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
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
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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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. 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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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. 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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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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Croatian Cup Pula CRO (CRO), 7-11 v 2002
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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
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
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
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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1 2 3 4
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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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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 2 3 4 Total
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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
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
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.
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.