THE WEEK IN CHESS 353 13th August 2001 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) British Chess Championships
3) WDR TV Game
4) Montreal International
5) 12th Süder Summer Tournament
6) 8th Nice Summer Open
7) Tianjin IM tournaments
8) Norwegian Championships
9) 1st Asean International Open
10) UPI Mancha Real
11) First Saturday August
12) Brasilia Chess Club Festival
13) Bergen Chess International
14) Stork Young Masters 2001
15) US Open
16) 76th French Championships
17) Lostboys Open 2001
18) Curacao tournament
19) 3rd Asian Individual Championships
20) 1st Ljubisa Savic-Mauzer Memorial
21) Zone 2.2 Women
22) American Continental Championships
23) Summer in Olomouc
24) 13th Cannes Open
25) Morrocan Championships
26) European Open Rapid and Blitz Championships Cancelled
27) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

British Chess Championships           175 games
WDR TV Game                             1 game
Montreal International                 36 games
12th Süder Summer Tournament          459 games
8th Nice Summer Open                   48 games
Tianjin IM tournaments                132 games
Norwegian Championships                81 games
1st Asean International Open          259 games
UPI Mancha Real                        10 games
First Saturday August GM               57 games
First Saturday August IMA              48 games
First Saturday August IMB              48 games
Brasilia Chess Club Festival           45 games
Bergen Chess International            423 games
Stork Young Masters 2001               45 games
76th French Championships               8 games
Lostboys Open 2001                    156 games
Curacao tournament                     37 games
3rd Asian Individual Championships    150 games
1st Ljubisa Savic-Mauzer Memorial      45 games
Zone 2.2 Women                         55 games
Morrocan Championships                 16 games
Correction Bundesliga                   1 game
2335 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Peter Sowray, John Saunders, John Henderson, Ron Henley, Andy McFarland, Stefan Pfannkuch, Jovan Petronic, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Ian Rogers, Zenon Franco, Laszlo Nagy, Anjo Anjewierden, Visweswaran Kameswaran, David Cohen and all those who helped with this issue.

A tense final round in the British Championships saw Joe Gallagher take the title. This week there have been more national and continental events starting with the French, Asian and Amerian Continental Championships. The WDR TV game was not the classic it was last year and saw Anand (a replacement for Kramnik who is preparing for his match against Deep Fritz) draw with Leko. The draw with black should mean Anand is invited back to defend next year.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) British Chess Championships

The British Chess Championships sponsored by Smith & Williamson took place Monday 30th July to Friday 10th August. The winner was Joe Gallagher who took a half point lead into the final round. He became Champion as all the leading games were drawn.

Coverage: http://www.chess.co.uk/Brit2001/index.html. Daily round up available with picture reports and analysis from John Henderson. Games and website by Peter Sowray.

Final Standings:
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Smith & Williamson ch-GBR Scarborough ENG (HUN), 2-14 vii 2001
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 1. Gallagher, Joseph G    g  SUI 2516  +38 =25 +65 =44 = 2 =19 +21 +14 +10 = 4 = 3  8.0  2569 
 2. Hodgson, Julian M      g  ENG 2581  +36 = 3 +19 =10 = 1 +13 = 5 +12 = 7 =14 = 4  7.5  2604 
 3. Arkell, Keith C        g  ENG 2431  +54 = 2 =27 - 9 +48 =20 +29 +13 = 5 +11 = 1  7.5  2522 
 4. Wells, Peter K         g  ENG 2510  +41 +61 +23 =31 = 9 = 5 = 6 =10 +16 = 1 = 2  7.5  2579 
 5. Emms, John M           g  ENG 2532  +66 =21 +25 =15 +44 = 4 = 2 =19 = 3 +10 = 7  7.5  2539 
 6. Gormally, Daniel       m  ENG 2481  +40 -23 =52 +30 +28 =31 = 4 +25 = 9 =22 +14  7.5  2498 
 7. Lalic, Bogdan          g  ENG 2528  =43 =20 +62 +42 +15 = 9 =14 = 8 = 2 +19 = 5  7.5  2543 
 8. Hebden, Mark           g  ENG 2550  +55 =19 =21 =61 +25 -10 +24 = 7 +20 + 9 =12  7.5  2522 
 9. Ward, Christopher      g  ENG 2493  +50 +29 =44 + 3 = 4 = 7 -10 +17 = 6 - 8 +24  7.0  2492 
10. Shaw, John             m  SCO 2478  +67 +47 =31 = 2 =14 + 8 + 9 = 4 - 1 - 5 +19  7.0  2568 
11. Rowson, Jonathan       g  SCO 2514  =33 +43 =17 +27 =31 =22 -19 +44 +15 - 3 +20  7.0  2432 
12. Summerscale, Aaron     g  ENG 2510  +48 =17 =42 =32 =24 +47 +44 - 2 =19 +25 = 8  7.0  2433 
13. Turner, Matthew        m  ENG 2511  +30 =42 =35 =23 +61 - 2 +32 - 3 =36 +47 +22  7.0  2425 
14. Chandler, Murray G     g  ENG 2540  =20 +33 =24 +17 =10 +29 = 7 - 1 +26 = 2 - 6  6.5  2470 
15. Pert, Nicholas         f  ENG 2475  +52 =35 +37 = 5 - 7 =24 =20 +42 -11 +16 =18  6.5  2438 
16. Lane, Gary W           m  AUS 2464  +28 -44 =40 =52 +37 =23 +34 +31 - 4 -15 +32  6.5  2342 
17. Palliser, Richard      f  ENG 2337  +68 =12 =11 -14 +55 +30 =31 - 9 =21 =32 +35  6.5  2430 
18. Crouch, Colin S        m  ENG 2407  =53 -32 +49 +40 =23 -44 +59 -22 +46 +36 =15  6.5  2297 
19. Ansell, Simon          m  ENG 2376  +34 = 8 - 2 +33 +35 = 1 +11 = 5 =12 - 7 -10  6.0  2473 
20. Pert, Richard G        f  ENG 2245  =14 = 7 =59 +39 =22 = 3 =15 +35 - 8 +26 -11  6.0  2444 
21. Knott, Simon J.B       f  ENG 2373  +57 = 5 = 8 =28 =32 +27 - 1 =26 =17 =30 =29  6.0  2360 
22. Kelly, Brian           m  IRL 2458  +46 =27 =32 =35 =20 =11 =42 +18 =24 = 6 -13  6.0  2368 
23. Hanley, Craig             ENG 2278  +58 + 6 - 4 =13 =18 =16 -26 =32 +34 -24 +43  6.0  2376 
24. Zhao Zong-Yuan         m  AUS 2359  =32 +53 =14 =37 =12 =15 - 8 +39 =22 +23 - 9  6.0  2406 
25. Williams, Simon        m  ENG 2369  +62 = 1 - 5 +46 - 8 +45 +38 - 6 +27 -12 =30  6.0  2370 
26. Ledger, Andrew         m  ENG 2418  +39 -31 -28 +53 +36 =32 +23 =21 -14 -20 +45  6.0  2316 
27. Ghasi, Ameet K            ENG 2188  +60 =22 = 3 -11 +65 -21 =36 +40 -25 =37 +47  6.0  2389 
28. Moore, Gerald             ENG 2194  -16 +51 +26 =21 - 6 -42 =52 =43 +56 =33 +48  6.0  2347 
29. Singh, Gurpreetpal        IND 2302  +59 - 9 =39 +34 +64 -14 - 3 =46 +49 =31 =21  6.0  2323 
30. Simons, Martin            ENG 2215  -13 =45 +48 - 6 +63 -17 +57 +54 =31 =21 =25  6.0  2348 
31. Miles, Anthony J       g  ENG 2565  +56 +26 =10 = 4 =11 = 6 =17 -16 =30 =29  .   5.5  2432 
32. D'Costa, Lorin            ENG 2155  =24 +18 =22 =12 =21 =26 -13 =23 +42 =17 -16  5.5  2404 
33. Addison, Bret             ENG 2218  =11 -14 +58 -19 +57 =59 =41 =34 =37 =28 =36  5.5  2256 
34. Blackburn, Joathan Lb     WLS 2115  -19 +41 =47 -29 +43 +61 -16 =33 -23 +55 =37  5.5  2287 
35. Broomfield, Matthew       ENG 2271  +69 =15 =13 =22 -19 =46 +48 -20 =45 +54 -17  5.5  2287 
36. Tan, Desmond              ENG 2253  - 2 =54 =57 +62 -26 +52 =27 +53 =13 -18 =33  5.5  2291 
37. Berry, Neil               SCO 2256  =70 +49 -15 =24 -16 =54 =45 +62 =33 =27 =34  5.5  2225 
38. Lyell, Mark               ENG 2219  - 1 -68 -64 +49 +58 +65 -25 -45 =62 +57 +53  5.5  2202 
39. Conlon, Joseph P          ENG 2191  -26 +56 =29 -20 =67 =64 +61 -24 =43 =42 +60  5.5  2277 
40. Briggs, Philip J          ENG 2200  - 6 +69 =16 -18 +54 -48 +63 -27 =53 =44 +58  5.5  2225 
41. Lappage, Jonathan         ENG 2208  - 4 -34 -46 +69 +62 =43 =33 -48 +63 =53 +54  5.5  2196 
42. Eames, Robert             ENG 2333  +45 =13 =12 - 7 =59 +28 =22 -15 -32 =39 =46  5.0  2277 
43. Jackson, Adrian           ENG 2230  = 7 -11 =53 =57 -34 =41 +65 =28 =39 +49 -23  5.0  2224 
44. Walker, Martin            ENG 2109  +72 +16 = 9 = 1 - 5 +18 -12 -11 -47 =40 =50  5.0  2352 
45. Buckley, Melanie          ENG 2118  -42 =30 =55 =66 +60 -25 =37 +38 =35 =48 -26  5.0  2253 
46. Collins, Sam              IRL 2194  -22 =60 +41 -25 +66 =35 =47 =29 -18 =51 =42  5.0  2283 
47. Buckley, Simon T          ENG 2268  +64 -10 =34 =59 +52 -12 =46 =49 +44 -13 -27  5.0  2196 
48. Burnett, James            ENG 2209  -12 +63 -30 +70 - 3 +40 -35 +41 =55 =45 -28  5.0  2196 
49. Waters, Clive L           ENG 2147  =65 -37 -18 -38 +51 +56 +64 =47 -29 -43 +63  5.0  2205 
50. Jones, Gawain C           ENG 2206  - 9 -59 =51 -60 -69 =58 +68 =66 +61 +62 =44  5.0  2179 
51. Rumens,David E         f  ENG 2255   .  -28 =50 -63 -49 +69 +70 =52 =59 =46 =56  4.5  2114 
52. Oswald, Graeme            ENG 2195  -15 +64 = 6 =16 -47 -36 =28 =51 =60 =56 =55  4.5  2234 
53. Buckley, David            ENG 2172  =18 -24 =43 -26 +68 =55 +60 -36 =40 =41 -38  4.5  2215 
54. Rudd, Jack                ENG 2193  - 3 =36 +60 =65 -40 =37 +55 -30 +64 -35 -41  4.5  2193 
55. Stephenson, F. Norman     ENG 2246  - 8 =57 =45 +68 -17 =53 -54 +61 =48 -34 =52  4.5  2162 
56. Trent, Lawrence           ENG 2249  -31 -39 =63 =58 =70 -49 +66 +59 -28 =52 =51  4.5  2130 
57. Anderson, John            ENG 2161  -21 =55 =36 =43 -33 +70 -30 =60 =65 -38 +59  4.5  2177 
58. Steadman, Michael         NZL 2090  -23 =67 -33 =56 -38 =50 -62 +69 +70 +65 -40  4.5  2132 
59. Player, Edmund C          ENG 2115  -29 +50 =20 =47 =42 =33 -18 -56 =51 =60 -57  4.0  2175 
60. Hunt, Adam             m  ENG 2408  -27 =46 -54 +50 -45 +67 -53 =57 =52 =59 -39  4.0  2073 
61. Ledger, David          f  ENG 2312  +63 - 4 +68 = 8 -13 -34 -39 -55 -50 +64 =66  4.0  2154 
62. Snape, Ian                ENG 2160  -25 +66 - 7 -36 -41 +68 +58 -37 =38 -50 =65  4.0  2158 
63. Rutherford, Elaine     wf SCO 2117  -61 -48 =56 +51 -30 +66 -40 =64 -41 +67 -49  4.0  2100 
64. Adams,David M             ENG ----  -47 -52 +38 +67 -29 =39 -49 =63 -54 -61 +69  4.0  2096 
65. Waddington, Michael       ENG 2353  =49 +70 - 1 =54 -27 -38 -43 +67 =57 -58 =62  4.0  2092 
66. Willmoth, Robert          ENG 2239  - 5 -62 +69 =45 -46 -63 -56 =50 =67 +68 =61  4.0  2104 
67. Ledger, Stephen           ENG 2196  -10 =58 =70 -64 =39 -60 =69 -65 =66 -63 =68  3.0  2016 
68. Frost, Nicholas        f  ENG 2141  -17 +38 -61 -55 -53 -62 -50 =70 +69 -66 =67  3.0  2022 
69. McDonnell, James J        IRL 2047  -35 -40 -66 -41 +50 -51 =67 -58 -68 +70 -64  2.5  1957 
70. Kennedy, John             IRL 2042  =37 -65 =67 -48 =56 -57 -51 =68 -58 -69 =71  2.5  1978 
71. Parkin, James             SCO 2122   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  =70  0.5  2042 
72. Reuben, Stewart           ENG 2168  -44  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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3) WDR TV Game

Peter Leko and Viswanathan Anand drew live on German TV Channel WDR. Anand replaced last year's champion Kramnik who is preparing for his match against Deep Fritz. This and the Villarrobledo rapidplay are Anand's only scheduled events before his defence of his FIDE World Title. My thanks to Stefan Pfannkuch for sending the game.

4) Montreal International

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 10 (of 11) Standings:
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It Montreal CAN (CAN), 2-14 viii 2001                      cat. IX (2456)
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 1. Lesiege, Alexandre     g CAN 2564  * = 0 = = . 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2647 
 2. Oral, Tomas            g CZE 2540  = * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 = .  7.0  2599 
 3. Kosyrev, Vladimir      g RUS 2554  1 = * = = = = 1 = . = 1  6.5  2574 
 4. Rozentalis, Eduardas   g LTU 2588  = 0 = * = 1 . = = 1 1 1  6.5  2557 
 5. Turov, Maxim           g RUS 2550  = = = = * 1 = = = = . 1  6.0  2529 
 6. Barbeau, Sylvain       f CAN 2365  . = = 0 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 1  5.5  2490 
 7. Charbonneau, Pascal      CAN 2405  0 = = . = 0 * = 1 = 1 0  4.5  2411 
 8. Zugic, Igor            m CAN 2440  0 0 0 = = 1 = * . = = 1  4.5  2424 
 9. Krush, Irina           m USA 2421  0 0 = = = = 0 . * 1 0 1  4.0  2388 
10. Mikanovic, Goran       f CAN 2273  0 0 . 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 =  3.0  2315 
11. Goldenberg, Danny      f CAN 2343  0 = = 0 . 0 0 = 1 0 * 0  2.5  2264 
12. Hebert, Jean           m CAN 2427  0 . 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 1 *  2.5  2257 
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5) 12th Süder Summer Tournament

The 12th Süder Summer Tournament in Recklinghausen took place August 4th-12th 2001. Games from the first 8 rounds of 9 are available. Igor Khenkin and Karl-Heinz Podzielny finished on 7.5/9.

Internet coverage: http://www.chess-international.de/reckl.htm/sueder.html and http://www.koenig-plauen.de/

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12th Sueder Summer Recklinghausen GER (GER), 4-12 viii 2001
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  1. Khenkin, Igor             g  GER 2579 7½ 51½ 41¾
  2. Podzielny, Karl-Heinz     m  GER 2477 7½ 50  39¾
  3. Feygin, Michail           m  UKR 2461 7  52  39¼
  4. Rotstein, Arkadij         g  GER 2499 7  50  38½
  5. Kalka, Arkadius Georg     f  GER 2386 7  49  38 
  6. Hillarp Persson, Tiger    g  SWE 2438 7  45  36¾
  7. Schebler, Gerhard         m  GER 2485 6½ 49½ 35½
  8. Mainka, Romuald           g  GER 2459 6½ 47  35 
  9. Bischoff, Klaus           g  GER 2541 6½ 46½ 35¼
 10. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon      g  ISR 2518 6½ 46½ 34½
 11. Eismont, Oleg             m  RUS 2443 6½ 46  34½
 12. Saltaev, Mihail           g  UZB 2510 6½ 44  31¼
 13. Berelovich, Aleksandar    g  UKR 2513 6½ 42½ 32½
 14. Halasz, Tamas             m  HUN 2382 6  48  30¾
 15. Bakhmatov, Eduard            UKR 2276 6  47½ 33 
 16. Eismont, Igor                GER 2238 6  46  29 
 17. Wilde, Pierre                GER 2272 6  45½ 31¼
 18. Rotshtein, Efim              UKR 2364 6  45  29¼
 19. Dresen, Ulrich            f  GER 2233 6  43½ 29½
 20. Michalczak, Thomas        f  GER 2232 6  42  28¾
 21. Gassmann,Volker              GER ---- 6  42  26½
 22. Ritter, Uwe                  GER 2094 6  41½ 26½
 23. Weisskopf,Lutz               GER ---- 6  38  23¼
 24. Pirs, Matjaz              f  SLO 2248 6  37½ 26¼
145 players

6) 8th Nice Summer Open

The 8th Nice Summer Open takes place 6th-11th August 2001. Aleksander Delchev won the 7 round event with 6 points.

Internet coverage: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/babet/main.htm

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8th Nice Open FRA (FRA), 6-11 viii 2001
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 1. Delchev, Aleksander    g  BUL 2629  6.0 34.0 2641 25.0 2667
 2. Komljenovic, Davor     g  CRO 2478  5.5 35.0 2556 24.5 2552
 3. Sulava, Nenad          g  CRO 2531  5.5 33.0 2590 25.5 2589
 4. Badea, Bela            g  ROM 2487  5.5 33.0 2557 24.0 2552
 5. Madl, Ildiko           m  HUN 2420  5.5 32.0 2457 22.0 2505
 6. Inkiov, Ventzislav     g  BUL 2470  5.5 30.5 2504 21.5 2506
 7. Shirazi, Kamran        m  USA 2432  5.0 35.0 2441 25.0 2442
 8. Gachet, Sebastien         FRA 2211  5.0 31.0 2307 22.0 2302
 9. Dunis, Aurelien           FRA 2382  5.0 30.5 2436 22.0 2438
10. Etchegaray, Patrice    m  FRA 2350  5.0 30.5 2412 22.0 2407
11. Ter Sarkissoff,JJ         FRA ----  5.0 30.5 2240 21.5 2303
12. Bucher, Denis          f  SUI 2256  5.0 30.0 2364 21.0 2359
13. Van Hoolandt, Patrick     BEL 2176  5.0 27.5 2304 19.5 2299
14. Mrdja, Milan           m  CRO 2399  4.5 32.0 2265 23.0 2271
15. Dobos, Jozsef          m  HUN 2309  4.5 31.5 2325 22.5 2319
136 players

7) Tianjin IM tournaments

Jovan Petronic reports: Two invitational IM tournaments were held in Tianjin (China) last month (15-27.VII 2001) 12 players from Mongolia, Yugoslavia, China and Singapore competed for rating and FIDE norms. The first tournament was won by the Chinese Olympic representative from Ellista 1998, IM Yu Shaoteng, the second tournament by the Yugoslavian IM Jovan Petronic. Ning Chunhong (China) won two WGM and two IM norms, Wang Yue (China) one IM norm, Chan Peng-Kong (Singapore) won his second and final IM norm. the 6 prizes were divided according to the overall 22 round result, the winner being IM Yu Shaoteng. The new FIDE time control was used (75 min. for 40 moves, then 15 minutes 'till end + 30 sec. bonus after each move from move one). All in all, an exausting 22 round chess event. The Chinese Chess Federation was the perfect host for the foreign players. They assured us they will do their best to make chess a medal sport on the Summer Olympic games in Beijing 2008! IM Tan Lian Ann from Singapore was the main sponsor of the tournaments.

Full coverage with downloadable games and a large photo gallery: http://www.geocities.com/jovanpetronic/

Tan Lian Ann cup Tianjin CHN (CHN), 15 vii-4 viii 2001            cat. V (2367)
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                                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 
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 1 Yu Shaoteng       m CHN 2517 ** == == == 1= == 1= 11 == 1= 11 11  15.5  2502
 2 Ning Chunhong    wm CHN 2341 == ** == =0 11 == 11 11 1= 11 =0 =1  15.0  2502
 3 Wang Rui          m CHN 2509 == == ** == == == == == 11 1= 11 =1  14.0  2456
 4 Petronic, Jovan   m YUG 2389 == =1 == ** 0= 1= 0= =1 =1 1= == 1=  13.0  2430
 5 Wang Yue          f CHN 2466 0= 00 == 1= ** == =1 =1 1= =1 == 11  13.0  2423
 6 Chan Peng-Kong    f SIN 2393 == == == 0= == ** =1 == =1 0= 1= 01  11.5  2379
 7 Chi Fengtong        CHN 2275 0= 00 == 1= =0 =0 ** == =0 == 11 ==   9.5  2325
 8 Li Haoyu            CHN 2314 00 00 == =0 =0 == == ** 1= == 11 ==   9.5  2322
 9 Altanoch, Genden  f MGL 2295 == 0= 00 =0 0= =0 =1 0= ** 01 0= 1=   8.0  2272
10 Ding Linlin         CHN 2347 0= 00 0= 0= =0 1= == == 10 ** 10 =0   8.0  2267
11 Petronic, Sanja  wm YUG 2279 00 =1 00 == == 0= 00 00 1= 01 ** ==   7.5  2258
12 Wu Kaiyu            CHN 2284 00 =0 =0 0= 00 10 == == 0= =1 == **   7.5  2258
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1st Tournament
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Tan Lian Ann cup Tianjin CHN (CHN), 15 vii-4 viii 2001   cat. V (2367)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Yu Shaoteng        m CHN 2517  * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 1  8.5  2564 
 2. Ning Chunhong     wm CHN 2341  = * = = 1 1 1 1 = = 1 =  8.0  2544 
 3. Wang Rui           m CHN 2509  = = * = = = = 1 = = 1 1  7.0  2456 
 4. Petronic, Jovan    m YUG 2389  = = = * 0 0 = 1 1 1 = =  6.0  2401 
 5. Wang Yue           f CHN 2466  0 0 = 1 * = = = = 1 1 =  6.0  2394 
 6. Chi Fengtong         CHN 2275  0 0 = 1 = * = = = = = 1  5.5  2375 
 7. Li Haoyu             CHN 2314  0 0 = = = = * = = = 1 1  5.5  2372 
 8. Ding Linlin          CHN 2347  0 0 0 0 = = = * 1 = 1 1  5.0  2333 
 9. Chan Peng-Kong     f SIN 2393  = = = 0 = = = 0 * 0 = 1  4.5  2300 
10. Wu Kaiyu             CHN 2284  0 = = 0 0 = = = 1 * 0 =  4.0  2273 
11. Altanoch, Genden   f MGL 2295  = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 0  3.0  2199 
12. Petronic, Sanja   wm YUG 2279  0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 0 = 1 *  3.0  2200 
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Tan Lian Ann cup Tianjin CHN (CHN), 26 vii-4 viii 2001   cat. V (2367)
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 1. Petronic, Jovan    m YUG 2389  * = = = 1 = 1 = = 1 = =  7.0  2467 
 2. Wang Rui           m CHN 2509  = * = = = = 1 1 = = 1 =  7.0  2456 
 3. Chan Peng-Kong     f SIN 2393  = = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 =  7.0  2467 
 4. Yu Shaoteng        m CHN 2517  = = = * = = = 1 = 1 1 =  7.0  2455 
 5. Ning Chunhong     wm CHN 2341  0 = = = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1  7.0  2471 
 6. Wang Yue           f CHN 2466  = = = = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2460 
 7. Altanoch, Genden   f MGL 2295  0 0 0 = = = * = 1 = = 1  5.0  2338 
 8. Petronic, Sanja   wm YUG 2279  = 0 = 0 1 = = * 0 0 = 1  4.5  2310 
 9. Chi Fengtong         CHN 2275  = = 0 = 0 0 0 1 * = = =  4.0  2273 
10. Li Haoyu             CHN 2314  0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 = * = =  4.0  2270 
11. Wu Kaiyu             CHN 2284  = 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = * 1  3.5  2242 
12. Ding Linlin          CHN 2347  = = = = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 *  3.0  2194 
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8) Norwegian Championships

Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: The Norwegian Championships took place in Kristiansund 7-14th July 2001. The winner was GM Einar Gausel.

Internet coverage: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/

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 1. Gausel, Einar             g  NOR 2520  = 9 + 2 = 5 = 6 + 4 +10 +11 = 3 = 7  6.5  2501 
 2. Johannessen, Leif Erlend  m  NOR 2426  +15 - 1 +16 + 9 +11 + 6 - 3 - 5 + 8  6.0  2471 
 3. Bae, Torstein                NOR 2281  +17 - 6 =12 +16 - 5 + 8 + 2 = 1 +10  6.0  2484 
 4. Lie, Kjetil A                NOR 2347  +18 +11 = 6 -10 - 1 +12 +13 = 7 + 5  6.0  2472 
 5. Ostenstad, Berge          m  NOR 2439  = 8 + 7 = 1 -11 + 3 =13 + 6 + 2 - 4  5.5  2438 
 6. Djurhuus, Rune            g  NOR 2474  +14 + 3 = 4 = 1 +10 - 2 - 5 =12 +11  5.5  2432 
 7. Christenson, Flemming        NOR 2218  =12 - 5 =13 =15 =14 +18 +10 = 4 = 1  5.0  2365 
 8. Dannevig, Oystein            NOR 2317  = 5 -10 +17 =12 =13 - 3 +18 + 9 - 2  4.5  2308 
 9. Hansen, Torbjorn R           NOR 2244  = 1 =12 -10 - 2 +17 =16 +15 - 8 +18  4.5  2316 
10. Lahlum, Hans Olav            NOR 2227  =16 + 8 + 9 + 4 - 6 - 1 - 7 =11 - 3  4.0  2290 
11. Groenn, Atle                 NOR 2365  +13 - 4 +14 + 5 - 2 =15 - 1 =10 - 6  4.0  2311 
12. Trygstad, Kristian           NOR 2323  = 7 = 9 = 3 = 8 =15 - 4 +17 = 6 -14  4.0  2249 
13. Nordahl, Helge               NOR 2279  -11 =16 = 7 +14 = 8 = 5 - 4 =18 =17  4.0  2259 
14. Hersvik, Daniel              NOR 2241  - 6 +18 -11 -13 = 7 -17 +16 =15 +12  4.0  2256 
15. Johansen, Terje              NOR 2236  - 2 =17 +18 = 7 =12 =11 - 9 =14 =16  4.0  2247 
16. Tallaksen, Geir S            NOR 2239  =10 =13 - 2 - 3 +18 = 9 -14 +17 =15  4.0  2234 
17. Hole, Oystein                NOR 2274  - 3 =15 - 8 =18 - 9 +14 -12 -16 =13  2.5  2105 
18. Borresen, Georg S            NOR 2286  - 4 -14 -15 =17 -16 - 7 - 8 =13 - 9  1.0  1915 
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9) 1st Asean International Open

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.

An improved version of the file in TWIC last week has been produced by Ian Rogers, it includes extra games, better naming and corrected game scores. A couple of notes, the FIDE rating list has Megararanto instead of Magaranto and doesn't have a first name for Irwanto (it is Sadikin).

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

10) UPI Mancha Real

The UPI Mancha Real tournament in Spain takes place 30th July - 7th August 2001. Jorge Gonzalez Rodriguez and Reynaldo Vera finished on 6.5/9 half a point clear of Horacio Saldano. My thanks to Zenon Franco for the information.

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 1. Vera, Reynaldo                  g CUB 2563  * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1  6.5  2478 
 2. Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A     m COL 2428  = * 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2493 
 3. Saldano, Horacio                f ARG 2422  = 0 * = 0 1 1 1 1 1  6.0  2453 
 4. De la Paz, Frank                m CUB 2461  = = = * 1 = 0 = 1 1  5.5  2404 
 5. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique       ESP 2295  0 1 1 0 * 1 = 0 1 =  5.0  2385 
 6. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto       f ESP 2343  = 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 =  4.0  2294 
 7. Hernandez, Yudania             wm ESP 2220  = = 0 1 = = * = 0 0  3.5  2270 
 8. Ruiz Jimenez, Francisco           ESP 2115  0 0 0 = 1 0 = * 0 1  3.0  2237 
 9. Castillo Gallego, Sergio          ESP 2234  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1  3.0  2224 
10. Almagro Mazariegos, Sebastian     ESP 2296  0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 0 *  2.0  2122 
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11) First Saturday August

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

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 1. Breder, Dennis          m GER 2411  * = 1 = . = . 1 = = . 1 = .  6.0  2548 
 2. Medvegy, Zoltan         m HUN 2430  = * = = . = = 1 1 . . = 1 .  6.0  2543 
 3. Bhat, Vinay S           m USA 2404  0 = * . 1 = . 0 . = 1 1 . 1  5.5  2487 
 4. Sundararajan, Kidambi     IND 2421  = = . * = = . 0 . 1 . 1 = 1  5.5  2486 
 5. Balogh, Csaba           f HUN 2347  . . 0 = * . = 1 = = 1 . = =  5.0  2473 
 6. Dembo, Yelena          wm HUN 2391  = = = = . * = . . . = = = 1  5.0  2444 
 7. Fogarasi, Tibor         m HUN 2449  . = . . = = * = = 1 = 0 . =  4.5  2409 
 8. Varga, Zoltan           g HUN 2518  0 0 1 1 0 . = * . . = . = 1  4.5  2403 
 9. Lukacs, Peter           g HUN 2432  = 0 . . = . = . * = = 1 1 0  4.5  2401 
10. Drazic, Sinisa          g YUG 2480  = . = 0 = . 0 . = * = . 1 1  4.5  2403 
11. Szeberenyi, Adam        m HUN 2417  . . 0 . 0 = = = = = * 1 . 1  4.5  2410 
12. Rajlich, Vasik G        f USA 2330  0 = 0 0 . = 1 . 0 . 0 * 1 .  3.0  2293 
13. Arnold, Lothar          m GER 2408  = 0 . = = = . = 0 0 . 0 * .  2.5  2251 
14. Castaneda, Nelson       f USA 2341  . . 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 0 . . *  2.0  2208 
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 1. Kummer, Helmut      f AUT 2386  * . 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 = .  6.0  2380 
 2. Turzo, Attila       m HUN 2372  . * = 1 1 0 = . = 1 = =  5.5  2341 
 3. Borisek, Jure         SLO 2258  1 = * 0 = . 0 1 1 . 1 =  5.5  2362 
 4. Cooke, Eric           USA 2237  = 0 1 * . 1 0 0 . 1 1 1  5.5  2363 
 5. Zimmerman, Yuri     m HUN 2346  0 0 = . * 1 = = 1 1 . 1  5.5  2364 
 6. Sinkovics, Peter    m HUN 2301  0 1 . 0 0 * 1 = 1 = . =  4.5  2286 
 7. Paci, Cedric          FRA 2275  0 = 1 1 = 0 * . . 0 0 1  4.0  2249 
 8. Erdelyi, Zombor       HUN 2230  = . 0 1 = = . * 0 = 1 0  4.0  2231 
 9. Moloney, Nicholas     ENG 2208  = = 0 . 0 0 . 1 * 0 1 1  4.0  2248 
10. Bognar, Csaba       f HUN 2238  0 0 . 0 0 = 1 = 1 * 1 .  4.0  2241 
11. Tournier, Pascal      FRA 2204  = = 0 0 . . 1 0 0 0 * 1  3.0  2151 
12. Pirisi, Gabor       m HUN 2288  . = = 0 0 = 0 1 0 . 0 *  2.5  2104 
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 1. Seres, Lajos               m HUN 2427  * 1 = 1 1 1 1 . 1 = 1 .  8.0  2606 
 2. Schneider-Zinner, Harald   f AUT 2329  0 * = . 1 1 0 . = 1 1 1  6.0  2390 
 3. Philippe, Christophe       f FRA 2298  = = * . . 0 = 1 1 1 = 1  6.0  2389 
 4. Kun, Gabor                   HUN 2274  0 . . * 1 = 1 = = 1 1 =  6.0  2383 
 5. Dearing, Eddie               SCO 2274  0 0 . 0 * . 1 1 1 1 1 =  5.5  2352 
 6. Resika, Nathan A           f USA 2203  0 0 1 = . * 0 = 1 . = 1  4.5  2289 
 7. Kahn, Evarth               m HUN 2278  0 1 = 0 0 1 * 0 = = . .  3.5  2191 
 8. Balogh, Viktor               HUN 2234  . . 0 = 0 = 1 * 0 = 0 1  3.5  2168 
 9. Eperjesi, Laszlo           m HUN 2255  0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * . . =  3.0  2161 
10. Schmitt, Fabien              FRA 2146  = 0 0 0 0 . = = . * 1 =  3.0  2166 
11. Jamrich, Gyorgy              HUN 2246  0 0 = 0 0 = . 1 . 0 * 1  3.0  2147 
12. Hoenig, Alexander            GER 2263  . 0 0 = = 0 . 0 = = 0 *  2.0  2031 
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12) Brasilia Chess Club Festival

The Brasilia Chess Club Festival in Brasilia City took place 5th-12th August 2001. Luis Galego won the Category IV IM event with 7/9.

Internet coverage at http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx

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Magistral BCX Brasilia BRA (BRA), 5-12 viii 2001             cat. IV (2339)
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 1. Galego, Luis                 m POR 2467  * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2544 
 2. Matsuura, Everaldo           m BRA 2437  = * = 1 = = 1 1 = =  6.0  2452 
 3. Coelho, Luis                   BRA 2223  = = * 0 1 1 1 1 0 1  6.0  2476 
 4. Crosa, Martin                f URU 2289  0 0 1 * 1 0 = = 1 1  5.0  2387 
 5. Needleman, Alejandro           ARG 2381  = = 0 0 * = 1 = 1 1  5.0  2377 
 6. Cubas, Jose Fernando         f PAR 2290  = = 0 1 = * 0 1 1 0  4.5  2344 
 7. Valle, Adriano                 BRA 2215  0 0 0 = 0 1 * = 1 1  4.0  2309 
 8. Limp, Eduardo                m BRA 2418  0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 1  3.5  2249 
 9. Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva   f BRA 2349  0 = 1 0 0 0 0 0 * =  2.0  2117 
10. Caldeira, Adriano            f BRA 2318  0 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 = *  2.0  2121 
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13) Bergen Chess International

Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: GMs Arthur Kogan (ISR 2517) and Evgenij Agrest (SWE 2529) shared first place in the second Bergen Chess International, played in Norway 4th-12th August 2001. Both scored eight points from nine games, with impressive rating performances of 2760 (Kogan) and 2730 (Agrest). The tournament had the status of Nordic Championship 2001 and being the best Nordic player (NOR/SWE/FIN/DEN/ISL/FAI) Agrest won the title of Nordic Champion 2001. In third place with seven points came the best Norwegian player, IM Leif Erlend Johannessen (2426). Top seed GM Vladimir Georgiev (BUL 2584) had to settle for 5.5 points and a somewhat disappointing shared 16th place. The tournament had 94 participants, including 8 GMs and 13 IMs. There were 9 women playing, which must be a new record in a Norwegian tournament. Arnar Gunnarson of Iceland made an IM-norm and Katarzyna Toma of Poland a WIM-norm.

Internet coverage: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2001/

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 1. Agrest, Evgenij                 g  SWE 2529  +49 =42 +46 +29 + 4 +25 = 2 + 7 +11  8.0  2730 
 2. Kogan, Artur                    g  ISR 2517  +63 +21 +32 +55 + 6 +16 = 1 + 9 = 4  8.0  2752 
 3. Johannessen, Leif Erlend        m  NOR 2426  =44 +35 -28 +50 +46 = 6 +12 +32 +10  7.0  2502 
 4. Brynell, Stellan                m  SWE 2486  +41 +26 =33 +34 - 1 =36 +30 +19 = 2  6.5  2508 
 5. Schandorff, Lars                g  DEN 2551  +15 -31 +49 +40 -19 +42 =23 +24 +16  6.5  2492 
 6. Gausel, Einar                   g  NOR 2520  +39 +59 +53 =18 - 2 = 3 =29 +21 +23  6.5  2535 
 7. Djurhuus, Rune                  g  NOR 2474  +83 +14 +31 -16 =12 +53 +24 - 1 +32  6.5  2539 
 8. Mitkov, Nikola                  g  MKD 2547  =61 -40 +57 +39 -21 +51 +56 +25 +17  6.5  2412 
 9. Salmensuu, Olli                 m  FIN 2431  =50 +89 +56 =33 +51 +19 =17 - 2 +18  6.5  2478 
10. Stefanova, Antoaneta            m  BUL 2459  =40 +50 -55 +62 +34 =29 +33 +17 - 3  6.0  2407 
11. Pedersen, Steffen               m  DEN 2453  =62 +73 =37 +26 =17 =21 +41 +36 - 1  6.0  2412 
12. Carlsson, Pontus                   SWE 2330  =73 +81 =22 +41 = 7 =20 - 3 +67 +28  6.0  2373 
13. Lindberg, Bosse                    SWE 2248  -70 +58 -41 +38 +54 -30 +50 +53 +36  6.0  2326 
14. Hansen, Torbjorn R                 NOR 2244  +84 - 7 -51 +77 +58 +59 -18 +30 +29  6.0  2390 
15. Moen, Andreas                      NOR 2218  - 5 +75 -20 +93 -30 +58 +59 +37 +31  6.0  2402 
16. Georgiev, Vladimir              g  BUL 2584  +67 +30 =17 + 7 +18 - 2 =36 =23 - 5  5.5  2496 
17. Holmsten, Aleksei               m  FIN 2436  +38 +47 =16 +28 =11 +32 = 9 -10 - 8  5.5  2454 
18. Berg, Emanuel                   m  SWE 2496  +48 +60 +36 = 6 -16 -23 +14 +46 - 9  5.5  2433 
19. Dworakowska, Joanna             wg POL 2350  -28 +43 +52 +60 + 5 - 9 +20 - 4 =22  5.5  2394 
20. Thorhallsson, Throstur          g  ISL 2456  =35 =71 +15 =31 +47 =12 -19 =29 +46  5.5  2330 
21. Gunnarsson, Arnar                  ISL 2263  +54 - 2 +69 =53 + 8 =11 =25 - 6 +40  5.5  2452 
22. Sprotte, Norbert                   GER 2240  +76 =23 =12 -36 =43 +87 =31 +33 =19  5.5  2316 
23. Fyllingen, Roy Harald           m  NOR 2389  +92 =22 -40 +73 +56 +18 = 5 =16 - 6  5.5  2422 
24. Porper, Eduard                  m  ISR 2436  +51 =56 -34 +54 +67 +28 - 7 - 5 +49  5.5  2336 
25. Ostenstad, Berge                m  NOR 2439  -52 +87 +83 +37 +55 - 1 =21 - 8 +47  5.5  2352 
26. Hagesaether, Paal Vegard           NOR 2250  +78 - 4 +91 -11 =52 =35 +74 =40 +43  5.5  2274 
27. Hersvik, Daniel                    NOR 2241  -57 +90 -54 -58 +75 =71 +72 +44 +52  5.5  2175 
28. Ekeberg, Carl Fredrik              NOR 2117  +19 =29 + 3 -17 +31 -24 =53 +45 -12  5.0  2405 
29. Nilssen, John Arni                 FAI 2333  +43 =28 +71 - 1 +40 =10 = 6 =20 -14  5.0  2344 
30. Schmidt-Schaeffer, Sebastian       GER 2323  +86 -16 +38 -51 +15 +13 - 4 -14 +67  5.0  2314 
31. Bjarnason, Saevar               m  ISL 2281  +93 + 5 - 7 =20 -28 +63 =22 +41 -15  5.0  2325 
32. Heim, Sverre                    f  NOR 2371  +58 +69 - 2 +64 +33 -17 +37 - 3 - 7  5.0  2382 
33. Trygstad, Kristian                 NOR 2323  +75 +57 = 4 = 9 -32 +64 -10 -22 +63  5.0  2329 
34. Eriksson, Jonas                    SWE 2245  =72 +74 +24 - 4 -10 +52 -46 +51 =35  5.0  2285 
35. Landgren, Philip                   SWE 2193  =20 - 3 +89 +45 -53 =26 =42 +64 =34  5.0  2339 
36. Lie, Kjetil A                      NOR 2347  +90 +70 -18 +22 +80 = 4 =16 -11 -13  5.0  2388 
37. Tjomsland, Stig                    NOR 2269  =91 +66 =11 -25 +61 +80 -32 -15 +65  5.0  2335 
38. Andersson, Fredrik2                SWE 2173  -17 +84 -30 -13 +91 =57 =54 +58 +55  5.0  2215 
39. Sagafos, Magne                     NOR 2208  - 6 +78 +74 - 8 -87 +82 +86 -47 +72  5.0  2213 
40. Stokstad, Petter G                 NOR 2195  =10 + 8 +23 - 5 -29 =45 +60 =26 -21  4.5  2369 
41. Olsson, Linus                      SWE 2196  - 4 +65 +13 -12 +60 +55 -11 -31 =42  4.5  2309 
42. Johannessen, Svein              m  NOR 2269  +88 = 1 -80 =44 +48 - 5 =35 =63 =41  4.5  2290 
43. Sorsa, Miitrei                     FIN 2111  -29 -19 +84 +69 =22 -56 +57 +61 -26  4.5  2212 
44. Borchgrevink, Harald               NOR 2163  = 3 -55 +82 =42 -64 =81 +87 -27 +56  4.5  2191 
45. Gabrielsen, Stig                f  NOR 2280  -71 =86 +79 -35 +65 =40 =61 -28 +70  4.5  2139 
46. Glenne, Bjorn Erik                 NOR 2223  =81 +82 - 1 +70 - 3 +73 +34 -18 -20  4.5  2261 
47. Tallaksen, Geir S                  NOR 2239  +85 -17 =70 +88 -20 =50 =51 +39 -25  4.5  2219 
48. Adnoy, Hallvard V                  NOR 2197  -18 -54 +81 +72 -42 -70 =66 +88 +73  4.5  2128 
49. Gabrielsen, Trond                  NOR 2217  - 1 +93 - 5 +75 -59 =54 +73 +70 -24  4.5  2243 
50. Pluemer, Detlef                    GER 2168  = 9 -10 +95 - 3 +88 =47 -13 =59 +64  4.5  2270 
51. Toma, Katarzyna                 wf POL 2174  -24 +76 +14 +30 - 9 - 8 =47 -34 =59  4.0  2264 
52. Plachkinova, Tatjana Georgieva     BUL 2190  +25 -53 -19 +57 =26 -34 +71 =56 -27  4.0  2210 
53. Manne, Per                         NOR 2386  +77 +52 - 6 =21 +35 - 7 =28 -13 -60  4.0  2223 
54. Karlsen, Terje                     NOR 2068  -21 +48 +27 -24 -13 =49 =38 -60 +89  4.0  2193 
55. Lauridsen, Jesper                  CHI 2223  +80 +44 +10 - 2 -25 -41 -67 +74 -38  4.0  2255 
56. Miellet-Bensan, Yves               FRA 2243  +65 =24 - 9 +71 -23 +43 - 8 =52 -44  4.0  2245 
57. Andersen, Preben                   DEN 2041  +27 -33 - 8 -52 +66 =38 -43 +86 =77  4.0  2173 
58. Valaker, Ole J                     NOR 2134  -32 -13 +68 +27 -14 -15 +76 -38 +81  4.0  2126 
59. Bachmann, Andreas               f  GER 2303  +79 - 6 +77 -80 +49 -14 -15 =50 =51  4.0  2209 
60. Johansson, Thomas                  SWE 2250  -68 -18 +61 -19 -41 +77 -40 +54 +53  4.0  2188 
61. Christenson, Flemming              NOR 2218  = 8 =72 -60 +91 -37 +65 =45 -43 =78  4.0  2157 
62. Wallin, Dennis                     SWE 2192  =11 -80 +78 -10 -74 =76 +84 =72 =66  4.0  2133 
63. Ofstad, Per                        NOR 2205  - 2 =88 -73 +79 +82 -31 +78 =42 -33  4.0  2153 
64. Myhrvold, Rune                     NOR 2248  =74 +91 +72 -32 +44 -33 =70 -35 -50  4.0  2104 
65. Sorensen, Henrik                f  DEN 2245  -56 -41 +90 +83 -45 -61 +77 +69 -37  4.0  2163 
66. Weighell, Mark                     ENG 2119  =82 -37 -88 =81 -57 +93 =48 +71 =62  4.0  2070 
67. Matras, Agnieszka               wm POL 2218  -16 =79 +86 +87 -24 =74 +55 -12 -30  4.0  2190 
68. Holder, Hovard                     NOR 2027  +60 -83 -58 -76 =85 +95 =89 +90 -69  4.0  2067 
69. Lahlum, Hans Olav                  NOR 2227  +95 -32 -21 -43 +93 -72 +81 -65 +68  4.0  2079 
70. Stokke, Kjetil                     NOR 2016  +13 -36 =47 -46 =71 +48 =64 -49 -45  3.5  2151 
71. Carlsen, Magnus                    NOR 2084  +45 =20 -29 -56 =70 =27 -52 -66 +86  3.5  2139 
72. Saevareid,Ove                      NOR ----  =34 =61 -64 -48 +83 +69 -27 =62 -39  3.5  2139 
73. Vestly, Jan                        NOR 2109  =12 -11 +63 -23 +78 -46 -49 +87 -48  3.5  2147 
74. Edvardsen, Ragnar                  NOR 2023  =64 -34 -39 +89 +62 =67 -26 -55 =75  3.5  2118 
75. Guzik, Jolanta                     POL 2095  -33 -15 +76 -49 -27 +83 =82 =81 =74  3.5  2063 
76. Svensen,Tarjei Joten               NOR ----  -22 -51 -75 +68 =92 =62 -58 =82 +88  3.5  2048 
77. Haugsdal, Arn Tore                 NOR 2144  -53 +85 -59 -14 +84 -60 -65 +91 =57  3.5  2091 
78. Crapis, Frederic                   FRA 2030  -26 -39 -62 +92 -73 +89 -63 +83 =61  3.5  2100 
79. Stam, Bart                         NED 2088  -59 =67 -45 -63 -86 =85 =91 +92 +87  3.5  2066 
80. Lobzhanidze, Davit              m  GEO 2501  -55 +62 +42 +59 -36 -37  .   .   .   3.0  2267 
81. Ellingsen,Ronny                    NOR ----  =46 -12 -48 =66 +90 =44 -69 =75 -58  3.0  2049 
82. White, Kevin                       ENG 2075  =66 -46 -44 +86 -63 -39 =75 =76 =84  3.0  1999 
83. Harestad, Hans Krogh               NOR 2196  - 7 +68 -25 -65 -72 -75 +85 -78 +93  3.0  2030 
84. Hersvik, Anita                     NOR 2007  -14 -38 -43 +85 -77 +90 -62 =89 =82  3.0  2000 
85. Otterlei,Olav                      NOR ----  -47 -77 -93 -84 =68 =79 -83 +94 +95  3.0  1962 
86. Flaata, Alexander R                NOR 2097  -30 =45 -67 -82 +79 +88 -39 -57 -71  2.5  1988 
87. Metzger, Jimmy                     USA ----  =89 -25 +92 -67 +39 -22 -44 -73 -79  2.5  2024 
88. Martinsen, Stig K                  NOR 2076  -42 =63 +66 -47 -50 -86 +92 -48 -76  2.5  1993 
89. Soh, Edmund                        ENG 2104  =87 - 9 -35 -74 +95 -78 =68 =84 -54  2.5  1920 
90. Hansen, Victor                     NOR 2086  -36 -27 -65 +95 -81 -84 +93 -68 =91  2.5  1947 
91. Gorczyca, Dominika                 POL 2069  =37 -64 -26 -61 -38 =92 =79 -77 =90  2.0  1960 
92. Haveland, Bjorn                    NOR 2145  -23 =95 -87 -78 =76 =91 -88 -79 =94  2.0  1852 
93. Zimny, Joanna                   wf POL 2087  -31 -49 +85 -15 -69 -66 -90 +95 -83  2.0  1929 
94. Normann,Oyvind                     NOR ----   .   .   .   .   .   .  +95 -85 =92  1.5  2048 
95. Solaroli,Riccardo                  NOR ----  -69 =92 -50 -90 -89 -68 -94 -93 -85  0.5  1649 
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14) Stork Young Masters 2001

Anjo Anjewierden reports: The first Stork Young Masters has been an enormous success. The event was organised to provide an opportunity for young chess players to achieve an IM-norm. Jan Werle (NED), Joost Berkvens (NED) and Jana Jackova (CZE) scored 5,5 / 9 in the category 7 Round Robin. For Jan and Joost this was their 3rd and final norm. Jana also scored her final WGM-norm. The tournament was won by Zahar Efimenko (UKR) with 6 points.

The Young Masters was part of the Dutch junior open championships. Nearly 400 children played 6-11 August in the townhall of Hengelo. The U20 was won by Steven Geirnaert (BEL), the U16 saw a surprising victory by a girl: Laura Bensdorp (NED). In the two youngest groups the winners were: Matthew Tan (NED; U14) and Ali Bitalzadeh (NED; U12).

Next year the tournament will be held 5-10 August 2002. We hereby invite strong young players (2400 and over) to contact us at webmaster@schaakbond.nl

Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl

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Stork YM Hengelo NED (NED), 6-11 viii 2001          cat. VII (2403)
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 1. Efimenko, Zahar     m UKR 2495  * = = 1 = = = 1 1 =  6.0  2517 
 2. Jackova, Jana      wm CZE 2350  = * = = = 1 1 0 = 1  5.5  2488 
 3. Werle, Jan            NED 2412  = = * = = 0 1 1 1 =  5.5  2481 
 4. Berkvens, Joost       NED 2444  0 = = * = 1 1 1 0 1  5.5  2478 
 5. Janssen, Ruud       m NED 2437  = = = = * 0 1 = 1 =  5.0  2441 
 6. Kritz, Leonid       f GER 2423  = 0 1 0 1 * = = 0 =  4.0  2357 
 7. Firman, Nazar       m UKR 2511  = 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1  4.0  2347 
 8. Zhigalko, Andrey      BLR 2400  0 1 0 0 = = 0 * = 1  3.5  2323 
 9. Ginzburg, Mikhail     BLR 2274  0 = 0 1 0 1 0 = * 0  3.0  2292 
10. Vink, Nico            NED 2281  = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 *  3.0  2291 
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15) US Open

The 102nd Annual US Open took place in Framingham (near Boston) August 4th-12th 2001. Alex Wojtkiewicz, Joel Benjamin, Fabian Doettling and Alexander Stripunsky all finished on 7.5/9. I'm looking for games from the event, does anyone have any? My thanks to Visweswaran Kameswaran for his help.

Official coverage:http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/usopen/

Final Standings:

 1 GM Alex Wojtkiewicz     2702   7.5  46.5 52.5 37.0 276.5 
 2 GM Joel Benjamin        2664   7.5  46.0 55.5 39.0 306 
 3 IM Fabian Doettling     2587   7.5  45.5 54.5 39.0 291.5 
 4 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2627   7.5  44.5 55.0 38.5 296.5 
 5 IM Michael Mulyar       2476   7.0  48.5 57.0 39.5 298 
 6 GM Alexander Fishbein   2578   7.0  48.0 59.0 40.0 308 
 7 GM Leonid G Yudasin     2673   7.0  47.0 58.0 39.5 309 
 8 GM Sergey Kudrin        2627   7.0  46.0 56.5 40.0 304.5 
 9 GM Alexander Kalinin    2612   7.0  46.0 56.0 38.0 301.5 
10 GM John Fedorowicz      2607   7.0  44.5 53.0 36.0 292 
11    Yury Lapshun         2516   7.0  44.5 52.0 37.5 280 
12 IM John Donaldson       2525   7.0  44.5 51.0 37.5 280 
13    Alex Kalikshteyn     2366   7.0  44.0 53.0 37.0 282 
14    Alexander Danilovic  2499   7.0  44.0 48.5 35.5 261.5 
15 GM Suat Atalik          2654   7.0  43.5 53.5 37.0 284.5 
16    Josef Friedman       2200 U 7.0  43.5 52.0 36.0 271 
17    Igor Schneider       2119   7.0  43.5 51.0 34.5 270.5 
18    Igor Foygel          2552 U 7.0  43.0 53.0 38.0 290 
19 IM Larry Kaufman        2441   7.0  43.0 52.0 36.0 270.5 
20 GM Roland Schmaltz      2549   7.0  43.0 48.0 36.5 253.5 
21 GM Maurice A Ashley     2580   7.0  42.5 53.0 37.0 286 
22 GM Sam Palatnik         2573   7.0  42.5 52.5 36.5 278.5 
23 IM Greg Shahade         2501   7.0  42.5 52.0 36.5 282 
24    Mikhail Perelshteyn  2482   7.0  42.5 52.0 36.0 280 
25 IM William Paschall     2506 U 7.0  41.5 51.0 36.5 278 
26    Stanislav Ritvin     2310   7.0  41.5 49.5 34.0 261 
27    William Kelleher     2417 U 7.0  40.5 48.5 36.0 267 
28 GM Gennady Sagalchik    2561   6.5  46.5 56.5 39.0 303.5 
29    Emory A Tate         2409   6.5  46.0 55.5 36.5 280.5 
30    Stanislav Kriventsov 2470   6.5  45.5 54.0 36.5 280.5 
31    Daniel Rensch        2275   6.5  43.0 52.0 34.0 272 
32 IM Hikaru Nakamura      2414   6.5  42.5 49.5 35.5 262 
33    Renard Anderson      2273 S 6.5  42.0 50.0 33.5 256 
34 IM Guillermo Rey        2423 C 6.5  41.0 50.0 33.0 254 
35    Louis Mercuri        2378 S 6.5  41.0 49.0 32.0 252 
36    Rodion Rubenchik     2366   6.5  40.5 50.0 31.0 259.5 
37 GM Arthur Bisguier      2318   6.5  40.0 48.0 34.5 262.5 
38    John Readey          2388   6.5  40.0 47.5 35.0 264 
39    Milisav Danilovic    2231   6.5  40.0 46.5 31.5 238 
40    Carl Haessler        2226 C 6.5  39.5 47.0 33.0 249 
41    Jayson Gonzales      2370   6.5  39.0 39.0 34.0 197.5 
42    Thomas J Bartell     2195   6.5  38.0 42.0 33.5 225.5 
43    John W. Cole         2180   6.5  34.5 34.5 29.5 181.5 
487 players

16) 76th French Championships

The 76th French Championships take place in Marseille 12th-25th August 2001. The players are split into two groups of 8 for all-play-alls the leaders qualifying for the later stages.

Internet coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/

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ch-FRA Gp A Marsailles FRA (FRA), 13-19 viii 2001cat. XIII (2556)
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1. Degraeve, Jean-Marc   g FRA 2602  * . . . . . . 1  1.0       
2. Fontaine, Robert      m FRA 2452  . * . . . = . .  0.5  2604 
3. Hauchard, Arnaud      g FRA 2513  . . * . . . = .  0.5  2556 
4. Koch, Jean-Rene       m FRA 2518  . . . * = . . .  0.5  2675 
5. Lautier, Joel         g FRA 2675  . . . = * . . .  0.5  2518 
6. Sokolov, Andrei       g FRA 2604  . = . . . * . .  0.5  2452 
7. Vaisser, Anatoli      g FRA 2556  . . = . . . * .  0.5  2513 
8. Belkhodja, Slim       m FRA 2531  0 . . . . . . *  0.0       
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1. Fressinet, Laurent      g FRA 2606  * . . . . . . 1  1.0       
2. Apicella, Manuel        g FRA 2524  . * = . . . . .  0.5  2653 
3. Bacrot, Etienne         g FRA 2653  . = * . . . . .  0.5  2524 
4. Bauer, Christian        g FRA 2576  . . . * . = . .  0.5  2472 
5. Dorfman, Josif D        g FRA 2602  . . . . * . = .  0.5  2527 
6. Relange, Eloi           g FRA 2472  . . . = . * . .  0.5  2576 
7. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre   g FRA 2527  . . . . = . * .  0.5  2602 
8. Chabanon, Jean-Luc      m FRA 2511  0 . . . . . . *  0.0       
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17) Lostboys Open 2001

The ninth Lost Boys International open tournament takes place August 10th-19th 2001 in Amsterdam. Mikhail Gurevich, Loek Van Wely, Ivan Sokolov, Jeroen Piket, Pavel Tregubov Emil Sutovsky, Boris Avrukh, Jan Timman and Friso Nijboer head the field of 85 players. Internet coverage: http://chess.lostcity.nl/lostboys2001/

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Lost Boys Open Amsterdam NED (NED), 10-19 viii 2001                                            
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 1. Sokolov, Ivan              g  BIH 3.5   10    8.5   
 2. Van Wely, Loek             g  NED 3.5   9.5   7.75  
 3. Gershon, Alik              g  ISR 3.5   9.5   7.75  
 4. Sutovsky, Emil             g  ISR 3.0  10.5   7.5   
 5. Handke, Florian            m  GER 3.0   9.5   6.5   
 6. Gustafsson, Jan            m  GER 3.0   9.5   6.25  
 7. Wintzer, Joachim           f  GER 3.0   9.5   6.0   
 8. Avrukh, Boris              g  ISR 3.0   9.0   6.5   
 9. Van den Doel, Erik         g  NED 3.0   9.0   6.0   
10. Nijboer, Friso             g  NED 3.0   9.0   5.5   
11. Shchekachev, Andrei        g  RUS 3.0   8.5   5.5   
12. Tregubov, Pavel V          g  RUS 3.0   8.0   5.5   
13. Piket, Jeroen              g  NED 3.0   8.0   5.25  
14. Timman, Jan                g  NED 3.0   7.5   5.75  
15. Solleveld, Maarten         m  NED 3.0   7.5   5.25  
16. Ernst, Sipke               m  NED 3.0   7.5   5.0   
17. Happel, Hendrik A          f  NED 3.0   7.5   4.5   
18. Van der Wiel, John         g  NED 3.0   7.0   5.0   
19. Stellwagen, Daniel            NED 3.0   7.0   4.0   
78 players

18) Curacao tournament

The Curacao International Chess Festival 2001 organized by the Curaçao Chess Players Foundation took place in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles July 23rd - August 4th 2001. The main event was a 9 round open tournament which saw Jan Timman and Bartlomiej Macieja finish on 7/9. Next year is the 40th anniversary of the Curacao Candidates tournament and special events are planned.

Internet coverage: http://www.curacao.com/chess

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Open Curacao AHO (AHO), 25 vii-4 viii 2001
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 1. Timman, Jan                 7.0 54.5 42.50
 2. Macieja, Bartlomiej         7.0 51.5 40.50
 3. Becerra Rivero, Julio       6.5 53.5 42.00
 4. Zapata, Alonso              6.5 50.5 39.50
 5. Gallegos, Carlos            6.0 50.5 40.00
 6. Tischbierek, Raj            6.0 48.5 39.00
 7. Alvarez, Johan              6.0 48.5 37.50
 8. Fierro Baquero, Martha L    6.0 44.0 34.00
 9. Manor, Ilan                 5.5 51.0 40.00
10. Arruebarrena,Rafael         5.5 44.0 34.50
11. Rigo, Gianfrancesco         5.5 40.0 31.50
12. Vasquez, Rafael             5.5 37.5 28.00
40 players

19) 3rd Asian Individual Championships

3rd Asian Individual Championships take place 9th-18th August, 2001 in Calcutta. Zhang Zhong leads a strong Chinese challenge at the Gorky Sadan, Calcutta.

Internet coverage: http://www.asianchess2001.com/

Leading Standings after 6 rounds
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Asian Championships Calcutta IND (IND), 9-17 viii 2001
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 1. Xu Jun                    g  CHN 2646  5.5
 2. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad      g  QAT 2492  4.5
 3. Barsov, Alexei            g  UZB 2495  4.5
 4. Harikrishna, P            m  IND 2522  4.5
 5. Iuldachev, Saidali        g  UZB 2508  4.5
 6. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan      m  IRI 2509  4.5
 7. Zhang Pengxiang           m  CHN 2487  4.0
 8. Wang Zili                 g  CHN 2557  4.0
 9. Nguyen Anh Dung           g  VIE 2533  4.0
10. Mahjoob, Morteza             IRI 2335  4.0
11. Thipsay, Praveen M        g  IND 2453  4.0
12. Safin, Shukhrat           g  UZB 2529  4.0
13. Vakhidov, Tahir           m  UZB 2474  4.0
14. Barua, Dibyendu           g  IND 2499  4.0
15. Dzhumaev, Marat           g  UZB 2497  4.0
16. Li Wenliang               m  CHN 2494  4.0
17. Abdulla, Al-Rakib         m  BAN 2393  4.0
76 players

20) 1st Ljubisa Savic-Mauzer Memorial

The 1st Ljubisa Savic-Mauzer Memorial took place in Bijeljina, Yugoslavia June 16th-24th 2001. My thanks to Jovan Petronic for the news. Dragoljub Velimirovic was the clear winner with 7/9.

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Savic-Mauzer Mem Bijeljina YUG (YUG), 16-24 vi 2001      cat. VI (2387)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Velimirovic, Dragoljub   g YUG 2484  * 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 1  7.0  2596 
 2. Cosma, Ioan              m ROM 2467  0 * = 1 0 1 1 = 1 =  5.5  2458 
 3. Milu, Romeo Sorin        m ROM 2433  = = * 1 = 0 = 1 1 0  5.0  2425 
 4. Ianov, Viktor            m UKR 2386  0 0 0 * = 1 = 1 1 1  5.0  2430 
 5. Rosic, Slavko            f YUG 2302  = 1 = = * = 0 0 = 1  4.5  2396 
 6. Kozakov, Mikhail         g UKR 2512  = 0 1 0 = * 1 0 = 1  4.5  2373 
 7. Ivkov, Borislav          g YUG 2425  = 0 = = 1 0 * 1 = 0  4.0  2340 
 8. Sekulic, Vlatko          f YUG 2305  0 = 0 0 1 1 0 * 0 1  3.5  2316 
 9. Stojanovic, Dalibor      f YUG 2360  0 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 1  3.5  2310 
10. Puric, Nenad               YUG 2200  0 = 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 *  2.5  2242 
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21) Zone 2.2 Women

David Cohen the organiser of the 10th Canadian Women's Championships Zonal 2.2 reports on the event. Canadian WIM Nava Starr was the winner of the 10th Canadian Women's Championship, also the 2001 Women's Championship for FIDE Zone 2.2, held August 4-6 in Toronto, Canada. Mrs. Starr, who scored 5.5/6, won her eighth Canadian Championship, a record she shares with Maurice Fox, GM Abe Yanofsky (CAN Ch); and GM Kevin Spraggett (CAN Op Ch). Starr qualifies to the Americas Women's Continental Championship 2001, along with second place finisher Amanda Benggawan (4/6), who defeated WFM Stefanie Chu in a playoff. Of interest to the spectators were the many upsets in the field of 18 players scored by the 12 juniors, including a defeat of WIM Vesma Baltgailis on time by 9 year old Hazel Smith. The final playoff game between Chu and Benggawan was played at Game/30 with 10 second increment, and Benggawan won on time.

Updates at: http://members5.boardhost.com/ChessTalk/ and http://webhome.idirect.com/~mdutton/2001SDO.htm

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zt 2.2 ch-CAN Women Toronto CAN (CAN), 4-6 viii 2001
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 1. Starr, Nava          wm CAN 2200  + 9 +12 + 7 + 6 + 2 = 5  5.5  2406 
 2. Chu, Stefanie        wf CAN 2020  -11 +17 +12 + 4 - 1 + 7  4.0  2167 
 3. Benggawan,Amanda        CAN ----  =18 +13 - 4 +15 = 6 + 9  4.0  2125 
 4. Kagramanov,Dina         CAN ----  +10 = 5 + 3 - 2 = 8 = 6  3.5  2089 
 5. Mitrovic,Bojana         CAN ----  +17 = 4 - 6 +11 = 7 = 1  3.5  2096 
 6. Khaziyeva,Dinara        CAN ----  =14 +18 + 5 - 1 = 3 = 4  3.5  2090 
 7. Bryskine,Marina         CAN ----  +16 +11 - 1 + 9 = 5 - 2  3.5  2093 
 8. Belc, Daniela        wf CAN 2067  -12 +14 -11 +18 = 4 +13  3.5  2059 
 9. Trottier,Julie          CAN ----  - 1 +10 +13 - 7 +11 - 3  3.0  2051 
10. Brestoiu, Doina      wf CAN 2107  - 4 - 9 +17 +16 =13 =12  3.0  2008 
11. Dobrishman,Liat         CAN ----  + 2 - 7 + 8 - 5 - 9 =15  2.5  1957 
12. Baltgailis, Vesma    wm CAN 2015  + 8 - 1 - 2 -13 +15 =10  2.5  2008 
13. Smith, Hazel            CAN ----  +15 - 3 - 9 +12 =10 - 8  2.5  1974 
14. Maric,Gordana           CAN ----  = 6 - 8 -15 =17 +18 =16  2.5  1960 
15. Shishkina,Olya          CAN ----  -13 =16 +14 - 3 -12 =11  2.0  1877 
16. Benggawan,Alexandra     CAN ----  - 7 =15 =18 -10 =17 =14  2.0  1899 
17. Rodina, Nataliya        CAN 2037  - 5 - 2 -10 =14 =16 +18  2.0  1896 
18. Sviridovitch,Alina      CAN ----  = 3 - 6 =16 - 8 -14 -17  1.0  1744 
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22) American Continental Championships

The American Continental Championships take place in Cali Colombia 9th-20th August 2001. The event is an 11 round Swiss and is also a qualifier for the FIDE Championships. I'll round up the event next week hopefully.

Internet coverage: http://galeon.com/continental_cali/partidas.htm (also finger Americas2001 on ICC).

23) Summer in Olomouc

The traditional chess festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2001, took place August 1st-9th, 2001 in the Czech Republic. Hopefully I'll have full games and information next week.

Website: http://www.proclient.cz/a64

24) 13th Cannes Open

The 13th Cannes Open took place 28th July - 5 August 2001. Does anyone have a decent selection of games the official site has a pathetic number of games from the first six rounds.

Internet coverage: http://www.cannes-echecs.org/editodamir/edito.htm

25) Morrocan Championships

The Morrocan Championships took place in Rabat (I think) July 17th-26th July 2001. 35 players competed in the 9 round Swiss System event. Round 4 games now available. Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/ci31/

26) European Open Rapid and Blitz Championships Cancelled

European Open Rapid and Blitz Championships have been cancelled. They were to have taken place August 28th - September 2nd, 2001, Sopot, Poland

The board of the Polish Chess Federation was forced to cancel the European Rapid and Blitz Championships that were prepared for a period from August 28 till September 2, 2001 in Sopot. There are two reasons of the cancellation: - Sponsors withdraw their support of the Championships because of damages made by the big float in the very big part of Poland including very strong rain in the city of Gdansk. A lot of Polish people lost houses and all belongings, - Organizers informed our Federation that 24 players only announced their participation in the mentioned Championships until the deadline of the 1st of August 2001.

Info: http://www.pzszach.org.pl (the Polish Chess Federation) and on http://www.szachista.com.pl

27) Forthcoming Events and Links

Groningen 2001-2

40th International Chess Tournament Groningen and 3rd European Chess Championships take place in Groningen 19th December 2001 - 5th January 2002. The event is organised by Stichting Schaak Groningen.

Website: http://www.groningenchess.nl/

Shirov Exhibition

Alexei Shirov will be giving an exhibition using a new TV Internet set top box. He will play a man-machine event as well as human opposition at part of the Funkaustellung in Berlin. Galaxis is a Luebeck company and is launching their "x-treme" set top box at the exhibition.

Internet coverage: http://www.galaxis.de

Bundesliga 2001-2

The team lists for next Bundesliga season are out. The first round is on October 6th-7th 2001 with Porz-Luebeck being one of the top fixtures.

Internet coverage: http://schach.com/bundesliga/2001-2002/bl2001mannschaften.html and http://www.schach.com

44th World Congress of Chess Composition

The 44th World Congress of Chess Composition was held at Wageningen, Netherlands from 28th July to 4th August. The highlight of the week's program was the 25th World Chess Solving Championship, which took place on 31st July and 1st August.

Internet coverage: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/pccc/2001pccc.html

Panormo Open, Greece

OAA Heraklio Chess Club, Epimenidis Cultural Company and the Greek Chess Federation are announcing the 2001 Panormo open tournament, part of the 2001 European Grand-Prix.

The tournament will be held in sunny Crete, Greece from October 20th-27th 2001 with a total prize fund of more than 3000 Euros (1st prize: 1000 Euros).

More information is available through the official website of the event: http://www.greekchess.com/panormo

Kavala 2001

The 1st European Chess Grand-Prix 10th 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

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.

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

About 150 players from 55 countries (99 boys and 56 girls) are expected to participate in the 2001 World Junior U20 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.

Internet coverage: http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio

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

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 18th-27th August 2001. 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.

Entrants so far for the Ron Banwell MSO Masters include: gms Barua, Kunte, McDonald, McNab, Thipsay, with the likely participation of Agnos. ims include Aikhoje, Crouch. Females include Houska, Richards, Wilson and the wives of Barua and Thipsay. Since the event includes the Commonwealth Championship, considerable interest has been expressed by other Indian players and Harakrishna, Lanka and Mishra are likely contestants if they can get their visas in time. Several players hope to arrive after the first round as they are taking part in the Asian Championship. The event is part of the Mind Sports Olympiad at South Bank University. Play in the Masters takes place at 16.00 18th-27th August. It is not too late to enter. Further details MSO@tcs-demon.co.uk

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