THE WEEK IN CHESS 328 19th February 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) 12th
Goodricke International
3) First Saturday February
4) Helsinki Chess Circuit
5)
Bundesliga
6) Romanian Championships
7) Dortmund will see Anand and Kramnik compete
8) Montecatini Terme
9) VII Open Villa de Coria
del Rio
10) Uruguayan Championship 2001
11) 5th Open Agneaux St Lo
12) 1st Open de
L'Estuaire
13) Various FIDE issues
14) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
12th Goodricke International 354 games
First Saturday February 83 games
Helsinki Chess Circuit 42 games
Bundesliga 96 games
Romanian Championships 104 games
Romanian Championships Women 77 games
Montecatini Terme 48 games
VII Open Villa de Coria del Rio 57 games
5th Open Agneaux St Lo 60 games
1st Open de L'Estuaire 32 games
953 games
My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Sami Hamalainen, Axel Fritz, Biro Sandor,
Carsten Hensel, Gerhard Hund, Michael Atkins, Lanfranco Bombelli, David Llada,
Edoardo Bonazzi, Stewart Reuben and all those who helped with this issue.
Another quiet week with further objections to FIDE proposals, the
Goodricke International and the Bundesliga headlining. The 22nd sees the start
of the Linares tournament with Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Alexei Shirov,
Judit Polgar, Peter Leko and the rising star Alexander Grischuk competing. Next
week should be very interesting.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The 12th Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament took place in
Calcutta 6th-17th February 2001 at the Gorky Sadan, Calcutta. Joseph Gallagher
had a superior tie-break to Andrei Kharlov both scored 8/11 half a point clear
of five more players.
Note that the game Ghaem Maghami vs Ravi Lanka was a short draw, the
game given last week was Brauer,C - Boricsev,O from the same round. Also
Datu-Dhar round 6 game had the wrong result.
Internet coverage: http://www.goodrickechess.8k.com/
and http://www.goodrickechess.freeservers.com/
excruciating music and all.
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12th Goodricke Open Calcutta IND (IND), 6-16 ii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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1. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2639 +26 - 6 +19 =44 +35 =29 +10 = 4 + 2 +14 = 3 8.0 2636
2. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2519 =33 +43 =22 +52 + 4 +11 + 9 = 5 - 1 = 6 +21 8.0 2650
3. Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2612 =18 + 7 + 6 =29 =13 -12 +17 + 8 = 5 +16 = 1 7.5 2609
4. Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2538 +24 + 8 = 9 +31 - 2 +21 =12 = 1 +13 = 5 = 6 7.5 2626
5. Sandipan, Chanda m IND 2431 - 9 +37 =23 +55 +45 + 6 + 8 = 2 = 3 = 4 = 7 7.5 2603
6. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan m IRI 2504 +56 + 1 - 3 +32 =29 - 5 +19 +28 + 9 = 2 = 4 7.5 2604
7. Rahman, Ziaur m BAN 2447 =22 - 3 +36 +51 +46 =13 +39 = 9 =14 +12 = 5 7.5 2589
8. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2500 +27 - 4 +48 +49 +22 = 9 - 5 - 3 +29 +36 +19 7.5 2577
9. Villamayor, Buenaventura g PHI 2560 + 5 +21 = 4 +35 +12 = 8 - 2 = 7 - 6 +33 =10 7.0 2566
10. Prakash, G B m IND 2453 +23 =14 =39 -22 +54 +27 - 1 +45 +15 =11 = 9 7.0 2586
11. Wajih, Nassir IND 2350 +61 +57 =29 =13 +15 - 2 =22 +21 =12 =10 =16 7.0 2543
12. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2494 =25 +36 +42 +20 - 9 + 3 = 4 =22 =11 - 7 =14 6.5 2542
13. Harikrishna, P m IND 2514 =36 +25 +14 =11 = 3 = 7 =20 =16 - 4 +45 =23 6.5 2513
14. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2539 +28 =10 -13 =50 =19 +30 +32 +29 = 7 - 1 =12 6.5 2495
15. Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2540 =41 =17 =16 +47 -11 +31 =25 +20 -10 =23 +33 6.5 2475
16. Ramesh, R.B m IND 2467 =43 =48 =15 +30 +40 =39 =29 =13 +22 - 3 =11 6.5 2512
17. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2401 =39 =15 -21 =43 +51 +46 - 3 =40 +52 =22 +28 6.5 2481
18. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar m IND 2456 = 3 -22 +33 -46 -30 +58 =52 =35 +50 +43 +36 6.5 2451
19. Datu, Idelfonso f PHI 2381 =60 +58 - 1 =23 =14 +49 - 6 +51 +24 +26 - 8 6.5 2484
20. Gokhale, C.S IND 2326 +63 =49 +30 -12 =48 +34 =13 -15 -28 +39 +42 6.5 2429
21. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2500 +66 - 9 +17 =40 +44 - 4 +50 -11 +25 +28 - 2 6.5 2481
22. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2568 = 7 +18 = 2 +10 - 8 +60 =11 =12 -16 =17 =25 6.0 2471
23. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2595 -10 +56 = 5 =19 =50 =44 =45 =32 +48 =15 =13 6.0 2440
24. Khamatgaleev, Alexej m RUS 2412 - 4 =26 =43 +59 -34 +47 +44 =36 -19 +30 =27 6.0 2395
25. Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam f IND 2385 =12 -13 =28 +64 +33 =32 =15 =39 -21 +51 =22 6.0 2437
26. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2462 - 1 =24 -41 -38 +63 +61 =31 +47 +40 -19 +45 6.0 2367
27. Murugan, Krishnamoorthy m IND 2390 - 8 =28 =56 =62 +55 -10 =49 +60 =32 +38 =24 6.0 2362
28. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman wm IND 2416 -14 =27 =25 =60 +38 +35 +40 - 6 +20 -21 -17 5.5 2391
29. Ravi, Lanka m IND 2383 +32 +67 =11 = 3 = 6 = 1 =16 -14 - 8 =42 =31 5.5 2438
30. Shetty, Rahul IND 2331 +53 =34 -20 -16 +18 -14 =41 =31 +47 -24 +51 5.5 2327
31. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2359 =45 +51 +40 - 4 -39 -15 =26 =30 =35 +53 =29 5.5 2359
32. Girinath, P.D.S IND 2319 -29 +53 +59 - 6 +42 =25 -14 =23 =27 =48 =37 5.5 2418
33. Garma, Chito m PHI 2400 = 2 -42 -18 +58 -25 +55 +46 +37 +39 - 9 -15 5.5 2423
34. Malupande,Lungu ZAM ---- +38 =30 -35 =41 +24 -20 -37 =44 -43 +56 +48 5.5 2369
35. Gokhale, Jayant Suresh IND 2322 =62 +55 +34 - 9 - 1 -28 =48 =18 =31 +52 =39 5.5 2359
36. Mariano, Nelson m PHI 2395 =13 -12 - 7 =61 +57 +54 +60 =24 +42 - 8 -18 5.5 2403
37. Satyapragyan, S IND 2376 -40 - 5 -55 +63 +64 +53 +34 -33 -45 +54 =32 5.5 2223
38. Shankar, Roy m IND 2323 -34 . =53 +26 -28 -51 +58 +49 +56 -27 =43 5.0 2282
39. Rausis, Igors g LAT 2525 =17 +41 =10 =45 +31 =16 - 7 =25 -33 -20 =35 5.0 2351
40. Koneru, Humpy wm IND 2299 +37 +47 -31 =21 -16 +48 -28 =17 -26 =41 =52 5.0 2375
41. Neelotpal, Das m IND 2423 =15 -39 +26 =34 =49 -50 =30 -52 +57 =40 =46 5.0 2291
42. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2532 =48 +33 -12 =54 -32 =52 +43 +50 -36 =29 -20 5.0 2342
43. Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2383 =16 - 2 =24 =17 +62 -45 -42 +55 +34 -18 =38 5.0 2294
44. Sanjay, N IND 2364 =58 =60 +57 = 1 -21 =23 -24 =34 -51 =50 +54 5.0 2314
45. Singh, Gurpreetpal IND 2284 =31 =54 +67 =39 - 5 +43 =23 -10 +37 -13 -26 5.0 2367
46. Das, Arghyadip IND 2246 -47 +64 =54 +18 - 7 -17 -33 -56 +61 +60 =41 5.0 2298
47. Murali Krishnan, B.T IND 2353 +46 -40 =49 -15 =53 -24 +61 -26 -30 +62 +57 5.0 2242
48. Sriram, Jha IND 2412 =42 =16 - 8 +57 =20 -40 =35 +54 -23 =32 -34 4.5 2296
49. Dhar-Barua, Saheli wm IND 2224 +59 =20 =47 - 8 =41 -19 =27 -38 -54 +61 =50 4.5 2289
50. Sharma, Dinesh K IND 2353 =55 =62 =60 =14 =23 +41 -21 -42 -18 =44 =49 4.5 2315
51. Sengupta, Deep IND 2141 =54 -31 +58 - 7 -17 +38 +57 -19 +44 -25 -30 4.5 2288
52. Dworakowska, Joanna wg POL 2354 -57 +61 +62 - 2 -60 =42 =18 +41 -17 -35 =40 4.5 2270
53. Gupta, Abhijeet f IND 2130 -30 -32 =38 +56 =47 -37 -55 +59 +60 -31 =58 4.5 2265
54. Sareen, Vishal IND 2343 =51 =45 =46 =42 -10 -36 +59 -48 +49 -37 -44 4.0 2241
55. Saptarshi, Roy IND 2236 =50 -35 +37 - 5 -27 -33 +53 -43 -59 =63 +62 4.0 2185
56. Galianina-Ryjanova, Julia wg RUS 2393 - 6 -23 =27 -53 -58 +63 +62 +46 -38 -34 =61 4.0 2138
57. Meenakshi, S IND 2269 +52 -11 -44 -48 -36 +64 -51 +58 -41 +59 -47 4.0 2209
58. Joshi, Pankaj IND 2285 =44 -19 -51 -33 +56 -18 -38 -57 +63 +64 =53 4.0 2159
59. Boricsev, Oleg m HUN 2352 -49 +63 -32 -24 -61 +62 -54 -53 +55 -57 +64 4.0 2089
60. Deshmukh, Anup m IND 2313 =19 =44 =50 =28 +52 -22 -36 -27 -53 -46 =63 3.5 2195
61. Brauer, Christian GER 2153 -11 -52 =63 =36 +59 -26 -47 +64 -46 -49 =56 3.5 2153
62. Harkamal Singh,Sandhu IND ---- =35 =50 -52 =27 -43 -59 -56 -63 +64 -47 -55 2.5 2075
63. Saheli, Nath IND 2020 -20 -59 =61 -37 -26 -56 -64 +62 -58 =55 =60 2.5 2052
64. Anoori,Shah IND ---- -65 -46 +67 -25 -37 -57 +63 -61 -62 -58 -59 2.0 1957
65. Suvrajit, Saha IND 2326 +64 . . . . . . . . . . 1.0
66. Blees, Albert m NED 2392 -21 . . . . . . . . . . 0.0
67. BYE ---- . -29 -45 . . . . . . . . 0.0
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Laszlo Nagy reports: The GM and IM First Saturday events took place
3rd-16th February 2001. There are 5 groups, a category VII GM-group with 14
participants, two IM-groups one category III and another category II. There
were also two FM-groups. Altogether 63 players from 14 countries: HUN, USA,
FIN, ARM, ARG, ROM, MEX, YUG, CRO, VIE, CHN, GER, FRA, TUR compete. The new
FIDE time control of 75 minutes for 40 moves and 15 minutes to the finish with
a 30 seconds per player per move was used. Heikki Kallio was the clear winner
of the GM event.
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FSGM February Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-16 ii 2001 cat. VII (2423)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Kallio, Heikki m FIN 2431 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 10.0 2633
2. Horvath, Adam m HUN 2478 = * 0 1 1 = = 1 0 1 1 = 1 = 8.5 2529
3. Sherzer, Alex g USA 2472 0 1 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 8.5 2529
4. Szieberth, Adam m HUN 2400 = 0 0 * = = 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2512
5. Berkes, Ferenc HUN 2340 0 0 = = * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2516
6. Markus, Robert m YUG 2452 = = 1 = 0 * = = 0 1 = = = = 6.5 2421
7. Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2459 = = = 0 = = * = = = = = = 1 6.5 2420
8. Csom, Istvan g HUN 2431 0 0 0 1 = = = * = = = 1 1 = 6.5 2422
9. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2411 = 1 0 0 = 1 = = * = = 0 0 1 6.0 2395
10. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2465 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = * = = 1 1 5.5 2363
11. Medvegy, Zoltan m HUN 2444 = 0 = 0 0 = = = = = * = = = 5.0 2334
12. Estrada Nieto, Julian m MEX 2372 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 1 = = * 0 1 5.0 2340
13. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2409 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 0 = 1 * 1 5.0 2337
14. Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2364 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 * 2.0 2132
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FSIMA February Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-16 ii 2001 cat. III (2307)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2445 * = 1 1 = 1 1 = = = = 1 1 9.0 2488
2. Petran, Pal m HUN 2392 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2457
3. Xu Hanbing CHN 2218 0 = * = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2439
4. Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2316 0 = = * = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7.5 2401
5. Tian Tian CHN 2224 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2408
6. Dembo, Yelena wm HUN 2342 0 = = 0 = * 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2361
7. Sendur, Adnan f TUR 2303 0 = 1 0 = 0 * 1 0 1 = = 1 6.0 2307
8. Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2227 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * = = 1 0 1 5.0 2256
9. Anka, Emil m HUN 2425 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2240
10. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2349 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 0 4.5 2216
11. Magyar, Otto f HUN 2343 = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * = 1 4.0 2179
12. Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2244 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 0 = * 1 3.5 2154
13. Suranyi, Pal HUN 2163 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 2.5 2089
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FSIMB February Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-16 ii 2001 cat. II (2277)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Jakab, Attila f HUN 2308 * = 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 8.0 2449
2. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2319 = * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2448
3. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2285 0 = * 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2409
4. Balogh, Csaba HUN 2340 = = 0 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2373
5. Meszaros, Tamas HUN 2239 = 0 1 0 * = 1 1 0 = 1 1 6.5 2345
6. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2313 0 = = = = * = 1 0 0 = 1 5.0 2237
7. Galindo, Ricardo ARG 2282 = = 0 = 0 = * 0 0 1 1 1 5.0 2240
8. Puschmann, Laszlo f HUN 2291 = 0 = = 0 0 1 * 1 = 0 = 4.5 2210
9. Schulze, Hubertus GER 2181 = 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 * 0 0 1 4.5 2220
10. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2288 0 0 0 = = 1 0 = 1 * = = 4.5 2210
11. Bognar, Csaba HUN 2340 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 = * 1 4.5 2206
12. Bozinovic, Boban YUG 2137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.0 1906
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The Helsinki Chess Circuit has a Category II IM tournament running
February 12-22, 2001. After 7 of the 11 rounds Kalle Kiik leads with 6/7. My
thanks to Sami Hamalainen for the news.
Internet coverage:
http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hki0201.htm
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Helsinki Chess Circuit IM FIN (FIN), 12-22 ii 2001 cat. II (2296)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Kiik, Kalle m EST 2450 * 1 . . 1 . = 1 = 1 . 1 6.0 2600
2. Norri, Joose m FIN 2398 0 * 1 1 . = . 1 . . 1 1 5.5 2546
3. Nyback, Tomi FIN 2211 . 0 * = 0 . 1 . 1 1 . 1 4.5 2395
4. Molander, Riku FIN 2314 . 0 = * 1 1 1 = 0 . . . 4.0 2316
5. Luukkonen, Tommi FIN 2158 0 . 1 0 * . 1 . 1 0 . 1 4.0 2358
6. Nyysti, Sampsa f FIN 2284 . = . 0 . * . 1 1 1 0 0 3.5 2305
7. Bergstrom, Rolf f SWE 2308 = . 0 0 0 . * . 1 1 1 . 3.5 2264
8. Kekki, Petri f FIN 2297 0 0 . = . 0 . * . 1 1 = 3.0 2287
9. Van Hoolandt, Patrick BEL 2211 = . 0 1 0 0 0 . * . 1 . 2.5 2180
10. Pirttimaki, Timo f FIN 2257 0 . 0 . 1 0 0 0 . * 1 . 2.0 2122
11. Keskinen, Sauli FIN 2252 . 0 . . . 1 0 0 0 0 * 1 2.0 2151
12. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2408 0 0 0 . 0 1 . = . . 0 * 1.5 2062
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The 8th and 9th rounds of the Bundesliga were played over the weekend of
February 17th-18th 2001. The weekend saw SG Solingen fall out of the race for
the title after two losses this weekend. The leaders are Lübecker SV (who
beat Solingen on Sunday) and they will fight out the destination of the title
with SG Köln Porz who are a point behind. All the games (except
Thesing-Hertneck) from Bremen, Porz and Solingen are available, those from
Mainz are missing.
Bundesliga sites: http://www.schach.com/bundesliga/,
http://www.chess-online.de/,
http://teleschach.de/,
http://www.schachbund.de/ and
http://www.chessgate.de/
Round 8 17th February 2001
Venue: Bremen
SV Werder Bremen 5 - 3 SK König Plauen
1 Hracek ½ : ½ Beliavsky 1
2 Babula ½ : ½ Bischoff 2
3 Schandorff 1 : 0 Gdanski 3
4 McShane ½ : ½ Kindermann 5
6 Pelletier ½ : ½ Espig 6
7 Joachim 1 : 0 Sandner 9
8 Meins 1 : 0 Hackel 10
9 Heissler 0 : 1 Haskamp 13
USC Magdeburg 2½-5½ TV Tegernsee
2 Onischuk ½ : ½ Khenkin 1
4 Slobodjan ½ : ½ Ribli 2
5 Baklan ½ : ½ Bauer 3
6 Thesing - : + Hertneck 4
7 Georgiev 1 : 0 Stangl 6
8 Proehl 0 : 1 Kachiani-Ger 9
9 Markgraf 0 : 1 Pezerovic 10
13 Meier 0 : 1 Bromberger 12
Venue: Mainz
Schott Mainz 5 - 3 König Tegel
2 Kosten 1 : 0 Rabiega 1
3 Cicak ½ : ½ Muse 2
4 Lisanti 0 : 1 Paulsen 3
5 Vogler 0 : 1 Lipinsky 4
6 Wornath ½ : ½ Von Herman 5
7 Neidhardt 1 : 0 Pachow 7
8 Bewersdorff 1 : 0 Lorenz 10
10 Grafl 1 : 0 Zierke 11
Baiertal Schatt 3½-4½ SFR Neukölln
1 Schlindwein 0 : 1 Movsesian 1
2 Doettling ½ : ½ Stohl 2
3 Berg 0 : 1 Bunzmann 4
4 Buhmann ½ : ½ Berndt 5
5 Maier ½ : ½ Brynell 6
6 Duppel 1 : 0 Poldauf 10
7 Meissner ½ : ½ Rudolf 11
9 Balzar ½ : ½ Thiede 12
Venue: Solingen
Solinger SG 3 - 5 Hamburger SK
2 Kasimdzhanov 1 : 0 Ftacnik 1
4 Jussupow ½ : ½ Dorfman 2
5 Nikolic 0 : 1 Kempinski 3
6 Huebner ½ : ½ Hansen 4
7 Sadler 0 : 1 Wahls 5
8 Emms ½ : ½ Mueller 6
9 Chandler 0 : 1 Heinemann 8
13 Naumann ½ : ½ Reeh 10
Gelsenkirchen 1½-6½ Lübecker SV
1 Feigin ½ : ½ Shirov 1
2 Kishnev 0 : 1 Adams 2
3 Kalka 0 : 1 Bareev 3
5 Meessen 0 : 1 Speelman 4
6 Baumhus ½ : ½ Hodgson 6
8 Balster ½ : ½ Agdestein 7
9 Schirbel 0 : 1 DeFirmian 8
11 Partenheimer 0 : 1 Nunn 9
Venue: Porz
SG Köln Porz 5½-2½ SV Wattenscheid
1 Lutz ½ : ½ Aronian 1
2 Khalifman 1 : 0 Nielsen 2
3 Van Wely 0 : 1 Hall 4
6 Vaganian 1 : 0 Handke 5
8 Hansen ½ : ½ Holzke 6
9 Bacrot ½ : ½ Straeter 10
10 Nenasev 1 : 0 Blecken 12
14 Van der Doel 1 : 0 Thiel 13
Godesberger SK 5½-2½ Castrop Rauxel
1 Dautov ½ : ½ Van der Ster 1
2 Gurevich 1 : 0 Rozentalis 2
3 Kengis 0 : 1 Rogers 3
5 Kveinys 1 : 0 King 4
6 Langheinrich 1 : 0 Seul 6
7 Jackelen ½ : ½ Watson 7
8 Seger ½ : ½ Bosch 10
13 Breder 1 : 0 Hennig 12
Round 9 18th February 2001
Venue: Bremen
SK König Plauen 5½-2½ USC Magdeburg
1 Beliavsky ½ : ½ Onischuk 2
2 Bischoff ½ : ½ Slobodjan 4
3 Gdanski ½ : ½ Baklan 5
5 Kindermann 1 : 0 Thesing 6
6 Espig 0 : 1 Georgiev 7
9 Sandner 1 : 0 Markgraf 9
10 Hackel 1 : 0 Darnstaedt 11
13 Haskamp 1 : 0 Meier 13
TV Tegernsee 3½-4½ SV Werder Bremen
1 Khenkin ½ : ½ Hracek 1
2 Ribli ½ : ½ Babula 2
3 Bauer 1 : 0 Schandorff 3
4 Hertneck ½ : ½ McShane 4
6 Stangl 0 : 1 Pelletier 6
9 Kachiani-Ger 1 : 0 Joachim 7
10 Pezerovic 0 : 1 Meins 8
12 Bromberger 0 : 1 Heissler 9
Venue: Mainz
König Tegel 2 - 6 Baiertal Schatt
1 Rabiega ½ : ½ Schlindwein 1
2 Muse ½ : ½ Doettling 2
3 Paulsen 0 : 1 Berg 3
4 Lipinsky 0 : 1 Buhmann 4
5 Von Herman 1 : 0 Maier 5
7 Pachow 0 : 1 Duppel 6
10 Lorenz 0 : 1 Meissner 7
11 Zierke 0 : 1 Balzar 9
SFR Neukölln 4½-3½ Schott Mainz
1 Movsesian ½ : ½ Balcerak 1
2 Stohl ½ : ½ Kosten 2
4 Bunzmann 1 : 0 Cicak 3
5 Berndt ½ : ½ Lisanti 4
6 Brynell 1 : 0 Vogler 5
8 Polzin 1 : 0 Wornath 6
10 Poldauf 0 : 1 Neidhardt 7
12 Thiede 0 : 1 Bewersdorff 8
Venue: Solingen
Hamburger SK 6 - 2 Gelsenkirchen
1 Ftacnik 0 : 1 Feigin 1
2 Dorfman 1 : 0 Kishnev 2
3 Kempinski 1 : 0 Kalka 3
4 Hansen 1 : 0 Baumhus 6
5 Wahls 1 : 0 Balster 8
6 Mueller 0 : 1 Schirbel 9
8 Heinemann 1 : 0 Partenheimer 11
10 Reeh 1 : 0 Wiechen 14
Lübecker SV 4½-3½ Solinger SG
1 Shirov 1 : 0 Kasimdzhanov 2
2 Adams ½ : ½ Piket 3
3 Bareev ½ : ½ Jussupow 4
4 Speelman ½ : ½ Nikolic 5
6 Hodgson ½ : ½ Huebner 6
7 Agdestein ½ : ½ Sadler 7
8 DeFirmian 0 : 1 Emms 8
9 Nunn 1 : 0 Chandler 9
Venue: Porz
SV Wattenscheid 2 - 6 Godesberger SK
1 Aronian 0 : 1 Dautov 1
2 Nielsen ½ : ½ Gurevich 2
4 Hall ½ : ½ Kengis 3
5 Handke 0 : 1 Kveinys 5
6 Holzke ½ : ½ Langheinrich 6
10 Straeter 0 : 1 Jackelen 7
12 Blecken ½ : ½ Seger 8
13 Thiel 0 : 1 Breder 13
Castrop Rauxel 2½-5½ SG Köln Porz
1 Van der Ster ½ : ½ Lutz 1
2 Rozentalis ½ : ½ Khalifman 2
3 Rogers 0 : 1 Van Wely 3
4 King ½ : ½ Vaganian 6
6 Seul ½ : ½ Hansen 8
7 Watson 0 : 1 Bacrot 9
10 Bosch ½ : ½ Nenasev 10
13 Brendel 0 : 1 Van der Doel 14
Tables
1. Lübecker SV 9 49 :23 18- 0
2. SG Köln Porz 9 50½:21½ 17- 1
3. Godesberger SK 9 41½:30½ 12- 6
4. SV Werder Bremen 9 37 :35 12- 6
5. Solinger SG 9 45½:26½ 11- 7
6. Hamburger SK 9 41 :31 11- 7
7. SV Wattenscheid 9 37½:34½ 11- 7
8. TV Tegernsee 9 37½:34½ 10- 8
9. SFR Neukölln 9 36 :36 9- 9
10. SK König Plauen 9 37 :35 8-10
11. Castrop Rauxel 9 35 :37 8-10
12. USC Magdeburg 9 34 :38 8-10
13. Schott Mainz 9 24½:47½ 4-14
14. Baiertal Schatt 9 30 :42 3-15
15. König Tegel 9 22 :50 1-17
16. Gelsenkirchen 9 18 :54 1-17
IM Biro Sandor is the organiser of the Romanian Championships (men and
women) taking place in Baile Tusnad, Romania and he sends the news so far.
After 13 of 15 rounds Iulian Sofronie and Ioan Cosma lead with 8.5 points. Bela
Badea withdrew after a few rounds of the event.
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ch-ROM Baile Tusnad ROM (ROM), 5-20 ii 2001 cat. VII (2402)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
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1. Sofronie, Iulian m ROM 2399 * 1 1 = = = . = = 1 . = = 1 1 8.5 2557
2. Cosma, Ioan m ROM 2468 0 * = = 0 . = 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2544
3. Vajda, Levente m ROM 2454 0 = * 1 0 = = = . = 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2489
4. Florean, Andrei m ROM 2436 = = 0 * = = 1 . 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 7.5 2455
5. Moldovan, Daniel m ROM 2432 = 1 1 = * 0 = . = 0 1 = 1 = . 7.0 2464
6. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2504 = . = = 1 * = = = = = = = . 1 7.0 2446
7. Navrotescu, Catalin m ROM 2451 . = = 0 = = * = 1 1 = = . = 1 7.0 2463
8. Foisor, Ovidiu m ROM 2409 = 0 = . . = = * = = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2453
9. Danilov, Vladimir f ROM 2343 = 0 . 1 = = 0 = * = = = 1 . = 6.0 2404
10. Nanu, Ciprian m ROM 2418 0 . = 0 1 = 0 = = * = . 0 1 1 5.5 2370
11. Ionescu, Doru Alexandru f ROM 2390 . 0 0 1 0 = = = = = * . = 1 0 5.0 2350
12. Lupulescu, Constantin ROM 2348 = 0 0 = = = = 0 = . . * 1 0 1 5.0 2349
13. Moraru, Marius m ROM 2297 = 0 0 0 0 = . 0 0 1 = 0 * = . 3.0 2222
14. Spulber, Cicerone f ROM 2380 0 0 0 0 = . = = . 0 0 1 = * 0 3.0 2207
15. Manea, Alexandru ROM 2301 0 0 = 0 . 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 . 1 * 3.0 2223
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ch-ROM Women Baile Tusnad ROM (ROM), 5-20 ii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Peptan, Corina m ROM 2461 * = = 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 = = 9.0 2479
2. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2418 = * . 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 . 1 1 8.5 2427
3. Cosma, Elena Luminita wg ROM 2343 = . * = = 1 1 1 1 0 . 1 = 1 8.0 2397
4. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2274 0 1 = * 1 0 1 1 1 . 0 1 1 . 7.5 2391
5. Ionescu-Brandis, Irina wm ROM 2330 . 0 = 0 * 1 = = 1 = 1 . 1 1 7.0 2315
6. Ciobanu, Camelia wf ROM 2209 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 . = 1 1 1 = . 6.0 2292
7. Jicman, Ligia wm ROM 2231 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 6.0 2281
8. Calotescu, Cristina wf ROM 2206 0 0 0 0 = . 0 * . 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2246
9. Apostoaie, Liliana wf ROM 2180 0 = 0 0 0 = . . * 1 = 0 1 = 4.0 2142
10. Gheorhe, Corina ROM 2121 . 0 1 . = 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 1 1 3.5 2089
11. Trofim, Georgiana ROM 2102 0 0 . 1 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = . = 3.5 2109
12. Voicu, Carmen wf ROM 2162 0 . 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 1 = * 0 1 3.5 2084
13. Marin, Luiza wm ROM 2196 = 0 = 0 0 = . 0 0 0 . 1 * = 3.0 2077
14. Duminica, Mariana wf ROM 2073 = 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 2.0 1988
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The Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2001 will have Anand and
Kramnik as the stars of the event. The event which is also the 29th
International Dortmund Chess Days will be held July 12th-22nd in Dortmund Opera
House (1200 seats for spectators). 6 players from the top ten will be invited
for the double round robin event they will include Kramnik and Anand the event
will be Category 20 or 21. An announcement will be made in May of the full
field. Alongside the super-tournament will be a computer match with a top
player, other matches and an Open with 300 participants. Internet coverage will
be by http://www.chessgate.de
Further details: http://teleschach.de/dortmund-2001/
The Montecatini Terme takes place in Italy 12th-20th February 2001. Cat
III round robin with 12 players. My thanks to Lanfranco Bombelli for the
news.
Internet coverage at: http://www.infcom.it/fsi
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It Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 12-20 ii 2001 cat. III (2314)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2417 * = = . 0 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 6.0 2486
2. Mukic, Josko f YUG 2263 = * = = . = . 1 1 1 = . 5.5 2446
3. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2446 = = * . . = 1 = = 1 1 . 5.5 2407
4. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2435 . = . * = 1 = . = = 1 1 5.5 2412
5. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2499 1 . . = * 0 1 0 = 1 . 1 5.0 2407
6. Lovric, Branko f CRO 2357 0 = = 0 1 * . = . . 1 1 4.5 2380
7. Drei, Andrea f ITA 2305 0 . 0 = 0 . * 1 1 1 . 1 4.5 2390
8. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2305 . 0 = . 1 = 0 * . 0 1 = 3.5 2265
9. Sciortino, Massimo ITA 2150 0 0 = = = . 0 . * . 1 1 3.5 2294
10. Genocchio, Daniele ITA 2263 0 0 0 = 0 . 0 1 . * . 1 2.5 2225
11. Marino, Olivier FRA 2068 0 = 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 . * = 1.0 2007
12. Acher, Mathieu FRA 2264 . . . 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1.0 1975
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The VII Open Villa de Coria del Rio takes place 14th-22nd February 2001.
Oleg Korneev leads with 5/5.
Internet coverage: http://usuarios.tripod.es/fsajedrez/
Leading standings after 5 rounds
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Open Villa de Coria del Rio ESP (ESP), 14-22 ii 2001
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1 Korneev, Oleg 2600 GM 5
2 Vera, Reynaldo 2562 GM 4.5
3 Teran Alvarez, Ismael 2356 IM 4.5
4 Komljenovic, Davor 2512 GM 4
5 Campora, Daniel 2513 GM 4
6 Matamoros, Carlos 2467 IM 4
7 Valdes Romero, Leonardo 2338 IM 4
8 Nuevo Perez, Antonio 2255 4
9 Landero Luna, Vicente 2192 4
10 Martin Vazquez, Jose M. 2193 4
11 Ortega Valle, Jose Ramon 4
12 Garcia Martinez, Silvino 2371 GM 4
83 players
Uruguayan Championship 2001 took place in Montevideo, Uruguay 1st-14th
February 2001. Rafael Muniz won the Azul series and Lopez Falcon the Roja
series. I couldn't really understand the results so I'll wait to report on the
event more completely.
Information: http://ajedrez.uruwow.com
5th Open Agneaux St Lo took place 14th-18th February 2001. The seven
round Swiss was won by Yu Shaoeng with 6.5/7 half a point clear of his fellow
Chinese player Li Shilong and Sebastian Maze on 6/7.
Internet coverage: http://www.echecsaglo.fr.st/open2001.htm
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5th Open D'Agneaux Saint Lo FRA (FRA), 14-18 ii 2001
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1 IM Yu Shaoteng CHN 2498 6,5 30.5 2650
2 IM Li Shilong CHN 2474 6 31.0 2485
3 Maze, Sebastien FRA 2279 6 28.5 2348
4 GM Berelovich, Aleksandar UKR 2519 5,5 30.0 2363
5 Aurel, Luc FRA 2192 5,5 29.5 2353
6 Carmes, Mickael FRA 2098 5,5 26.5 2215
7 Marie, Maxime FRA 2163 5,5 26.5 2195
8 Barbini, Denis FRA 2159 5 29.5 2191
9 IM Liang Chong CHN 2573 5 28.5 2330
10 Coursaget, Nicolas FRA 2228 5 26.5 2167
11 Carrasco, Patrick FRA 2141 5 26.5 2162
12 Renault, Jerome FRA 2138 5 26.5 2128
13 Helie, Marc FRA 2160 5 26.0 2191
14 Le Fournier, Pascal FRA 2156 5 26.0 2121
15 Le Masle, Raphael FRA 2109 5 26.0 2099
16 Lehoux, Herve FRA 1810 5 23.5 2006
17 Baugin, Alain FRA 2130 5 22.0 2034
104 players
The 1st Open de L'Estuaire took place in Trignac, France February
10th-17th 2001. The event was won by Giorgi Kacheishvili with 8/9 half a point
clear of Andrei Stratescu.
Website
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/echiquier.de-l-erdre/trignac/trignacOpen.htm
Final Standings (round 9)
1 GM Kacheishvili Giorgi GE0 2556 2564 8
2 GM Istratescu Andrei FRA 2582 2582 7½
3 IM Jobava Baadur GEO 2518 2480 7
4 IM Dumitrache Dragos FRA 2425 2425 7
5 GM Shchekachev Andrei FRA 2537 2670 7
6 IM Belkhodja Slim FRA 2471 2550 6½
7 GM Velikov Petar FRA 2461 2550 6½
8 Mullon Jean-Baptist FRA 2282 2300 6½
9 FM Berthelot Yannick FRA 2281 2340 6½
10 Bousseffa Olivier FRA 2091 1950 6½
11 GM Lupu Mircea-Sergi FRA 2458 2510 6
12 IM Gaprindashvili Valerian GEO 2482 2459 6
13 GM Inkiov Ventzislav FRA 2448 2530 6
14 Sorin Maxime FRA 2262 2260 6
15 GM Aleksieva Silvia FRA 2364 2360 6
16 Bruned Yvain FRA 2012 1820 6
96 players
FIDE Minutes Istanbul, Spanish object
The minutes of the FIDE 2000 Assembly in Istanbul have been released on
FIDE's site: http://www.fide.com/release/. They are
important for a number of reasons including the new time control. Spain put in
a bid for the 36th Olympiad in 2004 and they feel the minutes don't reflect
that bid.
Press release from Javier Ochoa, president of the Spanish Chess
Federation Thursday 15th February 2001
The Spanish Chess Federation has just received the Minutes of the FIDE
General Assembly held in November 2000 during the Olympiads in Istanbul.
In spite of the FIDE management's promise, the amendments to the
minutes proposed by the President of our Federation during his speech of the
last day of the General Assembly to do not appear.
The aforementioned amendments affect clause 34.4 regarding the 36th
Chess Olympiad, 2004. Our country, Spain, had presented a formal bid, including
the financial guarantee of the payment of 10.000 Swiss francs before the
closing of the General Assembly if the bid had been accepted.(D.II.07.-2.3.2),
but in the minutes no references to our explanation appear, and also no
references to the subsequent discussion regarding our point of view that the
decision, taking into account the FIDE Statutes, must be taken by the Assembly,
or at least that the order of the bids must be guaranteed.
According to the FIDE handbook, our offer fulfills all the conditions
(including the conditions mentioned above), but even if we accepted that some
others could be taken into account, the FIDE management refused that the
General Assembly should decide on it. Even considering the applications as
provisional, the General Assembly must decide, granting the order of the
options. (D.II.07 - 2.2.3)
The president of our Federation explained this point of view and some
other remarks during the session of the General Assembly, but there are no
references about it, neither the subsequent debate in the official minutes.
FIDE management also adopted the (public) compromise of sending the
tapes of the General Assembly to the Spanish Chess Federation as soon as
possible, but today, more than three months later, we are still waiting for
them.
It could be a wrong feeling, but it seems that FIDE doesn't want to act
in a fair way in relation to the awarding of the organization of the 36th Chess
Olympiad.
Based on the seriousness of the matter, the Spanish Chess Federation is
obliged to send this public formal complaint letter, asking once more to
correct the minutes to reflect exactly what was debated there and to ask again
that the tapes be sent to us as soon as possible.
FIDE management is loosing credibility while it continues neither to
respect the rights of it's affiliates nor the authority of it's General
Assembly.
Another case of this authoritarian attitude has been the recently
imposition of a new official FIDE play rate without the approval of the General
Assembly, causing the protest of important Chess Federations with whom we give
our support.
Spanish Chess Federation
Italians add their voice to the protest against
the new time controls
PRESS RELEASE OF THE ITALIAN CHESS FEDERATION ON THE NEW FIDE TIME
CONTROLS
12th February 2001
The Board of the Italian Chess Federation discussed the decisions
agreed upon by the FIDE Presidential Board on 26th December 2000 concerning the
replacement of the zonal tournaments by one continental tournament and the
introduction of new time controls starting from 1.1.2001 in Man's and Woman's
World Championships and all FIDE events and international title tournaments.
The Board strongly objects to the form, timing and content of such decisions
which appear to be in contrast with both the Statutes of FIDE (as to the
functions given to the Presidential Board) and the existing FIDE regulations.
Therefore the Board declares to fully support the protest of the Chess
Federations of Germany, France, Netherlands, Portugal and others. The Board
believes that such decisions can be taken only after a full and thorough
discussion and only with the explicit consent of the General Assembly. It is
the opinion of the Board that any measures that may be taken should be
introduced gradually, and in any case giving the organisers of non-World
Championship FIDE events the possibility to choose between different options.
The Board of the Italian Chess Federation hopes that the FIDE Presidential
Board will cancel the decisions in question and put the issue on the agenda of
the next General Assembly of FIDE.
Stewart Reuben Comments
COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
By Stewart Reuben Chairman FIDE Organizers Committee (Responsible for
the FIDE Calendar) Secretary of the FIDE Rules Committee Member of the World
Championship Cycle Committee
It is intended to replace the European Zonals by amalgamating them into
the European Championship and having an equivalent number of qualifying places.
This is an admirable idea and should be highly successful. There are several
technical problems:
There are approximately 40 qualifying places from the European Zones
for the World Championship. These could be reserved simply to the 40 highest
placed competitors in the competition. However, this could well have the defect
of the event being swamped by players from one country and thus losing
credibility. A maximum number of qualifiers could be set from any one country
or zone. Probably best is, the places can be reserved to each zone as before.
Thus there will be 6 (or more) qualifiers from Zone 1, irrespective of where
they finished in the final table.
The standard Seeded Swiss is totally unsatisfactory for this event. The
system exhibits bias against players in certain rating bands, especially those
at the top of the second half of the tournament. The only recognised system
that may be satisfactory is the Dubov System. Christian Krause has produced a
computer program for this system.
It is intended to restrict the event to players entitled to play from
their zone and also players rated 2400 or higher. Why not let anybody play, but
simply have much higher entry fees for players of lesser standing? This would
help the weaker federations and make budgeting easier. There are about 1500
players eligible to play who are 2400 or higher or federation nominees. It will
be necessary to limit the numbers from one country. Obviously the size of the
venue is highly important.
This year the European Women's Chess Championship is scheduled for May.
It would be perfectly satisfactory in the future to run the whole competition,
for both sexes, as one giant tournament. The highest placed female competitors
would win the title and the qualifying places. If this results in women
qualifying for the World Championship, so much the better. This would reduce
the administrative effort and provide female players with an ideal opportunity
to compete alongside men at their own level.
There are many qualifying places. Thus players, from the same
federation, should not be paired together in the later rounds, if some, but not
all, are still in contention for qualifying places. There are no regulations in
the FIDE Handbook dealing with this problem for Swiss System tournaments.
Perhaps these existed for the 1996 Inter-zonal.
Players will be participating who have already qualified for the World
Championship. Again, their pairing against friends could provide a problem in
the later rounds. This problem will be diminished if the top prizes are
graduated substantially.
The precise play-off system where a number of players tie for a number
of places has never been clarified. This must be done before the event starts
and I suggest Christian Krause, Geurt Gijssen and I are asked to determine all
these regulations.
Since there will be ties, it will be better to ensure there is a
play-off for the title. 10% of the prizes the top score group receive should be
reserved for this play-off.
The Board should consider awarding 5 points for a win, 2 for a draw and
0 for a loss. This will reduce the number of ties and mean fewer players will
be able to coast in with insipid draws. 3, 1, 0 is too radical and increases
the chance of players leapfrogging their peers at the end and also of cheating.
The following title regulations should exist in the spirit of the
current ones: B.01.1.13, 1.25, 1.43, 1.55 One GM (IM, WGM, WIM) result in the
Continental Championship of not less than 13 games. B.01.1.34, 1.63, One rating
performance of 2300 or higher (2100 or higher) in the Continental Championship
of not less than 13 games shall lead to the award of the FM (WFM) title.
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2001-2002
This event was awarded to Groningen to take place from the middle of
December 2001 to early January 2002. That decision was made before the
Presidential Board decided the Continental Championships should be the main
route to the World Championship. Even prior to that, these dates were totally
unacceptable.
1. The World and European Championships will clash. This means the
publicity and commercial value of the whole cycle will be very much diminished.
Does FIDE Commerce know of this proposal?
2. This clash means that leading European players will be unable to
take part in the European Championship. It will be sending out a loud and clear
message that this event is nothing more than a qualifying competition for the
World Championship. This is totally against the wishes and objectives of the
European Board.
3. The event clashes with Hastings. This is the longest-running
international event in the world. Indeed it is the only one that existed before
FIDE. Such a move may well destroy our oldest event. As Mr Zwanepol well knows,
I did my best to defend his dates when it was clear FIDE wanted to bull-doze
their way in. When FIDE announced they wanted to interfere with the Wijk an Zee
dates, I immediately made my opposition to that proposal clear. Even without
the World Championship qualifier, the event should never have been awarded for
those dates.
The damage caused by these clashes may prove to be irreparable. In any
case there will be a huge financial loss to Hastings Congress for which
recompense will unquestionably have to be made.
The FIDE General Assembly made it perfectly clear that the Calendar was
the responsibility of the Organizers Committee. I must veto this destructive
clash.
5th United Insurance GM Chess Tournament
The 5th United Insurance GM Chess Tournament (Category 9) takes place in
Dhaka, Bangladesh 19 February to 4th March. Players: 1 Jaan Ehlvest GM 2638
Estonia, 2 Alexander Volzhin GM 2539 Russia, 3 Miezis Normunds GM 2532 Latvia,
4 Igors Rausis GM 2525 Latvia, 5 Alexi Barsov GM 2500 Uzbekistan, 6 Vakhidov
Tahir IM 2482 Uzbekistan, 7 Reefat Bin Sattar IM 2458 Bangladesh, 8 Nigel
Devies GM 2464 England, 9 Niaz Murshed GM 2457 Bangladesh, 10 G.B Prakash IM
2453 India, 11 Ziaur Rahman IM 2447 Bangladesh, 12 Sandipan Chanda IM 2431
India, 13 Abdullah Al Rakib IM 2359 Bangladesh, 14 Enamul Hossain Razib FM 2323
Bangladesh.
Internet coverage: http://www.bdcf.org/
Millennium Chess Festival
The Millennium Chess Festival is in Virginia Beach, Virginia and has 7
GMs confirmed already. March 2nd-4th 2001.
Open: $2500 1200-800-400-200 U2400/Unr: $400-200 Subsection of the open
U2200: $400 Subsection of the open U2000/Unr: $2000 750-400-200 U1600 $2000
750-400-200 U1300 $1000 500-300-200 Plus: Consolation merchandise prizes in
each Reserve Section Plus: Raffle Prizes (open to all, random drawing!) Plus:
Special prizes for Juniors (see camps)
Further entry details:
http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival/
Cuban Conference on sport including chess
In April 2001 Cuba are going to hold an International Conference about
Physical Education and High Level Sports and Chess will be included.
Full details: http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/
North Sea Cup
The Esbjerg Chess Union stages a 16 edition of its North Sea Cup at
Esbjerg Denmark July 6-14 2001. The tournament will again be a 10 player
round-robin, at least category 12 is expected. Website address to follow.
Pakistan Chess Player
There is a new website in Pakistan called "Pakistan Chess Player" to
promote chess in that region.
Website: http://pakchess.cjb.net
Interesting Links
I came across an interesting interview Kramnik gave in May 1999. It is
called "Where have all
the chess fans gone?" There seem to be elections in Kalmykia here is an
article about that
"Liberals
accuse authorities" both come from the site:
http://www.russiajournal.com/
You can see the results of the deliberations of the FIDE Problem
Commission meeting last year which looked at the years 1995, 1996 and 1997. You
can find them at: http://www.sci.fi/~stniekat/pccc/studies.htm
Gambito Magazine
The Spanish Chess Magazine "Gambito" has a new website, editor Alfonso
Romero. Info David Llada.
Internet site: http://www.revistagambito.com/
Rebel Century 3 vs The Web
A match between Rebel Century 3 against the Web is underway.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chesslines.com/rebelvsnet/rebel.html
Chess Oscar
Journalists, publishers, organisers, arbiters and GMs who write on chess
have voted for the last 30 years for the Chess Oscar. "64 - Chess Review"
(published and edited by A.Roshal) revived the award after a seven year break.
Further information at: http://www.64.ru
Pula Open May 2001
The Croatian Chess Federation and Pula Chess Club are holding an open
18th-26th May 2001. 9 round swiss system.
Full details including contact details at:
http://sahklubpula.virtualave.net
E-Mail denis.vretenar@pu.tel.hr ( tel. 385/52/534840) or
edvard.glavas@pu.tel.hr
Karpov in Greece and simul record attempt
The former World Champion Anatoly Karpov will visit Greece in a chess
festival that will take place in Rethymno of Crete. Karpov will play in
exhibition match against the 1999 Woman World Champion U-20, Maria Kouvatsou.
He will also give a simultaneous match against 20 distinguished opponents. This
will take place 17th-21st April 2001.
Chess Festival in Kalavryta
WGM Anna-Maria Botsari will attempt to break the record (in simultaneous
play) held by the Chinese player Ye, in Kalavrita, as part of a chess festival
that will take place 27th-28th February 2001. Ye's record stands at 1004
chessboards! All these activities are organized by SEPOKE, with the support of
many cultural and other clubs. Participation is free for all.
Both events covered at: http://www.chess.gr
Tenth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament
The "Tenth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament" will be held at
the Metropole Palace Hotel in Monaco, 17th-29th March 2001. The event is
sponsored by J.J. van Oosterom and the total prize fund is US $ 193,250. Play
will take place 13h30 until approximately 20h00 local time. Games will last up
to one hour each.
The Playing Schedule: Rounds 1-4 17-20 March, Rounds 5-8 22nd-25th
March, Rounds 9-11 27th-29th March. Rest days March 21st and 26th.
The participants are: Zoltan Almasi (Hungary), Viswanathan Anand
(India), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Anatoly Karpov
(Russia), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Ljubomir Ljubojevic
(Yugoslavia), Jeroen Piket (The Netherlands), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Veselin
Topalov (Bulgaria), Loek van Wely (The Netherlands).
Internet coverage: http://chess.lostcity.nl/amber
There is free entry to all the games contact: Association Max Euwe 1
Avenue des Citronniers, MC 98000 Monaco Telephone : +377 - 92 05 60 01 Fax :
+377 - 92 05 72 61 e-mail : amber10chess@hotmail.com
Advanced Chess Leon 2001
The Advanced Chess tournament will be held in Leon (Spain) June
8th-11th 2001. This is the 3rd time the event has been held and is also the
14th Leon tournament. This was originally the idea of Garry Kasparov. Players
compete the help of a computer and a Database. The players will be Viswanathan
Anand (India), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Peter Leko (Hungary) and Vesselin Topalov
(Bulgaria). The main sponsors are: Telefonica, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Caja
Duero, Chess Base, Excmo. Ayuntamiento de León, Excma. Diputación
de León, Junta de Castila y León and the University of Leon.
There will be 4 games per day and the event is a knockout. Timerate: 20 minutes
per player, with 10 or 15 seconds increment after every move. The official
websites will be at: http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
and http://www.advancedchessleon.com On
1st February 2001 there will be a preliminary presentation for this tournament
alongside the European Team Championships, which will also be held in Leon (5th
to 16th November 2001) at FITUR.
US-China Chess Summit Match
The Seattle Chess Foundation is organising the US-China Chess Summit
Match March 14-18 in Seattle at the Norton Building's Harbor Club in downtown
Seattle (second and Columbia). The four round match will have the top six
players of each country facing each other in one game a day for four days. In
addition, two leading women players and two junior players (under 18) from each
country will compete each day.
Schedule: Tuesday, March 13 Children's Simultaneous Chess Exhibition.
The Opening Ceremony for the match will be held at 8pm at the Seattle Asian Art
Museum in Volunteer Park. Wednesday, March 14 Round 1; Thursday, March 15 Round
2; Friday, March 16 Day off with a 12-round quick (5 minute games) tournament
with all the match competitors. Saturday, March 17 Round 3; Sunday, March 18
Round 4; Closing Ceremony
The event which is sanctioned by the Chinese and US Chess Federations
will be the first of four such events held annually alternately in the US and
China.
US Team US Overall team Mr. Alexander Shabalov Mr. Boris Gulko
Mr. Larry Christiansen Mr. Gregory Kaidanov Mr. Alexander Ivanov Mr. Yasser
Seirawan Mr. Joel Benjamin (Reserve) Mr. Nick deFirmian (Captain) US Junior
team Mr. Vinay Bhat Mr. Dmitry Schneider Mr. Hikaru Nakamura (Reserve) US
Women's team Ms. Camilla Baginskaite Ms. Irina Krush Ms. Elina Groberman
(Reserve)
Chinese Team Chinese Overall Team: Mr. Ye Jiangchuan Mr. Xu Jun
Mr. Peng Xiaomin Mr. Zhang Zhong Ms. Xie Jun Ms. Zhu Chen Mr. Yin Hao (Reserve
Player) Chinese Women's Team: Ms. Xu Yuhua Ms. Wang Lei Ms. Qin Kanying
(Reserve Player) Chinese Junior Team Mr. Ni Hua Mr. Bu Xiangzhi Mr. Wang Yue
(Reserve Player)
Internet site: http://www.seattlechessfoundation.com/
Category XVII Enghien-les-Bains
There will be a Category XVII in Enghien-les-Bains, France April
10th-20th 2001. This ten player event has these players: Xie Jun, Evgeny
Bareev, Vladimir Akopian, Grischuk Alexander, Vladislav Tkachiev, Joel Lautier,
Viktor Bologan, Etienne Bacrot and Christian Bauer.
Further details: http://enghien.free.fr
Politiken Cup 2001
The 23rd Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup) takes place 16th-27th July
2001.
11 round event. One game per day (rest day Monday July 23rd 2001).
Timerate: 40 moves in 2 hours / 20 move in 1 hour / 30 min. finish. Totally 7
hours. GM and IM-norms are possible.
Main Prizes 1.15.000 ,- 2. 10.000 ,- 3. 8.000 ,- 4. 6.000 , 5. 4.000,-
6. 3.000 ,- 7. 2.000 ,- 8. 2.000 ,- 9. 2.000 ,- 10.-12. 1.000 ,- Special
prizes: Best Women Player 1. 2.000,- 2. 1.000,- Best player born after 1.1.
1987: 1. 2.000,- 2. 1.000,- Ratingprizes : for players with less than 2350, in
groups off at least 30 players, placest after highest rating (national or elo.)
you can only win one prize ! 1. 3.000 kr. 2. 2.000 kr. 3. 1.000 kr.
Entry: GM + IM free FM + WGM + WIM 600 kr. Juniorer (born 1981 or later)
500 kr. Seniorer (67 years) 500 kr. Players with elo 750 kr. Players without
elo 850 kr.
Venue: Nørrebrohallen, Bragesgade 5, 2200 København N.
Contact: Lars Bech Hansen. Address: Hjertebjærgparken 20
Kvarmløse DK-4340 Tølløse Danmark. Email: formand@kbhsu.dk
Further information: http://www.kbhsu.dk
GM sites, Tiviakov and Ehlvest
There are a couple of sites where GMs comment on recent events they have
competed in.
Sergey Tiviakov has a personal homepage in English and Russian languages
with games, articles and more on the site. The latest report is about the Corus
chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee 2001 where he competed. Site at:
http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/
Jaan Ehlvest reviews the Keres Memorial Rapid Tournament in Estonia on
his own site at: http://www.ehlvest.com.
Kasparov's Pepsi Advert
Garry Kasparov got some of the greatest exposure of his chess career. He
featured in a Pepsi Advery shown during the Superbowl.
You can see it too at:
http://www.pepsi.com/current/joy_of_pepsi/tv_spots/index.cfm.
The advert is called Man vs. Machine.
Also at:
http://superbowl.adcritic.com/qt/content/pepsi-kasparov-man-vs-machine.htm
with better quality and it also gets stored as a temporary file so you can keep
it.
World Cup of Rapid Chess
Garry Kasparov is to compete in his first FIDE event since the Yeravan
Olympiad of 1996. Kasparov stresses his contract is with the French Chess
Federation however. The World Cup of Rapid Chess will be held in Cannes, France
21st-25th March 2001. The event is to be organised by the French Chess
Federation in conjunction with FIDE (the FIDE Presidential Board will be
present during the event). There will be two groups:
Group A
1. Garry Kasparov RUS 2849
2. Evgney Bareev RUS 2704
3. Peter Svidler RUS 2696
4. Alexander Grischuk RUS 2676
5.
Judit Polgar HUN 2675
6. Joel Lautier FRA 2653
7. Yasser Seirawan USA
2640
8. Christian Bauer FRA 2618
Group B
1. Michael Adams ENG 2745
2. Alexander Morozevich RUS
2742
3. Mikhail Gurevich BEL 2693
4. Rustam Kasimdzhanov UZB 2692
5. Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2672
6. Vladislav Tkachiev FRA 2671
7.
Etienne Bacrot FRA 2618
8. Hichem Hamdouchi MAR 2541
Much as in the Cap D'Agde the top four finishers in each group will go
on to a second group all-play-all phase. Then there will be a semi-final phase
and the top two will play in the final. Time rate 50 moves in 25 minutes
followed by 10 seconds a move after that.
Linares 2001
The Linares 2001 tournament will take place 22nd February until March
7th 2001. The event will see Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Alexei Shirov,
Judit Polgar, Peter Leko and the rising star Alexander Grischuk compete in the
double round robin event.
Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrez21.com
soLett Chess Open 2001
The soLett Chess Open takes place in Skellefteå, Sweden 10th-16th
April 2001. Group A: 10-16 April, 9 rounds FIDE schweizer, Open for players
with FIDE-Elo. Group B: 12-16 April, 7 rounds FIDE schweizer, Open for players
with national rating <2000. There will also be a 6-game match between GM Ulf
Andersson and GM Curt Hansen.
Official site: http://www.tns.nu/solettchessopen.html
"Third Saturday" Belgrade
"Third Saturday" Belgrade chess tournaments from April 2001 in
Yugoslavia. Nagy Laszlo and the Belgrade Chess Federation came to an agreement
to organise events starting 21st April 2001, every second month April, June,
August, October, December this year. There will be: 1. GM-closed tournaments
category VII-VIII., 10-14 participants, 2. IM-closed tournaments cat. I-II-III,
10-14 players. Accommodation in a 3 star hotel close to the venue, bed and
breakfast 25,-DM per day. Venue: Belgrade Chess Federation, Deligradska 27, 3rd
floor Entry fees for the 21st April-3rd of May events are half those of the
First Saturday events in Budapest http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat More info for
Yugoslavs: Dragan Kotevski, mobile: /381/-63-307-736 for non-Yugoslavs
/English, Russian and German/: Nagy Laszlo, phone: /361/-263-28-59 mobile:
/36/-30-230-19-14 e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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