THE WEEK IN CHESS 434 3rd March 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Linares 2003 18 games
Anibal Open 44 games
Hrokurinn Chess Tournament 20 games
Cappelle la Grande Open 277 games
52nd Bulgarian Women's Championships 42 games
Malaga Open 60 games
10th Metalis Open 120 games
Asian Individual Chess Championships 242 games
823 games
My thanks to David Llada, Simón Hernández, Rod McShane,
Ingvar Johannesson, Pascal Villalba, Rumen Angelov, Javier Rubio, Mirjana
Medic, Ebrahim Al Mannai, Laszlo Nagy, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Kaspars Migla and
everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Linares tournament has five more rounds to go and its still very
tight at the top with Kramnik leading on 5/8 from Leko on 4.5/7 and Kasparov
and Anand on 4.5/8. Any of these players can win this event and a tie at the
end is certainly possible. In a quiet announcement this week FIDE stated that
the Kasparov vs. Ponomariov match will be a World Title Match. Perhaps I'm
wrong but I don't think this was the initial plan as part of the Prague
agreement. FIDE describe it as a match between the World Champion (Ponomariov)
and the World Number One. The regulations leave open the possibility of
reunification with the winner of Kramnik - Leko but they will have a Champion
after their match.
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. With five rounds to go Kramnik leads on 5/8 half a point clear of
Peter Leko on 4.5/7 and Anand and Kasparov on 4.5/8. The standings aren't
totally clear because one player rests each round due to the odd number of
players.
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.elmundo.es -
Live
Coverage Page and http://www.todoajedrez.tv
The Anibal Open has started and after three rounds Beliavsky, Alexander
G g SLO 2649; Korobov, Anton m UKR 2509; Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2573 and
Kempinski, Robert g POL 2545 are all on 3/3. 125 players. Coverage:
http://www.todoajedrez.tv
Round 4 (February 25, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 16 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Leko, Peter 1/2 110 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 48 C12 French MacCutcheon
Round 5 (February 27, 2003)
Leko, Peter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 43 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Kasparov, Garry - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 43 E18 Queens Indian
Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 25 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 6 (February 28, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 36 C11 French Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1-0 72 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 41 D17 Slav Defence
Round 7 (March 1, 2003)
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 25 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kasparov, Garry - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 62 B19 Caro Kann
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 68 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 8 (March 2, 2003)
Leko, Peter - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 32 C12 French MacCutcheon
Kasparov, Garry - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 33 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 44 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 9 (March 3, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 33 C96 Ruy Lopez
Anand, Viswanathan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 28 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Radjabov, Teimour - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 39 D28 QGA
XX SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 22 ii-9 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. 1= =. 5.0 / 8 2833
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2736 =. ** =. 0. 11 =. 1. 4.5 / 7 2818
3 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2847 == =. ** 1. 0= 1. =. 4.5 / 8 2757
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2753 =. 1. 0. ** =. 1= == 4.5 / 8 2760
5 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2624 0. 00 1= =. ** =. =. 3.0 / 8 2674
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2734 0= =. 0. 0= =. ** 1. 3.0 / 8 2657
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2629 =. 0. =. == =. 0. ** 2.5 / 7 2648
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Iceland's Hrokurinn Chess Club organised a category XV tournament which
took place at the Reykjavik Art Museum, February 18th-27th 2003. Alexei Shirov
took clear first with 7/9. My thanks to Rod McShane and Ingvar Johannesson.
Games were broadcast live 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 = 1 1 7.0 2825
2. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2629 = * 1 = 1 = = = = 1 6.0 2740
3. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2642 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 = 6.0 2739
4. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2688 0 = = * 1 = 1 = = 1 5.5 2689
5. McShane, Luke J g ENG 2568 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2702
6. Adams, Michael g ENG 2734 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2647
7. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2671 0 = 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 3.5 2531
8. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2569 = = 0 = 0 0 = * = = 3.0 2497
9. Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2516 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2462
10. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2432 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 2286
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The Cappelle la Grande Open took place 22nd February - 1st March 2003.
Players included: Alexander Moiseenko, Karen Asrian, Artyom Timofeev, Zahar
Efimenko, Eduardas Rozentalis, Suat Atalik, Edvins Kengis and Thomas Luther in
the field of 600 players which had more than 80 GMs and more than 50 IMs. The
famous Shogi player Toshiyuki Moriuchi also competed. Vladimir Burmakin was one
of 7 players who finished on 7/9 finishing first on tie-break.
GM Norms: Dmitry Bocharov, Tigran Nalbandian, Alexander Mitra and Jakov
Geller. IM Norms: Thal Abergel, Duilio Collutiis, Pawel Czarnota, Elina
Danielian Sébastien Delaunay, Grzegorz Gajewski, Tigran Gharamian,
Bartlomiej Heberla, Krzysztof Jakubowski, Tomas Petrik and Stanislaw Zawadzki
(POL). WIM Dorota Czarnota.
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
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Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (FRA), 22 ii-1 iii 2003
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1 Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2575 7.0 2700
2 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2585 7.0 2672
3 Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2534 7.0 2668
4 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2566 7.0 2657
5 Geller, Jakov m RUS 2448 7.0 2635
6 Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2524 7.0 2607
7 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2538 7.0 2596
8 Nalbandian, Tigran m ARM 2465 6,5 2647
9 Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2561 6,5 2637
10 Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2554 6,5 2635
11 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2508 6,5 2616
12 Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2570 6,5 2610
13 Shneider, Aleksandr g UKR 2511 6,5 2608
14 Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2541 6,5 2594
15 Gajewski, Grzegorz POL 2436 6,5 2591
16 Klovans, Janis g LAT 2417 6,5 2589
17 Atalik, Suat g BIH 2581 6,5 2587
18 Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2546 6,5 2578
19 Delaunay, Sebastien FRA 2315 6,5 2577
20 Luther, Thomas g GER 2575 6,5 2571
21 Kuzmin, Gennadi P g UKR 2495 6,5 2569
22 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2531 6,5 2568
23 Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2557 6,5 2565
24 Bobras, Piotr m POL 2441 6,5 2554
25 Kovchan, Alexander g UKR 2536 6,5 2548
26 Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2537 6,5 2547
27 Heberla, Bartlomiej POL 2389 6,5 2523
28 Totsky, Leonid g RUS 2511 6,5 2523
29 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2528 6,5 2519
30 Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2541 6,5 2518
31 Guliev, Sarhan g AZE 2513 6,5 2516
32 Makarov, Marat g RUS 2512 6,5 2510
33 Potapov, Alexander1 m RUS 2500 6,5 2500
34 Iskusnyh, Sergei g RUS 2496 6,5 2493
35 Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2438 6,5 2492
36 Sprenger, Jan Michael m GER 2431 6,5 2492
37 Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2507 6,5 2473
38 Skripchenko, Almira wg FRA 2501 6,5 2440
39 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2571 6,5 2674
608 players
The 52nd Bulgarian Women's Championships took place 20th February - 3rd
March 2003. Margarita Voiska took clear first on 9/11. Svetla Jordanova appears
as Svetla Besheva in the rating list, I have chosen the latter for the table
and games but this may change in future FIDE lists. The Men's Championships
will take place May 5th-15th 2003. 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. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2343 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2418
2. Djingarova, Emilia wm BUL 2267 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2374
3. Genova, Ruzka wm BUL 2233 = = * 1 0 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2268
4. Velcheva, Maria wg BUL 2255 = = 0 * 1 = 1 0 = = 1 1 6.5 2229
5. Gocheva, Rumiana B wm BUL 2217 = 0 1 0 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2233
6. Raeva, Eiitsa BUL 2143 0 0 1 = 1 * = 0 1 0 1 1 6.0 2210
7. Bednikova, Stefi BUL 2214 0 = = 0 = = * 1 0 = = 1 5.0 2132
8. Georgieva, Emilia BUL 2060 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 0 4.5 2117
9. Jovkova-Draganova, Petranka BUL 2046 0 0 = = = 0 1 0 * = 0 1 4.0 2081
10. Besheva, Svetla BUL 2157 0 = 0 = 0 1 = = = * 0 0 3.5 2040
11. Topel, Zehra wf TUR 2131 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 * 1 3.5 2042
12. Boneva,Zvezdelina BUL ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 2.0 1925
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The 6th Malaga Open took place 21st February - 1st March 2003. Sergei
Tiviakov won with 7.5/9 half a point clear of the field. My thanks to Javier
Rubio for the information.
Internet coverage: http://www.malagajedrez.org/
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6th Open Malaga ESP (ESP), 21 ii-1 iii 2003
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1 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2635 7.5 51.0
2 Cabrera, Alexis m COL 2478 7.0 52.0
3 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2492 7.0 50.5
4 Matamoros Franco, Carlos g ECU 2460 7.0 49.5
5 Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2404 7.0 49.5
6 Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2478 7.0 49.0
7 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2613 7.0 48.5
8 Rasmussen, Karsten m DEN 2396 7.0 47.5
9 Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2519 6.5 50.0
10 Kovacevic, Slobodan m YUG 2396 6.5 47.0
11 Vasquez, Rodrigo m CHI 2481 6.5 46.0
12 Collas, Didier m FRA 2422 6.5 45.5
13 Suba, Mihai g ROM 2501 6.5 45.0
14 Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2443 6.5 42.5
15 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g ESP 2506 6.0 50.5
16 De La Paz, Frank m CUB 2441 6.0 50.0
17 Herrera, Irisberto g CUB 2439 6.0 46.5
18 Borbjerggaard, Lars m DEN 2383 6.0 46.5
19 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wg NED 2325 6.0 46.0
20 Munoz Moreno, Francisco Javier f ESP 2291 6.0 44.5
21 Leskovar, Mario m ARG 2363 6.0 44.0
22 Baron Rodriguez, Jesus m ESP 2414 6.0 44.0
Barria Zuñiga, Daniel f CHI 2351 6.0 44.0
24 Fernandez Siles, Luis ESP 2274 6.0 43.5
25 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2428 6.0 43.5
26 Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2446 6.0 43.0
27 Westerinen, Heikki M.J. g FIN 2374 6.0 41.5
28 Diez Gonzalez, Pedro Maria f ESP 2300 6.0 40.5
29 Aleksieva, Silvia wg FRA 2333 6.0 40.0
30 Jaksland, Tim DEN 2272 6.0 40.0
31 Paz Ladron De Guevara, Daniel f ESP 2323 5.5 49.0
32 Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2366 5.5 47.0
33 Leskovar, Matias ARG 2150 5.5 46.0
34 Saldano, Horacio m ARG 2442 5.5 45.5
35 Olsen, Peter Erik DEN 2270 5.5 43.5
36 Jaime Montalvan, Luis Felipe ESP 2307 5.5 43.0
37 Gutierrez Lopez, Carlos ESP 2172 5.5 42.0
38 Wempe, Joost NED 2313 5.5 41.5
39 Garcia Jimenez, Francisco Javier ESP 2185 5.5 41.5
40 Linan Baena, Jeronimo ESP 2176 5.5 41.5
41 Grichkevitch, Gilles FRA 2179 5.5 36.5
157 players
The 10th Metalis Open took place 26th February - 2nd March 2003. Bizovac
is near Osijek in Croatia. Ante Brkic won the event with 7.5/9. News from WGM
Mirjana Medic of the Croatian Chess Federation.
Further details:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/bizovac/03/index.htm
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10th Open Metalis, Bizovac CRO (CRO), 26-II-02-III 2003
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Final Standings
1 Brkic, Ante CRO 2402 fm 7.5
2 Zelcic, Robert CRO 2576 gm 7
3 Saric, Ibro BIH 2394 fm 7
4 Rogulj, Branko CRO 2427 im 6.5
5 Kutuzovic, Branko CRO 2389 im 6.5
6 Leventic, Ivan CRO 2453 im 6.5
7 Cebalo, Miso CRO 2527 gm 6.5
8 Loncar, Robert CRO 2439 im 6.5
9 Franic, Milan CRO 2425 im 6.5
10 Ascic, Pero CRO 2310 fm 6.5
11 Jovanic, Ognjen CRO 2432 im 6.5
12 Saric, Ante CRO 2350 fm 6.5
13 Krkljes, Slaven CRO 2132 6.5
14 Goric, Esad BIH 2315 fm 6.5
15 Teofilovic, Vjeran CRO 2242 6
16 Kristovic, Marijan CRO 2330 fm 6
17 Kovacevic, Blazimir CRO 2442 im 6
18 Sargac, Rajna CRO 2218 6
19 Bender, Ivan CRO 2271 6
20 Margeta, Zeljko CRO 2091 6
21 Pandurevic, Miro CRO 2259 5.5
22 Rosandic, Denis CRO 2287 fm 5.5
23 Medic, Mirjana CRO 2308 wgm 5.5
24 Dusper, Hrvoje CRO 2204 fm 5.5
25 Grbac, Boris CRO 2206 5.5
26 Cajzler, Hinko CRO 2204 5.5
27 Saulic, Vjekoslav CRO 1976 5.5
28 Devedzic, Osman BIH 5.5
29 Martic, Zlatko CRO 2253 fm 5.5
30 Sulc, Damir CRO 2271 5.5
31 Djukic, Zeljko CRO 2266 5.5
32 Drmic, Tomislav CRO 2124 5.5
33 Arbanas, Josip CRO 2250 5.5
34 Buric, Danijel CRO 2253 5.5
119 Players
The Asian Individual Chess Championships 2003 took place in Doha, Qatar
21st Feb- 3rd March 2003. Krishnan Sasikiran took clear first after a final
round win over Darmen Sadvakasov.
Internet coverage at: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=117
4th ch-Asia Doha QAT (QAT), 22 ii-2 iii 2003
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1 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2664 7.0 2742
2 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2500 6.5 2700
3 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2571 6.0 2651
4 Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2523 6.0 2627
5 Adianto, Utut g INA 2562 6.0 2625
6 Neelotpal, Das m IND 2406 6.0 2595
7 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2541 6.0 2599
8 Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2525 6.0 2596
9 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2560 6.0 2595
10 Kadhi, Hameed Mansour Ali m YEM 2334 6.0 2504
11 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar m IND 2556 5.5 2543
12 Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2542 5.5 2561
13 Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2540 5.5 2547
14 Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2529 5.5 2475
15 Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2507 5.5 2493
16 Kayumov, Sergey UZB 2479 5.5 2535
17 Bakre, Tejas m IND 2464 5.5 2478
18 Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2451 5.5 2521
19 Wu Shaobin g SIN 2545 5.0 2434
20 Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2519 5.0 2525
21 Paragua, Mark m PHI 2506 5.0 2520
22 Kostenko, Petr m KAZ 2497 5.0 2400
23 Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2487 5.0 2490
24 Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2586 4.5 2483
25 Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2507 4.5 2411
26 Villamayor, Buenaventura g PHI 2489 4.5 2444
27 Kakageldyev, Amanmurad m TKM 2469 4.5 2407
28 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2465 4.5 2412
29 Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2431 4.5 2428
30 Sadykov, Rustem KAZ 2412 4.5 2441
31 Annaberdiev, Meilis m TKM 2405 4.5 2344
32 Issa, Rafat f SYR 2331 4.5 2427
33 Abu Sufian, Sakil f BAN 2226 4.5 2428
34 Isaev, Jamshed m TJK 2438 4.0 2450
35 Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2416 4.0 2421
36 Aliev, Kerim m TKM 2317 4.0 2293
37 Hilwani, Talal SYR 2291 4.0 2222
38 Altanoch, Genden f MGL 2284 4.0 2316
39 Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2438 3.5 2268
40 Nezad, Husein Aziz f QAT 2334 3.5 2197
41 Saleh, Nabil UAE 2324 3.5 2229
42 Al-Zendani, Zendan f YEM 2313 3.5 2253
43 Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2309 3.5 2279
44 Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2278 3.5 2277
45 Mohammadi, H.R IRI 2250 3.5 2252
46 Al-Tamimi, Hamad QAT 2182 3.5 2244
47 Al-Marri, Omar QAT 2098 3.5 2200
48 Turpanov, Milan KGZ 2351 3.0 2176
49 Janahi, Zeyaad f BRN 2245 3.0 2181
50 De Silva, Nirosh SRI 2243 3.0 2162
51 Ayyad, Maher BRN 2200 2.5 2057
52 Kayle, Charles PLE 2063 2.5 2195
53 Ekrof,Ibrahim Shahab QAT ---- 1.5 1966
54 Hsmin,Mohamad Nasir QAT ---- 0.5
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There is one GM and two IM groups in the First Saturday March
tournament.
Daily news: http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0303/index.htm
The 12th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament will take place 15th-27th
March 2002 (rest days 19th and 24th March play takes place 13:30-20:00 each
day). The event is sponsored by J.J. van Oosterom and will take place in the
Vista Palace Hôtel in Roquebrune Cap-Martin Monaco. Prizes worth $193,250
are at stake.
Players: Zoltan Almasi, Viswanathan Anand, Evgeny Bareev, Boris Gelfand,
Vassily Ivanchuk, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Alexander
Morozevich, Alexei Shirov, Veselin Topalov and Loek Van Wely.
Info http://www.europe-echecs.com
The Edda Rapid Tournament takes place in the Reykjavik City Theatre
March 3rd-5th 2003. Time control 25 minutes. 9 round Swiss.
Registered players include: 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
The 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting took place in Bucharest,
Romania.
New GMs Grandmaster Titles BIH Bistric, Faruk BLR Azarov, Sergey GER
Handke, Florian IND Ganguly, Surya Sekhar RUS Novik, Maxim.
Further news of new titles:
http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=129
They also agreed the regulations for the Kasparov vs. Ponomariov match.
The winner will be the World Chess Champion (or FIDE World Chess Champion) this
is not called a qualifier as part of the Prague agreement. Details:
http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=126
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for March 1st 2003 has been released . Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and
calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
Results up to March 1, 2003
NN Name Birthday NAT RAT VAR
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2805 114
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2755 146
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2709 159
4 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2698 172
5 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2692 188
6 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2687 159
7 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2684 167
8 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2679 179
9 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2672 159
10 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2668 155
11 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2667 150
12 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2658 131
13 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2655 154
14 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2654 133
15 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2649 135
16 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2647 136
17 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2636 159
18 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2635 151
19 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2632 183
20 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2628 159
21 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2625 136
22 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2625 149
23 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2622 151
24 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2617 146
25 Zvjaginsev,Vadim 18.08.1976 RUS 2610 157
26 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2609 159
27 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2608 136
28 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 BIH 2608 140
29 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2607 170
30 Lputian,Smbat G 14.02.1958 ARM 2607 172
31 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2606 191
32 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2606 197
33 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2606 201
34 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2604 152
35 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2604 156
36 Goldin,Alexander 27.02.1965 ISR 2601 167
37 Zhang Zhong 05.09.1978 CHN 2601 174
38 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2600 135
39 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2600 209
40 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2595 165
41 Beliavsky,Alexander G 17.12.1953 SLO 2595 174
42 Tiviakov,Sergei 14.02.1973 NED 2593 150
43 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2589 150
44 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2588 166
45 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2587 169
46 Aleksandrov,Aleksej 11.05.1973 BLR 2586 156
47 Aronian,Levon 06.10.1982 ARM 2585 184
48 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter 01.08.1976 ROM 2583 145
49 Tkachiev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2582 145
50 Movsesian,Sergei 03.11.1978 SVK 2580 162
Latvian Championships 2003
Kaspars Migla reports that the Latvian Championships 2003 takes place in
Riga 5th-13th March 2003.
Internet coverage:
http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?cat=18&doc=6489&cmd=view
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
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/
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 (Viktor Bologan) 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
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
