THE WEEK IN CHESS 418 11th November 2002 by Mark Crowther

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Contact The Week in Chess Mark Crowther E-Mail mdcrowth@netcomuk.co.uk Tel or fax 01274 882143 [Bradford England] Mobile 07866 484824 http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html Contents 1) Introduction 2) 35th Chess Olympiad Bled 3) Kasparov - Karpov Rapid Match 4) 10th Chigorin Memorial 5) Last Autumn GM 6) Blue Autumn 7) Rosny sous Bois IM 8) 2nd Rohde Open 9) Novara Open 10) First Saturday November 11) Alushta Autumn 12) 4NCL and Midland Monarchs 13) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games section

35th Chess Olympiad Bled     2412 games
10th Chigorin Memorial        524 games
Last Autumn GM                 24 games
Blue Autumn                    24 games
Rosny sous Bois IM             45 games
2nd Rohde Open                187 games
Novara Open                    71 games
First Saturday November        85 games
Alushta Autumn                 42 games
3414 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Andras Bacsi, Radu Chirila, Leonid Gofshtein, Davor Golek, Mikhail Golubov, Primal Dominique, Stefano Ticozzi and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Olympiad concluded on Sunday with victory for Russia. This didn't exactly come as a surprise as they were the defending champions with one change, Garry Kasparov in for Konstantin Sakaev. Kasparov had an excellent event scoring 7.5/9 and the highest ELO performance of the event at 2933 extending his lead at the top of the FIDE rating list. After Kasparov's poor performance for Russia in the Russia vs. The Rest of the World rapid match he underlined his dominance again. This in contrast to Ruslan Ponomariov whose 6/11 and 2684 seems to confirm he has slipped back since his win in the FIDE World Championships and Linares performances at the start of the year. This is not necessarily a big surprise but does mark the end of continuous improvement over the last few years. I expect him to be World number one in the next few years but maybe not as fast as might have been thought after Linares.

I have reworked the TWIC 417 games section with improved files from rounds 1-8 (the same files can be downloaded from the front page of TWIC also). I will include the rest of the Olympiad games in this issue. There are problems with some of the games but not really that many given the size of the event. The overall the work done on the official site covering the Olympiad was not at all bad (although the full standings only appeared today and the Olympiad stats and an account of decisions at the Congress are still missing). I would still advocate more staff to check for problems and especially a lot of staff for the first couple of rounds where problems have affected the electronic boards in the last few Olympiads. Reports from players suggest it has been one of the more memorably good Olympiads of recent years.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 35th Chess Olympiad Bled

The 35th Chess Olympiad Bled took place 25th October - 11th November 2002 and the 73rd FIDE Congress, 1st-11th November 2002. All reports suggest that this was an event very much enjoyed by the players. The men's title was taken by the favourites Russia. The team of Garry Kasparov, Alexander Khalifman, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich and Sergei Rublevsky always looked like having the power to overwhelm opponents if heavy scoring was needed. As it was the cruised to the title with draws in the final two rounds. They did lose one match, to Hungary, and four games including Robert Ruck's victory against Peter Svidler in the above mentioned loss. A point behind them was Hungary whose squad looks set to be challengers for the next few Olympiads. The core of their squad with Peter Leko, Judit Polgar and Zoltan Almasi is as good as any. They lost just one game in the whole Olympiad but unlike the Russian's they didn't manage to get the number of crushing victories Russia did. The battle for the Bronze medal was far more open. Armenia's 3-1 victory against Georgia eventually settled it for them. The women's event was far more interesting with a battle amongst three teams for Gold going to the final round. The women's event was won by top seeds China, number three seeds Russia finished second and number 9 seeds Poland were shock bronze medalists. Poland earned their medal as they started a meltdown that must be practically unprecidented in Olympiad history. Georgia after 10 rounds led with 24 points, China were 3.5 points behind them on 21.5 and Poland at this stage were in 6th place 5 points behind the leaders on 19. Poland then beat Georgia in round 11 2.5-0.5 and the Georgian team seemed to lose all composure and lost all their remaining matches and managed to finished outside the medals completely.

Of the politics side there has been little news. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has been reappointed FIDE President. I haven't confirmation of other stories and look forward to reading detailed reports of those who were there when they get back. Also whilst I have the scores of the players I don't have absolute confirmation of the board prizes. I will hopefully have more statistics next week.

Official Sitehttp://www.35ChessOlympiad.com other results and tables: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0210/ol2002m/ and http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0210/ol2002w/

Round 14 Men's Standings

Round 14 Women's Standings

Best Percentage Scores
  1 IM  Gwaze Robert          2280 ZIM      100.0   9   1  9.0 2690 
  2     Osman Abshir Ibrahim  0    SOM      100.0   1   4  1.0    0 
  3     Collins Sam           2372 IRL       93.8   8   4  7.5 2610 
  4 FM  Jasim Saleh           2240 UAE       92.9   7   3  6.5 2561 
  5     Byambaa Zulzaga       2279 MON       92.9   7   4  6.5 2443 
  6     Hailu Wossenyelew     2200 ETH       92.9   7   4  6.5 2273 
  7     Elarbi Abobker        0    LIB       87.5   8   3  7.0 2186 
  8     Singh Ravishen        0    TRI       87.5   8   3  7.0 2311 
  9     Alqudaimi B.A.        2267 YEM       86.4  11   4  9.5 2368 
 10 IM  Barus Cerdas          2479 IND       85.0  10   2  8.5 2659 
 11 GM  Markowski Tomasz      2549 POL       85.0  10   3  8.5 2770 
 12 GM  David Alberto         2511 LUX       84.6  13   1 11.0 2755 
 13 GM  Al-Modiahki Mohamad   2550 QAT       83.3  12   1 10.0 2658 
 14 GM  Kasparov Garry        2838 RUS       83.3   9   1  7.5 2933 
 15     Sakelsek Tadej        2296 SLO       83.3   9   4  7.5 2504 
 16 IM  Arapovic Vitomir      2438 BIH       83.3   3   4  2.5 2612 
 17 GM  Mecking Henrique      2548 BRA       81.3   8   2  6.5 2643 
 18 IM  Braga Cicero          2415 BRA       81.3   8   4  6.5 2489 
 19 IM  Gagunashvili Merab    2538 GEO       81.3   8   4  6.5 2786 

Best ELO Performances
  1 GM  Kasparov Garry        2838 RUS       2933  7.5   9  83.3   1 
  2 GM  Akopian Vladimir      2689 ARM       2827  8.0  11  72.7   1 
  3 GM  Khalifman Alexander   2690 RUS       2797  7.0   9  77.8   2 
  4 GM  Ye Jiangchuan         2667 CHN       2786  8.0  12  66.7   1 
  5 IM  Gagunashvili Merab    2538 GEO       2786  6.5   8  81.3   4 
  6 GM  Markowski Tomasz      2549 POL       2770  8.5  10  85.0   3 
  7 GM  David Alberto         2511 LUX       2755 11.0  13  84.6   1 
  8 GM  Gelfand Boris         2704 ISR       2753  5.0   8  62.5   1 
  9 GM  Lputian Smbat         2627 ARM       2747  7.5  11  68.2   1 
 10 GM  Korchnoi Viktor       2634 SUI       2743  8.5  12  70.8   1 
 11 GM  Polgar Judit          2685 HUN       2741  8.5  12  70.8   1 
 12 GM  Acs Peter             2591 HUN       2725  7.0   9  77.8   4 
 13 GM  Bologan Viktor        2627 MDA       2724  7.0  10  70.0   1 
 14 GM  Sokolov Ivan          2684 NED       2723  8.0  12  66.7   1 
 15 GM  Nikolic Predrag       2661 BIH       2719  7.0  11  63.6   1 
 16 GM  Adams Michael         2745 ENG       2715  8.5  13  65.4   1 
 17 GM  Bacrot Etienne        2653 FRA       2714  8.0  12  66.7   1 
 18 GM  Grischuk Alexander    2702 RUS       2711  7.0  11  63.6   1 
 19 GM  Georgiev Kiril        2658 MKD       2709  7.5  12  62.5   1 
 20 GM  Azmaiparashvili Zurab 2666 GEO       2703  7.0  11  63.6   1 
 21 GM  Leko Peter            2743 HUN       2700  6.0  11  54.5   1 
 22 GM  Almasi Zoltan         2672 HUN       2698  9.0  13  69.2   2 
 23 GM  Kasimdzhanov Rustam   2653 UZB       2696  7.0  11  63.6   1 
 24 GM  Rozentalis Eduardas   2563 LIT       2694  6.5  11  59.1   1 
 25 GM  Short Nigel           2684 ENG       2693  8.5  13  65.4   1 
 26 IM  Gwaze Robert          2280 ZIM       2690  9.0   9 100.0   1 
 27 GM  Miladinovic Igor      2518 GRE       2690  4.5   6  75.0   2 
 28 GM  Luther Thomas         2538 GER       2689  7.0   9  77.8   4 
 29 GM  Seirawan Yasser       2629 USA       2687  6.5   9  72.2   1 
 30 GM  Romero Holmes Alfonso 2524 ESP       2684  7.5  10  75.0   2 
 31 GM  Ponomariov Ruslan     2743 UKR       2684  6.0  11  54.5   1 
 32 GM  Brynell Stellan       2524 SWE       2683  4.0   5  80.0   3 
 33 GM  Ftacnik Lubomir       2603 SLO       2682  9.0  13  69.2   2 
 34 GM  Moiseenko Alexander   2570 UKR       2682  7.0   9  77.8   4 
 35 GM  Ivanchuk Vassily      2709 UKR       2678  9.0  14  64.3   1 
 36 GM  Svidler Peter         2690 RUS       2678  6.0   9  66.7   3 
 37 GM  Zhang Zhong           2620 CHN       2675  9.0  13  69.2   2 
 38 GM  Zapata Alonso         2556 COL       2671  8.5  12  70.8   1 
 39 GM  Macieja Bartlomiej    2615 POL       2667  6.0  11  54.5   1 
 40 GM  Morozevich Alexander  2707 RUS       2663  7.0  11  63.6   2 

3) Kasparov - Karpov Rapid Match

There will be a four game match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in New York, NY, USA, December 19th-20th 2002. The match will take place in the ABC Studios in Times Square. The Kasparov - Sting event was there a year or so ago. 2 Games 25 mins + 10 secs each day. Note also that the Kasparov - Timman match due next week in the Netherlands seems to have been cancelled.

Website: http://www.x3dworld.com

4) 10th Chigorin Memorial

The 10th Chigorin Memorial took place in St. Petersburg October 25th - November 2nd 2002. Alexander Fominyh took clear first in the event with 7/9. Games from the 9th round are now available. There was also a B open won by Genrikh Chepukaitis one of five players who finished on 7/9.

Internet coverage: http://www.ruschess.com

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10th Chigorin Memorial St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 25 x-3 xi 2002
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 1. Fominyh, Alexander         g  RUS 2529   7.0  47.0  2725
 2. Areshchenko, Alexander     g  UKR 2567   6.5  45.0  2659
 3. Timofeev, Artyom           m  RUS 2558   6.5  49.5  2673
 4. Yevseev, Denis             m  RUS 2553   6.5  47.0  2666
 5. Kovchan, Alexander         g  UKR 2546   6.5  49.5  2674
 6. Lastin, Alexander          g  RUS 2625   6.0  46.0  2639
 7. Najer, Evgeniy             g  RUS 2579   6.0  47.5  2635
 8. Sorokin, Maxim             g  ARG 2531   6.0  41.0  2576
 9. Vorobiov, Evgeny E         g  RUS 2549   6.0  40.0  2583
10. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav   g  RUS 2513   6.0  42.0  2594
11. Ovetchkin, Roman           m  RUS 2573   5.5  41.0  2549
12. Eljanov, Pavel             g  UKR 2568   5.5  48.0  2571
13. Vaulin, Alexander          g  RUS 2549   5.5  46.0  2526
14. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij    g  UKR 2548   5.5  44.0  2563
15. Ionov, Sergey              g  RUS 2538   5.5  45.0  2566
16. Loginov, Valery A          g  RUS 2532   5.5  45.0  2586
17. Hasangatin, Ramil          m  RUS 2524   5.5  44.0  2562
18. Lugovoi, Aleksei           g  RUS 2523   5.5  51.0  2622
19. Kruppa, Yuri               g  UKR 2522   5.5  38.0  2540
20. Makarov, Marat             g  RUS 2513   5.5  38.0  2525
21. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei       g  UKR 2508   5.5  43.0  2582
22. Zontakh, Andrey            g  UKR 2503   5.5  42.5  2543
23. Bocharov, Dmitry           m  RUS 2502   5.5  41.5  2560
24. Grigoriants, Sergey        m  RUS 2479   5.5  49.0  2618
25. Zakharevich, Igor          g  RUS 2477   5.5  46.5  2600
26. Klimov, Sergey             m  RUS 2458   5.5  40.0  2529
27. Frolyanov, Dmitry             RUS 2433   5.5  41.5  2574
92 players

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10th Chigorin Memorial B St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 25 x-3 xi 2002
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  1. Chepukaitis, Genrikh      RUS 2396  7.0  2499 
  2. Shchukin, Dmitry          RUS 2382  7.0  2505 
  3. Sharapov, Evgeny       m  UKR 2342  7.0  2455 
  4. Bogumil, Pavel         m  RUS 2323  7.0  2405 
  5. Kuzubov, Yuriy            UKR 2186  7.0  2502 
  6. Zhuravlev, Vladimir    m  RUS 2395  6.5  2430 
  7. Lependin, Anatolij     m  RUS 2369  6.5  2425 
  8. Savchenko, Boris       f  RUS 2366  6.5  2420 
  9. Ivanov, Alexey3           RUS 2212  6.5  2502 
 10. Shishkin, Vadim        m  UKR 2391  6.0  2394 
 11. Bratchenko, Alexander  m  RUS 2388  6.0  2403 
 12. Arakelov, I               RUS 2377  6.0  2368 
 13. Dmitriev, Igor         m  RUS 2370  6.0  2386 
 14. Gulkov, Igor A         m  RUS 2360  6.0  2378 
 15. Nikolaev, Nikita          RUS 2358  6.0  2332 
 16. Shvedov, Sergey        f  RUS 2351  6.0  2343 
 17. Slizhevsky, Alexander     RUS 2323  6.0  2371 
 18. Zemerov, Vladimir      m  RUS 2317  6.0  2381 
 19. Karaev, Mark              RUS 2302  6.0  2308 
 20. Saveljev, Vladislav       RUS 2295  6.0  2322 
 21. Akimov, Ivan              RUS 2287  6.0  2428 
108 players

5) Last Autumn GM

The Last Autumn GM tournament takes place 1st-12th November 2002. My thanks to Leonid Gofshtein.

Internet coverage at: http://www.tyomkinchess.com

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Last Autumn GM Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), 1-12 xi 2002       cat. VIII (2429)
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 1. Erenburg, Sergey        m ISR 2494  * 1 1 = 1 . . = . 1  5.0  2686 
 2. Kundin, Alexander       f ISR 2429  0 * 1 . = 1 . . = 1  4.0  2569 
 3. Gerzhoy, Leonid           ISR 2389  0 0 * = = . 1 1 . .  3.0  2437 
 4. Kudischewitsch, David     RUS 2384  = . = * . 0 = . = 1  3.0  2411 
 5. Roiz, Michael           m ISR 2512  0 = = . * = . = . 1  3.0  2432 
 6. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon    g ISR 2519  . 0 . 1 = * . = = .  2.5  2459 
 7. Kaganskiy, Gleb           RUS 2315  . . 0 = . . * = 1 =  2.5  2403 
 8. Tyomkin, Dimitri        g ISR 2492  = . 0 . = = = * = .  2.5  2394 
 9. Bykhovsky, Avigdor      g RUS 2481  . = . = . = 0 = * 0  2.0  2276 
10. Deutsch, Eyal             ISR 2272  0 0 . 0 0 . = . 1 *  1.5  2242 
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6) Blue Autumn

The Blue Autumn tournament took place in Bucharest 23rd October - 6th November 2002. Mihail Golubev won the event with 9/13. Anghel Valentin withdrew after 7 rounds. My thanks to Radu Chirila.

Internet site: http://www.geocities.com/rchirila2002/

Blue Autumn Bucharest ROM (ROM), 23 x-6 xi 2002              cat. VIII (2430)
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 1 Golubev, Mihail          g UKR 2528 * 1 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 = = 1  9.0  2563
 2 Lupulescu, Constantin      ROM 2480 0 * = 1 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 =  8.5  2536
 3 Djukic, Nikola             YUG 2413 0 = * = 0 = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2518
 4 Vasiesiu, Dan            m ROM 2435 = 0 = * 1 = = 1 = = = = = =  7.0  2458
 5 Kalezic, Blazo           m YUG 2430 = 0 1 0 * = 1 0 = 1 = = 1 =  7.0  2459
 6 Badea, Bela              g ROM 2474 = = = = = * = = = = = = = 1  7.0  2455
 7 Ionescu, Constantin      g ROM 2489 = = = = 0 = * = 1 = = = = =  6.5  2425
 8 Manolache, Marius        m ROM 2437 0 0 1 0 1 = = * 1 1 = 0 0 1  6.5  2429
 9 Moldovan, Daniel         m ROM 2460 = = 0 = = = 0 0 * = 1 1 = 1  6.5  2427
10 Mateuta, Gabriel         m ROM 2390 = = 0 = 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 1 =  6.0  2404
11 Murariu, Andrei          m ROM 2395 0 = 0 = = = = = 0 0 * 1 1 =  5.5  2375
12 Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel    ROM 2431 = 0 0 = = = = 1 0 = 0 * 0 1  5.0  2343
13 Radovanovic, Dusan         YUG 2334 = 0 0 = 0 = = 1 = 0 0 1 * =  5.0  2350
14 Diulger, Alexey          m MDA 2326 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = *  3.5  2263
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Valentin Anghel f ROM 2410 withdrew after 7 rounds

7) Rosny sous Bois IM

The Rosny sous Bois (France) IM tournament took place 26th October - 3rd November 2002. Alexandre Sulypa won the event with 7.5/9. My thanks to Dominique Primal for the news.

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IM It Rosny sous Bois FRA (FRA), 26 x-3 xi 2002       cat. IV (2340)
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 1. Sulypa, Alexandre     g UKR 2487  * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1  7.5  2596 
 2. Bellaiche, Antony       FRA 2369  0 * = 1 1 0 = 1 1 1  6.0  2461 
 3. Onkoud, Abdelaziz       MAR 2317  = = * = 0 1 1 = 1 1  6.0  2467 
 4. Velikov, Petar        g BUL 2431  = 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 1  5.5  2409 
 5. Spielmann, Alain      f FRA 2308  0 0 1 1 * = = 0 1 =  4.5  2343 
 6. Piot, Olivier           FRA 2252  0 1 0 0 = * = = = =  3.5  2269 
 7. Wirig, Anthony          FRA 2350  0 = 0 = = = * = = =  3.5  2258 
 8. Maitesian, Sergei       FRA 2305  0 0 = 0 1 = = * 0 1  3.5  2263 
 9. Moracchini, Fabrice   f FRA 2331  = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 0  2.5  2174 
10. Marechal, Andy        f BEL 2248  0 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 *  2.5  2184 
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8) 2nd Rohde Open

Dominique Primal reports that the 2nd Rohde Open took place 26th October - 3rd November 2002 in Sautron, France. Viesturs Meijers finished 1st above Vitali Koziak both scoring 7/9.

Internet coverage: http://membres.lycos.fr/sautronechecs/

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2nd Rohde Open Sautron FRA (FRA), 26 x-3 xi 2002
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 1  Meijers Viesturs      m 2463 LAT  7,0 44,0 2662 
 2  Koziak Vitali         m 2459 UKR  7,0 42,5 2622 
 3  Berelovich Aleksandar g 2541 UKR  6,5 44,5 2527 
 4  Legky Nikolay A       g 2503 UKR  6,5 44,0 2536 
 5  Raetsky Alexander     m 2423 RUS  6,5 43,0 2515 
 6  Komljenovic Davor     g 2450 CRO  6,5 42,0 2529 
 7  Grunberg Mihai        m 2419 ROM  6,5 41,5 2472 
 8  Maze Sebastien          2374 FRA  6,5 41,5 2478 
 9  Ivanov Jordan         m 2429 BUL  6,5 40,5 2480 
10  Fedorchuk Sergey A.   m 2564 UKR  6,0 42,5 2424 
11  Grigore Nicolae Petre m 2397 ROM  6,0 41,0 2363 
12  Lukov Valentin        g 2463 BUL  6,0 40,5 2380 
13  Battaglini Gabriel      2229 FRA  6,0 40,5 2379 
14  Brunelliere Pierre      2294 FRA  6,0 40,0 2323 
15  Mullon Jean-Baptiste    2318 FRA  6,0 39,5 2350 
16  Peric Slavisa         m 2282 YUG  6,0 39,0 2325 
17  Colin Vincent           2341 FRA  6,0 36,5 2261 
18  Lesbros Bernard         2054 FRA  6,0 36,0 2126 
19  Lelong Eric             2070 FRA  6,0 35,0 2084 
145 players

9) Novara Open

Stefano Ticozzi reports: The Novara Chess Club (Italy) organised a weekend FIDE Open November 1st-3rd 2002. 1 IM (YUG Gojko Laketic) and 3 FMs (Folco Castaldo, Alessio De Santis and Marco Sbarra) competed.

Internet site: http://anzwers.org/free/ssn/notiziario/notiz1602.htm

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3rd Weekend Novara ITA (ITA), 1-3 xi 2002
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 1. Aranovitch, Emiliano     ITA 2192  - 6 +18 +22 +16 +11 + 4  5.0  2398 
 2. Raineri, Valero          ITA 2139  +23 = 7 = 5 + 6 =14 +11  4.5  2285 
 3. Laketic, Gojko        m  YUG 2444  + 9 +15 = 6 =11 = 4 =10  4.0  2295 
 4. De Santis, Alessio    f  ITA 2267  +19 +14 =11 + 7 = 3 - 1  4.0  2308 
 5. Giordani, Marco          ITA 2097  = 8 +21 = 2 =12 = 6 +14  4.0  2256 
 6. Barberi, Alessandro      ITA 2094  + 1 +22 = 3 - 2 = 5 = 7  3.5  2265 
 7. Sbarra, Marco         f  ITA 2220  +20 = 2 + 8 - 4 =13 = 6  3.5  2212 
 8. Ubezio, Marco            ITA 2195  = 5 +13 - 7 = 9 =16 +15  3.5  2203 
 9. Berni, Fabrizio          ITA 2117  - 3 =17 +20 = 8 =12 +16  3.5  2236 
10. Castaldo, Folco       f  ITA 2338  =21 -11 +18 =13 +19 = 3  3.5  2199 
11. Aglietti, Graziano       ITA 2064  +16 +10 = 4 = 3 - 1 - 2  3.0  2257 
12. Ranieri, Fabrizio        ITA 2173  -14 +19 =15 = 5 = 9 =13  3.0  2111 
13. Bozzali, Ermanno         ITA 2135  =18 - 8 +17 =10 = 7 =12  3.0  2154 
14. Radice, Luca             ITA 2077  +12 - 4 =21 +15 = 2 - 5  3.0  2154 
15. Mazzariol, Oscar         ITA 2141  +17 - 3 =12 -14 +21 - 8  2.5  2109 
16. Moncelli, Giorgio        ITA 2166  -11 +20 +23 - 1 = 8 - 9  2.5  2054 
17. Borroni,Enrico               ----  -15 = 9 -13 =18 +22 =20  2.5  2051 
18. De Lillo,Michele             ----  =13 - 1 -10 =17 +24 =19  2.5  2070 
19. Trumpf, Walter           SUI 2102  - 4 -12 +24 +22 -10 =18  2.5  2099 
20. Volpi, Davide            ITA 2100  - 7 -16 - 9 +24 +23 =17  2.5  2026 
21. Bemporad, Filippo        ITA 2108  =10 - 5 =14 +23 -15  .   2.0  2058 
22. Barlocco, Carlo          ITA 2160  +24 - 6 - 1 -19 -17 =23  1.5  1871 
23. Recanatini,Italo             ----  - 2 +24 -16 -21 -20 =22  1.5  1919 
24. BYE                          ----  -22 -23 -19 -20 -18  .   0.0       
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10) First Saturday November

The First Saturday events in November include GM, IM and FM events. They take place in Budapest 2nd-14th November 2002. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and Andras Bacsi for the news.

Internet coverage: http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0210/index.htm

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FSGM Nov Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 xi 2002                  cat. VIII (2430)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Balogh, Csaba            m HUN 2432  * 1 . = = . = 1 1 1 = 1  7.0  2637 
 2. Chernyshov, Konstantin   g RUS 2549  0 * . = 1 = . 1 1 1 1 1  7.0  2639 
 3. Fogarasi, Tibor          m HUN 2466  . . * = 0 = 1 1 = = 1 1  6.0  2537 
 4. Todorovic, Goran M       g YUG 2467  = = = * 0 1 1 0 . 1 . =  5.0  2475 
 5. Horvath, Peter1          m HUN 2482  = 0 1 1 * 0 = . = . 1 0  4.5  2438 
 6. Horvath, Csaba           g HUN 2506  . = = 0 1 * = = = = = .  4.5  2428 
 7. Szeberenyi, Adam         m HUN 2367  = . 0 0 = = * . 1 = 1 =  4.5  2430 
 8. Szieberth, Adam          m HUN 2371  0 0 0 1 . = . * 0 1 1 1  4.5  2437 
 9. Pilgaard, Kim            m DEN 2432  0 0 = . = = 0 1 * . = 1  4.0  2390 
10. Kahn, Evarth             m HUN 2355  0 0 = 0 . = = 0 . * = 1  3.0  2307 
11. Slaby, Jerzy               POL 2364  = 0 0 . 0 = 0 0 = = * .  2.0  2220 
12. Jakab, Attila            m HUN 2367  0 0 0 = 1 . = 0 0 0 . *  2.0  2215 
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FSIM Nov Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 xi 2002                    cat. I (2268)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. Zufic, Miroslav      f CRO 2321  * . . . 1 . 1 = 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2712 
 2. Farago, Sandor       m HUN 2299  . * 1 0 . 1 = 1 = . 1 1 .  6.0  2451 
 3. Papp, Gellert          HUN 2275  . 0 * = 0 1 1 . . 1 = 1 1  6.0  2387 
 4. Ilfeld, Etan           ISR 2176  . 1 = * . = = 1 . 0 = 1 .  5.0  2364 
 5. Brustkern, Juergen   f GER 2288  0 . 1 . * . = 1 0 = 1 . 1  5.0  2374 
 6. Bogza, Adina        wm ROM 2270  . 0 0 = . * 0 . . 1 1 = 1  4.0  2259 
 7. Lengyel, Bela        m HUN 2338  0 = 0 = = 1 * = = . . . =  4.0  2234 
 8. Fucak, Emilijo       f CRO 2322  = 0 . 0 0 . = * . = = = 1  3.5  2188 
 9. Dencsi, Tibor          HUN 2209  0 = . . 1 . = . * = 0 = 0  3.0  2192 
10. Timmermans, Ivo        NED 2180  0 . 0 1 = 0 . = = * . . =  3.0  2187 
11. Alfred, Nathan         ENG 2251  0 0 = = 0 0 . = 1 . * = .  3.0  2139 
12. Harmon, Clark          USA 2223  0 0 0 0 . = . = = . = * .  2.0  2072 
13. Schneider, Attila    m HUN 2337  0 . 0 . 0 0 = 0 1 = . . *  2.0  2082 
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11) Alushta Autumn

Mikhail Golubev sends news of the Alushta Autumn tournament which took place 15th-24th October 2002. IMs Olga Alexandrova and Igor Sminov both scored 9.5/12.

Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/alu02oc2.htm

V Autumn Alushta UKR (UKR), 15-24 x 2002           cat. VII (2410)
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1 Alexandrova, Olga     m UKR 2430 ** == == 11 =1 11 11  9.5  2636
2 Smirnov, Igor UKR     m UKR 2365 == ** == =1 11 11 11  9.5  2647
3 Kayumov, Sergey         UZB 2330 == == ** =1 1= 1= 11  8.5  2581
4 Shtyrenkov, Veniamen  g RUS 2441 00 =0 =0 ** == == 10  4.0  2279
5 Varavin, Viktor       g RUS 2438 =0 00 0= == ** == ==  4.0  2280
6 Arbakov, Valentin     g RUS 2446 00 00 0= == == ** 01  3.5  2246
7 Kulicov, Oleg         m RUS 2420 00 00 00 01 == 10 **  3.0  2215
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12) 4NCL and Midland Monarchs

The 4 Nations League 1st division team, Midland Monarchs, have changed their name to Betsson.com. Midland Monarchs have previously won the 4NCL and they currently have titled players such as 2620 GM Peter Heine Nielsen, IM Adam Hunt, IM Simon Williams and Nick and Richard Pert.

13) Forthcoming Events and Links

18th North Sea Cup Esbjerg Denmark

2003 will be the year when the Danish Chess Federation turns 100! The Esbjerg Chess Union and the renowned Danish round-robin the North Sea Cup are scheduled to play a major role in the celebrations. The gm group with 10 players will play July 4-12. After 3 category 14s back to back the organisers are hoping for a category 15 this time. Also a B-group, primarily for young Danish up and coming players, will be on offer at this Danish chess festival. 4 foreign ims will be invited, and the winner of the B-group will be invited to the gm group of the 19th NSC. Interested players should contact Brian Isaksen at brisak@esenet.dk

Homepage: http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/vh2002/1index.htm

78th Hastings Congress

The 78th Hastings International Chess Congress will take place at the Horntye Park Sport Complex from Saturday 28th December 2002 to Sunday 5th January 2003 inclusive. The event is once again sponsored by Hastings Borough Council with additional support from several local businesses.

The Premier Tournament is a 9-round all-play-all event for ten invited players. This year’s line-up includes WGM Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 12 year old GM Sergey Karjakin (UKR), Alexei Barsov (Uzbekistan), Pentala Harikrishna (India), Krishnan Sasikiran (India), Keith Arkell, Glenn Flear, Luke McShane, Vitaly Tsheskovsky.

The Challengers Open Tournament which attracts players from home and overseas includes Grandmasters Vladislav Borovikov (UKR), Beshukov (Rus) Milos Pavlovic (YUG) Former Yugoslav Champion, and International Masters Alexander Cherniaev(Rus) and Ed Formanek (USA)

This year a new event has been introduced, the Golden Jubilee Weekend Tournament 28th and 29th December with sections for all levels of player including Beginners. The New Year Tournament for the more casual player will take place from Monday 30th December to Friday 3 January

The 20th Hastings Weekend Congress will take place from Friday 3 Jan to Sunday 5 January with sections from Experts to Novice.

Website: hastingschess.org.uk

Rilton Cup

The 32nd Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2002 - 5th January 2003 in Stockholm, Sweden. 9 Round Swiss.

Full details: http://www.stockholmschack.nu/rilton.asp

British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2002

British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2002 take place 30th November-1st December 2002 at the Bradford City Football Stadium, Valley Parade Bradford

Further details: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/

Cairnhill Open 2002

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.

Hotel accommodation from 10th to 15th Dec 02 for limited no of GMs and IMs (only one invited player from each country). Registering will be based on a first-come-first-serve-basis.

Further details at http://pc-connect.com.sg/chess/open02/02_Main.htm E-mail: Kenny Chern open_chess@yahoo.com.sg

Novoshakhtinsk Open

The Novoshakhtinsk Open takes place 6th-11th January 2003 in the city of Novoshakhtinsk (Rostov region - Russia). 1st stage of the "Cup of Don - 2003.

Official site: http://www.fanchess.ru and specifically http://www.fanchess.ru/kuda/2003/01/1kubok.htm

Coulsdon Chess Fellowship

Coulsdon Chess Fellowship (CCF) is intending to host a 9 round IM norm closed tournament between Saturday 15th February and Sunday 23rd February with 1 round to be held each afternoon. Any players (title or non-title) who may wish to be considered for inclusion should email Scott Freeman at chess@ccfs.freeserve.co.uk

X "ANIBAL" INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN

The X Anibal Chess Open takes place in Linares, 28th February - 10th March, 2003 Dates are parallel to the XX "Ciudad de Linares" International Chess Tournament. Swiss system. 10 Rounds. New FIDE time control. Hotel Aníbal - Linares.

Further details from: e-mail: linareschess@teleline.es linareschess@wanadoo.es fax: 34 953652204

DEADLINE: Monday, 17th Feb 2003.

Novi Sad GM and IM

There is a tournament in Novi Sad Yugoslavia January 18th-26th 2003. Novi Sad is 76 km from Belgrade or 100 km from the Hungarian border conection by train from Wien 8 hours , from Budapest 5 hours, Belgrade airport, 70 km from Ns, bus connection from all of Europe . Venue: Hotel Park 20 euro double room full board, 25 euro in single. GM tourn. 12 players - FIDE timerate, cat. 9 (4 places at the moment ) IM tourn. cat. 3 or 4 - FIDE timerate, 12 players (5 places at the moment) elo t. , 12 players - 90 min . each. 2 blitz to. during the tournament. inscription fee according organiser , depending on elo, title and which tournament. Organiser GM Drazic Sinisa mail sdrazic@eunet.yu or thirdsaturday2002@yahoo.com tel .++381\ 21 \ 450-714 or 58-922 mobil | 64 | 124-9741

Swiss Chess Tour 2002

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" will finish in Interlaken, one of the most attractive tourist towns in Switzerland.

The 2nd “Casino Open” December 26th-30th 2002. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. The first time, natural prizes for all participants. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1942), junior (1982-85), schoolboy (1986) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. 2nd "Chalet Oberland" Open. Players under 2000. Swiss system, 5 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours. Prizes: natural, for all participants. Entry fee: 100 SF (juniors 50 SF). At the doors +10 SF. Venue: "Casino" New event - Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double rounds.

Time table for "Casino Open": December 26.: The last registration 11.00-12.15. Open ceremony and apero reception from 12.15-12.30. Round 1st 12.30-17.30. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December 28.: Round 4th 12.30-17.30. December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th 15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 9.30-14.30 Closing ceremonies 16.00.

Time table for “Chalet Oberland Open”: December 26 Round 1st 12.30-17.30; December 27 Round 2nd 9.30-14.30; December 28 Round 3rd 12.30-17.30; December 29 Round 4th 9.30-14.30; December 30 Round 5thh 9.30-14.30. Special chess rates in Hotel “Charlet Oberland”. Main sponsor “RAPP” company.

More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch or Ervin Tellenbach tel. +41+79+311-23-53 or Hotel “Charlet Oberland” tel. +41+33+827-87-87. Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/

XV Carlos Torre Tournament

The XV Carlos Torre International Tournament takes place 13th-21st December 2002.

Internet coverage: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx/2002/carlostorre2002.htm

World Youth Chess Championships

The 2002 World Youth Chess Championships will be hosted in the 5-star Creta Maris Hotel in Heraklio, Greece, November 15th-24th 2002. 802 young chessplayers (categories under 18, 16, 14, 12, 10 for boys and girls) from 71 countries have been registered and among them some of the strongest junior chessplayers of the world:

GM Xiangzhi Bu of China (2601, No.99 in the World Rankings), GM Shakriyaz Mamedyarov of Azerbaidzan (2580), GM Pentala Harikrishna of India (2551), WGM Elisabeth Paehtz of Germany (2349), etc.

The event is organized by the Greek Chess Federation and OAA Heraklio Chess Club with the financial support of the General Secretariat of Sports in Greece.

Internet coverage: http://www.greekchess.com/wycc2002

Gausdal Troll Masters Open

The Gausdal Troll Masters Open GM-tournament will be played in Gausdal in Norway 7th -15th January 2003. 10 rounds modified Swiss 2 hours / 40 moves and 1 hour / rest Homepage: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/troll2003/ Contact: Hans Olav Lahlum at hanso.lahlum@c2i.net

2nd Annual Lindsborg Rotary Open

The 2nd Annual Lindsborg Rotary Open Chess Tournament takes place in Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas December 17-23 or December 20-23 2002. Anatoly Karpov will be a special guest of the tournament.

GM & IM norms are available; FIDE rating and evaluation guaranteed for 7-day option! GMS Onishuk, Shulman and Novikov are Confirmed! Ulf Andersson MAY PLAY. $3,000 guaranteed prize fund! 3 sections: FIDE: 9SS, 40/2, SD/1 (4-day option, rounds 1-5 G/50). First two rounds accelerated pairing. 1st - $1000, 2nd - $400, 3rd - $200, 4th - 150, 5th - 100 U2400: $100 - 75; U2200: $100 - 75 Open: 9SS, G/120 1st - $150 U2000: $100 - 75 - 50; U1800: $100 - 75 - 50 U1600: $100 - 75 - 50; U1400: $100 - 75 - 50 Scholastic (12/22): G/30. Trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each HS, MS, ES categories Entering fees: GMs & IMs free. Membership at Kansas Chess Association is required (dues can be paid on site). Before 11/1/02 Before 12/1/02 At site FIDE Section FIDE >2300 $70 $80 $90 FIDE, USCF >2200 $80 $90 $100 FIDE <2200 $90 $100 $110 non-FIDE rated, USCF <2200 * $120 $130 $140 Open Section $50 $55 $60 Scholastic Section $15 $20 $25 Credit cards OK. Online entry at www.lindsborg.org/events.htm * Number of non-FIDE rated players will be limited in this category

Schedules: FIDE Session: 7-day: 12/17-12/20 1:00 pm; 12/21 & 22 9:00 am & 5:00 pm; 12/23 9:00 am 4-day: 12/20 (G/50) 4:00 pm, 6:30 pm, 9:00 pm; 12/21 9:00 am, 1:00 pm, & 5:00 pm; 12/22 9:00 am & 5:00 pm; 12/23 9:00 am Open Sessions (G/120): 4-day: 12/20 4:00 pm; 12/21 9:00 am, 1:30 pm, 7:00 pm; 12/22 9:00 am, 1:30 pm, 7:00 pm; 12/23 9:00 am, 1:30 pm Scholastic Session (G/30): 12/22 10:00 am, 11:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm, 5:30 pm 1/2-pt byes OK at ALL. Limit 3. Last bye must commit before round 5. Special Event - 12/20 at 8:00 pm GM Igor Novikov will play simul games with 20 people. $20.

Hotel rates: $49 - $80 at Swedish Country Inn (1-800-231-0266), $36 - $56 at Coronado Motel (1-800-747-2793), $65 - $150 at Rosberg House B&B;(1-888-215-5234), $65 - $95 at Smoky Valley B & B (1-800-532-4407), and $60 - $120 at C&W Ranch Bed & Breakfast (785-668-2352). Reserve by 11/15 or rates may increase.

Ent: Lindsborg Chamber of Commerce (for the chess tournament), 104 E. Lincoln, Lindsborg, KS 67456. 1-888-227-2227; http://www.lindsborg.org/events.htm For more information please contact Mikhail Korenman at 785-227-3380, ext.8164 or korenman@bethanylb.edu USCF, FIDE. NS, NC.

XXVI Tenkes Cup

XXVI Tenkes Cup (Lajos Ózdi Memorial) takes place in the Hotel "Platán" in Harkány, Hungary November 14-22 2002. There will be 9-round A and B Opens. GMs, IMs, and over 2400 ELO no nominetings cost. More Information Lajos Gyökös: E-mail tenkescuo@egon.gyaloglo.hu Fax (36)-72-579-025

Cartak (CZE) Friendship Tournament 2002

The Friendship chess tournament takes place 6th- 15th December 2002 in Cartak (Czech Republic). There will be events including a: round-robin GM tournament, round-robin IM tournament and an open tournament.

Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/tp2002/default.htm

Evgeny Bareev vs. HIARCS 8

Evgeny Bareev will play a match against HIARCS 8 January 28th-31st 2003.

Further details: http://www.chessevents.nl/bareev_match.shtml

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

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.

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

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.

New York Masters

Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.

Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.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.