THE WEEK IN CHESS 365 5th November 2001 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) FIDE Press
Conference
3) Corsica Rapidplay Open
4) European Team Championships
5) Johann Thorir
Jonsson Memorial
6) Ladies vs. Veterans
7) World Youth Championships
8) World
Seniors
9) Third Saturday Tournament
10) 27th Guernsey Open
11) Chigorin
Memorial
12) Le Touquet Tournament
13) First Saturday November
14) 4th Golden
Autumn
15) 5th Open International Bavarian
Masters
16) Professional World Chess Ranking
17) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Corsica Rapidplay KO 29 games
Johann Thorir Jonsson Memorial 104 games
Ladies vs. Veterans 20 games
World Youth Championships 741 games
World Seniors 50 games
Third Saturday Tournament 12 games
27th Guernsey Open 269 games
Chigorin Memorial 521 games
Le Touquet Tournament 74 games
First Saturday November 12 games
4th Golden Autumn 54 games
5th Bavarian Masters Open 80 games
1976 games
My thanks to Mikhail Golubov, Istvan Magyar, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Miklos
Orsi, Vladica Andrejic, Emmanuel Variniac, Carsten Hensel, Stewart Reuben,
Arthur Brameld, Thomas Leckner, Laszlo Nagy, Harald Grafenhofer, Malcolm Pein
and all those who helped with this issue.
My thanks to everyone who wrote to me this week as various websites
celebrated TWIC's 7th birthday (see the links section). It came as a surprise
to me. This week saw FIDE in London to launch their World Chess Championships
to the press and the Corsica Rapidplay won by Anand. The European Team
Championships start tomorrow.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
FIDE in conjuction with Octagon their marketing company held a press
conference on Friday November 2nd 2001 at the Chelsea football ground in
London. Present were Fide President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Vishwanathan Anand,
Michael Adams, the BCF President Gerry Walsh and Aidan Day of Octagon.
They were there primarily for a press launch publicising the FIDE
Championships in Moscow November 25th - December 14th 2001 (Kremlin) and the
final in the Hall of Columns January 16th-26th 2002.
In addition they also confirmed the 2002 chess schedule especially the
$2.5m chess grand prix (note this Grand Prix is not rapidplay as I mistakenly
understood at first). Events so far confirmed are: UAE in Febuary, New Delhi in
March, Croatia in April, Moscow in May and Rio de Janeiro in September or
October. The top 32 players in the World by rating plus the top 16 in the World
Chess Championships will be amongst the competitors. Ilyumzhinov is still
hopeful that Kasparov will participate as he has played in two this year. Late
next year there will also be a man-machine event with man being represented by
the FIDE Champion.
They also suggested that the 2003 World Chess Championships would be in
London. More details to follow.
Anand and Adams also played some offhand simultaneous games against some
of England's top juniors. Peter Poobalasingam of Millfield School delighted his
chess chess teacher IM Matthew Turner by defending well for a draw.
Peter Poobalasingam - Vishwanathan Anand FIDE Simul Stamford
Bridge Queen's Gambit Accepted 1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 Nf3 a6 4 a4 Nf6 5 Qc2 Nc6 6
e3 e6 7 Bxc4 Bd6 8 0-0 0-0 9 Bd2 e5 10 dxe5 Nxe5 11 Nxe5 Bxe5 12 h3 Qe7 13 Bc3
Rd8 14 Bxe5 Qxe5 15 Nc3 Qg5 16 Kh1 Bf5 17 Qb3 Qh5 18 Rad1 Bxh3 19 Bxf7+ Qxf7 20
Qxf7+ Kxf7 21 gxh3 Ke7 22 Kg2 Rxd1 23 Rxd1 Rd8 24 Rxd8 Kxd8 25 Kf3 Ke7 26 Ne4
Nd7 27 h4 Ne5+ 1/2
The official site will be: http://wcc2001.fide.com
Note that FIDE (http://www.fide.com)
rejected all the appeals of players disqualified from their Internet
Championships.
Draw for the FIDE World Chess Championships
FIDE World Chess Championships
1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2797 vs. 128 Touzane, Olivier m FRA 2382
2 Adams, Michael g ENG 2744 vs. 127 Sarthou, Gaetan f FRA 2357
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2739 vs. 126 Zeliakov, Nugzar RUS
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2731 vs. 125 Shovunov, Baatr m RUS 2348
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2730 vs. 124 Kobese, Watu m RSA 2373
6 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2719 vs. 123 Gluzman, Michael m AUS 2400
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2714 vs. 122 Cabrera, Alexis m CUB 2415
8 Topalov, Vesselin g BUL 2711 vs. 121 Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2425
9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2706 vs. 120 Rizouk, Aimen ALG 2442
10 Kazimdzanov, Rustam g UZB 2704 vs. 119 Vlassov, Nikolai m RUS 2461
11 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2702 vs. 118 Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2462
12 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2699 vs. 117 Ganguly, Surya Sekhar m IND 2464
13 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2695 vs. 116 Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2471
14 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2695 vs. 115 El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2477
15 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2695 vs. 114 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2481
16 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2692 vs. 113 Zhang Pengxiang m CHN 2487
17 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 vs. 112 Supatashvili, Khvicha m GEO 2487
18 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2686 vs. 111 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2492
19 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2684 vs. 110 Li Wenliang m CHN 2494
20 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2677 vs. 109 Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2495
21 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2675 vs. 108 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2499
22 Short, Nigel g ENG 2675 vs. 107 Campora, Daniel g ARG 2506
23 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2674 vs. 106 Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2508
24 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2669 vs. 105 Ghaem Maghami Esam g IRI 2509
25 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2667 vs. 104 Yu Shaoteng m CHN 2517
26 Beliavsky, Alexander g SLO 2659 vs. 103 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2522
27 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2655 vs. 102 Nataf, Igor g FRA 2527
28 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2652 vs. 101 Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2529
29 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2651 vs. 100 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2530
30 Vaganian, Rafael g ARM 2650 vs. 99 Belkhodja, Slim m TUN 2531
31 Xu Jun g CHN 2646 vs. 98 Atalik, Suat g BIH 2532
32 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2642 vs. 97 Hamdouchi, Hicham g MAR 2533
33 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2639 vs. 96 Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2533
34 Zvjagintsev, Vadim g RUS 2638 vs. 95 Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2537
35 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2633 vs. 94 Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2548
36 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2630 vs. 93 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2549
37 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2630 vs. 92 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2550
38 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2630 vs. 91 Volokitin, Andrei m UKR 2551
39 Delchev, Alexander g BUL 2629 vs. 90 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2554
40 Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2628 vs. 89 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2555
41 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2627 vs. 88 Liang, Chong m CHN 2556
42 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2627 vs. 87 Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2557
43 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2627 vs. 86 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2558
44 Shipov, Sergey g RUS 2625 vs. 85 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2564
45 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2624 vs. 84 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2566
46 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2618 vs. 83 Christiansen, Larry g USA 2570
47 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2614 vs. 82 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2571
48 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2614 vs. 81 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2572
49 Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2613 vs. 80 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2573
50 Graf, Alexander g GER 2610 vs. 79 Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2573
51 Nisipianu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2609 vs. 78 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2573
52 Lputian, Smbat g ARM 2608 vs. 77 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2573
53 Kaidanov, Gregory g USA 2605 vs. 76 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2574
54 Luther, Thomas g GER 2604 vs. 75 Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2578
55 Asrian, Karen g ARM 2604 vs. 74 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2579
56 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2602 vs. 73 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2580
57 Gulko, Boris g USA 2602 vs. 72 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2581
58 Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2600 vs. 71 Dominguez, Lernier g CUB 2585
59 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2599 vs. 70 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2587
60 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2599 vs. 69 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2588
61 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2598 vs. 68 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2588
62 Eingorn, Vereslav g UKR 2598 vs. 67 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2589
63 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2595 vs. 66 Aseev, Konstantin g RUS 2591
64 Goldin, Alexander g USA 2594 vs. 65 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2593
FIDE Women's World Chess Championships
1 Galliamova, Alisa wg RUS 2547 vs. 64 Toubai Wissam ALG
2 Chiburdanidze, Maya g GEO 2513 vs. 63 Houli Asma ALG
3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2507 vs. 62 Paridar, Shadi wf IRI 2009
4 Wang Pin wg CHN 2504 vs. 61 Chaves, Joarra wm BRA 2050
5 Xu Yuhua wg CHN 2502 vs. 60 Arouche Farida ALG 2065
6 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2497 vs. 59 Maggiolo, Elisa wm ARG 2090
7 Ioseliani, Nana (IM) wg GEO 2497 vs. 58 Groberman, Elina USA 2105
8 Skripchenko-Lautier, A wg MDA 2494 vs. 57 Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan wm AUS 2182
9 Peptan, Corina wg ROM 2465 vs. 56 Starr, Nava wm CAN 2200
10 Stefanova, Antoaneta wg BUL 2459 vs. 55 Shah, Pallavi wm IND 2201
11 Maric, Alisa wg YUG 2457 vs. 54 Levushkina, Elena wm UZB 2208
12 Bojkovic, Natasa wg YUG 2452 vs. 53 Kouvatsou, Maria wg GRE 2234
13 Stepovaia-Diachenko, T wg RUS 2451 vs. 52 Mohota, Nisha wm IND 2236
14 Khurtsidze, Nino wg GEO 2450 vs. 51 Aarthie, Ramaswamy wm IND 2249
15 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan wg GEO 2446 vs. 50 Ciuksyte, Dagne wm LTU 2255
16 Hoang Thanh Trang wg VIE 2445 vs. 49 Huang Qian CHN 2260
17 Kosteniuk, Alexandra wg RUS 2445 vs. 48 Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2286
18 Xu Yuanyuan wg CHN 2431 vs. 47 Pina, Sulennis wm CUB 2289
19 Zatonskih, Anna wg UKR 2427 vs. 46 Li Ruofan wm CHN 2293
20 Foisor, Cristina wg ROM 2423 vs. 45 Gu Xiaobing CHN 2300
21 Prudnikova, Svetlana wg YUG 2411 vs. 44 Baginskaite, Camilla wm USA 2324
22 Gaponenko, Inna wg UKR 2409 vs. 43 Lagvilava, Genrieta wg BLR 2326
23 Peng, Zhaoqin wg NED 2401 vs. 42 Arribas, Maritza wg CUB 2327
24 Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2399 vs. 41 Galianina-Ryjanova, J wg RUS 2335
25 Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2399 vs. 40 Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2349
26 Vijayalakshimi, S wg IND 2397 vs. 39 Dworakowska, Joanna wg POL 2350
27 Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2395 vs. 38 Petrenko, Sveltana wm MDA 2357
28 Danielian, Elina wg ARM 2395 vs. 37 Shumiakina, Tatiana wg RUS 2371
29 Paehtz, Elisabeth wg GER 2390 vs. 36 Radziewics, Iweta wg POL 2375
30 Socko, Monika wg POL 2389 vs. 35 Mkrtchian, Lilit wg ARM 2376
31 Alexandrova, Olga wg UKR 2387 vs. 34 Sedina, Elena wg ITA 2380
32 Kiseleva, Natalia wg UKR 2382 vs. 33 Wang Yu wf CHN 2382
The Corsica International Rapidplay Open takes place October 28th-31st
2001. 600 000 F of prices (91 500 euros). The winner was the favourite for this
event and indeed the FIDE Championships Viswanathan Anand. Anand lost just one
game, in the qualifers to Loek Van Wely but went through undefeated after that.
He drew all three games against Peter Leko in the quarter finals however going
through by virtue of having the black pieces. He had a similar result against
Alexander Chernin in the final. There was also the Bastai Open won by Andrei
Shchekachev.
Finals (Wednesday 31st 17:30 CET):
Anand Viswanathan 2770 -
Chernin Alexander 2592 1/2 1/2 1/2
Semi Finals (Tuesday 30th 21:00 CET):
Sergei Tiviakov (2599) - Viswanathan Anand (2770) 0-1 1/2
Alexander Chernin (2592) - Joel Lautier (2653) 1-0 1/2
Quarter Finals (Tuesday 30th 17:30 CET):
Sergei Rublevsky
(2634) - Joel Lautier (2653) 1/2 0-1
Alexander Chernin
(2592) - Vladislav Tkachiev (2632) 1-0 1/2
Viswanathan Anand (2770)
- Peter Leko (2739) 1/2 1/2 1/2
Igor Glek (2590) - Sergei Tiviakov
(2599) 1/2 1/2 0-1
1/8th Finals (Monday 29th 21-00CET)
Sergei Rublevsky (2634) vs. Andrei Kharlov (2656) 1-0 0-1
1-0
Sergei Tiviakov (2599) vs. Mikhail Gurevich (2605) 1/2 1/2
Predrag Nikolic (2652) vs. Peter Leko (2739) 0-1 1/2
Loek Van Wely
(2714) vs. Alexander Chernin (2592) 0-1 1-0 0-1
Vladislav
Tkachiev (2632) vs. Aleksandr Shneider (2506) 1/2 1/2 1-0
Etienne
Bacrot (2653) vs. Viswanathan Anand (2770) 0-1 0-1
Alexander
Rustemov (2611) vs. Igor Glek (2590) 0-1 1/2
Alexei Barsov (2525)
vs. Joel Lautier (2653) 1/2 1/2 0-1
Bastia Open
1 g Shchekachev Andrei 2580 RUS 7,5 2815 35,5 43 2922
2 g Tregubov Pavel V. 2611 RUS 7 2720 34,5 44 2734
3 g Kozul Zdenko 2569 CRO 7 2643 35 43 2721
4 g Agrest Evgenij 2563 SWE 7 2585 33,5 40,5 2695
5 g Riazantsev Alexander 2500 RUS 6,5 2568 35,5 45,5 2673
6 g Wojtkiewicz Aleksander 2573 POL 6,5 2547 31,5 39,5 2620
7 g Cebalo Miso 2492 CRO 6,5 2539 34,5 43 2670
8 g Timoshenko Georgy 2555 UKR 6,5 2529 33 41 2608
9 g Kuzmin Gennadi P 2528 UKR 6,5 2511 32,5 40 2585
10 g Piket Jeroen 2649 NED 6 2587 38 47 2658
11 g Bauer Christian 2585 FRA 6 2586 37 45,5 2672
12 g Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2609 ROM 6 2580 34,5 44,5 2656
13 g Vaisser Anatoly 2572 FRA 6 2511 33,5 42 2582
14 g Palac Mladen 2572 CRO 6 2509 33,5 42 2575
15 m Moreno Carnero Javier 2514 ESP 6 2482 33 41 2561
16 g Delchev Aleksander 2634 BUL 6 2475 32,5 40 2514
17 mf Cmilyte Viktorija 2460 LTU 6 2472 35,5 43,5 2568
18 g Van Den Doel Erik 2583 NED 6 2456 29,5 37,5 2481
19 m Jonkman Harmen 2491 NED 6 2443 36 44,5 2517
20 g Djuric Stefan 2512 YUG 6 2429 34 42,5 2490
21 m Fontaine Robert 2482 FRA 6 2429 31,5 39 2506
22 g Rytshagov Mikhail 2521 EST 6 2383 31 39,5 2431
23 f Claverie Christophe 2363 FRA 6 2286 30,5 36,5 2406
24 Calistri Tristan 2324 FRA 6 2119 29,5 35 2217
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Internet coverage: http://www.opencorsica.com,
http://www.europe-echecs.com,
French
Chess Federation (http://www.echecs.asso.fr/) and
ICC.
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)
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
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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 + 8 = 4 + 2 + 6 = 5 = 3 +15 =11 = 9 7.5 2694
2. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2620 +40 +17 +15 - 1 = 4 = 3 +13 + 7 = 5 +14 7.5 2714
3. Timman, Jan g NED 2600 =11 +19 =20 +16 + 8 = 2 = 1 + 4 = 6 = 5 7.0 2638
4. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2575 +31 +14 = 1 = 7 = 2 +16 + 5 - 3 + 8 = 6 7.0 2668
5. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2626 =19 +11 =13 +17 + 7 = 1 - 4 +20 = 2 = 3 6.5 2603
6. Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2551 +27 =16 +10 +13 - 1 =14 =15 + 9 = 3 = 4 6.5 2593
7. Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2544 +18 =20 +32 = 4 - 5 +10 =14 - 2 +21 +11 6.5 2539
8. Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2460 +29 - 1 +27 +18 - 3 =12 +16 +14 - 4 +15 6.5 2525
9. Olafsson, Fridrik g ISL 2460 =28 =38 +37 =20 -11 +22 +12 - 6 +25 = 1 6.0 2397
10. Kristjansson, Stefan f ISL 2374 =33 +39 - 6 +22 =13 - 7 =11 +30 +34 =16 6.0 2396
11. Gunnarsson, Arnar ISL 2289 = 3 - 5 +39 +33 + 9 -15 =10 +18 = 1 - 7 5.5 2455
12. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor ISL 2201 =21 =25 =14 =32 +19 = 8 - 9 +23 =17 =18 5.5 2409
13. Danielsen, Henrik g DEN 2526 +34 +23 = 5 - 6 =10 +32 - 2 =16 =15 =17 5.5 2485
14. Johannessen, Leif Erlend m NOR 2429 +30 - 4 =12 +26 +38 = 6 = 7 - 8 +20 - 2 5.5 2410
15. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2528 +37 +26 - 2 =38 +20 +11 = 6 - 1 =13 - 8 5.5 2429
16. Nyback, Tomi m FIN 2430 +35 = 6 +33 - 3 +23 - 4 - 8 =13 +31 =10 5.5 2435
17. Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2442 +36 - 2 +30 - 5 =18 +24 -20 +28 =12 =13 5.5 2361
18. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2248 - 7 +42 +25 - 8 =17 =27 +38 -11 +26 =12 5.5 2321
19. Ulfarsson, Magnus Orn ISL 2298 = 5 - 3 =29 +36 -12 =28 +24 -21 +30 =20 5.0 2307
20. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2386 +42 = 7 = 3 = 9 -15 +29 +17 - 5 -14 =19 5.0 2428
21. Thorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 2393 =12 -33 +34 -23 =29 +35 =32 +19 - 7 =25 5.0 2283
22. Gislason, Gudmundur ISL 2305 - 1 =29 +28 -10 +26 - 9 =33 =27 =24 +34 5.0 2269
23. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2315 +24 -13 =26 +21 -16 =38 =30 -12 =28 +36 5.0 2239
24. Palmason, Gudmundur ISL ---- -23 =34 =31 =27 +37 -17 -19 +33 =22 +35 5.0 2270
25. Thorsteinsson, Bjorn ISL 2329 =39 =12 -18 -29 +41 =33 +37 +32 - 9 =21 5.0 2236
26. Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2143 +41 -15 =23 -14 -22 =31 +40 +29 -18 +32 5.0 2305
27. Karason, Askell O ISL 2258 - 6 +35 - 8 =24 =33 =18 =29 =22 =32 =31 4.5 2238
28. Bjornsson, Tomas f ISL 2228 = 9 -32 -22 +31 =35 =19 +39 -17 =23 =29 4.5 2258
29. Kjartansson, David ISL 2224 - 8 =22 =19 +25 =21 -20 =27 -26 +40 =28 4.5 2272
30. Thorarinsson, Pall A ISL 2202 -14 +31 -17 +40 -32 +34 =23 -10 -19 +33 4.5 2277
31. Thorhallsson, Gylfi ISL 2279 - 4 -30 =24 -28 +42 =26 +41 +38 -16 =27 4.5 2174
32. Asmundsson, Ingvar f ISL 2359 =38 +28 - 7 =12 +30 -13 =21 -25 =27 -26 4.0 2216
33. Halldorsson, Halldor ISL 2103 =10 +21 -16 -11 =27 =25 =22 -24 +42 -30 4.0 2198
34. Edvardsson, Kristjan ISL 2245 -13 =24 -21 =39 +36 -30 +42 +35 -10 -22 4.0 2168
35. Steindorsson, Sigurdur P ISL 2213 -16 -27 +42 =37 =28 -21 +36 -34 +41 -24 4.0 2150
36. Simonsen, Olavur FAI 2214 -17 -40 +41 -19 -34 +42 -35 +37 +39 -23 4.0 2159
37. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg CZE 2246 -15 +41 - 9 =35 -24 +39 -25 -36 +38 . 3.5 2135
38. Arngrimsson, Dagur ISL 2060 =32 = 9 +40 =15 -14 =23 -18 -31 -37 -41 3.0 2174
39. Kjartansson, Gudmundur ISL 2052 =25 -10 -11 =34 +40 -37 -28 +41 -36 -42 3.0 2093
40. Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2289 - 2 +36 -38 -30 -39 +41 -26 =42 -29 . 2.5 2025
41. Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar ISL 2083 -26 -37 -36 +42 -25 -40 -31 -39 -35 +38 2.0 1955
42. Baldursson, Hrannar ISL 2129 -20 -18 -35 -41 -31 -36 -34 =40 -33 +39 1.5 1915
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The Klompendans Ladies vs Veterans tournament took place in Amsterdam
23rd October - 3rd November 2001. The venue was the Beurs van Berlage in
Amsterdam. The event was called the "Klompendans" chess tournament. Sponsored
by Mr. J.J. van Oosterom. The Veterans beat the Ladies 26-24.
Internet coverage: http://chess2.lostcity.nl/klompendans/
Round 7 (October 30, 2001)
Ioseliani, Nana - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 54 E14 Queens Indian
Zhu Chen - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 34 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Xie Jun - Smyslov, Vassily 1/2 56 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence
Polgar, Sofia - Taimanov, Mark E 1/2 34 B49 Sicilian Paulsen
Galliamova, Alisa - Hort, Vlastimil 0-1 59 D59 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Round 8 (November 1, 2001)
Portisch, Lajos - Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 42 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Hort, Vlastimil - Xie Jun 1/2 29 E83 King's Indian Saemisch
Smyslov, Vassily - Polgar, Sofia 1/2 14 B22 Sicilian Alapin Variation
Korchnoi, Viktor - Zhu Chen 1/2 23 A29 English Four Knights Variation
Taimanov, Mark E - Ioseliani, Nana 1/2 16 D94 Gruenfeld Defence Closed
Round 9 (November 2, 2001)
Ioseliani, Nana - Smyslov, Vassily 1/2 42 D70 Gruenfeld Defence
Zhu Chen - Taimanov, Mark E 1-0 28 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian System
Xie Jun - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 38 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen Variation
Polgar, Sofia - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 17 C11 French Defence
Galliamova, Alisa - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 59 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 10 (November 3, 2001)
Portisch, Lajos - Polgar, Sofia 1/2 43 A44 Old Benoni
Hort, Vlastimil - Ioseliani, Nana 1/2 21 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Smyslov, Vassily - Zhu Chen 1/2 29 B22 Sicilian Alapin Variation
Korchnoi, Viktor - Xie Jun 1/2 49 E99 King's Indian Classical
Taimanov, Mark E - Galliamova, Alisa 0-1 57 A12 Reti Opening
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Klompendans Amsterdam NED (NED), 23 x-3 xi 2001 cat. XI (2524)
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Veterans
1. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2591 6.5 2622
2. Hort, Vlastimil g GER 2519 5.5 2548
3. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2639 5.5 2548
4. Smyslov, Vassily g RUS 2491 5.0 2512
5. Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2439 3.5 2402
26.0
Ladies
1. Zhu Chen g CHN 2497 6.0 2607
2. Xie Jun g CHN 2553 5.5 2571
3. Ioseliani, Nana m GEO 2497 5.0 2535
4. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2547 4.0 2463
5. Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2469 3.5 2425
24.0
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The World Youth Championships took place in Oropesa del Mar, Spain 20th
October - November 3rd 2001. There were sections for Under-18, under-16,
under-14, under-12 and under-10 both boys and girls. Dmitri Iakovenko of Russia
won the Boys Under 18 event. Leading standings in all events below and games
from the stronger sections.
Coverage: http://www.worldyouthfestival2001.com/
and http://www.ajedrez21.com
Final Standings:
Boys Under 18
FINAL STANDINGS
1 IAKOVENKO, Dmitri (4) RUS 2536 gm 9
2-3 TIMOFEEV, Artyom (6) RUS 2517 fm 8.5
IZORIA, Zviad (5) GEO 2533 im 8.5
4-10 KOVCHAN, Oleksandr (7) UKR 2504 im 7.5
LUPULESCU, Constantin (9) ROM 2467 7.5
ERENBURG, Sergey (17) ISR 2421 fm 7.5
NI, Hua (3) CHN 2538 fm 7.5
MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios (16) GRE 2426 7.5
GAGUNASHVILI, Merab (8) GEO 2480 im 7.5
SADYKOV, Rustem (33) KAZ 2290 7.5
11-16 WERLE, Jan (10) NED 2459 im 7
NAIDITSCH, Arkadij (2) GER 2540 gm 7
SCHNEIDER, Dmitry (19) USA 2401 fm 7
JOBAVA, Baadur (1) GEO 2556 gm 7
KANEP, Meelis (29) EST 2307 7
POPOVIC, Dusan (24) YUG 2372 7
17-26 PARAGUA, Mark (12) PHI 2447 im 6.5
KHISMATOULLINE, Denis (11) RUS 2448 6.5
JAKUBOWSKI, Krzysztof (22) POL 2387 fm 6.5
LINDBERG, Bosse (43) SWE 2247 6.5
DJUKIC, Nikola (27) YUG 2348 6.5
BACHIN, Vitaly (13) RUS 2442 im 6.5
BHAT, Vinay (18) USA 2403 im 6.5
STOJANOVIC, Dalibor (23) YUG 2378 fm 6.5
MISTA, Aleksander (15) POL 2433 6.5
TETEREV, Vitaly (31) BLR 2301 6.5
83 players
Boys Under 16
FINAL STANDINGS
1 SHANAVA, Konstantine (22) GEO 2332 fm 8.5
2-5 KOROBOV, Anton (6) UKR 2467 im 8
ALEKXEEV, Evgueni (1) RUS 2548 im 8
MAMEDOV, Nidjat (9) AZE 2405 im 8
HEBERLA, Bartlomiej (10) POL 2390 8
6-8 CHEPARINOV, Ivan (7) BUL 2461 im 7.5
MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar (4) AZE 2503 7.5
SMEETS, Jan (27) NED 2312 7.5
9-20 LLOBEL CORTELL, Enrique (13) ESP 2376 7
PIXTON, Aaron (18) USA 2351 7
ARYESHCHENKO, Alexandr (5) UKR 2479 7
YEFYMENKO, Zakhar (3) UKR 2523 im 7
L'AMI, Erwin (20) NED 2344 7
ZHAO, Zong-Yuan (12) AUS 2387 im 7
IBARRA JEREZ, Jose Carlos (16) ESP 2364 7
ZHAO, Jun (19) CHN 2347 7
BORISEK, Jure (24) SLO 2321 7
SITNIKOV, Anton (47) UKR 2218 7
MORENO TEJERA, Emilio (17) ESP 2351 7
PALO, Davor (23) DEN 2327 fm 7
21-31 PORAT, Shi (15) ISR 2365 6.5
HUSNUTDINOV, Damir (86) UZB 6.5
ZHIGALKO, Andrei (14) BLR 2369 6.5
BERKES, Ferenc (2) HUN 2541 im 6.5
BUCKLEY, Simon (44) ENG 2236 6.5
GRATCHEV, Boris (8) RUS 2410 fm 6.5
CORNETTE, Mathieu (21) FRA 2342 6.5
PAPA, Severin (39) SUI 2251 6.5
ANNABERDYEV, Meylis (51) TKM 2205 6.5
ERWICH, Marc (32) NED 2295 6.5
KULJASEVIC, Davorin (30) CRO 2298 6.5
102 players
Boys Under 14
FINAL STANDINGS
1 ERDOS, Viktor (11) HUN 2320 9
2-3 NAKAMURA, Hikaru (2) USA 2466 im 8.5
GONDA, Laszlo (12) HUN 2309 8.5
4-7 WOJTASZEK, Radoslaw (15) POL 2285 8
MEGARANTO, Susanto (20) INA 2234 8
ZAVGORODN, Sergiy (4) UKR 2440 im 8
WANG, Yue (3) CHN 2466 fm 8
8-11 MAMEDOV, Rauf (6) AZE 2354 7.5
BLUVSHTEIN, Mark (5) CAN 2357 7.5
ZHIGALKO, Sergei (25) BLR 2203 7.5
WEN, Yang (103) CHN 7.5
12-22 TOMASHEVSKY, Eugeni (1) RUS 2468 im 7
JONES, Gawain (22) ENG 2216 7
SENGUPTA, Deep (14) IND 2287 7
KUPARARADZE, Giga (38) GEO 2135 7
MESZAROS, Mirhal (17) SVK 2252 7
BELLAICHE, Anthony (16) FRA 2281 7
LENIC, Luka (46) SLO 2106 7
MOVSISYAN, Vardan (18) ARM 2246 7
BARAMIDZE, David (8) GER 2335 7
RANGARAJAN, Sunil (34) IND 2144 7
BANAWA, Jouaquin (62) PHI 7
106 players
Boys Under 12
FINAL STANDINGS
1 KARYAKIN, Sergei (2) UKR 2388 fm 8.5
2-9 ANDREIKINE, Dmitri (1) RUS 2398 fm 8
VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime (5) FRA 2271 8
KHAIROULLINE, Ildar (8) RUS 2244 8
SZABO, Krisztian (9) HUN 2235 8
SUSILODINATA, Andrean (101) INA 8
BONNET, Edouard (13) FRA 2193 8
HOWELL, David W. (7) ENG 2247 8
KRIVOBORODOV, Egor (11) RUS 2211 8
10-15 NGUYEN, Ngoc Truongson (80) VIE 7.5
JUMABAYEV, Rinat (6) KAZ 2252 7.5
ROHIT, G. (10) IND 2215 7.5
LEON HOYOS, Manuel (29) MEX fm 7.5
BANUSZ, Tamas (12) HUN 2197 7.5
VIJAY, Keerthi (15) IND 2163 7.5
16-24 NEPOMNIASCHII, Ian (4) RUS 2281 fm 7
LI, Haoyu (3) CHN 2310 7
RODSHTEIN, Maxim (17) ISR 2148 7
DIAMANT, Andre (28) BRA fm 7
GUPTA, Abhijeet (14) IND 2191 fm 7
SAMSONKIN, Artem (18) BLR 2141 7
BRUNED, Ivain (25) ESP 2042 7
ANDRIASYAN, Zaven (35) ARM 7
AZALADZE, Shota (36) GEO 7
117 players
Boys Under 10
FINAL STANDINGS
1-3 FODOR, Tamas (4) HUN 8.5
LE, Quang Liem (48) VIE 8.5
NARMONTAS, Matas (1) LTU 8.5
4-7 RECUERO GUERRA, David (5) ESP 8
KRUGLYAKOV, Pavlo (46) UKR 8
SAFARLI, Eltaj (73) AZE 8
ONYSHCHUK, Volodymur Jr (59) UKR 8
8-12 LICHMAN, Petro (2) UKR 7.5
SIMONYAN, Hrayr (78) ARM 7.5
YU, Ruiyuan (87) CHN 7.5
DING, Liren (21) CHN 7.5
CORDOVA DAZA, Emilio (8) PER fm 7.5
13-16 CHIRILA, Ioan Cristian (19) ROM 7
VARGA, Csaba (6) HUN 7
BOGNER, Sebastian (14) GER 7
IP, Vincent (39) FRA 7
17-27 CARUANA, Fabiano (18) USA 6.5
GOBIN, T. (32) IND 6.5
PAICHADZE, Luka (60) GEO 6.5
TOLOGONTEGIN, Semetey (83) KGZ 6.5
FELLER, Sebastien (25) FRA 6.5
RIGOLOT, Matthieu (70) FRA 6.5
SANKALP, Modwal (76) IND 6.5
THALER, Michael (80) USA 6.5
OCHOA, Karl Victor (58) PHI 6.5
CAMACHO, Marcos (17) ESP 6.5
ERDENETULGA, Rentsen (24) MGL 6.5
87 players
Girls Under 18
FINAL STANDINGS
1 GVETADZE, Sopio (7) GEO 2252 wim 10
2 CALOTESCU, Cristina (2) ROM 2296 wfm 8.5
3-4 MILLIET, Sophie (20) FRA 2136 7.5
MAKKA, Ioulia (21) GRE 2134 7.5
5-10 MEYER, Marany (24) RSA 2101 wim 7
KHUSNUTDINOVA, Luisa (4) RUS 2270 wim 7
HELM, Leonie (19) GER 2138 7
CAOILI, Arianne (6) PHI 2257 wim 7
MAMEDYAROVA, Zeynab (8) AZE 2231 wim 7
LEVUSHKINA, Elena (3) UZB 2280 wim 7
11-16 CHARKHALASHVILI, Inga (1) GEO 2319 wfm 6.5
RICHARDS, Heather (10) ENG 2212 wfm 6.5
ZIGANGIROVA, Sofya (12) KAZ 2189 6.5
SREBRNIC, Ana (14) SLO 2172 wfm 6.5
GORLIN, Yelena (22) USA 2120 6.5
DJURIC, Vesna (37) YUG 2031 6.5
17-27 PARTAC, Elena (13) MDV 2178 wfm 6
ANKHCHIMEG, Bayanmonkh (11) MGL 2194 wfm 6
SHUKUROVA, Mehriban (5) AZE 2264 wim 6
STIRI, Alexandra (16) GRE 2163 6
SZYMANSKA, Maria (15) POL 2170 6
ZHAO, Dingding (9) CHN 2220 6
GRAPSA, Georgia (31) GRE 2063 6
DE LOS SANTOS, Maria (29) ESP 2078 6
KAVITHA, J.e. (36) IND 2038 6
SMIRNOVA, Marina (53) LAT 6
VARHOLAKOVA, Niki (32) SVK 2056 6
55 players
Girls Under 16
FINAL STANDINGS
1 DZAGNIDZE, Nana (1) GEO 2372 wim 9
2-6 VOZOVIK, Oksana (8) UKR 2271 8
WOREK, Joanna (15) POL 2203 8
KHUKHASHVILI, Sopiko (2) GEO 2333 wim 8
IVKINA, Olga (19) RUS 2176 8
HUANG, Qian (5) CHN 2275 8
7-9 HASSANOVA, Elmira (9) RUS 2252 wim 7.5
MOTOC, Alina (12) ROM 2223 wfm 7.5
LE, Thanh Tu (3) VIE 2290 7.5
10-14 IGLA, Bella (28) ISR 2115 7
NOVIKOVA, Anna (10) RUS 2249 7
BENSDORP, Marlies (30) NED 2110 7
POGONINA, Natalia (6) RUS 2272 7
CIOBANU, Camelia (11) ROM 2239 wfm 7
76 players
Girls Under 14
FINAL STANDINGS
1 MELIA, Salome (4) GEO 2175 9.5
2 FOMINYKH, Maria (6) RUS 2154 8.5
3-5 MONGONTUUL, Batkhuyag (3) MGL 2196 wim 8
ARUTYUONOVA, Diana (10) UKR 2118 8
YANJINDULAM, Dulamsuren (76) MGL 8
6-11 ZAWADZKA, Jolanta (5) POL 2165 7.5
CHULIVSKA, Vita (20) UKR 2014 7.5
GILBERT, Jessie (17) ENG 2075 wfm 7.5
BURTASSOVA, Anna (9) RUS 2121 7.5
RUAN, Lufei (1) CHN 2226 7.5
NGUYEN, Quynh Anh (54) VIE 7.5
12-15 HERMANOWICZ, Dominika (18) POL 2052 7
KARAVADE, Eesa (12) IND 2110 7
ROZIC, Vesna (16) SLO 2079 7
PADURARIU, Smaranda (14) ROM 2097 7
79 players
Girls Under 12
FINAL STANDING
1 SHEN, Yang (70) CHN 9
2-4 HARIKA, Dronavall (4) IND 2199 8
DING, Shuyu (33) CHN 8
GOUNINA, Valentina (42) RUS 8
5-10 MUZYCHUK, Anna (3) UKR 2215 wfm 7.5
IGNACZ, Maria (7) HUN 2059 7.5
LAHNO, Kateryna (1) UKR 2274 wim 7.5
FOISOR, Sabina (36) ROM 7.5
PELLETIER, Katherine (63) USA 7.5
BOKUCHAVA, Madona (19) GEO 7.5
11-17 SAHELI, Nath (10) IND 2013 7
YILDIZ, Betul Cemre (8) TUR 2037 7
UMUDOVA, Nargiz (75) AZE 7
SAULYTE, Gabriele (69) LTU 7
HEMMATIZADEH, Nina (46) IRI 7
SUN, Yinan (2) CHN 2225 7
NEMCOVA, Katerina (60) CZE 7
78 players
Girls Under 10
FINAL STANDINGS
1 TAN, Zhongyi (58) CHN 10
2-3 MUZYCHUK, Mariya (37) UKR 8.5
TAIROVA, Alena (57) BLR 8.5
4-5 MELEKHINA, Alisa (1) USA fm 8
WINKELMANN, Elena (67) GER 8
6-8 SAULYTE, Evelina (50) LTU 7.5
DHYANI, B. Dave (9) IND 7.5
ABBASZADE, Azu (2) AZE 7.5
9-17 OZTURK, Kubra (41) TUR 7
SMITH, Hazel (52) CAN 7
ZHANG, Dan (69) CHN 7
GURAMISHVILI, Sopiko (19) GEO 7
LIVSCHITZ, Louiza (34) USA 7
STOCK, Lara (55) GER 7
KHOO, Selina (27) ENG 7
ZEYNALOVA, Hokuma (68) AZE 7
RAMYA, Krishna (43) IND 7
18 GIRIA, Olga (16) RUS 6.5
70 players
The World Senior Championships took place 16th-28th October 2001 in
Arco, Italy. Janis Klovans leads by half a point. Janis Klovans took the event
for a third time. Klovans a former Champion of Latvia and sparring partner of
World Champion Mikhail Tal was an IM until at the age of 62 he won this event
in 1997. He has continued to be a strong challenger since then. In 1998 he was
7th, he won the event for a second time in 1999. He was second last year
missing out only on tie-break to Chernikov after finishing on the same number
of points.
Internet coverage: http://www.arcoworldchess.com/mondiale.htm
Final Standings after 11 rounds:
1. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2420 9.0
2. Csom, Istvan g HUN 2425 8.5
3. Bukal, Vladimir m CRO 2437 8.5
4. Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2410 8.0
5. Kholmov, Ratmir D g RUS 2427 8.0
6. Vasiukov, Evgeni g RUS 2530 8.0
7. Shabanov, Yuri m RUS 2458 8.0
8. Chernikov, Oleg L g RUS 2464 8.0
9. Khanukov, Boris GER 2346 8.0
10. Rosen, Willy f GER 2315 7.5
11. Zichichi, Alvise m ITA 2277 7.5
12. Ivanets, Vladimir RUS f RUS 2322 7.5
13. Dornieden, Manfred GER 2293 7.5
14. Hecht, Hans-Joachim g GER 2418 7.5
15. Uhlmann, Wolfgang g GER 2473 7.5
16. Titz, Heimo f AUT 2306 7.5
17. Kristiansen, Erling f NOR 2213 7.5
18. Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2352 7.5
19. Igney, Volkhard f GER 2216 7.5
The fourth edition of the Category 7 Third Saturday Tournament took
place in Belgrade 20th-30th October 2001. The 11 Round robin event saw 14 year
old World Junior chess champion Humpy Koneru win the event with 8.5/11. She
scored a GM norm and took the event above Mihajlo Stojanovic who won his last
five rounds to also reach 8.5 and a GM norm too. 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 1 8.5 2619
2. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m YUG 2425 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8.5 2624
3. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2474 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 1 0 = 1 7.0 2511
4. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2442 = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = = = 6.0 2448
5. Orlov, Pavle m YUG 2378 = 0 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2453
6. Todorov, Ognjan m BUL 2381 = 0 0 = = * = = = 1 = = 5.0 2381
7. Boskovic, Drasko f YUG 2343 0 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2385
8. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2452 = 0 0 = = = = * = = = = 4.5 2346
9. Pap, Misa m YUG 2422 = 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 = 4.5 2348
10. Nestorovic, Dejan m YUG 2428 0 1 1 = 0 0 0 = 0 * = = 4.0 2311
11. Sahovic, Dragutin g YUG 2387 0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 = * = 3.5 2284
12. Prelevic, Dusko f YUG 2358 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = = = * 3.5 2286
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The seven round 27th Guernsey Open took place 21st-27th October 2001.
The event was won by Tiger Hillarp Persson with a score of 6/7. My thanks to
Arthur Brameld for the games.
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27th Open Guernsey GCI (GCI), 21-27 x 2001
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1. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2450 6.0 2585
2. Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2457 5.5 2503
3. Corkett, Anthony f ENG 2300 5.5 2442
4. Webster, Andrew m ENG 2413 5.5 2382
5. Lalic, Susan m ENG 2351 5.5 2443
6. Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2505 5.0 2424
7. Bellin, Robert m ENG 2359 5.0 2334
8. Havenaar, Jan NED 2235 5.0 2336
9. Gunter, David WW ENG 2136 5.0 2207
10. Van Voorthuijsen, Peewee f NED 2319 4.5 2293
11. Burrows, Martin ENG 2157 4.5 2168
12. Buckley, Graeme m ENG 2409 4.5 2151
13. Van Dijk, Alvin NED ---- 4.5 2259
14. Bareham, David C ---- 4.5 2228
15. Almond, Richard ENG 2136 4.5 2183
16. Doell, Detlef GER 2108 4.5 2335
17. Reijneveld, Ad ---- 4.5 2282
18. Wright, Daniel ENG 2220 4.5 2140
19. White, Kevin ENG 2059 4.5 2282
78 players
IXth International Open Tournament Chigorin Memorial took place in St.
Petersburg, Russia October 26 - November 3, 2001. The event was 9 round Swiss
(about 200 participants, including 25 GMs, 6 WGMs). Mihail Kobalija was the
clear winner with 8/9.
Internet Coverage: http://www.chess-tours.com/tournaments/
(in English) http://www.totalchess.spb.ru (in
Russian) and also http://www.joeblack.h1.ru
Final 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 8.0 2823
2. Belov, Vladimir m RUS 2458 7.0 2706
3. Kornev, Alexei RUS 2518 7.0 2642
4. Rychagov, Andrey m RUS 2513 7.0 2629
5. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2486 6.5 2622
6. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2558 6.5 2620
7. Gavrilov, Alexei m RUS 2462 6.5 2615
8. Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2442 6.5 2602
9. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2516 6.5 2554
10. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2513 6.5 2559
11. Ulko, Jaroslav m RUS 2477 6.5 2539
12. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2599 6.0 2577
13. Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2425 6.0 2634
14. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2569 6.0 2559
15. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2522 6.0 2531
16. Sivokho, Sergey m RUS 2504 6.0 2522
17. Dzhakaev, D RUS 2401 6.0 2587
18. Kokarev, Dmitry m RUS 2473 6.0 2516
19. Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2548 6.0 2568
20. Inarkiev, Ernesto m RUS 2491 6.0 2565
21. Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2483 6.0 2554
22. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2488 6.0 2534
23. Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2454 6.0 2540
24. Yevseev, Denis m RUS 2541 6.0 2562
25. Egorov, Evgeni m KAZ 2416 6.0 2561
26. Tunik, Gennady m RUS 2460 6.0 2555
27. Shinkevich, Vitaly m RUS 2469 6.0 2562
28. Eliseev, Alexei m RUS 2482 6.0 2539
29. Grigoriants, Sergey m RUS 2441 6.0 2461
30. Kostenko, Petr m KAZ 2494 6.0 2469
31. Krivonogov, Alexander RUS 2337 6.0 2491
32. Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2554 5.5 2532
33. Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2555 5.5 2468
34. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2483 5.5 2469
35. Zakharevich, Igor g RUS 2456 5.5 2537
36. Zablotsky, Sergei RUS 2353 5.5 2493
37. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2544 5.5 2493
38. Zakharstov, Viacheslav V m RUS 2527 5.5 2516
39. Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2532 5.5 2445
40. Kuporosov, Viktor m RUS 2469 5.5 2497
41. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2577 5.5 2456
42. Obukhov, Alexander m RUS 2436 5.5 2516
43. Grebionkin, Vladimir f RUS 2475 5.5 2411
44. Chuiko, Alexander m RUS 2413 5.5 2404
45. Kochyev, Alexander g RUS 2412 5.5 2397
46. Deviatkin, Andrei m RUS 2415 5.5 2407
47. Orlov, Andrey RUS 2378 5.5 2503
48. Chepukaitis, Genrikh RUS 2404 5.5 2389
174 players
Emmanuel Variniac sends news of the Le Touquet IM and Open tournaments
which took place 27th October - 2nd November 2001. The IM event was won by
Arthur Abolianin and the Open by Mikhail Kozakov.
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IM Le Touquet FRA (FRA), 27 x-2 xi 2001 cat. III (2320)
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1. Abolianin, Arthur f BEL 2364 * = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2481
2. Mancini, Mario FRA 2291 = * = 0 1 1 1 0 = 1 5.5 2403
3. Gurevich, Vladimir g UKR 2482 = = * = = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2382
4. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2500 0 1 = * 1 = = 0 1 1 5.5 2380
5. Bouhallel, Rabah f FRA 2363 1 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2358
6. Clery, Nicolas FRA 2319 = 0 0 = = * 1 1 = = 4.5 2320
7. Flament, Francois FRA 2098 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 = = 3.5 2265
8. Therkildsen, Thomas FRA 2108 0 1 = 1 0 0 0 * = 0 3.0 2218
9. Gervasio, Ricardo BRA 2321 0 = = 0 0 = = = * = 3.0 2195
10. Philippe, Christophe f FRA 2357 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 = * 3.0 2191
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Open Le Touquet FRA (FRA), 27 x-2 xi 2001
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1 GM Kozakov Mikhail SEN UKR 2473 7 58.50
2 GM Kalinitschew Serge SEN GER 2483 7 58.50
3 IM Roeder Mathias SEN GER 2469 7 57.50
4 IM Pytel Krzysztof VET FRA 2400 7 57.00
5 GM Levin Felix SEN GER 2531 7 57.00
6 GM Degraeve Jean-Marc SEN FRA 2588 7 55.50
7 GM Gofshtein Zeev-Alo SEN ISR 2513 7 55.00
8 IM Mrdja Milan SEN CRO 2380 7 54.00
9 WGM Aleksieva-Colla Si SEN BUL 2366 7 50.50
10 CF Laurent Bruno SEN BEL 2304 7 49.00
11 CF Pelle Guillaume SEN FRA 2254 6½ 52.50
12 IM Collas Didier SEN FRA 2414 6½ 52.00
13 IM Giffard Nicolas SEN FRA 2334 6½ 51.50
14 IM Olivier Jean-Chris SEN FRA 2372 6½ 49.50
15 WIM Taddei Benoit SEN FRA 2328 6½ 49.50
16 IM Voloshin Leonid SEN CZE 2426 6½ 49.00
17 IM Bernard Christophe SEN FRA 2381 6½ 44.25
18 IM Payen Arnaud SEN FRA 2401 6 52.50
19 CF Simon Olivier SEN FRA 2223 6 50.50
20 CF Vaillant Stephane SEN FRA 2080 6 50.50
21 IM Peric Slavisa SEN YUG 2258 6 50.00
22 CF Tillet Louis-Juan SEN FRA 2179 6 49.50
23 CF Hautot Stephane SEN BEL 2247 6 49.00
24 CF Cappon John SEN FRA 2152 6 49.00
25 WGM Voiska Margarita SEN BUL 2280 6 49.00
26 CF Daubenfeld Gilles CAD LUX 2153 6 49.00
27 IM Villeneuve Alain VET FRA 2289 6 48.50
28 MF Marechal Andy SEN BEL 2336 6 48.00
29 CF Plane Boris SEN FRA 2162 6 48.00
30 CF Bernard Jacques SEN FRA 2220 6 47.50
31 CF Lorand Philippe SEN FRA 2141 6 47.00
32 CF Aguettaz Maxime CAD FRA 2234 6 45.50
33 CF Thomas Olivier SEN FRA 2144 6 45.00
34 CF Guilbert Jean-Loui SEN FRA 2085 6 44.00
35 CF Marciniak Marcel SEN FRA 2068 6 42.00
198 players
The main First Saturday event in November is an IM tournament. My thanks
to Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy for the news.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/
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FSIM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 xi 2001 cat. II (2293)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Cooke, Eric USA 2212 * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . 2.0
2. Mensch, Etienne f FRA 2299 . * . . = . 1 . . . . . . 1.5 2476
3. Tian Tian CHN 2355 . . * . . = . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2497
4. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2372 . . . * . . . . . = . 1 . 1.5 2496
5. Blasko, Istvan f HUN 2310 . = . . * = . . . . . . . 1.0 2332
6. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2365 . . = . = * . . . . . . . 1.0 2332
7. Rajlich, Vasik G f USA 2257 . 0 . . . . * . . . . . 1 1.0 2367
8. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2182 0 . . . . . . * . . . . 1 1.0 2324
9. Vass, Viktor HUN 2166 . . . . . . . . * . = . . 0.5 2243
10. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2323 0 . . = . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2099
11. Biro, David HUN 2243 . . 0 . . . . . = . * . . 0.5 2067
12. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2284 . . . 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
13. Hajnal, Zoltan f HUN 2436 . . . . . . 0 0 . . . . * 0.0
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The 4th Golden Autumn tournament took place in Alushta 20th October -
1st November 2001. Viktor Varavin won the event with 8.5/13. There were IM
norms for Dmitry Chuprikov and Vaszilij Sikula. My thanks to Mikhail
Golubev.
Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/alu01oc2.htm
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4th Golden Autumn Alushta UKR (UKR), 20 x-1 xi 2001 cat. VIII (2426)
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1. Varavin, Viktor g RUS 2491 g * 0 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 1 8.5
2. Arzumanian, Georgy m ARM 2421 m 1 * = 0 = = = 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 8.0
3. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen g RUS 2492 g 1 = * 0 = = = 1 = = = 1 = = 7.5
4. Gasanov, Eldar m UKR 2440 m 0 1 1 * 1 0 = 1 = = = 0 = 1 7.5
5. Andreev, Eduard m UKR 2439 m = = = 0 = = 1 = 1 = = = = 7.0
6. Chuprikov, Dmitry RUS 2420 0 = = 1 = * = 0 1 = = = 1 = 7.0
7. Sikula, Vaszilij UKR 2422 = = = = = = * = = = = = = 1 7.0
8. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2425 wg 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0
9. Alexandrova, Olga m UKR 2387 wg 0 1 = = = 0 = 0 * = 1 0 1 1 6.5
10. Belikov, Vladimir g RUS 2488 g = 0 = = 0 = = = = * = = 1 = 6.0
11. Itkis, Boris m ROM 2472 m = 0 = 1 = = = 0 0 = * = = 1 6.0
12. Zubarev, Alexander1 m UKR 2455 m = = 0 = = 0 = 0 1 = = * = 1 6.0
13. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2376 m 0 = = = = = = 0 0 0 = = * 1 5.0
14. Khudyakov, Alexander f RUS 2238 f 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 2.0
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The 5th Open International Bavarian Masters took place in Bad Wiessee,
27th October - 4th November 2001. Vladimir Akopian took first place on
tie-break ahead of Vladimir Baklan, Alexander Shabalov and Michal Krasekow, all
scored 7.5/9. Games from the first eight rounds. Information Thomas and Horst
Leckner.
Internet coverage: :
http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2001
Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Akopian,Vladimir GM 2660 7.5 53,5
2 Baklan,Vladimir GM 2590 7.5 51,5
3 Shabalov,Alexander GM 2585 7.5 51,5
4 Krasenkow,Michal GM 2592 7.5 51,0
5 Volokitin,Andrei GM 2566 7.0 52,5
6 Dorfman,Josif GM 2599 7.0 51,0
7 Sax,Gyula GM 2593 7.0 51,0
8 Ibragimov,Ildar GM 2567 7.0 51,0
9 Epishin,Vladimir GM 2583 7.0 50,5
10 Pinter,Jozsef GM 2532 7.0 50,5
11 Jaracz,Pawel GM 2525 7.0 50,0
12 Graf,Alexander GM 2610 7.0 49,5
13 Gleizerov,Evgeny GM 2575 7.0 49,5
14 Sturua,Zurab GM 2571 7.0 49,5
15 Kacheishvili,Giorgi GM 2583 7.0 49,0
16 Lerner,Konstantin GM 2567 7.0 49,0
17 Babula,Vlastimil GM 2565 7.0 49,0
18 Schmaltz,Roland GM 2536 7.0 48,5
19 Khenkin,Igor GM 2572 7.0 48,0
20 Gershon,Alik GM 2556 7.0 48,0
21 Prusikhin,Michael IM 2502 7.0 48,0
22 Dautov,Rustem GM 2630 7.0 47,5
23 Rozentalis,Eduardas GM 2601 7.0 46,0
24 Lobron,Eric GM 2524 6.5 51,0
25 Pavlovic,Milos GM 2488 6.5 50,5
26 Perelshteyn,Eugene IM 2432 6.5 50,5
27 Eingorn,Vereslav GM 2601 6.5 49,0
28 Smith,Bryan G FM 2312 6.5 48,5
29 Ramesh,R.B. IM 2467 6.5 48,0
30 Klundt,Klaus IM 2368 6.5 48,0
31 Heinzel,Olaf FM 2347 6.5 47,5
32 Ulibin,Mikhail GM 2580 6.5 47,0
33 Farago,Ivan GM 2527 6.5 47,0
34 Döttling,Fabian IM 2520 6.5 47,0
35 Psakhis,Lev GM 2573 6.5 46,5
36 Bocksberger,Stefan FM 2277 6.5 46,5
37 Galdunts,Sergey IM 2514 6.5 46,0
38 Gutman,Lev GM 2489 6.5 45,5
39 Lipinsky,Fabian IM 2390 6.5 45,0
40 Grund,Holger IM 2466 6.5 44,0
41 Spiess,Gunter FM 2408 6.5 44,0
42 Gurieli,Nino (IM) WGM 2343 6.5 42,0
43 Kreuzholz,Michael 2249 6.5 40,5
44 Schneider,Henning 2230 6.5 40,5
45 Santl,Anton 2209 6.5 37,5
512 players
The Professional World Chess Ranking for November 1st produced by Ken
Thomson , New Jersey and alculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow has been
released.
NN Name Birthday Count. Rat.Variance
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2798 122
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2794 128
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2733 136
4 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2706 168
5 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2699 203
6 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2684 145
7 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2676 168
8 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2675 121
9 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2670 143
10 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2669 148
11 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2666 166
12 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2665 135
13 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2655 156
14 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2640 158
15 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2638 162
16 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2636 124
17 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2636 162
18 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2630 164
19 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2629 161
20 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2628 178
21 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2628 181
22 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2627 162
23 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2627 163
24 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2626 149
25 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2622 179
26 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2620 197
27 Vaganian,Rafael A 15.10.1951 ARM 2616 186
28 Lputian,Smbat G 14.02.1958 ARM 2615 166
29 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2609 160
30 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2607 166
31 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 UKR 2599 143
32 Zhang Zhong 05.09.1978 CHN 2599 174
33 Lutz,Christopher 24.02.1971 GER 2598 141
34 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2598 173
35 Benjamin,Joel 11.03.1964 USA 2596 167
36 Dautov,Rustem 28.11.1965 GER 2596 179
37 Korchnoi,Viktor 23.03.1931 SUI 2596 193
38 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2595 153
39 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2595 182
40 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2593 150
41 Piket,Jeroen 27.01.1969 NED 2592 156
42 Beliavsky,Alexander 17.12.1953 SLO 2592 161
43 Aleksandrov,Aleksej 11.05.1973 BLR 2592 167
44 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2592 199
45 Kharlov,Andrei 20.11.1968 RUS 2589 146
46 Lastin,Alexander 30.10.1976 RUS 2588 149
47 Novikov,Igor A 23.05.1962 UKR 2587 131
48 Zvjaginsev,Vadim 18.08.1976 RUS 2586 112
49 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2584 144
50 Tkachiev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2583 148
New FIDE Sites
There are two new FIDE sites. Chess Daily
http://www.chessdaily.com has
individual FIDE rating calculations. Also the FIDE site for the World
Championships in Moscow has been launched at: http://wcc2001.fide.com
TWIC at 7
Many thanks for all the nice comments I received this week.
http://www.europe-echecs.com and
http://www.chessbase.com have written
very kind articles on TWIC's 7th birthday. http://www.notzai.com also celebrated the
event.
Leko Interview
Peter Leko has a new interview on his www site:
http://www.chessgate.de/leko/homepage.html
Main content: - Expectations FIDE WC in Moscow - Statement: New time control -
Review 2001. There will be an English version today or soon after.
Linares 2002
Most of the line-up for Linares 2002 has been announced. The players
will be Kasparov, Anand, Shirov, Adams, Ivanchuk, Francisco Vallejo and on
other player who will be confirmed soon (likely to be either Topalov or
Kramnik).
Greekbase
Greek games at: http://www.geocities.com/greekbase1
ChessMetrics Site
Jeff Sonas has updated his site: http://www.chessmetrics.com/. It now
has lots of colorful graphs. It includes ratings based on ChessBase games from
1851 to 1998, and then weekly rating lists based on TWIC issues from January
1999 to September 10th 2001.
Halkida Open
The 5th international open chess tournament of Halkida will be
organized November 16-23, 2001 in Greece.
Halkida is the largest city of Evia, an island 80 km north of Athens.
The total prize fund of the tournament is 4400 euro (1st prize: 1500 euro). The
event is organized by Evoiki Chess Club and the Greek Chess Federation.
Previous winners of the Halkida open:
1) GM Suat Atalik (1996) 2) GM Igor Miladinovic (1997) 3) IM Altin Cela
(1998) 4) GM Arkadi Rotstein (2000)
More information for this year's event is provided at
http://www.greekchess.com/halkida
Praha Open
The 1st Praha Open takes place 2nd-9th February 2002 in Prague (the
Czech Republic). As part of the Czech Tour 2001-2 and links up well with
participation in the Open Marianske Lazne.
Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
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.
Players so far: Premier. Accepted: Pentala Harikrishna (Commonwealth
Champion), Krishnan Sasikiran (both India), Petr Kiriakov (Russia), Irina Krush
(US), Joe Gallagher (Smith & Williamson British Champion) (Switzerland),
Zhang Zhong (China), Mark Hebden, Nicholas Pert (both England), two places
remain to be filled, with Teimour Radjabov having been invited. Challengers.
Accepted: Dibyendu Barua, Abhijit Kunte, Ravi Lanka, Ponnuswamy Konguvel,
Neeraj-Kumar Mishra (all India), Alexander Cherniaev, Vitally Tseshkovsky
(Russia), Vladimir Poley, Irina Tetenkina (ByeloRussia), Alexei Barsov
(Uzbekistan), Petr Marusenko (Ukraine), Keith Arkell, Glenn Flear (England),
Colin McNab, Steve Mannion (Scotland).
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 .
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