THE WEEK IN CHESS 457 11th August 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Dortmund 2003 25 games
1st Malmö Masters 10 games
11th Lippstadt GM 18 games
6th Magistral -Republica Argentina 65 games
First Saturday August 79 games
67th New York Masters 4 games
Olomouc Chess Summer 224 games
7th Hogeschool Zeeland Vlissingen 300 games
Creon Open 140 games
18th Avoine Open 213 games
Lahno wins Kramatorsk 56 games
Davos Open 48 games
Austrian Championships 196 games
Aarhus Chess Summer 47 games
Slovenian Championships 297 games
5th Arab Club 178 games
IPCA World Cup 147 games
Nordic Women's Championship 81 games
Young Stars of the World 48 games
World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad 448 games
North Ural Cup Women's tournament 12 games
10th Nice Summer Open 72 games
Hilton International 40 games
Ron Banwell Masters 40 games
3rd Stork Young Masters 45 games
Colombian Championships 96 games
Canadian game corrections 6 games
2935 games
My thanks to David Llada, Hassan Khaled, Ralph Frisch, Dominique Primel,
Nathan Resika, Bo Sjögren, Laszlo Nagy, John Fernandez, P. Kokalj, Robert
Sporri, Harald Grafenhofer, Thomas Henrich, Gabor Pali, Miklos Orso, Hartmut
Metz, Vladimir Talla, Hans Groffen, Emmanuel Variniac, David Cohen, Thierry
Foissez, Gerard van Otten, Frederic Friedel, Alexander Martynkov, Jens Scheel,
Andreas Brenke, Sandra Thaller, Hugh Brodie, Shivaji Apte, Brian Stephenson,
Roberto Alvarez, Alik Gershon, Juan Manuel González, George Mirijanian,
Sinisa Joksic and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The result of the week was Viktor Bologan's 2800+ performance to win
Dortmund by a clear point. Bologan earned the right to play by winning the
Aeroflot open earlier in the year and he was clearly motivated as were Teimour
Radjabov and even last placed Arkadij Naiditsch all of whom gained rating
points. The stars Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand and Peter Leko all lost
rating points, the latter a huge number. Notable was the lack of an
announcement of a date and venue for the Kramnik - Leko match especially in a
week where FIDE and Kasparov's manager Owen Williams seemed to confirm that the
Kasparov - Ponomariov match will go ahead. The longer it takes to get
sponsorship for Kramnik and Leko the less chance there is for it to go ahead at
all especially with both players in form that can be described as lukewarm at
best.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2003" took place in the Dortmund
Theatre 31st July - 10th August 2003. Viktor Bologan held Vladimir Kramnik in
the final round to take clear first by a point from Anand and Kramnik for the
best result of his career.
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 Further details:
http://www.schachfreunde-brackel.de
Games from the opens don't appear to be available.
Round 6 (August 6, 2003)
Bologan, Viktor - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 36 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Radjabov, Teimour - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 23 D38 QGD Ragozin
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 46 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 7 (August 7, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 36 B17 Caro Kann
Leko, Peter - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 60 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 27 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 8 (August 8, 2003)
Bologan, Viktor - Leko, Peter 1/2 19 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 21 D39 QGD Ragozin
Radjabov, Teimour - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 26 D03 Queen's Pawn Game
Round 9 (August 9, 2003)
Bologan, Viktor - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 37 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Anand, Viswanathan - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 19 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 21 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 10 (August 10, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 38 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 13 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Leko, Peter 1/2 24 B72 Sicilian Dragon
It Dortmund GER (GER), 31 vii-10 viii 2003 cat. XVIII (2695)
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1 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2650 ** == 10 == 1= 11 6.5 2814
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2785 == ** == 1= == == 5.5 2713
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2774 01 == ** 0= =1 1= 5.5 2715
4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2648 == 0= 1= ** == 01 5.0 2704
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2739 0= == =0 == ** == 4.0 2614
6 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2574 00 == 0= 10 == ** 3.5 2609
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Baramidze, David - Belikov, Vladimir 1/2 21 C41 Philidor's Defence
Belikov, Vladimir - Baramidze, David 1-0 56 A08 Barcza System
Baramidze, David - Belikov, Vladimir 1-0 52 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Belikov, Vladimir - Baramidze, David 1-0 27 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Baramidze, David - Belikov, Vladimir 1/2 54 C82 Ruy Lopez Open Italian Variation
Belikov, Vladimir - Baramidze, David 1-0 37 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Baramidze, David - Belikov, Vladimir 1/2 46 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Belikov, Vladimir - Baramidze, David 1/2 48 E14 Queens Indian
Baramidze, David - Belikov, Vladimir 1/2 39 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Belikov, Vladimir - Baramidze, David 1/2 79 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Match Dortmund GER (GER), 31 vii-10 viii 2003
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Belikov, Vladimir g RUS 2499 = 1 0 1 = 1 = = = = 6.0 2542
Baramidze, David m GER 2470 = 0 1 0 = 0 = = = = 4.0 2427
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Open A
1. Boidman,Yuri 2407 8.0 49.5
2. Kalinitschew,Sergej 2496 7.5 52.0
3. Kersten,Uwe 2339 7.0 46.0
4. Fiebig,Thomas 2255 7.0 42.0
5. Henrichs,Thomas 2436 6.5 53.0
6. Schuette,Marc 2286 6.5 52.5
7. Schebler,Gerhard 2482 6.5 48.5
8. Tomic,Bosko 2259 6.5 48.0
9. Hermann,Manfred 2327 6.5 45.0
10. Kummerow,Heiko 2307 6.5 45.0
11. Michalczak,Thomas 2333 6.0 52.5
12. Kleinegger,Frank 2242 6.0 51.5
13. Koscielski,Janusch 2302 6.0 50.0
14. Schlawin,Marlon 2258 6.0 50.0
15. Negele,Michael,Dr. 2222 6.0 49.5
16. Eismont,Igor 2325 6.0 48.5
17. Koller,Jens 2162 6.0 46.0
18. Namyslo,Holger 2268 6.0 45.5
19. Beutelhoff,Josef 2174 6.0 44.0
20. Siepmann,Martin 2103 6.0 43.5
21. Happel,Heiner 2238 6.0 43.5
22. Heck,Norbert 2271 6.0 42.0
137 players
The Category IX 1st Malmö Masters took place July 28th - August 6th
2003 in Malmö, Sweden. Luke McShane conceded just three draws on the way
to winning the event with 7.5/9.
Internet coverage will follow at: http://www.limhamnssk.m.se
Round 8 (August 5, 2003)
McShane, Luke J - Johannessen, Leif Erlend 1/2 35 B19 Caro Kann
Hellsten, Johan - Speelman, Jonathan S 0-1 46 E14 Queens Indian
Ahlander, Bjorn - Jakobsen, Ole 1/2 29 A41 Modern Defence
Sebag, Marie - Berg, Emanuel 0-1 56 C06 French Tarrasch
Tairi, Faruk - Brynell, Stellan 0-1 37 C07 French Tarrasch
Round 9 (August 6, 2003)
Johannessen, Leif Erlend - Sebag, Marie 1/2 27 A29 English Four Knights
Speelman, Jonathan S - Ahlander, Bjorn 1-0 72 E18 Queens Indian
Berg, Emanuel - Tairi, Faruk 1-0 45 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Jakobsen, Ole - McShane, Luke J 0-1 67 D95 Gruenfeld Closed
Brynell, Stellan - Hellsten, Johan 1/2 15 B22 Sicilian Alapin
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1st Masters Malmo SWE (SWE), 28 vii-6 viii 2003 cat. IX (2470)
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1. McShane, Luke J g ENG 2619 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2726
2. Johannessen, Leif Erlend g NOR 2525 = * = = = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2589
3. Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2589 = = * 1 0 = 1 1 = = 5.5 2536
4. Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2511 = = 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2545
5. Berg, Emanuel m SWE 2495 0 = 1 0 * = = 1 1 1 5.5 2547
6. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2381 0 0 = 1 = * = = = = 4.0 2437
7. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2511 0 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 4.0 2422
8. Ahlander, Bjorn m SWE 2393 0 = 0 0 0 = = * = 1 3.0 2353
9. Sebag, Marie wm FRA 2432 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = * 0 2.0 2254
10. Tairi, Faruk SWE 2245 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 2.0 2275
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The 11th Lippstadt GM tournament is a Category X event with Romanishin,
Chiburdanidze, Ruck etc which takes place 7th-17th August 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.lsv-turm.de/
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11th GM Lippstadt GER (GER), 7-17 viii 2003 cat. IX (2456)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. BRUTUS ---- * . . . . . 1 . 1 1 . . 3.0
2. Maiwald, Jens-Uwe g GER 2517 . * = . . = . . 1 . . . 2.0 2643
3. Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2497 . = * . . . . = . . . 1 2.0 2577
4. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2550 . . . * = . . . . = 1 . 2.0 2636
5. Gustafsson, Jan m GER 2570 . . . = * . . = . . . 1 2.0 2588
6. Cyborowski, Lukasz m POL 2550 . = . . . * . . = . . 1 2.0 2630
7. Smeets, Jan m NED 2477 0 . . . . . * . . 1 1 . 2.0 2446
8. Wehmeier, Stefan m GER 2350 . . = . = . . * . . = . 1.5 2490
9. Jenni, Florian g SUI 2508 0 0 . . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2082
10. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2561 0 . . = . . 0 . . * . . 0.5 2069
11. Brenke, Andreas GER 2404 . . . 0 . . 0 = . . * . 0.5 2186
12. Schenk, Andreas m GER 2491 . . 0 . 0 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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The 6th Magistral de la Republica Argentina took place in Vicente Lopez
(very close to Buenos Aires) 24th July - 4th August 2003. The festival
commemorated the 50th Anniversary of Oscar Panno's victory in the World Juniors
Championship held in Copenhagen, 1953.
Internet coverage: http://escavm.tripod.com/6magistral/
The main GM Category VIII event (Mercosur Cup) saw Chessbase's
'Shredder 7' playing in its "original commercial version", and using an
affordable PC computer win easily as it did with the B event also.
Internet coverage: http://escavm.tripod.com/6magistral/
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6th Magistral Vicente Lopez ARG (ARG), 24 vii-4 viii 2003 cat. VI (2400)
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1. SHREDDER7.0 ---- * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2736
2. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2497 = * = = = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2500
3. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2485 = = * = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2501
4. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2496 0 = = * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2500
5. Marques, Vinicius f BRA 2380 = = = = * = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2474
6. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2480 0 = 1 0 = * = = = 1 1 5.5 2428
7. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2419 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 1 5.5 2434
8. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2440 0 = = 0 = = 0 * = 1 0 3.5 2286
9. Lafuente, Pablo f ARG 2431 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2287
10. Scarella, Enrique m ARG 2374 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * = 1.5 2106
11. De Dovitiis, Alejo f ARG 2401 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1.5 2104
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ITT Vicente Lopez ARG (ARG), 24 vii-4 viii 2003 cat. II (2297)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. SHREDDER7.0 ---- * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2622
2. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2426 = * 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.5 2476
3. Granara Barreto, Sebastian A f URU 2248 = 0 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2411
4. Claverie, Raul ARG 2303 = = = * = = = = = 0 = 4.5 2260
5. Escandell, Juan C f ARG 2304 0 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 0 = 4.5 2260
6. Ibar, Marcelo f ARG 2315 0 0 = = = * = = = 1 = 4.5 2259
7. Llorens, Marcelo CHI 2374 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 = 4.5 2253
8. Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2322 0 = = = = = = * 0 = = 4.0 2222
9. Malbran, Guillermo m ARG 2345 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 * = = 3.5 2182
10. Della Morte, Pablo f ARG 2318 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 = = * = 3.5 2184
11. Molina, Jorge BOL 2310 0 0 0 = = = = = = = * 3.5 2185
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Kasparov Matches Press release from Owen Williams Worldwide Agent for
Garry Kasparov. "FIDE has announced the World Chess Championship for
September/October 2003. Kasparov vs Ponomariov will take place in Yalta,
Ukraine on September 18th (opening ceremony) to October 7th, 2003. The twelve
match days are September 19 & 20, September 22 & 23, September 25th
& 26th, September 28th and 29th, October 1st & 2nd and October 4th
& 5th. The closing ceremony will take place on Monday 6th October, or in
the case of a draw, Monday will be a free day and October 7th, 2003 will be the
tiebreak and closing ceremony." In addition there has been an announcement from
FIDE.http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=220
Official announcement of the dates and details of when Kasparov will
take on an X3D version of Fritz in a match in New York 11th-18th November 2003.
(Link)
Kasparov drew with Deep Junior in January. 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 First Saturday August events take place 2nd-14th August 2003. The
main news is that Stefano Tatai lost his first five games and then quit the
event potentially damaging norm chances for some of the players. My thanks to
Miklos Orso, Gabor Pali and Laszlo Nagy for the news.
Internet coverage: Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0308/index.htm
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FSGM August Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 viii 2003 cat. VII (2411)
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1. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2497 * 1 = 1 . 1 1 = = . . 5.5 2627
2. Braun, Arik GER 2366 0 * = = . 1 0 1 1 1 . 5.0 2514
3. Bezold, Michael g GER 2462 = = * 1 = . . = = = 1 5.0 2522
4. Richter, Michael m GER 2428 0 = 0 * 1 = = . 1 = 1 5.0 2443
5. Todorovic, Goran M g YUG 2461 . . = 0 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 4.5 2442
6. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2360 0 0 . = 1 * = 1 1 . . 4.0 2466
7. Woodward, Timothy DM ENG 2285 0 1 . = = = * = . = . 3.5 2434
8. Barkhagen, Jonas m SWE 2490 = 0 = . 0 0 = * 1 1 . 3.5 2364
9. Murariu, Andrei m ROM 2389 = 0 = 0 = 0 . 0 * 1 1 3.5 2347
10. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2442 . 0 = = 0 . = 0 0 * 1 2.5 2262
11. Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2343 . . 0 0 0 . . . 0 0 * 0.0
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FSIM August Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-14 viii 2003 cat. II (2296)
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1. Nilssen, John Arni f FAI 2382 * . . . = . . 1 1 = 1 1 1 . 6.0 2602
2. Lenderman, Alex USA 2219 . * 0 . . = 1 . 1 1 . 1 . 1 5.5 2533
3. D'Costa, Lorin ENG 2321 . 1 * 0 1 1 = . . . . . 1 = 5.0 2421
4. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2319 . . 1 * . . = = = = . 1 . 1 5.0 2440
5. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2255 = . 0 . * . 1 = = 1 . = . . 4.0 2356
6. Chetverik, Maxim f RUS 2408 . = 0 . . * = . 1 = 1 . . = 4.0 2337
7. Eisenbeiser, Amadeus GER 2233 . 0 = = 0 = * . . . 1 . . 1 3.5 2304
8. Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2260 0 . . = = . . * . = 1 0 1 . 3.5 2302
9. Werner, Dimo m GER 2376 0 0 . = = 0 . . * . . . 1 1 3.0 2234
10. Paci, Cedric FRA 2258 = 0 . = 0 = . = . * . . = . 2.5 2189
11. Berczes, David f HUN 2393 0 . . . . 0 0 0 . . * = 1 1 2.5 2184
12. Soos, Bela m GER 2315 0 0 . 0 = . . 1 . . = * 0 . 2.0 2130
13. Zucchelli, Massimo ITA 2194 0 . 0 . . . . 0 0 = 0 1 * . 1.5 2099
14. Bopp, Thomas GER 2215 . 0 = 0 . = 0 . 0 . 0 . . * 1.0 2015
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Leonid Yudasin won the 67th New York Masters on 5th August 2003 with
3.5/4. News John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com
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67th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 5 viii 2003
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1. Yudasin, Leonid ISR g 2558 + 9 + 3 + 7 = 2 3.5 ($350)
2. Paehtz, Elisabeth GER wg 2417 =10 +13 + 4 = 1 3.0 ($125)
3. Bonin, Jay USA m 2368 + 8 - 1 +11 + 6 3.0 ($125)
4. Gonzales, Jayson PHI m 2405 =11 + 5 - 2 + 7 2.5 ($ 25)
5. Norowitz, Yaacov USA ---- = - 4 +13 + 9 2.5 ($ 25)
6. Cela, Altin ALB m 2482 +12 - 7 +10 - 3 2.0
7. Braylovsky, Gregory USA 2327 +14 + 6 - 1 - 4 2.0
8. Ross, Laura USA wf 2120 - 3 = 9 +14 =10 2.0
9. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea NED wg 2309 - 1 = 8 +12 - 5 1.5
10. Privman, Boris USA f 2222 = 2 =11 - 6 = 8 1.5
11. Benen, Samson USA 2271 = 4 =10 - 3 =12 1.5
12. Young, Ronald USA f 2279 - 6 +14 - 9 =11 1.5
13. Zimbeck, David USA 2165 = - 2 - 5 +15 1.5
14. Weinstein, Boaz USA 2168 - 7 -12 - 8 = 0.5
15. Johnson, Ben USA 2197 --- --- --- -13 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $350
2ND - $150
3RD - $ 50
U2400 - $100
The traditional chess festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2003 took place 30th
July - 7th August 2003 in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Internet coverage: http://www.proclient.cz/a64
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Valoz Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 30 vii-7 viii 2003 cat. III (2304)
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1. Chytilek, Roman m CZE 2406 * = = 1 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2427
2. Salai, Ladislav m SVK 2421 = * 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 = = = 7.0 2395
3. Braslavskij, Alex UKR 2243 = 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.0 2411
4. Obsivac, Josef f CZE 2356 0 0 1 * 1 = = = = 1 1 = 6.5 2364
5. Kanovsky, David CZE 2254 1 = = 0 * = 1 = 0 = 1 0 5.5 2308
6. Malinovsky, Karel CZE 2216 0 1 0 = = * = = = = 1 = 5.5 2312
7. Meszaros, Michal SVK 2292 = = 0 = 0 = * 1 0 = 1 1 5.5 2305
8. Papatheodorou, Theodoros GRE 2284 = 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 1 = 5.0 2270
9. Toma, Katarzyna wf POL 2210 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 0 * 1 0 1 5.0 2276
10. Mufic, Goran m CRO 2351 = = 0 0 = = = = 0 * 0 1 4.0 2197
11. Thallinger, Harald f AUT 2363 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * = 4.0 2196
12. De Jong, Jan Willem NED 2254 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 0 = * 3.5 2175
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Inline Czechia Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 30 vii-7 viii 2003cat. III (2314)
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1. Tibensky, Robert m SVK 2401 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2524
2. Slaby, Jerzy POL 2376 1 * = = 1 1 = 0 1 1 6.5 2473
3. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2482 = = * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2461
4. Thinius, Marco f GER 2325 = = 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2479
5. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2318 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 4.5 2313
6. Jurek, Josef m CZE 2342 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 4.5 2311
7. Blazkova, Petra wm CZE 2222 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2281
8. Vyskocil, Neklan CZE 2375 0 1 = 0 0 = 0 * 0 1 3.0 2182
9. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg CZE 2215 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 2.5 2159
10. Vreugdenhil, Frans NED 2087 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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Ceska Pojistovna Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 30 vii-7 viii 2003cat. III (2304)
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1. Hasangatin, Ramil m RUS 2515 * = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2446
2. Groetz, Harald f AUT 2336 = * 1 1 = 0 = = 1 = 5.5 2380
3. Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2275 0 0 * = 1 1 = = = 1 5.0 2350
4. Van Dijk, Timon NED 2224 = 0 = * 1 0 = = 1 = 4.5 2313
5. Dresen, Ulrich f GER 2315 = = 0 0 * = = = 1 1 4.5 2303
6. Pisk, Petr m CZE 2347 = 1 0 1 = * = = 0 0 4.0 2256
7. Wiley, Tom E f ENG 2328 0 = = = = = * = 0 1 4.0 2258
8. Volodin, Viktor m RUS 2283 0 = = = = = = * = = 4.0 2263
9. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2293 = 0 = 0 0 1 1 = * 0 3.5 2225
10. Garlik, Michal CZE 2127 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 = 1 * 3.5 2244
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Open Olomouc CZE (CZE), 30 vii-7 viii 2003
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1. Laznicka, Viktor f CZE 2446 7 38
2. Bernasek, Jan CZE 2402 7 36½
3. Shanava, Konstantine m GEO 2415 7 35
4. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2437 7 34
5. Konopka, Michal m CZE 2428 7 33½
6. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2473 6½ 37½
7. Johansson, Jan m SWE 2396 6½ 37½
8. Klima, Lukas CZE 2425 6½ 37½
9. Shushpanov, V m RUS 2395 6½ 35½
10. Maslak, Konstantin RUS 2439 6½ 35
11. Szymanski, Marcin m POL 2407 6½ 35
12. Kireev, Aleksei m RUS 2276 6½ 33½
13. Maslak, Alexander RUS 2256 6½ 31½
14. Kurenkov, Nikolai m RUS 2410 6½ 29½
171 players
7th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament took place in Vlissingen (Netherlands)
August 2nd-9th 2003. For the first time in the event's history the winner made
8/9. Rustam Kasimdzhanov beat co-leader Keith Arkell in a well played game to
reach this mark. There will be an 8th Hogeschool Zeeland tournament next year.
My thanks to Hans Groffen for the games.
Website: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen
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HZ Open Vlissingen NED (NED), 2-9 viii 2003
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1. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2664 8.0 57.0
2. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2666 7.5 58.5
3. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2606 7.5 57.5
4. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2546 7.0 54.0
5. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2613 7.0 52.0
6. Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2513 7.0 51.5
7. Werle, Jan m NED 2397 7.0 51.0
8. Haub, Thorsten-Michael m GER 2397 7.0 50.5
9. Stellwagen, Daniel m NED 2462 7.0 49.0
10. Mohandesi, Shahin m IRI 2337 7.0 47.0
11. Bakhmatov, Eduard GER 2311 7.0 45.0
12. Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2416 6.5 54.0
13. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2553 6.5 51.5
14. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2468 6.5 51.5
15. Tiggelman, Rene NED 2200 6.5 50.5
16. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2387 6.5 50.0
17. Geirnaert, Steven BEL 2284 6.5 50.0
18. Struk, Jerzy POL 2253 6.5 47.0
19. Meenakshi, S wm IND 2319 6.5 47.0
20. Medvegy, Nora wg HUN 2354 6.5 46.0
21. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2588 6.5 43.5
248 players
The 8th Creon Open (FRA) took place July 28th - August 3th 2003. 9
rounds Swiss with 144 participants. Vladimir Epishin won with 7,5/9 ahead of
Vladislav Nevednichy and Andrei Istratescu. Matthieu Cornette (FRA) and Theo
Van de Berkmortel (NED) made IM norms.
Internet coverage: http://creonechecs.free.fr/
My thanks to Emmanuel Variniac for the news.
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8th Open Creon FRA (FRA), 28 vii-3 viii 2003
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1. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2642 7,5 45,0 2683
2. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2593 7,0 45,5 2617
3. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2586 7,0 45,0 2588
4. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2411 7,0 42,5 2447
5. Van der Stricht, Geert m BEL 2450 7,0 40,5 2497
6. Dumitrache, Dragos m ROM 2492 7,0 39,0 2403
7. Badea, Bela g ROM 2499 6,5 45,0 2532
8. Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2399 6,5 42,5 2402
9. Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2483 6,5 42,0 2500
10. Wustefeld, Carl NED 2229 6,5 41,5 2404
11. Prie, Eric g FRA 2435 6,5 39,0 2417
145 players
The 18th Touraine Open in Avoine took place 19th-27th July 2003. IGM
Istratescu won with 7,5/9. My thanks to Dominique Primel for news and games.
Games from round 9 missing.
Internet coverage: http://echecsavoine.free.fr/
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18th Touraine Open Avoine FRA (FRA), 19-27 vii 2003
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1. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2586 7,5 2629 2624
2. Poley, Vladimir m BLR 2383 7,0 2558 2556
3. Dumitrache, Dragos m ROM 2492 7,0 2555 2552
4. Tirard, Hugo m FRA 2407 7,0 2542 2540
5. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2522 7,0 2477 2461
6. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2411 7,0 2432 2430
7. Laurent, Bruno f BEL 2374 6,5 2455 2448
8. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2593 6,5 2447 2405
9. Braeuning, Rudolf Wilhelm f GER 2272 6,5 2438 2431
10. Murey, Jacob g ISR 2459 6,5 2417 2410
11. Tihonov, Jurij m BLR 2382 6,5 2417 2410
12. Benitah, Yohan m FRA 2433 6,5 2413 2406
13. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2305 6,5 2391 2384
14. Dieu, Bruno FRA 2299 6,5 2359 2361
15. Bouchet, Nicolas FRA 2260 6,5 2316 2347
16. Le Borgne Pierre FRA 2211 6,5 2313 2328
17. Alet, Jean-Pierre FRA 2184 6,5 2313 2328
18. Loiret, Stanislas FRA 2238 6,5 2292 2294
19. Toulzac, Pierre-Yves f FRA 2282 6,5 2284 2270
318 players
The Category 10 Kramatorsk (Ukraine) tournament has been won by WGM
Kateryna Lahno with a score of 9.5/14. She made a men's GM norm and gained
rating 35 points.
The event was the International Chess Title Tournament for the Prize of
Ukrainian Federation in Ukraine, Kramatorsk 29th July - 7th August 2003.
Internet site: http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua/
It Kramatorsk UKR (UKR), 29 vii-7 viii 2003 cat. X (2483)
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1 Lahno, Kateryna wg UKR 2439 ** =1 00 01 =1 =1 11 11 9.5 2622
2 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2546 =0 ** == == == =1 =1 11 8.5 2554
3 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2542 11 == ** =1 1= 0= =0 == 8.0 2524
4 Arzumanian, Georgy m ARM 2418 10 == =0 ** =1 == 0= == 6.5 2463
5 Kuzmin, Gennadi P g UKR 2516 =0 == 0= =0 ** 1= 1= == 6.5 2449
6 Andreev, Eduard m UKR 2490 =0 =0 1= == 0= ** == == 6.0 2432
7 Maiorov, Oleg m RUS 2455 00 =0 =1 1= 0= == ** == 6.0 2437
8 Kulicov, Oleg m RUS 2460 00 00 == == == == == ** 5.0 2384
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The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" continued in Davos in the 2nd "Sunstar Park
Hotel Open", which took place August 2nd- 10th 2003. 9 round Swiss - timerate
40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.ch/
Sinisa Joksic reports: Unfortunately nice things are short. 2nd Davos
Open 2003 lasting from August 2-10. with relatively few players, only 38, but
from 12 different nations, had the pleasure to play in excellent conditions, in
such beautiful place with wonderful weather (21-26 centigrade), when all Europe
had desert temperatures of around 40. Davos is a town with 16,000 inhabitants
(without tourists, in the winter season the population grows to four times the
size) about 1600 meters above sea level, with fresh, not so humid air. During
the summer it is particularly attractive for mountain climbing, walking,
jogging and other recreation sports (normally chess players don’t do this
so much).
The tournament was nice, and the results was extremely uncertain until
the last round. Bjorn Tiller (NOR) was leader until round 8, when he lost with
Rafal Antoniewski from Poland. In the last round Severin Papa from Switzerland
and Petra Schuurma from Netherland had to win their games to make IM-norms.
Both games finished drawn, Petra got the satisfaction of making WGM-norm.
(According to new rules IM-norm was 6.5 and WGM-norm 6.0 points.)
Gavin Wall already made results for IM, waiting next FIDE meeting. It
is the first time in six years of the Swiss Chess Tour that a winner is from
Poland. Also, it’s a first time that GMs were not in the first three.
(best GM Lothar Vogt was 4th) There were 8 money prizes, many special, best
lady Petra Schuurman (NED), best senior GM Ivan Nemet (SUI), best Swiss and
junior Severin Papa, best schoolboy Yasseen Chaudhary (BEL). Sinisa Joksic as
arbiter had easy pleasant work. Information and dates for 3rd Davos open will
be available soon.
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Sunstar Park Open Davos SUI (SUI), 2-10 viii 2003
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1. Antoniewski Rafal IM (POL) 7.0 (44.5)
2. Tiller Bjorn IM (NOR) 6.5 (47.0)
3. Wall Gavin (IRL) 6.5 (46.0)
4. Vogt Lothar GM (GER) 6.0 (47.5)
5. Papa Severin FM (SUI) 6.0 (44.5-349.5)
6. Schuurman Petra (NED) 6.0 (44.5-340.5)
7. Benkovic Petar IM (YUG) 6.0 (44.0)
8. Nemet Ivan GM (SUI) 6.0 (43.0)
9. Grooten Herman IM (NED) 5.5 (44.5)
10. Cebalo Miso GM (CRO) 5.5 (41.0)
11. Rukavina Josip IM (CRO) 5.5 (40.5)
12. Vulevic Vjekoslav FM (SUI) 5.5 (39.0)
13. Erdelyi Tamas IM (HUN) 5.0 (44.0)
14. Lorscheid Gerhard FM (GER) 5.0 (43.5)
15. Curien Nicolas (SUI) 5.0 (42.0)
16. Zesiger Horst (SUI) 5.0 (39.5)
17. Hugentobler Patrik (SUI) 5.0 (36.5)
18. Misiano Franco (ITA) 4.5 (41.5)
19. Akermann Thomas (SUI) 4.5 (40.0)
20. Cavaletto Massimo (SUI) 4.5 (39.5)
21. Bischoff Peter (SUI) 4.5 (39.0)
22. Christiansmeier Sven (GER) 4.5 (38.5)
23. Haering Thomas (SUI) 4.0 (37.5)
24. Jehnichen Guenter (GER) 4.0 (37.0)
25. Elfert Aleksandr IM (RUS) 4.0 (36.5)
26. Bosshard Rolf (SUI) 4.0 (35.0)
27. Smith Brian (ENG) 4.0 (33.0) etc.
The Austrian championships took place in Hartberg 27th July 10th August
2003. Nikolaus Stanec won the men's event and Anna-Christina Kopinits the
women's. My thanks to Harald Grafenhofer for his help.
Internet coverage:
http://www.members.aon.at/schach1/live/start.htm
and http://www.chess.at
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ch-AUT Hartberg AUT (AUT), 29 vii-10 viii 2003 cat. VI (2394)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
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1. Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2560 * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 = = = = 1 1 9.5 2515
2. Sommerbauer, Norbert m AUT 2413 = * = 1 = = = = = 1 = 1 = = = 8.5 2472
3. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2417 = = * = = = 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 = 8.5 2472
4. Schroll, Gerhard m AUT 2414 0 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 8.5 2472
5. Volkmann, Friedrich m AUT 2455 = = = = * = 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 = = 8.0 2439
6. Danner, Georg m AUT 2359 = = = = = * = = 0 1 = = 1 = 1 8.0 2446
7. Schweda, Roland f AUT 2381 0 = 1 = 1 = * 0 = = 0 1 0 = = 6.5 2365
8. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2359 = = = = 0 = 1 * = 0 = 0 1 = = 6.5 2367
9. Knoll, Hermann f AUT 2361 0 = = 0 = 1 = = * 1 = 0 = = = 6.5 2367
10. Baumegger, Siegfried m AUT 2375 = 0 = 0 1 0 = 1 0 * 1 = 1 0 = 6.5 2366
11. Freitag, Manfred m AUT 2393 = = 0 0 0 = 1 = = 0 * = = 1 = 6.0 2344
12. Kummer, Helmut f AUT 2336 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 = = * 0 1 1 6.0 2348
13. Titz, Heimo f AUT 2295 = = 0 = 0 0 1 0 = 0 = 1 * = = 5.5 2321
14. Ragger, Markus AUT 2347 0 = 0 0 = = = = = 1 0 0 = * 1 5.5 2317
15. Lendwai, Reinhard m AUT 2444 0 = = = = 0 = = = = = 0 = 0 * 5.0 2288
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ch-AUT w Hartberg AUT (AUT), 29 vii-10 viii 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Kopinits, Anna-Christina wf AUT 2117 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2231
2. Klinkan, Elisabeth AUT 1891 = * 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 = = = 1 9.5 2213
3. Mira, Helene wm AUT 2126 0 1 * 1 1 0 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2130
4. Horvath, Maria wf AUT 2087 = 0 0 * = 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 8.0 2110
5. Sommer, Sonja AUT 2038 = 0 0 = * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2114
6. Hennings, Margit AUT 2056 0 0 1 0 1 * = = 1 = 0 1 = 1 7.0 2054
7. Krasser, Margit AUT 2074 = 0 1 0 = = * 0 0 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2053
8. Schwaninger, Ulrike AUT ---- 0 0 0 1 = = 1 * 0 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2058
9. Molnar,Monika AUT ---- = = 1 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 0 0 1 0 6.0 2000
10. Kirchmayr,Elisabeth AUT ---- = 0 = 1 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 = 6.0 2000
11. Hapala, Michalea AUT ---- 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 5.0 1942
12. Hackbarth, Christa AUT ---- 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 1888
13. Galambfalvy,Monika AUT ---- 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 3.5 1854
14. Kopinits, Silvia AUT ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 * 1.5 1693
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The Category IX Aarhus Chess Summer took place July 27th -4th August
2003. There were GM, IM and Candidates events.
Internet site: http://www.chesshouse.dk/sommerskak/
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GM Aarhus DEN (DEN), 27 vii-4 viii 2003 cat. IX (2470)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2560 * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2626
2. Jakubiec, Artur g POL 2537 = * = = 0 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2542
3. Palo, Davor m DEN 2510 0 = * = = 1 1 = = = 5.0 2508
4. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2503 = = = * = = = = = = 4.5 2466
5. Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2475 = 1 = = * 0 0 = = 1 4.5 2469
6. Skytte, Rasmus m DEN 2404 = = 0 = 1 * 0 1 = = 4.5 2477
7. Rasmussen, Karsten m DEN 2437 0 = 0 = 1 1 * = 1 0 4.5 2473
8. Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2453 0 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2391
9. Berg, Klaus m DEN 2439 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 1 3.5 2393
10. Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2382 = 0 = = 0 = 1 0 0 * 3.0 2354
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IM Aarhus DEN (DEN), 27 vii-4 viii 2003 cat. V (2352)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2386 * 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2698
2. Matthiesen, Arne DEN 2282 0 * 1 1 1 = = 0 = 1 5.5 2439
3. Vinter-Schou, Uffe m DEN 2390 0 0 * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2427
4. Bromann, Thorbjorn f DEN 2360 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 = = 5.0 2393
5. Jedynak, Radoslaw m POL 2453 = 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2383
6. Pedersen, Daniel Vesterbaek f DEN 2360 0 = = 0 = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2393
7. Heim, Sverre f NOR 2399 = = 0 0 = = * 0 = 1 3.5 2266
8. Christenson, Flemming NOR 2261 0 1 = 0 0 0 1 * = = 3.5 2281
9. Bank, Pelle DEN 2260 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = * = 2.5 2195
10. Bae, Torstein f NOR 2366 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 2077
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The Slovenian Championships took place in Bled 3rd-10th August 2003.
The Surprise winner of the 13th National Chess Championship of Slovenia
was 17-year old FM Jure Borisek. The young member of the Slovenian national
team produced a win over IM Janez Barle in the last round and had the same
number of points as IM Leon Mazi and GM Dusko Pavasovic. However he had better
a Bucholz points score and won the Championship. Second was GM Dusko Pavasovic
and third was IM Leon Mazi, who had an opportunity to become a champion if he
had won in the last round. FM Blaz Bratovic made an IM norm. The Women's
Championship was decided already by the 8th round. WIM Jana Krivec confirmed
her title win with the draw in the last round. Jana Krivec is a member of the
same club as Jure Borisek (SK Nova Gorica). This is her 4th title. Second was
WFM Ana Srebrnic and third was WIM Darja Kaps. All three were members of the
national team in the last Olympiad and will probably participate in the
forthcoming European Team Championships. (Based on a report by P. Kokalj)
Links: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0308/si03ch/
and http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0308/si03chw/
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ch-SLO Bled SLO (SLO), 3-10 viii 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Borisek, Jure f SLO 2443 +21 +18 +10 = 4 - 3 +15 = 2 +14 + 5 7.0 2560
2. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2596 +23 + 5 + 9 = 3 + 4 =14 = 1 =16 +17 7.0 2613
3. Mazi, Leon m SLO 2402 +33 +11 +22 = 2 + 1 + 9 =14 = 5 = 4 7.0 2563
4. Jelen, Igor m SLO 2372 +43 +20 + 7 = 1 - 2 =17 + 9 = 6 = 3 6.0 2472
5. Barle, Janez m SLO 2360 +26 - 2 +20 +38 =17 +10 + 7 = 3 - 1 6.0 2459
6. Bratovic, Blaz f SLO 2320 +39 =14 = 8 +16 - 9 +13 =17 = 4 +19 6.0 2468
7. Sebenik, Matej f SLO 2425 +15 +12 - 4 -22 +25 +29 - 5 +18 +16 6.0 2392
8. Sakelsek, Tadej f SLO 2351 +31 =16 = 6 -15 +20 =22 +23 =17 +14 6.0 2386
9. Basagic, Zlatko m SLO 2379 +40 +13 - 2 +28 + 6 - 3 - 4 =24 +22 5.5 2338
10. Soln, Primoz m SLO 2378 +37 +28 - 1 +13 =15 - 5 =24 =11 +25 5.5 2264
11. Zorko, Jure SLO 2219 +41 - 3 +34 -17 +26 =16 =19 =10 +27 5.5 2314
12. Srebrnic, Vojko SLO 2257 +32 - 7 -15 +34 -21 +27 +30 =13 +24 5.5 2196
13. Srebrnic, Marko SLO 2211 +35 - 9 +39 -10 +38 - 6 +20 =12 +28 5.5 2285
14. Grosar, Aljosa m SLO 2459 +36 = 6 =16 +18 +22 = 2 = 3 - 1 - 8 5.0 2399
15. Skoberne, Jure SLO 2089 - 7 +32 +12 + 8 =10 - 1 -16 +23 =18 5.0 2357
16. Mohr, Georg g SLO 2474 +30 = 8 =14 - 6 +28 =11 +15 = 2 - 7 5.0 2360
17. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2455 -20 +43 +30 +11 = 5 = 4 = 6 = 8 - 2 5.0 2322
18. Gombac, Jan f SLO 2302 +44 - 1 +21 -14 +36 =24 +22 - 7 =15 5.0 2258
19. Mikac, Matjaz m SLO 2387 +34 -22 =25 =24 =23 +21 =11 +29 - 6 5.0 2201
20. Matko, Milan SLO 2104 +17 - 4 - 5 +39 - 8 +42 -13 +31 +29 5.0 2265
21. Pahor, Milos SLO 2104 - 1 +44 -18 +46 +12 -19 -28 +32 +33 5.0 2234
22. Guid, Matej SLO 2214 +45 +19 - 3 + 7 -14 = 8 -18 +28 - 9 4.5 2323
23. Kozamernik, Janez SLO 2199 - 2 +26 -42 +37 =19 +25 - 8 -15 +34 4.5 2173
24. Drobne, Marjan SLO 2011 =25 =38 =29 =19 +42 =18 =10 = 9 -12 4.5 2249
25. Grilc, Andrej SLO 2125 =24 =29 =19 +42 - 7 -23 +35 +26 -10 4.5 2179
26. Janjic,Vitomir SLO ---- - 5 -23 +45 +30 -11 +38 =33 -25 +36 4.5 2162
27. Ogradi,Gregor SLO ---- -28 +37 =35 =29 =33 -12 +38 +30 -11 4.5 2148
28. Saradjen, Janko SLO 2203 +27 -10 +46 - 9 -16 +31 +21 -22 -13 4.0 2156
29. Steiner, Darko f SLO 2215 =46 =25 =24 =27 +35 - 7 +36 -19 -20 4.0 2086
30. Jokovic, Dusan SLO 2195 -16 +31 -17 -26 +41 +37 -12 -27 +38 4.0 2115
31. Kodela, Marko SLO 2036 - 8 -30 -33 +32 +40 -28 +46 -20 +35 4.0 2056
32. Petrovic,Nejc SLO ---- -12 -15 =43 -31 +44 =40 +37 -21 +45 4.0 2020
33. Peteh, Uros SLO 2046 - 3 -41 +31 -35 =27 +34 =26 =36 -21 3.5 1994
34. Piber, Vinko SLO 2017 -19 +45 -11 -12 =46 -33 +42 +39 -23 3.5 2043
35. Banic,Stanko SLO ---- -13 =40 =27 +33 -29 =46 -25 +45 -31 3.5 1990
36. Jeraj, Zlatko SLO 2109 -14 -39 +40 +41 -18 +45 -29 =33 -26 3.5 2033
37. Ravnik, Franc SLO 1996 -10 -27 +44 -23 +39 -30 -32 +46 =43 3.5 2015
38. Susnik, Matej SLO 2206 =42 =24 +41 - 5 -13 -26 -27 +44 -30 3.0 1970
39. Ursic,Silvo SLO ---- - 6 +36 -13 -20 -37 +43 =45 -34 =44 3.0 1968
40. Prestrl, Jozef SLO 1999 - 9 =35 -36 =43 -31 =32 -44 =41 +46 3.0 1942
41. Vidali,Joze SLO ---- -11 +33 -38 -36 -30 -44 =43 =40 +42 3.0 1970
42. Rozic,Samo SLO ---- =38 =46 +23 -25 -24 -20 -34 =43 -41 2.5 1907
43. Ciuha,Janez SLO ---- - 4 -17 =32 =40 -45 -39 =41 =42 =37 2.5 1925
44. Cokan, Mirko SLO 2086 -18 -21 -37 -45 -32 +41 +40 -38 =39 2.5 1901
45. Omerzel,Nikola SLO ---- -22 -34 -26 +44 +43 -36 =39 -35 -32 2.5 1881
46. Bizjak,Janez SLO ---- =29 =42 -28 -21 =34 =35 -31 -37 -40 2.0 1843
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1. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2268 + 7 = 4 +12 + 8 + 2 + 3 + 9 -10 = 6 7.0 2361
2. Srebrnic, Ana wf SLO 2243 +15 - 8 +11 + 6 - 1 +12 + 7 = 3 + 9 6.5 2279
3. Kaps, Darja wm SLO 2237 +11 + 9 - 8 =10 + 4 - 1 +13 = 2 + 7 6.0 2267
4. Grobelsek, Ana SLO 2140 +17 = 1 - 6 +15 - 3 -11 +16 +19 +10 5.5 2166
5. Svent, Suzana SLO 1960 -13 +14 - 7 +16 - 9 +15 =12 +18 +17 5.5 2134
6. Novak, Ksenija wf SLO 2115 +14 =13 + 4 - 2 =10 - 9 + 8 = 7 = 1 5.0 2187
7. Petek, Francka SLO 2048 - 1 +17 + 5 +13 = 8 +10 - 2 = 6 - 3 5.0 2188
8. Rozic, Vesna wf SLO 2138 +20 + 2 + 3 - 1 = 7 =13 - 6 - 9 +12 5.0 2189
9. Stevanec, Lea wf SLO 2117 +18 - 3 =15 =12 + 5 + 6 - 1 + 8 - 2 5.0 2163
10. Mihevc, Narcisa wf SLO 2147 +19 =12 =13 = 3 = 6 - 7 +11 + 1 - 4 5.0 2162
11. Marusic, Nada SLO 1981 - 3 +18 - 2 +17 -13 + 4 -10 +20 +19 5.0 2150
12. Vospernik, Mira SLO 2085 +16 =10 - 1 = 9 +14 - 2 = 5 +13 - 8 4.5 2119
13. Mar, Karmen wf SLO 2203 + 5 = 6 =10 - 7 +11 = 8 - 3 -12 +20 4.5 2079
14. Hrenic,Misa SLO ---- - 6 - 5 +20 +19 -12 =16 =17 -15 +18 4.0 1978
15. Ahmatovic, Mirela SLO 2034 - 2 +20 = 9 - 4 +19 - 5 -18 +14 -16 3.5 1971
16. Trpin,Alenka SLO ---- -12 -19 +18 - 5 +20 =14 - 4 -17 +15 3.5 1944
17. Spendal,Barbara SLO ---- - 4 - 7 +19 -11 =18 -20 =14 +16 - 5 3.0 1889
18. Pongrac,Alojzija SLO ---- - 9 -11 -16 =20 =17 =19 +15 - 5 -14 2.5 1844
19. Nadvesnik,Vilma SLO ---- -10 +16 -17 -14 -15 =18 =20 - 4 -11 2.0 1813
20. Nadvesnik,Maja SLO ---- - 8 -15 -14 =18 -16 +17 =19 -11 -13 2.0 1819
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Hassan Khaled reports on the 5th Arab Clubs League which was held in
Damascus, Syria 15th-24th July 2003. It was an 11 team Swiss System event of 9
Rounds. Timerate 90 Minutes and added 30 Seconds for every player, each team
consisted of 4 players and one reserve. The winner was Eastern Company Club
from Egypt headed by GM Edvins Kengis.
5th Arab Clubs 2003
Final Standings
1 Eastern Company EGY 27.5 163.5 8
2 Al Mohafza SYR 26 164.5 7.5
3 Al Wehda YEM 25 134 6.5
4 Beirut LIB 20 138.5 5
5 Wahran ALG 19 136.5 4
6 Al Qadisia IRQ 17.5 144.5 4.5
7 Dubai UAE 17 166.5 5
8 Al Nasr SYR 17 149 3.5
9 Royal Chess JOR 14.5 146.5 3.5
10 Al Mawerda SUD 7.5 147.5 1
11 Al Arthoksy PLE 7 146.5 1
5th Arab Clubs 2003
Board medals
B. Club Fed. Rat P. N % T.B. Name
Board 1
Gold Al Mohafza RUS 2565 6 7 86 29.5 Gleizerov, Evgeny
Silver Dubai AZE 2566 7 9 78 41.5 Magerramov, Elmar
Bronze Beirut RUS 2550 7 9 78 32.5 Yemelin, Vasily
Gold Al Mohafza SYR 2451 7 9 78 39 Hakki, Imad
Silver Al Wehda YEM 2365 6 8 75 30.5 Kadhi, Hameed Mansour Ali
Bronze Al Nasr SYR 2368 5 7 71 26 Issa, Rafat
Gold Eastern Company EGY 2455 8.5 9 94 34 Abdelnabbi, Imed
Silver Al Wehda YEM 2301 5.5 7 79 24 Al-Zendani, Zendan
Bronze Al Mohafza SYR 2295 6 9 67 43.5 Mohammad, Samir
Gold Al Wehda YEM 2385 7 8 88 17.5 Alqudaimi, B.A.
Silver Wahran ALG 2283 5 6 83 15 Henni, Mohamed
Bronze Al Mohafza SYR 2233 5 7 71 26 Alzaim, Talal
Gold Al Qadisia IRQ 2309 7 7 100 17.5 Hussein, N.A.
Silver Al Wehda YEM 2223 3.5 5 70 18.5 Faraj, Yahya
Bronze Wahran ALG 2089 4.5 8 56 20 Bouhaddad, Abdelkrim
Vladimir Talla sends the results and games of the IPCA (International
Physically Disabled Chess Association) World Cup 2003.
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IPCA World Cup Hrabyne CZE (CZE), 1-8 viii 2003
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1 FM Medic Miljenko 2306 CRO 6,5 36,5
2 Cempel Jaroslav 2239 CZE 6,5 34,5
3 Nabelek Marek 2101 CZE 6,5 31,5
4 Hromada Vaclav 2142 CZE 6,0 33,0
5 Orzechowski Jacek 2264 POL 6,0 31,5
6 Snyta Zdenek 2101 CZE 6,0 29,0
7 FM Kocur Walter 2120 CZE 5,5 29,5
8 FM Mayerhofer Horst 2203 CZE 5,5 26,0
9 Matijasevic Ilija 2089 CRO 5,0 29,0
10 Chrobak Piotr 2006 POL 5,0 27,5
11 Strakos Jiri 1978 CZE 5,0 26,5
12 Klimsa Pavel 1943 CZE 5,0 26,0
13 Tylecek Drahomir 1893 CZE 5,0 25,5
14 Jaros Bohumil 2084 CZE 5,0 23,0
15 Sorel Eduard 2119 CZE 5,0 22,5
16 Zidek Vaclav 1801 CZE 5,0 21,0
34 players
Nordic Championship for women 2003 took place in Stockholm, August
2nd-10th 2003. The Ellen Hagesæther made a WIM norm. My thanks to Bo
Sjögren.
Internet coverage:
http://www.schack.se/DamNM2003/index_en.html
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ch-Nordic w Stockholm SWE (SWE), 2-10 viii 2003
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1. Hagesaether, Ellen NOR 2169 +13 + 5 +10 + 7 = 2 + 9 = 3 = 4 = 8 7.0 2354
2. Agrest, Svetlana wm SWE 2238 - 6 + 3 +11 + 8 = 1 +10 + 7 = 9 = 4 6.5 2291
3. Johansson, Victoria wm SWE 2167 =11 - 2 + 6 -10 + 8 +16 = 1 = 7 + 9 5.5 2201
4. Andersson, Christin SWE 2149 +12 - 8 =15 = 5 +14 = 7 +10 = 1 = 2 5.5 2177
5. Johnsen, Sylvia wf NOR 2102 +17 - 1 -14 = 4 +12 +11 - 9 +13 +15 5.5 2135
6. Dalmau, Anneli SWE 2090 + 2 - 7 - 3 =12 +15 - 8 +17 +14 +16 5.5 2155
7. Jiretorn, Eva SWE 2146 +15 + 6 + 8 - 1 =10 = 4 - 2 = 3 =13 5.0 2158
8. Bjerke, Silje NOR 2093 +18 + 4 - 7 - 2 - 3 + 6 +11 =10 = 1 5.0 2164
9. Peicheva-Hansen, Evgenia wm DEN 2185 +16 -10 +12 +14 =11 - 1 + 5 = 2 - 3 5.0 2136
10. Berntsen, Sheila Barth wf NOR 2132 +14 + 9 - 1 + 3 = 7 - 2 - 4 = 8 +18 5.0 2170
11. Horn, Emilia SWE ---- = 3 +16 - 2 +15 = 9 - 5 - 8 +18 +17 5.0 2134
12. Frisk,Ellinor SWE ---- - 4 +17 - 9 = 6 - 5 +18 -13 +16 +14 4.5 2062
13. Breen, Veronica SWE 1998 - 1 -14 +18 -16 +17 =15 +12 - 5 = 7 4.0 2007
14. Agrest,Inna SWE ---- -10 +13 + 5 - 9 - 4 =17 +18 - 6 -12 3.5 1992
15. Almer,Julia SWE ---- - 7 +18 = 4 -11 - 6 =13 =16 +17 - 5 3.5 1977
16. Olsen, Miriam F DEN 2036 - 9 -11 =17 +13 +18 - 3 =15 -12 - 6 3.0 1923
17. Krzymowska,Adriana SWE ---- - 5 -12 =16 -18 -13 =14 - 6 -15 -11 1.0 1674
18. Krzymowska,Amelia SWE ---- - 8 -15 -13 +17 -16 -12 -14 -11 -10 1.0 1677
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The World's Youth Stars or Vanya Somov's Memorial takes place August
2nd-14th 2003. 12 young chessplayers 10-15 years old compete in the event. Ian
Nepomniachtchi leads with 7 points after 8 rounds a point clear of the
field.
Internet coverage:
http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/tourn/spb/issue15.html
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World Youth Stars Kirishi RUS (RUS), 2-13 viii 2003 cat. I (2255)
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1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian f RUS 2432 * = = . . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 7.0 2560
2. Khairullin, Ildar f RUS 2445 = * . = . = = 1 1 1 1 . 6.0 2432
3. Andreikin, Dmitry f RUS 2400 = . * = = = . 1 1 . 1 1 6.0 2418
4. Bogosavljevic, Boban YUG 2232 . = = * 1 = 0 . . 0 1 = 4.0 2211
5. Alsina Leal, Daniel ESP 2221 . . = 0 * = . 0 1 1 0 1 4.0 2230
6. Lintchevski, Daniil RUS 2132 0 = = = = * = . 0 1 . . 3.5 2273
7. Nguyen, Viet Tuong VIE 2119 0 = . 1 . = * 1 . 0 0 = 3.5 2199
8. Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2319 0 0 0 . 1 . 0 * 1 = . 1 3.5 2254
9. Lenic, Luka f SLO 2386 . 0 0 . 0 1 . 0 * = 1 1 3.5 2193
10. Sjugirov, Sanan RUS 2296 0 0 . 1 0 0 1 = = * . . 3.0 2198
11. Mueller, Reinhold GER ---- 0 0 0 0 1 . 1 . 0 . * 0 2.0 2096
12. Perman, Evgeniy RUS 2081 0 . 0 = 0 . = 0 0 . 1 * 2.0 2070
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The World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad took place August 3rd-11th 2003.
17 countries participated. Hungary took first place from the Ukraine and India.
Internet coverage: http://www.tsf.org.tr
WORLD YOUTH UNDER 16 CHESS OLYMPIAD - Round 10
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Score
1 HUNGARY, HUN 2395 29.5
2 UKRAINE, UKR 2405 28.0
3 INDIA, IND 2337 27.5
4 RUSSIA, RUS 2362 27.0
5 GEORGIA, GEO 2231 25.0
6 ISRAEL, ISR 2284 22.5
7 TURKEY ( A ), TUR 2027 22.0
8 UZBEKISTAN, UZB 1800 21.0
9 KAZAKHISTAN, KAZ 2197 20.5
10-12 IRAN, IRI 2109 20.0
TURKMENISTAN, TKM 1877 20.0
TURKEY ( C ), TUR 1800 20.0
13 MALAYSIA, MAS 2038 19.5
14-17 INDIA ( W ), IND 2119 19.0
GREECE, GRE 2111 19.0
TURKEY ( W ), TUR 2014 19.0
R.SOUTH AFRICA, RSA 1888 19.0
18 TURKEY ( B ), TUR 1892 18.5
19 TURKEY ( E ), TUR 1800 17.5
20 TURKEY ( ÇALLI SC ), TUR 1835 16.0
21 TURKEY ( D ), TUR 1800 12.5
22 PALESTINE, PLE 1800 11.5
23 TURKEY ( F ), TUR 1800 7.5
24 SOMALIA, SOM 1800 0.0
Performances over 70% Board by board
Board 1
1 BAKRI Anas Nazreen MAS 6,5 7 92,86
2 GERZHOY Leonid ISR 8,0 10 80,00
3 ALAVI MOGHADAM Seyed Javad IRI 7,0 10 70,00
3 JONKER Matthew R. RSA 7,0 10 70,00
3 KONONENKO, Dmitry UKR 7,0 10 70,00
Board 2
1 MAGALASHVILI Davit GEO 8,5 10 85,00
2 YILMAZ Mustafa TUR 6,0 8 75,00
3 POKAZANIEV Nikolay RUS 6,5 9 72,22
3 ERDOS Viktor HUN 6,5 9 72,22
5 SMIRNOV Igor UKR 7,0 10 70,00
Board 3
1 PAPP Gabor HUNY 6,5 8 81,25
2 KZ Muhammad Faisal MAS 7,5 10 75,00
3 ACUNER Emrah TUR 6,5 9 72,22
4 YUSUBALIEV Ulughbek UZB 7,0 10 70,00
Board 4
1 PONKRATOV Pavel RUS 7,5 8 93,75
2-3 GUPTA Abhijit IND 7,0 9 77,78
2-3 BOROS Denes HUN 7,0 9 77,78
4 WILLENBERG Craig R. RSA 7,5 10 75,00
5 KUZUBOV, Yuriy UKR 7,5 10 75,00
6 KUYUMCU Cüneyt TUR 5,0 7 71,43
Board 5
1 SAI SRINIVAS Dasari IND 4,5 5 90,00
2 LYSYJ Igor RUS 6,0 8 75,00
3 BANUSZ Tamas HUN 3,5 5 70,00
North Ural Cup Women's tournament in Krasnoturinsk - (Stefanova,
Skripchenko, Matveeva etc) takes place August 8th-15th 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.northuralscup.ru/
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North Ural Cup Krasnoturinsk RUS (RUS), 9-15 viii 2003cat. VIII (2437)
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1. Kosintseva, Tatiana wg RUS 2450 * 1 = . . . = . 2.0 2573
2. Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2478 0 * . . . 1 1 . 2.0 2585
3. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2439 = . * = . . . = 1.5 2385
4. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2443 . . = * = . = . 1.5 2451
5. Skripchenko, Almira wg FRA 2489 . . . = * = . = 1.5 2403
6. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2503 . 0 . . = * . 1 1.5 2410
7. Kosintseva, Nadezhda wg RUS 2427 = 0 . = . . * . 1.0 2332
8. Kursova, Maria wm RUS 2264 . . = . = 0 . * 1.0 2352
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The 10th Nice International Chess Summer Open took place August 4th-9th
2003.
Croatian GM Davor Komljenovic took clear first with 6/7 ahead of 7
players half a point behind. The 19th Nice Open takes place 26th-30th December.
News Thierry Foissez.
Internet coverage: http://www.echiquier-nicois.org
(including entry to the Winter event in December)
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10th Summer Open Nice FRA (FRA), 4-9 viii 2003
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1. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2434 6,0 33 2721
2. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2609 5,5 37 2664
3. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2566 5,5 35,5 2646
4. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2479 5,5 33,5 2499
5. Badea, Bela g ROM 2499 5,5 31,5 2474
6. Leski, Marc m FRA 2414 5,5 31,5 2455
7. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2384 5,5 30,5 2426
8. Popchev, Milko g BUL 2451 5,5 29,5 2510
9. Paragua, Mark m PHI 2500 5,0 34 2477
10. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2552 5,0 33,5 2513
11. Sanchez, Joseph f PHI 2410 5,0 31,5 2438
12. Dableo, Ronald PHI 2305 5,0 31,5 2395
13. Cavalcanti, Francisco BRA 2280 5,0 31 2426
14. Gachet, Sebastien FRA 2259 5,0 31 2398
15. Solomunovic, Igor f BIH 2435 5,0 31 2387
16. Bucher, Denis f SUI 2351 5,0 30,5 2377
17. Patuzzo, Fabricio f SUI 2325 5,0 30,5 2357
18. Bujisho, Benjamin m FRA 2402 5,0 29 2375
19. Moncamp, Gilles FRA 2251 5,0 27 2243
20. Van Hoolandt, Patrick MNC 2301 5,0 26,5 2143
21. Redoglia, Agostino FRA ---- 5,0 22 2196
164 players
The Hilton Blackpool International tournament and Ron Benwell Masters
took place August 4th-9th 2003 at the Hilton Hotel Blackpool. Nigel Davies,
Abhijit Kunte and John Shaw finished on 6/9 in the Hilton International.
Kidambi Sundararajan won the Ron Banwell Masters with 7/9. Games from the final
round are missing.
Website: http://www.hiltoninternational.lancashirechess.info/
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1. Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2482 * = = = 1 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2556
2. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2515 = * = = = 1 1 1 0 1 6.0 2552
3. Shaw, John m SCO 2480 = = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2556
4. Haslinger, Stewart f ENG 2414 = = 1 * = 0 1 = 1 = 5.5 2519
5. Collins, Sam IRL f IRL 2381 0 = = = * = = = 1 1 5.0 2485
6. Hunt, Adam m ENG 2395 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = = 1 4.5 2441
7. Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2478 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 = = 3.5 2351
8. Palliser, Richard m ENG 2438 = 0 0 = = = 0 * = 1 3.5 2356
9. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2395 0 1 0 0 0 = = = * = 3.0 2316
10. Hanley, Craig f ENG 2387 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = * 2.0 2222
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Ron Banwell Masters Blackpool ENG (ENG), 4-9 viii 2003 cat. II (2276)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2442 * = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2477
2. Kenworthy, Gary f ENG 2269 = * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2401
3. Horner, Jeff f ENG 2354 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2391
4. Mannion, Stephen R m SCO 2339 0 0 = * 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2393
5. Howell, David WL f ENG 2323 = = 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2350
6. Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2392 0 = 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2262
7. Specht, Josh USA 2111 = = 0 = = 1 * 0 = 0 3.5 2213
8. Lund, D. Brett ENG 2248 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 3.0 2153
9. Walton, Alan J ENG 2158 = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 2.5 2122
10. Escobedo, Juan F MEX 2120 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1.0 1941
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The 3rd Stork Young Masters was part of the 29th Open Dutch Youth
Championships took place in the Town Hall of Hengelo 4th-9th August 2003. Tomi
Nyback was the runaway winner with 8/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.schaakbond.nl/
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Stork YM Hengelo NED (NED), 4-9 viii 2003 cat. V (2372)
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1. Nyback, Tomi m FIN 2483 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2710
2. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2385 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2495
3. Bokros, Albert m HUN 2477 = = * = = 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2485
4. Middelburg, Tom f NED 2396 0 = = * 1 = 1 1 = = 5.5 2449
5. Michiels, Bart BEL 2376 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2451
6. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2448 0 = 1 = = * = = = = 4.5 2363
7. Lahaye, Rick NED 2273 0 = 0 0 0 = * 0 1 1 3.0 2258
8. Bensdorp, Marlies NED 2164 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 3.0 2270
9. Seifert, Volker GER 2371 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 2.0 2152
10. Vasilkova, Svetlana RUS 2347 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 1.5 2101
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Juan Manuel González sends news of the Colombian Championships in
Cali in the Museo la tertulia. Gildardo Garcia won the men's event with 8/11
and Martha Mateus the women's with 7/10.
Internet coverage:
http://www.nacionaldeajedrezcali2003.unlugar.com
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ch-COL Cali COL (COL), 22-28 vii 2003 cat. V (2358)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2473 * = = = 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 8.0 2522
2. Mendoza, Rafael f COL 2363 = * = 0 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2459
3. Alzate, Dario m COL 2426 = = * 0 = 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2453
4. Mosquera, Miguel COL 2389 = 1 1 * 0 0 = 1 = 1 1 0 6.5 2420
5. Zapata, Alonso g COL 2543 0 0 = 1 * 1 0 0 1 1 1 = 6.0 2377
6. Echavarria, Johann COL 2351 0 = 0 1 0 * = 1 1 = 0 1 5.5 2358
7. Diaz Cordoba, Fredy COL 2235 0 = 0 = 1 = * = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2369
8. Beltran, Carlos COL 2261 = 0 1 0 1 0 = * 1 = 0 = 5.0 2330
9. Castro, Oscar H m COL 2385 = 0 = = 0 0 1 0 * = 1 1 5.0 2319
10. Cuartas, Carlos m COL 2292 = = 0 0 0 = = = = * = 0 3.5 2231
11. Martinez, Cristian COL 2279 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 = * = 3.5 2232
12. Carvajal, Nolberto COL 2300 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 = 0 1 = * 3.5 2230
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ch-COL w Cali COL (COL), 22-28 vii 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Mateus, Martha COL 2148 ** 0= 11 11 10 1= 7.0 2244
2 Palao, Maricela wm COL 2138 1= ** 0= 1= 11 01 6.5 2207
3 Ortiz, Nadya COL 2137 00 1= ** 0= 1= 11 5.5 2133
4 Rivera, Ingris COL 2106 00 0= 1= ** 1= 11 5.5 2139
5 Chaucanes,Lina COL ---- 01 00 0= 0= ** 01 3.0 1975
6 Rua, Nora COL 2094 0= 10 00 00 10 ** 2.5 1912
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George Mirijanian reports: The 53rd New Hampshire Open took place 26-27
July 2003 in Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov scored 3.5-0.5
to take first place. Runners-up with 3-1 tallies were IM William Paschall, IM
Joseph Fang, and national experts Kevin Cotreau and Javier Segovia. Fang and
Cotreau were declared New Hampshire state co-champions based on their residency
in the "Granite State." Eighty players competed in the four-section tourney,
which was organized by the New Hampshire Chess Association.
Small correction to the Montreal International by Hugh Brodie and five
corrections to the CMA tournament by David Cohen.
The Barbados Championships take place July 19 - August 11 Barbados. FM
Delisle Warner leads with 10/10. Games and final results may follow.
Official site http://barbados.org/chess/
1st Misr Closed 2003 Egypt
The 1st Misr Closed 2003 is a Round-Robin 1st-10th September 2003 at
Europe Hotel about 2km from the Pyramids Cairo. 11 Rounds 12 Players (6 invited
GMs 6 EGY players with average Rating about 2423) New Fide Time Control ( 90
Min for all game and 30 Sec. added for every move) , play starts at 6 pm daily
from 1st-10th September, arrival 31st August, Rest Day 5 September. There will
be 2 days, with also in the Morning at 10 am departure 11th September.
Prizes as follows : 1st till 6th. 700-500-400-300-200-100 US$. Prizes
are distributed according to Hort System (between the number of players
corresponding to number of advertised prizes). For every invited GM the
organisers will provide full accommodation in Single Room 4 Star Hotel starting
from 31st August - 11th September 2003, and $500 US as compensation for the
Air-Ticket.
Contact email is ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Hassan Khaled
General Director Egyptian Chess Federation Phone +20-2-3378987 and
Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax :
+20-2-2604285
27th World Chess Solving Championship
Brief results of the 27th World Chess Solving Championship are now
available at: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/wcsc/results.html.
The British Team were sponsored by Winton Capital Management.
American Continental Championships
The American Continental Championships take place in 16th-30th August
2003. 11 round Swiss. $11,000 first prize.
Info:
http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com/Fide/03Continental/03Continental.htm,
http://www.ajedrezvirtual.com/Contenidos/FADA/torneos/JugCont2003.htm
and http://ajedrez.hypermart.net all
have coverage. Don't know about an official site with coverage of the
games.
Preliminary Player List
1. Alexander Onischuk USA GM 2657
2. Julio Granda Zuniga PER GM 2641
3. Gregory Kaidanov USA GM 2638
4. Giovanni Vescovi BRA GM 2618
5. Lazaro Bruzon CUB GM 2614
6. Lenier Dominguez CUB GM 2610
7. Alexander Goldin USA GM 2608
8. Igor Novikov USA GM 2598
9. Gilberto Milos BRA GM 2592
10. Boris Gulko USA GM 2583
11. Alexander Shabalov USA GM 2575
12. Iván Morovic Fernández CHI GM 2573
13. Hikaru Nakamura USA GM 2568
14. Yuri Shulman USA GM 2559
15. Henrique Mecking BRA GM 2556
16. Nick De Firmian USA GM 2553
17. Rubén Felgaer ARG GM 2551
18. Gilberto Hernández MEX GM 2544
19. Aleksander Wojtkiewicz USA GM 2543
20. Sergey Kudrin USA GM 2538
21. Alexander Ivanov USA GM 2538
22. Alexandre Lesiege CAN GM 2535
23. Jesús Nogueiras CUB GM 2521
24. Zenón Franco Ocampos PAR GM 2520
25. Dmitry Gurevich USA GM 2502
26. Alonso Zapata COL GM 2498
27. Gennadij Sagalchik USA GM 2491
28. Maurice Ashley USA GM 2465
29. Alejandro Ramírez CRC MI 2450
30. Irina Krush USA WGM 2449
31. Pascal Charbonneau CAN MI 2442
32. Dmitry Schneider USA MI 2425
33. Pablo Toloza CHI MI 2374
34. Luis Dobson Aguilar CHI 2330
35. Gregory Markzon USA MF 2267
36. Guillermo Cerda CHI 2224
37. Sergio Caceres CHI 2201
38. Guy Bendana NCA 2186
39. Olga Sagalchik USA WMF 2111
First Saturday September
The First Saturday September tournaments take place 6th-18th of
September. Places available in GM and IM tournaments. An IGM player is also
needed. Contact Nagy Laszlo e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu phone-fax:
00-(361)-2632859 mobile: 00-(36)-30-2301914
GM Tournaments cat.VII-VIII 10-14 participants IGM CSOM, István
(HUN), IGM Needed IGM TIMOSHENKO, Georgy (UKR), IM BUI, Vinh (VIE), NGUYEN,
Truongson (VIE), IM JAKAB, Attila (HUN), IM SZIEBERTH, Adam (HUN), IM PERT,
Nicholas (ENG), MAHJOOB, Morteza (IRI), GHANE, Shojaat (IRI), IM GOULIEV, Namig
(AZE), IM FLUMBORT, András (HUN), IM PILGAARD, Kim (DEN). Reserve: IGM
ANKA, Emil (HUN), IGM LUKÁCS, Péter (HUN) IGM CHATALBASHEV, Boris
(BUL) Plan 10-14 players.
IM Tournaments: IM GALYAS, Miklós (HUN), IM FARAGÓ,
Sándor (HUN), IM EPERJESI, László (HUN), IM
BOGUSZLAVSZKIJ, Jevgenyij (HUN), FM BOGNAR, Csaba (HUN), FM GERARD, Nicolas
(FRA), FM CISNEROS, Lucas (ESP), LEHMANN, Holger (GER), MERCIER, Jean-Pierre
(FRA), ARMBRUSTER, Alexander (GER), SZABÓ, Krisztián (HUN),
WOODWARD, Timothy (ENG), KIRSANOVA, Ekaterina (RUS).
Indian National B
Indian National "B" tournament is in progress currently at Nagpur. The
tournament is a qualifier for the Indian Premier "A" Championship. 12 players
will qualify. The event has attracted GM Koneru Humpy and 20 IM/IWMs.
Official site: http://in.geocities.com/nagpurchess/
US Open
The 12 round US Open with qualifying places for the US Championships
takes place August 3rd-15th in Los Angeles. Kaidanov is by far the strongest
player.
Official site: http://www.usopenchess.org/
Znojmo Open
3rd 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
Gausdal Tournaments
The Gausdal Classics II 2003 take place 21st-29th October 2003. There
will be 1 GM-group, 1-2 IM groups and 1-2 ELO-groups. Each group will include
12 players playing 11 rounds, giving "triple chances" for title norms as such
norms can be based upon round 1-9, 1-10 or 1-11.
Further details http://eirikgu.home.online.no/gausdal2003-2/
Gausdal Troll Masters 2004 take place 26th January - 3rd February 2004.
10 round Swiss in 9 days. 60-70 players are expected including 12-15 GMs or IMs
and only 6-8 without a FIDE-ELO.
Further details: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/troll2004/
Organiser and contact for events: IA & IO Hans Olav Lahlum (NOR) -
hanso.lahlum@c2i.net
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 Prize fund: USD15,500 First Prize: USD4000 ), youth tournaments, a simul
and many more events.
Further information in Hebrew: http://www.chess.org.il and now English:
http://www.chess.org.il/ashdod_eng.htm
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. I don't have results and games.
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
Pacs Tournament
Pacs, Hungary will hold an international chess tournament August
2nd-8th 2003.
Further information on the event http://sakkverseny.fpn.hu
24 Hours Blitz Brussels
Anderlecht Chess Club (Brussels-Belgium) have revived after 5 years the
24 Hours Brussels Blitz . It will be held 30th-31st August 2003. The
competition is for individual players (no teams) and is approved by the Belgian
Chess Federation (Fide Member). Fide rules for Quick Games will be used. Please
find attached a competition flyer.
Further details: http://brusselschessmarathon.ifrance.com
European Izmir Economy University Grandprix
The European Izmir Economy University Grandprix takes place 25th August
- 3rd September 2003 in Izmir - Turkey.
Details:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2002/dokuzeylul/izmir_grandprix.htm
- entries by August 10th 2003.
Lausanne Young Masters
The Lausanne Young Masters returns 17th-22nd September 2003. The event
took place first in 1998 and its ambition was to get together the most talented
chess juniors of the world. Since then, several players confirmed their talent
on the international circuit. For example, Etienne Bacrot, France (winner in
1999 and finalist in 2001) became triple champion of France, the Russian
Alexander Grischuk (winner in 2000) reached the semi-finals of the World
Championship in New Dehli in 2001. More extraordinary, the finalist of the 1999
and 2000 editions, the Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov, won the final of in the
last FIDE World Championship.
Etienne Bacrot, 47th in the ELO Luke McShane, World Junior Champion,
Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov of Azerbadjan, Sergey Karjakin the youngest Grand Master
of all time, Alexandra Kostenuik and Elisabeth Pähtz play.
Internet: http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com
Zonal 2.5
Men's Zonal 2.5 Paraguay 6th-17th September 2003. Women's Zonal 2.5
takes place in Chile 23rd-29th August 2003.
Coverage: http://ajedrez.hypermart.net
10th Hallstahammar Open
10th Hallstahammar Open 12th -14th September 2003 7 Round Swiss. 1st
prize is 10.000 SEK - ca 1100 euro, total prize fund around 35.000 SEK - ca
4000 euro.
Further details: http://w1.220.telia.com/~u22002729/
Vilnius International Open
The 1st Vilnius International Chess Championship takes place September
27th - October 4th 2003 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Further details: http://www.vilniuschesschampionship.lt
Essent 2003
The Essent 2003 tournament starts 10th October 2003. Anatoly Karpov,
Judit Polgar, Ivan Sokolov and Levon Aronian play.
Website: http://www.hoogeveen.nl/essent-chess/index2003.htm
Singapore Chess Carnival on the internet
There is a huge chess Carnival taking place in Singapore. Last years'
event (http://www.geocities.com/juniortay/ssiccfinals1.html)
had 2100 participants from schools all over Singapore.
This year the event is international with a 7 round blitz (time limit
5+0) qualifier every Thursday (19.00 h MESZ (GMT +2) on Chessbases' chess
server http://www.playchess.com. The
tournaments take place on the server in the room of the Singapore Chess
Carnival. The first three of each qualifiers qualify for the final on September
6th 2003.
Further details:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1066
The first prize will be 1000 ducats (100 Euros), a one-year
Gold-membership at Chesspublishing.com (
http://www.chesspublishing.com ),
plus a one-year membership on the correspondence chess server Chessfriend.com (
http://www.chessfriend.com ). The top
ten finishers will receive prizes, which will be announced at a later date.
Sponsors Chessbase, Chessfriend, Chesspublishing.com and ChessNinja.com (
http://www.chessninja.com ).
Any queries on how to compete in this event contact Junior Tay
juniortay@hotmail.com . The next qualifier is on 24th July 2003 and every
subsequent Thursday till the end of August.
Chess Classic Mainz
Judit Polgar plays Vishwanathan Anand in an 8-game rapid chess match in
Mainz August 14th-17th 2003. Alongside it will be the Ordix open. Mainz will
also be hosting a Chess960 (a form of shuffle chess) match between Peter Leko
and Peter Svidler. To promote this match they are also holding an internet
match Chess Tigers vs. "The Rest of the World" in Chess960 chess starting at
4pm 15th July 2003. Every day one pair of moves will be played. All internet
users are eligible to take part, but players are entitled to cast only one vote
per move. Every day a prize will be raffled among the correct e-mail
contributors. The daily move is made through simple majority.
Internet site: http://www.chesstigers.de/
1st Nuoro International Chess Open
The 1st Nuoro International Chess Open takes place 10th-13th August
2003. PRIZES EURO 5.000
Open Tournament for players with Italian and FIDE Elo ratings.
Further information: Edoardo Buchicchio aleolbia@supereva.it
2nd Bergamo Open
The 2nd Bergamo Open takes place 25th-27th August 2003 in the Palazzo
della Ragione, Sala delle Capriate - Piazza Vecchia
Further info Info - Iscrizioni: Torchitti: 035.240866 - e-mail:
atorch@tin.it Eynard: 035.232275 - e-mail v.eynard@mediacom.it
Riga 2003
"Riga 2003" 9 round Swiss Open takes place 24th-30th August 2003.
Further details: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=8504
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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 2003, 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
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
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
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/.
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)
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/
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/
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/
