THE WEEK IN CHESS 338 30th April 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Kramnik wins
the Korchnoi Anniversary Tournament
3) XI Dos Hermanas GM
tournament
4) Brain Games Network Computer World Qualifier
match
5) Anand signs WPC letter
6)
Category 13 in Kharkov
7) Third Saturday, Belgrade
8) Bundesliga
9) Dutch Team
Championships
10) Finnish Team Championships
11) Dubai Open
12) Hampstead GMs
13) Championships of Uruguay
14) GM
Tournament Rijeka
15) Gausdal Classics
16) 4th Tanta Open, Egypt
17) 2nd European
Open women's Championship
18) Besançon
Masters
19) Zone 3.2a Championships
20) Oceana Zonal 3.2b
21) Cutro
Tournament
22) 3rd Bydgoszcz International
23) 54th Russian Chess Championships
24)
Beijing Weekender by Sarah Hurst
25) IBM Botswana
National Championship
26) Europa Cup for Deaf Chess
Clubs
27) Professional World Chess Ranking
28) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Korchnoi Anniversary Tournament 48 games
XI Dos Hermanas GM tournament 40 games
Brain Games Network Computer Qualifier 16 games
Category 13 in Kharkov 9 games
Third Saturday, Belgrade 102 games
Bundesliga 32 games
Dutch Team Championships 50 games
Finnish Team Championships 360 games
Dubai Open 449 games
Hampstead GMs 11 games
Championships of Uruguay 45 games
GM Tournament Rijeka 20 games
Gausdal Classics 30 games
4th Tanta Open, Egypt 95 games
2nd European Open women's Championship 376 games
Besançon Masters 45 games
Zone 3.2a Championships 184 games
Oceana Zonal 3.2b 122 games
Cutro Tournament 40 games
2272 games
My thanks to Alex Zarubin and Mikhail Golubev, Vladica Andrejic, Wybe
Koopmans, Henri Koskinen, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh and Ravi, Adam Raoof, Alejandro
Nogueira, Eirik Gullaksen, Hassan Khaled, Bobby Ang, Gary Bekker, Sarah Hurst,
Adolivio Capece, Rupert Jones, Alasdair MacLeod and all those who helped with
this issue.
Korchnoi was 70 on March 23rd and as part of the celebration of his 70th
year there was a highly interesting two day event in Switzerland. Kramnik beat
Kasparov in the final in an event which saw Boris Spassky remind us (as he
occasionally does) that he was also a great player by uncorking a great win
against Svidler. Korchnoi wasn't at his best this weekend but he is still a
formidable player as his recent drawn match against Ponomariov proved.
Elsewhere Sarah Hurst has a possible sighting of a man famous for a game he
lost the best part of 35 years ago, Myagmarsuren. It makes me all nostalgic for
real Interzonals and Candidates tournaments where it was actually important to
do well. Just now it seems there are hardly any make or break events, its more
like "I lost, so what? there will be another World championship along in a
minute." We are not short of good chess events, but we are very short of
important ones, the kind that made Korchnoi and Spassky's reputations under the
highest pressure.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Viktor Korchnoi 70th Birthday Tournament took place in the Hotel
Savoy in Zürich, Switzerland (Main Sponsor: Bank Hofmann, Zürich).
After a brave sacrifice in Kasparov's time trouble 24.Ba6 although 24.Nc4 would
probably have won more easily Kramnik emerged the winner in the second game of
the final (the first was drawn).
Schedule:
April 28th Rapid tournament, Qualification in two groups (A and B)
April 29th Rapid tournament, Quarterfinals (best 4 of each group), Semifinals
and Finals
It was a rapid tournament (25 minutes for the whole game, no
timebonus). Semifinals and Finals two games. Tiebreak in the Spassky-Short
match was 2 5 minute Blitz games (5 min).
Internet coverage:
http://www.chessbase.com/events/zurich/gamesandresults.htm
or http://www.chessbase.com
Results of knockout Sunday 29th April 2001:
Final 17:30CET
Kasparov-Kramnik 1/2 0-1
3rd-4th playoff
Piket-Short 1/2 1/2 Place shared.
Semi-Finals 14-30CET:
Kasparov,G 1-0 1/2 Short,N
Piket,J 1/2 0-1 Kramnik,V
Quarter Finals 11-00CET
Kasparov 1-0 1/2 Korchnoi
Unzicker 0-1 1/2 Kramnik
Spassky 1-0 0-1 Short (Tiebreak 0-1 1/2
Piket 1-0 1-0
Svidler
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Korchnoi Birthday Gp A Zurich SUI (SUI), 28-28 iv 2001cat. XIV (2593)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2827 * 1 = 1 1 1 4.5 2911
2. Piket, Jeroen g NED 2628 0 * 1 1 1 1 4.0 2825
3. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2676 = 0 * = 0 1 2.0 2504
4. Unzicker, Wolfgang g GER 2432 0 0 = * 1 = 2.0 2552
5. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2531 0 0 1 0 * 1 2.0 2533
6. Forster, Richard m SUI 2462 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 2252
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Pelletier went out on Sonnen-Berger tie-break
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Korchnoi Birthday Gp B Zurich SUI (SUI), 28-28 iv 2001cat. XV (2605)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2802 * = = 1 1 = 3.5 2715
2. Spassky, Boris V g FRA 2551 = * 1 = = = 3.0 2688
3. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2695 = 0 * 1 = = 2.5 2587
4. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2643 0 = 0 * 1 1 2.5 2597
5. Hug, Werner m SUI 2470 0 = = 0 * 1 2.0 2560
6. Jenni, Florian m SUI 2471 = = = 0 0 * 1.5 2483
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The XI Dos Hermanas GM tournament took place 19th-27th April 2001.
Alexei Dreev and Ilia Smirin won with 5.5/9. The final round results and games
from the B event aren't available.
Internet coverage: http://www.doshermanas.net/ and
http://www.edami.com/
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GMA Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 19-20 iv 2001 cat. XVI (2634)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2685 * 1 = = 0 = = = 1 1 5.5 2708
2. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2691 0 * = = = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2707
3. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2640 = = * 1 = = = = = = 5.0 2676
4. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2559 = = 0 * 1 = = = 1 = 5.0 2685
5. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2562 1 = = 0 * 1 0 = = 1 5.0 2685
6. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2670 = = = = 0 * = = 1 1 5.0 2673
7. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2688 = 0 = = 1 = * 1 0 = 4.5 2628
8. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2533 = 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 4.0 2602
9. Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2659 0 = = 0 = 0 1 = * 1 4.0 2588
10. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2655 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 2358
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Round 6 (April 24, 2001)
Dreev, Alexey - Smirin, Ilia 1-0 43 E81 King's Indian Saemisch
Almasi, Zoltan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 38 C25 Vienna Game
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Krasenkow, Michal 1-0 64 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 35 C45 Scotch Game
Gurevich, Mikhail - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 70 A36 English Botvinnik Variation
Round 7 (April 25, 2001)
Smirin, Ilia - Gurevich, Mikhail 1-0 55 C05 French Tarrasch
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 21 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Radjabov, Teimour - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 12 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Sokolov, Ivan - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 21 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian System
Krasenkow, Michal - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 0-1 19 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 8 (April 26, 2001)
Almasi, Zoltan - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 15 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Smirin, Ilia 1/2 24 E92 King's Indian Classical
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 51 B07 Pirc Defence
Gurevich, Mikhail - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 17 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Krasenkow, Michal 1-0 44 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Round 9 (April 27, 2001)
Dreev, Alexey - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 41 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian System
Smirin, Ilia - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1/2 36 C71 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 38 C66 Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence
Radjabov, Teimour - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 91 D51 Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Krasenkow, Michal - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 11 D12 Slav Defence
Round 8 Standings:
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GMB Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 19-20 iv 2001 cat. IX (2469)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2503 * = = 1 = 1 1 = . 1 6.0 2662
2. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2572 = * = = 1 0 . 1 1 1 5.5 2597
3. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2526 = = * . = 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2553
4. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g ESP 2496 0 = . * 1 = 0 = 1 1 4.5 2501
5. Rivas Pastor, Manuel g ESP 2429 = 0 = 0 * = = . 1 1 4.0 2484
6. Moreno Carnero, Javier m ESP 2480 0 1 0 = = * = 1 0 . 3.5 2432
7. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2465 0 . = 1 = = * = = 0 3.5 2413
8. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2382 = 0 0 = . 0 = * 1 = 3.0 2397
9. Oms Pallise, Josep m ESP 2427 . 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 * = 2.5 2328
10. Vega Holm, Fernando m ESP 2408 0 0 = 0 0 . 1 = = * 2.5 2334
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The Brain Games Network Computer World Qualifier match to determine the
challenger to Vladimir Kramnik starts on Tuesday 24 April in the Spanish town
of Cadaques. The competing software packages will be Deep Fritz, a program
developed in Germany and Deep Junior, whose programmers are from Israel. The
match will take place over 24 games and is expected to last approximately one
week. The organiser and arbiter for the match is the respected chess computer
expert Enrique Irazoqui, who has organised frequent chess computer battles.
Brain Games will be carrying a daily update on the match. After 16 games Deep
Junior leads 9.5-6.5 (it won the first 5 games before two draws and finally a
win for Fritz). Game 4 was funny, Deep Junior spent several moves trying to get
rid of an extra rook in order to enter its table base of ending positions which
it can play perfectly.
Internet coverage: http://www.braingames.net/event2.php
and http://www.chessbase.com
DEEP FRITZ - DEEP JUNIOR 0-1 82 D17 Slav Defence
DEEP JUNIOR - DEEP FRITZ 1-0 39 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
DEEP FRITZ - DEEP JUNIOR 0-1 69 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
DEEP JUNIOR - DEEP FRITZ 1-0 109 C42 Petroff's Defence
DEEP FRITZ - DEEP JUNIOR 0-1 72 A29 English Four Knights Variation
DEEP JUNIOR - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 53 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
DEEP FRITZ - DEEP JUNIOR 1/2 109 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
DEEP JUNIOR - DEEP FRITZ 0-1 62 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
DEEP FRITZ - DEEP JUNIOR 1/2 81 E15 Queens Indian
DEEP JUNIOR - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 60 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
DEEP FRITZ - DEEP JUNIOR 1/2 65 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
DEEP JUNIOR - DEEP FRITZ 1-0 71 B22 Sicilian Alapin Variation
DEEP FRITZ - DEEP JUNIOR 1/2 170 D04 Queen's Pawn Game
DEEP JUNIOR - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 93 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
DEEP FRITZ - DEEP JUNIOR 1-0 46 D03 Queen's Pawn Game
DEEP JUNIOR - DEEP FRITZ 0-1 54 B49 Sicilian Paulsen
BGN Computer Qualifier Cadaques ESP (ESP), 24-30 iv 2001
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DEEP JUNIOR ---- 11111==0===1==00 . . . . . . . . 9.5
DEEP FRITZ ---- 00000==1===0==11 . . . . . . . . 6.5
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The organisation of the match seems to have left much to be desired in
terms of invitees. The computer world is fractious at the best of times but the
conditions and invitees have caused real controversy. I reported comments by
Shredder's programmer last week, there were further comments from REBEL too.
http://www.rebel.nl/kramnik.htm.
Whilst Braingames can of course invite who they want as a best of man vs. best
of machine the whole thing has been hopelessly botched.
As reported last week an open letter signed by Kasparov, Karpov and
Kramnik (see TWIC 337) was replied to on behalf of the WPC composed mainly by
Shirov, Khalifman, Akopian and Salov. I now have a better translation of the
letter. In addition the letter has now been signed by Viswanathan Anand.
On behalf of the World Players' Council: regarding the open letter of
Karpov, Kasparov and Kramnik
After having read the letter of the 3 Ks, we would like to accept the
kind invitation of the authors and participate in the discussion regarding
burning problems of modern chess. However, unfortunately, some passages from
the letter force us to initially comment on the letter itself. We have been
used to the fact that V. Kramnik calls himself the 14th World Champion, but it
was the 12th World Champion who really surprised us. In early 1998, having won
over V. Anand in Lausanne, Karpov declared himself World Champion and Mr.
Kasparov - Impostor. On 10 January 2001, at the same venue, Lausanne, Mr.
Karpov (in front of the Commission for Sports Arbitrage of IOC, for a reward of
USD 50, 000) admitted the legitimacy of the titles of the 14th and 15th World
Champions, A. Khalifman and V. Anand respectively. And now “ We, 12th,
13th and 14th World Champions, are writing this joint letter”!
Chess is not the only sport where the official International Federation
has rights to organise the official World Championship. It is obvious that FIDE
clearly has more rights than, for example, BGN (Brain Games Network), which had
invited the participant who lost the qualification tournament (Mr. Kramnik) for
the match, the source of the financing of which is now being investigated by
the British police. It is not the first time one has to be reminded that ALL
top active chess players have participated in the last official World
Championship in New Delhi-Tehran, except the representatives of the arcane
“top level guild”, i.e. authors of the KKK open letter.
We are ready to participate in the search for the ways to modify the
World Championship cycle. But to turn the Championship into the selection
process to play against Mr. Kasparov, which will in its turn, be the
qualification to the match with Mr. Kramnik (or vice versa) we think
unacceptable. The World Championship should become an honest sports competition
of all the strongest chess players without any privileges for anyone whosoever.
We agree that FIDE Commerce (not FIDE) has come forward with a very
shallow play of Grand Prix 2002 - both from the point of view of financial
conditions and the Calendar. But if the project is going to be finalised, then
Grand Prix tournaments might become a valuable innovation. Here we mean the
tournaments for 32 players and not for 6, as in Linares and Dortmund. Of
course, besides Linares and Dortmund there are (at least in the 2001 Calendar),
Wijk aan Zee, Cannes, Monaco, Astana, Merida, Leon and many other important
tournaments. And this is why, were the Grand Prix tournaments introduced, it
would not be possible to avoid some dates clashes. And “the millions of
fans” might on some occasion wish the top players play and not leave for
the trainers’ teams of “the super stars”.
A few words on the time control. Every Organiser should have a chance
to choose it for his own tournament. For instance, if the tournament in honour
of the unfading chess classic of the 20th century V. Korchnoi, where, by the
way, two from the undersigned will participate, is a rapid chess tournament,
this only shows that there is an objective trend to accelerate the tempo of the
game. And nobody is going to forbid the classic time control, though the
quality of the game with such time control is likely to be a little inferior to
the "advanced chess" game.
In conclusion – one more quotation from the letter of 3K:
“The game of chess belongs to the world chess community”. This looks
like a fresh idea: nobody has ever thought that chess can belong to anyone. But
the interests of professional chess players are still there. And they should be
subject neither to FIDE, nor the Messrs. Authors of the open letter.
22 April 2001, St. Petersburg.
GM Alexei Shirov, Vice World Champion
GM Alexander Khalifman, 14th
World Champion
GM Viswanathan Anand, 15th World Champion
GM Vladimir
Akopian, Vice World Champion of 1999
Mr. Boris Khropov, Vice President of
the St. Petersburg Chess Federation
Mr. Boris Kurkhinen, Chess School
Manager, St. Petersburg
Participants of the St. Petersburg Championship
2001:
GM Valery Popov, Champion of St. Petersburg 2001
GM Sergei
Ivanov
GM Vasily Emelin
GM Sergei Ionov
GM Valery Loginov
IM Vladimir Karasev
IM Evgeny Alexeev
IM Sergei Sivokho
FM
Ruslan Kashtanov
Mr. Alexei Polyaninov
Mr. Alexei Utkin;
GM
Konstantin Sakaev
GM Evgeny Solozhenkin
GM Konstantin Aseev
FM
Genrikh Chepukaitis
GM Valery Salov, President, World Players’
Council
The 3rd International Rector Cup took place in the National Law Academy
of Ukraine, Kharkov, 18-25 April 2001. My thanks to Alex Zarubin and Mikhail
Golubev.
Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/rector01.htm
3rd Rector Cup Kharkov UKR (RUS), 18-25 iv 2001cat. XIII (2556)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2673 ** == 01 =1 11 11 7.5 2725
2 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2561 == ** 1= 1= == 01 6.0 2627
3 Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2531 10 0= ** 1= == 0= 4.5 2525
4 Turov, Maxim g RUS 2553 =0 0= 0= ** 01 11 4.5 2520
5 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2558 00 == == 10 ** 01 4.0 2483
6 Zubarev, Alexander1 m UKR 2460 00 10 1= 00 10 ** 3.5 2465
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The first edition of the Third Saturday tournament takes place in
Belgrade 21st April to 3rd May 2001. My thanks to Vladica Andrejic for the
news.
Games and website by Vladica Andrejic
http://www.beochess.org.yu
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TSGM Belgrade YUG (YUG), 21 iv-3 v 2001 cat. VIII (2437)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Vuckovic, Bojan m YUG 2479 * = = . . 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2635
2. Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2501 = * 1 = . . = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2550
3. Kallio, Heikki m FIN 2410 = 0 * . 1 = . 0 1 1 = 1 5.5 2517
4. Mozetic, Dejan m YUG 2480 . = . * 1 = 1 = 0 0 1 = 5.0 2473
5. Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2544 . . 0 0 * = = = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2456
6. Estrada Nieto, Julian m MEX 2371 0 . = = = * = 1 = = = . 4.5 2448
7. Matulovic, Milan g YUG 2420 = = . 0 = = * = . = = 1 4.5 2442
8. Zivanic, Marko m YUG 2403 0 = 1 = = 0 = * . . . 1 4.0 2442
9. Nestorovic, Dejan m YUG 2433 0 0 0 1 0 = . . * = 1 = 3.5 2363
10. Milanovic, Danilo YUG 2421 0 = 0 1 0 = = . = * . . 3.0 2367
11. Sahovic, Dragutin g YUG 2446 = = = 0 = = = . 0 . * 0 3.0 2316
12. Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2337 0 0 0 = 0 . 0 0 = . 1 * 2.0 2237
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TSIM Belgrade YUG (YUG), 21 iv-3 v 2001 cat. II (2278)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Brkljaca, Ante m YUG 2365 * 1 . 1 . = = 1 1 = 1 . 6.5 2539
2. Boskovic, Drasko f YUG 2341 0 * 1 1 1 = 0 . = 1 . 1 6.0 2395
3. Jovanovic, Sasa T f YUG 2284 . 0 * = . = = 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2344
4. Johnsen, Sverre NOR 2170 0 0 = * 0 = = = 1 = 1 . 4.5 2273
5. Zmijanac, Dusko YUG 2309 . 0 . 1 * 1 = = = = . 0 4.0 2265
6. Ciric, Dragoljub M g YUG 2333 = = = = 0 * . . = = = = 4.0 2216
7. Andrijevic, Milan m YUG 2365 = 1 = = = . * . . = . . 3.5 2329
8. Dena, Branislav f YUG 2306 0 . 0 = = . . * = 1 1 . 3.5 2274
9. Vasovski, Nikola f MKD 2359 0 = = 0 = = . = * = = . 3.5 2202
10. Lochte, Thomas GER 2168 = 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 0 = 3.5 2155
11. Popovic, Dragan B YUG 2263 0 . = 0 . = . 0 = 1 * . 2.5 2181
12. Bustamante, Oscar ARG 2078 . 0 0 . 1 = . . . = . * 2.0 2215
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The final two rounds of the Bundesliga were played over the weekend of
April 28th-29th 2001. Lübeck confirmed themselves as the new champions
although they had a bit of a rocky ride with a 4.5-3.5 win against Magdeberg
(Rogozenko beat Shirov on top board) and a 4-4 draw against Werder Bremen to
drop their first match points of the championships. Second were SG Koeln Porz
and third Solinger SG. Relegated were: Baiertal Schatt, Schott Mainz,
König Tegel and Gelsenkirchen
The games from Luebeck only are available.
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 14 28th April 2001
Venue: Luebeck
Lübecker SV 4½-3½ USC Magdeburg
1 Shirov 0 : 1 Rogozenko 3
4 Speelman ½ : ½ Slobodjan 4
5 Epishin ½ : ½ Baklan 5
6 Hodgson ½ : ½ Thesing 6
8 DeFirmian ½ : ½ Proehl 8
9 Nunn 1 : 0 Stolz 10
10 Hansen ½ : ½ Meier 13
11 Hector 1 : 0 Studeny 14
Hamburger SK 5½-2½ SV Werder Bremen
1 Ftacnik ½ : ½ Hracek 1
3 Kempinski 1 : 0 Babula 2
4 Hansen ½ : ½ Schandorff 3
5 Wahls 1 : 0 McShane 4
6 Mueller ½ : ½ Knaak 5
7 Gustafsson ½ : ½ Joachim 7
8 Heinemann ½ : ½ Meins 8
10 Reeh 1 : 0 Heissler 9
Venue: Tegel
König Tegel 1½-6½ SV Wattenscheid
1 Rabiega 0 : 1 Nielsen 2
2 Muse 1 : 0 Hall 4
3 Paulsen 0 : 1 Holzke 6
4 Lipinsky 0 : 1 Ellers 8
5 Von Herman 0 : 1 Sjoedahl 9
7 Pachow ½ : ½ Straeter 10
9 Giemsa 0 : 1 Blecken 12
10 Lorenz 0 : 1 Lauzeningks 14
SFR Neukölln 6 - 2 Castrop Rauxel
1 Movsesian 1 : 0 Seul 6
2 Stohl ½ : ½ Watson 7
4 Bunzmann 1 : 0 Appel 8
5 Berndt 1 : 0 Bosch 10
7 Borriss ½ : ½ Dinstuhl 11
8 Polzin 0 : 1 Hennig 12
10 Poldauf 1 : 0 Brendel 13
12 Thiede 1 : 0 Lemmers 14
Venue Plauen
SK König Plauen 3 - 5 SG Köln Porz
1 Beliavsky ½ : ½ Lutz 1
2 Bischoff 0 : 1 Khalifman 2
4 Boensch 1 : 0 Timman 4
5 Kindermann 0 : 1 Vaganian 6
6 Espig 0 : 1 Hansen 8
10 Hackel ½ : ½ Graf 10
11 Kuraszkiewic 1 : 0 Nijboer 12
13 Haskamp 0 : 1 Van der Doel 14
TV Tegernsee 4½-3½ Godesberger SK
1 Khenkin ½ : ½ Dautov 1
2 Ribli 1 : 0 Kengis 3
4 Hertneck 0 : 1 Kveinys 5
6 Stangl 1 : 0 Langheinrich 6
7 Teske ½ : ½ Jackelen 7
8 Gross ½ : ½ Seger 8
10 Pezerovic 0 : 1 Schmidt 9
12 Bromberger 1 : 0 Breder 13
Venue: Baiertal
Baiertal Schatthausen 1½-6½ Solinger SG
1 Schlindwein 0 : 1 Kasimdzhanov 2
2 Doettling 0 : 1 Jussupow 4
3 Berg ½ : ½ Nikolic 5
4 Buhmann ½ : ½ Huebner 6
6 Duppel 0 : 1 Sadler 7
7 Meissner 0 : 1 Lobron 10
8 Koch 0 : 1 Naumann 13
9 Balzar ½ : ½ Schaefer 14
Schott Mainz 4 - 4 Gelsenkirchen
1 Balcerak ½ : ½ Feigin 1
2 Kosten 1 : 0 Kishnev 2
3 Cicak ½ : ½ Kalka 3
5 Vogler 1 : 0 Kotter 4
6 Wornath 1 : 0 Meessen 5
7 Neidhardt 0 : 1 Baumhus 6
8 Bewersdorff 0 : 1 Ahn 7
10 Grafl 0 : 1 Balster 8
Round 15 (Final) 29th April 2001
Venue: Luebeck
USC Magdeburg 4 - 4 Hamburger SK
3 Rogozenko ½ : ½ Ftacnik 1
4 Slobodjan ½ : ½ Kempinski 3
5 Baklan ½ : ½ Hansen 4
6 Thesing 0 : 1 Wahls 5
8 Proehl ½ : ½ Mueller 6
10 Stolz 1 : 0 Gustafsson 7
13 Meier ½ : ½ Heinemann 8
14 Studeny ½ : ½ Reeh 10
SV Werder Bremen 4 - 4 Lübecker SV
1 Hracek ½ : ½ Shirov 1
2 Babula ½ : ½ Speelman 4
3 Schandorff ½ : ½ Hodgson 6
4 McShane 1 : 0 Agdestein 7
5 Knaak 0 : 1 DeFirmian 8
7 Joachim ½ : ½ Nunn 9
8 Meins ½ : ½ Hansen 10
9 Heissler ½ : ½ Hector 11
Venue Tegel
SV Wattenscheid 3 - 5 SFR Neukölln
2 Nielsen ½ : ½ Movsesian 1
4 Hall ½ : ½ Stohl 2
6 Holzke ½ : ½ Bunzmann 4
8 Ellers 0 : 1 Berndt 5
9 Sjoedahl ½ : ½ Borriss 7
10 Straeter 0 : 1 Polzin 8
12 Blecken 0 : 1 Poldauf 10
14 Lauzeningks 1 : 0 Rudolf 11
Castrop Rauxel 5 - 3 König Tegel
6 Seul 0 : 1 Rabiega 1
7 Watson 0 : 1 Muse 2
8 Appel 1 : 0 Paulsen 3
10 Bosch 1 : 0 Lipinsky 4
11 Dinstuhl 1 : 0 Von Herman 5
12 Hennig ½ : ½ Pachow 7
13 Brendel 1 : 0 Giemsa 9
14 Lemmers ½ : ½ Lorenz 10
Venue: Plauen
SG Köln Porz 5½-2½ TV Tegernsee
1 Lutz 1 : 0 Khenkin 1
2 Khalifman ½ : ½ Ribli 2
4 Timman ½ : ½ Hertneck 4
6 Vaganian ½ : ½ Stangl 6
8 Hansen 1 : 0 Teske 7
10 Graf 0 : 1 Gross 8
12 Nijboer 1 : 0 Pezerovic 10
14 Van der Doel 1 : 0 Bromberger 12
Godesberger SK 3½-4½ SK König Plauen
1 Dautov ½ : ½ Beliavsky 1
3 Kengis ½ : ½ Bischoff 2
5 Kveinys 0 : 1 Boensch 4
6 Langheinrich 0 : 1 Kindermann 5
7 Jackelen 0 : 1 Espig 6
8 Seger 1 : 0 Lukasiewicz 7
9 Schmidt 1 : 0 Kuraszkiewic 11
13 Breder ½ : ½ Pfretzschner 12
Venue: Baiertel
Solinger SG 7½-½ Schott Mainz
2 Kasimdzhanov 1 : 0 Balcerak 1
4 Jussupow 1 : 0 Kosten 2
5 Nikolic 1 : 0 Cicak 3
6 Huebner 1 : 0 Vogler 5
7 Sadler 1 : 0 Neidhardt 7
10 Lobron 1 : 0 Bewersdorff 8
13 Naumann 1 : 0 Grafl 10
14 Schaefer ½ : ½ Muraniy 11
Gelsenkirchen 3 - 5 Baiertal Schatt
1 Feigin ½ : ½ Schlindwein 1
2 Kishnev 1 : 0 Doettling 2
3 Kalka 0 : 1 Berg 3
4 Kotter ½ : ½ Buhmann 4
5 Meessen 0 : 1 Duppel 6
6 Baumhus ½ : ½ Meissner 7
7 Ahn ½ : ½ Koch 8
9 Schirbel 0 : 1 Balzar 9
Final Standings
1. Lübecker SV 15 79½:40½ 29- 1
2. SG Köln Porz 15 82½:37½ 27- 3
3. Solinger SG 15 84 :36 23- 7
4. SV Werder Bremen 15 64½:55½ 20-10
5. Hamburger SK 15 67 :53 19-11
6. TV Tegernsee 15 64½:55½ 18-12
7. USC Magdeburg 15 65 :55 17-13
8. SFR Neukölln 15 62½:57½ 17-13
9. Godesberger SK 15 60½:59½ 15-15
10. SK König Plauen 15 60 :60 14-16
11. SV Wattenscheid 15 56½:63½ 13-17
12. Castrop Rauxel 15 54 :66 11-19
13. Baiertal Schatt 15 48½:71½ 6-24
14. Schott Mainz 15 37½:82½ 6-24
15. König Tegel 15 36 :84 3-27
16. Gelsenkirchen 15 37½:82½ 2-28
The final round of the Dutch Team Championships took place on April 22nd
2001. Ordina won the league stages and along with HSG, Magnus BSG and ING/ESGOO
go forward to the final playoffs in May for the title. SMB and Ordina 2 were
relegated. My thanks to Wybe Koopmans. Games from round 9.
News: http://www.schaakbond.nl/
Games from round 5-9: http://www.svordina.com/
Round 9 22nd April 2001
Ordina 2436 - Amstelveen 2336 7 - 3
Ordina 2 2129 - SMB 2317 3.5 - 6.5
ING/ESGOO 2231 - Schaakstad A'doorn 2372 4 - 6
Rotterdam 2222 - Magnus BSG 2383 3.5 - 6.5
LSG 2322 - HSG 2417 1 - 9
Final standings after the league stages
Team Mp Bp
1. Ordina 16 63 PL
2. HSG 16 61.5 PL
3. Magnus BSG 11 45 PL
4. ING/ESGOO 10 47.5 PL
5. Amstelveen 9 45
6. LSG 7 39
7. Rotterdam 7 38
8. Schaakstad A'doorn 7 37.5
9. SMB 5 37 D
10. Ordina 2 2 36.5 D
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. Henri Koskinen now sends the games.
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
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
The 3th Dubai Open Chess Tournament 15th-26th April 2001 sees a strong
field with amongst others: Andrei Kharlov, Valerij Filippov, Jaan Ehlvest,
Evgeny Vladimirov, Aleksej Alexandrov, Alexander Motylev, Zurab Sturua, Andrey
Shariyazdanov, Alexei Fedorov, Mihail Kobalija, Alexey Kuzmin, Evgeny Pigusov,
Karen Asrian, Yuri Yakovich, Pavel Kotsur, Ashot Anastasian, Evgeny Sveshnikov,
Abhijit Kunte, Igor V Glek, Valeriy Neverov, Alexander Galkin, Elmar Magerramov
and Artashes Minasian in a field of 100. My thanks to Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh and
Ravi.
Internet coverage: http://www.iranchess.com/dubaiopen/
Final crosstable
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Dubai Open UAE (UAE), 15-25 iv 2001
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1. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2582 + 55 + 15 + 40 = 30 + 26 = 21 = 2 = 4 = 3 6.5 2704
2. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2630 + 36 - 18 + 76 + 28 + 40 + 10 = 1 = 6 = 5 6.5 2695
3. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2610 = 63 + 49 = 18 = 27 + 58 + 28 = 21 + 19 = 1 6.5 2656
4. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2554 + 96 + 53 = 11 = 12 = 9 + 33 + 18 = 1 = 6 6.5 2659
5. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2601 + 69 + 62 = 32 = 31 = 19 = 24 + 40 + 21 = 2 6.5 2698
6. Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2612 + 61 = 21 + 75 = 19 = 31 + 32 + 38 = 2 = 4 6.5 2691
7. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2576 = 60 + 64 = 74 + 44 = 17 - 18 + 55 + 34 + 23 6.5 2505
8. Ermenkov, Evgenij g BUL 2478 - 93 + 70 - 43 + 78 + 54 + 65 + 25 + 11 = 9 6.5 2509
9. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2594 + 54 + 23 = 24 = 32 = 4 = 14 = 34 + 29 = 8 6.0 2628
10. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2590 + 57 + 37 = 28 = 34 + 30 - 2 + 14 = 23 = 12 6.0 2650
11. Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2590 + 42 + 16 = 4 = 24 = 32 = 34 + 47 - 8 + 40 6.0 2621
12. Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2584 + 59 = 35 + 39 = 4 = 18 - 23 + 52 + 38 = 10 6.0 2603
13. Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2600 = 41 + 51 = 21 = 58 = 23 + 53 = 17 = 18 + 37 6.0 2573
14. Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2538 + 81 + 77 - 30 = 53 + 27 = 9 - 10 + 61 + 33 6.0 2544
15. Odeev, Handszar m TKM 2471 + 97 - 1 = 67 = 54 + 59 + 45 + 31 = 22 = 26 6.0 2516
16. Annageldyev, Orazly m TKM 2503 + 91 - 11 = 42 - 36 + 67 + 57 = 61 + 55 + 30 6.0 2478
17. Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2528 +100 - 26 + 63 + 83 = 7 = 25 = 13 = 20 + 32 6.0 2619
18. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2515 + 48 + 2 = 3 = 33 = 12 + 7 - 4 = 13 = 20 5.5 2619
19. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2568 + 67 = 52 + 38 = 6 = 5 + 29 = 23 - 3 = 24 5.5 2580
20. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2571 + 45 + 58 = 34 = 26 - 21 = 49 + 36 = 17 = 18 5.5 2546
21. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2525 + 84 = 6 = 13 + 87 + 20 = 1 = 3 - 5 = 25 5.5 2574
22. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2639 = 49 = 63 + 52 = 29 + 35 = 31 = 24 = 15 = 28 5.5 2559
23. Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2504 + 87 - 9 + 57 + 43 = 13 + 12 = 19 = 10 - 7 5.5 2548
24. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2556 + 78 + 66 = 9 = 11 = 33 = 5 = 22 = 30 = 19 5.5 2610
25. Kuzmin, Alexey g RUS 2588 = 51 = 41 + 61 + 47 = 34 = 17 - 8 + 44 = 21 5.5 2512
26. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2632 + 76 + 17 = 31 = 20 - 1 - 47 + 63 + 50 = 15 5.5 2559
27. Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2468 + 72 - 30 + 55 = 3 - 14 = 41 + 59 + 48 = 31 5.5 2454
28. Magerramov, Elmar g AZE 2556 + 88 + 44 = 10 - 2 + 52 - 3 = 51 + 69 = 22 5.5 2547
29. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2490 - 73 + 81 + 59 = 22 + 36 - 19 + 60 - 9 + 53 5.5 2458
30. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2574 + 65 + 27 + 14 = 1 - 10 - 38 + 35 = 24 - 16 5.0 2531
31. Glek, Igor V g GER 2566 + 68 + 47 = 26 = 5 = 6 = 22 - 15 = 53 = 27 5.0 2540
32. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2562 + 71 + 46 = 5 = 9 = 11 - 6 = 49 + 47 - 17 5.0 2532
33. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2577 + 43 = 39 + 35 = 18 = 24 - 4 = 50 + 83 - 14 5.0 2511
34. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2533 + 70 + 93 = 20 = 10 = 25 = 11 = 9 - 7 = 46 5.0 2505
35. El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2476 + 95 = 12 - 33 + 41 - 22 + 42 - 30 = 45 + 63 5.0 2443
36. Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2378 - 2 = 48 + 80 + 16 - 29 + 88 - 20 + 56 = 39 5.0 2405
37. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan m IRI 2500 + 86 - 10 = 54 = 60 - 38 + 71 + 41 + 51 - 13 5.0 2392
38. Gadjily, Raouf m AZE 2425 = 64 + 60 - 19 + 93 + 37 + 30 - 6 - 12 = 45 5.0 2417
39. Bagirov, Rufat m AZE 2469 + 89 = 33 - 12 = 42 - 55 + 70 = 54 + 60 = 36 5.0 2370
40. Jobava, Baadur m GEO 2543 + 80 + 73 - 1 + 50 - 2 + 63 - 5 + 49 - 11 5.0 2470
41. Shetty, Rahul IND 2318 = 13 = 25 = 62 - 35 + 93 = 27 - 37 + 89 + 61 5.0 2436
42. Ozolin, Maxim f RUS 2313 - 11 + 91 = 16 = 39 = 75 - 35 + 81 + 64 = 47 5.0 2410
43. Alibaev, Akbar UZB 2287 - 33 + 95 + 8 - 23 - 47 + 79 - 44 + 75 + 83 5.0 2410
44. Tahirov, Farhad m AZE 2406 + 98 - 28 + 73 - 7 = 60 = 48 + 43 - 25 + 69 5.0 2355
45. Bengafer, Moh LBA 2245 - 20 + 99 - 50 + 90 + 83 - 15 + 66 = 35 = 38 5.0 2394
46. Neelotpal, Das m IND 2423 + 90 - 32 - 87 = 88 + 81 - 60 + 93 + 68 = 34 5.0 2285
47. Sandipan, Chanda m IND 2428 + 56 - 31 + 88 - 25 + 43 + 26 - 11 - 32 = 42 4.5 2418
48. Sadatnajafi, M IRI 2155 - 18 = 36 + 51 = 66 = 61 = 44 + 58 - 27 = 49 4.5 2409
49. Sharma, Dinesh K IND 2385 = 22 - 3 + 79 = 75 + 71 = 20 = 32 - 40 = 48 4.5 2427
50. Abdelnabbi, Imed m EGY 2434 - 77 + 82 + 45 - 40 = 68 + 64 = 33 - 26 = 54 4.5 2304
51. Gokhale, C.S IND 2306 = 25 - 13 - 48 + 94 + 72 + 58 = 28 - 37 = 66 4.5 2362
52. Ghane, Shojaat IRI 2465 + 92 = 19 - 22 + 67 - 28 + 68 - 12 = 54 = 55 4.5 2383
53. Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam f IND 2385 + 94 - 4 + 56 = 14 = 62 - 13 + 75 = 31 - 29 4.5 2421
54. Mamedov, Roufat AZE 2313 - 9 + 96 = 37 = 15 - 8 + 84 = 39 = 52 = 50 4.5 2398
55. Mahjoob, Morteza IRI 2304 - 1 + 97 - 27 + 56 + 39 + 62 - 7 - 16 = 52 4.5 2397
56. Li,Georgiy ---- - 47 + 68 - 53 - 55 = 91 + 86 + 76 - 36 + 65 4.5 2284
57. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2310 - 10 + 86 - 23 + 91 = 74 - 16 = 88 = 70 + 73 4.5 2251
58. Ramesh, R.B m IND 2458 + 99 - 20 + 71 = 13 - 3 - 51 - 48 + 93 + 80 4.5 2302
59. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2304 - 12 + 89 - 29 + 92 - 15 + 87 - 27 = 73 + 84 4.5 2261
60. Alavi, Sayed Javad IRI 2268 = 7 - 38 + 72 = 37 = 44 + 46 - 29 - 39 = 70 4.0 2345
61. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed m EGY 2370 - 6 + 85 - 25 + 70 = 48 + 74 = 16 - 14 - 41 4.0 2297
62. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2514 + 85 - 5 = 41 + 74 = 53 - 55 - 69 = 65 = 68 4.0 2244
63. Mahdi, Khaled m AUT 2354 = 3 = 22 - 17 + 82 + 87 - 40 - 26 + 88 - 35 4.0 2395
64. Molina, Antonio ---- = 38 - 7 = 65 + 80 = 69 - 50 + 78 - 42 = 67 4.0 2294
65. Abdullah, Mansoor m UAE 2258 - 30 = 72 = 64 + 73 + 66 - 8 = 83 = 62 - 56 4.0 2224
66. Heidenfeld, Mark m IRL 2403 + 79 - 24 = 93 = 48 - 65 + 85 - 45 = 67 = 51 4.0 2171
67. Al Argha, Hisham SYR 2244 - 19 + 92 = 15 - 52 - 16 = 73 + 87 = 66 = 64 4.0 2242
68. Kayumov, Sergey UZB 2244 - 31 - 56 + 86 + 79 = 50 - 52 + 74 - 46 = 62 4.0 2232
69. Hamed, Ahmed m EGY 2331 - 5 - 87 + 94 + 84 = 64 = 75 + 62 - 28 - 44 4.0 2278
70. Afshari, Mhamadreza IRI 2206 - 34 - 8 + 95 - 61 + 89 - 39 + 85 = 57 = 60 4.0 2243
71. Shabash, Abdullatief Mohamed LBA 2240 - 32 + 90 - 58 + 77 - 49 - 37 - 73 + 87 + 89 4.0 2186
72. Javanmard,G. Bahram ---- - 27 = 65 - 60 +100 - 51 - 78 + 97 = 76 + 88 4.0 2215
73. Ihsan, Jawad PLE 2053 + 29 - 40 - 44 - 65 = 78 = 67 + 71 = 59 - 57 3.5 2256
74. Salem, Ghuloom ---- + 83 = 75 = 7 - 62 = 57 - 61 - 68 = 81 = 78 3.5 2295
75. Arkhipov, Sergey g RUS 2531 + 82 = 74 - 6 = 49 = 42 = 69 - 53 - 43 = 85 3.5 2213
76. Asylguzhin, Radik RUS 2384 - 26 + 84 - 2 = 81 - 88 + 91 - 56 = 72 = 82 3.5 2160
77. Kolyaie,Hasan ---- + 50 - 14 - 83 - 71 - 82 + 96 = 84 = 78 = 81 3.5 2187
78. Akbarinia, Syed Arash IRI 2232 - 24 - 79 + 96 - 8 = 73 + 72 - 64 = 77 = 74 3.5 2040
79. Ramezan,Nejad A ---- - 66 + 78 - 49 - 68 + 86 - 43 = 91 - 80 + 93 3.5 2139
80. Mahmoody, M. Sadegh IRI 2220 - 40 = 94 - 36 - 64 + 90 - 93 + 92 + 79 - 58 3.5 2075
81. Akhavan Rad, A IRI 2215 - 14 - 29 + 89 = 76 - 46 + 94 - 42 = 74 = 77 3.5 2158
82. Khalid AlShaali UAE 2185 - 75 - 50 + 97 - 63 + 77 - 83 - 89 + 91 = 76 3.5 2162
83. Othman, A. Moussa f UAE 2386 - 74 +100 + 77 - 17 - 45 + 82 = 65 - 33 - 43 3.5 2171
84. Khechen, Nabil E LIB 2178 - 21 - 76 + 99 - 69 + 92 - 54 = 77 + 94 - 59 3.5 2126
85. Kusnetsov, Kiril RUS 2146 - 62 - 61 - 90 + 95 + 97 - 66 - 70 + 96 = 75 3.5 2144
86. Straub, Peter GER 2081 - 37 - 57 - 68 + 98 - 79 - 56 + 99 = 92 + 95 3.5 2037
87. Somev, Abdo LIB 2106 - 23 + 69 + 46 - 21 - 63 - 59 - 67 - 71 + 94 3.0 2200
88. Saleh, Nabil UAE 2228 - 28 + 98 - 47 = 46 + 76 - 36 = 57 - 63 - 72 3.0 2189
89. Ghobadi Baigvand,Ali ---- - 39 - 59 - 81 + 99 - 70 + 90 + 82 - 41 - 71 3.0 2090
90. Nizam,Abdulrahman ---- - 46 - 71 + 85 - 45 - 80 - 89 - 96 +101 + 97 3.0 2016
91. Othman, Rabeea UAE 2097 - 16 - 42 + 98 - 57 = 56 - 76 = 79 - 82 +101 3.0 2063
92. Kase,Vladimir ---- - 52 - 67 +100 - 59 - 84 = 95 - 80 = 86 + 96 3.0 2060
93. Hassan, Mohamed Seif UAE 2023 + 8 - 34 = 66 - 38 - 41 + 80 - 46 - 58 - 79 2.5 2196
94. Zinal,Arif ---- - 53 = 80 - 69 - 51 + 95 - 81 + 98 - 84 - 87 2.5 2027
95. Bin Hafiz,Mohamed ---- - 35 - 43 - 70 - 85 - 94 = 92 +101 + 98 - 86 2.5 1966
96. Ghadiri,Bidhendi ---- - 4 - 54 - 78 - 97 + 99 - 77 + 90 - 85 - 92 2.0 1918
97. Fardbehbahani,Behna ---- - 15 - 55 - 82 + 96 - 85 = 98 - 72 = 99 - 90 2.0 1902
98. Rahimi,Amirali ---- - 44 - 88 - 91 - 86 +101 = 97 - 94 - 95 . 1.5 1850
99. Khori,M. Essa ---- - 58 - 45 - 84 - 89 - 96 +101 - 86 = 97 . 1.5 1869
100. Saud, Mohamed UAE 2181 - 17 - 83 - 92 - 72 . . . . . 0.0
101. BYE ---- . . . . - 98 - 99 - 95 - 90 - 91 0.0
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The Hampstead GM tournament took place 17th-23rd April 2001. In
addition there is a £5000 challenge match between Daniel Gormally and
Matthew Turner at the same time. My thanks to Adam Raoof for the information.
The GM event was won clearly by Jim Plaskett 7/9 undefeated a point and a half
clear of Colin McNab. Matthew Turner levelled the challenge match in the final
game after being behind since game two.
Further details: http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/barnet.htm
Final Standings:
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GM Hampstead ENG (ENG), 17-23 iv 2001 cat. VI (2400)
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1. Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2461 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2613
2. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2409 = * = 1 1 = = = = = 5.5 2479
3. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2406 = = * = = 1 = = = = 5.0 2442
4. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2519 = 0 = * 0 = = 1 1 1 5.0 2429
5. Krush, Irina m USA 2380 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 = 1 5.0 2445
6. Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2403 0 = 0 = 1 * = = 1 = 4.5 2399
7. Koneru, Humpy wm IND 2311 = = = = 0 = * = 0 = 3.5 2329
8. Palliser, Richard f ENG 2342 0 = = 0 0 = = * 1 = 3.5 2326
9. Richardson, John R f ENG 2338 0 = = 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 3.5 2326
10. Hunt, Adam m ENG 2431 0 = = 0 0 = = = 0 * 2.5 2230
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Turner, Matthew - Gormally, Daniel 1/2 37 A28 English Four Knights Variation
Gormally, Daniel - Turner, Matthew 1-0 40 C41 Philidor's Defence
Turner, Matthew - Gormally, Daniel 1/2 47 A13 Reti Opening
Gormally, Daniel - Turner, Matthew 1/2 15 C60 Ruy Lopez
Turner, Matthew - Gormally, Daniel 1/2 43 E05 Catalan System
Gormally, Daniel - Turner, Matthew 0-1 52 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Match Hampstead ENG (ENG), 17-23 iv 2001
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Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2492 = 1 = = = 0 3.0 2516
Turner, Matthew m ENG 2516 = 0 = = = 1 3.0 2492
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The Championships of Uruguay took place 21st-29th April 2001. The 9
round 10 player all-play-all was won by Bernardo Roselli Mailhe two points
clear of Alejandro Bauza.
The official page is
http://uruwow.com/secciones/deportes/ajedrez/
My thanks to Alejandro Nogueira for the news.
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1. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2413 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2516
2. Bauza, Alejandro f URU 2287 = * 0 = 1 = 1 = = 1 5.5 2337
3. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A URU 2146 0 1 * 1 1 = = = = 0 5.0 2316
4. Izquierdo, Daniel f URU 2288 = = 0 * = = = = = 1 4.5 2257
5. Riverol, Jose URU 2284 = 0 0 = * = = 1 1 = 4.5 2258
6. Escofet, Jaime URU 2224 0 = = = = * 1 0 1 = 4.5 2264
7. Crosa, Martin URU 2290 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 1 1 4.5 2257
8. Curi, Gabriel f URU 2312 0 = = = 0 1 0 * = 1 4.0 2212
9. Muniz, Rafael URU 2172 0 = = = 0 0 0 = * 1 3.0 2145
10. Larrea, Manuel URU 2191 0 0 1 0 = = 0 0 0 * 2.0 2048
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There is a GM Tournament in Rijeka 18th-26th April 2001. Ognjen Cvitan
won the event with 7/9 a point clear of Josip Rakavina (who had a final round
win by default against Mladen Vucic) and Faruk Bistric.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-rijeka.hr/turniri.html
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1. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2526 * 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2616
2. Rukavina, Josip m CRO 2414 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 + = = 6.0 2533
3. Bistric, Faruk m BIH 2454 0 0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2529
4. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2397 1 0 0 * = 0 = 1 1 1 5.0 2453
5. Zaja, Ivan m CRO 2482 0 0 = = * 1 = = 1 1 5.0 2444
6. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2482 = 1 = 1 0 * = 0 = = 4.5 2401
7. Velikov, Petar g BUL 2439 0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 = 4.0 2362
8. Vucic, Mladen m USA 2383 0 - 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 1 3.5 2332
9. Mandekic, Ivan CRO 2285 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 2.5 2256
10. Muslija, Idris CRO 2229 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1.5 2156
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The Gausdal Classics had one GM-group and two IM-groups each with 10
players. A 7 hour playing session was used. The venue was the Gausdal
Høifjellshotel. In the B tournament FM Erik Hedman made an IM-norm. The
main moment of controversy was the game Elsness-Trygstad (5) when the game was
declared drawn by the arbiter after Trygstad's flag fell. Elsness withdrew from
the event for the last three rounds after this dispute. Games from the final
rounds are now available. My thanks to Eirik Gullaksen.
The 4th Tanta Open took place 18th-28th April 2001 in Tanta City about
90 km from Cairo-Egypt. 38 Players from 17 Countries 5 GMs -26 IMs - 1 WIM -2
FMs.
My thanks to Hassan Khaled General Director of the Egyptian Chess
Federation.
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1. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2570 +30 +28 + 6 = 2 = 4 - 3 + 7 =10 +11 6.5 2635
2. Mirzoev, Azer m AZE 2488 +32 +14 +29 = 1 = 5 +18 = 3 = 4 = 6 6.5 2633
3. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2571 =20 +22 =11 = 9 +14 + 1 = 2 = 5 = 4 6.0 2583
4. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2571 +21 - 6 +24 +12 = 1 = 5 +11 = 2 = 3 6.0 2597
5. Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2539 +24 =12 +31 =18 = 2 = 4 = 6 = 3 =10 5.5 2540
6. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S m UZB 2451 +34 + 4 - 1 =11 = 8 +26 = 5 = 9 = 2 5.5 2542
7. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2558 = 8 =20 +16 =14 = 9 +17 - 1 =15 +19 5.5 2487
8. Dochev, Dimitar m BUL 2362 = 7 =26 =10 +31 = 6 =19 +13 =12 = 9 5.5 2522
9. Jirovsky, Milos m CZE 2452 +36 -29 +35 = 3 = 7 =10 +18 = 6 = 8 5.5 2507
10. Kalod, Radek m CZE 2495 -18 +38 = 8 +29 =26 = 9 +20 = 1 = 5 5.5 2489
11. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2456 =19 +33 = 3 = 6 =18 +12 - 4 +17 - 1 5.0 2491
12. Navrotescu, Catalin m ROM 2453 +16 = 5 =18 - 4 +22 -11 +28 = 8 =13 5.0 2440
13. Likavsky, Tomas m SVK 2425 -22 =23 -27 +16 +24 +32 - 8 +20 =12 5.0 2399
14. Loeffler, Stefan m GER 2413 +25 - 2 +20 = 7 - 3 =30 -16 +31 +26 5.0 2459
15. Labib, Ibrahim Hasan m EGY 2416 -28 -37 +34 =24 +36 +27 =19 = 7 =16 5.0 2363
16. Abou el Zein, Eid Mahmoud m EGY 2330 -12 +25 - 7 -13 +37 +35 +14 =19 =15 5.0 2412
17. Surjadnji, Aleksei m UKR 2431 =33 =19 =36 =32 +21 - 7 +29 -11 +27 5.0 2415
18. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2352 +10 +35 =12 = 5 =11 - 2 - 9 =21 =23 4.5 2449
19. Ezat, Mohamed m EGY 2332 =11 =17 =28 +36 =29 = 8 =15 =16 - 7 4.5 2393
20. Hassan, Sayed Barakat m EGY 2363 = 3 = 7 -14 =37 +33 +23 -10 -13 +34 4.5 2407
21. Abdel Razik, Khaled f EGY 2365 - 4 =32 +33 =27 -17 +22 =26 =18 =24 4.5 2369
22. Georg, Magdy EGY 2277 +13 - 3 =26 =23 -12 -21 +35 =29 +33 4.5 2413
23. Antoniewski, Rafal m POL 2456 -35 =13 +37 =22 =27 -20 =31 +28 =18 4.5 2314
24. Sarwat, Walaa m EGY 2356 - 5 +34 - 4 =15 -13 +37 +30 =26 =21 4.5 2393
25. Ghonimy, Soltan m EGY 2256 -14 -16 -30 +34 -35 +38 =33 +36 +29 4.5 2336
26. Dutreeuw, Marc m BEL 2413 =27 = 8 =22 +28 =10 - 6 =21 =24 -14 4.0 2318
27. Rahman, Yehya m EGY 2267 =26 -31 +13 =21 =23 -15 =32 +30 -17 4.0 2359
28. Abdel Aziem, Ramadan EGY 2269 +15 - 1 =19 -26 +31 =29 -12 -23 =30 3.5 2341
29. Szieberth, Adam m HUN 2389 +37 + 9 - 2 -10 =19 =28 -17 =22 -25 3.5 2268
30. Ahmed, Esam Aly m EGY 2362 - 1 -36 +25 +35 =32 =14 -24 -27 =28 3.5 2270
31. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2403 =38 +27 - 5 - 8 -28 +36 =23 -14 =32 3.5 2278
32. Himdan, Maher m EGY 2348 - 2 =21 +38 =17 =30 -13 =27 -34 =31 3.5 2286
33. Frhat, Ali EGY 2306 =17 -11 -21 +38 -20 =34 =25 +35 -22 3.5 2258
34. Sameeh, Hany EGY 2313 - 6 -24 -15 -25 +38 =33 +37 +32 -20 3.5 2239
35. El Ghazali, Youssef M m EGY 2343 +23 -18 - 9 -30 +25 -16 -22 -33 +38 3.0 2212
36. Elgabry, Mohsen m EGY 2328 - 9 +30 =17 -19 -15 -31 +38 -25 =37 3.0 2211
37. Amin, Bassem f EGY 2133 -29 +15 -23 =20 -16 -24 -34 =38 =36 2.5 2188
38. Sidorova, Elena wm RUS 2243 =31 -10 -32 -33 -34 -25 -36 =37 -35 1.0 1974
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The 2nd European open women's Championship is being held from April
21st (round 1 April 22nd) - May 5th 2001 in the “Marriott” Hotel,
Warsaw, Poland.
The event is a Swiss system - 11 rounds (one free day on April 28,
tie-breaks on May 4). The new time control is being used, 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.
The 29 best players best players from the field of 157 will qualify for
the 2001 FIDE Women’s World Championship.
Internet page: http://www.pzszach.org.pl/europa/womens.htm
Crosstable after round 7/11
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1. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2427 = 74 +116 + 70 + 18 + 7 = 8 = 3 5.5 2574
2. Gaponenko, Inna wg UKR 2373 + 84 + 39 = 10 + 53 + 46 = 6 = 5 5.5 2591
3. Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira m MDA 2441 + 33 + 62 = 44 + 45 = 6 + 50 = 1 5.5 2585
4. Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2375 = 34 +125 - 53 + 54 + 86 + 26 + 25 5.5 2511
5. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2488 =105 +136 + 48 = 44 + 12 + 49 = 2 5.5 2538
6. Sedina, Elena m UKR 2393 +130 + 87 + 97 + 47 = 3 = 2 = 10 5.5 2556
7. Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2397 +112 +107 = 30 + 35 - 1 + 71 + 29 5.5 2559
8. Bojkovic, Natasa wg YUG 2447 - 91 +153 +118 + 80 + 30 = 1 + 27 5.5 2525
9. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2408 + 21 + 22 = 45 = 14 + 97 = 29 = 12 5.0 2474
10. Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2473 +113 + 93 = 2 = 29 = 42 + 38 = 6 5.0 2505
11. Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2338 + 88 + 54 = 46 = 27 = 25 = 23 + 61 5.0 2519
12. Danielian, Elina wg ARM 2369 +104 + 65 = 25 + 23 - 5 + 79 = 9 5.0 2513
13. Prudnikova, Svetlana wg YUG 2419 =103 +101 + 56 + 71 = 29 = 27 = 20 5.0 2467
14. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2290 +126 + 81 = 27 = 9 = 44 = 46 + 50 5.0 2497
15. Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa m RUS 2554 + 64 - 45 +113 = 91 = 36 + 62 + 44 5.0 2464
16. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2459 =101 +105 + 72 = 30 = 26 = 42 + 48 5.0 2474
17. Peptan, Corina m ROM 2461 +111 = 71 = 26 = 62 +107 = 20 + 42 5.0 2469
18. Mkrtchian, Lilit wg ARM 2339 +145 = 91 + 61 - 1 + 34 + 57 = 23 5.0 2498
19. Reizniece, Dana wg LAT 2302 +148 = 31 = 43 - 24 +100 + 52 + 49 5.0 2450
20. Kosintseva, Nadezhda wf RUS 2289 =135 =155 +128 + 31 + 92 = 17 = 13 5.0 2391
21. Sikorova, Olga wm CZE 2236 - 9 +144 - 93 + 90 + 96 + 47 + 43 5.0 2416
22. Lagvilava, Genrieta wg BLR 2299 +147 - 9 =104 + 83 + 76 = 44 + 46 5.0 2440
23. Vasilevich, Tatjana wg UKR 2436 + 37 + 40 = 42 - 12 + 85 = 11 = 18 4.5 2428
24. Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana wg RUS 2436 + 63 + 60 - 29 + 19 - 71 + 53 = 30 4.5 2413
25. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2460 +120 + 36 = 12 = 42 = 11 + 72 - 4 4.5 2441
26. Kiseleva, Natalia wg UKR 2296 +100 + 51 = 17 = 49 = 16 - 4 + 82 4.5 2463
27. Polovnikova, Ekaterina wg RUS 2377 +117 +131 = 14 = 11 + 47 = 13 - 8 4.5 2408
28. Zatonskih, Anna wg UKR 2427 - 54 = 73 + 67 +101 = 62 + 60 = 36 4.5 2366
29. Mamedova, Rena wg GER 2353 +128 +133 + 24 = 10 = 13 = 9 - 7 4.5 2445
30. Ionescu-Brandis, Irina wm ROM 2339 +109 +123 = 7 = 16 - 8 +103 = 24 4.5 2405
31. Ovod, Evgenija wg RUS 2383 +115 = 19 = 80 - 20 + 64 + 91 = 35 4.5 2380
32. Ciuksyte, Dagne wm LTU 2217 = 75 - 72 +126 = 48 + 70 + 45 = 57 4.5 2416
33. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2252 - 3 + 90 - 51 =102 + 88 + 76 + 78 4.5 2373
34. Grabarska, Barbara wm POL 2213 = 4 = 96 + 89 = 93 - 18 +131 + 72 4.5 2434
35. Moser, Eva wm AUT 2309 =155 +135 + 52 - 7 + 51 = 43 = 31 4.5 2385
36. Cosma, Elena Luminita wg ROM 2331 +149 - 25 = 95 +104 = 15 + 93 = 28 4.5 2437
37. Hasanova, Elmira wf RUS 2249 - 23 =139 +137 + 82 = 45 = 78 + 71 4.5 2410
38. Paehtz, Elisabeth wm GER 2358 +114 - 47 = 98 +117 +131 - 10 + 77 4.5 2367
39. Tereladze, Sopiko GEO 2267 +132 - 2 +136 = 76 - 72 + 81 + 75 4.5 2375
40. Calzetta, Monica wm ESP 2310 +144 - 23 +108 - 50 = 95 +125 + 79 4.5 2355
41. Klinova, Masha wg ISR 2368 -138 =114 +155 = 98 +119 = 77 + 89 4.5 2324
42. Dworakowska, Joanna wg POL 2360 + 73 + 86 = 23 = 25 = 10 = 16 - 17 4.0 2442
43. Shumiakina, Tatiana wg RUS 2376 =125 + 66 = 19 + 64 = 79 = 35 - 21 4.0 2301
44. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2361 +127 +138 = 3 = 5 = 14 = 22 - 15 4.0 2402
45. Petrenko, Svetlana wm MDA 2336 +141 + 15 = 9 - 3 = 37 - 32 +122 4.0 2372
46. Hunt, Harriet wg ENG 2426 + 98 + 77 = 11 + 99 - 2 = 14 - 22 4.0 2360
47. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf YUG 2152 + 78 + 38 + 76 - 6 - 27 - 21 +107 4.0 2393
48. Socko, Monika m POL 2351 = 83 + 67 - 5 = 32 +122 + 87 - 16 4.0 2340
49. Galianina-Ryjanova, Julia wg RUS 2393 = 66 +103 + 55 = 26 + 91 - 5 - 19 4.0 2353
50. Chelushkina, Irina wg YUG 2388 =116 = 74 +122 + 40 + 77 - 3 - 14 4.0 2345
51. Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2377 +110 - 26 + 33 = 86 - 35 = 54 +119 4.0 2312
52. Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2391 +108 = 80 - 35 + 63 = 53 - 19 + 91 4.0 2324
53. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2274 +151 =124 + 4 - 2 = 52 - 24 + 92 4.0 2348
54. Dzagnidze, Nana f GEO 2241 + 28 - 11 = 59 - 4 +134 = 51 + 97 4.0 2371
55. Umanskaya, Irina wg RUS 2313 +102 = 82 - 49 - 94 + 83 = 66 +108 4.0 2289
56. Mashinskaya, Iulia wg RUS 2318 + 68 = 58 - 13 - 92 = 84 +128 +116 4.0 2292
57. Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino m GER 2456 +118 - 97 +120 = 85 + 99 - 18 = 32 4.0 2342
58. Alexandrova, Olga m UKR 2432 +121 = 56 - 71 - 79 =104 +106 + 74 4.0 2302
59. Demina, Julia wg RUS 2350 =137 = 83 = 54 =106 =112 + 95 = 65 4.0 2267
60. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2329 + 90 - 24 = 84 =127 +116 - 28 +117 4.0 2310
61. Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2447 +119 = 99 - 18 = 69 + 94 + 97 - 11 4.0 2334
62. Matnadze, Ana wm GEO 2331 +146 - 3 +130 = 17 = 28 - 15 +103 4.0 2403
63. Krupkova-Mazakova, Petra wg CZE 2249 - 24 + 68 = 96 - 52 =102 +142 + 93 4.0 2307
64. Iwaniuk, Dorota wm POL 2266 - 15 + 88 +123 - 43 - 31 +141 +100 4.0 2281
65. Zakurdjaeva, Irina RUS 2282 +152 - 12 = 92 =100 = 73 +127 = 59 4.0 2233
66. Benderac, Ana wm YUG 2230 = 49 - 43 -134 +150 +135 = 55 + 99 4.0 2277
67. Kharashkina, Bairta wf RUS 2173 = 96 - 48 - 28 +147 +124 = 69 +113 4.0 2345
68. Toma, Katarzyna POL 2101 - 56 - 63 - 78 +143 +115 + 98 +118 4.0 2283
69. Melamed, Tatiana wg UKR 2273 +156 - 76 =133 = 61 = 81 = 67 + 94 4.0 2283
70. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2320 =153 +137 - 1 = 73 - 32 +104 +112 4.0 2269
71. Kosintseva, Tatiana wf RUS 2333 + 94 = 17 + 58 - 13 + 24 - 7 - 37 3.5 2361
72. Stjazhkina, Olga wg RUS 2346 = 92 + 32 - 16 + 84 + 39 - 25 - 34 3.5 2282
73. Aginian, Nelly ARM 2192 - 42 = 28 +111 = 70 = 65 =107 = 80 3.5 2323
74. Velcheva, Maria wg BUL 2244 = 1 = 50 - 75 =140 +109 + 85 - 58 3.5 2315
75. Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2376 = 32 = 92 + 74 - 77 +118 = 89 - 39 3.5 2249
76. Zaiatz, Elena wg RUS 2376 +106 + 69 - 47 = 39 - 22 - 33 +125 3.5 2239
77. Popova, Natalija wm BLR 2308 +129 - 46 +110 + 75 - 50 = 41 - 38 3.5 2312
78. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wm NED 2351 - 47 -128 + 68 +135 + 98 = 37 - 33 3.5 2165
79. Cherednichenko, Svetlana wf UKR 2203 -124 +154 + 87 + 58 = 43 - 12 - 40 3.5 2304
80. Javakhishvili, Lela wm GEO 2304 +134 = 52 = 31 - 8 =127 = 92 = 73 3.5 2257
81. Manakova, Maria wg YUG 2395 + 95 - 14 +119 - 97 = 69 - 39 +130 3.5 2268
82. Lomineishvili, Maia wg GEO 2439 +122 = 55 - 99 - 37 +141 +101 - 26 3.5 2261
83. Georgieva, Liubka BUL 2162 = 48 = 59 =131 - 22 - 55 +134 +124 3.5 2286
84. Blimke, Dalia wm POL 2209 - 2 +157 = 60 - 72 = 56 + 96 = 87 3.5 2286
85. Lopatskaya, Elena V wm RUS 2323 -133 +109 +138 = 57 - 23 - 74 +127 3.5 2255
86. Trabert, Bettina wg GER 2269 +154 - 42 +132 = 51 - 4 = 94 = 90 3.5 2194
87. Fatalibekova, Elena wg RUS 2284 +143 - 6 - 79 +128 +106 - 48 = 84 3.5 2219
88. Saljova, Silvie wm CZE 2142 - 11 - 64 =129 +121 - 33 +132 +131 3.5 2205
89. Kulish, Irina wg RUS 2302 -136 +145 - 34 +138 +108 = 75 - 41 3.5 2226
90. Andersson, Christin SWE 2115 - 60 - 33 +156 - 21 +154 +105 = 86 3.5 2193
91. Sudakova, Irina RUS 2256 + 8 = 18 +124 = 15 - 49 - 31 - 52 3.0 2359
92. Johansson, Victoria wm SWE 2149 = 72 = 75 = 65 + 56 - 20 = 80 - 53 3.0 2262
93. Slavina, Irina wg RUS 2333 +150 - 10 + 21 = 34 =103 - 36 - 63 3.0 2218
94. Lomakina, Galja RUS 2134 - 71 =111 +121 + 55 - 61 = 86 - 69 3.0 2255
95. Grosar, Kiti wm SLO 2234 - 81 +129 = 36 = 96 = 40 - 59 =102 3.0 2219
96. Grabics, Monika wm HUN 2354 = 67 = 34 = 63 = 95 - 21 - 84 +145 3.0 2159
97. Korbut, Ekaterina wm RUS 2330 +140 + 57 - 6 + 81 - 9 - 61 - 54 3.0 2301
98. Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea wm ROM 2240 - 46 +102 = 38 = 41 - 78 - 68 +144 3.0 2203
99. Khukhashvili, Sopiko wm GEO 2326 +139 = 61 + 82 - 46 - 57 =112 - 66 3.0 2284
100. Morkunaite, Egle LTU 2028 - 26 =115 +125 = 65 - 19 +110 - 64 3.0 2207
101. Alieva, Elmira wm AZE 2257 = 16 - 13 +114 - 28 +137 - 82 =109 3.0 2268
102. Sosnowska, Elzbieta wf POL 2095 - 55 - 98 +145 = 33 = 63 =130 = 95 3.0 2188
103. Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2239 = 13 - 49 +139 +124 = 93 - 30 - 62 3.0 2276
104. Gvetadze, Sopio GEO 2208 - 12 +151 = 22 - 36 = 58 - 70 +135 3.0 2200
105. Hernandez, Yudania wm ESP 2265 = 5 - 16 -106 =123 +139 - 90 +141 3.0 2168
106. Agrest, Svetlana wm SWE 2215 - 76 =143 +105 = 59 - 87 - 58 +136 3.0 2200
107. Berend, Elvira S wg LUX 2312 +142 - 7 =127 +134 - 17 = 73 - 47 3.0 2169
108. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wm AZE 2226 - 52 +148 - 40 +142 - 89 +123 - 55 3.0 2156
109. Kucypera, Anna POL 2145 - 30 - 85 +144 =113 - 74 +143 =101 3.0 2164
110. Calotescu, Cristina wf ROM 2218 - 51 +152 - 77 =132 =123 -100 +142 3.0 2065
111. Nill, Jessica wm GER 2259 - 17 = 94 - 73 -137 =129 +148 +149 3.0 2115
112. Moshina, Cristina wm MDA 2235 - 7 =134 =142 +155 = 59 = 99 - 70 3.0 2178
113. Krivec, Jana wf SLO 2265 - 10 +141 - 15 =109 =140 +145 - 67 3.0 2200
114. Heymann, Ulrike wm GER 2188 - 38 = 41 -101 =126 -144 +156 +151 3.0 2103
115. Tetenkina, Irina BLR 2221 - 31 =100 -135 =139 - 68 +152 +146 3.0 2056
116. Buervenich, Silvia wm SWE 2224 = 50 - 1 =153 +154 - 60 +136 - 56 3.0 2180
117. Matras, Agnieszka wm POL 2220 - 27 =126 +143 - 38 =136 +144 - 60 3.0 2121
118. Baklanova, Tatiana wm UKR 2257 - 57 +149 - 8 +146 - 75 +140 - 68 3.0 2200
119. Costagliola, Marina FRA 2254 - 61 +146 - 81 +149 - 41 +133 - 51 3.0 2228
120. Hlgatian, Goar wm ARM 2258 - 25 +150 - 57 -141 =153 =126 +140 3.0 2155
121. Erenska, Hanna wg POL 2246 - 58 =142 - 94 - 88 +147 =146 +133 3.0 2102
122. Khmiadashvili, Tamar wg GEO 2249 - 82 +140 - 50 +153 - 48 +149 - 45 3.0 2217
123. Vogel,Heike GER ---- +158 - 30 - 64 =105 =110 -108 +137 3.0 2159
124. Agababean, Naira wg MDA 2362 + 79 = 53 - 91 -103 - 67 +153 - 83 2.5 2099
125. Partac, Elena wf MDA 2216 = 43 - 4 -100 +129 +132 - 40 - 76 2.5 2115
126. Apanaviciute, Kristina LTU 2019 - 14 =117 - 32 =114 =146 =120 =128 2.5 2106
127. Schuurman, Petra NED 2193 - 44 +156 =107 = 60 = 80 - 65 - 85 2.5 2171
128. Kadziolka, Beata POL 2164 - 29 + 78 - 20 - 87 +155 - 56 =126 2.5 2137
129. Grigorian, Meri ARM 2052 - 77 - 95 = 88 -125 =111 =147 +154 2.5 2068
130. Dolzhikova, Olga UKR 2229 - 6 +147 - 62 =136 =133 =102 - 81 2.5 2098
131. Fomina, Tatyana wm EST 2278 +157 - 27 = 83 +133 - 38 - 34 - 88 2.5 2092
132. Tekielak, Izabella POL 2003 - 39 +158 - 86 =110 -125 - 88 +153 2.5 2072
133. Tallova, Ivana CZE 2108 + 85 - 29 = 69 -131 =130 -119 -121 2.0 2121
134. Zawadzka, Magdalena POL 2050 - 80 =112 + 66 -107 - 54 - 83 =150 2.0 2073
135. Muzychuk,Anna UKR ---- = 20 - 35 +115 - 78 - 66 =137 -104 2.0 2093
136. Chmielinska, Alicja POL 2047 + 89 - 5 - 39 =130 =117 -116 -106 2.0 2119
137. Ciuksyte, Zivile LTU 2150 = 59 - 70 - 37 +111 -101 =135 -123 2.0 2047
138. Kludacz, Magdalena wm POL 2203 + 41 - 44 - 85 - 89 -142 -151 +157 2.0 2048
139. Guzik, Jolanta POL 2111 - 99 = 37 -103 =115 -105 =154 =143 2.0 2027
140. Reszka, Malgorzata POL 2119 - 97 -122 +151 = 74 =113 -118 -120 2.0 2071
141. Ismailova, Parvana wf AZE 2140 - 45 -113 +148 +120 - 82 - 64 -105 2.0 2108
142. Hagesaether, Ellen NOR 2093 -107 =121 =112 -108 +138 - 63 -110 2.0 2083
143. Capuano, Francesca ITA ---- - 87 =106 -117 - 68 +150 -109 =139 2.0 2015
144. Bashkite, Viktoria EST 2073 - 40 - 21 -109 +157 +114 -117 - 98 2.0 2033
145. Rantanen, Tanja wm FIN 2149 - 18 - 89 -102 +152 +148 -113 - 96 2.0 2040
146. Milligan, Helen wf SCO 2124 - 62 -119 +157 -118 =126 =121 -115 2.0 2031
147. Ornstein, Petra SWE 2035 - 22 -130 =150 - 67 -121 =129 +155 2.0 2012
148. Pokojska, Daria POL 2037 - 19 -108 -141 +151 -145 -111 +156 2.0 1995
149. Szymanowska, Karolina POL 2130 - 36 -118 +152 -119 +156 -122 -111 2.0 2034
150. Winter, Astrid GER 2135 - 93 -120 =147 - 66 -143 +155 =134 2.0 1980
151. Smolak, Ewa POL ---- - 53 -104 -140 -148 +158 +138 -114 2.0 1989
152. Gojny,Katarzyna POL ---- - 65 -110 -149 -145 +157 -115 +158 2.0 1984
153. Jiretorn, Eva SWE 2106 = 70 - 8 =116 -122 =120 -124 -132 1.5 2036
154. Strzyzakowska,Dominika POL ---- - 86 - 79 +158 -116 - 90 =139 -129 1.5 1909
155. Just, Anita GER 2061 = 35 = 20 - 41 -112 -128 -150 -147 1.0 1910
156. Stawujak,Natalia POL ---- - 69 -127 - 90 +158 -149 -114 -148 1.0 1824
157. Kaniak,Monika POL ---- -131 - 84 -146 -144 -152 +158 -138 1.0 1817
158. BYE ---- -123 -132 -154 -156 -151 -157 -152 0.0
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The Category IV Besançon Masters took place 21st-29th April 2001.
Alexei Chernuschevich was clear winner by a point.
Internet coverage: http://www.ifrance.com/besancontpg/
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1. Chernuschevich, Alexei m BLR 2440 * 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2598
2. Siegel, Georg m GER 2453 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2404
3. Costa, Jean-Luc m SUI 2359 0 = * 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2414
4. Sermier, Guillaume f FRA 2401 = = 0 * = = 1 1 = = 5.0 2373
5. Claverie, Christophe f FRA 2358 0 0 1 = * 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2377
6. Roser, Kevin FRA 2327 = = 0 = 1 * 0 0 1 1 4.5 2338
7. Lucchetti, Philippe FRA 2190 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 4.0 2310
8. Neiman, Emmanuel f FRA 2318 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 3.0 2214
9. Renaze, Luc FRA 2293 0 0 = = 0 0 = 1 * = 3.0 2217
10. Bohnenblust, Simon SUI 2233 = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * 2.0 2128
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Zone 3.2a Championships took place April 24th 2001 at the Grand
Boulevard Hotel, Manila, Philippines. This was a 9-round Swiss System
Tournament where 2 will qualify from the men's section and 1 from the women's.
The Asian Continental Championships will have up for grabs 10 slots while the
balance of 9 have been assigned to the various sub-zones who should all finish
their zonal championships by end of April 2001. It was complete domination by
the Vietnamese players, both in the men's and women's sections. Nguyen Anh Dung
and Dao Thien Hai qualified from the men's event (the latter beating Utut
Adianto in a playoff) and Hoang Thanh Trang took the women's place. Info Bobby
Ang.
Internet coverage: http://www.philchess.com.ph
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Zone 3.2a Manila PHI (PHI), 24-30 iv 2001
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1. Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2557 +11 =12 +13 = 2 +17 = 3 + 8 +14 = 4 7.0 2674
2. Adianto, Utut g INA 2589 +14 +18 = 3 = 1 = 8 = 4 + 9 = 7 +12 6.5 2657
3. Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2564 +22 +17 = 2 = 8 + 6 = 1 +13 = 4 = 5 6.5 2637
4. Villamayor, Buenaventura g PHI 2560 =10 = 7 =12 =22 +11 = 2 + 6 = 3 = 1 5.5 2543
5. Juswanto, Denny m INA 2487 -12 +11 +14 =13 - 9 +10 = 7 + 8 = 3 5.5 2509
6. Paragua, Mark m PHI 2454 =15 = 9 + 7 +12 - 3 = 8 - 4 +19 +13 5.5 2515
7. Gonzales, Jayson PHI 2396 = 8 = 4 - 6 =16 +21 +18 = 5 = 2 +20 5.5 2563
8. Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2548 = 7 +15 +10 = 3 = 2 = 6 - 1 - 5 +17 5.0 2512
9. Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2546 =19 = 6 +16 -17 + 5 =12 - 2 =11 +15 5.0 2476
10. Senador, Emmanuel PHI 2410 = 4 +19 - 8 =18 =14 - 5 +17 =15 +16 5.0 2493
11. Garma, Chito m PHI 2400 - 1 - 5 +19 +20 - 4 +22 =15 = 9 +23 5.0 2485
12. Datu, Idelfonso f PHI 2381 + 5 = 1 = 4 - 6 +22 = 9 =14 =13 - 2 4.5 2470
13. Nquyen Thanh Son VIE 2200 +16 +20 - 1 = 5 =18 +17 - 3 =12 - 6 4.5 2470
14. Ranola, Yves PHI 2422 - 2 +23 - 5 +15 =10 +16 =12 - 1 =21 4.5 2417
15. Sayson, Alan PHI 2345 = 6 - 8 =21 -14 +24 +20 =11 =10 - 9 4.0 2357
16. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2441 -13 +21 - 9 = 7 +19 -14 =18 +24 -10 4.0 2307
17. Donguines, Fernie f PHI 2425 +24 - 3 +20 + 9 - 1 -13 -10 +23 - 8 4.0 2346
18. Handoko, Edhi g INA 2447 +23 - 2 =22 =10 =13 - 7 =16 -20 +24 4.0 2305
19. Laylo, Darwin PHI 2383 = 9 -10 -11 +23 -16 +24 +21 - 6 =22 4.0 2314
20. Hatanbaatar, Bazar g MGL 2481 +21 -13 -17 -11 +23 -15 +24 +18 - 7 4.0 2263
21. Pham Minh Hoang1 VIE 2347 -20 -16 =15 +24 - 7 +23 -19 +22 =14 4.0 2300
22. Kosasih, Cecep INA 2420 - 3 +24 =18 = 4 -12 -11 +23 -21 =19 3.5 2284
23. Chon, Chor HKG 2200 -18 -14 +24 -19 -20 -21 -22 -17 -11 1.0 2018
24. Bin Hashim,Hasnul ---- -17 -22 -23 -21 -15 -19 -20 -16 -18 0.0
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Zone 3.2a Playoff Manila PHI (PHI), 24-30 iv 2001
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Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2564 1 0 1 = 2.5 2684
Adianto, Utut g INA 2589 0 1 0 = 1.5 2477
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Zone 3.2a Women Manila PHI (PHI), 24-30 iv 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2465 +16 + 7 + 5 + 4 - 2 + 6 + 3 +10 + 9 8.0 2536
2. Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2263 = 8 +10 = 3 +15 + 1 + 4 + 5 = 9 - 7 6.5 2330
3. Batceceg, Tuvshintogs wf MGL 2224 =14 + 6 = 2 = 9 - 4 +13 - 1 + 5 +15 5.5 2246
4. Tran Thi Kim Loan wf VIE 2152 +15 = 5 + 7 - 1 + 3 - 2 + 6 - 8 +16 5.5 2287
5. Vo Hong Phuong wf VIE 2258 +11 = 4 - 1 +13 + 9 + 7 - 2 - 3 +10 5.5 2249
6. Le Kieu Thien Kim wm VIE 2307 =13 - 3 +12 + 8 +10 - 1 - 4 +14 +11 5.5 2205
7. Anhchimeg, Bayanmonh wf MGL 2174 + 9 - 1 - 4 +12 +11 - 5 -10 +16 + 2 5.0 2205
8. Lomibao, Joy Sherrie PHI 2041 = 2 =13 - 9 - 6 =16 =15 +12 + 4 +14 5.0 2143
9. Mariano, Christine Rose PHI ---- - 7 +14 + 8 = 3 - 5 =10 =11 = 2 - 1 4.0 2136
10. Mendoza, Beverly wm PHI 2162 +12 - 2 =13 +11 - 6 = 9 + 7 - 1 - 5 4.0 2129
11. Soyolmaa, Dashdondog MGL 2031 - 5 =15 +14 -10 - 7 +16 = 9 =12 - 6 3.5 2034
12. Li Ching ---- -10 +16 - 6 - 7 +15 =14 - 8 =11 =13 3.5 2019
13. Siti, Zulaikha MAS 2050 = 6 = 8 =10 - 5 +14 - 3 -16 -15 =12 3.0 1999
14. Joya,Rusela ---- = 3 - 9 -11 +16 -13 =12 +15 - 6 - 8 3.0 1962
15. Toledo, Joann PHI ---- - 4 =11 +16 - 2 -12 = 8 -14 +13 - 3 3.0 1974
16. Tungalag, Nyamaa wf MGL 2131 - 1 -12 -15 -14 = 8 -11 +13 - 7 - 4 1.5 1828
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The Oceania Zonal Chess Championship took place in Radisson, Palm
Meadows on the Gold Coast, 22nd April to 27th April 2001 IM Mikhail Gluzman and
FM Mark Chapman finished equal first. Gluzman won the play-off match and
qualified to play in the FIDE Championships. Mark Chapman gained the IM title,
and Scott Wastney and Lee Jones gained the FM title. Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky won
the Women's Zonal Championship and has qualified into the World Women's
Championship and will gain the WIM title. Information Gary Bekker.
Internet coverage:
http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/zonal.htm
Leading Final Mens Standings:
Place Name Fed Rtng Score
1-2 IM M.Gluzman AUS 2400 7.0
FM M.Chapman AUS 2338 7.0
3-4 IM L.Sandler AUS 2400 6.0
FM M.Rujevic AUS 2332 6.0
5 S.Wastney NZL 2276 5.5
6-12 IM Z-Y.Zhao AUS 2390 5.0
IM V.Feldman AUS 2369 5.0
A.Allen AUS 2255 5.0
FM B.Tindall AUS 2225 5.0
K.Stead AUS 2135 5.0
A.Dunn NZL 2000 5.0
L.Jones AUS 2000 5.0
13-14 IM J-P.Wallace AUS 2388 4.5
B.Jones AUS 2215 4.5
etc.
Leading Final Womens Standings:
Place Name Fed Rtng Score
1 N.Phan-Koshnitsky AUS 2156 7.0
2 IM I.Berezina-Feldman AUS 2295 6.5
3 WFM N.Szuveges AUS 2078 4.5
The 7th International tournament Gio. Leonardo di Bona in Cutro, Italy
takes place April 22nd-May 2nd 2001.
Internet coverage: http://www.infcom.it/fsi/tornei/01cutro.htm
Round 8 Standings:
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7th It Cutro ITA (ITA), 22 iv-2 v 2001 cat. IX (2474)
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1. Georgiev, Vladimir g BUL 2592 * = = = . = . 1 = 1 1 5.5 2591
2. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2518 = * 1 0 . = = . . 1 1 4.5 2584
3. Ortega, Lexy m ITA 2487 = 0 * . = = 1 0 1 . 1 4.5 2517
4. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2408 = 1 . * 0 = 1 = . . = 4.0 2537
5. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2519 . . = 1 * = = = = = . 4.0 2501
6. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2450 = = = = = * = . . . = 3.5 2491
7. Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2494 . = 0 0 = = * 1 = = . 3.5 2419
8. Aleksic, Nenad1 m YUG 2417 0 . 1 = = . 0 * = = . 3.0 2435
9. Pegorari, Pietro f ITA 2380 = . 0 . = . = = * = = 3.0 2443
10. Drasko, Milan g YUG 2521 0 0 . . = . = = = * = 2.5 2375
11. Ristic, Nenad g YUG 2425 0 0 0 = . = . . = = * 2.0 2321
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The 3rd Bydgoszcz International Chess Festival 2001 will take place
April 27th-May 5th 2001. There will be 4 opens: Bank Pocztowy SA Open A
(ratings above 2100), Poczta Polska Open B (above 1800), Ruch SA Open C (below
1800) and Open D (kids). In addition there will be a match between Alexei
Shirov and Bartlomiej Macieja (4 games, rapid chess) on May 5th. The results
and standings will be updated daily at: http://www.szachy.lo.pl and the games will
be available after the festival.
The 54th Russian Chess Championships take place April 29th-May 9th 2001
in Elista. A 9-round Swiss. The prize fund is $30,000. There will be 16
qualifying places for the European Championships.
Players include:
Sergei Shipov 2640, Andrei Kharlov 2639, Valerij Filippov 2632,
Alexander Lastin 2627, Alexander Rustemov 2625, Vladimir Malakhov 2623,
Konstantin Landa 2610, Alexander Motylev 2601, Evgeniy Najer 2600, Andrey
Shariyazdanov 2594, Mihail Kobalija 2590, Sergey Dolmatov 2587, Alexander
Galkin 2584, Evgeny Pigusov 2584, Yuri S Balashov 2581, Vladimir Epishin 2579,
Ildar Ibragimov 2578, Konstantin N Aseev 2577, Yuri Yakovich 2577, Evgeny
Sveshnikov 2571, Semen I. Dvoirys 2568, Nikolai Pushkov, 2561, Sergey Volkov
2558, Maxim Turov 2553 etc
Live coverage: http://54RCC.fide.com The games start April 30
at 3pm local time (Elista, GMT +3).
No diplomatic niceties as Mongol horde ravages Beijing
A team from Mongolia emerged the victors in a hard-fought weekend
tournament organized by the Slovak Embassy in Beijing. Col. Dusan Zoller, the
Slovak defence attache, and Rastislav Sulla, head of the embassy’s
Economic & Commercial Department, ran the unusual event and were runners-up
to Mongolia after a five-game blitz play-off. In the other games players had 60
minutes each for all of their moves. This was the first tournament of its kind
and it was held in a friendly and light-hearted spirit, with players
communicating in English, Russian and Chinese, amongst other languages.
The original concept was to invite representatives of embassies only,
but a few ringers got in: the second player on the Romanian team was a Tajik,
and the Democratic Republic of Congo team consisted of Telly Kongolo, a
sculptor, and Sarah Hurst, an itinerant journalist. Chess sets and DGTs were
kindly loaned by Beijing Chess Club, members of which attended the prize-giving
ceremony. The Chinese trainer was quite impressed by the standard of the
foreigners’ play and a journalist from a Chinese sports magazine
interviewed the participants. The Slovak ambassador presented the prizes, which
included chess sets, clocks and souvenirs of the picturesque Central European
country. By the end of the tournament everyone wanted to visit it, with the
possible exception of the Czechs, who were comprehensively demolished by their
neighbours. The Czechs redeemed themselves in the last round, salvaging their
honour and half a point against Romania. In an endgame with three pawns against
two, the Czech player was unfortunate not to make it a win. Congo’s
participation came about in an interesting way. Sarah Hurst runs the Lost Pawns
Chess Club in Beijing (based throughout the winter at the John Bull Pub, but
soon to move to the outdoor terrace at the Elephant Russian Restaurant), and
one of its members works at the French Embassy. The French player suggested
forming a team, but her boss wouldn’t allow the embassy’s good name
to be besmirched by outsiders. Perhaps a wise decision, as the team’s
result was rather ignominious. Fortunately Telly Kongolo’s embassy proved
more accommodating. Final results,
Beijing Inter-Embassy Tournament, April 28-29: 1st place –
Mongolia (L. Myagmarsuren, D. Tsend. [Comment MC its very possible this is the
Myagmarsuren who lost the famous game to Fischer in round 3 of the Sousse
Interzonal of 1967, always wondered what happened to him]) 6 points 2nd place
– Slovak Republic (Col. Dusan Zoller, Rastislav Sulla) 6 points 3rd place
– Romania (Gabriel Dutu, Shuhrat Saidmuradov) 5.5 points 4th place –
Democratic Republic of Congo (Telly Kongolo, Sarah Hurst) 2 points 5th place
– Czech Republic (Mr Skurek, Mr Vrabec) 0.5 points For more information on
social chess in Beijing, contact Sarah Hurst: sarahnh_2000@yahoo.co.uk
Rupert Jones reports: The IBM Botswana national Championships for 2001
has seen a return from the wilderness by John Hutcheson who won the 10 player
all play all with the tremendous score of 8/9 which is a harking back to the
late 1980's when John used to win the Championship very comfortably on a
regular basis and then in the early 1990's it dried up as the competiton
provided a better challenge. The Ladies title was won by surprise package
Keitumetse Mokgacha on tie break from Betty Phutego after both had scored 6/9.
The event is a tribute to the game in the country as over 400 players set off
in the qualifying rounds for the final 20 places.
The event is sponsored to the tune of £2,500 by IBM who are in
their third year of support.
Mens
1st- J Hutcheson 8/9, 2nd- O Molale 6.5/9, 3rd- S Boipuso 6/9... 10
participated.
Ladies
1st- K Mokgacha 6/9, 2nd- B Phutego 6/9, =3rd- O Sabure, G Nakedi &
T Lopang 5.5...10 participated.
Alasdair MacLeod, Secretary, London Deaf Chess Club reports: London Deaf
Chess Club, representing England, came 2nd in the Europa Cup for Deaf Chess
Clubs held in Lisbon, Portugal over Easter winning the silver medals and a
large trophy. The team consisted of Phillip Gardner, Ilan Dwek, Simon
Andersson, Richard Dunn and Barry David (captain). This fantastic result marks
the first time in over 20 years' participation in European and World team
championships that an English deaf chess team has come in the top 3. Twelve
teams entered the tournament and was won by Hamburg (Germany) - who fielded 2
Russians including two times World Deaf Chess Champion, International Master
Sergei Salov. Third place went to the defending champions Budapest (Hungary).
The team was financially supported by, amongst others, the "Friends of Chess".
The Professional World Chess Ranking for Mayl 1st produced by Ken
Thomson, New Jersey Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow has been
released.
Rating List
NN Name Birthday NAT Rat Var
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2796 112
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2785 126
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2763 120
4 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2720 189
5 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2693 151
6 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2686 111
7 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2684 159
8 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2676 172
9 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2674 146
10 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2673 168
11 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2671 139
12 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2664 155
13 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2648 162
14 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2646 164
15 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2642 163
16 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2639 151
17 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2638 185
18 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2637 162
19 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2636 164
20 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2634 164
21 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2630 130
22 Zhang Zhong 05.09.1978 CHN 2630 182
23 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2628 157
24 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2628 167
25 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2626 151
26 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2624 195
27 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2620 172
28 Polgar,Judit (GM) 23.07.1976 HUN 2616 170
29 Tkachev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2614 153
30 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2614 168
31 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2610 184
32 Korchnoi,Viktor 23.03.1931 SUI 2604 172
33 Hjartarson,Johann 08.02.1963 ISD 2604 176
34 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2603 158
35 Aleksandrov,Aleksej 11.05.1973 BLR 2603 178
36 Yusupov,Artur 13.02.1960 GER 2599 142
37 Dautov,Rustem 28.11.1965 GER 2598 174
38 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 UKR 2597 132
39 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2597 159
40 Vaganian,Rafael A 15.10.1951 ARM 2597 177
41 Kharlov,Andrei 20.11.1968 RUS 2594 155
42 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2592 144
43 Beliavsky,Alexander G 17.12.1953 SLO 2591 169
44 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2591 169
45 Benjamin,Joel 11.03.1964 USA 2591 174
46 Piket,Jeroen 27.01.1969 NED 2589 146
47 Movsesian,Sergei 03.11.1978 CZE 2589 167
48 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2588 159
49 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 BIH 2588 161
50 Vladimirov,Evgeny 20.01.1957 KAZ 2588 171
GREECE WILL HOST THE 2001 WORLD JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Municipality of Peristeri in Athens, Greece will organize the 2001
World Junior Chess Championship for boys & girls up to 20 years old.
The games will be played during August 16-29 in the Exhibition Center
of Peristeri, Athens. It is the first major FIDE event to be organized in
Greece after the 1998 Zonal Tournament 1.5 in Panormo, Crete. It is also the
first major chess event which will be organized in Athens, the host city of the
2004 Olympic Games.
The games will be covered through the Internet by Greek Chess Online
http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio
- the official website.
An official invitation will be soon delivered to all federations.
IM George Mastrokoukos Greek Chess Federation Presidential Board Member
Paul Keres Memorial
The Paul Keres Memorial will be held July 25th-31st 2001 in Tallinn,
Estonia. I - 2.000 DM, II - 1.400 DM, III - 1.000 DM, 4 - 700 DM, 5 - 500 DM, 6
- 400 DM, 7.-10. - 300 DM, 11.-15. - 200 DM, Iw - 600 DM
Further details: http://www.malekeskus.ee/tourn.html
Contact Iivo Nei info@malemaja.neti.ee
Italian Events including European and World over 60s
21st Chess Festical in Bratto, Italy takes place August 22nd-30th 2001.
Full details: http://www.maskeret.com/bratto
Over 60 events in Italy: The European Championships for over 60s take
place in Saint-Vincent, September 15th-23rd 2001 and the World Championships
for over 60s take place in Arco (Trento), October 15th-28th Details in
"calendario" section of Italian Federation's site:
http://www.infcom.it/fsi
Limone Piemonte open
There will be an International Open Tournament in the town of Limone
Piemonte, Italy, June 24th, 2001 to July 1st.
The starting fee is waved off for players FIDE rated above 2350.
Prize fund approx 3.500 Euro, first prize is £ approx 670 Euro.
More information can be found at
http://www.arpnet.it/scacchi/limone01/01limone.zip
Summer in Olomouc (Czech Republic)
The traditional chess festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2001, takes place
August 1st-9th, 2001. There will be organized several tournaments:
1) GM round robin tournament, category 8-10 FIDE (10-12 players) 2) IM
round robin tournament, category 3-4 FIDE (10-12 players) - 2-3 groups 3) FIDE
open - 9 rounds, 2/40+1 (August 2-9, 2001)
The second event MLADI OPEN 2001 is a tournament for young players up
to age of 20. It will take place on June 24th-28th, 2001 in Olomouc as well.
There will be 2 categories:
1) FIDE open 2) national open
1st prize in the FIDE OPEN is free entry to the round-robin IM
tournament of category 3-4 FIDE in Olomouc (1.-9.8.2001). Other prizes also.
Complete information about both events: http://www.proclient.cz/a64
Information about FIDE open in August are also published at Czech Tour
series site http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
First and Third Saturday
1. 5th-17th of May, FIRST SATURDAY IM-FM closed tmt Budapest, org: Nagy
Laszlo, 2. 21st-31st of May, ELEKES memorial GM-IM closed tmt Budapest, org. IM
Zsinka, 3. 2nd-14th of June FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, Budapest, 4. 13th-23rd of
June, Hotel Lipa GM-IM Szentgotthard /300 km West from Budapest/, Org.: FM
Tomcsanyi, 4. 16th-28th of June, THIRD SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Belgrade, Yugoslavia,
Org: NL and FM Kotevski, 5. 7th-19th of July, FIRST SATURDAY IM-FM, Budapest.
Contact: Nagy, Laszlo International Chess Organizer E-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile: (36)-30-230-1914 I
International BiH Seniors
International BiH Seniors Championship - Grand - Prix ECU. Bugojno
2nd-10th May 2001.
Internet Site: http://www.eni.com.ba
Capablanca Memorial
The Capablanca Memorial tournament takes place May 3rd-21st 2001.
Invited players in the Premier include: Ulf Anderssson, Zhang Zhong, Alexandre
Lesiege, Anthony Miles, Francisco Vallejo, Thomas Luther, Igor Alexander Nataf,
Hannes Stefansson.
Internet coverage: http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/
5th Golden Cleoptra
The 5th Golden Cleopatra Open takes place 2nd-12th May 2001 in Cairo in
the Eastern Company Sports Club, about 5 kms from Pyramids. The event is Open
for GM-IM-invited players then high ratings until the event reaches 60 players.
Swiss System - 10 Rounds - 60 Players ( 10 GMs - 20 IMs) - 20 EGY players -
Time control 7 hours - Fischer system. 1st Round 2 May , last Round 11 May ,
Closing Ceremony 12 May. . Play start at 4.pm daily And its prizes is : 1st
1000 US$ then 2nd 800 3rd 700 4th 600 5th 500 6th 400 7th 300 8th 200 9th 150
10th 150 .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 from and to Airport; Free Tourist tours; Free entry fee for invited
players. They only need one player per country and already they're close to
their target. Contact: Hassan Khaled ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com
Ikaros Chess Festival 2001
The Ikaros Chess Festival 2001 will take place 3rd-16th July 2001. The
Ikaros Chess Festival has been held for the last 23 years on Ikaria island, one
of the most picturesque aegean islands of Greece. This year's events include
the traditional open international tournament "Open Aegean Championship"
(7th-15th of July) as well as plenty of other side events such as Women, Junior
and Veteran tournaments, blitz and simultaneous exhibition events, blindfold
chess, chess lectures and many others.
Further information http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
or send an e-mail to Mr. Dimitris Skyrianoglou at: dimiski@di.uoa.gr
VI International Chess Festival in Cesenatico
The VI International Chess Festival in Cesenatico takes place 9th-16th
September 2001. Open events etc.
Internet coverage: http://www.antiquascom.it/
Jezdimir Vasiljevic arrest
Jezdimir Vasiljevic was arrested in February after a return to Belgrade
after 8 years in hiding in Cyprus. The former banker was wanted for
embezzlement, he sponsored the 1992 match between Bobby Fischer and Boris
Spassky. My thanks to Kevin Dolan.
Internet reference:
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/February/28/news8.htm
3rd Julian Borowski Tournament
The 3rd Julian Borowski Tournament takes place in Essen, May 2nd-11th
2001.
Group A (Categorie XV or XVI): Mikhail Gurevich (BEL/2694), Rustam
Kasimdzhanov (UZB/2693), Friso Nijboer (NED/2580 replaces Krasenkow who is
ill), Artur Jussupow (GER/2645), Rustem Dautov (GER/2631), Sergey Smagin
(RUS/2613), Christopher Lutz (GER/2609), Emil Sutovsky (ISR/2605), Oleg
Romanischin (UKR/2556), Klaus Bischoff (GER/2552).
Group B (Categorie IX): IM Daniel Fridman (LAT/ 2559, GM Yannick
Pelletier (SUI/2548), GM Aloyzas Kveinys (LTU/2530), GM John van der Wiel
(NED/2493), IM Arkadij Naiditsch (GER/2484), IM Ralf Appel (GER/2481), IM Georg
Seul (GER/2434), IM Francesco de Gleria (GER/2427), IM Markus Schäfer
(GER/2393), IM Sebastian Siebrecht (GER/2386).
Venue: HOTEL ASTORIA, Wilhelm-Nieswandt-Allee 175, D-45326
Essen-Altenessen, phone (0049)-(0)201-83584, Fax (0049)-(0)201-8358040.
Live Internet Coverage: http://www.chessgate.de
II Open Backa Palanka
The II Open Backa Palanka (Yugoslavia) takes place 2nd-10th May
2001.
Further information: http://www.backapalankaopen.com
Hotel Lipa Tournament
The Hotel Lipa International Chess Grandmaster and Master Tournaments
take place in Szentgotthárd, Hungary June 13th-23rd 2001.
Further details: http://www.primerate.hu
32 Hour Blitz Marathon in Budapest
A 32-hour (non-stop, approx. 150 rounds) super-marathon blitz tournament
(ELTE 32) starting at 12:00, April 29 (Sunday) will take place in Budapest,
aiming at breaking the previous (non-registered) 30-hour record. TV, radio and
the press are very likely to pop up. Further information at
25vos@ludens.elte.hu or at Attila PIRÓTH, +36-1-2218695. The details of
the tournament can be checked out at the homepage of the Hungarian Chess
Federation, http://www.chess.hu (see
"versenynaptar"). About 100 participants are expected. 20-30 prizes, 1st prize
around DM 200. Entry fee, including 3 meals not more than DM 30.
Pilsen Open
The 7th International Chess Festival "Festival Schneider Bohemia "
Pilsen 2001, takes place 18th-26th August 2001 at the "Strelecky stadion"
Pilsen Lobzy (The Czech Republic). The main tournament of this Festival is the
International Open Czech Championship. (1st prize 20 000 CZK, sum of prizes 81
000 CZK). For detailed information look at
http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/
International Championships of Slovakia
International Championships of Slovakia 2001, which will be hold as
tournament A of Presov Chess Festival 2001: Presov Chess Festival 11.8 -
19.8.2001 (9 rounds) A) International Championship of Slovakia 2001 (OPEN) -
1st prize 30 000 Sk (about 1500 DEM) - total prize fund 114 000 Sk (about 5500
DEM) B) National Open - 1st prize 7 000 Sk (about 350 DEM) - total prize fund
31 000 Sk (about 1500 DEM) Venue: Presov, SPS Strojnicka school (next to hotel
Saris) Accomodation: College of SPS Strojnicka - 2-beds room 10 DEM / person /
night - 1-bed room 13 DEM / person / night Boarding: SPS Strojnicka 10 DEM per
day Registration deadline 15.7.2001 Further information:
http://www.chess.vadium.sk/presov
Notzai
Notzai (always worth visiting) were in satirical mode for April 1st.
http://www.notzai.com, specifically
http://www.notzai.com/notzai/KC.html.
Weihnachts-Open 2001
The Weihnachts-Open 2001 takes place in Strausberg (Berlin) Germany from
27.12.2001 to 30.12.2001. The tournament will be ELO and DWZ rated. First prize
: 500 DM entry fee : 30 DM
Further information: http://www.weihnachtsopen.de
Rebel vs. the World events
Chess Tiger vs the Web organized by ChessBrain located at:
http://www.chessbrain.de/td/te/te.html
Rebel Century 3.0 is playing against the Internet at ChessLines located at:
http://www.chesslines.com/rebelvsnet/rebel.html
and the brand-new Gambit Tiger 2.0 plays against the Internet on the fastest PC
around. Organization: Ed Panek and Jorge Pichard, location at:
http://www.rebel.nl/gt2-web.htm
The overall address is: http://www.rebel.nl/rebweb.htm
Bucharest Chess Open
The Bucharest Chess Open takes place: 22th-29th.April.2001
ORGANISER: ASTRAL CHESS CLUB
VENUE: BUCHAREST FAIRS COMPLEX PAVILION T-PUBLITER
9 rounds, possibilities for GM and IM norms.
Prizes (USD): 800, 400 .... 20 prizes in total; special women, U-18,
U-12,... and SPECIAL PRIZES after each round.
Special Conditions for GMs ENTRY FEE 23 USD (payable in leu) GM&IM
free TIME CONTROL 40 moves for 2 hours, then 30 for the rest of the game
PROGRAM SUNDAY 22nd 11a.m. deadline for inscriptions 3p.m. first round
23rd to 27th rounds 2-6 at 4.30p.m. 28th 9a.m. round 7 4.30p.m. round 8 29th
9a.m. round 9 2.30p.m. CLOSING CEREMONY
INFORMATION e-mail: isd@euro.ro dorualex@hotmail.com mpanait@fx.ro
LIVIU DOBRONAUTEANU phone 004094322001 fax 004016596958 Important note Hotel
reservations till 10th of April
DEEP SHREDDER vs. THE WORLD
There is a DEEP SHREDDER vs. THE WORLD match about to start. Prizes
available for taking part in this challenge match. Further details:
http://www.gambitsoft.net/_shredder
Merida GM Event in May
The II Merida Tournament takes place 16th-22nd May with Anand,
Khalifman, Short and Gilberto Hernández. Internet coverage:
http://www.deportesmerida.gob.mx/magistral/ultimo.htm
Manhattan Chess Club 2001 Open Championships
Sponsored by Chess Forum, Greenwich Villiage, New York City. May 4th -
6th, 2001.
Open Section: (Open to USCF>2000, and FIDE Rated players on April
list) 1st - $500 plus Chronos Digital Clock, 2nd - $300, 3rd - $200, U2400 -
$100, U2200 - $100 Top Junior (Under 18 years of age) - $200 plus Chronos
Digital Clock
U2000 section: 1st - $100 plus Chronos Digital Clock, 2nd - $50
5 Round Swiss, 30/90 SD/1 Time control. Entry fee is $35 for members,
and $50 for non-members. All GMs free. $5 discount if registered by 4/26/2001.
For more information: http://www.manhattanchessclub.com
1st Asean International Open Chess Championships
The 1st Asean International Open Chess Championships take place 29th
July - 5th August, 2001 in Brunei, Darussalam.
Contacts: Awang Zaidi B Hj Dollah BCF Deputy Secretary General C/O
SES114, BSP Co. Sdn. Bhd. Seria Brunei Darussalam KE3435 Tel : (673)3 3 373970
Fax : (673)3 330195 Email : bruneichessfederation@hotmail.com
Mr. Leong Voon Choon BCF Secretary General P.O. BOX 523 Kuala Belait
Brunei Darussalam KA1131 Tel : (673)3 333157/373612 Fax : (673)3 372182 Email :
Voon-Choon.V.C.Leong@shell.com.bn
Yap Choow Tun BCF Tournament Director C/O ODE/23 Dept., Brunei Shell
Co. Sdn. Bhd. Seria Brunei Darussalam KE3435 Tel : (673)3 372485 Fax : (673)3
373130 Email : Choow-Tun C.T. Yap@shell.com.bn
Further information http://www.geocities.com/brunei_chess_fed
(more detail in three weeks from 26/3/01)
2nd Open "Backa Palanka 2001"
The 2nd Open"Backa Palanka 2001"will take place in Backa
Palanka(20.km.western from Novi Sad)2nd-10th may 2001. There are 9.rounds on
the tournamnet,Swiss Pairing,with possibility of reaching IM and GM norms.Ten
prices and one special price. Contakt:Mr.Jovan Dragic(English and
Germany)phone:++ 381 21 747-758 mobile 063/562-584,E-mail:kingns@EUnet.yu
Internet coverage:http://www.backapalankaopen.com/
50th ICCF JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
FREE ICCF Jubilee Open Email Tournament (time limit 10 moves in 60
days) This special celebration Email tournament is FREE to all chess players in
the World !
The event will be played exclusively using Email communication and will
comprise of three stages, with 11 participants in each Qualifying Group, and
11-15 players in each of the Semi-final and Final Sections, according to the
number of entries and qualifiers. Winners and runners-up (including tied
players) will qualify to progress at each stage.
All Semi-finalists will be given a free entry into an ICCF World Master
Class Section and Finalists, will earn free entry to an Email World
Championship Semi-final Section.
The overall Winner (tie break rules apply) will receive a free entry
into the next Email World CC Championship Final and those players placed
2nd,3rd and 4th (including tied players) will be awarded free entries to future
Email World CC Championship ¾ Finals.
Finalists will receive free one year subscriptions to ChessBase
Magazine (6 editions), generously sponsored by ChessBase GmbH, and also a
complimentary copy of the ICCF Jubilee Book.
All games played in this tournament will be rated in the official
International CC Rating system and title norms will be available, where Groups
satisfy ICCF qualification rules.
This will give new ICCF players a chance to acquire properly calculated
international ratings, joining 30,000+ players, who already have games in the
ICCF rating databank.
Entries to this FREE Open Email Tournament should be made using the
special entry form available (from 1.4.2001) on http://www.iccf.com, either by
individuals or via their national ICCF member federations. Only one entry per
person will be allowed. The Closing Date for entries is 15th July and play in
the Groups is scheduled to begin on 1st September 2001. The Tournament
Controller will be Chris Lüers (GER). As we are anticipating very large
participation in this unique tournament, the early submission of entries would
be appreciated, to help us to make all of the necessary arrangements.
Roenne Chess Club's 100th anniversary tournament
On occasion of its 100th anniversary Roenne Chess Club, Bornholm
(Denmark), holds a major Swiss tournament where at least 10 GMs will be
participating. 9 rounds with a total rate of play of 6 hours It takes place
24th-30th June 2001.
Further information: Bent Schioett Hansen, Laerkevej 19, 3700 Roenne,
Denmark.
Phone: +45 5695 1453 Fax: +45 5695 1453
http://www.skak-bornholm.dk
e-mail: info@skak-bornholm.dk
Hotel Lipa International Chess Tournament
There are IM and GM norm tournaments in the Hotel Lipa in
Szentgotthárd, Hungary. 12 round robin 13th June to 23rd June 2001.
Entry: Tomcsányi Péter Mobile: (+36) 20/9217-074 H-2651
Rétság, Széchenyi u. 15. Tel./Fax: (+36) 1/3703651 (office
hours) E-mail: primerat@mail.matav.hu
Further information: http://www.primerate.hu
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/
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
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
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.
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.
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
"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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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/
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
There is a website for the Andorra open 30th June-8th July 2001. You can
also win a digital camera or enter 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.
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