THE WEEK IN CHESS 384 18th March 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Amber
Tournament, Monaco
3) 13th Goodricke International
4) First Saturday March
5) Reykjavik
Open
6) Bundesliga
7) Argentine
Championships
8) Victor Ciocaltea Memorial
9) Finnish Team Championships
10) Polish
Women's Championships
11) Wroxham Masters
12) Mediteran Cup
13) Belgian Teams
14) 35th International Ladies GM
15)
Yugoslav Championships
16) Zwolle Open Weekender
17) Russian Junior Championships
18)
Budapest Spring Festival
19) National Open
20) III Dos Hermanas Internet Tournament
21) Kali Cup
22) FIDE Internet
Qualifier
23) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Amber Tournament, Monaco 24 games
13th Goodricke International 54 games
First Saturday March 44 games
Reykjavik Open 178 games
Bundesliga 88 games
Argentine Championships 63 games
Victor Ciocaltea Memorial 30 games
Finnish Team Championships 359 games
Polish Women's Championships 66 games
Wroxham Masters 45 games
Mediteran Cup 80 games
Belgian Teams 16 games
35th International Ladies GM 15 games
Zwolle Open Weekender 27 games
Russian Junior Championships 407 games
Budapest Spring Festival 60 games
National Open 74 games
Kali Cup 66 games
1696 games
My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Gustavo Albarrán, Przemek Jahr, Steve
Laios, Frank Berry, Marjan Kovacevic, Henri Spijkerman, Dorian Rogozenko, Al
Losoff, Bill Snead, Bill Friesema and Alan Watson, Sami Hamalainen, Eugeny
Atarov, Istvan Magyar, Jovan Petronic, Stephen Boyd and all those who helped
with this issue.
The Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament is the strongest event of the
week with Vladimir Kramnik returning after a break. Disappointingly the event
isn't live on the internet. The event, financed by millionaire JJ van Oosterom,
seems to have no need of such publicity. Elsewhere is the usual mixture of
team, open and all-play-all events. Plenty going on.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament takes place 16th-28th March
2002. There are 2 free days. 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/
Rapid Results
Round 1 (March 16, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 40 B14 Caro Kann Panov Attack
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 49 E54 Nimzo Indian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 32 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Almasi, Zoltan - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 70 C78 Ruy Lopez
Piket, Jeroen - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 49 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Leko, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 39 B90 Sicilian Najdorf
Round 2 (March 17, 2002)
Gelfand, Boris - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 31 D05 Colle System
Morozevich, Alexander - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 57 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Shirov, Alexei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 28 C42 Petroff's Defence
Almasi, Zoltan - Leko, Peter 1/2 69 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 42 A26 English Sicilian Attack
Van Wely, Loek - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 52 D19 Slav Defence
Amber Rapidplay Monaco MNC (MNC), 16-28 iii 2002 cat. XVIII (2699)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 * . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 2.0
2 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 . * . = . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2954
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 . . * . . = . . . . . 1 1.5 2899
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 . = . * . . = . . . . . 1.0 2721
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742 . . . . * . = = . . . . 1.0 2691
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 . . = . . * . . . = . . 1.0 2688
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2739 . . . = = . * . . . . . 1.0 2775
8 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2644 . . . . = . . * . . = . 1.0 2727
9 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2548 0 . . . . . . . * 1 . . 1.0 2683
10 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2659 . . . . . = . . 0 * . . 0.5 2438
11 Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 . 0 . . . . . = . . * . 0.5 2480
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Blindfold Results
Round 1 (March 16, 2002)
Morozevich, Alexander - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 44 C33 Kings Bishops Gambit)
Shirov, Alexei - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 38 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 25 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter 1/2 25 E15 Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 49 E20 Nimzo Indian
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 60 A28 English Four Knights
Round 2 (March 17, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 35 A29 English Four Knights
Leko, Peter - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 78 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 46 B82 Sicilian Scheveningen
Topalov, Veselin - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 42 C42 Petroff's Defence
Piket, Jeroen - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 40 A34 English Symmetrical
Kramnik, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 50 E15 Queens Indian
Amber Blindfold Monaco MNC (MNC), 16-28 iii 2002 cat. XVIII (2699)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742 * . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . 2.0
2 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 . * . . = . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2881
3 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 . . * . . = . . . . . 1 1.5 2815
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 . . . * . . = . . . 1 . 1.5 2866
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 . = . . * = . . . . . . 1.0 2706
6 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 . . = . = * . . . . . . 1.0 2712
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 . . . = . . * . . = . . 1.0 2761
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2739 0 . . . . . . * . 1 . . 1.0 2775
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2659 . 0 . . . . . . * . . 1 1.0 2631
10 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 . . . . . . = 0 . * . . 0.5 2528
11 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2644 0 . . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2548 . . 0 . . . . . 0 . . * 0.0
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Combined Standings:
Amber All Monaco MNC (MNC), 16-28 iii 2002 cat. XVIII (2699)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 ** .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1= .. 11 3.5 2958
2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742 .. ** .. .. .. =1 .. .. .. .. =1 .. 3.0 2884
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 .. .. ** .. == .. .. .. =1 .. .. .. 2.5 2783
4 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 .. .. .. ** .. .. 1= == .. .. .. .. 2.5 2856
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 .. .. == .. ** .. .. .. .. 1= .. .. 2.5 2801
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2739 .. =0 .. .. .. ** .. =1 .. .. .. .. 2.0 2775
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 .. .. .. 0= .. .. ** .. .. .. =1 .. 2.0 2673
8 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 .. .. .. == .. =0 .. ** .. .. .. .. 1.5 2634
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2659 .. .. =0 .. .. .. .. .. ** .. .. 01 1.5 2544
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 0= .. .. .. 0= .. .. .. .. ** .. .. 1.0 2519
11 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2644 .. =0 .. .. .. .. =0 .. .. .. ** .. 1.0 2534
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2548 00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 .. .. ** 1.0 2490
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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.
Further details: http://www.goodrickechess.com,
http://www.chessindia.org/ and
http://www.chathurangam.com/
Leading Round 2 Standings:
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13th Goodricke Calcutta IND (IND), 17-13 iii 2002
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1. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2578 +34 +28 2.0
2. Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2551 +49 +30 2.0
3. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2567 +48 +27 2.0
4. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2536 +55 +25 2.0
5. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2545 +52 +22 2.0
6. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2569 +53 +21 2.0
7. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2587 =10 +23 1.5 2555
8. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2639 +31 =14 1.5 2648
9. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2645 +44 =11 1.5 2661
10. Blauert, Joerg m GER 2390 = 7 +42 1.5 2699
11. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2532 +46 = 9 1.5 2675
12. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2413 =19 +39 1.5 2623
13. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2432 =38 +37 1.5 2461
14. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2515 +54 = 8 1.5 2658
15. Kuzmin, Alexey g RUS 2568 =37 +43 1.5 2641
16. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2529 =40 +36 1.5 2444
17. Mahesh Chandran, P IND 2436 =36 +40 1.5 2444
18. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2579 =39 +41 1.5 2579
54 players
The First Saturday March tournaments took placce 2nd-15th March 2002 in
Budapest Hungary. There was a GM group, two IM and two GM groups. Humpy Koneru
withdrew after playing 7 rounds due to illness from the GM event. 14 year old
Viktor Erdos scored an IM norm in the GM event. In the IMA event the winner
Asauskas Henrikas (LTU) produced an IM norm. In the IMB event Dub Zeev (ISR)
also scored an IM norm.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0302.htm
Final 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. Butnorius, Algimantas m LTU 2449 * 0 1 = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 8.5 2535
2. Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2444 1 * = = = = = = 1 = = = = + 8.0 2513
3. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2426 0 = * 0 1 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2514
4. Breder, Dennis m GER 2441 = = 1 * = 1 0 = 0 = 1 = = 1 7.5 2483
5. Erdos, Viktor HUN 2383 = = 0 = * 0 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2487
6. Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2413 = = 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 = = 1 = + 7.0 2457
7. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2406 = = 1 1 0 1 * = 0 0 = 0 1 = 6.5 2429
8. Balogh, Csaba f HUN 2398 0 = = = = = = * = = = = = + 6.5 2429
9. Dembo, Yelena wg HUN 2346 = 0 0 1 = 0 1 = * = = = = + 6.5 2433
10. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2510 0 = = = 0 = 1 = = * = = = + 6.5 2421
11. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2428 = = = 0 = = = = = = * = = = 6.0 2398
12. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2364 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = = = = * 1 1 6.0 2403
13. Flumbort, Andras HUN 2436 = = 0 = = = 0 = = = = 0 * + 5.5 2369
14. Koneru, Humpy wg IND 2539 0 - 0 0 0 - = - - - = 0 - * 1.0 2017
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(I'm assuming Koneru-Varga (13) was a default rather than a draw)
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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 8.0 2625
2. Vigh, Bela m HUN 2357 0 * 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2396
3. Mensch, Etienne f FRA 2380 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 0 1 5.5 2348
4. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2276 0 = = * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2360
5. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2290 0 = 0 = * 1 1 0 1 = 4.5 2278
6. Ashok, K IND 2182 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 4.5 2290
7. Molnar, Bela HUN 2338 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 4.0 2230
8. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2231 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 = 3.0 2160
9. Schulze, Hubertus GER 2203 0 = 1 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 3.0 2163
10. Bognar, Csaba f HUN 2215 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 1935
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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 1 7.0 2501
2. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2361 1 * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 6.0 2392
3. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2289 0 1 * 1 1 = 0 = 1 0 5.0 2318
4. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2303 = 0 0 * 1 0 = 1 = 1 4.5 2274
5. Alfred, Nathan ENG 2247 0 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 4.5 2280
6. Cooke, Eric USA 2195 0 1 = 1 0 * 0 = 0 1 4.0 2243
7. Dombai, Istvan HUN 2214 0 0 1 = = 1 * = 0 = 4.0 2241
8. Papp, Gabor HUN 2320 = 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 = 3.5 2192
9. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2318 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 * 1 3.5 2192
10. Schlusnik, Nandor HUN 2285 0 1 1 0 0 0 = = 0 * 3.0 2151
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The Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament takes place March 7th-15th 2002.
Jaan Ehlvest and Oleg Korneev finished on 7/9.
Internet coverage: http://skak.is/si/reykjavik2002/
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Open Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 7-15 iii 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2589 +48 + 6 =14 +10 =32 + 4 + 3 = 2 = 5 7.0 2711
2. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2568 +24 +25 +20 + 8 - 3 =32 + 9 = 1 + 7 7.0 2693
3. Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2520 +52 +21 =26 +12 + 2 = 7 - 1 +16 = 4 6.5 2623
4. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2578 +45 =15 = 7 +47 +17 - 1 +18 +14 = 3 6.5 2593
5. Rowson, Jonathan g SCO 2512 +58 =42 +33 =17 =13 +27 = 7 + 8 = 1 6.5 2575
6. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2446 +56 - 1 +39 -38 +31 +37 =13 +32 +14 6.5 2541
7. Kristjansson, Stefan f ISL 2389 +43 =13 = 4 +40 + 8 = 3 = 5 + 9 - 2 6.0 2585
8. Danielsen, Henrik g DEN 2520 +39 +23 +11 - 2 - 7 +19 +15 - 5 +29 6.0 2513
9. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2604 +44 =17 =15 +34 +11 +23 - 2 - 7 +25 6.0 2532
10. Lobron, Eric g GER 2517 +54 +34 +18 - 1 -23 =42 +33 +20 =11 6.0 2515
11. Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2474 +59 +47 - 8 +21 - 9 +26 =25 +35 =10 6.0 2512
12. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2498 +36 =33 +42 - 3 -27 +44 =24 +47 +23 6.0 2445
13. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2542 +35 = 7 +19 =14 = 5 =25 = 6 =23 =22 5.5 2470
14. Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2500 +51 +22 = 1 =13 +38 =16 +32 - 4 - 6 5.5 2522
15. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2412 +50 = 4 = 9 =31 =37 +38 - 8 +24 =16 5.5 2464
16. Berkes, Ferenc m HUN 2522 +40 -26 =37 +48 +28 =14 +17 - 3 =15 5.5 2468
17. Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2434 +66 = 9 +27 = 5 - 4 +47 -16 +38 =19 5.5 2482
18. Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2451 +65 +31 -10 =37 =26 +22 - 4 =25 +35 5.5 2433
19. Boricsev, Oleg m HUN 2333 =27 +46 -13 =24 +29 - 8 +48 +42 =17 5.5 2421
20. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2456 +60 +38 - 2 =44 =42 +30 =23 -10 +33 5.5 2419
21. Sigfusson, Sigurdur f ISL 2351 +61 - 3 +58 -11 =24 -35 +64 +53 +32 5.5 2334
22. Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn ISL 2312 +71 -14 -36 +56 +51 -18 +52 +39 =13 5.5 2353
23. Thorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 2360 +62 - 8 +29 +36 +10 - 9 =20 =13 -12 5.0 2441
24. Bjornsson, Tomas f ISL 2248 - 2 =55 +49 =19 =21 +28 =12 -15 +42 5.0 2375
25. Holmsten, Aleksei m FIN 2420 +55 - 2 =54 +33 +44 =13 =11 =18 - 9 5.0 2435
26. Lie, Kjetil A NOR 2388 +69 +16 = 3 -32 =18 -11 -38 +45 +48 5.0 2414
27. Kiss, Pal m HUN 2390 =19 +57 -17 +54 +12 - 5 =42 -29 +47 5.0 2367
28. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2402 =57 +63 -32 +45 -16 -24 +46 +50 =31 5.0 2282
29. Thompson, Ian D f ENG 2209 -32 +70 -23 +61 -19 +55 +30 +27 - 8 5.0 2333
30. Paasikangas-T., Johanna f FIN 2300 -63 =67 =56 +57 +36 -20 -29 +46 +43 5.0 2182
31. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2279 +64 -18 +67 =15 - 6 -34 +59 +58 =28 5.0 2311
32. Votava, Jan g CZE 2515 +29 =37 +28 +26 = 1 = 2 -14 - 6 -21 4.5 2420
33. Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2302 +41 =12 - 5 -25 +50 +40 -10 +49 -20 4.5 2304
34. Asmundsson, Ingvar f ISL 2347 +53 -10 +51 - 9 =40 +31 -35 =43 =38 4.5 2271
35. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg CZE 2239 -13 -43 =46 +41 +67 +21 +34 -11 -18 4.5 2263
36. Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2181 -12 +41 +22 -23 -30 =63 -49 +62 +53 4.5 2173
37. Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn f ISL 2332 +70 =32 =16 =18 =15 - 6 -39 =52 +60 4.5 2332
38. Bergsson, Snorri f ISL 2275 +72 -20 +60 + 6 -14 -15 +26 -17 =34 4.5 2347
39. Halldorsson, Bragi ISL 2236 - 8 +62 - 6 -65 +69 +60 +37 -22 =44 4.5 2250
40. Edvardsson, Kristjan ISL 2239 -16 +69 +64 - 7 =34 -33 -53 +57 +56 4.5 2207
41. Karlsson, Bjorn Ivar ISL ---- -33 -36 =69 -35 =68 =62 +67 +59 +58 4.5 2134
42. Gunnarsson, Arnar ISL 2322 +68 = 5 -12 +63 =20 =10 =27 -19 -24 4.0 2287
43. Kjartansson, Gudmundur ISL 2060 - 7 +35 -44 =60 =45 =58 +51 =34 -30 4.0 2216
44. Jonasson, Benedikt f ISL 2267 - 9 +66 +43 =20 -25 -12 -50 +55 =39 4.0 2245
45. Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2256 - 4 +50 =63 -28 =43 -46 +61 -26 +64 4.0 2149
46. Schmied, Andreas GER 2142 =67 -19 =35 =64 =55 +45 -28 -30 +63 4.0 2139
47. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2298 +49 -11 +61 - 4 +65 -17 +54 -12 -27 4.0 2263
48. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor ISL 2267 - 1 =56 +55 -16 =60 +64 -19 +54 -26 4.0 2225
49. Runarsson,Gunnar Freyr ISL ---- -47 =59 -24 =68 =57 +70 +36 -33 =51 4.0 2126
50. Hagesaether, Ellen NOR 2102 -15 -45 +71 +58 -33 =51 +44 -28 =52 4.0 2210
51. Johansson, Victoria wm SWE 2199 -14 +71 -34 +53 -22 =50 -43 +66 =49 4.0 2120
52. Kjartansson, David ISL 2235 - 3 -61 -53 +71 +70 +56 -22 =37 =50 4.0 2124
53. Arnarsson, Hrannar ISL 2035 -34 -54 +52 -51 =66 +67 +40 -21 -36 3.5 2129
54. Thorarinsson, Pall A ISL 2217 -10 +53 =25 -27 =63 +65 -47 -48 =61 3.5 2153
55. Einarsson, Einar Kristinn ISL 2107 -25 =24 -48 +62 =46 -29 =60 -44 +70 3.5 2118
56. Jiretorn, Eva SWE 2112 - 6 =48 =30 -22 +61 -52 =66 +67 -40 3.5 2138
57. Arngrimsson, Dagur ISL 2094 =28 -27 =59 -30 =49 =66 =65 -40 +68 3.5 2112
58. Fridjonsson, Julius ISL 2200 - 5 +68 -21 -50 +62 =43 +63 -31 -41 3.5 2073
59. Halldorsson, Halldor ISL 2149 -11 =49 =57 =67 -64 +68 -31 -41 +69 3.5 2023
60. Thorsteinsson, Erlingur ISL 2142 -20 +72 -38 =43 =48 -39 =55 +68 -37 3.5 2114
61. Ingolfsdottir, Harpa ISL 2053 -21 +52 -47 -29 -56 +72 -45 +70 =54 3.5 2110
62. Gretarsdottir, Lilja ISL 2056 -23 -39 +72 -55 -58 =41 +71 -36 +66 3.5 2053
63. Knutsson,Larus ISL ---- +30 -28 =45 -42 =54 =36 -58 =64 -46 3.0 2100
64. Schubert, Hans-Joach AUT 2005 -31 +65 -40 =46 +59 -48 -21 =63 -45 3.0 2075
65. Ragnarsson, Johann ISL 2118 -18 -64 +70 +39 -47 -54 =57 . . 2.5 2088
66. Petursson, Gudni ISL 2112 -17 -44 =68 =69 =53 =57 =56 -51 -62 2.5 1975
67. Gislason,Ingolfur ISL ---- =46 =30 -31 =59 -35 -53 -41 -56 +72 2.5 1973
68. Bergsson, Stefan ISL 2021 -42 -58 =66 =49 =41 -59 +72 -60 -57 2.5 1947
69. Ingason, Sigurdur ISL 2059 -26 -40 =41 =66 -39 =71 -70 +72 -59 2.5 1963
70. Gudmundsson, Kjartan ISL 2034 -37 -29 -65 +72 -52 -49 +69 -61 -55 2.0 1903
71. Kristinsdottir, A ISL 2007 -22 -51 -50 -52 =72 =69 -62 . . 1.0 1828
72. Thorgrimsdottir,Anna Bjorg ISL ---- -38 -60 -62 -70 =71 -61 -68 -69 -67 0.5 1627
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The 10th and 11th rounds of the Bundesliga took place over the weekend
of 16th-17th March 2002. Luebeck retain their lead through a big win against
Heiligenhaus and a narrow win against Solinger SG. Games from various rounds
now availble. My thanks to Georg von Bülow for the games from the last
weekend in Hamburg.
Coverage: http://www.chessgate.de
and http://www.schach.com
Round 10 16th March 2002
Venue: Godesberg
Godesberger SK 4½-3½ Erfurter SK
1 Dautov ½ : ½ Luther 1
2 Gurevich ½ : ½ Haba 2
3 Kengis ½ : ½ Kuczynski 3
5 Kveinys 1 : 0 Paehtz,T 4
6 Langheinrich 1 : 0 Mueller 6
7 Breder 0 : 1 Casper 8
8 Jackelen ½ : ½ Voekler 11
9 Seger ½ : ½ Brueggemann 12
SG Köln Porz 5 - 3 SK König Plauen
1 Lutz ½ : ½ Beliavsky 1
2 Khalifman ½ : ½ Bischoff 2
6 Vaganian ½ : ½ Markowski 3
8 Andersson ½ : ½ Boensch 5
9 Hansen ½ : ½ Kindermann 6
10 Graf 1 : 0 Espig 7
11 Van der Doel 1 : 0 Kuraszkiewic 8
13 Nijboer ½ : ½ Dirr 13
Venue: Bremen
Ksp Hamburg SC 2 - 6 SFR Neukölln
1 Lamprecht 0 : 1 Movsesian 1
2 Pajeken ½ : ½ Stohl 2
3 Hochgraefe 0 : 1 Berndt 4
4 Trisic 0 : 1 Borriss 6
6 Voigt ½ : ½ Polzin 7
7 Von Buelow 0 : 1 Poldauf 9
8 Berger ½ : ½ Thiede 10
9 Wendt ½ : ½ Rudolf 11
Venue: Stuttgart
Stuttgarter Sfr 5½-2½ Castrop Rauxel
1 Golubev 0 : 1 Georgiev 1
2 Hickl ½ : ½ Rozentalis 2
3 Gabriel 1 : 0 Doettling 4
4 Bunzmann ½ : ½ Appel 5
5 Buhmann 1 : 0 Gallagher 6
6 Schmittdiel 1 : 0 Watson 7
7 Duppel 1 : 0 Dinstuhl 11
10 Berezovsky ½ : ½ Brendel 13
TV Tegernsee 4 - 4 SV Wattenscheid
1 Khenkin 0 : 1 Aronian 1
2 Ribli ½ : ½ Rustemov 3
3 Sokolov 1 : 0 Hall 4
4 Hertneck ½ : ½ Holzke 5
7 Teske 0 : 1 Handke 6
8 Stangl 1 : 0 Ellers 7
9 Gross 1 : 0 Straeter 10
10 Kachiani-Ger 0 : 1 Thiel 12
Venue: Luebeck
Lübecker SV 7½- ½ SG Heiligenhaus
2 Adams ½ : ½ Skripchenko- 3
4 Speelman 1 : 0 Van Mil 4
5 Epishin 1 : 0 Dutreeuw 6
6 Hodgson 1 : 0 Schmitz 9
8 Nunn 1 : 0 Lindner 10
9 Hansen 1 : 0 Heller 11
10 Conquest 1 : 0 Perschke 13
13 Agdestein 1 : 0 Van Beers 14
Hamburger SK 3 - 5 Solinger SG
1 Dorfman ½ : ½ Kasimdzhanov 3
2 Kempinski ½ : ½ Jussupow 5
3 Ftacnik 0 : 1 Nikolic 6
4 Gustafsson ½ : ½ Fressinet 7
6 Hansen 1 : 0 Emms 10
7 Wahls 0 : 1 Chandler 11
10 Wilhelmi 0 : 1 Naumann 13
11 Reeh ½ : ½ Schaefer 14
Round 11 March 17th 2002
Venue: Godesberg
Erfurter SK 2 - 6 SG Köln Porz
1 Luther 0 : 1 Lutz 1
2 Haba ½ : ½ Khalifman 2
3 Kuczynski 0 : 1 Vaganian 6
4 Paehtz,T ½ : ½ Andersson 8
6 Mueller 0 : 1 Hansen 9
8 Casper 0 : 1 Graf 10
11 Voekler 0 : 1 Van der Doel 11
12 Brueggemann 1 : 0 Nijboer 13
SK König Plauen 4 - 4 Godesberger SK
1 Beliavsky 0 : 1 Dautov 1
2 Bischoff ½ : ½ Gurevich 2
3 Markowski ½ : ½ Kengis 3
5 Boensch 1 : 0 Kveinys 5
6 Kindermann ½ : ½ Langheinrich 6
7 Espig 1 : 0 Breder 7
8 Kuraszkiewic 0 : 1 Jackelen 8
13 Dirr ½ : ½ Seger 9
Venue: Neukoelln
SFR Neukölln 4 - 4 SV Werder Bremen
1 Movsesian ½ : ½ Hracek 1
2 Stohl ½ : ½ Babula 2
4 Berndt 0 : 1 Pelletier 5
6 Borriss 1 : 0 Knaak 6
7 Polzin ½ : ½ Joachim 7
9 Poldauf 1 : 0 Meins 8
10 Thiede 0 : 1 Heissler 10
11 Rudolf ½ : ½ Meyer 13
Venue: Stuttgart
Castrop Rauxel 4 - 4 TV Tegernsee
1 Georgiev ½ : ½ Khenkin 1
2 Rozentalis ½ : ½ Ribli 2
4 Doettling ½ : ½ Sokolov 3
5 Appel 1 : 0 Hertneck 4
6 Gallagher ½ : ½ Teske 7
11 Dinstuhl ½ : ½ Stangl 8
12 Hennig 0 : 1 Gross 9
13 Brendel ½ : ½ Kachiani-Ger 10
SV Wattenscheid 3½-4½ Stuttgarter Sfr
1 Aronian 1 : 0 Golubev 1
3 Rustemov ½ : ½ Hickl 2
4 Hall 0 : 1 Gabriel 3
5 Holzke ½ : ½ Bunzmann 4
6 Handke ½ : ½ Buhmann 5
7 Ellers 0 : 1 Schmittdiel 6
10 Straeter 1 : 0 Duppel 7
12 Thiel 0 : 1 Zeller 9
Venue: Luebeck
SG Heiligenhaus 1½-6½ Hamburger SK
3 Skripchenko- ½ : ½ Dorfman 1
4 Van Mil ½ : ½ Kempinski 2
6 Dutreeuw 0 : 1 Ftacnik 3
9 Schmitz 0 : 1 Gustafsson 4
10 Lindner 0 : 1 Hansen 6
11 Heller 0 : 1 Wahls 7
13 Perschke 0 : 1 Reeh 11
14 Van Beers ½ : ½ Sebastian 13
Solinger SG 3½-4½ Lübecker SV
3 Kasimdzhanov ½ : ½ Adams 2
5 Jussupow 1 : 0 Speelman 4
6 Nikolic 0 : 1 Epishin 5
7 Fressinet ½ : ½ Hodgson 6
9 Lobron 0 : 1 Nunn 8
10 Emms ½ : ½ Hansen 9
11 Chandler ½ : ½ Conquest 10
13 Naumann ½ : ½ Agdestein 13
Round 11 Standings
1. Lübecker SV 10 54½:25½ 19- 1
2. SG Köln Porz 9 48 :24 16- 2
3. SV Werder Bremen 9 45½:26½ 13- 5
4. TV Tegernsee 10 45½:34½ 13- 7
5. Solinger SG 9 42½:29½ 12- 6
6. SFR Neukölln 9 40 :32 12- 6
7. Stuttgarter Sfr 10 44½:35½ 11- 9
8. Godesberger SK 9 37½:34½ 10- 8
9. Hamburger SK 10 40½:39½ 10-10
10. Castrop Rauxel 9 33 :39 8-10
11. SV Wattenscheid 9 33 :39 6-12
12. Erfurter SK 9 31 :41 4-14
13. SK König Plauen 9 26½:45½ 3-15
14. SG Heiligenhaus 9 17 :55 2-16
15. Ksp Hamburg SC 10 21 :59 1-19
The 72nd Argentine Championships take place 11th-20th March 2002.
Fernando Peralta and Ruben Felgaer lead with 6.5/9 with four rounds to go.
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.
Official internet coverage:
http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/chess
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72nd ch-ARG Pinamar ARG (ARG), 11-20 iii 2002 cat. IX (2472)
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1. Peralta, Fernando m ARG 2490 * 1 = . . 1 = 1 . 1 = 0 . 1 6.5 2620
2. Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2509 0 * . = . 1 . = . = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2625
3. Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2493 = . * 0 . . = 1 1 = 1 = 1 . 6.0 2597
4. Sorin, Ariel g ARG 2512 . = 1 * = 0 1 . = 1 . . 1 0 5.5 2557
5. Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2508 . . . = * 0 . 1 = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2544
6. Giardelli, Sergio C m ARG 2428 0 0 . 1 1 * = = = . . 1 = . 5.0 2533
7. Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2430 = . = 0 . = * = . = = = . 1 4.5 2461
8. Flores, Diego ARG 2442 0 = 0 . 0 = = * = . 1 1 . . 4.0 2431
9. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2542 . . 0 = = = . = * 0 = . = 1 4.0 2415
10. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2498 0 = = 0 = . = . 1 * . . 0 = 3.5 2406
11. Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2353 = 0 0 . = . = 0 = . * = 1 . 3.5 2408
12. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2517 1 0 = . 0 0 = 0 . . = * . = 3.0 2328
13. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2467 . 0 0 0 = = . . = 1 0 . * = 3.0 2349
14. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2424 0 0 . 1 0 . 0 . 0 = . = = * 2.5 2331
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The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial took place in the Chess Club RATB in
Bucharest March 4th-15th 2002. The event was a Category IX. Nikola Djukic
finished on 8/11 half a point clear of Mircea Parligras. News from Radu-Catalin
Chirila.
The event is followed by the Supercom Cup which takes place 17th-28th
March 2002. Round 1 results available.
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. Djukic, Nikola YUG 2383 * = 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2640
2. Parligras, Mircea ROM 2498 = * 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 0 1 7.5 2587
3. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2513 0 0 * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2555
4. Sofronie, Iulian m ROM 2458 1 = = * 0 = = = = 1 = = 6.0 2494
5. Lupulescu, Constantin ROM 2473 = = 0 1 * 1 0 1 0 = = 1 6.0 2493
6. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2481 0 = = = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2456
7. Miljanic, Boro m YUG 2431 = 0 = = 1 = * = 0 = = = 5.0 2425
8. Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2501 0 0 = = 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 5.0 2418
9. Manolache, Marius m ROM 2433 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 5.0 2424
10. Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2530 = 0 0 0 = = = = 1 * = 1 5.0 2416
11. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2383 0 1 0 = = = = 0 0 = * 1 4.5 2400
12. Murariu, Andrei ROM 2418 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1.5 2153
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Supercom Cup Bucharest ROM (ROM), 17-28 iii 2002 cat. VIII (2448)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Grunberg, Mihai m ROM 2463 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Ardelean, George Catalin m ROM 2444 . * . = . . . . . . . . 0.5 2506
3. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2383 . . * . . . . . = . . . 0.5 2435
4. Dumitrache, Dragos m ROM 2506 . = . * . . . . . . . . 0.5 2444
5. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2481 . . . . * = . . . . . . 0.5 2414
6. Musat, Adrian f ROM 2414 . . . . = * . . . . . . 0.5 2481
7. Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2501 . . . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2326
8. Tikhomirov, Sergei m MDA 2326 . . . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2501
9. Vasiesiu, Dan m ROM 2435 . . = . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2383
10. Badea, Bela g ROM 2477 . . . . . . . . . * ? . 0.0
11. Golubev, Mihail g UKR 2531 . . . . . . . . . ? * . 0.0
12. Nanu, Ciprian m ROM 2412 0 . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Henri Koskinen reports: The Finnish Team Championships ended last
weekend. The title went to Joensuu Chessclub for the first time. Second was
Taraus from Tampere and third Matinkyla from Espoo. Last years champion Garde
ended only fifth this year. [Dates Round 1 22.09.2001, Round 2 20.10.2001,
Round 3 21.10.2001, Round 4 17.11.2001, Round 5 18.11.2001, Round 6 19.01.2002,
Round 7 16.02.2002, Round 8 16.03.2002 and Round 9 17.03.2002.]
Internet coverage:
http://www.shakki.net/pelaaminen/turnaukset/liiga.html
Final results:
1. JoeSK, Joensuu 15/18
2. Taraus, Tampere 14
3. MatSK, Espoo 13
4. JYS, Jyvaskyla 12
5. Garde, Helsinki 10
6. HSK, Helsinki 8
7. EtVaS, Vantaa 7
8. Gaia, Helsinki 5 (19-30)
9. TuTS, Turku 5 (14-25)
10. Moro, Tampere 2
Best individual results:
FM Sampsa Nyysti, Taraus 8,5/9 5th board
Sauli Tiitta, MatSK 7/9 7th board
Markku Lahtinen, JoeSK 5,5/7 6th board
IM Jussi Tella, Garde 6/8 4th board
IM Tapani Sammalvuo,Garde 4,5/6 3th board
FM Risto Nevanlinna, JYS 6,5/9 4th board
Heikki Salo, EtVaS 6,5/9 6th board
Timo Porrasmaa, JoeSK 6,5/9 8th board
Tuomas Nivala, JoeSK 6,5/9 reserve
The Polish Women's Championships 2002 took place in Ostrow 5th-15th
March 2002. Iweta Radziewicz won the event with 9/11. Note I've used the maiden
name Barbara Grabarska rather than Barbara Jaracz which is her married name as
her old name is still that which appears in the rating list. Information
Przemek Jahr.
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1. Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2395 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2501
2. Zielinska, Marta wg POL 2410 1 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2448
3. Kadziolka, Beata POL 2210 = = * 1 = 0 = = 1 = = 1 6.5 2321
4. Socko, Monika m POL 2353 0 = 0 * 1 1 0 = = = 1 1 6.0 2279
5. Worek, Joanna POL 2224 0 = = 0 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2290
6. Dworakowska, Joanna wg POL 2441 0 = 1 0 = * 1 = 0 1 0 1 5.5 2235
7. Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2172 0 0 = 1 1 0 * 0 1 1 = = 5.5 2259
8. Grabarska, Barbara wm POL 2302 = = = = = = 1 * 0 0 = = 5.0 2211
9. Andrzejewska, Edyta POL 2231 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 * = = 1 4.5 2189
10. Balkiewicz, Elzbieta POL 2085 0 0 = = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 4.0 2165
11. Jurkiewicz, Katarzyna POL 2175 0 0 = 0 0 1 = = = 0 * = 3.5 2126
12. Pokojska, Daria POL 2029 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.0 2010
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The Wroxham Masters took place March 9th-15th 2002. Keith Arkell won
with 7/9 half a point clear of Glenn Flear.
Internet coverage: http://wroxham.lubaland.co.uk/
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Masters Wroxham ENG (ENG), 9-15 iii 2002 cat. VII (2417)
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1. Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2463 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2631
2. Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2511 = * = 1 1 = 1 1 = = 6.5 2572
3. Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2506 = = * = = = = 1 1 = 5.5 2487
4. Kelly, Brian m IRL 2445 = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 = 5.0 2456
5. Repkova, Eva wg SVK 2345 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 5.0 2468
6. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2578 = = = = 0 * 0 0 1 1 4.0 2356
7. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2410 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 0 = 3.5 2337
8. Fierro Baquero, Martha L wg ECU 2382 0 0 0 = = 1 0 * = 1 3.5 2340
9. Paehtz, Elisabeth wg GER 2383 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 3.0 2295
10. Buckley, Melanie ENG 2147 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 0 * 2.0 2227
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Rejika was the venue for two events: the Mediteran Cup WGM and the
Mediteran Cup IM. They took place 9th-16th March 2002. Regina Pokorna won the
WGM event with 6.5/9 and Milan Vukic the IM event with 7.5/9.
Internet site: http://www.sah-rijeka.hr/t-w07/ and
http://www.sah-rijeka.hr/t-m08/
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1. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2323 * 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2362
2. Krivec, Jana wf SLO 2254 1 * 0 = 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2329
3. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2273 = 1 * 0 = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2326
4. Kaps, Darja wf SLO 2243 = = 1 * = = = 0 1 1 5.5 2285
5. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2306 = 0 = = * = 1 1 = = 5.0 2241
6. Jelica, Mara wm CRO 2204 0 1 = = = * = 0 1 = 4.5 2209
7. Macek, Vlasta wm CRO 2239 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 1 4.5 2205
8. Pahor, Andrea CRO 2011 0 0 0 1 0 1 = * 0 = 3.0 2106
9. Trtanj, Tina wf CRO 2187 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 2.5 2045
10. Franciskovic, Borka CRO 2050 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1.5 1953
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1. Vukic, Milan g YUG 2500 * = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2525
2. Bistric, Faruk m BIH 2486 = * = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2473
3. Brkic, Ante f CRO 2312 0 = * = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2397
4. Videki, Sandor m HUN 2443 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2383
5. Guidarelli, Laurent f FRA 2283 = 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 = 5.0 2319
6. Plenkovic, Zdenko CRO 2208 0 0 = 0 1 * = = 1 1 4.5 2284
7. Doric, Darko CRO 2253 = 0 = 0 0 = * 0 0 1 2.5 2113
8. Ramesa, Davor CRO 2136 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = = 2.5 2126
9. Lulic, Igor CRO 2068 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = * 0 2.0 2080
10. Bosiocic, Marin CRO 2079 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 2.0 2078
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The Belgian Team Championships have reached their 10th round. Steve
Laios send games and news.
Round 10 : 03.03.2002
1.KGSRL 2 - Temse 1.0-7.0 (games)
2.Leuven - Rochade 3.5-4.5
3.Charleroi - Jean Jaurès 4.5-3.5 (games)
4.Borgerhout - KBSK 1.5-6.5
5.KAOSK - KGSRL 1 4.5-3.5
6.Liège - Eupen 6.0-2.0
Standings after round : 10
Teams pts p.m
1.Liège 1 55.0 9.0
2.Temse Boey 1 51.0 8.0
3.Rochade Eupen 1 47.5 8.0
4.LV Leuven 1 42.0 5.0
5.Jean Jaurès 1 40.0 4.0
6.K Brugge SK 1 38.5 5.0
7.K Gent SRL 1 37.5 3.0
8.Charleroi 1 37.0 5.5
9.Eupen 47 1 36.5 3.0
10.K Gent SRL 2 34.0 3.5
11.K Antwerp OSK 1 33.0 3.5
12.Borgerhout 1 28.0 2.5
The 35th International Ladies' Grandmaster Tournament (9th cat.
ELO=2255) takes place in Belgrade from 15th to 23rd March 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu (Belgrade
Chess Federation) and http://www.politika.co.yu (SAH in the
Sports Section)
Round 3 Standings:
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1. Chelushkina, Irina wg YUG 2388 * . . 1 . . = . . 1 2.5 2513
2. Savic, Marijana wf YUG 2169 . * = . . 1 . . 1 . 2.5 2556
3. Grabics, Monika wm HUN 2283 . = * . = . . 1 . . 2.0 2323
4. Petrenko, Svetlana wg MDA 2338 0 . . * 1 . 1 . . . 2.0 2417
5. Kalevic, Sanja wg YUG 2246 . . = 0 * . . . 1 . 1.5 2296
6. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2298 . 0 . . . * . = . 1 1.5 2162
7. Petrovic, Marija wm YUG 2243 = . . 0 . . * . = . 1.0 2206
8. Ujhazi, Danijela YUG 2180 . . 0 . . = . * . = 1.0 2115
9. Chilingirova, Pavlina wm BUL 2269 . 0 . . 0 . = . * . 0.5 1946
10. Nestorovic, Irena wf YUG 2139 0 . . . . 0 . = . * 0.5 2015
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Marjan Kovacevic of Politika writes: The 57th Yugoslav Championships
take place in Banja Koviljaca (a popular Serbian spa), they started on 16th
March 2002. The Category 10 tournament (2500 average, one point short of
Category 11!) has 14 participants. The list was cut from 16 to 14 after Ivan
Ivanisevic was conscripted into the army for 9 months and 79 year old Gligoric
has given up (not because of his health, he is still in a good shape, playing
tennis and piano. He has recently finished his three books which should appear
in England in May).
Daily results at: http://www.politika.co.yu (SAH in the
Sports Section)
Round 2 Standings:
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57th ch-YUG Banja Koviljaca YUG (YUG), 16-30 iii 2002 cat. X (2500)
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1. Kosic, Dragan g YUG 2511 * . . . . . . = . . . 1 . . 1.5 2665
2. Blagojevic, Dragisa m YUG 2508 . * = . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2709
3. Kovacevic, Aleksandar g YUG 2549 . = * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2719
4. Ilincic, Zlatko g YUG 2534 . . . * . . = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2653
5. Popovic, Petar g YUG 2533 . . . . * . . . . . = . 1 . 1.5 2727
6. Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2466 . . . . . * . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
7. Arsovic, Goran m YUG 2437 . . . = . . * . = . . . . . 1.0 2501
8. Antic, Dejan g YUG 2470 = . . . . . . * . = . . . . 1.0 2504
9. Savic, Miodrag R m YUG 2469 . . . . . . = . * . . = . . 1.0 2456
10. Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2497 . . . . . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2470
11. Abramovic, Bosko g YUG 2524 . . . . = 0 . . . . * . . . 0.5 2306
12. Ostojic, Nikola m YUG 2475 0 . . . . . . . = . . * . . 0.5 2297
13. Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2545 . . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14. Jeremic, Veljko YUG 2484 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (March 16, 2002)
Blagojevic, Dragisa - Jeremic, Veljko 1-0
Kovacevic, Aleksandar - Damljanovic, Branko 1-0
Popovic, Petar - Abramovic, Bosko 1/2
Pikula, Dejan - Pavlovic, Milos Postponed
Arsovic, Goran - Ilincic, Zlatko 1/2
Antic, Dejan - Kosic, Dragan 1/2
Ostojic, Nikola - Savic, Miodrag R 1/2
Round 2 (March 17, 2002)
Kosic, Dragan - Ostojic, Nikola 1-0
Blagojevic, Dragisa - Kovacevic, Aleksandar 1/2
Savic, Miodrag R - Arsovic, Goran 1/2
Pavlovic, Milos - Antic, Dejan 1/2
Abramovic, Bosko - Pikula, Dejan 0-1
Damljanovic, Branko - Popovic, Petar 0-1
Jeremic, Veljko - Ilincic, Zlatko 0-1
The Zwolle Open Weekender took place March 8th-10th 2002 reports Henri
Spijkerman.
The eleventh edition of the weekender in Zwolle, the Netherlands, was
won by Belgian grandmaster Michail Gurevich. He scored five points from six
rounds, sharing first prize with Igor Glek, Bogdan Lalic and Alexei Gorbatov.
On ground of his superior WP tie-break score Gurevich was declared winner of
the tournament.
In the fifth round Gurevich and Glek played a drawn game of great
quality which went down to bare kings. Dutch vice-champion grandmaster Erik van
den Doel, gathered only 3,5 points, ending in a shared 11th place.
Dutch talents Erwin l‘Ami and Jan Werle had better performances,
along with IGM Dgebuadze they shared 5th place with 4,5 points.
Leading Final (Round 6) Standings:
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB
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1. M. Gurevich 2639 5.0 25.5 20.50
I. Glek 2565 5.0 21.5 17.25
B. Lalic 2523 5.0 21.5 16.75
A. Gorbatov 2416 5.0 19.5 16.00
5. A. Dgebuadze 2490 4.5 22.5 15.00
E. l'Ami 2373 4.5 20.0 12.75
J. Werle 2406 4.5 19.0 11.75
8. A. Kabatianski 2459 4.0 22.0 10.25
M. Naalden 1969 4.0 21.5 12.75
F. van Assendelft 2003 4.0 20.0 10.50
11. E. vd Doel 2562 3.5 24.5 12.50
J. Swinkels 1854 3.5 21.0 11.00
G. van Otten 2030 3.5 19.5 9.25
E. Blees 1848 3.5 18.5 10.00
L. Cako 2117 3.5 18.0 9.75
M. Hoffer 1885 3.5 18.0 8.50
A. Pietrow 2042 3.5 16.5 8.50
H. Plasman 2102 3.5 16.5 8.25
R. Hendriks 2026 3.5 12.0 6.50
47 players
The Russian Junior (Under-20) Championships for boys and girls took
place in Vladimir March 1st-12th 2002. Ernesto Inarkiev won the boys event with
9.5/11. Elmira Hasanova won the girls event.
Internet coverage: http://www.volgachess.ru (in Russian)
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1. Inarkiev, Ernesto m RUS 2500 9.5 70.0 59.50 57.5 2747 +3.01
2. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2511 7.5 74.0 50.25 47.5 2566 +0.79
3. Grigoriants, Sergey m RUS 2443 7.5 71.0 45.50 44.5 2572 +1.89
4. Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2452 7.5 66.5 42.00 44.0 2540 +1.34
5. Kokarev, Dmitry m RUS 2478 7.0 72.5 42.00 45.0 2540 +0.84
6. Kurnosov, Igor m RUS 2419 7.0 65.0 39.75 41.5 2528 +1.61
7. Belov, Vladimir m RUS 2487 7.0 65.0 40.00 38.5 2492 +0.07
8. Smirnov, Pavel m RUS 2510 6.5 75.0 41.25 44.0 2497 -0.21
9. Kim, Alexey m RUS 2414 6.5 66.0 32.50 41.0 2485 +1.11
10. Grachev, Boris f RUS 2394 6.5 64.0 34.75 36.5 2490 +1.44
11. Panarin, Michail RUS 2413 6.0 72.0 37.00 42.0 2467 +0.83
12. Bryzgalin, Kirill f RUS 2396 6.0 71.5 35.25 41.5 2485 +1.27
13. Anisimov, Pavel RUS 2405 6.0 66.0 30.75 40.5 2433 +0.40
14. Lysyj, Igor RUS 2330 6.0 62.5 33.50 37.0 2483 +2.26
15. Timofeev, Artyom m RUS 2539 6.0 65.5 35.75 37.0 2426 -1.70
16. Khismatullin, Denis RUS 2449 6.0 59.0 27.50 36.5 2431 -0.38
17. Asanov, Timur RUS 2411 6.0 63.5 32.50 35.0 2433 +0.28
18. Nepomniachtchi, Ian f RUS 2280 6.0 57.0 24.50 33.0 2364 +1.03
19. Zablotsky, Sergei RUS 2381 6.0 62.0 31.00 33.0 2426 +0.61
20. Yashtylov, Anatolij RUS 2370 5.5 72.0 35.25 38.5 2450 +1.21
21. Evdokimov, Alexander A RUS 2367 5.5 64.5 29.50 37.0 2432 +0.99
22. Tomashevsky, Evgeny m RUS 2452 5.5 63.0 30.75 34.0 2382 -1.10
23. Chebotarev, Oleg RUS 2425 5.5 59.5 28.00 33.0 2392 -0.55
24. Kosintseva, Tatiana wg RUS 2358 5.5 60.5 27.25 31.5 2418 +0.88
25. Bachin, Vitaly m RUS 2459 5.5 53.0 24.75 29.5 2359 -1.54
26. Skorchenko, Dmitriy m RUS 2420 5.0 65.0 26.00 32.5 2344 -1.16
27. Farakhov, Rafail RUS 2307 5.0 52.5 21.25 29.5 2351 +0.71
28. Iljin, Artem RUS 2364 5.0 55.5 23.25 28.0 2348 -0.17
29. Prizant, Jaroslav m RUS 2459 5.0 54.5 19.75 26.0 2285 -2.40
30. Shinkevich, Vitaly m RUS 2480 4.5 66.0 35.25 37.5 2456 -0.22
31. Sitnikov, Dmitrij m RUS 2381 4.5 60.0 18.75 30.5 2293 -1.20
32. Geller, Jakov RUS 2417 4.5 58.0 21.25 28.0 2298 -1.88
33. Kosintseva, Nadezhda wm RUS 2340 4.5 51.0 12.75 27.0 2254 -1.20
34. Danin, Alexandre RUS 2314 4.5 53.0 17.75 23.5 2276 -0.50
35. Bedarev, Sergey RUS 2302 4.5 53.5 17.00 22.5 2300 -0.01
36. Sultangareev, Marat RUS 2327 4.5 55.5 18.00 22.0 2303 -0.34
37. Kuznetsov, Viktor2 f RUS 2367 4.5 45.0 16.75 20.5 2237 -1.80
38. Zabotin, Alexander RUS 2249 4.5 44.5 12.25 18.5 2227 -0.30
39. Utnasunov, Alexander RUS 2301 4.0 49.5 14.75 23.0 2261 -0.51
40. Doukhine, Iokhan RUS 2299 3.0 48.5 7.50 17.0 2112 -2.30
41. Klyashtorny, Vladislav RUS 2327 2.5 43.5 6.00 14.0 1976 -3.50
42. Ostertag,Yuri ---- 1.5 45.0 1.50 7.0 1872 1872
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1. Hasanova, Elmira wm RUS 2263 8.5 66.0 51.00 46.0 2450 +2.67
2. Fominykh, Maria RUS 2163 7.5 74.0 49.25 50.0 2396 +3.54
3. Ovod, Evgenija wg RUS 2355 7.0 72.5 43.75 50.0 2328 -0.37
4. Pogonina, Natalija wf RUS 2263 7.0 71.5 43.25 46.5 2349 +1.28
5. Khusnutdinova, Luiza wm RUS 2250 7.0 66.5 39.25 39.5 2336 +1.28
6. Sudakova, Irina wm RUS 2354 7.0 70.5 43.25 39.5 2307 -0.70
7. Zimina, Olga wm RUS 2345 6.5 67.0 36.50 43.0 2276 -0.98
8. Kolganova, Natalia RUS 2139 6.5 69.5 36.50 41.0 2323 +2.76
9. Druzhinina, Olga RUS 2238 6.5 61.0 34.50 38.5 2222 -0.20
10. Meshcheriakova, Evgenia RUS 2169 6.5 67.0 38.75 37.5 2333 +2.54
11. Zainullina, Nataliya wf RUS 2167 6.0 73.0 39.50 43.5 2313 +2.15
12. Ubiennykh, Ekaterina wf RUS 2269 6.0 73.0 37.50 39.5 2281 +0.17
13. Novikova, Anna RUS 2218 6.0 59.0 29.50 37.0 2235 +0.20
14. Kineva, Ekaterina wf RUS 2175 6.0 53.0 26.00 29.0 2263 +1.20
15. Guseva, Marina RUS 2253 6.0 53.0 25.50 28.5 2155 -1.30
16. Zakurdjaeva, Irina wm RUS 2310 5.5 63.5 27.00 33.5 2167 -2.00
17. Sazanova, Julia RUS 2173 5.5 53.0 22.50 28.5 2217 +0.48
18. Molkova,Oxana ---- 5.5 51.5 24.00 26.0 2232 +0.50
19. Ivkina, Olga RUS 2216 5.0 62.5 23.50 36.0 2176 -0.60
20. Kharashkina, Bairta wf RUS 2187 5.0 59.5 22.00 35.0 2133 -0.60
21. Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2359 5.0 59.0 25.25 33.0 2159 -2.92
22. Tabrina, Anna wf RUS 2142 5.0 58.5 24.75 30.0 2166 +0.38
23. Kuznetsova, Irina RUS 2177 5.0 52.5 20.25 28.5 2129 -0.70
24. Postnova, Ekaterina wf RUS 2215 5.0 59.5 23.00 28.0 2089 -1.50
25. Kucherova, Lija wf RUS 2171 4.5 53.5 18.00 26.0 2071 -1.19
26. Zhevakina, Anastasiya RUS 2157 4.5 55.0 17.75 25.5 2138 -0.28
27. Kuzmina, Olga RUS 2236 4.0 59.0 19.75 30.0 2096 -2.05
28. Kovanova, Baira RUS 2124 4.0 50.5 15.50 22.0 2015 -1.28
29. Ertel, Svetlana RUS 2088 4.0 52.0 16.50 20.5 2106 +0.12
30. Shchepetkova,Margaret ---- 3.5 49.0 14.25 19.0 1946 1946
31. Dordzhieva, Nadezhda wf RUS 2123 3.0 51.5 10.75 15.5 1932 -1.86
32. Yeremina,Tatiana ---- 2.0 49.5 9.25 10.0 1806 1806
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The 18th Budapest Spring Festival is a 9 round Swiss Open Chess
Tournament which takes place 15th-23rd of March 2002.
Round 3 Standings:
1. Lengyel Bela 2354 3.0 4.0
Majeric Zoran 2337 3.0 6.0
Boros Denes 2240 3.0 5.0
Banusz Tamas 2217 3.0 4.5
Erdelyi Zombor 2215 3.0 4.0
Sipos Istvan 2199 3.0 4.0
7. Rajlich Vasik 2384 2.5 6.0
Wolter Michael 2211 2.5 5.5
Kolus Lajos 2200 2.5 4.5
Karabalis Harilos 2196 2.5 5.5
Szobi Geza 2138 2.5 4.5
Por Attila 2077 2.5 6.0
97 players
The 2002 National Open took place March 7th-11th 2002 in Las Vegas USA.
Alex Yermolinsky and Walter Browne finished on 5.5/6. Full 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. Games now
available.
Website: http://www.64.com/natlopen/
National Open Championship Final 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
197 players
The III Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" is taking
place on the Internet Chess Club (ICC), March 15th-23rd, 2002. There are 5346
registered players, including 42 GMs and 89 IMs, after the first six
qualifiers.
IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI, Barcelona) reports that for the third year
running Internet Chess Club (http://www.chessclub.com) holds the third
annual Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" (Spain). This event
has consolidated itself as the most important Internet tournament in the world,
both in the number and strength of the participants. Last years statistics are
being smashed to bits. There are six qualifiers still left to play, and the
number of participants and titled players are already above those of the 2001
edition. The Dos Hermanas web counter (http://www.doshermanas.net) will soon not
have enough digits to count up the number of hits on the page: more than
110.000 during the last two weeks! The following table summarizes the
statistics of this years event, compared to the last two editions. The column
2002 gives data after the first six rounds.
2000 2001 2002
Registered players 1374 4424 5346
Participants 783 2145 1733
Countries 72 62 86
GM 21 48 42
IM 36 85 89
As last year the playing system is as follows: 12 9-round Swiss
qualifiers using the Fischer System playing rate: 8 minutes + 2 seconds.
Qualifiers are held twice a day (from March 15th to 20th). March 21st is a rest
day, and the finals are held on March 22-23. The 12 qualifier winners plus the
20 best scores qualify to the 32 KO final. Registration for the last six
qualifiers is still open. Complete standings, game files and other interesting
information can be found at the Dos Hermanas web site.
Details: http://www.doshermanas.net
RESULTS OF THE FIRST SIX QUALIFIERS
Qualifier (S 15 A):Friday, March 15th, 2002
334 players. 9-round Swiss. Game rate 8/2.
1º GM Roland Schmaltz (DEU) 8.0 (Qual.)
2º GM Petr Kiriakov (RUS) 8.0
3º IM Oleg Krivonosov (LVA) 8.0
4º Mark Glukhovsky (RUS) 7.5
5º GM Sergey Shipov (RUS) 7.5
Note: V-Popov" was disqualified in S15A when
evidence emerged that it wasn't really GM Popov,
but rather someone else using his account..
Qualifier (S 15 B):Friday, March 15th, 2002
245 players. 9-round Swiss. Game rate 8/2.
1º IM Michail Feygin (DEU) 8.0 (Qual.)
2º IM Rodrigo Vasquez (CHI) 8.0
3º GM Alexey Dreev (RUS) 7.5
4º Francis Brea (USA) 7.5
5º Ali Frhat (EGY) 7.0
Qualifier (S 16 A):Saturday, March 16th, 2002
336 players. 9-round Swiss. Game rate 8/2.
1º GM Sergey Shipov (RUS) 8.0 (Qual.)
2º GM Alexandr Stripunsky (USA) 8.0
3º GM Pavel Jaracz (POL) 8.0
4º IM Oleg Krivonosov (LVA) 8.0
5º IM Dmitry Bocharov (RUS) 7.5
Qualifier (S 16 B):Saturday, March 16th, 2002
228 players. 9-round Swiss. Game rate 8/2.
1º GM Roman Dzindzichashvili (USA) 8.0 (Qual.)
2º IM Vladimir Belov (RUS) 8.0
3º FM Stefan Kristjansson (ISL) 8.0
4º GM Alexey Dreev (RUS) 7.5
5º IM István Almasi (HUN) 7.5
Qualifier (S 17 A):Sunday, March 17th, 2002
380 players. 9-round Swiss. Game rate 8/2.
1º IM Diego Adla (ARG) 8.0 (Qual.)
2º GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO) 8.0
3º GM Alexey Dreev (RUS) 8.0
4º IM Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 8.0
5º GM Pawel Jaracz (POL) 8.0
Qualifier (S 17 B):Sunday, March 17th, 2002
210 players. 9-round Swiss. Game rate 8/2.
1º Jorge Soto (PER) 7.5 (Qual.)
2º GM Vladimir Potkin (RUS) 7.5
3º Juan Carlos de la Torre (ARG) 7.5
4º IM Andrey Deviatkin (RUS) 7.5
5º Brandon Ashe (USA) 7.5
The Kali Cup took place 18th-26th January 2002. Attila Czebe won the
event. My thanks to Ferenc Pasztor for the information.
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1. Czebe, Attila m HUN 2489 * = 0 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2389
2. Bodo, Norbert f HUN 2339 = * 1 = = = = = = 1 = 1 7.0 2372
3. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2241 1 0 * 0 = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2381
4. Hammes, Michael f GER 2372 0 = 1 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2369
5. Majeric, Zoran f CRO 2337 = = = 1 * = = 1 = = 0 1 6.5 2335
6. Istvandi, Lajos m HUN 2286 = = = = = * = = = 1 = = 6.0 2311
7. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2306 = = 0 = = = * 1 = 0 1 1 6.0 2309
8. Fodre, Sandor f HUN 2207 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 5.5 2282
9. Horvath, Imre m HUN 2284 0 = 0 = = = = = * 1 = = 5.0 2239
10. Rossato, Armando ITA 2163 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2184
11. Kosztolanczi, Gyula f HUN 2192 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 3.5 2150
12. Gadacsi, Miklos jr HUN 2099 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.0 1909
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46 players took part in an internet qualifier for the Abu Dhabi Grand
Prix tournament. Four players Sergey Karjakin (UKR), Maxim Novik (RUS), Nugzar
Zeliakov (RUS) and Genrikh Chepukaitis (RUS) will fly to Abu Dhabi to play a
round robin event face to face the top two will play in the main Grand Prix.
This over the board element was supposed to reduce the impact of cheating.
Whether it has is another question. Dorian Rogozenko of Romania was extremely
unhappy writing a lengthy open letter to me with a lot of allegations about the
event entitled "Cheat when playing on-line, FIDE Commerce will support you!". I
don't know the truth of the matter so I don't feel I can publish the letter
here which names a lot of names. He feels that there was plenty of computer and
database use and even collusion during the event. The truth is that I didn't
expect this to be any better than the last FIDE internet event and neither
should have any of the participants. I find it pretty hard to care.
Further details: http://www.fide.com
Final Standings:
# Name NR Total Buch Koya Wins Black
1 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 1600 7.5 42.5 6.5 6 3
2 Novik, Maxim (RUS) 1726 6.5 41.0 6.5 4 2
3 Zeliakov, Nugzar (RUS) 1879 6.5 41.0 5.5 4 2
4 Chepukaitis, Genrikh (RUS) 1775 6.5 39.5 4.5 5 2
5 Qureshi, Asif (PAK) 1704 6.0 39.5 6.0 4 2
6 Singhsandhu, Rajkamal (IND) 1723 6.0 39.0 4.0 5 2
7 Rogozenko, Dorian (ROM) 1748 6.0 38.0 4.5 5 1
8 Capezza, Marco (ITA) 1951 6.0 36.5 3.5 5 2
9 Mitin, Andrey (RUS) 1917 6.0 33.5 2.0 5 2
10 Isaev, Jamshed (TJK) 1623 6.0 29.5 2.0 6 3
11 Velickovic, Sasa (YUG) 1600 6.0 28.5 2.0 5 1
12 Sulypa, Alexander (UKR) 1835 5.5 34.5 3.0 3 2
13 Bykov, Andrey (RUS) 1600 5.5 28.0 1.5 4 1
14 Pokorny, Roland (GER) 1883 5.0 36.5 4.0 5 1
15 Bjelajac, Milan (YUG) 1624 5.0 35.5 3.0 5 3
16 Jean-Marie, Matisson (FRA) 1745 5.0 33.0 3.5 3 1
17 Golikov, Alexei (RUS) 1632 5.0 31.0 1.0 5 2
18 Kostic, Milutin (YUG) 1669 5.0 30.0 1.5 3 2
19 Soares, Eduardo (BRA) 1591 5.0 27.5 2.5 4 2
20 Tay, Tony (MAS) 1517 5.0 25.5 0.0 5 3
21 Carlsson, Conny (SWE) 1541 5.0 24.5 1.0 5 3
22 Chandra, Pitigala (SRI) 1809 4.5 34.5 2.5 4 2
23 Krivosheya, Sergei (UKR) 1684 4.5 32.0 1.5 4 2
24 Gildred, Terrence (USA) 1844 4.5 29.0 1.0 3 2
25 Panjkovic, Aleksandar (ITA) 1600 4.5 22.0 0.0 4 1
26 Touzane, Olivier (FRA) 1735 4.0 35.5 1.5 3 1
27 Harkamal,Singh Sandhu (IND) 1678 4.0 33.5 1.5 3 2
28 Juegel, Marcel (GER) 1600 4.0 32.0 2.0 3 2
29 Franzen, Thomas (SWE) 1626 4.0 27.5 1.5 3 1
30 Juan, Minaya (COL) 1595 3.5 32.0 2.0 2 1
31 Borkert, Reginald (GER) 1585 3.5 28.5 0.0 3 1
32 Panagiotis, Basiakos (GRE) 1621 3.5 23.0 0.5 3 1
33 Korensky, Sergei (RUS) 1730 3.0 25.0 1.0 3 3
34 Stoicescu, Dan (USA) 1600 3.0 24.5 0.0 3 1
35 Fernandes, Viana (BRA) 1611 3.0 22.5 0.0 3 0
36 Vukmirovic, Nenad (YUG) 1664 2.5 29.0 1.5 2 0
37 Palacios, Francisco (MEX) 1800 2.5 27.0 0.5 2 1
38 Iclicki, Willy (BEL) 1665 2.0 30.0 1.0 2 2
39 Sergio, Curtacci (ITA) 1719 2.0 24.0 0.5 1 1
40 Chandrasekar, B (IND) 1311 2.0 18.0 0.0 2 0
41 Bakic, Rados (YUG) 1668 0.5 10.5 0.5 0 0
42 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (POL) 1723 0.0 5.0 0.0 0 0
43 Bahen, Richard (CAN) 1601 0.0 5.0 0.0 0 0
44 Schrombeck, Jon (USA) 1445 0.0 5.0 0.0 0 0
45 Emmanuel, de Castro (CAN) 1778 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
46 Svetushkin, Dmitry (MDA) 1681 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
8th Schloss Open
The 8th Schloss Open takes place Friday March 22nd to Sunday March 24th
2002 in Werther/Westfalen.
220 participants in three groups including 3 GMs and 13 IMs are
expected to take part in this five round swiss system event. The prize fund has
been increased to 4600 Euro this year also with several rating prizes. GM
Epishin favourite to make it a hat trick of tournament wins in for him in
Werther but he is facing even stronger opponents than in last year´s
event (eg GM Berelovich, IM Kalod and FM Kunin)
Internet coverage: http://www.schloss-open.skwerther.de
and Live coverage: http://www.schach.com
Open du Parc Paris
The Open du Parc takes place in Paris 18th-20th May 2002.
- 7 rounds 2 hours KO, FIDE homologation - free for Masters and Grand
Masters - 1st prize : 760 euros - 2nd prize : 460 euros - 3rd prize : 270
euros,... - etc
Further information: http://jeen.online.fr/
Bergen Chess International
The Bergen Chess International 2002 takes place 20th-28th July 2002 in
Bergen, Norway. Open GM-tournament 9-round Swiss 7-hour playing session Side
events: Lower section, Cafe Chess Championship, Blitz tourneys
Further information: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2002/
Pula Open 2002
The "Pula Open 2002" takes place 12th-19th May 2002 in Pula, Croatia.
Details: http://sahklubpula.virualave.net
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
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
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.