THE WEEK IN CHESS 388 15th April 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) New FIDE top
100 for April
3) Shirov on the FIDE Grand Prix in
Dubai
4) Pojkovo International
5)
Villa Martelli Masters
6) Cuban Championships
7) 11th Macedonian Championships
8) First
Saturday April
9) III Dos Hermanas Open
10) Moscow Championships KO
11) 40th
Doeberl Cup
12) Golden Cleopatra Open 2002
13) Augsburg Youth Tournament
14) Hotel
Opatija
15) Bundesliga
16)
Vietnamese Championships
17) 14th Lenk Chess
Festival
18) Yugoslav Championships
19) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Villa Martelli Masters 10 games
Cuban Championships 54 games
11th Macedonian Championships 42 games
First Saturday April 188 games
III Dos Hermanas Open 178 games
40th Doeberl Cup 69 games
Golden Cleopatra Open 2002 232 games
Augsburg Youth Tournament 18 games
Hotel Opatija 59 games
Bundesliga 32 games
Vietnamese Championships 174 games
14th Lenk Chess Festival 7 games
Yugoslav Championships 91 games
1154 games
My thanks to Alexei Shirov, Alex Onischuk, Pablo Sierra, Sinisa Joksic,
Luis Scalise, Gabriela Koskoska, Mihajlo Savic, Luis Manuel Pérez
Rodríguez and Luis Lamarche Rodriguez, Aard Daanen, Eugeny Atarov,
Enrique Nava, Hassan Khaled, Harmen Jonkman, Laszlo Nagy, Vlad Barsi and Istvan
Magyar, Eduard Piacun, Brian Isaksen, Ching Kim Lye, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh,
Sinisa Drazic and all those who helped with this issue.
The most significant change in the new FIDE rating list is the battle
for 3rd position in the rating list. A year ago Anand and Kramnik were very
close at number two in the World over 40 points clear of the rest of the field.
One year on Anand has returned to the field and there is only a nine point gap
between Anand, Topalov, Adams and Ponomariov. World number three is up for
grabs for the first time in a few years. Elsewhere Shirov gives an account of
some of the events that took place before the start of the FIDE Dubai Grand
Prix I reported on last week.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The New FIDE top 100 for April has appeared. I'm not in a position to
use it for most of the games in this week's TWIC but from next week I should be
able to.
The full list and various top lists are at:
http://www.fide.com
A quick look suggests that losers include Anand (down 5 and within reach
of a number of players now), Morozevich (hemorrhaging points and down to 8th),
Van Wely (down from 14th to 43rd), Motylev, Shipov, Kobalia, Rustemov. Dropping
out of the top 100 altogether: Macieja, Kozul, Papaioannou, Gulko, Chuchelov,
Najdoski, Asrian, Rozentalis, Portisch, Shulman, Magomedov, Speelman and
Conquest partially because 2596 instead of 2598 was enough to get in last time.
Winners include Topalov (at 4 now), Ponomariov (up 16 points and to 6th now)
Gelfand (into the top 10), Grischuk (13th and over 2700), Malakhov, Sasikiran
(a big new entry), Alexander Graf (back to more like his old form since his
change of country and name), Kaidanov, Vescovi, Radjabov, Volkov, Milov,
Vladimirov, Novikov (now USA), Bu Xiangzhi (the Chinese wonderkind makes it
into the top 100 for the first time) and Korneev.
No. Name t NAT ja01 ap01 ju01 oc01 ja02 ap02 Gms
1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2849 2835 2838 2838 2838 2838 12
2 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2772 2797 2802 2809 2809 2809 0
3 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2790 2794 2794 2770 2757 2752 12
4 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2718 2707 2711 2733 2739 2745 9
5 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2746 2750 2744 2731 2742 2744 25
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. g UKR 2677 2673 2684 2684 2727 2743 19
7 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2709 2709 2719 2719 2707 2724 22
8 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2745 2749 2749 2742 2742 2718 22
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2717 2731 2731 2731 2717 2711 19
10 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2712 2712 2704 2701 2703 2707 22
11 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2745 2730 2730 2739 2713 2707 22
12 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2718 2722 2706 2706 2715 2704 12
13 Grischuk, Alexander............. g RUS 2663 2667 2669 2666 2671 2702 22
14 Khalifman, Alexander............ g RUS 2690 2690 2700 2702 2688 2698 13
15 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2679 2692 2692 2692 2693 2690 9
16 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2695 2695 2695 2686 2688 2688 0
17 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2686 2691 2702 2698 2702 2685 9
18 Akopian, Vladimir............... g ARM 2656 2654 2660 2660 2680 2678 9
19 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2685 2685 2690 2676 2683 2677 22
20 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ........... g HUN 2676 2678 2686 2686 2677 2677 0
21 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2670 2670 2674 2674 2676 2676 0
22 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2671 2671 2677 2681 2676 2676 0
23 Lautier, Joel................... g FRA 2658 2658 2675 2653 2687 2675 22
24 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2693 2693 2704 2706 2695 2674 13
25 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2676 2676 2664 2675 2663 2673 6
26 Vaganian, Rafael A.............. g ARM 2641 2641 2650 2650 2662 2664 9
27 Malakhov, Vladimir.............. g RUS 2613 2623 2637 2637 2647 2663 12
28 Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2638 2638 2659 2668 2649 2661 13
29 Sutovsky, Emil.................. g ISR 2605 2604 2651 2664 2656 2660 9
30 Piket, Jeroen................... g NED 2632 2628 2630 2649 2659 2659 13
31 Rublevsky, Sergei............... g RUS 2657 2657 2639 2634 2655 2657 9
32 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............ g BLR 2610 2610 2646 2645 2645 2654 9
33 Georgiev, Kiril................. g BUL 2676 2676 2695 2686 2655 2654 9
34 Xu, Jun......................... g CHN 2655 2655 2646 2654 2654 2654 0
35 Bacrot, Etienne................. g FRA 2618 2627 2653 2653 2649 2653 9
36 Nikolic, Predrag................ g BIH 2652 2652 2652 2652 2653 2653 0
37 Bologan, Viktor................. g MDA 2684 2676 2655 2668 2651 2652 17
38 Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2640 2640 2630 2630 2644 2650 16
39 Sakaev, Konstantin.............. g RUS 2639 2637 2630 2639 2649 2649 0
40 Sokolov, Ivan................... g BIH 2659 2659 2659 2658 2659 2647 17
41 Zvjaginsev, Vadim............... g RUS 2631 2627 2638 2640 2656 2645 9
42 Lutz, Christopher............... g GER 2609 2614 2643 2643 2644 2644 2
43 Van Wely, Loek.................. g NED 2700 2670 2695 2714 2697 2642 24
44 Onischuk, Alexander............. g USA 2658 2658 2667 2660 2655 2641 30
45 Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2694 2688 2633 2605 2641 2641 22
46 Krasenkow, Michal............... g POL 2658 2655 2573 2592 2632 2641 11
47 Zhang, Zhong.................... g CHN 2607 2632 2667 2657 2656 2639 9
48 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2545 2559 2630 2630 2629 2638 12
49 Nielsen, Peter Heine............ g DEN 2585 2585 2593 2620 2642 2636 8
50 Dautov, Rustem.................. g GER 2631 2631 2630 2630 2636 2636 0
51 Korchnoi, Viktor................ g SUI 2639 2643 2617 2639 2633 2635 2
52 Hjartarson, Johann ............. g ISL 2633 2633 2633 2633 2633 2634 6
53 Lputian, Smbat G................ g ARM 2607 2607 2608 2618 2634 2634 0
54 Sasikiran, Krishnan............. g IND 2601 2611 2589 2569 2569 2633 61
55 Kharlov, Andrei................. g RUS 2639 2639 2656 2656 2638 2633 18
56 Tkachiev, Vladislav............. g FRA 2672 2672 2642 2632 2634 2633 9
57 Seirawan, Yasser................ g USA 2640 2640 2644 2644 2644 2631 9
58 Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2633 2633 2631 2631 2631 2631 0
59 Huebner, Robert Dr.............. g GER 2616 2616 2612 2612 2628 2628 0
60 Tregubov, Pavel V............... g RUS 2628 2628 2617 2611 2626 2627 20
61 Tiviakov, Sergei................ g NED 2597 2603 2618 2599 2614 2625 9
62 Movsesian, Sergei............... g CZE 2661 2661 2627 2631 2624 2624 16
63 Graf, Alexander................. g GER 2649 2649 2610 2610 2605 2623 9
64 Landa, Konstantin............... g RUS 2610 2610 2619 2619 2619 2623 2
65 Pigusov, Evgeny................. g RUS 2572 2584 2613 2613 2623 2623 0
66 Shabalov, Alexander............. g USA 2609 2595 2574 2585 2606 2622 18
67 Motylev, Alexander.............. g RUS 2570 2601 2627 2641 2639 2622 9
68 Lastin, Alexander............... g RUS 2631 2627 2628 2628 2630 2619 9
69 Goldin, Alexander............... g USA 2595 2599 2594 2612 2630 2618 14
70 Baklan, Vladimir................ g UKR 2613 2613 2599 2590 2609 2618 9
71 Jussupow, Artur................. g GER 2645 2645 2633 2633 2618 2618 0
72 Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2607 2601 2605 2605 2596 2616 24
73 Timman, Jan H................... g NED 2629 2620 2597 2600 2605 2616 13
74 Shipov, Sergei.................. g RUS 2640 2640 2625 2625 2630 2613 9
75 Dorfman, Josif D................ g FRA 2602 2602 2602 2599 2602 2613 4
76 Hansen, Curt.................... g DEN 2619 2619 2626 2613 2613 2613 0
77 Filippov, Valerij............... g RUS 2619 2632 2617 2617 2625 2612 9
78 Vescovi, Giovanni............... g BRA 2519 2572 2581 2585 2590 2611 26
79 Peng, Xiaomin................... g CHN 2648 2648 2629 2607 2611 2611 0
80 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter......... g ROM 2596 2596 2609 2609 2608 2610 37
81 Radjabov, Teimour............... g AZE 2483 2533 2558 2567 2599 2610 9
82 Volkov, Sergey.................. g RUS 2564 2558 2578 2578 2567 2609 22
83 Epishin, Vladimir............... g RUS 2578 2579 2583 2583 2599 2606 25
84 Istratescu, Andrei.............. g ROM 2582 2561 2598 2603 2605 2606 24
85 Fressinet, Laurent.............. g FRA 2581 2575 2606 2588 2591 2606 18
86 Milov, Vadim.................... g SUI 2604 2605 2614 2602 2595 2606 9
87 Glek, Igor V.................... g GER 2551 2566 2574 2590 2601 2605 25
88 Vladimirov, Evgeny.............. g KAZ 2612 2612 2612 2592 2592 2605 17
89 Gyimesi, Zoltan................. g HUN 2564 2571 2602 2605 2606 2605 9
90 Sokolov, Andrei................. g FRA 2566 2568 2604 2602 2614 2604 15
91 Andersson, Ulf.................. g SWE 2640 2640 2601 2601 2598 2604 9
92 Novikov, Igor A................. g USA 2596 2596 2593 2588 2583 2603 52
93 Hickl, Joerg.................... g GER 2582 2582 2600 2600 2601 2602 9
94 Kobalia, Mikhail................ g RUS 2581 2590 2595 2603 2620 2602 9
95 Bu, Xiangzhi.................... g CHN 2588 2588 2553 2569 2593 2601 9
96 Dominguez, Lenier............... g CUB 2565 2556 2585 2596 2594 2601 9
97 Sermek, Drazen.................. g SLO 2515 2525 2579 2577 2595 2601 9
98 Korneev, Oleg................... g RUS 2600 2572 2572 2554 2568 2599 35
99 Stefansson, Hannes.............. g ISL 2570 2570 2586 2575 2604 2598 22
100 Rustemov, Alexander............. g RUS 2620 2625 2607 2611 2607 2598 18
101 Benjamin, Joel.................. g USA 2581 2581 2587 2587 2593 2598 9
102 Fedorov, Alexei................. g BLR 2575 2590 2599 2599 2589 2598 9
103 Najer, Evgeniy.................. g RUS 2616 2600 2599 2599 2599 2598 9
104 Eingorn, Vereslav S............. g UKR 2589 2589 2598 2601 2598 2598 0
105 Hodgson, Julian M............... g ENG 2596 2595 2581 2589 2598 2598 0
Alexei Shirov writes to tell his story about the reduction of the prize
fund in the FIDE Grand Prix in Dubai. Here is his letter:
Shirov E-Mail dated Sunday 14th April 2002
Dear Mark,
I am glad that you asked me to tell you the story. I would like it to
be published both in your website and in your magazine.
In February this year I confirmed my participation in Dubai under the
condition that the prize fund would be no lower than what was announced on the
FIDE website on 7th of February (480 thousand USD minus 10% of the FIDE tax). I
did not sign any contract with FIDE and neither I was sure that I would take
part in more FIDE Grand Prix events. However my confirmation was accepted by
FIDE and on 2nd of April at the late evening I arrived in Dubai. The tournament
was to start on 3rd at 2PM although some matches including mine would start at
6PM.
As I arrived late, I even missed the players' meeting but at the same
evening Zurab Azmaiparashvili (who is funnily both an elite player and a FIDE
man) told me that Bareev would probably withdraw because the prize fund was
reduced to 120 thousand. I immediately said that I would do the same. On the
next morning I made a written protest, then Khalifman presented his one and
Leko verbally joined us while his manager wrote his protest to FIDE.
In fact Leko was the only one of us who had a real contract that
actually stated even a bigger prize fund - 500.000$.
Khalifman and Leko had to play at 2PM but when the matches started we
three were asked to talk to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. He explained us that Octagon
did a bad job failing to accomplish the players' conditions and the tournament
was not to take place with the previously announced prize fund. In search for
the last moment solution Ilyumzhinov suggested that he would increase the prize
fund to 240 thousand (by the way at the end the FIDE tax was not taken) and not
deal with Octagon in future.
As I have always appreciated Ilyumzhinov' involvement in sponsoring
chess, I decided to play in Dubai as well as other players did. I believe that
Ilyumzhinov deserves a better working team to deal with and the constact
critics against FIDE shouldn't be always directed to him.
On the last note I would like to state that I strongly suspect that
some players did not protest as they might have had separate agreements about
their participation in Dubai and even worse they might have known about the
prize fund situation beforehand. The situation in the World elite professional
chess has become even more chaotic.
Alexei Shirov
The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of TWIC, Chess
& Bridge Ltd or the London Chess Center.
The 3rd Pojkovo International takes place in Siberia, Russia 16th-24th
April 2002. The event will be Category XVI (2628). TWIC will probably have
daily results and games.
Players
1. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2677
2. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2664
3. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2657
4. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2654
5. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2652
6. Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2647
7. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2645
8. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2641
9. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2611
10. Obodchuk, Andrei m RUS 2435
The Villa Martelli Masters take place April 12th-18th 2002. The event
uses a format similar to the FIDE Championships. My thanks to Luis Scalise.
Internet coverage: http://escavm.tripod.com/
Round 1 (April 12-13 2002)
Ginzburg, Maximiliano * - Slipak, Sergio 1/2 1-0
Zarnicki, Pablo * - Felgaer, Ruben 1/2 1/2 (1-1) (2-0)
Filgueira, Hernan - * Ricardi, Pablo 1/2 0-1
Giaccio, Alfredo - * Rodriguez, Andres 0-1 0-1
Round 2 (April 14-15, 2002)
Ginzburg, Maximiliano - Zarnicki, Pablo 1-0
Rodriguez, Andres - Ricardi, Pablo 0-1
The Cuban Championships started on March 31st 2002. The venue is
Holguin City. After six rounds Lazaro Bruzon and Walter Arencibia both have
5/6. My thanks to Luis Manuel Pérez Rodríguez and Luis Lamarche
Rodriguez for the games.
Round 12 Standings:
ch-CUB Holguin City CUB (CUB), 31 iii-19 iv 2002 cat. IX (2472)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2594 * = . = 1 = . . . = = 1 = 1 . 1 1 1 9.0 2644
2 Delgado, Neuris m CUB 2506 = * 0 . = = 1 1 1 = . 1 . . 1 . = 1 8.5 2633
3 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2569 . 1 * = 0 = . = . = . 1 . 1 1 1 = 1 8.5 2613
4 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2534 = . = * 1 = = . = 1 = . 1 1 = = . . 8.0 2608
5 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2542 0 = 1 0 * = . . . = = . 1 1 . 1 1 1 8.0 2594
6 Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2438 = = = = = * = . . = = . = 1 . = . 1 7.0 2544
7 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2521 . 0 . = . = * = . = 1 = 1 = . = 1 = 7.0 2500
8 Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2444 . 0 = . . . = * = . = 1 0 0 1 1 = 1 6.5 2489
9 Almeida, Omar m CUB 2473 . 0 . = . . . = * = 0 = 1 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2476
10 Perez, Rodney m CUB 2429 = = = 0 = = = . = * = . 1 = . = . . 6.0 2494
11 Herrera, Irisberto g CUB 2474 = . . = = = 0 = 1 = * 0 . = 0 . 1 . 5.5 2445
12 Quezada, Yuniesky f CUB 2411 0 0 0 . . . = 0 = . 1 * 0 . 1 = 1 1 5.5 2447
13 Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2408 = . . 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 . 1 * . = . 1 0 4.5 2385
14 De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2427 0 . 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = = . . * 1 = . . 4.5 2408
15 Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2480 . 0 0 = . . . 0 0 . 1 0 = 0 * 1 = = 4.0 2333
16 Vazquez, Renier m CUB 2442 0 . 0 = 0 = = 0 = = . = . = 0 * . . 3.5 2330
17 Alvarez, Jose m CUB 2403 0 = = . 0 . 0 = = . 0 0 0 . = . * = 3.0 2292
18 Gomez, Felix m CUB 2406 0 0 0 . 0 0 = 0 0 . . 0 1 . = . = * 2.5 2252
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The 11th Macedonian Championships took place in Gevgelija, 1st-14th
April 2002. This Category VII event included 14 players (5 GMs and 3 IMs). The
top 4 secured their places in the next championship of 2003. The winner was ELO
favourite Nikola Mitkov with 10/13, a point clear of Trajce Nedev.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chessmkd.com/MKD/Gevgelija/html/gevgelija_main.htm
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XI ch-MKD Gevgelija MKD (MKD), 1-14 iv 2002 cat. VI (2400)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2492 * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 10.0 2603
2. Nedev, Trajce g MKD 2487 = * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 2533
3. Stanojoski, Zvonko m MKD 2455 0 = * 1 = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2505
4. Stojanovski, Dejan f MKD 2416 = = 0 * = = 1 = = = = = 1 1 7.5 2455
5. Kutirov, Rolando g MKD 2367 0 = = = * = = 0 1 = 1 = = 1 7.0 2431
6. Jacimovic, Dragoljub g MKD 2472 0 = = = = * = = = = = 1 = 1 7.0 2423
7. Mitkov, Marjan m MKD 2401 = 0 = 0 = = * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2428
8. Dancevski, Orce m MKD 2429 0 = = = 1 = = * = = = = 0 1 6.5 2397
9. Stamenkov, Vanco f MKD 2417 = = = = 0 = 0 = * = = = 1 = 6.0 2369
10. Bogdanovski, Vlatko g MKD 2435 1 0 0 = = = 1 = = * 0 = 0 = 5.5 2339
11. Sarlamanov, Pance MKD 2262 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = 1 * = 1 = 5.5 2353
12. Vasovski, Nikola f MKD 2309 0 = = = = 0 0 = = = = * = = 5.0 2319
13. Ilic, Ljubomir f MKD 2289 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 0 1 0 = * = 4.0 2267
14. Ilic, Zoran3 f MKD 2364 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = = * 2.5 2151
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The First Saturday April tournaments take place 6th-19th April 2002 in
Budapest Hungary. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Vlad Barsi and Istvan Magyar for
the information.
Daily Internet coverage:
http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0402.htm
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FSGMA April Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-13 iv 2002 cat. IX (2454)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2539 * 0 = 1 = . 1 1 1 1 . . . . 6.0 2654
2. Flumbort, Andras HUN 2414 1 * . . . . 1 . 1 0 = 1 = 1 6.0 2630
3. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2539 = . * . . = 1 . 1 1 = = 1 . 6.0 2643
4. Nakamura, Hikaru m USA 2466 0 . . * 0 1 . 1 . . 1 1 1 1 6.0 2648
5. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2502 = . . 1 * = . . . = = = 1 1 5.5 2579
6. Horvath, Adam m HUN 2464 . . = 0 = * 0 . = 1 . 1 . 1 4.5 2491
7. Czebe, Attila m HUN 2462 0 0 0 . . 1 * = 1 1 . . = . 4.0 2462
8. Markus, Robert m YUG 2477 0 . . 0 . . = * . 0 = 1 1 1 4.0 2438
9. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2457 0 0 0 . . = 0 . * 1 1 . = . 3.0 2372
10. Rajlich, Vasik G f USA 2377 0 1 0 . = 0 0 1 0 * . . . . 2.5 2340
11. Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2445 . = = 0 = . . = 0 . * = . 0 2.5 2314
12. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2426 . 0 = 0 = 0 . 0 . . = * . 1 2.5 2317
13. Bokros, Albert m HUN 2435 . = 0 0 0 . = 0 = . . . * = 2.0 2266
14. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2359 . 0 . 0 0 0 . 0 . . 1 0 = * 1.5 2202
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FSGMB April Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-13 iv 2002 cat. VII (2415)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Nyback, Tomi m FIN 2420 * . = . 1 . 1 . = = 1 1 . 1 6.5 2665
2. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2426 . * . = = 0 . 1 . = . = 1 1 5.0 2521
3. Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri g GRE 2453 = . * . 1 . 0 . = . 0 1 = 1 4.5 2439
4. Pinter, Gabor m HUN 2363 . = . * = = = 1 . = . . . = 4.0 2487
5. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2489 0 = 0 = * . . 1 1 . 1 . . . 4.0 2452
6. Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2460 . 1 . = . * . 0 = = = = . = 4.0 2402
7. Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2375 0 . 1 = . . * . 0 1 = = . = 4.0 2404
8. Karttunen, Mika m FIN 2429 . 0 . 0 0 1 . * . = 1 0 . 1 3.5 2375
9. Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2387 = . = . 0 = 1 . * . . . = . 3.0 2432
10. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2506 = = . = . = 0 = . * . . = . 3.0 2359
11. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2339 0 . 1 . 0 = = 0 . . * . 1 . 3.0 2381
12. Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2388 0 = 0 . . = = 1 . . . * = . 3.0 2372
13. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2396 . 0 = . . . . . = = 0 = * 1 3.0 2361
14. Pipa, Alexander UKR 2380 0 0 0 = . = = 0 . . . . 0 * 1.5 2164
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1. Drabke, Lorenz f ITA 2324 * = 1 = 1 1 1 . 1 = 6.5 2527
2. Gara, Ticia wm HUN 2303 = * 1 = . = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2468
3. Bors, Tamas HUN 2250 0 0 * = 1 1 . 1 1 1 5.5 2427
4. Hardicsay, Peter m HUN 2312 = = = * = . = = 0 1 4.0 2285
5. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2322 0 . 0 = * = = = 1 1 4.0 2275
6. Balogh, Viktor HUN 2236 0 = 0 . = * = = = 1 3.5 2242
7. Soos, Bela m GER 2292 0 0 . = = = * = = 1 3.5 2243
8. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2293 . = 0 = = = = * 0 = 3.0 2189
9. Vismara, Daniele f ITA 2295 0 0 0 1 0 = = 1 * . 3.0 2204
10. Bodrogi, Mihaly HUN 2203 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = . * 1.0 1969
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1. Meszaros, Tamas HUN 2340 * = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 . 6.0 2475
2. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2320 = * . = 1 = 1 = = = 5.0 2361
3. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2364 0 . * 1 0 = 1 1 = = 4.5 2309
4. Nyysti, Sampsa f FIN 2242 = = 0 * . = 0 1 1 1 4.5 2337
5. Vass, Viktor HUN 2218 = 0 1 . * 0 1 = = = 4.0 2294
6. Dub, Zeev f ISR 2297 0 = = = 1 * 0 = . 1 4.0 2279
7. Alfred, Nathan ENG 2246 0 0 0 1 0 1 * . 1 1 4.0 2285
8. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2285 = = 0 0 = = . * = = 3.0 2198
9. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2286 0 = = 0 = . 0 = * 1 3.0 2192
10. Cooke, Eric USA 2220 . = = 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 2.0 2089
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The III Dos Hermanas Open took place 5th-13th April 2002. Francisco
Vallejo Pons won the event with 7.5/9. The winner of the ICC internet
qualification tournament Alexander Rustemov was one of 5 players half a point
behind. My thanks to Pablo Sierra.
Internet coverage: http://www.fsajedrez.com/, final
standings: http://www.fsajedrez.com/torneos/doshermanas/ronda9.htm
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III Open Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 5-13 iv 2002
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1 Vallejo Pons, Francisco (1) gm ESP 7.5 40.0
2 Korneev, Oleg (5) gm RUS 7 38.0
3 Lalic, Bogdan (9) gm ENG 7 36.0
4 Radulski, Juliah (15) im BUL 7 35.5
5 Cheparinov, Ivan (23) im BUL 7 35.0
6 Rustemov, Alexander (2) gm RUS 7 34.5
7 Campora Sivori, Daniel H (7) gm ARG 6.5 37.5
8 Kolev, Atanas (4) gm BUL 6.5 36.5
9 Illescas, Miguel (3) gm ESP 6.5 35.5
10 Stefanova, Antoaneta (22) im BUL 6.5 33.0
11 Janev, Eugeny (16) im BUL 6.5 32.0
12 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G. (13) im ESP 6 35.0
13 Hernandez, Gilberto (6) gm MEX 6 34.5
14 Rizouk, Aimen (19) im ALG 6 33.5
15 Pogorelov, Ruslan (20) gm UKR 6 33.0
16 Castaño Vasquez, Duvan Martin (49) COL 6 32.5
17 Vasilev, Milen (26) fm BUL 6 32.0
18 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S (21) im ECU 6 31.5
19 Teran Alvarez, Ismael (30) im ESP 6 31.0
20 Martinez Martin, David (34) fm ESP 6 31.0
21 Kovacevic, Slobodan (29) im YUG 6 30.5
22 Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis (17) gm ESP 6 29.0
23 Garcia Luque, Agustin (25) fm ESP 6 28.0
24 Cabrera, Alexis (24) im CUB 5.5 32.5
25 Komljenovic, Davor (14) gm CRO 5.5 32.5
26 Estrada, Julian (33) im MEX 5.5 31.0
27 Comas, Luis (12) gm ESP 5.5 30.5
28 Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Mª (31) ESP 5.5 30.0
29 Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique (36) ESP 5.5 29.5
30 Ivanov, Jordan (28) im BUL 5.5 29.5
31 Nuevo Perez, Antonio (48) ESP 5.5 29.5
32 Fernandez Romero, Ernesto (35) fm ESP 5.5 29.0
33 Paramos Dominguez, Roberto (32) im ESP 5.5 29.0
34 Jakslamd, Tim (42) ESP 5.5 28.5
35 Lauridsen, Jesper Morck (40) ESP 5.5 28.0
36 Ferrer Garcia, Isaac (53) ESP 5.5 27.5
37 Calvo, Jesus Mª (38) fm ESP 5.5 26.0
38 Dickl, Errol (43) GER 5.5 25.0
39 Suba, Mihail (8) gm ROM 5 33.0
40 Barrero Garcia, Carlos (37) ESP 5 28.0
41 Diaz Castro, Sergio (51) ESP 5 27.5
42 Martin Vazquez, Jose M (45) ESP 5 26.0
43 Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael (41) im ESP 5 26.0
44 Medina Carrasco, Santiago (44) ESP 5 25.0
45 Zamudio Diaz, Angel (73) ESP 5 24.0
46 Justiniano Marquez, Marco A (71) ESP 5 23.5
47 Soler Roses, Fracesc (70) ESP 5 23.5
48 Meana Fdez-Palacios, Miguel (61) ESP 5 23.0
49 Hermosin Bustos, Manuel (60) ESP 5 23.0
50 Corbalan Gomez, Juan Jose (94) ESP 5 23.0
51 Gomez Feria, Jose M (59) ESP 5 23.0
52 Ventura Calderon, Jaime (87) ESP 5 22.0
53 Hidalgo Paniagua, Fermin (83) ESP 5 21.0
142 players
Eugeny Atarov reports: that the
Moscow Championships take place 15th-23rd April 2002. The event is a 5 round
knockout.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessmoscow.ru and
http://www.joeblack.ru
Round 1 Pairings:
(1) Vladimir Malakhov g RUS 2647 - Artur Gabrielian f RUS 2308
(2) Aleksandra Kosteniuk wg RUS 2469 - Evgeny Dragomaretsky m RUS 2469
(3) Evgeny Najer g RUS 2599 - Alexej Mitenkov m RUS 2421
(4) Adrej Rychagov m RUS 2544 - Garun Nureev m RUS 2448
(5) Evgeny Vorobiov g RUS 2534 - Vasily Gagarin m RUS 2449
(6) Igor Glek g GER 2601 - Andrej Devjatkin m RUS 2441
(7) Alexej Korotylev g RUS 2564 - Sergei Kiselev m RUS 2437
(8) Vladimir Kosyrev g RUS 2565 - Vladimir Dobrov m RUS 2425
(9) Sergei Smagin g RUS 2585 - Irina Krush m USA 2425
(10) Andrei Kharitonov g RUS 2552 - Ratmir Kholmov g RUS 2441
(11) Alexander Rustemov g RUS 2607 - Alexander Shorohov RUS 2407
(12) Evgeny Vasiukov g RUS 2524 - Nikolai Vlassov m RUS 2454
(13) Yurij Balashov g RUS 2545 - Igor Zaitsev g RUS 2444
(14) Sergei Dolmatov g RUS 2588 - Alexej Khruschiov m MDA 2425
(15) Artiom Akhmetov m RUS 2482 - Yurij Shabanov m RUS 2463
(16) Sergei Shipov g RUS 2630 - Farrukh Amonatov f TJK 2388
David Smerdon of Queensland won the 40th Edition of the Doeberl Cup
which took place in Canberra, March 29th - April 1st 2002. Smerdon won with a
score of 6.5/7 a point clear of Ian Rogers. My thanks to Paul Dunn for the
game.
The Golden Cleopatra Open takes place 7th-17th April at the Eastern
Company Club about 5 km from the Pyramids Cairo, Egypt. The event is an 11
round Swiss System tournament. My thanks to Hassan Khaled for the information.
Leading Round 8 Standings:
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1. Rausis, Igors g LAT 2466 6.5 31.5
2. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2494 6.5 29.0
3. Blehm, Pawel g POL 2535 6.5 27.5
4. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2614 6.0 31.0
5. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2513 6.0 31.0
6. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2516 6.0 29.0
7. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2531 6.0 28.5
8. Ezat, Mohamed m EGY 2309 6.0 28.5
9. Abdel Razik, Khaled f EGY 2373 6.0 28.5
10. Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2460 6.0 24.0
11. Slapikas, Vytautas m LTU 2410 5.5 28.0
12. Holmsten, Aleksei m FIN 2420 5.5 27.5
13. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2368 5.5 27.5
14. Visser, Yge m NED 2458 5.5 27.0
15. Ahmed, Esam Aly m EGY 2382 5.5 27.0
16. Frhat, Ali EGY 2322 5.5 27.0
17. Boricsev, Oleg m HUN 2333 5.5 26.5
18. Kaabi, Mejdi m TUN 2352 5.5 26.5
19. Sriram, Jha m IND 2408 5.5 25.5
20. Abou el Zein, Eid Mahmoud m EGY 2333 5.5 25.5
21. El Ghazali, Youssef M m EGY 2362 5.5 25.0
22. Hamam, Reda EGY 2263 5.5 25.0
23. Elkadi, Abdel Rahman EGY 2157 5.5 25.0
24. Amin, Ashraf EGY 2251 5.5 24.0
25. Gross, David CZE m CZE 2462 5.5 23.5
26. Salem, Zahed EGY 2252 5.5 23.5
27. Ismail, Hamed EGY 2250 5.5 23.0
28. Chumfwa, Stanley ZAM 2229 5.5 22.5
145 players
The international youth in Augsburg took place 2nd-10th April 2002.
Stefan Bromberger and Eva Moser scored 7/11 half a point clear of David Gross
of Germany.
Internet coverage: http://www.schach.com/augsburg/index.htm
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1. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2407 * = = = = = 1 1 0 1 1 = 7.0 2463
2. Moser, Eva wm AUT 2339 = * 0 = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2469
3. Gross, David GER m GER 2463 = 1 * = = 1 = 0 = 1 = = 6.5 2421
4. Schenk, Andreas GER 2447 = = = * = = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2423
5. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2454 = 0 = = * 1 1 0 = = = 1 6.0 2393
6. Grafl, Florian f GER 2341 = = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2403
7. Rau, Hannes GER 2297 0 0 = = 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2371
8. Braun, Arik GER 2286 0 = 1 = 1 0 = * 1 0 = 0 5.0 2336
9. Baramidze, David GER 2328 1 = = = = 0 0 0 * = 1 = 5.0 2332
10. L'Ami, Erwin NED 2353 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 = * 0 1 4.0 2264
11. Langheinrich, Ferenc GER 2405 0 0 = = = 0 = = 0 1 * = 4.0 2259
12. Loetscher, Roland f SUI 2266 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 = * 3.5 2241
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The 9th and 10th Hotel Opatija tournaments are taking place in Kastav,
Croatia 10th-20th April 2002. There are both IM and GM events.
Internet coverage: http://sah.posluh.hr/hopatija/index.htm
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1. Saric, Ibro f BIH 2366 * . . = = . . . 1 . 1 . 3.0 2485
2. Kiss, Attila m HUN 2366 . * 1 . . . 0 . . . 1 1 3.0 2430
3. Zufic, Miroslav CRO 2310 . 0 * . = 1 . 1 . . . . 2.5 2485
4. Rukavina, Josip m CRO 2368 = . . * . = . . 1 = . . 2.5 2396
5. Rogic, Davor m CRO 2478 = . = . * . . . . . = 1 2.5 2348
6. Zelenika, Srdjan CRO 2388 . . 0 = . * 1 . . 1 . . 2.5 2396
7. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2301 . 1 . . . 0 * = = . . . 2.0 2326
8. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2328 . . 0 . . . = * . = . = 1.5 2182
9. Gombac, Jan SLO 2225 0 . . 0 . . = . * 1 . . 1.5 2228
10. Kljako, Damir CRO 2227 . . . = . 0 . = 0 * . . 1.0 2134
11. Krkljes, Slaven CRO 2098 0 0 . . = . . . . . * = 1.0 2169
12. Muslija, Idris CRO 2240 . 0 . . 0 . . = . . = * 1.0 2124
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1. Ribli, Zoltan g HUN 2558 * . . . = . . 1 = . = . 1 . 3.5 2609
2. Loncar, Robert m CRO 2442 . * . 0 . . . . . 1 1 = 1 . 3.5 2541
3. Rogulj, Branko m CRO 2452 . . * = 0 1 . . . = . 1 . . 3.0 2475
4. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2510 . 1 = * . . = . . . = . = . 3.0 2505
5. Fontaine, Robert m FRA 2469 = . 1 . * . . 0 = . . . . 1 3.0 2529
6. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2438 . . 0 . . * 0 1 1 . . . . 1 3.0 2503
7. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2424 . . . = . 1 * . . 0 = = . . 2.5 2402
8. Bistric, Faruk m BIH 2486 0 . . . 1 0 . * = . . 1 . . 2.5 2468
9. Vukic, Milan g YUG 2500 = . . . = 0 . = * . . . . 1 2.5 2448
10. Topalovic, Zlatko CRO 2223 . 0 = . . . 1 . . * . . 1 0 2.5 2399
11. Golubovic, Boris m CRO 2462 = 0 . = . . = . . . * . = . 2.0 2392
12. Mukic, Josko f CRO 2379 . = 0 . . . = 0 . . . * . 1 2.0 2347
13. Jurkovic, Hrvoje f CRO 2386 0 0 . = . . . . . 0 = . * . 1.0 2199
14. Mandekic, Ivan CRO 2293 . . . . 0 0 . . 0 1 . 0 . * 1.0 2161
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The Bundesliga 2001-2 season saw rounds 12 and 13 and Luebeck slowly but
surely advance towards the title with a narrow win against Castrop Rauxel and a
slightly more comfortable victory against Wattenscheid.
Internet coverage: http://www.schach.com and
http://www.chessgate.de
Round 12 13th April 2002
Venue: Erfurter SK
Erfurter SK 7 - 1 SG Heiligenhaus
1 Luther ½ : ½ Van Mil 4
2 Haba 1 : 0 Dutreeuw 6
4 Paehtz,T 1 : 0 Berkvens 7
6 Mueller ½ : ½ Schmitz 9
7 Votava 1 : 0 Lindner 10
8 Casper 1 : 0 Heller 11
9 Paehtz,E 1 : 0 Perschke 13
12 Brueggemann 1 : 0 Van Beers 14
SK König Plauen 3 - 5 Solinger SG
1 Beliavsky ½ : ½ Lautier 2
2 Bischoff ½ : ½ Piket 4
3 Markowski 0 : 1 Jussupow 5
5 Boensch ½ : ½ Nikolic 6
6 Kindermann 0 : 1 Fressinet 7
7 Espig ½ : ½ Emms 10
9 Schaller ½ : ½ Naumann 13
13 Dirr ½ : ½ Schaefer 14
Venue: Wattenscheid
SV Wattenscheid 4 - 4 Hamburger SK
1 Aronian 0 : 1 Ftacnik 3
2 Nielsen ½ : ½ Gustafsson 4
4 Hall ½ : ½ Berg 5
5 Holzke 1 : 0 Hansen 6
6 Handke 1 : 0 Wahls 7
10 Straeter 0 : 1 Mueller 8
11 Franke ½ : ½ Heinemann 9
12 Thiel ½ : ½ Sebastian 13
Castrop Rauxel 3½-4½ Lübecker SV
3 De Vreugt ½ : ½ Speelman 4
5 Appel 1 : 0 Epishin 5
6 Gallagher 0 : 1 Hodgson 6
8 Seul 0 : 1 Nunn 8
9 Hoffmann ½ : ½ Hansen 9
11 Dinstuhl 1 : 0 Conquest 10
12 Hennig ½ : ½ DeFirmian 11
13 Brendel 0 : 1 Hector 12
Venue: Neukölln
SFR Neukölln 3 - 5 TV Tegernsee
1 Movsesian ½ : ½ Khenkin 1
2 Stohl ½ : ½ Sokolov 3
4 Berndt ½ : ½ Hertneck 4
5 Brynell ½ : ½ Teske 7
6 Borriss 0 : 1 Stangl 8
7 Polzin 0 : 1 Gross 9
9 Poldauf ½ : ½ Kachiani-Ger 10
10 Thiede ½ : ½ Bromberger 11
Venue: Porz
SG Köln Porz 6½-1½ SV Werder Bremen
1 Lutz ½ : ½ Hracek 1
3 Van Wely ½ : ½ Schandorff 3
5 Sokolov 1 : 0 McShane 4
6 Vaganian 1 : 0 Pelletier 5
9 Hansen 1 : 0 Knaak 6
10 Graf 1 : 0 Joachim 7
11 Van der Doel 1 : 0 Meins 8
12 Bauer ½ : ½ Heissler 10
Godesberger SK 5 - 3 Ksp Hamburg SC
1 Dautov 1 : 0 Pajeken 2
3 Kengis 1 : 0 Hochgraefe 3
5 Kveinys 0 : 1 Buhr 5
6 Langheinrich 0 : 1 Voigt 6
7 Breder ½ : ½ Von Buelow 7
8 Jackelen 1 : 0 Wendt 9
9 Seger ½ : ½ Lindner 12
12 Schmidt 1 : 0 Fjodorow 13
Round 13 14th April 2002
Venue: Erfurter SK
SG Heiligenhaus 2 - 6 SK König Plauen
4 Van Mil 0 : 1 Beliavsky 1
6 Dutreeuw 0 : 1 Bischoff 2
7 Berkvens ½ : ½ Markowski 3
9 Schmitz 0 : 1 Boensch 5
10 Lindner 0 : 1 Kindermann 6
11 Heller 0 : 1 Espig 7
13 Perschke 1 : 0 Schaller 9
14 Van Beers ½ : ½ Dirr 13
Solinger SG 5 - 3 Erfurter SK
2 Lautier ½ : ½ Luther 1
4 Piket ½ : ½ Haba 2
5 Jussupow ½ : ½ Paehtz,T 4
6 Nikolic 1 : 0 Mueller 6
7 Fressinet ½ : ½ Votava 7
10 Emms 1 : 0 Casper 8
13 Naumann 1 : 0 Paehtz,E 9
14 Schaefer 0 : 1 Brueggemann 12
Venue: Wattenscheid
Hamburger SK 4½-3½ Castrop Rauxel
3 Ftacnik ½ : ½ De Vreugt 3
4 Gustafsson ½ : ½ Appel 5
5 Berg 0 : 1 Gallagher 6
6 Hansen 1 : 0 Watson 7
7 Wahls ½ : ½ Hoffmann 9
8 Mueller 1 : 0 Dinstuhl 11
9 Heinemann 0 : 1 Hennig 12
13 Sebastian 1 : 0 Brendel 13
Lübecker SV 5 - 3 SV Wattenscheid
4 Speelman 0 : 1 Aronian 1
5 Epishin ½ : ½ Nielsen 2
6 Hodgson 1 : 0 Hall 4
8 Nunn ½ : ½ Holzke 5
9 Hansen ½ : ½ Handke 6
10 Conquest 1 : 0 Straeter 10
11 DeFirmian ½ : ½ Franke 11
12 Hector 1 : 0 Thiel 12
Venue: Neukölln
Stuttgarter Sfr 3½-4½ SFR Neukölln
2 Hickl ½ : ½ Movsesian 1
4 Bunzmann ½ : ½ Stohl 2
5 Buhmann ½ : ½ Berndt 4
7 Duppel ½ : ½ Brynell 5
9 Zeller 0 : 1 Borriss 6
12 Niklasch ½ : ½ Polzin 7
13 Lorscheid 1 : 0 Poldauf 9
14 Heinatz 0 : 1 Rudolf 11
Venue: Porz
SV Werder Bremen 5½-2½ Godesberger SK
1 Hracek ½ : ½ Dautov 1
3 Schandorff ½ : ½ Kengis 3
4 McShane 1 : 0 Kveinys 5
5 Pelletier 1 : 0 Langheinrich 6
6 Knaak ½ : ½ Breder 7
7 Joachim ½ : ½ Jackelen 8
8 Meins 1 : 0 Seger 9
10 Heissler ½ : ½ Schmidt 12
Ksp Hamburg SC 0 - 8 SG Köln Porz
2 Pajeken 0 : 1 Lutz 1
3 Hochgraefe 0 : 1 Van Wely 3
5 Buhr 0 : 1 Sokolov 5
6 Voigt 0 : 1 Vaganian 6
7 Von Buelow 0 : 1 Hansen 9
9 Wendt 0 : 1 Graf 10
12 Lindner 0 : 1 Van der Doel 11
13 Fjodorow 0 : 1 Bauer 12
Table
1. Lübecker SV 13 68½:35½ 25- 1
2. SG Köln Porz 12 68½:27½ 22- 2
3. SV Werder Bremen 12 56½:39½ 16- 8
4. Solinger SG 12 56 :40 16- 8
5. TV Tegernsee 12 54½:41½ 16- 8
6. SFR Neukölln 12 51½:44½ 15- 9
7. Hamburger SK 13 55½:48½ 15-11
8. Stuttgarter Sfr 12 52½:43½ 13-11
9. Godesberger SK 12 49 :47 13-11
10. Castrop Rauxel 12 44 :52 9-15
11. SV Wattenscheid 12 43½:52½ 7-17
12. Erfurter SK 12 43 :53 6-18
13. SK König Plauen 12 39½:56½ 6-18
14. SG Heiligenhaus 12 21½:74½ 2-22
15. Ksp Hamburg SC 12 24 :72 1-23
The Vietnamese Championships started on March 26th in Vung Tau. Dao
Thien Hai won the men's event above Tu Hong Thong and Nguyen Anh Dung all three
finished on 8/11. Le Kieu Thien Kim won the women's event. Games now available.
Internet coverage: http://www.vietnamchess.com
Sinisa Joksic reports: The 14th "Kreuz-Open" March 28th - April 1st
2002 (part of the "Swiss Chess Tour 2002") was a 7 round Swiss system, with the
top four players going into a knockout after five rounds with the rest carrying
on to finish their final two games. The players played one game at normal time
rate and then playoff games after a faster time rate until the first decisive
result. In the final Lothar Vogt was beaten by Florin Jenni 1.5-0.5. The
3rd-4th playoff saw twins Moor battle, Olivier beat Roger 2-1. (Semi-finals:
Jenni beat Roger Moor 1-0 and Vogt beat Olivier Moor 1-0).
There was a new venue, Hotel "Kruez", 4 stars hotel, instead of the
traditional "Lenkerhof" repairing now, was excellent host for chess event. (If
you visit Lenk don't miss the "Kruez" buffet!). 114 participants, mostly came
with family, combining chess and skiing on the mountains near by. The weather
was on chess players side, all the time were around 20 degrees Celsius (for
April!), but the snow was perfect for skiers.
The first time in history of "Swiss Chess Tour", one swiss player,
Florian Jenni, got pool position, by rating. (Even Korchnoi wasn't number 1 by
rating.) IM Jenni has turned 22, four days before Lenk, already made GM
results, and it is a question of day when he official be award with GM title.
Jenni play good chess, in Lenk was superior, made only two draws, the first in
Round 5 against Roger Moor, and the second in final, in the first game with
Vogt. Lot of chess experts were surprised, to hear his decision, to stop his
professional chess player career, and to go to university this autumn. Great
success made twins brother Roger and Olivier Moor (25) finishing 3.& 4.
The 15th Lenk Chess Festival take place 17th to 21th April 2003.
Final standings:
1. Jenni Florian m 2525 SUI 5 2 0 6.0 29.5 169.5
2. Vogt Lothar g 2456 GER 5 2 0 6.0 29.0 165.5
3. Moor Olivier f 2346 SUI 4 2 1 5.0 29.0 165.5
4. Moor Roger f 2369 SUI 4 2 1 5.0 29.5 167.0
Open
5. Groszpeter Attila g 2498 HUN 4 3 0 5.5 29.0 164.5
6. Videki Sandor m 2443 HUN 4 3 0 5.5 29.0 164.0
7. Horvath Tamas m 2378 HUN 4 3 0 5.5 24.0 154.5
8. Kachiani Ketino wg 2460 GER 4 2 1 5.0 29.0 162.5
9. Gerber Richard m 2420 SUI 4 2 1 5.0 28.5 162.0
9. Raupp Thomas f 2342 GER 4 2 1 5.0 28.5 162.0
11. Horvath Adam m 2464 HUN 5 0 2 5.0 27.5 156.0
12. Haener Philippe 2211 SUI 4 2 1 5.0 27.0 155.0
13. Kolly Jacques 2212 SUI 4 2 1 5.0 26.5 153.0
14. Gersinska Juergen 2295 GER 4 2 1 5.0 24.0 153.5
15. Goldstern Filip f 2386 NED 4 2 1 5.0 24.0 149.0
16. Roschina Tatjana wg 2287 RUS 4 1 2 4.5 28.0 157.5
17. Joksic Sinisa m 2276 YUG 4 1 2 4.5 27.5 159.5
18. Gheorghiu Florin g 2454 ROM 3 3 1 4.5 27.0 153.5
19. Pahud Cedric 2082 SUI 4 1 2 4.5 26.5 150.0
20. Wenner Tobias 2157 GER 2 5 0 4.5 26.5 145.5
21. Salzgeber Frank 2165 SUI 3 3 1 4.5 26.0 158.5
22. Widmer Simon 2080 SUI 4 1 2 4.5 26.0 145.0
23. Pinol Fabrice 2170 SUI 4 1 2 4.5 25.5 152.5
24. Stock Michael 2400 GER 3 3 1 4.5 25.0 153.0
25. Rufener Markus 2212 SUI 4 1 2 4.5 24.5 154.5
26. Borner Daniel 2260 SUI 3 3 1 4.5 23.5 142.5
27. Kurmann Oliver 2207 SUI 3 3 1 4.5 23.5 140.5
28. Duratti Lindo 2195 FRA 4 1 2 4.5 22.5 150.0
100 players
The 57th Yugoslav Championships took place in Banja Koviljaca they
started on 16th March 2002. Dragisa Blagojevic and Milos Pavlovic won with
8/13. Games now available.
There playoffs for the Championship of Yugolsavia between IM Blagojevic
Dragisa, IM Pikula Dejan and GM Pavlovic Milos will take place in Banja
Koviljaca 6th-11th 2002.
The women's event is now underway.
http://www.politika.co.yu/2002/0415/s06a.htm
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57th ch-YUG Banja Koviljaca YUG (YUG), 16-30 iii 2002 cat. X (2500)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Blagojevic, Dragisa m YUG 2508 * = = 1 = = = = = = 1 1 = = 8.0 2586
2. Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2497 = * = = = = 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 8.0 2587
3. Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2466 = = * = 0 = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2589
4. Arsovic, Goran m YUG 2437 0 = = * = = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2562
5. Ilincic, Zlatko g YUG 2534 = = 1 = * = 1 = = 0 1 0 = = 7.0 2526
6. Kosic, Dragan g YUG 2511 = = = = = * = 0 1 = 0 1 1 = 7.0 2528
7. Savic, Miodrag R m YUG 2469 = 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 1 = = 1 = 7.0 2531
8. Popovic, Petar g YUG 2533 = = 1 = = 1 0 * = 0 = 0 = 1 6.5 2497
9. Kovacevic, Aleksandar g YUG 2549 = = 0 = = 0 = = * 1 = = = 1 6.5 2496
710. Antic, Dejan g YUG 2470 = = 0 0 1 = 0 1 0 * 1 0 0 1 5.5 2445
11. Jeremic, Veljko YUG 2484 0 0 = = 0 1 = = = 0 * 1 = = 5.5 2444
12. Ostojic, Nikola m YUG 2475 0 = 0 0 1 0 = 1 = 1 0 * = 0 5.0 2415
13. Abramovic, Bosko g YUG 2524 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 1 = = * = 5.0 2411
14. Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2545 = = 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 1 = * 4.5 2386
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3rd European Individual Championships
The 3rd European Individual Championships will be held in Batumi,
Georgia, June 11th-27th 2002.
Further details: http://www.eurochess.org/start/index.php
Dubai Open 2002
The Dubai Open 2002 takes place 15th-24th April 2002. Players include
Andrei Kharlov and Krishnan Sasikiran. Games from the top 16 boards will be
live on internet at: http://online.fide.com,
http://www.dubaichess.com and
http://www.arabfide.com/
Rethymno 2002
The new Chess Club Caissa Of Rethymno and Kydon Sports Club of Chania
have organised a Congress 27th April - 2nd May 2002. The Chess Festival Easter
in Rethymno 2002 will include a two game match between Korchnoi and Kouvatsou.
Live broadcast in http://www.caissa.gr
Jeff Sonas Statistics on World Championship Formats
Jeff Sonas presents a statistical analysis of various world
championship formats, especially evaluating the FIDE, Einstein Group, and
Seirawan approaches in detail.
Championship Chessmetrics Analysis by Jeff Sonas
(version 2)
North Sea Cup
The North Sea Cup takes place in Esbjerg Denmark July 5th-13th 2002.
The event is organised by the Esbjerg Chess Union and is a 10-player category
14 round-robin with: Alisa Galliamova, Lazaro Bruzon, Leinier Dominguez, Sergey
Tiviakov, Hannes Stefansson, Igor Glek, Andrey Volokitin, Peter Heine Nielsen,
Curt Hansen and Sune Berg Hansen.
As yet there is no website.
3rd European Individual Women's Championships
The 3rd European Individual Women's Chess Championship takes place May
26th - June 9nd 2002 in Varna, Bulgaria. Leading players signed up so far
include: Nana Ioseliani, Almira Lautier, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Corina Peptan,
Antoaneta Stefanova, Zhao Qin Peng, Ketino Kachiani, Viktorija Cmilyte, Alisa
Maric, Nino Khurtsidze, Joanna Dworakowska, Svetlana Matveeva, Cristina Adela
Foisor, Natasa Bojkovic, Tatiana Stepovaia, Natalia Zhukova, Svetlana
Prudnikova, Tatjana Vasilevich, Inna Gaponenko, Harriet Hunt, Olga Alexandrova,
Marta Zielinska and Elena Sedina (103 players). Additional players from
Georgia, Macedonia and Bulgaria have yet to be established.
Further details: http://www.chessbg.com/
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2002 takes place 6th-21st July
2002. The main event is a Candidates tournament to find a challenger for
Vladimir Kramnik's Einstein Group World Chess title.
Seven of the top ten players in the World will compete. They are split
into two preliminary groups:
Group I:
1. Veselin Topalov BLG (1)
2. Boris Gelfand ISR (4)
3. Alexei Shirov ESP (5)
4. Christopher Lutz GER (8)
Group II:
1. Alexander Morozevich RUS (2)
2. Michael Adams ENG (3)
3. Peter Leko HUN (6)
4. Evgeny Bareev RUS (7)
The top two from each group will go forward to the semi-finals. Sadly
Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov will not be playing
they are probably the top three Candidates you would want to see.
Official website: http://www.chessgate.de
Eurotel KO Details
The Eurotel knockout takes place in Prague April 27th - May 5th 2002.
32 of the best players in the World compete for a prizefund of 500,000 Euros
and the Eurotel Trophy. Presented under the auspices of Online World Chess B.V.
(Bessel Kok, and Serge Grimaux), it will be the highest-level chess event ever
to be held in the Czech Republic.
The 32 participants include: GM Garry Kasparov, GM Vladimir Kramnik,
Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar etc. Note that Ruslan Ponomariov is not in the
field.
A series of knock-out matches will determine the two finalists, who
will then play two games of classical chess during the last two days of the
event. Each knock-out match consists of two games of rapid chess. Time rate 25
minutes with no increment. Two blitz games and if necessary a final game will
be used in case of a tie. The event’s final will have two games played at
40 moves in 2 hours; 20 moves in 1 hour; rest of the game in 30 minutes. If the
final is tied after two games, blitz games will be used.
The opening ceremony will be at 4 PM on Saturday April 27th. It will
see the drawing of lots. Round 1 will be on April 28th and 29th, Round 2 on
April 30th, the Quarter finals will be on May 1st, Semi-finals May 2nd, Rest
day May 3rd, Finals May 5th-6th 2002. Play starts at 2pm each day except the
final which starts at 12-30.
Participants: Michael Adams, Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Morozevich,
Evgeny Bareev, Gilberto Milos, Sergei Movsesian, Victor Bologan, Jeroen Piket,
Boris Gelfand, Judit Polgar, Mikhail Gurevich, Teimour Radjabov, Alexander
Grischuk, Yasser Seirawan, Zbynek Hrácek, Alexei Shirov, Vassily
Ivanchuk, Nigel Short, Artur Jussopow, Ivan Sokolov, Anatoly Karpov, Peter
Svidler, Garry Kasparov, Jan Timman, Alexander Khalifman, Vladislav Tkachiev,
Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Loek van Wely, Vadim Milov and
Ye Jiangchuan.
Internet site: http://www.worldchesstrophy.cz
Advanced Chess in Leon
Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand will play an Advanced Chess Match
in Leon, Spain June 20th to June 24th 2002.
They will be playing Advanced Chess with both players consulting with
their databases and chess programs (Chessbase is one of the sponsors of the
tournament). Each player has 1 hour for the whole game. Schedule: Drawing of
lots June 20th at the Conde Luna Hotel of León. The event will be played
in 3 sessions: 2 games on Friday 21st, 2 games on Saturday 22nd and the last 2
games on Sunday 23rd . If the tournament finishes 3 to 3, there will be a
tiebreak blitz match to decide the winner.
Probable web page: http://www.advancedchessleon.com
Mirabal Rapidplay
The V International Tournament Mirabal tournament in Madrid, Spain
takes place April 13th-14th 2002. The 9 round Swiss event has a time control
20´+ 10´´ (Bronstein System).
There is a first prize of 2.400 Euros. There will be live games on the
Internet Saturday 13th: 16 h Sunday 14th: 9.30 h (Spanish time, GMT +2). There
will be a quiz on line at the same time: the visitors can guess player´s
moves and make them on the board. The best in every game will receive a T-shirt
from Colegio Mirabal (Mirabal School)
Official site and live coverage: http://www.hechiceros.net
Anand played in 2001. It is hoped that some more top players may also
join the field this year:
Leading players so far
IM Alonso, Salvador 2445
FM Barria, Daniel 2390
IM Cabrera, Alexis 2440
IM Candela, José 2399
GM Cifuentes, Roberto 2521
FM Corral, Juan A. 2463
IM del Río, Gabriel 2509
IM Djuric, Stefan 2487
FM Escobar, Alder 2396
FM Estrada, Julián 2380
FM Franco, Alejandro 2383
IM Iruzubieta, Jesús M. 2430
FM Camarena, Rufino 2380
GM Kogan, Arthur 2568
FM Labollita, Martín 2398
IM Martín, Ángel 2411
GM Milov, Vadim 2595
IM Moreno Carnero, J 2503
IM Moreno Ruiz, Javier 2415
IM Nosenko, Alexander 2448
IM Pomés, Juan 2399
IM Rahal, Michael 2388
GM Rodríguez, Amador 2477
GM Sansegundo, Pablo 2525
FM Suárez, Diego 2398
IM Todorcevic, Miodrag 2487
GM Ubilava, Elizbar 2540
IM Vasallo, Mauricio 2440
IM Vehí, Víctor 2451
IM Zlotnik, Boris 2423
5th Malbork Castle Cup
The 5th Malbork Castle Cup (Poland) 14-15 September 2002 (swiss type,
open tournament in 9 rounds, 30' game, prizes fund 7000 PLN (about 2000 Euro).
The Castle Malbork was honoured with an entry into UNESCO's List of the World's
Cultural Heritage. The city populated by forty-thousand inhabitants is visited
each year by half a milion tourists.
Detailed information (English, Germany and Polish) at:
http://skoraf.republika.pl/index.htm
7th Computer Olympiad
The 7th Computer Olympiad (including World Chess Championship) takes
place in Maastricht July 5th-11th 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/Olympiad2002/
19th Barnet Congress
The 19th Barnet Congress will be held on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th
May
Further info:
http://www.gtryfon.demon.co.uk/bcc/About_BCC/Congress/barnetcc.htm
Entry form contacts John Venn (0208-449-9538) 17 The Crescent, Hadley
Common, Barnet, Herts, EN5 5QQ
3rd Asean Age-Group Championships
The 3rd Asean Age-Group Championships take place in Singapore 8th-14th
June 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.aseanchess.com/agegrp.htm
Backa Palanka 2002
The Third Open tournament "Backa Palanka 2002" will run 2nd-10th May
2002. The event will take place in Backa Palanka (30 km western of Novi Sad).
The top six players will have special conditions. The Prize fund is 4.000. Euro
(12 prizes :First=750,last= 100 and special prizes : for the best Women, Youth
and Veteran players. Nine rounds, Swiss pairing, six hour playing session.
Contact:Dragic Jovan ,(English) tel.++ 381 21 74 74 32 or mobile 063/56 25 84
or E-mail : kingns@EUnet.yu
Further Information: http://www.backapalankaopen.com
Oceania (3.2b) Zonal Championship 2002
The Oceania Zonal Chess Championship take place at the Warwick Fiji
hotel resort, Fiji 6th-11th May 2002. Entries close 19th April 2002!
Further details: http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/fzt.htm
South African and Open Chess Championships
The South African and Open Chess Championships take place in Boardwalk
Casino & Entertainment Centre (Tsitsikama Conference Hall) Port Elizabeth
South Africa 1st-13th July 2002.
Further details: http://www.geocities.com/saopen2002/
Frank Quisinsky Computer Chess
Frank Quisinsky's Computer Chess pages have been updated. Computer Chess
calendar and a database computer games since 1990 are availble.
Link: http://www.amateurschach.de
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/
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'.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.