THE WEEK IN CHESS 375 14th January 2002 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Jeroen van den Berg, Jan van de Mortel, Daði Örn
Jónsson, John Fernandez, Eirik Gullaksen, Ülar Lauk, Georg
Kradolfer, Eugeny Atarov, Eduard Piacun, Jan Sikora, Uwe Fleischer, Nigel
Freeman and all those who helped with this issue.
There is a lot to look forward to this week with the Corus tournament in
Wijk aan Zee already underway and the FIDE Championships final between Ivanchuk
and Ponomariov starting on Wednesday. We can't complain.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place Jan 11th-27th 2002.
There will be photo reports by John Henderson from the start of round
three.
The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee started on January 12th 2002. After
all the problems the event still ended up with half of the top 20 players in
the World. The problems surrounded having to replace a number of players at the
last moment. The final of the FIDE Championships take place January 16th-26th
2002 and with almost the entire field competing Wijk aan Zee were always likely
to have to find two new players. The finalists turned out to be Ivanchuk and
Ponomariov both Corus invitees and they were quickly replaced with Khalifman
and Dreev. Kramnik withdrew because of his (now postponed) BGN computer match
and he was replaced by by Evgeny Bareev. Lastly an event a week before the
start which was impossible to forsee, Kasparov, the winner of the event for the
last three editions withdrew after a nasty virus meant that doctors advised
against air travel for 7-10 days (not to mention the fact that if Kasparov is
not well enough to travel he probably isn't well enough to play). Kasparov was
replaced by Alexander Morozevich.
There was great news at the opening ceremony where to quote the official
website "Rauke Henstra of Corus gladly announced the news all chess fans want
to hear: in 2003 there will be a 65th Corus Chess Tournament! Further more, the
business units Corus Packing Plus, Corus Strip Products IJmuiden and the
external sponsor Delta Onroerend Goed BV decided to garantuee the Corus Chess
Tournament for the next 3 years. "
The first two rounds have already produced interesting games. It should
be an open and exciting event.
Official Coverage: http://chess.lostcity.nl/Corus2002/
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Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 12-13 i 2002 cat. XVIII (2688)
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1. Adams, Michael g ENG 2742 * . . . = . . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2882
2. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 . * . . . . . . . . . = 1 . 1.5 2884
3. Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 . . * . . = . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2862
4. Timman, Jan g NED 2605 . . . * . . = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2871
5. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 = . . . * . = . . . . . . . 1.0 2700
6. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2641 . . = . . * . . = . . . . . 1.0 2727
7. Piket, Jeroen g NED 2659 . . . = = . * . . . . . . . 1.0 2656
8. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2688 . . . . . . . * = = . . . . 1.0 2712
9. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742 . . . . . = . = * . . . . . 1.0 2664
10. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2683 . . . . . . . = . * . . = . 1.0 2687
11. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2671 0 . . . . . . . . . * 1 . . 1.0 2718
12. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2695 . = . . . . . . . . 0 * . . 0.5 2494
13. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2687 . 0 . . . . . . . = . . * . 0.5 2500
14. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 . . 0 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (January 12, 2002)
Gelfand, Boris - Lautier, Joel 1-0 28 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Leko, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 41 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Timman, Jan - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 21 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Bareev, Evgeny - Adams, Michael 1/2 22 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Gurevich, Mikhail - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 42 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Dreev, Alexey - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 24 D92 Gruenfeld Defence 5.Bf4
Grischuk, Alexander - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 49 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 2 (January 13, 2002)
Adams, Michael - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 43 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Gurevich, Mikhail - Leko, Peter 1/2 23 A30 English Symmetrical
Piket, Jeroen - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 27 D15 Slav Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 50 C45 Scotch Game
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 26 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Lautier, Joel - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 19 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Van Wely, Loek - Timman, Jan 0-1 29 A64 Benoni Defence
The final of the FIDE World Chess Championships between Vassily Ivanchuk
and Ruslan Ponomariov of the Ukraine takes place January 16th-26th 2002. Play
takes place on January 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, rest day, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th
and on the 25th there will be a playoff if required. The venue will be the
conference hall of hotel Metropol. There will be a Press Conference on the eve
of the match in the Central Chess House. (info Eugeny Atarov) There will be daily coverage
by TWIC.
Hannes Stefansson played Nigel Short in a 6 game match in Reykjavik,
January 8th-13th 2002. The match was organised by Hellir Chess Club to
celebrate its 10th anniversary. The main sponsors of the match are Kogun hf.,
VKS hf. and Guðmundur Arason. Game one was drawn. Game two won by
Stefansson. Short levelled by winning game 3 and then won the final three to
take the match 4.5-1.5.
Internet coverage: http://linux.vks.is/skak/hellir-e.shtml
Short, Nigel D - Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 44 B56 Sicilian Defence
Stefansson, Hannes - Short, Nigel D 1-0 46 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Short, Nigel D - Stefansson, Hannes 1-0 51 B56 Sicilian Defence
Stefansson, Hannes - Short, Nigel D 0-1 36 C11 French Defence
Short, Nigel D - Stefansson, Hannes 1-0 38 B26 Sicilian Closed System
Stefansson, Hannes - Short, Nigel D 0-1 44 C11 French Defence
VIII Gudmundur Arason Match Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 8-13 i 2002
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Short, Nigel D g ENG 2663 = 0 1 1 1 1 4.5 2797
Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2604 = 1 0 0 0 0 1.5 2470
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The US Championships took place 5th-13th January 2002 in Seattle. There
were 56 players in the event including for the first time 12 women (the highest
placed woman takes their title). Larry Christiansen won the US Championships
after a blitz playoff against Nick De Firmian. They tied a four game blitz
match at 4 games of 5 minutes + 1 sec a move, Christiansen won a one off final
game with white against De Firmian white having 6 mins and black 5 mins black
had draw odds. Jennifer Shahade took the women's event. Boris Kreiman produced
a GM Norm Igor Foygel an IM norm and Dmitry Schneider an IM norm.
Official site:
http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org/events.asp
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ch-USA Seattle USA (USA), 5-13 i 2002
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1. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2536 +50 =13 =15 +27 = 9 = 5 + 8 = 2 + 4 6.5 2673
2. Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2571 +40 +22 = 3 +18 + 6 - 4 +21 = 1 = 5 6.5 2686
3. Kreiman, Boris m USA 2493 +42 + 9 = 2 + 8 = 4 = 6 = 5 =11 =10 6.0 2679
4. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2574 +41 =23 +26 +19 = 3 + 2 = 6 =10 - 1 6.0 2632
5. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2593 =28 +54 =13 +22 =16 = 1 = 3 + 6 = 2 6.0 2609
6. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2606 +31 +32 +21 +11 - 2 = 3 = 4 - 5 +16 6.0 2644
7. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2578 +39 -19 +30 =13 +14 -21 +25 =16 +24 6.0 2579
8. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2542 +33 +27 =19 - 3 +23 = 9 - 1 +35 +17 6.0 2582
9. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2596 +25 - 3 +32 +23 = 1 = 8 =16 =14 =12 5.5 2564
10. Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2644 =30 =35 =17 +36 =21 =25 +13 = 4 = 3 5.5 2521
11. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2601 +36 =18 +29 - 6 =19 =16 +15 = 3 =14 5.5 2565
12. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2524 +24 =17 -23 =28 +27 =19 =35 +21 = 9 5.5 2517
13. Ivanov, Igor V m USA 2470 +46 = 1 = 5 = 7 =28 +24 -10 =20 +30 5.5 2531
14. Browne, Walter S g USA 2450 -53 +48 =33 +34 - 7 +36 +19 = 9 =11 5.5 2527
15. Schneider, Dmitry f USA 2412 =47 +49 = 1 -16 +33 =17 -11 +36 +28 5.5 2474
16. Serper, Grigory g USA 2558 =34 =30 +39 +15 = 5 =11 = 9 = 7 - 6 5.0 2551
17. Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2302 +37 =12 =10 -21 +26 =15 =18 +32 - 8 5.0 2541
18. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2517 +20 =11 +35 - 2 =25 =28 =17 =23 =22 5.0 2485
19. Khmelnitsky, Igor N m USA 2479 +52 + 7 = 8 - 4 =11 =12 -14 =40 +35 5.0 2501
20. Rey, Guillermo m USA 2346 -18 =36 +45 =26 +32 =29 =22 =13 =21 5.0 2446
21. Fishbein, Alexander g USA 2497 +48 +53 - 6 +17 =10 + 7 - 2 -12 =20 5.0 2503
22. Foygel, Igor f USA 2474 +43 - 2 +41 - 5 +31 =35 =20 =30 =18 5.0 2464
23. Mulyar, Michael A m USA 2427 +56 = 4 +12 - 9 - 8 =31 +39 =18 =26 5.0 2490
24. Ariel, Donny f USA 2367 -12 -37 +52 +30 +44 -13 +31 +29 - 7 5.0 2470
25. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2442 - 9 =42 +54 +53 =18 =10 - 7 =27 +38 5.0 2489
26. Strugatsky, Vladimir f USA 2431 =55 +47 - 4 =20 -17 +48 +50 =28 =23 5.0 2380
27. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2451 +51 - 8 +55 - 1 -12 =41 +43 =25 +40 5.0 2402
28. Paschall, William M m USA 2422 = 5 =44 +37 =12 =13 =18 =29 =26 -15 4.5 2485
29. Altounian, Levon f USA 2442 =49 +34 -11 =35 +39 =20 =28 -24 =31 4.5 2387
30. Lapshun, Yury f USA 2384 =10 =16 - 7 -24 +45 +49 +34 =22 -13 4.5 2400
31. Vucic, Mladen m USA 2396 - 6 =45 +42 +38 -22 =23 -24 +48 =29 4.5 2388
32. Ambarcumjan, Armen ARM 2388 +45 - 6 - 9 +50 -20 +33 =40 -17 +43 4.5 2360
33. Pixton, Aaron USA 2432 - 8 +51 =14 =44 -15 -32 =49 +47 +45 4.5 2292
34. Baginskaite, Camilla wm USA 2357 =16 -29 +47 -14 +53 =38 -30 +50 =37 4.5 2399
35. Kaufman, Larry C m USA 2400 +38 =10 -18 =29 +37 =22 =12 - 8 -19 4.0 2478
36. Kriventsov, Stanislav G f USA 2415 -11 =20 +46 -10 +43 -14 +47 -15 =41 4.0 2331
37. Sagalchik, Gennadij g USA 2531 -17 +24 -28 +49 -35 -39 +54 =41 =34 4.0 2296
38. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2544 -35 =55 +43 -31 =49 =34 =41 +39 -25 4.0 2277
39. Mikhailuk, Slava f USA 2447 - 7 +52 -16 +48 -29 +37 -23 -38 +50 4.0 2388
40. Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena wg USA 2393 - 2 =43 -49 +55 =46 +54 =32 =19 -27 4.0 2266
41. Kaliksteyn, Alexander f USA 2378 - 4 +56 -22 =46 =54 =27 =38 =37 =36 4.0 2336
42. Battsetseg, Tsagaan wm USA 2261 - 3 =25 -31 -43 +56 =53 -45 +46 +54 4.0 2197
43. Hoekstra, Matthew USA 2211 -22 =40 -38 +42 -36 +46 -27 +49 -32 3.5 2283
44. Donaldson, John W m USA 2450 =54 =28 =53 =33 -24 -50 =46 =45 =48 3.5 2206
45. Lipman,Vladimir USA ---- -32 =31 -20 =56 -30 +51 +42 =44 -33 3.5 2226
46. Epstein, Esther wm USA 2194 -13 +50 -36 =41 =40 -43 =44 -42 +53 3.5 2268
47. Sagalchik, Olga wf USA 2130 =15 -26 -34 -51 +52 +55 -36 -33 +56 3.5 2177
48. Saidy, Anthony F m USA 2373 -21 -14 +56 -39 +51 -26 +53 -31 =44 3.5 2250
49. Friedman, Josef f USA 2154 =29 -15 +40 -37 =38 -30 =33 -43 =52 3.0 2254
50. Zlotnikov, Mikhail m USA 2358 - 1 -46 +51 -32 +55 +44 -26 -34 -39 3.0 2209
51. Groberman, Elina wf USA 2102 -27 -33 -50 +47 -48 -45 =52 +56 =55 3.0 2087
52. Airapetian, SH USA 2068 -19 -39 -24 -54 -47 +56 =51 +55 =49 3.0 2098
53. Tsai, Cindy USA 2197 +14 -21 =44 -25 -34 =42 -48 =54 -46 2.5 2195
54. Hahn, Anna wm USA 2231 =44 - 5 -25 +52 =41 -40 -37 =53 -42 2.5 2202
55. Levina, Anna V USA 2103 =26 =38 -27 -40 -50 -47 +56 -52 =51 2.5 2109
56. Itkis, Hana USA ---- -23 -41 -48 =45 -42 -52 -55 -51 -47 0.5 1760
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Christiansen, Larry M - De Firmian, Nick E 1/2 45 A30 English Symmetrical Variation
De Firmian, Nick E - Christiansen, Larry M 1/2 50 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Variation
Christiansen, Larry M - De Firmian, Nick E 1-0 47 A47 Queen's Indian without c2-c4
De Firmian, Nick E - Christiansen, Larry M 1-0 49 C10 French Rubinstein
Christiansen, Larry M - De Firmian, Nick E 1-0 56 A70 Benoni Defence
ch-USA Blitz Playoff Seattle USA (USA), 13-13 i 2002
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Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2571 = = 1 0 1 3.0 2608
De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2536 = = 0 1 0 2.0 2499
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Women's Final Standings:
1. Shahade 5.0
2. Baginskaite 4.5
3-4. E. Donaldson, Battsetseg 4.0
5-6. Epstein, O. Sagalchik 3.5
7-8. Groberman, Airapetian 3.0
9-11. Hahn, Tsai, Levina 2.5
12. Itkis 0.5
Gausdal Troll Masters was played at Gausdal Høyfjellshotel in
Norway 4th-11th January 2002. The tournament ended in a four-way tie with
German IM Mathias Womacka (2499) having the best tie-break ahead of GM Rune
Djurhuus (2469), GM Igors Rausis (2466) and Kjetil A. Lie (2388). The young
Norwegian Lie made his second IM-norm. My thanks to Eirik Gullaksen.
Details: http://home.online.no/~bjarke-k/TrollMasters/
Final Standings 9 rounds:
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Troll Masters Gausdal NOR (NOR), 4-11 i 2002
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1. Rausis, Igors g LAT 2466 +20 - 8 +32 +19 + 4 + 2 = 7 + 9 = 3 7.0 2561
2. Womacka, Mathias m GER 2499 +34 + 4 +25 + 6 +14 - 1 - 3 +11 + 7 7.0 2568
3. Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2469 -16 +23 +37 +20 + 8 =10 + 2 + 7 = 1 7.0 2564
4. Lie, Kjetil A NOR 2388 +24 - 2 +47 +15 - 1 +35 +16 +17 + 9 7.0 2498
5. Bekker-Jensen, David DEN 2308 =41 =37 +31 +27 - 6 =19 +24 +10 +17 6.5 2393
6. Hossain, Enamul f BAN 2426 +40 +13 +27 - 2 + 5 - 7 =11 = 8 +19 6.0 2419
7. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2450 +22 -10 +21 +24 +18 + 6 = 1 - 3 - 2 5.5 2432
8. Friedman, Aviv f ISR 2345 +42 + 1 =16 +10 - 3 =17 =18 = 6 =14 5.5 2440
9. Hoi, Carsten g DEN 2407 +23 -18 +30 +25 =12 +14 +10 - 1 - 4 5.5 2369
10. Agopov, Mikael m FIN 2400 +28 + 7 +18 - 8 +16 = 3 - 9 - 5 +34 5.5 2418
11. Tallaksen, Geir S NOR 2235 -17 =22 +40 +26 +20 +12 = 6 - 2 =13 5.5 2388
12. Burgess, Graham f ENG 2298 +21 =17 +26 =16 = 9 -11 =27 +42 =15 5.5 2277
13. Molander, Riku f FIN 2310 +35 - 6 -15 -30 +31 +32 +37 +18 =11 5.5 2247
14. Leer-Salvesen, Bjarte NOR 2293 =37 +41 +29 +17 - 2 - 9 =19 +27 = 8 5.5 2354
15. Johansen,Paul NOR ---- -27 +48 +13 - 4 +42 +23 -17 +20 =12 5.5 2322
16. Royset, Paal NOR 2280 + 3 +31 = 8 =12 -10 +37 - 4 -19 +28 5.0 2316
17. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2412 +11 =12 +43 -14 +29 = 8 +15 - 4 - 5 5.0 2282
18. Bae, Torstein f NOR 2318 +19 + 9 -10 +43 - 7 +28 = 8 -13 =21 5.0 2306
19. Lie, Espen NOR 2168 -18 +36 +45 - 1 +38 = 5 =14 +16 - 6 5.0 2275
20. Moen, Andreas NOR 2265 - 1 +42 +38 - 3 -11 +26 +35 -15 +27 5.0 2229
21. Karlsen, Terje NOR 2108 -12 +39 - 7 -45 +44 +43 =28 +24 =18 5.0 2213
22. Hole, Oystein NOR 2248 - 7 =11 =41 +32 =25 -27 +45 =28 +42 5.0 2204
23. Johansen, Terje NOR 2239 - 9 - 3 =39 +40 +47 -15 =41 +32 +35 5.0 2211
24. Rause, Olita wg LAT 2234 - 4 +34 +33 - 7 =27 +25 - 5 -21 +38 4.5 2194
25. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2127 +36 +47 - 2 - 9 =22 -24 =34 =29 +39 4.5 2221
26. Bjerke, Silje NOR 2071 +46 =29 -12 -11 =41 -20 =39 +45 +37 4.5 2149
27. Johansen, Kai-Roger NOR 2090 +15 +38 - 6 - 5 =24 +22 =12 -14 -20 4.0 2187
28. Ekeberg, Carl Fredrik NOR 2187 -10 =40 +34 =29 +30 -18 =21 =22 -16 4.0 2206
29. Giddins, Stephen f ENG 2285 +39 =26 -14 =28 -17 +38 -42 =25 =31 4.0 2103
30. Svensen, Tarjei NOR 2077 +33 -43 - 9 +13 -28 -42 +46 -35 +45 4.0 2095
31. Pedersen, Oyvind NOR 2054 +45 -16 - 5 -42 -13 =47 +36 +40 =29 4.0 2139
32. Martinsen, Stig K NOR 2078 -38 +46 - 1 -22 +33 -13 +47 -23 +44 4.0 2106
33. Runde, Hans Arild NOR ---- -30 +35 -24 -37 -32 -39 +48 +43 +41 4.0 2048
34. Hansen, Torbjorn R NOR 2282 - 2 -24 -28 =46 +48 +40 =25 +41 -10 4.0 2157
35. Kahn, Michel FRA 2167 -13 -33 +48 +44 +45 - 4 -20 +30 -23 4.0 2103
36. Egeland,Marte NOR ---- -25 -19 +42 +48 -40 -44 -31 +46 +47 4.0 2051
37. Van Hoolandt, Patrick MNC 2155 =14 = 5 - 3 +33 +43 -16 -13 =38 -26 3.5 2112
38. Bue, Gunnar NOR ---- +32 -27 -20 +39 -19 -29 +44 =37 -24 3.5 2066
39. Bekker-Jensen, Anders DEN ---- -29 -21 =23 -38 =46 +33 =26 +47 -25 3.5 2016
40. Romsdal, Trond NOR 2243 - 6 =28 -11 -23 +36 -34 +43 -31 +46 3.5 2078
41. Stokke, Kjetil NOR 2110 = 5 -14 =22 =47 =26 =45 =23 -34 -33 3.0 2039
42. Adnoy, Hallvard V NOR 2178 - 8 -20 -36 +31 -15 +30 +29 -12 -22 3.0 2049
43. Lahlum, Ida NOR ---- +44 +30 -17 -18 -37 -21 -40 -33 +48 3.0 2025
44. Fant, Goran SWE 2043 -43 -45 +46 -35 -21 +36 -38 +48 -32 3.0 1914
45. Hammer, Jon Ludvig NOR ---- -31 +44 -19 +21 -35 =41 -22 -26 -30 2.5 1950
46. Bryn,Askild NOR ---- -26 -32 -44 =34 =39 +48 -30 -36 -40 2.0 1868
47. Johansson, Per SWE 2041 +48 -25 - 4 =41 -23 =31 -32 -39 -36 2.0 1890
48. Lie,Terje NOR ---- -47 -15 -35 -36 -34 -46 -33 -44 -43 0.0
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The 12th International Rapid Chess Tournament Paul Keres Memorial took
place January 4th-6th 2001 in Tallinn. The event was organised by Keres old
chess club Kalev. Viktor Gavrikov took first after a tied blitz match with
Evgeny Sveshnikov by the drawing of lots both scored 5/7 in the rapidplay. News
from Ülar Lauk.
Internet site: http://www.maleliit.ee/12th.htm and
http://www.maleliit.ee/kalevtab.htm
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1. Gavrikov, Viktor g LTU 2578 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 5.0 2755
2. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2565 = * = = = 1 1 1 5.0 2757
3. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2687 0 = * = = 1 1 1 4.5 2683
4. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2688 = = = * = = 1 = 4.0 2631
5. Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2513 0 = = = * 1 = 1 4.0 2656
6. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2589 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 3.0 2545
7. Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2441 = 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1.5 2386
8. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1.0 2271
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Keres Mem Women Rapid Tallinn EST (EST), 5-6 i 2002
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1. Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana wg RUS 2427 * = 1 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2478
2. Reizniece, Dana wg LAT 2282 = * 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2499
3. Berzina, Ilze wf LAT 2239 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 = 4.5 2298
4. Paasikangas-T., Johanna f FIN 2300 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 3.5 2187
5. Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2249 0 0 0 = * 1 = 1 3.0 2145
6. Bashkite, Viktoria EST 2107 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 2.5 2113
7. Allekand, Louisa EST 2010 = 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1.5 1999
8. Rutina,Ineta EST ---- 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1.0 1921
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Preliminary tourn 4.-5. jan 2002 (4 first to final)
1. Rytshagov 5.5 31.5 23.75 25.0 2501 2626 +1.02
2. Sveshnikov 5.5 31.5 24.00 23.0 2556 2682 +1.02
3. Gavrikov 5.0 31.5 21.50 21.5 2578 2559 -0.11
4. Seeman 5.0 27.0 17.00 19.5 2445 2513 +0.66
5. Shvirjov 5.0 27.0 17.50 19.0 2382 2511 +1.22
6. Sepp 4.5 32.0 18.75 20.5 2442 2513 +0.72
7. Krivonosovs 4.5 29.0 17.00 19.0 2432 2461 +0.30
8. Kanep 4.5 25.0 13.50 18.5 2307 2424 +1.14
9. Külaots 4.0 30.0 15.50 19.0 2522 2412 -0.97
10. Tella 4.0 24.5 10.50 16.5 2425 2399 -0.20
11. Smirnov 4.0 21.5 8.00 12.0 2281 2295 +0.15
12. Kärner 3.5 26.5 11.25 16.0 2293 2362 +0.70
13. Reizniece 3.5 24.5 9.75 15.5 2312 2303 -0.07
14. Krupenski 3.5 27.0 11.00 14.0 2226 2337 +1.05
15. Shishkov 3.5 20.0 9.50 13.5 2344 2247 -0.91
16. Vaher 3.5 20.5 8.75 13.0 2193 2244 +0.49
17. Korchagin 3.0 27.0 8.00 16.0 2144 2275 +1.18
18. Kovaljov 3.0 24.5 8.75 11.5 2244 2275 +0.27
19. Kangur 3.0 22.5 7.75 11.0 2242 2208 -0.36
20. Tarakanov 3.0 22.0 8.00 10.0 2172 2189
21. Luik 3.0 23.0 7.75 10.0 2224 2162
22. Üksti 3.0 18.0 4.75 7.5 2100 2186
23. Lauk 2.5 21.5 6.75 9.0 2346 2093
24. Värk 2.5 18.0 3.50 6.5 2100 2094
25. Müütnik 2.0 20.0 3.50 10.5 2117 2060
26. Garber 2.0 23.5 3.50 8.5 2164 2108
27. Pihlajamäki 2.0 17.5 2.50 6.0 2116 2066
28. Karjakin 0.0 19.5 0.00 0.0 2171 1509
The Melbourne Festival of Chess took place December 28th 2001 - January
19th 2002. The event included the 11 round Australian National Championships
which took place in Melbourne Town Hall, 28th December 2001 to 9th January
2002. Darryl Johansen and Nicholas Speck finished on 8.5/11 and will play off
in April.
Further details: http://www.chessvictoria.com/austch.htm
Final Standings:
1-2 Johansen, Darryl K VIC 2524 2531 8.5 59.5 73.0 51.5
Speck, Nicholas S VIC 2324 2323 8.5 55.5 68.5 49.5
3-5 Gluzman, Michael VIC 2400 2363 7.5 58.5 71.5 53.0
Lane, Gary W NSW 2448 2488 7.5 58.0 71.5 48.5
Wallace, John-Paul NSW 2370 2404 7.5 56.0 69.0 41.0
6-9 Zhao, Zong-Yuan NSW 2387 2294 6.5 60.0 71.5 44.5
Jordan, Bill VIC 2330 2252 6.5 56.0 66.5 39.0
Canfell, Gregory J NSW 2284 2281 6.5 52.0 62.5 37.0
Smerdon, David C QLD 2326 2293 6.5 50.0 63.5 35.0
10-14 Solomon, Stephen J QLD 2385 2348 6 59.0 72.0 41.0
Lloyd, Adrian J VIC 2205 2179 6 54.5 67.0 35.5
Tindall, Brett NSW 2259 2240 6 51.0 61.5 34.5
Sandler, Leonid VIC 2404 2382 6 47.5 58.5 33.5
Feldman, Vladimir NSW 2346 2253 6 44.0 51.5 31.0
15-18 West, Guy VIC 2363 2341 5.5 56.5 70.0 37.0
Wilkins, Michael WA 2006 5.5 51.5 63.5 32.0
Bjelobrk, Igor VIC 2197 2251 5.5 50.5 60.5 36.0
Tan, Justin NSW 2244 2049 5.5 49.0 59.5 30.0
19-26 Reilly, Tim NSW 2250 2249 5 52.5 62.5 32.5
Hacche, David J VIC 2218 2103 5 50.5 60.0 32.0
Levi, Eddy L VIC 2247 2194 5 49.0 59.5 30.5
Berezina - Feldman, Irina NSW 2274 2178 5 46.0 55.0 28.5
Hamilton, Douglas G VIC 2245 2155 5 45.5 54.5 27.5
Saw, Geoffrey VIC 2236 2179 5 43.0 52.5 26.0
Chow, Samuel VIC 2120 1981 5 41.5 50.5 27.5
Rujevic, Mirko VIC 2355 2324 5 41.5 49.5 29.0
27-28 Wright, Ian D ACT 2131 1931 4.5 50.0 60.0 28.5
Booth, Stewart VIC 2181 2165 4.5 46.5 55.0 27.5
29-30 Stirling, Nathan VIC 2141 2046 3 40.5 48.5 18.5
Rigo, Bernard SA 1774 3 40.5 48.0 16.0
31 Bonham, Kevin TAS 1879 2 42.0 50.0 14.0
32 Stojic, Svetozar ACT 1575 1.5 41.0 49.0 8.5
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ch-AUS Melbourne AUS (AUS), 1 xii 2001 - 9 i 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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1. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2524 +13 +21 =10 + 5 = 2 - 3 + 4 +16 + 9 + 6 = 8 8.5 2560
2. Speck, Nick AUS 2324 +17 -27 +21 + 9 = 1 +18 + 6 = 3 + 5 =10 +16 8.5 2543
3. Gluzman, Mikhail m AUS 2400 +24 +15 +27 +10 = 6 + 1 - 5 = 2 +18 - 4 = 9 7.5 2439
4. Wallace, John Paul m AUS 2370 =23 +25 - 6 +27 = 7 + 9 - 1 =10 +16 + 3 + 5 7.5 2472
5. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2448 =19 +22 +20 - 1 +18 +11 + 3 + 6 - 2 + 7 - 4 7.5 2430
6. Zhao Zong-Yuan m AUS 2387 =30 +11 + 4 +16 = 3 +13 - 2 - 5 =10 - 1 +15 6.5 2375
7. Canfell, Gregory AUS 2284 -22 =28 +30 +17 = 4 =16 = 8 =18 +12 - 5 +10 6.5 2354
8. Smerdon, David m AUS 2326 -15 =17 +25 -11 +23 +26 = 7 - 9 +20 +21 = 1 6.5 2327
9. Jordan, William f AUS 2330 +31 =20 =16 - 2 +27 - 4 +19 + 8 - 1 +11 = 3 6.5 2347
10. Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2385 +28 +18 = 1 - 3 -13 +19 +11 = 4 = 6 = 2 - 7 6.0 2343
11. Lloyd, Adrian AUS 2205 =12 - 6 +15 + 8 +14 - 5 -10 =17 +13 - 9 +21 6.0 2343
12. Sandler, Leonid m AUS 2404 =11 =19 =22 -13 +17 =28 =21 +24 - 7 =25 +20 6.0 2265
13. Tindall, Brett f AUS 2259 - 1 +31 =14 +12 +10 - 6 -16 =15 -11 +27 +25 6.0 2307
14. Feldman, Vladimir m AUS 2346 -27 +29 =13 =22 -11 -20 +32 +28 =15 =17 +19 6.0 2181
15. Wilkins,Michael AUS ---- + 8 - 3 -11 =23 =21 =24 +27 =13 =14 +18 - 6 5.5 2273
16. West, Guy m AUS 2363 =25 +23 = 9 - 6 +20 = 7 +13 - 1 - 4 +24 - 2 5.5 2313
17. Tan, Justin AUS 2244 - 2 = 8 +31 - 7 -12 +29 +26 =11 =21 =14 =24 5.5 2251
18. Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2197 +29 -10 +24 +26 - 5 - 2 +28 = 7 - 3 -15 +32 5.5 2241
19. Levi, Eddy f AUS 2247 = 5 =12 -26 +24 +22 -10 - 9 -20 +29 +28 -14 5.0 2242
20. Hacche, David AUS 2218 +26 = 9 - 5 =21 -16 +14 -24 +19 - 8 +31 -12 5.0 2267
21. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2250 +32 - 1 - 2 =20 =15 +27 =12 +25 =17 - 8 -11 5.0 2202
22. Chow, Sam AUS 2120 + 7 - 5 =12 =14 -19 =23 -25 -32 +30 =29 +31 5.0 2177
23. Saw, Geoffrey f AUS 2236 = 4 -16 =28 =15 - 8 =22 =29 +31 -24 +30 =26 5.0 2157
24. Berezina, Irina m AUS 2274 - 3 +32 -18 -19 +30 =15 +20 -12 +23 -16 =17 5.0 2186
25. Hamilton, Douglas G f AUS 2245 =16 - 4 - 8 -28 +32 +31 +22 -21 +26 =12 -13 5.0 2202
26. Rujevic, Mirko f AUS 2355 -20 +30 +19 -18 =28 - 8 -17 +29 -25 +32 =23 5.0 2149
27. Wright, Ian AUS 2131 +14 + 2 - 3 - 4 - 9 -21 -15 +30 +32 -13 =29 4.5 2155
28. Booth, Stewart AUS 2181 -10 = 7 =23 +25 =26 =12 -18 -14 +31 -19 =30 4.5 2193
29. Rigo,Bernard AUS ---- -18 -14 =32 =30 =31 -17 =23 -26 -19 =22 =27 3.0 2008
30. Stirling, Nathan AUS 2141 = 6 -26 - 7 =29 -24 +32 =31 -27 -22 -23 =28 3.0 2003
31. Bonham,Kevin AUS ---- - 9 -13 -17 +32 =29 -25 =30 -23 -28 -20 -22 2.0 1917
32. Stojic, Svetozar AUS ---- -21 -24 =29 -31 -25 -30 -14 +22 -27 -26 -18 1.5 1878
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Georg Kradolfer reports: The 25th Zurich Open ended with a big victory
for Swiss Grandmaster Yannick Pelletier. He won his first six games and safely
won the tournament with a short draw in the last round against GM Vladimir
Tukmakov. With 391 participants it was the biggest open in 2001 in Switzerland.
Internet coverage: http://www.weihnachtsopen.ch
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Christmas Open Zurich SUI (SUI), 26-30 xii 2001
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1. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2545 6½ 33 6 209
2. Glek, Igor V g GER 2590 5½ 34½ 5 201½
3. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2583 5½ 32½ 4 204½
4. Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2572 5½ 32½ 4 193½
5. Lekic, Dusan m YUG 2401 5½ 30 5 191½
6. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2569 5½ 29 4 198½
7. Pinter, Jozsef g HUN 2532 5½ 28½ 5 196
8. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2561 5½ 27 4 195½
9. Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2450 5 32 5 195½
10. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2586 5 31 4 201
11. Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2465 5 31 3 191
12. Goldstern, Flip f NED 2384 5 28½ 4 190
13. Milosevic, Goran m SUI 2379 5 28 4 197½
14. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2571 5 27½ 4 201½
15. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2438 5 26½ 4 179½
16. Hobuss, Udo GER 2399 5 25½ 4 176
17. Habibi, Ali m GER 2264 5 24 3 190
18. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2547 4½ 33½ 4 199
19. Prusikhin, Mihailo m GER 2502 4½ 32½ 3 193½
20. Jenni, Florian m SUI 2487 4½ 30½ 3 184½
21. Mikhalchishin, Adrian g SLO 2533 4½ 30 3 194
22. Allemann, Anton SUI 2190 4½ 30 4 189½
23. Ekstroem, Roland m SUI 2495 4½ 29½ 3 191
24. Weindl, Alfred f GER 2352 4½ 29½ 4 175½
25. Knoedler, Dieter GER 2337 4½ 29 4 185
26. Hug, Marcel SUI 2224 4½ 27 4 183½
27. Loetscher, Roland f SUI 2253 4½ 26½ 3 184½
28. Czebe, Attila m HUN 2491 4½ 26½ 4 180½
29. Steckner, Johannes f GER 2269 4½ 25½ 4 181½
30. Hochstrasser, Michael f SUI 2305 4½ 25 4 179
31. Roschina, Tatiana wg RUS 2300 4½ 23½ 3 181½
32. Antognini, Francesco SUI 2038 4½ 23 4 175½
33. Simon, Ralf Axel f GER 2224 4½ 19 4 176½
133 players
The 16th Tigran Petrosian Memorial took place in his chess club in
Moscow 4th-12th January 2002. 60 under-16 players with good ratings for their
age competed. Top four: 1. Boris Grachev - 8; 2. Nikolai Kurenkov - 7.5; 3.
Ivan Kornilov - 7; 4. Anton Sitnikov - 6.5 etc. Vladimir Kramnik presented the
prizes at the closing ceremony and talked to them about chess.
Info Eugeny Atarov: http://www.joeblack.ru and
http://www.chessmoscow.ru
The open Norwegian rapid chess championships were played in Fredrikstad
(south-east of Oslo) 12th-13th January 2002. GM Simen Agdestein (2572) made an
impressive performance with 10 straight wins, beating top-seeded GM Vadim Milov
(2595) in the process. Home page (Norwegian only):
http://www.sjakk.net/nm-2-2002.htm
No games available.
Leading Final Standings:
1. GM Simen Agdestein 2572 NOR 10.0
2. GM Vadim Milov 2595 SUI 9.0
3. Magnus Carlsen 2072 NOR 6.5
4. Arne R. Jensen 1916 NOR 6.5
5. Joachim Solberg 2106 NOR 6.0
6. Kjetil Stokke 2110 NOR 5.5
7. Per Ofstad 2196 NOR 5.5
8. FM Erling Kristiansen 2213 NOR 5.5
9. GM Einar Gausel 2520 NOR 5.5
10. FM Richard Bjerke 2242 NOR 5.5
(120 participants)
The 7th Hotel Opatija tournament took place 7th-14th January 2002. Romeo
Sorin Milu and Robert Loncar finished with 6/9 in this Category IV event. News
Eduard Piacun.
Internet coverage: http://sah.posluh.hr/hopatija/index.htm
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7th Hotel Opatija CRO (CRO), 7-13 i 2002 cat. IV (2349)
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1. Milu, Romeo Sorin m ROM 2447 * = = = 1 1 = 1 = = 6.0 2462
2. Loncar, Robert m CRO 2442 = * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2463
3. Szuhanek, Ranko m ROM 2434 = = * = = = 1 1 = = 5.5 2419
4. Saric, Ante CRO 2340 = 0 = * = = 1 0 1 1 5.0 2392
5. Biti, Ozren f CRO 2306 0 = = = * = = 0 1 1 4.5 2353
6. Krstic, Uros CRO 2356 0 = = = = * = 0 1 1 4.5 2347
7. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2328 = = 0 0 = = * 1 = = 4.0 2307
8. Suljovic, Sulejman BIH 2211 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 * = 0 3.5 2283
9. Burovic, Ismet f BIH 2398 = = = 0 0 0 = = * 1 3.5 2263
10. Topalovic, Zlatko CRO 2223 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 2.5 2196
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Jan Sikora reports that the Trinec open took place 27th December 2001 to
2nd January 2002 in Trinec, Czech Republic. 58 players from 7 countries took
part in the 9 round Swiss event. The winner was Mikhail Kislov of Russia with
7/9 points.
Internet coverage: http://web.quick.cz/trichess/
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Open Trinec CZE (CZE), 27 xii 2001 - 2 i 2002
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1. Kislov, Mikhail m RUS 2372 7.0 41.0
2. Talla, Vladimir m CZE 2397 6.5 40.0
3. Zawadzki, Stanislaw POL 2322 6.5 40.0
4. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2506 6.5 39.0
5. Simacek, Pavel f CZE 2402 6.5 38.0
6. Lobejko, Rafal f POL 2344 6.0 41.5
7. Splosnov, Sergei m BLR 2400 6.0 38.5
8. Michenka, Jozef m CZE 2323 6.0 36.5
9. Babula, Milan m CZE 2343 6.0 35.5
10. Trombik, Karel CZE 2231 6.0 33.0
11. Mironov, Ilya BLR 2268 5.5 36.0
12. Sikora-Lerch, Jan m CZE 2324 5.5 35.5
13. Chmiel, Pavel CZE 2268 5.5 35.5
14. Karlik, Vladimir f CZE 2278 5.5 35.0
15. Kolesar, Milan f SVK 2231 5.5 29.0
16. Voloshin, Leonid m CZE 2453 5.0 37.5
17. Vesselovsky, Serguei m CZE 2410 5.0 36.5
18. Krzesaj, Robert POL 2119 5.0 36.5
19. Motyka,Michal POL ---- 5.0 36.0
20. Vojtek, Vladimir SVK 2277 5.0 34.0
21. Kadziolka, Beata POL 2193 5.0 34.0
22. Zilka, Stepan CZE 2186 5.0 33.5
23. Kupka, Slavoj f CZE 2302 5.0 32.5
24. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2276 5.0 30.0
25. Hanko, Pavol SVK 2236 5.0 28.0
58 players
The 6th Bad Zwesten Open took place 4th-10th January 2002. Arkadij
Naiditsch took clear first place with 7.5/9 ahead of six players on 7 points:
Klaus Bischoff, Christian Bauer, Vladimir Epishin, Thomas Luther, Ivan Farago
and Aleksa Karpatchev.
Internet coverage: http://www.cds-promotion.de/
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6th Bad Zwesten Open GER (GER), 4-10 i 2002
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1. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2532 7.5 39.5 2410
2. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2558 7.0 39.0 2398
3. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2578 7.0 38.5 2382
4. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2599 7.0 38.5 2382
5. Luther, Thomas g GER 2573 7.0 37.0 2379
6. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2500 7.0 36.0 2332
7. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2474 7.0 36.0 2278
8. Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2455 6.5 36.0 2295
9. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2446 6.5 34.5 2289
10. Boudre, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2384 6.5 34.0 2193
11. Doeres, Hans-Juergen GER 2238 6.5 32.5 2152
12. Biedekoepper, Robert GER 2242 6.5 32.0 2142
13. Glek, Igor V g GER 2601 6.0 35.5 2333
14. Joachim, Sven GER 2455 6.0 35.0 2276
15. Lingnau, Carsten m GER 2436 6.0 34.5 2256
16. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2584 6.0 34.0 2300
17. Mensch, Etienne f FRA 2380 6.0 32.0 2205
18. Paci, Cedric FRA 2197 6.0 30.0 2068
19. Frank, Wolfgang GER 2150 6.0 29.5 2088
20. Silberschlag, Joerg GER 2248 6.0 29.5 2083
21. Kersten, Uwe f GER 2301 6.0 29.5 2045
22. Heinzel, Olaf f GER 2378 5.5 32.0 2242
23. Gutman, Lev g GER 2474 5.5 32.0 2189
24. Philippe, Christophe f FRA 2325 5.5 31.0 2162
25. Zakurdjaeva, Irina wm RUS 2310 5.5 30.0 2156
26. Schaffer, Hendrik GER 2175 5.5 29.5 2160
27. Stein, Marco GER 2078 5.5 29.5 2071
28. Dorst, Johannes GER 2119 5.5 28.0 2055
29. Ruecker, Benjamin GER ---- 5.5 28.0 2009
30. Jahrsdoerfer, Gerd GER 2108 5.5 27.5 2143
31. Uwira, Oliver GER 2173 5.5 27.0 2079
32. Mittendorf, Frank GER 2209 5.5 27.0 1890
33. Koller, Jens GER 2097 5.5 25.0 1872
34. Usachyi, Mark f UKR 2227 5.5 25.0 1848
127 players
The XXVII Seville Open takes place 11th-19th January 2002. Players
include Alexander Rustemov (2607), Vladimir Epishin (2599), Oleg Korneev
(2568), Daniel Campora (2542), Kevin Spragett (2541), Mihail Suba (2528),
Bogdan Lalic (2523), Hichem Hamdouchi (2522), Roberto Cifuentes (2521) Davor
Komljenovic (2505) and Mark Paragua (2469).
Internet coverage: http://www.fsajedrez.com/
Uwe Fleischer reports that the 5th New Year Elo Tournament was played in
Lohmar (GER) from 27.12.2001 till 05.01.2002. The winner was Guido Schott ahead
of Udo Kaeser and Joerg Claassen.
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1. Schott, Guido GER 2118 * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2432
2. Kaeser, Udo f GER 2360 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2352
3. Claassen, Joerg GER 2140 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2322
4. Philipowski, Robert GER 2284 1 = = * 0 1 1 1 0 1 6.0 2265
5. Meissner,Wolf Dieter GER ---- 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2297
6. Stanetzek, Carsten GER 2213 0 = = 0 0 * = 1 = 1 4.0 2105
7. Koenig, Christian GER 2190 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0 1 1 2.5 1985
8. Ekat,Michael GER ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * = 1 2.5 2006
9. Behl, Torsten GER 2141 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 = * 0 2.0 1936
10. Gruene, Nils GER 2103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.0 1809
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Players needed in Novi Sad
Sinisa Drazic (sdrazic@EUnet.yu) is anxious to find two players for a GM
event in Novi Sad in Yugoslavia. The event takes place 19th-27th January 2002.
Minimum ELO 2370. Players so far: GM Sinisa Drazic 2471, GM Goran Kosanovic
2428, GM Milko Popchev (BUL) 2450, IM Alexei Gavrilow (RUS) 2480, IM Gojko
Laketic 2456, IM Robert Fontaine (FRA) 2469, IM Misa Pap 2415, FM Ludwig
Degllman 2279, and FM Jovan Radlovacki (2400), IM Faruk Bistric (BIH) 2486. The
IM event needs one player and there are also spaces in an FM event. Contact
Sinisa Drazic tel 00381-21-450-714 or mobil 00381-64-124-9741 or E-Mail
sdrazic@EUnet.yu
Aurec Open
16-17/02/2002 - AUREC (FRANCE) Rapid tournaments 7x20 mn: Section A :
Open - Total prizes : 5,600 € Section B : for under 1801 Elo -
Total prizes : 1,400 € Invitations for IGM and IM More info :
Olivier Deville - Côtevière - 43110 Aurec - France
Tél. : +33 4 77 35 41 21 - Fax : +33 4 77 35 23 76 - E-mail :
odeville@netcourrier.com
Eupen Chess Open
The Schachklub Rochade Eupen-Kelmis VoG, Kehrweg 11, B-4700 Eupen
(dieter.plumanns@swing.be) is organising an Easter Open 23rd-24th March 2002.
Info Entry: Guenter Delhaes, Karl-Weiss-Strasse 44, B-4700 Eupen Telefon &
Fax : 0032(0)87.552716 bis 18h00 Telefon : 0032(0)87.742578 nach 19h00
Bermuda Tournament
The Bermuda tournament will take place at the Fairmont Southampton
Princess Hotel. Final line ups GM 'A': Ernst,Handke, Johannessen, Krush, Le
Siege, Macieja, Nakamura, Socko, Vescovi anv Vuckovic GM 'B' Alvarez, Berg,
Blehm, Charbonneau, de Vreugt, Kallio, Nyback, Paehtz, Perelshteyn and
Shahade.
The 2002 GM Invitational Tournaments will be held January 21st-January
30th, followed by the Open Tournament held February 1st - February 3rd.
Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
ChessBase redesign
The ChessBase site http://www.chessbase.com has had a
redesign.
Frideric Olafsson Interview
Former FIDE President Frideric Olafsson has given an interview with
http://www.ehlvest.com including stories
from the Fischer-Spassky match of 1972.
http://www.ehlvest.com/olafsson/olafsson.htm
First Saturday February
The next First Saturday events will start on February 2nd 2002. There
are still places in some events and you should contact Laszlo Nagy
firstsat@elender.hu if you wish to play. There are two GM and one IM
events.
Participants of the 2nd-15th of February cat.VII-VIII. FS GM-tournament:
IGM VAJDA, Levente /ROM/, IGM KOSANOVIC, Goran /YUG/, IGM LUKÁCS,
Péter /HUN/, WGM DEMBO, Yelena /HUN/. IM BALOGH, Csaba /HUN/, IM JAKAB,
Attila /HUN/, IM HORVATH, Peter /HUN/, IM SZEBERENYI, Adam /HUN/, IM KUSTAR,
Sandor /HUN/, WGM VAJDA, Szidónia /HUN/, IM GUNNARSON, Jon Viktor
/ISL/?, IM MEDVEGY, Zoltán /HUN/, IM BUTNORIUS, Algimandas /LIT/? FM
MENSCH, Etienne /FRA/? Reserves: IGM CSOM, Istvan /HUN/, IM HUSARI, Satea
/SYR/, IGM LUKACS, Peter /HUN/, IM ROCHA, Sergio /POR/, WGM TIAN, Tian /CHN/.
Max 14 players.
Participants of the 2nd-15th of February cat.IX-X. FS GM-tournament: IGM
HORVATH, Csaba /HUN/, IGM HORVATH, Jozsef /HUN/, IGM VARGA, Zoltán
/HUN/, IM MARKUS, Robert /YUG/?, IM SEDLAK, Nikola /YUG/?, IM ZIVANIC, Marko
/YUG/, IM GAVRILOV, Alexei /RUS/?, IM ANTAL, Gergely /HUN/, WGM HOANG, Trang
/VIE/, GUNNARSSON, Jon Viktor /ISL/?, IM FOGARASI, Tibor /HUN/, WGM KONERU,
Humpy /IND/, IM GENOV, Petar /BUL/?. Reserves: IGM CSOM, Istvan /HUN/, IM
KRIVONOSOV, Oleg /LAT/, IGM LUKÁCS, Péter /HUN/, TIAN, Tian /CHN/
w. Max. 14 players.
Participants of the 2nd-15th of February cat.I-II-III FS IM-tournament:
IM KAHN, Evarth /HUN, 2303/, IM KOSTIC, Filip /YUG, 2280/, IM EPERJESI, Laszlo
/HUN, 2276/, IM FARAGO, Sandor /HUN, 2318/, SORIAL, Hanna /EGY, 2264/, FM
BOGNAR, Csaba /HUN, 2215/, KUN, Gabor /HUN, 2313/, ERDELYI, Zombor /HUN, 2215/,
COOKE, Eric /USA, 2195/?, FM BRUSTKERN, Juergen /GER, 2289/, TIAN, Tian /CHN,
2346/, FM RESIKA, Nathan /USA, 2241/?, WIM GARA, Ticia /HUN, 2304/?, MENSCH,
Etienne /FRA , 2380/, ? BONNET, Edouard /FRA, 2197/?, IM CHEVALDONNET, Francis
/FRA, 2254/?, FM DUB, Zeev /ISR, 2238/?. Reserves: KRUPENSKI, Yuri /EST, 2228/,
DOMBAI, Istvan /HUN, 2214/, BOROS, Dénes /HUN, 2240/, IM NEMETH, Zoltan
/HUN/, IM BOGUSZLAVSZKIJ, Jevgenyij /HUN/, IM PÁRKÁNYI, Attila
/HUN/. Max.14 players.
Other events: 1.19th-27th of January Novi Sad, THIRD SATURDAY GM and
IM-tournament, Novi Sad /YUG/, organizer: IGM Drazic, e-mail: sdrazic@eunet.yu
2. 2nd-15th of February Budapest /HUN/, FIRST SATURDAY GM /cat.IX-X. and cat.
VII-VIII/ and IM-tournament, Organizer: Nagy Laszlo, 3. 16th-28th of February
Belgrade THIRD SATURDAY, org: FM Kotevski, e-mail /c/o: Tina Ramic/
beochess@eunet.yu Thinking times: 90 minutes till the end, 30 s increments
after every moves... /Belgrade 6 hours control.../ Anyone interested contact
Nagy, Laszlo International Chess Organizer E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
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
X Lasker Memorial Barlinek Poland
The X Lasker Memorial Festival in Barlinek Poland takes place 17th-27th
July 2002. Blitz, rapid, open A, open B and under-16 events. Further details:
Krzysztof Kedzior E-Mail: umig@barlinek.pl
Tony Miles Memorial
Tony Miles Memorial Open on May 18th-19th 2001 in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Details: http://members.shaw.ca/chessforall/
FICS 10th ICS Anniversary
Michael More, of the University of Utah, and Richard Nash recognized
the potential of an Internet Chess Server and programmed it's first version.
The official opening date of the ICS was January 15, 1992. John Chanak, William
Kish, and Aaron Putnam moved the server to a host machine at Carnegie Mellon
University in the fall of 1992, and took over it's operation. From that
original ICS has sprung FICS, the Free Internet Chess Server which now has over
100,000 registered users. To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of this birth, FICS
will organize on his server a big event, with prizes. The main event will be a
5 0 torney, reserved to title players, with a total prize of 500 $ For this
event, and for all the other event, partecipation is free. For information, you
can contact frengo(*), at the address frengo@freechess.org In particular,
titled players willing to take part to the main event, should contact me as
soon as possible. Here is the event scheduling: (http://www.freechess.org/Events/Anniversary)
(GMT=PST+8) Championship Tourney: 10:00 PST, titled player vs. titled player
Prize event ($500.00) time control to be a 5 0. Thematic Tourney: 13:00 PST
Albin Countergambit Prize event (3 multimedial CDs) time control to be a 5 0
http://www.freechess.org/Events/Gambitingly
Lightning Tourney: 11:00 PST Prize event($50.00 + 1 Multimedial CD) time
control to be a 1 0 Bughouse Tourney: 17:00 PST Grand Prix style Prize event
($200.00) time control to be a 3 0 Crazyhouse Tourney: 05:00 PST Prize event (1
Multimedial CD) time control to be a 2 0 Wijk aan Zee 2002: 04:30 PST Live
Relay Simul: 07:00 PST garfunkel(FM) Prize event (Chess tie) Simul: 19:00 PST
Diesen(IM) Prize event (Free Lessons from Mark Diesen - past Junior Word
Champion)
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 20th 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.
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 .
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
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/
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.
