THE WEEK IN CHESS 318 11th December 2000 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Anthony Fox, Alan Laverty, John Saunders, Ruslan Ponomariov
and Mikhail Golubev, Søren Søgaard, Laszlo Nagy, Emil Pessi,
Arthur Brameld, Gyorkos Lajos, Axel Fritz and Juergen Daniel, Alejandro
Martinez Gonzalez, Pia Cramling, Lost Boys, Boris Schipkov, Helena
Wallström, Lanfranco Bombelli and Sujatha Srinivasan, and all those who
helped with this issue.
The FIDE Chess Championships have reached their semi-final stages.
Viswanathan Anand will take on Michael Adams and this should be a very tight
match with Anand being slight favourite. However if Adams can cope with Anand's
powerful play with white the match then he has good chances himself. The fact
that Adams had a rest day whereas Anand had a tough playoff to contend with is
definitely advantage to him. Alexei Shirov is strong favourite over 17 year old
Alexander Grischuk but he will have to be careful. Grischuk is a fast improving
player who hasn't lost a game in these championships. Shirov is going to have
to be careful he doesn't play a careless game as he might struggle to win back.
Its going to be fascinating.
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 week started with the pairing of round three where Peter Leko faced
defending champion Alexander Khalifman. After the two drawn games at standard
time-rates and four games at rapid time-rates the match went into a sudden
death playoff. After one further draw Khalifman remained in the event by
winning the second sudden death game.
Round four saw two major mini-matches. Alexei Shirov managed to beat
Boris Gelfand in what should have been the heavyweight clash of the round. In
the end it didn't really catch fire, two draws was followed by a poor first
rapidgame by Gelfand and another draw which saw Shirov through. Michael Adams
took his match against Svidler to rapid playoffs but took advantage of white to
go through undefeated. The big surprise was Tkachiev's elimination of
Morozevich. Tkachiev and Morozevich travelled to a few tournaments together at
the start of their careers around 6 years ago and this seemed to help the
under-dog in the match. A wild first game will quite a few missed opportunities
for Morozevich ended in a draw. The second game saw Tkachiev win a pawn and
then capitolised on it to win the match. Topalov and Dreev played a brutal
match of two standard games and four rapidplay all of which were decisive.
Dreev panicked with a few seconds left on his clock in the fifth playoff game,
he had the advantage but dropped his entire position with a terrible blunder
and was understandably not in much condition to get back after that.
The quarter finals that concluded today saw the elimination of the
defending champion Alexander Khalifman. His opponent was Viswanathan Anand the
top seed for the event and I believe that Khalifman should have been seeded
higher he was unlucky to meet him at this stage. Not that Khalifman struggled
in the match. He introduced a fine piece of opening preparation with black in
game one in the Marshall Gambit of the Ruy Lopez and drew easily, he didn't put
much pressure on in the second standard game. Although he also didn't get
anything with the white pieces in the first playoff game he had much the better
of the draw in the second game. Then he made a fatal mistake. Anand opened with
1.Nf3 and this seemed to throw him he played a gambit in the slav giving up a
piece for pawns, even before he had left theory I thought this a mistake and
this proved to be the case, this kind of position is much harder to play for
black and you don't want this in a speed game he lost in 41 moves. He tried
pretty hard in the final game but it ended in a draw.
Anand's opponent will be Michael Adams who has quietly made progress
throughout the championships. Adams won a long grind against Veselin Topalov in
the semi-final game one and had absolutely no trouble in drawing the second to
go through.
17 year old Alexander Grischuk has shown great maturity in qualifying
for the semi-finals. Although he hasn't had a high profile thus far he also
hasn't lost a game. He beat Vladislav Tkachiev in the quarter-finals by winning
the second playoff game. He's definitely a star in the making but whether he's
the finished product will surely be tested by his next round opponent, Alexei
Shirov.
Alexei Shirov almost didn't make it to the semi-finals. He lost with
black against Evgeny Bareev and faced a must win with white. Shirov however is
a class player and he won very easily against Bareev with white. Shirov has
never lost a playoff match in the FIDE format and he simply won with white and
drew with black to go through. Shirov's worry about his next round opponent
Grischuk is that he is such an unknown quantity.
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 3 Men's Results
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 0-1 0-1
Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) * vs. Leko, Peter (HUN) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
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 0-1 0-1
Peng Xiaomin (CHN) vs. * Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1-0 0-1 0-1 1/2
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 1/2 0-1
Ehlvest, Jaan (EST) * vs. Movsesian, Sergei (CZE) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0 1-0
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 1-0 0-1 1-0 1/2
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 Results
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 1/2 1-0
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 0-1 1/2
Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) vs. * Maric, Alisa (YUG) 1/2 0-1
Round 4 Men's Results
Top Half
Macieja, Bartlomiej (POL) vs. * Anand, Viswanathan (IND) 1/2 0-1
Leitao, Rafael (BRA) vs. * Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) 1/2 0-1
Svidler, Peter (RUS) vs. * Adams, Michael (ENG) 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Dreev, Alexei (RUS) vs. * Topalov, Veselin (BUL) 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1
Bottom Half
Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) vs. * Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) 1/2 0-1
Ehlvest, Jaan (EST) vs. * Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Shirov,Alexei (ESP) * vs. Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1/2 1/2 1-0 1/2
Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) * vs. Gulko, Boris F (USA) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Women's Round 4 Results
Top half
Xie, Jun (CHN) * vs. Zhukova, Natalia (UKR) 1-0 1/2
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina(RUS) * vs. Peng, Zhaoqin (NED) 1-0 1/2
Bottom half
Qin, Kanying (CHN) * vs. Peptan, Corina (ROM) 1/2 1/2 1-0 1-0
Maric, Alisa (YUG) * vs. Skripchenko-Lautier,A (MDA) 1/2 1/2 1-0 1-0
Men's Quarter Finals
Top Half
Anand, Viswanathan (IND) * vs. Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0 1/2
Adams, Michael (ENG) * vs. Topalov, Veselin (BUL) 1-0 1/2
Bottom Half
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) * vs. Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) vs. * Shirov,Alexei (ESP) 1-0 0-1 0-1 1/2
Women's Semi-Finals
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina(RUS) vs. * Xie, Jun (CHN) 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Qin, Kanying (CHN) * vs. Maric, Alisa (YUG) 1-0 1/2
The 3rd Padova International Open took place December 2nd-10th 2000.
The winner was Genadij Timoscenko who scored 6.5/9 and had a superior Buchholz
tie-break to Erald Dervishi who also scored 6.5. My thanks to Lanfranco
Bombelli.
Internet coverage:
http://www.infcom.it/fsi/tornei/00padova.htm
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3rd Padova Open ITA (ITA), 2-10 xii 2000
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1. Timoscenko, Genadij g SVK 2529 6.5 2578
2. Dervishi, Erald g ALB 2478 6.5 2567
3. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2475 6.0 2480
4. Paragua, Mark PHI 2423 6.0 2457
5. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2494 6.0 2455
6. Rossi, Carlo f ITA 2436 6.0 2435
7. Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2504 5.5 2483
8. Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2472 5.5 2444
9. Zlochevskij, Alexander g RUS 2450 5.0 2399
10. Quinn, Mark f IRL 2381 5.0 2440
11. Manca, Federico m ITA 2396 5.0 2398
12. Caruso, Augusto ITA 2286 5.0 2337
13. Genocchio, Daniele ITA 2201 5.0 2328
14. Van Hoolandt, Patrick BEL 2169 5.0 2339
15. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2431 5.0 2287
16. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2440 4.5 2276
17. Del-Monaco, Andrea ITA 2077 4.5 2250
18. Sabia, Corrado ITA 2194 4.5 2196
19. Cacco, Christian ITA 2267 4.5 2214
20. Radulescu,Gheorghe ROM ---- 4.5 2096
32 players
The Schacknytt 30th Anniversary event took place December 5th-11th 2000
in Upplands Väsby, Sweden. This Category XI event was won by GM Viktor
Gavrikov of Lithuania with 4.5/7 ahead of Andrei Sokolov of Latvia, Aleksandr
Veingold of Estonia and Eduardas Rozenthalis of Lithuania on 4/7.
Internet coverage: http://www.schacknytt.net/
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Schacknytt GM Upplands Vasby SWE (SWE), 5-11 xii 2000 cat. XI (2511)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Gavrikov, Viktor g LTU 2549 * = = = = = 1 1 4.5 2607
2. Sokolov, Andrei2 m LAT 2509 = * = 1 1 = = 0 4.0 2561
3. Veingold, Aleksandr m EST 2457 = = * = = = = 1 4.0 2568
4. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2570 = 0 = * = = 1 1 4.0 2552
5. Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2491 = 0 = = * 1 0 1 3.5 2513
6. Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2473 = = = = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2516
7. Rausis, Igors g LAT 2551 0 = = 0 1 0 * = 2.5 2403
8. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2486 0 1 0 0 0 = = * 2.0 2356
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The 9th Sonnevanck took place 28th November - 7th December 2000. First
place was shared between Maarten Solleveld and Alexandre Dgebuadze on 6.5/9.
Solleveld also scored what should be his final IM norm.
Internet coverage:
http://chess.lostcity.nl/sonnevanck2000/
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9th Sonnevanck It NED (NED), 28 xi-7 xii 2000 cat. V (2365)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Solleveld, Maarten NED 2426 * 1 = = = 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2524
2. Dgebuadze, Alexandre g GEO 2536 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2512
3. Armas, Julius m FRA 2378 = = * 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2488
4. Friedman, Aviv f ISR 2364 = = 0 * 1 1 = = 0 1 5.0 2408
5. Hendriks, Willy NED 2378 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = = 4.5 2363
6. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2330 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 1 4.5 2369
7. Peek, Marcel f NED 2299 = 0 = = 0 = * = 1 = 4.0 2329
8. Vink, Nico NED 2296 = = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 0 3.0 2247
9. Stellwagen, Daniel NED 2285 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 0 * = 2.5 2208
10. Bottema, Tom NED 2359 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = * 2.5 2199
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The new municipality (near Lisbon) of Odivelas hosted it's first
international tournament (closed, round robin, category 4, 28th November to 8th
December 2000. Mathias Roeder led throughout and win with an undefeated
9/11.
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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1st Odivelas It POR (POR), 28 xi-16 xii 2000 cat. IV (2328)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2467 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2577
2. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2548 = * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2518
3. Kogan, Artur g ISR 2504 = 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2522
4. Strikovic, Aleksa g YUG 2490 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2487
5. Fernandes, Antonio m POR 2438 = = 1 = * 0 1 1 = 1 0 1 7.0 2419
6. Fernando, Diogo POR 2257 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 0 = = = 1 5.0 2298
7. Dias, Paulo POR 2302 = = 0 0 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 = 4.5 2265
8. Guerra, Victor POR 2156 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 = 0 1 4.5 2278
9. Pinho, Paulo POR 2213 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 0 1 1 3.0 2163
10. Andrade, Jose POR 2196 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 0 3.0 2164
11. Santos, Antonio P POR 2272 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 0 0 * 0 2.5 2121
12. Leite, Catarina POR 2089 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 * 2.5 2138
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The Mallorca International Open took place December 2nd-10th 2000.
Francisco Vallejo Pons won the event with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Zenon
Franco Ocampos. My thanks to Alejandro Martinez Gonzalez for the games and
results. Last week I mistakenly confused the Jose Maria Bellon (unrated) with
his GM brother. I've corrected that this week in the games section.
Internet coverage: http://www.fbescacs.org/intmallorca2000/
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Mallorca Open ESP (ESP), 2-16 xii 2000
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1. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2554 7.5 2607
2. Franco Ocampos, Zenon g ESP 2512 7.0 2596
3. Kovacevic, Aleksandar m YUG 2513 6.5 2562
4. Kolev, Atanas g BUL 2582 6.5 2536
5. Herraiz Lopez, Herminio m ESP 2415 6.5 2499
6. Suba, Mihai g ROM 2487 6.5 2449
7. Zlotnik, Boris A m RUS 2419 6.5 2413
8. De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M g ESP 2458 6.5 2417
9. Braga, Fernando m ITA 2455 6.0 2507
10. Vassallo, Mauricio ARG 2431 6.0 2482
11. Campos Moreno, Javier B m CHI 2491 6.0 2442
12. Gonzalez, Bernal m CRC 2428 6.0 2473
13. Pons Sastre, Santiago ESP 2328 6.0 2312
14. Hernandez Basante, Francisco m CRC 2309 6.0 2270
15. Teran Alvarez, Ismael f ESP 2347 6.0 2282
16. Martinez Gonzalez, Alejandro ESP 2254 6.0 2296
17. Reinaldo Castineira, Roi f ESP 2416 6.0 2313
18. Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2508 6.0 2332
19. Tattersall, Lester ESP 2258 6.0 2302
20. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto ESP 2383 6.0 2342
101 players
The Bundesliga round 3 and 4 took place December 9th-10th 2000. With
players such as Khalifman and Adams still involved in the FIDE Championships
there were a number of key players missing. The battle of the leading clubs
Porz and Solingen ended in a draw. In a contraversial move USV Magdeburg and SV
Werder Bremen played their fifth round match on the Friday night however they
argued that taking the opportunity to play the match early whilst both teams
were in the same town would save them a lot of money in travel. My thanks to
Axel Fritz and Juergen Daniel for their help. There will almost certainly be
corrections to at least some of the games but many corrections have already
been made.
Internet coverage:
http://www.schach.com/bundesliga and
http://www.gmschach.de.
Round 5 8th December 2000
USV Magdeburg - SV Werder Bremen 5½-2½
1 Onischuk,Alexander - Hracek,Zbynek 1-0
2 Rogozenko,Dorian - Babula,Vlastimil ½-½
3 Slobodjan,Roman - Schandorff,Lars ½-½
4 Baklan,Vladimir - McShane,Luke J. ½-½
5 Georgiev,Vladimir - Knaak,Rainer 1-0
6 Proehl,Holger - Pelletier,Yannick ½-½
7 Stolz,Mike - Meins,Gerlef ½-½
8 Meier,Volker - Heissler,Jakob 1-0
Round 3 9th December 2000
USV Magdeburg - SK König Tegel 5½-2½
1 Onischuk,Alexander - Rabiega,Robert ½-½
2 Rogozenko,Dorian - Muse,Mladen 1-0
3 Slobodjan,Roman - Paulsen,Dirk 1-0
4 Baklan,Vladimir - Lipinsky,Fabian ½-½
5 Georgiev,Vladimir - Von Herman,Ulf 1-0
6 Proehl,Holger - Fette,Martin 1-0
7 Stolz,Mike - Pachow,Joerg 0-1
8 Meier,Volker - Giemsa,Stephan ½-½
SV Werder Bremen - SF Neukölln 03 4½-3½
1 Hracek,Zbynek - Stohl,Igor ½-½
2 Babula,Vlastimil - Atalik,Suat ½-½
3 Schandorff,Lars - Bunzmann,Dimitrij 1-0
4 McShane,Luke J. - Brynell,Stellan 1-0
5 Knaak,Rainer - Borriss,Martin 0-1
6 Pelletier,Yannick - Polzin,Rainer ½-½
7 Meins,Gerlef - Rudolf,Henrik ½-½
8 Heissler,Jakob - Thiede,Lars ½-½
SK König Plauen - Hamburger SK 1830 4½-3½
1 Beliavsky,Alexander - Ftacnik,Lubomir 1-0
2 Bischoff,Klaus - Dorfman,Josif D ½-½
3 Boensch,Uwe - Kempinski,Robert ½-½
4 Kindermann,Stefan - Mueller,Karsten ½-½
5 Espig,Lutz - Gustafsson,Jan ½-½
6 Schaller,Sven - Heinemann,Thies ½-½
7 Sandner,Gunter - Reeh,Oliver 0-1
8 Kuraszkiewicz,Michae - Sebastian,Dirk 1-0
TV Tegernsee - Lübecker SV 1873 3-5
1 Khenkin,Igor - Epishin,Vladimir 0-1
2 Ribli,Zoltan - Hodgson,Julian M ½-½
3 Bauer,Christian - Agdestein,Simen 0-1
4 Hertneck,Gerald - De Firmian,Nick E ½-½
5 Stangl,Markus - Nunn,John D.M. 0-1
6 Teske,Henrik - Hansen,Lars Bo ½-½
7 Gross,David - Hector,Jonny ½-½
8 Pezerovic,Edin - Mortensen,Erling 1-0
SF Baiertal-Schattha - SV Wattenscheid 2½-5½
1 Schlindwein,Rolf - Aronian,Levon (IM) 0-1
2 Doettling,Fabian - Nielsen,Peter Heine 0-1
3 Buhmann,Rainer - Rustemov,Alexander ½-½
4 Duppel,Matthias - Handke,Florian ½-½
5 Meissner,Bernd-Guent - Holzke,Frank 1-0
6 Koch,Wolfgang Max - Ellers,Holger ½-½
7 Balzar,Andreas - Straeter,Timo 0-1
8 Schulzke,Erich - Thiel,Thomas 0-1
TSV Schott Mainz - SV Castrop Rauxel 1-7
1 Balcerak,Jakob - Van Der Sterren,P 0-1
2 Kosten,Anthony C. - King,Daniel J. ½-½
3 Cicak,Slavko - Gallagher,Joseph G. ½-½
4 Lisanti,Andre - Seul,Georg 0-1
5 Vogler,Tilmann - Appel,Ralf 0-1
6 Wornath,Kai Rudolf - Hoffmann,Michael 0-1
7 Neidhardt,Claus-Ulri - Dinstuhl,Volkmar 0-1
8 Kienast,Joerg - Brendel,Oliver 0-1
SC Gelsenkirchen - SG Porz 1½-6½
1 Feigin,Mihail - Lutz,Christopher 0-1
2 Kalka,Arkadius Georg - Van Wely,Loek 0-1
3 Kotter,Ralf - Timman,Jan H 0-1
4 Meessen,Rudolf - Sokolov,Ivan 0-1
5 Ahn,Martin - Vaganian,Rafael A 0-1
6 Schirbel,Andreas - Andersson,Ulf ½-½
7 Hille,Ingo - Hansen,Curt 0-1
8 Partenheimer,Axel - Nenashev,Alexander 1-0
SG 1868 Aljechin Sol - Godesberger SK 5½-2½
1 Morozevich,Alexander - Dautov,Rustem ½-½
2 Piket,Jeroen - Gurevich,Mikhail ½-½
3 Jussupow,Artur - Kengis,Edvins ½-½
4 Nikolic,Predrag - David,Alberto 1-0
5 Huebner,Robert Dr. - Kveinys,Aloyzas ½-½
6 Sadler,Matthew - Langheinrich,Ferenc 1-0
7 Emms,John M. - Seger,Ruediger ½-½
8 Lobron,Eric - Breder,Dennis 1-0
Round 4 10th December 2000
SK König Tegel - SV Werder Bremen 2½-5½
1 Rabiega,Robert - Hracek,Zbynek ½-½
2 Muse,Mladen - Babula,Vlastimil ½-½
3 Paulsen,Dirk - Schandorff,Lars 0-1
4 Lipinsky,Fabian - McShane,Luke J. ½-½
5 Von Herman,Ulf - Knaak,Rainer 0-1
6 Fette,Martin - Pelletier,Yannick 0-1
7 Pachow,Joerg - Meins,Gerlef 1-0
8 Giemsa,Stephan - Heissler,Jakob 0-1
SF Neukölln 03 - USV Magdeburg 3-5
1 Stohl,Igor - Onischuk,Alexander 0-1
2 Atalik,Suat - Rogozenko,Dorian ½-½
3 Bunzmann,Dimitrij - Slobodjan,Roman ½-½
4 Berndt,Stephan - Baklan,Vladimir ½-½
5 Brynell,Stellan - Thesing,Matthias ½-½
6 Borriss,Martin - Georgiev,Vladimir 0-1
7 Polzin,Rainer - Proehl,Holger ½-½
8 Thiede,Lars - Meier,Volker ½-½
Hamburger SK 1830 - TV Tegernsee 5-3
1 Ftacnik,Lubomir - Khenkin,Igor ½-½
2 Dorfman,Josif D - Ribli,Zoltan ½-½
3 Kempinski,Robert - Bauer,Christian 1-0
4 Mueller,Karsten - Hertneck,Gerald ½-½
5 Gustafsson,Jan - Stangl,Markus ½-½
6 Heinemann,Thies - Teske,Henrik ½-½
7 Reeh,Oliver - Gross,David ½-½
8 Sebastian,Dirk - Pezerovic,Edin 1-0
Lübecker SV 1873 - SK König Plauen 5-3
1 Epishin,Vladimir - Beliavsky,Alexander ½-½
2 Hodgson,Julian M. - Bischoff,Klaus ½-½
3 Agdestein,Simen - Boensch,Uwe 1-0
4 De Firmian,Nick E - Kindermann,Stefan 0-1
5 Nunn,John D.M. - Espig,Lutz ½-½
6 Hansen,Lars Bo - Schaller,Sven 1-0
7 Hector,Jonny - Sandner,Gunter 1-0
8 Mortensen,Erling - Kuraszkiewicz,M ½-½
SV Wattenscheid - TSV Schott Mainz 4½-3½
1 Aronian,Levon (IM) - Balcerak,Jakob ½-½
2 Nielsen,Peter Heine - Kosten,Anthony C. ½-½
3 Rustemov,Alexander - Cicak,Slavko ½-½
4 Handke,Florian - Lisanti,Andre 1-0
5 Holzke,Frank - Vogler,Tilmann ½-½
6 Ellers,Holger - Wornath,Kai Rudolf 1-0
7 Straeter,Timo - Neidhardt,CU 0-1
8 Thiel,Thomas - Treppner,Gerd ½-½
SV Castrop Rauxel - SF Baiertal-Schatth 5-3
1 Van Der Sterren,Paul - Schlindwein,Rolf 1-0
2 King,Daniel J. - Doettling,Fabian 1-0
3 Gallagher,Joseph G. - Buhmann,Rainer ½-½
4 Seul,Georg - Duppel,Matthias 0-1
5 Appel,Ralf - Meissner,BG ½-½
6 Hoffmann,Michael - Koch,Wolfgang Max ½-½
7 Dinstuhl,Volkmar - Balzar,Andreas ½-½
8 Hennig,Dirk - Schulzke,Erich 1-0
SG Porz - SG 1868 Aljechin Sol 4-4
1 Lutz,Christopher - Morozevich,A 0-1
2 Van Wely,Loek - Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 1-0
3 Timman,Jan H - Piket,Jeroen 0-1
4 Sokolov,Ivan - Jussupow,Artur ½-½
5 Vaganian,Rafael A - Huebner,Robert Dr. ½-½
6 Andersson,Ulf - Sadler,Matthew ½-½
7 Hansen,Curt - Emms,John M. ½-½
8 Nenashev,Alexander - Chandler,Murray G. 1-0
Godesberger SK - SC Gelsenkirchen 5½-2½
1 Dautov,Rustem - Feigin,Mihail 1-0
2 Gurevich,Mikhail - Kalka,Arkadius G 1-0
3 Kengis,Edvins - Kotter,Ralf 1-0
4 David,Alberto - Meessen,Rudolf ½-½
5 Kveinys,Aloyzas - Baumhus,Reinhard 1-0
6 Langheinrich,Ferenc - Ahn,Martin 0-1
7 Seger,Ruediger - Schirbel,Andreas 1-0
8 Schmidt,Bodo - Orlov,Andrey 0-1
Round 4 Standings
Pl. Team ELO G + = - Mat Brd
1. Lübecker SV 1873 2573 4 4 0 0 8-0 21.5
2. SG Porz 2606 4 3 1 0 7-1 24.0
3. SG 1868 Aljechin Sol 2577 4 3 1 0 7-1 22.0
4. SV Castrop Rauxel 2478 4 3 0 1 6-2 20.0
5. SV Wattenscheid 2415 4 3 0 1 6-2 18.5
5. SV Werder Bremen 2435 4 3 0 1 6-2 18.5
7. Godesberger SK 2449 4 3 0 1 6-2 18.0
8. USV Magdeburg 2428 4 3 0 1 6-2 17.5
9. Hamburger SK 1830 2476 4 2 0 2 4-4 16.5
10. TV Tegernsee 2458 4 2 0 2 4-4 15.0
11. SF Neukölln 03 2456 4 1 0 3 2-6 14.5
12. SK König Plauen 2422 4 1 0 3 2-6 14.0
13. SF Baiertal-Schattha 2359 4 0 0 4 0-8 10.0
14. SK König Tegel 2350 4 0 0 4 0-8 9.5
15. TSV Schott Mainz 2346 4 0 0 4 0-8 8.5
16. SC Gelsenkirchen 2332 4 0 0 4 0-8 8.0
[The round 5 match played early hasn't been included]
Gyorkos Lajos reports: The Harkany Open (Tenkes Kupa) took place in
Hungary 16th-26th November 2000. The event was won by IM Peter Horvath with 7/9
who finished half a point clear of Ivan Farago, Mihai Grunberg and Gyula Feher
on 6.5/9 in a field of 42 players.
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Tenkes Kupa Harkany HUN (HUN), 16-24 xi 2000
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1. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2434 7.0 2563
2. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2486 6.5 2481
3. Grunberg, Mihai m ROM 2400 6.5 2491
4. Feher, Gyula m HUN 2400 6.5 2467
5. Tatar Kis, Szabolcs m HUN 2376 6.0 2452
6. Chetverik, Maxim f RUS 2315 6.0 2356
7. Meszaros, Tamas HUN 2216 6.0 2417
8. Portisch, Ferenc m HUN 2363 5.5 2346
9. Kernazhitsky, Leonid m UKR 2410 5.5 2337
10. Parkanyi, Attila f HUN 2310 5.5 2403
11. Drozdov, Alexandre f RUS 2262 5.5 2343
12. Waller, Helmut f AUT 2212 5.5 2359
13. Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2219 5.5 2318
14. Csiszar, Csaba m HUN 2410 5.5 2320
15. Hajnal, Zoltan f HUN 2357 5.0 2330
16. Lenart, Endre f HUN 2170 5.0 2320
17. Papp, Gabor HUN 2254 5.0 2275
42 players
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 3 games (now available) input by Arthur Brameld. Source:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/4ncl/index.html
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
The GM and IM Autumn Cups took place in Bucharest, Romania, November
20th-December 3rd 2000. Bela Badea won the GM event with 9.5/13 a point and a
half clear of Boris Itkis and Zdravko Vukovic on 8. In the IM event Vlad Jianu
won with 9.5/14 half a point clear of Bogdan Vioreanu. My thanks to Emil
Pessi.
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Autumn Cup GM Bucharest ROM (ROM), 4 xi-3 xii 2000 cat. VII (2413)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Badea, Bela g ROM 2480 * = = = 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2583
2. Itkis, Boris m ROM 2384 = * 0 1 1 = = = = 1 = = = 1 8.0 2502
3. Vukovic, Zdravko m YUG 2471 = 1 * 0 0 = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 8.0 2495
4. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2578 = 0 1 * 1 = = = = = = 1 = = 7.5 2457
5. Simantsev, Mikhail m UKR 2403 0 0 1 0 * = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 7.5 2470
6. Mateuta, Gabriel m ROM 2409 = = = = = * 0 = = 1 = = = 1 7.0 2442
7. Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2472 1 = 0 = 0 1 * = 0 = 0 1 1 = 6.5 2408
8. Matulovic, Milan g YUG 2433 = = = = = = = * 0 = = = 1 = 6.5 2411
9. Szabo, Gergely ROM ROM 2330 0 = = = 0 = 1 1 * = = 0 = 1 6.5 2419
10. Florean, Andrei m ROM 2441 0 0 0 = = 0 = = = * 1 1 1 1 6.5 2411
11. Podinic, Vladimir YUG 2340 0 = = = = = 1 = = 0 * = = = 6.0 2389
12. Parligras, Mircea ROM 2441 0 = = 0 = = 0 = 1 0 = * 1 1 6.0 2382
13. Murariu, Andrei ROM 2299 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = 3.0 2210
14. Sebe, Razvan ROM 2303 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = * 2.5 2170
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Autumn Cup IM Bucharest ROM (ROM), 4 xi-3 xii 2000 cat. I (2271)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
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1. Jianu, Vlad f ROM 2293 * 1 1 = 1 1 = = = = 0 = = 1 1 9.5 2402
2. Vioreanu, Bogdan ROM 2280 0 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 0 9.0 2372
3. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2350 0 0 * = 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2345
4. Petrenko, Svetlana wm MDA 2316 = = = * = 1 = = 0 = 1 0 = 1 1 8.0 2317
5. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2271 0 = 1 = * = = = = 0 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2321
6. Ionescu, Doru Alexandru f ROM 2258 0 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 0 1 7.5 2300
7. Vujic, Mihailo YUG 2281 = 0 0 = = = * = 1 = = = = 1 1 7.5 2299
8. Glodeanu, Ion m ROM 2271 = = = = = = = * = = = = = = = 7.0 2271
9. Berechet, Otiliu m ROM 2224 = 0 = 1 = = 0 = * = = = 1 0 1 7.0 2274
10. Hernandez, Gustavo VEN VEN 2245 = = 0 = 1 0 = = = * 0 1 = = 1 7.0 2272
11. Grunberg, Florin ROM 2295 1 0 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 * 1 = 0 1 6.5 2240
12. Milanovic, Slavisa YUG 2324 = 0 0 1 = = = = = 0 0 * 1 = 1 6.5 2238
13. Petre, Nad-Titus f ROM 2293 = 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 * 1 1 5.5 2189
14. Marin, Luiza wm ROM 2187 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 0 * 0 5.0 2175
15. Osman, Mihai FRA 2177 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2.5 2015
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Laszlo Nagy reports: The December First Saturday events take place
2nd-15th December. In the GM group Teimour Radjabov has started with 7/8.
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FSGM December Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-16 xii 2000 cat. VIII (2426)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Radjabov, Teimour m AZE 2476 * . 1 . . = 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2757
2. Berkes, Ferenc HUN 2372 . * = 1 . 1 = 1 = = . 1 6.0 2614
3. Markus, Robert m YUG 2465 0 = * = . = 1 1 . 1 . 1 5.5 2557
4. Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2357 . 0 = * = = 1 . 0 1 1 . 4.5 2480
5. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2541 . . . = * = 0 = 1 = = 1 4.5 2450
6. Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2488 = 0 = = = * . = . = 1 . 4.0 2441
7. Antal, Gergely HUN 2405 0 = 0 0 1 . * . 1 . = 1 4.0 2407
8. Czebe, Attila m HUN 2520 0 0 0 . = = . * 1 1 1 . 4.0 2445
9. Szieberth, Adam f HUN 2421 0 = . 1 0 . 0 0 * . 0 1 2.5 2271
10. Barbero, Gerardo F g ARG 2445 0 = 0 0 = = . 0 . * . 1 2.5 2294
11. Balogh, Csaba HUN 2359 0 . . 0 = 0 = 0 1 . * = 2.5 2293
12. Resika, Nathan A USA 2267 = 0 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 0 = * 1.0 2113
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FSIMA December Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-16 xii 2000 cat. II (2280)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Mensch, Etienne FRA 2302 * . 1 1 1 1 . . 0 1 1 . . 6.0 2586
2. Spielmann, Alain FRA 2275 . * . . 0 = 1 1 1 = . 1 1 6.0 2479
3. Berczes, Csaba HUN 2189 0 . * . = = . 1 = 1 = . 1 5.0 2379
4. Bozic, Milan YUG 2281 0 . . * 1 0 . 1 1 = . = = 4.5 2326
5. Dub, Zeev ISR 2137 0 1 = 0 * . = . . 1 1 . . 4.0 2343
6. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2370 0 = = 1 . * = = . . = = . 4.0 2280
7. Xu Hanbing CHN 2328 . 0 . . = = * 0 = . . 1 1 3.5 2265
8. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2278 . 0 0 0 . = 1 * . . . 1 1 3.5 2280
9. Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2282 1 0 = 0 . . = . * 0 = = . 3.0 2206
10. Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2379 0 = 0 = 0 . . . 1 * = . . 2.5 2150
11. Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2301 0 . = . 0 = . . = = * . = 2.5 2167
12. Csomos, Roland f HUN 2293 . 0 . = . = 0 0 = . . * = 2.0 2133
13. Nieminen, Kari FIN 2225 . 0 0 = . . 0 0 . . = = * 1.5 2047
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FSIMB December Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-16 xii 2000 cat. II (2285)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Koskinen, Henri f FIN 2310 * . . 1 1 0 = . . 1 1 . 0 1 5.5 2427
2. Zivanic, Marko f YUG 2300 . * = . = = . 1 = 1 = . . 1 5.5 2448
3. Pinter, Gabor HUN 2384 . = * = 0 1 . . = . = . 1 1 5.0 2377
4. Pap, Misa YUG 2366 0 . = * . 1 0 . . = 1 1 1 . 5.0 2358
5. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2444 0 = 1 . * . 1 = = . . 1 . 0 4.5 2313
6. Philippe, Christophe FRA 2306 1 = 0 0 . * 1 0 . . . 1 1 . 4.5 2318
7. Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2209 = . . 1 0 0 * . . 1 = 0 1 . 4.0 2290
8. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2292 . 0 . . = 1 . * 1 . = . = 0 3.5 2270
9. Tian Tian CHN 2224 . = = . = . . 0 * 0 1 0 . 1 3.5 2258
10. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2346 0 0 . = . . 0 . 1 * . . = 1 3.0 2210
11. Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2207 0 = = 0 . . = = 0 . * 1 . . 3.0 2196
12. Bordas, Gyula HUN 2186 . . . 0 0 0 1 . 1 . 0 * = = 3.0 2184
13. Franchini, Gabriele ITA 2159 1 . 0 0 . 0 0 = . = . = * . 2.5 2158
14. Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2255 0 0 0 . 1 . . 1 0 0 . = . * 2.5 2169
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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 still fighting! But
now "the World" is fighting for a draw! The "World" had there chances in the
Middle Game to make GM Peter Heine Nielsen working hard to equalise. Now the
game is in balance, but it's still very complicated and I would not be
surprised if "Heine" can win a long endgame. We will see. At the Discussion
board http://debatten.pol.dk/kode?14@@.ee95842
the "World" is analysing the position extensively and they are now concerned
about there chances in the endgame. Maybe "the World" can hold a draw, in this
highly interesting game. The first part of the game has being played at a very
high level, but I have the feeling that Heine could have been the first GM to
loose in such a match. But it's very difficult to beat a Grandmaster,
especially in a team-match where 300-400 people has to agree about the moves!
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) 21. Qf3 Rb8 (260/226) 22. Be3 Bb7 (321/197) 23. Nd5 Kf7
(336/153) 24. 0-0-0 Rbd8 (268/88) 25. Rhf1 Qh7 (335/149) 26. c4 bxc4 (252/80)
27. bxc4 Rd6 (295/109) 28. b3 Rhd8 (302/127) 29. Kb2 Bxd5 (275/108) 30. cxd5 e4
(249/108) 31. Qe2 Rxd5 (303/117) 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 (342/280) 33. Qc4
The Brazilian Chess Championships are taking place 9th-15th December
2000 in the Rio Poty Hotel.
Live coverage at: http://www.chessclubber.com/portugues
(although I couldn't work out how to find it) and at:
http://www.cbx.org.br/
Olympiad corrections
Correction to the Olympiad file published in TWIC 314. It is to the
first round game of Gold Board 2 medal winner Ruslan Ponomariov. My thanks to
Ruslan Ponomariov and Mikhail Golubev for it. You can visit his homepage at:
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/ruslan.html
John Saunders points out that I confused Debbie Evans-Quek with her
husband Quek Suan Siau. I've represented the games with her correct dormant
rating and new name.
FIDE Championships Alan Laverty pointed out the Macieja-Krasenkov 2.7
was wrong and Thomas Henrich pointed out Vladimirov-Barua 1.2 was also
incorrect.
Norkom European Masters Anthony Fox points out corrects his round 5 win
against Dempsey.
Milan hosted a strong tournament December 3rd-10th 2000. 260 players in
4 groups and 32 in a solving contest (2 moves problem) took part. In the main
Fide group GM Siniza Drazic (Yug) won with 7.5; second was GM Eugenij
Sveshnikov (Rus) 7; third GM Miso Cebalo (cro) 6.5. Best italians IM Mario
Lanzani and Fabio Galli. In the Open - 1700 elo, Sabine Foisor (the doughter of
WGM Cristina and MI Ovidiu) won with 6/6.
Internet coverage:
http://www.scacchisticamilanese.it/benvenuti.htm
Sinisa Joksic www site
Yugoslav journalist Sinisa Joksic has a new internet site. He will cover
Yugoslav chess in Serbo-Croatian and English and also the swiss chess tour.
Internet addresses: http://yubc.net/~yuchess or
http://www.yuchess.bizland.com.
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.
The lineup for the Premier is: Jon Speelman, Stuart Conquest, Jim
Plaskett, Daniel Gormally, Matthew Turner, Sergei Beshukov, Zhang Zhong,
Lubomir Ftacnik, Krishnan Sasikiran and Levon Aronian.
Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
Contact Pam Thomas Tel/Fax 01424 445348 e-mail dmt123@compuserve.com
New Siberian Websites
Boris Schipkov announces two new Siberian Websites: Chess Siberia
http://www.chessib.com/ (in English) and
Shakhmatnaya Sibir http://www.chessib.com/rus (in
Russian).
Contents: news, openings, games with the comments, articles, reviews,
music and chess, chess and fiction, the best player and the game of month.
Who are your favourite players of the Millenium? The voting takes place
1st -30th December 30, 2000 in the Chess Siberia for determination of the best
chessplayer of the millennium. Send your top five players by E-mail:
b@chessib.com. Subject - "millennium". The player written under the 1st place
receives 5 points, under the 2nd - 4 points, etc. It is possible to specify
less than 5 chessplayers (but not less than 1).
Two tournaments in Prague
There are two closed tournaments in Prague at the end of the year, the
Wilhelm Steinitz Memorial and one open tournament - Karel Prucha Memorial.
Contact: FM Martin Pribyl Prague, Czech Republic E-mail:
orbis64@login.cz
December 26, 2000 - January 5, 2001 Prague - Wihelm Steinitz Memorial -
closed GM tournament, 12 participants, category 8 - 10. Entry fee for players
with ELO > 2400 300 DEM. Closed IM tournament, 10-12 players, cat. 3. Info:
Ruzena Pribylova, Kukelska 904/113, Praha 9, CZ-198 00, Czech Republic. E-mail:
orbis64@login.cz
December 26, 2000 - December 30, 2000 Prague - Memorial Karel Prucha -
international open tournament, 7 rounds. Info: Ruzena Pribylova, Kukelska
904/113, Praha 9, CZ-198 00, Czech Republic. E-mail: orbis64@login.cz
Two Swiss Chess Tour events 2000-1
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2000" will finish in Bern with the 7th
"Ambassador Open" December 26th-30th 2000. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games
will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the
end). Prize are: 2.000 SF, 1.500, 1.000, 800, 600, 500, 400, 300, 250 and 200
SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior
(1940), junior(1980-83), schoolboy (1984) and best local player. Entty fee 130
SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue:
Hotel "Ambassador"
New event - Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double rounds.
Time table for "Ambassador Open": December 26.: The last registration
11.00-12.15 Open ceremony 12.15-12.30 Round 1st 12.30-17.30 December 27.: Round
2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December 28.: Round 4th 12.30 Blitz
18.30-22.30 December 29.: Round 5th 9.30-14.30 The first four play knock-out
and the other continue tournament. Round 6th 15.30-20.30 + semi-final December
30.: Round 7th 9.30-14.30 + final Closing ceremony 16.00
Registered: GM Sturua (GEO), WGM Gurieli(GEO), GM Suetin (RUS), GM
C.Horvath (HUN), GM J.Horvath (RUS), IM Berzinsh (LAT), IM Velicka (CZE), IM
Joksic(YUG), IM Seres (HUN), IM A.Meszaros (HUN), IM Pal (HUN).
Anniversary of Viktor Korchnoi Swiss Chess Tour 2001 The 3rd Hilton
Open in Basle
Next year Viktor Korchnoi celebrates his 70th birthday. The Swiss Chess
Federation, his club "Zurich", organizers from Switzerland and other countries
want to take part and organize some chess event in honor of great champion.
Swiss Chess Tour 2001 starts the first and address gala Hilton Open in honor of
Viktor.
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2001" start in Basle with the 3rd Hilton Open
January 1st 7th 2000. Swiss system 7 rounds and Swiss system, 7 rounds and the
games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till
the end). After 5 rounds a first three + Korchnoi play knock-out system, the
others continue with Swiss system. Prizes: 1. 2000 SF (Swiss Francs), 2. 1.500,
3. 1.200, 4. 1.000, 5. 800, 6. 600, 7. 500, 8. 400, 9.-10.2x300 i 11.-12. 2x200
SF (min 100 players). Special prizes 200 SF each: best Lady, senior (1941),
junior (1981-84), schoolboy (1985), Basle player, player till 2000 rating
points and a best player till 1800 points. Entry fee: 130 SF (FMs + juniors 60;
GMs + IMs free). At the doors +10 SF. Venue Hotel "Hilton"
The others celebration events: January, 2nd "Juniors Chess King" four
category U-20, U-17, U-14, U-12. January, 3rd Viktor Korchnoi, Simul &
show-blitz with juniors and VIP persons January, 6th Blitz Open (5', Swiss
system, 9 double round)
Time table for "Hilton Open": January 1.: The last registration
14.00-16.45 Open ceremony 16.45-17.00 Round 1st 17.00-23.00 January 2.: Juniors
Tournament 10.00-17.00 Round 2nd 17.00-23.00 January 3.: Round 3rd 17.00-23.00
Korchnoi, Simul & show-blitz 14.00-17.00 January 4.: Round 4th 17.00-23.00
January 5.: Round 5th 17.00-23.00 The first four play knock-out and the other
continue Tournament. January 6. : Round 6th 11.00-17.00 (The semi-final
10.00-16.00) Blitz Tournament 18.00-22.00 January 7. : Round 7th 11.00-17.00
(The final 10.00-16.00) The closing ceremony 18.00
Registered: GM Korchnoi (SUI), GM A. Sokolov (RUS), GM Tukmakov (UKR),
GM Sturua (GEO), WGM Gurieli (GEO), GM Cvitan (CRO), GM Suetin (RUS), GM
C.Horvath (HUN), GM J.Horvath (RUS), IM Joksic (YUG), IM Pikula (YUG), IM Seres
(HUN), IM A.Meszaros (HUN), IM Pal (HUN).
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06
faf +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch
10th Aurec Rapidplay
The 10th Aurec (France) Rapidplay takes place 10th-11th February
2001.
Two rapid tournaments 7 rounds/20mn. 2 sections : - section A for every
player (total prizes FF 35,000) - section B for under 1700 (total prizes FF
5,000 + prizes in kind) Board and lodging from Friday to Sunday for all titled
players. No appearance fees. Contact : Olivier Deville - Coteviere - 43110
Aurec, France, tel. : (+33) 4 77 35 41 21 - Fax : (+33) 4 77 35 23 76 - E-mail
: odeville@netcourrier.com
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
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
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
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
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 $15
for 4 months.
Carlos Torre Memorial
XIII GM Carlos Torre Repetto In Memoriam 2000 12th-20th December 2000.
Venue: Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Details:
http://commcenter.terra.com.mx Contact: Lic Hugo A Balam
Lopez: Tel 0199 913844. E-Mail hcamaron@terra.com.mx
Ano Liosia Open
The 11th International Open Chess Tournament "Ano Liosia 2001" takes
place 27 December 2000 - 6 January 2001, in Ano Liosia, Athens.
PRIZES 1st : 600.000 drs (1.500$), 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.
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.
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
