THE WEEK IN CHESS 421 2nd December 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Bali Hotel International in Benidorm 68 games
Curacao Open 174 games
German Chess Championships 126 games
Spanish Team Chess Championships 40 games
Sao Paulo Chess Club Centenary 35 games
Italian Championships 66 games
Kubanskaja Osen 66 games
Genova Open 100 games
4NCL 96 games
Hotel Opatija GM 48 games
Israeli Championships 80 games
Greek Chess Championships 40 games
15th Belgrade "Obrenovac" Open 4 games
Leuven Correction 1 game
Taastrup Chess Club 30th Anniversary 99 games
1043 games
My thanks to Mikhail Golubev, Laszlo Nagy, Adolivio Capece, Alik
Gershon, Nigel Freeman, John Fernandez, Leontxo Garcia, Herman Claudius van
Riemsdijk, Thomas Henrich, Mary Vigliraki, Axel Fritz, Carlos J Penin, Arthur
Brameld and Richard Furness, Michael Atkins, Jovan Petronic, Eugeny Atarov,
Lars Hansen and Susan Polgar and everyone else who helped with the issue.
I love the internet. Its brilliant for instant news and the chess fan
has never been better informed. Its not so funny when rumours run out of
control. I woke this morning to the possiblity that Peter Leko had died. The
story had been running for hours whilst I (and as it fortunately as it turns
out Peter Leko) was asleep. No sources, or confirmation but once a story
appears on the internet it takes a life on its own. Fortunately it was
confirmed this was a hoax and Susan Polgar confirms in a letter to TWIC that
certainly as far as the internet is concerned it stemmed from her, although it
initally seems to have started in Hungary. When I was training as an
information scientist I was taught that if you are asked the time you should
say the clock on the wall over there says 11-15, that way even if the time
turns out to be wrong you've given all the details to weigh up the quality of
the information. A bit of that would probably have come in handy last
night.
Real chess this week centred round the Bali Hotel tournament in Benidorm
won by Judit Polgar who edged out Ruslan Ponomariov after a playoff. 12 year
old Sergey Karjakin had an excellent event beating amongst others Alexei Shirov
and drawing with the top two players. He says he expects to become World
Champion at 16, I don't think that will happen but its clear that there are now
a whole host of real young talents coming through the like we haven't seen for
a long time.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
This was a new tournament which took place in Benidorm, Spain. Based on
the idea of the New York Open with amateurs and stars playing together in the
same venue and is organised by Alfonso Pedraza. The Festival ran November
22nd-December 1st 2002 there are almost 300 participants from 17 countries. The
event finished with a "Stars Tournament" (November 29th-December 1st 2002).
That saw a 12 players round robin 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move. Leontxo
Garcia reports "Two blitz games (3’ plus 2 seconds), the first one was a
draw, Judit won the second one in a very brilliant style, giving up two pawns
for a very strong attack. “I just trusted my intuition, and it worked very
well”, said Polgar after her victory, one of the most brilliant in her
career. Karjakin, 12, lost in the last round to San Segundo when he was
fighting for the first prize, after four wins and six draws in ten rounds. It
looked like the tension was too big for the prodigy child. However, his
performance here has been very impressive. "
Sergey Karjakin games collection at chess-sector:
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/games.html
One of the targets is to promote the second edition of the event which
will take place in November 2003. This will be announced in January or
February, giving enough time to many European and American amateurs to plan
their holidays.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezbali.com
Superstars Hotel Bali Benidorm ESP (ESP), 29 xi-1 xii 2002 cat. XIII (2565)
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1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2685 * 1 = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 8.0 2729
2 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2743 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2723
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 = = * 1 0 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 7.5 2685
4 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2688 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2686
5 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2527 = = 1 = * = = 1 0 = 1 1 7.0 2670
6 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2588 0 0 0 = = * 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2562
7 Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2548 1 = 0 0 = 0 * = = = 1 = 5.0 2530
8 Paunovic, Dragan m YUG 2532 0 0 1 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 5.0 2531
9 San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo g ESP 2523 0 0 0 0 1 = = = * = 1 = 4.5 2503
10 Granero Roca, Antonio m ESP 2342 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2452
11 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2544 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1 3.0 2391
12 Amura, Claudia N wg ARG 2360 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 * 1.5 2274
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Polgar, Judit - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 83 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Polgar, Judit 0-1 41 A30 English Symmetrical
Superstars Hotel Bali Playoff Benidorm ESP (ESP), 1-1 xii 2002
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1 2
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Polgar, Judit g HUN 2685 = 1 1.5 2936
Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2743 = 0 0.5 2492
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Leontxo Garcia Interview With Sergey Karjakin (after the fourth round)
Q: What do you think about your first results in this
tournament?
A: It’s the first time I beat somebody so strong like Shirov in a
tournament game. So, that’s really very exceptional and makes me very
happy.
Q: How did you managed to become grandmaster at only 12 years
old?
A: Just working hard. Nothing else special or, at least, I don’t
remember anything more important.
Q: What’s the most difficult part of chess for you?
A: Nothing, I don’t now. So far, everything was very easy for me.
Q: One year ago you were one of Ponomariov’s team members.
Why?
A: Before that I beat him in a couple of friendly rapid games in a
chess club, and I think he was impressed by that. So, he invited me to work
with him.
Q: How is a normal day in your life?
A: After breakfast, I go to the chess club. And after lunch as well. I
also play some table tennis and I like reading and watching TV.
Q: You mean you don’t go to the school?
A: Only sometimes.
Q: And what about your hobbies?
A: Besides chess and table tennis, nothing special. Just some movies,
like any other boy of my age.
Q: What’s your favourite dish?
A: Chicken with potatoes.
Q: Ponomariov, Volokitin, Karjakin - three very young chess stars
coming from Ukraine. What’s the secret?
A: We have a fantastic chess school, with very good chess teachers and
coaches.
Q: Who is your chess hero?
A: Nobody. I like all the champions, but nobody in particular.
Q: When do you expect to be world champion?
A: At 16.
The Curacao 1962-2002 chess tournament took place November 16th-28th
2002. The tournament commemorated the 40th Anniversary of the Candidates
tournament in 1962. Viktor Korchnoi and Yona Kosashvili finished on 7/9,
Korchnoi taking first on Buchholz tiebreak. My thanks to John Fernandez.
Note there was an error last week in the games section I confused the
unrated player Tijs Van Dijk with the rated player Timon Van Dijk.
Internet coverage at: http://www.curacao.com/chess.
40th Ann Open Curacao AHO (AHO), 2-14 xi 2002
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2634 +21 +11 = 7 = 4 + 9 + 6 - 2 + 3 +10 7.0 /9 2638
2 Kosashvili, Yona g ISR 2543 =19 +35 +14 = 7 +18 + 3 + 1 - 4 + 9 7.0 /9 2587
3 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2615 +20 +13 + 5 + 9 = 4 - 2 + 7 - 1 + 8 6.5 /9 2618
4 Timman, Jan H g NED 2594 +24 +22 + 6 = 1 = 3 = 7 = 8 + 2 = 5 6.5 /9 2618
5 Gallegos, Carlos m VEN 2432 +27 +18 - 3 +17 - 6 +12 +14 + 7 = 4 6.5 /9 2525
6 Ligterink, Gert m NED 2401 +25 +29 - 4 +10 + 5 - 1 =17 +11 =13 6.0 /9 2479
7 Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2462 +30 +15 = 1 = 2 +13 = 4 - 3 - 5 +20 5.5 /9 2484
8 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2556 +28 =14 - 9 +19 =11 +10 = 4 +17 - 3 5.5 /9 2405
9 Sequera, Jose m VEN 2378 +32 +17 + 8 - 3 - 1 =18 +21 +22 - 2 5.5 /9 2442
10 Molander, Riku f FIN 2301 =23 +12 +19 - 6 +14 - 8 +18 +20 - 1 5.5 /9 2377
11 Belakovskaia, Anjelina wg USA 2270 +31 - 1 +28 =15 = 8 =20 +12 - 6 +22 5.5 /9 2393
12 Grimm, Sascha f GER 2372 =34 -10 +16 +30 +15 - 5 -11 +21 +17 5.5 /9 2300
13 Hernandez, Alexander f VEN 2269 +37 - 3 +24 +21 - 7 -17 +25 +16 = 6 5.5 /9 2385
14 Gikas, Basilius GER 2254 +39 = 8 - 2 +28 -10 +30 - 5 =19 +27 5.0 /9 2304
15 Broehl, Stefan GER 2223 +38 - 7 +23 =11 -12 +19 -22 =24 +18 5.0 /9 2242
16 Neumann, Han H.W.M AHO 2211 -35 =23 -12 =29 +37 +33 +28 -13 +26 5.0 /9 2119
17 Duesterwald, Marc GER 2213 +33 - 9 +26 - 5 +22 +13 = 6 - 8 -12 4.5 /9 2297
18 Salman, Joel f USA 2236 +26 - 5 +25 +20 - 2 = 9 -10 +23 -15 4.5 /9 2271
19 Fernandez, John C USA 2138 = 2 +34 -10 - 8 +32 -15 +29 =14 =24 4.5 /9 2226
20 Mensing, Fabio AHO 2200 - 3 +37 +35 -18 +23 =11 +27 -10 - 7 4.5 /9 2206
21 Malmdin, Nils-Ake SWE 2201 - 1 +31 +29 -13 =27 +34 - 9 -12 +30 4.5 /9 2208
22 Loew, Gerald f GER 2268 +36 - 4 =30 +34 -17 +25 +15 - 9 -11 4.5 /9 2254
23 Van Tol, Leon J NED 1883 =10 =16 -15 +33 -20 =28 +30 -18 +31 4.5 /9 2162
24 Strijkers, Niek NED 2164 - 4 +36 -13 +31 -25 =27 +34 =15 =19 4.5 /9 2199
25 Vasquez, Rafael VEN ---- - 6 +40 -18 +35 +24 -22 -13 -26 +34 4.0 /9 2105
26 Hansch, Klaus Michael GER ---- -18 +27 -17 =32 -30 =31 +37 +25 -16 4.0 /9 2108
27 Vlugt, F NED 2088 - 5 -26 +39 +36 =21 =24 -20 +35 -14 4.0 /9 2096
28 Popitz, Andreas GER 2164 - 8 +39 -11 -14 +36 =23 -16 =34 +35 4.0 /9 2087
29 Van Dijk, Tijs NED ---- +40 - 6 -21 =16 -34 +32 -19 +38 . 3.5 /8 2075
30 Bet, Sjaak J.M AHO 2131 - 7 +38 =22 -12 +26 -14 -23 +33 -21 3.5 /9 2080
31 Eckert,Heiko GER ---- -11 -21 +38 -24 =35 =26 =33 +32 -23 3.5 /9 1977
32 Dekker, Marvin AHO ---- - 9 +33 -34 =26 -19 -29 +38 -31 +37 3.5 /9 1977
33 Sagredo,Claudio AHO ---- -17 -32 +37 -23 +38 -16 =31 -30 +36 3.5 /9 1968
34 Straschewski,Joerg GER ---- =12 -19 +32 -22 +29 -21 -24 =28 -25 3.0 /9 2073
35 Tjong A Hung,Edwin AHO ---- +16 - 2 -20 -25 =31 =37 +36 -27 -28 3.0 /9 2062
36 Eaker,Anthony USA ---- -22 -24 +40 -27 -28 +38 -35 =37 -33 2.5 /9 1910
37 Van der Bor,Otto AHO ---- -13 -20 -33 +38 -16 =35 -26 =36 -32 2.0 /9 1855
38 Hantke,Volker GER ---- -15 -30 -31 -37 -33 -36 -32 -29 +40 1.0 /9 1688
39 Girigori,Lindomar AHO ---- -14 -28 -27 . . . . . . 0.0 /3
40 BYE ---- -29 -25 -36 . . . . . -38 0.0 /4
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The German Chess Championships took place in Saarbrücken November
21st - 30th 2002. GM Thomas Luther took the title with 7/9 half a point clear
of Alexander Graf and Florian Handke. The event was a 9 Round Swiss with 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. Luther, Thomas g GER 2538 =28 = 9 +31 +21 +20 + 2 - 4 +12 + 5 7.0 2674
2. Graf, Alexander g GER 2635 +20 +10 - 4 +19 + 6 - 1 =13 +15 +14 6.5 2665
3. Handke, Florian m GER 2504 +23 =12 =21 - 6 +22 +20 =14 +13 + 4 6.5 2630
4. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2586 +24 +33 + 2 =11 = 7 +12 + 1 - 5 - 3 6.0 2654
5. Gutman, Lev g GER 2476 =27 -21 +28 +30 +17 =14 + 7 + 4 - 1 6.0 2575
6. Gisbrecht, Ewgeni m GER 2414 +41 = 8 = 7 + 3 - 2 =10 +28 =11 +16 6.0 2613
7. Dautov, Rustem g GER 2617 +40 =19 = 6 +10 = 4 =13 - 5 +23 +11 6.0 2587
8. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2554 +30 = 6 =19 -20 + 9 +16 =15 =14 =10 5.5 2534
9. Seger, Ruediger f GER 2406 +37 = 1 -11 =17 - 8 =32 +30 +25 +26 5.5 2483
10. Kalinitschew, Sergey g GER 2485 +42 - 2 +32 - 7 =26 = 6 +27 +33 = 8 5.5 2516
11. Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2521 =21 +28 + 9 = 4 -13 +19 =12 = 6 - 7 5.0 2520
12. Huebner, Robert g GER 2640 +26 = 3 +13 =14 +18 - 4 =11 - 1 =15 5.0 2568
13. Gustafsson, Jan m GER 2554 +39 +17 -12 =15 +11 = 7 = 2 - 3 =20 5.0 2547
14. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2622 =34 +22 =15 =12 +25 = 5 = 3 = 8 - 2 5.0 2534
15. Kritz, Leonid m GER 2476 =32 +36 =14 =13 =16 +18 = 8 - 2 =12 5.0 2556
16. Mueller, Karsten g GER 2518 =36 =32 +38 =25 =15 - 8 +22 +17 - 6 5.0 2426
17. Holzhaeuer, Mathias f GER 2407 +35 -13 +29 = 9 - 5 +30 =23 -16 +27 5.0 2419
18. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2523 =22 +34 =25 +33 -12 -15 =20 +28 =19 5.0 2472
19. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2426 +38 = 7 = 8 - 2 +39 -11 =25 +34 =18 5.0 2517
20. Breutigam, Martin f GER 2398 - 2 +42 +37 + 8 - 1 - 3 =18 +21 =13 5.0 2500
21. Schulz, Karsten f GER 2321 =11 + 5 = 3 - 1 =33 =25 =26 -20 +34 4.5 2456
22. Kersten, Uwe f GER 2331 =18 -14 =26 +32 - 3 +35 -16 +31 =23 4.5 2406
23. Becking, Stephan f GER 2315 - 3 -37 +24 =38 +41 +26 =17 - 7 =22 4.5 2369
24. Bastian, Herbert f GER 2376 - 4 -31 -23 +42 =27 -40 +41 +35 +33 4.5 2343
25. Pirrot, Dieter m GER 2421 =29 +27 =18 =16 -14 =21 =19 - 9 =32 4.0 2360
26. Mueller, Matthias m GER 2403 -12 =29 =22 +31 =10 -23 =21 +40 - 9 4.0 2340
27. Schunk, Thomas1 f GER 2294 = 5 -25 =34 =41 =24 +39 -10 +32 -17 4.0 2332
28. Schmidt, Harald GER 2332 = 1 -11 - 5 +37 +38 +33 - 6 -18 =36 4.0 2368
29. Langrock, Hannes f GER 2265 =25 =26 -17 -39 +36 =34 -33 =30 +41 4.0 2324
30. Singer, Christoph GER 2341 - 8 =41 +36 - 5 +35 -17 - 9 =29 +38 4.0 2307
31. Schunk, Eduard GER 2297 -33 +24 - 1 -26 -34 +41 +39 -22 +37 4.0 2318
32. Mayer, Frank1 GER 2256 =15 =16 -10 -22 +42 = 9 +40 -27 =25 4.0 2359
33. Zeller, Frank m GER 2454 +31 - 4 +35 -18 =21 -28 +29 -10 -24 3.5 2298
34. Baramidze, David GER 2390 =14 -18 =27 -35 +31 =29 +37 -19 -21 3.5 2271
35. Tabatt, Hendrik GER 2222 -17 +39 -33 +34 -30 -22 =36 -24 +40 3.5 2291
36. Vatter, Hans-Joachim f GER 2320 =16 -15 -30 =40 -29 +42 =35 =37 =28 3.5 2256
37. Barmbold, Jens GER 2190 - 9 +23 -20 -28 =40 +38 -34 =36 -31 3.0 2221
38. Bischof, Detlef GER 2268 -19 +40 -16 =23 -28 -37 =42 +39 -30 3.0 2224
39. Scherer, Max GER 2339 -13 -35 +42 +29 -19 -27 -31 -38 +43 3.0 2166
40. Stewart, Neil f GER 2388 - 7 -38 =41 =36 =37 +24 -32 -26 -35 2.5 2154
41. Bischoff, Dieter GER 2233 - 6 =30 =40 =27 -23 -31 -24 +42 -29 2.5 2166
42. Lentrodt, Thomas f GER 2300 -10 -20 -39 -24 -32 -36 =38 -41 . 0.5 1890
43. BYE ---- . . . . . . . . -39 0.0
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Alexei Shirov has released an open letter addressed to GMs on the
proposals for the new structure of the FIDE World Championships.
There are a lot of details available on the proposals at:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=604
and I have also tried to summarise them in the latest TWIC (TWIC420 of
November 25th 2002) You can also read further details about the elite GM
vote about timecontrols at: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/gmtime.htm.
An open letter to grandmasters
FIDE steps back to medieval - for better or worse?
Dear colleagues,
As I wasn’t playing in Bled I had at first very little information
about what was going on at the last FIDE congress. Still, after having gathered
some of it from various Internet sources, I would like to express my concerns.
And of course, as an active professional I am mainly concerned about the future
World championships and time controls. As I can understand, at the moment there
is no proposed alternative to Seirawan - Kasparov scheme. But the scheme is not
without drawbacks. If you put together ‘first’, ‘second’
and ‘third’ cycle, the logic simply disappears.
I don’t wish to interfere in ‘the first cycle’, so let
me pass directly to the ‘second’. The ‘double knock-out’
qualification is interesting but it doesn’t seem easy to put it into
practice as for the number of qualifiers concerned. Fourteen or eight
qualifiers would fit easily into the system but seven? Either there is a
mysterious way to make a double knock-out for seven qualification places (as
suggested for the ‘third cycle’) or the authors of the scheme know
that the ‘third cycle’ isn’t going to happen. It’s needless
to say that the old Swiss system offers more flexibility for the number of
qualification places than the double knock-out.
I wouldn’t be concerned about the number of qualifiers if I
didn’t see it as the ONLY logical explanation why all the four players
involved in the first cycle get direct privileges for the second cycle. The
following are the arguments against this unfair planning.
1. The direct seeding of four players into the second cycle wasn’t
mentioned in the Prague agreement. Neither Dortmund nor Moscow was a direct
qualifier for future cycles.
2. Ivanchuk, Anand (who otherwise would be the ELO favourite to win
Dortmund) and several other strong players were not even given their second
chance in the first cycle and we all know that FIDE is responsible for that.
Giving the Dortmund winner an extra bonus for the next cycle is definitely not
a correction of that mistake.
3. Not all the four players involved in the first cycle have higher ELO
than others.
4. Giving wildcards to as many as four players would be a giant step
back from the sporting point of view. Three last FIDE World championships were
played with equal conditions for all the participants and this was a big
success for democracy in chess. And I think the last time when so many players
got direct seeds from one cycle to another was in 1985 which is nearly the same
as medieval ages.
My conclusion would be simple - the losers of the matches Kramnik-Leko
and Kasparov-Ponomariov should start the second cycle on the same basis as all
the other players in the double knock-out event or whatever. Since I don’t
know whether my opinion would be supported by other players, I suggest that the
200 best players decide this (as well as the time control issue) in a poll.
Alexei Shirov 26th November 2002
The Spanish Team Chess Championships 2002 take place 30th November-8th
December 2002 at the Hotel Cemar, Mondariz, Galicia. Karpov, Vallejo, Illescas,
Tiviakov play in 9 Round Robin Team Event.
Live coverage (4 leading boards online), standings and information at:
http://www.tabladeflandes.com/,
http://www.ajedrez21.com (spanish)
http://www.chess21.com (english)
http://www.echecs21.com (french)
http://www.shahmaty21.com (russian)
Round 1 30th November 2002
IBERCAJA 1,5 FOMENT MARTINENT 2,5
ILLESCAS CORDOBA MIGUEL 1/2 MARIN MIHAIL
DAMLJANOVIC BRANKO 1-0 NARCISO DUBLAN MARC
BARON RODRIGUEZ JESUS 0-1 GRANADOS GOMEZ MANUEL
DE LA ROCHA PRIETO RAMON 0-1 JEREZ PEREZ ALFONSO
REVERTE ALBOX 1,0 BARCELONA VULCA 3,0
RUSTEMOV ALEXAND. 1/2 RODRIGUEZ VARGAS ORESTES
ROMERO HOLMES ALFONSO 0-1 CAMPOS MORENO JAVIER
DEL RIO ANGELIS GABRIEL 1/2 MARTIN GONZALEZ ANGEL
HERNANDO RODRIGO JOSE M. 0-1 ESTREMERA PAÑOS SERGIO
TERRASSA 2,0 CAJA INSULAR 2,0
CIFUENTES PARADA ROBERTO 1/2 GUREVICH MIKHAIL
PABLO MARI ALEJAND. 0-1 CORRAL BLANCO JUAN ANT
POMES MARCET JOAN 1/2 LEZCANO JAEN PEDRO
GONZALEZ VELEZ FERMIN 1-0 GARCIA PADRON JOSE
TIENDAS UPI 3,5 COFIMAN 0,5
VALLEJO PONS FCO. 1-0 RGUEZ GUERRERO ENRIQUE
MAGEM BADALS JORDI 1-0 ALMAGRO MAZARIEG. SEBAST.
MORENO CARNERO JAVIER 1-0 CASTILLO GALLEGO SERGIO
CANDELA PEREZ JOSE 1/2 RUIZ JIMENEZ FCO.
MARCOTE 2,5 VALENCIA 1,5
GIORGADZE GUIORGUI 1/2 HERNANDEZ GILBERTO
FRANCO OCAMPOS ZENON 1-0 ARIMENDI MARTINEZ JULEN
REINALDO CASTIÑEIRA ROI 1/2 VASSALLO MAURICIO
GUERRA BASTIDA DIEGO 1/2 LLOBELL CORTELL ENRIQUE
Round 2 1st December 2002
FOMENT MART. (2.5) 2,0 VALENCIA (1.5) 2,0
MARIN MIHAIL 1/2 HERNANDEZ GILBERTO
NARCISO DUBLAN MARC 1/2 ARIMENDI MARTINEZ JULEN
GRANADOS GOMEZ MANUEL 1/2 VASSALLO MAURICIO
JEREZ PEREZ ALFONSO 1/2 LLOBELL CORTELL ENRIQUE
COFIMAN (0.5) 0,0 MARCOTE (2.5) 4,0
RGUEZ GUERRERO ENRIQUE 0-1 GIORGADZE GUIORGUI
ALMAGRO MAZARIEG. SEBAST 0-1 FRANCO OCAMPOS ZENON
CASTILLO GALLEGO SERGIO 0-1 REINALDO CASTIÑEIRA ROI
RUIZ JIMENEZ FCO. 0-1 GUERRA BASTIDA DIEGO
CAJA INSULAR (2) 0,5 TIENDAS UPI (3.5) 3,5
GUREVICH MIKHAIL 0-1 VALLEJO PONS FCO.
CORRAL BLANCO JUAN ANT 0-1 DOMINGUEZ LENIER
LEZCANO JAEN PEDRO 1/2 CAMPORA SIVORI DANIEL
CARRASCO MTEZ JUAN M. 0-1 MAGEM BADALS JORDI
BCN VULCA (3) 2,5 TERRASSA (2) 1,5
RODRIGUEZ VARGAS ORESTES 1/2 CIFUENTES PARADA ROBERTO
CAMPOS MORENO JAVIER 0-1 PABLO MARI ALEJAND.
MARTIN GONZALEZ ANGEL 1-0 POMES MARCET JOAN
ESTREMERA PAÑOS SERGIO 1-0 GONZALEZ VELEZ FERMIN
IBERCAJA (1.5) 1,5 REVERTE ALBOX (1) 2,5
ILLESCAS CORDOBA MIGUEL 1/2 RUSTEMOV ALEXAND.
DAMLJANOVIC BRANKO 0-1 ROMERO HOLMES ALFONSO
BARON RODRIGUEZ JESUS 0-1 DEL RIO ANGELIS GABRIEL
DE LA ROCHA PRIETO RAMON 1-0 HERNANDO RODRIGO JOSE M.
Round 2 Standings:
1 C.A. TIENDAS UPI AND 7
2 C.A. MARCOTE GAL 6,5
3 C.A. BARCELONA VULCA CAT 5,5
4 FOMENT MARTINENC CAT 4,5
5-7 C.E. TERRASSA CAT 3,5
5-7 C.A. VALENCIA VAL 3,5
5-7 C.A. REVERTE ALBOX AND 3,5
8 C.A. IBERCAJA ARA 3
9 C.A. CAJA INSULAR AND 2,5
10 C.A. COFIMAN AND 0,5
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk reports: The São Paulo Chess Club's
100 Years Championship is being held November 25th - December 3rd 2002. The
Special guest is IM Martin Neubauer from Austria. After 7 rounds IM Mauro
Guimarães de Souza is likely to retain his title.
Internet coverage: http://200.246.90.112/HiperChess
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CXSP Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 25 xi-3 xii 2002 cat. I (2260)
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1. De Souza, Mauro m BRA 2343 * . = = 1 = . 1 1 1 5.5 2438
2. Caldeira, Adriano f BRA 2394 . * = = = = 1 = 1 . 4.5 2368
3. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2372 = = * = = . = . 1 1 4.5 2357
4. Aranha Filho, Alvaro Z BRA 2260 = = = * 0 = 1 1 . . 4.0 2384
5. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2388 0 = = 1 * = 0 . . 1 3.5 2289
6. Nogueira, Ivan K BRA 2255 = = . = = * . = = = 3.5 2224
7. Martinez, Carlos Alejandro f BRA 2402 . 0 = 0 1 . * = 1 = 3.5 2228
8. Carvalho, Herbert Abreu BRA 2187 0 = . 0 . = = * 0 1 2.5 2134
9. De Lima,Dio BRA ---- 0 0 0 . . = 0 1 * = 2.0 2121
10. Arruda,W BRA ---- 0 . 0 . 0 = = 0 = * 1.5 2048
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The 62nd Italian Championships take place in Montecatini Terme
20th-30th November 2002. Duilio Collutiis won the tie-break (4 games rapid 25'
and 2 games blitz 5') against Bruno Belotti (the champion of 2001). Collutiis
played for the ICSC (International Committee for Silent Chess) team in the Bled
Olympiad and which I believe means he's deaf-and-dumb. Games for the playoff
not yet available.
The Cat. V (2354) event had coverage at:
http://www.federscacchi.it/
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ch-ITA Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 20-30 xi 2002 cat. V (2354)
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1. Collutiis, Duilio f ITA 2332 * 1 0 1 = 0 1 = = 0 1 1 6.5 2421
2. Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2419 0 * = = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2413
3. Braga, Fernando m ITA 2434 1 = * = = = = 0 = 1 = = 6.0 2383
4. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2350 0 = = * = = 1 = = 1 = = 6.0 2390
5. Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2359 = = = = * = 0 0 1 1 = 1 6.0 2390
6. Bellia, Fabrizio m ITA 2410 1 = = = = * 0 = = 0 = 1 5.5 2349
7. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2394 0 = = 0 1 1 * 1 = 0 = = 5.5 2350
8. De Santis, Alessio f ITA 2267 = 0 1 = 1 = 0 * = = 0 1 5.5 2362
9. Manca, Federico m ITA 2349 = = = = 0 = = = * = 1 = 5.5 2354
10. Genocchio, Daniele f ITA 2345 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 = = * = = 5.0 2319
11. Buchicchio, Gianpaolo ITA 2254 0 = = = = = = 1 0 = * 0 4.5 2298
12. Di Paolo, Raffaele f ITA 2340 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * 3.5 2222
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Los Inmortales takes place November 29 - December 5 Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic. According to the website players include: Svidler, Peter
2690 GM RUS, Short, Nigel D. 2682 GM ENG, Dreev, Alexey 2676 GM RUS, Krasenkow,
Michal 2662 GM POL, Kasimdzhanov, Rustan 2660 GM UZB, Aleksandrov, Alexey 2648
GM BLR, Volkov, Sergey 2648 GM RUS, Vescovi, Giovanni 2626 GM BRA, Tiviakov,
Sergei 2625 GM NED, Milov, Vadim 2615 GM SUI, Dominguez, Lenier 2613 GM CUB,
Macieja, Bartlomiej 2607 GM POL, Van Den Doel, Erik 2602 GM NED, Khenkin, Igor
2598 GM GER, Bruzon, Lazaro 2590 GM CUB, Shchekachev, Andrei 2590 GM RUS, Glek,
Igor 2590 GM GER, Korneev, Oleg 2583 GM RUS, Gyimesi, Zoltan 2580 GM HUN,
Moiseenko, Alex 2578 GM UKR, Fridman, Daniel 2577 GM LAT, Kolev, Atanas 2575 GM
BUL, Volzhin, Alexander 2560 GM RUS and Oratovsky, Michael 2556 GM ISR.
Internet coverage: http://www.copanaziratallah.com/
The Kubanskaja Osen tournament took place in Krasnodar, 15th-26th
November 2002. Eduard Andreev won with 8/11. Roman Jenetl made an IM norm. Many
of his games are missing (draws) opening up the possibility he played just 61
moves in 11 rounds to make his norm. My thanks to Thomas Henrich for the
news.
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Kubanskaja Osen Krasnodar RUS (RUS), 15-25 xi 2002 cat. IX (2471)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Andreev, Eduard m UKR 2466 * = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2645
2. Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2501 = * = 0 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2569
3. Maiorov, Oleg m RUS 2458 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 = = 6.5 2536
4. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2545 0 1 = * = = 1 = = = 0 1 6.0 2499
5. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2556 = = = = * = = = = = 1 = 6.0 2498
6. Jenetl, Roman RUS 2428 = = = = = * = = = = = = 5.5 2474
7. Frolyanov, Dmitry RUS 2433 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 1 = = 5.5 2473
8. Geller, Jakov RUS 2433 = 0 0 = = = = * 1 0 1 1 5.5 2473
9. Bryzgalin, Kirill f RUS 2439 = 0 = = = = 0 0 * = 1 = 4.5 2408
10. Panarin, Michail RUS 2445 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 = * 1 = 4.5 2407
11. Gasanov, Eldar m UKR 2473 0 = = 1 0 = = 0 0 0 * = 3.5 2337
12. Stambulian, Arsen m ARM 2469 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = = * 3.5 2337
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The 10th Genova International Chess Festival took place 25th November -
1st December 2002. Alexandre Dgebuadze took clear first with 7.5/9.
Website: http://digilander.libero.it/centurini/
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10th Ducale Open Genova ITA (ITA), 25 xi-1 xii 2002
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1 Dgebuadze, Alexandre GM BEL 2537 7.5 47.5
2 Maksimenko, Andrei GM UKR 2507 6.5 46
3 Sanchez, Joseph PHI 2307 6.5 46
4 Sareen, Vishal IND 2335 6.5 45.5
5 Lazic, Miroljub GM YUG 2461 6 46.5
6 Laketic, Gojko IM YUG 2444 6 42
7 Efimov, Igor GM ITA 2480 6 40.5
8 Georgiev, Vladimir GM MKD 2501 5.5 48
9 Mrdja, Milan IM CRO 2368 5.5 47.5
10 Aceto, Lorenzo ITA 0 5.5 40.5
11 Fossati, Remigio ITA 0 5.5 37.5
12 Gorshkova, Irina WF BEL 2190 5.5 37.5
13 Mollero, Michele ITA 2164 5 39
14 Stroppa, Daniel FRA 2274 5 37
15 Capurro, Giuliano ITA 2048 5 36.5
16 Gentile, Claudio ITA 2156 5 36
17 Astengo, Marcello ITA 2092 5 33.5
18 Carosso, Andrea ITA 0 4.5 40
19 Massa, Giovanni ITA 2096 4.5 40
20 Bartonicek, Zdenek CZE 2109 4.5 39.5
21 Van Hoolandt, Patrick MNC 2173 4.5 37.5
22 Fongarolli, Diego ITA 2089 4.5 35.5
23 Catalini, Giampiero ITA 0 4.5 33.5
44 players
The 4NCL started over the weekend of 23rd-24th November 2002. (My
thanks to Arthur Brameld for the games and Richard Furness for the results and
standings).
Internet site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Round 1 23rd November 2002
S. WALES DRAGONS 1 2236 1 - 7 WOOD GREEN 1 2551
1 Cobb, James E. 2318 0 - 1 Adams, Michael 2745
2 Cooper, John G. 2318 0 - 1 Speelman, Jonathan S. 2583
3 Jones, Richard S. 2246 ½ - ½ Baburin, Alexander 2580
4 Zeidler, Sven P. 2275 0 - 1 Lalic, Bogdan 2542
5 Richmond, Peter A. 2254 0 - 1 Emms, John M. 2520
6 Trevelyan, John 2207 0 - 1 Turner, Matthew J. 2519
7 Blackburn, Jonathan 2158 0 - 1 Ward, Christopher 2513
8 Cast, Abigail (F) 2114 ½ - ½ Hunt, Harriet (F) 2406
The ADs 2244 3 - 5 BETSSON.COM 2324
1 Cooper, Lawrence 2348 ½ - ½ Williams, Simon K. 2391
2 Richardson, John R. 2312 0 - 1 Pert, Nicholas 2462
3 Broom, Mark 2240 0 - 1 Ledger, Andrew J. 2397
4 Snape, Ian 2225 ½ - ½ Pert, Richard G. 2391
5 Cafferty, Bernard 2201 0 - 1 Hunt, Adam C. 2365
6 Bellin, Jana (F) 2203 ½ - ½ Ledger, David J. 2267
7 Anderton, David W. 2257 1 - 0 Ledger, Stephen C. 2172
8 Mangwengwende, John 2163 ½ - ½ Tidman, Sophie (F) 2147
PERCEPTRON YOUTH 2238 4½-3½ BRISTOL 1 2314
1 Haslinger, Stewart 2385 1 - 0 Ansell, Simon 2398
2 Taylor, Martin R. 2300 0 - 1 Buckley, Graeme 2417
3 Broomfield, Matthew 2255 0 - 1 Sherwin, James T. 2337
4 Rendle, Thomas E. 2238 ½ - ½ Beaumont, Chris 2318
5 Yastrebov,Alexander 2207 1 - 0 Burgess, Graham 2309
6 Mutton, Jonathan B. 2197 0 - 1 Cobb, Charles 2313
7 Hodge, David J. 2165 1 - 0 Collier, David O. 2274
8 Bensdorp, Marlies(F) 2159 1 - 0 Buckley, Melanie (F) 2145
RICHMOND 2282 2½-5½ GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2432
1 Quinn, Mark 2429 1 - 0 Kosten, Anthony C. 2551
2 Wall, Gavin 2362 0 - 1 Hebden, Mark L. 2515
3 Bates, Richard A. 2367 ½ - ½ Gormally, Daniel W. 2502
4 Hinks-Edwards,Thomas 2363 0 - 1 Cherniaev, Alexander 2506
5 Franklin, Michael J. 2222 0 - 1 Plaskett, James 2467
6 Webb, Laurence E. 2279 0 - 1 Matros, Alexander 2452
7 Nixon, Thomas C.M. 2204 ½ - ½ Povah, Nigel E. 2360
8 Wilson, Alexandra(F) 2029 ½ - ½ Yurenok, Maria S. (F) 2103
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2357 5 - 3 BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2262
1 Palliser, Richard 2455 1 - 0 Trent, Lawrence 2254
2 Kelly, Brian 2451 ½ - ½ Shikerov, Stefan 2339
3 Rogers, Jonathan W. 2346 1 - 0 Mack, Andrew 2272
4 Knott, Simon 2401 ½ - ½ Berry, Neil 2276
5 Collins, Sam 2372 0 - 1 Coleman, David 2239
6 Collinson, Adam 2390 ½ - ½ Cox, John J, 2289
7 Dishman, Stephen 2297 1 - 0 Rich, Mark 2227
8 Lauterbach,Ingrid(F) 2142 ½ - ½ Regan, Natasha (F) 2200
WOOD GREEN 2 2349 5 - 3 SLOUGH 1 2263
1 Littlewood, Paul E. 2399 0 - 1 Wells, Peter K. 2489
2 Pein, Malcolm 2425 ½ - ½ Houska, Jovanka (F) 2397
3 Rechel, Bernd 2414 1 - 0 Wohl, Aleksandar H. 2422
4 Sowray, Peter J. 2323 1 - 0 McNab, Colin A. 2406
5 Tiller, Bjorn 2380 1 - 0 Houska, Miroslav 2298
6 Lee, Graham D. 2367 0 - 1 Devereaux, Maxim 2305
7 Tan, Desmond 2307 1 - 0 de Coverly, Roger 2113
8 Jackson, Sheila (F) 2173 ½ - ½ Johnson, Nigel A. 1672
Round 2 24th November 2002
WOOD GREEN 1 2551 7 - 1 WOOD GREEN 2 2349
1 Adams, Michael 2745 1 - 0 Littlewood, Paul E. 2399
2 Speelman, Jonathan S 2583 1 - 0 Pein, Malcolm 2425
3 Baburin, Alexander 2580 1 - 0 Rechel, Bernd 2414
4 Lalic, Bogdan 2542 ½ - ½ Sowray, Peter J. 2323
5 Ward, Christopher 2513 1 - 0 Tiller, Bjorn 2380
6 Turner, Matthew J. 2519 1 - 0 Lee, Graham D. 2367
7 Emms, John M. 2520 ½ - ½ Tan, Desmond 2307
8 Hunt, Harriet (F) 2406 1 - 0 Jackson, Sheila (F) 2173
SLOUGH 1 2257 5½-2½ S. WALES DRAGONS 1 2238
1 Wells, Peter K. 2489 1 - 0 Jones, Richard S. 2246
2 Houska, Jovanka (F) 2397 1 - 0 Cooper, John G. 2318
3 McNab, Colin A. 2406 1 - 0 Cobb, James E. 2318
4 Wohl, Aleksandar H. 2422 1 - 0 Morris, Charles F. 2220
5 Devereaux, Maxim 2305 1 - 0 Richmond, Peter A. 2254
6 Houska, Miroslav 2298 0 - 1 Zeidler, Sven P. 2275
7 Johnson, Nigel A. 1672 0 - 1 Blackburn, Jonathan * 2158
8 Varnam, Liam D. 2066 ½ - ½ Cast, Abigail (F) 2114
BRISTOL 1 2230 5 - 3 The ADs 2244
1 Ansell, Simon 2398 ½ - ½ Cooper, Lawrence 2348
2 Beaumont, Chris 2318 1 - 0 Richardson, John R. 2312
3 Sherwin, James T. 2337 1 - 0 Broom, Mark 2240
4 Cobb, Charles 2313 1 - 0 Snape, Ian 2225
5 Burgess, Graham 2309 ½ - ½ Cafferty, Bernard 2201
6 Collier, David O. 2274 ½ - ½ Bellin, Jana (F) 2203
7 Buckley, David E. 2190 ½ - ½ Anderton, David W. 2257
8 Nicol, Ruth * (F) 1700 0 - 1 Mangwengwende, John * 2163
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2432 3½-4½ BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2357
1 Gormally, Daniel W. 2502 0 - 1 Palliser, Richard 2455
2 Hebden, Mark L. 2515 ½ - ½ Kelly, Brian 2451
3 Kosten, Anthony C. 2551 0 - 1 Collins, Sam 2372
4 Cherniaev, Alexander 2506 ½ - ½ Knott, Simon 2401
5 Plaskett, James 2467 1 - 0 Rogers, Jonathan W. 2346
6 Matros, Alexander 2452 ½ - ½ Collinson, Adam 2390
7 Povah, Nigel E. 2360 ½ - ½ Dishman, Stephen 2297
8 Yurenok, Maria S (F) 2103 ½ - ½ Lauterbach, Ingrid (F) 2142
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2260 3½-4½ RICHMOND 2282
1 D'Costa, Lorin A.R. 2274 1 - 0 Quinn, Mark 2429
2 Shikerov, Stefan 2339 0 - 1 Bates, Richard A. 2367
3 Trent, Lawrence 2254 1 - 0 Wall, Gavin 2362
4 Berry, Neil 2276 0 - 1 Hinks-Edwards, Thomas 2363
5 Coleman, David 2239 0 - 1 Webb, Laurence E. 2279
6 Cox, John J, 2289 ½ - ½ Nixon, Thomas C.M. 2204
7 Taylor, Peter 2212 0 - 1 Franklin, Michael J. 2222
8 Regan, Natasha (F) 2200 1 - 0 Wilson, Alexandra (F) 2029
BETSSON.COM 2342 4 - 4 PERCEPTRON YOUTH 2238
1 Williams, Simon K. 2391 ½ - ½ Haslinger, Stewart 2385
2 Pert, Richard G. 2391 ½ - ½ Taylor, Martin R. 2300
3 Ledger, Andrew J. 2397 0 - 1 Broomfield, Matthew 2255
4 Pert, Nicholas 2462 1 - 0 Rendle, Thomas E. 2238
5 Hunt, Adam C. 2365 1 - 0 Yastrebov, Alexander 2207
6 Ledger, David J. 2267 ½ - ½ Mutton, Jonathan B. 2197
7 Eames, Robert G. 2313 ½ - ½ Hodge, David J. 2165
8 Tidman, Sophie (F) 2147 0 - 1 Bensdorp, Marlies (F) 2159
Round 2 Standings:
P W D L Gms Pts
WOOD GREEN 1 2 2 0 0 14.0 4
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2 2 0 0 9.5 4
BETSSON.COM 2 1 1 0 9.0 3
PERCEPTRON YOUTH 2 1 1 0 8.5 3
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2 1 0 1 9.0 2
BRISTOL 1 2 1 0 1 8.5 2
SLOUGH 1 2 1 0 1 8.5 2
RICHMOND 2 1 0 1 7.0 2
WOOD GREEN 2 2 1 0 1 6.0 2
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2 0 0 2 6.5 0
The ADs 2 0 0 2 6.0 0
S. WALES DRAGONS 1 2 0 0 2 3.5 0
The 33rd Annual National Chess Congress organized and directed by the
Continental Chess Association took place in Philadelphia November 29th-December
1st 2002. Games follow next week.
Michael Atkins will report on the events at:
http://members.cox.net/tournaments/ncc/
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
1 Igor Novikov 2719 5
2 Leonid G Yudasin 2699 5
3 Alexande Shabalov 2680 5
4 Alexan Stripunsky 2618 5
5 Gennadi Zaitshik 2577 5
6 Alexande Onischuk 2728 4½
7 Zhao Qin Peng 2493 4½
8 Lev Milman 2312 4½
9 Alexander Fishbein 2573 4
10 Maurice A Ashley 2518 4
11 William Paschall 2497 4
12 Michael A Rohde 2497 4
13 Luis R Chiong 2433 4
14 Jay R Bonin 2413 4
15 Alan R Stein 2385 4
16 Yevgeniy Gershov 2354 4
17 Daniel Fernandez 2345 4
18 Rodion Rubenchik 2344 4
19 Mikhail Belorusov 2342 4
20 Rafal Furdzik 2304 4
21 Ilye Figler 2298 4
22 Nicholas Adams 2215 4
92 players
The Hotel Opatija GM tournament took place 22nd November - 1st December
2002. Milan Vukic and Milen Vasilev won the event with 6.5/11. IM norms for
Ibro Saric (BIH) 6.0/11, Ante Saric (CRO) 6.0/11, Zlatko Topalovic (CRO) 6.0/11
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. Vukic, Milan g YUG 2516 * = = = = 1 = = = 1 = = 6.5 2485
2. Vasilev, Milen m BUL 2442 = * 1 = 0 = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2492
3. Saric, Ante f CRO 2380 = 0 * = 1 = 1 = = = = = 6.0 2469
4. Topalovic, Zlatko CRO 2272 = = = * = = = = 1 = = = 6.0 2479
5. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2444 = 1 0 = * = 0 = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2463
6. Saric, Ibro f BIH 2384 0 = = = = * = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2468
7. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2504 = = 0 = 1 = * = 0 = 1 1 6.0 2457
8. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2432 = = = = = 0 = * = = = 1 5.5 2428
9. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2443 = = = 0 0 = 1 = * = = = 5.0 2391
10. Loncar, Robert m CRO 2439 0 0 = = = = = = = * = 1 5.0 2391
11. Rogic, Davor m CRO 2496 = = = = 0 = 0 = = = * 0 4.0 2320
12. Rukavina, Josip m CRO 2393 = 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 3.5 2299
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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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1. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2657 =21 +32 = 7 +19 + 8 + 2 . . . 5.0 2730
2. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2683 +16 +14 + 5 = 8 + 3 - 1 . . . 4.5 2729
3. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2595 +11 +13 = 8 + 9 - 2 =10 . . . 4.0 2657
4. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon g ISR 2519 -24 +25 =11 +16 =10 +15 . . . 4.0 2560
5. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2523 +25 +27 - 2 =13 = 7 +16 . . . 4.0 2589
6. Shachar, Ehud f ISR 2374 = 9 - 7 =25 +32 +19 +13 . . . 4.0 2542
7. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2504 =22 + 6 = 1 =12 = 5 =14 . . . 3.5 2533
8. Roiz, Michael m ISR 2512 +29 +24 = 3 = 2 - 1 = 9 . . . 3.5 2585
9. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2562 = 6 +21 =18 - 3 +22 = 8 . . . 3.5 2509
10. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2553 =30 +28 =12 =18 = 4 = 3 . . . 3.5 2503
11. Bar, Roman m ISR 2413 - 3 +26 = 4 =14 =17 +29 . . . 3.5 2503
12. Finkel, Alexander g ISR 2485 =23 +31 =10 = 7 -15 +21 . . . 3.5 2489
13. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2472 +26 - 3 +32 = 5 +18 - 6 . . . 3.5 2452
14. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2497 +20 - 2 =22 =11 =21 = 7 . . . 3.0 2444
15. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2524 -27 +23 -16 +24 +12 - 4 . . . 3.0 2399
16. Vydeslaver, Alik m ISR 2434 - 2 +20 +15 - 4 +29 - 5 . . . 3.0 2482
17. Zilberman, Yaacov g ISR 2467 -32 =29 +23 =22 =11 =18 . . . 3.0 2324
18. Kantsler, Boris g ISR 2486 =28 +30 = 9 =10 -13 =17 . . . 3.0 2441
19. Erenburg, Sergey m ISR 2494 =31 =22 +27 - 1 - 6 +28 . . . 3.0 2372
20. Kaganskiy, Gleb RUS 2315 -14 -16 +31 =30 =28 +27 . . . 3.0 2363
21. Kundin, Alexander f ISR 2429 = 1 - 9 +24 =29 =14 -12 . . . 2.5 2422
22. Vainshtein, Vladimir ISR 2321 = 7 =19 =14 =17 - 9 =23 . . . 2.5 2409
23. Deutsch, Eyal ISR 2272 =12 -15 -17 +25 =27 =22 . . . 2.5 2357
24. Porat, Shi f ISR 2343 + 4 - 8 -21 -15 =31 +30 . . . 2.5 2387
25. Pasman, Michael f ISR 2345 - 5 - 4 = 6 -23 +32 +31 . . . 2.5 2297
26. Lederer, Yoav ISR 2272 -13 -11 =28 =31 =30 +32 . . . 2.5 2262
27. Kreizberg, Michael f ISR 2346 +15 - 5 -19 =28 =23 -20 . . . 2.0 2267
28. Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2225 =18 -10 =26 =27 =20 -19 . . . 2.0 2286
29. Klenburg, Mikhail UKR 2331 - 8 =17 +30 =21 -16 -11 . . . 2.0 2312
30. Bitansky, Igor m ISR 2370 =10 -18 -29 =20 =26 -24 . . . 1.5 2190
31. Polyakov, Alex ISR 2311 =19 -12 -20 =26 =24 -25 . . . 1.5 2182
32. Rot, Yefim ISR 2125 +17 - 1 -13 - 6 -25 -26 . . . 1.0 2158
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The 52nd Greek Men's Championship and the 25th Greek Women's
Championships take place in Athens 28th November - 6th December 2002. My thanks
to Mary Vigliraki for the games.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessfed.gr
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ch-GRE Athens GRE (GRE), 28 xi-6 xii 2002 cat. VIII (2446)
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1. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2520 * = = . . 1 . . 1 . 3.0 2672
2. Papaioannou, Ioannis g GRE 2587 = * . 1 . = = . . . 2.5 2590
3. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2452 = . * = . . = 1 . . 2.5 2563
4. Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2528 . 0 = * . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2488
5. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2461 . . . . * 0 . = 1 1 2.5 2448
6. Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri g GRE 2438 0 = . . 1 * . . = . 2.0 2502
7. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2495 . = = . . . * . = = 2.0 2421
8. Simeonidis, Ioannis GRE 2329 . . 0 0 = . . * . 1 1.5 2324
9. Tzermiadianos, Andreas m GRE 2440 0 . . . 0 = = . * . 1.0 2285
10. Mihailidis, Anastacios GRE 2205 . . . 0 0 . = 0 . * 0.5 2131
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1. Kouvatsou, Maria wg GRE 2212 * . . . = . 1 1 1 . 3.5 2496
2. Makka, Ioulia GRE 2257 . * . . 1 . . = = 1 3.0 2328
3. Botsari, Anna-Maria wg GRE 2320 . . * . . 1 0 . 1 1 3.0 2358
4. Papadopoulou, Vera GRE 2165 . . . * . 1 = 0 1 . 2.5 2265
5. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2272 = 0 . . * . . 1 . 1 2.5 2253
6. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2313 . . 0 0 . * 1 . . 1 2.0 2181
7. Stiri, Alexandra GRE 2170 0 . 1 = . 0 * . . . 1.5 2165
8. Grapsa, Georgia GRE 2093 0 = . 1 0 . . * . . 1.5 2139
9. Sperdokli, Elli GRE 2106 0 = 0 0 . . . . * . 0.5 1916
10. Kasioura, Froso wf GRE 2072 . 0 0 . 0 0 . . . * 0.0
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The 15th Belgrade "Obrenovac" International Open took place 18th-28th
November 2002. Miodrag Savic took clear first with 8.5/11. My thanks to Jovan
Petronic for a small number of games.
Further details: http://www.beochess.org.yu/english.htm
15th Belgrade "Obrenovac" International Open
1 SAVIC,Miodrag,r (3) m 2519 YUG 8.5 79.0
2 FONTAINE,Robert (4) g 2517 FRA 8.0 77.5
3 TODOROVIC,Goran,m (16) g 2467 YUG 8.0 77.0
4 TADIC,Branko (12) m 2480 YUG 8.0 75.5
5 MARKUS,Robert (15) m 2470 YUG 8.0 74.5
6 PERUNOVIC,Milos (19) m 2456 YUG 8.0 74.0
7 ROMANISHIN,Oleg (1) g 2562 UKR 8.0 73.5
8 STANOJOSKI,Zvonko (10) m 2482 MKD 8.0 71.0
9 ANTIC,Dejan (18) g 2457 YUG 8.0 70.5
10 ABRAMOVIC,Bosko (7) g 2492 YUG 8.0 68.0
11 POPCHEV,Milko (25) g 2436 BUL 7.5 76.5
12 PREDOJEVIC,Borki (23) f 2437 YUG 7.5 76.0
13 MILANOVIC,Danilo (24) . 2436 YUG 7.5 75.0
14 STOJANOVIC,Dalibor (29) f 2418 YUG 7.5 75.0
15 JEREMIC,Veljko (8) m 2487 YUG 7.5 74.0
16 CHEPARINOV,Ivan (14) m 2473 BUL 7.5 73.0
17 BLAGOJEVIC,Dragisa (2) m 2537 YUG 7.5 71.5
18 RADULSKI,Julian (9) m 2487 BUL 7.5 70.5
19 SVETUSHKIN,Dmitry (6) g 2505 MDA 7.5 70.5
20 HELLSTEN,Johan (11) m 2481 SWE 7.5 69.5
21 BOSKOVIC,Drasko (40) f 2389 YUG 7.5 69.0
22 KOZHUHAROV,Spas (56) f 2323 BUL 7.5 64.5
23 PEEV,Peicho (50) m 2349 BUL 7.0 75.0
24 DOBREV,Nanko (46) m 2371 BUL 7.0 73.5
25 BRENJO,Slavisa (28) m 2424 YUG 7.0 71.5
26 CVETKOVIC,Srdjan (39) m 2390 YUG 7.0 69.5
27 PAVLOVIC,Dejan,s (33) . 2407 YUG 7.0 69.0
28 ARSOVIC,Zoran (31) m 2410 YUG 7.0 68.5
29 MOZETIC,Dejan (20) m 2450 YUG 7.0 68.5
30 MARINKOVIC,Slavisa (17) m 2462 YUG 7.0 65.0
31 VASILJEVIC,Dragan (48) m 2361 YUG 7.0 64.0
32 ANDRIJEVIC,Milan (42) m 2387 YUG 7.0 63.5
178 players
British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2002 took place 30th November-1st
December 2002 at the Bradford City Football Stadium, Valley Parade Bradford.
Peter Wells won the event with 9/11 half a point clear of GM Keith Arkell.
Stewart Haslinger finished clear third on 8 points.
Further details: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
On Wednesday 27th November 2002 Moscow's Central Chess Club there were
ceremonies honoring the Russian Olympiad teams. Garry Kasparov also received
the Chess Oscar-64 for 2001. My thanks to Eugeny Atarov for the news.
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for December 1st 2002 has been released . Produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey
and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
NN Name Birthday Country Rating Variance
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2805 114
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2789 124
3 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2712 171
4 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2697 160
5 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2694 162
6 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2688 159
7 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2685 182
8 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2682 149
9 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2677 159
10 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2667 155
11 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2650 136
12 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2649 135
13 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2648 138
14 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2647 139
15 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2644 170
16 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2636 159
17 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2636 172
18 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2635 185
19 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2629 159
20 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2628 150
21 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 BIH 2627 147
22 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2625 146
23 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2624 130
24 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2620 148
25 Zvjaginsev,Vadim 18.08.1976 RUS 2618 147
26 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2617 124
27 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2611 195
28 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2608 165
29 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2608 197
30 Lputian,Smbat G 14.02.1958 ARM 2607 172
31 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2603 150
32 Vaganian,Rafael A 15.10.1951 ARM 2602 170
33 Movsesian,Sergei 03.11.1978 CZE 2599 160
34 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2596 143
35 Macieja,Bartlomiej 04.10.1977 POL 2595 169
36 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2593 169
37 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2593 177
38 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2592 139
39 Tkachiev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2592 143
40 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2592 168
41 Goldin,Alexander 27.02.1965 ISR 2590 176
42 Tiviakov,Sergei 14.02.1973 RUS 2588 144
43 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2587 186
44 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2585 143
45 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 USA 2585 188
46 Piket,Jeroen 27.01.1969 NED 2584 178
47 Motylev,Alexander 17.06.1979 RUS 2583 174
48 Seirawan,Yasser 24.03.1960 USA 2583 174
49 Pigusov,Evgeny 31.03.1961 RUS 2581 136
50 Krasenkow,Mikhail 14.11.1963 POL 2581 183
Dear all,
Last night, when I received telephone calls at my home around 10 PM New
York time regarding the unconfirmed news of Grandmaster Leko while I was doing
an online chess event at the World Chess Network, I was absolutely shocked and
sad. I hoped and prayed that this was not true. For the next 5 hours, I tried
to confirm this report with all my sources but it was very hard since it was in
the middle of the night in Budapest.
Grandmaster Peter Leko is a World Class Grandmaster, an asset to the
chess community and is one of the national treasures of Hungary. My family and
I have known him since he was very young and I am very proud to see him grow
and mature into a wonderful chess player. I am very happy and relieved that the
news is false. I would like to thank ChessBase for stepping in so quickly and
clarified the truth.
My best wishes to Grandmaster Leko and his family and for with his
upcoming match with World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. It will be a very good
match and a very exciting event for all chess enthusiasts.
Sincerely, GM Susan Polgar
The Taastrup Chess Club 30th Anniversary tournament took place 22nd-30th
November 2002. Alexander Raetsky and Emil Hermansson finished on 7/9. My thanks
to Lars Hansen.
Internet site: http://www.taastrupskakforening.dk/
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30th Ann TSF Taastrup DEN (DEN), 22-30 xi 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2423 +10 + 8 + 2 = 3 + 4 = 5 + 7 =11 = 6 7.0 2547
2. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2370 +16 +12 - 1 + 7 +11 = 3 +10 = 4 + 5 7.0 2526
3. Bromann, Thorbjorn f DEN 2366 +18 =17 +14 = 1 = 6 = 2 = 4 + 7 +11 6.5 2461
4. Niklasch, Oliver f GER 2301 +21 +20 = 7 =11 - 1 + 6 = 3 = 2 +10 6.0 2426
5. Koerholz, Ludger m GER 2356 -20 +21 -12 + 9 +16 = 1 +14 +10 - 2 5.5 2325
6. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2371 -17 = 9 +13 +14 = 3 - 4 = 8 +15 = 1 5.0 2304
7. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2381 +13 =11 = 4 - 2 +18 +17 - 1 - 3 +14 5.0 2320
8. Hartvig, Ove Weiss f DEN 2286 +19 - 1 =16 -15 = 9 +18 = 6 =13 +17 5.0 2274
9. Lund, Esben DEN 2329 =14 = 6 -10 - 5 = 8 +22 =18 +21 +13 5.0 2271
10. Nordenbaek, Jan DEN 2237 - 1 +19 + 9 =12 +15 +11 - 2 - 5 - 4 4.5 2273
11. Naes, Flovin Tor FAI 2280 +22 = 7 +17 = 4 - 2 -10 +12 = 1 - 3 4.5 2294
12. Nolsoe, Eydun FAI 2236 +15 - 2 + 5 =10 -17 -14 -11 +19 +18 4.5 2216
13. Kongsted, Christian DEN 2221 - 7 -14 - 6 +22 +21 +15 +17 = 8 - 9 4.5 2228
14. Nielsen, Niels-Peter DEN 2147 = 9 +13 - 3 - 6 +19 +12 - 5 =17 - 7 4.0 2242
15. Pallesen, Jacob DEN 2071 -12 =18 +20 + 8 -10 -13 +16 - 6 =19 4.0 2175
16. Nilsson, Nils S DEN 2182 - 2 +22 = 8 =17 - 5 =19 -15 +20 =21 4.0 2157
17. Pedersen, Hans Dahl DEN 2211 + 6 = 3 -11 =16 +12 - 7 -13 =14 - 8 3.5 2194
18. Korolev, Nikolaj DEN 2178 - 3 =15 =21 +20 - 7 - 8 = 9 =22 -12 3.0 2106
19. Nielsen, Michael1 DEN 2095 - 8 -10 +22 =21 -14 =16 =20 -12 =15 3.0 2050
20. Nohr, Finn DEN 2157 + 5 - 4 -15 -18 -22 =21 =19 -16 +23 3.0 2035
21. Hansen, Lars-Henrik Bech DEN 2131 - 4 - 5 =18 =19 -13 =20 +22 - 9 =16 3.0 2091
22. Nielsen, Jan Mose DEN 2128 -11 -16 -19 -13 +20 - 9 -21 =18 . 1.5 1945
23. BYE ---- . . . . . . . . -20 0.0
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VI Málaga International Open
The VI Málaga International Open 2003 takes place 20th-28th
February 2003. 7.800 euros in prizes.
Details: http://www.malagajedrez.org
1st Pan American Amateur Championships
The 1st Pan American Amateur Championship will be held at the elegant
Fairmont Southampton from 27th January to 5th February 2003. It will be nine
rounds plus a rest day and will be held alongside two GM Invitational
Tournaments (Cat XV and X). The rate of play will be 150 plus 30 seconds per
move. It is open to players under 2000 FIDE or no FIDE rating at all. Each
Federation in the Americas is allowed to nominate two players who do not have
to pay an entry fee, otherwise entry fee is $150 per player. It will be
followed by the 20th Bermuda Open from 6th to 9th February.
Rooms are $125 per night plus taxes etc. for one or two people, a third
person in a room would be an extra $30 plus taxes. etc To book rooms contact
the Fairmont Southampton on 1-800-441-1414 or 1-441-238-8000, mentioning
"PanAmerican Amateur Chess".
Details/Info: http://www.Bermuda.bm/chess or Nigel
Freeman 441-234-2322, cadilly@ibl.bm or Carol Jarecki 917-690-8566,
cjareck@attglobal.net.
Round Robins in Singapore
IM norm Round Robins in Singapore (after the 20th Cairnhill Open) 1st
Round Robin event from 16th to 23rd Dec 02 Category 1-4 (2251-2350), 12 players
maximum 2nd Round Robin event from 24th to 29th Dec 02 Category 1-4
(2251-2350), limited to 10 players Any players (titled or non-title) who may
wish to participate please contact Kenny Chern E-mail: open_chess@yahoo.com.sg
Chesmayne Chess Dictionary 2003
The Chesmayne Chess Dictionary 2003 is out now. Available at:
http://chesmayn.valuehost.co.uk/
Seagaard ChessReviews - Book of the Year 2002
Seagaard ChessReviews has now selected the best books that was suggested
from our readers. It is now the readers time to make a choice and pick
"Seagaard ChessReviews - Book of the Year 2002". Readers can vote from 1/12
until 8/12 2002 and the book with the highest number is the winner. Read more:
http://seagaard.dk/review
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
The Skanderborg Chess Club is organising a new GM tournament in Denmark.
There will be 2 groups, A-group category 15/16, B-group category 9/10, 10
players in each group, round-robin.
Dates of play: October 10th-20th 2003. Venue: Hotel Skanderborghus in
Skanderborg, Denmark. The hotel is beautifully located near lake and forest,
see much more at http://www.hotel-skanderborghus.dk/
Players who are interested may 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.
