THE WEEK IN CHESS 392 13th May 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Prague
Agreement
3) 59th Men's Polish Chess Championships
4) Mitropa Cup
5) Capablanca Memorial
6) First Saturday May
7) Championships of
Uruguay
8) Backa Palanka
9) NAO Chess
Club 2nd IM tournament
10) Russian Women's
Championships
11) 11th Macedonian Team Cup
12) Dutch Team Playoffs
13) Final Weekend
of the 4NCL
14) Alushta-100
15)
Philippine National Championship
16) Oceania (3.2b) Zonal
Championship
17) Prague Unity Agreement Comments
18) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
59th Men's Polish Championships 42 games
Mitropa Cup 120 games
Capablanca Memorial 133 games
First Saturday May 76 games
Championships of Uruguay 42 games
Backa Palanka 62 games
Russian Women's Championships 33 games
11th Macedonian Team Cup 120 games
Dutch Team Playoffs 40 games
Final Weekend of the 4NCL 144 games
Alushta-100 91 games
Philippine National Championship 120 games
Oceania (3.2b) Zonal Championship 163 games
1185 games
My thanks to Vladica Andrejic, Laszlo Nagy, Lanfranco Bombelli, John
Henderson, Pawel Suwarski and Bartlomiej Macieja, Gabriela Koskoska, Alejandro
Nogueira, Andres Bacsi, Adolivio Capece, Bobby Ang, Arthur Brameld, Joel
Lautier, Jovan Dragic and all those who helped with this issue.
The agreement reached in Prague for a unified World Championships is
only the start of the process. A week down the line it has been shown not to be
unifying as far as the leading players are concerned. In the next few months we
will see how the parties involved plan to put it into practice. The details may
be even more controversial than the original agreement.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Its now a week since the Prague agreement to produce a single World
Chess Champion and there has been some time to take in the implications. Whilst
I think unification is essential the deal certainly leaves a sour taste.
Garry Kasparov has been world number one for nearly two decades and is
also the most famous player. His participation is both financially and for
publicity purposes very desirable. However there seems no sporting
justification for seeding him directly to a match against one of the champions
Ponomariov. Moreover Kasparov seems to have emerged with more political power
than any other player, worrying as Kasparov has proved to be very divisive away
from the board.
One reading of the situation is to say simply good luck to Kasparov, he
negotiated a good deal for himself whilst the other players did not. Most
certainly Kasparov is a powerful personality who tends to get his way a lot of
the time. Nevertheless the agreement leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Anand
and Ivanchuk turned down the Dortmund qualifier remaining loyal to FIDE and in
return they were not offered a place in the unification process.
One obvious solution would have been to take Ivanchuk (as losing FIDE
finalist), Svidler and Anand (as losing semi-finalists) and add Garry Kasparov
to produce an elimination tournament of 12 rounds, the winner to play Ruslan
Ponomariov. However that would have had to have been firmly on the agenda
before the offer was made to Kasparov (and we don't know who floated this idea
and when it became real). Once Kasparov found the idea of playing Ponomariov
acceptable he was hardly going to accept anything less. Kasparov then
negotiated with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov directly and they came to an agreement
before Prague. If the solution of an extra qualifying tournament had been the
one offered to Kasparov then he would have had to either accept or turn it
down. There is some talk that the Ponomariov - Kasparov match is only agreed in
principal and that other players could be included but it would be very hard to
add another stage now although Kasparov would look incredibly magnanimous if he
accepted such a proposal.
The 59th Men's Polish Chess Championships took place in Warsaw April
28th - May 12th 2002. Michal Krasenkow took clear first with 10.5/13. My thanks
to Pawel Suwarski and Bartlomiej Macieja.
Internet coverage: http://szachy.plusgsm.pl/
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59th ch-POL Warsaw POL (POL), 29 iv-12 v 2002 cat. X (2498)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2641 * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 10.5 2738
2. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2584 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2702
3. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2538 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 9.0 2636
4. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2570 0 = = * 1 = = 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 8.5 2602
5. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2484 = = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2586
6. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2564 0 0 = = = * 1 1 = 1 1 0 0 1 7.0 2522
7. Cyborowski, Lukasz m POL 2510 0 = = = = 0 * = 0 = = = 1 1 6.0 2468
8. Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2523 = = 0 0 = 0 = * = 0 1 = 1 1 6.0 2467
9. Bobras, Piotr m POL 2435 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2474
10. Blehm, Pawel g POL 2547 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 1 1 5.5 2437
11. Bartel, Mateusz m POL 2417 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 0 1 5.0 2417
12. Tomczak, Rafal f POL 2384 = 0 0 = 0 1 = = = 0 0 * 1 0 4.5 2396
13. Stryjecki, Marek m POL 2456 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 0 2.5 2250
14. Lagowski, Patryk f POL 2321 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 2.5 2260
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The Mitropa Cup took place in Leipzig 3rd-11th May 2002. Slovenia
(Alexander Beliavsky, Dusko Pavasovic, Adrian Mikhalchishin and Georg Mohr)
defeated Germany (Christopher Lutz, Robert Huebner, Alexander Graf and Fabian
Doettling) in round 7 which meant they took first place by just one point.
Internet coverage:
http://www.sv-goerlitz.de/Turniere/Mitropacup2002/Mitropacup.html
Round 4 6th May 2002
Hungary - Slovakia 2-2
Austria - Slovenia 0-4
Croatia - Switzerland 2-2
Italy - Czech Republic 1½-2½
Germany - France 3½-½
Round 5 7th May 2002
France - Hungary 1½-2½
Czech Republic - Germany 1-3
Switzerland - Italy 2-2
Slovenia - Croatia 3½-½
Slovakia - Austria 3-1
Round 6 8th May 2002
Hungary - Austria 3-1
Croatia - Slovakia 2-2
Italy - Slovenia ½-3½
Germany - Switzerland 2½-1½
France - Czech Republic 1½-2½
Round 7 9th May 2002
Czech Republic - Hungary 1-3
Switzerland - France 4-0
Slovenia - Germany 2½-1½
Beliavsky,Alexand - Lutz,Christopher 1-0
Pavasovic, Dusko - Hübner,Robert,Dr. ½-½
Mikhalchishin,Adr - Graf,Alexander ½-½
Mohr, Georg - Döttling,Fabian ½-½
Slovakia - Italy 2-2
Austria - Croatia 2½-1½
Round 8 10th May 2002
Hungary - Croatia 2-2
Italy - Austria 1½-2½
Germany - Slovakia 2½-1½
France - Slovenia ½-3½
Czech Republic - Switzerland ½-3½
Round 9 11th May 2002
Switzerland - Hungary 1½-2½
Slovenia - Czech Republic 2-2
Slovakia - France 2-2
Austria - Germany ½-3½
Croatia - Italy 1-3
Final Standings:
1. Slovenia 2548 7 2 0 16-2 27.0
2. Germany 2581 8 0 1 16-2 26.0
3. Hungary 2492 5 3 1 13-5 21.5
4. Switzerland 2482 4 2 3 10-8 21.5
5. Slovakia 2422 2 4 3 8-10 17.5
6. Italy 2391 2 2 5 6-12 15.5
7. Czech Republic 2439 2 2 5 6-12 14.5
7. Croatia 2432 1 4 4 6-12 14.5
9. Austria 2351 3 0 6 6-12 12.0
10. France 2376 1 1 7 3-15 10.0
Teams
1 Italy 2391
1 Borgo, Giulio IM 2418 ITA
2 Sedina, Elena (IM) WGM 2407 ITA
3 Sarno, Spartaco IM 2399 ITA
4 Mantovani, Renzo IM 2369 ITA
5 Isonzo, Davide FM 2360 ITA
2 Germany 2581
1 Lutz,Christopher GM 2644 GER
2 Hübner,Robert,Dr. GM 2628 GER
3 Graf,Alexander GM 2623 GER
4 Döttling,Fabian IM 2540 GER
5 Sprenger,Jan Micha IM 2468 GER
3 France 2376
1 Pira, Davoud IM 2434 FRA
2 Touzane, Olivier IM 2352 FRA
3 Dunis, Aurelien 2405 FRA
4 Gozzoli, Yannick 2313 FRA
4 Czech Republic 2439
1 Kalod,Radek IM 2472 CZE
2 Groß,David IM 2470 CZE
3 Cvek, Robert IM 2430 CZE
4 Rasik,Vitezlav IM 2424 CZE
5 Jirka, Jiri 2398 CZE
5 Switzerland 2482
1 Korchnoi, Viktor GM 2635 SUI
2 Jenni, Florian IM 2508 SUI
3 Forster, Richard IM 2459 SUI
4 Hug, Werner IM 2461 SUI
5 Moor, Olivier FM 2346 SUI
6 Slovenia 2548
1 Beliavsky,Alexande GM 2661 SLO
2 Pavasovic, Dusko GM 2567 SLO
3 Mikhalchishin,Adri GM 2535 SLO
4 Mohr, Georg GM 2509 SLO
5 Grosar, Aljosa IM 2470 SLO
7 Slovakia 2422
1 Markos, Jan IM 2467 SVK
2 Plachetka,Jan GM 2441 SVK
3 Priehoda,Viteslav IM 2425 SVK
4 Manik, Mikulas IM 2410 SVK
5 Kotan, Ladislav IM 2365 SVK
8 Austria 2351
1 Balinov, Ilija GM 2464 AUT
2 Moser,Eva WIM 2311 AUT
3 Groetz, Harald FM 2353 AUT
4 Kuba, Guenter FM 2317 AUT
5 Pilaj, Herwig FM 2310 AUT
9 Croatia 2432
1 Stevic, Hrvoje GM 2523 CRO
2 Golubovic, Boris IM 2462 CRO
3 Kovacevic, Blazimi IM 2461 CRO
4 Brumen, Dinko IM 2408 CRO
5 Brkic, Ante FM 2306 CRO
10 Hungary 2492
1 Ruck,Robert GM 2569 HUN
2 Berkes, Ferenc GM 2511 HUN
3 Horvath, Adam IM 2464 HUN
4 Czebe, Attila IM 2462 HUN
5 Csom,Istvan GM 2456 HUN
The XXXVII Capablanca Memorial takes place in the Hotel Neptuno -
Tritón, La Habana May 5th-17th 2002. The main event is the Category XIII
Elite event but also there are two Category IX events.
Internet coverage: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
Round 5 Standings:
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Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (CUB), 6-17 v 2002 cat. XIII (2559)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2537 * = = . . = = 1 . . 3.0 2626
2. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2542 = * . . 1 . . = 1 0 3.0 2629
3. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2534 = . * = = . . . = 1 3.0 2634
4. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2569 . . = * = . = . = 1 3.0 2640
5. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2567 . 0 = = * 1 . = . . 2.5 2548
6. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2556 = . . . 0 * = 1 = . 2.5 2568
7. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2598 = . . = . = * 0 . 1 2.5 2548
8. Zapata, Alonso g COL 2541 0 = . . = 0 1 * . . 2.0 2488
9. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2601 . 0 = = . = . . * = 2.0 2476
10. Kogan, Artur g ISR 2540 . 1 0 0 . . 0 . = * 1.5 2419
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Round 6 Standings
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Capablanca Mem Premier I Havana CUB (CUB), 6-15 v 2002 cat. IX (2451)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G m ESP 2495 * = 1 . = . 1 = 1 . . . 4.5 2656
2. Vassallo, Mauricio m ARG 2438 = * . = . 0 . . . 1 1 = 3.5 2496
3. Franco Ocampos, Zenon g PAR 2510 0 . * 1 . . = . = . = 1 3.5 2503
4. Cacho Reigadas, Sergio m ESP 2469 . = 0 * 0 . . 1 . . 1 1 3.5 2515
5. Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2438 = . . 1 * = 0 . = = . . 3.0 2444
6. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2425 . 1 . . = * = = . . 0 = 3.0 2453
7. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2480 0 . = . 1 = * . = = . . 3.0 2444
8. Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2521 = . . 0 . = . * = = . 1 3.0 2430
9. Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2395 0 . = . = . = = * = . . 2.5 2417
10. Alvarez, Jose m CUB 2403 . 0 . . = . = = = * = . 2.5 2395
11. Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2444 . 0 = 0 . 1 . . . = * = 2.5 2383
12. Alonso, Rene m CUB 2398 . = 0 0 . = . 0 . . = * 1.5 2274
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Capablanca Mem Premier II Havana CUB (CUB), 6-15 v 2002 cat. IX (2452)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Delgado, Neuris m CUB 2506 * . . = = 1 . . = = 1 . 4.0 2556
2. Herrera, Irisberto g CUB 2474 . * = = . 1 = = . . . 1 4.0 2568
3. Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2499 . = * . = . . = . 1 1 = 4.0 2579
4. Reinaldo Castineira, Roi m ESP 2404 = = . * = . . . . = 1 1 4.0 2592
5. Hauchard, Arnaud g FRA 2518 = . = = * . 1 . 1 . 0 . 3.5 2506
6. Gomez, Felix m CUB 2406 0 0 . . . * = 1 1 . = . 3.0 2449
7. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2484 . = . . 0 = * = . 1 . = 3.0 2453
8. De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2427 . = = . . 0 = * . = . 1 3.0 2460
9. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2396 = . . . 0 0 . . * = = 1 2.5 2399
10. Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio m ESP 2456 = . 0 = . . 0 = = * . . 2.0 2327
11. Gongora, Maikel m CUB 2408 0 . 0 0 1 = . . = . * . 2.0 2329
12. Vazquez, Renier m CUB 2442 . 0 = 0 . . = 0 0 . . * 1.0 2174
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Capablanca Mem Mixto Havana CUB (CUB), 6-15 v 2002 cat. II (2284)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Zambrana, Oswaldo f BOL 2389 * 1 = . 1 1 . = . . 1 . 5.0 2524
2. Pina, Sulennis wm CUB 2371 0 * = 1 . . . 1 1 . . = 4.0 2435
3. Collazo, Niala wf CUB 2192 = = * . . . 1 = 0 = . . 3.0 2296
4. Araque, Rafael m COL 2365 . 0 . * . 1 = 0 = 1 . . 3.0 2276
5. Frometa, Zirka wm CUB 2213 0 . . . * 0 1 . 1 0 1 . 3.0 2259
6. Montalvo, Alejandro m PUR 2268 0 . . 0 1 * . . . 1 = = 3.0 2312
7. Fleitas, Yuleikis wm CUB 2209 . . 0 = 0 . * 1 . . = 1 3.0 2275
8. Arribas, Maritza wg CUB 2290 = 0 = 1 . . 0 * = . . . 2.5 2231
9. Ramon, Vivian wg CUB 2206 . 0 1 = 0 . . = * . . = 2.5 2251
10. Ocampo, Raul MEX m MEX 2312 . . = 0 1 0 . . . * = = 2.5 2215
11. Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2174 0 . . . 0 = = . . = * 1 2.5 2244
12. Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio m ECU 2420 . = . . . = 0 . = = 0 * 2.0 2131
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There are GM-IM-FM-norm and also a FIDE ELO-rating tournaments in
Budapest, 4th-16th of May 2002.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/firstsat/
Round 9 Standings:
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FSGM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 v 2002 cat. VII (2410)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2502 * . = 1 1 . 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2724
2. Balogh, Csaba f HUN 2413 . * 1 = . 1 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2594
3. Nyback, Tomi m FIN 2420 = 0 * . = . = 1 0 1 1 4.5 2446
4. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2379 0 = . * = 1 = 1 . = . 4.0 2474
5. Husari, Satea m SYR 2383 0 . = = * = = = . = 1 4.0 2416
6. Seres, Lajos m HUN 2483 . 0 . 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 4.0 2387
7. Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2460 0 = = = = = * . = . = 3.5 2371
8. Rajlich, Vasik G f USA 2377 = = 0 0 = 0 . * . 1 1 3.5 2368
9. Bilek, Istvan g HUN 2377 0 0 1 . . = = . * = = 3.0 2377
10. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2354 0 = 0 = = 0 . 0 = * 1 3.0 2285
11. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2359 0 0 0 . 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1.5 2145
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FSIM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 v 2002 cat. II (2277)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Berczes, Csaba f HUN 2243 * = 1 . = = 1 1 = . 1 1 7.0 2504
2. Bui Vinh VIE 2420 = * 0 . . 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2473
3. Papp, Gellert HUN 2244 0 1 * 1 1 . = = = . 0 1 5.5 2365
4. Dub, Zeev f ISR 2297 . . 0 * 1 = = = 1 0 1 = 5.0 2305
5. Volodin, Viktor m RUS 2319 = . 0 0 * = = . = 1 1 = 4.5 2265
6. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2293 = 0 . = = * 1 = 0 = . = 4.0 2225
7. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2226 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 . 1 . = 4.0 2224
8. Mueller, Markus GER 2195 0 0 = = . = 0 * = 1 1 . 4.0 2248
9. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2322 = 0 = 0 = 1 . = * = 0 . 3.5 2208
10. Vass, Viktor HUN 2218 . 0 . 1 0 = 0 0 = * = 1 3.5 2210
11. Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2364 0 = 1 0 0 . . 0 1 = * 0 3.0 2145
12. Berczes, David HUN 2179 0 0 0 = = = = . . 0 1 * 3.0 2166
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Alejandro Nogueira reports: The chess Championships of Uruguay take
place 6th-16th May in Best Western Palladium Hotel - Montevideo - Uruguay. It
is a 12 round robin with two invited IM : Alfredo Giaccio of Argentina and
Cristobal Valiente from Paraguay. There are actually two players running for
the title at this time, both IM from Uruguay: Bernardo Roselli and Martin
Crosa, this last one made in Asunción, Paraguay his third IM norm last
month. The results against the invited IM don´t count for the title, but
gives the tournament a international level at least.
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ch-URU Montevideo URU (URU), 6-16 v 2002 cat. I (2269)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Crosa, Martin f URU 2384 * . 1 = . 1 1 1 = . . 1 6.0 2575
2. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2419 . * 0 1 . = . 1 . 1 1 1 5.5 2504
3. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2517 0 1 * 0 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 5.0 2426
4. Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2331 = 0 1 * = . = . 1 . 1 . 4.5 2388
5. Curi, Gabriel f URU 2267 . . 0 = * = = 1 . = 1 . 4.0 2324
6. Riverol, Jose URU 2278 0 = . . = * 0 . 1 1 = . 3.5 2229
7. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A URU 2237 0 . 0 = = 1 * . 0 . . 1 3.0 2238
8. Bauza, Alejandro f URU 2260 0 0 . . 0 . . * = 1 1 0 2.5 2127
9. Echevers,Ignacio URU ---- = . 0 0 . 0 1 = * 0 . . 2.0 2145
10. Saralegui, Mario URU 2118 . 0 . . = 0 . 0 1 * = 0 2.0 2076
11. Larrea, Manuel URU 2180 . 0 . 0 0 = . 0 . = * 1 2.0 2115
12. Sosa Macho, Juan Manu URU 2240 0 0 0 . . . 0 1 . 1 0 * 2.0 2144
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The 3rd Backa Palanka Open tournament took place 2nd-10th May 2002. The
event took place in Backa Palanka (30 km western of Novi Sad). The winner was
Misa Pap with 7/9.
Internet coverage:
http://solair.eunet.yu/~kingns/Open2002e.htm
or http://www.backapalankaopen.com
Final Standings:
1 Pap, Misa (17) YUG 2413 im 7 39.5
2 Lajthajm, Borko (15) YUG 2419 fm 6.5 37.5
3 Rajkovic, Dusan (1) YUG 2501 gm 6.5 36.0
4 Tadic, Branko (11) YUG 2442 im 6.5 34.5
5 Sanduleac, Vasile (7) MDA 2477 im 6.5 34.0
6 Drazic, Sinisa (8) YUG 2474 gm 6.5 33.0
7 Svetushkin, Dmitry (4) MDA 2484 gm 6.5 32.0
8 Andrijevic, Milan (24) YUG 2368 im 6.5 30.5
9 Jeremic, Veljko (5) YUG 2482 6 34.0
10 Savic, Miodrag R. (2) YUG 2498 im 6 32.5
11 Markovic, Zoran S. (18) YUG 2409 im 6 31.0
12 Kozakov, Mikhail (10) UKR 2448 gm 6 31.0
13 Zlatic, Mihajlo (25) YUG 2356 fm 6 30.5
14 Radovanovic, Dusan (32) YUG 2294 6 28.0
15 Todorovic, Goran M (3) YUG 2487 gm 5.5 31.5
16 Pilgaard, Kim (12) DEN 2426 im 5.5 31.5
17 Bogdan, Dan (23) ROU 2374 im 5.5 30.5
18 Perunovic, Milos (6) YUG 2478 im 5.5 30.0
19 Brenjo, Slavisa (14) YUG 2424 im 5.5 30.0
20 Zakharchenko, Arnold (22) UKR 2391 im 5.5 29.0
21 Arsovic, Zoran (16) YUG 2416 im 5.5 28.5
22 Ostojic, Nikola (9) YUG 2462 im 5.5 28.5
23 Weinzettl, Ernst (20) AUT 2397 im 5.5 27.0
24 Vujadinovic, Goran (21) YUG 2394 im 5.5 27.0
25 Kernazhitsky, Leonid (19) UKR 2401 im 5.5 25.0
81 players
The NAO Chess Club 2nd IM tournament takes place 13th-21st May 2002. The
main point of interest is the player Yoshiharu Habu. The 31 year old is from
Japan. He is considered to be the strongest ever player of Shogi and is a big
star in his country. He also happens to be a keen chess player, and a very good
one at that. He has been taught the game seven years ago, and although he can
devote very little time to our game due to his busy schedule, he already scored
an IM norm last year in his second (!) official tournament.
Players: Micea - Sergiu Lupu 2470, Cyril Marcelin 2452, Ventzislav
Inkiov 2440, Mark Taimanov 2423, Laurent Guidarelli 2366, Yoshiharu Habu 2342,
Sébastien Midoux 2288, Tervel Serafimov 2284, François Marchand
2259 and Edouard Bonnet 2194.
Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com
The Russian Women's Championships take place in Elista, May 10th-18th
2002. The event is a 9 round Swiss. The standings are based on the games as
there isn't one on the official site (one game and therefore result may be
missing).
Internet coverage: http://www.chessdaily.com/wrcc/
Round 2 Standings:
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1. Zimina, Olga wm RUS 2360 +29 +19 2.0
2. Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2388 +21 =11 1.5 2493
3. Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2437 +20 =12 1.5 2492
4. Kharashkina, Bairta wf RUS 2193 +30 = 7 1.5 2531
5. Kosintseva, Tatiana wg RUS 2373 =24 +16 1.5 2408
6. Kursova, Maria wf RUS 2255 =10 +26 1.5 2591
7. Polovnikova, Ekaterina wg RUS 2366 +27 = 4 1.5 2414
8. Demina, Julia wg RUS 2334 =15 +25 1.5 2378
9. Slavina, Irina wg RUS 2370 =14 +24 1.5 2320
10. Sudakova, Irina wm RUS 2369 = 6 +31 1.5 2433
11. Kozlovskaya, Valentina wg RUS 2246 +34 = 2 1.5 2570
12. Pogonina, Natalija wf RUS 2303 +32 = 3 1.5 2473
13. Kosintseva, Nadezhda wm RUS 2336 +33 =14 1.5 2340
14. Khasanova, Elmira RUS 2033 = 9 =13 1.0 2353
15. Chistiakova, Tamara wf RUS 2207 = 8 =17 1.0 2319
16. Vasilevich, Irina RUS 2208 +22 - 5 1.0 2359
17. Dorofeeva, Anna wm RUS 2304 =25 =15 1.0 2185
18. Semenova, Irina wm RUS 2284 =26 =23 1.0 2382
19. Kovanova, Baira RUS 2124 +28 - 1 1.0 2332
20. Mirzoeva, Elmira wg RUS 2296 - 3 +32 1.0 2280
21. Styazhkina, Olga wg RUS 2355 - 2 +34 1.0 2377
22. Zaiatz, Elena wg RUS 2346 -16 +33 1.0 2234
23. Strutinskaya, Galina N wm RUS 2336 . =18 0.5 2284
24. Chasovnikova, Eugenia wm RUS 2222 = 5 - 9 0.5 2178
25. Fominykh, Maria RUS 2163 =17 - 8 0.5 2126
26. Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana wg RUS 2428 =18 - 6 0.5 2076
27. Khusnutdinova, Luiza wm RUS 2250 - 7 =30 0.5 2145
28. Kryukova, Irina wg RUS 2304 -19 =29 0.5 1991
29. Shaidullina, Sandugach wf RUS 2245 - 1 =28 0.5 2139
30. Tomilova, Elena RUS 2311 - 4 =27 0.5 2028
31. Guseva, Olga RUS 2226 . -10 0.0
32. Dordzhieva, Nadezhda wf RUS 2123 -12 -20 0.0
33. Druzhinina, Olga RUS 2261 -13 -22 0.0
34. Shumiakina, Tatiana wg RUS 2366 -11 -21 0.0
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Gabriela Koskoska reports: 12 men's teams and 4 women's teams took part
in the 11th Macedonian Team Cup, which took place in Stip, 8th-12th May 2002.
"BM-Kisela Voda" from Skopje (Georgiev Kiril, Damljanovic Branko, Mitkov
Nikola, Georgiev Vladimir, Stamenkov Vanco and Mitkov Marjan) won the Men's Cup
with 18/20 and "Alkaloid" from Skopje (Koskoska Gabriela, Sekulovska Vesna and
Gjorgjieva Ivana) won the Women's Cup with 11/12.
The four strongest Dutch teams competed in the Dutch Championship
play-offs of the "Meesterklasse" on May 9th-10th in Enschede. Ordina (Van Wely,
Sokolov, Timman, Gurevich etc) beat HSG (Piket, Seirawan, Nikolic, Van der
Sterren, Nijboer, Rogers etc) 6.5-3.5 in the final.
Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl
Semi-Finals May 9th 2002
ING/ESGOO HSG 3-7
1. Feygin - Seirawan 1-0
2. Schebler - Piket 1-0
3. Hennig - Van der Sterren ½-½
4. Hoffmann - Nikolic ½-½
5. Hausrath - Ljubojevic 0-1
6. Henrichs - Nijboer 0-1
7. Kroeze - Rogers 0-1
8. Kiseleva - Kosashvili 0-1
9. Van Wissen - De Vreugt 0-1
10. Bolwerk - Polgar 0-1
LSG Ordina 3-7
1. Van Wessel - Van Wely 0-1
2. Smeets - Sokolov 0-1
3. Van Haastert - Timman 0-1
4. Bosman - Gurevich ½-½
5. Erwich - Tkachiev 1-0
6. Van Blitterswijk - Chuchelov ½-½
7. Konings - Van den Doel 0-1
8. Middelburg - Kuijf ½-½
9. Rebers - Blees ½-½
10. Roobol - Cuijpers 0-1
Final May 10th 2002
Ordina HSG 6.5-3.5
1. Van Wely - Piket 1-0
2. Sokolov - Seirawan 1-0
3. Timman - Nikolic ½-½
4. Gurevich - Van der Sterren 1-0
5. Van der Wiel - Nijboer ½-½
6. Van den Doel - Ljubojevic ½-½
7. Tkachiev - Kosashvili ½-½
8. Chuchelov - Rogers 1-0
9. Delemarre - Stellwagen 0-1
10. Janssen - De Vreugt ½-½
3rd-4th Playoff May 10th 2002
LSG ING/ESGOO 6.5-3.5
1. Bosman - Hausrath 0-1
2. Van Haastert - Hoffmann 1-0
3. Smeets - Feygin ½-½
4. Middelburg - Schebler ½-½
5. Erwich - Kiseleva 1-0
6. Konings - Henrichs ½-½
7. Van Blitterswijk - Van Wissen 1-0
8. Van Wessel - Kroeze 0-1
9. Roobol - Ellenbroek 1-0
10. Rebers - Bolwerk 1-0
The Final Weekend of the 4NCL took place May 4th-6th 2002. Beeson
Gregory won the league with 10 wins and 1 draw a point clear of Wood Green 1
who had 10 wins and 1 loss they had Alexander Morozevich for the final two
rounds. The bottom three clubs Thistle White Rose, Beeson Gregory 2 and Wessex
were relegated. My thanks to Arthur Brameld for the games throughout the
season.
Results will appear: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
Round 9 May 4th 2002
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2377 5 - 3 MIDLAND MONARCHS 2330
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2532 ½ - ½ Pert, Nicholas 2452
2 b Kelly, Brian 2445 ½ - ½ Ledger, Andrew J. 2395
3 w Knott, Simon 2370 ½ - ½ Hunt, Adam C. 2365
4 b Palliser, Richard 2443 0 - 1 Williams, Simon K. 2423
5 w Shikerov, Stefan 2298 1 - 0 Eames, Robert G. 2327
6 b Crouch, Colin S. 2365 ½ - ½ Pert, Richard G. 2327
7 w Ferguson, Mark 2376 1 - 0 Naylor, John 2229
8 b Regan, Natasha (F) 2185 1 - 0 Tidman, Sophie (F) 2119
Board order by agreement - norm chance
WOOD GREEN 1 2525 7 - 1 WESSEX 2214
1 w Short, Nigel 2673 1 - 0 Poulton, James 2409
2 b Speelman, Jonathan 2596 ½ - ½ Webb, Richard M. 2361
3 w Baburin, Alexander 2565 1 - 0 Corkett, Anthony R. 2326
4 b Emms, John M. 2537 1 - 0 Simons, Martin J. 2230
5 w Turner, Matthew J. 2505 1 - 0 Yeo, Michael J. 2206
6 b Ward, Christopher 2500 ½ - ½ Neil, David R. 2222
7 w Hunt, Harriet (F) 2415 1 - 0 Pleasants, Allan J. 1944
8 b Levitt, Jonathan 2412 1 - 0 Howard, Emily (F) 2017
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2291 1½-6½ BEESON GREGORY 1 2503
1 w Webster, Andrew 2413 ½ - ½ Nunn, John D.M. 2595
2 b Rogers, Jonathan 2346 0 - 1 Rogers, Ian 2559
3 w Collinson, Adam 2391 ½ - ½ Chandler, Murray G. 2543
4 b Berry, Neil 2265 0 - 1 Hebden, Mark L. 2537
5 w Duncan,Christopher 2336 0 - 1 McShane, Luke J. 2538
6 b Trent, Lawrence 2219 ½ - ½ Summerscale, Aaron 2503
7 w Coleman, David 2234 0 - 1 Mestel, A. Jonathan 2495
8 b Lauterbach, Ingrid 2127 0 - 1 Richards, Heather F 2252
BRISTOL 1 2290 4½-3½ GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2343
1 w Ansell, Simon 2396 ½ - ½ Rowson, Jonathan 2527
2 b Sherwin, James T. 2339 0 - 1 Plaskett, James 2462
3 w Burgess, Graham 2301 0 - 1 Matros, Alexander 2455
4 b Beaumont, Chris 2300 ½ - ½ Kinsman, Andrew P.H. 2401
5 w Cobb, Charles 2297 ½ - ½ Povah, Nigel E. 2351
6 b McFarland, Robert 2280 1 - 0 Benitah, Yohan * 2325
7 w Collier, David O. 2255 1 - 0 Coates, Kenneth G. 2188
8 b Buckley, Melanie 2150 1 - 0 Norman, Dinah (F) 2032
SLOUGH 1 2345 5 - 3 BEESON GREGORY 2 2257
1 w Wells, Peter K. 2499 ½ - ½ McDonald, Neil R. 2389
2 b McNab, Colin A. 2411 1 - 0 Richardson, John R. 2308
3 w Kiseleva, Natalia 2373 1 - 0 Broom, Mark 2240
4 b Wohl, Aleksandar 2388 1 - 0 Graham, David B. 2254
5 w Thiruchelvam, Mur 2269 0 - 1 Moskovic, David M. 2250
6 b Howell, David W.L. 2239 0 - 1 Snape, Ian * 2185
7 w Devereaux, Maxim 2282 1 - 0 Bellin, Jana (F) 2203
8 b Houska, Miroslav 2300 ½ - ½ Anderton, David W. 2230
WOOD GREEN 2 2331 6 - 2 THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2304
1 w Littlewood, Paul 2403 ½ - ½ Arkell, Keith C. 2478
2 b Martin, Andrew D. 2443 0 - 1 Dunnington, Angus J. 2382
3 w Tiller, Bjorn 2383 1 - 0 Kirsanov, Oleg 2330
4 b Sowray, Peter J. 2312 1 - 0 Gayson, Peter M. 2281
5 w Lee, Graham D. 2338 1 - 0 Burnett, Jim 2218
6 b Law, Andrew P. 2302 1 - 0 Buckley, Simon T. 2243
7 w Tan, Desmond 2281 ½ - ½ Barrett, Steve J. 2199
8 b Jackson, Sheila 2183 1 - 0 default
Round 10 May 5th 2002
MIDLAND MONARCHS 2289 4 - 4 SLOUGH 1 2333
1 w Hunt, Adam C. 2365 ½ - ½ Wells, Peter K. 2499
2 b Williams, Simon K. 2423 1 - 0 McNab, Colin A. 2411
3 w Ledger, Andrew J. 2395 1 - 0 Kiseleva, Natalia * 2373
4 b Ledger, David J. 2283 0 - 1 Wohl, Aleksandar H. 2388
5 w Pert, Richard G. 2327 ½ - ½ Howell, David W.L. 2239
6 b Naylor, John 2229 ½ - ½ Thiruchelvam, Mur 2269
7 w Ledger, Stephen C. 2168 ½ - ½ Tarifa, Alket 2249
8 b Tidman, Sophie (F) 2119 0 - 1 Richmond, Robert J. 2234
THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2271 2½-5½ BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2389
1 w Arkell, Keith C. 2478 ½ - ½ Parker, Jonathan 2532
2 b Kirsanov, Oleg 2330 0 - 1 Kelly, Brian 2445
3 w Dunnington, Angus 2382 ½ - ½ Knott, Simon 2370
4 b Gayson, Peter M. 2281 0 - 1 Palliser, Richard 2443
5 w Burnett, Jim 2218 ½ - ½ Ferguson, Mark 2376
6 b Buckley, Simon T. 2243 ½ - ½ Rogers, Jonathan W. 2346
7 w Barrett, Steve J. 2199 0 - 1 Webster, Andrew 2413
8 b Keeling, Karen (F) 2038 ½ - ½ Regan, Natasha (F) 2185
BEESON GREGORY 1 2503 7 - 1 WESSEX 2214
1 w Nunn, John D.M. 2595 ½ - ½ Poulton, James 2409
2 b Rogers, Ian 2559 1 - 0 Webb, Richard M. 2361
3 w Chandler, Murray 2543 1 - 0 Corkett, Anthony R. 2326
4 b Hebden, Mark L. 2537 1 - 0 Yeo, Michael J. 2206
5 w McShane, Luke J. 2538 ½ - ½ Simons, Martin J. 2230
6 b Summerscale, Aaron 2503 1 - 0 Neil, David R. 2222
7 w Gallagher, Joseph 2498 1 - 0 Pleasants, Allan J. 1944
8 b Richards, Heather 2252 1 - 0 Howard, Emily (F) 2017
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2429 5½-2½ BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2283
1 w Rowson, Jonathan 2527 1 - 0 Crouch, Colin S. 2365
2 b Conquest, Stuart 2582 ½ - ½ Collinson, Adam 2391
3 w Kosten, Anthony 2536 1 - 0 Duncan, Christopher 2336
4 b Plaskett, James 2462 ½ - ½ Berry, Neil 2265
5 w Gormally, Daniel 2514 1 - 0 Dishman, Stephen 2323
6 b Matros, Alexander 2455 ½ - ½ Trent, Lawrence 2219
7 w Benitah, Yohan * 2325 1 - 0 Coleman, David 2234
8 b Norman, Dinah (F) 2032 0 - 1 Lauterbach, Ingrid 2127
BRISTOL 1 2290 4 - 4 WOOD GREEN 2 2340
1 w Ansell, Simon 2396 ½ - ½ Littlewood, Paul E. 2403
2 b Burgess, Graham 2301 ½ - ½ Martin, Andrew D. 2443
3 w Sherwin, James T. 2339 ½ - ½ Levitt, Jonathan P. 2412
4 b Cobb, Charles 2297 ½ - ½ Sowray, Peter J. 2312
5 w Beaumont, Chris 2300 1 - 0 Tiller, Bjorn 2383
6 b Collier, David O. 2255 0 - 1 Law, Andrew P. 2302
7 w McFarland, Robert 2280 ½ - ½ Tan, Desmond 2281
8 b Buckley, Melanie 2150 ½ - ½ Jackson, Sheila (F) 2183
BEESON GREGORY 2 2286 1 - 7 WOOD GREEN 1 2564
1 w Mestel, A Jonathan 2495 ½ - ½ Turner, Matthew J. 2505
2 b McDonald, Neil R. 2389 0 - 1 Morozevich,Alexander 2718
3 w Moskovic, David M. 2250 0 - 1 Short, Nigel 2673
4 b Richardson, John R 2308 0 - 1 Speelman, Jonathan 2596
5 w Friedgood, David 2224 0 - 1 Baburin, Alexander 2565
6 b Snape, Ian * 2185 0 - 1 Ward, Christopher 2500
7 w Bellin, Jana (F) 2203 0 - 1 Emms, John M. 2537
8 b Anderton, David W. 2230 ½ - ½ Hunt, Harriet (F) 2415
Board order by agreement - norm chance
Round 11 May 6th 2002
WOOD GREEN 2 2347 5 - 3 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2375
1 w Littlewood, Paul 2403 1 - 0 Parker, Jonathan 2532
2 b Martin, Andrew D. 2443 0 - 1 Kelly, Brian 2445
3 w Levitt, Jonathan 2412 1 - 0 Collinson, Adam 2391
4 b Lee, Graham D. 2338 ½ - ½ Knott, Simon 2370
5 w Tiller, Bjorn 2383 ½ - ½ Ferguson, Mark 2376
6 b Sowray, Peter J. 2312 1 - 0 Rogers, Jonathan W. 2346
7 w Law, Andrew P. 2302 ½ - ½ Webster, Andrew 2413
8 b Jackson, Sheila 2183 ½ - ½ Lauterbach, Ingrid 2127
THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2271 3½-4½ BRISTOL 1 2310
1 w Arkell, Keith C. 2478 ½ - ½ Ansell, Simon 2396
2 b Kirsanov, Oleg 2330 ½ - ½ Beaumont, Chris 2300
3 w Dunnington, Angus 2382 ½ - ½ Sherwin, James T. 2339
4 b Gayson, Peter M. 2281 0 - 1 Cobb, Charles 2297
5 w Burnett, Jim 2218 ½ - ½ Burgess, Graham 2301
6 b Buckley, Simon T. 2243 ½ - ½ Collier, David O. 2255
7 w Barrett, Steve J. 2199 0 - 1 McFarland, Robert S. 2280
8 b Keeling, Karen (F) 2038 1 - 0 default
WOOD GREEN 1 2564 7 - 1 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2437
1 w Morozevich, A 2718 ½ - ½ Rowson, Jonathan 2527
2 b Speelman, Jonathan 2596 1 - 0 Conquest, Stuart C. 2582
3 w Short, Nigel 2673 1 - 0 Kosten, Anthony C. 2536
4 b Baburin, Alexander 2565 1 - 0 Plaskett, James 2462
5 w Emms, John M. 2537 ½ - ½ Gormally, Daniel W. 2514
6 b Turner, Matthew J. 2505 1 - 0 Matros, Alexander 2455
7 w Ward, Christopher 2500 1 - 0 Benitah, Yohan * 2325
8 b Hunt, Harriet (F) 2415 1 - 0 Yurenok, Maria (F) 2098
SLOUGH 1 2334 2 - 6 BEESON GREGORY 1 2503
1 w Wells, Peter K. 2499 0 - 1 Nunn, John D.M. 2595
2 b Wohl, Aleksandar 2388 0 - 1 Rogers, Ian 2559
3 w Kiseleva, Natalia 2373 ½ - ½ Gallagher, Joseph G. 2498
4 b McNab, Colin A. 2411 ½ - ½ Hebden, Mark L. 2537
5 w Howell, David W.L. 2239 0 - 1 McShane, Luke J. 2538
6 b Thiruchelvam, Mur 2269 0 - 1 Summerscale, Aaron 2503
7 w Mehmeti, Dritan 2255 1 - 0 Chandler, Murray G. 2543
8 b Richmond, Robert 2234 0 - 1 Richards, Heather 2252
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2259 3½-4½ MIDLAND MONARCHS 2305
1 w Duncan,Christopher 2336 ½ - ½ Ledger, Andrew J. 2395
2 b Shikerov, Stefan 2298 0 - 1 Pert, Nicholas 2452
3 w Crouch, Colin S. 2365 1 - 0 Eames, Robert G. 2327
4 b Dishman, Stephen 2323 ½ - ½ Pert, Richard G. 2327
5 w Berry, Neil 2265 0 - 1 Hunt, Adam C. 2365
6 b Coleman, David 2234 ½ - ½ Ledger, David J. 2283
7 w Trent, Lawrence 2219 1 - 0 Ledger, Stephen C. 2168
8 b Seymour, Jane (F) 2035 0 - 1 Tidman, Sophie (F) 2119
WESSEX 2214 3½-4½ BEESON GREGORY 2 2241
1 w Poulton, James 2409 ½ - ½ McDonald, Neil R. 2389
2 b Webb, Richard M. 2361 ½ - ½ Richardson, John R. 2308
3 w Corkett, Anthony 2326 ½ - ½ Moskovic, David M. 2250
4 b Simons, Martin J. 2230 1 - 0 Shaw, David A. 2211
5 w Yeo, Michael J. 2206 1 - 0 Friedgood, David 2224
6 b Neil, David R. 2222 0 - 1 Snape, Ian * 2185
7 w Pleasants, Allan 1944 0 - 1 Bellin, Jana (F) 2203
8 b Howard, Emily (F) 2017 0 - 1 Howell, Christopher 2160
Team + - = Pts
BEESON GREGORY 1 10 1 0 21
WOOD GREEN 1 10 0 1 20
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 7 0 4 14
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 7 0 4 14
BRISTOL 1 6 1 4 13
WOOD GREEN 2 5 2 4 12
MIDLAND MONARCHS 5 1 5 11
SLOUGH 1 4 1 6 9
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 3 1 7 7
THISTLE WHITE ROSE 2 1 8 5
BEESON GREGORY 2 2 0 9 4
WESSEX 1 0 10 2
12 year old Sergey Karjakin is already making something of a reputation
for himself. He was the youngest player to make a GM norm a few months ago and
also helped Ruslan Ponomariov during his match against Vassily Ivanchuk. He
made his second norm at the Alushta-100 tournament April 19th-29th 2002 in the
Ukraine. Sadly the games don't have round numbers so they're a bit jumbled
up.
Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/alu02apr.htm
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Alushta-100 Alushta UKR (UKR), 19-29 iv 2002 cat. VIII (2427)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij m UKR 2510 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 9.5 2595
2. Karjakin, Sergey m UKR 2489 = * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2597
3. Zubov, Alexander m UKR 2478 = 1 * = = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 2564
4. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2529 = = = * = 0 = 1 = 1 = = = 1 7.5 2476
5. Varavin, Viktor g RUS 2476 = 0 = = * 1 = = = = = 1 1 = 7.5 2480
6. Firman, Nazar m UKR 2509 0 = = 1 0 * 1 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 7.5 2477
7. Zavgorodniy, Sergiy m UKR 2389 = = = = = 0 * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2459
8. Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2474 0 0 = 0 = 1 1 * = = 0 = 1 1 6.5 2423
9. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen g RUS 2474 0 0 = = = = = = * = = 1 1 = 6.5 2423
10. Pavlov, Maxim m UKR 2400 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = * = = = 0 4.5 2319
11. Arzumanian, Georgy m ARM 2461 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = = * = = 0 4.5 2314
12. Kozlov, Viktor Mihail RUS 2325 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 4.5 2324
13. Vozovic, Oksana UKR 2297 = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1 4.0 2296
14. Khudyakov, Alexander f RUS 2168 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 0 * 3.0 2236
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Bobby Ang reports: The Philippine National Championship this year was
held in three phases: FIRST, there was an open swiss tournament among
non-masters which qualified 30 for the semi-finals. SECOND, the 30 qualifiers
were joined by all the Philippine national masters and regional champions for
another 11-round swiss, with the top ten going to the national finals. THIRD,
the 10 from the semi-finals were joined by 6 seeded players to form a 16-player
cast in the National Finals.
Seeded were: The Philippines' three grandmasters: GM Eugenio Torre GM
Bong Villamayor GM Rogelio Antonio Jr The Philippines' three highest rated
juniors: IM Mark Paragua NM John Paul Gomez NM Oliver Barbosa
After 15 rounds of chess GM Eugene Torre came out on top to earn the
title of Philippine Champion for the umpteenth time. He started the tournament
horrendously, with successive losses in the 3rd and 4th rounds to Melvin
Merelos (not yet even a national master) and IM Chito Garma. He then regained
his bearings with a short draw against GM Bong Villamayor, and then scored 8.5
in the next 9 rounds to get back on the driver's seat. He then had the luxury
of a short draw against GM Rogelio Antonio, Jr to formally claim the chess
crown. At 51 (yes, he looks much younger than that) he sets another record
which I am sure he does not want - Eugene Torre becomes the oldest Philippine
champion ever. IM Nelson Mariano, on the comeback trail after a long slump, won
his last three games to tie for 2nd place with IM Mark Paragua and IM Petronio
Roca to take 2nd on tie-break.
The top 6 will represent the country in the forthcoming 2002 Bled Chess
Olympiad. They are: GM Eugenio Torre IM Nelson Mariano IM Mark Paragua IM
Petronio Roca GM Bong Villamayor GM Rogelio Antonio Jr. IM Chito Garma scored
the same number of points as GMs Villamayor and Antonio, but lost out on
tie-breaks.
The Oceania Zonal Chess Championship took place at the Warwick Fiji
hotel resort, Fiji 6th-11th May 2002. The favourite Darryl Johansen was the
clear winner with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Gary Lane. Irina Berezina won the
women's event. In the game Zelda Prasad vs. Sita Anjali Devi from round 7 the
players played with the wrong colours.
Further details: http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/fzt.htm
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Oceana zt Warwick Fiji FIJ (FIJ), 6-11 v 2002
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1. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2531 +10 +13 + 3 = 2 + 4 = 8 = 5 + 6 + 7 7.5 2583
2. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2446 +19 = 6 +16 = 1 + 5 +13 + 3 - 4 +10 7.0 2519
3. Rujevic, Mirko f AUS 2303 +22 +15 - 1 = 6 +19 = 7 - 2 +16 + 4 6.0 2410
4. Canfell, Gregory f AUS 2334 +17 =16 = 6 + 9 - 1 =11 +13 + 2 - 3 5.5 2372
5. Ker, Anthony F m NZL 2320 =18 + 7 =11 +12 - 2 =16 = 1 +14 = 8 5.5 2356
6. Kagan, Naum f AUS 2250 +23 = 2 = 4 = 3 - 8 +18 +17 - 1 +12 5.5 2308
7. Depasquale, Chris f AUS 2335 -15 - 5 +26 +24 +10 = 3 + 9 + 8 - 1 5.5 2318
8. Feldman, Vladimir m AUS 2316 +26 = 9 -12 +15 + 6 = 1 =11 - 7 = 5 5.0 2283
9. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2240 +24 = 8 =13 - 4 =14 +12 - 7 =17 +18 5.0 2226
10. Jones, Brian AUS 2223 - 1 =20 +25 =14 - 7 +21 +22 +11 - 2 5.0 2250
11. Smith, Robert W f NZL 2282 +20 =12 = 5 =19 =16 = 4 = 8 -10 =14 4.5 2214
12. Jones, Lee R AUS ---- +14 =11 + 8 - 5 -13 - 9 +15 +21 - 6 4.5 2239
13. Levi, Eddy f AUS 2264 +21 - 1 = 9 +17 +12 - 2 - 4 =18 =16 4.5 2213
14. Tindall, Brett f AUS 2273 -12 +18 =15 =10 = 9 +19 =16 - 5 =11 4.5 2199
15. Fancy, Stuart PNG 2209 + 7 - 3 =14 - 8 =20 =23 -12 +24 +22 4.5 2136
16. Green, Peter NZL 2247 +25 = 4 - 2 +18 =11 = 5 =14 - 3 =13 4.5 2253
17. Spiller, Paul NZL 2072 - 4 =23 +22 -13 =21 +20 - 6 = 9 +26 4.5 2120
18. Bennett, Hilton NZL 2055 = 5 -14 +20 -16 +25 - 6 +19 =13 - 9 4.0 2158
19. Norris, Damian C FIJ 2220 - 2 +21 +24 =11 - 3 -14 -18 +25 =20 4.0 2108
20. Goundar,Sanmogam FIJ ---- -11 =10 -18 +23 =15 -17 =24 +26 =19 4.0 2074
21. Kumar,Manoj FIJ ---- -13 -19 +23 =22 =17 -10 +26 -12 +25 4.0 2043
22. Egan,Bill AUS ---- - 3 =25 -17 =21 +24 +26 -10 +23 -15 4.0 2046
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I E-Mailed various leading players to elicit their comments on the
Prague agreement. I'm interested in the further comments of leading players who
will take part in either the 1st or 2nd cycles as proposed (for in my view
their opinions are really the most important) which can be mailed to me at
mdcrowth@netcomuk.co.uk.
Viswanathan Anand Comments:
Anand was quoted by Leontxo Garcia in El Pais on
Wednesday saying that "I do not want to play in the Candidates because I am
against Kasparov having the privilege of facing Ponomariov directly".
Via Arvind Aaron of the Hindu there was a further press
release from Anand.
"This is in reply to the various persons of the press
who have been wondering GM Viswanathan Anand's stand on the current status of
the Unification.
For the record Anand was not present at the 6th May
meeting. The reasons for the same are that the deal was already made even
before all parties came to a common ground to discuss these matters. Secret and
not so secret meetings were taking place before and during the Eurotel
Trophy.
On the day Anand won the Eurotel trophy, GM Yasser
Seirawan explained to Anand that the solution had already been reached.
Kasparov would get his rematch entirely on the terms that he has so long been
waiting for.
It was indeed surprising that this was presented as a
solution for the chess world. Therefore seeing that the meeting was just a
formality Anand declined to attend the same.
FIDE did not even consult it's top players who by
virtue of doing well in their Championship cycles do not get an opportunity to
be part of the unification plan.
Anand hopes that the Unification would at least ensure
a just cycle in the year 2004. Speaking on his immediate plans Anand said "In
the next two years, I will have more time to spend in India. In this period I
do hope to work with the present crop of young Indian talent. It has been my
intention to start an academy. This may be the best time to lay the foundation
for that. My focus will be my chess and I hope at least in the larger picture
chess will benefit from this plan."
Press release Viswanathan Anand 9th May 2002
Boris Gelfand Comments:
First of all I think it is very important to return to
structure of World Championship we had till 1993 (with qualification
tournament, candidates matches or tournament, World championship match). I
think that structure proposed from 2nd cycle and further is basically good and
also can be supported by absolute majority of players. Concerning first the
unification cycle the big drawback is that great players like Anand, Ivanchuk,
Grischuk, Svidler and others don't have a chance to take part in it. I believe,
more goodwill was necessary from all parties included to solve this problem. I
hope that other important subjects which were omitted from final version of
signed documents will be included in agreement between FIDE and Bessel Kok such
as the establishment of an elected GM Steering Committee, Health and Benefit
Fund etc. Also I believe that it is important to standardise time-controls. For
instance have a 7-hour control with increment or without - to be discussed (and
supported by majority of leading players) for classical chess, 25 min +10 sec
for active chess and time control for blitz tournament (5 min per game or 4+2
sec). It is important in my opinion to stop Fide experiments with time controls
(even last year it was changed twice - what can we expect in years to come?)
Boris Gelfand 10th May 2002
Alexei Shirov comments:
I was not present at the Prague meeting but on 5th of May I still sent
a fax to Bessel Kok with my proposal. Until now I don't even know whether my
fax was read at all.
In my proposal (written unfortunately in a big hurry) I stated that the
only way to make a fair World Championship system is to abolish the privileges
of Kasparov, Kramnik and Ponomariov and make the competition of 16 players, so
the most of big names would be included. The future cycles should also consist
of 16 players, fourteen of them qualifying from a big swiss tournament and the
World champion, as well as the highest rated player, added to the qualifiers.
Of course, my proposal was unrealistic because Kasparov and Kramnik are
not exactly the people that would give up their benefits in exchange of
justice. But now we have got the cycle without Anand and Ivanchuk, the latter
completely betrayed by FIDE, and we have a full uncertainty about the future
cycles. I am afraid that the future system will not be announced until the
results of this cycle are known. In the last three official World championships
nobody had privileges and the rules were clear. Now it's lost and nothing for
the future championships is secured.
I understand that Ilyumzhinov could no longer pay the World
Championships from his pocket but the moral bankruptcy (and I can't find other
words for FIDE right now) is sometimes even more drastic than the financial
bankruptcy. I believe that the only chance for players (and I am talking first
of all about the players who refused to either sign the document or attend the
Prague meeting at all) to regain some optimism is to make and publish a fair
system for the future World Championships before Dortmund starts.
Alexei Shirov 10th May 2002
Alexander Khalfiman comments:
Questions about the Prague deal.
Good or bad thing?
That's a bit rhetoric question. In fact the reunification was a vital
necessity for the chess world and to have one World Championship and one
Undisputed World Champion is great aim. However, the way it was done in Prague
is, in my opinion, no reunification at all. The World Championship where only
11 players can take part is not unifying but just an act of discrimination.
Many players are out till 2005 just by definition and that's really bad. When
somebody says that this way was the only one to reach the reunification it's
still not a reason to do it this way. There were many other versions of
reunification suggested and supported by many respected professionals and I
find it incredibly strange that in Prague no word was said about it just as
Bessel Kok's proposal was the one and only.
Kasparov's position in the FIDE cycle and non-participation of
Ivanchuk and Anand?
Considering Kasparov's undoubted position No1 in world's ranking and
his fantastic tournament results there were enough reasons to seed him to some
special position. Actually many other suggestions were also quite favourable
for him and nobody offered that he would start from Round 1 in big k.o.
tournament. However, all Kasparov's successes are not enough reason to exclude
many strong players from the World Championship. This group, of course,
includes Anand and Ivanchuk but is not just limited to them. So, in my opinion,
just adding both grandmasters (somehow) to the existing format wouldn't solve
the problem at all. Excluding players like Grischuk, Svidler, Karpov, Dreev,
Lautier etc. from the World Championship is just unfair. Maybe they must start
from some qualifying stage but they must have right to compete there - it's the
only fair solution.
What do you expect of the 2nd cycle?
Well I still hope that Bessel Kok's plan will be revised somehow and
the Reunification cycle will be more inclusive. As a matter of fact, the
document signed in Prague contains only the words "FIDE supports THE PRINCIPLES
of unity plan presented by Bessel Kok". So it's just about principles - the
plan itself is not supported yet, at least formally. At the same time, FIDE
vice-president Mr.Makroupolos publicly stated then that "FIDE will do the best
to find the fairest format and to include all the best players in the World
Championship cycle". So let's wait. However, I'm really worried that if the
plan by Bessel Kok will work and in 2003 the chess world will have the FIDE
World Championship cycle consisting of 2(!) players then the future World
Championship would be organised for some limited top group again. Of course,
it's unfair but now we're dangerously close to this "bright" future.
Alexander Khalifman 12th May 2002
Brief Vesselin Topalov Comment
I guess any agreement was better than nothing. Kasparov got all he
wanted and I believe now Anand and Ivanchuk are the big losers. As always
chessplayers were not united....
The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of TWIC, Chess
& Bridge Ltd or the London Chess Center.
European Club Cup 2002
Information about the European Club Cup 2002 "The Champions League"
takes place 22nd - 28th September in Kallithea -Halkidiki.
Information: http://www.sportmeeting.gr/
Vedior Trophy
The "Vedior Trophy" in Milan will be a Cat II or III Tournament taking
place May 16th-26th 2002. IM norms will be available. Sponsor Vedior and
Bugnion. 12 players.
Details: http://www.italiascacchistica.com
VII Memorial Nacional De Ajedrez
The VII Memorial Nacional De Ajedrez takes place 8th-9th June 2002.
Details: http://www.memorialdeajedrez.com
Mendoza Memorial
The Mendoza Memorial is taking place now.
Coverage: http://usuarios.lycos.es/frubiod/home.html
Aristophanes Publishers
Paul Connors of Aristophanes Press at startup company in
California/Colorado is looking for chess authors. If you are interested in
finding out more you can contact him at chesspubs@aristophanes.com.
4th ShakkiNet International
The 4th ShakkiNet International will take place in Helsinki from June
24th to July 4th, 2002. There are three different 12-player round-robin
(all-play-all) groups: Group A for players rated over 2400, Group B for players
rated over 2200, Group C for players rated between 1900 and 2200. All groups
are ELO-rated, in Group A there is a possibility to achieve GM-norm, in Group B
there is a possibility to achieve an IM-norm. Playing times In all groups: 2 h
/ 40 moves + 1 h / 20 moves + 30 min to finish the game Entry fees Group A: EUR
200, Group B: EUR 150, Group C: EUR 100 Prizes for three best players in each
group: Group A: EUR 600, EUR 400, EUR 200, Group B: EUR 450, EUR 300, EUR 150,
Group C: EUR 300, EUR 200, EUR 100. Money prizes will be shared equally between
players with same amount of points.
Registration Players interested to participate, please contact the
organizer Mr Sami Hämäläinen, email: aurifera@kolumbus.fi. In
GM- and IM-events (groups A and B) the organizer reserves the right to choose
players from the interested players so that there is a possibility to reach
international title norms (minimum requirements: 3 GMs in group A, 3 IMs in
group B, 4 non-Finnish players from at least two different countries in both
groups). In group C the players will be chosen by the order of
registration.
Olomouc Chess Summer Festival 2002
The Olomouc Chess Summer Festival 2002 in the Czech Republic takes
place 31st July - 8th August 2002. The event includes: 1) 3-4 groups of
round-robin IM tournaments, category 3-4 FIDE (10-12 players) 2) FIDE open -
swiss, 9 rounds, 2/40+1, 1st prize 10000 CZK 3) open for youngsters up to 18
years of age.
Detailed information at: http://www.proclient.cz/a64
IV Sants Hostafrancs
IV Sants Hostafrancs I La Bordeta Open takes place in Barcelona 30th
August - 8th September 2002.
Details of entry: http://www.secretariat.org/open/Ingles.htm
Julian Borowski International in Essen
Before the Dortmund tournament is a Category 16 event in Essen which
takes place 16th-25th May 2002. Time rate 2h/40 moves + 1h/20 + 30 min for the
rest of the game. A tournament: Players: 1. Peter Leko 2717, 2. Viktor Korchnoi
2635, 3. Vadim Zvjaginsev 2645, 4. Christopher Lutz 2644, 5. Thomas Luther
2566, 6. Michael Krasenkow 2641, 7. Arthur Jussupow 2618, 8. Rustem
Kasimdzhanov 2677, 9. Daniel Fridman 2571, 10. Rustem Dautov 2636
There are also B and C events.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessgate.de
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
Liechtenstein Chess Open
The 20th International Liechtenstein Chess Open takes place 3rd-11th May
2002 in Gemeindesaal in Triesen.
Internet coverage: http://www.supra.net/schach/open.htm
Tiviakov in Egypt
Tiviakov reports on his victory in the 6th Golden Cleopatra Chess Open
with a huge photo report including sight seeing around the pyramids where he
claims to have photographed a "creature from the the parallel world"!
Reports in Russian
http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/egypt2002-rus.htm
and English http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/egypt2002-eng.htm.
Ikaros Chess Festival
The Ikaros Chess Festival 2002 takes place from 7th-23rd of July 2002.
The Ikaros Chess Festival has been held for the last 24 years on Ikaria island,
one of the most picturesque aegean islands of Greece. This year's events
include the traditional open international tournament "Open Aegean
Championship" (13th-21st July 2002) as well as plenty of other side events such
as Women, Junior and Veteran tournaments, blitz, rapid and simultaneous
exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others.
Full details at: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
XX Andorra International Open
The XX Andorra International Open takes place 6th-14th July 2002.
Details of prizes and entry http://www.feva.ad
Sarajevo International
The 32nd traditional Bosnian tournament takes place in Sarajevo,
Bosnia-Herzegovina 21st-31st May 2002. The event will be Category 16
(2628).
Daily Internet coverage by the Sah BIH Portal
http://www.sah.co.ba Live coverage is hoped
for.
Players:
1. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2704
2. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2685
3. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2677
4. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2654
5. Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2647
6. Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2624
7. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2610
8. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2595
9. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2555
10. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2526
Bled and Ljubljana Opens
The 23rd Chess Festival Bled is taking take place from 2 July to 10
July 2002 in Bled (Slovenia). Open A (ELO > 2200): PF 15.500 EUR, 1st Prize:
2.500 EUR, For EU-Grand Prix, sensor boards and direct internet transmition of
games Open B (ELO < 2300): 6.000 EUR, 1st Prize: 600 EUR, Summer Open
Seniors Juniors Tournaments will be played 9 rounds, swiss, 90 min+30 sec/move.
Rounds at 6 p.m. Further details: http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled/2002
It is possible to combine play in this tournament with the 13th
Ljubljana Open which takes place 22nd-30th June 2002. Further details:
http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0206/ljubljana/lj02op.htm
Korinthos Computer Event
Korinthos will hold a man maching event with two Grand Masters Belgian
Mikhail Gurevich and Christodoulos Banikas taking on Junior 7 on a Pentium 4 at
2000 MHz and RAM 1 GB
Schedule 13 - 16/5/2002 Gurevich vs Junior 7 (rapid games of equal
number - 60 minutes for each player) 17 & 18/5/2002 Chr. Banikas vs
Gurevich (6 rapid games - 25 minutes for each player)
Coverage: Hellas Chess Club http://www.chess.gr
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.
Internet coverage:
http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/vh2002/1index.htm
Gausdal Tournaments
Hans Olav Lahlum has put more details on his the web site for this
tournament. It now includes: 1) Introduction and basic information about the
tournament. 2) Portraits of all 40 participants. 3) Results and moves of all
180 games. 4) Bulletins with round reports covering all 180 games. 5) Commented
grades and ELO-calculations for all 40 participants. 6) A list of quotes from
the tournament (!?). The final results and games appeared in last weeks
TWIC.
Internet site: http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gausdal2002/
Qingdao Festival including the Tan Chin Nam Cup
The Qingdao Chess Festival will take place July 4th-8th, 2002. Qingdao,
known as Tsingdao, is a seaside city located in the east coast of China. At
2008 Olympic Games, the sailing events will take place there.
Four events: 3.1 Tan Chin Nam Cup GM International Open 2002 (Section
A) For players 2450 and above. Most US players who will attend the China –
USA Chess Summit 2002 have confirmed their participation. 3.2 IM Open (Section
B) For players 2150 and above 3.3 NM Open (Section C) For players below 2150
and unrated 3.4 Senior Open (Section D) For players aged 55 years old and above
as on January 1st 2002.
Prize fund: 5.1 Section A (total US$ 21,100) 5.2 Section B (total US$
8900) 5.3 Section C (total RMB 8500, 1 US$ = 8.3 RMB)
In the Section A, there are financial Guarantees for GM: Players with
2500-2549 shall get the at least US$ 400, with 2550-2599 shall get the at least
US$ 600, with 2600-2649 shall get the at least US$ 800, with 2650 and above
shall get the at least US$ 1000. In every different category, the first 8 GM
with earliest entry can have the conditions mentioned above. Other GM¡ s
financial guarantees will depend on sponsorship.
Contact addresses: Tel: 86-532-296 7803 Fax: 86-532-282 0125 E-mail:
yunqi@qingdaonews.com, yinhao128@hotmail.com
Full details: http://www.64.net.cn/qdopen.htm
Tanta Open
This year Tanta Open will be open to all and held 13th-23th May at Tanta
City about 90 Km from Cairo, Egypt. The event will be a Swiss Sytem – 9
Rounds ( Accelerated method in the first 2 Rounds) – 160 players (5 GMs
– 20 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 6
p.m. daily from 13 to 22 May , Rest Day 17 May , Arrival 12 May ,1st Round 13
May , last Round 22 May , Closing Ceremony 23 May 6 p.m. then departure.
Prizes as follows : 1st till 10th. 750 - 650 - 600 - 550 - 500 - 450 -
400 - 350 - 300 - 250 US$. Prizes are distributed according to Hort system
(between the number of players corresponding to number of advertised prizes).
Players who wants to participate will pay - 30 US$ 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 tour; Free entry fee ; Daily Bulletin , and Book of the
tournament distributed on Closing Ceremony.
Special conditions for limited no of GMs and IMs. ( Organizers asks for
only one invited player from each country) Last day for registering is 3 May
2002.
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 Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone
and Fax : +20-2-2604285
Swiss Chess Tour event 2002
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" will continue in Basle with the State
(Bundesturnier) Championship May 9th-12th, 2002. “Swiss Chess Tour”
is providing a second year in a row a most popular chess competition in
Switzerland. The championship consist 5 groups (category). Two of that are
senior’s groups. The host and one of the sponsors is Hotel
“Hilton”. Swiss system, 7 rounds (seniors 5 rounds); 36 moves for 90
minutes and 60 minutes till the end. Group 1 (1800 and more) prizes are:
1.500/1.200/900/700/600/500/400/300/2x200 SF Entry fee: 120 SF (juniors 60+
FIDE masters) GM + IM free. Group 2 (1600-1839) prizes are:
1.000/800/600/500/400/300/2x200/2x150. Entry fee: 110 SF (juniors 55 SF) Group
3 (less then 1600) prizes are: 800/600/500/400/2x300/2x200/2x150. Entry fee:
100 SF (juniors 50) Senior 1 (1600 and more) prize are: 400/300/200. Entry fee:
60 SF Senior 2 (less then 1600) prize are: 300/200/100. Entry fee: 60 SF At the
door 10 SF for the all players.
Time table: May 9th 10.00-11.30 last registration; 11.30 opening
ceremony; Round 1st 12.00-17.00 (for all tournaments); Rounds 2nd 17.30-22.30
May 10th Round 3rd (seniors 2nd) 10.00-15.00; Round 4th (seniors 3rd)
15.30-20.30 May 11th Round 5th (seniors 4th) 10.00-15.00; Round 6th 15.30-20.30
May 12th Round 7th (seniors 5th) 10.00-15.00 Closing ceremony 16.00
Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch Further
information: http://www.beochess.ch/
Cesenatico International Open
The Cesenatico International Open takes place in Italy 2nd-8th September
2002.
Further Information and entry at:
http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.