THE WEEK IN CHESS 453 14th July 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Polgar vs. Gelfand Rapid 8 games
18th North Sea Cup 55 games
Swedish Championships 26 games
Norwegian Championships 70 games
White Nights 2003 32 games
Smith & Williamson Young Masters 50 games
First Saturday July 86 games
Belgian Championships 59 games
40th Canadian Open Championship 7 games
26th Open del Vallès 80 games
Quebec Invitational 45 games
Irish Championships 35 games
25th Oberwart International Open 185 games
Andorra Open 2003 180 games
Mal & Menning Blitz 5 games
World Open 1 game
John Knudsen vs. The World 1 game
Zone 3.2a championships 5 games
63rd New York Masters 4 games
934 games
My thanks to Eirik T. Gullaksen, Andy McFarland, John Fernandez, "Bob",
John Henderson, Laszlo Nagy, Gabor Pali, Ian Doyle, Mikhail Golubev, Ching Kim
Lye, Miklos Orso, Chris Holmes, Richard Palliser, Thomas Henrich, Ray Keene,
Oscar de la Riva, John Langreck, Rod McShane, IA Antonio Bento, Guenther van
den Bergh, Stewart Reuben, and everyone else who helped with the issue.
An interesting week. The announcement that the Ukranian President has
put his name behind holding the Kasparov - Ponomariov match in the Ukraine is
surely a big indication that the match will indeed take place although FIDE
have yet to confirm the match so far. The announcement that Kasparov will play
Fritz in a match in New York in November suggests the Kasparov thinks that his
time-table is being sorted out. Its now time for Kramnik - Leko to be similarly
organised. The North Sea Cup saw a three way tie for first between Alexei Dreev
and rising stars Luke McShane and Krishnan Sasikiran. McShane has been in great
form recently and is clearly improving fast now he has left school and is
spending a year playing chess before going to University. The Polgar - Gelfand
rapid match seemed to come out of nowhere with no announcement as far as most
chess reporters were concerned. Gelfand dominated winning 6-2 and winning 3 of
the 4 days of chess. With the summer here there is a huge amount of chess being
played in Europe.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Judit Polgar and Boris Gelfand played a rapid match in Pacs, Hungary
July 10th-13th 2003. The event was called the George Marx match and saw 8 25
minutes per player games. Gelfand won by an impressive 6-2 margin.
Internet coverage: http://www.acsgroup.hu.
Gelfand, Boris - Polgar, Judit 0-1 56 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Polgar, Judit - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 48 B23 Sicilian Closed
Gelfand, Boris - Polgar, Judit 1-0 59 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Polgar, Judit - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 61 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Gelfand, Boris - Polgar, Judit 1-0 46 E92 King's Indian Classical
Polgar, Judit - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 69 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Gelfand, Boris - Polgar, Judit 1/2 37 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Polgar, Judit - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 44 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
George Marx Rapid Match Pacs HUN (HUN), 10-13 vii 2003
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Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2695 0 1 1 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2911
Polgar, Judit g HUN 2718 1 0 0 0 0 = = 0 2.0 2502
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The Category XV 18th North Sea Cup took place July 4th-12th 2003. Alexei
Dreev, Luke McShane and Krishnan Sasikiran all made 6.5/9.
I've corrected the dates of the games from the first three rounds, I
accidently had June instead of July.
Internet coverage: http://www.northseacup.dk/nsc2003/index.htm
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18th North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (DEN), 4-12 vii 2003 cat. XV (2603)
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1. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2698 * = 1 1 1 = = = = 1 6.5 2758
2. McShane, Luke J g ENG 2619 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2766
3. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2654 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2763
4. Hansen, Curt g DEN 2618 0 = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 4.5 2601
5. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2636 0 = = = * 1 = 0 = = 4.0 2556
6. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2610 = = 0 = 0 * = = = 1 4.0 2558
7. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2585 = 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 4.0 2561
8. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2614 = 0 0 = 1 = = * = 0 3.5 2521
9. Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2525 = 0 0 = = = = = * = 3.5 2531
10. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2468 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = * 2.0 2397
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18th North Sea Cup B Esbjerg DEN (DEN), 4-12 vii 2003 cat. IV (2329)
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1. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2482 * = = 1 1 = = 1 = = 6.0 2436
2. Hunt, Adam m ENG 2395 = * = = = 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2446
3. Hunt, Harriet m ENG 2402 = = * 1 1 0 1 0 = 1 5.5 2400
4. Pedersen, Christian Kyndel DEN 2271 0 = 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2415
5. Berkvens, Joost m NED 2459 0 = 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2357
6. Skytte, Rasmus m DEN 2404 = 0 1 0 = * = = = 1 4.5 2320
7. Bromann, Thorbjorn f DEN 2360 = 1 0 1 0 = * = = 0 4.0 2282
8. Hovmoller, Kristian f DEN 2302 0 0 1 0 0 = = * 1 = 3.5 2251
9. Mikkelsen, Nikolaj DEN 2104 = 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * = 2.5 2187
10. Vovk, Oksana wm DEN 2107 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = * 2.5 2187
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On July 10th the
Interfax News
Agency reported: "Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma has signed an order for
the organisation of a chess match for the World Title between Ruslan Ponomarev
(Ukraine) and Garry Kasparov (Russia) in Yalta in September-October 2003." This
story has been around for some time with no official confirmation but clearly
the involvement of the Ukranian President makes this very likely to go
ahead.
According to http://www.chessbase.com Kasparov will take
on an X3D version of Fritz in a match in New York in November. Kasparov drew
with Deep Junior last year. The site http://www.x3dworld.com will again be
promoting the event. Kasparov has played high profile matches against Karpov
and Junior for the company before.
The Swedish Championships took place June 29th - July 12th 2003 in Umea,
Sweden. The event was a 13 round Category IX. Rylander and Von Bahr withdrew
from the tournament due to illness I have now removed their results from the
standings. Evgenij Agrest won with a score on 7.5/11.
Coverage: http://www.rockaden.nu/sm/index_800.html
ch-SWE Umea SWE (SWE), 29 vi-12 vii 2003 cat. IX (2469)
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1 Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2591 * 1 = = = 1 = = = = 1 1 7.5 2591
2 Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2474 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2570
3 Olsson, Anders f SWE 2383 = 0 * 1 1 0 0 = 1 1 1 0 6.0 2513
4 Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2539 = = 0 * = = = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2498
5 Lindberg, Bengt f SWE 2392 = 1 0 = * 1 0 = = = = = 5.5 2476
6 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2553 0 0 1 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 0 5.5 2461
7 Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2514 = 0 1 = 1 = * 1 = 0 0 0 5.0 2429
8 Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2442 = = = = = = 0 * = = 0 1 5.0 2435
9 Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2478 = = 0 = = 0 = = * = = 1 5.0 2432
10 Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2538 = = 0 0 = 0 1 = = * = 1 5.0 2426
11 Ahlander, Bjorn m SWE 2389 0 0 0 = = 0 1 1 = = * = 4.5 2411
12 Tikkanen, Hans SWE 2337 0 0 1 0 = 1 1 0 0 0 = * 4.0 2379
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The Norwegian Championships took place 5th-12th July 2003 in
Fredrikstad.
Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: Before the final round of the Norwegian
Championships five players had a chance for the gold medal. One of them was 12
year old FM Magnus Carlsen. However, only IM (GM elect) Berge Østenstad
managed to win his final game and so took his 6th Norwegian Title. GM Rune
Djurhuus was second and Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen third.
Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen, Øystein Dannevig and Flemming
Christenson all made IM-norms.
FM Jøran Jansson won the Master class ahead of Lars Breivik
while Kjetil Stokke won the juniors. These three qualify for the championship
group in 2004.
Official site:
http://www.nettavisen.no/servlets/page?section=1500
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ch-NOR Fredrikstad NOR (NOR), 4-12 vii 2003
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1. Ostenstad, Berge m NOR 2469 +14 + 7 = 4 = 3 +10 = 9 - 2 + 8 +11 6.5 2546
2. Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2475 +13 - 4 +12 = 5 = 6 +10 + 1 = 3 = 7 6.0 2463
3. Hansen, Torbjorn R NOR 2305 +11 = 9 + 8 = 1 = 5 + 4 = 7 = 2 - 6 5.5 2478
4. Dannevig, Oystein NOR 2331 +18 + 2 = 1 -10 + 8 - 3 + 6 +11 - 5 5.5 2465
5. Christenson, Flemming NOR 2261 - 9 +11 +17 = 2 = 3 = 6 - 8 +10 + 4 5.5 2466
6. Fyllingen, Roy Harald m NOR 2366 +15 = 8 = 7 = 9 = 2 = 5 - 4 +17 + 3 5.5 2432
7. Carlsen, Magnus f NOR 2385 +12 - 1 = 6 =15 =11 +14 = 3 + 9 = 2 5.5 2428
8. Johannessen, Leif Erlend g NOR 2525 +20 = 6 - 3 +16 - 4 +15 + 5 - 1 =10 5.0 2359
9. Trygstad, Kristian f NOR 2330 + 5 = 3 =10 = 6 +15 = 1 -11 - 7 =12 4.5 2343
10. Kristensen, Bjarke m DEN 2373 =17 +19 = 9 + 4 - 1 - 2 +14 - 5 = 8 4.5 2371
11. Lie, Kjetil A m NOR 2440 - 3 - 5 +20 +19 = 7 +13 + 9 - 4 - 1 4.5 2339
12. Gabrielsen, Stig f NOR 2269 - 7 +14 - 2 =17 -13 =16 =20 +18 = 9 4.0 2272
13. Hole, Oystein NOR 2289 - 2 =18 =19 =14 +12 -11 =16 =15 =20 4.0 2268
14. Lie, Espen NOR 2260 - 1 -12 +18 =13 +17 - 7 -10 +19 =16 4.0 2283
15. Ekeberg, Carl Fredrik NOR 2226 - 6 +20 =16 = 7 - 9 - 8 +19 =13 =18 4.0 2293
16. Lahlum, Hans Olav NOR 2202 =19 =17 =15 - 8 =18 =12 =13 -20 =14 3.5 2234
17. Nordahl, Helge f NOR 2330 =10 =16 - 5 =12 -14 +20 =18 - 6 =19 3.5 2216
18. Moen, Andreas NOR 2251 - 4 =13 -14 +20 =16 =19 =17 -12 =15 3.5 2207
19. Bae, Torstein f NOR 2366 =16 -10 =13 -11 +20 =18 -15 -14 =17 3.0 2173
20. Hersvik, Daniel f NOR 2317 - 8 -15 -11 -18 -19 -17 =12 +16 =13 2.0 2102
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The White Nights-2003 tournament took place in St. Petersburg 29th June
- 8th July 2003. Nurlan Ibraev won the event with 6.5/9.
Official Results
in Russianand
Games in PGN
zipped both on the St. Petersburg Chess Federation site (http://www.totalchess.spb.ru).
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White Nights St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 29 vi-7 vii 2003
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1. Ibraev, Nurlan m KAZ 2401 =26 +24 +11 +15 + 5 = 4 = 3 = 2 = 6 6.5 2582
2. Andreikin, Dmitry f RUS 2402 +22 = 3 = 8 +10 =12 = 9 +15 = 1 = 4 6.0 2525
3. Shinkevich, Vitaly m RUS 2457 +23 = 2 =15 =20 = 8 + 7 = 1 = 9 +11 6.0 2529
4. Doroshkievich, Vladimir K m RUS 2413 =17 +13 +21 = 9 +18 = 1 =11 =14 = 2 6.0 2528
5. Kokarev, Dmitry m RUS 2483 +29 +25 + 9 =18 - 1 -11 =19 +17 + 8 6.0 2533
6. Sivokho, Sergey m RUS 2494 =30 - 8 =17 +25 =10 +20 +26 +11 = 1 6.0 2500
7. Smirnov, Artem f RUS 2368 - 9 -16 +27 +28 +19 - 3 +30 +18 +14 6.0 2555
8. Chepukaitis, Genrikh RUS 2388 =18 + 6 = 2 =16 = 3 +12 = 9 +15 - 5 5.5 2532
9. Ekdyshman, Mikhail RUS 2448 + 7 +20 - 5 = 4 +24 = 2 = 8 = 3 =10 5.5 2479
10. Utkin, Aleksey RUS 2334 +28 -15 +14 - 2 = 6 =22 =12 +16 = 9 5.0 2470
11. Sergeev, Veniamin RUS 2426 +27 =21 - 1 +17 +20 + 5 = 4 - 6 - 3 5.0 2449
12. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2450 =13 =17 =29 +22 = 2 - 8 =10 +26 =18 5.0 2405
13. Biriukov, Oleg V RUS 2369 =12 - 4 +30 =19 =16 =17 -18 +25 +20 5.0 2458
14. Solovjov, Sergey I m RUS 2456 -21 +27 -10 +23 +29 =26 +16 = 4 - 7 5.0 2417
15. Obodchuk, Andrei m RUS 2417 +32 +10 = 3 - 1 =26 +18 - 2 - 8 +23 5.0 2428
16. Eliseev, Alexei m RUS 2468 -20 + 7 =22 = 8 =13 +24 -14 -10 +26 4.5 2362
17. Utnasunov, Alexander RUS 2316 = 4 =12 = 6 -11 +30 =13 +21 - 5 =19 4.5 2424
18. Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2454 = 8 +30 +26 = 5 - 4 -15 +13 - 7 =12 4.5 2399
19. Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2429 =24 -26 +32 =13 - 7 +23 = 5 =20 =17 4.5 2368
20. Mirovshchikov, Sergey RUS 2396 +16 - 9 +25 = 3 -11 - 6 +24 =19 -13 4.0 2385
21. Rodionov, Adil KAZ 2356 +14 =11 - 4 -26 =22 +29 -17 -23 +31 4.0 2326
22. Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2296 - 2 +23 =16 -12 =21 =10 -25 +32 =24 4.0 2345
23. Yandarbiev, Ruslan RUS 2391 - 3 -22 +31 -14 +25 -19 +27 +21 -15 4.0 2345
24. Nechepurenko, Roman V RUS 2350 =19 - 1 +28 +29 - 9 -16 -20 +31 =22 4.0 2354
25. Feoktistov, Alexey A m RUS 2414 +31 - 5 -20 - 6 -23 +28 +22 -13 +32 4.0 2346
26. Vunder, Andrey RUS 2307 = 1 +19 -18 +21 =15 =14 - 6 -12 -16 3.5 2356
27. Pisakov, Ilia RUS 2341 -11 -14 - 7 -31 +28 +32 -23 =29 +30 3.5 2310
28. Shchukin, Dmitry RUS 2419 -10 =32 -24 - 7 -27 -25 +31 +30 +29 3.5 2282
29. Bratchenko, Alexander m RUS 2396 - 5 +31 =12 -24 -14 -21 +32 =27 -28 3.0 2265
30. Tumanov, Alexander1 RUS 2398 = 6 -18 -13 +32 -17 +31 - 7 -28 -27 2.5 2214
31. Bedny, Yuri RUS 2327 -25 -29 -23 +27 =32 -30 -28 -24 -21 1.5 2104
32. Kashljak, Anatoli f RUS 2332 -15 =28 -19 -30 =31 -27 -29 -22 -25 1.0 2030
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The 13th Smith & Williamson Young Masters takes place at Millfield
School, Somerset 9th-17th July. GM Evgeny Prokopchuk plays, he faces tough
competition from last year's winners Eddie Dearing and IM Karl Mah, as well as
from the Hungarian IMs Gergely Antal and Gabor Pinter. England's FM Craig
Hanley and the rapidly improving FM Stewart Haslinger may well also challenge
for first, whilst FMs Gawain Jones, Thomas Dvorak and Stanislav Jasny along
with Lawrence Trent will all be chasing IM norms.
Internet coverage: http://www.swyoungmasters.co.uk
13th S&WYM Millfield School ENG (ENG), 9-17 vii 2003
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1 Prokopchuk, Evgeny g RUS 2504 = 5 + 7 +10 = 2 + 9 . . . . 4.0 2609
2 Hanley, Craig f ENG 2387 +18 + 3 = 9 = 1 = 4 . . . . 3.5 2526
3 Jones, Gawain C ENG 2347 + 8 - 2 +12 = 5 +13 . . . . 3.5 2432
4 Mah, Karl m ENG 2418 +11 =15 +14 = 9 = 2 . . . . 3.5 2520
5 Trent, Lawrence ENG 2299 = 1 = 6 +15 = 3 =11 . . . . 3.0 2437
6 Bigg, Andrew J ENG 2287 = 7 = 5 +16 = 8 =10 . . . . 3.0 2397
7 Antal, Gergely m HUN 2475 = 6 - 1 +20 +14 = 8 . . . . 3.0 2401
8 Gordon, Stephen J ENG 2216 - 3 +18 +19 = 6 = 7 . . . . 3.0 2431
9 Dearing, Eddie SCO 2367 +20 +19 = 2 = 4 - 1 . . . . 3.0 2466
10 Dvorak, Tomas f CZE 2319 +17 =14 - 1 +19 = 6 . . . . 3.0 2426
11 Sinkevich, Petr f RUS 2313 - 4 -12 +17 +16 = 5 . . . . 2.5 2283
12 Broomfield, Matthew ENG 2249 -15 +11 - 3 +20 =14 . . . . 2.5 2335
13 Buckley, Simon T ENG 2267 -14 =20 +18 +15 - 3 . . . . 2.5 2322
14 Haslinger, Stewart f ENG 2414 +13 =10 - 4 - 7 =12 . . . . 2.0 2273
15 Pinter, Gabor m HUN 2376 +12 = 4 - 5 -13 =16 . . . . 2.0 2238
16 Jasny, Stanislav f CZE 2319 -19 +17 - 6 -11 =15 . . . . 1.5 2159
17 Buckley, Melanie ENG 2130 -10 -16 -11 =18 +19 . . . . 1.5 2179
18 Addison, Bret ENG 2251 - 2 - 8 -13 =17 +20 . . . . 1.5 2096
19 Palliser, Richard m ENG 2438 +16 - 9 - 8 -10 -17 . . . . 1.0 2030
20 Nixon, Thomas CM ENG 2226 - 9 =13 - 7 -12 -18 . . . . 0.5 1955
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The FS June events take place 5th-17th June 2003. There are GM, IM and
two FM sections. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and arbiter Gabor Pali.
Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0307/index.htm
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FSGM July Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 vii 2003 cat. VII (2418)
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1. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2499 * = . 1 = 1 = 1 = = . 1 6.5 2563
2. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2497 = * = = . = = = 1 = 1 . 5.5 2500
3. Medvegy, Zoltan g HUN 2498 . = * = 1 . = = = = 0 1 5.0 2444
4. Krapivin, Alexander m RUS 2339 0 = = * . 1 = = 1 . 1 0 5.0 2462
5. Thorfinnsson, Bragi f ISL 2373 = . 0 . * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 5.0 2466
6. Gerzhoy, Leonid ISR 2410 0 = . 0 1 * = = = = 1 . 4.5 2416
7. Gunnarsson, Arnar f ISL 2348 = = = = = = * . . 1 . 0 4.0 2438
8. Reutsky, Sergei f RUS 2307 0 = = = 0 = . * . . 1 1 4.0 2428
9. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2411 = 0 = 0 = = . . * = = 1 4.0 2396
10. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2528 = = = . 0 = 0 . = * = = 3.5 2347
11. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2442 . 0 1 0 = 0 . 0 = = * = 3.0 2289
12. Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2366 0 . 0 1 0 . 1 0 0 = = * 3.0 2291
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FSIM July Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 vii 2003 cat. IV (2330)
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1. Dembo, Yelena wg HUN 2390 * = . = = = = . . 1 1 1 1 6.5 2483
2. Wendt, Jan-Dietrich GER 2291 = * = = = = 1 . = . . 1 1 6.0 2474
3. Reiss, Tibor f HUN 2343 . = * . . . = = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2448
4. Howell, David WL f ENG 2323 = = . * 1 1 . 0 . = 1 0 1 5.5 2402
5. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2419 = = . 0 * = = . 1 . 1 1 . 5.0 2424
6. Husari, Satea m SYR 2355 = = . 0 = * 1 . . . = 1 1 5.0 2425
7. Ragger, Markus AUT 2347 = 0 = . = 0 * 1 . = = = 1 5.0 2324
8. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2319 . . = 1 . . 0 * = = 0 1 1 4.5 2357
9. Werner, Dimo m GER 2376 . = 0 . 0 . . = * = 1 = 1 4.0 2312
10. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2255 0 . = = . . = = = * = . . 3.0 2289
11. Dencsi, Tibor HUN 2276 0 . = 0 0 = = 1 0 = * . . 3.0 2222
12. Pitl, Gregory GER 2279 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = . . * . 2.0 2131
13. Gottesman, Jerome f USA 2315 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . . . * 0.0
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The Belgian Championships took place in Eupen 5th-13th July 2003. Geert
Van der Stricht won the event with 7.5/9 half a point clear of the ELO
favourite Alexandre Dgebuadze.
Internet coverage: http://www.skrochade.net/eupen2003.htm
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ch-BEL Eupen BEL (BEL), 5-13 vii 2003
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1. Van der Stricht, Geert m BEL 2450 +12 +10 + 3 = 5 = 2 + 7 = 8 + 9 + 6 7.5 2639
2. Dgebuadze, Alexandre g BEL 2553 +15 +18 = 5 +14 = 1 + 6 = 9 = 3 + 8 7.0 2561
3. Cekro, Ekrem m BEL 2441 =11 + 4 - 1 - 8 =13 +12 +15 = 2 + 9 5.5 2421
4. Marechal, Andy f BEL 2256 = 6 - 3 =15 +17 - 7 +14 +11 = 8 + 5 5.5 2436
5. Gulbas, Cemil f BEL 2340 +13 + 9 = 2 = 1 - 8 =10 + 7 = 6 - 4 5.0 2396
6. Vandevoort, Pascal f BEL 2353 = 4 = 8 = 7 +11 + 9 - 2 +10 = 5 - 1 5.0 2410
7. Saiboulatov, Danial f BEL 2366 -10 +12 = 6 +18 + 4 - 1 - 5 =11 +14 5.0 2374
8. Dutreeuw, Marc m BEL 2316 =16 = 6 =18 + 3 + 5 - 9 = 1 = 4 - 2 4.5 2318
9. Meessen, Rudolf f BEL 2279 +14 - 5 +16 +10 - 6 + 8 = 2 - 1 - 3 4.5 2354
10. Michiels, Bart BEL 2376 + 7 - 1 +17 - 9 +14 = 5 - 6 =13 =15 4.5 2337
11. Laurent, Bruno f BEL 2374 = 3 +16 -14 - 6 +18 =13 - 4 = 7 +17 4.5 2280
12. Ahn, Martin f BEL 2277 - 1 - 7 -13 +16 +15 - 3 =14 =17 +19 4.0 2235
13. Akhayan, Ruben BEL 2228 - 5 -14 +12 =15 = 3 =11 =17 =10 -16 3.5 2233
14. Filipek, Jakub f BEL 2363 - 9 +13 +11 - 2 -10 - 4 =12 +16 - 7 3.5 2221
15. Mohandesi, Shahin m IRI 2337 - 2 -17 = 4 =13 -12 +16 - 3 +19 =10 3.5 2192
16. Draftian, Ashote BEL ---- = 8 -11 - 9 -12 +17 -15 +19 -14 +13 3.5 2196
17. Hautot, Stephane BEL 2317 -18 +15 -10 - 4 -16 +19 =13 =12 -11 3.0 2102
18. Daels, Marc BEL 2196 +17 - 2 = 8 - 7 -11 . . . . 1.5 2236
19. BYE ---- . . . . . -17 -16 -15 -12 0.0
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The 40th Canadian Open Championships take place in Kapuskasing, Ontario,
hosts Canada's most important open event, July 12-20, 2003.
Players include: Arencibia, Walter Cuba 2520, Barsov, Alexei Uzbekistan
2531, Becerra, Julio Cuba 2552, Bellon Lopez, Juan Spain 2422, Christiansen,
Larry USA 2544, Cramling, Pia Sweden 2470, Fierro, Martha Ecuador 2313,
Georgiev, Vladimir Macedonia 2552, Iljushin, Alexei Russia 2556, Jonkman,
Harmen Netherlands 2431, Kudrin, Sergey USA 2524, Miroshnichenko, Evgenij
Ukraine 2531, Mitkov, Nicola Macedonia 2546, Moiseenko, Alex Ukraine 2627,
Pogonina, Natalija Russia 2347, Tyomkin, Dimitri Canada 2477, Vera, Reynaldo
Cuba 2546, Zatonskih, Anna USA 2423, Zontakh, Andrey Ukraine 2512, Aikhoje,
Odion Nigeria 2278, Chandrashekhar, Gokhale India 2382, Cummings, David Canada
2377, Ginsburg, Mark USA 2376, Khamrakulov, Ibragim Uzbekistan 2470, Korobov,
Anton Ukraine 2513, Lobach, Pavel Russia 2327, Perelshteyn, Eugene USA 2461,
Porper, Edward Israel 2429 and Ross, Dave Canada 2318.
Further details: http://www.kapchess.com/kapchess/open.html
For details of the Kaps Pairing System, see:
http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/kap.htm
Herman van Riemsdijk reports: The 26th edition of the Open del
Vallès was held in Barberà del Vallès, Catalunya, from
July 6th-13th 2003. 42 players from 9 countries played the main group. I had
played this nice tournament already 4 times but in this edition I was asked by
the organizers to be the arbiter instead. At the end first prize went to GM
Moskalenko, after the progressive tie-break system had be counted after the
last round. Argentinian Marcelo Panelo made an IM norm.
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26th Open Barbera del Valles ESP (ESP), 6-13 vii 2003
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1-2 Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2520 6.5 33.0
Grigore, George-Gabriel g ROM 2488 6.5 32.5
3-8 Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2441 6 36.5
Panelo, Marcelo ARG 2349 6 34.0
Pablo Mari, Alexandre f ESP 2419 6 31.5
Hernando Rodrigo, Julio Antonio ESP 2283 6 29.5
Rahal, Michael m ENG 2401 6 28.5
Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2380 6 26.0
9-14 de la Paz, Frank m CUB 2442 5.5 31.5
Rios, Alejandro m COL 2316 5.5 30.5
Vassallo, Mauricio m ESP 2396 5.5 29.0
Perpinya Rofes, Lluis Maria f ESP 2314 5.5 26.0
Baches Garcia, Guillermo ESP 2399 5.5 26.0
Mela, Benjamin ARG 2322 5.5 24.5
15-19 Vehi Bach, Victor m ESP 2416 5 32.0
Garrido Fernandez, Daniel ESP 2234 5 26.5
de la Rocha, Ramon f ESP 2291 5 26.0
Asis Garagatagli, Hipolit ESP 2156 5 26.0
Asensio Liñan, Teodoro ESP 2222 5 23.0
20-24 Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge m COL 2344 4.5 25.5
Alonso Moyano, Jonathan ESP 2281 4.5 25.0
Barrientos, Sergio f COL 2296 4.5 25.0
Carbonell Bofill, Carlos ESP 2286 4.5 24.5
Bustamante Montoni, Richard m VEN 2202 4.5 22.5
25-32 Ridameya Tatche, Josep ESP 2114 4 19.5
Roig Grau, Jesus ESP 2225 4 19.5
Peñas Hernandez, Xavier ESP 2143 4 19.0
Pascual Sauch, Angel ESP 2146 4 18.0
Pinol Fulgoni, Fabrice SUI 2210 4 18.0
Hernandez Casillas, Joan Jose ESP 2165 4 18.0
Gea Cabrero, Jordi ESP 2038 4 18.0
Penades Ordaz, Victor ESP 2157 4 15.5
33-34 Montell Zabay, Albert ESP 2178 3.5 19.5
Amor Alcaide, Manuel ESP 2116 3.5 12.0
35-37 Torras Campdelacreu, Xavier ESP 3 14.5
Gonzalez Gonzalez, Santiago ESP 3 12.0
Serrano Campos, Joan Antonio ESP 2050 3 11.0
38-40 Chalmeta Ugas, Jordi ESP 2059 2.5 13.5
Peñas Hernandez, Yolanda ESP 2062 2.5 12.5
Amoros Aguilar, Lluis ESP 2165 2.5 10.0
41 Rios Torondell, Jaume ESP 2055 1.5 7.0
42 Aguillar Garrido, Ivan ESP 2183 0.5 1.0
Hugh Brodie reports: The Quebec Invitational was held in Montreal
(Canada) June 26th - July 5th 2003. The event consisted of 6 Quebec players (by
rating or qualification events) and 4 invited players from other federations.
FM David Pruess (USA) was the surprising winner - scoring 8.5/9. Top
Quebec player (and thus Quebec champion) was IM Michael Schleifer of Montreal.
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ch-Quebec Inv Montreal CAN (CAN), 26 vi-5 vii 2003 cat. III (2305)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Pruess, David f USA 2331 * 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2745
2. Maly, Alexey m UKR 2366 0 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2422
3. Schleifer, Michael m CAN 2356 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2423
4. Hebert, Jean m CAN 2417 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2372
5. Hua, Lefong CAN 2267 0 1 = = * = 0 = 1 1 5.0 2351
6. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas CAN 2244 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 = 1 5.0 2354
7. Feoktistov, Dmitri CAN 2125 = 0 0 0 1 0 * = = = 3.0 2199
8. Voskanian, Vahagn f ARM 2314 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 2.5 2137
9. Duong, Thanh Nha m CAN 2314 0 0 0 = 0 = = = * 0 2.0 2083
10. Kleinplatz, Sam f FRA 2312 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1.5 2030
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The 3rd Trofeo Intel Pentuim takes place in Milan July 14th-22md 2003.
Internet coverage:
http://www.maskeret.com/italiascacchistica/index.html
Players:
1 Llambi Quendro FM 2370
2 Sabino Brunello 2234
3 Michele Godena GM 2517
4 Fabrizio Bellia IM 2397
5 Bruno Belotti IM 2435
6 Kim Pilgaard IM 2446
7 Mario Lanzani IM 2355
8 Miroljub Lazic GM 2506
9 Sinisa Drazic GM 2463
10 Giulio Borgo IM 2423
The Irish Championships took place in Dublin 5th-13th July 2003.
Ian Doyle reports: The 2003 Irish Championships was won by Stephen Brady
on an impressive 8/9. This is his fourth Irish title [91-92-01 being the
others] and his 2nd in three years. Leading from an early stage he was rarely
in trouble and aside from draws with the number one and two seeds he won all
his games with a good combination of experience and determination. He was a
popular and most deserved winner too as he is one of the most active players in
Ireland. He now has an automatic place on the Irish Olympiad team in 2004, but
it remains to be seen if he accepts this place. He declined such an offer in
2002 and has preferred to play in other international events instead, narrowly
missing an IM norm earlier this year in an open in Italy.
A number of games are available.
Internet coverage:http://www.dublinchess.com/irish2003/home.html
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ch-IRL Dublin IRL (IRL), 5-13 vii 2003
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1. Brady, Stephen f IRL 2336 8.0
2. Orr, Mark J L m IRL 2346 6.5
3. O'Cinneide, Mel IRL 2258 6.5
4. Daly, Colm f IRL 2355 6.0
5. Short, Philip M f IRL 2301 5.5
6. Jeffares, Simon IRL 2036 5.0
7. O'Connell, Gerard IRL 2140 4.5
8. McPhillips, Kevin IRL ---- 4.5
9. Kennedy, John IRL 2041 4.5
10. Keogh, Eamon IRL 2127 4.0
11. O'Donovan, Richard IRL 2162 4.0
12. Fox, Anthony IRL 2136 4.0
13. Walsh,Paul IRL ---- 4.0
14. Crichton, Martin IRL 2002 3.0
15. Loughran,John IRL ---- 3.0
16. Freeman, Gordon IRL 2091 2.5
17. Beckett,Brian IRL ---- 2.5
18. Bennett,Eric IRL ---- 2.0
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The 25th Oberwart International Open took place 5th-13th July 2003. 5
players finished on 7.5/9 Andrey Shariyazdanov finishing first on tie-break.
Round 9 games currently unavailable.
Internet coverage: http://www.openoberwart.at/
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25th Open Oberwart AUT (AUT), 5-13 vii 2003
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1. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2565 7½ 55 44,50
2. Pavlovic, Milos1 g YUG 2569 7½ 54½ 44,00
3. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2590 7½ 53½ 44,00
4. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2555 7½ 53 42,50
5. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2575 7½ 52 42,00
6. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2533 7 56 41,75
7. Luther, Thomas g GER 2574 7 53 40,25
8. Navara, David g CZE 2608 7 51½ 38,00
9. Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2510 7 51 38,75
10. Golubovic, Boris m CRO 2427 7 49½ 37,75
11. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2522 7 48½ 37,25
12. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2463 6½ 55½ 36,75
13. Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2471 6½ 55 37,25
14. Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2470 6½ 54 39,25
15. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2550 6½ 53½ 36,50
16. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2510 6½ 52½ 35,75
17. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2509 6½ 52 34,25
18. Salakhutdinov, Ildar RUS 2276 6½ 51 33,75
19. Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2560 6½ 50½ 34,75
20. Schweda, Roland f AUT 2381 6½ 50½ 33,75
21. Danner, Georg m AUT 2359 6½ 50 33,50
22. Schroll, Gerhard m AUT 2414 6½ 49 33,75
23. Videki, Sandor m HUN 2429 6½ 48 34,25
24. Mahdi, Khaled m AUT 2423 6½ 48 33,75
25. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2546 6½ 47½ 34,00
26. Neumeier, Klaus f AUT 2255 6½ 47 32,00
27. Brkic, Ante f CRO 2419 6 53 33,75
28. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2440 6 50½ 32,00
29. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2417 6 50½ 30,75
30. Benda, Herbert f AUT 2260 6 49½ 30,25
300 players
The 21st edition of the International Chess Open of Andorra took place
5th-13th July 2003 in the Government's Pavilion in Andorra La Vella,
Plaça del Poble. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu took first place with 7.5/9 half
a point clear of Pavel Eljanov and Igor Khenkin. My thanks to Oscar de la
Riva.
Internet coverage: http://www.feva.ad
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XXI Andorra Open Andorra la Vella AND (AND), 5-13 vii 2003
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1. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2666 7,5
2. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2574 7,0
3. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2638 7,0
4. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2572 6,5
5. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2642 6,5
6. Oms Pallise, Josep m AND 2476 6,5
7. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2449 6,5
8. Paunovic, Dragan m YUG 2496 6,5
9. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2574 6,5
10. De la Riva Aguado, Oscar m AND 2543 6,5
11. Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2550 6,5
12. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2557 6,5
13. Ivanisevic, Ivan g YUG 2563 6,5
14. Canal Oliveras, Joan ESP 2275 6,5
15. Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2518 6,0
16. Campos Moreno, Javier B m CHI 2509 6,0
17. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto f ESP 2434 6,0
18. Kuzmin, Alexey g RUS 2583 6,0
19. Marin, Mihail g ROM 2539 6,0
20. Klenburg, Mikhail UKR 2377 6,0
21. De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M g ESP 2465 6,0
22. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2471 6,0
23. Castellanos, Renier CHI 2489 6,0
24. Berkovich, Mark A m ISR 2410 6,0
25. Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio f ESP 2398 6,0
26. Aloma Vidal, Robert ESP 2153 6,0
27. Mateo, Ramon m DOM 2444 6,0
28. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2455 6,0
29. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique f ESP 2500 6,0
30. Krush, Irina m USA 2449 5,5
31. Vila Gazquez, Javier ESP 2246 5,5
32. Andres Gonzalez, Alberto m ESP 2412 5,5
33. Llobel Cortell, Enrique ESP 2389 5,5
34. Djingarova, Emilia wm BUL 2300 5,5
35. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2529 5,5
36. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2442 5,5
37. Lorenzo de la Riva, Lazaro ESP ---- 5,5
38. Guerra Bastida, Diego f ESP 2409 5,5
39. Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos f ESP 2387 5,0
40. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2412 5,0
141 players
Rod McShane reports: Reykjavik's leading chain of bookstores, Mal &
Menning, sponsored a blitz match to celebrate the opening of its extensive new
chess books and equipment section in its Sidimuli store. Old friends and rivals
Ivan Sokolov and Johann Hjartarson contested the match over six games. All four
of the decisive match games were won by Black.
5 mins Blitz
Sokolov, Ivan - Hjartarson, Johann 0-1 36 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Hjartarson, Johann - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1
Sokolov, Ivan - Hjartarson, Johann 0-1 45 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Hjartarson, Johann - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 40 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Hjartarson, Johann 1/2 47 D38 QGD Ragozin
Hjartarson, Johann - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 51 C90 Ruy Lopez
Sudden death playoff 5'-4', White must win.
Sokolov, Ivan - Hjartarson, Johann 1-0
Mal & Menning Blitz Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 6-6 vii 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2693 0 1 0 = = 1 1 4.0 2690
Hjartarson, Johann g ISL 2640 1 0 1 = = 0 0 3.0 2643
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The XXIII Benasque Open took place 5th-13th July 2003. Oleg Korneev took
first place on Buchholz tie-break from 7 others all scoring 8/10. No games
appear to be available.
Internet coverage:
http://www.turismobenasque.com/spain/ajedrez/open.html
XXIII Open De Benasque
Final Round 10 Standings
Place Name NAT Rtg Tot Buch
1-8 KORNEEV, Oleg (2) RUS 2561 8 70.5
GERSHON, Alik (9) ISR 2510 8 68.5
SANDIPAN, Chanda (22) IND 2469 8 68.0
BADEA, Bela (14) ROM 2499 8 67.5
JARACZ, Pawel (5) POL 2539 8 66.5
STEFANOVA, Antoaneta (12) BUL 2503 8 66.5
VARGA, Zoltan (6) HUN 2534 8 65.5
VELICKA, Petr (29) CZE 2442 8 64.0
9-24 RIZOUK, Aimen (13) ALG 2501 7.5 68.0
UBILAVA, Elizbar (7) GEO 2528 7.5 67.0
PERALTA, Fernando (10) ARG 2505 7.5 66.5
ORATOVSKY, Michael (3) ISR 2560 7.5 65.5
MORENO TRUJILLO, Alejandro (43) ESP 2373 7.5 64.5
FELGAER, Ruben (4) ARG 2551 7.5 64.0
ROEDER, Mathias (27) GER 2451 7.5 63.5
ARGANDOÑA RIVEIRO, Iñigo (49) ESP 2350 7.5 63.0
RIVAS PASTOR, Manuel (32) ESP 2421 7.5 63.0
TODORCEVIC, Miodrag (20) YUG 2476 7.5 62.5
BELEZKY, Sasha (39) UKR 2388 7.5 62.5
CZEBE, Attila (17) HUN 2487 7.5 62.0
ALMAGRO LLAMAS, Pablo (42) ESP 2375 7.5 61.5
GALEGO, Luis (15) POR 2494 7.5 61.5
KOHLWEYER, Bernd (36) GER 2399 7.5 60.5
PIÑA, Sulennis (57) CUB 2286 7.5 58.5
25-43 FLUMBORT, Andras (21) HUN 2471 7 64.5
WESTERINEN, Heikki (48) FIN 2351 7 62.5
KACHAR, Vladimir (37) RUS 2395 7 62.5
ESCOBAR FORERO, Alder (35) COL 2400 7 62.0
GARZA MARCO, Sergio (34) ESP 2409 7 61.0
BERZINSH, Roland (28) LAT 2444 7 61.0
ZHUKOVA, Natalia (30) UKR 2439 7 61.0
HERRAIZ HIDALGO, Herminio (16) ESP 2494 7 60.5
TOLEDANO LLINARES, Juan Antonio (46) ESP 2357 7 60.5
BOIX MORENO, Daniel (68) ESP 2241 7 60.0
GONZALEZ SOMOZA, Oliver (98) ESP 2167 7 57.5
ARRIBAS, Maritza (45) CUB 2366 7 56.5
ROMON POVES, Raul (101) ESP 2159 7 55.0
FROIS, Antonio (41) POR 2376 7 55.0
LOPEZ MELGAR, Enrique (84) ESP 2193 7 54.5
RODRIGUEZ CORDON, Luis Jose (65) ESP 2248 7 54.0
GONZALEZ DE LA TORRE, Santiago (38) ESP 2390 7 54.0
KNORR JARILLO, Jose (63) ESP 2251 7 52.5
ZARZO LOPEZ, Tomas (59) ESP 2268 7 49.0
44-67 COSMA, Ioan (24) ROM 2454 6.5 67.0
CIFUENTES PARADA, Roberto (11) ESP 2503 6.5 66.5
HERNANDEZ, Roman (33) CUB 2420 6.5 65.5
MARTIN GONZALEZ, Angel (44) ESP 2371 6.5 65.5
IZSAK, Gyula (25) HUN 2454 6.5 64.5
VASILEVICH, Irina (69) RUS 2240 6.5 63.5
LAURIDSEN, Jesper Morch (61) DEN 2266 6.5 63.5
RODRIGUEZ VARGAS, Orestes (26) ESP 2452 6.5 63.0
BUCHENAU, Frank (56) GER 2287 6.5 62.5
JARACZ, Barbara (50) POL 2341 6.5 60.5
NANU, Ciprian (31) ROM 2436 6.5 60.0
LLORENTE ZARO, Alfonso (66) ESP 2245 6.5 60.0
KOVACEVIC, Slobodan (40) YUG 2387 6.5 59.5
TOLEDO LOPEZ, Fco. Javier (78) ESP 2197 6.5 59.0
CEBALLOS HORNERO, Daniel (85) ESP 2191 6.5 57.5
GOMEZ ANADON, Daniel (58) ESP 2273 6.5 57.5
PICAZO LOPEZ, Juan Antonio (150) ESP 2098 6.5 56.5
HERNANDEZ ESTEVEZ, Yudania (74) ESP 2221 6.5 56.0
GARCIA SAEZ, Juan Carlos (96) ESP 2169 6.5 55.0
GONZALEZ ARRIBAS, Vidal Alejandro (76) ESP 2212 6.5 54.5
SERRANO SALVADOR, Eduardo (71) ESP 2229 6.5 54.0
LLANES LUÑO, Pedro Alfredo (138) ESP 2111 6.5 52.5
ILLIJIN, Neboisa (54) ROM 2293 6.5 49.5
EDOUARD, Romain (173) FRA 2059 6.5 46.5
386 players
The Ikaros Chess Festival 2003 takes place 12th-20th of July 2003. The
Ikaros Chess Festival has been held for the last 25 years on Ikaria island in
the aegean islands of Greece. This year's events include the traditional open
international tournament "Open Aegean Championships" (12th till 20th of July)
as well as plenty of other side events such as blitz, rapid and simultaneous
exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/
183 players, 17 countries
Top seeds
1 Svetushkin,Dmitri MDA 2571
2 Fontaine,Robert FRA 2541
3 Banikas,Hristos GRE 2530
4 Hellsten,Johan SWE 2511
5 Shavtvaladze,Nikoloz GEO 2437
6 Kofidis,Andreas GRE 2434
7 Sebag,Marie FRA 2432
8 Pozharsky,Viktor RUS 2429
9 Lekic,Dusan YUG 2416
10 Szymanski,Marcin POL 2407
11 Milosevic,Goran SUI 2401
13th Heart of Finland open took place in Jyväskylä, Finland,
July 9-13, 2003. The 9 round Swiss waas won by Tomi Nyback ahead of Konstantin
Aseev, both on 7.5/9. No games available.
Internet coverage: http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hof03.htm
13th Heart of Finland 9th-13th July 2003
Final Round 9 Standings:
1. Nyback Tomi IM 7.5 56.5
2. Aseev Konstantin GM 7.5 52.0
3. Karttunen Mika IM 7.0 54.0
4. Seeman Tarvo IM 7.0 52.0
5. Novik Maxim GM 7.0 49.5
6. Kulaots Kaido GM 6.5 52.5
7. Norri Joose IM 6.5 51.0
8. Kekki Petri FM 6.5 49.5
9. Gavrikov Viktor GM 6.5 49.0
10. Yrjola Jouni GM 6.5 49.0
11. Rytshagov Mikhail GM 6.5 47.5
12. Kanep Meelis IM 6.0 55.0
13. Maki-Uuro Miikka FM 6.0 49.5
14. Parkkinen Jyrki 6.0 49.0
15. Manninen Marko IM 6.0 47.5
16. Molander Riku FM 6.0 47.5
17. Hokkanen Petri 6.0 46.5
18. Nevanlinna Risto FM 6.0 46.5
19. Hentunen Asko FM 6.0 45.5
20. Hynninen Juha 6.0 44.5
21. Salmensuu Olli IM 6.0 43.5
22. Puittinen Mika 6.0 42.5
23. Eriksson Jon 6.0 41.5
158 players
The 31st World Open took place in Philadelphia June 28th - July 6th
2003. There were many different schedules before they combined for the final
rounds. $180,000 guaranteed prizes. There were 37GMs. 10 players Ilya Smirin,
Alex Onischuk, Leonid Yudasin, Jaan Ehlvest, Alexander Goldin, Alexander
Shabalov, Alek Wojtkiewicz, Gennadi Zaitshik, Nazar Firman and Babakouly
Annakov all finished on 7/9, in terms of the prizefund they effectively shared
first. Jaan Ehlvest and Ilya Smirin played a one game playoff (black draw odds
in a 6 minutes for white 5 for black game) for the title and an extra $500
which Ehlvest won. More games should be available next week.
Official Site: http://www.worldopen.com
IA Antonio Bento reports: The Pre-Amazon International Chess Open took
place in Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil (Pre-Amazon Region - Tocantins
River) 5th-12th July 2003. GM Rafael Leitão took clear first with a
fantastic 8,5/9. The event was valid for the 9th stage of the 2003 Brazilian
Chess Open Circuit.
Internet coverage:http://www.cximperatriz.com.br and
http://www.cximperatriz.com.br/index.php?parte=1412
(Results, Crosstable)
Leading Final Standings:
1 Rafael Duailibe, Leitao 2550 8.5 43.0
2 Darcy Gustavo M V, Lima 2519 7.5 42.0
3-6 Jefferson, Pelikian 2415 7 38.0
Edmundo, Luz 2210 7 37.0
Everaldo, Matsuura 2452 7 36.5
Francisco, Cavalcanti 2280 7 34.5
7-9 Luis, Coelho 2409 6.5 36.5
Jose Fernando Cubas, Berdnarek 2419 6.5 33.0
Bianor, Dantas 2273 6.5 33.0
10-20 Julian Kirsten, Arni 6 35.0
Roberto Luis Costa de, Andrade 2309 6 34.0
Charles, Gauche 2289 6 34.0
Silvio, Lucena 2186 6 33.0
Frank Roberto, Santana Lins 6 33.0
Andrey Marcelo De Souza, Neves 2172 6 32.0
Zich, Moyses Junior 6 30.5
Angelo Bil, Ramos 2096 6 30.0
Tiago Batista, Oliveira 6 29.0
Alexandre Santana, Azevedo 6 28.0
Nilton, Abreu 6 27.0
104 players
The International Championships of Paris-Ile-de-France took place
5th-13th July 2003. Alberto David won with 7.5/9. Games not available.
Internet coverage:
http://www.ifrance.com/LigueIDFechecs/chparis2003/Open2003.htm
and http://www.europe-echecs.com
Leading Final (Round 9) Standings:
1 g DAVID Alberto 2550 LUX 7,0 36,5 2647 2645
2 m TODOROV Todor 2471 BUL 6,5 35,0 2606 2599
3 g SAVCHENKO Stanislav 2560 UKR 6,5 35,0 2593 2586
4 g SHCHEKACHEV Andrei 2550 RUS 6,5 34,5 2521 2514
5 m PARAGUA Mark 2500 PHI 6,5 34,0 2561 2554
6 ABERGEL Thal 2412 FRA 6,5 33,5 2565 2558
7 g APICELLA Manuel 2522 FRA 6,5 32,5 2559 2552
8 m BAGHERI Amir 2500 IRI 6,5 32,5 2531 2524
9 g GREENFELD Alon 2556 ISR 6,0 30,0 2445 2426
10 SERAFIMOV Tervel 2342 BUL 6,0 28,0 2423 2420
11 SCHABANEL Stephane 2271 FRA 6,0 27,5 2557 2554
12 m BELLAICHE Anthony 2429 FRA 5,5 32,5 2493 2487
13 m BROCHET Philippe 2388 FRA 5,5 31,5 2441 2435
14 VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2386 FRA 5,5 31,0 2484 2478
15 DOURERASSOU Jonathan 2202 FRA 5,5 28,5 2454 2448
16 f BERTHELOT Yannick 2340 FRA 5,5 28,0 2442 2436
17 g CHABANON Jean-Luc 2498 FRA 5,5 28,0 2440 2434
18 m CHOMET Pascal 2381 FRA 5,5 27,5 2362 2356
19 SHOKER Samy 2232 FRA 5,5 24,0 2455 2449
20 f CALISTRI Tristan 2270 FRA 5,5 23,5 2398 2392
21 FERRY Roger 2180 FRA 5,5 20,5 2342 2338
69 players
The Kreuzberger Open 2003 takes place 5th-13th July 2003. Robert Rabiega
and Jakov Meister were the top two players but Rene Stern with 8/9 took clear
first. No games appear to be available.
Internet coverage:
http://www.schachclubkreuzberg.de/open2003.htm
Leading Final (Round 9) Standings
1. Stern, Rene 8.0 52.0 442.5
2. Kalinitschew, Ser 7.5 54.5 441.5
3. Meister, Jakov 7.0 51.5 425.5
4. Rabiega, Robert 6.5 53.0 420.5
5. von Herman, Ulf 6.5 52.5 436.0
6. Lueders, Gerhard 6.5 50.5 404.5
7. Teschke, Olaf 6.5 46.5 393.5
8. Vandersmissen, Ma 6.5 41.5 385.0
90 players
Zonal Tournament 3.3 for men and women take place in Yongchuan, China,
July 11th-23rd, 2003. Players below, I don't have games although I would
obviously be interested.
Players Men: Xu, Jun 2626 gm, Wu, Wenjin 2531 gm, Wang, Zili 2542 gm,
Yu, Shaoteng 2508 im, Ye, Jiangchuan 2683 gm, Wang, Rui 2481 im, Zhou, Weiqi
2388, Zhang, Pengxiang 2567 gm, Ni, Hua 2533 fm, Zhao, Jun 2447, Bu, Xiangzhi
2588 gm, Zhang, Zhong 2658 gm,
Players Women: Wang, Yu 2357 wfm, Tan, Zhongyi 2000, Gu,Xiaobing 2346
wim, Shen, Yang 2113, Zhao, Xue 2467 wgm, Xu, Yuanyuan 2347 wim, Li,Ruofan 2433
wgm, Ruan,Lufei 2307, Zhang, Jilin 2300 and Huang, Qian 2313 wim
Internet coverage: http://www.chende.net/03fqs/mcrosstable.htm
and http://www.chende.net/03fqs/wcrosstable.htm
1st ABC Besançon Masters Cat IV double round robin 5th-14th July
2003. Hopefully games will be available next week.
Internet coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
The 2003 FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships took place in Tswane
(used to be called Pretoria), South Africa from 2nd-13th July 2003. Alongside
is the SA Open Chess Championship 4th-12th July 2003. I only have the
penultimate round standings however there is a report from Stewart Reuben.
Games unavailable.
Report: The World Amateur Chess Championship took place at The Saint
George Hotel, Tswane in South Africa 2-12 July 2003. The big news is that 11
year old DALEEN WIID (of Pretoria in Tswane) won the Women's Wotld Amateur
Chess Championship with the score of 4.5/9. She is aged 11 years, 8 months at 5
days. We believe she is the youngest-ever person to win a World Championship
open to adult players in any sporting discipline. Stewart Reuben, Chairman of
the World Chess Federation Organizers Committee said today, "This is a truly
wonderful result and bodes well for the future of South African chess." Daleen
is a pupil at Constantia Park Primary School in Pretoria. She won her title in
the event which is open to both males and females. The overall winner was
Shabier Bhawoodien (Johannesburg) who made the remarkable score of 8/9. 123
players competed in this event which was started in England in 1995. There, the
largest entry has been 70 people. This is certainly the first time African
players have ever won World Chess Championship titles.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessa.co.za/
South African Open
Leading Round 10 of 11 Standings:
1 Chumfwa, S 2291 9.5 52.5
2 Solomon, Kt 2356 9.0 49.5
3 Mosenya, N 2049 8.0 44.0
4 Bhawoodien, Sh 2128 7.5 40.0
5 Morrison, Gr 2105 7.5 40.0
6 Mandizha, F 1950 7.5 39.0
7 Mamombe, K 2161 7.5 35.0
8 Steenkamp, Jj 2139 7.0 43.0
9 Masungwini, Mt 2020 7.0 43.0
10 Jobe, M 2141 7.0 42.5
11 Jonker, Md 1936 7.0 42.0
12 Louw, Dj 2094 7.0 41.0
13 Niemandt, Ad 2027 7.0 40.5
14 Mauba, Ms 2016 7.0 40.0
15 Oosthuizen, Djj 1939 7.0 39.5
16 Van Tonder, Tg 2106 7.0 38.5
17 Findlay, Ma 1992 7.0 38.5
18 Wilken, Jb 2119 7.0 37.0
19 Nell, A 1669 7.0 35.5
180 players
FIDE World Amateur Championships
Round 8 of 9 Standings:
1 Bhawoodien, Sh 2128 7.5 34.5
2 Freire Velloso Rebel, O 1500 7.0 28.0
3 Klaver, C 2061 6.5 31.0
4 Jurgensen, Gi 2056 6.5 31.0
5 Van Zyl, F 2037 6.0 30.0
6 Odendaal, F 1937 6.0 30.0
7 Wilken, Jb 2119 6.0 28.0
8 Mathe, Ld 1881 6.0 28.0
9 Mohale, T 1935 6.0 27.0
10 Makoto, R 1000 6.0 25.5
11 Brodie, Sm 1955 6.0 25.0
12 Tsalicoglou, J 1768 6.0 24.0
151 players
Senior International Master-Elect John Knudsen played 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. The rest of the World won with black in 21 moves.
Result: Knudsen, John - Rest of the World 0-1 21 E59 Nimzo Indian
Current
www.chessworld.net matches against TCCMB, Jim Plaskett, IM Mike Basman and
Yulia
As reported in TWIC 451 the Zone 3.2a Championships 2003 took place June
20th-30th 2003 in Ho Chi Minh City. Ronald Dableo was the surprise winner of
the men's event with 7/9. Favourite Nguyen Thi Thanh An took the women's event.
There were two places for the Men’s World Championship and one for the
Women’s World Championship 2003. Mark Paragua beat Rogelio Antonio in a
playoff for the second qualifying position for the FIDE World Championships
3-2. Games from the playoff now available.
Internet coverage: http://www.vietnamchess.com/3-2a/3-2a.htm
Play-off for 2nd Men Qualifying Spot
25 mins + 10 seconds
Antonio, Rogelio jr - Paragua, Mark 0-1 51 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Paragua, Mark - Antonio, Rogelio jr 0-1 41 B70 Sicilian Dragon
5 mins + 10 seconds
Paragua, Mark - Antonio, Rogelio jr 1-0 37 B11 Caro Kann Two Knights
Antonio, Rogelio jr - Paragua, Mark 1-0 66 B22 Sicilian Alapin
White 6 mins, Black 5 mins and draw odds
Paragua, Mark - Antonio, Rogelio jr 1-0 34 E57 Nimzo Indian
zt 3.2a Playoff Ho Chi Minh City VIE (VIE), 30-30 vi 2003
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1 2 3 4 5
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Paragua, Mark m PHI 2500 1 0 1 0 1 3.0 2593
Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2521 0 1 0 1 0 2.0 2428
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zt 3.2a Ho Chi Minh City VIE (VIE), 21-29 vi 2003
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1. Dableo, Ronald PHI 2305 7.0 2611
2. Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2521 6.5 2525
3. Paragua, Mark m PHI 2500 6.5 2496
4. Wu Shaobin g SIN 2531 6.0 2437
5. Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2520 6.0 2381
6. Villamayor, Buenaventura g PHI 2484 6.0 2425
7. Irwanto, Sadikin f INA 2405 5.5 2466
8. Pham Chuong VIE 2225 5.5 2530
9. Bao Quang VIE ---- 5.5 2365
10. Nguyen Van Huy VIE ---- 5.5 2451
36 players
Hikaru Nakamura won the 63rd New York Masters on 8th July 2003. News
John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com
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63rd New York Masters Action USA (USA), 8 vii 2003
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Nakamura, Hikaru USA g 2568 + 8 +16 + 5 = 2 3.5 ($400)
2. Blatny, Pavel CZE g 2503 +18 +17 = 4 = 1 3.0 ($100)
3. Bonin, Jay USA m 2368 +14 = 4 +15 = 5 3.0 ($100)
4. Yudasin, Leonid ISR g 2558 +12 = 3 = 2 = 6 2.5
5. Wojtkiewicz, Alek USA g 2543 +11 + 7 - 1 = 3 2.5
6. Vovsha, Eli ISR m 2432 =13 = 9 +17 = 4 2.5
7. Kedyk, Dmytro UKR 2154 +15 - 5 +16 = 9 2.5 ($ 45)
8. Gershov, Yevgeny USA f 2352 - 1 =14 +18 +12 2.5 ($ 45)
9. Weeramantry, Sunil SRI f 2199 = = 6 +10 = 7 2.5 ($ 45)
10. Gonzales, Jayson PHI m 2405 -17 +11 - 9 +16 2.0
11. Privman, Boris USA f 2222 - 5 -10 +14 +17 2.0
12. Belakovskaia, Anje USA wg 2291 - 4 =18 +13 - 8 1.5
13. Bercys, Salvijus LTU 2264 = 6 -15 -12 +18 1.5
14. Chernin, Oliver USA 2196 - 3 = 8 -11 +19 1.5
15. Stripunsky, Alex USA g 2543 - 7 +13 - 3 --- 1.0
16. Sarkar, Justin USA m 2382 +19 - 1 - 7 -10 1.0
17. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2254 +10 - 2 - 6 -11 1.0
18. Eisen, Lewis USA 2238 - 2 =12 - 8 -13 0.5
19. Tamarkin, Larry USA 2192 -16 --- --- -14 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $400
2ND - $150
3RD - $ 50
U2400 - $135
The 2nd Open of Condom (France) takes place 12th-18th July 2003. The
Condom open is a 9 round open tournament.
Further details: http://echecs.condom.free.fr or more
specifically http://echecs.condom.free.fr/open03.htm
Round 2 Standings:
1 g PINTER Jozsef 2548 HUN 2
2 g LEVIN Felix 2520 GER 2
3 g AGAMALIEV Gamil 2518 AZE 2
4 g HORVATH Adam 2503 HUN 2
5 wg GAPONENKO Inna 2399 UKR 2
6 m GULIEV Logman 2369 AZE 2
7 KEREK Csaba 2361 HUN 2
8 ROSER Kevin 2324 FRA 2
9 VOITEANU Gabriel 2301 ROM 2
10 VERDUYN Frederic 2211 BEL 2
11 gf GARA Anita 2352 HUN 2
12 LEBRAUD Eric 2018 FRA 2
13 CHRISTIAENS Mark 1769 BEL 2
14 HARGUES Franck 1910 FRA 2
126 players
Various press releases and replies from the Turkish Chess Union are
below. The latest is at the top below are various other letters.
The
latest letter states it's purpose as: For our part, we, members of the
initiative group for the creation of an Association of Chess Players, also want
to explain to the chess society our view on the problems and the current
situation in the chess world. Ali Nihat Yazici has now replied to that
letter.
7th July - Ali Nihat Yazici reply to
Initiative Group
Press Release: Initiative Group for the
creation of an Association of Chess Players
Previous Letters
Igor Glek on a Chess Union: On the
anniversary of the Prague agreements
Reply to
open letter by Ali Nihat Yazici President of Turkish Chess Federation
Formation of Chess Union and Open Letter on Conditions
for the European Championships
Igor Glek on a Chess Union: On the
anniversary of the Prague agreements (Russian version:
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/glek2rus.htm)
Earlier correspondence: Open Letter from Igor
Glek - Letter from Turkish Chess Federation in
Reply to Igor Glek and Igor Glek replies to the
Letter from Turkish Chess Federation
IM Attila Schneider born 14th April 1955 died 8th July 2003.
News: http://chessclinic.kalandor.hu/
Kenneth Whyld 6th March 1926 - 11th July 2003
Ken Whyld, the chess researcher, bibliophile and author has died at the
age of 77. His 1984 work "The Oxford Companion to Chess" written with David
Hooper still is the standard single volume encyclopedia in English.
He had a wide range of interests across chess history and was a
particular expert on Emanuel Lasker, his "The Collected Games of Emanuel
Lasker" is the outstanding work on the former World Champion's games.
He was very generous with his knowledge aiding many chess authors with
their research.
Books include:
The Oxford Companion to Chess David Hooper and
Kenneth Whyld 1984 (2nd Edition 1993)
Alekhine - Nazi Articles (3rd ed.)
Ken Whyld 2002
Chess Columns - A List - Ken Whyld 2002
Guinness Chess
The Records, London, Ken Whyld - Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 1986
First
Chess Olympiad London,1927 Kenneth Whyld (Editor) 1993
Fake Automata in
Chess Kenneth Whyld 1994
24th Chess Festival Bled 2003
The 24th Chess festival Bled 2003 takes place 14th-20th July 2003. 9
round Swiss.
Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled/
Politiken Cup
The 25th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup takes place 14th-25th of July
2003. The Politiken Cup is 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.
Official site: http://www.politikencup.dk
Riga 2003
"Riga 2003" 9 round Swiss Open takes place 24th-30th August 2003.
Further details: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=8504
Liepajas rokade
Liepajas rokade takes place 31st July - 3rd August 2003. Players:
Alexander Khalifman, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Loek van Wely, Daniel Fridmans,
Jaan Elvest, Edvins Kengis, Aloizs Kveinis and Maxim Dlugy.
Internet site: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=8112
14th Czech Open
International festival of chess, bridge and games Czech Open 2003 has
began. It takes place 10th-27th July 2003 in Pardubice. There will be organized
14 chess tournaments and lot of others in next various games. There were
registred altogether 1522 players from 48 countries including 63 GM + WGM and
106 IM + WIM. In the main grandmaster open tournament KOMERCNI BANKA OPEN is
registered 390 players with average rating 2331.
Players: GM Mikhail Gurevich (BEL 2635), GM Peter Acs (HUN 2600), GM
Vladislav Borovikov (UKR 2590), GM Zbynek Hracek (CZE 2584), GM Valery Neverov
(UKR 2583), GM Bartosz Socko (POL 2577), GM Vladimir Burmakin (RUS 2569), GM
Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS 2568), GM Zoltan Gyimesi (HUN 2567), GM Pavel Eljanov
(RUS 2567) and others.
Daily internet coverage at http://www.czechopen.net
Abu Dhabi Chess Festival
The Abu Dhabi Chess Festival takes place 16th-26th August 2003 with 5
seperate tournaments and $25,000 total prize.
Official site: http://www.abudhabichess.com
Glorney and Faber 2003 - Prague
The Glorney and Faber 2003 takes place 14th-17th July 2003 in
Prague.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chess.cz/html/index.php?module=subjects&func=viewpage&pageid=213
Sagicor Open Junior Championships
The Sagicor Open Junior Championships take place in St Michael,
Barbados, July 14th-18th 2003. The 8 round Swiss has players from Suriname,
Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and Barbados. Players born on or after 1st
January 2003 can play.
Internet coverage: http://www.barbados.org/chess/
Staunton Memorial
To mark the 175th Anniversary of Simpsons in the Stand a tournament
supported by the Staunton Society, the Savoy Hotel and organised by Ray Keene
and Barry Martin will take place August 24th - September 1st, 2003 4
Player-Double Round Robin
Players: Jon Speelman, Danny King, John Emms and David Howell.
World Police and Fire Games
The World Police and Fire Games take place July 29th-31st 2003 in the
Centre Cívic Cotxeres de Sants Carretera de Sants, 7908014 - Barcelona
Info: http://www.2003wpfg.org/sports/e_comp_1_3.htm
and http://www.2003wpfg.org/sports/docs/english/1.doc
26th Asian Junior Championships
The 26th Asian Junior Chess Championship 2003 take place in Sri Lanka
18th July to 27th July 2003.
Internet site: http://www.asianjuniors03.com
3rd Saint Chély d'Aubrac
The 3rd Saint Chély d'Aubrac International Open takes place
13th-19th July 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.clichy-echecs.org
French Championships
The 78th French Championships take place in Aix-les-Bains 18th-30th
August 2003.
Players in the mixed event Joel Lautier, Etienne Bacrot, Laurent
Fressinet, Iossif Dorfman, Christian Bauer, Anatoli Vaisser, Andrei Sokolov,
Igor Nataf, Jean-Marc Degraeve, Robert Fontaine, Jean-Luc Chabanon and Laurent
Guidarelli (2392). Substitutes: Almira Skripchenko, Manuel Apicella, Cyril
Marcelin and Eloi Relange. Igor Nataf seems unlikely to participate.
Players in the women's Marie Sebag, Sylvia Collas, Maria Leconte, Roza
Lallemand, Sophie Milliet, Malina Nicoara, Marina Costagliola, Christine Flear,
Marina Roumegous, Raphaelle Delahaye, Anne Muller, Pauline Guichard.
Substitutes Friederike Armas, Claire Gervais, Mélanie Verot and Sabine
Fruteau.
Internet coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr
Curacao Sedreko Open 2003
The Curacao Sedreko Open 2003 takes place July 25th - August 4th 2003.
Players include: Shabalov, Macieja and Stefanova.
Internet coverage: http://www.topschaak.nl
European Chess Championships Under 10/12/14/16/18
The European Chess Championship Under 10/12/14/16/18 2003 takes place
in Budva (Montenegro) on the Adriatic coast approximately 540 km south of
Belgrade. 12th-23rd September 2003.
In addition there is the Euro Indivdual Rapid & Blitz Under 20
follows the event September 23rd-26th 2003.
Further details: http://www.eurobudva2003.com
Contact: Jelena Miloradovic Official e-mail:eurobudva2003@yahoo.com
Tournament director: Vladimir Sakotic +381-63-70-40-000 mobile phone
vlasak@cg.yu or vladimirsakotic@yahoo.com
1st Malmö Masters
The 1st Malmö Masters take place July 28th - August 6th 2003 in
Malmö, Sweden. The 10 player Category IX GM tournament includes: Players
so far: GM Luke McShane (2620), GM Jon Speelman (2589), GM Stellan Brynell
(2511), IM Emanuel Berg (2495), GM Tomas Ernst (2448), IM Björn Ahlander
(2393) and Faruk Tairi (2245).
Internet coverage will follow at: http://www.limhamnssk.m.se
12th Monarch Assurance
The 12th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International takes place 27th
Sept - 5th October 2003. £16,750 prize fund. Venue Open - the Ocean
Castle Hotel in Port Erin on the Isle of Man's south-west coast.
Further details:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2003/index.html
Tigran Petrosian Memorial Open Postponed
The Tigran Petrosian Memorial Open has been postponed until further
notice. It was due to take place August 28th - September 7th 2003 in Yerevan,
Armenia.
Details: http://www.armchess.am
Film about IM Milorad Vujovoc
"Mitcko" a film about 70 year old IM Milorad Vujovoc and featuring a
contribution from Viktor Korchnoi is a joint Serb, Italian and French
production.
Further details: http://www.agifilm.com/Vujovic.htm
Gligoric visits Gothenburg
Zeljko Kartal reports that the chess legend, GM Svetozar Gligoric will
visit Gothenburg, Sweden 19th-20th September 2003 in the City Museum of
Gothenburg, Sweden.
Timetable: Friday 19 September 12.00 - Simultaneous, The City Museum -
Free entry Players: 25
Saturday 20th September 12.00 - 16.00 Tolk, The City Museum - Free
entry Gligoric will to talk about his long chess life, books, friendship with
Robert Fischer ...
Official site (english):
http://www.schackcentralen.com/gligoric/default_eng.asp
Hilton Blackpool International August
The Hilton Blackpool International tournament takes place August
4th-9th 2003 at the Hilton Hotel Blackpool.
The event will be a 10 player all-play-all, with an average rating over
2400 elo. With 3 Grandmasters, with 4 players not from England and with five
players with titles, the event will be both GM and IM norm qualifying.
Players: Abhijit Kunte 2499 gm India Nigel Davies 2483 gm Colin McNab
2412 gm Scotland Danny Gormally 2496 im John Shaw 2474 im Scotland Richard
Palliser 2441 im Adam Hunt 2366 im Stewart Haslinger 2385 fm Craig Hanley 2375
fm Sam Collins 2390 Ireland.
Organiser Bill O'Rourke
Website: http://www.hiltoninternational.lancashirechess.info/
26th Ghent Open
The 26th International Open Chess Tournament of Ghent, Belgium takes
place 19th-23rd July 2003. 9 round Swiss tournament.
Further information http://www.kgsrl.be/
Harry Cattoir KGSRL (Koninklijke Gentse Schaakkring Ruy Lopez) writes:
This successful tournament with around € 8.000 prize money is unique
because of the combination with the yearly "Fiesta" in the City of Ghent . The
center of the city is full of music (folk, jazz, rock....), (street)theatre and
culture and most events are completely free! Most events take place during the
evenings and nights, when the chess games are finished. One warning when you
intent to win a prize: Belgian beer is rather strong....
7th Bayerische Meisterschaft
7th Bayerische Meisterschaft International Open 2003 takes place in Bad
Wiessee - Tegernsee 8th-16th November 2003 in the Wandelhalle des Jod- und
Schwefelbades.
Further Info: Telefon / Fax: 02323 / 18112 W. Buchholz 44623 Herne
Grenzweg 24 oder ChessPoint@t-online.de
Kurt Geiß Tel: +49-(0)8022 / 86060 Fax +49-(0)8022 / 8606-155
E-Mail: info@hotel-zur-post-bad-wiessee.de
Official site: http://www.chess-international.de
2nd Trophée des Maîtres Villeurbanne
The Villeurbanne Chess club (lies in the suburbs of Lyon, France) is
organising the 2nd edition of The Trophée des Maîtres September
12th-20th 2003. This Category IV (IM norm at 6/9 points) event will have 10
participatings players (10 Master candidates and 2 GMs) The GM will probably be
Vladimir Lazarev (Russia 2506 Elo) and Tony Kosten (France 2545 Elo) 3 prizes
are distributed : 250 euros, 200 euros and 150 euros for the first, second and
third places. The rate of play is 1hour and 40 minutes + 30sec / moves to play
40 moves followed by 40 minutes + 30 sec / moves to finish the game. The
registration fee is 150 euros, accomodation is possible for 24 euros per night,
breakfast included. Players who are interested, can contact Thierry Paris at:
thierry.paris@free.fr or phone +336 86 99 08 80
Olomouc Chess Summer and Znojmo Open
The traditional chess festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2003, which will
take place 30th July - 7th August 2003 in Olomouc, Czech Republic. There will
be organized several tournaments: 1) 3-4 groups of round-robin IM tournaments,
category 3-4 FIDE (10-12 players) 2) FIDE open - swiss, 9 rounds, 2 x 1,5h +
30s/move, 1st prize 10000 CZK (Championship of the Czech Republic - open
semifinals) 3) open seniors tournament from 60 years of age onwards 4) open
tournament of youngsters up to 14 years of age
3nd International Chess Tournament OPEN ZNOJMO 2003 will be held
20th-27th September 2003 in Znojmo (the Czech Republic).
Complete information about above events are also published at
http://www.proclient.cz/a64
4 Chess Queens and Kings
There will be a FIDE match between the Four Chess Queens from China (GM
Xie Jun 2569, GM Zhu Chen 2492, WGM Xu Yaohua 2489 and WGM Zhao Xue 2442) and
the Four Chess Kings (composition unsure but initial invitees were GM Alexander
Khalifman RUS 2702, GM Nigel Short ENG 2690, GM Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2684 and GM
Yasser Seirawan 2626 USA). The match will take place 16th-30th September 2003
in four of China's main cities Beijing, Jinan, Chongqing and Xian. The event
was postponed from May due to the SARS virus.
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.
Official site: http://www.chessgate.de/dortmund2003/
or in English: http://www.chessgate.de/dortmund2003/e/index.html
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
Pairings now released:
Round 1 31 July, 15 hrs Kramnik - Radjabov, Naiditsch - Bologan, Anand -
Leko.
Round 2 01 August,15 hrs Anand - Radjabov, Leko - Naiditsch, Bologan -
Kramnik.
Round 3 02 August,15 hrs Radjabov - Leko, Bologan - Anand, Kramnik -
Naiditsch.
Round 4 03 August,15 hrs Naiditsch - Radjabov, Anand - Kramnik, Leko -
Bologan.
Round 5 04 August,15 hrs Radjabov - Bologan, Kramnik - Leko, Naiditsch
- Anand.
Round 6 06 August,15 hrs Radjabov - Kramnik, Bologan - Naiditsch, Leko
- Anand.
Round 7 07 August,15 hrs Leko - Radjabov, Anand - Bologan, Naiditsch -
Kramnik.
Round 8 08 August,15 hrs Radjabov - Naiditsch, Kramnik - Anand, Bologan
- Leko.
Round 9 09 August,15 hrs Bologan - Radjabov, Leko - Kramnik, Anand -
Naiditsch.
Round 10 10 August, 12.30 hrs Radjabov - Anand, Naiditsch - Leko,
Kramnik - Bologan.
Ashdod Chess Festival, Israel
The Ashdod Chess Festival (Israel) takes place October 12th-17th 2003.
The festival will include the Israeli open championships (9 swiss rounds, prize
fund of approximately 5000 USD), youth tournaments, a simul and many more
events.
Further information in Hebrew: http://www.chess.org.il
7th Corsica Open
The 7th Corsica Open takes place in Bastia 29th October - 2rd November
2003.
Further details: http://www.opencorsica.com
III Salou Tournament
The III Salou Tournament takes place 7th-18th October 2003.
Details: http://chess.1000tiendas.com/
Massy Computer Tournament
The final results of the French programmer tournament in Massy can be
found on the Jester webpage (also a lot of pics): Jester (Stéphane N.B.
Nguyen): http://www.ludochess.com/trn_massy2003/tournoi.php3
More information about Massy 2003 available in French programmers Yahoo
group under: French programmers Yahoo group:
http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/eefrance/
Replay Zone (FCP Forum, Replay-Zone):
http://www.amateurschach.de/forum/replay/replay.htm
CC-Calendar under:
http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm
Christophe Theron (ChessTiger, Guadeloupe) took the first place.
Live chat with Anand
On June 17 Vishwanathan Anand took part in an on-line chat on
Chennaionline.
Read transcript:
http://www.chathurangam.com/news/anandchat.asp
Biel International Chess Festival
The Biel International Chess Festival takes place 19th July-1st August
2003 for the 36th consecutive summer, with 9 different tournaments.
The GM event 21st-31st July will be Category 16 with:
GM Alexander Morozevich RUS 2678 : nr 22 26 yo
GM Ilya Smirin ISR 2662 : nr 34 35 yo
GM Etienne Bacrot FRA 2654 : nr 37 20 yo
GM Christopher Lutz GER 2640 : nr 52 32 yo
GM Viktor Kortchnoi SUI 2632 : nr 60 72 yo
GM Yannick Pelletier SUI 2623 : nr 73 26 yo
Elo average : 2648, category 16
Ilya Smirin will come back to defend the title he won last year.
Alexander Morozevich will play in Biel for the first time.
Amongst the other events: the Active Chess (July 19-20), the Blitz
tournament (July 26) and different Open events including the strong Master Open
(11 rounds).
Further details http://www.bielchessfestival.ch or
contact Olivier Breisacher presse@schachfestival-biel.ch
Richard Palliser book reviews
All Richard Palliser book reviews have now been archived at:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc1384/
Abe Yanofsky Memorial
The Abe Yanofsky Memorial Tournament is a three-section Open event
scheduled for Winnipeg, Canada, August 29th - September 1st 2003. It honours
the life of Canada's first Grandmaster. There is a guaranteed $10,000
prizefund. Endorsed by the Chess Federation of Canada. Top section is
FIDE-rated. Grandmasters already registered for the event include Fridrik
Olafsson, Arthur Bisguier, Helgi Olafsson, Kevin Spraggett, Yuri Shulman and
Dimitri Tyomkin.
Full details are available at: http://www.chess.ca/yanofsky For more
information, write to cecilrosner@shaw.ca
Los Angeles Open
October 3rd-5th, Los Angeles 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 .
Chessworld.net Chess Olympics
Chessworld.net is organising a free to enter, Olympic style
correspondence chess tournament. It has already attracted nearly 1000
competitors from over 50 countries. You can represent your country in the
upcoming Chessworld.net Olympics by going to
http://www.chessworld.net
Jassy - Romania
An 11 round Swiss takes place in Jassy, Romania 1st-10th August 2003. M.
Sadoveanu Chess Festival has prizes of 4000 Euros. Organisers V Manole and V
Ungureanu.
Further details:http://www.artelecom.net/iasitel/
19th Faaker-See-Open
The 19th Faaker-See-Open takes place 9th-16th August 2003 in the
Kulturhaus Latschach/Faaker See, Austria. 9 Round Swiss.
Further details: http://www.askoefinkenstein.at
7th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament Vlissingen
7th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament Vlissingen (The Netherlands) August
2nd - 9th 2003 9 rounds Swiss, FIDE-rated Rate of play: 40 moves in 2 hours,
followed by 30 minutes k.o. Prizefund: Euro 1750 - 1250 - 750 - 375 - 250 - 125
- 75 - 75 - 50 - 50, also rating prizes Entry fee: 30 Euro (GM / IM free; FM 15
Euro) Tournament hall: Hogeschool Zeeland, Edisonweg 4, Vlissingen Information:
Hans Groffen hgroffen@zeelandnet.nl Paul van Rooijen pro@zeelandnet.nl
Website: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen
Hungarian chess tournaments July - November 2003
1. 19th-27th of July, Szombathely Summer Open, organizer: FM Korpics,
e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
2. 2nd-14th of August FS Budapest,
3. 20th-28th of August, Talentum Cup, Balatonzamardi Open, 150 km West
from Budapest, organizer: VALIS, Janos, e-mail: husi-sc@elender.hu
4. 21st-28th of August, KESHELY Open, 9 rounds Swiss, 200 km West from
Budapest, Org: SZALAI, Istvan, phone: /private/ 00-(36)-83-319-047, Office:
00-(36)-83-505-529. Fax: 00-(361)-2632859 e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
5. 6th-19th of September, FS Budapest,
6. 20th-30th of September, GM-IM-FM closed, Eger /100 km North-East
from Budapest/, organizer: IM Habibi /GER/, e-mail: europechess@web.de
7. 4th-17th of October, FS Budapest,
8. 1st-13th of November FS Budapest,
9. 14th-22nd of November TENKES CUP Open, Harkany, 300 km West from
Budapest, organizer: Mikola, Lajos, e-mail: tenkescup@egon.gyaloglo.hu
1st International Chess Festival "Marche Estate"
The 1st International Chess Festival "Marche Estate" takes place July
21st-27th 2003.
Further details:
http://digilander.libero.it/dragonscacchicv/festival.htm
British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2003
British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2003. This years competition has
now been provisionally confirmed: 15th/16th November 2003 North Bridge Leisure
Centre Halifax West Riding of Yorkshire.
Further details when available:
http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship
The Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship (WCBCSC) is run
annually by the British Chess Problem Society (BCPS). It is sponsored by Winton
Capital Management. As well as a cash prize and a trophy, the winner receives a
guaranteed place in the British team for the next World Chess Solving
Championship (WCSC). Currently, the competition is only open to solvers
resident in Great Britain.
Further details: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/bcsc/bcsc.html
7th Mind Sports Olympiad
The 7th Mind Sports Olympiad takes place at the Conference Centre,
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 16th-25th August
2003.
Further details: http://www.msoworld.com
XXXVII Villa de Mislata
The XXXVII Villa de Mislata in Valencia, Spain will be a 9 rounds Swiss
19th-28th August 2003. Timerate: 30 moves / 1½ hours + 1 hour after flag
fall. The venue is the Mislata Sports Pavillion, in Calle San Antonio s/n ( San
Antonio str.), in front of the Military Hospital. Further details:
http://www.facv.org/clubs/mislata/htm/open2003.html
GACC World Inter Varsity Chess Championship
University of Malaya, Malaysia will organize GACC World Inter Varsity
Chess Championship in October 2003, it had received support from Malaysia,
Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippine, Brunei, China, India, Sri Lanka,
Iran, UAE etc in the past 7 years. For detail please visit:
http://www.geocities.com/gacc8wivcc
Festival Schneider Bohemia
The 9th international chess tournament "FESTIVAL SCHNEIDER BOHEMIA -
Pilsen 2003", takes place 16th - 24th August 2003 in the sport hall of Streleck
stadion Pilsen-Lobzy (Czech Republic). The main tournament is the open
international tournament The Czech Men Championship 2003 ( the 1st prize is
20.000 CZK, total prize fund 81.000 CZK - ca 2500 Euro). Further information:
http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/.
Pacs Tournament
Pacs, Hungary will hold an international chess tournament August
2nd-8th 2003.
Further information on the event http://sakkverseny.fpn.hu
Chess Classic Mainz
Hartmut Metz sends news of this annual event:
The Chess Classic Mainz 2003 will see defending champion (and winner
for the last three years) Viswanathan Anand challenged by Judit Polgar in a
rapid match taking place 14th-17th August 2003. They will play two games per
day from 6.30pm in the Rheingoldhalle.
The event will be officially opened by Jens Beutel, Mayor of Mainz on
opens on 13th August 2003.
The Chess960 Open starts the following day (in which the initial
position is determined by drawing lots) is expected to attract more than last
year's 131 players. Peter Svider will play a match against Peter Leko in this
form of chess.
The traditional Ordix Open will take place on Saturday and Sunday (16th
and 17th August). 500 players are expected to play in the 10th tenth staging of
this competition.
V Sants Open
The V International Open Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta takes place
30th August - 7 September 2003 in the Cotxeres de Sants C/ Sants 79 Barcelona
Spain. Prizes 9.425 euros. Last time there were 376 players from 24 countries.
Website: http://www.secretariat.org/open (in
catalan spanish and english version)
Swiss Chess Tour events 2003
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
