THE WEEK IN CHESS 396 10th June 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) FIDE Moscow
Grand Prix
3) Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament
4) 3rd European Individual Women's Championships
5) Bosnian Teams
6) Hungarian
Championships
7) First Saturday June
8) 3rd Estensi Open
9) Prague Documents
10) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
FIDE Moscow Grand Prix 48 games
Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 25 games
3rd European Ind. Women's Champ 280 games
Bosnian Teams 240 games
Hungarian Championships 65 games
First Saturday June 92 games
750 games
My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Senan Dervisevic, Andras Bacsi, Milen Petrov,
Adolivio Capece, Eugeny Atarov, Jovan Petronic, Lanfranco Bombelli and all
those who helped with this issue.
A quiet week. The main news is that Kasparov won the FIDE Grand Prix in
Moscow in convincing style. Stories from Moscow suggest that Prague is back on
track after the various controversies of last week although a story I read just
a few moments ago as I was finishing the magazine suggesting that Anand might
be involved in the unification process
http://www.chathurangam.com/fideinv2k2.asp
is certainly intriguing.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The FIDE Moscow Grand Prix takes place 1st-6th June 2002. Garry
Kasparov won the event in relative ease, his only problem came in game two of
the semi-finals when Khalifman missed a win (60. ...Qa4) deep into the endgame
and probably time trouble. The final was historically interesting. It was the
first over the board meeting between 15 year old wunderkind Teimour Radjabov
and Garry Kasparov. Both players were born in Baku and started by going to Oleg
Privorodsky's chess school in their home town. Kasparov realised recently that
he used to go to the chess school with Radjabov's father when they were both
children.
Coverage: http://www.fide.com
Round 4 Results 4th June 2002
Semi-finals Places 1-4
Beliavsky, Alexander G (SLO) - * Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) - * Kasparov, Garry (RUS) 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Round 4 Places 5-8
Smirin, Ilia (ISR) - * Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 0-1 1/2
Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) - * Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1/2 0-1
Round 4 Places 9-12
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) - * Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) 1-0 0-1 1/2 0-1
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) * - Polgar, Judit (GM) (HUN) 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0
Round 4 Places 13-16
Dreev, Alexey (RUS) * - Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) 1-0 1/2
Onischuk, Alexander (USA) * - Lautier, Joel (FRA) 1/2 1-0
Final of Moscow Grand Prix 5th June 2002
Kasparov, Garry (RUS) * - Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) 1-0 1/2
3rd-4th Place
Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) * - Beliavsky, Alexander (SLO) 1-0 1/2
5th-6th place
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) * - Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 1-0 0-1 1-0 1/2
7th-8th place
Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) - * Smirin, Ilia (ISR) 0-1 1-0 1/2 1/2 0-1
9th-10th place
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) * - Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) 1-0 1/2
11th-12th place
Polgar, Judit (GM) (HUN) - * Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 0-1 1/2
13th-14th place
Onischuk, Alexander (USA) * - Dreev, Alexey (RUS) 1-0 1/2
15th-16th place
Lautier, Joel (FRA) * - Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) 1/2 1-0
Moscow Grand Prix Final Standings
FINAL STANDINGS
POS. NAME GRAND PRIX POINTS
1 Kasparov, G (RUS) 998
2 Radjabov, T (AZE) 713
3 Khalifman, A (RUS) 546
4 Beliavsky, A (SLO) 451
5 Grischuk, A (RUS) 333
6 Ivanchuk, V (UKR) 309
7 Smirin, I (ISR) 285
8 Bareev, E (RUS) 261
9 Kasimdzhanov, R (UZB) 190
10 Akopian, V (ARM) 166
11 Ponomariov, R (UKR) 143
12 Polgar, J (HUN) 119
13 Onischuk, A (USA) 95
14 Dreev, A (RUS) 71
15 Lautier, J (FRA) 48
16 Sutovsky, E (ISR) 24
TOTAL POINTS 4752 *
* According to the Regulations, the points are summed
to the nearest whole number.
FINAL STANDINGS (AFTER 2 TOURNAMENTS)
POSIT. NAME DUBAI GP MOSC GP POINTS
1. P. Leko (HUN) 1176(1) - 1176
2. A. Grischuk (RUS) 840 (2) 333 (5) 1173
3. A. Shirov (ESP) 644 (3) - 644
4. K. Georgiev (MKD) 532 (4) - 532
5. A. Karpov (RUS) 392 (5) - 392
6. Z. Azmaiparashvili (GEO) 364 (6) - 364
7. V. Topalov (BUL) 336 (7) - 336
8. E. Bacrot (FRA) 308 (8) - 308
9. V. Anand (IND) 224 (9) - 224
10. A. Khalifman (RUS) 196(10) 546 (3) 742
11. A. Dreev (RUS) 168(11) 71 (14) 239
12. T. Radjabov (AZE) 140(12) 713 (2) 853
13. J. Lautier (FRA) 112(13) 48 (15) 160
14. V. Ivanchuk (UKR) 84 (14) 309 (6) 393
15. N. Short (ENG) 56 (15) - 56
16. Zhu Chen (CHN) 28 (16) - 28
17. G. Kasparov (RUS) - 998 998
18. A. Beliavsky (SLO) - 451 (4) 451
19. E. Bareev (RUS) - 261 (8) 261
20. I. Smirin (ISR) - 285 (7) 285
21. R. Kasimdzhanov (UZB) - 190 (9) 190
22. V. Akopian (ARM) - 166 (10) 166
23. J. Polgar (HUN) - 119 (12) 119
24. R. Ponomariov (UKR) - 143 (11) 143
25. A. Onischuk (USA) - 95 95
26. E. Sutovsky (ISR) - 24 24
TOTAL POINTS 5600 4752 10352
The Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament takes place 6th-14th June 2002 in
Malmö, Sweden. Play takes place 14-00 - 21-00 every day. The event is
Category: 13 (2571). Jonny Hector leads on 3.5/5 half a point clear of Nigel
Short and Vladimir Epishin.
Live coverage: http://www.sigeman-chess.com
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Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE (SWE), 9-14 vi 2002 cat. XIII (2571)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2513 * = . 0 1 1 . . . 1 3.5 2734
2. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2673 = * . = = = . . 1 . 3.0 2613
3. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2606 . . * 1 = . = = = . 3.0 2646
4. Luther, Thomas g GER 2566 1 = 0 * . . = = . . 2.5 2584
5. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2636 0 = = . * = . . . 1 2.5 2568
6. Johannessen, Leif Erlend m NOR 2452 0 = . . = * . 1 = . 2.5 2575
7. Timman, Jan g NED 2616 . . = = . . * 0 = 1 2.5 2564
8. Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2514 . . = = . 0 1 * . 0 2.0 2495
9. Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2540 . 0 = . . = = . * = 2.0 2517
10. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2598 0 . . . 0 . 0 1 = * 1.5 2414
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Round 1 (June 6, 2002)
Epishin, Vladimir - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 40 E48 Nimzo Indian
Johannessen, Leif Erlend - Short, Nigel D 1/2 19 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Timman, Jan - Wedberg, Tom 1/2 35 A75 Benoni
Berg, Emanuel - Luther, Thomas 1/2 86 B03 Alekhine's Defence
Stefansson, Hannes - Hector, Jonny 0-1 22 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 2 (June 7, 2002)
Hector, Jonny - Johannessen, Leif Erlend 1-0 35 C47 Four Knights
Luther, Thomas - Short, Nigel D 1/2 26 C87 Ruy Lopez
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Stefansson, Hannes 1-0 39 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Berg, Emanuel - Timman, Jan 1-0 40 B03 Alekhine's Defence
Wedberg, Tom - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2 27 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 3 (June 8, 2002)
Short, Nigel D - Hector, Jonny 1/2 29 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Epishin, Vladimir - Berg, Emanuel 1/2 45 E45 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Johannessen, Leif Erlend - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 22 E53 Nimzo Indian
Timman, Jan - Luther, Thomas 1/2 17 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Stefansson, Hannes - Wedberg, Tom 1/2 28 C96 Ruy Lopez
Round 4 (June 9, 2002)
Luther, Thomas - Hector, Jonny 1-0 23 D10 Slav Defence
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Short, Nigel D 1/2 16 E04 Catalan
Timman, Jan - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2 22 B40 Sicilian Classical
Berg, Emanuel - Stefansson, Hannes 0-1 52 B56 Sicilian Defence
Wedberg, Tom - Johannessen, Leif Erlend 1/2 30 C18 French Winawer
Round 5 (June 10, 2002)
Hector, Jonny - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 29 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Short, Nigel D - Wedberg, Tom 1-0 41 C59 Two Knights Defence
Epishin, Vladimir - Luther, Thomas 1-0 42 D38 QGD Ragozin
Johannessen, Leif Erlend - Berg, Emanuel 1-0 36 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Stefansson, Hannes - Timman, Jan 0-1 24 C42 Petroff's Defence
The 3rd European Individual Women's Chess Championship take place May
26th - June 9nd 2002 in Varna, Bulgaria. After six rounds Antoaneta Stefanova
won with 9/11 half a point clear of Lilit Mkrtchian. Alisa Galliamova and Peng
Zhaoqin finished on 8/11. There were playoffs on the final day to establish
final positions. Games from the playoffs not yet available.
Further details: http://www.chessbg.com/
Final Cross Table
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3rd EIWCh Varna BUL (BUL), 27 v-13 vi 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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1. Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2473 + 82 + 23 + 44 + 16 = 5 + 2 + 21 + 17 = 10 = 3 = 8 9.0 2670
2. Mkrtchian, Lilit wg ARM 2391 + 65 = 55 + 70 + 51 + 4 - 1 = 11 = 7 + 38 + 24 + 5 8.5 2581
3. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2500 + 49 - 25 + 85 + 23 = 16 + 9 = 13 = 6 + 11 = 1 + 12 8.0 2543
4. Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2472 + 79 = 39 + 48 + 15 - 2 - 40 = 14 + 68 + 22 + 21 + 11 8.0 2523
5. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2482 + 62 + 29 + 22 + 10 = 1 = 38 - 17 + 18 + 8 = 12 - 2 7.5 2541
6. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2425 + 59 = 37 = 27 + 62 = 22 + 67 = 38 = 3 = 40 + 23 = 7 7.5 2478
7. Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2437 = 71 + 72 = 30 + 73 = 33 + 32 = 28 = 2 = 14 + 37 = 6 7.5 2466
8. Peptan, Corina m ROM 2480 - 53 + 77 + 63 = 24 = 14 + 68 + 39 + 28 - 5 + 10 = 1 7.5 2472
9. Sedina, Elena m ITA 2407 + 95 + 34 = 68 + 14 = 21 - 3 = 26 + 56 = 37 + 40 = 10 7.5 2484
10. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2446 + 43 + 36 + 24 - 5 = 40 + 22 = 18 + 13 = 1 - 8 = 9 7.0 2496
11. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2425 = 42 + 97 = 66 + 30 + 25 = 28 = 2 + 21 - 3 + 14 - 4 7.0 2432
12. Prudnikova, Svetlana wg YUG 2422 + 76 = 30 + 42 = 33 + 34 - 21 = 40 + 25 + 32 = 5 - 3 7.0 2450
13. Gaponenko, Inna wg UKR 2418 + 75 + 35 = 25 = 39 = 68 + 66 = 3 - 10 = 33 + 30 = 17 7.0 2432
14. Jackova, Jana wg CZE 2325 +101 + 54 = 18 - 9 = 8 + 53 = 4 + 47 = 7 - 11 + 38 7.0 2486
15. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2370 + 77 + 74 = 51 - 4 + 27 - 17 + 41 = 26 = 34 = 38 + 24 7.0 2424
16. Danielian, Elina wg ARM 2411 + 60 + 80 + 45 - 1 = 3 = 37 = 24 - 32 + 66 = 29 + 44 7.0 2425
17. Maric, Alisa m YUG 2455 = 72 + 71 - 39 +107 + 64 + 15 + 5 - 1 - 24 + 32 = 13 7.0 2426
18. Alexandrova, Olga m UKR 2413 +102 + 57 = 14 = 68 = 66 + 33 = 10 - 5 = 39 = 34 + 49 7.0 2407
19. Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2379 + 46 - 51 + 91 = 27 = 55 = 30 + 52 - 37 = 41 + 65 + 39 7.0 2357
20. Bojkovic, Natasa wg YUG 2431 = 67 - 85 -102 + 81 + 60 + 62 + 45 = 44 = 29 = 39 + 37 7.0 2340
21. Kosintseva, Tatiana wg RUS 2373 + 99 = 70 + 55 + 67 = 9 + 12 - 1 - 11 + 51 - 4 + 45 7.0 2440
22. Lomineishvili, Maia wg GEO 2370 + 98 + 53 - 5 + 80 = 6 - 10 = 68 + 30 - 4 + 52 + 41 7.0 2426
23. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2340 + 61 - 1 +112 - 3 = 75 + 71 = 66 + 49 + 28 - 6 + 40 7.0 2399
24. Kosintseva, Nadezhda wm RUS 2336 + 50 + 26 - 10 = 8 = 70 + 34 = 16 + 31 + 17 - 2 - 15 6.5 2438
25. Zimina, Olga wm RUS 2360 + 89 + 3 = 13 = 38 - 11 = 45 + 67 - 12 = 27 = 46 + 51 6.5 2392
26. Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino m GER 2465 + 52 - 24 + 43 - 37 + 69 + 88 = 9 = 15 = 44 = 33 = 29 6.5 2372
27. Calotescu, Cristina wm ROM 2299 + 83 = 28 = 6 = 19 - 15 - 42 + 60 + 77 = 25 = 43 + 61 6.5 2328
28. Hunt, Harriet m ENG 2415 + 91 = 27 = 37 + 82 + 45 = 11 = 7 - 8 - 23 = 51 + 55 6.5 2391
29. Zaiatz, Elena wg RUS 2346 + 78 - 5 + 95 - 66 = 41 + 43 = 49 + 63 = 20 = 16 = 26 6.5 2352
30. Mashinskaya, Iulia wg RUS 2300 + 86 = 12 = 7 - 11 +102 = 19 + 54 - 22 + 47 - 13 + 59 6.5 2403
31. Vasilevich, Tatjana wg UKR 2421 + 84 - 45 = 41 + 59 = 37 + 73 = 47 - 24 + 88 = 44 = 33 6.5 2368
32. Repkova, Eva wg SVK 2345 - 74 =103 + 60 + 84 + 51 - 7 + 69 + 16 - 12 - 17 + 62 6.5 2335
33. Slavina, Irina wg RUS 2370 +103 +107 = 38 = 12 = 7 - 18 = 51 + 70 = 13 = 26 = 31 6.5 2404
34. Schuurman, Petra NED 2283 +109 - 9 + 74 + 44 - 12 - 24 + 91 + 58 = 15 = 18 = 47 6.5 2372
35. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2300 + 93 - 13 = 46 - 69 + 87 = 59 + 53 - 51 = 67 + 76 + 60 6.5 2254
36. Velcheva, Maria wg BUL 2327 +113 - 10 = 98 + 85 - 67 - 52 + 75 = 65 = 59 + 71 + 57 6.5 2282
37. Nepeina-Leconte, Maria wm FRA 2308 + 94 = 6 = 28 + 26 = 31 = 16 = 56 + 19 = 9 - 7 - 20 6.0 2417
38. Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2445 + 63 + 73 = 33 = 25 + 39 = 5 = 6 = 40 - 2 = 15 - 14 6.0 2399
39. Aleksieva, Silvia wg BUL 2334 +100 = 4 + 17 = 13 - 38 + 70 - 8 + 55 = 18 = 20 - 19 6.0 2414
40. Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2388 +112 - 68 + 76 + 57 = 10 + 4 = 12 = 38 = 6 - 9 - 23 6.0 2390
41. Kadziolka, Beata POL 2235 - 54 +101 = 31 = 58 = 29 + 48 - 15 + 61 = 19 + 56 - 22 6.0 2362
42. Ionica, Iulia wm ROM 2228 = 11 + 58 - 12 - 55 + 86 + 27 - 44 = 52 = 62 + 88 = 56 6.0 2345
43. Georgieva, Liubka BUL 2241 - 10 + 50 - 26 = 61 + 77 - 29 + 89 = 69 + 58 = 27 = 46 6.0 2281
44. Shumiakina, Tatiana wg RUS 2366 + 90 +106 - 1 - 34 + 63 = 49 + 42 = 20 = 26 = 31 - 16 6.0 2347
45. Te-Llalemand, Rosa wg FRA 2300 +104 + 31 - 16 + 54 - 28 = 25 - 20 = 66 + 82 + 53 - 21 6.0 2354
46. Galojan, Lilit ARM 2163 - 19 +110 = 35 = 48 = 80 + 64 = 88 = 57 = 56 = 25 = 43 6.0 2324
47. Sebag, Marie wm FRA 2371 = 96 - 66 = 97 +112 + 72 + 57 = 31 - 14 - 30 + 63 = 34 6.0 2281
48. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wg NED 2330 = 66 + 96 - 4 = 46 = 52 - 41 = 65 + 91 - 53 + 90 + 82 6.0 2251
49. Hasanova, Elmira wm RUS 2256 - 3 - 89 +113 + 90 +100 = 44 = 29 - 23 + 69 + 54 - 18 6.0 2305
50. Dimovski, Aleksandra YUG 2114 - 24 - 43 +109 - 63 - 95 +105 +111 - 75 + 99 + 84 + 88 6.0 2203
51. Calzetta, Monica wm ESP 2278 +110 + 19 = 15 - 2 - 32 + 75 = 33 + 35 - 21 = 28 - 25 5.5 2317
52. Hernandez, Yudania wm ESP 2247 - 26 + 61 - 54 + 78 = 48 + 36 - 19 = 42 + 73 - 22 = 58 5.5 2316
53. Richards, Heather wf ENG 2252 + 8 - 22 -107 + 89 + 58 - 14 - 35 +100 + 48 - 45 = 54 5.5 2289
54. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2437 + 41 - 14 + 52 - 45 = 62 + 79 - 30 = 67 + 57 - 49 = 53 5.5 2268
55. Andreeva, Nataliya wm RUS 2289 +108 = 2 - 21 + 42 = 19 - 56 + 76 - 39 = 63 + 78 - 28 5.5 2275
56. Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2336 = 85 + 69 - 67 =102 + 82 + 55 = 37 - 9 = 46 - 41 = 42 5.5 2226
57. Sikorova, Olga wm CZE 2298 + 87 - 18 + 89 - 40 + 65 - 47 + 59 = 46 - 54 + 67 - 36 5.5 2260
58. Paehtz, Elisabeth wg GER 2385 = 97 - 42 + 96 = 41 - 53 + 61 + 82 - 34 - 43 + 95 = 52 5.5 2213
59. Agrest, Svetlana wm SWE 2225 - 6 = 92 + 94 - 31 + 98 = 35 - 57 + 97 = 36 + 80 - 30 5.5 2256
60. Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2181 - 16 = 83 - 32 +101 - 20 + 85 - 27 + 93 + 79 + 72 - 35 5.5 2232
61. Andersson, Christin SWE 2119 - 23 - 52 +108 = 43 + 84 - 58 + 79 - 41 + 91 + 70 - 27 5.5 2240
62. Muzychuk, Anna wm UKR 2256 - 5 + 90 +111 - 6 = 54 - 20 = 78 + 95 = 42 + 66 - 32 5.5 2262
63. Hlgatian, Goar wm ARM 2239 - 38 +113 - 8 + 50 - 44 + 74 + 73 - 29 = 55 - 47 + 87 5.5 2270
64. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2320 = 69 - 67 +103 + 93 - 17 - 46 -102 = 96 +100 + 77 = 65 5.5 2170
65. Muller, Anne m FRA 2167 - 2 +108 - 73 +111 - 57 +107 = 48 = 36 + 68 - 19 = 64 5.5 2241
66. Sarakauskiene, Zivile LTU 2105 = 48 + 47 = 11 + 29 = 18 - 13 = 23 = 45 - 16 - 62 = 72 5.0 2314
67. Koskoska, Gabriela wm MKD 2229 = 20 + 64 + 56 - 21 + 36 - 6 - 25 = 54 = 35 - 57 = 73 5.0 2320
68. Lahno, Kateryna wm UKR 2277 +111 + 40 = 9 = 18 = 13 - 8 = 22 - 4 - 65 = 87 = 75 5.0 2266
69. Movsisian, Naira ARM 2078 = 64 - 56 + 79 + 35 - 26 + 80 - 32 = 43 - 49 = 73 = 71 5.0 2268
70. Krivec, Jana wf SLO 2271 + 81 = 21 - 2 + 98 = 24 - 39 + 95 - 33 = 71 - 61 = 78 5.0 2199
71. Kouvatsou, Maria wg GRE 2232 = 7 - 17 - 93 + 92 + 85 - 23 = 94 + 87 = 70 - 36 = 69 5.0 2166
72. Shaidullina, Sandugach wf RUS 2245 = 17 - 7 =100 + 74 - 47 = 89 - 77 + 85 + 94 - 60 = 66 5.0 2169
73. Djingarova, Emilia wm BUL 2315 + 92 - 38 + 65 - 7 + 91 - 31 - 63 + 99 - 52 = 69 = 67 5.0 2208
74. Besheva, Svetla BUL 2125 + 32 - 15 - 34 - 72 + 81 - 63 +107 = 80 - 76 + 93 = 79 5.0 2171
75. Johansson, Victoria wm SWE 2189 - 13 = 93 = 87 +110 = 23 - 51 - 36 + 50 - 78 +104 = 68 5.0 2144
76. Gasparian, Narine wm ARM 2204 - 12 + 86 - 40 -100 + 93 + 87 - 55 = 94 + 74 - 35 = 80 5.0 2156
77. Gerasimovitch, Olga BLR 2153 - 15 - 8 = 86 + 83 - 43 +108 + 72 - 27 = 84 - 64 + 97 5.0 2182
78. Mira, Helene wm AUT 2127 - 29 - 82 +105 - 52 +110 =102 = 62 = 84 + 75 - 55 = 70 5.0 2166
79. Kaps, Darja wf SLO 2251 - 4 =100 - 69 +103 + 99 - 54 - 61 + 89 - 60 + 94 = 74 5.0 2148
80. Krupkova, Petra wg CZE 2293 +105 - 16 +106 - 22 = 46 - 69 = 99 = 74 +102 - 59 = 76 5.0 2145
81. Yildiz, Betul TUR ---- - 70 + 99 - 82 - 20 - 74 -106 +109 = 86 + 92 + 96 = 84 5.0 2127
82. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2251 - 1 + 78 + 81 - 28 - 56 +112 - 58 +106 - 45 +102 - 48 5.0 2217
83. Gjergji, Rozana ALB 2029 - 27 = 60 - 88 - 77 =103 +109 - 84 +111 - 90 + 99 + 95 5.0 2123
84. Kharashkina, Bairta wf RUS 2193 - 31 = 94 + 92 - 32 - 61 = 90 + 83 = 78 = 77 - 50 = 81 4.5 2079
85. Guenther, Anetta GER 2116 = 56 + 20 - 3 - 36 - 71 - 60 +103 - 72 +107 = 86 = 91 4.5 2176
86. Karahaliou, Elia GRE 2058 - 30 - 76 = 77 + 96 - 42 =103 - 97 = 81 + 98 = 85 = 90 4.5 2093
87. Topel, Zehra TUR 2023 - 57 =102 = 75 + 95 - 35 - 76 + 98 - 71 + 97 = 68 - 63 4.5 2153
88. Zakurdjaeva, Irina wm RUS 2318 -106 - 98 + 83 + 97 +107 - 26 = 46 +102 - 31 - 42 - 50 4.5 2117
89. Lauterbach, Ingrid wm ENG 2127 - 25 + 49 - 57 - 53 +109 = 72 - 43 - 79 - 93 +105 +104 4.5 2115
90. Zlatanova, Emilia wm BUL 2137 - 44 - 62 +104 - 49 =108 = 84 = 93 =112 + 83 - 48 = 86 4.5 2093
91. Makka, Ioulia GRE 2188 - 28 +104 - 19 +106 - 73 + 97 - 34 - 48 - 61 +100 = 85 4.5 2149
92. Bratimirova, Dimitrinka BUL 2076 - 73 = 59 - 84 - 71 +101 - 99 -106 +108 - 81 +103 +102 4.5 2082
93. Cavusoglu, Yildiz TUR 2036 - 35 = 75 + 71 - 64 - 76 = 98 = 90 - 60 + 89 - 74 = 96 4.0 2090
94. Shtereva, Slabeja BUL 2071 - 37 = 84 - 59 - 99 +104 + 96 = 71 = 76 - 72 - 79 = 98 4.0 2094
95. Papadopoulou, Vera GRE 2170 - 9 +105 - 29 - 87 + 50 +100 - 70 - 62 +106 - 58 - 83 4.0 2082
96. Ismailova, Aytaj AZE 2157 = 47 - 48 - 58 - 86 +111 - 94 +101 = 64 =104 - 81 = 93 4.0 2053
97. Milliet, Sophie FRA 2163 = 58 - 11 = 47 - 88 +106 - 91 + 86 - 59 - 87 +111 - 77 4.0 2100
98. Smokina, Karolina wf MDA 2143 - 22 + 88 = 36 - 70 - 59 = 93 - 87 =107 - 86 +106 = 94 4.0 2061
99. Polushkina, Svetlana f GER 2159 - 21 - 81 =101 + 94 - 79 + 92 = 80 - 73 - 50 - 83 +110 4.0 2045
100. Jiretorn, Eva SWE 2114 - 39 = 79 = 72 + 76 - 49 - 95 +112 - 53 - 64 - 91 +106 4.0 2121
101. Seps, Monika SUI 2095 - 14 - 41 = 99 - 60 - 92 +110 - 96 =103 -111 +115 +108 4.0 2013
102. Bednikova, Stefi BUL 2184 - 18 = 87 + 20 = 56 - 30 = 78 + 64 - 88 - 80 - 82 - 92 3.5 2129
103. Lomakina, Galja RUS 2142 - 33 = 32 - 64 - 79 = 83 = 86 - 85 =101 =105 - 92 +115 3.5 2018
104. Stoilkovska, Sanja MKD 2049 - 45 - 91 - 90 -109 - 94 +115 +110 +105 = 96 - 75 - 89 3.5 1973
105. Ingolfsdottir, Harpa ISL 2002 - 80 - 95 - 78 -113 +115 - 50 +108 -104 =103 - 89 +111 3.5 1969
106. Doncheva, Marinela BUL 2077 + 88 - 44 - 80 - 91 - 97 + 81 + 92 - 82 - 95 - 98 -100 3.0 2014
107. Ozturk, Kubra TUR 2017 +114 - 33 + 53 - 17 - 88 - 65 - 74 = 98 - 85 -110 =109 3.0 2028
108. Altunbas,Filiz TUR ---- - 55 - 65 - 61 +115 = 90 - 77 -105 - 92 +110 =109 -101 3.0 1919
109. Altunbas,Zuhal TUR ---- - 34 -112 - 50 +104 - 89 - 83 - 81 -110 +115 =108 =107 3.0 1896
110. Hagesaether,Torill NOR ---- - 51 - 46 +115 - 75 - 78 -101 -104 +109 -108 +107 - 99 3.0 1922
111. Oney, Fatmanur TUR ---- - 68 +115 - 62 - 65 - 96 +113 - 50 - 83 +101 - 97 -105 3.0 1948
112. Savova, Stefka wm BUL 2165 - 40 +109 - 23 - 47 +113 - 82 -100 = 90 . . . 2.5 2071
113. Raeva, Eiitsa BUL 2101 - 36 - 63 - 49 +105 -112 -111 . . . . . 1.0 1891
114. Reizniece, Dana wg LAT 2296 -107 . . . . . . . . . . 0.0
115. BYE ---- . -111 -110 -108 -105 -104 . . -109 -101 -103 0.0
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Tie-Breaks for final exact placings.
Ciuksyte Dagne - Bojkovic Natasa 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 2 - 3
Ovod Evgenija (IM) - Alexandrova Olga (IM) 1-0 1/2 - - - 1.5 - 0.5
Ovod Evgenija (IM) - Khurtsidze Nino (IM) 0-1 1/2 - - - 0.5-1.5
Arakhamia-Grant Ketev.(IM) - Bojkovic Natasa 0-1 0-1 - - - 0 - 2
Lomineishvili Maia - Jackova Jana 0-1 1/2 - - - 0.5-1.5
Prudnikova Svetlana - Kononenko Tatiana 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 - 3 - 1
Maric Alisa (IM) - Kosintseva Tatiana 0-1 0-1 - - - 0 - 2
Danielian Elina - Gaponenko Inna 1/2 0-1 - - - 0.5-1.5
Galliamova Alisa (IM) - Peng Zhaoqin (IM) 1-0 1-0 - - - 2 - 0
Khurtsidze Nino (IM) - Gaponenko Inna 1/2 1-0 - - - 1.5-0.5
Kosintseva Tatiana - Bojkovic Natasa 1/2 1/2 0-1 1-0 0-1 2 - 3
Jackova Jana - Prudnikova Svetlana 1-0 1/2 - - - 1.5-0.5
The Bosnia-Herzegovina Team Championships took place in Neum 2nd-8th
June 2002. There were 100 players (23 grandmasters and 21 international
masters) including Michael Adams, Alexei Shirov, Sergei Movsesian, Predrag
Nikolic, Ivan Sokolov, Smbat Lputian, Zdenko Kozul, Mikhail Kobalia,... The
winners were SK BOSNA, Sarajevo (Adams, Shirov, Ivan Sokolov, Sergei Movsesian,
Teimour Radjabov etc) ahead of SK KISELJAK, Kiseljak (Predrag Nikolic, Smbat
Lputian, Mikhail Kobalia etc) and SK NAPREDAK,Sarajevo (Ognjen Cvitan and
Zoltan Varga etc). In a way SK Kiseljak were unlucky, the championships were
settled on board points not match points, Kiseljak won all their matches
defeating the winners 3.5-2.5, however Sarajevo were heavier scorers with 42/54
points three points better than Kiseljak. Alexei Shirov scored 2/2 and Michael
Adams 4.5/5. Games from the final round follow next week. My thanks to Senan
Dervisevic.
Internet Coverage: http://www.sah.co.ba
Results 1 (02/06/2002)
1. SK BOSNA, Sarajevo 6:0 SK KRAJISKI, Banja Luka
2. SK NAPREDAK, Bugojno 3:3 SK GLASINAC, Sokolac
3. SK NAPREDAK, Sarajevo 3:3 SK PANTERI, Bijeljina
4. SK SARAJEVO, Sarajevo 2.5:3.5 SK ZRINJSKI, Mostar
5. SK SIROKI BRIJEG 2:4 SK KISELJAK, Kiseljak
Results 2 (03/06/2002)
1. SK KRAJISKI, Banja Luka 1:5 SK KISELJAK, Kiseljak
2. SK ZRINJSKI, Mostar 4:2 SK SIROKI BRIJEG
3. SK PANTERI, Bijeljina 5:1 SK SARAJEVO, Sarajevo
4. SK GLASINAC, Sokolac 1:5 SK NAPREDAK, Sarajevo
5. SK BOSNA, Sarajevo 5.5:0.5 SK NAPREDAK, Bugojno
Results 3 (03/06/2002)
1. SK NAPREDAK, Bugojno 3:3 SK KRAJISKI, Banja Luka
2. SK NAPREDAK, Sarajevo 1:5 SK BOSNA, Sarajevo
3. SK SARAJEVO, Sarajevo 3:3 SK GLASINAC, Sokolac
4. SK SIROKI BRIJEG 2:4 SK PANTERI, Bijeljina
5. SK KISELJAK, Kiselja 5.5:0.5 SK ZRINJSKI, Mostar
Results 4 (04/06/2002)
1. SK KRAJISKI, Banja Luka 3:3 SK ZRINJSKI, Mostar
2. SK PANTERI, Bijeljina 1.5:4.5 SK KISELJAK, Kiseljak
3. SK GLASINAC, Sokolac 3.5:2.5 SK SIROKI BRIJEG
4. SK BOSNA, Sarajevo 5.5:0.5 SK SARAJEVO, Sarajevo
5. SK NAPREDAK, Bugojno 2:4 SK NAPREDAK, Sarajevo
Results 5 (05/06/2002)
1. SK NAPREDAK, Sarajevo 5:1 SK KRAJISKI, Banja Luka
2. SK SARAJEVO, Sarajevo 4:2 SK NAPREDAK, Bugojno
3. SK SIROKI BRIJEG 2:4 SK BOSNA, Sarajevo
4. SK KISELJAK, Kiseljak 4.5:1.5 SK GLASINAC, Sokolac
5. SK ZRINJSKI, Mostar 2:4 SK PANTERI, Bijeljina
Results 6 (05/06/2002)
1. SK KRAJISKI, Banja Luka 3:3 SK PANTERI, Bijeljina
2. SK GLASINAC, Sokolac 3.5:2.5 SK ZRINJSKI, Mostar
3. SK BOSNA, Sarajevo 2.5:3.5 SK KISELJAK, Kiseljak
4. SK NAPREDAK, Bugojno 4.5:1.5 SK SIROKI BRIJEG
5. SK NAPREDAK, Sarajevo 3.5:2.5 SK SARAJEVO, Sarajevo
Results 7 (06/06/2002)
1. SK SARAJEVO, Sarajevo 3.5:2.5 SK KRAJISKI, Banja Luka
2. SK SIROKI BRIJEG 2:4 SK NAPREDAK, Sarajevo
3. SK KISELJAK, Kiseljak 5:1 SK NAPREDAK, Bugojno
4. SK ZRINJSKI, Mostar 0.5:5.5 SK BOSNA, Sarajevo
5. SK PANTERI, Bijeljina 2.5:3.5 SK GLASINAC, Sokolac
Results 8 (07/06/2002)
1. SK KRAJISKI, Banja Luka 2.5:3.5 SK GLASINAC, Sokolac
2. SK BOSNA, Sarajevo 5:1 SK PANTERI, Bijeljina
3. SK NAPREDAK, Bugojno 4.5:1.5 SK ZRINJSKI, Mostar
4. SK NAPREDAK, Sarajevo 2.5:3.5 SK KISELJAK, Kiseljak
5. SK SARAJEVO, Sarajevo 2.5:3.5 SK SIROKI BRIJEG
Results 9 (08/06/2002)
1. SK SIROKI BRIJEG 3.5:2.5 SK KRAJISKI, Banja Luka
2. SK KISELJAK, Kiseljak 3.5:2.5 SK SARAJEVO, Sarajevo
3. SK ZRINJSKI, Mostar 1.5:4.5 SK NAPREDAK, Sarajevo
4. SK PANTERI, Bijeljina 2.5:3.5 SK NAPREDAK, Bugojno
5. SK GLASINAC, Sokolac 3:3 SK BOSNA, Sarajevo
Final Standings:
MP Pts
1 SK BOSNA, Sarajevo 15 42.0
2 SK KISELJAK, Kiseljak 18 39.0
3 SK NAPREDAK,Sarajevo 13 32.5
4 SK PANTERI, Bijeljina 8 26.5
5 SK GLASINAC, Sokolac 11 25.5
6 SK NAPREDAK, Bugojno 8 24.0
7 SK SARAJEVO, Sarajevo 5 22.0
8 SK SIROKI BRIJEG 4 21.0
9 HSK ZRINJSKI, Mostar 5 19.0
10 SK KRAJISKI, Banja Luka 3 18.5
The Hungarian Men's Chess Championships finals took place in
Balatonlelle in the Hotel Postas 1st-9th June 2002. The event had two
all-play-all groups followed by a knockout tournament based on the placings in
the preliminaries. The games are a bit messy and may be corrected later (the
order of the games is unclear in many of the playoff matches). My thanks to
Paul Suranyi of the Hungarian Chess Federation.
The U18 European Team Championship are being held in the same place
10th-19th June 2002 with live coverage also.
Internet coverage: http://index.hu/sport/chess.
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ch-HUN Gp A Balatonlelle HUN (HUN), 4-5 vi 2002cat. XII (2537)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2511 * = 1 = = 1 3.5 2691
2. Cao, Sang m HUN 2502 = * = = = 1 3.0 2615
3. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2605 0 = * 1 1 = 3.0 2595
4. Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 2548 = = 0 * = = 2.0 2462
5. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2566 = = 0 = * = 2.0 2459
6. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2489 0 0 = = = * 1.5 2397
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Cao 2nd on Sonnen-Berger Tiebreak. Jozsef Horvath and
Gyula Sax draw two game match for 4th-5th place (level on SB),
Jozsef Horvath takes 4th place.
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ch-HUN Gp B Balatonlelle HUN (HUN), 1-5 vi 2002cat. XII (2538)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2569 * = = = 1 1 3.5 2680
2. Acs, Peter g HUN 2529 = * = = = 1 3.0 2611
3. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2539 = = * = 1 = 3.0 2609
4. Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2583 = = = * = = 2.5 2528
5. Medvegy, Zoltan m HUN 2500 0 = 0 = * = 1.5 2396
6. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2506 0 0 = = = * 1.5 2395
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Acs wins playoff match with Horvath after Sonnen-Berger
Tie-break is level. Medvegy and Farago draw two game match
for 5th-6th place (level on SB), Medvegy takes 5th place.
Final June 8th-9th 2002
1. Ruck Róbert g 2569 = = = = 1 1 4,0
2. Ács Péter g 2529 = = = = 0 0 2,0
3rd-4th Playoff June 8th-9th 2002
3. Cao Sang m 2502 = 1 1,5
4. Berkes Ferenc g 2548 = 0 0,5
Places 1-4
Ruck Róbert g 2569 = = = = 1 = 3,5
Cao Sang m 2503 = = = = 0 = 2,5
Berkes Ferenc g 2548 0 0 0
Ács Péter g 2529 1 1 2
Places 5-8
Chernin Alexander g 2583 1 = 5-6
Gyimesi Zoltán g 2605 0 = 7-8
Horváth Csaba g 2529 = = = = = 5-6
Horváth József g 2548 = = = = = 7-8
Places 5-6
Chernin Alexander g 2583 = = = 1 5th
Horváth Csaba g 2548 = = = 0 6th
Places 7-8
Gyimesi Zoltán g 2605 = = = = 1 7th
Horváth József g 2548 = = = = 0 8th
Places 9-12
Faragó Iván g 2508 = = = 1 9-10
Sax Gyula g 2566 = = = 0 11-12
Medvegy Zoltán g 2500 0 0 11-12
Horváth Péter m 2489 1 1 9-10
Places 9-10
Horváth Péter m 2489 = = 1 1 9th
Sax Gyula g 2566 = = 0 0 10th
Places 11th-12th
Faragó Iván g 2508 1 = 11th
Medvegy Zoltán g 2500 0 = 12th
There are GM, IM and FM events as part of the First Saturday June
tournaments. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and Andras Bacsi.
Internet coverage: http://w3.enternet.hu/firstsat/
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FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 vi 2002 cat. VIII (2431)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2535 * 0 = . 1 . = . . 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2635
2. Erenburg, Sergey m ISR 2450 1 * = 0 = . . = 1 = . 1 . 1 6.0 2556
3. Postny, Evgeny m ISR 2482 = = * = = . = . 1 = . 1 . = 5.5 2513
4. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2426 . 1 = * = = = = = . = . 1 . 5.5 2517
5. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2458 0 = = = * . = . . 1 . 1 0 1 5.0 2466
6. Koneru, Humpy wg IND 2486 . . . = . * = 1 0 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2445
7. Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2413 = . = = = = * 0 1 . . = . = 4.5 2442
8. Dembo, Yelena wg HUN 2363 . = . = . 0 1 * 0 = 1 = = . 4.5 2429
9. Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2486 . 0 0 = . 1 0 1 * 1 0 . 1 . 4.5 2423
10. Blauert, Joerg m GER 2390 0 = = . 0 1 . = 0 * 1 . . = 4.0 2403
11. Handke, Florian m GER 2427 0 . . = . = . 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 4.0 2379
12. Flumbort, Andras HUN 2414 0 0 0 . 0 = = = . . 1 * 1 . 3.5 2362
13. Sahovic, Dragutin g YUG 2371 0 . . 0 1 0 . = 0 . 0 0 * = 2.0 2216
14. Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2331 0 0 = . 0 0 = . . = 0 . = * 2.0 2225
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FSIM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 vi 2002 cat. II (2290)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Bui Vinh VIE 2420 * = 1 = . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 8.0 2631
2. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2354 = * 0 1 = 1 . 1 0 . 1 1 6.0 2405
3. Husari, Satea m SYR 2383 0 1 * 0 = 1 = . 1 = 0 1 5.5 2324
4. Alfred, Nathan ENG 2246 = 0 1 * 1 0 0 = . . 1 1 5.0 2343
5. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2322 . = = 0 * . = = = = 1 1 5.0 2315
6. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2293 0 0 0 1 . * = = 1 1 . 1 5.0 2328
7. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2286 0 . = 1 = = * 1 0 0 = 1 5.0 2284
8. Cooke, Eric USA 2220 0 0 . = = = 0 * 1 1 1 . 4.5 2305
9. Kongsted, Christian DEN 2213 . 1 0 . = 0 1 0 * 0 = 1 4.0 2246
10. Schwartz, Ylon f USA 2322 0 . = . = 0 1 0 1 * 0 = 3.5 2204
11. Dub, Zeev f ISR 2297 0 0 1 0 0 . = 0 = 1 * . 3.0 2182
12. Vegvari, Ferenc HUN 2127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 = . * 0.5 1871
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The 3rd Chess Festival Lido Estensi (Comacchio, Ferrara) takes place
7th-16th June 2002. There 20 GMs and 3 WGMs the top seed is Igor Glek.
Internet coverage:
http://www.federscacchi.it/tornei/02este.htm
Documents:
FIDE may invite
Anand
Kramnik Statement on Prague
Einstein Group Statement
FIDE
New Proposals
Prague Chess Unity
Plan
Yasser Seirawan Proposals
Grandmasters's open letter to FIDE
TWIC395 of
June 3rd 2002
Yasser Seirawan on Prague: Part
1 and Part 2. Part 3
GM Comments on
Prague
Ponomariov
3rd European Individual Championships
The 3rd European Individual Championships will be held in Batumi,
Georgia, June 11th-27th 2002.
Internet coverage: http://chess.batumi.net/
Computer Chess Database
Frank Quisinsky has added games to the computer chess database he has.
These include: - 2nd MASPV Hungary (Hungary-ch) - 4th Massy 2002, French
programmers organized this tournament. - 2nd CSVN computer chess tournament -
2nd Italien-ch
Internet site: http://www.amateurschach.de
Manises Chess Festival
The IV International Chess Festival in Manises, Spain takes place
14th-16th June 2002.
Kárpov, Kosteniuk, Gilberto Hernandez, Alfonso Romero, Julen
Arizmendi, Mauricio Vassallo, Ga´lván and Antonio Graanero play.
Internet coverage: http://www.jaque.tv/manises02.htm
and http://www.jaque.tv/manises0602.htm
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
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/
Lviv Leonid Stein Memorial Postponed
The II Leonid Stein Memorial was to take place in Lviv, Ukraine,
17th-27st June 2002. The participants were: Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), Peter
Svidler (RUS), Alexander Grischuk, Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), Oleg Romanishin
(UKR) and Bartolomiej Macieja (POL).
The organisers hope to reschedule the event to November.
Kramnik in Barcelona
Vladimir Kramnik will be in Barcelona on the 19th June (before his
match with Anand in Leon). He will play simultaneously 14 players in a famous
Barcelona discotheque (Luz de Gas http://www.luzdegas.com). His opponents will
be top spanish kids, journalists and spanish personalities/authorities.
There will be TV and press coverage and Internet live coverage, with
audio, on the new Spanish website "Miguel Illescas Chess Club" in Educaterra
http://www.ajedrez.educaterra.com
Terra is the Internet division of Telefónica, further
information (in Spanish) on http://www.edami.com
6th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament
The 6th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen (The Netherlands)
will take place August 4th-11th 2002. It's a 9 rounds Swiss, FIDE-rated. Rate
of play: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 30 minutes k.o. per player. Entry
fee: 30 Euro (GM/IM free; FM 15 Euro). Prizefund: Euro 1750 - 1250 - 750 - 375
- 250 - 125 - 75 - 75 - 50 - 50 and several rating prizes. 6 GM's have already
confirmed their participation: Tiviakov (NED, 2625), Glek (GER, 2605), Gyimesi
(HUN, 2605), Van den Doel (NED, 2583), Nijboer (NED, 2578) and Ikonnikov (RUS,
2522). During the tournament there will be a training for participating juniors
given by GM Igor Glek. Information and registration: hgroffen@zeelandnet.nl or
pro@zeelandnet.nl
Website: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen
Imre Konig Memorial
The Mechanics' Institute of San Francisco, the oldest continuously
operating chess club in the United States (founded in 1854), will be hosting
the Imre Konig Memorial from September 4th-15th 2002.
Participants in the event, which will be Category 12 or 13, are GMs Suat
Atalik, Alexander Baburin, Walter Browne, Larry Christiansen, Nick DeFirmian,
John Fedorowicz, Lubomir Ftacnik, Yury Shulman, Alex Wojtkiewicz and Alex
Yermolinsky, plus teenage IMs Varuzhan Akobian and Hikaru Nakamura. This will
be the strongest international round robin held in the United States since the
1995 Pan Pacific, also organized by the Mechanics.
Coverage for this event can be found at MI Chess Room (http://www.chessclub.org).
Summer tournaments in Finland
There are two large events played in Finland this summer.
4th ShakkiNet International June 24 - July 4, Helsinki, round-robin
tournaments for different levels (GM- and IM-norm possibilities, 12 player
-groups), free places available in all groups. Official website:
http://www.shakki.net/4si
12th Heart of Finland Open July 17-21, Jyväskylä, the biggest
open tournament in Finland. Tournament invitation:
http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hofeng02.txt
Contact Mr. Sami Hämäläinen, email aurifera@kolumbus.fi
Ikaros Chess Festival
The Ikaros Chess Festival takes place from 7th-23rd 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
till 21st of July) 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. Special conditions apply for
GMs(WGMs), IMs(WIMs) and FMs(WFMs).
Detailed information: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
Lübecker Schnellschach Open
The Luebeck Rapid Chess Open takes place on 23rd June 2002.
Details: http://www.lsv1873.de
Italian Events
In Milan July 9th-17th 2002 the 2nd edition of the "Intel Trophy".
Players: GM - Cebalo, Drazic, Lazic, Godena; wgm E. Sedina; IM Belotti, Bellia,
Lanzani, Borgo; FM Qendro.
In August, 20th-28th the BRATTO della Presolana near Bergamo the top
open tournament in Italy. Many GMs and IMs invited (invitation completed). Four
groups: Master group for players with elo Fide or national elo over 1900.
Details http://www.maskeret.com/bratto -
phone ++39-02-9513573
Chess School Villa Martelli
Luis Scalise reports there is a chess school in a small town called
Villa Martelli. Is just on the border of the Federal District (Buenos Aires
City). Its name is: "Escuela de Ajedrez Ruy Lopez de Segura". More than one
thousand children every year pass through the institution. The school depends
on the Goverment of the Vicente Lopez Coundie (Municipalidad de Vicente Lopez).
Website: http://escavm.tripod.com
Politiken Cup
24th Copenhagen Open POLITIKEN CUP 15th - 26th of July 2002. Politiken
Cup will be an 11-round open tournament played in one big group - from novices
and club players to strong grandmasters. The Tournament takes place from the
15th to the 26th of July 2002 at Nørrebrohallen, Bragesgade 5, 2200
København N.
Details: http://www.ksu.dk
Hastings 2002
The 78th Hastings International Congress will take place 28th December
2002 - 5th January 2003. The official entry form will be published early in
August and will appear on the website http://hastingschess.org.uk
Events schedule is as follows: The Premier Tournament will run from
28th December 2002 to 5th January 2003. It will be an all-play-all event for 10
invited players.
The Challengers Tournament will also run from 28th December to 5th
January. This will be a Swiss event and will provide opportunities for title
norms and for FIDE ratings.
A new event this year will be an opening Weekend Congress running on
Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th December 2002. It will probably be in four graded
sections and will comprise five games - three on Saturday and two on Sunday.
Christmas Tournament will be in its usual format - participants will be divided
into graded sections of about 16 players. It will run from Monday 30th December
to Friday 3rd January 2003 The final Weekend Congress will run from Friday 3rd
to Sunday 5th January 2003 As usual there will be six games and the event will
be in four graded sections.
All events will take place at Horntye Park Sports Complex, Bohemia
Road, Hastings
Complete details (entry fees, rates of play, grading limits etc) will
be announced in due course.
As well as the above events, additional evening events are planned -
once again sponsored by the Pig in Paradise. It is hoped that the local
community will become more involved.
For information re entries contact: Con Power, Congress Director, 418
Harold Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN35 5HG Tel and fax: 01424 431970 e-mail:
power@hicc.demon.co.uk
Additional information from Pam Thomas, Press Officer 5 High
Wickham,Hastings,East Sussex,TN35 5PB Tel/Fax 01424 445348 e-mail:
dmt123@compuserve.com
Anand vs. Ponomariov Rapid Match
Chess Classic Mainz will hold an 8 game match Viswanathan Anand and
FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov. August 15th-18th 2002.
5th Jaroslav Pelikan Memorial
The 5th Jaroslav Pelikan Memorial takes place in Prague - Czech
Republic 20.07 - 27.07, 27.07.-03.08 and 03.08-10.08. The 12th International
Chess Holiday has Tournaments for strong and weak chessplayers, both men and
women of all ages. A rich programme for chessplayers and non-chessplayers too.
7 days hotel/shower+WC, bed and breakfast, chess, souvenir prizes for all
chessplayers, sightseeing in Prague, trips, a farewell party - for 230 Eur to
260 Eur /210 USD - 240 USD/. It is possible to order lunch, dinner - every meal
5 Eur /4,5 USD/. A offer of Theatre Performances. Discounts for children,
students, retired and those who have already been to the International Chess
Holiday. In groups the tenth person free of charge.
Entries till 30.06 2002 Info: Jindra Kollerov U Plyn rny 15,
140 00 Praha 4 - Michle Czech Republic Tel: + 420 2 41407355 Fax: + 420 2
61210054 Mobil: + 420 777 677899 E-mail: jindra.kollerova@mybox.cz
Festival Schneider Bohemia" Pilsen
The 8th International Chess Festival "Festival Schneider Bohemia"
Pilsen 2002 takes place 17th-25th August 2002 at "Strelecky stadion" Pilsen
Lobzy (The Czech Republic). The main tournament of this Festival is
International Open Czech Championship ( 1st prize 20 000 CZK, sum of prizes 81
000 CZK ).
Details: http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/
Chesmayne Chess Dictionary
The 2002 edition of the Chesmayne Chess Dictionary is now available at
a new permanent address. It has 100,000+ chess related keywords, AZ indexes,
pictures, midi's, graphics etc.
Site: http://chesmayn.valuehost.co.uk
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
There have been more than 100.000 hits and 8.000 votes. The moves so
far: Magnus Carlsen vs The World: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 Nxe4?!? 8. Qe2 d5 9. d3 Now grandmaster Simen
Agdestein has suggested 9... Nf6 or 9... Bxf2+, the latter probably a novelty.
Voting closes at 08.00 GMT Tuesday. Week days voting is daily.
1st Condom International Open
The 1st Condom International Open takes place 13th-19th July 2002. 9
round FIDE. Total prize : 8000 EURO 1st prize : 1200 EURO
Further details: http://echecs.condom.free.fr
Pancevo (YUG) closed
International Closed Tournaments, FIDE Category 8 City: Pancevo (10
kilometers from Belgrado), Yugoslavia Date: 24 June - 4 July 12 players, 11
rounds info: Sinisa Drazic sdrazic@eunet.yu Tel. 00381.64.1249741. Today (25
May) there are still 3 places available.
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.
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
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
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)
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/
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
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/
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
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
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.