THE WEEK IN CHESS 366 12th November 2001 by Mark Crowther
TWIC Home |
The London Chess Center |
|
Shop
Sponsored by the London Chess Center
Contact The Week in Chess
Mark
Crowther
E-Mail mdcrowth@netcomuk.co.uk
Tel or fax 01274
882143 [Bradford England]
Mobile 07951 967851
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
Contents
1) Introduction
2) European Team
Championships
3) Kasparov and Kramnik Press
Conference
4) First Saturday November
5) Austrian Team Championships
6) Omsk
Teams
7) Frauen Bundesliga
8)
Montecatini Terme
9) VI Rijeka IM
10) 2nd Odivelas International
11) Northern
Virginia Open
12) Copa Clarin
13)
5th Open International Bavarian Masters
14) Forthcoming
Events and Links
 |
Contact the London Chess Center
Order from the online shop at http://www.chesscenter.com email:
chesscentre@easynet.co.uk Call toll free 1-888-chess06 in the USA or Canada
Call +44 (0) 171 388 2404 or Fax +44 (0) 171 388 2407 in the UK and ROW
Three New Engines
New at Chess & Bridge: Junior 7.0, Shredder 5.32, Deep
Junior 7.0 – three world leaders in computer chess. All 2500+ ELO :
Super-Grandmaster strength programs in YOUR home.
Junior 7.0 - ruthless attacking style, deep tactical
calculations.
$49.50 £39.95
Upgrade from Junior 6
$34.95 £25
Deep Junior 7.0 (for multi-processors) – giant opening
database
$99 £79.95
Upgrade from Deep Junior 6
$69.95 £49.95
Shredder 5.32 – positional intelligence, superb endgame
technique.
$49.50 £39.95
NOW SHIPPING FREE TO THE USA !!
Buy online at http://www.chess.co.uk
For the latest chess book releases check out
http://www.chesscenter.com/book.html
For the latest new software check out
http://www.chesscenter.com/newsoftware2.html
For the latest new products check out
http://www.chesscenter.com/newproducts.html
New Products at the London Chess Center
Chess Tiger 14.0
Christoph Théron's ChessTigerhas gained enormously in
strength over the past few years as its impressive victories in several
international tournaments have demonstrated. In autumn of 1999, ChessTiger
entered the ranking list of chess programs (SSDF) and immediately topped the
list. Apart from ChessTiger 14.0, the CD also contains GambitTiger 2.0.
GambitTiger is a particularly aggressive version of ChessTiger which
mercilessly attacks the king. Thats why GambitTiger often chooses moves other
programs would never play. Recently GambitTiger showed its claws in the Linares
of chess programs" and came second behind DeepFritz. In contrast to their
direct predecessors, ChessTiger 14.0 and GambitTiger also take advantage of the
endgame databases (tablebases) and support multi-variation mode.
System requirements: Pentium 16 MB RAM, Windows 95, 98, 2000 or
NT, Language (Online-Help + program menu text): English, German, French,
Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Dutch (only Menu), Slovenian, Database: 320,000
games RRP: £39.95 / $49.50
The Chigorin Defence by Martin Breutigam At master level,
the Chigorin Defence has seldom been played and probably thats why it has been
less analysed than other openings - good prerequisites for freethinkers and
adventurers on the chess board!“ (Breutigam) The Chigorin
Defence resulting after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 has become popular again thanks to
Alexander Morozevich who with has been holding his own even against the best.
FIDE master Martin Breutigam includes a small but swell database with 100
entries - 7 texts and 93 sample Another database includes 54 training questions
enabling the user to test his freshly acquired knowledge. Furthermore, the CD
features a big database of more than 4.000 games as a reference database plus a
big tree of all games. System requirements: Pentium, Windows 95,98,2000,Me RRP:
£17.95 / $27
CHESSBASE MAGAZINE 80 February 2001 ChessBase Magazine 80
contains the main body of 1262 games and five database reports. There are many
strong tournaments, the men´s Olympiad in Istanbul and the
Braingames and FIDE World Championships in London and Delhi/Teheran.l RRP:
£17.95 / $27
Main Line Caro-Kann Neil McDonald Everyman
$21.95/£14.99 The Caro Kann has always been one of the most widely played
openings among club and tournament players. This handy battle manual deal with
the critical main line positions after 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4.
Highly-regarded author Grandmaster Neil McDonald offers a comprehensive survey
of the state of opening theory for both White and Black players, explaining the
basic elements, strategies and tactics for both sides
New In Chess Yearbook 58 New In Chess $22.50/£15
Opening preparation is not the first thing that comes to mind when the name of
Brain Game World Champion Vladimir Kramnik is brought up. However, with the
right ingredients in hand he is more than capable of producing some spicy
opening dishes. Have a taste from Kramnik's Kitchen. CHEF DE CUISINE Thanks to
Vladimir Kramnik an old line against the Gruenfeld Indian has come back into
fashion.
Offbeat Spanish Glenn Flear Everyman $21.95/£14.99
Deciding what to do against the Spanish (Ruy Lopez) is a perennial problem for
those who play too passively and end up having to face what is known as the
'Spanish Torture'. In this book Grandmaster Glenn Flear studies a wide variety
of ambitious and offbeat answers catering for many different playing styles.
From the super-solid Berlin (as used so successfully by Vladimir Kramnik in his
Brain Games World Championship victory against Garry Kasparov) to the
uncompromising Schliemann, there is enough choice here for any prospective
black player facing the Spanish
For more information: go to
http://www.chesscenter.com/newsoftware2.html
or http://www.chesscenter.com/book.html
|
Games section
European Team Championships 600 games
First Saturday November 42 games
Austrian Team Championships 144 games
Omsk Teams 111 games
Frauen Bundesliga 72 games
Montecatini Terme 55 games
VI Rijeka IM 45 games
2nd Odivelas International 35 games
Northern Virginia Open 10 games
Copa Clarin 59 games
5th Bavarian Masters 10 games
Corrections 3 games
1186 games
My thanks to Michael Atkins, Miklos Orso and Laszlo Nagy, Harald
Grafenhofer, Victor Karpov, Raimo Vollstaedt, Luís Santos, Aard Daanen,
Eugeny Atarov, Thomas and Horst Leckner and all those who helped with this
issue.
The main event of the week is the European Team Championships in Leon,
Spain. Although the proximity to the FIDE World Championships has weakened the
event a little and the non-appearance of a Russian team was a disappointment
there is still plenty of good chess to appreciate.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 18th European Team Championships are taking place in Leon, Spain
6th-15th November 2001. Sadly teams from Russia, Armenia, Bosnia and Bosnia
Herzegovina didn't enter. However there are some excellent players in the teams
including Michael Adams, Vassily Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Alexei Shirov, Loek
Van Wely, Sergei Tiviakov, Emil Sutovsky, Jon Speelman, Pablo San Segundo,
Nigel Short, Jeroen Piket, Joel Lautier and Alexander Beliasky. After six of
nine rounds France lead on 16½ points half a point clear of the
Netherlands on 16 with England a further half a point behind on 15½.
Internet site: http://www.euroleon2001.com (coverage by
http://www.terra.es)
Men's section
Men Round 1 6th November 2001
Czech Republic 2½ - 1½ Israel
England 3 - 1 Latvia
Slovakia 2 - 2 Netherlands
France 3½ - ½ Spain B
Macedonia 1 - 3 Ukraine
Spain A 1 - 3 Azerbaijan
Italy 0 - 4 Germany
Slovenia 3½ - ½ Finland
Portugal 0 - 4 Poland
Bulgaria 3½ - ½ Austria
Iceland 1½ - 2½ Georgia
Sweden 3½ - ½ Albania
Scotland 1½ - 2½ Yugoslavia
Greece 2½ - 1½ Ireland
Turkey 0 - 4 Switzerland
Belarus 4 - 0 Luxemburg
Cyprus ½ - 3½ Croatia
Men Round 2 7th November 2001
Germany 2 - 2 Switzerland
Poland 2½ - 1½ Belarus
Bulgaria 1 - 3 France
Sweden 1½ - 2½ Slovenia
Croatia 1 - 3 England
Ukraine 2½ - 1½ Azerbaijan
Georgia 2½ - 1½ Greece
Yugoslavia 3 - 1 Czech Republic
Netherlands 3½ - ½ Wales
Israel 2 - 2 Slovakia
Iceland 3 - 1 Scotland
Ireland 0 - 4 Spain A
Latvia 3 - 1 Macedonia
Austria 1½ - 2½ Spain B
Albania 1 - 3 Finland
Cyprus ½ - 3½ Italy
Portugal 3 - 1 Turkey
Men Round 3 8th November 2001
France 3½ - ½ Poland
Switzerland 1½ - 2½ England
Slovenia 1½ - 2½ Germany
Yugoslavia 1 - 3 Netherlands
Belarus 2 - 2 Ukraine
Spain A 3 - 1 Georgia
Croatia 1 - 3 Sweden
Azerbaijan 3½ - ½ Bulgaria
Greece 4 - 0 Iceland
Slovakia 1½ - 2½ Latvia
Italy ½ - 3½ Israel
Finland ½ - 3½ Czech Republic
Spain B 2½ - 1½ Portugal
Wales 0 - 4 Scotland
Macedonia 2½ - 1½ Austria
Luxemburg 2 - 2 Albania
Turkey 2 - 2 Ireland
Men Round 4 9th November 2001
England 2½ - 1½ France
Netherlands 2½ - 1½ Germany
Greece 1½ - 2½ Spain A
Azerbaijan 2 - 2 Sweden
Ukraine 1 - 3 Switzerland
Belarus 1½ - 2½ Slovenia
Israel 2½ - 1½ Poland
Czech Republic 3 - 1 Latvia
Georgia 3 - 1 Yugoslavia
Scotland ½ - 3½ Croatia
Spain B 3 - 1 Slovakia
Bulgaria 2½ - 1½ Macedonia
Portugal 1 - 3 Iceland
Finland 2½ - 1½ Italy
Austria 3 - 1 Luxemburg
Ireland 2½ - 1½ Albania
Wales 2 - 2 Cyprus
Men Round 5 10th November 2001
France 1½ - 2½ Netherlands
Spain A 1 - 3 England
Switzerland 2½ - 1½ Slovenia
Germany 3 - 1 Azerbaijan
Sweden 2½ - 1½ Czech Republic
Israel 1½ - 2½ Greece
Georgia 1½ - 2½ Belarus
Poland 2½ - 1½ Croatia
Ukraine 1½ - 2½ Spain B
Latvia ½ - 3½ Bulgaria
Iceland 2 - 2 Yugoslavia
Scotland 2 - 2 Finland
Slovakia 3½ - ½ Austria
Macedonia 2½ - 1½ Ireland
Italy 1½ - 2½ Portugal
Cyprus 2 - 2 Turkey
Luxemburg 2½ - 1½ Wales
Men Round 6 11th November 2001
England 1½ - 2½ Netherlands
Switzerland ½ - 3½ France
Germany 1½ - 2½ Sweden
Belarus 3 - 1 Greece
Slovenia 2 - 2 Czech Republic
Spain A 1 - 3 Israel
Poland 2 - 2 Bulgaria
Spain B 1 - 3 Azerbaijan
Croatia 2 - 2 Georgia
Iceland 1½ - 2½ Ukraine
Yugoslavia 1½ - 2½ Slovakia
Macedonia 2½ - 1½ Scotland
Finland 3 - 1 Portugal
Ireland 0 - 4 Latvia
Turkey 2 - 2 Luxemburg
Austria 2½ - 1½ Cyprus
Albania 3 - 1 Wales
Men's Round 6 Standings:
1 France 4 0 2 16½ 8
2 Netherlands 5 1 0 16 11
3 England 5 0 1 15½ 10
4 Sweden 4 1 1 15 9
5 Germany 3 1 2 14½ 7
6 Belarus 3 1 2 14½ 7
7 Azerbaijan 3 1 2 14 7
8 Israel 3 1 2 14 7
9 Slovenia 3 1 2 13½ 7
10 Czech Republic 3 1 2 13½ 7
11 Switzerland 3 1 2 13½ 7
12 Poland 3 1 2 13 7
13 Bulgaria 3 1 2 13 7
14 Greece 3 0 3 13 6
15 Ukraine 3 1 2 12½ 7
16 Georgia 3 1 2 12½ 7
17 Slovakia 2 2 2 12½ 6
18 Spain A 3 0 3 12½ 6
19 Croatia 2 1 3 12½ 5
20 Spain B 4 0 2 12 8
21 Latvia 3 0 3 12 6
22 Finland 3 1 2 11½ 7
23 Macedonia 3 0 3 11 6
24 Yugoslavia 2 1 3 11 5
25 Iceland 2 1 3 11 5
26 Scotland 1 1 4 10½ 3
27 Albania 2 1 3 10 5
28 Luxemburg 2 2 2 9½ 6
29 Austria 2 0 4 9½ 4
30 Turkey 1 3 2 9 5
31 Portugal 2 0 4 9 4
32 Italy 2 0 4 9 4
33 Cyprus 1 2 3 8½ 4
34 Ireland 1 1 4 7½ 3
35 Wales 1 1 4 7 3
Women's Results
Women Round 1 6th November 2001
Latvia 1 - 1 Yugoslavia
Ukraine 1½ - ½ Spain
Croatia 1 - 1 Germany
Moldova 1½ - ½ Azerbaijan
Italy 1 - 1 Hungary
Georgia 2 - 0 Switzerland
Slovenia 1 - 1 Bulgaria
Romania 2 - 0 Sweden
Macedonia 0 - 2 England
Netherlands 2 - 0 Finland
Albania 0 - 2 Poland
Slovakia 2 - 0 Scotland
Austria 0 - 2 Czech Republic
Greece 2 - 0 Turkey
Ireland 0 - 2 France
Belarus 1 - 1 Iceland
Women Round 2 7th November 2001
Poland 2 - 0 Georgia
Slovakia 1 - 1 Romania
England 1½ - ½ Czech Republic
Greece ½ - 1½ Netherlands
France 1½ - ½ Ukraine
Yugoslavia 1 - 1 Moldova
Germany 1½ - ½ Latvia
Hungary 1½ - ½ Croatia
Bulgaria 2 - 0 Italy
Slovenia 1½ - ½ Belarus
Spain 2 - 0 Iceland
Switzerland 0 - 2 Azerbaijan
Scotland 0 - 2 Sweden
Macedonia 1 - 1 Austria
Turkey 1 - 1 Finland
Albania 2 - 0 Ireland
Women Round 3 8th November 2001
England 1 - 1 Poland
Netherlands 1 - 1 France
Romania 1 - 1 Bulgaria
Germany 2 - 0 Slovakia
Moldova 2 - 0 Greece
Azerbaijan ½ - 1½ Hungary
Czech Republic 1½ - ½ Spain
Yugoslavia 1½ - ½ Slovenia
Sweden ½ - 1½ Ukraine
Georgia 2 - 0 Albania
Latvia ½ - 1½ Belarus
Italy ½ - 1½ Croatia
Turkey 0 - 2 Macedonia
Finland 2 - 0 Austria
Iceland ½ - 1½ Switzerland
Ireland 0 - 2 Scotland
Women Round 4 9th November 2001
Poland 1½ - ½ Germany
Netherlands 1 - 1 Moldova
France ½ - 1½ England
Hungary 1 - 1 Bulgaria
Romania 1 - 1 Georgia
Czech Republic ½ - 1½ Yugoslavia
Ukraine 1½ - ½ Slovakia
Belarus ½ - 1½ Azerbaijan
Spain 0 - 2 Slovenia
Croatia 1 - 1 Macedonia
Finland 1 - 1 Greece
Sweden 1 - 1 Latvia
Scotland 1½ - ½ Albania
Switzerland 1 - 1 Italy
Austria ½ - 1½ Iceland
Ireland 0 - 2 Turkey
Women Round 5 10th November 2001
Women Moldova 1 - 1 Poland
England ½ - 1½ Netherlands
Yugoslavia 1 - 1 Ukraine
Germany 1½ - ½ Hungary
Bulgaria 0 - 2 France
Slovenia 1 - 1 Romania
Georgia 2 - 0 Czech Republic
Azerbaijan 1½ - ½ Croatia
Macedonia 2 - 0 Finland
Slovakia ½ - 1½ Belarus
Greece 1½ - ½ Scotland
Iceland 1 - 1 Sweden
Turkey 0 - 2 Spain
Latvia 1 - 1 Switzerland
Albania 1 - 1 Italy
Austria 1½ - ½ Ireland
Women Round 6 11th November 2001
Women Poland 0 - 2 France
Netherlands 1½ - ½ Georgia
England 1 - 1 Germany
Macedonia 0 - 2 Moldova
Azerbaijan ½ - 1½ Yugoslavia
Ukraine 2 - 0 Slovenia
Hungary ½ - 1½ Romania
Spain 1 - 1 Bulgaria
Belarus 0 - 2 Greece
Croatia 1 - 1 Sweden
Finland 1½ - ½ Czech Republic
Iceland 0 - 2 Slovakia
Scotland 1 - 1 Latvia
Switzerland 2 - 0 Albania
Italy 1½ - ½ Ireland
Turkey 1 - 1 Austria
Women's Round 6 Standings:
1 France 4 1 1 9 9
2 Netherlands 4 2 0 8½ 10
3 Moldova 3 3 0 8½ 9
4 Ukraine 4 1 1 8 9
5 Yugoslavia 3 3 0 7½ 9
6 England 3 2 1 7½ 8
7 Poland 3 2 1 7½ 8
8 Romania 2 4 0 7½ 8
9 Germany 3 2 1 7½ 8
10 Georgia 3 1 2 7½ 7
11 Greece 3 1 2 7 7
12 Azerbaijan 3 0 3 6½ 6
13 Slovenia 2 2 2 6 6
14 Bulgaria 1 4 1 6 6
15 Hungary 2 2 2 6 6
16 Macedonia 2 2 2 6 6
17 Slovakia 2 1 3 6 5
18 Spain 2 1 3 6 5
19 Finland 2 2 2 5½ 6
20 Switzerland 2 2 2 5½ 6
21 Croatia 1 3 2 5½ 5
22 Sweden 1 3 2 5½ 5
23 Belarus 2 1 3 5 5
24 Italy 1 3 2 5 5
25 Scotland 2 1 3 5 5
26 Latvia 0 4 2 5 4
27 Czech Republic 2 0 4 5 4
28 Iceland 1 2 3 4 4
29 Austria 1 2 3 4 4
30 Turkey 1 2 3 4 4
31 Albania 1 1 4 3½ 3
32 Ireland 0 0 6 1 0
The official press conference for the Botvinnik match - tournament
between Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik will be held November 13th at 15.00
in a conference hall of the news agency ITAR-TASS. The rules and prize-fund for
the supermatch between the two players will be announced. Play will take place
December 1st-9th 2001 in the Kollony Hall of Union House. The opening ceremony
will take place on November 30th. There will be a total of 20 games: 4 in a
classical chess, 6 rapid chess and 10 blitz.
Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru and Eugeny
Atarov's site at: http://www.joeblack.h1.ru
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/
Round 9 Standings:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FSIM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 xi 2001 cat. II (2293)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2372 * = . 1 . 1 1 = = . . 1 1 6.5 2542
2. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2365 = * = . 1 1 = 1 1 = = . . 6.5 2469
3. Tian Tian CHN 2355 . = * . 0 . 0 1 . 1 1 1 1 5.5 2407
4. Mensch, Etienne f FRA 2299 0 . . * 1 1 1 0 = = 1 . . 5.0 2392
5. Rajlich, Vasik G f USA 2257 . 0 1 0 * . . . 1 0 1 1 1 5.0 2389
6. Cooke, Eric USA 2212 0 0 . 0 . * 1 1 0 . 1 1 . 4.0 2313
7. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2284 0 = 1 0 . 0 * . = . . 1 1 4.0 2306
8. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2323 = 0 0 1 . 0 . * 0 1 . = 1 4.0 2263
9. Hajnal, Zoltan f HUN 2436 = 0 . = 0 1 = 1 * . 0 . . 3.5 2243
10. Blasko, Istvan f HUN 2310 . = 0 = 1 . . 0 . * 0 = 1 3.5 2230
11. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2182 . = 0 0 0 0 . . 1 1 * 0 1 3.5 2213
12. Biro, David HUN 2243 0 . 0 . 0 0 0 = . = 1 * = 2.5 2107
13. Vass, Viktor HUN 2166 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 0 . 0 0 = * 0.5 1846
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
The first four rounds of the Austrian Team Championships took place
October 31st - November 3rd 2001in Moerbisch. The remaining rounds will take
place in Graz (rounds 5-8 17th-20th January 2002) and Dornbirn (9-11 8th-10th
March 2001).
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.at
and http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/stlg01/a_menue.htm
Round 1 31.10.2001
SK Hietzing/Fischer 1,5-4,5 Die Klagenfurter
RbEJ Sparkasse Gleisdorf 3-3 Austria Graz
SK Fürstenfeld 1,5-4,5 SK Merkur Vers. Graz
SK Hohenems 1,5-5,5 SK Jenbach
SK NÖ Melk Wachau 3-3 1.SSK Mozart 1910
SK Voest Linz 3-3 Union Raika Gamlitz
Round 2 01.11.2001
Die Klagenfurter 5-1 Union Raika Gamlitz
1.SSK Mozart 1910 3,5-2,5 SK Voest Linz
SK Jenbach 3,5-2,5 SK NÖ Melk Wachau
SK Merkur Vers. Graz 3,5-2,5 SK Hohenems
Austria Graz 2-4 SK Fürstenfeld
SK Hietzing/Fischer 3-3 RbEJ Sparkasse Gleisdorf
Round 3 02.11.2001
RbEJ Sparkasse Gleisdorf 2,5-3,5 Die Klagenfurter
SK Fürstenfeld 3-3 SK Hietzing/Fischer
SK Hohenems 3-3 Austria Graz
SK NÖ Melk Wachau 1,5-4,5 SK Merkur Vers. Graz
SK Voest Linz 1,5-4,5 SK Jenbach
Union Raika Gamlitz 4-2 1.SSK Mozart 1910
Round 4 03.11.2001
Die Klagenfurter 4,5-1,5 1.SSK Mozart 1910
SK Jenbach 4-2 Union Raika Gamlitz
SK Merkur Vers. Graz 4,5-1,5 SK Voest Linz
Austria Graz 3,5-2,5 SK NÖ Melk Wachau
SK Hietzing/Fischer 3-3 SK Hohenems
RbEJ Sparkasse Gleisdorf 3,5-2,5 SK Fürstenfeld
Round 4 Standings:
1 SC Die Klagenfurter 17.5 8
2 SK Merkur Versicherung Graz 17.0 8
3 SK Sparkasse Jenbach 16.0 7
4 RbEJ Sparkasse Gleisdorf 12.0 4
5 ESV Austria Graz 11.5 4
6 SK Fürstenfeld 11.0 3
7 SK Hietzing/Fischer Wien 10.5 3
8 Union Raika Gamlitz 10.0 3
9 SSK Mozart Salzburg 10.0 3
10 SK NOe Melk-Wachau 10.0 2
11 SK Hohenems 10.0 2
12 SK Voest Linz 8.5 1
The Omsk Zone of the Russian Team Championships took place October
5th-13th 2001 reports Victor Karpov. Games from 7 of the 9 rounds are available
(does anyone have the final two rounds?)
1st place YuGRA (Surgut) {Jakovenko,Potapov, Kabanov, Pridorozhni} 2nd
place LIDRIKh(Omsk) {Smikovski, Sherbakov V, Starosek, Lubashov} 3rd place
Sport-Club "Novokuznetsk" {Balashov, Iskusnykh, Arkhipov, Nevostrujev, Shomoev}
The Frauen Bundesliga started on October 27th-28th 2001. The 11 round
event is played over six boards.
My thanks to Raimo Vollstaedt.
Internet coverage: http://www.schachbund.de/Damen/1dbl01er.htm,
http://www.chessgate.de/news/oktober2001/frauenbundesliga_rd1_2.html
and http://skturm.home.pages.de
1st round 27/10/2001
SK Turm Emsdetten - Dresdner SC 1898 2.5-3.5
1 Hunt, Harriet - Pähtz,Elisabeth 0-1
2 Lelchuk, Zoja - Mazakova,Petra 0-1
3 Peng,Zhao Qin - 16. Jackova, Jana 0-1
4 Micic,Jordanka - Graf, Rena 1-0
5 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea - Rößler,Ulrike 1-0
6 Sarana-Hungeling, Oksana - Meissner,Claudia 1/2-1/2
SK Holsterhausen - SSV Rotation Berlin 2.5-3.5
1 Dergatschova-Daus, Anna - Mai,Iris 1-0
2 Bakalarz, Grazyna - Burchardt,Brigitte 0-1
3 Brendel,Bergit,Dr - Wagner-Michel,Annett 0-1
4 Didenko,Ljudmilla - Heyme,Sibylle 1/2-1/2
5 Lanfer,Stefanie - Wolf,Sylvia 0-1
6 Döhmen,Katrin - Sonnenberger,Kirsten 1-0
Sgem.Heiligenhaus - USV Halle 4.5-1.5
1 Skripchenko-Lautier,Almira - Madl, Ildiko 1-0
2 Sedina,Elena - Lakos, Nikoletta --+
3 Socko, Monika - Jahn,Constanze 1-0
4 Kiseleva, Natalia - Eckhardt,Claudia 1/2-1/2
5 Sziva, Erika - Müller,Andrea 1-0
6 Weclawski,Doris - Bahn,Doreen 1-0
Krefelder SK Turm - Rodewischer Schachmiezen 1-5
1 Sadkiewicz, Joanna - Vasilevich, Tatjana 0-1
2 Winter,Astrid - Janovskaja,Inna 1/2-1/2
3 Schmidt,Andrea - Elschner,Annegret 0-1
4 Cleven,Maria - Steinbacher,Claudia 1/2-1/2
5 Alkhazashvili,Ololi - 48. Fichtner,Kathrin 0-1
6 Gill,Katrin - Günther,Anetta 0-1
Hamburger SK1830 - Karlsruher SF 1853 4-2
1 Zielinska,Marta - Werner,Veronika 1-0
2 Dworakowska,Joanna - Werner,Isabel 1/2-1/2
3 Jürgens,Vera - Vidonyak,Nellya 1/2-1/2
4 Hegeler,Anja - Lauterbach, Ingrid 1-0
5 Zickelbein,Eva-Maria - Onischuk, Anna 0-1
6 Schubert,Silke - Schulz,Tina 1-0 6 10.
Meerbauer Kiel 90 - Stuttgarter SF 1879 2-4
1 Kopylova,Ljubov - Misanovic,Vesna 0-1
2 Botsari,Anna Maria - Olbrich,Marina 0-1
3 Sebag,Marie Rachel - Meier,Annemarie Sylvia 0-1
4 Trabert,Bettina - Frank,Tena,Dr. 1-0
5 Lange,Sönje - Tepluhina,Katharina 0-1
6 Rubene,Ilze - Gheng,Simona 1-0
2nd round 28/10/2001
SSV Rotation Berl - SK Turm Emsdetten 1-5
1 Mai,Iris - Hunt, Harriet 1/2-1/2
2 Burchardt,Brigitte - Peng,Zhao Qin 0-1
3 Wagner-Michel,Annett - Micic,Jordanka 0-1
4 Heyme,Sibylle - Bosboom-Lanchava,Tea 0-1
5 Wolf,Sylvia - Sarana-Hungeling,Oksana 0-1
6 Sonnenberger,Kirsten - Limbach, Renate Dr. 1/2-1/2
Dresdner SC 1898 - SK Holsterhausen 5.5-0.5
1 Pähtz,Elisabeth - Dergatschova-Daus,Anna 1/2-1/2
2 Mazakova,Petra - Bakalarz, Grazyna 1-0
3 Jackova, Jana - Brendel,Bergit,Dr 1-0
4 Graf, Rena - Didenko,Ljudmilla 1-0
5 Rößler,Ulrike - Lanfer,Stefanie 1-0
6 Meissner,Claudia - Alting,Inge 1-0
Rodewischer Schachmiezen - Sgem.Heiligenhaus 4-2
1 Vasilevich, Tatjana - Skripchenko-Lautier,Almira 1/2-1/2
2 Janovskaja,Inna - Sedina,Elena +--
3 Elschner,Annegret - Socko, Monika 0-1
4 Steinbacher,Claudia - Kiseleva, Natalia 1-0
5 Fichtner,Kathrin - Sziva, Erika 1/2-1/2
6 Günther,Anetta - Weclawski,Doris 1-0
USV Halle - 6. Krefelder SK Turm 3.5-2.5
1 Madl, Ildiko - Sadkiewicz, Joanna 1-0
2 Lakos, Nikoletta - Rozenfeld, Tatiana 1-0
3 Jahn,Constanze - Winter,Astrid --+
4 Eckhardt,Claudia - Schmidt,Andrea 1-0
5 Müller,Andrea - Cleven,Maria 0-1
6 Bahn,Doreen - Gill,Katrin 1/2-1/2
Stuttgarter SF 1879 - Hamburger SK1830 2-4
1 Misanovic,Vesna - Zielinska,Marta 1/2-1/2
2 Olbrich,Marina - Dworakowska,Joanna 0-1
3 Meier,Annemarie,Sylvia - Jürgens,Vera 1/2-1/2
4 Frank,Tena,Dr. - Hegeler,Anja 0-1
5 Tepluhina,Katharina - Kas-Fromm,Rita,Dr 0-1
6 Gheng,Simona - Schubert,Silke 1-0
Karlsruher SF 1853 - Meerbauer Kiel 90 2.5-3.5
1 Werner,Veronika - Kopylova,Ljubov 1-0
2 Werner,Isabel - Botsari,Anna Maria 1/2-1/2
3 Vidonyak,Nellya - Sebag,Marie Rachel 0-1
4 Lauterbach, Ingrid - Trabert,Bettina 1/2-1/2
5 Onischuk, Anna - Lange,Sönje 1/2-1/2
6 Schulz,Tina - Rubene,Ilze 0-1
Standing after 2nd round
1. Rodewischer Schachmiezen 2 0 0 4-0 9.0
1. Dresdner SC 1898 2 0 0 4-0 9.0
3. Hamburger SK1830 2 0 0 4-0 8.0
4. SK Tu. Emsdetten 1 0 1 2-2 7.5
5. Sgem.Heiligenhaus 1 0 1 2-2 6.5
6. Stuttgarter SF 1879 1 0 1 2-2 6.0
7. Meerbauer Kiel 90 1 0 1 2-2 5.5
8. USV Halle 1 0 1 2-2 5.0
9. SSV Rotation Berlin 1 0 1 2-2 4.5
10. Karlsruher SF 1853 0 0 2 0-4 4.5
11. Krefelder SK Turm 0 0 2 0-4 3.5
12. SK Holsterhausen 0 0 2 0-4 3.0
The VI Montecatini Terme tournament took place 3rd-11th November 2001.
Igor Naumkin and Josko Mukic finished on 7.5/9.
Internet coverage:
http://www.federscacchi.it/tornei/01montecatini.htm
------------------------------------------------------------------------
VI It Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 3-11 xi 2001 cat. III (2312)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2414 * 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2494
2. Mukic, Josko f CRO 2362 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2499
3. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2446 = = * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2447
4. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2500 = = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2441
5. Brancaleoni, Maurizio ITA 2196 = = = = * = 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2359
6. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2380 = 0 = = = * 0 0 1 1 1 5.0 2304
7. Vismara, Daniele f ITA 2365 0 0 0 = 1 1 * = 0 1 1 5.0 2306
8. Sciortino, Massimo ITA 2201 = 0 0 0 = 1 = * = = 1 4.5 2286
9. Drei, Andrea f ITA 2250 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * 1 1 4.0 2245
10. Metrangolo, Antonio ITA 2191 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 2.0 2083
11. Vignato, Giovanni ITA 2123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The VI Rijeka IM tournament took place November 5th-11th 2001. Faruk
Bistric took first place with 8/10.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-rijeka.hr/t-m06/
------------------------------------------------------------------
VI IM Rijeka CRO, 5-11 xi 2001 cat. IV (2346)
------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Bistric, Faruk m BIH 2446 * = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2685
2. Burovic, Ismet f BIH 2373 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2508
3. Loncar, Robert m CRO 2458 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2413
4. Szuhanek, Ranko m ROM 2450 0 = = * 1 0 = = = 1 4.5 2334
5. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2325 0 = = 0 * = 1 = = 1 4.5 2348
6. Rezan, Sasa f CRO 2337 0 = = 1 = * 0 0 1 1 4.5 2346
7. Goric, Esad BIH 2296 = 0 = = 0 1 * = = = 4.0 2308
8. Rukavina, Josip m CRO 2415 0 0 0 = = 1 = * = = 3.5 2258
9. Topalovic, Zlatko CRO 2251 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * = 2.5 2190
10. Troselj, Teo CRO 2107 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1.5 2099
------------------------------------------------------------------
Luís Santos reports: The 2nd Odivelas International takes place
6th-16th November 2001. Following this event 27th November - 7th December 2001
there will be the 9th International Mestre-Jovem of Loures (cat 2). Anand will
be in Lisbon November 17th-18th 2001 for a couple of days during their chess
festival which takes place November 17th-25th 2001.
Internet coverage: http://planeta.ip.pt/~ip001018/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
2nd It Odivelas POR (POR), 6-16 xi 2001 cat. I (2274)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Strikovic, Aleksa g YUG 2506 * . = = 1 . 1 1 1 . . . 5.0 2566
2. Janev, Evgeni m BUL 2487 . * = 1 = 1 = 1 . . . . 4.5 2476
3. Fernando, Diogo f POR 2367 = = * . . 1 . . . 1 = 1 4.5 2447
4. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2469 = 0 . * 1 . . . . 1 1 1 4.5 2469
5. Dias, Paulo f POR 2285 0 = . 0 * . 1 1 1 . . . 3.5 2407
6. Luyks, Marinus POR 2153 . 0 0 . . * . . = 1 1 = 3.0 2240
7. Pina, Vladimiro m POR 2195 0 = . . 0 . * = = . . 1 2.5 2254
8. Blalock, Rex USA 2234 0 0 . . 0 . = * . 1 . 1 2.5 2223
9. Francisco, Joae ANG 2210 0 . . . 0 = = . * 0 1 . 2.0 2103
10. Prata, Jose POR 2063 . . 0 0 . 0 . 0 1 * = . 1.5 2074
11. Pinho, Paulo POR 2170 . . = 0 . 0 . . 0 = * . 1.0 2012
12. Leite, Catarina wm POR 2146 . . 0 0 . = 0 0 . . . * 0.5 1917
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Michael Atkins reports that the Northern Virginia Open took place
November 3rd-4th 2001 in Mount Vernon. The event was won by IM Enrico Sevillano
after a final round win over FM Emory Tate.
The Copa Clarin Open took place in Villa Martelli 26th October - 3rd
November 2001. The event saw Alfredo Giaccio take first place with a better
tie-break from Ruben Felgaer and Pablo Ricardi all three scoring 7.5/9.
There will be the Magistral de Villa Martelli tournament 17th-25th
November 2001.
Internet coverage: http://escavm.tripod.com/
--------------------------------------------------------------
Copa Clarin Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 26 x-3 xi 2001
--------------------------------------------------------------
1. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2463 7.5 55.0 52.00
2. Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2467 7.5 54.5 50.50
3. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2538 7.5 53.5 52.00
4. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2480 7.0 54.0 50.50
5. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2493 7.0 54.0 49.50
6. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2400 6.5 51.0 47.00
7. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2466 6.5 49.0 47.50
8. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2464 6.5 49.0 46.00
9. Labollita, Martin m ARG 2396 6.0 55.0 50.00
10. Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2427 6.0 53.0 49.00
11. Garbarino, Rodolfo m ARG 2397 6.0 50.0 46.00
12. Scarella, Enrique m ARG 2375 6.0 48.5 44.50
13. Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2429 6.0 47.5 45.00
14. Bitelmajer,Martin ARG ---- 6.0 47.0 43.00
15. Bulcourf, Carlos f ARG 2288 6.0 45.0 42.00
16. Filgueira, Hernan f ARG 2384 6.0 44.5 43.00
17. Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2389 6.0 37.0 37.00
106 players
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 final round now available. 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
October FIDE List Study
Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/ an article "Study of
the October 2001 FIDE Rating List" (By Boris Schipkov, 12.11.2001) is now
available.
Leuven Open
The Leuven Open takes place 8th-11th November 2001.
Internet coverage:
http://users.chello.be/rc20070/desperado/open2001.html
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
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 .
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.
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