THE WEEK IN CHESS 344 11th June 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Advanced
Chess Leon 2001
3) 2nd European Chess Championship
Ohrid
4) SmartChess.com International
5) Yugoslav Team Championships
6) Czech
Championships
7) Zone 2.4
8) White
Nights
9) First Saturday June
10)
2nd SUFE Cup
11) Indian Championships
12) Kasparov simuls in the Faroe Islands
13) Costa Rican Championships
14) Hamburg
Championships
15) Estensi Open
16)
Oak Brook Open
17) Fourmies Open
18) Guillermo Garcia Tournament
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Games section
Advanced Chess Leon 2001 14 games
2nd European CC Ohrid 612 games
SmartChess.com International 30 games
Yugoslav Team Championships 330 games
Yugoslav Women's Teams 220 games
Czech Championships 55 games
Zone 2.4 20 games
White Nights 114 games
First Saturday June GM 41 games
First Saturday June IM 40 games
2nd SUFE Cup 31 games
Indian Championships 72 games
Indian Women's Championships 26 games
Kasparov simul vs. Faroe Islands 6 games
Hamburg Championships 135 games
Estensi Open 228 games
1974 games
My thanks to Jonathan Hains, Ron Henley, Jovan Petronic, Lubo Ftacnik,
Herman van Riemsdijk, Stan Ash, Laszlo Nagy, Yin Hao, V Krishnaswamy, Rodolfo
Arias, William Paschall, Yvette Nagel and all those who helped with this
issue.
The Leon Advanced Chess tournament won by Anand headlines this week. Not
far behind are the 2nd European Chess Championships Ohrid with so many strong
players its going to be interesting to see who misses out on qualification for
the FIDE Championships.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Advanced Chess tournament was 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 competed
the help of a computer and a Database. In round one Alexei Shirov (Spain) beat
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2.5-1.5 on day one. Viswanathan Anand (India) vs.
Peter Leko (Hungary) was on day two, Anand went through after a blitz playoff.
The final saw Anand defeat Shirov 2.5-1.5.The main sponsors were: 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 were 4 games per day and the
event was a knockout. Timerate: 20 minutes per player, with 10 or 15 seconds
increment after every move.
Live coverage: http://www.diariodeleon.com
Official websites: http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
and http://www.advancedchessleon.com
Semi-Finals
Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 35 C11 French Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 44 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Variation
Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 49 C10 French Rubinstein
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 32 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen Variation
Advanced Chess Leon ESP (ESP), 8-11 vi 2001
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1 2 3 4
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Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2722 0 1 1 = 2.5 2802
Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2707 1 0 0 = 1.5 2635
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Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 0-1 49 C42 Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 25 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 48 C42 Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 20 C42 Petroff's Defence
Blitz
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 56 C42 Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 45 B19 Caro Kann
Advanced Chess Leon ESP (ESP), 8-11 vi 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2794 0 1 = = = 1 3.5 2787
Leko, Peter g HUN 2730 1 0 = = = 0 2.5 2737
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Final
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 68 C11 French Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 51 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 56 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 57 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Advanced Chess Leon ESP (ESP), 8-11 vi 2001
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1 2 3 4
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2794 = 1 1 0 2.5 2817
Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2722 = 0 0 1 1.5 2707
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The 2nd European Chess Championship Ohrid, Macedonia 1st-15th June
2001. The event is a 13 round Swiss System. 172 GMs are playing making it one
of the strongest events in terms of depth ever. There are 49 qualifying places
for the FIDE World Championships and it looks like there will be a huge tie for
the final places to be resolved on the final day. Loek Van Wely leads alone on
7/9 with four rounds to go.
Internet coverage: http://www.iecc2001.com.mk/. Live
coverage from 2pm GMT
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2nd IECC Ohrid MKD (MKD), 5-15 vi 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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1. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2670 +170 = 60 = 42 + 72 + 25 = 27 + 32 + 3 = 2 . . . . 7.0 2785
2. Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2537 +195 = 4 + 51 + 35 +125 = 3 = 8 = 7 = 1 . . . . 6.5 2739
3. Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2577 +124 +127 + 19 + 97 = 30 = 2 = 4 - 1 + 36 . . . . 6.5 2704
4. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2607 +152 = 2 +153 = 39 + 95 + 30 = 3 = 8 = 13 . . . . 6.5 2731
5. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2637 +174 + 88 =125 = 12 + 39 = 32 = 16 = 27 + 30 . . . . 6.5 2716
6. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2641 =157 = 57 +168 + 79 = 12 + 24 = 27 = 16 + 32 . . . . 6.5 2705
7. Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2661 =156 + 62 = 60 = 48 = 55 +129 + 44 = 2 + 27 . . . . 6.5 2720
8. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2605 =107 +119 = 98 +141 + 67 + 97 = 2 = 4 = 14 . . . . 6.5 2708
9. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2678 =138 +100 - 12 +130 + 96 = 61 = 30 + 40 + 35 . . . . 6.5 2726
10. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2603 =119 =107 = 94 +114 = 68 +141 = 28 + 72 + 39 . . . . 6.5 2690
11. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2604 +165 - 96 +152 = 46 + 87 - 16 +138 + 38 + 28 . . . . 6.5 2685
12. Luther, Thomas g GER 2568 +167 = 33 + 9 = 5 = 6 = 92 = 23 = 31 + 71 . . . . 6.0 2747
13. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2673 =100 =138 +146 = 60 + 26 + 45 = 15 = 35 = 4 . . . . 6.0 2691
14. Graf, Alexander g GER 2649 -105 + 54 +157 + 88 = 24 + 81 = 35 = 15 = 8 . . . . 6.0 2683
15. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2608 +151 = 98 =141 +138 = 28 +112 = 13 = 14 = 25 . . . . 6.0 2686
16. Galego, Luis m POR 2429 +193 =101 - 30 +156 +110 + 11 = 5 = 6 = 33 . . . . 6.0 2691
17. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2596 +122 +162 = 95 = 96 = 91 = 75 + 77 = 36 = 23 . . . . 6.0 2682
18. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2570 =160 +176 =181 =127 = 21 + 68 = 22 = 20 + 69 . . . . 6.0 2653
19. Volokitin, Andrei m UKR 2493 + 86 + 61 - 3 = 64 - 31 =135 +129 +147 + 82 . . . . 6.0 2708
20. Dautov, Rustem g GER 2631 +168 - 95 = 57 =153 +152 + 85 = 55 = 18 + 81 . . . . 6.0 2660
21. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2676 + 46 -125 +189 =106 = 18 - 72 +103 +109 + 80 . . . . 6.0 2641
22. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2652 +150 = 79 =129 =190 +135 = 44 = 18 = 81 + 55 . . . . 6.0 2679
23. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2627 +204 + 85 = 39 -125 +105 = 38 = 12 + 42 = 17 . . . . 6.0 2679
24. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2570 =158 =132 +115 +161 = 14 - 6 +126 = 29 + 56 . . . . 6.0 2654
25. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2574 +161 =181 +160 =133 - 1 +137 = 29 + 65 = 15 . . . . 6.0 2674
26. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2558 =189 =194 =158 +134 - 13 =131 +152 + 77 + 64 . . . . 6.0 2639
27. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2600 +112 +105 = 67 = 38 +133 = 1 = 6 = 5 - 7 . . . . 5.5 2668
28. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2559 +177 = 77 = 56 + 37 = 15 = 36 = 10 + 61 - 11 . . . . 5.5 2680
29. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2672 = 43 = 74 +150 = 55 +106 = 40 = 25 = 24 = 44 . . . . 5.5 2635
30. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2584 =136 +134 + 16 +103 = 3 - 4 = 9 + 97 - 5 . . . . 5.5 2601
31. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2627 =139 = 94 =114 +111 + 19 =125 = 38 = 12 = 53 . . . . 5.5 2609
32. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2589 +104 +115 = 96 = 91 + 85 = 5 - 1 + 83 - 6 . . . . 5.5 2621
33. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2688 + 87 = 12 =103 = 42 - 44 =126 +105 +125 = 16 . . . . 5.5 2574
34. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2638 = 57 =157 +121 - 85 + 90 = 41 = 70 = 48 + 96 . . . . 5.5 2610
35. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2601 +148 =141 +145 - 2 + 46 + 91 = 14 = 13 - 9 . . . . 5.5 2634
36. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2610 = 94 +139 = 70 + 98 = 38 = 28 +125 = 17 - 3 . . . . 5.5 2629
37. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2670 = 62 =156 + 52 - 28 = 43 =105 +157 +108 = 45 . . . . 5.5 2617
38. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2559 +198 = 99 + 77 = 27 = 36 = 23 = 31 - 11 +104 . . . . 5.5 2665
39. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2563 +184 + 75 = 23 = 4 - 5 =102 +134 + 92 - 10 . . . . 5.5 2659
40. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2582 = 59 = 58 =128 +160 +127 = 29 + 75 - 9 = 46 . . . . 5.5 2619
41. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2539 =143 =126 -127 +124 +154 = 34 = 76 + 78 = 51 . . . . 5.5 2563
42. Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 2568 =163 +183 = 1 = 33 + 93 = 51 = 92 - 23 +122 . . . . 5.5 2664
43. Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2528 = 29 = 93 =143 =126 = 37 =180 =104 +103 + 92 . . . . 5.5 2580
44. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2571 +197 +154 - 97 = 58 + 33 = 22 - 7 +112 = 29 . . . . 5.5 2627
45. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2575 =132 =158 +136 =102 +103 - 13 = 58 + 91 = 37 . . . . 5.5 2576
46. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2530 - 21 +167 +154 = 11 - 35 +111 = 78 +142 = 40 . . . . 5.5 2630
47. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2584 = 58 = 59 =111 =128 =153 +174 =100 = 52 + 94 . . . . 5.5 2581
48. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2554 -154 +197 +163 = 7 = 99 = 65 = 63 = 34 + 97 . . . . 5.5 2631
49. Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2584 =134 =136 =162 =131 +165 = 83 = 62 = 58 +119 . . . . 5.5 2577
50. Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2551 = 91 =192 +182 = 56 = 77 + 99 - 65 = 63 + 93 . . . . 5.5 2652
51. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2609 =155 +131 - 2 +148 +190 = 42 = 72 = 55 = 41 . . . . 5.5 2614
52. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2524 - 56 +180 - 37 +185 = 82 = 93 + 99 = 47 +120 . . . . 5.5 2657
53. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2561 =194 - 91 -134 +178 =162 +197 +121 + 75 = 31 . . . . 5.5 2570
54. Godena, Michele g ITA 2494 - 61 - 14 +199 +175 = 80 -108 +170 +159 +106 . . . . 5.5 2603
55. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2561 =117 +116 = 99 = 29 = 7 + 59 = 20 = 51 - 22 . . . . 5.0 2614
56. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2654 + 52 = 72 = 28 = 50 =100 = 88 =108 + 67 - 24 . . . . 5.0 2592
57. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2517 = 34 = 6 = 20 = 73 = 76 =110 =101 = 84 +125 . . . . 5.0 2649
58. Moreno Carnero, Javier m ESP 2480 = 47 = 40 +147 = 44 =142 = 67 = 45 = 49 = 72 . . . . 5.0 2618
59. Ermenkov, Evgenij g BUL 2478 = 40 = 47 = 80 + 74 = 64 - 55 = 85 +135 = 60 . . . . 5.0 2605
60. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2562 +187 = 1 = 7 = 13 - 75 +119 = 91 = 93 = 59 . . . . 5.0 2615
61. Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2600 + 54 - 19 +107 +137 =112 = 9 = 97 - 28 = 62 . . . . 5.0 2569
62. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2528 = 37 - 7 +117 +158 = 69 = 64 = 49 = 66 = 61 . . . . 5.0 2618
63. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2645 +102 =133 = 79 =135 =129 = 70 = 48 = 50 = 85 . . . . 5.0 2586
64. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2585 =169 =111 +113 = 19 = 59 = 62 = 98 +100 - 26 . . . . 5.0 2551
65. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2655 + 90 - 67 -102 +173 +150 = 48 + 50 - 25 = 70 . . . . 5.0 2580
66. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2590 =111 +169 + 68 = 67 - 97 =100 = 95 = 62 = 83 . . . . 5.0 2552
67. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2557 +178 + 65 = 27 = 66 - 8 = 58 = 69 - 56 +152 . . . . 5.0 2609
68. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2484 +171 = 82 - 66 + 86 = 10 - 18 =135 = 79 +129 . . . . 5.0 2619
69. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2630 =166 =114 =105 +139 = 62 = 95 = 67 + 88 - 18 . . . . 5.0 2575
70. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2539 =175 +188 = 36 - 92 +104 = 63 = 34 = 73 = 65 . . . . 5.0 2596
71. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2628 =114 +166 -133 + 94 = 83 = 98 = 88 + 95 - 12 . . . . 5.0 2574
72. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2554 +180 = 56 = 92 - 1 +183 + 21 = 51 - 10 = 58 . . . . 5.0 2612
73. Piket, Jeroen g NED 2628 =121 -153 +119 = 57 =168 =130 +155 = 70 = 74 . . . . 5.0 2560
74. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2529 = 93 = 29 =126 - 59 +144 =128 =127 +140 = 73 . . . . 5.0 2558
75. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2676 +149 - 39 = 83 +174 + 60 = 17 - 40 - 53 +156 . . . . 5.0 2594
76. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2613 =153 =121 =155 =165 = 57 +168 = 41 = 96 = 87 . . . . 5.0 2561
77. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2657 +146 = 28 - 38 +166 = 50 +133 - 17 - 26 +130 . . . . 5.0 2590
78. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2600 =131 =155 =165 +145 =102 = 96 = 46 - 41 +146 . . . . 5.0 2559
79. Chuchelov, Vladimir g BEL 2550 +196 = 22 = 63 - 6 -126 +145 =113 = 68 +128 . . . . 5.0 2552
80. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2578 =140 =128 = 59 =183 = 54 +153 =112 +130 - 21 . . . . 5.0 2547
81. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2570 +182 -103 +132 +181 = 92 - 14 +102 = 22 - 20 . . . . 5.0 2567
82. Georgiev, Vladimir g BUL 2592 +201 = 68 =137 -112 = 52 =157 +139 + 98 - 19 . . . . 5.0 2551
83. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2526 - 99 +198 = 75 +189 = 71 = 49 +147 - 32 = 66 . . . . 5.0 2608
84. Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2572 -115 =144 -104 =117 +176 =136 +180 = 57 +137 . . . . 5.0 2502
85. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2536 +202 - 23 +192 + 34 - 32 - 20 = 59 +131 = 63 . . . . 5.0 2568
86. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2595 - 19 =122 +169 - 68 -148 +160 =153 +127 +139 . . . . 5.0 2524
87. Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2528 - 33 +187 +179 =110 - 11 =127 =128 +154 = 76 . . . . 5.0 2527
88. Vaisser, Anatoli g FRA 2540 +200 - 5 +194 - 14 +122 = 56 = 71 - 69 +134 . . . . 5.0 2589
89. Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2543 -103 -182 =177 -180 =179 +178 +183 +145 +143 . . . . 5.0 2411
90. Rechlis, Gad g ISR 2525 - 65 +178 - 93 +197 - 34 +161 =154 =128 +142 . . . . 5.0 2563
91. Korobov, Anton UKR 2401 = 50 + 53 +101 = 32 = 17 - 35 = 60 - 45 =100 . . . . 4.5 2571
92. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2640 =137 +130 = 72 + 70 = 81 = 12 = 42 - 39 - 43 . . . . 4.5 2547
93. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2676 = 74 = 43 + 90 = 95 - 42 = 52 +150 = 60 - 50 . . . . 4.5 2538
94. San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo g ESP 2508 = 36 = 31 = 10 - 71 =191 +116 =120 +118 - 47 . . . . 4.5 2545
95. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2537 +191 + 20 = 17 = 93 - 4 = 69 = 66 - 71 =115 . . . . 4.5 2565
96. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2533 +203 + 11 = 32 = 17 - 9 = 78 =142 = 76 - 34 . . . . 4.5 2569
97. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2460 +159 +142 + 44 - 3 + 66 - 8 = 61 - 30 - 48 . . . . 4.5 2583
98. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2532 +179 = 15 = 8 - 36 +161 = 71 = 64 - 82 =117 . . . . 4.5 2519
99. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2658 + 83 = 38 = 55 =129 = 48 - 50 - 52 =155 +165 . . . . 4.5 2537
100. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2528 = 13 - 9 +176 +162 = 56 = 66 = 47 - 64 = 91 . . . . 4.5 2564
101. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2579 +144 = 16 - 91 =104 =131 =155 = 57 =137 =102 . . . . 4.5 2482
102. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2522 - 63 +199 + 65 = 45 = 78 = 39 - 81 =126 =101 . . . . 4.5 2541
103. Basagic, Zlatko m SLO 2345 + 89 + 81 = 33 - 30 - 45 +156 - 21 - 43 +166 . . . . 4.5 2578
104. Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2483 - 32 =159 + 84 =101 - 70 +164 = 43 +141 - 38 . . . . 4.5 2563
105. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2522 + 14 - 27 = 69 +191 - 23 = 37 - 33 =132 +167 . . . . 4.5 2560
106. Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2563 =183 =163 +140 = 21 - 29 =148 =107 +113 - 54 . . . . 4.5 2517
107. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2505 = 8 = 10 - 61 +192 =147 =159 =106 -120 +171 . . . . 4.5 2561
108. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2558 -181 -161 +198 =140 +169 + 54 = 56 - 37 =121 . . . . 4.5 2502
109. Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2562 -127 +124 -161 =144 =145 +162 +148 - 21 =112 . . . . 4.5 2494
110. Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2590 =145 =113 +173 = 87 - 16 = 57 -130 =136 +155 . . . . 4.5 2494
111. Izoria, Zviad m GEO 2489 = 66 = 64 = 47 - 31 +172 - 46 =156 +186 =133 . . . . 4.5 2543
112. Czebe, Attila m HUN 2502 - 27 +202 +171 + 82 = 61 - 15 = 80 - 44 =109 . . . . 4.5 2550
113. Ekstroem, Roland m SUI 2492 =164 =110 - 64 =172 =120 +171 = 79 -106 +159 . . . . 4.5 2577
114. Smirnov, Pavel m RUS 2511 = 71 = 69 = 31 - 10 -180 +184 -118 +185 +154 . . . . 4.5 2524
115. Cyborowski, Lukasz m POL 2450 + 84 - 32 - 24 =170 -130 =123 +202 +157 = 95 . . . . 4.5 2516
116. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2366 =129 - 55 -130 +149 =139 - 94 +162 =166 +153 . . . . 4.5 2520
117. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil m GEO 2416 = 55 -129 - 62 = 84 =151 =169 +201 +174 = 98 . . . . 4.5 2526
118. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2643 =130 -137 -139 =167 =163 +191 +114 - 94 +126 . . . . 4.5 2451
119. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2503 = 10 - 8 - 73 +200 +143 - 60 +190 +133 - 49 . . . . 4.5 2521
120. Kuzmin, Gennadi P g UKR 2569 =176 -160 -183 +177 =113 +201 = 94 +107 - 52 . . . . 4.5 2468
121. Nedev, Trajce g MKD 2514 = 73 = 76 - 34 -154 +194 +183 - 53 +161 =108 . . . . 4.5 2517
122. Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2494 - 17 = 86 =159 +179 - 88 +202 =141 +138 - 42 . . . . 4.5 2485
123. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2553 =192 -189 =144 =132 -134 =115 =167 +182 +173 . . . . 4.5 2441
124. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2459 - 3 -109 +195 - 41 +186 =170 =146 =150 +168 . . . . 4.5 2484
125. Hulak, Krunoslav g CRO 2564 +185 + 21 = 5 + 23 - 2 = 31 - 36 - 33 - 57 . . . . 4.0 2550
126. Stojanovski, Dejan f MKD 2351 =135 = 41 = 74 = 43 + 79 = 33 - 24 =102 -118 . . . . 4.0 2525
127. Arlandi, Ennio g ITA 2423 +109 - 3 + 41 = 18 - 40 = 87 = 74 - 86 =150 . . . . 4.0 2513
128. Podgaets, Mikhail m UKR 2477 =147 = 80 = 40 = 47 =159 = 74 = 87 = 90 - 79 . . . . 4.0 2516
129. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2552 =116 +117 = 22 = 99 = 63 - 7 - 19 +148 - 68 . . . . 4.0 2499
130. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij m UKR 2520 =118 - 92 +116 - 9 +115 = 73 +110 - 80 - 77 . . . . 4.0 2538
131. Miton, Kamil m POL 2497 = 78 - 51 +164 = 49 =101 = 26 =133 - 85 =147 . . . . 4.0 2532
132. Rogic, Davor m CRO 2457 = 45 = 24 - 81 =123 -156 +179 =166 =105 =149 . . . . 4.0 2461
133. Jobava, Baadur m GEO 2543 +199 = 63 + 71 = 25 - 27 - 77 =131 -119 =111 . . . . 4.0 2504
134. Mrva, Martin m SVK 2479 = 49 - 30 + 53 - 26 +123 +190 - 39 =156 - 88 . . . . 4.0 2514
135. Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2544 =126 =143 +184 = 63 - 22 = 19 = 68 - 59 =140 . . . . 4.0 2432
136. Gausel, Einar g NOR 2480 = 30 = 49 - 45 -159 +188 = 84 =174 =110 =141 . . . . 4.0 2500
137. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2518 = 92 +118 = 82 - 61 +171 - 25 =159 =101 - 84 . . . . 4.0 2553
138. Blehm, Pawel g POL 2530 = 9 = 13 +175 - 15 +181 =142 - 11 -122 =144 . . . . 4.0 2493
139. Acs, Peter g HUN 2509 = 31 - 36 +118 - 69 =116 +167 - 82 +180 - 86 . . . . 4.0 2498
140. Bogdanovski, Vlatko g MKD 2463 = 80 =147 -106 =108 =170 =146 +168 - 74 =135 . . . . 4.0 2504
141. Timoscenko, Gennadij g SVK 2531 +186 = 35 = 15 - 8 +182 - 10 =122 -104 =136 . . . . 4.0 2472
142. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2592 +173 - 97 =148 +155 = 58 =138 = 96 - 46 - 90 . . . . 4.0 2463
143. Thorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 2292 = 41 =135 = 43 -171 -119 =144 +197 +170 - 89 . . . . 4.0 2478
144. Zlochevskij, Alexander g ITA 2469 -101 = 84 =123 =109 - 74 =143 =181 +195 =138 . . . . 4.0 2431
145. Cao, Sang m HUN 2488 =110 +164 - 35 - 78 =109 - 79 +177 - 89 +180 . . . . 4.0 2491
146. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2526 - 77 +177 - 13 -182 +187 =140 =124 +169 - 78 . . . . 4.0 2466
147. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2580 =128 =140 - 58 +201 =107 +166 - 83 - 19 =131 . . . . 4.0 2451
148. Fedorchuk, Sergey A m UKR 2503 - 35 +203 =142 - 51 + 86 =106 -109 -129 +184 . . . . 4.0 2481
149. Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2529 - 75 -185 =178 -116 +195 =158 +176 =173 =132 . . . . 4.0 2394
150. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2523 - 22 +196 - 29 +163 - 65 +182 - 93 =124 =127 . . . . 4.0 2486
151. Konopka, Michal m CZE 2507 - 15 -191 =180 =188 =117 =189 =185 =184 +187 . . . . 4.0 2366
152. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2506 - 4 +195 - 11 +203 - 20 +181 - 26 +164 - 67 . . . . 4.0 2448
153. Kuczynski, Robert g POL 2509 = 76 + 73 - 4 = 20 = 47 - 80 = 86 =171 -116 . . . . 3.5 2496
154. Weiss, Christian m AUT 2368 + 48 - 44 - 46 +121 - 41 +165 = 90 - 87 -114 . . . . 3.5 2450
155. Kantsler, Boris g ISR 2507 = 51 = 78 = 76 -142 +160 =101 - 73 = 99 -110 . . . . 3.5 2509
156. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2527 = 7 = 37 =191 - 16 +132 -103 =111 =134 - 75 . . . . 3.5 2418
157. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2519 = 6 = 34 - 14 =184 +158 = 82 - 37 -115 =176 . . . . 3.5 2469
158. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2443 = 24 = 45 = 26 - 62 -157 =149 -164 +199 =174 . . . . 3.5 2445
159. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2578 - 97 =104 =122 +136 =128 =107 =137 - 54 -113 . . . . 3.5 2409
160. Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2440 = 18 +120 - 25 - 40 -155 - 86 =186 +188 =162 . . . . 3.5 2426
161. Azarov, Sergei BLR 2452 - 25 +108 +109 - 24 - 98 - 90 +191 -121 =164 . . . . 3.5 2443
162. Minasian, Ara m ARM 2478 +172 - 17 = 49 -100 = 53 -109 -116 +198 =160 . . . . 3.5 2433
163. Dancevski, Orce m MKD 2428 = 42 =106 - 48 -150 =118 +172 -171 -168 +195 . . . . 3.5 2453
164. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2593 =113 -145 -131 =176 +185 -104 +158 -152 =161 . . . . 3.5 2389
165. Jacimovic, Dragoljub g MKD 2504 - 11 +193 = 78 = 76 - 49 -154 =182 +181 - 99 . . . . 3.5 2420
166. Shneider, Aleksandr g UKR 2516 = 69 - 71 +200 - 77 +189 -147 =132 =116 -103 . . . . 3.5 2406
167. Efimenko, Zahar m UKR 2439 - 12 - 46 =193 =118 +175 -139 =123 +190 -105 . . . . 3.5 2413
168. Sargissian, Gabriel m ARM 2517 - 20 +186 - 6 +194 = 73 - 76 -140 +163 -124 . . . . 3.5 2431
169. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2480 = 64 - 66 - 86 +193 -108 =117 +189 -146 =175 . . . . 3.5 2389
170. Guliev, Sarhan g AZE 2528 - 1 -184 +196 =115 =140 =124 - 54 -143 +189 . . . . 3.5 2363
171. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2589 - 68 +201 -112 +143 -137 -113 +163 =153 -107 . . . . 3.5 2389
172. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2582 -162 -173 +187 =113 -111 -163 =198 =177 +183 . . . . 3.5 2367
173. Dervishi, Erald g ALB 2491 -142 +172 -110 - 65 -202 +192 +187 =149 -123 . . . . 3.5 2424
174. Rabiega, Robert m GER 2517 - 5 =200 +188 - 75 +184 - 47 =136 -117 =158 . . . . 3.5 2403
175. Organdziev, Oliver f MKD 2322 = 70 =190 -138 - 54 -167 =198 =199 +194 =169 . . . . 3.5 2384
176. Stanojoski, Zvonko m MKD 2435 =120 - 18 -100 =164 - 84 +196 -149 +202 =157 . . . . 3.5 2419
177. Khruschiov, Alexey MDA 2400 - 28 -146 = 89 -120 =193 +203 -145 =172 +190 . . . . 3.5 2395
178. Stamenkov, Vanco f MKD 2380 - 67 - 90 =149 - 53 =196 - 89 =193 +203 +197 . . . . 3.5 2363
179. Morrison, Chris SCO 2176 - 98 +205 - 87 -122 = 89 -132 -184 +196 +201 . . . . 3.5 2345
180. Kristjansson, Stefan f ISL 2371 - 72 - 52 =151 + 89 +114 = 43 - 84 -139 -145 . . . . 3.0 2401
181. Brendel, Oliver f GER 2389 +108 = 25 = 18 - 81 -138 -152 =144 -165 =185 . . . . 3.0 2397
182. Abbasov, Farid m AZE 2439 - 81 + 89 - 50 +146 -141 -150 =165 -123 =186 . . . . 3.0 2388
183. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2425 =106 - 42 +120 = 80 - 72 -121 - 89 +191 -172 . . . . 3.0 2403
184. Mitkov, Marjan f MKD 2424 - 39 +170 -135 =157 -174 -114 +179 =151 -148 . . . . 3.0 2360
185. Likavsky, Tomas m SVK 2425 -125 +149 -190 - 52 -164 +188 =151 -114 =181 . . . . 3.0 2377
186. Kocovski, Ivan f MKD 2324 -141 -168 -201 +198 -124 +194 =160 -111 =182 . . . . 3.0 2339
187. Rossi, Carlo f ITA 2418 - 60 - 87 -172 +199 -146 +200 -173 +201 -151 . . . . 3.0 2358
188. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc TUR 2358 =190 - 70 -174 =151 -136 -185 +205 -160 +202 . . . . 3.0 2287
189. Kutirov, Rolando g MKD 2381 = 26 +123 - 21 - 83 -166 =151 -169 =197 -170 . . . . 2.5 2366
190. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2547 =188 =175 +185 = 22 - 51 -134 -119 -167 -177 . . . . 2.5 2299
191. Ilic, Ljubomir f MKD 2282 - 95 +151 =156 -105 = 94 -118 -161 -183 =192 . . . . 2.5 2332
192. Kizov, Atanas f MKD 2368 =123 = 50 - 85 -107 -201 -173 =203 =193 =191 . . . . 2.5 2264
193. Trkaljanov, Vladimir MKD 2249 - 16 -165 =167 -169 =177 -195 =178 =192 =199 . . . . 2.5 2234
194. Colovic, Aleksandar m MKD 2413 = 53 = 26 - 88 -168 -121 -186 =196 -175 +205 . . . . 2.5 2244
195. Petkovski, Vlatko f MKD 2265 - 2 -152 -124 =196 -149 +193 +200 -144 -163 . . . . 2.5 2263
196. Vasovski, Nikola f MKD 2359 - 79 -150 -170 =195 =178 -176 =194 -179 +203 . . . . 2.5 2221
197. Zueger, Beat m SUI 2448 - 44 - 48 +202 - 90 +203 - 53 -143 =189 -178 . . . . 2.5 2249
198. Kiroski, Toni m MKD 2403 - 38 - 83 -108 -186 +205 =175 =172 -162 =200 . . . . 2.5 2243
199. Gicev, Blagoja MKD 2336 -133 -102 - 54 -187 =200 +205 =175 -158 =193 . . . . 2.5 2203
200. Ulker, Ates f TUR 2332 - 88 =174 -166 -119 =199 -187 -195 +205 =198 . . . . 2.5 2222
201. Arbakov, Valentin g RUS 2491 - 82 -171 +186 -147 +192 -120 -117 -187 -179 . . . . 2.0 2228
202. Gicov, Zoran f MKD 2257 - 85 -112 -197 +205 +173 -122 -115 -176 -188 . . . . 2.0 2192
203. Grant, Jonathan SCO 2218 - 96 -148 +205 -152 -197 -177 =192 -178 -196 . . . . 1.5 2115
204. Sulypa, Alexandre g UKR 2510 - 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0
205. BYE ---- . -179 -203 -202 -198 -199 -188 -200 -194 . . . . 0.0
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Jonathan Hains reports: The 1st SmartChess.com International takes
place 4-13 June 2001 at the Marshall Chess Club (Rounds 1-4) and Manhattan
Chess Club (Rounds 5-9), both in New York City. Some games to be broadcast on
the Internet Chess Club. It is a Category IX (2456) 9-RR. Arbiter: Jerome
Bibuld (IA). Round Times: 6 p.m. Eastern (US) Time (same as ICC official time)
except Round 5 at 2 p.m.
Official web-site:
http://www.smartchess.com/SmartChessOnline/default.htm
Broadcast Sponsor: Internet Chess Club (http://www.chessclub.com)
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1. Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2596 * = . . 1 = 1 1 1 . 5.0 2713
2. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2568 = * 0 1 . = 1 . . = 3.5 2525
3. Shahade, Gregory f USA 2458 . 1 * 1 = = . . 0 = 3.5 2507
4. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2381 . 0 0 * = . . 1 1 1 3.5 2501
5. Sarkar, Justin f USA 2406 0 . = = * 1 = = . . 3.0 2454
6. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2497 = = = . 0 * . = . 1 3.0 2480
7. Charbonneau, Pascal CAN 2407 0 0 . . = . * = 1 1 3.0 2467
8. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2385 0 . . 0 = = = * 1 . 2.5 2387
9. Krush, Irina m USA 2380 0 . 1 0 . . 0 0 * 1 2.0 2324
10. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2470 . = = 0 . 0 0 . 0 * 1.0 2175
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Round 1 (June 4, 2001)
Novikov, Igor A - Stripunsky, Alexander 1/2 13 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Yudasin, Leonid - Simutowe, Amon 1/2 37 B40 Sicilian Classical System
Sarkar, Justin - Shahade, Gregory 1/2 22 A45 Trompowsky Variation
Charbonneau, Pascal - Krush, Irina 1-0 39 B23 Sicilian Closed System
Ippolito, Dean - Bonin, Jay R 0-1 39 A44 Old Benoni
Round 2 (June 5, 2001)
Shahade, Gregory - Yudasin, Leonid 1-0 30 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Bonin, Jay R - Sarkar, Justin 1/2 53 E18 Queens Indian
Stripunsky, Alexander - Ippolito, Dean 1/2 22 A12 Reti Opening
Charbonneau, Pascal - Novikov, Igor A 0-1 38 B23 Sicilian Closed System
Krush, Irina - Simutowe, Amon 1-0 73 D35 QGD Exchange Variation
Round 3 (June 6, 2001)
Novikov, Igor A - Krush, Irina 1-0 56 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Yudasin, Leonid - Bonin, Jay R 1-0 48 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Variation
Sarkar, Justin - Stripunsky, Alexander 1-0 57 A45 Trompowsky Variation
Ippolito, Dean - Charbonneau, Pascal 1/2 19 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Simutowe, Amon - Shahade, Gregory 1/2 58 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Round 4 (June 7, 2001)
Novikov, Igor A - Ippolito, Dean 1-0 36 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Bonin, Jay R - Simutowe, Amon 1-0 23 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Stripunsky, Alexander - Yudasin, Leonid 1/2 10 B05 Alekhine's Defence
Charbonneau, Pascal - Sarkar, Justin 1/2 41 C07 French Tarrasch
Krush, Irina - Shahade, Gregory 1-0 32 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 5 (June 9, 2001)
Yudasin, Leonid - Charbonneau, Pascal 1-0 34 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Shahade, Gregory - Bonin, Jay R 1-0 41 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais Variation
Sarkar, Justin - Novikov, Igor A 0-1 54 A14 Reti Opening
Ippolito, Dean - Krush, Irina 1-0 59 D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Simutowe, Amon - Stripunsky, Alexander 0-1 32 B16 Caro Kann
Round 6 (June 10, 2001)
Novikov, Igor A - Yudasin, Leonid 1/2 13 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Stripunsky, Alexander - Shahade, Gregory 1/2 49 B22 Sicilian Alapin Variation
Charbonneau, Pascal - Simutowe, Amon 1-0 42 B23 Sicilian Closed System
Ippolito, Dean - Sarkar, Justin 1/2 21 D10 Slav Defence
Krush, Irina - Bonin, Jay R 0-1 33 E94 King's Indian Classical
IM Jovan Petronic sends news of the Yugoslaov Team Championship
preliminaries. Last week I reported on the men's final. Here are the results of
the preliminaries.
Herceg Novi (Yugoslavia) was the venue of the the Yugoslav 1st league
(part one). This section was won by defending champions BEKO (Belgrade), who
went into the playoffs together with the teams who finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
Uzicka Banka (Uzice) and JAT (Belgrade), who unfortunately did not show up,
went into the 2nd league.
The Yugoslavian women's 1st league team championship was won by the
reigning European women's team champions "Agrouniverzal" Zemun. The league was
decided when the mighty "Agrouniverzal" Zemun beat the very strong "BAS"
Belgrade in round one by 3,5:0,5. No one could catch up with the powerful team
from Zemun afterwards. Pozarevacki SK (Pozarevac) and JAT (Belgrade) - who,
unfortunately did not show up, fell into the 2nd league. There were no playoffs
in the women's league. Each team consisted of 4 boards. First three teams in
both leagues (men-after playoffs) qualified for the next European team
championships.
My thanks to Lubo Ftacnik for also sending the games.
YUG team championship 2001 (14-24.V 2001.) Herceg Novi (YUG)
Team name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Pt Plc
1 AGRONIVERZAL - Zemun . 3.0 3.0 2,5 4.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 3,5 30 VII
2 STOCAR BANKA - Cacak 3.0 . 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 34 II
3 RADONJA BOJOVIC - Niksic 3.0 3.0 . 3,5 5.0 2,5 2,5 3,5 2,5 3.0 3,5 32 V
4 MONTENEGROBANKA - Podgorica 3,5 3.0 2,5 . 2,5 3.0 3,5 3.0 3.0 4.0 2,5 30,5 VI
5 UZICKA BANKA - Uzice 2.0 2.0 1.0 3,5 . 1.0 0,5 3,5 1,5 1,5 2,5 19 XI
6 BEKO - Beograd 5.0 3.0 3,5 3.0 5.0 . 3,5 4,5 1,5 3.0 3.0 35 I
7 PARTIZAN - Beograd 3.0 2.0 3,5 2,5 5,5 2,5 . 2,5 3,5 2.0 3.0 30 VIII
8 Z.T.P. BEOGRAD - Beograd 2.0 2.0 2,5 3.0 2,5 1,5 3,5 . 3.0 2.0 3.0 25 X
9 NSK SZ RAFINERIJA - Novi Sad 2.0 3.0 3,5 3.0 4,5 4,5 2,5 3.0 . 3,5 4.0 33,5 III
10 MILICIONAR AKADEMIJA NOVA - Beograd 4.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 4,5 3.0 4.0 4.0 2,5 . 3.0 33 IV
11 MIMOZA - Tivat 2,5 2.0 2,5 3,5 3,5 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 . 28 IX
YUG team championship 2001 (women) (14-24.V 2001.) Herceg Novi (YUG)
Team name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
1 BAS - Beograd . 0,5 3,5 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 3,5 2,5 2,5 2.0 27,5 II
2 AGROUNIVERZAL - Zemun 3,5 . 3.0 3,5 4.0 3,5 3,5 2,5 3.0 2.0 2,5 31 I
3 PARTIZAN - Beograd 0,5 1.0 . 3,5 0,5 3,5 2.0 2.0 3,5 1,5 1,5 19,5 V
4 RAD SKOLA SAMPIONA - Beograd 1.0 0,5 0,5 . 1,5 1.0 0,5 1,5 3,5 1.0 0,5 11,5 X
5 POLET G.S.P. - Beograd 1.0 0.0 3,5 2,5 . 1,5 1,5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 18 VII
6 MILICIONAR AKADEMIJA NOVA - Beograd 0.0 0,5 0,5 3.0 2,5 . 1,5 2,5 3,5 1.0 1.0 16 IX
7 PIROT - Pirot 1.0 0,5 2.0 3,5 2,5 2,5 . 1,5 2,5 1.0 0,5 17,5 VIII 8 GOSA Smederevska Palanka 0,5 1,5 2 2,5 2 1,5 2,5 . 3,5 1,5 1,5 19 VI
9 POZAREVACKI SK - Pozarevac 1,5 1.0 0,5 0,5 2.0 0,5 1,5 0,5 . 0.0 0.0 8 XI
10 BEKO - Beograd 1,5 2.0 2,5 3.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 2,5 4.0 . 2.0 25,5 IV
11 INTERNET CG - Podgorica 2.0 1,5 2,5 3,5 2.0 3.0 3,5 2,5 4.0 2.0 . 26,5 III
The Czech Championships took place in Kunzak 8th-18th May 2001. Eduard
Meduna won the eleven player all-play-all with 6.5/11 half a point clear of
David Navara, Pavel Blatny and David Gross. My thanks to Lubo Ftacnik for the
news.
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1. Meduna, Eduard g CZE 2483 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 0 6.5 2555
2. Navara, David m CZE 2479 = * = 1 = = = 0 = 1 1 6.0 2518
3. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2547 = = * = = = = 0 1 1 1 6.0 2511
4. Gross, David CZE m CZE 2461 = 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2519
5. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2480 = = = = * = 1 = = = 0 5.0 2445
6. Konopka, Michal m CZE 2507 = = = = = * = 0 0 1 1 5.0 2443
7. Cvek, Robert m CZE 2406 0 = = = 0 = * 1 = = 1 5.0 2453
8. Dobrovolsky, Ladislav m CZE 2392 0 1 1 0 = 1 0 * 1 0 0 4.5 2418
9. Kalod, Radek m CZE 2495 0 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 * = 1 4.0 2372
10. Hausner, Ivan m CZE 2430 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = * 1 4.0 2378
11. Vrana, Frantisek CZE 2259 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 * 3.0 2319
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The Zone 2.4 qualifying tournament takes place in the Sao Paulo Chess
Club 7th-16th June 2001. After four rounds Rafael Leitao has 3.5 points. My
thanks to Herman van Riemsdijk for the news.
Internet coverage:
http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/Zonal2001.htm
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1. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2587 * . = . . 1 . 1 1 . 3.5 2735
2. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2550 . * = . = . 1 1 . . 3.0 2653
3. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2572 = = * 1 . . . . . 1 3.0 2688
4. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2608 . . 0 * 1 1 . . = . 2.5 2515
5. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2467 . = . 0 * . 1 . 1 . 2.5 2547
6. Oblitas, Carlomagno m PER 2404 0 . . 0 . * . . 1 1 2.0 2416
7. Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2415 . 0 . . 0 . * = . 1 1.5 2322
8. Soto, Jorge PER 2386 0 0 . . . . = * . 1 1.5 2359
9. De Souza Haro, Paulo Cezar f BRA 2237 0 . . = 0 0 . . * . 0.5 2194
10. Coelho, Luis BRA 2235 . . 0 . . 0 0 0 . * 0.0
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The White Nights Tournament which is the 5th stage of the Russia Cup
takes places in St. Petersburg, Russia June 8th-17th 2001. 19 GMs 28 IMs and 4
FMs participate.
Internet coverage: http://www.gmchess.com (in English)
http://www.totalchess.spb.ru (in
Russian)
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White Nights St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 9-17 vi 2001
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1. Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2463 2.0
2. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2554 2.0
3. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2545 2.0
4. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny m RUS 2514 2.0
5. Sivokho, Sergey m RUS 2476 2.0
6. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2511 2.0
7. Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2448 2.0
8. Smikovski, Ivan m RUS 2497 2.0
9. Vulfson, Vladimir m RUS 2412 2.0
10. Grachev, Boris f RUS 2360 1.5 2427
11. Inarkiev, Ernesto m RUS 2469 1.5 2496
12. Kornev, Alexei RUS 2507 1.5 2530
13. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2499 1.5 2527
14. Potkin, Vladimir m RUS 2512 1.5 2540
15. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2594 1.5 2589
16. Meister, Yakov m RUS 2450 1.5 2481
17. Timofeev, Artyom f RUS 2522 1.5 2570
18. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2555 1.5 2585
19. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2488 1.5 2525
20. Yevseev, Denis m RUS 2513 1.5 2557
21. Krassilnikov, Evgeni RUS 2257 1.5 2704
22. Eliseev, Alexei RUS 2471 1.5 2502
23. Kokarev, Dmitry m RUS 2468 1.5 2366
24. Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2540 1.5 2529
25. Anjuhin, Alex m RUS 2460 1.5 2426
26. Biriukov, Oleg V RUS 2372 1.5 2428
27. Borisenko, Andrei RUS 2359 1.5 2418
28. Chepukaitis, Genrikh RUS 2403 1.5 2482
29. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2571 1.5 2498
30. Gavrilov, Alexei m RUS 2438 1.5 2574
31. Kochyev, Alexander g RUS 2424 1.5 2503
32. Kozlov, Viktor Mihail RUS 2389 1.5 2306
33. Kuporosov, Viktor m RUS 2466 1.5 2441
34. Kurnosov, Igor RUS 2375 1.5 2193
35. Polaninov, Aleksy RUS 2359 1.5 2193
36. Polovodin, Igor A m RUS 2438 1.5 2540
37. Sambuev, Bator m RUS 2391 1.5 2456
38. Shchukin, Dmitry RUS 2389 1.5 2442
39. Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2456 1.5 2486
40. Novitzkij, Dmitrij BLR 2397 1.5 2463
41. Tishin, Petr m RUS 2446 1.5 2592
42. Virovlansky, Semen m RUS 2436 1.5 2520
43. Yandarbiev, Ruslan RUS 2360 1.5 2421
114 players
The First Saturday tournaments in June events take place 2nd-14th June
2001. There is a GM, IM and FM event. Below are the standings after 2 rounds.
My thanks to Laszlo Nagy for the news.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/firstsat.html
Round 6 Standings:
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FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 vi 2001 cat. VI (2383)
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1. Guseinov, Kadir m AZE 2456 * . = . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2773
2. Matlak, Marek m POL 2172 . * . = = = . . 1 = . . . 1 4.0 2507
3. Berkes, Ferenc HUN 2393 = . * . 0 . . . . 1 = 1 . 1 4.0 2501
4. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2465 . = . * 1 = . . = . . . 1 . 3.5 2478
5. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2304 . = 1 0 * 1 1 0 . . . . . . 3.5 2450
6. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2437 . = . = 0 * 1 . = . . . 1 . 3.5 2401
7. Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2391 . . . . 0 0 * . = 1 1 . . 1 3.5 2430
8. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2503 . . . . 1 . . * = = = = . 0 3.0 2365
9. Radulov, Ivan g BUL 2390 . 0 . = . = = = * . . . 0 . 2.0 2260
10. Jakab, Attila f HUN 2363 0 = 0 . . . 0 = . * . 1 . . 2.0 2259
11. Kallio, Heikki m FIN 2410 0 . = . . . 0 = . . * 0 1 . 2.0 2287
12. Szieberth, Adam m HUN 2389 0 . 0 . . . . = . 0 1 * = . 2.0 2286
13. Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2345 0 . . 0 . 0 . . 1 . 0 = * . 1.5 2231
14. Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2337 0 0 0 . . . 0 1 . . . . . * 1.0 2143
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1. Wang Shuai CHN 2156 * . 1 = . = . . . 1 1 . 1 . 5.0 2585
2. Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2271 . * 0 1 . . . = . . 1 1 = . 4.0 2422
3. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2425 0 1 * . . . . . = . . 1 1 . 3.5 2393
4. Koneru, Humpy wm IND 2311 = 0 . * . . . . 1 . . 1 . 1 3.5 2407
5. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2303 . . . . * = = = = = . . . 1 3.5 2353
6. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2319 = . . . = * = . = . . = . = 3.0 2270
7. Dub, Zeev ISR 2301 . . . . = = * = . = 0 . . 1 3.0 2295
8. Berczes, Csaba HUN 2263 . = . . = . = * . = . . = . 2.5 2291
9. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2246 . . = 0 = = . . * = = . . . 2.5 2260
10. Dobos, Jozsef m HUN 2310 0 . . . = . = = = * . . . = 2.5 2211
11. Dolgener, Tobias GER 2237 0 0 . . . . 1 . = . * 0 . 1 2.5 2208
12. Yu Mingyuan CHN 2277 . 0 0 0 . = . . . . 1 * = . 2.0 2181
13. Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2273 0 = 0 . . . . = . . . = * . 1.5 2129
14. Castaneda, Nelson f USA 2341 . . . 0 0 = 0 . . = 0 . . * 1.0 2023
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There was a double-round Sheveningen system match which took place in
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics called the "China - World All
Stars Women's Summit". It featured the best Chinese women players against the
rest of World, mainly Georgia. The time control was 25min/10sec. 2 or 3 games
were played each day except Jun 3rd which was a rest day. The 1st SUFE Cup
featured GMs such as Krasenkow, Bologan and Ye Jiangchuan. This years was the
turn of the women. The final score was 41.5- 30.5. The event got a lot of
publicity. All games were transmitted live by Shanghai Cable TV but not on the
Internet. Info: Yin Hao.
China 41.5
1 Wang Pin wg CHN 2504 8.0 2564
2 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2538 7.5 2534
3 Xie Jun g CHN 2557 7.0 2496
4 Xu Yuhua wg CHN 2501 7.0 2496
5 Wang
Lei wg CHN 2498 6.5 2468
6 Qin Kanying wg CHN 2489 5.5 2410
Rest of the World 30.5
1 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2513 7.0 2571
2 Maric, Alisa m YUG 2446
6.0 2514
3 Alexandria, Nana wg GEO 2336 5.5 2485
4 Ioseliani, Nana m
GEO 2499 5.0 2457
5 Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2381 4.0 2389
6 Zhukova,
Natalia wg UKR 2463 3.0 2321
Website: http://www.mercan.com.cn/mercan2000/china.htm
The Indian Championships are about to start in New Delhi. The opening
day will have one round, and many of the subsequent days will see the players
play two rounds. The time control will be under new FIDE rules of one hour 30
minutes for 40 moves and 30 minutes for remainder of the moves (there are no
incremental clocks available) the game will be over in a maximum total of four
hours. My thanks to V Krishnaswamy for the news.
Round 14 Standings
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ch-IND New Delhi IND (IND), 2-15 vi 2001 cat. VIII (2426)
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1. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2611 11.0
2. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2494 9.5
Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2568 9.5
4. Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2383 8.5
5. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar m IND 2456 8.0
6. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2440 7.5
Mishra, Neeraj-Kumar m IND 2321 7.5
Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2453 7.5
9. Harikrishna, P m IND 2504 7.0
Lahiri, Atanu m IND 2391 7.0
11. Sahu, Sekhar Chandra m IND 2325 6.5
12. Prakash, G B m IND 2453 6.0
Ravi, Lanka m IND 2381 6.0
14. Murugan, Krishnamoorthy m IND 2390 5.5
Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi IND 2306 5.5
16. Sriram, Jha IND 2390 5.0
17. Neelotpal, Das m IND 2423 3.5
18. Saravanan, V m IND 2428 3.0
Wajih, Nassir IND 2371 3.0
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Round 9 Standings:
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1. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman wg IND 2424 7.5
2. Aarthie, Ramaswamy wm IND 2291 5.5
Meenakshi, S IND 2248 5.5
4. Swathi, Ghate wm IND 2271 5.0
Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe wm IND 2241 5.0
Gokhale, Anupama wm IND 2249 5.0
7. Mohota, Nisha wm IND 2257 4.5
Meera, Sai IND 2162 4.5
9. Pratibha, Y IND 2069 4.0
Harika,D IND ---- 4.0
11. Dhar-Barua, Saheli wm IND 2224 3.5
Dolan Champa, Bose IND 2187 3.5
13. Shah, Pallavi G IND 2164 3.0
14. Sangeetha, M.R. IND 2009 1.0
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Garry Kasparov is visiting the Faroe Islands June 8th-12th 2001 at the
invitation of the Faroese Chess Federation.
Kasparov played a simultaneous against the Faroese Olympic National
Team in Tórshavn the capital city in the Faroe Islands winning 5-1 with
4 wins and two draws.
Internet coverage: http://www.faroechess.com.
Kasparov 5-1 Faroe Islands (June 10, 2001)
Nilssen, John Arni - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 26 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Kasparov, Garry - Rodgaard, John 1-0 37 C05 French Tarrasch
Olsen, Heini - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 21 D15 Slav Defence
Kasparov, Garry - Nolsoe, Eydun 1-0 41 E36 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Thomsen, Torbjorn - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 24 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Kasparov, Garry - Simonsen, Olavur 1-0 41 A25 English Sicilian Attack
The Costa Rican Championships are taking place at the moment reports
Rodolfo Arias. The event is a 13 round Swiss.
Alexis Murillo reports: The Costa Rican Chess Championship 2001 started
26th May, 2001. The tournament is sponsored by UCA Universidad Florencio del
Castillo, Topaintex, Toby Brown Internatonal Salons and Hotel Balmoral. The
playing hall is located on the 7th floor of Balmoral Hotel, in San Jose's down
town. Five international masters are playing: Bernal Gonzalez, Sergio Minero,
Leonardo Valdes, Francisco Hernandez and Alexis Murillo. Also competing are
three Fide Masters: William Charpentier, Juan León Jimenez and Alejandro
Ramirez. Former National Champion Jaime Vaglio has returned to active play with
this tournament. Fide Master William Charpentier is playing his 25th National
Championship in a row, since 1977. He has won seven national titles (1979-81,
1985, 1987-89). He is without any doubt the emblematic player of Costa Rican
chess. Fide Master Alejandro Ramirez is former under-10 Panamerican Champion,
in 1998. He is now 13 years old. Thirty participants started the tournament,
but Juan Diego García Castro withdrew after the second round. This
tournament is being played by swiss sistem, 13 rounds. The final round is on 16
June 2001.
Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/ajedrezencostarica
Round 10 Standings
1 Gonzalez, Bernal 2430 8 22240 52.5 63.0
2 Valdes, Leonardo 2345 7.5 22088 46.5 66.5
3-4 Murillo, Alexis 2269 7 22344 45.5 67.0
Minero, Sergio 2460 7 22134 49.0 65.0
5 Vaglio, Jaime 2050 6.5 21799 37.0 61.0
6-7 Arias, Mauricio 2206 6 22251 41.5 65.5
Solis, Efren 2017 6 22133 37.5 57.0
8-13 Bermudez, Sergio 2125 5.5 0 39.5 65.0
Charpentier, William 2188 5.5 0 39.5 62.5
Hernandez, Francisco 2241 5.5 0 39.0 56.5
Granados, Ricardo 2175 5.5 0 38.0 63.0
Ugalde, Ronald 2124 5.5 0 37.0 57.5
Ramirez, Alejandro 2131 5.5 0 36.0 59.5
14-17 Jimenez, Juan Leon 2232 5 0 39.0 62.5
Minero, Carlos 2142 5 0 34.5 59.5
Trejos, Enrique 2043 5 0 30.0 55.5
Gutierrez, Gilberth 2001 5 0 27.0 46.5
18-21 Rodriguez, David 2048 4.5 0 31.5 51.5
Gonzalez, Jaime 2073 4.5 0 29.0 52.0
Solano, Agustin 2011 4.5 0 28.5 52.5
Leandro, Jhonny 2087 4.5 0 26.0 47.0
22-24 Barrios, Carlos 2028 4 0 27.5 49.0
Rodriguez, Adrian 2101 4 0 27.5 48.5
Alvarado, Dizan 2041 4 0 21.5 45.0
25-26 Valverde, Ronald 2002 3.5 0 22.0 46.0
Carvajal, Johathan 2000 3.5 0 22.0 44.5
27-28 Alfaro, Carlos 2056 2.5 0 15.0 50.5
Arias, Rodolfo 2024 2.5 0 9.5 29.0
29 Cersosimo, Francisco 2034 2 0 12.5 49.5
30 Garcia, Juan Diego 2032 0 0 0.0 13.5
The Hamburg championships took place 2nd-10th June 2001. The results was
a major victory for Jonny Hector who scored 8/9 a point and a half clear of
Michail Brodsky.
Internet coverage: http://www.schach.com/
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IHEM Hamburg GER (GER), 2-10 vi 2001
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1. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2546 +15 +13 + 4 +10 + 6 + 5 = 2 = 3 + 8 8.0 2840
2. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2529 +24 =17 =16 +13 = 4 + 7 = 1 + 9 = 3 6.5 2610
3. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2485 =23 = 7 +12 +18 = 5 + 6 = 8 = 1 = 2 6.0 2576
4. Mueller, Karsten g GER 2525 +20 +25 - 1 =16 = 2 +10 +15 = 6 = 5 6.0 2551
5. Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2537 =14 +21 = 6 +17 = 3 - 1 = 9 +11 = 4 5.5 2520
6. Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2483 +29 + 8 = 5 +14 - 1 - 3 +17 = 4 = 9 5.5 2550
7. Reeh, Oliver m GER 2414 =21 = 3 =20 +19 +16 - 2 -12 +14 +15 5.5 2430
8. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2618 +22 - 6 -14 +24 +18 +17 = 3 +12 - 1 5.5 2479
9. Levin, Felix g GER 2535 +12 =18 -10 +26 =15 +13 = 5 - 2 = 6 5.0 2438
10. Rausis, Igors g LAT 2500 +19 =16 + 9 - 1 =14 - 4 -11 +21 +18 5.0 2443
11. Kopylov, Mihail m UKR 2444 -25 =19 +23 -15 =12 +26 +10 - 5 +24 5.0 2356
12. Heyken, Enno m GER 2332 - 9 +28 - 3 +25 =11 +16 + 7 - 8 =13 5.0 2448
13. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2393 +28 - 1 +25 - 2 +26 - 9 =16 +19 =12 5.0 2381
14. Reddmann, Hauke f GER 2337 = 5 +23 + 8 - 6 =10 -15 =19 - 7 +22 4.5 2414
15. Pajeken, Wolfgang f GER 2337 - 1 =29 +21 +11 = 9 +14 - 4 =22 - 7 4.5 2397
16. Buhr, Carl Christian f GER 2392 +26 =10 = 2 = 4 - 7 -12 =13 =17 =19 4.0 2340
17. Loeffler, Stefan m GER 2413 +30 = 2 =18 - 5 +22 - 8 - 6 =16 =20 4.0 2372
18. Breyther, Ruediger f GER 2363 +27 = 9 =17 - 3 - 8 =19 +20 =24 -10 4.0 2334
19. Langrock, Hannes GER 2261 -10 =11 +29 - 7 +20 =18 =14 -13 =16 4.0 2330
20. Trisic, Alexandar GER 2283 - 4 +27 = 7 -22 -19 +25 -18 +29 =17 4.0 2266
21. Maahs, Erich GER 2199 = 7 - 5 -15 =23 -28 +30 +26 -10 +25 4.0 2253
22. Bach, Matthias f GER 2339 - 8 +30 -26 +20 -17 =24 +29 =15 -14 4.0 2268
23. Engelbert, Christoph GER 2238 = 3 -14 -11 =21 -25 =27 =30 +28 +29 4.0 2208
24. Lindinger, Markus GER 2299 - 2 -26 +28 - 8 +30 =22 +27 =18 -11 4.0 2257
25. Dankert, Peter f GER 2232 +11 - 4 -13 -12 +23 -20 =28 =27 -21 3.0 2158
26. Meier, David-Geffrey GER 2083 -16 +24 +22 - 9 -13 -11 -21 =30 =27 3.0 2185
27. Fjodorow,Peter ---- -18 -20 =30 =28 =29 =23 -24 =25 =26 3.0 2104
28. Dave, Shreyas GER 2134 -13 -12 -24 =27 +21 -29 =25 -23 =30 2.5 2070
29. Putzbach, Gerd f GER 2235 - 6 =15 -19 =30 =27 +28 -22 -20 -23 2.5 2086
30. Klarner, William R GER 2197 -17 -22 =27 =29 -24 -21 =23 =26 =28 2.5 2049
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The Lido degli Estensi open took place 2nd - 10th June 2001. There were
8 Grandmasters, 2 Woman Grandmasters and many other titled players. Lexy Ortega
won the event with 7/9 and scored a GM norm.
Internet coverage: http://www.federscacchi.it
Final Standings Estensi OPEN A
Name ctg. pts. buh. ps id nv cc
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1' 2-ORTEGA Lexy RMIM 7.0 45.0 performance 2604
2' 11-RISTIC Nenad YUGGM 6.5 45.0
3' 20-MUKIC Josko CROFM 6.5 42.5 IM norm
4' 4-CEBALO Miso CROGM 6.5 41.0
5' 1-LAZAREV Vladimir RUSGM 6.0 49.0
6' 3-LAZIC Miroljub YUGGM 6.0 46.5
7' 6-SKEMBRIS Spyridon GREGM 6.0 46.0
8' 10-MARTINOVIC Slobodan YUGGM 6.0 43.5
9' 9-BUKAL(s) Vladimir CROIM 6.0 42.5
10' 17-FORMANEK Edward USAIM 6.0 41.0
11' 5-BRUMEN Dinko CROIM 6.0 37.0
12' 16-TATAI Stefano RMIM 5.5 43.5 4.0
13' 18-GENOCCHIO Daniele TV M 5.5 43.5 3.0
14' 14-BUKAL(j) Vladimir CROIM 5.5 42.0
15' 12-LELCHUK Zoja GERWG 5.5 38.5
16' 8-NAUMKIN Igor RUSGM 5.0 46.0
17' 22-VISMARA Daniele LC M 5.0 43.5 3.5
18' 19-TRABERT Bettina GERWG 5.0 43.5 3.0
19' 21-COSTANTINI Roberto RN M 5.0 38.5
20' 31-POPA Claudio VRCM 5.0 35.0
21' 26-HEINLEIN Reinhold GER 5.0 30.0
22' 7-MRDJA Milan CROIM 5.0 28.0
53 players
William Paschall reports: What is arguably now the 3rd largest open
tournament in the US took place May 25-18th in Oak Brook Illinois. Overall, the
event drew over 900 players !? and 126 of them taking part in a strong open
section with 15 GM's and 7 IM's competing for 10 prizes. Grandmasters Alex
Goldin and Julian Hodgson shared top honors and 7500$ each with 6/7. Gm's Alex
Shabalov, Igor Novikov, Normunds Miezis, Gregory Kaidanov, Alek Wojtkiewicz,
and IM William Paschall shared 3rd -8th places with 5.5/7.
Does anyone have any games?
The Fourmies Open took place 2nd,3rd and 4th June 2001. Prizes 50 000fr
145 players 7 round Swiss. Organised By JC Templeur and M.Vandervorst. Games
may follow next week.
1st GM SHCHEKACHEV Andrei 2543 6.5/7 2732
2nd IM SHIRAZI Kamran 2413 6 2555
GM DGEBUADZE Alexandre 2555 6 2570
4th IM BERGEZ Luc 2412 5.5 2448
IM ZIGURA Oleg 2392 5.5 2448
IM MOLLOV Ergin 2415 5.5 2428
7th MANCINI Mario 2276 5 2377
GM MIEZIS Normond 2596 5 2451
WIM DRAGASEVIC Antonina 2164 5 2333
FM WUTS Franck 2331 5 2293
+ 10 more on 5 points.
The Guillermo Garcia Tournament takes place in Santa Clara, Cuba 21st
May - 6th June 2001. No further updates since last week.
Internet coverage: http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/
Dutch Championships
The Dutch Championships will be held in Leeuwarden (province Friesland)
after a 20 year gap. For the first time in Dutch chess history that the men's
and women's will be held along side each other in the same location. Two
"Fries" natives have qualified themselves for this finale through qualification
knock-out matches: Mark van der Werf and Sipke Ernst. As reported in TWIC those
semi finals were held over three weekends in Leeuwarden. GM John van der Wiel
and GM Erik van den Doel were the other two who qualified from the 32 player
field.
Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl
Prizefund: Men : f 88.000.
1st prize: f 25.000 2nd prize: f 17.000 3rd prize: f 11.000 4th prize:
f 8.000 5th prize: f 6.500 6th prize: f 5.500 7th prize: f 4.500 8th prize: f
3.750 9th prize: f 3.500 10th prize: f 3.250
Prizefund: Women : f 10.200.
1st prize: f 3.250 2nd prize: f 2.250 3rd prize: f 1.650 4th prize: f
1.200 5th prize: f 1.000 6th prize: f 850
Men's 10 player all-play-all.
1. GM Loek van Wely 2670
2. GM Jeroen Piket 2628
3. GM Sergei Tiviakov 2603
4. GM Friso Nijboer 2580
5. GM Paul van der Sterren 2576
6. GM Erik van den Doel 2574
7. GM John van der Wiel 2493
8. IM Karel van der Weide 2455
9. IM Mark van der Werf 2450
10. IM Sipke Ernst 2435
Women's Double Round all-play-all
1. WGM Zhao Qin Peng 2391
2. WIM Tea Lanchava 2351
3. WGM Erika Sziva 2331
4. Petra Schuurman 2193
5. Colleen Otten 2118
6. Bianca Muhren 1990
Schedule 19th-30th June 2001. Round 1 Men June 21st (women June 20th)
rest day 25th June, final rounds June 30th.
34th Biel International Chess Festival
The 34th Biel International Chess Festival will take place July
21st-August 4th with a strong Open, other tournaments and a strong GM
Tournament. Peter Svidler will be back to defend the tournament he won last
year Boris Gelfand, Victor Korchnoi and Yannick Pelletier will be amongst his
opponents, there will be two further invitees.
Website: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Quebec Championships
The Championships of Quebec are taking place at the moment.
Internet coverage: http://fqechecs.qc.ca/
Rijeka Masters
The Rijeka Masters in Croatia take place 9th-19th June 2001.
Internet coverage: http://www.crochess.com
Korinthos Open
The 5th international open tournament of Korinthos, Greece will be held
July 28th-August 5th 2001,with total prizes about 5000 EUROs, first prize 1500
Euros.
Further information http://www.chess.gr/korinthos
Glyfada Open 2001
3rd International Chess Tournament "Glyfada 2001" that will take place
from August 31st-September 8th 2001 in Glyfada, Athens, Greece.
Further information at the new Web site of "Zeno Chess Club" :
http:\\www.zinonchess.gr
Mercosur Cup
The V República Argentina International Chess Tournament
"Mercosur Cup- 110 Aniversary of Florida City" Vicente Lopez - Argentina June
22 to July 6, 2001 Playing Hall: "cmsalud" , Domingo Faustino Sarmiento 1755
1st floor Organizer: F.A.VI.LO Federación de Ajedrez de Vicente Lopez
Scoring: 3 points a win, 1 point a draw, 0 point a loss. Time Controls FIDE: 40
moves in 75 minutes followed by 15 minutes finish with each player getting
extra 30 seconds each move. Participants: Pablo Ricardi, Andres Rodriguez,
Oscar Panno, Diego Valerga, Everaldo Matsuura, Eduardo Limp, Alejandro Hoffman,
Sergio Slipak, Mauricio Dorin, Miguel Andres Mendez, Enrique Scarella and the
computer program Chess Tiger. FIDE Category IX GM norm 7,0/10 pts IM norm :
5,0/10 pts Arbiter: IA Luis Scalise
Website: http://www.ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar/ade/
VI Paks Cup
The VI Paks Cup Hungary, GM, IM, and FM tournaments take place 18th-28th
August 2001. The GM and IM events are 11 rounds and the FM group is 9 rounds, 7
days and there is no entry fee. Accomodation: 5-11 EURO/day Info: Videki Sandor
videkisn@axelero.hu
5th Voronezh International Chess Festival
The 5th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th-21st
2001.
Internet coverage: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/
16th North Sea Cup
The 16th North Sea Cup takes place in Esbjerg, Denmark July 6th-14th
2001. The organisers, the Esbjerg Chess Union has announced the field: Eduard
Rozentalis, Alexander Rustemov, Emil Sutovsky, Jon Speelman Curt Hansen, Peter
Heine Nielsen, Lars Schandorff Igor Alexander Nataf, Eric Van den Doel and Luke
McShane. It looks like the event will be category 14.
Internet coverage:
http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/vh2001/1index.htm
Further information available from Brian Isaksen at
dkb196@post.3.tele.dk
Karvina CZE 2001
Jakl Karvina is organising a tournament in Karvina CZE 30th June -8th
July 2001. This is a 9 rounds Swiss 40 moves per 2 hours and one hour to to end
for the each player. Contact address : Zimniok Lubomír,
Osvobození 1686, Karviná, 735 06, Czech Republic.Tel.:
++42069/6318175 or ++420602974549. e-mail: zimniok@volny.cz or
lubomir_zimniok@cmail.cz
Internet: http://sachyjakl.zde.cz
or http://kiwwi.cz/fws/sachyjakl
Znojmo Open
The Znojmo Open (CZE) 2001 will take place 7th-14th October 2001.
Contact: Dr. Jan Mazuch, Festival Director of CZECH OPEN 2001 -
j.mazuch@avekont.cz CZECH OPEN - International Chess Festival -
http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
CZECH TOUR - International Chess Tournaments Series -
http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
International Chess Calender - http://www.avekont.cz/calender.htm
GM Vs Computer Match on ICC
Gustavo Fialho reports that there will be a GM vs computer At Standard
Time Controls 60m + 30 Seconds Increment between a Computer Team (4 TOP
ENGINES) VS 4 GMS 1. (Petr Kiriakov ELO FIDE 2546, ICC HANDLE - Petrovich 2.
(Ruslan Sherbakov, ELO FIDE 2544,) ICC HANDLE - Ruslan The 3rd and 4th players
are likely to be GM Popov and GM Volkov but they will confirm later. Each
player will play 4 Games, one game against Each engine.. A Team round Robin.
The Games are going to be played on 14th-17th June 2001.
Bourgogne weekender
There is a weekend tournament in Bourgogne 6th-7th October 2001. 70 000
Frs in prizes. Venue: Grande salle de l’Hexagone 1st blitz tournament -
Saturday 6/10 at 14 h 30 10 000 Frs de prix – 1er 3000, 2000, 1000, 800 et
prix par cat. élo II
2nd 5th Open International - Sunday 7th October 9h. 9 rondes : 3 x 10
min,2 x 15 min, 4 x 20 min. 60 000 Frs de prix garantis Général :
1er 5500 F, 2ème 4000, 3ème 3000,( 15 prix ) Spécial
Féminines :1ère 2000 F, 2ème 1500, 3ème 1000
Tranches élo :0/1500, 1501/1700,1701/1900 et 1901/2100 et 2101 /2300 1er
1200 F, 2ème 900, 3ème 600, 4ème 300
Vétérans : 1er 1000 F, 2ème 600, 3ème 400. Jeunes :
1er 600 F
Contact: M. LOUIS Tél 03 85 82 55 75- Fax 03 85 82 59 96 e.mail
: M.LOUIS@wanadoo.fr F. THIBAUDET Tél/fax 03 85 82 68 72 –
THIBAUDETF@AOL.com
Player needed
A 2200-2300 FIDE non-US player is needed for an IM norm tournament in
New York, starting June 18. Contact: Lean Haft at 718-651-5716.
Kouatly vs the World
Bachar Kouatly is playing a game against the world. A move is played
every day. The game is a King's Indian defence (4 pawns variation) see below
for the game so far. My thanks to Jerome Appendino.
Voting takes place at: http://www.echecs.com
6th Wichern Open
The 75th Anniversary of the Barmbek Chess Club in Hamburg will see the
6th Wichern Open take place 13th-21st October 2001. Playing venue: Sports Hall
of Wichern Schule in Hamburg (same place as in 1999).
Jubilee Open: 9 rounds Swiss, 7 hours of play (2h/40, 1h/20,
30min/rest). No double rounds. Open for all players. Entry fee: without Elo:
150 DM, Elo less than 2200: 100 DM, ELO higher than 2199: 50 DM, GM/IM free.
Prizes 2500 DM / 2000 DM / 1500 DM, many more prices planned depending on
number of participants.
Barmbek Open: Limited to players with German national rating (DWZ) less
than 1800. 9 rounds Swiss, 5 hours of play (2h/40, 30min/rest). Entry fee: 80
DM, juniors: 40 DM. Prizes: 500 DM/300 DM/200 DM.
For further details: email rolf_sander@magicvillage.de
5th Open International Bavarian Masters
The 5th Open International Bavarian Masters takes place in Bad Wiessee,
27th October - 4th November 2001. Prize-funds: DM 42.000
Details and online-inscription at:
http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2001
5th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament
The 5th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen (The Netherlands)
takes place 28.07.2001 - 04.08.2001. Several GM's have already confirmed their
participation, a.o. Kasimdzhanov (UZB, 2693), Van Wely (NLD, 2670), Piket (NLD,
2628), Nijboer (NLD, 2580), Epishin (RUS, 2579) and Psakhis (ISR, 2575). On the
day before the tournament (27.07.2001) there will be a simul by GM Piket.
During the tournament GM Psakhis will give a training session.
Dates: 28.07.2001 - 04.08.2001. 9 rounds Swiss, FIDE-rated. Rate of
play: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 30 minutes knock-out. Prizes: Dfl 3500 -
Dfl 2500 - Dfl 1500 etc. Also rating prizes. Entry fee: Dfl 60 (GM/IM: free FM:
Dfl 30)
Contact: H. Groffen: hgroffen@zeelandnet.nl
Website: http://people.zeelandnet.nl
Ikaros Chess Festival 2001
The Ikaros Chess Festival 2001 will take place 3rd-17th July 2001.
Sunday 1st on July and ends on Tuesday 17th of July. There is an updated set of
information at the website below.
. 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
April rating list study
Boris Schipkov has published an interesting two part analysis of the
April FIDE list.
Site: http://www.chessib.com/
Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament
The Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament will take place in Malmö,
Sweden 12th-20th June 2001. This is the ninth edition of this tournament and it
should be Category: 13 (2561). Info: Organizer and TD Mr Johan Berntsen at +46
40 15 03 88
List of participants : IGM Ivan Sokolov BIH 2659, IGM Jan Timman NED
2620, IGM Curt Hansen DEN 2619, IGM Boris Gulko USA 2606, IGM Jonny Hector SWE
2546, IGM Nick deFirmian USA 2545, IGM Teimour Radjabov AZE 2533, IGM Tom
Wedberg SWE 2505, IGM Pia Cramling SWE 2496 and IM Emanuel Berg SWE 2474
Internet: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/
11th Heart of Finland Open
11th Heart of Finland Open, Jyväskylä, July 18-22, 2001
Tournament type 9 rounds swiss open, all play in the same group,
ELO-rated GMs no entry fee, accommodation, prize guarantee and travel expenses
MUST be agreed with Mr. Olkinuora in advance IMs no entry fee FMs and U20 (born
1981-) FIM 280 (FIM 240 if registration before June 30) ELO-rated players FIM
330 (FIM 290 if registration before June 30) Others FIM 460 (FIM 420 if
registration before June 30)
Registration Korpi-Shakki, Bank account OP Korpilahti 516602-221025, or
Mr. Hämäläinen, or Mr. Olkinuora, or Mr. Nuutilainen.
Schedules Confirmation of participation July 18 8.30-10.30, 1. round
11.00-17.00, 2. round 18.00-24.00, July 19 3. round 9.30-15.30, 4. round
16.30-22.30, July 20 5. round 9.30-15.30, 6. round 16.30-22.30, July 21 7.
round 9.30-15.30, 8. round 16.30-22.30, July 22 9. round 9.00-15.00. Notice!
You can start the tournament from the 2. round (half a point from 1. round),
confirmation of participation for 2. round starters July 18 at 15.00-16.00.
Prize giving ceremony immediately after last round (also rating prizes).
Playing times 6 hour playing time (2 h/40 moves + 1 h to finish).
More information Hannu Olkinuora +358-400-643337, Esko Nuutilainen
+358-9-2919319, +358-40-5841143, Sami Hämäläinen email
aurifera@kolumbus.fi
Keres Memorial Vancouver
The 26th Annual Keres Memorial Chess Tournament took place at the Plaza
500 Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia May 18th-21st 2001.
Internet coverage: http://www.keresmemorial.com/
2nd European Chess Championship Ohrid
The 2nd European Chess Championship Ohrid, Macedonia 1st-15th June
2001. The event is a 13 round Swiss System.
Some of the higher rated players competing include: Akopian Vladimir GM
2656, Vaganian Rafael GM 2641, Lputian Smbat GM 2607, Gurevich Mikhail GM 2694,
Aleksandrov Aleksei GM 2610, Fedorov Alexei GM 2590, Short Nigel GM 2676, Graf
(Nenashev) Alexander GM 2649, Jussupow Artur GM 2645, Dautov Rustem GM 2631,
Khenkin Igor GM 2612, Polgar Judit WG 2676, Almasi Zoltan GM 2640, Bologan
Victor GM 2684, Rublevski Sergei GM 2657, Sakaev Konstantin GM 2639, Zvjaginsev
Vadim GM 2631, Tregubov Pavel V. GM 2628, Beliavsky Aleksander GM 2638,
Ponomariov Ruslan GM 2677, Baklan Vladimir GM 2613 and Tukmakov Vladimir B. GM
2595.
Internet coverage: http://www.iecc2001.com.mk/
Deep Junior vs. Banikas
Argiris Kotsis reports: On June 13th-14th 2001 the Greek Champion,
Grandmaster Hristodoulos Banikas, will face one of the most fearsome silicon
monsters under the supervision of International Arbiter Odysseas Vazelakis.
Four 24 +10 games will be played in Athens, with the match being
simultaneously transmitted via closed-circuit television to a nearby spectator
area and electronically to the Internet. Live commentary will be provided by
Greek International Master and author Ilias Kourkounakis. The match is jointly
sponsored by Syndesmos Egyptioton Ellinon (Greeks with close ties to Egypt), as
part of their World Congress, http://www.in.gr
and http://www.chess.gr . Along with many
other cultural activities, that event will take place in the Reception Area of
S.E.E. 3rd of September 56 str.
New Leko Website
Peter Leko has an Internet site sponsored by Chessgate.de. It will have
interviews, a biography, team and sponsorships information and game
analysis.
Site: http://www.chessgate.de/leko/homepage.html
Mainz Chess Classic
The Frankfurt Chess Classic has moved to Mainz with a new sponsor
Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz and the support of the chess playing mayor of Mainz
Mayor Beutel. The highlight will be a match between Kramnik and Anand.
The format is slightly different last year the time limit was 25
minutes per game, but this time Kramnik insisted on 10 extra seconds for each
move. This will be a repeat of the final of the 1998 Chess Classic where Anand
beat Kramnik 4:3 after extra games. The CCM programme will also include other
highlights between 23 June and 1 July. An eight game rapid chess match of
Fischer Random Chess between Michael Adams (England) and Peter Leko (Hungary)
will be another first.The event will be supplemented by a match of man versus
machine. Chessbase will take on Adams and Leko.There is also an opportunity to
play Anand or Kramnik in a simul via an Internet auction at
http://www.chesstigers.de. 20 boards
from each of the 40 board simuls against Anand (Saturday, 23 June, 6.30 P.M.)
and Kramnik (following day, 6.30 P.M.) are available to the highest bidder. The
minimum bid is 100 German Marks. There will also be the Chess Classic Mainz and
the eleven round Ordix Open (23 and 24 June) when a top-class field competes
for prize money amounting to 45,000 German Marks.
Further info in english:
http://www.rochadekuppenheim.de/meko/english.html
2 Tournaments in Norway
1) Arnold J Eikrem Memorial 2001. This event will take place in the
famous "Chess Hotel" in Gausdal 27th July-3rd August 2001
Further information:
http://eirikgu.home.online.no/arnold2001/
2) Bergen Chess International 2001 takes place in Bergen 4th-12th
August 2001 Further information:
http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2001/
Contact in both cases IA Hans Olav Lahlum, at hanso.lahlum@c2i.net for
further information.
International Open Albena, Bulgaria
The International Open in Albena, Bulgaria takes place 20th-26th May
2001 in the Albena Resort Complex. Time limit: 2-hours per player per game
System: Swiss system, 9 - rounds, FIDE Rated, International Titles Possibility
Tournament entry fee : 40 leva per player Note: International
Grandmasters and International masters (men and women) do not pay tournament
fee. Prizes: 1250 leva, 750 leva, 600 leva, 450 leva, 300 leva, 200 leva, 150
leva,100 leva, 80 leva, 70 leva Special prizes: women: 300 leva, 200 leva, 100
leva veterans over 60 years: 100 leva, 50 leva. girls under 20: 100 leva, 50
leva boys under 20: 100 leva, 50 leva All prizes will be charged with 20% for
taxes.
Contact: Bulgarian Chess Federation: Tel. + 00 359 2 9300518 and
9300589 Fax + 00 359 2 9815728 Mobile: 00 359 88 247944 Rumen Angelov, E-mail:
chessang@mb.bia-bg.com
The Mayor's Cup
Susan Polgar and the Polgar chess center are organizing and sponsoring
a Category 10 GM tournament in Queens, New York June 18-26, 2001. It is called
"The Mayor's Cup" - endorsed by the city and the Mayor on New York (Mayor
Giuliani).
The lineup (in rating order) is:
1. Igor NOVIKOV 2596 GM Ukraine
2. Leonid YUDASIN 2568 GM Israel
3. Pavel BLATNY 2547 GM Czech
4. Yehuda GRUENFELD 2520 GM Israel
5. Amon SIMUTOWE 2470 IM Zambia
6. Gregory SHAHADE 2458 (IM) USA
7. Eugene PERELSHTEYN 2436 IM USA
8. Hikaru NAKAMURA 2428 (IM) USA
9. Dmitry SCHNEIDER 2406 FM USA
10. Irina KRUSH 2380 IM USA
There will be Internet coverage of the event on several sites. Further
information at http://www.polgarchess.com
5th International Open Pablo Gorbea Memorial
5th International Open Pablo Gorbea Memorial Madrid, Spain 8th-17th
June 2001 . Total fund prize: approximately 3.000.000 pesetas (15.000 $). First
prize: 500.000 pesetas (2800 $) Ten rounds. 1 h 30 min for 30 moves, 1 h for
the rest of the game One of the few tournaments with special prize for the two
best games of attack (200 $) Last year GMs Korneev (Russia), Spraggett
(Canada), San Segundo (Spain), Artur Kogan (Israel) played.
Coverage:
http://www.hechiceros.net/site/torneos/articulos/anunciados/anu00023.shtml
2nd Open of the Parc PARIS
The Parisian Chess Club 'Le JÉEN' is organising the 2nd OPEN DU
PARC. The event take place 2nd-4th June 2001.
Venue: 27, avenue du Parc des Princes F 75016 PARIS FRANCE
9 rounds of 61 mn K.-O. - Saturday 2001/06/02, rounds #1 - #2 - #3 :
1:00 PM / 3:30 PM / 6:00 PM - Sunday 2001/06/03, rounds #4 - #5 - #6 :
11:00 AM / 1:30 PM / 4:00 PM - Monday 2001/06/04, rounds #7 - #8 - #9 :
11:00 AM / 1:30 PM / 4:00 PM
PRIZES : 1st : 5 000 F (762.25 euros) 2nd : 3 000 F (457.35 euros) 3rd :
2 000 F (304.90 euros) 4th : 1 000 F (152.45 euros) 5th : 800 F (121.96 euros)
PRIZES BY CATEGORIES : Less than 1400 ELO.........1st : 500 F / 2nd :
300 F / 3rd : 200 F (76.22 euros, 45.73 euros, 30.49 euros) Less than 1600
ELO.........1st : 500 F / 2nd : 300 F / 3rd : 200 F (76.22 euros, 45.73 euros,
30.49 euros) Less than 1800 ELO.........1st : 500 F / 2nd : 300 F / 3rd : 200 F
(76.22 euros, 45.73 euros, 30.49 euros) Less than 2000 ELO.........1st : 500 F
/ 2nd : 300 F / 3rd : 200 F (76.22 euros, 45.73 euros, 30.49 euros)
Entry : 180 F / 90 F (220 F / 110 F after the 2001/05/31) - GM/M free by
mail.
INFORMATION : 00 33(1) 46 51 04 34
Internet site: http://jeen.online.fr/
E-mail:
jeenches@club-internet.fr
III Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta International Open
10 round Swiss System open. Venue Barcelona (Spain) 1st-10th September
2001.
Further details: http://www.secretariat.org/open
International BiH Seniors
International BiH Seniors Championship - Grand - Prix ECU. Bugojno
2nd-10th May 2001.
Internet Site: http://www.eni.com.ba
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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)
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/
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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