THE WEEK IN CHESS 383 11th March 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Linares
2002
3) Amber Tournament, Monaco
4)
Bessel Kok support for Yasser Seirawan
5) First Saturday
March
6) Reykjavik Open
7) German
Team Cups
8) Dan Hansson Memorial
9)
Victor Ciocaltea Memorial
10) Martisor Open
11) Dutch Championships Semi-Finals
12)
Austrian Team Championships
13) US Masters
Championships
14) US Amateur Team East
15) Wroxham Masters
16) Mediteran
Cup
17) Kazakhastan Championships
18) Belgian Teams
19) Hastings
Reprieve
20) Cannes Open
21) Jersey
Open
22) Varsity Match
23) 2nd
Helsinki Chess Circuit
24) Medellín
Tournament
25) National Open
26)
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Games section
Linares 2002 15 games
Linares Open 245 games
First Saturday March 132 games
Reykjavik Open 144 games
German Team Cups 23 games
Victor Ciocaltea Memorial 36 games
Martisor Open 250 games
Dutch Championships Semi-Finals 13 games
Austrian Team Championships 108 games
US Masters Championships 17 games
US Amateur Team East 270 games
Mediteran Cup 10 games
Belgian Teams 32 games
Cannes Open 24 games
Jersey Open 98 games
Varsity Match 8 games
2nd Helsinki Chess Circuit 66 games
Medellín Tournament 15 games
1506 games
My thanks to Radu-Catalin Chirila, Phillip R Smith, ML Rantala, Jim
Marfia, Arthur Brameld, Todd Barre, Axel Fritz, Harald Grafenhofer, Aard
Daanen, Koos Stolk, Sinisa Drazic, Bill Townsend, Laszlo Nagy, Mihajlo Savic,
Istvan Magyar, Jovan Petronic, Al Losoff, Bill Snead, Bill Friesema and Alan
Watson, Sami Hamalainen, Carlo Vittorino, John Saunders, Adrian Roldan, Steve
Laios, Gustavo Albarran, Eugeny Atarov, Stephen Boyd and all those who helped
with this issue.
The Linares tournament had an exciting finish with Kasparov playing
Ponomariov in the penultimate round when they were tied. We may have seen the
start of what could become a great rivalry. Kasparov came out the victor on
this occasion but Ponomariov has shown enough in the FIDE Championships and
Linares to suggest he can win in the future. Kramnik after a long layoff will
play in the Amber tournament starting later this week. It seems likely that
Kasparov, Kramnik and Ponomariov will all meet in Prague in a knockout event in
April. We could be entering a new exciting period.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Linares was 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. It took place 22nd February -
10th March 2002. There were on the spot photo reports for TWIC from John
Henderson.
The story of the Linares tournament worked out to be the pre-event
story, how would Ponomariov do and how would his first games with Kasparov turn
out. Kasparov was the strong pre-event favourite and as the tournament
progressed this proved to be the case. The pre-event predictions for Ponomariov
were harder. It was his first event, he had little time to prepare and indeed
little time to recover from his FIDE World Championship victory against
Ivanchuk. Ponomariov showed himself to be completely at home in this company
and he was the only player pressing Kasparov. When Ponomariov beat Vallejo in
round 12 he joined Kasparov in the lead setting up perfectly their round 13
clash. That game proved to be the most tense of the event. Ponomariov decided
to play the French as a surprise for Kasparov but proved not to be au fait with
the correct move order and got into severe trouble. He hung on for a long time
before perhaps getting too ambitious and going down in flames. Kasparov looked
highly motivated for this game and perhaps a new rival is something he
relishes. John Henderson said that by the end it was clear Ponomariov had
earned Kasparov's respect (something his pre-event comments didn't show).
Kasparov went on to win in the final round against Alexei Shirov and take the
event by a point and a half from Ponomariov. Kasparov performed to his rating
and showed how hard it will be to shift him from World number one. 18 year old
Ponomariov showed he was very comfortable at this level and his clear second
place with the obvious power to improve (better opening preparation will simply
take time) it is interesting to speculate whether he is already, in reality, a
top three player who only needs his rating to catch up with his progress.
Elsewhere Francisco Vallejo Pons in his first elite event (and by far the
lowest rated) played well enough to increase his rating. A disaster for Shirov
meant Vallejo didn't even finish last.
Zhang Pengxiang won the Anibal Open with 8/10.
Round 10 (March 6, 2002)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 23 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 39 B90 Sicilian Najdorf
Adams, Michael - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 31 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 11 (March 7, 2002)
Kasparov, Garry - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 29 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Adams, Michael 1/2 41 A05 Various
Shirov, Alexei - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 48 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Round 12 (March 8, 2002)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 29 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 23 E06 Catalan System
Adams, Michael - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 34 B90 Sicilian Najdorf
Round 13 (March 9, 2002)
Kasparov, Garry - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 38 C10 French Rubinstein
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1/2 27 C42 Petroff's Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 54 B50 Sicilian Defence
Round 14 (March 10, 2002)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 28 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack
Adams, Michael - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 46 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Shirov, Alexei - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 28 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 22 ii-10 iii 2002 cat. XX (2732)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2838 ** =1 == == 1= =1 =1 8.0 2839
2 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2727 =0 ** 1= == 01 =1 == 6.5 2762
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 == 0= ** == 1= =1 =0 6.0 2734
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2757 == == == ** 0= == =1 6.0 2728
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2742 0= 10 0= 1= ** == =1 6.0 2730
6 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2629 =0 =0 =0 == == ** =1 5.0 2692
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 =0 == =1 =0 =0 =0 ** 4.5 2648
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Anibal Open Linares ESP (ESP), 1 iii 2002 - 10 iii 2003
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1 Zhang, Pengxiang CHN 2522 8 61.5
2 Kempinski, Robert POL 2576 7.5 64.5
3 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2450 7.5 59.5
4 Radulski, Julian BUL 2499 7.5 57.0
5 Vassallo, Mauricio ARG 2440 7.5 53.0
6 Dominguez, Lenier CUB 2594 7 64.5
7 Li, Shilong CHN 2509 7 62.5
8 Yu, Shaoteng CHN 2522 7 60.0
9 Beliavsky, Alexander G SLO 2649 7 55.5
10 Moreno Carnero, Javier ESP 2503 7 54.5
11 Magem Badals, Jordi ESP 2502 7 52.5
12 Kotronias, Vasilios CYP 2568 6.5 65.5
13 Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN 2642 6.5 65.5
14 Halkias, Stelios GRE 2546 6.5 64.0
15 Bruzon, Lazaro CUB 2569 6.5 57.5
16 Arencibia, Walter CUB 2542 6.5 56.0
17 Johannessen, Leif Erlend NOR 2427 6.5 55.5
18 Handke, Florian GER 2450 6.5 55.0
19 Gyimesi, Zoltan HUN 2606 6.5 54.5
20 Rizouk, Aimen ALG 2467 6.5 54.0
21 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L. ESP 2497 6.5 53.5
22 Petrov, Marijan BUL 2476 6.5 50.5
23 Herrera, Irisberto CUB 2474 6.5 48.5
24 Romanishin, Oleg M UKR 2576 6 62.5
25 Guliev, Logman AZE 2390 6 62.0
26 Fedorov, Alexei BLR 2589 6 61.0
27 Candela Perez, Jose ESP 2399 6 60.0
28 Ibrahimov, Rasul AZE 2436 6 59.5
29 Frois, Antonio POR 2354 6 58.0
30 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2430 6 56.5
31 Najer, Evgeniy RUS 2599 6 55.0
32 Moreno, Alejandro ESP 2313 6 55.0
33 Perez, Rodney CUB 2429 6 54.5
34 Vera, Reynaldo CUB 2534 6 53.5
35 Potkin, Vladimir RUS 2481 6 53.0
36 Kallio, Heikki FIN 2522 6 53.0
37 Mirzoev, Azer AZE 2494 6 52.5
38 Kritz, Leonid GER 2453 6 52.5
39 Wohl, Aleksandar H. AUS 2395 6 52.0
40 Froehlich, Peter GER 2433 6 52.0
41 Garcia Martinez, Silvino CUB 2395 6 51.0
129 players
Almost immediately after Linares finishes is the Amber Blindfold and
Rapid tournament. The event takes place 16th-28th March 2002. There are 2 free
days.
Players: Zoltan Almasi (Hungary), Evgeny Bareev (Russia), Boris Gelfand
(Israel), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Peter Leko
(Hungary), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Yugoslavia), Alexander Morozevich (Russia),
Jeroen Piket (The Netherlands), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Veselin Topalov
(Bulgaria) and Loek van Wely (The Netherlands).
The first round is on 16th March, there are rest days on 20th and 25th
March and the final round is on 28th March.
Internet coverage: http://chess.lostcity.nl/amber/
Bessel Kok has expressed interest in Yasser Seirawan's proposals. In
part he says: "By now the chess world will have read the proposal of chess
grandmaster Mr. Yasser Seirawan for a solution to the problems afflicting our
game. This proposal offers all the key elements for resolving the current
impasse and serves as a basis for negotiating a final fair solution. Along with
the two other proposed Commissioners, Mr. Dato Tan Chin Nam of Malaysia and Mr.
Erik Anderson of the USA, I am honoured to have been proposed by Mr. Seirawan
and am pleased to announce that the three of us agree to serve as Chess
Commissioners. It is our sincere hope that all of the other parties will be
prepared to accept the authority of this new office. "
Bessel Kok Press Release in full
Prague will be the venue for an important knockout event (the prime
mover behind this event is Bessel Kok) which takes place 25th April - 5th May
2002. 32 players will compete for $252,000 (winner takes nearly half) with a
mixture of rapid (early rounds) and classical (final rounds) chess. Players
include: Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Adams, Morosevich, Topalov, Ponomariov
(probably), Ivanchuk, Shirov, Leko, Bareev, Karpov, Khalifman, Grischuk and
Judit Polgar. [Info Leontxo Garcia 10th Feb 2002 El Pais]
The First Saturday March tournaments will run 2nd-15th March 2002 in
Budapest Hungary. There is a GM group, two IM and two GM groups. Humpy Koneru
withdrew after playing 7 rounds due to illness.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0302.htm
Round 8 Standings:
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FSGM March Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-13 iii 2002 cat. VIII (2427)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Erdos, Viktor HUN 2383 * = = = . 1 1 1 = . . . . 1 6.0 2636
2. Breder, Dennis m GER 2441 = * . . 1 . = 0 . 1 = 1 . 1 5.5 2565
3. Butnorius, Algimantas m LTU 2449 = . * . = . . = 1 1 = . = 1 5.5 2559
4. Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2444 = . . * = = . . = = = = 1 . 4.5 2460
5. Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2413 . 0 = = * = 1 . = . . . 1 . 4.0 2471
6. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2510 0 . . = = * . 1 = = = . = . 4.0 2406
7. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2364 0 = . . 0 . * 1 . 0 1 . = 1 4.0 2423
8. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2406 0 1 = . . 0 0 * . 1 . = . = 3.5 2399
9. Balogh, Csaba f HUN 2398 = . 0 = = = . . * . = = = . 3.5 2383
10. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2426 . 0 0 = . = 1 0 . * . = . 1 3.5 2404
11. Flumbort, Andras HUN 2436 . = = = . = 0 . = . * . = . 3.0 2371
12. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2428 . 0 . = . . . = = = . * = = 3.0 2378
13. Dembo, Yelena wg HUN 2346 . . = 0 0 = = . = . = = * . 3.0 2343
14. Koneru, Humpy wg IND 2539 0 0 0 . . . 0 = . 0 . = . * 1.0 2104
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FSIMA March Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-13 iii 2002 cat. II (2280)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Asauskas, Henrikas LTU 2324 * 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 . 1 7.5 2724
2. Mensch, Etienne f FRA 2380 0 * . = 1 1 1 0 1 1 5.5 2398
3. Vigh, Bela m HUN 2357 0 . * = = = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2352
4. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2276 0 = = * . . = 1 1 1 4.5 2394
5. Ashok, K IND 2182 0 0 = . * 0 = 1 1 1 4.0 2292
6. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2290 0 0 = . 1 * 1 . 0 = 3.0 2239
7. Molnar, Bela HUN 2338 = 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 . 3.0 2193
8. Schulze, Hubertus GER 2203 0 1 = 0 0 . = * 0 1 3.0 2200
9. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2231 . 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * = 2.5 2139
10. Bognar, Csaba f HUN 2215 0 0 0 0 0 = . 0 = * 1.0 1958
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FSIMB March Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-13 iii 2002 cat. II (2277)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Dub, Zeev f ISR 2238 * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 . 1 6.0 2469
2. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2361 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 . 1 . 5.0 2416
3. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2289 0 1 * . 1 0 1 1 = 0 4.5 2328
4. Cooke, Eric USA 2195 = 1 . * 1 0 0 0 = 1 4.0 2285
5. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2303 = 0 0 0 * . 1 = 1 1 4.0 2281
6. Dombai, Istvan HUN 2214 0 0 1 1 . * = 0 = = 3.5 2238
7. Alfred, Nathan ENG 2247 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1 1 . 3.5 2236
8. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2318 0 . 0 1 = 1 0 * 0 1 3.5 2218
9. Papp, Gabor HUN 2320 . 0 = = 0 = 0 1 * = 3.0 2189
10. Schlusnik, Nandor HUN 2285 0 . 1 0 0 = . 0 = * 2.0 2110
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The Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament takes place March 7th-15th 2002.
After four rounds Oleg Korneev is the only player on 100%.
Internet coverage: http://skak.is/si/reykjavik2002/
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Open Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 7-15 iii 2002
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1 Oleg Korneev RUS 2568 4 5.0
2-4 Jaan Ehlvest EST 2589 3.5 5.0
Jan Votava CZE 2515 3.5 5.0
Helgi Ass Gretarsson ISL 2520 3.5 4.5
5-16 Henrik Danielsen DEN 2520 3 6.0
Throstur Thorhallsson ISL 2434 3 5.5
Hannes Stefansson ISL 2604 3 5.0
Michail Brodsky UKR 2542 3 5.0
Emanuel Berg SWE 2500 3 5.0
Stefan Kristjansson ISL 2389 3 5.0
Valeriy Neverov UKR 2578 3 4.5
Eric Lobron GER 2517 3 4.5
Jonathan Rowson SCO 2512 3 4.0
Helgi Olafsson ISL 2474 3 4.0
Bragi Thorfinnsson ISL 2360 3 4.0
Snorri Bergsson ISL 2275 3 3.5
17-29 Kjetil A. Lie NOR 2388 2.5 6.0
Tiger Hillarp Persson SWE 2456 2.5 5.5
Heikki M.J. Westerinen FIN 2412 2.5 5.5
Antoaneta (IM) Stefanova BUL 2451 2.5 5.0
Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson ISL 2332 2.5 5.0
Ferenc Berkes HUN 2522 2.5 4.5
Normunds Miezis LAT 2498 2.5 4.5
Arnar Gunnarsson ISL 2322 2.5 4.0
Bjorn Thorfinnsson ISL 2279 2.5 4.0
Benedikt Jonasson ISL 2267 2.5 4.0
Pal Kiss HUN 2390 2.5 3.5
Aleksei Holmsten FIN 2420 2.5 3.0
Jon Viktor Gunnarsson ISL 2402 2.5 3.0
72 players
Axel Fritz sends news of the German Cups both individual (basically only
amatuer players) and Team. The Team event was won by reigning Bundesliga
Champions Luebeck.
Internet coverage:
http://www.schach.com/baden-baden/ergebnisse.htm
Semi-Finals German Team Cup 9th March 2002
Stuttgarter SF 1,5-2,5 Baden-Baden Oos
Golubev 0-1 Svidler
Buhmann 1/2 Hübner
Bunzmann 1/2 Krasenkov
Duppel 1/2 Keitlinghaus
Lübecker SV 3,5-0,5 USC Magdeburg
Epishin 1-0 Slobodjan
Speelman 1-0 Markgraf
Nunn 1-0 Ivanov
Hansen 1/2 Kapischka
Finals German Team Cup
Lübeck 2,5-1,5 Baden Oos
Epishin 0-1 Svidler
Speelman 1-0 Hübner
Nunn 1-0 Krasenkov
Hansen 1/2 Keitlinghaus
3rd-4th Playoff
Magdeburg 1,5-2,5 Stuttgart
Slobodjan 1/2 Buhmann
Markgraf 1/2 Bunzmann
Ivanov 1/2 Duppel
Kapischka 0-1 Golubev
German Individual
Round 1 (March 8, 2002)
Schulz, Karsten - * Maier, Alexander 1/2 Blitz 1-2
Fuellgrabe, Thomas - * Von Herman, Ulf 1/2 Blitz 1-2
Darius, Harald * - Engelhart, Achim 1-0
Langrock, Hannes * - Meyer, Malte 1/2 Blitz: 1.5-0.5
Round 2 (March 9, 2002)
Langrock, Hannes * - Darius, Harald 1-0
Von Herman, Ulf * - Maier, Alexander 1-0
Round 3 (March 8, 2002)
Von Herman, Ulf - * Langrock, Hannes 1/2 Blitz 1-2
The Dan Hansson Memorial Rapid tournament took place March 4th-6th in
Reykjavik, Iceland. 64 players competed in this 6 round knockout event. Tomas
Oral was the surprise winner of the event beating fellow Czech player Jan
Votava. No games available currently.
Internet coverage: http://www.mbl.is/mm/go/sport/skak2002
Final
Tomas Oral vs. Jan Votava 1-0 1-0
Semi-Finals
Tomas Oral vs. Ivan Sokolov 1-0 1-0
Jan Votava vs. Jóhann Hjartarson 1-0 1-0
Quarter-Finals
Ivan Sokolov vs. Jan Timman 1/2 1-0
Tomas Oral vs. Vladimir Malakhov 1-0 1/2
Jóhann Hjartarson vs. Nick de Firmian 1-0 1-0
Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson vs. Jan Votava 0-1 1/2
3rd Round
Loek van Wely vs. Jan Votava 0-1 0-1
Henrik Danielsen vs. Ivan Sokolov 1/2 0-1
Vladimir Malakhov vs. Helgi Áss Grétarsson 1/2 1-0
Luke McShane vs. Jóhann Hjartarson 0-1 0-1
Konstantin Landa vs. Nick de Firmian 0-1 1/2
Jan Timman vs. Tiger Hillarp Persson 1-0 1-0
Jaan Ehlvest vs. Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson 0-1 1-0 0-2
Tomas Oral vs. Jón Viktor Gunnarsson 1-0 1/2
2nd Round
Arnar Gunnarsson vs. Loek van Wely 0-1 0-1
Ivan Sokolov vs. Ingvar Ásmundsson 1-0 1-0
Sigurður Daði Sigfússon vs. Vladimir Malakhov 1-0 0-1 0-2
Jóhann Hjartarson vs. Bragi Þorfinnsson 1-0 1-0
Stefán Kristjánsson vs. Konstantin Landa 1/2 0-1
Bartlomiej Macieja vs. Jón Viktor Gunnarsson 0-1 1-0 ½-1½
Þröstur Þórhallsson vs. Jan Timman 0-1 1/2
Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson vs. Mikhail Ivanov 0-1 1-0 2-0
Friðrik Ólafsson vs. Jaan Ehlvest 1/2 1/2 ½-1½
Margeir Pétursson vs. Tiger Hillarp Persson 0-1 0-1
Guðmundur Sigurjónsson vs. Tomas Oral 0-1 0-1
Nick de Firmian vs. Helgi Ólafsson 1/2 1/2 1½-½
Michael Bezold vs. Luke McShane 0-1 0-1
Helgi Áss Grétarsson vs. Emanuel Berg 1-0 1-0
Jón L. Árnason vs. Henrik Danielsen 0-1 1/2
Eric Lobron vs. Jan Votava 1/2 0-1
1st Round
Loek van Wely vs. Anna Björg Þorgrímsdóttir 1-0 1-0
Aldís Rún Lárusdóttir vs. Ivan Sokolov 0-1 0-1
Vladimir Malakhov vs. Arnar Ingólfsson 1-0 1-0
Ingólfur Gíslason vs. Jóhann Hjartarson 0-1 1/2
Konstantin Landa vs. Sveinbjörn Jónsson 1-0 1-0
Hjalti Rúnar Ómarsson vs. Bartlomiej Macieja 0-1 0-1
Jan Timman vs. Björn Ívar Karlsson 1-0 1-0
Áslaug Kristinsdóttir vs. Hannes H Stefánsson 0-1 0-1
Jaan Ehlvest vs. Kjartan Guðmundsson 1-0 1-0
Harpa Ingólfsdóttir vs. Margeir Pétursson 0-1 0-1
Tomas Oral vs. Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir 1-0 1/2
Dagur Arngrímsson vs. Nick de Firmian 0-1 1/2
Luke McShane vs. Einar K. Einarsson 1-0 1-0
Halldór Halldórsson vs. Helgi Áss Grétarsson 1-0 0-1 0-2
Henrik Danielsen vs. Haukur Angantýsson 1-0 1-0
Sigurður Páll Steindórsson vs. Eric Lobron 0-1 0-1
Jan Votava Hlíðar vs. Þór Hreinsson 1-0 1-0
Páll Agnar Þórarinsson vs. Jón L. Árnason 0-1 0-1
Emanuel Berg Flóvin vs. Þór Næs 0-1 1-0 2-0
Davíð Kjartansson vs. Michael Bezold 0-1 0-1
Helgi Ólafsson vs. Bragi Halldórsson 1-0 1-0
Lenka Ptacníková vs. Guðmundur Sigurjónsson 0-1 0-1
Tiger Hillarp Persson vs. Tómas Björnsson 1-0 1/2
Friðrik Ólafsson vs. Sævar Bjarnason 0-1 1-0 2-1
Mikhail Ivanov vs. Ingvar Þór Jóhannesson 1-0 1/2
Gunnar Finnlaugsson vs. Þröstur Þórhallsson 0-1 0-1
Jón Viktor Gunnarsson vs. Björn Þorfinnsson 1/2 1-0
Gunnar Gunnarsson vs. Stefán Kristjánsson 0-1 0-1
Bragi Þorfinnsson vs. Róbert Harðarson 1/2 1-0
Sigurbjörn Björnsson vs. Sigurður D Sigfússon 1/2 0-1
Ingvar Ásmundsson vs. Ágúst Sindri Karlsson 0-1 1-0 1½-½
Arnar Gunnarsson vs. Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson 0-1 1-0 2-0
The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial takes place in the Chess Club RATB in
Bucharest March 4th-15th 2002. The event is Category IX. Levente Vajda leads
with 4.5/6. News from Radu-Catalin Chirila.
Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/rchirila2002
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Ciocaltea Mem Bucharest ROM (ROM), 4-14 iii 2002 cat. IX (2459)
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1. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2513 * . 0 . . . 1 = 1 1 . 1 4.5 2621
2. Sofronie, Iulian m ROM 2458 . * 1 . . = = . . = 1 = 4.0 2554
3. Djukic, Nikola YUG 2383 1 0 * 1 = = . . = . . . 3.5 2536
4. Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2501 . . 0 * . = 1 = . 1 = . 3.5 2497
5. Parligras, Mircea ROM 2498 . . = . * . = . = 0 1 1 3.5 2493
6. Miljanic, Boro m YUG 2431 . = = = . * . = . = = . 3.0 2456
7. Manolache, Marius m ROM 2433 0 = . 0 = . * . 1 . . 1 3.0 2476
8. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2481 = . . = . = . * 0 . = 1 3.0 2477
9. Lupulescu, Constantin ROM 2473 0 . = . = . 0 1 * . . 1 3.0 2454
10. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2383 0 = . 0 1 = . . . * = . 2.5 2431
11. Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2530 . 0 . = 0 = . = . = * . 2.0 2333
12. Murariu, Andrei ROM 2418 0 = . . 0 . 0 0 0 . . * 0.5 2075
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The Martisor Open took place 1st-7th March 2002 in the Juventus Chess
Club in Bucharest. 56 players competed in the 9 round Swiss. Time control 40
moves in 1h 30' +30' all the moves. Nicolae-Costel Burnoiu won the event with
8/9. News from Radu-Catalin Chirila.
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Cupa Martisor Open Bucharest ROM (ROM), 2-13 iii 2002
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1. Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel 2342 8.0 48.0
2. Grigore, Petre 2363 7.5 51.5
3. Bondoc, Dan 2284 6.5 47.5
4. Grunberg, Florin 2381 6.0 53.0
Nanu, Ciprian 2412 6.0 51.0
Voiteanu, Gabriel CM 2097 6.0 50.0
Sava, Cristiansen CM 1800 6.0 46.5
Pessi, Emil 2260 6.0 46.0
Baciu, Stefan 2230 6.0 44.0
Pali, Adrian CM 2136 6.0 43.5
Patrascu, Andrei 2255 6.0 42.0
12. Chirila, Ioan-Cristian CM 1900 5.5 48.5
Nita, Lucian CM 2123 5.5 48.5
Doncea, Vladimir CM 2109 5.5 45.0
Ionesi, Cristian CM 2148 5.5 42.5
Onut, Simeon CM 2109 5.5 38.0
56 players
Koos Stolk reports: The third and final weekend of the Dutch
Championship Semi-Finals took place 9th-10th March 2002. Full details at:
http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2002/hfronde3.htm
Qualified for the Dutch Championships 19th-30th June 2002: Loek van
Wely GM, Jeroen Piket GM, Sergey Tiviakov GM, Erik van den Doel GM, Friso
Nijboer GM, Harmen Jonkman IM (GM), John van der Wiel GM, Sipke Ernst IM, Ruud
Janssen, IM. A wildcard will complete the field.
Qualified Dutch Women's Championship, 19th-30th June 2002 Zhao Qin Peng
WGM, Erika Sziva WGM, Tea Bosboom-Lanchava WIM, Désiree Hamelink,
Marlies Bensdorp and a wildcard will complete the field.
Men's Results 9th-10th March 2002
1 Nijboer, Friso * - Stellwagen, Daniël 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5
2 Hoogendoorn, Joost - * Van Der Wiel, John 1/2 0-1
3 Jonkman, Harmen * - Visser, Yge 1-0 1/2
4 Bosch, Jeroen - * Janssen, Ruud 1/2 1/2 1-2
The Austrian Team Championships concluded in Dornbirn with rounds 9-11
over 8th-10th March 2002. Merkur Graz won the league.
Final Standings:
1 Merkur 44
2 Die Klagenfurter 40½
3 Hohenems 35
4 Jenbach 35
5 Gamlitz/Leutschach 34
6 Gleisdorf 33½
7 Austria Graz 33
8 Fürstenfeld 31½
9 Melk/Wachau 30½
10 Hietzing Fischer 29
11 Salzburger SK Mozart 27
12 VOEST Linz 23
The U.S. Masters Championship was held in the Chicago suburb of Oak
Brook February 28 through March 3 and featured 101 players including 15 GM's
and 13 IM's in a 7-round Swiss for $22,000 in prizes. The tournament was
co-titled the Dr. Eugene Martinovsky Memorial after the aforementioned FIDE
Master bequeathed $25,000 for the running of this event, the first ever U.S.
national tournament financially underwritten by a major bequest.
Five GM's tied for first with 5.5 out of 7.0, each pocketing $3,000.
1-5 GM Gregory Kaidanov (USA) 5.5-1.5
GM Alexander Onischuk (UKR)
GM Daniel Fridman (LAT)
GM Leonid Yudasin (ISR)
GM Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (POL)
6-14 GM Dmitry Gurevich (USA) 5.0-2.0
IM Nikolay Andrianov (RUS)
IM John Watson (USA)
GM Gregory Serper (USA)
GM John Fedorowicz (USA)
IM John Donaldson (USA)
NM Jason Doss (USA)
IM William Paschall (USA)
GM Anatoly Lein (USA)
In addition, this event was the first of six events to qualify six
players for the 2003 U.S. Championships to be held in Seattle. The six
qualifiers were John Watson (in his first event for three years), Serper,
Fedorowicz, Donaldson, Paschall, and FM Stanislav Kriventsov who got the last
spot on tiebreak with 4.5 points.
Helen Warren organized the event for the Midwest Chess Association. IA
Todd Barre and NTD Tim Just directed.
The full crosstable is available at:
http://www.64.com/chess/usmasters/
Bill Townsend reports: Over the weekend of Feb. 16-18 the US Amateur
Teams were held at four locations throughout the United States: East, West,
South and Mid-West. The East is where it started 32 years ago and it is
traditionally the largest, dwarfing the other three events and is perhaps the
largest annual chess team tournament in the Americas.
This year's U.S. Amateur Team East was held in Parsipanny, New Jersey
and featured a near-record turnout of over 1,050 players in 253 four-player
teams. This was especially encouraging considering all the losses American
Chess has had in the year, not the least of which was the death of chess
teacher Jack Collins a few months ago. However, his legacy endures: there were
24 "Collins Kids" teams at this year's Team East.
In this most patriotic year, the U.S. Armed Forces were well
represented at the tournament. There were three teams from the West Point
military academy, and even a team from the Coast Guard. After performing a
brief parade in their dress blues, the West Point cadets easily won the "Best
Costumes" contest.
The Team East is a fun event with prizes given for a variety of
reasons, like the "Best Team Name" prize which was awarded this year to
"Enron's 401k - No Perpetual Check." The "Best Promotional Idea" prize was won
by "Up The Exchange Without A Paddle" who preformed a brief musical skit
relating the story of the 1972 World Chess Championship sung to the tune of
"Gilligan's Island."
However, among the silliness there was much serious chess played. The
U.S. Teams are called "Amateur" because the average team rating must be below
2200 USCF, but within those limits anyone can play, and among those competing
were former U.S. Champions GM Joel Benjamin, GM Lev Alburt and GM Arthur
Bisguier.
The overall winners, with the only perfect 6-0 team score, were
"Weera-Family," originally seeded 19th at the start of the event. The team
consisted of FM Sunil Weeramantry (Board 2) along with his talented stepsons
Hikaru and Asuka Nakamura (Boards 1 and 3) along with fourth board Michael
Ellenbogen.
Second place with 5 1/2 were "Retired and Rising Stars," consisting of
GM Gennadi Zaitchik, Mike Khodarkovsky, Mac Molnar, and Sean Finn. Third, also
with 5 1/2, was "UTD Team B" who came all the way from the University of Texas
at Dallas. Team members were GM Yuri Shulman, Andrew Whatley, Yekaterina
Ushakova and Katie Roberts-Hoffman.
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.
Standings after round 2 Arkell, :- 2 Gormally, Kelly, Bauer, Arakhamia
:- 1.5 Flear, :- 1 Buckley, Fierro, :- 0.5 Paehtz, Repkova, :- 0
No games available.
Internet coverage: http://wroxham.lubaland.co.uk/
Rejika is the venue for two events: the Mediteran Cup WGM and the
Mediteran Cup IM. They take place 9th-16th March 2002.
Internet site: http://www.sah-rijeka.hr/t-w07/ and
http://www.sah-rijeka.hr/t-m08/
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1. Krivec, Jana wf SLO 2254 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Pahor, Andrea CRO 2011 . * . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2323 . . * . . . 1 . . . 1.0
4. Macek, Vlasta wm CRO 2239 . . . * . . . . . 1 1.0
5. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2273 . . . . * 1 . . . . 1.0
6. Franciskovic, Borka CRO 2050 . . . . 0 * . . . . 0.0
7. Jelica, Mara wm CRO 2204 . . 0 . . . * . . . 0.0
8. Kaps, Darja wf SLO 2243 . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
9. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2306 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Trtanj, Tina wf CRO 2187 . . . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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1. Bistric, Faruk m BIH 2486 * . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
2. Brkic, Ante f CRO 2312 . * . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3. Plenkovic, Zdenko CRO 2208 . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0
4. Vukic, Milan g YUG 2500 . . . * . . . . . 1 1.0
5. Bosiocic, Marin CRO 2079 . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2136
6. Ramesa, Davor CRO 2136 . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2079
7. Doric, Darko CRO 2253 0 . . . . . * . . . 0.0
8. Guidarelli, Laurent f FRA 2283 . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
9. Lulic, Igor CRO 2068 . . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Videki, Sandor m HUN 2443 . . . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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The Kazakhastan Championships have just finished. (Info Eugeny Atarov
http://www.joeblack.ru/) The event was a
nine round Swiss which saw Peter Kostenko and Pavel Kotsur finish in joint
first place. Kostenko won the title after a playoff (rapid 25 minutes per
player) 2-0. The importance of the result is that this means that Kostenko will
play in the Astana Supertournament in May. No games available.
The Belgian Team Championships have reached their 9th round. Steve Laios
send games and news.
Round 8 : 03.02.2002
1. Charleroi - KBSK 5.0-3.0
2. Leuven - Jean Jaurès 5.5-2.5
Round 9 : 17.02.2002
1. Eupen - KGSRL 2 6.0-2.0 (games)
2. Liège - Leuven 5.5-2.5
3. KGSRL 1 - Charleroi 3.5-4.5 (games)
4. Temse - Borgerhout 6.0-2.0
5. KBSK - KAOSK 4.5-3.5
6. Jean Jaurès - Rochade 5.5-2.5
Round 9 Standings:
Teams pts p.m
1. Liège 1 49.0 8.0
2. Temse Boey 1 44.0 7.0
3. Rochade Eupen 1 43.0 7.0
4. LV Leuven 1 38.5 5.0
5. Jean Jaurès 1 36.5 4.0
6. Eupen 47 1 34.5 3.0
7. K Gent SRL 1 34.0 3.0
8. K Gent SRL 2 33.0 3.5
9. Charleroi 1 32.5 4.5
10. K Brugge SK 1 32.0 4.0
11. K Antwerp OSK 1 28.5 2.5
12. Borgerhout 1 26.5 2.5
The Hastings International Chess Congress 2002-3 will include a Premier
Tournament.
At a Full Council Meeting of Hastings Borough Council, held last week
at Hastings Town Hall it was agreed by an all-party vote that the funding for
Hastings International Chess Congress 2002-03 be increased by up to a further
£7,000 over and above the £25,740 already allocated.
This increase means that, although still sustaining a cut in budget
from last year, the Premier Tournament, which would have been cut from the next
Congress, can now go ahead and Hastings can still retain its traditional claim
as a world class chess event.
A number of Hastings Chess Club and Congress Committee members attended
the meeting and there was delight and relief all round when this amendment was
announced during the Budget debate.
As well as securing the Premier for the forthcoming event, this
reprieve means that all efforts can now go into securing a commercial sponsor
for all or part of the Congress. It is still crucial that commercial
sponsorship is found but the having the confidence of the Borough Council and
one of the best chess venues in the country, the organisers feel there is now a
better chance of finding sponsorship than has existed for some years.
Plans are already underway for the next event which will include the
Premier, Challengers and other events as usual and anyone keen to participate
can find contact details on the congress web-site
http://hastingschess.org.uk
The Cannes International Open took place 25th February - 3rd March 2002.
235 players competed in the event which was won by Mikhail Marin (ROM). Kamran
Shirazi made a Grandmaster norm. Only a few games are available. My thanks to
Stephen Boyd.
Cannes Open Final (Round 9) Standings
1 Marin Mihail 2551 g 7 46
2 Neverov Valeriy 2578 g 7 43,5
3 Rotstein Arkadij 2526 g 7 42,5
4 Tischbierek Raj 2505 g 7 41,5
5 Hamdouchi Hichem 2522 g 6,5 43,5
6 Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2608 g 6,5 43,5
7 Sulava Nenad 2552 g 6,5 41,5
8 Shchekachev Andrei 2573 g 6,5 41,5
9 Degraeve Jean-Marc 2591 g 6,5 41
10 Boudre Jean-Pierre 2384 m 6,5 41
11 Solak Dragan 2501 g 6,5 40,5
12 Paragua Mark 2469 m 6,5 40
13 Schenk Andreas 2447 6,5 40
14 Duquesnoy Jean-Philippe 2278 6,5 38
15 Shirazi Kamran 2455 m 6 47
16 Kolev Atanas 2568 g 6 44,5
17 Brochet Philippe 2381 f 6 44
18 Pira Davoud 2431 m 6 43,5
19 Bauer Christian 2578 g 6 43
20 Spiridonov Nikola 2359 g 6 42,5
21 Nikcevic Nebojsa 2457 g 6 42,5
22 Fontaine Robert 2469 m 6 42
23 Olivier Jean-Christophe 2368 m 6 40,5
24 Guidarelli Laurent 2283 f 6 40
25 Marholev Dimitar 2307 6 39,5
26 Caposciutti Maurizio 2353 f 6 39,5
27 Letreguilly Olivier 2306 f 6 39,5
28 Capitaine Adrien 2129 6 39,5
29 Marzolo Cyril 2403 m 6 39
30 Santo-Roman Marc 2413 g 6 39
31 Philippe Christophe 2325 f 6 38
235 players
The Jersey Open took place in St Helier 24th February - 2nd March 2002.
The event was a 7 round Swiss won by Chris Ward with 6/7. My thanks to Arthur
Brameld.
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Jersey Open St Helier JCI (JCI), 24 ii-2 iii 2002
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1. Ward, Christopher g ENG 2486 6.0 2606
2. Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2463 5.5 2513
3. Quillan, Gary ENG 2319 5.5 2524
4. Ledger, Andrew m ENG 2399 4.5 2348
5. Poley, Vladimir m BLR 2344 4.5 2345
6. Corkett, Anthony f ENG 2316 4.5 2379
7. Richards, Heather wf ENG 2209 4.5 2350
8. Thurlow, Kevin J ENG 2185 4.0 2173
9. Fraser, Mark Gordon SCO 2147 4.0 2272
10. Frost, Nicholas f ENG 2112 4.0 2225
11. Bolt, Graham ENG 2097 4.0 2149
29 players
The 120th Varsity Match took place in the RAC Club, Pall Mall, London on
March 9th 2001. The event was sponsored by Tony Buzan and Henry Mutkin.
Arbiters were IM Bob Wade and BCF Senior Arbiter David Sedgwick. The match was
drawn 4-4 in a close contest.
Details: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/varsity2002.htm
Bd Oxford v Cambridge
1w Richard Palliser (Worcester) 2443 m ½-½ Eddie Dearing (Peterhouse) 2343
2b Andrew Bigg (Jesus) 2250 0-1 James Vigus (Clare) 2311 f
3w Melanie Buckley (St. Hilda's) 2147 wm ½-½ Joe Conlon (Christ's) 2170
4b Joel Eklund (University) 2200 e 1-0 David Hodge (Trinity) 2163
5w Harvey Meyer (Lincoln) 2200 ½-½ Ben Morgan (Magdalene) 2200
6b Daniel Gunlycke (Merton) 2100 e ½-½ Andreas Domnick (St John's) 2185
7w Kemal Ozeren (Balliol) 2100 e 0-1 Oliver Cooley (Trinity) 2091
8b Kieran Smallbone (New) 2050 1-0 Rosalind Kieran (Newnham) 2079 wf
4-4
The 2nd Helsinki Chess Circuit took place February 25th - March 8th 2002
in Helsinki. The main event was a 12-player Cat IV tournament. Finnish IMs Mika
Karttunen and Olli Salmensuu tied for first place scoring 8/11. Estonian IM
Tarvo Seeman took the third place with 7.5/11.
Internet coverage:
http://www.kolumbus.fi/shakki.koti/hcc2/index.htm
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2nd HCC Helsinki FIN (FIN), 25 ii-8 iii 2002 cat. IV (2335)
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1. Karttunen, Mika m FIN 2429 * 1 1 = 0 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 8.0 2501
2. Salmensuu, Olli m FIN 2428 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8.0 2501
3. Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2441 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7.5 2458
4. Tella, Jussi m FIN 2440 = 0 = * 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2427
5. Sakalauskas, Vaidas m LTU 2424 1 1 0 0 * 0 1 = = 1 = 1 6.5 2391
6. Lehikoinen, Pertti Ilari FIN 2229 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2380
7. Nyysti, Sampsa f FIN 2245 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2343
8. Slapikas, Vytautas m LTU 2410 = 1 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 0 0 1 5.0 2292
9. Hansen, Victor NOR 2151 1 0 0 = = 0 = 0 * = 0 1 4.0 2249
10. Keskinen, Sauli FIN 2292 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 0 3.5 2205
11. Molander, Riku f FIN 2310 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 * 1 3.5 2204
12. Porrasmaa, Timo FIN 2220 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1.5 2036
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The "Club Maracaibo" Tournament (Medellín, Colombia) took place
February 28th - 5th March 2002. This was a six player all-play-all won by
Alonso Zapata. New from Carlo Vittorino.
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Club Maracaibo Medellin COL (COL), 28 ii-13 iii 2002cat. VIII (2439)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Zapata, Alonso g COL 2541 * = 1 1 1 = 4.0 2658
2. Cuartas, Jaime Alexander COL 2435 = * 1 1 0 1 3.5 2588
3. Alzate, Dario m COL 2432 0 0 * = 1 1 2.5 2440
4. Gamboa, Nelson m COL 2363 0 0 = * 1 1 2.5 2454
5. Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2498 0 1 0 0 * 1 2.0 2355
6. Castro, Oscar H m COL 2365 = 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 2087
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The 2002 National Open took place March 7th-11th 2002 in Las Vegas USA.
Alex Yermolinsky and Walter Browne finished on 5.5/6. Some games will follow
next week, tournament Bulletins (3 issues and a total of 415 games) are
available from the USCF Catalog. My thanks to Al Losoff, Bill Snead, Bill
Friesema and Alan Watson.
Website: http://www.64.com/natlopen/
National Open Championship Round 6 Standings
No. Ttl Name USCF Pts TBrk1 TBrk2 TBrk3
1 GM YERMOLINSKY, ALEX 2639 5.5 21.0 23.5 20.5
2 GM BROWNE, WALTER S 2540 5.5 20.0 22.5 20.5
3 GM GALLAGHER, JOSEPH 2583 5.0 21.0 24.0 18.5
4 GM PELLETIER, YANNICK 2599 5.0 20.5 23.0 19.0
5 GM BLATNY, PAVEL 2572 5.0 20.5 20.5 18.0
6 GM KUDRIN, SERGEY 2609 5.0 20.0 22.0 18.0
7 IM SARKAR, JUSTIN 2410 5.0 19.0 21.0 18.0
8 IM AKOBIAN, VARUZHAN 2529 5.0 17.5 20.5 17.0
9 GM WOJTKIEWICZ, ALEK 2675 4.5 21.5 24.5 17.5
10 IM FINEGOLD, BENJAMIN P 2630 4.5 21.5 24.0 18.0
11 GM MILOV, VADIM 2702 4.5 21.0 24.5 17.0
12 GM KACHEISHVILI, GiORGI 2662 4.5 21.0 24.5 17.0
13 IM IVANOV, IGOR V 2542 4.5 21.0 23.5 18.0
14 GM GUFELD, EDUARD 2523 4.5 20.5 23.5 17.0
15 GM ANNAKOV, BABAKOULY 2523 4.5 20.5 23.0 17.0
16 IM PERELSHTEYN, EUGENE 2528 4.5 20.5 23.0 17.0
17 GM SHULMAN, YURY 2646 4.5 20.0 23.0 16.5
18 GM SHABALOV, ALEXANDER 2672 4.5 20.0 23.0 16.0
19 IM ORLOV, GEORGI 2562 4.5 20.0 22.5 18.0
20 FM LAKDAWALA, CYRUS F 2547 4.5 19.0 21.0 16.0
21 GM MITKOV, NIKOLA 2508 4.5 19.0 19.0 16.5
22 IM SEVILLANO, ENRICO M 2600 4.5 18.5 21.5 16.0
23 GM FRIDMAN, DANIEL 2621 4.5 18.5 21.0 16.5
24 GARRETT, PIETA 2104 4.5 18.5 20.5 14.0
25 AMBARTSOUMIAN, ARMEN 2525 4.5 18.5 20.0 16.5
26 FM TATE, EMORY A 2378 4.5 16.0 16.0 15.5
27 IM KHACHIYAN, MELIKSET 2525 4.5 15.5 15.5 14.0
28 GM GEORGIEV, VLADIMIR 2610 4.0 21.5 25.0 18.0
29 DE GUZMAN, RICARDO 2492 4.0 21.0 24.0 16.5
30 GM GUREVICH, DMITRY 2646 4.0 20.5 22.5 16.0
31 ANDRIANOV, NIKOLAY 2467 4.0 20.0 22.5 17.0
32 GM GARCIA, GILDARDO J 2537 4.0 19.0 22.0 15.0
33 IM ZLOTNIKOV, MIKHAIL 2432 4.0 19.0 21.5 16.0
34 FM CHASE, CHRISTOPHER W 2376 4.0 19.0 21.0 17.0
35 FM ANDERSON, RENARD W 2289 4.0 18.5 21.5 14.0
36 GM IVANOV, ALEXANDER 2671 4.0 18.0 21.0 15.5
37 IM VUCIC, MLADEN 2470 4.0 18.0 20.5 15.0
38 FM STRUGATSKY, VLADIMIR 2517 4.0 17.5 19.5 14.5
39 STAMNOV, ALEKSANDAR 2279 4.0 17.5 19.0 15.0
40 FM VIGORITO, DAVID E 2406 4.0 17.5 18.5 15.0
41 FM ALTOUNIAN, LEVON 2548 4.0 17.0 20.0 14.5
42 FM SALMAN, NACHUM 2241 4.0 16.0 18.0 13.0
43 PUPOLS, VIKTORS 2249 4.0 15.5 16.5 13.0
44 PENALVER, JOSE M 2267 4.0 15.5 15.5 13.5
45 SMALL, GREGG H 2310 4.0 14.5 16.5 13.5
46 STEARNS, AARON V 2301 4.0 14.5 16.5 12.0
47 HAESSEL, DALE R 2177 4.0 14.0 14.5 12.0
197 players
Argentine Championships and Cat XI Tournament
The 72nd Argentine Championships take place 11th-20th March 2002. The
Category IX event will have the following players: 1 GM Daniel Campora 2542, 2
IM Alfredo Giaccio 2517, 3 GM Ariel Sorin 2512, 4 IM Ruben Felgaer 2509, 5 GM
Pablo Zarnicki 2493, 6 IM Fernando Peralta 2490, 7 GM Carlos Garcia Palermo
2467, 8 IM Maximiliano Ginzburg 2445, 9 IM Diego Flores 2442, 10 IM Sergio
Slipak 2498, 11 IM Facundo Pierrot 2430, 12 IM Sergio Giardelli 2428, 13 IM
Jorge Rosito 2424 and 14 IM Fabian Fiorito 2353.
Following directly on will be the Pinamar Internation March 21st-27th
2002. This will be a Category XI event with: 1 GM Ivan Morovic (Chile) 2544, 2
GM Dusko Pavasevic (Slovenia) 2547, 3 GM Pablo Ricardi (Argentina) 2544, 4 GM
Jaime Sunye Neto (Brasil) 2531, 5 GM Georg Mohr (Slovenia) 2509, 6 GM Sergio
Slipak (Argentina) 2498, 7 GM Pablo Zarnicki (Argentina) 2493, 8 GM Bent Larsen
(Denmark) 2486, 9 GM C.Garcia Palermo (Argentina) 2467 and 10 GM Andres
Rodriguez (Uruguay) 2460.
Internet coverage: http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/chess
and http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com/
Pula Open 2002
The "Pula Open 2002" takes place 12th-19th May 2002 in Pula, Croatia.
Details: http://sahklubpula.virualave.net
Russian Under-20 championship
The Russian Under-20 Championships for boys and girls are under way.
Reports and games are in Russian.
Internet coverage: http://www.volgachess.ru
Gausdal Tournaments
A group of title qualifying round robins, including 1 GM-, 2 IM- and 1
ELO-group, each consisting of ten players will take place 11th-18th April 2002
in Gausdal Høifjellshotell (the famous chess hotel of Norway). Time
limits 2 hours in 40 moves and 1 hour for the rest. Prizes 3000-2000-1000 NKR
in the GM-group, 2000-1200-800 in the IM-groups. There are place left in all
groups, but interested players should contact IA Hans Olav Lahlum as soon as
possible at: IA Hans Olav Lahlum Bassengveien 28 a N - 2821 Gjøvik Phone
+47 611 71 398. Email hanso.lahlum@c2i.net.
Further details: http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2002/
6th Voronezh International Chess Festival
The 6th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th-21st
2002.
Further details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/
3rd European Individual Women's Championships
The 3rd European Individual Women's Chess Championship takes place May
26th - June 9nd 2002 in Varna, Bulgaria.
Further details: http://www.chessbg.com/
12th Heart of Finland Open
The 12th Heart of Finland Open takes place in Jyväskylä, July
17th-21st 2002. The tournament is played in one group with Swiss system. The
event is FIDE-rated, and there are possibilities to reach title norms. There is
the option to start the tournament from the 2nd round with a ½ point
bye. Time rate: 2 hours / 40 moves + 1 hour to finish.
Entry fees GM/IM free (must register May 31 at the latest), FM/U20 50
EUR, ELO-players 60 EUR, others 80 EUR. 10% discount from the entry fee if
registration before May 31, 20% discount if registration before March 31. Total
prize fund approx. 7000 EUR, also rating prizes.
Contact info: Sami Hämäläinen: Tel. +358-9-3238840 Email:
aurifera@kolumbus.fi
New Internet Correspondence Game to Begin
Beginning March 11th, 2002 the World Team will begin a new game against
GM Nick de Firmian. Having most recently finished the second of two games
against Chinese IM Yin Hao (WT 1.5 YH 0.5) the World Team now will play against
three-time U.S. champion Nick de Firmian, who will play the white pieces.
The World Team consists of players from around the World, many of whom
came together for the first time during the Kasparov vs. World Internet Game
held in 1999. The games against Yin Hao attracted players from Brazil, Canada,
England, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland and the United States.
Everyone willing to follow the rules of the game is welcome to play in
this new game against GM de Firmian. To participate or observe go to the World
Team strategy board and official site at
http://boards.gamers.com/messages/overview.asp?name=WTChess&page=1
More details about the game (and how to join the World Team) can be
found at the Game Info and Rules link at the official site. It should be fun
and "A Serious Game Among Friends".
Plaskett vs The ROW
GM James Plaskett will play the Rest of the World starting 1st March on
the internet at: http://www.chessworld.net
The match will be played at the rate of 5 days per move. Players will
vote their moves by clicking on the chess board while discussing and
formulating strategies and tactics in the Rest of World team forum. This match
is open to all who visit www.ChessWorld.net. Those wanting to play Plaskett
will need to login and follow the Opponents menu to 'Play the Expert'.
Golden Cleopatra Open 2002
This year the Golden Cleopatra Open will be open to all and held
7th-17th April at Eastern Company Club about 5 Km from the Pyramids Cairo,
Egypt. The event will be a Swiss Sytem – 11 Rounds – 160 players (7
GMs – 25 IMs , available for Fide Rating and Titles) – New Fide Time
Control (90 Min for all game and 30 Sec. Added for every move) play starts at 5
p.m. daily from 7 to 17 April , Arrival 6 April , Closing Ceremony 18 April 7
p.m. then departure.
Prizes as follows : 1st till 12th. 1000 - 800 - 700 - 600 - 500 - 400 -
300 - 200 - 200 - 200 - 150 - 150 US$. Players who wants to participate will
pay - 30 US$ daily for full accommodation in Double Bedroom or 40 US$ for
single Room 4 Star Hotel – 20 US$ daily for Double bedroom or 30 US$ for
Single Room 3 Star Hotel . That included : Free transportation inside Egypt ,
including from and to Airport; Free Tourist tours; Free entry fee ; 3 free
daily soft drinks ; Daily Bullettin , and Book of the tournament distributed on
Closing Ceremony.
Special conditions for limited no of GMs and IMs. Last day for
registering is 27 March 2002 . Our email is
Contact: E-Mail ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Hassan Khaled
General Director Egyptian Chess Federation
Phone +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Blitzin handle: haskd
Eastern Company Club Fax : +20-2-5620931 Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and
Fax : +20-2-2604285 Tanta Open will be played during May , and not confirmed
yet.
Pardubice Chess and Bridge Festival
The 13th International Chess & Bridge Festival CZECH OPEN 2002 will
be held 11th-28th July 2002 in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Further details:
http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
III Internet Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"
IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI) reports that the Dos Hermanas City Council and
the Municipal Foundation for Sport of Dos Hermanas in conjunction with ICC and
EDAMI (Miguel Illescas Chess School) are holding their third Internet Chess
tournament between the 15th and the 23rd of March 2002.
The event will take place on ICC (http://www.chessclub.com) and has
prizes totalling 4.850 Euros (1st: 1.500 Euros + invitation to the Dos Hermanas
International Open).
There will be 12 Swiss System qualifiers (two per day) with the winner
of each event progressing to the final.
Last years field included 48 GM over 2.145 participants from 70
countries.
If you wish to take part there are further details, rules and entry
forms available at: http://www.doshermanas.net
Budapest Spring Festival
18th Budapest Spring Festival 9 rounds Swiss Open Chess Tournament
15th-23rd of March 2002. Venue: Hungarian Chess Federation. Time rate: 90
minutes till the end, + 30s increment.
Contact Laszlo Nagy if you are interested in playing in any of these
events. E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile: (36)-30-230-1914.
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 Peter Kostenko.
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.
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 Drazic S 2471, Kosanovic G
2428, Konery H.2539, Fontaine R. 2469, Micic C 2411, Sedlak N 2447, Perunovic M
2475, Bistric F 2486, Stojanovic D 2436, Shirazi Kamran 2450, Popchev M 2445,
the organisers would like at least one more player. Likely to be Category
IX.
In the IM event players already competing are: Basagic Z. 2357 (slo),
Pap M 2415, Markotic G 2305 (cro), Koneru Ashot 2186(ind), Sebenik Matej 2326(
slo) , fm Mujagic Ramo 2297, fm Stojkovic Miroljub 2296, fm Dumpor Atif 2328
(bih), Markus Held 2167 (ger), Petkovic Radoslav 2320, Jovic Stevan 2165. One
or three more players required.
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 30th 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.
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
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: $10,500 Board and Lodging
are free for GM, IM (2400+), WGM (2355+). Lodging is free for all players.
Start Money / Pocket Money: As per contact. Telephone No.: 091 033 280 3858;
Fax: 091 033 247 9559 / 476 6733 E-mail: gnca@vsnl.com
Further details: http://www.goodrickechess.com
6th United Insurance International Masters
6th United Insurance International Masters Chess Tournament 2002 10th
April to 20th April 2002 Venue: Conference-Room National Sports Council 62/3
Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000 Organised by : Bangladesh Chess Federation Sponsored
by : United Insurance Company Limited Tournament System : 11 Round Swiss Number
of Participants : Around 40 Schedule : 10th April to 20th April 2002 Arrival :
9th April 1st Round plays : 10th April Main session : Every day 2:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. Last Round : 20th April 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The rate of play : 6
Hours play. Rate of play 40 moves in 2 hours and rest of the moves in 1 hour to
finish the game. Prize distribution : 20th March 5:00 p.m. Prize Fund : US$
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
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.
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
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/
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
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.
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.