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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Match of the
New Century
3) Russian Chess Championships
4) Tel Aviv IM
5) Izmir European Grand Prix
Tournament
6) IV Sants Hostafrancs
7)
First Saturday September
8) Kostrena IM
9) Imre Konig Memorial
10) 5th
Pyramiden-Franken-Cup
11) Estonian Championships
12) Germany vs. Greece
13) Switzerland vs.
Germany
14) Granda Zuniga Returns
15) Novaja Ladova
16) Southern Californian
Open
17) BIH Team Championships
18)
124th New York State Championship
19) Arab Chess
Championships
20) 62nd New England Open
21) 45th World Congress of Chess Composition
22) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Match of the New Century 50 games
Russian Chess Championships 75 games
Tel Aviv IM 32 games
Izmir European Grand Prix 238 games
First Saturday September 45 games
Kostrena IM 66 games
Imre Konig Memorial 15 games
5th Pyramiden-Franken-Cup 58 games
Estonian Championships 75 games
Germany vs. Greece 36 games
Switzerland vs. Germany 4 games
Southern Californian Open 35 games
124th New York State Championship 84 games
Arab Chess Championships 27 games
859 games
My thanks to Graham Lee, George Mirijanian, Bill Townsend, John Hillery,
Jack Peters, Manuel Glave Testino, Pablo Sierra, Ülar Lauk, John
Donaldson, Eduard Piacun, Laszlo Nagy, Andras Bacsi, Eugeny Atarov, Aydin
Saray, Aard Daanen, Jovan Petronic, Toni Ayza, Leonid Gofshtein, Ilya
Gorodetsky and all those who helped with this issue.
The highlight of the week is the "Match of the New Century" between a
Russian team and a Rest of the World Team. As you might have read in last
week's edition Sergei Danailov complained that two of the very best ROW players
are not playing Topalov and Adams and he felt this would make it a huge
mismatch. However at the half way stage the ROW lead Russia by a point. This is
largely due to the huge underperformances of Vladimir Kramnik (on 50%) and
especially Garry Kasparov (40% 2/5) who you would have expected to score +2 at
least. Kasparov started badly losing to Vassily Ivanchuk which could not rate
as a huge shock as Ivanchuk has a reasonably good record against him. What did
rate as a shock was Kasparov losing to Judit Polgar for the first time. By my
calculation this was Polgar's 13th game against Kasparov at standard and rapid
timerates (there were also a couple of blitz games) and Kasparov had won 9 and
drawn 3. I still expect Russia to win this match but the form of their two
leading players is going to be key and Kasparov can't afford to lose to any
more players he has never lost to before.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The "New Match of the Century" takes place in Moscow September 8th-11th
and is a 10 round Scheveningen Rapidplay (25 minutes + 10 Seconds per move)
tournament between 10 players from Russia and 10 from the Rest of the
World.
Round 1 World leads 6-4, Ivanchuk beats Kasparov. Round 2 World wins
5.5-4.5 to lead 11.5-8.5 at the end of day 1. Round 3 Russia win 5.5-4.5 and
now trail 14-16. Round 4 Russia edge another 5.5-4.5 win. Kasparov wins his
first game against his usual customer Shirov. Russia now trail only by one game
19.5-20.5. Round 5 saw eight of ten games decisive yet the honours were shared
5-5 leaving the score at 24.5-25.5 to the ROW. The huge shock was Judit
Polgar's first ever win against Garry Kasparov which sent him down to below
50%. Kasparov has always gone out of his way to beat Polgar who is the first
female player to beat him.
Official coverage: http://chess.alfabank.ru/en and
http://www.fide.com
Additionally http://www.WorldChessRating.com
seems well worth checking out.
Individual Scores after 5 of 10 rounds
Russia vs. ROW Moscow RUS (RUS), 8-11 ix 2002
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1 2 3 4 5
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1 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2702 +19 =20 = 9 +10 = 4 3.5 / 5 2827
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 +14 =12 =21 =15 +16 3.5 / 5 2871
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2716 =11 - 6 +23 +20 + 9 3.5 / 5 2837
4 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2743 =16 =21 +24 +17 = 1 3.5 / 5 2820
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 =20 . +10 = 9 + 8 3.0 / 4 2873
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2697 = 7 + 3 +12 -14 =15 3.0 / 5 2824
7 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2726 = 6 +11 +20 =22 -10 3.0 / 5 2747
8 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2755 +21 +24 =17 =18 - 5 3.0 / 5 2746
9 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2676 +18 =17 = 1 = 5 - 3 2.5 / 5 2697
10 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2610 =17 +18 - 5 - 1 + 7 2.5 / 5 2699
11 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2710 = 3 - 7 =14 =12 +21 2.5 / 5 2744
12 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 =13 = 2 - 6 =11 +23 2.5 / 5 2703
13 Leko, Peter g HUN 2722 =12 =14 =15 +21 -18 2.5 / 5 2728
14 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2838 - 2 =13 =11 + 6 -19 2.0 / 5 2632
15 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2676 . . =13 = 2 = 6 1.5 / 3 2710
16 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2658 = 4 +19 . . - 2 1.5 / 3 2711
17 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2690 =10 = 9 = 8 - 4 . 1.5 / 4 2609
18 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2687 - 9 -10 . = 8 +13 1.5 / 4 2603
19 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2681 - 1 -16 . . +14 1.0 / 3 2607
20 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2682 = 5 = 1 - 7 - 3 . 1.0 / 4 2515
21 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2634 - 8 = 4 = 2 -13 -11 1.0 / 5 2488
22 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2676 . . . = 7 . 0.5 / 1 2726
23 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2678 . . - 3 . -12 0.0 / 2
24 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2673 . - 8 - 4 . . 0.0 / 2
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Round 1 (September 8, 2002) 16-00 (GMT+4)
Russia 4 - ROW 6 (4-6)
Khalifman, Alexander - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 41 E66 King's Indian Fianchetto
Karpov, Anatoly - Smirin, Ilia 0-1 48 D77 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Polgar, Judit - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 62 C86 Ruy Lopez Worrall Attack
Short, Nigel D - Svidler, Peter 1/2 74 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Bareev, Evgeny - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 58 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 33 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kasparov, Garry 1-0 37 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 34 C42 Petroff's Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei * - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 29 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Motylev, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 36 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
[Substitution Rublevsky in for Dreev]
Round 2 (September 8, 2002) 18-00 (GMT+4)
Russia 4.5 - ROW 5.5 (8.5-11.5)
Radjabov, Teimour - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 35 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Smirin, Ilia - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 25 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Rublevsky, Sergei * - Polgar, Judit 1-0 49 A34 English Symmetrical
Grischuk, Alexander - Short, Nigel D 1/2 36 C02 French Advance
Shirov, Alexei - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 71 C42 Petroff's Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 53 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 40 D27 QGA
Kasparov, Garry - Leko, Peter 1/2 45 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 14 C42 Petroff's Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Zvjaginsev, Vadim * 1-0 51 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
[Substitutions Rublevsky in for Svidler and
Zvjaginsev in for Dreev]
Round 3 (September 9, 2002) 16-00 (GMT+4)
Russia 5.5 - ROW 4.5 (14.0-16.0)
Gelfand, Boris - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 76 D15 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 45 B19 Caro Kann
Morozevich, Alexander - Akopian, Vladimir * 1-0 34 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Bareev, Evgeny - Short, Nigel D 1-0 41 E36 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Radjabov, Teimour - Svidler, Peter 0-1 55 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Anand, Viswanathan - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 45 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Dreev, Alexey - Leko, Peter 1/2 21 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Zvjaginsev, Vadim * 1-0 24 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Motylev, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 29 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Smirin, Ilia - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 29 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
[Substitutions Vladimir Akopian in for Judit Polgar
and Vadim Zvjaginsev in for Anatoly Karpov]
Round 4 (September 9, 2002) 18-00 (GMT+4)
Russia 5.5 - ROW 4.5 (19.5-20.5)
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 114 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Leko, Peter - Motylev, Alexander 1-0 73 C42 Petroff's Defence
Khalifman, Alexander - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 59 E15 Queens Indian
Short, Nigel D - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 53 C86 Ruy Lopez Worrall Attack
Grischuk, Alexander - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 46 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Svidler, Peter - Smirin, Ilia 1/2 35 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kasparov, Garry - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 30 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Kramnik, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 31 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 29 D27 QGA
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab* - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 22 D10 Slav Defence
[Substitution Zurab Azmaiparashvili in for Judit Polgar]
Round 5 (September 9, 2002) 20-00 (GMT+4)
Russia 5.0 - ROW 5.0 (24.5-25.5)
Dreev, Alexey - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 29 D20 QGA
Grischuk, Alexander - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 28 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Akopian, Vladimir * - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 26 E05 Catalan
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 33 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Motylev, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 29 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Morozevich, Alexander - Smirin, Ilia 1-0 35 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Bareev, Evgeny - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 38 A26 English Sicilian Attack
Leko, Peter - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 55 B17 Caro Kann
Polgar, Judit - Kasparov, Garry 1-0 42 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Rublevsky, Sergei * 1-0 64 D20 QGA
[Substitutions Vladimir Akopian in for Nigel Short.
Sergei Rublevsky in for Alexander Khalifman.]
Round 6 (September 10, 2002) 16-00 (GMT+4)
Radjabov, Teimour - Morozevich, Alexander
Smirin, Ilia - Bareev, Evgeny
Kramnik, Vladimir - Polgar, Judit
Kasparov, Garry - Short, Nigel D
Shirov, Alexei - Motylev, Alexander
Gelfand, Boris - Dreev, Alexey
Karpov, Anatoly - Ivanchuk, Vassily
Khalifman, Alexander - Leko, Peter
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Svidler, Peter
Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander
Round 7 (September 10, 2002) 18-00 (GMT+4)
Kasparov, Garry - Radjabov, Teimour
Kramnik, Vladimir - Smirin, Ilia
Polgar, Judit - Dreev, Alexey
Short, Nigel D - Motylev, Alexander
Khalifman, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei
Karpov, Anatoly - Gelfand, Boris
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Grischuk, Alexander
Leko, Peter - Svidler, Peter
Bareev, Evgeny - Ponomariov, Ruslan
Morozevich, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan
Round 8 (September 10, 2002) 20-00 (GMT+4)
Radjabov, Teimour - Kramnik, Vladimir
Smirin, Ilia - Kasparov, Garry
Motylev, Alexander - Polgar, Judit
Dreev, Alexey - Short, Nigel D
Shirov, Alexei - Karpov, Anatoly
Gelfand, Boris - Khalifman, Alexander
Svidler, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily
Grischuk, Alexander - Leko, Peter
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Morozevich, Alexander
Anand, Viswanathan - Bareev, Evgeny
Round 9 (September 11, 2002) 14-00 (GMT+4)
Dreev, Alexey - Radjabov, Teimour
Motylev, Alexander - Smirin, Ilia
Polgar, Judit - Khalifman, Alexander
Short, Nigel D - Karpov, Anatoly
Grischuk, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei
Svidler, Peter - Gelfand, Boris
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bareev, Evgeny
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander
Kasparov, Garry - Ponomariov, Ruslan
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan
Round 10 (September 11, 2002) 16-00 (GMT+4)
Radjabov, Teimour - Motylev, Alexander
Smirin, Ilia - Dreev, Alexey
Karpov, Anatoly - Polgar, Judit
Khalifman, Alexander - Short, Nigel D
Shirov, Alexei - Svidler, Peter
Gelfand, Boris - Grischuk, Alexander
Morozevich, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily
Bareev, Evgeny - Leko, Peter
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kramnik, Vladimir
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasparov, Garry
The 55th Russian Chess Championships took place in Krasnodar 27th
August 2002 - 4th September 2002. Alexander Lastin won the event with 6.5/9.
Round 9 games are missing. Note corrected final result between Jakovenko and
Lugovoi which was originally given as 1-0 but was in fact 0-1.
Internet site: http://chess.yuga.ru/news/
ch-RUS Krasnodar RUS (RUS), 27 viii-4 ix 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2625 =36 =32 +31 +24 + 9 + 6 = 2 = 3 = 5 6.5 2699
2 Smirnov, Pavel m RUS 2539 +39 +19 = 3 = 9 = 5 +18 = 1 = 7 = 4 6.0 2681
3 Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2558 +44 +31 = 2 = 4 = 6 = 5 + 9 = 1 = 7 6.0 2681
4 Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2534 +25 +13 = 7 = 3 =18 =10 =28 +27 = 2 6.0 2677
5 Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2589 =32 +43 +30 = 6 = 2 = 3 = 7 +17 = 1 6.0 2667
6 Inarkiev, Ernesto m RUS 2545 =33 +29 +14 = 5 = 3 - 1 +18 =10 =13 5.5 2618
7 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2609 = 8 +17 = 4 =16 =22 +44 = 5 = 2 = 3 5.5 2607
8 Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2516 = 7 =10 +20 =13 =15 =21 =11 =18 +27 5.5 2661
9 Timofeev, Artyom m RUS 2558 +26 =14 +12 = 2 - 1 +24 - 3 +34 =10 5.5 2609
10 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2586 =17 = 8 =19 =23 +36 = 4 +22 = 6 = 9 5.5 2601
11 Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2553 =35 =37 =26 +34 =24 =17 = 8 +28 =12 5.5 2578
12 Nevostrujev, Vladimir m RUS 2502 +28 =38 - 9 -21 +40 +41 =15 +20 =11 5.5 2649
13 Popov, Valerij g RUS 2579 +45 - 4 =36 = 8 =19 =32 +44 +16 = 6 5.5 2598
14 Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2526 +47 = 9 - 6 =37 =32 =25 +35 =15 +29 5.5 2555
15 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2576 =23 +34 =41 =27 = 8 =26 =12 =14 =19 5.0 2557
16 Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2526 =29 +33 =18 = 7 =27 =28 +26 -13 =17 5.0 2564
17 Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2512 =10 - 7 +35 +42 =20 =11 +21 - 5 =16 5.0 2607
18 Kornev, Alexei RUS 2567 +22 =30 =16 +41 = 4 - 2 - 6 = 8 +37 5.0 2565
19 Turov, Maxim g RUS 2518 +20 - 2 =10 =44 =13 +42 -27 +33 =15 5.0 2592
20 Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2636 -19 +46 - 8 +35 =17 =23 +37 -12 +34 5.0 2540
21 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2572 =34 =23 =37 +12 =26 = 8 -17 =24 =30 4.5 2498
22 Grigoriants, Sergey m RUS 2490 -18 =25 +29 +30 = 7 =27 -10 =23 =28 4.5 2522
23 Tunik, Gennady m RUS 2505 =15 =21 =40 =10 =41 =20 =33 =22 =25 4.5 2535
24 Maiorov, Oleg m RUS 2458 +27 =41 +38 - 1 =11 - 9 =32 =21 =31 4.5 2554
25 Geller, Jakov RUS 2406 - 4 =22 =33 =45 +30 =14 -34 +38 =23 4.5 2511
26 Namgilov, Sogto m RUS 2477 - 9 +47 =11 +40 =21 =15 -16 =31 =32 4.5 2527
27 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2552 -24 +49 +45 =15 =16 =22 +19 - 4 - 8 4.5 2503
28 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2575 -12 +50 =32 =36 +37 =16 = 4 -11 =22 4.5 2503
29 Savchenko, Boris f RUS 2366 =16 - 6 -22 =47 +48 =46 +41 +32 -14 4.5 2480
30 Shomoev, Anton m RUS 2533 +49 =18 - 5 -22 -25 +43 =46 +47 =21 4.5 2479
31 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2526 +48 - 3 - 1 =33 -34 +50 +42 =26 =24 4.5 2486
32 Makarov, Marat g RUS 2512 = 5 = 1 =28 =38 =14 =13 =24 -29 =26 4.0 2485
33 Pridorozhni, Aleksei m RUS 2453 = 6 -16 =25 =31 =45 +36 =23 -19 =39 4.0 2457
34 Alavkin, Arseny m RUS 2498 =21 -15 +43 -11 +31 =45 +25 - 9 -20 4.0 2488
35 Grachev, Boris m RUS 2466 =11 =40 -17 -20 +39 +38 -14 =42 =36 4.0 2496
36 Hasangatin, Ramil m RUS 2517 = 1 =42 =13 =28 -10 -33 =40 +49 =35 4.0 2489
37 Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2485 =40 =11 =21 =14 -28 +47 -20 +46 -18 4.0 2493
38 Ovetchkin, Roman m RUS 2557 +46 =12 -24 =32 -44 -35 +45 -25 +47 4.0 2421
39 Frolyanov, Dmitry RUS 2448 - 2 -45 =47 +43 -35 =40 +48 =44 =33 4.0 2421
40 Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2562 =37 =35 =23 -26 -12 =39 =36 +50 =43 4.0 2430
41 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2537 +50 =24 =15 -18 =23 -12 -29 =45 +44 4.0 2443
42 Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2542 =43 =36 =44 -17 +46 -19 -31 =35 +49 4.0 2440
43 Diu, Viacheslav m RUS 2451 =42 - 5 -34 -39 +50 -30 +49 +48 =40 4.0 2439
44 Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2485 - 3 +48 =42 =19 +38 - 7 -13 =39 -41 3.5 2442
45 Cherniaev, Alexander1 m RUS 2509 -13 +39 -27 =25 =33 =34 -38 =41 -48 3.0 2362
46 Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2475 -38 -20 +49 +48 -42 =29 =30 -37 -50 3.0 2351
47 Alikhanov, Felix f RUS 2364 -14 -26 =39 =29 +49 -37 +50 -30 -38 3.0 2342
48 Asylguzhin, Radik RUS 2353 -31 -44 +50 -46 -29 =49 -39 -43 +45 2.5 2286
49 Dashko, Andrey RUS 2401 -30 -27 -46 +50 -47 =48 -43 -36 -42 1.5 2193
50 Malinin, Yuri m RUS 2412 -41 -28 -48 -49 -43 -31 -47 -40 +46 1.0 2120
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A second IM norm tournament took place in Tel Aviv 22nd August - 1st
September 2002. Alexandre Drozdov made an IM norm and took first with 8/11.
More are planned and you can contact GM Zvulon (Leonid) Gofshtein if you wish
to play you can contact him at gofshtein@hotmail.com or phone
-972-3-7329233,972-54696432.
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Hot Summer IM Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), 22 viii-1 ix 2002 cat. III (2308)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Drozdov, Alexandre f RUS 2347 * 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2479
2. Deutsch, Eyal ISR 2241 1 * 0 = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 7.5 2447
3. Kudischewitsch, David RUS 2384 = 1 * = 0 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2403
4. Bykhovsky, Avigdor g RUS 2455 0 = = * = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 7.0 2396
5. Dub, Zeev f ISR 2293 0 0 1 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2374
6. Neiman, Emmanuel f FRA 2292 0 = 1 0 = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2345
7. Kreizberg, Michael f ISR 2332 = = 0 0 1 1 * = 0 = 1 = 5.5 2305
8. Shabtai, Ran f ISR 2271 = = 0 = 0 = = * = = = 1 5.0 2275
9. Kraidman, Yair g ISR 2324 0 = = = 0 0 1 = * 0 1 1 5.0 2270
10. Haimovich, Tal ISR 2339 = 0 0 0 = = = = 1 * = = 4.5 2240
11. Zalkind, Karmi f ISR 2265 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 0 2.0 2049
12. Gutzeit, Avraham ISR 2153 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 2.0 2060
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The Izmir European Grand Prix Tournament took place 28th August - 5th
September, 2002 in Izmir, Turkey. Izmir is the third biggest city in Turkey and
lies on the Aegean sea coast. This is the third European Grand Prix tournament.
96 players participated in the tournament (8 GMS, 9 IMs, 5 FMs, one WGM and one
WIM). Arhan Guliev of Azerbaijan won the event with 7.5/9 half a point clear of
Spasov, Gelashvili and Izoria. Mikhail Gurevich was the guest of honour playing
several exhibition blitz matches with the leading players of Turkish national
team. He also played with 8 leading junior players of Turkey and won +7=1
against the youngsters. My thanks to Dr. Aydin Saray.
LINKS: list of participants:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2002/dokuzeylul/rounds/list.htm
Tournament home page:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2002/dokuzeylul/izmir_grandprix.htm
Games round 1: http://www.tsf.org.tr/chess/egp_izmir1.html
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
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1. Guliev, Sarhan g AZE 2481 7.5 2661
2. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2581 7.0 2629
3. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2551 7.0 2545
4. Izoria, Zviad m GEO 2565 7.0 2598
5. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2676 6.5 2521
6. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2550 6.5 2530
7. Gagunashvili, Merab m GEO 2469 6.5 2574
8. Jobava, Beglar GEO 2264 6.5 2558
9. Shanava, Konstantine f GEO 2401 6.5 2443
10. Gasimov, Ragim m AZE 2370 6.5 2491
11. Atakisi, Umut f TUR 2361 6.5 2379
12. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2562 6.0 2517
13. Pantsulaia, Levan GEO 2436 6.0 2498
14. Shengelia, Davit m GEO 2421 6.0 2494
15. Bojkov, Dejan BUL 2448 6.0 2430
16. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2461 6.0 2420
17. Calotescu, Cristina wm ROM 2306 6.0 2403
18. Erturan, Yakup TUR 2277 6.0 2307
19. Tofan, Ibrahim TUR 2219 6.0 2258
20. Husnullin, Ramil RUS 2202 6.0 2234
21. Gaprindashvili, Valerian m GEO 2471 5.5 2342
22. Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2437 5.5 2354
23. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2530 5.5 2251
24. Vasilev, Milen m BUL 2449 5.5 2248
25. Moldobaev, Emelbek m KGZ 2429 5.5 2255
26. Erdogdu, Mert f TUR 2321 5.5 2215
27. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc f TUR 2370 5.5 2283
28. Matnadze, Ana wg GEO 2415 5.5 2221
98 players
IV Sants Hostafrancs I La Bordeta Open took place in Barcelona 30th
August - 8th September 2002. Javier Campos Moreno won the event with 8/9. The
games are not in good shape and I haven't included them.
Tournament coverage: http://www.secretariat.org/open/
Leading Final Standings:
1 CAMPOS MORENO, Javier B. 2493 CHI 8 65.5
2-5 NARCISO DUBLAN, Marc 2460 ESP 7.5 65.0
BERZINSH, Roland 2463 LAT 7.5 64.0
LALIC, Bogdan 2540 ENG 7.5 63.0
MUNOZ PANTOJA, Miguel 2405 PER 7.5 58.5
6-17 VELICKA, Petr 2435 CZE 7 62.5
MELLADO TRIVIÑO, Juan 2447 ESP 7 62.0
BELTRAN RUEDA, Santiago 2364 ESP 7 60.0
BOIX MORENO, Daniel 2165 ESP 7 60.0
ESTREMERA PAÑOS, Sergio 2368 ESP 7 59.5
POULSEN, Martin 2160 FAI 7 59.0
DELEYN, Gunter 2279 BEL 7 58.5
BARRIOS, Felix 2222 COL 7 57.0
SIMONSEN, Hans Kristian 2231 FAI 7 56.0
JIMENEZ VILLENA, Francisco J. 2219 ESP 7 55.5
FERNANDEZ-DIAZ MASCORT, Miquel 2155 ESP 7 55.5
AVILA JIMENEZ, Javier 2251 ESP 7 55.0
18-42 BACHES GARCIA, Guillermo 2368 ESP 6.5 63.5
JEREZ PEREZ, Alfonso 2379 ESP 6.5 61.5
ALONSO MOYANO, Jonathan 2297 ESP 6.5 61.5
ARRIBAS, Maritza 2325 CUB 6.5 60.0
PINAZO DONOSO, Jordi 2196 ESP 6.5 59.5
DAUDE POVILL, Antonio 2172 ESP 6.5 59.5
ARIAS BOO, Guillermo 2246 ESP 6.5 58.5
ESCUDER VILALTELLA, Jordi 2203 ESP 6.5 58.0
DOMINGUEZ GONZALEZ, Isaac 2232 ESP 6.5 57.0
GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ, Jorge A. 2391 COL 6.5 56.5
SCAVO, Fernando 2285 ITA 6.5 56.0
THOMPSON, Ian D. 2238 ENG 6.5 56.0
HIDALGO MENA, Andres 2304 ESP 6.5 56.0
AMIGO VILLALTA, Jordi 2118 ESP 6.5 55.0
PLANAS FERRET, Rossen 2208 ESP 6.5 55.0
VAN DER HEIJDEN, Anton 2200 NED 6.5 53.5
MOEHRMANN, Marcus 2158 GER 6.5 53.5
ASIS GARGATAGLI, Hipolit ESP 6.5 52.5
AYAS FERNANDEZ, Antonio 2285 ESP 6.5 52.0
GIACOMELLI PANYELLA, Frederic 2173 ESP 6.5 52.0
MONTELL ZABAY, Albert 2156 ESP 6.5 51.0
SORROCHE MARTIN, Jose Maria 2239 ESP 6.5 50.5
DOMINGO GARCIA, Jordi 2222 ESP 6.5 50.5
AGUILAR GARRIDO, Ivan 2202 ESP 6.5 49.5
PEREZ PASTORA, Evarist ESP 6.5 47.0
390 players
The Category VII First Saturday GM event and three IM events started 7th
September 2002.
Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0209/index.htm
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Bui Vinh VIE 2444 * . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0
2. Pham Minh Hoang1 VIE 2354 . * . = . . . 1 . . . . . . 1.5 2611
3. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2395 . . * . . . 1 . = . . . . . 1.5 2585
4. Williams, Simon m ENG 2421 . = . * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2566
5. Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2404 . . . . * . . . 1 . . . . . 1.0
6. Breder, Dennis m GER 2438 . . . . . * . . . = = . . . 1.0 2400
7. Rajlich, Vasik G f USA 2338 . . 0 . . . * . . . 1 . . . 1.0 2418
8. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2415 . 0 . . . . . * . 1 . . . . 1.0 2356
9. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2446 . . = . 0 . . . * . . . . . 0.5 2206
10. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2359 . . . . . = . 0 . * . . . . 0.5 2233
11. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2441 . . . . . = 0 . . . * . . . 0.5 2195
12. Todorovic, Goran M g YUG 2482 . . . . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
13. Barczay, Laszlo g HUN 2389 0 . . . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14. Claverie, Christophe f FRA 2392 0 . . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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1. Horvath, Andras HUN 2281 * = . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2513
2. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2352 = * . = . . . . . . 1.0 2267
3. Banusz, Tamas HUN 2249 . . * . . . = = . . 1.0 2353
4. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2254 . = . * = . . . . . 1.0 2303
5. Gikas, Basilius GER 2254 . . . = * . = . . . 1.0 2299
6. Hammes, Michael f GER 2377 . . . . . * . = = . 1.0 2306
7. Rat, Dan Ovidiu f ROM 2345 . . = . = . * . . . 1.0 2251
8. Le Dinh Tuan VIE 2361 . . = . . = . * . . 1.0 2313
9. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2252 . . . . . = . . * = 1.0 2333
10. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2289 0 . . . . . . . = * 0.5 2073
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FSIMB Sept Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 ix 2002 cat. II (2296)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson VIE 2234 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . 2.0
2. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor ISL 2284 . * . . . . . = . 1 . . 1.5 2519
3. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2309 . . * . = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2520
4. Schneider, Attila m HUN 2337 . . . * . . . 1 . . . . 1.0
5. Philipowski, Robert GER 2299 . . = . * = . . . . . . 1.0 2292
6. Richards, Heather wm ENG 2275 . . . . = * = . . . . . 1.0 2315
7. Korpics, Zsolt f HUN 2331 . . . . . = * . = . . . 1.0 2284
8. Nemeth, Miklos HUN 2337 . = . 0 . . . * . . . . 0.5 2117
9. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2293 0 . . . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2089
10. Berczes, Csaba f HUN 2316 . 0 . . . . . . . * = . 0.5 2039
11. Metaxasz, Vaszilisz HUN 2181 0 . . . . . . . . = * . 0.5 2082
12. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2355 . . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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FSIMC Sept Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 ix 2002 cat. II (2295)
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1. Ngo, Ngoc Quang VIE 2172 * . . . . . . . . 1 1 . 2.0
2. Le Kieu Thien Kim wm VIE 2256 . * = . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2451
3. Frink, Ferenc HUN 2240 . = * . . . = . . . . . 1.0 2306
4. Berczes, David HUN 2205 . . . * = . . = . . . . 1.0 2345
5. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2407 . . . = * = . . . . . . 1.0 2268
6. Hanley, Craig f ENG 2331 . . . . = * = . . . . . 1.0 2382
7. Pert, Richard G f ENG 2357 . . = . . = * . . . . . 1.0 2285
8. Soos, Bela m GER 2283 . . . = . . . * = . . . 1.0 2284
9. Petran, Pal m HUN 2364 . . . . . . . = * . = . 1.0 2298
10. Lund, Esben DEN 2329 0 . . . . . . . . * . 1 1.0 2224
11. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2314 0 . . . . . . . = . * . 0.5 2075
12. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2276 . 0 . . . . . . . 0 . * 0.0
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The Kostrena IM tournament (Croatia) took place 30th August - 8th
September 2002. IM Robert Loncar won with 8.5/11.
Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/kostrena02/
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IM Kostrena CRO (CRO), 30 viii-19 ix 2002 cat. IV (2339)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Loncar, Robert m CRO 2430 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2541
2. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2420 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2506
3. Milu, Romeo Sorin m ROM 2442 = = * = = = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2431
4. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2376 = = = * = = = 1 = 1 0 1 6.5 2400
5. Doric, Nenad f CRO 2408 = = = = * = = = = = 1 1 6.5 2397
6. Jurkovic, Hrvoje f CRO 2399 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2398
7. Mikac, Matjaz m SLO 2410 = = = = = = * = = = 1 = 6.0 2368
8. Topalovic, Zlatko CRO 2260 0 = = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 = 5.0 2309
9. Zecevic, Dean CRO 2305 0 0 = = = 0 = = * 0 1 = 4.0 2239
10. Mandekic, Ivan CRO 2258 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 * 0 1 3.5 2212
11. Corovic, Sean BIH 2106 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 * = 2.5 2148
12. Levar, Nenad f CRO 2249 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * 2.0 2084
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The Imre Konig Memorial takes place in the Mechanics Institute in San
Francisco September 4th-15th 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessclub.org
Round 3 Standings:
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Imre Konig Mem San Francisco USA (USA), 4-15 ix 2002 cat. XII (2540)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2580 * . 1 = = . . . . . 2.0 2668
2. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2555 . * 0 . . . . . 1 1 2.0 2615
3. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2486 0 1 * . = . . . . . 1.5 2575
4. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2551 = . . * . = = . . . 1.5 2546
5. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2592 = . = . * . = . . . 1.5 2525
6. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2551 . . . = . * . = = . 1.5 2545
7. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2509 . . . = = . * = . . 1.5 2578
8. Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2591 . . . . . = = * . = 1.5 2517
9. Nakamura, Hikaru m USA 2494 . 0 . . . = . . * 1 1.5 2532
10. Browne, Walter S g USA 2492 . 0 . . . . . = 0 * 0.5 2273
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The 5th Pyramiden-Franken-Cup took place 31st August - 8th September
2002 in Fuerth. The 9 Rounds Swiss Open had a Timerate of 2h/40moves + 1h.
Konstantin Landa (2621) and Zahar Efimenko (2557) both finished on
7.5/9.
News: http://www.pyramiden-franken-cup.de
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5th Pyramiden-Franken Cup Fuerth GER (GER), 31 viii-8 ix 2002
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1. Landa,Konstantin RUS GM 2621 7.5 55.0
2. Efimenko,Zahar UKR GM 2557 7.5 54.0
3. Khenkin,Igor GER GM 2598 7.0 57.0
4. Jansa,Vlastimil CZE GM 2500 7.0 51.0
5. Hillarp Persson,T SWE GM 2461 7.0 48.5
6. Wells,Peter ENG GM 2479 7.0 48.5
7. Seul,Georg GER IM 2416 6.5 53.5
8. Handke,Florian GER IM 2471 6.5 51.5
9. Farago,Ivan HUN GM 2502 6.5 50.5
10. Voigt,Roland GER FM 2335 6.5 49.0
11. Hector,Johnny SWE GM 2562 6.5 49.0
12. Janz,Frerik GER 2369 6.5 49.0
13. Berg,Emanuel SWE IM 2516 6.0 51.5
14. Bakre,Tejas IND IM 2450 6.0 51.5
15. Schenk,Andreas GER IM 2477 6.0 51.0
16. Gullaksen,Eirik NOR IM 2344 6.0 50.0
17. Doettling,Fabian GER IM 2527 6.0 49.5
18. Seifert,Volker GER 2305 6.0 49.0
19. Afek,Yochanan ISR IM 2329 6.0 48.0
20. Langheinrich,Fere GER 2360 6.0 46.0
21. Hedke,Fred GER FM 2361 6.0 45.5
22. Bach,Matthias GER FM 2314 6.0 45.0
23. Zwanzger,Johannes GER 2287 6.0 44.0
24. Bromberger,Stefan GER IM 2411 6.0 42.0
25. Smeets,Jan NED 2392 5.5 52.0
26. Meins,Gerlef GER IM 2416 5.5 51.0
27. Sax,Gyula HUN GM 2511 5.5 50.5
28. Roth,Norbert GER 2215 5.5 48.5
29. Jonkman,Harmen NED GM 2497 5.5 48.0
30. Rau,Hannes GER 2310 5.5 48.0
31. Lorscheid,Gerhard GER FM 2296 5.5 46.5
32. Jens,Jelmer NED 2369 5.5 46.5
33. Bindrich,Falko GER 2181 5.5 46.0
34. Grafl,Florian GER FM 2351 5.5 45.0
35. Liepold,Stefan GER 2258 5.5 45.0
36. Braun,Arik GER 2317 5.5 44.5
36. Engelbert,Christo GER 2265 5.5 44.5
38. Bous,Florian GER 2166 5.5 43.5
39. Heinz,Axel GER 2173 5.5 43.0
40. Ruettinger,Johann GER 2230 5.5 40.5
41. Burggraf,Michael GER 2054 5.5 40.5
42. Pitschka,Claus GER FM 2287 5.5 40.0
147 players
The Estonian Championships took place 10th-18th August 2002. Kaido
Kulaots won the event with 6/9. Tatiana Fomina won the women's event with
7.5/10. My thanks to Ülar Lauk.
Internet coverage:
http://www.maleliit.ee/eng/Events/EMV2002/EMV2002.html
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ch-EST Kilingi-Nomme EST (EST), 10-18 viii 2002 cat. VIII (2435)
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1. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2542 * = = = = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2548
2. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2556 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2546
3. Leito, Priit EST 2347 = = * 1 1 0 = 1 0 = 5.0 2487
4. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2594 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2460
5. Kanep, Meelis EST 2389 = = 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 5.0 2483
6. Zavoronkov, Vladimir EST 2385 0 = 1 = 1 * 0 = 0 1 4.5 2440
7. Zjukin, Sergei m EST 2401 0 0 = = = 1 * = = = 4.0 2395
8. Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2454 = = 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 4.0 2389
9. Sepp, Olav m EST 2430 = 0 1 = 0 1 = 0 * 0 3.5 2355
10. Krupenski, Yuri EST 2252 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 2.0 2235
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ch-EST w Kilingi-Nomme EST (EST), 10-16 viii 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Fomina, Tatyana wm EST 2235 ** =1 10 10 11 11 7.5 2277
2 Piarnpuu, Leili wm EST 2230 =0 ** == 1= 11 11 7.0 2234
3 Bashkite, Viktoria EST 2138 01 == ** 01 11 1= 6.5 2214
4 Narva, Regina R EST 2056 01 0= 10 ** 0= 1= 4.5 2084
5 Kull,Kristelle EST ---- 00 00 00 1= ** 10 2.5 1938
6 Talts,Viire EST ---- 00 00 0= 0= 01 ** 2.0 1891
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The German and Greek national teams met in Fuerth in a six round
Scheveningen System tournament August 31st - September 5th 2002. Timerate:
90min/games + 30sec/move. Final score Germany 21.5 - Greece 14.5.
Internet coverage: http://www.steffanklaus.de/dsblk02/
and http://www.pyramiden-franken-cup.de
Individual results.
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GER-GRE Match Fuerth GER (GER), 31 viii-5 ix 2002
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1. Gustafsson, Jan m GER 2542 = 6 + 3 +11 = 9 +12 =10 4.5 2701
2. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2554 = 3 =11 + 6 +12 +10 = 9 4.5 2701
3. Vouldis, Angelos m GRE 2515 = 2 - 1 = 4 + 7 + 5 + 8 4.0 2682
4. Graf, Alexander g GER 2624 +11 = 6 = 3 =10 = 9 =12 3.5 2565
5. Luther, Thomas g GER 2551 + 9 =12 =10 = 6 - 3 +11 3.5 2565
6. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2502 = 1 = 4 - 2 = 5 = 8 + 7 3.0 2557
7. Buhmann, Rainer GER 2527 +12 +10 = 9 - 3 =11 - 6 3.0 2508
8. Schmaltz, Roland g GER 2547 =10 + 9 =12 -11 = 6 - 3 2.5 2451
9. Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2550 - 5 - 8 = 7 = 1 = 4 = 2 2.0 2432
10. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2501 = 8 - 7 = 5 = 4 - 2 = 1 2.0 2432
11. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2521 - 4 = 2 - 1 + 8 = 7 - 5 2.0 2432
12. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2462 - 7 = 5 = 8 - 2 - 1 = 4 1.5 2364
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Viktor Korchnoi and Yannik Pelletier will take on Christopher Lutz and
Arkadij Naiditsch in a Switzerland vs. Germany match played at standard time
controls. The event takes place in Zurich September 7th-8th 2002 and in Berlin
September 14th-15th 2002. Switzerland lead 3.5-0.5 at the half way mark. News
from Pablo Sierra.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessbase.com/playchess
Round 1 (September 7, 2002)
Pelletier, Yannick - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 38 E15 Queens Indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 46 A34 English Symmetrical
Round 2 (September 8, 2002)
Lutz, Christopher - Pelletier, Yannick 0-1 44 C18 French Winawer
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 31 C82 Ruy Lopez Open
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SUI-GER Zurich SUI (GER), 7-8 ix 2002 cat. XV (2608)
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1 2 3 4
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1. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2571 * * . . 1 . 1 . 2.0
2. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2626 . . * * = . 1 . 1.5 2811
3. Lutz, Christopher g GER 2655 0 . = . * * . . 0.5 2405
4. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2581 0 . 0 . . . * * 0.0
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Granda Zuniga has made a return to chess after announcing his
retirement in 1998. He is scheduled to play the X Peruvian National
Championships in the first week of October, and then participate in the XXXV
Fide Olympiads at Bled. His first event is a training tournament in Arequipa,
against the best players of this city in Southern Peru. News from Manuel Glave
Testino.
Internet coverage: Kelver Vera "Torre 64" (http://www.torre64.550m.com)
The Category VIII Novaja Ladova (in the Leningrad region) tournament
will take place 8th-13th September 2002. Players include: Valerij Popov 2579,
Valery Grechihin 2591, Viktor Komliakov (MDA) 2450 Maxim Novik 2466 and Sergej
Bystrov 2414 there are 12 players altogether.
Internet coverage: http://www.bs-chess.com/news/news.html
and http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/news/news.html
John Hillery reports: The 24th Annual Southern California Open, held
from August 31 to September 2 in Los Angeles, California, saw 286 compete. The
92-player Open section, led by four IMs, ended in a six-way tie at 5-1 among
IMs Andranik Matikozyan, Jack Peters and Jesse Kraai, teenage masters Tatev
Abrahamyan and Pieta Garrett, and top Expert Roger Norman. Matikozyan took the
Championship trophy on tiebreak. John Hillery directed, with the assistance of
Elie Hsiao.
My thanks to Jack Peters for the complete gamescore to one of the
games.
Internet coverage: Southern California Chess Federation's web site,
http://www.scchess.com
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Southern California Open Los Angeles (USA),
31 viii-2 ix 2002
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1. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2421 5.0
2. Kraai, Jesse m USA 2439 5.0
3. Abrahamian, Tatev USA 2153 5.0
4. Garrett, Pieta USA 2291 5.0
5. Peters, John A m USA 2456 5.0
6. Norman, Roger USA 2150 5.0
7. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2440 4.5
8. Gliksman, David N f USA 2330 4.5
9. Khachian, Melikset m ARM 2477 4.5
10. Pilnick, Carl USA 2141 4.5
11. Moussa, Alaa-Eddine PLE 2218 4.5
12. Davis, Tony USA 2246 4.5
13. Tate, Emory f USA 2356 4.0
96 players
The 1st League Team Championships of Bosnia & Hercegovina took place
24th August - 1st September 2002 in Neum. 7th seeds Bihac took the title by one
match point from top seeds Zeljeznicar Sarajevo. Games from rounds 10 and 11
are missing.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah.co.ba
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TCh-BIH Neum BIH (BIH), 24 viii-1 ix 2002
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1.BIHAC,Bihac 21 53.5
2.ZELJEZNICAR,Sarajevo 20 52.0
3.TSK SLOBODA,Tuzla 18 46.5
4.CAZIN 16 45.0
5.PREPOROD,Zenica 14 40.5
6.Dig.Telekom,Gradacac 9 28.0
7.MOSTAR 10 27.5
8.IGMAN, Ilidza 7 23.5
9.BANOVICI 7 23.5
10.GORAZDE 3 21.5
11.A.CESAREC,Sarajevo 6 20.5
12.SREBRENIK,Srebrenik 1 14.0
Bill Townsend reports: The 124th New York State Championship was played
from 30 August to 2 September, 2002 at the Hudson Valley Resort near
Kerhonkson, New York, a town about 80 miles north of New York City.
Four players finished in a tie for first place as GM Joel Benjamin, GM
Alexander Stripunsky, GM Michael Rohde and untitled Aaron Pixton all finished
with an undefeated 5-1 score. Pixton, only sixteen years old, had to defeat
two-time former World Championship Candidate Leonid Yudasin to make it into the
winners' circle.
Since all four were New York State Residents it was not clear at the
end of the tournament who would be the actual New York State Champion. It was
thought that four was too many co-Champions, even though there have been three
in previous years. If a tiebreak was used to determine a sole winner, it would
be GM Benjamin. This would be Benjamin's ninth New York State title, either
shared or solo.
There was a lot of fighting chess played, even in the final round where
the top four boards all had decisive results.
The New York State Championship is the longest running annual event in
the United States, and perhaps the world. Its list of champions goes back to
1878 and includes many well-known U.S. players such as Frank Marshall, Reuben
Fine, Isaac Kashdan, Arnold Denker, Larry Evans and more recently Robert Byrne,
Roman Dzindzichashvili, Leonid Shamkovich, John Fedorowicz and Maxim Dlugy. New
York also counts two World Champions on the list: Jose Capablanca was champion
in 1910, and world correspondence champion Hans Berliner was champion in 1953.
Results:
1-4. GM Joel Benjamin, 5-1
1-4. GM Alexander Stripunsky, 5-1
1-4. Aaron Pixton, 5-1
1-4. GM Michael Rohde, 5-1
5. Lev Milman, 4 .5-1.5
6-11. GM Ildar Ibragimov, 4-2
6-11. GM Leonid Yudasin, 4-2
6-11. IM Jay Bonin, 4-2
6-11. Igor Nikolayev, 4-2
6-11. Jeremy Larsen, 4-2
6-11. Vladimir Yershov, 4-2
12-23. Rodion Rubenchik, 3.5-2.5
12-23. Anthony Ortega, 3.5-2.5
12-23. Ruixin Yang, 3.5-2.5
12-23. Lonnie Kwartler, 3.5-2.5
12-23. Anna Levina, 3.5-2.5
12-23. Jerry Simon, 3.5-2.5
12-23. FM Tom Brownscombe, 3.5-2.5
12-23. Steven Taylor, 3.5-2.5
12-23. Julia Shiber, 3.5-2.5
12-23. Shirley Ben-Dak, 3.5-2.5
12-23. Philip Ross, 3.5-2.5
12-23. Laura Ross, 3.5-2.5
56 players in the Open section
191 players in all seven sections.
Arab Chess Championships took place in Casablanca, Morocco, 26th August
- 4th September 2002. I don't have final standings to go by but it looks like
Hichem Hamdouchi and Mohamad Al-Modiahki finished on 7/9. I don't know who won
the championships.
Internet coverage: http://arabchess1.ifrance.com/arabchess1/
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ch-Arab Casablanca MAR (MAR), 26 viii-4 ix 2002
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1. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2570 = 3 + 9 = 6 = 7 + 8 + 2 = 4 +10 +12 7.0 2606
2. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2523 +15 - 6 +12 +14 +10 - 1 + 8 + 7 + 4 7.0 2610
3. Kaabi, Mejdi m TUN 2359 = 1 = 8 =11 + 5 = 4 =10 = 6 +14 = 7 5.5 2484
4. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2405 =14 +12 -10 +17 = 3 + 6 = 1 +11 - 2 5.5 2469
5. Onkoud, Abdelaziz MAR 2317 +10 +18 = 8 - 3 +17 -14 =16 =12 +15 5.5 2362
6. Sarsam, S.A m IRQ 2407 +16 + 2 = 1 =10 = 7 - 4 = 3 - 9 +17 5.0 2419
7. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2376 +18 =10 =14 = 1 = 6 =11 + 9 - 2 = 3 5.0 2407
8. Eid, Fadi m LIB 2384 = 9 = 3 = 5 +11 - 1 +13 - 2 +18 =10 5.0 2411
9. Saleh, Nabil UAE 2234 = 8 - 1 =18 +15 =14 +16 - 7 + 6 =13 5.0 2370
10. Belkhodja, Slim g TUN 2505 - 5 = 7 + 4 = 6 - 2 = 3 +14 - 1 = 8 4.0 2356
11. Ahmed, Esam Aly m EGY 2424 -12 +17 = 3 - 8 +15 = 7 +13 - 4 -16 4.0 2283
12. Al-Zendani, Zendan m YEM 2289 +11 - 4 - 2 -13 =16 +15 +17 = 5 - 1 4.0 2331
13. Beloudah, Saad ALG 2383 =17 -14 -15 +12 +18 - 8 -11 +16 = 9 4.0 2216
14. Adnani, Moklis f MAR 2256 = 4 +13 = 7 - 2 = 9 + 5 -10 - 3 -18 3.5 2264
15. Asabri, Hussien LBA 2326 - 2 =16 +13 - 9 -11 -12 +18 +17 - 5 3.5 2207
16. Mansour, Sameer JOR 2248 - 6 =15 -17 =18 =12 - 9 = 5 -13 +11 3.0 2158
17. Al Sulaiti, Ali BRN 2171 =13 -11 +16 - 4 - 5 +18 -12 -15 - 6 2.5 2145
18. Boubaker,Mohamadane MAU ---- - 7 - 5 = 9 =16 -13 -17 -15 - 8 +14 2.0 2079
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George Mirijanian reports: GM Alexander Ivanov won the 62nd New England
Open championship, held Aug. 30-Sept 2 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA. The
former U.S. co-champion and multitime Massachusetts state champion tallied 5
1/2 points out of 6 to finish a full point ahead of his closest rivals.
Ivanov's victory was tarnished, however, as he was allowed by the organizer of
the event to re-enter the tournament after he suffered a second-round loss to
national master Alexander Cherniack. (For the game score, visit the Web site
www.sentinelandenterprise.com Click on columnists and then George Mirijanian.)
After starting over again, Ivanov chalked up five wins in a row, including
victories over FMs William Kelleher, Paul MacIntyre and Christopher Chase,
before drawing fellow GM Gildardo Garcia in the final round. Runners-up with 4
1/2 points apiece were FM Igor Foygel, national master Joshua Friedel and GM
Garcia (who lost to Friedel in the second round). Tied at 4-2 were Kelleher,
Chase, MacIntyre, Cherniack, Avraam Pismennyy and FM John Curdo.
The 45th World Congress of Chess Composition took place in Portoroz
Slovenia 31st August - 7th September, 2002.
Internet coverage:
http://www2.arnes.si/~ssljsksg1/Portoroz.htm
Graham Lee on the World Chess Problem Championships in
Portoroz
Problem from the 2002 World Open Solving Tournament, by C. Gavrilov
(1908). White to play and checkmate in 2 moves. Solution at the end of the
article.
White (9 pieces) King c6; Queen b3; Rooks c5, g8; Knight d7; Pawns a5,
d3, e5, g6.
Black (8 pieces) King c8; Queen d8; Rooks a8; Knight b5; Pawns a6, a7,
d4, g7.
GM Jonathan Mestel, a lecturer at Imperial College, came third in the
individual event at the World Chess Problem Championships in Portoroz,
Slovenia, held from August 31st to September 7th. Jonathan also helped the
British squad to sixth place in the team event.
The second squad member, Graham Lee, Head of Chess at Oakham School,
was awarded the Grandmaster Solving title. Graham is only the second Briton to
achieve this (after Jonathan).
Michael McDowell, who captained the team, said "The problems were
especially difficult this year, but solvers relish such a challenge!".
John Rice, a distinguished British problem composer, was elected
President of the FIDE Permanent Commission of Chess Composition.
Results:
TEAM (Maximum 180 points)
1st Germany 160
2nd Finland 156.5
3rd Israel 148.5
...
6th GB 138.5
INDIVIDUAL (Maximum 90 points)
1st Piotr Murdzia (Poland) 85
2nd Arno Zude (Germany) 83
3rd Jonathan Mestel (GB) 75.5
...
18th Michael McDowell (GB) 61
35th Graham Lee (GB) 50
59th Bill Clark (GB) 35
Solution to the problem from the 2002 World Open Solving Tournament, by
C. Gavrilov (1908).
White to play and checkmate in 2 moves.
1. Nb8! (zugswang)
1...Kxb8 2.Rxd8
1...Rxb8 2.Qe6
1...Qd8(e8)(f8)
2.Rxd8(e8)(f8)
1...Qxg8 2.Qxg8
1...Nd6 2.Kd5
1...N elsewhere 2. Qb7
Cap d'Agde 5th Chess Festival
The Cap d'Agde 5th Chess Festival takes place 23rd-30th of October
2002.
Events include: CCAS Trophy From the five continents (Africa, Asia,
America, Oceania and Europe), the best players in the world will meet in Cap
d'Agde at rapid chess. A. Karpov, M. Gurevich, A. Dreev, B. Guelfand, V.
Tkachiev, I. Nataf .
"Open game Match" Tkachiev - Nataf For the first time in a chess match,
two top Grand Masters will play and comment their games "live" for the public.
The audience will grasp the ideas and strategy from the champions themselves,
seconds before they make their move.
Chess for all 3 Open tournaments according to Elo rating The
"Grand-Prix CCAS" (above 2000 Elo rating) The "Tournoi du Cavalier" (between
1700 and 2100 Elo rating) The "Open de l'Avenir" (unrated and players with a
rating below 1800 Elo)
3 competitions "social activities" Final of the French championship
"inter-comités d'entreprise" (work concils) Final of the "CMCAS"
(competition for "Electricity and Gas of France" employees) Super Final between
"inter-comités d'entreprise" and "CMCAS"
This 5th Chess meeting "Rencontres Nationales et Internationales
d'Echecs" is organised by CCAS (management of social activities for electricity
and Gas of France employees) in cooperation with FFE (French Chess Federation)
and FSGT (sports and gymnastic Federation of workers).
Contacts: Centre de vacances CCAS, avenue de la Butte 34309 Cap d'Agde
Cedex Tél : 04 67 01 39 89 Fax : 04 67 26 45 83
Website: http://www.asmeg.org/index.php?page=191
20th Cairnhill International Open
The 20th Cairnhill International Open Chess Championship will be held
from 11th to 15th December 2002 in Singapore. 7 rounds Swiss System. The
Championship will be limited to a maximum of 120 entries only. E-mail:
open_chess@yahoo.com.sg
Bradford Chess Congress
The Bradford chess congress 2002 takes place Friday 20th September from
7.00pm; Saturday 21st September 9.30am to 6.30pm and Sunday 22nd September
9.30am to 6.30pm.
Website: http://website.lineone.net/~ihorlewyk/bdcaindex.htm
Patrick Wolff vs. The World
GM Patrick Wolff will play the Rest of the World starting 31st August.
The time limit for the match is 5 days per move. GM Wolff is a two times United
States Champion. To play in the match go to
http://www.letsplaychess.com and
follow the Play menu to ‘Play the expert’ and from there join the
world team.
45th World Congress of Chess Composition
The 45th World Congress of Chess Composition took place in Portoroz,
31st August - 7th September, 2002.
Internet coverage:
http://www2.arnes.si/~ssljsksg1/Portoroz.htm
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
A number of writers doubt that this story can be true, read
Hans Ree's Comments on
ChessCafe August 28thand
Tim Krabbe in his open
chess diary Number 185
First Saturday September
There will be GM and IM events in Budapest as part of the First
Saturday September tournaments which take place 7th-19th of September 2002.
Contact Laszlo Nagy if you wish to play (E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile:
(36)-30-230-1914)
Players GM cat.VII-VIII. IGM BÁRCZAY, László
(HUN), IGM TODOROVIC, Goran (YUG), IGM LECHTYNSKY, Jiri (CZE), IM AAGARD, Jacob
(DEN), IM LANE, Gary (AUS), IM BREDER, Dennis (GER), BUI, Vinh (VIE), IM PHAM
MINH, Hoang (VIE), IM RAJLICH, Vasik (USA), IM SZEBERENYI, Ádám
(HUN), IM WILLIAMS, Simon (ENG), IM BALOGH, Csaba (HUN). Min.10 - Max. 14
players
Reserves: IM KRITZ, Leonid (GER), ERDÕS, Viktor (HUN), IM
FOGARASI, Tibor (HUN), IM BALOGH, Csaba (HUN), FLUMBORT, András (HUN),
IM ANTAL, Gergely (HUN), WGM GARA, Anita (HUN), GONDA, László
(HUN), FM RESIKA, Nathan (USA).
Players IM-tournaments cat.I-II-III. IM EPERJESI, László
(HUN), IM LENGYEL, Béla (HUN), IM FARAGÓ, Sándor (HUN),
GIKAS, Basilius (GER), PHILIPOWSKI, Robert (GER), FM WEGENER, Olaf (GER), LUND,
Esben (DEN), WIM LE KIEU THIEN, Kim (VIE), LE DINH, Tuan (VIE), NGO, Ngoc Quang
(VIE), NGUYEN, Ngoc Truongson (VIE), FM BRUSTKERN, Juergen (GER), IM KAHN,
Evarth (HUN), BENGAFER, Moh. (LBA), IM DUDÁS, János (HUN), FM
BÉRCZES, Csaba (HUN), BÉRCZES, Dávid (HUN), IM GALYAS,
Miklós (HUN), IM SOÓS, Béla (GER), FM HAMMES, Michael
(GER), FM HANLEY, Craig (ENG), WIM RICHARDS,Heather (ENG), NÉMETH,
Miklós (HUN), FM RESIKA, Nathan (USA), GERARD, Nicolas (FRA), FM RAT,
Dan (ROM), IM HARDICSAY, Péter (HUN), FM THORFINNSSON, Bjorn (ISL),
JOHANESSON, Ingvar (ISL), BÁNUSZ, Tamás (HUN), FM KORPICS, Zsolt
(HUN), FM PERT, Richard (ENG), IM PETRÁN, Pál (HUN), IM
SCHNEIDER, Attila (HUN), BEHRMANN, Joachim (GER). Min.10 - Max. 14 players -
2-3 groups...
Reserves: METAXASZ, Vaszilisz (HUN), BORS, Tamás (HUN), VRONA,
Mihail (HUN), ERDÉLYI, Zombor (HUN), FM BOGNÁR, Csaba (HUN)
Ignatius Leong challenges for the FIDE Presidency: New Website
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will be challenged for the FIDE Presidency by
Ignatius Leong. The elections will take place during the 73rd FIDE Congress in
Bled 1st-11th November 2002. The full ticket is: President - Ignatius Leong
Singapore, Deputy President - Morten Sand Norway, Vice President - Lin Feng
China, General Secretary - Jean-Claude Loubatiere France, Treasurer - Uvencio
Blanco Venezuela. Stefan Loeffler interviews Ignatius
Leong
Websites: http://www.ignatiusleong.org/ and now
http://www.fide-reform.org
6th Itau Cup
The 6th Itau Cup takes place September 28th - October 5th in the
São Paulo Chess Club. There will be R$ 30.000,00 (thirty thousand
reais), about US$ 10.000,00, in prizes, with R$ 5.000,00 for the first place.
The 9 round swiss will have a double round on September 29th. Games are at a
rate of 23 moves for the first hour and another hour for the remaining moves.
Further information: Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk address
hcvanriemsdijk@hipernet.com.br
II Abierto de los Viernes
The II Abierto de los Viernes starts September 6th 2002. 5 round swiss.
Round 1 6th Sept, 2nd Round 13th Sept. 3rd Round 20th Sept, 4th Round 27th
Sept, 5th Round 4th Oct 2002. Further info: E-mail uru64@montevideo.com.uy
Tel.: 311 2699 José Riverol
AJ Goldsby's Chess Pages
AJ Goldsby has an internet site including annotated games and a training
program.
Site: http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/
1st Computer Chess Handheld Tournament
John Marountas announces the 1st Computer Chess Handheld Tournament
(CCHT) organized by Digital Chess Network (http://www.digichess.gr)
Dates
Weekend : November 2-3
Weekend : November 9-10.
Registration Date : Until October 31
Prizes
Programmers
Winner : Gold Metal + Trophy
Runner Up : Sliver Metal
Third : Bronze Metal
Registration URL : http://www.digichess.gr/ccht/register.htm
Operators The operators of the first three participants will win a FREE
website with 10 MBs of available space at the DigiChess Server. Official
Website : http://www.digichess.gr/ccht/
Winterthur Chess Week
The 2nd Winterthur Chess Week takes place in Winterthur (Switzerland)
October 11th-20th 2002. The main event is a 9-round Open with a total prize
money of CHF 10750 (EUR 7400, USD 7200). Other events include an invitational
Young Masters tournament and a Youth Open (7 rounds October 14th-18th), as well
as one Rapid and two Blitz tournaments. Further details:
http://www.chessstore.ch/schachwoche/
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
Benidorm, Spain
There are tournaments in Benidorm, Spain November 22nd-30th 2002.
Further info: Telephones of general information during the month of
August: 965202214 from 19 to 21 h.; 650407091; Sr. Hernández 950 130493
y 607631481, webmaster@ajedrezactual.com webmaster@jaque.tv
Details: http://www.jaque.tv/benidorm_avance2702.htm
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
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
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
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.
Hungarian and Yugoslav Tournaments
Hungarian and YUG Chess tournaments in the second half of 2002.
1. 16th-22nd of August, TALENTUM KUPA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Balatonkenese
org: Mr.VALIS, Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@elender.hu
2. 7th-19th of September, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Budapest,
3. 21st of September-2nd of October KECSKEMET, GM closed, org:
dr.Erdelyi,
4. 5th-18th of October, FIRST SATURDAY, 2 GM /cat.IX-X !!,
cat.VII-VIII/, IM-FM, Budapest,
5. 18th-31st of October, GM-IM tmt THIRD SATURDAY, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, org: Kotevski
6. 2nd-15th of November, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, Budapest,
7. 16th-28th of November, GM-IM KECSKEMÉT, org: dr.Erdelyi,
8. 7th-19th of December, GM-IM-FM, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
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
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/
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
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'.
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.