THE WEEK IN CHESS 410 16th September 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Match of the
New Century
3) Kramnik Interview
4)
Corus 2003
5) FIDE World Cup in India
6) Humpy Koneru GM
7) Russian Chess
Championships
8) First Saturday September
9) Rostock GM and Open
10) Imre Konig
Memorial
11) Karl Alfred Poyntner Memorial
12) Michel Roos 1932-2002
13) Novaja
Ladova
14) Cesenatico International Open
15) Uruguayan Championship Playoffs
16) 5th
Lausanne Open
17) 21st North American Open
18) 4NCL 2002-3 Season
19) Forthcoming
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My thanks to Eugeny Atarov, Aard Daanen, Jovan Petronic, Vladimir
Kramnik, Laszlo Nagy, Andras Bacsi, Olaf Teschke, Sergej Bystrov, José
Riverol, Frank Berry, Jan Mazuch, Jacques Robrecht and all those who helped
with this issue.
The highlight of the week was the "Match of the New Century". The match
proved to be exciting and I enjoyed a lot of the chess. Russia's loss was a
complete surprise given the starting line-ups and provided plenty of talking
points especially over the form of Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik. I was
lucky enough to interview Vladimir Kramnik yesterday as part of the lead up to
the Brains in Bahrain match against Deep Fritz at the start of October. He told
me that he was not well during the match and that also he felt that he had
trouble changing his method of thought from one concentrated on playing a
computer program (he was in deep preparation prior to the match) to normal
chess. It may be that Kasparov also had similar problems as he is to play a
similar match at the end of September. This is an important year for both
Kasparov and Kramnik and dispite their bad results in Moscow I would read too
much into their form there yet.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The "New Match of the Century" took place in Moscow September 8th-11th
and was 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 6 saw another 5-5 draw leaving the score Russia 29.5 - ROW 30.5.
Judit Polgar was a pawn up with black against Vladimir Kramnik but this wasn't
quite enought to win. Kasparov was a pawn down against Short when they agreed a
draw in the end. Wins for Gelfand and Shirov for ROW were matched by Russian
wins for Bareev and Morozevich. Round 7 Vladimir Kramnik lost with white
against Ilya Smirin to go to -1 for the event. Garry Kasparov had a torrid time
against Teimour Radjabov before drawing a tricky position. Russia tied the
round 5-5 with Dreev beating Polgar matching Smirin's win there were 8 draws.
Score Russia 34.5 - ROW 35.5. Round 8: The end of day 3 saw the Rest of the
World 3 points clear with 2 rounds to go. Vladimir Kramnik didn't play round 8.
Kasparov lost dreadfully to Vladimir Akopian in only 25 moves. Round 9 saw the
Rest of the World win again 5.5-4.5 to give them a lead of 47-43 with one round
to go. Ponomariov played a dubious sacrifice against Kasparov which Kasparov
didn't make the most of. Anatoly Karpov beat Nigel Short in an ending that
looked drawish but Leko beat Morozevich and Shirov's 4 pawns proved too much
for Grischuk's rook in the game of the round. Round 10 saw another 5-5 draw.
Alexei Shirov completed a fine event for himself with a win against Peter
Svidler to finish on 7/10 the best score in the event. Young Teimour Radjabov
won a crazy game against Vadim Zvjaginsev to get back to 50%. The Russian team
had wins from Alexey Dreev against Ilia Smirin and Anatoly Karpov went to a 5/9
score with a win against Judit Polgar.
The final score turned out to be a shock 52-48 victory for the rest of
the World. The teams were rated as follows: Russia 2708 (2717 over the top ten
boards) as opposed to ROW 2695 (2699 top 10). Yasser Seirawan earned praise for
his clever captaincy of the ROW team. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov raised
the possibility of a rematch as soon as next year.
Game of the Day Prizes: Day 1 V. Ivanchuk for the game against G.
Kasparov Day 2 G. Kasparov for the game against A. Shirov Day 3 A. Shirov for
the game against A. Motylev Day 4 A. Shirov for the game against A.
Grischuk
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Crosstable RUS vs. ROW Moscow RUS 2002
------------------------------------- Bareev,E 2726 6.0/10
| --------------------------------- Morozevich,A 2716 6.0/10
| | ------------------------------- Grischuk,A 2702 5.5/10
| | | ---------------------------- Svidler,P 2690 5.0/ 9
| | | | ------------------------- Karpov,An 2687 5.0/ 9
| | | | | ---------------------- Dreev,A 2676 4.5/ 8
| | | | | | ------------------- Kramnik,V 2807 4.0/ 9
| | | | | | | ---------------- Kasparov,G 2838 4.0/10
| | | | | | | | ------------- Khalifman,A 2690 3.5/ 9
| | | | | | | | | ---------- Rublevsky,S 2658 3.0/ 6
| | | | | | | | | | ------- Motylev,A 2634 1.0/ 6
| | | | | | | | | | | ---- Zvjaginsev,V 2673 0.5/ 4
| | | | | | | | | | | | Russia 48 /100
| | | | | | | | | | | |
1 Shirov,A 2697 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 7.0/10
2 Gelfand,B 2710 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6.0/10
3 Ivanchuk,V 2711 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6.0/10
4 Ponomariov,R 2743 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6.0/10
5 Leko,P 2722 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5.5/10
6 Anand,V 2755 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5.0/ 9
7 Radjabov,T 2610 1 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5.0/10
8 Smirin,I 2676 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 4.0/ 9
9 Short,N 2682 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 2.5/ 8
10 Azmaiparashvili,Z 2676 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2.0/ 4
11 Polgar,Ju 2681 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 2.0/ 7
12 Akopian, V 2678 0 0 1 1.0/ 3
Rest of the World 52 /100
Russia vs. ROW Moscow RUS (RUS), 8-11 ix 2002
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2697 7.0 /10 2865
2 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2726 6.0 /10 2770
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 6.0 /10 2785
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2716 6.0 /10 2770
5 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2710 6.0 /10 2788
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2743 6.0 /10 2785
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2722 5.5 /10 2752
8 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2702 5.5 /10 2726
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 5.0 / 9 2743
10 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2687 5.0 / 9 2736
11 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2755 5.0 / 9 2760
12 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2610 5.0 /10 2705
13 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2676 4.5 / 8 2728
14 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2676 4.0 / 9 2662
15 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 4.0 / 9 2665
16 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2838 4.0 /10 2626
17 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2690 3.5 / 9 2616
18 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2658 3.0 / 6 2683
19 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2682 2.5 / 8 2572
20 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2676 2.0 / 4 2698
21 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2681 2.0 / 7 2562
22 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2678 1.0 / 3 2662
23 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2634 1.0 / 6 2450
24 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2673 0.5 / 4 2375
----------------------------------------------------
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)
Russia 5.0 - ROW 5.0 (29.5-30.5)
Gelfand, Boris - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 66 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Smirin, Ilia - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 62 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Kramnik, Vladimir - Polgar, Judit 1/2 59 E15 Queens Indian
Kasparov, Garry - Short, Nigel D 1/2 56 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Svidler, Peter 1/2 60 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Radjabov, Teimour - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 34 D15 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Motylev, Alexander 1-0 27 C42 Petroff's Defence
Karpov, Anatoly - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 44 D27 QGA
Khalifman, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 18 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab* - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 18 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
[Substitution Zurab Azmaiparashvili in for Anand]
Round 7 (September 10, 2002) 18-00 (GMT+4)
Russia 5.0 - ROW 5.0 (34.5-35.5)
Kasparov, Garry - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 78 C11 French Defence
Leko, Peter - Svidler, Peter 1/2 25 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Morozevich, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 19 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Khalifman, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 30 A29 English Four Knights
Bareev, Evgeny - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 40 A29 English Four Knights
Kramnik, Vladimir - Smirin, Ilia 0-1 39 E97 King's Indian Classical
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 42 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Karpov, Anatoly - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 45 D12 Slav Defence
Polgar, Judit - Dreev, Alexey 0-1 42 B10 Caro Kann
Short, Nigel D - Rublevsky, Sergei * 1/2 68 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
[Substitution Sergei Rublevsky in for Alexander Motylev]
Round 8 (September 10, 2002) 20-00 (GMT+4)
Russia 4.0 - ROW 6.0 (38.5-41.5)
Shirov, Alexei - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 25 B17 Caro Kann
Anand, Viswanathan - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 27 B19 Caro Kann
Dreev, Alexey - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab* 1/2 12 B07 Pirc Defence
Zvjaginsev, Vadim * - Polgar, Judit 1/2 27 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Akopian, Vladimir * - Kasparov, Garry 1-0 25 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 39 C43 Petroff's Defence
Svidler, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 37 C79 Ruy Lopez Russian
Gelfand, Boris - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 29 D39 QGD Ragozin
Radjabov, Teimour - Rublevsky, Sergei * 1/2 37 D20 QGA
Grischuk, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 55 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
[Substitution Sergei Rublevsky in for Vladimir Kramnik,
Vadim Zvjaginsev in for Alexander Motylev, Zurab Azmaiparashvili
in for Nigel Short and Vladimir Akopian in for Ilya Smirin]
Round 9 (September 11, 2002) 14-00 (GMT+4)
Russia 4.5 - ROW 5.5 (43.0-47.0)
Dreev, Alexey - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 68 A90 Dutch Classical
Grischuk, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 62 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 47 C61 Ruy Lopez Bird's Defence
Short, Nigel D - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 53 C42 Petroff's Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei * - Smirin, Ilia 1/2 40 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 45 B19 Caro Kann
Kasparov, Garry - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 27 C96 Ruy Lopez
Svidler, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 36 C42 Petroff's Defence
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab* - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 17 E15 Queens Indian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 24 D17 Slav Defence
[Substitution Sergei Rublevsky in for Alexander Motylev
and Zurab Azmaiparashvili in for Judit Polgar]
Round 10 (September 11, 2002) 16-00 (GMT+4)
Russia 5.0 - ROW 5.0 (48.0-52.0)
Bareev, Evgeny - Leko, Peter 1/2 38 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Gelfand, Boris - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 81 E15 Queens Indian
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 26 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Shirov, Alexei - Svidler, Peter 1-0 27 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Khalifman, Alexander - Short, Nigel D 1/2 26 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 35 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Smirin, Ilia - Dreev, Alexey 0-1 43 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Radjabov, Teimour - Zvjaginsev, Vadim * 1-0 38 A06 Zukertort Opening
Karpov, Anatoly - Polgar, Judit 1-0 45 D77 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Morozevich, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 43 B40 Sicilian Classical
[Substitution Vadim Zvjaginsev in for Alexander Motylev]
Mark Crowther interviews Vladimir Kramnik
The Brains in Bahrain match between Vladimir Kramnik and Deep Fritz
takes place 2nd-22nd October 2002. Delayed by a year due to the events of
September 11th it marks the start of a busy and important year for Vladimir
Kramnik. I interviewed Kramnik by phone on Sunday 15th September and wanted to
know about the upcoming match, his poor form at the Russia vs. The World Match
and how he sees his immediate future.
I kicked off asking about the Man-Machine match. "Are you going to
win?"
"You only have to wait one month to find out. I will do my best. Its
not my style to say I'm going to win. The match is going to be hard. I
understand its going to be difficult but I can win."
Kramnik added that his team for the match will be Christopher Lutz, a
German IM who will help him with technical matters and a physical trainer. I
brought up the instability in the region and the outside possibility that the
match might get caught up in US action as pressure is being stepped up against
Iraq. He didn't think this would be a problem but added "I try not to worry
about things that are beyond my control."
Kramnik been preparing for the Deep Fritz match. "I spent the second
half of August preparing..." he said. He added that how you have to think
differently when you're playing against and computer than you do against human
opponents and that it isn't that easy to switch from one to another. Kramnik
only had a few days to prepare for the Russia vs. The World Match. "I only had
a few days to get used to playing humans again and it is not easy." He stressed
too that after the match finishes he will not be ready to play until
mid-November.
Were you and Kasparov distracted in Moscow with any off the board
matters, maybe negotiations we perhaps don't know about?
"No, there were no negotiations. I can't speak for Kasparov but for me
there were some reasons. I played with a temperature throughout the match." He
added that because they trailed throughout "I had to play, had to try but I
didn't even play to half my strength."
On to the future and his important year ahead. Kramnik will play Wijk
aan Zee and then in April or May will defend his title against Peter Leko. So
what about last year and his plans?
"The circumstances of the last year have not been great. I couldn't
play much. After a few weeks off from Mid-November I will be looking for any
strong tournament to play. I will play in Wijk and possibly Linares..."
although he added that Linares might prove to be impossible as it may finish
too close to the start of his match against Leko. "Its a bit difficult but I
want to play as much as possible. I would love to play in December."
Is it possible there might be a tournament in Paris?
"Possible" but he added that nothing was settled there. "The match
against Leko will be a difficult match. I may play some training matches. I
don't know."
So how do you rate Peter Leko?
"It will involve complex preparation. It will be much more serious
chess it will be really very tough I know this for sure."
With having so much time off have you been doing a lot of work on
things we haven't seen?
"Of course I have worked on fresh and new ideas. Work is going on. It
will be more intensive as the Leko match comes closer. Work on my chess is
permanent."
I put it to Kramnik that with preparation Leko might be even stronger
than he is now by the time of the match.
"Leko is already very strong. He was a very convincing winner in
Dortmund. By the time of the first game he is going to be even better. He is
young and motivated and will play an even better level than now."
Are you looking forward to next year?
"Yes. Last year was a strange year. Astana was cancelled which is a
fine event although I'm sure it will come back. I couldn't play Dortmund my
normal winning event. After last year's strange year I'm looking forward to a
more normal year. I have a strange feeling I'm going to do well. I've worked
hard on chess and other aspects of my life in the last year."
Next year could be very important for the way you are regarded in chess
history. Do you think about that?
"No, I don't think about my place in chess history. Its not a good way
to think. I want to play chess well, win and play good games. But this doesn't
bother me. "
What about the new generation?
"Its a very interesting time, we're having a small revolution. There
are so many young players, of course Ponomariov, but also Grischuk, Radjabov
and Volokitin (very good). For me it is very pleasant to see. Its not because I
dislike my old opponents." He added that he had already played a lot of games
against some of his current rivals and that "The youngsters are eager to beat
you and they provide an additional challenge. There will certainly be more
names in the future. I'm also pretty sure I will stay at the top. There are
many things I can still teach them!"
Details of the Brains in Bahrain match at:
http://www.brainsinbahrain.com/
The 65th Corus Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place January
10th-26th 2003. Players include Vladimir Kramnik, Ruslan Ponomariov,
Viswanathan Anand, Vesselin Topalov and Vassily Ivanchuk, Jan Timman and Loek
Van Wely. Garry Kasparov has turned down his invitation and will be missing for
the second year in a row. He cites a busy schedule and with appearances at
Linares and a match against Ponomariov and potentially one against the winner
of Kramnik - Leko he probably has a point (of course Ponomariov also has the
same but he is 20 years younger).
News: http://www.schaakbond.nl/actueel.htm
The FIDE World Cup in Hyderabad, India takes place 9th-20th October
2002. The event looks sure to be missing many of the top stars. Although the
organisers remain hopeful that some will play Ruslan Ponomariov, Viswanathan
Anand, Alexander Grischuk, Garry Kasparov, Vladamir Kramnik, Vesselin Topalov,
Michael Adams, Boris Gelfand and Peter Leko have all failed to sign up so
far.
According to reports from India Humpy Koneru is now a GM. FIDE's
Qualification Commission unanimously decided to award her the title at its
meeting held in Russia on September 8th. Koneru achieved the last of her three
norms at the age of 15 years 1 month and 27 days the previous record for a
woman was Judit Polgar at 15 years, 4 months and 28 days. As Koneru's rating
was 2539 in January (a rating corrected from the initally published at 2473
shortly afterwards) she gets the title straight away.
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 now available. 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 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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The Category VII First Saturday GM event and three IM events started 7th
September 2002. Le Dinh Tuan and Sandor Farago finished on 6/9 in the IMA event
the rest still continue.
Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0209/index.htm
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1. Bui Vinh VIE 2444 * 1 = = 1 . = = . . 1 . 1 1 7.0 2633
2. Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2404 0 * 1 . . 1 = . 1 = 1 1 = . 6.5 2577
3. Lane, Gary W m AUS 2446 = 0 * 1 = = . . = = 1 1 . . 5.5 2482
4. Williams, Simon m ENG 2421 = . 0 * 0 = 1 = . . 1 . 1 1 5.5 2490
5. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2415 0 . = 1 * 0 . 1 . . = 1 . 1 5.0 2494
6. Pham Minh Hoang1 VIE 2354 . 0 = = 1 * 0 = = 1 . . . 1 5.0 2463
7. Todorovic, Goran M g YUG 2482 = = . 0 . 1 * . = = = = = . 4.5 2399
8. Breder, Dennis m GER 2438 = . . = 0 = . * . = = = . 1 4.0 2395
9. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2395 . 0 = . . = = . * 0 = 1 . 1 4.0 2402
10. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2441 . = = . . 0 = = 1 * . . . 0 3.0 2358
11. Claverie, Christophe f FRA 2392 0 0 0 0 = . = = = . * . . 1 3.0 2295
12. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2359 . 0 0 . 0 . = = 0 . . * . 1 2.0 2258
13. Barczay, Laszlo g HUN 2389 0 = . 0 . . = . . . . . * . 1.0 2244
14. Rajlich, Vasik G f USA 2338 0 . . 0 0 0 . 0 0 1 0 0 . * 1.0 2055
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FSIMA Sept Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 ix 2002 cat. III (2301)
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1. Le Dinh Tuan VIE 2361 * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2419
2. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2252 = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 6.0 2431
3. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2352 0 = * 1 = = = = = 1 5.0 2338
4. Gikas, Basilius GER 2254 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2349
5. Rat, Dan Ovidiu f ROM 2345 = 0 = = * = 1 = = = 4.5 2296
6. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2254 = = = = = * 0 1 = 0 4.0 2263
7. Horvath, Andras HUN 2281 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 1 0 4.0 2260
8. Hammes, Michael f GER 2377 = = = 0 = 0 0 * = 1 3.5 2213
9. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2289 0 = = = = = 0 = * = 3.5 2222
10. Banusz, Tamas HUN 2249 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 = * 3.5 2227
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson VIE 2234 * . . 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 8.0
2. Schneider, Attila m HUN 2337 . * 0 1 . = . . . 1 = 1 1 5.0 2448
3. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor ISL 2284 . 1 * 0 = 0 1 . . = . 1 1 5.0 2397
4. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2309 0 0 1 * 1 . = = = = 1 . . 5.0 2360
5. Dudas, Janos m HUN 2368 . . = 0 * 1 . = . . = 1 1 4.5 2387
6. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2293 0 = 1 . 0 * = . = = . . 1 4.0 2298
7. Berczes, Csaba f HUN 2316 0 . 0 = . = * = = . = 1 = 4.0 2241
8. Philipowski, Robert GER 2299 0 . . = = . = * = 1 0 = . 3.5 2272
9. Korpics, Zsolt f HUN 2331 0 . . = . = = = * = = = . 3.5 2259
10. Nemeth, Miklos HUN 2337 . 0 = = . = . 0 = * 1 0 = 3.5 2216
11. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2355 0 = . 0 = . = 1 = 0 * . . 3.0 2229
12. Richards, Heather wm ENG 2275 0 0 0 . 0 . 0 = = 1 . * 1 3.0 2173
13. Metaxasz, Vaszilisz HUN 2181 0 0 0 . 0 0 = . . = . 0 * 1.0 1983
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FSIMC Sept Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 ix 2002 cat. II (2295)
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1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2407 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 = . = . 6.5 2445
2. Ngo, Ngoc Quang VIE 2172 0 * 1 = . 1 . = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2467
3. Lund, Esben DEN 2329 0 0 * . 1 0 1 1 1 1 . 1 6.0 2417
4. Hanley, Craig f ENG 2331 = = . * 0 1 = 0 1 = 1 . 5.0 2333
5. Soos, Bela m GER 2283 = . 0 1 * = = . = = 1 = 5.0 2354
6. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2314 = 0 1 0 = * = . 0 1 . 1 4.5 2300
7. Petran, Pal m HUN 2364 0 . 0 = = = * = . = = 1 4.0 2267
8. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2276 0 = 0 1 . . = * = = = 0 3.5 2215
9. Berczes, David HUN 2205 = 0 0 0 = 1 . = * . = = 3.5 2209
10. Pert, Richard G f ENG 2357 . = 0 = = 0 = = . * = = 3.5 2205
11. Frink, Ferenc HUN 2240 = 0 . 0 0 . = = = = * = 3.0 2169
12. Le Kieu Thien Kim wm VIE 2256 . 0 0 . = 0 0 1 = = = * 3.0 2157
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Olaf Teschke reports: PSV Rostock resumed the traditional series of the
Rostock GM tournaments, which started at 1975 but was interrupted during the
last few years. Its 19th issue of the Rostocker Schachtage event included a
Cat.VIII round robin and a strong Open. IM Alexander Naumann won the GM
tournament by tiebreak ahead of 13-year old David Baramidze, both 6/9. Naumann
failed to fulfil the GM norm by a half point but Baramidze reached his final IM
norm. Third place was shared by the favourite GM Uwe Boensch and local star IM
Rene Stern. Henrik Rudolf won the Open by tiebreak ahead of Carsten Prosch
(both 5,5/7) and Olaf Teschke (5).
Internet coverage: http://www.members.aol.com/PSVRostockSchach
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1. Naumann, Alexander m GER 2507 * 1 = 1 = = 1 = 0 1 6.0 2562
2. Baramidze, David GER 2351 0 * 1 = = 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 2579
3. Boensch, Uwe g GER 2540 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 = 0 1 5.5 2513
4. Stern, Rene m GER 2461 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2522
5. Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2504 = = 0 1 * = 0 = 1 = 4.5 2437
6. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2523 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 = 4.5 2435
7. Nemet, Ivan g SUI 2439 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 = 4.0 2402
8. Hoi, Carsten g DEN 2419 = 1 = 0 = 0 0 * 0 1 3.5 2367
9. Szelag, Marcin m POL 2369 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 * 0 3.0 2327
10. Paehtz, Elisabeth wg GER 2331 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 * 2.5 2291
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Open Rostock GER (GER), 25 viii-1 ix 2002
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1. Rudolf, Henrik f GER 2348 5.5 2381
2. Prosch, Carsten GER 2204 5.5 2352
3. Teschke, Olaf GER 2184 5.0 2274
4. Kliewe, Hans-Juergen GER 2200 5.0 2264
5. Gottschalk, Jens GER 2166 5.0 2328
6. Jeske, Eckhard GER 2185 5.0 2326
7. Roehl, Rainer GER 2154 5.0 2266
8. Kolbe, Joachim GER 2044 5.0 2290
9. Doeppner, Tilo GER 2188 4.5 2161
10. Moeller,Peter ---- 4.5 2262
11. Hoffmann, Rainer GER 2163 4.5 2194
12. Hornych, Christoph GER 2211 4.5 2163
54 players
The Imre Konig Memorial took place in the Mechanics Institute in San
Francisco September 4th-15th 2002. IM Varuzhan Akobian won the IM event with
5.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessclub.org
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Imre Konig Mem San Francisco USA (USA), 4-15 ix 2002 cat. XII (2540)
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1. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2486 * 0 = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2626
2. Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2580 1 * = = = = = = = = 5.0 2578
3. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2551 = = * = = = 1 = = = 5.0 2581
4. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2551 1 = = * 0 = = = = 1 5.0 2581
5. Nakamura, Hikaru m USA 2494 0 = = 1 * = 0 1 = 1 5.0 2588
6. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2592 = = = = = * = = = = 4.5 2534
7. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2555 0 = 0 = 1 = * = = 1 4.5 2538
8. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2509 = = = = 0 = = * = = 4.0 2500
9. Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2591 0 = = = = = = = * = 4.0 2491
10. Browne, Walter S g USA 2492 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = = * 2.5 2379
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The Karl Alfred Poyntner Memorial GM and IM tournaments took place in
St. Pölten (Austria) 5th-15th September 2002. Ralf Lau won the GM event
with 8/11 having a better tie-break than Nikolaus Stanec who made the same
score.
Internet coverage: http://members.aon.at/noesv/im.htm
and http://members.aon.at/noesv/gm.htm
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Poyntner Mem GM St Poelten AUT (AUT), 5-15 ix 2002 cat. VIII (2431)
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1. Lau, Ralf g GER 2491 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 8.0 2600
2. Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2523 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2597
3. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2528 = = * = = = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2487
4. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2393 = = = * 1 = = = = = = = 6.0 2470
5. Schroll, Gerhard m AUT 2365 = = = 0 * 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 6.0 2473
6. Haba, Petr g CZE 2531 0 = = = 0 * = 1 1 1 = = 6.0 2458
7. Danner, Georg m AUT 2369 0 = = = = = * 0 = 0 1 = 4.5 2371
8. Ganaus, Hannes m AUT 2357 0 0 = = 1 0 1 * 0 = 0 1 4.5 2372
9. Sommerbauer, Norbert m AUT 2407 0 0 = = = 0 = 1 * = = = 4.5 2368
10. Lehner, Oliver m AUT 2413 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 = = * = 1 4.5 2367
11. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2403 0 0 = = = = 0 1 = = * 0 4.0 2331
12. Hoelzl, Franz m AUT 2393 = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 1 * 3.5 2301
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Poyntner Mem IM St Poelten AUT (AUT), 7-15 ix 2002 cat. IV (2348)
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1. Visser, Yge m NED 2441 * = 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2557
2. Lanc, Alois m SVK 2376 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2470
3. Videki, Sandor m HUN 2441 0 = * 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2462
4. Denk, Adolf AUT 2270 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 1 = 0 4.5 2356
5. Groetz, Harald f AUT 2326 = 0 = 1 * = 0 = = 1 4.5 2350
6. Brandner, Stefan f AUT 2322 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 = 4.5 2351
7. Neumeier, Klaus f AUT 2332 0 = = 0 1 0 * 0 1 = 3.5 2269
8. Hangweyrer, Manfred f AUT 2355 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 * = 1 3.5 2267
9. Miniboeck, Guenter f AUT 2348 = = 0 = = 0 0 = * = 3.0 2223
10. Buss, Ralph SUI 2270 0 0 0 1 0 = = 0 = * 2.5 2190
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Michel Roos 27th August 1932 - 8th September 2002. The 1964 French chess
champion Michel Roos has died in Strasbourg France aged 70. Further details in
French http://www.cannes-echecs.org/editorial.htm
The Category VIII Novaja Ladova (in the Leningrad region) tournament
took place 8th-13th September 2002. Valerij Popov 2579 took clear first with
9/11 half a point clear of Maxim Novik and Vasily Malinin. Games may follow. My
thanks to Sergej Bystrov for the news.
Internet coverage:
http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/tourn/all/new_ladoga.html
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Popov, Valerij GM RUS 2579 # = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9,0
2 Novik, Maxim IM RUS 2466 = # = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.5
3 Malinin, Vasily B. IM RUS 2434 0 = # = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.5
4 Grechihin, Valery GM RUS 2591 = = = # = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 8.0
5 Komliakov, Viktor GM MDA 2450 = 0 0 = # = = = = 1 1 1 6.0
6 Bystrov, Sergej IM RUS 2414 0 0 0 0 = # = 1 1 1 1 1 6.0
7 Bibik, Jura RUS 2390 0 0 0 0 = = # 1 1 1 1 1 6.0
8 Lutsko, Igor IM BLR 2398 = = 0 0 = 0 0 # = 1 1 1 5.0
9 Anjuhin, Alex IM RUS 2402 0 0 = = = 0 0 = # 1 1 1 5.0
10 Ditiatev, Sergey RUS 2414 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 # 1 = 2.5
11 Sargsjan, Vardges FM ARM 2383 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 # 1 1.0
12 Gusev, Leonid UKR 2274 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 # 0.5
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Time limit: 40 moves in 2 hours , then 0,5 hour for finish.
The Chief Arbiter: Int. Arbiter J.Zinder
The Deputy Arbiter: V.Kulikov
GM norm = 8.0 points, IM norm = 6.0 points
The VII Cesenatico International Open took place in Italy 2nd-8th
September 2002. Andrei Nestor Cioara and Milan Mrdja both scored 7/9 with
Cioara having the better Buchholz score. Games from the first 6 rounds only
available.
Further Information and entry at:
http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
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VII Open Cesenatico ITA (ITA), 2-8 ix 2002
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1. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2414 7 43
2. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2370 7 41.5
3. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2436 6.5 47.5
4. Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2438 6.5 46
5. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2489 6 47.5
6. Brancaleoni, Maurizio ITA 2249 6 46
7. Molina, Fabrizio f ITA 2278 6 41.5
8. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2356 6 40.5
9. Lagrotteria, Salvatore ITA 2164 6 40
10. Ronchetti, Niccolo' ITA 2117 5.5 44.5
11. Zentgraf, Alexander GER 2131 5.5 43.5
12. Thomas, Robert K ENG 2136 5.5 43
13. Scharrer, Patrick ITA 2094 5.5 40
14. Schreiner, Richard GER 2188 5.5 37
15. Candura, Stefano ITA 2079 5.5 34.5
16. Sciortino Massimo ITA 2204 5.5 34.5
52 players
As reported in TWIC 393. The chess Championships of Uruguay took place
6th-16th May in Best Western Palladium Hotel - Montevideo - Uruguay. It was a
12 round robin with two invited IM : Alfredo Giaccio of Argentina and Cristobal
Valiente from Paraguay. Martin Crosa won the tournament with 9/11 however he
tied for the Uruguayan title with Bernardo Roselli Mailhe. The playoff took
place 9th-10th September 2002 and resulted in Bernardo Roselli Mailhe taking
the title by winning 1.5-0.5. News from José Riverol.
Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo - Crosa, Martin 1/2 43 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Crosa, Martin - Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo 0-1 25 C43 Petroff's Defence
ch-URU Playoff Montevideo URU (URU), 9-10 ix 2002
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Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2426 = 1 1.5 2634
Crosa, Martin f URU 2441 = 0 0.5 2233
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The 5th Lausanne Open takes place 13th-16th September 2002. After 5 of 7
rounds Vladimir Tukmakov leads with 5/5.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessonline.ch/members/lejoueur/
Standings after 5 of 7 rounds
1 Tukmakov,Vladimir B GM 2566 5 17.5
2 Huss,Andreas IM 2354 4.5 15
3 Berset,Philippe 2189 4 17.5
4 Horvath,Tamas IM 2411 4 16
5 Bucher,Denis FM 2295 4 15.5
6 Erdelyi,Tamas IM 2300 4 15
7 Lamoureux,Charles IM 2372 4 15
8 Starostits,Ilmars IM 2442 4 14
9 Ambrosini,Nicola 2232 4 12.5
Frank Berry reports: The 21st North American Open (Originally named
before the NAO-Las Vegas tournament held in December by Continental Ch Assoc)
was held again in the geographical center of North America - Stillwater,
Oklahoma August 30 - September 2, 2002. This was a 10-SS with time limit of
30/90, G/60. GM Alex Baburin of Dublin, IRE won with 8.5. 2-3 was shared again
by IM's John Donaldson and Michael Brooks with 8.0 and last year's winner GM
Yuri Shulman was lone 4th with 7.5. My thanks to Frank K. Berry, USCF
Associated National Tournament Director. 80 players included 8 Masters or
above.
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21st NAO Las Vegas USA (USA), 30 viii-2 ix 2002
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1. Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2580 8.5
2. Donaldson, John W m USA 2437 8.0
3. Brooks, Michael A m USA 2511 8.0
4. Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2591 7.5
5. Kamberi, Sonny USA 2298 7.0
6. Langer, Mikhail USA 2274 7.0
7. Galant,Sergei ---- 6.5
8. Niggel,Chris ---- 6.5
9. O'Hare, Ciaran ---- 6.5
10. Berry, Jim ---- 6.5
11. Chambers, Rory ---- 6.5
12. Roring,Tres ---- 6.5
80 players
The dates and teams for divisions 1-3 for the 4NCL league have been
released. The venue has changed to the West Bromwich Moat House this year.
Division 1: The ADs 1, Wood Green 1, Guildford-ADC 1, Barbican 4NCL 1,
Bristol 1, Wood Green 2, Midland Monarchs, Slough 1, Barbican 4NCL 2,
Perceptron Youth, Richmond, South Wales Dragons 1.
Division 2: White Rose 1, The ADs 2, Wessex 1, North West Eagles 1,
Kings Head, Numerica 3Cs 1, Barbican 4NCL 3, Athenaeum 1, Poisoned Pawns 1,
Warwickshire Select, South Wales Dragons 2, Guildford-ADC 2.
Division 3: Slough 2, White Rose 2, Nidum Knights 1, Bristol 2, SCS,
Mindsportsltd.com 1, Milton Keynes, Guildford-ADC 3, North West Eagles 2,
Numerica 3Cs 2, Poisoned Pawns 2, Wessex 2.
Website: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/index.htm
Dates for Division 1:
Weekend 1 23rd-24th November 2002
Weekend 2 18th-19th January 2003
Weekend 3 8th-9th March 2003
Weekend 4 12th-13th April 2003
Weekend 5 3rd-5th May 2003
Croatian Teams
The Croatian League Championships take place in Medulin 8th-18th
September 2002. Players include Tkachiev, Sermek and Hracek. I will round up
games and results next week.
Internet coverage:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/medulin/1liga02.htm
Pula International Correspondence Tournament
The Pula Chess Club in Croatia are organising an International
correspondence chess tournament which will start on October 10th on
http://www.apacic.net. The tournament is
not official and is not registered in any federation. The main idea is to
promote chess as a game and chess friendships all over the world.
Czech Mountains Open 2002
The 3rd International Czech Mountains Open takes place 17th-24th
October 2002 in the town of Bedrichov (in the Jizerske mountains). This
tournament is a part of series Czech Tour 2002-3
Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
and http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
6th Email Afro-Asian Championship
6th Email Afro-Asian Championship: All players from Africa and Asia are
invited to take part to the 6th email Afro-Asian championship which will start
in january 2003. Like the previous editions, there are two stages : The
preliminaries for all participants and the final for those who will qualify.
The number of sections will depend upon the number of entries. The players
interested by this competition may send their application to M. Samraoui. Email
address is : samraoui@aol.com No entry fees is required but deadline for
entries is 20.12.2002. (ICCF's website: http://www.iccf.com ) Announcement: Hirokaz
Onoda (ICCF delegate for Japan)
14th Leuven Open
The 14th International Open Tournament of Leuven takes place 8th - 11th
November 2002 in the city of Leuven, Belgium. Swiss tournament, 7 rounds, 40
moves/2h + 15' KO. More than 5.500 EUR in prizemoney, including several
ratingprizes.
More information: http://turn.to/desperado
7th World University Chess Championships
The 7th World University Chess Championships take place in Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia, September 11th-20th 2002. Players include:Zhang Zhong 2637, Viorel
Iordachescu 2555, Anton Shomoev 2533, Sergey Iskusnykh 2485 and Dmitry Bocharov
2464.
Internet coverage: http://www.mssf.mn
or http://www.fisu.net
Frank Quisinsky Computer Chess Pages
Frank Quisinsky who writes on computer chess has moved his activities to
"Arena by Martin Blume" at: http://www.playwitharena.com and won't
be updating his old page http://www.amateurschach.de. Arena is a
graphical user interface compatible to WinBoard protocol I, II by Tim Mann and
UCI protocol by Rudolf Huber (SOS) and Stefan Meyer-Kahlen (Shredder). SOS and
Shredder are chess programs, UCI and WinBoard are protocols for chess programs.
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
Further details:
http://pc-connect.com.sg/chess/open02/02_Main.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
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
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
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. 21st of September-2nd of October KECSKEMET, GM closed, org:
dr.Erdelyi,
2. 5th-18th of October, FIRST SATURDAY, 2 GM /cat.IX-X !!,
cat.VII-VIII/, IM-FM, Budapest,
3. 18th-31st of October, GM-IM tmt THIRD SATURDAY, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, org: Kotevski
4. 2nd-15th of November, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, Budapest,
5. 16th-28th of November, GM-IM KECSKEMÉT, org: dr.Erdelyi,
6. 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/
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/
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.