THE WEEK IN CHESS 438 31st March 2003 by Mark Crowther
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12th Amber Tournament 36 games
XII Dos Hermanas tournament 45 games
Luebeck win the German Bundesliga 64 games
Bangladesh Championships 24 games
Budapest Spring Festival 176 games
Hungary-Slovenia U-18 Girls Match 16 games
1st 'Stroer' Trophy 45 games
17th Clichy Masters 35 games
German Cup Final Clarification 1 game
442 games
My thanks to Haroon or Rashid, Jovan Petronic, Laszlo Nagy, Axel Fritz,
Michael Rahal. Juergen Brustkern, Korpics Zsolt, Ben Finegold, Aard Daanen,
Sinisa Joksic, Ole Valaker, Lawrence Cooper and everyone else who helped with
the issue.
Viswanathan Anand took first place in the Amber Rapid. Anand finished a
point clear of Peter Leko and last years winner Alexander Morozevich. Kramnik
doesn't seem to be quite back to his best, only one win in the rapid against
tail ender Ljubojevic is a pretty astounding return. At the moment the question
as to the best player seems genuinely open to debate for the first time in
years. Kasparov, Kramnik, Leko and Anand could all make cases. In rapid chess
both Kasparov and Kramnik have turned in surprisingly bad results recently
(this event for Kramnik and the USSR vs. The Rest of the World for both) it
will be interesting to see if anyone can establish themselves ahead of everyone
else.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 12th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament took place 15th-27th
March 2003 (rest days 19th and 24th March play takes place 13:30-20:00 each
day). The event was sponsored by J.J. van Oosterom and took place in the Vista
Palace Hôtel in Roquebrune Cap-Martin Monaco. Prizes worth $193,250 are
at stake.
Vladimir Kramnik took first place in the blindfold part of the Amber
tournament. Sadly for him he did not do so well in the rapid winning only one
game, in the final round, against Ljubomir Ljubojevic. The winner of the rapid
was Evgeny Bareev with 8/11. Bareev struggled in the blindfold scoring just
3/11 but was undefeated in the rapid whilst scoring five wins. Half a point
behind were Viswanathan Anand and Peter Leko. Anand's second place in the
blindfold and the rapid took him to clear first place. Leko could have been
level with him, he lost a completely won position in the penultimate round
against Ljubojevic to give the Yugoslav his only win. In joint second was
Alexander Morozevich whose highlight was a round 8 blindfold and rapid win
against Kramnik. So Anand took the event for the third time since the event
started in 1992. Previous overall winners: 2002: Alexander Morozevich, 2001:
Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov, 2000: Alexei Shirov, 1999: Vladimir
Kramnik, 1998: Alexei Shirov and Vladimir Kramnik, 1997: Viswanathan Anand,
1996: Vladimir Kramnik, 1995: Anatoly Karpov, 1994: Viswanathan Anand, 1993:
Ljubomir Ljubojevic, 1992: Vassili Ivanchuk
Website: http://chess.lostcity.nl/amber/
Blindfold Results and Standings
Round 9 (March 25, 2003)
Morozevich, Alexander - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 35 C11 French Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 93 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gelfand, Boris - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 75 A30 English Symmetrical
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 49 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Van Wely, Loek - Leko, Peter 0-1 52 E15 Queens Indian
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 31 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 10 (March 26, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 40 A58 Volga Gambit
Leko, Peter - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 0-1 40 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Topalov, Veselin - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 49 C87 Ruy Lopez
Shirov, Alexei - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 35 C42 Petroff's Defence
Almasi, Zoltan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 57 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Bareev, Evgeny - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 24 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 11 (March 27, 2003)
Morozevich, Alexander - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 65 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 43 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter 1/2 42 E20 Nimzo Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 21 C02 French Advance
Van Wely, Loek - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 62 D27 QGA
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 20 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
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 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 8.0 2872
2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2678 1 * 1 = 1 1 0 0 = 0 1 1 7.0 2811
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2753 = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2804
4 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2700 0 = = * = = 0 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2772
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2736 = 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 1 0 6.0 2740
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2743 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2739
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 0 1 = 1 0 0 * = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2705
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2699 = 1 = 0 = 0 = * = 0 = 1 5.0 2671
9 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2676 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 = * = 0 1 5.0 2673
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2668 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * 1 1 5.0 2674
11 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2729 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 3.0 2529
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 = 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 2.0 2457
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Rapid Results and Standings
Round 9 (March 25, 2003)
Bareev, Evgeny - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 71 A55 Old Indian Defence
Leko, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 45 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 68 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Shirov, Alexei - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 42 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Kramnik, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 47 D12 Slav Defence
Almasi, Zoltan - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 20 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 10 (March 26, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 25 C11 French Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 52 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Gelfand, Boris - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 78 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 35 E15 Queens Indian
Van Wely, Loek - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 45 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Leko, Peter 0-1 36 E17 Queens Indian
Round 11 (March 27, 2003)
Bareev, Evgeny - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 8 D25 QGA
Leko, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 50 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 17 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Shirov, Alexei - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 43 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 48 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Almasi, Zoltan - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 49 C11 French Defence
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 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2729 * = = 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2879
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2753 = * = = 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 7.5 2835
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2736 = = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.5 2837
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2743 0 = = * 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2805
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2678 0 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2774
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 = 0 0 = 1 * = = 0 1 1 1 6.0 2741
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2700 = = = = 0 = * = 1 0 = 1 5.5 2707
8 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 = = = = 0 = = * 0 = = 1 5.0 2661
9 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2676 0 = = 0 0 1 0 1 * = = = 4.5 2644
10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2699 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = * 1 = 4.0 2605
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2668 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 * = 3.0 2535
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1.5 2410
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Combined Standings
Amber Combined 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= =1 1= 11 14.5 2819
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2736 == ** 0= == == == 11 1= == =1 11 01 13.5 2784
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2678 10 1= ** 11 10 =1 00 10 =1 01 01 11 13.5 2789
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 == == 00 ** 1= 1= 1= 1= 10 == 1= =1 13.0 2762
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2743 0= == 01 0= ** == 1= 10 01 11 1= 11 13.0 2768
6 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2700 == == =0 0= == ** 0= 1= 11 10 1= =1 12.0 2743
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 =0 00 11 0= 0= 1= ** 1= 00 =1 =1 11 11.5 2719
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2729 == 0= 01 0= 01 0= 0= ** 11 == 01 11 11.0 2704
9 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2676 0= == =0 01 10 00 11 00 ** == == 1= 9.5 2659
10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2699 =0 =0 10 == 00 01 =0 == == ** 01 1= 9.0 2642
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2668 0= 00 10 0= 0= 0= =0 10 == 10 ** 1= 8.0 2608
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 00 10 00 =0 00 =0 00 00 0= 0= 0= ** 3.5 2435
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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 a Category XVI event.
The festival has numerous other events including two further strong
all-play-alls.
Further details: http://www.doshermanas.net and
http://www.jaque.tv/doshermanas03.htm.
Live coverage: http://doshermanas.soloajedrez.com/
Round 1 (March 28, 2003)
Khalifman, Alexander - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 51 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Dreev, Alexey - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 21 B07 Pirc Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2 14 B19 Caro Kann
Rustemov, Alexander - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 20 A17 English Opening
Karjakin, Sergey - Campora, Daniel H 0-1 39 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 2 (March 29, 2003)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 37 A33 English Symmetrical
Khalifman, Alexander - Rustemov, Alexander 1/2 19 C18 French Winawer
Epishin, Vladimir - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 45 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Tiviakov, Sergei - Campora, Daniel H 1/2 16 B18 Caro Kann
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 58 A13 Reti Opening
Round 3 (March 30, 2003)
Dreev, Alexey - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 67 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Shirov, Alexei - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 44 C18 French Winawer
Rustemov, Alexander - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 25 E06 Catalan
Campora, Daniel H - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 38 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Karjakin, Sergey - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2 42 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
XII It I Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 28 iii-13 iv 2003 cat. XVI (2626)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2629 * . = . . . 1 . . 1 2.5 2853
2 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2702 . * . = . = . 1 . . 2.0 2779
3 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 = . * . = . . . 1 . 2.0 2741
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 . = . * = . . . 1 . 2.0 2766
5 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2626 . . = = * . . . . = 1.5 2653
6 Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2604 . = . . . * . = = . 1.5 2644
7 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2505 0 . . . . . * = . 1 1.5 2603
8 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2635 . 0 . . . = = * . . 1.0 2478
9 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2595 . . 0 0 . = . . * . 0.5 2399
10 Karjakin, Sergey m UKR 2547 0 . . . = . 0 . . * 0.5 2313
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XII It II Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 28 iii-13 iv 2003 cat. X (2481)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g ESP 2506 * . . . 1 1 = . . . 2.5 2762
2. Moreno Carnero, Javier m ESP 2508 . * = . . . 1 1 . . 2.5 2745
3. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2461 . = * . . . = . . 1 2.0 2616
4. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto f ESP 2396 . . . * 0 . . . 1 1 2.0 2652
5. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2613 0 . . 1 * = . . . . 1.5 2435
6. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2404 0 . . . = * . . 1 . 1.5 2523
7. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique ESP 2450 = 0 = . . . * . . . 1.0 2366
8. Franco Ocampos, Zenon g PAR 2506 . 0 . . . . . * = = 1.0 2367
9. Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis g ESP 2452 . . . 0 . 0 . = * . 0.5 2162
10. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2517 . . 0 0 . . . = . * 0.5 2181
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XII It III Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), 28 iii-13 iv 2003 cat. IV (2330)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2431 * . . = . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2556
2. Garcia Luque, Agustin f ESP 2406 . * = . = . 1 . . . 2.0 2539
3. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2547 . = * . . 1 . . = . 2.0 2384
4. Barrero Garcia, Carlos ESP 2325 = . . * . . = . . 1 2.0 2482
5. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2350 . = . . * . = . 1 . 2.0 2395
6. Rico Galiano, Arsenio ESP 2312 . . 0 . . * . 1 . = 1.5 2357
7. Razmyslov, Alexander UKR 2345 . 0 . = = . * . . . 1.0 2235
8. Diaz Castro, Sergio ESP 2228 0 . . . . 0 . * 1 . 1.0 2142
9. Pereira Figueroa, Manuel ESP 2060 . . = . 0 . . 0 * . 0.5 2102
10. Rodriguez Aguilera, Antonio f ESP 2297 0 . . 0 . = . . . * 0.5 2083
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Lübecker SV retained their Bundesliga after winning the final two
rounds of the German Bundesliga which took place over the weekend of 29th-30th
March 2003. At one time or other in the season Lübeck fielded Michael
Adams, Alexander Grischuk, Alexei Shirov, Joel Lautier, Vladimir Epishin,
Laurent Fressinet, Jon Speelman, Julian Hodgson, John Nunn, Lars Bo Hansen,
Stuart Conquest, Jonny Hector, Nick DeFirmian and Simen Agdestein. In second
place just a point behind waiting for a slip up from the champions on the final
weekend was SG Köln Porz (over the season it has fielded Lutz, Khalifman,
Van Wely, Ivan Sokolov, Ulf Andersson, Vaganian, Mikhail Gurevich, Curt Hansen,
Alexander Graf, Van den Doel and Kengis). Games from Neukölln and
Baden-Oos and available those from Plauen and Bremen should be available next
week.
Internet coverage: http://www.schachbundesliga.com,
http://www.schachbund.de and
http://www.schach.com
Bundesliga Round 14 29th March 2003
Venue: Plauen
SK König Plauen 2 - 6 Solinger SG
1 Beliavsky ½ : ½ Nikolic 1
2 Bischoff ½ : ½ Jussupow 4
4 Kindermann 1 : 0 Emms 6
5 Gdanski 0 : 1 Naumann 7
6 Espig 0 : 1 Sandipan 8
7 Brendel 0 : 1 Stellwagen 9
9 Dirr 0 : 1 Werle 10
11 Kuraszkiewic 0 : 1 Hoffmann 12
Erfurter SK 4 - 4 SV Wattenscheid
6 Casper ½ : ½ Aronian 2
7 Paehtz,T 1 : 0 De Vreugt 4
8 Mueller ½ : ½ Appel 6
9 Enders ½ : ½ Handke 7
10 Brueggemann 0 : 1 Holzke 9
11 Voekler ½ : ½ Dinstuhl 10
12 Troyke 0 : 1 Ellers 11
15 Paehtz,E 1 : 0 Straeter 12
Venue: Cologne
SFR Neukölln 2½-5½ TV Tegernsee
3 Slobodjan 0 : 1 Khenkin 1
4 Stohl 0 : 1 Sokolov 2
6 Berndt 0 : 1 Ribli 3
7 Polzin 1 : 0 Boensch 6
8 Borriss ½ : ½ Teske 7
9 Poldauf 0 : 1 Hertneck 8
11 Thiede 1 : 0 Kachiani-Ger 10
12 Rudolf 0 : 1 Bromberger 12
SC Kreuzberg 5½-2½ SC Forchheim
3 Socko 1 : 0 Prusikin 1
4 Tischbierek 1 : 0 Jansa 2
5 Lau 0 : 1 Jirovsky 3
6 Maiwald ½ : ½ Heidrich 4
7 Kalinitschew 1 : 0 Zwanzger 6
8 Volke ½ : ½ Doeres 8
9 Muse ½ : ½ Bade 10
11 Loeffler 1 : 0 Burggraf 13
Venue: Bremen
SV Werder Bremen 2 - 6 Lübecker SV
1 Hracek 0 : 1 Grischuk 2
2 Babula ½ : ½ Lautier 4
3 Schandorff 0 : 1 Fressinet 6
4 McShane ½ : ½ Speelman 7
5 Pelletier 0 : 1 Hodgson 8
6 Gallagher ½ : ½ Nunn 9
10 Meins ½ : ½ Hector 12
11 Heissler 0 : 1 DeFirmian 13
Turm Emsdetten 1½-6½ Hamburger SK
5 Berelovich ½ : ½ Ftacnik 2
6 Cramling ½ : ½ Kempinski 3
7 Pedersen,N ½ : ½ Gustafsson 4
9 Peng 0 : 1 Berg 5
10 Zumsande 0 : 1 Hansen 6
11 Richter 0 : 1 Wahls 7
12 Van Delft 0 : 1 Bezold 9
13 Van Beek 0 : 1 Heinemann 11
Venue: Baden-Oos
SC Baden Oos 3 - 5 SG Köln Porz
1 Anand 1 : 0 Lutz 1
2 Svidler ½ : ½ Sokolov 4
4 Dautov ½ : ½ Andersson 5
5 Huebner 0 : 1 Vaganian 6
6 Doettling 0 : 1 Gurevich 7
8 Schlosser ½ : ½ Hansen 9
9 Schmaltz 0 : 1 Graf 10
10 Keitlinghaus ½ : ½ Van den Doel 11
Stuttgarter Sfr 4 - 4 Godesberger SK
3 Buhmann ½ : ½ Breder 1
4 Golubev 0 : 1 Sprenger 2
5 Jenni ½ : ½ Langheinrich 3
6 Schmittdiel 0 : 1 Jackelen 5
7 Zeller 0 : 1 Schmidt 7
8 Duppel 1 : 0 Philipowski 9
9 Bunzmann 1 : 0 Mertens 12
12 Heinatz 1 : 0 Lotzien 14
Round 15 30 March 2003
Venue: Plauen
Solinger SG 5 - 3 Erfurter SK
1 Nikolic 1 : 0 Casper 6
4 Jussupow 1 : 0 Paehtz,T 7
6 Emms ½ : ½ Mueller 8
7 Naumann ½ : ½ Enders 9
8 Sandipan ½ : ½ Brueggemann 10
9 Stellwagen 0 : 1 Voekler 11
10 Werle 1 : 0 Troyke 12
12 Hoffmann ½ : ½ Paehtz,E 15
SV Wattenscheid 4½-3½ SK König Plauen
2 Aronian 1 : 0 Beliavsky 1
4 De Vreugt 0 : 1 Bischoff 2
6 Appel ½ : ½ Kindermann 4
7 Handke 0 : 1 Gdanski 5
9 Holzke ½ : ½ Espig 6
10 Dinstuhl ½ : ½ Brendel 7
11 Ellers 1 : 0 Sandner 10
12 Straeter 1 : 0 Kuraszkiewic 11
Venue: Cologne
TV Tegernsee 3½-4½ SC Kreuzberg
1 Khenkin ½ : ½ Socko 3
2 Sokolov ½ : ½ Tischbierek 4
3 Ribli ½ : ½ Lau 5
6 Boensch 0 : 1 Maiwald 6
7 Teske 1 : 0 Kalinitschew 7
8 Hertneck ½ : ½ Volke 8
10 Kachiani-Ger ½ : ½ Muse 9
12 Bromberger 0 : 1 Loeffler 11
SC Forchheim 4 - 4 SFR Neukölln
1 Prusikin ½ : ½ Slobodjan 3
2 Jansa ½ : ½ Stohl 4
3 Jirovsky 1 : 0 Berndt 6
4 Heidrich ½ : ½ Polzin 7
5 Bartsch 0 : 1 Borriss 8
6 Zwanzger ½ : ½ Poldauf 9
8 Doeres 0 : 1 Thiede 11
10 Bade 1 : 0 Rudolf 12
Venue: Bremen
Lübecker SV 5½-2½ Turm Emsdetten
2 Grischuk ½ : ½ Berelovich 5
4 Lautier ½ : ½ Cramling 6
6 Fressinet ½ : ½ Pedersen,N 7
7 Speelman ½ : ½ Peng 9
8 Hodgson ½ : ½ Zumsande 10
9 Nunn 1 : 0 Richter 11
12 Hector 1 : 0 Van Delft 12
13 DeFirmian 1 : 0 Van Beek 13
Hamburger SK 4 - 4 SV Werder Bremen
2 Ftacnik ½ : ½ Hracek 1
3 Kempinski ½ : ½ Babula 2
4 Gustafsson ½ : ½ Schandorff 3
5 Berg 0 : 1 McShane 4
6 Hansen 0 : 1 Pelletier 5
7 Wahls 1 : 0 Gallagher 6
9 Bezold ½ : ½ Meins 10
12 Reeh 1 : 0 Heissler 11
Venue: Baden-Oos
SG Köln Porz 5 - 3 Stuttgarter Sfr
1 Lutz ½ : ½ Buhmann 3
4 Sokolov 1 : 0 Golubev 4
5 Andersson ½ : ½ Jenni 5
6 Vaganian 0 : 1 Schmittdiel 6
7 Gurevich ½ : ½ Zeller 7
9 Hansen 1 : 0 Duppel 8
10 Graf ½ : ½ Bunzmann 9
11 Van den Doel 1 : 0 Heinatz 12
Godesberger SK 2 - 6 SC Baden Oos
1 Breder 0 : 1 Svidler 2
2 Sprenger ½ : ½ Dautov 4
3 Langheinrich ½ : ½ Huebner 5
5 Jackelen ½ : ½ Doettling 6
7 Schmidt 0 : 1 Schenk 7
9 Philipowski ½ : ½ Schlosser 8
13 Gikas 0 : 1 Schmaltz 9
14 Lotzien 0 : 1 Keitlinghaus 10
Final Table
1. Lübecker SV 15 86 :34 29- 1
2. SG Köln Porz 15 81 :39 28- 2
3. SV Werder Bremen 15 70½:49½ 22- 8
4. Hamburger SK 15 68½:51½ 21- 9
5. Solinger SG 15 65½:54½ 20-10
6. TV Tegernsee 15 66½:53½ 19-11
7. SC Kreuzberg 15 64 :56 19-11
8. SC Baden Oos 15 68½:51½ 18-12
9. SV Wattenscheid 15 60½:59½ 13-17
10. SFR Neukölln 15 50½:69½ 11-19
11. Stuttgarter Sfr 15 49½:70½ 10-20
12. Turm Emsdetten 15 51 :69 9-21
13. SK König Plauen 15 48½:71½ 9-21
14. Erfurter SK 15 48½:71½ 7-23
15. Godesberger SK 15 44 :76 3-27
16. SC Forchheim 15 37 :83 2-28
The 29th Professor Abdur Razzak National Chess Championships of
Bangladesh take place in Dhaka, 27th March to 10th April 2003. ELO favourite
Ziaur Rahman withdrew after two rounds. Reefat Bin Sattar leads with 3.5/4. My
thanks to Haroon or Rashid.
Website: http://www.bcs-online.org/
29th ch-BAN Dhaka BAN (BAN), 28-13 iii 2003 cat. II (2297)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2451 * 1 . 1 . . . = . . 1 . . . 3.5 / 4 2629
2 Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2435 0 * . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 1 3.0 / 4 2413
3 Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2451 . . * . 1 = . . . . 1 . . . 2.5 / 3 2524
4 Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2309 0 . . * . . = . 1 . . 1 . . 2.5 / 4 2396
5 Alam, Md. Monjur BAN 2133 . . 0 . * . = . . 1 . . 1 . 2.5 / 4 2436
6 Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2405 . . = . . * 0 . . . . 1 1 . 2.5 / 4 2486
7 Islam, Kh. Aminul BAN 2271 . . . = = 1 * . . . . . . . 2.0 / 3 2407
8 Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2211 = . . . . . . * = . . . . 1 2.0 / 3 2385
9 Rahman, S. Manfuzur BAN 2182 . 0 . 0 . . . = * . . . . 1 1.5 / 4 2188
10 Mohammad, Javed BAN 2100 . 0 . . 0 . . . . * . . . 1 1.0 / 3 2113
11 Hossain, Pollab Sawkat H BAN 2217 0 . 0 . . . . . . . * = . . 0.5 / 3 2127
12 Rahman, Taibur f BAN 2300 . . . 0 . 0 . . . . = * . . 0.5 / 3 2037
13 Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2542 . . . . 0 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0 / 2
14 Haque, Rezaul f BAN 2148 . 0 . . . . . 0 0 0 . . . * 0.0 / 4
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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. My thanks to Juergen Brustkern for the games.
Leading Final (Round 9) Standings:
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19th Spring Fest Budapest HUN (HUN), 14-33 iii 2003
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1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2413 7.0 54.5
2. Dobos, Jozsef m HUN 2283 7.0 47.5
3. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2358 6.5 50.5
4. Berczes, David HUN 2261 6.5 50.5
5. Habibi, Ali m GER 2276 6.5 49.5
6. Bencze, Laszlo f HUN 2274 6.5 49.5
7. Werner, Daniel GER 2151 6.5 46.5
8. Martini, Balazs HUN 2278 6.0 52.5
9. Goczo, Melinda wm HUN 2222 6.0 49.0
10. Varadi, Viktor HUN 2338 6.0 49.0
11. Bognar, Csaba f HUN 2161 6.0 48.0
12. Nagy, Bence HUN 2201 6.0 48.0
13. Gorgs, Alfred GER 2164 6.0 41.5
14. Szamoskozi, Gabor HUN 2201 5.5 48.0
15. Varga, Csaba2 HUN 2160 5.5 46.5
16. Puschmann, Laszlo f HUN 2279 5.5 46.5
17. Metaxasz, Vaszilisz HUN 2125 5.5 45.5
18. Wolter, Michael GER 2209 5.5 45.0
19. Kayar, Erdem TUR 2050 5.5 45.0
20. Letay, Gyula f HUN 2195 5.5 44.5
21. Toth, Lili HUN 2145 5.5 44.5
22. Biro, Gergely HUN 2125 5.5 43.5
23. Radnai, Adam HUN 2151 5.5 42.0
24. Kelly, Laszlo HUN 2174 5.5 40.5
87 players
Korpics Zsolt reports: The Hungary-Slovenia U-18 Girls Match took place
in Szombathely (Hungary) in the Park Hotel Pelikan. The final score was Hungary
11,5 - Slovenia 4,5. The format was 4 round Scheveningen System.
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HUN-SLO Jun Szombathely HUN (HUN), 28-30 iii 2003
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Slovenia
----------- Novak, Ksenija wf 2126 1.5
| -------- Rozic, Vesna wf 2104 1.5
| | ----- Ahmatovic, Mirela 2051 1.0
| | | -- Svent, Suzana 1981 0.5
Hungary | | | |
1 Toth, Lili 2145 ½ 1 1 1 3.5
2 Ignacz, Maria 2098 ½ 1 1 1 3.5
3 Remete, Eszter 2104 1 ½ 0 1 2.5
4 Remete, Zsuzsa 2038 ½ 0 1 ½ 2.0
The 1st 'Stroer' Trophy Grand-Masters Lady's Cup took place in Cannes
8th-15th March 2003. Zhao Xue won with a 100% 9/9 score.
Internet coverage: http://www.cannes-echecs.org/stroercup/
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Stroer Trophy Cannes FRA (FRA), 8-15 iii 2003 cat. I (2275)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2428 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0
2. Sebag, Marie wm FRA 2403 0 * 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2481
3. Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2403 0 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2386
4. Milliet, Sophie wm FRA 2231 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2360
5. Flear, Christine wm FRA 2213 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 0 1 4.0 2239
6. Muller, Anne wm FRA 2176 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 = 0 3.5 2206
7. Leconte, Jean-Olivier FRA 2302 0 1 = 0 0 0 * 0 = 1 3.0 2147
8. Calzetta, Monica wm ESP 2286 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 3.0 2149
9. Djingarova, Emilia wm BUL 2267 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 * = 2.5 2110
10. Verot, Melanie FRA 2044 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = * 1.5 2028
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The 17th Clichy Masters took place 22nd-30th March 2003. Petar Velikov
won the event with an undefeated 7/9.
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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Velikov, Petar g BUL 2435 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2537
2. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2529 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 2431
3. Serafimov, Tervel BUL 2268 = = * 1 0 = = = 1 1 5.5 2415
4. Le Roux, Jean-Pierre FRA 2364 0 1 0 * 1 0 1 0 1 1 5.0 2368
5. Verat, Laurent f FRA 2353 = 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 = = 4.5 2326
6. Onkoud, Abdelaziz MAR 2326 0 0 = 1 1 * 0 = = 1 4.5 2329
7. Toulzac, Pierre-Yves f FRA 2246 = = = 0 0 1 * 1 0 = 4.0 2295
8. Draoui, Najib MAR 2278 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 * 1 1 4.0 2291
9. Grimberg, Gilbert f FRA 2340 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 * = 2.5 2161
10. Sidhoum, Jacky FRA 2150 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 2.0 2128
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Further details: http://www.hichess.am
Ole Valaker reports: A Norwegian consisting of GM Simen Agdestein, GM
Leif Erlend Johannessen, FM Espen Agdestein og FM Torstein Bae is right now on
a chess tour in the middle of China.
The trip started in Han Dan and Wu An where the Norwegian were received
as stars, and had to drink a lot with the mayor of the town.
This weekend the four Norwegians have played a bunch of appr. 100
chinese children, some of them very strong and talented according to Simen
Agdestein. But the result was overwhelming: The children only took 4 point.
Espen Agdestein won 48-0!
Monday the Norwegian tema will play a team from province Heibei,
consisting of GM Zhang Zhong (the winner of Wijk an Zee 2003), GM Peng Xiaomin,
GM Zhang Pengxiang and IM Wang Rui.
The teams will play both rapid and 1 hour + 30 sec increments, all
together four matches in four days.
I've just learned of the death of Viktor Davidovic Baturinsky 27 June
1914 -22nd December 2002. Most famous for being the head of Karpov's team
during the controversial 1981 World Championship match against Korchnoi.
Ben Finegold reports the results from the 4th Millennium Open in
Virginia City, VA, USA. The 5 round Swiss took place March 28th-30th 2003.
First prize was 2500 USD 1-3 Becerra, Sherzer, Fedorowicz 4.5-0.5 (about
$1400USD each) 4-8 Goldin, Ibragimov, Finegold, Blatny, Krush 4-1 ($80USD
each!) Shabalov lost to Becerra in the last round to finish 3.5-1.5 Ehlvest
lost in round 3 to Blatny, and Irina Krush beat Ehlvest in the last round. In
round 4, Fedorowicz-Goldin 1-0, Ibragimov-Sherzer 0-1. There were 260 players
in 3 sections. My wife, Kelly Finegold, although rated only 1350, scored 2-3 in
the Open section. She also scored 5.5-4.5 in the blitz event winning $50USD! In
the blitz, Becerra and Ehlvest tied for first with 8.5-1.5, and Ibragimov was
clear third with 8-2. I did not play, I was a cheerleader for my wife instead.
No games available.
Website: http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival
As reported last week. The German Cup Finals took place in Berlin. Thies
Heinemann took the individual championships, SC Baden-Oos the team title. The
game Svidler - Lutz I reported last week is which I thought had moves missing
is in fact complete.
Coverage:
http://home.arcor.de/friesenschach/Turniere/Pokalfinale_2003/Termine.htm
and http://home.arcor.de/friesenschach/
The British Blitz Championships took place on 23rd March, 2003, at
Brunel University, Uxbridge. Luke McShane took clear first place with 14.5/16
in the event which consisted of 8 double rounds. My thanks to Lawrence Cooper
for the information.
Further details: http://www.britishblitz.co.uk/
Pl Name Loc Ti Score
1 Mcshane, Luke 246 gm 14.5 1st £400
2 Arkell, Keith 241 gm 13.5 2nd £200
3 Turner, Matthew 228 gm 12 3rd= £ 50
Mcnab, Colin 222 gm 12 3rd= £ 50
Gwaze, Robert 218 im 12 3rd= £ 50
6 Trent, Lawrence 177 11.5 1st=U18 £ 30
U180 £ 50
Ghasi, A 224 11.5 1st=U18 £ 30
Haslinger, Stewart 210 11.5
9 Wells, Peter 232 gm 11
Buckley, Simon 212 11
Karapchanski, Dimitar 211 fm 11
Lutton, J. Ezra 157 11 U160 £ 50
Walker, Martin Graham 198 11 U200 £ 50
14 Houska, Jovanka 186 wgm 10.5 Top Woman £ 50
Gormally, Daniel 248 im 10.5
Sherwin, James 209 im 10.5
Ferguson, Mark 205 10.5
18 Williams, Simon 222 im 10
Rendle, Thomas 188 10
Stone, Andrew 201 10
Muter, Donny 173 10
Dignam, Matthew 173 10
Crouch, Colin 238 im 10
24 Howell, David 187 9.5 1st U14 £ 40
White, Russell 187 9.5
Quilter, Tom 170 9.5
Hanley, Craig 206 fm 9.5
Wu, Li 180 9.5
Wittmann, Jochen 196 9.5
Vickers, John 148 9.5 U150= £ 25
Okike, David 171 9.5
Mcintyre, Paul 148 9.5 U150= £ 25
Mack, Andy 196 9.5
Nelson, Jaco 9.5
115 players
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for April 1st 2003 has been released . Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and
calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
Birthdate Fed Rat Diff Var
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2783 -22 130
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2749 -40 138
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2711 14 155
4 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2706 19 163
5 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2698 17 166
6 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2698 -14 172
7 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2692 7 188
8 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2672 29 159
9 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2668 -10 155
10 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2667 -29 169
11 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2659 17 153
12 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2658 9 131
13 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2654 8 133
14 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2651 -23 153
15 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2649 0 135
16 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2642 -5 133
17 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2636 0 159
18 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2635 7 151
19 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2632 -3 183
20 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2628 0 159
21 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2625 2 136
22 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2622 -7 151
23 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2620 28 153
24 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2617 14 146
25 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 BIH 2611 10 140
26 Zvjaginsev,Vadim 18.08.1976 RUS 2610 -7 157
27 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2609 12 159
28 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2608 -9 136
29 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2607 23 160
30 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2607 0 170
31 Lputian,Smbat G 14.02.1958 ARM 2607 0 172
32 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2606 4 191
33 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2606 20 197
34 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2606 -2 201
35 Goldin,Alexander 27.02.1965 ISR 2601 9 167
36 Zhang Zhong 05.09.1978 CHN 2601 33 174
37 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2600 1 135
38 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2600 28 209
39 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2595 -25 162
40 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2594 6 163
41 Beliavsky,Alexander G 17.12.1953 SLO 2591 3 163
42 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2589 15 150
43 Macieja,Bartlomiej 04.10.1977 POL 2588 -2 161
44 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 MKD 2588 -5 166
45 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2587 -6 169
46 Aleksandrov,Aleksej 11.05.1973 BLR 2586 28 156
47 Aronian,Levon 06.10.1982 ARM 2585 -5 184
48 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter 01.08.1976 ROM 2583 32 145
49 Tkachiev,Vladislav 09.11.1973 FRA 2582 -10 145
50 Sasikiran,Krishnan 07.01.1981 IND 2581 22 156
FM 2003 Atlantic Airways Cup
The FM 2003 Atlantic Airways Cup takes place 11th-19th April 2003. The
2003 Faroes Championships will take place in Tórshavn and includes a
Main Tournament with 6 invited foreign im/gm and the 10 best Faroe players in
an 11 round Swiss.
The foreign players are: IM Shaw SCO; IM Pilgaard DEN; IM Jepson SWE;
IM Gullaksen NOR; GM Westerinen FIN and IM Bjarnason ISL. The total amount of
prizes is DKK 23000. 11 round Swiss: 90min+30 sec/move
Internet coverage: http://www.faroechess.com
Swiss Chess Tour events 2003
International Chess Tournament Lenk
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" will continue in Lenk with the 15th "Hotel
Kreuz-Open" April 17th- 21st 2003. "Hotel Kreuz" will be host, for the second
time. Swiss system, 7 rounds (without pool!) and the games will last a maximum
of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500
SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20. places
natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1943), junior(1983-86),
schoolboy (1987) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60
SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: "Hotel Kreuz". Special
chess-rates. Time table: Round 1st 18.30-22.30 April 17,; Rounds 2/3
09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 18,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 19,; Rounds
5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 20,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 21.
Closing ceremony April 21 at 16.00. List of participants: GMs: Sokolov (FRA),
Pinter (HUN), Gallagher (SUI), Jenni (SUI), Vogt (GER); WGMs: Sedina (ITA);
IMs: Forster (SUI), Horvath Peter (HUN), Krizsany (HUN), Joksic (YUG), Kiss
(HUN), Roger and Oliver Moor (SUI) etc. Not sure Vlastimil Hort (GER) and
Florin Gheorghiu (ROM). Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or
info@beochess.ch
International Chess Zurich Lake Open, Pfaeffikon SC
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" will provide in Pfaeffikon with the 3rd
"Hotel Seedamm Plaza Open" June 6th- 9th 2003. "Hotel Seedamm Plaza" will be
host, for the third time. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a
maximum of 4 hours (36 moves for 90 minutes and 30 minutes till the end). Prize
are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.-
20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1943),
junior(1983-86), schoolboy (1987) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs
and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: "Hotel
Seedamm Plaza". Special chess rates. Time table: Rounds 1/2 13.00-17.00 and
18.00-22.00 June 6,; Rounds 3/4 10.00-14.00 and 15.00-19.00 June 7,; Rounds 5/6
10.00-14.00 June 8,; Round 7 10.00-14.00 June 9. Closing ceremony June 9 at
14.30. Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch
International Chess Tournament Davos
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" will continue in Davos, one of the most
popular turist place, with the 2nd "Sunstar Park Hotel Open", August 2nd- 10th
2003. "Sunstar Park Hotel" will be host, for the second time. Swiss system, 9
rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and
60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles and FIDE rating. Prize are:
1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. From 11.- 20.
places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1943),
junior(1983-86), schoolboy (1987) and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs
and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: "Sunstar
Park Hotel". Time table: Rounds 1/8 14.00-20.00 August 2-9,; Round 9
10.00-16.00 August 10. Closing ceremony August 10, half-hour after the last
game. Unbelievable chess-rates. Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert
Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch
6th Pelikán Memorial
The 6th Memorial of Professor Jaroslav Pelikán (13th
International Chess Holiday) takes place in Prague - Czech Republic, 19th-26th
July 2003, 26th July - August 2nd 2003 and 2nd-9th August. There are
tournaments for strong and weak chessplayers, both men and women of all ages.
Closed groups and each one consists of 10 players. Chess + accommodation under
the same roof - Tourist Hotel. A rich programme for chessplayers and
non-chesplayers too. 7 days hotel/shower+WC, bed and breakfast, chess, souvenir
prizes for all chessplayers, sightseeing in Prague, trips, a farewell party -
for 245 Eur to 275 Eur. It is possible to order lunch, dinner - every meal 5
Eur. A offer of Theatre Performances. Discounts for children, students, retired
and those who have already been to the International Chess Holiday. In groups
the tenth person free of charge.
Entries till 30.06. 2003 Info: Jindra Kollerová U
Plynárny 15, 140 00 Praha 4 - Michle Czech Republic Tel: + 420 2
41407355 Fax: + 420 2 61210054 E-mail: jindra.kollerova@mybox.cz
http://www.schach-prag.de
First Saturday April
There are GM, IM and FM event in Budapest for the First Saturday April
tournaments taking place: 5th-18th April 2003. Cat.VII-VIII 10-14 participants.
Contact: Nagy Laszlo International Chess Organizer e-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
phone-fax: 00-(361)-2632859 mobile: 00-(36)-30-2301914 ICC nickname:
MrFirstSaturday ICQ# : 44805877
Players confirmed and in negotiations:
GM Events IGM FARAGÓ, Iván /HUN/, IGM McDONALD, Neil
/ENG/, IGM OVSEJEVITSCH, Sergey /UKR/, IM AAGAARD, Jacob /DEN/, IM CZEBE,
Attila /HUN/, GOULIEV, NAMIG /AZE/, FM DUB, ZEEV /ISR/, IM KRAAI, Jesse /USA/,
IM JAKAB, Attila /HUN/, IM HOFFMANN, Michael /GER/, IM BLAUERT, Jörg
/GER/, IM SERES, Lajos /HUN/, IM JAKOBSEN, Ole /DEN/, IM ERDÕS, Viktor
/HUN/. Reserves: IGM ANKA, Emil /HUN/, IM BURNETT, Ronald /USA/? IM COELHO,
Luis /BRA/, PAPP, Gábor /HUN/, IM SEDLAK, Nikola /YUG/, IM DOVZHIK, Yuri
/UKR/? PAPP, Gellért /HUN/. IM KUSTÁR, Sándor /HUN/.
IM Events: SZABÓ, Krisztián /HUN/, WERNER, Daniel /GER/,
FM HOWELL, David /ENG/, FM LUND, Esben /DEN/, LEHMANN, Holger /GER/, IM
BOGUSZLAVSZKIJ, Jevgenyij /HUN/, IM ZAKHARCHENKO, Arnold /UKR/, BROOMFIELD,
Matthew /ENG/, IM FARAGÓ, Sándor /HUN/, IM EPERJESI,
László /HUN/, ALFRED, Nathan /ENG/, WOODWARD, Timothy /ENG/, WGM
GARA, Anita /HUN/, FM GONDA, László /HUN/?, FM BÉRCZES,
Csaba /HUN/?, IM DOBOS, József /HUN/, IM WERNER, Dimo /GER/, WGM GARA,
Ticia /HUN/?, HORVÁTH, András /HUN/.
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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/
