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Contents
1) Introduction
2) FIDE World
Chess Championships
3) Botvinnik Memorial Match
4) Italian Championships
5) National Chess
Congress
6) German Championships
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8) American Open
9) German
Women's Bundesliga
10) First Saturday December
11) Genova Open
12) Novosibirsk
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13) Mexican Championships
14) Bundesliga 2001-2
15) Tony
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16) Spanish Chess Championships
17) Professional World Chess Ranking
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Games section
FIDE World Chess Championships 486 games
Botvinnik Memorial Match 2 games
Italian Championships 30 games
National Chess Congress 92 games
German Championships 63 games
4NCL 96 games
American Open 144 games
First Saturday December 14 games
Genova Open 80 games
Novosibirsk Championships 109 games
Bundesliga 2001-2 16 games
Spanish Chess Championships 2 games
1134 games
My thanks to John Fernandez, Michael Atkins, Eugeny Atarov, Aard Daanen,
Arthur Brameld, Malcolm Armstrong, Peter Sowray, John Hillery, Raimo
Vollstaedt, Laszlo Nagy, Miklos Orso and Andres Bacsi, Malcolm Hunt, Vladimir
Dvorkovich and all those who helped with this issue.
The FIDE Chess Championships have reached the key stages. With almost
all the top seeds still in the event (only Leko of the top 8 has been
eliminated) in the last 16 stage the event is still very open. With so many
games and so many strong players the women's championships have been almost
completely overshadowed. I can't help thinking that its a mistake to hold the
two events at the same time. Saturday saw the start of another exciting event.
The Botvinnik Memorial takes place 1st-9th December 2001. The key part of the
match will be the first four games, played at normal time controls (the rest of
the games will be either rapid or blitz). The first game was a disappointment
with a short draw. The second game was a big struggle with Kramnik coming close
to winning with black. The match is about bragging rights, I'm sure neither
player would want to lose the match handing the other some key propaganda over
any formal rematch between the two.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The FIDE Championships take place in Moscow November 25th - December
14th 2001 (Kremlin) with the final in the Hall of Columns January 16th-26th
2002.
Schedule for the Kremlin: Round 1 Tuesday-Wednesday November 27th-28th
2001, Round 2 Thursday-Friday November 29th-30th, Round 3 Saturday-Sunday
December 1st-2nd, Round 4 Monday and Wednesday 3rd and 5th December, Round 5
Thursday-Friday December 6th-7th, Round 6 Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday December 8th ,10th ,11th ,13th and 14th 2001.
Time limits: All moves in 90 minutes plus an incremental time of 30
seconds per move from move one. Playoff games: 2 games at 20 minutes + 10
seconds per move. If level 2 five-minute games + 10 seconds per move. If still
level one sudden death game is played White has 6 minutes, black 5 minutes no
increment the winner qualifies for the next round. In case of a draw the player
with the black pieces qualifies.
The FIDE Championships started with 128 players last Tuesday. Today
(Monday 3rd December) less than a week later there are only 16 left. Karpov's
elimination in round 1 by the virtual unknown Zhang Pengxiang may have looked
like a shock but Karpov has been in severe decline over the years in particular
struggling to win games. He drew both regular time rate games but was
eliminated in the rapidplay. Nigel Short was the next highest seed to go in
that first round. Anand lost the first game of the champioships but recovered
to easily go through. Round 2 saw the biggest surprise of the event so far when
Ashot Anastasian defeated Peter Leko. Thus far Leko is the only top 8 seed to
be eliminated. In the same round Judit Polgar went out to Vadim Milov. Round 3
again saw few surprises. Alexei Shirov struggled past Alexander Motylev in the
playoffs and Khalifman went out to Lautier but these don't count as real
surprises. The fourth round sees the first big matches with Veselin Topalov
playing Alexei Shirov, Anand playing Dreev, Adams playing Svidler and Ruslan
Ponomariov taking on Alexander Morozevich, any result in these matches wouldn't
count as a total surprise.
On a sadder note Eugeny Atarov reports: "During the Championships
fundraising has begun for the Ukranian Chess Player Vladimir Malaniuk. One of
the most colourful players on the chess stage of last two decades, Vladimir has
become severely ill and he has already had several operations, one more at
least is still necessary. Money for treatment has run out. Contact Eugeny
Atarov for more details: atarov@rambler.ru"
The official site will be: http://wcc2001.fide.com
Round 1 Games 1-2 Results Men.
* Denotes qualification
Gm1 Gm2 Tiebreak
1 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2797 * - Touzane, Olivier FRA 2382 0-1 1-0 1.5-0.5
2 Adams, Michael ENG 2744 * - Sarthou, Gaetan FRA 2357 1-0 1-0
3 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2739 * - Zeliakov, Nugzar RUS 1/2 1-0
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2731 * - Shovunov, Baatr RUS 2348 1/2 1-0
5 Leko, Peter HUN 2730 * - Kobese, Watu RSA 2373 1-0 0-1 2-0
6 Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2719 * - Gluzman, Michael AUS 2400 1-0 1-0
7 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2714 * - Cabrera, Alexis CUB 2415 1/2 1-0
8 Topalov, Veselin BUL 2711 * - Pierrot, Facundo ARG 2425 1-0 1-0
9 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2706 * - Rizouk, Aimen ALG 2442 1-0 1-0
10 Kazimdzanov, Rustam UZB 2704 * - Vlassov, Nikolai RUS 2461 1/2 1-0
11 Smirin, Ilia ISR 2702 * - Simutowe, Amon ZAM 2462 1-0 1-0
12 Khalifman, Alexander RUS 2699 * - Ganguly, Surya Sekhar IND 2464 1/2 1/2 2-0
13 Van Wely, Loek NED 2695 * - Felgaer, Ruben ARG 2471 1-0 1/2
14 Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2695 * - El Taher, Fouad EGY 2477 0-1 1-0 2-0
15 Svidler, Peter RUS 2695 * - Hoffman, Alejandro ARG 2481 1-0 1/2
16 Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2692 - * Zhang Pengxiang CHN 2487 1/2 1/2 0-2
17 Dreev, Alexey RUS 2690 * - Supatashvili, Khvicha GEO 2487 1/2 1-0
18 Polgar, Judit HUN 2686 * - Al-Modiahki, Mohamad QAT 2492 1-0 1-0
19 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2684 * - Li Wenliang CHN 2494 1-0 1/2
20 Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2677 * - Barsov, Alexei UZB 2495 1/2 1/2 2-0
21 Lautier, Joel FRA 2675 * - Barua, Dibyendu IND 2499 1-0 1-0
22 Short, Nigel ENG 2675 - * Campora, Daniel ARG 2506 0-1 1/2
23 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab GEO 2674 * - Iuldachev, Saidali UZB 2508 1-0 1/2
24 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2669 * - Ghaem Maghami Esam IRI 2509 1/2 1-0
25 Zhang Zhong CHN 2667 * - Yu Shaoteng CHN 2517 0-1 1-0 2-0
26 Beliavsky, Alexander SLO 2659 * - Harikrishna, P. IND 2522 1/2 1-0
27 Bologan, Viktor MDA 2655 - * Nataf, Igor FRA 2527 1/2 0-1
28 Nikolic, Predrag BIH 2652 * - Safin, Shukhrat UZB 2529 1/2 1-0
29 Sutovsky, Emil ISR 2651 * - Zapata, Alonso COL 2530 1-0 0-1 3-2
30 Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2650 * - Belkhodja, Slim TUN 2531 1-0 1/2
31 Xu Jun CHN 2646 * - Atalik, Suat BIH 2532 1-0 1/2
32 Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 2642 * - Hamdouchi, Hicham MAR 2533 1/2 1/2 2-0
33 Rublevsky, Sergey RUS 2639 - * Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2533 1/2 1/2 2-0
34 Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 2638 * - Gdanski, Jacek POL 2537 1/2 1-0
35 Gurevich, Mikhail BEL 2633 * - Rogozenko, Dorian ROM 2548 1-0 1/2
36 Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2630 * - Savchenko, Stanislav UKR 2549 0-1 1-0 1.5-0.5
37 Dautov, Rustem GER 2630 * - Gurevich, Dmitry USA 2550 1-0 1/2
38 Sakaev, Konstantin RUS 2630 * - Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2551 1/2 1/2 2.5-1.5
39 Delchev, Alexander BUL 2629 * - Timoshenko, Georgy UKR 2554 1-0 1/2
40 Lastin, Alexander RUS 2628 * - Cvitan, Ognjen CRO 2555 1/2 1-0
41 Motylev, Alexander RUS 2627 * - Liang, Chong CHN 2556 1-0 1/2
42 Movsesian, Sergei CZE 2627 * - Malakhatko, Vadim UKR 2557 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5
43 Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2627 * - Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2558 1/2 1/2 2.5-1.5
44 Shipov, Sergey RUS 2625 * - Lesiege, Alexandre CAN 2564 1/2 1-0
45 Korchnoi, Viktor SUI 2624 - * Psakhis, Lev ISR 2566 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
46 Tiviakov, Sergei NED 2618 * - Christiansen, Larry USA 2570 1/2 1/2 2-0
47 Milov, Vadim SUI 2614 * - Yermolinsky, Alex USA 2571 0-1 1-0 2.5-1.5
48 Milos, Gilberto BRA 2614 * - Dao Thien Hai VIE 2572 1/2 1-0
49 Pigusov, Evgeny RUS 2613 * - Ivanov, Alexander USA 2573 1/2 1-0
50 Graf, Alexander GER 2610 - * Sulskis, Sarunas LTU 2573 0-1 1-0 0-2
51 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROM 2609 - * Bruzon, Lazaro CUB 2573 1/2 1/2 2-3
52 Lputian, Smbat ARM 2608 * - Krasenkow, Michal POL 2573 1-0 1-0
53 Kaidanov, Gregory USA 2605 - * Shabalov, Alexander USA 2574 0-1 1/2
54 Luther, Thomas GER 2604 - * Volkov, Sergey RUS 2578 0-1 1/2
55 Asrian, Karen ARM 2604 - * Khenkin, Igor GER 2579 1/2 1/2 1.5-2.5
56 Gyimesi, Zoltan HUN 2602 * - Conquest, Stuart ENG 2580 1/2 1/2 3-2
57 Gulko, Boris USA 2602 - * Vescovi, Giovanni BRA 2581 1/2 0-1
58 Kotsur, Pavel KAZ 2600 - * Dominguez, Lernier CUB 2585 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
59 Baklan, Vladimir UKR 2599 * - Benjamin, Joel USA 2587 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
60 Fedorov, Alexei BLR 2599 - * Anastasian, Ashot ARM 2588 0-1 1/2
61 Avrukh, Boris ISR 2598 - * Macieja, Bartlomiej POL 2588 0-1 0-1
62 Eingorn, Vereslav UKR 2598 - * Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2589 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
63 Kobalija, Mihail RUS 2595 * - Aseev, Konstantin RUS 2591 1/2 1/2 2-0
64 Goldin, Alexander USA 2594 - * Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN 2593 0-1 1/2
Women's Championships
1 Galliamova, Alisa RUS 2547 * - Toubai Wissam ALG 1-0 1/2
2 Chiburdanidze, Maya GEO 2513 * - Houli Asma ALG 1-0 1/2
3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS 2507 * - Paridar, Shadi IRI 2009 1/2 1-0
4 Wang Pin CHN 2504 * - Chaves, Joarra BRA 2050 1-0 1/2
5 Xu Yuhua CHN 2502 * - Arouche Farida ALG 2065 1-0 1-0
6 Zhu Chen CHN 2497 * - Maggiolo, Elisa ARG 2090 1-0 1/2
7 Ioseliani, Nana (IM) GEO 2497 * - Groberman, Elina USA 2105 1-0 1/2
8 Skripchenko-Lautier, A MDA 2494 * - Phan-Koshnitsky N AUS 2182 1-0 1-0
9 Peptan, Corina ROM 2465 * - Starr, Nava CAN 2200 1-0 1-0
10 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 2459 * - Shah, Pallavi IND 2201 1-0 1/2
11 Maric, Alisa YUG 2457 * - Levushkina, Elena UZB 2208 1-0 1/2
12 Bojkovic, Natasa YUG 2452 * - Kouvatsou, Maria GRE 2234 1/2 1-0
13 Stepovaia-Diachenko, T RUS 2451 - * Mohota, Nisha IND 2236 0-1 1-0 0.5-1.5
14 Khurtsidze, Nino GEO 2450 * - Aarthie, Ramaswamy IND 2249 1-0 1/2
15 Arakhamia-Grant, K GEO 2446 - * Ciuksyte, Dagne LTU 2255 1-0 0-1 0.5-1.5
16 Hoang Thanh Trang VIE 2445 * - Huang Qian CHN 2260 1/2 1-0
17 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 2445 * - Shahade, Jennifer USA 2286 1-0 1-0
18 Xu Yuanyuan CHN 2431 * - Pina, Sulennis CUB 2289 1-0 0-1 2-0
19 Zatonskih, Anna UKR 2427 * - Li Ruofan CHN 2293 1-0 1-0
20 Foisor, Cristina ROM 2423 * - Gu Xiaobing CHN 2300 1-0 0-1 2-0
21 Prudnikova, Svetlana YUG 2411 - * Baginskaite, C USA 2324 0-1 1-0 0-2
22 Gaponenko, Inna UKR 2409 * - Lagvilava, G BLR 2326 1-0 1-0
23 Peng, Zhaoqin NED 2401 * - Arribas, Maritza CUB 2327 1-0 1-0
24 Grabuzova, Tatiana RUS 2399 * - Galianina-Ryjanova,J RUS 2335 1-0 1/2
25 Zielinska, Marta POL 2399 - * Gaprindashvili, Nona GEO 2349 0-1 1-0 0.5-1.5
26 Vijayalakshimi, S IND 2397 - * Dworakowska, Joanna POL 2350 0-1 1/2
27 Kononenko, Tatiana UKR 2395 - * Petrenko, Sveltana MDA 2357 0-1 0-1
28 Danielian, Elina ARM 2395 * - Shumiakina, Tatiana RUS 2371 1-0 1-0
29 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER 2390 * - Radziewics, Iweta POL 2375 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5
30 Socko, Monika POL 2389 - * Mkrtchian, Lilit ARM 2376 0-1 0-1
31 Alexandrova, Olga UKR 2387 - * Sedina, Elena ITA 2380 0-1 1-0
32 Kiseleva, Natalia UKR 2382 * - Wang Yu CHN 2382 1-0 0-1 2-0
Round 2 Results Men.
* Denotes qualification
Gm1 Gm2 Tiebreak
1 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2593 - * Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2797 0-1 1/2
2 Adams, Michael g ENG 2744 * - Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2595 1-0 1/2
3 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2589 - * Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2739 1/2 0-1
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2731 * - Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2588 1-0 0-1 2-0
5 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2588 * - Leko, Peter g HUN 2730 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5
6 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2719 * - Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2599 1/2 1-0
7 Dominguez, Lernier g CUB 2585 - * Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2714 1/2 0-1
8 Topalov, Vesselin g BUL 2711 * - Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2581 1-0 1/2
9 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2602 - * Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2706 0-1 1/2
10 Kazimdzanov, Rustam g UZB 2704 * - Khenkin, Igor g GER 2579 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5
11 Luther, Thomas g GER 2604 - * Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2702 1/2 0-1
12 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2699 * - Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2574 1/2 1/2 2-0
13 Lputian, Smbat g ARM 2608 - * Van Wely, Loek g NED 2695 0-1 0-1
14 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2695 * - Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2573 1/2 1/2 2-0
15 Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2573 - * Svidler, Peter g RUS 2695 1-0 0-1 0.5-1.5
16 Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2487 - * Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2613 0-1 0-1
17 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2614 - * Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 1/2 0-1
18 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2686 - * Milov, Vadim g SUI 2614 1-0 0-1 0.5-1.5
19 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2618 - * Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2684 1/2 1/2 0-2
20 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2677 * - Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2566 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5
21 Shipov, Sergey g RUS 2625 - * Lautier, Joel g FRA 2675 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
22 Campora, Daniel g ARG 2506 - * Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2627 1/2 0-1
23 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2627 - * Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2674 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
24 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2669 - * Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2627 1/2 0-1
25 Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2628 - * Zhang Zhong g CHN 2667 1/2 0-1
26 Beliavsky, Alexander g SLO 2659 - * Delchev, Alexander g BUL 2629 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
27 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2630 * - Nataf, Igor g FRA 2527 1-0 1/2
28 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2652 - * Dautov, Rustem g GER 2630 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
29 Vallejo Pons, F g ESP 2630 - * Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2651 0-1 0-1
30 Vaganian, Rafael g ARM 2650 - * Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2633 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5
31 Zvjagintsev, Vadim g RUS 2638 * - Xu Jun g CHN 2646 1-0 1/2
32 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2642 * - Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2533 1-0 1/2
Women's Round 2 Results
1 Galliamova, Alisa RUS * - Kiseleva, Natalia UKR 1-0 1-0
2 Sedina, Elena ITA - * Chiburdanidze, Maya GEO 0-1 0-1
3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS * - Mkrtchian, Lilit ARM 1/2 1-0
4 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER * - Wang Pin CHN 1-0 1/2
5 Xu Yuhua CHN * - Danielian, Elina ARM 1-0 1/2
6 Petrenko, Sveltana MDA - * Zhu Chen CHN 0-1 1/2
7 Ioseliani, Nana GEO - * Dworakowska, Joanna POL 1/2 0-1
8 Zielinska, Marta POL - * Skripchenko-Lautier, A MDA 0-1 1-0 0-2
9 Peptan, Corina ROM * - Grabuzova, Tatiana RUS 1/2 1-0
10 Peng, Zhaoqin NED * - Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 1-0 1-0
11 Maric, Alisa YUG * - Gaponenko, Inna UKR 1-0 1/2
12 Baginskaite, Camilla USA * - Bojkovic, Natasa YUG 1/2 1-0
13 Mohota, Nisha IND - * Foisor, Cristina ROM 1/2 0-1
14 Zatonskih, Anna UKR - * Khurtsidze, Nino GEO 1/2 0-1
15 Ciuksyte, Dagne LTU * - Xu Yuanyuan CHN 1-0 1/2
16 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS * - Hoang Thanh Trang VIE 1/2 1-0
Round 3 Men
1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2797 * - Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2642 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5
2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2638 - * Adams, Michael g ENG 2744 1/2 1/2 0-2
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2739 * - Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2633 1-0 1/2
4 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2651 - * Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2731 1/2 0-1
5 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2588 - * Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2652 1/2 0-1
6 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2630 - * Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2719 1-0 0-1 0-2
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2714 * - Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2629 1-0 1-0
8 Zhang, Zhong g CHN 2667 - * Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2711 1/2 0-1
9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2706 * - Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2627 1/2 1/2 2.5-1.5
10 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2674 * - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2704 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5
11 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2702 - * Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2627 1/2 1/2 2-3
12 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2675 * - Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2699 1/2 1/2 2-0
13 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2695 - * Ye, Jiangchuan g CHN 2677 0-1 1/2
14 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2684 * - Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2695 1-0 1-0
15 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2695 * - Milov, Vadim g SUI 2614 1-0 1-0
16 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 * - Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2613 1-0 1/2
Round 3 Women
1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS * - Galliamova, Alisa RUS 1-0 1-0
2 Chiburdanidze, Maia GEO * - Ciuksyte, Dagne LTU 1-0 1-0
3 Khurtsidze, Nino GEO * - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS 1-0 1/2
4 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER - * Foisor, Cristina Adela ROM 1/2 0-1
5 Baginskaite, Camilla USA - * Xu, Yuhua CHN 0-1 1-0 0-2
6 Zhu, Chen CHN * - Maric, Alisa YUG 1-0 0-1 2-0
7 Peng, Zhaoqin NED * - Dworakowska, Joanna POL 0-1 1-0 1.5-0.5
8 Skripchenko-Lautier, Almi MDA * - Peptan, Corina ROM 1-0 1/2
4th Round
1 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 - Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2797 1/2
2 Adams, Michael g ENG 2744 - Svidler, Peter g RUS 2695 1/2
3 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2684 - Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2739 1-0
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2731 - Ye, Jiangchuan g CHN 2677 1-0
5 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2675 - Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2652 1/2
6 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2719 - Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2627 1-0
7 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2674 - Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2714 1/2
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2711 - Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2706 1/2
1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 2445 - Skripchenko-Lautier, Almi MDA 2494 1/2
2 Peng Zhaoqin NED 2401 - Chiburdanidze, Maia GEO 2513 1-0
3 Khurtsidze, Nino GEO 2450 - Zhu Chen CHN 2497 1/2
4 Xu Yuhua CHN 2502 - Foisor, Cristina Adela ROM 2423 1/2
The Botvinnik Memorial takes place in Moscow 1st-9th December 2001.
Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov play a match over different time-limits:
classical, fast chess and blitz. The four classical games will be played at 2
hours for 40 moves, 1 hour for 20 and 30 minutes to the end of the games (in
this last control the players will receive 10 more seconds per move).
Websites: http://www.chessmoscow.ru,
http://www.kasparovchess.com and
further info at: http://www.joeblack.h1.ru
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 18 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Kasparov, Garry - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 73 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Botvinnik Mem Match Moscow RUS (RUS), 1-5 xii 2001
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Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2838 = = . . 1.0 2809
Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 = = . . 1.0 2838
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The Italian Championships took place in Montecatini Terme November 21st
- December 1st 2001. It was an 11 player Category VI event. Bruno Belotti took
the title with an undefeated 7/10. Daniele Vismara made a second IM norm.
Official coverage at: http://www.federscacchi.it
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ch-ITA Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 21 xi-1 xii 2001 cat. VI (2378)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2403 * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2524
2. Bellia, Fabrizio m ITA 2413 = * = = = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2446
3. Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2453 = = * 0 1 0 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2442
4. Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2369 = = 1 * = 1 0 0 = = 1 5.5 2415
5. Sarno, Spartaco m ITA 2407 = = 0 = * = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2411
6. Vismara, Daniele f ITA 2365 0 = 1 0 = * 1 0 1 1 = 5.5 2415
7. Costantini, Roberto ITA 2314 = = 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 5.0 2384
8. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2401 0 0 = 1 = 1 0 * = = 1 5.0 2375
9. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2378 = = = = = 0 0 = * 1 = 4.5 2342
10. Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2352 0 = 0 = = 0 0 = 0 * = 2.5 2187
11. Scafarelli, Francesco m ITA 2304 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = * 2.5 2192
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The National Chess Congress took place at the Adam's Mark hotel in
Philadelphia over Thanksgiving weekend, Nov 23rd-25th 2001. In the Open GM
Leonid G Yudasin, FM Daniel E Shapiro, IM Igor Khmelnitsky, FM FM Dmitry
Schneider and IM Enrico Sevillano all finished on 5 points. Games now
available.
News from Michael Atkins at:
http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/ncc/ncc.htm
Final Standings:
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2560 5.0 20.5 23.5 19.0 90.5
2. Shapiro, Daniel E f USA 2274 5.0 20.5 22.0 18.5 79.5
3. Khmelnitsky, Igor N m USA 2484 5.0 19.5 22.5 17.5 85.5
4. Schneider, Dmitry f USA 2401 5.0 19.5 22.0 18.0 84.5
5. Sevillano, Enrico m PHI 2462 5.0 17.5 19.5 18.0 79.0
6. Sagalchik, Gennadij g USA 2537 4.5 23.0 27.0 18.0 96.5
7. Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2567 4.5 22.0 24.0 18.5 85.0
8. Pixton, Aaron USA 2351 4.5 20.5 24.0 18.0 86.0
9. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2535 4.5 19.5 21.0 17.0 78.5
10. Ariel, Donny f USA 2354 4.5 19.0 21.5 16.0 73.5
11. Lipman, Vladimir I USA ---- 4.5 19.0 21.5 14.0 77.0
12. Kriventsov, Stanislav G f USA 2385 4.5 18.5 21.5 16.0 82.0
13. Krush, Irina m USA 2411 4.5 18.5 21.0 16.5 79.5
14. Negulescu, Adrian g ROM 2448 4.5 18.5 20.5 16.5 76.5
15. Zlotnikov, Mikhail m USA 2356 4.5 18.0 20.5 16.5 80.5
16. Paschall, William M m USA 2393 4.5 18.0 20.0 15.0 69.5
17. Hoekstra, Matthew USA 2212 4.5 18.0 19.5 15.0 74.0
18. Kreiman, Boris m USA 2487 4.5 15.5 18.0 15.0 68.0
19. Kaliksteyn, Alexander f USA 2373 4.5 15.0 15.0 16.0 59.0
150 players
The German Championships 2001 take place in Altenkirchen 30th November -
8th December 2001.
Internet coverage:
http://www.schachdm2001.de/dem2001/start.htm
Live coverage: http://schach.com/altenkirchen/
Standings Round 3 (of 9)
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ch-GER Altenkirchen GER (GER), 30 xi-8 xii 2001
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1. Mueller, Karsten g GER 2506 +41 +21 + 7 3.0
2. Lutz, Christopher g GER 2643 +17 =11 +13 2.5 2716
3. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2541 +27 +23 = 5 2.5 2701
4. Huebner, Robert g GER 2612 +29 = 8 +24 2.5 2727
5. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2493 +35 +30 = 3 2.5 2746
6. Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2522 =22 +26 +20 2.5 2614
7. Wahls, Matthias g GER 2580 +25 +16 - 1 2.0 2581
8. Prusikhin, Mihailo m GER 2502 +28 = 4 = 9 2.0 2607
9. Lobron, Eric g GER 2524 +32 =12 = 8 2.0 2535
10. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2633 =36 +22 =11 2.0 2530
11. Rabiega, Robert m GER 2503 +39 = 2 =10 2.0 2654
12. Espig, Lutz g GER 2411 +38 = 9 =15 2.0 2563
13. Jugelt, Tobias GER 2420 +40 +14 - 2 2.0 2608
14. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2540 +33 -13 +31 2.0 2496
15. Levin, Felix g GER 2531 +42 =20 =12 2.0 2509
16. Gutman, Lev g GER 2489 +37 - 7 +33 2.0 2530
17. Handke, Florian m GER 2407 - 2 +39 +30 2.0 2633
18. Berezovsky, Igor m GER 2432 -21 +41 +27 2.0 2437
19. Braun, Arik GER 2229 -20 +42 +36 2.0 2504
20. Breutigam, Martin f GER 2411 +19 =15 - 6 1.5 2427
21. Christ, Ralf GER 2272 +18 - 1 =23 1.5 2459
22. Kleeschaetzky, Rainer f GER 2318 = 6 -10 +37 1.5 2485
23. Schlindwein, Rolf m GER 2440 +34 - 3 =21 1.5 2363
24. Kalinitschew, Sergey g GER 2487 =26 +36 - 4 1.5 2434
25. Grafl, Florian f GER 2373 - 7 =37 +38 1.5 2379
26. Wolter, Kai f GER 2295 =24 - 6 =29 1.0 2336
27. Bastian, Herbert f GER 2353 - 3 +34 -18 1.0 2291
28. Dunsbach, Ralf f GER 2312 - 8 =29 =32 1.0 2273
29. Hammes, Michael f GER 2374 - 4 =28 =26 1.0 2281
30. Hertneck, Gerald g GER 2570 +31 - 5 -17 1.0 2294
31. Schramm, Christian f GER 2359 -30 +35 -14 1.0 2348
32. Keilhack, Harald f GER 2318 - 9 =38 =28 1.0 2240
33. Baramidze, David GER 2335 -14 +40 -16 1.0 2307
34. Bruehl, Andreas GER 2277 -23 -27 +41 1.0 2243
35. Scherer, Max GER 2310 - 5 -31 +42 1.0 2269
36. Von Herman, Ulf f GER 2395 =10 -24 -19 0.5 2176
37. Singer, Christoph GER 2300 -16 =25 -22 0.5 2120
38. Haensel, Thomas GER 2259 -12 =32 -25 0.5 2094
39. Bischoff, Dieter GER 2313 -11 -17 =40 0.5 2119
40. Schulz, Karsten f GER 2268 -13 -33 =39 0.5 2083
41. Knuth, Hannes GER 2313 - 1 -18 -34 0.0
42. Muranyi, Karl-J f GER 2331 -15 -19 -35 0.0
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Rounds 3 and 4 of the 4NCL took place over the weekend of 24th-25th
2001. The venue for all matches in the league is the Grand Moat House Hotel in
Birmingham. The dates for the 2001-2 season : Rounds 1-2 22nd-23rd September
2001. Rounds 3-4 24th-25th November 2001. Rounds 5-6 19th-20th January 2002.
Rounds 7-8 23rd-24th March 2002. Rounds 9-11 4th-6th May 2002. Games now
available. My thanks to Arthur Brameld and Malcolm Armstrong for the games and
to Peter Sowray for sending material also.
John Hillery reports: The 37th Annual American Open, held November 22-25
at the Furama Hotle in Los Angeles, California, was won by IM Melikset
Khachiyan with a 6.5-1.5 score. Next at 6-2 were GMs Pavel Blatny and Alex
Wojtkiewicz, IM Igor Ivanov, and Armen Ambartsoumian. A total of 357 players
competed, the best turnout in a decade.
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1. Khachian, Melikset m ARM 2465 6.5 37.0 37.0 30.5 178
2. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2458 6.0 38.0 42.0 28.5 203
3. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2573 6.0 38.0 41.5 30.5 202
4. Ivanov, Igor V m USA 2461 6.0 37.5 40.5 29.5 186
5. Ambarcumjan, Armen ARM 2388 6.0 33.5 37.0 28.5 186.5
6. Serper, Grigory g USA 2558 5.5 39.5 41.0 27.5 193
7. Strugatsky, Vladimir f USA 2431 5.5 36.5 40.0 27.5 190
8. Browne, Walter S g USA 2440 5.5 36.5 39.5 28.0 197.5
9. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2426 5.5 36.0 40.5 26.5 188
10. Akobian, Varuzhan m ARM 2449 5.5 35.5 40.0 27.0 190
11. Ziatdinov, Raset m USA 2504 5.5 35.0 35.0 27.5 162.5
12. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2442 5.5 34.5 37.5 25.5 174.5
13. Kretchetov, Alexandre USA 2397 5.5 34.0 37.0 26.0 175.5
14. Altounian, Levon f USA 2450 5.5 33.5 36.5 26.5 185
15. Vucic, Mladen m USA 2396 5.5 32.5 36.0 25.0 177
16. Mikhailuk, Slava f USA 2447 5.5 32.0 35.0 23.0 170.5
17. Rey, Guillermo m USA 2370 5.5 30.5 34.0 22.5 155
18. Saidy, Anthony F m USA 2369 5.5 30.5 33.0 24.5 165
19. Jones, Stephen L f USA 2313 5.5 30.5 30.5 24.5 141.5
20. Casella, Michael f USA 2321 5.5 30.0 32.0 23.5 158.5
21. Szuk, Balazs m HUN 2359 5.5 29.0 29.0 25.0 128
22. Langer, Mikhail USA 2286 5.0 35.0 39.0 24.0 176.5
23. Gufeld, Eduard g USA 2459 5.0 30.0 32.5 22.5 161.5
24. Frankle, Jon USA 2251 5.0 29.5 32.5 21.5 152.5
25. Pruess, David USA 2330 5.0 28.5 30.5 21.0 144
26. Haessler, Carl USA 2252 5.0 28.0 30.5 19.0 138
104 players
Raimo Vollstaedt reports: The team of Heiligenhaus retired from the
Women Bundesliga. Their first to rounds would annuled. Most important game of
the 4th round was Hamburg - Dresden, both teams before with 6-0 matchpoints.
This match won Dresden safe and has now good chances to win the Bundesliga. But
still 7 rounds to go, if Dresden will made any mistake the former champion
Emsdetten will be there with only 2 matchpoints behind the leader at time.
Emsdetten won their first match against Halle after 2 lost games in the past,
so Halle is still the only team in Germany with a positive score against the
Emsdetten team.
Internet coverage: http://skturm.home.pages.de
3rd round Results
SK Holsterhausen (0) - USV Halle (2) 3-3
1 Dergatschova-Daus, Anna (11/2) - Madl, Ildiko (1) 1/2-1/2
2 Bakalarz, Grazyna (0) - Lakos, Nikoletta (1) 1-0
3 Brendel, Bergit,Dr (0) - Jahn, Constanze (0) 1/2-1/2
4 Schmitz, Manuela (0) - Eckhardt, Claudia (1) 0-1
5 Didenko, Ljudmilla (1/2) - Müller, Andrea (0) 0-1
6 Döhmen, Katrin (1) - Krege, Sandra (0) 1-0
SK Turm Emsdetten (2) - Rodewischer Schachmiezen (2) 3,5-2,5
1 Lelchuk, Zoja (0) - Vasilevich, Tatjana (1) 0-1
2 Micic, Jordanka (2) - Pokorna, Regina (0) 1/2-1/2
3 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea (2) - Elschner, Annegret (1) 1-0
4 Sarana-Hungeling, Oksana (11/2) - Steinbacher, Claudia (1/2) 1-0
5 Polushkina, Svetlana (0) - Fichtner, Kathrin (1) 0-1
6 Muhren, Bianca (0) - Günther, Anetta (1) 1-0
SSV Rotation Berlin (2) - Hamburger SK 1830 (4) 2-4
1 Mai, Iris (1/2) - Voiska, Margarita (0) 0-1
2 Burchardt, Brigitte (1) - Jürgens, Vera (1) 0-1
3 Wagner-Michel, Anett (1) - Helm, Leonie (0) 1/2-1/2
4 Göhler, Antje (0) - Kas-Fromm, Rita,Dr (1) 1/2-1/2
5 Heyme, Sibylle (1/2) - Zickelbein, Eva-Maria (0) 1-0
6 Seils, Gudula (0) - Gruenberg, Regina (0) 0-1
Dresdner SC 1898 (4) - Meerbauer Kiel 90 (2) 4,5-1,5
1 Moser, Eva (0) - Kopylova, Ljubov (0) 1/2-1/2
2 Mazakova, Petra (2) - Lange, Sönje (1/2) 1-0
3 Jackova, Jana (2) - Leib, Britta (0) 1/2-1/2
4 Graf, Rena (1) - Willrodt,Sonja (0) 1/2-1/2
5 Rößler, Ulrike (1) - Wohlers-Armas, Friederike (0) 1-0
6 Mietzner, Tina (0) - Hielscher, Ursula (0) 1-0
Stuttgarter SF 18 (2) - Krefelder SK Turm (0) 5,5-0,5
1 Misanovic, Vesna (11/2) - Sadkiewicz, Joanna (0) 1-0
2 Olbrich, Marina (1) - Rozenfeld, Tatiana (0) 1-0
3 Meier, Annemarie S (11/2) - Winter, Astrid (11/2) 1/2-1/2
4 Dengler, Dijana (0) - Cleven, Maria (11/2) 1-0
5 Tepluhina, Katharina (1) - Gill, Katrin (1/2) 1-0
6 Gheng, Simona (1) - Schulze, Melanie (0) 1-0
4th round Results
Rodewischer Schachmiezen (2) - SK Holsterhausen (1) 2,5-3,5
1 Vasilevich, Tatjana (2) - Dergatschova-Daus, Anna (2) 1-0
2 Pokorna, Regina (1/2) - Weng, Annegret (0) 0-1
3 Elschner, Annegret (1) - Bakalarz, Grazyna (1) 0-1
4 Steinbacher, Claudia (1/2) - Brendel, Bergit,Dr (1/2) 0-1
5 Fichtner, Kathrin (2) - Schmitz, Manuela (0) 1/2-1/2
6 Günther, Anetta (1) - Didenko, Ljudmilla (1/2) 1-0
USV Halle (3) - SK Turm Emsdetten (4) 1,5-4,5
1 Madl, Ildiko (11/2) - Lelchuk, Zoja (0) 1/2-1/2
2 Lakos, Nikoletta (1) - Micic, Jordanka (21/2) 0-1
3 Jahn, Constanze (1/2) - Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea (3) 0-1
4 Eckhardt, Claudia (2) - Sarana-Hungeling, Oksana (21/2) 0-1
5 Müller, Andrea (1) - Polushkina, Svetlana (0) 0-1
6 Krege, Sandra (0) - Muhren, Bianca (1) 1-0
Meerbauer Kiel 90 (2) - SSV Rotation Berlin (2) 2,5-3,5
1 Kopylova, Ljubov (1/2) - Mai, Iris (1/2) 1-0
2 Lange, Sönje (1/2) - Burchardt, Brigitte (1) 0-1
3 Leib, Britta (1/2) - Wagner-Michel, Annett (11/2) 1/2-1/2
4 Willrodt, Sonja (1/2) - Göhler, Antje (1/2) 0-1
5 Wohlers-Armas, Friederike (0) - Heyme, Sibylle (11/2) 1-0
6 Hielscher, Ursula (0) - Seils, Gudula (0) 0-1
Hamburger SK 1830 (6) - Dresdner SC 1898 (6) 2-4
1 Voiska, Margarita (1) - Moser, Eva (1/2) 1-0
2 Jürgens, Vera (2) - Mazakova, Petra (3) 0-1
3 Helm, Leonie (1/2) - Jackova, Jana (21/2) 0-1
4 Kas-Fromm, Rita,Dr (11/2) - Graf, Rena (11/2) 1/2-1/2
5 Zickelbein, Eva-Maria (0) - Rößler, Ulrike (2) 0-1
6 Gruenberg, Regina (1) - Mietzner, Tina (1) 1/2-1/2
Krefelder SK Turm (0) - Karlsruher SF 185 (0) 0,5-5,5
1 Sadkiewicz, Joanna (0) - Werner, Veronika (1) 1/2-1/2
2 Rozenfeld, Tatiana (0) - Werner, Isabel (1) 0-1
3 Winter, Astrid (2) - Vidonyak, Nellya (1/2) 0-1
4 Cleven, Maria (11/2) - Lauterbach, Ingrid (1/2) 0-1
5 Gill, Katrin (1/2) - Onischuk, Anna (11/2) 0-1
6 Schulze, Melanie (0) - Muller, Anne (0) 0-1
Classement after 4th round
1. Dresdner SC 1898 4 0 0 8-0 17.5
2. SK Turm Emsdetten 3 0 1 6-2 15.5
3. Hamburger SK1830 3 0 1 6-2 14.0
4. Stuttgarter SF 1879 2 0 1 4-2 11.5
5. SSV Rotation Berlin 2 0 2 4-4 10.0
6. USV Halle 1 1 1 3-3 8.0
7. SK Holsterhausen 1 1 2 3-5 9.5
8. Rodewischer Schachmiezen 1 0 2 2-4 10.0
8. Karlsruher SF 1853 1 0 2 2-4 10.0
10. Meerbauer Kiel 90 1 0 3 2-6 9.5
11. Krefelder SK Turm 0 0 4 0-8 4.5
The team of Sgem. Heiligenhaus will not play any further fixtures
in the Bundesliga and will go down to the 2nd league after this season.
There are three main FS events taking place 1st-14th December 2001. The
first round GMA and GMB standings are below. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Miklos
Orso and Andres Bacsi for the information.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs1201.htm
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FSGMA December Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 xi 2001 cat. X (2478)
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1. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2446 * . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Ilincic, Zlatko g YUG 2521 . * . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3. Paschall, William M m USA 2393 . . * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
4. Berkes, Ferenc m HUN 2541 . . . * . = . . . . . . . . 0.5 2491
5. Bokros, Albert m HUN 2429 . . . . * . . . . . = . . . 0.5 2506
6. Czebe, Attila m HUN 2491 . . . = . * . . . . . . . . 0.5 2541
7. Cao, Sang m HUN 2507 . . . . . . * . . = . . . . 0.5 2443
8. Horvath, Adam m HUN 2490 . . . . . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2551
9. Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 2551 . . . . . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2490
10. Schenk, Andreas GER 2443 . . . . . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2507
11. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2506 . . . . = . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2429
12. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2426 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
13. Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2467 . . 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14. Koneru, Humpy wg IND 2484 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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1. Balogh, Csaba f HUN 2367 * . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2489 . * . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1.0
3. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2441 . . * . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
4. Nyback, Tomi m FIN 2430 . . . * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
5. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2365 . . . . * . . . 1 . . . . . 1.0
6. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2489 . . . . . * . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
7. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2442 . . . . . . * ? . . . . . . 0.0
8. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2437 . . . . . . ? * . . . . . . 0.0
9. Biro, Sandor m ROM 2360 . . . . 0 . . . * . . . . . 0.0
10. Colovic, Aleksandar m MKD 2364 . 0 . . . . . . . * . . . . 0.0
11. Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2427 . . 0 . . . . . . . * . . . 0.0
12. Munoz Pantoja, Miguel f PER 2375 . . . . . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
13. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2416 . . . 0 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14. Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2352 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Genova Open took place November 19th-25th 2001. Goiko Laketic won
the event clearly with 7.5/9.
Internet coverage:
http://digilander.iol.it/centurini/homepage.htm
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Open A Genova ITA (ITA), 19-25 xi 2001
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1. Laketic, Gojko m YUG 2452 7.5 47 3.5 6
2. Paragua, Mark m PHI 2447 7 48.5 3.5 6
3. Georgiev, Vladimir g BUL 2564 6.5 50 1.5 5
4. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2414 6.5 48.5 4.5 5
5. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2526 6.5 48 3.5 4
6. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2380 6.5 45.5 4.5 5
7. Lazic, Miroljub g YUG 2449 6 47.5 4 5
8. Scalcione, Michelangelo ITA 2292 6 44.5 1.5 5
9. Molina, Fabrizio f ITA 2305 6 43 1 6
10. Isonzo, Davide f ITA 2343 6 42.5 3.5 5
11. Caoili, Arianne wm PHI 2257 6 41 3 6
12. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2467 5.5 44.5 3 4
13. Zemerov, Vladimir m RUS 2316 5.5 43.5 3.5 4
14. Nelli, Luca ITA 2155 5.5 43 3 5
15. Van Hoolandt, Patrick MNC 2155 5.5 41.5 3 5
16. Outioupine, Vladimir RUS 2151 5.5 38.5 3.5 5
17. Dergatchov, Alexander RUS 2083 5.5 38 3.5 5
18. Capata, Ion ITA 2150 5.5 37 3 5
19 Beccaris, Gabriele ITA ---- 5.5 33.5 1.5 5
60 players
The Championships of Novosibirsk take place 13th-21st November 2001.
Vladislav Akselrod won the event with 7/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.sinor.ru/~marat/
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ch-NR Novosibirsk RUS (RUS), 13-21 xi 2001
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1. Akselrod, Vladislav m RUS 2408 +19 - 2 +15 = 6 +12 = 5 + 4 + 3 + 9 7.0 2525
2. Kazakov, Peter RUS 2329 +17 + 1 = 3 = 5 = 4 = 6 +11 = 9 = 7 6.0 2459
3. Grachev, Jury RUS 2374 +15 = 6 = 2 +14 + 5 - 4 + 8 - 1 +13 6.0 2434
4. Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2425 +14 = 8 +20 +11 = 2 + 3 - 1 + 6 - 5 6.0 2442
5. Chigvintsev, Andrei m RUS 2377 +23 +12 =11 = 2 - 3 = 1 +13 = 8 + 4 6.0 2439
6. Maletin, Pavel RUS 2296 +10 = 3 + 8 = 1 =11 = 2 = 9 - 4 +14 5.5 2392
7. Yudin, Sergei RUS 2337 =20 = 9 -19 +13 +14 - 8 +15 +12 = 2 5.5 2326
8. Bespalov, Alexey RUS 2296 +22 = 4 - 6 =16 +15 + 7 - 3 = 5 +11 5.5 2387
9. Solodovnikov, Mikhail RUS 2261 -21 = 7 +23 +20 =19 +10 = 6 = 2 - 1 5.0 2299
10. Kaurdakov, Vladislav RUS 2143 - 6 -15 +17 +18 +16 - 9 -12 +19 +23 5.0 2256
11. Popov, Roman2 f RUS 2335 +13 +16 = 5 - 4 = 6 +19 - 2 =14 - 8 4.5 2292
12. Itkin, Dmitry RUS 2241 +18 - 5 +21 =19 - 1 -13 +10 - 7 +16 4.5 2233
13. Polovnikov, Gleb RUS 2199 -11 +24 =16 - 7 +20 +12 - 5 +18 - 3 4.5 2242
14. Bibko, Ivan RUS 2238 - 4 +22 +18 - 3 - 7 +21 +19 =11 - 6 4.5 2257
15. Kuznetsov, Yakov RUS 2215 - 3 +10 - 1 +21 - 8 +16 - 7 +24 -17 4.0 2200
16. Novikova, Anna RUS 2249 +24 -11 =13 = 8 -10 -15 +22 +17 -12 4.0 2159
17. Yakushev, Nikolai RUS 2193 - 2 -19 -10 =22 +24 =18 +23 -16 +15 4.0 2135
18. Duisenova, M KAZ 2020 -12 +23 -14 -10 +22 =17 =20 -13 +24 4.0 2140
19. Petrukhin, Denis RUS 2227 - 1 +17 + 7 =12 = 9 -11 -14 -10 =21 3.5 2175
20. Okladnikov, Gennady RUS 2208 = 7 +21 - 4 - 9 -13 =24 =18 =23 =22 3.5 2121
21. Rusakov, Evgeny RUS 2142 + 9 -20 -12 -15 +23 -14 -24 -22 =19 2.5 2035
22. Emelyanov, Yury RUS 2158 - 8 -14 =24 =17 -18 -23 -16 +21 =20 2.5 2013
23. Botvinkov, Anton RUS 2222 - 5 -18 - 9 +24 -21 +22 -17 =20 -10 2.5 2005
24. Galuzin, Gennady RUS 2045 -16 -13 =22 -23 -17 =20 +21 -15 -18 2.0 1958
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The Mexican Championships (also a sub-Zonal) took place Pachuca,
Hidalgo, México (I'm not clear on the dates). The winner was Alberto
Escobedo Tinajero with 8/9.
Only a scattering of game are available I will wait and see if a full
file is produced.
Internet coverage: http://www.galeon.com/fenamac/absoluto2001/
Ch-MEX
1 Escobedo Tinajero Alberto 2397 IM 8.0
2 Espinosa Flores Rafael 2403 IM 7.5
3 Vega Garcia Jorge A 2238 FM 6.5
4 Frey Beckman Kenneth 2400 IM 6.5
5 Contreras Torres Javier 2248 6.5
6 Leon Hoyos Manuel 2006 FM 6.5
7 Schaffenburg Ruiz Federico 2078 FM 6.5
8 Miranda Ponce Alvaro 2220 6.5
73 players
The 3rd and 4th rounds of the Bundesliga took place over the weekend of
24th-25th November 2001. The round 4 games from Hamburg are in the games
section. Games from other centres not yet available.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessgate.de and
http://www.schach.com
Malcolm Hunt writes:
Tony's family - particularly his Aunt Dev and cousin Pam - would like to
thank all chess enthusiasts who either attended the funeral or sent messages of
condolence since his tragic death. They are delighted that he made so many good
friends all over the world.
The Spanish Chess Championships took place 17th-25th November in Cala
Mendia, Mallorca. The closed event with GM Miguel Illescas, GM Pablo San
Segundo, GM Zenón Franco, MI Javier Moreno Carnero, GM Marc Narciso, MI
Lluis Comas, MI Mario Gómez, MI Julen Arizmendi, MI Gabriel del
Río, GM David García Ilundaín, MI Sergio Cacho and
José Manuel López saw play in two groups of six before a final
knockout phase. Miguel Illescas won the event after a single playoff game
against Lluis Comas Fabrego. The two missing games from the final and now
available.
Internet coverage: http://www.ajedrez21.com and
http://www.fbescacs.org/ctoespa%F1aabsol/absoluto.htm
The Professional World Chess Ranking for December 1st produced by Ken
Thomson , New Jersey and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow has been
released.
NN Name NAT Rat. Var
1 Kasparov,Garry RUS 2798 122
2 Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2794 128
3 Anand,Viswanathan IND 2733 136
4 Topalov,Veselin BUL 2706 168
5 Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2700 203
6 Adams,Michael ENG 2682 152
7 Leko,Peter HUN 2676 120
8 Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2676 167
9 Gelfand,Boris ISR 2667 133
10 Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2667 145
11 Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2657 141
12 Shirov,Alexei ESP 2656 165
13 Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2645 159
14 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam UZB 2638 162
15 Smirin,Ilia ISR 2637 161
16 Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2636 124
17 Dreev,Alexey RUS 2630 164
18 Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2629 161
19 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2629 181
20 Svidler,Peter RUS 2627 162
21 Grischuk,Alexander RUS 2627 163
22 Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2625 175
23 Van Wely,Loek NED 2622 169
24 Polgar,Judit HUN 2621 179
25 Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2621 185
26 Short,Nigel D ENG 2616 154
27 Lputian,Smbat G ARM 2615 166
28 Lautier,Joel FRA 2614 144
29 Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2613 162
30 Bacrot,Etienne FRA 2611 148
31 Dautov,Rustem GER 2604 178
32 Sutovsky,Emil ISR 2601 214
33 Nielsen,Peter-Heine DEN 2600 166
34 Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2599 143
35 Zhang Zhong CHN 2599 174
36 Piket,Jeroen NED 2598 159
37 Vallejo Pons,Francisco ESP 2598 168
38 Malakhov,Vladimir RUS 2598 173
39 Benjamin,Joel USA 2596 167
40 Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2595 153
41 Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2595 182
42 Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLR 2592 167
43 Bologan,Viorel MDA 2592 199
44 Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2591 145
45 Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2589 146
46 Lastin,Alexander RUS 2589 149
47 Lutz,Christopher GER 2589 152
48 Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2588 169
49 Novikov,Igor A UKR 2587 131
50 Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2586 112
Loures Young Masters
The Loures Young Masters takes place 27th November - 7th December 2001.
Internet coverge: http://planeta.ip.pt/~ip001018/
Bermuda Hotel Change
There will be several invitational GM and IM Tournaments in the
Fairmont Southampton Princess Hotel (note the change from the 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
Cairnhill Open 2001
The 19th Cairnhill International Open Chess Championship will be held
from 26th to 30th December 2001 in Singapore. 7 rounds Swiss System and will be
limited to a maximum of 120 entries only.
Details and entry form at: http://cairnhil.fide.org/open.htm
E-mail: cairnhil@fide.com or open_chess@yahoo.com.sg
On-line Tournament
The 1st Hellenic Chess Server "Apollo" a real time chess game
application will host the 1st On-Line Chess Championship in Greece. The games
will start at the end of February 2002.
In order to participate (free of charge) visit
http://andyhot.di.uoa.gr/chess/tourn/part_form.asp
open to players Worldwide.
Further details: webmaster@chess.gr
Hungarian Events
1. 1st-14th of December, FIRST SATURDAY, Budapest, HUN GM /cat. IX and
VII/,IM,FM closed events, org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
Website: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat 2.
15th-28th of December, THIRD SATURDAY, Belgrade, YUG, GM,IM,FM, org: FM
Kotevski, 3. 4th-12th of January, TAPOLCA Open Budapest, org: Parej Jozsef, 4.
19th-31th of January, THIRD SATURDAY Novi Sad YUG, GM-IM-FM, YUG, org: IGM
Drazic, 5. 2nd-15th of February, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest HUN GM-IM-FM, org:
Nagy Laszlo 6. 16th-28th of February THIRD SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Belgrade, YUG,
org: Kotevski, 7. 2nd-15th of March FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, HUN, GM-IM-FM,
org: Nagy, 8. 15th-23rd of March /18th Budapest Spring Festival Open/, 9 rounds
Swiss, org: Nagy Laszlo. 9. 16th - 28th of March THIRD SATURDAY Novi Sad, YUG,
GM-IM-FM, org.: IGM Drazic
Bury (Lancs) Chess Festival
Bury (Lancs) Chess Festival – 8/9 December 2001 The Bury Chess
Festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, 8th & 9th December 2001.
Total prize fund is over £900, with an Open first prize of £150.
This is thanks to our sponsors, Moscrop Robinson & Chadwick Insurance
Brokers, Metcalfe & Co Accountants and Scottish Life. The Open attracts
triple points in the Terence Chapman Group Grand Prix, with double points for
both the Major and Minor. Further details: BuryChessClub@email.com or by
telephoning Peter Dodsworth on 0161 795 4856 or Roy Wild on 0161 763 4166.
Aeroflot Open 2002
The Aeroflot Open 2002 will take place in Moscow January 31st (arrival
day) - 7th February (departure day) 2002. According to the website below there
will be $150,000 US in prizes.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
London Championships
The London Championships take place 14th-16th December 2001 at the South
Bank University, Wandsworth Road. 6 round Swiss open to all, £400 first,
total £1250. Details Andrew Webster scorchaw@hotmail.com. Telephone 01438
213 969.
October FIDE List Study and FIDE Championships
Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/ has two new
articles. An article "Study of the October 2001 FIDE Rating List" (By Boris
Schipkov, 12.11.2001) and one predicting the results of the FIDE Championships
in Moscow.
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.
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
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.
Barsov, Emms, Kiriakov, Hebden, Zhang Zhong, Krush, Gallagher,
Sasikiran, Harikrishna, N.Pert
Players so far: Premier: Alexei Barsov, John Emms, Petr Kiriakov, Mark
Hebden, Zhang Zhong, Irina Krush, Joe Gallagher, Krishnan Sasikiran, Nicholas
Pert, Pentala Harikrishna (Commonwealth Champion). 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), 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
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
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
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