THE WEEK IN CHESS 420 25th November 2002 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) FIDE Congress Bled
3) Curacao Open
4) German Chess Championships
5) Hotel Opatija GM
6) Israeli Championships
7) Category VII in Torino
8) Kasparov's ZMD Exhibition in Munich
9) World Youth Chess Championships
10) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Curacao Open                           117 games
German Chess Championships              63 games
Hotel Opatija GM                        18 games
Israeli Championships                   16 games
Category VII in Torino                  45 games
Kasparov's ZMD Exhibition in Munich      6 games
World Youth Chess Championships        770 games
1035 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Mikhail Golubev, Laszlo Nagy, Adolivio Capece, Alik Gershon, Eduard Piacon, Nigel Freeman, Rupert Jones, John Fernandez and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Further news has come through from the FIDE Congress at the Olympiad in Bled. The main story is the proposals for the new FIDE World Championship cycle. Yasser Seirawan has led the process for the new cycle but significantly he mentions that there is a lot of disillusionment amongst the top players. One can imagine a number of reasons for this not least the fact that 2005 is the earliest a player can become World Chess Champion if his name isn't Kasparov, Kramnik, Leko or Ponomariov. In my opinion this is certainly the last chance saloon for the World Chess Championships, if the reorganisation fails to raise interest it is very hard to see where we go from here. A successful reunification series with lots of publicity in 2003 is very important.

I have a few quibbles with the new format. The double elimination competition is very clever producing a qualification process which has a fair chance of the better players getting through to the next stage. I do wonder where the finance for this is going to come from for a 128 player event. Once the field is reduced to 8 players however things look more promising. In the past there were problems getting sponsors for Candidates matches and I have always advocated a Candidates Tournament instead which I think is a simpler and potentially more sponsor attractive event. I do understand the potential problems of players easing up once they have qualified and outright throwing of games in all-play-all formats and I presume this is why this hasn't been considered. However the addition of the World Champion to the later stages of the Candidates may prove to make them far more attractive in the past. I also like the idea of the top 200 players having a say in professional matters, this is long, long overdue.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) FIDE Congress Bled

There is now some further news from the FIDE Congress.

The main issue was the new FIDE World Championship format in the light of the Prague Unity Agreement.

There are a lot of details available at: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=604

The main outstanding issue is Ponomariov's insistance on draw odds as FIDE Champion in his match against Kasparov.

Yasser Seirawan has explained the proposed new cycle in detail in the above article.

Next year the reunification process will see the Kramnik - Leko April-May 2003, Kasparov - Ponomariov in May-June 2003 the unification match in October 2003. The first double elimination event will be in December 2003.

There are proposals for cycles in 2003-5 (2nd cycle ends May-June 2005) and 2005-2007 (3rd cycle).

In summary these proposals are:

The process will start with a large double-knockout elimination qualification event (128 players) which is similar to the current FIDE knockout formula (2 game matches followed by speed players) except that players can afford to lose one match. This will then be followed by Candidates matches with 8 players. Quarter Finals have 6 games, Semi-Finals 8 games and then a World Championship Finals of 12 games (over a period of 17 days). There will be various rapid and blitz playoffs if matches are tied. The difference between the second and third cycles is that Kasparov, Kramnik, Leko and Ponomariov will all be in the second round Candidates at some stage (2 losers of the initial join 8 double eliminates qualifiers in the Candidates, 5 winners joined by the loser of the reunification final in the Quarter Finals and the winner of the reunification joins 3 qualifiers for the semi-finals). In the 3rd Cycle the Champion will join seven players from the double elimination event in the Quarter Finals and that's how it will be for following cycles.

The Prague Agreement referred to the setting up of an organisation for the consulatation of professional players the GM Steering Committee. This is under the chairmanship of Yasser Seirawan. Yasser Seirawan refers to a lot of disillusionment amongst the top players and that because of this he found it difficult to find players to serve on his GM Steering Committee.

Players on that committee in Bled were: Mikhail Gurevich, Gilberto Milos, Joel Lautier, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Artur Jussupow, Judit Polgar, Utut Adianto, Alexander Khalifman and Yasser Seirawan. Smbat Lputian and Mikhail Krasenkow were added as members during the Olympiad. The statutes of the organisation grants voting rights to the top 200 players in the World. There will be a vote on time control issues amongst this group.

The time controls proposed by the GM Steering Committe is 40 moves in two hours, followed by 20 moves in one hour, and finally 15 minutes plus 30 seconds bonus for each move made in the third time control (40/2, 20/1, 15+30) which Seirawan refers to as the professional time control, or simply, "Professional Chess."

The FIDE General Assembly set up a World Championship Committee of Georgios Makropoulos (Chairman), GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Israel Gelfer.

The proposals to make the Olympiad a rapid play were fortunately rejected. Menorca Spain have some financial problems in hosting the next Olympiad although they are confident they can be resolved. They however want the event reduced in length to maybe 12 rounds. Jacksonville Florida have offered to hold the event if Spain can't. The 2006 Olympiad will be held in Torino, Italy. The Olympiad time rate is likely to be the 40 moves in 90 minutes as used in Bled, a timerate that was not universally liked by the players.

There were also discussions surrounding the expenses of former FIDE President Florencio Campomanes.

3) Curacao Open

The Curacao 1962-2002 chess tournament takes place November 16th-28th 2002. The tournament commemorates the 40th Anniversary of the Candidates tournament in 1962.

Internet coverage at: http://www.curacao.com/chess.

40th Anniversary Open Curacao AHO (AHO), 2-14 xi 2002
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                                        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1 Korchnoi, Viktor        g SUI 2634  +16 +14 = 5 = 3 +10 + 7  .   .   .   5.0 /6  2657
 2 Kosashvili, Yona        g ISR 2543  =24 +32 +18 = 5 +13 + 4  .   .   .   5.0 /6  2557
 3 Timman, Jan H           g NED 2594  +27 +15 + 7 = 1 = 4 = 5  .   .   .   4.5 /6  2617
 4 Macieja, Bartlomiej     g POL 2615  +17 +20 + 6 +10 = 3 - 2  .   .   .   4.5 /6  2595
 5 Polgar, Sofia           m HUN 2462  +28 +19 = 1 = 2 +20 = 3  .   .   .   4.5 /6  2592
 6 Gallegos, Carlos        m VEN 2432  +22 +13 - 4 + 9 - 7 +12  .   .   .   4.0 /6  2445
 7 Ligterink, Gert         m NED 2401  +23 +30 - 3 +11 + 6 - 1  .   .   .   4.0 /6  2568
 8 Zapata, Alonso          g COL 2556  +29 =18 -10 +24 =14 +11  .   .   .   4.0 /6  2375
 9 Duesterwald, Marc         GER 2213  +34 -10 +31 - 6 +15 +20  .   .   .   4.0 /6  2349
10 Sequera, Jose           m VEN 2378  +36 + 9 + 8 - 4 - 1 =13  .   .   .   3.5 /6  2432
11 Molander, Riku          f FIN 2301  =25 +12 +24 - 7 +18 - 8  .   .   .   3.5 /6  2324
12 Grimm, Sascha           f GER 2372  =26 -11 +21 +28 +19 - 6  .   .   .   3.5 /6  2273
13 Salman, Joel            f USA 2236  +31 - 6 +23 +17 - 2 =10  .   .   .   3.5 /6  2396
14 Belakovskaia, Anjelina wg USA 2270  +33 - 1 +29 =19 = 8 =17  .   .   .   3.5 /6  2353
15 Loew, Gerald            f GER 2268  +35 - 3 =28 +26 - 9 +23  .   .   .   3.5 /6  2293
16 Malmdin, Nils-Ake         SWE 2201  - 1 +33 +30 -20 =22 +26  .   .   .   3.5 /6  2258
17 Mensing, Fabio            AHO 2200  - 4 +37 +32 -13 +25 =14  .   .   .   3.5 /6  2224
18 Gikas, Basilius           GER 2254  +38 = 8 - 2 +29 -11 +28  .   .   .   3.5 /6  2339
19 Broehl, Stefan            GER 2223  +40 - 5 +25 =14 -12 +24  .   .   .   3.5 /6  2244
20 Hernandez, Alexander    f VEN 2269  +37 - 4 +27 +16 - 5 - 9  .   .   .   3.0 /6  2275
21 Neumann, Han H.W.M        AHO 2211  -32 =25 -12 =30 +37 +34  .   .   .   3.0 /6  2079
22 Vlugt, F                  NED 2088  - 6 -31 +38 +35 =16 =27  .   .   .   3.0 /6  2132
23 Vasquez, Rodrigo        m CHI 2481  - 7 +39 -13 +32 +27 -15  .   .   .   3.0 /6  2178
24 Fernandez, John C         USA 2138  = 2 +26 -11 - 8 +36 -19  .   .   .   2.5 /6  2213
25 Van Tol, Leon J           NED 1883  =11 =21 -19 +34 -17 =29  .   .   .   2.5 /6  2126
26 Straschewski,Joerg        GER ----  =12 -24 +36 -15 +30 -16  .   .   .   2.5 /6  2142
27 Strijkers, Niek           NED 2164  - 3 +35 -20 +33 -23 =22  .   .   .   2.5 /6  2181
28 Bet, Sjaak J.M            AHO 2131  - 5 +40 =15 -12 +31 -18  .   .   .   2.5 /6  2169
29 Popitz, Andreas           GER 2164  - 8 +38 -14 -18 +35 =25  .   .   .   2.5 /6  2103
30 Van Dijk, Timon           NED 2219  +39 - 7 -16 =21 -26 +36  .   .   .   2.5 /6  2078
31 Hansch, Klaus Michael     GER ----  -13 +22 - 9 =36 -28 =33  .   .   .   2.0 /6  1986
32 Tjong A Hung,Edwin        AHO ----  +21 - 2 -17 -23 =33 =37  .   .   .   2.0 /6  2114
33 Eckert,Heiko              GER ----  -14 -16 +40 -27 =32 =31  .   .   .   2.0 /6  1980
34 Sagredo,Claudio           AHO ----  - 9 -36 +37 -25 +40 -21  .   .   .   2.0 /6  1926
35 Eaker,Anthony             USA ----  -15 -27 +39 -22 -29 +40  .   .   .   2.0 /6  1989
36 Dekker, Marvin            AHO ----  -10 +34 -26 =31 -24 -30  .   .   .   1.5 /6  1929
37 Van der Bor,Otto          AHO ----  -20 -17 -34 +40 -21 =32  .   .   .   1.5 /6  1920
38 Girigori,Lindomar         AHO ----  -18 -29 -22  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0 /3      
39 BYE                           ----  -30 -23 -35  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0 /3      
40 Hantke,Volker             GER ----  -19 -28 -33 -37 -34 -35  .   .   .   0.0 /6      
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4) German Chess Championships

The German Chess Championships take place in Saarbrücken November 21st - 30th 2002. With Huebner, Graf, Jussupov, Dautov, Naiditsch, Bischoff, Gustafsson, Luther. 9 Round Swiss System. 42 Players.

Live coverage: http://www.dem-2002.de

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74th ch-GER Saarbruecken GER (GER), 22-30 xi 2002
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 1. Naiditsch, Arkadij    g  GER 2586  +41 +18 + 4 3.0       
 2. Huebner, Robert       g  GER 2640  +32 = 7 + 9 2.5  2760 
 3. Slobodjan, Roman      g  GER 2521  = 5 +38 +22 2.5  2626 
 4. Graf, Alexander       g  GER 2635  +20 +21 - 1 2.0  2614 
 5. Schulz, Karsten       f  GER 2321  = 3 +23 = 7 2.0  2625 
 6. Bischoff, Klaus       g  GER 2554  +24 = 8 =10 2.0  2518 
 7. Handke, Florian       m  GER 2504  +35 = 2 = 5 2.0  2550 
 8. Gisbrecht, Ewgeni     m  GER 2414  +31 = 6 =11 2.0  2593 
 9. Gustafsson, Jan       m  GER 2554  +36 +15 - 2 2.0  2587 
10. Siebrecht, Sebastian  m  GER 2426  +34 =11 = 6 2.0  2604 
11. Dautov, Rustem        g  GER 2617  +40 =10 = 8 2.0  2534 
12. Jussupow, Artur       g  GER 2622  =26 +27 =16 2.0  2524 
13. Pirrot, Dieter        m  GER 2421  =28 +29 =14 2.0  2485 
14. Tischbierek, Raj      g  GER 2523  =27 +26 =13 2.0  2505 
15. Holzhaeuer, Mathias   f  GER 2407  +33 - 9 +28 2.0  2472 
16. Kritz, Leonid         m  GER 2476  =25 +39 =12 2.0  2524 
17. Luther, Thomas        g  GER 2538  =38 =22 +37 2.0  2470 
18. Zeller, Frank         m  GER 2454  +37 - 1 +33 2.0  2493 
19. Mueller, Karsten      g  GER 2518  =39 =25 +34 2.0  2406 
20. Breutigam, Martin     f  GER 2398  - 4 +42 +30 2.0  2500 
21. Kalinitschew, Sergey  g  GER 2485  +42 - 4 +25 2.0  2522 
22. Seger, Ruediger       f  GER 2406  +30 =17 - 3 1.5  2416 
23. Gutman, Lev           g  GER 2476  =29 - 5 +38 1.5  2315 
24. Singer, Christoph        GER 2341  - 6 =31 +39 1.5  2369 
25. Mayer, Frank1            GER 2256  =16 =19 -21 1.0  2368 
26. Baramidze, David         GER 2390  =12 -14 =29 1.0  2354 
27. Kersten, Uwe          f  GER 2331  =14 -12 =32 1.0  2391 
28. Langrock, Hannes      f  GER 2265  =13 =32 -15 1.0  2285 
29. Schunk, Thomas1       f  GER 2294  =23 -13 =26 1.0  2304 
30. Barmbold, Jens           GER 2190  -22 +35 -20 1.0  2248 
31. Bischoff, Dieter         GER 2233  - 8 =24 =40 1.0  2256 
32. Mueller, Matthias     m  GER 2403  - 2 =28 =27 1.0  2287 
33. Tabatt, Hendrik          GER 2222  -15 +36 -18 1.0  2275 
34. Bischof, Detlef          GER 2268  -10 +40 -19 1.0  2319 
35. Becking, Stephan      f  GER 2315  - 7 -30 +41 1.0  2231 
36. Scherer, Max             GER 2339  - 9 -33 +42 1.0  2233 
37. Schunk, Eduard           GER 2297  -18 +41 -17 1.0  2331 
38. Schmidt, Harald          GER 2332  =17 - 3 -23 0.5  2238 
39. Vatter, Hans-Joachim  f  GER 2320  =19 -16 -24 0.5  2172 
40. Stewart, Neil         f  GER 2388  -11 -34 =31 0.5  2099 
41. Bastian, Herbert      f  GER 2376  - 1 -37 -35 0.0       
42. Lentrodt, Thomas      f  GER 2300  -21 -20 -36 0.0       
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5) Hotel Opatija GM

The Hotel Opatija GM tournament takes palce 22nd November - 1st December 2002.

Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/liburnija01/

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Hotel Opatija GM Nov Rijeka CRO (CRO), 22 xi-1 xii 2002cat. VIII (2429)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Saric, Ante         f CRO 2380  * . . = . = 1 . . . . .  2.0  2527 
 2. Loncar, Robert      m CRO 2439  . * . = = . . . . . . 1  2.0  2547 
 3. Saric, Ibro         f BIH 2384  . . * . = . . . . . = 1  2.0  2551 
 4. Jovanic, Ognjen     m CRO 2432  = = . * . . . . = . . .  1.5  2438 
 5. Naumkin, Igor       g RUS 2443  . = = . * . . . = . . .  1.5  2439 
 6. Topalovic, Zlatko     CRO 2272  = . . . . * . . = = . .  1.5  2464 
 7. Fercec, Nenad       m CRO 2504  0 . . . . . * 1 . = . .  1.5  2446 
 8. Plachetka, Jan      g SVK 2444  . . . . . . 0 * . = 1 .  1.5  2487 
 9. Rogic, Davor        m CRO 2496  . . . = = = . . * . . .  1.5  2382 
10. Vukic, Milan        g YUG 2516  . . . . . = = = . * . .  1.5  2406 
11. Vasilev, Milen      m BUL 2442  . . = . . . . 0 . . * 1  1.5  2407 
12. Rukavina, Josip     m CRO 2393  . 0 0 . . . . . . . 0 *  0.0       
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6) Israeli Championships

The Israeli Championships take place 24th November - 3rd December 2002 in Tel Aviv. Smirin, Sutovsky, Avrukh, Gershon, Greenfeld, Mikhalevski and Lerner play in the Swiss System Event. Live coverage: http://www.chess.org.il/en/Isrch.htm

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ch-ISR Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), 24 xi-3 xii 2002
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 1. Avrukh, Boris         g  ISR 2595  +24   1.0       
 2. Golod, Vitali         g  ISR 2523  +29   1.0       
 3. Kreizberg, Michael    f  ISR 2346  +28   1.0       
 4. Porat, Shi            f  ISR 2343  +25   1.0       
 5. Postny, Evgeny        m  ISR 2497  +26   1.0       
 6. Roiz, Michael         m  ISR 2512  +27   1.0       
 7. Rot, Yefim               ISR 2125  +32   1.0       
 8. Smirin, Ilia          g  ISR 2683  +31   1.0       
 9. Tseitlin, Mark D      g  ISR 2472  +30   1.0       
10. Bitansky, Igor           ISR 2370  =14   0.5  2553 
11. Deutsch, Eyal            ISR 2272  =12   0.5  2485 
12. Finkel, Alexander     g  ISR 2485  =11   0.5  2272 
13. Gershon, Alik         g  ISR 2562  =20   0.5  2374 
14. Greenfeld, Alon       g  ISR 2553  =10   0.5  2370 
15. Kantsler, Boris       g  ISR 2486  =16   0.5  2225 
16. Khmelniker, Ilya         ISR 2225  =15   0.5  2486 
17. Polyakov, Alex           ISR 2311  =22   0.5  2494 
18. Kundin, Alexander     f  ISR 2429  =21   0.5  2657 
19. Lerner, Konstantin Z  g  UKR 2504  =23   0.5  2321 
20. Shachar, Ehud         f  ISR 2374  =13   0.5  2562 
21. Sutovsky, Emil        g  ISR 2657  =18   0.5  2429 
22. Erenburg, Sergey      m  ISR 2494  =17   0.5  2311 
23. Vainshtein, Vladimir     ISR 2321  =19   0.5  2504 
24. Bar, Roman            m  ISR 2413  - 1   0.0       
25. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon  g  ISR 2519  - 4   0.0       
26. Kaganskiy, Gleb          RUS 2315  - 5   0.0       
27. Klenburg, Mikhail        UKR 2331  - 6   0.0       
28. Mikhalevski, Victor   g  ISR 2524  - 3   0.0       
29. Pasman, Michael       f  ISR 2345  - 2   0.0       
30. Lederer, Yoav            ISR 2272  - 9   0.0       
31. Vydeslaver, Alik      m  ISR 2434  - 8   0.0       
32. Zilberman, Yaacov     g  ISR 2467  - 7   0.0       
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7) Category VII in Torino

The Scaccomatto 2002 Category VII tournament took place in the Marconi Auditorium, Torino, Italy November 16th-24th 2002. My thanks to Adolivio Capece.

In addition there was a tournament in Taormina, November 16-24. Final standings GM Ortega 8.5 IM Aleksic (Yug) 8 IM Tomescu (Rom) 8 FM Fabiano 7 IM Ljubisavlievic (Yug) 6.5 FM Isonzo 6 Garcia (Esp) 6 Cappadone 4.5 Bonaccorsi 4.5 Rodriguez (Esp) 3.5 Pircher 2.5 Bonani 1 (no games available)

Internet coverage: http://www.scaccomatto.org

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It Torino ITA (ITA), 16-24 xi 2002 cat. VII (2405)
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 1. Georgiev, Vladimir    g MKD 2501  6.5  2560 
 2. Lazic, Miroljub       g YUG 2461  6.5  2564 
 3. Godena, Michele       g ITA 2506  6.0  2518 
 4. Sarno, Spartaco       m ITA 2412  5.5  2484 
 5. Sedina, Elena         m ITA 2428  5.5  2482 
 6. Piscopo, Pierluiei      ITA 2272  5.0  2376 
 7. Etchegaray, Patrice   m FRA 2347  4.5  2411 
 8. Castaldo, Folco       f ITA 2338  3.5  2332 
 9. Mukic, Josko          f CRO 2365  2.0  2058 
10. Blauert, Joerg        m GER 2418  0.0  2183 
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Blauert withdrew after four games and his two
wins against Piscopo and Mulic were cancelled 
from the official score.

8) Kasparov's ZMD Exhibition in Munich

Garry Kasparov played a six game blitz match against rising German star 17 year old Elisabeth Paehtz. The event was part of an appearance Kasparov put in at the Electonica technology show in Munich on November 13th 2002.

Kasparov was on the East German Chip Manufacturer ZMG's stand.

Kasparov is having a documentary made about him in connection with the Kasparov vs. Deep Blue Match. The film maker is Vikram Jayanti who was co-producer on the brilliant Ali documentary "When We Were Kings".

Paetz put up a good showing in the early games missing 35.Kg1 to win the first game and being a piece up in game 3 (although in this case certainly not without compensation for Kasparov).

Details: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=603

Paehtz, Elisabeth  -  Kasparov, Garry    0-1   36  B43  Sicilian Paulsen
Kasparov, Garry    -  Paehtz, Elisabeth  1-0   35  B52  Sicilian Rossolimo
Paehtz, Elisabeth  -  Kasparov, Garry    0-1   44  B43  Sicilian Paulsen
Kasparov, Garry    -  Paehtz, Elisabeth  1-0   43  A40  Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Paehtz, Elisabeth  -  Kasparov, Garry    0-1   34  B42  Sicilian Paulsen
Kasparov, Garry    -  Paehtz, Elisabeth  1-0   43  A26  English Sicilian Attack


ZMD Blitz Munich GER (GER), 13-13 xi 2002
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Kasparov, Garry   g  RUS 2838    1   1   1   1   1   1   6.0      
Paehtz, Elisabeth wg GER 2349    0   0   0   0   0   0   0.0      
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9) World Youth Chess Championships

The 2002 World Youth Chess Championships took place in Heraklio, Greece, November 15th-24th 2002. 802 young chessplayers (categories under 18, 16, 14, 12, 10 for boys and girls) from 71 countries played including some of the strongest junior chessplayers of the world. I give the games from sections with significant numbers of rated players.

Internet coverage: http://www.chessfed.gr/WYCC2002/default.htm

Leading Final Standings:

Boys Under 18

Berkes Ferenc         HUN 2545 9 
Mammadyarov Shahriyar AZE 2580 9 
Harikrishna Pentala   IND 2551 8 
Petrosyan Tigran      ARM 2324 8 
Mark Paragua          PHI 2476 8 
Schneider Dmitry      USA 2401 7,5 
Mayorau Mikita        BLR 2324 7,5 
Drabke Lorenz         GER 2374 7,5 
Shanava Konstantine   GEO 2412 7,5 
Flumbort Andras       HUN 2446 7 
Sadykov Rustem        KAZ 2400 7 
Husnutdinov Damir     UZB 2346 7 
Gratchev Boris        RUS 2489 7 
Zhyhalka Andrei       BLR 2446 7 
Bu Xiangzhi           CHI 2601 7 
Arutunian Davit       GEO 2449 7 

Boys Under 16

Pantsulaia Levan       GEO 2450 8,5 
Gerzhoy Leonid         ISR 2389 8,5 
Wojtaszek Radoslaw     POL 2452 8 
Kuljasevic Davorin     CRO 2381 8 
Filippov Anton         UZB 2292 8 
Erdos Viktor           HUN 2416 8 
Pixton Arron           USA 2443 8 
Wang Yue               CHN 2495 7,5 
Stellwagen Daniel      NED 2426 7,5 
Pasmikyan Arman        ARM 2304 7,5 
Choma Ernani Francisco BRA 2227 7,5 
Smirnov Igor           UKR 2365 7 
Pakleza Zbigniew       POL 2382 7 
Adly Ahmed             EGY 2294 7 
Deepan Chakkravarthy J IND 2355 7 
Ghasi Ameet            ENG 2292 7 
Jones Gawain           ENG 2251 7 
Meier Georg            GER 2181 7 

Boys Under 14

Lenic Luka                SLO 2257 9 
Rohit G.                  IND 2319 8,5 
Jojua Davit               GEO 2208 8 
Ragger Markus             AUT 2211 8 
Bercys Salvijus           LTU 2167 8 
Ramirez Alejandro         CRC 2421 7,5 
Sengupta Deep             IND 2285 7,5 
Bluvshtein Mark           CAN 2449 7,5 
Romanov Evgueni           RUS 2318 7,5 
Brkic Ante                CRO 2372 7,5 
Thiruchelvam Thirumurugan ENG 2249 7,5 
Kononenko Dmytro          UKR 2376 7,5 
Zhyhalka Siarhei          BLR 2300 7 
Amin Bassem               EGY 2269 7 
Alexander Fier            BRA 2205 7 
Mammadov Rauf             AZE 2366 7 
Brodowski Piotr           POL 2232 7 
Gonda Laszlo              HUN 2333 7 
Iotov Valentin            BUL 2256 7 
Leon Itavas Manuel        MEX 2261 7 
Pham Chuong               VIE 0    7 
Goh Jason                 SIN 0    7 

Boys Under 12

Nepomniachtchi Ian     RUS 2344 9 
Carlsen Magnus         NOR 2250 9 
Howell David           ENG 2224 8,5 
Andreikine Dmitri      RUS 2332 8,5 
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2274 8 
Wei Chenpeng           CHN 0    8 
Le Quang Liem          VIE 0    8 
Khairullin Ildar       RUS 2339 8 
Srinivas Dasari Sai    IND 2151 8 
Berczes David          HUN 2232 7,5 
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2358 7,5 
Can Emre               TUR 2185 7,5 
Kuzubov Yuriy          UKR 2186 7 
Susilodinata Andrean   INA 2242 7 
Benidze Davit          GEO 0    7 
Bindrich Falko         GER 2172 7 
Spoelman Wouter        NED 2206 7 
Recuero Guerra David   ESP 2082 7 
Mingatchev Mansur      RUS 2207 7 
Pena Hernandez Alfredo COL 0    7 
Ibrahimov Rashad       AZE 0    7 
Brzeski Maciej         POL 2149 7 
Hamitevici Vladimir    MDA 0    7 
Hohvanisyan Robert     ARM 0    7 
Setzephandt Alexander  USA 0    7 

Boys Under 10

Safarli Eltaj             AZE 2210 9,5 
Ding Liren                CHN 0    9,5 
Sugirov Sanan             RUS 0    9 
Cruz Christian            PER 0    8 
Zhao Nan                  CHN 0    8 
Caruana Fabiano           USA 2102 8 
Gritsenko Andrei          RUS 0    8 
Thavandiran Shiyam        CAN 0    8 
Zhang Kai                 CHN 0    7,5 
Negi Parimarjan           IND 2027 7,5 
Luo Xin                   CHN 2032 7,5 
Strzemiecki Zbigniew      POL 0    7,5 
Tokman Ariel              ARG 0    7,5 
Yilmaz Mustafa            TUR 0    7 
Erdenetulga Rentsen       MGL 0    7 
Sandeep Y.                IND 2019 7 
Arnold Marc Tyler         USA 0    7 
Thaler Michael            USA 0    7 
Zamarbide Inarrrea Daniel ESP 0    7 
Swiercz Dariusz           POL 0    7 
Baudson Charles           FRA 0    7 
Mars Ulu                  KGZ 0    7 

Girls Under 18

Paehtz Elisabeth          GER 2349 8,5 
Tsereteli Tamar           GEO 2316 8 
Sebag Marie               FRA 2362 8 
Rohonyan Kateryna         UKR 2320 8 
Berzina Ilze              LAT 2243 7,5 
Pogonina Natalia          RUS 2397 7 
Mechtcheriakova Evguenia  RUS 2288 7 
Vasilevitch Irina         RUS 2251 7 
Shukurova Meihriban       AZE 2243 7 
Machalova Maria           SVK 2124 7 
Olga Gerasimovich         BLR 0    7 

Girls Under 16

Tchistiakova Tamara       RUS 2223 9 
Dzagnidze Nana            GEO 2309 9 
Fominykh Marina           RUS 2240 8 
Zdebska Natalia           UKR 2260 8 
Zawadzka Jolanta          POL 2310 8 
Paridar Shadi             IRI 2132 7,5 
Huang Qian                CHN 2305 7,5 
Sachdev Tania             IND 2189 7 
Papadopoulou Vera         GRE 2165 7 
Karavade Eesha Sanjay     IND 2171 7 
Melia Salome              GEO 2264 7 
Batsiashvili Nino         GEO 2236 7 
Khaziyeva Dinara          CAN 2102 7 
Ortiz Nadya Carolina      COL 2115 7 

Girls Under 14

Rogule Laura              LAT 2213 9,5 
Malysheva Polina          RUS 2110 9 
Pour Khasiyan A.          IRI 2161 8 
Majdan Joanna             POL 2112 8 
Yabjindulam Dulamsuren    MGL 2154 7,5 
Khotenashvili Bela        GEO 2219 7,5 
Shen Yang                 CHN 2038 7,5 
Arutyunova Diana          UKR 2225 7,5 
Ross Laura                USA 2096 7,5 
Gounina Valentina         RUS 2146 7,5 
Nadig Krutika             IND 2125 7 
Yildiz Betul Cemre        TUR 2117 7 
Gurchumalidze Teona       GEO 2124 7 
Sarquis Maria Belen       ARG 2085 7 
Ingris Rivera             COL 0    7 
Umudova Nargiz            AZE 1848 7 

Girls Under 12

Tan Zhongyi               CHN 0    9 
Muzychuk Anna             UKR 2252 8,5 
Harika Dronavalli         IND 2248 8 
Ding Yixin                CHN 0    8 
Balkova Anna              CZE 0    8 
Ignacz Maria              HUN 2086 7,5 
Buttner Natalia           ARG 0    7,5 
Guiria Olga               RUS 0    7,5 
Khoo Selina               ENG 0    7,5 
Tairova Elena             RUS 2189 7 
Gencer Ozlem              TUR 0    7 
Rakic Marija              YUG 0    7 
Mammadova Gulnar          AZE 0    7 

Girls Under 10

Stock Lara                   CRO 0    9,5 
Hejazi Pour M.               IRI 0    9 
Vojinovic Jovana             YUG 0    9 
Muzychuk Mariya              UKR 0    8,5 
Sviridovitch Alina           CAN 0    8 
Liu Xuewei                   CHN 0    7,5 
Savina Anastasia             RUS 0    7,5 
Mammadbayova Farida          AZE 0    7,5 
Zheng Ruorong                CHN 0    7 
Le Hoang Tran Chau           VIE 0    7 
Sakhithi Pinnamaneni Lakshmi IND 0    7 
Todorova Kalina              BUL 0    7 
Jurich Florencia             ARG 0    7 

10) Forthcoming Events and Links

Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Sergei Karjakin

There will be a match between Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Sergei Karjakin in Brissago 1st-6th February 2003.

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

1st Samba Cup

Organiser: Skanderborg Chess Club. Dates of play: October 10, 2003 to October 20, 2003.

2 tournaments, A-group category 15/16, B-group category 9/10. In both groups there will be 10 players, playing 9 rounds (round-robin).

Venue: Hotel Skanderborghus in Skanderborg, Denmark Contact: Tournament Organiser Michael Andersson, e-mail GM@skanderborgskakklub.dk.

15th Belgrade Open Championships

The 15th Belgrade Open Championships take place 18th-28th November 2002. Leading players: 1. Romanishin,Oleg G 2572 UKR 2. Blagojevic,Dragisa M 2537 YUG 3. Savic,Miodrag,R M 2519 YUG 4. Fontaine,Robert G 2517 FRA 5. Timoscenko,Gennadij G 2509 SVK 6. Svetushkin,Dmitri G 2505 MDA.

Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu/english.htm

Bermuda 2003

The Bermuda tournament in 2003 will consist of a GM 'A' - Category XV or XVI (25th January to 5th February) and a GM 'B' - Category IX or X (25th January to 5th February) PanAmerican Amateur - under 2000 FIDE or unrated (27th January to 5th February) 20th Bermuda International Open (6th February to 9th February). Players are yet to be confirmed.

Milan Vukadinov 1936-2002

The Michigan Chess Association has an obituary of Milan Vukadinov one of the best (top 20) Canadian players for over 20 years, and played in the Malta Olympiad in 1980 representing Canada. His peak USCF rating was 2443 (about 2375 FIDE strength).

Internet coverage: http://www.michess.org/features/News_November.shtml

First Saturday December

The First Saturday for December take place 7th-20th December 2002.

Contact Laszlo Nagy if you wish to play. E-mail: firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile: (36)-30-230-1914

Players:

GM Event: IGM LUKACS, Peter /HUN/, IGM KOSANOVIC, Goran /YUG/, IGM ANKA, Emil /HUN/, IM VALDES, Leonardo /CRC/, WGM RADZIEWICZ, Iweta /POL/, IM HORVATH, Peter /HUN/, WGM VAJDA, Szidonia /HUN/, IM LOPEZ MARTINEZ, Jose Manuel /ESP/, IM RAMESH, R.B. /IND/, IM FLUMBORT, Andras /HUN/, IM BALOGH, Csaba /HUN/, WFM DIMITRIJEVIC, Aleksandra /YUG/, IM SZEBERÉNYI, Ádám /HUN/, IM CRAWLEY, Gavin /ENG/ Reserves: IGM HORVATH, Csaba /HUN/, IM KAHN, Evarth /HUN/, IM JAKAB, Attila, /HUN/, IM BELEZKY, Sasha /UKR/, FM BRUSTKERN, Juergen /GER/.

IM Event Cats 1-3: IM EPERJESI,Laszlo /HUN/, IM LENGYEL, Béla /HUN/, IM PEREDY, Ferenc /HUN/, IM FARAGÓ, Sándor /HUN/, FM BRUSTKERN, Jurgen /GER/, FM HEINZEL, Olaf /GER/, WIM RAMASHWAMI, Aartie /IND/, POPOVICS, Ádám /HUN/, FM RAJLICH, Vasik /USA/, DENCSI, Tibor /HUN/, FM GRAFL, Florian /GER/, FM DRESEN, Ulrich /GER/, IM BOGUSZLAVSZKIJ, Jevgenyij /HUN/, IM SCHNEIDER, Attila /HUN/, FM GRAHAM, Nathaniel /USA/, FM GERARD, Nicolas /FRA/, IM JAKAB, Attila /HUN/, IM WERNER, Dimo /GER/, GUNNARSSON, Anvar /ISL/. IM HABIBI Ali /GER/ Reserves: IM KAHN, Evarth /HUN/, PAPP, Gellért /HUN/, MARTINI, Balázs /HUN/.

FM groups will have 10-14 players.

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. John Henderson will be on the spot for TWIC. The Kasparov - Deep Junior match in is set to take place in January, probably in being moved from Jerusalem to Jacksonville in Florida USA.

Website: http://www.x3dworld.com

2003 US Chess Championships in Seattle

The 2003 US Chess Championships will take place in Seattle starting on January 9th 2003. The event is organised by the America’s Foundation for Chess (AF4C). 58 of the US's Best Chess Players Compete for $255,000, the event incorporates the women's title event. The venue is the Seattle Center Northwest Rooms.

There will be several other events of interest to the general public, including live championship commentary, a Children’s Simul; Martin Luther King Jr. Day Open-Chess Tournament for children, and the awards ceremony of the U.S. Chess Championships.

For further information: http://www.af4c.org

Swiss Chess Tour 2003

The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year. The 5th Hilton Open features Viktor Korchnoi, Vlastimil Hort, Yannick Pelletier and Ivan Nemet. They will play each other, one game on classic time control and the other in rapid. Timetable of the 5th Hilton Open: 31.12.2002. Blitz open; 14.00-17.00; registration 13.00; 9 rounds, 5 minutes. 1.1.2003. Fujitcu Siemens – Junior’s Open; 10.00-16.00; 7 rounds, 15 minutes. 1.-5.1.2003. Hilton Open; 7 rounds, 6 hours (40 moves-120 minutes, 60 minutes till the end.) 1.-5.1.2003. Baloise Open; 7 rounds, 4 hours (30 moves-90 minutes, 30 minutes till the and.) 1.-5.1.2003. Senior Open; same as Baloise Open. 1.-4.1.2003. ITAG Tele-Rapid; with Korchnoi, Hort, Pelletier, Nemet; 15 minutes per game. 2.-5.1.2003. ITAG Masters (Korchnoi, Hort, Pelletier, Nemet); classic time control, 6 hours. 5.1.2003. Fujitsu Siemens VIP&PC Challenge (+ 5 best juniors); 10.00-14.00 5.1.2003. Closing ceremony

Prizes: Hilton Open: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/2x200 Fr. Entry fee: 130 Fr. (FM & Juniors) GM & IM free. At the door 10 Fr. Baloise Open: 500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 Fr. Entry fee: 110 Fr. (Juniors 50 Fr.) At the door 10. Senior Open: 400/300/200 Fr. + natural prizes Entry fee: 60 Fr. At the door 10 Fr. Junior Open: Natural prizes. Entry fee: 5 Fr. At the door 10 Fr. Blitz Open: 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 Fr. Entry fee: 20 Fr. (Junior 5 Fr.) Venue Hotel Hilton Basle.

More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information: http://www.beochess.ch

Fischer Story

Bobby Fischer and his mother were investigated by the FBI. Read the story: http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/4535883.htm

Amplico Aig Life Rapid

The Amplico Aig Life Rapid tournament takes place in Warsaw (Poland) as part of the 21st Stanislaw Gawlikowski Memorial. The tournament will take place December 21st-22nd 2002 in the Palace of Culture in Warsaw. The prize fund is 15.000 USD. Among the participants will be Vassily Ivanchuk.

Further details: http://www.amplicolife.pl

Contact for entry: Marek Bartel (Tournament Director) m.bartel@poczta.jzk.pl or Maria Macieja (Deputy Tournament Director) janmac@mg.gov.pl

Gibraltar Chess Congress

The Gibraltar Chess Congress takes place 28th January 6th February 2003. Two 10 round Swisses. Amateur £3000 prize fund open to players under 2000 or unrated. Open £12,000 prize fund. Acceptances so far in attached list. Play takes place at the 4 star Caleta Hotel. Further details about Gibraltar, accommodation and visas: conf.banq@caletahotel.gi Technical details: Stewartreuben@aol.com

Praha and Marianske Lazne

Details of the Praha Open 2003 (17.-24.1. 2003) and Marianske Lazne Open 2003 (25.1.-1.2. 2003) and the round robin master tournament category 3-4 FIDE Marianske Lazne 2003 (25.1.-2.2. 2003) are now available at: http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour.

Round Robin's in Tel Aviv

5th International Tournament in Tel Aviv IM Round Robin in Tel Aviv, December 24- January 7; Category 1-4 (average rating-2251-2350); 12 players round robin system; Beginning of rounds 17:30pm, Thursday 31st-16:00, Thursday January 2nd-day off,Fridays: 12:00pm; Saturdays- day off;

6th International Tournament in Tel Aviv GM Round Robin in Tel Aviv, January 10 - January 23; Category 7-9 (average rating:2401-2475); 12 players round robin system; Beginning of rounds 17:30pm, Friday 10th (round 1)-13:00pm, Friday 17th and Saturdays- day off;

Contact Gofshtein Zvulon (Leonid) if you wish to play, e-mail: gofshtein@hotmail.com tel. numbers international: (972) 54 696432, (972) 3 7329233; tel. numbers local: 054 696432, 03 7329233;

XV Carlos Torre Tournament

The XV Carlos Torre International Tournament takes place 13th-21st December 2002. Players: GM Evgueny Pigousov, Rusia, 2622 GM Vadim Milov, Suiza, 2620 GM Valerij Filippov, Rusia, 2615 GM Lazaro Bruzón, Cuba, 2613 GM Lenier Domínguez, Cuba, 2608 GM Jaan Ehlvest, Estonia, 2600 GM Boris Gulko, USA, 2594 GM Alex Moiseenko, Ucrania, 2570 GM Alex Wojtkiewicz,Polonia, 2567 GM Larry Christiansen, USA, 2566 GM Alonzo Zapata, Colombia, 2556 GM Gilberto Hernández, México, 2546 GM Reinaldo Vera,Cuba, 2544 GM Lalic Bogdan, Inglaterra, 2542 GM Antoaneta Stefanova, Bulgaria, 2541 GM Stuart Conquest, Inglaterra, 2537 GM Arthur Kogan, Israel,2529 GM Nikola Mitkov, Macedonia, 2529 GM Jesús Nogueiras, Cuba 2528 GM Karen Movsisyan, Armenia, 2528 GM Walter Arencibia, Cuba, 2521 GM Zenon Franco, Paraguay, 2510 GM Vladimir Giorgev,Bulgaria, 2501 GM Evgueny Janev, Bulgaria, 2498 GM Azer Mirzoev, Azerbaijan, 2494 GM Andrés Rodríguez Vila, Uruguay,2493 GM Dimitry Tyomkin, Israel, 2492 GM Stefan Djuric, Yugoslavia, 2490 GM Ruslan Pogorelov, Ucrania, 2488 MI Johan Hellster, Suecia, 2481 GM Gildardo García, Colombia, 2480 GM Juan García Palermo, Argentina , 2467 MI Yuri González Vidal, Cuba, 2456 MF Yunieski Quezada Pérez, Cuba, 2438 MI Omar Almeida Quintana, Cuba,2437 MI Roberto Martin del Campo, México, 2421 GM Peter Szekely, Hungría, 2417 MI José González García, México, 2416 GM Silvino García, Cuba, 2382 MI Maikel Góngora, Cuba, 2377 MI Julian Estrada, México, 2345 MF Joaquín Díaz Díaz, Cuba, 2334 MI Peric Slavisa, Yugoslavia, 2268 WIM Tania Hernández, Cuba, 2250 MI Carlos Laravet Despaigne, Cuba

Internet coverage: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx/convocatoria_2002.htm

Cup ShRGEK in Shakhti

The Cup ShRGEK take s place 13th-18th January 2003 in the city of Shakhti (Rostov region, Russia).

Further information: http://www.fanchess.ru/kuda/2003/01/srgek.htm

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/

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)

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

New York Masters

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

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

Hawaii International Chess Festival Cancelled

The Hawaii International Chess Festival has been cancelled until further notice. Information: hawaii@chessworks.com.