THE WEEK IN CHESS 317 4th December 2000 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Emil Pessi, Lost Boys, Laszlo Nagy, John Henderson, Lev
Khariton, Nigel Johnson, and all those who helped with this issue.
Perhaps just when the format is about to be changed the players are
actually getting used to playing it. There have been some very impressive
performances from the leading players especially Anand, Topalov, Gelfand,
Morozevich and Bareev. Tomorrow is a big day for defending champion Alexander
Khalifman and his opponent Peter Leko. This is the first really elite clash of
the event and they can both count themselves unlucky to get such a tough draw
in round three. There is plenty of good chess to this week.
Hope you enjoy this issue
The FIDE World Chess Championships take place in New Delhi, India and
Tehran, Iran, 25 November - 27 December 2000. The FIDE Championships first
round got underway on time.
The first round today produced no huge surprise notable results were
Bartlomiej Macieja beating Jon Speelman after a playoff, Igor Alexandre Nataf
beating Emil Sutovsky and Rafael Leitao beating Joel Lautier.
Round 2 saw the introduction of the top seeds to the event. In round 2
players who overturned ELO disadvantages were: Smbat Lputian who beat Sergei
Rublevsky, Bartlomiej Macieja who beat Michal Krasenkov after eight playoff
games including four sudden death games, Igor Alexandre Nataf who beat an out
of form Nigel Short, Rafael Leitao continued his good form by beating Joel
Benjamin, Yermolinsky beat Xu Jun, Vladimirov eliminated Zoltan Almasi, Ehlvest
beat Ivanchuk, the rising star Alexander Grischuk beat Ilya Smirin, Aleksandrov
beat last years finalist Vladimir Akopian. In the women's event Pia Cramling
was eliminated, probably as a result of a very hard tie-break match in her
first match.
Vassily Ivanchuk was the highest rated casualty in round 2. After
drawing the two normal time-rate games (the second game in only seven moves)
and one tie-break game (15 moves) Vassily Ivanchuk completely self-destructed
against Jaan Ehlvest. On being knocked out he picked up his chair and smashed
it into the table. It was a nervy affair all round, Ehlvest had failed to
qualify for the third round on two previous occasions and only when he
unleashed a novelty in the Caro-Kann and found himself with the more
comfortable position did he turn down a draw offer from Ivanchuk. Afterwards
Ivanchuk wrote a letter of apology for his behaviour although he seemed
unrepentant the following day. "I think my reaction was normal. Some players
mix chess pieces, others drop their chairs or make some noise. "
Round three has reached the playoff stage, the toughest pairing is that
between reigning champion Alexander Khalifman and Peter Leko. Both are
unfortunate to be meeting such stiff opposition early. The enter the playoffs
tomorrow. Peter Svidler had to win with white against Peng Xiaomin to stay in
the event and this he managed to do. Boris Gulko beat Zurab Azmaiparashvili.
Amongst the favourites for the event who made progress without needing a
playoff were: Anand, Topalov, Gelfand, Morozevich and Bareev.
Official internet coverage: http://wcc2000.fide.com/
Schedule:
Dates: India
Round 1 Men (72 players) Women (56 players) 27th-29th
November 2000.
Round 2 Men (64 players) Women (32 players) 30th
November-2nd December 2000.
Round 3 Men (32 players) Women (16 players)
3rd-5th December 2000.
Round 4 Men (16 players) Women (Quarter Finals 8
players) 6th-8th December 2000.
Round 5 Men (Quarter Finals 8 players)
Women (Semi-Finals 4 players) 9th-11th December 2000.
Round 6 Men
(Semi-Finals 4 players) Women (Final - 2 players) 12th-16th December 2000.
Move to Tehran
Round 7 Men Final 6 games. 20th-26th December
(break 23rd
December, playoffs if required on December 27th 2000)
Results Section
Round 1 results
Bologan, Viktor * (MDA) vs. Stefansson, Hannes (ISL) 1/2 1-0
Lputian,Smbat G * (ARM) vs. Blehm, Pawel (POL) 1-0 1/2
Speelman, Jonathan S. (ENG) vs. * Macieja, Bartlomiej (POL) 1-0 0-1 1/2 0-1
Wohl, Aleksandar H. (AUS) vs. * Galkin, Alexander (RUS) 0-1 0-1
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) vs. * Volkov, Sergey (RUS) 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1/2 0-1
Lutz, Christopher * (GER) vs. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) vs. * Nataf, Igor Alexandre (FRA) 0-1 1/2
Lautier, Joel (FRA) vs. * Leitao, Rafael (BRA) 0-1 1/2
Fiorito, Fabian (ARG) vs. * Benjamin, Joel (USA) 0-1 0-1
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) vs. * Dao, Thien Hai (VIE) 1/2 0-1
Yermolinsky, Alex * (USA) vs. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad (QAT) 1-0 1/2
Bacrot, Etienne * (FRA) vs. Rytshagov, Mikhail (EST) 1/2 1/2 1-0 1-0
Hakki, Imad (SYR) vs. * Adianto, Utut (INA) 0-1 1/2
Kharlov, Andrei * (RUS) vs. Hansen, Sune Berg (DEN) 1/2 1-0
Malakhov, Vladimir * (RUS) vs. Kveinys, Aloyzas (LTU) 1-0 1-0
Van Wely, Loek * (NED) vs. Asrian, Karen (ARM) 1/2 1-0
Simutowe, Amon (ZAM) vs. * Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) 1/2 0-1
Kunte, Abhijit (IND) vs. * Milos, Gilberto (BRA) 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Barua, Dibyendu (IND) vs. * Vladimirov, Evgeny (KAZ) 0-1 0-1
Rustemov, Alexander (RUS) vs. * Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Lesiege, Alexandre * (CAN) vs. Vasquez, Rodrigo (CHI) 1-0 1-0
Nogueiras, Jesus (CUB) vs. * Ehlvest, Jaan (EST) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1 0-1
Godena, Michele (ITA) vs. * Iordachescu, Viorel (MDA) 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Lima, Darcy (BRA) vs. * Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Ivanov, Alexander * (USA) vs. Fedorov, Alexei (BLR) 1-0 1/2
Serper, Grigory * (USA) vs. Bagheri, Amir (IRI) 1-0 1/2
Agrest, Evgenij (SWE) vs. * Onischuk, Alexander (UKR) 0-1 1/2
Villamayor, Bong (PHI) vs. * Minasian, Artashes (ARM) 1/2 1/2 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1
Dizdarevic, Emir * (BIH) vs. Psakhis, Lev (ISR) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0 0-1 1-0
Hernandez, Gilberto (MEX) vs. * Piket, Jeroen (NED) 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Nevednichy, Vladislav * (ROM) vs. Labib, Ibrahim Hasan (EGY) 1/2 1-0
Hamdouchi, Hichem (MAR) vs. * Vaganian, Rafael A (ARM) 0-1 0-1
Aleksandrov, Aleksej * (BLR) vs. El Taher, Fouad (EGY) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Zaja, Ivan (CRO) vs. * Baklan, Vladimir (UKR) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Bezgodov, Alexei (RUS) vs. * Gulko, Boris F (USA) 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Chernin, Alexander * (HUN) vs. Utnasunov, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 1/2
Round 1 Women
Matveeva, Svetlana * (RUS) vs. Uskova, Fliura (KAZ) 1-0 1/2
Cramling, Pia (GM) * (SWE) vs. Lakos, Nikoletta (HUN) 1/2 1/2 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0
Zayac, Elena * (RUS) vs. Meenakshi, Subbaraman (IND) 1/2 1-0
Xu, Yuhua * (CHN) vs. Amura, Claudia N. (ARG) 1/2 1-0
Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) vs. * Hahn, Anna (USA) 0-1 0-1
Zhukova, Natalia * (UKR) vs. Sziva, Erika (NED) 1-0 1/2
Dworakowska, Joanna * (POL) vs. Johns-Putra, Geraldine (AUS) 1-0 Default
Krush, Irina * (USA) vs. Zhu, Chen (CHN) 1/2 1-0
Vasilevich, Tatjana * (UKR) vs. Nguyen, Thi Thanh An (VIE) 1-0 1-0
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina * (RUS) vs. Pitam, Ela (ISR) 1-0 Default
Zielinska, Marta * (POL) vs. Charest, Johanne (CAN) 1-0 1-0
Wang, Lei * (CHN) vs. Stjazhkina, Olga (RUS) 1-0 0-1 1/2 1/2 1-0 1/2
Peng, Zhaoqin (IM) * (NED) vs. Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe (IND) 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0
Zatonskih, Anna (UKR) vs. * Arribas, Maritza (CUB) 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 1/2 0-1
Demina, Julia * (RUS) vs. El Gharbi, Zahira (MAR) 1-0 1-0
Goletiani, Rusudan (GEO) vs. * Ioseliani, Nana (IM) (GEO) 0-1 0-1
Calzetta, Monica (ESP) vs. * Peptan, Corina (IM) (ROM) 0-1 0-1
Koskela, Niina * (FIN) vs. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman (IND) 1-0 1-0
Klinova, Masha (ISR) vs. * Qin, Kanying (CHN) 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Shahade, Jennifer (USA) vs. * Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (GEO) 0-1 0-1
Javakhishvili, Lela (GEO) vs. * Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketin (GER) 0-1 1/2
Chaves, Joara (BRA) vs. * Manakova, Maria (YUG) 0-1 0-1
Reizniece, Dana (LAT) vs. * Bojkovic, Natasa (YUG) 0-1 0-1
Lagvilava, Genrieta (BLR) vs. * Skripchenko-Lautier, Almi (MDA) 0-1 0-1
Meyer, Marany * (RSA) vs. Gurieli, Nino (IM) (GEO) 1-0 1/2
Cmilyte, Viktorija * (LTU) vs. Hoang, Thanh Trang (IM) (VIE) 1-0 1-0
Khurtsilava, Inga * (GEO) vs. Gaprindashvili, Nona (GM) (GEO) 1-0 1-0
Tkeshelashvili, Sopio (GEO) vs. * Maric, Alisa (IM) (YUG) 1/2 0-1
Houli, Asma (ALG) vs. * Eidelson, Rakhil (BLR) 0-1 1/2
Round 2
Men's Draw
Top half Top Quarter
Bologan, Viktor (MDA) vs. * Anand, Viswanathan (IND) 1/2 0-1
Lputian,Smbat G (ARM) * vs. Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) 1-0 1/2
Macieja, Bartlomiej (POL) * vs. Krasenkov, Michal (POL) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1 1-0 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Galkin, Alexander (RUS) vs. * Beliavsky, Alexander (SLO) 1/2 0-1
Volkov, Sergey (RUS) vs. * Leko, Peter (HUN) 1/2 0-1
Lutz, Christopher (GER) vs. * Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Nataf, Igor Alexandre (FRA) * vs. Short, Nigel (ENG) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Benjamin, Joel (USA) vs. * Leitao, Rafael (BRA) 1/2 0-1
Top half Bottom Quarter
Dao, Thien Hai (VIE) vs. * Adams, Michael (ENG) 1/2 1/2 0-1 0-1
Yermolinsky, Alex (USA) * vs. Xu Jun (CHN) 1-0 1/2
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) vs. * Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1/2 1/2 0-1 0-1
Adianto, Utut (INA) vs. * Peng Xiaomin (CHN) 0-1 1-0 0-1 1/2
Kharlov, Andrei (RUS) vs. * Topalov, Veselin (BUL) 1/2 0-1
Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter(ROM) vs. * Georgiev, Kiril (BUL) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) vs. * Dreev, Alexei (RUS) 1/2 1/2 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1
Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) vs. * Van Wely, Loek (NED) 0-1 0-1
Bottom Half Top Quarter
Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) * vs. Milos, Gilberto (BRA) 1-0 1-0
Alamsi, Zoltan (HUN) vs. * Vladimirov, Evgeny (KAZ) 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) * vs. Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS) 1-0 0-1 1/2 1-0
Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) * vs. Lesiege, Alexandre (CAN) 1-0 1/2
Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) vs. * Ehlvest, Jaan (EST) 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Movsesian, Sergei (CZE) * vs. Iordachescu, Viorel (MDA) 1-0 0-1 1/2 1/2 1-0 1-0
Smirin,Ilya (ISR) vs. * Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1/2 1/2 0-1 0-1
Ivanov, Alexander (USA) vs. * Serper, Grigory (USA) 0-1 0-1
Bottom half Bottom Quarter
Shirov,Alexei (ESP) * vs. Onischuk, Alexander (UKR) 1/2 1/2 1-0 1/2
Gurevich, Mikhail (BEL) * vs. Minasian, Artashes (ARM) 1/2 1/2 1-0 1/2
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) * vs. Dizdarevic, Emir (BIH) 1-0 1-0
Piket, Jeroen (NED) * vs. Nevednichy, Vladislav (ROM) 1-0 1-0
Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) * vs. Vaganian, Rafael A (ARM) 1-0 0-1 1/2 1/2 1-0 1-0
Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) vs. * Aleksandrov, Aleksej (BLR) 1/2 0-1
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) * vs. Baklan, Vladimir (UKR) 1-0 1/2
Gulko, Boris F (USA) * vs. Chernin, Alexander (HUN) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Women's Results
Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) vs. * Xie, Jun (CHN) 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Zayac, Elena (RUS) * vs. Cramling, Pia (SWE) 1-0 1/2
Khan, Anna (USA) vs. * Xu, Yuhua (CHN) 1/2 0-1
Dworakowska, Joanna (POL) vs. * Zhukova, Natalia (UKR) 0-1 0-1
Vasilevich, Tatjana (UKR) * vs. Krush, Irina (USA) 1/2 1-0
Zielinska, Marta (POL) vs. * Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) 1/2 0-1
Peng, Zhaoqin (NED) * vs. Wang, Lei (CHN) 1/2 1-0
Demina, Julia (RUS) * vs. Arribas, Maritza (CUB) 1/2 1/2 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0
Chiburdanidze, Maia (GEO) vs. * Peptan, Corina (ROM) 0-1 1/2
Ioseliani, Nana (GEO) * vs. Koskela, Niina (FIN) 1-0 1/2
Qin, Kanying (CHN) * vs. Arakhamia-Grant,Ketevan (GEO) 1-0 1/2
Kachiani-Gersinska, K (GER) * vs. Manakova, Maria (YUG) 1-0 1-0
Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) * vs. Bojkovic, Natasa (YUG) 1-0 0-1 1/2 1-0
Skripchenko-Lautier,A (MDA) * vs. Meyer, Marany (RSA) 1/2 1-0
Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) * vs. Khurtsilava, Inga (GEO) 1-0 1/2
Maric, Alisa (YUG) * vs. Eidelson, Rakhil (BLR) 1/2 1-0
Round 3
Men's Draw
Top half Top Quarter
Lputian,Smbat G (ARM) vs. * Anand, Viswanathan (IND) 1/2 0-1
Beliavsky, Alexander (SLO) vs. Macieja, Bartlomiej (POL) 1/2 1/2 Playoff
Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) vs. Leko, Peter (HUN) 1/2 1/2 Playoff
Leitao, Rafael (BRA) * vs. Nataf, Igor Alexandre (FRA) 1-0 1/2
Top half Bottom Quarter
Yermolinsky, Alex (USA) vs. Adams, Michael (ENG) 1/2 1/2 Playoff
Peng Xiaomin (CHN) vs. Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1-0 0-1 Playoff
Georgiev, Kiril (BUL) vs. * Topalov, Veselin (BUL) 0-1 1/2
Van Wely, Loek (NED) vs. * Dreev, Alexei (RUS) 0-1 1/2
Bottom Half Top Quarter
Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) * vs. Vladimirov, Evgeny (KAZ) 1-0 1/2
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) vs. Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) 1/2 1/2 Playoff
Ehlvest, Jaan (EST) vs. Movsesian, Sergei (CZE) 1/2 1/2 Playoff
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) * vs. Serper, Grigory (USA) 1-0 1/2
Bottom half Bottom Quarter
Shirov,Alexei (ESP) vs. Gurevich, Mikhail (BEL) 1/2 1/2 Playoff
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) * vs. Piket, Jeroen (NED) 1-0 1/2
Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) * vs. Aleksandrov, Aleksej (BLR) 1-0 1-0
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) vs. * Gulko, Boris F (USA) 0-1 1/2
Women's Round 3 Pairings
Top half Top Quarter
Zayac, Elena (RUS) vs. * Xie, Jun (CHN) 1/2 0-1
Zhukova, Natalia (UKR) vs. Xu, Yuhua (CHN) 1/2 1/2 Playoff
Top half Bottom Quarter
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina(RUS) * vs. Vasilevich, Tatjana (UKR) 1/2 1-0
Demina, Julia (RUS) vs. * Peng, Zhaoqin (NED) 0-1 0-1
Bottom half Top Quarter
Peptan, Corina (ROM) * vs. Ioseliani, Nana (GEO) 1-0 1/2
Qin, Kanying (CHN) * vs. Kachiani-Gersinska, K (GER) 1-0 1/2
Bottom half bottom Quarter
Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) vs. Skripchenko-Lautier,A (MDA) 1-0 0-1 Playoff
Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) vs. * Maric, Alisa (YUG) 1/2 0-1
The 3rd Padova International Open takes place December 2nd-10th 2000.
Grandmasters Timoscenko, Solozhenkin, Chatalbashev, Dervishi, Skembris, Djuric,
Zlochevskij, Naumkin are playing. My thanks to Lanfranco Bombelli.
Internet coverage:
http://www.infcom.it/fsi/tornei/00padova.htm
3rd Padova Open ITA (ITA), 2-10 xii 2000
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1. Cacco, Christian ITA 2267 +25 1.0
2. Caruso, Augusto ITA 2286 +26 1.0
3. Del-Monaco, Andrea ITA 2077 +31 1.0
4. Dervishi, Erald g ALB 2478 +19 1.0
5. Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2472 +22 1.0
6. Manca, Federico m ITA 2396 +21 1.0
7. Quinn, Mark f IRL 2381 +27 1.0
8. Rossi, Carlo f ITA 2436 +30 1.0
9. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2475 +23 1.0
10. Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2504 +29 1.0
11. Timoscenko, Genadij g SVK 2529 +28 1.0
12. Paragua, Mark PHI 2423 +20 1.0
13. Zlochevskij, Alexander g RUS 2450 +24 1.0
14. Genocchio, Daniele ITA 2201 +32 1.0
15. Artizzu, Guilio ITA 2095 =17 0.5 2440
16. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2494 =18 0.5 2169
17. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2440 =15 0.5 2095
18. Van Hoolandt, Patrick BEL 2169 =16 0.5 2494
19. Alberton, Roberto ITA 2147 - 4 0.0
20. Antoniacci, Ricardo ITA 2065 -12 0.0
21. Astengo, Marcello ITA 2060 - 6 0.0
22. Bracaglia, Carlo ITA 2134 - 5 0.0
23. Cecchetto, Vanni ITA 2139 - 9 0.0
24. Danieli, Enrico ITA 2096 -13 0.0
25. Di Lazzaro, Gabriele ITA 2015 - 1 0.0
26. Gorecki, Zbigniew POL 2005 - 2 0.0
27. Pircher, Karl ITA 2041 - 7 0.0
28. Rossato, Armando ITA 2201 -11 0.0
29. Sabia, Corrado ITA 2194 -10 0.0
30. Straub, Peter GER 2084 - 8 0.0
31. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2431 - 3 0.0
32. Radulescu,Gheorghe ---- -14 0.0
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There are two events taking place in Bucharest, Romania. The Autumn Cup
GM and IM events run November 20th-December 3rd 2000. They have reached the
10th (GM) and 11th (IM) rounds. The event finishes today. Final results and
games should follow next week. My thanks to Emil Pessi.
Internet coverage: http://www.notzai.com/
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Autumn Cup GM Bucharest ROM (ROM), 4 xi-3 xii 2000 cat. VII (2413)
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1. Badea, Bela g ROM 2480 * . 0 . = = = . 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2607
2. Itkis, Boris m ROM 2384 . * = = 1 . . = = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2553
3. Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2472 1 = * 0 . 1 . = . 1 0 = 1 = 6.0 2465
4. Podinic, Vladimir YUG 2340 . = 1 * = = = = = = = . = . 5.5 2458
5. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2578 = 0 . = * = 1 = . . 1 = = = 5.5 2432
6. Mateuta, Gabriel m ROM 2409 = . 0 = = * = . = . = 1 = 1 5.5 2447
7. Vukovic, Zdravko m YUG 2471 = . . = 0 = * = = . 0 1 1 1 5.5 2437
8. Matulovic, Milan g YUG 2433 . = = = = . = * 0 = = . 1 = 5.0 2402
9. Szabo, Gergely ROM ROM 2330 0 = . = . = = 1 * 0 . = = 1 5.0 2400
10. Parligras, Mircea ROM 2441 0 = 0 = . . . = 1 * = 0 1 1 5.0 2388
11. Simantsev, Mikhail m UKR 2403 0 0 1 = 0 = 1 = . = * = . . 4.5 2408
12. Florean, Andrei m ROM 2441 0 0 = . = 0 0 . = 1 = * . 1 4.0 2355
13. Murariu, Andrei ROM 2299 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 . . * . 2.5 2240
14. Sebe, Razvan ROM 2303 0 0 = . = 0 0 = 0 0 . 0 . * 1.5 2147
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Autumn Cup IM Bucharest ROM (ROM), 4 xi-3 xii 2000 cat. I (2271)
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1. Jianu, Vlad f ROM 2293 * 1 1 = = = = . = 1 . 1 . . 1 7.5 2460
2. Vioreanu, Bogdan ROM 2280 0 * . . 1 . = = = 1 1 = 1 1 0 7.0 2374
3. Ionescu, Doru Alexandru f ROM 2258 0 . * = . 1 = 0 . . 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2335
4. Vujic, Mihailo YUG 2281 = . = * . . = 1 = 0 = = = = 1 6.0 2311
5. Berechet, Otiliu m ROM 2224 = 0 . . * . = 0 1 = . = = 1 1 5.5 2312
6. Hernandez, Gustavo VEN VEN 2245 = . 0 . . * = = = . 0 1 1 = 1 5.5 2304
7. Glodeanu, Ion m ROM 2271 = = = = = = * = = = = = . . . 5.5 2272
8. Marin, Luiza wm ROM 2187 . = 1 0 1 = = * . . 1 . = 0 0 5.0 2264
9. Petrenko, Svetlana wm MDA 2316 = = . = 0 = = . * = . = . = 1 5.0 2268
10. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2350 0 0 . 1 = . = . = * . 0 1 = 1 5.0 2273
11. Grunberg, Florin ROM 2295 . 0 0 = . 1 = 0 . . * = 1 = 1 5.0 2258
12. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2271 0 = = = = 0 = . = 1 = * . . . 4.5 2245
13. Milanovic, Slavisa YUG 2324 . 0 = = = 0 . = . 0 0 . * 1 1 4.0 2187
14. Petre, Nad-Titus f ROM 2293 . 0 0 = 0 = . 1 = = = . 0 * . 3.5 2166
15. Osman, Mihai FRA 2177 0 1 0 0 0 0 . 1 0 0 0 . 0 . * 2.0 2015
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The 9th Sonnevanck takes place 28th November - 7th December 2000.
Players: Alexander Dgebuadze, Maarten Solleveld, Julius Armas, Willy Hendriks,
Aviv Friedman, Tom Bottema, Yochonan Afek, Marcel Peek, Nico Vink and Daniel
Stellwagen.
Internet coverage:
http://chess.lostcity.nl/sonnevanck2000/
Round 5 Standings:
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1. Armas, Julius m FRA 2378 * . . 1 1 = . . = 1 4.0 2566
2. Solleveld, Maarten NED 2426 . * 1 = = . . . 1 1 4.0 2608
3. Dgebuadze, Alexandre g GEO 2536 . 0 * = = 1 . 1 . . 3.0 2415
4. Friedman, Aviv f ISR 2364 0 = = * = . 1 . . . 2.5 2402
5. Vink, Nico NED 2296 0 = = = * . . . 1 . 2.5 2397
6. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2330 = . 0 . . * = = . 1 2.5 2390
7. Hendriks, Willy NED 2378 . . . 0 . = * 1 = = 2.5 2327
8. Peek, Marcel f NED 2299 . . 0 . . = 0 * 1 = 2.0 2305
9. Stellwagen, Daniel NED 2285 = 0 . . 0 . = 0 * . 1.0 2115
10. Bottema, Tom NED 2359 0 0 . . . 0 = = . * 1.0 2122
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The new municipality (near Lisbon) of Odivelas will have it's first
international tournament (closed, round robin, category 4. The event takes
place 28th November to 8th December 2000. Mathias Roeder is leading with
5.5/6.
Links: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/,
http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/1intodv.htm
and http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/1intodvz.htm
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1. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2467 * . = 1 . . 1 . 1 1 . 1 5.5 2654
2. Strikovic, Aleksa g YUG 2490 . * = . . = . . 1 1 1 1 5.0 2565
3. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2548 = = * . 1 . . = 1 1 . . 4.5 2564
4. Guerra, Victor POR 2156 0 . . * 0 . 1 1 . . 1 1 4.0 2430
5. Kogan, Artur g ISR 2504 . . 0 1 * 0 . . . 1 1 1 4.0 2411
6. Fernandes, Antonio m POR 2438 . = . . 1 * 0 1 1 0 . . 3.5 2393
7. Fernando, Diogo POR 2257 0 . . 0 . 1 * 1 . . = 1 3.5 2334
8. Dias, Paulo POR 2302 . . = 0 . 0 0 * . . 1 = 2.0 2158
9. Andrade, Jose POR 2196 0 0 0 . . 0 . . * 1 1 . 2.0 2279
10. Santos, Antonio P POR 2272 0 0 0 . 0 1 . . 0 * . . 1.0 2167
11. Pinho, Paulo POR 2213 . 0 . 0 0 . = 0 0 . * . 0.5 1916
12. Leite, Catarina POR 2089 0 0 . 0 0 . 0 = . . . * 0.5 1961
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The Mallorca International Open takes place December 2nd-10th 2000.
Herminio Herraiz, Atanas Kolev, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Mauricio
Vasallo, Santiago Pons Sastre, Zenon Franco Ocampos, Aleksandar Kovacevic,
Boris Zlotnik, Diego Adla, Guillermo Baches, Lester Tattersall, Javier Campos
Moreno, Fernando Braga, Ismael Teran Alvarez, Gabriel Pons Boscana, Rodrigo
Reinaldo, Bernal Gonzalez, Antonio Ducros Salva and Gunter Voos are on 2/2.
Mihai Suba is amongst those on 1.5.
Internet coverage: http://www.fbescacs.org/intmallorca2000/
Directly after the Mitropa Cup takes place in Aymavilles (Aosta Valley)
Italy (18th-26th November 2000) there was another Mitropa Cup, this time in
Charleville, France. This was a team event won by the French team 1.5 points
clear of Hungary, Croatia and Switzerland.
Coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/bayard-monge/
Mitropa Cup 2000 - Charleville - Mezieres
Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
1 France FRA 2500 ### 2.0 1.5 3.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 24.5
2 Hungary HUN 2497 2.0 ### 1.5 2.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 22
3 Croatia CRO 2532 2.5 2.5 ### 1.5 3.5 3.5 2.5 1.5 1.5 3.0 22
4 Switzerland SUI 2466 1.0 1.5 2.5 ### 1.5 2.0 4.0 3.0 3.5 3.0 22
5 Germany GER 2483 2.0 2.5 0.5 2.5 ### 2.5 2.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 20
6 Italy ITA 2415 1.0 1.5 0.5 2.0 1.5 ### 1.0 2.5 3.0 2.5 15.5
7 Czech Rep CZE 2394 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 3.0 ### 1.5 3.5 3.0 15.5
8 Slovenia SLO 2413 0.5 1.0 2.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 ### 1.5 1.5 13.5
9 Austria AUT 2320 1.0 1.0 2.5 0.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 2.5 ### 2.5 12.5
10 Slovakia SVK 2337 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 2.5 1.5 ### 12.5
Individual scores (calculated from the games)
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1. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2540 +36 +15 = 9 +11 =40 =47 +39 +35 +32 7.5 2659
2. Fressinet, Laurent m FRA 2536 +19 . +24 =14 = 8 +31 +44 +21 +42 7.0 2774
3. Golubovic, Boris m CRO 2466 =26 +41 +25 +45 =13 +15 + 9 = 6 =36 7.0 2602
4. Ruck, Robert m HUN 2489 +35 +32 =13 =15 +27 =29 =30 +26 +41 7.0 2629
5. Doettling, Fabian f GER 2473 +42 +13 =19 +24 =14 - 8 +31 +44 =16 6.5 2596
6. Zueger, Beat m SUI 2416 +39 =25 =45 . +34 = 9 +36 = 3 +47 6.0 2563
7. Kalod, Radek m CZE 2483 -28 =18 =22 +33 +37 +12 =20 =10 +23 6.0 2603
8. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2541 +31 +44 =16 =42 = 2 + 5 =24 =29 =19 6.0 2566
9. Horvath, Adam m HUN 2425 =25 +45 = 1 =34 +36 = 6 - 3 +47 +39 6.0 2513
10. Gustafsson, Jan m GER 2506 =12 =20 +33 =23 +28 =18 =22 = 7 =37 5.5 2556
11. Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2474 +17 =35 +32 - 1 . . +27 +30 =26 5.0 2563
12. Balinov, Ilija g AUT 2453 =10 +23 -28 +18 +22 - 7 -21 +33 =20 5.0 2523
13. Eliet, Nicolas m FRA 2391 +27 - 5 = 4 =29 = 3 +26 +41 -16 =38 5.0 2449
14. Ekstroem, Roland m SUI 2487 +44 -21 +38 = 2 = 5 =24 =33 =18 =22 5.0 2485
15. Grund, Holger GER 2475 +38 - 1 +27 = 4 +29 - 3 =43 -17 +35 5.0 2478
16. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2391 +24 . = 8 +43 -17 . =42 +13 = 5 4.5 2537
17. Vavra, Pavel1 CZE 2393 -11 +30 +31 -19 +16 =32 . +15 . 4.5 2529
18. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2611 =22 = 7 +21 -12 +20 =10 =23 =14 -33 4.5 2467
19. Soln, Primoz m SLO 2413 - 2 -31 = 5 +17 +24 =21 =29 =42 = 8 4.5 2457
20. Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2539 =33 =10 -23 +28 -18 =22 = 7 +37 =12 4.5 2472
21. Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2417 +23 +14 -18 -31 =44 =19 +12 - 2 . 4.0 2482
22. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2373 =18 =33 = 7 -37 -12 =20 =10 +23 =14 4.0 2453
23. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2541 -21 -12 +20 =10 +33 +28 =18 -22 - 7 4.0 2427
24. Acs, Peter g HUN 2497 -16 +42 - 2 - 5 -19 =14 = 8 +31 +44 4.0 2400
25. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2419 = 9 = 6 - 3 =26 . +36 =32 . =34 3.5 2383
26. Kujovic, Michal SVK 2244 = 3 +36 -39 =25 . -13 +34 - 4 =11 3.5 2379
27. Jelen, Igor m SLO 2423 -13 +43 -15 =41 - 4 =35 -11 +32 =30 3.5 2351
28. Jenni, Florian m SUI 2440 + 7 +37 +12 -20 -10 -23 . . . 3.0 2493
29. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2514 . . . =13 -15 = 4 =19 = 8 +43 3.0 2455
30. Sulava, Nenad m CRO 2549 +43 -17 +35 -38 . . = 4 -11 =27 3.0 2360
31. Likavsky, Tomas SVK 2409 - 8 +19 -17 +21 +42 - 2 - 5 -24 . 3.0 2363
32. Pingitzer, Harald f AUT 2278 +34 - 4 -11 . +47 =17 =25 -27 - 1 3.0 2341
33. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2410 =20 =22 -10 - 7 -23 =37 =14 -12 +18 3.0 2367
34. Handke, Florian m GER 2455 -32 =46 =36 = 9 - 6 -40 -26 +39 =25 3.0 2258
35. Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2410 - 4 =11 -30 . =41 =27 +38 - 1 -15 2.5 2310
36. Kos, Toni f SLO 2400 - 1 -26 =34 +39 - 9 -25 - 6 =45 = 3 2.5 2225
37. Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2437 . -28 . +22 - 7 =33 . -20 =10 2.0 2333
38. Kuba, Guenter AUT 2260 -15 . -14 +30 =43 -44 -35 . =13 2.0 2290
39. Vrana, Frantisek CZE 2285 - 6 . +26 -36 . +45 - 1 -34 - 9 2.0 2235
40. Kovacevic, Vlatko g CRO 2492 . . . . = 1 +34 . . . 1.5 2690
41. Pisk, Petr m CZE 2400 . - 3 =43 =27 =35 . -13 . - 4 1.5 2240
42. Pilaj, Herwig AUT 2334 - 5 -24 . = 8 -31 . =16 =19 - 2 1.5 2235
43. Balogh, Tomas m SVK 2421 -30 -27 =41 -16 =38 . =15 . -29 1.5 2200
44. Cvek, Robert m CZE 2408 -14 - 8 . . =21 +38 - 2 - 5 -24 1.5 2228
45. Fusi, Christoph AUT 2275 . - 9 = 6 - 3 . -39 . =36 . 1.0 2158
46. Prie, Eric g FRA 2492 . =34 . . . . . . . 0.5 2455
47. Pinter, Erik SVK 2238 . . . . -32 = 1 . - 9 - 6 0.5 2092
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The 4NCL season 2000-2001 is underway. 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.
Round 4 results from November 26th 2000. Games are not yet
available.
Division 1
Barbican 4NCL 1 2392 4-4 Guildford-ADC 1 2390
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2539 ½-½ Gormally, Daniel 2504
2 b Crouch, Colin 2425 ½-½ Rowson, Jonathan 2506
3 w Kelly, Brian 2464 ½-½ Conquest, Stuart 2529
4 b Collinson, Adam 2404 0-1 Plaskett, James 2526
5 w Ferguson, Mark 2374 ½-½ Webb, Richard 2353
6 b Knott, Simon 2390 1-0 Povah, Nigel 2359
7 w Dishman, Stephen 2364 ½-½ Mason, Don 2286
8 b Lauterbach, Ingrid (F) 2179 ½-½ Yurenok, Maria (F) 2058
4-4
Wood Green 1 2420 5½-2½ Thistle Birm. White Rose 2304
1 w Emms, John 2502 ½-½ Arkell, Keith 2440
2 b Turner, Matthew 2485 ½-½ Hunt, Harriet (F) 2447
3 w Ward, Chris 2527 ½-½ Dunnington, Angus 2388
4 b Martin, Andrew 2445 1-0 Dunworth, Chris 2293
5 w Levitt, Jonathan 2438 1-0 Gayson, Peter 2273
6 b Littlewood, Paul 2394 ½-½ Townsend, Paul 2230
7 w Tiller, Bjorn 2384 1-0 Barrett, Steve 2217
8 b Jackson, Sheila (F) 2185 ½-½ White, Mark 2145
Index-IT 1 2467 4½-3½ Slough 1 2509
1 w Nunn, John 2578 ½-½ Khenkin, Igor * 2633
2 b Rogers, Ian 2558 ½-½ Ftacnik, Lubomir 2608
3 w Hennigan, Michael 2455 1-0 Kosten, Tony 2524
4 b Chandler, Murray 2535 ½-½ Miles, Tony 2578
5 w Hebden, Mark 2515 ½-½ Summerscale, Aaron 2513
6 b McDonald, Neil 2439 1-0 Wells, Peter 2504
7 w Gallagher, Joe 2514 ½-½ McNab, Colin 2400
8 b Richards, Heather (F) 2139 0-1 Lalic, Susan (F) 2315
Index-IT2 2150 4½-3½ South Wales Dragons 2241
1 w Cooper, Lawrence * 2336 1-0 Cobb, James 2352
2 b Giddins, Stephen 2315 0-1 Cooper, John 2341
3 w Richardson, John 2338 1-0 Morris, Charles 2238
4 b Black, Richard 2264 0-1 Zeidler, Sven 2255
5 w Lyell, Mark 2224 1-0 James, David 2238
6 b Wade, Robert 2213 1-0 Richmond, Peter 2220
7 w Cafferty, Bernard 2193 ½-½ Roberts, David 2171
8 b Barraclough, Stephanie (F) 0-1 Cast, Abigail (F) 2114
Richmond 2261 3½-4½ Midland Monarchs 2279
1 w Wall, Gavin 2384 ½-½ Ledger, Andrew 2451
2 b Bates, Richard 2371 ½-½ Pert, Nick 2451
3 w Johnstone, Paul 2299 1-0 Williams, Simon 2350
4 b Webb, Laurence 2257 0-1 Ledger, David 2264
5 w Phillips, Roy 2240 0-1 Pert, Richard 2263
6 b Franklin, Michael 2253 0-1 Naylor, John 2241
7 w Thiruchelvam, Murugan 2168 1-0 James, Russell 2209
8 b Buckley, Melanie (F) 2114 ½-½ Tidman, Sophie (F) 2003
Barbican 4NCL 2 2281 5-3 Poisoned Pawns 1 2164
1 w Webster, Andrew 2424 1-0 Harley, Andrew 2296
2 b Duncan, Christopher 2310 ½-½ Hadzimanolis, Antonios * 2235
3 w Hanley, Craig 2283 ½-½ Swanson, Stephen 2273
4 b Plueg, Andreas 2313 0-1 Smith, Andrew P 2252
5 w Rogers, Jonathan 2329 1-0 Byway, Paul 2231
6 b Twyble, Michael 2231 0-1 Devereaux, Max 2274
7 w Palliser, Richard 2277 1-0 Hammond, Andy 2213
8 b Kieran, Rosalind (F) 2083 1-0 Vann, Monica (F) 1536
P W D L MP GP
1 IndexIT 1 4 4 0 0 8 24.5
2 Guildford-ADC 4 3 1 0 7 23.0
3 Slough 1 4 3 0 1 6 22.0
4 Wood Green 1 4 3 0 1 6 21.0
5 Barbican 4NCL 1 4 2 1 1 5 17.5
6 Midland Monarchs 4 2 0 2 4 15.0
7 Thistle Birmingham White Rose 4 2 0 2 4 15.0
8 Index IT 2 4 2 0 2 4 12.0
9 Barbican 4NCL 2 4 1 0 3 2 13.0
10 Richmond 4 1 0 3 2 13.0
11 South Wales Dragons 4 0 0 4 0 9.0
12 Poisoned Pawns 1 4 0 0 4 0 7.0
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
Laszlo Nagy reports: The December First Saturday events take place
2nd-15th December.
GM Tournament. IGM Varga, Zoltan (HUN, 2541), IGM Lukacs, Peter
(HUN, 2488), IM Markus, Robert (YUG, 2465), Szeberenyi, Adam (HUN, 2317),
Resika, Nathan (USA,2313), Antal, Gergely (HUN, 2405), IM Radjabov, Teimour
(AZE,2476), Berkes, Ferenc (HUN, 2372), IGM Barbero, Gerardo (ARG, 2445), IM
Czebe, Attila (HUN, 2520), Balogh, Csaba (HUN, 2359), Szeberenyi, Adam (HUN,
2357).
Round 1 results: Berkes - Szeberenyi 1:0 Barbero - Varga draw Lukacs -
Balogh 1:0 Resika - Antal 0:1 Markus - Radjabov 0:1 Czebe - Szieberth 1:0
Games and results from this and the IMA and IMB events follow next
week.
As reported last week the 7th PRO-AM Jose Rubinstein Tournament in
Vicente López, Argentina took place 16th-26th November 2000. There was a
two way tie between Ruben Felgaer and Andres Rodriguez with Felgaer taking
first place on tie-break. Chess legend Bent Larsen finished in 12th place.
Games from the final three rounds are now available.
Internet: http://escavm.tripod.com/
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1. Felgaer, Ruben f ARG 2390 7.5 49.5 52.50
2. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2493 7.5 42.5 42.50
3. Scarella, Enrique f ARG 2352 7.0 49.5 53.50
4. Tempone, Marcelo m ARG 2439 7.0 46.5 46.50
5. Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2389 7.0 45.0 46.00
6. Quiroga, Facundo ARG 2398 6.5 48.0 51.50
7. Reides, Marcelo f ARG 2350 6.5 46.5 50.50
8. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2385 6.5 42.5 42.50
9. Andres, Miguel m CUB 2382 6.5 40.5 40.50
10. Lafuente, Pablo f ARG 2291 6.0 50.0 53.00
11. Larsen, Bent g DEN 2500 6.0 49.0 53.50
106 players
The sixth edition of the Lisbon Chess Festival took place 18th to 26th
November 2000 in Lisbon, Portugal. There was a four way tie on 7.5/9 between
Ildar Ibragimov (first on tie-break), Mladen Palac, Lenier Dominguez and Eric
Van den Doel. My thanks to António Pedro Pereira for the news. Round 9
games available.
Internet coverage:
http://cmlxadrez.esoterica.pt/openlisboa00eng.htm
Luke McShane won the event with 5/6 after a last round win over Malcolm
Pein during a sudden death finish. Pein's flag fell when Luke had approx 30
seconds left. Robert Bellin, Alexander Baburin and Eduardas Rozentalis were
amongst those half a point behind. My thanks to Robert Bellin for some
corrections and John Henderson for the games.
Final Standings
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1. McShane, Luke J m ENG 2480 +24 =15 +10 = 2 + 9 + 6 5.0 2644
2. Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2590 +12 = 5 + 7 = 1 = 3 +13 4.5 2532
3. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2570 +31 + 4 = 9 = 6 = 2 +10 4.5 2576
4. Bellin, Robert m ENG 2369 +11 - 3 +20 +12 = 5 +19 4.5 2438
5. Heidenfeld, Mark m IRL 2375 +29 = 2 =15 +21 = 4 + 9 4.5 2546
6. Pein, Malcolm m ENG 2424 +33 =20 +30 = 3 + 8 - 1 4.0 2341
7. Shaw, John m SCO 2435 +18 +25 - 2 - 9 +22 +15 4.0 2444
8. Howell,D ENG ---- =28 +31 =21 +15 - 6 +18 4.0 2352
9. Belkhodja, Slim m FRA 2440 +16 +13 = 3 + 7 - 1 - 5 3.5 2393
10. Short, Philip M f IRL 2302 =27 +17 - 1 +30 +16 - 3 3.5 2293
11. Cafolla, Peter IRL 2106 - 4 =24 =18 =17 +28 +21 3.5 2248
12. O'Connell, Gerard IRL 2175 - 2 +34 +25 - 4 =21 +23 3.5 2329
13. Rochev,Y IRL ---- +34 - 9 =22 +27 +23 - 2 3.5 2291
14. Fox,A ENG ---- -26 =33 -16 +34 +29 +24 3.5 2187
15. Delaney, Paul f IRL 2301 +19 = 1 = 5 - 8 +32 - 7 3.0 2215
16. Anderson, John ENG 2161 - 9 =23 +14 +28 -10 =17 3.0 2151
17. Dooley, Michael IRL 2146 =22 -10 =29 =11 +26 =16 3.0 2183
18. Keogh, Eamon IRL 2152 - 7 =19 =11 +33 +20 - 8 3.0 2131
19. Harpur,C IRL ---- -15 =18 =24 +25 +27 - 4 3.0 2216
20. McMahon, Daire IRL 2246 +23 = 6 - 4 =22 -18 =25 2.5 2176
21. Brady, Stephen f IRL 2310 =30 +26 = 8 - 5 =12 -11 2.5 2090
22. Bellin, Jana wg ENG 2190 =17 =27 =13 =20 - 7 =26 2.5 2129
23. Kennedy, John IRL 2019 -20 =16 +33 +26 -13 -12 2.5 2078
24. O'Donovan, Richard IRL 2173 - 1 =11 =19 =32 +34 -14 2.5 2058
25. O'Cinneide, Mel IRL 2244 +32 - 7 -12 -19 +30 =20 2.5 2085
26. Hynes, Kilian A IRL 2231 +14 -21 =27 -23 -17 =22 2.0 1995
27. Sautter, Elke GER 2060 =10 =22 =26 -13 -19 =30 2.0 1995
28. Gamez,A ---- = 8 -30 +32 -16 -11 =29 2.0 1938
29. Dempsey, Paul IRL 2111 - 5 -32 =17 +31 -14 =28 2.0 1991
30. Neville,M ---- =21 +28 - 6 -10 -25 =27 2.0 2098
31. Killane, Jack IRL 2178 - 3 - 8 =34 -29 =33 +32 2.0 2006
32. Llorens,I ---- -25 +29 -28 =24 -15 -31 1.5 1974
33. MacElligott,G ---- - 6 =14 -23 -18 =31 =34 1.5 1953
34. Connolly, Suzanne IRL 2105 -13 -12 =31 -14 -24 =33 1.0 1814
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TWIC always welcomes letters. No publication is guaranteed but the
magazine can act as a forum for chess issues of the moment. The views expressed
in these letters are those of the authors not of TWIC or Chess & Bridge
Ltd.
Shame and Disgrace by Lev Khariton
Lev Khariton is the Chess columnist of La Pensee Russe Paris - New
-York.
Unfortunately (or fortunately?) I was not following the agenda of the
FIDE Congress. Only some days after the Congress, I read Ilyumzhinov's
interview to the radio station "Echo" in Moscow. I will allow myself to make
two quotes from this interview:
"The format of the chess game will be changed...(that is 40 minutes
for the game).It will be a great breakthrough"
"The time of Steinitz,Lasker and Capablanca is long bygone.The new
generation has come, with a new vision of chess.The match between Kasparov and
Kramnik has shown that the system of knock-out tournaments instead of matches
created by FIDE on the threshold of the 21st century is the only viable system
today..."
Frankly, I have never heard that the word "format" could be applied to
a game of chess which is a creative and time-consuming endeavour.The quality of
chess will inevitably go down if chess players play with ping-pong rapidity.
To say that the time of Steinitz and Lasker is bygone is to show
complete disrespect to chess. Can we say that the time of Mozart and Chopin,
Rembrandt and Rubens is bygone? Moreover, Ilyumzhinov is not a chess player, so
he has no competence to judge.It should be reminded that when Ilyumzhinov
became FIDE President he said that chess is for him an occupation of secondary
interest.May be, being President of Kalmukia is of primary interest ? Not at
all! Money, this is what matters for him first and foremost! Ilyumzhinov, as I
wrote once in one of my postings in The Chess Cafe is the logical continuation
of Campomanes, but on a new spiral. I remember vividly how Campomanes in
Sukhumi in 1988 during the FIDE Chess Seminar (where I was working as
translator at the lectures delivered by Soviet grandmasters to young chess
palyers from the Third World countries) invited representatives of these
countries to his hotel suite, treating them to excellent Georgian and Armenian
cognac, thus buying their votes. Now FIDE is totally Ilyumzhinov's commercial
enterprise.
No, the time of Capablanca is not bygone. Hopefully, the time of
Ilyumzhinov will be soon bygone and the chess world will forget this nightmare.
But to do so,chess players (but not Ilyumzhinov's backscratchers in FIDE)
should unite their efforts in exposing Ilyumzhinov as the greatest impostor in
chess history.
In 1998 soon after the assassination of Larissa Yudina, who edited an
anti-Ilyumzhinov newspaper in Kalmukia, Sarah Hurst, one of the best and most
honest journalists on the chess curcuit, who visited Kalmukia, called upon
chess players not to participate in the Olympiad in Elista. Her appeal remained
"vox clamantis":almost all the teams obediently went to Elista right into the
hands of the back-stabber of the noble game of Morphy, Reti and Tal. At that
time I was in correspondence with Sarah.I wrote to her: "The day will come,
Sarah, when chess players will be ashamed of their cowardice". I hope this day
has come. We must defend chess,we must defend chess history against
Ilyumzhinov.
The Professional World Chess Rankings (Produced by Ken Thomson of New
Jersey calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich of Moscow has been released. The list
is seriously at varience with the projected FIDE list as it is calculated in a
different way. In particular it tends to show changes more quickly. In their
December list they place Vladimir Kramnik at the top of the rating list ahead
of Garry Kasparov (on Varience a measure of the stability of the results the
rating is the same) after their match in London. This match is unlikely to be
rated by FIDE. Alexander Khalifman has also had a big recent rise, up to 11.
1.Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.75 g RUS 2792 111
2.Kasparov,Garry 13.04.63 g RUS 2792 119
3.Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.69 g IND 2732 123
4.Leko,Peter 08.09.79 g HUN 2717 122
5.Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.77 g RUS 2706 180
6.Shirov,Alexei 04.07.72 g ESP 2701 199
7.Kamsky,Gata 02.06.74 g USA 2696 184
8.Topalov,Veselin 15.03.75 g BUL 2687 169
9.Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.69 g UKR 2680 156
10.Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.83 g UKR 2675 150
11.Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.66 g RUS 2671 155
12.Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.66 g RUS 2666 151
13.Adams,Michael 17.11.71 g ENG 2666 175
14.Gelfand,Boris 24.06.68 g ISR 2659 149
15.Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.83 g RUS 2657 148
16.Van Wely,Loek 07.10.72 g NED 2657 164
17.Svidler,Peter 17.06.76 g RUS 2654 163
18.Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.59 g BEL 2649 154
19.Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.65 g BUL 2648 177
20.Dreev,Alexey 30.01.69 g RUS 2639 153
21.Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.71 g ARM 2636 168
22.Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.60 g GEO 2631 165
23.Lautier,Joel 12.04.73 g FRA 2630 149
24.Smirin,Ilia 21.01.68 g ISR 2630 170
25.Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.51 g RUS 2629 134
26.Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.79 g UZB 2627 158
27.Kharlov,Andrei 20.11.68 g RUS 2626 167
28.Bologan,Viorel 14.12.71 g MDA 2624 164
29.Short,Nigel D 01.06.65 g ENG 2623 152
30.Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.60 g CHN 2622 162
31.Tkachev,Vladislav 09.11.73 g FRA 2619 146
32.Yusupov,Artur 13.02.60 g GER 2613 145
33.Movsesian,Sergei 03.11.78 g CZE 2613 170
34.Salov,Valery 26.05.64 g RUS 2612 199
35.Polgar,Judit (GM) 23.07.76 g HUN 2608 173
36.Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.74 g RUS 2604 142
37.Hjartarson,Johann 08.02.63 g ISD 2604 176
38.Granda Zuniga,Julio E 25.02.67 g PER 2603 202
39.Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.60 g BIH 2602 159
40.Wolff,Patrick G 15.02.68 g USA 2602 186
41.Khenkin,Igor 21.03.68 g RUS 2601 164
42.Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.74 g RUS 2601 169
43.Dautov,Rustem 28.11.65 g GER 2600 176
44.Sadler,Matthew 15.05.74 g ENG 2600 188
45.Krasenkov,Mikhail 14.11.63 g POL 2599 171
46.Magerramov,Elmar 10.04.58 g AZE 2595 187
47.Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.76 g HUN 2594 162
48.Rozentalis,Eduardas 27.05.63 g LTU 2592 167
49.Zhang,Zhong 05.09.78 g CHN 2591 188
50.Hansen,Curt 18.09.64 g DEN 2589 141
Van der Wiel - Rebel Match
Maarten van Gils reports: There will be a match in Maastricht between
John Van der Wiel and the computer program Rebel. It will take place January
2nd to 11th, 2001. John van der Wiel has developed explicit ideas about playing
against computers and Rebel 11.0 (November 2000) seems to be much stronger than
its predecessors. So the organisers hope the match will be exciting. The
Arbiter will be Geurt Gijssen. The organisers are Stichting Chess Events
Maastricht. The venue: Centre Céramique, Avenue Céramique 50
Maastricht, The Netherlands. Dates: January 2-4, 2001 Round 1-3. January 9-11,
2001 Round 4-6.
Match (6 games): GM John van der Wiel vs REBEL 11.0. Time control:
40/120 + 60/all. Games start at 13:00 local time. Entry is free.
Contact details:
Director: Maarten van Gils mvgvsm@wxs.nl
Game comments: Jan van Reek Endgame.Reek@net.HCC.nl
Live Internet coverage: Daan Brorens http://www.chess.dts.nl
More information: (English text)
http://www.rebel.nl/rebwiel.htm
(Dutch text) http://www.lisb.nl/vdWielRebel.htm
Bundesliga Live
Individual matches are being covered live by various German Clubs.
Bundesliga coverage December 9th-10th 2000 including the battle of the
giants: Porz vs. Solingen. Internet coverage:
http://www.schach.com/bundesliga.
Further coverage from other venues at:
http://www.lsv1873.de/ ,
http://www.galaxis.de/ and
http://www.gmschach.de
Martve Open
The Martve Open takes place 15-24.XII 2000 in Tbilisi. If interested
E-mail: amiran_chess_tur@yahoo.com, geo_chess2000@yahoo.com,
allach@viam.hepi.edu.ge, a_japaridze@yahoo.com
Internet site: http://geocities.com/amiran_chess_tur
Gausdal Troll Masters
The Gausdal Troll Masters are played at the Gausdal
Høifjellshotel in Norway 5-12th January 2001. Open 9-round GM-tournament
with good norm chances. 14-18 titled players expected out of 60-70
participants. Maximum 10-12 unrated players. Confirmed GMs: Rozentalis (2593),
Rausis (2551), Krakops (2522), Gausel (2492), Djurhuus (2484) and Westerinen
(2370). Last date of entry: 1st Januay 2001 Start fee: NOK 300-900, depending
on rating. Prizes: NOK 6000 - 4000 - 2500 - 1500 - 1000
More information on the home page:
http://home.online.no/~bjarke-k/TrollMasters/Troll2001/Engelsk/index.htm
Participation in the tournament may be combined with the Open Norwegian
Rapid Chess Championships, played in Fredrikstad (south-east of Oslo) 12-13th
January 2001. Home page: http://www.sjakk.net/nm_2001.html
Bethune Open (France)
The Bethune Open takes place 26th-30th December 2000. The 21st
international open in Bethune (north of France). Many prizes: at least 36000 FF
(~$5000) with 10000 FF (~$1500) for the winner. Further information:
http://www.viruschess.com/ or by e-mail: lahcenec@aol.com
John McVicar Braingames Article
Ex-convict John McVicar wrote a column on the braingames World Chess
Championships in Punch. The article by an outsider gives a unique view of the
event. It will probably only be available this week.
Link: http://www.punch.co.uk/mcvicar.html
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 $15
for 4 months.
Carlos Torre Memorial
XIII GM Carlos Torre Repetto In Memoriam 2000 12th-20th December 2000.
Venue: Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Details:
http://commcenter.terra.com.mx Contact: Lic Hugo A Balam
Lopez: Tel 0199 913844. E-Mail hcamaron@terra.com.mx
76th Hastings Chess Congress
The 76th Hastings International Chess Congress will take place from the
28th December 2000 to 7th January 2001. This year it will be held at a new
venue which should greatly enhance the event. It will be played under one roof
at the new £4.5 million Horntye Park Sports Complex which opened in the
late Spring.
Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
Contact Pam Thomas Tel/Fax 01424 445348 e-mail dmt123@compuserve.com
Ano Liosia Open
The 11th International Open Chess Tournament "Ano Liosia 2001" takes
place 27 December 2000 - 6 January 2001, in Ano Liosia, Athens.
PRIZES 1st : 600.000 drs (1.500$), 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.
Entries so far: Leading entries include IGMs: GM Utut Adianto (Indonesia
2583), GM Ian Rogers (Australia 2558), GM Alexander Volzhin (Russia 2556), GM
Darryl Johansen (Australia 2505), GM Stefan Djuric (Yugoslavia 2472), GM Goran
Todorovic (Yugoslavia 2455). and IMs: IM Gary Lane (England 2452), IM Michael
Gluzman (Australia 2432), IM Maarten Solleveld (Netherlands 2426), 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).
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
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
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
Three 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
There will be the TAPOLCA Open chess tournament in Budapest January
5th-13th 2001. Prizes: 40-25-15-10-6-4-2x3-2x2.5-2x2 thousand HUF /1 USD = 300
HUF now/. About 4-6 IM-s, 50-70 % FIDE rated usually. The organizer: PAREJ,
Jozsef, phone: 00-36-87-321-950, home 19:00-21:00 hours Central European Time
More info and accommodation in Budapest: Nagy, Laszlo International Chess
Organizer E-mail: firstsat@elender.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.
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
