THE WEEK IN CHESS 380 18th February 2002 by Mark Crowther
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XVIII Cappelle la Grande 298 games
Copenhagen CU 75th Ann 35 games
Morsø Invitational 2002 35 games
Petrov Memorial 364 games
Le Mans Masters 5 games
First Saturday February 185 games
10th Valle d'Aosta Open 199 games
13th Asian cities 324 games
Belgian Teams 73 games
Bijeljina-Dvorovi Tournament 45 games
Portsmouth Congress 39 games
Aeroflot Open 2002 Correction 1 game
1592 games
My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Vlad Barsi, Zenon Franco, Steve Laios,
Lanfranco Bombelli, Argiris Kotsis, Eugeny Atarov, Olivier Deville, Mihajlo
Savic, Argiris Kotsis, Coach, Vishal Sareen, Arthur Brameld, Hanon Russell and
all those who helped with this issue.
From February 22nd we will see eleven of the top twelve players in the
world in action (only Kramnik missing). Whilst Linares with Kasparov, Anand,
Adams, Ivanchuk, Shirov, Ponomariov and Vallejo Pons may grab the headlines
(Anand's return to SuperGM chess after his disaster in Dortmund in July and
Ponomariov's debut) the NAO Chess Masters in Cannes may end up being more
exciting with well known results producers Morozevich and Topalov playing
(although it has to be admitted there are some well known draw artists playing
too) as well as Evgeny Bareev in his first event since he won the Wijk aan Zee
tournament. I'm looking forward to these tournaments a lot.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The next major events in the calendar are the Linares and NAO Masters
2002.
Linares 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. Linares will take place 22nd
February - 10th March 2002. There will be on the spot photo reports for TWIC
from John Henderson.
The NAO Chess Masters tournament takes place 22nd February - 3rd March
2002. Alexander Morozevich, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Evgeny
Bareev, Anatoly Karpov, Joel Lautier, Etienne Bacrot, Laurent Fressinet and
Igor-Alexandre Nataf play.
Internet coverage: http://nao-ccc.com/
Fantasy Chess is Back! you can predict the results of these
events at Fantasy Chess. http://play.at/fantasychess.
The XVIII Cappelle la Grande International Chess Open took place
9th-16th February 2002. There was one clear winner with Eduardas Rozentalis
scoring 7.5/9 half a point clear of eleven players on 7.
Further details: http://cappelle.free.fr
Leading Final Standings:
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XVIII Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (FRA), 9-17 ii 2002
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1. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2598 7,5 2674
2. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2578 7,0 2707
3. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2609 7,0 2698
4. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2555 7,0 2689
5. Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2568 7,0 2685
6. Luther, Thomas g GER 2573 7,0 2669
7. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2608 7,0 2660
8. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2521 7,0 2645
9. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2572 7,0 2643
10. Kalod, Radek m CZE 2462 7,0 2637
11. Winants, Luc g BEL 2488 7,0 2625
12. Sprenger, Jan Michael m GER 2464 7,0 2573
13. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2561 6,5 2640
14. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2564 6,5 2638
15. Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2624 6,5 2630
16. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2571 6,5 2622
17. Dgebuadze, Alexandre g BEL 2544 6,5 2614
18. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2606 6,5 2598
19. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2571 6,5 2593
20. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2400 6,5 2572
21. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2503 6,5 2571
22. Rausis, Igors g LAT 2466 6,5 2568
23. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2585 6,5 2567
24. Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2546 6,5 2566
25. Totsky, Leonid g RUS 2490 6,5 2565
26. Potapov, Alexander1 m RUS 2477 6,5 2564
27. Shneider, Aleksandr g UKR 2501 6,5 2548
28. Vallin, Guillaume m FRA 2356 6,5 2546
29. Belkhodja, Slim m TUN 2506 6,5 2540
30. Khamatgaleev, Alexej m RUS 2400 6,5 2538
31. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2558 6,5 2527
32. Bagheri, Amir m IRI 2410 6,5 2525
33. Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2485 6,5 2522
34. Belikov, Vladimir g RUS 2483 6,5 2519
35. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2522 6,5 2508
36. Nikitin, Andrey g RUS 2506 6,5 2491
37. Mista, Aleksander POL 2419 6,5 2488
38. Matlak, Marek m POL 2488 6,5 2484
39. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2520 6,5 2448
40. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2467 6,5 2438
41. Holzke, Frank m GER 2478 6,5 2408
42. Paragua, Mark m PHI 2469 6,5 2397
43. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2591 6,0 2592
44. Stryjecki, Marek m POL 2445 6,0 2584
45. Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2506 6,0 2561
46. Chuchelov, Vladimir g BEL 2600 6,0 2536
47. Solleveld, Maarten m NED 2413 6,0 2536
48. Shaw, John m SCO 2506 6,0 2520
49. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2523 6,0 2502
50. Heberla, Bartlomiej POL 2433 6,0 2499
51. Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2463 6,0 2496
52. Fontaine, Robert m FRA 2469 6,0 2496
53. Dumitrache, Dragos m ROM 2506 6,0 2486
54. Pushkov, Nikolai g RUS 2516 6,0 2484
55. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2503 6,0 2480
56. Galdunts, Sergey m ARM 2510 6,0 2474
57. Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2530 6,0 2467
58. Eliet, Nicolas m FRA 2401 6,0 2465
59. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2427 6,0 2463
60. Czarnota, Pawel POL 2194 6,0 2457
61. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2392 6,0 2450
62. Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2455 6,0 2445
63. Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2527 6,0 2445
64. Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2560 6,0 2433
65. Bobras, Piotr f POL 2431 6,0 2432
66. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2438 6,0 2432
67. Marcelin, Cyril m FRA 2455 6,0 2429
68. Martyn, Rafe ENG 2115 6,0 2425
69. Jenni, Florian m SUI 2525 6,0 2419
70. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2513 6,0 2417
71. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2476 6,0 2417
72. Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2433 6,0 2414
73. Jakubowski, Krzysztof f POL 2458 6,0 2411
74. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2425 6,0 2405
75. Nikcevic, Nebojsa g YUG 2457 6,0 2405
678 players
The 75th Anniversary of the Copenhagen Chess Union is being celebrated
by a Category 9 tournament.
Internet coverage: http://www.ksu.dk
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75th KSU Copenhagen DEN (DEN), 9-17 ii 2002 cat. IX (2461)
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1. Ward, Christopher g ENG 2486 * = 1 = = = = = 1 = 5.5 2538
2. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2536 = * = = 0 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2532
3. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2507 0 = * = 1 1 1 = 0 = 5.0 2499
4. Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2545 = = = * = = 1 = = = 5.0 2494
5. Gausel, Einar g NOR 2520 = 1 0 = * = 0 = 1 1 5.0 2497
6. Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn m DEN 2359 = = 0 = = * = = 1 = 4.5 2472
7. Hoi, Carsten g DEN 2407 = = 0 0 1 = * 1 0 = 4.0 2424
8. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2405 = 0 = = = = 0 * 1 = 4.0 2424
9. Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2441 0 0 1 = 0 0 1 0 * 1 3.5 2383
10. Kristensen, Bjarke m DEN 2406 = 0 = = 0 = = = 0 * 3.0 2342
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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
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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 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2612
2. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2607 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2604
3. Sokolov, Andrei2 m LAT 2512 = = * 1 1 = = = = = 5.5 2570
4. Berg, Klaus m DEN 2418 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2543
5. Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2440 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = 5.0 2541
6. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2584 1 = = = 0 * 0 = = 1 4.5 2482
7. Pedersen, Jan DEN 2413 = = = = = 1 * 0 0 = 4.0 2458
8. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2498 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 4.0 2448
9. Prusikhin, Mihailo m GER 2519 0 0 = = 0 = 1 0 * = 3.0 2364
10. Pedersen, Erik m DEN 2400 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 2.0 2282
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Hanon Russell of chesscafe.com reports that Edmar Mednis born Riga,
Latvia March 22, 1937 has died in Queens, New York at the age of 64 on February
13th 2002 after a sudden attack of pneumonia. He was awarded the title of GM in
1980. Mednis's career high was beating Bobby Fischer in the US Championships of
1962 (although their overall record was +1 -5 =1 in serious games). He wrote
several books on endings and "How to beat Bobby Fischer". He was inducted into
the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 2000 and according to his entry there "Mednis
was educated as a chemical engineer, has worked as stock market investor, but
ultimately became a professional chess player".
Here is Mednis' famous win. He recalled it later: "I have been asked
innumerable times how it felt to receive Fischer's handshake. Well, it sure
felt great to defeat Fischer, but I must admit that I didn't get Bobby's
handshake nor, for that matter, any other direct communication from him. What
happened was the following: Next time we were together was for Round 4, and
before the games for that round started, Fischer went up to the referee, Hans
Kmoch, and told him that he was resigning. Mr. Kmoch then came over to me and
informed me, "Mr. Fischer has resigned."
Bobby Fischer vs. Edmar Mednis [C19] USA-ch New York (1),
16.12.1962
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Bd7
8.a4 Ne7 9.Bd3 Nbc6 10.0-0 c4 11.Be2 f6 12.Ba3 0-0 13.Re1 Rf7 14.exf6 gxf6
15.Bf1 Re8 16.Nh4 Ng6 17.Qh5 Rg7 18.g3 Qa5 19.Bb2 Nd8 20.Re3 Nf7 21.Kh1 Nd6
22.Nxg6 hxg6 23.Qe2 Rh7 24.Kg1 Kf7 25.h4 f5 26.Qf3 Ne4 27.Qf4 Rc8 28.Bg2 Qc7
29.Qxc7 Rxc7 30.a5 Rc6 31.Ba3 Ra6 32.Bb4 Rh8 33.Ree1 Bc6 34.Bf3 Nd2 35.Be2 Ne4
36.Kg2 Nf6 37.Rh1 Be8 38.Kf3 Ne4 39.Ke3 Nf6 40.f3 Bd7 41.g4 Be8 42.Kf4 Bb5
43.h5 gxh5 44.Rag1 Be8 45.Ke3 b6 46.axb6 Rxb6 47.Ra1 Rb7 48.Bd6 Rh7 49.gxf5
exf5 50.Rh4 Ke6 51.Bh2 Rb2 52.Kd2 Rhb7 53.Kc1 R2b6 54.Bf1 Ng8 55.Bf4 a5 56.Rh2
a4 57.Bh3 Ne7 58.Bg5 Kf7 59.Re2 Re6 60.Rxe6 Kxe6 61.Kd1 Nc8 62.Kd2 Bd7 63.Bg2
Ra7 64.Re1+ Kd6 65.Bh6 a3 66.Bf8+ Kc6 67.Bc5 Ra8 68.Ra1 a2 69.Ke3 Nd6 70.Kf4
Nb5 71.Bb4 h4 72.Bh3 Nc7 73.Be7 0-1
The Petrov Memorial takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia February
12th-20th 2002 The event is a 9 rounds Swiss with 2 hours for 40 moves plus 1
hour to finish. 19 GMs and about 30 IMs participating. Players include: Lev
Psakhis, Valerij Popov, Konstantin Aseev, Evgenij Vorobiov, Valerij Loginov,
Yuri Kruppa, Valery Yandemirov, Stanislav Voitsehovsky, Nino Khurtsidze. Alexei
Kornev leads with 5.5/6.
Internet coverage: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru (in
Russian) http://www.chess-tours.com/tournaments/
(in English) and http://www.joeblack.ru
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Petrov Mem Open St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 12-20 ii 2002
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1. Kornev, Alexei RUS 2536 5.5 2810
2. Alekseev, Evgeny m RUS 2552 5.0 2727
3. Eliseev, Alexei m RUS 2489 5.0 2669
4. Areshchenko, Alexander m UKR 2470 5.0 2672
5. Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2464 5.0 2657
6. Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2591 4.5 2526
7. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2545 4.5 2598
8. Yevseev, Denis m RUS 2540 4.5 2544
9. Zakharstov, Viacheslav V m RUS 2531 4.5 2554
10. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2524 4.5 2554
11. Chuprov, Dmitry m RUS 2484 4.5 2574
12. Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2436 4.5 2490
13. Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2551 4.0 2500
14. Izoria, Zviad m GEO 2547 4.0 2480
15. Rychagov, Andrey m RUS 2544 4.0 2485
16. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2527 4.0 2495
17. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil m GEO 2527 4.0 2467
18. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny m RUS 2523 4.0 2492
19. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2511 4.0 2442
20. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2510 4.0 2543
21. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2502 4.0 2521
22. Kuporosov, Viktor m RUS 2473 4.0 2516
23. Zakharevich, Igor g RUS 2466 4.0 2513
24. Kabanov, Nikolai m RUS 2457 4.0 2539
25. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2434 4.0 2405
26. Dzhakaev, D RUS 2424 4.0 2442
27. Pridorozhni, Aleksei m RUS 2415 4.0 2491
28. Zatonskih, Anna wg UKR 2413 4.0 2501
30. Kochyev, Alexander g RUS 2410 4.0 2455
31. Gajsin, Evgenij RUS 2376 4.0 2574
32. Ovod, Evgenija wg RUS 2355 4.0 2516
33. Ivanov, Oleg V UKR 2350 4.0 2548
34. Krivko, Yuri RUS 2273 4.0 2401
35. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2572 3.5 2442
36. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2534 3.5 2440
37. Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2466 3.5 2359
38. Shushpanov, Rustam RUS 2460 3.5 2452
39. Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2452 3.5 2387
40. Klimov, Sergey m RUS 2433 3.5 2454
41. Lukin, Andrei M m RUS 2415 3.5 2385
42. Biriukov, Oleg V RUS 2378 3.5 2413
43. Isajevsky, Anton RUS 2368 3.5 2456
44. Bogachkov, Igor RUS 2348 3.5 2443
45. Kryschilovskij, Andrej RUS 2346 3.5 2503
46. Pavlov, Aleksandr RUS 2340 3.5 2468
47. Torbin, Kirill RUS 2337 3.5 2534
48. Alikhanov, Felix RUS 2305 3.5 2400
49. Ushenina, Anna wm UKR 2297 3.5 2377
122 players
The Le Mans Masters takes place February 17th-24th 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
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It Le Mans FRA (FRA), 17-24 ii 2002 cat. IV (2334)
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1. Heurtebize, Olivier FRA 2203 * . . . . 1 . . . . 1.0
2. Justo, Damian f ARG 2318 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Lukov, Valentin g BUL 2478 . . * . . . . . . 1 1.0
4. Sulypa, Alexandre g UKR 2513 . . . * . . . 1 . . 1.0
5. Wirig, Anthony FRA 2304 . . . . * . 1 . . . 1.0
6. Blot, Jerome f FRA 2299 0 . . . . * . . . . 0.0
7. Colin, Vincent FRA 2336 . . . . 0 . * . . . 0.0
8. Le Roux, Jean-Pierre FRA 2325 . . . 0 . . . * . . 0.0
9. Rouillon, Ludovic FRA 2235 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Mohandesi, Shahin f IRI 2324 . . 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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The main First Saturday events in February 2002 in Budapests were a 14
player GM norm event and a 12 player IM norm event. Both events started
February 2nd 2002. The 22 year old Zoltan Medvegy of Hungary (who tied for
first with Levente Vajda in the GM event) made his 2nd and final GM-norm in the
event.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0202.htm
Final Standings:
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FSGM February Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-13 ii 2002 cat. VIII (2433)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Medvegy, Zoltan m HUN 2478 * 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 9.5 2604
2. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2513 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = = 9.5 2602
3. Sedlak, Nikola m YUG 2442 = = * = = = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 8.5 2542
4. Markus, Robert m YUG 2470 = 0 = * = = = 1 1 = = = = 1 7.5 2487
5. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2510 = = = = * = 1 = = = = = 0 = 6.5 2427
6. Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2367 = = = = = * = 0 = = = = = 1 6.5 2438
7. Balogh, Csaba f HUN 2398 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = = = 6.5 2435
8. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2478 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 = 6.0 2400
9. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2431 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 * = = = 1 1 6.0 2404
10. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2428 0 0 = = = = 0 1 = * = = = 1 6.0 2404
11. Dembo, Yelena wg HUN 2346 0 0 = = = = 0 = = = * = 1 = 5.5 2382
12. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2411 0 0 0 = = = = 0 = = = * 1 1 5.5 2377
13. Mensch, Etienne f FRA 2380 0 = 0 = 1 = = 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 4.5 2327
14. Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2413 = = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 = 0 0 * 3.0 2223
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FSIM February Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-13 ii 2002 cat. II (2277)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2303 * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2449
2. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2276 = * 1 0 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2410
3. Kun, Gabor HUN 2313 0 0 * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2376
4. Lund, Esben DEN 2333 = 1 = * 1 = 1 = 0 0 = 1 6.5 2337
5. Boros, Denes HUN 2240 = 0 1 0 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2345
6. Hajnal, Zoltan f HUN 2403 = = 0 = = * 1 1 = 1 0 0 5.5 2265
7. Cooke, Eric USA 2195 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 1 0 1 1 = 5.0 2248
8. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2318 = = 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 = 0 4.5 2208
9. Kostic, Filip m YUG 2280 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 1 4.5 2212
10. Bonnet, Edouard1 FRA 2197 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 * = 1 4.0 2182
11. Chevaldonnet, Francois m FRA 2254 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 = * = 3.5 2146
12. Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2215 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 0 0 = * 3.5 2149
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FSFMA February Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-13 ii 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Berczes, David HUN 2146 * 1 1 = 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2290
2. Szirmai, Eduard HUN 2154 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 = = 1 = 1 9.0 2219
3. Ignacz, Maria HUN 2069 0 1 * 1 = 0 1 0 1 = 0 1 = 1 7.5 2142
4. Schneider, Veronika HUN 2046 = = 0 * 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 = 7.5 2144
5. Pirau, Horatiu ROM 2168 1 0 = 0 * 1 1 0 1 0 1 = 0 1 7.0 2106
6. Kalmar, Karoly HUN 2104 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 = 0 1 1 = 7.0 2111
7. Por, Attila HUN 2077 = 0 0 1 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 = 0 6.5 2084
8. Sebrek, Janos HUN 2059 = 0 1 0 1 0 = * = = = 0 1 1 6.5 2086
9. Ladanyi, Gyula HUN 2004 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 = * 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 2061
10. Banhazi, Istvan HUN 2084 0 = = 1 1 = 0 = 0 * 1 0 0 = 5.5 2027
11. Hocevar, Nikola SLO 2134 0 = 1 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 * = = 1 5.0 1993
12. Sarkozi, Ferenc HUN 2071 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 1 = * 1 0 5.0 1998
13. Ferenczi, Jozsef2 HUN 2057 0 = = 0 1 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 * = 4.5 1976
14. Frank, Jozsef1 HUN 2005 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 1 = * 4.0 1949
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FSFMB February Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-11 ii 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Vass, Viktor HUN 2182 ** 10 =1 1= == 11 7.0 2301
2 Dombai, Istvan HUN 2214 01 ** 01 0= =1 11 6.0 2218
3 Juracsik, Jozsef HUN 2209 =0 10 ** 1= == 11 6.0 2219
4 Agh, Miklos HUN 2240 0= 1= 0= ** == 11 5.5 2177
5 Fodor, Istvan HUN 2082 == =0 == == ** == 4.5 2136
6 Gyenes, Istvan HUN 2018 00 00 00 00 == ** 1.0 1819
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The final tournament of the European Grand Prix was the 10th Valle
d'Aosta Open which took place 9th-17th February 2002. Vladimir Malakhov,
Vladimir Epishin, Andrei Volokitin and Sergei Tiviakov all finished on 7/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.scacchivda.com/
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10th Open Valle d'Aosta ITA (ITA), 9-17 ii 2002
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1. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2647 7.0 51.0
2. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2599 7.0 50.0
3. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2586 7.0 48.0
4. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2614 7.0 47.0
5. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2594 6.5 47.5
6. Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2521 6.5 47.5
7. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2656 6.5 47.0
8. Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2537 6.5 46.0
9. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2529 6.5 44.5
10. Babula, Vlastimil g CZE 2551 6.5 44.5
11. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2580 6.5 43.0
12. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2553 6.5 41.5
13. Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2511 6.5 41.0
14. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2641 6.0 50.0
15. Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2583 6.0 48.5
16. Timoscenko, Gennadij g SVK 2513 6.0 45.5
17. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2444 6.0 45.5
18. Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2497 6.0 44.5
19. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2550 6.0 44.0
20. D'Amore, Carlo m ITA 2436 6.0 44.0
21. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2569 6.0 43.0
22. Roiz, Michael m ISR 2507 6.0 43.0
23. Tyomkin, Dimitri g ISR 2501 6.0 43.0
24. Acs, Peter g HUN 2526 6.0 42.5
25. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2534 6.0 42.5
26. Ortega, Lexy g ITA 2481 6.0 41.5
27. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2584 6.0 38.5
28. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2544 6.0 38.0
29. Ibrahimov, Rasul m AZE 2436 5.5 46.5
30. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2482 5.5 46.0
31. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2478 5.5 46.0
32. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2555 5.5 46.0
33. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2494 5.5 45.5
34. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2552 5.5 45.5
35. Godena, Michele g ITA 2487 5.5 45.5
36. Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira wg FRA 2498 5.5 44.5
37. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2492 5.5 44.5
38. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2422 5.5 44.5
39. Drasko, Milan g YUG 2504 5.5 43.0
40. Collas, Didier m FRA 2409 5.5 43.0
41. Georgiev, Vladimir g BUL 2560 5.5 43.0
42. Glek, Igor V g GER 2601 5.5 41.5
43. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2486 5.5 41.0
44. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2417 5.5 40.0
45. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2591 5.5 39.0
46. Safranska, Anda wg LAT 2302 5.5 39.0
47. Eschmann, Patrick SUI 2167 5.5 38.0
48. Masserey, Yvan f SUI 2376 5.5 35.0
49. Drabke, Lorenz f ITA 2325 5.5 34.0
174 players
The 13th Asian cities team championships took place in Aden in the Yemen
7th-13th February 2002. 18 teams from 15 countries took part in the 9 round
swiss using the FIDE time control of 90 minutes for the game with a 30 second
bonus. The Pavoldaor team retained the Dubai cup and title easily defeating
their main rivals Manila and the Uzbek team Namangan in the early rounds. The
event was finally decided in the penultimate round when Pavoldar took a 4 point
lead, eventually winning by 5.5 points.
Team Final Standings:
Rnk Team Fed Seed Pts. Pts.
1 Pavlodar KAZ 1 31.5 9
2 Namangan UZB 2 25 7
3 Manila PHI 3 25 6.5
4 Jakarta INA 4 20.5 5.5
5 Delhi IND 9 19.5 4.5
6 Tehran IRI 5 19 5
7 Doha QAT 6 17.5 4
8 Baghdad IRQ 7 17 4.5
9 Kuala Lumpur MAS 14 17 4
10 Amman JOR 12 16 4.5
11 Dubai UAE 8 16 4
12 Colombo SRI 10 16 3
13 Lucknow IND 13 15.5 4
14 Sanaa YEM 11 15.5 4
15 Aden YEM 17 15.5 3.5
16 Taiz YEM 16 14 3
17 Al Muharaq BRN 15 13 2.5
18 Al Mukalla YEM 18 10.5 2.5
Performances
Bd.Name Ttl Team Fed No. ELO Pts. Gm Perc Medal
1 OTHMAN A Moussa FM Dubai UAE 35 2366 6.5 8 81.25 G
1 GHAEM Maghami Ehsan GM Tehran IRI 20 2513 6 8 75.00 S
1 AL MODIAHKI Mohamad GM Doha QAT 25 2500 6.5 9 72.22 B 39
1 KOTSUR Pavel GM Pavlodar KAZ 1 2578 6.5 9 72.22 37.5
1 JUSWANTO Denny IM Jakarta INA 15 2516 6.5 9 72.22
1 SAFIN Shukhrat GM Namangan UZB 6 2528 5.5 9 61.11
1 TORRE Eugene GM Manila PHI 10 2536 5.5 9 61.11
1 VIVEK KUMAR Shukla Lucknow IND 59 2287 4 7 57.14
1 SINGH Gurpreetpal Delhi IND 40 2284 5 9 55.56
1 DE SILVA N H Colombo SRI 44 2230 4.5 9 50.00
1 LIM Yee Weng Kuala Lumpur MAS 64 2175 3.5 8 43.75
1 IYMAN Fayea Taiz YEM 73 2000 3.5 8 43.75
1 KHALIDHARA M Sanaa YEM 49 2192 2.5 7 35.71
1 TAHA Hussien Al Mukalla YEM 83 2000 2.5 9 27.78
1 GALAM Abdul Razak Aden YEM 78 2000 1.5 7 21.43
1 ANMAR Ibrahim Al Muharaq BRN 69 2000 1.5 9 16.67
1 KHALEEL Youseif Amman JOR 54 2000 0 4 0.00
1 ATIA Mahdi Baghdad IRQ 30 2176 0 2 0.00
2 VLADIMIROV Evgeny GM Pavlodar KAZ 2 2592 7 7 100.00 G
2 BARSOV Alexei GM Namangan UZB 7 2527 7 9 77.78 S
2 SARSAM SA IM Baghdad IRQ 31 2404 4.5 7 64.29 B
2 SALEH Nagueb Dubai UAE 36 2271 2 3 66.67
2 ANTONIO Rogelio Jr GM Manila PHI 11 2519 5.5 9 61.11
2 MALLAWARACHI TS Colombo SRI 45 2237 4.5 8 56.25
2 AL SAYED Mohamad N IM Doha QAT 26 2413 5 9 55.56
2 MAHMUD Syarif FM Jakarta INA 16 2351 4.5 9 50.00
2 JOSHI G B Delhi IND 41 2214 4.5 9 50.00
2 GHORBANI Mohsen IM Tehran IRI 21 2321 4 8 50.00
2 FARAJ Yahya Sanaa YEM 50 2209 3.5 7 50.00
2 ALI Halilla Al Mukalla YEM 84 2000 3 6 50.00
2 ALI Arif Lucknow IND 60 2130 3.5 8 43.75
2 MAHMOUD Abdelrahman Amman JOR 55 2166 3.5 9 38.89
2 CHUAH JIN Hai Jonath Kuala Lumpur MAS 65 2224 2.5 7 35.71
2 AL MUTWAE Hisham Al Muharaq BRN 70 2000 2 9 22.22
2 KAMAL Nasser Aden YEM 79 2000 0.5 8 6.25
2 ALI Ben Ali Taiz YEM 74 2000 0 6 0.00
3 KOSTENKO Petr IM Pavlodar KAZ 3 2495 8 9 88.89 G
3 ARDIANSYAH H GM Jakarta INA 17 2399 6.5 9 72.22 S
3 VILLAMAYOR Bong GM Manila PHI 12 2520 6 9 66.67 B 44
3 DZHUMAEV Marat GM Namangan UZB 8 2480 6 9 66.67 42.5
3 MARCUS Chan Kuala Lumpur MAS 66 2000 5 8 62.50
3 SABRI Abdul Moula Aden YEM 80 2165 5 8 62.50
3 BAJPAI Devendra Lucknow IND 61 2125 4.5 8 56.25
3 AHMAD Aziz IM Baghdad IRQ 32 2270 5 9 55.56
3 JANAHI Zeyaad FM Al Muharaq BRN 71 2166 5 9 55.56
3 AL BADANI Abdu Sanaa YEM 51 2069 4.5 9 50.00
3 NAIEM Mousa Amman JOR 56 2141 4.5 9 50.00
3 SUHAIL Abdurahim Dubai UAE 37 2280 3.5 8 43.75
3 NEZAD Husein Aziz FM Doha QAT 27 2225 3.5 9 38.89
3 MORADIABADI Elshan Tehran IRI 22 2359 3 8 37.50
3 KARUN Duggal Delhi IND 42 2164 3 9 33.33
3 NAWAS Abdul Rahman Taiz YEM 75 2000 3 9 33.33
3 WIJESURIYA GL Colombo SRI 46 2183 1.5 7 21.43
3 NAZIM Abdul Salam Al Mukalla YEM 85 2000 0 5 0.00
4 AL HADARANI Hatim IM Taiz YEM 76 2334 6 6 100.00 G
4 SENADOR Emmanuel Manila PHI 13 2440 8 9 88.89 S
4 EGOROV Evgeni IM Pavlodar KAZ 4 2418 6 7 85.71 B
4 SAREEN Vishal Delhi IND 43 2346 7 9 77.78
4 IULDACHEV Saidali GM Namangan UZB 9 2525 6.5 9 72.22
4 NICHOLAS Chan Kuala Lumpur MAS 67 2000 5 8 62.50
4 EDINSINGHE DA Colombo SRI 47 2200 4.5 8 56.25
4 AL GHASRA Ali Al Muharaq BRN 72 2173 4.5 9 50.00
4 ROGHANI Arash Tehran IRI 23 2285 3 6 50.00
4 GAWAD Sharaf Aden YEM 81 2000 3.5 8 43.75
4 AL KAILANI Zaid Amman JOR 57 2095 3.5 9 38.89
4 AL KHAJA Arif Dubai UAE 38 2092 3 9 33.33
4 ABDULLA Ben Mahfooz Al Mukalla YEM 86 2000 3 9 33.33
4 SUPRIYANTO Tommy Jakarta INA 18 2250 1.5 5 30.00
4 JUMAID Ahmad Lucknow IND 62 2000 2 7 28.57
4 AL MARRI Omar Doha QAT 28 2000 2.5 9 27.78
4 ABDUL GHANI Hayder Baghdad IRQ 33 2300 2.5 9 27.78
4 AL SUBAIHI Khlil Sanaa YEM 52 2178 1.5 7 21.43
5 SALEH Al Aqrabi Aden YEM 82 2000 5 5 100.00 G
5 MANSOUR Sameer Amman JOR 58 2239 4.5 5 90.00 S
5 BASHEER Al Qudami Sanaa YEM 53 2094 3.5 6 58.33 B
5 IBRAGIMOV Alibek IM Pavlodar KAZ 5 2468 4 4 100.00
5 ALI Amjad Baghdad IRQ 34 2272 5 9 55.56
5 BAKHTIARI Mazdak Tehran IRI 24 2269 3 6 50.00
5 TEDY Sukirman FM Jakarta INA 19 2303 1.5 4 37.50
5 SABRI BA Moualam Al Mukalla YEM 87 2000 2 7 28.57
5 NAVEEN K Wal Lucknow IND 63 2000 1.5 6 25.00
5 KURUPPU D Colombo SRI 48 2131 1 4 25.00
5 FOUD Mafleh Taiz YEM 77 2000 1.5 7 21.43
5 RIZAL Ahmad Kamal Kuala Lumpur MAS 68 2000 1 5 20.00
5 YAHAYA Mohamed Saleh Dubai UAE 39 2000 1 8 12.50
5 NADERA Barlo IM Manila PHI 14 2404 0 0
5 AL HITMI Mohamad Doha QAT 29 2163 0 0
Steve Laios sends 73 more games from the Belgian Team Championships.
Round 7 : 20.01.2002
1.KGSRL 1 - LV Leuven 1 3.5 - 4.5
2.Liège 1 - Borgerhout 1 6.5 - 1.5
3.Eupen 1 - KAOSK 1 5.5 - 2.5
4.Temse 1 - Charleroi 1 6.0 - 2.0 (games missing)
5.KBSK 1 - Rochade 1 2.0 - 6.0
6.KGSRL 1 - Jean Jaurès 1 6.0 - 2.0
Standings after round : 07
Teams pts p.m
1.Liège 1 36.5 6.0
2.Rochade Eupen 1 35.5 6.0
3.LV Leuven 1 30.5 4.0
4.Temse Boey 1 30.0 5.0
5.K Gent SRL 2 30.0 3.5
6.Jean Jaurès 1 28.5 3.0
7.K Gent SRL 1 27.5 3.0
8.K Antwerp OSK 1 25.0 2.5
9.K Brugge SK 1 24.5 3.0
10.Charleroi 1 23.0 2.5
11.Borgerhout 1 22.5 2.5
12.Eupen 47 1 22.5 1.0
Mihajlo Savic reports: There was a tournament in Bijeljina-Dvorovi
(Republic of Srpska) 26th January - 3rd February 2002. The tournament was a
Category IX with a GM norm at 6,5 and an IM norm at 4,5 pts. The event was a
chance for the young (17 year old) home-born player, Stojanovic Dalibor, to
achieve an international norm. The winner was GM Vlatko Bogdanovski of
Macedonia with 6/9 and IM norms were achieved by Dalibor Stojanovic and Zoran
Runic with 4,5/9. The Chief arbiter was Jasna Sakotic.
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It Bijeljina Dvorovi YUG (YUG), 26 i-3 ii 2002 cat. IX (2452)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Bogdanovski, Vlatko g MKD 2435 * = = 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2579
2. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2481 = * = = = 1 1 = = = 5.5 2529
3. Dumitrache, Dragos m ROM 2506 = = * = 0 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2526
4. Vojinovic, Goran m YUG 2456 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 5.0 2494
5. Stojanovic, Dalibor f YUG 2433 = = 1 = * 0 = = = = 4.5 2454
6. Runic, Zoran f BIH 2448 1 0 0 = 1 * = 1 0 = 4.5 2452
7. Cabrilo, Goran g YUG 2509 = 0 = = = = * = = 1 4.5 2446
8. Arsovic, Goran m YUG 2437 0 = = = = 0 = * = = 3.5 2374
9. Savanovic, Aleksandar m YUG 2428 0 = 0 0 = 1 = = * = 3.5 2375
10. Orlov, Pavle m YUG 2390 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.5 2293
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Olivier Deville reports that the Aurec Open took place 16th-17th
February 2002. There were Rapid tournaments 7x20 mn with various sections
taking place on each day.
SATURDAY
1. IM Marzolo, Cyril FRA 2403 5.5
2. Cursoux, Laurent FRA 2221 5.5
3. GM Marciano, David FRA 2505 5.5
4. Benitah, Yohann FRA 2320 5.5
5. Libiszewski, Fabien FRA 2306 5.5
6. FM Saucey, Michel FRA 2309 5
7. Ninov, Ventsislav BUL 2233 5
8. GM Lupu, Sergiu FRA 2470 5
9. Ravot, Sylvain FRA 2130 4.5
10. IM Boudre, Jean-Pierre FRA 2384 4.5
11. Chevant, Louis FRA 2078 4.5
12. Mietlicki, Richard FRA 2122 4.5
13. Cizeron, Frédéric FRA 2150 4.5
14. Mendola, Daniel FRA 2073 4.5
SUNDAY
1. IM Sofronie, Iulian ROM 2458 5.5
2. GM Lupu, Sergiu FRA 2470 5.5
3. IM Cosma, Ioan ROM 2461 5.5
4. IM Boudre, Jean-Pierre FRA 2384 5.5
5. GM Marciano, David FRA 2505 5.5
6. Benitah, Yohann FRA 2320 5.5
7. IM Marzolo, Cyril FRA 2403 5
8. Libiszewski, Fabien FRA 2306 5
9. FM Saucey, Michel FRA 2309 5
10. Monnard, Laurent FRA 2230 5
11. GM Cosma, Luminita ROM 2354 5
12. Urbaniak, Serge FRA 2070 5
IM Iulian Sofrone wins the tie-break blitz.
The Portsmouth Congress was a six round event that took place 8th-10th
February 2002. Peter Wells won the event with 5.5/6. News from Arthur Brameld.
Further details: http://www.hampshirechess.co.uk/
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Open Portsmouth ENG (ENG), 8-10 ii 2002
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1. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2517 5.5 2680
2. Hunt, Harriet m ENG 2411 4.0 2384
3. Povah, Nigel E m ENG 2351 4.0 2439
4. Webb, Richard M f ENG 2361 3.5 2323
5. Pye, David E ENG ---- 3.5 2196
6. Sherwin, James T m USA 2339 3.0 2240
7. Rossiter, Philip J f ENG 2380 3.0 2187
8. Rudd, Jack ENG 2135 3.0 2208
9. Schlette, Marc GER 2215 3.0 2251
10. Singleton, Michael ENG ---- 2.5 2065
11. Tunks, Dominic ENG ---- 2.5 2131
13. Fysh-Foskett, Adam ENG 2075 2.0 2032
14. Truman,Richard G ENG ---- 1.5 1877
15. Lock, Gavin R ENG 2142 1.0 1900
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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
Round 3 Standings:
1. Sumiakina,Tatiana 2358 3.0
Sorokina,Anastasia 2187 3.0
3. Makka,Ioulia 2167 2.0
Papadopoulou,Vera 2145 2.0
Stiri,Alexandra 2145 2.0
Petraki,Maria 2105 2.0
Stefanidi,Maria Anna 2065 2.0
Makka,Evanthia 2061 2.0
Petsetidi,Maria 2011 2.0
10. Savova,Stefka 2168 1.5
Nikolaidi,Eleni 1575 1.5
12. Korou,Laskarina 2005 1.0
Seretaki,Konstantina 1690 1.0
Vazelaki,Stamatia 1565 1.0
Mourtzouni,Maria 1525 1.0
Pagkali,Marianna 1505 1.0
Makantani,Evdokia 1360 1.0
18. Stoumpou,Eleni 1525 0.0
Zi,Efrosini 1500 0.0
Skordili,Georgia 1000 0.0
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. A number of the games were
incomplete or had errors in them. I have a correction to Smirin-Markowski round
one but important games such as Grischuk-Sargissian (7) and Aleksandrov-Potkin
(7) are clearly incomplete. If anyone can send the full versions or other
corrections I'd be grateful.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
Astana Tournament
The Astana tournament (Kazakstan) takes place at the end of May. The
players will be Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Michael
Adams, Veselin Topalov and Darmen Sadvakasov.
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
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
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.
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
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).
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
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
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)
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.
