THE WEEK IN CHESS 422 9th December 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Spanish Team Chess Championships 120 games
Sao Paulo Chess Club Centenary 15 games
Santo Domingo 30 games
National Chess Congress 70 games
Israeli Championships 100 games
Greek Chess Championships 50 games
Italian Championships Playoffs 6 games
21st Greek Club Cup 12 games
Dutch Championships Semi-Finals 69 games
British Rapidplay 34 games
Baharov Memorial 2002 110 games
38th American Open 80 games
BFXC Match 5 games
Croatian Championships 181 games
First Saturday December 14 games
Austrian Team Championships 72 games
15th Obrenovac Open 1 game
979 games
My thanks to Harald Grafenhofer, Milan Ninchich, Eirik T. Gullaksen,
Jovan Petronic, Horacio Arevalo, John Hillery, Rumen Angelov, Mikhail Golubev,
Antonio Bento, Alik Gershon, Sam Nicholls, Jovan Petronic, Koos Stolk, Maurizio
Mascheroni and Adolivio Capece, Mary Vigliraki, Michael Atkins, Herman Claudius
van Riemsdijk, Laszlo Nagy, Nigel Freeman and everyone else who helped with the
issue.
Not many big highlights this week but still a pretty steady week of
international chess on the run up to the Christmas and New Year period.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Spanish Team Chess Championships 2002 took place 30th November-8th
December 2002 at the Hotel Cemar, Mondariz, Galicia. Games from the final round
9 are missing.
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)
Leading Final Standings
1 C.A. TIENDAS UPI AND 24,5
2 C.A. MARCOTE GAL 22,5
3 FOMENT MARTINENC CAT 20
4 C.A. VALENCIA VAL 19,5
5 C.A. BARCELONA VULCA CAT 18,5
6 C.A. IBERCAJA ARA 18
7 C.A. CAJA INSULAR CAN 17
8 C.A. REVERTE ALBOX CAT 16,5
9 C.E. TERRASSA CAT 13
10 C.A. COFIMAN AND 10,5
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk reports: The São Paulo Chess Club's
100 Years Championship took place November 25th - December 3rd 2002. The
Special guest was IM Martin Neubauer from Austria. Mauro De Souza (who took the
title on Sonnen-Berger tie-break) and Herman Van Riemsdijk finished on
6.5/9.
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 6.5 2416
2. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2372 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2413
3. Caldeira, Adriano f BRA 2394 = = * = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2370
4. Aranha Filho, Alvaro Z BRA 2260 = = = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2385
5. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2388 0 = = 1 * 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2325
6. Martinez, Carlos Alejandro f BRA 2402 = = 0 0 1 * = = 1 = 4.5 2244
7. Nogueira, Ivan K BRA 2255 = 0 = = = = * = = = 4.0 2217
8. Carvalho, Herbert Abreu BRA 2187 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 0 1 2.5 2102
9. De Lima,Dio BRA ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 2.0 2069
10. Arruda,W BRA ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1.5 2016
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The "Los Inmortales IV, Great Cup Nazir Atallah" took place in Santo
Domingo in the Dominican Republic November 29th - December 5th 2002. The very
strong event was won by Igor Khenkin on 7.5/9 half a point ahead of a group of
four including Peter Svidler. Only a few games from rounds 5,6,8 and 9 are
available.
Internet coverage: http://www.copanaziratallah.com/
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Los Inmortales Boca Chica Beach DMN (DMN), 29 xi-5 xii 2002
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1. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2603 7.5
2. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 7.0
3. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2642 7.0
4. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2572 7.0
5. Nakamura, Hikaru m USA 2504 7.0
6. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2627 6.5
7. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2684 6.5
8. Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2622 6.5
9. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2570 6.5
10. Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2537 6.5
11. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2456 6.5
12. Mateo, Ramon m DOM 2420 6.5
13. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2621 6.5
14. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2632 6.0
15. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2615 6.0
16. Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2594 6.0
17. Quezada, Yuniesky f CUB 2438 6.0
18. Prasca, Raphael m VEN 2352 6.0
19. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2615 6.0
20. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2620 6.0
21. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2614 6.0
22. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2551 6.0
23. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2501 6.0
24. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2541 6.0
25. Glek, Igor V g GER 2576 6.0
26. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2471 6.0
27. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2471 6.0
28. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2469 6.0
29. Galego, Luis g POR 2506 6.0
30. Dominguez, Jose M m DOM 2323 6.0
142 players
The 33rd Annual National Chess Congress organized and directed by the
Continental Chess Association took place in Philadelphia November 29th-December
1st 2002. My thanks to Michael Atkins for his help.
Michael Atkins will report on the events at:
http://members.cox.net/tournaments/ncc/
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33rd National Chess Congress Philadelphia USA (USA), 29 xi-1 xii 2002
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1. Novikov, Igor A g USA 2592 5.0
2. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2563 5.0
3. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2621 5.0
4. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2548 5.0
5. Zaitshik, Gennadi RUS 2468 5.0
6. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2649 4.5
7. Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2443 4.5
8. Milman, Lev USA 2295 4.5
9. Fishbein, Alexander g USA 2489 4.0
10. Ashley, Maurice g USA 2470 4.0
11. Paschall, William M m USA 2463 4.0
12. Rohde, Michael A g USA 2497 4.0
13. Chiong, Luis m PHI 2373 4.0
14. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2394 4.0
15. Stein, Alan R USA ---- 4.0
16. Gersov, Evgeny USA 2338 4.0
17. Fernandez, Daniel f USA 2306 4.0
18. Rubenchik, Rodion f USA 2324 4.0
19. Belorusov, Mikhail USA 2311 4.0
20. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2243 4.0
21. Figler, Ilye f USA 2356 4.0
22. Adams, Nick A USA 2192 4.0
23. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2630 3.5
24. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2566 3.5
92 players
The Israeli Championships took place 24th November - 3rd December 2002
in Tel Aviv. Ilia Smirin won a dramatic championships. In the final round Emil
Sutovsky tried too hard for a win on the black side of a King's Indian and lost
to GM Zvulon Gofshtein. Ilya Smirin beat FM Gleb Kagansky and took the title
and trophy thanks to a superior bucholz from Boris Avrukh and Zeev-Alon
Gofshtein. Irina Botvinnik won the women's title. My thanks to Alik
Gershon.
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. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2683 +13 +15 + 7 = 4 + 2 - 5 = 3 = 6 +11 6.5 2677
2. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2595 + 9 + 8 = 4 +14 - 1 = 6 + 5 = 7 +19 6.5 2693
3. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon g ISR 2519 -21 +26 = 9 +13 = 6 +10 = 1 +18 + 5 6.5 2659
4. Roiz, Michael m ISR 2512 +24 +21 = 2 = 1 - 5 =14 +30 +12 = 6 6.0 2649
5. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2657 =20 +32 =12 +30 + 4 + 1 - 2 +19 - 3 6.0 2595
6. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2553 =28 +29 =18 =17 = 3 = 2 + 8 = 1 = 4 5.5 2563
7. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2523 +26 +23 - 1 = 8 =12 +13 =19 = 2 =10 5.5 2555
8. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2472 +25 - 2 +32 = 7 +17 -19 - 6 +20 +12 5.5 2509
9. Bar, Roman m ISR 2413 - 2 +25 = 3 =15 =16 +24 =18 -11 +14 5.0 2492
10. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2524 -23 +27 -13 +21 +18 - 3 =16 +25 = 7 5.0 2449
11. Kaganskiy, Gleb RUS 2315 -15 -13 +31 =28 =29 +23 +17 + 9 - 1 5.0 2461
12. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2504 =22 +19 = 5 =18 = 7 =15 +14 - 4 - 8 4.5 2489
13. Vydeslaver, Alik m ISR 2434 - 1 +11 +10 - 3 +24 - 7 +15 -14 =16 4.5 2491
14. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2562 =19 +20 =17 - 2 +22 = 4 -12 +13 - 9 4.5 2452
15. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2497 +11 - 1 =22 = 9 =20 =12 -13 +30 =18 4.5 2453
16. Zilberman, Yaacov g ISR 2467 -32 =24 +27 =22 = 9 =17 =10 =21 =13 4.5 2361
17. Kantsler, Boris g ISR 2486 =29 +28 =14 = 6 - 8 =16 -11 =26 +21 4.5 2405
18. Finkel, Alexander g ISR 2485 =27 +31 = 6 =12 -10 +20 = 9 - 3 =15 4.5 2446
19. Shachar, Ehud f ISR 2374 =14 -12 =26 +32 +30 + 8 = 7 - 5 - 2 4.5 2475
20. Kundin, Alexander f ISR 2429 = 5 -14 +21 =24 =15 -18 +22 - 8 =25 4.0 2394
21. Porat, Shi f ISR 2343 + 3 - 4 -20 -10 =31 +28 +27 =16 -17 4.0 2389
22. Vainshtein, Vladimir ISR 2321 =12 =30 =15 =16 -14 =27 -20 +29 =23 4.0 2378
23. Kreizberg, Michael f ISR 2346 +10 - 7 -30 =29 =27 -11 =24 +31 =22 4.0 2325
24. Klenburg, Mikhail UKR 2331 - 4 =16 +28 =20 -13 - 9 =23 =27 +31 4.0 2351
25. Lederer, Yoav ISR 2272 - 8 - 9 =29 =31 =28 +32 +26 -10 =20 4.0 2314
26. Pasman, Michael f ISR 2345 - 7 - 3 =19 -27 +32 +31 -25 =17 +30 4.0 2332
27. Deutsch, Eyal ISR 2272 =18 -10 -16 +26 =23 =22 -21 =24 =28 3.5 2312
28. Bitansky, Igor m ISR 2370 = 6 -17 -24 =11 =25 -21 =29 +32 =27 3.5 2244
29. Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2225 =17 - 6 =25 =23 =11 -30 =28 -22 +32 3.5 2284
30. Erenburg, Sergey m ISR 2494 =31 =22 +23 - 5 -19 +29 - 4 -15 -26 3.0 2273
31. Polyakov, Alex ISR 2311 =30 -18 -11 =25 =21 -26 +32 -23 -24 2.5 2173
32. Rot, Yefim ISR 2125 +16 - 5 - 8 -19 -26 -25 -31 -28 -29 1.0 2037
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ch-ISR w Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), 24 xi-3 xii 2002
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1. Botvinnik, Irina wf ISR 2187 +14 + 3 + 5 = 6 = 2 + 4 + 9 + 7 =10 7.5 2417
2. Vasiliev, Olga ISR 2160 +12 = 5 =11 + 7 = 1 + 6 = 3 + 8 = 4 6.5 2303
3. Borsuk, Angela wg ISR 2255 + 8 - 1 - 7 +12 +11 + 5 = 2 - 4 + 9 5.5 2213
4. Yudasina, Irina ISR 2128 - 5 +12 + 8 +11 = 6 - 1 =10 + 3 = 2 5.5 2206
5. Tsifanskaya, Ludmila A wm ISR 2242 + 4 = 2 - 1 +10 - 8 - 3 +13 +14 +11 5.5 2175
6. Igla, Bella ISR 2160 = +10 + 9 = 1 = 4 - 2 - 7 +13 +14 5.5 2198
7. Len, Irina ISR 2134 -11 +13 + 3 - 2 - 9 +14 + 6 - 1 +12 5.0 2152
8. Vovinkina, Natalia ISR 2132 - 3 +14 - 4 + 9 + 5 -10 +12 - 2 +13 5.0 2154
9. Zatulovskaya, Tatiana wg ISR 2219 +13 =11 - 6 - 8 + 7 +12 - 1 +10 - 3 4.5 2096
10. Zaks,Victoria ISR ---- = - 6 +14 - 5 +13 + 8 = 4 - 9 = 1 4.5 2133
11. Kuzavlova,Tamaera ISR ---- + 7 = 9 = 2 - 4 - 3 =13 +14 =12 - 5 4.0 2083
12. Porat,Maya ISR ---- - 2 - 4 +13 - 3 +14 - 9 - 8 =11 - 7 2.5 1948
13. Rodensky,Natalya ISR ---- - 9 - 7 -12 +14 -10 =11 - 5 - 6 - 8 1.5 1825
14. Anchipolovskaya,Dora ISR ---- - 1 - 8 -10 -13 -12 - 7 -11 - 5 - 6 0.0
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The 52nd Greek Men's Championship and the 25th Greek Women's
Championships took place in Athens 28th November - 6th December 2002. Hristos
Banikas took the men's title and Anna-Maria Botsari the women's. My thanks to
Mary Vigliraki.
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 1 1 1 7.0 2657
2. Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2528 = * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2602
3. Papaioannou, Ioannis g GRE 2587 = 1 * = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2554
4. Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2495 = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 = 5.0 2483
5. Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri g GRE 2438 0 = = 0 * 1 1 = 1 = 5.0 2489
6. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2452 = = = = 0 * = = 1 1 5.0 2487
7. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2461 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 1 4.0 2400
8. Tzermiadianos, Andreas m GRE 2440 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 3.5 2366
9. Simeonidis, Ioannis GRE 2329 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 2.0 2238
10. Mihailidis, Anastacios GRE 2205 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2121
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ch-GRE w Athens GRE (GRE), 28 xi-6 xii 2002
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1. Botsari, Anna-Maria wg GRE 2320 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7.5 2457
2. Kouvatsou, Maria wg GRE 2212 0 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2321
3. Papadopoulou, Vera GRE 2165 = 1 * 0 1 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2281
4. Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2272 0 = 1 * = 1 0 = = 1 5.0 2232
5. Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2313 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2228
6. Grapsa, Georgia GRE 2093 0 0 1 0 = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2209
7. Makka, Ioulia GRE 2257 0 0 = 1 0 = * 1 = 1 4.5 2191
8. Stiri, Alexandra GRE 2170 1 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2158
9. Sperdokli, Elli GRE 2106 0 0 0 = = = = 0 * 1 3.0 2083
10. Kasioura, Froso wf GRE 2072 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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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). Games for
the playoff now available. My thanks to Maurizio Mascheroni and Adolivio
Capece.
The Cat. V (2354) event had coverage at:
http://www.federscacchi.it/
Collutiis, Duilio - Belotti, Bruno 1/2 71 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Belotti, Bruno - Collutiis, Duilio 1/2 48 A26 English Sicilian Attack
Collutiis, Duilio - Belotti, Bruno 0-1 39 A14 Reti Opening
Belotti, Bruno - Collutiis, Duilio 0-1 60 A33 English Symmetrical
Collutiis, Duilio - Belotti, Bruno 1/2 30 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Belotti, Bruno - Collutiis, Duilio 0-1 35 A25 English Sicilian Attack
ch-ITA Playoff Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 1-1 xii 2002
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Collutiis, Duilio f ITA 2332 = = 0 1 = 1 3.5 2476
Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2419 = = 1 0 = 0 2.5 2275
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The 21st Greek Club Cup took place over the weekend of December 7th-8th
2002. The team of Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Ioannis Papaioannou, Efstratios Grivas
and Maria Kouvatsou (something like A. Ky'dwn Chanias) won the event.
Further info: http://www.chessfed.gr
November 30th saw the start of the Semi-Finals of the Dutch
Championships which will lead to qualification for the 2003 Championships. The
first two rounds of the knockout event have already been held in Leeuwarden.
The rounds were played in the building of the events main sponsor: Wetterskip
Fryslân. The third and final round is on the 22nd-23rd March 2003. Four
men qualify for the Dutch Championship and 2 women for the Dutch Women
Championship. The Dutch Championships take place June 18th-29th 2003 in
Leeuwarden. My thanks to Koos Stolk of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation.
Further information: http://www.schaakbond.nl
Round 2
Friso Nijboer * - Jeroen Bosch 1/2 1/2 T/B 1-0 1/2
Yge Visser - * John van der Wiel 1/2 0-1
Dennis de Vreugt - Jop Delemarre Postponed
Stefan van Blitterswijk - * Ruud Janssen 0-1 0-1
Jan Smeets - Johan van Mil 1-0 Gm2 postponed
Karel van der Weide - Harmen Jonkman postponed
Manuel Bosboom - * Frank Kroeze 0-1 1/2
Martijn Dambacher * - Joost Berkvens 1/2 1-0
Round 1
Peter Doggers - * Friso Nijboer 0-1 0-1
John van der Wiel * - Rick Lahaye 1/2 1-0
Timon van Dijk - * Dennis de Vreugt 0-1 1/2
Ruud Janssen * - Ramon Koster 1-0 1/2
Tigran Spaan - * Jan Smeets 1/2 0-1
Harmen Jonkman * - Pieter Hopman 1-0 1/2
Joost Mellegers - * Manuel Bosboom 1/2 0-1
Joost Berkvens * - Paul Span 1-0 1/2
Martijn Dambacher * - Maarten Solleveld 1-0 1/2
Jeroen Bosch * - Erik Hoeksema 1/2 1-0
Frank Kroeze * - Jan Werle 1-0 1/2
Yge Visser * - Theo Hommeles 1-0 0-1 T/B 1/2 1-0
Karel van der Weide * - Joost Hoogendoorn 1-0 1/2
Mark van der Werf - * Johan van Mil 1/2 1/2 T/B 1/2 0-1
Arthur van de Oudeweetering- * Jop Delemarre 0-1 0-1
Willy Hendriks - * Stefan van Blitterswijk 0-1 1/2
Round 2 Women
Marisca Kouwenhoven - Bianca Muhren postponed
Marlies Bensdorp - Laura Bensdorp 1/2, 0-1
Arlette van Weersel - Mariska de Mie 1-0, 1/2
Helène Wuts - Petra Veenstra 1-0, 1/2
Round 1 Women
Bianca Muhren * - Biaina Geragousian 1-0 1-0
Linda Ammerlaan - * Marlies Bensdorp 0-1 0-1
Mariska de Mie * - Winifred Paulis 1-0 1-0
Petra Veenstra * - Iwona Bos 2-0 forfeit
Meike Wortel - * Arlette van Weersel 0-1 1/2
Marijn Visschedijk - * Helène Wuts 0-1 1/2
Marisca Kouwenhoven * - Rieke van Run 1/2 1-0
Laura Bensdorp * - Colleen Otten 1/2 1-0
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. 4th Place=: Mark Hebden,
Craig Hanley and Aaron Summerscale Grading Prizes: Iain Gourlay, D Shaw, L Kay,
M Surtees and Peter Poobalasingham Junior Prizes: RM Taylor S Gordon.
Further details: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
The X Individual World Championship for blind and visually impaired
players took place November 19th-30th 2002 at Burhan Felek Sport Complex,
Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey. IM Mouret Jounusof, (KAZ), IM Sergey Krylov, (RUS)
and Rasim Nizam (BUL) all finished on 7/9. 11th seed Jounusof was the surprise
winner taking first on Buchholz tiebreak. The favourite was multiple winner IM
Sergey Krylov from Russia. The event was a 9 round swiss with 93 Players from
33 countries and organised by the International Braille Chess Association
(IBCA) and Turkish Chess Federation. Time control: 40 moves in 120 minutes,
than 60 minutes for the remainder of the game (quickplay finish) ... 6 hours
per game Chief Arbiter: I A Frantsek Blatny (CZE). I will try and sort out the
games after all 9 rounds are published.
Internet coverage:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2002/gormeengel/ibca_world.htm
Rumen Angelov of the Bulgarian Chess Federation sends news of the The
Baharov Memorial took place in Borovec, Bulgaria 1st-5th December 2002. The 7
round Swiss saw Vladimir Dimitrov win with 5.5/7 with a better Buchholz score
than Evgenij Ermenkov and Aleksander Delchev.
1 Dimitrov, Vladimir BUL gm 2438 5.5 23.0
2 Ermenkov, Evgenij BUL gm 2463 5.5 22.0
3 Delchev, Aleksander BUL gm 2560 5.5 21.5
4 Nikolov, Sasho BUL im 2353 5.0 23.0
5 Genov, Petar BUL gm 2515 5.0 20.5
6 Janev, Evgeni BUL gm 2473 5.0 20.5
7 Karakehajov, Kalin BUL 2283 5.0 20.5
8 Kukov, Velislav BUL 2230 4.5 21.5
9 Yordanova, Svetla BUL 2142 4.5 19.5
10 Dragiev, Veselin BUL 2455 4.5 19.0
11 Marholev, Dimitar BUL 2303 4.5 19.0
12 Iotov, Valentin BUL 2256 4.5 18.0
13 Dochev, Dimitar BUL im 2380 4.0 22.5
14 Georgieva, Liubka BUL wim 2232 4.0 20.5
15 Spassov, Liuben BUL gm 2383 4.0 19.5
16 Nikolov, Momchil BUL 2302 4.0 19.0
17 Inkiov, Ventzislav BUL gm 2424 4.0 18.0
18 Raeva, Elitsa BUL 2125 4.0 18.0
19 Raev, Rostislav BUL 2206 4.0 17.5
20 Orev, Petar BUL im 2241 4.0 17.5
48 players
John Hillery reports: The 38th Annual American Open, held at the LAX
Radisson Hotel in Los Angeles from November 28 to December 1, saw 282 players
compete in seven sections. The 47-player Master section, which included five
GMs and nine IMs, ended in a tie between GMs Pavel Blatny and Yuri Shulman with
6-2. Blatny jumped out to a 4½-½ lead and coasted in with three
draws, while Shulman came back from an upset loss to master Reynaldo del Pilar
to defeat IM Enrico Sevillano in the final round.
Internet coverage: http://www.americanopen.org
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38th American Open Los Angeles USA (USA), 28 xi-1 xii 2002
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1. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2479 6.0
2. Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2566 6.0
3. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2514 5.5
4. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2575 5.5
5. Serper, Grigory g USA 2554 5.5
6. Khachian, Melikset m ARM 2481 5.5
7. Ambarcumjan, Armen USA 2424 5.5
8. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2486 5.0
9. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2404 5.0
10. Kaufman, Larry C m USA 2415 5.0
11. Ginsburg, Mark m USA 2370 5.0
12. Tate, Emory f USA 2368 5.0
13. Kretchetov, Alexandre f USA 2323 4.5
14. Adamson, Robby f USA 2297 4.5
15. Casella, Michael f USA 2351 4.5
16. Ma, Whee Ky f NED 2318 4.5
17. Andrianov, Nikolai m RUS 2484 4.5
18. Moussa, Alaa-Eddine PLE 2218 4.5
19. Milicevic, Dragoljub CAN 2240 4.5
20. Hermansen, Ron USA 2203 4.5
47 players
The Bobby Fischer Xadrez Club in Santana do Livramento held a 5 game
match between Brazilian Fabino Prates and Bernardo Roselli Mailhe took place
6th-8th December 2002. Roselli won the match 4-1. My thanks to Horacio Arevalo
for the information.
Internet coverage: http://www.bobbyfischer.com.br/ and
http://endirecto.tripod.com.
Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo - Prates, Fabiano 1/2 47 A08 Barcza System
Prates, Fabiano - Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo 0-1 30 C30 King's Gambit Declined
Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo - Prates, Fabiano 1/2 45 A08 Barcza System
Prates, Fabiano - Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo 0-1 52 C30 King's Gambit Declined
Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo - Prates, Fabiano 1-0 22 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
1st BFXC Match Santana do Livramento BRA (BRA), 6-8 xii 2002
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Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2446 = 1 = 1 1 4.0 2487
Prates, Fabiano BRA 2247 = 0 = 0 0 1.0 2206
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The Croatian Championships took place in Zagreb 24th November - 1st
December 2002. Ivica Armanda won the men's event with 8/9 and Mara Jelica 7.5/9
to take the women's.
Internet coverage: http://www.crochess.com
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ch-CRO Zagreb CRO (CRO), 24-1 xi 2002
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1. Armanda, Ivica CRO 2316 8 40.0
2. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2432 7 40.5
3. Filipovic, Branko m CRO 2446 7 38.5
4. Bilic, Mario CRO 2315 7 37.0
5. Jukic, Zdenko CRO 2285 6.5 41.0
6. Biti, Ozren f CRO 2295 6.5 39.5
7. Jankovic, Alojzije f CRO 2329 6.5 37.5
8. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2450 6.5 36.5
9. Doric, Nenad f CRO 2406 6.5 35.0
10. Kosic, Eugen CRO 2286 6.5 32.0
11. Bender, Ivan CRO 2252 6 42.0
12. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2340 6 39.0
13. Mihalinec, Damir CRO 2178 6 39.0
14. Ivanda, Branko CRO 2279 6 37.0
15. Jadrijevic, Ante CRO 2287 6 36.0
16. Zecevic, Dean CRO 2288 6 35.5
17. Maslac, Zvonimir CRO 2051 6 34.5
18. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2544 6 33.5
19. Vitaljic, Nebojsa CRO 2161 6 33.5
103 players
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ch-CRO w Zagreb CRO (CRO), 24-1 xi 2002
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1. Jelica, Mara wm CRO 2189 7.5
2. Macek, Vlasta wm CRO 2222 7.0
3. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2288 6.0
4. Trtanj, Tina wm CRO 2165 5.5
5. Rezek, Anet wf CRO 2087 5.0
6. Mihalincic, Irena CRO 2085 5.0
7. Svaljek, Radmila wf CRO 2108 4.5
8. Djeno, Snjezana CRO 2060 4.0
9. Zelic, Marina CRO ---- 4.0
10. Detelic,Maja CRO ---- 3.5
11. Kruljac,Petra CRO ---- 3.0
12. Vnucec,Marina CRO ---- 3.0
13. Deur,Zrinka CRO ---- 2.2
14. Srebro,Mira CRO ---- 2.5
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The 41st World Junior & 19th Girls U-20 Chess Championships take
place in Panaji, Goa, 8th to 21st December 2002. Bu Xiangzhi, Luke McShane,
Levon Aronian, Pentala Harikrishna, Artyom Timofeev, Vladimir Potkin, Dmitri
Yakovenko and Ernesto Inarkiev are amongst the 86 players in the World
Juniors.
Internet coverage: http://www.worldjuniorchessgoa.com/
The 2002 Vikings Weekender saw 55 Players take part on 7th-8th December
2002. The 6 round Swiss was won by Ian Rogers with a perfect. 60 mins followed
by 10 secs/move. Tuggeranong Vikings Weekender, Australian Capital Territory
(Australia) 1st Ian Rogers 2nd-3rd Kerry Stead, Guy West U/1800 Gareth IOliver
U/1600 Tor Lattimore Junior and U/1400 Andrew Fitzpatrick, Michael Wei, Jeremy
Neeman, Harry Johnson. Info Milan Ninchich.
Further
details
1.GM Ian Rogers (NSW) 2532 6
2.Kerry Stead (NSW) 1989 5
3.IM Guy West (Vic) 2370 5
4.Michael Lip (NSW) 2008 4.5
5.David Dick (NSW) 2026 4.5
6.Gareth Oliver (ACT) 1691 4.5
7.Tor Lattimore (ACT) 1441 4.5
The First Saturday tournaments for December take place 7th-20th
December 2002. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and Andras Bacsi.
Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0212/index.htm
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FSGM Dec Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 xii 2002 cat. VII (2418)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2367 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Anka, Emil g HUN 2462 . * . = . . . . . . . . 0.5 2482
3. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf YUG 2336 . . * . . = . . . . . . 0.5 2475
4. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2482 . = . * . . . . . . . . 0.5 2462
5. Radziewicz, Iweta m POL 2421 . . . . * . = . . . . . 0.5 2420
6. Ramesh, R.B m IND 2475 . . = . . * . . . . . . 0.5 2336
7. Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2420 . . . . = . * . . . . . 0.5 2421
8. Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2365 . . . . . . . * = . . . 0.5 2426
9. Valdes, Leonardo m CRC 2426 . . . . . . . = * . . . 0.5 2365
10. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2432 . . . . . . . . . * ? . 0.0
11. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2398 . . . . . . . . . ? * . 0.0
12. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2437 0 . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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FSIMA Dec Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 xii 2002 cat. IV (2338)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Jakab, Attila m HUN 2367 ** .. .. .. .. 1. 1.0
2 Dresen, Ulrich f GER 2316 .. ** .. .. =. .. 0.5 2338
3 Graham, Nathaniel f USA 2346 .. .. ** =. .. .. 0.5 2312
4 Peredy, Ferenc m HUN 2312 .. .. =. ** .. .. 0.5 2346
5 Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2338 .. =. .. .. ** .. 0.5 2316
6 Grafl, Florian f GER 2351 0. .. .. .. .. ** 0.0
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FSIMB Dec Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 xii 2002 cat. II (2296)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Dub, Zeev f ISR 2270 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Popovics, Adam f HUN 2320 . * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3. Berczes, David HUN 2232 . . * . . . = . . . . . 0.5 2255
4. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2288 . . . * . . . . = . . . 0.5 2337
5. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2299 . . . . * . . = . . . . 0.5 2271
6. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2254 . . . . . * . . . = . . 0.5 2304
7. Harmatosi, Jozsef HUN 2255 . . = . . . * . . . . . 0.5 2232
8. Ramaswamy, Aarthie wm IND 2271 . . . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2299
9. Schneider, Attila m HUN 2337 . . . = . . . . * . . . 0.5 2288
10. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2304 . . . . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2254
11. Varadi, Viktor HUN 2338 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Werner, Dimo m GER 2384 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Games are now available from the Austrian team championships B mitte
rounds 4-5 which took place over the weekend of 30th November - 1st December
2002. My thanks to Harald Grafenhofer.
Ponomariov Interview
Ruslan Ponomariov talks about his position over his match with Garry
Kasparov "I don't want Kasparov, the challenger, to have more rights than me,
the Champion" and the Ukraine's performance in the Olympiad.
Website: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/ponofide.htm
Corus January 2003
The 65th Corus Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place January
10th-26th 2003.
GMA Group: Vladimir Kramnik 2809 (RUS), Viswanathan Anand 2755 (IND),
Vesselin Topalov 2743 (BUL), Ruslan Ponomariov 2743 (UKR), Evgeny Bareev 2737
(RUS), Vassily Ivanchuk 2709 (UKR), Alexander Grischuk 2702 (RUS), Alexei
Shirov 2699 (ESP), Anatoly Karpov 2688 (RUS), Judit Polgar 2685 (HUN), Loek Van
Wely 2681 (NED), Michal Krasenkov 2651 (POL), Teimour Radjabov 2628 (AZE) and
Jan Timman 2594 (NED).
GMB Group: GM Zhang Zhong (CHN, 2620), GM Peter Acs (HUN, 2591), GM
Johnny Hector (SWE, 2590), GM Arkady Naiditsch (GER, 2586), GM Ian Rogers (AUS,
2557), GM Friso Nijboer (NED, 2556), GM Sergey Karjakin (UKR, 2527), GM John
van der Wiel (NED, 2509), GM Dennis de Vreugt (NED, 2501), GM Koneru Humpy
(IND, 2484), IM Viktorija Cmylite (LITH, 2460), IM Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS,
2455), GM Harmen Jonkman (NED, 2456) and FM Daniel Stellwagen (NED, 2426).
Harmonie Chess tournament in Groningen
The Harmonie Chess tournament in Groningen takes place 21st-30th
December 2002. Players: Friso Nijboer IGM Neth 2556 Harmen Jonkman IGM Neth
2456 Alfonso Romero IGM Spa 2524 Alexandre Dgebuadze IGM Blg 2537 Sipke Ernst
IM Neth 2497 Jan Werle IM Neth 2434 Jan Smeets IM Neth 2461 Ana Matnadze WGM
Geo 2392 Daniel Stellwagen Neth 2426 David Baramidze Ger 2390 Average rating:
2467,3 (category IX)
Coverage: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2002/2002.html
Bermuda 2003
The Bermuda tournament in 2003 will consist of GM 'A' and 'B' 12 players
from 25th January to 5th February Pan American Amateur (players under 2000 FIDE
or no FIDE at all; 9 rounds from 27th January to 5th February 20th Open &
Blitz 6th February to 9th February. Confirmed participants (at present) A -
Blehm, Christiansen, Macieja, Motylev, Movsesian, Shabalov, Svidler, Vescovi
& Volokitin B - E. Berg, Blatny, Charbonneau, Nakamura, Seul &
Teplitsky. Website: http://www.Bermuda.bm/chess
New Year in Budva
The Budva 2002/03 tournament (with max. 120 players) takes place in
Budva (the town is on Montenegro's seaboard) 27th December 2002 - 05th January
2003 10.000. Eur prizes (first prizes 2000. -Eur ,20.prizes altogher + Special
prizes for Juniors, Women, Veterans). Organizers :Yugoslav Chess Federation
& Tourist Agency MAS travel TRADE. Details :http://www.yuchess.org
SK Duras Open
The SK DURAS 80 Open takes place in Brno 25th-31st December 2002.
E-mail - bchmelicek@bvk.cz for more details.
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
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
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
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
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
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;
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
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
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.
