THE WEEK IN CHESS 458 18th August 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Mainz Chess Classic 63 games
11th Lippstadt GM 66 games
First Saturday August 51 games
68th New York Masters 4 games
Young Stars of the World 18 games
North Ural Cup Women's tournament 28 games
US Open 414 games
Category II Lviv 54 games
Niederbronn IM 45 games
Mariupol Open 320 games
1st Stage Russian Cup 443 games
X Asian Women's Championship 38 games
Hilton International 5 games
Ron Banwell Masters 5 games
3rd Plancoet Open 174 games
Tarbes Open 194 games
Mid-American Open 7 games
11th Fair Play Trophy Correction 66 games
St-Petersburg vs the NAO Chess Club 4 games
1999 games
My thanks to Tinni Levitt, Jon Levitt, Thomas Henrich, John Hillary,
Axel Fritz, Victor Karpov, Peter Karrer, Brian Stephenson, Mehrdad
Pahlevanzadeh, Frank Berry, Nathan Resika, Mircea Pavlov, Alex Betaneli, Hassan
Khaled, Dominique Primel, Laszlo Nagy, John Fernandez, Gabor Pali, Miklos Orso,
Hartmut Metz, Maurizio Mascheroni, Primoz Kokalj, Sergey Bystrov, Korpics
Zsolt, Stephen Boyd and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Chess Classic Mainz rapid tournament was the highlight of the week.
Viswanathan Anand edged out Judit Polgar on the final day of a fluctuating
match. Top seed Alexander Grischuk won the Ordix Open alongside.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Vishwanathan Anand beat Judit Polgar in an 8-game rapid chess match in
Mainz August 14th-17th 2003. Alongside it was the Ordix open where top seed
Alexander Grischuk (9.5) clinched first place with a final round victory over
Swedish Grandmaster Evegeny Agrest (8.5). Half a point behind Grischuk was Ivan
Sokolov, Josef Pinter, Volokitin, Eric Lobron and Epishin ....
Peter Svidler became what the organsers call the official WNCA (World
New Chess Association) world champion. Playing a version of shuffle chess
called Chess960 Svidler won the last game in his match against Peter Leko to
take the match 4.5-3.5. Svidler will defend his title next year against the
winner of the Chess960 Open, Levon Aronian.
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 49 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Anand, Viswanathan - Polgar, Judit 1-0 41 C42 Petroff's Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Polgar, Judit 0-1 57 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 52 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 27 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Anand, Viswanathan - Polgar, Judit 1-0 60 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Anand, Viswanathan - Polgar, Judit 1-0 55 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 47 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Rapid Match Mainz GER (GER), 14-17 viii 2003
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2774 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5.0 2813
Polgar, Judit g HUN 2718 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2687
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Ordix Open Mainz GER (GER), 16-17 viii 2003
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1. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2732 9.5
2. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2693 9.0
3. Lobron, Eric g GER 2497 9.0
4. Pinter, Jozsef g HUN 2548 9.0
5. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2642 9.0
6. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2585 9.0
7. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2605 8.5
8. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2609 8.5
9. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2698 8.5
10. Chuchelov, Vladimir g BEL 2608 8.5
11. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2604 8.5
12. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2623 8.5
13. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2600 8.5
14. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2583 8.5
15. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2649 8.5
16. Meins, Gerlef m GER 2454 8.5
The 11th Lippstadt GM tournament took place 7th-17th August 2003. It was
a Category X event with Romanishin, Chiburdanidze, Ruck along with the computer
program Brutus. There was an unusual scoring system with 3 points for a win and
1 for a draw.
Internet coverage: http://www.lsv-turm.de/
Ifficial Standings
1. Brutus,Computer * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 25.0 106.00
2. Cyborowski, Lukasz 2550 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 18.0 81.00
3. Maiwald,Jens-Uwe 2517 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 17.0 90.00
4. Ruck, Robert 2550 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 17.0 86.00
5. Smeets, Jan 2477 0 1 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 17.0 74.00
6. Gustafsson,Jan 2570 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 14.0 77.50
7. Chiburdanidze, Maia 2497 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 12.0 59.00
8. Jenni,Florian 2508 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 11.0 55.50
9. Schenk,Andreas 2491 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 11.0 49.00
10. Wehmeier,Stefan 2350 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 9.0 46.00
11. Romanishin, Oleg 2561 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * ½ 8.0 44.00
12. Brenke,Andreas,Dr 2404 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ * 5.0 19.50
Normal Scoring Method
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11th GM Lippstadt GER (GER), 7-17 viii 2003 cat. IX (2456)
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1. BRUTUS ---- * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2759
2. Maiwald, Jens-Uwe g GER 2517 = * = = 1 = = 1 = = = 1 7.0 2552
3. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2550 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2549
4. Cyborowski, Lukasz m POL 2550 = = = * 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2549
5. Smeets, Jan m NED 2477 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2519
6. Gustafsson, Jan m GER 2570 = = = = = * = 0 1 = = 1 6.0 2481
7. Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2497 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 = 0 1 5.0 2416
8. Jenni, Florian g SUI 2508 0 0 0 = = 1 = * = = 1 0 4.5 2386
9. Schenk, Andreas m GER 2491 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 4.5 2388
10. Wehmeier, Stefan m GER 2350 0 = 0 0 = = = = 0 * 1 = 4.0 2363
11. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2561 0 = = 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 * = 3.5 2313
12. Brenke, Andreas GER 2404 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = * 2.0 2199
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The First Saturday August events took place 2nd-14th August 2003. Arik
Braun made an IM norm in the GM tournament. In the IM Tournament Alex
Lenderman, Lorin D'Costa Lorin and Jonh Arni Nilssen also made IM norms.
Correction to the results Richter-Aagaard (7) in the GM tournament. 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 * 0 1 1 1 1 = = = = + 7.0 2551
2. Todorovic, Goran M g YUG 2461 1 * 0 1 = 0 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2516
3. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2360 0 1 * 0 = 0 1 1 1 = + 6.0 2488
4. Braun, Arik GER 2366 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 + 6.0 2487
5. Woodward, Timothy DM ENG 2285 0 = = 1 * = = 1 0 = + 5.5 2459
6. Richter, Michael m GER 2428 0 1 1 = = * 0 0 1 = 1 5.5 2445
7. Barkhagen, Jonas m SWE 2490 = 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 1 + 5.5 2439
8. Bezold, Michael g GER 2462 = = 0 = 0 1 = * = = 1 5.0 2406
9. Murariu, Andrei m ROM 2389 = = 0 0 1 0 0 = * 1 1 4.5 2377
10. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2442 = 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1 3.5 2298
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. Lenderman, Alex USA 2219 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 10.0 2513
2. Nilssen, John Arni f FAI 2382 = * = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2500
3. D'Costa, Lorin ENG 2321 1 = * 1 1 0 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 9.0 2435
4. Chetverik, Maxim f RUS 2408 = = 0 * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 8.5 2397
5. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2255 0 = 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2386
6. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2319 0 = 1 = = * = = = = 0 1 1 1 7.5 2351
7. Werner, Dimo m GER 2376 0 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2347
8. Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2260 0 0 1 0 = = = * 1 = 1 0 1 1 7.0 2328
9. Eisenbeiser, Amadeus GER 2233 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2272
10. Paci, Cedric FRA 2258 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = = * 0 = = 1 4.5 2189
11. Berczes, David f HUN 2393 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 * = 1 1 4.5 2178
12. Soos, Bela m GER 2315 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 = = * 0 1 4.0 2153
13. Zucchelli, Massimo ITA 2194 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 3.5 2129
14. Bopp, Thomas GER 2215 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 1901
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Jay Bonin won the 68th New York Masters on 12th August 2003 with 4/4.
News John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com
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68th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 12 viii 2003
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1. Bonin, Jay m USA 2368 +14 +10 +12 + 3 4.0 ($400)
2. Sagalchik, Gennady g USA 2491 + 9 + 6 - 3 + 8 3.0 ($110)
3. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2442 +13 + 4 + 2 - 1 3.0 ($110)
4. Hoffmann, Asa f USA 2307 +16 - 3 + 6 + 7 3.0 ($110)
5. Krush, Irina wg USA 2449 -10 +14 - 8 +13 2.0
6. Braylovsky, Greg USA 2327 +11 - 2 - 4 +14 2.0
7. Moreira, Jairo f ECU 2340 -12 +15 +13 - 4 2.0
8. Privman, Boris f USA 2222 =15 =12 + 5 - 2 2.0
9. Young, Ronald f USA 2279 - 2 =11 =10 +15 2.0
10. Schneider, Igor f USA 2217 + 5 - 1 = 9 =12 2.0
11. Zimbeck, David USA 2165 - 6 = 9 =15 +16 2.0
12. Ross, Laura wf USA 2120 + 7 = 8 - 1 =10 2.0
13. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2254 - 3 +16 - 7 - 5 1.0
14. Sagalchik, Olga wf USA 2111 - 1 - 5 +16 - 6 1.0
15. Pelekhaty, Aleksander USA ---- = 8 - 7 =11 - 9 1.0
16. Mitchell, Jeff USA 2089 - 4 -13 -14 -11 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $400
2ND - $160
3RD - $ 70
U2400 - $100
The World's Youth Stars or Vanya Somov's Memorial took place August
2nd-14th 2003. 12 young chessplayers 10-15 years old compete in the event. Ian
Nepomniachtchi won with 9/11.
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 1 9.0 2501
2. Khairullin, Ildar f RUS 2445 = * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2413
3. Andreikin, Dmitry f RUS 2400 = = * 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2417
4. Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2319 0 0 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2285
5. Alsina Leal, Daniel ESP 2221 0 = = 0 * 1 = 1 0 1 1 0 5.5 2258
6. Nguyen, Viet Tuong VIE 2119 0 = = 1 0 * = 1 1 0 = 0 5.0 2231
7. Lintchevski, Daniil RUS 2132 0 = = = = = * 0 = 1 = = 5.0 2230
8. Lenic, Luka f SLO 2386 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 1 5.0 2207
9. Bogosavljevic, Boban YUG 2232 = = = 0 1 0 = 0 * 0 = 1 4.5 2192
10. Sjugirov, Sanan RUS 2296 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 1 * = 1 4.5 2186
11. Perman, Evgeniy RUS 2081 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 1 3.0 2096
12. Mueller, Reinhold GER ---- 0 0 0 0 1 1 = 0 0 0 0 * 2.5 2067
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North Ural Cup Women's tournament in Krasnoturinsk - (Stefanova,
Skripchenko, Matveeva etc) took place August 8th-15th 2003. Natalia Zhukova
took first place with a superior tie-break from Svetlana Matveeva both finished
on 4.5/7.
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. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2439 * 1 = = 0 1 = 1 4.5 2538
2. Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2478 0 * 1 0 1 1 = 1 4.5 2532
3. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2443 = 0 * 1 = 1 = = 4.0 2485
4. Kosintseva, Tatiana wg RUS 2450 = 1 0 * = 0 = 1 3.5 2434
5. Kosintseva, Nadezhda wg RUS 2427 1 0 = = * = 1 0 3.5 2438
6. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2503 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 3.0 2377
7. Kursova, Maria wm RUS 2264 = = = = 0 0 * = 2.5 2359
8. Skripchenko, Almira wg FRA 2489 0 0 = 0 1 = = * 2.5 2327
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The 12 round US Open with qualifying places for the US Championships
took place August 3rd-15th in Los Angeles. Gregory Kaidanov was by far the
strongest player but he ended up in a five way tie for second half a point
behind Alexander Shabalov who finished on 10/12. 455 players competed. My
thanks to John Hillery.
Official site: http://www.usopenchess.org/
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US Open Los Angeles USA (USA), 3-15 viii 2003
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1. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2575 10 84.5
2. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2558 9½ 86.5
3. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2578 9½ 85.5
4. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2543 9½ 85
5. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2638 9½ 82.5
6. De Guzman, Ricardo m PHI 2417 9½ 82.5
7. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2571 9 87.5
8. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2543 9 87
9. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2587 9 85
10. Andrianov, Nikolai m RUS 2475 9 83.5
11. Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2545 9 81
12. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2411 9 80.5
13. Ganbold, Odondoo m MGL 2417 9 78
14. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2490 9 76
15. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2423 9 73.5
16. Fierro Baquero, Martha L wg ECU 2313 9 71.5
17. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2587 8½ 87.5
18. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2641 8½ 85
19. Altounian, Levon f USA 2427 8½ 83.5
20. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2533 8½ 81
21. Goletiani, Rusudan wg USA 2314 8½ 80
22. Wang, Philip Xiao f USA 2294 8½ 78.5
23. Ilfeld, Etan ISR 2210 8½ 78.5
24. Mezentsev, Vladimir RUS 2423 8½ 78
25. Abrahamyan, Tatev wf USA 2201 8½ 78
26. Salimbagat,Rico ---- 8½ 78
27. Zilberstein, Dmitry f USA 2357 8½ 77
28. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2401 8½ 77
29. Donaldson, John W m USA 2440 8½ 75
455 players
A Category II tournament takes place in Lviv, Ukraine 9th-18th August
2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com
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It Lviv UKR (UKR), 9-18 viii 2003 cat. II (2280)
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1. Oleksienko, Mikhailo m UKR 2405 * = 0 . = 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 7.0 2495
2. Blot, Jerome f FRA 2283 = * = 1 . . = = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2431
3. Kryvoruchko, Yuriy UKR 2415 1 = * = = = = = . . 1 1 6.0 2390
4. Ustianovich, Nazar f UKR 2261 . 0 = * = = 1 1 1 1 = . 6.0 2411
5. Privalov, Y m RUS 2404 = . = = * 1 0 1 = . 1 1 6.0 2403
6. Heurtebize, Olivier FRA 2279 0 . = = 0 * . 0 1 1 1 1 5.0 2335
7. Kravtsiv, Martyn UKR 2160 0 = = 0 1 . * . = 0 = 1 4.0 2257
8. Hryhorenko, Nataliya wm UKR 2217 . = = 0 0 1 . * = 0 1 = 4.0 2243
9. Bondarets, Vadim m UKR 2388 0 0 . 0 = 0 = = * 1 . 1 3.5 2174
10. Rouillon, Ludovic FRA 2162 0 0 . 0 . 0 1 1 0 * = 1 3.5 2184
11. Hermanov, Alexander UKR 2268 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 . = * . 2.0 2067
12. Pean, Leonard FRA 2116 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 = 0 0 . * 0.5 1857
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The Niederbronn IM tournament took place 2nd-10th August 2003. Ludger
Keitlinghaus won the event and Hannes Rau made an IM norm.
Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com
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IM Niederbronn FRA (FRA), 2-10 viii 2003 cat. IV (2334)
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1. Keitlinghaus, Ludger g GER 2506 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2535
2. Gasthofer, Alexander f GER 2412 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2450
3. Rau, Hannes GER 2388 = = * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2453
4. Netzer, Jean FRA 2268 0 = 1 * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2421
5. Batyrov, Sapar g TKM 2418 = = 0 = * 1 1 1 = 0 5.0 2367
6. Aguettaz, Maxime FRA 2303 0 0 1 = 0 * = = 1 1 4.5 2337
7. Milliet, Sophie wm FRA 2275 = = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 4.0 2297
8. Sermier, Guillaume f FRA 2373 0 = 0 = 0 = = * = 0 2.5 2163
9. Reinhart, Emmanuel FRA 2148 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 2.5 2188
10. Mohebbi, Jaffar f FRA 2251 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 * 2.0 2123
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The Mariupol Open took place 11th-20th July 2003. IM Alexander Nosenko
won with 8/10. My thanks to Thomas Henrich for the games.
Further details: http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua
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Open Mariupol UKR (UKR), 11-20 vii 2003
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1. Nosenko, Alexander m UKR 2478 8.0 2579
2. Matjushin, Gennady m UKR 2416 7.5 2553
3. Shilin, Denis m UKR 2409 7.0 2435
4. Olenin, Nikolay m RUS 2420 7.0 2478
5. Boginin, Oleg UKR 2378 7.0 2385
6. Maximov, Dmitry UKR 2437 7.0 2396
7. Simantsev, Mikhail m UKR 2390 7.0 2445
8. Gasanov, Eldar m UKR 2396 7.0 2446
9. Tishin, D m UKR 2310 6.5 2399
10. Polivanov, Anatoliy m UKR 2425 6.5 2398
11. Iljin, Timofey UKR 2175 6.5 2356
12. Skliar, Andrey UKR 2266 6.5 2335
13. Golinka, Oleksandr UKR 2271 6.5 2259
14. Shalimov, Valery m UKR 2478 6.0 2369
15. Zatonskih, V UKR 2305 6.0 2295
16. Shemeakin, Alexander m UKR 2360 6.0 2293
17. Demkovich, Anatoliy m UKR 2422 6.0 2241
18. Kamenets, Anatolij m UKR 2326 6.0 2289
19. Zhornik,Nicolay UKR ---- 6.0 2298
20. Konev, Viktor UKR 2121 6.0 2230
21. Kononenko, Dmitry UKR 2170 6.0 2177
64 players
The 1st Stage of the Russian Cup takes place in Tomsk 4th-12th July
2003. Standings derived from the games. Unfortunately over 100 games are not
complete. Badmatsyrenov withdrew after 3 rounds, Kirillov after 6. My thanks to
Victor Karpov.
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1st Stage Russian Cup Tomsk RUS (RUS), 4-12 vii 2003
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1. Belozerov, Andrei g RUS 2541 8.0 2772
2. Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2526 7.0 2623
3. Yudin, Sergei f RUS 2384 7.0 2595
4. Pridorozhni, Aleksei m RUS 2485 7.0 2566
5. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2520 6.5 2559
6. Gajsin, Evgenij RUS 2389 6.5 2498
7. Nevostrujev, Vladimir m RUS 2510 6.0 2561
8. Ovetchkin, Roman m RUS 2519 6.0 2550
9. Iskusnyh, Sergei g RUS 2487 6.0 2519
10. Zablotsky, Sergei f RUS 2410 6.0 2514
11. Akselrod, Vladislav m RUS 2437 6.0 2480
12. Maletin, Pavel f RUS 2422 6.0 2403
13. Kabanov, Nikolai m RUS 2489 6.0 2481
14. Logunov, Maxim m RUS 2422 6.0 2480
15. Ponkratov, Pavel RUS 2296 6.0 2354
16. Frolov, Denis m RUS 2417 6.0 2383
17. Katalymov, Boris N m KAZ 2394 6.0 2475
18. Kron, Valentin m RUS 2407 6.0 2462
100 players
The Panamerican Continental Championships take place in 16th-30th August
2003. 11 round Swiss. $11,000 first prize.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezvirtual.com
Leading players
1. ONISCHUK Alex USA GM 2657
2. GRANDA Julio PER GM 2641
3. KAIDANOV Gregory USA GM 2638
4. VESCOVI Giovanni BRA GM 2618
5. BRUZON Lazaro CUB GM 2614
6. DOMINGUEZ Lenier CUB GM 2610
7. GOLDIN Alexander USA GM 2608
8. NOVIKOV Igor USA GM 2598
9. MILOS Gilberto BRA GM 2592
10. GULKO Boris USA GM 2583
11. SHABALOV Alexander USA GM 2575
12. MOROVIC Ivan CHI GM 2573
13. NAKAMURA Hikaru USA GM 2568
14. SHULMAN Yuri USA GM 2559
15. DE FIRMIAN Nick USA GM 2553
16. FELGAER Ruben ARG GM 2551
17. WOJTKIEWICZ Aleksander USA GM 2543
18. IVANOV Alexander USA GM 2538
19. KUDRIN Sergey USA GM 2538
20. LESIEGE Alexandre CAN GM 2535
21. ZARNICKI Pablo ARG GM 2530
22. NOGUEIRAS Jesus CUB GM 2521
23. FRANCO Zenon PAR GM 2520
24. SORIN Ariel ARG GM 2519
25. VASQUEZ Rodrigo CHI IM 2514
26. CAMPORA DANIEL ARG GM 2510
27. GUREVICH Dmitry USA GM 2504
The X Asian Women's Chess Championship takes place in Calicut, 16th-25th
August 2003. Defending Champion Li Ruofang (2433), GM Koneru, Humpy (2468), WGM
Zhao Xue (2467), WGM Wang, Pin (2465), WGM Hoang Thanh Trang (IM) (2458), WGM
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman (IM) (2435) compete. 9 round swiss.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessindia.org/asianwomen
Round 2 Standings:
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X Asian Women Calicut IND (IND), 17-25 viii 2003
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1. Li Ruofan wg CHN 2433 2.0
2. Gu Xiaobing wm CHN 2346 2.0
3. Tian Tian wg CHN 2300 2.0
4. Meenakshi, S wm IND 2319 1.5 2482
5. Ruan Lufei CHN 2307 1.5 2404
6. Sergeeva, Maria wg KAZ 2356 1.5 2442
7. Wang Pin wg CHN 2465 1.5 2479
8. Wang Yu wf CHN 2357 1.5 2443
9. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2468 1.5 2516
10. Safira, Shahnaz wf IND 2120 1.5 2416
11. Huang Qian wm CHN 2313 1.5 2416
12. Ramaswamy, Aarthie wg IND 2316 1.5 2460
13. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2435 1.5 2460
14. Xu Yuanyuan wm CHN 2347 1.5 2497
15. Harika, Dronavalli wf IND 2351 1.0 2319
16. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2458 1.0 2285
17. Kavitha, J.E IND 2066 1.0 2239
18. Meera, Sai IND 2172 1.0 2208
19. Mohota, Nisha wm IND 2321 1.0 2210
20. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2467 1.0 2325
21. Gokhale, Anupama wm IND 2253 1.0 2302
22. Koneru, Chandra Hawsa IND 2193 1.0 2228
23. Le Kieu Thien Kim wm VIE 2316 1.0 2268
24. Pratibha, Y IND 2185 1.0 2178
25. Sachdev, Tania wm IND 2206 1.0 2262
26. Shen Yang CHN 2113 1.0 2268
27. Swathi, Ghate wm IND 2299 1.0 2236
28. Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe wm IND 2225 1.0 2281
29. Zhang Jilin CHN 2300 0.5 2201
30. Malinicheva, L wf UZB 2126 0.5 2034
31. Nguyen Thi Thanh An wm VIE 2335 0.5 2020
32. Karavade, Eesha IND 2218 0.0
33. Parveen, Seyda Shabana wf BAN 2140 0.0
34. Lakshmi, Priya T.T IND 2005 0.0
35. Priya, P IND 2091 0.0
36. Sangeetha, M. R IND 2100 0.0
37. Swati, Mohota IND 2104 0.0
38. Wijesurya,Vineetha SRI ---- 0.0
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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 now available.
Website: http://www.hiltoninternational.lancashirechess.info/
The Barbados Championships take place July 19 - August 11 Barbados. FM
Delisle Warner won with a clean score of 11/11. Games not available in PGN.
Official site http://barbados.org/chess/
The Abu Dhabi Chess Festival takes place 16th-26th August 2003 with 5
seperate tournaments and $25,000 total prize. Players include: 1 Lputian,Smbat
2623 ARM 2 Vladimirov,Evgeny 2606 KAZ 3 Sargissian,Gabriel 2600 ARM 4
Jobava,Baadur 2596 GEO 5 Kengis,Edvins 2586 LAT 6 Mamedyarov,Shakhriyaz 2585
AZE.
Official site: http://www.abudhabichess.com
The 3rd Plancoet Open took place 26th July - 3rd August 2003 with 114
players. The tournament was also the championships of Britanny. IM Amir Bagheri
won with 7.5/9 and became also champion of Brittany 2002/2003. News Dominique
Primel.
Internet coverage: http://www.international22.fr.st/
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3rd Open Plancoet FRA (FRA), 26 vii-3 viii 2003
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1. Bagheri, Amir m IRI 2500 7.5 2604
2. Genov, Petar g BUL 2501 7.0 2477
3. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2434 6.5 2395
4. Bricard, Emmanuel m FRA 2456 6.5 2448
5. Froeyman, Helmut BEL 2274 6.5 2341
6. Tripoteau, Nicolas FRA 2258 6.0 2411
7. Le Roux, Jean-Pierre FRA 2442 6.0 2303
8. Coursaget, Nicolas FRA 2226 6.0 2432
9. Schuermans, Robert BEL 2214 6.0 2210
10. Redon, Bruno FRA 2204 6.0 2180
114 players
The 11th Tarbes Open took place 19th-21st April 2003. IGM Barsov won
with 8,5/9.
Internet coverage: http://site.voila.fr/www.tournoi_echecs
Alex Betaneli reports: 2003 Mid-American Open was held in Des Moines,
the largest city of Iowa, USA. The tournament drew 160 participants including
two IMs (Michael Brooks and Stanislav Smetankin), one untitled 2500 player
(Andrei Tcherepanov) and many masters. IM Smetankin took home almost $1200 for
his 4.5/5 result. IM Brooks, Keaton Kwiera, and Tim McEntee tied for second
place netting $500 each. Paul Fricano won the u2000 section with 5/5 ($953) and
Gene Strandberg took clear first in u1600 section ($734). The tournament was
organized by Continental Chess Association and directed by Steve Immitt and
Walter Brown. Final crosstables can found at
http://www.chesstour.com/mao03r.htm
Next year's event is scheduled for August 20-22 of 2004.
The Atlantic Open takes place August 22nd-24th in Washington, DC. (http://www.chesstour.com/index.html)
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Mid-American Open Des Moines USA (USA), 1-3 viii 2003
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1 Smetankin, Stanislav....2529 4.5 $1192.00
2 Brooks, Michael A.......2487 4.0 $ 503.34
3 Kiewra, Keaton F........2183 4.0 $ 503.34
4 Mc Entee, Tim R.........2168 4.0 $ 503.34
5 Betaneli, Alexander.....2265 3.5
6 Juric, Zvonko...........2027 3.5 $ 139.00
7 Datta, Deepyaman........1972 3.5 $ 139.00
8 Tcherepanov, Andrei V...2521 3.0
9 Stamnov, Aleksandar.....2238 3.0
10 Lubka, Reuben N.........2046 3.0
11 Donahue, Robert J.......2041 3.0
12 Stevanovic, Miomir......2017 3.0
13 Simonse, Jimmy B........1999 3.0
14 Nienart, Christopher....1961 3.0
15 Donahue, John P.........1872 3.0
59 players
I gave the results and games from the 11th Fair Play Trophy in TWIC 454.
Unfortunately I misidentified one of the players who the organisers called
Constantin Burnoiu (I identified a Constantina) but appears in the rating list
as Nicolae-Costel Burnoiu. There is a new table below and I give all the games
again. The event took place in Techirghiol, Romania 1st-11th July 2003. The
winner Valentin Raceanu and 2nd placed Francisc Nemeth made IM norms. Info
Mihaela and Dorel Bode.
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11th Fair Play Trophy Techirghiol ROM (ROM), 1-11 vii 2003 cat. III (2307)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Raceanu, Valentin ROM 2378 * = 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 9.0 2562
2. Nemeth, Francisc f ROM 2284 = * 1 = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 8.0 2484
3. Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel m ROM 2384 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 0 1 6.5 2364
4. Florescu, Codrut m ROM 2416 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2362
5. Vioreanu, Bogdan f ROM 2395 = 0 = 1 * 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2363
6. Kostic, Nebojsa m YUG 2334 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = = = 1 1 6.0 2340
7. Podgurkii, Stepan MDA 2151 0 = 0 = 1 0 * = = = 1 1 5.5 2321
8. Manescu, Tiberiu f ROM 2354 = 0 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 1 5.5 2302
9. Miljkovic, Mihajlo YUG 2275 = = = = 0 = = = * 0 = 1 5.0 2273
10. Susterman, Anja wg MDA 2280 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 1 * = = 4.0 2207
11. Chiricuta, Marius f ROM 2216 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 3.0 2140
12. Ciornei, Dragos GER 2216 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 1845
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Somehow I managed to miss this report and the games out of TWIC at the
time so for completeness its here now along with the games. There was a
distance chess match between St-Petersburg vs. the NAO Chess Club in Paris May
28th 2003, on the day of the 300th anniversary of Saint-Petersburg. St.
Petersburg beat NAO Chess Club 2.5-1.5, Viktor Korchnoi won the only decisive
game against Laurent Fressinet.
Results
Sergey Karyakin 1/2 Konstantin Sakaev
Viktor Kortchnoi 1-0 Laurent
Fressinet
Teimour Radjabov 1/2 Peter Svidler
Alexander Khalifman 1/2
Vladimir Kramnik
The playing rate was 15 minutes plus an increment of ten seconds per
move for the whole game.
Internet coverage: http://www.ruschess.com (in Russian and
English) and http://www.nao-cc.com (in
French).
Vidmar Memorial
Chess Federation of Slovenia is organising the 15th international
grandmaster chess tournament (XII category) in honour of grandmaster Dr. Milan
Vidmar. The event takes place August 17th-26th 2003 in Terme Zrece.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/mv/15/
Players: 1. Beliavsky Alexander G GM 2668 SLO 2. Sutovsky Emil GM 2639
ISR 3. Pavasovic Duško GM 2596 SLO 4. Sermek Dragen GM 2577 SLO 5. Halkias
Stelios GM 2560 GRE 6. Mitkov Nikola GM 2552 MKD 7. Sedlak Nikola IM 2528 YUG
8. Mikhalchishin Adrian GM 2518 SLO 9. Borišek Jure FM 2443 SLO 10. Lenic
Luka FM 2386 SLO
Vienna Open
Vienna Open 16th-24th August Konstantin Landa, Viktor Korchnoi and
Vereslav Eingorn play.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess-vienna.at/open.htm
and Live coverage of 36 boards
http://www.members.aon.at/schach1/live/start5.htm
Winterthur Chess Week
The 3rd Winterthur Chess Week takes place in Winterthur (Switzerland)
October 3rd-11th 2003. The main event is a 9-round Open with a total prize
money of CHF 10750 (EUR 6900, USD 7600). The final two rounds of the Swiss Team
Championship will also be played at the same location October 4th and 5th.
Other events include a Youth Open (7 rounds October 6th-10th) and two Blitz
tournaments.
Further details: http://www.chessstore.ch/schachwoche/
23rd Bratto Festival
The 23rd International Chess Tournament "Conca della Presolana" will
take place in Bratto (Italy) 21st-29th August 2003, with many GMs and IMs
(Epishin, Lalic, Drazic, Sax, Khenkin, Horvath, Maksimenko, Godena and so on).
Internet coverage with photos, games, live games:
http://www.scaccobratto.com
1st Vilnius International
Lithuanian Chess Federation organises the first Vilnius International
Chess Championship September 27th - October 4th 2003 in Vilnius.
Further details: http://www.vilniuschesschampionship.lt
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
British Land UK Chess Challenge
The British Land UK Chess Challenge takes place at 12 Noon on Wednesday,
20th August on a giant chess board in British Land's Broadgate, Exchange
Square, tucked behind Liverpool Street Station in the City of London. The match
is between the rising US celebrity female player, 22 year old Brooklyn based
Jennifer Shahade, the 2002 US women's chess champion and the leading male and
female players in the 2002 UK Chess Challenge (an event with over 60,000
competitors), Lorin D'Costa and Alexandra Wilson.
Further details:
http://www.ukchesschallenge.co.uk/press_release_aug_2003.shtml
GM Chess at Somerset House
Your Chance to Play a Grandmaster! Every Saturday throughout September,
October and November a Grandmaster will be playing blitz against visitors to
the Somerset House Art of Chess Exhibition (extended to November 30th).
Participating Grandmasters include John Nunn, Danny King, John Emms, Jonathan
Levitt and Chris Ward. The event is free, so come along to the Seamens Hall at
Somerset House (a fabulous venue by the river Thames near Aldwych and the
Strand) any Saturday afternoon between 2 and 5 PM for this fun opportunity to
pit your wits against a leading player.
Further information: Email: education@somerset-house.org.uk Tel: 020
7420 9406
Further details: http://www.somerset-house.org.uk
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
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship Results
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). Results now available.
Results: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0304/bcsc.html
British Team results
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/wcsc/results.html
from the World Chess Solving Championship in Moscow. Detailed results:
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/wcsc03.htm
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
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/
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.
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
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.
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/
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/
