THE WEEK IN CHESS 433 24th February 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Linares 2003 9 games
Hrokurinn Chess Tournament 25 games
11th Vasja Pirc Memorial 45 games
Cappelle la Grande Open 98 games
Aeroflot Open 2003 36 games
1st NAO GM 45 games
Belgian Teams Round 8 48 games
52nd Bulgarian Women's 24 games
Malaga Open 75 games
Jersey Open 104 games
12th IPCCC Paderborn 49 games
Hotel Opatija - February 9 games
Austrian Teams B-Mitte 72 games
639 games
My thanks to Harald Grafenhofer, Arthur Brameld and Adam Raoof, Javier
Rubio, Rumen Angelov, Steve Laios, Gérard Demuydt, Mikhail Golubev,
Mikhail Langer, Andy McFarland and ICC, Rod McShane, Pascal Villalba, Ales
Drinovec, Laszlo Nagy, Michael Rahal, Sinisa Drazic, Frank Quisinsky, David
Llada, Manoj Sapre, K Ozawa, Ilya Gorodetsky and everyone else who helped with
the issue.
The main story of the week is clear the Linares super tournament. Round
2 saw 15 year old Teimour Radjabov beat Garry Kasparov. Far too much can be
read into one game, it did after all in spite of good play from Radjabov,
contain a bad blunder (27.Rfd1?) from Kasparov. Radjabov wouldn't be playing in
Linares in the first place if he wasn't capable of this kind of result.
Nevertheless it must be the best single game result by a 15 year old and a
finishing score of 50% or more would be a tremendous debut. It is a measure of
the seriousness with which Kasparov views the tournament that this was his
first loss at Linares since 1997 when he lost to Vassily Ivanchuk. Kasparov has
played the tournament every year since.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The traditional Linares Supertournament (XX "Ciudad de Linares") is a 7
player double round robin with Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan
Anand, Peter Leko, Ruslan Ponomariov, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Teimour
Radjabov. After three rounds Kramnik leads with 2/3 ahead of Leko and Anand on
1.5/2. Round 2 saw Kasparov sensationally lose to 15 year old Teimour
Radjabov.
Schedule: The Opening ceremony and drawing - 21st February 2003. Round 1
22nd February - Last round and closing ceremony 9th March 2003 - Rest days 26th
February and 4th March 2003. Play starts at 14:30GMT.
Official websites: http://www.todoajedrez.tv and of the
sponsors is: http://www.elmundo.es
(coverage expected)
Info and analysis of Linares 1998, 2000 and 2002:
http://www.endgame.nl/linares.htm
Round 1 (February 22, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 18 D27 QGA
Anand, Viswanathan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 64 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Radjabov, Teimour - Leko, Peter 0-1 46 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian System
Round 2 (February 23, 2003)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 30 E15 Queens Indian
Kasparov, Garry - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 39 C11 French Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 40 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 3 (February 24, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 30 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Leko, Peter - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 87 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Radjabov, Teimour - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 11 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
XX SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 22 ii-4 iii 2003 cat. XX (2733)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 ** .. .. .. =. =. 1. 2.0 / 3 2861
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2736 .. ** .. 1. .. =. .. 1.5 / 2 2928
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2753 .. .. ** .. =. .. 1. 1.5 / 2 2874
4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2624 .. 0. .. ** .. 1. =. 1.5 / 3 2772
5 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2629 =. .. =. .. ** .. .. 1.0 / 2 2780
6 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2847 =. =. .. 0. .. ** .. 1.0 / 3 2597
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2734 0. .. 0. =. .. .. ** 0.5 / 3 2455
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Iceland's Hrokurinn Chess Club is organising a category XV tournament
which takes place at the Reykjavik Art Museum, February 18th-27th 2003. Alexei
Shirov leads on 4/5.
Games will be broadcast live (17-00 local time most days) on ICC and the
Club's website http://www.hrokurinn.is
(Icelandic) and http://icechess.com/Hrokur2003/index.php
(English)
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Hrokurinn Reykjavic ISL (ISL), 18-27 ii 2003 cat. XV (2617)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 * . . . . = = 1 1 1 4.0 2791
2. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2688 . * = . . 1 = 1 = . 3.5 2739
3. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2629 . = * 1 . . = = . 1 3.5 2749
4. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2642 . . 0 * 1 = . . 1 = 3.0 2647
5. Adams, Michael g ENG 2734 . . . 0 * = . = 1 1 3.0 2637
6. McShane, Luke J g ENG 2568 = 0 . = = * 1 . . . 2.5 2671
7. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2569 = = = . . 0 * = . . 2.0 2583
8. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2671 0 0 = . = . = * . . 1.5 2519
9. Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2516 0 = . 0 0 . . . * 1 1.5 2494
10. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2432 0 . 0 = 0 . . . 0 * 0.5 2282
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11th Vasja Pirc Memorial Tournament took place in Maribor (Slovenia)
from 17th-23rd February 2003. Young masters play against GMs Zdenko Kozul,
Adrian Mikhalchishin and Georg Mohr in a category VII event. Zdenko Kozul won
the event with 8/9. My thanks to Ales Drinovec.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0302/pirc
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11th Vasja Pirc Mem Maribor SLO (SLO), 17-23 ii 2003 cat. VII (2404)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2587 * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2734
2. Lenic, Luka SLO 2361 0 * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2533
3. Mikhalchishin, Adrian g SLO 2561 = = * = = = 1 1 = = 5.5 2466
4. Mohr, Georg g SLO 2486 = 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 5.0 2437
5. Brkic, Ante f CRO 2402 0 = = = * = = = 1 = 4.5 2403
6. Sebenik, Matej f SLO 2438 0 = = = = * = 0 = = 3.5 2319
7. Sakelsek, Tadej SLO 2320 0 = 0 = = = * = = = 3.5 2332
8. Ragger, Markus AUT 2265 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 3.5 2338
9. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2246 0 0 = 0 0 = = = * 1 3.0 2296
10. Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra wf YUG 2369 0 0 = = = = = 0 0 * 2.5 2241
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The Cappelle la Grande Open takes place 22nd February - 1st March 2003.
Players include: Alexander Moiseenko, Karen Asrian, Artyom Timofeev, Zahar
Efimenko, Eduardas Rozentalis, Suat Atalik, Edvins Kengis and Thomas Luther in
the field of over 600 players which has more than 80 GMs and more than 50 IMs.
The famous Shogi player Toshiyuki Moriuchi also competes. My thanks to Pascal
Villalba.
Website: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/home.php,
live coverage: http://www.echecs21.com,
http://www.chess21.com and
http://www.ajedrez21.com
100% scores after two rounds
Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (FRA), 22 ii-1 iii 2003
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Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2575 2/2
Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2501 2/2
Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2556 2/2
Potapov, Alexander1 m RUS 2500 2/2
Murey, Jacob g FRA 2486 2/2
Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2554 2/2
Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2551 2/2
Efimov, Igor g ITA 2480 2/2
Holzke, Frank m GER 2479 2/2
Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2541 2/2
Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2541 2/2
Jakubowski, Krzysztof f POL 2473 2/2
Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2469 2/2
Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2534 2/2
Janev, Evgeni g BUL 2465 2/2
Teske, Henrik g GER 2531 2/2
Sandipan, Chanda m IND 2464 2/2
Turov, Maxim g RUS 2525 2/2
Hebden, Mark g ENG 2515 2/2
Mista, Aleksander POL 2419 2/2
Bellaiche, Antony m FRA 2427 2/2
Shneider, Aleksandr g UKR 2511 2/2
McNab, Colin A g SCO 2423 2/2
Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2508 2/2
Czarnota, Pawel POL 2314 2/2
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2506 2/2
606 players
The Aeroflot Open 2003 took place in Moscow 10th-20th February 2003.
Viktor Bologan emerged as the winner on tie-break as he finished on 7/9 along
with Aleksej Aleksandrov, Alexei Fedorov and Peter Svidler. Bologan will
receive an invitation to play in Dortmund later in the year as part of his
prize. My thanks to ICC for their help with the games which have been few in
number (although scanned scoresheets are available for almost all games from
the official site).
Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com,
additional coverage: http://www.WorldChessRating.com
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Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-20 ii 2003
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1 Bologan V. MDA g 2630 7 2591,4
2 Aleksandrov A. BLR g 2633 7 2574,7
3 Fedorov A. BLR g 2579 7 2573,1
4 Svidler P. RUS g 2693 7 2546,1
5 Najer E. RUS g 2585 6,5 2601,0
6 Galkin A. RUS g 2568 6,5 2594,1
7 Rublevsky S. RUS g 2644 6,5 2577,7
8 Sakaev K. RUS g 2645 6,5 2572,0
9 Dreev A. RUS g 2690 6,5 2567,7
10 Smirnov P. RUS m 2572 6,5 2527,7
11 Ulibin M. RUS g 2581 6 2596,6
12 Dolmatov S. RUS g 2591 6 2589,4
13 Moiseenko A. UKR g 2597 6 2587,4
14 Bu X. CHN g 2569 6 2586,4
15 Savchenko S. UKR g 2539 6 2579,4
16 Gagunashvili M. GEO g 2563 6 2575,1
17 Sutovsky E. ISR g 2651 6 2572,0
18 Kaidanov G. USA g 2629 6 2554,4
19 Lugovoi A. RUS g 2540 6 2553,3
20 Popov V. RUS g 2579 6 2552,0
21 Morozevich A. RUS g 2678 6 2552,0
22 Mamedyarov Sh. AZE g 2596 6 2551,3
23 Kobalia M. RUS g 2635 6 2548,7
24 Shomoev A. RUS g 2541 6 2548,3
25 Tkachev V. FRA g 2642 6 2547,6
26 Khenkin I. GER g 2624 6 2544,1
27 Granda Zuniga J. PER g 2623 6 2537,6
28 Timoshenko G. UKR g 2539 6 2519,4
29 Romanishin O. UKR g 2543 5,5 2595,1
30 Nataf I-A. FRA g 2545 5,5 2590,3
31 Sadvakasov D. KAZ g 2523 5,5 2590,0
32 Lerner K. UKR g 2507 5,5 2588,6
33 Efimenko Z. UKR g 2590 5,5 2583,9
34 Kovchan A. UKR g 2536 5,5 2579,7
35 Smirin I. ISR g 2664 5,5 2561,0
36 Frolyanov D. RUS - 2447 5,5 2555,7
37 Van Wely L. NED g 2668 5,5 2555,4
38 Lautier J. FRA g 2670 5,5 2553,7
39 Malakhov V. RUS g 2677 5,5 2552,0
40 Jussupov A. GER g 2592 5,5 2551,6
41 Morovic Fernandez I. CHI g 2541 5,5 2549,9
42 Ovetchkin R. RUS m 2554 5,5 2549,7
43 Sorokin M. ARG g 2560 5,5 2547,9
44 Tregubov P. RUS g 2612 5,5 2547,3
45 Al Sayed M. QAT m 2431 5,5 2547,0
46 Ionov S. RUS g 2531 5,5 2530,0
47 Landa K. RUS g 2649 5,5 2528,9
48 Motylev A. RUS g 2640 5,5 2523,6
49 Belov V. RUS m 2540 5,5 2523,4
50 Milov V. SUI g 2592 5,5 2522,4
51 Izoria Z. GEO g 2565 5,5 2507,6
52 Adianto U. INA g 2562 5,5 2496,0
53 Yurtaev L. KGZ g 2547 5,5 2490,6
54 Burmakin V. RUS g 2575 5,5 2488,1
55 Inarkiev E. RUS g 2566 5,5 2487,4
56 Shaposhnikov E. RUS m 2543 5 2622,4
57 Goloshchapov A. UKR g 2523 5 2592,7
58 Bocharov D. RUS m 2524 5 2591,7
59 Deviatkin A. RUS m 2487 5 2582,4
60 Fressinet L. FRA g 2593 5 2579,9
61 Halkias S. GRE g 2521 5 2578,9
62 Zvjaginsev V. RUS g 2671 5 2576,7
63 Jobava B. GEO g 2559 5 2573,7
64 Kempinski R. POL g 2545 5 2573,0
65 Lastin A. RUS g 2636 5 2560,9
66 Degraeve J-M. FRA g 2542 5 2557,6
67 Bartel M. POL m 2447 5 2556,7
68 Anastasian A. ARM g 2555 5 2555,6
69 Grischuk A. RUS g 2712 5 2552,7
70 Chuchelov V. BEL g 2592 5 2543,7
71 Aronian L. ARM g 2610 5 2540,3
72 Kazhgaleyev M. KAZ g 2604 5 2536,0
73 Yemelin V. RUS g 2549 5 2529,3
74 Kotsur P. KAZ g 2586 5 2523,9
75 Alekseev E. RUS g 2614 5 2520,1
76 Vaganian R. ARM g 2667 5 2516,9
77 Amonatov F. TJK g 2551 5 2504,0
78 Shariyazdanov A. RUS g 2576 5 2499,3
79 Yakovich Y. RUS g 2579 5 2495,7
80 Sulskis S. LTU g 2567 5 2492,9
81 Eljanov P. UKR g 2571 5 2487,6
82 Chernyshov K. RUS g 2561 5 2460,7
201 players
Yuri Vasiliev of Sport-Express has interviewed FIDE President Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov at: http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?63354
Highlights (translation Mikhail Langer):
Ilyumzhinov: "Ponomariov agreed to all the conditions, worked out by the
FIDE commission in charge of organizing world championships. He agreed to play
with a 7-hour time control and dropped his claims for any privileges. Even
before, Ponomariov never raised the question of whether to play or not to play
against Kasparov. He was more concerned with the fate of the unification
process as a whole."
"As a matter of fact, it will be officially announced this Saturday in
Bucharest on the FIDE Presidential Board meeting...However, Sport-Express can
be the first in the world to announce it. Here are the principal dates of the
match: 19 June - 7 July 2003. It will take place in Buenos Aires. Prize fund:
no less than 1 million dollars. Match will take place under the patronage of
the Argentinean President, Eduardo Dualde, who is a big fan of chess and quite
a strong player himself."
Ilyumzhinov adds that the final reunification match will probably be in
Buenos Aires or New York in November and he has offers on the table. He would
be prepared to take Peter Leko if he can't come to an agreement with Kramnik.
He very much wants to hear that their match is going ahead.
On the FIDE Grand Prix "FIDE Grand Prix - that was the undertaking of
the former director of FIDE Commerce, Artyom Tarasov. You remember how I had to
save the tournament in Dubai..."
"Grand Prix was thought about completely as a commercial project. So
far, there are no interested sponsors. And FIDE cannot constantly pay money
from its own pocket. I hope, chess players also understand this."
Yasser Seirawan also gave a lengthy interview to Mikhail Golubev about
the situations discussed above for "Chess Today #836" you can read it at:
http://www.gmsquare.com/interviews/seirawan2.html
The 1st NAO Chess Club GM tournament took place 13th-21st February 2003
in Paris. The Category VIII (2438) was won by Alberto David. IM Norm and title
Sébastien Maze (2407) IM norms for Yannick Gozzoli (2419) and Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave (2348).
Internet site: http://www.nao-cc.com
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1st NAO GM Paris FRA (FRA), 13-21 ii 2003 cat. VIII (2438)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. David, Alberto g LUX 2548 * = = 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2550
2. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2348 = * = = = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2527
3. Gozzoli, Yannick FRA 2419 = = * = = = 1 = = = 5.0 2483
4. Maze, Sebastien FRA 2407 0 = = * = 1 0 1 1 = 5.0 2484
5. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2480 = = = = * = 1 0 = = 4.5 2433
6. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2529 = = = 0 = * = = = 1 4.5 2427
7. Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2438 = = 0 1 0 = * 0 1 1 4.5 2437
8. Nikcevic, Nebojsa g YUG 2468 0 0 = 0 1 = 1 * 1 = 4.5 2434
9. Husari, Satea m SYR 2335 = = = 0 = = 0 0 * = 3.0 2324
10. Brochet, Philippe f FRA 2407 0 0 = = = 0 0 = = * 2.5 2275
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Steve Laios sends games and results from round 8 of the Belgian Team
Championships.
Belgian Teams 2002-2003
Division : 1
Round 6 : Jan.12.2003
1. Leuven 1 - Jean Jaurès 1 5.0 - 3.0
2. Hoboken 1 - Gent 2 6.5 - 1.5
3. Temse 1 - Brugge 1 7.0 - 1.0
4. Eupen 1 - Eynatten 1 1.5 - 6.5
5. Charleroi 1 - Gent 1 5.0 - 3.0
6. Liège 1 - Rochade 1 5.0 - 3.0
Total games : 48
Standings after round : 06
Teams pts p.m
1. Eynatten 1 38.0 6
2. Liège 1 30.5 6
3. Temse 1 27.5 4
4. Rochade 1 26.0 3.5
5. LV Leuven 1 24.5 3.5
6. Hoboken 1 24.5 2.5
7. Charleroi 1 22.0 2
8. Gent 1 21.5 2
9. Eupen 1 20.0 1.5
10. Jean Jaurès 1 19.5 2
11. Brugge 1 19.0 2.5
12. Gent 2 15.0 0.5
The 52nd Bulgarian Women's Championships take place 20th February - 3rd
March 2003. Four rounds so far. My thanks to Rumen Angelov.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessbg.com/
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52nd ch-BUL w Sofia BUL (BUL), 20 ii-3 iii 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Djingarova, Emilia wm BUL 2267 * . . = . 1 . . . 1 1 . 3.5 2501
2. Raeva, Eiitsa BUL 2143 . * . . 1 . . = . . 1 1 3.5 2502
3. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2343 . . * . = . . 1 . 1 . 1 3.5 2480
4. Velcheva, Maria wg BUL 2255 = . . * . . . 1 = . 1 . 3.0 2406
5. Genova, Ruzka wm BUL 2233 . 0 = . * 1 = . . . . . 2.0 2148
6. Georgieva, Emilia BUL 2060 0 . . . 0 * 1 . . 1 . . 2.0 2169
7. Jovkova-Draganova, Petranka BUL 2046 . . . . = 0 * . . 0 . 1 1.5 2019
8. Bednikova, Stefi BUL 2214 . = 0 0 . . . * = . . . 1.0 2031
9. Besheva, Svetla BUL 2157 . . . = . . . = * . 0 0 1.0 1978
10. Topel, Zehra wf TUR 2131 0 . 0 . . 0 1 . . * . . 1.0 1986
11. Gocheva, Rumiana B wm BUL 2217 0 0 . 0 . . . . 1 . * . 1.0 2012
12. Boneva,Zvezdelina BUL ---- . 0 0 . . . 0 . 1 . . * 1.0 1979
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The 6th Malaga Open takes place 21st-29th February 2003. Sergei Tiviakov
leads with 5/5. My thanks to Javier Rubio for the information.
Internet coverage: http://www.malagajedrez.org/
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6th Open Malaga ESP (ESP), 21-29 ii 2003
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1 Tiviakov, Sergei NED 2635 g 5 14.5
2-5 Rizouk, Aimen ALG 2519 m 4.5 15.0
Cabrera, Alexis COL 2478 m 4.5 14.5
Cramling, Pia SWE 2492 g 4.5 14.5
De La Paz, Frank CUB 2441 m 4.5 13.5
6-16 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto ESP 2506 g 4 15.0
Korneev, Oleg RUS 2613 g 4 15.0
Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2478 m 4 14.0
Matamoros Franco, Carlos ECU 2460 g 4 14.0
Perez Candelario, Manuel ESP 2404 m 4 14.0
Vasquez, Rodrigo CHI 2481 m 4 13.5
Suba, Mihai ROM 2501 g 4 13.0
Leskovar, Mario ARG 2363 m 4 13.0
Collas, Didier FRA 2422 m 4 12.5
Kovacevic, Slobodan YUG 2396 m 4 12.5
Paz Ladron De Guevara, Daniel ESP 2323 m 4 12.5
157 players
The Jersey Open took place 16th-22nd February 2002. Jonny Hector won the
seven round Swiss with 6/7. My thanks to Arthur Brameld for the games and Adam
Raoof for the tables.
JERSEY OPEN 16-22 FEBRUARY 2003
FINAL STANDINGS AND PRIZES (£4850 in prizes awarded)
1 Jonny Hector SWE g 2570 6 £1,500 + 1st Trophy
2 Robert Bellin ENG m 2360 5 £625 =2nd
3 Anthony Corkett ENG f 2313 5 £625 + 2nd Trophy *
4 Craig Hanley ENG f 2359 5 £625 =2nd
5 Christopher Ward ENG g 2513 5 £625 =2nd
6 Richard Almond ENG 2127 4.5 £125 =6th
7 John Dodgson ENG 2122 4.5 £125 =6th
8 Alan Grant SCO 2255 4
9 Mark G Fraser SCO 2185 4 £125 =U2200
10 Paul Wojciechowski JCI 2158 4 £125 =U2200 + Best Jersey
11 Kevin Goater ENG 2016 3.5 £125 =U2040
12 Matthew Simmons JCI 2200 3.5
13 Arthur Brameld ENG 2076 3.5
14 Peter de Heer NED 2076 3.5
15 Paul M Kemp ENG 2028 3.5 £125 =U2040
16 Ian Clark ENG 2119 3.5
17 Jim Vickery ENG 2189 3.5
18 Anthony Fulton JCI 2205 3.5
19 Jamie Hopkins ENG 2032 3
20 Anthony Ashby ENG 2265 3 £100 Best Game Prize**
21 David Bennion WLS 2060 3
22 Jason Kouchak ENG 1824 3
23 Paul Kelly WLS 1904 3
24 Menashe Goldberg NED 2039 2.5
25 Hendrik Westerman NED 2098 2.5
26 Jeffrey Heath ENG 1688 2.5
27 Turgut Battal NED 1990 2.5
28 John Godfrey JCI 1661 2.5
29 Nicholas Durant JCI 1400 2
30 Christopher S Jones ENG 1544 1.5
31 Nicholas Walker JCI 1227 1
* Ties broken by sum of progressive scores.
Games input by Arthur Brameld.
** for his game against David Bennion in Round Four
Arbiters: Adam Raoof & Chris Jones
The 12th International Computer Chess Championships are taking place in
Paderborn, Germany February 19-23. Fritz Paderborn won the event with 5/7.
Internet coverage: http://www.uni-paderborn.de/~IPCCC/
Further news of computer events at:
http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm
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12th IPCCC Paderborn GER (GER), 19-23 ii 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1. FRITZ PADERBORN +13 + 6 = 8 + 2 - 5 + 3 = 7 5.0
2. YACE 0.99.79 = 3 = 9 + 4 - 1 = 7 +13 + 5 4.5
3. BRUTUS = 2 +12 = 5 = 8 +10 - 1 + 6 4.5
4. SOS + 7 - 5 - 2 +11 +13 = 6 + 8 4.5
5. SHREDDER = 8 + 4 = 3 = 6 + 1 = 9 - 2 4.0
6. GANDALF 6.0 +10 - 1 + 9 = 5 + 8 = 4 - 3 4.0
7. DIEP - 4 +14 =10 = 9 = 2 +12 = 1 4.0
8. IKARUS = 5 +11 = 1 = 3 - 6 +14 - 4 3.5
9. ANACONDA =12 = 2 - 6 = 7 +14 = 5 =11 3.5
10. COMET B58 - 6 +13 = 7 +12 - 3 -11 =14 3.0
11. PATZER =14 - 8 =13 - 4 -12 +10 = 9 2.5
12. HOLMES 0.8.19b = 9 - 3 +14 -10 +11 - 7 -13 2.5
13. QUARK 1.92 - 1 -10 =11 +14 - 4 - 2 +12 2.5
14. MATADOR III =11 - 7 -12 -13 - 9 - 8 =10 1.0
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There was a GM tournament in the Hotel Opatija, Rijeka, 7th-16th
February 2003. Zlatko Topalovic won the event 8/12. Games from the final three
rounds are now available.
Internet site: http://www.geocities.com/lnd_op/
Harald Grafenhofer sends games from the Austrian Team Championships
B-Mitte group.
IV Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"
IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI) reports that the Dos Hermanas City Council and
the Municipal Foundation for Sport of Dos Hermanas in conjunction with ICC (http://www.chessclub.com) and EDAMI (http://www.edami.com) are holding their fourth
Internet Chess tournament between the 14th and the 22nd of March 2003. The
event will take place on ICC and has cash prizes totalling 4.850 Euros (1st:
1.500 euros, 16th 100 euros) as well as other special prizes. There will be 12
Swiss System qualifiers (two per day) with the winner of each event progressing
to the final. Last years field included 56 GM and 97 IM over 1.460 participants
from 93 countries (GM Alexander Rustemov took first place). If you wish to take
part there are further details, rules and entry forms available at:
http://www.doshermanas.net
European Club Cup
The chess champions league in Crete The European Club Cup Men &
Women takes place in the CRETA STAR HOTEL 27th September-5th October 2003.
More than 400 chess players, the best in the world, will come to Crete
in order to claim the Champions League Title of Men and the Women. 7 round
Swiss there will be teams of 6 for the men and the right to use two
substitutes, and the teams of women will use 4 players.
Internet site: http://www.venizelia.gr
First Saturday GM March
The First Saturday tournaments take place 1st-13th of March 2003.
Places still available. Contact Laszlo Nagy: e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
GM cat.VII-VIII 10-14 participants:
IGM FARAGÓ, Iván (HUN), IGM HORVÁTH, Csaba (HUN),
IGM TODOROVIC, Goran (YUG), IM BALOGH, Csaba (HUN), WGM HOANG, Trang (VIE), IM
SZEBERÉNYI, Ádám, IM HORVÁTH, Péter (HUN),
WGM DEMBO, Yelena (HUN), IM FLUMBORT, András (HUN), FM BRUSTKERN,
Juergen (GER), IM KUSTÁR, Sándor (HUN), Possibles: IM WERNER,
Dimo (GER), IM BURNETT, Ronald (USA) PAPP, Gábor (HUN), IM SEDLAK,
Nikola (YUG), IM DOVZHIK, Yuri (UKR).
IM cat.I-II-III 10-14 participants "FIRST SATURDAY" Budapest
IM-tournament:
IM SCHNEIDER, Attila (HUN), HARMON, Clark (USA), IM JAKAB, Attila
(HUN), BOROS, Dénes (HUN), VASVÁRI, Tamás (HUN), FM
HAZNEDAROGLU, Kivanc (TUR), YEKE, Serkan (TUR), FM ANDREIKIN, Dmitry (RUS),
BÁNUSZ, Tamás (HUN), IM EPERJESI, László (HUN),
ALFRED, Nathan (ENG), DENCSI, Tibor (HUN), IM FARAGÓ, Sándor
(HUN), LAMPRECHT, Mark (GER), FM KOVÁCS, Gábor (HUN), PAPP,
Gellért (HUN), WGM GARA, Anita (HUN), WGM GARA, Ticia (HUN(?. FM RESIKA,
Nathan (USA), IM DOVZIK, Yuri (UKR), FM KORPICS, Zsolt (HUN(. Possibles: IM
TADIC, Branko (YUG, 2480), FM BRUSTKERN, Jürgen (GER), WIM ZIMINA, Olga
(RUS), IM ZHIDKOV, Valery (RUS), IM KAHN, Evarth (HUN), IM
KÁPOSZTÁS, Miklós (HUN).
FM events for ratings also.
Players for Pancevo IM
There is a Category IV IM tournament taking place in Pancevo (10km from
Belgrade), 28th February - 8th March 2003. The 11 round event has prizes (800e
in total) - 5 prizes,
Places available at last minute for players over 2300. Contact Drazic
Sinisa, sdrazic@eunet.yu
Internet site: http://www.drazic.co.yu
Asian Individual Chess Championships
The Asian Individual Chess Championships 2003 take place in Doha, Qatar
21st Feb- 3rd March 2003. Some details at:
http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=117
but no games. I don't have the official website.
John Knudsen vs. The World
Senior International Master-Elect John Knudsen is playing a "Rest of
World" match on the internet at http://www.chessworld.net. He is one of
the worlds leading promoters of correspondence chess, setting up the domain
http://www.correspondencechess.com
in 1996 which now hosts many of the major cc sites. There is a spectator URL
set up for this game at the following link:-
http://www.correspondencechess.com/knudsen/replay/row.htm
The match will be played at the rate of 5 days per move. Players will vote
their moves by clicking on the chess board while discussing and formulating
strategies and tactics in the Rest of World team forum. This match is open to
all who visit www.ChessWorld.net. Those wanting to play Knudsen will need to
login and follow the Opponents menu to 'Play SIM Knudsen'.
chessworld.net have a continuing
match against Patrick Wolff which has reached move 27.
Wolff,P - Rest of World www.ChessWorld.net 17.02.2003 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.d3 0-0
11.Bg5 Na5 12.Ba2 b4 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nbd2 h6 15.Bh4 bxc3 16.bxc3 Qe7 17.Re1 Rab8
18.d4 Ba7 19.Qe2 Rb6 20.Bg3 Nd7 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 c5 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Nxe5
dxe5 25.Rad1 Kh7 26.Qe2 f6 27.Bc4 Continues
37th Ballarat Begonia Tournament
The 37th Ballarat Begonia Tournament will be held in Australia 8th-10th
March 2003. 7 Round Swiss.
Website Ballarat Chess Club and Tournament
http://www.auschess.org.au/ballarat/bccindex.htm
Commonwealth Chess Championships
The Commonwealth Chess Championships for Men & Women And Boys &
Girls (incorporating an International Open Chess Tournament) takes place
19th-28th April 2003 in the Hotel Tulip Star, Mumbai, India.
Details: http://www.chessindia.org/advt/ad_comwel.html
FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships
The 2003 FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships take place in Tswane
(used to be called Pretoria), South Africa from 2nd-13th July 2003. More
information, online entry form, etc. can be found on the tournament website:
http://www.chessa.co.za/wacc2003/index.html
Czech Open 2003
The 14th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games takes place
10th-27th July 2003 Pardubice, Czech Republic. Many events.
More detailed information at the following address: AVE-KONTAKT, Sukova
1556, 530 02 Pardubice, CZECH REPUBLIC, tel./fax +420 – 466 535 200
e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz , http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen
VIII Cesenatico International Open
The VIII Cesenatico (Italy) International Open takes place 31st August
- 7th September 2003. The venue is the Palazzo Veronese Viale Carducci, 7 -
Cesenatico (Forlì Italy). Phone and fax +390547673096 #
Mobile phone +39335.6615956. Further details:
http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
Organiser Jean Christophe Pirini email info@antiquascom.it
SEA Games Chess Championships 2003
The 22nd SEA Games Chess Championships 2003 takes place 4th-14th
December 2003 at the Rex Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City. There will be 2 types of
events for men and women. 1 Standard Chess - 90 minutes with increment of 30
seconds per move. 2 Rapid Chess - 25 minutes with increment of 10 seconds per
move.
For each type, there will be individual and team events. The men and
women shall compete separately.
Further details: E-mail: ldc@hn.vnn.vn Website:
http://seagames22.com.vn/
Edda Rapid Tournament
The Edda Rapid Tournament will take place March 3rd-5th 2003. Time
control 25 minutes for the game and 9 rounds will be played according to the
Swiss system. The tournament is open for entry to anyone, from amateur to world
class player. However only 160 players can play in the tournament. The prize
fund is a generous, 30.000 USD with 10.000 going as a jackpot 1st prize. Also
there are prizes for best U-2400, U-2200, unrated FIDE, best woman, best junior
(born 1985 or later). Some players already registered are 1 Veselin Topalov BUL
GM 2743 2 Michael Adams ENG GM 2734 3 Alexei Shirov ESP GM 2723 4 Ivan Sokolov
NED GM 2688 5 Etienne Bacrot FRA GM 2671 6 Joel Lautier FRA GM 2670 7 Loek Van
Wely NED GM 2668 8 Emil Sutovsky ISR GM 2651 9 Victor Korchnoi SUI GM 2642 10
Predrag Nikolic BIH GM 2638 11 Johann Hjartarson ISL GM 2634 12 Michal
Krasenkow POL GM 2633 13 Victor Bologan MDA GM 2630 14 Bartlomiej Macieja POL
GM 2629 15 Pavel Tregubov RUS GM 2612 16 Jaan Ehlvest EST GM 2600 17 Hannes H.
Stefansson ISL GM 2569 18 Luke McShane ENG GM 2568 19 Tomas Oral CZE GM 2550 20
Igor Alexandre Nataf FRA GM 2545 21 Margeir Petursson ISL GM 2543 22 Nick De
Firmian USA GM 2537 23 Jan Votava CZE GM 2518 24 Helgi Ass Gretarsson ISL GM
2516 25 Henrik Danielsen DEN GM 2501 26 Helgi Olafsson ISL GM 2475 27 Nicolai
Vlassov RUS IM 2454 28 Fridrik Olafsson ISL GM 2452 29 Viktorija Cmilyte LTU IM
2452 30 Throstur Torhallsson ISL GM 2441
Internet site: http://www.icechess.com/Edda2003
Campomanes Sentenced to Jail
Former FIDE President Florencio Campomanes was sentenced to one year and
10 months imprisonment for "failure to render account on the disbursement" of
the Philippine Sports Commission’s (PSC’s) funds for the June 6-25,
1992 World Chess Olympiad amounting to P12.8 million. It seems highly unlikely
that Campomanes will be jailed. The case is another example of Campomanes
cavalier attitude to money which saw him preside over FIDE to the point where
it ran out of money. At the recent FIDE Congress he was angry to be questioned
over his continued high expenses.
Story:
http://www.philstar.com/philstar/search_content.asp?article=111428.
Campomanes responds:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/abs_news_body.asp?section=Sports&oid=15278
17th Pula Open
17th International Open Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2003" 1st-7th June
2003 in Pula, Croatia.
Further details: http://sahklubpula.virualave.net
12th Aurec Rapid Tournaments
The 12th Aurec Rapid Tournaments in Aurec (France) - 1st and 2nd March
2003. 2 rapid tournaments - 7 rounds/20 minutes Total prizes : Euros 7000 More
info : Olivier Deville, +33 4 77 35 41 21 - odeville@netcourrier.com
Internet coverage:
http://loirechecs.chez.tiscali.fr/20022003/Tournois/Aurec/Aurec.htm
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
"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
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
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.
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/
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
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.
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/
