THE WEEK IN CHESS 332 19th March 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Tenth Amber Tournament 36 games
US-China Chess Summit Match 40 games
Evry GM Tournament 20 games
Bad Wörishofen Open 77 games
58th Polish Chess Championships 7 games
Adams - Tkachiev Rapidplay Match 6 games
Victor Ciocaltea Memorial 24 games
Pinamar Masters 42 games
Belgian Interteams 2000-01 152 games
4NCL 96 games
First Saturday March 132 games
Budapest Spring Festival 60 games
IV Malaga Open 264 games
Ivan Zanic Memorial 66 games
Polish Junior Championships 825 games
Zwolle Weekender 22 games
Kramnik Simul 20 games
Swedish Team Championships 6 games
National Open Las Vegas 9 games
1904 games
My thanks to Bert Hollmann, Henri Spijkerman, Richard Palliser, Mihajlo
Savic, John Henderson, Pablo Sierra, Laszlo Nagy, Adam Raoof, Eirik Gullaksen,
Axel Fritz, Steve Laios, Javier Rubio Doblas, Przemek Jahr, Hassan Khaled, Radu
Chirila, Alan Cowderoy, Bill Friesema, Bartlomiej Macieja, John Henderson and
all those who helped with this issue.
This has been a very busy week of chess. The Amber tournament always
provides interesting chess and the first three rounds are presented here. The
Chinese victory against the US may be seen as the start of their charge for
domination of chess in ten years time. I think its clear that they will become
more of a force in the next few years but perhaps there is a little way to go.
Many of their juniors have over-inflated ratings according to Leonard Barden
and at the under 12 level he believes the better players are from India and
Russia. Nevertheless I don't think we can doubt the Chinese seriousness in the
long term. I've had a lot of letters this week. I'm considering a seperate
letters column away from this magazine section. In the past I tried to only
publish letters that were news stories in themselves, this has slipped in
recent times, one way or another I'll have to come up with a solution.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
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.
Veselin Topalov leads with 5/6 in the combined standings, Anand and
Topalov lead with 2.5/3 in the rapidplay standings and Ljubojevic leads with
3/3 in the blindfold standings which included the first defeat of Anand for 8
months, and 69 games.
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
Round 1 (March 17, 2001)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 49 E94 King's Indian Defence (Classical System)
Shirov, Alexei - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 51 C10 French Rubinstein Variation
Gelfand, Boris - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 23 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 25 E15 Queen's Indian Defence (Main Line - Deviations)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Leko, Peter 0-1 41 B33 Sicilian Defence (Lasker/Pelikan/Sveshnikov Variation)
Almasi, Zoltan - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 65 B33 Sicilian Defence (Lasker/Pelikan/Sveshnikov Variation)
Round 2 (March 18, 2001)
Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 20 C78 Ruy Lopez (Moeller Defence)
Leko, Peter - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 37 B10 Caro Kann
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 66 D37 Queen's Gambit: 5.Bf4
Van Wely, Loek - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 91 D37 Queen's Gambit: 5.Bf4
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 48 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Piket, Jeroen - Almasi, Zoltan 0-1 47 E12 Queen's Indian Defence (Petrosian System and 4. or 5. Bg5)
Round 3 (March 19, 2001)
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1-0 61 D98 Gruenfeld Defence (Smyslov System)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 60 A79 Benoni Defence (Main Line)
Shirov, Alexei - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 61 B49 Sicilian Defence (Paulsen Variation)
Karpov, Anatoly - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 28 E05 Catalan System
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 46 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen Variation
Van Wely, Loek - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 60 D15 Slav Defence
Amber Rapidplay Monaco MNC (MNC), 17-29 iii 2001 cat. XVIII (2699)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2718 * . = . 1 . . . . 1 . . 2.5 2983
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2790 . * . 1 . . = . . . 1 . 2.5 2936
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 = . * . . . . . = . . 1 2.0 2808
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2745 . 0 . * . . 1 1 . . . . 2.0 2853
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2718 0 . . . * . . . 1 1 . . 2.0 2811
6 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2712 . . . . . * = = . . 1 . 2.0 2779
7 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2679 . = . 0 . = * . . . . . 1.0 2624
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 . . . 0 . = . * . . = . 1.0 2549
9 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2700 . . = . 0 . . . * . . = 1.0 2582
10 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2640 0 . . . 0 . . . . * . 1 1.0 2564
11 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2566 . 0 . . . 0 . = . . * . 0.5 2466
12 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2632 . . 0 . . . . . = 0 . * 0.5 2431
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Round 1 (March 17, 2001)
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 65 A23 English Opening
Topalov, Veselin - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 36 C92 Ruy Lopez (Tchigorin Variation)
Leko, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 36 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Piket, Jeroen - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 34 D55 Queen's Gambit: Main Line - Deviations; Old Lasker Variation
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 24 B12 Caro Kann (Advance Variation)
Van Wely, Loek - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 34 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Round 2 (March 18, 2001)
Anand, Viswanathan - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 0-1 25 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen Variation
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 33 B76 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 32 A34 English Opening (Symmetrical Variation)
Almasi, Zoltan - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 35 C78 Ruy Lopez (Moeller Defence)
Karpov, Anatoly - Leko, Peter 1/2 66 D77 Gruenfeld Defence (3.g3)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 33 E34 Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qc2)
Round 3 (March 19, 2001)
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 32 E32 Nimzo Indian Defence (4.Qc2)
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 56 D37 Queen's Gambit: 5.Bf4
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 33 C11 French Defence
Piket, Jeroen - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 49 D82 Gruenfeld Defence (4.Bf4)
Almasi, Zoltan - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 32 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen Variation
Gelfand, Boris - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 29 B12 Caro Kann (Advance Variation)
Amber Blindfold Monaco MNC (MNC), 17-29 iii 2001 cat. XVIII (2699)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2566 * . . . 1 . . . . 1 . 1 3.0
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2718 . * . . . = 1 1 . . . . 2.5 2983
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2745 . . * . = . . . = 1 . . 2.0 2853
4 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2632 . . . * . . = 1 . . = . 2.0 2829
5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2790 0 . = . * . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2663
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2718 . = . . . * . 0 . . 1 . 1.5 2686
7 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 . 0 . = . . * . . . 1 . 1.5 2683
8 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2640 . 0 . 0 . 1 . * . . . . 1.0 2564
9 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2679 . . = . 0 . . . * . . = 1.0 2624
10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 0 . 0 . . . . . . * . 1 1.0 2549
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2700 . . . = . 0 0 . . . * . 0.5 2434
12 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2712 0 . . . . . . . = 0 . * 0.5 2381
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Amber Combined Monaco MNC (MNC), 17-29 iii 2001 cat. XVIII (2699)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2718 ** .. .. .. =1 1= .. .. .. 11 .. .. 5.0 2983
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2790 .. ** 1= 10 .. .. .. .. =1 .. .. .. 4.0 2788
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2745 .. 0= ** .. .. .. .. .. 1= .. 11 .. 4.0 2853
4 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2566 .. 01 .. ** .. .. 01 .. .. .. =1 .. 3.5 2796
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 =0 .. .. .. ** .. .. 1= .. .. .. =1 3.5 2740
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2718 0= .. .. .. .. ** .. .. .. 10 .. 11 3.5 2743
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2712 .. .. .. 10 .. .. ** .. == .. =0 .. 2.5 2597
8 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2632 .. .. .. .. 0= .. .. ** .. 01 .. == 2.5 2647
9 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2679 .. =0 0= .. .. .. == .. ** .. .. .. 2.0 2624
10 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2640 00 .. .. .. .. 01 .. 10 .. ** .. .. 2.0 2564
11 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 .. .. 00 =0 .. .. =1 .. .. .. ** .. 2.0 2549
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2700 .. .. .. .. =0 00 .. == .. .. .. ** 1.5 2514
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The Seattle Chess Foundation organised the US-China Chess Summit Match,
March 14-18 in Seattle. The four round match had 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.
The event which was sanctioned by the Chinese and US Chess Federations
will be the first of four such events held annually alternately in the US and
China.
China won the event 21-19 thanks to a brilliant day 3 (6.5-3.5), days 2
and 4 were drawn and the US edged day 1.
Internet site: http://www.seattlechessfoundation.com/
Round 1 (March 14, 2001) US 5.5-4.5 China
Ye Jiangchuan - Gulko, Boris F 1/2 57 B08 Pirc Defence
Benjamin, Joel - Xu Jun 1-0 61 B70 Sicilian Dragon
Peng Xiaomin - Kaidanov, Gregory S 1/2 25 C02 French Advance Variation
Shabalov, Alexander - Zhang Zhong 0-1 45 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation, Deviations
Xie Jun - Ivanov, Alexander 0-1 93 C92 Ruy Lopez (Tchigorin Variation)
Christiansen, Larry M - Zhu Chen 1/2 46 B93 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
Xu Yuhua - Krush, Irina 1/2 27 B52 Sicilian Defence (Rossolimo Variation)
Baginskaite, Camilla - Qin Kanying 1-0 41 D85 Gruenfeld Defence (Main Line)
Bu Xiangzhi - Bhat, Vinay S 1-0 55 D36 Queen's Gambit: Exchange Variation
Schneider, Dmitry - Ni Hua 1/2 63 B30 Sicilian Defence (Rossolimo Variation)
Round 2 (March 15, 2001) US 5-5 China
Gulko, Boris F - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 15 E91 King's Indian Defence (Classical System)
Xu Jun - Seirawan, Yasser 1/2 46 E16 Queen's Indian Defence (Main Line with Bb4)
Kaidanov, Gregory S - Peng Xiaomin 1-0 51 D88 Gruenfeld Defence (Main Line, Alekhine's Variation)
Zhang Zhong - Shabalov, Alexander 1/2 58 B30 Sicilian Defence (Rossolimo Variation)
Benjamin, Joel - Xie Jun 1/2 41 C98 Ruy Lopez (Tchigorin Variation)
Zhu Chen - Christiansen, Larry M 1/2 50 E15 Queen's Indian Defence (Main Line - Deviations)
Krush, Irina - Xu Yuhua 1/2 33 C42 Petroff's Defence
Wang Lei - Groberman, Elina 1-0 62 E73 King's Indian Defence (Averbakh Variation)
Bhat, Vinay S - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 32 B52 Sicilian Defence (Rossolimo Variation)
Ni Hua - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 46 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen Variation
Round 3 (March 16, 2001) US 3.5-6.5 China
Ye Jiangchuan - Gulko, Boris F 1-0 30 B82 Sicilian Scheveningen Variation
Seirawan, Yasser - Xu Jun 1/2 19 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Peng Xiaomin - Kaidanov, Gregory S 0-1 27 C02 French Advance Variation
Shabalov, Alexander - Zhang Zhong 0-1 56 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Xie Jun - Ivanov, Alexander 1-0 37 C95 Ruy Lopez (Breyer Variation)
Christiansen, Larry M - Zhu Chen 1-0 32 A28 English Opening (Four Knights' Variation)
Wang Lei - Krush, Irina 1-0 47 D13 Slav Defence - Exchange Variation
Baginskaite, Camilla - Qin Kanying 1/2 51 D85 Gruenfeld Defence (Main Line)
Wang Yue - Bhat, Vinay S 1/2 42 D35 Queen's Gambit: Exchange Variation
Schneider, Dmitry - Ni Hua 0-1 37 B31 Sicilian Defence (Rossolimo Variation)
Round 4 (March 18, 2001) US 5-5 China
Gulko, Boris F - Yin Hao 1/2 21 D35 Queen's Gambit: Exchange Variation
Xu Jun - Seirawan, Yasser 1/2 14 E15 Queen's Indian Defence (Main Line - Deviations)
Kaidanov, Gregory S - Peng Xiaomin 1/2 30 D70 Gruenfeld Defence (Deviations in the 3rd move)
Zhang Zhong - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 41 C00 French Defence (Unusual Moves)
Ivanov, Alexander - Xie Jun 1-0 43 C93 Ruy Lopez (Smyslov Variation)
Zhu Chen - Christiansen, Larry M 0-1 33 A50 Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Krush, Irina - Wang Lei 1/2 36 B33 Sicilian Defence (Lasker/Pelikan/Sveshnikov Variation)
Qin Kanying - Baginskaite, Camilla 1/2 40 B51 Sicilian Defence (Rossolimo Variation)
Bhat, Vinay S - Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 32 B23 Sicilian Defence (Closed System)
Ni Hua - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 47 B22 Sicilian Defence (Alapin Variation)
US-China Summit Seattle CHN (USA), 14-16 iii 2001
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1 Ni Hua f CHN 2534 =24 +27 +24 +27 3.5 / 4 2720
2 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2566 =20 =20 +20 +20 3.0 / 4 2731
3 Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2607 =19 +19 +19 =19 3.0 / 4 2841
4 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2607 +25 =25 +25 = 6 3.0 / 4 2795
5 Wang Lei wg CHN 2473 . +26 +15 =15 2.5 / 3 2561
6 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2581 +16 =12 . = 4 2.0 / 3 2731
7 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2558 +13 -13 . +13 2.0 / 3 2540
8 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2582 +12 . -12 +12 2.0 / 3 2682
9 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2671 =14 =14 +14 . 2.0 / 3 2747
10 Baginskaite, Camilla wm USA 2306 +18 . =18 . 1.5 / 2 2682
11 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2640 . =16 =16 =16 1.5 / 3 2655
12 Xie Jun g CHN 2557 - 8 = 6 + 8 - 8 1.5 / 4 2494
13 Bhat, Vinay S m USA 2415 - 7 + 7 =21 - 7 1.5 / 4 2441
14 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2622 = 9 = 9 - 9 =22 1.5 / 4 2560
15 Krush, Irina wm USA 2380 =17 =17 - 5 = 5 1.5 / 4 2399
16 Xu Jun g CHN 2655 - 6 =11 =11 =11 1.5 / 4 2538
17 Xu Yuhua wg CHN 2500 =15 =15 . . 1.0 / 2 2380
18 Qin Kanying wg CHN 2489 -10 . =10 =23 1.0 / 3 2181
19 Peng Xiaomin g CHN 2648 = 3 - 3 - 3 = 3 1.0 / 4 2414
20 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2538 = 2 = 2 - 2 - 2 1.0 / 4 2373
21 Wang Yue f CHN 2439 . . =13 . 0.5 / 1 2415
22 Yin Hao m CHN 2576 . . . =14 0.5 / 1 2622
23 Baginskaite, Camilla wm USA 2306 . . . =18 0.5 / 1 2489
24 Schneider, Dmitry f USA 2404 = 1 . - 1 . 0.5 / 2 2341
25 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2609 - 4 = 4 - 4 . 0.5 / 3 2334
26 Groberman, Elina USA 2106 . - 5 . . 0.0 / 1
27 Nakamura, Hikaru f USA 2364 . - 1 . - 1 0.0 / 2
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The Evry (France) GM tournament takes place 15th-23rd March 2001. After
four rounds Andrei Shchekachev and Alexei Chernuschevich lead with 3.5/4.
Internet coverage: http://www.echecs-idf.com/
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It Evry FRA (FRA), 15-23 iii 2001 cat. VIII (2435)
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1. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2537 * . . 1 . = . 1 1 . 3.5 2751
2. Chernuschevich, Alexei m BLR 2435 . * 1 . = . 1 . . 1 3.5 2764
3. Bricard, Emmanuel m FRA 2445 . 0 * . 1 . . 1 1 . 3.0 2607
4. Marcelin, Cyril m FRA 2424 0 . . * . 1 . . 1 1 3.0 2653
5. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2448 . = 0 . * = 1 . . . 2.0 2441
6. Velikov, Petar g BUL 2461 = . . 0 = * 1 . . . 2.0 2458
7. Bergez, Luc m FRA 2426 . 0 . . 0 0 * 1 . . 1.0 2224
8. Justo, Damian f ARG 2327 0 . 0 . . . 0 * . 1 1.0 2257
9. Pira, Davoud m FRA 2449 0 . 0 0 . . . . * 1 1.0 2256
10. Giffard, Nicolas m FRA 2393 . 0 . 0 . . . 0 0 * 0.0
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The Bad Wörishofen Open takes place 15th-23rd March 2001. Over 420
players compete including Filippov, Graf (Nenashev), Aleksandrov, Epishin,
Glek, Pelletier, Levin etc . My thanks to Bert Hollmann for the games and
results. The top six boards are live on the Internet.
Internet coverage including live games:
http://www.chessorg.de/html/bad_woerishofen.html
and http://www.schach.com/.
Leading Standings after Round 5 (of 9)
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1. Filippov Valeri GM RUS 4.5 18.0 2619
2. Aleksandrov Alexei GM BLR 4.5 17.5 2610
3. Graf Alexander GM GER 4.5 16.5 2649
4. Glek Igor GM GER 4.5 16.0 2551
5. Simutowe Amon IM ZAM 4.5 16.0 2462
6. Martinovic Slobodan GM YUG 4.5 16.0 2428
7. Levin Felix GM GER 4.5 15.5 2531
8. Sprenger Jan GER 4.5 14.5 2326
9. Epishin Vladimir GM RUS 4.0 17.0 2578
10. Kekelidse Mikheil GM GEO 4.0 17.0 2512
11. Schwalfenberg Joerg FM GER 4.0 17.0 2357
12. Varga Zoltan GM HUN 4.0 17.0 2519
13. Jenni Florian IM SUI 4.0 16.5 2493
14. Pelletier Yannick IM SUI 4.0 16.5 2548
15. Farago Ivan GM HUN 4.0 16.5 2453
16. Schramm Christian FM GER 4.0 15.5 2349
17. Fuchs Heinz IM GER 4.0 15.5 2328
18. Heika Martin GER 4.0 15.5 2325
19. Kuprejchik Viktor GM BLR 4.0 15.5 2453
20. Horvath Peter IM HUN 4.0 15.0 2396
21. Heinzel Olaf FM GER 4.0 15.0 2374
22. Sokolov Andrei GM FRA 4.0 15.0 2566
23. Siebrecht Sebastian IM GER 4.0 15.0 2386
24. Deglmann Ludwig FM GER 4.0 15.0 2306
25. Kalinitschev Sergej GM GER 4.0 14.5 2495
26. Krizsany Laszlo IM HUN 4.0 14.5 2455
27. Hartoch Robert IM NED 4.0 14.0 2319
28. Pirrot Dieter IM GER 4.0 13.5 2445
29. Braun Peter FRA 4.0 13.0 2258
30. Puth Dieter FM GER 4.0 12.5 2185
31. Werner Clemens FM GER 4.0 12.5 2347
32. Pflug Matthias GER 4.0 11.0 2177
33. Roeder Matthias IM GER 4.0 11.0 2456
278 players
The 58th Polish Chess Championships in Warsaw take place March 17-31,
2001. Below are the standings for round 1. My thanks to Bartlomiej Macieja for
the information.
Internet coverage: http://www.plusgsm.pl/szachy/index.html
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58th ch-POL Warsaw POL (POL), 18-31 iii 2001 cat. XI (2503)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Cyborowski, Lukasz m POL 2432 * . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2543 . * . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Blehm, Pawel m POL 2512 . . * . . . = . . . . . . . 0.5 2658
4. Gajewski, Grzegorz POL 2344 . . . * . = . . . . . . . . 0.5 2489
5. Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2543 . . . . * . . = . . . . . . 0.5 2499
6. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2489 . . . = . * . . . . . . . . 0.5 2344
7. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2658 . . = . . . * . . . . . . . 0.5 2512
8. Kuczynski, Robert g POL 2499 . . . . = . . * . . . . . . 0.5 2543
9. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2578 . . . . . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2557
10. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2557 . . . . . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2578
11. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2595 . . . . . . . . . . * = . . 0.5 2429
12. Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2429 . . . . . . . . . . = * . . 0.5 2595
13. Bartel, Mateusz POL 2392 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2477 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Cannes-Echecs organised a rapid play match between Michael Adams and
Vladislav Tkachiev which took place March 18th-18th 2001. Day one saw a draw, a
win for Tkachiev and then a win for Adams. All three games were drawn on day
two. The event was a dry run for the World Cup of Rapid Chess 21st-25th March
2001.
Internet coverage:
http://www.cannes-echecs.org/editodamir/edito.htm.
Adams, Michael - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 40 B46 Sicilian Defence (Paulsen Variation)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Adams, Michael 1-0 45 E05 Catalan System
Adams, Michael - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0 43 B22 Sicilian Defence (Alapin Variation)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Adams, Michael 1/2 57 E11 Bogo Indian Defence (Bogoljubov Variation)
Adams, Michael - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 35 B48 Sicilian Defence (Paulsen Variation)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Adams, Michael 1/2 43 E04 Catalan System
Rapidplay Match Cannes FRA (FRA), 18-19 iii 2001
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Adams, Michael g ENG 2746 = 0 1 = = = 3.0 2672
Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2672 = 1 0 = = = 3.0 2746
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The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial tournament took place in Bucharest,
Romania 4th-14th March 2001. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu on 7.5/11 won the event by
a clear point from Vladislav Nevednichy and Levente Vajda on 6.5. 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. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2596 * = = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 = 7.5 2660
2. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2563 = * = = = 1 = = = = 1 = 6.5 2595
3. Vajda, Levente m ROM 2454 = = * 1 0 = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2605
4. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2570 = = 0 * = = = = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2565
5. Navrotescu, Catalin m ROM 2451 0 = 1 = * 0 = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2576
6. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2581 0 0 = = 1 * = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2564
7. Badea, Bela g ROM 2460 = = = = = = * = = = = = 5.5 2539
8. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2504 = = = = = 0 = * = = = 0 4.5 2470
9. Marin, Mihail g ROM 2604 = = = 0 0 = = = * = = = 4.5 2461
10. Solak, Dragan g YUG 2511 0 = 0 = = = = = = * = = 4.5 2470
11. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2527 0 0 = 0 = = = = = = * 1 4.5 2468
12. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2578 = = 0 = 0 0 = 1 = = 0 * 4.0 2427
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The "1st Pinamar Masters" took place 8th-18th March 2001. The event was
won by Ulf Andersson with 8/11 (one loss tp Garcia Palermo) who was half a
point clear of Alejandro Hoffman. Bent Larsen tied for fourth place.
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. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2640 * = = 1 = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2592
2. Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2473 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2565
3. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2458 = = * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2536
4. Larsen, Bent g DEN 2500 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2495
5. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2554 = = = = * = 0 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2490
6. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2470 1 0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 0 6.0 2469
7. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2400 0 = = 0 1 1 * 0 0 1 1 = 5.5 2439
8. Szmetan, Jorge m ARG 2394 0 = 0 = = = 1 * = = = 1 5.5 2440
9. Giardelli, Sergio C m ARG 2438 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = * 1 0 1 4.5 2371
10. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2376 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 4.0 2339
11. Rodi, Luis Ernesto ARG 2225 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 3.0 2280
12. Hobaica, Juan Pablo ARG 2306 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 * 2.0 2186
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Steve Laios sends news of recent Belgian Interteams games. Due to 2
extra teams this year, round 12 (which took place on Jan 14th) was after round
06 (Jan 7th) and round 13 was played after round 9. The event started October
15th 2000.
Included in the games file: Round 06 : 01-07-2001 (56 games) - Round 12
: 01-14-2001 (56 games) and Round 07 : 01-21-2001 (56 games).
Standings
Standings after round 13 (11 played)
1.Rochade Eupen 1 61
2.K Gent SRL1 55
3.K Antwerp OSK1 53.5
...
13.Deurne1 33.5
14.Boitsfort1 33.5
The 7th and 8th rounds of the 4NCL took place in Birmingham over the
weekend of March 17th-18th 2001. My thanks to Adam Raoof and Richard Palliser
for games and information.
There is a new official website at: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/. Additional
information at: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/4ncl/index.html
Round 7 17th March 2001
S. WALES DRAGONS 2225 2-6 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2386
1 w Cooper, John 2341 ½-½ Parker, Jonathan 2545
2 b Zeidler, Sven 2284 0-1 Kelly, Brian 2464
3 w Dineley, Richard 2276 ½-½ Webster, Andrew 2435
4 b Morris, Charles 2238 1-0 Ferguson, Mark 2374
5 w James, David 2238 0-1 Crouch, Colin 2434
6 b Roberts, David 2150 0-1 Knott, Simon 2390
7 w Binks, Michael 2154 0-1 Rogers, Jonathan 2329
8 b Cast, Abigail (F) 2121 0-1 Rutherford, Elaine (F) 2117
WOOD GREEN 1 2468 6½-1½ RICHMOND 2258
1 w Baburin, Alex 2598 ½-½ Bates, Richard 2371
2 b Speelman, Jon 2604 1-0 Wall, Gavin 2348
3 w Emms, John 2514 1-0 Hinks-Edwards, Tom 2294
4 b Ward, Chris 2506 ½-½ Franklin, Michael 2253
5 w Turner, Matthew 2498 1-0 Default
6 b Martin, Andrew 2445 1-0 Thiruchelvam, Murugan 2168
7 w Littlewood, Paul 2394 1-0 Buckley, Melanie (F) 2114
8 b Jackson, Sheila 2185 ½-½ von Schlippe, Nick *
THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2330 4-4 BEESON GREGORY 2 2354
1 w Arkell, Keith 2434 ½-½ Flear, Glenn 2476
2 b Hunt, Harriet (F) 2426 0-1 Mestel, Jonathan 2488
3 w Mah, Karl 2404 1-0 McDonald, Neil 2439
4 b Dunnington, Angus 2388 ½-½ Bellin, Robert 2356
5 w Gayson, Peter 2273 ½-½ Cooper, Lawrence 2361
6 b Dunworth, Chris 2287 1-0 Richardson, John R. 2338
7 w Barrett, Steve 2217 0-1 Hassabis, Demis 2237
8 b Burnett, Jim 2213 ½-½ Richards, Heather (F) 2133
POISONED PAWNS 1 2290 1-7 SLOUGH 1 2409
1 w Shaw, John 2454 ½-½ Miles, Tony 2564
2 b Mannion, Steve 2369 0-1 Summerscale, Aaron 2531
3 w Muir, Andrew 2317 0-1 McNab, Colin 2403
4 b Harley, Andrew 2296 0-1 Houska, Jovanka (F) 2368
5 w Swanson, Stephen 2273 0-1 Wohl, Aleksandar 2441
6 b Devereaux, Maxim 2274 ½-½ Buckley, Graeme 2369
7 w Smith, Andrew 2252 0-1 Lalic, Susan (F) 2318
8 b Connolly, Suzanne 2083 0-1 Houska, Miroslav* 2279
MIDLAND MONARCHS 2287 0-8 BEESON GREGORY 1 2493
1 w Ledger, Andrew 2443 0-1 Hodgson, Julian 2596
2 b Pert, Nick 2455 0-1 Rogers, Ian 2529
3 w Williams, Simon 2350 0-1 Gallagher, Joe 2519
4 b Ledger, David 2278 0-1 Hebden, Mark 2552
5 w Pert, Richard 2263 0-1 McShane, Luke 2460
6 b Eames, Robert** 2307 0-1 Chandler, Murray 2529
7 w Ledger, Stephen 2188 0-1 Hennigan, Michael 2455
8 b Tidman, Sophie (F) 2003 0-1 Sheldon, Ruth (F) 2301
**Ineligible player
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2406 6½-1½ BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2280
1 w Gormally, Danny 2505 1-0 Collinson, Adam 2404
2 b Conquest, Stuart 2546 1-0 Dishman, Stephen 2364
3 w Rowson, Jonathan 2489 1-0 Hanley, Craig 2276
4 b Plaskett, James 2479 ½-½ Lewis, Andrew 2257
5 w King, Danny 2543 1-0 Plueg, Andreas 2313
6 b Baker, Chris 2372 ½-½ Duncan, Chris 2310
7 w Webb, Richard 2353 ½-½ Palliser, Richard 2277
8 b Yurenok, Maria (F) 2058 1-0 Seymour, Jane (F) * 2040
Round 8 18th March 2001
SLOUGH 1 2409 6-2 WHITE ROSE 1 2279
1 w Miles, Tony 2564 1-0 Mah, Karl 2404
2 b Summerscale, Aaron 2531 ½-½ Hunt, Harriet (F) 2426
3 w Wohl, Aleksandar 2441 ½-½ Dunnington, Angus 2388
4 b Buckley, Graeme 2369 1-0 Dunworth, Chris 2287
5 w McNab, Colin 2403 ½-½ Gayson, Peter 2273
6 b Houska, Jovanka (F)2368 1-0 Barrett, Steve 2217
7 w Lalic, Susan (F) 2318 ½-½ Jones, Gawain 2184
8 b Houska, Miroslav 2279 1-0 Gourlay, Iain 2056
BEESON GREGORY 2 2354 3½-4½ RICHMOND 2295
1 w Hennigan, Michael 2476 1-0 Bezold, Michael * 2510
2 b Mestel, Jonathan 2488 1-0 Bates, Richard 2371
3 w McDonald, Neil 2439 0-1 Wall, Gavin 2348
4 b Bellin, Robert 2356 ½-½ Johnstone, Paul 2299
5 w Cooper, Lawrence 2361 ½-½ Hinks-Edwards, Tom 2294
6 b Richardson, John 2338 0-1 Franklin, Michael 2253
7 w Hassabis, Demis 2237 0-1 Thuruchelvam, Murugan 2168
8 b Richards, Heather 2133 ½-½ Buckley, Melanie (F) 2114
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2386 1½-6½ WOOD GREEN 1 2497
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2545 0-1 Speelman, Jon 2604
2 b Kelly, Brian 2464 0-1 Short, Nigel 2676
3 w Crouch, Colin 2434 ½-½ Baburin, Alex 2598
4 b Knott, Simon 2390 0-1 Ward, Chris 2506
5 w Webster, Andrew 2435 0-1 Turner, Matthew 2498
6 b Ferguson, Mark 2374 0-1 Emms, John 2514
7 w Rogers, Jonathan 2329 ½-½ Littlewood, Paul 2394
8 b Rutherford, Elaine 2117 ½-½ Jackson, Sheila (F) 2185
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2276 4½-3½ S. WALES DRAGONS 2225
1 w Collinson, Adam 2404 ½-½ Cooper, John 2341
2 b Dishman, Stephen 2364 ½-½ Zeidler, Sven 2284
3 w Palliser, Richard 2277 1-0 Dineley, Richard 2276
4 b Duncan, Chris 2310 ½-½ James, David 2238
5 w Hanley, Craig 2276 0-1 Morris, Charles 2238
6 b Lewis, Andrew 2257 1-0 Roberts, David 2150
7 w Kenworthy, Gary 2283 ½-½ Binks, Michael 2154
8 b Seymour, Jane (F) 2040 ½-½ Cast, Abigail (F) 2121
MIDLAND MONARCHS 2278 4-4 POISONED PAWNS 1 2290
1 w Pert, Nick 2465 ½-½ Shaw, John 2454
2 b Ledger, Andrew 2443 ½-½ Mannion, Steve 2369
3 w Ledger, David 2278 ½-½ Muir, Andrew 2317
4 b Williams, Simon 2350 1-0 Harley, Andrew 2296
5 w Pert, Richard 2263 0-1 Swanson, Stephen 2273
6 b Holland, Ed 2235 0-1 Devereaux, Maxim 2274
7 w Ledger, Stephen 2188 1-0 Smith, Andrew 2252
8 b Tidman, Sophie (F) 2003 ½-½ Connolly, Suzanne (F) 2083
BEESON GREGORY 1 2495 6-2 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2418
1 w Hodgson, Julian 2596 1-0 Rowson, Jonathan 2489
2 b Chandler, Murray 2529 ½-½ Plaskett, James 2479
3 w Flear, Glenn 2476 ½-½ King, Danny 2543
4 b Rogers, Ian 2529 ½-½ Conquest, Stuart 2546
5 w Gallagher, Joe 2519 ½-½ Gormally, Danny 2505
6 b Hebden, Mark 2552 1-0 Baker, Chris 2372
7 w McShane, Luke 2460 1-0 Webb, Richard 2353
8 b Sheldon, Ruth (F) 2301 1-0 Yurenok, Maria (F) 2058
4NCL 2000-1 Division 1 Round 8 Standings P W D L GPts MPts
1 Beeson Gregory 1 8 8 0 0 51 16
2 Slough 8 7 0 1 45 14
3 Wood Green 8 7 0 1 45 14
4 Guildford-ADC 1 8 5 1 2 40½ 11
5 Barbican 4NCL 1 8 4 1 3 33½ 9
6 Midland Monarchs 8 3 1 4 26½ 7
7 Barbican 4NCL 2 8 3 0 5 27½ 6
8 Thistle Birm. W. Rose 8 2 1 5 26 5
9 Beeson Gregory 2 8 2 1 5 25½ 5
10 Richmond 8 2 0 6 23½ 4
11 Poisoned Pawns 8 1 1 6 18 3
12 South Wales Dragons 8 1 0 7 22 2
Laszlo Nagy reports on the First Saturday IM tournaments. They took
place 3rd-16th March 2001. Vasik Rajlich won the IMA event and also scored an
IM norm. Attila Jakab and Mustapha Nezar won the IMB event on 7/11.
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 1 = 1 1 8.5 2512
2. Dembo, Yelena wm HUN 2342 1 * 1 = 0 1 = = = = = 1 7.0 2405
3. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2285 0 0 * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2374
4. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2349 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2368
5. Hajnal, Zoltan f HUN 2349 0 1 = 1 * 0 1 0 = 0 1 1 6.0 2339
6. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2319 = 0 = 0 1 * 0 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2305
7. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2288 = = = 0 0 1 * = 1 = 0 = 5.0 2272
8. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2313 0 = = = 1 1 = * 0 = 0 = 5.0 2270
9. Sendur, Adnan f TUR 2303 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 5.0 2271
10. Gonda, Laszlo HUN 2265 = = 0 0 1 = = = 0 * = = 4.5 2245
11. Tian Tian CHN 2224 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 = = * 0 3.5 2181
12. Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2283 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 * 3.0 2134
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1. Jakab, Attila f HUN 2308 * 0 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2404
2. Nezar, Mustapha FRA 2292 1 * 0 1 = = = = 0 1 1 1 7.0 2406
3. Berczes, Csaba HUN 2209 = 1 * = = = 1 = = 0 = 1 6.5 2376
4. Balogh, Csaba HUN 2340 = 0 = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2364
5. Xu Hanbing CHN 2218 = = = = * = = = = 1 = = 6.0 2346
6. Zimmerman, Yuri m HUN 2386 0 = = = = * = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2331
7. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2445 = = 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 6.0 2326
8. Philippe, Christophe FRA 2356 0 = = = = 0 = * = 1 1 1 6.0 2334
9. Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2345 = 1 = = = = = = * 0 = = 5.5 2299
10. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2288 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 1 * = 0 3.5 2171
11. Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2265 = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 = = * 0 3.0 2131
12. Goczo, Melinda HUN 2185 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 * 3.0 2138
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Following on the from the March First Saturday tournaments was the 17th
Spring Festival Open. 95 players are competing. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy for
the results and games.
Leading Round 3 Standings:
Spring Festival 16-24th March 2001 Budapest HUN
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1. 28 KHECHUMYAN,Gagik 3.0 5.5 5.50 6.0 2227 3065 +1.42
3 SZABOLCSI,Janos 3.0 5.0 5.00 6.0 2410 2885 +0.72
2 KAROLYI, Tibor 3.0 4.0 4.00 6.0 2440 2894 +0.66
6 RAJLICH,Vasik 3.0 4.0 4.00 6.0 2364 2882 +0.87
12 GARA,Ticia 3.0 4.0 4.00 6.0 2322 2863 +0.96
6. 94 WOYNOWSKI,Manfred 2.5 6.0 4.75 5.5 0000 2501 0
4 ZIMMERMAN,Yuri 2.5 5.5 4.25 5.5 2386 2481 +0.31
14 WOLLONER,Thomas 2.5 5.5 4.25 5.5 2310 2798 +0.50
22 CHERECHES,Marius 2.5 5.5 4.25 5.5 2273 2442 +0.58
7 GLADYSZEV,Oleg 2.5 5.0 3.75 5.5 2345 2464 +0.37
17 KAHN,Evarth 2.5 5.0 3.75 5.5 2288 2466 +0.61
5 GALYAS,Miklos 2.5 3.5 2.75 5.0 2375 2432 +0.16
13 SINKOVICS,Peter 2.5 3.5 2.75 5.0 2317 2311 -0.02
95 players
The IV Malaga Open took place 23rd February - 5th March 2001. There was
a five way tied on 7 points: Reynaldo Vera, Zenon Franco Ocampos, Roberto
Cifuentes Parada, Mihai Suba and Carlos Matamoros Franco. My thanks to Javier
Rubio Doblas
Internet coverage:
http://usuarios.tripod.es/frubiod/open/01open/01open.htm
and http://pagina.de/fmda
Final Standings (9 Rounds):
1. GM Vera Reynaldo 2562 2584 7.0 50.5 37.5
2. GM Franco Ocampos Zenón 2487 2498 7.0 49.0 38.0
3. GM Cifuentes Parada Roberto 2496 2554 7.0 47.0 37.0
4. GM Suba Mihai 2532 2572 7.0 46.5 36.5
5. IM Matamoros Franco Carlos 2467 2485 7.0 44.5 34.0
6. GM Gleizerov Evgeny 2586 2586 6.5 51.5 37.0
7. GM Kurajica Bojan 2567 2567 6.5 48.5 36.5
8. IM Peralta Fernando 2408 2408 6.5 48.0 35.0
9. GM Cramling Pia 2492 2509 6.5 47.5 36.5
10. GM Bellon Lopez Juan Man. 2430 2462 6.5 46.5 34.5
11. GM Arencibia Rodriguez Walter 2534 2543 6.5 46.5 34.5
12. IM Felgaer Rubén 2420 2420 6.5 45.5 34.0
13. IM Perez Rodney 2492 2492 6.5 44.5 35.5
14. WM Arakhamia Grant Ketevan 2416 2416 6.5 42.5 32.0
15. Alonso Salvador 2429 2429 6.5 42.0 31.5
16. IM Estremera Paños Sergio 2394 2411 6.5 41.0 31.5
17. MF Fernandez Romero Ernesto 2312 2330 6.0 49.5 33.0
18. GM Korneev Oleg 2600 2610 6.0 49.0 34.5
19. Biedma Martin Enrique 2288 2238 6.0 45.5 32.0
20. GM Garcia Ilundain David 2479 2508 6.0 44.5 33.0
21. Flores Diego 2359 2359 6.0 44.5 31.5
22. IM Baron Rodriguez Jesús 2393 2452 6.0 44.0 33.0
23. IM Leskovar Mario 2379 2379 6.0 43.0 31.0
24. IM Valdes Romero Leonardo 2338 2338 6.0 43.0 31.0
25. Willmoth Robert 2236 2236 6.0 42.5 29.0
26. Ripari Marcelo 2301 2301 5.5 50.0 33.0
27. GM Garcia Martinez Silvino 2371 2371 5.5 46.5 33.0
28. IM Teran Alvarez Ismael 2356 2416 5.5 45.5 33.0
29. Moreda Lucas 2309 2309 5.5 45.5 31.0
30. Cobo Prados Nicolás 2140 1967 5.5 44.5 27.5
31. IM Rivera Kuzawka Daniel 2349 2354 5.5 44.0 31.5
32. Rodriguez Guerrero Enrique 2208 2252 5.5 43.5 28.5
33. MF Muñoz Moreno Fr.Javier 2291 2305 5.5 42.5 29.0
34. Fernandez Gutierrez Rafael 0 2238 5.5 42.0 30.5
35. Terron Elena F. Miguel 2248 2274 5.5 42.0 29.0
36. Cuesta Bustos Sergio 2193 2184 5.5 41.5 29.0
37. Martinez Rodriguez Pablo 2296 2311 5.5 41.0 30.0
38. Molina Jorge L. 2195 2195 5.5 41.0 28.5
39. Rodriguez Vinuesa Azahara 2151 2126 5.5 41.0 27.0
40. Garcia Albarracin José Ant. 2093 2108 5.5 41.0 26.5
41. Jaime Montalvan Luis Fel. 0 2043 5.5 40.5 27.5
42. Ruiz Jimenez Fco. José 2104 2048 5.5 40.0 26.5
43. Santana Martin Juan 0 2047 5.5 40.0 24.5
44. Barrero Garcia Carlos 2319 2311 5.5 36.0 28.5
45. WM Hernandez Estevez Yudania 2277 2271 5.5 35.5 27.5
46. Camacho Dominguez Florencio 0 1988 5.5 35.5 22.0
47. Borrego Gil Diego 0 1955 5.5 35.0 21.5
152 players
Mihajlo Savic reports: the IGM "Ivan Zanic Memorial" tournament took
place in Stara Pazova (30 km. North of Belgrade) 9th-19th March 2001. The event
was a chance for 7.Jugoslav players as well as Aleksandar Colovic (MKD) and
Julian Radulski (BUL) to achieve GM and IM norms. After an excellent start with
six wins in the first six rounds, the youngest player, fifteen year old Veljko
Jeremic led the tournament throughout (and with it a GM norm). Radulski needed
two wins in two last rounds to achieve his GM norm. The Chief Arbiter was
Mihajlo Savic.
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Ivan Zanic Mem Stara Pazova YUG (YUG), 9-19 iii 2001 cat. VIII (2429)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Jeremic, Veljko YUG 2334 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 9.0 2699
2. Radulski, Julian BUL 2432 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2603
3. Sedlak, Nikola m YUG 2460 = = * = = = = = 1 = 1 = 6.5 2490
4. Lajthajm, Borko f YUG 2425 0 = = * 1 = = = = = = 1 6.0 2465
5. Zivanic, Marko f YUG 2418 = = = 0 * = = = 0 1 1 = 5.5 2429
6. Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2499 0 = = = = * = = 1 = = = 5.5 2422
7. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2437 0 0 = = = = * = = = = 1 5.0 2391
8. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2482 0 0 = = = = = * = = = 1 5.0 2387
9. Prelevic, Dusko YUG 2385 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = * 1 1 0 4.5 2367
10. Ostojic, Nikola m YUG 2451 0 0 = = 0 = = = 0 * 1 1 4.5 2361
11. Colovic, Aleksandar m MKD 2416 = = 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 * 1 4.0 2327
12. Pap, Misa YUG 2405 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 0 0 * 2.5 2219
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The Polish Junior Championships for boys and girls under 16 and 18 took
place in Zakopane 16th-26th January 2001. My thanks to Przemek Jahr for the
news.
Internet site: http://www.szachy.lo.pl
POLISH JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, Zakopane 16-26.01.2001
BOYS under 18 (11 rounds)
Place Name Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch.
1 MISTA, Aleksander 2432 8 62.0 76.0
2 DZIUBA, Marcin 2421 8 61.0 74.0
3 JAKUBOWSKI, Krzysztof 2331 8 60.0 73.0
4 ZAWADZKI, Stanislaw 2335 7.5 61.5 74.5
5 LAGOWSKI, Patryk 2301 7.5 60.5 73.0
6 SZYMANSKI, Marcin 2366 7 60.0 72.0
7 OWCZARZAK, Jerzy 2311 7 56.5 69.5
8 JANASZAK, Dawid 2134 6.5 60.5 73.5
9 JAKUBOWSKI, Marcin 2234 6.5 59.0 70.5
10 KOS, Pawel 2111 6.5 54.0 66.0
11 SKRZYPNIK, Maciej 2259 6 56.0 68.5
12 MOLDAWSKI, Tomasz 2021 6 54.5 67.0
13 TOMCZAK, Rafal 2314 6 54.0 66.5
14 PATEREK, Michal 2141 6 53.0 64.5
15 CHOJNACKI, Krzysztof 2232 6 52.0 64.0
16 CIESLA, Adam 2199 6 51.0 62.0
17 WOJCIECHOWSKI, Adam 2112 6 49.0 59.5
18 IWINSKI, Grzegorz 6 47.5 57.5
19 TRABSZYS, Tomasz 2120 6 47.5 57.0
20 DEBOWIAK, Marcin 2143 6 45.0 56.5
41 players
BOYS under 16 (11 rounds)
Place Name Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch.
1 HEBERLA, Bartlomiej 2364 8.5 61.0 75.0
2 SYPNICKI, Dominik 2162 8 56.5 69.5
3 PAKLEZA, Zbigniew 2165 7.5 56.0 69.0
4 MIROSLAW, Michal 2114 7 60.0 73.0
5 KRYSZTOFIAK, Marcin 2296 7 59.5 72.5
6 SZOEN, Dariusz 2152 7 58.5 71.5
7 BARGLOWSKI, Filip 2141 7 58.5 70.5
8 STACHOWIAK, Kamil 2128 7 56.5 69.5
9 SZROMBA, Krzysztof 2031 7 53.0 64.5
10 MARSZALEK, Maciej 2166 7 51.5 63.5
11 SINGER, Krystian 2116 6.5 50.5 63.5
12 GAJEWSKI, Grzegorz 2344 6 58.0 71.5
13 PASZEK, Krzysztof 2135 6 55.0 66.5
14 DUDA, Lukasz 2099 6 54.0 66.0
15 MACHAJ, Bartosz 2196 6 52.0 63.0
16 KIDZINSKI, Lukasz 6 48.0 58.0
17 CAJBEL, Maciej 6 47.5 56.0
18 CZAKON, Jakub 2083 6 46.0 54.5
41 players
GIRLS under 18 (11 rounds)
Place Name Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch.
1 SZYMANSKA, Maria 2059 8.5 56.0 69.0
2 RESZKA, Malgorzata 2093 8.5 55.5 68.5
3 SKROCHOCKA, Justyna 2037 7.5 55.0 67.5
4 KUCYPERA, Malgorzata 2055 7 57.5 70.0
5 BURSA, Renata 6.5 57.5 68.0
6 JUSZCZAK, Anna 2025 6.5 56.5 69.0
7 TADYCH, Agnieszka 6.5 51.0 63.0
8 PATEREK, Katarzyna 6.5 49.0 62.0
9 JANISZYN, Elzbieta 6.5 44.5 55.0
10 GAPA, Sylwia 6.5 44.5 53.0
11 SZYDLOWSKA, Malgorzata 6 55.0 67.5
12 CHLOST, Marlena 2047 6 52.0 65.0
13 ZAJAC, Magdalena 2074 6 50.5 62.0
14 CAGARA, Paulina 6 46.0 54.5
32 players
GIRLS under 16 (11 rounds)
Place Name Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch.
1 WOREK, Joanna 2132 9 63.0 76.0
2 KUPCZYK, Edyta 8.5 57.5 70.5
3 KADZIOLKA, Beata 2169 7.5 58.0 71.5
4 TEKIELAK, Izabela 7.5 56.5 68.0
5 MASZOTA, Natalia 2033 7.5 54.5 68.0
6 BALKIEWICZ, Elzbieta 2047 7.5 52.0 65.0
7 TOMA, Katarzyna 2101 7 61.5 75.0
8 TRUSZKIEWICZ, Eliza 7 54.0 66.5
9 TULACZ, Dorota 6.5 60.0 74.0
10 MAGNUCKA, Milena 2038 6.5 57.5 71.0
11 WOJCIECHOWSKA, Aleksandra 2021 6.5 55.0 68.0
40 players
Henri Spijkerman reports: There was a four way tie for first prize at
the end of the tenth annual KPMG weekender (9-11 March in Zwolle, The
Netherlands). IGM's Erik van den Doel, Friso Nijboer, Bogdan Lalic and Chinese
IM Li Shilong all finished on 5 points. After five rounds Van den Doel and
Lalic were ahead of the competition by half a point. Playing each other in the
last round they decided on a quick draw, thus enabling Nijboer and Li Shilong
to catch up by winning their last game.
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10th KPMG Weekender Zwolle NED (NED), 9-11 iii 2001
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1. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2531 5.0 24.0 19.50 19.5 2536 2651 +0.74
2. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2564 5.0 23.5 19.00 18.0 2523 2544 +0.14
3. Li Shilong m CHN 2474 5.0 21.0 17.00 16.0 2475 2514 +0.26
4. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2578 5.0 19.5 15.50 17.0 2574 2561 -0.04
5. Liang Chong m CHN 2581 4.5 23.0 16.00 17.0 2570 2423 -0.78
6. Erwich, Marc NED 2240 4.5 21.0 14.50 14.5 2289 2296 +0.06
7. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2452 4.0 23.0 14.25 16.0 2415 2319 -0.68
8. Erwich, Frank AS NED 2318 4.0 23.0 13.75 15.0 2239 2363 +1.00
9. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2532 4.0 23.0 13.00 16.0 2532 2378 -1.04
10. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2462 4.0 22.5 12.50 16.0 2462 2405 -0.44
11. Werle, Jan NED 2338 4.0 19.5 11.50 14.5 2287 2254 -0.26
12. Smeets, Jan NED 2272 4.0 19.5 9.50 13.0 2344 2318 -0.20
13. Yu Shaoteng m CHN 2493 4.0 19.0 11.25 15.5 2493 2375 -0.80
14. Jonkman, Harmen m NED 2383 4.0 18.5 10.25 13.5 2427 2220 -1.28
15. Cako, Laslo NED ---- 3.5 20.0 10.75 13.0 2072 2230 +1.10
16. Beeke, Bob NED ---- 3.5 18.0 8.50 12.0 1912 2120 +1.35
17. Cheung, YW CHN ---- 3.5 15.5 8.25 9.5 1896 2058 +1.34
18. Ceko, Jovan f YUG 2236 3.5 15.5 7.00 13.0 2250 2083 -1.18
19. Van Den Dikkenberg, E NED 2304 3.5 15.5 6.00 12.0 2146 2154 +0.08
49 players
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 now
available).
Internet coverage: http://www.zonejeux.com/,
http://www.notzai.com/notzai/index.shtml
The LASK Chess Club hosted the three last rounds in the Swedish Elite
league March 16-18 in Lund, Sweden. 20 GMs are playing in the 12 teams
including Ivan Sokolov, Timman, Nikolic, Ehlvest, Chernin, Hellers, Heine
Nielsen, Berg Hansen, Schandorff, Sergej Ivanov, Danielsen, Drasko, Hector,
Agrest, Hillarp-Persson, Wedberg, Gausel, Djurhuus, Karlsson and Ernst. The
winners of the league were SK Rockaden with nine won matches and two draws.
There are two games available from each day.
Internet site: http://lask.schacknyheter.com
Swedish Teams
SK Rockaden 11 9 2 0 59,5-28,5 20
Sollentuna SK 11 8 1 2 57,0-31,0 17
Limhamns SK 11 7 2 2 55,0-33,0 16
Lunds ASK 11 6 3 2 51,5-36,5 15
Kirsebergs SK 11 7 0 4 46,0-42,0 14
Schack 08 11 5 3 3 49,0-39,0 13
Wasa SK 11 4 1 6 42,0-46,0 9
Skara SS 11 4 1 6 39,5-48,5 9
Farsta SK 11 4 1 6 39,0-49,0 9
SK Kamraterna 11 2 2 7 34,5-53,5 6
SS Luleå 11 1 1 9 24,0-64,0 3
Västerås ÖSK/SA 11 0 1 10 31,0-57,0 1
The National Open took place in Las Vegas, March 9th-11th 2001. First
place and a prize of $6000 each went to Vladimir Akopian and Zhang Zhong of
China. There was a strong Chinese presence as they warmed up for their match
with the US. The six round event saw Alexander Beliavsky finish amongst the
also rans on 4/6. My thanks to Bill Friesema for a selection of games from the
event.
Internet coverage: http://www.64.com/natlopen/
Final Standings
No. Name Ttl USCF Pts
1 Akopian,Vladimir GM CA 2734 5.5
2 Zhang, Zhong GM CHN 2657 5.5
3 Ye, Jiangchuan GM CHN 2721 5
4 Baburin, Alexander GM IRL 2676 5
5 Ibragimov, Ildar GM NY 2665 5
6 Ivanov, Alexander GM MA 2659 5
7 Yermolinsky, Alex GM CA 2655 5
8 Gurevich,Dmitry GM IL 2647 5
9 Yin, Hao IM CHN 2626 5
10 Stripunsky, Alexander GM NY 2601 5
11 Ni, Hua FM CHN 2584 5
12 Smirin, Ilya GM ISR 2789 4.5
13 Xu, Jun GM CHN 2705 4.5
14 Novikov, Igor GM NY 2698 4.5
15 Peng, Xiaomin GM CHN 2698 4.5
16 Shabalov, Alexander GM PA 2695 4.5
17 Wojtkiewicz, Alexander GM NY 2671 4.5
18 Chernin, Alexander GM 2660 4.5
19 Blatny, Pavel GM 2640 4.5
20 Shulman, Yuri GM TX 2635 4.5
21 Kosyrev, Vladimir IM RUS 2615 4.5
22 Bu, Xiangzhi GM CHN 2608 4.5
23 Finegold, Benjamin IM MI 2589 4.5
24 Annakov, Babakouly GM TKM 2566 4.5
25 Xu, Yuhua WGM CHN 2550 4.5
26 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto GM NED 2546 4.5
27 Qin, Kanying WGM CHN 2539 4.5
28 Wang, Lei WGM CHN 2523 4.5
29 Summerscale, Aaron GM ENG 2507 4.5
30 Wang, Yue FM CHN 2489 4.5
31 Milonvanovic, Rade IM TX 2451 4.5
32 Mednis, Edmar John GM NY 2448 4.5
33 Saidy, Anthony F IM CA 2419 4.5
34 Beliavsky, Alexander GM CA 2741 4
35 Zhu, Chen WGM CHN 2588 4
36 Ashley, Maurice A GM NY 2587 4
37 Khachian, Melikset IM ARM 2546 4
255 players
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 30th March to the 7th April
2001. 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
Norm Seekers needed for Hampstead
Adam Raoof is looking for strong players for a GM tournament 17th-23rd
April 2001. Norm-seekers rated 2450+ should contact Adam Raoof directly at
adam@circuit.demon.co.uk. They will also be holding a £5000 challenge
match between Daniel Gormally and Matthew Turner at the same time.
Further details: http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/barnet.htm
4th Tanta Open, Egypt
The 4th Tanta Open will take place 18th-28th April 2001 in Tanta City
about 90 km from Cairo-Egypt.
It is an Open firstly for GM or IM invited players and then players
with high ratings there will be 40 players. Swiss System - 9 Rounds - 40
Players ( 5 GMs - 20 IMs) - 20 EGY players - Time control 7 hours - Fischer
system. Arrival 17 April 2001 -1st round 18 April- last Round 27 April. Closing
Ceremony and departure 28 April. Play start at 4.pm daily. Full Accommodation
and 3 meals in 3 star Hotel - single Room for Invited GMs and double Room for
invited IMs Free transportation inside Egypt, including to and from the
Airport; Free Tourist tours; Free entry fee for invited players 1st Prize 750
U.S.$ - 2nd 650$ - 3rd 600 - 4th 550 - 5th 500 - 6th 450 7th 400 - 8th 350 -
9th 300 - 10th 250. The organisers need only one player from each country.
Further information: ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com
Information from Hassan Khaled General Director of the Egyptian Chess
Federation
His phone number is +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Blitzin
handle:haskd Tournament Director: Refaat Raslan : Mobile :+20-12-3473891
Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285
There is also another section for rated players under 2300 you can also
request information on that event.
Bergen Chess International
Bergen Chess International 4-12. August 2001 Playing venue: Bergen,
Norway 9 rounds open GM-tournament 50-60 participants of which 6-7 GMs and 7-8
IMs. Limited number of unrated players. 7 hour playing session No double rounds
or adjournments No start fee for foreign players with FIDE ELO.
Internet coverage: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2001/
Austrian championships final
Fürstenfeld, 16.-18 of March. Finals of the austrian championships
Live-Coverage on http://members.aon.at/schach1/
Arthur Andersen’s Chess Trophy
Alexei Shirov will be a special guest at the 11th Arthur
Andersen’s Chess Trophy which will take place on April 7th & 8th in
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
This student team competition will culminate with a simultaneous
display on 33 boards given by Alexei Shirov on Sunday, April 8th around 3pm.
The top four games will be live on the Internet at
http://www.tropheearthur.com/live
For further information:
http://www.arthurandersen.com/tropheearthur/english
Kazimierz Dolny
Kazimierz Dolny tournament 10th-18th March 2001.
Internet coverage: http://friko6.onet.pl/kl/wienie
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
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.
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.
Live pictures and moves from Canalweb:
http://www.canalweb.net/vers/diagonalevent.html
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
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
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.
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
