THE WEEK IN CHESS 377 28th January 2002 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Mihajlo Savic, Sinisa Drazic, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Lanfranco
Bombelli, Richard Palliser, Arthur Brameld, Harald Grafenhofer, Nigel Freeman,
Paul Hodges, Visweswaran, Andrey Belous, Michal Krasenkow and all those who
helped with this issue.
18 year old Ruslan Ponomariov is the FIDE World Chess Champion. After
consistant improvement from becoming a GM four years ago he has won the most
important event he is entitled to enter. The other World Championships held by
Vladimir Kramnik have been bought up by a virtually unknown company, the
Einstein Group. Clearly in the last chance saloon if things don't work out it
won't be Ponomariov's title that is worthless. This was the view of Garry
Kasparov commenting on Ponomariov's result. However the time rate of 90 minutes
plus 30 seconds didn't produce chess worthy of a World Championships and should
be ditched quickly. Ponomariov looks unlikely to play in the Linares tournament
in late February. He has yet to play in an elite tournament and will want to be
fully prepared for his debut. I'm convinced he will join Kasparov and Kramnik
at the top of the rating list in the next few years.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The final of the FIDE World Chess Championships between Vassily Ivanchuk
and Ruslan Ponomariov of the Ukraine took place January 16th-26th 2002. Play
was on January 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, rest day, 21st, 22nd and 23rd 2002. The
venue was the conference hall of hotel Metropol.
After his win in game five reported last week Ruslan Ponomariov as
expected wrapped up the championship with two draws. The 18 year old stepped
into history as the youngest FIDE World Chess Champion in history and also
straight into the firing line of the previous record holder Garry Kasparov.
Whilst I agree with much of his criticism of the new time rate used by FIDE (90
minutes + 30 seconds per move) he derided Ponomariov as a player, the best
compliment he managed was that "They say Ponomariov played better that the
others but I do not understand what “better” means here given the
quality of the games. This “better” obviously has an atypical meaning
– probably people are talking about his determination, or about other
qualities like those that young Kamsky had, for example." Given that Kasparov
never rated Kamsky one can see just how little he thinks of Ponomariov's
talent. These are the kind of comments that get stuck up on people's walls and
used as motivation. For his own sake Kasparov better hope Ponomariov is as
useless as he clearly thinks he is.
Read
Kasparov's comments on the Kasparovchess website.
Ponomariov is the FIDE World Chess Champion. Given the absolutely closed
invitational nature of the BGN Championships this is the pinnacle he can reach.
He will be champion for the next two years and I expect him only to get
stronger for him to be a worthy champion. From what I've seen of Ponomariov I
would say he has exactly the right attributes to go to the top in any form of
chess. He entered the only World Champion open for him to enter and beat the
players put in front of him at the time-limit set you can ask no more. In those
terms he experienced absolutely no luck in the FIDE Championships and is a
worthy champion.
On the subject of the new FIDE time-rate it clearly produces worse chess
and for the fan often unsatisfactory chess to watch. I will just say that
Kasparov's own actions have played no small part in producing the situation we
now have. However to suggest, as Kasparov has, that Ponomariov's title is
virtually worthless because of the time limit, is absurd. The better players
come through at almost whatever the time rate. Who are the best rapid players?
Would they be Kramnik, Kasparov, Anand and Adams by any chance? I think
Kasparov is mixing two different debates. The question is what time rate
produces the best chess and should that be the standard for elite competition?
Its unfortunate Ponomariov hasn't given a big interview since he won and
Kasparov has stepped in to set the agenda. I hope the time rate will change and
that may happen as many of the leading players who play the FIDE Championships
want the equlivalent of a seven hour session. Most players want the opportunity
to play the best chess they can. The 90 minute + 30 seconds format is too fast,
not only too fast to be allowed in the World Championships and Olympiads in the
future, I believe too fast to be allowed in ordinary tournaments leading to
titles and ratings. People who follow chess want to see the highest quality
possible and I believe will undermine elite chess long term if they don't
return to a better time rate.
I believe Ponomariov has the ability to add world number one status to
this title in the next few years. In fact he is just entering the age when
players improve the most. I'm sure will excel in SuperGM tournaments almost
certainly before he defends the title in two years time. Sport is about winning
and Ponomariov is a winner.
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 23 C11 French Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 58 D20 QGA
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 47 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 50 D20 QGA
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 64 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 27 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 22 B04 Alekhine's Defence
FIDE WCh KO Final Moscow RUS (RUS), 16-14 i 2002
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Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2727 1 = = = 1 = = . 4.5 2819
Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 0 = = = 0 = = . 2.5 2625
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The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee took place Jan 11th-27th 2002.
Evgeny Bareev scored the finest result of his career to take clear first at the
Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Bareev was the runner up in Wijk aan Zee when
the event was held as a knockout in 1995. He toughed out the event scoring 3/4
and his win in the final round came after he was much worse earlier on. In
second place was Alexander Grischuk in his best result since reaching the
semi-finals of the FIDE Championships in Las Vegas. In terms of rating Michael
Adams, Alexander Morozevich and Alexander Khalifman had no reason to be
displeased with their results either. Mikhail Krasenkov scored his best result
in some time by taking the GMB event with an unbeaten 8/11. I give all the
games from the B Group again as I had Krasenkow's old name and thus rating.
You can read daily reports from John Henderson on the TWIC pages.
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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 * = = = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 2827
2. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2671 = * 0 1 1 0 = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2799
3. Adams, Michael g ENG 2742 = 1 * = = = = 1 = = = 1 = = 8.0 2770
4. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742 = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 8.0 2770
5. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2688 1 0 = = * = = = = = = = 1 1 7.5 2745
6. Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 0 1 = = = * = = = = = = = 1 7.0 2715
7. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2683 0 = = = = = * = 1 = = = 0 = 6.0 2659
8. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 = = 0 = = = = * 0 1 0 1 = = 6.0 2657
9. Piket, Jeroen g NED 2659 = 0 = 0 = = 0 1 * = = 1 = = 6.0 2661
10. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2687 0 = = 0 = = = 0 = * 1 = 1 = 6.0 2659
11. Timman, Jan g NED 2605 0 0 = = = = = 1 = 0 * = = 1 6.0 2665
12. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2641 = = 0 = = = = 0 0 = = * 1 = 5.5 2634
13. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2695 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = = 0 = 0 * 1 4.5 2577
14. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 * 3.0 2476
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Round 9 (January 22, 2002)
Grischuk, Alexander - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 40 C67 Ruy Lopez
Adams, Michael - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 27 C42 Petroff's Defence
Khalifman, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 20 E15 Queens Indian
Dreev, Alexey - Timman, Jan 1/2 41 D11 Slav Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 22 D17 Slav Defence
Lautier, Joel - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 17 D45 Anti-Meran
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 40 E04 Catalan System
Round 10 (January 24, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 90 D12 Slav Defence
Grischuk, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 28 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 42 C42 Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter - Lautier, Joel 1/2 41 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Timman, Jan - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 24 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Gurevich, Mikhail - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 41 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Adams, Michael 1/2 52 A17 English Opening
Round 11 (January 25, 2002)
Adams, Michael - Gurevich, Mikhail 1-0 44 B07 Pirc Defence
Khalifman, Alexander - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 20 C10 French Rubinstein
Dreev, Alexey - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 87 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Gelfand, Boris - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 41 B14 Caro Kann Panov Attack
Piket, Jeroen - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 53 D39 QGD Ragozin System
Lautier, Joel - Timman, Jan 1-0 45 E17 Queens Indian
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Leko, Peter 1/2 50 D97 Gruenfeld Defence Russian
Round 12 (January 26, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Lautier, Joel 1-0 71 A47 Queen's Indian
Grischuk, Alexander - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 44 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Morozevich, Alexander - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 19 C10 French Rubinstein
Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 27 C78 Ruy Lopez
Gelfand, Boris - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 18 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Timman, Jan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 37 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Gurevich, Mikhail - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 54 A56 Old Indian Defence
Round 13 (January 27, 2002)
Adams, Michael - Timman, Jan 1/2 39 B26 Sicilian Closed System
Khalifman, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 23 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Dreev, Alexey - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 57 D12 Slav Defence
Piket, Jeroen - Leko, Peter 1/2 18 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Lautier, Joel - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 41 D34 Tarrasch Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 33 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Van Wely, Loek - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 28 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
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Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-13 i 2002 cat. XII (2530)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2632 * = = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2695
2. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2574 = * = = = 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 7.0 2628
3. Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2659 = = * 0 = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2620
4. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2626 = = 1 * 1 0 0 0 1 1 = 1 6.5 2586
5. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2501 = = = 0 * 1 = = = 1 = = 6.0 2568
6. Jonkman, Harmen m NED 2498 = 0 = 1 0 * = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2568
7. Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2451 0 = = 1 = = * 1 0 = = = 5.5 2537
8. Yu Shaoteng m CHN 2522 = 0 = 1 = = 0 * 1 = = = 5.5 2530
9. Cuijpers, Frans m NED 2458 0 = 0 0 = = 1 0 * = 1 0 4.0 2434
10. Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2460 0 1 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1 = 4.0 2434
11. Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira wg FRA 2498 0 0 0 = = = = = 0 0 * 1 3.5 2399
12. Werle, Jan m NED 2481 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 = 0 * 3.0 2359
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The next major event in the calendar is the Linares 2002. If I
understand correctly this will be a seven player double round robin with Garry
Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Michael Adams, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov,
Francisco Vallejo Pons and one of Ruslan Ponomariov (he seems likely to turn
his invitation down), Vladimir Kramnik or Veselin Topalov. It will take place
22nd February - 10th March 2002. On the spot photo reports from John
Henderson.
In an statement released by Carsten Hansel at the Corus tournament in
Wijk aan Zee it has been announced that the Einstein Group plc took over the
rights (contracts or arrangements) previously held by the troubled Brain Games
Network for the Brains in Bahrain (Man v Machine), Dortmund qualifier and 2003
Chess Championship match against Vladimir Kramnik. The agreement took place on
January 24th 2002. The CEO of the Einstein Group is Steve Timmins. The group
was founded in 1999 and launched on the AIM of the London Stock Market in March
2000. It is a multimedia Group including a satellite channel on Sky Digital.
Einstein Group PLC Press Release in
Full 24th January 2002
Website: http://www.einstein.tv
90th anniversary of the Ljubljana Chess Club Metalka Trgovina. The Chess
Club of Ljubljana (Slovenia) was established on 31.1.1912 by grandmaster and
scientist dr. Milan Vidmar and by the City of Ljubljana. There is a Grandmaster
tournament (Category 11) to commemorate this 19th-31st of January 2002 in the
Hotel SLON Best Western. The event is sponsored by Metalka Trgovina. Alexander
Beliavsky leads with 6.5/8. Danilo Polajzer withdrew after only playing two
games.
After the conclusion of this tournament there will follow an open
tournament in Nova Gorica (31.1.-8.2.2002).
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0201/lsk02/
and http://www.metalka.net/lsk90/
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90th LSK Metalka Trgovina Ljubljana SLO (SLO), 19-31 i 2002 cat. XI (2510)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2649 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 . . . 1 6.5 2765
2. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2608 = * . . = = . 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2645
3. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2638 = . * 0 = . = . 1 1 1 1 5.5 2617
4. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2424 0 . 1 * = 1 . = = 1 = . 5.0 2627
5. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2547 0 = = = * . = 1 1 . . 1 5.0 2624
6. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2565 = = . 0 . * = . = 1 1 1 5.0 2578
7. Soln, Primoz m SLO 2412 0 . = . = = * 0 . = 1 1 4.0 2511
8. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2500 0 0 . = 0 . 1 * = . 1 1 4.0 2505
9. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2586 . 0 0 = 0 = . = * 1 = . 3.0 2419
10. Jelen, Igor m SLO 2374 . = 0 0 . 0 = . 0 * = 1 2.5 2365
11. Podlesnik, Bogdan m SLO 2397 . = 0 = . 0 0 0 = = * . 2.0 2320
12. Polajzer, Danilo m SLO 2421 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 . * 0.0
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The Indian Championships take place in Nagpur January 16th - Febuary
4th 2002. The huge Category VIII 20 player event has 5 GMs Sasikiran,
Harikrishna, Barua, Kunte, Thipsay and 9 IMs competing. Women qualifiers WGM S
Vijayalakshmi and IWM Swati Ghate compete for the first time.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chathurangam.com/indian2001/39thBPCLNatlA/
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39th BPCL ch-IND Nagpur IND (IND), 16 i-4 ii 2002 cat. VIII (2426)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Harikrishna, P g IND 2525 * . . = . = 1 = = = . . 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 9.5 2631
2. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2515 . * = . 1 . . = . . 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 . 9.0 2618
3. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2569 . = * . 1 = 1 1 . . = 1 = 0 . 1 1 = . . 8.5 2580
4. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar m IND 2498 = . . * . = 1 0 . 0 1 1 = = . 1 . 1 . 1 8.0 2539
5. Gokhale, C.S IND 2407 . 0 0 . * . . . 1 . 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 = . 7.5 2522
6. Saravanan, V m IND 2393 = . = = . * 0 = = 1 . . = . 1 . . 0 1 1 7.0 2479
7. Sriram, Jha m IND 2408 0 . 0 0 . 1 * = = 1 . . . . = . = 1 1 1 7.0 2477
8. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2479 = = 0 1 . = = * = 0 . . . . 1 . 0 . 1 1 6.5 2459
9. Babu, N Sudhakar m IND 2386 = . . . 0 = = = * . = 0 1 1 . = . = . 1 6.5 2446
10. Swathi, Ghate wm IND 2362 = . . 1 . 0 0 1 . * 0 = = 0 . . . 1 1 0 5.5 2386
11. Ramesh, R.B m IND 2480 . 0 = 0 0 . . . = 1 * 1 . = 0 = 1 . = . 5.5 2403
12. Sareen, Vishal IND 2346 . = 0 0 = . . . 1 = 0 * . . 0 1 = . = 1 5.5 2403
13. Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2404 0 1 = = = = . . 0 = . . * . = = 0 . . = 5.0 2383
14. Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2456 0 0 1 = = . . . 0 1 = . . * = = 0 . . = 5.0 2390
15. Mahesh Chandran, P IND 2436 0 0 . . 0 0 = 0 . . 1 1 = = * = . 1 . . 5.0 2376
16. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2465 . = 0 0 = . . . = . = 0 = = = * = . = . 4.5 2349
17. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2399 . 0 0 . 0 . = 1 . . 0 = 1 1 . = * 0 0 . 4.5 2346
18. Mishra, Neeraj-Kumar m IND 2321 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 . = 0 . . . . 0 . 1 * . 1 4.0 2310
19. Koshy, Varugeese m IND 2347 0 0 . . = 0 0 0 . 0 = = . . . = 1 . * = 3.5 2267
20. Murali Krishnan, B.T IND 2331 0 . . 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 . 0 = = . . . 0 = * 2.5 2180
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The 18th Open Skopje took place in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia,
15th-23rd January 2002. There were 48 players from 16 countries including 3
women in a 9 rounds Swiss Tournament. Graf Alexander scored his best result in
some time in taking clear first with 7.5/9. Internet coverage:
http://www.chessmkd.com/ENG
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18th Open Skopje MKD (MKD), 15-23 i 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Graf, Alexander g GER 2605 =31 +36 +16 = 6 + 3 +23 + 4 +13 = 8 7.5 2782
2. Galego, Luis m POR 2521 +27 = 4 =22 +30 - 6 =15 +36 +23 +20 6.5 2617
3. Kolev, Atanas g BUL 2568 +15 +17 + 8 = 4 - 1 =14 + 6 = 9 = 7 6.0 2666
4. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2655 +28 = 2 +14 = 3 =13 +12 - 1 +17 = 6 6.0 2647
5. Georgiev, Vladimir g BUL 2560 +21 =20 +19 =12 = 8 = 9 =14 = 6 +13 6.0 2620
6. Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2545 +37 +23 =13 = 1 + 2 +24 - 3 = 5 = 4 6.0 2666
7. Ivanisevic, Ivan g YUG 2540 =32 -22 +33 +19 -23 +35 +29 +18 = 3 6.0 2547
8. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2539 +41 +46 - 3 +25 = 5 =13 =10 +14 = 1 6.0 2604
9. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2580 =22 =32 +40 =13 +21 = 5 =23 = 3 =10 5.5 2537
10. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2565 +35 =26 =25 -23 =28 +22 = 8 +15 = 9 5.5 2541
11. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2542 +30 =19 =20 =21 =17 =36 =15 =16 +25 5.5 2514
12. Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2530 +40 =25 +26 = 5 =24 - 4 -18 +37 +23 5.5 2565
13. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2502 +39 +24 = 6 = 9 = 4 = 8 +20 - 1 - 5 5.0 2587
14. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2492 =33 +38 - 4 +18 +22 = 3 = 5 - 8 =21 5.0 2500
15. Damaso, Rui m POR 2412 - 3 +42 =34 =35 +26 = 2 =11 -10 +33 5.0 2486
16. Jacimovic, Dragoljub g MKD 2472 =38 +33 - 1 =37 =25 =21 +30 =11 =18 5.0 2453
17. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2509 +42 - 3 +32 =22 =11 =29 +24 - 4 =19 5.0 2532
18. Bojkovic, Natasa wg YUG 2427 -24 =39 +45 -14 +33 +27 +12 - 7 =16 5.0 2466
19. Bogdanovski, Vlatko g MKD 2435 +44 =11 - 5 - 7 =30 +40 =21 +29 =17 5.0 2453
20. Stanojoski, Zvonko m MKD 2455 +48 = 5 =11 -24 +34 +25 -13 +28 - 2 5.0 2505
21. Paramos Dominguez, Roberto m ESP 2381 - 5 +48 +46 =11 - 9 =16 =19 +36 =14 5.0 2486
22. Stojanovski, Dejan f MKD 2416 = 9 + 7 = 2 =17 -14 -10 =33 +38 =30 4.5 2459
23. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2444 +45 - 6 +27 +10 + 7 - 1 = 9 - 2 -12 4.5 2488
24. Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2655 +18 -13 +31 +20 =12 - 6 -17 -25 +36 4.5 2474
25. Dworakowska, Joanna wg POL 2441 +47 =12 =10 - 8 =16 -20 +32 +24 -11 4.5 2468
26. Nedev, Trajce g MKD 2487 +34 =10 -12 =31 -15 =32 =27 =39 +37 4.5 2396
27. Andonovski, Ljubisa f MKD 2330 - 2 +29 -23 =32 +43 -18 =26 +34 =28 4.5 2395
28. Dancevski, Orce m MKD 2429 - 4 -40 +42 +46 =10 =30 +31 -20 =27 4.5 2408
29. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2464 -46 -27 +43 +40 +31 =17 - 7 -19 +39 4.5 2363
30. Ilic, Zoran3 f MKD 2364 -11 +47 +44 - 2 =19 =28 -16 +31 =22 4.5 2371
31. Stamenkov, Vanco f MKD 2417 = 1 +43 -24 =26 -29 +34 -28 -30 +40 4.0 2377
32. Kizov, Atanas f MKD 2348 = 7 = 9 -17 =27 =38 =26 -25 =43 +44 4.0 2324
33. Popov, Venci f MKD 2297 =14 -16 - 7 +45 -18 +42 =22 +35 -15 4.0 2363
34. Ilic, Ljubomir f MKD 2289 -26 +35 =15 =36 -20 -31 +44 -27 +47 4.0 2296
35. Mitkov, Marjan m MKD 2401 -10 -34 +48 =15 +39 - 7 =38 -33 +43 4.0 2297
36. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2441 =43 - 1 +38 =34 +37 =11 - 2 -21 -24 3.5 2340
37. Kutirov, Rolando g MKD 2367 - 6 =45 +39 =16 -36 =38 +41 -12 -26 3.5 2317
38. Dinev, Dejan MKD 2270 =16 -14 -36 +47 =32 =37 =35 -22 =45 3.5 2278
39. Vasovski, Nikola f MKD 2309 -13 =18 -37 +44 -35 =41 +46 =26 -29 3.5 2278
40. Gicev, Blagoja MKD 2336 -12 +28 - 9 -29 +46 -19 =43 +45 -31 3.5 2301
41. Organdziev, Oliver f MKD 2340 - 8 -44 =47 -43 +45 =39 -37 =42 +48 3.5 2165
42. Erdogdu, Mert f TUR 2318 -17 -15 -28 +48 =44 -33 =47 =41 +46 3.5 2204
43. Pancevski, Filip MKD 2154 =36 -31 -29 +41 -27 =44 =40 =32 -35 3.0 2216
44. Suaibi,Dritan MKD ---- -19 +41 -30 -39 =42 =43 -34 +48 -32 3.0 2184
45. Rusomanov, Atanas MKD 2182 -23 =37 -18 -33 -41 +47 +48 -40 =38 3.0 2188
46. Gorgieski, Dejan MKD 2240 +29 - 8 -21 -28 -40 +48 -39 -47 -42 2.0 2125
47. Andreeski, Danilo MKD 2110 -25 -30 =41 -38 -48 -45 =42 +46 -34 2.0 2076
48. Petkovski, Vlatko f MKD 2227 -20 -21 -35 -42 +47 -46 -45 -44 -41 1.0 1918
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Mihajlo Savic reports: The 54th Youth Championships of Yugoslavia and
the 28th Youth Championship for Women took place in Obrenovac (25km from
Belgrade) 9th-22nd January 2002 year. FM Aleksandra Dimitrijevic last years
winner of women's Championships was the only woman in the main championships.
She played better than her final results showed. The tournament was weakened
because of absence IM Sedlak Nikola, Robert Markus and Milos Perunovic. The
winner was the highest rated player 16 year old Veljko Jeremic. Second was 14
year old Borki Predojevic, double cadets winner in Europe. In the Women's Youth
tournament Ljilja Drljevic with her secure play, took first place. The higher
rated female player, FM Marijana Savic had to settle for third place. Chief
arbiter was Mihajlo Savic and in the women's event Dragan Kotevski.
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54th ch-YUG Youth Obrenovac YUG (YUG), 9-22 i 2002 cat. I (2266)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Jeremic, Veljko YUG 2484 * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2545
2. Predojevic, Borki f YUG 2324 1 * 0 = = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2472
3. Zivanic, Marko m YUG 2437 0 1 * 1 1 0 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2394
4. Robulj, Nenad YUG 2141 = = 0 * 1 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 8.5 2385
5. Popovic, Dusan YUG 2394 = = 0 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2343
6. Blesic, Vaso YUG 2183 0 0 1 0 1 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 7.5 2329
7. Boskovic, Drasko f YUG 2354 0 0 = 1 0 = * 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2316
8. Djukic, Nikola YUG 2383 0 1 1 = 0 = 0 * 0 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2286
9. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf YUG 2227 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 * 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2298
10. Krivokapic, Marko YUG 2055 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 4.5 2172
11. Draganic, Veljko YUG 2178 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = * = = 1 4.0 2131
12. Lecic, Predrag YUG 2149 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = * = 0 2.5 2024
13. Nadjhedjesi, Balind YUG 2272 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 = = * = 2.5 2014
14. Nikolic, Milos YUG 2145 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 2.0 1979
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1. Drljevic, Ljilja wf YUG 2110 * 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 = = 10.0 2280
2. Stojanovic, Nadezda wf YUG 2075 0 * 0 = 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2213
3. Savic, Marijana wf YUG 2169 1 1 * = 0 1 1 = 0 1 = 0 1 1 8.5 2174
4. Dimovska, Aleksandra YUG 2105 0 = = * 0 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2156
5. Stojanovic, Marija YUG 2012 0 0 1 1 * = = = 1 = = = = 1 7.5 2133
6. Kovacevic, Radmila YUG 2062 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 7.5 2130
7. Vasic, Milena YUG 2167 0 1 0 0 = 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2094
8. Popovic, Jelena YUG 2036 = 0 = = = = 0 * = = = = 1 1 6.5 2075
9. Djuric, Vesna YUG 2094 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 0 1 1 6.5 2070
10. Urosevic, Marija YUG 2039 = = 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 1 1 6.5 2074
11. Stojanovic, Andjelija wf YUG 2101 0 0 = = = 1 0 = 0 = * = = = 5.0 1983
12. Vranesevic,Danica YUG ---- 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 = * = 0 4.0 1936
13. Tuvic, Nada YUG 2042 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 3.0 1863
14. Brajic, Maja YUG ---- = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 2.0 1781
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Andrey Belous reports: The 2nd "Kaissa 2002" open takes place January
22nd-31st 2002 in Kharkov, Ukraine. 78 players compete in this 9 round swiss
system event. The organiser is the director of chess club "KAISSA" G.S .Kiktev.
Andrey Ivanov and Oleg V Ivanov lead with 4.5/5. Games available.
Round 5 Standings:
1. Ivanov Andrey 2327 4.5 15.5
Ivanov Oleg V 2350 4.5 14.0
3. Zatonskih Anna 2413 wg 4.0 16.5
Shalimov Valery 2452 m 4.0 15.0
Solodovnichenko Yuri 2446 m 4.0 15.0
Gasanov Eldar 2454 m 4.0 14.0
Nosenko Alexander 2458 m 4.0 13.5
Andreev Eduard 2441 m 4.0 12.5
9. Fingerov Dmitry 2410 m 3.5 16.5
Karas Boris 2265 3.5 16.5
Budnikov Oleg 2430 3.5 15.0
Zubarev Alexander 2480 m 3.5 14.5
Shilin Denis 2413 m 3.5 14.5
Kalinski Igor 2240 3.5 14.0
Makarov Vladimir 2136 3.5 14.0
Demkovich Anatoliy 2402 m 3.5 13.5
Titus Sergey 0000 3.5 12.0
Sharapov Evgeny 2376 m 3.5 11.0
19. Maliy Alexey 2373 m 3.0 17.5
Vinogradov Pavel 2305 3.0 17.5
Nester Igor 2293 3.0 15.5
Kononenko Tatiana 2371 wg 3.0 15.5
Chmulev Dmitry 0000 3.0 14.5
Grinblat Dmitry 2396 3.0 14.0
Ushenina Anna 2297 m 3.0 14.0
Dumchikov Vladimir 0000 3.0 13.0
Kalinina Vladislava 2299 wm 3.0 13.0
Askarian Karen 2253 3.0 13.0
Kovalenko Nikolai 2172 3.0 12.5
Zavgorodniy Sergiy 2407 m 3.0 12.0
Biriukov Nikolai 2267 3.0 12.0
Tikhomirov Alexey 2256 3.0 11.0
Posohov Dmitri 2180 3.0 8.5
78 players
The 2nd Unilog Ingrata GM and IM tournaments takes place in Griesheim
bei Darmstadt 23rd-31st January 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.unilog-integrata.de
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1. Schmaltz, Roland g GER 2534 * 0 1 . . . . 1 1 1 4.0 2779
2. Glek, Igor V g GER 2601 1 * = . = . = . . = 3.0 2610
3. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2532 0 = * 1 . = . . . 1 3.0 2619
4. Galdunts, Sergey m ARM 2510 . . 0 * = 1 = . = . 2.5 2518
5. Milov, Leonid m UKR 2470 . = . = * = . = = . 2.5 2523
6. Jakubiec, Artur POL 2518 . . = 0 = * . = 1 . 2.5 2500
7. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2581 . = . = . . * = = = 2.5 2535
8. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2495 0 . . . = = = * . = 2.0 2463
9. Ginsburg, Gennadij m GER 2493 0 . . = = 0 = . * . 1.5 2373
10. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2576 0 = 0 . . . = = . * 1.5 2399
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1. Grabarczyk, Bogdan m POL 2396 * . = . 1 . . 1 1 1 4.5 2713
2. Wornath, Kai Rudolf f GER 2375 . * . . . 1 1 = 1 1 4.5 2687
3. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2455 = . * = . 1 = . . 1 3.5 2505
4. Boidman, Yuri m GER 2432 . . = * . 0 1 1 1 . 3.5 2506
5. Schramm, Christian f GER 2355 0 . . . * . = 0 1 1 2.5 2332
6. Jirka, Jiri CZE 2339 . 0 0 1 . * 0 1 . . 2.0 2311
7. Schnitzspan, Lothar f GER 2341 . 0 = 0 = 1 * . . . 2.0 2319
8. Marchio, Enrico f GER 2316 0 = . 0 1 0 . * . . 1.5 2230
9. Jedryczka, Krystian POL 2335 0 0 . 0 0 . . . * 1 1.0 2126
10. Koehler, Ronald GER 2275 0 0 0 . 0 . . . 0 * 0.0
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The 150th anniversary of the São José do Rio Preto takes
place in Sao Paulo 17th-24th January 2002. Martin Crosa won the category IV
event with 6/9.
Internet coverage:
http://www.xadrezhoje.hpg.ig.com.br/index.htm
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1. Crosa, Martin f URU 2393 * = 1 = 0 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2461
2. Peralta, Fernando m ARG 2490 = * = = 1 = = 0 1 1 5.5 2405
3. Coelho, Luis BRA 2285 0 = * = 1 1 0 = 1 1 5.5 2428
4. De Souza, Mauro m BRA 2343 = = = * = = = 1 = = 5.0 2385
5. Sega, Carlos Alberto BRA 2291 1 0 0 = * = 1 1 = = 5.0 2390
6. Marques, Vinicius BRA 2294 = = 0 = = * = 1 = = 4.5 2347
7. Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2415 0 = 1 = 0 = * = = = 4.0 2291
8. Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo f BRA 2415 0 1 = 0 0 0 = * 1 = 3.5 2254
9. Borges, Leomar Barbero BRA 2234 = 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 3.0 2229
10. Molina, Jorge BOL 2261 0 0 0 = = = = = = * 3.0 2226
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The 5th and 6th rounds of the 4NCL took place last weekend. In round 6
the top two teams met with Beeson Gregory headed by Viktor Korchnoi (winning
against Viktor Bologan) beating Wood Green 1 4.5-3.5. Games now available. My
thanks to Arthur Brameld.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
4NCL 2001-2002 Division 1
Round 6 Standings
P W D L Gms Pts
BEESON GREGORY 1 6 6 0 0 32.0 12
WOOD GREEN 1 6 5 0 1 35.5 10
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 6 4 0 2 28.5 8
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 6 4 0 2 25.5 8
WOOD GREEN 2 6 3 0 3 25.5 6
BRISTOL 1 6 3 0 3 21.5 6
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 6 2 1 3 20.5 5
THISTLE WHITE ROSE 6 2 1 3 19.0 5
SLOUGH 1 6 2 0 4 21.5 4
MIDLAND MONARCHS 6 2 0 4 20.0 4
BEESON GREGORY 2 6 1 0 5 19.5 2
WESSEX 6 1 0 5 19.0 2
The Bermuda tournament takes place at the Fairmont Southampton Princess
Hotel. January 21st-January 30th 2002. The two GM events will be followed by an
Open Tournament held February 1st - February 3rd 2002. After six rounds Hikaru
Nakamura has 5/6 in the GMA event a point clear of the rest of the field, Pawel
Blehm is half a point clear of the GMB group also with 5/6.
Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
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1. Nakamura, Hikaru m USA 2430 * . 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 0 5.0 2785
2. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2612 . * = 1 = = . = . 1 4.0 2613
3. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2590 0 = * = . . 1 1 . 1 4.0 2642
4. Vuckovic, Bojan g YUG 2455 0 0 = * 1 = . . 1 . 3.0 2490
5. Johannessen, Leif Erlend m NOR 2427 . = . 0 * = 1 . 0 1 3.0 2495
6. Krush, Irina m USA 2424 0 = . = = * = . = . 2.5 2435
7. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2572 0 . 0 . 0 = * 1 1 . 2.5 2428
8. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2585 0 = 0 . . . 0 * 1 1 2.5 2461
9. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2459 . . . 0 1 = 0 0 * 1 2.5 2428
10. Handke, Florian m GER 2450 1 0 0 . 0 . . 0 0 * 1.0 2244
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1. Blehm, Pawel g POL 2535 * = 1 . . 1 = 1 1 . 5.0 2709
2. Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2500 = * = 1 = . 1 . . 1 4.5 2635
3. Charbonneau, Pascal f CAN 2386 0 = * . . = 1 1 . 1 4.0 2598
4. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2446 . 0 . * = 1 . 1 1 = 4.0 2584
5. Shahade, Gregory m USA 2454 . = . = * 0 = 0 1 . 2.5 2389
6. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2451 0 . = 0 1 * = . = . 2.5 2373
7. Paehtz, Elisabeth wg GER 2383 = 0 0 . = = * . . 1 2.5 2405
8. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2522 0 . 0 0 1 . . * 1 = 2.5 2384
9. Alvarez, Johan m VEN 2379 0 . . 0 0 = . 0 * 1 1.5 2283
10. Nyback, Tomi m FIN 2448 . 0 0 = . . 0 = 0 * 1.0 2163
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Round 5-8 of the Austrian Team Championships took place in Graz January
17th-20th 2002. Merkur Graz lead the event which concludes with the final
rounds 8th-10th March 2002. My thanks to Harald Grafenhofer.
Details: http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/
Round 8 Standings
Pkt. MP
1 Merkur Graz 33 16
2 Klagenfurt 29 12
3 Jenbach 25½ 8
4 Austria Graz 25 8
5 Gamlitz 24 9
6 Hohenems 23½ 8
7 Fürstenfeld 23 7
8 Melk-Wachau 23 7
9 Hietzing/Fischer 22½ 7
10 Gleisdorf 22 6
11 Mozart Salzburg 21 6
12 Voest Linz 16½ 2
Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: IM Leif Erlend Johannessen won the "OSS
GM-tournament" played in Oslo (Norway) 13th-20th January 2002. The young
Norwegian made his first GM-norm with 7 points ahead of GM Vadim Milov at 6.5
and FM Torstein Bae with 6. Bae made his second IM-norm with this result. The
tournament was organized by Oslo Schakselskap which traditionally has been
Norway's leading club and one of the oldest at 118 years. The new FIDE playing
time was used, which led to many games being decided in time scrambles.
Especially veteran GM Heikki Westerinen had trouble adjusting to this rapid
play.
Internet coverage:
http://home.no.net/selskap/2002/jan/GMturnering.htm
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1. Johannessen, Leif Erlend m NOR 2427 * 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2606
2. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2595 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2533
3. Bae, Torstein f NOR 2318 0 1 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2523
4. Kogan, Artur g ISR 2568 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2450
5. Groenn, Atle NOR 2370 1 0 1 = * = = = 0 = 4.5 2392
6. Moen, Andreas NOR 2265 1 0 0 0 = * 0 = 1 1 4.0 2361
7. Agopov, Mikael m FIN 2400 0 0 0 = = 1 * = 1 0 3.5 2309
8. Trygstad, Kristian NOR 2313 0 0 = = = = = * 0 = 3.0 2273
9. Glenne, Bjorn Erik NOR 2235 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 3.0 2282
10. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2412 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 * 2.0 2167
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The Odyssey 2001 chess tournament has finished. The computer tournament
had a huge number of games which you can pick up at the website for the
tournament. Shredder 6 won.
Further details: http://www.rebel.nl/odyssey.htm
Final (Round 15) Standings
1 SHREDDER6, (1) 12.0 102½ 119 9
2 REBEL-CENTURY4, (10) 11.0 103 121½ 9
3 GAMBIT-TIGER14.6, (2) 10.5 101 119 7
4 GANDALF432H, (11) 9.0 102½ 119 6
5-7 YACE BERLIN, (24) 8.5 105½ 123 5
FRITZ7A, (8) 8.5 104 122 6
CRAFTY 18.12, (19) 8.5 102½ 119 7
8-11 PHARAON 2.5, (12) 8.0 103½ 119 5
SHREDDER4 CHESSBITS, (5) 8.0 92½ 107½ 4
REBEL-TIGER14.6, (3) 8.0 88 100 5
HIARCS7.01, (4) 8.0 87 101½ 6
12-14 MCHESS8, (23) 7.5 104 119½ 5
CHESS SYSTEM TAL2.03, (14) 7.5 98½ 116 3
LITTLE-GOLIATH2000V3, (16) 7.5 96 111½ 5
15-17 NIMZO8, (20) 7.0 105½ 124 6
CHESSMASTER8000 1.0.4., (6) 7.0 100½ 116 5
GROMIT 3.10.2, (26) 7.0 90 104 4
18-21 JUNIOR7, (9) 6.5 102½ 118 4
PATZER311B, (17) 6.5 99½ 115 3
ZARKOV4.5V, (13) 6.5 91 103 5
VIRTUAL-CHESS2, (7) 6.5 89½ 104 5
22-23 GENIUS6.5 CZUB-STYLE, (21) 6.0 93½ 107½ 4
WCHESS2000, (15) 6.0 90 104 3
24 COMET B37, (18) 5.5 93 108½ 4
25 SOCRATES X, (22) 4.5 90 102½ 4
26 CHINITO, (25) 3.5 88½ 101 2
Montecatini Terme (Italy) takes place January 26th - February 3rd 2002.
There is a GM norm closed tournament and an IM norm closed tournament.
Internet coverage: http://www.federscacchi.it
The Third Saturday GM event in Novi Sad (Yugoslavia) takes place
19th-27th January 2002. Robert Fontaine won the GM group. Games follow next
week.
The next events will be 16th-24th March 2002 with GM, IM and ELO events.
GM so far gm Kosanovic G 2428 , gm Drazic S 2471 , Hampu Conery 2539 (ind) ,
Murzina Lenar 2349 (rus) , Bistric F.(2486) , Laketic G 2446 , Fontaine R (fra)
2469.... at the moment probably 9 category but certainly 8 category, digital
clocks ,new FIDE timerate, 4 prizes, exellent hotel (the venue) prize full
board (3 meals) in double room 20 Euros or single 24 Euros.
Contact Sinisa Drazic sdrazic@EUnet.yu if you wish to play.
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1 Fontaine Robert Fra 2469 Im 8.0
2 Drazic Sinisa Yug 2471 Gm 7.0
3 Bistric Faruk BiH 2486 Im 6,5
4 Pap Misa Yug 2415 Im 6.0
Flumbort Andras Hun 2436 Fm 6.0
Gavrilow Aleksey Rus 2480 Im 6.0
Balogh Csaba Hun 2398 Fm 6.0
8 Popchev Milko Bul 2448 Gm 5,5
Kosanovic Goran Yug 2428 Gm 5,5
10 Scekic Milos Yug 2444 Im 4,5
11 Radlovacki Jovan Yug 2400 3,5
12 Deglmann Ludwig Ger 2279 Fm 1,5
13th Goodricke International
The 13th edition of the Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament,
recognised by FIDE & All India Chess Federation has been scheduled between
17th and 27th March 2002 at Gorky Sadan, Calcutta. This is the most prestigious
open chess tournament of Asia participated by leading GMs, WGMs, IMs
representing 20-22 countries. In our earlier editions organized by Alekhine
Chess Club more than 150 Grandmasters including GM Viswanathan Anand, GM
Vassily Smyslov, GM Viktor Korchnoi, GM Nigel Short etc took part. Schedule: 11
rounds Swiss Tournament (4 hour session), Prize Fund: $10,500 Board and Lodging
are free for GM, IM (2400+), WGM (2355+). Lodging is free for all players.
Start Money / Pocket Money: As per contact. Telephone No.: 091 033 280 3858;
Fax: 091 033 247 9559 / 476 6733 E-mail: gnca@vsnl.com
Further details: http://www.goodrickechess.com
European Grand Prix in Antalya
The European Grand Prix in Antalya takes place 22nd February - 2nd
March 2002.
Venue: Antalya - KEMER Naturland Eco Park and Resort Hotels Dates: 22nd
February - 2nd March Prize Fund 6.000 Euros Top 5 players with ELO rating will
be given flight ticket and full accommodation Top 20 players will be given full
accommodation. Current participants including top level grand masters. Kiril
GEORGIEV, Boris AVRUKH.... Last date to apply for a place in the top 20 is 1st
February.
Further details http://www.tsf.org.trwww.tsf.org.tr
3rd Annual Millennium Chess Festival
The 3rd Annual Millennium Chess Festival takes place March 1st-33rd
2002, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. $15,000 guaranteed prize fund.
Five-Round Swiss. The MCF will again be held at the Ramada Plaza Oceanfront in
this Atlantic resort city. GMs and IMs recieve special "comps" including free
accomodations in a double room and free entry fee. See website for details. For
more information: http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival
6th United Insurance International Masters
6th United Insurance International Masters Chess Tournament'2002 10th
April to 20th April 2002 Venue: Conference-Room National Sports Council 62/3
Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000 Organised by : Bangladesh Chess Federation Sponsored
by : United Insurance Company Limited Tournament System : 11 Round Swiss Number
of Participants : Around 40 Schedule : 10th April to 20th April 2002 Arrival :
9th April 1st Round plays : 10th April Main session : Every day 2:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. Last Round : 20th April 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The rate of play : 6
Hours play. Rate of play 40 moves in 2 hours and rest of the moves in 1 hour to
finish the game. Prize distribution : 20th March 5:00 p.m. Prize Fund : US$
1500 divided as follows: 1st - US$ 500, 2nd - US$ 300, 3rd - US$ 200, 4th - US$
100, 5th -100 US$ 6th - US$ 75, 7th - US$ 75, 8th - US$ 75, 9th - US$ 75 Note:
Cash prize will be divided equally among Equal pointers. Accommodation : Free
for all IM and Foreign Rated Players with 2200+ Food : Modest Food & Local
transportation will be given to all IM and Foreign Rated Players with 2200+
Appearance Fee : No appearance many will be given but some pocket money Will be
given to select foreign players. Passage : Passage up to Dhaka would have to be
borne by players own Federation. Last Date of entry : Invited players must send
their conformation to participate in the above tournament on or before 15th
March 2002 to the General Secretary, Bangladesh Chess Federation, 62/3 Purana
Paltan, Dhaka-1000, Fax No- 880-02-9666766 or 9563304 Phone N0- 880-02-9666766,
E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com (Syed Shujauddin Ahmed) General Secretary Bangladesh
Chess Federation.
Open in Bangladesh
Open International Chess Tournament'2002 29th March 2002 to 8th April
Venue: Conference-Room National Sports Council 62/3 Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000
Organised by : Bangladesh Chess Federation Tournament System : 11 Round Swiss
Number of Participants : Around 40 Schedule : 29th March - 8th April, 2002
Arrival : 28th March 1st Round plays : 29th March Main session : Every day 2:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Last Round : 8th April 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The rate of
play : 6 Hours play. Rate of play 40 moves in 2 hours, then rest of moves in 1
hour to finish the game. Prize distribution : 8th April 5:00 p.m. Prize Fund :
US$ 5000 divided as follows: 1st - US$ 1800, 2nd - US$ 1000, 3rd - US$ 600, 4th
- US$ 300, 5th - US$ 300 6th - US$ 200, 7th - US$ 200, 8th - US$ 200, 9th - US$
200, 10th -US$ 200 Note: Cash prize will be divided equally among Equal
pointers. Accommodation : Free for all GM, IM and Foreign Rated Players with
2300+ Food : Modest Food & Local transportation will be given to all GM, IM
and Foreign Rated Players with 2300+ Appearance Fee : Some appearance money
will be given to GM's. Some pocket money will be given to IM's and Rated 2400+
Passage : Passage up to Dhaka would have to be borne by players own Federation.
Last Date of entry : Invited players must send their conformation to
participate in the above tournament on or before 15th March 2002 to the General
Secretary, Bangladesh Chess Federation, 62/3 Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000, Fax No-
880-02-9666766 or 9563304 Phone N0- 880-02-9666766, E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com
(Syed Shujauddin Ahmed) General Secretary Bangladesh Chess Federation
October FIDE List Study and FIDE Championships
Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/ has a new article
"The Results of the World Chess Championship 2001-2002" (By Boris Schipkov,
26.01.2002).
Aurec Open
16-17/02/2002 - AUREC (FRANCE) Rapid tournaments 7x20 mn: Section A :
Open - Total prizes : 5,600 Euros Section B : for under 1801 Elo - Total prizes
: 1,400 Euros Invitations for IGM and IM (closed on February, 9th) More info :
Olivier Deville - Coteviere - 43110 Aurec - France Tél. : +33 4 77 35 41
21 - Fax : +33 4 77 35 23 76 - E-mail : odeville@netcourrier.com
NK Snelschaken Voor Clubteams
The NK Snelschaken Voor Clubteams takes place 1 June 2002 at the Golden
Tulip Bel Air hotel, Johan de Witlaan, Den Haag organised by the SC De
Vogelwijk Further information: Ruud Vissers, 010-2207070 (kantoor) of
06-26776496 ruv@epg.nl
Convekta's Chess University
Chess Assistant will have free chess lessons to download called the
Convekta Chess University. The lessons are prepared and written by top Russian
coaches. Each lesson will consist of two parts: a lecture on the lesson of the
day and problems for you to resolve. Answers to problems from a lesson will
appear with the next new lesson.
Internet site: http://www.chessassistant.com
Aeroflot Open 2002
The Aeroflot Open 2002 will take place in Moscow 4th-11th February 2002.
According to the website below there will be $150,000 US in prizes. Geurt
Gijssen adds that 50 GMs and more than 200 players have confirmed their
participation. He adds that the organisers have told him that visas are free of
charge and that there are special rates for journalists.
Leading entries so far include: Grischuk (RUS) 2671, Smirin (ISR) 2702,
Van Wely (NED) 2697, Dreev (RUS) 2683, Akopian (ARM) 2680, Vaganian (ARM) 2662,
Zvjaginsev (RUS) 2656, Rublevsky (RUS) 2655, Onischuk (UKR) 2655, Bologan (MLD)
2651 Aleksandrov (BLR) 2645, Motylev (RUS) 2639, Tkachiev (FRA) 2634, Tregubov
(RUS) 2626, Macieja (POL) 2612, Kaidanov (USA) 2596, Milov (SUI) 2595, Avrukh
(ISR) 2591, Fedorov (BLR) 2589, Psakhis (ISR) 2572 and Nataf (FRA) 2546.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
Reykjavik Open
The Reykjavik Open takes place March 7th-15th 2002. Organised by "The
Icelandic Chess Federation" and "Reykjavik Chess Club".
Details: http://skak.is/si/reykjavik2002/
2002 Uruguay Championships
The website for the 2002 Uruguayan Championships is at:
http://www.uruwow.com/secciones/deportes/ajedrez/uruguayo2002.html.
There are various qualifiers in February and March before the finals in
April.
2nd Helsinki Chess Circuit
2nd Helsinki Chess Circuit, Feb 25 - Mar 8, 2002 Helsinki Chess Circuit
will be played in the House of Chess, in the center of Helsinki, from February
25th to March 8th, 2002. Events: Group A: 10-12 players all-play-all IM-event,
for players ELO-rated over 2200, IM-norm possibility. Group B: 8-12 players
all-play-all ELO-event, for players rated 1900-2200. Group C: 8-12 players
all-play-all event, for players rated under 1900. Players interested to
participate, please contact the main organizer Mr. Sami
Hämäläinen, aurifera@kolumbus.fi
Further details:
http://www.kolumbus.fi/shakki.koti/hcc2/index.htm
2nd Oxford University Chess Congress
The 2nd Oxford University Chess Congress takes place on the 27th &
28th April, 2002 at Lincoln College, Oxford. Sections: Open (a new Terence
Chapman Grand Prix Elite event), U-170 Major & U-125 Minor. Please visit
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sedm0500/tournament/2002.html
for more information. Alternatively one can contact Jonathan Smith at The
Queen's College, Oxford, OX1 4AW; email j.smith4@physics.ox.ac.uk or on 07813
307563 , but please only 'phone after 7pm.
Computer Project
I'm not quite clear how this works but here is a chess computer project
on the net.
"The purpose of this project is to build a non-commercial distributed
computing platform. It aims at chess enthusiasts who wouldn't mind to
contribute some of their computing power to a scientific project. The
application will be in the field of evolutionary algorithms and artificial
neural networks. The goal is the creation of artificial neural networks capable
of playing chess. "
Internet site: http://wind.prohosting.com/chessweb/
Polgar in Germany
Judit Polgar will appear in an exhibition on 3rd February 2002 at
Schachklub Turm Emsdetten.
Further details: http://www.deltacity.net/michael/
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
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
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
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
Linares 2002
The Linares tournament will take place 22nd February - 10th March 2002.
The lineup will be Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Michael Adams, Vassily
Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov, Francisco Vallejo Pons and one of Ruslan Ponomariov,
Vladimir Kramnik or Veselin Topalov.
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
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
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.
