THE WEEK IN CHESS 323 15th January 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Corus Wijk aan Zee 2001 14 games
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Keres Memorial Women's Rapid 28 games
Bundesliga 32 games
Foment Martinenc IM Closed 42 games
REBEL vs Van der Wiel 3 games
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2001 Australian Open Championships 298 games
1st Darmstadt International 45 games
108th New Zealand Championship 121 games
Ambassador Open 160 games
Estonia vs. Finland 30 games
1072 games
My thanks to Mart Tarmak, Ülar Lauk, Marc Narciso, Maarten van Gils
and Ed Schroeder, Martin Pribyl, Paul Dunn, Ian Rogers, Michael Freeman and
Lionel Frost, Sinsa Joksic, Laszlo Nagy and all those who helped with this
issue.
The start of the Corus tournament sees the start of a new era with
Kasparov appearing in a tournament without a world title to his name for the
first time since 1995. He has started with 2/2 but now the real work starts in
round 3 with Viswanathan Anand. It's going to be interesting.
Please note that the ratings I use in TWIC are the July ratings. I need
time to update my database with the January 2001 ratings hopefully by next week
(I have the correct ratings for Wijk aan Zee).
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
14 players compete in the Corus 2001 chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee,
Netherlands January 13th-28th 2001. The top nine players in the January 2001
rating list are taking part. Round 1 was on January 13th. Rest days are on
Monday (15th), Friday (19th) and Wednesday (24th). The B Tournament starts on
Tuesday 16th January 2001.
After two rounds Garry Kasparov leads alone with 2/2. He beat two of the
expected tail-enders with the black pieces. Kasparov has white against his
three most important opponents in the event Anand, Kramnik and Shirov. Behind
Kasparov on 1.5/2 are those three players and Alexander Morozevich. Kasparov
plays Anand on Tuesday which will mark the real start of the battle for first
place. Nevertheless Kasparov is a confidence player and he was extremely
effective in brushing aside his first two opponents, if he brushes aside Anand
too we could be talking about a massacre.
The question as to whether Kasparov and Kramnik will shake hands with
Shirov (or indeed the other way round) will be answered in rounds 9 and 12.
Both players expressed annoyance about Shirov's implication (prior to the
event) that the match was fixed. It is to be hoped that even if relations are
frosty, professional etiquette can be maintained. These disputes never end up
being worth it no-matter what the point of principal is.
Anand has given a couple of recent interviews just before travelling to
Wijk aan Zee. One with David Llada at:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/wijk2001/anand.html
and one with Arvind Aaron with the newspaper "The Sportstar" at:
http://www.thesportstar.com/tss2402/24020500.htm
TWIC has special coverage in association with the organisers which
includes John Henderson's picture reports from the venue.
Official coverage at:
http://www.corusgroup.com/coruschess/home.html
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Corus Wijk aan Zee (NED), 13-28 i 2001 cat. XIX (2710)
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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 2849 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 2.0
2. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2718 . * . . . . . = . 1 . . . . 1.5 2924
3. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 . . * . . = . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2857
4. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2790 . . . * . . = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2864
5. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2745 . . . . * = . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2823
6. Timman, Jan g NED 2629 . . = . = * . . . . . . . . 1.0 2758
7. Adams, Michael g ENG 2746 . . . = . . * . = . . . . . 1.0 2753
8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2745 . = . . . . . * . . = . . . 1.0 2646
9. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 . . . . . . = . * . . = . . 1.0 2723
10. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2718 . 0 . . . . . . . * . . 1 . 1.0 2675
11. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2575 0 . . . . . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2604
12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2700 . . 0 . . . . . = . . * . . 0.5 2551
13. Piket, Jeroen g NED 2632 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . * . 0.0
14. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2597 0 . . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (January 13, 2001)
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 24 B81 Sicilian Defence (Keres Attack)
Timman, Jan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 15 B50 Sicilian Defence (Variations with 2...d6)
Adams, Michael - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 48 B47 Sicilian Defence (Paulsen Variation)
Leko, Peter - Fedorov, Alexei 1/2 49 B32 Sicilian Defence (Labourdonnais Variation)
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 71 A61 Benoni Defence
Piket, Jeroen - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 40 D07 Tchigorin Defence)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 53 B23 Sicilian Defence (Closed System)
Round 2 (January 14, 2001)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 33 D85 Gruenfeld Defence (Main Line)
Anand, Viswanathan - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 45 B77 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Morozevich, Alexander - Timman, Jan 1/2 73 C26 Vienna Game
Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 28 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Adams, Michael 1/2 33 E34 Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qc2)
Topalov, Veselin - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 58 E15 Queen's Indian Defence (Main Line - Deviations)
Fedorov, Alexei - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 25 B20 Sicilian Defence (Sicilian Wing Gambit and Unusual Moves)
The new complete FIDE Rating list has been released for January 2001.
The rapid rating list will follow shortly.
The main talking point was the non-rating of the Kramnik-Kasparov match.
I understand the match was not submitted for rating so FIDE didn't rate it.
Braingames need to answer the question as to why it was not. However FIDE
certainly had the power to do so. In their own regulations it says "In
principle, all important events should be rated. All top level tournaments may
be rated by FIDE even if no rating report is submitted by the federation of the
territory in which the event is held. " [ Quote from the FIDE Handbook:
http://handbook.fide.com/
Section B, 02 FIDE Rating Regulations (Qualification Commission) 0.0
Introduction, section 0.2].
I'm sure the event could have been rated without implying FIDE
acceptance of it as a World Championship its non-inclusion certainly is
detrimental to the accuracy of the FIDE list. In Wijk aan Zee both Kramnik and
Anand spoke of it as damaging the FIDE list which perhaps scotches suggestions
that Kramnik and Kasparov agreed prior to their match that it would not be
rated. Elsewhere Anand rises, perhaps not quite as much as expected, to 2790.
Karpov has fallen another 20 rating points to 2679. The numbers at the end are
the games played since the October 2000 list. Van Wely rises 57 points to reach
2700. The FIDE list is still more important than the Professional World Chess
Rankings list, for all its faults it doesn't have some of the bizarre ratings
once you get down below 30 in the world (Patrick Wolff's high rating puzzled
him years ago and he's still there) and Michael Adams rated as low as 14 in the
PWC list defies explanation. The PWC ratings do act as a good predictor of
trends in players ratings however, showing Karpov's precipitate decline much
more quickly than the FIDE list (when exactly did Karpov last have a half-way
decent result?).
FIDE have also released the first of their top 32 lists
http://www.fide.com/fide/html/top32.html. Effectively a
ranking list for their World Cup and World Championship cycles it places Anand
and Shirov at the top before listing the rest in rating order. In the future
this list will depart even further from the rating list being even more
strongly based on FIDE results. It places Kasparov 3rd in the list which
shouldn't effect Kasparov too much as I'm sure he has no intention of playing
in FIDE events in the near future. This list could be more accurately descibed
as the "dash for cash " ranking list as it will be a deciding factor in gaining
invitations to the potentially lucrative FIDE World Cup and Championships. Its
only important if you want to play in these events. I'm sure Judit Polgar will
be mightily relieved to appear on the list after being the highest rated player
not to find a way to the last FIDE Championships bringing about rumours that
FIDE didn't want women playing in their main championships but instead to
strengthen their women's event. In fact I think her exclusion was just an error
on FIDE's part, they just ran out of invitations before realising she wasn't
qualified as of right. Certainly FIDE will have some explaining to do if she
doesn't have a place next time.
January 2001 Rating list
No. Name t NAT ja00 ju00 oc00 ja01 Gms
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2851 2849 2849 2849 0
2 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2769 2762 2774 2790 16
3 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2758 2770 2772 2772 0
4 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2715 2755 2754 2746 35
5 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2725 2743 2748 2745 16
6 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2748 2756 2734 2745 16
7 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2751 2746 2746 2718 57
8 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2702 2707 2707 2718 26
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2709 2719 2716 2717 39
10 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2692 2681 2683 2712 37
11 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2709 2702 2694 2709 22
12 Van Wely, Loek.................. g NED 2646 2643 2643 2700 62
13 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2672 2689 2695 2695 40
14 Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2694 2667 2673 2694 35
15 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2614 2690 2690 2693 27
16 Khalifman, Alexander............ g RUS 2656 2667 2658 2690 30
17 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2666 2677 2674 2686 33
18 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2680 2676 2681 2685 13
19 Bologan, Viktor................. g MDA 2589 2641 2651 2684 22
20 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2696 2699 2699 2679 15
21 Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. g UKR 2627 2630 2624 2677 45
22 Georgiev, Kiril................. g BUL 2677 2661 2674 2676 46
23 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ........... g HUN 2658 2656 2656 2676 34
24 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2683 2677 2687 2676 29
25 Tkachiev, Vladislav............. g FRA 2670 2657 2659 2672 15
26 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2616 2670 2682 2671 13
27 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2673 2673 2678 2670 39
28 Grischuk, Alexander............. m RUS 2581 2606 2601 2663 38
29 Movsesian, Sergei............... g CZE 2668 2666 2666 2661 37
30 Sokolov, Ivan................... g BIH 2637 2611 2611 2659 67
31 Krasenkow, Michal............... g POL 2661 2702 2702 2658 42
32 Lautier, Joel................... g FRA 2632 2648 2648 2658 35
33 Onischuk, Alexander............. g UKR 2637 2627 2647 2658 20
34 Rublevsky, Sergei............... g RUS 2662 2670 2653 2657 26
35 Akopian, Vladimir............... g ARM 2660 2660 2671 2656 8
36 Xu, Jun......................... g CHN 2578 2668 2665 2655 16
37 Nikolic, Predrag................ g BIH 2659 2657 2657 2652 45
38 Nenashev, Alexander............. g UZB 2600 2642 2645 2649 18
39 Peng, Xiaomin................... g CHN 2624 2657 2655 2648 17
40 Jussupow, Artur................. g GER 2628 2610 2610 2645 21
41 Vaganian, Rafael A.............. g ARM 2618 2623 2627 2641 26
42 Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2676 2668 2668 2640 42
43 Andersson, Ulf.................. g SWE 2625 2641 2641 2640 26
44 Seirawan, Yasser................ g USA 2647 2647 2647 2640 21
45 Shipov, Sergei.................. g RUS 2640 2640 2640 2640 0
46 Korchnoi, Viktor................ g SUI 2659 2620 2632 2639 24
47 Sakaev, Konstantin.............. g RUS 2629 2627 2620 2639 18
48 Kharlov, Andrei................. g RUS 2616 2627 2627 2639 15
49 Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2640 2654 2629 2638 43
50 Ehlvest, Jaan................... g EST 2622 2627 2628 2638 34
51 Crisan, Alexandru............... g ROM 2537 2538 2538 2635 0 *
52 Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2630 2628 2628 2633 6
53 Piket, Jeroen................... g NED 2633 2649 2640 2632 54
54 Lastin, Alexander............... g RUS 2510 2560 2633 2631 34
55 Dautov, Rustem.................. g GER 2602 2606 2603 2631 15
56 Zvjaginsev, Vadim............... g RUS 2641 2634 2635 2631 7
57 Avrukh, Boris................... g ISR 2620 2625 2625 2630 29
58 Rozentalis, Eduardas............ g LTU 2553 2570 2593 2630 29
59 Timman, Jan H................... g NED 2655 2639 2639 2629 38
60 Tregubov, Pavel V............... g RUS 2615 2620 2610 2628 30
61 Gulko, Boris F.................. g USA 2644 2643 2642 2622 28
62 Rustemov, Alexander............. g RUS 2553 2534 2553 2620 62
63 Filippov, Valerij............... g RUS 2584 2593 2601 2619 16
64 Hansen, Curt.................... g DEN 2618 2613 2620 2619 13
65 Bauer, Christian................ g FRA 2517 2562 2562 2618 65
66 Ftacnik, Lubomir................ g SVK 2579 2608 2608 2618 36
67 Bacrot, Etienne................. g FRA 2594 2613 2613 2618 21
68 Najer, Evgeniy.................. g RUS 2572 2597 2590 2616 32
69 Huebner, Robert Dr.............. g GER 2620 2615 2606 2616 24
70 Malakhov, Vladimir.............. g RUS 2593 2605 2605 2613 57
71 Baklan, Vladimir................ g UKR 2571 2599 2611 2613 20
72 Smagin, Sergey.................. g RUS 2580 2605 2613 2613 0
73 Khenkin, Igor................... g GER 2622 2633 2633 2612 28
74 Vladimirov, Evgeny.............. g KAZ 2586 2598 2621 2612 22
75 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............ g BLR 2606 2591 2597 2610 33
76 Landa, Konstantin............... g RUS 2598 2610 2610 2610 7
77 Lutz, Christopher............... g GER 2587 2595 2595 2609 28
78 Shabalov, Alexander............. g USA 2592 2601 2599 2609 24
79 Milos, Gilberto................. g BRA 2620 2633 2644 2608 25
80 Magomedov, Magaram.............. g RUS 2594 2608 2608 2608 0
81 Lputian, Smbat G................ g ARM 2605 2598 2610 2607 33
82 Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2599 2624 2619 2607 20
83 Zhang, Zhong.................... g CHN 2611 2636 2607 2607 0
84 Sutovsky, Emil.................. g ISR 2597 2609 2609 2605 11
85 Milov, Vadim.................... g SUI 2653 2626 2626 2604 68
86 Marin, Mihail................... g ROM 2555 2557 2569 2604 45
87 Speelman, Jonathan S............ g ENG 2604 2623 2612 2604 22
88 Dorfman, Josif D................ g FRA 2593 2600 2600 2602 22
89 Hracek, Zbynek.................. g CZE 2620 2612 2604 2602 15
90 Sasikiran, Krishnan............. g IND 2514 2573 2594 2601 35
91 Najdoski, Toni.................. g MKD 2548 2492 2559 2601 24
92 Korneev, Oleg................... g RUS 2619 2619 2619 2600 76
93 Psakhis, Lev.................... g ISR 2599 2611 2624 2598 36
94 Baburin, Alexander.............. g IRL 2591 2590 2590 2598 20
95 Tiviakov, Sergei................ g NED 2567 2608 2606 2597 39
96 Shariyazdanov, Andrey........... g RUS 2612 2582 2582 2596 36
97 Hodgson, Julian M............... g ENG 2625 2640 2633 2596 21
99 Novikov, Igor A................. g UKR 2591 2611 2600 2596 10
99 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter......... g ROM 2611 2592 2592 2596 9
100 Tukmakov, Vladimir B............ g UKR 2574 2582 2582 2595 57
101 Markowski, Tomasz............... g POL 2531 2568 2568 2595 36
102 Goldin, Alexander............... g ISR 2566 2575 2588 2595 15
103 Kozul, Zdenko................... g CRO 2597 2611 2616 2594 53
Left out Salov, Hjartarsson, Hellers, Granda Zuniga all due to inactivity.
* Alexandru Crisan's rating has been restored to its January 1998
heights subject to further investigation.
Anatoly Karpov received a one off payment of $50,000 (described as a
gesture of goodwill) in settlement of his dispute with FIDE over their
scheduling of the Las Vegas FIDE Championships. He is unlikely to have made
much money out of the case as he has to bear his own costs and share those of
taking the case in the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. Both sides
have agreed to refrain from criticism of each other. "Mr. Anatoly Karpov has no
objection, and undertakes not to object, to FIDE's conferring of its World
Championship title to Alexander Khalifman in 1999 and Viswanathan Anand in
2000."
Read the decision in full in a FIDE Press release:
http://www.fide.com/fide/html/press/press65.html
The VIII "Anibal" Open takes place in Linares, January 8th-18th, 2001.
This 11 round Swiss system event has reached round 7 amd Sarunas Sulskis leads
alone on 6/7. My thanks to the Linares Chess Club for the news.
Round 7/11 standings
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Anibal Open Linares ESP (ESP), 8-18 i 2001
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1. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2501 6 34.5 30.5 24.50
2. Zulfugaryi, Magomed m AZE 2496 5.5 38.5 31.0 25.00
3. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2616 5.5 38.0 31.0 24.25
4. Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2580 5.5 37.5 26.5 22.75
5. Motylev, Alexander m RUS 2570 5.5 36.0 29.0 23.00
6. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2556 5.5 35.0 29.0 22.00
7. Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2581 5.5 34.0 27.5 22.00
8. Epishin, Vladimir g GER 2578 5.5 33.5 28.5 21.00
9. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2604 5 37.0 27.5 22.00
10. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2607 5 36.0 27.5 20.00
11. Potkin, Vladimir m RUS 2470 5 35.0 27.0 20.25
12. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2546 5 33.5 25.0 20.25
13. Herrera, Irisberto m CUB 2404 5 33.0 28.0 18.00
14. Gershon, Alik m ISR 2540 5 33.0 25.5 18.50
15. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2584 5 32.5 26.0 19.50
16. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2534 5 32.5 25.0 19.25
17. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2631 5 32.5 24.5 19.50
18. Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2571 5 31.5 25.5 18.50
19. Mirzoev, Azer m AZE 2463 5 31.0 23.5 17.50
20. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2618 5 29.5 22.5 17.25
161 players
Mart Tarmak reports: As reported last week 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.
This week the games from the women's event are available. The event was
won by WGM Viktorija Cmilyte.
Games provided by Ülar Lauk.
Internet site: http://online.ee/~maleliit/11th.htm
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Keres Mem Rapid Women Tallinn EST (EST), 6-7 i 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Cmilyte, Viktorija wg LTU 2335 * 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2429
2. Reizniece, Dana wm LAT 2275 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2366
3. Voronova, Tatiana wm LAT 2278 = = * = 1 = = 1 4.5 2310
4. Piarnpuu, Leili wm EST 2227 0 = = * = 1 0 1 3.5 2215
5. Budylina, Sofia EST 2076 1 0 0 = * 0 1 = 3.0 2186
6. Fomina, Tatyana wm EST 2266 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 3.0 2159
7. Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2225 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 2.5 2113
8. Bashkite, Viktoria EST 2052 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1.0 1931
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The 5th round of the Bundesliga took place 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 were given last week, the remainder are now
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.
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. My thanks to Marc Narciso.
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
Round 7 Standings:
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IM Closed Martinenc ESP (ESP), 8-18 i 2001 cat. V (2356)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A m COL 2336 * . 1 . . 1 = = . 1 1 1 6.0 2639
2. Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2507 . * . . 1 = 1 = . 1 1 1 6.0 2631
3. Fluvia Poyatos, Joan ESP 2403 0 . * = . 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 5.5 2576
4. Granados Gomez, Manuel f ESP 2408 . . = * 1 . = 1 0 = . 1 4.5 2425
5. Buecker, Stefan f GER 2346 . 0 . 0 * = 1 . . 1 = 1 4.0 2402
6. Torrecillas Martinez, Antonio ESP 2379 0 = 0 . = * 1 . 1 = . . 3.5 2364
7. Ferron Garcia, Carlos ESP 2283 = 0 . = 0 0 * . 1 1 . . 3.0 2329
8. Jose Abril, Ramon ESP 2361 = = 0 0 . . . * = . = 1 3.0 2320
9. Welling, Gerard m NED 2364 . . 0 1 . 0 0 = * . 1 = 3.0 2294
10. Gallego, Ruben AND 2313 0 0 . = 0 = 0 . . * 1 . 2.0 2219
11. Jerez Perez, Alfonso ESP 2386 0 0 0 . = . . = 0 0 * . 1.0 2066
12. Serra Pages, Jordi ESP 2191 0 0 0 0 0 . . 0 = . . * 0.5 1967
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There was a match in Maastricht between John Van der Wiel and the
computer program Rebel. It took 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 however he lost
games four and five and lost the match overall by 3.5-2.5. My thanks to Maarten
van Gils and Ed Schroeder for the news.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.dts.nl and more info at:
http://www.rebel.nl/rebwiel.htm
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)
Van der Wiel, John - REBEL CENTURY 3.0 0-1 46 A34 English Opening (Symmetrical Variation)
REBEL CENTURY 3.0 - Van der Wiel, John 1-0 45 C10 French Rubinstein Variation
Van der Wiel, John - REBEL CENTURY 3.0 1/2 32 A47 Queen's Indian (without c2-c4)
Stichting Computer Match Maastricht NED (NED), 2-11 xii 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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REBEL CENTURY 3.0 ---- = = 0 1 1 = 3.5 2588
Van der Wiel, John g NED 2531 = = 1 0 0 = 2.5 1943
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Martin Pribyl reports: The team championships of the former
Czechoslovakia started in 1947. Until 1969 the whole event was played in a few
days. Then the league competition began; it starts in the autumn (October -
November), and every month one or two rounds are played. It ends in the spring
(March - April). The rules of the competition are similar to the German
Bundesliga - each match has teams of 8 players, a win brings 2 points, draw 1
point. In case of a tie the board points act as a tie-break. Among the 8
players 3 foreigner or guests players (Czech players registered with other
clubs) can compete. This rule has made the competition stronger each year.
This season Extra League 2000/2001 there are among 192 players in 12
teams registered 29 GMs, 4 WGMs, 52 IMs, 2 WIMs, 14 FMs from 12 countries
(Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Iceland, Russia,
Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia and Georgia).
Some registered players sorted by ELO from January 1: Shirov 2718,
Movsesian 2661, Krasenkow 2658, Ftacnik 2618, Hracek 2602, Macieja 2578, Babula
2564, Oral 2555, Stohl 2554, Gretarsson 2548, Kovalev 2544, Blatny 2541, Stocek
2537, Zezulkin 2530, Timoscenko 2525, Mirumian 2522, Chernyshov 2521, Cicak
2517, Smejkal 2515, Blehm 2512, Votava 2510, Lanka 2507, Polak 2505, Jakubiec
2501, Mikhaletz 2499, Ioseliani 2499, Klovans 2495, Kalod 2490, Meduna 2489,
Vokac 2485, Konopka 2485, Sergeev 2485, Matlak 2476, Jansa 2470, Mokry 2469,
Navara 2466, Vavra 2463, Antoniewski 2461, Haba 2461, Berzinsh 2460, D. Gross
2455, M. Jirovsky 2452, Velicka 2451, Zurek 2449, Stryjecki 2445, Tibensky
2440, David 2436, Voloshin 2430, Likavsky 2428, Rasik 2423, Biolek 2422, Markos
2419, Borik 2419, Hausner 2417, Salai 2416, Plachetka 2416, Mozny 2412, Talla
2410, Prandstetter 2410, Cvek 2404, Lechtynsky 2400 etc.
Rounds 6 a 7 are scheduled for February 24 - 25. Interesting matches
will be played between Slatinice - Holdia DP Prague, Pardubice - Holdia DP
Prague.
More information can you find in following web pages:
Official web
page - http://www.chess.cz/extraliga/
Detailed results - http://www.chess.cz/extraliga/vysledky.htm
Teams and players - http://www.chess.cz/extraliga/soupisky.htm
Time schedule - http://www.chess.cz/extraliga/rozlosovani.htm
Playing halls - http://www.chess.cz/extraliga/hracimista.htm
Games - http://www.chess.cz/extraliga/partie.htm
Round 4 - 13.1.2001
Hagemann Opava - DA Prague 6:2
Trinom Zlin - Vysehrad Prague 4:4
NH Ostrava - Infinity Pardubice 3:5
TZ Trinec - A64 Slatinice 3,5:4,5
Mahrla Prague - Kolin 3,5:4,5
Holdia DP Prague - Ingem Pilsen 4,5:3,5
Round 5 - 14.1.2001
Hagemann Opava - Vysehrad Prague 6,5:1,5
Trinom Zlin - DA Prague 5:3
NH Ostrava - A64 Slatinice 3,5:4,5
TZ Trinec - Infinity Pardubice 5:3
Mahrla Prague - Ingem Pilsen 4:4
Holdia DP Prague - Kolin 6,5:1,5
After 5 rounds of 11 the table is as follows:
1. Holdia DP Prague 9:1 24,5
2. TZ Trinec 8:2 24,5
3. A64 Slatinice 8:2 21,0
4. Hagemann Opava 7:3 25,0
5. Infinity Pardubice 6:4 21,5
6. Ingem Pilsen 5:5 23,0
7. Mahrla Prague 5:5 20,0
8. Vysehrad Prague 5:5 18,5
9. Kolin 4:6 15,0
10. Trinom Zlin 3:7 18,5
11. DA Prague 0:10 14,5
12. NH Ostrava 0:10 14,0
The Australian Open Championships took place in Canberra 28th December
2000 - 9th January 2001. Stefan Djuric took clear first place with 9/11 half a
point clear of Ian Rogers. My thanks to Paul Dunn and Ian Rogers.
Internet coverage:
http://www.auschess.org.au/centenary/austmain.html
Final Standings Round 11
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Australian Open Canberra AUS (AUS), 30 xii 2000 - 11 i 2001
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1. Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2472 9.0 8 2447 6.0 75 2640
2. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2558 8.5 9 2345 6.5 72 2511
3. Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2556 8.0 9 2347 6.0 67 2472
4. Lane, Gary W m ENG 2452 8.0 8 2273 5.5 69 2414
5. Zhao Zong Yuan m AUS 2341 8.0 7 2354 4.0 57 2404
6. Smerdon, David AUS 2315 8.0 7 2337 4.5 64 2439
7. Pisk, Petr m CZE 2400 8.0 7 2241 4.0 57 2291
8. Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2556 8.0 5 2374 3.5 70 2523
9. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2505 7.5 6 2330 3.5 58 2387
10. Ezat, Mohamed m EGY 2348 7.5 6 2202 4.0 67 2327
11. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2215 7.5 3 2420 1.0 33 2295
12. El Amary, Kamal EGY 2113 7.5 2 2331 0.5 25 2138
13. Tan, Justin AUS 2201 7.5 0
14. Heidenfeld, Mark m IRL 2375 7.0 8 2424 4.0 50 2424
15. Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2137 7.0 7 2413 4.0 57 2463
16. Sarwat, Walaa m EGY 2392 7.0 5 2294 2.0 40 2222
17. Boyd,Tristan ---- 7.0 7 2268 3.0 43 2218
18. Bartlett,Stephen ---- 7.0 5 2111 3.0 60 2183
19. Bliznyuk,Andrey ---- 7.0 5 2295 2.5 50 2295
20. West, Guy m AUS 2372 7.0 5 2140 2.5 50 2140
21. Wright, Neil AUS 2127 7.0 2 2412 1.0 50 2412
22. Kabir, S. Ruhul BAN 2244 7.0 0
23. Dwyer, Daniel f AUS 2152 7.0 2 2058 2.0 100
125 players
The 1st Integrata GM tournament in Darmstadt, Germany took place
8th-14th January 2001. This category 10 event saw GM Sergei Ovsejevitsch take
first place by half a point from Bogdan Grabarczyk.
Internet coverage:
http://www2.integrata.de/beratung/news/welcome.htm#schach
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1st Integrata GM Darmstadt GER (GER), 2-16 i 2001 cat. X (2492)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2526 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2708
2. Grabarczyk, Bogdan m POL 2432 = * = = 1 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2664
3. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2579 = = * = = = = 1 = = 5.0 2525
4. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2495 = = = * = = = = = 1 5.0 2534
5. Galdunts, Sergey m ARM 2495 = 0 = = * = 0 1 1 1 5.0 2534
6. Bunzmann, Dimitrij m GER 2484 0 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2493
7. Ginsburg, Gennadij m GER 2487 0 0 = = 1 = * 0 1 = 4.0 2449
8. Rechel, Bernd f GER 2402 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 1 4.0 2459
9. Jakubiec, Artur POL 2488 0 = = = 0 = 0 0 * 1 3.0 2367
10. Gutman, Lev g GER 2533 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.0 2136
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The 108th New Zealand Championships took place 30th December 2000 - 11th
January 2001. They were held at the Lincoln Green Motor Lodge, Waitakere,
Auckland, hosted by the Waitemata Chess Club. Chris Depasquale won the event
but the 20001 New Zealand Champion was Scott Wastney the top placed New
Zealander. My thanks to Michael Freeman and Lionel Frost for the results and
games.
Internet coverage:
http://sites.netscape.net/lionelfrost/index.html
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108th ch-NZL Auckland NZL (NZL), 30 xii 2000 - 11 i 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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1. Depasquale, Chris f AUS 2309 +18 + 3 +17 = 6 + 4 + 5 - 2 = 7 +11 + 8 = 9 8.5 2421
2. Wastney, Scott NZL 2219 +16 + 7 = 4 =14 - 6 +15 + 1 = 3 = 5 +17 +13 8.0 2389
3. Sandler, Leonid m AUS 2416 +20 - 1 = 5 +17 +11 + 6 = 4 = 2 = 7 +13 = 8 7.5 2360
4. Garbett, Paul Anthony f NZL 2368 +19 +15 = 2 = 5 - 1 +18 = 3 = 6 = 9 +16 +14 7.5 2294
5. Mc Laren, Leonard NZL 2250 +21 = 6 = 3 = 4 +14 - 1 +10 +13 = 2 = 7 +17 7.5 2380
6. Dive, Russell John m NZL 2414 +14 = 5 +12 = 1 + 2 - 3 +13 = 4 - 8 +18 = 7 7.0 2288
7. Ker, Anthony F m NZL 2348 +11 - 2 =18 =13 -17 +19 +15 = 1 = 3 = 5 = 6 6.0 2237
8. Croad,Nicholas NZL ---- =12 =10 -14 +19 -13 +20 + 9 =18 + 6 - 1 = 3 6.0 2203
9. Wang,Rong CHN ---- =13 -17 +15 -11 +16 =14 - 8 +21 = 4 =10 = 1 5.5 2136
10. Green, Peter NZL 2239 -15 = 8 =19 +20 =18 +11 - 5 =14 -17 = 9 +21 5.5 2091
11. Spain, Graeme NZL 2180 - 7 =16 +20 + 9 - 3 -10 +17 +12 - 1 -21 +23 5.5 2156
12. Hart,Ralph NZL ---- = 8 +13 - 6 -18 -15 +23 =16 -11 +21 =20 +19 5.5 2109
13. Guthrie, David NZL 2143 = 9 -12 +16 = 7 + 8 +17 - 6 - 5 +14 - 3 - 2 5.0 2124
14. Wheeler,Bruce NZL ---- - 6 +21 + 8 = 2 - 5 = 9 =18 =10 -13 +23 - 4 5.0 2125
15. Robinson, John NZL ---- +10 - 4 - 9 +21 +12 - 2 - 7 -20 +23 =19 =16 5.0 2112
16. Elliott, Darryl NZL ---- - 2 =11 -13 +23 - 9 +21 =12 =19 +20 - 4 =15 5.0 2088
17. Van der Hoorn, Mark NZL 2115 +22 + 9 - 1 - 3 + 7 -13 -11 +23 +10 - 2 - 5 5.0 2171
18. McNabb,Matthew NZL ---- - 1 +23 = 7 +12 =10 - 4 =14 = 8 =19 - 6 -20 4.5 2116
19. Barlow, Matthew NZL 2166 - 4 =20 =10 - 8 +21 - 7 +23 =16 =18 =15 -12 4.5 2048
20. Metge, J. Nigel NZL 2152 - 3 =19 -11 -10 +23 - 8 -21 +15 -16 =12 +18 4.0 2002
21. Krstev, Antonio NZL 2146 - 5 -14 +23 -15 -19 -16 +20 - 9 -12 +11 -10 3.0 1914
22. Hare, Tim NZL 2180 -17 . . . . . . . . . . 0.0
23. BYE ---- . -18 -21 -16 -20 -12 -19 -17 -15 -14 -11 0.0
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Sinsa Joksic reports: Bern (SUI) - Georgian grandmaster Zurab Sturua
won the 7th Ambassador open, a traditional Christmas tournament, played in Bern
December 26th to 30th 2000. After 5 rounds under the Swiss system, the four
highest placed players played a knock-out event whilst the others continued
with the Swiss system event IM Petr Velicka (TCH) on 4.5 and GM Zurab Sturua
(GEO), GM Jozef Horvat (HUN) and IM Lajos Seres (HUN) on 4 points contested the
knockout. GM Csaba Horvath (HUN), IM Kaenel (SUI), IM Berzinsh (LAT) and IM
Sibrecht (GER) were also on 4 points but had inferior Buchholz tiebreaks. In
the semi-finals Seres beat Velicka. It was the highest rated player Zurab
Sturua however who won both his semi-final and final matches both in "blitz"
games and with a little bit of luck. He wasn't in his best form but won thanks
to greater experience and a cool-headed finish. The top 10 players got money
prizes: 2.000, 1.500, 1.000, 800, 600, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 SF, another 10
nature prizes and special prizes were distributed to WGM Betina Trabert (GER),
ahead of WGM Nino Gurieli (GEO), best senior GM Suetin (RUS), best Swiss and
Berner player IM Franzoni, junior Jost Sascha (SUI) and schoolboy Karron Julien
(SUI). The tournament was organised very well.
Results of the knock-out games:
Semi-final: Velicka - Seres 1/2 0-1
Sturua - Jozef Horvat 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Final: Sturua - Seres 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Velicka - Jozef Horvat 1/2 1/2 0-1
Final standings:
1. Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2594
2. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2444
3. Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 2558
4. Velicka, Petr m CZE 2464
5. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2513 5.5 28.5,
6. Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2438 5.5 28.0,
7. Franzoni, Giancarlo m SUI 2430 5.5 24.0 159.0
8. Kiss, Pal m HUN 2400 5.5 24.0 157.0
9. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2376 5.0 27.0,
10. Dudas, Janos m HUN 2338 5.0 26.0 153.0
11. Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2390 5.0 26.0 151.0
12. Horther, Heinrich GER 2348 5.0 26.0,
13. Trabert, Bettina wm GER 2259 5.0 25.0,
14. Suetin, Alexey S g RUS 2364 5.0 24.0,
15. Meyer, Bernhard SUI 2235 5.0 24.0,
16. Goldstern, Flip f NED 2403 4.5 29.5,
17. Kaenel, Hansjuerg m SUI 2452 4.5 28.0,
18. Kolly, Jacques SUI 2199 4.5 27.5,
19. Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2461 4.5 27.0 152.5
20. Rufener, Markus SUI 2138 4.5 27.0 147.5
21. Gurieli, Nino m GEO 2373 4.5 26.5,
22. Joksic, Sinisa m YUG 2281 4.5 26.0,
23. Ciric, Dragoljub M g YUG 2356 4.5 25.0,
24. Leutwyler, Mathias SUI ---- 4.5 23.5 152.0
25. Stewart, Neil f GER 2321 4.5 23.5 150.0
26. Hamzabegovic, Mersudi SUI 2114 4.5 23.5 149.0
27. Svendsen, Thomas NOR 2104 4.5 21.5,
28. Sutter, Dominik ---- 4.5 18.0
108 players
Mart Tarmak reports: There was a scheduled match over 100 boards between
Estonia and Finland on January 14. Estonia has held 100 board matches before
against Latvia. With good organisation there were more than hundred Estonian
players who came arrived at the venue, the passenger ship Nordlandia.
Unfortunately there were only 72 Finnish players were opposing them. Also many
strong players were missing in the Finnish team so the result was crushing -
64:8 (+58, =12, -2). This match was played on the sea when the ship Nordlandia
was on route between the two capitals from Tallinn to Helsinki. The two
neighbouring countries have played many matches over different numbers of
boards (including the Chess Olympiads) and Estonia has never lost. Next year a
new match will be organized and Finland will have good chances for revenge.
They have many more chessplayers and a much bigger population and also a good
level of national team competition. Many Estonian players play for Finnish
clubs. In a hypothetical match over the strongest 200 boards Estonia definitely
have no chance. The games on the first 30 boards are available. On the top
board Estonian GM Jaan Ehlvest won against his Finnish colleague Jouni Yrjola
in an interesting game lasting 22 moves.
Tapolca Open was a 9 round Swiss Open tournament held in Budapest,
5th-13th of January 2001.
Lazslo Nagy reports:
The final results:
1. FM Jakab, Attila (HUN) 7.0 (16 years old!)
2. FM Hajnal, Zoltan (HUN) 7.0
3. IM Galyas, Miklos (HUN) 7.0
4. IM Antal, Gergely (HUN) 6,5
5. Berczes, Csaba (HUN) 6.5 (13 years old)
6. FM Horvath, Gabor (HUN) 6.0
7. Tian, Tian (w) (CHN) 6.0
8. Bencze, Laszlo (HUN) 6.0
9. FM Majeric, Zoran (CRO) 6.0
10. Pasztor, Ferenc (HUN) 6.0.
....
50. NAGY, Laszlo (HUN) 4.0 points
I play every year this tournament January is a holiday
from the First Saturday Tournaments.
The best woman: Nemethne, Csom Etelka
Best senior: Szirmai, Eduard
Best U-20: Erdelyi, Zombor
Best U-14 Vass, Viktor
Best nonrated: Bednay, Bence (11 years old!)
Cadaqués Computer Tournament 2001
Once a year the well-known computer chess expert, Prof. Enrique
Irazoqui of Spain, runs a giant tournament with the strongest programs in the
world.
Participants of the Cadaqués Tournament 2001: Deep Fritz, Gambit
Tiger, Gandalf 4.32g, Junior 6a, Nimzo 7.32, Shredder 5.
This year the programs are playing on a dual Pentium-III 933 MHz with
768 MB of RAM. Time controls are 40 moves in 40 minutes. Each participant plays
20 game matches against all other participants, for a total of 300 games.
Experts consider it the "Linares tournament" of computer chess. The winner is
the strongest currently available chess program in the world.
Internet coverage:
http://www.computerschach.de/tourn/index.htm
"Governador Mário Covas Júnior" Tournament
The Federação Paulista de Xadrez is hold a tournament
called the "Governador Mário Covas Júnior" January 29th -
February 8th 2001. The event is category VIII.
Players: 1 Izeta M ,Felix 2448 g, 2 Milos,Gilberto 2608 g, 3 Sega,Carlos
Alberto 2286, 4 Limp,Eduardo 2462 m, 5 Benares Cruz,Ricardo 2276, 6
Rodriguez,Andres 2493 g, 7 De Toledo,James Mann 2384 m, 8 Lima,Darcy 2544 g, 9
Hoffman,Alejandro 2473 g, 10 Pelikian,Jefferson 2387 m, 11 Zapata,Alonso 2485
g, 12 Matsuura,Everaldo 2452 m.
Internet coverage: http://www.fpx.com.br/tmcj2001/tmcj2001.htm
Eger Hungary IM
There is an International Round Robin Tournament in Eger, Hungary for
acquiring rating and IM norms. It takes place 16th-24th of February 2001.
Category: II to IV. Number of participants: 10 to 12 Time limit: closed
tournament with 10-12 rounds, 2 h/40 moves + 1 h /20 moves + 30 min for all
remaining moves
Entry fee: depending on rating, to be stipulated by the organizer.
Information: Europe Chess, IM Ali Habibi * Postfach 1148 D-35436 Linden *
email: EuropeChess@web.de
The Europe Chess Round Robin Tournaments will be held in different
European Countries. Combine quality chess with your vacation! If you register
at least 5 participants ahead of time, we can organize a tournament at a date
you pick. Soon more information in different chess magazines and on the
internet.
WPC Site
Valery Salov heads the WPC (World Players Council) and they have their
own website. The site is at: http://w.p.c.tripod.com with a mixture of
material in Spanish and English. Includes a new interview with the Vice
President of Iran Mr.Hashemi Taba.
Czech Open
The XII. International Chess Festival CZECH OPEN 2001 which will be held
from 12 July to 29 July 2001 in Pardubice. Contact Jan Mazuch for more info
j.mazuch@avekont.cz
First Saturday February
There will be GM and IM First Saturday events 3rd-16th February.
Registered players so far GM event: IGM Sherzer, Alex (USA), IGM Lukacs, Peter
(HUN), IGM Csom, Istvan (HUN), IM Almasi, Istvan (HUN), FM Szieberth, Adam
(HUN), Berkes, Ferenc (HUN), IM Estrada, Julian (MEX), IM Horvath, Adam (HUN),
IM Medvegy, Zoltan (HUN), IM Vajda, Albert (HUN), IM Kallio, Heikki (FIN),
Rajlich, Vasik (USA), WGM Hoang, Thanh Trang (VIE). Reserves: IM Markus,Robert
(YUG), IM Szeberenyi, Adam (HUN), FM Resika, Nathan (USA), WGM Vajda, Szidonia
(HUN). Registered players so far IM events: IM Nemeth, Zolton (HUN), IM
Eperjesi, Laszlo (HUN), IM Farago, Sandor (HUN), IM Seres, Lajos (HUN), IGM
Vadasz, Laszlo (HUN), IM Boguszlavszkij, Evgenij (HUN), Thorfinson, Bragi
(ISL), Galindo, Ricardo (ARG), Erdelyi, Zombor (HUN), FM Bognor, Csaba (HUN),
WGM Vajda, Szid¢Nia (HUN), Bordas, Gyula (HUN), Xu, Hanbing (CHN), Tian,
Tian (ChN), FM Magyar, Otto (HUN), Marxen, Peter (GER), FM Resika, Nathan
(USA), Meszaros, Tam s (HUN), FM Jakab, Attila (HUN), WIM Dembo, Yelena
(HUN), Jurkovic, Ante (CRO). Reserves: IM Petran, Pal (HUN), IM Kaposztas,
Miklos, (HUN), IM Kahn, Evarth (HUN).
Budapest Spring Festival
17th Budapest Spring Festival 9 round Swiss system open chess tournament
16th-24th of March 2001 Organizer: Nagy, László Postal address:
H-1101 Budapest, Hungária krt. 5-7. XI. ép. I. em. 7. Phone/fax:
(061)-263-2859, mobile: 06-30-230-1914 E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
Venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Budapest, 5th district.Falk Miksa
Str.10.2nd floor, close to the red metro station KOSSUTH square. Rate of play:
40 moves in 2 hours, then 1 hour till the end, guillotine rules. Schedule:
registration until 16th March 9 p.m. by phone at the organizer, then personally
in the tournament hall until 14:30 on the 16th of March /here already 500,-Ft
extra registration fee must be paid/. Besides of the entry fees 1200,-Ft annual
ELO-registration fee must be paid to the Hungarian Chess Federation. Opening
ceremony at 15:00. 1st-8th rounds : 15:30-21:30, last round 10:00-16:00 on the
24th of March. In case of equal points prizes will be decided by Buchholz,
Berger-Sonneborn, then by progressive scores. Prizegiving ceremony at 16:00 on
the 24th of March. Prizes: net 40-25-15-10-5-4-2x3-2x2.5-2x2 thousand Ft.
Special prizes: 3 thousand Ft for the best U-20, U-14, above 60, woman and
non-FIDE rated., if there are minimally 5 players in each group. The prizes are
valid if there are minimum 70 players. If there are less players, prizes will
be reduced proportionally . One player can get only one prize.
Entry fee system: from FIDE rating To FIDE-rating Entry fee /Ft/ Unrated
6000,- 2001 2100 5000,- 2101 2200 4000,- 2201 2250 3500,- 2251 2300 3000,- 2301
2350 2500,- 2351 2400 2000,- IGM, WGM , IM , WIM and above 2401 no entry fee.
Info about accommodation and the event:
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
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
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.
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
