THE WEEK IN CHESS 364 29th October 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Corsica
Rapidplay Open
3) Johann Thorir Jonsson Memorial
4) Ladies vs. Veterans
5) Golden
Autumn
6) World Youth Championships
7) World Seniors
8) Internet Qualifiers
9) Polish Team Championships
10) Third
Saturday Tournament
11) S.C. Lasker Tournament
12) British Rapidplay Championships
13)
Kishinev ULIM Cup
14) Slovenian Teams
15) Chigorin Memorial
16) Panormo
Open
17) Helsinki vs. Tallinn Match
18) 5th Open International Bavarian Masters
19) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Johann Thorir Jonsson Memorial 105 games
Ladies vs. Veterans 30 games
Golden Autumn 43 games
World Youth Championships 210 games
World Seniors 91 games
Polish Team Championships 270 games
Third Saturday Tournament 54 games
S.C. Lasker Tournament 42 games
British Rapidplay Championships 6 games
Kishinev ULIM Cup 279 games
Slovenian Teams 168 games
Chigorin Memorial 261 games
Panormo Open 21 games
Helsinki vs. Tallinn Match 20 games
1600 games
My thanks to Eugeny Atarov, Rafal Furdzik, Bartlomiej Macieja, Aard
Daanen, Przemek Jahr, Vladica Andrejic, Chirila Radu-Catalin, Sam Nicholls,
Feodor Skripchenko, Ales Drinovec, George Mastrokoukos, Mika Lako, Marc Davis
and all those who helped with this issue.
The Corsica Rapidplay Open sees the final events for a number of the
players before the FIDE World Championships. Players such as Anand and Leko
will compete in the knockout stage starting tonight. News also that there
should be a delayed press conference on November 12th to confirm a 2Ks event
between Kasparov and Kramnik taking place December 1st-9th 2001 including four
normal time-rate games and a mixture of rapidplay and blitz also.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Corsica International Rapidplay Open takes place October 28th-31st
2001. 600 000 F of prices (91 500 euros). The event started with a nine round
Swiss to produce the top 16 players. This very strong event saw the elimination
of Alexei Shirov (a last round loss to Igor Glek finally finished him, he had
earlier lost to Cyril Marzolo also). Things could have been almost as hard for
Anand after a penultimate round loss to Van Wely. However both he and his final
round opponent Mikhail Gurevich both needed draws to go through and so it was.
The 1/8th finals are on the evening of Monday 29th October, 1/4 and semi-finals
on Tuesday 30th October and the final on Wednesday 31st October. No games
available so far. The knockout games should be live.
1/8th Finals (Monday 29th 21-00CET)
Sergei Rublevsky (2634) vs. Andrei Kharlov (2656)
Sergei Tiviakov
(2599) vs. Mikhail Gurevich (2605)
Predrag Nikolic (2652) vs. Peter Leko
(2739)
Loek Van Wely (2714) vs. Alexander Chernin (2592)
Vladislav
Tkachiev (2632) vs. Aleksandr Shneider (2506)
Etienne Bacrot (2653) vs.
Viswanathan Anand (2770)
Alexander Rustemov (2611) vs. Igor Glek
(2590)
Alexei Barsov (2525) vs. Joel Lautier (2653)
Internet coverage: http://www.opencorsica.com,
http://www.europe-echecs.com,
French
Chess Federation (http://www.echecs.asso.fr/) and
ICC.
9 Rounds Swiss Final Standings:
1 g Rublevsky Sergei 2634 RUS 7.0 2790 44.0 31.0 2788
2 g Tiviakov Sergei 2599 NED 6,5 2738 40,5 27,5 2731
3 g Nikolic Predrag 2652 BIH 6,5 2735 40.0 26,5 2728
4 g Van Wely Loek 2714 NED 6,5 2724 40.0 27.0 2717
5 g Tkachiev Vladislav 2632 FRA 6,5 2718 41,5 28.0 2711
6 g Bacrot Etienne 2653 FRA 6,5 2709 37,5 25,5 2702
7 g Rustemov Alexander 2611 RUS 6,5 2677 39.0 27.0 2670
8 g Barsov Alexei 2525 UZB 6,5 2660 37,5 25.0 2669
9 g Lautier Joel 2653 FRA 6,5 2659 38.0 26.0 2652
10 g Glek Igor V. 2590 GER 6,5 2634 36,5 24.0 2627
11 g Anand Viswanathan 2770 IND 6.0 2702 41.0 28.0 2699
12 g Shneider Aleksandr 2506 UKR 6.0 2677 40.0 26,5 2703
13 g Chernin Alexander 2592 HUN 6.0 2660 41.0 27,5 2657
14 g Leko Peter 2739 HUN 6.0 2660 40.0 27.0 2657
15 g Gurevich Mikhail 2605 BEL 6.0 2651 38.0 26.0 2648
16 g Kharlov Andrei 2656 RUS 6.0 2650 40.0 27,5 2647
17 g David Alberto 2522 LUX 6.0 2607 37,5 24.0 2619
18 m Moreno Carnero Javier 2514 ESP 6.0 2590 38,5 25,5 2634
19 g Lupu Mircea-Sergiu 2470 FRA 6.0 2583 40.0 27.0 2632
20 g Sermek Drazen 2577 SLO 5,5 2646 43,5 30,5 2647
21 g Piket Jeroen 2649 NED 5,5 2603 39,5 27.0 2597
22 g Wojtkiewicz Aleksander 2573 POL 5,5 2582 37,5 25.0 2577
23 g Djuric Stefan 2512 YUG 5,5 2577 37,5 25,5 2585
24 g Kotsur Pavel 2572 KAZ 5,5 2573 38,5 25,5 2570
25 g Iordachescu Viorel 2561 MDA 5,5 2556 37,5 25.0 2580
26 g Tregubov Pavel V. 2611 RUS 5,5 2545 35.0 24.0 2539
27 g Kozul Zdenko 2569 CRO 5,5 2538 38.0 25.0 2531
28 g Shirov Alexei 2706 ESP 5,5 2531 38.0 25,5 2542
29 g Marciano David 2505 FRA 5,5 2518 36,5 24.0 2529
30 g Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2609 ROM 5,5 2515 35,5 23,5 2509
99 players
The "Johann Thorir Jonsson Memorial" tournament takes place in the
Reykjavik City Hall in Iceland 23rd October - 2nd November 2001. The event is a
10 round Swiss and players include: Ivan Sokolov, Jaan Ehlvest, Peter Heine
Nielsen, Jan Timman, Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson, Johnny Hector,
Lars Schandorff, Henrik Danielsen, Murray Chandler, Friðrik
Ólafsson, Helgi Ólafsson etc .
Internet coverage: http://www.skak.is/si/memorial
Round 5 of 10 Standings:
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Johann Thorir Jonsson Mem Open Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 23-2 x 2001
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1. Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2658 +22 +14 = 4 + 6 + 5 4.5 2868
2. Timman, Jan g NED 2600 = 7 +28 =21 + 8 +14 4.0 2612
3. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2626 =28 + 7 =12 +23 +11 4.0 2659
4. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2575 +38 + 9 = 1 =11 = 6 3.5 2655
5. Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2551 +29 = 8 +15 +12 - 1 3.5 2598
6. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2620 +39 +23 +10 - 1 = 4 3.5 2647
7. Gunnarsson, Arnar ISL 2289 = 2 - 3 +33 +27 +20 3.5 2517
8. Nyback, Tomi m FIN 2430 +35 = 5 +27 - 2 +18 3.5 2505
9. Johannessen, Leif Erlend m NOR 2429 +34 - 4 =13 +36 +17 3.5 2385
10. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2528 +37 +36 - 6 =17 +21 3.5 2440
11. Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2544 +25 =21 +16 = 4 - 3 3.0 2510
12. Danielsen, Henrik g DEN 2526 +32 +18 = 3 - 5 =15 3.0 2494
13. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor ISL 2201 =26 =31 = 9 =16 +28 3.0 2433
14. Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2460 +19 - 1 +29 +25 - 2 3.0 2469
15. Kristjansson, Stefan f ISL 2374 =27 +33 - 5 +22 =12 3.0 2379
16. Asmundsson, Ingvar f ISL 2359 =17 +30 -11 =13 +34 3.0 2319
17. Arngrimsson, Dagur ISL 2060 =16 =20 +39 =10 - 9 2.5 2413
18. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2315 +24 -12 =36 +26 - 8 2.5 2298
19. Kjartansson, David ISL 2224 -14 =22 =28 +31 =26 2.5 2357
20. Olafsson, Fridrik g ISL 2460 =30 =17 +37 =21 - 7 2.5 2241
21. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2386 +42 =11 = 2 =20 -10 2.5 2452
22. Gislason, Gudmundur ISL 2305 - 1 =19 +30 -15 +36 2.5 2325
23. Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2442 +40 - 6 +34 - 3 =25 2.5 2382
24. Palmason, Gudmundur ISL ---- -18 =32 =38 =29 +37 2.5 2268
25. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2248 -11 +42 +31 -14 =23 2.5 2380
26. Thorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 2393 =13 -27 +32 -18 =19 2.0 2145
27. Halldorsson, Halldor ISL 2103 =15 +26 - 8 - 7 =29 2.0 2276
28. Ulfarsson, Magnus Orn ISL 2298 = 3 - 2 =19 +40 -13 2.0 2301
29. Karason, Askell O ISL 2258 - 5 +35 -14 =24 =27 2.0 2193
30. Bjornsson, Tomas f ISL 2228 =20 -16 -22 +38 =35 2.0 2251
31. Thorsteinsson, Bjorn ISL 2329 =33 =13 -25 -19 +41 2.0 2089
32. Edvardsson, Kristjan ISL 2245 -12 =24 -26 =33 +40 2.0 2165
33. Kjartansson, Gudmundur ISL 2052 =31 -15 - 7 =32 +39 2.0 2233
34. Thorarinsson, Pall A ISL 2202 - 9 +38 -23 +39 -16 2.0 2287
35. Steindorsson, Sigurdur P ISL 2213 - 8 -29 +42 =37 =30 2.0 2186
36. Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2143 +41 -10 =18 - 9 -22 1.5 2183
37. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg CZE 2246 -10 +41 -20 =35 -24 1.5 2107
38. Thorhallsson, Gylfi ISL 2279 - 4 -34 =24 -30 +42 1.5 2077
39. Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2289 - 6 +40 -17 -34 -33 1.0 1989
40. Simonsen, Olavur FAI 2214 -23 -39 +41 -28 -32 1.0 2031
41. Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar ISL 2083 -36 -37 -40 +42 -31 1.0 1972
42. Baldursson, Hrannar ISL 2129 -21 -25 -35 -41 -38 0.0
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The Klompendans Ladies vs Veterans tournament takes place in Amsterdam
23rd October - 3 November 2001. The venue is the Beurs van Berlage in
Amsterdam. The event is called the "Klompendans" chess tournament. Sponsored by
Mr. J.J. van Oosterom. After six rounds the Veterans lead the Ladies 16-14.
Players: Ladies Zhu Chen (China), Alisa Galliamova (Russia), Nana
Ioseliani (Georgia), Xie Jun (China) and Sofia Polgar (Israel) Captain / Coach:
Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Spain) Veterans Vlastimil Hort (Germany), Victor Korchnoi
(Switzerland), Lajos Portisch (Hungary), Vassili Smyslov (Russia) and Mark
Taimanov (Russia) Playing captain : Vlastimil Hort (Germany)
Internet coverage: http://chess2.lostcity.nl/klompendans/
Round 1 (October 23, 2001)
Zhu Chen - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 22 D34 Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Xie Jun - Taimanov, Mark E 1-0 64 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Galliamova, Alisa - Smyslov, Vassily 1/2 22 A12 Reti Opening
Ioseliani, Nana - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 61 E55 Nimzo Indian
Polgar, Sofia - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 56 C14 French Classical
Round 2 (October 24, 2001)
Portisch, Lajos - Zhu Chen 1/2 34 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Korchnoi, Viktor - Ioseliani, Nana 1/2 93 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Smyslov, Vassily - Xie Jun 1/2 16 C48 Four Knights Game Rubinstein
Hort, Vlastimil - Galliamova, Alisa 1/2 44 D11 Slav Defence
Taimanov, Mark E - Polgar, Sofia 1-0 57 A13 Reti Opening
Round 3 (October 25, 2001)
Zhu Chen - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 41 E16 Queens Indian
Xie Jun - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 21 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Galliamova, Alisa - Portisch, Lajos 0-1 53 B23 Sicilian Closed System
Ioseliani, Nana - Taimanov, Mark E 0-1 57 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Polgar, Sofia - Smyslov, Vassily 1-0 22 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence
Round 4 (October 26, 2001)
Portisch, Lajos - Xie Jun 1/2 72 E97 King's Indian Classical
Korchnoi, Viktor - Galliamova, Alisa 0-1 28 D12 Slav Defence
Smyslov, Vassily - Ioseliani, Nana 1/2 12 B22 Sicilian Alapin Variation
Hort, Vlastimil - Polgar, Sofia 1-0 40 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Taimanov, Mark E - Zhu Chen 0-1 38 A17 English Opening
Round 5 (October 28, 2001)
Zhu Chen - Smyslov, Vassily 1/2 44 D94 Gruenfeld Defence Closed
Xie Jun - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 35 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen Variation
Galliamova, Alisa - Taimanov, Mark E 1-0 52 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian System
Ioseliani, Nana - Hort, Vlastimil 1-0 57 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Polgar, Sofia - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 47 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Variation
Round 6 (October 29, 2001)
Portisch, Lajos - Ioseliani, Nana 1-0 46 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Korchnoi, Viktor - Polgar, Sofia 1-0 40 B38 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Smyslov, Vassily - Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 62 B22 Sicilian Alapin Variation
Hort, Vlastimil - Zhu Chen 1/2 29 D12 Slav Defence
Taimanov, Mark E - Xie Jun 1/2 31 A25 English Sicilian Attack
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Klompendans Amsterdam NED (NED), 23 x-3 xi 2001 cat. XI (2524)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Portisch, Lajos v g HUN 2591 ** =. =. .. .. 1. .. =1 .. =. 4.0 2635
2. Zhu Chen l g CHN 2497 =. ** .. =. =. .. == .. 1. .. 3.5 2590
3. Xie Jun l g CHN 2553 =. .. ** =. =. .. =. .. 1= .. 3.5 2576
4. Korchnoi, Viktor v g SUI 2639 .. =. =. ** .. 0. .. =. .. 11 3.5 2562
5. Smyslov, Vassily v g RUS 2491 .. =. =. .. ** =1 .. =. .. 0. 3.0 2518
6. Galliamova, Alisa l m RUS 2547 0. .. .. 1. =0 ** =. .. 1. .. 3.0 2528
7. Hort, Vlastimil v g GER 2519 .. == =. .. .. =. ** 0. .. 1. 3.0 2510
8. Ioseliani, Nana l m GEO 2497 =0 .. .. =. =. .. 1. ** 0. .. 2.5 2488
9. Taimanov, Mark E v g RUS 2439 .. 0. 0= .. .. 0. .. 1. ** 1. 2.5 2462
10. Polgar, Sofia l m HUN 2469 =. .. .. 00 1. .. 0. .. 0. ** 1.5 2360
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The 3rd Golden Autumn tournament took place in Alushta, Ukraine.
7th-17th October 2001. The winner was 15 year old Kadir Gusenov.
Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/alu01oct.htm
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3rd Golden Autumn Alushta UKR (UKR), 7-17 x 2001 cat. VIII (2435)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Guseinov, Kadir m AZE 2489 * = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5
2. Gasanov, Eldar m UKR 2440 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7.0
3. Belikov, Vladimir g RUS 2488 = = * = = = = = 1 = 1 = 6.5
4. Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2442 = = = * = 0 1 = = = 1 1 6.5
5. Varavin, Viktor g RUS 2491 = = = = * 0 = = = = 1 1 6.0
6. Shalimov, Valery m UKR 2439 0 0 = 1 1 * = = 0 1 0 1 5.5
7. Rogovski, Vladimir m UKR 2443 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 = = 1 = 5.0
8. Tishin, Petr m RUS 2471 = 0 = = = = 0 * = = 1 = 5.0
9. Murashko, Vyacheslav L m UKR 2436 0 0 0 = = 1 = = * = 1 = 5.0
10. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen g RUS 2492 0 1 = = = 0 = = = * 0 1 5.0
11. Khudyakov, Alexander f RUS 2238 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 * 0 3.0
12. Pavlov, Maxim f UKR 2350 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 * 3.0
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The World Youth Championships take place in Oropesa del Mar, Spain 20th
October - November 3rd 2001. There are sections for Under-18, under-16,
under-14, under-12 and under-10 both boys and girls. I give the round 7
standings and games from the two strongest sections.
Coverage: http://www.worldyouthfestival2001.com/
and http://www.ajedrez21.com
Round 7 Standings:
Boys Under 18
1-3 Timofeev, Artyom (6) RUS 2517 fm 6 23.0
Izoria, Zviad (5) GEO 2533 im 6 24.5
Iakovenko, Dmitri (4) RUS 2536 gm 6 25.5
4-5 Werle, Jan (10) NED 2459 im 5.5 22.5
Naiditsch, Arkadij (2) GER 2540 gm 5.5 22.0
6-11 Paragua, Mark (12) PHI 2447 im 5 22.5
Kovchan, Oleksandr (7) UKR 2504 im 5 24.0
Lupulescu, Constantin (9) ROM 2467 5 22.0
Erenburg, Sergey (17) ISR 2421 fm 5 20.0
Jakubowski, Krzysztof (22) POL 2387 fm 5 17.5
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (16) GRE 2426 5 19.0
12-21 Khismatoulline, Denis (11) RUS 2448 4.5 23.5
Ni, Hua (3) CHN 2538 fm 4.5 20.5
Schneider, Dmitry (19) USA 2401 fm 4.5 20.0
Gharamyan, Tigran (48) ARM 2215 4.5 20.0
Perez Candelario, Manuel (21) ESP 2393 im 4.5 19.0
Gagunashvili, Merab (8) GEO 2480 im 4.5 18.5
Sadykov, Rustem (33) KAZ 2290 4.5 18.5
Popovic, Dusan (24) YUG 2372 4.5 17.5
Lindberg, Bosse (43) SWE 2247 4.5 17.5
Himanshu, Sharma (54) IND 2189 4.5 17.0
83 players
Boys Under 16
1-2 Korobov, Anton (6) UKR 2467 im 6 25.0
Heberla, Bartlomiej (10) POL 2390 6 22.0
3-4 Alekxeev, Evgueni (1) RUS 2548 im 5.5 22.0
Porat, Shi (15) ISR 2365 5.5 21.0
5-13 Mamedov, Nidjat (9) AZE 2405 im 5 23.0
Aryeshchenko, Alexandr (5) UKR 2479 5 22.5
Cheparinov, Ivan (7) BUL 2461 im 5 22.0
Yefymenko, Zakhar (3) UKR 2523 im 5 21.5
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (4) AZE 2503 5 21.0
Llobel Cortell, Enrique (13) ESP 2376 5 21.0
Husnutdinov, Damir (86) UZB 5 21.0
Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos (16) ESP 2364 5 20.5
Shanava, Konstantine (22) GEO 2332 fm 5 20.5
14-27 Pixton, Aaron (18) USA 2351 4.5 21.5
Alcazar Jimenez, Victor (43) ESP 2237 4.5 21.5
L'ami, Erwin (20) NED 2344 4.5 21.0
Zhao, Zong-Yuan (12) AUS 2387 im 4.5 20.0
Zhigalko, Andrei (14) BLR 2369 4.5 20.0
Zhao, Jun (19) CHN 2347 4.5 18.0
Smeets, Jan (27) NED 2312 4.5 18.0
Buckley, Simon (44) ENG 2236 4.5 18.0
Sitnikov, Anton (47) UKR 2218 4.5 18.0
Berkes, Ferenc (2) HUN 2541 im 4.5 17.5
Ekdyshman, Mikhail (34) RUS 2281 4.5 17.5
Kukel, Imre (50) SVK 2215 4.5 17.5
Perdomo, Leandro (38) ARG 2262 4.5 16.5
Daskevics, Vadims (83) LAT 4.5 15.5
102 players
The World Senior Championships takes place 16th-28th October 2001 in
Arco, Italy. After ten of eleven rounds Janis Klovans leads by half a
point.
Internet coverage: http://www.arcoworldchess.com/mondiale.htm
Standings after 10 rounds:
1. Klovans Janis GM LAT 8.5 21264.00
2. Csom Istvan GM HUN 8.0 20804.00
3. Karasev Vladimir IM RUS 7.5 46.00
4. Bukal Vladimir IM CRO 7.5 42.00
5. Shabanov Yuri IM RUS 7.5 42.00
6. Chernikov Oleg GM RUS 7.5 42.00
7. Zichichi Alvise IM ITA 7.5 40.00
8. Khanukov Boris GER 7.5 39.00
9. Kholmov Ratmir GM RUS 7.0 45.50
10. Vasiukov Evgeni GM RUS 7.0 44.00
11. Bebchuk Evgeni RUS 7.0 38.50
12. Dornieden Dr.Manfred GER 7.0 38.50
13. Hecht Hans-Joachim GM GER 7.0 38.50
14. Uhlmann Wolfgang GM GER 7.0 37.50
15. Titz Dr.Heimo FM AUT 7.0 36.50
16. Zakhatov Vladimir IM RUS 7.0 35.00
163 players
There have been a number of developments after the conclusion of the
FIDE Internet qualifiers last week. Firstly Rafal Furdzik has continued to
protest at his exclusion from the Championships at the website
http://www.grandmastercorner.com/fideblow.htm.
I think its clear he isn't going to give up without a big fight. Secondly the
only non rated player to qualify, Nugzar Zeliakov, gave an interview with
Kasparovchess.com
in which he spoke of his playing strength (gaving a draw he had with Kasparov
in a simul) and which revealed he was director of the Grandmaster Chess School
which is strongly connected to Alexander Khalifman. I'm sure in retrospect
Khalifman wishes he hadn't been on the committee which examined potential use
of computers in the competition and which disqualified Furdzik and which
allowed Zeliakov in as the final qualifier as it was a clear conflict of
interest.
Again all this points up the need for clear rules, established and
checked prior to the tournament. Certainly checks for computer use should have
been made right from the start not at the end. All these problems were so
predictable right from the start. Now that they've all been demonstrated no-one
has an excuse for making them in the future.
Details of the tournament at: http://www.fide.com
Final Standings:
1 Vlassov, Nikolai m RUS 2453 6.5
2 Touzane, Olivier m FRA 2368 6.0
3 Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2536 6.0
4 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2535 6.0
5 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2620 6.0
6 Sarthou, Gaetan f FRA 2361 5.5
7 Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2625 5.5
8 Zeliakov, Nugzar RUS ---- 5.5
The Polish Team Championships took place in Glogow September 8th-16th
2001. The winning team was Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa who were clear winners of
the event. The team consisted of Macieja, Rozentalis, Krasenkow, Socko etc. My
thanks to Przemek Jahr of http://www.szachy.lo.pl.
I Liga Seniorów Glogów 08-16.09.01 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa *** 3.5 4.0 4.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 4.5 5.0 6.0 41.0
2 Devo-Maraton Lomza 2.5 *** 2.0 3.5 4.0 3.5 5.0 4.0 4.5 5.0 34.0
3 Pocztowiec TP SA Poznan 2.0 4.0 *** 3.0 3.0 4 2.5.0 4.0 4.0 6.0 32.5
4 Porto Balbo Bielsko-Biala 1.5 2.5 3.0 *** 3.0 3.5 5.0 3.5 4.5 4.5 31.0
5 PTSz Plock 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 *** 3.5 4.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 30.0
6 AZS UMCS Lublin 1.5 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 *** 3.0 3.5 2.5 5.0 25.0
7 Juvena-Hancza Suwalki 1.0 1.0 3.5 1.0 1.5 3.0 *** 4.0 4.0 5.0 24.0
8 Stilon Gorzów Wlkp. 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 *** 4.0 4.0 23.5
9 Drakon-Leasing Fabryczny Lublin 1.0 1.5 2.0 1.5 2.0 3.5 2.0 2.0 *** 5.0 20.5
10 Gambit Swiecie 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 *** 8.5
The fourth edition of the Category 7 Third Saturday Tournament takes
place in Belgrade 20th-30th October 2001. The 11 Round robin event sees 14 year
old World Junior chess champion Humpy Koneru leading after 9 rounds with 7
points and has already scored a 9 game men's GM norm. This is her second GM
norm. Now she needs one more norm to become a men's GM. News from Vladica
Andrejic.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu
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TSGM October Belgrade YUG (YUG), 20-30 x 2001 cat. VII (2415)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Koneru, Humpy wg IND 2484 * 1 1 = = . 1 = = 1 . 1 7.0 2636
2. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m YUG 2425 0 * = 1 1 . 0 . 1 1 1 1 6.5 2582
3. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2474 0 = * . 1 1 0 1 1 = . = 5.5 2491
4. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2442 = 0 . * = = = 1 . 1 = = 5.0 2443
5. Orlov, Pavle m YUG 2378 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 . . 1 = 5.0 2465
6. Todorov, Ognjan m BUL 2381 . . 0 = = * 1 = = = = = 4.5 2409
7. Nestorovic, Dejan m YUG 2428 0 1 1 = 0 0 * 0 = . = . 3.5 2344
8. Pap, Misa m YUG 2422 = . 0 0 0 = 1 * = = = . 3.5 2335
9. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2452 = 0 0 . . = = = * = = = 3.5 2331
10. Boskovic, Drasko f YUG 2343 0 0 = 0 . = . = = * = 1 3.5 2345
11. Prelevic, Dusko f YUG 2358 . 0 . = 0 = = = = = * = 3.5 2326
12. Sahovic, Dragutin g YUG 2387 0 0 = = = = . . = 0 = * 3.0 2290
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The "Autumn Festival" organised by the Lasker Chess Club in Bucharest,
Romania took place 13th-27th October 2001. The GM event was won by Mircea
Parligras. News Chirila Radu-Catalin.
Internet coverage: http://www.web.rol.ro/rchirila
Final Standings:
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Lasker Autumn GM Bucharest ROM (ROM), 13-25 x 2001 cat. VIII (2443)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Parligras, Mircea ROM 2431 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2618
2. Golubev, Mihail g UKR 2530 1 * = = = = 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2545
3. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2481 = = * 1 = = = = 1 0 = = = 1 7.5 2496
4. Manolache, Marius m ROM 2394 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2503
5. Badea, Bela g ROM 2530 0 = = 1 * 1 = = 1 = = 0 = = 7.0 2464
6. Grunberg, Mihai m ROM 2472 0 = = 0 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2469
7. Kalezic, Blazo m YUG 2462 0 1 = 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 = 0 6.5 2441
8. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2489 = 0 = 1 = = = * = = = = = = 6.5 2438
9. Miljanic, Boro m YUG 2423 1 = 0 0 0 = = = * = = = 1 1 6.5 2444
10. Vasiesiu, Dan m ROM 2440 = = 1 0 = 0 0 = = * = = = 1 6.0 2413
11. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2416 0 0 = = = = = = = = * = = = 5.5 2387
12. Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2352 0 = = 0 1 0 0 = = = = * = = 5.0 2362
13. Podinic, Vladimir f YUG 2366 0 0 = = = 0 = = 0 = = = * 1 5.0 2361
14. Szabo, Gergely ROM m ROM 2409 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 0 = = 0 * 3.0 2234
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Lasker Autumn IM Bucharest ROM (ROM), 13-25 x 2001 cat. III (2306)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Jianu, Vlad f ROM 2397 * = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2509
2. Nanu, Ciprian m ROM 2412 = * 1 = = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2471
3. Murariu, Andrei ROM 2348 0 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2477
4. Grigore, Nicolae Petre m ROM 2363 = = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2434
5. Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel ROM 2304 = = 0 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 0 1 5.5 2306
6. Hrzic, Ivan YUG 2310 = = 0 = 0 * = = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2306
7. Bochkarev, Alexander UKR UKR 2361 0 1 = 0 1 = * = 1 0 0 = 5.0 2265
8. Tikhomirov, Sergei m MDA 2357 0 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 1 5.0 2265
9. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2314 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1 1 1 5.0 2269
10. Voicu, Carmen wf ROM 2205 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 1 4.0 2213
11. Barnaure, Vlad ROM 2167 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 3.0 2144
12. Osman, Mihai FRA 2138 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 1938
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The British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2001 took place 20th-21st
October 2001 at Bradford City Football Club, Valley Parade, Bradford. Mark
Hebden took the title with 9.5/11 half a point clear of Julian Hodgson on 9.
Nick Pert finished in clear 3rd on 8.5 and Ameet Ghasi took fourth on 8. There
were 308 players in all sections. My thanks to Sam Nicholls.
There are more games this week.
Further details: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
Leading final standings:
British Rapidplay Bradford (ENG), 20-21 x 2001
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1 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2567 9.5
2 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2589 9
3 Pert, Nicholas m ENG 2451 8.5
4 Ghasi, Ameet K ENG 2290 8
5 Pert, Richard G f ENG 2302 7.5
Parker, Jonathan g ENG 2539 7.5
7 Quillan, Gary ENG 2319 7
48 players
Feodor Skripchenko reports on the International Chess Cup of the
University "ULIM" held in Kishinev 7th-15th October 2001. A 9 round swiss
system event with 62 participants from Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Moldova and
Yugoslavia with a prize fund of $4200. First prize - $1000 and a total 23 money
prizes. First prize was won by IM Vadim Chernov (ROM) on 7/9, second prize IM
Alexey Khruschiov (MDA) 7, third prize =IM Dmitry Svetushkin, 4th Ruslan
Soltanich (produced an IM norm), 5th IM Alexey Diulger (all MDA) 6,5 6th WGM
Marina Sheremetieva (MDA) (and IM norm), 7th Dmitry Stepa (MDA) (IM norm), 8th
IM Veacheslav Slovineanu (MDA), 9th Igor Nester (UKR), 10th IM Dmitry Fingerov
and 11th Gheorghe Botezatu (IM Norm) 6. Games now available.
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ULIM Cup Kishnev MDA (MDA), 7-15 x 2001
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1. Chernov, Vadim m ROM 2388 +21 +25 +16 + 2 = 7 =17 +30 = 3 = 4 7.0 2534
2. Khruschiov, Alexey m MDA 2402 +36 +22 +28 - 1 +10 = 7 +16 +15 = 3 7.0 2546
3. Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2459 +26 = 5 =27 +39 = 4 +15 +18 = 1 = 2 6.5 2492
4. Soltanici, Ruslan MDA 2312 +47 - 6 +41 +31 = 3 = 8 +13 + 7 = 1 6.5 2482
5. Diulger, Alexey m MDA 2310 +51 = 3 - 8 =45 +21 +23 +46 = 9 +16 6.5 2444
6. Sanduleac, Vasile m MDA 2461 +23 + 4 =17 =12 =16 =22 =10 +29 = 7 6.0 2411
7. Stepa, Dima MDA 2278 +34 =14 +46 +28 = 1 = 2 +17 - 4 = 6 6.0 2456
8. Slovineanu, Viacheslav m MDA 2406 =44 +54 + 5 =15 =18 = 4 =19 +32 =10 6.0 2398
9. Nester, Igor UKR 2258 +42 -17 +34 -18 +31 +25 +28 = 5 =11 6.0 2364
10. Sheremetieva, Marina wg MDA 2308 +57 =13 =11 +26 - 2 +37 = 6 +17 = 8 6.0 2444
11. Fingerov, Dmitry m UKR 2419 +45 =39 =10 -23 =29 +26 +24 +30 = 9 6.0 2388
12. Botezatu, Gheorghe MDA 2258 +62 =15 +20 = 6 =27 -13 =14 +22 +28 6.0 2454
13. Itkis, Boris m ROM 2472 +29 =10 =18 -22 +26 +12 - 4 +41 =19 5.5 2345
14. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2376 +33 = 7 =39 +21 =22 -16 =12 +37 =15 5.5 2337
15. Zajarnyi, Anatolyi m MDA 2339 +43 =12 +32 = 8 +23 - 3 +22 - 2 =14 5.5 2382
16. Zhadko, Vladimir f MDA 2315 +40 +52 - 1 +19 = 6 +14 - 2 +18 - 5 5.5 2380
17. Pavlovic, S. Dejan YUG 2346 +48 + 9 = 6 =27 +44 = 1 - 7 -10 +29 5.5 2375
18. Nevednichy, Boris M m MDA 2311 =55 +61 =13 + 9 = 8 +24 - 3 -16 +30 5.5 2398
19. Vedmediuc, Serghei MDA 2266 +59 -27 +52 -16 +34 +41 = 8 =28 =13 5.5 2319
20. Radovanovic, Dusan YUG 2351 +50 =31 -12 -30 -37 +57 +35 +38 +32 5.5 2251
21. Bargan, Sergei MDA 2217 - 1 +56 +53 -14 - 5 +52 =44 +39 +27 5.5 2344
22. Deseatnicov, Ivan MDA 2280 +37 - 2 +49 +13 =14 = 6 -15 -12 +41 5.0 2351
23. Shkuro, Iuri UKR 2243 - 6 +47 +37 +11 -15 - 5 -32 +54 +40 5.0 2286
24. Petrenko, Svetlana wg MDA 2336 -52 =40 +55 +35 +32 -18 -11 +44 =25 5.0 2238
25. Vezdeutsan, Viorel MDA 2270 +56 - 1 =35 -54 +59 - 9 +34 +46 =24 5.0 2227
26. Solcanean, Serghei f MDA 2236 - 3 +51 +59 -10 -13 -11 +52 +53 +37 5.0 2290
27. Luzhinsky, Vitaly UKR 2348 +49 +19 = 3 =17 =12 -30 -29 +45 -21 4.5 2269
28. Romcovici, Victor f MDA 2341 +35 +41 - 2 - 7 +33 +44 - 9 =19 -12 4.5 2246
29. Podgursky, Sten MDA 2235 -13 =57 +40 =38 =11 +54 +27 - 6 -17 4.5 2307
30. Furtuna, Alexei MDA 2234 =38 -32 +60 +20 +54 +27 - 1 -11 -18 4.5 2289
31. Madan, Augustin ROM 2139 +53 =20 =38 - 4 - 9 =39 =54 =33 +44 4.5 2291
32. Soloviov, Alexandr MDA 2183 =61 +30 -15 +53 -24 +45 +23 - 8 -20 4.5 2315
33. Gordin, Artiom MDA 2226 -14 -34 +51 +43 -28 +47 -37 =31 +46 4.5 2169
34. Plyaskin,Maxim ---- - 7 +33 - 9 +48 -19 =36 -25 +52 +49 4.5 2215
35. Yarmysty, Mikhail UKR 2117 -28 +42 =25 -24 -46 +59 -20 +47 +45 4.5 2218
36. Moshina, Cristina wm MDA 2226 - 2 -37 +47 =52 =40 =34 -38 +55 +50 4.5 2142
37. Mutu, Veaceslav MDA 2114 -22 +36 -23 +58 +20 -10 +33 -14 -26 4.0 2245
38. Susterman, Lazar m RUS 2403 =30 =44 =31 =29 =45 -46 +36 -20 =43 4.0 2192
39. Pavlenko, Bogdan MDA 2292 +60 =11 =14 - 3 -41 =31 =42 -21 +53 4.0 2195
40. Voiteanu, Gabriel ROM 2097 -16 =24 -29 +60 =36 +49 -45 +42 -23 4.0 2154
41. Ianocichin, Victor MDA 2180 +58 -28 - 4 +50 +39 -19 +53 -13 -22 4.0 2260
42. Vicol, Dorian MDA 2015 - 9 -35 -43 =56 +60 +48 =39 -40 +54 4.0 2093
43. Geru, Victor MDA 2112 -15 -58 +42 -33 +61 -53 =55 +57 =38 4.0 2188
44. Baltag, Iulian MDA 2231 = 8 =38 +58 +46 -17 -28 =21 -24 -31 3.5 2241
45. Crivoi, Alexandr MDA 2233 -11 =60 +57 = 5 =38 -32 +40 -27 -35 3.5 2130
46. Tikhomirov, Sergei m MDA 2357 =54 +55 - 7 -44 +35 +38 - 5 -25 -33 3.5 2150
47. Barasiant, Mariana MDA 2062 - 4 -23 -36 +57 +50 -33 =49 -35 +59 3.5 2075
48. Chirpii, Alenxandru MDA 2148 -17 -59 +56 -34 =55 -42 =51 =61 +60 3.5 2005
49. Partac, Elena wf MDA 2178 -27 +62 -22 =59 =52 -40 =47 +51 -34 3.5 2020
50. Dergach, Vladimir MDA 2078 -20 -53 +62 -41 -47 =56 +59 +60 -36 3.5 2049
51. Prociuc, Evgenii MDA 2020 - 5 -26 -33 +62 -53 +61 =48 -49 +57 3.5 2121
52. Kapchuk, Alexandr MDA 2093 +24 -16 -19 =36 =49 -21 -26 -34 +61 3.0 2111
53. Solonar, Ion f MDA 2344 -31 +50 -21 -32 +51 +43 -41 -26 -39 3.0 2036
54. Susterman, Anja wg MDA 2203 =46 - 8 +61 +25 -30 -29 =31 -23 -42 3.0 2125
55. Doibani, Lilia MDA 2035 =18 -46 -24 =61 =48 =58 =43 -36 =56 3.0 2118
56. Roitburd, Marina MDA ---- -25 -21 -48 =42 =62 =50 -57 +58 =55 3.0 2000
57. Fedotov, Eduard MDA 2018 -10 =29 -45 -47 +58 -20 +56 -43 -51 2.5 2019
58. Greabca, Irina wf MDA 2348 -41 +43 -44 -37 -57 =55 -60 -56 +62 2.5 1910
59. Sava, Vasilii ---- -19 +48 -26 =49 -25 -35 -50 +62 -47 2.5 1984
60. Bocancea,Dmitrii ---- -39 =45 -30 -40 -42 +62 +58 -50 -48 2.5 1994
61. Greabca, Diana wf MDA 2355 =32 -18 -54 =55 -43 -51 =62 =48 -52 2.0 1902
62. Talmazan,Ion ---- -12 -49 -50 -51 =56 -60 =61 -59 -58 1.0 1786
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The Slovenian national league took place in Bled 18th-24th October 2001.
15 GMs and 15 IMs participated for the 8 best teams. The team of ZSD Maribor SK
Piramida (Kozul, Mohr, Sax etc) took first place ahead of SK Nova KBM Kovinar
(Tukmakov, Pavasovic, Cebalo). In third were SK ZM Branik Maribor (top board
Palac). Pre-event ELO favourites SD Ptuj (Beliavsky, Mikhalchishin, Atalik etc)
were a surprising 4th. My thanks to Ales Drinovec.
Games and all other information at:
http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0110/si01cht
Final Standings
1 ZSD Maribor SK Piramida 13 28.0 1
2 SK Nova KBM Kovinar 11 28.0 2
3 SK ZM Branik Maribor 8 23.5 3
4 SD Ptuj 8 23.0 4
5 LSK Metalka trgovina Lj 7 21.5 5
6 SD Radenska Pomgrad MS 6 20.0 6
7 SK Nova Gorica 3 15.0 7
8 SK Grize 5B 0 9.0 8
IXth International Open Tournament Chigorin Memorial takes place in St.
Petersburg, Russia October 26 - November 3, 2001. The event is 9 round Swiss
(about 200 participants, including 25 GMs, 6 WGMs).
Internet Coverage: http://www.chess-tours.com/tournaments/
(in English) http://www.totalchess.spb.ru (in
Russian) and also http://www.joeblack.h1.ru
Round 3 Standings:
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Chigorin Mem Open St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 26 x-3 xi 2001
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1. Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2603 3.0
2. Kupreichik, Viktor D g BLR 2453 3.0
3. Dzhakaev, D RUS 2401 3.0
4. Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2442 3.0
5. Obukhov, Alexander m RUS 2436 3.0
6. Yevseev, Denis m RUS 2541 3.0
7. Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2483 2.5 2629
8. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2558 2.5 2676
9. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2599 2.5 2673
10. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2483 2.5 2610
11. Shinkevich, Vitaly m RUS 2469 2.5 2644
12. Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2554 2.5 2672
13. Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2548 2.5 2666
14. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2569 2.5 2657
15. Kokarev, Dmitry m RUS 2473 2.5 2664
16. Belov, Vladimir m RUS 2458 2.5 2631
17. Solovjov, Sergey m RUS 2497 2.5 2666
18. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2486 2.5 2618
19. Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2425 2.5 2737
20. Egorov, Evgeni m KAZ 2416 2.5 2693
21. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2550 2.5 2649
22. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2544 2.5 2624
23. Rychagov, Andrey m RUS 2513 2.5 2652
24. Ulko, Jaroslav m RUS 2477 2.5 2589
25. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2522 2.5 2638
26. Pushkov, Nikolai g RUS 2541 2.5 2640
27. Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2454 2.5 2596
28. Shchukin, Dmitry RUS 2359 2.5 2598
29. Tunik, Gennady m RUS 2460 2.5 2623
30. Zakharevich, Igor g RUS 2456 2.5 2549
175 players
The Panormo Open took place in Crete 20th-27th October 2001. IM Marijan
Petrov (2463) of Bulgaria took clear 1st place with 7/9 points, followed by IM
Andreas Tzermiadianos (2446) of Greece who finished half a point behind at
6.5/9. The following unrated players achieved FIDE rating performances: 1)
Roger Patterson of Canada (2268 in 7 games), 2) Peter Davies of Wales (2098 in
7 games), 3) Emmanouel Fragiadakis of Greece (2074 in 6 games) 4) Yvonni
Manolaraki of Greece (2066 in 6 games). The total prize fund of the event was
3000 euro and the tournament was organized by OAA Heraklio Chess Club and the
Greek Chess Federation. My thanks to IM George Mastrokoukos.
Internet coverage: http://www.greekchess.com/panormo
Panormo Open Crete GRE (GRE), 20-27 x 2001
Final Round 9 Standings:
1. Petrov Marijan BUL IM 2463 7.0 37.5
2. Tzermiadianos Andreas GRE IM 2446 6.5 34.5
3. Dochev Dimitar BUL IM 2382 6.0 31.5
Khetsuriani Besarion GEO FM 2415 6.0 31.0
5. Thompson Ian ENG FM 2240 5.5 31.5
Lacrosse Marc BEL FM 2285 5.5 30.0
Babaniotis Evangelos USA 2037 5.5 29.0
Chilov Alexandros GRE 2307 5.5 27.5
9. Patterson Roger CAN 5.0 26.0
Schumi Manfred AUT 2240 5.0 25.5
Sorokina Anastasia BLR WIM 2196 5.0 22.0
Frank Albert BEL 2034 5.0 22.0
Manolaraki Yvonni GRE 5.0 22.0
14. Ntatsis Georgios GRE 2108 4.5 25.5
Kounalakis Evryklis GRE 2164 4.5 24.5
Karapanos Nikolaos GRE 2282 4.5 23.5
17. Fragiadiakis Emmanouel GRE 4.0 22.0
Davies Peter WLS 4.0 21.0
Lyrakis Stavros GRE 4.0 18.5
Fragiadakis Dimitris GRE 4.0 16.0
21. Berger Vincent SUI 3.5 20.0
De Gregorio Alexis SUI 3.5 17.5
Agathou Maria GRE 3.5 13.5
24. Petsetidi Maria GRE 2022 3.0 13.5
Dixon Jim ENG 3.0 10.0
26. Kolomvakis Stelios GRE 2.5 8.5
27. Eleftherakis Stavros GRE 2.0 11.0
There was a match held in Helsinki between Helsinki and Tallinn on
October 28th 2001. This time Tallinn won official match 12.5 - 7.5. My thanks
to Mika Lako for the news.
Further details:
http://www.kolumbus.fi/shakki.koti/Tallinna2001.html
Results:
1 Sammalvuo Tapani - Sepp Olav 1-0
2 Norri Joose - Zjukin Sergei 1-0
3 Manninen Marko - Shishkov Andrei 0-1
4 Agopov Mikael - Narva Jaan 1-0
5 Mäki-Uuro Miikka - Vooremaa Andres ½-½
6 Kekki Petri - Kärner Hillar 1-0
7 Pirttimäki Timo - Vetemaa Juri ½-½
8 Hurme Harri - Remmel Anton 0-1
9 Haapasalo Jukka-Pekka - Tsoganova Monika ½-½
10 Paronen Petteri - Krupenski Juri 0-1
11 Lako Mika - Truus Tonu ½-½
12 Holopainen Timo - Luik Helmut 0-1
13 Johansson Jukka - Pärnpuu Leili ½-½
14 Hytönen Harri - Tonu Rauk 0-1
15 Tuovinen Jukka - Jänes Taivo 0-1
16 Korhonen Pasi - Vaher Andres 1-0
17 Katajainen Kimmo - Tarakanov Oleg 0-1
18 Pakarinen Pekka - Karjakin Sergei 0-1
19 Nyman Leif - Danilov Nikolai 0-1
20 Patola Eero - Timosin Juri 0-1
The 5th Open International Bavarian Masters takes place in Bad Wiessee,
27th October - 4th November 2001. Players include: Vladimir Hakobyan, Rustem
Dautov, Alexander Graf,Vereslav Eingorn, Eduardas Rozentalis, Josif Dorfman,
Gyula Sax, Michal Krasenkow, Vladimir Baklan, Alexander Shabalov, Vladimir
Epishin, Giorgi Kacheishvili, Mikhail Ulibin, Evgeny Gleizerov, Lev Psakhis and
Igor Khenkin.
Internet coverage: :
http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2001
Claude Bloodgood Article
Marc Davis has written a lengthy article for the Virginian-Pilot on
Claude Bloodgood. It will be available for the next few weeks.
Internet: http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw1029blo.html
20th Stanislaw Gawlikowski Memorial
GM Bartlomiej Macieja reports: The 20th Stanislaw Gawlikowski Memorial
includes two tournaments: 1) Amplico AIG Life Chess Tournament 15-16 December
2001. 2) Warsaw Blitz Chess Championship 15 December from 18:00.
Both tournaments will be played in the sport hall, located in the main
building of Polonia Warsaw Sport Club 6, Konwiktorska Street Warsaw Poland
Full details (Polish and English): http://www.amplicolife.pl
Winter Cup, Bucharest
Lasker Chess Club in Bucharest is organising a Winter cup with a GM and
IM event. 11th-23rd December 2001.
Further details: http://www.web.rol.ro/rchirila
Lohmar Rapid Chess Open
The traditional Lohmar Rapid Chess Open takes place on October 28th for
the 8th time. Further info (german and english) at:
http://www.sflohmar.de/announce/index.htm The tournament is limited to a
maximum of 120 participants.
77th Hastings Congress
The 77th Hastings International chess Congress takes place 28th December
2001 - 6th January 2002. There are events for all strengths of players, lasting
from 3 to the full 10 days. There is play either in the morning or afternoon.
Invitees to the Premier include: Radjabov, Sasikiran, Harikrishna, Hebden,
Parker, N Pert. Acceptances have been received from Zhang Zhong, Kiriakov,
Gallagher, Krush.
Invitees to the Challengers include: Barua, Kunte, Ravi Lanka, Konguvel,
A and R Rizouk, Poley, Barsov, Mannion. Acceptances have been received from: G
Flear, Tseshkovsky, Arkell, Cherniaev, Marusenko.
Further details: Con Power: power@hicc.demon.co.uk
Internet coverage: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
Marianske Lazne Open
The I. International Chess Tournament OPEN MARIANSKE LAZNE 2002 takes
place 25.1.-1.2. 2002 in the spa Marianske Lazne (the Czech Republic). This
tournament is a part of series CZECH TOUR 2001 / 2002.
Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
2 Websites
Mastermove with chess quizzes and endgame studies.
http://www.so-on.org/mastermove.html
200 words by Lev Khariton.
http://pkchess.bizland.com/chesspress/200words/200words.html
FIDE Championships Fantasy Chess
As soon as all the players are known the annual Fantasy Chess Tournament
to be based on the FIDE World Championships will start.
Details: http://play.at/fantasychess
Gausdal Troll Masters 2002
The Gausdal Troll Masters Open International takes place January
6th-13th 2002 at Gausdal Høifjellshotel. Includes: * GM- and IM norms
available * 9 rounds * FIDE rules. * 2h/40 moves, 1h/20 moves and ½hour
rest. * 1st round Sunday January 6th at 19:30. * 9th and last round Sunday 13th
at 9:00. * Double rounds on Thursday. * Open to all with FIDE-rating and a
limited number of non-FIDE-rated players. * Several strong GMs and IMs are
invited.
Details: http://home.online.no/~bjarke-k/TrollMasters/
5th Email Afro-Asian Championship
All chessplayers from Africa and Asia are invited to take part to the
5th email Afro-Asian Championship 2002-2003 , organised by the ICCF. The start
date for the preliminaries is : 15-01-2002. Like the previous editions there
are 2 stages (preliminaries and Final) and no entry fees are required . The
entries should be sent not later than 31.12.2001 to M. Samraoui , email address
: samraoui@aol.com .
European Team Championships
The 18th European Team Championships take place in Leon, Spain 6th-15th
November 2001. There are 40 registered countries, 38 mens teams and 32 women's.
Players include 134 GMs, 49 IMs, 13 FMs, 33 WGMs and 20 WIMs. There will be
more than 400 people including arbiters and organisation at the event. 9 of the
15 top players in the World will compete: GMs Michael Adams (England), Vassily
Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Eugene Bareev, Alexander Morozevich, Alexander Khalifman
(Russia), Boris Gelfand and Ilia Smirin (Israel), Loek Van Wely (Netherlands)
and Alexey Shirov (Spain).
Internet site: http://www.euroleon2001.com (coverage by
http://www.terra.es)
Hull Chess Congress
The Hull Chess Congress takes place 2nd-4th November 2001.
Further information:
http://www.bookbullies.com/chess/brit.html
2002 US Chess Championships
The 2002 US Chess Championships are held under the auspices of the
United States Chess Federation (USCF) and sponsored by the Seattle Chess
Foundation.
They take place in Seattle, Washington, January 5th-13th 2002 at the
Seattle Center, home of the Space Needle, Pacific Science Center and Experience
Music Project. 56 players will compete in a nine-round Swiss tournament for a
$200,000 prize fund, with $15,000 slotted for the winner. Included in the
line-up are Grandmasters, top women and junior players, as well as an emerging
young stars who qualified in the US Open such as the second strongest woman
player, 12 year old Hana Itkis.
Further information http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org
3rd Friendship chess tournament
The 3rd Friendship chess tournament takes place 4th-14th December 2001
in Prerov (Czech Republic). There will be organized several tournaments
including round-robin IM and GM tournament and 3 open tournaments. For more
information contact the director of this tournament Mr. Richard Biolek
(richard.biolek@atlas.cz).
Internet site: http://www.proclient.cz/a64
ONCE Chess Lectures
Next month there will be some lectures by famous people in chess:
Leontxo Garcia, GM Valery Salov, IM Boris Zlotnik, IM Ricardo Calvo. The
organisers will publish the names of the winners of the literary contest about
chess at the same time. ONCE is the organizer (spanish organization for blind
people) of all these events.
Further details:
http://www.hechiceros.net/site/news/articulos/espana/nesp00138.shtml
Free Online ajedrez.uruwow.com event
ajedrez.uruwow.com launches an International on-line Tournament 3
levels : Beginners, Advanced and Profesional, in series of 5 players.
Registration is free.
Address: http://ajedrez.uruwow.com
Linares Chess Open 2002
The IX ANIBAL CHESS OPEN in Linares, Spain takes place 1st-10th March,
2002. The dates are parallel to the XX CIUDAD DE LINARES International Chess
Tournament. The event will be Swiss system, 10 rounds using the new FIDE time
control. The venue will be the Hotel Anibal, Linares.
Prizes in Euros (-25% taxes) 1º D.Luis Rentero Suarez prize 10.000
2º 5.000 3º 2.500 4º 1.500 5º 1.000 6º-25º 300
26º-50º 160
Conditions: GM and IM with inscription confirmed by the Organization:
free accommodation in a double room Hotel Anibal GM 2600 ELO check special
conditions.
Special prices at Hotel Anibal for those players whose inscription had
been confirmed by the Organization:
Double room: 24,50 euros per person Single room: 45,00 euros
Continental Breakfast: 1,90 euros Buffet Breakfast: 3,80 euros Lunch: 4,90
euros Dinner:4,90 euros
IMPORTANT: Only those players whose inscription had been confirmed by
the Organization are guaranteed these prices
Inscription: Every player: 50 euros e-mail: linares@teleline.es
linareschess@wanadoo.es Fax: 34 953 652204
DEADLINE: Monday, 18th February
New Dolmen International
Title of Tournament: New Dolmen International Tournament Country: Malta
Tournament dates: 13th January to 19 January 2002 Venue: New Dolmen Hotel,
Qawra, St. Paul's Bay Prize Fund: US$ 5000 Format: Open 7 round Swiss FIDE
Rated Organisers: International Chess Organising Committee (Malta) C/O New
Dolmen Hotel, Qawra, St. Paul's Bay, Malta Fax No. +356 438730 Email:
jjgrech@mail.global.net.mt
Details: http://www.global.net.mt/jjgrech
Czech Tour - Open Znojmo and Open Krkonose
Entries are still open for two FIDE open tournaments in the Czech
Republic: OPEN ZNOJMO (7.-14.10. 2001) and OPEN KRKONOSE (1.-8.11. 2001)
without additional pay. Nowadays more than 30 players from 8 countries in OPEN
ZNOJMO and 40 players from 8 countries in OPEN KRKONOSE are registred. For more
information look at: http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
Extensions to the pgn standard
Alan Cowderoy (Palamede), Ben Bulsink (DGT Projects), Andrew Templeton
(Palamede/Palview), Eric Bentzen (Enpassant.dk, Palamede), Mathias Feist
(Chessbase) and Victor Zakharov (Chess Assistant) have started discussions on
possible extensions to the PGN standard. The original standard was compiled by
Steven J. Edwards but it hasn't been possible to contact him (if you read this
they'd like to talk to you!).
The new proposals can be read at:
ftp://palamede.com/pub/chess/final.txt
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
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/
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
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.
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
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
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