THE WEEK IN CHESS 329 26th February 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Bunratty Chess Festival 128 games
Helsinki Chess Circuit 24 games
Romanian Championships 14 games
Romanian Women's Championships 14 games
Montecatini Terme 18 games
VII Open Villa de Coria del Rio 109 games
8th Bizovac Open 71 games
Dutch Open Blitzchess 2001 29 games
England-Germany Women's Match 50 games
FS February correction 1 game
Yateley Manor International 11 games
577 games
My thanks to John Henderson, David Llada, Dima Tyomkin, Sami Hamalainen,
Biro Sandor, Lanfranco Bombelli, WGM Mirjana Medic, Jan Versloot, Grete White,
Laszlo Nagy, Horacio Arevalo, Ray Clark, Richard Forster, Andrzej Filipowicz,
Evgeniy Solozhenkin, Larry Kaufman and all those who helped with this
issue.
The Linares tournament dominates this week's events. Although the event
hasn't quite caught fire just yet I expect it to do so after the first rest
day. There is plenty of news this week in a packed issue.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Linares 2001 tournament takes place 22nd February until March 7th
2001. The event is a double round robin. There is full daily coverage of the
event on TWIC's pages. The first three rounds saw nine draws. Round 1 was very
interesting but the second and third less so. Round 2 saw Judit Polgar finally
get a draw against Kasparov having lost all her previous games to Kasparov, who
seemed in the past to make a very special effort against her. In the third
round Kasparov and Shirov again didn't shake hands in a continuation of their
dispute that came to a head in Wijk aan Zee.
Live Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrez21.com
SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-6 iii 2001 cat. XIX (2722)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2663 ** =. =. =. .. .. 1.5 2700
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2676 =. ** =. .. =. .. 1.5 2730
3 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2679 =. =. ** .. .. =. 1.5 2685
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2745 =. .. .. ** =. =. 1.5 2743
5 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2849 .. =. .. =. ** =. 1.5 2713
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2718 .. .. =. =. =. ** 1.5 2757
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Round 1 (February 23, 2001)
Grischuk, Alexander - Polgar, Judit 1/2 44 B47 Sicilian Paulsen Variation
Leko, Peter - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 55 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Shirov, Alexei - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 94 B17 Caro Kann
Round 2 (February 24, 2001)
Karpov, Anatoly - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 20 D30 Queen's Gambit
Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 29 C11 French Defence
Kasparov, Gary - Polgar, Judit 1/2 27 B90 Sicilian Najdorf
Round 3 (February 25, 2001)
Grischuk, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 23 B12 Caro Advance Variation
Polgar, Judit - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 30 B17 Caro Kann
Shirov, Alexei - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 48 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Alongside the Linares tournament is a blind chess event with eight
former World Blind Chess Champions competing. The event takes place 23rd
February-4th March 2001.
Internet coverage: http://www.granajedrez.com/
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It Blind Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-4 iii 2001 cat. I (2264)
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1. Krylov, Sergey m RUS 2341 * = . . 1 1 1 . . . 3.5 2607
2. Smirnov, Sergei RUS 2253 = * . . 1 . . 1 . 1 3.5 2552
3. Dukaczewski, Piotr m POL 2337 . . * = . . 1 . 1 1 3.5 2585
4. Berlinsky, Vladimir m RUS 2377 . . = * . . . 1 1 1 3.5 2544
5. Devos, Piet BEL 2218 0 0 . . * 1 . . . 1 2.0 2258
6. Bjerring, Kai m DEN 2311 0 . . . 0 * . 1 1 . 2.0 2231
7. Zoltek, Tadeusz f POL 2304 0 . 0 . . . * = 1 . 1.5 2174
8. Palacios Perez, Manuel ESP 2179 . 0 . 0 . 0 = * . . 0.5 1989
9. Cabarkapa, Milenko m YUG 2188 . . 0 0 . 0 0 . * . 0.0
10. Draghici, Gavril ROM 2128 . 0 0 0 0 . . . . * 0.0
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The Tel Aviv Internationl Chess Tournament with closed men's and
women's events takes place in the Sol&Sissy Center in Ramat Aviv (Tel Aviv)
20th February-3rd March 2001. My thanks to Dima Tyomkin.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.slavchess.co.il/academy/taint.html
Round 3 Standings:
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Tel Aviv Chess Festival ISR (ISR), 20 ii-3 iii 2001 cat. IX (2473)
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1. Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2544 * . . . . 1 = 1 . . 2.5 2708
2. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2564 . * . . = . . = . 1 2.0 2539
3. Postny, Evgeny m ISR 2432 . . * = . . 1 . = . 2.0 2630
4. Doettling, Fabian m GER 2509 . . = * = . = . . . 1.5 2507
5. Gruenfeld, Yehuda g ISR 2520 . = . = * . . . = . 1.5 2503
6. Botvinnik, Ilia m ISR 2434 0 . . . . * . = . 1 1.5 2422
7. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2570 = . 0 = . . * . . . 1.0 2370
8. Haimovich, Tal ISR 2302 0 = . . . = . * . . 1.0 2389
9. Mikhalevski, Alexander m ISR 2438 . . = . = . . . * 0 1.0 2332
10. Van Mil, Johan m NED 2421 . 0 . . . 0 . . 1 * 1.0 2353
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Tel Aviv Chess Festival Women ISR (ISR), 20 ii-3 iii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2347 * . . . . = . 1 1 . 2.5 2443
2. Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2394 . * . = . . . . 1 1 2.5 2422
3. Pitam, Ela wg ISR 2258 . . * . . . 1 1 . = 2.5 2388
4. Borsuk, Angela wg ISR 2281 . = . * = = . . . . 1.5 2309
5. Lagvilava, Genrieta wg BLR 2321 . . . = * . 0 . . 1 1.5 2149
6. Tsifanskaya, Ludmila A wm ISR 2214 = . . = . * . . 0 . 1.0 2123
7. Len, Irina ISR 2118 . . 0 . 1 . * 0 . . 1.0 2128
8. Botvinnik, Irina wf ISR 2180 0 . 0 . . . 1 * . . 1.0 2116
9. Igla, Bella RUS 2117 0 0 . . . 1 . . * . 1.0 2193
10. Shapira, Lilia ISR 2049 . 0 = . 0 . . . . * 0.5 2051
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The 5th United Insurance GM Chess Tournament (Category 9) takes place
in Dhaka, Bangladesh 19 February to 4th March. After seven rounds Alexander
Volzhin leads with 5.5/7.
Internet coverage (including live games): http://www.bdcf.org/
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5th United Insurance Dhaka BAN (BAN), 19 ii-4 iii 2001 cat. IX (2472)
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1. Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2539 * . 1 1 1 = = . . . = . 1 . 5.5 2677
2. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2500 . * = = . 0 = = . . 1 . 1 . 4.0 2482
3. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2532 0 = * . . . = . = 1 . = . 1 4.0 2559
4. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2458 0 = . * . . = = 1 . . . = 1 4.0 2531
5. Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2464 0 . . . * . . = = = = 1 . 1 4.0 2540
6. Hossain, Enamul f BAN 2323 = 1 . . . * 1 . 0 = . . 0 = 3.5 2498
7. Prakash, G B m IND 2453 = = = = . 0 * = . . . . 1 . 3.5 2451
8. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2359 . = . = = . = * . = . = = . 3.5 2475
9. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2638 . . = 0 = 1 . . * . 0 = 1 . 3.5 2458
10. Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2482 . . 0 . = = . = . * = = . 1 3.5 2441
11. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2457 = 0 . . = . . . 1 = * = . 0 3.0 2461
12. Rausis, Igors g LAT 2525 . . = . 0 . . = = = = * . = 3.0 2430
13. Rahman, Ziaur m BAN 2447 0 0 . = . 1 0 = 0 . . . * . 2.0 2309
14. Sandipan, Chanda m IND 2431 . . 0 0 0 = . . . 0 1 = . * 2.0 2305
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The Bunratty Chess Festival took place February 16-18. 280 players
competed. Joint winners were Mark Hebden, Bogdan Lalic and Matthew Turner all
on 4.5/6.
Internet coverage: http://members.aol.com/bunrattychess/
and http://ireland.iol.ie/~jghurley/
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Masters Bunratty IRL (IRL), 19 ii-4 iii 2001
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1. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2522 4.5 15.5 23.5 18.0
2. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2531 4.5 15.0 21.5 16.0
3. Turner, Matthew m ENG 2498 4.5 12.0 18.0 15.5
4. Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2598 4 15.5 21.5 17.0
5. Kelly, Brian m IRL 2464 4 15.0 22.0 16.0
6. Parker, Jonathan g ENG 2545 4 14.0 21.5 14.5
7. Ferguson, Mark m ENG 2374 4 13.5 19.5 15.0
8. Ryan, Joseph IRL 2293 4 12.5 19.0 14.0
9. Short, Philip M f IRL 2302 4 12.0 17.0 12.5
10. Heidenfeld, Mark m IRL 2369 3.5 14.0 20.5 14.5
11. Collinson, Adam f ENG 2404 3.5 14.0 20.5 14.0
12. Levitt, Jonathan g ENG 2438 3.5 14.0 19.5 14.0
13. Bellin, Robert m ENG 2356 3.5 13.0 19.5 13.0
14. Neil, David ENG 2244 3.5 13.0 18.0 12.0
15. Dishman, Stephen ENG 2364 3.5 12.5 19.0 12.0
16. Lappage, Jonathan ENG 2162 3.5 12.0 18.5 11.5
17. Llorens,Ivan ---- 3.5 12.0 18.0 11.5
18. Stevenson, James SCO 2136 3.5 12.0 18.0 10.0
19. McMahon, Daire IRL 2240 3.5 10.0 16.5 12.0
20. Orr, Mark J L m IRL 2315 3.5 9.0 15.0 10.5
44 players
The Helsinki Chess Circuit held a Category II IM tournament running
February 12-22, 2001. Kalle Kiik and Joose Norri both finished on 8.5/11 a
point and a half clear of Tomi Nyback. 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. Kiik, Kalle m EST 2450 * 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 8.5 2492
2. Norri, Joose m FIN 2398 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8.5 2497
3. Nyback, Tomi FIN 2211 1 0 * = = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2405
4. Molander, Riku FIN 2314 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 0 6.0 2330
5. Nyysti, Sampsa f FIN 2284 0 = = 0 * 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2296
6. Keskinen, Sauli FIN 2252 = 0 1 = 1 * 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 2263
7. Luukkonen, Tommi FIN 2158 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 5.0 2272
8. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2408 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 5.0 2249
9. Bergstrom, Rolf f SWE 2308 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2229
10. Kekki, Petri f FIN 2297 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = = * 1 1 4.5 2230
11. Pirttimaki, Timo f FIN 2257 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 * = 3.5 2166
12. Van Hoolandt, Patrick BEL 2211 = 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 = * 3.0 2128
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IM Biro Sandor is the organiser of the Romanian Championships (men and
women) which took place in Baile Tusnad, Romania 5th-20th February 2001 and he
sends of the championships. Iulian Sofronie took the men's title with 9.5/14
finishing half a point clear of Ioan Cosma. Vladimir Danilov scored an IM norm.
Bela Badea withdrew after a few rounds of the event. Corina Peptan won the
women's with 10.5/14 half a point clear of Cristina Foisor. Adina Bogza scored
a GM norm, Ana-Cristina Calotescu and Camelia Ciobanu scored an IM norm. A
final thing to note that although these have taken place this year the
championships are officially for the year 2000.
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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 9.5 2535
2. Cosma, Ioan m ROM 2468 0 * 0 = 0 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2499
3. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2504 = 1 * = 1 = = = = = = = = = 1 8.5 2474
4. Navrotescu, Catalin m ROM 2451 = = = * = 1 = 0 = = 1 = 1 = 1 8.5 2478
5. Moldovan, Daniel m ROM 2432 = 1 0 = * = = = 1 = 0 1 1 = = 8.0 2449
6. Danilov, Vladimir f ROM 2343 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 = = = 1 1 = 8.0 2456
7. Foisor, Ovidiu m ROM 2409 = 0 = = = = * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 8.0 2451
8. Florean, Andrei m ROM 2436 = = = 1 = 0 = * 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 8.0 2449
9. Vajda, Levente m ROM 2454 0 = = = 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 1 1 1 = 8.0 2448
10. Lupulescu, Constantin ROM 2348 = 0 = = = = 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 7.0 2405
11. Nanu, Ciprian m ROM 2418 0 = = 0 1 = = 0 = 0 * = 0 1 1 6.0 2350
12. Ionescu, Doru Alexandru f ROM 2390 = 0 = = 0 = = 1 0 0 = * = 1 0 5.5 2322
13. Moraru, Marius m ROM 2297 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * = 1 4.0 2251
14. Spulber, Cicerone f ROM 2380 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 = * 0 3.5 2210
15. Manea, Alexandru ROM 2301 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 * 3.5 2216
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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 = 1 = 10.5 2469
2. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2418 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2433
3. Cosma, Elena Luminita wg ROM 2343 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 0 1 9.5 2402
4. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2274 0 1 = * 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9.5 2408
5. Ionescu-Brandis, Irina wm ROM 2330 = 0 = 0 * 1 = = 1 0 1 1 = 1 7.5 2285
6. Ciobanu, Camelia wf ROM 2209 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2295
7. Jicman, Ligia wm ROM 2231 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2293
8. Calotescu, Cristina wf ROM 2206 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2267
9. Apostoaie, Liliana wf ROM 2180 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 * 0 = 1 1 = 4.5 2130
10. Voicu, Carmen wf ROM 2162 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 * = 0 1 1 4.5 2131
11. Trofim, Georgiana ROM 2102 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = = * = 1 = 4.0 2105
12. Marin, Luiza wm ROM 2196 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * 0 = 3.5 2064
13. Gheorhe, Corina ROM 2121 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 3.5 2070
14. Duminica, Mariana wf ROM 2073 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * 2.0 1952
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The Category III tournament in Montecatini Terme took place 12th-20th
February 2001. 12 players competed and the event was won by Vlad Tomescu who
scored 8.5/11. 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 1 = 1 8.5 2516
2. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2499 1 * = 1 1 = 0 = 1 0 1 1 7.5 2430
3. Mukic, Josko f YUG 2263 = = * = 1 = = 1 1 1 0 = 7.0 2421
4. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2446 = 0 = * 1 1 = = 1 = = 1 7.0 2404
5. Drei, Andrea f ITA 2305 0 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2380
6. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2435 0 = = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 1 6.0 2339
7. Lovric, Branko f CRO 2357 0 1 = = 0 0 * 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2274
8. Sciortino, Massimo ITA 2150 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 * 0 = 1 1 5.0 2293
9. Genocchio, Daniele ITA 2263 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 1 1 5.0 2283
10. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2305 0 1 0 = 0 = = = 0 * = 1 4.5 2250
11. Acher, Mathieu FRA 2264 = 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 0 = * = 3.0 2143
12. Marino, Olivier FRA 2068 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 1953
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The 17th Cappelle la Grande Open takes place 24th February-3rd March
2001. There are 712 players including 93 GMs and 72 IMs. There is live coverage
on the official site. More coverage next week.
Internet site: http://cappelle.free.fr
The VII Open Villa de Coria del Rio took place 14th-22nd February 2001.
Oleg Korneev won with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Davor Komljenovic, Reynaldo
Vera and Daniel Campora.
Internet coverage: http://usuarios.tripod.es/fsajedrez/
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Open Villa de Coria del Rio ESP (ESP), 14-22 ii 2001
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1. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2600 7.5 41.0 55.0 43.5
2. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2512 7 39.0 54.0 44.0
3. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2562 7 37.5 51.5 43.0
4. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2513 7 36.5 54.0 42.5
5. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2356 6.5 36.5 50.5 40.0
6. Nuevo Perez, Antonio ESP 2255 6.5 35.0 51.0 39.5
7. Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2371 6.5 33.0 46.5 36.0
8. Barrero Garcia, Carlos ESP 2319 6.5 32.5 46.0 35.5
9. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S m ECU 2467 6 35.0 50.5 42.0
10. Simonenko, Sergei m TKM 2463 6 34.5 52.5 41.5
11. Valdes Romero, Leonardo MEX 2285 6 33.0 50.0 38.0
12. Ortega Valle,J ESP ---- 6 32.0 51.0 41.0
13. Landero Luna, Vicente ESP 2192 6 32.0 48.0 37.5
14. Martin Vazquez, Jose M ESP 2193 6 32.0 46.0 35.5
15. Vela Ignacio, Jose Manuel ESP 2063 6 29.5 47.0 37.0
16. Calvo, Jesus Maria ESP 2272 6 29.5 47.0 36.5
17. Molina, Jorge BOL 2195 6 26.5 41.5 32.5
83 players
WGM Mirjana Medic sends news of the 8th Metalis Open which took place in
Bizovac (Croatia) 22nd-25th Februrary 2001. This seven round Swiss system event
was won by Robert Zelcic who scored 6.5/7 half a point clear of Stevic, Rasic
and Leventic on 6 points.
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8th Metalis Open Bizovac CRO (CRO), 22-25 ii 2001
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1. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2500 6.5 24.5 34.5 27.0 6 31.50
2. Stevic, Hrvoje m CRO 2464 6 23.5 32.5 24.5 5 27.00
3. Rasic, Damir BIH 2280 6 21.0 29.5 23.0 5 26.00
4. Leventic, Ivan m CRO 2400 6 20.5 28.0 24.0 5 22.75
5. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2594 5.5 23.5 33.5 24.0 5 24.50
6. Bubalovic, Davorin f CRO 2328 5.5 21.0 29.5 21.0 5 22.00
7. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2542 5.5 18.5 27.5 21.0 5 20.00
8. Njirjak, Josip f CRO 2332 5 22.5 32.0 24.0 4 21.00
9. Tomerlin, Sinisa CRO 2196 5 22.5 31.0 22.0 4 20.25
10. Topalovic, Zlatko CRO 2202 5 21.5 30.0 20.0 5 18.50
11. Dabo-Peranic, Robert CRO 2307 5 21.0 30.0 22.0 4 20.00
12. Jukic, Zdenko CRO 2244 5 21.0 30.0 21.0 4 20.00
13. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2457 5 21.0 29.5 21.5 4 18.50
14. Ascic, Pero f CRO 2337 5 20.0 29.5 22.0 5 18.00
15. Begic, Senad BIH 2304 5 19.5 29.0 20.0 5 16.50
16. Biti, Ozren f CRO 2290 5 19.5 26.5 18.5 4 18.00
17. Mrkonjic, Nenad CRO 2306 5 19.0 27.0 20.0 3 19.50
18. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO CRO 2368 5 19.0 27.0 18.5 4 18.50
19. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2473 4.5 24.5 33.0 22.0 3 19.25
20. Rogulj, Branko m CRO 2437 4.5 23.5 33.5 21.5 4 19.50
21. Kutuzovic, Branko m CRO 2441 4.5 23.0 32.0 22.0 4 19.00
22. Jankovic, Alojzije f CRO 2273 4.5 21.5 30.0 19.5 4 16.50
23. Markovic, D CRO ---- 4.5 21.0 29.0 19.0 3 18.25
24. Kristovic, Marijan f CRO 2300 4.5 20.5 29.0 20.5 4 17.25
25. Maras, Mile CRO 2263 4.5 20.0 29.0 20.5 4 16.25
26. Aleksic, Robert CRO 2209 4.5 19.0 26.5 18.0 4 15.00
27. Buric, Danijel CRO 2241 4.5 19.0 25.5 18.5 4 15.25
28. Gnjezdur, Vladimir CRO 2178 4.5 17.5 25.5 16.5 4 14.25
29. Vargic, Drago f CRO 2290 4.5 17.5 24.0 17.0 4 14.00
30. Hodak, Stevo CRO 2250 4.5 17.0 24.5 19.0 4 14.00
132 players
Jan Versloot reports: French GM Joel Lautier won the Open Dutch
Blitzchess (AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen Sneslchaakmarathon) on Saturday the 24th
February 2001 in Dordrecht. In second place was Dutch GM Jeroen Piket and in
third was Andrei Sheckhachev from Russia. There were 200 participants playing
17 double rounds (5 mins per game 34 games in total) in one group according to
the Swiss system. There are some games from the top board each round.
Website: http://www.blitzchess.nl
Final Standings AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen Sneslchaakmarathon
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1 Lautier, J. NED 2658 26.5
2 Piket, J. NED 2632 24.5
3 Shchekachev, A. RUS 2537 24.0
4 Wely, L. van NED 2700 23.5
5 Vaganian, R. ARM 2641 23.0
6 Korchnoi, V. SUI 2639 22.5
7 Speelman, J. ENG 2604 22.5
8 Epishin, V. RUS 2578 22.5
9 Timman, J.H. NED 2629 22.0
10 Bosboom, M. NED 2439 22.0
11 Mestrovic, Z. SLO 2417 22.0
12 Gurevich, M. BEL 2694 21.5
13 Baklan, V. UKR 2613 21.5
14 Jirovsky, M. CZE 2452 21.5
15 Bosman, M. NED 2325 21.5
16 Jong, J.W.de NED 2258 21.5
17 Sokolov, I. BIH 2659 21.0
18 Nicolic, P. BIH 2652 21.0
19 McShane, L. ENG 2460 21.0
20 Solleveld, M.S. NED 2414 21.0
21 Peelen, P. NED 2353 21.0
22 Piket, M. NED 2345 21.0
23 Peek, M.B.M. NED 2337 21.0
24 Lanchava, T. Mw. NED 2271 21.0
25 Skripchenko-Lautier, A MDA 2450 20.5
26 Böhm, H. NED 2324 20.5
27 Quist, J.W. NED 2310 20.5
28 Leenhouts, K.P. NED 2168 20.5
29 Gregoir, C. NED 2034 20.5
200 players
There was a match between women's teams from England and Germany at
Battle Abbey 17th-24th February 2001. Teams of five players from each country
met each other twice in a Scheveningen style event which saw England win
27.5-22.5. This is a return match for an event which took place in Dresden in
August 1998 which incidently was won by exactly the same score by England
(TWIC197). There was some trouble raising an English team of the right strength
for norms to be available and so Christine Flear (now French in the ELO list)
played for England to preserve norm chances. In the end only Heather Richards
scored a WIM norm. My thanks to Grete White for the information.
ENGLAND 27.5
1. Lalic, Susan m ENG 2318 8.0;
2. Richards, Heather wf ENG 2133 7.5;
3. Buckley, Melanie ENG 2114 4.5;
4. Flear, Christine wm ENG 2184 4.0;
5. Lauterbach, Ingrid wm ENG 2179 3.5;
GERMANY 22.5
1. Nill, Jessica wm GER 2239 7.0;
2. Koglin, Anke wm GER 2279 6.0;
3. Umpfenbach, Caroline GER 2044 3.5;
4. Heymann, Ulrike wm GER 2216 3.5;
5. Schlander, Sabine GER 2074 2.5;
Laszlo Nagy reports: A correction to the final standings of the IMA
event. The game Anka-Khechumyan was a win for white not a draw as given.
The FS event next month take place 3rd-16th March 2001. Below are some
of the players registered to take part in the IM-tournaments. IM Zimmerman,
Yuri (HUN), Chahrani, Ibrahim (LYB), IM Kaposztas, Miklos (HUN), Martinidesz,
Dines (GER), Jamrich, Gyorgy (HUN), FM Hajnal, Zoltan (HUN), IM Gladyszev, Oleg
(RUS), IM Eperjesi, Laszlo (HUN), IM Nemeth, Zoltan (HUN), IM Farag , Sandor
(HUN), FM Sendur, Adnan (TUR), Gonda, Laszlo (HUN), Goczo, Melinda (HUN), WIM
Dembo, Yelena (HUN), FM Rajlich, Vasik (USA), FM Resika, Nathan (USA), FM
Philippe, Christophe (FRA), Nezar Moustapha (FRA), Paci, Cedric (FRA), FM
Jakab, Attila (HUN), FM Balogh, Csaba (HUN), Xu, Hanbing (CHN), Tian, Tian
(CHN), IM Seres, Lajos (HUN), IM Kahn, Evarth (HUN), Tournier, Pascal (FRA),
Berczes, Csaba (HUN) and Jurkovic, Ante (CRO).
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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 0 1 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 1 1 0 1 = 1 7.0 2361
7. Sendur, Adnan f TUR 2303 0 = 1 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2307
8. Anka, Emil m HUN 2425 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2268
9. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2349 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 0 4.5 2216
10. Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2227 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = * 1 0 1 4.5 2226
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 = = 0 0 1 = * 1 3.5 2154
13. Suranyi, Pal HUN 2163 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 2.5 2089
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The Uruguayan Championships are in their qualification phase. The
entire championships have three phases:
1) preliminary Players that live in Montevideo, divided in two series of
similar force (Blue and Red). 12 players qualify from of each series. Players
that live in the rest of the country play from 24th-27th February. 12 players
qualify.
2) Play Offs. Three stages of Play Offs, FIIDE system, 8 finalists
qualify.
3) Closed Final. The 8 qualified from the Play Offs plus the Champion
and second placed player from last year, will play final all-play-all 21st-29th
April 2001.
My thanks to Horacio Arevalo and others for explaining it to me.
Further information: http://ajedrez.uruwow.com
The Yateley Manor International took place 19-21 January and 3-4
February 2001 reports Ray Clark. This was an open event and part of the Terence
Chapman Group Grand Prix. The format provides the opportunity for 9 FIDE rated
games over 2 weekends rather than the usual 9 day format. The venue was Yateley
Manor School, near Camberley on the borders of N.Hampshire, Berkshire and
Surrey. This is the second year the tournament has been held and once again the
event was highly thought of by both players and spectators with many of last
year’s players returning.
The results were : 1 Paul Littlewood IM £220 7/9; 2 Colin Crouch
IM £120 6.5/9; 3 Kevin Bailey£60 6/9; 4= Matthew Broomfield, Andrew
Bigg 5.5/9; 6= Thomas Rendle, Anna Partington 5/9. 30 played (included Cathy
Forbes WIM and Jessie Gilbert WFM). 28 played.
Rumen Angelov sends new of two recent events in Plovdiv Bulgaria. The
First Georgi Tringov Memorial was a seven round rapidplay held on February 25th
won by Kiril Georgiev with a 100% score. The Bulgarian Open took place
16th-22nd February 2001. 80 player competed in an event won by Marijan Petrov.
No games available at the moment from either event.
First Georgi Tringov Memorial
Plovdiv, Bulgaria, February 25, 2001
Rapid chess, 1-hour per player,
7-round, Swiss system., 12 players
Final standing:
1. GM Georgiev, Kiril BUL - 7
2. GM Popchev, Milko BUL - 4.5
3. GM Georgiev, Krum BUL - 4.5
4. GM Ivanovic, Bozidar YUG - 3.5
5. GM Matulovic, Milan YUG - 3.5
6. IM Peev, Pejcho BUL - 3.5
7. GM Padevski, Nikola BUL - 3
8. GM Kirov, Nino BUL - 3
9. Skoko, Milan YUG - 3
10. GM Radulov, Ivan BUL - 3
11. FM Kochovski, Ivan MKD - 2.5
12. Milonjic, Mihajlo YUG - 1
23rd Bulgarian Open Championship
Plovdiv 16-22.02.2001
Final Standings
1 Petrov, Marijan BUL 2409 im 7.5 38.0
2 Delchev, Aleksander BUL 2592 gm 7 39.0
3 Dimitrov, Vladimir BUL 2499 gm 7 36.0
4 Drenchev, Petar BUL 2342 6.5 36.0
5 Radulski, Julian BUL 2432 6.5 35.5
6 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2411 6.5 31.0
7 Genov, Petar BUL 2458 im 6.5 30.5
8 Dragiev, Veselin BUL 2396 6 34.5
9 Marholev, Dimitar BUL 2302 6 33.5
10 Dobrev, Nanko BUL 2337 im 6 33.5
11 Nikolov, Sasho BUL 2337 im 6 33.0
12 Bratanov, Zsivko BUL 2444 im 6 31.5
13 Mladenov, Svetlin BUL 2251 6 31.0
14 Arnaudov, Petar BUL 2255 6 30.5
15 Tsvetkov, Ilia BUL 2327 6 30.0
16 Panbukchian, Valentin BUL 2328 im 6 30.0
17 Tzolov, Emil BUL 6 27.5
18 Genova, Ruzka BUL 2206 wim 6 27.0
19 Kozhuharov, Spas BUL 2320 5.5 30.5
20 Badev, Kiril BUL 2234 5.5 30.0
21 Pelitov, Dimitar BUL 2216 5.5 25.5
22 Slavov, Janko BUL 5.5 23.5
80 players
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
produced by Ken Thomson , New Jersey Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
Results up to March 1, 2001. Kasparov is number one again.
Results up to March 1, 2001
NN Name Birthday Fed Rating Variance
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1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2791 112
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2785 126
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2764 120
4 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2713 188
5 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2702 119
6 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2694 151
7 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2684 181
8 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2675 146
9 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2673 168
10 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2673 171
11 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2670 143
12 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2670 159
13 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2647 162
14 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2646 159
15 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2639 174
16 Tkachev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2636 143
17 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2631 161
18 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2631 179
19 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2629 134
20 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2629 168
21 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2628 149
22 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2625 169
23 Short,Nigel 01.06.1965 ENG 2623 152
24 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2622 147
25 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2622 161
26 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2621 160
27 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2620 154
28 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2617 167
29 Kharlov,Andrei 20.11.1968 RUS 2616 166
30 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2614 165
31 Zhang Zhong 05.09.1978 CHN 2613 183
32 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2608 173
33 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 UKR 2604 139
34 Movsesian,Sergei 03.11.1978 CZE 2604 169
35 Hjartarson,Johann 08.02.1963 ISD 2604 176
36 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2603 156
37 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2603 158
38 Sadler,Matthew 15.05.1974 ENG 2603 185
39 Korchnoi,Viktor 23.03.1931 SUI 2602 173
40 Yusupov,Artur 13.02.1960 GER 2601 147
41 Beliavsky,Alexander 17.12.1953 SLO 2597 167
42 Vaganian,Rafael 15.10.1951 ARM 2595 172
43 Krasenkov,Mikhail 14.11.1963 POL 2593 167
44 Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 UZB 2593 187
45 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2592 159
46 Dautov,Rustem 28.11.1965 GER 2592 178
47 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2591 169
48 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2589 168
49 Tregubov,Pavel 27.12.1971 RUS 2588 156
50 Rohde,Michael A 26.08.1959 USA 2588 188
This week has seen further protests against the new time control. The
Dutch and German Chess Federations are talking about taking the decisions to
the Court of Arbitration in Lausanne. The Swiss Chess Federation added their
voice against the decision in a letter.
Press Release of the Chess Federation of the Netherlands and the
German Chess Federation
Dutch and German Chess Federation fight new time control in Court of
Arbitration
The Board of the Chess Federation of the Netherlands on 6.2.2001 and
the Board of the German Chess Federation on 10.2.2001 both decided not to
accept the decision of the FIDE Board on a new time control.
A letter from FIDE Executive Director Omuku on request of the President
of FIDE tried to explain the decision but in no way could convince that the
FIDE Board has been authorized to make a general decision on this important
issue.
In a joint letter to FIDE President the Dutch and the German Chess
Federation again state the reasons against this decision:
a.. The new time control the Board decided would radically change the
quality of our game. In principle we are willing to discuss a different time
control, but we do not want to change serious chess to rapid chess.
b.. An issue so important has to be discussed thoroughly with the
players, the federations and the committees, and it would be wise to have an
experimental phase before decision. The way it was handled is not the way an
international organization of sports should act.
c.. The Board has not been authorized to decide this issue in general,
neither by the Statutes nor by General Assembly. The authorization given is
limited to the World Championship Cycle (where we do not support the decision,
but have to accept it at the moment and will discuss it in next General
Assembly).
Both federations decided to join and ask the Court of Arbitration for
Sports according to Chapter 17 of the FIDE Statutes to settle the conflict, if
the FIDE Board does not limit it's decision to the World Championship Cycle in
the next meeting.
Haarlem / Berlin, 20.2.2001
(signed) Herman Hamers, President of the Chess Federation of the
Netherlands
(signed) Egon Ditt, President of the German Chess Federation
Swiss Chess Federation letter to FIDE
Dear Mr. President, dear members of the Presidential
Board,
The Swiss Chess Federation was quite surprised by the
press release about the FIDE Presidential Board's decision to reduce the
playing time for all FIDE events.
Before discussing this matter at our board meeting, we
have asked our top players about their opinion and they all but one were very
much opposed to the reduction of the time control as decided. The Swiss Chess
Federation shares their fear for the quality of our sport.
Our board charged Mr. Rolf Liniger, delegate of the
Swiss Chess Federation at the FIDE Congress and legal consultant of our
Federation, to carefully examine the legality of this decision.
The FIDE statutes in Article 4.1 and 7.1 clearly state
that decisions concerning the matters of the Rules and Qualification
Commissions must be taken by the General Assembly. Both the Executive and the
Presidential Board are explicitly forbidden to take decisions in this fields.
4.1. FIDE Statutes
The General Assembly, being the highest authority of
FIDE, exercises the legislative and - unless otherwise defined below - also the
executive power. It supervises the activities of the Executive Board, the
Presidential Board, the President and also the other FIDE officials and
organizations. It approves the FIDE budget, elects the Presidential Board,
Ethics Committee, Verification and Constitutional Committees and determines the
schedule of FIDE activities. When the General Assembly is not in session its
powers are transferred to the Executive Board. However, the Executive Board
cannot take decisions on the following:
- election of officials - as previously defined
- changes in Statutes,
- matters of Rules Commission,
- matters of Qualification Commission.
All decisions taken by the Executive Board shall be
reviewed by the following General Assembly.
7.1. FIDE Statutes
In cases of emergency the Presidential Board exercises
the rights of the General Assembly and the Executive Board between meetings of
the General Assembly and the Executive Board respectively. Such powers include
taking decisions which require a 3/4 majority vote pursuant to Standing Order
to 1.2. Any rights so exercised under this Article 7.1 have no continuing
effect beyond the following General Assembly unless so authorized by the
requisite majority vote. An emergency for these purposes is defined as a
situation which calls for a decision to be made before the next relevant
meeting in the interest of good governance.
However, the Presidential Board cannot take decisions on
the following:
- election of officials,
- changes in Statutes,
- Rules Commission matters,
- Qualification Commission matters,
- Budget reviews.
Mr. Emmanuel Omuku in his letter to all National
Federations of January 31, 2001 says that "it was the true intention of the
General Assembly that the final decision regarding the matter of the new time
control and the World Championship be dealt with at the Presidential Board.".
This opinion is very questionable: The General Assembly
has never voted about a delegation of power to the Presidential Board. Such a
shift of power can under no circumstances be based on vague interpretations
about the true intentions of the General Assembly.
However the General Assembly - even by voting - had in
this case absolutely no legal possibility to mandate the Presidential Board
with these matters without changing article 7.1 of the statutes, which forbids
to the Presidential Board to take any decisions in this matters - even in an
emergency case.
The statutes indisputably have not been changed, the
Presidential Board remains excluded from any decisions in these matters.
Mr. Omuku quotes that in some similar precedent cases
the General Assembly has - in very complex situations - made the same kind of
delegation of power to the Presidential Board before. We are not examining this
question, because in any way it is irrelevant: Earlier violations of FIDE
statutes do in no way permit the actual one.
Furthermore we would draw your attention to the fact,
that all the games played at the reduced time control can under the actually
FIDE Rating Regulations not serve for title applications any more. They can not
even be rated in the FIDE rating list - a more than absurd situation for
official FIDE events!
The FIDE Rating Regulations (Qualification Commission)
remained unchanged by the General Assembly in Istanbul. Changes of this
regulations can only be made by the General Assembly, not by the Executive
Board or the Presidential Board (see statutes 4.1 and 7.1 quoted above).
The FIDE Rating Regulations are as follows - published
(still today) on the FIDE homepage:
1.0. Rate of Play
1.1 For a game to be rated each player must have a
minimum of two hours in which to complete all the moves, assuming the game
lasts 60 moves. Examples of various ways in which this can be achieved follow:
(GA '95)
- The rate of play must not exceed 23 moves per hour at any stage.
- All the moves in two hours.
- 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by all the moves in 30 minutes.
- All the moves in 100 minutes but each time a player makes a move an
additional 30 seconds is added to the clock time.
2 Games played with all the moves at a rate faster than
the above are excluded from the list.
1.3For games to count for title applications a six hour
session is required at least. Where the session is less than seven hours, only
one such result can be used in support of a title application.
Where a certain number of moves is specified in the
first time control, it is recommended this be 40 moves. Players benefit from
uniformity here.
In summary:
- The new time regulation will not favour the quality of chess.
- The games can not be used for purpose of title application any
longer.
- The games can not be rated in the FIDE rating list.
- Decisions concerning Rules Commission matters can not be taken by the
Presidential Board. Its interference in this matter violates the FIDE statutes
and is therefore illegal.
The Swiss Chess Federation - like many other National
Federations - protests against the decision of FIDE Presidential Board.
We asks you, dear Mr. President, dear members of the
Presidential Board, to reconsider it.
Sincerely Yours
Ruedi Staechelin
President Swiss Chess Federation
TWIC always welcomes letters. No publication is guaranteed but the
magazine can act as a forum for chess issues of the moment. The views expressed
in these letters are those of the authors not of TWIC or Chess & Bridge
Ltd.
Letter from Andrzej Filipowicz Warsaw, February 21, 2001
Letter from Andrzej Filipowicz in reply to a letter from Jonathan Berry
in TWIC 326.
To: Mr. Mark Crowther Re: the time control
Dear Mark, Mr. Jonathan Berry was kind to mention my name, regarding
the new time control. So I wish to clarify some matters:
1. I never had the negative opinion regarding the control introduced at
the Kasparov-Kramnik match i.e: 40 moves in 120 minutes, followed by 20 moves
in 60 minutes, followed by all moves in 30 minutes and then only in this last
period plus 10 seconds per move, non-accumulating, added prior to the move.
Unfortunately there is no one electronic clock with such a rate of
play. So from the practical point of view I had serious doubts regarding the
exchange of a clock during the game. The problem was solved easy during the
match. I exchanged the clock twice. It took me about a half of minute.
Also the DGT clock was missing so called the Bronstein’s time
control in the case of 30 minutes (it was prepared for the 20 minutes game
only). So unfortunately the increment of 10 seconds was accumulated during the
first ten minutes of the last period and non-accumulating in the last 20
minutes of the last period. The players were informed by arbiters and accepted
it.
2. I think the rate of play proposed by both players and Organizers of
the BGN World Championship was one of the best I have seen. It combines the
current idea of avoiding the adjourned games and the historical time pressure
exciting for public (twice in the game - in the first control at 40th move and
in the second at 60th move).
The increment of 10 seconds (non-accumulating) in the last period (30
minutes for a player) is sufficient to give a simple mate however it requires
the discipline of players (you cannot play “stupid” moves to win a
few minutes) and does not allow arbiters to interfere in the game (see the
sudden death finish).
With kind regards
Andrzej Filipowicz
FIDE International Arbiter & International Master Chief Arbiter of
the 2000 K-K Match in London
Letter from Evgeniy Solozhenkin
I've edited the letter with the permission and consultation of the
author (which was orginally in Russian but which Evgeniy translated into
English) so the points are clearer.
Would they Swindle Us?
I would like to share my reflections about the delayed silence from the
part of the officials concerning the organisation of the World Championship
2001 cycle. Probably, it will be not without interest to fans of chess, but it
is my colleagues, the professional players, that it affects directly.
Some facts.
Firstly, on January 26th 2001 there was the curious report, which has
stayed unnoticed, that appeared on the website of the French federation (http://www.echecs.asso.fr/ Actualitees
section). I will quote it completely:
" FIDE has decided to change the format of the World Championships in
order to please FIDE Commerce. The total amount of the prizes will be
preserved, but they will be distributed to various competitions. The Zonal
tournaments have been abolished and the first phase will be Continental
Tournaments, organised at the end of July.
- Europe - 46 players will qualify for the next stage; - America - 19
players - Asia - 19 players - Africa - 6 players -
Ten players will qualify via their Elo rating or performance in the last
Championships. As announced the future promises an unclear, complicated
situation. Perhaps including a Grand Prix, World Cup (like Shenyang)."
It is difficult for me to say, where the French Federation has obtained
this information. I attentively follow the FIDE website, nothing similar was
published there. The FFE is not a dubious source and would hardly publish
unreliable information. The concreteness of digits and terms (till the end of
July) leads me to believe that the given information is official. Indirectly
this is also confirmed by the silence of FIDE. The silence of FIDE on this
subject caught my attention. There is a reason to add up the quantity of
qualifying places, to compare the phrase about ten players with the phrase
about the absence of privileges for everyone written into the historical
Teheran declaration from 26.12.2000 and then, after analysis, some vague
suspicions can creep in.
FIDE’s brilliant intention to make everyone starting qualification
from the very first stage should automatically lead to the reinforcement of
national championships. Is that really bad? Outstanding Soviet champions have
started in the National Championships and gone on to play candidate matches.
That is they became great in the eyes of all by passing through all of the
qualification process. The Tehran declaration from 26.12.2000 gives a new
historic chance to those elite players to become really great due to annual
selection to the World Championship from the championship of the continent and
national championship (or zone). Is it really that such a prospect does not
please them?
Second fact.
In the press release from January, 31 FIDE Executive Director Mr. Omuku
gave the following explanation:
"The Continental Championships for commercial reasons will now be used
for purposes of qualification to the World Championships. At the same time
Continental Championships are now going to be administered (as I understand,
should be organized with responsibility – author) by the Continents
(it’s a tricky moment, below about it) and they are expected to select the
winners for qualification for the World Championship from this event, along
Zonal lines".
Further Mr. Omuku cites the sums of money which FIDE has alloted to the
Continents for the organisation of the Continental Championships. Thus FIDE no
longer has responsibility for the Continental Championships and our attention
should switch over to the organisers of these championships.
So what do we know today on that score? About what are the Continental
Unions thinking? Do they want to wait for a couple of months, while the debate
on the FIDE website: "Do we need the Zones or not" is completed? Why not
instead pose a simple question. "How it is possible in Europe (for example) to
organise a qualification tournament for the World Championship open to
everybody?" The significance of the event will push plenty of players to take
part in it. The problem is not that there will be many. The problem is that it
is not known beforehand, how many. What happens if a major european city can't
be found to carry out the tournament (e.g. tourist season)? Will the
Continental Championship will be conducted in a small city? Will the players
have to live in tents? To play in the open-air?
For me it is obvious that the Zones as the stage for qualification to
the Continental Championship have to be preserved but quotas from the Zones
should be revised and increased. To discuss new quotas? Certainly. Where are
these discussions? They have not taken place. Why? You see, national
federations need as early as possible to know the terms of championships of
continents and the quantity of qualifying places from the Zones. But time does
not wait. Why are the national federations, some of which are only concerned
about the new time controls, passive?
Journalists too are only preoccupied with the same problem, collecting
signatures against the new time control on websites, though by virtue of
professional principles and professional skill they must before others separate
the most important from simply important. Why don't they hurry up and ask for
clarification of the many questions over the organization of the various stages
leading to the World Championships of 2001?
I have the only explanation of what is going on, it is a deliberate
delay of time. A third fact made me think so.
According to my information FIDE President offered to Russian chess
federation to organize the championship of Russia this year in Elista in
August. The leadership of the Federation disagreed, but because of financial
reasons, not because of the terms.
With a World Championship in November and players having to be selected
for the World Championship cycle by the end of July, where do the national
championships in August fit in. Will there will be a Championship of Russia
this year, the qualificational stage to the championship of Europe – World
Championship? Or it will it be as in the last championships in Samara a
qualification for exclusion. Last year the winner was promised a place in the
Russian Olympiad Team. Sergey Volkov (clear winner in Samara) in spite of
wanting to play was excluded.
And now we shall use our imagination. Closer to summer, when some
national federations will have already carried out their national
championships, and others will timetable them for autumn, the European Union,
for instance, will publish an application. According to FIDE documents, the
Union will say, we realise the qualification to the World Championships should
be from National events, but as the situation is confused we wish to take the
46 players from the rating list.
You understand yourselves, it is an important transitional moment now
such as the formation of Champion’s League this year. Political opponents
of FIDE will be happy and speak of it as FIDE's discredit but they will be
mistaken, because FIDE will say: "What has this to do with us?" We gave to
Continental Unions the terms and money, it is their responsibility. And if an
amateur chessplayer, the lawyer by profession tries bring a case before the
court ( e.g., simply to earn some money) against a Continental Union (the right
of him, the amateur, to take part in the cycle of the World Championship was
not ensured), it will turn out that in the FIDE document from 31.01 Mr. Omuku
has assigned relations with continents, instead of Continental Unions. The
elite in this moment will gently soar above the scramble, and all others will
be dirtily swearing in the smoking room, as Soviet engineers received the
patron’s order to go and help collective-farmers to gather potatoes. With
high feeling of doom and injustice.
With hope that FIDE will realise enunciated principles of sportive
selection and absence of the privileges.
GM Evgeniy Solozhenkin, St.-Petersburg, Russia 21.02.2001
Solution to draws by IM Larry Kaufman
While I am not a supporter of the new accelerated FIDE time control, it
does present a marvelous opportunity for the elimination of draws in chess. As
I write, we have had 9 out of 9 draws in Linares and 87% draws in the recent
Kramnik-Kasparov match, so this is a very timely issue.
In Japanese chess (shogi), a drawn game in professional play (a rare
event) is replayed with colors reversed until someone wins, but with the clocks
remaining as is (or with some small increment or minimum). This solution was
not very practical in the chess world with 40/2 time limits, because without a
sudden death period it would take too long and with it the games might
degenerate to clock-banging. A hundred years ago, many tournaments did replay
draws, but time constraints made this impractical.
However, with the new FIDE time control, which incorporates a 30" per
move increment, neither of these problems exist. The 75' initial period and the
15' extra at move 40 would be added only once, not with each game. Under these
rules, 180 moves, which normally would cover four games, can take no more than
the six hours currently allotted to a single game at 40/2. So except for rare
cases, replaying until someone wins will take no more time than the current
time for a single game, and on average should take a bit less. Furthermore, no
single move will ever have to be made in less than 30", so there is no question
of the games degenerating to blitz and no problem with keeping score. To allow
for the occasional long match, organizers could schedule a meal break after two
games have been played.
The advantages of having a winner in every "game" are obvious. It
should add greatly to both spectator interest and to sponsorship. Who wants to
sponsor a string of draws? Furthermore, the games themselves will be more
exciting, because players who take no risks are rewarded with more rest time
under current rules but would get less rest time under these rules. Also,
players who get favorable but not winning positions would at least be rewarded
by the likelihood of a time advantage for the replay. Finally, colors would be
much less important in tournaments. It should be noted that if this idea were
to be adopted, then logically draws should not be rated as they are deemed to
be merely uncompleted games. This would necessitate restarting the ratings
because the top ratings would be much higher without draws.
Sincerely, I.M. Larry Kaufman (inventor of the increment).
3rd Dubai open
The 3rd Dubai Open Chess Championship organised by the Dubai Chess
& Culture Club will take place 15th to 26th of April 2001 in Dubai. Players
will compete for the Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Al Maktum Cup.
Prizes: US$: 1)5000, 2)4500, 3)4000, 4)3000, 5)2500, 6)2000, 7)1500,
8)900, 9)850, 10)750
Invited GM's with ELO rating 2600 and above will be provided with free
accomodation in the single room and full board and invited GM's with ELO rating
2550-2599 will be provided with free accomodation in the double room and full
board.
Entry is still open. For more information contact:
Dubai Chess & Culture Club
P.O. Box 11354
Dubai, United
Arab Emirates
Tel.: +971 (4) 296 66 64
Fax : +971 (4) 296 88 80
Or via E-Mail to: Mr..Mohamed El Husseiny: mhusseiny@dubaichess.com
"Liepajas rokade" GM Rapidplay
Kaspars Migla reports: Liepaja, Latvia organised a GM rapid chess
tournament "Liepajas rokade". (Andra Cimina's report on that event appeared in
TWIC 301 14th August 2000). This years tournament will be much stronger. It
takes place 2nd-5th August. Already signed up to play are: Alexei Shirov (ESP),
Aleksander Khalifman (RUS), Jaan Ehlvest (EST), Edvins Kengis (LAT), Ulf
Andersson (SWE), Maxim Dlugy (USA), Darmen Sadvakasov (KAZ), Normunds Miezis
(LAT), Utut Adianto (INO), Aloyzas Kveinys (LTU) and Aleksander Wojtkiewicz
(POL). There will be live coverage: The Internet site for "Liepajas rokade"
will be available soon.
Mechanics' Institute Cat VIII
The Mechanics' Institute is hosting a Category 8 (2426 average) GM norm
event from February 26-March 8. The top rated players are GMs Alexander
Baburin, Alex Wojtkiewicz and Yury Shulman. This event will be the first
tournament in the Americas to feature the new FIDE time control (40/75; G/15
with thirty second increment) in the Americas.
Website: http://www.chessclub.org
Olympic Capital Young Masters 2001
The Olympic Capital Young Masters 2001 tournament will be played at the
Olympic Museum in Lausanne. There are various events:
20-27 may The Olympic YOUNG MASTERS, for this KO system tournament, we
are inviting the worlds 8 best junior GM's.(Fide rating of 31/12/2000)
22-27 may The MASTERS OPEN, 9 round swiss system Open, for players with
Elo above 2000 points. The tournament meets regulations for GM and IM norms.
24-27 may The GENERAL OPEN, 7 round swiss system Open, for players of
all levels with maximum rating of Elo 2150.
For more detailed information and registration, visit our Home-page :
http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com
Zone 3.1a
Zone 3.1a will held in Tehran 5th-13th April 2001. The event will be a
9 round swiss system tournament. 100 min for 40 moves 20 min for the rest and
30 second bonus per move. There will be men's and women's events.
The participents are: 1. Bahrein (1 woman and 1 man) 2.Iran (3 women
and 4 men) 3.Iraq (2 women and 2 men) 4. Jordan (1 woman and 1 man) 5. Kuwait
(1 woman and 1 man) 6. Lebanon (2 women and 2 men) 7. Palestine (1 woman and 1
man) 8. Qatar (2 women and 3 men) 9. Syria (1 woman and 2 man) 10. UAE (1 woman
and 1 man) 11. Yeman (1 woman and 1 man) total 16 women and 18 men.
News from Pahlevanzadeh.
Internet coverage: http://www.iranchess.com/zone31a
5th Voronezh International Chess Festival
The 5th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th -
21st, 2001.
1.Rapid tournament, 10-11.06, 9 rounds swiss, 25 minutes. Entry fee -
120 RR. Prizes in RR 2000/1500/1000. Special prizes.
2.Blitz tournament, 17.06, 11 rounds swiss. Entry fee - 60 RR. Prizes
1000/800/600. Special prizes.
3.Open "A". 12-21.06; 9 rounds swiss; 5 hours. Entry fee in RR: 1500 -
without Elo; 1200 - 2001-2100; 1000 -2101-2200; 800 -2201-2250;
600-2251-2300;500 -2301-2350; 400 -2351-2400; 300 -2400-2450. Juniors (1983+),
ladies, seniors (1940-) have to pay 50%. Free for GM, IM, 2450+. Prizes in RR :
20000/15000/12000/10000/8000/6000/5000/4000/3000/2000x2/1000x2. Special prizes
for juniors, ladies, seniors, players without Elo. A participant may get not
more than one prize. Opportunity to qualify for FIDE ratings and norms.
4.Open "B"(Elo<2251). 12-20.06; 9 rounds; 4 hours. Entry fee - 500
RR for rated players, 800 RR for unrated players.
Prizes:5000/4000/3000/2000/1500x2/1000x2.Special prizes. 5.Open "C"(for unrated
players). 13-20.06; 7 rounds swiss; 3,5 hours. Entry fee 400 RR. Prizes :
3000/2000/1500x2/1000x2/500x3. Special prizes.
Accommodation - from 50 RR per night. (1 USD appr. 30 RR)
Place of the festival: Voronezh Chess Club, Engels str.34,
ph.007-0732-551777
Information: Alexander Raetsky, Ostuzheva 22 - 46, 394042 Voronezh,
Russia. Fax 007-0732-522951(for A.Raetsky) ph.007-0732-136076(20.00-22.00)
e-mail: alex.raetsky@usa.net
Website: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open
Anand Interview
Viswanathan Anand has made it clear that any possible title match with
Vladimir Kramnik will only be with the permission of FIDE. See the new
interview in the Times of India.
Internet site: http://www.timesofindia.com/today/22spor3.htm
Salou Tournaments
The "Torrevella Chess Club" in Salou, Spain is planning to organise 4
events during this year.
Each event will have a minimum of 3 tournaments with chances to make GM
and IM norms as well as getting an Elo rating. Salou is a city 100km south of
Barcelona. The first of these events will take place 7th-18th May 2001. Further
details: prizes, accomodation, entry fees, etc. about these tournaments can be
found on the web page: http://home2.worldonline.es/ortumsal
Dortmund 2001
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/
Colombian Chess Magazine
There is a new magazine for Colombian chess players. The pages are those
of Fide Master Juan Minaya whose the address is:
http://www.gimnasio-moderno.edu.co/ajedrezgm/indexaj.htm.
Subjects include: Chess as an educational help Activities of the Colombian
Chess Federation and its leagues. Information, tournaments, achievements, Elo,
etc. Up date information both local and international. Local and international
anecdotes. Chess problems for all levels, tests, etc. Preferred links.
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/
Results will be available at:
http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival/results.htm
Hungarian Events
Chess tournaments in the near future in Hungary and in Yugoslavia:
March-April-June 2001...
1. 3rd-16th of March, FIRST SATURDAY IM-FM tournaments, Budapest (HUN),
org.Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
2. 16th-24th of March Budapest Spring Festival 9 rounds Swiss Open,
org.NL
3. 7th-19th of April FS GM-IM-FM tournaments, Budapest, org: NL
4. 21st of April - 3rd of May THIRD SATURDAY GM-IM tournaments,
Belgrade, (YUG) /only 7 hours by train from Budapest, org: NL.
5. 5th-17th of May FS IM-FM tournaments, Budapest, org.NL,
6. 21st of May - 2nd of June ELEKES memorial GM-IM-event, organizer IM
Zsinka,mobile phone: (36)-20-921-9197
7. 2nd-14th of June FS GM-IM-FM events, Budapest, org: NL.
8. 16th-28th of June THIRD SATURDAY GM-IM events in Belgrade.Org.NL.
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
