THE WEEK IN CHESS 437 24th March 2003 by Mark Crowther
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12th Amber Tournament 60 games
6th United Insurance Tournament 71 games
Russian Junior Championships 27 games
Victor Ciocaltea Memorial 14 games
German Cup Final 23 games
IV Dos Hermanas Internet 68 games
Belgian Team Championships 48 games
Austrian Team Championships 180 games
Swedish Team Championships 520 games
19th Bad Woerishofen Open 190 games
17th Clichy Masters 10 games
1211 games
My thanks to Haroon or Rashid, Radu-Catalin Chirila, Laszlo Nagy, Axel
Fritz, Michael Rahal. Steve Laios, Harald Grafenhofer, Zeljko Kartal, Jovan
Petronic, Gagik Khanamiryan, Laurent Verat, Gerard Schendel, Juergen Brustkern,
Hal Bogner, Alan Muntadas and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Amber Blindfold and Rapidplay tournament, the traditional follow up
to the Linares tournament is well underway. Kramnik and Leko were the early
leaders but they have dropped back to be replaced by Anand at the head of the
field followed by Morozevich (who beat Kramnik 2-0 in round 8) and Boris
Gelfand. It seems to me that there is no one player in outstanding form at the
moment.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 12th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament takes place 15th-27th
March 2003 (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.
Website: http://chess.lostcity.nl/amber/
Blindfold Results and Standings
Round 4 (March 18, 2003)
Gelfand, Boris - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 41 B35 Sicilian Defence
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 32 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 27 E15 Queens Indian
Almasi, Zoltan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 43 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Bareev, Evgeny - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 32 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 43 D07 Tchigorin Defence)
Round 5 (March 20, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 23 D15 Slav Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1/2 39 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Morozevich, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 40 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Anand, Viswanathan - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 36 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 33 D27 QGA
Shirov, Alexei - Almasi, Zoltan 0-1 30 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 6 (March 21, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 26 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Topalov, Veselin - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 42 E04 Catalan
Leko, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 54 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Almasi, Zoltan - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 46 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Shirov, Alexei - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 42 C87 Ruy Lopez
Bareev, Evgeny - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 44 D35 QGD Exchange
Round 7 (March 22, 2003)
Gelfand, Boris - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 47 D15 Slav Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1-0 88 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 39 C42 Petroff's Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 51 E15 Queens Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 61 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 34 A70 Benoni
Round 8 (March 23, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 37 C11 French Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 37 C42 Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 23 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Almasi, Zoltan - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 44 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Shirov, Alexei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 26 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Bareev, Evgeny - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 29 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 15-27 iii 2003 cat. XIX (2707)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2700 * . = = . = 1 1 1 . 1 = 6.0 2882
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 . * 1 0 = = . = 1 1 1 . 5.5 2858
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2743 = 0 * . = . 1 . 0 1 1 1 5.0 2796
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2678 = 1 . * 1 1 0 0 . 0 . 1 4.5 2750
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2736 . = = 0 * = . = = 1 1 . 4.5 2769
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2753 = = . 0 = * 1 = . = . 1 4.5 2740
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2668 0 . 0 1 . 0 * 1 = . 1 1 4.5 2736
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2699 0 = . 1 = = 0 * . = . 1 4.0 2704
9 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2676 0 0 1 . = . = . * 1 0 1 4.0 2709
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 . 0 0 1 0 = . = 0 * 1 . 3.0 2640
11 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2729 0 0 0 . 0 . 0 . 1 0 * 1 2.0 2509
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 = . 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 * 0.5 2261
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Rapid Results and Standings
Round 4 (March 18, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 38 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Morozevich, Alexander - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 51 B40 Sicilian Classical
Topalov, Veselin - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 54 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Shirov, Alexei - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 20 C11 French Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 36 E15 Queens Indian
Van Wely, Loek - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 106 D12 Slav Defence
Round 5 (March 20, 2003)
Bareev, Evgeny - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 39 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 49 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Gelfand, Boris - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 51 A55 Old Indian Defence
Almasi, Zoltan - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 24 C70 Ruy Lopez
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 41 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 55 B19 Caro Kann
Round 6 (March 21, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 40 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Morozevich, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 114 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Gelfand, Boris - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 37 E04 Catalan
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Leko, Peter 0-1 37 E15 Queens Indian
Van Wely, Loek - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 44 E48 Nimzo Indian
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 49 D18 Slav Defence
Round 7 (March 22, 2003)
Bareev, Evgeny - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 48 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 31 C42 Petroff's Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 32 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 73 C42 Petroff's Defence
Almasi, Zoltan - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 68 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 35 C96 Ruy Lopez
Round 8 (March 23, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 25 B45 Sicilian Classical
Morozevich, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 65 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gelfand, Boris - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 27 A31 English Symmetrical
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 47 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Van Wely, Loek - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 47 D11 Slav Defence
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 48 E05 Catalan
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 15-27 iii 2003 cat. XIX (2707)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2753 * . 1 = . = 1 . = 1 = 1 6.0 2890
2 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2729 . * . = 1 = = 1 = . 1 1 6.0 2895
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2678 0 . * = . 1 0 . 1 1 1 1 5.5 2848
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2736 = = = * = . 1 = = 1 . . 5.0 2821
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2743 . 0 . = * = = 1 = . = 1 4.5 2744
6 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2700 = = 0 . = * . 1 . 0 = 1 4.0 2689
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 0 = 1 0 = . * 0 = 1 . . 3.5 2684
8 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2676 . 0 . = 0 0 1 * 1 . = = 3.5 2666
9 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 = = 0 = = . = 0 * = . . 3.0 2630
10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2699 0 . 0 0 . 1 0 . = * 1 = 3.0 2617
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2668 = 0 0 . = = . = . 0 * = 2.5 2552
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 0 0 0 . 0 0 . = . = = * 1.5 2454
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Combined Standings
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 15-27 iii 2003 cat. XIX (2707)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2753 ** 01 == == .. == .. .. =1 1= =1 11 10.5 2814
2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2678 10 ** =1 1= .. 11 .. .. 01 01 00 11 10.0 2802
3 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2700 == =0 ** .. == .. 1= 11 10 1= .. =1 10.0 2784
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2736 == 0= .. ** == == 1= == =1 .. 11 .. 9.5 2791
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2743 .. .. == == ** 0= 10 01 .. 1= 1= 11 9.5 2766
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 == 00 .. == 1= ** 1= 10 == .. 1= .. 8.5 2738
7 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2729 .. .. 0= 0= 01 0= ** 11 .. 01 0= 11 8.0 2702
8 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2676 .. .. 00 == 10 01 00 ** .. == 11 1= 7.5 2688
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2699 =0 10 01 =0 .. == .. .. ** 01 =0 1= 7.0 2661
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2668 0= 10 0= .. 0= .. 10 == 10 ** .. 1= 7.0 2650
11 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 =0 11 .. 00 0= 0= 1= 00 =1 .. ** .. 6.5 2662
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 00 00 =0 .. 00 .. 00 0= 0= 0= .. ** 2.0 2383
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The 6th United Insurance & United Leasing GM Chess Tournament-2003
takes place in Dhaka Bangladesh 8th-20th March 2003. Marat Dzhumaev, Sergei
Tiviakov and Ziaur Rahman all finished on 9/13. My thanks to Haroon or
Rashid.
Internet coverage: http://www.bcs-online.org/
6th United Insurance Dhaka BAN (BAN), 8-20 iii 2003 cat. IX (2466)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2507 * = 1 = = = = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 9.0 2604
2 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2635 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 9.0 2594
3 Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2542 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 2601
4 Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2525 = = = * 1 = 1 1 = 0 = = = 1 8.0 2548
5 Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2523 = = = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = = 8.0 2548
6 Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2546 = = 0 = = * = = = 1 = = = 1 7.0 2489
7 Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2435 = 0 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2497
8 Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2451 = = 0 0 = = = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2467
9 Magem Badals, Jordi g ESP 2493 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 * = = 1 1 1 6.5 2464
10 Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2451 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 = 1 6.0 2438
11 Neelotpal, Das m IND 2406 0 1 0 = = = = = = 0 * = 1 0 5.5 2413
12 Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2309 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * = 1 3.5 2303
13 Rahman, Taibur f BAN 2300 0 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 0 3.0 2268
14 Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2405 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 3.0 2260
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The Russian Junior Championships for Boys and Girls under 20 took place
in Essentuki 2nd-13th March 2003. Viltaly Bachin won the men's event on
tie-break from Alexander Evdokimov both scored 7.5/11. Ekaterina Korbut took
first from Natalija Pogonina both finished on 8.5/11. Games from the final two
rounds of the women's event are now available.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess-express.ru,
http://www.russiachess.ru and
http://www.ruschess.com
The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial took place 4th-16th March 2003. This was a
Category IX, average rating 2453, 14 player event organised by the RAT &
Central Club Chess. In addition there were Spring Festival GM and WGM events.
The last two rounds of the men's GM event won by Dmitry Svetushkin are now
available. Information: Radu-Catalin Chirila.
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Spring Festival GM Bucharest ROM (ROM), 4-13 iii 2003 cat. VIII (2429)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
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1. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2542 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 10.0 2578
2. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2497 1 * = = 0 = = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 9.0 2525
3. Lupulescu, Constantin ROM 2496 0 = * = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2525
4. Badea, Bela g ROM 2495 = = = * = = = = 1 1 = = 1 = = 8.5 2503
5. Vasiesiu, Dan m ROM 2435 0 1 = = * = 0 1 = = 1 0 = 1 1 8.0 2478
6. Moldovan, Daniel m ROM 2447 0 = = = = * = = = 1 = 1 = = = 7.5 2456
7. Mateuta, Gabriel m ROM 2402 0 = = = 1 = * = = 0 = = 1 = 1 7.5 2459
8. Ardelean, George Catalin m ROM 2450 1 = = = 0 = = * 0 0 = = 1 1 = 7.0 2427
9. Itkis, Boris m ROM 2452 = = 0 0 = = = 1 * = = = = 1 = 7.0 2426
10. Bets, Anatolij m MDA 2357 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 1 = * = = 1 = = 6.5 2404
11. Nanu, Ciprian m ROM 2456 = 0 = = 0 = = = = = * = 0 = 1 6.0 2376
12. Musat, Adrian f ROM 2410 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = = = = * = = = 5.5 2349
13. Radovanovic, Dusan YUG 2326 = = 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 = * = = 5.0 2333
14. Gordin, Artiom MDA 2275 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 = = = = * 1 5.0 2337
15. Soltanici, Ruslan m MDA 2389 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = 0 * 3.5 2238
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Laszlo Nagy reports that the Budapest Spring Festival took place
14th-22nd March 2003. Miklos Galyas and Jozsef Dobos finished on 7/9. Erdem
Kayar (Best Player under 2100) gained 46 ELO points in the event and Daniel
Werner 21 points.
Leading Final (Round 9) Standings:
1. Galyas Miklos 7.0 54.5
Dobos Jozsef 7.0 47.5
3. Jakab Attila 6.5 50.5
Berczes David 6.5 50.5
Habibi Ali 6.5 49.5
Bencze Laszlo Dr. 6.5 49.5
Werner Daniel 6.5 46.5
8. Martini Balazs 6.0 52.5
GOCZO MELINDA 6.0 49.0
Varadi Viktor 6.0 49.0
Bognar Csaba 6.0 48.0
Nagy Bence 6.0 48.0
Gorgs Alfred 6.0 41.5
87 players
The German Cup Finals took place in Berlin. Thies Heinemann took the
individual championships, SC Baden-Oos the team title. Unfortunately the key
game Svidler - Lutz has the final moves missing which were lost in a time
scramble. My thanks to Axel Fritz for his help.
Coverage:
http://home.arcor.de/friesenschach/Turniere/Pokalfinale_2003/Termine.htm
and http://home.arcor.de/friesenschach/
Individual Championships
Quarter Finals
Darius 0:1 Heinemann
Schnicke 0:1 Richter
Steinhagen 1/2 Dauth - Blitz 2:0
Herbrechtsmeier 1:0 Hebbinghaus
Semi-Final
Heinemann 1/2 Herbrechtsmeier - Blitz 2:0
Steinhagen 0:1 Richter
Final
Heinemann 1/2 Richter - Blitz 2:0
Team Championships
Semi-Final 22nd March 2003
SG Porz 3,5:0,5 SC Friesen Lichtenberg
Khalifman 1/2 Meister
Lutz 1:0 Thormann
Vaganian 1:0 Baumbach
Graf 1:0 Brameyer
SC Baden-Oos 2,5:1,5 Hamburger SK
Svidler 1/2 Ftacnik
Krasenkow 1:0 Gustafsson
Dautov 1/2 Hansen
Huebner 1/2 Mueller
Final 23rd March 2003
SG Porz 1,5:2,5 SC Baden-Oos
Lutz 0:1 Svidler
Graf 1/2 Krasenkow
Vaganian 1/2 Huebner
Khalifman 1/2 Dautov
3rd place playoff
Hamburger SK 3,5:0,5 SC Friesen Lichtenberg
Ftacnik 1:0 Thormann
Hansen 1:0 Meister
Gustafsson 1:0 Badestein
Mueller 1/2 Baumbach
The IV Internet Chess Tournament Ciudad de Dos Hermanas took place on
the Internet Chess Club (ICC), 14th-22nd March, 2003.
IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI, Barcelona) reports:
Dos Hermanas IV results: Porter(GM) wins! For the fourth time, the Dos
Hermanas tournament took place on ICC and again defended its position as the
most successful internet chess tournament. 1,117 people played, among them 67
Grandmasters and 103 International Masters. The players came from 75 different
countries.
The 32 top players from the qualifiers met in the knockout finals this
weekend.
1st prize (1500 Euro): GM Vladimir Potkin, Russia (Porter)
2nd prize ( 750 Euro): GM Pablo Zarnicki, Argentina (ZARNICKI)
3rd/4th ( 500 Euro): GM Vitaly Golod, Israel (Akula) IM Roi Reinaldo,
Spain (Reinalbo)
5th-8th ( 200 Euro): GM Konstantin Sakaev, Russia (K-Sakaev) GM Luke
McShane, England (McShane) GM Christian Bauer, France (crazyboy26) IM Csaba
Balogh, Hungary (BaloghCs)
9th-16th ( 100 Euro): GM Mikhail Kobalia, Russia (M-Kobalija) GM Alexey
Dreev, Russia (Igrok) GM Alexander Grischuk, Russia (depressnyak) GM Pavel
Jaracz, Poland (agnel) GM Ivan Ivanisevic, Yugoslavia (ikica) GM Levon Aronian,
Armenia (L-Aronian) GM Sergey Shipov, Russia (Crest) GM Ildar Ibragimov, USA
(ildar)
The first three non GM/IM players winning a 6-month extension prize on
ICC were: GeneraLisimus, krechet and VASTA-EDUARDO.
The first three non-members of ICC, also winning 6 months were:
Vovchik, Matrica and Garun.
Six 6-month extension prizes were raffled between all participants. The
winners are: gagomez, JHains2, SchaakSchaap, Zillmer, Jacobiano and pdubz.
All games played in the tournament are available in the results section
at http://www.doshermanas.net. This
event was sponsored by the Dos Hermanas City Council, the Municipal Foundation
for Sport of Dos Hermanas and EDAMI (Miguel Illescas Chess School).
Dos Hermanas Internet Knockout 2003
Final
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Potkin,Vladimir 2.0
Zarnicki,Pablo 0.0
Semifinal
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Potkin,Vladimir 1.5
Golod,Vitali 0.5
Reinaldo Castineira,Roi 0.5
Zarnicki,Pablo 1.5
Quarterfinal
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Potkin,Vladimir 2.0
Sakaev,Konstantin 0.0
Golod,Vitali 2.0
Bauer,Christian 0.0
Reinaldo Castineira,Roi 1.5
Balogh,Csaba 0.5
Zarnicki,Pablo 1.5
McShane,Luke 0.5
Round 2
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Potkin,Vladimir 2.0
Kobalia,Mihail 1.0
Ivanisevic,Ivan 0.0
Sakaev,Konstantin 2.0
Golod,Vitali 1.5
Grischuk,Alexander 0.5
Bauer,Christian 1.5
Shipov,Sergei 0.5
Reinaldo Castineira,Roi 2.0
Jaracz,Pawel 0.0
Balogh,Csaba 2.0
Ibragimov,Ildar 0.0
Zarnicki,Pablo 2.0
Dreev,Alexey 0.0
McShane,Luke 1.5
Aronian,Levon 0.5
Round 1
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Potkin,Vladimir 2.0
Izoria,Zviad 0.0
Kobalia,Mihail 2.0
Gonzalez Garcia,Jose 0.0
Sokolovs,Andrei 0.5
Ivanisevic,Ivan 1.5
Szmetan,Jorge 0.0
Sakaev,Konstantin 2.0
Cicak,Slavko 0.5
Golod,Vitali 1.5
Mamedov,Rauf 0.0
Grischuk,Alexander 2.0
Vasquez,Rodrigo 1.0
Bauer,Christian 2.0
Cabrera,Alexis 1.0
Shipov,Sergei 2.0
Reinaldo Castineira,Roi 1.5
Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 0.5
Nakamura,Hikaru 1.5
Jaracz,Pawel 1.5
Balogh,Csaba 2.0
Volkov,Sergey 0.0
Roiz,Michael 0.5
Ibragimov,Ildar 1.5
Yu Shaoteng 0.0
Zarnicki,Pablo 2.0
Kahn,Evarth 1.5
Dreev,Alexey 1.5
Solak,Dragan 1.5
McShane,Luke 1.5
Soppe,Guillermo 0.5
Aronian,Levon 1.5
The 10th of 11 rounds of the Belgian Team Championships were played on
March 9th 2003. My thanks to Steve Laios for results and games.
Belgian Teams 2002-200 Division 1
Round 10 : Mar.09.2003
1.Charleroi 1 - Jean Jaurès 1 3.5 - 4.5
2.Leuven 1 - Temse 1 1.5 - 6.5
3.Liège 1 - Gent 2 6.5 - 1.5
4.Rochade 1 - Brugge 1 4.5 - 3.5
5.Gent 1 - Eynatten 1 3.5 - 4.5
6.Eupen 1 - Hoboken 1 4.0 - 4.0
Standings after round 10
Teams pts mp
1. Eynatten 1 59.0 10
2. Temse 1 52.0 8
3. Liège 1 48.5 9
4. Rochade 1 42.5 6.5
5. Hoboken 1 42.0 5
6. Charleroi 1 38.0 4
7. Gent 1 36.5 3
8. Leuven 1 35.0 3.5
9. Eupen 1 34.5 3
10. Brugge 1 34.0 3.5
11. Jean Jaurès 1 31.5 4
12. Gent 2 26.5 0.5
The Austrian Team Championships concluded in Fuerstenfeld March
14th-16th 2003. The 11 round competition was won by Austria Graz (Peter Wells,
Robert Rabiega, Mladen Muse, Thomas Paehtz, Aljosa Grosar, Harald Herndl, Kurt
Fahrner, Erich Frosch top scorer with 7.5/11 and Hubert Ebner). The B Mitte
Group has also finished with Union Ansfelden taking the title. My thanks to
Harald Grafenhofer.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.at/
Staatsliga A
Rg. Team Wtg1 Wtg2
1 Austria Graz 40.5 17
2 Tschaturanga 39.5 15
3 Gleisdorf 37.0 14
4 Jenbach 36.0 13
5 Die Klagenfurter 35.0 15
6 Merkur/Frohnleiten 34.0 12
7 Melk 33.0 8
8 Fürstenfeld 32.5 11
9 Hohenems 32.0 9
10 Absam 31.5 12
11 Hietzing/Fischer 23.0 3
12 Mozart Salzburg 22.0 3
Staatsliga B Mitte - final standing
Rg. Mannschaft Wtg1 Wtg2 Wtg3
1 Union Ansfelden 46.5 18 0
2 Maria Saal 40.5 17 0
3 Styria 39.5 16 0
4 Voest 37.5 12 0
5 Strassenbahn 35.5 13 0
6 Leoben 33.5 14 0
7 Trofaiach-Niklasdo 32.5 10 0
8 Hörsching 32.0 10 0
9 St.Valentin 30.5 9 0
10 Klagenfurt 29.5 10 0
11 Frohnleiten 21.0 3 0
12 Leibnitz 17.5 0 0
Zeljko Kartal reports: The Swedish Team Championships took place
October 11th 2002 - March 16th 2003. The team title went to defending champions
Sollentuna SK from Stockholm for the 4th time. 26 GMs and 20 IMs - Alexei Dreev
(RUS), Ivan Sokolov (NED), Jan Timman (NED), Ferdinand Hellers, Ulf Andersson,
Evgenij Agrest and Nick de Firmian (USA).
Complete results, pictures, players, all games online & PGN:
Schackcentralen - http://www.schackcentralen.com/elit_new.asp
Final results
1 Sollentuna SK 19
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2 SK Rockaden 19
3 Limhamns SK 18
4 Skara SS 18
5 SK Passanten 11
6 SS Manhem 10
7 Farsta SK 9
8 LASK 9
9 Södra SASS 8
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10 Eksjö SK 4
11 Wasa SK 4
12 Helsingborgs ASK 3
The 19th Bad Woerishofen Open took place 13th-21st March 2003 Stanislav
Savchenko won the event with 7.5/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessorg.de/html/open.html
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19th Open Bad Woerishofen GER (GER), 13-21 iii 2003
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1. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2539 7.5 49.5
2. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2541 7.0 57.0
3. Rotstein, Arkadij g GER 2544 7.0 55.5
4. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2613 7.0 53.5
5. Levin, Felix g GER 2523 7.0 52.5
6. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2549 7.0 52.0
7. Kritz, Leonid m GER 2484 6.5 55.0
8. Prie, Eric g FRA 2446 6.5 55.0
9. Gutman, Lev g GER 2495 6.5 54.0
10. Teske, Henrik g GER 2531 6.5 53.0
11. Handke, Florian m GER 2516 6.5 52.0
12. Sprenger, Jan Michael m GER 2431 6.5 50.5
13. Seifert, Volker GER 2310 6.5 50.0
14. Pirrot, Dieter m GER 2411 6.5 49.5
15. Heika, Martin GER 2355 6.5 48.0
16. Lieb, Harald f GER 2336 6.5 47.5
17. Meier, Volker f GER 2294 6.5 46.5
18. Donchenko, Anatoly G m GER 2463 6.5 45.5
19. Jenni, Florian g SUI 2516 6.5 44.0
20. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2570 6.0 56.0
21. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2526 6.0 52.5
22. Sandipan, Chanda m IND 2464 6.0 51.5
23. Hermann, Manfred m GER 2341 6.0 50.5
24. Kohlweyer, Bernd m GER 2454 6.0 49.5
25. Keller, Manfred GER 2214 6.0 49.0
26. Henrichs, Thomas m GER 2439 6.0 48.0
27. Schuette, Manfred GER 2280 6.0 46.0
28. Peschlow, Patrick GER 2228 6.0 46.0
29. Pitl, Gregory GER 2280 6.0 46.0
30. Kauch, Markus GER 2263 6.0 45.5
31. Werner, Clemens f GER 2334 6.0 45.5
32. Schaefer, Michael GER 2186 6.0 45.0
33. Kugelmann, Werner GER 2185 6.0 45.0
34. Pflug, Matthias GER 2241 6.0 44.5
35. Hillenbrand, Alexander GER 2155 6.0 43.0
36. Akstinat Sven-Holger GER ---- 6.0 42.5
37. Schiffer, Steve GER 2171 6.0 39.5
38. Kunin, Vitaly m GER 2476 5.5 54.0
39. Kupreichik, Viktor D g BLR 2490 5.5 52.5
40. Buchner, Rudolf GER 2301 5.5 50.0
222 players
The 17th Clichy Masters take place 22nd-30th March 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.clichy-echecs.org/
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17th Masters Clichy FRA (FRA), 22-30 iii 2003 cat. IV (2329)
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1. Toulzac, Pierre-Yves f FRA 2246 * . . = . 1 . . . . 1.5 2431
2. Velikov, Petar g BUL 2435 . * = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2497
3. Serafimov, Tervel BUL 2268 . = * . = . . . . . 1.0 2482
4. Sidhoum, Jacky FRA 2150 = . . * = . . . . . 1.0 2387
5. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2529 . . = = * . . . . . 1.0 2209
6. Onkoud, Abdelaziz MAR 2326 0 . . . . * 1 . . . 1.0 2305
7. Le Roux, Jean-Pierre FRA 2364 . . . . . 0 * 1 . . 1.0 2339
8. Verat, Laurent f FRA 2353 . . . . . . 0 * 1 . 1.0 2321
9. Draoui, Najib MAR 2278 . . . . . . . 0 * 1 1.0 2346
10. Grimberg, Gilbert f FRA 2340 . 0 . . . . . . 0 * 0.0
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The 1st Annual Closed Tournament of Chess Academy of Armenia Yerevan,
Armenia, took place 7th-15th March, 2003. Davit Shengelia won the event. No
games available.
Final Standings:
1. Shengelia Davit 8.5
2. Pashikyan Arman 7.0
3. Haruthunyan Davit 6.5
4. Gaprindashvili Valerian 6.5
5. Haruthunyan Gevorg 6.0
6. Mkrtchyan Lilit 5.5
7. Petrosyan Davit 5.0
8. Petrosyan Tigran 5.0
9. Mahjoob Morteza 4.5
10. Andriasyan Zaven 4.0
11. Galoyan Lilit 4.0
12. Khachatryan Vahagn 3.5
Further details: http://www.hichess.am
http://lilleedn.free.fr/ reports
on the final weekend of the French National II division. Of particular interest
is the score of Mario Mancini who plays for Lille EDN in the north of France
who has scored 9/9 with a performance of 2762.
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was in Baghdad, Iraq on Monday 17th
March 2003. "Neither S. Hussein nor his sons will leave Iraq and are ready to
defend their country" Ilyumzhinov is quoted as saying. He met Uday Saddam
Hussein, who heads Iraq's national Olympic committee at 5am in the morning.
Report:
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2397426.
A further report has Ilyumzhinov evading questions as to whether he had
discussed asylum with Uday.
http://www.russiajournal.com/news/cnews-article.shtml?nd=36103.
"I know that many countries have talked about that but the president of Iraq,
Saddam Hussein, has said he hasn't thought about it and he won't go anywhere.
He'll stay in his homeland."
XII Dos Hermanas tournament
The XII Dos Hermanas over the board tournament takes place March 28th -
April 5th 2003. Alexei Shirov, Alexander Khalifman, Alexey Dreev, Sergey
Tiviakov, Francisco Vallejo, Vladimir Epishin, Alexander Rustemov, Miguel
Illescas, Sergey Karjakin and Daniel Campora compete in an event that should be
Category XVI.
Further details: http://www.doshermanas.net
16th "Ciudad de León"
Topalov and Ponomariov were in Madrid on March 10th to promote the
announcement of the Leon rapid tournament in June sponsored by the Spanish
sports newspaper Marca.
The 16th "Ciudad de León" chess tournament will take place June
5th-9th 2003 in León, Spain. This year it will be a quadrangular
knockout rapid tournament (not advanced chess ie no computers as in recent
years) 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".
2 semi-finals of 4 games - 20 minutes + 10 seconds per move. Schedule:
Friday June 6th : First Semi final: Topalov - Karjakin Saturday June 7th Second
Semi final : Ponomariov - Vallejo Sunday June 8th: Final.
The official web sites will be:
http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament
The Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament will take place in in
Budapest 11th-20th April 2003.
Players: Peter Leko 2736, Judit Polgar 2700 Boris Gelfand 2700, Nigel
Short 2690, Zoltan Almasi 2676, Sergei Movsesian 2663, Viktor Korchnoi 2643,
Christopher Lutz 2640, Peter Acs 2623 and Ferenc Berkes 2570.
No official page yet.
Asian Teams
The Asian Team Chess Championships will be held in Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
India April 7th-17th 2003. Teams: Afghanistan, China, India, Indonesia, Iran,
Kazhakistan, Kyrgis Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Turkmenistan and
Vietnam.
Further details: http://www.asianteamchess2003.com
St-Quentin-en-Yvelines Open tournament
The 6th St-Quentin-en-Yvelines Open tournament takes place 12th-19th
April 2003. The open is near Paris and playing hall is a 13th century
"chapelle".
Details in English: http://www.point-barre.com/sqy
Friends of Hastings International Chess Congress
A new fundraising scheme has been launched by Hastings International
Ches s Congress. Hastings Borough Council has generously agreed to continue its
support of this important historic event but funding for 2003/04 has been cut
from £32,740 last year, to £21,000 with a promise of a further
£5,000 if £5,000 match funding can be secured by the Congress.
Details available at: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2003
The final lineup for the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2003 has been
announced.
The six players are Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik,
his challenger Peter Leko, Viswanathan Anand, the winner of Wijk aan Zee,
Arkadi Naiditsch, Germany’s big hope, Viorel (Viktor) Bologan from
Moldavia who qualified via the Aeroflot open and Teimour Radjabov from
Azerbaijan who recently competed at the Linares tournament.
The double round robin event takes place at the Dortmund Theatre 31st
July - 10th August 2003.
The Sparkassen Open will take place at the Town Hall of Dortmund,
Friedensplatz, 1st - 10th August 2003. For more information and registration
please contact Schachfreunde Brackel. Phone: 0049-231/2009265 or
0049-231/2000560. http://www.schachfreunde-brackel.de
Maurice Ashley on draws
GM Maurice Ashley comments on the long discussed issue of early
draws.
Read the article at:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/ashley03.html
Duif Calvin's suggestions for tournament details
Duif Calvin has come up with a list for chess promoters of information
that is useful for chess fans to know when they're announcing their events. You
can read it at: http://jaderiver.com/chess/promote.html
1st Cergy-Pontoise International Rapid Open
The 1st Cergy-Pontoise International Rapid Open Tournament will be held
22-23 March 2003 at Cergy (north of Paris). 10 rounds (3 on Saturday and 7 on
Sunday). 30 minutes per player with handicap according to category. Free for
IMs and IGMs. Special Exhibition Game by GMs Nataf and Fressinet. First prize
€ 2300 if 700 players registered. For more information, go to the
websites: http://cpechecs.free.fr and
http://www.organisechecs.com
Brno 2003
The Brno 2003 tournaments take place 28 June - 6th July 2003 in the
Club VA, Sumavska 4, Brno. Various open and closed events.
Further Information: http://volny.cz/skduras
Gausdal Classics
Gausdal Classics is played at Gausdal Høifjellshotell in Norway
3rd - 11th April 2003. The tournament has 3 closed groups, each with 12
players. There will be one GM-group, one IM-group and one ELO-group. With 11
rounds there will be great norm chances in the two highest groups. There are
still a couple of places left for players rated above 2200 in the GM- and
IM-group. The players will have to pay a packet price including participation
in the tournament as well as room and meals at the playing hotel. Contact: IA
Hans Olav Lahlum at ailto:hanso.lahlum@c2i.net as soon as possible.
Homepage: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/gausdal2003/
6th Tanta Open 2003
The Tanta Open has been postponed but will take place in the
future.
Belfort International Open
The 9th International Grand Prix in Belfort takes place 12th-17th April
2003.Frutehr details contact belfortechecs@wanadoo.fr
SIS-MH Masters
Viswanathan Anand will play in the SIS-MH Masters, Denmark, April
4th-6th 2003. Danish television will cover the SIS-MH Masters in Middelfart on
the Danish island of Funen April 5th-6th. Viswanathan Anand will be challenged
by the GMs Peter Heine Nielsen and Curt Hansen of Denmark together with GM
Jonny Hector, Sweden in a double round robin event with rapid games. The winner
will receive a beautiful trophy donated by the town of Middelfart whose mayor,
Steen Dahlberg, will present it himself on the evening of Sunday April 6. The
event will be played during the hours 13.00 - 19.00 on both days. Arbiter will
be IA Martin Noer.
In a VIP simultaneous display Friday April 4 Anand will meet with
celebrities from the Danish society, headed by former foreign minister Niels
Helveg Petersen who is a chess player of considerable strength; the
internationally famous violin virtuosa Kim Sjøgren, the political
commentator Peter Lautrup Larsen, at the same time a master of chess, etc. The
Danish television station DR2 will make a program of 30 minutes from the three
days to be included in a program with chess as the theme on April 14. The event
is organized by the Union in Support of Danish Chess to celebrate that it has
now existed for 40 years. At the same time the Danish Chess Union celebrates
its 100th anniversary and is one of the main sponsors of the event.
Live coverage of the games and further information at:
http://www.sis-mh-masters.dk
Coulsdon Easter Chess Congress
The Coulsdon Easter Chess Congress takes place Friday 18th - Saturday
19th April 2003
Details and entry form can be found at:
http://www.ccfs.freeserve.co.uk/Chess/mainmenu.html
Click on the Long Play Congress Link for details.
Saint-Petersburg vs. Paris
Distance chess match Saint-Petersburg vs. Paris May 28 2003, at the day
of celebration of the 300 years anniversary of Saint-Petersburg, will take
place the first in the history match in distance chess between Saint-Petersburg
team and French club "NAO chess club". http://www.ruschess.com/
1st 'Stroer' Trophy
The 1st 'Stroer' Trophy Grand-Masters Lady's Cup takes place 8th-15th
March 2003.
Players: WGM Zhao Xue CHN (2428) ; WGM Christina Foisor FRA (2403) ;
WGM Marie Sebag FRA (2403) ; WGM Maria Leconte FRA (2322) ; WIM Monica Calzetta
ESP (2290) ; WIM Emilia Djingarova BUL (2267) ; WIM Sophie Milliet FRA (2231) ;
WIM Christine Flear FRA (2213) ; WIM Anne Muller FRA (2176) et Mélanie
Vérot FRA (2044)
Internet coverage: http://www.cannes-echecs.org/stroercup/
12th Amber Blindfold and Rapid
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
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
"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/
