THE WEEK IN CHESS 352 6th August 2001 by Mark Crowther
TWIC Home |
The London Chess Center |
|
Shop
Sponsored by the London Chess Center
Contact The Week in Chess
Mark
Crowther
E-Mail mdcrowth@netcomuk.co.uk
Tel or fax 01274
882143 [Bradford England]
Mobile 07951 967851
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
Contents
1) Introduction
2) Biel Chess
Festival
3) British Chess Championships
4) Montreal International
5) Paul Keres
Memorial
6) 5th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament
7) Liepajas Rokade
8) Linares 2002
9) FIDE Championship Finals in London?
10)
Braingames launch Man-Machine Match
11) Novosibirsk
Open
12) 13th Cannes Open
13)
Bibinje GM
14) Korinthos 2001
15)
Hasselbacken 2001
16) Strange Badger Tournament
17) 1st Asean International Open
18)
Lebanese Chess Championships
19) Open Championships of
Quebec
20) Australian National University Open
21) Iranian Championships
22) UPI Mancha
Real
23) First Saturday August
24)
FIDE Women's Zone 2.2
25) Singapore Inter-Club
26) Villa de Albox Open
27) Chinese Team
Championships
28) Bundesliga
29)
FIDE Rapid Rating List
30) Forthcoming Events and
Links
 |
Contact the London Chess Center
Order from the online shop at http://www.chesscenter.com email:
chesscentre@easynet.co.uk Call toll free 1-888-chess06 in the USA or Canada
Call +44 (0) 171 388 2404 or Fax +44 (0) 171 388 2407 in the UK and ROW
Three New Engines
New at Chess & Bridge: Junior 7.0, Shredder 5.32, Deep
Junior 7.0 – three world leaders in computer chess. All 2500+ ELO :
Super-Grandmaster strength programs in YOUR home.
Junior 7.0 - ruthless attacking style, deep tactical
calculations.
$49.50 £39.95
Upgrade from Junior 6
$34.95 £25
Deep Junior 7.0 (for multi-processors) – giant opening
database
$99 £79.95
Upgrade from Deep Junior 6
$69.95 £49.95
Shredder 5.32 – positional intelligence, superb endgame
technique.
$49.50 £39.95
NOW SHIPPING FREE TO THE USA !!
Buy online at http://www.chess.co.uk
For the latest chess book releases check out
http://www.chesscenter.com/book.html
For the latest new software check out
http://www.chesscenter.com/newsoftware2.html
For the latest new products check out
http://www.chesscenter.com/newproducts.html
New Products at the London Chess Center
Chess Tiger 14.0
Christoph Théron's ChessTigerhas gained enormously in
strength over the past few years as its impressive victories in several
international tournaments have demonstrated. In autumn of 1999, ChessTiger
entered the ranking list of chess programs (SSDF) and immediately topped the
list. Apart from ChessTiger 14.0, the CD also contains GambitTiger 2.0.
GambitTiger is a particularly aggressive version of ChessTiger which
mercilessly attacks the king. Thats why GambitTiger often chooses moves other
programs would never play. Recently GambitTiger showed its claws in the Linares
of chess programs" and came second behind DeepFritz. In contrast to their
direct predecessors, ChessTiger 14.0 and GambitTiger also take advantage of the
endgame databases (tablebases) and support multi-variation mode.
System requirements: Pentium 16 MB RAM, Windows 95, 98, 2000 or
NT, Language (Online-Help + program menu text): English, German, French,
Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Dutch (only Menu), Slovenian, Database: 320,000
games RRP: £39.95 / $49.50
The Chigorin Defence by Martin Breutigam At master level,
the Chigorin Defence has seldom been played and probably thats why it has been
less analysed than other openings - good prerequisites for freethinkers and
adventurers on the chess board!“ (Breutigam) The Chigorin
Defence resulting after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 has become popular again thanks to
Alexander Morozevich who with has been holding his own even against the best.
FIDE master Martin Breutigam includes a small but swell database with 100
entries - 7 texts and 93 sample Another database includes 54 training questions
enabling the user to test his freshly acquired knowledge. Furthermore, the CD
features a big database of more than 4.000 games as a reference database plus a
big tree of all games. System requirements: Pentium, Windows 95,98,2000,Me RRP:
£17.95 / $27
CHESSBASE MAGAZINE 80 February 2001 ChessBase Magazine 80
contains the main body of 1262 games and five database reports. There are many
strong tournaments, the men´s Olympiad in Istanbul and the
Braingames and FIDE World Championships in London and Delhi/Teheran.l RRP:
£17.95 / $27
Main Line Caro-Kann Neil McDonald Everyman
$21.95/£14.99 The Caro Kann has always been one of the most widely played
openings among club and tournament players. This handy battle manual deal with
the critical main line positions after 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4.
Highly-regarded author Grandmaster Neil McDonald offers a comprehensive survey
of the state of opening theory for both White and Black players, explaining the
basic elements, strategies and tactics for both sides
New In Chess Yearbook 58 New In Chess $22.50/£15
Opening preparation is not the first thing that comes to mind when the name of
Brain Game World Champion Vladimir Kramnik is brought up. However, with the
right ingredients in hand he is more than capable of producing some spicy
opening dishes. Have a taste from Kramnik's Kitchen. CHEF DE CUISINE Thanks to
Vladimir Kramnik an old line against the Gruenfeld Indian has come back into
fashion.
Offbeat Spanish Glenn Flear Everyman $21.95/£14.99
Deciding what to do against the Spanish (Ruy Lopez) is a perennial problem for
those who play too passively and end up having to face what is known as the
'Spanish Torture'. In this book Grandmaster Glenn Flear studies a wide variety
of ambitious and offbeat answers catering for many different playing styles.
From the super-solid Berlin (as used so successfully by Vladimir Kramnik in his
Brain Games World Championship victory against Garry Kasparov) to the
uncompromising Schliemann, there is enough choice here for any prospective
black player facing the Spanish
For more information: go to
http://www.chesscenter.com/newsoftware2.html
or http://www.chesscenter.com/book.html
|
Games section
Lostboys Open 2001 194 games
World Juniors 152 games
3rd Asian Individual 409 games
American Continental 420 games
Montreal International 6 games
Togliatty Open 440 games
First Saturday August 52 games
US Open 453 games
76th French Championships 60 games
Slovakian Team Championships 528 games
Spanish Team 2nd Division 304 games
Summer in Olomouc 354 games
XV Sanlucar Open 14 games
Slavonija 2001 126 games
Third Saturday in Belgrade 6 games
Bergen Chess corrections 9 games
3527 games
My thanks to Sinisa Joksic, Argiris Kotsis, Antonio Bento, David Cohen,
Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Ron Henley, Laszlo Nagy, Jovan Petronic, Zenon Franco,
Peter Sowray, Hans Groffen, Kaspars Migla, James Coleman, Boris Schipkov, Ervin
Sindik, George Gilas, Chirila Radu-Catalin, Elie Houlichian and Charles Keyli,
Milan Ninchich, David Cohen, Thomas Henrich and Yin Hao, Willy Iclicki and all
those who helped with this issue.
Korchnoi scored a victory in the Biel tournament at the age of 70, a
fantastic achievement. FIDE are reported close to announcing the venues for
their World Championships, Monte Carlo, Cannes and in the case of the final
match London are in the frame. The British Chess Championships continue, its
close at the top at the half way point and all to play for.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The 34th Biel International Chess Festival takes place July 21st-August
4th with a strong Open, other tournaments and a strong GM Tournament. 70 year
old Viktor Korchnoi took clear first in the main GM event at the Biel Chess
Festival half a point clear of last year's champion Peter Svidler. Only
Korchnoi and Pelletier did better than their ratings, Gelfand, Lautier and
Grischuk were all big losers of rating points. Korchnoi's win is probably the
greatest achievement by a player of his age. Given that he keeps himself fit
and he still works at his game there is no reason to suppose that Korchnoi
can't surpass this in the future.
Sinisa Joksic reports on the Main Open in Biel. The event was, as
always, an attractive one for chess players. Good prizes and excellent chances
to pick up a title are the hooks for the chess players. Nowadays, things have
changed a little bit. There is a tie-break after Round 9 and the chance of the
four first prizes are gone to the majority of the field. The Tie-break system
is always a little random. After a regular game comes two Rapid (15 minutes)
games if required, then two blitz games and if the match still hasn't been
decided a sudden death game! Boris Avrukh won the tournament beating Mihail
Kobalija in blitz 1.5:0.5. For the third place Vadim Milov beat Ramesh of India
2:0 in the Rapid. Altogether 108 players competed. The playing conditions were
very hard as the temperature outside almost climbed over 30 degrees and in the
event there was very strong competititon. Next year Biel’s Chess Festival
will go back to the Congress Center. The 35th Chess Festival will be from July
20th-August 3, 2002 during SWISS EKSPO.
Website: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/site/start_e.htm
Round 8 (July 31, 2001)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 47 D12 Slav Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Svidler, Peter 1/2 28 A11 Reti Opening
Lautier, Joel - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 28 D34 Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Round 9 (August 2, 2001)
Svidler, Peter - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 59 C18 French Winawer
Lautier, Joel - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 43 E20 Nimzo Indian
Grischuk, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 25 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 10 (August 3, 2001)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Svidler, Peter 1/2 16 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Lautier, Joel 1/2 52 E15 Queens Indian
Pelletier, Yannick - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 37 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
GM Biel SUI (SUI), 23 vii-2 viii 2001 cat. XVI (2649)
--------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6
--------------------------------------------------------------
1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2617 ** == 1= 01 10 1= 6.0 2726
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2695 == ** == 0= 1= 1= 5.5 2675
3 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2704 0= == ** 1= == == 5.0 2637
4 Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2531 10 1= 0= ** == =0 4.5 2636
5 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2675 01 0= == == ** == 4.5 2607
6 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2669 0= 0= == =1 == ** 4.5 2608
--------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
MTO Biel SUI (SUI), 23 vii-3 viii 2001
------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2598
2. Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2595
3. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2614
4. Ramesh, R.B m IND 2445
5. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2548 8.0 63.5 628.5
6. Solak, Dragan g YUG 2486 7.5 69.0 660.0
7. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis m ESP 2495 7.5 68.5 664.0
8. Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2500 7.5 66.5 666.5
9. Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2497 7.5 65.5 656.0
10. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2595 7.5 64.5 645.5
11. Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2482 7.5 57.5 607.0
12. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2501 7.0 69.5 654.5
13. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2555 7.0 68.0 641.0
14. Efimenko, Zahar m UKR 2495 7.0 67.0 644.0
15. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2547 7.0 66.0 643.5
16. Jenni, Florian m SUI 2461 7.0 65.5 629.0
17. Fish, Gannadij m UKR 2502 7.0 64.0 637.5
18. Guliev, Sarhan g AZE 2510 7.0 63.5 646.0
19. Nemet, Ivan g SUI 2427 7.0 63.5 630.5
20. Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2458 7.0 62.0 623.5
21. Senff, Martin m GER 2459 7.0 59.0 620.0
22. Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2444 6.5 66.5 633.0
23. Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2604 6.5 66.0 652.5
24. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2553 6.5 64.5 640.0
25. Riazantsev, Alexander m RUS 2509 6.5 64.5 634.5
26. Vuckovic, Bojan m YUG 2497 6.5 61.5 620.0
27. Huss, Andreas m SUI 2332 6.5 61.5 614.0
28. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2446 6.5 61.0 616.0
29. Cherniaev, Alexander m RUS 2437 6.5 60.5 611.5
30. Gutkin, Boris ISR 2295 6.5 59.5 611.0
31. Bozinovic, Bogdan CRO 2297 6.5 54.5 593.0
108 players
The British Chess Championships sponsored by Smith & Williamson
takes place Monday 30th July to Friday 10th August or in the event of a playoff
Saturday 11th August. The reigning champion is Julian Hodgson who plays again
this year. The event, with a £25,000 prize fund takes place at the Spa
Center in Scarborough. Play will take place from 2.15-9.15 daily. TWIC and the
London Chess Centre will provide coverage of the event. 4 games will be
broadcast live via sensory boards simultaneously with text commentary.
http://www.chess.co.uk/Brit2001/index.html.
Daily round up with picture reports and analysis from John Henderson. Games and
website by Peter Sowray.
Standings Round 6 of 11
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Smith & Williamson ch-GBR Scarborough ENG (HUN), 2-14 vii 2001
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2581 +40 =22 + 9 = 6 =11 +26 4.5 2620
2. Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2540 =18 +37 =20 +16 = 6 +24 4.5 2516
3. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2510 +54 +49 +23 = 8 = 5 = 4 4.5 2591
4. Emms, John M g ENG 2532 +66 =12 +29 =27 +14 = 3 4.5 2538
5. Ward, Christopher g ENG 2493 +69 +24 =14 +22 = 3 = 7 4.5 2540
6. Shaw, John m SCO 2478 +64 +34 = 8 = 1 = 2 +21 4.5 2643
7. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2528 =59 =18 +61 +25 +27 = 5 4.5 2515
8. Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2565 +65 +28 = 6 = 3 =13 =15 4.0 2566
9. Ansell, Simon m ENG 2376 +31 =21 - 1 +37 +35 =11 4.0 2500
10. Summerscale, Aaron g ENG 2510 +39 =16 =25 =17 =20 +34 4.0 2401
11. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2516 +41 =29 +60 =14 = 1 = 9 4.0 2459
12. Knott, Simon J.B f ENG 2373 +51 = 4 =21 =42 =17 +33 4.0 2421
13. Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2514 =37 +59 =16 +33 = 8 =19 4.0 2457
14. Walker, Martin ENG 2109 +71 +30 = 5 =11 - 4 +32 4.0 2555
15. Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2481 +48 -23 =58 +43 +42 = 8 4.0 2399
16. Palliser, Richard f ENG 2337 +68 =10 =13 - 2 +53 +43 4.0 2486
17. D'Costa, Lorin ENG 2155 =20 +32 =19 =10 =12 =28 3.5 2477
18. Pert, Richard G f ENG 2245 = 2 = 7 =36 +50 =19 =22 3.5 2434
19. Kelly, Brian m IRL 2458 +38 =33 =17 =35 =18 =13 3.5 2318
20. Zhao Zong-Yuan m AUS 2359 =17 +52 = 2 =44 =10 =27 3.5 2408
21. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2550 +53 = 9 =12 =49 +29 - 6 3.5 2416
22. Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2431 +45 = 1 =33 - 5 +39 =18 3.5 2375
23. Hanley, Craig ENG 2278 +67 +15 - 3 =26 =32 =30 3.5 2467
24. Singh, Gurpreetpal IND 2302 +36 - 5 =50 +31 +47 - 2 3.5 2299
25. Eames, Robert ENG 2333 +46 =26 =10 - 7 =36 +42 3.5 2386
26. Turner, Matthew m ENG 2511 +43 =25 =35 =23 +49 - 1 3.5 2388
27. Pert, Nicholas f ENG 2475 +58 =35 +44 = 4 - 7 =20 3.5 2413
28. Ledger, Andrew m ENG 2418 +50 - 8 -42 +52 +40 =17 3.5 2312
29. Williams, Simon m ENG 2369 +61 =11 - 4 +38 -21 +46 3.5 2402
30. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2464 +42 -14 =48 =58 +44 =23 3.5 2262
31. Blackburn, Joathan Lb WLS 2115 - 9 +54 =34 -24 +59 +49 3.5 2339
32. Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2407 =52 -17 +56 +48 =23 -14 3.0 2176
33. Ghasi, Ameet K ENG 2188 +55 =19 =22 -13 +60 -12 3.0 2422
34. Buckley, Simon T ENG 2268 +47 - 6 =31 =36 +58 -10 3.0 2235
35. Broomfield, Matthew ENG 2271 +70 =27 =26 =19 - 9 =38 3.0 2343
36. Player, Edmund C ENG 2115 -24 +69 =18 =34 =25 =37 3.0 2262
37. Addison, Bret ENG 2218 =13 - 2 +67 - 9 +51 =36 3.0 2299
38. Collins, Sam IRL 2194 -19 =55 +54 -29 +66 =35 3.0 2325
39. Burnett, James ENG 2209 -10 +57 -43 +63 -22 +48 3.0 2252
40. Tan, Desmond ENG 2253 - 1 =45 =51 +61 -28 +58 3.0 2284
41. Lyell, Mark ENG 2219 -11 -68 -47 +56 +67 +60 3.0 2207
42. Moore, Gerald ENG 2194 -30 +62 +28 =12 -15 -25 2.5 2330
43. Simons, Martin ENG 2215 -26 =46 +39 -15 +57 -16 2.5 2238
44. Berry, Neil SCO 2256 =63 +56 -27 =20 -30 =45 2.5 2223
45. Rudd, Jack ENG 2193 -22 =40 +55 =60 -48 =44 2.5 2259
46. Buckley, Melanie ENG 2118 -25 =43 =53 =66 +55 -29 2.5 2244
47. Adams,David M ENG ---- -34 -58 +41 +64 -24 =50 2.5 2171
48. Briggs, Philip J ENG 2200 -15 +70 =30 -32 +45 -39 2.5 2243
49. Ledger, David f ENG 2312 +57 - 3 +68 =21 -26 -31 2.5 2267
50. Conlon, Joseph P ENG 2191 -28 +65 =24 -18 =64 =47 2.5 2178
51. Anderson, John ENG 2161 -12 =53 =40 =59 -37 +63 2.5 2170
52. Buckley, David ENG 2172 =32 -20 =59 -28 +68 =53 2.5 2243
53. Stephenson, F. Norman ENG 2246 -21 =51 =46 +68 -16 =52 2.5 2189
54. Lappage, Jonathan ENG 2208 - 3 -31 -38 +70 +61 =59 2.5 2152
55. Hunt, Adam m ENG 2408 -33 =38 -45 +69 -46 +64 2.5 2125
56. Waters, Clive L ENG 2147 =60 -44 -32 -41 +62 +65 2.5 2232
57. Rutherford, Elaine wf SCO 2117 -49 -39 =65 +62 -43 +66 2.5 2189
58. Oswald, Graeme ENG 2195 -27 +47 =15 =30 -34 -40 2.0 2198
59. Jackson, Adrian ENG 2230 = 7 -13 =52 =51 -31 =54 2.0 2158
60. Waddington, Michael ENG 2353 =56 +63 -11 =45 -33 -41 2.0 2092
61. Snape, Ian ENG 2160 -29 +66 - 7 -40 -54 +68 2.0 2164
62. Rumens,David E f ENG 2255 . -42 =69 -57 -56 +70 1.5 1993
63. Kennedy, John IRL 2042 =44 -60 =64 -39 =65 -51 1.5 2044
64. Ledger, Stephen ENG 2196 - 6 =67 =63 -47 =50 -55 1.5 2008
65. Trent, Lawrence ENG 2249 - 8 -50 =57 =67 =63 -56 1.5 1999
66. Willmoth, Robert ENG 2239 - 4 -61 +70 =46 -38 -57 1.5 2001
67. Steadman, Michael NZL 2090 -23 =64 -37 =65 -41 =69 1.5 2034
68. Frost, Nicholas f ENG 2141 -16 +41 -49 -53 -52 -61 1.0 1968
69. Jones, Gawain C ENG 2206 - 5 -36 =62 -55 -70 =67 1.0 1961
70. McDonnell, James J IRL 2047 -35 -48 -66 -54 +69 -62 1.0 1956
71. Reuben, Stewart ENG 2168 -14 0.0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Category 9 Montreal International takes place August 2nd-13th 2001
(August 8th is free a day). Time control: 40 moves in 100 minutes followed by
all moves in 40 minutes (all moves played get 30 seconds bonus). Information
Ron Henley.
Internet coverage: http://fqechecs.qc.ca
Round 4 Standings:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
It Montreal CAN (CAN), 2-14 viii 2001 cat. IX (2456)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2554 * . = 1 . . . . = 1 . . 3.0 2640
2. Oral, Tomas g CZE 2540 . * . = . 1 = . . . = . 2.5 2606
3. Barbeau, Sylvain f CAN 2365 = . * . . . . 1 . 0 . 1 2.5 2551
4. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2564 0 = . * . . . . . 1 1 . 2.5 2564
5. Mikanovic, Goran f CAN 2273 . . . . * . = = . . 1 = 2.5 2526
6. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2588 . 0 . . . * = . . . 1 1 2.5 2560
7. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2550 . = . . = = * . = . . . 2.0 2455
8. Charbonneau, Pascal CAN 2405 . . 0 . = . . * 1 = . . 2.0 2374
9. Krush, Irina m USA 2421 = . . . . . = 0 * . . 1 2.0 2484
10. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2440 0 . 1 0 . . . = . * . . 1.5 2385
11. Goldenberg, Danny f CAN 2343 . = . 0 0 0 . . . . * . 0.5 2169
12. Hebert, Jean m CAN 2427 . . 0 . = 0 . . 0 . . * 0.5 2089
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Paul Keres Memorial took place July 25th-31st 2001 in Tallinn,
Estonia. Konstantin Sakaev won the event with 7.5/9 half a point clear of
Viktor Gavrikov.
Internet coverage: http://www.malekeskus.ee/imgm.html
Leading Final Standings (9 Rounds)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Keres Mem Open Tallinn EST (EST), 25-31 vii 2001
--------------------------------------------------------------
1. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2630 7.5 54.0 42.0
2. Gavrikov, Viktor g LTU 2567 7.0 55.0 37.5
3. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2524 6.5 53.5 36.0
4. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2535 6.5 52.5 35.0
5. Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2501 6.5 52.0 36.5
6. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2485 6.5 51.5 36.5
7. Sepp, Olav m EST 2442 6.5 51.5 36.0
8. Khamatgaleev, Alexej m RUS 2412 6.5 49.5 33.5
9. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2507 6.5 48.5 32.5
10. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2572 6.0 50.5 31.5
11. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2464 6.0 48.0 30.0
12. Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2440 6.0 48.0 30.0
13. Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2529 6.0 46.5 30.5
14. Nyback, Tomi FIN 2345 6.0 45.5 30.0
15. Lutsko, Igor m BLR 2359 5.5 48.5 30.0
16. Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana wg RUS 2451 5.5 47.5 31.0
17. Prakken, Gerrit f NED 2345 5.5 45.5 29.0
18. Smirnov, Artem RUS 2281 5.5 45.5 28.5
19. Reizniece, Dana wg LAT 2312 5.5 45.0 28.0
20. Lybin, Dmitry m BLR 2434 5.5 43.5 27.5
21. Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2281 5.5 42.0 26.0
22. Rogovoi, Mark RUS 2220 5.5 41.0 26.0
23. Galianina-Ryjanova, Julia wg RUS 2335 5.5 39.0 26.0
78 players
The 5th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen took place 28th
July - August 4th 2001. The tournament finished in a three way tie between a
Dutch trio of Jeroen Piket, Loek van Wely and Friso Nijboer all of whom
finished with 7.5 out of 9. Jeroen Piket was declared the winner on Bucholz
tie-break, the first Dutch winner in the history of the event which broke it's
participation-record by more than 50% with the total of 189 players competing.
My thanks to Hans Groffen for the news and games.
Internet coverage: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HZ Open Vlissingen NED (NED), 28 vii-4 viii 2001
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Piket, Jeroen g NED 2630 7.5 56.5 45.75 40.5 2630 2746 +1.06
2. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2695 7.5 56.0 46.00 40.0 2695 2706 +0.10
3. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2551 7.5 52.5 42.50 39.0 2551 2670 +0.95
4. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2704 7.0 59.5 44.75 39.5 2704 2689 -0.16
5. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2566 7.0 54.0 40.00 37.0 2566 2563 +0.00
6. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2579 7.0 53.5 40.00 36.5 2579 2519 -0.48
7. Lobzhanidze, Davit m GEO 2501 7.0 53.0 38.50 37.0 2501 2602 +0.70
8. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2437 7.0 52.0 37.00 36.0 2437 2454 +0.10
9. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2552 6.5 55.5 38.25 37.5 2552 2512 -0.33
10. Vehi Bach, Victor M m ESP 2450 6.5 53.0 36.00 36.0 2450 2446 +0.02
11. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2583 6.5 53.0 35.75 36.0 2583 2562 -0.18
12. Werner, Clemens f GER 2395 6.5 49.5 33.50 34.5 2395 2366 -0.16
13. Erwich, Frank f NED 2322 6.5 48.5 32.25 33.0 2322 2380 +0.32
14. Jonkman, Harmen m NED 2468 6.5 47.0 32.50 33.0 2468 2327 -1.06
15. Van Dongen, Cor NED 2137 6.5 44.5 30.75 31.5 2137 2447 +1.58
16. Denoth, Mario SUI 2231 6.5 42.5 30.00 31.0 2231 2493 +0.94
17. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2348 6.0 51.5 31.25 32.5 2348 2290 -0.28
18. Delemarre, Jop m NED 2435 6.0 50.5 30.25 35.0 2435 2326 -0.90
19. Pomes Marcet, Juan m ESP 2404 6.0 50.0 31.25 33.5 2404 2327 -0.55
20. Van den Berg, Ad NED 2222 6.0 49.0 30.25 30.5 2222 1840 -0.30
21. Werner, Isabel wm GER 2240 6.0 49.0 29.50 32.5 2240 2384 +1.22
22. Werle, Jan NED 2412 6.0 48.5 29.00 34.5 2412 2272 -0.78
23. Heppekausen, Jochen GER 2240 6.0 48.0 30.25 31.5 2240 2316 +0.40
24. Mellegers, Joost NED 2308 6.0 48.0 29.25 32.0 2308 2260 -0.17
25. Timmermans, Ivo NED 2185 6.0 48.0 29.25 32.0 2185 2278 +0.46
26. Geirnaert, Steven BEL ---- 6.0 48.0 28.50 31.5 2105 2326 2326
27. Veltkamp, Gerben GER 2209 6.0 46.5 27.25 31.5 2209 2272 +0.24
28. Brokken, Dennis NED ---- 6.0 45.5 28.25 29.5 1933 2349 +1.00
29. Boelhouwer,Collin ---- 6.0 44.5 27.50 27.0 1981 2145 0
30. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2440 5.5 54.0 30.00 35.0 2440 2380 -0.56
189 players
The Latvian Chess Association, Ltd. "Chess club" and Ltd. and "Baltika"
organised the eighth international chess tournament "Liepaja’s Rocade"
which included an 11 round rapidplay (GM event 25 minutes and 1 hour for the
open) Supertournament and a seperate 9 round open August 2nd-4th 2001 and a
Bliz on August 5th at Liepaja’s Latvian Society House.
Alexei Shirov won the rapidplay event with 8/11 a full point and a half
clear of Jaan Ehlvest and Alexander Shabalov. Games should be available next
week. My thanks to Kaspars Migla for the news.
Website: http://www.liepaja-online.lv/sahs/
Final Standings
1 Alexei Shirov 8
2-3 Jaan Ehlvest 6,5
2-3 Alexander Shabalov 6,5
4-5 Darmen Sadvakasov 6
4-5 Alexander Wojtkiewicz 6
6-8 Alexander Khalifman 5,5
6-8 Maxim Dlugy 5,5
6-8 Aloyzas Kveinys 5,5
9 Edvins Kengis 5
10 Daniel Fridman 4,5
11 Utut Adianto 4
12 Jordi Magem Badals 3
The 20th Ciudad de Linares International Chess Tournament will be held
in Hotel Anibal, Linares, from February 23 till March, 2002. The Tournament is
organised by the Town Council of Linares.
The 9th Anibal Chess Open will be held in the same period, from March
1st- 10th 2002, 10 rounds, also in the Hotel Anibal, the Sponsor of this event.
The Ciudad de Ubeda Chess Open will not take place in 2002.
According to a report by Leontxo García in El Pais 3rd August
2001 the final match of the FIDE World Chess Championships are likely to be in
London taking place January 2nd to January 12th 2002. This is said to be the
strong preference of the Championship's marketing company Octagon. FIDE hope
that all the other matches (up to and including the semi-finals) in the
knockout event will be held November 25th to December 12th 2001 in either Monte
Carlo (seems to be the first choice) or Cannes. Negotiations are taking place
this weekend between FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov and interested parties.
The sticking point seems to be that both Monte Carlo and Cannes wish to hold
the final too, not take what might be seen as just a qualifier for the main
event. However as Iljumzhinov is personally contributing slightly more than $3m
to the prizefund as opposed to only $400,000 from the organisers he seems in a
position to get his way.
Links: El Pais ,
Direct
to Article in Spanish,
Via
Machine Translation into English (I'm not sure how long these last two
links are valid)
Tuesday, 31st July saw a press conference at the Galleria Suite,
Chelsea Village, Fulham Road. London SW6.
Man vs. machine press conference report by James Coleman
The salubrious Galleria Suite overlooking the pitch at Chelsea Football
Club was the elegant venue for the Man v Machine press conference. Considering
it was billed as being bigger than the Thriller In Manila, and hotter than the
Rumble in The Jungle, proceedings got off to a slow start - by 11.30 am (the
event was due to start at 11.00) there was no sign of any of the celebrities.
Where were all the football stars? And the boxers? More to the point, where was
Big Vlad? Surely he hadn’t taken them all out clubbing the night before?
Still, at least Ray Keene had made it.
Suddenly though, it all kicked off (pun intended) and to the usual
fanfare that accompanies your average chess competition (loud music, strobe
lights, smoke simulations etc) Ray Keene, Franz Morsch (the Fritz programmer)
and Vladimir Kramnik made their way on stage to speak about the match. The
first interesting thing that was revealed was that the games in the match are
to be adjourned after sixty moves, a revelation that provoked some surprise
from the audience. Whilst a logical idea, it could lead to the strange
situation whereby Vladimir can use his own opponent to prepare for the
resumption of the game ! Both sides seemed upbeat about their chances, Franz
Morsch saying the main difference between this version of Fritz compared to its
predecessors did not lie so much in greater chess knowledge but more due to the
machines newfound ability to deal with anti-computer chess strategy, and to
learn from its mistakes. He also said that he believed that this incarnation of
Fritz is every bit as strong as the Deep Blue II that defeated Kasparov and has
far greater "chess knowledge".
Kramnik meanwhile said that he very much wanted to win because: " I
(Kramnik) feel that after the Kasparov Deep Blue Match in 1997 the computer is
already stronger than the best human chess-player in the mind of the public and
I want to prove that this is not the case." He also said that his preparations
for the match would begin on the 1st August and involve one month of
"experimentation" followed by a month of planning match strategy with his new
knowledge of the computer. When asked how he was planning to celebrate victory
in the match, Vlad, serene as always, pointed out that he didn’t want to
think about that, as it would then be likely that he would end up with nothing
to celebrate ! He certainly looked like a man that was taking the match
seriously. Then came a few more words from Ray Keene about the format of the
match before Vladimir, Nigel Benn and a few chess die-hards adjourned to the
car-park for a photo-shoot, while the less energetically inclined amongst us
preferred to stay and enjoy more drinks and caviar in the Galleria Suite.
The eight game match will take place in Le Royal Meridiene Hotel in
Manama, Bahrain, 12th October - 1st November, with the host, Emir Sheikh Hamad
Bin Issa al-Khaleifa offering $1 million to Kramnik if he wins, $800,000 if he
draws and $600,000 if he loses.
Internet details: http://www.brainsinbahrain.com and
http://www.braingames.net
The Novosibirsk "Capital of Siberia 2001" open took place July
18th-29th 2001. Andrei Belozerov won with 9/11. My thanks to Boris Schipkov for
his help.
Further details: http://www.chessib.com/
Finals Standings (Round 11)
1. Belozerov, Andrei m RUS 2507 9.0 79.0 63.00 60.0 2507 2613 +1.19
2. Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2385 8.5 77.0 55.75 53.0 2385 2538 +2.12
3. Shushpanov, R RUS 2436 8.5 74.5 55.50 53.0 2436 2525 +1.13
4. Katalymov, Boris N m KAZ 2424 8.5 72.5 55.25 46.5 2424 2460 +0.47
5. Erikalov, A m RUS 2451 8.0 78.5 55.25 49.5 2451 2487 +0.41
6. Abashev, Denis m RUS 2395 8.0 78.0 53.75 51.5 2395 2480 +1.18
7. Frolov, Denis m RUS 2446 8.0 75.5 54.25 47.5 2446 2476 +0.30
8. Pak, Kil En RUS 2213 7.5 75.0 48.50 47.0 2213 2474 +3.50
9. Permiakov, Vladimir m RUS 2345 7.5 74.5 47.50 47.5 2345 2411 +1.01
10. Isanbaev, Ramil RUS 2362 7.5 73.5 46.50 49.0 2362 2406 +0.68
11. Degterev, Alexander RUS 2328 7.5 67.5 42.50 45.0 2328 2348 +0.30
12. Akselrod, Vladislav m RUS 2415 7.0 79.0 43.50 51.0 2415 2379 -0.50
13. Grachev, J RUS 2380 7.0 75.5 44.00 46.0 2380 2358 -0.37
14. Chigvintsev, Andrei m RUS 2414 7.0 74.0 45.75 44.5 2414 2306 -1.47
15. Fatkhutdinov, Gafija RUS 2204 7.0 73.0 41.00 48.0 2204 2398 +2.30
16. Solodovnikov, Mikhail RUS 2189 7.0 72.0 43.75 46.0 2189 2427 +2.89
17. Zarezenko, Ilya f RUS 2241 7.0 71.5 42.75 42.0 2241 2364 +1.49
18. Yudin, Sergei RUS 2288 7.0 71.0 41.25 46.0 2288 2372 +1.20
19. Yakunin, Alexey RUS 2353 7.0 70.5 39.50 44.0 2353 2357 +0.10
20. Maletin, Pavel RUS 2254 7.0 70.5 40.75 43.5 2254 2358 +1.22
21. Kuznetsov, Yakov RUS 2254 7.0 70.0 42.00 42.0 2254 2237 -0.15
22. Bibko, Ivan RUS 2208 7.0 69.0 39.00 42.0 2208 2362 +1.85
23. Arestanov, T KAZ 2257 7.0 68.5 38.00 46.0 2257 2306 +0.56
24. Kopilov, A RUS 2382 7.0 68.0 40.75 43.0 2382 2323 -0.70
The 13th Cannes Open took place 28th July - 5 August 2001. I hope to get
a decent selection of games for next week.
Internet coverage:
http://www.cannes-echecs.org/editodamir/edito.htm
1 Dunis Aurelien 2382 FRA 6.5 30.5 36.0 2509 2511
2 Godena Michele g 2491 ITA 6.0 34.0 42.0 2519 2519
3 Kazhgaleyev Murtas g 2585 KAZ 6.0 33.0 41.0 2460 2381
4 Wagner Bernd 2221 GER 6.0 29.5 35.5 2445 2445
5 Nezar Mustapha 2368 FRA 6.0 28.5 34.5 2433 2433
6 Mrdja Milan m 2399 CRO 5.5 34.5 42.0 2452 2450
7 Spielmann Alain f 2299 FRA 5.5 34.0 42.0 2433 2431
8 Maitesian Sergei 2198 FRA 5.5 32.0 38.5 2403 2401
9 Spiridonov Nikola g 2394 BUL 5.5 29.5 38.0 2294 2274
10 Kosteniuk Alexandra g 2440 RUS 5.5 29.0 36.5 2407 2405
11 Guadalpi David f 2318 FRA 5.5 27.5 34.5 2323 2321
12 Acher Mathieu 2239 FRA 5.5 26.0 30.5 2286 2284
13 Fontaine Robert m 2452 FRA 5.5 23.5 23.5 2595 2605
79 players
The Bibinje (Croatia) tournament took place 1st-10th June 2001. Gyula
Sax won with 6.5/9. My thanks to Ervin Sindik.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
It Bibinje CRO (CRO), 1-10 vi 2001 cat. VII (2404)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2563 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2658
2. Haba, Petr g CZE 2461 = * = 1 1 = 1 = = = 6.0 2522
3. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2503 = = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 5.5 2472
4. Bistric, Faruk m BIH 2454 0 0 1 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2477
5. Rezan, Sasa f CRO 2336 = 0 = 1 * 0 1 0 1 = 4.5 2411
6. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2397 0 = 0 0 1 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2404
7. Bilobrk, Franjo f CRO 2372 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 0 3.0 2282
8. Jakic, Ivan CRO 2246 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 * = 1 3.0 2296
9. Biliskov, Vjekoslav f CRO 2321 0 = 0 0 0 = = = * 1 3.0 2287
10. Levacic, Patrick m CRO 2382 0 = = 0 = 0 1 0 0 * 2.5 2239
--------------------------------------------------------------------
5th Korinthos Open took place 28th July-5th August 2001 in Korinthos.
4 GMS, Russian Evgeniy Najer (2599), German Alexander Graf (2610),
Romanian Andrei Istratescu (2598) and Greek Igor Miladinovic (2498) took the
first place with 7/9 in the 5th International open of Korinthos. 97 players
from 13 countries with 11 GMs, 5 IMs and 5 FMs competed. My thanks to Argiris
Kotsis and George Gilas.
Further information:
http://www.chess.gr/korinthos/tourns/2001/announ.html
Official site http://www.chess.gr/korinthos/index.html
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Open Korinthos GRE (GRE), 28 vii-5 viii 2001
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2599 7.0 56.0 42.25 41.5 2599 2681 +0.80
2. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2598 7.0 55.0 42.50 36.5 2598 2647 +0.48
3. Graf, Alexander g GER 2610 7.0 52.0 39.50 36.0 2610 2593 -0.16
4. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2496 7.0 52.0 39.00 36.0 2496 2599 +1.04
5. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2569 6.5 55.5 39.00 36.5 2569 2588 +0.14
6. Rychagov, Andrey m RUS 2505 6.5 53.0 37.00 36.0 2505 2533 +0.30
7. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2506 6.5 53.0 36.00 36.0 2506 2555 +0.46
8. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2529 6.5 50.5 35.00 34.0 2529 2488 -0.42
9. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2446 6.5 49.5 33.00 32.5 2446 2381 -0.54
10. Potapov, Alexander1 m RUS 2505 6.5 49.0 33.00 34.0 2505 2470 -0.34
11. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2441 6.5 46.5 30.25 32.0 2441 2353 -0.75
12. Bellia, Fabrizio f ITA 2401 6.0 53.0 33.50 33.5 2401 2409 +0.08
13. Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2489 6.0 53.0 33.25 33.5 2489 2469 -0.28
14. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2531 6.0 51.0 31.50 36.0 2531 2456 -0.76
15. Byklum, Bjornar NOR 2135 6.0 49.0 29.25 31.0 2135 2460 +2.22
16. Gesos, Pavlos m GRE 2351 6.0 48.5 29.75 30.0 2351 2262 -0.60
17. Leer-Salvesen, Bjarte NOR 2297 6.0 48.0 29.50 31.0 2297 2230 -0.26
18. Georgiou, Kostantinos GRE 2142 6.0 46.5 27.25 29.0 2142 2250 +0.23
19. Papadopoulou, Vera GRE 2193 6.0 37.5 21.00 27.0 2193 1812 -0.15
97 players
The Hasselbacken Open 2001 takes place in Stockholm 28th July - 5th
August 2001. There are 3 tournaments: Scandic International Grandmaster
Tournament (9 rounds), Scandic International Ladies Tournament (9 rounds) and
Hasselbacken Chess Open (7 rounds)
Internet coverage:
http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-21958/hasselbacken2001.htm
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
GM Hasselbacken SWE (SWE), 28 vii-5 viii 2001 cat. IX (2469)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2577 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2676
2. Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2505 = * 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2630
3. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2527 = 0 * = 1 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2587
4. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2510 = = = * 1 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2544
5. Barkhagen, Jonas m SWE 2456 0 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 4.5 2470
6. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2499 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 1 0 = 4.0 2422
7. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2381 = 0 = = = 0 * = 1 0 3.5 2398
8. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2432 0 = = = 0 0 = * = = 3.0 2347
9. Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2435 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1 3.0 2347
10. Engqvist, Thomas m SWE 2365 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 2.0 2260
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ladies Hasselbacken SWE (SWE), 28 vii-5 viii 2001
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Tetenkina, Irina BLR 2232 = 7 =15 = 4 + 5 + 6 +10 = 2 +11 = 3 6.5 2307
2. Pavlovskaia, Evgenia wf SWE 2184 +18 + 3 =10 + 8 +11 = 7 = 1 = 6 = 9 6.5 2319
3. Kludacz, Magdalena wm POL 2195 +13 - 2 -14 = 9 = 5 +18 +12 +10 = 1 5.5 2185
4. Rubene, Ilze wm SWE 2189 +17 -10 = 1 +12 =14 = 8 = 6 = 7 +11 5.5 2190
5. Johnsen, Sylvia wf NOR 2044 - 6 =12 +16 - 1 = 3 = 9 +17 +18 + 7 5.5 2196
6. Johansson, Victoria wm SWE 2191 + 5 =11 = 7 =10 - 1 +17 = 4 = 2 = 8 5.0 2178
7. Jiretorn, Eva SWE 2084 = 1 +16 = 6 +14 =10 = 2 =11 = 4 - 5 5.0 2181
8. Rantanen, Tanja wm FIN 2117 +14 = 9 =11 - 2 +13 = 4 =10 =17 = 6 5.0 2176
9. Agrest, Svetlana wm SWE 2218 =16 = 8 -13 = 3 =12 = 5 +18 +15 = 2 5.0 2125
10. Buervenich, Silvia wm SWE 2205 +15 + 4 = 2 = 6 = 7 - 1 = 8 - 3 =16 4.5 2147
11. Andersson, Christin SWE 2124 +12 = 6 = 8 +13 - 2 +14 = 7 - 1 - 4 4.5 2116
12. Dalmau, Anneli SWE ---- -11 = 5 +15 - 4 = 9 +13 - 3 =16 +17 4.5 2111
13. Gretarsdottir, Lilja ISL 2053 - 3 +18 + 9 -11 - 8 -12 =16 +14 =15 4.0 2046
14. Blinkeviciute, Jurate LIT ---- - 8 +17 + 3 - 7 = 4 -11 +15 -13 -18 3.5 2017
15. Stepanitcsheva, Z BLR 2060 -10 = 1 -12 =17 +18 +16 -14 - 9 =13 3.5 2012
16. Berg, Susanne wf SWE 2076 = 9 - 7 - 5 =18 =17 -15 =13 =12 =10 3.0 1954
17. Ericsson, Susanne SWE 2040 - 4 -14 =18 =15 =16 - 6 - 5 = 8 -12 2.0 1856
18. Horn, Emilia SWE 2012 - 2 -13 =17 =16 -15 - 3 - 9 - 5 +14 2.0 1876
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The 2nd edition of "The Strange Badger" (le blaireau etrange) took place
5th-15th August 2001 at the Astral Chess Club in Bucharest. Organiser : FM
Pessi Emil Arbiter : Chirila Radu-Catalin.
Round 1 Results:
Manescu, Tiberiu (2113-ROM) - Grigore, Petre (2407-ROM) 1-0
Jianu, Vlad (FM, 2402-ROM) - Sebe, Florin (2286-ROM) 1/2
Vezdeutsan, Viorel (2264-MDA) - Gheng, Josef (FM, 2319-GER) 1-0
Murariu, Andrei (2287-ROM) - Trajkovic, Predrag (FM, 2360-YUG) 1/2
Mateuta, Gabriel (IM, 2418-ROM) - Manea, Alexandru (2293-ROM) 1-0
Tikhomirov, Sergei (IM, 2364-MDA) - Glodeanu, Ion (IM, 2275-ROM) 1/2
The 1st Asean International Open Chess Championships took place 29th
July - 5th August, 2001 in Brunei, Darussalam. This was the first international
chess event in Negara Brunei Darussalam. Ian Rogers took clear first place in
this nine round Swiss System event. Senador, Irwanto and 13-year-old Megaranto
all scored IM norms.
Further information: http://www.bruneichess.com/
Leading final standings:
1. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2538 7.5/9
2. Juswanto, Denny m INA 2513 7.0
Antonio, Rogelio Jr g PHI 2535 7.0
4. Nguyen Thanh, Son VIE 2404 6.5
Boricsev, Oleg m HUN 2311 6.5
Senador, Emmanuel PHI 2433 6.5
7. Villamayor, Buenaventura g PHI 2560 6.0
Nguyen, Anh Dung g VIE 2533 6.0
Megararanto, Susanto INA 2234 6.0
Sitanggang, Salor m INA 2387 6.0
Ginting, Nasib m INA 2395 6.0
Irwanto f INA 2331 6.0
Mariano, Nelson m PHI 2396 6.0
Chuah Jin, Hai Jonath MAS 2211 6.0
The Lebanese Chess Championships took place 25th July to 2nd August.
They used the knock-out format. The winner was Hytham Omar, born in 1966 he is
an engineer also has been part of the Lebanese team and several delegations. He
played his first chess game at 16 years old. Hythan Omar beat Ahmad Najjar in
the final after their first game was drawn. Antoine Kassis beat Mahmoud
Abdulaziz to take third place.
My thanks to Elie Houlichian and Charles Keyli for the coverage and
news.
Full coverage: http://www.lebchess.org/whatisnew24.htm
The Quebec Open Championships were won by Maxim Turov with 8.5/9. The
event took place July 21st-28th 2001. Games now available.
Website: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/
Final Standings 9 Rounds:
1 Turov, Maxim RUS 2550 8.5 42.5 26.5 51.5 8
2 Oral, Thomas CZE 2540 8 41.0 27.0 52.0 7
3 Rozentalis, Eduardas LTH 2594 7.5 37.5 27.5 52.5 7
4 Linskiy, Oleg CAN 2474 5.5 30.5 27.5 52.5 5
5 Mikanovic, Goran CAN 2343 5.5 30.5 25.5 46.5 5
6 Schleifer, Michael CAN 2384 5.5 30.0 24.0 49.0 4
7 Bannon, Eric CAN 2160 5.5 29.5 25.0 46.0 4
8 St-Amand, Paul CAN 2126 5.5 29.5 23.0 41.5 4
9 Barbeau, Sylvain CAN 2490 5.5 29.0 26.0 50.5 5
10 Cuartas, Carlos COL 2360 5.5 27.5 22.0 42.5 3
11 Tessier-Desrosiers, Olivier CAN 2060 5.5 24.5 23.0 38.5 4
12 Sullivan, Neil CAN 2138 5.5 23.0 21.0 36.0 5
13 Audet-Bouchard, Nicolas CAN 2069 5.5 21.5 22.0 39.0 4
14 Gaspariants, Vladimir RUS 2239 5 26.5 24.5 44.0 4
15 Fortier, Marc-André CAN 2073 5 25.5 23.5 44.5 3
16 Luksza, Arkadiusz CAN 2241 5 25.0 26.0 48.5 5
17 Grondin, Jean-Philippe CAN 2217 5 25.0 25.0 47.0 3
18 Hua, Lefong CAN 2305 5 24.5 22.5 40.5 3
19 Lawson, Eric CAN 2122 5 23.5 23.0 40.0 3
20 Masse, Hugues CAN 2144 5 23.5 21.5 37.0 4
50 players
Milan Ninchich reports: Saturday/Sunday 28-29 July, Burton and Garran
Hall, Daley Road, ANU, Canberra. Time controls: 30 minutes + 30 sec/move from
beginning. There were 56 players. (The 2000 ANU Open had 101 players)
ANU Open: Darryl Johansen was the clear winner in this ( Australian
Capital Territory ) ACT event, a point ahead of the field. Leading scores:
Johansen 6.5/7; John-Paul Wallace, Kerry Stead, Brian Jones, Stephen Solomon
5.5. Full crosstable at:
http://www.auschess.org.au/tournres/anuopen01.htm
Also, National Computer Chess Championship held on Monday 23 July Final
Scores: Knightcap( Dr Andrew Tridgell ) 6/6, VChess (Shaun Press) 3/6 games,
Awesome (Bill Jordan) 2/6, Desperado (David Blackman) 1/6. Full game scores are
here http://chess.anu.edu.au/anufest/nc3games.html
Final Standings:
1 Johansen, Darryl VIC 2501 6.5
2 Wallace, John-Paul NSW 2397 5.5
3 Stead, Kerry NSW 1949 5.5
4 Jones, Brian NSW 2164 5.5
5 Solomon, Stephen QLD 2386 5.5
6 Rout, Ian ACT 1899 5.0
7 Grcic, Milan ACT 1833 5.0
8 Farrell, Roger ACT 2097 5.0
9 Marsden, John NSW 1799 4.5
10 Chow, Sam VIC 1973 4.5
11 Jovanovic, Peter ACT 1873 4.5
12 Moylan, Laura ACT 1860 4.5
13 Bliznyuk, Andrey ACT 2055 4.5
14 Forace, Lee ACT 1470 4.5
15 Wright, Ian ACT 1989 4.5
56 players
The Iranian Championships took place in Tehran, 31st July - 7th August
2001. Time control 40 moves in 75 min - 20 mins for the rest and a 30 second
bonus for every move. Elshan Moradiabadi was the surprise winner with 10/11 a
point and a half clear of the favourite Ehsan Ghaem Maghami. My thanks to
Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh for the information.
Internet coverage: http://www.iranchess.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ch-IRI Tehran IRI (IRI), 31 vii-7 viii 2001
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Moradiabadi, Elshan IRI 2404 +18 + 4 =14 + 2 + 3 +10 + 7 = 6 + 9 + 8 +11 10.0 2684
2. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan m IRI 2509 +31 +26 = 7 - 1 +24 + 9 = 3 +10 + 6 +12 = 4 8.5 2511
3. Mallahi, Amir f IRI 2416 +12 +22 + 9 +10 - 1 + 6 = 2 + 8 + 5 - 4 = 7 8.0 2504
4. Niknaddaf, Ali IRI 2262 +13 - 1 -25 =27 =29 +28 +23 +22 + 7 + 3 = 2 7.5 2336
5. Mahjoob, Morteza IRI 2335 =21 +24 -10 -15 +32 +11 +25 = 7 - 3 +16 + 9 7.0 2309
6. Darban, M IRI 2304 +17 - 9 +12 +18 + 7 - 3 +22 = 1 - 2 +10 - 8 6.5 2371
7. Ghorbani, Mohsen m IRI 2334 +32 +15 = 2 +14 - 6 +25 - 1 = 5 - 4 +21 = 3 6.5 2334
8. Ghane, Shojaat IRI 2428 -15 -17 +33 +30 +16 +14 =10 - 3 +22 - 1 + 6 6.5 2289
9. Mahmoud, Pe IRI 2266 +33 + 6 - 3 +23 =25 - 2 +14 +15 - 1 +17 - 5 6.5 2291
10. Ardeshi, Mehrdad IRI 2278 +29 +25 + 5 - 3 +11 - 1 = 8 - 2 +21 - 6 =12 6.0 2293
11. Mohammadi, HR IRI ---- =28 +21 =20 +22 -10 - 5 +26 -14 +24 +15 - 1 6.0 2323
12. Doostkam, P IRI 2231 - 3 +33 - 6 =28 +27 =26 =16 +25 +14 - 2 =10 6.0 2276
13. Khaghani,M IRI ---- - 4 +32 =15 -20 -21 +34 +18 -16 +26 =14 +22 6.0 2246
14. Roghani, Arash IRI 2294 +19 +23 = 1 - 7 +20 - 8 - 9 +11 -12 =13 =17 5.5 2176
15. Akbarinia, Syed Arash IRI 2233 + 8 - 7 =13 + 5 -22 +24 +20 - 9 =16 -11 =18 5.5 2245
16. Bakhtiari, K IRI 2267 -25 +29 -23 +17 - 8 +21 =12 +13 =15 - 5 =19 5.5 2130
17. Tavakolian,M IRI ---- - 6 + 8 -26 -16 -30 +33 +27 +29 +20 - 9 =14 5.5 2192
18. Shaarbaf, M IRI 2227 - 1 +27 +28 - 6 =26 -20 -13 +33 =19 +24 =15 5.5 2189
19. Gharizadeh,M IRI ---- -14 -20 -27 +33 -34 +31 +32 =26 =18 +30 =16 5.5 2144
20. Shapouri, Omid IRI 2278 -23 +19 =11 +13 -14 +18 -15 -21 -17 +25 =24 5.0 2077
21. Rajabi Hezar, H IRI 2203 = 5 -11 +31 -24 +13 -16 +30 +20 -10 - 7 =23 5.0 2147
22. Nasri, A IRI 2275 +34 - 3 +30 -11 +15 +23 - 6 - 4 - 8 +28 -13 5.0 2140
23. Abdoul Maleki,Sh IRI ---- +20 -14 +16 - 9 +28 -22 - 4 -24 =29 =31 =21 4.5 2178
24. Vahidi, Mohammad IRI 2286 =30 - 5 +34 +21 - 2 -15 =29 +23 -11 -18 =20 4.5 2097
25. Abbasi, Rasoul IRI ---- +16 -10 + 4 +26 = 9 - 7 - 5 -12 -28 -20 =34 4.0 2154
26. Ghorbanian, M. Reza IRI 2276 +27 - 2 +17 -25 =18 =12 -11 =19 -13 =32 -31 4.0 2008
27. Asadi,S IRI ---- -26 -18 +19 = 4 -12 =32 -17 =28 -31 =34 +29 4.0 2037
28. Honari, Kaveh IRI 2298 =11 =30 -18 =12 -23 - 4 +31 =27 +25 -22 -33 4.0 2010
29. Mousavian,S.H IRI ---- -10 -16 =32 +34 = 4 =30 =24 -17 =23 =33 -27 4.0 1997
30. Sepehrkhouy,A IRI ---- =24 =28 -22 - 8 +17 =29 -21 -31 +34 -19 =32 4.0 2055
31. Sadeghian, Fereidoun IRI 2245 - 2 =34 -21 -32 -33 -19 -28 +30 +27 =23 +26 4.0 2014
32. Golafroozi,S IRI ---- - 7 -13 =29 +31 - 5 =27 -19 =34 =33 =26 =30 4.0 2006
33. Fanaei, AR IRI ---- - 9 -12 - 8 -19 +31 -17 +34 -18 =32 =29 +28 4.0 2052
34. Tahmasebi,H IRI ---- -22 =31 -24 -29 +19 -13 -33 =32 -30 =27 =25 3.0 1898
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The UPI Mancha Real tournament in Spain takes place 30th July - 7th
August 2001. After seven of the nine rounds Jorge Gonzalez Rodriguez and
Reynaldo Vera lead with 5/7. My thanks to Zenon Franco for the information.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UPI Mancha Real ESP (ESP), 30 vii-7 viii 2001 cat. IV (2338)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A m COL 2428 * = . 1 0 1 = 1 . 1 5.0 2471
2. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2563 = * = . 1 = = . 1 1 5.0 2483
3. De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2461 . = * = 1 . 0 = 1 1 4.5 2408
4. Saldano, Horacio f ARG 2422 0 . = * 0 . 1 1 1 1 4.5 2394
5. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique ESP 2295 1 0 0 1 * 1 . 0 = . 3.5 2375
6. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto f ESP 2343 0 = . . 0 * = 1 = 1 3.5 2307
7. Hernandez, Yudania wm ESP 2220 = = 1 0 . = * . 0 0 2.5 2290
8. Ruiz Jimenez, Francisco ESP 2115 0 . = 0 1 0 . * 1 0 2.5 2252
9. Almagro Mazariegos, Sebastian ESP 2296 . 0 0 0 = = 1 0 * . 2.0 2187
10. Castillo Gallego, Sergio ESP 2234 0 0 0 0 . 0 1 1 . * 2.0 2206
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Laszlo Nagy reports: There are three main First Saturday tournaments in
August. One GM event and two IM events.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0801.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSGM August Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-14 viii 2001 cat. VII (2406)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Balogh, Csaba f HUN 2347 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Breder, Dennis m GER 2411 . * . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
3. Dembo, Yelena wm HUN 2391 . . * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
4. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2417 . . . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
5. Arnold, Lothar m GER 2408 . . . . * . . = . . . . 0.5 2421
6. Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2449 . . . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2430
7. Medvegy, Zoltan m HUN 2430 . . . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2449
8. Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2421 . . . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2408
9. Bhat, Vinay S m USA 2404 . 0 . . . . . . * . . . 0.0
10. Castaneda, Nelson f USA 2341 . . 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11. Rajlich, Vasik G f USA 2330 . . . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2518 0 . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
FSIMA August Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-14 viii 2001 cat. II (2279)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2230 * . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
2. Kummer, Helmut f AUT 2386 . * . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3. Moloney, Nicholas ENG 2208 . . * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
4. Turzo, Attila m HUN 2372 . . . * . . . 1 . . . . 1.0
5. Zimmerman, Yuri m HUN 2346 . . . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0
6. Borisek, Jure SLO 2258 . . . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2288
7. Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2288 . . . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2258
8. Bognar, Csaba f HUN 2238 . . . 0 . . . * . . . . 0.0
9. Cooke, Eric USA 2237 0 . . . . . . . * . . . 0.0
10. Paci, Cedric FRA 2275 . 0 . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11. Sinkovics, Peter m HUN 2301 . . . . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Tournier, Pascal FRA 2204 . . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSIMB August Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-14 viii 2001 cat. I (2269)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Dearing, Eddie SCO 2274 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Philippe, Christophe f FRA 2298 . * . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
3. Schneider-Zinner, Harald f AUT 2329 . . * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
4. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2427 . . . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
5. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2255 . . . . * = . . . . . . 0.5 2278
6. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2278 . . . . = * . . . . . . 0.5 2255
7. Kun, Gabor HUN 2274 . . . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2203
8. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2203 . . . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2274
9. Balogh, Viktor HUN 2234 . 0 . . . . . . * . . . 0.0
10. Hoenig, Alexander GER 2263 . . 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11. Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2246 . . . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Schmitt, Fabien FRA 2146 0 . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
FIDE Zone 2.2 Women's Championship is underway in Toronto, Canada with
18 players competing for 2 places in the Americas Continental Championship,
scheduled for September 20-30 in Venezuela. WIM Nava Starr leads the Canadian
Women's Championship Zonal 2.2 with 4/4. WFM Stefanie Chu and Marina Bryskine
trail with 3/4. Of note: 9 year old Hazel Smith eliminated WIM Vesma Baltgailis
from contention with a win on time. (Last minute news: WIM Nava Starr now leads
with 5/5. She has taken one of the two qualification places to the Americas
Continental Women's Championship.)
Many of the players have (and will again this summer) represented Canada
at the World Youth Championships. 12 of 18 players are juniors, and two (Hazel
Smith and Alina Sviridovitch) are 9 years old. Info: David Cohen.
Updates at: http://members5.boardhost.com/ChessTalk/
and http://webhome.idirect.com/~mdutton/2001SDO.htm
Jovan Petronic reports: This years Singapore Inter-Club team
championship was held in the Singapore Chess Federation building. In the main
National Division 6 teams competed, having quailified by the average rating of
the players the event took place August 3-5, 2001. Time control was 1 hour for
the first 20 moves and one hour 'till end. 6 players per team, 4 board matches.
The winners were INTCHESS Asia players: Ignatius Leong (Singapore) 1
(1), WIM Sanja Petronic (Yugoslavia) 4,5 (5), IM Enrique Paciencias
(Phillipines) 4 (5), IM Jovan Petronic (Yugoslavia) 4 (4), IM Domingo Ramos
(Phillipines) 4 (4) and WIM Angela Khegay (Uzbekistan) 1 (1).
More details:
http://home3.pacific.net.sg/~singchess/index.html
The II Villa de Albox Open took place 23rd-27th July 2001 and was won by
Branco Damljanovic with 7.5/9. No games available.
Internet coverage: http://estadium.ya.com/revertealbox/
Final Standings:
1. Damljanovic Branco GM 2549 YUG 7.5 45.0 41.0
2. Palac Mladen GM 2578 CRO 7.0 47.0 38.5
3. Khamrakulov Ibragim IM 2485 UZB 7.0 43.5 36.0
4. Borges Juan IM 2429 CUB 7.0 43.0 37.0
5. Gomez Juan Mario IM 2501 ESP 7.0 39.0 35.0
6. Strikovic Aleksa GM 2515 YUG 6.5 44.5 34.0
7. Komljenovic Davor GM 2478 CRO 6.5 43.5 35.5
8. Lopez Jose M. IM 2448 ESP 6.5 41.5 34.5
9. Del Rio Salvador IM 2484 ESP 6.0 46.0 37.0
10. Hernando Rodrigo Jose Maria 2333 ESP 6.0 42.5 31.5
11. Suba Mihai GM 2538 RUM 6.0 41.5 33.0
12. Janev Eugeni IM 2493 BUL 6.0 40.5 33.0
13. Belezky Sasha IM 2398 UKR 6.0 40.0 32.0
14. De La Paz Frank IM 2461 CUB 6.0 40.0 30.5
15. Asensio Fermin 2112 ESP 6.0 37.0 27.5
16. Cardenas Joaquin 2265 ESP 6.0 36.5 28.5
17. Caselas Jacobo FM 2328 ESP 5.5 39.5 26.0
18. Barria Daniel FM 2352 CHI 5.5 39.0 28.5
19. Minzer Claudio IM 2371 ARG 5.5 38.5 30.0
20. Saldano Horacio FM 2422 ARG 5.5 38.5 27.5
21. Manolov Ivan IM 2331 BUL 5.5 38.0 29.0
22. Cano Sanchez Josue FM 2304 ESP 5.5 37.5 26.5
23. Ferron Carlos 2287 ESP 5.5 37.0 29.5
24. Gomez Salvador 2196 ESP 5.5 37.0 26.5
25. Navarro Borja 2078 ESP 5.5 36.5 27.5
26. Korneev Oleg GM 2572 RUS 5.5 33.5 25.0
27. Carrasco Juan M. 2341 ESP 5.0 41.0 28.0
28. Lorenzini Martin FM 2375 ARG 5.0 39.0 28.5
29. Gutierrez Oscar 2149 ESP 5.0 39.0 27.0
30. Jimenez Francisco 2228 ESP 5.0 37.0 28.5
31. Sanchez Jerez Emilio 0 ESP 5.0 36.5 26.0
32. Garcia Martinez Cesar 2120 ESP 5.0 33.5 20.5
89 players
The Chinese Team Championships took place in Suzhou, Jiangsu 26th March
5th April 2001. In the men's section Guangdong Province featuring Liang Chong,
Liang Jinrong, Yu Shaoteng and Cheng Xinkai won the championship. Ni Hua of
Shanghai got a GM Norm. In the women's section Shanghai featuring Wang Pin,
Wang Lei and Qin Kanying won easily.
The Chinese Zonals 3.3 for men and women took place in HeiBei, China
16th-29th April 2001. In the men's event Ye Jiangchuan who won and Zhang Zhong
who came second qualified for the FIDE Championships. In the women's event Xu
Yuhua won with 10.5/13 ahead of Wang Pin on 10 its unclear whether there will
be four or five qualifiers. 10 years old Tan Zhongyi came last.
Source of games http://linta.com. My
thanks to Thomas Henrich who translated the names into English and to Yin Hao
for other details.
Last week I had the name Yuan Lufei in the women's zonal, it is in fact
Ruan Lufei so below is a corrected table and the games are given again (I
corrected this after a day so maybe you didn't download the early version of
the file). There may be similar problems with the team championships but with
no ratings given in the file it wasn't possible to carry out detailed
checks.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
zt3.3 Women HeiBei CHN (CHN), 16-29 iv 2001 cat. II (2295)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Xu Yuhua wg CHN 2501 * = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2529
2. Wang Pin wg CHN 2504 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 10.0 2489
3. Xu Yuanyuan wf CHN 2436 0 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8.5 2393
4. Zhu Chen wg CHN 2538 = = 0 * = 1 0 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 8.0 2362
5. Gu Xiaobing CHN 2242 = = = = * 0 1 1 0 = 1 0 1 1 7.5 2355
6. Li Ruofan wm CHN 2278 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2324
7. Huang Qian CHN 2218 0 = 0 1 0 1 * = 0 1 0 1 = 1 6.5 2300
8. Yu Ting CHN 2175 = 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2303
9. Ruan Lufei CHN 2199 = = 0 0 1 0 1 0 * = 1 = 0 = 5.5 2245
10. Gong Qingyun CHN 2193 0 0 1 = = = 0 = = * = 1 0 = 5.5 2245
11. Wang Yu wf CHN 2413 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 = * 1 1 1 5.5 2228
12. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2428 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 5.0 2197
13. Zhou Guijue CHN ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 * 1 3.5 2142
14. Tan Zhongyi CHN ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1.5 1981
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
There are more games from the final two rounds and some corrections.
Source: http://www.chessgate.de
Willy Iclicki reports on the release of the fifth rapid rating list
which includes tournaments like Cannes, Mainz, Monaco, Zurich, Tallinn,
European Individual Championship tie-breaks and some national championships and
private tournaments or matches.
At the top, in spite of the loss of four points, Michael Adams has
managed to keep his first place thanks to an impressive come back in Mainz.
Anand has lost his second place to Kasparov due to mediocre result in Monaco (
and the fact the final cross table of the Marabal tournament in Spain wasn't
submitted an event which he won. Did this result cost him the first place?).
Kasparov kept his rating. He played well in Cannes but his defeat to Kramnik in
Zurich probably cost him the top place. Gelfand and Kramnik both saw their
ratings rise and the World's Best Junior is Etienne Bacrot who is now in 12th.
Next year FIDE is also planing a Rapid GP.
1 Adams, Michael ENG 283 23.04.01
2 Kasparov, Gary RUS 282 23.04.01
3 Anand, Vichy IND 280 23.04.01
4 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 278 23.04.01
5 Gelfand, Boris ISR 276 23.04.01
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 273 23.04.01
7 Topalov, Veselin BUL 273 23.04.01
8 Bareev, Evgeny RUS 273 23.04.01
9 Piket, Jeroen NED 271 23.04.01
10 Shirov, Alexis ESP 271 23.04.01
11 Sokolov, Ivan BIH 270 25.01.01
12 Bacrot, Etienne FRA 270 23.04.01
13 Kamsky, Gata USA 270 25.12.99
14 Dreev, Alexey RUS 270 23.04.01
15 Gurevich, Mikhail BEL 270 23.04.01
16 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 270 23.04.01
17 Akopian, Vladimir ARM 269 01.07.00
18 Kasimdzahnov, Rustam UZB 269 23.04.01
19 Karpov, Anatoly RUS 269 23.04.01
20 Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 268 23.04.01
21 Timman, Jan NED 268 23.04.01
22 Leko, Peter HUN 268 23.04.01
23 Khalifman, Alexander RUS 268 25.01.01
24 Shipov, Sergei RUS 267 25.12.99
25 Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 267 23.04.01
26 Georgiev, Kiril BUL 267 23.04.01
27 Movsesian, Sergei CZE 266 25.01.01
28 Salov, Valery RUS 265 01.11.99
29 Ibragimov, Ildar RUS 265 23.04.01
30 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab GEO 265 23.04.01
31 Fedorov, Alexei BLR 265 25.12.99
32 Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 265 25.01.01
33 Van Wely, Loek NED 264 23.04.01
34 Giorgadze, Giorgi GEO 264 25.12.99
35 Svidler, Peter RUS 264 23.04.01
36 Adianto, Utut INA 264 25.01.01
37 Gulko, Boris USA 264 23.04.01
38 Milov, Vadim SUI 264 23.04.01
39 Ehlvest, Jan EST 264 23.04.01
40 Lautier, Joel FRA 263 23.04.01
41 Almasi, Zoltan HUN 263 23.04.01
42 Speelman, Jonathan ENG 263 25.01.01
43 Baklan, Vladimir UKR 263 23.04.01
44 Spassky, Boris FRA 262 23.04.01
45 Krasenkow, Michael POL 262 25.01.01
46 Seirawan, Yasser USA 262 01.06.99
47 Andersson, Ulf SWE 262 25.12.99
48 Tiviakov, Sergei RUS 262 25.12.99
49 Chernin, Alexander HUN 262 25.01.01
50 Korchnoi, Viktor SUI 262 23.04.01
51 Beliavsky, Alexander SLO 262 25.01.01
52 Epishin, Vladimir RUS 262 23.04.01
53 Pigusov, Evgeny RUS 262 25.01.01
54 Hjartarsson, Johann ISL 262 01.07.00
55 Minasian, Artashes ARM 261 01.07.00
56 Gyimesi, Zoltan HUN 261 23.04.01
57 Aronian, Levon ARM 261 23.04.01
58 Landa, Kontantin RUS 261 23.04.01
59 Volkov, Sergei RUS 261 25.01.01
60 Sutovsky, Emil ISR 261 23.04.01
61 Psakhis, Lev ISR 261 25.01.01
62 Sakaev, Konstantin RUS 261 25.01.01
63 Leitao, Rafael BRA 261 25.01.01
64 Vladimirov, Evgeny KAZ 261 25.01.01
65 Rogers, Ian AUS 260 01.06.99
66 Dolmatov, Sergey RUS 260 25.12.99
67 Serper, Grigory USA 260 25.01.01
68 Savchenko, Stanislav UKR 260 23.04.01
69 Short, Nigel ENG 260 23.04.01
70 Seul, Georg GER 260 23.04.01
71 Ftacnik, Lubomir SVK 260 01.06.99
72 Nikolic, Pedrag BIH 260 25.01.01
73 Ye, Jiangchun CHN 260 23.04.01
74 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROM 260 25.01.01
75 Khenkin, Igor GER 260 25.12.99
76 Smirin, Ilya ISR 260 25.01.01
77 Greenfeld, Alon ISR 259 25.01.01
78 Miles, Antony, J. ENG 259 25.12.99
79 Benjamin, Joel USA 259 25.01.01
80 Huzman, Alexander ISR 259 25.01.01
81 Dautov, Rustam GER 259 23.04.01
82 Lalic, Bogdan ENG 259 23.04.01
83 Wojtkiewicz, Alex POL 259 23.04.01
84 Khengin, Igor ISR 259 23.04.01
85 Gurevich, Ilya USA 259 01.06.99
86 Najer, Evgenij RUS 259 23.04.01
87 Agrest, Evgenij SWE 259 23.04.01
88 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir YUG 259 23.04.01
89 Brodsky, Michail UKR 259 25.01.01
90 Dorfman, Iossif FRA 259 25.01.01
91 Cviltan, Ognjen CRO 259 25.01.01
92 Timoshenko, Georgy UKR 259 25.01.01
93 Ribli, Zoltan HUN 259 25.12.99
94 Filippov, Valeri RUS 259 19.01.01
95 Delchev, Aleksander BUL 259 23.04.01
96 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS 258 25.01.01
97 Macieja, Bartlomiej POL 258 25.01.01
98 Iordachescu, Viorel ROM 258 05.07.01
99 Tregubov, Pavel V. RUS 258 23.04.01
100 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 258 23.04.01
101 Asrian, Levon ARM 258 25.12.99
102 Gallagher, Joseph G. SUI 258 01.07.00
103 Jussupov, Artur GER 258 23.04.01
104 Istratescu, Andrei ROM 258 23.04.01
105 Kobalija, Mikhail RUS 258 25.12.99
106 Lobron, Eric GER 258 23.04.01
107 Anastasian, Ashot ARM 258 01.07.00
108 Hamdouchi, Hichem MAR 258 23.04.01
109 Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN 258 25.12.99
110 Ulibin, Mikhail RUS 258 01.07.00
76th French Championships
The 76th French Championships take place in Marseille 12th-25th August
2001.
Internet coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
Kavala 2001
The 1st European Chess Grand-Prix 10Th Ïpåí
International Tournament Of Kavala takes place August 21st-29th 2001. Entry
info: http://www.chess.gr/kavala/2001/enter.html
Web coverage: http://www.chess.gr/kavala/index.html
and http://www.chess.gr/kavala
Brasilia Chess Club Festival
The Brasilia Chess Club Festival in Brasilia City takes place 5th-12th
August 2001. 24 players from 6 countries will compete in two closed tournaments
a Magistral (IM norm) and the V Brasilia Cup (Fide/rating). Luis Galego,
Everaldo Matsuura and Eduardo Limp are amongst the players.
Internet coverage at http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx
Panormo open 2001
The Panormo open 2001 will take place in Crete, October 20th-27th and
is part of the European Grand-Prix.
Full details about the event:
http://www.greekchess.com/panormo
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
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.
http://www.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 Postponed
The Hawaii International Chess Festival has been postponed until 2003.
It will have 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.
Bergen tournament in Norway
Bergen Chess International 2001 takes place in Bergen 4th-12th August
2001 Further information: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2001/
Contact IA Hans Olav Lahlum, at hanso.lahlum@c2i.net for further
information.
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.
Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl
British Rapidplay Championships
The British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2001 take place 20th-21st
October 2001 at Bradford City Football Club, Valley Parade, Bradford.
Further details: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
Swiss Chess Tour 2001
The 2nd Chess Summer in Bern
Bern: International Chess Festival for everybody August 4th-12th. Hotel
Ambassador (****) Special chess-rate!
The 5 Tornaments: Ambassador Open: August 4th-12th 2001. Open to all, 9
rounds, Swiss system. Time control: 2 hours for 40 moves + one hour to complete
the game.
Prizes: 2.000/1.500/1.000/800/600/500/400/300/2x250/5x200 SF. Entry
fee: 140 SF (juniors+FM 70 SF); GM, IM free.
Summernights Open: August 5th –11th 2001. Open to all, 7 rounds,
Swiss System. Time control 30 moves for 1.30 hours + 30 minutes until the end.
Games start from 18.00-22.00 each days. Prizes: 1.000/800/600/500/400/300/4x200
SF: Entry fee: 110 SF (juniors+FM 55 SF); GM, IM free.
Junior Open: August 5th – 11th 2001. Open to junior born 1981 and
jounger, till 2000 rating. Rounds 7, Swiss system. Time control: 2 hours for 40
moves + one hour to complite the game. Games start 11.00-17.00 each days.
Senior Open. August 5th – 11th 2001. Open to all born 1941 and
before, 7 rounds, Swiss system. Time control: 2 hours for 40 moves + one hour
to complite the game. Games start 11.00-17.00 each days.
Blitz tournament: August 4th 2001. start at 13.00 p.m. Time 5 minutes;
11 rounds Swiss system. Entry fee 30 SF (juniors 10 SF)
Playing room with air-conditioning.
More information: http://www.beochess.ch Robert Spoerri,
Tiergarten 33, CH-3400 Burgdorf, tel: 00/41/34/4240106; Fax: 00/41/34/4240107
E-mail: info@beochess.ch
Miercurea Ciuc
The Caissa 2001 tournaments in Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) takes place
20th-30th August and 20th-30th September 2001. There will be chess tournaments
for IM, wIGM and wIM norms as well as an ELO event.
Further details: http://www.topnet.ro/caissa
The organiser is Sandor Biro E-mail : caissa@topnet.ro Tel+Fax :
(+40)-66-116712
World Junior Chess Championships
144 players from 53 countries (86 boys and 58 girls) confirmed their
participation in the 2001 World Junior Chess Championship, August 16-29 in
Athens, Greece. This is an increase of over 50% compared with the previous
year, when a total of 92 players participated.
A full list of the participants (boys & girls) is available online
at http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio/players.htm
Website for the Championships:
http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio
Champions League 2001
The European Club Cup finals take place in 22th-30th SEPTEMBER 2001.
More than 300 chess players, the best in the world, will come to Crete
in order to claim the Champions League Title. The Games will be held via Swiss
system of 7 rounds and the teams will use 6 players and the right to use two
substitutes.
Live coverage: http://www.venizelia.gr
Corsica Open
The Corsica International Open takes place October 28th-31st 2001. 600
000 F of prices (91 500 euros). For more details (Schedule, prizes, travels) :
http://www.opencorsica.com
Malbork Castle Cup (Poland)
The 4th Malbork Castle Cup (Poland) takes place 8th-9th September 2001.
1st prize 1200 PLN (600DM) for more detailed information (English,
German and Polish) see the Internet site:
http://skoraf.republika.pl/index.htm
Tiviakov reports
Sergey Tiviakov's site http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/ has his
reports on the European Championship in Ohrid (Macedonia) and the Dutch
Championships in Leeuwarden.
Bucharest IM
SC Lasker in Bucharest, Romania is organising an IM tournament 5th-19th
August 2001. The event will be Category 2 to 4 and have 12-16 players.
Entry fees: <= 2150 400 DM 2151-2200 300 DM 2201-2250 250 DM
2251-2300 200 DM 2301-2400 150 DM >= 2401 100 DM
Accommodation 100-150 DM in private rooms or apartments for all the
period of the tournament. Starting date: 5th august 2001. Opening ceremony
14°° in the Chess Club "Sah Astral", Mendeleev street N° 36-38.
Time limits: 40 moves / 2 hours, then 1 hour for 20 moves + 30 minutes
KO. The games will be played every day from 1430-2130.
Prizes: declared before the 3rd round.
Address in Bucharest: Romanian Chess Federation, Ion Campineanu street,
no. 20, phone: 312.70.56, fax: 312.19.44; Central Chess Club: Otetari Street,
no. 2, phone 314.68.13. Organizer: FIDE Master Emil Pessi: O.P. 38-C.P. 80,
72.250 Bucharest-Romania, phone 0040-1-240.07.00; fax: 0040-1-312.19.44 (if
contacted he assures the reception of the players). E-mail:
rchirila@hotmail.com or ggg@dnt.ro
Organizer FIDE Master Emil Pessi
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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