THE WEEK IN CHESS 322 8th January 2001 by Mark Crowther
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76th Hastings Chess Congress 25 games
Reggio Emilia 35 games
Rilton Cup 99 games
Israeli Championships 48 games
Israeli Women's Championships 30 games
Bundesliga 24 games
Wilhelm Steinitz Memorial 45 games
Wilhelm Steinitz Memorial B 45 games
Zurich "Christmas-Open" 100 games
REBEL vs Van der Wiel 3 games
Ano Liosia Open 120 games
North American Open 14 games
630 games
My thanks to Mart Tarmak, Pam Thomas, Carlo Mazzoni, Dima Tyomkin, Axel
Fritz, Martin Pribyl, Paul Werner Wagner, Georg Kradolfer, Maarten van Gils,
Argiris Kotsis, John Donaldson, Lazslo Nagy and all those who helped with this
issue.
Vladimir Kramnik beat Peter Leko in a closely contested rapidplay match.
Both players will pass on to Wijk aan Zee for what will almost certainly be the
top event of the year. The appearance of Kramnik, Anand and Kasparov together
should make this a very competitive and interesting event. TWIC will have
special coverage of the event. We're now awaiting the new FIDE rating list for
January which has been late in appearing. Please not that the ratings I use in
TWIC are the July ratings. By the time it became widely known that the October
list was to be used by FIDE for rating for the first time it was too late for
me to update my database.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The "RWE Gas Match" sponsored a match between Vladimir Kramnik and Peter
Leko held from January 2nd to 8th 2001. There were 12 rapid games (two per day,
rest day: January 5th) in the Hotel Kempinski in the city centre of Budapest
(Hungary). Kramnik won the match 7-5.
Day 1 Vladimir Kramnik won the first game of the match on the white side
of a Gruenfeld Defence. Game two was a Berlin Defence and was drawn after 71
moves Leko missed a win with 64.Rd2+ Ke6 65.Rd1 Rc2 66.c8Q+ according to Artur
Yusupov. So far the match has followed Kramnik's preparation for his match
against Kasparov.
Day 2 Interesting gambit play from Kramnik on the white side of a
Queen's Indian was defused by accurate play from Peter Leko and a draw was
agreed on move 28. Kramnik beat Leko on the black side of a sharp Berlin
Defence after he got two bishops for rook and pawn.
Day 3 Leko struck back by winning with black in the first game of day 3.
The game was a Main Line Hedgehog by transposition and after building up a
threatening looking position (but it mostly looks this wayfor white in this
opening) Kramnik was shown to have over-reached by Leko's counter attack which
won the day. Game two of the day was a draw after Leko played a Vienna opening
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3. g3.
Day 4 Another complex Queen's Indian saw most of the players time used
by move 28. The game ended on move 120! in a draw around 5 minutes later. The
second game of the day saw Leko break through and beat Kramnik's Berlin Defence
to level the match.
Day 5 Kramnik retook the lead with a smooth win against Leko's
Nimzo-Indian in the first game of the day. The second game saw Kramnik gain an
edge from a Sicilian and then eventually win the enchange. He won on time in
the end on move 133 in a Rook vs Bishop ending where Leko needed to reach move
145 without losing his bishop to draw.
Day 6 Leko played the Benoni against Kramnik in the penultimate game of
the match. Kramnik played conservatively getting a small edge but the game
simplfied to a draw after only 30 moves. The final game was drawn after 33
moves of a Sicilian.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessgate.de Which includes interviews with both
players.
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 37 D85 Gruenfeld Defence (Main Line)
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 71 C67 Ruy Lopez (Rio de Janeiro Variation)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 28 E15 Queen's Indian Defence (Main Line - Deviations)
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 56 C67 Ruy Lopez (Rio de Janeiro Variation)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 0-1 44 A30 English Opening (Symmetrical Variation)
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 40 C26 Vienna Game
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 129 E15 Queen's Indian Defence (Main Line - Deviations)
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 62 C67 Ruy Lopez (Rio de Janeiro Variation)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 51 E42 Nimzo Indian Defence (Rubinstein Variation)
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 133 B45 Sicilian Defence (Classical System)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 30 A43 Old Benoni
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 33 B45 Sicilian Defence (Classical System)
RWE Gas Match Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-8 i 2001
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Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 1 = = 1 0 = = 0 1 1 = = 7.0 2800
Leko, Peter g HUN 2743 0 = = 0 1 = = 1 0 0 = = 5.0 2713
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Mart Tarmak reports: The 11th Paul Keres Memorial, rapid chess
tournament, organized by sport society Kalev took place in Tallinn January
5th-7th 2001. The event marked the 85th anniversary of the birth of Paul Keres.
The clear winner of the final tournament with 8 participants was Dutch
GM Jan Timman with 5,5 of 7, a full point ahead of GM Peter Svidler a member of
the Russian Gold Medal winning team in the recent Istanbul Olympiad.
Timman who did not play in the Olympiad nor the FIDE World
Championships played a very good tournament and it is one of the best rapid
chess results of his long career. Timman last played in Tallinn 28 years ago
when as a young IM he participated in the 1973 Tallinn international tournament
(1st Tal 12/15 2nd Polugaievsky 10.5, 3rd-6th Keres, Spassky, Bronstein,
Balashov 9. His 50% score was a good result in such a strong company.
Besides playing chess Jan Timman participated in the international
symposium "Paul Keres - The Sportsman of the Century" giving the paper
"Runner-up forever. The influence of Paul Keres on International Chess". Paul
Keres was voted Sportsman of the Century in Estonia in front of for example the
double Gold Medal winner from the 1936 Berlin Olympic games, wrestler Kristjan
Palusalu. Other talks included one from master and Keres' biographer Valter
Heuer ("Our Keres. Paul Keres as the Carrier of the Estonian National Spirit"),
writer Ülo Tuulik ("Paul Keres and Culture. The Role of Paul Keres in the
Estonian Cultural History") etc.
Final standings: 1. GM Jan Timman NED 5,5, 2. GM Peter Svidler RUS 4,5,
3. GM Alexander Rustemov RUS 3,5, 4. GM Viktor Gavrikov LTU 3,5, 5. GM Judit
Polgar HUN 3,5, 6. GM Jaan Ehlvest EST 3, 7. IM OLav Sepp EST 2,5, 8. GM
Normunds Miezis LAT 2.
At the same time there was also played a women's tournament: 1. WGM
Viktorija Cmilyte LTU 5,5, 2. WIM Dana Reizniece LAT 5, 3. WIM Tatjana Voronova
LAT 4,5, 4. WIM Leili Pärnpuu EST 3,5, 5. Sofia Budõlina EST 3, 6.
WIM Tatjana Fomina EST 3, 7. WIM Monika Tsoganova EST 2,5, 8. Viktoria Baskite
EST 1.
After the good result in the Istanbul Olympiad and Jaan Ehlvest's
success in the New Delhi WC, public interest in chess is on the rise in Estonia
again. The tournament hall was full of spectators and the event got a broad
coverage in the Estonian media including TV. Next week there is another
interesting chess event. On January 14th there will be a match over 100 boards
between Estonia and Finland. And it will be played not in Estonia nor in
Finland but on the Baltic Sea - on board the ferry boat between Tallinn and
Helsinki.
There was a 7 round qualification Swiss which provided four players to
join the four invited players. Results: 1st-3rd GMs Rustemov (Russia), Miezis
(Latvia), Gavrikov (Lithuania) 5,5. 4th-6th IM Sepp (Estonia), GM Lugovoi
(Russia), IM Külaots (Estonia) 5, etc. The fourth qualifier was 6 time
Estonian Champion Olav Sepp.
Games provided by Ülar Lauk.
Internet site: http://online.ee/~maleliit/11th.htm
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Keres Mem Rapid Tallinn EST (EST), 6-7 i 2001 cat. XIV (2581)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Timman, Jan g NED 2639 * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2803
2. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2689 0 * = = = 1 1 1 4.5 2668
3. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2534 = = * = = = 1 0 3.5 2588
4. Gavrikov, Viktor g LTU 2549 = = = * = = 0 1 3.5 2586
5. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2656 0 = = = * 0 1 1 3.5 2570
6. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2627 = 0 = = 1 * = 0 3.0 2524
7. Sepp, Olav m EST 2439 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1 2.5 2499
8. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2518 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 * 2.0 2432
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The 76th Hastings International Chess Congress took place 28th December
2000-7th January 2001. This year it was held in a new venue, the new £4.5
million Horntye Park Sports Complex which opened in the late Spring.
There was a two way tie between Krishnan Sasikiran and Stuart Conquest
(he finished at 9pm in the final round) on 6/9. In joint third place were
Lubomir Ftacnik and Matthew Turner on 5.5, the latter scoring a second GM norm.
My thanks to Pam Thomas for the scoresheets two of the final round games.
Alexei Barsov, Mark Hebden, Petr Kiriakov and Nichloas Pert shared first
place in the Challengers event.
Keith Arkell, Bogdan Lalic, John Shaw and Matthew Turner shared first
place in the weekend swiss.
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. My thanks to Pam Thomas
and Stewart Reuben.
Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
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Premier Hastings ENG (ENG), 29 xii 2000 - 6 i 2001 cat. XII (2538)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2529 * = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2664
2. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2573 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2659
3. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2608 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 = = 5.5 2610
4. Turner, Matthew m ENG 2491 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2623
5. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2551 = = = 0 * = = = 1 1 5.0 2579
6. Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2623 = = = = = * = 0 1 = 4.5 2528
7. Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2499 = = 0 = = = * = 1 = 4.5 2542
8. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2556 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * 0 1 3.0 2411
9. Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2525 = 0 = = 0 0 0 1 * 0 2.5 2373
10. Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2428 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 * 2.5 2384
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HASTINGS CHESS CONGRESS 2000/2001
CHALLENGERS
Date of congress: 28/12/00 to 05/01/01
Nat Ti FIDE
Pos Player lty tl Rtng
1 BARSOV,Alexei............ UZB gm 2534 7.0
2 HEBDEN,Mark.............. ENG gm 2515 7.0
3 KIRIAKOV,Petr............ RUS gm 2513 7.0
4 PERT,Nicholas............ ENG im 2437 7.0
5 MARTIN,Andrew............ ENG im 2445 6.5
6 SHAW,John................ SCO im 2433 6.5
7 BAKRE,Tejas.............. IND im 2357 6.0
8 BUCKLEY,Graeme........... ENG im 2380 6.0
9 GHASI,Ameet.............. ENG 2130 6.0
10 HANLEY,Craig............. ENG 2283 6.0
11 MARUSENKO,Peter.......... UKR im 2327 6.0
12 MCDONALD,Neil............ ENG gm 2439 6.0
13 MCNAB,Colin.............. SCO gm 2400 6.0
14 VANDERSTRICHT,Geert...... BEL im 2369 6.0
15 WADDINGTON,Michael....... ENG 1992 6.0
16 WERLE,Jan................ NED 2304 6.0
17 WILLIAMS,Simon........... ENG im 2350 6.0
18 ARKELL,Keith............. ENG gm 2440 5.5
19 CHERNIAEV,Alexander...... RUS im 2465 5.5
20 KOLBUS,Dietmar........... GER 2310 5.5
21 LALIC,Bogdan............. ENG gm 2513 5.5
22 LAPPAGE,Jonathan......... ENG 2115 5.5
101 players
The 2000-1 "Torneo di Capodanno" di Reggio Emilia, Italy, wasn't a big
category edition but it kept the 43 year tradition. It was a Category 8 event
and took place December 30th 2000 to January, 7th, 2001 nine rounds without
rest day. Oleg Romanishin dominated and won with 7.5/9. My thanks to Carlo
Mazzoni.
Internet coverage at http://www.cronaca.it/ippogrifo
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It Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), 30 xii 2000 - 7 i 2001 cat. VIII (2428)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2591 * 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2682
2. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2520 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2583
3. Zaja, Ivan m CRO 2513 = = * 1 1 = = = = 1 6.0 2543
4. Bellini, Fabio m ITA 2484 = 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2501
5. Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2432 = = 0 = * 1 = 0 1 = 4.5 2427
6. Vezzosi, Paolo f ITA 2421 0 = = = 0 * = = 1 1 4.5 2428
7. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2440 0 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 3.5 2346
8. Costantini, Roberto ITA 2233 0 0 = 0 1 = = * 0 = 3.0 2324
9. Drei, Andrea f ITA 2350 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 3.0 2311
10. Iotti, Pierluigi f ITA 2294 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 2091
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The XXX Rilton Cup in Stockholm takes place 27th December 2000 - 5th
January 2001. Yuri Yakovich and Tomas Ernst finished on 7/9 with the former
having the better tie-break.
Internet coverage: http://www.stockholmchessfederation.com/
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XXX Rilton Cup Stockholm SWE (SWE), 27 xii 2000 - 6 i 2001
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1. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2585 7 0 38.0
2. Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2409 7 0 33.5
3. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2583 6.5 19805 36.0
4. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2578 6.5 19796 35.5
5. McShane, Luke J m ENG 2480 6.5 19702 39.0
6. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2539 6.5 19657 35.0
7. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2557 6.5 19599 36.5
8. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2509 6.5 19148 32.5
9. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2484 6.5 19146 33.0
10. Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2574 6.5 19044 34.0
11. Salmensuu, Olli m FIN 2458 6.5 18741 31.5
12. Holzke, Frank m GER 2470 6.5 18487 30.5
13. Ramesh, R.B m IND 2450 6.5 18258 30.0
14. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2554 6 0 34.5
15. Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2484 6 0 33.5
16. Handke, Florian m GER 2455 6 0 33.0
17. Ahlander, Bjorn f SWE 2436 6 0 32.5
18. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2542 6 0 31.0
19. Aaberg, Anton SWE 2300 6 0 27.0
20. Eriksson, Jonas SWE 2224 6 0 26.5
21. Svensson, Bengt m SWE 2393 5.5 0 31.5
22. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2421 5.5 0 31.0
122 players
The Israeli Championships took place in the Sol&Sissy Center in
Ramat Aviv (Tel Aviv) and the later rounds in Modiin. It ran 17th-28th December
2000. Avrukh and Gershon shared first place. Ela Pitam won the women's event.
My thanks to Dima Tyomkin.
Internet coverage:
http://www.slavchess.co.il/academy/isrch.html
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ch-ISR Ramat-Aviv/Modiin ISR (ISR), 17-28 xii 2000 cat. XI (2512)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2625 * = = 1 = = = = 1 0 1 1 7.0 2603
2. Gershon, Alik m ISR 2502 = * = 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 7.0 2614
3. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2611 = = * = = = = = = 1 1 = 6.5 2567
4. Finkel, Alexander g ISR 2467 0 1 = * = = 1 = = = = = 6.0 2551
5. Roiz, Michael ISR 2440 = = = = * = = = = = 1 = 6.0 2554
6. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2574 = = = = = * 0 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2541
7. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2609 = 0 = 0 = 1 * = = 1 = 1 6.0 2538
8. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2590 = 0 = = = = = * = 1 = = 5.5 2504
9. Postny, Evgeny m ISR 2434 0 0 = = = = = = * = = = 4.5 2453
10. Bar, Roman ISR 2354 1 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = * = = 4.0 2423
11. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2445 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = = * 1 4.0 2415
12. Kaspi, Alexander m ISR 2488 0 = = = = 0 0 = = = 0 * 3.5 2380
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ch-ISR Women Ramat-Aviv/Modiin ISR (ISR), 17-28 xii 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Pitam, Ela wg ISR 2323 * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2428
2. Len, Irina ISR 2118 0 * 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6.0 2303
3. Klinova, Masha wg ISR 2350 = 0 * = = 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2232
4. Tsifanskaya, Ludmila A wm ISR 2206 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2211
5. Borsuk, Angela wg ISR 2303 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2201
6. Vovinkina, Natalia ISR 2090 0 1 1 0 = * = 0 0 1 4.0 2138
7. Mamantov, Margarita ISR 2111 0 1 0 = 0 = * 0 = 1 3.5 2099
8. Igla, Bella RUS 2164 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 = 3.5 2093
9. Baron, Irena POL 2010 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 * 0 3.0 2065
10. Dotan, Valeria ISR 2051 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 2.0 1966
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There were internet transmissions from the Bundesliga Round 5 from
Lübeck and Gelsenkirchen over the weekend of January 6th-7th 2001. Games
from Godesberger SK 3½-4½ SG Köln Porz, Gelsenkirchen
½ -7½ Solinger SG and Lübecker SV 4½-3½
Hamburger SK are available.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess-online.de/,
http://www.schach.com/bundesliga,
http://www.chessgate.de/ and
http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/2000/bundesliga3/bundesliga5.htm.
Bundesliga Round 5:
Godesberger SK 3½-4½ SG Köln Porz
1 Dautov ½ : ½ Lutz 1
2 Gurevich 0 : 1 Van Wely 3
3 Kengis ½ : ½ Vaganian 6
4 David ½ : ½ Hansen 8
5 Kveinys 0 : 1 Nenasev 10
6 Langheinrich 1 : 0 Nijboer 12
7 Jackelen 1 : 0 Hort 13
8 Seger 0 : 1 Van der Doel 14
Gelsenkirchen ½ -7½ Solinger SG
1 Feigin 0 : 1 Piket 3
2 Kishnev ½ : ½ Nikolic 5
3 Kalka 0 : 1 Huebner 6
4 Kotter 0 : 1 Emms 8
8 Balster 0 : 1 Lobron 10
9 Schirbel 0 : 1 Rowson 12
13 Van der Veen 0 : 1 Naumann 13
14 Wiechen 0 : 1 Schaefer 14
SV Wattenscheid 4 - 4 Castrop Rauxel
1 Aronian ½ : ½ Van der Ster 1
4 Hall 1 : 0 King 4
5 Handke ½ : ½ Seul 6
6 Holzke 0 : 1 Appel 8
10 Straeter 0 : 1 Hoffmann 9
11 Franke 0 : 1 Bosch 10
12 Blecken 1 : 0 Dinstuhl 11
13 Thiel 1 : 0 Hennig 12
Lübecker SV 4½-3½ Hamburger SK
1 Shirov ½ : ½ Ftacnik 1
3 Bareev ½ : ½ Dorfman 2
5 Epishin ½ : ½ Kempinski 3
7 Agdestein ½ : ½ Hansen 4
9 Nunn ½ : ½ Wahls 5
10 Hansen 1 : 0 Mueller 6
11 Hector ½ : ½ Heinemann 8
12 Mortensen ½ : ½ Reeh 10
SV Werder Bremen 2½-5½ USC Magdeburg
[Played before Christmas]
1 Hracek 0 : 1 Onischuk 2
2 Babula ½ : ½ Rogozenko 3
3 Schandorff ½ : ½ Slobodjan 4
4 McShane ½ : ½ Baklan 5
5 Knaak 0 : 1 Georgiev 7
6 Pelletier ½ : ½ Proehl 8
7 Joachim ½ : ½ Stolz 10
8 Meins 0 : 1 Meier 13
TV Tegernsee 5½-2½ SK König Plauen
1 Khenkin 0 : 1 Bischoff 2
4 Hertneck ½ : ½ Kindermann 5
5 Beim 1 : 0 Espig 6
6 Stangl ½ : ½ Schaller 8
7 Teske 1 : 0 Hackel 10
8 Gross 1 : 0 Kuraszkiewic 11
10 Pezerovic ½ : ½ Pfretzschner 12
12 Bromberger 1 : 0 Haskamp 13
Schott Mainz 4½-3½ Baiertal Schatt
1 Balcerak 0 : 1 Schlindwein 1
2 Kosten ½ : ½ Doettling 2
3 Cicak 1 : 0 Buhmann 4
4 Lisanti 1 : 0 Maier 5
5 Vogler 0 : 1 Duppel 6
6 Wornath 1 : 0 Meissner 7
7 Neidhardt ½ : ½ Koch 8
8 Bewersdorff ½ : ½ Balzar 9
SFR Neukölln 6 - 2 König Tegel
1 Movsesian ½ : ½ Rabiega 1
2 Stohl 1 : 0 Muse 2
7 Borriss 1 : 0 Paulsen 3
8 Polzin 1 : 0 Lipinsky 4
9 Hellsten 1 : 0 Von Herman 5
10 Poldauf 1 : 0 Fette 6
11 Rudolf ½ : ½ Pachow 7
12 Thiede 0 : 1 Lorenz 10
Round 5 Standings:
1. Lübecker SV 5 26 :14 10- 0
2. Solinger SG 5 29½:10½ 9- 1
3. SG Köln Porz 5 28½:11½ 9- 1
4. USC Magdeburg 5 23 :17 8- 2
5. Castrop Rauxel 5 24 :16 7- 3
6. SV Wattenscheid 5 22½:17½ 7- 3
7. Godesberger SK 5 21½:18½ 6- 4
8. SV Werder Bremen 5 21 :19 6- 4
9. TV Tegernsee 5 20½:19½ 6- 4
10. SFR Neukölln 5 20½:19½ 4- 6
11. Hamburger SK 5 20 :20 4- 6
12. SK König Plauen 5 16½:23½ 2- 8
13. Schott Mainz 5 13 :27 2- 8
14. Baiertal Schatt 5 13½:26½ 0-10
15. König Tegel 5 11½:28½ 0-10
16. Gelsenkirchen 5 8½:31½ 0-10
Prague - Wilhelm Steinitz Memorial & Karel Prucha Memorial
2000-1
Martin Pribyl reports: One of the leading chess clubs in the Czech
Republic Holdia DP Prague organized at the end of the 20th century three
tournaments in Prague. Two of them were played in Memory of the First World
Chess Champion Wilhelm Steinitz, who was born in Prague in 1836 and died in
1900 in the USA. Steinitz lived in Prague for his first 22 years and due to the
fact that in the 19th century Prague was a part of Austria he is supposed to be
an Austrian. This fact is not so correct in today's geographical situation,
Prague was for thousand of years the capital of the Bohemian kingdom, later
since 1918 the capital of Czechoslovakia and nowadays the capital of the Czech
Republic since 1993. So this is why the Wilhelm Steinitz Memorial was organized
in Prague.
There were two tournaments a grandmaster round robin, category 8 and
master round robin with the category 1. Czech international master Michal
Konopka chased a GM norm until the end. In the last round he had to beat the
French champion Marc Santo Roman with black pieces but the game ended in a
draw.
The second tournament won clearly young FIDE master Petr Jirovsky. With
7 points out of 9 games he reached his final IM norm.
The third tournament organized in Prague at the end of December 2000
was the Karel Prucha Memorial. Karel Prucha was born in 1901, in 1923 he gained
the title of Czechoslovakian chess master, he played 3 times in the closed
Czechoslovakian championships (1952-1960). In the periode of 1945 - 1953 he
worked as the captain of the Czechoslovakian olympiad team.
The open tournament in Memoriam of Karel Prucha won the young Czech
master Pavel Cech. Karel Prucha's wife and the women Czechoslovak champion in
1957 Dana Prasilova scored 4 points of 7 and finished in the 18th place.
The tournaments were sponsored by the companies Holdia, Abner and
Monada.
More information about the tournaments including some pictures:
http://www.sach.cz/
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1st Wilhelm Steinitz Mem Prague CZE (CZE), 26 xii 2000 - 3 i 2001cat. VIII (2435)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2536 * = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2643
2. Konopka, Michal m CZE 2453 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2598
3. Santo Roman, Marc g FRA 2418 0 = * = 1 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2561
4. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2523 0 = = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2467
5. Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2504 = = 0 1 * 0 1 = = = 4.5 2427
6. Hausner, Ivan m CZE 2412 = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 0 1 4.5 2437
7. Pribyl, Josef m CZE 2376 0 = 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 3.5 2361
8. Kotan, Ladislav f SVK 2434 0 0 = = = 0 = * 0 1 3.0 2309
9. Pribyl, Martin f CZE 2331 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 * = 3.0 2321
10. Freisler, Pavel m CZE 2360 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = * 2.0 2223
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1st Wilhelm Steinitz Mem B Prague CZE (CZE), 26 xii 2000 - 3 i 2001cat. I (2268)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Jirovsky, Petr f CZE 2360 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2477
2. Mozny, Milos m CZE 2414 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 0 5.5 2331
3. Kopjonkin, Gennady m RUS 2378 = = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2335
4. Trichkov, Vasil m CZE 2333 = = = * 1 = = = 0 1 5.0 2303
5. Tobyas, Miroslav CZE 2266 = = 1 0 * = = = = 1 5.0 2311
6. Livshits, Gaby ISR 2217 0 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 4.5 2273
7. Forman, Stepan CZE 2220 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 = 1 4.0 2230
8. Resika, Nathan A USA 2267 0 0 = = = = 0 * 1 1 4.0 2225
9. Ustinov, Oleg UKR 2225 0 0 0 1 = = = 0 * 1 3.5 2192
10. Londyn,Radek (CZE) ---- 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 1946
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1st Karel Prucha Memorial Prague (CZE), 26-30 xii 2000
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1. Cech, Pavel CZE 2330 6.0 / 7
2. Dubansky, Bohuslav CZE 2167 5.0 32.0
3. Folk, Petr CZE 2263 5.0 30.5
4. Suran, Jan f CZE 2332 5.0 30.0
5. Taus, Martin CZE 2129 5.0 28.5
6. Mikuev, Erendzen RUS 2225 5.0 27.5
7. Kout, Zdenek CZE 2187 5.0 26.5
8. Ptak, Pavel CZE 2162 5.0 25.5
9. Studnicka, Tomas CZE 1896n 4.5 26.5
10. Salac, Jiri CZE 2141 4.5 26.0
11. Krischke, Arnold CZE 2127 4.5 26.0
12. Jansa, Vaclav CZE 2092 4.5 25.5
13. Koper, Stefan CZE 2105 4.5 25.5
14. Masek, Miroslav CZE 2167 4.5 24.0
15. Rous, Frantisek CZE 2067 4.0 26.5
16. Vodicka, Michal CZE 1955n 4.0 26.0
17. Szirmai, Emil CZE 2099 4.0 24.5
18. Prasilova, Dana (w) CZE 1739n 4.0 19.5
19. Bartonicek, Zdenek CZE 1860n 3.5 32.0
20. Erban, Tomas CZE 2026n 3.5 30.5
46 players
Paul Werner Wagner reports: The International Emanuel Lasker Conference
in Potsdam (near Berlin) will be held 12th-14th January 2001. Among the guests
are names such as Andre Lilienthal, Viktor Korchnoi, Yuri Averbakh, DAvid
Bronstein, Robert Huebner, Wolfang Unzicker, Lothar Schmid and many other
personalities from different scientific fields. The Emanuel Lasker Society will
be founded on 11th January, the 60th anniversary of Lasker's death. Paul Werner
Wagner is the Chairman of the Wilhelm Fraenger Institut which is the organiser
of the International Lasker Congress.
Internet coverage (German and English):
http://www.lasker-gesellschaft.de
There is an IM Closed taking place in Foment Martinenc (C/ Provenza 591
Barcelona) 8th-18th January 2001. There are 12 players and there are IM norms
available. Games start at 16.00 CET. The precise norms will be only known upon
the release of the new FIDE rating list but it will probably be 7/11. Stefan
Bücker, Gerard Welling and Jorge Gonzalez are exciting players so it
should be an interesting event. Players: 1) Narciso (2507) IM 2) Granados
(2408) FM 3) Fluvià (2403) --- 4) Jerez (2386) --- 5) Torrecillas (2379)
FM 6) Welling (2364) IM (Netherlands) 7) José (2361) FM 8) Buecker
(2346) FM (Germany) 9) Gonzalez (2336) IM (Colombia) 10) Gallego (2313) ---
(Andorra) 11) Ferrón (2283) FM 12) Serra Pagès (2191)
Internet coverage in Spanish and Catalan:
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Falls/4480/OPEN01/FOMCER.htm
and http://www.internet.ad/feva/noticies2001/tancat_fom2001.htm
Georg Kradolfer reports: The Zurich "Christmas-Open" ended with the
victory of GM Vladimir Epishin. In second place was Vladimir Burmakin and third
Vladimir Tukmakov. There were nearly 350 players in the 7-round event from
26th-30th December 2000.
Internet coverage:
http://www.access.ch/private-users/gkradolfer/weihnachtsopen.html
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24th Zurich Open SUI (SUI), 26-30 xii 2000
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1. Epishin, Vladimir g GER 2567 5½ 34 208½
2. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2538 5½ 34 196½
3. Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2582 5½ 33 202
4. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2518 5½ 32½ 200½
5. Vidoniak, Roman m UKR 2423 5½ 31 206
6. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2425 5½ 30 203½
7. Lazarev, Vladimir m RUS 2478 5 30 195
8. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2548 5 30 193½
9. Filipovic, Branko m YUG 2447 5 30 193
10. Pinter, Jozsef g HUN 2556 5 30 190
11. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2541 5 29½ 191
12. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2521 5 28½ 180
13. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2541 5 28 188½
14. Jenni, Florian m SUI 2440 5 27½ 190
15. Roschina, Tatiana wm RUS 2301 5 26½ 193½
16. Wyss, Thomas SUI 2195 5 26½ 173
17. Milosevic, Goran m SUI 2334 5 25½ 189½
18. Nemet, Ivan g SUI 2412 5 25½ 181
19. Kelecevic, Nedeljko m BIH 2414 5 25 186
20. Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2503 4½ 31 188½
21. Knoedler, Dieter GER 2324 4½ 29½ 188
22. Hochstrasser, Michael f SUI 2291 4½ 29 191
23. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2514 4½ 29 181½
24. Kamber, Bruno f SUI 2370 4½ 28½ 186
25. Paehtz, Elisabeth wm GER 2343 4½ 27½ 196½
26. Moor, Roger f SUI 2360 4½ 27½ 190½
27. Ekstroem, Roland m SUI 2487 4½ 26 178
28. Steckner, Johannes f GER 2275 4½ 24½ 172
118 players
There is a match in Maastricht between John Van der Wiel and the
computer program Rebel. It takes 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. 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.
Van der Wiel took the lead after a win in the third game. My thanks to
Maarten van Gils for the news.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.dts.nl
REBEL CENTURY 3.0 - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 90 B08 Pirc Defence
Van der Wiel, John - REBEL CENTURY 3.0 1/2 74 A00 Irregular Openings
REBEL CENTURY 3.0 - Van der Wiel, John 0-1 59 B15 Caro Kann (Flohr Variation)
Stichting Computer Match Maastricht NED (NED), 2-11 xii 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Van der Wiel, John g NED 2531 = = 1 . . . 2.0 2125
REBEL CENTURY 3.0 ---- = = 0 . . . 1.0 2406
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The 11th International Open Chess Tournament "Ano Liosia 2001" took
place 27th December 2000 - 6th January 2001, in Ano Liosia, Athens. There were
12 players who finished on 7/9 with Vladimir Baklan taking first on tie-break.
My thanks to Argiris Kotsis.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.gr/anoliosia
Final Standings:
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Open Ano Liosia GRE (GRE), 27 xii 2000 - 6 i 2001
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1. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2599 7.0 39.0 55.5
2. Schmaltz, Roland m GER 2523 7.0 38.5 54.5
3. Gustafsson, Jan m GER 2506 7.0 38.0 55.5
4. Banikas, Hristos m GRE 2542 7.0 38.0 53.0
5. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2571 7.0 37.0 52.5
6. Vysochin, Spartak m UKR 2511 7.0 37.0 53.5
7. Belov, Vladimir RUS 2470 7.0 37.0 53.5
8. Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2502 7.0 37.0 52.0
9. Vouldis, Angelos m GRE 2497 7.0 36.5 52.0
10. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2633 7.0 36.0 52.5
11. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2562 7.0 36.0 52.5
12. Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2640 7.0 35.5 53.5
13. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2512 6.5 38.0 55.0
14. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2563 6.5 35.0 52.0
15. Marjanovic, Slavoljub g YUG 2512 6.5 34.5 51.5
16. Khetsuriani, Besarion f GEO 2417 6.5 33.0 49.5
17. Andreikine,Dimitri GRE ---- 6.5 31.5 47.0
18. Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn m DEN 2359 6.5 31.0 46.5
19. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S UZB 2359 6.0 34.0 52.5
20. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2494 6.0 33.5 51.5
21. Posharsky, Vikto RUS 2235 6.0 33.5 51.0
22. Nikolaidis, Konstantinos f GRE 2308 6.0 33.5 51.5
23. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz GEO 2314 6.0 33.5 51.0
24. Kapnisis, Spyridon GRE 2332 6.0 33.0 52.5
25. Zahariev, Zahari m BUL 2425 6.0 32.5 49.0
26. Stojanovski, Dejan MKD 2324 6.0 32.0 48.5
27. Kleiner, Bronislav RUS 2199 6.0 31.0 46.0
28. Logothetis, Sotirios GRE 2230 6.0 31.0 46.5
29. Valden, Petros GRE 2098 6.0 29.5 46.0
30. Zakarian, David ARM 2305 6.0 29.0 46.0
31. Gur,Erdal Eren GRE ---- 6.0 29.0 44.0
32. Skaperdas, Kostantinos GRE 2197 6.0 28.0 42.5
33. Velickovic, Sasa m YUG 2409 5.5 31.5 49.0
34. Gesos, Pavlos m GRE 2364 5.5 31.0 51.0
35. Szieberth, Adam f HUN 2421 5.5 31.0 49.0
36. Delithanasis, Dimitrios GRE 2191 5.5 30.5 48.0
37. Bogdanovski, Vlatko g MKD 2435 5.5 30.0 46.5
173 players
John Donaldson reports: The North American Open was held December
26th-29th 2000 in Las Vegas and it was organised by the Continental Chess
Association. IM Nikolay Andrianov of Phoenix was the big surprise of the event,
scoring 3 out of 4 against GMs Alexander Beliavsky (win), Dmitry Gurevich
(win), Jaan Ehlvest (draw) and Utut Adianto (draw). A total of 607 players
participated in the multi-section event including 23 GMs.
Leading final standings: 1-3. Utut Adianto, Nikolay Andrianov and Alex
Shabalov 5-1 4-10. Alexander Goldin, Alexander Stripunsky, Julian Hodgson,
Victor Mikhalevski, Dimitry Gurevich, Jaan Ehlvest and Pavel Blatny 4 1/2 - 1
1/2
The Australian Open Championships take place in Canberra 28th December
2000 - 9th January 2001.
Internet coverage:
http://www.auschess.org.au/centenary/austmain.html
Standings after round 10 (of 11)
1 GM Stefan Djuric (YUG) 2461 8.5 28.8
2 GM Ian Rogers (N) 2590 8 -2.6
3 GM Abhijit Kunte (IND) 2538 7.5 -7.4
4 IM Gary Lane (ENG) 2440 7.5 -6.2
5 GM Alexander Volzhin (RUS) 2547 7.5 -0.5
6 IM Mark Heidenfeld (IRL) 2375 7 23.0
7 IM Zong-Yuan Zhao (N) 2297 7 13.2
8 GM Darryl Johansen (V) 2528 7 -21.5
9 IM Petr Pisk (CZE) 2400 7 -18.6
10 IM David Smerdon (Q) 2304 7 9.7
11 IM Walaa Sarwat (EGY) 2357 7 -9.9
125 players
TWIC is The World's Greatest Chess Website 2000 according to the
ChessAward jury. Of course how could I disagree!?
Further details: http://www.chessaward.com
Tapolca Open: 9 rounds SWISS chess tournament in Budapest, 5th-13th of
January 2001.
Lazslo Nagy reports:
The 5th of January saw the start of this 9 round swiss open in Budapest
with 86 participants. There are players from 8 countries: HUN, CRO, USA, ARM.
CHN, FRA, SLO, SWE. There are 63 ELO rated players, 2 IM-s and 6 FM-s. The
tournament venue is the Hungarian Chess Federation, Budapest, Falk Miksa
Str.10, the venue of the FIRST SATURDAY tournaments as well. The next FS event
starts on 3rd February 2001.
After 3 rounds those on 3/3 are IM ANTAL, Gergely /HUN/, FM JAKAB,
Attila /HUN/ and FM HORVATH, Gabor /HUN/.
The organizer is Jozsef Parej, the main referee: Gyorgy Fazekas. The
main sponsor is the city administration of Tapolca city, located close to the
Balaton lake in Hungary, 150 km North-West of Budapest. This area in the summer
time is a big tourist center.
Ever since the start of TWIC I've had a review of the year covering the
major results of the previous year. For some reason I didn't get round to this
last year so below is a double review for 1999 and 2000.
1999
January
The FIDE rating list at the start of the year saw Kasparov clear first
ahead of Anand and Kramnik. Alexander Morozevich appeared in the top 10 for the
first time after gaining 98 rating points. There were many errors in the list
and at least three versions were released.
Player t NAT ju98 ja99 gms
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2815 2812 6
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2795 2784 20
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2780 2751 29
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720 2726 52
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2625 2723 60
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 2716 27
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2730 2714 29
8 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2710 2713 70
9 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2725 2710 9
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 2700 33
11 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2670 2697 48
12 Leko, Peter g HUN 2665 2694 29
13 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2675 2691 9
14 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2685 2684 38
15 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2690 2679 28
16 Polgar, Judit (f) g HUN 2665 2677 6
17 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2625 2673 64
18 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2655 2673 10
19 Salov, Valery g RUS 2670 2670 0
20 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2660 2668 34
Ivan Sokolov won the Hastings Premier by two clear points and Alexander
Morozevich confirmed his 10 ten status by his performance at Pamplona.
Hastings ENG (ENG), XII 1998 - I 1999 cat. XIII (2571)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2620 * = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 7.0 2785
2 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2660 = * = = = = 0 1 = 1 5.0 2604
3 Emms, John M g ENG 2585 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2612
4 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2600 = = = * = 0 1 = = 1 5.0 2610
5 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2585 0 = = = * = 1 = = 1 5.0 2612
6 Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2635 0 = 0 1 = * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2606
7 Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2455 0 1 = 0 0 1 * 0 = = 3.5 2503
8 Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2455 = 0 0 = = 0 1 * = = 3.5 2503
9 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2590 0 = = = = 0 = = * = 3.5 2488
10 Saltaev, Mihail g UZB 2525 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = = * 2.5 2410
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Pamplona ESP (ESP), XII 1998 - I 1999 cat. XIII (2561)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2625 * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2904
2 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2655 = * = = 1 1 = 1 = = 6.0 2675
3 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2635 0 = * = = 1 1 0 1 = 5.0 2595
4 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2605 0 = = * = = = = = 1 4.5 2555
5 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2575 0 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 1 4.5 2558
6 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2500 = 0 0 = 1 * = = = = 4.0 2524
7 Xie Jun g CHN 2510 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 4.0 2523
8 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2450 0 0 1 = = = 0 * = 0 3.0 2447
9 Comas Fabrego, Luis m ESP 2540 0 = 0 = 0 = = = * = 3.0 2437
10 De la Riva Aguado, Oscar m ESP 2510 0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 = * 3.0 2441
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Panfox from Breda in the Netherlands won the 14th European Club
Championships held in Belgrade. There was a huge shock in the first round when
the favourites Agrouniverzal were knocked out by Polonia of Warsaw with Shirov
beating Kramnik on top board.
Round 1
"POLONIA" Warszawa POL - "AGROUNIVERZAL" Zemun YUG 3,5:2,5
Shirov, Alexei G 2720 ESP - Kramnik, Vladimir G 2780 RUS 1:0
Oll, Lembit G 2650 EST - Anand, Viswanathan G 2795 IND 0:1
Rozentalis, Eduardas G 2575 LTU - Beliavsky Alexander G 2645 SLO 1/2
Gdanski, Jacek G 2540 POL - Gelfand, Boris G 2675 BLR 1:0
Macieja, Bartlomiej IM 2480 POL - Damljanovic, Branko G 2555 YUG 1/2
Socko, Bartosz IM 2475 POL - Ilincic, Zlatko G 2570 YUG 1/2
FINAL
"PANFOX" Breda, NED - "POLONIA" Warszawa POL 3,5:2,5
Van Wely, Loek G 2635 NED - Shirov, Alexei G 2720 ESP 1/2
Timman, Jan G 2655 NED - Oll, Lembit G 2650 EST 1/2
Adams, Michael G 2715 ENG - Rozentalis, Eduardas G 2575 LTU 1:0
Lautier, Joel G 2625 FRA - Gdanski, Jacek G 2540 POL 1/2
Gurevich, Mikhail G 2610 BEL - Macieja, Bartlomiej IM 2480 POL 1:0
Vaganian, Rafael G 2630 ARM - Socko, Bartosz IM 2475 POL 1/2
It emerged that FIDE and Susan Polgar in discussion over the late
defence of her Women's World Championship. No bids had been received. Las Vegas
withdrew its bid to organise the FIDE Championships. Bobby Fischer started
giving interviews with Philippines radio.
Alexei Dreev won the Anibal Open on tie-break from Artashes Minasian he
followed this up with second place in the Ubeda Open on tie-break from Landa.
Garry Kasparov won the first super tournament of the year by taking
clear first by half a point from Anand in the Hoogovens tournament in Wijk aan
Zee. Lputian took the B event.
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), i 1999 cat. XVIII (2678)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 * = = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2878
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2844
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 = = * = = 1 1 = = = = = 1 = 8.0 2758
4 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2624 1 = = * = 0 = 0 = = = 1 1 = 7.0 2710
5 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2619 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 = = = = 7.0 2711
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2726 0 = 0 1 = * = = = = = = 1 1 7.0 2702
7 Timman, Jan H g NED 2670 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2707
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 = = = 1 0 = 0 * = = = = = 1 6.5 2674
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 0 = = = = = = = * = 1 = = = 6.5 2674
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = = * = 1 0 1 6.0 2646
11 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2606 0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 5.0 2596
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2632 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 4.5 2571
13 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2597 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 * = 4.0 2542
14 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2541 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 3.0 2477
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February
It became clear that it was unlikely that a Shirov vs. Kasparov WCC
match was going to take place. A war of words between Kasparov and Shirov
ensued. Michael Adams and Yasser Seirawan drew a match in Bermuda 21st January
to 1st February. Las Vegas was back on as a venue for the FIDE Championships,
Caesar's Palace hotel is given as the likely venue. Results from a Scheveningen
tournament in Yangon Myanmar started a series of investigations into the growth
of Myanmar player's ratings.
March
Karpov drew all eight games in a match with Piket. In game seven Karpov
didn't have time to take a rook that was en prise.
Kasparov continued the brutal confirmation of his status as World
number 1. He took first place at the Linares tournament February 21-March 10th
by 2.5 points. Kramnik and Anand shared 2nd place.
XVI Ciudad de Linares (ESP), ii-iii 1999 cat. XX (2735)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 ** == =1 == 1= 11 =1 11 10.5 2917
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 == ** == == == == =1 1= 8.0 2782
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 =0 == ** == =1 == 1= =1 8.0 2778
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2694 == == == ** == 1= 0= 0= 6.5 2712
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0= == =0 == ** =0 =1 == 6.0 2690
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 00 == == 0= =1 ** 1= 0= 6.0 2688
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 =0 =0 0= 1= =0 0= ** =1 5.5 2658
8 Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 00 0= =0 1= == 1= =0 ** 5.5 2657
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Kasparov cancels his participation in an Advanced Chess match with
Anand in Leon after a contractual dispute with the organisers.
Lautier wins the Enghien-les-Bains tournament.
Enghien-les-Bains FRA (FRA), iii 1999 cat. XV (2603)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2596 * 1 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 = 6.5 2769
2 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2608 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2727
3 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2609 0 1 * = = = 1 = = = 5.0 2645
4 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2634 = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 = 5.0 2642
5 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2561 0 1 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 5.0 2650
6 Salov, Valery g RUS 2670 1 0 = = = * = 0 = = 4.0 2552
7 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2650 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 3.5 2517
8 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2508 0 0 = = = 1 0 * 0 1 3.5 2533
9 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2667 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 * = 3.5 2516
10 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2528 = 0 = = 0 = = 0 = * 3.0 2486
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The Eighth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament took place March
16th-28th 1999. Kramnik won the event overall with Anand winning the rapidplay
event and Shirov, Topalov and Kramnik taking first in the blindfold.
Rapidplay Standings
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Monte Carlo (MNC), iii 1999 cat. XVIII (2677)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 * = 0 1 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 7.5 2800
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 = * = 1 = 1 = 0 = = 1 = 6.5 2735
3 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2571 1 = * 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 = 6.0 2722
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 = = 0 = 1 6.0 2710
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2726 0 = 1 0 * 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2708
6 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2710 = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = 1 = 0 5.5 2674
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2632 0 = 1 0 1 = * = 1 0 = = 5.5 2681
8 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2619 = 1 1 = 0 0 = * = 0 0 1 5.0 2646
9 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2596 = = 0 = = = 0 = * = = 1 5.0 2648
10 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2691 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 1 = * 0 = 4.5 2610
11 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 = 0 0 = 0 = = 1 = 1 * 0 4.5 2608
12 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2633 0 = = 0 0 1 = 0 0 = 1 * 4.0 2579
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Blindfold Standings
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Monte Carlo (MNC), iii 1999 cat. XVIII (2677)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2726 * 1 = = 1 1 = = = = 1 1 8.0 2847
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0 * = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 8.0 2849
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 = = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2845
4 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2596 = 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2749
5 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2633 0 = = 1 * = 1 = 0 = = = 5.5 2681
6 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2710 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2674
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 = 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 = = 5.0 2637
8 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2691 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 0 4.5 2610
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2619 = = 0 0 1 = 0 0 * = 1 0 4.0 2580
10 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 = 0 0 = = = 0 = = * = = 4.0 2565
11 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2571 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 3.5 2553
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2632 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 1 = 0 * 3.5 2548
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Overall Standings
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Monte Carlo (MNC), III 1999 cat. XVIII (2677)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 ** 1= == =1 == 1= == =1 11 01 == =1 14.5 2787
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0= ** 10 01 =1 =1 1= 1= =1 == 01 11 14.0 2776
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2726 == 01 ** 0= == 01 11 11 1= 1= 1= 01 14.0 2774
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 =0 10 1= ** == == 1= 0= =0 == 1= 1= 11.5 2681
5 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2596 == =0 == == ** =1 10 0= == =1 =1 01 11.5 2698
6 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2710 0= =0 10 == =0 ** 0= 01 == 1= 11 =1 11.0 2674
7 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2633 == 0= 00 0= 01 1= ** == 11 00 == == 9.5 2631
8 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2571 =0 0= 00 1= 1= 10 == ** 1= 00 10 01 9.5 2636
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 00 =0 0= =1 == == 00 0= ** 11 1= == 9.5 2623
10 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2619 10 == 0= == =0 0= 11 11 00 ** 00 =0 9.0 2617
11 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2691 == 10 0= 0= =0 00 == 01 0= 11 ** 10 9.0 2610
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2632 =0 00 10 0= 10 =0 == 10 == =1 01 ** 9.0 2616
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April
Michael Adams won the Dos Hermanas tournament in Spain.
Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), iv 1999 cat. XVIII (2700)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 * = = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2822
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 = * = 1 = = = 1 = = 5.5 2774
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 = = * = = = = = = 1 5.0 2742
4 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2585 = 0 = * = 1 = = = 1 5.0 2755
5 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2691 = = = = * = 1 = 0 = 4.5 2700
6 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2710 = = = 0 = * = = 1 = 4.5 2698
7 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2673 0 = = = 0 = * = = 1 4.0 2659
8 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 = 0 = = = = = * = 0 3.5 2610
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 0 = = = 1 0 = = * 0 3.5 2618
10 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2677 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 1 * 3.5 2622
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Judit Polgar lost an eight game rapidplay (30 min) exhibition match
5.5-2.5 against Fritz 5.32 in Hungary April 27-30th.
May
The Sonsbeek SNS Chess Tournament took place in Arnhem (NED) May 2nd -
9th Viktor Korchnoi and Matthew Sadler shared first place with 4/6.
Arnhem NED (NED), v 1999 cat. XIV (2597)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2673 ** 01 11 10 4.0 2696
2 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2667 10 ** == 11 4.0 2698
3 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2515 00 == ** =1 2.5 2567
4 Xie Jun g CHN 2532 01 00 =0 ** 1.5 2425
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33 year old Lembit Oll's suicide in the early hours of Monday 17th May
1999 came as a great shock.
The 1st Israeli Supertournament was won by Gelfand, Smirin and Psakhis
all of whom scored 6.5/9 undefeated.
Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), v 1999 cat. XIV (2583)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2691 * = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2737
2 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2652 = * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2741
3 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2564 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2751
4 Liss, Eran g ISR 2512 = 0 = * = 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2634
5 Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2575 0 = = = * 0 = = 1 = 4.0 2541
6 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2609 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 = 4.0 2537
7 Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2490 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 1 4.0 2550
8 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2616 = = = = = 0 = * 0 = 3.5 2499
9 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2612 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * = 3.0 2455
10 Zilberman, Yaacov g ISR 2513 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.0 2371
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Katrineholm SWE (SWE), v 1999 cat. XII (2532)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gavrikov, Viktor g LTU 2532 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2698
2 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2601 = * = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2690
3 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2623 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2647
4 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2602 = 1 = * 0 = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2604
5 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2648 = 0 = 1 * = = = 1 1 5.5 2599
6 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2610 0 = = = = * = 1 1 1 5.5 2603
7 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2515 = 0 = 1 = = * 0 = = 4.0 2491
8 Lyrberg, Patrik m SWE 2409 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 3.0 2421
9 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2364 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1.5 2278
10 Laveryd, Peter SWE 2420 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1.0 2193
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Anand was announced as the winner of the 1998 Chess Oscars.
Tony Miles won the Premier event of the Capablanca Memorial in
Cuba.
Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999 cat. XII (2550)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2609 * = = 1 1 = = 1 = = = = = 1 8.5 2655
2 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2593 = * 1 = = = = = = 1 = = = 1 8.0 2633
3 Bruzon, Lazaro f CUB 2488 = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 0 1 = 1 8.0 2641
4 Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2535 0 = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2638
5 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2520 0 = = = * 1 1 0 = = = 1 1 = 7.5 2609
6 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2613 = = = = 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2602
7 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2536 = = 0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 1 = 7.0 2580
8 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2586 0 = 0 0 1 = = * = 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2576
9 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2540 = = = = = = 0 = * = = = = = 6.0 2521
10 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2547 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * = = 1 = 5.5 2493
11 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2547 = = 1 0 = 0 = = = = * 0 0 = 5.0 2463
12 Comas Fabrego, Luis m ESP 2541 = = 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 0 = 4.5 2440
13 De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2495 = = = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 * = 4.5 2444
14 Godena, Michele g ITA 2552 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = = = = = * 4.0 2409
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Garry Kasparov continued his domination of tournaments in 1999 by
winning the Category 19 tournament in Sarajevo including 3/3 in the final
rounds.
Sarajevo BIH (BIH), v 1999 cat. XIX (2704)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2912
2 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2679 = * = 1 = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2831
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2726 = = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2826
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2723 0 0 1 * = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2782
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 0 = = = * = 0 1 1 1 5.0 2745
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2694 = = 0 = = * = 1 = = 4.5 2705
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 = 0 0 0 1 = * = = 1 4.0 2661
8 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2697 0 = = 0 0 0 = * 1 = 3.0 2579
9 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2624 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 2.5 2547
10 Timman, Jan H g NED 2670 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.5 2434
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June
After long negotiations it was announced that Anand had signed an
agreement to play Garry Kasparov in a match for the Ultimate World Chess
Championships" organised by Serge Grimaux and involving Bessel Kok, GM Fridrik
Olafsson and Dr. William Wirth. Anand was to be paid a guarantee in case the
match didn't take place.
Anand played Karpov (who replaced Kasparov) in the Advanced chess match
in Leon. The result a 5-1 win for Anand.
Nikolic won the 3rd Broekhuis tournament May 29th-June 10th 1999.
Rotterdam NED (NED), v-vi 1999 cat. XII (2549)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2633 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2752
2 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2619 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2717
3 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2541 = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 0 = = 7.0 2651
4 Van der Wiel, John g NED 2526 = = = * = 1 1 = = 1 0 1 7.0 2652
5 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2632 0 = 0 = * 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2643
6 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2624 = = 0 0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2542
7 Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2535 = = = 0 0 = * = = 0 1 1 5.0 2514
8 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2535 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 1 = = 5.0 2514
9 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2529 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 4.0 2448
10 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2452 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1 0 3.5 2424
11 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2515 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 = 0 0 * = 3.0 2376
12 Janssen, Ruud NED 2445 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * 2.5 2347
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FIDE was recognised by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) at a
meeting in Seoul (June 13th-15th 1999).
Boris Gelfand won in Malmoe.
Malmoe SWE (SWE), vi 1999 cat. XIV (2578)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2691 * 1 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 7.0 2785
2 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2650 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2694
3 Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2533 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2662
4 DeFirmian, Nick E g USA 2610 = = = * = 1 0 0 1 1 5.0 2617
5 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2596 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 = 5.0 2618
6 Timman, Jan H g NED 2670 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2610
7 Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2470 = = 0 1 0 = * = = = 4.0 2546
8 Hall, Jesper m SWE 2486 0 0 = 1 = 0 = * 1 = 4.0 2545
9 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2542 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 2.0 2361
10 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2530 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1.5 2310
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The Kasparov vs. The World match organised my the Microsoft Network
started on June 21st 1999.
Beliavsky won the 13th Dr Milan Vidmar Memorial Portoroz and ran June
13th-23rd 1999.
Garry Kasparov won the Frankfurt Chess Classic Giants event. Karpov and
Kasparov met for the first time in a number of years. Fritz 6 won the Masters
event to qualify for the Giants in 2000.
Frankfurt Chess Classic, Siemens Giants (GER), vi-vii 1999cat. XXI (2764)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 **** 1=== ==1= ===1 7.5 2842
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 0=== **** ==1= =0=1 6.0 2757
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 ==0= ==0= **** 1=1= 6.0 2767
4 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2710 ===0 =1=0 0=0= **** 4.5 2694
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Frankfurt Chess Classic, Masters (GER), vi-vii 1999 cat. XV (2604)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Fritz 6 ---- ** =1 1= 10 11 1= 0= =1 9.5 2823
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2694 =0 ** 11 0= =1 1= 1= =1 9.0 2693
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0= 00 ** 01 11 11 11 =1 9.0 2692
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 01 1= 10 ** 00 11 == == 7.5 2617
5 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2677 00 =0 00 11 ** 01 10 1= 6.0 2543
6 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2610 0= 0= 00 00 10 ** 11 11 6.0 2553
7 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2723 1= 0= 00 == 01 00 ** =1 5.5 2507
8 Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 =0 =0 =0 == 0= 00 =0 ** 3.5 2395
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July
Alexei Shirov demolishes Judit Polgar 5.5-0.5 in the EuroTel Trophy in
Prague.
Prague CZE (CZE), 11-18 vii 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2734 1 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 3072
Polgar, Judit g HUN 2671 0 0 0 = 0 0 0.5 2333
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Peter Leko won the Dortmund tournament half a point clear of Kramnik.
The event was a short one as the FIDE Championships clashed with the event's
original dates.
Dortmund GER (GER), 10-17 vii 1999 cat. XIX (2705)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Leko, Peter g HUN 2701 * = = = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2863
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2760 = * = = = = 1 1 4.5 2798
3 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2700 = = * = = 1 = = 4.0 2755
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2771 = = = * = = = 1 4.0 2745
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2708 0 = = = * = 1 1 4.0 2754
6 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2656 = = 0 = = * 0 = 2.5 2609
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2690 0 0 = = 0 1 * 0 2.0 2548
8 Timman, Jan H g NED 2650 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 2.0 2554
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FIDE July Ratings
No Name Title NAT ja99 ju99 gms dob
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2812 2851 36 13.04.63
2 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2781 2771 36 11.12.69
3 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2751 2760 36 25.06.75
4 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2723 2758 26 18.07.77
5 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2726 2734 22 04.07.72
6 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2691 2713 24 24.06.68
7 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2716 2708 48 17.11.71
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2714 2702 27 18.03.69
9 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2694 2699 14 08.09.79
10 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2710 2700 17 23.05.51
11 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2679 2698 9 21.11.66
12 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2700 2690 45 15.03.75
13 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2713 2684 36 17.06.76
14 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2681 2681 0 16.03.60
15 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2639 2679 38 30.01.69
16 Korchnoi, Viktor................ g SUI 2673 2676 16 23.03.31
17 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2697 2675 25 01.06.65
18 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2652 2671 31 21.01.68
19 Polgar, Judit (GM).............. g HUN 2677 2671 9 23.07.76 w
20 Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2665 2663 33 29.08.76
FIDE Chess Championships start in Las Vegas Anatoly Karpov refused to
defend his title. The Women's World Championships also started in Kazan,
Tartarstan with the latter half in Shenyang, China between Xie Jun and Alisa
Galliamova. Susan Polgar was defaulted by FIDE after she couldn't make the
dates.
Jeroen Piket won in Biel.
Biel SUI (SUI), 19-28 vii 1999 cat. XIV (2596)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2635 ** 11 =0 =1 == 11 7.0 2737
2 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2588 00 ** 11 1= =1 =1 6.5 2707
3 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2657 =1 00 ** == 11 =1 6.0 2655
4 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2620 =0 0= == ** 1= 1= 5.0 2591
5 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2479 == =0 00 0= ** =1 3.5 2509
6 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2596 00 =0 =0 0= =0 ** 2.0 2355
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Anatoly Karpov and Miguel Illescas played a blitz chess match in
Barcelona in memory of the arbiter Carlos Falcon on Monday 26th July 1999.
The 5th Tan Chin Nam Cup took place in Shenyang, China, July 8th-17th
1999. The event saw a number of players compete who are now at the FIDE
Championships in Las Vegas. There was a tie for first between Chinese GM Ye
Jiangchuan and Russian Alexey Dreev. The Dutch Open took place July 20-28th in
the City of Dieren, the Netherlands. Loek van Wely, won the event in spite of
losing his final round game to second placed Erik van den Doel.
August
The FIDE Championships in Las Vegas dominated events. The first big
match was between Gata Kamsky and Alexander Khalifman. Kamsky returning to
chess after a long absense beat Khalifman in the first game of their match, the
second game was won by Khalifman and saw a protest by Kamsky complaining of
players following their game making gestures and pulling faces. Kamsky went on
to lose the playoff. The third round saw Asrian, Shipov, Krasenkow, Magem,
Svidler, Timman, Rublevsky, Almasi, Psakhis, Beliavsky and Korchnoi go out.
Leko, Bareev, Milos and Lautier followed in the playoffs. The fourth round saw
Short and Georgiev go out. Topalov, Dreev, Federov, Zvjaginsev Gelfand and
Ivanchuk follow after playoffs. Through went Akopian and Shirov and after
playoffs Movsesian, Adams, Kramnik, Polgar, Khalifman and Nisipeanu also. In
the fifth round Nisipeanu beat Shirov and Khalifman beat Polgar over two games.
The favourite for the championships Vladimir Kramnik was eliminated after a
playoff by Michael Adams. Vladimir Akopian beat Sergei Movsesian also. In the
semi-finals Alexander Khalifman eventually saw off Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu after
a playoff. Michael Adams seemed very tired after his match against Kramnik and
went down 2.5-0.5 against Vladimir Akopian. Alexander Khalifman won the FIDE
World Chess Championships after a 3.5-2.5 victory in the final. Kasparov makes
an infamous chess tourist set of comments about some of the players in the
later stages of the championships.
Xie Jun regained her World Title after a 8.5-6.5 victory against Alisa
Galliamova.
Ivan Sokolov won the Lost Boys tournament in Amsterdam.
Lost Boys Amsterdam (NED), 13-20 viii 1999 cat. XIV (2600)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2656 * = = 1 1 1 = = 5.0 2750
2 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2641 = * = = 1 = = 1 4.5 2696
3 Timman, Jan H g NED 2650 = = * = 0 1 1 1 4.5 2694
4 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2635 0 = = * 1 = = = 3.5 2595
5 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2525 0 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 3.5 2610
6 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2588 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 3.0 2551
7 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 = = 0 = = 0 * 0 2.0 2446
8 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2535 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 2.0 2451
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Van Wely won the Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica Zdroj.
Rubinstein Memorial Polanica Zdroj (POL), 17-26 viii 1999cat. XV (2605)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2629 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2822
2 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2643 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2766
3 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2657 = = * 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 6.0 2724
4 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2626 = = 0 * 1 1 0 = = 1 5.0 2645
5 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2633 = = = 0 * = 1 0 = 1 4.5 2601
6 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2549 0 0 1 0 = * 0 1 1 = 4.0 2568
7 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2587 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 1 1 0 4.0 2564
8 Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2573 0 = = = 1 0 0 * = = 3.5 2528
9 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2596 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2440
10 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2557 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 2.0 2390
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September
The Interplay US Championships 1999 ran August 23rd - September 11th
1999 in Salt Lake City. The event was won by Soviet emegre Boris Gulko who
having survived a playoff against Yasser Seirawan in the semi-finals beat
Grigory Serper 2.5-0.5 in a final where he won the first two games.
Timman beat Kasparov in an exhibition game during the Wereldhaven
Festival in Rotterdam on Sunday 5th 1999. The pieces were containers on the
dock.
Beliavsky beat Bacrot 3.5-2.5 14th-21st September 1999 in Albert,
France.
Kasparov vs. Anand is postponed and eventually cancelled despite the
protestations of Owen Williams.
October
Timman and Polgar share first place in the VAM tournament in Hoogeveen.
VAM Invitational Hoogeveen NED (NED), 15-23 x 1999cat. XV (2622)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Timman, Jan H g NED 2650 ** 1= 1= =0 3.5 2670
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2671 0= ** == 11 3.5 2663
3 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2700 0= == ** 1= 3.0 2596
4 Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2468 =1 00 0= ** 2.0 2548
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Peter Leko beat Dimitrij Bunzmann 4-2 in a match that took place
16th-22nd October 1999 in Hamburg, Germany.
The European Club Cup Finals took place in Bugojno October 29th-31st
1999. The home team Bosnia were the surprise winners when they defeated the
favourites Agrouniverzal in the final.
AGROUNIVERZAL 2,5 : 3,5 BOSNA
Kramnik 2760 1/2 2698 Bareev
Gelfand 2713 0-1 2690 Topalov
Short 2675 1-0 2656 Sokolov
Beliavsky 2618 0-1 2625 Piket
Tiviakov 2611 1/2 2612 Kozul
Damljanovic 2554 1/2 2541 Kurajica
The Association Max Euwe sponsored the annual Veterans vs Ladies
tournament which ran Thursday October 21st - Monday November 1st 1999. The
event took place in Marbella, Spain and was named after the Flamenco Dance. The
result was a big victory for the Veterans. The expected margin of victory was
27-23 (on ELO rating) but the Veterans secured a 30.5-19.5 victory.
November
Bacrot beat Polgar 3-1 in a match in Bastia, France on November 4th-5th
1999.
The Chigorin Memorial took place in St. Petersburg, Russia. The event
ran November 2nd-10th 1999. There were 142 participants from 10 countries
including 39 GMs. Alexander Grischuk and Sergey Volkov finished on 7/9 ahead of
9 players on 6.5 points.
FIDE held its 75th Anniversary Celebrations in Paris with very much
curtailed events.
December
The European Team Championships took place in Batumi, Georgia November
27th-December 8th 1999. Armenia took gold Hungary, Silver and Germany Bronze.
Viktor Bologan won the 4th Comtois tournament in Belfort.
4th Comtois Tournament, Belfort (FRA), 13-22 xii 1999cat. XV (2614)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2620 ** 0= 1= == 1= 11 6.5 2723
2 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2659 1= ** 1= =1 == 00 5.5 2641
3 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2593 0= 0= ** == 1= 11 5.5 2654
4 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2643 == =0 == ** == == 4.5 2572
5 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2652 0= == 0= == ** == 4.0 2534
6 Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2518 00 11 00 == == ** 4.0 2561
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The 52nd Russian Chess Championships took place in Moscow, Russia
December 15th-28th 1999. The event was a knockout and top rated Konstantin
Sakaev beat surprise finalist Alexei Bezgodov 3-1.
The 38th International Chess Tournament took place December 19th up to
and including December 31st 1999. There were three major events, a Women's GM
tournament won by Antoaneta Stefanova, a Young Masters event won by Hungarian
player Albert Bokros and a GM open won by locally based Sergei Tiviakov
2000
January
TWIC held its favourite players of the Millennium Poll. Fischer topped
the vote just above Garry Kasparov. The deciding factor was the number of
people who decided they didn't want to include one of the two winners, most
people's list of five included both.
1. Bobby Fischer 362 votes
2. Garry Kasparov 345 votes
3. Alexander Alekhine 230 votes
4. Mikhail Tal 218 votes
5. Jose Capablanca 196 votes
6. Emanuel Lasker 140 votes
7. Anatoly Karpov 114 votes
8. Paul Morphy 91 votes
9. Mikhail Botvinnik 73 votes
10. Viktor Korchnoi 66 votes
11. Aaron Nimzowitch 51 votes
12. David Bronstein 45 votes
Paul Keres 45 votes
14. Viswanathan Anand 33 votes
15. Tigran Petrosian 28 votes
Alexei Shirov 28 votes
17. Judit Polgar 27 votes
18. Akiba Rubinstein 25 votes
19. Boris Spassky 20 votes
20. Max Euwe 17 votes
Wilhelm Steinitz 17 votes
22. Vassily Ivanchuk 16 votes
23. Bent Larsen 15 votes
24. Jan Timman 10 votes
Peter Leko demolished FIDE Champion Alexander Khalifman 4.5-1.5 winning
all his games with white.
Challenge Match Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-9 i 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Leko, Peter g HUN 2701 = 1 = 1 = 1 4.5 2821
Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2628 = 0 = 0 = 0 1.5 2508
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FIDE Rating list for January 2000
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Rnk. Name T. NAT ju99 ja00 games
1. Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2851 2851 0
2. Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2771 2769 12
3. Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2760 2758 21
4. Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2734 2751 25
5. Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2758 2748 5
6. Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2701 2725 26
7. Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2708 2715 21
8. Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2702 2709 20
9. Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2698 2709 16
10. Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2690 2702 34
11. Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2709 2696 13
12. Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2643 2694 48
13. Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2713 2692 30
14. Fedorov, Alexei................. g BLR 2659 2684 24
15. Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2675 2683 26
16. Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2679 2680 12
17. Georgiev, Kiril................. g BUL 2650 2677 27
18. Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2663 2676 25
19. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2681 2675 13
20. Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2684 2672 9
Nigel Short won the tournament in Pamplona.
City of Pamplona ESP (ESP), 27 xii 1999 - 5 i 2000 cat. XV (2613)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2675 * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2826
2 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2713 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2726
3 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2663 = = * = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2732
4 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2519 = 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2703
5 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2638 0 = = = * = = 1 1 1 5.5 2690
6 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2671 = 0 = 0 = * 0 1 = 1 4.0 2563
7 Timman, Jan H g NED 2650 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 1 4.0 2565
8 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2600 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 = 3.0 2489
9 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2473 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 * = 2.5 2462
10 Magem Badals, Jordi g ESP 2528 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 2349
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The Plus GSM World Blitz Cup took place in the Warsaw Polonia Chess
Club on Sunday 9th January. Many of the World's best players are competed.
Anand took first prize above Gelfand in second place and Karpov in third,
Karpov was leader at around the half way stage).
Emil Sutovsky won the Hastings Premier.
Hastings Premier ENG (ENG), 4-12 i 2000 cat. XIII (2552)
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1 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2597 * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 = 6.5 2713
2 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2680 = * = = 1 0 1 1 1 = 6.0 2662
3 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2604 = = * = = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2671
4 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2544 0 = = * 1 0 = 1 = 1 5.0 2595
5 Emms, John M g ENG 2546 0 0 = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 4.5 2552
6 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2438 = 1 0 1 0 * = = = 0 4.0 2521
7 Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2548 = 0 0 = = = * 0 = 1 3.5 2472
8 Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2527 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * = = 3.5 2474
9 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2637 0 0 = = 0 = = = * 1 3.5 2462
10 Krush, Irina wm USA 2399 = = 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 * 2.5 2403
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Feng-hsiung Hsu speaks about his attempts to organise a rematch between
Kasparov and DEEP BLUE. Owen Williams and Feng have a public war of words about
negotiations.
Kasparov was undefeated in retaining the Corus Wijk aan Zee tournament.
Half of his six wins were in the last six rounds.
Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-30 i 2000 cat. XVIII (2697)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2851 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 9.5 2860
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2758 = * = = = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 = 8.0 2779
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2725 = = * = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 8.0 2782
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 = = = * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 8.0 2778
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2748 0 = = = * = = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2750
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 = 0 = = = * = 1 0 1 = = = 1 7.0 2725
7 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2633 = = = = = = * 1 0 1 0 0 1 = 6.5 2702
8 Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 0 = = = 1 0 0 * = = = = 1 1 6.5 2700
9 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2659 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 = * = = 1 = = 6.0 2671
10 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 = 0 = = = 0 0 = = * 1 = = = 5.5 2641
11 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2658 0 = = = 0 = 1 = = 0 * = 0 = 5.0 2613
12 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2659 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 = = * 0 1 5.0 2613
13 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2605 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 1 * = 4.5 2594
14 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2646 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * 4.0 2560
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Ivanchuk wins the Keres Memorial Rapidplay.
February
Anand won the Wydra Memorial Rapidplay in Haifa half a point clear of
Gelfand and Svidler.
Wydra Memorial Rapidplay Haifa ISR (ISR), 3-5 ii 2000cat. XVI (2650)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 ** =1 0= 1= =1 11 == 1= 9.5 2765
2 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2692 =0 ** =1 11 == 1= =1 10 9.0 2745
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2672 1= =0 ** 10 == 11 1= 1= 9.0 2748
4 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2599 0= 00 01 ** 11 0= 01 11 7.0 2657
5 Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2574 =0 == == 00 ** 1= == =1 6.5 2631
6 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2620 00 0= 00 1= 0= ** 11 01 5.5 2574
7 Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2563 == =0 0= 10 == 00 ** 10 5.0 2560
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 0= 01 0= 00 =0 10 01 ** 4.5 2508
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George Koltanowski the famous blindfold chess player died on February
5th 2000.
The launch of the Kasparovchess web site occurred in January and the
Kasparovchess Grand Prix was their first major sponsored event. The knockout
took place February 9th - 20th 2000 over the internet. Players had one hour for
all their moves. Players competed from throughout the World. The first prize
was $20,000. The event was won by Jeroen Piket who beat Garry Kasparov 1.5-0.5
in the final. There were communication problems and the computer program DEEP
JUNIOR was defaulted against Michael Adams in controversial fashion (Adams
competed from Bermuda).
FIDE announced some astonishing commercialisation proposals.
Michael Adams beat Yasser Seirawan 5-3 in an 8 game match in Bermuda.
The match was disrupted by Adams participation in the Kasparovchess Grand Prix.
Match Bermuda (BER), 8-22 ii 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 1 = 1 = = = = = 5.0 2742
Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2647 0 = 0 = = = = = 3.0 2628
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The Goodricke International takes place in Calcutta February 6th-17th
2000. Gregory Kaidanov won leading throughout.
Karpov drew 3-3 with Bacrot in a match with two Standard, two rapidplay
and two blitz games in Cannes France.
March
Daniel Abraham Yanofsky the Polish born (he moved to Canada at the age
of 8 months) Canadian Grandmaster has died aged 74 on March 5th 2000.
Kramnik and Kasparov shared first in the Linares tournament. Raymond
Keene announced a consortium to try and bring together Anand and Kasparov for a
match later in the year. Negotiations proceeded during the tournament and after
a week broke down with Anand. Kramnik was then approached.
SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 28 ii-10 iii 2000 cat. XXI (2752)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2758 ** == == 1= == 1= 6.0 2822
2 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2851 == ** == == 1= 1= 6.0 2803
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2725 == == ** =0 == == 4.5 2721
4 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2656 0= == =1 ** =0 == 4.5 2734
5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 == 0= == =1 ** 0= 4.5 2712
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 0= 0= == == 1= ** 4.5 2715
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The 9th Amber Tournament ran March 16th-28th 2000. Alexei Shirov won
the overall Amber tournament and also the rapidplay he almost went throughout
the event undefeated losing his final blindfold game against Ivanchuk.
Rapidplay standings:
Amber Rapidplay Monaco MNC (MNC), 16-28 iii 2000 cat. XVIII (2684)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 8.5 2888
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2709 = * = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 1 8.0 2856
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2702 0 = * 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 0 6.5 2747
4 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2646 0 0 1 * = 1 1 = = 1 = = 6.5 2752
5 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2692 0 = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2719
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2758 = 0 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2713
7 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 0 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2676
8 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2696 0 = 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 5.0 2646
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2633 = = = = = 0 0 = * 0 = 1 4.5 2623
10 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2659 = = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = = 3.5 2553
11 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2632 = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = = * = 3.0 2513
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2559 0 0 1 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 3.0 2520
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Blindfold Standings:
Amber Blindfold Monaco MNC (MNC), 16-28 iii 2000 cat. XVIII (2684)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2758 * = 1 = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 = 7.5 2810
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2702 = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 7.0 2784
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 0 1 * = = = = = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2778
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 = = = * = 1 0 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2742
5 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2692 1 0 = = * 0 = 1 = 1 = = 6.0 2719
6 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2633 0 = = 0 1 * = = = = 1 1 6.0 2724
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2709 0 0 = 1 = = * 1 = 0 1 = 5.5 2681
8 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2696 = 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 = 5.0 2646
9 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2632 = = 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 0 1 4.5 2623
10 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2559 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 * = = 4.0 2593
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2646 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 4.0 2585
12 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2659 = 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 * 3.0 2511
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Overall Standings:
Amber Rapidplay Monaco MNC (MNC), 16-28 iii 2000 cat. XVIII (2684)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 ** =0 1= == 1= 1= =1 1= 1= =1 1= =1 15.0 2810
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2709 =1 ** =0 10 1= == == 11 =1 1= 10 == 13.5 2761
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2702 0= =1 ** 1= =0 11 == 0= 11 1= 0= 11 13.5 2762
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2758 == 01 0= ** =1 =0 11 01 == 1= 11 1= 13.5 2757
5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 0= 0= =1 =0 ** == 1= 01 == 11 =1 1= 12.5 2726
6 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2692 0= == 00 =1 == ** =0 == 11 == 11 1= 12.0 2719
7 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2633 =0 == == 00 0= =1 ** =1 == == 1= 01 10.5 2674
8 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2646 0= 00 1= 10 10 == =0 ** =0 =1 == 11 10.5 2673
9 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2696 0= =0 00 == == 00 == =1 ** 11 1= == 10.0 2646
10 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2632 =0 0= 0= 0= 00 == == =0 00 ** =1 =1 7.5 2571
11 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2559 0= 01 1= 00 =0 00 0= == 0= =0 ** == 7.0 2562
12 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2659 =0 == 00 0= 0= 0= 10 00 == =0 == ** 6.5 2537
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April
Garry Kasparov won the chess@iceland rapidplay tournament over the
weekend of April 1st-2nd 2000. He beat Viswanathan Anand in the final by
winning both their blitz game playoffs.
Vladimir Kramnik is announced as Garry Kasparov's challenger for a
match held under the banner of the Braingames.net World Chess Championships.
After a war of words with Anand over their failed negotiations Raymond Keene
announced the match at a press conference on 5th April 2000.
Michael Adams won the "Grand Prix de Bordeaux 2000" a two day knockout
event featuring Tkachiev, Lautier and Fressinet also. The event took place
6th-7th April 2000.
Anatoly Karpov beat Xie Jun in a challenge match in China. He won one
standard time rate game and one rapidplay game against the Women's World
Champion. Karpov also beat Ye Jiangchuan 3-1 in a followup match a few days
later.
Female vs Male Match Guanzhou CHN (CHN), 9-14 iv 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2696 = = 1 = 1 = 4.0 2667
Xie Jun g CHN 2542 = = 0 = 0 = 2.0 2571
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Zone 1-2 tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championships tookplace in
Pula (CRO) 11th-22nd April 2000. There were seven qualifying places available
from this 11 round Swiss system event. The qualifiers were, Beliavsky, Psakhis,
Sutovsky (who started with 0/2!), Ilia Smirin, Ivan Zaja, Emir Dizdarevic and
Christopher Lutz. Nikola Mitkov tied with qualifiers on 6.5 but was to be the
only player on this score to miss out on qualification due to an inferior
tie-break (sum of opponents ratings).
Latvian Grandmaster Aivars Gipslis died on April 13th 2000 at the age
of 63 in a Berlin hospital.
Garry Kasparov won the Chess Oscar for the year 1999. Kasparov took 234
first places and gained 3297 points (1 place - 13 points, 2 - 11, 3 - 9, 4 - 7,
5 - 6 ... 10 - 1). Vladimir Kramnik was second with with 2132 (with one 1st
place). In 3rd was FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman with 1878 (21 first
places).
May
Judit Polgar who also got married this year won the Japfa Classic in
Bali.
Japfa Classic Bali INA (INA), 22 iv-2 v 2000 cat. XVI (2628)
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1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2658 * = = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2790
2 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2656 = * = = = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2749
3 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2696 = = * = = = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2745
4 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2620 0 = = * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2708
5 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2647 = = = = * = = = = 1 5.0 2668
6 Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 0 0 = = = * = = 1 = 4.0 2581
7 Adianto, Utut g INA 2584 0 0 0 = = = * 1 = 1 4.0 2589
8 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2622 = = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 0 3.0 2503
9 Gunawan, Ruben g INA 2507 = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = 2.5 2475
10 Zaw Win Lay m MYA 2633 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 = * 2.5 2461
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The Senat-CanalWeb Grand Prix knockout rapidplay tournament in Paris
France May 6th-7th was won by Alexei Shirov who defeated Boris Spassky in the
final.
The FIDE Men's and Women's Championships was announced as taking place
in New Delhi and in Tehran, Iran.
The New York Open ran May 5th-11th, 2000. The venue was the New Yorker
Hotel in Manhattan. Ilya Smirin took first place alone with 7.5/9.
Ivanchuk won the Leonid Stein Memorial.
Leonid Stein Mem Lviv UKR (UKR), 12-22 v 2000 cat. XVII (2657)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2709 ** == 1= 1= 11 == 7.0 2795
2 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2661 == ** 0= 1= 1= 1= 6.0 2727
3 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2640 0= 1= ** == == 01 5.0 2659
4 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2692 0= 0= == ** == =1 4.5 2613
5 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2659 00 0= == == ** 11 4.5 2620
6 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2578 == 0= 10 =0 00 ** 3.0 2523
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Van Wely won the Broekhuis Dutch Chess Championships took place in
Rotterdam May 7th-19th 2000.
Garry Kasparov won the Sarajevo tournament May 17th-29th 2000.
SuperGM Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 17-29 v 2000 cat. XIX (2702)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2851 * = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2899
2 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 = * = 1 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 8.0 2876
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 = = * = 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 8.0 2873
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2748 = 0 = * = = 1 0 = 1 1 = 6.0 2734
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2702 = 0 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2738
6 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2737
7 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2637 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 = = = = 4.5 2643
8 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2668 0 = 1 1 = = 0 * = 0 0 0 4.0 2603
9 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 = = 0 = 0 0 = = * = = = 4.0 2602
10 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2677 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 = * = = 4.0 2602
11 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2694 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = = * 1 4.0 2601
12 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2594 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = = 0 * 3.0 2537
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Judit Polgar won the Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmoe.
Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE (SWE), 23-29 v 2000 cat. XV (2622)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2658 ** 1= 1= == 4.0 2734
2 Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 0= ** 1= =1 3.5 2667
3 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2625 0= 0= ** =1 2.5 2563
4 Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2548 == =0 =0 ** 2.0 2521
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The XXXV Capablanca Memorial took place in the Hotel Bella Costa,
Varadero, Cuba 6th-22nd May 2000. The elite event was won by Alexander Volzhin
with 8.5/13 half a point clear of the top local player Walter Arencibia
June
The 13th Ciudad de León Advanced Chess Tournament June 1st-5th
2000 Anand beat Shirov 1.5-0.5 in the final in an event in which Illescas and
Polgar also played. Alexander Grischuk won the Lausanne Young Masters.
FIDE Zone 1.5 of the World Chess Championship, 2000 took place in
Yerevan, Armenia, June 7th-16th 2000. There were four qualifiers, the winner
Smbat Lputian, second placed Artashes Minasian and Karen Asrian and Rafael
Vaganian.
FIDE Zonal 1.7 took place in Mezezers (Latvia) 6th-18th June, 2000. The
winner Jaan Ehlvest and second placed Aloyzas Kveinys qualified for the FIDE
Championships.
The Zonal Tournament of Zone 2.4 took place June 5th-15th 2000 in the
Sao Paulo Chess Club. Two players qualify for the World Championships. Darcy
Lima qualified by winning the event scoring 8/10.
The inaugural FIDE World Cup is announced to take place in September in
Shenyang, China.
The Frankfurt Chess Classic 2000 took place June 16th-25th. In top two
tournaments Viswanathan Anand won the Fujitsu Siemens Giants and Michael Adams
won the masters. These two events had the top 10 players in the World. There
was a computer challenge between FRITZ and all but Kasparov from the Giants.
FRITZ scored 50%.
Fujitsu-Siemens Giants Frankfurt GER (GER), 22-25 vi 2000cat. XXI (2767)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 ** == == 11 1= 11 7.5 2959
2 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2851 == ** == 1= 10 =1 6.0 2822
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2758 == == ** == =0 =1 5.0 2768
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 00 0= == ** 11 01 4.5 2734
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2725 0= 01 =1 00 ** =0 3.5 2665
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2748 00 =0 =0 10 =1 ** 3.5 2660
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Masters Frankfurt GER (GER), 22-25 vi 2000 cat. XVII (2656)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 ** =1 1= 0= 11 =1 1= 11 10.5 2840
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2709 =0 ** 1= 1= == 1= 1= 11 9.5 2781
3 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 0= 0= ** 1= 10 01 11 1= 8.0 2698
4 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2662 1= 0= 0= ** =1 1= =0 =0 6.5 2626
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2702 00 == 01 =0 ** 1= 10 =1 6.5 2620
6 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2628 =0 0= 10 0= 0= ** 1= 10 5.5 2580
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2646 0= 0= 00 =1 01 0= ** =1 5.5 2577
8 Rabiega, Robert m GER 2477 00 00 0= =1 =0 01 =0 ** 4.0 2523
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July
The FIDE July rating list is released.
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2851 2849 35
2 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2758 2770 23
3 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2769 2762 23
4 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2748 2756 28
5 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2715 2755 38
6 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2751 2746 33
7 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2725 2743 29
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2709 2719 10
9 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2702 2707 11
10 Krasenkow, Michal............... g POL 2661 2702 61
11 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2709 2702 17
12 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2696 2699 11
13 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2614 2690 44
14 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2672 2689 9
15 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2692 2681 27
16 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2683 2677 44
17 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2666 2677 25
18 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2680 2676 26
19 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2675 2673 0
20 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2616 2670 45
Almasi beat Bacrot 3.5-2.5 in Szeged 27th June - 2nd July 2000.
The 53rd Russian Chess Championships took place in Samara June
16th-27th 2000. The event also counted as a Zonal with three qualifiers going
through to the FIDE Championships. Sergey Volkov won the event alone with 8/11,
half a point clear of five players on 7.5. Rustermov and Kharlov qualified
along with Volkov on tie-break.
The Ukranian Zonal 1.9 (also the "Absolute Championships of the
Ukraine") took place in Ordzhonikidze June 7th-19th 2000. There were three FIDE
qualification places available from the Zonal. First place was taken by
Alexander Onischuk.
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2000 took place July 7th-16th
2000 in the Dortmund Theatre. Kramnik and Anand shared first place.
SuperGM Dortmund GER (GER), 7-16 vii 2000 cat. XVI (2632)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 * 1 0 = 1 1 = = = 1 6.0 2789
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2762 0 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2836
3 Adams, Michael g ENG 2755 1 0 * = = = = = 1 = 5.0 2739
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2743 = = = * = 0 = 1 = 1 5.0 2792
5 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2660 0 = = = * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2750
6 DEEP JUNIOR 6 ---- 0 = = 1 = * = = 0 1 4.5 [2702]
7 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2667 = 0 = = = = * = = = 4.0 2664
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2702 = = = 0 0 = = * = 1 4.0 2659
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2649 = 0 0 = 0 1 = = * = 3.5 2568
10 Huebner, Robert g GER 2615 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 2.0 2520
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Bologan won the 6th Tan Chin Nam Cup in Beijing, China.
6th Tan Chin Nam Cup Beijing CHN (CHN), 9-17 vii 2000cat. XVI (2644)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2641 * = = = 1 = = 1 = = 5.5 2724
2 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2676 = * = = 0 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2720
3 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2677 = = * = = = = 1 1 = 5.5 2720
4 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2627 = = = * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2725
5 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2670 0 1 = = * 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2683
6 Peng Xiaomin g CHN 2657 = 0 = = 1 * = = = = 4.5 2642
7 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2636 = 0 = = = = * = = 1 4.5 2644
8 Xu Jun g CHN 2668 0 = 0 = = = = * = = 3.5 2561
9 Wang Zili g CHN 2603 = = 0 0 0 = = = * = 3.0 2523
10 Adianto, Utut g INA 2583 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = * 2.5 2484
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The Schuhplatter Chess Tournament took place in the Hotel Bayerischer
Hof in Munich, Germany, July 4th-15th 2000. It was the 9th Veterans vs Ladies
contest. After the previous year's event when the Ladies took a terrible
beating they had a measure of revenge with a final score of Ladies 27.0 -
Veterans 23.0, a win by 4 points.
Mikhail Gurevich and Peter Svidler won the North Sea Cup 7th-15th July
2000.
North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (DEN), 7-15 vii 2000 cat. XIV (2596)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2667 * = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2754
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2689 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2752
3 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2613 1 = * = = 1 = 0 = = 5.0 2637
4 Grischuk, Alexander m RUS 2606 0 = = * = 1 = = = 1 5.0 2638
5 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2578 0 = = = * = = 1 0 1 4.5 2598
6 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2643 = = 0 0 = * = = 1 1 4.5 2591
7 Hansen, Lars Bo g DEN 2562 = 0 = = = = * = 0 1 4.0 2557
8 DeFirmian, Nick E g USA 2567 0 0 1 = 0 = = * 1 = 4.0 2556
9 Emms, John M g ENG 2527 0 0 = = 1 0 1 0 * 0 3.0 2479
10 De Vreugt, Dennis m NED 2511 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 2.0 2385
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The venue for the Braingames.net World Chess Championships between
Kasparov and Kramnik is announced as the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.
Grandmaster Vladimir Bagirov died after a heart attack whilst playing
in the Heart of Finland open tournament on Saturday 22nd July 2000.
August
TWIC reached its 300th issue (whew!).
Vassily Ivanchuk won the ontecatini Terme tournament in Italy.
GM Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 28 vii-3 viii 2000cat. XVII (2669)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2719 * = = = = 1 1 1 5.0 2819
2 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2702 = * = 0 = 1 1 1 4.5 2766
3 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2673 = = * 1 = 0 = 1 4.0 2718
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2746 = 1 0 * 1 = 0 = 3.5 2658
5 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2670 = = = 0 * = 1 = 3.5 2668
6 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2649 0 0 1 = = * 1 = 3.5 2671
7 Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2595 0 0 = 1 0 0 * = 2.0 2521
8 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2598 0 0 0 = = = = * 2.0 2521
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Peter Svidler had a brilliant result to win the Biel tournament.
GM Biel SUI (SUI), 24 vii-4 viii 2000 cat. XVI (2631)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2689 ** =1 == 1= 1= 11 7.5 2811
2 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2643 =0 ** 1= == == =1 5.5 2664
3 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2630 == 0= ** == == 11 5.5 2666
4 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2626 0= == == ** == 1= 5.0 2631
5 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2681 0= == == == ** 1= 5.0 2620
6 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2514 00 =0 00 0= 0= ** 1.5 2357
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Kramnik played his final event before playing Kasparov beating Peter
Leko in the WDR TV Challenge in a great game.
Vescovi beat Mecking in a match in Sao Paulo August 7th-16th 2000.
Match Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 7-17 viii 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2526 = 0 1 = = 1 3.5 2617
Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2560 = 1 0 = = 0 2.5 2469
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The XXXVII Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica Zdroj took place August
17th-26th 2000 and was won by Boris Gelfand who was half a point clear of the
field including Alexei Shirov.
Rubinstein Memorial Polanica Zdroj POL (POL), 17-26 viii 2000cat. XVII (2673)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2681 * 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2837
2 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2746 0 * 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 6.0 2789
3 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2643 = 0 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 6.0 2801
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2719 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2710
5 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2702 = 0 0 = * 1 0 1 1 1 5.0 2712
6 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2568 = 0 = = 0 * 1 = = = 4.0 2641
7 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2666 0 = = = 1 0 * 0 = 1 4.0 2630
8 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2668 = = = 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 4.0 2630
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2689 0 = 0 = 0 = = 1 * = 3.5 2591
10 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2646 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1.0 2324
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September
The First FIDE World Cup takes place in Shenyang, China 1st-13th
September 2000. There were four preliminary groups followed by a knockout.
Viswanathan Anand won the final against Evgeny Bareev 1.5-0.5. The home fans
had a measure of success when Xu Yuhua won the women's event.
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FIDE World Cup Gp A Shenyang CHN (CHN), 1-5 ix 2000 cat. XVII (2662)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2633 * = = = 1 1 3.5 2816
2. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2673 = * = = = 1 3.0 2731
3. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2643 = = * = = = 2.5 2665
4. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2676 = = = * = = 2.5 2659
5. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2591 0 = = = * 1 2.5 2676
6. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2756 0 0 = = 0 * 1.0 2403
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FIDE World Cup Gp B Shenyang CHN (CHN), 1-5 ix 2000cat. XVII (2672)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2670 * = 1 = 1 = 3.5 2821
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2719 = * = = = 1 3.0 2734
3. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2677 0 = * 1 1 = 3.0 2742
4. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2667 = = 0 * 0 1 2.0 2600
5. Xu Jun g CHN 2668 0 = 0 1 * = 2.0 2600
6. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2630 = 0 = 0 = * 1.5 2531
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FIDE World Cup Gp C Shenyang CHN (CHN), 1-5 ix 2000cat. XV (2615)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2702 * = = = 1 1 3.5 2746
2. Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2666 = * = = = 1 3.0 2676
3. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2689 = = * 0 1 1 3.0 2672
4. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2636 = = 1 * 0 = 2.5 2610
5. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2646 0 = 0 1 * = 2.0 2536
6. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2350 0 0 0 = = * 1.0 2427
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FIDE World Cup Gp D Shenyang CHN (CHN), 1-5 ix 2000cat. XV (2622)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2762 * = = = 1 1 3.5 2742
2. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2681 = * = = 1 = 3.0 2681
3. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2657 = = * = = 1 3.0 2686
4. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2620 = = = * = = 2.5 2621
5. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2667 0 0 = = * 1 2.0 2540
6. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2342 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.0 2437
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Quarter Finals
Top Half
Milos, Gilberto - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 1/2 Milos won the Playoff 2-1
Bareev, Evgeny - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 0-1 1-0 Bareev won the Playoff 1.5-0.5
Bottom Half
Gelfand, Boris - Ye Jiangchuan 1-0 0-1 Gelfand won the Playoff 1.5-0.5
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 1/2
Semi-Finals
Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 1/2 Anand won the Playoff 2.5-1.5
Milos, Gilberto - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 1/2 Bareev won the Playoff 1.5-0.5
Final
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FIDE World Cup KO Shenyang CHN (CHN), 12-13 ix 2000
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1 2
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1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2762 = 1 1.5 2895
2. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2702 = 0 0.5 2569
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World Championship Zonal 1.1 took place in Mondariz, Spain September
3rd-15th 2000. There were six places in the FIDE Championships and they were
taken by Lautier, Van Wely, Speelman, Nataf and Piket qualified and after a
huge playoff they were joined by Godena.
Anand and Shirov were in Sydney for the FIDE Exhibition during the
Olympics. They drew two exhibition games.
The final of the Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival took place September
18th-26th 2000. This was the final stage after an innovative set of
qualification events to produce six of the ten players. The event was won by
Judit Polgar of Hungary who was first place after a tie-break was applied above
Viktor Bologan, both scored 6.5/9.
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Super Final Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 18-26 ix 2000 cat. XIV (2577)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2656 * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2734
2. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2641 = * = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2735
3. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2677 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2690
4. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2699 = = = * 0 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2643
5. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2488 = 0 = 1 * 0 = = 1 = 4.5 2586
6. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2626 = 0 = = 1 * = = = 0 4.0 2528
7. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2567 0 = 0 = = = * = = 1 4.0 2534
8. Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2423 = 0 0 0 = = = * = 1 3.5 2513
9. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2633 0 = 0 0 0 = = = * 1 3.0 2445
10. Flores, Diego ARG 2358 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 * 1.5 2328
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The XVI European Club Cup took place in Bosnia September 24th-30th
2000. The event was a seven round Swiss System team event rather than a
knockout as in previous years. The winners were the team of Bosna Sarajevo
(Evgeny Bareev, Kiril Georgiev, Sergei Movsesian, Ivan Sokolov, Zdenko Kozul
and Suat Atalik).
The World Junior Championships took place in Yerevan, Armenia,
September 18th- October 2nd 2000.
Medals Juniors
Gold Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2534 10.0/13
Silver Miton, Kamil m POL
2443 8.5/13
Bronze Asrian, Karen g ARM 2566 8.5/13
October
The Braingames World Chess Championships between Garry Kasparov and
Vladimir Kramnik started in London on Sunday October 8th 2000. Kramnik took a
surprise lead by winning the second game of the match and then after a long
series of draws extended his lead by winning game 10.
The US Chess Championships took place in Seattle September 25th -
October 7th 2000. The men's title was shared by Joel Benjamin, Alexander
Shabalov and Yasser Seirawan and Camilla Baginskaite and Elina Groberman shared
the women's title.
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ch-USA Seattle USA (USA), 25 ix-7 x 2000 cat. XIV (2586)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2577 * = 1 = = = 1 1 0 = = = 6.5 2652
2. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2601 = * 1 0 = = 0 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2649
3. Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2647 0 0 * 1 1 0 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2645
4. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2542 = 1 0 * = = = = = = = 1 6.0 2626
5. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2624 = = 0 = * = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2618
6. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2567 = = 1 = = * = 0 = = = = 5.5 2587
7. Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2563 0 1 = = = = * = = = = = 5.5 2588
8. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2567 0 = = = = 1 = * = = = = 5.5 2587
9. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2643 1 = 0 = 0 = = = * = = 0 4.5 2516
10. Serper, Grigory g USA 2574 = 0 = = = = = = = * 0 = 4.5 2522
11. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2533 = 0 0 = = = = = = 1 * 0 4.5 2526
12. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2596 = 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 = 1 * 4.5 2520
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Ivan Sokolov became the 1st European Rapid Champion which took place in
the Hotel Zenit in Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Kiril Georgiev won the Veselin Boskovic tournament in Belgrade.
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Veselin Boskovic Belgrade YUG (YUG), 3-12 x 2000 cat. XIV (2580)
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1. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2661 * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 6.5 2737
2. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2654 1 * = 0 = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2696
3. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2641 = = * = = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2653
4. Ivanisevic, Ivan g YUG 2530 0 1 = * = 0 = = = 1 4.5 2585
5. Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2559 0 = = = * = 1 0 = 1 4.5 2582
6. Ilincic, Zlatko g YUG 2563 0 = 0 1 = * 1 = = = 4.5 2582
7. Markovic, Miroslav g YUG 2558 = = = = 0 0 * = = = 3.5 2502
8. Ivanovic, Bozidar g YUG 2476 0 0 = = 1 = = * = 0 3.5 2511
9. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2591 0 0 = = = = = = * = 3.5 2498
10. Xie Jun g CHN 2568 = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = * 3.0 2456
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Albert, France was the venue for a match between the upcoming French
star Etienne Bacrot and English ex-World Championship challenger Nigel Short.
The match took place October 10th-15th 2000 and saw Nigel Short win all three
of his games with white.
Alexander Khalifman recorded a huge performance at the Essent
tournament in Hoogeveen.
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Essent Hoogeveen Open NED (NED), 15-21 x 2000cat. XVI (2637)
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1 2 3 4
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1. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2667 ** 1= 11 11 5.5 3028
2. Timman, Jan g NED 2639 0= ** == =1 3.0 2636
3. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2587 00 == ** == 2.0 2529
4. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2656 00 =0 == ** 1.5 2438
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The 34th Chess Olympiad started in Istanbul, Turkey.
A new FIDE rating list was released. This is the first October list
which will be used officially.
No. Name t NAT ja00 ju00 oc00 gm
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2851 2849 2849 0
2 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2769 2762 2774 19
3 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2758 2770 2772 8
4 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2715 2755 2754 8
5 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2725 2743 2748 8
6 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2751 2746 2746 0
7 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2748 2756 2734 5
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2709 2719 2716 7
9 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2702 2707 2707 0
10 Krasenkow, Michal............... g POL 2661 2702 2702 0
11 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2696 2699 2699 0
12 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2672 2689 2695 14
13 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2709 2702 2694 19
14 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2614 2690 2690 0
15 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2683 2677 2687 14
16 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2692 2681 2683 9
17 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2616 2670 2682 16
18 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2680 2676 2681 14
19 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2673 2673 2678 7
20 Georgiev, Kiril................. g BUL 2677 2661 2674 12
November
Vladimir Kramnik ended Garry Kasparov's reign as World Chess Champion.
He beat Kasparov 8.5-6.5. Kasparov didn't win a single game and seemed very out
of sorts, unable to respond to Kramnik's well thought out match strategy.
Whether Kramnik can establish himself as the recognised World Chess Champion
however is a matter of time as even as he won the match the opinion of his
collegues was split. What is certain is that it brought to an end any claims
Kasparov had for the title.
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 25 C67 Ruy Lopez (Rio de Janeiro Variation)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1-0 40 D85 Gruenfeld Defence (Main Line)
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 53 C67 Ruy Lopez (Rio de Janeiro Variation)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 74 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 24 A34 English Opening (Symmetrical Variation)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 66 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 11 A32 English Opening (Symmetrical Variation)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 38 E32 Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qc2)
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 30 C67 Ruy Lopez (Rio de Janeiro Variation)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1-0 25 E54 Nimzo Indian Defence (Normal Variation)
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 41 C78 Ruy Lopez (Moeller Defence)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 33 E55 Nimzo Indian Defence (Normal Variation)
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 14 C67 Ruy Lopez (Rio de Janeiro Variation)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 57 A30 English Opening (Symmetrical Variation)
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 38 E05 Catalan System
Braingames WCC London ENG (ENG), 8 x-4 xi 2000
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Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 = 1 = = = = = = = 1 = = = = = . 8.5 2899
Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2849 = 0 = = = = = = = 0 = = = = = . 6.5 2720
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The 34th Chess Olympiad took place in Istanbul, Turkey 28th October -
12th November 2000. Russia took the Gold with Alexander Morozevich scoring 75%
on board 2.
VERA MENCHIK CUP (Women's Olympiad Trophy)
Bronze - RUSSIA:
Galliamova-Ivancuk-Alisa, Kovalevskaya Ekaterina, Matveeva Svetlana,
Stepovaia-Dianchenko Tatiana. Captain: Yakavich Yuri
Silver - GEORGIA:
Maya Chiburdanidze, Nana Ioseliani, Nino Khurtsidze, Nino Gurieli.
Captain: David Gurgenidze
Gold - CHINA:
Xie Jun, Zhu Chen, Xu Yuhua, Wang Lei. Captain: Weida Zang
HAMILTON RUSSELL CUP (Men's Olympiad Trophy)
Men Bronze - UKRAINE:
Ivanchuk Vassily , Ponomariov Ruslan , Baklan Vladimir , Eingorn
Vereslav , Romanishin Oleg , Malakhatko Vadim. Captain: Byk Ivan
Silver - GERMANY:
Arthur Jussupov, Robert Huebner, Rustam Dautov, Christopher Lutz, Klaus
Bischoff, Thomas Luther. Captain: Uwe Boensch
Gold - RUSSIA:
Khalifman Alexander , Morozevich Alexander , Svidler Peter , Rublevsky
Sergei , Sakaev Konstantin , Grischuk Alexander. Captain: Postovsky Boris
The 4th Cap d'Agde Festival took place 28th October - 4th November
2000. This rapidplay event was won by Mikhail Gurevich who beat Anatoly Karpov
in the final.
The FIDE World Chess Championships started in New Delhi, India on
November 25th 2000.
December
Viswanathan won the FIDE World Chess Championships which took place in
New Delhi, India and Tehran, Iran, 25 November - 27 December 2000. Anand won
through the event with very little trouble with the exception of his match
against Alexander Khalifman and emerged undefeated. The battle for recognition
as World Champion between Anand and Kramnik over the next year should be very
interesting.
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
Men's Semi-Finals
Adams, Michael (ENG) vs. * Anand, Viswanathan (IND) 1/2 0-1 1/2 1/2
Shirov,Alexei * (ESP) vs. Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 0-1 1-0 1/2
FIDE World Chess Championships Final in Tehran, Iran. December 20th-27th 2000.
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 34 C02 French Advance Variation
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 64 C78 Ruy Lopez (Moeller Defence)
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 41 B49 Sicilian Defence (Paulsen Variation)
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 41 C11 French Defence
FIDE World Championships Tehran IRI (IRI), 20-26 xii 2000
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2762 = 1 1 1 . . 3.5 3082
Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2746 = 0 0 0 . . 0.5 2440
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FIDE in the wake of the victory of Anand in their World Championships
decided to leave the basic format virtually unchanged except that all players
will start in the first round. They did decide to hold the final three weeks
after the semi-final and hold it over 8 games. Their major announcement was a
move to a four hour session for all their events. This shocking announcement
seems to be on a whim from the Presidential council and shows their complete
control over FIDE. The next couple of years will be key for their vision, they
will be completely responsible for successes and failures.
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
B Tournament
Entrants in Grandmaster Group B of the Corus Chess Tournament 2001 GM
Michael Gurevich (Belgium - 2667), GM Boris Gulko (US - 2643), GM Thomas Luther
(Germany - 2547), GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands - 2537), GM Dennis de Vreugt
(Netherlands - 2511), FM P. Harikrishna (India - 2500), IM Teymour Radjabov
(Azerbaijan- 2476), IM Karel van der Weide (Netherlands - 2467), IM Manuel
Bosboom (Netherlands - 2455), IM Yge Visser (Netherlands - 2418), IM Erik
Hoeksema (Netherlands - 2409), Dutch Youth Champion Nico Vink (Netherlands -
2296). Average rating: 2493 Category: 10
TWIC will have special coverage in association with the organisers.
Official coverage at: http://www.corusgroup.com/coruschess/home.html
Khalifman Transcript
A transcript of Khalifman's ICC question and answer session is
available. He talks at length on how he believes the FIDE Championships are the
only one but isn't a craven FIDE loyalist. For instance he is not a supporter
of the new FIDE time rate. He talks of the current big three (Kasparov, Kramnik
and Anand) and how he feels he probably belongs in the next grouping of around
10 players (I agree). His objection to FIDE ratings. Why he isn't disappointed
at being ignored by Corus (Why doesn't Khalifman get more invites? It puzzles
me even in broken English he's a better ambassador for the game than many and
he's playing well.) and how he believes Anand will not have sufficient recovery
time to put in his best performance in Wijk aan Zee.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chessclub.com/event/khalifman.html
Bermuda Tournaments
There will be two Invitational GM Tournaments in Bermuda, with the
emphasis on youth they will followed by an Open.
The GM 'A' event will be a six player double-round event starting 20th
January with GMs Gershon, Lesiege, Macieja, Shabalov, Stefansson and Vescovi
(average rating, expected to be about 2575).
The GM 'B' event will be a twelve player event starting 19th January
and confirmed participants so far are GMs Becerra & Thorhallsson, IMs
Blehm, Doettling, Teplitsky & Bojan Vuckovic, WIM Fierro and Johann
Alvarez, Charbonneau & Marcel Martinez, with a GM and another still to
confirm.
The usual five round Open will start 1st February and will include most
of those in the invitationals and GMs Van Wely, Rogers, Benjamin, Ilya
Gurevich, Soltis & Bisguier have indicated attendance - not to forget
Rupert Jones defending his Under 1800 prize!
Internet coverage: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
Korchnoi-Ponomariov Match
There will be an 8 game Korchnoi-Ponomariov match will start on 16th
January 2001 in Donetsk. The main sponsor is joint-stock company DANKO.
Details:
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/match01p.htm
108th New Zealand Championship
The 108th New Zealand Championships have started. Internet coverage:
http://sites.netscape.net/lionelfrost/index.html
Helsinki IM and ELO
Helsinki Chess Circuit IM / ELO February 12th-22nd, 2001
Events: 12 player all-play-all IM-group (estimated FIDE category IV) 12
player all-play-all ELO-group (estimated rating average 2100)
Schedule Confirmation of participation Feb 12th at 10.00-11.00 (all
times are local) Drawing of lots Feb 12th at 11.00 1st round Feb 12th at 14.00
2nd round Feb 13th at 14.00 3rd round Feb 14th at 11.00 4th round Feb 15th at
11.00 5th round Feb 16th at 14.00 6th round Feb 17th at 14.00 7th round Feb
18th at 14.00 8th round Feb 19th at 14.00 9th round Feb 20th at 14.00 10th
round Feb 21st at 11.00 11th round Feb 22nd at 11.00 Prize giving ceremony
immediately after 11th round Time rate 2 h / 40 moves + 1 h / 20 moves + 30 min
to finish
Entry Fees IM group: FIM 600 (IMs and GMs conditions negotiable) ELO
group: FIM 300 Prizes IM group: FIM 2000, 1500, 1000, 500 ELO group: FIM 1000,
750, 500, 250
Registration: Players interested to participate in IM- or ELO-group,
please contact Mr. Sami Hämäläinen, tel. +358-9-5419091, email
Sami.Hamalainen@icon.fi
26th Aubervilliers Speed Tournament
26th speed tournament of Aubervilliers (5 minutes travel from Paris)
with £9000 in cash prizes takes place Saturday and Sunday 27th-28th
January 2001.
Entry and further details:
http://organisechecs.multimania.com/
Korchnoi-Ponomariov Match
There will be an 8 game Korchnoi-Ponomariov match will start on 16th
January 2001 in Donetsk. The main sponsor is joint-stock company DANKO.
Details:
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/match01p.htm
6th Stuttgart Open
The 6th International Stuttgart Open takes place in Ditzingen (Germany)
from 24th-27th May 2001, 7ch.
Further information: http://www.tsv-zuffenhausen.de/schach/
2nd Yateley Manor International
The 2nd Yateley Manor International Open takes place 19th-21st January
and 3rd-4th February 2001 (ie play is over 2 weekends). It takes place in
Yateley Manor School, Reading Road, Yateley, nr Camberley, Hampshire.
For further details contact: Ray Clark High Cedars, Oak End Way,
Gerrards Cross, Bucks. SL9 8DA e-mail ray.clark@kpmg.co.uk tel: 01753 883300
Deep Fritz vs. Germany
There is a Deep Fritz vs. Germany match taking place. Internet
coverage: http://www.computerschach.de/dfritz/ with an English introduction at:
http://www.computerschach.de/dfritz/dfritz1e.htm
VI FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships
The VI FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships take place in Pamplona
(Spain). 27th December 2001 - 6 January 2002. Swiss 10 rounds Conditions:
Players without Elo FIDE Entry: 50$ Information: Federación
Española de Ajedrez Tfn: 34 (Spain)-91-3556009 Fax: 34-917256963 email:
jaque@lite.eunet.es
Andorra Open 2001
The website for the Andorra open June 24th - July 2nd 2001. You can also
win a digital camera or entry to the event by visiting their website.
Internet site: http://www.internet.ad/feva
Australian Junior Championships
2001 Australian Junior Championships 11-23 January Hellenic Club,
Matilda St, Phillip, ACT The early-entry date is fast approaching and is next
Wednesday 20 DECEMBER 2000. Late entries will be taken by the organisers up to
08 January and a late fee of $25 will apply, so get your entries in now. Print
out the entry form from: http://www.auschess.org.au/centenary/junentryform.html
and return to: 2001 Australian Junior Chess Championships PO Box 1403 Belconnen
ACT 2616
New Chess Site
Emil Sutovsky has started contributing to the Chessy site.
http://www.chesslove.h1.ru/eng/index.html
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.
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
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
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 $15
for 4 months.
Tel Aviv Open 2001
Open Swiss International Tournament in Tel-Aviv Dates: 9th-17th April
2001. 9 rounds. Possibilities for GM and IM norms. Prizes: 4000 3000 2000 1200
800....20 prizes in total (10 last are 250$); special U-2400, U-2000, U-18 y.o:
500 300 200 + women prizes; Special Conditions for GMs and IMs (apply to Dima
Tyomkin dimatyomkin@hotmail.com).
Info: The Israeli Chess Federation through Mr. Igal Lotan 03-6437627,
03-6437630;
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.
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
