THE WEEK IN CHESS 430 3rd February 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Kasparov vs. Junior Match 3 games
Gibraltar Chess Congress 169 games
Evgeny Bareev vs. HIARCS 8 4 games
Indian Championships 81 games
Bermuda 2003 75 games
Kosteniuk - Karjakin Match 2 games
São José do Rio Preto 45 games
28th d'Aubervilliers Grand Open 41 games
Amplico Aig Life Rapid 119 games
First Saturday February 9 games
Auckland International Open 153 games
3rd Griesheim GM/IM 50 games
Kaissa Open Kharkov 360 games
Odessa Region Championships 95 games
Belgian Team Championships 1 game
1207 games
My thanks to Antonio Bento and Thomas Henrich, Michael Freeman, Eric van
Reem, Stewart Reuben and Neville Twitchell, Frank-Juergen Greger, Bartlomiej
Macieja, Helgi Gretarsson, Andy McFarland, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Steve Laios,
Rod McShane, Mikhail Golubev, Alessandra Depaoli, Gary Bekker, Carsten Hensel,
Jovan Petronic, Eugeny Atarov, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Eric Birmingham and
everyone else who helped with the issue.
Man - Machine matches dominate things this week. Long time readers of
TWIC and even pre-TWIC will know that I'm not a huge fan, I think the Kasparov
vs. Deep Blue caused problems for chess sponsorship as a whole. This week we
saw Bareev draw with HiarcsX in a solid match. However its Kasparov's match
against Deep Junior that has really commanded the headlines, making a strong
impression in the mainstream press and TV. Its been the usual ride, computer
loses horribly and everyone says its no good, computer just survives after
finding a miracle draw, Kasparov blunders horribly and loses then solid and
worthy draw. The best computer programmes still struggle in closed positions
with clear plans for the human but as soon as the position opens (which is
often required to win the game) and tactics are required then they reveal
themselves to be as strong or stronger than humans. It leads to odd chess as
both sides try and engineer from the opening the contrasting position types
they need for best results. I hope Kasparov wins the match but rather suspect
that like the Kramnik - Deep Fritz match late last year it will end in a
draw.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Kasparov vs. Deep Junior takes place January 26th-February 7th 2003.
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. 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.
After his smashing win in game one Kasparov almost found a win in game 2
falling to a clever tactic after building a tremendous position. Game 3 saw
Kasparov much better out of the opening again but he missed a relatively simple
tactic in trying to win when he had a simple draw available and had to resign.
Game 4 was a war of attrition which simplified into a double rook ending which
saw the computer with an extra pawn and no winning chances.
Official Live coverage: http://www.x3dworld.com
Kasparov, Garry - DEEP JUNIOR 1-0 27 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
DEEP JUNIOR - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 30 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Kasparov, Garry - DEEP JUNIOR 0-1 36 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
DEEP JUNIOR - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 61 B44 Sicilian Paulsen
FIDE Man-Machine WC New York USA (USA), 26-26 i 2003
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Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2847 1 = 0 = . . 2.0
DEEP JUNIOR ---- 0 = 1 = . . 2.0
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The Gibraltar Chess Congress takes place 28th January 6th February
2003. The event has two 10 round Swisses. Vasilios Kotronias is leading with
5.5/6. The country code is a bit difficult, as is the politics of Gibraltar,
but they will be submitted by the BCF and ENG is therefore correct according to
organiser Stewart Reuben. My thanks to Stewart Reuben and Neville
Twitchell.
Website: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
Leading Round 6 Standings.
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Gibraltar Masters Catalan Bay (ENG), 28 i-6 ii 2003
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1. Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2573 5.5 2904
2. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2567 4.5 2685
3. McShane, Luke J g ENG 2568 4.5 2614
4. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2626 4.0 2580
5. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2591 4.0 2601
6. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2613 4.0 2632
7. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2690 4.0 2628
8. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2615 4.0 2601
9. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2547 4.0 2558
10. Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2487 4.0 2604
11. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2635 4.0 2574
12. Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2583 4.0 2550
13. Cherniaev, Alexander1 m RUS 2504 4.0 2533
14. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2506 4.0 2484
15. Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2560 4.0 2518
16. Luther, Thomas g GER 2575 3.5 2546
17. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2505 3.5 2504
18. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2585 3.5 2469
19. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2428 3.5 2475
20. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2525 3.5 2477
21. Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2578 3.5 2435
22. Ledger, Andrew m ENG 2397 3.5 2371
23. Bellin, Robert m ENG 2360 3.5 2397
24. Thompson, Ian D f ENG 2256 3.5 2339
25. Bick, John D f USA 2296 3.5 2385
26. Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2467 3.0 2402
27. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2492 3.0 2375
28. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2423 3.0 2389
29. Medvegy, Nora wg HUN 2376 3.0 2384
30. Ledger, David f ENG 2267 3.0 2380
31. Schmitz, Andreas Arnold GER 2131 3.0 2316
32. Shaw, John m SCO 2470 3.0 2424
33. Zak, Uriel m ISR 2341 3.0 2430
34. Guerrero, Carlos FID 2073 3.0 2295
35. Ledger, Stephen ENG 2172 3.0 2335
36. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2366 3.0 2295
37. Straub, Peter GER 2112 3.0 2233
38. Radovanovic, Jovica YUG 2280 3.0 2215
39. Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2415 2.5 2322
40. Giddins, Stephen f ENG 2242 2.5 2179
41. Baum, Bernd f GER 2252 2.5 2244
42. Soh, Edmund ENG 2029 2.5 2116
43. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2436 2.5 2248
58 players
The Chess Events Maastricht (CEM) Foundation organised its 3rd
Man-Machine Match in Maastrict 28th-31st 2002. Evgeny Bareev drew all four
games with the computer program HiarcsX (written by Mark Uniacke). The event
was sponsored by Duwell. My thanks to Eric van Reem for the information.
Official site: http://www.chessevents.nl/
HIARCSX - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 42 C01 French Exchange
Bareev, Evgeny - HIARCSX 1/2 50 A25 English Sicilian Attack
HIARCSX - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 36 C11 French Defence
Bareev, Evgeny - HIARCSX 1/2 45 A20 English Opening
CEM Man-Machine Maastricht NED (NED), 28-30 i 2003
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Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2729 = = = = 2.0
HIARCSX ---- = = = = 2.0
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The 40th National A Championships of India took place 18th-31st January
2003 in Mumbai, India. The 21 round championships were a category VIII event.
The two great hopes for Indian Chess finished in the top two places with
Krishnan Sasikiran taking first on 16/20 two points clear of Pentala
Harikrishna on 14 who was in turn a point and a half clear of the field.
Harikrishna was undefeated, Sasikiran lost one game but generated a huge number
of wins. (Games section now complete with Round 8 and 12 games which were
missing last week and a correction to the round 11 game Arvind - Harikrishna).
Official coverage (including live games):
http://www.venuschessacademy.com/index.html
ch-IND Mumbai IND (IND), 18-31 i 2003 cat. VIII (2446)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2664 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 16.0 2675
2 Harikrishna, P g IND 2539 = * = = = = = = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 14.0 2590
3 Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2507 = = * 1 = = 1 = 1 = = = = 1 1 = = = = = = 12.5 2538
4 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2541 = = 0 * = = = = 0 1 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.5 2536
5 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar m IND 2556 0 = = = * = = = = = = 1 0 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 12.0 2512
6 Neelotpal, Das m IND 2406 0 = = = = * = = = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 = 11.5 2498
7 Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2416 = = 0 = = = * = = = 1 = = = = = 0 1 1 1 1 11.5 2497
8 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2465 0 = = = = = = * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 0 = 11.0 2481
9 Bakre, Tejas m IND 2464 0 = 0 1 = = = = * 1 1 0 = = = 0 1 1 0 1 1 11.0 2481
10 Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi IND 2395 = = = 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 = = = = = = 1 = = 10.0 2449
11 Ravi, Lanka m IND 2419 0 = = 1 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 0 = = = 1 1 1 10.0 2447
12 Venkatesh, M.R IND 2399 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 1 0 0 * = 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 10.0 2448
13 Prakash, G B m IND 2439 0 = = = 1 0 = 0 = = = = * = = = 0 = = 1 = 9.0 2410
14 Satyapragyan, Swayangsu m IND 2438 0 0 0 1 1 = = = = = = 0 = * = = 1 0 0 = = 8.5 2396
15 Suvrajit, Saha IND 2390 1 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 1 1 = = * 0 = = = = = 8.5 2399
16 Ramesh, R.B m IND 2472 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 1 = = 0 = = 1 * 0 1 0 1 = 8.5 2395
17 Arvind, Shastry IND 2330 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 0 = = 0 1 0 = 1 * 1 = 0 1 8.0 2380
18 Sriram, Jha m IND 2448 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = = 1 = 0 0 * 1 = = 7.5 2359
19 Prathamesh, S. Mokal IND 2366 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 = 0 * = 0 6.0 2301
20 Soman, Satchidanand IND 2364 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = = * = 6.0 2301
21 Saravanan, V m IND 2357 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = = 0 = 1 = * 6.0 2301
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The Bermuda GMA and GMB 2003 tournaments take place 25th January - 5th
February 2003. Giovanni Vescovi is leading with 6.5/8 half a point clear of the
favourite Peter Svidler. Vescovi has beaten three of the four players directly
below him in the standings. My thanks to Nigel Freeman.
Round 8 (of 11) Standings
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GMA Bermuda BER (BER), 25 i-5 ii 2003 cat. XV (2601)
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1. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2592 * = 1 1 1 . . . 1 = 1 = 6.5 2849
2. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2693 = * = . = . 1 . = 1 1 1 6.0 2767
3. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2574 0 = * = 1 1 . 0 1 . . 1 5.0 2710
4. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2640 0 . = * . = 0 = . 1 1 1 4.5 2636
5. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2571 0 = 0 . * = = 1 = . 1 . 4.0 2609
6. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2663 . . 0 = = * 1 = = = . = 4.0 2582
7. Miton, Kamil g POL 2544 . 0 . 1 = 0 * 1 0 1 . 0 3.5 2568
8. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2629 . . 1 = 0 = 0 * . 0 = 1 3.5 2549
9. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2565 0 = 0 . = = 1 . * = 0 . 3.0 2514
10. Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2562 = 0 . 0 . = 0 1 = * = . 3.0 2530
11. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2613 0 0 . 0 0 . . = 1 = * 1 3.0 2515
12. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2571 = 0 0 0 . = 1 0 . . 0 * 2.0 2425
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GMB Bermuda BER (BER), 25 i-5 ii 2003 cat. X (2483)
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1. Schmaltz, Roland g GER 2529 * = = = = . 1 = 1 1 . . 5.5 2632
2. Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2572 = * 1 . = 1 = = . . = 1 5.5 2608
3. Nakamura, Hikaru m USA 2520 = 0 * 1 = . 0 1 1 . 1 . 5.0 2583
4. Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2527 = . 0 * . = 1 1 . 0 1 = 4.5 2514
5. Perelshteyn, Eugene m USA 2442 = = = . * . = = 0 . 1 1 4.5 2530
6. Paschall, William M m USA 2444 . 0 . = . * 0 = 1 1 1 = 4.5 2524
7. Dinstuhl, Volkmar m GER 2416 0 = 1 0 = 1 * . . 0 . 1 4.0 2494
8. Moreno Carnero, Javier m ESP 2508 = = 0 0 = = . * 1 1 . . 4.0 2497
9. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2474 0 . 0 . 1 0 . 0 * 1 = 1 3.5 2432
10. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2475 0 . . 1 . 0 1 0 0 * 0 = 2.5 2331
11. Seul, Georg m GER 2437 . = 0 0 0 0 . . = 1 * = 2.5 2346
12. Mulyar, Michael A m USA 2446 . 0 . = 0 = 0 . 0 = = * 2.0 2280
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The official web site is: http://www.Bermuda.bm/chess
The Dannemann Classico match between 18 year old Alexandra Kosteniuk the
13 year old Sergey Karjakin takes place in Brissago, Switzerland February
1st-6th, 2003. The games begin at 12pm on Saturday and Sunday, and at 2pm on
the following four days. Live coverage: http://www.chessbase.ch and
http://www.chessbase.de
Contact the Centro Dannemann at 0041-(0)917868130, or
info@centrodannemann.com if you wish to attend.
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 41 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Karjakin, Sergey - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1/2 26 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Dannemann Match Brissago SUI (SUI), 1-6 ii 2003
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Karjakin, Sergey m UKR 2547 = = . . . . 1.0 2456
Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2456 = = . . . . 1.0 2547
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The II International tournament in São José do Rio Preto
took place 23rd-30th January 2003. Luis Coelho won the event with 6.5/9. My
thanks to Antonio Bento and Thomas Henrich.
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II It Sao Jose de Rio Preto BRA (BRA), 23-30 i 2003 cat. III (2323)
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1. Coelho, Luis BRA 2392 * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2481
2. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2420 = * = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2437
3. De Souza, Mauro m BRA 2349 = = * = = = = = = 1 5.0 2363
4. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2439 = = = * = 0 1 = = 1 5.0 2353
5. Marques, Vinicius f BRA 2319 0 1 = = * = = = = 1 5.0 2366
6. Crosa, Martin f URU 2446 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 1 = 5.0 2352
7. Borges, Leomar Barbero BRA 2247 = 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 4.5 2331
8. Molina, Jorge BOL 2265 0 = = = = 0 = * = 1 4.0 2286
9. Frare, Fernando BRA 2229 = 0 = = = 0 0 = * = 3.0 2208
10. Da Silva, Alessandro Rodrigues BRA 2128 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1.0 1994
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The 28th d'Aubervilliers Grand Open took place 25th-26th January 2003.
The event was a 10 round rapid open although most of the leading players had
only to play the last 7 rounds. There were 3 points for a win. Viktor Bologan
took first from Vladimir Georgiev both finished on 28 points (9 points for the
first day 6 wins and a draw against each other).
Eric Birmingham sends some games from Aubervilliers 2003. He also sends
7 games from a simul given by 12 year old Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (rated 2348) 2
minutes for Maxime - 5 minutes against under 12 years old opponents. Maxime
performed at 2558 Elo at Aubervilliers beating GMs Mitkov 2534 and Shekatchev
2572.
Details:
http://www.organisechecs.com/evenements/aubervilliers2003/auber2003.html
Leading final round 10 standings:
28th d'Aubervilliers Grand Open Janvier 2003
1 GM Bologan Viktor GONF 2630 28 2885
2 GM Georgiev Vladimir MONT 2549 28 2826
3 GM Komljenovic Davor CRO 2431 28 2771
4 IM Pelletier Yannick MULH 2624 27 2737
5 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas CANN 2604 27 2724
6 GM Degraeve Jean-Marc CLIC 2542 27 2696
7 IM Bagheri Amir USAM 2431 27 2669
8 GM Fressinet Laurent CAIS 2593 27 2656
9 GM Istratescu Andrei SAUT 2593 27 2632
10 GM Campora Daniel ARG 2505 27 2527
11 GM Tkachiev Vladislav CANN 2642 26 2767
12 GM David Alberto DRAN 2548 26 2681
13 GM Lalic Bogdan ENG 2614 26 2676
14 GM Milov Vadim MULH 2620 25 2651
15 GM Tregubov Pavel CLIC 2612 25 2607
16 GM Djuric Stefan ANTI 2498 25 2601
17 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2575 25 2596
18 GM Chernin Alexander HUN 2573 25 2594
19 GM Bauer Christian CLIC 2579 25 2590
20 GM Lupu Mircea-Serg. FRAI 2460 25 2579
21 GM Spiridonov Nikola CAIS 2570 25 2471
715 players
As reported in TWIC 425: The Amplico Aig Life Rapid tournament took
place in Warsaw (Poland) as part of the 21st Stanislaw Gawlikowski Memorial
21st-22nd December 2002 in the Palace of Culture in Warsaw. The prize fund was
15.000 USD. 360 players took part in the tournament. After 7 rounds (G-25') top
16 players played in quaterfinals. The rest of players played 4 more rounds. In
the finals group all games were G-10'+5". Evgeny Bareev beat Andrei Volokitin
in the final. My thanks to Bartlomiej Macieja for sending me a copy of the
games now. I've done some work on the games trying to sort them into the
different sections (Preliminary, Quarter Finals, Semi-Final and places, Final
etc), it maybe that in some of the quarter final groups I haven't got this
quite right with games instead belonging to the preliminary section.
Further details:
http://szachy.cronix.pl/memorial-12/en/index.php
There are two 11 player IM groups and two FM events in Budapest as part
of First Saturday February. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and Andras Bacsi.
Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0302/index.htm
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FSIMA Feb Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 ii 2003
cat. I (2264)
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1. Alfred, Nathan ENG 2250 1.0
2. Babos, Csaba ROM 2278 1.0
3. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2134 1.0
4. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2331 0.5
5. Hardicsay, Peter m HUN 2309 0.5
6. Berczes, David HUN 2261 0.0
7. Boros, Denes HUN 2289 0.0
8. Kovacs, Gabor2 f HUN 2382 0.0
9. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2271 0.0
10. Kun, Gabor HUN 2359 0.0
11. Schneider, Attila m HUN 2302 0.0
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FSIMB Feb Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-13 ii 2003
cat. I (2263)
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1. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2334 1.0
2. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2317 1.0
3. Papp, Gellert HUN 2368 1.0
4. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2358 0.5
5. Peredy, Ferenc m HUN 2311 0.5
6. Resika, Nathan A f USA 2184 0.5
7. Werner, Dimo m GER 2375 0.5
8. Valaker, Ole J NOR 2202 0.0
9. Goczo, Melinda wm HUN 2222 0.0
10. Malanca, Adrian ROM 2247 0.0
11. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2239 0.0
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The Howick & Pakuranga Times Auckland International Open took place
January 26 - 31 2003. Peter Froehlich won the event with 7.5/9 half a point
clear of Drazen Sermek. My thanks to Michael Freeman for the news.
Internet coverage:
http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/auckland/
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Open Auckland AUS (AUS), 26-31 i 2003
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1. Froehlich, Peter m GER 2421 +13 +17 +28 +18 = 2 +11 = 3 + 5 = 6 7.5 2556
2. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2577 + 8 + 7 + 3 +11 = 1 = 5 +12 +15 - 4 7.0 2481
3. Ker, Anthony F m NZL 2336 +12 +16 - 2 +28 =11 +18 = 1 = 7 +10 6.5 2396
4. Mc Laren,Leonard NZL 2274 +25 = 9 +10 -15 -18 +28 =17 +16 + 2 6.0 2349
5. Kulashko, Aleksei f NZL 2387 +14 -28 = 9 +10 +16 = 2 + 7 - 1 = 8 5.5 2310
6. Watson, Bruce R f NZL 2266 =24 +22 -11 +27 - 7 + 9 =10 +12 = 1 5.5 2220
7. Smith, Robert W f NZL 2259 +32 - 2 +13 = 9 + 6 +15 - 5 = 3 =11 5.5 2351
8. Guthrie, David NZL 2160 - 2 +32 -15 +22 +23 =17 +18 = 9 = 5 5.5 2314
9. Zakaria, Fairin MAS 2167 +34 = 4 = 5 = 7 =14 - 6 +25 = 8 +15 5.5 2281
10. Beach,Paul NZL ---- +23 =27 - 4 - 5 +24 +19 = 6 +17 - 3 5.0 2264
11. Spain, Graeme NZL 2188 +33 +15 + 6 - 2 = 3 - 1 -16 +21 = 7 5.0 2330
12. Wang,Puchen NZL ---- - 3 +20 +23 +17 =15 =14 - 2 - 6 +30 5.0 2261
13. Van der Hoorn, Mark NZL 2143 - 1 +30 - 7 -20 +27 +24 =26 +22 =14 5.0 2151
14. Rippis, Theos AUS 2061 - 5 +33 =16 +25 = 9 =12 -15 +18 =13 5.0 2211
15. Garbett, Paul Anthony f NZL 2329 +19 -11 + 8 + 4 =12 - 7 +14 - 2 - 9 4.5 2198
16. Jones, Lee AUS 2216 +20 - 3 =14 +24 - 5 =26 +11 - 4 =17 4.5 2172
17. Green, Peter NZL 2246 +30 - 1 +19 -12 +20 = 8 = 4 -10 =16 4.5 2129
18. Jones, Brian f AUS 2196 =22 +26 +24 - 1 + 4 - 3 - 8 -14 +33 4.5 2145
19. Gibbons, Robert NZL 2096 -15 +31 -17 +29 =21 -10 =28 +26 =20 4.5 2107
20. Goodhue,Nathan NZL ---- -16 -12 +33 +13 -17 =25 =21 +31 =19 4.5 2106
21. Morrison, Chris SCO 2180 =26 -24 -22 +30 =19 +23 =20 -11 +34 4.5 2055
22. Song,Raymond AUS ---- =18 - 6 +21 - 8 -25 +32 +31 -13 +28 4.5 2142
23. Anderson, Bruce NZL 2155 -10 +29 -12 +32 - 8 -21 +30 =28 +31 4.5 2067
24. Safarian, Alek AUS 2058 = 6 +21 -18 -16 -10 -13 +34 +32 +29 4.5 2116
25. Bennett, Hilton NZL 2074 - 4 +34 =27 -14 +22 =20 - 9 =29 +32 4.5 2080
26. Thornton,Gino NZL ---- =21 -18 =29 +31 =28 =16 =13 -19 =27 4.0 2092
27. Goffin, Peter NZL 2175 =29 =10 =25 - 6 -13 -31 +32 +33 =26 4.0 2016
28. Stuart, Peter NZL 2215 +31 + 5 - 1 - 3 =26 - 4 =19 =23 -22 3.5 2105
29. Song,Angela AUS ---- =27 -23 =26 -19 -30 +34 +33 =25 -24 3.5 1982
30. Lim,Benji NZL ---- -17 -13 =31 -21 +29 +33 -23 +34 -12 3.5 2000
31. Xu,David NZL ---- -28 -19 =30 -26 +34 +27 -22 -20 -23 2.5 1905
32. Otene, Edith NZL 2050 - 7 - 8 +34 -23 =33 -22 -27 -24 -25 1.5 1824
33. Zhang, Michael NZL ---- -11 -14 -20 +34 =32 -30 -29 -27 -18 1.5 1801
34. Pan,Alex NZL ---- - 9 -25 -32 -33 -31 -29 -24 -30 -21 0.0
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The 3rd Griesheimer GM-/IM-Tournament takes place 29th January - 6th
February 2003 in Griesheim (near Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany). The IM event saw
the round 1 game Ronald Koehler vs. Jiri Jirka before Koehler had to withdraw
from the event due to illness. He was replaced by Stephan Solonar (GER).
My thanks to Frank-Juergen Greger for the news.
Internet coverage:
http://www.schachverein-griesheim.de/2003gm/
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3rd GM Griesheim GER (GER), 29 i-6 ii 2003 cat. XI (2518)
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1. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2574 * . . = 1 = 1 . . 1 4.0 2755
2. Prusikhin, Mihailo m GER 2509 . * 1 . . = = 1 = . 3.5 2645
3. Jakubiec, Artur g POL 2532 . 0 * 1 . . . 1 = = 3.0 2589
4. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2583 = . 0 * . = 1 = . . 2.5 2514
5. Buhmann, Rainer GER 2525 0 . . . * 1 0 = . 1 2.5 2509
6. Galdunts, Sergey m ARM 2487 = = . = 0 * . . . = 2.0 2467
7. Kunin, Vitaly m GER 2476 0 = . 0 1 . * . = . 2.0 2463
8. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2503 . 0 0 = = . . * 1 . 2.0 2454
9. Kritz, Leonid m GER 2484 . = = . . . = 0 * . 1.5 2418
10. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2506 0 . = . 0 = . . . * 1.0 2336
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3rd IM Griesheim GER (GER), 29 i-6 ii 2003 cat. V (2367)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Solonar, Stephan m GER 2380 * = = . . = 1 = . . 3.0 2452
2. Jedryczka, Krystian POL 2340 = * . 0 1 . . . 1 = 3.0 2424
3. Jirka, Jiri CZE 2370 = . * . = 1 0 . . 1 3.0 2452
4. Wegerle, Joerg GER 2365 . 1 . * . = = = . = 3.0 2458
5. Schramm, Christian f GER 2331 . 0 = . * . . 1 1 = 3.0 2431
6. Grabarczyk, Bogdan m POL 2439 = . 0 = . * 1 = . . 2.5 2373
7. Gohil, Harry f GER 2354 0 . 1 = . 0 * . = . 2.0 2296
8. Boidman, Yuri m GER 2400 = . . = 0 = . * = . 2.0 2289
9. Trichkov, Vasil m CZE 2290 . 0 . . 0 . = = * 1 2.0 2292
10. Wornath, Kai Rudolf f GER 2398 . = 0 = = . . . 0 * 1.5 2190
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Nadezhda Yadvizhina sends news of the "Kaissa" Open in Kharkov 21st-30th
2003. Valery Shalimov, Valeriy Aveskulov, Vladimir Rogovski and Andrey Ermolaev
finished on 7/9. Valery Shalimov took first on tie-break. 80 players competed.
The organiser was the director of chess club "KAISSA" G.S . Kiktev.
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Kaissa Open Kharkov UKR (UKR), 21-30 i 2003
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1. Shalimov, Valery m UKR 2452 7.0 2488
2. Aveskulov, Valeriy m UKR 2386 7.0 2449
3. Rogovski, Vladimir m UKR 2457 7.0 2559
4. Ermolaev, Andrey UKR 2351 7.0 2444
5. Stets, Dmitry m UKR 2391 6.5 2451
6. Makarov, V MDA m MDA 2278 6.5 2487
7. Nevednichy, Boris M m MDA 2382 6.5 2383
8. Matjushin, Gennady m UKR 2424 6.5 2388
9. Mihalichenko, Bladimir UKR 2230 6.5 2364
10. Jarovinsky,Alexey UKR ---- 6.0 2455
11. Varchenko, Grigory UKR 2205 6.0 2353
12. Solovchuk,Alexey UKR ---- 6.0 2428
13. Ivanov, Andrey A UKR 2323 6.0 2247
14. Tarlev, Konstantin UKR 2357 6.0 2208
15. Kobylkin, Evgeni f UKR 2425 5.5 2402
16. Ivanov, Oleg V UKR 2474 5.5 2358
17. Onoprienko, Vladimir m RUS 2418 5.5 2281
18. Posokhov, Dmitry UKR 2167 5.5 2341
19. Ljukin, Sergei UKR 2386 5.5 2258
20. Kalinski, Igor A UKR 2247 5.5 2328
21. Zdebskaja, Natalia wm UKR 2284 5.5 2136
22. Kozlov, Yriy UKR 2235 5.5 2140
80 players
Mikhail Golubev reports: The Odessa Region Open Chess Championship took
place in Odessa, 9th-20th January 2003
Internet coverage: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/od2003ch.htm
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Odessa Region Open Odessa UKR (UKR), 9-20 i 2003
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1. Sumets, Andrey m UKR 2468 9.5 75.0 63.75 59.5 2468
2. Drozdovskij, Yuri m UKR 2447 8.5 73.5 54.75 52.5 2447
3. Pichugin, Alexandr m UKR 2400 7.5 72.5 47.00 49.0 2400
4. Sodol,Georgiy UKR ---- 7.5 71.5 42.75 43.5 0000
5. Fingerov, Dmitry m UKR 2374 7.0 73.5 37.25 42.0 2374
6. Gorbunov, Igor UKR UKR 2148 7.0 68.0 40.00 39.5 2194
7. Tishin, D m UKR 2291 6.5 74.0 39.50 42.5 2291
8. Aliferenko, Aleksei UKR 2170 6.5 70.5 43.25 36.5 2170
9. Butsenko, Igor UKR 2239 6.5 68.5 38.75 38.5 2239
10. Garifulin,Alexandr UKR ---- 6.5 68.5 34.75 43.0 0000
11. Kuznetsov,Yuri UKR ---- 6.5 59.0 30.75 31.5 0000
12. Chernetsky,Nikolay UKR ---- 6.5 56.0 29.25 35.0 0000
13. Savchenko,Alexandr UKR ---- 6.0 66.0 32.50 38.0 0000
14. Miljutin, Oleg UKR 2215 6.0 61.5 28.25 36.0 2215
15. Prokofiev, Y m UKR 2385 6.0 58.5 28.00 38.5 2385
16. Khazankin,Moisey UKR ---- 6.0 57.5 29.00 37.0 0000
17. Kupchik,Boris UKR ---- 6.0 57.0 27.25 32.0 0000
39 players
Steve Laios reports: The 6th round of the Belgian Teams 2002-2003
Division 1 took place January 12th 2003. Name correction Van der Linde,Maurits
(2203) - Bauduin,E (2255) rd6 game given last week.
Mr Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Dear Mr President,
We, a group of leading grandmasters participating in the international
tournament in Wijk aan Zee, turn to you in this critical moment for the fate of
world chess. We are deeply worried about the fact that the three stages of the
FIDE Grand Prix have not been played. The first stage took place in Dubai in
April 2002, the second in Moscow in June of the same year. As it is known,
during the FIDE congress 2000 in Istanbul it was decided to return to the 2-
year cycle of staging the world championship. The prize fund remained the same
as for the 1-year cycle, i.e. three million US $ instead of the 5 million US $
for the 2-year cycle in 1997-1998. The explanation for reducing the prize fund
was that the money saved this way would be used for the FIDE Grand Prix.Without
stating reasons, the FIDE Grand Prix 2002 was stopped after two stages instead
of the scheduled five. Furthermore, its official results have not been
published. As this is one of the most important tournaments in the official
FIDE calender, we find these situation unacceptable. Also, we are worried about
the lack of reliable information concerning the world championship 2003 which
the FIDE congress scheduled for November/December of this year. For
professional players like us, it is absolutely necessary to plan far ahead so
that we can prepare ourselves for the confirmed date and the rules of this
tournament. In this letter, Mr President, we have expressed but a small part of
the problems which have recently been worrying the grandmasters and the whole
chess world.
Sincerely yours, L. van Wely, E. Bareev, A. Karpov, R. Ponomariov, A.
Grischuk and A. Shirov.
Wijk aan Zee, Holland, 26.01.03
Additional signatures: V. Kramnik, V. Topalov, J. Polgar, M. Krasenkov,
T. Radjabov.
Link to this document (in Russian) and faximile of signatures at:
http://www.chess-express.ru/article/letter.html
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for February 1st 2003 has been released . Produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey
and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
NN Name Birthday NAT RAT VAR
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2805 114
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2760 145
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2710 159
4 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2699 172
5 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2692 188
6 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2688 159
7 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2685 167
8 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2683 157
9 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2679 178
10 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2673 159
11 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2668 151
12 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2655 133
13 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2650 136
14 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2649 135
15 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2648 136
16 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2639 166
17 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2636 159
18 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2635 185
19 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2629 159
20 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2628 145
21 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2625 136
22 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2624 149
23 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2623 126
24 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2620 148
25 Zvjaginsev,Vadim 18.08.1976 RUS 2618 147
26 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2612 198
27 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 BIH 2611 142
28 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2608 197
29 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2607 170
30 Lputian,Smbat G 14.02.1958 ARM 2607 172
31 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2604 152
32 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2603 150
33 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2602 201
34 Goldin,Alexander 27.02.1965 ISR 2601 167
35 Zhang Zhong 05.09.1978 CHN 2601 174
36 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2600 135
37 Tiviakov,Sergei 14.02.1973 NED 2599 141
38 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2599 168
39 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2596 165
40 Beliavsky,Alexander G 17.12.1953 SLO 2595 174
41 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2594 174
42 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2593 156
43 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2593 169
44 Tkachiev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2592 143
45 Macieja,Bartlomiej 04.10.1977 POL 2591 165
46 Movsesian,Sergei 03.11.1978 SVK 2583 165
47 Motylev,Alexander 17.06.1979 RUS 2583 174
48 Aronian,Levon 06.10.1982 ARM 2583 185
49 Huebner,Robert 06.11.1948 GER 2578 110
50 Almasi,Zoltan 29.08.1976 HUN 2577 143
Dortmund 2003
The "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2003" takes place in the
Dortmund Theatre 31st July - 10th August 2003. The event will be a double round
robin with 6 GMs (likely category 19/20). Players will include Vladimir Kramnik
(Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Viswanathan Anand (India) who have already
accepted their invitation. The winner of the Aeroflot Open in Moscow 10th-20th
February 2003 will also be invited along with Germany's new star GM Arkadi
Naiditsch (17) from Dortmund another top GM will complete the field. The Time
control will be 40 moves for 2 hours each player, 20 moves for 1 hour each
player, 15 min+30 sec. per move each player for the rest. The event will also
be a festival of chess with 2 Opens of different levels, arts exhibitions,
presentations of chess articles and many more activities. Contact info for
chess players, e.g. concerning the Dortmund Open and other events Mr. Stefan
Koth email: skoth17418@aol.com
Nigel Short vs. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Match
There will be a match between Nigel Short and Ehsan Ghaem Maghami in
Tehran, Iran 12th-17th February 2002.
Internet coverage: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
Stefansson - Movsesjan Match
The Hellir Chess Club in association with the main sponsor OLIS and
Guðmundur Arason are organising a 6 game match between GM Hannes Stefansson
(2569) and Sergei Movsesjan (2663) in Reykjavík, Iceland, 10th-15th
February 2003. Timelimit: 90 min + 30 sec per move. Last year Hannes Stefansson
played Nigel Short.
Internet coverage: http://www.hellir.is/ games will also be live
on ICC.
Reykjavik Cat XV
Iceland's Hrokurinn Chess Club is organising a category XV tournament
which takes place at the Reykjavik Art Museum, February 18th-27th 2003. The Cat
XV tournament (average 2618) has Michael Adams, Alexei Shirov, Ivan Sokolov,
Etienne Bacrot, Bartlomiej Macieja, Viktor Korchnoi, Luke McShane, Hannes
Stefansson, Helgi Gretarsson and Stefan Kristjansson competing.
Games will be broadcast live on ICC and the Club's website
http://www.hrokurinn.is
"Oskar-2002"
The chess community - journalists, publishers, organisers, arbiters and
grandmasters who write on chess - have for over 30 years been determining the
best chess-player and the Top Ten of the past year. The idea was first
introduced and supported by spaniard Jorje Puch and International Association
of Chess Press (AIPE). After a 7-years break the popular contest was revived by
the Russian magazine "64" - Chess Review (published and edited by A.Roshal, the
Chairman of FIDE CHIPS Commission).
64 invites that you offer your version of Top Ten for 2002. The one,
whose prognosis turns out to be the most exact, will be honoured the title of
"Prophet-2002". All the results will be published by "64" and will be available
on the Internet. Websites: http://www.64.ru and
http://www.chess-express.ru where you
can read about the results-2002 of challengers and vote. Also you can vote by
e-mail: chess@online.ru, info@joeblack.ru or by fax (095) 291 8717. Please help
64 to keep the tradition alive! Vote yourself, encourage your friends, publish
the information on their web-site, in your magazine, etc. Also you can ask your
reader’s opinion. Happy New Year!
"64" - Chess Rewiew, Russia, Moskow
4th Millennium Chess Festival
The fourth Millennium Chess Festival will again take place in Virginia
Beach, Virginia, USA. GMs and IMs receive special comps. Last year there were
219 players overall, and it is becoming well known. The event includes a
special "GM Exhibition/Dinner Match" between two GMs playing from different
rooms and explaining their thoughts for the audience.
Details: 4th Annual Millennium Chess Festival March 28-30, 2003
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA Prize Fund: $15,500 FIDE rated Info: Ernie
Schlich, eschlich@aol.com Website:
http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival
VII Cesenatico Internatonal Open
The VII International Chess Open Tournament in Cesenatico (Italy) takes
place 31st August - 7th September 2003. Venue: Palazzo Veronese Viale Carducci,
7 - Cesenatico (Italy). Phone and fax +390547673096 # Mobile phone
+39335.6615956.
Further details: http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
Email the organiser Jean Christophe Pirini at: info@antiquascom.it
7th Voronezh International
The 7th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th -
21st, 2003.
Events: 1.Rapid tournament, 2.Blitz tournament, 3.Master Open 4. FIDE
Open 5. Amateur Open (for unrated players).
Place of the festival: Voronezh Chess Club, Engels str.34,
ph.007-0732-551777, 007-0732-550531.
Tournament director: Alexander Raetsky, e-mail:
alex_raetsky@hotmail.com
Further details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open
New Correspondence Chess Server
A new commercial Correspondence Chess Server
http://www.chessfriend.com started in
January. Members with full membership will have to pay 120 Euro/year. For that
money the members get these additional serves: - free ticket to the annual CFC
championship (3 rounds, 42 games, prize fund 80.000 Euro, 1st prize 30.000
Euro) - free ticket to a CFC class tournament (single round, 6 or 12 games /
prizes 130/75 200/125/75 Euro) - free ticktet to the CFC OTB open (9 rounds
Swiss, start September 2003 in Germany, prize fund 18.000 Euro, 1st prize 7.500
Euro) - free PDF copy of Chess Mail by Tim Harding - 10% gross discount on all
items bought at http://www.chessgate.de - etc. There are single entries
possible for our Class tournaments (7 or 13 players) starting with an entry fee
of 10 Euro.
Address: http://www.chessfriend.com
40th Canadian Open Championship
The 40th Canadian Open Championships take place in Kapuskasing, Ontario,
hosts Canada's most important open event, July 12-20, 2003. First prize is $cdn
6,000, and the projected prize fund is $cdn 50,000. TD (Arbiter) of the
10-round event is IA Jonathan Berry. The Organizer is Denis Nadeau:
nadeaud@cscdgr.on.ca Further details:
http://www.kapchess.com/kapchess/open.html
Kapuskasing is a remote, wild location. A chess tournament there will be
an experience long remembered by players accustomed to big city life.
Cannes Swiss Tournament
The Cannes Swiss Tournament takes place 8th-14th March 2003. 9 rounds
with 2 games on 2 days. 10,000 Euro prize fund with a first of 2000, Entry Fee
60 Euro, Juniors 30. 40 moves in 2: 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Contact info@cannes-echecs.org
1st Chess Festival in Nancy
The 1st Chess Festival took place in Nancy (France) 3rd - 9th March
2003. The IM tournament full, but there are still places for several Elo round
robin tournaments (9 rounds) for non-titled players (with FIDE Elo or not).
Details: http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr
Stichting Schaak Groningen address change
The Chess Foundation Groningen (Stichting Schaak Groningen - SSG ) has a
new e-mail address joh.zwanepol@hetnet.nl. You can contact Johan Zwanepol the
executive director of the SSG at that address or Boerakkerweg 9, NL-9321 EL
Peize, The Netherlands tel. +31(50)5032744
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.
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
Patrick Wolff Chess-Site
Patrick Wolff has launched a pay site at:
http://www.wolffchess.com
Western Pacific Open
April 11-13 2003, 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 2003, 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 .
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
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 takes 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
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
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
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
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
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/
