THE WEEK IN CHESS 353 13th 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) 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
 |
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
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
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
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:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Smith & Williamson ch-GBR Scarborough ENG (HUN), 2-14 vii 2001
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
It Montreal CAN (CAN), 2-14 viii 2001 cat. IX (2456)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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/
-------------------------------------------------------------
12th Sueder Summer Recklinghausen GER (GER), 4-12 viii 2001
-------------------------------------------------------------
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
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
---------------------------------------------------------------
8th Nice Open FRA (FRA), 6-11 viii 2001
---------------------------------------------------------------
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
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)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1st Tournament
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Tan Lian Ann cup Tianjin CHN (CHN), 15 vii-4 viii 2001 cat. V (2367)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
2nd Tournament
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Tan Lian Ann cup Tianjin CHN (CHN), 26 vii-4 viii 2001 cat. V (2367)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ch-NOR Kristiansund NOR (NOR), 7-14 vii 2001
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
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.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UPI Mancha Real ESP (ESP), 30 vii-7 viii 2001 cat. IV (2338)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 (2413)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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. 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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. 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
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Magistral BCX Brasilia BRA (BRA), 5-12 viii 2001 cat. IV (2339)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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/
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nordic Championships Bergen NOR (NOR), 4-12 viii 2001
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Stork YM Hengelo NED (NED), 6-11 viii 2001 cat. VII (2403)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------
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
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/
---------------------------------------------------------------
ch-FRA Gp A Marsailles FRA (FRA), 13-19 viii 2001cat. XIII (2556)
---------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
---------------------------------------------------------------
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
---------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
ch-FRA Gp B Marsailles FRA (FRA), 13-19 viii 2001cat. XIII (2559)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
-----------------------------------------------------------------
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
-----------------------------------------------------------------
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/
------------------------------------------------------
Lost Boys Open Amsterdam NED (NED), 10-19 viii 2001
------------------------------------------------------
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
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
----------------------------------------------
Open Curacao AHO (AHO), 25 vii-4 viii 2001
----------------------------------------------
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
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
---------------------------------------------------------
Asian Championships Calcutta IND (IND), 9-17 viii 2001
---------------------------------------------------------
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
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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Savic-Mauzer Mem Bijeljina YUG (YUG), 16-24 vi 2001 cat. VI (2387)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
zt 2.2 ch-CAN Women Toronto CAN (CAN), 4-6 viii 2001
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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).
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
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
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/
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
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