THE WEEK IN CHESS 374 7th January 2002 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Anjo Anjewierden, John Fernandez, Jeroen van den Berg, Ray
Keene, Douglas Bryson, Carlo Mazzoni, John Donaldson, Harald Grafenhofer, Jakub
Fuksik, Jovan Petronic, Robert Sporri, Eirik Gullaksen, Javier Rubio, Amiel
Rosario, Aard Daanen, Thomas Henrich, Andy McFarland and all those who helped
with this issue.
Plenty of news as we enter 2002. The new FIDE rating list sees the entry
of Ruslan Ponomariov into the top ten for the first time. After the last list I
asked how long would it be before he overtook Ivanchuk, I didn't dream it would
be just three months. Of course they play each other in the FIDE final and that
will probably settle the question. However whatever happens in that match we've
seen the arrival of a major star. Perhaps too another star is on his way up. 14
year old Teimour Radjabov's shared second in Pamplona along with his entry into
the top 100 is another potential milestone. The CORUS tournament in Wijk aan
Zee starts later this week. Its a great tournament but they've been incredibly
unlucky this year with Kramnik missing because of a match he's no longer
playing, Ivanchuk and Ponomariov missing because they're playing for the World
Title and now at the last minute an illness to Kasparov means that he is
missing too. Nevertheless its a great event and I still look forward to it very
much. TWIC also has daily reports from the US Championships which started on
Saturday. For the most part chess is in great shape at the start of the
year.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 77th Hastings International chess Congress took place 28th December
2001 - 6th January 2002. The event was dominated by the Indians Pentala
Harikrishna and Krishnan Sasikiran until the final round when they were caught
by Alexei Barsov. Glenn Flear, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Zvonko Stanojoski, Keith
Arkell and Sergei Azarov finished on 7.5/10 in the Challengers. Sadly there are
only a few games available, I will wait to see if more are made available by
next week.
Internet coverage: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
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Premier Hastings ENG (ENG), 29 xii 2001 - 7 i 2002 cat. XII (2526)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Harikrishna, P g IND 2502 * = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2694
2. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2525 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2691
3. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2569 = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2686
4. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2567 = = = * 1 = = 1 0 = 5.0 2564
5. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2547 = = = 0 * = = = = 1 4.5 2523
6. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2657 0 0 = = = * = = 1 1 4.5 2511
7. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2511 0 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 4.0 2484
8. Pert, Nicholas m ENG 2451 = = 0 0 = = = * 0 1 3.5 2454
9. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2517 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 1 * = 3.0 2401
10. Krush, Irina m USA 2411 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 2187
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Round 3 (December 31, 2002)
Barsov, Alexei - Harikrishna, P 1/2 17 D12 Slav Defence
Hebden, Mark - Krush, Irina 1/2 36 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Kiriakov, Petr - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1/2 49 D91 Gruenfeld Defence 5.Bg5
Pert, Nicholas - Zhang Zhong 1/2 32 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Wells, Peter K - Gallagher, Joseph G 0-1 37 A45 Trompowsky Variation
Round 4 (January 1, 2002)
Harikrishna, P - Gallagher, Joseph G 1-0 39 B23 Sicilian Closed System
Barsov, Alexei - Kiriakov, Petr 1/2 18 E05 Catalan System
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Pert, Nicholas 1-0 41 A96 Dutch Defence
Zhang Zhong - Hebden, Mark 1/2 53 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Krush, Irina - Wells, Peter K 1/2 22 E54 Nimzo Indian
Round 5 (January 2, 2002)
Hebden, Mark - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1/2 19 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Kiriakov, Petr - Harikrishna, P 1/2 32 D36 QGD Exchange Variation
Gallagher, Joseph G - Krush, Irina 1-0 71 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Pert, Nicholas - Barsov, Alexei 1/2 65 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Wells, Peter K - Zhang Zhong 0-1 32 E94 King's Indian Classical
Round 6 (January 3, 2002)
Harikrishna, P - Krush, Irina 1-0 29 D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Barsov, Alexei - Hebden, Mark 1/2 16 E67 King's Indian Fianchetto
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Wells, Peter K 1-0 59 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Kiriakov, Petr - Pert, Nicholas 1/2 40 D10 Slav Defence
Zhang Zhong - Gallagher, Joseph G 1/2 91 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 7 (January 4, 2002)
Hebden, Mark - Kiriakov, Petr 1-0 67 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Gallagher, Joseph G - Sasikiran, Krishnan 0-1 39 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Pert, Nicholas - Harikrishna, P 1/2 21 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Wells, Peter K - Barsov, Alexei 0-1 27 A13 Reti Opening
Krush, Irina - Zhang Zhong 0-1 69 E44 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Round 8 (January 5, 2002)
Harikrishna, P - Zhang Zhong 1-0 41 C00 French Defence
Barsov, Alexei - Gallagher, Joseph G 1-0 44 E67 King's Indian Fianchetto
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Krush, Irina 1-0 51 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Kiriakov, Petr - Wells, Peter K 1/2 44 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Pert, Nicholas - Hebden, Mark 0-1 40 E61 King's Indian Defence
Round 9 (January 6, 2002)
Hebden, Mark - Harikrishna, P 1/2 42 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Zhang Zhong - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1/2 65 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Gallagher, Joseph G - Kiriakov, Petr 1/2 8 C11 French Defence
Wells, Peter K - Pert, Nicholas 1-0 70 C07 French Tarrasch
Krush, Irina - Barsov, Alexei 0-1 69 E54 Nimzo Indian
The Pamplona tournament took place 27th December 2001 - 6th January
2002. Viktor Bologan won the event with an impressive 7/9. 14 year old Teimour
Radjabov was amongst the players tied for second place.
Internet coverage: http://www.institucionoberena.com
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It Pamplona ESP (ESP), 27 xii 2001 - 5 i 2002 cat. XIV (2576)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2668 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2786
2. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2567 = * = = 1 1 0 1 = = 5.5 2657
3. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2630 = = * 1 = = 1 0 = 1 5.5 2650
4. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2601 = = 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2653
5. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2588 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2617
6. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2581 0 0 = = = * 1 = 1 = 4.5 2575
7. De la Riva Aguado, Oscar m AND 2495 0 1 0 0 = 0 * 1 = = 3.5 2505
8. Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2601 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 3.5 2493
9. Moreno Carnero, Javier m ESP 2514 = = = = 0 0 = 0 * = 3.0 2458
10. Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2517 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 2.0 2362
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Round 5 (January 1, 2002)
Radjabov, Teimour - Narciso Dublan, Marc 1/2 52 D40 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Almasi, Zoltan - De la Riva Aguado, Oscar 1-0 32 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Andersson, Ulf - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 12 A49 King's Indian Defence
Leitao, Rafael - Fressinet, Laurent 1/2 22 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Conquest, Stuart - Moreno Carnero, Javier 1-0 41 E71 King's Indian 5.h3
Round 6 (January 2, 2002)
Bologan, Viktor - Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 40 B90 Sicilian Najdorf
Andersson, Ulf - Conquest, Stuart 1-0 38 D11 Slav Defence
De la Riva Aguado, Oscar - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 64 C11 French Defence
Moreno Carnero, Javier - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 58 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Narciso Dublan, Marc - Leitao, Rafael 1/2 73 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 7 (January 3, 2002)
Radjabov, Teimour - Moreno Carnero, Javier 1/2 24 E97 King's Indian Classical
Almasi, Zoltan - Andersson, Ulf 1-0 39 B49 Sicilian Paulsen
Fressinet, Laurent - Narciso Dublan, Marc 1-0 53 A41 Modern Defence
Leitao, Rafael - De la Riva Aguado, Oscar 1-0 52 A87 Dutch Leningrad System
Conquest, Stuart - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 43 A29 English Four Knights
Round 8 (January 4, 2002)
Bologan, Viktor - Narciso Dublan, Marc 1-0 80 B07 Pirc Defence
Andersson, Ulf - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 11 A26 English Sicilian Attack
De la Riva Aguado, Oscar - Fressinet, Laurent 1/2 15 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Conquest, Stuart - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 41 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Moreno Carnero, Javier - Leitao, Rafael 0-1 42 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 9 (January 5, 2002)
Radjabov, Teimour - Conquest, Stuart 1-0 55 D98 Gruenfeld Smyslov
Almasi, Zoltan - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 15 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Fressinet, Laurent - Moreno Carnero, Javier 1-0 37 C91 Ruy Lopez
Leitao, Rafael - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 16 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Narciso Dublan, Marc - De la Riva Aguado, Oscar 1/2 37 B49 Sicilian Paulsen
Kasparov is out of the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee to be replaced
by Alexander Morozevich. Kasparov became ill late last week with a virus that
will mean he can't fly for 7-10 days ruling out his participation. Even with
the withdrawals the event is still very strong and interesting. The field now
is: Group A: Alexander Morozevich (Rus), Michael Adams (Eng), Peter Leko (Hun),
Evgeny Bareev (Rus), Loek Van Wely (Ned), Alexander Khalifman (Rus), Boris
Gelfand (Isr), Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzb), Dreev (Rus), Alexander Grischuk
(Rus), Joel Lautier (Fra), Mikhail Gurevich (Bel), Jeroen Piket (Ned) and Jan
Timman (Ned). The GM B Group is: Ivan Sokolov (BIH), Pavel Tregubov (Rus),
Mikhail Krasenkow (Pol), Friso Nijboer (Ned), Yu (Chn), John Van der Wiel
(Ned), Almira Skrypchenko-Lautier (Mol), Stefanova (Bul), Peng (Ned), Harmen
Jonkman (Ned), Cuijpers (Ned) and Werle (Ned). The event takes place Jan
11th-27th 2001.
The US Championships take place 5th-13th January 2002 in Seattle. There
are 56 players in the event including for the first time 12 women (the highest
placed woman takes their title). Leading contenders in the event include:
Yasser Seirawan, Boris Gulko, Gregory Kaidanov, Joel Benjamin, Alexander
Shabalov, Larry Christiansen, Alexander Ivanov and Nick de Firmian. TWIC has
Daily reports and photos from John Fernandez. The first two rounds have already
taken place.
Official site:
http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org/events.asp
Round 2 Overall Standings:
GM Alexander Shabalov 2606 2
GM Larry Christiansen 2571 2
GM Alex Stripunsky 2542 2
GM Alexander Fishbein 2497 2
IM Boris Kreiman 2493 2
IM Igor Khmelnitsky 2479 2
GM Boris Gulko 2601 1.5
GM Joel Benjamin 2593 1.5
GM Alex Yermolinsky 2574 1.5
GM Nick de Firmian 2536 1.5
GM Sergei Kudrin 2524 1.5
GM John Fedorowicz 2517 1.5
IM Igor Ivanov 2470 1.5
FM Levon Altounian 2442 1.5
FM Vladimir Strugatsky 2431 1.5
IM Michael Mulyar 2427 1.5
FM Dmitry Schneider 2412 1.5
IM Larry Kaufman 2400 1.5
WIM Jennifer Shahade 2302 1.5
GM Yasser Seirawan 2644 1
GM Gregory Kaidanov 2596 1
GM Alexander Ivanov 2578 1
GM Gregory Serper 2558 1
GM Gennady Sagalchik 2531 1
FM Igor Foygel 2474 1
IM Eugene Perelshteyn 2451 1
GM Walter Browne 2450 1
IM John Donaldson 2450 1
FM Slava Mikhailuk 2447 1
Aaron Pixton 2432 1
IM William Paschall 2422 1
Armen Ambarcumjan 2388 1
FM Yury Lapshun 2384 1
FM Alex Kaliksteyn 2378 1
Cindy Tsai 2197 1
WIM Esther Epstein 2194 1
Anna Levina 2103 1
GM Dmitry Gurevich 2544 0.5
IM Jesse Kraai 2442 0.5
FM Stanislav Kriventsov 2415 0.5
IM Mladen Vucic 2396 0.5
WGM Elena Donaldson 2393 0.5
WIM Camilla Baginskaite 2357 0.5
IM Guillermo Rey 2346 0.5
WIM Tsagaan Battsetseg 2261 0.5
WIM Anna Hahn 2231 0.5
Matthew Hoekstra 2211 0.5
FM Josef Friedman 2154 0.5
WFM Olga Sagalchik 2130 0.5
Vladimir Lipman ---- 0.5
IM Anthony Saidy 2373 0
FM Donny Ariel 2367 0
IM Mikhail Zlotnikov 2358 0
Elina Groberman 2102 0
Chouchanik Airapetian 2068 0
Hana Itkis ---- 0
Round 2 Women Standings:
WIM Jennifer Shahade 2302 1.5
Cindy Tsai 2197 1
WIM Esther Epstein 2194 1
Anna Levina 2103 1
WGM Elena Donaldson 2393 0.5
WIM Camilla Baginskaite 2357 0.5
WIM Tsagaan Battsetseg 2261 0.5
WIM Anna Hahn 2231 0.5
WFM Olga Sagalchik 2130 0.5
Elina Groberman 2102 0
Chouchanik Airapetian 2068 0
Hana Itkis ---- 0
According to an E-mail from Ray Keene Yousuf Shirawi organiser of the
BGN Man-Machine Match in Bahrain has contacted Vladimir Kramnik asking for a
postponement of the contest. Mr Shirawi has proposed firm new dates between
March 20th - June 30th 2002. The note goes on the "Bahrain government has also
firmly committed itself to hosting the match and providing the 1 million dollar
prize fund. Bahrain proposes that world champion Kramnik should choose the new
dates himself .the reasons cited are the ongoing difficulties experienced in
the period after September 11th, the need to maximise tv opportunities and time
available to practise with the chosen hardware." In a later message October
2002 is given as the new date.
Kasparov and Kramnik remain as one and two having no rated games in
this period (they did play four games in Moscow against each other that could
have been rated). Anand's rating continues to fall towards the rest of the
field. Michael Adams returns to World number four above Alexander Morozevich at
five. Veselin Topalov is at six. The FIDE World Championships finalists are at
seven and eight. Ponomariov reaches the top 10 for the first time and is now
the top Ukrainian player rated 2727 up from 2684. He is 10 points clear of
Vassily Ivanchuk whose rating has fallen to 2717. Shirov is back in the top ten
at 2715 halting a slide over the last few rating lists. Peter Leko falls from
World number 5 to 10. Other players of interest: Kiril Georgiev falls from 18
to 33, back in at 55 is Michal Krasenkow after a terrible fall in rating in
April, Macieja returns to the top 100 at 72, Baklan gets back into the top 100
at 74, Zdenko Kozul in at 77 NS Shabalov in at 79. There are first time entries
into the top 100 for Hannes Stefansson and Ioannis Papaioannou. Glek is in the
top 100 at 86, Epishin gets back into the top 100 after his huge loss of 100
points between the January and July 2000 rating list. The wonderkind Teimour
Radjabov finally arrives in the top 100. He started the year at 2483 and is now
rated 2599, he can only continue to rise. Lajos Portisch has returned to the
top 100 after a few years absense. Yuri Shulman in at 100. Magaram Magomedov
back in the list after playing for the first time in over a year. Aleksander
Delchev falls from 2634 to 2591 and out of the top 100. Also out of the top 100
are Ehlvest (down from 2626 to 2589), Gilberto Milos, Zbynek Hracek, Boris
Avrukh, Thomas Luther, Vadim Milov, Alexei Federov, Lenier Dominguez and John
Nunn.
The full list gives Alexandru Crisan at 2588 and a GM. This clearly
means that the decision of the FIDE Congress has been ignored. I understand
Crisan may be taking legal action against FIDE and a number of Romanians.
Whilst he may be correct in believing that the level of evidence he supplied to
gain his ratings and titles was no worse than many other players. It seems to
me the evidence for his titles is pathetically weak. Crisan won two very
strange tournaments in 2001 whose results looked dubious and unverified. At
least we have games from those events, for a decade none of his games have been
available including for the period when he jumped into the top 50. The one
event with well known players he competed in was the Milan Vidmar Memorial.
From the evidence of the games there it seems clear that he is now a very weak
player of no better than FM standard. Its hard to believe he could have ever
been a top 50 player. For instance in one game he lost a trivial ending that
many amateurs would have been ashamed to lose. Crisan had a full and to me fair
hearing at the FIDE Congress. However it seems that as in so many sports these
days that FIDE are not free to impose sanctions even in the most severe cases
without worrying about court action.
In cricket self confessed match fixer Hanse Cronje felt he should be
allowed near the sport again and took legal action, fortunately his ban was
upheld but if people feel they can go to court with chances of success in cases
as clear as this then anything is possible when things are less clear.
Possibly this is why FIDE has fought shy of almost ever investigating
match and game fixing. It goes on in chess sometimes even within the rules. It
is the right of a player and even a team to mutually pre-agree a draw (how many
people feel cheated in Olympiads when it becomes clear that a match has been
agreed drawn beforehand? Well thats simply allowed in chess [Actually strictly
speaking it isn't allowed and the match should be scored 0-0 for both sides but
this never happens]. Its a good job there isn't much betting isn't it?) Far
more serious is the throwing of results either to secure the best possible
combined finish for the paired players in the final round of a Swiss or of
offers to throw games to allow a player to get a norm for money. In the past
GMs used to fight tooth and nail to prevent a player getting his final norm as
a matter of honour. Then there are the ficticious events. Just pay an arbiter
and a few players to say an event took place and you have a norm or a rating
with no effort at all. There needs to be better evidence all round in my
opinion. Perhaps this is the reason for the FIDE knockout format? Have they
concluded that collusion cannot be policed?
I'm not saying that fixing is wide spread but does happen a number of
times a year yet it appears hardly ever to be investigated. Nor am I saying its
necessily the current FIDE administrations fault either, I can't recall any
action being taken ever. But if FIDE are saying that they can't enforce their
rulings on matters that are almost always circumstancial because of fear of
legal action then I wonder where that leaves chess. In the case of cricket I
know that match fixing has had a poisonous effect on people's view of the
integrity of the game. Many athletes have avoided drugs bans through the
courts. Its perhaps sports biggest issue. Perhaps its time chess addressed this
problem rather than doping. I can't be alone however in thinking that these are
the issues that should be addressed.
Source: http://www.fide.com. The full
list is available for download there.
No. Name t NAT ja00 ju00 oc00 ja01 ap01 ju01 oc01 ja02 Gms
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2851 2849 2849 2849 2835 2838 2838 2838 0
2 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2758 2770 2772 2772 2797 2802 2809 2809 0
3 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2769 2762 2774 2790 2794 2794 2770 2757 14
4 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2715 2755 2754 2746 2750 2744 2731 2742 25
5 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2748 2756 2734 2745 2749 2749 2742 2742 6
6 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2702 2707 2707 2718 2707 2711 2733 2739 8
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. g UKR 2627 2630 2624 2677 2673 2684 2684 2727 38
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2709 2719 2716 2717 2731 2731 2731 2717 39
9 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2751 2746 2746 2718 2722 2706 2706 2715 26
10 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2725 2743 2748 2745 2730 2730 2739 2713 11
11 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2709 2702 2694 2709 2709 2719 2719 2707 19
12 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2692 2681 2683 2712 2712 2704 2701 2703 18
13 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2666 2677 2674 2686 2691 2702 2698 2702 33
14 Van Wely, Loek.................. g NED 2646 2643 2643 2700 2670 2695 2714 2697 20
15 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2614 2690 2690 2693 2693 2704 2706 2695 13
16 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2696 2699 2699 2679 2692 2692 2692 2693 14
17 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2672 2689 2695 2695 2695 2695 2686 2688 29
18 Khalifman, Alexander............ g RUS 2656 2667 2658 2690 2690 2700 2702 2688 10
19 Lautier, Joel................... g FRA 2632 2648 2648 2658 2658 2675 2653 2687 21
20 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2680 2676 2681 2685 2685 2690 2676 2683 21
21 Akopian, Vladimir............... g ARM 2660 2660 2671 2656 2654 2660 2660 2680 16
22 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ........... g HUN 2658 2656 2656 2676 2678 2686 2686 2677 19
23 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2673 2673 2678 2670 2670 2674 2674 2676 15
24 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2616 2670 2682 2671 2671 2677 2681 2676 8
25 Grischuk, Alexander............. g RUS 2581 2606 2601 2663 2667 2669 2666 2671 16
26 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2683 2677 2687 2676 2676 2664 2675 2663 20
27 Vaganian, Rafael A.............. g ARM 2618 2623 2627 2641 2641 2650 2650 2662 10
28 Sokolov, Ivan................... g BIH 2637 2611 2611 2659 2659 2659 2658 2659 17
29 Piket, Jeroen................... g NED 2633 2649 2640 2632 2628 2630 2649 2659 9
30 Sutovsky, Emil.................. g ISR 2597 2609 2609 2605 2604 2651 2664 2656 20
31 Zhang, Zhong.................... g CHN 2611 2636 2607 2607 2632 2667 2657 2656 18
32 Zvjaginsev, Vadim............... g RUS 2641 2634 2635 2631 2627 2638 2640 2656 13
33 Georgiev, Kiril................. g BUL 2677 2661 2674 2676 2676 2695 2686 2655 25
34 Onischuk, Alexander............. g UKR 2637 2627 2647 2658 2658 2667 2660 2655 20
35 Rublevsky, Sergei............... g RUS 2662 2670 2653 2657 2657 2639 2634 2655 14
36 Xu, Jun......................... g CHN 2578 2668 2665 2655 2655 2646 2654 2654 16
37 Nikolic, Predrag................ g BIH 2659 2657 2657 2652 2652 2652 2652 2653 15
38 Bologan, Viktor................. g MDA 2589 2641 2651 2684 2676 2655 2668 2651 9
39 Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2640 2654 2629 2638 2638 2659 2668 2649 29
40 Sakaev, Konstantin.............. g RUS 2629 2627 2620 2639 2637 2630 2639 2649 25
41 Bacrot, Etienne................. g FRA 2594 2613 2613 2618 2627 2653 2653 2649 13
42 Malakhov, Vladimir.............. g RUS 2593 2605 2605 2613 2623 2637 2637 2647 6
43 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............ g BLR 2606 2591 2597 2610 2610 2646 2645 2645 10
44 Lutz, Christopher............... g GER 2587 2595 2595 2609 2614 2643 2643 2644 25
45 Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2676 2668 2668 2640 2640 2630 2630 2644 9
46 Seirawan, Yasser................ g USA 2647 2647 2647 2640 2640 2644 2644 2644 0
47 Nielsen, Peter Heine............ g DEN 2564 2578 ---- 2585 2585 2593 2620 2642 20
48 Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2694 2667 2673 2694 2688 2633 2605 2641 24
49 Motylev, Alexander.............. g RUS 2552 2574 2583 2570 2601 2627 2641 2639 18
50 Kharlov, Andrei................. g RUS 2616 2627 2627 2639 2639 2656 2656 2638 11
51 Dautov, Rustem.................. g GER 2602 2606 2603 2631 2631 2630 2630 2636 10
52 Lputian, Smbat G................ g ARM 2605 2598 2610 2607 2607 2608 2618 2634 27
53 Tkachiev, Vladislav............. g FRA 2670 2657 2659 2672 2672 2642 2632 2634 6
54 Korchnoi, Viktor................ g SUI 2659 2620 2632 2639 2643 2617 2639 2633 33
55 Krasenkow, Michal............... g POL 2661 2702 2702 2658 2655 2573 2592 2632 48
56 Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2630 2628 2628 2633 2633 2631 2631 2631 0
57 Goldin, Alexander............... g USA 2566 2575 2588 2595 2599 2594 2612 2630 24
58 Lastin, Alexander............... g RUS 2510 2560 2633 2631 2627 2628 2628 2630 11
59 Shipov, Sergei.................. g RUS 2640 2640 2640 2640 2640 2625 2625 2630 4
60 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2528 2554 ---- 2545 2559 2630 2630 2629 13
61 Huebner, Robert Dr.............. g GER 2620 2615 2606 2616 2616 2612 2612 2628 24
62 Tregubov, Pavel V............... g RUS 2615 2620 2610 2628 2628 2617 2611 2626 12
63 Filippov, Valerij............... g RUS 2584 2593 2601 2619 2632 2617 2617 2625 18
64 Movsesian, Sergei............... g CZE 2668 2666 2666 2661 2661 2627 2631 2624 16
65 Pigusov, Evgeny................. g RUS 2610 2578 ---- 2572 2584 2613 2613 2623 13
66 Kobalija, Mihail................ g RUS 2593 2594 ---- 2581 2590 2595 2603 2620 13
67 Landa, Konstantin............... g RUS 2598 2610 2610 2610 2610 2619 2619 2619 0
68 Jussupow, Artur................. g GER 2628 2610 2610 2645 2645 2633 2633 2618 23
69 Tiviakov, Sergei................ g NED 2567 2608 2606 2597 2603 2618 2599 2614 22
70 Sokolov, Andrei................. g FRA 2565 2564 ---- 2566 2568 2604 2602 2614 9
71 Hansen, Curt.................... g DEN 2618 2613 2620 2619 2619 2626 2613 2613 0
72 Macieja, Bartlomiej............. g POL 2538 2536 2565 2578 2608 2588 2582 2612 16
73 Peng, Xiaomin................... g CHN 2624 2657 2655 2648 2648 2629 2607 2611 8
74 Baklan, Vladimir................ g UKR 2571 2599 2611 2613 2613 2599 2590 2609 53
75 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter......... g ROM 2611 2592 2592 2596 2596 2609 2609 2608 4
76 Rustemov, Alexander............. g RUS 2553 2534 2553 2620 2625 2607 2611 2607 6
77 Kozul, Zdenko................... g CRO 2597 2611 2616 2594 2595 2556 2569 2606 34
78 Gyimesi, Zoltan................. g HUN 2518 2539 ---- 2564 2571 2602 2605 2606 20
79 Shabalov, Alexander............. g USA 2592 2601 2599 2609 2595 2574 2585 2606 20
80 Istratescu, Andrei.............. g ROM 2556 2578 ---- 2582 2561 2598 2603 2605 45
81 Graf, Alexander................. g GER 2600 2642 2645 2649 2649 2610 2610 2605 27
82 Timman, Jan H................... g NED 2655 2639 2639 2629 2620 2597 2600 2605 10
83 Stefansson, Hannes.............. g ISL 2566 2557 ---- 2570 2570 2586 2575 2604 26
84 Dorfman, Josif D................ g FRA 2593 2600 2600 2602 2602 2602 2599 2602 9
85 Papaioannou, Ioannis............ g GRE 2575 2578 ---- 2591 2591 2591 2591 2601 17
86 Glek, Igor V.................... g GER 2554 2553 ---- 2551 2566 2574 2590 2601 14
87 Gulko, Boris F.................. g USA 2644 2643 2642 2622 2606 2602 2608 2601 8
88 Hickl, Joerg.................... g GER 2556 2573 ---- 2582 2582 2600 2600 2601 6
89 Chuchelov, Vladimir............. g BEL 2518 2535 ---- 2539 2550 2607 2607 2600 9
90 Najdoski, Toni.................. g MKD 2548 2492 2559 2601 2600 2600 2600 2600 0
91 Epishin, Vladimir............... g RUS 2667 2567 ---- 2578 2579 2583 2583 2599 40
92 Najer, Evgeniy.................. g RUS 2572 2597 2590 2616 2600 2599 2599 2599 24
93 Radjabov, Teimour............... g AZE 2459 2476 ---- 2483 2533 2558 2567 2599 20
94 Asrian, Karen................... g ARM 2572 2566 ---- 2582 2582 2604 2604 2599 15
95 Eingorn, Vereslav S............. g UKR 2597 2586 ---- 2589 2589 2598 2601 2598 25
96 Rozentalis, Eduardas............ g LTU 2553 2570 2593 2630 2597 2588 2601 2598 24
97 Andersson, Ulf.................. g SWE 2625 2641 2641 2640 2640 2601 2601 2598 12
98 Hodgson, Julian M............... g ENG 2625 2640 2633 2596 2595 2581 2589 2598 6
99 Portisch, Lajos................. g HUN 2564 2573 ---- 2585 2585 2591 2591 2596 16
100 Shulman, Yuri................... g BLR 2552 2548 ---- 2543 2551 2568 2587 2596 15
101 Magomedov, Magaram.............. g RUS 2594 2608 2608 2608 2608 2608 2596 2596 9
102 Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2599 2624 2619 2607 2601 2605 2605 2596 8
103 Speelman, Jonathan S............ g ENG 2604 2623 2612 2604 2594 2603 2596 2596 8
104 Conquest, Stuart................ g ENG 2563 2529 ---- 2546 2563 2565 2601 2596 7
The Reggio Emilia tournament takes place 30th December 2001 to 7th
January 2002. Vladimir Georgiev took first place on tie-break from Delchev,
Chatalbashev and Cebalo. Georgiev beat the leader Cebalo in the final round. My
thanks to Carlo Mazzoni.
Internet coverage: http://re.xall.com
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It Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), 27 xii 2001 - 5 i 2002 cat. VIII (2437)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Georgiev, Vladimir g BUL 2564 * = = 1 = 1 1 0 = 1 6.0 2547
2. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2634 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 2540
3. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2526 = = * = = 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2552
4. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2492 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2555
5. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2414 = = = = * = = = = 1 5.0 2482
6. Zaja, Ivan g CRO 2476 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 1 5.0 2475
7. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2401 0 = 1 0 = 0 * = 1 = 4.0 2397
8. Costantini, Roberto ITA 2314 1 0 0 0 = 0 = * 0 1 3.0 2325
9. Scalcione, Michelangelo ITA 2292 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * = 2.5 2287
10. Djingarova, Emilia wm BUL 2256 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1.5 2184
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The 1st Festival Internacional De Ajedrez GEMA took place in Mondariz
Balneario, Pontevedra, 26th December 2001 to 6th January 2002. Francisco
Vallejo Pons drew against Ivan Sokolov in an 8 game match. There was also an
open won by Oleg Korneev ahead on tie-break from Mark Paragua both on 7.5/9. No
games from the open are available.
Internet coverage:
http://ajedrezactual.com/gema_mondariz01.html
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 42 C67 Ruy Lopez
Sokolov, Ivan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 40 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 25 C67 Ruy Lopez
Sokolov, Ivan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 71 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 51 C24 Bishop's Opening
Sokolov, Ivan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 25 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 43 D51 QGD: Cambridge Springs
Sokolov, Ivan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 29 D21 QGA
GEMA Match Mondariz Belneario ESP (ESP), 26 xii 2001 - 6 i 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2658 = 1 = = 0 = = = 4.0 2630
Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2630 = 0 = = 1 = = = 4.0 2658
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Final (Round 9 Standings) Open
1. Korneev, Oleg RUS 2554 2579 7.5 55.5 39.0 43.0
Paragua, Mark PHI 2447 7.5 52.5 38.5 40.0
3. Hellsten, Johan SWE 2471 7.0 50.0 36.0 38.5
4. Pogorelov, Ruslan UKR 2430 2412 6.5 52.5 35.5 40.5
Movsziszian, Karen ARM 2511 2523 6.5 52.0 34.0 40.5
Valles Moreno, Ivan ESP 2225 2253 6.5 45.0 31.0 36.5
7. Franco Ocampo, Zenon ESP 2522 2517 6.0 54.5 36.0 42.5
Oratovsky, Michael ISR 2526 6.0 51.5 33.5 40.0
Strikovic, Aleksa YUG 2506 2545 6.0 50.5 34.5 39.0
Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique ESP 2324 2288 6.0 50.5 33.0 39.5
Martinez Rodriguez, Pablo ESP 2265 2276 6.0 49.5 32.0 39.0
Guerra Bastida, Diego ESP 2341 2304 6.0 48.5 32.0 37.5
Santos Santos, Pablo ESP 2256 2279 6.0 47.5 32.0 38.0
Zlotnik, Boris RUS 2423 2467 6.0 47.5 31.0 37.0
Garcia Carbo, Marcial ESP 2354 2341 6.0 47.5 30.0 37.0
Rivera Kuzawka, Daniel URU 2357 2354 6.0 45.5 29.0 35.5
De la Cruz, Carlos Gustavo ESP 2284 2133 6.0 41.0 31.0 33.0
93 players
The XXXI Rilton Cup took place 27th December 2001 to 5th January 2002.
Evgeny Agrest took first on tie-break from Bogdan Lalic, Tom Wedberg and
Valerij Popov all finished on 7/9. There were IM norms for Anton Aeberg and
Bengt Lindberg.
Information:
http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-21958/XXXIRilton_cup0102.htm
Leading Final (Round 9) Standings
1 Agrest, Evgenij SWE 2563 7.0 39.0
2 Lalic, Bogdan ENG 2522 7.0 36.0
3 Wedberg, Tom SWE 2529 7.0 35.0
4 Popov, Valerij RUS 2578 7.0 33.5
5 Nataf, Igor FRA 2535 6.5 36.5
6 Rowson, Jonathan SCO 2512 6.5 35.0
7 Volzhin, Alexander RUS 2521 6.5 34.5
8 Khenkin, Igor GER 2572 6.5 34.0
9 Mc Shane, Luke ENG 2531 6.5 34.0
10 Hector, Jonny SWE 2528 6.5 34.0
11 Ernst, Thomas SWE 2436 6.5 32.5
12 Ulibin, Michail RUS 2580 6.5 31.5
13 Åberg, Anton SWE 2388 6.5 31.0
14 Gleizerov, Evgenij RUS 2575 6.0 34.0
15 Åkesson, Ralf SWE 2437 6.0 34.0
16 Ivanov, Sergey RUS 2556 6.0 32.0
17 Eriksson, Johan SWE 2415 6.0 31.5
18 Bellon, Juan ESP 2442 6.0 31.0
19 Nybäck, Tomi FIN 2430 6.0 30.0
20 Lindberg, Bengt SWE 2341 6.0 30.0
21 Hunt, Adam ENG 2356 6.0 29.0
22 Guseinov, Gadir AZE 2489 6.0 28.0
23 Ahlander, Björn SWE 2426 6.0 27.0
131 players
The Bosnjaci Open took place 3rd-6th January 2002. Uros Krstic won the
event with 6.5/7.
Internet coverage:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/bosnjaci/bosnjaci.htm
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8th Open Bosnjaci CRO (CRO), 3-13 i 2002
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1. Krstic, Uros CRO 2356 6.5 22.0 27.5
2. Zivkovic, Vjekoslav CRO 2350 5.5 23.0 22.0
3. Drazic, Sinisa g YUG 2471 5.5 23.0 22.0
4. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2438 5.5 22.0 24.0
5. Runic, Zoran f BIH 2448 5.5 22.0 23.5
6. Nurkic, Sahbaz m BIH 2413 5.5 20.5 22.0
7. Leventic, Ivan m CRO 2439 5.0 23.5 21.5
8. Rogic, Davor m CRO 2478 5.0 23.0 23.0
9. Jakic, Ivan CRO 2255 5.0 23.0 22.5
10. Martic, Zlatko f CRO 2246 5.0 23.0 21.0
11. Kutuzovic, Branko m CRO 2403 5.0 22.5 22.0
12. Petrina,Tomislav CRO ---- 5.0 22.0 18.5
13. Pap, Misa m YUG 2415 5.0 21.5 21.0
14. Kuljasevic, Davorin CRO 2286 5.0 21.5 21.0
15. Teofilovic, Vjeran CRO 2219 5.0 21.0 19.5
16. Hodak, Stevo CRO 2270 5.0 20.0 20.0
17. Brkic, Ante f CRO 2312 5.0 19.5 21.0
18. Rosandic, Denis f CRO 2248 5.0 19.5 19.5
19. Ljubic, Juro CRO 2272 5.0 17.5 19.5
20. Nol, Andrija CRO 2223 5.0 17.5 16.5
117 players
Although the main Festival did not run this year there were a number of
small events in Groningen including the SO-ON tournament. Sipke Ernst won the 9
round event which took place 22nd-31st December 2001.
Internet coverage: http://www.so-on.org/toernooi.html
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SO-ON Groningen NED (NED), 22-31 xii 2001 cat. V (2355)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2459 * 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2509
2. L'Ami, Erwin NED 2344 1 * = 1 0 = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2481
3. Middelburg, Tom f NED 2364 = = * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2478
4. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2457 = 0 1 * 0 = = 1 0 = 4.0 2300
5. Werle, Jan m NED 2459 0 1 0 1 * = = 0 = = 4.0 2300
6. Baramidze, David GER 2335 0 = = = = * 0 1 0 1 4.0 2314
7. Jens, Jelmer NED 2318 0 0 = = = 1 * 1 = 0 4.0 2316
8. Koster, Ramon NED 2285 = 1 0 0 1 0 0 * = = 3.5 2282
9. Michiels, Bart BEL 2159 0 0 0 1 = 1 = = * 0 3.5 2296
10. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2369 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = 1 * 3.5 2273
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John Donaldson reports: The North American Open was held December
26th-29th 2001 in Las Vegas. The top finishers were 1-2. Onischuk and Kaidanov
5-1; 3-8. Yermolinsky, Kudrin, Novikov, Goldin, Serper and Ibragimov 4.5. A few
games are available.
The Casino Open in Interlaken took place 26th-30th December 2001. The
event was won by Ivan Ivanisevic. The 4th Hilton Open Basel took place January
1st-6th 2002 and this event was won by Viktor Korchnoi. Both events were part
of the Swiss Tour. They both were seven round Swiss events which split after
five rounds. The top four players after fifth round played a knockout to
establish the main prizes, the rest of the players completed the Swiss.
Games from Robert Spörri. Further information:
http://www.beochess.ch/
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Casino Open Interlaken SUI (SUI), 26-30 xii 2001
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1. Ivanisevic, Ivan g YUG 2547
2. Solak, Dragan g YUG 2504
3. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2506
4. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2489
5. Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino m GER 2455 5.0
6. Kovacevic, Aleksandar g YUG 2553 5.0
7. Izsak, Gyula m HUN 2436 4.5
8. Velicka, Petr m CZE 2448 4.5
9. Horvath, Tamas1 m HUN 2368 4.5
10. Sedina, Elena wg ITA 2398 4.5
11. Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2464 4.5
12. Curien, Nicolas SUI 2205 4.5
13. Rausis, Igors g LAT 2466 4.0
38 players
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4th Hilton Open Basel SUI (SUI), 1-6 i 2002
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1. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2633
2. Solak, Dragan g YUG 2501
3. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2510
4. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2549
5. Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2572 5.5
6. Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 2614 5.5
7. Roschina, Tatjana wg RUS 2267 5.0
8. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2564 5.0
9. Pikula. Dejan m YUG 2466 5.0
10. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2573 5.0
11. Ivanisevic, Ivan g YUG 2540 5.0
12. Czebe, Attila m HUN 2489 5.0
13. Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2455 5.0
14. Izsak, Gyula m HUN 2436 5.0
15. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2513 5.0
85 players
The 10th Raiffeisen Donau Open in Aschach took place December 26th-31st
2001. There was a five way tie on 5.5/7 between Henrik Teske, Raj Tischbierek,
Valery Beim, Sergei Krivoshey, and Nenad Fercec.
My thanks to Harald Grafenhofer for the games. I found additional
information at: http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/kol02/2002_01.HTM
Top 10 players
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10th Raiffeisen Donau Open Aschach AUT (AUT), 26-31 xii 2001
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1. Teske, Henrik g GER 2504 5.5 2577
2. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2493 5.5 2590
3. Beim, Valery g AUT 2527 5.5 2613
4. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2461 5.5 2551
5. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2458 5.5 2529
6. Hertneck, Gerald g GER 2570 5.0 2509
7. Rogulj, Branko m CRO 2456 5.0 2453
8. Berkes, Ferenc m HUN 2541 5.0 2483
9. Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2512 5.0 2464
10. Jurek, Josef m CZE 2362 5.0 2469
65 players
The 3rd Friendship chess tournament took place 4th-14th December 2001 in
Prerov (Czech Republic). There were two main events a GM and IM event. The
missing games from last week are available now.
Internet site: http://www.proclient.cz/a64
Final Results 11 Rounds
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Friendship GM Prerove CZE (CZE), 4-14 xii 2001 cat. IX (2458)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2518 * 1 = 1 1 = = = = 1 1 1 8.5 2663
2. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2569 0 * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2580
3. Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2464 = 0 * = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2559
4. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2529 0 = = * = 1 1 = = = 1 = 6.5 2516
5. Cvek, Robert m CZE 2418 0 = 1 = * = = = = 1 = = 6.0 2497
6. Antoniewski, Rafal m POL 2446 = = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = = = 5.5 2459
7. Simacek, Pavel f CZE 2402 = = 0 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 5.5 2463
8. Gross, David CZE m CZE 2469 = 0 = = = = = * = = = = 5.0 2420
9. Kalod, Radek m CZE 2479 = 0 = = = 0 = = * 0 = 1 4.5 2391
10. Jirka, Jiri CZE 2330 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 * = 1 4.0 2367
11. Heberla, Bartlomiej POL 2390 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = = * 1 3.5 2331
12. Nalivajko, Evgeny m UKR 2481 0 = 0 = = = 0 = 0 0 0 * 2.5 2244
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Friendship IM Prerove CZE (CZE), 4-14 xii 2001 cat. III (2321)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2285 * = 0 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2498
2. Hasangatin, Ramil m RUS 2479 = * 1 = = = = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2439
3. Ruckschloss, Karol f SVK 2264 1 0 * 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2458
4. Szymanski, Marcin f POL 2385 0 = 1 * = = = 1 1 1 = = 7.0 2416
5. Jurek, Josef m CZE 2362 = = = = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2418
6. Kantorik, Marian SVK 2321 0 = 0 = = * 1 = 1 0 = 1 5.5 2320
7. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2344 = = 0 = = 0 * = = 0 1 1 5.0 2282
8. Molnar, Bela HUN 2363 = = = 0 0 = = * = = 0 1 4.5 2251
9. Sikora-Lerch, Jan m CZE 2324 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 1 4.5 2255
10. Hitzgerova, Gabriela wm CZE 2160 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 = 0 * 1 0 4.0 2233
11. Novosak, Jiri CZE 2296 0 = 0 = = = 0 1 0 0 * 1 4.0 2220
12. Van de Berkmortel, Theo NED 2264 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1.5 2016
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The Gausdal Troll Masters Open International takes place January
6th-13th 2002 at Gausdal Høifjellshotel. Three players have 3/3 Mikael
Agopov, Mathias Womacka and Enamul Hossain. My thanks to Eirik Gullaksen.
Details: http://home.online.no/~bjarke-k/TrollMasters/
Current standings after round 3 (of 9):
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Troll Masters Gausdal NOR (NOR), 6-11 i 2002
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1. Agopov, Mikael m FIN 2400 3.0
2. Womacka, Mathias m GER 2499 3.0
3. Hossain, Enamul f BAN 2426 3.0
4. Friedman, Aviv f ISR 2345 2.5 2581
5. Leer-Salvesen, Bjarte NOR 2293 2.5 2456
6. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2412 2.5 2450
7. Burgess, Graham f ENG 2298 2.5 2470
8. Royset, Paal NOR 2280 2.5 2562
9. Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2469 2.0 2349
10. Moen, Andreas NOR 2265 2.0 2339
11. Rausis, Igors g LAT 2466 2.0 2354
12. Lie, Espen NOR 2168 2.0 2231
13. Rause, Olita wg LAT 2234 2.0 2348
14. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2450 2.0 2377
15. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2127 2.0 2305
16. Hoi, Carsten g DEN 2407 2.0 2336
17. Johansen,Paul NOR ---- 2.0 2258
18. Lie, Kjetil A NOR 2388 2.0 2383
19. Lahlum, Ida NOR ---- 2.0 2302
20. Bae, Torstein f NOR 2318 2.0 2450
21. Bekker-Jensen, David DEN 2308 2.0 2231
22. Johansen, Kai-Roger NOR 2090 2.0 2267
48 players
The 12th International Rapid Chess Tournament Paul Keres Memorial took
place January 4th-6th 2001 in Tallinn. The winner was Gavrikov. Hopefully more
details will follow.
Internet site: http://www.maleliit.ee/12th.htm
Jovan Petronic reports: The Third Saturday GM event in Belgrade took
place 15th-25th December 2001. The event was won by IM Slavisa Marinkovic with
8/11 undefeated.
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TSGM December Belgrade YUG (YUG), 15-25 xii 2001 cat. VII (2422)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Marinkovic, Slavisa m YUG 2452 * = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2593
2. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2452 = * = = = = 1 = = = 1 = 6.5 2483
3. Nikcevic, Nebojsa g YUG 2462 = = * = = 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 6.5 2482
4. Zivanic, Marko m YUG 2411 = = = * = 0 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2487
5. Antic, Dejan g YUG 2464 = = = = * 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2482
6. Kostic, Vladimir m YUG 2352 0 = 1 1 1 * = 0 0 1 = = 6.0 2463
7. Paschall, William M m USA 2393 0 0 = = 1 = * 1 0 = = 1 5.5 2424
8. Maksimovic, Branimir m YUG 2432 = = 0 = = 1 0 * = = 0 1 5.0 2384
9. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2446 0 = = 0 0 1 1 = * 0 1 = 5.0 2383
10. Orlov, Pavle m YUG 2378 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = 1 * 0 1 4.0 2323
11. Weinzettl, Ernst m AUT 2415 = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 1 * 0 3.5 2289
12. Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2401 0 = = 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 * 3.0 2248
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Jovan Petronic reports: The 34th Belgrade Women's Tournament took place
21st-29th December 2001. The event was played at 40 moves for 2 hrs. + 1 hour
for the rest and was a Category IX Women's event (2259) Women's Norms: WGM=6.5,
WIM=4.5. The clear winner was Irina Chelushkina with 6/9.
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34th Women GM Belgrade YUG (YUG), 21-13 xii 2001 cat. I (2259)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Chelushkina, Irina wg YUG 2394 * 0 = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2368
2. Calotescu, Cristina wf ROM 2296 1 * 0 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 5.5 2334
3. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf YUG 2219 = 1 * = = = = 0 1 1 5.5 2343
4. Kalevic, Sanja wg YUG 2219 = 0 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2343
5. Stankovic, Marija YUG 2252 1 = = 0 * = = = 1 1 5.5 2339
6. Velcheva, Maria wg BUL 2331 0 1 = = = * = = = = 4.5 2250
7. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2285 0 = = = = = * 0 1 1 4.5 2256
8. Savic, Marijana wf YUG 2178 0 0 1 0 = = 1 * 0 1 4.0 2224
9. Dragomirescu, Angela wm ROM 2283 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 1 3.5 2176
10. Drljevic, Ljilja wf YUG 2132 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 0.5 1829
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The Melbourne Festival of Chess takes place December 28th 2001 - January
19th 2002. The event includes the 11 round Australian National Championships
which take place in Melbourne Town Hall, 28th December 2001 to 9th January
2002.
Further details: http://www.chessvictoria.com/austch.htm
Round 9 (of 11) Standings:
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ch-AUS Melbourne AUS (AUS), 1 xii 2001 - 9 i 2002
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1. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2524 7.0 44.5 55.5 42.0
2. Gluzman, Mikhail m AUS 2400 7.0 43.5 54.5 45.5
3. Speck, Nick AUS 2324 7.0 43.5 54.5 40.5
4. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2448 6.5 42.5 53.0 40.0
5. Zhao Zong-Yuan m AUS 2387 5.5 45.0 54.5 38.0
6. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2385 5.5 42.5 53.5 34.5
7. Wallace, John Paul m AUS 2370 5.5 41.5 52.0 32.5
8. Canfell, Gregory AUS 2284 5.5 36.0 45.0 30.5
9. Lloyd, Adrian AUS 2205 5.0 39.0 49.5 29.5
10. Jordan, William f AUS 2330 5.0 39.0 48.0 31.5
11. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2250 5.0 38.0 46.5 27.5
12. Smerdon, David m AUS 2326 5.0 36.0 45.0 27.5
13. Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2197 4.5 41.0 50.0 30.5
14. West, Guy m AUS 2363 4.5 38.5 49.0 30.5
15. Wilkins,Michael AUS ---- 4.5 36.5 47.0 25.5
16. Sandler, Leonid m AUS 2404 4.5 35.5 44.5 27.0
17. Tan, Justin AUS 2244 4.5 35.0 44.0 24.0
18. Berezina, Irina m AUS 2274 4.5 32.0 40.5 23.5
19. Hamilton, Douglas G f AUS 2245 4.5 32.0 39.0 22.0
20. Feldman, Vladimir m AUS 2346 4.5 30.5 37.0 24.5
21. Tindall, Brett f AUS 2259 4.0 38.0 47.0 27.5
22. Wright, Ian AUS 2131 4.0 38.0 46.5 24.0
23. Hacche, David AUS 2218 4.0 36.0 44.5 26.0
24. Levi, Eddy f AUS 2247 4.0 34.5 43.0 24.5
25. Booth, Stewart AUS 2181 4.0 34.5 42.0 23.0
26. Chow, Sam AUS 2120 3.5 31.0 39.0 22.0
27. Saw, Geoffrey f AUS 2236 3.5 30.5 38.0 20.0
28. Rujevic, Mirko f AUS 2355 3.5 30.0 36.5 23.0
29. Stirling, Nathan AUS 2141 2.5 28.5 35.5 15.5
30. Bonham,Kevin AUS ---- 2.0 29.0 35.5 12.0
31. Rigo,Bernard AUS ---- 2.0 28.0 34.0 12.5
32. Stojic, Svetozar AUS ---- 1.5 29.0 36.0 7.0
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Short-Stefansson Match
Hannes Stefansson will play Nigel Short in a 6 game match in Reykjavik,
January 8th-13th 2002. The match is organised by Hellir Chess Club to celebrate
its 10th anniversary. The main sponsors of the match are Kogun hf., VKS hf. and
Guðmundur Arason.
Internet coverage: http://linux.vks.is/skak/hellir-e.shtml
Aubervilliers Open
The 27th Aubervilliers International Open takes place Saturday 26th and
Sunday 27th of January 2002. The venue is Espace Rencontres 10, rue
Crèvecœur 93300 Aubervilliers France.
Further information: http://www.organisechecs.com
Petrosian Memorial Open
The 16th Tigran Petrosian Memorial takes place in his chess club in
Moscow 4th-12th January 2002. 60 under-16 players with good ratings for their
age are playing. Info Eugeny Atarov: http://www.joeblack.ru and
http://www.chessmoscow.ru
V Málaga International Open
The V Málaga International Open takes place 22nd February - 2nd
March 2002.
Further details on the event at:
http://usuarios.tripod.es/frubiod/open/02open/02open.htm
XVIII Cappelle la Grande
The XVIII Cappelle la Grande International Chess Open takes place
9th-16th February 2002.
Further details: http://cappelle.free.fr
2nd Eger International
2nd International Round Robin Tmt. Eger (HUN) For acquiring rating and
IM norms date: from the 20 th to 28th february 2002 category: Tournament A =
category II to IV Tournament B = Rating tournament Tournament C = GM
tournament, category VII to IX number of participants: 12 to 14 (3 unrated
players in the rating tournament) time limit: closed tournament with 10 - 12
rounds, 2 h/40 moves + 1 h /20 moves + 30 min for all remaining moves entry
fee: depending on rating, to be stipulated with the organizer additional
program: active chess tournament, thermal bath, sight seeing of the historic
city of Eger and its pituresque surroundings place: Apartmenthouse Atrium, Eger
accomodation: lodging at good price, right next to the tournament place:
apartments with bath/shower and WC, telephone, TV, balcony, garage information:
Europe Chess, IM Ali Habibi * Postfach 1148 * D-35436 Linden * email:
EuropeChess@web.de The Europe Chess Round Robin Tournaments will be held in
different European Countries. Combine quality chess with your vacation! If you
register at least 5 participants ahead of time, we can organize a tournament at
a date you pick. Soon more information in different chess magazines and on the
internet.
Bermuda Tournament
The Bermuda tournament has changed venue. It was to be held in last
year's venue, the Elbow Beach hotel but they reneged on the deal, the
tournaments will instead take place at the Fairmont Southampton Princess Hotel.
Owing to the extra costs the format is likely to be changed. They will
definitely hold two ten player GM tournaments, followed by an Open. Invitees
are: GM 'A' - Emanuel Berg, Sipke Ernst, Alexandre Le Siege, Bartek Macieja,
Hikaru Nakamura, Greg Shahade, Bartosz Socko, Yan Teplitsky, Giovanni Vescovi
and Bojan Vuckovic; b.. GM 'B' - Johann Alvarez, Pawel Blehm, Pascal
Charbonneau, Dennis de Vreugt, Erald Dervishi, Leif-Erlend Johannessen, Heikki
Kallio, Irina Krush, Elisabeth Paehtz and Eugene Perelsteyn.
Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
Hungarian Events
1. 4th-12th of January "TAPOLCA-Open" in Budapest, HUN organizer: Parej,
Jozsef, phone: /36/-87-321-950, more info and accommodation in Budapest: Nagy,
Laszlo e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu 2. 19th-27th of January, THIRD SATURDAY
GM-IM and FM-tournament in Novi Sad /YUG/, org: IGM Drazic, e-mail:
sdrazic@eunet.yu 3. 2nd-15th of February FIRST SATURDAY GM /cat.IX-X. and
cat.VII-VIII/ - IM and FM events Budapest, HUN, org: Nagy Laszlo....
Prague - Abner Cup
The Prague - Abner Cup takes place 26th December 2001 - 1st January
2002.
Further information: http://www.sach.cz/ or e-mail:
orbis64@login.cz.
2nd ASEAN group Championships
2nd ASEAN age group chess championships took place in Kuala Lumpur
(Malaysia) December 22nd-29th 2001.
Internet coverage: http://www.aseanchess.com/
US Championship
The US Championships takes place 5th-13th January 2002 in Seattle. There
are 56 players in the event including for the first time 12 women (the highest
placed woman takes their title). Leading contenders in the event include:
Yasser Seirawan, Boris Gulko, Gregory Kaidanov, Joel Benjamin, Alexander
Shabalov, Larry Christiansen, Alexander Ivanovand Nick de Firmian.
Internet site:
http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org/events.asp
4NCL Extra
There is a plan to hold an additional 4NCL event on 1-3 June 2002, the
Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend. The weekend will feature a qualifying event for
the 2002/03 season and will be open to the three lowest placed teams in
Division 3 this season, together with any new teams who want to enter the
league next season. The three most successful teams in the event will be
eligible to play in Division 3 in 2002/03. The 4NCL are interested in assessing
the likely support for this event. Prospective new teams are invited to contact
Mike Truran or Paul Littlewood for further details.
Internet site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
3rd Yateley Manor International
Date 25-27 Jan 2002 and 2-3 Feb 2002 (ie play is over 2 weekends) Type
Open Event & Venue 3rd Yateley Manor International Yateley Manor School,
Reading Road, Yateley, nr Camberley, Hampshire. Contact Ray Clark High Cedars,
Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks. SL9 8DA e-mail ray.clark@kpmg.co.uk tel:
01753 883300
17th North Sea Cup
Esbjerg will stage a 17th North Sea Cup July 5th-13th 2002, probably
category 13-14. A 10 player round-robin hoping to carry on the reputation with
previous tournament winners like Short, Jusupov, Adorjan, Larsen, Vaganian,
C.Hansen, Svidler etc. Info: Brian Isaksen at brisak@esenet.dk
Ljubljana Chess Club 90th Anniversary
Ljubljana Chess Club Metalka Trgovina - 90th anniversary The Chess Club
of Ljubljana (Slovenia) was established on 31.1.1912 by grandmaster and
scientist dr. Milan Vidmar and by the Ljubljana City. In this honour we
organize Grandmaster tournament (11. Category) from 19th-31st of January 2002
in Hotel SLON Best Western. The event by the sponsorship of Metalka Trgovina is
the uverture for the Chess Olympiade at Bled 2002. The participants are : GM
Beliavsky (SLO), GM Kharlov (RUS), Ukrainian young GM Volokytin, GM Sveshnikov
(RUS), GM Pavasovic (SLO), GM Farago (HUN) and Slovenian IMs Tratar, Soln,
Jelen, Podlesnik and young FM Sebenik.
In Slovenia, after this tournament starts the Open tournament in Nova
Gorica (31.1.-8.2.2002). Links and information (sites under construction) :
http://www.metalka.com,
http://www.sah-zveza.si and
http://www.hotelslon.com.
Swiss Chess Tour
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2001" will finish in Interlaken, one of the most
attractive towns in Switzerland for tourists. The 1st Casino Open ("Ambassador
Open" cancelled) December 26th-30th 2001. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games
will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the
end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF.
From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior
(1941), junior (1981-84), schoolboy (1985) and best local player. Entry fee 130
SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. 1st
"Chalet Oberland" Open. Players under 2000. Swiss system, 5 rounds and the
games will last a maximum of 5 hours. Prizes: natural. Entry fee: 100 SF
(juniors 50 SF). At the doors +10 SF. Venue: "Casino"
New event - Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double rounds.
Time table for "Casino Open": December 26.: The last registration
11.00-12.15. Open ceremony 12.15-12.30. Round 1st 12.30-17.30. December 27.
Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December 28.: Round 4th 12.30-17.30.
December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. The first four players knockout and the
other continue tournament. Round 6th 15.30-20.30 + semi-final December 30.
Round 7th 9.30-14.30 + final Closing ceremony 16.00.
Registered: GM Rausis (LAT), GM Solak (YUG), GM Kovacevic (YUG), WGM
Kachiani (GER), IM Berzinsh (LAT), IM Velicka (CZE), IM Joksic(YUG), IM Czebe
(HUN), IM Peredy (HUN), IM Izsak (HUN), IM Erdelyi (HUN).
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel.
+41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Or Ervin
Tellenbach tel. +41+79+311-23-53
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch
Viktor Korchnoi again on Swiss Chess Tour 2001 The 4th Hilton Open in
Basle
Last year Viktor Korchnoi celebrated his 70th birthday at HILTON-BASLE.
It was very nice and Viktor comes again this year. Swiss Chess Tour 2002 starts
the first and address gala Hilton Open again in honor of Viktor.
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" starts in Basle with the 4th Hilton Open
January 1st 6th 2002. Swiss system 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum
of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). After 5 rounds a
first three + Korchnoi play knockout system, the others continue with Swiss
system. Prizes: 1. 2000 SF (Swiss Francs), 2. 1.500, 3. 1.200, 4. 1.000, 5.
800, 6. 600, 7. 500, 8. 400, 9.-10. 2x300, 11.-12. 5x200 SF (min 100 players).
Special prizes 200 SF each: best Lady, senior (1942), junior (1982-85),
schoolboy (1986), and Basle player. Entry fee: 130 SF (FMs + juniors 60; GMs +
IMs free). At the doors +10 SF. Amateur Open January 1st 6th. Players under
1900. Swiss system 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 4 hours (30
moves for 90 minutes and 30 minutes till the end). Prizes: 1. 500, 2. 400, 3.
300, 4. 250, 5.-6, 2x200, 7.-10. 150 SF (min 50 players). Entry fee: 110 SF
(juniors 50). At the doors +10 SF. Blitz Open January 1st Swiss system 9 double
round, 5 minutes. First four play Tele-Rapid. Prizes: 1. 300 SF, 2. 200, 3.
150, 4. 100, 5.-8. 50 SF. Over 50% natural prize. Entry fee: 20 SF (juniors 5
SF). Basle's Junior January 2nd. Open for 1982 and younger. Natural prizes for
all participants. Entry fee: 5 SF. Tele-Rapid January 2nd 4th. 8 players, 15
minutes, knockout system (four from blitz). Prizes: 1. 700 SF, 2. 600, 3. 500,
4. 400, 5.-8. 4x200 SF. Venue Hotel "Hilton"
The others celebration events: January 2nd Basle's juniors four
category U-20, U-17, U-14, U-12 (7 rounds 15 minutes). January, 4th Viktor
Korchnoi, Simul & show with juniors and VIP persons
Time table for "Hilton Open": January 1.: The last registration
13.00-16.45. Blitz tournament 14.00-16.00. Open ceremony 16.45-17.00. Round 1st
Hilton Open 17.00-23.00. Amateur Open Round 1st 18.00-22.00. January 2.:
Juniors Tournament 13.30-17.00. Tele-Rapid 11.00-13.00 ¼ Final. Round
2nd Hilton Open 17.00-23.00. Amateur Open Round 2nd 18.00-22.00. January 3.:
Tele-Rapid 11.00-13.00 ½ Final. Round 3rd Hilton Open 17.00-23.00.
Amateur Open Round 3rd 18.00-22.00. January 4.: Tele-Rapid 11.00-13.00 Final.
Korchnoi Simul & show 14.00-18.00. Round 4th Hilton Open 17.00-23.00.
Amateur Open Round 4th 18.00-22.00 . January 5.: Round 5th Hilton Open
9.30-15.30. The first four-play knockout and the other continue Tournament.
Semi-final and Round 6th Hilton Open 16.30-22.30. Amateur Open Round 5th
11.00-15.00, Round 6th 16.30-20.30. January 7. : Final 9.30-15.30. Round 7th
Hilton Open 10.00-16.00. Amateur Open Round 7th 11.30-15.30. The closing
ceremony 18.00
Registered: GM Korchnoi (SUI), GM Tukmakov (UKR), GM Kovacevic (YUG),
GM A. Sokolov (FRA), GM Solak (YUG), GM Pelletier (SUI), GM Varga (HUN), GM
Nemet (SUI), WGM Kachiani (GER), IM Velichka (CZE), IM Joksic (YUG), IM
Berzinsh (LAT), IM Csebe (HUN), IM Peredy (HUN), IM Izsak (HUN).
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel.
+41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch
GM Loek van Wely vs REBEL
Loek Van Wely will play the program REBEL February 19th- 22nd 2002. It
will be a four game match with a time control of 40 moves in 2 hours and
thereafter 60 minutes for the rest of the game.
Location: Centre Céramique, Avenue Céramique 50,
Maastricht, The Netherlands. Games start at 13:00 local time. Entry is free.
Internet coverage: http://www.rebel.nl/reb-wely.htm
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
Aeroflot Open 2002
The Aeroflot Open 2002 will take place in Moscow 4-11 February 2002.
According to the website below there will be $150,000 US in prizes.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
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 one
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
