THE WEEK IN CHESS 356 3rd September 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) FIDE
Championships in Moscow
3) World Junior Chess
Championships
4) Icelandic Championships
5) Najdorf Memorial
6) Moscow Lightning
Tournament
7) Kavala Open
8) Lisbon
Open
9) Abu Dhabi Open
10) Ron
Banwell Masters
11) 9th Nikea Open
12) Bratto Open
13) Canadian
Championships
14) Rubinstein Memorial
15) Miercurea Ciuc
16) Nikolaev
Tournament
17) Shirov Exhibition
18) First Saturday September
19) VI Paks
Cup
20) Estonian Chess Championships
21) Republic of Srpska Team Championships
22) European Youth Championships
23)
Mar-del-Plata Zonal
24) Third Saturday in
Belgrade
25) Chanac 2001
26) 1st
St-Chély-d'Aubrac Open
27) 16th Schwarzacher
Open
28) Pilsen Chess Festival
29)
US Open
30) Professional World Chess Ranking
31) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
World Junior Championships 117 games
Icelandic Championships 15 games
Kavala Open 80 games
Lisbon Open 730 games
Abu Dhabi Open 176 games
Ron Banwell Masters 17 games
9th Nikea Open 141 games
Bratto Open 42 games
Canadian Championships 66 games
Rubinstein Memorial 687 games
Miercurea Ciuc 24 games
Nikolaev Tournament 91 games
Shirov Exhibition 5 games
First Saturday September 18 games
VI Paks Cup 132 games
Estonian Chess Championships 73 games
Yugoslav Team Championships 270 games
Pilsen Chess Festival 29 games
US Open 37 games
2760 games
My thanks to Vasudevan, Aard Daanen, Miklos Orso, Ular Lauk, Andy
McFarland, Ingvar Johannesson, Eugeny Atarov, Argiris Kotsis, Slawek
Machlowski, Biro Sandor, Istvan Magyar, Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy, Videki
Sandor, Ular Lauk, Mihajlo Savic, Petr Marik, Jack Peters and all those who
helped with this issue.
The announcement of the venue of the FIDE Championships was on August
30th. It will be in Moscow. This seems to be a direct response to the 3Ks
tournament which is expected to have its official announcement on Friday 7th
September and will also be held in Moscow at the same time. Is this a political
battle between FIDE and Kasparov and Kramnik? Its hard to tell. If FIDE made
the decision to go with Moscow because of the 3Ks event then it seems an
over-reaction, no-one is claiming 3Ks event is a World Championship. Next year
could be different. There may even be three events battling for attention as a
World Championships or quasi-World Championships, as well as the FIDE and
Braingames Championships in 2003 there may be a KPN (Dutch Telecom)
championships in May with Bessel Kok in the background and possibly the top 34
players. Its not easy to know what Bessel Kok has in mind as to the purpose of
the event but he retires as a chief executive very soon and it may signal his
return to chess politics through organising high profile events. All this could
make things more confusing for the general public than they are now.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The venue for the FIDE World Chess Championships this year will be in
Moscow. The announcement on August 30th 2001 says that the men's (up to and
including the semi-finals) and women's events will take place 24 November and
ending 11 December 2001. The final of the men's competition will take place
3rd-13th January 2002 in a venue as yet to be announced, thought to be London.
The event will be part of the celebrations of the life of Mikhail
Botvinnik. The choice of venue seems influenced by the three Ks Botvinnik
Memorial tournament also in Moscow at the same town that seems certain to be
announced soon. Kasparov, Kramnik and Karpov will play each other four times in
that event.
FIDE
Announcement
89 boys and 60 girls competed in the World Junior U20 Chess
Championships which took place August 16th-29th 2001 in Athens, Greece. Peter
Acs of Hungary on 10 points won the World Junior Chess Championship ahead of
Merab Gagunashvili and Levon Aronian (9.5). Humpy Koneru of India (9.5 points)
won the women's event ahead of Zhao Xue (also 9.5) and Nadezhda Kosintseva
(9).
Internet coverage: http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio
Leading Final Standings
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WJun Athens GRE (GRE), 16-29 viii 2001
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1. Acs, Peter g HUN 2514 10.0 64.0 2613
2. Gagunashvili, Merab m GEO 2444 9.5 69.5 2652
3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2562 9.5 64.5 2617
4. Ni Hua f CHN 2568 9.0 66.5 2573
5. Azarov, Sergei BLR 2461 8.5 69.5 2562
6. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2553 8.5 67.5 2584
7. Izoria, Zviad m GEO 2486 8.5 62.5 2534
8. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny m RUS 2519 8.5 60.5 2555
9. Miton, Kamil m POL 2516 8.5 60.0 2528
10. Roiz, Michael m ISR 2511 8.5 58.5 2504
11. Horvath, Adam m HUN 2504 8.5 52.0 2418
12. Sargissian, Gabriel m ARM 2514 8.0 65.5 2541
13. Mahesh Chandran, P IND 2339 8.0 59.5 2536
14. Palliser, Richard f ENG 2337 8.0 55.5 2554
15. Markos, Jan SVK 2479 8.0 55.5 2451
16. Schenk, Andreas GER 2455 8.0 55.0 2405
17. Vajda, Levente m ROM 2507 8.0 50.5 2430
18. Navara, David m CZE 2491 7.5 64.0 2512
19. Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2496 7.5 64.0 2469
20. Korobov, Anton UKR 2470 7.5 59.0 2416
21. Postny, Evgeny m ISR 2486 7.5 57.0 2440
22. Stryjecki, Marek m POL 2441 7.5 54.5 2428
23. Du Shan f CHN 2352 7.5 54.5 2483
24. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2462 7.5 53.5 2373
25. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2435 7.5 53.0 2421
26. Gomez,Jean Paul ---- 7.5 53.0 2493
27. Kristjansson, Stefan f ISL 2380 7.5 51.5 2377
28. Schneider, Dmitry f USA 2405 7.5 50.0 2354
29. Bar, Roman ISR 2412 7.5 49.5 2400
30. Alvarez, Johan VEN 2382 7.5 49.0 2323
31. Neiksans, Arturs LAT 2435 7.0 56.5 2390
32. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2462 7.0 54.5 2351
33. Pert, Nicholas f ENG 2475 7.0 51.5 2353
34. Zhao Zong-Yuan m AUS 2359 7.0 51.5 2398
35. Papp, Gabor HUN 2291 7.0 49.0 2427
36. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2262 7.0 47.5 2384
37. Thorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 2371 7.0 47.5 2365
38. Potkin, Vladimir m RUS 2530 7.0 46.5 2317
39. Berkvens, Joost NED 2444 7.0 45.5 2301
40. Tomczak, Rafal POL 2358 7.0 44.5 2206
89 players
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WJun Women Athens GRE (GRE), 16-29 viii 2001
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1. Koneru, Humpy wm IND 2387 9.5 67.5 2470
2. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2372 9.5 58.5 2389
3. Kosintseva, Nadezhda wf RUS 2319 9.0 68.5 2442
4. Gu Xiaobing CHN 2300 9.0 65.0 2449
5. Mkrtchian, Lilit wg ARM 2376 8.5 67.0 2419
6. Xu Yuanyuan wf CHN 2431 8.5 65.0 2412
7. Dzagnidze, Nana f GEO 2321 8.5 64.0 2401
8. Charkhalashvili, Inga wf GEO 2278 8.5 63.5 2441
9. Khukhashvili, Sopiko wm GEO 2295 8.0 61.0 2383
10. Meenakshi, S IND 2245 8.0 57.5 2327
11. Aarthie, Ramaswamy wm IND 2249 8.0 57.0 2331
12. Jackova, Jana wm CZE 2350 8.0 56.0 2316
13. Calotescu, Cristina wf ROM 2283 8.0 53.0 2307
14. Sergeeva, Maria wm KAZ 2327 8.0 51.5 2272
15. Kosintseva, Tatiana wf RUS 2390 7.5 61.5 2354
16. Paehtz, Elisabeth wm GER 2383 7.5 61.0 2343
17. Zimina, Olga wm RUS 2312 7.5 58.5 2325
18. Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2375 7.5 58.0 2327
19. Hryhorenko, Nataliya UKR 2128 7.5 53.0 2305
20. Klipper, Rebecca FRA 2046 7.5 42.5 2191
21. Reizniece, Dana wg LAT 2312 7.0 53.5 2260
22. Ubiennykh, Ekaterina wf RUS 2288 7.0 50.5 2200
23. Kaps, Darja wf SLO 2221 7.0 50.5 2220
24. Moshina, Cristina wm MDA 2221 7.0 47.0 2223
25. Gorlin, Yelena USA 2106 7.0 45.0 2185
26. Zuriel,Marisa wf ARG 2202 6.5 52.0 2236
27. Jurkiewicz, Katarzyna POL 2217 6.5 47.5 2069
28. Moncayo Romero, Evelyn wf ECU 2220 6.5 46.5 2112
29. Cedikova, Katerina CZE 2142 6.5 44.0 2160
30. Buckley, Melanie ENG 2118 6.5 43.5 2172
31. Papadopoulou, Vera GRE 2193 6.5 43.5 2065
32. Korbut, Ekaterina wm RUS 2413 6.5 42.5 2107
33. Kisonova, Katarina SVK 2092 6.5 42.0 2039
34. Mitrovic, Bojana ---- 6.5 35.5 1989
60 players
The 2001 Icelandic Chess Championships take place in Strandgötu,
Hafnarfirði, 31st August - 8th September 2001. GMs Hannes Stefansson and
Throstur Thorhallsson are the favourites to win the event. My thanks to Ingvar
Johannesson.
Internet coverage: http://www.skak.is/si/sthi2001.htm
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ch-ISL Strandgotu ISL (ISL), 31 viii-8 ix 2001 cat. V (2361)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2586 * . . . . = 1 . . 1 2.5 2550
2. Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2456 . * = . . . . . 1 1 2.5 2565
3. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2220 . = * . . . = 1 . . 2.0 2488
4. Kristjansson, Stefan f ISL 2380 . . . * 1 = . . = . 2.0 2470
5. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2404 . . . 0 * 1 . 1 . . 2.0 2466
6. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg CZE 2272 = . . = 0 * . . . . 1.0 2331
7. Gunnarsson, Arnar ISL 2263 0 . = . . . * . . = 1.0 2242
8. Thorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 2371 . . 0 . 0 . . * 1 . 1.0 2202
9. Vidarsson, Jon G f ISL 2359 . 0 . = . . . 0 * . 0.5 2129
10. Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn ISL 2297 0 0 . . . . = . . * 0.5 2162
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The Category XIV Najdorf Memorial tournament takes place in Buenos
Aires 4th-13th September 2001. The players are: Anatoly Karpov, Judit Polgar,
Nigel Short, Viktor Korchnoi, Gilberto Milos, Xie Jun, Pablo Ricardi, Henrique
Mecking, Teimour Radjabov and Ruben Felgaer.
Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com/Najdorf2001/
(English) and http://www.miguelnajdorf.com.ar
(Spanish)
The Moscow Lightning Tournament takes place September 2nd 2001
sponsored by the newspaper "Evening Moscow". This is a traditional event which
has taken place for 55 years. In first place in this 20 player all-play-all was
Sergei Rublevsky on 14/19 points, 2nd= Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler
13.5 4th= Alexey Korotylev and Vadim Zvjaginsev 12.5 6th Alexey Dreev 11.5 7th=
Evgeny Bareev and Alexander Grischuk 11.0 9th Alexander Lastin 10.0 20 players.
My thanks to Eugeny Atarov for the information.
Internet sites: http://www.blitz.chessmoscow.ru and
http://www.joeblack.h1.ru and in
English http://www.blitz.chessmoscow.ru/final_en.htm.
Final Standings:
1. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2639 14.0
2. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2695 13.5
3. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2749 13.5
4. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2573 12.5
Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2638 12.5
6. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 11.5
7. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2719 11.0
Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2669 11.0
9. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2628 10.0
10. Dvalishvili, Pavel S. RUS 2395 9.5
Riazantsev, Alexander m RUS 2509 9.5
Rychagov, Andrey m RUS 2505 9.5
13. Vasiukov, Evgeni g RUS 2530 8.5
14. Amonatov, Farrukh f TJK 2319 8.0
Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2518 8.0
16. Nikolenko, Oleg m RUS 2517 7.5
Arbakov, Valentin g RUS 2454 7.5
18. Belov, Vladimir m RUS 2438 7.0
19. Ivanenko, Vitaly RUS 2282 3.5
20. Belov, Igor m RUS 2424 3.0
(one or two of the players names could be wrong
but I think they are all ok)
The 1st European Chess Grand-Prix which is also the 10th International
Kavala Tournament takes place August 21st-29th 2001. Michal Krasenkow and
Marijan Petrov finished on 7.5/9. My thanks to Argiris Kotsis.
Web coverage: http://www.chess.gr/kavala/index.html
and http://www.chess.gr/kavala
Final Standings:
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10th Open Kavala GRE (GRE), 21-29 viii 2001
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1. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2573 7.5 55.0 2642
2. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2463 7.5 50.5 2523
3. Vouldis, Angelos m GRE 2508 7.0 56.0 2535
4. Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2505 7.0 53.5 2506
5. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2531 7.0 50.0 2421
6. Dochev, Dimitar m BUL 2382 6.5 54.5 2450
7. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2569 6.5 56.0 2511
8. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2456 6.5 53.5 2414
9. Bojkov, Dejan BUL 2411 6.5 54.0 2378
10. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2598 6.5 53.5 2488
11. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2487 6.5 50.0 2411
12. Andrijevic, Milan m YUG 2366 6.5 47.0 2286
13. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2531 6.5 50.0 2324
14. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2496 6.0 51.5 2387
15. Markidis, Konstantinos GRE 2342 6.0 50.0 2332
16. Vasilev, Milen BUL 2377 6.0 50.0 2285
17. Nikolaidis, Konstantinos f GRE 2354 6.0 50.5 2290
18. Angelis, Mihail GRE 2266 6.0 47.0 2188
19. Dimitrov, Atanas BUL 2303 6.0 49.5 2192
20. Koyias, Konstantinos GRE 2285 6.0 46.5 2142
21. Arduman, Can m TUR 2379 6.0 47.5 2216
22. Aftsoglou, Ioannis GRE 2241 6.0 45.5 2006
23. Botsari, Anna-Maria wg GRE 2315 5.5 50.5 2303
24. Asik, Josip f YUG 2299 5.5 51.0 2261
25. Passoni, Carlo ITA 2258 5.5 44.5 2172
116 players
Another European Grand Prix event took place in Lisbon, Portugal
21st-29th August 2001. The event was a 9 round swiss-system event with 180
participants including Jeroen Piket, Hannes Stefansson, Lubo Ftacnik, Ildar
Ibragimov, Csaba and Jozsef Horvaths and Joe Gallagher. Jeroen Piket won the
event with 7.5/9 ahead of Michael Oratovsky and Artur Kogan on 7.0 points.
Live Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrez21.com and further
information: http://www.infoxadrez.com
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Open Lisbon POR (POR), 21-29 viii 2001
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1. Piket, Jeroen g NED 2630 7.5 2727
2. Oratovsky, Michael m ISR 2493 7.0 2635
3. Kogan, Artur g ISR 2517 7.0 2628
4. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2580 6.5 2631
5. Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2510 6.5 2603
6. Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2528 6.5 2600
7. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2545 6.5 2589
8. Tyomkin, Dimitri g ISR 2461 6.5 2587
9. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon g ISR 2518 6.5 2570
10. Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 2542 6.5 2562
11. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2531 6.5 2558
12. Mirzoev, Azer m AZE 2516 6.5 2542
13. Stohl, Igor g SVK 2533 6.5 2535
14. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2466 6.5 2531
15. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 2459 6.5 2498
16. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2516 6.5 2415
17. Jonkman, Harmen m NED 2468 6.0 2537
18. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2573 6.0 2524
19. Galego, Luis m POR 2467 6.0 2517
20. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2578 6.0 2491
21. Carrasco Martinez, Juan M ESP 2341 6.0 2493
22. Iruzubieta, Jesus Maria ESP 2414 6.0 2491
23. Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2459 6.0 2461
24. Rivera, Daniel m URU 2361 6.0 2440
25. Strikovic, Aleksa g YUG 2515 6.0 2460
26. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2481 6.0 2425
27. Magem Badals, Jordi g ESP 2513 6.0 2393
28. Reinaldo Castineira, Roi m ESP 2403 6.0 2414
29. Nogueira, Nelson m POR 2213 6.0 2417
30. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S m UZB 2485 6.0 2378
31. Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Mar ESP 2333 6.0 2393
32. Rocha, Sergio m POR 2376 6.0 2387
33. Frois, Antonio m POR 2374 6.0 2379
34. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2429 5.5 2451
164 players
The AbuDhabi Open takes place 25th August - 5th September 2001. There
are three tournaments. The strongest is the 9 round Swiss Open masters event
with 44 participants including 15 GMs and 11 IMs. Information: Mehrdad
Pahlevanzadeh, Zohair and Ravi. Sergey Zagrebelny has a point and a half lead
after 8 of 9 rounds with 6.5 points
Internet coverage: http://www.abudhabichess.com
Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
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ADCF Masters Abu Dhabi UAE (UAE), 25 viii-5 ix 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2466 +31 = 6 + 8 + 9 +10 + 5 =13 = 2 6.5 2751
2. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2600 =16 +18 =21 =23 + 3 = 4 = 5 = 1 5.0 2572
3. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2587 +19 +12 =24 = 5 - 2 +18 = 4 =11 5.0 2575
4. Guliev, Sarhan g AZE 2510 +33 = 5 = 7 =17 +25 = 2 = 3 =14 5.0 2568
5. Bagirov, Rufat m AZE 2458 +36 = 4 +13 = 3 +22 - 1 = 2 =15 5.0 2555
6. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2508 +28 = 1 -22 =16 +27 =21 = 7 +23 5.0 2496
7. Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2474 +34 =13 = 4 =18 = 8 = 9 = 6 +25 5.0 2558
8. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2583 +27 =21 - 1 +20 = 7 =17 +29 =13 5.0 2545
9. Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2524 =22 +26 +16 - 1 -18 = 7 +27 +21 5.0 2494
10. Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2612 =25 +35 +11 +24 - 1 =23 =14 =12 5.0 2559
11. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2495 +38 =17 -10 =34 =16 +19 +20 = 3 5.0 2506
12. Maherramzade, Javad m AZE 2476 +37 - 3 =34 =13 +26 =15 +18 =10 5.0 2531
13. Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2529 +41 = 7 - 5 =12 +40 +24 = 1 = 8 5.0 2536
14. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2537 =26 -16 +36 =27 +37 +22 =10 = 4 5.0 2450
15. Magerramov, Elmar g AZE 2555 =35 =40 +38 =22 =21 =12 +23 = 5 5.0 2478
16. Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2381 = 2 +14 - 9 = 6 =11 =25 +28 =17 4.5 2516
17. Szekely, Peter g HUN 2430 +42 =11 =23 = 4 =24 = 8 =21 =16 4.5 2473
18. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2440 +44 - 2 +39 = 7 + 9 - 3 -12 +30 4.5 2416
19. Badjarani, Ilgar m AZE 2365 - 3 +39 +37 =21 -23 -11 +41 +31 4.5 2403
20. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2452 +43 -24 +40 - 8 =34 +41 -11 +22 4.5 2391
21. Sharif, Mershad m FRA 2474 +30 = 8 = 2 =19 =15 = 6 =17 - 9 4.0 2473
22. Salem, Ghuloom UAE 2295 = 9 +29 + 6 =15 - 5 -14 +24 -20 4.0 2496
23. Arkhipov, Sergey g RUS 2500 =40 +25 =17 = 2 +19 =10 -15 - 6 4.0 2469
24. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2497 +32 +20 = 3 -10 =17 -13 -22 +37 4.0 2425
25. Lodhi, Mahmood m PAK 2410 =10 -23 +28 +35 - 4 =16 +37 - 7 4.0 2416
26. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2327 =14 - 9 =30 +39 -12 =31 +34 =29 4.0 2337
27. Hamed, Ahmed m EGY 2337 - 8 =30 +31 =14 - 6 +40 - 9 +39 4.0 2367
28. Hamad, Ahmad SYR 2284 - 6 =31 -25 =30 +33 +32 -16 +41 4.0 2320
29. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2442 -39 -22 +43 =38 +30 +34 - 8 =26 4.0 2266
30. Mamedov, Chingiz AZE 2224 -21 =27 =26 =28 -29 +36 +38 -18 3.5 2295
31. Khalid AlShaali UAE 2187 - 1 =28 -27 +43 =32 =26 +35 -19 3.5 2270
32. Illijin, Neboisa m ROM 2262 -24 =43 =35 =41 =31 -28 +36 =33 3.5 2228
33. Molina, Antonio PHI 2293 - 4 -36 +42 -37 -28 +44 +40 =32 3.5 2170
34. Mohamed, Hossein f UAE 2203 - 7 +41 =12 =11 =20 -29 -26 =38 3.0 2316
35. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed m EGY 2332 =15 -10 =32 -25 +39 -37 -31 +42 3.0 2209
36. Hussan, Mohamed Seif UAE 2142 - 5 +33 -14 -40 +42 -30 -32 +43 3.0 2186
37. Li, Georgiy UZB 2239 -12 +44 -19 +33 -14 +35 -25 -24 3.0 2276
38. Mirzoeva, Elmira wm RUS 2260 -11 +42 -15 =29 -41 +43 -30 =34 3.0 2207
39. Ali, Shaheen UAE 2104 +29 -19 -18 -26 -35 +42 +44 -27 3.0 2193
40. Ali, Mahmoud UAE 2274 =23 =15 -20 +36 -13 -27 -33 =44 2.5 2210
41. Toomanian, Hamlet IRI 2301 -13 -34 +44 =32 +38 -20 -19 -28 2.5 2153
42. Faisal, Kashwani UAE ---- -17 -38 -33 +44 -36 -39 +43 -35 2.0 2019
43. Ibrahim, Ismail UAE 2136 -20 =32 -29 -31 +44 -38 -42 -36 1.5 1967
44. Abdulla,M Saleh UAE ---- -18 -37 -41 -42 -43 -33 -39 =40 0.5 1779
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The Ron Banwell Masters, incorporating the Commonwealth Championships
took place 18th-27th August 2001. It was part of the 5th Mind Sports Olympiad
(London). Final results (all 7/10): Gold Pentala Harikrishna, Silver Graeme
Buckley and Bronze Danny Gormally. The top four boards only from rounds 7-10
are available.
Internet coverage:
http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/national/mso2001.htm
and http://www.msoworld.com/
Final Standings:
1 Harikrishna, Penteala (g) m IND 2522 7.5 /10 2629
2 Buckley, Graeme (s) m ENG 2370 7.5 /10 2561
3 Gormally, Daniel (b) m ENG 2481 7.5 /10 2583
4 Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri g GRE 2455 7.0 /10 2501
5 Ravi, Lanka m IND 2389 7.0 /10 2508
6 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2499 7.0 /10 2485
7 Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2371 6.5 /10 2452
8 Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2547 6.5 /10 2497
9 Batyrov, Sapar g TKM 2402 6.5 /10 2389
10 Aikhoje, Odion m NGR 2305 6.0 / 9 2317
11 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2453 6.0 /10 2444
12 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2437 6.0 /10 2392
13 Eames, Robert ENG 2333 6.0 /10 2393
14 McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2406 6.0 /10 2378
15 Salem, Ihab PLE 2201 6.0 /10 2278
16 Houska, Jovanka wg ENG 2354 5.5 /10 2411
17 Kirsanov, Oleg RUS 2365 5.5 /10 2343
18 Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2407 5.5 /10 2355
19 Thiruchelvam, Murugan ENG 2240 5.5 /10 2215
20 Sowray, Peter J f ENG 2334 5.5 /10 2251
21 Maduekwe, Chiedu NGR 2145 5.5 /10 2186
22 Annaberdiev, Meilis TKM 2265 5.5 /10 2300
23 Franklin, Michael J f ENG 2253 5.5 /10 2157
24 Warman, Simon ENG 2128 5.5 /10 2115
62 players
The 9th Nikea International Open took place in Nikea (Piraeus)
18th-26th August 2001. The event was won by IM Dimitri Svetushkin (2461) from
Moldavia with 8.5/9. My thanks to Argiris Kotsis.
Information: http://www.chess.gr
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9th Open Nikea GRE (GRE), 18-26 viii 2001
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1. Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2461 8.5 57.5 2810
2. Potapov, Alexander1 m RUS 2505 8.0 55.0 2662
3. Khetsuriani, Besarion f GEO 2415 7.0 49.0 2386
4. Kalesis, Nikolaos m GRE 2398 7.0 53.0 2454
5. Chilov, Alexandros GRE 2307 7.0 52.5 2394
6. Moutousis, Konstantinos m GRE 2448 6.5 58.0 2422
7. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2443 6.5 56.0 2368
8. Kofidis, Andreas m GRE 2431 6.5 52.5 2466
9. Karayannis, Athanasios f GRE 2371 6.5 51.0 2279
10. Gesos, Pavlos m GRE 2351 6.5 51.0 2286
11. Shahtahtinsky, Alekper f GRE 2342 6.5 49.5 2346
12. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2313 6.5 52.0 2175
13. Ionescu, Cristian f ROM 2282 6.5 53.5 2408
14. Kolani, Leonard ALB 2229 6.5 44.0 2052
15. Alexakis, Dimitrios GRE 2196 6.5 47.5 2394
16. Balaskas, Panayotis GRE 2187 6.5 47.0 2257
17. Efstathiou, Damianos GRE 2169 6.5 46.5 2314
18. Katsiris, Ioannis GRE 2086 6.5 46.5 2136
19. Fambas,Ioanns GRE ---- 6.5 49.5 2387
20. Stefanidi,Maria Anna GRE ---- 6.5 44.0 2272
175 players
The Bratto Open takes place in Italy August 20th-30th 2001. Vladimir
Epishin, Vadim Milov, Giulio Borgo, Sinisa Drazic, Igor Khenkin and Michele
Godena finished on 6.5/9 with Epishin taking first on tie-break. Games from the
first six rounds only available.
Internet coverage: http://maskeret.com/bratto/2001.shtml
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21st Open Bratto ITA (ITA), 22-30 viii 2001
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1. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2583 6.5 49.5
2. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2614 6.5 48.0
3. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2428 6.5 48.0
4. Drazic, Sinisa g YUG 2480 6.5 47.5
5. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2579 6.5 46.0
6. Godena, Michele g ITA 2491 6.5 43.5
7. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2423 6.0 44.0
8. Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2449 6.0 43.5
9. Dervishi, Erald g ALB 2491 6.0 42.5
10. Bellini, Fabio m ITA 2499 6.0 42.5
11. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2476 6.0 42.0
12. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2528 6.0 41.5
13. Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2405 5.5 45.0
14. Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2525 5.5 44.0
15. Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2350 5.5 43.5
16. Ausmins, Elmar f ITA 2345 5.5 42.5
17. Dittmar, Peter f GER 2348 5.5 42.0
18. Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2372 5.5 41.0
19. Koskinen, Henri f FIN 2321 5.5 40.5
20. Caoili, Arianne wf PHI 2152 5.5 40.0
21. De Santis, Alessio f ITA 2353 5.5 38.0
22. Guido, Flavio f ITA 2379 5.0 42.5
23. Friedrich, Norbert f GER 2275 5.0 41.5
24. Foisor, Ovidiu m ROM 2400 5.0 41.5
25. Sarno, Spartaco m ITA 2400 5.0 41.5
26. Vancini, Edoardo f ITA 2358 5.0 41.0
27. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2380 5.0 40.5
28. Maksimovic, Suzana wg YUG 2294 5.0 39.0
29. Pagnoncelli, Marco ITA 2064 5.0 37.5
30. Cugini,Werter ITA 2207 5.0 36.5
31. Schaefer, Michael GER 2240 5.0 33.0
80 players
The Canadian Championships took place in Montreal August 21st-29th
2001. It was a 9 round Swiss with 31 players competing which was also a FIDE
Zonal. Kevin Spraggett and Alexandre Lesiège, the top two players shared
first place. After an abortive attempt at a playoff when they drew both the
games they will now play off in mid-September for a purse of $5,000.
Internet coverage:
http://www.execulink.com/~binkie/closed2001/
Final Standings:
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Canadian Closed Montreal CAN (CAN), 21-28 viii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2531 + 7 +14 +11 = 2 + 8 = 6 + 4 +10 + 3 8.0 2670
2. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2564 +15 = 3 +13 = 1 + 7 + 4 + 9 + 6 +10 8.0 2675
3. Bluvshtein, Mark CAN 2303 +19 = 2 =24 +22 = 5 = 9 + 7 +20 - 1 6.0 2379
4. Khassanov, Marat f CAN 2363 +28 +25 =27 + 5 + 9 - 2 - 1 +11 = 6 6.0 2385
5. Phillips, Ray CAN ---- = 6 +29 +20 - 4 = 3 + 8 -10 + 9 =12 5.5 2361
6. Schleifer, Michael m CAN 2369 = 5 +18 - 9 +19 +27 = 1 +25 - 2 = 4 5.5 2295
7. Gaspariants, Vladimir f RUS 2305 - 1 +31 +30 +10 - 2 +13 - 3 =21 + 8 5.5 2354
8. Mikanovic, Goran f CAN 2273 +17 = 9 =10 +11 - 1 - 5 +13 +14 - 7 5.0 2282
9. Glinert, Stephen f CAN 2273 +21 = 8 + 6 +27 - 4 = 3 - 2 - 5 +20 5.0 2330
10. Hamilton, Robert f CAN 2307 +23 =13 = 8 - 7 +29 +15 + 5 - 1 - 2 5.0 2280
11. Ghannoum, Marc CAN 2192 +16 +24 - 1 - 8 =30 =20 +26 - 4 +22 5.0 2275
12. Yoos, John C CAN 2360 -27 -20 -16 +32 +17 +19 =14 +25 = 5 5.0 2163
13. Milicevic, Dragoljub CAN 2269 +26 =10 - 2 +24 =15 - 7 - 8 =16 +21 4.5 2256
14. Odachowski, Arthur CAN 2197 +31 - 1 =19 =20 =21 +22 =12 - 8 =18 4.5 2208
15. Gurevich, Artjom CAN 2197 - 2 =26 +25 +28 =13 -10 =22 =18 =17 4.5 2182
16. Lipnowski, Irvin f CAN 2309 -11 -22 +12 +26 -25 =24 =30 =13 +29 4.5 2128
17. Reddy, Tyler CAN 2084 - 8 +23 -22 -21 -12 +28 +31 +24 =15 4.5 2177
18. Urquhart,Eddie CAN ---- =20 - 6 =29 -30 =28 +32 +27 =15 =14 4.5 2162
19. Lawson,Eric CAN ---- - 3 +32 =14 - 6 =24 -12 =23 +31 +25 4.5 2150
20. Ochkoos, Jura CAN 2285 =18 +12 - 5 =14 =22 =11 +21 - 3 - 9 4.0 2152
21. Chabot, Roland CAN 2225 - 9 =28 =26 +17 =14 +27 -20 = 7 -13 4.0 2159
22. Gardner, Robert CAN 2206 -24 +16 +17 - 3 =20 -14 =15 +30 -11 4.0 2145
23. Patterson, Roger CAN ---- -10 -17 =28 -25 +32 -31 =19 +27 +26 4.0 2046
24. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas CAN 2126 +22 -11 = 3 -13 =19 =16 =29 -17 =28 3.5 2094
25. Kiviaho,Robert CAN ---- =29 - 4 -15 +23 +16 +30 - 6 -12 -19 3.5 2097
26. Pitre, Francois CAN ---- -13 =15 =21 -16 +31 +29 -11 =28 -23 3.5 2075
27. Haessel, Dale R USA 2205 +12 +30 = 4 - 9 - 6 -21 -18 -23 +32 3.5 2096
28. Saint-Amand, Paul CAN 2208 - 4 =21 =23 -15 =18 -17 +32 =26 =24 3.5 2030
29. Kapadia,Ronak CAN ---- =25 - 5 =18 +31 -10 -26 =24 +32 -16 3.5 2002
30. Ramaswamy,Kiran CAN ---- +32 -27 - 7 +18 =11 -25 =16 -22 -31 3.0 2010
31. Lipnowski, Samuel CAN ---- -14 - 7 +32 -29 -26 +23 -17 -19 +30 3.0 1940
32. BYE ---- -30 -19 -31 -12 -23 -18 -28 -29 -27 0.0
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Lesiege, Alexandre - Spraggett, Kevin 1/2 108 A86 Dutch Leningrad System
Spraggett, Kevin - Lesiege, Alexandre 1/2 32 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen Variation
Canadian Closed Playoff Montreal CAN (CAN), 29-29 viii 2001
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1 2
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Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2564 = = 1.0 2531
Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2531 = = 1.0 2564
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The XXXVIII Rubinstein Memorial Festival took place in Polanica
Zdrój 13th-25th August 2001. There was no super-GM tournament this year.
The main Open A which had a total of 139 players was won by Vladimir Baklan and
Robert Kempinski. There are games from all rounds available. Unfortunately many
of the games in the bulletin are incomplete with only the first 20 moves
provided. My thanks to Slawek Machlowski for his help.
Internet coverage: http://rubinstein.netgate.com.pl/
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Rubinstein Open Polanica Zdroj POL (POL), 16-25 viii 2001
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1. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2599 8.0 52.5 65.5 6 46.0
2. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2595 8.0 52.0 64.5 6 45.5
3. Gritsak, Orest m UKR 2499 8.0 47.0 59.0 6 44.0
4. Zubarev, Alexander1 m UKR 2470 7.5 45.5 57.0 7 39.0
5. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2522 7.0 54.0 67.0 5 45.0
6. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2295 7.0 53.0 65.0 5 41.0
7. Smetankin, Stanislav m BLR 2433 7.0 50.5 63.0 6 40.0
8. Jakubiec, Artur POL 2497 7.0 49.5 61.5 5 41.5
9. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2521 7.0 48.0 60.0 5 43.0
10. Cyborowski, Lukasz m POL 2509 7.0 47.0 60.0 5 41.0
11. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2548 7.0 47.0 59.0 6 39.0
12. Schmidt, Wlodzimierz g POL 2438 7.0 46.5 58.5 5 38.0
13. Shishkin, Vadim m UKR 2458 7.0 45.5 57.5 5 39.0
14. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij m UKR 2539 7.0 45.5 56.5 6 39.0
15. Vysochin, Spartak m UKR 2542 7.0 44.0 56.5 7 38.0
16. Zezulkin, Jurij g BLR 2529 7.0 42.0 51.5 6 34.5
17. Anuszkiewicz, Konrad POL 2257 7.0 40.0 49.5 6 33.5
18. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2516 6.5 48.5 60.5 4 40.5
19. Abbasov, Farid m AZE 2426 6.5 48.5 59.5 6 41.0
20. Zhigalko, Andrey BLR 2400 6.5 47.0 59.5 6 37.5
21. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2498 6.5 43.0 54.5 5 35.5
22. Balcerak, Jakob m GER 2415 6.5 42.0 53.0 5 34.0
23. Orzech, Dominik POL 2251 6.5 38.0 46.5 6 32.5
24. Sharapov, Evgeny m UKR 2403 6.0 48.5 60.0 6 36.0
25. Grabarska, Barbara wm POL 2253 6.0 48.0 61.0 5 38.5
26. Staniszewski, Piotr m POL 2451 6.0 47.5 59.0 5 37.0
27. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2557 6.0 46.5 58.5 5 36.0
28. Tihonov, Jurij m BLR 2393 6.0 46.5 57.0 5 35.0
29. Babaev, Rashad AZE 2361 6.0 45.5 56.5 6 37.0
30. Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2219 6.0 44.5 57.0 4 31.0
31. Swicarz, Maciej POL 2309 6.0 43.0 54.0 6 32.0
32. Jedryczka, Krystian POL 2330 6.0 42.5 54.0 4 33.0
33. Pichugin, Alexandr m UKR 2416 6.0 41.5 52.0 4 34.0
34. Dlugosz, Jedrzej POL 2272 6.0 40.0 50.0 4 31.5
35. Jasik, Krzysztof POL 2250 6.0 40.0 49.0 5 28.5
36. Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2064 6.0 39.0 50.0 5 25.5
139 players
The Caissa 2001 tournaments in Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) took place
20th-30th August 2001. Miklos Orso and Stefan Bromberger finished on
7.5/11.
The next event in Miercurea Ciuc is the Post Banc IM 20th-30th September
2001. My thanks to Biro Sandor.
Further details: http://www.topnet.ro/caissa
Final Standings:
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IM Miercurea Ciuc ROM (ROM), 20-30 viii 2001 cat. II (2298)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Orso, Miklos m HUN 2401 * 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 7.5 2421
2. Bromberger, Stefan GER 2353 0 * 1 = = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.5 2425
3. Murariu, Andrei ROM 2287 = 0 * 1 = 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2400
4. Danilov, Vladimir f ROM 2348 = = 0 * = 1 1 = = 0 1 1 6.5 2358
5. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2405 = = = = * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2352
6. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2290 = = 0 0 1 * = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2363
7. Manolache, Marius f ROM 2421 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2351
8. Gheng, Josef f GER 2319 = 1 1 = 0 0 0 * = = 1 1 6.0 2331
9. Nanu, Ciprian m ROM 2417 = 0 = = = = 0 = * 1 1 1 6.0 2322
10. Marin, Luiza wm ROM 2159 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 = 3.0 2135
11. Lutz, Thomas GER 2093 = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 * = 2.0 2054
12. Lutz, Dieter GER 2078 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.0 1934
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There was an international chess tournament in Nikolaev (Ukraine),
1st-13th August 2001. 14 year old Alexander Areschenko won the the event and
made a GM norm.
Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/nik01ind.htm
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It Nikolaev UKR (UKR), 1-13 viii 2001 cat. VII (2412)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2462 * 1 = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 = 10.0 2618
2. Zubov, Alexander m UKR 2473 0 * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 8.5 2516
3. Slovineanu, Viacheslav m MDA 2406 = 1 * = = 1 = 1 1 = = 0 = = 8.0 2498
4. Itkis, Boris m ROM 2455 = = = * 0 = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2465
5. Karjakin, Sergey f UKR 2338 0 0 = 1 * = = 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2474
6. Kalygin, Sergey V g RUS 2439 0 = 0 = = * = 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2438
7. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2402 = = = = = = * = 0 = 0 = 1 1 6.5 2412
8. Zavgorodniy, Sergiy m UKR 2453 = 0 0 1 1 0 = * 1 0 1 0 = = 6.0 2379
9. Maksimenko, Andrei g UKR 2502 = 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 * = = 1 = = 6.0 2375
10. Olenin, Nikolay m RUS 2386 0 = = = 0 = = 1 = * 0 0 = = 5.0 2326
11. Alexikov, Alexander m UKR 2405 0 = = 0 = 0 1 0 = 1 * 1 0 0 5.0 2325
12. Nakonechny, Sergey UKR 2237 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 0 * 1 = 5.0 2337
13. Savon, Vladimir A g UKR 2449 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = = 1 0 * 1 5.0 2321
14. Bondarchuk, Sergei UKR 2354 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 = 0 * 4.0 2274
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Alexei Shirov played exhibition using a new TV Internet set top box as
part of the Funkaustellung in Berlin. Galaxis is a Luebeck company and is
launching their "x-treme" set top box at the exhibition. The event took place
31st August 2001 at 18.00 CET. Shirov beat Shredder with the black pieces at a
time rate of 20 minutes + 10 seconds per move. He then used the Internet
connection to play blitz (5 minutes + 2 seconds per move) games against
Sasikiran and Thiruchelvam.
Internet coverage: http://www.galaxis.de and
http://www.chessbase.com/news/ifa-berl1.htm
Shredder 5.32 - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 49 D19 Slav Defence
IFA Galaxis Berlin GER (GER), 31-31 viii 2001
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Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2706 1 1.0
Shredder 5.32 ---- 0 0.0
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The main First Saturday events in September are two IM category I
groups. The IMA event is a 12 player all-play-all and the B event is a six
player double round all-play-all. My thanks to Istvan Magyar, Miklos Orso and
Laszlo Nagy.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0901.htm
Round 2 Standings:
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FSIMA September Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-12 ix 2001 cat. I (2267)
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1. Kun, Gabor HUN 2274 * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . 2.0
2. Hajnal, Zoltan f HUN 2355 . * . . . . 1 . . . 1 . 2.0
3. Boros, Denes HUN 2198 . . * . = 1 . . . . . . 1.5 2410
4. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2203 . . . * . . . . = . 1 . 1.5 2455
5. Pitschka, Klaus f GER 2220 . . = . * . . . . = . . 1.0 2240
6. Gazic, Josip GER 2215 . . 0 . . * . . 1 . . . 1.0 2257
7. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2328 . 0 . . . . * . . . . 1 1.0 2328
8. Sinkovics, Peter m HUN 2301 0 . . . . . . * . . . 1 1.0 2288
9. Berczes, Csaba HUN 2316 . . . = . 0 . . * . . . 0.5 2016
10. Appleberry, Martin FRA 2283 0 . . . = . . . . * . . 0.5 2054
11. Feller, Joseph LUX 2209 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Soos, Bela m GER 2302 . . . . . . 0 0 . . . * 0.0
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FSIMB September Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-10 ix 2001cat. I (2267)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2255 ** .. .. 1. .. 1. 2.0
2 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2278 .. ** =. .. 1. .. 1.5 2450
3 Dobos, Jozsef m HUN 2309 .. =. ** =. .. .. 1.0 2299
4 Gouret, Thierry f FRA 2320 0. .. =. ** .. .. 0.5 2089
5 Alfred, Nathan ENG 2205 .. 0. .. .. ** =. 0.5 2064
6 Cooke, Eric USA 2237 0. .. .. .. =. ** 0.5 2037
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The VI Paks Cup Hungary, GM, IM, and FM tournaments took place 18th-28th
August 2001. The GM and IM events were 11 rounds. Jan Michael Sprenger, Andras
Flumbort, Andras Toth and Eddie Dearing all made IM norms. My thanks to Videki
Sandor for the information.
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VI Paks Cup GM HUN (HUN), 18-28 viii 2001 cat. VII (2416)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2495 * = = 1 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 8.0 2583
2. Flumbort, Andras HUN 2372 = * = = 1 = = 1 = = = 1 7.0 2521
3. Markus, Robert m YUG 2443 = = * = = = 1 = 1 = = 1 7.0 2515
4. Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2420 0 = = * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2480
5. Sprenger, Jan Michael GER 2433 0 0 = = * 1 = = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2479
6. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2430 = = = = 0 * = = 1 1 1 0 6.0 2450
7. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2481 = = 0 = = = * 1 0 1 = 1 6.0 2445
8. Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2421 0 0 = 1 = = 0 * = = 0 1 4.5 2350
9. Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2409 = = 0 0 0 0 1 = * 0 1 = 4.0 2314
10. Rajlich, Vasik G f USA 2330 = = = 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 0 3.5 2290
11. Arnold, Lothar m GER 2408 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * = 3.5 2283
12. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2347 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = 1 = * 3.5 2289
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VI Paks Cup IM HUN (HUN), 18-28 viii 2001 cat. I (2262)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Toth, Andras1 HUN 2382 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 8.5 2461
2. Dearing, Eddie SCO 2274 = * 0 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2471
3. Popescu, Dan ROM 2250 = 1 * 0 = = 0 = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2327
4. Koskela, Niina wm FIN 2250 0 0 1 * 1 = = 1 0 = 1 1 6.5 2327
5. Zelic, Mladen f CRO 2286 0 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2295
6. Krutti, Valer m HUN 2385 0 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 1 0 5.5 2250
7. Tancsa, Robert HUN 2205 0 = 1 = 0 0 * = 1 = 0 1 5.0 2231
8. Habibi, Ali m GER 2250 0 = = 0 = = = * = 0 = 1 4.5 2197
9. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2203 1 0 0 1 0 = 0 = * = = 0 4.0 2165
10. Macsik, Tamas HUN 2188 = 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = * 0 = 4.0 2166
11. Sebe, Razvan ROM 2278 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = = 1 * = 4.0 2158
12. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2191 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 = = * 3.0 2093
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The Estonian Chess Championships took place in Puhajarve 8th-16th August
2001. Edvins Kengis and Aloyzas Kveinys played the event to improve norm
chances. Second placed Kaido Kulaots won the championships (2nd Jaan Ehlvest,
3rd Tarvo Seeman). Monika Tsiganova won the women's event. My thanks to Ular
Lauk for the information.
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ch-EST Puhajarve EST (EST), 8-16 viii 2001 cat. IX (2453)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2572 * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2634
2. Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2529 = * = 1 0 1 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2594
3. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2535 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2555
4. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2627 = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2507
5. Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2440 0 1 = = * = = = = 0 1 5.0 2454
6. Sepp, Olav m EST 2442 = 0 = = = * = = 1 = = 5.0 2454
7. Kanep, Meelis EST 2318 0 0 = = = = * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2466
8. Kiik, Kalle m EST 2449 0 0 0 = = = 1 * = = 1 4.5 2417
9. Lauk, Ular EST 2346 = = = 0 = 0 0 = * = = 3.5 2354
10. Zjukin, Sergei EST 2415 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 = = * 0 3.0 2308
11. Narva, Jaan EST 2313 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 2.0 2227
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ch-EST Women Puhajarve EST (EST), 8-16 viii 2001
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2266 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2348
2. Bashkite, Viktoria EST 2065 1 * = 1 0 = 1 1 5.0 2305
3. Piarnpuu, Leili wm EST 2212 = = * = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2284
4. Fomina, Tatyana wm EST 2269 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 4.5 2219
5. Paidla, Kaja J EST 2109 0 1 0 0 * 1 = = 3.0 2090
6. Budylina, Sofia EST 2076 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 3.0 2095
7. Pikkmets, Reet EST ---- 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1.5 1926
8. Ranniku, Maaja wm EST 2097 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 1720
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Mihajlo Savic reports : The men's team Championship of the Republic of
Srpska took place on the mountain of Jahorina 11th-19th August 2001. There were
ten teams and many players from Yugoslavia appeared for them. The top board was
the equivalent of a Category. LEOTAR teams lost the match against STUDENT team,
because of an arbiters decision, in the last round, without play with 5-0. The
KSK team won with 37 points. The winning team was GM Zlatko Ilincic, GM Milan
Vukic, IM Aleksandar Savanovic, MK Dusan Lekic, FM Miladin Gavric and IM Goran
Milosevic.
No|Name |Total| 1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10
1|Krajiski sahovski klub, Banja Luka 37.0 * 3.0 5.0 4.5 3.5 3.0 5.0 4.5 3.5 5.0
2|STUDENT, Banja Luka 36.0 3.0 * 4.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0
3|GLASINAC, Sokolac 31.0 1.0 2.0 * 4.0 5.0 4.0 4.5 3.5 5.0 2.0
4|OBUDOVAC, Obudovac 26.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 * 1.5 3.5 3.0 3.5 5.0 4.5
5|PANTERI, Bijeljina 25.5 2.5 2.0 1.0 4.5 * 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.5
6|MLADOST, Laktasi 25.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 * 2.5 3.5 2.0 4.5
7|PRIJEDOR-MIRA, Prijedor 25.0 1.0 3.0 1.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 * 4.0 3.0 3.0
8|SLAVIJA, Srpsko Sarajevo 24.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 * 3.5 5.0
9|LEOTAR, Trebinje 19.5 2.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 2.5 * 2.5
10|JEDINSTVO, Brcko 19.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 1.5 2.5 1.5 3.0 1.0 3.5 *
The European Youth Chess Championships take place Kallithea, Halkidiki
August 30th - September 10th 2001. The FIDE Congress (September 4th to 10th)
also take place at the same venue.
Internet coverage: http://www.sportmeeting.org/. In
English: http://www.sportmeeting.org/chessen.htm
Zone 2.5 in Mar-del-Plata took place 25th August - 2nd September 2001.
Facundo Pierrot and Ruben Felgaer finished on 7/10. No games and no further
details available.
Internet coverage:
http://members.tripod.com/~scalise/scalise3/zonal01.html
Final Standings:
1 Pierrot, Facundo 7.0
Felgaer, Ruben 7.0
3 Cubas, Jose 6.5
4 Rosito, Jorge 6.0
Fiorito, Fabian 6.0
6 Kanefsck, Gustavo 5.0
Rodriguez, Andres 5.0
8 Roselli, Bernardo 4.5
9 Tempone, Marcelo 4.0
10 Cristobal, Ruben 2.5
11 Bauza, Alejandro 1.5
The Third Saturday Tournament in Belgrade took place 16th-26th August
2001. Johan Furhoff and Dragutin Sahovic finished with 6/10. Game from the
second half of the event are as yet unavailable. My thanks to Vladica Andrejic
for the information.
Info: http://www.beochess.org.yu/english.htm
Final Standings:
TSIM August Belgrad YUG
16-26 viii 2001cat. II (2294)
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1 Furhoff, Johan f SWE 2281 6.0
2 Sahovic, Dragutin g YUG 2420 6.0
3 Divljan, Igor CAN 2192 5.5
4 Simic, Radoslav g YUG 2430 5.5
5 Stankovic, Marija YUG 2259 3.5
6 Savic, Marijana wf YUG 2180 3.5
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The Chanac open took place 25th August - 1st September 2001. GM Valentin
Lukov won the 9 round event. No games available.
Internet coverage: http://www.chanac.fr.st/
Final Standings:
1 Lukov, V. GM 2469 8,5
2 Buisson, M. 1870 7,5
3 Palleja, X. 2252 7
4 Berlandier, L. 2205 6,5
5 Linder, O 2092 6,5
6 Huin, E 1890 6,5
7 Pallandre, F 2108 6,5
8 Capron, D 2195 6
9 Vasquez, G 2068 6
10 Donnenfeld, P 2090 6
11 Blachier, P 2091 6
12 Plane, D 1990 6
13 Palazon, J 2070 6
14 Gallet, G 1860 6
15 Schone, C 1890 6
16 Daniel, J 2030 6
91 players
The 1st St-Chély-d'Aubrac Open took place August 26th - September
1st 2001.
1st Glenn Flear 2489 7.5 2nd-3rd Davoud Pira 2432, Jean-Pierre Boudre
2372 7.0 4th-7th Michel Saucey, Laurent Bruno, Thierry Manouck and Gilbert
Grimberg 6.5. Games held back until next week hopefully when I have a full
table to try and sort the out.
Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com
The 16th Schwarzacher Open Hauptturnier 2001 took place in Austria 25th
August - 2nd September 2001. Alexander Shchekachev won with 7.5/9. No games
available.
Internet coverage:
http://www.schachinsalzburg.at/SchwarzacherOpen/
Final Standings:
1 GM Shchekachev A RUS 2546 7,5
2 GM Hertneck Gerald GER 2572 7,0
3 GM Karpatchev, A. RUS 2421 6,5
4 IM Danner Georg AUT 2467 6,5
5 FM Staller Peter GER 2310 6,5
6 IM Medvegy, Zoltan HUN 2430 6,0
7 Grötz, Harald AUT 2305 6,0
8 IM Pinkas, Karol POL 2378 6,0
9 GM Ivanov, Mikhail RUS 2446 6,0
10 FM Riedel, Wolfgang GER 2337 6,0
11 IM Maier, Alexander GER 2378 6,0
69 players
The Schneider Bohemia Open in Pilsen incorporating the Czech
Championship 2001 took place 18th-26th August 2001. Nikolay Tolstikh won the
event with 7.5/9 there were 112 players. Games from the final round are now
available. My thanks to Petr Marik for his help.
Internet coverage: http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/
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Schneider Bohemia Open Pilsen CZE (CZE), 18-26 viii 2001
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1. Tolstikh, Nikolay m RUS 2436 7.5 52.5 42.25
2. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2507 7.0 48.0 38.25
3. Gross, David CZE m CZE 2465 7.0 44.5 36.25
4. Konopka, Michal m CZE 2479 7.0 42.0 31.25
5. Trichkov, Vasil m CZE 2313 6.5 50.5 32.75
6. Vesselovsky, Serguei m CZE 2405 6.5 50.0 35.00
7. Simacek, Pavel f CZE 2404 6.5 49.0 31.50
8. Cvek, Robert m CZE 2411 6.5 47.5 34.25
9. Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2422 6.5 47.0 34.00
10. Freisler, Pavel m CZE 2350 6.5 41.5 30.25
11. Lys, Josef CZE 2353 6.0 50.0 29.00
12. Hrbolka, Ladislav jr CZE 2197 6.0 49.0 31.25
13. Chytilek, Roman CZE 2411 6.0 47.5 30.00
14. Virostko, Petr CZE 2294 6.0 47.0 27.75
15. Jirka, Jiri CZE 2292 6.0 46.5 28.75
16. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2403 6.0 46.0 27.00
17. Dolezal, Radoslav1 CZE 2390 6.0 45.5 27.25
18. Michalek, Jan CZE 2365 6.0 42.5 25.25
19. Plasgura, Petr CZE 2234 6.0 38.0 22.25
112 players
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. Games from the final round now available. My
thanks to Jack Peters.
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 Professional World Chess Ranking of August by Ken Thomson, New
Jersey and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow have been released.
1 Kasparov,Garry RUS 2798 122
2 Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2793 128
3 Anand,Viswanathan IND 2732 136
4 Topalov,Veselin BUL 2706 169
5 Leko,Peter HUN 2699 106
6 Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2699 203
7 Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2692 149
8 Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2676 137
9 Adams,Michael ENG 2670 150
10 Gelfand,Boris ISR 2665 134
11 Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2659 159
12 Shirov,Alexei ESP 2656 171
13 Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2651 160
14 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam UZB 2642 157
15 Smirin,Ilia ISR 2642 165
16 Svidler,Peter RUS 2642 165
17 Van Wely,Loek NED 2639 161
18 Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2631 152
19 Dreev,Alexey RUS 2630 168
20 Polgar,Judit HUN 2630 172
21 Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2629 127
22 Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2629 186
23 Bacrot,Etienne FRA 2627 147
24 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2627 174
25 Lputian,Smbat G ARM 2620 150
26 Grischuk,Alexander RUS 2615 163
27 Short,Nigel D ENG 2614 162
28 Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2609 132
29 Sutovskij,Emil ISR 2609 211
30 Zhang Zhong CHN 2605 177
31 Bologan,Viorel MDA 2605 196
32 Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2604 145
33 Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2604 176
34 Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2600 156
35 Lutz,Christopher GER 2599 139
36 Dautov,Rustem GER 2596 179
37 Beliavsky,Alexander SLO 2595 165
38 Benjamin,Joel USA 2595 170
39 Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2594 181
40 Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLR 2593 162
41 Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2593 194
42 Avrukh,Boris ISR 2592 168
43 Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2591 169
44 Piket,Jeroen NED 2589 154
45 Rohde,Michael A USA 2588 188
46 Nielsen,Peter-Heine DEN 2587 175
47 Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2586 151
48 Lautier,Joel FRA 2584 144
49 Malakhov,Vladimir RUS 2584 176
50 Tkachiev,Vladislav FRA 2583 148
9th Asian Women's Championships
The India Cements 9th Asian Women's Championships takes place 2nd-12th
September 2001 in Chennai India. The event is a qualifier for the FIDE Women's
World Championships.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chathurangam.com/cityresults/9thasianwomen/preview.asp
and http://www.chess-mate.com/awco1.htm
40th Groningen International Open
The 40th Groningen International Open is also the 3rd European Chess
Championships, there are also invitational and open events. The festival takes
place 19th December 2001 - 5th January 2002 Groningen, the Netherlands and is
organised by Stichting Schaak Groningen.
Internet coverage: http://www.groningenchess.nl/
XXXI Rilton Cup
The XXXI Rilton Cup takes place 27 December 2001 to 5th January 2002.
Information:
http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-21958/XXXIRilton_cup0102.htm
IECG Email Chess WorldCup VII Official announcement
All IECG members are welcome to enter the IECG Cup VII preliminary
stage. IECG Cup is an open tournament: players of any rating are merged
together. So this is a nice opportunity to play a wide range of opponents.
Subscriptions are open until September 15. Entries received after this date are
used for a replacement list, which will be closed on October 1st. The
tournament will be launched on October 1st, for a duration of 11 months. All
the unfinished games will be adjudicated.
During the preliminary phase, all participants take part in a 7
players, single round tournament (so 6 games to play). The 2 winners of each
section will be entitled to play in the next stage, starting in October 2002.
All games count for IECG rating, of course.
IECG membership is paramount to enter the Cup VII. All non-members must
join IECG first - visit their registration page
http://www.iecg.org/Register.htm
Details and the entry form for Cup VI at:
http://www.iecg.org/cupentry.htm
The web entry form is the best method to be enlisted in the Cup, as the
process behind is easier for us.
Glyfada Open 2001
3rd International Chess Tournament "Glyfada 2001" takes place from
August 31st-September 8th 2001 in Glyfada, Athens, Greece. Nikolaidis,
Kotronias and Vajda are the top players.
Further information at the new Web site of "Zeno Chess Club" :
http:\\www.zinonchess.gr
III Sants Hostafrancs Open
The III Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta International Open a 10 round
Swiss System event takes place in Barcelona (Spain) 1st-10th September 2001.
Jonathan Parker, Azer Mirzoev, Viktor Moskalenko, Joan Fluvia Poyatos, and
Keith Arkell head the field of 350 players.
Further details: http://www.secretariat.org/open
Paris Apsap
47th FIDE Open is underway.
Internet coverage:
http://www.multimania.com/club608/Open47.htm
109th New Zealand Chess Championships 2001/2002
The 109th New Zealand Chess Championships 2001/2002 take place 28th
December 2001 - 11th January 2002 in Christchurch. The venue will be at The
Millennium Hotel, 14 Cathedral square, Christchurch, New Zealand. The Chief
Arbiter will be IA Leon Muys (Netherlands).
Chris Wright reports they have had numerous enquiries from overseas
regarding the tournament, from Russia, Belarus, England, Netherlands, Hungary,
Ireland, and Australia. They hope to have a number of strong international
players competing. The tournament will involve many of New Zealand's top
players, as it is a selection event for next year's 35th World Chess Olympiad
in Bled, Slovenia 2002.
Internet coverage: http://nzchesscongress109.tripod.com/
First and Third Saturday events
GM-IM-closed tournaments in 2001: 1. 1st-13th of September FIRST
SATURDAY, HUN, Budapest cat.I-II-III, 2. 6th-19th of October FIRST SATURDAY,
HUN, Budapest, cat.VII-VIII, cat.I-II-III. 3. 20th-31th of October THIRD
SATURDAY, YUG, Belgrade, same, 4. 3rd-16th of November FIRST SATURDAY, HUN,
Budapest, cat.I-II-III, 5. 1st-14th of December FIRST SATURDAY, HUN, Budapest,
cat.IX-X. /!!!/, cat.VII-VIII. cat. I-II-III. 6. 15th-28th of December, THIRD
SATURDAY, YUG, Belgrade, cat.VII-VIII, cat. I-II-III.
More info: Nagy, Laszlo International Chess Organizer E-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Two New Books in German
There are two new books in German are out. Both are written by famous
chess players.
Svetozar Gligoric and Sinisa Joksic have produced a book in German
about the King's Indian Defence. The title is "Gligoric-variante" and it is in
German. It is the story of the Mar del Plata variantion which Gligoric played
first in 1953 and afterwards played and analysed a lot. The last games included
in the book from May and June 2001.
More info: http://avala.yubc.net/~yuchess/engleski/index.htm
The Exzelsior Verlag Berlin has just just published (in German) the
only story by Emanuel Lasker: "Wie Wanja Meister wurde". A Hardcover book of
184 pages is costs DM 29.90. Further information
Redaktion_Schach@compuserve.com.
July FIDE List Study
Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/ an article "Study of
the July 2001 FIDE Rating List. Parts I-II" (By Boris Schipkov) are now
available.
Bethune Tournament
The 22nd International chess Tournament takes place in Bethune (North
of France) 26th-30th December 2001 7 rounds, 40 moves in 2 hours plus one hour
K.O, first prize 10000 Francs (about 1500 $)
For more information: http://bethunechess.free.fr
E-mail :bethunechess@aol.com
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/
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
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/
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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