THE WEEK IN CHESS 409 9th September 2002 by Mark Crowther

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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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124th New York State Championship     84 games
Arab Chess Championships              27 games
859 games

1) Introduction

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

2) Match of the New Century

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 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         

3) Russian Chess Championships

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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4) Tel Aviv IM

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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5) Izmir European Grand Prix Tournament

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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GP Izmir TUR (TUR), 28 viii-6 ix 2002
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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

6) IV Sants Hostafrancs

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

7) First Saturday September

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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FSGM Sept Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 ix 2002                    cat. VII (2408)
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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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FSIMA Sept Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 ix 2002       cat. III (2301)
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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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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8) Kostrena IM

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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9) Imre Konig Memorial

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. 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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10) 5th Pyramiden-Franken-Cup

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

11) Estonian Championships

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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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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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 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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12) Germany vs. Greece

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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 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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13) Switzerland vs. Germany

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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14) Granda Zuniga Returns

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)

15) Novaja Ladova

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

16) Southern Californian Open

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

17) BIH Team Championships

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

18) 124th New York State Championship

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.

19) Arab Chess Championships

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   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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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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20) 62nd New England Open

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.

21) 45th World Congress of Chess Composition

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

22) Forthcoming Events and Links

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.