open tournament:
players of any rating are merged together. So this is a nice opportunity to
play a wide range of opponents. Subscriptions are open until September 15.
Entries received after this date are used for a replacement list, which will be
closed on October 1st. The tournament will be launched on October 1st, for a
duration of 11 months. All the unfinished games will be adjudicated. During the
preliminary phase, all participants take part in a 7 men, single round
tournament (so 6 games to play). The 2 winners of each section will be entitled
to play in the next stage, starting in October 2001. All games count for IECG
rating, of course.
The entry form for Cup VI is at:
http://www.iecg.org/cupentry.htm
The web entry form is the best method to be enlisted in the Cup, as the process
behind is easier for us.
Debrecen Open and Computer tournament
The Debrecen Open takes place 20th-24th October 2000. Place of
tournament: Aranybika Grand Hotel 4025 Debrecen,Piac u. 11-15. 9 rounds, Swiss
system, 20 moves in 1 hours, and 1 hour to the end.
Entry fee: 3500 HUF - Without FIDE ELO 3000 HUF - 2000-2199 2000 HUF -
2200-2299 1500 HUF - 2300-2399 1500 HUF - Young player (under 18 years) 1500
HUF - Pensioner 0 HUF - above 2400, and IM, GM
Prizes: I. 80000 HUF II. 50000 HUF III. 33000 HUF IV. 26000 HUF V. 17000
HUF VI. 10000 HUF
Category prizes, Extra prizes: - Best player from Debrecen - Best women
player - Best without FIDE ELO - Best player above 55 years - Best player under
18 years
Portocom Computer Open International Chess Tournament 20-24
October 2000, Debrecen
The players of the tournament: Whoever can take part in the
competition, but first of all computer chessprograms and advanced players. For
the foreigners we cover computers. If somebody send the chessprogram in mail
(by post) we cover him/her an operator. (the price of the operator is 40 DM )
Place of tournament: Aranybika Grand Hotel H-4025 Debrecen,Piac u.
11-15.
Opening ceremony: 20 October, at 4 o' clock (pm) Arrangement: 11
rounds, Swiss system, 2 hours to the end.
Entry fee: 9000 HUF - Advaced player 6000 HUF - Chess program 1000 HUF
- People
Prizes: I. 66000 HUF II. 55000 HUF III. 44000 HUF IV. 33000 HUF V.
22000 HUF VI. 11000 HUF
Date of entires: 10.October 2000
Entries should be sent to: Sandor Nagy H-4026 Debrecen, Bethlen str.
36-38.II/12. Phone: +36 52 416-524 Mobil: +36 20 322-8790 E-mail:
player@matavnet.hu
International in Salou, Costa Dorada
International Chess Festival in Salou, Costa Dorada, starts 16th
October 2000.
Group A Confirmed players:
Gm Artur Kogan -Israel- Elo Fide 2504 Gm Ruslan Pogorelov -Ucrania- Elo
Fide 2445 J.C. Montell Lorenzo -España- Elo Fide 2325 Im Michael
Oratowsky -Israel- Elo Fide 2486 Im Dimitry Tyomkin -Israel- Elo Fide 2522 Gm
Vladimir Georgiev -Bulgaria- Elo Fide 2564 Im Jordan Ivanov -Bulgaria- Elo Fide
2461 Gm Igor Miladinovic -Grecia- Elo Fide 2563 Gmf Antoaneta Stefanova
-Bulgaria- Elo Fide 2514
Possible players
Gm Nikola Mitkov -Macedonia- Elo Fide 2532 Gm Marcin Kaminsky
–Polonia- Elo Fide 2498 Gm Hicham Hamdouchi -Marruecos- Elo Fide 2541 Gm
Alexander Finkel -Israel- Elo Fide 2467
Group B Confirmed players:
Antonio Moro -España- Elo Fide 2133 Tatiana Plachkinova
-Bulgaria- Elo Fide 2171 Juan Sanges -España- Elo Fide 2000 Ramon Pol
Valveny -España- Elo Fide 2048 Manuel Martinez Peña
-España- Elo Fide 2161 Danny Shevelev -Israel- Elo Fide 2263 Francesc
Terreu -España- Elo Fide 2169
Possible players
Im Watu Kobese -Rep. Sudafricana- Elo Fide 2373 Oscar Alias
-España- Elo Fide 2277 Juan Gutierrez -España- Elo Fide 2280
Gabor Szitas –Hungria- Elo Fide 2191
Contact Juan Sangés: j231070@teleline.es
4NCL 2000-2001
The 4NCL season 2000-2001 fixtures have been published. The venue for
all matches is the The Birmingham Grand Moat House Hotel, Colmore Row,
Birmingham. The 1st and 2nd rounds take place 23rd-24th September 2000, 3rd-4th
on 25th-26th November, 5th-6th on 27th-28th January 2001, 7th-8th on 17th-18th
March and the final rounds 9,10 and 11 on 5th-7th May 2001. There are 26 Clubs,
40 teams, 3 Divisions, 536 players registered. Some of the changes in the
closed season: IndexIT have signed, Nigel Short from Wood Green and Mark Hebden
from Slough, to add to a very strong initial squad. Guildford-ADC have signed
Chris W Baker from Bigwood, which provides the team sponsor (Nigel Povah) with
the option of playing in their second team!! Slough have a new signing IM
Aleksandar Wohl from Australia. Wood Green have signed Matthew Turner from
Slough. Barbican 4NCL have signed GM Jonathan Parker and IM Mark Ferguson from
Bigwood.
Round 1 pairings division 1: IndexIT 2 v IndexIT 1, Richmond v Slough,
South Wales Dragons v White Rose, Guildford-ADC v Midland Monarchs, Wood Green
v Poisoned Pawns, Barbican 4NCL 1 v Barbican 4NCL 2.
For further information see the 4NCL website at:
http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.chess96/4ncl/0001/0001menu.htm.
Additional coverage at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/John_Katrin_Sharp
Possible University Event
The President of the Cambridge University Chess Club 2000/01, Nathan
Alfred, would like to get in contact with any University interesting in playing
in an event at Cambridge University (probably Girton College) on Saturday 11th
November 2000. The planned format is to have teams of eight compete at
ten-minute blitz chess, with possibly an all-play-all. If interested contact:
nswa2@cam.ac.uk
Vikings Chess Festival
The second York Vikings Chess Festival are 13th to 22nd December 2000.
The venue will once again be the superb Lady Anne Middleton's Hotel.
Contact: Adam Raoof if interested:
adam@circuit.demon.co.uk
GM 'A' - £10,000 in prizes! GM Julian Hodgson (British Champion)
GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson (SWE) GM Jonny Hector (SWE) GM Emil Sutovsky (ISR) GM
Alexei Barsov (UZB) GM Jonathan Rowson (SCO)
GM 'B' - £5,000 in prizes! GM Aaron Summerscale GM Keith Arkell IM
Irina Krush (USA) Entries from players 2350+ are invited.
Masters IM Valer Krutti (HUN) IM Still to be invited... IM Still to be
invited... Entries from players 2250+ are invited.
Open This will be a 9-round FIDE rated swiss tournament with a first
prize of at least £200. The entry fee is £25 for rated players
(July 2000 list) or £40 for unrated players. Blitz 5 minute chess -
Sunday 17th December - £5 entry - all entries returned as prizes - 11am
start - 6pm finish - parking at the venue Accommodation Very special room rates
at the Lady Anne Middleton Hotel venue for players and partners; £19.50
for a single room per person per night bed and breakfast £15.00 per
person per night if they share a twin/double room
http://www.ladyannes.demon.co.uk/
Website: http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/york2.htm
Linares and Ubeda Opens 2001
The VIII "Anibal" Open takes place in Linares, January 8th-18th,
2001. 11 round Swiss System Event.
PRIZES 1º 1.000.000 pts. 2º 500.000 pts. 3º 250.000 pts.
4º 200.000 pts. 5º 150.000 pts. 6º-10º 100.000 pts.
11º-20º 50.000 pts. 21º-30º 30.000 pts. 31º-50º
25.000 pts. 1st Woman Chessplayer 50.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2300 Elo
50.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer from Jaen 50.000 pts.
The VI "Ciudad de Ubeda" Open takes place Ubeda, January
21st-30th 2001. 10 Round Swiss System event.
PRIZES 1º 500.000 pts. 2º 250.000 pts. 3º 150.000 pts.
4º 125.000 pts. 5º 100.000 pts. 6º-15º 75.000 pts.
16º-50º 50.000 pts. 1st Woman Chessplayer 50.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer
under 2300 Elo 50.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer from Jaen 50.000 pts.
CONDITIONS
Chessplayers with 2580 Elo according FIDE ranking list July 2000 or
January 2001: Free full board in a single room and free fixed fee. G.M. and
I.M. Lodging free in a 3 stars hotel in Linares and in a 4 stars hotel in
Ubeda. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are $12 per person/day in a double room
(single supplement $25). Others Chessplayers: Lodging in a 3 stars hotel in
Linares and in a 4 stars hotel in Ubeda is $24 per person/day in a double room
(single supplement $25). Breakfast, lunch and dinner are $12 per person/day.
FIXED FEE PER TOURNAMENT: Until December 31st , 2000 7.500 pts. Since
January 1st, 2001 10.000 pts.
VIII Open "Anibal" Tel. 953 650400, fax 953 652204 (Miss Flori). VI
Open "Ciudad de Ubeda" Tel. 953 791011, fax 953 791012 (Miss Tana). e-mail
address: linareschess@wanadoo.es - linareschess@teleline.es
Bank details: Banco de Andalucía, account nº 0004 3270 84
0601005803 Prizes will be subject to 25% tax.
Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival
The Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival has several parts. The first part,
open to all chessplayers takes place August 19th to 27th 2000. Then a second
stage, the Final Knockout September 9th-16th 2000 which will have 74 players
including: Vescovi, Zapata, Ricardi, Zarnicki, Spangenberg, Morovic,
Sorín, Leitao, Panno, García Palermo, Bologan, Sunye Neto,
Felgaer, etc.
The there will then be a SuperFinal with invitees: Anatoly Karpov,
Judith Polgar, Nigel Short and Gilberto Milos along with six qualifiers from
the Final Knockout. This takes place September 18th-27th 2000 which will be a
10 player all-play-all.
Official site: AJEDREZ SIGLO XXI -
http://www.adrian.roldan.com
SC Lasker Autumn Festival
SC LASKER SRL is organising an Autumn Festival in Bucharest, Romania
over the period October 5th-November 4th 2000.
5th-19th October 2000
A. International closed chess tournament for IM norm (men), 2nd
–4th category, 12-16 players.
Entry fees: - <= 2100 -300 DM - 2101 – 2200 -250 DM -2201
– 2300 -200 DM -2301 – 2350 -175 DM -2351 – 2400 -150 DM - >=
2401 -100 DM
B. International closed chess tournament for IGM norm (women), 7th
– 8th category,12-14 players. Entry fees: 200 DM
C. International closed chess tournament for IGM norm (men), 8th –
9th category,12-16 players.
Entry fees: - <= 2300 -400 DM - 2301 – 2350 -350 DM -2351
– 2400 -300 DM -2401 – 2450 -250 DM -2451 – 2500 -200 DM - >=
2501 -150 DM
21st October-4th November 2000
D. International closed chess tournament for IM norm (women), 3rd
– 5th category,12-16 players. Entry fees: 200 DM Accommodation 100-150 DM
in private rooms or apartments for all the tournament.
Starting date: 5th October 2000, opening ceremony 14°°. Time
limits: 40 moves / 2 hours, then 1 hour for 20 moves + 30 minutes K.O.. The
games will be played every day from 15°° to 22°°. Prizes:
declared before the 3rd round. Romanian Chess Federation, Ion Campineanu
Street, no. 20, phone: 312.55.25 or 312.70.56, fax: 312.19.44 Central Chess
Club: Oþetari Street, no. 2, phone 314.68.13.
Organizer: FIDE Master Emil Pessi: O.P. 38 – C.P. 80, 72250
Bucharest-Romania, phone 0040-1-240.07.00; fax: 0040-1-312.19.44 (if contacted
he assures the reception of the players). E-mail: mpanait@fx.ro or ggg@dnt.ro
Open Abihome 2000
The Open Abihome 2000 takes place 7-8 October 2000, Palais du Midi,
Brussels. The rapidplay event has run for 10 years and has seen Svidler,
Bacrot, Baklan, Van den Doel, Rawson, and many other young masters participate.
Prizes: Prize Money 200.000 bf 1e prize 35.000 bf 2e prize 30.000 bf 3e
prize 25.000 bf 4e prize 20.000 bf 5e prize 15.000 bf 6e prize 10.000 bf 7e
prize 8.000 bf 8e prize 7.000 bf 9e prize 6.000 bf 10eprize 5.000 bf and other
special prizes for Belgian and Juniors.
Information: Benny Åsman tel/fax: 02/512.48.43
asmanbenny@skynet.be etienne.cornil@regio.be René Vannerom tel:
02.538.67.10
4th Cap d'Agde Festival
The 4th Cap d'Agde Festival takes place 28th October - 4th November
2000. Cap d'Agde in the south of France has organised this prestigious event
(supported by the French Chess Federation) and the FSGT) every 2 years since
1994.
There will be 3 large Opens tournaments divided by Elo rating 9 rounds,
Time control : 40 moves/2hours and 1hour KO, Swiss System.
Grand-Prix CCAS (players + 2000 Elo) This tournament is Open to all
players above 2000 Elo rating. Internationals Masters and Internationals Grand
Masters do not pay the entry fee. IMPORTANT : only the 20 first players above
2500 Elo rating on the latest Fide list, will be invited by the organisation
(accommodation and food) transportation cost will be at the player's charge.
Tournoi du Cavalier (players - > 1700 - < 2100 Elo) This
tournament is Open to all players between 1700 and 2100 Elo rating. Tournoi de
l'Avenir (-< 1800 Elo) This tournament is open to all players below 1800 Elo
rating There will be a Blitz tournament organised by the FSGT
Trophée CCAS 2000 "La rencontre des Continents" rapid chess A
tournament of Champions from all 5 Continents. Trophée CCAS "Espoirs"
Match des prodiges : Angleterre - France A match between 2 very young Chess
prodigies in 8 games with different Time control
Contact : Cap d'Agde Avenue de la Butte 34 309 Cap d'Agde Cedex Tel :
04 67 01 00 63 Fax : 04 67 76 65 01
Lajos Ózdi IM Harkany
The Lajos Ózdi Memorial IM tournament in Harkany, Hungary taking
place November 16th-24th 2000. The ten player all-play-all IM norm event takes
place in the Hotel Platán Harkány Bartók Béla u 15.
Contact: Schepp Zoltán Tel 36-72-258-044 e-mail:
gyorkos.lajos@dpg.hu
In addition there is the 24th Tenkes Cup in the same venue and dates.
With an A and B Masters Open. Entry deadline 10th November 2000. Contact:
Faludi László SIKLÓS, Kossuth tér 1. 7801 Tel.: 00
36 72l352-122 Fax: 00 36 72/351-858 Hungary Mikola Lajos: e-mail :
tenkescup@egon.gyaloglo.hu
European Youth Championships
The European Youth Championships in Halkidiki, Greece, October 2nd-10th
2000 will be covered at the new website: http://www.inchess.com also information at:
http://www.geocities.com/eycc2000
Ciudad de Oviedo
III Open Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Oviedo 16th-17th September
2000 Active Chess took place with 225 players, being the most prominents Oleg
Korneev (2619), Atanas Kolev (2582), Gilberto Hernández (2572), Igor
Glek (2553), Elizbar Ubilava (2532)...
http://www.damanegra.com/oviedo
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.
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.
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.
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
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
