THE WEEK IN CHESS 393 20th May 2002 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Julian Borowski Tournament
3) Capablanca Memorial
4) Russian Team Championships
5) First Saturday May
6) Championships of Uruguay
7) NAO Chess Club 2nd IM tournament
8) Russian Women's Championships
9) Vedior Trophy
10) Kuban Spring
11) Pula Open 2002
12) Dutch Team Cup - Hengelo
13) Lithuanian Championships
14) Korinthos Events
15) Marshall Chess Club Masters
16) Liechtenstein Chess Open
17) Prague Unity Agreement Comments
18) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

Julian Borowski Tournament         25 games
Capablanca Memorial               135 games
Russian Team Championships         96 games
First Saturday May                 26 games
Championships of Uruguay           66 games
NAO Chess Club 2nd IM tournament   35 games
Russian Women's Championships     153 games
Vedior Trophy                      24 games
Kuban Spring                       66 games
Pula Open 2002                    185 games
Croatian Cup                      140 games
Dutch Team Cup - Hengelo           16 games
Korinthos Events                   10 games
977 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Anjo Anjewierden, Mirjana Medic, Bronislav Chmelicek, Alejandro Nogueira, Eugeny Atarov, Christopher Morgan, Greg Shahade, Thomas Henrich, Rolf Luckow, Robert Sporri, Denis Vretenar, Vladica Andrejic, Laszlo Nagy, Lanfranco Bombelli, Andres Bacsi, Adolivio Capece, Argiris Kotsis and all those who helped with this issue.

Back to chess this week. The Julian Borowski tournament is just after half way through and it will be joined by the Sarajevo international with Shirov, Smirin and Dreev amongst others.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Julian Borowski Tournament

The Category 16 Julian Borowski tournament in Essen takes place 16th-25th May 2002. Time rate 2h/40 moves + 1h/20 + 30 min for the rest of the game.

Internet coverage: http://www.chessgate.de

Round 1 (May 16, 2002)

Zvjaginsev, Vadim     -  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  1-0   24  D58  Queens Gambit Tartakover
Leko, Peter           -  Dautov, Rustem        1/2   66  B19  Caro Kann
Lutz, Christopher     -  Jussupow, Artur       1-0   41  C18  French Winawer
Korchnoi, Viktor      -  Fridman, Daniel       1-0   26  D12  Slav Defence
Luther, Thomas        -  Krasenkow, Michal     1/2   21  C80  Ruy Lopez Open

Round 2 (May 17, 2002)

Leko, Peter           -  Korchnoi, Viktor      1-0   60  C12  French MacCutcheon
Jussupow, Artur       -  Luther, Thomas        1-0   31  E49  Nimzo Indian
Fridman, Daniel       -  Zvjaginsev, Vadim     0-1   38  E04  Catalan
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  -  Lutz, Christopher     1/2   33  E05  Catalan
Dautov, Rustem        -  Krasenkow, Michal     0-1   26  A84  Dutch

Round 3 (May 18, 2002)

Zvjaginsev, Vadim     -  Leko, Peter           1/2   18  D85  Gruenfeld Defence
Krasenkow, Michal     -  Jussupow, Artur       1-0   29  D52  Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Lutz, Christopher     -  Fridman, Daniel       1/2   33  C42  Petroff's Defence
Korchnoi, Viktor      -  Dautov, Rustem        1-0   44  D15  Slav Defence
Luther, Thomas        -  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  1/2   41  B97  Sicilian Najdorf

Round 4 (May 19, 2002)

Leko, Peter           -  Lutz, Christopher     1-0   62  B48  Sicilian Paulsen
Korchnoi, Viktor      -  Zvjaginsev, Vadim     0-1   42  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Fridman, Daniel       -  Luther, Thomas        1/2   19  A25  English Sicilian Attack
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  -  Krasenkow, Michal     0-1   47  D71  Gruenfeld 3.g3
Dautov, Rustem        -  Jussupow, Artur       1/2   14  A84  Dutch

Round 5 (May 20, 2002)

Zvjaginsev, Vadim     -  Dautov, Rustem        1-0   33  B12  Caro Kann Advanced
Krasenkow, Michal     -  Fridman, Daniel       1/2   33  D49  Queens Gambit Meran
Lutz, Christopher     -  Korchnoi, Viktor      1-0   36  C12  French MacCutcheon
Jussupow, Artur       -  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  1/2   20  E52  Nimzo Indian
Luther, Thomas        -  Leko, Peter           0-1   25  B33  Sicilian Sveshnikov


4th Borowski GM Essen GER (GER), 16-25 v 2002      cat. XVI (2634)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Zvjaginsev, Vadim     g RUS 2645 * = . . . 1 1 . 1 1  4.5  3010
 2 Leko, Peter           g HUN 2707 = * . 1 . 1 . 1 . =  4.0  2865
 3 Krasenkow, Michal     g POL 2641 . . * . 1 . = = 1 1  4.0  2853
 4 Lutz, Christopher     g GER 2644 . 0 . * 1 1 = . = .  3.0  2713
 5 Jussupow, Artur       g GER 2618 . . 0 0 * . . 1 = =  2.0  2560
 6 Korchnoi, Viktor      g SUI 2635 0 0 . 0 . * 1 . . 1  2.0  2568
 7 Fridman, Daniel       g LAT 2571 0 . = = . 0 * = . .  1.5  2477
 8 Luther, Thomas        g GER 2566 . 0 = . 0 . = * = .  1.5  2493
 9 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  g UZB 2674 0 . 0 = = . . = * .  1.5  2473
10 Dautov, Rustem        g GER 2636 0 = 0 . = 0 . . . *  1.0  2409
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3) Capablanca Memorial

The XXXVII Capablanca Memorial took place in the Hotel Neptuno - Tritón, La Habana May 5th-17th 2002. Lazaro Bruzon won the main category XIII elite event with 6/9.

Internet coverage: http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/

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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. Bruzon, Lazaro            g CUB 2569  * = = 1 = = = = 1 1  6.0  2682 
 2. Dominguez, Lenier         g CUB 2601  = * = = 0 1 1 1 = =  5.5  2633 
 3. Nogueiras, Jesus          g CUB 2534  = = * = = = = = = 1  5.0  2604 
 4. Vera, Reynaldo            g CUB 2537  0 = = * = = 1 1 = =  5.0  2603 
 5. Arencibia, Walter         g CUB 2542  = 1 = = * 0 = 1 = 0  4.5  2560 
 6. Stefansson, Hannes        g ISL 2598  = 0 = = 1 * 0 0 = 1  4.0  2511 
 7. Zapata, Alonso            g COL 2541  = 0 = 0 = 1 * = 0 1  4.0  2517 
 8. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre     g FRA 2567  = 0 = 0 0 1 = * 1 =  4.0  2514 
 9. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan   g CHI 2556  0 = = = = = 1 0 * 0  3.5  2478 
10. Kogan, Artur              g ISR 2540  0 = 0 = 1 0 0 = 1 *  3.5  2480 
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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 = 1 = 1 1  8.5  2658 
 2. Cacho Reigadas, Sergio        m ESP 2469  0 * = 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.0  2551 
 3. Vassallo, Mauricio            m ARG 2438  = = * = 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 =  6.5  2517 
 4. Franco Ocampos, Zenon         g PAR 2510  0 1 = * = = = = = 1 = 1  6.5  2511 
 5. Perez, Rodney                 m CUB 2425  = = 1 = * = = = 0 = = =  5.5  2453 
 6. Borges Mateos, Juan           m CUB 2438  = 1 0 = = * 0 1 = = = =  5.5  2452 
 7. Abreu, Aryam                  m CUB 2480  0 0 = = = 1 * 1 = = = =  5.5  2448 
 8. Gretarsson, Helgi Ass         g ISL 2521  = 0 1 = = 0 0 * = = = 1  5.0  2409 
 9. Gonzalez, Yuri                m CUB 2444  0 0 0 = 1 = = = * = = =  4.5  2387 
10. Alvarez, Jose                 m CUB 2403  = 0 0 0 = = = = = * = =  4.0  2353 
11. Garcia Martinez, Silvino      g CUB 2395  0 0 0 = = = = = = = * =  4.0  2354 
12. Alonso, Rene                  m CUB 2398  0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = = *  3.5  2323 
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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. Herrera, Irisberto          g CUB 2474  * = = = = 1 = = = 1 1 1  7.5  2582 
 2. Zarnicki, Pablo             g ARG 2499  = * = = 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1  7.0  2549 
 3. Delgado, Neuris             m CUB 2506  = = * = = = = = 1 1 = =  6.5  2511 
 4. De la Paz, Frank            m CUB 2427  = = = * = = = = = 0 1 1  6.0  2489 
 5. Almeida, Omar               m CUB 2484  = 1 = = * 0 1 1 0 = = 0  5.5  2448 
 6. Hauchard, Arnaud            g FRA 2518  0 = = = 1 * = = 0 1 0 1  5.5  2445 
 7. Reinaldo Castineira, Roi    m ESP 2404  = 0 = = 0 = * = 1 = 1 =  5.5  2456 
 8. Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio   m ESP 2456  = 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 = =  5.0  2415 
 9. Gongora, Maikel             m CUB 2408  = 0 0 = 1 1 0 = * = = =  5.0  2419 
10. Gomez, Felix                m CUB 2406  0 = 0 1 = 0 = 0 = * = 1  4.5  2390 
11. Vazquez, Renier             m CUB 2442  0 = = 0 = 1 0 = = = * 0  4.0  2350 
12. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor      m ISL 2396  0 0 = 0 1 0 = = = 0 1 *  4.0  2354 
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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 1 = =  8.0  2449 
 2. Montalvo, Alejandro         m PUR 2268  0 * 1 0 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 1  6.5  2350 
 3. Pina, Sulennis             wm CUB 2371  0 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = =  6.5  2341 
 4. Arribas, Maritza           wg CUB 2290  = 1 0 * = 1 0 = = 1 = 0  5.5  2283 
 5. Ocampo, Raul MEX            m MEX 2312  = 0 = = * 0 = = = 1 = 1  5.5  2281 
 6. Araque, Rafael              m COL 2365  = 1 0 0 1 * 0 = = 0 1 =  5.0  2240 
 7. Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio   m ECU 2420  0 = = 1 = 1 * = 0 0 1 0  5.0  2235 
 8. Ramon, Vivian              wg CUB 2206  = 0 0 = = = = * 1 0 1 =  5.0  2255 
 9. Hernandez, Tania           wm CUB 2174  0 = = = = = 1 0 * 0 1 =  5.0  2258 
10. Frometa, Zirka             wm CUB 2213  0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 * 0 1  5.0  2254 
11. Collazo, Niala             wf CUB 2192  = = = = = 0 0 0 0 1 * 1  4.5  2227 
12. Fleitas, Yuleikis          wm CUB 2209  = 0 = 1 0 = 1 = = 0 0 *  4.5  2225 
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4) Russian Team Championships

Eugeny Atarov reports on the Russian Team Championships which take place in Ekaterinburg 17th-26th May 2002. Sixteen teams in two subgroups of eight produce three winners from each group who play in the final for the title of the champion of Russia, and a place in the European Club Championships. The remaining teams playoff for a place in the finals next year.

Internet coverage: http://www.joeblack.ru/

Group A

Round 1 May 17th 2002

Novosibirsk     - Tymen           2:4
Novokuzneck     - Norilisk        2:4
St-Petersburg   - Omsk            3:3
Saratov         - Vladivostok     4:2 

Round 2 May 18th 2002

Tymen           - Vladivostok     5:1
Norilisk        - St-Petersburg   3.5:2.5
Novosibirsk     - Novokuzneck     2:4
Omsk            - Saratov         1.5:4.5 

Round 3 May 19th 2002

St.Petersburg   - Novosibirsk     4.5:1.5
Novokuznetsk    - Tymen           2:4
Vladivostok     - Omsk            4:2
Saratov         - Norilsk         2.5:3.5

Group A
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Novosibirsk     * 0 0         0   0
Novokuznetsk    2 *         0 0   2
St.Petersburg   2   *     1 0     3
Saratov               * 2 2 0     4
Vladivostok           0 * 2   0   2
Omsk                1 0 0 *       1
Norilsk           2 2 2     *     6
Tymen           2 2     2     *   6
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Group B

Round 1 May 17th 2002

Khabarovsk      - Satka           2:4
Nizhny Tagil    - Surgut          3:3
Kazan           - Tomsk           3:3
Maykop          - St-Petersburg 2 3.5:2.5

Round 2 May 18th 2002

Kazan           - Khabarovsk      4.5:1.5
Nizhny Tagil    - Satka           3:3
St-Petersburg 2 - Surgut          4.5:1.5
Tomsk           - Maykop          2:4 

Round 3 May 19th 2002

Khabarovsk      - Tomsk           2:4
Kazan           - Nizhny Tagil    4:2
Satka           - St.Petersburg 2 3:3
Surgut          - Majkop          2.5:3.5

Group B
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Omsk            * 0 0         1   1
Kazan           2 *         1 2   5
Majkop          2   *     2 2     6
Khabarovsk            * 0 0 0     0
Satka                 2 * 1   1   4
St.Petersburg 2     0 2 1 *       3
Tomsk             1 0 2     *     3
Nizhny Tagil    1 0     1     *   2
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«NORILISKY NICKEL»
  1. Evgeniy BAR g 2724
  2. Alexander GRISCHUK g 2702
  3. Vadim ZVYAGINCEV g 2645
  4. Vladimir MALAKHOV g 2663
  5. Alexander RUSTEMOV g 2598
  6. Alexander VOLZHIN g 2644
  7. Igor GLEK g 2605
  8. Sergey SMAGIN g 2585
«LENTRANSGAZ» St.Petersburg
  1. Petr SVIDLER g 2688
  2. Konstantin SAKAEV g 2649
  3. Viktor KORCHNOI g 2635
  4. Konstantin ASEEV g 2579
  5. Valeria POPOV g 2575
  6. Vasiliy YEMELIN g 2541
  7. Sergey IVANOV g 2542
  8. Valeria LOGINOV g 2535 Evgeniy ALEXEEV m 2567
«GAZOVIK» Tymen
  1. Viorel BOLOGAN g 2652
  2. Alexander ONISCHUK g 2641
  3. Alexander MOTYLEV g 2622
  4. Alexander LASTIN g 2619
  5. Evgeniy NAJER g 2599
  6. Alexander MOISEENKO g 2575
  7. Evgeniy PROKOPCHUK g 2514
  8. Dmitriy CHUPROV m 2422
      Aleksey PLYASUNOV f 2370
«SIBERIA» Tomsk
  1. Aleksey ALEXANDROV g 2654
  2. Evgeniy PIGUSOV g 2623
  3. Valeria FILIPPOV g 2612
  4. Konstantin LANDA g 2523
  5. Mihail KOBALIA g 2602
  6. Pavel KOTSUR g 2578
  7. Petr KIRIAKOV g 2552
  8. Alexander KHASIN g 2613
«UNIVERSITY» Maykop
  1. Mihail GUREVICH g 2641
  2. Pavel TREGUBOV g 2627
  3. Aleksey FEDOROV g 2598
  4. Sergey VOLKOV g 2609
  5. Alexander GALKIN g 2569
  6. Alexander POLULYAKHOV g 2533
  7. Sergey BESHUKOV g 2482
«ROOK KAZANI-1000»
  1. Vladimir AKOPIAN g 2678
  2. Sergey RUBLEVSKY g 2657
  3. Andrey KHARLOV g 2633
  4. Vladimir BAKLAN g 2618
  5. Artyom TIMOFEEV m 2552
  6. Valeria YANDEMIROV g 2505
  7. Alisa GALLIAMOVA wg 2500
  8. Ramili HASANGATIN m 2481
      Alexander FILIPPENKO m 2434
«POLYTECHNIC» Nizhny Tagil
  1. Mihail ULYBIN g 2576
  2. Alexander VAULIN g 2560
  3. Max SOROKIN g 2531
  4. Andrey SHARIYAZDANOV g 2542
  5. Sergey VOKAREV m 2517
  6. Novel OVECHKIN m 2515
  7. Anatoliy OZGIBCEV 2444
  8. Nikolay OGLOBLIN 2453
«YURGA» Surgut
  1. Emili SUTOVSKY g 2660
  2. Dmitriy YAKOVENKO g 2557
  3. Alexander POTAPOV m 2498
  4. Nikolay KABANOV m 2454
  5. Nikolay TOLSTYKH m 2480
  6. Aleksey PRIDOROZHNY m 2426
«SAINT PETERSBURG-2»
  1. Aleksey LUGOVOI g 2510
  2. Alexander KOCHIEV g 2416
  3. Evgeniy SHAPOSHNIKOV m 2521
  4. Denis EVSEEV g 2548
  5. Aleksey ELISEEV m 2513
  6. Sergey KLIMOV m 2431
  7. Ruslan KASHTANOV f 2413
  8. Pavel ANISIMOV 2424
      Artyom SMIRNOV 2313
      Nikita VITYUGOV 2408
«City Club» Saratov
  1. Sergey DYACHKOV m 2540
  2. Aleksey ILJUSHIN g 2517
  3. Gennadiy TUNIC m 2491
  4. Evgeniy TOMASHEVSKY m 2452
  5. Mihail RODIN 2371
  6. Mihail NEDOCHETOV m 2413
  7. Vladimir KARAVAEV 2381
  8. Igori DMITRIEV m 2385
      Aleksey SHEMSTOPEROV 2455
      Pavel LOBACH 2360
«LIDRIH» Omsk
  1. Konstantin STAROSEK 2495
  2. Ivan SMYKOVSKIY m 2497
  3. Vladimir SCHERBAKOV 2425
  4. Oleg SELIN f 2440
  5. Alexander SLIZHEVSKIY 2285
  6. Yuriy KRIVKO 2292
«MAGNEZIT» Satka
  1. Evgeniy SVESHNIKOV g 2556
  2. Ruslan SCHERBAKOV g 2549
  3. Garun NUREEV m 2457
  4. Igori KURNOSOV m 2419
  5. Evgeniy SOMKIN 2395
  6. Sergey BELOUS 2290
«LOCOMOTIVE» Khabarovsk
  1. Alexander SEMENIUK m 2464
  2. Dmitriy LABUNSKIY m 2440
  3. Vyacheslav DYU m 2412
  4. Vadim KUROCHKIN 2396
  5. Vladimir TELINOV m 2403
  6. Alibert PEVZNER 2260

5) First Saturday May

The First Saturday May tournaments in Budapest took place 4th-16th of May 2002. Heikki Kallio won the main GM event with 8.5/10. 15 year old FM Csaba Balogh made a GM norm. In the IM event 15 year old FM Csaba Berczes won the event and made an IM norm as did Vinh Bui in finishing half a point behind.

Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/firstsat/

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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 1  8.5  2696 
 2. Balogh, Csaba      f HUN 2413  = * = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1  7.5  2602 
 3. Vajda, Albert      m ROM 2379  0 = * = = 1 = 1 = = =  5.5  2448 
 4. Nyback, Tomi       m FIN 2420  = 0 = * = 1 0 = = 1 1  5.5  2444 
 5. Lukacs, Peter      g HUN 2460  0 = = = * = = = = = =  4.5  2368 
 6. Rajlich, Vasik G   f USA 2377  = = 0 0 = * = 0 = 1 1  4.5  2377 
 7. Bilek, Istvan      g HUN 2377  0 0 = 1 = = * = = = =  4.5  2377 
 8. Seres, Lajos       m HUN 2483  0 0 0 = = 1 = * = 1 =  4.5  2366 
 9. Husari, Satea      m SYR 2383  0 0 = = = = = = * = 1  4.5  2376 
10. Lengyel, Bela      m HUN 2354  0 = = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1  3.5  2305 
11. Gonda, Laszlo      f HUN 2359  0 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 *  2.0  2174 
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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 1  8.5  2490 
 2. Bui Vinh               VIE 2420  = * 0 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1  8.0  2438 
 3. Papp, Gellert          HUN 2244  0 1 * = 1 1 = = 0 1 = 1  7.0  2381 
 4. Eperjesi, Laszlo     m HUN 2322  = 0 = * = 0 1 = 0 = 1 1  5.5  2272 
 5. Volodin, Viktor      m RUS 2319  = = 0 = * 0 = = 1 1 = =  5.5  2272 
 6. Dub, Zeev            f ISR 2297  0 = 0 1 1 * = = 1 0 = =  5.5  2274 
 7. Brustkern, Juergen   f GER 2293  = 0 = 0 = = * = 1 = 1 =  5.5  2275 
 8. Mueller, Markus        GER 2195  0 0 = = = = = * 1 1 0 0  4.5  2219 
 9. Nemeth, Zoltan       m HUN 2364  0 = 1 1 0 0 0 0 * = 1 0  4.0  2166 
10. Vass, Viktor           HUN 2218  = 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 = * 0 1  4.0  2180 
11. Szabo, Krisztian       HUN 2226  0 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 1 * =  4.0  2179 
12. Berczes, David         HUN 2179  0 0 0 0 = = = 1 1 0 = *  4.0  2183 
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6) Championships of Uruguay

Alejandro Nogueira reports: The chess Championships of Uruguay took place 6th-16th May in Best Western Palladium Hotel - Montevideo - Uruguay. It was a 12 round robin with two invited IM : Alfredo Giaccio of Argentina and Cristobal Valiente from Paraguay. Martin Crosa won the tournament with 9/11 however he tied for the Uruguayan title with Bernardo Roselli Mailhe as both their results against the foreign contingent didn't count for this title. They will play off at a later date.

Further information: http://fuajedrez.tripod.com/

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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  * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 =  9.0  2520 
 2. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo       m URU 2419  1 * 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1  8.5  2466 
 3. Giaccio, Alfredo               m ARG 2517  0 1 * 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  8.5  2457 
 4. Valiente, Cristobal            m PAR 2331  = 0 1 * = = 1 = = 1 1 1  7.5  2396 
 5. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A     URU 2237  0 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 = 0  5.5  2272 
 6. Curi, Gabriel                  f URU 2267  0 = 0 = = * = = 1 0 1 1  5.5  2269 
 7. Riverol, Jose                    URU 2278  0 = 0 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1  5.0  2232 
 8. Saralegui, Mario                 URU 2118  0 0 = = = = 0 * 0 0 = 1  3.5  2150 
 9. Bauza, Alejandro               f URU 2260  0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 =  3.5  2137 
10. Sosa Macho, Juan Manu            URU 2240  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 * 0 =  3.5  2138 
11. Larrea, Manuel                   URU 2180  0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 1 * 1  3.5  2144 
12. Echevers,Ignacio                 URU ----  = 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = = 0 *  2.5  2082 
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7) NAO Chess Club 2nd IM tournament

The NAO Chess Club 2nd IM tournament takes place in Paris 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. After 7 rounds he is on 4/7 in joint fourth place. IM Cyril Marcelin leads with 5/7.

Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com

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2nd NAO Masters Paris FRA (FRA), 13-21 v 2002          cat. V (2352)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Marcelin, Cyril       m FRA 2452  * . 1 0 0 1 1 1 . 1  5.0  2503 
 2. Guidarelli, Laurent   f FRA 2366  . * 1 1 = . = = 0 1  4.5  2427 
 3. Inkiov, Ventzislav    g BUL 2440  0 0 * 1 . 1 . 1 = 1  4.5  2451 
 4. Lupu, Mircea-Sergiu   g FRA 2470  1 0 0 * 1 . 0 1 1 .  4.0  2388 
 5. Habu, Yoshiharu         JPN 2342  1 = . 0 * = 0 . 1 1  4.0  2413 
 6. Taimanov, Mark E      g RUS 2423  0 . 0 . = * 1 = 1 =  3.5  2322 
 7. Midoux, Sebastien       FRA 2288  0 = . 1 1 0 * 0 . =  3.0  2308 
 8. Bonnet, Edouard1        FRA 2194  0 = 0 0 . = 1 * 1 .  3.0  2339 
 9. Serafimov, Tervel       BUL 2284  . 1 = 0 0 0 . 0 * 1  2.5  2254 
10. Marchand, Francois    f FRA 2259  0 0 0 . 0 = = . 0 *  1.0  2061 
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8) Russian Women's Championships

The Russian Women's Championships took place in Elista, May 10th-18th 2002. The event was a 9 round Swiss. Tatiana Kosintseva won the event with 7/9.

Internet coverage: http://www.chessdaily.com/wrcc/

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52nd ch-RUS w Elista RUS (RUS), 10-16 v 2002
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                                                   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Kosintseva, Tatiana            wg RUS 2373  +28 +12 + 4 = 5 = 3 + 8 = 7 = 2 +11  7.0  2558 
 2. Matveeva, Svetlana             wg RUS 2437  +25 = 7 =15 =11 = 6 + 5 +17 = 1 + 3  6.5  2503 
 3. Polovnikova, Ekaterina         wg RUS 2366  +16 =20 +30 + 8 = 1 = 4 +10 + 7 - 2  6.5  2484 
 4. Zimina, Olga                   wm RUS 2360  +21 +24 - 1 +19 + 5 = 3 = 6 +13 = 7  6.5  2454 
 5. Grabuzova, Tatiana             wg RUS 2388  +11 =30 + 7 = 1 - 4 - 2 +16 +15 = 9  5.5  2405 
 6. Kosintseva, Nadezhda           wm RUS 2336  =26 =19 +18 +15 = 2 =10 = 4 - 9 +17  5.5  2364 
 7. Pogonina, Natalija             wf RUS 2303  +34 = 2 - 5 +21 +17 + 9 = 1 - 3 = 4  5.5  2414 
 8. Slavina, Irina                 wg RUS 2370  =19 +26 +20 - 3 +11 - 1 =15 =10 +18  5.5  2339 
 9. Zaiatz, Elena                  wg RUS 2346  -12 +28 +32 =10 +25 - 7 =26 + 6 = 5  5.5  2372 
10. Demina, Julia                  wg RUS 2334  =18 +31 =17 = 9 +14 = 6 - 3 = 8 =12  5.0  2346 
11. Styazhkina, Olga               wg RUS 2355  - 5 +14 +22 = 2 - 8 =12 +20 +26 - 1  5.0  2364 
12. Vasilevich, Irina                 RUS 2208  + 9 - 1 -25 +23 =19 =11 =21 +28 =10  5.0  2326 
13. Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana  wg RUS 2428  =32 -15 +24 =30 =16 =21 +19 - 4 +26  5.0  2267 
14. Shumiakina, Tatiana            wg RUS 2366  -30 -11 +34 +28 -10 -23 +27 +19 +24  5.0  2274 
15. Kursova, Maria                 wf RUS 2255  =17 +13 = 2 - 6 =20 +18 = 8 - 5 =16  4.5  2330 
16. Khusnutdinova, Luiza           wm RUS 2250  - 3 =33 +26 =20 =13 +27 - 5 =24 =15  4.5  2287 
17. Sudakova, Irina                wm RUS 2369  =15 +29 =10 =25 - 7 +30 - 2 +21 - 6  4.5  2297 
18. Chistiakova, Tamara            wf RUS 2207  =10 =27 - 6 +32 =22 -15 +25 +30 - 8  4.5  2306 
19. Khasanova, Elmira                 RUS 2033  = 8 = 6 +27 - 4 =12 =20 -13 -14 +31  4.0  2260 
20. Kharashkina, Bairta            wf RUS 2193  +33 = 3 - 8 =16 =15 =19 -11 =22 =25  4.0  2242 
21. Shaidullina, Sandugach         wf RUS 2245  - 4 =23 +33 - 7 +24 =13 =12 -17 =22  4.0  2261 
22. Strutinskaya, Galina N         wm RUS 2336  =29 =32 -11 =24 =18 =28 =30 =20 =21  4.0  2194 
23. Kryukova, Irina                wg RUS 2304  -24 =21 =29 -12 =32 +14 -28 =31 +30  4.0  2192 
24. Kovanova, Baira                   RUS 2124  +23 - 4 -13 =22 -21 +32 +29 =16 -14  4.0  2268 
25. Mirzoeva, Elmira               wg RUS 2296  - 2 +34 +12 =17 - 9 -26 -18 +29 =20  4.0  2216 
26. Chasovnikova, Eugenia          wm RUS 2222  = 6 - 8 -16 +34 +33 +25 = 9 -11 -13  4.0  2269 
27. Dorofeeva, Anna                wm RUS 2304  =31 =18 -19 +29 =30 -16 -14 +33 =28  4.0  2186 
28. Druzhinina, Olga                  RUS 2261  - 1 - 9 +31 -14 +34 =22 +23 -12 =27  4.0  2237 
29. Guseva, Olga                      RUS 2226  =22 -17 =23 -27 =31 +33 -24 -25 +34  3.5  2178 
30. Kozlovskaya, Valentina         wg RUS 2246  +14 = 5 - 3 =13 =27 -17 =22 -18 -23  3.0  2215 
31. Fominykh, Maria                   RUS 2163  =27 -10 -28 -33 =29 =34 +32 =23 -19  3.0  2117 
32. Semenova, Irina                wm RUS 2284  =13 =22 - 9 -18 =23 -24 -31 =34 +33  3.0  2135 
33. Tomilova, Elena                   RUS 2311  -20 =16 -21 +31 -26 -29 =34 -27 -32  2.0  2003 
34. Dordzhieva, Nadezhda           wf RUS 2123  - 7 -25 -14 -26 -28 =31 =33 =32 -29  1.5  1997 
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9) Vedior Trophy

The "Vedior Trophy" in Milan is a Cat I Tournament taking place May 16th-26th 2002. IM norms will be available. Sponsor Vedior and Bugnion. 12 players.

Details: http://www.italiascacchistica.com and http://italiascacchistica.com/vedior/

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Vedior Trophy Milan ITA (ITA), 16-26 v 2002                  cat. I (2270)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Qendro, Llambi          f ALB 2331  * = . . . 1 . . 1 . = .  3.0  2525 
 2. Contin, Daniel          m ITA 2338  = * . . . . 1 . = 1 . .  3.0  2474 
 3. Di Fonzo, Valerio         ITA 2208  . . * = . . . . . = 1 1  3.0  2374 
 4. Geenen, Marc            f BEL 2332  . . = * = = . . . . 1 .  2.5  2366 
 5. Lanzani, Mario          m ITA 2362  . . . = * . 0 . . 1 . 1  2.5  2281 
 6. Isonzo, Davide          f ITA 2360  0 . . = . * . . . . 1 1  2.5  2324 
 7. Astengo, Corrado          ITA 2180  . 0 . . 1 . * = = . . .  2.0  2360 
 8. Valenti, Giuseppe         ITA 2268  . . . . . . = * = 0 . 1  2.0  2222 
 9. Drazic, Sinisa          g YUG 2474  0 = . . . . = = * . . .  1.5  2192 
10. Bertazzo, Giorgio         SUI 2139  . 0 = . 0 . . 1 . * . .  1.5  2207 
11. Van Hoolandt, Patrick     MNC 2157  = . 0 0 . 0 . . . . * .  0.5  1985 
12. Straub, Peter             GER 2096  . . 0 . 0 0 . 0 . . . *  0.0       
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10) Kuban Spring

The Kuban Spring tournament took place in Krasnodar 6th-16th April 2002. The event was won by Arsen Stambulian with 6.5/11. No round number available.

Internet coverage: http://www.kubanchess.narod.ru/Arhiv.htm

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Kuban Spring Krasnodar RUS (RUS), 6-16 iv 2002              cat. IX (2466)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Stambulian, Arsen       m ARM 2411  * 0 = = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2536 
 2. Panarin, Michail          RUS 2426  1 * = = = 1 = = 0 = = =  6.0  2505 
 3. Bryzgalin, Kirill       f RUS 2396  = = * = 1 = = = = = = =  6.0  2508 
 4. Malaniuk, Vladimir P    g UKR 2555  = = = * = = = = 1 = 1 0  6.0  2494 
 5. Kobylkin, Evgeni        f UKR 2407  = = 0 = * = 1 = 1 0 1 =  6.0  2507 
 6. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly     g RUS 2554  1 0 = = = * = 1 0 1 0 1  6.0  2494 
 7. Nadyrhanov, Sergey      g RUS 2477  = = = = 0 = * = 1 = = =  5.5  2465 
 8. Poluljahov, Aleksandr   g RUS 2533  = = = = = 0 = * = 1 0 1  5.5  2460 
 9. Bagirov, Rufat          m AZE 2516  0 1 = 0 0 1 0 = * 1 1 =  5.5  2461 
10. Maiorov, Oleg           m RUS 2472  0 = = = 1 0 = 0 0 * 1 =  4.5  2400 
11. Skorchenko, Dmitriy     m RUS 2431  0 = = 0 0 1 = 1 0 0 * 1  4.5  2404 
12. Gukasian, Rudolf          RUS 2416  0 = = 1 = 0 = 0 = = 0 *  4.0  2368 
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11) Pula Open 2002

The "Pula Open 2002" took place 12th-19th May 2002 in Pula, Croatia. Jonathan Rowson took first place with 7.5/9. The open followed the Croatian Cup team competition which was won by GSK "MRAVINCE DAL.CEMENT", Mravince. My thanks to WGM Mirjana Medic for the news.

Details: http://sahklubpula.virualave.net

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 1. Rowson, Jonathan        g  SCO 2527  7.5      38.5  48.0   37.5
 2. Hulak, Krunoslav        g  CRO 2553  7        39.5  50.0   36.5
 3. Murey, Jacob            g  ISR 2472  6.5      44.0  55.5   39.0
 4. Cvitan, Ognjen          g  CRO 2570  6.5      41.0  52.0   34.5
 5. Sulava, Nenad           g  CRO 2548  6.5      40.5  52.0   34.0
 6. Cebalo, Miso            g  CRO 2515  6.5      40.0  51.0   36.0
 7. Stocek, Jiri            g  CZE 2566  6.5      39.0  49.0   31.5
 8. Fercec, Nenad           m  CRO 2466  6.5      37.5  48.0   34.5
 9. Kuljasevic, Davorin        CRO 2297  6        42.0  54.0   35.0
10. Filipovic, Branko       m  CRO 2442  6        41.0  53.0   34.0
11. Palac, Mladen           g  CRO 2574  6        41.0  51.5   33.5
12. Stefanova, Antoaneta    m  BUL 2473  6        39.5  50.5   34.0
13. Tratar, Marko           m  SLO 2443  6        39.5  50.0   32.5
14. Bistric, Faruk          m  BIH 2494  6        39.0  49.5   34.5
15. Zelcic, Robert          g  CRO 2547  6        38.5  48.5   31.5
16. Zaja, Ivan              g  CRO 2459  6        38.0  48.0   33.0
17. Franic, Milan           m  CRO 2413  6        37.5  49.0   31.5
18. Feletar, Darko          m  CRO 2435  6        37.0  47.5   30.5
19. Molnar, Bela               HUN 2318  6        37.0  45.5   31.0
20. Kovacevic, Vlatko       g  CRO 2510  6        36.0  46.0   31.0
21. Rukavina, Josip         m  CRO 2368  6        36.0  46.0   30.5
22. Sebestyen, Balazs          HUN 2171  6        36.0  45.5   28.5
23. Podlesnik, Bogdan       m  SLO 2385  6        34.5  45.0   29.5
24. Mikac, Matjaz           m  SLO 2414  6        34.0  44.0   30.0
25. Levar, Nenad            f  CRO 2241  6        34.0  43.5   27.0
26. Fucak, Emilijo          f  CRO 2314  6        33.5  42.5   28.5
128 players

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GSK "MRAVINCE DAL.CEMENT", Mravince  15  
SK "PULA", Pula                      13.5
SK "GORANKA-KENDA", Ravna Gora       12  
SK GJURO PILAR", Sl. Brod            11  
SK "OSIJEK", Osijek                  10.5
SK "RIJEKA", Rijeka                  10.5
SD "DALEKOVOD", Zagreb               10.5
SK "GORAN", Bibinje                   9  
SK "LIBURNIJA", Rijeka                9  
SK "KVARNER", Rijeka                  9  
SK "SIBENIK", Sibenik                 8.5
SK "KASTAV", Kastav                   8  
SK "SLJEME", Sesvete                  7  
SK "STRAHONINEC", Strahoninec         6.5

12) Dutch Team Cup - Hengelo

The semi-final and final of the Dutch team cup was played in Hengelo on May 18th. The team from LSG (Leiden) picked up the cup after an exciting final.

Semi-Final
   ING/ESGOO (Enschede)         - LSG (Leiden)              1  -  3
1. Kroeze, Frank                - Smeets, Jan              0.5 - 0.5
2. Van Wissen, Michiel          - Van Haastert, Edwin       0  -  1
3. Ellenbroek, Ton              - Van Blitterswijk, Stefan 0.5 - 0.5
4. Anjewierden, Anjo            - Roobol, Martin            0  -  1

   Zukertort Amstelveen         - BIS Beamer Team (A'doorn)2.5 - 1.5
1. Solleveld, Maarten           - Jonker, Marc              1  -  0
2. Bertholee, Rob               - Van Delft, Merijn         1  -  0
3. Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur - Van Beek, Lucien          0  -  1
4. Strating, Sybolt             - Van der Elburg, Freddie  0.5 - 0.5

Final
   Zukertort Amstelveen         - LSG                      0.5 - 3.5
1. Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur - Smeets, Jan               0  -  1
2. Solleveld, Maarten           - Van Haastert, Edwin      0.5 - 0.5
3. Bertholee, Rob               - Van Wessel, Rudy          0   - 1
4. Strating, Sybolt             - Van Blitterswijk, Stefan  0   - 1

3rd/4th place
   ING/ESGOO                    - BIS Beamer Team          1.5 - 2.5
1. Kroeze, Frank                - Van Delft, Merijn         1  -  0
2. Van Wissen, Michiel          - Van Beek, Lucien          0  -  1
3. Ellenbroek, Ton              - Jonker, Marc             0.5 - 0.5
4. Lehmann, Holger              - Van der Elburg, Freddie   0  -  1

13) Lithuanian Championships

The Lithuanian Championships take place in Vilnius May 17th-25th 2002. 11 round all-play-all Players: 1. E.Rozentalis TD 2586 2. Š.Šulskis TD 2577 3. A.Kveinys TD 2559 4. D.Ružele TD 2545 5. V.Mališauskas TD 2514 6. D.Zagorskis TM 2477 7. V.Sakalauskas TM 2422 8. G.Piešina TM 2411 9. A.Zapolskis TM 2401 10. G.Šarakauskas TM 2388 11. H.Asauskas 2384 12. T.Samulevicius 2316

No games yet.

Coverage: http://www.chess.lt/lithuania/lit/htm/2002_vyru_finalo_dalyviai.htm

14) Korinthos Events

The Greek city of Korinthos (Corinth) played host to two events. There was a match between Christos Banikas vs Mikhail Gurevich (six rapid games - 25 minutes for each player) followed by a rapid chess between Gurevich and Junior 7 in four 60-minute games. Junior 7 ran on a single processor Pentium 4 at 2000 MHz and 1 GB of RAM. Junior 7 won 3.5-0.5. My thanks to Christopher A. Morgan and Argiris Kotsis.

Official site for the match was the Hellas Chess Club, http://www.chess.gr and http://www.blackqueen.net. Other coverage: http://www.kasparovchess.com and http://www.chessbase.com.

Gurevich, Mikhail  -  Banikas, Hristos   1/2   35  A59  Volga Gambit
Banikas, Hristos   -  Gurevich, Mikhail  1/2   44  D13  Slav Exchange
Gurevich, Mikhail  -  Banikas, Hristos   0-1   53  A36  English Botvinnik
Banikas, Hristos   -  Gurevich, Mikhail  0-1   23  D30  Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Gurevich, Mikhail  -  Banikas, Hristos   0-1   75  A42  Modern Defence
Banikas, Hristos   -  Gurevich, Mikhail  1-0   34  E42  Nimzo Indian Rubinstein


Rapid Match Korinthos GRE (GRE), 13-14 v 2002
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Banikas, Hristos  g  GRE 2523    =   =   1   0   1   1   4.0  2766
Gurevich, Mikhail g  BEL 2641    =   =   0   1   0   0   2.0  2398
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Gurevich, Mikhail  -  JUNIOR7            0-1   83  A13  Reti Opening
JUNIOR7            -  Gurevich, Mikhail  1-0   50  C01  French Exchange
Gurevich, Mikhail  -  JUNIOR7            1/2   57  D03  Queen's Pawn Game
JUNIOR7            -  Gurevich, Mikhail  1-0   66  C01  French Exchange

Man-Machine Match Rapid Korinthos GRE (GRE), 15-18 v 2002
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JUNIOR7                  ----    1   1   =   1   3.5  2977
Gurevich, Mikhail g  BEL 2641    0   0   =   0   0.5  1678
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15) Marshall Chess Club Masters

Greg Shahade reports: The 9th weekly Tuesday Night Masters Action tournament was held this week. In clear first was GM Alexander Stripunsky with 3.5/4. Coming in joint second with ¾ was GM Igor Novikov, GM Leonid Yudasin and FM Yuri Lapshun. This event is held every Tuesday at the historic Marshall Chess Club, starting at 7 pm sharp. This tournament is made possible by donations. At the moment, $180 is added to the prize fund every week. EF is $25 for club members, $35 for non club members. GM entry is free.

Prizes: 1st - $280 2nd - $135 3rd - $65

Greg Shahade can be contacted at gregshahade@yahoo.com or at 917-294-1338

Thanks to our sponsors : Mike Shahade John Fernandez www.smartchess.com www.chessexpress.com Steven Shutt Alanna Kellon Chung Wang Jeff Brewton Angus Love Postman Joe And our other anonymous donors.

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9th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 14 v 2002
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 1. Stripunsky, Alexander g  USA  2554 + 8 + 7 + 5 = 2   3.5   ($280)
 2. Novikov, Igor A       g  USA  2603 + 6 =11 + 4 = 1   3.0   ($70) 
 3. Yudasin, Leonid       g  ISR  2564 +16 - 4 +11 - 7   3.0   ($70) 
 4. Lapshun, Yury         f  USA  2387 +10 + 3 - 2 + 8   3.0   ($70) 
 5. Shahade, Gregory      m  USA  2453 + 9 +14 - 1 = 6   2.5 
 6. Bonin, Jay R          m  USA  2417 - 2 + 9 +12 = 5   2.5 
 7. Sarkar, Justin        m  USA  2389 +13 - 1 +10 - 3   2.0 
 8. Young, Ronald         f  USA  2279 - 1 +13 +14 - 4   2.0 
 9. Milman, Lev              USA  2230 - 5 - 6 +15 +11   2.0
10. Privman, Boris        f  USA  2236 - 4 +15 - 7 +14   2.0
11. Ariel, Donny          f  USA  2389 +12 = 2 - 3 - 9   1.5
12. Furdzik, Rafal           USA  2241 -11 +16 - 6 =13   1.5
13. Zimbeck, David           USA  2194 - 7 - 8 +16 =12   1.5
14. Pader, Douglas           USA  ---- +15 - 5 - 8 -10   1.0
15. D'Arruda, Ricardo D   f  ARG  2335 -14 -10 - 9 =16   0.5
16. Eisen, Lewis             USA  2258 - 3 -12 -13 =15   0.5

16) Liechtenstein Chess Open

The 20th International Liechtenstein Chess Open took place 3rd-11th May 2002 in Gemeindesaal in Triesen. Seeman Tarvo won with 7.5/9. No game available.

Internet coverage: http://www.supra.net/schach/open.htm

Final Round 9 Standings:
 1. Seeman Tarvo        IM 2428 EST 7.5 54.5 44.50 
 2. Meijers Viesturs    IM 2427 LAT 7.0 53.0 40.50 
 3. Kiik Kalle          IM 2439 EST 6.5 53.0 36.50 
 4. Pribyl Josef        IM 2413 CZE 6.5 52.0 36.25 
 5. Korneev Oleg        GM 2599 RUS 6.5 51.0 35.25 
 6. Van der Weide Kar   IM 2454 NED 6.5 50.0 34.00 
 7. Schmittdiel Eckha   GM 2475 GER 6.5 49.5 33.50 
 8. Grunberg Mihai      IM 2456 ROM 6.5 48.0 32.50 
 9. Landenbergue Clau   IM 2384 SUI 6.0 51.5 32.00 
10. Kümin Simon         FM 2265 SUI 6.0 50.5 31.75 
11. Novkovic Milan      FM 2375 AUT 6.0 48.0 30.00 
12. Brestian Egon       IM 2427 AUT 6.0 47.5 29.25 
13. Peelen Piet         IM 2340 NED 6.0 47.5 27.50 
14. Galyas Miklos       IM 2391 HUN 6.0 47.0 30.00 
15. Thoma Robert        FM 2339 AUT 6.0 46.5 28.50 
94 players

17) Prague Unity Agreement Comments

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.

The winners and losers by Jaan Ehlvest

A week ago the chess world was keenly following the Prague meeting. It was some kind of chess politics game played on 6th of May in the Four Season hotel in Prague. Today this meeting is already history, although 50 years have not past yet let me try to present my views what really happened. We like to compare the chess with some kind of war game. The Yalta conference in 1944 saw all big players at the table. Prague was not exception. Everybody was present. There was made some kind of unity declaration. Who needed it and why. When I was preparing my trip to Prague I did not take Seirawan`s proposals very seriously. I saw in it desperate player who wants to be involved in "big" game again. Just let me remind you how the pawns were placed before Prague meeting. Legal rights of chess world were in possession of FIDE and actually they have always been. Looking at FIDE side there was not anything they needed to unite or separate. Kasparov in his interview on his own site pointed that since one cannot consider Ilyumzhinov’s personal money as a guarantee of stability in professional chess world, no matter what my young associates say about it. For me this reason for FIDE seems too naive. FIDE as democratic organization relies on his members opinions and in general must consider the opinion of every chess player. When in the meeting Mr. Kramnik was worried about regular chess players gain of this unity plan he was 100% right. What it really gives to players who are not in charge of the unification program.

They just need to wait when the process is over. It takes minimum one and half year. On the other hand Mr. Kramnik forgot the fact that either me nor Mr. Shirov needed Einstein World Champion or similar one. Now in July in Dortmund seven players will decide who has the right to meet Kramnik. T his is outmost non democratic way in competitive sport as chess should be and this is why the FIDE current World Championships were created.

Kramnik was most reluctant to the unity plan itself or its content. As I see and the bystander may agree with me Mr. Kramnik actually gained a lot. I pointed out that nobody and the FIDE in particular did not have any public obligation to Kramnik. Mr. Ilyumzhinov several times publicly declared that FIDE doors are open to everybody and no sanctions are taken against any chess player. The commitments Kramnik may have had or not with third parties were his purely personal affairs and therefore the Prague meeting initiators had chosen to be very soft on him. I am afraid that in big poll with all chess players it would had been more difficult for him to defend his rights as third party World Champion. Kasparov who lost the title to Kramnik is already criticized that he gained too much privileges from the Prague agreement. I am not familiar of the insider information, but it seems to me that whole point of the Prague meeting was to heel the wounds between Kasparov and FIDE.

In Prague there was mentioned several times that there is no ideal pattern of the unification and to satisfy all parties. Kasparov is back in FIDE and all chess players including former champions may prove their superiority over him already in near future in Moscow Grand Prix tournament in the beginning of June. The sport is cruel and Mr. Anand still must remember his defeat against Kasparov in NY in 1995.

The conclusion. FIDE truly understands the principles of chess. Sometimes there can not be only winners and losers and FIDE gratefully took the opportunity to participate in the agreement which satisfies all parties of the chess world and strengthens its own position. I believe that many grand masters remember B essel Kok`s enthusiastic speeches during the days of GMA and I believe that his return back to top chess is mostly welcome. The question who gained the most in Prague is not so important because nobody lost.

Jaan Ehlvest 15th May 2002

The follow up of "The winners and losers" by Jaan Ehlvest 17th May 2002

I got some critics that I had defended the interest of FIDE in above mentioned reference and there in Prague were some losers. I must say that I am not herald of FIDE and I do not think that FIDE needs it. I believe that I am quite neutral. I do not like many things in Chess World, but I am not in position do change much and some compromise is essential. If for a moment we could forget who is who in chess and imagine that instead of Kasparov we visualize somebody else, then the bargaining looks completely different. Suddenly we may realize that there is nothing to unite. There must be a new fresh start for everybody. Because not everybody is equal we the losers, I also lost to Garry too many games, must wait nearly two years to have another chance. All depends now on the realistic business plan. The positive effect of the unity to media is welcome but as we know chess lacks connection with big production. Can we find money for chess in some basic value or we still depend on some corrupted middle man. Whose main slogan is live yourself and let others live. I hope that in next FIDE congress we need discuss this issue very closely and the opinion or comments of chess players must be taken into consideration. Even myself I feel sometimes I can lose my temper when we consider the work done by European Chess Union. Sorry but I missed the point. The point however is that after or during the preparation of well known business plan the people responsible for our unity must not forget the losers. Some kind of Dortmund two must be created for chess players who are not involved in binding events. In this case probably all parties are satisfied. Because the virtual World Wide Chess Organization must have ability to keep money (sponsorship) constantly in chess and avoid speculation with the deficit of money on one hand and on the other hand what is even more important to insure that the means (money and tournaments) are equally divided among chess players according to their potential standings.

Seirawan, Kasparov, Kramnik and Ilyumzhinov comments on Kasparovchess.com site. Links:

Kramnik comment. Kasparov comment, Seirawan comment and Ilyumzhinov

The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of TWIC, Chess & Bridge Ltd or the London Chess Center.

18) Forthcoming Events and Links

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 

Stork Young Masters - Hengelo (August 5-10) and other Dutch events

The Royal Dutch Chess Federation (KNSB) invites strong players born after January 1st, 1982 to the second Stork Young Masters. This is a 9 round Round-Robin IM tournament (at least category 4). During the first edition 3 IM-norms and 1 WGM where scored.

Conditions: A. For IM or GM with FIDE Elo above 2400: - Full board and lodging (4-10 August) during the tournament and EURO 115,- pocket money. B. Player with FIDE Elo above 2350: - Full board and lodging during the tournament.

Prize money: 1st EURO 700,- 2nd EURO 450,- 3rd EURO 350,- 4th EURO 250,- 5th EURO 200,- 6th EURO 150,- 7th EURO 100,-

Interested players can contact Harry Kroeze (st.caissa@zonnet.nl).

Other interesting tournaments in Holland during the summer: Jul 8-18: Dieren: Open Dutch Championships (www.schaakbond.nl); Jul 26-Aug 4: Amsterdam: 10th Lost Boys (chess.lostcity.nl/lostboys); Aug 5-10: Hengelo: Open Dutch Junior championships (U20, U16, U14, U12).

Contact webmaster@schaakbond.nl for general information.

Magnus Carlsen vs. The World

11 year old Magnus Carlson is playing the rest of the net in a match organised by the Norgwegian TV Channal TV2. Internet coverage

1st Davos Chess Summer

The 1st Davos Chess Summer takes place 4th-10th August 2002. Venue the Sunstar Parkhotel in Davos. 7 round Swiss.

Further information: E-Mail: info@beochess.ch; Internet: http://www.beochess.ch

15th Kiel Open

The 15th Kiel Open takes place 10th-16th August 2002.

Information: http://home.t-online.de/home/KielerSg/default.htm

Brno closed and open tournaments

SK Duras BVK Kralovo Pole in cooperation with city of Brno chess federation and SK Brno-Zabovresky presents the Duras Cup in Brno 5th-14th July 2002. This will be a Round-robin of 9-11 rounds, category III-IV. There is also a 9 round Swiss at the same time and place. For further information:

Internet - http://volny.cz/skduras

E-mail - bchmelicek@bvk.cz Phone - Petr Mlynek, +4205 49273402 (home) Fax - Petr Mlynek, +4205 48215239 (office)

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/

VII Memorial Nacional De Ajedrez

The VII Memorial Nacional De Ajedrez takes place 8th-9th June 2002.

Details: http://www.memorialdeajedrez.com

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

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

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/

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/

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

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.