THE WEEK IN CHESS 331 12th March 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Linares
2001
3) Press release from chess organisers
4) Tel Aviv International Chess Tournament
5)
Victor Ciocaltea Memorial
6) Mechanics' Institute Cat
VIII
7) Pinamar Masters
8)
Bundesliga
9) Cappelle la Grande
10)
First Saturday March
11) US Amateur Team East
12) Finnish Team Championships
13) Kramnik
in France
14) GM Letter
15)
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Games section
Linares 2001 3 games
Tel Aviv International 20 games
Victor Ciocaltea Memorial 42 games
Mechanics' Institute Cat VIII 25 games
Pinamar Masters 24 games
Bundesliga 95 games
First Saturday March IMA 48 games
First Saturday March IMB 48 games
US Amateur Team East 194 games
Kramnik in France 4 games
504 games
My thanks to David Avron, John Henderson, Jon Speelman, Dima Tyomkin,
Radu Chirila, John Donaldson, Luis Rodi, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, Dennis
Monokroussos, Bill Townsend, Evgeniy Solozhenkin, Laszlo Nagy, Sinisa Joksic,
Alexander Boldt, Axel Fritz, Anthony Corrales, Notzai, Jussi Tella and all
those who helped with this issue.
The Linares tournament concluded with a crushing win for Kasparov who
didn't even seem to be at full throttle in achieving this result. Next week
sees the start of the Amber tournament and the USA China Match so the good
chess continues. The agreement between the organisers of Wijk aan Zee, Linares
and Dortmund to co-operate and to run their events as they see fit will
hopefully guarantee top class classical chess for a few years to come.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Linares 2001 tournament took place 22nd February until March 7th
2001. The event was a double round robin. There was full daily coverage of the
event on TWIC's pages. Kasparov won the event as expected. His five wins and
five draws left him a full three points ahead of the rest of the field. He
missed a couple of opportunities to win by an even greater margin. The event
was significant with the participation of Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in
the same tournament under standard conditions for the first time since Las
Palmas 1996 (they did play in the Frankfurt Rapidplay in 1998). Karpov is not
the force he once was, he is very reliant on openings he first prepared the
best part of a decade ago and he also gets into major time trouble, which seems
to be more due to lack of confidence than anything else (he's still a
formidable rapid player). Polgar looked as if she might secure second place all
to herself but losses to Karpov and Shirov in the final three rounds brought
her back to the field. Alexander Grischuk's debute was satisfactory enough but
he didn't look the force he was during the FIDE Championships. Peter Leko was
the only player not to win a game, he does need to find a way to generate some
more results if he wishes to progress. Finally Shirov managed to get on terms
with his final round win against Polgar. Shirov obviously likes to play a lot
but a near continuous diet of chess for around a year seems to have caught up
with him. He probably needs a break (not that he is going to get one with the
Amber tournament starting this week).
Kasparov has indicated he will probably play in a tournament in
Kazakhstan in late May and early June. The six player event may have Kasparov,
Kramnik, Anand and Shirov playing but until an announcement is made we can't
know for sure.
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 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2849 ** == 1= =1 =1 11 7.5 2889
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2676 == ** =0 == 10 == 4.5 2694
3 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2679 0= =1 ** == == =0 4.5 2694
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2745 =0 == == ** == == 4.5 2681
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2718 =0 01 == == ** 10 4.5 2686
6 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2663 00 == =1 == 01 ** 4.5 2697
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The official order was 1) Kasparov, 2) Shirov, 3) Grischuk
4) Polgar, 5) Karpov and 6) Leko which was clearly based on the
number of wins.
Round 10 (March 6, 2001)
Kasparov, Gary - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 45 B45 Sicilian Defence (Classical System)
Leko, Peter - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 48 B17 Caro Kann
Shirov, Alexei - Polgar, Judit 1-0 59 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Press Release
The representatives of the organizational committee from the three
great chess tournaments: Corus, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands), Dortmund (Germany)
and "Ciudad de Linares" (Spain) have decided in their meeting during the XVIII
edition of the "Ciudad de Linares" International Chess Tournament to issue the
statement in a connection with the proposal from FIDE COMMERCE LIMITED
concerning to constitute the Foundation of the WORLD CHESS GRAND PRIX.
1. The FIDE COMMERCE proposal was thoroughly considered by the three
Organizers as not totally in accordance with their main objectives to maintain
the level of indepedence of their respective events.
2. We would like to stress our common wish to preserve the actual
character of each one of the tournament, according to our traditions and
individual criteria.
3. However we are ready to study all possible future proposals by FIDE
when aimed to promote traditional chess tournaments and Chess in general. We
decided to take a firm committment with each one of us, who are signing this
document, to continue working together in finding the most adequate solutions
for a prosperity of the Chess Game.
4. The above mentioned organizers will keep grofounding in their
efforts to establish even better cooperation among their cities in order to
create a stronger link with the Top World Chess.
Linares 6th of March 2001
Mr. Dolf Vos - Corus, Wijk aan Zee (The Netherlands)
Mr. Carsten
Hansel - Dortmund (Germany)
Mr. Juan Jose Entrenas - Linares (Spain)
The Tel Aviv Internationl Chess Tournament with closed men's and
women's events took place in the Sol&Sissy Center in Ramat Aviv (Tel Aviv)
20th February-3rd March 2001. Zoltan Gyimesi won the men's event with 6/9 and
Ildiko Madl the women's with 7/9 both were undefeated. My thanks to Dima
Tyomkin.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.slavchess.co.il/academy/taint.html
Final Standings:
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Tel Aviv Chess Festival ISR (ISR), 20 ii-3 iii 2001 cat. IX (2473)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2564 * = = 1 1 = = = 1 = 6.0 2588
2. Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2544 = * = 0 = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2545
3. Doettling, Fabian m GER 2509 = = * = = = = = = 1 5.0 2512
4. Van Mil, Johan m NED 2421 0 1 = * 0 1 = 1 0 1 5.0 2522
5. Postny, Evgeny m ISR 2432 0 = = 1 * 1 = = = 0 4.5 2478
6. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2570 = = = 0 0 * = 1 1 = 4.5 2462
7. Gruenfeld, Yehuda g ISR 2520 = 0 = = = = * = = = 4.0 2425
8. Mikhalevski, Alexander m ISR 2438 = = = 0 = 0 = * = 1 4.0 2434
9. Botvinnik, Ilia m ISR 2434 0 0 = 1 = 0 = = * = 3.5 2397
10. Haimovich, Tal ISR 2302 = 0 0 0 1 = = 0 = * 3.0 2367
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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. Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2394 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2429
2. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2347 = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2339
3. Pitam, Ela wg ISR 2258 0 = * 1 = 1 0 1 1 = 5.5 2304
4. Lagvilava, Genrieta wg BLR 2321 = 1 0 * = = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2297
5. Borsuk, Angela wg ISR 2281 = = = = * = = = 1 1 5.5 2302
6. Botvinnik, Irina wf ISR 2180 0 0 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 4.0 2190
7. Tsifanskaya, Ludmila A wm ISR 2214 = = 1 0 = 1 * 0 0 0 3.5 2149
8. Len, Irina ISR 2118 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 * 0 1 3.5 2160
9. Igla, Bella RUS 2117 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * = 2.5 2074
10. Shapira, Lilia ISR 2049 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 = * 2.0 2027
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The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial tournament is taking place in Bucharest,
Romania 4th-14th March 2001. My thanks to Radu Chirila for the information.
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Victor Ciocaltea Mem Bucharest ROM (ROM), 4-14 iii 2001 cat. XII (2533)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Vajda, Levente m ROM 2454 * = = . = 1 . = . . 1 = 4.5 2647
2. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2581 = * . . = = = . = 1 1 . 4.5 2620
3. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2596 = . * . = = . = . 1 = 1 4.5 2608
4. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2563 . . . * = = . = = = = 1 4.0 2577
5. Badea, Bela g ROM 2460 = = = = * . = . = = . . 3.5 2537
6. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2570 0 = = = . * = . . . = 1 3.5 2544
7. Solak, Dragan g YUG 2511 . = . . = = * = = = . = 3.5 2528
8. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2504 = . = = . . = * = = 0 . 3.0 2486
9. Marin, Mihail g ROM 2604 . = . = = . = = * 0 . = 3.0 2463
10. Navrotescu, Catalin m ROM 2451 . 0 0 = = . = = 1 * . . 3.0 2495
11. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2578 0 0 = = . = . 1 . . * 0 2.5 2440
12. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2527 = . 0 0 . 0 = . = . 1 * 2.5 2451
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The Mechanics' Institute hosted a Category 8 (2426 average) GM norm
event (the Charles Linklater Memorial) from February 26-March 8. GM's Yury
Shulman and Alex Wojkiewicz tied for first with 7/10 which earned them $1750
apiece. GM Alex Baburin and IM-elect Gregory Shahade tied for 3rd at 6.5 ($750
each). Michael Mulyar made an IM norm and should receive the title at the next
FIDE Congress. My thanks to John Donaldson for the news.
Website: http://www.chessclub.org
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Linklater Mem San Francisco USA (USA), 26 ii-8 iii 2001 cat. VIII (2426)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2543 * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2563
2. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2572 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2560
3. Shahade, Gregory f USA 2456 = = * 1 = = 1 = = = 1 6.5 2533
4. Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2598 = = 0 * 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 6.5 2519
5. Vucic, Mladen m USA 2364 = = = 0 * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2468
6. Mulyar, Michael A f USA 2428 0 = = 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2462
7. Lakdawala, Cyrus f USA 2436 = = 0 0 = = * = 1 = 1 5.0 2425
8. Altounian, Levon f USA 2441 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 4.5 2388
9. Krechetov, Aleksandr f RUS 2300 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 = * = 1 4.0 2367
10. Baginskaite, Camilla wm USA 2306 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = * 1 3.5 2328
11. Stearns, Aaron USA 2246 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The 1st Magistral Internacional de Pinamar The County of Pinamar, Buenos
Aires, Argentina is holding a category VIII event. The "1st Pinamar Masters"
takes place 8th-18th March 2001 in the Old Hotel Ostende. After four rounds
Alejandro Hoffman and Sergio Giardelli lead with 3/4. Bent Larsen is competing
and has won one and drawn three.
Internet site: http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/magistral
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1st Masters Pinamar ARG (ARG), 8-18 iii 2001 cat. VIII (2436)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2473 * . . . . = . = 1 1 . . 3.0 2603
2. Giardelli, Sergio C m ARG 2438 . * = . = . . . . . 1 1 3.0 2624
3. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2554 . = * . = . = . 1 . . . 2.5 2484
4. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2458 . . . * . = = 1 . = . . 2.5 2574
5. Szmetan, Jorge m ARG 2394 . = = . * . . . = . . 1 2.5 2499
6. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2640 = . . = . * . . . . = 1 2.5 2521
7. Larsen, Bent g DEN 2500 . . = = . . * . . . = 1 2.5 2542
8. Hobaica, Juan Pablo ARG 2306 = . . 0 . . . * 0 1 . . 1.5 2319
9. Rodi, Luis Ernesto ARG 2225 0 . 0 . = . . 1 * . . . 1.5 2344
10. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2470 0 . . = . . . 0 . * 1 . 1.5 2316
11. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2376 . 0 . . . = = . . 0 * . 1.0 2319
12. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2400 . 0 . . 0 0 0 . . . . * 0.0
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The 10th and 11th rounds of the Bundesliga were played over the weekend
of March 10th-11th 2001. Luebeck managed a narrow victory against closest
rivals Porz and now seem certain to take the title having expanded their lead
to three points. The match was very tense in spite of early victories for Jon
Speelman and Julian Hodgson. Shirov found himself in a very tense struggle
against Christopher Lutz (who had a very attractive finish against Ftacnik on
Saturday) which finally ended in a draw and Agdestein who followed a
tragi-comic win on Saturday against Seger (who was winning but completely
mishandled the King and Pawn ending) with a loss against Bacrot. Also John Nunn
had to struggle hard against Alexander Nenashev (who has now got German
Nationality thanks to the fact his Grandfather was German and has now changed
to his surname, Graf, I will use Nenashev until the change works its way into
the FIDE rating list however) for a draw.
The games from Mainz from rounds 8 and 9 are now available as well as
the games from Hamburg and Neukoelln from rounds 10-11.
Bundesliga sites: http://www.schach.com/bundesliga/,
http://www.chess-online.de/,
http://teleschach.de/,
http://www.schachbund.de/,
http://www.schachnews.com and http://www.chessgate.de/
Round 10 - 10th March 2001
Venue: Wattenscheid
SV Wattenscheid 3½-4½ USC Magdeburg
1 Aronian ½ : ½ Onischuk 2
2 Nielsen 1 : 0 Rogozenko 3
5 Handke 0 : 1 Slobodjan 4
6 Holzke ½ : ½ Baklan 5
8 Ellers ½ : ½ Thesing 6
10 Straeter 0 : 1 Georgiev 7
12 Blecken 0 : 1 Proehl 8
13 Thiel 1 : 0 Markgraf 9
Castrop Rauxel 4 - 4 SV Werder Bremen
1 Van der Ster ½ : ½ Hracek 1
2 Rozentalis 0 : 1 Babula 2
4 King 0 : 1 Schandorff 3
5 Gallagher ½ : ½ McShane 4
6 Seul 1 : 0 Knaak 5
8 Appel 1 : 0 Pelletier 6
11 Dinstuhl 0 : 1 Joachim 7
12 Hennig 1 : 0 Meins 8
Venue: Hamburg
Hamburger SK 2½-5½ SG Köln Porz
1 Ftacnik 0 : 1 Lutz 1
2 Dorfman ½ : ½ Khalifman 2
3 Kempinski 1 : 0 Van Wely 3
4 Hansen 1 : 0 Timman 4
5 Wahls 0 : 1 Vaganian 6
6 Mueller 0 : 1 Hansen 8
7 Gustafsson 0 : 1 Bacrot 9
8 Heinemann 0 : 1 Graf 10
Lübecker SV 6 - 2 Godesberger SK
1 Shirov ½ : ½ Dautov 1
2 Adams ½ : ½ Gurevich 2
3 Bareev ½ : ½ Kengis 3
4 Speelman 1 : 0 Kveinys 5
5 Epishin 1 : 0 Langheinrich 6
6 Hodgson 1 : 0 Jackelen 7
7 Agdestein 1 : 0 Seger 8
9 Nunn ½ : ½ Breder 13
Venue: Berlin - Neukölln
SFR Neukölln 2 - 6 Solinger SG
1 Movsesian ½ : ½ Piket 3
2 Stohl ½ : ½ Jussupow 4
4 Bunzmann 0 : 1 Nikolic 5
7 Borriss 0 : 1 Huebner 6
8 Polzin 0 : 1 Sadler 7
9 Hellsten ½ : ½ Lobron 10
10 Poldauf 0 : 1 Naumann 13
11 Rudolf ½ : ½ Schaefer 14
König Tegel 4½-3½ Gelsenkirchen
1 Rabiega 0 : 1 Kishnev 2
2 Muse ½ : ½ Kalka 3
3 Paulsen 1 : 0 Meessen 5
4 Lipinsky 1 : 0 Baumhus 6
5 Von Herman 1 : 0 Ahn 7
7 Pachow ½ : ½ Balster 8
9 Giemsa ½ : ½ Partenheimer 11
10 Lorenz 0 : 1 Orlov 12
Venue: Tegernsee
TV Tegernsee 5½-2½ Baiertal Schatt
1 Khenkin ½ : ½ Schlindwein 1
4 Hertneck ½ : ½ Doettling 2
5 Beim 1 : 0 Berg 3
6 Stangl ½ : ½ Buhmann 4
7 Teske 1 : 0 Duppel 6
9 Kachiani-Ger 0 : 1 Meissner 7
10 Pezerovic 1 : 0 Koch 8
12 Bromberger 1 : 0 Balzar 9
SK König Plauen 4 - 4 Schott Mainz
2 Bischoff 1 : 0 Balcerak 1
4 Boensch ½ : ½ Kosten 2
5 Kindermann ½ : ½ Cicak 3
6 Espig 0 : 1 Lisanti 4
9 Sandner 0 : 1 Wornath 6
10 Hackel 1 : 0 Neidhardt 7
11 Kuraszkiewic ½ : ½ Bewersdorff 8
12 Pfretzschner ½ : ½ Grafl 10
Round 11 - 11th March 2001
Venue: Wattenscheid
USC Magdeburg 6 - 2 Castrop Rauxel
2 Onischuk ½ : ½ Van der Ster 1
3 Rogozenko ½ : ½ Rozentalis 2
4 Slobodjan 1 : 0 King 4
5 Baklan 1 : 0 Gallagher 5
6 Thesing 1 : 0 Seul 6
7 Georgiev 1 : 0 Appel 8
8 Proehl ½ : ½ Dinstuhl 11
9 Markgraf ½ : ½ Hennig 12
SV Werder Bremen 6½-1½ SV Wattenscheid
1 Hracek ½ : ½ Aronian 1
2 Babula 1 : 0 Nielsen 2
3 Schandorff ½ : ½ Holzke 6
4 McShane 1 : 0 Ellers 8
5 Knaak 1 : 0 Straeter 10
6 Pelletier 1 : 0 Blecken 12
7 Joachim ½ : ½ Thiel 13
8 Meins 1 : 0 Lauzeningks 14
Venue: Hamburg
SG Köln Porz 3½-4½ Lübecker SV
1 Lutz ½ : ½ Shirov 1
2 Khalifman ½ : ½ Adams 2
3 Van Wely ½ : ½ Bareev 3
4 Timman 0 : 1 Speelman 4
6 Vaganian ½ : ½ Epishin 5
8 Hansen 0 : 1 Hodgson 6
9 Bacrot 1 : 0 Agdestein 7
10 Graf ½ : ½ Nunn 9
Godesberger SK 4 - 4 Hamburger SK
1 Dautov ½ : ½ Ftacnik 1
2 Gurevich ½ : ½ Dorfman 2
3 Kengis ½ : ½ Kempinski 3
5 Kveinys 1 : 0 Hansen 4
6 Langheinrich ½ : ½ Wahls 5
7 Jackelen 0 : 1 Mueller 6
8 Seger 1 : 0 Gustafsson 7
13 Breder 0 : 1 Heinemann 8
Venue: Berlin - Neukölln
Solinger SG 8 - 0 König Tegel
3 Piket 1 : 0 Rabiega 1
4 Jussupow 1 : 0 Muse 2
5 Nikolic 1 : 0 Paulsen 3
6 Huebner 1 : 0 Lipinsky 4
7 Sadler 1 : 0 Von Herman 5
10 Lobron 1 : 0 Pachow 7
13 Naumann 1 : 0 Giemsa 9
14 Schaefer 1 : 0 Lorenz 10
Gelsenkirchen 3 - 5 SFR Neukölln
2 Kishnev 1 : 0 Movsesian 1
3 Kalka 0 : 1 Stohl 2
5 Meessen 0 : 1 Bunzmann 4
6 Baumhus ½ : ½ Borriss 7
7 Ahn 0 : 1 Polzin 8
8 Balster 0 : 1 Hellsten 9
9 Schirbel 1 : 0 Rudolf 11
12 Orlov ½ : ½ Thiede 12
Venue: Tegernsee
Baiertal Schatt 4 - 4 SK König Plauen
1 Schlindwein 0 : 1 Bischoff 2
2 Doettling ½ : ½ Boensch 4
3 Berg ½ : ½ Kindermann 5
4 Buhmann 1 : 0 Espig 6
6 Duppel ½ : ½ Sandner 9
7 Meissner ½ : ½ Hackel 10
8 Koch 0 : 1 Kuraszkiewic 11
9 Balzar 1 : 0 Pfretzschner 12
Schott Mainz 1½-6½ TV Tegernsee
1 Balcerak 0 : 1 Khenkin 1
2 Kosten 0 : 1 Hertneck 4
3 Cicak ½ : ½ Beim 5
4 Lisanti 0 : 1 Stangl 6
6 Wornath 0 : 1 Teske 7
7 Neidhardt 0 : 1 Kachiani-Ger 9
8 Bewersdorff ½ : ½ Pezerovic 10
10 Grafl ½ : ½ Bromberger 12
Round 11 Standings
1. Lübecker SV 11 59½:28½ 22- 0
2. SG Köln Porz 11 59½:28½ 19- 3
3. Solinger SG 11 59½:28½ 15- 7
4. SV Werder Bremen 11 47½:40½ 15- 7
5. TV Tegernsee 11 49½:38½ 14- 8
6. Godesberger SK 11 47½:40½ 13- 9
7. Hamburger SK 11 47½:40½ 12-10
8. USC Magdeburg 11 44½:43½ 12-10
9. SFR Neukölln 11 43 :45 11-11
10. SV Wattenscheid 11 42½:45½ 11-11
11. SK König Plauen 11 45 :43 10-12
12. Castrop Rauxel 11 41 :47 9-13
13. Schott Mainz 11 30 :58 5-17
14. Baiertal Schatt 11 36½:51½ 4-18
15. König Tegel 11 26½:61½ 3-19
16. Gelsenkirchen 11 24½:63½ 1-21
The 17th Cappelle la Grande Open took place 24th February-3rd March
2001. There were 712 players including 93 GMs and 72 IMs. Vladimir Chuchelov
(gm BEL 2539) and Einar Gausel (g NOR 2481) shared first place. There were GM
norms for Slim Belkhodja And Karel Van Der Weide. IM norms for Maia
Lomineishvili, Marcin Dziuba, Milan Novkovic Milan, Matthias Mueller, Sergey
Mirovshchikov, Jan Michael Sprenger And Daniele Vismara. WIM norms for Anne
Mulh Muller And Elena Kuznetsova.
I gave the games last week below are the leading final standings.
Internet site: http://cappelle.free.fr
17th Cappelle la Grande Open
Leading Final Standings
1 GM Chuchelov Vladimir BEL 2539 7.5 2736
2 GM Gausel Einar NOR 2481 7.5 2728
3 GM Fressinet Laurent MPEC 2581 7.0 2705
4 GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2501 7.0 2686
5 GM Ibragimov Ildar RUS 2571 7.0 2677
6 GM Savchenko Stanislav UKR 2519 7.0 2659
7 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2550 7.0 2657
8 GM Nielsen Peter Heine DEN 2585 7.0 2655
9 GM Aronian Levon ARM 2522 7.0 2608
10 GM Luther Thomas GER 2544 7.0 2605
11 IM Grabarczyk Miroslaw POL 2495 7.0 2537
12 GM Landa Konstantin RUS 2610 6.5 2648
13 GM Jaracz Pawel POL 2477 6.5 2636
14 IM Belkhodja Slim USAM 2471 6.5 2635
15 IM Van Der Weide Karel NED 2468 6.5 2618
16 GM Glek Igor GER 2556 6.5 2609
17 GM Degraeve Jean-Marc CAPG 2589 6.5 2606
18 GM Murey Yaacov ISR 2528 6.5 2601
19 GM Turov Maxim RUS 2546 6.5 2590
20 GM Kengis Edvins LAT 2586 6.5 2587
21 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2530 6.5 2584
22 GM Van Den Doel Erik NED 2564 6.5 2584
23 IM Galdunts Sergey ARM 2510 6.5 2580
24 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2493 6.5 2570
25 GM Lalic Bogdan ENG 2536 6.5 2560
26 IM Simutowe Amon ZAM 2462 6.5 2557
27 IM Yu Shaoteng CHN 2493 6.5 2556
28 GM Belikov Vladimir RUS 2502 6.5 2548
29 IM Firman Nazar UKR 2476 6.5 2544
30 GM Spraggett Kevin CAN 2526 6.5 2535
31 IM Kulaots Kaido EST 2513 6.5 2533
32 IM Gormally Daniel ENG 2492 6.5 2532
33 IM Vysochin Spartak UKR 2533 6.5 2532
34 GM Kogan Artur ISR 2468 6.5 2531
35 GM Malakhatko Vadim UKR 2513 6.5 2531
36 GM Sulava Nenad CRO 2526 6.5 2524
37 IM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2484 6.5 2518
38 GM Komljenovic Davor CRO 2512 6.5 2516
39 IM Khamrakulov Ibragim UZB 2416 6.5 2466
40 GM Kekelidze Mikhail GEO 2512 6.5 2456
41 GM Gurevich Mikhail BEL 2694 6.5 2671
42 GM Goldin Alexander ISR 2595 6.0 2600
43 CF Vismara Daniele ITA 2231 6.0 2557
44 GM Dvoirys Semen RUS 2568 6.0 2556
45 FM Dziuba Marcin POL 2421 6.0 2554
46 GM Pushkov Nikolai RUS 2546 6.0 2547
47 GM Kuzmin Alexey RUS 2588 6.0 2545
48 IM Liang Chong CHN 2581 6.0 2538
49 IM Li Shilong CHN 2474 6.0 2537
50 GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2562 6.0 2535
51 IM Gaprindashvili Valerian GEO 2482 6.0 2534
52 GM Agdestein Simen NOR 2591 6.0 2532
53 IM Shaw John SCO 2454 6.0 2528
54 IM Staniszewski Piotr POL 2443 6.0 2525
55 IM Lobzhanidze Davit GEO 2512 6.0 2522
56 GM Slobodjan Roman GER 2537 6.0 2521
57 GM Kruppa Yuri UKR 2572 6.0 2519
58 GM Kuzmin Gennadi UKR 2556 6.0 2511
59 IM Cyborowski Lukasz POL 2437 6.0 2510
60 IM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2469 6.0 2507
61 GM Berelovich Aleksandar UKR 2519 6.0 2506
62 CF Sprenger Jan-Michael GER 2326 6.0 2506
63 IM Odeev Handszar TKM 2472 6.0 2498
64 IM Matlak Marek POL 2476 6.0 2486
65 GM Kalinitschew Sergey GER 2495 6.0 2485
66 GM Winants Luc BEL 2515 6.0 2481
67 FM Novkovic Milan YUG 2406 6.0 2480
68 GM Lomineishvili Maia GEO 2425 6.0 2479
69 IM Boudre Jean-Pierre AUXE 2355 6.0 2476
70 GM Hauchard Arnaud MONA 2527 6.0 2475
71 GM Shneider Aleksandr UKR 2516 6.0 2457
72 IM Urban Klaudiusz POL 2434 6.0 2456
73 IM Mannion Stephen SCO 2369 6.0 2443
74 GM Kozakov Mikhail UKR 2512 6.0 2442
75 GM Apicella Manuel CLIC 2518 6.0 2436
76 GM Timoshenko Georgy UKR 2537 6.0 2424
77 CF Dzhakaev Dzhakaj RUS 2422 6.0 2416
78 IM Foisor Ovidiu ROM 2414 6.0 2414
79 IM Roeder Mathias GER 2455 6.0 2411
80 IM Gunnarsson Jon-Victor ISL 2366 6.0 2410
81 CF Kristjansson Stefan ISL 2371 6.0 2405
82 GM Klovans Janis LAT 2495 6.0 2394
83 CF Klyuner Vyacheslav UKR 2405 6.0 2389
84 CF Marechal Andy BEL 2314 6.0 2388
85 IM Jobava Baadur GEO 2518 6.0 2387
86 IM Szelag Marcin POL 2403 6.0 2384
87 IM Eliet Nicolas GONF 2398 6.0 2357
88 IM Arnold Lothar GER 2431 6.0 2336
89 FM Hardarson Robert ISL 2272 6.0 2333
90 IM Salmensuu Olli FIN 2439 6.0 2326
91 CF Midoux Sebastien VITR 2252 6.0 2290
92 CF Philippe Christophe NANC 2356 6.0 2278
93 CF Scetinin Alexander RUS 2302 6.0 2250
94 CF Mevel Alberic OLLA 2261 6.0 2223
95 IM Cacho Reigadas Sergio ESP 2450 6.0 2442
704 players
Laszlo Nagy reports that the First Saturday IM and FM tournaments have
started. They take place 3rd-16th March 2001.
Websites: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat and
http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/firstsat.html
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FSIMA March Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-16 iii 2001 cat. III (2307)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2364 * 0 . . . 1 = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2438
2. Dembo, Yelena wm HUN 2342 1 * 0 = 1 = 1 = = . . . 5.0 2413
3. Hajnal, Zoltan f HUN 2349 . 1 * = = 1 0 0 . 1 . 1 5.0 2399
4. Sendur, Adnan f TUR 2303 . = = * . = = 1 . 0 = 1 4.5 2345
5. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2285 . 0 = . * 1 = . = = 1 = 4.5 2351
6. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2349 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 . 1 . . 4.0 2314
7. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2319 = 0 1 = = 0 * . 0 . 1 . 3.5 2273
8. Gonda, Laszlo HUN 2265 = = 1 0 . 0 . * = . = = 3.5 2272
9. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2313 0 = . . = . 1 = * = 0 = 3.5 2253
10. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2288 = . 0 1 = 0 . . = * 0 = 3.0 2221
11. Tian Tian CHN 2224 0 . . = 0 . 0 = 1 1 * 0 3.0 2215
12. Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2283 0 . 0 0 = . . = = = 1 * 3.0 2211
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FSIMB March Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-16 iii 2001 cat. III (2303)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Berczes, Csaba HUN 2209 * = = 1 = 1 . . = = . 1 5.5 2447
2. Jakab, Attila f HUN 2308 = * . . = . = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2416
3. Zimmerman, Yuri m HUN 2386 = . * = = . = . 1 = = 1 5.0 2383
4. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2445 0 . = * = = . . = 1 1 1 5.0 2369
5. Xu Hanbing CHN 2218 = = = = * = = = . . 1 . 4.5 2369
6. Nezar, Mustapha FRA 2292 0 . . = = * 1 0 = . 1 1 4.5 2341
7. Balogh, Csaba HUN 2340 . = = . = 0 * = = 1 = . 4.0 2307
8. Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2345 . = . . = 1 = * = = 0 = 4.0 2281
9. Philippe, Christophe FRA 2356 = 0 0 = . = = = * . . 1 3.5 2270
10. Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2265 = = = 0 . . 0 = . * = 1 3.5 2270
11. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2288 . 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 . = * . 2.5 2183
12. Goczo, Melinda HUN 2185 0 0 0 0 . 0 . = 0 0 . * 0.5 1881
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Bill Townsend reports: The 2001 U.S. Amateur Team East was played over a
three day weekend from Feb. 17 to 19. 215 teams consisting of nearly 900
players converged on Parsippany, New Jersey from as far away as Texas and
Massachusetts.
Usually a tiebreak system is used to determine first place, but this
year that wasn't necessary because "Zen and the Art of Bisguier" had the only
6-0 score of the event. The team members: IM Ron Burnett, GM Arthur Bisguier,
Sergio Almeida and Noah Belcher.
Second with 5 1/2 - 1/2 was "S.L.A.M." which consisted of Steve Stoyko,
John McCarthy, Ed Allen and Peter LaRocco. Third on tiebreaks with the same
team score was "Collins Kids Materas," made up of: Dmitry Schneider, Noah
Siegal, and Lev Milman.
There are four U.S. Amateur team events held simultaneously in four
parts of the United States, but the East is always the biggest and most
prestigious, perhaps because that's where this event was first held in 1968.
In spite of the word "Amateur" in the event title, there were more than
a few titled players in attendance. To qualify a team must have an average
rating under 2,200 USCF, so within those guidelines almost anything goes.
Therefore one team had two grandmasters (Yasser Seirawan and Roman
Dzindzichashvili) while another featured the current U.S. Champion, Joel
Benjamin.
In spite of the big names the accent was on fun at this event with
prizes given for achievements like "Biggest Upset," "Best Chess Promotional
Idea," and "Best Team Name." There were some fearsome chess puns in this last
category, the winner being "Harry Patzer and the Poisoned Pawn." Another team
name that TWIC readers might recognize was: "The Weak In Chess."
Jussi Tella writes that the Finnish Team League ended with a
double-round weekend 10th-11th March 2001. Going into the last two rounds there
were many teams who had a chance for the title and they met each other. In
Finland all the matches of the last two rounds are played in Helsinki, which
makes the final weekend a special chess event.
In the 8th round JoeSK beat the leading team Taraus 3-1, and this gave
the opportunity for Garde to take the lead by beating HSK 2-1. In the 9th round
Garde secured the title with a 3-1 win over Taraus before JoeSK and HSK who won
their 9th round matches and finished in front of JyS and the unfortunate
Taraus, who ended up only 5th.
Internet coverage:
Official result service by Finnish Chess Federation
http://www.shakki.net/sksl/jsm00/
Full 8th round results
http://www.shakki.net/sksl/jsm00/t10-03.htm
Full 9th round results
http://www.shakki.net/sksl/jsm00/t11-03.htm
ShakkiNet full result table
http://www.shakki.net/liiga/liiga0001.htm
The games in FinBase game collection
http://www.tpu.fi/~jarmo/suomipelit/jsm0001.html
(Just rounds 1-5 so far, the rest of the games will appear later)
The best individual results:
Timo Porrasmaa JoeSK 7/7 reserve
Asko Hentunen MatSK 8/9 6th board
Tommi Luukkonen JYS 6,5/8 reserve
WIM Johanna Paasikangas-Tella Garde 5,5/7 7th board
IM Olli Salmensuu JoeSK 6/8 1st board
IM Joose Norri HSK 6,5/9 2nd board
IM Mika Karttunen JoeSK 6,5/9 3rd board
Juhani Sorri HSK 6,5/9 5th board
IM Jussi Tella Garde 6,5/9 5th board
Antti Niemelä HSK 6,5/9 6th board
Vladimir Kramnik was in Lyon, France over the weekend of March 10th-11th
2001. He gave interviews and played a four game blitz match against 11 year old
Edouard Bonnet (incidently he seems to have two FIDE ratings). Then on Sunday
he played 20 players at the Hotel Hilton scoing +18 =2 (games not available
yet).
Internet coverage: http://www.zonejeux.com/,
http://www.notzai.com/notzai/index.shtml
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.
The following is an open letter from GMs K.Aseev, S.Ionov, S.Ivanov,
A.Khalifman, V.Loginov and E.Solozhenkin all players I very much respect.
Probably the best thing to do to understand the background to it is to go to:
http://w.p.c.tripod.com. Even after the
letter I feel I have no dignified option left to me other than to cease direct
communication with Salov as he simply uses them as ammunition on his own
webpage. This doesn't preclude covering the activities of the WPC in TWIC. I
certainly believe that players do need representation. Its unclear to me that
the WPC does this representative job but it seems it does for some players at
least. Whether the increasingly political nature of the postings on the WPC
site makes it impossible for Salov to effectively represent a significant
numbers of chess players I leave it to you to decide.
Letter
Dear Mark,
First of all allow us to express you our deep respect for that huge job
which you perform. It would be nice if one day there will be no more players
who did not thank you at least once for free downloading of games on Mondays.
We once again express here our gratitude now with great pleasure.
The reason for our letter is your conflict with the President of World
Players’ Council Grandmaster Valery Salov. From the recent stuff placed on
the website of WPC (http://w.p.c.tripod.com) we have learned
that you were going to stop all relations with WPC. We request you to listen to
us, having abstracted from the person whose surname probably does not invoke
the kindest feelings to you.
Today each serious analytics on practically any subject more or less
applies to the problem of the globalization of our world, the increasing
intercommunication of its internal processes. The world has already become
multipolar for a long time, and from the yesterday's bipolarity nothing
remained. If the victory of one of the sides in a bipolar world meant only the
utter defeat of the second side, the opposition of two sides in multipolar
coordinate system to some extent influences all sides involved in the process.
The world of chess is a microworld and the same laws as in the big one are
applied here. We expect the scepticism of primitive cynics: how the conflict
between the leader of an independent chess organization and a leading
journalist can influence that pole of our microworld which is consisted on
grandmasters? You, Mark, better than many players understand that the Council
led by the grandmaster with the reputation of a man of principles and honor
should be necessary for chessplayers. So it is more painful to realise that
your emotions in one moment have gained upper hand over your mind. This is the
point, because not a different philosophy of views lies in the basis of your
conflict with Salov but, practically speaking, one particular question. We
unconditionally shall not become the arbiters in your dispute, we have another
super task. By this letter we want to promote the renewal of your cooperation
with WPC. If we succeed, it means that grandmasters can play a constructive
role in the chess world. Believe us, Mark, men who know Salov from childhood
and youth, that there is no need for Valery to degenerate to an « abusive
campaign against someone ». The apparent sharpness of Salov is, actually,
an original derivative of his literary talent, but it is not an argument based
on which someone should break off a relationship. We can say more. We are
almost sure that Salov has selected you, Mark, as an opponent among your
colleagues, because he exclusively respects you personally. Otherwise Valery
would not look for a chance to argue with you, as he is not looking, for
example, for a possibility to dispute with Mr. Kasparov.
With best wishes,
GMs K.Aseev, S.Ionov, S.Ivanov, A.Khalifman, V.Loginov and
E.Solozhenkin
St.Petersburg, Russia, 27.02.2001
National Open Las Vegas
The National Open took place in Las Vegas, March 9th-11th 2001. No
games or results available perhaps someone has them.
Internet coverage: http://www.64.com/natlopen/
2nd Internet Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"
Dos Hermanas City Council and the Municipal Foundation for Sport of Dos
Hermanas in conjunction with ICC and EDAMI (Miguel Illescas Chess School) are
holding their second Internet Chess tournament. The event will take place on
ICC (http://www.chessclub.com) and has
prizes totalling 4.850 Euros (1st: 1.500 Euros). There will be 12 Swiss System
events (two per day) with the winner of each event progressing to the final. If
you wish to take part there are further details, rules and entry forms
available at: http://www.doshermanas.net
XI Dos Hermanas GM tournament
Michael Rahal reports: the XI Dos Hermanas GM tournament takes place
19th-27th April 2001.The Category XVI event has the following players:
Mikhail Gurevich BEL 2694, Ilya Smirin ISR 2686, Alexei Dreev RUS 2685,
Zurab Azmaiparasvili GEO 2670, Ivan Sokolov BIH 2659, Mikhail Krasenkov POL
2658, Zoltan Almasi HUN 2640, Miguel Illescas ESP 2562, Francisco Vallejo ESP
2545 and Teimour Radjabov AZE 2483.
Internet coverage: http://www.doshermanas.net/ and
http://www.edami.com/
European Youth Championships
Information on the European Youth Chess Championships (August 30th -
September 10th 2001) and F.I.D.E. Congress (September 4th to 10th) is now
on-line.
Internet coverage: http://www.sportmeeting.org/
Advantech Tweetallen 2001
The Advantech Tweetallen, Roosendaal Netherlands 2001 tournament takes
place on 31st March 2001.
Entry info
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ad_bruijns/advantech.htm
Two Swiss Chess Tour events 2001
Int. Chess Festival Lenk
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2001" will continue in Lenk with the 13th
"Lenkerfof-Open" April 12th-16th 2001. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games
will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the
end). The first four after 5th round, play knock-out and the other continue
tournament. Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and
150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady,
senior (1941), junior(1981-84), schoolboy (1985) and best local player. Entty
fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free.
Venue: Hotel "Lenkerhof"
Time table: Round 1st 18.30-22.30 April 12,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and
15.30-20.30 April 13,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 14,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30
and 15.30-20.30 April 15,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 16. Closing ceremony April
16 at 16.00.
The 10th “Residence-Holiday Open” (under 2000 Elo) Swiss
system, 5 rounds, 5 hours for the game.
Natural prizes. Entry fee 100 SF. Venue: Hotel “Residence”.
Time table: Round 1st 14.00-19.00, the other rounds daily 10.00-15.00.
Closing ceremony April 16 at 16.00.
Open Crans Montana
Next station of the "Swiss Chess Tour 2001" in Crans Montana with the
7th "Open Etrier Crans Montana" April 19th –22nd 2001. Swiss system, 7
rounds, (30 moves 90 minutes + 30 minutes til the end) The first four after 5th
round, play knock-out and the other continue tournament. Prize are: 1.500 SF,
1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places
natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1941), junior(1981-84),
schoolboy (1985) and best local player. Entty fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60
SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel ”Etrier”
Time table: April 19: The last registration 16.00-17.45, Open ceremony
17.45-18.00, Round 1st 18.00-22.00,; April 20th –22nd Rounds 2nd, 4th, 6th
10.00-14.00, Rounds 3rd, 5th, 7th 15.00-19.00.
Closing ceremony April 22nd at 19.30.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06
faf +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information:
http://www.beochess.ch/
Two tournaments in Slovakia
XV Slovan 9 round Swiss Open 2001 28th April - 5th May 2001 in
Bratislava (Slovakia)
Further information: http://www.chess.sk/turnaje/turnaje.html
VII Tatry Open 2001 in Tatranské Zruby 29 September - 6 October
2001.
Further information: http://www.chess.sk/turnaje/turnaje.html
La Rioja Chess Teams Cup
The 2nd edition of the La Rioja Chess Teams Cup takes place on 11 March
2001.
Internet coverage:
http://www.terra.es/personal2/salclub/crioja01In.htm
Hawaii International Chess Festival
Hawaii International Chess Festival returns in 2002 with the first World
Families Chess Championships. Pro (2000+), Mixed, and Amateur (all players
under 2000). Prizes for all sorts of combinations of family members.
Information: hawaii@chessworks.com. Website (coming soon) www.familychess.com.
Bucharest Spring Festival
The Lasker S.R.L. chess club is organising a Spring Festival in
Bucharest, Romania 6th-20th April 2001. There will be an IGM event Category 7-9
with 12-16 players.
Entry fees: - <= 2300 -400 DM - 2301 2350 -350 DM -2351 2400 -300 DM
-2401 2450 -250 DM -2451 2500 -200 DM - >= 2501 -150 DM
An IGM women's norm event category 7-8 with 12-14 players. Entry fees
250 DM.
IM norm event category 2-4 with 12-16 players.
Entry fees: - <= 2150 -400 DM - 2151 – 2200 -300 DM -2201
– 2250 -250 DM -2251 – 2300 -200 DM -2301 – 2400 -150 DM - >=
2401 -100 DM
Accommodation 100-150 DM in private rooms or apartments for all the
tournament.
Prizes: declared before the 3rd round.
Addresses in Bucharest: Romanian Chess Federation, Ion Campineanu
Street, no. 20, phone: 312.55.25 or 312.70.56, fax: 312.19.44 Central Chess
Club: Otetari Street, no. 2, phone 314.68.13.
Organizer: FIDE Master Emil Pessi: O.P. 38 C.P. 80, 72250
Bucharest-Romania, phone 0040-1-240.07.00; fax: 0040-1-312.19.44 (if contacted
he assures the reception of the players). E-mail: rchirila@hotmail.com or
ggg@dnt.ro
Malahide Millennium Tournament
Malahide Chess Club present the Malahide Millennium Tournament on the
weekend of May 5th, 6th & 7th 2001. The venue is St. Sylvester's GAA Club,
Church Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin and there are three events - an Open, an
Under 1600 Elo and a Top Team event. The first prize for the Open is £750
and the first prize for U1600 is £350. Total prize fund of over
£2,000. To enter contact Vincent Bissett on (00353) 1 8453609 and further
detailed information is available at:
http://members.tripod.co.uk/MalahideCC.
THE 2nd EUROPEAN OPEN WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Championship will be held from April 21 (day of arrival) till May 5
(day of departure), 2001 in the “Marriott” Hotel, Warsaw, Poland.
Full accomodation in the Warsaw's Marriott Hotel only US$ 50 per person per day
in the double room and US$60 per day in the single room (the number of sigle
rooms is limited).
Tournament is open for all ladies, rated and unrated from Zones 1.1 to
1.9. Entrance fee US$ 30 or US$ 60. The number of players of the federation is
not limited, but the nominations must be made by the national chess federations
only. Registration until March 15, 2001.
The Swiss system - 11 rounds (one free day on April 28, tie-breaks on
May 4). The new time control shall be 40 moves in 75 minutes followed by all
moves in 15 minutes. Each player shall receive an extra 30 seconds thinking
time prior to the move.
29 players best players will qualify to the 2001 FIDE Women’s
World Championship!! Prize fund will be approximately 50.000 DEM. The first
prize about 10.000 DEM, 20 money prizes and a lot of trophies. All details and
ECU Regulations you can find on
Internet page: http://www.szachista.com.pl
Please contact the Polish Chess Federation
pzszach@atomnet.pl and pzszach@ikp.atm.com.pl
CHESS FESTIVAL "EASTER IN RETHYMNO 2001"
The Union of Cretan Chess Associations announces the Chess Festival
under the name "Easter in Rethymno 2001" which will be held at the hotel
"LEFKONIKO" in Rethymno, from the 17th to the 21st of April, as well as the
participation of the former World Champion Anatoly Karpov and the World Girl
Champion Maria Kouvatsou. This chess festival is held under the auspices of the
Ministry of Athletics, the District of Crete, the Prefecture Administration of
Rethymno, the Local Union of Municipalities and Communities and the
Municipality of Rethymno. The Chess Festival is going to include:
DEMONSTRATION CONTESTS BY THE "LEGENDARY" AN. KARPOV 1st GREEK
INTERSCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP (for primary schools) 1st OPEN INTERNATIONAL RAPID
TOURNAMENT IN RETHYMNO
On the 20th of April Anatoly Karpov is having a simultané
demonstration contest (he is going to compete against more than 20 players at
the same time). In the afternoon of both that and the following day he is going
to have a match against the World Girl Champion Maria Kouvatsou. The ones
interested in taking part in the simultané may get in touch with us
either by calling +30977673981 (Maria Vigliraki), or through Fax (+30831-20810)
and e-mail (thebest@ret.forthnet.gr).
MARY VIGLIRAKI TEL: +30 831 20810 MOB: +30977 673981
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.gr/essk/enter.html
Odyssey 2001 computer chess tournament
There is a computer chess tournament running as a 15 round Swiss system
event. The first round has just been completed. 26 leading chess programs
compete. The website has games and commentary.
Website:http://www.rebel.nl/odyssey.htm
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. Players: 1. Alexei Shirov (ESP, 2718) 2. Aleksandr
Khalifman (RUS, 2690) 3. Ulf Andersson (SWE, 2640) 4. Jaan Ehlvest (EST, 2638)
5. Aleksandr Shabalov (USA, 2609) 6. Edvins Kengis (LAT, 2589) 7. Utut Adianto
(INO, 2583) 8. Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (POL, 2572) 9. Aloyzas Kveinys (LTU,
2530) 10. Maxim Dlugy (USA, 2531) 11. Darmen Sadvakasov (KAZ, 2509) 12.
Viktoria Chmilite (LTU, 2433) There will be live coverage: The Internet site
for "Liepajas rokade" will be available soon.
There is also an open: GsM and IMs are invited to the "Open" tournament.
Entry is still open. Prizes 1) 1000 USD, 2) 500 USD, 3) 300 USD, 4) 200 USD, 5)
100 USD, 6) 50 USD Blitz chess tournament (5 August) prizes total 1000 USD. For
more information contact: Aris Ozolins +371-9207601 (mobile) +371-3484128
Cieceres 28-4 Liepaja, Latvia LV-3416 e-mail: ozolins@apollo.lv
kurvar@apollo.lv
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.
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
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.
Internet coverage 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. Boris Gulko
(replaces Yasser Seirawan who doesn't want to play in a FIDE event) USA 2622
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