THE WEEK IN CHESS 399 1st July 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) 3rd Grand
Prix du Senat
3) Dutch Championship
4) 3rd European Individual Championships
5)
Polish League Playoffs
6) Moscow Youth Tournament
7) Quebec Invitational 2002
8) 13th Ljubljana
Open
9) 4th ShakkiNet International
10) Bogny sur Meuse GM
11) Grenoble
Masters
12) U18 European Team Championships
13) La Fere Open
14) 2nd St. Chély
d'Aubrac
15) French Chess Federation Further Press
Release
16) Open letter to FIDE President K.N.
Ilumzhinov
17) Professional World Chess Ranking
18) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
3rd Grand Prix du Senat 13 games
Dutch Championships 29 games
Dutch Women's Championships 15 games
3rd European Individual 161 games
Polish League Playoffs 12 games
Moscow Youth Tournament 308 games
Quebec Invitational 2002 11 games
13th Ljubljana Open 206 games
4th ShakkiNet International 84 games
Bogny sur Meuse GM 20 games
Grenoble Masters 45 games
U18 European Teams 34 games
938 games
My thanks to Aard Daanen, Joel Lautier, Stephen Boyd, Ales Drinovec,
Sergey Shipov, Michael Atkins, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Sami
Hämäläinen, Andre Schulz, Laszlo Nagy, and all those who helped
with this issue.
Kramnik's victory at the Grand Prix du Senat, Leok Van Wely's Dutch
Championships win, 3rd European Individual Championships and the Polish
SuperCup head the on the board stories today. July 6th sees the start of the
Dortmund qualifier which will provide a challenger for Kramnik. I'm hoping we
will see some great chess there.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 3rd Grand Prix du Senat took place over the weekend of June
29th-30th 2002. Organised by the NAO Chess Club in Paris this four player ko
rapid play event saw Vladimir Kramnik take first place Laurent Fressinet 2nd,
Joel Lautier 3rd and Etienne Bacrot 4th.
Round 1 (June 29, 2002)
Fressinet, Laurent - Lautier, Joel 3-2
Bacrot, Etienne -
Kramnik, Vladimir 0.5-1-5
Final
Kramnik, Vladimir - Fressinet, Laurent 2-0
3rd - 4th Playoff
Bacrot, Etienne - Lautier, Joel 1-3
Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html
The Essent Dutch Championships took place in Leeuwarden June 19th-29th
2002. Loek Van Wely started with a perfect 5/5 score but a final round defeat
meant he had to play off against Sergei Tiviakov. Van Wely took the playoff
match and the title 3-1.
Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2002/
Playoffs June 30th 2002
Tiviakov, Sergei - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 29 C43 Petroff's Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 70 A08 Barcza System
Tiviakov, Sergei - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 48 C43 Petroff's Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 29 E09 Catalan
Essent ch-NED Playoff Leeuwarden NED (NED), 30 vi 2002
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1 2 3 4
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Van Wely, Loek g NED 2642 = 1 = 1 3.0 2818
Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2625 = 0 = 0 1.0 2449
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Essent ch-NED Leeuwarden NED (NED), 20-29 vi 2002 cat. XIII (2557)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2625 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2769
2. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2642 = * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2767
3. Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2647 = = * 1 = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2672
4. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2462 = 0 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2647
5. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2583 0 1 = 0 * 1 1 = 0 1 5.0 2597
6. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2509 = 0 = = 0 * 0 = 1 1 4.0 2519
7. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2469 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 = = 3.0 2442
8. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2578 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 0 2.5 2388
9. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2537 0 0 = 0 1 0 = = * 0 2.5 2393
10. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2520 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 * 2.5 2395
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Round 5 (June 25, 2002)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 57 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Sokolov, Ivan - Van den Doel, Erik 1/2 38 D27 QGA
Van der Wiel, John - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 31 C43 Petroff's Defence
Reinderman, Dimitri - Janssen, Ruud 1/2 28 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Jonkman, Harmen - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 32 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 6 (June 26, 2002)
Van Wely, Loek - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 39 E59 Nimzo Indian
Ernst, Sipke - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 62 D27 QGA
Van der Wiel, John - Jonkman, Harmen 1-0 41 C45 Scotch Game
Janssen, Ruud - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 23 D17 Slav Defence
Nijboer, Friso - Reinderman, Dimitri 1/2 47 B38 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Round 7 (June 27, 2002)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 68 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Sokolov, Ivan - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 26 D91 Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Van den Doel, Erik - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 43 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Reinderman, Dimitri - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 45 B88 Unknown
Jonkman, Harmen - Ernst, Sipke 0-1 40 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Round 8 (June 28, 2002)
Van Wely, Loek - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 28 D15 Slav Defence
Ernst, Sipke - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 35 A33 English Symmetrical
Van der Wiel, John - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 40 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Nijboer, Friso - Van den Doel, Erik 1/2 48 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Jonkman, Harmen - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 49 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Round 9 (June 29, 2002)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 29 C43 Petroff's Defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 27 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian System
Van den Doel, Erik - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 36 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Janssen, Ruud - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 39 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Reinderman, Dimitri - Jonkman, Harmen 0-1 40 A03 Bird's Opening
Essent ch-NED w Leeuwarden NED (NED), 19-29 vi 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2472 ** == == =1 11 11 7.5 2357
2 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wg NED 2330 == ** == == 11 11 7.0 2341
3 Hamelink, Desiree NED 2105 == == ** == 1= 1= 6.0 2309
4 Bensdorp, Marlies NED 2125 =0 == == ** == 11 5.5 2269
5 Veenstra, Petra NED 2081 00 00 0= == ** 0= 2.0 2002
6 Bos-Swiecik, Iwona wm NED 2179 00 00 0= 00 1= ** 2.0 1982
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The 3rd European Individual Championships took place in Batumi,
Georgia, June 11th-27th 2002. This was a 13 rounds Swiss. Bartlomiej Macieja
won the event with 9.5/13 half a point clear of four players. After a playoff
Mikhael Gurevich finished 2nd ahead of Sergei Volkov 3rd, Mereb Gagunashvili
4th and Gabriel Sargissian 5th. Alongside was the Black Sea Women's
Championships won by Natia Janjgava.
Internet coverage: http://chess.batumi.net/
Final Crosstable:
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3rd IECC Batumi GEO (GEO), 12-26 vi 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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1. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2584 - 19 + 95 + 60 + 65 = 4 + 51 + 35 = 20 = 11 + 5 = 2 + 16 = 9 9.5 2687
2. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2641 + 7 + 27 = 20 - 13 + 38 = 15 + 24 = 49 + 25 + 35 = 1 = 8 = 5 9.0 2684
3. Gagunashvili, Merab m GEO 2472 = 22 + 32 + 29 - 6 + 33 = 12 = 14 = 21 + 39 = 15 + 37 = 10 + 11 9.0 2731
4. Sargissian, Gabriel m ARM 2538 + 99 + 5 = 23 = 12 = 1 = 6 = 16 + 43 = 37 = 10 = 9 + 20 + 31 9.0 2709
5. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2609 + 48 - 4 - 50 + 82 + 65 = 45 + 34 + 27 + 49 - 1 + 20 + 19 = 2 9.0 2639
6. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2577 + 58 + 44 = 38 + 3 - 35 = 4 = 27 = 19 = 59 + 26 + 15 = 11 = 8 8.5 2618
7. Gashimov, Vugar m AZE 2470 - 2 + 70 + 85 + 18 - 11 = 26 + 17 = 39 = 22 = 21 + 13 = 14 + 19 8.5 2632
8. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2591 + 52 = 24 = 63 - 49 = 40 + 54 = 36 = 42 + 45 + 31 + 35 = 2 = 6 8.5 2620
9. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2606 + 87 + 34 - 25 + 63 = 27 - 13 = 51 + 62 = 26 + 59 = 4 + 36 = 1 8.5 2628
10. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2633 + 40 + 33 = 35 = 20 + 62 = 25 - 11 + 16 = 15 = 4 = 36 = 3 = 14 8.0 2618
11. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2569 + 61 = 51 + 59 = 38 + 7 = 20 + 10 = 35 = 1 = 32 = 19 = 6 - 3 8.0 2601
12. Graf, Alexander g GER 2623 + 47 = 26 + 64 = 4 - 20 = 3 = 62 + 44 = 13 = 14 = 27 + 42 = 16 8.0 2612
13. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2566 + 79 = 59 + 42 + 2 - 39 + 9 = 25 = 15 = 12 - 19 - 7 + 49 + 36 8.0 2600
14. Izoria, Zviad m GEO 2556 + 70 = 19 = 66 = 67 = 59 + 38 = 3 = 23 = 21 = 12 + 30 = 7 = 10 8.0 2561
15. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz AZE 2542 = 74 + 55 - 37 + 54 + 52 = 2 + 22 = 13 = 10 = 3 - 6 = 29 + 43 8.0 2606
16. Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2565 = 60 + 78 = 19 + 66 = 51 = 22 = 4 - 10 + 34 + 33 + 32 - 1 = 12 8.0 2600
17. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2571 + 77 - 49 - 52 + 93 + 50 = 36 - 7 + 48 = 42 = 40 + 64 = 28 + 35 8.0 2545
18. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2575 + 89 = 42 = 51 - 7 + 48 - 44 = 50 - 61 + 79 = 41 + 87 + 68 + 26 8.0 2531
19. Shengelia, Davit m GEO 2415 + 1 = 14 = 16 = 24 = 28 + 31 = 29 = 6 + 30 + 13 = 11 - 5 - 7 7.5 2616
20. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2564 + 75 + 36 = 2 = 10 + 12 = 11 + 39 = 1 = 35 = 37 - 5 - 4 = 24 7.5 2614
21. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2584 + 54 = 63 = 24 = 36 + 42 - 49 + 45 = 3 = 14 = 7 = 28 = 35 = 29 7.5 2563
22. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2654 = 3 + 85 = 26 + 34 = 25 = 16 - 15 = 24 = 7 = 64 = 68 + 45 = 28 7.5 2556
23. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2618 + 57 + 28 = 4 - 35 = 45 = 34 + 68 = 14 = 31 = 49 = 24 - 26 + 51 7.5 2573
24. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2527 + 83 = 8 = 21 = 19 + 67 = 37 - 2 = 22 = 46 + 47 = 23 = 25 = 20 7.5 2559
25. Marin, Mihail g ROM 2556 + 82 + 84 + 9 = 39 = 22 = 10 = 13 = 37 - 2 - 36 + 49 = 24 = 32 7.5 2576
26. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil m GEO 2540 +100 = 12 = 22 = 52 = 36 = 7 = 42 + 40 = 9 - 6 + 75 + 23 - 18 7.5 2563
27. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2550 + 93 - 2 + 41 + 50 = 9 = 43 = 6 - 5 = 64 + 87 = 12 = 32 = 30 7.5 2594
28. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2538 + 72 - 23 = 58 + 78 = 19 = 59 = 47 = 46 = 38 + 60 = 21 = 17 = 22 7.5 2523
29. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2572 = 66 + 46 - 3 = 47 + 87 + 64 = 19 = 59 - 32 + 51 = 42 = 15 = 21 7.5 2546
30. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2588 - 41 = 74 = 61 + 85 = 47 = 52 + 58 + 51 - 19 + 38 - 14 + 59 = 27 7.5 2481
31. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2547 = 55 - 60 = 92 + 97 + 66 - 19 + 52 + 47 = 23 - 8 + 46 + 37 - 4 7.5 2472
32. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2641 = 46 - 3 + 96 = 40 - 44 + 79 + 87 + 63 + 29 = 11 - 16 = 27 = 25 7.5 2529
33. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2543 + 88 - 10 = 54 + 58 - 3 = 89 + 73 = 36 + 61 - 16 = 40 = 50 + 57 7.5 2496
34. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2517 + 69 - 9 + 89 - 22 + 75 = 23 - 5 + 67 - 16 = 57 + 61 = 40 + 50 7.5 2503
35. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2557 + 95 + 41 = 10 + 23 + 6 + 39 - 1 = 11 = 20 - 2 - 8 = 21 - 17 7.0 2586
36. Minasian, Ara m ARM 2473 + 97 - 20 + 86 = 21 = 26 = 17 = 8 = 33 + 43 + 25 = 10 - 9 - 13 7.0 2545
37. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2598 = 50 + 98 + 15 = 62 = 49 = 24 + 44 = 25 = 4 = 20 - 3 - 31 = 40 7.0 2518
38. Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2474 + 67 + 56 = 6 = 11 - 2 - 14 = 61 + 53 = 28 - 30 + 69 = 48 = 39 7.0 2518
39. Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2580 + 73 + 68 + 49 = 25 + 13 - 35 - 20 = 7 - 3 - 42 = 50 + 60 = 38 7.0 2513
40. Mamedov, Nidjat m AZE 2463 - 10 + 93 = 80 = 32 = 8 = 71 + 41 - 26 + 66 = 17 = 33 = 34 = 37 7.0 2508
41. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2425 + 30 - 35 - 27 + 69 = 56 = 63 - 40 + 72 = 44 = 18 = 62 + 64 = 42 7.0 2519
42. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2493 + 92 = 18 - 13 + 80 - 21 + 78 = 26 = 8 = 17 + 39 = 29 - 12 = 41 7.0 2513
43. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2591 + 76 = 64 - 62 + 46 + 68 = 27 = 49 - 4 - 36 + 65 = 59 + 44 - 15 7.0 2527
44. Radulski, Julian m BUL 2501 + 90 - 6 = 75 = 91 + 32 + 18 - 37 - 12 = 41 = 61 + 58 - 43 + 67 7.0 2463
45. Guseinov, Kadir g AZE 2510 - 85 + 82 = 74 + 60 = 23 = 5 - 21 + 71 - 8 = 46 + 70 - 22 + 59 7.0 2475
46. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2469 = 32 - 29 + 88 - 43 + 61 = 67 + 89 = 28 = 24 = 45 - 31 + 75 = 53 7.0 2487
47. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2457 - 12 = 88 + 99 = 29 = 30 + 56 = 28 - 31 + 89 - 24 = 65 = 67 + 63 7.0 2494
48. Jirovsky, Milos m CZE 2446 - 5 +100 - 67 + 92 - 18 = 55 + 75 - 17 = 77 + 78 = 60 = 38 + 68 7.0 2411
49. Godena, Michele g ITA 2481 + 94 + 17 - 39 + 8 = 37 + 21 = 43 = 2 - 5 = 23 - 25 - 13 = 55 6.5 2535
50. Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2434 = 37 = 65 + 5 - 27 - 17 + 91 = 18 - 64 + 74 + 53 = 39 = 33 - 34 6.5 2513
51. Kekelidze, Mikheil g GEO 2477 + 96 = 11 = 18 + 56 = 16 - 1 = 9 - 30 + 58 - 29 = 57 + 73 - 23 6.5 2509
52. Arutunian, Davit m GEO 2427 - 8 + 72 + 17 = 26 - 15 = 30 - 31 = 69 - 67 + 94 = 53 = 58 + 79 6.5 2421
53. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2570 = 78 - 66 + 55 = 87 + 76 = 62 - 59 - 38 + 70 - 50 = 52 + 71 = 46 6.5 2411
54. Priehoda, Vitezslav m SVK 2425 - 21 + 83 = 33 - 15 + 60 - 8 = 70 = 55 = 69 = 72 = 63 = 61 + 75 6.5 2397
55. Makharadze, Jambul GEO 2302 = 31 - 15 - 53 + 81 = 73 = 48 = 77 = 54 - 65 = 56 + 89 + 87 = 49 6.5 2448
56. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2567 + 71 - 38 + 76 - 51 = 41 - 47 - 60 - 74 + 91 = 55 + 95 = 66 + 77 6.5 2371
57. Dzhakaev, D RUS 2425 - 23 - 91 - 93 = 70 - 99 +100 + 97 + 83 + 81 = 34 = 51 + 62 - 33 6.5 2356
58. Shanava, Konstantine f GEO 2390 - 6 + 90 = 28 - 33 = 88 + 69 - 30 + 98 - 51 + 84 - 44 = 52 + 83 6.5 2378
59. Gaprindashvili, Valerian m GEO 2476 + 80 = 13 - 11 + 94 = 14 = 28 + 53 = 29 = 6 - 9 = 43 - 30 - 45 6.0 2474
60. Dovliatov, Sanan AZE 2318 = 16 + 31 - 1 - 45 - 54 + 86 + 56 + 68 = 63 - 28 = 48 - 39 = 65 6.0 2472
61. Aroshidze, Levan GEO 2346 - 11 = 94 = 30 + 96 - 46 + 80 = 38 + 18 - 33 = 44 - 34 = 54 = 64 6.0 2404
62. Supatashvili, Khvicha m GEO 2509 = 98 + 81 + 43 = 37 - 10 = 53 = 12 - 9 - 87 + 77 = 41 - 57 = 69 6.0 2426
63. Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2516 + 91 = 21 = 8 - 9 = 89 = 41 + 66 - 32 = 60 - 75 = 54 + 70 - 47 6.0 2408
64. Bagirov, Rufat m AZE 2516 + 86 = 43 - 12 = 75 + 91 - 29 = 67 + 50 = 27 = 22 - 17 - 41 = 61 6.0 2410
65. Maherramzade, Javad m AZE 2493 = 81 = 50 + 84 - 1 - 5 = 75 = 71 = 77 + 55 - 43 = 47 = 83 = 60 6.0 2338
66. Chibukhchian, Artur m ARM 2379 = 29 + 53 = 14 - 16 - 31 + 98 - 63 + 90 - 40 - 69 + 82 = 56 = 72 6.0 2403
67. Jojua, Davit GEO 2125 - 38 +102 + 48 = 14 - 24 = 46 = 64 - 34 + 52 - 68 + 72 = 47 - 44 6.0 2407
68. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2502 +101 - 39 = 91 + 74 - 43 + 77 - 23 - 60 + 71 + 67 = 22 - 18 - 48 6.0 2384
69. Kantaria, Mikheil GEO 2259 - 34 - 76 + 95 - 41 + 97 - 58 + 84 = 52 = 54 + 66 - 38 = 74 = 62 6.0 2335
70. Karadeniz, Emre TUR 2307 - 14 - 7 - 90 = 57 + 83 + 81 = 54 + 73 - 53 + 89 - 45 - 63 + 87 6.0 2380
71. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc f TUR 2345 - 56 - 96 + 72 = 90 + 94 = 40 = 65 - 45 - 68 = 83 + 92 - 53 + 84 6.0 2306
72. Gurcan, Selim TUR 2283 - 28 - 52 - 71 + 95 + 92 = 76 = 78 - 41 + 80 = 54 - 67 + 81 = 66 6.0 2297
73. Danner, Georg m AUT 2407 - 39 - 86 =100 + 99 = 55 + 85 - 33 - 70 + 92 = 95 + 76 - 51 . 5.5 2317
74. Olcayoz, Alper f TUR 2294 = 15 = 30 = 45 - 68 - 77 + 94 - 79 + 56 - 50 - 76 + 91 = 69 = 82 5.5 2346
75. Bae, Torstein f NOR 2314 - 20 + 97 = 44 = 64 - 34 = 65 - 48 + 91 + 76 + 63 - 26 - 46 - 54 5.5 2388
76. Babaev, Rashad m AZE 2430 - 43 + 69 - 56 + 86 - 53 = 72 = 90 = 79 - 75 + 74 - 73 - 84 + 88 5.5 2279
77. Matnadze, Ana wm GEO 2365 - 17 = 92 - 94 +100 + 74 - 68 = 55 = 65 = 48 - 62 = 81 + 80 - 56 5.5 2297
78. Atakisi, Umut f TUR 2358 = 53 - 16 + 81 - 28 + 90 - 42 = 72 - 87 + 98 - 48 - 83 = 92 + 93 5.5 2300
79. Gassanov, Assif AZE 2319 - 13 - 80 = 83 = 98 +101 - 32 + 74 = 76 - 18 = 81 = 84 + 95 - 52 5.5 2272
80. Chigladze, Iveri GEO 2149 - 59 + 79 = 40 - 42 = 82 - 61 + 99 - 89 - 72 +101 = 88 - 77 + 95 5.5 2291
81. Magalashvili, Davit GEO 2160 = 65 - 62 - 78 - 55 +100 - 70 + 93 + 88 - 57 = 79 = 77 - 72 + 98 5.5 2286
82. Bayram, Yakup f TUR 2312 - 25 - 45 +101 - 5 = 80 - 90 + 86 = 92 - 84 + 97 - 66 +100 = 74 5.5 2231
83. Ipek, Ali f TUR 2263 - 24 - 54 = 79 - 88 - 70 +102 + 94 - 57 + 96 = 71 + 78 = 65 - 58 5.5 2265
84. Citak, Selim TUR 2035 +102 - 25 - 65 - 89 = 86 = 99 - 69 + 96 + 82 - 58 = 79 + 76 - 71 5.5 2263
85. Erdogan, Hakan TUR 2233 + 45 - 22 - 7 - 30 + 96 - 73 - 98 - 95 - 97 +102 = 93 + 94 + 89 5.5 2272
86. Mareck, Sascha GER 2249 - 64 + 73 - 36 - 76 = 84 - 60 - 82 -101 +102 = 93 + 90 = 89 + 92 5.5 2231
87. Velicka, Petr m CZE 2437 - 9 = 99 + 98 = 53 - 29 + 88 - 32 + 78 + 62 - 27 - 18 - 55 - 70 5.0 2357
88. Erdogdu, Mert f TUR 2295 - 33 = 47 - 46 + 83 = 58 - 87 = 92 - 81 =100 = 90 = 80 +101 - 76 5.0 2232
89. Asylguzhin, Radik RUS 2387 - 18 +101 - 34 + 84 = 63 = 33 - 46 + 80 - 47 - 70 - 55 = 86 - 85 4.5 2240
90. Ataman, Alper TUR 2191 - 44 - 58 + 70 = 71 - 78 + 82 = 76 - 66 - 95 = 88 - 86 = 97 = 96 4.5 2209
91. Sulashvili, Malkhaz GEO 2254 - 63 + 57 = 68 = 44 - 64 - 50 = 96 - 75 - 56 + 99 - 74 - 93 +101 4.5 2275
92. Morchiashvili, Bachana GEO 2167 - 42 = 77 = 31 - 48 - 72 + 95 = 88 = 82 - 73 + 98 - 71 = 78 - 86 4.5 2246
93. Yilmaz, Turham m TUR 2303 - 27 - 40 + 57 - 17 - 98 = 97 - 81 + 99 - 94 = 86 = 85 + 91 - 78 4.5 2200
94. Kinsic, Onur TUR 2158 - 49 = 61 + 77 - 59 - 71 - 74 - 83 +102 + 93 - 52 =100 - 85 = 97 4.5 2192
95. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wm AZE 2312 - 35 - 1 - 69 - 72 +102 - 92 +101 + 85 + 90 = 73 - 56 - 79 - 80 4.5 2192
96. Duman, Aydin TUR 2155 - 51 + 71 - 32 - 61 - 85 +101 = 91 - 84 - 83 -100 = 97 +102 = 90 4.5 2151
97. Arman, Deniz TUR 2119 - 36 - 75 +102 - 31 - 69 = 93 - 57 =100 + 85 - 82 = 96 = 90 = 94 4.5 2171
98. Kamadadze, Zviad GEO 2225 = 62 - 37 - 87 = 79 + 93 - 66 + 85 - 58 - 78 - 92 -101 + 99 - 81 4.0 2192
99. Urushadze, Davit GEO 2272 - 4 = 87 - 47 - 73 + 57 = 84 - 80 - 93 -101 - 91 +102 - 98 +100 4.0 2145
100. Essing, Arnold GER 2286 - 26 - 48 = 73 - 77 - 81 - 57 +102 = 97 = 88 + 96 = 94 - 82 - 99 4.0 2140
101. Klerides, Paris CYP 2210 - 68 - 89 - 82 +102 - 79 - 96 - 95 + 86 + 99 - 80 + 98 - 88 - 91 4.0 2122
102. BYE ---- - 84 - 67 - 97 -101 - 95 - 83 -100 - 94 - 86 - 85 - 99 - 96 . 0.0
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1. Janjgava, Natia wm GEO 2248 +32 +22 =11 + 4 + 8 + 6 = 7 = 2 = 5 7.0 2464
2. Gvetadze, Sopio m GEO 2313 +28 =15 - 6 +24 + 3 +14 + 8 = 1 = 4 6.5 2421
3. Lomineishvili, Maia wg GEO 2370 +21 + 9 - 4 +12 - 2 = 5 + 6 +19 + 8 6.5 2377
4. Tsereteli, Tamar GEO 2243 +27 + 5 + 3 - 1 - 6 +22 =11 + 7 = 2 6.0 2370
5. Datuashvili, Nona wm GEO 2175 +33 - 4 =19 +25 =14 = 3 +15 +11 = 1 6.0 2311
6. Khukhashvili, Sopiko wm GEO 2319 =30 +12 + 2 =11 + 4 - 1 - 3 +14 = 7 5.5 2324
7. Nikoladze, Sopio wm GEO 2231 +25 = 8 +18 + 9 -11 +13 = 1 - 4 = 6 5.5 2313
8. Javakhishvili, Lela wm GEO 2367 +29 = 7 +15 +10 - 1 +11 - 2 +16 - 3 5.5 2332
9. Odisharia, Teona GEO 2238 +13 - 3 +28 - 7 =17 =25 =22 +20 +19 5.5 2205
10. Tkeshelashvili, Sopio wg GEO 2238 +26 =18 +30 - 8 -13 -19 +24 +12 +16 5.5 2231
11. Melia, Salome GEO 2292 +17 +16 = 1 = 6 + 7 - 8 = 4 - 5 =15 5.0 2276
12. Sahakian, Nonna ARM 2087 +14 - 6 +16 - 3 +24 =15 =17 -10 +23 5.0 2251
13. Batsiashvili,Nino GEO ---- - 9 +21 +22 =18 +10 - 7 -16 =17 +29 5.0 2252
14. Charkhalashvili, Inga wf GEO 2298 -12 +24 =20 +30 = 5 - 2 +26 - 6 +17 5.0 2200
15. Tereladze, Sopiko wm GEO 2223 +34 = 2 - 8 =17 +23 =12 - 5 +22 =11 5.0 2210
16. Purtseladze, Maka GEO 2223 +23 -11 -12 +19 =20 +21 +13 - 8 -10 4.5 2144
17. Sahakian, Alla ARM 2070 -11 =23 +33 =15 = 9 +20 =12 =13 -14 4.5 2144
18. Klinova, Masha wg ISR 2393 +20 =10 - 7 =13 -22 -26 +31 =27 +25 4.5 2103
19. Gurchumalidze,Teona GEO ---- -22 +32 = 5 -16 +29 +10 +25 - 3 - 9 4.5 2182
20. Khmiadashvili, Tamar wg GEO 2161 -18 +26 =14 =23 =16 -17 +29 - 9 +27 4.5 2162
21. Epitashvili, Ketevan GEO 2158 - 3 -13 =26 +32 +31 -16 =27 =25 +28 4.5 2095
22. Sorokina, Anastasia wm BLR 2200 +19 - 1 -13 +28 +18 - 4 = 9 -15 =24 4.0 2132
23. Guramishvili,Sopiko GEO ---- -16 =17 +29 =20 -15 -31 +32 +26 -12 4.0 2068
24. Kasoshvili, Tsiala wm GEO 2135 =31 -14 +27 - 2 -12 +33 -10 +32 =22 4.0 2097
25. Butskhrikidze,Ana GEO ---- - 7 =29 +31 - 5 +30 = 9 -19 =21 -18 3.5 2080
26. Khudaverdieva, Afag AZE 2043 -10 -20 =21 =27 +32 +18 -14 -23 =34 3.5 2072
27. Kvaratskhelia, Natia GEO 2061 - 4 =33 -24 =26 =28 +34 =21 =18 -20 3.5 2056
28. Gavasheli, Ana GEO 2099 - 2 +34 - 9 -22 =27 -32 +33 +31 -21 3.5 2034
29. Mamedjarova, Turkan AZE 2134 - 8 =25 -23 +33 -19 +30 -20 +34 -13 3.5 1991
30. Esebua, Megi GEO 2116 = 6 +31 -10 -14 -25 -29 -34 +33 =32 3.0 1992
31. Vasiltseva,Marina GEO ---- =24 -30 -25 +34 -21 +23 -18 -28 =33 3.0 1975
32. Ioseliani, Irine GEO 2064 - 1 -19 +34 -21 -26 +28 -23 -24 =30 2.5 1922
33. Merabishvili,Neli GEO ---- - 5 =27 -17 -29 +34 -24 -28 -30 =31 2.0 1867
34. Cheishvili,Nana GEO ---- -15 -28 -32 -31 -33 -27 +30 -29 =26 1.5 1809
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The two best teams from the last Polish Team Championships played a
double round match on June 29th-30th, 2002 in Warsaw for the Super Cup of
Poland. Six boards. Rate of play 90 minutes per game + 30 sec per move. The
match was between Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw and Pocztowiec TPSA Poznan. Polonia
Plus GSM Warsaw was by far the strongest team consisting of Vassily Ivanchuk,
Judit Polgar, Mical Krasenkow, Robert Kempinski, Tomasz Markowski and Jacek
Gdanski they won both rounds 5-1.
Coverage: http://www.plusgsm.pl
Round 1 (June 29, 2002)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Urban, Klaudiusz 1-0 39 C41 Philidor's Defence
Schmidt, Wlodzimierz - Polgar, Judit 0-1 39 E98 King's Indian Classical
Krasenkow, Michal - Stempin, Pawel 1/2 30 D62 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2
Szelag, Marcin - Kempinski, Robert 1/2 41 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Markowski, Tomasz - Weglarz, Leszek 1-0 42 E05 Catalan
Owczarzak, Jerzy - Gdanski, Jacek 0-1 54 B09 Pirc Defence
Round 2 (June 30, 2002)
Urban, Klaudiusz - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 35 A11 Reti Opening
Polgar, Judit - Schmidt, Wlodzimierz 1-0 29 C18 French Winawer
Stempin, Pawel - Krasenkow, Michal 0-1 39 A85 Dutch
Kempinski, Robert - Szelag, Marcin 1/2 42 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Weglarz, Leszek - Markowski, Tomasz 0-1 40 A43 Old Benoni
Gdanski, Jacek - Owczarzak, Jerzy 1-0 25 C02 French Advance
The International Youth Sports Games of the Commonwealth of Independent
States, Baltic states and Russian regions took place in Moscow starting June
15th. There were chess tournaments for boys and girls under 14 and under 16.
The event was attended by IOC President Jacques Rogge. I don't know the exact
dates but am guessing June 18th-24th for the 7 round swiss. Boris Grachev won
the Boys under-16 and Sergey Karjakin and Alexsej Lanin finished on 6/7 in the
Boys under-14.
Internet coverage: http://www.volgachess.ru/turnir/sport02.htm
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1. Karjakin, Sergey m UKR 2489 +12 = 3 +11 +15 + 2 + 4 = 5 6.0 2493
2. Lanin, Alexsej RUS 2222 +14 + 9 + 7 + 3 - 1 +10 +11 6.0 2474
3. Jamaletdinov, Roman F RUS 2117 +18 = 1 +10 - 2 +13 +11 = 8 5.0 2394
4. Chadaev, Nikolai RUS 2218 +19 - 7 + 8 =11 + 6 - 1 +10 4.5 2310
5. Khamrakulov,Dzhurabek UZB ---- -13 =17 +16 =20 +15 + 7 = 1 4.5 2350
6. Papin, Vasily RUS 2201 -10 =20 +18 +21 - 4 +14 +15 4.5 2262
7. Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2322 +21 + 4 - 2 +13 -10 - 5 +16 4.0 2186
8. Ponkratov, Pavel RUS 2218 +22 =10 - 4 +14 -11 +12 = 3 4.0 2152
9. Nigalidze,Gaioz GEO ---- +16 - 2 -13 +19 -12 +21 +14 4.0 2176
10. Popov, Ivan RUS ---- + 6 = 8 - 3 +12 + 7 - 2 - 4 3.5 2206
11. Pokazanjev, Nikolai RUS 2232 +17 +13 - 1 = 4 + 8 - 3 - 2 3.5 2205
12. Bercys, Salvijus LTU 2147 - 1 +22 =20 -10 + 9 - 8 +18 3.5 2166
13. Kirillov, Evgeniy RUS 2175 + 5 -11 + 9 - 7 - 3 -15 +21 3.0 2109
14. Mezhlumian,Vagram ARM ---- - 2 +16 +17 - 8 +20 - 6 - 9 3.0 2098
15. Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2358 =20 =18 +21 - 1 - 5 +13 - 6 3.0 2151
16. Vicol, Dorian MDA 2254 - 9 -14 - 5 +22 +17 +20 - 7 3.0 2016
17. Sadykov,Asil KGZ ---- -11 = 5 -14 =18 -16 +19 =22 2.5 2013
18. Fatkulin, Andrey RUS 2320 - 3 =15 - 6 =17 =19 +22 -12 2.5 2015
19. Matveev,Mikhail KAZ ---- - 4 -21 +22 - 9 =18 -17 +20 2.5 2007
20. Mihailovs, Jurijs LAT 2141 =15 = 6 =12 = 5 -14 -16 -19 2.0 1979
21. Esenov, Annaberdi TKM 2084 - 7 +19 -15 - 6 +22 - 9 -13 2.0 1992
22. Volodin, Aleksandr EST ---- - 8 -12 -19 -16 -21 -18 =17 0.5 1724
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1. Grachev, Boris f RUS 2434 +11 +10 + 2 + 8 = 3 = 5 = 4 5.5 2584
2. Zabotin, Alexander RUS 2249 + 3 + 9 - 1 = 7 +17 = 6 +12 5.0 2480
3. Areshchenko, Alexander m UKR 2512 - 2 +22 +16 +14 = 1 + 7 = 5 5.0 2424
4. Anisimov, Pavel RUS 2424 =14 =16 = 6 +18 = 5 + 8 = 1 4.5 2411
5. Lysyj, Igor RUS 2327 =15 =14 +13 +17 = 4 = 1 = 3 4.5 2386
6. Davidov, Samir AZE 2248 - 8 +21 = 4 =12 +15 = 2 +16 4.5 2328
7. Pantsulaia, Levan GEO 2414 +19 -17 +11 = 2 +16 - 3 = 9 4.0 2333
8. Geller, Jakov RUS 2437 + 6 +18 =17 - 1 =10 - 4 +14 4.0 2358
9. Savchenko, Boris f RUS 2313 +12 - 2 =15 -16 +18 +14 = 7 4.0 2279
10. Maletin, Pavel RUS 2313 +13 - 1 -14 +20 = 8 =16 +15 4.0 2260
11. Ianocichin, Victor MDA 2221 - 1 +15 - 7 +21 -14 +18 +22 4.0 2261
12. Amanov, Mesgen TKM 2061 - 9 +20 =18 = 6 =13 +17 - 2 3.5 2194
13. Zheenbekov,Nurgazi KGZ ---- -10 +19 - 5 -15 =12 +22 +20 3.5 2146
14. Ilarionovs, Dmitrijs LAT 2190 = 4 = 5 +10 - 3 +11 - 9 - 8 3.0 2313
15. Vaznonis, Vytautas LTU 2160 = 5 -11 = 9 +13 - 6 +19 -10 3.0 2176
16. Filippov, Anton f UZB 2253 +21 = 4 - 3 + 9 - 7 =10 - 6 3.0 2267
17. Pashikian, Arman ARM 2272 +20 + 7 = 8 - 5 - 2 -12 -19 2.5 2134
18. Kosov, Alexey RUS 2280 +22 - 8 =12 - 4 - 9 -11 +21 2.5 2106
19. Stativkin, D KAZ 2164 - 7 -13 -20 +22 =21 -15 +17 2.5 2018
20. Bagretsov,Anton RUS ---- -17 -12 +19 -10 -22 =21 -13 1.5 1885
21. Kohanchik,Sergei BLR ---- -16 - 6 =22 -11 =19 =20 -18 1.5 1936
22. Metsalu,Tauno EST ---- -18 - 3 =21 -19 +20 -13 -11 1.5 1938
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1. Lahno, Kateryna wm UKR 2277 +22 = 9 + 5 = 8 + 2 +13 = 3 5.5 2317
2. Tairova, Alena BLR 2189 +14 +20 + 3 + 9 - 1 = 4 + 7 5.5 2293
3. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2132 +11 +13 - 2 =15 + 8 + 5 = 1 5.0 2315
4. Polagaeva,Ksenia RUS ---- +18 - 5 =11 +12 +15 = 2 + 8 5.0 2292
5. Khotenashvili, Bela GEO 2127 +15 + 4 - 1 =13 + 6 - 3 + 9 4.5 2220
6. Klimets,Elena BLR ---- = 8 +10 - 9 +11 - 5 +19 +16 4.5 2185
7. Figura, Ljudmila RUS ---- =17 - 8 +22 +10 + 9 +12 - 2 4.5 2184
8. Malysheva, Polina RUS 2124 = 6 + 7 +12 = 1 - 3 +15 - 4 4.0 2163
9. Nebolsina, Vera wf RUS 2038 +21 = 1 + 6 - 2 - 7 +10 - 5 3.5 2117
10. Rogule, Laura LAT 2226 =12 - 6 +21 - 7 +11 - 9 +13 3.5 2005
11. Dauletova,Gulmira KAZ ---- - 3 +16 = 4 - 6 -10 +17 +19 3.5 2061
12. Golubenko, Valentina EST ---- =10 +17 - 8 - 4 +14 - 7 +15 3.5 2104
13. Umudova,Nargiz AZE ---- +16 - 3 +14 = 5 +20 - 1 -10 3.5 2118
14. Vasilkova,Svetlana RUS ---- - 2 +19 -13 =16 -12 =22 +21 3.0 1986
15. Kim, Alexey m RUS 2382 - 5 +18 +20 = 3 - 4 - 8 -12 2.5 1969
16. Meleshko, Anna RUS 2069 -13 -11 =19 =14 +21 =18 - 6 2.5 1914
17. Tilenbaeva,Janyl KGZ ---- = 7 -12 =18 =20 -19 -11 +22 2.5 1914
18. Hallaeva, Bahar f TKM 2118 - 4 -15 =17 -21 =22 =16 +20 2.5 1962
19. Khamrakulova,Yulduz UZB ---- -20 -14 =16 +22 +17 - 6 -11 2.5 1907
20. Alaverdyan,Lusine ARM ---- +19 - 2 -15 =17 -13 =21 -18 2.0 1940
21. Untila,Stela RUS ---- - 9 =22 -10 +18 -16 =20 -14 2.0 1906
22. Shaulite,Evelina LIT ---- - 1 =21 - 7 -19 =18 =14 -17 1.5 1826
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1. Dzagnidze, Nana wm GEO 2358 +12 +17 + 3 = 4 + 5 + 2 +11 6.5 2583
2. Zdebskaja, Natalia UKR 2309 +13 + 7 +10 + 3 = 4 - 1 = 5 5.0 2360
3. Kursova, Maria wf RUS 2255 +16 + 5 - 1 - 2 +14 + 7 + 4 5.0 2331
4. Chistiakova, Tamara wf RUS 2207 +21 +15 +17 = 1 = 2 +12 - 3 5.0 2334
5. Andriasian, Siranush ARM 2090 +18 - 3 +21 +15 - 1 +10 = 2 4.5 2319
6. Ergasheeva, Sarvinos UZB 2007 -14 +16 -15 +22 =13 +21 +12 4.5 2142
7. Ismailova, Aytaj AZE 2157 +19 - 2 =14 = 9 +10 - 3 +15 4.0 2209
8. Dyrda,Vladlena BLR ---- - 9 =11 +20 +19 -12 =15 +13 4.0 2096
9. Dolgova, Olga RUS 2095 + 8 -10 =13 = 7 =15 -11 +16 3.5 2094
10. Tomilova, Elena RUS 2311 +11 + 9 - 2 =12 - 7 - 5 +17 3.5 2131
11. Akatova, Ekaterina RUS 2050 -10 = 8 =16 +18 =17 + 9 - 1 3.5 2163
12. Rogule, Agnija LAT 2059 - 1 +20 +18 =10 + 8 - 4 - 6 3.5 2154
13. Samaganova, Alexandra KGZ 2041 - 2 +19 = 9 =14 = 6 +17 - 8 3.5 2091
14. Nazarova, Alexandra RUS 2068 + 6 -18 = 7 =13 - 3 -16 +22 3.0 2046
15. Zhidkikh, Darja RUS 2081 +22 - 4 + 6 - 5 = 9 = 8 - 7 3.0 2029
16. Doibani, Lilia MDA 2022 - 3 - 6 =11 =20 +19 +14 - 9 3.0 2017
17. Fominykh, Maria RUS 2163 +20 - 1 - 4 +21 =11 -13 -10 2.5 2037
18. Tashimova, N KAZ 2196 - 5 +14 -12 -11 =21 =22 =19 2.5 1937
19. Kull,Kristelle EST ---- - 7 -13 +22 - 8 -16 +20 =18 2.5 1957
20. Zhiogaite,Iovita LIT ---- -17 -12 - 8 =16 +22 -19 +21 2.5 1934
21. Astanovskaya, Yulia RUS 2010 - 4 +22 - 5 -17 =18 - 6 -20 1.5 1864
22. Illikova,Ejebay TKM ---- -15 -21 -19 - 6 -20 =18 -14 0.5 1629
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The Inviatational Championships of Quebec 2002 took place 17th-25th June
2002. Alexandre Lesiege won the event with 7/9 half a point clear of Jean
Hebert who had the consolation of beating the winner in their individual
game.
http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/ciq_2002.htm
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1. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2584 * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2575
2. Hebert, Jean m CAN 2411 1 * = = = 1 1 1 0 1 6.5 2540
3. Linskiy, Oleg M f CAN 2417 = = * = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2498
4. Lazarev, Vladimir g RUS 2449 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2450
5. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas CAN 2203 0 = = = * = = 0 = 1 4.0 2354
6. Barbeau, Sylvain f CAN 2397 0 0 = = = * 1 0 = 1 4.0 2333
7. Voskanian, Vahagn f ARM 2315 = 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2342
8. Duong, Thanh Nha m CAN 2339 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 * = = 3.5 2302
9. Cuartas, Carlos m COL 2307 0 1 = 0 = = 0 = * 0 3.0 2261
10. Times, Jerald W USA 2359 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1.5 2107
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The 13th Ljubljana Open took place in Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana,
Slovenia 22nd-30th June 2002. 127 participants from 14 countries took part
amongst them 10 GMs and 11 IMs. Robert Zelcic took clear first with 7.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0206/ljubljana
Final Round 9 Standings
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1. Zelcic,Robert GM CRO 2547 7.5 56.0
2. Neverov,Valeriy GM UKR 2587 7.0 56.5
3. Nedev,Trajce GM MKD 2476 7.0 53.0
4. Eljanov,Pavel GM UKR 2561 7.0 53.0
5. Kurajica,Bojan GM BIH 2555 7.0 48.5
6. Lekic,Dusan IM YUG 2410 7.0 48.5
7. Palo,Davor FM DEN 2359 7.0 48.0
8. Kritz,Leonid IM GER 2446 6.5 55.0
9. Pavasovic,Dusko GM SLO 2567 6.5 51.0
10. Mazi,Leon IM SLO 2378 6.5 51.0
11. Raspor,Gregor MK SLO 2098 6.5 47.5
12. Biti,Ozren FM CRO 2315 6.0 51.5
13. Soln,Primoz IM SLO 2419 6.0 50.0
14. Sax,Gyula GM HUN 2566 6.0 49.5
15. Tratar,Marko IM SLO 2443 6.0 50.0
16. Stojanovski,Dejan FM MKD 2416 6.0 48.0
17. Podlesnik,Bogdan IM SLO 2385 6.0 49.5
18. Roskar,Robert MK SLO 2279 6.0 47.5
19. Sveshnikov,Evgeny GM RUS 2556 6.0 48.0
20. Kutuzovic,Branko IM CRO 2406 6.0 49.0
21. Srebrnic,Vojko MK SLO 2206 6.0 46.0
22. Srebrnic,Ana WFM SLO 2212 6.0 46.0
127 players
The 4th ShakkiNet International takes place June 24th - July 4th in
Helsinki, Finland. There is a Category IV A tournament and an ELO event. My
thanks to Sami Hämäläinen.
Official website: http://www.shakki.net/4si
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1. Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2499 * . 0 . . 1 . 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2508
2. Maki-Uuro, Miikka f FIN 2335 . * . = = . . 0 = 1 1 1 4.5 2409
3. Nyysti, Sampsa f FIN 2242 1 . * = 0 1 = 1 . 0 . . 4.0 2439
4. Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2440 . = = * . 0 1 . 0 1 1 . 4.0 2347
5. Karttunen, Mika m FIN 2429 . = 1 . * . . 0 1 = 0 1 4.0 2315
6. Norri, Joose m FIN 2426 0 . 0 1 . * 1 = . = . 1 4.0 2372
7. Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2356 . . = 0 . 0 * = . 1 1 1 4.0 2346
8. Agopov, Mikael m FIN 2412 0 1 0 . 1 = = * = . . . 3.5 2371
9. Hjelm, Niclas f SWE 2313 = = . 1 0 . . = * . 1 0 3.5 2358
10. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2163 0 0 1 0 = = 0 . . * . . 2.0 2231
11. Tiitta, Sauli FIN 2249 0 0 . 0 1 . 0 . 0 . * 1 2.0 2201
12. Hansen, Victor NOR 2143 0 0 . . 0 0 0 . 1 . 0 * 1.0 2063
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1. Liitiainen, Elia FIN 2164 * . 1 . = = . 1 . = 1 1 5.5 2372
2. Parkkinen, Jyrki FIN 2169 . * = . = 1 1 . . 1 = 1 5.5 2372
3. Karlsen, Terje NOR 2121 0 = * = 1 . . = . . 1 1 4.5 2246
4. Skrjabin, Igor RUS 2114 . . = * . 1 = . = = = 1 4.5 2222
5. Haapasalo, Jukka-Pekka FIN 2149 = = 0 . * = . = . . 1 1 4.0 2206
6. Paronen, Petteri FIN 2224 = 0 . 0 = * 1 . 1 = . . 3.5 2117
7. Kilpela, Panu FIN 2139 . 0 . = . 0 * 1 1 = = . 3.5 2122
8. Eskola, Risto FIN 2145 0 . = . = . 0 * = 1 . 1 3.5 2117
9. Oksanen, Timo FIN ---- . . . = . 0 0 = * = = 1 3.0 2090
10. Malmberg, Mio SWE 2088 = 0 . = . = = 0 = * . . 2.5 2034
11. Mavrichev, Juri RUS 2115 0 = 0 = 0 . = . = . * . 2.0 1964
12. Luukkonen, Tommi FIN 2158 0 0 0 0 0 . . 0 0 . . * 0.0
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The Category Bogny sur Meuse GM tournament takes place 27th June - 5th
July 2002. After four rounds Andrei Shchekachev leads with 4/4.
Internet coverage: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aymon.chess/
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1. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2555 * . . . . 1 1 1 . 1 4.0
2. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2559 . * . . = . . = 1 1 3.0 2578
3. Eliet, Nicolas m FRA 2400 . . * = = . 1 . = . 2.5 2518
4. Rausis, Igors g LAT 2478 . . = * = . . = 1 . 2.5 2472
5. Salaun, Yann m FRA 2409 . = = = * = . . . . 2.0 2463
6. Collas, Didier m FRA 2416 0 . . . = * . 1 . = 2.0 2423
7. Tirard, Hugo m FRA 2401 0 . 0 . . . * . 1 1 2.0 2448
8. Laurent, Bruno f BEL 2294 0 = . = . 0 . * . . 1.0 2309
9. Dunis, Aurelien FRA 2405 . 0 = 0 . . 0 . * . 0.5 2137
10. Pira, Davoud m FRA 2434 0 0 . . . = 0 . . * 0.5 2160
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The Category III Grenoble Masters took place June 22nd-30th 2002.
Christina Foisor took clear first with 7/9.
Internet coverage: http://grenoblechecs.free.fr/
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1. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2437 * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2509
2. Foisor, Ovidiu m ROM 2431 = * 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2456
3. Aguettaz, Maxime FRA 2206 0 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 2440
4. Olivier, Jean-Christophe m FRA 2368 1 0 0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2422
5. Masserey, Yvan f SUI 2340 = = 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 5.0 2343
6. Bolding, Klaus FRA 2379 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 0 1 1 4.0 2252
7. Demarchi, Olivier FRA 2180 0 = = = 1 0 * = 0 = 3.5 2238
8. Stoppa, Omar ITA 2224 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 3.5 2233
9. Bardel, Stephan FRA 2291 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 * = 2.0 2085
10. Deleva, Mickael FRA 2186 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1.5 2044
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The U18 European Team Championships were held in Balatonlelle in the
Hotel Postas 10th-20th June 2002. My thanks to Paul Suranyi of the Hungarian
Chess Federation. Romania won the Boys event and Ukraine the Girls event. Games
from the final round are available. The round 6 games seem in a mess and I
couldn't sort them out.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.hu/en/u18etc02.php3.
The first La Fere Open takes place 30th June - 5th July 2002. Players
include: Alexandre Dgebuadze BEL 2537, Dragos Dumitrache ROM 2505, Daniel
Moldovan ROM 2462, Zsivko Bratanov BUL 2432, Viesturs Meijers LAT 2427,
Krzysztof Pytel FRA 2420, Inna Gaponenko UKR 2418, Geert Vanderstricht BEL
2404.
Internet coverage: http://laferect.free.fr
The 2nd St. Chély d'Aubrac Open takes place 27th June - 3rd July
2002. The 7 round swiss has players such as: Apicella, Flear, Santo Roman, Ioan
Cosma, Ciprian Nanu, Elena Cosma, Belkhodja and Boudre.
Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com
At a meeting on Saturday 15th June 2002 the French Chess Federation has
called for a change to the leadership of FIDE. Read
their 1st press release. followed by a 2nd Press
Release (June 29th)partially in response to comments signed by amongst
others
Jaan
Ehlvest and Zurab Azmaiparashvili published on Kasparovchess.com
Leading women’s players vs. European Chess Union
Dear Mr. President!
You are the only person we can appeal to. We, the participants of the
women’s European Championship, seek protection and justice.
FIDE’s knockout championships became one of the main events of the
last few years. This is the only tournament, which enables us to stay in
professional chess.
Unfortunately, the qualifications for the World Championship held by
the European Chess Union depreciates the advantages of the system that you
introduced. The European Championships are transformed into a cynical operation
aimed at extracting money from women chess players for the officials of the
European Chess Union.
First of all, we would like to draw your attention to the drop in
status of the European Championship, which was relegated to an ordinary open.
Anyone can take part in it, regardless of her level and rating. Only financial
possibilities are important. The situation in which chess players who failed to
qualify in their national championship easily enter the European Championship,
which is the qualification event for the World Championship, looks ridiculous.
All previous qualifications and quotas make no sense! Only rich people go to
the championship!
Here is the most important point.
The clause of the regulations of the European Championship reading that
all the participants have to live in the hotels provided by the organizers, and
accordingly at the price fixed by them, are surprising. Otherwise we are not
allowed into the tournament. This is nothing other than blackmail. This is the
only qualifying tournament, so we have to put up with any conditions. Any! The
authorities of the European Chess Union build their simple business on this
basis. We would like to reveal some details, based on the . third women’s
European Championship, which was held 26.05 – 08.06 in Bulgarian Varna.
The usual price for a single room in the hotel where we stayed is 25$
per day (with breakfast). It is without discount, which must be offered to a
large group. We were told to pay 55$, although this price included full board.
There are no such prices in Bulgaria! For your information: one of the
participants kept her head and accommodated her coach in the next-door hotel
for 14 DM per day (with breakfast). As the saying goes – see the
difference! One can have a great meal in any little restaurant (there are
plenty of them along the coast) for 5-10$. So by even the most unpretentious
estimation the net profit made by organizers is 20$ a day for every
participant. Multiply it by 14 days and 150 participants and their coaches.
This makes at least 42,000$. This is our entrance fee to the organizers.
We also have to pay a fee to FIDE for participation. This fee is
steadily growing. All the discounts for the high-rated and qualified from the
national championships were abolished. This fee for all the participants is
60$. Supposedly the national federations pay this fee, but in reality this
burden was laid on the participants’ shoulders. For example, the role of
the vice-president of the Russian Chess Federation Mr. Yeletsky came down to
collecting money from the participants – the poor Russian Chess Federation
can’t afford to pay even for the best Russian women’s GMs. Many other
federations face a similar problem.
This problem is even more acute bearing in mind the small prize fund of
the championship – only the first five places enables participants to make
up for the expenses! All the rest, even those who completed their main task and
qualified for the World Championship, remained in minus. With this in mind
there is a simple question – what is the criteria to choose the venue of
the events? We know that Turkey offered a bigger prize fund, but it looks like
their offer missed something very important for the European Chess Union…
Let us draw your attention to the fact that this high, more precisely
overpriced cost of the participation in the European Championship excluded many
women’s chess players from this event. Many just could not collect the sum
needed for taking part in this tournament. Where to find 1000$ (at least) and
try one’s luck in a strong tournament to qualify for the first dozen
allowed into the World Championship? There is a big chance to get nothing for
one’s pains.
In our view, if the lodging prices had been realistic, then 200-300
participants could have entered the event (instead of 113). The field would
have been much stronger.
The head of the appellate committee and the chief referee deputy were
not present at the championship! The above-mentioned officials in charge stayed
just for two days, and then departed. Since they were unable to perform their
duties for the most part of event, what did they come for?
The European Union did not work out the regulations for the tournament
before the event. The outstanding issue was the tiebreak in case of sharing the
qualifying places. However, one must not change the rules in the course of the
event! We had the same situation last year, at the European Championship in
Warsaw. Is it so hard to work out and formulate the tiebreak rules at the year
span?
The closing ceremony was a real humiliation for the participants. None
of the officials were present. Nobody cared about us –after all, we had
already paid. We were offered a cocktail…at our own expense. Many were
left without a dinner (prepaid).
To cap the story, the bus, which carried a big group of participants
for 8 hours from Varna to Sofia, was beneath all criticism. After a difficult
tournament the road test became a real ordeal.
Usually players have to pay the participation fee upfront! It is a
common practice, which organizers insist on. However, it gives chess players,
first of all from Eastern Europe (where the banking system is not particularly
good), a lot of trouble. Chess players are not very enthusiastic about this
principle “money today, all the rest tomorrow”. It does not
contribute to the popularity of the tournament. For example several chess
players paid for a better hotel in advance. However, they had to stay in the
hotel provided by organizers. The battle for reimbursement (the difference
between prices for the hotels) lasted for the most part of the tournament! By
the way, out of three hotels announced by the organizers, only one was
available.
The president of the Turkish Chess Federation said at the closing
ceremony that it would be difficult for them to maintain such a high level
organization as in Varna. What are we in for at the Team Cup in Turkey this
fall? The prices for lodging and boarding (available on the Internet) do not
instill optimism…
Kirsan Nikolaevich, please pay attention to the work of the European
Chess Union. This situation, so unbearable for us, can be changed only on a
high level.
We can’t finance the tournament organizers anymore. Chess is our
profession. Don’t allow our game to be transformed into a hobby for rich
amateurs!
WGM Ketevan Arakhamia (GEO) WGM Svetlana Matveeva (RUS)
WGM Firuza Velikhanli (AZE) WGM Elena Sedina (ITA)
WGM Alisa Galliamova (RUS) WGM Tatiana Shumiakina (RUS)
WGM Ketino Kachiani (GER) WGM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (RUS)
WGM Almira Skripchenko-Lautier (FRA) WGM Tatiana Grabuzova (RUS)
WGM Anna Dorofeeva (RUS) WGM Irina Slavina (RUS)
WGM Tatiana Stepovaia (RUS) WIM Irina Sudakova (RUS)
WGM Galianina Ryjanova (RUS)
All the participants and those whom it may concern can sign this letter
via e-mail web@totalchess.ru
The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of TWIC,
Chess & Bridge Ltd or the London Chess Center.
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for July 1st 2002 has been released. Produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey and
calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
1 Kasparov,Garry RUS 2795 -2 117
2 Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2794 0 124
3 Topalov,Veselin BUL 2720 7 154
4 Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2709 20 154
5 Anand,Viswanathan IND 2703 -6 166
6 Adams,Michael ENG 2692 12 138
7 Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2680 15 172
8 Gelfand,Boris ISR 2670 -6 139
9 Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2667 -6 142
10 Leko,Peter HUN 2663 8 150
11 Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2661 -39 206
12 Grischuk,Alexander RUS 2657 37 163
13 Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2649 -5 141
14 Shirov,Alexei ESP 2647 -18 154
15 Svidler,Peter RUS 2639 9 154
16 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2629 0 169
17 Malakhov,Vladimir RUS 2629 33 171
18 Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2626 26 146
19 Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2624 -4 130
20 Bacrot,Etienne FRA 2624 4 144
21 Dreev,Alexey RUS 2621 -13 148
22 Short,Nigel D ENG 2621 19 162
23 Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2620 0 158
24 Polgar,Judit HUN 2618 0 183
25 Smirin,Ilia ISR 2617 -29 174
26 Lautier,Joel FRA 2613 -11 119
27 Sutovsky,Emil ISR 2613 8 210
28 Lutz,Christopher GER 2609 11 146
29 Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2608 10 156
30 Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2605 -8 153
31 Krasenkow,Mikhail POL 2605 45 168
32 Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2603 33 152
33 Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2602 8 143
34 Nielsen,Peter-Heine DEN 2602 -9 159
35 Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2602 0 170
36 Lputian,Smbat G ARM 2600 -14 169
37 Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2599 17 168
38 Vallejo Pons,Francisco ESP 2598 18 157
39 Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2597 10 144
40 Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2597 6 161
41 Macieja,Bartlomiej POL 2593 15 175
42 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander GER 2591 12 165
43 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam UZB 2588 -48 163
44 Radjabov,Teimour AZE 2587 35 147
45 Benjamin,Joel USA 2587 -7 157
46 Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2587 -14 171
47 Movsesian,Sergei CZE 2586 20 143
48 Volkov,Sergei RUS 2586 54 207
49 Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2584 -6 142
50 Piket,Jeroen NED 2584 -18 178
Ghent Open
The 25th Ghent Open takes place 20th-24th July 2002. Entry includes GM
Vladimir Baklan 2618.
Further information: htp://www.kgsrl.be
30th World Open
The 30th World Open takes place June 29th - July 7th 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.worldopen.com/
US. vs China Summit Chess Match
Live coverage of the US. vs China Summit Chess Match will be provided by
WorldChessNetwork.com (WCN). The Match takes place July 10th-15th 2002. The
Summit Match will be held in Shanghai with games to be played on the 11th,
12th, 14th, and 15th. Each round will consist of 10 games featuring six of the
top male players, two of the top female players, and two of the top junior
players from each country.
Internet coverage: http://www.worldchessnetwork.com
ICC World Blitz Championship
The Internet Chess Club (http://www.chessclub.com) is running an
on-line tournament series, the ICC World Blitz Championship, which is likely to
draw the largest and strongest field of any internet chess event to date.
Complete information on the tournament, including scheduling and format
of the qualifying tournaments and the knockout stages, prizes and rules, is
available on the ICC's webpage at
http://www.chessclub.com/event/wbc/rules
Sixty-four finalists will be determined by qualifying Swiss-system
tournaments to be held on weekend dates between June 29 and August 11. The
qualifiers will be held at different times of day for the convenience of
participants in different parts of the globe. One need not play in all of the
qualifiers; a good score in any one of them may suffice to advance to the
knockout stage.
A series of knockout matches will begin on August 17 and will culminate
in a 20-game final match on September 7 and 8.
Time controls will be four minutes to start plus a two second per move
increment in the qualifying tournaments, and five minutes plus a five-second
increment in the knockout stages.
The prize fund will be $5000 US, with $1500 going to the first place
winner. There will be cash prizes for the 32 finalists who win in the first
knockout round, and over 33 years of free membership in ICC will be divided
among as many as 200 players for their results in their respective rating
classes in the qualifying tournaments.
Entry is free, but is limited to ICC members with paid or exempt
accounts. (The ICC grants an exempt account to any FIDE GM, IM, WGM, or WIM.
For others, membership costs $49 US per year, or $24.50 for youth and students.
Free trial accounts are available, but are not eligible to play in this event.)
ICC organizers expect that this summer-long event will break the record
for number of participants in an Internet chess event which was set by the
third Dos Hermanas tournament, hosted by the ICC in March of this year. 1460
ICC members from around the globe, including 56 GMs and 97 IMs, participated in
the qualifying rounds of that tournament, which was won by GM Aleksander
Rustemov.
Organizers also are confident of their ability to prevent cheating by
the use of computer programs or chess databases in this event. "Any time you
are offering prize money to people who are playing over the Internet out of
sight of each other, you have to prepare for the possibility that someone will
try to use computer software to cheat," says ICC co-owner Martin Grund, lead
organizer for the tournament. "But our investigatory team is the best there is.
And we have improved the rules and format based on our experiences with other
events. For example, the rules for this event guarantee our right to use
proctors to observe play in person if we believe it is appropriate."
International Youth Rapid and Blitz
The 2nd European Individual and Team Chess Championship for Youth and
Juniors (Rapid and Blitz) will be held from August 15th-22nd 2002, Novi Sad,
Yugoslavia.
Entry by mail, fax or e-mail to the Yugoslav Chess Federation, Nusiceva
25/II, 11000 Belgrade Organizing Committee's Chairman: Mr. Danko Bokan
Secretary of Yugoslav Chess Federation tel. ++ 381 11 33 44 268, ++ 381 11 33
44 172, fax ++ 381 11 3227 826 mob ++381 64 15 05 735; E-mail: ssyug@eunet.yu;
or bokand@eunet.yu;
6th Mind Sports Olympiad
The 6th Mind Sports Olympiad will take place at Loughborough University
from August 14th-18th 2002. This is the first year that the event, which
started in London in 1997, has moved outside the capital.
The Mind Sports Olympiad is an annual games festival in which all the
contests are thinking games. The competitors play each other at a variety of
well known strategy games such as Chess, Bridge, Backgammon, Scrabble, Othello
and Go, and compete for Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. There are junior medals
for those aged under 16.
Gold, Silver and Bronze medallions will be awarded to the top adults
and top juniors in each competition. In addition there will be sponsored prizes
in some tournaments.
For media information contact: David Levy, founder of the Mind Sports
Olympiad Telephone: 0208 883 5180 e-mail: dlevy@msoworld.com
For entry information contact: Tony Corfe, Event Manger Telephone:
01707 659080 e-mail: mso@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk
Web site at http://www.msoworld.com
First Saturday July
There will be GM, IM and FM tournaments as part of the First Saturday
July tournaments. The GM event starts 6th July 2002. The Pardubice Open follows
the event on July 19th 2002 in the Czech Republic. Two places still open in the
GM event and some in the IM event contact: Nagy, Laszlo International Chess
Organizer E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile: (36)-30-230-1914
The registered players for the 6th-18th of July FIRST SATURDAY
GM-tournament, cat.VII-VIII. IGM HORVATH, Jozsef /HUN, 2548/, IGM LUKACS, Peter
/HUN, 2460/, IGM CSOM, Istvan /HUN, 2456/, FM KRISTJANSSON, Stefan /ISL,2432/,
IM GUNNARSSON , Jon Viktor /ISL,2396/, THIRFINNSON, Bragi /ISL, 2355/, WGM
OVOD, Evgenija /RUS,2379/, PEDERSEN, Nikolai /DEN, 2441/, BUI, Vinh /VIE,
2420/, IM SEDLAK, Nikola /YUG, 2468/, TÓTH, András /HUN,2399/,
GERZHOY, Leonid /ISR, 2355/. Reserve: IM SHARMA, Dinesh Kumar /IND, 2429/ IM
SOOS, Bela /GER, 2292/.
The list of the registered participants in the FIRST SATURDAY July
IM-tournament /6th-18th of July/: IM ZIMMERMAN, Yuri /RUS/, IGM MCDONALD, Neil
/ENG/, IM DUDÁS, János /HUN/, FM FEIBERT, Fred /GER/, FM BILEK,
Michael /GER/, RAVI, Kumar /IND/, CHANDRASAEKAR, M. /IND/, KJARTANSSON, David
/ISL/, FM PACHOW, Jörg /GER/, EGELI, Per Ove /NOR/, FM BALSTER, Stefan
/GER/, PARTENHEIMER, Axel /GER/, BOE, Mads /DEN/, RENDLE, Thomas /ENG/, FM
MORK, Kjell Arne /NOR/, FM RAT, Dan /ROM/, PACI, Cedric /FRA/, VASVARI, Tamas
/HUN/, IM LENGYEL, Béla /HUN/, TANAKA, Yuhki /JPN/, LE DINH TUAN /VIE/,
LE KIEU THIEN KIM /VIE/, FM PREDOJEVIC, Borki /YUG/, PHAM, Minh Hoang /VIE/,
ALFRED, Nathan /ENG/, IM SERES, Lajos /HUN/, IM FARAGÓ, Sándor
/HUN/, FM PHILIPPE, Christophe /FRA/, IM ALMÁSI, István /HUN/, IM
EPERJESI, László /HUN/, DENCSI, Tibor /HUN/, IM GALYAS,
Miklós /HUN/, FM BÉRCZES, Csaba /HUN/, KYNDEL, Christian /DEN/,
FM RESIKA, Nathan /USA/?, FM HAJNAL, Zoltán /HUN/, Reserve:
SURÁNYI, Pál /HUN, 2180/.
25th Asian Junior Chess Championship
The 25th Asian Junior Chess Championships take place in Sri Lanka June
27th-July 5th 2002. I can't find a dedicated website. Entry details below.
Details: http://www.chesssouthasia.20fr.com/custom4.html
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
Changes in conditions:
http://www.64.net.cn/suplemnentary.htm
35th Chess Olympiad Bled and 73rd FIDE Congress
The 35th Chess Olympiad Bled takes place 25th October - 11th November
2002 and the 73rd FIDE Congress, 1st-11th November 2002.
Federations can get registration forms at:
http://www.sah-zveza.si/ol2002/forms
6th Open International Bavarian Masters
The 6th Open International Bavarian Masters Bad Wiessee takes place 26th
October to 3rd Novebmer 2002. Prize-fund: EUR 21.000. Former champions of Bad
Wiessee are A. Khalifman (1997,1998), A. Shabalov (1999), A. Graf (2000) and V.
Akopian (2001). Details: http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2002
2003 Australian Open Championships
The 2003 Australian Open Championships will take place 2nd-10th January
2003 at the Penrith Panthers World of Entertainment in Western Sydney. The
official entry form will be published early in August and will appear on the
website http://www.chessaustralia.com.au. The Main Tournament will be run as an
11 Round Swiss event, which will provide opportunities for FIDE ratings and
possibly title norms. There will be various supporting events, including
lightning and rapid play. Penrith is one hour by car or train from Sydney
International Airport and/or Sydney CBD. It is just 15 minutes from the
picturesque Blue Mountains National Park. Panthers World of Entertainment is
one of Australia's largest entertainment complexes - see
www.panthersworld.com.au Accomodation is available at the venue from A$49/night
(twin-share) Complete details (entry fees, rates of play, rating limits etc)
will be announced in due course. For additional information contact: Brian
Jones, PO Box 370, Riverstone NSW 2765, Australia. Fax: 61-2-9838-1614 or
Email: brian@chessaustralia.com.au
Braille Chess Association
The Braille Chess Association (B.C.A.) has a new website
http://www.braillechess.org.uk.
Swiss Chess Tour Event 2002
There is a new tournament on the "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" in Davos. The
1st International Chess-summer Open will be August 4th-10th, 2002. The host and
one of the sponsors is Hotel "Sunstar Parkhotel". Swiss system, 7 rounds (count
for FIDE and Swiss rating); 40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end.
Prizes are: 1.500/1.200/900/700/500/400/ 300/250/200/150 SF. From 11.- 20.
places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1942),
junior(1982-85) and schoolboy (1986). Entry fee: 130 SF (juniors 60+ FIDE
masters) GM + IM free. At the door 10 SF for the all players. Time table:
August 4th, Round 1st 14.00-20.00; August 5th, Round 2nd 14.00-20.00; August
6th, Round 3rd 14.00-20.00; August 7th, Round 4th 14.00-20.00; August 8th,
Round 5th 14.00-20.00; August 9th, Round 6th 14.00-20.00; August 10th, Round
7th 10.00-16.00. Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/
Teimour Radjabov in Greece
Teimour Radjabov will play for the Greek Team D.E.I. Chess Academy.
Teymour Radjabov will take part in the 31st Greek Premier League Championship
which will be held in Chalkidiki between 5th-12th July 2002.
Website: http://www.blackqueen.net/news/2002/acat-champs02/
(Greek only)
Dortmund Databases
Jan van Reek has a website with an annotated database of games from
Dortmund 1928 (predecessor), Dortmund 1992 (won by Kasparov), Dortmund 1995
(won by Kramnik) and Dortmund 2001 (won by Kramnik) at:
http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/rekius/dortmund.htm
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
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
Lviv Leonid Stein Memorial Postponed
The II Leonid Stein Memorial was to take place in Lviv, Ukraine,
17th-27th 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.
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).
12th Heart of Finland Open
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/
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/
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
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/
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
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
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/
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
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
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.