The Week in Chess 314

THE WEEK IN CHESS 314 13th November 2000 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Davor Golek and Jozef Sith for their Olympiad help, Jakub Fuksik, Ilona and Laszlo Nagy, Johan Zwanepol, Christophe Bouton, Tony Kosten, Miklos Orso, John Fernandez, Juan Sangés, Luís Santos, Alan Cowderoy, Søren Søgaard, Thomas Leckner, Alexander Baburin, Lanfranco Bombelli, Adolivio Capece and all those who helped with this issue.

Whilst its been a great month or two for chess its very hard work to keep up. This week saw the finish to a very enjoyable Olympiad, also the quality of games made available has vastly improved and the games given so far in TWIC have also been much improved. Please scrap the Olympiad games from the last two issues, this issue gives all the men's and women's olympiad games in the best version I can manage. I can perhaps take it a little easier for just less than two weeks before we start with the FIDE World Chess Championships in India.

2) 34th Chess Olympiad

The 34th Chess Olympiad took place in Istanbul, Turkey 28th October - 12th November 2000. This was a great event with only a few top players missing, Kasparov and Kramnik for Russia (involved in their match in Russia) and Anand for India (surely with their performance this time he can return as top board and lead a strong challenge). Russia were the favourites and with a few scares, they lived up to the billing. Khalifman as FIDE Champion was board one (probably a little high) and only scored 50% losing interesting clashes with Leko and Topalov but powered by Alexander Morozevich on Board 2 who performed to 2803 (Bronze Medal for his board see his round 12 victory over Artashes Minasian) and rising star Alexander Grischuk (bronze medal for 2nd reserve) they came home easily with two quick 2-2 draws in their final two matches. The silver medal was deservedly taken by surprise package Germany. The 11th seeds were powered by stellar efforts from Artur Jussupow and Rustem Dautov with TPRs of 2782 and 2776 respectively. The Ukraine edged out Hungary for the Bronze medal largely as a result of a huge 8.5/11 performance from rising star Ruslan Ponomariov. Having said that Hungary also had their star. Judit Polgar has lead the Hungarian team in the past, this time she was on board three and scored 10/13 the second highest points total of any player in the Olympiad.

There were some of the most competitive Olympiads in recent years. The eighth placed India (seeded 31) have two young players in Abhijit Kunte and Krishnan Sasikiran promise much for the future. However this competitiveness led to some poor results for some teams. Number 2 seeds England finished 7th but this even looks quite good compared to number 7 seeds USA's finish in 26th and number 9 seeds Netherlands 33rd placed finish.

In the women's Olympiad China were impressive winners ahead of Georgia and Russia.

After a very ropey start the FIDE coverage became quite acceptable at the end but its insistance on individual pages for each game is stupid and does not produce good viewing. I must thank Davor Golek (1st Croatian Chess Home Page http://jagor.srce.hr/~davgolek) for sending me the games and any corrections as they appeared. Without his help I'm sure I would have got both eye strain and RSI before the end of the Olympiad. Also to Jozef Sith for producing a nice version of the standings.

Official Olympiad Prizes

Ratings Categories

Best Tournament Performance Rating Women's Section: Zhu Chen, China
Best Tournament Performance Rating Men's Section: Alexander Morozevich, Russia

Team Rating Category Prizes:

Men 
Category 5: Angola Captain: Andrade Manuel Joaoquim 
Category 4: Faroe Islands Captain: Nolsoe Eydun 
Category 3: Finland Captain: Yrjola Jouni 
Category 2: India Captain: Salov Valery 

Women 

Category 5: Costa Rica Captain: Garro Mario de Los Angeles 
Category 4: Portugal Captain: Santos Antonio 
Category 3: Australia Captain: Lyons Jason 
Category 2: India Captain: Thipasay Abhay

Individual Board Prizes MEN:

Reserve 2

Bronze: Grischuk Alexander, Russia
Silver: Wondimu Dawit, Ethiopia
Gold: Barsov Alexei, Uzbekistan

Reserve 1

Bronze: Byambaa Zulzaga, Mongolia
Silver: Kadhi Hameed Mansoor Ali, Yemen
Gold: Moussa Taleb, United Arab Emirates

Board 4

Bronze: Socko Bartosz, Poland
Silver: Mannhart Marcel, Liechtenstein
Gold: Anastasian Ashot,Armenia

Board 3

Bronze: Dautov Rustem, Germany
Silver: Zambrana Osvaldo, Bolivia
Gold: Jacimovic Dragoljub, Macedonia

Board 2

Bronze: Morozevich Alexander, Russia
Silver: Spragett Kevin, Canada
Gold: Ponomariov Ruslan, Ukraine

Board 1

Bronze: Kasimdzhanov Rustam, Uzbekistan
Silver: Simutowe Amon, Zambia
Gold: Adianto Utut, Indonesia

Individual Board Prizes WOMEN:

Reserve

Bronze: Mammadyarova Zaynab, Azerbaijan
Silver: Moylan Laura, Australia
Gold: Zahira El Ghaby, Morocco

Board 3

Bronze: Vasquez Rocio, Ecuador
Silver: Lee Wing Yan Winnie, Macao
Gold: Khurtsidze Nino, Georgia

Board 2

Bronze: Ioseliani Nana, Georgia
Silver: Al-Rufei Eman, Iraq
Gold: Zhu Chen, China

Board 1

Bronze: Xie Jun, China
Silver: Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman, India
Gold: Cmilyte Viktorija, Lithuania

NONA GAPRINDASHVILI PRIZE:

RUSSIA Captains: Yuri Yakavich and Boris Postovsky

VERA MENCHIK CUP (Women's Olympiad Trophy)

Bronze - RUSSIA:

Galliamova-Ivancuk-Alisa, Kovalevskaya Ekaterina, Matveeva Svetlana, Stepovaia-Dianchenko Tatiana. Captain: Yakavich Yuri

Silver - GEORGIA:

Maya Chiburdanidze, Nana Ioseliani, Nino Khurtsidze, Nino Gurieli. Captain: David Gurgenidze

Gold - CHINA:

Xie Jun, Zhu Chen, Xu Yuhua, Wang Lei. Captain: Weida Zang

HAMILTON RUSSELL CUP (Men's Olympiad Trophy)

Men Bronze - UKRAINE:

Ivanchuk Vassily , Ponomariov Ruslan , Baklan Vladimir , Eingorn Vereslav , Romanishin Oleg , Malakhatko Vadim. Captain: Byk Ivan

Silver - GERMANY:

Arthur Jussupov, Robert Huebner, Rustam Dautov, Christopher Lutz, Klaus Bischoff, Thomas Luther. Captain: Uwe Boensch

Gold - RUSSIA:

Khalifman Alexander , Morozevich Alexander , Svidler Peter , Rublevsky Sergei , Sakaev Konstantin , Grischuk Alexander. Captain: Postovsky Boris

Event Statistics:

Leading Men's Performance ratings

Name                  NAT RAT   Pts Gms %    AOR  TPR 
Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2734  7.5 10  75.0 2611 2803.7 
Topalov, Veselin      BUL 2707  8.0 11  72.7 2622 2797.3 
Ponomariov, Ruslan    UKR 2624  8.5 11  77.3 2574 2785.2 
Jussupow, Artur       GER 2610  8.5 12  70.8 2624 2782.3 
Dautov, Rustem        GER 2603  8.5 11  77.3 2565 2776.4 
Polgar, Judit (GM)    HUN 2656 10.0 13  76.9 2561 2772.5 
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  UZB 2690  9.5 12  79.2 2538 2767.8 
Adianto, Utut         INA 2571  7.5  9  83.3 2490 2763.2 
Gelfand, Boris        ISR 2683  7.0 11  63.6 2645 2747.3 
Shirov, Alexei        ESP 2746  8.5 12  70.8 2588 2746.0 
Adams, Michael        ENG 2754  8.5 12  70.8 2584 2742.3 
Sakaev, Konstantin    RUS 2620  7.0  9  77.8 2513 2732.9 
Van Wely, Loek        NED 2643  7.5 13  57.7 2674 2730.6 
Leko, Peter           HUN 2748  7.5 12  62.5 2642 2729.2 
Ivanchuk, Vassily     UKR 2716  9.0 14  64.3 2623 2725.4 
Kunte, Abhijit        IND 2538  8.5 12  70.8 2555 2713.4 
Barsov, Alexei        UZB 2534  5.5  7  78.6 2465 2695.4 
Rublevsky, Sergei     RUS 2653  7.0 10  70.0 2545 2693.5 
Aleksandrov, Aleksej  BLR 2597  7.0 10  70.0 2537 2685.6 
Antonio, Rogelio Jr   PHI 2548  7.0 10  70.0 2535 2684.4 
Smirin, Ilia          ISR 2674  7.0 11  63.6 2581 2682.5 
Spraggett, Kevin      CAN 2506  9.0 12  75.0 2489 2682.4 
Socko, Bartosz        POL 2525  8.0 11  72.7 2504 2678.5 
Portisch, Lajos       HUN 2573  6.0  9  66.7 2553 2677.8 
Anastasian, Ashot     ARM 2558  9.0 12  75.0 2481 2674.2 
Georgiev, Kiril       BUL 2674  7.0 11  63.6 2572 2674.0 
Sasikiran, Krishnan   IND 2594  7.0 12  58.3 2613 2670.4 
Kempinski, Robert     POL 2522  7.5 10  75.0 2477 2669.7 
Huebner, Dr. Robert   GER 2606  6.5 11  59.1 2600 2665.5 
Grischuk, Alexander   RUS 2601  7.5 10  75.0 2466 2658.5 
Degraeve, Jean-Marc   FRA 2540  7.0 10  70.0 2507 2655.9 
Avrukh, Boris         ISR 2625  7.0 11  63.6 2553 2655.4 
Marin, Mihail         ROM 2569  8.0 13  61.5 2573 2652.9 
Pelletier, Yannick    SUI 2474  8.0 11  72.7 2477 2651.7 
Ftacnik, Lubomir      SVK 2608  7.5 13  57.7 2595 2651.6 
Nikolic, Predrag      BIH 2657  8.5 14  60.7 2571 2651.1 
Xu, Jun               CHN 2665  9.0 14  64.3 2548 2650.4 
Kulaots, Kaido        EST 2495  8.0 11  72.7 2475 2649.8 
Papaioannou, Ioannis  GRE 2578  7.5 13  57.7 2591 2648.3 
Movsesian, Sergei     CZE 2666  7.0 11  63.6 2544 2646.0 
Khalifman, Alexander  RUS 2658  4.5  9  50.0 2645 2645.3 
Andersson, Ulf        SWE 2641  5.5 10  55.0 2606 2642.4 
Sutovsky, Emil        ISR 2609  6.0  9  66.7 2516 2640.7 
Hector, Jonny         SWE 2499  7.5 11  68.2 2507 2639.9 
Korchnoi, Viktor      SUI 2632  6.5 12  54.2 2609 2638.1 
Ehlvest, Jaan         EST 2628  6.5 11  59.1 2572 2637.0 
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas   KAZ 2526  7.0 10  70.0 2486 2635.2 
Miezis, Normunds      LAT 2524  8.0 13  61.5 2555 2635.1

Leading Women's Performance ratings

Name                      NAT RAT   Pts Gms %    AOR  TPR 
Zhu, Chen                 CHN 2534  9.0 11  81.8 2378 2639.5 
Xie, Jun (GM)             CHN 2567  8.5 11  77.3 2407 2617.7 
Khurtsidze, Nino          GEO 2432 11.0 13  84.6 2322 2617.5 
Galliamova, Alisa (IM)    RUS 2550  9.0 12  75.0 2422 2614.6 
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman IND 2402 11.0 14  78.6 2345 2574.9 
Ioseliani, Nana (IM)      GEO 2500  9.0 12  75.0 2367 2560.3 
Cmilyte, Viktorija        LTU 2335  9.5 12  79.2 2288 2517.5 
Wang, Lei                 CHN 2483  7.5 10  75.0 2302 2495.4 
Maric, Alisa (IM)         YUG 2435  8.5 13  65.4 2380 2490.1 
Mammadyarova, Zaynab      AZE 2173  7.0  8  87.5 2153 2488.8

Order	Rank	Men's Standing	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9	Round 10	Round 11	Round 12	Round 13	Round 14	Score
1	1	Russia RUS	MAR	ITA	HUN	FRA	BRA	GER	ISR	SVK	BUL	ROM	UKR	ARM	ENG	GEO	38.0
	1		4.0	3.5	1.5	3.0	3.5	2.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	4.0	2.5	3.5	2.0	2.0	38.0
2	11	Germany GER	PAR	AZE	MDA	HUN	ISR	RUS	SVK	NED	UKR	ARM	BUL	USA	BIH	ENG	37.0
	11		4.0	3.5	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	3.0	2.5	2.5	37.0
3	6	Ukraine UKR	AND	SWE	ROM	AUS	SUI	SVK	HUN	PHI	GER	BUL	RUS	NED	ISR	BIH	35.5
	6		3.5	2.5	2.0	4.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	3.5	2.5	2.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	3.0	35.5
4	3	Hungary HUN	UAE	MYA	RUS	GER	IND	CZE	UKR	ISR	FRA	USA	ARM	BUL	NED	SLO	35.5
	3		4.0	4.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.5	2.5	3.0	2.0	35.5
5	5	Israel ISR	NOR	GRE	SLO	CUB	GER	ESP	RUS	HUN	USA	DEN	BIH	ROM	UKR	YUG	34.5
	5		3.5	2.5	3.5	3.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	34.5
6	10	Georgia GEO	IBSA	CAN	LTU	SWE	FRM	TURB	NED	AZE	CHN	IND	EST	PHI	BUL	RUS	34.0
	10		4.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	4.0	0.5	3.0	2.5	1.5	2.5	3.0	3.5	2.0	34.0
7	2	England ENG	ALB	CRC	IND	NED	YUG	DEN	CRO	POL	ISL	BRA	GRE	FRA	RUS	GER	33.0
	2		3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	2.0	2.5	3.0	2.0	1.5	33.0
8	31	India IND	MLT	MGL	ENG	USA	HUN	CRO	BUL	UZB	SLO	GEO	BRA	KGZ	POL	CUB	33.0
	31		4.0	3.0	1.5	3.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	2.5	33.0
9	4	China CHN	NZL	KAZ	UZB	POL	KGZ	SUI	PHI	CUB	GEO	BLR	DEN	SWE	ARM	GRE	33.0
	4		3.5	2.5	2.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	3.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	2.5	33.0
10	22	Switzerland SUI	SYR	ISL	PHI	ITA	UKR	CHN	CHI	ARM	ROM	BIH	FRA	KAZ	SWE	NED	33.0
	22		3.5	3.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	2.0	4.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	3.0	33.0
11	19	Uzbekistan UZB	TURB	FRM	CHN	ISL	SCO	TKM	KAZ	IND	POL	NED	KGZ	ITA	CAN	FIN	33.0
	19		3.5	2.5	1.5	2.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.5	2.5	3.5	33.0
12	21	Slovenia SLO	BOL	SIN	ISR	ALB	EGY	VIE	CUB	COL	IND	IRQ	ISL	GRE	SVK	HUN	33.0
	21		3.0	3.0	0.5	3.0	2.0	2.5	1.0	3.5	1.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	3.5	2.0	33.0
13	42	Macedonia FRM	MAC	UZB	BUL	NOR	GEO	CAN	BRA	IRI	PER	KGZ	ARG	IBSA	VEN	ARM	33.0
	42		3.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.0	2.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.0	1.5	4.0	4.0	2.5	33.0
14	8	Bulgaria BUL	COL	ROM	FRM	CAN	BEL	ARM	IND	CRO	RUS	UKR	GER	HUN	GEO	DEN	32.5
	8		3.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	3.5	2.0	2.5	3.5	2.5	1.5	2.5	1.5	0.5	2.5	32.5
15	15	Poland POL	MAS	AUS	AUT	CHN	SWE	USA	LAT	ENG	UZB	CZE	NED	DEN	IND	ROM	32.5
	15		3.5	2.5	3.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	3.0	2.0	1.5	3.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.5	32.5
16	28	France FRA	TRI	IRI	BEL	RUS	CRO	MEX	CZE	TURA	HUN	ISL	SUI	ENG	ESP	KGZ	32.5
	28		4.0	2.5	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.5	4.0	1.0	2.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	3.5	32.5
17	13	Armenia ARM	PAK	SCO	SVK	EST	TKM	BUL	DEN	SUI	ESP	GER	HUN	RUS	CHN	FRM	32.0
	13		4.0	3.0	1.5	2.5	3.0	2.0	3.0	2.5	3.5	1.5	1.5	0.5	2.0	1.5	32.0
18	14	Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH	IRQ	YUG	TKM	KGZ	BAN	GRE	SCO	CZE	NED	SUI	ISR	SVK	GER	UKR	32.0
	14		3.0	2.5	2.5	1.5	3.0	2.0	2.5	3.0	2.0	2.5	2.0	3.0	1.5	1.0	32.0
19	37	Philippines PHI	RSA	BAN	SUI	ESP	POR	SIN	CHN	UKR	MGL	EST	USA	GEO	ARG	LAT	32.0
	37		4.0	2.5	2.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	2.5	0.5	3.0	2.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	2.5	32.0
20	25	Greece GRE	LUX	ISR	MGL	LTU	CHI	BIH	EST	SIN	LAT	SVK	ENG	SLO	BRA	CHN	32.0
	25		3.5	1.5	3.0	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	2.5	3.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	3.0	1.5	32.0
21	34	Denmark DEN	PUR	NED	BAN	MDA	ARG	ENG	ARM	ITA	CUB	ISR	CHN	POL	LAT	BUL	32.0
	34		3.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	1.5	32.0
22	24	Cuba CUB	JAM	IRL	FIN	ISR	KAZ	SCO	SLO	CHN	DEN	SWE	EGY	BRA	USA	IND	32.0
	24		4.0	2.5	3.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	4.0	2.0	2.5	1.5	32.0
23	16	Spain ESP	YEM	TKM	EST	PHI	NED	ISR	BLR	LTU	ARM	KAZ	LAT	MGL	FRA	CZE	32.0
	16		4.0	2.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.0	2.5	32.0
24	29	Yugoslavia YUG	TUN	BIH	AZE	IRL	ENG	SWE	USA	ROM	CAN	TURA	ECU	LAT	TKM	ISR	32.0
	29		3.0	1.5	3.0	3.5	1.5	3.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	3.5	3.0	1.5	4.0	1.0	32.0
25	32	Estonia EST	MNC	MEX	ESP	ARM	CZE	ZAM	GRE	KAZ	SVK	PHI	GEO	CAN	IRL	SWE	32.0
	32		4.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	0.5	4.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	3.0	32.0
26	7	United States of America USA	TURA	CHI	LAT	IND	MGL	POL	YUG	BRA	ISR	HUN	PHI	GER	CUB	BLR	31.5
	7		2.5	3.5	2.5	1.0	3.5	2.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	31.5
27	33	Romania ROM	ZIM	BUL	UKR	CZE	LTU	ARG	ISL	YUG	SUI	RUS	CAN	ISR	KGZ	POL	31.5
	33		3.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	1.5	3.5	2.5	3.5	2.5	0.0	3.0	1.0	2.5	1.5	31.5
28	27	Slovakia SVK	UGA	EGY	ARM	BRA	MYA	UKR	GER	RUS	EST	GRE	KAZ	BIH	SLO	AUT	31.5
	27		4.0	3.0	2.5	1.5	4.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.5	3.5	31.5
29	48	Canada CAN	SUR	GEO	CZE	BUL	INA	FRM	ECU	KGZ	YUG	POR	ROM	EST	UZB	EGY	31.5
	48		4.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	3.0	2.0	3.0	2.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	3.0	31.5
30	50	Scotland SCO	SRI	ARM	CRO	IBSA	UZB	CUB	BIH	VEN	SIN	INA	IRI	AUS	ITA	BRA	31.5
	50		4.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	31.5
31	41	Lithuania LTU	JCI	CRO	GEO	GRE	ROM	KAZ	KGZ	ESP	CZE	VEN	IBSA	MAS	CHI	ITA	31.5
	41		3.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.5	2.0	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.5	2.5	3.0	31.5
32	18	Belarus BLR	NCA	FIN	IRL	SIN	MDA	NED	ESP	LAT	BAN	CHN	AZE	INA	KAZ	USA	31.5
	18		4.0	1.5	2.0	3.0	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	4.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	3.0	2.0	31.5
33	9	Netherlands NED	VEN	DEN	VIE	ENG	ESP	BLR	GEO	GER	BIH	UZB	POL	UKR	HUN	SUI	31.0
	9		3.5	2.0	3.5	2.0	2.0	2.5	3.5	1.0	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	31.0
34	36	Latvia LAT	QAT	AUT	USA	INA	AZE	MDA	POL	BLR	GRE	MEX	ESP	YUG	DEN	PHI	31.0
	36		4.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	2.5	1.0	3.0	0.5	4.0	2.5	2.5	1.5	1.5	31.0
35	38	Moldova MDA	PLE	ECU	GER	DEN	BLR	LAT	FIN	INA	BRA	SIN	AUS	TKM	MAR	POR	31.0
	38		4.0	3.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	0.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	3.5	2.5	31.0
36	39	Australia AUS	AHO	POL	IRQ	UKR	IBSA	IRI	PAK	POR	TKM	ITA	MDA	SCO	NOR	CRO	31.0
	39		3.5	1.5	3.0	0.0	3.0	1.5	3.0	2.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	1.5	3.0	2.5	31.0
37	44	Vietnam VIE	HON	BRA	NED	TURB	SYR	SLO	AUT	FIN	INA	TKM	FAI	NOR	MGL	ISL	31.0
	44		3.5	2.0	0.5	2.0	3.5	1.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.0	2.5	3.0	31.0
38	20	Brazil BRA	CYP	VIE	IRI	SVK	RUS	ISL	FRM	USA	MLD	ENG	IND	CUB	GRE	SCO	30.5
	20		3.5	2.0	4.0	2.5	0.5	1.5	3.5	1.0	3.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.5	30.5
39	12	Czech Republic CZE	FAI	POR	CAN	ROM	EST	HUN	FRA	BIH	LTU	POL	FIN	ECU	ZAM	ESP	30.5
	12		3.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.0	2.5	1.0	3.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.0	1.5	30.5
40	46	Singapore SIN	HKG	SLO	YEM	BLR	MAS	PHI	BOL	GRE	SCO	MDA	ESA	AZE	MEX	UAE	30.5
	46		3.0	1.0	3.5	1.0	3.0	0.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.5	2.0	2.5	3.5	30.5
41	23	Kazakhstan KAZ	URU	CHN	EGY	FIN	CUB	LTU	UZB	EST	CRO	ESP	SVK	SUI	BLR	AZE	30.0
	23		3.5	1.5	2.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	1.5	3.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	30.0
42	26	Sweden SWE	ZAM	UKR	CRC	GEO	POL	YUG	IRI	ISL	AUT	CUB	INA	CHN	SUI	EST	30.0
	26		3.5	1.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	3.0	2.5	3.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	30.0
43	17	Croatia CRO	WLS	LTU	SCO	COL	FRA	IND	ENG	BUL	KAZ	ARG	IRL	FIN	POR	AUS	30.0
	17		3.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	3.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	30.0
44	35	Indonesia INA	JPN	TURA	MEX	LAT	CAN	FIN	POR	MDA	VIE	SCO	SWE	BLR	FAI	ARG	30.0
	35		1.5	4.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	2.0	30.0
45	53	Finland FIN	SEY	BLR	CUB	KAZ	RSA	INA	MDA	VIE	ARG	PER	CZE	CRO	COL	UZB	30.0
	53		4.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.5	2.5	1.5	4.0	0.5	30.0
46	49	Azerbaijan AZE	GCI	GER	YUG	CYP	LAT	BAN	IRL	GEO	ECU	NZL	BLR	SIN	TURA	KAZ	30.0
	49		4.0	0.5	1.0	3.5	1.5	2.5	3.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	2.0	30.0
47	62	Portugal POR	BAR	CZE	ISL	TUN	PHI	COL	INA	AUS	BEL	CAN	ITA	MYA	CRO	MDA	30.0
	62		3.5	1.0	1.0	4.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.5	1.0	3.5	2.0	1.5	30.0
48	57	Mongolia MGL	SMR	IND	GRE	IRQ	USA	PER	ARG	YEM	PHI	ECU	MAR	ESP	VIE	TURB	30.0
	57		4.0	1.0	1.0	3.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	4.0	1.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	1.5	3.0	30.0
49	40	Kyrgyzstan KGZ	NAM	BEL	JPN	BIH	CHN	ITA	LTU	CAN	MEX	FRM	UZB	IND	ROM	FRA	29.5
	40		4.0	1.5	2.5	2.5	1.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	29.5
50	55	Egypt EGY	BOT	SVK	KAZ	VEN	SLO	CHI	PER	TUN	UAE	NOR	CUB	URU	ECU	CAN	29.5
	55		4.0	1.0	1.5	3.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	3.0	2.5	2.5	0.0	3.0	3.5	1.0	29.5
51	54	Ireland IRL	PAN	CUB	BLR	YUG	WLS	IRQ	AZE	UAE	QAT	CYP	CRO	ALB	EST	CHI	29.5
	54		4.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	1.0	4.0	1.0	2.5	29.5
52	70	Norway NOR	ISR	ZAM	JAM	FRM	ECU	URU	CYP	ALB	FAI	EGY	CHI	VIE	AUS	MEX	29.5
	70		0.5	3.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	1.0	3.0	29.5
53	30	Argentina ARG		NAM	MAS	AUT	DEN	ROM	MGL	TURB	FIN	CRO	FRM	ISL	PHI	INA	29.5
	30		-	4.0	3.0	3.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	29.5
54	63	Belgium BEL	RWA	KGZ	FRA	MEX	BUL	VEN	FAI	URU	POR	WLS	UAE	TURA	NZL	TKM	29.5
	63		4.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.0	0.5	2.5	2.0	1.5	3.5	2.5	29.5
55	47	Iceland ISL	ESA	SUI	POR	UZB	MAR	BRA	ROM	SWE	ENG	FRA	SLO	ARG	BAN	VIE	29.0
	47		3.5	1.0	3.0	1.5	3.5	2.5	1.5	3.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	1.0	29.0
56	43	Italy ITA	KEN	RUS	ECU	SUI	MEX	KGZ	MAS	DEN	VEN	AUS	POR	UZB	SCO	LTU	29.0
	43		4.0	0.5	4.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	3.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	29.0
57	52	Chile CHI	ANG	USA	SYR	JPN	GRE	EGY	SUI	AUT	NZL	UAE	NOR	CRC	LTU	IRL	29.0
	52		3.0	0.5	3.5	3.0	1.5	3.5	0.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	3.5	1.5	1.5	29.0
58	60	Bangladesh BAN	DJI	PHI	DEN	PAK	BIH	AZE	VEN	PAR	BLR	ANG	SYR	LUX	ISL	ALB	29.0
	60		4.0	1.5	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.5	1.0	3.5	0.0	2.5	2.0	3.5	0.5	4.0	29.0
59	51	Turkmenistan TKM	MRI	ESP	BIH	TRI	ARM	UZB	IRQ	MEX	AUS	VIE	VEN	MDA	YUG	BEL	28.5
	51		4.0	1.5	1.5	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	2.5	2.5	3.0	0.0	1.5	28.5
60	59	Austria AUT	BER	LAT	POL	ARG	BOL	MYA	VIE	CHI	SWE	MAR	QAT	MEX	IRQ	SVK	28.5
	59		4.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	3.5	2.0	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	3.5	0.5	28.5
61	56	Iran IRI	PNG	FRA	BRA	JAM	JPN	AUS	SWE	FRM	AND	SYR	SCO	VEN	PER	PAK	28.5
	56		4.0	1.5	0.0	2.0	3.5	2.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.5	28.5
62	72	Turkey A TURA	USA	INA	PUR	ANG	TRI	JAM	MYA	FRA	MAS	YUG	WLS	BEL	AZE	URU	28.5
	72		1.5	0.0	2.5	3.0	2.5	3.5	3.0	0.0	3.0	0.5	2.5	2.5	0.5	3.5	28.5
63	66	Morocco MAR	RUS	LIE	WLS	LUX	ISL	ECU	BOT	PUR	ALB	AUT	MGL	PAR	MDA	ANG	28.5
	66		0.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	3.0	2.0	2.5	0.5	3.5	0.5	3.0	28.5
64	80	Malaysia MAS	POL	JCI	ARG	PLE	SIN	QAT	ITA	UGA	TURA	PAR	COL	LTU	SYR	ZAM	28.5
	80		0.5	4.0	1.0	3.5	1.0	2.5	0.0	3.5	1.0	3.5	2.0	0.5	2.0	3.5	28.5
65	65	Peru PER		KEN	LUX	ZAM	UAE	MGL	EGY	MYA	FRM	FIN	TURB	AND	IRI	VEN	28.5
	65		-	3.5	1.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.5	2.0	3.5	2.0	2.5	28.5
66	77	Faroe Islands FAI	CZE	TUN	MYA	HON	ZIM	ANG	BEL	TRI	NOR	TURB	VIE	QAT	INA	SYR	28.0
	77		1.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	3.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	3.0	1.0	3.0	0.5	3.0	28.0
67	71	Andorra AND	UKR	ZIM	PLE	QAT	TURB	RSA	WLS	IRQ	IRI	ZAM	CRC	PER	MNC	YEM	28.0
	71		0.5	3.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	1.5	3.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	3.5	3.5	28.0
68	101	South Africa RSA	PHI	BRU	IBSA	PAR	FIN	AND	ALB	SYR	IRQ	QAT	BOT	WLS	CRC	MYA	28.0
	101		0.0	4.0	1.0	3.5	1.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	28.0
69	94	Tunisia TUN	YUG	FAI	BOT	POR	MNC	ESA	KEN	EGY	MYA	HON	PAK	NZL	URU	JPN	28.0
	94		1.0	1.0	3.5	0.0	2.5	2.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	3.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	3.0	28.0
70	84	Turkey B TURB	UZB	HON	SRI	VIE	AND	GEO	NZL	ARG	YEM	FAI	PER	JAM	JPN	MGL	28.0
	84		0.5	2.5	3.5	2.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	3.5	3.0	1.0	28.0
71	61	Ecuador ECU	MAU	MDA	ITA	YEM	NOR	MAR	CAN	JPN	AZE	MGL	YUG	CZE	EGY	WLS	28.0
	61		4.0	0.5	0.0	3.0	2.0	3.5	1.0	3.0	2.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	0.5	2.5	28.0
72	74	Venezuela VEN	NED	AHO	QAT	EGY	PAK	BEL	BAN	SCO	ITA	LTU	TKM	IRI	FRM	PER	27.5
	74		0.5	3.5	2.5	1.0	2.5	2.5	3.0	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	3.0	0.0	1.5	27.5
73	68	U.A.Emirates UAE	HUN	SUR	MLT	MYA	PER	LIE	JPN	IRL	EGY	CHI	BEL	IRQ	ESA	SIN	27.5
	68		-	3.5	3.5	0.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	3.5	0.5	27.5
74	90	Luxembourg LUX	GRE	NZL	PER	MAR	PUR	WLS	UGA	CRC	SYR	IBSA	ALB	BAN	AHO	IRQ	27.5
	90		0.5	3.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	3.0	3.0	27.5
75	76	Paraguay PAR	GER	SRI	MAC	RSA	NZL	MLT	ESA	BAN	BAR	MAS	TRI	MAR	CYP	COL	27.5
	76		0.0	1.0	4.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.0	0.5	3.5	0.5	4.0	0.5	3.0	2.5	27.5
76	45	Myanmar MYA	LIE	HUN	FAI	UAE	SVK	AUT	TURA	PER	TUN	ESA	NZL	POR	PAK	RSA	27.0
	45		4.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	27.0
77	58	Mexico MEX	ISV	EST	INA	BEL	ITA	FRA	IBSA	TKM	KGZ	LAT	PUR	AUT	SIN	NOR	27.0
	58		4.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	3.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	27.0
78	78	Pakistan PAK	ARM	MRI	ANG	BAN	VEN	PUR	AUS	NZL	HON	CRC	TUN	ESA	MYA	IRI	27.0
	78		0.0	3.5	3.0	1.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	27.0
79	82	Wales WLS	CRO	MAC	MAR	CRC	IRL	LUX	AND	ZAM	TRI	BEL	TURA	RSA	BOL	ECU	27.0
	82		0.5	3.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.5	1.5	27.0
80	64	Costa Rica CRC	BRU	ENG	SWE	WLS	COL	UGA	ZAM	LUX	JPN	PAK	AND	CHI	RSA	PUR	27.0
	64		4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	1.5	2.5	2.0	3.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	27.0
81	100	Qatar QAT	LAT	BER	VEN	AND	KEN	MAS	URU	CYP	IRL	RSA	AUT	FAI	ANG	TRI	27.0
	100		0.0	4.0	1.5	1.0	3.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	3.5	1.5	1.0	0.5	4.0	27.0
82	75	IBSAA IBSA	GEO	GCI	RSA	SCO	AUS	ZIM	MEX	ANG	URU	LUX	LTU	FRM	PUR	ESA	27.0
	75		-	4.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.5	1.0	1.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.5	27.0
83	73	Colombia COL	BUL	PUR	ESA	CRO	CRC	POR	SYR	SLO	ANG	ALB	MAS	ZAM	FIN	PAR	26.5
	73		0.5	3.0	4.0	0.5	3.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	26.5
84	116	Angola ANG	CHI	BOL	PAK	TURA	YEM	FAI	MLT	IBSA	COL	BAN	SRI	JPN	QAT	MAR	26.5
	116		1.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	3.5	2.5	1.0	1.5	3.0	1.0	3.5	1.0	26.5
85	79	Iraq IRQ	BIH	HKG	AUS	MGL	AHO	IRL	TKM	AND	RSA	SLO	ZAM	UAE	AUT	LUX	26.0
	79		1.0	4.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	1.0	26.0
86	87	Syria SYR	SUI	BAR	CHI	NAM	VIE	SRI	COL	RSA	LUX	IRI	BAN	YEM	MAS	FAI	26.0
	87		0.5	3.0	0.5	4.0	0.5	4.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.0	26.0
87	69	New Zealand NZL	CHN	LUX	ZIM	BOL	PAR	PLE	TURB	PAK	CHI	AZE	MYA	TUN	BEL	CYP	26.0
	69		0.5	1.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.5	0.5	2.0	26.0
88	99	Japan JPN	INA	ETH	KGZ	CHI	IRI	TRI	UAE	ECU	CRC	URU	YEM	ANG	TURB	TUN	26.0
	99		2.5	3.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	3.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	3.0	1.0	1.0	26.0
89	98	Puerto Rico PUR	DEN	COL	TURA	PNG	LUX	PAK	MNC	MAR	ZAM	ETH	MEX	SUR	IBSA	CRC	26.0
	98		0.5	1.0	1.5	4.0	2.0	0.5	4.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	0.5	3.0	2.0	1.5	26.0
90	91	Zambia ZAM	SWE	NOR	HKG	PER	HON	EST	CRC	WLS	PUR	AND	IRQ	COL	CZE	MAS	25.5
	91		0.5	0.5	4.0	2.0	3.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	3.5	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.0	0.5	25.5
91	88	Uruguay URU	KAZ	ALB	BOL	KEN	PAN	NOR	QAT	BEL	IBSA	JPN	ZIM	EGY	TUN	TURA	25.5
	88		0.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	4.0	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	25.5
92	111	El Salvador ESA	ISL	CYP	COL	MNC	JCI	TUN	PAR	ETH	BOL	MYA	SIN	PAK	UAE	IBSA	25.5
	111		0.5	3.0	0.0	1.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	1.5	25.5
93	97	Zimbabwe ZIM	ROM	AND	NZL	ETH	FAI	IBSA	HON	BOL	CYP	HKG	URU	NAM	ALB	JAM	25.5
	97		0.5	1.0	1.0	4.0	2.5	0.5	2.5	2.0	1.0	3.5	0.0	3.5	1.0	2.5	25.5
94	114	Sri Lanka SRI	SCO	PAR	TURB	JCI	MLT	SYR	LIE	BOT	UGA	KEN	ANG	BOL	MRI	SMR	25.5
	114		0.0	3.0	0.5	2.5	2.5	0.0	2.0	2.5	1.5	3.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.5	25.5
95	92	Uganda UGA	SVK	BOT	HON	GCI	PLE	CRC	LUX	MAS	SRI	YEM	MNC	AHO	LIE	ETH	25.5
	92		0.0	2.0	1.0	3.5	2.5	2.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	2.5	3.0	25.5
96	67	Albania ALB	ENG	URU	MNC	SLO	JAM	CYP	RSA	NOR	MAR	COL	LUX	IRL	ZIM	BAN	25.0
	67		0.5	2.5	3.5	1.0	2.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	2.5	0.0	3.0	0.0	25.0
97	85	Cyprus CYP	BRA	ESA	BAR	AZE	SUR	ALB	NOR	QAT	ZIM	IRL	JAM	KEN	PAR	NZL	25.0
	85		0.5	1.0	4.0	0.5	4.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	25.0
98	86	Bolivia BOL	SLO	ANG	URU	NZL	AUT	HKG	SIN	ZIM	ESA	PLE	BAR	SRI	WLS	BOT	25.0
	86		1.0	1.5	2.0	3.0	0.5	4.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.5	2.5	25.0
99	81	Yemen YEM	ESP	SEY	SIN	ECU	ANG	BRU	JAM	MGL	TURB	UGA	JPN	SYR	HON	AND	25.0
	81		0.0	4.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	25.0
100	109	Liechtenstein LIE	MYA	MAR	PAN	BOT	BER	UAE	SRI	AHO	GCI	BAR	MLT	MNC	UGA	SEY	25.0
	109		0.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	3.0	0.0	2.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	3.5	25.0
101	124	Barbados BAR	POR	SYR	CYP	MAC	BOT	MRI	ETH	KEN	PAR	LIE	BOL	SMR	RWA	HON	25.0
	124		0.5	1.0	0.0	2.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	3.0	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	4.0	2.5	25.0
102	89	Jamaica JAM	CUB	PAN	NOR	IRI	ALB	TURA	YEM	PLE	MAC	SUT	CYP	TURB	KEN	ZIM	24.5
	89		-	4.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	0.5	2.5	1.5	24.5
103	107	Kenya KEN	ITA	PER	MRI	URU	QAT	AHO	TUN	BAR	NAM	SRI	BER	CYP	JAM	MAC	24.5
	107		0.0	0.5	3.5	2.5	0.5	3.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	0.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	24.5
104	112	Surinam SUR	CAN	UAE	SMR	MLT	CYP	ETH	BER	JCI	PAN	JAM	AHO	PUR	TRI	MRI	24.5
	112		0.0	0.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	24.5
105	108	Honduras HON	VIE	TURB	UGA	FAI	ZAM	MNC	ZIM	PAN	PAK	TUN	PLE	ETH	YEM	BAR	24.0
	108		0.5	1.5	3.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.0	1.5	24.0
106	119	Botswana BOT	EGY	UGA	TUN	LIE	BAR	SEY	MAR	SRI	ETH	GCI	RSA	HKG	MLT	BOL	24.0
	119		0.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.0	0.5	1.5	1.0	4.0	0.5	2.5	2.5	1.5	24.0
107	103	Netherlands Antilles AHO	AUS	VEN	PNG	BRU	IRQ	KEN	NAM	LIE	MLT	MNC	SUR	UGA	LUX	PLE	24.0
	103		0.5	0.5	2.0	3.5	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.0	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	24.0
108	102	Palestine PLE	MDA	RWA	AND	MAS	UGA	NZL	MRI	JAM	SMR	BOL	HON	TRI	BRU	AHO	24.0
	102		0.0	3.5	2.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	2.5	1.5	2.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	3.5	2.0	24.0
109	104	Namibia NAM	KGZ	ARG	RWA	SYR	HKG	PNG	AHO	MLT	KEN	ISV	BRU	ZIM	BER	GCI	24.0
	104		0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	24.0
110	95	Malta MLT	IND	SMR	UAE	SUR	SRI	PAR	ANG	NAM	AHO	MAC	LIE	MRI	BOT	MNC	23.5
	95		0.0	3.5	0.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	3.0	1.0	3.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	23.5
111	96	Monaco MNC	EST	ISV	ALB	ESA	TUN	HON	PUR	SMR	BRU	AHO	UGA	LIE	AND	MLT	23.5
	96		0.0	3.0	0.5	2.5	1.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	0.5	2.0	23.5
112	110	Hong Kong HKG	SIN	IRQ	ZAM	SEY	NAM	BOL	PAN	PNG	MRI	ZIM	MAC	BOT	SMR	ISV	23.5
	110		1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.5	0.0	1.0	3.0	3.5	0.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	23.5
113	115	Mauritius MRI	TKM	PAK	KEN	SMR	PNG	BAR	PLE	BER	HKG	RWA	PAN	MLT	SRI	SUR	23.5
	115		0.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	0.5	4.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	1.5	23.5
114	106	Macau MAC	FRM	WLS	PAR	BAR	ETH	GCI	SMR	SEY	JAM	MLT	HKG	PAN	ISV	KEN	23.5
	106		0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.0	3.5	1.5	4.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	3.5	1.5	23.5
115	127	Ethiopia ETH		JPN	TRI	ZIM	MAC	SUR	BAR	ESA	BOT	PUR	JCI	HON	PAN	UGA	23.5
	127		2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	3.5	1.0	3.0	1.0	23.5
116	105	Jersey JCI	LTU	MAS	ISV	SRI	ESA	BER	TRI	SUR	SEY	PNG	ETH	RWA	GCI	BRU	23.5
	105		0.5	0.0	3.0	1.5	1.0	3.0	0.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	3.0	23.5
117	118	Panama PAN	IRL	JAM	LIE	ISV	URU	SMR	HKG	HON	SUR	SEY	MRI	MAC	ETH	RWA	23.5
	118		0.0	0.0	1.5	4.0	0.0	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	4.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	3.0	23.5
118	93	Trinidad & Tobago TRI	FRA	PNG	ETH	TKM	TURA	JPN	JCI	FAI	WLS	SMR	PAR	PLE	SUR	QAT	23.0
	93		0.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	4.0	0.5	0.0	4.0	0.0	3.0	2.5	0.0	23.0
119	121	San Marino SMR	MGL	MLT	SUR	MRI	ISV	PAN	MAC	MNC	PLE	TRI	RWA	BAR	HKG	SRI	22.5
	121		0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	3.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	1.5	0.0	4.0	2.5	2.5	0.5	22.5
120	123	Bermuda BER	AUT	QAT	GCI	RWA	LIE	JCI	SUR	MRI	ISL	BRU	KEN	SEY	NAM	PNG	20.5
	123		0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	20.5
121	125	Brunei Darussalam BRU	CRC	RSA	SEY	AHO	GCI	YEM	PNG	RWA	MNC	BER	NAM	ISV	PLE	JCI	20.0
	125		0.0	0.0	3.0	0.5	3.0	0.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	2.0	0.5	3.5	0.5	1.0	20.0
122	117	Seychelles SEY	FIN	YEM	BRU	HKG	RWA	BOT	ISV	MAC	JCI	PAN	GCI	BER	PNG	LIE	20.0
	117		0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	2.5	3.5	0.5	20.0
123	120	Papua New Guinea PNG	IRI	TRI	AHO	PUR	MRI	NAM	BRU	HKG	RWA	JCI	ISV	GCI	SEY	BER	19.5
	120		0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.5	1.0	3.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	19.5
124	113	Guernsey & Jersey GCI	AZE	IBSA	BER	UGA	BRU	MAC	RWA	ISV	LIE	BOT	SEY	PNG	JCI	NAM	18.5
	113		0.0	0.0	3.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.5	4.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	18.5
125	122	U.S. Virgin Isl. ISV	MEX	MNC	JCI	PAN	SMR	RWA	SEY	GCI	BER	NAM	PNG	BRU	MAC	HKG	13.5
	122		0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.5	0.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	13.5
126	129	Rwanda RWA	BEL	PLE	NAM	BER	SEY	ISV	GCI	BRU	PNG	MRI	SMR	JCI	BAR	PAN	7.5
	129		0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	7.5
127	83	Nicaragua NCA	BLR														0.0
	83		0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-							0.0
128	128	Mauritania MAU	ECU														0.0
	128		0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-							0.0
129	126	Djibouti DJI	BAN														0.0
	126		0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-							0.0
130	130	Nigeria NGR															0.0
	130		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-							0.0

Order	Rank	Women's Standing	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9	Round 10	Round 11	Round 12	Round 13	Round 14	Score
1	1	China CHN	BRA	ESP	YUG	NED	KAZ	GEO	MDA	VIE	RUS	UKR	CZE	GER	ROM	HUN	32.0
	1		3.0	3.0	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	3.0	3.0	1.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.5	1.5	32.0
2	2	Georgia GEO	FIN	IND	AZE	RUS	YUG	CHN	NED	CZE	ARM	ROM	UKR	HUN	KAZ	CUB	31.0
	2		3.0	1.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	3.0	31.0
3	3	Russia RUS	MEX	CRO	ENG	GEO	ROM	UKR	HUN	GRE	CHN	NED	YUG	ARM	POL	GER	28.5
	3		3.0	2.5	2.0	0.5	2.5	1.5	2.0	3.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.5	28.5
4	4	Ukraine UKR	KGZ	LAT	LTU	ARM	VIE	RUS	GRE	NED	BUL	CHN	GEO	ROM	YUG	ESP	27.0
	4		3.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	27.0
5	5	Yugoslavia YUG	FRM	EST	CHN	CZE	GEO	ENG	ARM	GER	SLO	HUN	RUS	NED	UKR	BUL	26.0
	5		3.0	3.0	1.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	26.0
6	16	Netherlands NED	POR	AUS	BUL	CHN	MDA	GRE	GEO	UKR	LTU	RUS	ESP	YUG	GER	ROM	25.5
	16		3.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	3.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	25.5
7	8	Hungary HUN	VEN	LTU	LAT	EST	MGL	POL	RUS	AUT	AZE	YUG	SVK	GEO	USA	CHN	25.0
	8		3.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	25.0
8	10	Germany GER	SCO	USA	RSA	TKM	AUS	ESP	POL	YUG	IND	MDA	AUT	CHN	NED	RUS	25.0
	10		2.5	0.0	2.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	25.0
9	12	England ENG	ALB	TKM	RUS	KAZ	UZB	YUG	VIE	ARM	LAT	IND	CUB	USA	GRE	BIH	25.0
	12		3.0	3.0	1.0	0.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	25.0
10	18	Armenia ARM	IRQ	AUT	UZB	UKR	ALB	USA	YUG	ENG	GEO	CZE	BUL	RUS	AZE	AUS	24.5
	18		3.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	3.0	2.5	2.0	3.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.5	24.5
11	11	Romania ROM	INA	AZE	COL	USA	RUS	CRO	BLR	EST	ISR	GEO	VIE	UKR	CHN	NED	24.5
	11		2.5	1.0	3.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	3.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	0.5	1.5	24.5
12	7	Moldova MDA	DEN	SWE	BAN	IND	NED	KAZ	CHN	BUL	FIN	GER	SUI	SVK	LAT	UZB	24.0
	7		1.5	2.0	3.0	2.5	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	2.5	24.0
13	24	India IND	IRL	GEO	MGL	MDA	BUL	SUI	AZE	POL	GER	ENG	LAT	BLR	VIE	LTU	24.0
	24		3.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	24.0
14	6	Poland POL	IBSA	GRE	DEN	LAT	BLR	HUN	GER	IND	CZE	LTU	BIH	BUL	RUS	SWE	24.0
	6		2.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	0.0	2.5	24.0
15	26	United States of America USA	ESA	GER	VIE	ROM	EST	ARM	MEX	BIH	VEN	FRA	GRE	ENG	HUN	KAZ	24.0
	26		2.5	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	24.0
16	13	Bulgaria BUL	CAN	SLO	NED	SWE	IND	VIE	FRA	MDA	UKR	AUT	ARM	POL	LIT	YUG	23.5
	13		3.0	2.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	23.5
17	20	Cuba CUB	BAN	BIH	FIN	MGL	IBSA	SVK	SWE	DEN	KAZ	VEN	ENG	VIE	CZE	GEO	23.5
	20		2.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.5	3.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.0	23.5
18	29	Latvia LAT	ISV	UKR	HUN	POL	DEN	BIH	POR	ECU	ENG	BLR	IND	AUT	MDA	VIE	23.5
	29		3.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	23.5
19	21	Kazakhstan KAZ	RSA	COL	CZE	ENG	CHN	MDA	VEN	NOR	CUB	BAN	SLO	ESP	GEO	USA	23.0
	21		3.0	2.5	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.5	1.0	23.0
20	14	Israel ISR	PHI	FRA	ECU	LTU	ESP	AUT	CZE	VEN	ROM	FRM	SWE	ALB	SLO	TKM	23.0
	14		2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	2.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	2.0	2.5	23.0
21	28	Azerbaijan AZE	JPN	ROM	GEO	PHI	NOR	LTU	IND	TKM	HUN	SVK	FRM	ECU	ARM	GRE	22.5
	28		2.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	1.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	22.5
22	19	Czech Republic CZE	MAS	SUI	KAZ	YUG	BIH	ECU	ISR	GEO	POL	ARM	CHN	AUS	CUB	PHI	22.5
	19		3.0	2.5	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.0	2.5	0.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	22.5
23	9	Vietnam VIE	WLS	ECU	USA	GRE	UKR	BUL	ENG	CHN	AUT	UZB	ROM	CUB	IND	LAT	22.5
	9		3.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	22.5
24	15	Belarus BLR	GUA	UZB	AUT	AUS	POL	VEN	ROM	MGL	GRE	LAT	CRO	IND	ESP	SVK	22.5
	15		3.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	22.5
25	23	Spain ESP	ITA	CHN	VEN	AUT	ISR	GER	EST	LTU	BIH	GRE	NED	KAZ	BLR	UKR	22.5
	23		3.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	22.5
26	22	Greece GRE	ISL	POL	SLO	VIE	SVK	NED	UKR	RUS	BLR	ESP	USA	SUI	ENG	AZE	22.5
	22		2.5	1.5	3.0	1.0	3.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.5	22.5
27	37	Australia AUS	NZL	NED	BIH	BLR	GER	MEX	ARG	IRI	ALB	FIN	LTU	CZE	BAN	ARM	22.5
	37		3.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.5	0.5	22.5
28	17	Slovakia SVK	NOR	MGL	INA	UZB	GRE	CUB	COL	SLO	WLS	AZE	HUN	MDA	SUI	BLR	22.5
	17		2.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	3.0	2.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	22.5
29	30	Estonia EST	ANG	YUG	ALB	HUN	USA	DEN	ESP	ROM	MGL	PHI	COL	ARG	BIH	FRA	22.5
	30		3.0	0.0	3.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	22.5
30	31	Lithuania LTU	BOT	HUN	UKR	ISR	BRA	AZE	UZB	ESP	NED	POL	AUS	PHI	BUL	IND	22.0
	31		3.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.5	22.0
31	36	Uzbekistan UZB	PUR	BLR	ARM	SVK	ENG	CAN	LTU	BRA	CRO	VIE	PHI	TKM	DEN	MDA	22.0
	36		3.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	0.5	22.0
32	27	Croatia CRO	IRI	RUS	NOR	KGZ	FRA	ROM	AUT	PHI	UZB	SCO	BLR	FRM	CAN	SUI	22.0
	27		3.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	2.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	22.0
33	40	Mongolia MGL	SYR	SVK	IND	CUB	HUN	FRA	ALB	BLR	EST	BIH	TURA	NOR	SWE	ARG	22.0
	40		2.5	2.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	22.0
34	45	Finland FIN	GEO	IRL	CUB	INA	TKM	SYR	IRI	POR	MDA	AUS	RSA	COL	MEX	SCO	22.0
	45		0.0	3.0	1.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	2.5	22.0
35	59	Portugal POR	NED	SIN	SWE	WLS	ITA	KGZ	LAT	FIN	TURB	TKM	FRA	TURA	ECU	AUT	22.0
	59		0.0	3.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	0.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	22.0
36	32	Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH	MAR	CUB	AUS	ARG	CZE	LAT	DEN	USA	ESP	MGL	POL	SWE	EST	ENG	21.5
	32		2.0	2.0	1.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	21.5
37	63	Bangladesh BAN	CUB	UAE	MDA	SCO	SLO	TURB	INA	MEX	MAS	KAZ	TKM	WLS	AUS	NOR	21.5
	63		1.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	3.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	0.5	2.0	21.5
38	38	Sweden SWE	UAE	MDA	POR	BUL	ARG	SCO	CUB	KGZ	NOR	ECU	ISR	BIH	MGL	POL	21.5
	38		2.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	0.5	21.5
39	25	France FRA	TURA	ISR	SCO	SUI	CRO	MGL	BUL	ARG	TKM	USA	POR	SLO	FRM	EST	21.5
	25		2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	21.5
40	57	Philippines PHI	ISR	TURA	IRI	AZE	WLS	SLO	MAS	CRO	MEX	EST	UZB	LTU	COL	CZE	21.5
	57		1.0	0.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	3.0	1.0	21.5
41	39	Austria AUT	ZAM	ARM	BLR	ESP	IRQ	ISR	CRO	HUN	VIE	BUL	GER	LAT	KGZ	POR	21.0
	39		3.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	3.0	1.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	1.0	21.0
42	50	Denmark DEN	MDA	TURB	POL	BRA	LAT	EST	BIH	CUB	ARG	SUI	IRI	VEN	UZB	ITA	21.0
	50		1.5	3.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	2.5	2.0	0.5	1.5	21.0
43	34	Turkmenistan TKM	CRC	ENG	CAN	GER	FIN	INA	ECU	AZE	FRA	POR	BAN	UZB	NOR	ISR	21.0
	34		3.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	21.0
44	41	Switzerland SUI	SRI	CZE	TURA	FRA	SCO	IND	FRM	ITA	KGZ	DEN	MDA	GRE	SVK	CRO	21.0
	41		3.0	0.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	21.0
45	33	Ecuador ECU	SIN	VIE	ISR	TURA	KGZ	CZE	TKM	LAT	MAC	SWE	MEX	AZE	POR	CAN	21.0
	33		3.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	21.0
46	35	Slovenia SLO	MAC	BUL	GRE	NOR	BAN	PHI	KGZ	SVK	YUG	BRA	KAZ	FRA	ISR	FRM	21.0
	35		3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.5	0.0	2.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	21.0
47	48	Former YUG Rep of Macedonia FRM	YUG	NZL	WLS	CAN	VEN	IRQ	SUI	COL	ECU	ISR	AZE	CRO	FRA	SLO	21.0
	48		0.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	2.0	1.0	3.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.5	21.0
48	66	Italy ITA	ESP	ARG	ISL	GUA	POR	PUR	BRA	SUI	IBSA	JPN	TURB	UAE	TURA	DEN	21.0
	66		0.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	0.5	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	1.5	21.0
49	51	Venezuela VEN	HUN	BOT	ESP	RSA	FRM	BLR	KAZ	ISR	USA	CUB	JPN	DEN	ARG	TURB	20.5
	51		0.0	3.0	0.5	2.5	2.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	20.5
50	47	Kyrgyzstan KGZ	UKR	PUR	IBSA	CRO	ECU	POR	SLO	SWE	SUI	ARG	WLS	ISL	AUT	IRI	20.5
	47		0.0	2.5	3.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	20.5
51	44	Argentina ARG		ITA	MAR	BIH	SWE	TURA	AUS	FRA	DEN	KGZ	BRA	EST	VEN	MGL	20.5
	44		-	2.0	3.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	20.5
52	49	IBSAA IBSA	POL	MAR	KGZ	JPN	CUB	NOR	SCO	GUA	ITA	TURA	INA	MEX	IRI	CRC	20.5
	49		0.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	20.5
53	70	Iran IRI	CRO	MEX	PHI	BOT	GUA	CRC	FIN	AUS	NZL	NOR	DEN	INA	IBSA	KGZ	20.5
	70		0.0	1.5	0.0	3.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.0	1.5	20.5
54	52	Wales WLS	VIE	ANG	FRM	POR	PHI	MAS	ISL	INA	SVK	TURB	KGZ	BAN	SYR	ESA	20.5
	52		0.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.5	20.5
55	54	Indonesia INA	ROM	ESA	SVK	FIN	MAS	TKM	BAN	WLS	JPN	ALB	IBSA	IRI	ISL	MEX	20.5
	54		0.5	3.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	20.5
56	60	Norway NOR	SVK	JPN	CRO	SLO	AZE	IBSA	CAN	KAZ	SWE	IRI	SCO	MGL	TKM	BAN	20.0
	60		0.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	20.0
57	43	Brazil BRA	CHN	SYR	MAS	DEN	LTU	COL	ITA	UZB	TURA	SLO	ARG	CRC	GUA	UAE	20.0
	43		0.0	3.0	2.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	20.0
58	53	Scotland SCO	GER	ISL	FRA	BAN	SUI	SWE	IBSA	TURA	CRC	CRO	NOR	MAS	ALB	FIN	20.0
	53		0.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	20.0
59	56	Canada CAN	BUL	MAC	TKM	FRM	UAE	UZB	NOR	MAR	SIN	COL	IRQ	JPN	CRO	ECU	20.0
	56		0.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.5	2.5	2.5	1.0	1.0	20.0
60	62	Malaysia MAS	CZE	YEM	BRA	COL	INA	WLS	PHI	NZL	BAN	CRC	ALB	SCO	UAE	IRQ	20.0
	62		0.0	3.0	0.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	0.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	20.0
61	67	Ireland IRL	IND	FIN	SYR	NZL	MAR	ISV	ZAM	IRQ	RSA	MEX	UAE	TURB	YEM	SRI	20.0
	67		0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	2.5	20.0
62	46	Mexico MEX	RUS	IRI	CRC	ZAM	TURA	AUS	USA	BAN	PHI	IRL	ECU	IBSA	FIN	INA	19.5
	46		0.0	1.5	1.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	19.5
63	68	Turkey A TURA	FRA	PHI	SUI	ECU	MEX	ARG	SYR	SCO	BRA	IBSA	MGL	POR	ITA	BOT	19.5
	68		1.0	2.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	2.0	19.5
64	71	U.A.Emirates UAE	SWE	BAN	ESA	SRI	CAN	RSA	IRQ	CRC	GUA	MAR	IRL	ITA	MAS	BRA	19.5
	71		1.0	0.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	19.5
65	79	Costa Rica CRC	TKM	GUA	MEX	IRQ	NZL	IRI	MAR	UAE	SCO	MAS	YEM	BRA	JPN	IBSA	19.5
	79		0.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	2.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.0	0.5	3.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	19.5
66	76	Japan JPN	AZE	NOR	NZL	IBSA	MAC	MAR	ANG	ISL	INA	ITA	VEN	CAN	CRC	ZAM	19.5
	76		0.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.5	3.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	3.0	19.5
67	84	Turkey B TURB		DEN	IRQ	ESA	1.5	BAN	BOT	SYR	POR	WLS	ITA	IRL	MAR	VEN	19.5
	84		1.5	0.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	2.5	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	19.5
68	42	Colombia COL	YEM	KAZ	ROM	MAS	SIN	BRA	SVK	FRM	SRI	CAN	EST	FIN	PHI	GUA	19.0
	42		3.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	3.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	19.0
69	55	Albania ALB	ENG	ISV	EST	PUR	ARM	GUA	MGL	ESA	AUS	INA	MAS	ISR	SCO	YEM	19.0
	55		0.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	3.0	19.0
70	58	Guatemala GUA	BLR	CRC	SRI	ITA	IRI	ALB	ESA	IBSA	UAE	ISL	ISV	MAR	BRA	COL	19.0
	58		0.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.5	19.0
71	64	South Africa RSA	KAZ	ZAM	GER	VEN	TURB	UAE	NZL	SRI	IRL	IRQ	FIN	ESA	SIN	ANG	18.5
	64		0.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	18.5
72	61	Iraq IRQ	ARM	SRI	TURB	CRC	AUT	FRM	UAE	IRL	PUR	RSA	CAN	SYR	MAC	MAS	18.5
	61		0.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	0.0	1.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	1.0	18.5
73	69	El Salvador ESA	USA	INA	UAE	TURB	SRI	ISL	GUA	ALB	BOT	MAC	PUR	RSA	NZL	WLS	18.5
	69		0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	18.5
74	73	New Zealand NZL	AUS	FRM	JPN	IRL	CRC	SIN	RSA	MAS	IRI	ANG	ISL	ISV	ESA	MAC	18.5
	73		0.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.5	2.5	18.5
75	80	Morocco MAR	BIH	IBSA	ARG	SYR	IRL	JPN	CRC	CAN	YEM	UAE	ZAM	GUA	TURB	ISV	18.5
	80		1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	3.0	1.0	2.5	1.0	0.0	3.0	18.5
76	72	Puerto Rico PUR	UZB	KGZ	ANG	ALB	ZAM	ITA	SRI	MAC	IRQ	SIN	ESA	BOT	ISV	SYR	18.5
	72		0.0	0.5	2.5	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.5	3.0	1.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	3.0	2.0	18.5
77	83	Syria SYR	MGL	BRA	IRL	MAR	ISL	FIN	TURA	TURB	ANG	YEM	SIN	IRQ	WLS	PUR	18.0
	83		0.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	18.0
78	65	Iceland ISL	GRE	SCO	ITA	YEM	SYR	ESA	WLS	JPN	ISV	GUA	NZL	KGZ	INA	SIN	18.0
	65		0.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	18.0
79	81	Singapore SIN	ECU	POR	BOT	ANG	COL	NZL	MAC	ZAM	CAN	PUR	SYR	YEM	RSA	ISL	18.0
	81		0.0	0.0	1.5	3.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	3.0	0.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	18.0
80	82	Sri Lanka SRI	SUI	IRQ	GUA	UAE	ESA	ANG	PUR	RSA	COL	ISV	BOT	MAC	ZAM	IRL	18.0
	82		0.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	3.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	0.5	18.0
81	74	Botswana BOT	LTU	VEN	SIN	IRI	YEM	MAC	TURB	ISV	ESA	ZAM	SRI	PUR	ANG	TURA	18.0
	74		0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	1.0	18.0
82	75	Angola ANG	EST	WLS	PUR	SIN	ISV	SRI	JPN	YEM	SYR	NZL	MAC	ZAM	BOT	RSA	14.5
	75		0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	3.0	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	14.5
83	86	Zambia ZAM	AUT	RSA	ISV	MEX	PUR	YEM	IRL	SIN	MAC	BOT	MAR	ANG	SRI	JPN	14.5
	86		0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	1.5	0.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	14.5
84	78	Macau MAC	SLO	CAN	YEM	ISV	JPN	BOT	SIN	PUR	ZAM	ESA	ANG	SRI	IRQ	NZL	10.5
	78		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	10.5
85	85	Yemen YEM	COL	MAS	MAC	ISL	BOT	ZAM	ISV	ANG	MAR	SYR	CRC	SIN	IRL	ALB	7.5
	85		0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	7.5
86	77	U.S. Virgin Isl. ISV	LAT	ALB	ZAM	MAC	ANG	IRL	YEM	BOT	ISL	SRI	GUA	NZL	PUR	MAR	2.5
	77		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5

Links:

Official internet coverage: http://www.istanbulchessolympiad.com/

Sam Sloan's Olympiad reports: http://www.samsloan.com/istanbul
Alexander Baburin's Istanbul diary: http://www.gmsquare.com/
Christopher Lutz´ diary from Istanbul: http://www.gm-schach.de/
Reports in Dutch by Ard van Beek: http://home.conceptsfa.nl/~schaakni
Reports in Dutch for the Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/
Austrian Wiener Zeitung coverage. Round by round games and results: http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/

3) 4th Cap d'Agde Festival

The 4th Cap d'Agde Festival took place 28th October - 4th November 2000. This rapidplay event was won by Mikhail Gurevich who beat Anatoly Karpov in the final. 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 are three games from the group phase missing and no games from the later knockout part of the event.

Internet coverage: http://www.asmeg.org/echecs/frame.htm

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Gp A Cap d'Agde FRA (FRA), 29-31 x 2000          cat. XV (2609)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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1. Karpov, Anatoly       g RUS 2699  * = 1 = = 1 = 1  5.0  2754 
2. Benjamin, Joel        g USA 2577  = * = 1 = 1 0 1  4.5  2715 
3. Tkachiev, Vladislav   g FRA 2657  0 = * = 1 1 1 =  4.5  2704 
4. Bacrot, Etienne       g FRA 2613  = 0 = * 1 = 1 1  4.5  2710 
5. Hamdouchi, Hichem     g MAR 2541  = = 0 0 * 1 1 1  4.0  2668 
6. Zhang Pengxiang       m CHN 2525  0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1  2.5  2519 
7. Tregubov, Pavel V     g RUS 2620  = 1 0 0 0 0 * =  2.0  2449 
8. Bologan, Viktor       g MDA 2641  0 0 = 0 0 0 = *  1.0  2295 
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Gp B Cap d'Agde FRA (FRA), 29-31 x 2000              cat. XV (2608)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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1. Dreev, Alexey             g RUS 2676  * = 1 0 = = = 1  4.0  2648 
2. Serper, Grigory           g USA 2574  = * = 1 = 0 1 =  4.0  2662 
3. Gurevich, Mikhail         g BEL 2667  0 = * = = 1 = 1  4.0  2649 
4. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter   g ROM 2592  1 0 = * 1 1 0 0  3.5  2610 
5. Dorfman, Josif D          g FRA 2600  = = = 0 * = 1 =  3.5  2609 
6. Zhang Zhong               g CHN 2636  = 1 0 0 = * = 1  3.5  2603 
7. Onischuk, Alexander       g UKR 2627  = 0 = 1 0 = * =  3.0  2555 
8. Campos Moreno, Javier B   m CHI 2491  0 = 0 1 = 0 = *  2.5  2522 
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1/4 finals

Benjamin, Joel            g USA 2577   = 0 
Gurevich, Mikhail         g BEL 2667   = 1 

Zhang Zhong               g CHN 2636   = =  0 0 
Karpov, Anatoly           g RUS 2699   = =  1 1 

Dreev, Alexey             g RUS 2676   = 1 
Tkachiev, Vladislav       g FRA 2657   = 0 

Bacrot, Etienne           g FRA 2613   = =   0 1   = =   0 
Serper, Grigory           g USA 2574   = =   1 0   = =   1 

Semi-final

Karpov, Anatoly           g RUS 2699   1 0   1 = 
Dreev, Alexey             g RUS 2676   0 1   0 = 

Gurevich, Mikhail         g BEL 2667   = =   1 1 
Serper, Grigory           g USA 2574   = =   0 0 

Final

Karpov, Anatoly           g RUS 2699   1 0   0 = 
Gurevich, Mikhail         g BEL 2667   0 1   1 =

4) I Magistral Salou Costa Daurada

The I Magistral Salou Costa Daurada took place in Salou Costa Daurada 16th-25th October 2000. Vladimir Georgiev and Igor Miladinovic finished 1st= with 6.5/9 in the main event. My thanks to Juan Sangés for the news.

The II Torneo Magistral Salou Costa Daurada, will take place 27 March - 7th April 2001. There will be 4 closed tournaments, 1 for GM norms, 1 for IM norms, 1 for Fide Elo (Scheveningen system) and 1 for Catalonian Elo.

Internet coverage: http://anas.worldonline.es/ortumsal/

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1st It A Salou ESP (ESP), 16-25 x 2000                          cat. X (2493)
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                                               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Georgiev, Vladimir             g BUL 2564  * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1  6.5  2650 
 2. Miladinovic, Igor              g GRE 2563  = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2650 
 3. Stefanova, Antoaneta           m BUL 2514  = = * = = = = 1 1 1  6.0  2615 
 4. Tyomkin, Dimitri               m ISR 2522  = = = * = = = 1 1 1  6.0  2614 
 5. Kogan, Artur                   g ISR 2504  0 = = = * 0 1 = 1 1  5.0  2534 
 6. Pogorelov, Ruslan              g UKR 2445  = 0 = = 1 * = 0 = 1  4.5  2498 
 7. Hamdouchi, Hichem              g MAR 2541  0 = = = 0 = * = = 1  4.0  2444 
 8. Oratovsky, Michael             m ISR 2486  = 0 0 0 = 1 = * = =  3.5  2413 
 9. Ivanov, Jordan                 m BUL 2461  0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1  2.5  2330 
10. Montell Lorenzo, Joan Carlos     ESP 2327  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 *  0.5  2067 
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1st It B Salou ESP (ESP), 16-25 x 2000
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                                                1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1. Plachkinova, Tatjana Georgieva     BUL 2171  ** 11 11 11 =1 =1  9.0  2495 
2. Fernandez Fuentes, Fco. Javier     ESP 2101  00 ** == == 1= 11  5.5  2179 
3. Gonzalez Freixas, Albert           ESP 2245  00 == ** == 1= 11  5.5  2150 
4. Moro Adame, Antonio                ESP 2133  00 == == ** == 11  5.0  2137 
5. Terreu Serra, Francesc             ESP 2169  =0 0= 0= == ** 11  4.5  2094 
6. Sanges,Juan                        ESP ----  =0 00 00 00 00 **  0.5  1693 
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5) Bastia Open

The 4th International open of Corsica took place in Bastia (2nd-5th November) with 450 000 F of prizes. There was a seven round swiss system event with the top 8 players going forward to a knockout event. The event was dominated by Viswanathan Anand who ran out easy winner and who drew only three games (two in the swiss system section and one against Chernin in the quarter finals).

Internet coverage: http://www.opencorsica.com

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Open de Corse Bastia FRA (FRA), 2-3 xi 2000
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 1. Anand, Viswanathan       g  IND 2762  6.0/7
 2. Onischuk, Alexander      g  UKR 2627  5.0
 3. Timoshenko, Georgy       g  UKR 2557  5.0 
 4. Djuric, Stefan           g  YUG 2472  4.5
 5. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  g  ROM 2592  4.5 
 6. Drazic, Sinisa           m  YUG 2508  4.5
 7. Lupu, Mircea-Sergiu      g  FRA 2443  4.5
 8. Chernin, Alexander       g  HUN 2572  4.5 

Quarter Finals

Anand       - Chernin       1/2 1-0
Djuric      - Nisipeanu     1/2 1-0
Timoshenko  - Drazic        0-1 1/2
Lupu        - Onischuk      1-0 0-1 1-0

Semi-Finals

Anand       - Djuric        1-0 1-0
Drazic      - Lupu          0-1 1-0 1-0

Finals

Anand       - Drazic        1-0 1-0

6) Alushta, Ukraine

There was an international tournament in Alushta, Ukraine 15th-27th October 2000. There was a three way tie in the event between Vadim Shishkin, Eldar Gasanov and Evgenij Miroshnichenko.

Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/alu00oct.htm

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It Alushta UKR (UKR), 15-27 x 2000                                cat. VIII (2446)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Shishkin, Vadim            m UKR 2415  * 1 = = 0 1 = = = 1 0 = 1 1  8.0  2535 
 2. Gasanov, Eldar               UKR 2389  0 * 1 = 1 0 = = = 1 1 = = 1  8.0  2537 
 3. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij    m UKR 2509  = 0 * 0 = = = 1 1 1 0 1 1 1  8.0  2528 
 4. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei       g UKR 2526  = = 1 * = = = = = = 1 = 0 =  7.0  2468 
 5. Alexandrova, Olga         wg UKR 2421  1 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 0 = 1 = 0  7.0  2476 
 6. Kovchan, Alexander         m UKR 2420  0 1 = = 0 * = = 1 0 1 = 1 =  7.0  2477 
 7. Itkis, Boris               m ROM 2384  = = = = = = * = = 0 = = = 1  6.5  2450 
 8. Kalygin, Sergey V          g RUS 2472  = = 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 = 0 = =  6.0  2415 
 9. Andreev, Eduard            m UKR 2433  = = 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1 1 = = =  6.0  2418 
10. Ragozin, Evgeni            m RUS 2489  0 0 0 = 1 1 1 0 0 * = 1 = =  6.0  2413 
11. Shalimov, Valery           m UKR 2406  1 0 1 0 = 0 = = 0 = * = = =  5.5  2392 
12. Zubarev, Alexander1        m UKR 2456  = = 0 = 0 = = 1 = 0 = * 1 0  5.5  2388 
13. Olenin, Nikolay            m RUS 2408  0 = 0 1 = 0 = = = = = 0 * 1  5.5  2391 
14. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav   g RUS 2516  0 0 0 = 1 = 0 = = = = 1 0 *  5.0  2353 
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7) First Saturday November

Laszlo Nagy reports: The main First Saturday event taking place in Budapest 4th-16th of November is an IM tournament. There is in addition an ELO event.

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FSIM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 xi 2000                  cat. I (2260)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1. Balogh, Csaba            HUN 2359  * = = . . 1 1 = . . = 1 = 1  6.5  2414 
 2. Vigorito, David        f USA 2314  = * 0 1 = . = = 1 . . . 1 1  6.0  2394 
 3. Philippe, Christophe     FRA 2306  = 1 * . = . 0 = . . = 1 1 1  6.0  2390 
 4. Dub, Zeev                ISR 2137  . 0 . * = 0 1 . 1 = 1 1 . 1  6.0  2379 
 5. Nemeth, Zoltan         m HUN 2308  . = = = * 1 . = = 1 1 0 . .  5.5  2343 
 6. Kanko, Ilkka           f FIN 2206  0 . . 1 0 * 1 . 1 0 . 0 1 1  5.0  2291 
 7. Logdahl, Harald          SWE 2265  0 = 1 0 . 0 * = 1 = 1 . . .  4.5  2278 
 8. Eperjesi, Laszlo       m HUN 2370  = = = . = . = * = . . 0 = 1  4.5  2272 
 9. Dudas, Janos           m HUN 2338  . 0 . 0 = 0 0 = * 1 1 1 . .  4.0  2212 
10. Resika, Nathan A         USA 2267  . . . = 0 1 = . 0 * 0 1 0 1  4.0  2182 
11. Rajlich, Vasik G         USA 2209  = . = 0 0 . 0 . 0 1 * . 1 1  4.0  2214 
12. Jamrich, Gyorgy          HUN 2225  0 . 0 0 1 1 . 1 0 0 . * 0 .  3.0  2150 
13. Bordas, Gyula            HUN 2186  = 0 0 . . 0 . = . 1 0 1 * 0  3.0  2142 
14. Vargyas, Zoltan          HUN 2154  0 0 0 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 0 . 1 *  1.0  1910 
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8) Manhattan Chess Club Club Championship

Manhattan Chess Club Club Championship by John Fernandez The Historic Manhattan Chess Club held its open championship November 3rd through the 5th at its new location, the New Yorker Hotel in New York City (also the site of the 1998 and 2000 New York Opens.) GM Leonid Yudasin won the event with a near flawless 4.5/5. Since GM Yudasin is not a club member, the next highest club members, Eric Cooke and Asa Hoffmann held a blitz playoff for the title. Despite having two winning positions, Hoffmann's speed was not at the level of Cooke's, and Cooke won the title by a 2-0 record. Yudasin's lone draw came at the hands of Rafal Furdzik's very nice combination in round 2. Mr. Furdzik had a fantastic tournament, drawing the GM (Yudasin) and being IM Jay Bonin and FM Asa Hoffmann, in addition to your reporter, before the devil took his deal back in round 5, when he lost to Cooke. The other, and even bigger story was Peter Sloan Aravena, fresh off the bus from his upstate New York College, pulling a score of 3 points and with it a 2262 FIDE performance. Having a final round pairing on board 1 against Leonid Yudasin would be daunting for most, but Peter happily trotted out the Latvian Gambit, which sadly was not enough for him to combat the very experienced and strong Grandmaster. His result, coupled with his earlier success at the Marshall Fall Futurity, will mean he should have a very high FIDE rating on the January 2001 list, FIDE ratings committee willing. While not very top-heavy (many time champ GM Joel Benjamin was playing in Cap D'Agde, and other events around the nation had other American GMs playing), a full 2/3 of the field was FIDE rated, and upsets abounded. Once again, Nick Conticello did a fantastic job running the event smoothly and without any disputes. To learn more about the Manhattan Chess Club, check out its website at http://www.manhattanchessclub.com/.

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Manhattan Chess Club Championship USA (USA), 3-5 xi 2000
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                                     1   2   3   4   5
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 1.Yudasin, Leonid            g  ISR 2571  +13 = 5 + 2 + 4 + 8   4.5 
 2.Privman, Boris                USA 2335  +17 +21 - 1 =   + 9   3.5 
 3.Hoffmann, Asa              f  USA 2290  =   + 9 - 5 +17 +13   3.5 
 4.Cooke, Eric                   USA 2275  = 8 +11 +19 - 1 + 5   3.5 
 5.Furdzik, Rafal                POL 2232  +16 = 1 + 3 + 6 - 4   3.5 
 6.Bonin, Jay R               m  USA 2407  =   =12 +21 - 5 +10   3.0 
 7.Cadman, Chuck                 USA 2217  =   =18 -15 +16 +14   3.0 
 8.Aravena, Peter Sloan          USA ----  = 4 =10 +12 +15 - 1   3.0 
 9.Treger, Effim                 USA 2207  +20 - 3 =13 +18 - 2   2.5  
10.Bierkens, Peter               USA 2126  =   = 8 +14 =   - 6   2.5 
11.Ross, Phillip E               USA 2107  =   - 4 =   +23 =12   2.5 
12.Schneider, Igor               USA ----  =   = 6 - 8 +20 =11   2.5 
13.Barsky, Sam                   USA ----  - 1 +16 = 9 +19 - 3   2.5 
14.Burrows, Brandon              USA 2119  =   =   -10 +21 - 7   2.0 
15.Frumkin, Edward               USA 2077  =   =22 + 7 - 8 ---   2.0 
16.Fernandez, John C             USA 2044  - 5 -13 +   - 7 +23   2.0 
17.Lank, James                   USA ----  - 2 +20 +22 - 3 ---   2.0 
18.Ross, Laura R                 USA ----  =   = 7 =   - 9 =21   2.0 
19.Polyakin, Vladimir            USA 2183  =   +24 - 4 -13 ---   1.5 
20.Farber, Nelson                USA ----  - 9 -17 +23 -12 =     1.5 
21.Robinson, Charu               USA ----  +23 - 2 - 6 -14 =18   1.5 
22.Kreitner, Ilan                USA 2073  =   =15 -17 --- ---   1.0 
23.Teli, Amit                    IND ----  -21 +   -20 -11 -16   1.0 
24.Cimafranca, Edgar             USA 2094  =   -19 --- --- ---   0.5
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9) 4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee

The 4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee took place October 28th-November 5th 2000. Alexander Nenashev, Igor Khenkin, Konstantin Landa, Simen Agdestein, Ildar Ibragimov, Vladimir Epishin, Eduardas Rozentalis, Viktor Gavrikov, Igor Glek, Gerald Hertneck, Eric Lobron, Valeri Beim, and Stefan Kindermann were in the field.

Thomas Leckner reports: Beginning in different languages Norbert Kerkel, district president in the Bad Wiessee area and protector of the 4th OIBM, welcomed the participants to Bad Wiessee during the opening ceremony. And this polyglot speech was a good idea for the nearly 100 foreign chess-players coming from 27 different countries to the lake Tegernsee. The event was sponsored by Bank Hofmann (Zurich, Switzerland).

Altogether 86 FIDE-title-holders competed to become the successor to Alexander Shabalov, the winner of last year's event. Some grandmasters had to cancel their participation in Bad Wiessee, because of the chess-olympiad in Istanbul, which was held at the same time. Nevertheless Bad Wiessee had a high-quality field with 26 grandmasters and two female grandmasters. And the number of participants was greater than ever before: 495 chess-players took part in Bad Wiessee 2000, 116 more than last year and the organisers had a lot of work due to the huge field. But again the chess-club of Tegernsee, lead by Horst and Thomas Leckner succeeded in holding a perfect tournament. All participants got a very good environment so they had an opportunity to play their best chess. The 4th OIBM was the largest open chess-tournament in Germany and also one of the largest in Europe.

The ELO-favorite was GM Alexander Nenashev (ELO: 2645) who got his German passport only some weeks ago. In round 3 Nenashev had to accept a draw against IM Martin Senff (ELO: 2369). There was even worse news for GM Igor Khenkin, he lost his game in round 3 against Janusch Koscielski (ELO: 2376). GM Lev Gutman (ELO: 2519) got off to a good start in the early rounds. He won one game after another and was the only grandmaster with 6/6. Even after round 7 he was leading the tournament after a draw against the Israeli GM Vitali Golod (ELO: 2590). But in round 8 Gutman had to play against GM Konstantin Lerner (ELO: 2574) from the Ukraine. Early in the game Lerner sacrificed the exchange for two pawns and so it was clear, that Lerner would not be satisfied with draw. And indeed he ground down Gutman in an interesting game. At the same time GM Gerald Hertneck (ELO: 2541) succeeded in winning a fantastic game against Vitali Golod. And also Nenashev was up again, after some lucky wins against GM Viktor Gavrikov (ELO: 2535) and IM Pawel Jaracz (ELO: 2496). So three grandmasters had 7 points going into the last round. Everything was unclear, especially as there were also 12 players with 6½ points. So the spectators were really surprised, when in the last round Lerner made a quick draw against Nenashev.

But Nenashev was lucky again. Hertneck could not win against Khenkin and as a result again a chess-player named Alexander won the event: Alexander Nenashev with only a half buchholz point advantage over the rest of the field.

Also the fight for the prize of best female was very interesting. WGM Maia Lomineishvili (ELO: 2412) from Georgia had to compete against WIM Nora Medvegy (ELO: 2339) from Hungary and against the German WGM Oksana Sarana (ELO: 2237). Only Sarana made a mistake in the last round, but Lomineishvili and Medvegy reached 6½ points. The prize for the best senior was given to Werner Szenetra (ELO: 2193).

Actually FM Fabian Doettling (ELO: 2475) was the best youth-player U20. But of course he preferred getting the prize for 6th place! So IM Dimitrij Bunzmann (ELO: 2484) got the trophy for the best youth-player. The only 14 year old IM Andrei Volokitin (ELO: 2488, Ukraine) also scored 7 points. Rating-prizes were given to Martin Senff (rating<2400), Aleksandar Kaminik (rating<2200), Moritz Richter (rating<2000), Georg Meier (rating<1800) und Marco Baldauf (rating<1600).

At the closing ceremony on November 5th Egidio Parigi from Bank Hofmann presented the trophies. Before he thanked the chess-club of Tegernsee for the good organisation. His special thank was to Leckner family who managed to organise this great event again. Mr. Parigi was not sure, if Bank Hofmann will sponsor again next year but he pointed out, that the tournament is something very special in his eyes. And he made clear, that this tournament should be held again next year.

More details: http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2000

Final Standings 4th Offene Internationale Bayerische 
Schach Meisterschaft
Bad Wiessee, 28 October 2000-05th November 2000

Pl Name                      ELO  Ti  NAT Pt  BH G
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 1 Nenashev,Alexander        2645 GM  UZB 7½  51,0
 2 Hertneck,Gerald           2541 GM  GER 7½  50,5
 3 Lerner,Konstantin         2574 GM  UKR 7½  50,0
 3 Ekstroem,Roland           2487 IM  SUI 7½  50,0
 5 Golod,Vitali              2590 GM  ISR 7   52,5
 5 Döttling,Fabian           2475 FM  GER 7   52,5
 7 Gutman,Lev                2519 GM  GER 7   52,0
 8 Kindermann,Stefan         2519 GM  GER 7   51,5
 9 Landa,Konstantin          2610 GM  RUS 7   50,5
 9 Epishin,Vladimir          2559 GM  GER 7   50,5
11 Ibragimov,Ildar           2559 GM  RUS 7   50,0
11 Gavrikov,Viktor           2535 GM  LTU 7   50,0
13 Gyimesi,Zoltan            2539 GM  HUN 7   49,0
13 Kalinitschew,Sergey       2495 GM  GER 7   49,0
15 Glek,Igor                 2553 GM  GER 7   48,5
15 Naumann,Alexander         2492 IM  GER 7   48,5
15 Rabiega,Robert            2486 IM  GER 7   48,5
15 Bunzmann,Dimitrij         2484 IM  GER 7   48,5
19 Khenkin,Igor              2633 GM  GER 7   48,0
19 Rozentalis,Eduardas       2593 GM  LTU 7   48,0
21 Beim,Valeri               2528 GM  ISR 7   47,5
22 Volokitin,Andrei          2488 IM  UKR 7   46,5
23 Agdestein,Simen           2588 GM  NOR 7   46,0
24 Farago,Ivan               2493 GM  HUN 7   43,5
25 Grund,Holger              2475     GER 6½  50,5
26 Jaracz,Pawel              2496 IM  POL 6½  50,0
27 Mikhalevski,Victor        2532 GM  ISR 6½  49,0
27 Meduna,Eduard             2485 GM  CZE 6½  49,0
27 Fröhlich,Peter            2439 FM  GER 6½  49,0
30 Senff,Martin              2369 IM  GER 6½  47,5
31 Lau,Ralf                  2513 GM  GER 6½  47,0
31 Schlecht,Daniel           2348     GER 6½  47,0
31 Reuß,Andreas              2268     GER 6½  47,0
34 Spiess,Gunter             2398 FM  GER 6½  46,0
34 Lomineishvili,Maia        2412 WGM GEO 6½  46,0
36 Gawehns,Klaus             2370 FM  GER 6½  45,0
37 Reefschläger,Helmut,Dr.   2357 IM  GER 6½  44,5
37 Medvegy,Nora              2339 WIM HUN 6½  44,5
39 Muse,Mladen               2476 IM  GER 6½  43,5
40 Klundt,Klaus              2363 IM  GER 6½  43,0
40 Menacher,Manfred          2318 FM  GER 6½  43,0
42 Kummerow,Heiko            2313 FM  GER 6½  42,0
42 Schütte,Manfred           2265     GER 6½  42,0
44 Forchert,Martin           2336 FM  GER 6½  41,5
45 Prusikin,Michael          2460 IM  GER 6   51,0
46 Schmidt,Bodo              2368 FM  GER 6   49,0
47 Renner,Christoph          2429 IM  GER 6   48,5
48 Buchal,Stephan            2335 FM  GER 6   48,0
48 Wippermann,Till           2306     GER 6   48,0
50 Pezerovic,Edin            2426 FM  BIH 6   47,0
495 players

10) Arco Open

Lanfranco Bombelli reports: The Arco Chess Festival took place October 21st-29th 2000 in Italy. 175 players completed, a record, including many Grandmasters.

The winner was Vladimir Tukmakov who scored 7/9 half a point clear of the rest of the field.

Internet coverage: http://www.infcom.it/fsi

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22nd Arco Open ITA (ITA), 21-29 x 2000
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 1. Tukmakov, Vladimir B     g  UKR 2582  7.0  2589 
 2. Bagaturov, Giorgi        g  GEO 2501  6.5  2582 
 3. Slobodjan, Roman         g  GER 2539  6.5  2552 
 4. Inkiov, Ventzislav       g  BUL 2416  6.5  2528 
 5. Gofshtein, Leonid D      g  ISR 2561  6.5  2511 
 6. Djuric, Stefan           g  YUG 2472  6.5  2474 
 7. Drasko, Milan            g  YUG 2485  6.0  2512 
 8. McShane, Luke J          m  ENG 2480  6.0  2519 
 9. Krivoshey, Sergei        m  UKR 2429  6.0  2468 
10. Lazarev, Vladimir        m  RUS 2478  6.0  2370 
11. Piankov, Evgenij         m  UKR 2365  6.0  2366 
12. Tomescu, Vlad            m  ROM 2432  5.5  2460 
13. Konopka, Michal          m  CZE 2453  4.5  2448 
14. Rotstein, Arkadij        g  GER 2492  5.5  2381 
15. Dittmar, Peter           f  GER 2364  5.5  2364 
16. Rigo, Janos              m  HUN 2322  5.5  2349 
17. Roos, Michael               GER 2244  5.5  2302 
18. Cocchi, Andrea              ITA 2261  5.5  2304 
19. Jens, Jelmer                NED 2280  5.5  2272 
20. Valenti, Giuseppe           ITA 2195  5.5  2348 
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67 players

11) Peter-Heine Nielsen vs Denmark/World

Danish chess grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen has challenged the chess players of the world at Politiken's web site. The game opened with the grandmasters first move on 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

Søren Søgaard reports: The "World" is fighting! With the move 20...e5 that won with 12 votes over 20...Bd7 the "World" is fighting for the initiative, and the outcome of the game is very open. It will be interesting to see if GM Peter Heine Nielsen will fight for the initiative with 21.Nxb5 or play a more quite move. The first part of the game has being played at a very high level, both by the "World" and GM Peter Heine Nielsen who chose a very complicated variation in the opening.

The game so far (Total votes / The chosen move): 1. e4 c5 (397/159) 2. Nf3 d6 (335/136) 3. d4 cxd4 (273/219) 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (353/235) 5. Nc3 a6 (434/166) 6. Bc4 e6 (293/183) 7. Bb3 Nbd7 (326/112) 8. f4 Nc5 (312/196) 9. e5 dxe5 (355/175) 10. fxe5 Nfd7 (334/238) 11 .Bf4 b5 (286/198) 12. Qg4 h5 (281/183) 13. Qg3 h4 (292/213) 14. Qg4 Nf6 (330/126) 15. exf6 Qxd4 (300/269) 16. fxg7 Qxg7 (312/226) 17. Qe2 Be7 (318/238) 18. Be5 f6 (266/163) 19. Bd4 Nxb3 (320/263) 20. axb3 e5 (284/101) continues.

12) NATO Championships

The 11th NATO championships took place in Leopoldsburg, Belgium October 23rd-27th 2000 and saw Germany win for the 8th time. My thanks to Adolivio Capece.

Further information: http://www.geocities.com/limliga/

Final individual ranking
    Name                   Rating  Team    Pts Buch  MB   Res Lot
 1. Döttling Fabian          2473  GER     6.5 29.0 21.0  0.0 720
 2. Mensch Etienne           2302  FRA     5.5 31.0 22.0  0.0 377
 3. Helbig Mark              2244  GER     5.5 30.5 22.0  0.0 331
 4. Petersen Jacob           2160  DEN     5.5 27.0 21.0  0.0 953
 5. Benedetti Fabrizio       2238  ITA     5.0 30.5 22.5  0.0 283
 6. Corvi Marco              2319  ITA     5.0 30.5 21.0  0.0 124
 7. Dreesen Jan              2119  GER     5.0 27.0 19.5  0.0 927
 8. Toumaniantz Rouslan      2162  FRA     5.0 27.0 19.0  0.0 267
 9. Deleyn Gunter            2209  BEL     4.5 33.0 23.0  0.0 912
10. Sirch Franz              2215  GER     4.5 29.5 22.0  0.0 935
11. Neubauer Andreas         2078  GER     4.5 28.5 20.5  0.0  75
12. Hortillosa Andres        1900  USA     4.5 28.0 20.0  0.0 659
13. Alaslar Devrim           2006  TUR     4.5 27.5 20.5  0.0 511
14. Bärwinkel Tobias         2160  GER     4.5 27.5 19.5  0.0 200
15. Hammond Andrew           2213  ENG     4.5 25.5 18.0  0.0 140
16. Van Zandwijk Jan Peter   2264  NED     4.5 24.5 17.5  0.0 516
17. Nisli Kemal              1934  TUR     4.5 23.0 17.5  0.0 213
18. Wantiez Fabrice          2244  BEL     4.0 31.5 23.0  0.0 677
19. Avan Ugur                1854  NATO    4.0 29.5 21.0  0.0 464
20. Delforge Guy             2173  BEL     4.0 29.5 20.5  0.0 810
21. Baudin Frédéric          2168  FRA     4.0 27.5 20.0  0.0 554
22. Tommasini Enzo           2086  ITA     4.0 23.5 16.5  0.0 330
23. Zengin Sedat             1926  TUR     4.0 22.0 15.5  0.0   1
24. Cheung Jan W.            1896  NED     4.0 21.5 15.0  0.0 437
25. Hater David              2000  USA     4.0 20.0 15.0  0.0 472
26. De Cat Ben               2068  BEL     3.5 27.5 20.5  0.0 500
27. Tia Rudy                 2218  USA     3.5 27.5 18.0  0.0 549
28. Nielsen Jan Mose         2030  DEN     3.5 25.5 18.5  0.0  86
29. Gooris Jan               2088  BEL     3.5 25.5 17.0  0.0 145
30. Cadiou Jacques           2010  FRA     3.5 24.0 17.5  0.0 286
31. Crapulli Giuseppe        1910  ITA     3.5 24.0 17.0  0.0 887
32. Falbo Alessandro         2078  ITA     3.5 23.5 16.0  0.0 121
33. Okay Koray               2010  TUR     3.5 23.0 16.5  0.0 256
34. Nielsen Henrik           2024  DEN     3.5 23.0 16.0  0.0 960
35. Steffers Hendrik         1933  NATO    3.5 22.0 14.5  0.0 605
36. De Waard Marco E.V.      1987  NED     3.5 21.5 15.0  0.0 270
37. Bagci Hikmet             1864  TUR     3.5 21.5 14.5  0.0 560
38. Wagenaar Harm Theo       1838  NED     3.5 18.5 13.5  0.0 731
39. Koopmeiners Karl         1961  NATO    3.0 27.0 19.5  0.0 519
40. Mc Innes Neil            1840  ENG     3.0 26.5 19.0  0.0  59
41. Kocur Marc               1876  NATO    3.0 22.5 15.5  0.0 523
42. Dekker Ard. E.           1883  NED     3.0 21.0 15.0  0.0 483
43. Berrak Sedat             1978  TUR     3.0 21.0 14.0  0.0 164
44. Mc Aleer Jeffrey         1854  USA     3.0 19.0 11.5  0.0 312
45. Parnet Arnaud            2030  FRA     3.0 17.5 13.0  0.0 397
46. Costales Charles         1930  USA     2.5 29.0 21.0  0.0 872
47. Maes Patrick             2085  BEL     2.5 26.0 18.5  0.0 756
48. Molin Fabio              1800  NATO    2.5 25.5 19.0  0.0 490
49. Nielsen Niels Kristian   1959  DEN     2.5 25.5 16.5  0.0 515
50. Parisse Denis            1940  FRA     2.5 23.0 16.5  0.5 236
51. Emmins Karl              1600  ENG     2.5 23.0 16.5  0.5 154
52. Foulds Andrew            1705  ENG     2.5 21.5 15.5  0.0 950
53. Den Besten Jan W.        1770  NATO    2.5 21.0 15.5  0.0  27
54. Morrison Munroe          1680  ENG     2.5 20.0 13.5  0.0  28
55. Engelen Johan H.H.M.     1894  NED     2.5 19.5 13.5  0.0  37
56. Kermeen Robert           1840  ENG     2.5 19.5 13.0  0.0 328
57. Mosteller Randy          1821  USA     2.5 17.5 13.0  0.0 868
58. Perisic Rajko            1800  DEN     2.0 23.5 16.0  0.0 714
59. Carreau Pascal           1800  NATO    2.0 22.5 16.0  0.0 388
60. Cappon Kaan              1736  NATO    2.0 21.5 15.5  0.0   4
61. Tarantino Silvio         1758  ITA     2.0 21.0 15.5  0.0 239
62. Stuhr Finn               1643  DEN     2.0 16.0 11.5  0.0 517
63. O'Neill Steve            1248  NATO    1.0 22.0 16.0  0.0 392

Team Standings:
    Team            TOP4 Buchz MBuc TOP5 TOP6 
 1. Germany         21,5 100,0 72,5 26,0 30,5 
 2. France          18,0  99,5 71,0 21,0 23,5 
 3. Italy           17,5  96,5 69,5 21,0 23,0 
 4. Turkey          16,5  84,5 62,5 20,0 23,0 
 5. Belgium         16,0 106,5 76,0 19,5 22,0 
 6. The Netherlands 15,5  76,5 54,0 18,5 21,0 
 7. Denmark         15,0  84,0 59,5 17,0 19,0 
 8. USA             15,0  84,0 58,5 17,5 20,0 
 9. NATO            13,5  84,5 60,0 16,0 18,5 
10. United Kingdom  12,5  84,5 61,0 15,0 17,5

13) L'Etang Salé

Tony Kosten reports: There was a small tournament played at L'Etang-Salé, played on the island of Reunion, in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Maurice. This was the 3rd L'Etang-Salé tournament, two GMs played and Claude Adrian scored an IM norm.

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3rd Open Etang Sale FRA (FRA), 28 x-5 xi 2000
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 1. Kosten, Anthony C          g  ENG 2524  8.0
 2. Adrian, Claude             f  FRA 2407  7.5
 3. Marciano, David            g  FRA 2522  7.0
 4. Stromer, Alexander            GER 2263  7.0
 5. Bonnet, Edouard1              FRA 2201  6.5
 6. Bourquin, Stephane            FRA 2257  6.0
 7. Goldenberg, Richard        f  FRA 2274  6.0
 8. Bergez, Luc                m  FRA 2413  6.0
 9. Roblet, Charles               FRA 2128  6.0
10. Hertzog, Walter               FRA 2090  6.0
11. Alfonsi, Jean-Francois        FRA 2065  6.0
12. Tesan,Mickael                 FRA ----  6.0
13. Gretry,Patrice                FRA ----  6.0
14. Benke,Martin                  FRA ----  6.0
69 players

14) 8th Loures Masters

Luís Santos reports: The 8th Loures tournament takes place 7th-17th November 2000. The event is a Category II round robin. There is a four way tie for the lead between Ikonnikov, Vassallo, Damaso and Del Rio Angelis. Vitor Antonio has withdrawn and his games are cancelled.

Internet coverage: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/index.htm#8lrs

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8th Loures Young Masters POR (POR), 7-17 xi 2000                  cat. II (2276)
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                                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav         g RUS 2548  * . . = . 1 1 . . . 1 .  3.5  2668 
 2. Vassallo, Mauricio              ARG 2431  . * = . . . 1 1 . 1 . .  3.5  2564 
 3. Damaso, Rui                   m POR 2386  . = * . . . . 1 1 . . 1  3.5  2493 
 4. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G   m ESP 2467  = . . * . . . . 1 . 1 1  3.5  2547 
 5. Vitor, Antonio                f POR 2302  . . . . * . . 0 . 1 1 .  2.0  2271 
 6. Teran Alvarez, Ismael         f ESP 2347  0 . . . . * . . . . 1 1  2.0  2378 
 7. Leonardo, Joao                f POR 2301  0 0 . . . . * . 1 . . 1  2.0  2266 
 8. Peixoto, Antonio                POR 2113  . 0 0 . 1 . . * . = . .  1.5  2221 
 9. Conceicao, Paulo                POR 2086  . . 0 0 . . 0 . * 1 . .  1.0  2123 
10. Costa, Fernando J.M             POR 2113  . 0 . . 0 . . = 0 * . .  0.5  1911 
11. Pinho, Paulo                    POR 2213  0 . . 0 0 0 . . . . * .  0.0       
12. Nunes, Andre                    POR ----  . . 0 0 . 0 0 . . . . *  0.0       
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15) Kramnik interview and simul

Kramnik and Lautier gave interesting interviews to the French TV station TF1. There is a French transcript of the most interesting parts but the interview with Kramnik is mostly in English in real audio.

Link: http://www.tf1.fr/vod/echec/kramnik/index.htm

He also gave a simul on Saturday in the Senat against personalities, journalists and Marie Sebag (14 years old) the all category French women's champion. Kramnik scored +17 =2 -1, Marie scrapped a draw and Kramnik conceeded the draw to the last-to-finish, the French singer Guy Beart (father of actress Emmanuelle Beart) in a hopeless ending N + 2p vs N. Out of the 20 boards, Kramnik had 10 Whites and 10 Blacks and lost to the journalist of French daily "Liberation", Gerard Desportes.

16) Groningen Press Release

NL - Groningen, November 1, 2000 Press release

Groningen to organize the European Chess Championship in 2001 It is almost certain that the 2001 European Championship will be held in Groningen. This week the European Chess Union (ECU) informed Mr. Johan Zwanepol that it has selected Groningen as the venue of this important tournament.

For the Chess Foundation Groningen (SSG) this is an important boost. However, to secure the tournament financially, SSG has decided to cancel this year's traditional Groningen Christmas Festival.

Although SSG has contacts with several candidate-sponsors, it is by now too late to complete the organization of this large scale event. The decision to cancel the 2000 tournament implies that there will be a one-year break in a long tradition. Starting in 1963 Groningen has organized a strong international chess tournament every year.

The European Chess Championship has recently been added to the international calendar. The inaugural tournament was held in July 200 in Saint-Vincent, Italy. It attracted many European top players and it is expected that a substantially higher number will play in Groningen next year.

Together with this international top event in December 2001, the continuation of the traditional Groningen chess festival is guaranteed once again.

17) Chigorin Memorial

The VIII "Chigorin Memorial" took place October 31st - November 10th, 2000. The 9 round Swiss system event had a large entry which included GMs Lastin (2633), Dolmatov (2600), Najer (2590) Balashov (2590) with an entry of 235 participants in total. There were six players on 7/9 Valerij Filippov (who won with the best tie-break score), Evgeniy Najer, Alexey Korotylev, Petr Kiriakov, Maxim Sorokin and Alexei Eliseev.

Coverage at http://www.gmchess.com (Grandmaster Chess - Khalifman's website) and http://www.totalchess.spb.ru (new website of St. Pb. Chess Federation)

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Chigorin Memorial St. Petersburg RUS (RUS), 31 x-10 xi 2000
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  1. Filippov, Valerij           g  RUS 2593 53.0 39.75 37.5 +0.97  7.0  2696 
  2. Najer, Evgeniy              g  RUS 2597 53.0 40.00 38.0 +1.06  7.0  2690 
  3. Korotylev, Alexey           m  RUS 2528 53.0 39.50 39.5 +1.87  7.0  2705 
  4. Kiriakov, Petr              g  RUS 2525 47.5 36.25 35.0 +1.42  7.0  2641 
  5. Sorokin, Maxim              g  ARG 2541 47.0 34.50 35.5 +1.51  7.0  2662 
  6. Eliseev, Alexei                RUS 2386 46.5 35.50 34.5 +3.31  7.0  2704 
  7. Turov, Maxim                g  RUS 2539 52.5 36.00 37.5 +1.10  6.5  2606 
  8. Ulko, Jaroslav              m  RUS 2456 50.5 35.50 36.5 +2.18  6.5  2636 
  9. Aseev, Konstantin N         g  RUS 2554 48.5 33.00 31.0 +0.20  6.5  2591 
 10. Kuporosov, Viktor           m  RUS 2456 48.5 33.50 33.5 +1.82  6.5  2583 
 11. Fominyh, Alexander          g  RUS 2594 48.0 33.00 33.0 +0.11  6.5  2592 
 12. Lastin, Alexander           g  RUS 2580 44.5 31.50 32.5 -0.16  6.5  2608 
 13. Dvoirys, Semen I            g  RUS 2562 44.5 32.00 30.5 +0.38  6.5  2581 
 14. Yevseev, Denis              m  RUS 2516 44.0 31.00 32.5 +0.74  6.5  2555 
 15. Kruppa, Yuri                g  UKR 2582 43.5 30.00 31.5 +0.29  6.5  2589 
 16. Dzhakaev, D                    RUS 2403 43.5 30.75 32.5 +2.81  6.5  2637 
 17. Brodsky, Michail            g  UKR 2532 41.0 29.75 30.0 +0.20  6.5  2542 
 18. Dolmatov, Sergey            g  RUS 2608 48.0 32.25 29.5 -0.57  6.0  2542 
 19. Motylev, Alexander          m  RUS 2574 47.0 30.75 31.5 -0.21  6.0  2562 
 20. Eljanov, Pavel              m  UKR 2487 47.0 29.50 32.0 +0.42  6.0  2528 
 21. Fedorchuk, Sergey A         m  UKR 2408 46.5 29.75 29.0 +2.49  6.0  2617 
 22. Neverov, Valeriy            g  UKR 2547 46.0 29.50 30.0 -0.21  6.0  2540 
 23. Yemelin, Vasily             g  RUS 2510 46.0 29.25 31.5 +0.42  6.0  2544 
 24. Balashov, Yuri S            g  RUS 2575 44.5 30.00 28.5 -0.57  6.0  2527 
 25. Rychagov, Andrey            m  RUS 2510 44.5 27.75 33.0 +0.42  6.0  2541 
 26. Sivokho, Sergey                RUS 2469 44.5 27.50 30.0 +0.87  6.0  2551 
 27. Grebionkin, Vladimir        f  RUS 2438 44.5 27.00 29.0 +0.42  6.0  2486 
 28. Virovlansky, Semen          f  RUS 2431 44.5 26.50 28.0 +1.14  6.0  2515 
 29. Potkin, Vladimir            m  RUS 2420 44.5 27.75 29.0 +2.04  6.0  2586 
 30. Firman, Nazar                  UKR 2361 44.5 26.00 29.0 +2.67  6.0  2575 
 31. Moiseenko, Alexander        g  UKR 2582 43.5 29.00 28.0 -0.84  6.0  2488 
 32. Makarov, Marat              g  RUS 2515 43.5 27.50 29.5 -0.12  6.0  2513 
 33. Goloshchapov, Alexander     g  UKR 2526 43.5 27.25 29.5 +0.24  6.0  2537 
 34. Sveshnikov, Evgeny          g  RUS 2555 42.5 26.75 29.5 -0.39  6.0  2536 
 35. Chuprov, Dmitry             m  RUS 2424 41.0 27.50 28.5 -0.30  6.0  2427 
 36. Vaulin, Alexander           g  RUS 2552 37.0 24.25 26.0 -0.57  6.0  2495 
 37. Burmakin, Vladimir          g  RUS 2538 53.0 31.00 31.5 -0.08  5.5  2492 
 38. Sherbakov, Ruslan           g  RUS 2558 50.5 27.25 36.0 -0.17  5.5  2545 
 39. Klimov, Sergey              m  RUS 2435 50.0 27.75 30.5 +0.55  5.5  2480 
 40. Yuferov, Sergey N           m  RUS 2436 49.0 25.50 31.5 +1.27  5.5  2529 
 41. Smikovski, Ivan             m  RUS 2489 48.5 28.00 32.0 +0.01  5.5  2496 
 42. Tseitlin, Mark D            g  ISR 2445 47.5 27.00 30.0 +0.82  5.5  2508 
 43. Kokarev, Dmitry             m  RUS 2467 46.5 26.00 30.0 +0.01  5.5  2465 
 44. Ovod, Evgenija              wm RUS 2263 45.5 27.75 27.5 +2.89  5.5  2494 
 45. Popov, Valerij              g  RUS 2557 45.0 26.50 31.0 -0.62  5.5  2505 
 46. Zhelnin, Vladimir V         m  RUS 2462 45.0 24.25 32.0 +0.55  5.5  2503 
 47. Nadyrhanov, Sergey          g  RUS 2532 44.5 26.75 28.0 -0.71  5.5  2470 
 48. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny        m  RUS 2544 44.0 24.75 26.5 -0.98  5.5  2459 
 49. Shchukin, Dmitry               RUS 2373 44.0 24.25 26.5 +1.27  5.5  2474 
 50. Malaniuk, Vladimir P        g  UKR 2548 43.5 24.75 27.0 -1.07  5.5  2450 
 51. Kuzmin, Gennadi P           g  UKR 2528 43.5 25.00 31.5 -0.80  5.5  2475 
 52. Kosteniuk, Alexandra        m  RUS 2398 43.5 26.00 28.0 +1.46  5.5  2502 
 53. Alekseev, Evgeny               RUS 2497 42.5 24.75 28.5 -0.62  5.5  2453 
 54. Obukhov, Alexander          m  RUS 2425 42.5 23.25 27.5 +0.10  5.5  2430 
 55. Arakelov, I                    RUS 2347 42.5 22.75 24.0 +1.36  5.5  2436 
 56. Farakhov, Rafail               RUS 2288 42.5 25.50 25.5 +1.90  5.5  2419 
 57. Vokarev, Sergey             m  RUS 2469 42.0 24.00 29.5 -0.17  5.5  2448 
 58. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav    g  RUS 2516 42.0 25.00 26.0 -0.53  5.5  2412 
 59. Yagupov, Igor               m  RUS 2460 41.5 23.25 26.0 -0.35  5.5  2405 
 60. Potapov, Alexander          m  RUS 2483 41.0 23.00 27.5 -0.53  5.5  2430 
 61. Nureev, G                   m  RUS 2421 41.0 19.75 30.0 +0.10  5.5  2453 
 62. Karasev, Vladimir I         m  RUS 2358 40.5 20.75 25.0 +0.46  5.5  2425 
 63. Poluljahov, Aleksandr       g  RUS 2543 39.0 23.00 25.5 -1.07  5.5  2456 
 64. Sambuev, Bator              m  RUS 2377 39.0 20.00 25.0 +0.42  5.5  2416 
 65. Beshukov, Sergei            g  RUS 2428 38.5 20.75 25.0 +0.28  5.5  2403 
 66. Akhmadeev, Vadim            m  RUS 2427 37.0 21.50 25.0 -0.53  5.5  2380 
 67. Rusanov, Michail               RUS 2405 48.5 24.75 31.5 +1.58  5.0  2522 
 68. Simantsev, Mikhail          m  UKR 2403 48.5 24.75 27.5 +0.88  5.0  2491 
 69. Korobov, Anton                 UKR 2378 48.5 25.00 30.0 +1.12  5.0  2468 
 70. Kotanjian, Tigran              ARM 2272 48.5 24.50 28.0 +2.75  5.0  2515 
 71. Weetik, Vjacheslav             RUS 2365 48.0 24.75 28.0 +0.80  5.0  2441 
 72. Sulskis, Sarunas            g  LTU 2497 47.5 24.25 28.0 -1.03  5.0  2403 
 73. Drozdovskij, Yuri           m  UKR 2421 47.0 24.25 28.0 +1.22  5.0  2515 
 74. Deviatkin, Andrei              RUS 2394 46.5 22.75 27.5 +1.31  5.0  2503 
 75. Dobrov, Vladimir               RUS 2339 46.5 25.00 28.0 +1.58  5.0  2503 
 76. Ivanov, Sergey              g  RUS 2574 46.0 24.00 28.0 -1.48  5.0  2432 
 77. Vorobiov, Evgeny E          m  RUS 2488 45.5 23.75 28.5 -0.49  5.0  2450 
 78. Guseinov, Kadir             f  AZE 2421 45.0 23.25 29.5 +0.32  5.0  2471 
 79. Salinnikov, D.Y             m  RUS 2391 45.0 23.00 26.0 +1.85  5.0  2515 
 80. Polovodin, Igor A           m  RUS 2444 44.5 23.25 27.5 -0.22  5.0  2411 
 81. Lugovoi, Aleksei            g  RUS 2534 44.0 23.00 27.5 -1.21  5.0  2421 
 82. Shalimov, Valery            m  UKR 2406 44.0 23.00 25.5 +0.68  5.0  2523 
 83. Kholmov, Ratmir D           g  RUS 2415 44.0 21.00 25.5 +0.59  5.0  2449 
 84. Markarov, Arsen                RUS 2308 43.0 21.00 22.5 +1.85  5.0  2459 
 85. Berelovich, Aleksandar      g  UKR 2517 42.5 22.50 26.5 -1.39  5.0  2421 
 86. Totsky, Leonid              m  RUS 2521 42.0 22.25 25.5 -1.48  5.0  2368 
 87. Orlov, Vassily              m  RUS 2444 42.0 19.75 28.5 -0.31  5.0  2420 
 88. Kulicov, Oleg               m  RUS 2442 41.0 21.50 27.5 -1.12  5.0  2347 
 89. Kochyev, Alexander          g  RUS 2422 41.0 21.50 24.0 -1.12  5.0  2340 
 90. Solozhenkin, Evgeniy        g  RUS 2504 40.0 21.75 23.5 -1.66  5.0  2375 
 91. Chepukaitis, Genrikh           RUS 2424 40.0 21.25 26.5 -0.40  5.0  2387 
 92. Loginov, Valery A           g  RUS 2514 38.0 19.75 21.0 -1.66  5.0  2353 
 93. Grishanovich, Stanislav        RUS 2310 35.5 17.25 21.5 -0.24  5.0  2367 
 94. Pushkov, Nikolai            g  RUS 2546 35.0 17.50 19.0 -2.56  5.0  2329 
 95. Alekseev, Vadim             m  BLR 2412 33.0 16.50 18.0 -1.48  5.0  2279 
 96. Biriukov, Oleg V               RUS 2382 30.0 17.00 18.0 -0.52  5.0  2242 
235 players

18) Kasparov to play odds match

London businessman Terence Chapman will play Garry Kasparov in a four game challenge match giving two pawns as odds. The match will be played in London on the 21st and 22nd April 2001.

Kasparov is quoted as saying: "The idea of the match at these odds is very interesting. I have waived any fees so that the proceeds can go to charity, in this case to the development of chess in schools worldwide which is being organised by the Kasparov Chess Academy - a not for profit organisation headquartered in Israel".

Garry Kasparov will begin each game with six pawns instead of eight. The missing pawns will be A and H in game 1, A and D in game 2, A and B in game 3 and A and E in game 4. Kasparov will be white in games two and four. Kasparov will have 60 minutes for all moves in each game and Chapman 90.

Internet site: http://www.terencechapmanchess.com

19) Krkonose 2000

The Krkonose Open 2000 took place in hotel Horizont in Pec pod Snezkou, 29th October 5th November 2000. There were 68 players from Germany, Austria, Holland, Sweden, Norway, England, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Australia and Czech Republic. The event was won by Zdenek Pokorny of the Czech Republic with 7,5 points, one point clear of the rest of the field. 2nd-4th were Schnabel, Chudinovskih and Bores. My thanks to Jakub Fuksik for the news.

Website: http://www.proclient.cz/krkonose/

OPEN KRKONOSE 2000 
Final Standings after 9 rounds.
  1. Pokorny         Zdenek          CZE FM   2334   7.5    39   
  2. Schnabel        Ralf            GER KM   2243   6.5    35.5 
  3. Chudinovskih    Alexander       RUS M    2310   6.5    35   
  4. Bores           Roman           CZE KM   2213   6.5    34.5 
  5. Sarbok          Torsten         GER M    2329   6      34   
  6. Juricek         Stanislav       CZE KM   2267   6      32.5 
  7. Jenssen         Jens            GER KM   2152   6      31.5 
  8. Bartos          Jan             CZE KM   2175   6      31   
  9. Wiley           Thomas          ENG FM   2274   6      30.5 
 10. Dolezel         Radovan         CZE 1    2110   6      28.5 
 11. Dvorak          Tomas           CZE KM   2222   5.5    32.5 
 12. Benes           Petr            CZE KM   2171   5.5    32.5 
 13. Brousek         Jiri            CZE 1    2050   5.5    31   
 14. Wagner          Bernd           GER KM   2234   5.5    29   
 15. Zoll            Detlef          GER 1    2067   5.5    28.5 
 16. Jiretorn        Eva             SWE WKM  2107   5.5    28.5 
 17. Ptacnik         Stanislav       CZE KM   2143   5.5    28   
 18. Hlavac          Frantisek       CZE KM   2230   5.5    27.5 
 19. Weilguni        Herbert         AUT 1       0   5.5    26.5 
 20. Eisenbeiser     Karlheinz       GER 1       0   5.5    26   
 21. Blazek          Dusan           CZE 1       0   5.5    24.5 
68 players

20) Forthcoming Events and Links

Cappelle la Grande

The XVII Cappelle la Grande open takes place 24th February-3rd March 2001.

Internet site: http://cappelle.free.fr

GM Alexander Baburin chess sites

GM Alexander Baburin has been a familiar presence on the internet with his Coffee Break magazine. He is now involved in two new websites. http://www.gmsquare.com The idea is to provide a place on the Web to those GMs who would like to have some presence on the Internet and currently there are sites of three GMs there - Alexander Baburin himself, Alexander Morozevich and Lev Psakhis. Secondly at: http://www.chesstoday.net there will be a commercial chess service, providing daily news, interviews and instruction to a wide range of players. Each issue will feature one annotated game and news from around the world, while weekend issues will have some instructional materials, particularly useful for club players. Chess Today costs about $15 for 4 months.

Lisbon Chess Festival

The fifth edition of the Lisbon Chess Festival will be held 18th to 26th November in Lisbon. Further information http://cmlxadrez.esoterica.pt/festivale.htm.

There will be lectures from some of the most important personalities in the chess world and a very strong open, with 20 confirmed GMs so far (http://cmlxadrez.esoterica.pt/openlisboa00eng.htm). This years guest of honour will be Judit Polgar. Past guests of honour have included Kasparov (99), Karpov (98) and Bronstein (97).

Carlos Torre Memorial

XIII GM Carlos Torre Repetto In Memoriam 2000 12th-20th December 2000. Venue: Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Details: http://commcenter.terra.com.mx Contact: Lic Hugo A Balam Lopez: Tel 0199 913844. E-Mail hcamaron@terra.com.mx

76th Hastings Chess Congress

The 76th Hastings International Chess Congress will take place from the 28th December 2000 to 7th January 2001. This year it will be held at a new venue which should greatly enhance the event. It will be played under one roof at the new £4.5 million Horntye Park Sports Complex which opened in the late Spring.

Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk

Contact Pam Thomas Tel/Fax 01424 445348 e-mail dmt123@compuserve.com

Ano Liosia Open

The 11th International Open Chess Tournament "Ano Liosia 2001" takes place 27 December 2000 - 6 January 2001, in Ano Liosia, Athens.

PRIZES 1st : 600.000 drs (1.500$), 2nd : 450.000 drs (1.125$), 3rd : 300.000 drs (750$), 4th : 250.000 drs (625$), 5th : 200.000 drs (500$), 6th : 150.000 drs (375$), 7th : 100.000 drs (250$), 8th : 90.000 drs (225$), 9th : 80.000 drs (200$), 10th : 70.000 drs (175$), 11th : 60.000 drs (150$), 12th : 50.000 drs (125$), 13th : 40.000 drs (100$), 14th : 35.000 drs (87.5$), 15th : 30.000 drs (75$), 16th : 25.000 drs (62.5$). TOTAL : 2.530.000 Drs. (6.325$)

Internet coverage: http://www.chess.gr/anoliosia

4th Afro-Asian Email Chess Championship

The 4th Afro-Asian Email Chess Championships which is a tournament of the ICCF. Any chess lover who lives in Africa or Asia can take part in the tournament with no entry fee. The preliminary round starts on 15.01.2001. The application should be sent by Email to the zonal director samraoui@aol.com not later than 31.12.2000.

Zadar Christmas Open

The Zadar Christmas Open takes place 9th-17th December 2000.

Further details: http://sites.netscape.net/mladen18/zd2000/index.htm

Kramnik-Leko Match

The "Westfälische Ferngas AG" (WFG) announced a match between Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko, to be held from January 2nd to 8th 2001. We will see 12 rapid games (two per day, rest day: January 5th) in the Hotel Kempinski, city centre of Budapest (Hungary).

Internet coverage: To be announced.

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2001

The 14 players who will compete in the Corus 2001 chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands January 12th-28th 2001 have been invited. For the 3rd year running Garry Kasparov will play in the event. The top nine players in the July 2000 rating list are taking part.

Round 1 is on January 13th. Rest days were on Monday (15th), Friday (19th) and Wednesday (24th) are rest days.

Players: Garry Kasparov (Russia - 1 - 2849), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia - 2 - 2770), Viswanathan Anand (India - 3 - 2762), Alexander Morozevich (Russia - 4 - 2756), Michael Adams (England - 5 - 2755), Alexey Shirov (Spain - 6 - 2746), Peter Leko (Hungary 7 - 2743), Vassili Ivanchuk (Ukraine - 8 - 2719), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria - 9 - 2707), Jeroen Piket (Netherlands - 34 - 2649), Alexey Fedorov (Belarus - 37 - 2646), Loek van Wely (Netherlands - 39 - 2643), Jan Timman (Netherlands - 46 - 2639), Sergey Tiviakov (Netherlands - 76 - 2608). Average rating: 2713 Category: 19

Coverage last year was at: http://chess2.lostcity.nl/corus/ and its expected this site will have the tournament for 2001.

Tel Aviv Open 2001

Open Swiss International Tournament in Tel-Aviv Dates: 9th-17th April 2001. 9 rounds. Possibilities for GM and IM norms. Prizes: 4000 3000 2000 1200 800....20 prizes in total (10 last are 250$); special U-2400, U-2000, U-18 y.o: 500 300 200 + women prizes; Special Conditions for the first 10 Grandmasters (2550+).

Info: The Israeli Chess Federation through Mr. Igal Lotan 03-6437627, 03-6437630;

Rilton Cup

The XXX Rilton Cup in Stockholm takes place 27th December 2000 - 5th January 2001.

Homepages: http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/rc2000a.htm(English), http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/rifoen0001d.htm or http://www.stockholmchessfederation.com/

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

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

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

Two Hungarian Tournaments

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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