THE WEEK IN CHESS 404 5th August 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Biel Chess
Festival
3) Lost Boys Tournament
4)
Liepajas Rokade
5) British Chess Championships
6) Russian Cup in Samara
7) Mercosur
Cup
8) Korinthos International Chess Festival
9) Montreal International
10) US
Open
11) Baden-Baden Open 2002
12)
Bergen Open
13) First Saturday August
14) 1st Bergamo Open
15) Stockholm
Internationals
16) Mixed Doubles in Beijing
17) Olomouc Chess Summer
18) Slovenian
Championships
19) Trier Open
20)
Velika Gorica Open
21) Senta Open
22) Morocco Open
23) RSA Challenge
Match
24) Professional World Chess Ranking
25) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Biel Chess Festival 9 games
Lost Boys Tournament 284 games
British Championships 194 games
Mercosur Cup 5 games
Korinthos International 72 games
Montreal International 36 games
Baden-Baden Open 2002 29 games
Bergen Open 180 games
First Saturday August 38 games
1st Bergamo Open 30 games
Stockholm Internationals 24 games
Mixed Doubles in Beijing 1 game
Trier Open 143 games
Velika Gorica Open 149 games
Senta Open 89 games
Morocco Open 3 games
RSA Challenge Match 7 games
Correction 1 game
1294 games
My thanks to Anjo Anjewierden, Yin Hao, Aard Daanen, Andy McFarland,
Vladimir Dvorkovich, Lubomir Ftacnik, Hugh Brodie, Jovan Petronic, Mark
Snowden, Bob Jones, John Saunders, Jan van de Mortel, Hans Groffen, Harry
Tucker, Argiris Kotsis, Istvan Brindza, Dario Mione, Eirik Gullaksen, Luis
Scalise, Andras Bacsi and Laszlo Nagy, Jakub Fuksik, Ales Drinovec, Stefan
Muellenbruck and all those who helped with this issue.
The Biel Chess Festival concluded with Ilya Smirin taking first place by
half a point. Elsewhere there are a large number of summer tournaments
including the British Chess Championships.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 35th Biel International Chess Festival took place July 20th to
August 3rd 2002. There were ten different tournaments including a GM
-Tournament (category 16) and a match between the swiss national team and
Computer Shredder 6-0 from Chessbase (I can't connect to the main pages to get
details of the side events).
Ilya Smirin won the main GM tournament with 6/10 half a point clear of
Vladislav Tkachiev and Alexey Dreev. Victor Korchnoi finished on 50% with
5/10.
Internet coverage: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Round 8 (July 30, 2002)
Smirin, Ilia - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 41 C09 French Tarrasch
Pelletier, Yannick - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 12 D27 QGA
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 42 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 9 (July 31, 2002)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 30 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Dreev, Alexey - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 41 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Smirin, Ilia 1/2 32 A25 English Sicilian Attack
Round 10 (August 1, 2002)
Smirin, Ilia - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 21 C90 Ruy Lopez
Korchnoi, Viktor - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 20 B10 Caro Kann
Pelletier, Yannick - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 55 A89 Dutch Leningrad
GM Biel SUI (SUI), 22 vii-1 viii 2002 cat. XVI (2637)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2676 ** == == 1= =1 == 6.0 2701
2 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2625 == ** 1= =1 == 0= 5.5 2675
3 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2676 == 0= ** == =1 1= 5.5 2665
4 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2626 0= =0 == ** == 11 5.0 2639
5 Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2571 =0 == =0 == ** =1 4.5 2614
6 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2648 == 1= 0= 00 =0 ** 3.5 2524
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Open Leading Round 11 Standings:
1. GM Milos Pavlovic YUG 8 points
2. GM Boris Avrukh ISR 8
3. GM Christian Bauer FRA 8
4. IM Dan Zoler FRA 8
5. IM Julen Arizmendi ESP 8
6 GM Vadim Milov SUI 7,5
7. GM Alexander Huzman ISR 7,5
8. GM Mohamad Al-Modiakhi QAT 7,5
9. FM Arndt Miltner GER 7,5
The 2002 Lost Boys Open took place in Amsterdam 26th July - 4th August
2002. Loek Van Wely conceded just one draw (to Florian Handke) on the way to a
crushing 8.5/9 score. He was 1.5 points clear of Ivan Sokolov, Florian Handke
and Friso Nijboer.
Norms: GM - Florian Handke IM - Jan Smeets, Marcel Peek, Marc Erwich,
Dambacher, Bezemer, Vidarsson, Nic. Pedersen and Odendahl. My thanks to Jan van
de Mortel for his help.
Internet coverage: http://chess.lostcity.nl/lostboys/
Final Round 9 Standings:
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Lost Boys Open Amsterdam NED (NED), 26 vii-3 viii 2002
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1. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2645 8.5 2949
2. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2677 7.0 2707
3. Handke, Florian m GER 2471 7.0 2690
4. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2567 7.0 2746
5. Peek, Marcel f NED 2345 6.5 2564
6. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2546 6.5 2582
7. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2534 6.0 2568
8. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2506 6.0 2513
9. Smeets, Jan NED 2392 6.0 2545
10. Lobron, Eric g GER 2500 6.0 2496
11. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2658 6.0 2561
12. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2468 6.0 2473
13. Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2550 6.0 2488
14. Berkvens, Joost m NED 2467 6.0 2468
15. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2649 5.5 2518
16. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2477 5.5 2570
17. Timman, Jan H g NED 2623 5.5 2454
18. Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2542 5.5 2441
19. Erwich, Marc f NED 2376 5.5 2454
20. Vidarsson, Jon G f ISL 2378 5.5 2482
21. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek DEN 2458 5.5 2505
22. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2451 5.5 2476
23. Kritz, Leonid m GER 2454 5.5 2484
24. Wegerle, Joerg GER 2365 5.5 2349
25. Daly, Colm f IRL 2338 5.5 2374
26. Bezemer, Arno NED 2320 5.0 2480
27. Van Blitterswijk, Stefan m NED 2394 5.0 2508
28. Odendahl, Reiner f GER 2379 5.0 2469
29. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2497 5.0 2380
30. Dambacher, Martijn NED 2297 5.0 2485
31. Werle, Jan m NED 2443 5.0 2421
32. Van Wessel, Rudy f NED 2360 5.0 2392
33. Van Delft, Merijn NED 2340 5.0 2350
34. Krnic, Zdenko m YUG 2365 5.0 2425
35. Rebers, Eugene NED 2351 5.0 2380
36. Solleveld, Maarten m NED 2451 5.0 2471
37. Van der Werf, Mark m NED 2422 5.0 2371
38. L'Ami, Erwin NED 2438 5.0 2428
39. Stellwagen, Daniel f NED 2464 5.0 2367
40. Boersma, Jan NED 2230 5.0 2358
41. Roobol, Martin NED 2338 5.0 2345
99 players
The 9th annual Chess festival, "Liepajas Rokade", organized by "Sport
Club Baltic" and "Liepaja's Chess Club", was held August 1st–August 4th.
There were three tournaments during the festival: Grandmasters Super
tournament, Open tournament, and Blitz tournament.
Games not available at the moment.
Internet coverage: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=2727
Final Standings:
1 Evgenij Sveshnikov 4.5 14.00 2573 2663 +0.86
2 Aleksandr Khalifman 4.5 13.00 2698 2645 0.47
3 Zurab Azmaiparashvili 4.0 13.50 2676 2596 0.76
4 Jaan Ehlvest 4.0 13.50 2600 2607 +0.08
5 Edvins Kengis 4.0 13.50 2594 2608 +0.15
6 Normunds Miezis 3.0 9.50 2510 2520 +0.06
7 Aloizas Kveinys 2.5 7.50 2559 2461 0.93
8 Denis Nikolajev 1.5 5.50 2288 2371 +0.52
Final Open Standings:
1 SVESNIKOVS Jev. LM RIG. 8.0 52.5 46.25 41.0 2545 2650 +0.71
2 NIKOLAJEVS Den. MK RIG. 7.5 57.0 45.50 40.0 2392 2576 +1.92
3 MIEZIS Normunds LM R.R. 7.5 56.5 45.75 38.5 2517 2549 +0.30
4 FRIDMANS Dan. LM RIG. 7.5 52.0 41.75 36.5 2640 2526 -0.69
5 NOVIKS Maks. SM RUS 7.0 59.0 43.75 41.0 2466 2582 +1.24
6 CIUKSITE Dagne LM LTU 7.0 50.5 37.00 35.0 2329 2402 +0.70
7 ANTOMS Guntars SM RIG. 7.0 49.0 35.75 36.5 2461 2460 -0.02
8 IVANISVILI And. MK RIG. 7.0 46.5 36.50 33.0 2312 2337 +0.25
9 ZEMBA Viktors MK OGR. 7.0 40.5 31.00 32.0 2167 2350 +2.05
10 KLOVANS Janis LM RIG. 6.5 52.0 35.50 36.5 2463 2448 -0.16
11 DASKEVICS Vad. MK LIE. 6.5 52.0 34.75 35.0 2291 2470 +2.18
12 KARKLINS Imants MK R.R. 6.5 52.0 34.25 36.5 2342 2413 +0.83
13 PRIEDNIEKS Er. MK RIG. 6.5 51.5 32.75 34.5 2147 2437 +3.53
14 LUCKANS Arnolds FM RIG. 6.5 49.5 34.00 34.5 2554 2415 -1.24
15 KRAKOPS Maris LM R.R. 6.5 47.0 32.75 32.5 2548 2365 -1.51
The Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships take place in
Torquay, 28th July - 10th August 2002. The event is open to British and
Commonwealth players and there is a strong Indian entry this year.
Jon Speelman, Pentala Harikrishna, Jonathan Rowson, Nicholas Pert, Joe
Gallagher, Dibyendu Barua, Luke McShane, Humpy Koneru, Peter Wells and Matthew
Turner all lead with 4.5/6.
My thanks to Bob Jones and John Saunders.
Live Games: http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bcf2002/index.html
The latest open in the Russian Cup took place in Samara July 31st -
August 8th 2002. Boris Grachev took first from Denis Yevseev and Dmitry
Bocharov all of whom finished on 7/9. I'll sort out the games next week when
hopefully all 9 rounds are made available.
Coverage in Russian: http://www.volgachess.ru
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1. Grachev Boris 2466 7.0 49.0 2686
Yevseev Denis 2546 7.0 46.0 2678
Bocharov Dmitry 2475 7.0 43.0 2596
4. Nevostruev Vladimir 2502 6.5 50.5 2615
Vaulin Alexander 2544 6.5 50.0 2616
Yurtaev Leonid 2552 6.5 46.5 2601
Matveeva Svetlana 2448 6.5 45.0 2594
Ovetchkin Roman 2557 6.5 43.0 2572
9. Chuprov Dmitry 2468 6.0 53.0 2586
Iljushin Alexei 2526 6.0 48.5 2584
Popov Valerij 2579 6.0 48.0 2556
Smirnov Pavel 2539 6.0 48.0 2595
Loginov Valery A 2526 6.0 46.0 2544
Bezgodov Aleksey 2518 6.0 45.0 2536
Iskusnyh Sergey 2485 6.0 43.0 2510
Tihonov Juri 2385 6.0 42.5 2521
17. Kurnosov Igor 2433 5.5 52.0 2563
Kornev Alexei 2567 5.5 50.5 2521
Lysyj Igor 2382 5.5 48.5 2575
Zakharevich Igor 2463 5.5 47.5 2517
Obukhov Alexander 2444 5.5 46.5 2531
Tunik Gennady 2505 5.5 46.0 2489
Solovjev Sergey 2457 5.5 45.5 2505
Loskutov Oleg 2406 5.5 45.5 2538
Shestoperov Aleksej 2458 5.5 45.0 2507
Kruppa Yuri 2544 5.5 45.0 2493
Kostenko Petr 2482 5.5 44.5 2494
Nikitin Andrey 2471 5.5 44.5 2513
Grebionkin Vladimir 2475 5.5 43.5 2450
Fominyh Alexander 2530 5.5 42.5 2506
Dyachkov Sergey 2549 5.5 42.5 2512
Yandemirov Valery 2502 5.5 42.0 2437
Egorov Evgeni 2444 5.5 42.0 2464
Belozerov Andrey 2541 5.5 41.5 2474
Kokarev Dmitry 2495 5.5 41.0 2456
Kosintseva Nadezhda 2394 5.5 40.0 2351
Iljin Artiom 2450 5.5 34.5 2405
38. Arzumanjan Georgy 2461 5.0 47.5 2488
Pisakov Ilia 2260 5.0 46.5 2433
Alavkin Arseny 2498 5.0 46.5 2462
Skatchkov Pavel 2485 5.0 46.0 2424
Akhmetov Artiom 2482 5.0 44.0 2447
Karpeshov Oleg 2408 5.0 44.0 2479
Simantsev Mikhail 2401 5.0 43.5 2450
Makarov Marat 2512 5.0 41.0 2422
Azarov Sergei 2532 5.0 39.0 2398
Kryschilovsky Andrej 2401 5.0 38.0 2322
Khismatullin Denis 2428 5.0 37.0 2330
Torbin Kirill 2388 5.0 36.5 2333
121 players
The V 'República Argentina' Chess Masters Tournament - Mercosur
Cup sponsored by Chessbase GmbH took place July 18th-28th 2002. Bernardo
Roselli Mailhe won with 7.5/10 (and made a GM norm) half a point clear of Oscar
Panno and the computer program HIARCS 8. My thanks to Luis Scalise.
Internet coverage:
http://escavm.tripod.com/5magistral/index.html
(Ruy Lopez School Chess), http://scalise.tripod.com,
http://www.chessbase.com and Spanish
page: http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=1341
Final Standings:
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Mercosur Cup Vicente Lopez ARG (ARG), 19-29 vii 2002 cat. VI (2388)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2426 * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2577
2. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2481 = * = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 = 7.0 2527
3. HIARCS 8.0 ---- 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2575
4. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2467 = 0 0 * 1 = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2416
5. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2487 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2414
6. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2498 = = 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 = 5.0 2377
7. Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2508 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 = = 4.5 2340
8. Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2409 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * = = 1 4.0 2314
9. Scarella, Enrique m ARG 2358 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2281
10. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A URU 2261 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = = * = 3.0 2251
11. Paglilla, Carlos m ARG 2374 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 2.5 2196
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The 6th International Chess Tournament "Korinthos 2002" took place
23rd-31st July 2002. Sergey Volkov was the clear winner with 7.5/9 half a point
clear of four other players. My thanks to Argiris Kotsis for his help.
Internet site: http://www.chess.gr/korinthos/
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6th Open Korinthos GRE (GRE), 23-31 vii 2002
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1. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2636 7.5 52.5
2. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2491 7.0 53.5
3. Managadze, Nikoloz m GEO 2428 7.0 52.0
4. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2461 7.0 51.5
5. Antic, Dejan g YUG 2496 7.0 51.0
6. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2622 6.5 56.0
7. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2521 6.5 54.5
8. Papaioannou, Ioannis g GRE 2589 6.5 54.0
9. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2556 6.5 51.5
10. Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2495 6.5 49.5
11. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2551 6.0 54.5
12. Kosic, Dragan g YUG 2537 6.0 54.5
13. Rychagov, Andrey m RUS 2537 6.0 52.0
14. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2559 6.0 51.5
15. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2502 6.0 51.5
16. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2425 6.0 49.5
17. Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2477 6.0 49.5
18. Galianina-Ryjanova, Julia wg RUS 2362 6.0 48.5
19. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2516 6.0 47.0
20. Lekic, Dusan m YUG 2410 6.0 47.0
21. Simeonidis, Ioannis GRE 2313 6.0 47.0
22. Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz GEO 2399 6.0 46.5
23. Zozulia, Anna wg UKR 2309 6.0 46.5
24. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2300 6.0 45.5
25. Mihailidis, Anastacios GRE 2202 6.0 44.0
26. Tsilidis, Alexandros GRE 2316 6.0 44.0
27. Grant, Alan SCO 2195 6.0 43.5
28. Markidis, Konstantinos GRE 2362 5.5 50.5
29. Khamatgaleev, Alexej m RUS 2416 5.5 50.5
30. Genov, Petar m BUL 2526 5.5 49.5
31. Trabert, Bettina wg GER 2320 5.5 46.0
32. Kakadelis, Str GRE 2237 5.5 45.5
33. Moshina, Cristina wm MDA 2271 5.5 45.0
34. Dolzhikova, Olga wg UKR 2258 5.5 44.5
35. Papadopoulou, Vera GRE 2152 5.5 43.5
36. Kyriakidis, Thrasos CYP 2128 5.5 43.0
37. Perunovic, Miodrag YUG 2334 5.0 48.5
38. Pavlovic, S. Dejan YUG 2354 5.0 46.0
131 players
The 2002 Montreal International takes place July 25 to August 5, 2002.
Jean-Marc Degraeve leads the event with 8/10. My thanks to Lubomir Ftacnik for
the news.
Internet coverage: http://fqechecs.qc.ca/tim3/index2.html
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It Montreal CAN (CAN), 25 vii-5 viii 2002 cat. XI (2503)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2586 * . = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2727
2. Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2578 . * = 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2636
3. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2602 = = * = = = 1 0 1 . 1 1 6.5 2617
4. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2550 0 0 = * 1 = 1 . 1 = 1 = 6.0 2575
5. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2546 = = = 0 * = = 1 = 1 . = 5.5 2529
6. Charbonneau, Pascal f CAN 2422 0 = = = = * . = = 0 1 1 5.0 2505
7. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2564 0 1 0 0 = . * = = = 1 = 4.5 2469
8. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2450 = 0 1 . 0 = = * 0 = = = 4.0 2431
9. Barbeau, Sylvain f CAN 2397 0 = 0 0 = = = 1 * = = . 4.0 2450
10. Bluvshtein, Mark m CAN 2367 0 0 . = 0 1 = = = * 0 = 3.5 2397
11. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2561 = 0 0 0 . 0 0 = = 1 * 1 3.5 2383
12. Hebert, Jean m CAN 2416 0 0 0 = = 0 = = . = 0 * 2.5 2329
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The US Open takes place July 27th - August 4th 2002 in Cherry Hill, New
Jersey. Arthur Jussupow, Eugeniy Najer, Emil Anka and Yevgeniy Gersov are
amongst the players. No games available.
Internet coverage: http://www.64.com/chess/02usopen/
and ICC.
Round 8 Standings:
1 GM Shulman, Yury 7.5
2 GM Najer, Eugeniy 7.5
3 GM Yusupov, Art 7.0
4 GM Zaitshik, Gennadi 7.0
5 GM Fedorowicz, John P 7.0
6 Lopez, Bruci 7.0
7 GM Stripunsky, Alexan 6.5
8 GM Morovic, Ivan 6.5
9 GM Sher, Miron 6.5
10 IM Paschall, William 6.5
11 IM Ziatdinov, Rashid 6.5
12 IM Ippolito, Dean J 6.5
13 IM ndrianov, Nikolay 6.5
14 IM Sarkar, Justin 6.5
15 IM Milovanovic, Rade 6.5
16 IM Chiong, Luis R 6.5
17 Pruess, David 6.5
18 FM Karklins, Andrew 6.5
19 FM Castaneda, Nelson 6.5
20 Geist, Mark J 6.5
21 GM Ibragimov, Ildar 6.0
22 GM Novikov,Igor 6.0
23 GM Yudasin, Leonid G 6.0
24 IM Shahade, Gregory M 6.0
25 GM nnakov, Babakouly 6.0
26 IM Kaufman, Larry 6.0
27 IM Zlotnikov, Mikhail 6.0
28 Gershov, Yevgeniy 6.0
29 FM Rubenchik, Rodion 6.0
30 Hoekstra, Matthew 6.0
31 Chokshi, Manthan 6.0
32 FM Shapiro, Dan 6.0
33 FM Markzon, Gregory 6.0
34 Whatley, Andrew Wesley 6.0
35 Belorusov,Mikhail 6.0
36 Tanaka, Yuki 6.0
37 Neff, Elliott 6.0
38 FM Koenig, David 6.0
39 Figler, Ilye 6.0
40 Bournival, Braden 6.0
41 Calton, Bill 6.0
42 Harmon, Clark R 6.0
43 Rouleau, John 6.0
44 Pearson, Michael 6.0
45 Griffiths, Morgan 6.0
525 players
The Baden-Baden Open 2002 (5th InFoScore-Cup) took place 27th-31st July
2002. Aleksa Karpatchev, Viaches Ikonnikov and Gyula Sax finished on 6/7. 29
games from the first 5 rounds only are available.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chess-international.de/baden_baden/index.html
Leading Final (Round 7) Standings:
1. Karpatchev,Aleksa GM RUS 2496 6.0 31.0 26.0
2. Ikonnikov,Viaches GM RUS 2527 6.0 29.0 26.5
3. Sax, Gyula GM HUN 2511 6.0 28.5 24.5
4. Sofronie, Iulian IM ROM 2457 5.5 30.5 23.5
5. Glek,Igor GM GER 2590 5.5 30.0 25.0
6. Beikert,Günther,D IM GER 2436 5.5 30.0 24.0
7. Schenk,Andreas GER 2477 5.5 28.5 24.0
8. Cosma, Ioan IM ROM 2468 5.5 27.5 24.5
9. Nanu, Ciprian IM ROM 2456 5.5 27.0 23.0
10. Khurtsilava,Inga WIM GEO 2264 5.5 27.0 22.5
11. Kunz,Konstantin GER 2211 5.5 27.0 21.5
12. Jurkic,Bosiljko GER 2085 5.5 26.5 23.0
13. Cosma, Elena Lumi WGM ROM 2387 5.0 30.5 24.0
14. Farago,Ivan GM HUN 2502 5.0 28.5 22.5
15. Mutschnik,Illya UKR 2379 5.0 28.0 20.0
16. Schuh,Hubert FM GER 2334 5.0 27.0 22.5
17. Wind,Lutz GER 2216 5.0 27.0 21.0
18. Dobschat,Benjamin GER 1795 5.0 27.0 21.0
19. Krings,Christoph GER 2271 5.0 26.0 21.0
19. Roth,Markus GER 2223 5.0 26.0 21.0
21. Schott,Reimund FRA 2044 5.0 26.0 21.0
22. Schüler,Hendrik GER 2196 5.0 26.0 20.5
23. Vatter,Hans-Joach FM GER 2325 5.0 25.5 20.5
24. Swinkels,Robin NED 2034 5.0 25.0 19.5
25. Oehler,Markus GER 2049 5.0 19.0 18.0
182 players
Eirik T. Gullaksen reports that the Bergen Chess International was
played in Bergen (Norway) 20th- 28th July 2002. Ukrainian GM Aleksandar
Ovsejevich became sole winner with 7 points, half a point ahead of his
compatriot GM Sergei Ovsejevitsch. FM Sverre Heim (NOR), FM Matthias Bach (GER)
and Flemming Christenson (NOR) all made IM-norms.
Internet coverage: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/bergen2002/
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1. Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2533 +25 +14 =12 +22 = 3 = 2 = 4 + 8 +17 7.0 2559
2. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2528 +28 =13 +15 +10 = 4 = 1 = 3 + 9 = 6 6.5 2496
3. Johannessen, Leif Erlend m NOR 2525 +20 =10 +23 +12 = 1 = 4 = 2 = 7 = 8 6.0 2512
4. Heim, Sverre f NOR 2385 +35 +16 =22 + 5 = 2 = 3 = 1 = 6 = 9 6.0 2505
5. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2586 =19 +27 + 6 - 4 +13 = 7 - 9 +10 +18 6.0 2405
6. Bach, Matthias f GER 2314 +26 +32 - 5 +24 = 7 = 8 +22 = 4 = 2 6.0 2464
7. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2542 -11 +37 +28 +14 = 6 = 5 =10 = 3 +13 6.0 2400
8. Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri g GRE 2446 +17 =15 =24 +18 =12 = 6 +19 - 1 = 3 5.5 2375
9. Bern, Ivar m NOR 2362 -32 +26 =11 =19 +17 +20 + 5 - 2 = 4 5.5 2312
10. Christenson, Flemming NOR 2225 +31 = 3 +13 - 2 +23 =18 = 7 - 5 +14 5.5 2445
11. Valaker, Ole J NOR 2144 + 7 -22 = 9 =21 +26 =23 =13 =12 =15 5.0 2344
12. Fyllingen, Roy Harald m NOR 2378 +33 +18 = 1 - 3 = 8 =22 =14 =11 =23 5.0 2357
13. Hersvik, Daniel NOR 2285 +29 = 2 -10 +16 - 5 +32 =11 +24 - 7 5.0 2320
14. Mork, Kjell-Arne f NOR 2275 +34 - 1 +17 - 7 =20 +15 =12 +19 -10 5.0 2296
15. Gabrielsen, Trond NOR 2223 +36 = 8 - 2 -20 +27 -14 +29 +22 =11 5.0 2243
16. Lahlum, Hans Olav NOR 2217 +38 - 4 =33 -13 +28 =21 =18 =20 +30 5.0 2209
17. Martinsen, Stig K NOR 2076 - 8 +36 -14 +29 - 9 +34 +21 +32 - 1 5.0 2257
18. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2214 +39 -12 +32 - 8 +35 =10 =16 +23 - 5 5.0 2299
19. Myhrvold, Rune NOR 2193 = 5 =21 +30 = 9 =22 +24 - 8 -14 =25 4.5 2291
20. Stokke, Kjetil NOR 2113 - 3 +31 =21 +15 =14 - 9 -24 =16 +34 4.5 2229
21. Engelbert, Christoph GER 2265 =27 =19 =20 =11 =32 =16 -17 +29 =24 4.5 2110
22. Trygstad, Kristian f NOR 2299 +37 +11 = 4 - 1 =19 =12 - 6 -15 +32 4.5 2247
23. Manne, Per NOR 2338 +30 =24 - 3 +33 -10 =11 +25 -18 =12 4.5 2215
24. Zieher, Hartmut GER 2199 +40 =23 = 8 - 6 +30 -19 +20 -13 =21 4.5 2222
25. Saevareid, Ove NOR 2139 - 1 =34 =38 -26 +33 +31 -23 +27 =19 4.5 2126
26. Holder, Hovard NOR 2018 - 6 - 9 +27 +25 -11 =35 -32 +39 +33 4.5 2125
27. Pham Toan Thanh NOR ---- =21 - 5 -26 +38 -15 +28 =35 -25 +37 4.0 2114
28. Karlsen, Terje NOR 2121 - 2 +29 - 7 =35 -16 -27 +40 =37 +36 4.0 2106
29. Rekkedal,Fredrik NOR ---- -13 -28 +39 -17 +38 +30 -15 -21 +35 4.0 2077
30. Vasquez, Georges FRA 2051 -23 +40 -19 +36 -24 -29 +38 +35 -16 4.0 2069
31. Larsen, Tore NOR ---- -10 -20 +40 -32 +37 -25 -33 +38 +39 4.0 2022
32. Ellingsen, Ronny NOR 2053 + 9 - 6 -18 +31 =21 -13 +26 -17 -22 3.5 2123
33. Stam, Bart NED 2060 -12 +39 =16 -23 -25 =36 +31 =34 -26 3.5 2041
34. Fossum,Oystein B NOR ---- -14 =25 -35 =37 +40 -17 +36 =33 -20 3.5 2000
35. Sander, Rolf GER 2061 - 4 =38 +34 =28 -18 =26 =27 -30 -29 3.0 1962
36. Hammer, Jon Ludvig NOR ---- -15 -17 +37 -30 =39 =33 -34 +40 -28 3.0 1934
37. Carlsen, Henrik ---- -22 - 7 -36 =34 -31 +40 +39 =28 -27 3.0 1981
38. Bue, Gunnar NOR ---- -16 =35 =25 -27 -29 +39 -30 -31 -40 2.0 1832
39. Instefjord,Stian NOR ---- -18 -33 -29 +40 =36 -38 -37 -26 -31 1.5 1759
40. Fossum,Atle B NOR ---- -24 -30 -31 -39 -34 -37 -28 -36 +38 1.0 1690
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There is one GM and there are two IM events taking place in Budapest as
part of the First Saturday series. Two rounds have been played so far. My
thanks to Andras Bacsi and Laszlo Nagy for the news.
Internet coverage:
http://w3.enternet.hu/firstsat/0208/index.htm
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FSGM August Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 viii 2002 cat. VIII (2437)
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1. Bui Vinh VIE 2444 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 2.0
2. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2429 . * . . . . = . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2609
3. Pham Minh Hoang1 VIE 2354 . . * . . . . . . . 1 = . . 1.5 2615
4. Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2466 . . . * . . . = . . . . 1 . 1.5 2634
5. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2441 . . . . * . . . . . = . 1 . 1.5 2594
6. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2564 . . . . . * . . . = . . . 1 1.5 2608
7. Borisek, Jure f SLO 2341 . = . . . . * . = . . . . . 1.0 2473
8. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2518 . . . = . . . * = . . . . . 1.0 2491
9. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2517 . . . . . . = = * . . . . . 1.0 2429
10. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2492 . 0 . . . = . . . * . . . . 0.5 2303
11. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2437 . . 0 . = . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2204
12. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2407 0 . = . . . . . . . . * . . 0.5 2206
13. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2365 . . . 0 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14. Rajlich, Vasik G f USA 2338 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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1. Kun, Gabor HUN 2342 * . . . . . 1 1 . . . . 2.0
2. Le Kieu Thien Kim wm VIE 2256 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . 2.0
3. Petran, Pal m HUN 2364 . . * . = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2469
4. Le Dinh Tuan VIE 2361 . . . * . . . . = . . 1 1.5 2415
5. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2289 . . = . * = . . . . . . 1.0 2325
6. Pitschka, Klaus f GER 2287 . . . . = * . . . = . . 1.0 2268
7. Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2244 0 . . . . . * . . 1 . . 1.0 2294
8. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2293 0 . . . . . . * . . 1 . 1.0 2370
9. Vrona, Mihail HUN 2181 . 0 . = . . . . * . . . 0.5 2115
10. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2247 . . . . . = 0 . . * . . 0.5 2072
11. Boros, Denes HUN 2398 . 0 . . . . . 0 . . * . 0.0
12. Gasic, Bozidar m YUG 2263 . . 0 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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FSIMB August Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 viii 2002 cat. II (2279)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2252 * . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . 2.0
2. Ngo, Ngoc Quang VIE 2172 . * . . . . . 1 1 . . . 2.0
3. Reiss, Tibor f HUN 2347 . . * . 1 . . . . . 1 . 2.0
4. Bors, Tamas HUN 2303 . . . * . . . = . . . 1 1.5 2383
5. Namyslo, Holger GER 2315 . . 0 . * . 1 . . . . . 1.0 2264
6. Chetverik, Maxim f RUS 2316 0 . . . . * . . . 1 . . 1.0 2317
7. Metaxasz, Vaszilisz HUN 2181 . . . . 0 . * . . . . 1 1.0 2208
8. Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2279 . 0 . = . . . * . . . . 0.5 2044
9. Czebe, Attila m HUN 2480 . 0 . . . . . . * = . . 0.5 2084
10. Mufic, Goran m CRO 2382 . . . . . 0 . . = * . . 0.5 2205
11. Kende, Gyorgy HUN 2213 0 . 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Nazarenus, Olaf GER 2102 . . . 0 . . 0 . . . . * 0.0
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Dario Mione reports on Bergamo Chess Club's first international open
held on the last weekend of July 26th-28th 3003. The tournament took place in
Città Alta, the historic center of the town (about 50 km from Milan).
Italian champion IM Bruno Belotti won the event after a tough game against GM
Igor Efimov in the last round ended in a draw. Belotti, who was born and lives
near Bergamo, scored 5.5/6. GM Igor Naumkin (RUS), GM Igor Efimov (ITA), GM
Ventzislav Inkiov (BUL), IM Andjelko Dragojlovic (YUG), IM Daniel Contin (ITA)
and italian masters Jan Bednarich and Carlo Barlocco were second with 5 points.
There were 95 players from six countries (3 GM, 5 IM and 2 FM).
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1st Open Bergamo ITA (ITA), 26-28 vii 2002
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1. Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2430 5.5 22.0
2. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2436 5.0 22.5
3. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2463 5.0 22.0
4. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2421 5.0 21.5
5. Dragojlovic, Andjelko m YUG 2351 5.0 21.5
6. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2334 5.0 19.5
7. Bednarich, Jan ITA 2221 5.0 18.0
8. Barlocco, Carlo ITA 2136 5.0 15.0
9. Ferretti, Folco ITA 2279 4.5 22.0
10. Cacco, Christian ITA 2248 4.5 19.0
11. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2397 4.5 18.0
12. Chiaretti, Roberto ITA 2199 4.5 17.5
13. Piantoni, Roberto ITA 2171 4.5 17.5
14. Laketic, Gojko m YUG 2448 4.0 21.5
95 players
There are two international chess tournaments taking place in Stockholm,
August 3rd-11th 2002. The first is a Category VIII GM event and the other is a
14 player ladies event.
Internet coverage:
http://www.stockholmschack.nu/tavling/gm_ladies_2002/gm_ladies_2002.asp
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It Stockholm SWE (SWE), 3-11 viii 2002 cat. VIII (2447)
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1. Olsson, Anders f SWE 2327 * . . . = 1 . . . . 1.5 2739
2. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2586 . * . . . . 1 = . . 1.5 2577
3. Carlsson, Pontus SWE 2400 . . * . = . . . 1 . 1.5 2631
4. Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2503 . . . * . . . 1 = . 1.5 2532
5. Gritsak, Orest g UKR 2542 = . = . * . . . . . 1.0 2363
6. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2551 0 . . . . * . . . 1 1.0 2394
7. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2423 . 0 . . . . * . . 1 1.0 2524
8. Couso, Luis f SWE 2345 . = . 0 . . . * . . 0.5 2351
9. Poley, Vladimir m BLR 2334 . . 0 = . . . . * . 0.5 2258
10. Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2462 . . . . . 0 0 . . * 0.0
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It Stockholm SWE (SWE), 3-15 viii 2002
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1. Reizniece, Dana wg LAT 2306 + 5 + 4 . . . . . . . 2.0
2. Tetenkina, Irina wm BLR 2221 + 8 + 9 . . . . . . . 2.0
3. Matras, Agnieszka wm POL 2247 +12 +10 . . . . . . . 2.0
4. Johansson, Victoria wm SWE 2176 + 7 - 1 . . . . . . . 1.0 2181
5. De Blecourt, Sandra NED 2082 - 1 +11 . . . . . . . 1.0 2223
6. Horn, Emilia SWE 2012 =11 =12 . . . . . . . 1.0 2108
7. Berg, Susanne wf SWE 2056 - 4 +14 . . . . . . . 1.0 2088
8. Dalmau, Anneli SWE 2059 - 2 +13 . . . . . . . 1.0 2110
9. Hagesaether, Ellen NOR 2137 +13 - 2 . . . . . . . 1.0 2110
10. Jiretorn, Eva SWE 2116 +14 - 3 . . . . . . . 1.0 2123
11. Andersson, Christin SWE 2140 = 6 - 5 . . . . . . . 0.5 1854
12. Vovk, Oksana DEN 2077 - 3 = 6 . . . . . . . 0.5 1936
13. Ingolfsdottir, Harpa ISL ---- - 9 - 8 . . . . . . . 0.0
14. Krzymowska,Adriana SWE ---- -10 - 7 . . . . . . . 0.0
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Yin Hao reports on the Queens vs. Kings Mixed Doubles in Beijing which
saw Zhu Chen and Seirawan,Y draw 2-2 with Xie Jun/Short,N after the latter won
the final game.
The Olomouc Chess Summer 2002 takes place at 31st July 8th August 2002
in Olomouc (Czech Republic). There are 4 groups of IM round-robin tournaments,
a FIDE open and tournament for youngsters up to the age of 18. There are
altogether 258 players from 20 countries including GM Jan Plachetka (2439), IM
Ramil Hasangatin (2517) or Tania Sachdev - junior woman champion of Asia 2002.
My thanks to Jakub Fuksik.
Internet coverage: http://www.proclient.cz/a64
The Slovenian Men's and Women's Championships are taking place in Spa
Dobrna 3rd-11th August 2002. 88 players start in the men's section with 3 GMs
(Dusko Pavasovic, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Georg Mohr) and 9 IMs. There are 20
players in the women's tournament. Both events are knock-outs. News from Ales
Drinovec.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0208/si02ch
http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0208/si02chw
Stefan Muellenbruck reports: to celebrate its 125th anniversary, the
German club Turm Trier 1877 organized an Open which took place from 29th July -
4th August 2002. The A group (rating higher than 1900) had 32 players, among
them 1 GM, 1 WGM, 5 IMs and 2 FMs. After 9 rounds it was won by WGM Inna
Gaponenko (UKR, ELO 2415). She set the pace of the tournament, including a win
over the highest rated player, GM Mikhail M. Ivanov (RUS, ELO 2489), and could
afford a last round loss against FM Kunin and still take clear first place.
Runners-up were IM Viesturs Meijers (LAT, ELO 2475), FM Vitali Kunin (GER, ELO
2459), who made an IM norm, and IM Doru Ionescu (ROM, ELO 2450). Gulsana
Barpiyeva of Turm Trier made a WIM norm. The B group (36 players, rating below
2000) was won on tiebreak by Marcel Krosenbrink (NED).
Further detail can be found on the club's website:
http://www.turmtrier.de
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Open A Trier GER (GER), 29 vii-4 viii 2002
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1. Gaponenko, Inna wg UKR 2415 +32 = 8 +24 +11 = 2 +16 +10 + 4 - 3 7.0 2550
2. Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2475 +19 +18 + 9 + 3 = 1 = 5 - 4 + 6 = 7 6.5 2491
3. Kunin, Vitaly f GER 2459 +27 + 6 +10 - 2 = 8 - 4 + 9 + 5 + 1 6.5 2519
4. Ionescu, Doru Alexandru m ROM 2450 =17 -24 +30 +28 + 6 + 3 + 2 - 1 +14 6.5 2408
5. Rat, Dan Ovidiu f ROM 2345 +29 =22 = 8 +12 =16 = 2 +11 - 3 = 9 5.5 2370
6. Goriachnik, Dmitry MDA 2223 +20 - 3 +26 +10 - 4 = 9 + 8 - 2 +16 5.5 2382
7. Negele, Michael GER 2200 +31 - 9 -21 +26 =12 +14 +16 =11 = 2 5.5 2293
8. Peschlow, Patrick GER 2200 +26 = 1 = 5 + 9 = 3 =11 - 6 =10 =13 5.0 2375
9. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2414 +23 + 7 - 2 - 8 +15 = 6 - 3 +19 = 5 5.0 2330
10. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2489 +12 +16 - 3 - 6 +23 +13 - 1 = 8 =11 5.0 2318
11. Boidman, Yuri m GER 2419 =28 +14 +22 - 1 +20 = 8 - 5 = 7 =10 5.0 2276
12. Barpiyeva, Gulsana GER 2183 -10 +25 +15 - 5 = 7 =18 =13 =28 +23 5.0 2287
13. Barthel, Ansgar GER 2224 -22 +29 =20 +24 =14 -10 =12 +17 = 8 5.0 2217
14. Prizker, Boris GER 2193 =21 -11 +31 +22 =13 - 7 +23 +15 - 4 5.0 2255
15. Koerholz, Ludger m GER 2371 =24 =21 -12 +17 - 9 +20 +28 -14 +18 5.0 2201
16. Klasen, Holger GER 2235 +25 -10 +17 +21 = 5 - 1 - 7 +20 - 6 4.5 2211
17. Henrich, Holger GER 2149 = 4 =28 -16 -15 +27 +29 +18 -13 =20 4.5 2212
18. Grecescu, Gabriel ROM 2233 +30 - 2 +28 -20 +21 =12 -17 +25 -15 4.5 2157
19. Uhl, Benjamin GER 2188 - 2 =30 =23 =29 =25 =24 +22 - 9 +27 4.5 2182
20. Raach,Stephen GER ---- - 6 +27 =13 +18 -11 -15 +24 -16 =17 4.0 2195
21. Kloke,Stephan GER ---- =14 =15 + 7 -16 -18 -23 =29 =24 +32 4.0 2146
22. Wuts, Helene wf NED 2127 +13 = 5 -11 -14 =24 -28 -19 +32 +30 4.0 2153
23. Supplieth, Peter GER 2123 - 9 =31 =19 +32 -10 +21 -14 +26 -12 4.0 2133
24. Bien, Stefan GER 2121 =15 + 4 - 1 -13 =22 =19 -20 =21 =26 3.5 2117
25. Schmidt, Oliver GER 2086 -16 -12 =32 +30 =19 =27 =26 -18 =31 3.5 2047
26. Hess,Dennis GER ---- - 8 +32 - 6 - 7 =30 +31 =25 -23 =24 3.5 2042
27. Feller, Joseph LUX 2167 - 3 -20 -29 +31 -17 =25 +32 +30 -19 3.5 2045
28. Kluger, Carsten GER 2130 =11 =17 -18 - 4 =29 +22 -15 =12 . 3.0 2167
29. Adrian, Axel GER 2105 - 5 -13 +27 =19 =28 -17 =21 -31 . 2.5 2009
30. Klicker, Fritz GER 2020 -18 =19 - 4 -25 =26 =32 +31 -27 -22 2.5 1986
31. Jacobs,Johan NED ---- - 7 =23 -14 -27 =32 -26 -30 +29 =25 2.5 1947
32. Hack, Thomas GER 2125 - 1 -26 =25 -23 =31 =30 -27 -22 -21 1.5 1831
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The Velika Gorica Open took place June 22nd-30th 2002. Nenad Fercec took
clear first on 7.5/9. My thanks to Jovan Petronic for the news.
Internet:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/vgorica/standings.htm
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Open Velika Gorica CRO (CRO), 22-30 vi 2002
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1. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2466 7.5 40.5
2. Kosanski, Stanko m CRO 2379 7.0 41.5
3. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2330 7.0 38.5
4. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2515 6.5 42.5
5. Loncar, Robert m CRO 2436 6.5 36.5
6. Krstic, Uros CRO 2404 6.5 35.5
7. Brumen, Dinko m CRO 2408 6.0 39.0
8. Kristovic, Marijan f CRO 2328 6.0 38.5
9. Zaja, Ivan g CRO 2459 6.0 37.5
10. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2461 6.0 37.0
11. Nikolac, Juraj g CRO 2428 6.0 36.5
12. Jusic, Zdenko f CRO 2432 6.0 36.0
13. Bilic, Mario CRO 2298 6.0 36.0
14. Zecevic, Dean CRO 2331 6.0 35.0
15. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2279 6.0 34.0
16. Bender, Ivan CRO 2176 5.5 40.5
17. Rogulj, Branko m CRO 2454 5.5 40.0
18. Devcic, Darko CRO 2191 5.5 37.0
19. Jakovljevic, Vlado f YUG 2356 5.5 36.5
20. Vadla, Zeljko CRO 2246 5.5 36.0
21. Bozinovic, Bogdan CRO 2321 5.5 35.0
22. Stefan, Kresimir CRO 2195 5.5 32.5
79 players
Istvan Brindza reports The 6th "Battle of Senta" Memorial Tournament
took place 19th -25th July 2002 in Senta Yugoslavia. There was a 9 round Swiss
with 1 hours 45 min for 40 moves plus 15 minutes to the finish. 1 GM, 12 IMs
and 7 FMs participated. IM Milos Scekic (YUG) won with 7,5/9 points, ahead of
IM Lajthajm Borko, IM Tadic Branko, IM Stojanovic Mihajlo, IM Arsovic Goran and
Stefan Vidic with 7 points...etc
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Battle of Senta Open Senta YUG (YUG), 19-25 vii 2002
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1. Scekic, Milos m YUG 2404 7.5 51.5
2. Lajthajm, Borko f YUG 2418 7.0 56.0
3. Tadic, Branko m YUG 2465 7.0 55.5
4. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m YUG 2463 7.0 54.0
5. Arsovic, Goran m YUG 2434 7.0 50.5
6. Vidic, Stefan YUG 2275 7.0 46.5
7. Arsovic, Zoran m YUG 2410 6.5 54.0
8. Savic, Miodrag R m YUG 2512 6.5 51.5
9. Popovic, Dusan YUG 2363 6.5 49.0
10. Vojinovic, Goran m YUG 2480 6.5 48.5
11. Ardeleanu, Alin m ROM 2350 6.0 52.5
12. Kojovic, Dragan YUG 2331 6.0 52.0
13. Dragovic, Momcilo f YUG 2370 6.0 48.5
14. Sinkovics, Peter m HUN 2322 6.0 47.5
15. Chereches, Marius HUN 2300 6.0 47.5
16. Borsos, Andor YUG 2183 6.0 47.5
17. Geleta, Jovan f YUG 2303 6.0 46.0
18. Dostan, Janos f HUN 2307 6.0 45.0
19. Manojlovic, Sava YUG 2166 6.0 38.5
20. Nikolic, Stanimir g YUG 2328 5.5 53.0
21. Kopasz, Robert f HUN 2328 5.5 48.5
22. Jesenski, Tibor f YUG 2361 5.5 47.5
23. Marjanusic, Vladimir YUG 2279 5.5 47.0
24. Farkas, Tibor m YUG 2336 5.5 46.0
25. Vranic, Ljubomir YUG 2191 5.5 45.5
26. Ostojic, Miljan YUG 2259 5.5 44.5
27. Arbutina,Sinisa YUG ---- 5.5 43.5
28. Feher, Sinisa YUG 2216 5.5 42.0
29. Vujosevic, Dimitrije YUG 2128 5.5 41.0
30. Domany, Zsofia YUG 2055 5.5 41.0
31. Jurcsak, Andras YUG 2226 5.5 40.5
32. Simonyi, Zoltan YUG 2244 5.5 37.5
33. Zendilovska, Katarina YUG 2139 5.5 36.5
34. Zakic, Zivan YUG 2090 5.5 36.0
112 players
The Morocco Open took place 25th-30th July 2002. Hicham Hamdouchi won
with 8.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.marocechecs.com/
Open Morocco MAR (MAR), 25-30 vii 2002
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1 GM HAMDOUCHI HICHAM MAR 2570 8,5 43,5 2707
2 IM TISSIR MOHAMMED MAR 2376 7 36 2361
3 CF IDRISSI CHAFIK MAR 2167 7 32,5 2303
4 CF ONKOUD ABDELAZIZ MAR 2317 6,5 34,5 2290
5 CF SANCHEZ LOUIS FRA 2242 6,5 33,5 2205
6 CF SEBBAR ALI MAR 2175 6,5 33,5 2138
7 CF BENTEFRIT SAMIR MAR 2300 6 36 2269
8 CF ISMAÏL KARIM MAR 2092 6 31,5 2127
9 ABOBKER MED EL ARABI LYB 2100 6 31 2092
10 EL AQEL SAID MAR 1789 6 31 2018
11 FAREH YOUNESS MAR 2046 6 30,5 2084
12 KHALIS ALI MAR 1850 6 26,5 1918
13 CF DIOGO VASCO POR 2114 5,5 31,5 2093
14 FELLOUSSI ABDELAZIZ MAR 1916 5,5 29 2033
15 ATOUBI LOTFI MAR 1900 5,5 28,5 1997
16 BENAINO SAMIR MAR 2050 5,5 28,5 2033
17 SBIA BACHIR MAR 1870 5,5 28,5 2038
18 MIROUAD ABDELLAH MAR 1729 5,5 26 1954
20 NIFASS MOHAMMED MAR 1960 5,5 23 1743
74 players
Ronnie Van Tonder was the surprise winner of the 2002 South African Open
Chess Championships in the absense of their number 1 Watu Kobese. A 7 game
challenge match took place in the Don Suites Hotel in Cape Town. Kobese won
7-0.
Internet coverage: http://www.thechessdrum.net
RSA Match Cape Town RSA (RSA), 27 vii-3 viii 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Kobese, Watu m RSA 2399 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0
Van Tonder,R RSA ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for August 1st 2002 has been released. Produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey and
calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2795 117
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2794 124
3 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2712 171
4 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2709 154
5 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2703 166
6 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2699 187
7 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2696 170
8 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2681 134
9 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2665 141
10 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2660 141
11 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2657 163
12 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2649 141
13 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2649 158
14 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2647 200
15 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2639 154
16 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2630 196
17 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2629 169
18 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2629 171
19 Zvjaginsev,Vadim 18.08.1976 RUS 2626 146
20 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2625 181
21 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2624 130
22 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2624 144
23 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2621 148
24 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2621 162
25 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2620 158
26 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2617 174
27 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2613 119
28 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2608 156
29 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2605 153
30 Krasenkow,Mikhail 14.11.1963 POL 2605 168
31 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2603 152
32 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2602 143
33 Vaganian,Rafael A 15.10.1951 ARM 2602 170
34 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 BIH 2601 136
35 Lputian,Smbat G 14.02.1958 ARM 2600 169
36 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2598 157
37 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2597 161
38 Lutz,Christopher 24.02.1971 GER 2596 145
39 Macieja,Bartlomiej 04.10.1977 POL 2593 175
40 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2591 165
41 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2588 163
42 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2587 147
43 Benjamin,Joel 11.03.1964 USA 2587 157
44 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2587 171
45 Volkov,Sergei 07.02.1974 RUS 2586 207
46 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2584 142
47 Tiviakov,Sergei 14.02.1973 RUS 2584 156
48 Piket,Jeroen 27.01.1969 NED 2584 178
49 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2584 178
50 Pigusov,Evgeny 31.03.1961 RUS 2583 128
America's Foundation for Chess
America's Foundation for Chess (formerly known as the Seattle Chess
Foundation) has a new website. The address is: http://www.af4c.org
6th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament
The 6th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen takes place August
4th-11th 2002. There are more than 190 participants, which is a tournament
record. Among the players are 11 GM's (Gurevich, Tiviakov, Van den Doel,
Tregubov, Glek, Gyimesi, Nijboer, Iordachescu, Ikonnikov, Jonkman and
Stefanova) and 9 IM's.
Internet coverage: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen/
Guelph Pro-Am International
The Guelph Pro-Am International chess tournament takes place August
7th-11th in Guelph, Ontario Canada. 7 GM's and 6 IM's top the field. GM's and
IM's present are GM Jean Marc DeGraeve, GM Jesus Nogueiras, GM John Fedorowicz,
GM Walter Arencibia, GM Dimitry Tyomkin, GM Nicolay Legky, IM Igor Ivan, IM
David Cummings, IM Pascal Charboneau, IM Lawrence Day, IM Brian Hartman, IM
Michael Schleifer, IM Stephen Glinert.
Internet coverage at http://www.execulink.com/~binkie/gpa
Bethune Open
The 23rd Bethune International Open takes place 26th-30th December 2002
in the Salle Olof Palme, Commercial center La Rotonde, 62400 Bethune, FRANCE.
There are 7 rounds over 5 days with a time rate of 40 moves for 2hours followed
by one hour KO. Accelerated pairings, possibility of getting a FIDE rating.
This year the open is divided in two tournaments :- tournament A only
for players whose ELO rating is above or equals 1600 (> or =1600) -
tournament B only for players whose ELO rating is strictly under 1800
(<1800) At least 5500 euros prize (8300 euros given in 2001) 1st prize
tournament A : 1500 euros 1st prize tournament B : 250 euros General standing
and ELO-category prizes for both tournaments Entry cost : 40 Euros (adults) 20
Euros (youngsters under 20) A Blitz tournament (5 mins for each player) will be
organised on Saturday 28th December from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm (free morning) in
the tournament room. All the players can take part in it (entry cost 5euros).
Prizes : 100 % of the entry. (for information 1 $ (US dollar) = 1.05 Euros)
Website : http://bethunechess.freefr
Contact e-mail: bethunechess@hotmail.com
Narender Nath Memorial Tournament
The Narender Nath Memorial Tournament was a tournament to honor someone
who was lost in the WTC tragedy. The event was a corporate correspondence
tournament which is planned to be held every year Players of various skills
were invited to participate. The entry fee and prizes were donated to charity.
This years winner donated $1050 to the charity of their choice.
Details: http://www.tuckerfamily.ws/results.htm
Ron Banwell Masters
Ron Banwell Masters: Dates: 17-26 August Venue: Coulsdon Chess
Fellowship, 84-90 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, Surrey Contact:
020-8645-0302 Email: chess@ccfs.freeserve.co.uk
Prize Fund: £2,000 (including £1,000 first prize).
Further info:
http://www.ccfs.freeserve.co.uk/Chess/Events/Ron%20Banwell%202002.htm
6th Stage the Open of Brazil
The 6th Stage the Open of Brazil finished on July 28th 2002. It is a
qualifier for the finals of the Brazilian Championship of 2002. Full results
and games don't appear to be available yet.
Info: http://www.cximperatriz.com.br/index.php?parte=73
Early Chess in Europe?
A team of British archaeologists has unearthed evidence suggesting that
Europeans were playing chess as early as the sixth century. An ivory chess
piece, excavated at a Byzantine palace in what is now southern Albania, is more
than 500 years older than any previously discovered.
Report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2155916.stm
1st Benidorm Internatonal
The 1st Benidorm Internatonal is an open taking place 21st-30th November
2002.
Further details: http://www.jaque.tv/benidorm_avance0702.htm
Collado Villalba Open
The XIX Open Internacional de Ajedrez de Collado Villalba takes place
23rd - 31st Augusts 2002.
Further details: http://www.terra.es/personal2/c.a.c.v/
Liepajas Rokade
The 9th annual Chess festival, "Liepajas Rokade", organized by "Sport
Club Baltic" and "Liepaja's Chess Club", will be held from August
1st–August 4th. There will be three tournaments during the festival:
Grandmasters Super tournament, Open tournament, and Blitz tournament. The four
best "Open" players will enter the Super-tournament. They will then compete
against four other chess players in a one-round tournament after which a winner
will be determined. Participants of Grandmasters Super-tournament: Alexander
Khalifman (Russia, FIDE 2690) Jaan Ehlvest (Estonia, 2600) Edvins Kengis
(Latvia, 2577) Aloyzas Kveinys (Lithuania, 2559) Top participants of "Open"
tournament: Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia, 2676) Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus,
2646) Andrei Kharlov (Russia, 2609) Sarunas Sulskis (Lithuania, 2577) Daniels
Fridmans (Latvia, 2571) Evgenij Sveshnikov (Latvia, 2556) Maris Krakops
(Latvia, 2530) Normunds Miezis (Latvia, 2483) Around 200 participants will take
part in the tournament. “Liepaja's Castling” is the largest and most
important chess tournament in the Baltic states after the declaration of
independence.
Internet coverage: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=2727
Tel Aviv IM
A new IM norm tournament will take place in Tel Aviv 22nd August - 1st
September 2002. Prizes about 3000sh (min). A few places are available for
players seeking norms. More information: GM Zvulon (Leonid) Gofshtein. Phones
972-3-7329233 (home), 972-54696432 (mobil) or e-mail-gofshtein@hotmail.com
Dubai Junior Open Championship
The first Dubai Junior Open Championships are being held by the Dubai
chess club. The official web site is
http://www.arabfide.com/ara/dj2002/index.htm
there is some games in pgn and complete table and results and photo album.
European Championship for Cadets in rapid and blitz
The European Individual and Team Chess Championships for Youth and
Juniors (Rapid And Blitz) takes place in Novi Sad August 15th-22nd 2002.
Contact 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;
2003 Australian Open
The Australian Open Chess Championships is to be held 2nd-10th January
2003. The Championships are jointly organised by The New South Wales Chess
Association Inc. and Australian Chess Enterprises on behalf of the Australian
Chess Federation Inc.
Further information:
http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/penrith/index.cfm
Curacao Open
The Curacao (*) 1962-2002 chess tournament is an open tournament that
will be held November 16th-28th 2002. The tournament commemorates the 40th
Anniversary of the Candidates tournament in 1962. Viktor Korchnoi (a player)
and Yuri Averbach (a second) from the original event have already confirmed
that they will return after 40 years. The tournament will have 9 rounds and a
maximum of 120 players including about 15 titled players. Jan Timman (NL),
Bartek Macieja (Pol), Sofia Polgar (Israel/Hungary), Yona Kosashvili (Israel),
Anjelina Belakovskaia (USA), Alonso Zapata (Colombia), Johan Alvarez
(Venezuela) and Carlos Gallegos (Venezuela) are amongst the players.
More information (including a 1962 and a 2001 picture gallery and
general information about Curacao) is available at:
http://www.curacao.com/chess. There
is also a download of the electronic tournament book of the 2001 edition
available. Jan Timman was the winner of that tournament.
(*) Curacao is an island in the Caribbean and is part of the Netherlands
Antilles.
Miercurea Ciuc (Romania)
The V International Chess Festival Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) takes place
19.08 - 01.09.2002 Miercurea Ciuc, 19.08 - 25.08.2002 : V." Ciuc-Premium" (9
rounds), Miercurea Ciuc, 26.08 - 01.09.2002 : III." Banc Post" (9 rounds)
Venue : Study-house Jakab Antal ** (Szék str. 147) and Banc Post
** (Sadoveanu str. 4). A) International FIDE round robin tournaments for
international rating B) International FIDE open tournaments Rate of play : 40/2
; + 0.30 minutes.
Program : Monday, August 19 and August 26 : 15.30 opening ceremony
16.00-21.00 round I Tuesday, August 20 and August 27 : 16.00-21.00 round II
Wednesday, August 21 and August 28 : 09.00-14.00 round III 16.00-21.00 round IV
Thursday, August 22 and August 29 : 16.00-21.00 round V Friday, August 23 and
August 30 : 09.00-14.00 round VI 16.00-21.00 round VII Saturday, August 24 and
August 31 : 16.00-21.00 round VIII Sunday, August 25 and September 1 :
09.00-14.00 round IX 15.00 closed ceremony
Entry fee (EUR): FIDE rating Group "A" unrated 60 2000-2099 30 2100-2199
20 2200-2299 10 above 2300 no entry fee Group "B" Adult 20 EUR, Youth 10 EUR.
Prizes : V. "Ciuc-Premium" + III. "Banc Post" prize funds = 500 EUR + extra
prizes. Accomodation prizes : Study-house Jakab Antal ** and Banc Post ** -
Full board, Single room/day = 22 EUR, - Full board, Bouble room/person/day = 18
EUR
Organizer : IM Sandor Biro Postal address : R-4100 Miercurea Ciuc 1,
C.P. 68, Romania Phone/fax : (+40)-266-316712, mobile : (+40)-740-021866 E-mail
: caissa@topnet.ro
Hungarian and Yugoslav Tournaments
Hungarian and YUG Chess tournaments in the second half of 2002.
1. 3rd-15th of August, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM tournaments, Budapest.
org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
2. 16th-22nd of August, TALENTUM KUPA Open 9 rounds Swiss,
Balatonkenese org: Mr.VALIS, Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@elender.hu
3. 7th-19th of September, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Budapest,
4. 21st of September-2nd of October KECSKEMET, GM closed, org:
dr.Erdelyi,
5. 5th-18th of October, FIRST SATURDAY, 2 GM /cat.IX-X !!,
cat.VII-VIII/, IM-FM, Budapest,
6. 18th-31st of October, GM-IM tmt THIRD SATURDAY, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, org: Kotevski
7. 2nd-15th of November, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, Budapest,
8. 16th-28th of November, GM-IM KECSKEMÉT, org: dr.Erdelyi,
9. 7th-19th of December, GM-IM-FM, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest
European Rapid & Blitz Championship
The European Rapid & Blitz Championship is in Crete. The KYDON
SPORTS CLUB is organising the championship 29/-4/10 in IBEROSTAR CRETA MARINE
hotel. Contact MARY VIGLIRAKI thebest@ret.forthnet.gr for further details
Live coverage: http://www.venizelia.gr
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
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
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/
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.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).
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/
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
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
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
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/
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
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.