THE WEEK IN CHESS 379 11th February 2002 by Mark Crowther
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1572 games
My thanks to Jan Muzach, Laszlo Nagy, John Fernandez, Vlad Barsi, Boris
Schipkov, Gastón Arévalo, David Avron, Zenon Franco, Michelangelo
Bussacchini, Dan Östergaard, Steve Laios, Lanfranco Bombelli, Lionel
Frost, Sinisa Drazic, Hugh Brodie, Argiris Kotsis, Korpics Zsolt, Bas van Riel,
Leontxo Garcia, Eugeny Atarov and all those who helped with this issue.
After a period of negotiation Ruslan Ponomariov will play at Linares.
Whilst the words were about respect and contractual obligations I'm not that
convinced. Given the agreement that was reached after the organisers paid
Ponomariov extra money because of his responsibilities as FIDE World Champion
(its anticipated this money will be used for hiring seconds) it looks like hard
bargaining from both sides. This event will now be Ponomariov's first SuperGM
tournament. His two meetings with Garry Kasparov will be of particular
interest. News too of another great event in May with Astana attracting
Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand in their six man field.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Aeroflot Open 2002 took place in Moscow 4th-11th February 2002. Five
players, Gregory Kaidanov, Alexander Grischuk, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Alexander
Shabalov and Vadim Milov finished on 6.5/9. The website was unclear on who took
first place on tie-break, I understand it was Gregory Kaidanov (although in
some places the website implies Alexander Grischuk). Actually it reveals how
silly these tie-break systems are. The event was very strong, top seed Ilia
Smirin finished in 33rd place with 5/9. Van Wely, Sergei Shipov and Valerij
Filippov only finished on 50%.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
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Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (RUS), 4-11 ii 2002
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Sc MBuc Buch Perf
1. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2671 6.5 2671 36,0 2731
2. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2645 6.5 2645 36,0 2720
3. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2606 6.5 2606 33,5 2705
4. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2596 6.5 2596 37,5 2722
5. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2595 6.5 2595 32,0 2661
6. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2683 6.0 2683 32,5 2667
7. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2680 6.0 2680 36,5 2642
8. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2662 6.0 2662 36,0 2679
9. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2655 6.0 2655 35,0 2642
10. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2638 6.0 2638 35,0 2628
11. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2626 6.0 2626 39,5 2677
12. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2593 6.0 2593 37,0 2659
13. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2590 6.0 2590 33,0 2647
14. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2589 6.0 2589 35,0 2666
15. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2572 6.0 2572 33,5 2615
16. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2567 6.0 2567 36,5 2679
17. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2559 6.0 2559 33,5 2688
18. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2534 6.0 2534 37,0 2725
19. Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2527 6.0 2527 29,5 2651
20. Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2466 6.0 2466 30,5 2682
21. Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2655 5.5 2655 33,5 2613
22. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2651 5.5 2651 34,0 2547
23. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2634 5.5 2634 40,0 2625
24. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2599 5.5 2599 33,5 2589
25. Dolmatov, Sergey g RUS 2588 5.5 2588 34,0 2551
26. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2570 5.5 2570 31,5 2564
27. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2563 5.5 2563 31,0 2579
28. Izoria, Zviad m GEO 2547 5.5 2547 32,5 2598
29. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2540 5.5 2540 36,5 2705
30. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz AZE 2522 5.5 2522 34,5 2677
31. Sargissian, Gabriel m ARM 2515 5.5 2515 39,0 2700
32. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2511 5.5 2511 34,5 2687
33. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2702 5.0 2702 31,0 2557
34. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2656 5.0 2656 32,0 2542
35. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2630 5.0 2630 33,0 2542
36. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2599 5.0 2599 30,5 2540
37. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2589 5.0 2589 34,0 2543
38. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2585 5.0 2585 32,0 2526
39. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2579 5.0 2579 39,0 2563
40. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2578 5.0 2578 29,5 2522
41. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2576 5.0 2576 32,0 2545
42. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2569 5.0 2569 30,0 2546
43. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2563 5.0 2563 32,5 2520
44. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2558 5.0 2558 30,5 2504
45. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2556 5.0 2556 40,5 2642
46. Timofeev, Andrei RUS 2320 5.0 2539 38,5 2645
47. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2532 5.0 2532 26,0 2525
48. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2531 5.0 2531 32,5 2567
49. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2531 5.0 2531 34,0 2588
50. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil m GEO 2527 5.0 2527 35,0 2633
51. Vasiukov, Evgeni g RUS 2524 5.0 2524 33,0 2654
52. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2522 5.0 2522 44,0 2674
53. Meister, Yakov m RUS 2494 5.0 2494 33,0 2632
54. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2481 5.0 2481 39,0 2636
55. Tunik, Gennady m RUS 2469 5.0 2469 36,5 2621
56. Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2465 5.0 2465 30,5 2590
57. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2462 5.0 2462 35,5 2627
58. Karjakin, Sergey m UKR 2460 5.0 2460 34,5 2605
59. Nadanian, Ashot m ARM 2407 5.0 2407 38,5 2655
60. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 4.5 2697 30,0 2501
61. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2639 4.5 2639 28,0 2495
62. Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2630 4.5 2630 30,5 2484
63. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2625 4.5 2625 30,0 2514
64. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2565 4.5 2565 32,0 2509
65. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2555 4.5 2555 26,0 2502
132 players
The XVIII Cappelle la Grande International Chess Open takes place
9th-16th February 2002.
Further details: http://cappelle.free.fr
Leading Round 3 Standings:
1 Kotronias Vasilios CYP GM 2568 3.0 2758
2 Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ GM 2561 3.0 2753
3 Cabrera Alexis CUB IM 2415 3.0 2748
4 Kveinys Aloyzas LTU GM 2555 3.0 2747
5 Pushkov Nikolai RUS GM 2516 3.0 2735
6 Landuyt Eric FRA 2000 3.0 2564
7 Gregoire Sylvain FRA 2182 3.0 2470
8 Stryjecki Marek POL IM 2445 2.5 2716
9 Baklan Vladimir UKR GM 2609 2.5 2712
10 Winants Luc BEL GM 2488 2.5 2707
11 Degraeve Jean-Marc FRA GM 2591 2.5 2704
12 Burmakin Vladimir RUS GM 2564 2.5 2692
13 Kurnosov Igor RUS IM 2419 2.5 2690
14 Gyimesi Zoltan HUN GM 2606 2.5 2689
15 Potapov Alexander RUS IM 2477 2.5 2685
16 Halkias Stelios GRE IM 2546 2.5 2684
17 Kernazhitsky Leonid UKR IM 2413 2.5 2683
18 Bagheri Amir IRI IM 2410 2.5 2678
19 Fridman Daniel LAT GM 2571 2.5 2676
20 Dumitrache Dragos ROM IM 2506 2.5 2660
21 Chuchelov Vladimir BEL GM 2600 2.5 2659
22 Movsesian Sergei CZE GM 2624 2.5 2654
23 Rausis Igors LAT GM 2466 2.5 2651
24 Neverov Valeriy UKR GM 2578 2.5 2650
Shaw John SCO IM 2506 2.5 2650
26 Solak Dragan YUG GM 2501 2.5 2645
27 Totsky Leonid RUS GM 2490 2.5 2644
28 Kengis Edvins LAT GM 2571 2.5 2642
29 Hebden Mark ENG GM 2558 2.5 2640
30 Cosma Ioan ROM IM 2461 2.5 2626
31 Dgebuadze Alexandre BEL GM 2544 2.5 2625
32 Gormally Daniel ENG IM 2506 2.5 2624
33 Nogueiras Jesus CUB GM 2521 2.5 2616
34 Jakubowski Krzysztof POL FM 2458 2.5 2603
35 Van Der Weide Karel NED IM 2454 2.5 2590
36 Velicka Petr CZE IM 2445 2.5 2579
37 Shneider Aleksandr UKR GM 2501 2.5 2564
38 Yu Shaoteng CHN IM 2522 2.5 2558
39 Jaracz Pawel POL GM 2513 2.5 2557
40 Grabarczyk Miroslaw POL IM 2495 2.5 2555
41 Nikitin Andrey RUS GM 2506 2.5 2551
42 Petrov Marijan BUL IM 2476 2.5 2545
43 Paleologu Vladimir SUI 2056 2.5 2544
44 Lobzhanidze Davit GEO IM 2491 2.5 2540
45 Lukov Valentin BUL GM 2478 2.5 2539
46 Belikov Vladimir RUS GM 2483 2.5 2536
47 Rendle Thomas ENG 2135 2.5 2529
48 Nikcevic Nebojsa YUG GM 2457 2.5 2516
49 Sprenger Jan Michael GER IM 2464 2.5 2507
50 Berkvens Joost NED IM 2456 2.5 2505
51 Handke Florian GER IM 2450 2.5 2475
52 Van Lankveld Wil NED 1908 2.5 2448
53 Steenbekkers Franck NED 2194 2.5 2439
54 Gamback Bjorn SWE 2181 2.5 2426
55 Balcerak Philipp GER 2172 2.5 2383
56 Medghoul Sherif FRA 2121 2.5 2354
57 Martyn Rafe ENG 2115 2.5 2347
677 players
The next major event in the calendar is the Linares 2002. This will be
a seven player double round robin with Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand,
Michael Adams, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov, Francisco Vallejo Pons and FIDE
Champion Ruslan Ponomariov. There was a dispute between Ruslan Ponomariov and
the organisers. The mayor of Linares, Juan Fernandez and some of Ponomariov's
representatives eventually reached a two year agreement on Friday 8th in Moscow
which will mean Ponomariov will play the event in 2002 and 2003. Linares will
take place 22nd February - 10th March 2002. There will be on the spot photo
reports from John Henderson.
Fantasy Chess is Back! you can predict the results at Fantasy
Chess. http://play.at/fantasychess.
Leontxo Garcia of El Pais reports
that there will be a tournament in Astana (Kazakstan) at the end of May. The
players will be Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Michael
Adams, Veselin Topalov and Darmen Sadvakasov.
The 75th Anniversary of the Copenhagen Chess Union is being celebrated
by a Category 9 tournament.
Internet coverage: http://www.ksu.dk
Round 2 Standings:
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75th KSU Copenhagen DEN (DEN), 9-13 ii 2002 cat. IX (2461)
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1. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2507 * . . . . . = 1 . . 1.5 2599
2. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2536 . * . . . = . . 1 . 1.5 2668
3. Gausel, Einar g NOR 2520 . . * . = . . . . 1 1.5 2593
4. Ward, Christopher g ENG 2486 . . . * . . . = . 1 1.5 2617
5. Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn m DEN 2359 . . = . * = . . . . 1.0 2532
6. Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2545 . = . . = * . . . . 1.0 2447
7. Kristensen, Bjarke m DEN 2406 = . . . . . * . = . 1.0 2456
8. Hoi, Carsten g DEN 2407 0 . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2303
9. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2405 . 0 . . . . = . * . 0.5 2278
10. Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2441 . . 0 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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The Morsø Invitational takes place 9th-17th February 2002. The
event which takes place in Northern Denmark has the following players: GM
Alexander Rustemov, GM Levon Aronian, GM Normunds Miezis, IM Andrei Sokolov, IM
Michael Prusikhin, IM David Navara, IM Steffen Pedersen, IM Klaus Berg, IM Erik
Pedersen and local hero Jan Pedersen.
Internet coverage:
http://home19.inet.tele.dk/morsskak/mors2002/Home.html
Round 2 Standings:
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It Morso DEN (DEN), 9-19 ii 2002 cat. X (2492)
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1. Navara, David m CZE 2531 * = 1 . . . . . . . 1.5 2669
2. Sokolov, Andrei2 m LAT 2512 = * . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2667
3. Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2440 0 . * . . . . 1 . . 1.0 2514
4. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2607 . . . * = = . . . . 1.0 2498
5. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2584 . . . = * . . . . = 1.0 2563
6. Pedersen, Jan DEN 2413 . . . = . * . . = . 1.0 2503
7. Berg, Klaus m DEN 2418 . 0 . . . . * . 1 . 1.0 2456
8. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2498 . . 0 . . . . * . 1 1.0 2479
9. Pedersen, Erik m DEN 2400 . . . . . = 0 . * . 0.5 2222
10. Prusikhin, Mihailo m GER 2519 . . . . = . . 0 . * 0.5 2348
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The Bermuda tournament took place at the Fairmont Southampton Princess
Hotel 1st-3rd February 2002. Leading Final Standings: 1-3. IM Emanuel Berg, IM
Florian Handke, GM Bojan Vuckovic (Berg won the playoff round robin 2-0, taking
title and trophy.) 4-7. GM Pawel Blehm, IM Gregory Shahade, GM Andrew Soltis,
IM Eugene Perelshteyn.
A note on the final games. There was a 4 player Round Robin for the Top
Amateur title between Asuka Nakamura, Dore Sheppard, Jerry Simon and Roger
Patterson. They were splitting the free airfare + room for the 2003 event.
Nakamura and Sheppard ended up at 2/3, and had another playoff. Nakamura won
2-0 and won the title. In the Open section there was a 3 way tie for first. The
winner gets the name on the Trophy and the airfare + room for the 2003 event.
It was set up to be a round robin with 3 players. Berg won the first game
against Handke, and then the second game against Vuckovic, so the final game
Vuckovic-Handke was unplayed and unnecessary, so Berg won the trophy and the
trip for 2003.
Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
Leading Final Standings
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Open Bermuda BER (BER), 1-3 ii 2002
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1. Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2500 4.5 2708
2. Handke, Florian m GER 2450 4.5 2710
3. Vuckovic, Bojan g YUG 2455 4.5 2588
4. Blehm, Pawel g POL 2535 4.0 2487
5. Shahade, Gregory m USA 2454 4.0 2445
6. Soltis, Andrew E g USA 2409 4.0 2450
7. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2451 4.0 2431
75 players
The main First Saturday events in February 2002 in Budapests are a 14
player GM norm event and a 12 player IM norm event. Both events started
February 2nd 2002.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0202.htm
Round 8 Standings:
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FSGM February Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-13 ii 2002 cat. VIII (2433)
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1. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2513 * = . . = . 1 = 1 = 1 1 . . 6.0 2620
2. Sedlak, Nikola m YUG 2442 = * = . . = = = = 1 . 1 . . 5.0 2538
3. Medvegy, Zoltan m HUN 2478 . = * = = . 1 = . . = . 1 = 5.0 2523
4. Markus, Robert m YUG 2470 . . = * = = = . . . 1 = = 1 5.0 2509
5. Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2367 = . = = * = . . . = . = = 1 4.5 2472
6. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2428 . = . = = * 0 = = . 1 . . 1 4.5 2481
7. Balogh, Csaba f HUN 2398 0 = 0 = . 1 * . = = . . 1 . 4.0 2436
8. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2510 = = = . . = . * = 0 . = = . 3.5 2385
9. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2431 0 = . . . = = = * 1 0 = . . 3.5 2402
10. Mensch, Etienne f FRA 2380 = 0 . . = . = 1 0 * 0 . . 1 3.5 2401
11. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2478 0 . = 0 . 0 . . 1 1 * . = = 3.5 2389
12. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2411 0 0 . = = . . = = . . * = 1 3.5 2393
13. Dembo, Yelena wg HUN 2346 . . 0 = = . 0 = . . = = * = 3.0 2353
14. Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2413 . . = 0 0 0 . . . 0 = 0 = * 1.5 2168
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FSIM February Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-13 ii 2002 cat. II (2277)
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1. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2276 * = . . = 1 = = . 1 1 1 6.0 2453
2. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2303 = * = 1 = . 1 . = . = 1 5.5 2411
3. Lund, Esben DEN 2333 . = * = = 1 1 = = 1 . . 5.5 2421
4. Kun, Gabor HUN 2313 . 0 = * 1 0 . 1 1 = 1 . 5.0 2377
5. Chevaldonnet, Francois m FRA 2254 = = = 0 * . . 1 = = = . 4.0 2294
6. Boros, Denes HUN 2240 0 . 0 1 . * 0 = = . 1 1 4.0 2289
7. Cooke, Eric USA 2195 = 0 0 . . 1 * 0 1 . 1 0 3.5 2250
8. Hajnal, Zoltan f HUN 2403 = . = 0 0 = 1 * . 0 . = 3.0 2176
9. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2318 . = = 0 = = 0 . * 0 . 1 3.0 2179
10. Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2215 0 . 0 = = . . 1 1 * 0 0 3.0 2209
11. Bonnet, Edouard1 FRA 2197 0 = . 0 = 0 0 . . 1 * 1 3.0 2172
12. Kostic, Filip m YUG 2280 0 0 . . . 0 1 = 0 1 0 * 2.5 2127
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The 5th-7th rounds of the Bundesliga took place 1st-3rd Febuary 2002.
Only the games from Hamburg (rounds 5-7) are available at the moment. Full
results were given last week.
Judit Polgar played in the 2nd division of the Bundesliga on 3rd
February 2002 at Schachklub Turm Emsdetten. SKT Emsdetten beat SF Katernberg
5,5 - 2,5. Further details: http://www.deltacity.net/michael/
Bundesliga coverage: http://www.chessgate.de and
http://www.schach.com
The 7th Casino HIT Nova Gorica Open takes place January 31st - February
8th 2002. There were 15 GMs and 5 IMs among 87 players. Dusko Pavasovic won the
event with 7/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0202/ng02op/
Final Standings
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7th HIT Open Nova Gorica SLO (SLO), 12 i-8 ii 2002
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1. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2547 7.0 50.0 39.5 2566
2. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2595 6.5 55.0 43.0 2629
3. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2544 6.5 52.5 42.5 2581
4. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2550 6.5 53.5 42.0 2581
5. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2580 6.5 53.0 42.0 2592
6. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2606 6.5 53.0 41.5 2619
7. Mikhalchishin, Adrian g SLO 2542 6.5 50.5 40.0 2524
8. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2564 6.5 50.0 39.0 2539
9. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2584 6.5 45.5 36.0 2437
10. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2568 6.0 52.5 41.5 2527
11. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2500 6.0 51.5 41.0 2524
12. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2438 6.0 49.5 40.0 2499
13. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2569 6.0 49.0 39.0 2463
14. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2599 6.0 48.0 37.5 2468
15. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2293 6.0 46.0 35.5 2384
16. Krivec, Jana wf SLO 2254 6.0 44.0 34.5 2315
17. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2498 6.0 44.0 34.0 2313
18. Solak, Dragan g YUG 2501 5.5 51.0 40.5 2517
19. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2443 5.5 49.0 38.0 2402
20. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2424 5.5 48.0 38.0 2376
21. Borisek, Jure f SLO 2335 5.5 47.0 37.0 2337
22. Sakelsek, Tadej SLO 2202 5.5 46.0 37.0 2384
23. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2301 5.5 47.0 36.5 2373
24. Srebrnic, Marko SLO 2196 5.5 44.5 36.0 2347
25. Gombac, Jan SLO 2225 5.5 44.5 35.5 2367
26. Sitnik, Igor SLO 2291 5.5 44.5 35.0 2344
27. Jeric, Simon m SLO 2303 5.5 43.0 34.0 2274
28. Luciani, Carlo ITA 2254 5.5 41.5 33.0 2257
87 players
Hugh Brodie reports on the "CMA Futurity" that took place January 23rd -
February 1st 2002). The "CMA Futurity", organized in Montreal by the Chess and
Math Association, was won by local IM Jean Hebert. The highest rated player, GM
Vladimir Lazarev (RUS) finished half a point behine. The event was organized to
give younger players a chance to play titled players, and try to earn a norm of
their own. Canada's newest IM, 13-year old Mark Bluvshtein, had an excellent
third-place performance. Two other young players - Thomas Roussel-Roozmon, and
Igor Divljan - also had respectable scores (Igor beat Lazarev!).
Further coverage at: http://www.chesstalk.com and Hugh Brodie's
site at: http://132.206.45.67/chess/index.htm
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CMA Futurity Montreal CAN (CAN), 23 i-2 ii 2002 cat. III (2312)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Hebert, Jean m CAN 2398 * = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2522
2. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 2461 = * = 1 1 1 1 = 0 1 6.5 2461
3. Bluvshtein, Mark m CAN 2354 = = * 0 = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2387
4. Schleifer, Michael m CAN 2389 0 0 1 * 1 0 0 1 1 = 4.5 2303
5. Schwartz, Ylan f USA 2317 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 = = 1 4.5 2311
6. Voskanian, Vahagn f ARM 2315 0 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2312
7. Gaspariants, Garry RUS 2230 = 0 = 1 0 1 * = = 0 4.0 2278
8. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas CAN 2140 = = 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2251
9. Divljan, Igor CAN 2258 0 1 0 0 = 0 = = * 0 2.5 2152
10. Gravel, Simon M CAN 2261 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 * 2.5 2152
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The 109th New Zealand Chess Championships 2001/2002 took place 28th
December 2001 - 11th January 2002 in Christchurch. The venue was The Millennium
Hotel, 14 Cathedral square, Christchurch, New Zealand. Anthony Ker took the
title with a score of 8.5/11.
Internet coverage: http://nzchesscongress109.tripod.com/
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109th ch-NZL Christchurch NZL (NZL), 28 xii 2001 - 9 i 2002
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1. Ker, Anthony F m NZL 2320 = 4 =13 +18 + 9 + 8 = 5 +11 + 3 + 6 = 2 = 7 8.5 2397
2. Haag, Martin GER 2317 - 9 +15 - 4 -18 +10 =16 +13 +14 + 5 = 1 + 8 7.0 2238
3. Dive, Russell John m NZL 2405 = 6 + 7 - 8 +14 + 4 =11 = 5 - 1 =10 =12 +16 6.5 2264
4. Dowden, R. Anthony NZL 2167 = 1 = 6 + 2 =11 - 3 =12 - 7 +17 +16 + 8 = 5 6.5 2269
5. Anderson, Bruce NZL ---- +11 =12 +14 = 8 +13 = 1 = 3 - 6 - 2 = 9 = 4 6.0 2282
6. Spain, Graeme NZL 2167 = 3 = 4 -11 +17 + 9 =14 = 8 + 5 - 1 =15 =10 6.0 2239
7. Jones, Brian AUS 2223 =13 - 3 =15 =10 +16 = 9 + 4 - 8 =12 +18 = 1 6.0 2209
8. Van der Hoorn, Mark NZL 2120 +15 +18 + 3 = 5 - 1 +13 = 6 + 7 -11 - 4 - 2 6.0 2226
9. Croad, Nikolas NZL 2201 + 2 =14 =12 - 1 - 6 = 7 +16 -11 +18 = 5 +17 6.0 2218
10. Mc Laren, Leonard NZL 2277 -18 +16 -13 = 7 - 2 +15 +17 =12 = 3 +11 = 6 6.0 2212
11. Garbett, Paul Anthony f NZL 2359 - 5 +17 + 6 = 4 =12 = 3 - 1 + 9 + 8 -10 -14 5.5 2206
12. Smith, Robert W f NZL 2282 +17 = 5 = 9 -13 =11 = 4 =14 =10 = 7 = 3 =15 5.5 2191
13. Bennett, Hilton NZL 2088 = 7 = 1 +10 +12 - 5 - 8 - 2 -15 +17 =16 +18 5.5 2149
14. Wastney, Scott f NZL 2281 +16 = 9 - 5 - 3 +18 = 6 =12 - 2 =15 =17 +11 5.5 2166
15. Litwak, Piotr POL 2050 - 8 - 2 = 7 -16 -17 -10 =18 +13 =14 = 6 =12 3.5 2031
16. Giles, Benjamin NZL ---- -14 -10 =17 +15 - 7 = 2 - 9 +18 - 4 =13 - 3 3.5 2054
17. Sutherland, John NZL 2054 -12 -11 =16 - 6 +15 +18 -10 - 4 -13 =14 - 9 3.0 1995
18. McNabb,Matthew NZL ---- +10 - 8 - 1 + 2 -14 -17 =15 -16 - 9 - 7 -13 2.5 1964
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The Côte d'Azur Masters sponsored by P&V Pierre et Vacances
ran 4th-10th February 2002. IM Milan Mrdja won the event with 6.5/9. Games from
the first six rounds available.
Internet coverage: http://www.cannes-echecs.org
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P&V Masters Cannes FRA (FRA), 4-10 ii 2002 cat. IV (2331)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2399 * = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2489
2. Janev, Evgeni m BUL 2498 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2437
3. Bujisho, Benjamin FRA 2358 0 = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2452
4. Dunis, Aurelien FRA 2395 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2448
5. Levacic, Patrick m CRO 2332 = = = 0 * 1 = = = = 4.5 2330
6. Leygue, Dominique FRA 2251 0 = 1 = 0 * = = = 1 4.5 2339
7. Peric, Slavisa m YUG 2250 0 = 0 = = = * = = = 3.5 2259
8. Gozzoli, Yannick FRA 2337 = 0 0 0 = = = * = = 3.0 2205
9. Forestier, Flavien FRA 2195 = 0 0 0 = = = = * 0 2.5 2179
10. Acher, Mathieu FRA 2293 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * 2.5 2169
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The final tournament of the European Grand Prix is the 10th Valle
d'Aosta Open. Players on 2/2 include: Emil Sutovsky, Dimitri Tyomkin, Harmen
Jonkman, Igor V. Glek, Azer Mirzoev, Lenier Dominguez, Andrei Volokitin,
Michele Godena, Igor A. Novikov, Mathias Roeder, Nenad Sulava, Dimitri Komarov,
Jose Fernandez Garcia, Vladimir Bukal, Alvise Zichichi, Gennadij Timoscenko,
Vladimir Malakhov, Sergei Tiviakov, Milan Drasko, Vladimir Epishin, Almira
Skripchenko, Milos Pavlovic, Igor Khenkin, Lexy Ortega, Dmitry Jakovenko,
Sinisa Drazic, Spyridon Skembris, Reynaldo Vera, Peter Acs and Alexander
Volzhin.(159 players).
Internet coverage: http://www.scacchivda.com/
The 1st Praha Open took place 2nd-9th February 2002 in Prague (the Czech
Republic). No games available.
Internet coverage:
http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour/praha/results.asp
Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Slaby Jerzy 2244 POL 7½ 40½ 51
2 Smistik Milan 2199 CZE 7 37 52
3 Chetverik Maxim 2321 RUS 7 35½ 50
4 Muzik Martin Ing. 2270 CZE 6½ 35½ 52
5 Matras Ondrej Ing. 2215 CZE 6½ 34½ 49
6 Walkusz Witoslaw 2230 POL 6½ 33½ 48
7 Stross Frantisek 2246 CZE 6½ 32½ 48
8 Vavruska Antonin 2202 CZE 6 33½ 50
9 Schulz Michael 2244 GER 6 33½ 48½
10 Soergel Frank 2151 GER 6 32½ 51½
11 Zolnierowicz Krzysztof 2273 POL 6 31 49
12 Cziko Eduard Carol 2120 ROM 6 31 46½
13 Branding Volker 2104 GER 6 30½ 49
14 Paulovic Martin 2184 CZE 6 30½ 45
15 Ciruk Jerzy 2258 POL 6 30 42½
16 Gasik Piotr 2158 POL 6 29½ 44½
17 Mitura Vaclav 2257 CZE 6 29 46½
18 Grete Morgens 1826 DEN 6 28 41½
19 Burdova Ksenija 2177 RUS 6 27½ 41½
20 Albers Andreas 2065 GER 6 26½ 40
21 Ilandzis Spyridon 2188 GRE 6 25 39½
104 players
FIDE have announced their World Chess Grand Prix. They have provided
further confirmed details. The event are: UAE Grand Prix, Abu Dhabi, Military
Hotel, 2 - 9 April. Russian Grand Prix, Moscow, President Hotel, 12 - 19 May.
Indian Grand Prix, Bangalore or Bombay 9 - 16 July. Croatian Grand Prix,
Dubrovnik, 2 - 9 August (this event is not confirmed and may be subject to
change) Brazilian Grand Prix, Rio de Janeiro 9 - 16 September. They also have a
question
and answer section.
The first three rounds of the French National I Team Championships have
taken place. The teams are split into two groups (A and B) of 8 who play each
other before the later stages of the tournament. NAO Caissa interestingly had
Vladimir Kramnik on top board for their first and third matches (Kramnik beat
Tregubov and drew with Tkachiev) obviously I would be interested in getting the
games from these matches. Michelangelo Bussacchini has sent games played on
1st-3rd Febuary 2002 in the Hotel Hermitage - Monaco. These group B matches
involved Monaco (Andersson, Bauer, Dorfman), Gonfreville (Bologan), Sautron
(Istratescu) and Noyon (Moreno Carnoro).
Details of results: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
Group A
Round 1
NAO Caïssa 2 - 3 Clichy
Drancy 0 - 4 Cannes
Strasbourg CE 1 - 5 Vandoeuvre les Nancy
Mulhouse 5 - 2 Nancy
Round 2
Clichy 0 - 1 Cannes
NAO Caïssa 5 - 0 Drancy
Vandoeuvre les Nancy 5 - 0 Nancy
Strasbourg CE 2 - 4 Mulhouse
Round 3
Drancy 2 - 7 Clichy
Cannes 3 - 1 NAO Caïssa
Mulhouse 3 - 1 Vandoeuvre les Nancy
Nancy 4 - 1 Strasbourg CE
Pl. Team Pts d. p. c.
1 Mulhouse 9 7 12 5
2 Cannes 9 7 8 1
3 Vandoeuvre les Nancy 7 7 11 4
4 Clichy 7 5 10 5
5 NAO Caïssa 5 2 8 6
6 Nancy 5 -5 6 11
7 Strasbourg CE 3 -9 4 13
8 Drancy 3 -14 2 16
Group B
Round 1
Orange 2 - 4 Toulouse
Nice 4 - 2 Montpellier
Noyon 1 - 4 Monaco
Sautron 4 - 4 Gonfreville
Round 2
Toulouse 1 - 4 Montpellier
Orange 0 - 1 Nice
Monaco 4 - 0 Gonfreville
Noyon 3 - 4 Sautron
Round 3
Nice 4 - 0 Toulouse
Montpellier 3 - 1 Orange
Sautron 0 - 5 Monaco
Gonfreville 2 - 2 Noyon
Pl. Team Pts d. p. c.
1 Monaco 9 12 13 1
2 Nice 9 7 9 2
3 Montpellier 7 3 9 6
4 Sautron 6 -4 8 12
5 Gonfreville 5 -4 6 10
6 Toulouse 5 -5 5 10
7 Noyon 4 -4 6 10
8 Orange 3 -5 3 8
There was a presentation on Friday at Moscow's Central Chess Club to
former Candidate (1953) Yuri Averbakh on his 80th birthday. Born 8th February
1922 Averbakh was also a well known writer on endgames, an arbiter and former
President of the Soviet Chess Federation.
The 13th Asian cities team championships are taking place in Aden in the
Yemen. There is no website or games available.
Round 5 Standings:
1. Pavlodar KAZ 17.0
2. Manila PHI 13.0
3. Namangan UZB 13.0
4. Doha QAT 13.0
5. Jakarta INA 11.5
6. Lucknow IND 11.0
7. Tehran IRI 10.5
8. Delhi IND 9.5
9. Dubai UAE 9.5
10. Aden YEM 9.5
11. Kuala Lumpur MAS 9.5
12. Taiz YEM 9.5
13. Baghdad IRQ 8.5
14. Sanaa YEM 8.5
15. Amman JOR 8.5
16. Colombo SRI 7.0
17. Al Mukalla YEM 7.0
18. Al Muharaq BRN 4.0
Steve Laios sends just over 100 more games from the Belgian Team
Championships.
Many thanks to those who voted for TWIC for ChessAward 2001. TWIC won
for the second year. Its nice to be appreciated. Mark
Details:
http://www.schacknyheter.com/chessaward/english/winners.shtml
Aphrodite Women's Chess Tournament
The Association of Greeks from Egypt [S.A.E.] has organised an
International Women's Chess Tournament in memory of Aphrodite Vazelaki.
16th-23rd February 2002.
Further details:
http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2002/aphrodite/index.html
Wroxham Masters
The Wroxham Masters take place March 9th-15th 2002. Players: GM C Bauer
2578 France GM G Flear 2511 England GM K Arkell 2463 England IM D Gormally 2506
England IM B Kelly 2445 Ireland IM K Arakhamia-Grant 2410 Georgia WGM E Paehtz
2383 Germany WGM M Fierro Baquero 2382 Ecuador WGM E Repkova 2345 Slovakia
.
Internet coverage: http://wroxham.lubaland.co.uk/
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.
They started on February 9th 2002.
36th Ballarat Begonia Tournament
The 36th Ballarat Begonia Chess Tournament will be held the weekend of
9-11th March 2002 coinciding with the Begonia Festival. Confirmed participants
include Australia’s two grandmasters Ian Rogers and Darryl Johansen.
80-100 chess players are expected to play in Ballarat arriving from as far as
Queensland, South Australia and even overseas. Details:
http://www.auschess.org.au/ballarat/bccindex.htm
January 2002 FIDE List Study
Chess Siberia http://www.chessib.com/ has a new article
"Study of the January 2002 FIDE Rating List" (by Boris Schipkov,
11.02.2002).
BCF Grading Questionaire
Results of the British Chess Federation Grading Questionaire are
available at the British Chess Federation site.
Internet site:
http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/grading/questionnaire.htm
Third Saturday March
Sinisa Drazic reports: that the Third Saturday tournaments in Novi Sad
will take place 16th-24th March. The GM event has G Kosanovic, V Kostic, Humpy
Koneru, Micic Cedomir, Robert Fontaine, F Bistric, L Murzin, Sinisa Drazic and
M Scekic. Three more players are needed including one GM not rated less than
2380.
In the IM event players already competing are: Z Basagic, M Pap, Ashot
Koneru, Matej Sebenik, R Mujagic, S Manojlovic, M Stojkovic, Laurent
Giudarelli, A Dumpor, Markus Held, Luca Barillaro, I Buljovcic There are
already 12 players, the organisers are looking for two more players to make the
event 13 rounds.
Contact Sinisa Drazic thirdsaturday2002@yahoo.com
Savaria Summer
SAVARIA SUMMER International Chess Open Szombathely (Hungary), 26th
July- 1st August 2002. Two events an "A" group- for FIDE-Elo and a "B" group-
for children under 13. Further details from: KORPICS Zsolt H-9700 Szombathely,
Rohonci 13. +(36)-30/951-0063 korpicszs@freemail.hu
Greek On-line Tournament
The five winners of the 1st On-Line Chess Tournament in Greece will
receive free hospitality without entry fee in the following tournaments:
International Tournament of Ikaria 2002, International Tournament of Korinthos
2002, International Tournament of Kavala 2002 "NATIONAL" ORGANIZ SYSTEMS S.A.
the official sponsor of the 1st Internet Chess Championship in Greece has
offered 3.000 Euros towards the prizes.
Further details:
http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2002/1st_hellenic_online_chess_championship/index.html
Free entry: http://andyhot.di.uoa.gr/chess/tourn/part_form.asp
Oslo Easter Chess Festival
Oslo Easter Chess Festival consists of The Open Norwegian Championships
23-30 March and The Open Norwegian Youth Championships 23-27 March. Both
tournaments will be rated in FIDE.
Further information: http://home.online.no/~vichan (also in
English).
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 the classical rate of three minutes per move.
Annotated games of historical chess matches are an extra treat on the official
site. Location: Centre Céramique, Avenue Céramique 50,
Maastricht, The Netherlands. Games start at 13:00 local time. Entry is free.
Official site: http://www.chessevents.nl Rebel:
http://www.rebel.nl/reb-wely.htm
Denkbiatlon in Eindhoven
On March 30st for the second time a so called Denkbiatlon will be
organized in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. It is a 5 round Swiss tournament and
in each round a participant plays a game in chess and in international draughts
(10 x 10) against the same opponent (15 minutes per person) Prices 200 euro,
100 euro and 50 euro. Ron Heusdens, who participated in several Dutch
championships in international draughts and has a national chessrating of 2076,
will defend his title. Homepage: home.wanadoo.nl/daanen/biatlon.
E-mail aarddaanen@hotmail.com, tel. (31)402431617.
Palview Version 3
Version three of palview a program for displaying game on the internet
has been released.. I mention it not for the (rather limited) news value but
because i always wonder if it wouldn't be good to be able to play through the
games on TWIC.:-) Some nice examples here
Examples:
http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/palview/p3demo/demoindex.htm
Canadian Championship Zonal 2.2
Canadian Championship Zonal 2.2 will run March-April as an 11 round
Swiss with GMs Spraggett and Lesiege. Internet coverage:
http://www.chess.ca
Dutton Chess
The Toronto Closed Championship will finish the 12 player RR schedule
Sat. Feb. 9. Isai Berengolts leads FMs Brett Campbell (2001 Champion) and Ian
Findlay. Dutton CC hosts one weekend Swiss per month. The top active Canadian
IMs play, as well as the occasional visiting GM (Tyomkin, Yudasin).
Website: http://play.at/duttonchess
Chess-Press Chess Centre Website
The Hungarian company Chess Press has a new website.
http://www.chess-press.hu
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
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
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/
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/
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
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
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
The 3rd Yateley Manor International was won by IM Colin Crouch with
7.5/9 with Peter Sowray second on 7/9 and WIM-elect Heather Richards and Robert
Willmoth joint third on 6/9. A crosstable can be found at
http://www.juniorchess.info/yateley.
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
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
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.
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
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.
