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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Amber
Tournament, Monaco
3) 13th Goodricke International
4) Bundesliga
5) Argentine
Championships
6) Pinamar International
7) Supercom Cup
8) Belgian Teams
9) 35th International Ladies GM
10) Yugoslav
Championships
11) Budapest Spring Festival
12) III Dos Hermanas Internet Tournament
13) Canadian Closed (Zonal)
14) 4th Arab
Champions League
15) Kali Cup
16)
2nd Eger International
17) Suetin Memorial
18) Latvian Championships
19) 8th Schloss
Open
20) 1st New York Masters
21)
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22) FIDE Rapid Rating List
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Games section
Amber Tournament, Monaco 72 games
13th Goodricke International 243 games
Bundesliga 96 games
Argentine Championships 30 games
Pinamar International 30 games
Supercom Cup 42 games
Belgian Teams 16 games
35th International Ladies GM 10 games
Budapest Spring Festival 120 games
III Dos Hermanas Internet 73 games
4th Arab Champions League 220 games
Kali Cup 1 game
2nd Eger International 45 games
8th Schloss Open 25 games
1023 games
My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Istvan Magyar, Jovan Petronic, Radu Chirila,
Steve Laios, Michael Rahal, Mohamed Al Hitmi, Ali Habibi, Eugeny Atarov,
Kaspars Migla, John Fernandez, Peter Sowray, Willy Iclicki and all those who
helped with this issue.
The Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament continues this week. The big
surprise is the performance of the favourite Vladimir Kramnik who is stuck
around the 50% mark.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament takes place 16th-28th March
2002. With just three rounds to go Boris Gelfand and Evgeny Bareev lead the
rapid event with 6/8, Alexander Morozevich and Alexei Shirov have 6.5/8 in the
blindfold event and Alexei Shirov leads the combined standings with 11/16 half
a point clear of Peter Leko and Evgeny Bareev. Vladimir Kramnik the strong
pre-event favourite is having a very mediocre event with scores of 4.5/8 in the
rapid and 4/8 in the blindfold, these results include a 2-0 loss to Evgeny
Bareev.
Internet coverage: http://chess.lostcity.nl/amber/
Amber Rapid
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Round 3 (March 18, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 42 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 33 B28 Sicilian Early a7-a6
Topalov, Veselin - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 35 C42 Petroff's Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 75 E15 Queens Indian
Piket, Jeroen - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 39 D12 Slav Defence
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 47 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 4 (March 19, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 33 A20 English Opening
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 54 A14 Reti Opening
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 37 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Morozevich, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 40 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Almasi, Zoltan - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 48 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Van Wely, Loek - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 45 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Round 5 (March 21, 2002)
Gelfand, Boris - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 33 E18 Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 0-1 49 A34 English Symmetrical
Kramnik, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 34 D17 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 51 C10 French Rubinstein
Piket, Jeroen - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 54 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 79 A29 English Four Knights
Round 6 (March 22, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Leko, Peter 0-1 44 A30 English Symmetrical Variation
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 25 D10 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 34 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Piket, Jeroen - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 36 E15 Queens Indian
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 30 A12 Reti Opening
Van Wely, Loek - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 34 D15 Slav Defence
Round 7 (March 23, 2002)
Gelfand, Boris - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 75 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Leko, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 43 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 32 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 51 C01 French Exchange
Morozevich, Alexander - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 24 B86 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Almasi, Zoltan - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 29 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 8 (March 24, 2002)
Bareev, Evgeny - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 74 A37 English Symmetrical
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 58 B90 Sicilian Najdorf
Shirov, Alexei - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 44 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Piket, Jeroen - Leko, Peter 0-1 47 E15 Queens Indian
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 65 A33 English Symmetrical
Van Wely, Loek - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 42 A17 English Opening
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 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 * . 1 1 = = = . = 1 1 . 6.0 2896
2 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 . * 0 0 . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 6.0 2880
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 0 1 * . = . = = 1 . 1 1 5.5 2829
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 0 1 . * 1 0 . 1 = = . 1 5.0 2807
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2739 = . = 0 * = = . = 1 1 . 4.5 2741
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 = 0 . 1 = * . 0 1 = . 1 4.5 2743
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 = 0 = . = . * = = . 1 1 4.5 2732
8 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2659 . 0 = 0 . 1 = * . 1 0 1 4.0 2693
9 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742 = . 0 = = 0 = . * = 1 . 3.5 2655
10 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2644 0 0 . = 0 = . 0 = * . = 2.0 2528
11 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2548 0 0 0 . 0 . 0 1 0 . * 1 2.0 2516
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 . 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 . = 0 * 0.5 2245
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Amber Blindfold
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Round 3 (March 18, 2002)
Morozevich, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1-0 39 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 29 C02 French Advance
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 28 D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Gelfand, Boris - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 53 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Almasi, Zoltan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 30 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Van Wely, Loek - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 39 A41 Modern Defence counter 1.d4
Round 4 (March 19, 2002)
Shirov, Alexei - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 43 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 37 E15 Queens Indian
Gelfand, Boris - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 36 B14 Caro Kann Panov Attack
Topalov, Veselin - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 44 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Piket, Jeroen - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 46 A11 Reti Opening
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 55 A29 English Four Knights
Round 5 (March 21, 2002)
Morozevich, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 24 C48 Four Knights Game Rubinstein
Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 64 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 49 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Bareev, Evgeny - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 21 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Almasi, Zoltan - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 25 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Van Wely, Loek - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 68 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 6 (March 22, 2002)
Morozevich, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 81 B03 Alekhine's Defence
Leko, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 20 C10 French Rubinstein
Kramnik, Vladimir - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 39 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Gelfand, Boris - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 66 E52 Nimzo Indian
Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 39 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Almasi, Zoltan - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 45 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 7 (March 23, 2002)
Shirov, Alexei - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 63 C10 French Rubinstein
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 61 A13 Reti Opening
Bareev, Evgeny - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 36 A29 English Four Knights
Van Wely, Loek - Leko, Peter 0-1 63 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Piket, Jeroen - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 28 E17 Queens Indian
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 52 D07 Tchigorin Defence)
Round 8 (March 24, 2002)
Morozevich, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 36 C42 Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 54 C54 Giuoco Piano
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 22 D13 Slav Exchange
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 46 A58 Volga Gambit
Topalov, Veselin - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 35 E15 Queens Indian
Almasi, Zoltan - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 52 C10 French Rubinstein
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 1 1 . . 1 6.5 2949
2 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 = * . = 1 . 1 = . 1 1 1 6.5 2940
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 0 . * . = = = 1 1 1 1 . 5.5 2853
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 = = . * 0 . 1 = . = 1 = 4.5 2731
5 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 . 0 = 1 * 1 . . 0 = = 1 4.5 2730
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 = . = . 0 * = 0 = 1 1 . 4.0 2700
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 0 0 = 0 . = * 1 1 . . 1 4.0 2703
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2739 0 = 0 = . 1 0 * = . . 1 3.5 2655
9 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2644 0 . 0 . 1 = 0 = * = = . 3.0 2634
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 . 0 0 = = 0 . . = * = = 2.5 2548
11 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2659 . 0 0 0 = 0 . . = = * 1 2.5 2552
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2548 0 0 . = 0 . 0 0 . = 0 * 1.0 2387
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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 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 ** .. 01 == == =1 .. == =1 .. 11 11 11.0 2830
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 .. ** 1= =0 .. 0= 0= 11 11 =1 11 .. 10.5 2829
3 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 10 0= ** .. 01 .. 11 .. 1= 10 1= 11 10.5 2804
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742 == =1 .. ** 0= =1 0= =1 .. =1 .. 11 10.0 2793
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 == .. 10 1= ** 01 .. == =1 .. 1= 1= 10.0 2783
6 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 =0 1= .. =0 10 ** == =1 .. 11 .. 11 10.0 2798
7 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 .. 1= 00 1= .. == ** =0 01 == 11 .. 8.5 2721
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2739 == 00 .. =0 == =0 =1 ** .. 1= .. 11 8.0 2698
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2659 =0 00 0= .. =0 .. 10 .. ** 1= 1= 01 6.5 2628
10 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2644 .. =0 01 =0 .. 00 == 0= 0= ** == .. 5.0 2580
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 00 00 0= .. 0= .. 00 .. 0= == ** 0= 3.0 2438
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2548 00 .. 00 00 0= 00 .. 00 10 .. 1= ** 3.0 2458
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The 13th edition of the Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament
takes place 17th-27th March 2002 in the Gorky Sadan, Calcutta.
Further details: http://www.goodrickechess.com,
http://www.chessindia.org/ and
http://www.chathurangam.com/
Leading Round 9 (of 11) Standings:
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13th Goodricke Calcutta IND (IND), 17-27 iii 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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1. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2579 =37 +35 +48 +14 = 2 + 6 + 7 +23 = 3 . . 7.5 2790
2. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2569 +42 +20 =14 + 9 = 1 = 7 =12 =11 + 6 . . 6.5 2718
3. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2529 =38 +50 = 7 =27 =19 +28 = 6 +16 = 1 . . 6.0 2578
4. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2595 =35 =28 -24 +29 +31 = 8 =15 +34 +19 . . 6.0 2547
5. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2513 +43 - 6 =47 =26 +50 =25 +36 + 7 =14 . . 6.0 2559
6. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2567 +19 + 5 =13 +10 =23 - 1 = 3 +14 - 2 . . 5.5 2612
7. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2645 +45 = 8 = 3 +13 +21 = 2 - 1 - 5 +28 . . 5.5 2568
8. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2532 +49 = 7 =25 +17 =12 = 4 =23 =10 =13 . . 5.5 2596
9. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2639 +33 =15 +22 - 2 +20 -14 =18 =17 +29 . . 5.5 2552
10. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2578 +47 +18 =12 - 6 =28 +17 =14 = 8 =11 . . 5.5 2583
11. Kuzmin, Alexey g RUS 2568 =32 +36 =27 =28 +24 =12 =19 = 2 =10 . . 5.5 2555
12. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2545 +52 +24 =10 =23 = 8 =11 = 2 =13 =15 . . 5.5 2599
13. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2536 +34 +31 = 6 - 7 +47 =23 =20 =12 = 8 . . 5.5 2580
14. Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2551 +40 +54 = 2 - 1 +27 + 9 =10 - 6 = 5 . . 5.5 2547
15. Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2515 +39 = 9 -23 =24 =35 +45 = 4 +25 =12 . . 5.5 2557
16. Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2539 -29 +51 =26 +45 =25 =18 +24 - 3 +32 . . 5.5 2472
17. Sandipan, Chanda m IND 2452 -31 +52 +33 - 8 +38 -10 +47 = 9 +23 . . 5.5 2541
18. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2479 +46 -10 =31 =35 +34 =16 = 9 =19 =21 . . 5.0 2460
19. Satyapragyan, S IND 2354 - 6 =43 +51 +22 = 3 +30 =11 =18 - 4 . . 5.0 2497
20. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2523 +44 - 2 +54 =25 - 9 +26 =13 =21 =22 . . 5.0 2435
21. Wong Zi Jing f MAS 2256 -24 +53 +41 +30 - 7 -36 +27 =20 =18 . . 5.0 2488
22. Mahesh Chandran, P IND 2436 =50 +38 - 9 -19 +41 =47 =32 +36 =20 . . 5.0 2454
23. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2587 =25 +29 +15 =12 = 6 =13 = 8 - 1 -17 . . 4.5 2494
24. Prakash, G B m IND 2451 +21 -12 + 4 =15 -11 +35 -16 =26 =33 . . 4.5 2468
25. Blauert, Joerg m GER 2390 =23 +41 = 8 =20 =16 = 5 =30 -15 =26 . . 4.5 2502
26. Sriram, Jha m IND 2408 =28 =30 =16 = 5 =36 -20 +37 =24 =25 . . 4.5 2476
27. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2413 =30 +37 =11 = 3 -14 =32 -21 +38 =34 . . 4.5 2418
28. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2477 =26 = 4 +44 =11 =10 - 3 =29 +43 - 7 . . 4.5 2468
29. Shetty, Rahul IND 2335 +16 -23 -30 - 4 +44 +38 =28 +41 - 9 . . 4.5 2483
30. Ramesh, R.B m IND 2480 =27 =26 +29 -21 +43 -19 =25 -32 +44 . . 4.5 2341
31. Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2412 +17 -13 =18 =50 - 4 =39 -34 +46 +43 . . 4.5 2377
32. Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam f IND 2357 =11 -48 =46 +54 =33 =27 =22 +30 -16 . . 4.5 2391
33. Ravi, Lanka m IND 2395 - 9 +34 -17 =44 =32 =43 =39 +47 =24 . . 4.5 2382
34. Yogesh, Gore IND 2333 -13 -33 +53 +37 -18 +54 +31 - 4 =27 . . 4.5 2362
35. Saravanan, V m IND 2393 = 4 - 1 +49 =18 =15 -24 =48 =40 =39 . . 4.0 2402
36. Koneru, Humpy wg IND 2539 =41 -11 =38 +46 =26 +21 - 5 -22 =40 . . 4.0 2348
37. Sharma, Dinesh K IND 2380 = 1 -27 =43 -34 =46 +50 -26 =48 +52 . . 4.0 2313
38. Visweswaran, K IND 2310 = 3 -22 =36 +42 -17 -29 +53 -27 +48 . . 4.0 2351
39. Sengupta, Deep IND 2292 -15 -47 -50 +53 +52 =31 =33 =45 =35 . . 4.0 2297
40. Suvrajit, Saha IND 2346 -14 =46 -45 -43 +51 =48 +50 =35 =36 . . 4.0 2313
41. Hossain, Enamul f BAN 2426 =36 -25 -21 +51 -22 =44 +54 -29 +47 . . 4.0 2267
42. Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi IND 2358 - 2 -44 +52 -38 . =46 =49 +50 =45 . . 3.5 2293
43. Mohota, Nisha wm IND 2257 - 5 =19 =37 +40 -30 =33 +45 -28 -31 . . 3.5 2337
44. Singh, S. Vikramjit IND 2299 -20 +42 -28 =33 -29 =41 =46 +49 -30 . . 3.5 2316
45. Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2404 - 7 =49 +40 -16 +48 -15 -43 =39 =42 . . 3.5 2331
46. Palit, Somak IND 2257 -18 =40 =32 -36 =37 =42 =44 -31 +54 . . 3.5 2272
47. Swathi, Ghate wm IND 2362 -10 +39 = 5 +48 -13 =22 -17 -33 -41 . . 3.0 2326
48. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2432 =51 +32 - 1 -47 -45 =40 =35 =37 -38 . . 3.0 2242
49. Ramaswamy, Aarthie wm IND 2320 - 8 =45 -35 -52 -54 +51 =42 -44 +53 . . 3.0 2159
50. Dhar-Barua, Saheli wm IND 2193 =22 - 3 +39 =31 - 5 -37 -40 -42 =51 . . 2.5 2216
51. Sangma, Rahul IND 2180 =48 -16 -19 -41 -40 -49 +52 =53 =50 . . 2.5 2167
52. Girinath, P.D.S IND 2336 -12 -17 -42 +49 -39 =53 -51 +54 -37 . . 2.5 2120
53. Ghader Pour, Shayesteh wm IRI 2055 . -21 -34 -39 +55 =52 -38 =51 -49 . . 2.0 2060
54. Krishna, Thapa IND ---- +55 -14 -20 -32 +49 -34 -41 -52 -46 . . 2.0 2124
55. BYE ---- -54 . . . -53 . . . . . . 0.0
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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 rounds 10-11 now
available.
Coverage: http://www.chessgate.de
and http://www.schach.com
The 72nd Argentine Championships took place 11th-20th March 2002. Ruben
Felgaer won a playoff 1.5-0.5 against Fernando Peralta after both players
finished on 9/13.
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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Peralta, Fernando m ARG 2490 * 1 = = = 1 1 = = 1 = 0 1 1 9.0 2612
2. Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2509 0 * = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2610
3. Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2493 = = * 0 = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 8.5 2580
4. Sorin, Ariel g ARG 2512 = = 1 * = 0 1 = = = 1 1 0 1 8.0 2556
5. Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2508 = = = = * 0 = = = 1 = 1 1 = 7.5 2526
6. Giardelli, Sergio C m ARG 2428 0 0 = 1 1 * = = 0 = = 1 = = 6.5 2475
7. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2498 0 = = 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 1 = 0 6.5 2470
8. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2542 = = 0 = = = 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 6.5 2467
9. Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2353 = 0 0 = = 1 = = * 0 = = = 1 6.0 2452
10. Flores, Diego ARG 2442 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 * = 1 0 1 5.5 2417
11. Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2430 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = * = 1 0 5.0 2388
12. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2517 1 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * = 1 4.5 2358
13. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2424 0 0 0 1 0 = = 0 = 1 0 = * = 4.5 2366
14. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2467 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = 0 0 1 0 = * 4.0 2331
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72nd ch-ARG Playoff Pinamar ARG (ARG), 20-20 iii 2002
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1 2
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Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2509 = 1 1.5 2683
Peralta, Fernando m ARG 2490 = 0 0.5 2316
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The Pinamar International takes place March 21st-27th 2002. This
Category XI event followed directly on from the Argentine Championships. After
six rounds Pablo Zarnicki and Ivan Morovic Fernandez lead with 4/6.
Official internet coverage:
http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/chess
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Masters Pinamar ARG (ARG), 21-26 iii 2002 cat. XI (2513)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2493 * . = = . . 1 = = 1 4.0 2630
2. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2554 . * = . = . = 1 = 1 4.0 2629
3. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2498 = = * = . = . 1 = . 3.5 2569
4. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2547 = . = * = = . . 1 = 3.5 2563
5. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2544 . = . = * = 0 = 1 . 3.0 2518
6. Mohr, Georg g SLO 2509 . . = = = * = . = = 3.0 2519
7. Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2531 0 = . . 1 = * 0 . 1 3.0 2507
8. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2460 = 0 0 . = . 1 * . 1 3.0 2517
9. Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2509 = = = 0 0 = . . * . 2.0 2399
10. Larsen, Bent g DEN 2486 0 0 . = . = 0 0 . * 1.0 2242
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The Supercom Cup which took place 17th-28th March 2002. My thanks to
Radu Chirila.
Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/rchirila2002
Round 7 Standings:
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1. Grunberg, Mihai m ROM 2463 * = . . . 1 = 1 = 1 1 . 5.5 2676
2. Ardelean, George Catalin m ROM 2444 = * = = . = . . 1 . 1 1 5.0 2596
3. Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2481 . = * = . = = = 1 . 1 . 4.5 2557
4. Badea, Bela g ROM 2477 . = = * . = = . 1 . 1 = 4.5 2545
5. Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2501 . . . . * 1 1 = = = 0 1 4.5 2531
6. Dumitrache, Dragos m ROM 2506 0 = = = 0 * . 1 . 1 . . 3.5 2456
7. Golubev, Mihail g UKR 2531 = . = = 0 . * = . = . 1 3.5 2439
8. Musat, Adrian f ROM 2414 0 . = . = 0 = * . = . 1 3.0 2410
9. Vasiesiu, Dan m ROM 2435 = 0 0 0 = . . . * 1 = . 2.5 2349
10. Nanu, Ciprian m ROM 2412 0 . . . = 0 = = 0 * . 1 2.5 2351
11. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2383 0 0 0 0 1 . . . = . * = 2.0 2288
12. Tikhomirov, Sergei m MDA 2326 . 0 . = 0 . 0 0 . 0 = * 1.0 2142
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Steve Laios reports that the final round of the Belgian Team
Championships have just taken place. Liège (CRELEL) won the Belgian
Interteams. Liège and Temse Boey qualified for the European Cup.
Borgerhout were relegated from the 1st Division. There will be a play-off on
March 24th between Antwerp (KAOSK) and Gent 2 (KGSRL2) to settle the other
relegation place. Hoboken and Eynatten (winners of the 2nd division) are
promoted into the 1st division.
Round 1 : 14.10.2001 Round 2 : 28.10.2001
1.KGSRL 2 - KGSRL 1 4.5-3.5 1.LVL Fortis - Temse 3.0-5.0
2.KAOSK - Rochade 1.5-6.5 2.KBSK - Eupen 4.5-3.5
3.Borgerhout - Jean Jaurès 4.0-4.0 3.KGSRL 1 - Liège 2.0-6.0
4.Liège - KBSK 6.0-2.0 4.Jean Jaurès - KGSRL 2 4.0-4.0
5.Eupen - Temse 2.5-5.5 5.Rochade - Borgerhout 5.5-2.5
6.Charleroi - LVL Fortis 2.5-5.5 6.Charleroi - KAOSK 4.0-4.0
Round 3 : 25-11-2001 Round 4 : 09-12-2001
1.Liège - Jean Jaurès 4.5-3.5 1.Charleroi - KGSRL 2 3.0-5.0
2.Borgerhout - Charleroi 3.5-4.5 2.Rochade - Liège 5.5-2.5
3.Temse - KBSK 5.0-3.0 3.KGSRL 1 - Temse 3.5-4.5
4.KAOSK - Leuven 2.5-5.5 4.Leuven - KBSK 3.0-5.0
5.KGSRL 2 - Rochade 6.5-1.5 5.Jean Jaurès - Eupen 6.0-2.0
6.Eupen - KGSRL 1 3.0-5.0 6.KAOSK - Borgerhout 6.0-2.0
Round 5 : 23-12-2001 Round 6 : 06-01-2002
1.Borgerhout 1 - Leuven 1 4.5-3.5 1.Leuven 1 - KGSRL 1 5.5-2.5
2.KGSRL 2 - KAOSK 1 3.0-5.0 2.Jean Jaurès 1 - KBSK 1 3.0-5.0
3.Liège 1 - Charleroi 1 6.5-1.5 3.Rochade 1 - Temse 1 6.0-2.0
4.Eupen 1 - Rochade 1 3.5-4.5 4.Charleroi 1 - Eupen 1 5.5-2.5
5.Temse 1 - Jean Jaurès 1 2.0-6.0 5.KAOSK 1 - Liège 1 3.5-4.5
6.KBSK 1 - KGSRL 1 3.0-5.0 6.Borgerhout 1 - KGSRL 2 4.5-3.5
Round 7 : 20-01-2002 Round 8 : 03-02-2002
1.KGSRL 2 - LV Leuven 1 3.5-4.5 1.Leuven - Jean Jaurès 5.5-2.5
2.Liège 1 - Borgerhout 1 6.5-1.5 2.Charleroi - KBSK 5.0-3.0
3.Eupen 1 - KAOSK 1 5.5-2.5 3.Rochade - KGSRL1 5.0-3.0
4.Temse 1 - Charleroi 1 6.0-2.0 4.KAOSK - Temse 0.0-8.0
5.KBSK 1 - Rochade 1 2.0-6.0 5.Borgerhout - Eupen 2.0-6.0
6.KGSRL 1 - Jean Jaurès 1 6.0-2.0 6.KGSRL2 - Liège 1.0-7.0
Round 9 : 17-02-2002 Round 10 : 03-03-2002
1.Liège 1 - Leuven 1 5.5-2.5 1.Leuven 1 - Rochade 1 3.5-4.5
2.Eupen 1 - KGSRL 2 6.0-2.0 2.Charleroi 1 - Jean Jaurès 1 4.5-3.5
3.Temse 1 - Borgerhout 6.0-2.0 3.KAOSK 1 - KGSRL 1 4.5-3.5
4.KBSK 1 - KAOSK 1 4.5-3.5 4.Borgerhout 1 - KBSK 1 1.5-6.5
5.KGSRL 1 - Charleroi 1 3.5-4.5 5.KGSRL 2 - Temse 1 1.0-7.0
6.Jean Jaurès 1 - Rochade 1 5.5-2.5 6.Liège 1 - Eupen 1 6.0-2.0
Round 11 : 10-03-2002
1.Eupen 1 - Leuven 1 3.0-5.0
2.Temse 1 - Liège 1 5.0-3.0
3.KBSK 1 - KGSRL 2 3.5-4.5
4.KGSRL 1 - Borgerhout 1 6.0-2.0 (games)
5.Jean Jaurès 1 - KAOSK 1 2.5-5.5 (games)
6.Rochade 1 - Charleroi 1 4.0-4.0
Final standing after round 11
Teams pts pm
1. Liège 1 58 9
2. Temse Boey 1 56 9
3. SK Rochade Eupen 1 51.5 8.5
4. LV Leuven Fortis 1 47 6
5. K Gent SRL 1 43.5 4
6. Jean Jaurès 1 42.5 4
7. K Brugge SK 42 5
8. Charleroi 1 41 6
9. KSK Eupen 47 1 39.5 3
10. K Antwerp OSK 1 38.5 4.5
10. K Gent SRL 2 38.5 4.5
12. Borgerhout 1 6.5 0.5
The 35th International Ladies' Grandmaster Tournament (9th cat.
ELO=2255) took place in Belgrade 15th-23rd March 2002. For the second year in
succession the event was won by Irina Chelushkina. She took clear first with
7/9. Games from the first five rounds only are available.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu (Belgrade
Chess Federation) and http://www.politika.co.yu (SAH in the
Sports Section)
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35th Ladies GM Belgrade YUG (YUG), 15-23 iii 2002 cat. I (2255)
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1. Chelushkina, Irina wg YUG 2388 * 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2460
2. Grabics, Monika wm HUN 2283 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2418
3. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2298 1 = * = = 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2375
4. Petrenko, Svetlana wg MDA 2338 0 0 = * 1 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2326
5. Kalevic, Sanja wg YUG 2246 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2336
6. Savic, Marijana wf YUG 2169 = = 1 0 = * 0 1 = 1 5.0 2307
7. Ujhazi, Danijela YUG 2180 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 3.0 2138
8. Chilingirova, Pavlina wm BUL 2269 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 3.0 2128
9. Nestorovic, Irena wf YUG 2139 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * = 2.0 2048
10. Petrovic, Marija wm YUG 2243 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 1983
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The 57th Yugoslav Championships take place in Banja Koviljaca they
started on 16th March 2002. After 8 rounds Dragisa Blagojevic and Dejan Pikula
lead with 5.5/8.
Daily results at: http://www.politika.co.yu (SAH in the
Sports Section)
Round 8 Standings:
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1. Blagojevic, Dragisa m YUG 2508 * = . = . = = 1 = . 1 1 . . 5.5 2634
2. Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2466 = * = . . 1 0 . 1 . = . 1 1 5.5 2654
3. Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2497 . = * = = . . = = 1 1 = . . 5.0 2575
4. Ilincic, Zlatko g YUG 2534 = . = * = . . = . 1 1 . = = 5.0 2591
5. Kosic, Dragan g YUG 2511 . . = = * . . = = = 0 1 1 . 4.5 2529
6. Kovacevic, Aleksandar g YUG 2549 = 0 . . . * = = 1 . = = . 1 4.5 2532
7. Popovic, Petar g YUG 2533 = 1 . . . = * . 0 . = 0 = 1 4.0 2502
8. Arsovic, Goran m YUG 2437 0 . = = = = . * . = . . = 1 4.0 2517
9. Antic, Dejan g YUG 2470 = 0 = . = 0 1 . * . . . 0 1 3.5 2473
10. Savic, Miodrag R m YUG 2469 . . 0 0 = . . = . * = = 1 = 3.5 2457
11. Jeremic, Veljko YUG 2484 0 = 0 0 1 = = . . = * . . . 3.0 2421
12. Ostojic, Nikola m YUG 2475 0 . = . 0 = 1 . . = . * = 0 3.0 2430
13. Abramovic, Bosko g YUG 2524 . 0 . = 0 . = = 1 0 . = * . 3.0 2399
14. Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2545 . 0 . = . 0 0 0 0 = . 1 . * 2.0 2298
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The 18th Budapest Spring Festival was a 9 round Swiss Open Chess
Tournament which took place 15th-23rd of March 2002. Bela Lengyel won with
8/9.
Final Standings:
1. Lengyel Bela 2354 8.0 52.5
2. Sipos Istvan 2199 7.0 50.5
Berczes Csaba 2244 7.0 46.5
4. Karabalis Harilos 2196 6.5 49.5
Cooke Erik 2195 6.5 49.5
Weglarz Leszek 2362 6.5 48.0
7. Majeric Zoran 2337 6.0 54.5
Banusz Tamas 2217 6.0 50.5
Berczes David 2146 6.0 50.0
Vass Viktor 2182 6.0 48.5
Erdelyi Zombor 2215 6.0 48.0
Nagy Zoltan 2246 6.0 47.5
Laszlo Imre 2124 6.0 47.5
Puschmann Laszlo 2273 6.0 45.0
Wolter Michael 2211 6.0 44.0
Juracsik Jozsef 2209 6.0 40.0
17. Boros Denes 2240 5.5 54.5
Kolus Lajos 2200 5.5 48.5
Kis Bela 2189 5.5 47.0
Horvath Andras 2299 5.5 45.5
Alfred Nathan 2247 5.5 45.0
Kahn Ewarth 2303 5.5 42.5
Martini Balazs 2220 5.5 41.0
Gorgs Alfred 2169 5.5 38.5
87 players
The III Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" took place on
the Internet Chess Club (ICC), March 15th-23rd, 2002. There were 12
qualification events which led up to a knockout on March 22nd-23rd 2002.
Alexander Rustemov won the event beating Roland Schmaltz in an extra
game in the final, their first two games were drawn. 850 spectators followed
the final game live.
Time rate 8 minutes + 2 seconds. The event was sponsored by the
Patronato de Deportes de Dos Hermanas, with the technical advice of ICC and
EDAMI (Miguel Illescas Chess School). My thanks to Michael Rahal for the
information.
Details: http://www.doshermanas.net
Results of the Final Knockout
1st GM Alexander Rustemov RUS 2607
2nd GM Roland Schmaltz GER 2534
3rd-4th GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili GEO 2676
GM Roman Dzindzichashvili USA 2542
5th-8th IM Diego Adla ARG 2498
GM Daniel Fridman LAT 2571
IM Oleg Krivonosov LAT 2440
GM Sergei Shipov RUS 2630
9th-16th GM Manuel Apicella FRA 2520
MF Jose Candela Perez ESP 2399
GM Alexey Dreev RUS 2683
IM Michail Feygin UKR 2475
IM Gyula Izsak HUN 2436
GM Petr Kiriakov RUS 2555
FM Stefan Kristjansson ISL 2389
IM Rodrigo Vasquez CHI 2468
17th-32nd GM Evgenij Agrest SWE 2572
IM Istvan Almasi HUN 2437
GM Boris Avrukh ISR 2591
GM Julio Becerra CUB 2586
IM Vladimir Belov RUS 2487
IM Dmitry Bocharov RUS 2452
IM Bernal Gonzalez CRC 2424
GM Vitali Golod ISR 2516
GM Pawel Jaracz POL 2513
Ular Lauk EST 2348
IM Hikaru Nakamura USA 2430
IM Arkady Shevelev ISR 2348
Jorge Soto PER 2386
GM Alexander Stripunsky USA 2542
Neo Choo Tong USA ----
FM Christoph Wisnewski GER 2416
The Canadian Closed (Zonal) takes place Thursday March 21st - Tuesday
April 2nd 2002. The 11 Round Swiss has 36 players. The top seeds are: 1.
Alexandre Le Siège 2660, 2. Kevin Spraggett 2629, 3. David Cummings
2490, 4. Jean Hébert 2470 and 5. Pascal Charbonneau 2428.
Internet coverage: (live) http://www.worldchessnetwork.com
and (Federation) http://www.chess.ca/
The 4th Arab Champions League took place in Doha, Quatar, 2nd-12th March
2002. The winners were Doha with an average rating of 2427 (Alexey Kuzmin,
Mohamad Al-Modiahki, Mohamad Al Sayed and Aziz Nezad Husein) they were a point
and a half clear of the Eastern Company (Sergei Tiviakov, Imed Abdelnabbi Aly
Ahmed Esam, Barakat Hassan Sayed and Ahmed Adly. My thanks to Mohamed Al Hitmi
for all the games and information.
Rnk Team Pts. MP
1 Doha 32½ 20
2 Eastern Company 30½ 18
3 AL-Muhafaza 24½ 14
4 Al-Wahda 23 11
5 Wadi Al-Layl 22 13
6 Sharjah 19½ 10
7 AL-Dhahra 19½ 7
8 AL-Barid 15½ 6
9 AL-Jasra 14 7
10 AL-Muhandisin 12 3
11 Orthodoxi Bait Sahour 7 1
The Kali Cup took place 18th-26th January 2002. Attila Czebe won the
event. My thanks to Ferenc Pasztor for the information. Note the corrected
table from last week.
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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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The 2nd Eger International Round Robin took place 20th-28th February
2002. Lajos Seres and Levente Vajda finished on 7/9. My thanks to Ali
Habibi.
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1. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2465 * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2626
2. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2513 0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2621
3. Koneru, Humpy wg IND 2539 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2523
4. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2510 = = = * 1 = = = 1 = 5.5 2481
5. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2308 0 = = 0 * = = = 1 1 4.5 2424
6. Rajlich, Vasik G f USA 2384 0 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 4.0 2372
7. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2428 = 0 0 = = = * = = = 3.5 2330
8. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2241 0 0 0 = = = = * 0 1 3.0 2306
9. Hajnal, Zoltan f HUN 2403 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * = 2.5 2247
10. Boricsev, Oleg m HUN 2333 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = * 2.0 2201
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The Suetin Memorial takes place in Tula 23rd-31st March 2002. It is the
start of the VI Russian Cup. The event is a 9 round swiss.
Top players list
1 Kharlov, Andrei 2638 GM RUS
2 Burmakin, Vladimir 2564 GM RUS
3 Turov, Maxim 2563 GM RUS
4 Vaulin, Alexander 2560 GM RUS
5 Alekseev, Evgeny 2552 IM RUS
6 Balashov, Yuri S 2545 GM RUS
7 Rychagov, Andrey 2544 IM RUS
8 Kornev, Alexei 2536 RUS
9 Vorobiov, Evgeny E. 2534 GM RUS
10 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav 2527 GM RUS
11 Loginov, Valery A 2524 GM RUS
12 Iljushin, Alexei 2523 GM RUS
13 Nikolenko, Oleg 2517 IM RUS
14 Yandemirov, Valeri 2502 GM RUS
15 Zhelnin, Vladimir V 2477 IM RUS
16 Kuporosov, Viktor 2473 IM RUS
17 Bagirov, Rufat 2471 IM AZE
18 Zakharevich, Igor 2466 GM RUS
19 Skatchkov, Pavel 2464 IM RUS
20 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 2462 GM RUS
76 players
Kaspars Migla reports on the Latvian Championships which took place
5th-13th March 2002. The winner men's event has yet to be decided as there was
a three way tie between Roland Berzinsh, Ilmars Starostits and Viesturs
Meijers. The tie will be resolved by a double round robin at some time in the
future. GM Evgeny Sveshnikov, who formerly represented Russia but who has lived
for a long time in Latvia, now has changed chess citizenship, and FIDE accepted
his participation in the championship. Ilze Rubene has returned to Latvia after
spending 10 years in Sweden.
Latvian Championships 2002
9 rounds Swiss
1-3. Berzinsh, Roland m 2455 6,5
1-3. Starostits, Ilmars m 2450 6,5
1-3. Meijers, Viesturs m 2455 6,5
4-6. Petkevich, Jusefs m 2429 6
4-6. Neiksans, Arturs m 2434 6
4-6. Luckans, Arnolds f 2413 6
7-10. Nikolajev, Denis 2242 5,5
7-10. Krivonosov, Oleg m 2440 5,5
7-10. Jankovskis, Guntis 2364 5,5
7-10. Raudive, Aivars f 2289 5,5
11-13. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g 2565 5
11-13. Zhuravliov, Valerij m 2416 5
11-13. Putka, Verner 2294 5
14-23. Chehlov, Aleksander f 2272 4,5
14-23. Stasans, Aivars 2238 4,5
14-23. Klovans, Janis g 2440 4,5
14-23. Viksna, Talis 2248 4,5
14-23. Grasis Janis 4,5
14-23. Ozolins, Aris f 2337 4,5
14-23. Smorodinskis Igors 4,5
14-23. Daskevics, Vadims 2287 4,5
14-23. Semasev, Kim f 2271 4,5
14-23. Dzjuba, Vsevolod 2283 4,5
24-27. Katishonok, Nikolaj 2309 4
24-27. Volodins, Igors 2094 4
24-27. Pavlovs Sergejs 4
24-27. Visockis, Janis 2250 4
28-32. Metreveli, Sergejs 2218 3,5
28-32. Strebkovs, Andrejs 2085 3,5
28-32. Zhuravlev, Nikolay f 2286 3,5
28-32. Tronenkovs, Valdis 2181 3,5
28-32. Batakovs, Olegs 2201 3,5
33-34. Daudzvardis, Janis 2158 2,5
33-34. Neimanis Juris 2,5
35-36. Griezne, Edvins 2173 2
35-36. Volkovs Janis 2
Latvian Women's Championships 2002
5th-13th March 2002
11 player Round Robin
1. Erneste, Inguna wg 2284 7
2. Berzina, Ilze wf 2239 6,5
3. Reizniece, Dana wg 2282 6,5
4. Rubene, Ilze wm 2205 5,5
5. Voronova, Tatiana wm 2277 5,5
6. Rogule, Laura 2226 5
7. Krumina, Linda 2067 5
8. Smirnova, Marina 4,5
9. Titareva, Tatjana 4
10. Rozlapa, Vija 2015 3,5
11. Praude, Renate 2087 2
The 8th Schloss Open took place Friday March 22nd to Sunday March 24th
2002 in Werther/Westfalen. Vladimir Epishin took first place on tie-break from
Alexander Berelovich.
Internet coverage: http://www.schloss-open.skwerther.de
and Live coverage: http://www.schach.com
Final Standings:
1. Epishin,Vladimir RUS GM 2599 4.5 14.0 15.5
2. Berelovich,Alexander UKR GM 2522 4.5 13.5 16.0
3. Kopylov,Michael UKR IM 2418 4.0 12.5 16.0
4. Kasparov,Sergey BLR IM 2458 4.0 12.5 14.5
4. Antoniewski,Rafal POL IM 2445 4.0 12.5 14.5
6. Kalod,Radek CZE IM 2462 4.0 11.5 14.0
7. Kunin,Vitaly RUS FM 2424 3.5 13.0 16.0
8. Velicka,Petr CZE IM 2445 3.5 12.5 16.5
9. Souleidis,Georgios GRE IM 2404 3.5 12.0 15.5
10. Lingnau,Carsten GER IM 2436 3.5 11.5 14.5
11. Petrosian,Suren ARM IM 2388 3.5 11.5 13.5
12. Porper,Eduard ISR IM 2424 3.5 10.5 15.0
13. Boewer,Roland GER 2210 3.5 10.5 14.0
14. Hetey,Laszlo GER IM 2338 3.5 10.5 13.0
15. Okrajek,Alexander GER 2295 3.5 10.0 13.0
16. Cioara,Andrei Nestor ROM IM 2439 3.5 10.0 12.5
17. Essing,Arnold GER 2311 3.5 9.5 13.0
74 players
John Fernandez reports: On Tuesday the 19th, the Marshall Chess Club
hosted what is hopefully the first of many weekly events. The New York Masters,
the brainchild of IM Greg Shahade, ran for the first time. With $150 in
sponsorship money, the four round Game/30 event was guaranteed to have a large
prize fund to lure the top players. The only condition for play? You must be
over 2200 USCF. No exceptions. (There is in the works a qualifying tournament
on Thursdays for players under 2200 USCF.)
Fourteen masters showed up to play in the inaugural event and battle
over the $430 prize fund. Walking away with $190 each were Georgian GM Giorgi
Kacheishvili and Ukrainian (now American) GM Igor Novikov, who scored 3.5 out
of 4, drawing the game they played against each other. In this field of 3 GMs,
4 IMs, 3 FMs, and 4 masters, there was no such thing as an easy pairing, and
all games were very hard fought. Taking clear third place with three points was
the founder of the event, IM Greg Shahade, who after drawing the first two
games, turned things on with two wins to capture the $50 third prize.
This tournament is the first in a series of weekly events. As of now,
there is $150 in sponsorship money lined up per event given by eleven different
anonymous donors. The event is a four round Game/30 tournament which begins at
7PM on Tuesday at the historic Marshall Chess Club, on 23 West 10th Street in
New York City. The entry fee is $25 plus a $10 deposit to be returned upon
completion of the tournament. Those that do not finish the tournament forfeit
their deposit. Entry for GMs is free with no entry fee deducted from their
prize, except for the deposit. Anyone requesting more information can contact
Greg Shahade at gregshahade@yahoo.com or by phone at +1 (917) 294 - 1338
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1st New York Masters Action USA (USA), 19 iii 2002
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2584 + 9 +12 = 2 + 7 3.5
2. Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2583 + 8 +10 = 1 + 6 3.5
3. Shahade, Gregory m USA 2454 = 6 = 4 +10 + 8 3.0
4. Lapshun, Yury f USA 2384 = = 3 +12 = 5 2.5
5. Furdzik, Rafal POL 2249 + + 7 - 6 = 4 2.5
6. Privman, Boris f USA 2223 = 3 +14 + 5 - 2 2.5
7. Ashley, Maurice g USA 2486 +11 - 5 + 9 - 1 2.0
8. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2382 - 2 +11 +14 - 3 2.0
9. Ariel, Donny f USA 2367 - 1 +13 - 7 +12 2.0
10. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2419 +13 - 2 - 3 =11 1.5
11. Eisen, Lewis USA 2265 - 7 - 8 +13 =10 1.5
12. Siegel, Noah J USA 2239 +14 - 1 - 4 - 9 1.0
13. Norowitz, Yaacov USA ---- -10 - 9 -11 + 1.0
14. Rao, Vivek m USA 2435 -12 - 6 - 8 --- 0.0
The fourth weekend of the 4NCL took place March 23rd-24th 2002. It saw
the loss of the last 100% record when Beeson Gregory were held 4-4 by Wood
Green 2 (strengthened with the addition of Tiger Hillarp Persson on top board).
The final three rounds will take place 4th-6th May. At the bottom of the league
three teams will be relegated. Whilst Beeson Gregory 2 and Wessex are all but
relegated the final position is not yet settled. Games should follow next week.
My thanks to Peter Sowray.
Website: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Round 7 23rd March 2002
BEESON GREGORY 2 2287 3 - 5 BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2188
1 w Norwood, David 2507 ½ - ½ Collins, Sam 2299
2 b McDonald, Neil R. 2398 ½ - ½ Berry, Neil 2257
3 w Richardson, John R. 2308 ½ - ½ Duncan, Christopher R. 2336
4 b Moskovic, David M. 2250 0 - 1 Shikerov, Stefan 2298
5 w Broom, Mark 2240 0 - 1 D'Costa, Lorin A.R. 2212
6 b Lyell, Mark 2218 0 - 1 Trent, Lawrence 2208
7 w Shaw, David A. 2211 ½ - ½ Taylor, Peter 2229
8 b Flear, Christine (F) 2164 1 - 0 Macnab, Louise C (F) 1665
BRISTOL 1 2271 2 - 6 WOOD GREEN 1 2526
1 w Ansell, Simon 2396 0 - 1 Short, Nigel 2663
2 b Beaumont, Chris 2300 0 - 1 Speelman, Jonathan S. 2596
3 w Burgess, Graham 2298 0 - 1 Baburin, Alexander 2565
4 b Cobb, Charles 2297 ½ - ½ Emms, John M. 2537
5 w McFarland, Robert S. 2280 0 - 1 Agdestein, Simen * 2572
6 b Buckley, David E. 2192 0 - 1 Martin, Andrew D. 2443
7 w Collier, David O. 2255 1 - 0 Pein, Malcolm 2424
8 b Buckley, Melanie (F) 2147 ½ - ½ Arakhamia-Grant, K (F) 2410
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2370 5½-2½ WESSEX 2268
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2532 ½ - ½ Webb, Richard M. 2361
2 b Webster, Andrew 2413 1 - 0 Rossiter, Philip J. 2380
3 w Knott, Simon 2383 1 - 0 Poulton, James 2409
4 b Palliser, Richard 2443 ½ - ½ Corkett, Anthony R. 2316
5 w Ferguson, Mark 2376 ½ - ½ Yeo, Michael J. 2206
6 b Collinson, Adam 2391 ½ - ½ Simons, Martin J. 2230
7 w Rogers, Jonathan W. 2346 1 - 0 Neil, David R. 2222
8 b Kieran, Rosalind (F) 2079 ½ - ½ Howard, Emily (F) 2017
THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2249 1½-6½ MIDLAND MONARCHS 2313
1 w Arkell, Keith C. 2463 1 - 0 Williams, Simon K. 2375
2 b Kirsanov, Oleg 2353 0 - 1 Pert, Nicholas 2451
3 w Gayson, Peter M. 2281 0 - 1 Ledger, Andrew J. 2399
4 b Buckley, Simon T. 2249 ½ - ½ Pert, Richard G. 2302
5 w Barrett, Steve J. 2199 0 - 1 Eames, Robert G. 2327
6 b Burnett, Jim 2218 0 - 1 Ledger, David J. 2298
7 w Gourlay, Iain 2183 0 - 1 Naylor, John 2229
8 b Keeling, Karen (F) 2048 0 - 1 Tidman, Sophie (F) 2119
WOOD GREEN 2 2414 4 - 4 BEESON GREGORY 1 2490
1 w Hillarp Persson, T * 2456 1 - 0 McShane, Luke J. 2525
2 b Turner, Matthew J. 2502 1 - 0 Chandler, Murray G. 2543
3 w Ward, Christopher 2486 0 - 1 Hebden, Mark L. 2558
4 b Tiller, Bjorn 2383 0 - 1 Flear, Glenn C. 2511
5 w Hunt, Harriet (F) 2411 ½ - ½ Summerscale, Aaron 2503
6 b Heidenfeld, Mark 2370 0 - 1 Cherniaev, Alexander 2472
7 w Littlewood, Paul E. 2403 1 - 0 Mestel, A. Jonathan 2495
8 b Sowray, Peter J. 2302 ½ - ½ Sheldon, Ruth (F) 2310
SLOUGH 1 2351 3 - 5 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2416
1 w Wells, Peter K. 2517 0 - 1 Kosten, Anthony C. 2533
2 b Houska, Jovanka (F) 2380 ½ - ½ Rowson, Jonathan 2512
3 w McNab, Colin A. 2425 0 - 1 Plaskett, James 2474
4 b Wohl, Aleksandar H. 2395 0 - 1 Gormally, Daniel W. 2506
5 w Thiruchelvam,Murugan 2269 0 - 1 Matros, Alexander 2455
6 b Howell, David W.L. 2237 ½ - ½ Kinsman, Andrew P.H. 2401
7 w Devereaux, Maxim 2282 1 - 0 Povah, Nigel E. 2351
8 b Houska, Miroslav 2300 1 - 0 Yurenok, Maria S. (F) 2098
Round 8 24th March 2002
BEESON GREGORY 1 2491 7½-½ THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2249
1 w Hebden, Mark L. 2558 ½ - ½ Arkell, Keith C. 2463
2 b Flear, Glenn C. 2511 1 - 0 Kirsanov, Oleg 2353
3 w McShane, Luke J. 2525 1 - 0 Gayson, Peter M. 2281
4 b Chandler, Murray G. 2543 1 - 0 Buckley, Simon T. 2249
5 w Summerscale, Aaron 2503 1 - 0 Barrett, Steve J. 2199
6 b Cherniaev, Alexander 2472 1 - 0 Burnett, Jim 2218
7 w Norwood, David 2507 1 - 0 Gourlay, Iain 2183
8 b Sheldon, Ruth (F) 2310 1 - 0 Keeling, Karen (F) 2048
MIDLAND MONARCHS 2313 4½-3½ WOOD GREEN 2 2370
1 w Ledger, Andrew J. 2399 1 - 0 Hillarp Persson, T * 2456
2 b Williams, Simon K. 2375 ½ - ½ Turner, Matthew J. 2502
3 w Pert, Nicholas 2451 0 - 1 Martin, Andrew D. 2443
4 b Eames, Robert G. 2327 1 - 0 Heidenfeld, Mark 2370
5 w Pert, Richard G. 2302 1 - 0 Littlewood, Paul E. 2403
6 b Ledger, David J. 2298 0 - 1 Sowray, Peter J. 2302
7 w Naylor, John 2229 ½ - ½ Law, Andrew P. 2302
8 b Tidman, Sophie (F) 2119 ½ - ½ Jackson, Sheila (F) 2183
WOOD GREEN 1 2532 7 - 1 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2357
1 w Short, Nigel 2663 1 - 0 Parker, Jonathan 2532
2 b Speelman, Jonathan 2596 1 - 0 Palliser, Richard 2443
3 w Agdestein, Simen * 2572 1 - 0 Knott, Simon 2383
4 b Baburin, Alexander 2565 1 - 0 Crouch, Colin S. 2360
5 w Emms, John M. 2537 ½ - ½ Ferguson, Mark 2376
6 b Ward, Christopher 2486 1 - 0 Duncan, Christopher R. 2336
7 w Pein, Malcolm 2424 ½ - ½ Rogers, Jonathan W. 2346
8 b Hunt, Harriet (F) 2411 1 - 0 Kieran, Rosalind (F) 2079
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2416 6½-1½ BEESON GREGORY 2 2252
1 w Kosten, Anthony C. 2533 ½ - ½ McDonald, Neil R. 2398
2 b Gormally, Daniel W. 2506 1 - 0 Moskovic, David M 2250
3 w Plaskett, James 2474 1 - 0 Richardson, John R. 2308
4 b Rowson, Jonathan 2512 1 - 0 Lyell, Mark 2218
5 w Matros, Alexander 2455 1 - 0 Broom, Mark 2240
6 b Kinsman, Andrew P.H. 2401 ½ - ½ Anderton, David W. 2230
7 w Povah, Nigel E. 2351 1 - 0 Shaw, David A. 2211
8 b Yurenok, Maria (F) 2098 ½ - ½ Flear, Christine (F) 2164
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2240 3 - 5 SLOUGH 1 2351
1 w Collinson, Adam 2391 ½ - ½ Wells, Peter K. 2517
2 b Shikerov, Stefan 2298 ½ - ½ Houska, Jovanka (F) 2380
3 w Collins, Sam 2299 0 - 1 McNab, Colin A. 2425
4 b Berry, Neil 2257 0 - 1 Wohl, Aleksandar H. 2395
5 w D'Costa, Lorin A.R. 2212 0 - 1 Thiruchelvam, Murugan 2269
6 b Trent, Lawrence 2208 1 - 0 Howell, David W.L. 2237
7 w Hodgson, John H. 2214 ½ - ½ Devereaux, Maxim 2282
8 b Bhatia, Kanwal (F) * 2039 ½ - ½ Houska, Miroslav 2300
WESSEX 2268 2 - 6 BRISTOL 1 2289
1 w Webb, Richard M. 2361 ½ - ½ Ansell, Simon 2396
2 b Rossiter, Philip J. 2380 0 - 1 Sherwin, James T. 2339
3 w Poulton, James 2409 ½ - ½ Burgess, Graham 2298
4 b Corkett, Anthony R. 2316 0 - 1 Beaumont, Chris 2300
5 w Simons, Martin J. 2230 ½ - ½ McFarland, Robert S. 2280
6 b Yeo, Michael J. 2206 ½ - ½ Cobb, Charles 2297
7 w Neil, David R. 2222 0 - 1 Collier, David O. 2255
8 b Howard, Emily (F) 2017 0 - 1 Buckley, Melanie (F) 2147
Team + = - Pts
BEESON GREGORY 1 7 1 0 15
WOOD GREEN 1 7 0 1 14
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 6 0 2 12
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 5 0 3 10
MIDLAND MONARCHS 4 0 4 8
BRISTOL 1 4 0 4 8
WOOD GREEN 2 3 1 4 7
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 3 1 4 7
SLOUGH 1 3 0 5 6
THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2 1 5 5
BEESON GREGORY 2 1 0 7 2
WESSEX 1 0 7 2
The new FIDE Rapid rating list have been released. There are nearly 1300
names on the list. Events included are the WC-tie-breaks, Europe-Asia, Corsica,
Villarobiedo, Kramnik-Kasparov, Riga.... The headlines include: Kasparov is
back at number 1, Joel Lautier has moved from 40th to 4th and Ponomariov has
moved from 100th to 38th. My thanks to Willy Iclicki.
FIDE Rapid Rating List Top 100
1 RUS Kasparov Gary Russia 286 23.04.02
2 ENG Adams Michael England 283 23.04.02
3 RUS Kramnik Vladimir Russia 279 23.04.02
4 FRA Lautier Joel France 277 23.04.02
5 ISR Gelfand Boris Israel 276 23.04.02
6 UKR Ivanchuk Vassily Ukraine 274 23.04.02
7 FRA Tkachiev Vladislav France 273 23.04.02
8 BUL Topalov Veselin Bulgaria 273 23.04.02
9 IND Anand Vichy India 272 23.04.02
10 RUS Rublevsky Sergei Russia 272 23.04.02
11 RUS Bareev Evgeny Russia 272 23.04.02
12 GEO Azmaiparashvili Zurab Georgia 272 23.04.02
13 UZB Kasimdzahnov Rustam Uzbekistan 272 23.04.02
14 FRA Bacrot Etienne France 272 23.04.02
15 BUL Georgiev Kiril Bulgaria 271 23.04.02
16 NED Piket Jeroen Netherlands 270 23.04.02
17 USA Kamsky Gata USA 270 25.12.99
18 RUS Dreev Alexey Russia 270 23.04.02
19 BIH Sokolov Ivan BIH 270 25.01.01
20 RUS Grischuk Alexander Russia 270 23.04.02
21 HUN Chernin Alexander Hungary 269 23.04.02
22 ARM Akopian Vladimir Armenia 269 01.07.00
23 NED Van Wely Loek Netherlands 268 23.04.02
24 NED Timman Jan Netherlands 268 23.04.02
25 BEL Gurevich Mikhail Belgium 267 23.04.02
26 CZE Movsesian Sergei Czech Republic 267 23.04.02
27 RUS Karpov Anatoly Russia 266 23.04.02
28 HUN Leko Peter Hungary 266 23.04.02
29 ESP Shirov Alexis Spain 266 23.04.02
30 RUS Shipov Sergei Russia 265 23.04.02
31 RUS Kharlov Andrei Russia 265 16.03.02
32 BLR Fedorov Alexei Belarus 265 25.12.99
33 RUS Ibragimov Ildar Russia 265 23.04.02
34 RUS Svidler Peter Russia 265 23.04.02
35 UKR Ponomariov Ruslan Ukraine 265 23.04.02
36 RUS Salov Valery Russia 265 01.11.99
37 EST Ehlvest Jan Estonia 264 23.04.02
38 RUS Khalifman Alexander Russia 264 23.04.02
39 SUI Milov Vadim Switzerland 264 23.04.02
40 GEO Giorgadze Giorgi Georgia 264 25.12.99
41 USA Gulko Boris USA 264 23.04.02
42 BIH Nikolic Pedrag BIH 264 23.04.02
43 RUS Zvjaginsev Vadim Russia 264 23.04.02
44 HUN Almasi Zoltan Hungary 263 23.04.02
45 UKR Baklan Vladimir Ukraine 263 23.04.02
46 ENG Speelman Jonathan England 263 25.01.01
47 SWE Andersson Ulf Sweden 262 25.12.99
48 ISR Sutovsky Emil Israel 262 23.04.02
49 FRA Spassky Boris France 262 23.04.02
50 POL Krasenkow Michael Poland 262 25.01.01
51 YUG Ljubojevic Ljubomir Yugoslavia 262 23.04.02
52 USA Shabalov Alex USA 262 23.04.02
53 USA Seirawan Yasser USA 262 01.06.99
54 RUS Epishin Vladimir Russia 262 23.04.02
55 RUS Pigusov Evgeny Russia 262 25.01.01
56 ISL Hjartarsson Johann Iceland 262 01.07.00
57 BRA Leitao Rafael Brazil 261 25.01.01
58 HUN Gyimesi Zoltan Hungary 261 23.04.02
59 ARM Minasian Artashes Armenia 261 01.07.00
60 SWE Agrest Evgenij Sweden 261 23.04.02
61 RUS Landa Kontantin Russia 261 23.04.02
62 ISR Psakhis Lev Israel 261 23.04.02
63 RUS Kobalija Mikhail Russia 260 23.04.02
64 SVK Ftacnik Lubomir Slovakia 260 01.06.99
65 GER Seul Georg Germany 260 23.04.02
66 ENG Lalic Bogdan England 260 23.04.02
67 BUL Kolev Atanas Bulgaria 260 23.04.02
68 RUS Tiviakov Sergei Russia 260 23.04.02
69 ISR Smirin Ilya Israel 260 23.04.02
70 UKR Savchenko Stanislav Ukraine 260 23.04.02
71 ENG Short Nigel England 260 23.04.02
72 UKR Shneider Aleksander Ukraine 260 23.04.02
73 RUS Dolmatov Sergey Russia 260 25.12.99
74 SUI Korchnoi Viktor Switzerland 260 23.04.02
75 ARM Anastasian Ashot Armenia 260 23.04.02
76 USA Serper Grigory USA 260 25.01.01
77 RUS Najer Evgenij Russia 259 23.04.02
78 RUS Sakaev Konstantin Russia 259 23.04.02
79 SLO Sermek Drazen Slovenia 259 23.04.02
80 RUS Rustemov Alexander Russia 259 23.04.02
81 FRA Dorfman Iossif France 259 25.01.01
82 RUS Filippov Valeri Russia 259 19.01.01
83 RUS Volkov Sergei Russia 259 23.04.02
84 ISR Greenfeld Alon Israel 259 25.01.01
85 CHN Ye Jiangchun China 259 23.04.02
86 CRO Cviltan Ognjen Croatia 259 25.01.01
87 HUN Ribli Zoltan Hungary 259 25.12.99
88 USA Benjamin Joel USA 259 25.01.01
89 USA Gurevich Ilya USA 259 01.06.99
90 ISR Huzman Alexander Israel 259 25.01.01
91 CUB Dominguez Lenier Cuba 259 23.04.02
92 UKR Brodsky Michail Ukraine 259 25.01.01
93 ARM Aronian Levon Armenia 259 23.04.02
94 AUS Rogers Ian Austalia 259 23.04.02
95 ESP Vallejo Pons N Spain 259 23.04.02
96 LTU Kveinys Aloyzas Lithuania 258 23.04.02
97 SWE Hellers Ferdinand Sweden 258 23.04.02
98 KAZ Vladimirov Evgeny Kazakhstan 258 23.04.02
99 GER Jussupov Artur Germany 258 23.04.02
100 RUS Malakhov Vladimir Russia 258 25.01.01
Swiss Chess Tour event 2002
International Chess Festival Lenk
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" will continue in Lenk with the 14th
"Kreuz-Open" March 28th-April 1st 2002. New host, for the first time, will be
Hotel “Kreuz” and Chalet “SMUV”. Swiss system, 7 rounds and
the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes
till the end). The first four after 5th round, play knock-out and the other
continue tournament. Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250,
200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best
Lady, senior (1942), junior(1982-85), schoolboy (1986) and best local player.
Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs
free. Venue: Hotel "Kreuz".
Time table: Round 1st 18.30-22.30 April 12,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and
15.30-20.30 April 13,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 14,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30
and 15.30-20.30 April 15,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 16. Closing ceremony April
16 at 16.00. The 11th “Ferien-Open” (under 2000 Elo) Swiss system, 5
rounds, 5 hours for the game. Natural prizes. Entry fee 100 SF. Venue: Chalet
“Solitide-SMUV”. Time table: Round 1st 14.00-19.00, the other rounds
daily 10.00-15.00. Closing ceremony April 16 at 16.00. List of participants:
GMs: Vogt (GER), Groszpeter (HUN), Gheorghiu (ROM); WGMs: Kachiani-Gersinska
(GER), Roschina (RUS); IMs: Jenni (SUI), Horvath Adam (HUN), Yewdokimov (RUS),
Horvath Tamas (HUN), Joksic (YUG), Videki (HUN) etc. Info: Beochess
+41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch
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.
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.