THE WEEK IN CHESS 428 20th January 2003 by Mark Crowther
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65th Corus Chess - Wijk aan Zee 84 games
2003 US Chess Championships 148 games
Korchnoi vs. Sadvakasov Match 5 games
69th Brazilian Chess Championships 141 games
Gausdal Troll Masters Open 151 games
Paul Keres Memorial Rapid 28 games
Friendship Chess Tournaments 2002 96 games
XXVIII Sevilla Open 185 games
Austrian Teams 72 games
110th New Zealand Chess Championship 99 games
North American Open 2002 85 games
2003 Australian Open 1 game
78th Hastings Congress 1 game
35th Open Trinec Correction 10 games
1106 games
My thanks to Thomas Henrich, Pascal Villalba, John Henderson, Sinsa
Joksic, Georg Kradolfer, Laszlo Nagy, Jovan Petronic, Harald Grafenhofer,
Mikhail Golubev, Nigel Freeman, Mark Croasdale, Antonio Bento, Ülar Lauk,
Rod McShane, Emil Anka, Sergey Bistrov, Chris Bird, Tarjei J. Svensen, Michael
Freeman, Maurice Ouvrier and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Wijk aan Zee tournament is producing some combative chess with any
one of half a dozen players still in with a chance of winning the event. The
main story is off the board with FIDE and Ruslan Ponomariov's failure to come
to an agreement over contract details for the Ponomariov - Kasparov match. News
I received just prior to publication suggest that FIDE have postponed a planned
meeting during the Kasparov vs. Deep Junior match to allow Ponomariov to attend
after Wijk aan Zee finishes. We'll have to wait for confirmation of that.
Ponomariov's reputation after finishing second in the 2002 Linares
tournament on the back of his FIDE World Championship win was very high and it
looked like more improvement was to come. Things have not worked out that way
since then and the death of his trainer to whom he was close cannot have helped
that. However Ponomariov's dispute with FIDE which came to a head during Wijk
aan Zee has just been a disaster for his chess.
However as they say in boxing if you're going to talk the talk, then you
had better be able to walk the walk and in Wijk aan Zee he's definitely not
walked the walk. Some sportsmen thrive on controversy, others don't. My advice
to Ponomariov is decide to play under the conditions offered, or turn them down
flat but in either case its time to get back to work and concentrate on making
the most of your considerable talent. It certanly isn't the time to get
involved in lengthy legal cases.
The dispute between the Einstein Group and Mrs. Nahed Ojjeh over the
delayed payment of fees to players at Dortmund has brought into focus the lack
of news about the Kramnik - Leko match, the other half of the "reunification"
process. I feel its time Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko and the Einstein Group
made some statement as what is going on.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 65th Corus Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place January
10th-26th 2003. The event starts January 11th with rest days on 13th, 17th and
22nd January. Play starts at 1-30pm local time (12-30 GMT). After eight rounds
Viswanathan Anand leads the field alone with 5.5/8. 24 year old Zhang Zhong of
China is making mincemeat of the B event with 7/8.
Website http://www.coruschess.com reports in
Russian at the new site: http://www.chess-express.ru.
Round 3 (January 14, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 27 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Grischuk, Alexander - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 35 C42 Petroff's Defence
Polgar, Judit - Timman, Jan H 1-0 31 B49 Sicilian Paulsen
Shirov, Alexei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 20 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Kramnik, Vladimir - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 48 B19 Caro Kann
Radjabov, Teimour - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 61 E06 Catalan
Krasenkow, Michal - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 57 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian System
Round 4 (January 15, 2003)
Van Wely, Loek - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 80 A90 Dutch Classical
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 18 E15 Queens Indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Polgar, Judit 0-1 33 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian System
Kramnik, Vladimir - Krasenkow, Michal 1-0 80 C54 Giuoco Piano
Bareev, Evgeny - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 44 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 42 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Timman, Jan H - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 23 D55 Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Round 5 (January 16, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 44 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Grischuk, Alexander - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 48 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Polgar, Judit - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 18 A34 English Symmetrical
Shirov, Alexei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 44 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Topalov, Veselin - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 37 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Radjabov, Teimour - Timman, Jan H 1-0 54 E15 Queens Indian
Krasenkow, Michal - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 36 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 6 (January 18, 2003)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 13 E15 Queens Indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 113 E94 King's Indian Classical
Kramnik, Vladimir - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 20 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Bareev, Evgeny - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 73 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Krasenkow, Michal - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 40 D28 QGA
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Polgar, Judit 1/2 59 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Timman, Jan H - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 55 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Round 7 (January 19, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 34 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Van Wely, Loek - Timman, Jan H 1-0 24 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Grischuk, Alexander - Krasenkow, Michal 1-0 48 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Polgar, Judit - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 97 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Shirov, Alexei - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 38 C11 French Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 69 E20 Nimzo Indian
Radjabov, Teimour - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 22 D15 Slav Defence
Round 8 (January 20, 2003)
Shirov, Alexei - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 32 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 42 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Karpov, Anatoly - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 42 D73 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 51 C42 Petroff's Defence
Bareev, Evgeny - Timman, Jan H 1-0 48 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Krasenkow, Michal - Polgar, Judit 1/2 24 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian System
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 38 E97 King's Indian Classical
GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 11-26 i 2003 cat. XIX (2701)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2753 * = . . . = 1 = 1 = . . 1 = 5.5 2835
2 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2668 = * = = . . 0 . 1 = 1 . . 1 5.0 2787
3 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2712 . = * . 1 = = = . . . 1 = = 5.0 2788
4 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2700 . = . * . = 1 = = . . = = 1 5.0 2790
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 . . 0 . * = = 1 . . 1 0 1 = 4.5 2742
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2699 = . = = = * . = = = . = . . 4.0 2711
7 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2688 0 1 = 0 = . * . = = . 1 . . 4.0 2694
8 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 = . = = 0 = . * . . 1 1 0 . 4.0 2710
9 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2743 0 0 . = . = = . * 1 = . . 1 4.0 2681
10 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2624 = = . . . = = . 0 * 0 . 1 1 4.0 2701
11 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2729 . 0 . . 0 . . 0 = 1 * = 1 1 4.0 2690
12 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2633 . . 0 = 1 = 0 0 . . = * = . 3.0 2637
13 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2734 0 . = = 0 . . 1 . 0 0 = * . 2.5 2569
14 Timman, Jan H g NED 2594 = 0 = 0 = . . . 0 0 0 . . * 1.5 2455
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Round 3 (January 14, 2003)
Stellwagen, Daniel - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 53 C42 Petroff's Defence
Nijboer, Friso - Hector, Jonny 1-0 28 C64 Ruy Lopez Classical
Rogers, Ian - Acs, Peter 1-0 34 A22 English Opening
Karjakin, Sergey - Jonkman, Harmen 1-0 41 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Van der Wiel, John - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 39 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Zhang Zhong 0-1 32 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Cmilyte, Viktorija - De Vreugt, Dennis 0-1 44 D11 Slav Defence
Round 4 (January 15, 2003)
Nijboer, Friso - Cmilyte, Viktorija 1-0 70 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 60 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Hector, Jonny - Zhang Zhong 0-1 61 B57 Sicilian Sozin Attack
De Vreugt, Dennis - Rogers, Ian 1/2 19 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Acs, Peter - Van der Wiel, John 1-0 37 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Jonkman, Harmen - Stellwagen, Daniel 0-1 33 C02 French Advance
Koneru, Humpy - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1/2 30 D27 QGA
Round 5 (January 16, 2003)
Zhang Zhong - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 95 C22 Centre Gambit
Stellwagen, Daniel - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 30 B87 Unknown
Rogers, Ian - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 49 A26 English Sicilian Attack
Karjakin, Sergey - Acs, Peter 1/2 45 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Van der Wiel, John - De Vreugt, Dennis 1/2 28 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Jonkman, Harmen 0-1 33 C45 Scotch Game
Cmilyte, Viktorija - Hector, Jonny 0-1 60 D12 Slav Defence
Round 6 (January 18, 2003)
Nijboer, Friso - Van der Wiel, John 1-0 45 B29 Sicilian Defence
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 59 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Hector, Jonny - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 41 D01 Queen's Pawn Richter/Veresov
De Vreugt, Dennis - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 24 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Acs, Peter - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 32 C12 French MacCutcheon
Cmilyte, Viktorija - Rogers, Ian 1/2 46 B08 Pirc Defence
Jonkman, Harmen - Zhang Zhong 0-1 48 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Round 7 (January 19, 2003)
Zhang Zhong - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 56 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Stellwagen, Daniel - De Vreugt, Dennis 1/2 29 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Rogers, Ian - Hector, Jonny 1/2 35 C28 Vienna Game
Karjakin, Sergey - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 28 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Van der Wiel, John - Cmilyte, Viktorija 1/2 33 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Acs, Peter 1-0 133 C97 Ruy Lopez
Koneru, Humpy - Jonkman, Harmen 1-0 41 A07 Barcza System
Round 8 (January 20, 2003)
Nijboer, Friso - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 26 C11 French Defence
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 28 C42 Petroff's Defence
Rogers, Ian - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 25 B45 Sicilian Classical
Hector, Jonny - Jonkman, Harmen 1/2 46 C34 Kings Knight Gambit
De Vreugt, Dennis - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1 38 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Acs, Peter - Zhang Zhong 1/2 37 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Cmilyte, Viktorija - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 40 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
GMB Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 14-26 i 2003 cat. XI (2525)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2624 * 1 . 1 . 1 . = = . 1 . 1 1 7.0 2853
2 Stellwagen, Daniel f NED 2427 0 * = 1 . . = . = . 1 . 1 1 5.5 2675
3 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2553 . = * . = 1 0 0 1 1 . 1 . . 5.0 2620
4 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2585 0 0 . * = . . 1 . = 1 1 . 1 5.0 2605
5 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2569 . . = = * = = . 1 = . = = . 4.5 2572
6 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2570 0 . 0 . = * 1 . . . = 1 = 1 4.5 2554
7 De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2504 . = 1 . = 0 * = . = 0 1 . . 4.0 2510
8 Karjakin, Sergey m UKR 2547 = . 1 0 . . = * = . . 0 1 = 4.0 2534
9 Acs, Peter g HUN 2623 = = 0 . 0 . . = * 1 0 = . . 3.0 2430
10 Van der Wiel, John g NED 2509 . . 0 = = . = . 0 * . = = = 3.0 2440
11 Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2456 0 0 . 0 . = 1 . 1 . * . 0 = 3.0 2446
12 Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2452 . . 0 0 = 0 0 1 = = . * . . 2.5 2416
13 Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2436 0 0 . . = = . 0 . = 1 . * 0 2.5 2383
14 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2496 0 0 . 0 . 0 . = . = = . 1 * 2.5 2378
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The 2003 US Chess Championships took place in Seattle starting on
January 9th 2003. The event was organised by the America’s Foundation for
Chess (AF4C).Alexander Shabalov won the event with a final round win over
Varuzhan Akobian. Anna Hahn won the women's championships after a playoff.
FM Stephen Muhammad scored his third and final IM norm. FM Igor Foygel
scored his third and final IM norm. WIM Jennifer Shahade scored both her second
IM and second WGM norm.
Official site: http://www.af4c.org
ch-USA Seattle USA (USA), 9-18 i 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2613 +44 =19 + 8 +27 = 2 = 3 +21 - 5 + 9 6.5 2678
2 Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2629 +33 +21 +16 = 9 = 1 =13 = 4 = 7 = 6 6.0 2668
3 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2584 +42 =25 +29 =39 = 9 = 1 = 6 +14 = 4 6.0 2632
4 Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2554 =26 +28 =19 =20 +25 =14 = 2 +22 = 3 6.0 2622
5 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2587 =50 =18 +42 =16 +39 = 9 =20 + 1 = 8 6.0 2606
6 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2520 =18 =50 +17 =32 =10 +39 = 3 +35 = 2 6.0 2587
7 Goldin, Alexander g USA 2621 +32 -27 =40 =10 =33 +41 +34 = 2 +21 6.0 2573
8 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2505 =45 +55 - 1 =36 =50 +33 +29 +13 = 5 6.0 2591
9 Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2531 +37 +34 =27 = 2 = 3 = 5 =18 +20 - 1 5.5 2585
10 Sarkar, Justin m USA 2367 =31 =22 +35 = 7 = 6 =11 =25 +27 =15 5.5 2594
11 De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2537 +17 =20 =14 =25 -21 =10 =32 +33 +29 5.5 2532
12 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2566 +36 =39 =25 +29 =14 -21 =19 +18 =17 5.5 2535
13 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2636 =28 =26 +44 =22 +27 = 2 =14 - 8 +19 5.5 2551
14 Nakamura, Hikaru m USA 2520 =30 +41 =11 +40 =12 = 4 =13 - 3 +35 5.5 2578
15 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2560 +43 =40 =20 =19 +26 =18 =22 =21 =10 5.5 2519
16 Zaichik, Gennadi g USA 2516 +48 +49 - 2 = 5 =19 =29 -35 +32 +28 5.5 2520
17 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2436 -11 +56 - 6 +51 +40 =19 =24 +25 =12 5.5 2524
18 Muhammad, Stephen A f USA 2368 = 6 = 5 +34 =24 +31 =15 = 9 -12 =22 5.0 2576
19 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2492 +51 = 1 = 4 =15 =16 =17 =12 +34 -13 5.0 2546
20 Foygel, Igor f USA 2474 +56 =11 =15 = 4 =22 +24 = 5 - 9 =23 5.0 2546
21 Fishbein, Alexander g USA 2489 +54 - 2 =37 +30 +11 +12 - 1 =15 - 7 5.0 2550
22 Kreiman, Boris m USA 2497 =55 =10 +43 =13 =20 +32 =15 - 4 =18 5.0 2497
23 Serper, Grigory g USA 2556 =41 =30 =26 =37 +44 -34 +42 =28 =20 5.0 2449
24 Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2551 +46 -29 +50 =18 =32 -20 =17 =26 +30 5.0 2454
25 Browne, Walter S g USA 2484 +38 = 3 =12 =11 - 4 +46 =10 -17 =26 4.5 2447
26 Lein, Anatoly g USA 2402 = 4 =13 =23 +45 -15 =40 =27 =24 =25 4.5 2510
27 Lapshun, Yury m USA 2419 +47 + 7 = 9 - 1 -13 =42 =26 -10 +45 4.5 2466
28 Donaldson, John W m USA 2399 =13 - 4 -45 +52 =41 +37 +31 =23 -16 4.5 2451
29 Kraai, Jesse m USA 2453 +53 +24 - 3 -12 +37 =16 - 8 +47 -11 4.5 2448
30 Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2330 =14 =23 =33 -21 =43 =36 +50 +39 -24 4.5 2466
31 Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2542 =10 +45 -39 =46 -18 +43 -28 +36 =34 4.5 2391
32 Paschall, William M m USA 2444 - 7 +47 +49 = 6 =24 -22 =11 -16 +46 4.5 2445
33 Enhbat, Tegshsuren f USA 2408 - 2 +54 =30 =41 = 7 - 8 +46 -11 +48 4.5 2437
34 Mulyar, Michael A m USA 2446 +58 - 9 -18 +47 +36 +23 - 7 -19 =31 4.5 2427
35 Shahade, Gregory m USA 2452 -49 +48 -10 +57 =46 +50 +16 - 6 -14 4.5 2371
36 Kaufman, Larry C m USA 2415 -12 =52 +53 = 8 -34 =30 +55 -31 +47 4.5 2353
37 Krush, Irina m USA 2433 - 9 +58 =21 =23 -29 -28 +57 +42 =39 4.5 2392
38 Hahn, Anna wm USA 2219 -25 -42 +58 -50 +57 -55 =44 +52 +53 4.5 2279
39 Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2442 +52 =12 +31 = 3 - 5 - 6 =47 -30 =37 4.0 2393
40 Ashley, Maurice g USA 2485 +57 =15 = 7 -14 -17 =26 =41 =45 =43 4.0 2370
41 Watson, John L m USA 2345 =23 -14 +55 =33 =28 - 7 =40 =43 =44 4.0 2407
42 Pixton, Aaron f USA 2449 - 3 +38 - 5 =43 +45 =27 -23 -37 +50 4.0 2397
43 Donaldson-A., Elena wg USA 2378 -15 +57 -22 =42 =30 -31 +51 =41 =40 4.0 2348
44 Ippolito, Dean m USA 2378 - 1 +51 -13 +49 -23 -47 =38 +55 =41 4.0 2322
45 Pruess, David f USA 2346 = 8 -31 +28 -26 -42 =51 +52 =40 -27 3.5 2313
46 Baginskaite, Camilla wg USA 2360 -24 =53 +52 =31 =35 -25 -33 +49 -32 3.5 2288
47 Battsetseg, Tsagaan wm USA 2229 -27 -32 +56 -34 +53 +44 =39 -29 -36 3.5 2284
48 Markzon, Gregory f USA 2326 -16 -35 -51 =56 +49 =52 +53 =50 -33 3.5 2210
49 Shiber, Julia USA 2182 +35 -16 -32 -44 -48 +56 =58 -46 +57 3.5 2236
50 Kriventsov, Stanislav G m USA 2438 = 5 = 6 -24 +38 = 8 -35 -30 =48 -42 3.0 2312
51 Epstein, Esther wm USA 2200 -19 -44 +48 -17 =55 =45 -43 =54 =56 3.0 2220
52 Ross, Laura R wf USA 2136 -39 =36 -46 -28 +54 =48 -45 -38 +58 3.0 2195
53 Groberman, Elina wm USA 2117 -29 =46 -36 =55 -47 +54 -48 +58 -38 3.0 2173
54 Esserman, Marc USA 2282 -21 -33 -57 =58 -52 -53 +56 =51 +55 3.0 2100
55 Bennett, Allan f USA 2306 =22 - 8 -41 =53 =51 +38 -36 -44 -54 2.5 2162
56 Tsai, Cindy wm USA 2162 -20 -17 -47 =48 =58 -49 -54 +57 =51 2.5 2094
57 Sagalchik, Olga wf USA 2116 -40 -43 +54 -35 -38 +58 -37 -56 -49 2.0 2078
58 Levina, Anna V wf USA 2095 -34 -37 -38 =54 =56 -57 =49 -53 -52 1.5 1959
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Round 1 (January 19, 2003)
Hahn, Anna - Krush, Irina 1-0 64 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Round 2 (January 19, 2003)
Shahade, Jennifer - Hahn, Anna 0-1 42 B63 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 3 (January 19, 2003)
Krush, Irina - Shahade, Jennifer 1-0 33 A65 Benoni
ch-USA w playoff Seattle USA (USA), 19-19 i
2003 cat. IV (2327)
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1 2 3
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1 Hahn, Anna wm USA 2219 * 1 1 2.0
2 Krush, Irina m USA 2433 0 * 1 1.0
3 Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2330 0 0 * 0.0
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Darmen Sadvakasov beat Viktor Korchnoi 5-3 in their match in Astana city
(Kazakhstan) January 10th-20th 2003.
Website: http://www.kazchess.com/turnirs/.
News from Sergey Bystrov
http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/news/kor_sad.html
Korchnoi, Viktor - Sadvakasov, Darmen 1/2 54 E43 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 44 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Korchnoi, Viktor - Sadvakasov, Darmen 0-1 41 E41 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 38 B18 Caro Kann
Korchnoi, Viktor - Sadvakasov, Darmen 1/2 44 A06 Zukertort Opening
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 63 C70 Ruy Lopez
Korchnoi, Viktor - Sadvakasov, Darmen 1/2 50 B95 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 53 B35 Sicilian Defence
Match Astana KAZ (KAZ), 10-20 i 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2523 = = 1 1 = = = = 5.0 2737
Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2642 = = 0 0 = = = = 3.0 2436
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According a press release from FIDE they have tired of waiting for
Ruslan Ponomariov to sign a contract to play Garry Kasparov and will now decide
what alternative arrangements they will make. There is a lengthy press release
explaining their decision. (Below). I understand here was supposed to be a FIDE
meeting during the Kasparov vs. Deep Junior match but there is an unconfirmed
story that this has been postponed until the end of Wijk aan Zee to allow
Ponomariov to attend.
Mikhail Golubev has a page of material on the lead up to this at:
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/crisis.htm
and his comments on the situation:
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/unity_us.htm
in Russian is a story http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/factfide.htm
where Ponomariov has said he is absolutely ready to take legal action.
According to the Ukrainian press the FIDE ultimatum has been prolonged until
the end of Corus tournament. Ivanchuk has not made his position clear yet but
some sources say he is prepared to replace Ponomariov.
FIDE Press Release
Lausanne, 16 January 2003
To All National Federations
To All Members of Executive Board
To Members of the Press
We reproduce below copy of the letter dated 12 January 2003 from World
Champion Ruslan Ponomariov addressed to the FIDE President H.E. Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov and FIDE’s reaction to this open letter, which follows:
English translation of the fax from World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov
to the FIDE President dated 12 January 2003.
Wijk aan Zee, 12 January 2003
Dear Mr. President,
I write to inform you that in Wijk aan Zee, Holland,
11-12 January 2003, there had been my meeting with FIDE Deputy President G.
Makropoulos and Vice President Z. Azmaiparashvili. Unfortunately, despite the
requests of myself and the Ukrainian Chess Federation to provide us with the
official minutes of the decisions of the FIDE General Assembly in Bled
(November 2002), in respect of the Unification cycle of the World Championships
and the Prague Agreement, these documents were not received by me and the
Ukrainian Chess Federation. In my opinion, it is necessary to work out a
bilateral agreement between myself in my capacity as World Champion and FIDE,
regarding the participation in the match Ponomariov-Kasparov of the unification
cycle of the world championship. I demand that the standard international legal
norms are strictly followed as I share with FIDE the large responsibility for
the process of the unification of the chess world.
Unfortunately, a number of previous projects by FIDE
has been unrealised. The official FIDE Grand Prix 2002 was interrupted after 2
stages instead of 5 as was supposed to be. The match between FIDE World
Champion and World Champion among computer programs has not been organised.
There is no clarity regarding the next World Championship cycle. So far there
is a draft of the World Championship cycle 2003-2005, which has not been
approved.
Unfortunately, I was not consulted in my capacity as
World Champion, during the discussions and signing of the Prague Agreement. The
Wijk aan Zee meeting was supposed to promote further progress on the way to the
realization of the unification process. However, I would like to draw the
attention of Mr. President that in the future I would appreciate very much if
we could avoid such negotiations during the period of my participation in the
tournaments.
From my side, I once again confirm my dedication to
the Prague agreements and my readiness to meet in the match with the FIDE
official challenger Mr. Garry Kasparov.
Yours sincerely,
Ruslan Ponomariov
World Champion
It is clear from the last paragraph of this letter of 12
January 2003, a letter which is full of contradictions, that World Champion
Ruslan Ponomariov has again confirmed his acceptance of the Prague Agreement
and his readiness to play the World Championship match with his challenger
Grandmaster Garry Kasparov. While the World Champion by this statement would
want to give the impression of his willingness to cooperate with FIDE in
accepting the Prague Agreement and playing the consequent World Championship
match with Kasparov, his actions are in our view, clearly contrary to this
statement.
In the first paragraph of his letter, the World Champion
states that he met with FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos and Vice
President Zurab Azmaiparashvili. Continuing in this first paragraph, the World
Champion claims that the Ukrainian Chess Federation and himself were not
provided with the official Minutes of the FIDE General Assembly in Bled in
respect of the unification cycle of the World Championships and the Prague
Agreement. Nothing can be further from the truth. In an earlier letter dated 5
January 2003 to the President of FIDE, the World Champion stated that he was
prepared to confirm the declaration by his representative at the FIDE General
Assembly in Bled, Mr. Silvio Danailov, that “I fully support the Prague
Agreement and that I am prepared to participate in the unification cycle of the
FIDE World Championship”. He continued by stating that “neither me
nor the Ukrainian Chess Federation received the written decisions of the FIDE
General Assembly in Bled, although we received its Agenda”. It is
necessary to stress at this juncture that the Agenda of the FIDE General
Assembly clearly contained the full legal text of the Prague Agreement. It also
contained as Annexes, the Minutes of the GM Steering Committee meetings and the
proposals of Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan, who held consultations with various
interests to the Prague Agreement.
In spite of the fact that GM Ponomariov was represented
at the Bled General Assembly by his Manager and in spite of the fact that the
outcome of the meeting regarding these issues is well-known to those who
attended the meeting, FIDE by its letter of 7 January 2003 made available the
extract of the Minutes of the General Assembly, which dealt with the specific
issue of the Prague Agreement as well as the future cycles of the World
Championships under and by virtue of the said agreement. This document was sent
by fax to the Ukrainian Chess Federation and by email to Mr. Ponomariov and his
manager Mr. Danailov. Mr. Ponomariov’s fax was not functioning at the time
the documents were transmitted to the Ukraine and FIDE took the further step of
calling Mr. Danailov, to inform him that the documents in question had been
faxed to the Ukrainian Chess Federation. In this letter of 7th
January 2003, FIDE took one more conciliatory step by arranging a meeting, to
enable Mr. Ponomariov clarify any questions in respect of the
Ponomariov-Kasparov World Championship Match regulations, which have since been
approved by the FIDE Presidential Board in accordance with the decision of the
FIDE General Assembly in Bled.
In our letter of 29 December 2002 and in previous
discussions between the World Chess Championship Committee represented by FIDE
Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos and Vice President Zurab Azmaiparashvili
with Ponomariov’s manager in Bled during the General Assembly and
subsequently, it was clear that there were the following principles of the
Prague Agreement:
1.a World Championship match to be held between World
Champion R. Ponomariov and the highest rated player (GM Garry Kasparov).
2.a match for the unified World Championship between the
winner of the Kramnik-Leko match and the winner of the Ponomariov-Kasparov
match under 1 above.
3.a subsequent cycle for the World Championship.
It was always clear from the action of the members of
the World Championship Committee and FIDE that in implementing the principles
of the Prague agreement they were always prepared to welcome at every stage of
the matches, the input of the potential and actual candidates without
compromising the very principles of the agreement and the clear goals
established by the FIDE General Assembly in Bled and in previous meetings.
During the meeting over dinner between Mr. Ponomariov
and FIDE officials in Wijk aan Zee on 11th January 2003, it was obvious that he
had received a copy of the originals of the Minutes of the FIDE General
Assembly. In discussions with FIDE officials he was informed that they had the
original copies of the Minutes as certified by the Executive Director. At an
earlier meeting scheduled for the evening of the 10th January 2003
World Champion Ponomariov refused to show up and refused to take phone calls
that were made to his room some five minutes after the reception at the Hotel
confirmed that Mr. Ponomariov had just arrived at the hotel and was on his way
to his room.
It is therefore unfortunate that the World Champion has
put in writing that he never got copies of the Minutes, when in fact he had
received copies of the originals in Wijk aan Zee, even if the argument could be
accepted that he never bothered to look at his email or that the Ukrainian
Chess Federation, which is now supporting the behaviour of its player, had in
fact failed to communicate to their player the contents of an important fax
sent from FIDE with the extract of the Minutes of the FIDE General Assembly. It
is also on record that the Ukrainian Chess Federation did not express any
reservations about the Prague Agreement and the decisions taken thereon by the
General Assembly in Bled. We can indeed confirm from a telephone conversation
on 14 January with the Ukrainian Chess Federation that a copy of this fax,
which contained inter alia, copy of the extracts of the minutes of the FIDE
General Assembly in question, was actually handed over to Mr. Ponomariov before
he left Kiev for Wijk aan Zee.
In the second paragraph of his letter of 12th January
2003, the World Champion is claiming that there is no clarity regarding the
next World Championship cycle. What the World Champion has failed to state, is
that he has deliberately refused all efforts by the Deputy President of FIDE
and the members of the World Chess Championship Committee to meet with him both
before the General Assembly in Bled and after the Assembly. For 2 months Mr.
Makropoulos and members of his Committee have tried several times to meet with
Mr. Ponomariov to no avail. During the Olympiad, when the players are known not
to play every round, they tried to meet with Mr. Ponomariov and he refused to
meet with them. Even during the meeting of the General Assembly Mr. Makropoulos
had asked Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan if he had discussed his proposals on the
Prague Agreement with Mr. Ponomariov and he was informed that this had not been
done. It was precisely for this reason that Deputy President G. Makropoulos
with the approval of the FIDE President offered to meet with World Champion
Ponomariov. It is now clear from his recent actions that the World Champion was
deliberately avoiding a meeting to discuss the details of the Prague Agreement
and the future of the World Championship. Even after the decision of the
General Assembly and in spite of meetings with his manager in Bled, Deputy
President Makropoulos offered to travel to the Ukraine to meet with the World
Champion and all such offers were rebuffed. However, following several
discussions with Mr. Silvio Danailov it became clear that World Champion
Ponomariov was making four demands:
1.The postponement of the match from May till after the
15th of June 2003.
2.Splitting of the prize fund on a 50-50 basis.
3.That his World Championship match with G. Kasparov
should be played with the new FIDE time control.
4.That he should be allowed to retain the title in the
event of a draw.
FIDE’s reaction to these requests :
1.The President, in consultation with the World
Championship Committee, approved Mr. Ponomariov’s request for the dates to
be postponed until after 15 June 2003.
2.On the idea to split the prize money 50-50, a compromise was found to
further reduce the 60-40 ratio in the regulations to 55-45 between winner and
loser, while still maintaining the sporting principles that the winner should
earn more for his efforts.
3. In consultations with the manager of the World
Champion, members of the World Championship Committee had asked if the issue of
time control was of utmost importance and were informed that Ponomariov’s
camp would prefer the new FIDE time control. While preferring the new time
control, for which it had received criticisms in the media and from many
leading Grandmasters and Federations, FIDE nevertheless decided to support the
request for the old classical time control because this was one of the main
points of discussion in the Prague Agreement.
4.It has always been clear since the introduction of the
new World Championship Regulations including the regulations under which Mr.
Ponomariov became World Champion that FIDE has always insisted as a matter of
principle, that the World Champion should not enjoy any special sporting
privileges. Indeed, he was required as a rule, to play with other top players
from the early rounds and there was no provision whatsoever for him to retain
his title in the event of a tie, hence the introduction of the tiebreak system.
Through the years, our position of principle has always
been that the World Championship title belonged to FIDE. As a further step
towards this, the FIDE General Assembly since its 1997 meeting in Kishinev
established the principle that no special advantages should be reserved for the
World Champion. The one singular achievement of the Prague Agreement, a fact
which was openly acknowledged by World No 1 player Grandmaster Garry Kasparov
at the FIDE General Assembly in Bled, is the fact that the top players have now
accepted the fact that the World Championship title belonged to FIDE. It is
also clear from our statutes that although a change in the existing cycle of a
World Championship is not to be encouraged, our General Assembly has powers to
do so if a two- thirds majority vote is in support of such a decision. In Bled
we had unanimity (with no objection or abstention) from the General Assembly to
support the Prague Agreement with the consequential changes to the World
Championship cycle. We again repeat that the Chess Federation of the Ukraine
did not protest or raise any objection when the General Assembly took the
decision to support the Prague agreement as well as the consequential changes
to the World Championship cycle.
Let there be no doubt in anyone’s mind that FIDE
did not make any efforts to contact its World Champion. Deputy President
Makropoulos’ efforts during the Olympiad, to meet with World Champion
Ponomariov were rejected by the World Champion before the meeting of the
General Assembly in Bled. After two meetings in Bled with Mr. Ponomariov’s
manager, efforts were still made to meet with Mr. Ponomariov in the Ukraine. At
the same time, the proposed regulations for the World Championship match
between Ponomariov and Kasparov were communicated to the players and their
managers as far back as 26 November 2002 for their input. While no formal
communication was received from the World Champion, in various discussions with
his Manager it became obvious that he was making four demands which we again
repeat below for purposes of clarity; namely, the deferment of the date for the
match from the earlier schedule of May 2003 to a date after 15 June 2003, the
splitting of the prize fund on a 50-50 basis, that the match should be played
under the new FIDE time control and that he should be allowed to retain the
title in the event of a 6-6 tie. In all these discussions, the World Champion
either failed or refused to agree to meet with FIDE officials, where any
outstanding questions could have been clarified, especially during the 2 months
since Bled, when he was not continuosly engaged in playing chess tournaments.
We note from the letter of the World Champion that he
states that he would not like to hold such discussions as the issue of the
unification matches under the Prague agreement when he is involved in events
such as the Corus tournament but based on the consistent refusals of the World
Champion to meet with Mr. Makropoulos and members of his committee in the past
2 months, we are at a loss as to when the World Champion is prepared to meet
with FIDE officials. Indeed in one of his interviews on the Corus tournament
World Champion Ponomariov tried to give the impression that his loss to Evgeny
Bareev in the first round on the 11th of January was due to the
undue pressure from FIDE officials. What Ponomariov failed to mention was that
he actually met with the two FIDE officials over dinner after his loss to
Bareev and that it was only after this meeting that he went on to beat Kramnik
the next day!
As FIDE could no longer continue to wait indefinitely
for Mr. Ponomariov’s formal input to the proposed regulations for his
match with Kasparov or a meeting with its Deputy President before the end of
the year, a formal letter of 29 December 2002 was written to the World Champion
informing him and Grandmaster Garry Kasparov them of the approval given by the
FIDE President for the Regulations to be amended with the following terms:
1.The match shall be held after 15 June 2003 at a venue
and date to be approved by FIDE.
2.The prize fund for the match is USD 1,000,000 and it
is to be distributed as follows: 55% to the winner and 45% to the loser. In the
event of a 6-6 tie, the prize fund shall be distributed on a 50-50 basis,
irrespective of the outcome of the tiebreaks.
3.The time control for the match shall be 40 moves in
two hours followed by 20 moves in one hour and 15 minutes plus additional 30
seconds per move till the end of the game.
4. A schedule incorporating a rest day after every 2
rounds of play to replace the previous schedule.
Both players were required to sign the declaration that
they will play the match and fax this declaration to reach the FIDE Secretariat
before midnight of 31 December 2002. Grandmaster Kasparov signalled his
intention to play the match by signing his letter and faxing it back to FIDE as
requested. Mr. Ponomariov on the other hand, through his manager informed FIDE
that he did not receive the declaration. The Secretariat faxed back a copy of
the letter and the attached declaration to the World Champion and gave the
World Champion until midnight of 4th of January 2003 as requested by
his manager, to fax it back FIDE. It is also necessary to mention the
intervention of the FIDE President in his email message to the World Champion
of 29th December 2002 and the effort made before the deadline on
31st December 2002, by the FIDE Executive Director who was convalescing in
Cairo after his illness, when in a close to 30 minute telephone conversation
with the Manager of the World Champion, he tried in vain to convince
Grandmaster Ponomariov to sign the declaration.
In all these incidents effort was made to explain to the
World Champion of the need for him to sign the declaration as a clear sign of
his intention to play this match. It was also made clear to Mr.
Ponomariov’s camp that as was the case in 1975 and 1993, FIDE has
well-established rules for replacing a World Champion who refuses to defend his
title. In spite of all these, the World Champion was given the last opportunity
by FIDE’s letter of 7 January 2003 to formally accept to play the match by
signing the declaration on or before midnight 10th January 2003.
Even when Mr. Ponomariov failed to meet with the FIDE officials on
10th January 2003, Deputy President Makropoulos with the approval of
the FIDE President obtained more time until his departure from Wijk aan Zee on
13 January 2003, all to no avail.
Even at the risk of sounding repetitious, we would like
to draw attention to the fact that FIDE did not just wake up to issue these
ultimatums to the World Champion. Effort was made to persuade him to submit his
formal acceptance of the regulations for the match by 30 December 2002 as
announced by the FIDE President. In our letter of 29 December 2002 FIDE gave
both players a deadline until 31 December 2002. GM G. Kasparov complied by
signing the declaration. In an email dated 3 January 2003, the World
Champion’s manager asked for the documents to be resent to Mr. Ponomariov
ostensibly on the grounds that he had problems with his server. FIDE complied
with this request as well as their plea for an extension of time until midnight
4 January 2003. On the 5th of January 2003 the World Champion wrote
to the President asking for the Minutes of the FIDE General Assembly in Bled in
relation to the Prague Agreement and the World Championship cycle. In our
letter of 7 January 2003 FIDE provided Mr. Ponomariov with the said minutes and
made available the certified original copies to FIDE Vice President Z.
Azmaiparashvili in Wijk aan Zee. Meanwhile, the World Champion was requested to
sign the declaration to be faxed back to the FIDE Secretariat on or before
midnight 10 January 2003. Deputy President G. Makropoulos obtained more time
from the FIDE President to try to convince the World Champion before his
departure from Wijk aan Zee on 13 January 2003 without any result.
In between these deadlines, what we kept hearing from
the World Champion’s camp include statements that the Minutes of the
General Assembly are not formal enough and that faxes and emails from FIDE are
not to be considered as authentic legal documents. FIDE did not hear this
argument when Mr. Ponomariov took the first step to compete for the World
Championship he eventually won last year in Moscow. As if this legalistic
pursuit was not enough, the World Champion on various occasions failed or
refused to meet to hold any meaningful discussion with FIDE officials.
It must be further stressed that as a non profit making
organisation, FIDE can at best continue to rely on the goodwill of sponsors to
support its programmes, therefore, the unfortunate attempt by the World
Champion to connect his failure to sign the declaration that he will play the
World Championship match with the fact that two out of five tournaments were
organised under the Grand Prix or that a match between the World Champion and
the computer has not been organised can only be seen as a great disservice or
ingratitude to an organisation, which has nurtured him as World Champion. In
spite of the indisputable personal efforts of the FIDE President in sponsoring
FIDE and the World Championships to the tune of millions of dollars, experience
has shown that chess is after all dependable on market forces and the realities
of the global economy, for its sponsorships.
FIDE cannot continue to wait indefinitely for a World
Champion, who on the one hand, claims that he is prepared to accept the
principles of the Prague Agreement, and that he is ready to defend his title
against GM G. Kasparov, and on the other hand, fails to meet with its officials
or even sign the declaration that he will play the match. In order not to be
held hostage any more and in order to avoid any misunderstandings, the
President of FIDE is holding consultations with members of the Presidential
Board and shall announce the Board’s decision in due course.
Gens una sumus
Emmanuel Omuku
Executive Director
Einstein Group Crisis as their sponsor Mrs. Nahed Ojjeh over Candidates
tournament payments. Press release below.
NAO CHESS CLUB
Press release Paris, 14th January 2003
Mrs. Nahed OJJEH, President of NAO Chess Club, has decided to break all
relations with the Einstein group. Since its creation, NAO Chess Club and its
president Mrs. Nahed OJJEH have been seeking the development as well as the
reunification of the world of chess. In that spirit, in July 2002, to guarantee
the success of the "Candidates Tournament", first phase of the reunification
process, Mrs. OJJEH put up a prize-fund of 300,000 Euros. The Einstein Group,
in charge of the event, did not respect its engagement. It did not pay out the
whole sum allocated to the players for the tournament. Some participants, among
them Evgeny BAREEV and Boris GELFAND, were not paid. For the past four months,
NAO's inquiries have remained unanswered by the Einstein Group. The Einstein
Group claims it is not responsible, giving false excuses. This is both
scandalous and unacceptable. These carry prejudices to the players and
discredit the world of chess. The NAO Chess Club and its President cannot be
responsible for such behavior and in consequence have decided to break all
relations with the Einstein Group.
NAO CHESS CLUB
Sinisa Joksic reports: The famous Yugoslav GM and former Candidate
Svetozar Gligoric (79) has been attacked by masked burglars. The armed robbers
broke into his home at a few days ago at 3 in the morning and beat Gligoric who
was asleep. They tied him up and took his money, jewelry of his late wife and
took chess trophies such as a silver chess set. Gligoric has a black eye and is
beaten all over and his house has been ransacked. Svetozar Gligoric who will be
80 on February 2nd, has decided to cancel all celebrations in honor of this
anniversary. Further information in Yugoslavian at:
http://yubc.net/~yuchess
The 69th Brazilian Chess Championship took place January 9th-15th 2003,
in Torre Palace Hotel, Brasília City/DF, Brazil. The nine round swiss
FIDE tournament was organized by Brazilian Chess Confederation, Brasilia Chess
Federation and Brasilia Chess Club. Darcy Lima finished first with a superior
Buchholz score from Ricardo da Silva Teixeira both scored 6.5/9. Info: Antonio
Bento.
Internet coverage at http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx/
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LXIX ch-BRA Brasilia BRA (BRA), 7-15 i 2003
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1. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2521 6.5 37.5
2. Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva f BRA 2294 6.5 34.5
3. Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo f BRA 2389 6 39.0
4. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2438 6 37.0
5. Coelho, Luis BRA 2392 6 33.0
6. Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2407 5.5 39.5
7. Rodrigues, Adriano f BRA 2287 5.5 36.5
8. Matsuura, Frederico BRA 2255 5.5 35.0
9. Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA 2282 5.5 33.5
10. Marques, Vinicius f BRA 2319 5 35.5
11. Campello, Leandro BRA 2245 5 35.5
12. Prates, Fabiano BRA 2247 5 34.0
13. Valle, Adriano BRA 2247 5 31.0
14. Asfora, Marco f BRA 2249 5 30.5
15. Pinto,Helder Gaioso BRA ---- 4.5 35.5
16. Bittencourt, Jorge BRA 2303 4.5 33.5
17. De Souza Haro, Paulo Cezar f BRA 2229 4.5 33.0
18. Olivencia, Flavio f BRA 2226 4.5 31.5
19. Lucena, Silvio BRA 2190 4.5 28.5
20. Pinto, Carlos Henrique Lopes BRA 2233 4.5 23.0
21. Schutt, Ricardo BRA 2184 4 33.5
22. Silva,Carlos Alessandro BRA ---- 4 29.5
23. Araujo, Adalberto BRA 2275 4 29.5
24. Felipe, Andre de Souza BRA 2136 3.5 31.0
25. Lucena, Lincoln BRA 2200 3.5 30.5
26. Rocha,Cesidio Monteiro BRA ---- 3.5 27.5
27. Pimenta,Jeronimo Marques BRA ---- 3.5 27.0
28. Silveira, Neri BRA 2293 3.5 25.5
29. Costa, Giovanni BRA 2002 3 26.0
30. Sales, Espedito BRA 2068 2.5 26.0
31. Pompeo,Flavio Sposto BRA ---- 2 29.0
32. Bouwman, Marcelo Wanderley BRA 2245 2 18.5
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There was a 4NCL weekend 18th-19th January 2002. Michael Adams, Nigel
Short and Jon Speelman were part of a very strong Wood Green I side. Games next
week.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Division 1 Results Round 3 18th January 2002
BRISTOL 1 2225 2½-5½ WOOD GREEN 2 2345
1 w Ansell, Simon 2398 0 - 1 Littlewood, Paul E. 2399
2 b Cobb, Charles 2331 1 - 0 McDonald, Neil 2391
3 w Beaumont, Chris 2328 0 - 1 Levitt, Jonathan P. 2419
4 b Sherwin, James T. 2323 0 - 1 Sowray, Peter J. 2323
5 w Buckley, Simon T. 2266 ½ - ½ Tiller, Bjorn 2380
6 b Collier, David O. 2273 0 - 1 Tan, Desmond 2307
7 w Headlong, Timothy 2208 1 - 0 Lee, Graham D. 2367
8 b Headlong, Fenella (F) 1672 0 - 1 Jackson, Sheila (F) 2173
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2397 2½-5½ WOOD GREEN 1 2551
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2545 ½ - ½ Adams, Michael 2734
2 b Collinson, Adam 2390 ½ - ½ Short, Nigel 2690
3 w Palliser, Richard 2455 ½ - ½ Speelman, Jonathan S 2583
4 b Kelly, Brian 2468 ½ - ½ Baburin, Alexander 2558
5 w default 0 - 1 Emms, John M. 2515
6 b Knott, Simon 2401 0 - 1 Ward, Christopher 2513
7 w Ferguson, Mark 2377 0 - 1 Martin, Andrew D. 2426
8 b Lauterbach, Ingrid(F) 2144 ½ - ½ Hunt, Harriet (F) 2389
PERCEPTRON YOUTH 2240 3 - 5 GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2450
1 w Haslinger, Stewart 2385 1 - 0 Gallagher, Joseph G. 2526
2 b Taylor, Martin R. 2300 1 - 0 Hebden, Mark L. 2515
3 w Bigg, Andrew J. 2292 ½ - ½ Flear, Glenn C. 2503
4 b Rendle, Thomas E. 2238 ½ - ½ Gormally, Daniel W. 2479
5 w Yastrebov, Alexander 2207 0 - 1 Plaskett, James 2467
6 b Mutton, Jonathan B. 2197 0 - 1 Prie, Eric * 2446
7 w Dorrington, Chris * 2188 0 - 1 Matros, Alexander 2452
8 b Gilbert, Jessie (F) 2116 0 - 1 Flear, Christine (F) 2213
RICHMOND 2279 2½-5½ SLOUGH 1 2341
1 w Quinn, Mark 2417 0 - 1 Wells, Peter K. 2486
2 b Bates, Richard A. 2367 ½ - ½ Houska, Jovanka (F) 2386
3 w Wall, Gavin 2362 1 - 0 Wohl, Aleksandar H. 2415
4 b Heidenfeld, Mark 2355 ½ - ½ McNab, Colin A. 2423
5 w Webb, Laurence E. 2279 ½ - ½ Thiruchelvam,Murugan 2259
6 b Nixon, Thomas C.M. 2204 0 - 1 Howell, David W.L. 2257
7 w Franklin, Michael J. 2222 0 - 1 Devereaux, Maxim 2305
8 b Wilson, Alexandra (F) 2029 0 - 1 Smith, Andrew P. 2199
S. WALES DRAGONS 1 2246 1 - 7 BETSSON.COM 2357
1 w Cobb, James E. 2318 0 - 1 Williams, Simon K. 2405
2 b Evans-Quek, Suan 2270 0 - 1 Pert, Nicholas 2468
3 w Jones, Richard S. 2246 0 - 1 Dworakowska, Joanna 2404
4 b Zeidler, Sven P. 2265 0 - 1 Ledger, Andrew J. 2397
5 w Dineley, Richard D.P. 2265 ½ - ½ Pert, Richard G. 2378
6 b Johnston, Dafydd 2273 0 - 1 Hunt, Adam C. 2365
7 w Rayner, Francis 2216 ½ - ½ Ledger, David J. 2267
8 b Cast, Abigail (F) 2114 0 - 1 Ledger, Stephen C. 2172
THE ADS 1 2329 5 - 3 BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2268
1 w Mestel, A. Jonathan 2494 ½ - ½ Dishman, Stephen 2296
2 b Hennigan, Michael T. 2434 ½ - ½ Berry, Neil 2293
3 w Cooper, Lawrence 2353 1 - 0 Cox, John J, 2289
4 b Richardson, John R. 2312 0 - 1 Shikerov, Stefan 2339
5 w Ghasi, Ameet K. 2298 1 - 0 Rogers, Jonathan W. 2346
6 b Bisby, Daniel L. 2283 0 - 1 Trent, Lawrence 2257
7 w Anderton, David W. 2257 1 - 0 Coleman, David 2239
8 b Bellin, Jana (F) 2203 1 - 0 Kieran, Rosalind (F) 2087
Division 1 Results Round 4 19th January 2002
WOOD GREEN 2 2339 5 - 3 S. WALES DRAGONS 1 2259
1 w Littlewood, Paul E. 2399 ½ - ½ Cobb, James E. 2318
2 b McDonald, Neil 2391 ½ - ½ Cooper, John G. 2318
3 w Levitt, Jonathan P. 2419 1 - 0 Jones, Richard S. 2246
4 b Sowray, Peter J. 2323 1 - 0 Evans-Quek, Suan 2270
5 w Tiller, Bjorn 2380 1 - 0 Dineley, Richard D.P 2265
6 b Tan, Desmond 2307 ½ - ½ Johnston, Dafydd 2273
7 w Law, Andrew P. 2320 ½ - ½ Zeidler, Sven P. 2265
8 b Jackson, Sheila (F) 2173 0 - 1 Cast, Abigail (F) 2114
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2275 5 - 3 PERCEPTRON YOUTH 2240
1 w Collinson, Adam 2390 ½ - ½ Haslinger, Stewart 2385
2 b Berry, Neil 2293 ½ - ½ Taylor, Martin R. 2300
3 w Cox, John J, 2289 ½ - ½ Bigg, Andrew J. 2292
4 b Rogers, Jonathan W. 2346 1 - 0 Rendle, Thomas E. 2238
5 w Dishman, Stephen 2296 ½ - ½ Yastrebov, Alexander 2207
6 b Trent, Lawrence 2257 1 - 0 Mutton, Jonathan B. 2197
7 w Coleman, David 2239 ½ - ½ Dorrington, Chris * 2188
8 b Kieran, Rosalind (F) 2087 ½ - ½ Gilbert, Jessie (F) 2116
WOOD GREEN 1 2551 7½-½ RICHMOND 2279
1 w Adams, Michael 2734 1 - 0 Quinn, Mark 2417
2 b Short, Nigel 2690 1 - 0 Bates, Richard A. 2367
3 w Speelman, Jonathan S. 2583 1 - 0 Wall, Gavin 2362
4 b Baburin, Alexander 2558 ½ - ½ Heidenfeld, Mark 2355
5 w Emms, John M. 2515 1 - 0 Webb, Laurence E. 2279
6 b Ward, Christopher 2513 1 - 0 Nixon, Thomas C.M. 2204
7 w Martin, Andrew D. 2426 1 - 0 Franklin, Michael J. 2222
8 b Hunt, Harriet (F) 2389 1 - 0 Wilson, Alexandra F 2029
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 2450 5 - 3 THE ADS 1 2311
1 w Flear, Glenn C. 2503 0 - 1 Mestel, A. Jonathan 2494
2 b Hebden, Mark L. 2515 ½ - ½ Hennigan, Michael T. 2434
3 w Gallagher, Joseph G. 2526 1 - 0 Ghasi, Ameet K. 2298
4 b Gormally, Daniel W. 2479 1 - 0 Richardson, John R. 2312
5 w Plaskett, James 2467 0 - 1 Moskovic, David M. 2251
6 b Prie, Eric * 2446 1 - 0 Lyell, Mark 2242
7 w Matros, Alexander 2452 1 - 0 Anderton, David W. 2257
8 b Flear, Christine (F) 2213 ½ - ½ Bellin, Jana (F) 2203
BETSSON.COM 2357 6 - 2 BRISTOL 1 2225
1 w Pert, Nicholas 2468 ½ - ½ Beaumont, Chris 2328
2 b Hunt, Adam C. 2365 ½ - ½ Sherwin, James T. 2323
3 w Pert, Richard G. 2378 ½ - ½ Ansell, Simon 2398
4 b Williams, Simon K. 2405 ½ - ½ Cobb, Charles 2331
5 w Dworakowska, Joanna 2404 1 - 0 Buckley, Simon T. 2266
6 b Ledger, Andrew J. 2397 1 - 0 Collier, David O. 2273
7 w Ledger, David J. 2267 1 - 0 Headlong, Timothy 2208
8 b Ledger, Stephen C. 2172 1 - 0 Headlong, Fenella(F) 1672
SLOUGH 1 2341 2 - 6 BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2383
1 w Wells, Peter K. 2486 0 - 1 Parker, Jonathan 2545
2 b McNab, Colin A. 2423 0 - 1 Kelly, Brian 2468
3 w Wohl, Aleksandar H. 2415 ½ - ½ Ferguson, Mark 2377
4 b Houska, Jovanka (F) 2386 0 - 1 Palliser, Richard 2455
5 w Devereaux, Maxim 2305 1 - 0 Shikerov, Stefan 2339
6 b Howell, David W.L. 2257 0 - 1 Knott, Simon 2401
7 w Thiruchelvam, Murugan 2259 ½ - ½ Collins, Sam 2331
8 b Smith, Andrew P. 2199 0 - 1 Lauterbach,Ingrid(F) 2144
Round 4 Table
Team Won Drawn Lost Points
WOOD GREEN 1 4 0 0 8
BETSSON.COM 3 1 0 7
GUILDFORD-ADC 1 3 0 1 6
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 3 0 1 6
WOOD GREEN 2 3 0 1 6
SLOUGH 1 2 0 2 4
PERCEPTRON YOUTH 1 1 2 3
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 1 0 3 2
THE ADS 1 1 0 3 2
BRISTOL 1 1 0 3 2
RICHMOND 1 0 3 2
S. WALES DRAGONS 1 0 0 4 0
Tarjei J. Svensen reports: The Gausdal Troll Masters Open (Arnold J.
Eikrem Memorial) was won by GM Rozentalis of Latvia with 8 points. 12 year old
FM Magnus Carlsen of Norway scored his 1st IM norm after beating 14 year old IM
Mark Bluvshtein of Canada to score 7 points out of 10. FM Craig Hanley also
scored an IM norm, but missed a GM norm in the last round when he only drew
with GM Mizeis. The last IM norm was scored by FM Helge Nordahl, also Norway.
Magnus Carlsen won the blitz tournament "Snorre Open" after beating GM
Ovsejewitch in the semi-final. Three GM's and an IM took part in the blitz
tournament. He also sends games from the event.
Coverage: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/troll2003/
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1. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2585 =30 +27 =14 +28 +23 +13 +10 = 2 + 4 = 3 8.0 2579
2. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2523 +37 +47 =16 =23 + 7 +21 = 3 = 1 + 5 = 4 7.5 2581
3. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2517 =41 +46 + 6 = 4 +15 = 9 = 2 +10 =12 = 1 7.0 2490
4. Hanley, Craig f ENG 2359 +40 +34 =13 = 3 +16 = 8 +23 + 9 - 1 = 2 7.0 2563
5. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2540 +33 = 6 -10 +41 +18 =12 +21 +11 - 2 + 9 7.0 2476
6. Carlsen, Magnus f NOR 2279 +49 = 5 - 3 +25 +29 -10 +33 = 7 +21 +12 7.0 2455
7. Shumiakina, Tatiana wg RUS 2364 +24 +43 - 8 +33 - 2 +36 =14 = 6 =15 +25 6.5 2378
8. Womacka, Mathias m GER 2496 +31 +17 + 7 =10 =13 = 4 - 9 =14 =11 =15 6.0 2368
9. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2474 +20 =15 +19 +35 =10 = 3 + 8 - 4 =13 - 5 6.0 2425
10. Nordahl, Helge f NOR 2303 +60 +25 + 5 = 8 = 9 + 6 - 1 - 3 =17 =14 6.0 2429
11. Molander, Riku f FIN 2291 +26 =36 -35 +30 =22 +25 +13 - 5 = 8 =16 6.0 2345
12. Bluvshtein, Mark m CAN 2461 +42 =29 +18 =16 -21 = 5 +35 +22 = 3 - 6 6.0 2369
13. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2452 +54 +28 = 4 +36 = 8 - 1 -11 +19 = 9 =17 6.0 2401
14. Bisby, Daniel L ENG 2283 =44 +56 = 1 =22 =36 +27 = 7 = 8 =16 =10 6.0 2332
15. Tallaksen, Geir S NOR 2258 +55 = 9 =21 +42 - 3 =35 =16 +18 = 7 = 8 6.0 2387
16. Agopov, Mikael m FIN 2376 +56 +41 = 2 =12 - 4 =28 =15 +36 =14 =11 6.0 2353
17. Faldt, Magnus SWE 2252 +48 - 8 =24 +51 =35 =22 =19 +23 =10 =13 6.0 2301
18. Poulsen, Martin FAI 2244 =51 +44 -12 +24 - 5 =31 +20 -15 +42 +22 6.0 2244
19. Harestad, Hans Krogh NOR 2236 +45 =21 - 9 -27 +46 +47 =17 -13 +31 +32 6.0 2254
20. Andersen, Alf R NOR 2142 - 9 +59 +46 -21 -28 +49 -18 +37 +34 +38 6.0 2276
21. Leer-Salvesen, Bjarte f NOR 2329 +22 =19 =15 +20 +12 - 2 - 5 +42 - 6 =23 5.5 2339
22. Martinsen, Stig K NOR 2085 -21 +57 +34 =14 =11 =17 +28 -12 +29 -18 5.5 2294
23. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2374 =27 +58 +29 = 2 - 1 +34 - 4 -17 +26 =21 5.5 2308
24. Lonngren, Tobias SWE 2122 - 7 +45 =17 -18 +37 -41 +39 =34 =36 +43 5.5 2247
25. Berg, Olaf FAI 2065 +38 -10 +43 - 6 +39 -11 +41 =28 +27 - 7 5.5 2288
26. Svensen, Tarjei NOR 2074 -11 -37 =58 +50 =41 =52 +60 +38 -23 +36 5.5 2195
27. Ask, Josef SWE 2128 =23 - 1 +54 +19 =38 -14 =30 +35 -25 =28 5.0 2264
28. Hole, Oystein NOR 2252 +59 -13 +40 - 1 +20 =16 -22 =25 =30 =27 5.0 2215
29. Johansen, Paul NOR 2239 +32 =12 -23 +37 - 6 -42 +52 +33 -22 =30 5.0 2191
30. Glenne, Bjorn Erik NOR 2203 = 1 -35 +52 -11 +54 =38 =27 =48 =28 =29 5.0 2214
31. Fossum, Oystein Boyum NOR 1929 - 8 -53 =32 +48 +51 =18 =38 =43 -19 +50 5.0 2151
32. Torgersen,Terje NOR ---- -29 -40 =31 =59 +44 =39 =37 +47 +43 -19 5.0 2146
33. Nygren, Kim SWE 2202 - 5 +55 +53 - 7 =47 +43 - 6 -29 =41 +42 5.0 2224
34. Nolsoe, Eydun FAI 2236 +52 - 4 -22 +55 +60 -23 =42 =24 -20 +48 5.0 2129
35. Valenti, Giuseppe ITA 2230 =58 +30 +11 - 9 =17 =15 -12 -27 +46 . 4.5 2229
36. Gamback, Bjorn SWE 2213 +57 =11 +47 -13 =14 - 7 +46 -16 =24 -26 4.5 2186
37. Ohlzon, Nils-Johan SWE 2176 - 2 +26 =51 -29 -24 +50 =32 -20 =45 +52 4.5 2074
38. Charleshouse, Glenn ENG 2284 -25 +49 -42 +53 =27 =30 =31 -26 +48 -20 4.5 2038
39. Unander, Matts SWE 2214 -46 =51 =44 +52 -25 =32 -24 =45 =49 +54 4.5 2006
40. Korhonen, Pasi FIN 2115 - 4 +32 -28 -46 -45 +57 -44 +55 =52 +53 4.5 2031
41. Astengo, Corrado ITA 2172 = 3 -16 +50 - 5 =26 +24 -25 =46 =33 . 4.0 2167
42. Stokke, Kjetil NOR 2136 -12 +48 +38 -15 =43 +29 =34 -21 -18 -33 4.0 2177
43. Berning, Boris GER 2240 +50 - 7 -25 +49 =42 -33 +54 =31 -32 -24 4.0 2028
44. Pedersen, Oyvind NOR 2054 =14 -18 =39 -47 -32 =55 +40 =49 -50 +58 4.0 2044
45. Hammer,Jon Ludvig NOR ---- -19 -24 -55 +56 +40 -48 =49 =39 =37 =51 4.0 2018
46. Bjorgvik,Jan Arne NOR ---- +39 - 3 -20 +40 -19 +60 -36 =41 -35 =49 4.0 2125
47. Simonsen, Olavur FAI 2265 +53 - 2 -36 +44 =33 -19 -48 -32 =51 +56 4.0 2052
48. Horbing,Stefan GER ---- -17 -42 =57 -31 +59 +45 +47 =30 -38 -34 4.0 2058
49. Sander, Rolf GER 2048 - 6 -38 +59 -43 +55 -20 =45 =44 =39 =46 4.0 2048
50. Nilsen,Terje NOR ---- -43 =54 -41 -26 +58 -37 =56 +60 +44 -31 4.0 2014
51. Knudsen,Ragnar NOR ---- =18 =39 =37 -17 -31 -54 =53 =59 =47 =45 3.5 2013
52. Larsen,Tor Kristian NOR ---- -34 +60 -30 -39 +53 =26 -29 =54 =40 -37 3.5 2039
53. Johansson, Per SWE 2016 -47 +31 -33 -38 -52 =58 =51 +57 =54 -40 3.5 1983
54. Karlsen, Terje NOR 2135 -13 =50 -27 +57 -30 +51 -43 =52 =53 -39 3.5 2015
55. Bue, Gunnar NOR 1991 -15 -33 +45 -34 -49 =44 =58 -40 =56 +57 3.5 1981
56. Bryn,Steinar NOR ---- -16 -14 -60 -45 =57 =59 =50 +58 =55 -47 3.0 1950
57. Lahlum,Ida NOR ---- -36 -22 =48 -54 =56 -40 +59 -53 +60 -55 3.0 1914
58. Bryn,Askild NOR ---- =35 -23 =26 -60 -50 =53 =55 -56 =59 -44 2.5 1889
59. Saunier,Jean FRA ---- -28 -20 -49 =32 -48 =56 -57 =51 =58 =60 2.5 1859
60. Johansen, Kai-Roger NOR 2084 -10 -52 +56 +58 -34 -46 -26 -50 -57 =59 2.5 1868
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The XIII Rapid Chess Tournament Paul Keres Memorial took place January
10th-12th 2003 in Tallinn, Estonia. There were two stages, a preliminary event
25 + 25 mins, 7 round Swiss system. Then the main Men's Main tournament (25 +
25 min) played by 4 best players from group A, 3 players invited directly to
Main Tournament and the best Estonian player. Alexander Morozevich won the
event with 5.5/7. Games available soon. My thanks to Ülar Lauk.
Further details http://www.maleliit.ee
Keres Memorial Rapid Tallinn EST (EST), 11-12 i 2003cat. XIII (2564)
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2678 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 5.5 2777
2 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 = * 1 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2703
3 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2538 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 5.0 2725
4 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2600 0 1 0 * = = 1 1 4.0 2608
5 Gavrikov, Viktor g LTU 2570 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 3.5 2562
6 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2508 0 = = = 0 * 1 0 2.5 2469
7 Veingold, Aleksandr m EST 2480 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1.5 2345
8 Kanep, Meelis m EST 2445 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1.0 2271
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The Brazilian Open BCX 2003 took place January 16th-19th 2003 (99
players: 1GM, 3 MI, 2 MF). Luis Henrique Coelho and Everaldo Matsuura finished
on 5.5/6. I will publish the games next week when hopefully they will be
available from all rounds. My thanks to Antonio Bento.
Leading Final (Round 6) Standings:
1-2 Coelho, Luis Henrique P 2392 5.5 23.0
Matsuura, Everaldo 2438 5.5 23.0
3-5 Pelikian, Jefferson 2407 5 25.5
Neubauer, Martin 2420 5 25.0
Olivencia, Flavio 2226 5 22.0
6-13 Lima, Darcy Gustavo Machado Vie 2521 4.5 24.5
Silva, Carlos Alessandro 4.5 23.0
Sousa, Adriano Valle de 2247 4.5 22.0
Lucena, Lincoln da Silva 2200 4.5 22.0
Felipe, Andre de Souza 2136 4.5 21.0
Pimentel, William Barreto 2198 4.5 20.5
Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo 2389 4.5 19.5
Lucena, Jose Silvio Bezerra de 2190 4.5 16.5
99 players
There was a GM and IM Friendship Chess tournament in the mountain hotel
Cartak near Roznov pod Radhostem in the Czech Republic. The event took place
December 6th (Friday) – December 15th (Sunday) 2002. Viacheslav Dydyshko
and Andrei Kovalev finished on 8/11 in the A Group and Richard Biolek the B
Group.
Internet site:
http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/tp2002/default.htm
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Friendship A Roznov CZE (CZE), 6-15 xii 2002 cat. VII (2419)
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1. Dydyshko, Viacheslav g BLR 2539 * = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 8.0 2583
2. Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2555 = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2582
3. Laznicka, Viktor CZE 2319 0 = * = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2530
4. Berezjuk, Sergej m CZE 2439 = = = * = = = = 1 1 = = 6.5 2482
5. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2507 = = = = * = = = 1 1 = = 6.5 2476
6. Bernasek, Jan CZE 2422 0 = 1 = = * = = = 1 1 = 6.5 2484
7. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2420 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 1 1 6.0 2455
8. Guidarelli, Laurent f FRA 2406 = 0 0 = = = = * 0 0 = 1 4.0 2318
9. Obsivac, Josef CZE 2344 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 * = = = 4.0 2324
10. Belunek, Vladimir CZE 2416 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 4.0 2317
11. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2302 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 3.0 2255
12. Kantorik, Marian SVK 2364 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 = = 0 * 2.5 2213
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Friendship B Roznov CZE (CZE), 6-15 xii 2002 cat. III (2302)
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1 Biolek, Richard m CZE 2433 ** == == 11 1= 1= 7.0 2424
2 Jurek, Josef m CZE 2350 == ** 1= == == 1= 6.0 2364
3 Volodin, Viktor m RUS 2281 == 0= ** == 10 10 4.5 2270
4 Alfred, Nathan ENG 2251 00 == == ** =1 01 4.5 2276
5 Hitzgerova, Gabriela wm CZE 2225 0= == 01 =0 ** 01 4.0 2245
6 Kanovsky, David CZE 2271 0= 0= 01 10 10 ** 4.0 2236
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The XXVIII Abierto Internacional "Ciudad de Sevilla" took place January
10th-18th 2003. Zhao Jun won the event with 8/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.fsajedrez.com/
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1. Zhao Jun CHN 2421 8 39.0
2. Lin Ta m CHN 2360 7.5 36.5
3. Wang Yue f CHN 2492 7 39.5
4. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2460 7 39.5
5. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2517 7 38.0
6. Zhou Weiqi CHN 2353 7 37.0
7. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2635 7 36.5
8. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2547 7 36.5
9. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2613 7 36.0
10. Rausis, Igors g LAT 2537 7 36.0
11. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2604 7 35.0
12. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2533 6.5 36.0
13. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2505 6.5 36.0
14. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2478 6.5 36.0
15. Li Wenliang m CHN 2497 6.5 35.5
16. Mellado Trivino, Juan m ESP 2462 6.5 35.0
17. Saldano, Horacio m ARG 2442 6.5 35.0
18. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2519 6.5 34.0
19. Candela Perez, Jose m ESP 2432 6.5 34.0
20. Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2354 6.5 32.5
21. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2446 6.5 32.5
22. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g ESP 2506 6 37.0
23. Xu Jun g CHN 2626 6 35.5
24. Cabrera, Alexis m COL 2478 6 34.5
25. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2366 6 34.0
26. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2404 6 34.0
27. Garcia Luque, Agustin f ESP 2406 6 34.0
28. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto f ESP 2396 6 33.5
29. Ruan Lufei CHN 2246 6 33.5
30. Valdes, Leonardo m CRC 2407 6 33.0
31. Bernard, Jacques FRA 2201 6 32.0
32. Eisen, Lewis USA 2242 6 32.0
33. Wang Yu wf CHN 2359 6 31.0
34. Happel, Hendrik A f NED 2251 6 31.0
35. Oliva del Amo, Antonio J ESP 2229 6 30.5
36. Marchand, Francois f FRA 2280 6 30.0
37. Durao, Joaquim m POR 2159 6 29.5
38. Oviedo Rodriguez,JJ ESP ---- 6 29.0
39. Draghici, Gavril ESP 2062 6 27.0
224 players
Harald Grafenhofer sends news and games from the Austrian Team
Championships B-Mitte Group.
Further details:
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.htm?tnr=1049
Round 7 Standings
1 Union Ansfelden 31.0 14
2 Maria Saal 26.5 11
3 Styria 24.5 8
4 Strassenbahn 23.0 8
5 Voest 23.0 7
6 Trofaiach-Niklasdo 21.0 8
7 Klagenfurt 20.5 8
8 Leoben 19.5 8
9 Hörsching 19.0 4
10 St.Valentin 18.0 5
11 Frohnleiten 16.0 3
12 Leibnitz 10.0 0
Michael Freeman reports: The 110th New Zealand Chess Championship was
played January 2nd to 10th in Wanganui. The event was won jointly by
Australians IM Alex Wohl and FM Tim Reilly with 8/11. The title of NZ Champion
was retained by IM Anthony Ker, who finished with 7.5/11 in sole third place.
Games now available.
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1. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2414 +11 - 5 = 3 +15 + 8 + 2 + 7 + 4 - 6 =13 +12 8.0 2385
2. Reilly, Tim f AUS 2266 +15 +10 + 6 + 5 = 7 - 1 = 4 = 3 + 8 +12 =11 8.0 2393
3. Ker, Anthony F m NZL 2336 =12 +13 = 1 - 7 + 9 = 6 + 5 = 2 = 4 +10 + 8 7.5 2345
4. Lukey, Stephen G f NZL 2224 + 9 - 6 =12 +11 + 5 = 7 = 2 - 1 = 3 +17 +16 7.0 2291
5. Croad, Nikolas NZL 2202 +17 + 1 + 7 - 2 - 4 +12 - 3 = 6 +18 +11 =10 7.0 2306
6. Dowden, R. Anthony NZL 2179 +19 + 4 - 2 = 8 =12 = 3 =14 = 5 + 1 + 7 - 9 6.5 2247
7. Smith, Robert W f NZL 2265 +16 + 8 - 5 + 3 = 2 = 4 - 1 =12 + 9 - 6 =13 6.0 2242
8. Van der Hoorn, Mark NZL 2143 +13 - 7 +10 = 6 - 1 = 9 =12 +14 - 2 +16 - 3 5.5 2198
9. Wang,Puchen NZL ---- - 4 =19 =16 +17 - 3 = 8 =15 =13 - 7 +14 + 6 5.5 2142
10. Stuart, Peter NZL 2215 +14 - 2 - 8 =16 =15 =11 =18 +17 +13 - 3 = 5 5.5 2141
11. Spain, Graeme NZL 2188 - 1 =12 +17 - 4 =14 =10 =16 +18 +15 - 5 = 2 5.5 2147
12. Guthrie, David NZL 2160 = 3 =11 = 4 +14 = 6 - 5 = 8 = 7 +17 - 2 - 1 5.0 2165
13. Mc Laren, Leonard NZL 2274 - 8 - 3 -14 +18 +16 =15 +17 = 9 -10 = 1 = 7 5.0 2101
14. Turner,Michael NZL ---- -10 =15 +13 -12 =11 +17 = 6 - 8 =16 - 9 +18 5.0 2082
15. Bennett, Hilton NZL 2074 - 2 =14 +19 - 1 =10 =13 = 9 =16 -11 +18 =17 5.0 2093
16. Cooper, David NZL 2070 - 7 =17 = 9 =10 -13 =18 =11 =15 =14 - 8 - 4 3.5 1992
17. Burns,Chris NZL ---- - 5 =16 -11 - 9 +18 -14 -13 -10 -12 - 4 =15 2.0 1865
18. Post,Martin NZL ---- . . . -13 -17 =16 =10 -11 - 5 -15 -14 1.0 1805
19. Kumar,Manoj FIJ ---- - 6 = 9 -15 . . . . . . . . 0.5 1811
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Chris Bird reports: The North American Open (Las Vegas, USA) was won by
GMs Nikola Mitkov and Ildar Ibragimov on 5/6. Mitkov took a quick draw in the
last round having taken the sole lead after round 5 with a win against Valerij
Filippov. Ibragimov beat Rogelio Barcenilla in round 6 to take a share of
first. Final Standings: 1st-2nd (5 points) - Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2566;
Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2534; 3rd-9th (4½ points) - Milov, Vadim g SUI
2620; Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2615; Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2613; Ehlvest,
Jaan g EST 2600; Kacheishvili, Georgi g GEO 2597; Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD
2549; Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2514. Games now available.
The Australian Open Chess Championships took place in Penrith, New South
Wales, 2nd-10th January 2003. The Championships were jointly organised by The
New South Wales Chess Association Inc. and Australian Chess Enterprises on
behalf of the Australian Chess Federation Inc. John Paul Wallace won the event
with 9.5/11. There is a correction to one of the games results this week. My
thanks to Maurice Ouvrier.
Further information:
http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/penrith/index.cfm
The 78th Hastings International Chess Congress took place at the
Horntye Park Sport Complex Saturday 28th December 2002 to Sunday 5th January
2003. The Premier Tournament was a 9-round all-play-all event for ten invited
players which was won by Peter Heine Nielsen. The Challengers finished 1 Daniel
Gormally (ENG) 7.5/9; 2 Alexander Cherniaev (RUS) 7; 3-5 Mark Hebden, Nick
Pert, Vladislav Borovikov (UKR) 6.5. Games from round 8 of the Hastings
Challengers plus a correction to the result of the game Mannion - Thompson now
available. Rod McShane sends the Miezis - Gormally Round 9 game which gave
Danny Gormally outright first in the tournament and his 2nd GM norm.
Official coverage: http://hastingschess.org.uk/
The 26th Christmas Open Masters took place in Zurich 26th-30th December
2002. 3 players finished first on 6/7 ahead on tie-break from 5 other players
they were Yannick Pelletier, Daniel Fridman and Vladimir Burmakin. Across the
various events there were 404 participants. My thanks to Georg Kradolfer for
the corrected final standings from TWIC 426 (which I guess must have been round
6 standings).
Internet coverage: http://www.weihnachtsopen.ch
Final round 7 Standings:
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26th Christmas Open Masters Zurich SUI (SUI), 26-30 xii 2002
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1. GM Pelletier Yannick 2587 SUI Bienne 6 33 5
2. GM Fridman Daniel 2572 LAT Lettland 6 32½ 5
3. GM Burmakin Vladimir 2581 RUS Russland 6 31½ 5
4. GM Pavlovic Milos 2549 YUG Beograd 5½ 34½ 5
5. GM Malakhatko Vadim 2515 UKR Ukraine 5½ 32 5
6. GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2530 LTU Litauen 5½ 32 5
7. GM Kengis Edvins 2570 LAT Lettland 5½ 31 5
8. GM Tukmakov Vladimir 2568 UKR Genève 5½ 29½ 4
9. GM Bauer Christian 2562 FRA Frankrei 5½ 29½ 5
10. WGM Ciuksyte Dagne 2334 LTU Litauen 5 32 4
11. GM Jenni Florian 2483 SUI Oberwil- 5 30½ 4
12. Knoedler Dieter 2338 GER Konstanz 5 29½ 4
13. FM Georges Sacha 2250 SUI Zürich 5 29½ 3
14. IM Meijers Viesturs 2463 LAT Lettland 5 28 4
15. Papa Severin 2326 SUI Winterth 5 27½ 5
16. FM Solomunovic Igor 2429 BIH 5 27 4
17. GM Cvitan Ognjen 2562 CRO Basel 5 27 4
18. FM Hochstrasser Michael 2339 SUI Nitt ZH 5 26 4
141 players
The 35th "Trinec OPEN" (Czech) took place December 28th 2002 - January
4th 2003. 70 players competed in the event won by IGM Emil Anka (7.0/9), 2. IM
Vesselovsky, 3. FM Lagowski (both 6.5). Info Jan Sikora and Emil Anka. I made a
correction to the standings and games (rating and name of Vladimir Sergeev)
along with adding the game Anka-Repkova in the last issue, if you missed this
then they're in this issue.
Further details: http://web.quick.cz/trichess/
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35th Open Trinec CZE (CZE), 28 xii-4 i 2002
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1. Anka, Emil g HUN 2462 7
2. Vesselovsky, Serguei m CZE 2420 6.5
3. Lagowski, Patryk f POL 2350 6.5
4. Kantorik, Marian SVK 2364 6.5
5. Belunek, Vladimir CZE 2416 6.5
6. Neumann, Peter CZE m CZE 2437 6.5
7. Ostrowski, Leszek m POL 2317 6.5
8. Lukashok, Alexandr BLR 2384 6.5
9. Peterson, Eric SVK ---- 6
10. Kislov, Mikhail m RUS 2377 6
11. Zawadzki, Stanislaw POL 2378 6
12. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2457 5.5
13. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2420 5.5
14. Talla, Vladimir m CZE 2370 5.5
15. Babula, Milan m CZE 2330 5.5
16. Repkova, Eva wg SVK 2366 5.5
17. Splosnov, Sergei m BLR 2384 5.5
18. Lys, Josef CZE 2353 5.5
19. Seifert, Henryk f POL 2275 5.5
20. Frolik, Martin CZE 2261 5.5
21. Kolesar, Milan f SVK 2245 5.5
70 players
Bermuda 2003 B Tournament players wanted
Nigel Freeman cadilly@northrock.bm is looking for players for the B
tournament. Contact him as soon as possible.
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
First Saturday February 2003
The First Saturday February GM-IM-FM round robin tournaments for the
title norms in Budapest take place 1st-13th February 2003. There are vacancies
contact the organizer: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Phone-Fax: 00-(361)-263-28-59
16th "Ciudad de León"
The 16th "Ciudad de León" chess tournament will take place June
5th-9th 2003 in León, Spain. This year it will be a quadrangular
tournament with Ruslan Ponomariov (Elo 2734) Vesselin Topalov, (Elo 2743)
Sergey Karjakin, (Elo 2547) and Francisco "Paco" Vallejo Pons (Elo 2629) The
venue will be the Edificio de la Junta de Castilla y León". The event
will almost certainly be advanced chess.
The official web site will be:
http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
British Blitz Championships
The British Blitz Championships takes place on 23rd March, 2003, at
Brunel University, Uxbridge.
Further details: http://www.britishblitz.co.uk/
Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2003
The Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2003 takes place 12-20 April 2003.
Further details:
http://home.online.no/~vichan/paske03/eng/indexa.html
Fischer Stories
Bobby Fischer and his mother were investigated by the FBI. Read the
story: http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/4535883.htm
and a new one Bobby Fischer's Pathetic Endgame by Rene Chun which has appeared
in many places: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/12/chun.htm
Huddersfield Chess Congress
The Huddersfield Chess Congress to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of
the Huddersfield Chess Club (1852-2002) takes place At the Deighton Centre,
Huddersfield 28th-30th March 2003. The event is an ‘Elite’ Terence
Chapman Group Grand Prix 5 round Swiss. Entries to be returned by 24th March
2003 to Nigel Hepworth. 71, Fixby Road, Fixby, Huddersfield. HD2 2JB. Further
details from Nigel Hepworth 07903 548675 Email -
congress@huddersfieldchessclub.co.uk.
Final Lineup for Linares
David Llada reports that the final line-up for the traditional Linares
Supertournament will be Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand,
Peter Leko, Ruslan Ponomariov, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Teimour Radjabov. The
XX "Ciudad de Linares" sees the opening ceremony and drawing of lots on 21st
February. Round 1 22nd February 2003. Last round and closing ceremony 9th March
2003. Rest days 26th February and 4th March 2003. The official website will be
announced a few days before the event.
Kasparov vs. Junior Match
The final schedule of the Kasparov vs. Deep Junior has been announced.
The schedule is Game 1 Sun Jan 26th, Game 2 Tue Jan 28th, Game 3 Thu Jan 30th,
Game 4 Sun Feb 2nd, Game 5 Wed Feb 5th and Game 6 Fri Feb 7th all games start
at 3:30pm EST. In the New York Athletic Club (NYAC)-180 Central Park South -
New York. The event is International Chess Federation (FIDE) and International
Computer Games Association (ICGA President David Levy) and the The US Chess
Federation (USCF).
The event is called the "The FIDE Man Vs Machine World Chess
Championship" and is sponsored by FIDE and presented by X3D Technologies
Corporation which covered the recent Kasparov - Karpov match.
The time control is 40 moves in 2 hours followed by 20 moves in one
hour then 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
The Prize Fund is $1m with a $500,000 fee for Garry Kasparov, the other
half being divided: Winner gets $300,000 to the winner and the loser $200,000,
in the case of a tie, $250,000 each.
World Youth Championships
The World Youth Chess Championships 2003 and the 74th FIDE Congress
takes place 24th October - 2nd November 2003 in Halkidiki, Greece.
Internet coverage: http://www.sportmeeting.gr/
III Savaria Summer
The III Savaria Summer International Chess Open takes place in
Szombathely, Hungary 19th-27th July 2003.
The event is a 9 round Swiss system 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move.
Further Information: Korpics Zsolt H-9700 Szombathely, Rohonci 13.
+(36)-30/951-0063 korpicschess@axelero.hu and Pergel László
H-9700 Szombathely, Tátra 2. +(36)-30/530-4904 a_mester@freemail.hu
Cup ShRGEK in Shakhti
The Cup ShRGEK takes place 13th-18th January 2003 in the city of
Shakhti (Rostov region, Russia).
Further information:
http://www.fanchess.ru/kuda/2003/01/srgek.htm
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
Patrick Wolff Chess-Site
Patrick Wolff has launched a pay site at:
http://www.wolffchess.com
Western Pacific Open
April 11-13, Western Pacific Open. 5-SS. Los Angeles Airport Radisson,
Los Angeles, CA. $10,000 based on 200 players, $5000 guaranteed. Top section
FIDE-rated. Details: http://www.westernchess.com.
Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic
May 24-26, Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic. 6-SS. Los Angeles Airport
Radisson, Los Angeles, CA. $12,000 based on 240 players, $7200 guaranteed.
Details: http://www.westernchess.com
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ZMD Schachfestival Dresden 2003
The ZMD Schachfestival Dresden 2003 takes place 17th-27th July 2002 in
the Treff-Hotel Dresden.
Further details:
http://www.schachfestival.com/index_schachfestival.html
World Amateur Championships
The World Amateur Championships take place in the Sammy Marks Building,
Pretoria, South Africa 2nd - 12th July 2003.
Internet site: http://www.chessa.co.za/
4th Yateley Manor International Fide Open
4th Yateley Manor International Fide Open This 9 round Swiss event,
takes place over 2 weekends Friday 24th to Sunday 26th January 2003 and
Saturday 1st to Sunday 2nd February 2003 at Yateley Manor School, Reading Road,
Yateley, Hampshire, England. 36 miles South West of central London. Free entry
for GM, IM, WGM, WIM. Prizes include a free place in the 2003 British
Championships (highest placed player not previously qualified). The prize fund
and allocation depends on entry. Event is FIDE rated and BCF rated and part of
British Chess Federation Grand Prix. Tournament Director: IM Andrew Martin.
Contact: Phone : + 44 (0)1753 883300 e-mail: rayclark.mc@tiscali.co.uk
Hungarian tournaments April-May-June 2003
6 GM and IM tournaments in a row in HUNGARY in April-May-June 2003 /3
months chess trip to Hungary is possible for the GM-IM-norms/ The info: 1.
5th-17th of April, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM Budapest, org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu, website: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat 2.
19th-29th of April, GM-IM, MINDSZENTKALLA, GM-IM, 200 km West from Budapest,
org.IM Istvandi, e-mail: sakkozo@netposta.net, 3. 3rd-15th of May, FIRST
SATURDAY, GM-IM Budapest, org: NL., 4. 17th-27th of May GM-IM Elekes memorial,
Budapest, org: IM Zsinka, fax: 00-(361)-327-18-71, 5. 7th-19th of June, FIRST
SATURDAY, GM-IM Budapest, org: NL, 6. 20th-30th of June, Balatonlelle /130 km
West from Budapest/ GM-IM-OPEN, org: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@matavnet.hu
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
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
Players accepted so far: Nigel Short England gm 2684 Sergei Tiviakov
Netherlands gm 2631 Alexander Lastin Russia gm 2625 Zoltan Gyimesi Hungary gm
2596 Jon Speelman England gm 2583 Hichem Hamdouchi Morocco gm 2582 Simen
Agdestein Norway gm 2578 Mladen Palac Croatia gm 2569 Vladimir Kosyrev Russia
gm 2562 Vasilios Kotronias Cyprus gm 2561 Alonso Zapata Colombia gm 2556 Julio
Becerra Rivero Cuba gm 2552 Oleg Korneev Russia gm 2551 Luke McShane England gm
2546 Bogdan Lalic England gm 2542 Milos Pavlovic Yugoslavia gm 2531 Karen
Movsziszian Armenia gm 2530 Vadim Malakhatko Ukraine gm 2515 Darryl Johansen
Australia gm 2512 Pia Cramling Sweden gm 2508 Dmitri Reinderman Netherlands gm
2506 Alexander Cherniaev Russia im 2506 Daniel Campora Argentine gm 2505 Boris
Chatalbashev Bulgaria gm 2503 Sergei Beshukov Russia gm 2475 James Plaskett
England gm 2467 Viesters Miejers Latvia gm 2463 Hans Jonkman Netherlands gm
2456 Tejas Bakre India im 2452 Doru Ionescu Rumania im 2433 Juan Bellon Spain
gm 2428 Inna Gaponenko Ukraine im/wg 2411 Colin McNab Scotland gm 2406 Watu
Kobese South Africa im 2399 Martha Fierro Ecuador wgm 2384 Nora Medvegy Hungary
wgm 2375 Mohamed Tissir Morocco im 2366 Robert Bellin England im 2360 Anna
Zozulia Ukraine wgm 2311
Website: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
Aeroflot Open 2003
The International Chess Open Festival "Aeroflot Open 2003" will be held
in Moscow from 10 February (the day of arrival) to 20 February 2003 (the day of
departure). The total prize fund is 150000 USD. The Festival consists of 3
tournaments: A: for the chessplayers with Elo > 2400; B: for the
chessplayers with Elo 2150-2451; C: for the chessplayers with Elo < 2201 or
without rating
The Organizers of the Festival are "Aeroflot-Russian Airlines" and the
Association of Chess Federations in cooperation with the Committee on Tourism
of the Municipality of Moscow. The official hotel and tournament venue is hotel
"Rossija" (near Kremlin).
Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com
Politiken Cup
The 25th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup took place 14th-25th of July
2003. The Politiken Cup will be an 11-round open tournament played in one big
group - from novices and club players to strong grandmasters The Tournament
takes place in the Nørrebrohallen, Bragesgade 5, 2200 København.
Further information and online enrolment at
http://www.politikencup.dk
Howick and Pakuranga Times Auckland International Open
Howick and Pakuranga Times Auckland International Open, Auckland (NZL)
Dates: 26.01.03 - 31.01.03 Organiser: Paul Spiller
spillerfamily.enterprise@xtra.co.nz
Web Site: http://www.tuidesign.co.nz/chess/chessindex.htm
Info: Hosted at the prestigious Pakuranga Country Club, this 9 round
open tournament aims to give strong players from New Zealand and neighbouring
countries the chance to compete for FIDE ratings. Top prizes are 1st-$1,000,
2nd-$600, 3rd -$400, 4th-$200. Entry fees are as follows: 2300+ Free, 2200+
$50, 2100+ $75, 2000+ $100, Unrated $125, Juniors (U20) $100, GMs IMs &
Overseas FIDE rated players free, FM's receive 20% discount off entry fee.
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.
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.
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. See more at the tournament's home page
http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2003
Players who are interested may contact Tournament Organiser Michael
Andersson, e-mail GM@skanderborgskakklub.dk
Round Robin's in Tel Aviv
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;
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
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 - 9th
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
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
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.
Contact e-mail: bethunechess@hotmail.com
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
