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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Mainz Chess
Classic
3) Dutch Championships
4) III
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5) July FIDE List
6) Clichy GM
7) Swedish Championships
8) FIDE Board Meeting
9) Mercosur Cup
10) The Mayor's Cup
11) St. John's
University Spring International
12) Batumi Open
13) 12th Ljubljana Open
14) 3rd Saturday
GM
15) 5th Voronezh International Chess Festival
16) U18 European Teams
17) 43rd Portuguese
Teams Championships
18) Limone Piemonte open
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22) Professional World Chess Ranking
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Games section
Mainz Chess Classic 51 games
Dutch Championships 39 games
III ShakkiNet International 59 games
Clichy GM 35 games
Swedish Championships 14 games
Mercosur Cup 30 games
The Mayor's Cup 10 games
St. John's University Int 20 games
Batumi Open 144 games
12th Ljubljana Open 216 games
3rd Saturday GM 24 games
5th Voronezh International 163 games
U18 European Teams 196 games
U18 European Teams Girls 84 games
1088 games
My thanks to Gérard Demuydt, Andrzej Filipowicz, Roberto Alvarez,
Tom Hendricks, Roberto Ricca, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Adolivio Capece, Vladica
Andrejic, Péter Tomcsányi, Toni Ayza, Alan Cowderoy, Yvette
Nagel, Ales Drinovec, Paul Hodges, Andy McFarland, Mogens Nielsen, Dmitri
Borissenkov and all those who helped with this issue.
Just what you don't need on a hot magazine day, the FIDE rating list.
Nevertheless its interesting. In the next list you will probably need to be
over 2600 to be in the top 100, that used to be the mark for candidates class.
Now there are 14 players at 2700 or over. Any chance of changing GM norms to a
2700 performance and a rating over 2600, thought not... FIDE's communique
doesn't say where the next FIDE championships will be but only mentions that
the United Arab Emirates are in the running. They also talk about a new rating
system which I presume should be more accurately called the new ranking system
unless there is a change I haven't heard about. The next FIDE Congress looks
likely to vote on the new faster time control as being the only one allowed.
Could this lead to a fatal split in FIDE? I doubt it, when all said and done
the Federations have a strong track record of caving in no matter how strongly
they claim to feel about things beforehand.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Frankfurt Chess Classic rapid tournament moved to Mainz with a new
sponsor Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz and the support of the chess playing mayor
of Mainz Mayor Beutel. Anand and Kramnik tied a ten game rapid play match 5-5,
Anand won the playoff 1.5-0.5 (time rate 5 minutes plus 5 seconds per
move).
The format was 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 was a repeat of the final of the 1998 Chess Classic where Anand beat
Kramnik 4:3 after extra games.
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 34 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 14 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 27 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 25 D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 47 D29 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 23 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 46 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Variation
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 42 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 26 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 19 C42 Petroff's Defence
Mainz CC Champions Duel Mainz GER (GER), 26 vi-1 vii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2797 = = 1 = 0 = = = = = 5.0 2794
Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2794 = = 0 = 1 = = = = = 5.0 2797
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Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 28 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Variation
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 38 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Mainz CC Champions Duel Playoff Mainz GER
26 vi-1 vii 2001
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1 2
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2794 1 = 1.5
Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2797 0 = 0.5
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Internet coverage at: http://www.chesstigers.de and
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Fischer Random Match Leko vs. Adams
Leko won the match 4.5-3.5.
Pocket Fritz vs. Leko and Adams
Pocket Fritz runs on handheld computers. Adams beat it 2-0, Leko
1.5-0.5.
Simultaneous Exhibition
On June 23rd Viswanathan Anand played a 40 board simul where he won 36
drew 2 and lost 2 (Michael Tischendorf and Eckhard Freise the latter was
Germany's first person to win the top prize on their version of the TV show
"Who wants to be a millionaire"). Kramnik was unbeaten in his simul but only
won 33 games which turned out to be half a point less than Anand.
The Dutch Championships was held in Leeuwarden 19th-30th June 2001. Van
Wely beat Erik van den Doel 3-0 in a play off for the title on Sunday. Peng
Zhaoqin easily took the women's title.
Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl
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ch-NED Leeuwarden NED (NED), 20-30 vi 2001 cat. XII (2546)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2670 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2698
2. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2574 = * 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2709
3. Piket, Jeroen g NED 2628 = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = = 5.5 2617
4. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2603 = 1 0 * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2620
5. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2455 0 = = = * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2599
6. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2580 = 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 4.5 2542
7. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2493 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 4.0 2509
8. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2435 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * = 1 3.0 2433
9. Van der Werf, Mark m NED 2450 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = * 1 2.5 2391
10. Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2576 = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 * 2.0 2323
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Round 5 (June 26, 2001)
Van Wely, Loek - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 39 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Van den Doel, Erik - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 66 B35 Sicilian Defence
Nijboer, Friso - Van der Weide, Karel 1/2 53 B63 Sicilian Rauzer
Van der Werf, Mark - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 46 A16 English Opening
Van der Sterren, Paul - Van der Wiel, John 0-1 57 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 6 (June 27, 2001)
Piket, Jeroen - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 32 E87 King's Indian Saemisch
Tiviakov, Sergei - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 13 C10 French Rubinstein
Van der Weide, Karel - Van der Sterren, Paul 1/2 70 B09 Pirc Defence
Ernst, Sipke - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 38 E20 Nimzo Indian
Van der Werf, Mark - Van den Doel, Erik 0-1 54 D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Round 7 (June 28, 2001)
Van Wely, Loek - Van der Werf, Mark 1-0 85 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Van den Doel, Erik - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 44 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Nijboer, Friso - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 68 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Van der Wiel, John - Van der Weide, Karel 1/2 33 B65 Sicilian Rauzer
Van der Sterren, Paul - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 26 D73 Gruenfeld Defence 3.g3
Round 8 (June 29, 2001)
Van den Doel, Erik - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 22 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Piket, Jeroen - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 61 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Tiviakov, Sergei - Van der Sterren, Paul 1-0 59 B07 Pirc Defence
Ernst, Sipke - Van der Weide, Karel 0-1 28 A57 Volga Gambit
Van der Werf, Mark - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 37 D87 Gruenfeld Defence Botvinnik
Round 9 (June 30, 2001)
Van Wely, Loek - Ernst, Sipke 1-0 26 E94 King's Indian Classical
Van der Weide, Karel - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 30 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Nijboer, Friso - Van den Doel, Erik 0-1 34 C67 Ruy Lopez Rio de Janeiro
Van der Wiel, John - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 18 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Van der Sterren, Paul - Van der Werf, Mark 0-1 59 A13 Reti Opening
Van den Doel, Erik - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 45 C10 French Rubinstein
Van Wely, Loek - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 32 A29 English Four Knights Variation
Van den Doel, Erik - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 27 C10 French Rubinstein
ch-NED Rapid Playoff Leeuwarden NED (NED), 1-1 vii 2001
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1 2 3 4
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Van Wely, Loek g NED 2670 1 1 1 . 3.0
Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2574 0 0 0 . 0.0
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ch-NED Women Leeuwarden NED (NED), 20-30 vi 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2391 ** 1= 11 =1 11 11 9.0 2541
2 Sziva, Erika wg NED 2331 0= ** 1= =1 01 11 6.5 2297
3 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wm NED 2351 00 0= ** 1= 11 1= 5.5 2219
4 Schuurman, Petra NED 2193 =0 =0 0= ** 11 1= 5.0 2214
5 Otten,Colleen NED ---- 00 10 00 00 ** 1= 2.5 2060
6 Muhren, Bianca NED ---- 00 00 0= 0= 0= ** 1.5 1957
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The III ShakkiNet International Chess Tournament takes place in
Helsinki, Finland 21st-30th June 2001. The GM-group is Cat. VIII and the IM
Cat. I.
In the GM group Tomi Nybäck earned an IM-norm.
Live internet coverage: http://www.shakki.net/3si/
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III ShakkiNet GM Helsinki FIN (FIN), 21-30 vi 2001 cat. VIII (2437)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 2551 * = = 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 6.0 2549
2. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2508 = * = 1 = = 1 = = = 5.5 2509
3. Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2512 = = * = 0 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2508
4. Nyback, Tomi FIN 2330 0 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 5.0 2491
5. Karttunen, Mika m FIN 2466 0 = 1 = * = 1 = = 0 4.5 2433
6. Holmsten, Aleksei m FIN 2442 = = 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2436
7. Salmensuu, Olli m FIN 2441 1 0 0 0 0 = * 1 = 1 4.0 2393
8. Maki-Uuro, Miikka f FIN 2346 0 = = = = 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2404
9. Blauert, Joerg m GER 2405 = = 0 = = = = 0 * = 3.5 2360
10. Agopov, Mikael m FIN 2368 0 = = 0 1 0 0 0 = * 2.5 2278
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III ShakkiNet IM Helsinki FIN (FIN), 21-30 vi 2001 cat. I (2264)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2427 * = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2411
2. Kiik, Kalle m EST 2451 = * 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2409
3. Keskinen, Sauli FIN 2239 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2391
4. Kekki, Petri f FIN 2289 = 1 0 * = 0 = 1 1 = 5.0 2304
5. Frenklakh, Valery f USA 2275 = 0 0 = * 1 1 = 1 = 5.0 2305
6. Orso, Miklos m HUN 2386 0 = 1 1 0 * 0 1 = = 4.5 2250
7. Nagy, Laszlo HUN 2047 0 0 0 = 0 1 * = = 1 3.5 2207
8. Liitiainen, Elia FIN 2172 = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 3.5 2194
9. Hamalainen, Sami FIN 2186 = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 2.5 2106
10. Gamback, Bjorn SWE 2166 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 0 * 2.0 2054
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The new top 100 FIDE Rating list has been released for April 2001. I've
produced the list from their download of all the ratings. The last few lists
have been subject to far too many changes shortly after the release of the
list.
Kasparov's rating rises 3 points to 2838 and Kramnik is now definitely
the second man over 2800 at 2802. Anand at 2794 isn't far behind. There are 14
players over 2700 including former FIDE Champion Alexander Khalifman.
Out of the top 100 are Michal Krasenkow down from 2655 to a shocking
2573, Timman down to 2597, Ftacnik down to 2580, Smagin, Bauer, Sasikiran,
Khenkin, Macieja, Palac, Marin, Stutua, Goldin, Rozentalis, Novikov, Kozul,
Shabalov and Hodgson (although 2595 was enough to get you in the top 100 last
time now its 2598 and this accounts for a number of these players).
Winners include Emil Sutovsky up from 2604 to 2651, Aleksej Aleksandrov,
up 36 points, Vallejo Pons up 71 points, Delchev up 55, Pigusov, Chuchleov and
Andrei Sokolov were significant gainers also. Losers include Tkachiev down 30,
Mikhail Gurevich down 55, Korchnoi down 26, Alexander Graf (Nenashev) down 39
points after his move to Germany, and Ulf Andersson down 39.
Seek further info at FIDE's Internet site:
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No. Name t NAT ja00 ju00 oc00 ja01 ap01 ju01 Gms DOB
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2851 2849 2849 2849 2835 2838 10 13.04.63
2 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2758 2770 2772 2772 2797 2802 10 25.06.75
3 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2769 2762 2774 2790 2794 2794 0 11.12.69
4 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2748 2756 2734 2745 2749 2749 22 18.07.77
5 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2715 2755 2754 2746 2750 2744 19 17.11.71
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2709 2719 2716 2717 2731 2731 0 18.03.69
7 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2725 2743 2748 2745 2730 2730 0 08.09.79
8 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2709 2702 2694 2709 2709 2719 29 21.11.66
9 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2702 2707 2707 2718 2707 2711 9 15.03.75
10 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2751 2746 2746 2718 2722 2706 21 04.07.72
11 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2614 2690 2690 2693 2693 2704 20 05.12.79
12 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2692 2681 2683 2712 2712 2704 13 24.06.68
13 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2666 2677 2674 2686 2691 2702 30 21.01.68
14 Khalifman, Alexander............ g RUS 2656 2667 2658 2690 2690 2700 10 18.01.66
15 Georgiev, Kiril................. g BUL 2677 2661 2674 2676 2676 2695 32 28.11.65
16 Van Wely, Loek.................. g NED 2646 2643 2643 2700 2670 2695 44 07.10.72
17 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2672 2689 2695 2695 2695 2695 9 17.06.76
18 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2696 2699 2699 2679 2692 2692 0 23.05.51
19 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2680 2676 2681 2685 2685 2690 18 30.01.69
20 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ........... g HUN 2658 2656 2656 2676 2678 2686 13 23.07.76
21 Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. g UKR 2627 2630 2624 2677 2673 2684 29 11.10.83
22 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2616 2670 2682 2671 2671 2677 20 20.11.60
23 Lautier, Joel................... g FRA 2632 2648 2648 2658 2658 2675 40 12.04.73
24 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2673 2673 2678 2670 2670 2674 22 16.03.60
25 Grischuk, Alexander............. m RUS 2581 2606 2601 2663 2667 2669 20 31.10.83
26 Zhang, Zhong.................... g CHN 2611 2636 2607 2607 2632 2667 32 05.09.78
27 Onischuk, Alexander............. g UKR 2637 2627 2647 2658 2658 2667 18 03.09.75
28 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2683 2677 2687 2676 2676 2664 15 01.06.65
29 Akopian, Vladimir............... g ARM 2660 2660 2671 2656 2654 2660 27 07.12.71
30 Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2640 2654 2629 2638 2638 2659 46 17.12.53
31 Sokolov, Ivan................... g BIH 2637 2611 2611 2659 2659 2659 29 13.06.68
32 Kharlov, Andrei................. g RUS 2616 2627 2627 2639 2639 2656 49 20.11.68
33 Bologan, Viktor................. g MDA 2589 2641 2651 2684 2676 2655 36 14.12.71
34 Bacrot, Etienne................. g FRA 2594 2613 2613 2618 2627 2653 31 22.01.83
35 Nikolic, Predrag................ g BIH 2659 2657 2657 2652 2652 2652 24 11.09.60
36 Sutovsky, Emil.................. g ISR 2597 2609 2609 2605 2604 2651 52 19.09.77
37 Vaganian, Rafael A.............. g ARM 2618 2623 2627 2641 2641 2650 35 15.10.51
38 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............ g BLR 2606 2591 2597 2610 2610 2646 46 11.05.73
39 Xu, Jun......................... g CHN 2578 2668 2665 2655 2655 2646 17 17.09.62
40 Seirawan, Yasser................ g USA 2647 2647 2647 2640 2640 2644 7 24.03.60
41 Lutz, Christopher............... g GER 2587 2595 2595 2609 2614 2643 24 24.02.71
42 Tkachiev, Vladislav............. g FRA 2670 2657 2659 2672 2672 2642 35 09.11.73
43 Rublevsky, Sergei............... g RUS 2662 2670 2653 2657 2657 2639 20 15.10.74
44 Zvjaginsev, Vadim............... g RUS 2641 2634 2635 2631 2627 2638 27 18.08.76
45 Malakhov, Vladimir.............. g RUS 2593 2605 2605 2613 2623 2637 26 27.11.80
46 Crisan, Alexandru............... g ROM 2537 2538 2538 2635 2635 2635 0 31.07.62
47 Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2694 2667 2673 2694 2688 2633 60 22.02.59
48 Jussupow, Artur................. g GER 2628 2610 2610 2645 2645 2633 39 13.02.60
49 Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2630 2628 2628 2633 2633 2631 16 15.05.74
50 Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2676 2668 2668 2640 2640 2630 29 29.08.76
51 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2528 2554 ---- 2545 2559 2630 42 21.08.82
52 Dautov, Rustem.................. g GER 2602 2606 2603 2631 2631 2630 38 28.11.65
53 Piket, Jeroen................... g NED 2633 2649 2640 2632 2628 2630 34 27.01.69
54 Sakaev, Konstantin.............. g RUS 2629 2627 2620 2639 2637 2630 21 13.04.74
55 Delchev, Aleksander............. g BUL 2560 2557 ---- 2587 2584 2629 66 15.07.71
56 Peng, Xiaomin................... g CHN 2624 2657 2655 2648 2648 2629 33 08.04.73
57 Lastin, Alexander............... g RUS 2510 2560 2633 2631 2627 2628 37 30.10.76
58 Motylev, Alexander.............. g RUS 2552 2574 2583 2570 2601 2627 54 17.06.79
59 Movsesian, Sergei............... g CZE 2668 2666 2666 2661 2661 2627 51 03.11.78
60 Ehlvest, Jaan................... g EST 2622 2627 2628 2638 2630 2627 35 14.10.62
61 Hansen, Curt.................... g DEN 2618 2613 2620 2619 2619 2626 21 18.09.64
62 Shipov, Sergei.................. g RUS 2640 2640 2640 2640 2640 2625 17 17.04.66
63 Landa, Konstantin............... g RUS 2598 2610 2610 2610 2610 2619 31 22.05.72
64 Tiviakov, Sergei................ g NED 2567 2608 2606 2597 2603 2618 16 14.02.73
65 Tregubov, Pavel V............... g RUS 2615 2620 2610 2628 2628 2617 48 21.12.71
66 Filippov, Valerij............... g RUS 2584 2593 2601 2619 2632 2617 43 28.11.75
67 Korchnoi, Viktor................ g SUI 2659 2620 2632 2639 2643 2617 22 23.03.31
68 Milov, Vadim.................... g SUI 2653 2626 2626 2604 2605 2614 32 01.08.72
69 Milos, Gilberto................. g BRA 2620 2633 2644 2608 2608 2614 20 30.10.63
70 Pigusov, Evgeny................. g RUS 2610 2578 ---- 2572 2584 2613 47 31.03.61
71 Vladimirov, Evgeny.............. g KAZ 2586 2598 2621 2612 2612 2612 37 20.01.57
72 Huebner, Robert Dr.............. g GER 2620 2615 2606 2616 2616 2612 15 06.11.48
73 Graf, Alexander................. g GER 2600 2642 2645 2649 2649 2610 55 25.08.62
74 Hracek, Zbynek.................. g CZE 2620 2612 2604 2602 2603 2610 41 09.09.70
75 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter......... g ROM 2611 2592 2592 2596 2596 2609 32 01.08.76
76 Lputian, Smbat G................ g ARM 2605 2598 2610 2607 2607 2608 22 14.02.58
77 Magomedov, Magaram.............. g RUS 2594 2608 2608 2608 2608 2608 0 20.05.66
78 Chuchelov, Vladimir............. g BEL 2518 2535 ---- 2539 2550 2607 57 28.09.69
79 Van Den Doel, Erik.............. g NED 2552 2547 ---- 2564 2574 2607 41 15.05.79
80 Rustemov, Alexander............. g RUS 2553 2534 2553 2620 2625 2607 30 06.07.73
81 Fressinet, Laurent.............. g FRA 2501 2536 ---- 2581 2575 2606 53 01.11.81
82 Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2599 2624 2619 2607 2601 2605 8 11.10.59
83 Sokolov, Andrei................. g FRA 2565 2564 ---- 2566 2568 2604 77 20.03.63
84 Tukmakov, Vladimir B............ g UKR 2574 2582 2582 2595 2604 2604 51 15.03.46
85 Luther, Thomas.................. g GER 2509 2547 ---- 2544 2568 2604 48 04.11.69
86 Asrian, Karen................... g ARM 2572 2566 ---- 2582 2582 2604 22 24.04.80
87 Speelman, Jonathan S............ g ENG 2604 2623 2612 2604 2594 2603 13 02.10.56
88 Gyimesi, Zoltan................. g HUN 2518 2539 ---- 2564 2571 2602 47 31.03.77
89 Gulko, Boris F.................. g USA 2644 2643 2642 2622 2606 2602 4 09.02.47
90 Dorfman, Josif D................ g FRA 2593 2600 2600 2602 2602 2602 17 01.05.53
91 Degraeve, Jean-Marc............. g FRA 2498 2540 ---- 2589 2589 2602 54 26.01.71
92 Andersson, Ulf.................. g SWE 2625 2641 2641 2640 2640 2601 41 27.06.51
93 Chernin, Alexander.............. g HUN 2583 2572 ---- 2583 2588 2601 25 06.03.60
94 Hickl, Joerg.................... g GER 2556 2573 ---- 2582 2582 2600 17 16.04.65
95 Kotsur, Pavel................... g KAZ 2587 2589 ---- 2581 2576 2600 45 03.01.74
96 Najdoski, Toni.................. g MKD 2548 2492 2559 2601 2600 2600 0 04.05.70
97 Baklan, Vladimir................ g UKR 2571 2599 2611 2613 2613 2599 49 25.02.78
98 Najer, Evgeniy.................. g RUS 2572 2597 2590 2616 2600 2599 30 22.06.77
99 Fedorov, Alexei................. g BLR 2684 2646 ---- 2575 2590 2599 22 27.09.72
100 Istratescu, Andrei.............. g ROM 2556 2578 ---- 2582 2561 2598 51 03.12.75
101 Avrukh, Boris................... g ISR 2620 2625 2625 2630 2600 2598 48 08.01.78
102 Adianto, Utut................... g INA 2584 2583 ---- 2589 2589 2598 18 16.03.65
103 Eingorn, Vereslav S............. g UKR 2597 2586 ---- 2589 2589 2598 47 23.11.56
There is a GM tournament in Clichy which takes place June 25th- July
3rd 2001.
Live coverage at: http://chessevt.zonejeux.com/ or
http://www.sportechecs.com/ or
http://www.europe-echecs.com or (Live with English Chat).
Further information at: http://www.notzai.com/ and
http://www.clichy-echecs.org/
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GM Clichy FRA (FRA), 25 vi-3 vii 2001 cat. XIV (2585)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2563 * . = = 1 1 . = = 1 5.0 2735
2. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2658 . * 1 = = = = = . = 4.0 2639
3. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2688 = 0 * . = = 1 . 1 = 4.0 2628
4. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2560 = = . * . 0 1 = = 1 4.0 2620
5. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2612 0 = = . * = = 1 . 1 4.0 2646
6. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2628 0 = = 1 = * . = = . 3.5 2591
7. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2589 . = 0 0 = . * 1 = 1 3.5 2581
8. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2552 = = . = 0 = 0 * 1 . 3.0 2538
9. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2508 = . 0 = . = = 0 * 1 3.0 2532
10. Renet, Olivier g FRA 2494 0 = = 0 0 . 0 . 0 * 1.0 2287
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The Swedish Championships take place in Linköping (200 km south of
Stockholm) 30th June - 15th July. The organisers of the event, the local chess
club Linköpings ASS, will be broadcasting the games from the GM group live
on the Internet. This will be done using an extension of palview that has been
developed specialy for the occasion. Linköping's site is at:
http://schacksm.just.nu/
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ch-SWE Linkoping SWE (SWE), 30 vi-14 vii 2001 cat. VIII (2438)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2489 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 2.0
2. Olsson, Anders SWE 2265 . * = . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1.5 2589
3. Carlsson, Pontus SWE 2330 . = * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2598
4. Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2474 . . . * . . = . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2679
5. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2532 . . . . * . . = . . . . 1 . 1.5 2582
6. Barkhagen, Jonas m SWE 2456 . . . . . * = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2693
7. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2496 . . . = . = * . . . . . . . 1.0 2465
8. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2443 . . . . = . . * . = . . . . 1.0 2504
9. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2463 . 0 . . . . . . * . . . 1 . 1.0 2300
10. Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2476 . . . 0 . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2265
11. Couso, Luis f SWE 2324 0 . . . . . . . . . * = . . 0.5 2324
12. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2546 . . 0 . . . . . . . = * . . 0.5 2134
13. Eriksson, Anders f SWE 2335 . . . . 0 . . . 0 . . . * . 0.0
14. Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2505 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (June 30, 2001)
Brynell, Stellan - Couso, Luis 1-0 57 B22 Sicilian Alapin Variation
Olsson, Anders - Akesson, Ralf 1-0 37 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Berg, Emanuel - Cramling, Pia 1/2 48 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Barkhagen, Jonas - Wedberg, Tom 1-0 37 C67 Ruy Lopez Rio de Janeiro
Karlsson, Lars - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1/2 16 A07 Barcza System
Hector, Jonny - Carlsson, Pontus 0-1 47 C13 French Classical
Eriksson, Anders - Agrest, Evgenij 0-1 40 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Round 2 (July 1, 2001)
Carlsson, Pontus - Olsson, Anders 1/2 26 C06 French Tarrasch
Cramling, Pia - Barkhagen, Jonas 1/2 66 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Agrest, Evgenij 1/2 25 A34 English Symmetrical Variation
Akesson, Ralf - Eriksson, Anders 1-0 40 A33 English Symmetrical Variation
Karlsson, Lars - Berg, Emanuel 0-1 69 A81 Dutch Leningrad Variation
Couso, Luis - Hector, Jonny 1/2 53 C61 Ruy Lopez Bird's Defence
Wedberg, Tom - Brynell, Stellan 0-1 59 C11 French Defence
There was a FIDE Board Meeting in Dubai on July 1st 2001.
The United Arab Emirates are in the frame to hold the FIDE
Championships according to a FIDE communique released on July 1st.
It also resolved to begin a "test run on the parallel implementation of
the new rating system in close collaboration with FIDE Commerce, the FIDE
technical experts on rating matters as well as national federations. It further
resolved to give FIDE Commerce the support needed for the implementation later
this month of the World Internet Championship, which will serve as basis for
the selection of 8 qualifiers to the World Championship this year."
"With regard to the new time control, a Committee comprising Rating
Administrator C. Abundo, Arbiters' Council Chairman P. Nikolopoulos and World
Championship Cycle Committee Chairman W. Iclicki was appointed to study
proposals on changes to the system to allow for only one time control and to
report to the next FIDE Congress in Halkidiki. It further resolved to put
forward its recommendation on the new time control to the next FIDE Congress
for confirmation."
"The Board also resolved to fully adopt the IOC Medical Code as the
only basis for the FIDE Anti-Doping Code with effect from 1 July 2001."
The IV Mercosur Cup - 110th Aniversary of Florida City" Vicente Lopez -
Argentina takes place June 22nd - July 6th 2001. The scoring is 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. The event is FIDE Category IX event with a GM norm set at 7/10 pts and an
IM norm 5/10 pts. The computer program Chess Tiger competes. After seven rounds
CHESS TIGER leads.
Website: http://www.ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar/ade/
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1. CHESS TIGER ---- * = . = = . . . 1 1 1 1 5.5 2675
2. Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2448 = * . = . . 1 = 1 = . 1 5.0 2540
3. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2471 . . * = = . = = 1 = . 1 4.5 2551
4. Limp, Eduardo m BRA 2465 = = = * . = . 1 0 1 . . 4.0 2453
5. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2468 = . = . * = = = . . 1 = 4.0 2425
6. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2554 . . . = = * = = = . 1 = 4.0 2484
7. Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2453 . 0 = . = = * . . 1 = = 3.5 2454
8. Andres, Miguel m CUB 2382 . = = 0 = = . * . = = . 3.0 2412
9. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2500 0 0 0 1 . = . . * = 1 . 3.0 2345
10. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2467 0 = = 0 . . 0 = = * . . 2.0 2230
11. Scarella, Enrique f ARG 2361 0 . . . 0 0 = = 0 . * 1 2.0 2237
12. Dorin, Mauricio m ARG 2410 0 0 0 . = = = . . . 0 * 1.5 2163
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Scores using the 3 points for a win system:
1 Slipak,Sergio 2448 * 1 1 3 1 3 3 1 13.0/0 0.00
2 Matsuura,Everaldo 2467 1 * 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0/0 0.00
3 Limp,Eduardo 2465 1 3 * 0 3 1 1 1 10.0/0 0.00
4 Rodriguez,Andrés 2500 0 1 3 * 3 1 0 0 8.0/0 0.00
5 Andres,Miguel 2382 1 1 0 * 1 1 1 1 6.0/0 0.00
6 Hoffman,Alejandro 2453 0 3 * 1 1 1 1 1 8.0/0 0.00
7 Dorin,Mauricio 2410 0 1 * 1 0 1 0 0 3.0/0 0.00
8 Valerga,Diego 2468 1 1 1 * 3 1 1 1 9.0/0 0.00
9 Scarella,Enrique 2361 0 1 1 3 0 * 0 0 5.0/0 0.00
10 Ricardi,Pablo 2554 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 * 9.0/0 0.00
11 Panno,Oscar 2471 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 * 11.0/0 0.00
12 COMP Chess Tiger 2632* 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 * 15.0/0 0.00
Susan Polgar and the Polgar chess center organised and sponsored a
Category 10 GM tournament in Queens, New York June 18th-26th, 2001. It is
called "The Mayor's Cup" - endorsed by the city and the Mayor of New York. Igor
Novikov and Irina Krush (with a GM norm) finished with 6/9. Dmitry Schneider
scored an IM norm.
Further information at http://www.polgarchess.com
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1. Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2596 * = = = 1 0 1 1 = 1 6.0 2593
2. Krush, Irina m USA 2380 = * 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2617
3. Gruenfeld, Yehuda g ISR 2520 = 1 * 1 = 0 0 1 1 = 5.5 2556
4. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2568 = = 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1 5.5 2551
5. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2547 0 = = = * 1 = 0 1 1 5.0 2516
6. Schneider, Dmitry f USA 2406 1 0 1 0 0 * = 1 = = 4.5 2489
7. Shahade, Gregory f USA 2458 0 0 1 0 = = * 1 1 = 4.5 2483
8. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2470 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 * 0 1 3.5 2402
9. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2436 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * = 2.5 2319
10. Nakamura, Hikaru f USA 2428 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = * 2.0 2266
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A Category IV IM norm event took place in New York City, June 18th-27th
2001. The event was the St. John's University Spring 2001 International a 10
player all-play-all. Justin Sarkar (USA) won the tournament with 6.5 points out
of 9 also earning his 3rd and final IM norm. William Morrison (USA) took second
place with 6/9 ahead of Evgeny Gersov (RUS) with a point total of 5.5. The game
Morrison-Gersov is missing but was given the wrong result last week it was a
win for black.
Internet coverage:
http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~kerrt/chess/sjuchess.html
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1. Sarkar, Justin f USA 2406 * = = = 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2493
2. Morrison, William f USA 2381 = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 2455
3. Gersov, Evgeny RUS 2265 = 1 * 0 1 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2423
4. Smith, Bryan G f USA 2308 = = 1 * = = 0 1 1 0 5.0 2381
5. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2381 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2373
6. Szuk, Balazs m HUN 2360 0 0 1 = = * 1 = 0 1 4.5 2332
7. Muhammad, Stephen A f USA 2307 1 = = 1 0 0 * 0 0 1 4.0 2295
8. Kurniawan, Bobby m INA 2375 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 4.0 2288
9. Glinert, Stephen f CAN 2273 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 * 1 3.0 2217
10. Belorusov, Mikhail RUS 2298 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 2066
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An Open Chess Championship for countries of the Black Sea region started
in Batumi and takes place 26th June- 5th July 2001. 95 players from Georgia ,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia are taking part. They include
13 GMs and 19 IMs. After three rounds three players are on 3/3, Arsen
Yegiazarian, Tamaz Gelashvili and Khvicha Supatashvili.
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Open Batumi GEO (GEO), 26 vi-5 vii 2001
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1. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2529 3.0
2. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2535 3.0
3. Supatashvili, Khvicha m GEO 2469 3.0
4. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2610 2.5 2621
5. Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2600 2.5 2519
6. Lomineishvili, Maia wg GEO 2437 2.5 2641
7. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil m GEO 2416 2.5 2520
8. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2522 2.5 2559
9. Izoria, Zviad m GEO 2489 2.5 2568
10. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2463 2.5 2515
11. Shengelia, Davit GEO 2385 2.5 2447
12. Shanava, Konstantine GEO 2281 2.5 2306
13. Gharamian, Tigran ARM 2228 2.5 2709
14. Chibukhchian, Artur m ARM 2293 2.5 2471
15. Zatonskih, Anna wg UKR 2421 2.5 2539
95 players
The 12th Ljubljana Open took place in Ljubljana (Slovenia) June
23rd-July 1st 2001. There were 5 GMs among the 124 players. The winner was
Blazimir Kovacevic on tie-break from Ivan Farago, Doru Alexandru Ionescu,
Robert Loncar and Marko Tratar, all scored 7/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/lj/lj01
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12th Open Ljubljana SLO (SLO), 23 vi-1 vii 2001
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1. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2443 7.0 55.5 43.5 1
2. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2485 7.0 53.5 42.0 2
3. Ionescu, Doru Alexandru f ROM 2397 7.0 52.0 42.0 3
4. Loncar, Robert m CRO 2433 7.0 53.5 41.5 4
5. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2410 7.0 53.0 41.5 5
6. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2563 6.5 52.5 41.0 6
7. Podkriznik, Gregor f SLO 2327 6.5 50.5 39.5 7
8. Sitnik, Igor SLO 2288 6.5 49.5 39.0 8
9. Podlesnik, Bogdan m SLO 2407 6.5 49.0 38.5 9
10. Kutuzovic, Branko m CRO 2414 6.5 48.0 37.5 10
11. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2503 6.5 44.5 35.0 11
12. Navinsek, Tomaz SLO 2268 6.5 45.5 34.5 12
13. Novak, Gorazd SLO 2172 6.5 42.5 33.5 13
14. Piskur, Mitja SLO 2234 6.0 52.0 41.5 14
15. Barle, Janez m SLO 2380 6.0 52.0 40.5 15
16. Susnik, Matej SLO 2223 6.0 49.0 38.5 16
17. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2515 6.0 46.5 36.0 17
18. Gruskovnjak, Tomislav SLO 2290 6.0 44.0 33.5 18
19. Srebrnic, Marko SLO 2151 6.0 39.0 31.0 19
20. Stubljar,Andrej SLO ---- 6.0 40.5 30.5 20
21. Djurkovic, Maks SLO 2126 6.0 39.0 29.5 21
22. Skoberne, Jure SLO ---- 6.0 38.0 29.5 22
124 players
The Third Saturday GM tournament took place in Belgrade 16th-26th June
2001. The event was a GM event. Norms: GM=8, IM=6. IMs Heikki Kallio who won
the event on 9/11 and Vladimir Kostic on 8/11 seemed to pass this mark. My
thanks to Vladica Andrejic for the information.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu/english.htm
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TSGM Belgrade YUG (YUG), 16-26 vi 2001 cat. VIII (2430)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Kallio, Heikki m FIN 2410 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 9.0 2693
2. Kostic, Vladimir m YUG 2383 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2609
3. Weinzettl, Ernst m AUT 2422 = = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 7.0 2532
4. Pap, Misa YUG 2416 0 = 1 * = = = = = 1 = = 6.0 2467
5. Arsovic, Goran m YUG 2415 0 = = = * = = = = = = 1 5.5 2431
6. Todorov, Ognjan m BUL 2344 0 0 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2437
7. Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2504 = = 0 = = = * = = = = = 5.0 2387
8. Simic, Radoslav g YUG 2429 0 0 = = = = = * = = = = 4.5 2365
9. Milanovic, Danilo YUG 2421 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 1 = 1 4.5 2365
10. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2469 0 = = 0 = = = = 0 * = = 4.0 2324
11. Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2501 = 0 0 = = 0 = = = = * = 4.0 2321
12. Sahovic, Dragutin g YUG 2446 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 = = * 3.0 2253
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The 5th Voronezh International Chess Festival took place June 10th -
21st, 2001. Evgeny Egorov took first place alone on 7.5/9. My thanks to Dmitri
Borissenkov for the games.
Website: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open
Final Round 9 Standings:
1. Egorov Evgeny 7.5 51.0 42.00 36.5 2406 2628 +2.18
2. Zakharstov Viacheslav 7.0 52.0 40.00 36.0 2484 2583 +0.96
Ivanov Victor L. 7.0 53.5 39.75 38.5 2451 2625 +1.96
Zakharov Alexander I. 7.0 51.0 38.25 38.5 2428 2603 +1.96
Obukhov Alexandr 7.0 48.5 36.00 36.0 2417 2556 +1.29
6. Vysochin Spartak 6.5 45.0 32.75 30.5 2527 2518 -0.07
Ulko Jaroslav 6.5 48.0 31.75 32.5 2480 2533 +0.65
Khmelnitski Alexander 6.5 47.5 32.50 32.5 2452 2517 +0.74
Varavin Viktor 6.5 47.5 32.00 34.5 2449 2546 +1.10
Grebionkin Vladimir 6.5 50.0 34.75 34.5 2448 2546 +1.19
Tunik Gennady 6.5 44.5 29.75 34.5 2434 2516 +0.92
Shalimov Valery 6.5 45.5 32.00 31.5 2425 2487 +0.74
Gasanov Eldar 6.5 43.5 30.50 31.0 2414 2460 +0.56
14. Belikov Vladimir 6.0 41.5 28.00 24.5 2502 2392 -1.08
Shtyrenkov Veniamen 6.0 40.5 25.50 27.0 2500 2426 -0.76
Chuprov Dmitry 6.0 48.0 28.00 35.0 2473 2510 +0.42
Alavkin Arseny 6.0 43.0 26.75 32.0 2466 2476 +0.06
Sergienko Sergey 6.0 42.5 27.75 29.5 2437 2443 +0.06
Simantsev Mikhail 6.0 44.5 26.00 29.0 2396 2412 +0.12
Skorchenko Dmitry 6.0 44.5 27.25 30.0 2391 2402 +0.06
Isupov Vladimir 6.0 39.0 23.50 26.5 2390 2453 +0.59
Pavlov Alexander 6.0 50.0 31.00 32.0 2319 2461 +1.41
Golovko Sergey 6.0 42.5 25.50 28.5 2305 2438 +1.08
Vinokurov Andrey 6.0 49.0 29.50 31.0 2289 2513 +2.36
136 players
The 2nd boys and girls U18 European Team Championships took place in
Balatonlelle, Hungary, 22nd-29th June 2001.
Internet coverage: http://home.tvnet.hu/~chess/u18etc/
Boys Under-18 Final Results
1. Ukraine 21.0
2. Romania 18.5
3. Yugoslavia 17.0
4. Hungary 16.0
5. Slovenia 16.0
6. Germany 15.0
7. Switzerland 14.0
8. Lithuania 14.0
9. Czech Republic 13.5
10. Slovakie 12.5
11. Turkey 11.5
12. France II. 11.0
13. Scotland 9.5
14. France I. 6.5
Girls Under-18 Final Results
1. Ukraine I. 11.0
2. Hungary 10.0
3. Germany 9.5
4. Romania I. 9.0
5. Ukraine II. 7.5
6. Yugoslavia 6.5
7. Slovakie 6.5
8. Romania II. 6.5
9. Lithuania 6.0
10. Slovenia I. 5.5
11. Slovenia II. 4.5
12. Switzerland 4.5
13. Turkey 4.0
43rd Portuguese League Championships are taking place in Barreiro 14th
June - 1st July 2001. Players include: Nicola Mitkov, Kevin Spraggett, Aleksa
Strikovic, Daniel Campora, Romoald Mainka and Arnaud Hauchard.
Luis Costa reports: The defending champions Boavista the favourites with
a team including GM Mitkov and IMs Vassallo, Galego and Damaso, the first
reserve is the Portuguese champion Carlos P Santos. The participation of 6 GMs
means that for the first time the Portuguese League may produce GM norms. The
GMs are (besides the Macedonian player Mitkov are: Strikovic (YUG) and Campora
(ARG) playing for Diana Evora, Spraggett (CAN) for Guarda, Hauchard (FRA) for
GX Porto, and Mainka (GER) for Académica Coimbra. The argentian IM
Vassallo for Boavista, and the Spanish IM Reinaldo (GX Porto) and FM Caselas
(Diana Evora) are other FIDE titled forigners playing.
I'll round up the games and final results next week.
Internet coverage: http://planeta.clix.pt/cxb/cn.htm
and http://www.infoxadrez.com/
Round 8 Standings:
1 Boavista FC 8 8 0 0 27,0 24
2 GX Guarda 8 5 2 1 20,0 20
3 FC Barreirense / BNC 8 5 1 2 21,5 19
4 CAC Pontinha / Tranquilidade 8 4 1 3 18,5 17
5 GD Diana Évora 8 3 2 3 13,0 16
6 GX Porto / Mestre Maco 8 3 1 4 14,0 15
7 Académica de Coimbra 8 3 1 4 13,0 15
8 SMD Caneças / Tropical 8 1 3 4 13,5 13
9 CP EDP Lisboa 8 0 4 4 10,0 12
10 NX Faro / Rentauto 8 0 1 7 8,5 9
There was an International Open Tournament in the town of Limone
Piemonte, Italy, June 24th - July 1st 2001. Alongside was the semi-finals of
the Italian Championships. Gojko Laketic won the open with 6.5 points ahead of
Milan Mrdja, Miroljub Lazic on 6 and Lexy Ortega and Alessio De Santis on 5.5.
The semi-finals was won by Paolo Vezzosi on 6.5 points. No games available.
Internet coverage: http://www.scaccomatto.org/limoneopen.html,
http://www.scaccomatto.org/limonesemifinale.html,
http://www.scaccomatto.org/limonestart.html
and http://www.scaccomatto.org
The XIX Open D'andorra takes place 30th June -8th July 2001. Players
include: Vladimir Baklan, Igor Khenkin, Vadim Milov, Mihail Marin, Boris
Avrukh, Norman Miezis and Lev Psakhis.
Internet coverage: http://www.internet.ad/feva/
The GM norm tournament in the Hotel Lipa in Szentgotthárd,
Hungary took place 13th-23rd June 2001. Koneru Humpy won with 8.5/11 (GM Norm)
2nd was Adam Horvath with 8.5 (GM Norm) in 3rd place was Zoltan Varga. No games
available, my thanks to Péter Tomcsányi for the information.
The Montcada International Open which is near Barcelona started 25th
June 2001. Atanas Kolev, Viktor Moskalenko, Victor Vehi Bach, and Azer Mirzoev
lead on 5.5/7.
Internet coverage:
http://www.geocities.com/toniayza/OPEN01/Montcada.htm
The Professional World Chess Ranking for July 1st for players rated 2500
and higher has been released. Produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey and
calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2798 122
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2786 128
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2770 117
4 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2695 198
5 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2692 149
6 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2688 140
7 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2686 111
8 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2684 154
9 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2674 158
10 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2670 138
11 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2659 159
12 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2656 171
13 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2652 160
14 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2647 153
15 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2646 162
16 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2637 170
17 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2634 155
18 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2634 165
19 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2633 181
20 Polgar,Judit (GM) 23.07.1976 HUN 2631 172
21 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2630 130
22 Zhang Zhong 05.09.1978 CHN 2630 182
23 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2629 167
24 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2629 186
25 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2628 157
26 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2627 174
27 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2624 161
28 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2614 162
29 Lputian,Smbat G 14.02.1958 ARM 2609 151
30 Tkachev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2606 136
31 Aleksandrov,Aleksej 11.05.1973 BLR 2606 156
32 Hjartarson,Johann 08.02.1963 ISD 2604 176
33 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 UKR 2603 135
34 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2603 166
35 Kharlov,Andrei 20.11.1968 RUS 2602 154
36 Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 UZB 2597 178
37 Dautov,Rustem 28.11.1965 GER 2597 181
38 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2597 188
39 Novikov,Igor A 23.05.1962 UKR 2592 128
40 Vaganian,Rafael A 15.10.1951 ARM 2592 182
41 Lutz,Christopher 24.02.1971 GER 2591 136
42 Benjamin,Joel 11.03.1964 USA 2591 174
43 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2590 151
44 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2590 159
45 Lastin,Alexander 30.10.1976 RUS 2589 151
46 Rohde,Michael A 26.08.1959 USA 2588 188
47 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2585 176
48 Sutovskij,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2585 220
49 Tiviakov,Sergei 14.02.1973 RUS 2583 136
50 Beliavsky,Alexander G 17.12.1953 SLO 2583 169
European Open Rapid and Blitz Championships
EUROPEAN OPEN RAPID AND BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIPS August 28th - September
2nd, 2001, Sopot, Poland
The Championships under the aegis of the European Chess Union will be
held from August 28 (day of arrival) till September 2 (day of departure), 2001
in the Sport Hall of the City of Sopot, Poland. City of Sopot is one of the
most elegant and most popular Polish seaside resort, situated between the City
of Gdañsk and the City of Gdynia. (Airport Gdansk – Rembiechowo).
Tournaments are open for all players rated and unrated from Zones 1.1
to 1.9. The number of players of the federation is not limited. Entrance fee
are as follows: The EU Rapid Championship - US$ 20, the EU Blitz Championship
– US$ 15.
European Rapid Championship be held August 29-30, 2001 (11 rounds of
the Swiss system, rate of play 30 minutes – no additional seconds). Prize
fund 30.000 DEM (German Marks) – 20 prizes from 6.000 to 200 DEM.
European Rapid Championship be held August 31 – September 1, 2001
(20 double rounds of the Swiss system, altogether 40 games, rate of play 5
minutes – no additional seconds). Prize fund 20.000 DEM (German Marks)
– 20 prizes from 4.000 to 150 DEM.
Most of the hotels (including the breakfast), single and double rooms
– from 10 USD to 50 USD per night/ per person.
INFORMATION, APPLICATIONS (until August 15, 2001) and HOTEL RESERVATION
(until August 1, 2001) Organizers: Regional Chess Association
„Pomorze” under the aegis of the Polish Chess Federation, Office
– “Miramar” hotel in Sopot - tel/fax +48 (0) (58) 550-00-11 Mr.
Piotr Sobolewski, (Polish and Russian languages) tel. +48 (059) 620-12-48
mobile: (+48) (0) (601) 802-008 wzszach.pomorze@wp.pl Information (German
language) Mr. Karl-Heinz Langer tel: 0049-331-2703-900, e-mail:
K-H.Langer@t-online.de Information (Russian language) Mrs. Svetlana Mednikova
tel. (+48)- (0) 609-489-156 e-mail: svetlana@sm6755.spb.edu
All details, application forms and ECU Regulations you can find on
http://www.pzszach.org.pl (the Polish
Chess Federation) and on http://www.szachista.com.pl
Yin Hao+ vs. World Team (The Rematch)
Tom Hendricks reports: On July 5, 2001, Chinese IM Yin Hao (2576) will
begin play against the World Team in an Internet correspondence chess game.
This will be a rematch of the game they played last year. That game, which
began July 5th, 2000 and ended January 18, 2001, was a 44-move struggle ending
in a draw. This time colors will be reversed with Yin Hao now being white and
the World Team black. As he was in the first game, Yin Hao will be assisted by
U.S. correspondence player Richard Fleming (2404). The first game attracted
World Team players from Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Poland and the United States. Most of these players first came
together during the Kasparov vs. The World game held in 1999. The upcoming game
is open to anyone who wishes to play and is willing to follow the basic
guidelines of the World Team. Players of all skill levels are welcome. General
game topics and specific strategy are discussed at a moderated board found at:
http://boards.gamers.com/messages/overview.asp?name=WTChess&page=1
Visit the site and review the Game Rules and Move Selection Rules. To
participate you must both register with gamers.com AND click on 'Request
Password' at the top of the strategy board page. Registration with gamers.com
is the process of selecting your UserName and Password. When you click on
'Request Password' you will be e-mailed another password that is specific to
the strategy board. You will need to enter it only the first time that you post
to the board. Those of you who participated in the first game with Yin Hao need
not request the board password - it remains the same.
Book prizes and ICC (Internet Chess Club) memberships will be awarded
throughout the game to lucky members of the World Team. So come and join the
fun. Additional information can be obtained by writing to tahiv@hotmail.com
Global Chess Computer 2001
There is a match between many strong computers and players on the
Internet. More information (english/french)
http://www.chesslines.com/rebelvsnet/globalchesscomputer.html
New web pages
Chlodwig´s Chess Pages Links, downloadable games etc
Addresshttp://www.chlodwig.com
The official web site of an Iranian chess magazine called
Shatrandj has been launched. Its address is:
http://www.iranshatrandj.com The
site is in Persian and English. In addition to introduction of the magazine
some chess news about Asian Junior Championship, Asian Individual Men
Championship, 5th world Team Championship, Baku Junior Team Tournament and etc
besides some special photos of the World Chess Championship 2000 Final are now
available.
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
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
Ron Banwell Masters
The Ron Banwell Masters, incorporating the Commonwealth Championships
will take place 18-27 August. It will be part of the 5th Mind Sports Olympiad
(London). It will take place at South Bank University, Faculty of the Built
Environment, 202 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 2JZ. Entry is open to anybody from
anywhere. It will be free to the first two nominees of each Commonwealth
federation. Entry is also free to disabled players. It will be possible to gain
international honours in this 10 round Swiss. Further details: Tony Corfe. e
mail: Tony@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk
Lostboys 2001
The ninth Lost Boys tournament will be held from Friday August 10th up
until Sunday August 19th in Amsterdam. One can subscribe to the tournament by
filling in a form on paper (ask Anne-Marie Nuss by email nuss@wxs.nl or phone
0031-76-5141114) or this digital form. It is not possible to subscribe in an
other way. There is a new playing venue: 'Sporthal De Pijp'. This location
offers excellent accommodations.
Further information: http://chess.lostcity.nl/lostboys2001/
Krkonose Open 2001
The 2nd Krkonose International Open which is part of the Czech Tour
2001/2002 takes place 1st-8th November 2001 in Snezkou, Czech Republic. The 9
round Swiss at a time rate of 40 moves per 2 hours and half an hour for each
player to finish the game. Prize fund: altogether 20.000 CZK
Further information http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
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/
Fantasy Chess at: http://www.bookbullies.com/chess/dort2001.html
6th International Chess Open San Agustín (under 18)
The José Ramón Memorial takes place in Avilés,
18th to 25th of August 2001. Prizemoney 660,000 pesetas distributed in up to 30
prizes. 1st 100,000 pesetas, 2nd 90,000 pesetas, 3rd 80,000 pesetas etc
Players under 18 years old. Born after January 1st 1983.
Entry fee: 3,000 pesetas, including an invitation to the closing dinner
which will take place on August 25th at 22:00 hours.
Further information: http://www.ajedrezaviles.com
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 July 2001.
http://www.slavchess.co.il/academy/maccabi.html
Stork Young Masters
Anjo Anjewierden reports: The Royal Dutch Chess Federation is
organising a special Round Robin IM-tournament with 9 rounds, named the Stork
Young Masters. The IM tournament is scheduled 6th-11th August 2001 in Hengelo.
For the tournament there are still some places left.
Our offer contains the following conditions for the Stork Young
Masters: A. IM or GM and FIDE Elo above 2400 Free board and lodging (5 - 11
August) during the tournament and receive a starting money of Dfl. 250,- B.
Player with FIDE Elo above 2350 Free board and lodging during the tournament
This offer is valid until June 21st. The players will be informed about
being placed in the IM tournament or not soon after June 21st.
Players who are ready to accept our offer, must send their reactions as
soon as possible to:
Stichting Caïssa Stork Young Masters group tel: +31 - 74 243 26 46
or +31 - 74 242 12 91 P.O. box 255 fax: +31 - 53 480 00 18 NL - 7550 AG Hengelo
e-mail: ST.CAISSA@zonnet.nl
http://www.schaakbond.nl
Elbow Beach Bermuda
There will be several invitational GM and IM Tournaments in the Five
star Elbow Beach Hotel in Bermuda prior to their traditional 5 round Open, 17th
January to 4th February 2002. There will also be a nine round GM Open.
Contact Nigel Freeman at cadilly@ibl.bm or see the site
http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
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. 25 year old Peter Svidler will be back to defend the tournament he
won last year. Boris Gelfand ISR 2712 Elo (FIDE no 11) 33 years old, Alexander
Grischuk RUS 2668 (no 30) 17, Joel Lautier FRA 2658 (no 34) 28, Viktor
Kortchnoï SUI 2643 (no 44) 70 and Yannick Pelletier SUI 2531 (no 330) 24
will complete the 6 man field.
Website: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Quebec Championships
The Championships of Quebec are taking place at the moment.
Internet coverage: http://fqechecs.qc.ca/
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
VII Tatry Open in Slovakia
VII Tatry Open 2001 in Tatranské Zruby 29 September - 6 October
2001.
Further information: http://www.chess.sk/turnaje/turnaje.html
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
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
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/
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
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
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
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.
"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
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.
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
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