THE WEEK IN CHESS 459 25th August 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Panamerican Continental Championships 459 games
French Championships 84 games
Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 299 games
Vidmar Memorial 35 games
Vienna Open 319 games
BSCA Open Batumi 675 games
X Asian Women's Chess Championship 171 games
Porto San Giorgio Open 75 games
69th New York Masters 4 games
14th Sueder Sommerpokal 195 games
Category II Lviv 12 games
23rd Bratto Festival 21 games
Festival Schneider Bohemia 511 games
Barbados Championships 66 games
2926 games
My thanks to Julio Alberto González, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Franz
Jittenmeier, Frank Berry, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Mihajlo
Savic, Lanfranco Bombelli, AY Kumar, John Fernandez, George Mirijanian, Mikhail
Golubev, Grantel Gibbs, George Mastrokoukos, Luis Scalise, Davide Cortese and
everyone else who helped with the issue.
There are no SuperGM events this week but plenty of interesting chess at
the end of the summer chess season. One story to look out for next week is
whether Ruslan Ponomariov signs his contract to play Kasparov.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Panamerican Continental Championships take place in 16th-30th August
2003 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 11 round Swiss has a $11,000 first prize.
7 qualify for the next FIDE Championships (Charbonneau, Gulko, Kaidanov and
Shabalov are already qualified). Alexandre Lesiege, Maurice Ashley and Nick De
Firmian were down to play but didn't arrive, possibily due to the chaos after
the blackouts in the USA and Canada. After 6 rounds Alexander Goldin and Lenier
Dominguez have 5.5/6.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezvirtual.com
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II American Continental Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 17-29 viii 2003
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1. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2608 5.5 2893
2. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2610 5.5 2851
3. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2568 5.0 2675
4. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2592 4.5 2683
5. Ramirez, Alejandro m CRC 2450 4.5 2572
6. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2618 4.5 2666
7. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2573 4.5 2633
8. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2583 4.5 2598
9. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2510 4.5 2643
10. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2538 4.5 2581
11. Lafuente, Pablo f ARG 2431 4.5 2565
12. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2502 4.5 2601
13. Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2417 4.5 2698
14. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2575 4.5 2612
15. Vasquez, Rodrigo m CHI 2514 4.5 2572
16. Franco Ocampos, Zenon g PAR 2520 4.5 2528
17. Tempone, Marcelo m ARG 2437 4.5 2512
18. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2442 4.5 2593
19. Novikov, Igor A g USA 2598 4.5 2577
20. Zambrana, Oswaldo f BOL 2404 4.5 2603
21. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2551 4.5 2528
22. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2657 4.5 2594
23. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2641 4.0 2616
24. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2497 4.0 2516
25. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2426 4.0 2613
26. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2538 4.0 2554
27. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2614 4.0 2536
28. Krush, Irina m USA 2449 4.0 2485
29. Sagalchik, Gennadij g USA 2491 4.0 2511
30. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2443 4.0 2437
31. Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2530 4.0 2467
32. Alzate, Dario m COL 2426 4.0 2456
33. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2559 4.0 2451
34. Mieles Palau, Daniel m ECU 2468 4.0 2418
35. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2638 4.0 2486
36. Kanefsck, Gustavo m ARG 2389 4.0 2469
37. Scarella, Enrique m ARG 2374 4.0 2457
38. Frey, Hugo CHI 2342 4.0 2428
39. Szmetan, Ricardo f BAR 2288 4.0 2461
151 players
The 78th French Championships take place in Aix-les-Bains 18th-30th
August 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr
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ch-FRA Aix les Bains FRA (FRA), 18-30 viii 2003 cat. XIII (2552)
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1. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2645 * . = . = 1 = 1 1 . 1 . 5.5 2754
2. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2677 . * . = = . = = 1 1 . 1 5.0 2689
3. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2522 = . * . 0 = 1 1 = 1 . . 4.5 2651
4. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2554 . = . * = . . 1 = = = 1 4.5 2665
5. Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2607 = = 1 = * = . . . . = = 4.0 2621
6. Vaisser, Anatoli g FRA 2571 0 . = . = * 1 . = . = 1 4.0 2577
7. Guidarelli, Laurent m FRA 2392 = = 0 . . 0 * . = . = 1 3.0 2513
8. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2589 0 = 0 0 . . . * . 1 1 = 3.0 2517
9. Chabanon, Jean-Luc g FRA 2498 0 0 = = . = = . * = . . 2.5 2455
10. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2541 . 0 0 = . . . 0 = * 1 = 2.5 2450
11. Skripchenko, Almira wg FRA 2489 0 . . = = = = 0 . 0 * . 2.0 2399
12. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2541 . 0 . 0 = 0 0 = . = . * 1.5 2331
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ch-FRA w Aix les Bains FRA (FRA), 18-30 viii 2003
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1. Milliet, Sophie wm FRA 2275 * 1 . . 1 . . 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2615
2. Aleksieva, Silvia wg FRA 2352 0 * . 1 = . 1 = . 1 . 1 5.0 2349
3. Te-Llalemand, Rosa wg FRA 2280 . . * . 0 1 1 . 1 0 1 1 5.0 2307
4. Flear, Christine wm FRA 2239 . 0 . * = 1 . . 0 1 1 1 4.5 2275
5. Nepeina-Leconte, Maria wg FRA 2302 0 = 1 = * = . 1 . . = . 4.0 2284
6. Verot, Melanie FRA 2099 . . 0 0 = * 1 . 1 1 0 . 3.5 2194
7. Muller, Anne wm FRA 2184 . 0 0 . . 0 * = 1 . 1 1 3.5 2204
8. Costagliola, Marina FRA 2240 0 = . . 0 . = * 1 0 . 1 3.0 2152
9. Roumegous, Marina wm FRA 2202 = . 0 1 . 0 0 0 * . = . 2.0 2052
10. Guichard,Pauline ---- 0 0 1 0 . 0 . 1 . * . 0 2.0 2068
11. Wohlers-Armas, Friederike wm FRA 2157 0 . 0 0 = 1 0 . = . * . 2.0 2067
12. Bonnafous, Nathalie FRA 2099 0 0 0 0 . . 0 0 . 1 . * 1.0 1915
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The Abu Dhabi Chess Festival takes place 16th-26th August 2003 with 5
seperate tournaments and $25,000 total prize. With one round to go Gabriel
Sargissian leads with 6.5/8.
Official site: http://www.abudhabichess.com
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ADCF Masters Abu Dhabi UAE (UAE), 16-26 viii 2003
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1. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2600 +77 =28 =37 +21 +29 = 5 +12 +10 . 6.5 2723
2. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2623 +34 +54 =12 =10 =32 +30 + 3 = 4 . 6.0 2707
3. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2550 +52 =11 +33 +37 = 9 +10 - 2 +17 . 6.0 2693
4. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2540 =43 +59 +42 = 9 =11 +32 +23 = 2 . 6.0 2656
5. Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2606 +16 +18 = 9 +31 =10 = 1 =17 =13 . 5.5 2684
6. Harikrishna, P g IND 2558 =41 +38 +26 =12 +18 -17 =11 +23 . 5.5 2602
7. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz g AZE 2585 +47 =25 =28 =22 =26 +21 =15 +29 . 5.5 2630
8. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2577 +75 =26 =24 -23 +49 =25 +20 +30 . 5.5 2603
9. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2566 +45 +30 = 5 = 4 = 3 -23 +34 =16 . 5.0 2573
10. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2596 +40 +21 +22 = 2 = 5 - 3 +19 - 1 . 5.0 2633
11. Sandipan, Chanda m IND 2469 +61 = 3 =19 +27 = 4 =20 = 6 =24 . 5.0 2587
12. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2525 +44 +63 = 2 = 6 =23 +47 - 1 =15 . 5.0 2560
13. Magerramov, Elmar g AZE 2566 -49 +62 =39 +51 =24 =22 +25 = 5 . 5.0 2524
14. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2571 +51 -22 -47 +52 +45 +26 =29 =18 . 5.0 2530
15. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2526 +69 -37 +49 =30 =16 +48 = 7 =12 . 5.0 2527
16. Adly, Ahmed m EGY 2429 - 5 +70 +64 =19 =15 =36 +31 = 9 . 5.0 2581
17. Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2530 =48 =58 +75 =25 +42 + 6 = 5 - 3 . 5.0 2560
18. Hasangatin, Ramil m RUS 2515 +70 - 5 +45 +46 - 6 =35 +37 =14 . 5.0 2546
19. Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2528 +74 =42 =11 =16 =37 +33 -10 +38 . 5.0 2530
20. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2515 =59 +71 =35 =47 +38 =11 - 8 +42 . 5.0 2509
21. Bagheri, Amir m IRI 2500 +57 -10 +56 - 1 +58 - 7 +47 +35 . 5.0 2555
22. Kayumov, Sergey m UZB 2479 +50 +14 -10 = 7 =36 =13 =35 =32 . 4.5 2566
23. Maherramzade, Javad m AZE 2473 =71 +43 =36 + 8 =12 + 9 - 4 - 6 . 4.5 2524
24. El Gindy, Essam m EGY 2498 +65 =35 = 8 =36 =13 -29 +45 =11 . 4.5 2524
25. Rausis, Igors g BAN 2495 +66 = 7 =27 =17 =35 = 8 -13 +56 . 4.5 2539
26. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2482 +60 = 8 - 6 +39 = 7 -14 +51 =27 . 4.5 2528
27. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2566 =38 +41 =25 -11 +56 =37 =32 =26 . 4.5 2472
28. Bagirov, Rufat g AZE 2507 +67 = 1 = 7 =35 -47 =51 +49 =33 . 4.5 2500
29. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2521 +64 -48 +43 +58 - 1 +24 =14 - 7 . 4.5 2487
30. Abdelnabbi, Imed m EGY 2455 +68 - 9 +63 =15 +31 - 2 +36 - 8 . 4.5 2518
31. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2544 =58 +49 +48 - 5 -30 +39 -16 +47 . 4.5 2462
32. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2513 -63 +55 +74 +44 = 2 - 4 =27 =22 . 4.5 2457
33. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2443 +76 =36 - 3 =48 +46 -19 +41 =28 . 4.5 2437
34. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2431 - 2 =65 +59 -38 +63 +44 - 9 +55 . 4.5 2399
35. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2586 +39 =24 =20 =28 =25 =18 =22 -21 . 4.0 2489
36. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2556 +56 =33 =23 =24 =22 =16 -30 =40 . 4.0 2442
37. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2434 +72 +15 = 1 - 3 =19 =27 -18 =39 . 4.0 2461
38. Gokhale, Chandrashekhar m IND 2357 =27 - 6 +66 +34 -20 =42 +53 -19 . 4.0 2464
39. Ezat, Mohamed m EGY 2410 -35 +60 =13 -26 +55 -31 +52 =37 . 4.0 2428
40. Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2420 -10 +67 -46 +57 =44 =41 =56 =36 . 4.0 2360
41. Amin, Bassem f EGY 2342 = 6 -27 -50 +70 +61 =40 -33 +59 . 4.0 2367
42. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2438 +73 =19 - 4 +50 -17 =38 +48 -20 . 4.0 2383
43. Mohandesi, Shahin m IRI 2337 = 4 -23 -29 -55 +62 =50 +71 +60 . 4.0 2322
44. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed m EGY 2315 -12 +73 +54 -32 =40 -34 +66 =53 . 4.0 2390
45. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2346 - 9 +76 -18 +71 -14 +58 -24 +61 . 4.0 2370
46. Chokshi, Manthan J IND 2237 . +69 +40 -18 -33 -67 =57 +64 . 3.5 2355
47. Ahmed, Esam Aly m EGY 2403 - 7 +57 +14 =20 +28 -12 -21 -31 . 3.5 2454
48. Jobava, Beglar GEO 2334 =17 +29 -31 =33 +53 -15 -42 =51 . 3.5 2438
49. Malyshev, Vasilij m RUS 2377 +13 -31 -15 +60 - 8 +59 -28 =52 . 3.5 2403
50. Coleman, James ENG 2211 -22 =52 +41 -42 -51 =43 =64 +69 . 3.5 2325
51. Eid, Fadi m LIB 2398 -14 =66 +65 -13 +50 =28 -26 =48 . 3.5 2347
52. Salem, Ghuloom f UAE 2341 - 3 =50 =62 -14 +65 +54 -39 =49 . 3.5 2335
53. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2455 =62 =64 -58 +67 -48 +57 -38 =44 . 3.5 2245
54. Kayumov, Dmitry D g UZB 2505 +55 - 2 -44 =63 =59 -52 =61 +67 . 3.5 2268
55. Paridar, Shadi wm IRI 2250 -54 -32 =61 +43 -39 +73 +67 -34 . 3.5 2293
56. Himdan, Maher m EGY 2341 -36 +72 -21 +62 -27 +64 =40 -25 . 3.5 2332
57. Pourkashiyan, Atousa wm IRI 2235 -21 -47 +72 -40 +68 -53 =46 +63 . 3.5 2259
58. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2339 =31 =17 +53 -29 -21 -45 -60 +66 . 3.0 2330
59. Yehya, Ahmed EGY 2290 =20 - 4 -34 +66 =54 -49 +65 -41 . 3.0 2308
60. Rause, Olita wg LAT 2222 -26 -39 +73 -49 -64 +62 +58 -43 . 3.0 2220
61. Mashinskaya, Iulia wg RUS 2183 -11 -74 =55 +76 -41 +63 =54 -45 . 3.0 2232
62. Nadir, Samir SUD 2171 =53 -13 =52 -56 -43 -60 +76 +71 . 3.0 2232
63. Lauridsen, Jesper CHI 2223 +32 -12 -30 =54 -34 -61 +70 -57 . 2.5 2248
64. Illijin, Neboisa m ROM 2293 -29 =53 -16 =68 +60 -56 =50 -46 . 2.5 2184
65. Aryanejad, Hossein f IRI 2231 -24 =34 -51 +69 -52 =71 -59 =68 . 2.5 2190
66. Sadatnajafi, M IRI 2223 -25 =51 -38 -59 +69 +72 -44 -58 . 2.5 2173
67. Molina, Tony PHI 2264 -28 -40 +76 -53 =71 +46 -55 -54 . 2.5 2192
68. Khalid, Al-Shaali UAE 2185 -30 -75 =70 =64 -57 -69 +72 =65 . 2.5 2134
69. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2318 -15 -46 =71 -65 -66 +68 +73 -50 . 2.5 2091
70. Mirzoeva, Elmira wg RUS 2270 -18 -16 =68 -41 -72 +76 -63 +73 . 2.5 2089
71. Al-Tamimi, Hamad QAT 2193 =23 -20 =69 -45 =67 =65 -43 -62 . 2.0 2138
72. Khouri,Ahmed Abass ---- -37 -56 -57 =73 +70 -66 -68 -76 . 1.5 1978
73. Ibrahim, Ismail UAE UAE 2052 -42 -44 -60 =72 +76 -55 -69 -70 . 1.5 1988
74. Hassan, Abdul f UAE 2321 -19 +61 -32 . . . . . . 1.0 2283
75. Taleb, Moussa m UAE 2401 - 8 +68 -17 . . . . . . 1.0 2305
76. Knisch, Gabor HUN 2099 -33 -45 -67 -61 -73 -70 -62 +72 . 1.0 1894
77. Nelson, Mariano Iii PHI 2092 - 1 . . . . . . . . 0.0
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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/
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15th Vidmar mem Terme Zrece SLO (SLO), 17-26 viii 2003 cat. XII (2547)
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1. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2639 * . 0 1 1 1 1 = = . 5.0 2689
2. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2668 . * 1 = . = = = 1 1 5.0 2669
3. Mikhalchishin, Adrian g SLO 2518 1 0 * = = . 0 . = 1 3.5 2551
4. Lenic, Luka f SLO 2386 0 = = * 0 1 . . 1 = 3.5 2567
5. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2577 0 . = 1 * . 0 1 = = 3.5 2527
6. Sedlak, Nikola m YUG 2528 0 = . 0 . * = = 1 1 3.5 2549
7. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2552 0 = 1 . 1 = * 0 . 0 3.0 2511
8. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2560 = = . . 0 = 1 * 0 = 3.0 2521
9. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2596 = 0 = 0 = 0 . 1 * . 2.5 2451
10. Borisek, Jure f SLO 2443 . 0 0 = = 0 1 = . * 2.5 2439
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The Vienna Open took place 16th-24th August 2003. There was an 8 way tie
on 7/9 with Emir Dizdarevic and Stefan Kindermann both having identical
tie-break scores.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess-vienna.at/open.htm
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Open Vienna AUT (AUT), 16-24 viii 2003
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1. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2486 7.0 51.5
2. Kindermann, Stefan g GER 2538 7.0 51.5
3. Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2471 7.0 50.5
4. Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2560 7.0 50.0
5. Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2569 7.0 49.0
6. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2614 7.0 49.0
7. Loeffler, Stefan m GER 2404 7.0 48.5
8. Lendwai, Reinhard m AUT 2444 7.0 48.5
9. Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2611 6.5 52.5
10. Schneider-Zinner, Harald f AUT 2303 6.5 50.5
11. Kopylov, Mihail m UKR 2450 6.5 49.5
12. Danner, Georg m AUT 2359 6.5 49.5
13. Lau, Ralf g GER 2505 6.5 49.0
14. Willemze, Jeroen NED 2327 6.5 47.5
15. Richter, Michael m GER 2428 6.5 47.0
16. Petrosian, Suren m ARM 2429 6.5 45.0
17. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2417 6.5 44.5
18. Lamby, Philipp GER 2167 6.5 42.0
19. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2560 6.0 54.0
20. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2628 6.0 53.5
21. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2558 6.0 52.5
22. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2455 6.0 51.5
23. Van Delft, Merijn NED 2322 6.0 51.0
24. Timoscenko, Gennadij g SVK 2530 6.0 51.0
25. Petran, Peter m SVK 2391 6.0 51.0
26. Hoelzl, Franz m AUT 2354 6.0 49.5
27. Buljubasic, Sabahudin f BIH 2302 6.0 48.5
28. Sprenger, Jan Michael m GER 2492 6.0 48.0
29. Balinov, Ilija g AUT 2417 6.0 47.5
30. Duesterwald, Marc GER 2188 6.0 47.5
31. Mahdi, Khaled m AUT 2423 6.0 47.0
32. Arnold, Lothar m GER 2369 6.0 46.5
33. Klimm, Wolf-Dietrich GER 2255 6.0 46.0
34. Stajcic, Nikola m AUT 2302 6.0 45.0
35. Biolek, Richard jr CZE 1926 6.0 43.5
36. Kummer, Helmut f AUT 2336 6.0 43.5
37. Bensch, Patrick GER 2302 6.0 40.0
38. Khmelevsky, Serguei CZE 2263 5.5 52.5
39. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2468 5.5 51.0
40. Riedner, Martin AUT 2169 5.5 48.5
220 players
The FIDE Presidential Board held a meeting 17 August 2003 at the NICON
Hilton Hotel in Abuja, Nigeria. Read FIDE's account
http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=131
A couple of points of interest. FIDE are negotiating with the Einstein
Group to try and get the Kramnik-Leko match played. Secondly Ruslan Ponomariov
hasn't yet signed his contract for his FIDE match against Kasparov. I
understand there are a number of points that Ponomariov objects to in the
contract but FIDE want the contract signed as presented. They also confirmed
that the next FIDE Championship will start the last week of November and first
three weeks of December 2004.
The BSCA Open took place in Batumi, Georgia 16th-25th July 2003. Baadur
Jobava won the event with 7.5/9 half a point clear of a quality field. My
thanks to Varlam Vepkhvishvili.
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1. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2596 7.5 2634
2. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2571 7.0 2649
3. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2585 7.0 2665
4. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2541 7.0 2640
5. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2577 7.0 2600
6. Petrosian, Tigran L ARM 2444 7.0 2594
7. Pashikian, Arman ARM 2366 7.0 2566
8. Minasian, Ara m ARM 2473 6.5 2614
9. Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2409 6.5 2553
10. Kotanjian, Tigran ARM 2431 6.5 2494
11. Yegiazarian, Arsen g ARM 2524 6.5 2486
12. Pantsulaia, Levan m GEO 2461 6.5 2413
13. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2603 6.5 2495
14. Haroutjunian, Dmitri ARM 2270 6.5 2445
15. Babujian, Levon ARM 2229 6.5 2467
16. Shengelia, Davit m GEO 2486 6.0 2504
17. Gaprindashvili, Valerian g GEO 2475 6.0 2470
18. Kashashvili, Alexandre m GEO 2305 6.0 2475
19. Aroshidze, Levan GEO 2393 6.0 2455
20. Erdogdu, Mert f TUR 2336 6.0 2454
21. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2520 6.0 2387
22. Supatashvili, Khvicha m GEO 2491 6.0 2430
23. Makharadze, Jambul GEO 2341 6.0 2470
24. Mkrtchian, Lilit wg ARM 2413 6.0 2413
25. Magalashvili, Davit GEO 2250 6.0 2395
26. Atakisi, Umut f TUR 2323 6.0 2373
27. Purtseladze, Maka GEO 2217 6.0 2350
28. Dzagnidze, Nana wm GEO 2446 6.0 2312
151 players
The X Asian Women's Chess Championship took place in Calicut, 16th-25th
August 2003. Humpy Koneru took the gold medal by half a point from WIM Harika
Dronavalli who won the silver medal and attained Men's IM norm and WGM norm.
Vietnam's Hong Thanh Trang took the bronze. Almost half the field qualified for
the Women's World Championships with qualifiers down to 17th place.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessindia.org/asianwomen
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X Asian Women Calicut IND (IND), 17-25 viii 2003
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1. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2468 +11 = 5 +19 +21 + 9 = 3 +13 = 2 = 4 7.0 2580
2. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2458 +15 - 9 +16 = 4 =10 +28 +14 = 1 + 7 6.5 2495
3. Harika, Dronavalli wf IND 2351 +30 +13 +17 = 9 + 5 = 1 - 7 = 4 +14 6.5 2522
4. Le Kieu Thien Kim wm VIE 2316 +34 - 8 +23 = 2 +19 =18 + 5 = 3 = 1 6.0 2461
5. Xu Yuanyuan wm CHN 2347 +36 = 1 +10 +14 - 3 + 7 - 4 +13 = 9 6.0 2479
6. Shen Yang CHN 2113 -20 +31 =32 -19 +23 =21 +17 +26 +15 6.0 2386
7. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2435 +31 =18 =20 +17 + 8 - 5 + 3 =11 - 2 5.5 2418
8. Li Ruofan wg CHN 2433 +16 + 4 - 9 +20 - 7 =10 +25 =15 =13 5.5 2407
9. Gu Xiaobing wm CHN 2346 +37 + 2 + 8 = 3 - 1 -13 =27 +18 = 5 5.5 2409
10. Huang Qian wm CHN 2313 +35 =19 - 5 +32 = 2 = 8 =18 +27 =11 5.5 2377
11. Zhang Jilin CHN 2300 - 1 =25 +38 +24 +22 =14 =15 = 7 =10 5.5 2388
12. Nguyen Thi Thanh An wm VIE 2335 =38 -17 =24 -16 +29 =26 +21 +30 +20 5.5 2277
13. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2467 +28 - 3 +15 =18 +21 + 9 - 1 - 5 = 8 5.0 2386
14. Wang Yu wf CHN 2357 +23 =21 +27 - 5 +18 =11 - 2 +19 - 3 5.0 2348
15. Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe wm IND 2225 - 2 +34 -13 +30 +17 +22 =11 = 8 - 6 5.0 2355
16. Sachdev, Tania wm IND 2206 - 8 +35 - 2 +12 +32 =27 =19 =20 =18 5.0 2340
17. Tian Tian wg CHN 2300 +33 +12 - 3 - 7 -15 +31 - 6 +24 +25 5.0 2272
18. Ramaswamy, Aarthie wg IND 2316 +29 = 7 +22 =13 -14 = 4 =10 - 9 =16 4.5 2333
19. Sergeeva, Maria wg KAZ 2356 +26 =10 - 1 + 6 - 4 +24 =16 -14 =21 4.5 2259
20. Meenakshi, S wm IND 2319 + 6 =22 = 7 - 8 -27 +33 +28 =16 -12 4.5 2267
21. Ruan Lufei CHN 2307 +24 =14 +25 - 1 -13 = 6 -12 +33 =19 4.5 2275
22. Wang Pin wg CHN 2465 +32 =20 -18 +26 -11 -15 -30 +31 +27 4.5 2234
23. Koneru, Chandra Hawsa IND 2193 -14 +29 - 4 =25 - 6 +36 -24 +35 +30 4.5 2186
24. Kavitha, J.E IND 2066 -21 +30 =12 -11 +31 -19 +23 -17 =26 4.0 2219
25. Mohota, Nisha wm IND 2321 =27 =11 -21 =23 =26 +35 - 8 +28 -17 4.0 2204
26. Pratibha, Y IND 2185 -19 +33 =28 -22 =25 =12 +32 - 6 =24 4.0 2202
27. Safira, Shahnaz wf IND 2120 =25 +38 -14 =28 +20 =16 = 9 -10 -22 4.0 2262
28. Swathi, Ghate wm IND 2299 -13 +37 =26 =27 +35 - 2 -20 -25 +32 4.0 2203
29. Sangeetha, M. R IND 2100 -18 -23 -30 +37 -12 -32 +36 +38 +34 4.0 2139
30. Meera, Sai IND 2172 - 3 -24 +29 -15 =33 +34 +22 -12 -23 3.5 2124
31. Karavade, Eesha IND 2218 - 7 - 6 +34 =33 -24 -17 +37 -22 +38 3.5 2099
32. Gokhale, Anupama wm IND 2253 -22 +36 = 6 -10 -16 +29 -26 =34 -28 3.0 2088
33. Wijesurya,Vineetha SRI ---- -17 -26 +37 =31 =30 -20 +35 -21 -36 3.0 2068
34. Swati, Mohota IND 2104 - 4 -15 -31 =36 +37 -30 +38 =32 -29 3.0 2047
35. Priya, P IND 2091 -10 -16 +36 +38 -28 -25 -33 -23 +37 3.0 2053
36. Parveen, Seyda Shabana wf BAN 2140 - 5 -32 -35 =34 +38 -23 -29 -37 +33 2.5 1969
37. Lakshmi, Priya T.T IND 2005 - 9 -28 -33 -29 -34 +38 -31 +36 -35 2.0 1938
38. Malinicheva, L wf UZB 2126 =12 -27 -11 -35 -36 -37 -34 -29 -31 0.5 1713
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The Porto San Giorgio (Italy) Open takes place August 21st-29th 2003. 13
Grandmasters playing, 220 players.
Internet coverage: http://www.torneoscacchi.it
Round 3 standings:
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Open Porto San Giorgo ITA (ITA), 21-29 viii 2003
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1. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2572 3.0
2. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2522 3.0
3. Ortega, Lexy g ITA 2437 3.0
4. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2479 2.5
5. Glek, Igor V g GER 2566 2.5
6. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2509 2.5
7. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2465 2.5
8. Horvath, Peter m HUN 2463 2.5
9. Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2427 2.5
10. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2609 2.5
11. Orlov, Andrey RUS 2391 2.5
12. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2384 2.5
13. Trent, Lawrence ENG 2299 2.5
14. Aleksic, Nenad m YUG 2369 2.5
15. Djingarova, Emilia wm BUL 2300 2.5
16. Kuljasevic, Davorin f CRO 2419 2.5
17. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2394 2.5
18. Rotstein, Arkadij g GER 2544 2.5
19. Jones, Gawain C ENG 2347 2.5
20. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2375 2.5
21. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2566 2.0
22. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2451 2.0
23. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2575 2.0
24. Unterfrauner, Albert ITA 2188 2.0
25. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2406 2.0
97 players
Jaan Ehlvest and Yaacov Norowitz won the 69th New York Masters on 19th
August 2003 with 3.5/4. News John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com
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1. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2587 +10 + 8 + 7 = 3 3.5 ($275)
2. Norowitz, Yaacov USA ---- + 4 = 3 + 5 + 8 3.5 ($275)
3. Stripunsky, Alex g USA 2543 +16 = 2 +12 = 1 3.0 ($ 30)
4. Mahesh Chandran, P m IND 2419 - 2 +13 + 9 + 7 3.0 ($ 30)
5. Shahade, Greg m USA 2441 =11 + 6 - 2 +12 2.5
6. Bonin, Jay m USA 2368 =12 - 5 +14 +11 2.5 ($110)
7. Gonzales, Jayson m PHI 2405 +13 + 9 - 1 - 4 2.0
8. Privman, Boris f USA 2222 +14 - 1 +10 - 2 2.0
9. Young, Ronald f USA 2279 +17 - 7 - 4 +13 2.0
10. Esserman, Marc USA 2249 - 1 +15 - 8 +14 2.0
11. Schneider, Igor f USA 2217 = 5 -12 +16 - 6 1.5
12. Ross, Laura wf USA 2120 = 6 +11 - 3 - 5 1.5
13. Chernin, Oliver USA 2196 - 7 - 4 +15 - 9 1.0
14. Johnson, Ben USA 2197 - 8 +16 - 6 -10 1.0
15. Mitchell, Jeffrey USA 2089 --- -10 -13 +16 1.0
16. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2254 - 3 -14 -11 -15 0.0
17. Widmaier, Marc USA 2062 - 9 --- --- --- 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $400
2ND - $150
3RD - $ 60
U2400 - $110
The 14th Sueder Sommerpokal in Recklinghausen-Süd takes place
18th-24th August 2003. This is a 7 round Swiss. My thanks to Franz
Jittenmeier.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/recklinghausen03/index.html
Round 6 of 7 Standings
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14th Sommerpokal Recklinghausen GER (GER), 18-24 viii 2003
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1. Teske, Henrik g GER 2527 5.5
2. Dergatschova-Daus, Anna wm RUS 2276 5.0
3. Tomic, Bosko BIH 2259 4.5
4. Kartsev, Soel RUS 2217 4.5
5. Kienitz,Andre GER ---- 4.5
6. Schebler, Gerhard m GER 2482 4.5
7. Halasz, Tamas m HUN 2386 4.5
8. Michalczak, Thomas f GER 2333 4.5
9. Schreck, Roland GER 2113 4.5
10. Podzielny, Karl-Heinz m GER 2482 4.5
11. Heinicke, Wenke GER 2090 4.5
12. Angermuende, Dirk GER 1995 4.5
76 players
The Category II tournament took place in Lviv, Ukraine 9th-18th August
2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com
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1. Blot, Jerome f FRA 2283 * = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2454
2. Kryvoruchko, Yuriy UKR 2415 = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2442
3. Ustianovich, Nazar f UKR 2261 0 = * = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2456
4. Privalov, Y m RUS 2404 = = = * = 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2401
5. Oleksienko, Mikhailo m UKR 2405 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2401
6. Hryhorenko, Nataliya wm UKR 2217 = = 0 0 = * 1 1 1 = 0 = 5.5 2285
7. Kravtsiv, Martyn UKR 2160 = = 0 1 0 0 * 1 = = 0 1 5.0 2254
8. Heurtebize, Olivier FRA 2279 0 = = 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 5.0 2243
9. Hermanov, Alexander UKR 2268 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 4.0 2178
10. Bondarets, Vadim m UKR 2388 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 3.5 2137
11. Rouillon, Ludovic FRA 2162 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 = 0 * 1 3.5 2157
12. Pean, Leonard FRA 2116 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1824
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The 23rd International Chess Tournament "Conca della Presolana" takes
place in Bratto (Italy) 21st-29th August 2003. Players include: GMs Epishin,
Cebalo, Godena, Lalic, Drazic, Del Rio, G. Sax, Csaba Horvath, Milov, Khenkin,
Maksimenko, Dervishi, wGM Sedina,IMs Tatai, Borgo, Contin, Lanzani, Mantovani,
Belotti, Bellia, Drabke. Besides the main event, there are also Italian U20
Championship and Italian Women's Chess Championship. News Davide Cortese.
Internet coverage with photos, games, live games:
http://www.scaccobratto.com
Round 3 Standings:
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23rd Open Bratto ITA (ITA), 21-29 viii 2003
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1 Milov Vadim SUI GM 3.0
2 Sax Gyula HUN GM 3.0
3 Epishin Vladimir RUS GM 3.0
4 Maksimenko Andrei UKR GM 3.0
5 Dervishi Erald ALB GM 3.0
6 Khenkin Igor GER GM 2.5
7 Cebalo Miso CRO GM 2.5
8 Qendro Llambi ALB FM 2.5
9 Drabke Lorenz GER IM 2.5
10 Drazic Sinisa YUG GM 2.5
11 Lalic Bogdan ENG GM 2.5
12 Castaldo Folco ITA FM 2.5
13 Bellia Fabrizio ITA IM 2.5
14 Horvath Csaba HUN GM 2.5
15 Belotti Bruno ITA IM 2.5
16 Lanzani Mario ITA IM 2.5
110 players
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.
The 9th international chess tournament "FESTIVAL SCHNEIDER BOHEMIA -
Pilsen 2003", took place 16th - 24th August 2003 in the sport hall of Streleck
stadion Pilsen-Lobzy (Czech Republic). Petr Haba took first from Vlastimil
Jansa and Jan Michalek, all scored from 7/9.
Internet coverage: http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/.
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9th Open Pilsen-Lobzy CZE (CZE), 16-24 viii 2003
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1. Haba, Petr g CZE 2502 7.0 2611
2. Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2470 7.0 2542
3. Michalek, Jan m CZE 2390 7.0 2454
4. Kalod, Radek m CZE 2435 6.5 2528
5. Klima, Lukas CZE 2425 6.5 2487
6. Neuman, Petr m CZE 2438 6.5 2509
7. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2473 6.5 2491
8. Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2431 6.5 2449
9. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2557 6.0 2487
10. Konopka, Michal m CZE 2428 6.0 2505
11. Cvek, Robert m CZE 2471 6.0 2422
12. Pribyl, Josef m CZE 2393 6.0 2330
13. Nun, Jiri m CZE 2358 6.0 2349
14. Petr, Martin CZE 2236 6.0 2410
15. Zeleny, Tomas CZE 2187 6.0 2407
16. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2437 6.0 2324
17. Blazkova, Petra wm CZE 2222 6.0 2337
18. Sikora-Lerch, Jan m CZE 2324 6.0 2374
19. Palek, Miroslav GER 2246 6.0 2332
20. Cifka, Stanislav CZE 2160 6.0 2301
115 players
The Barbados Championships took place July 19 - August 11 Barbados. FM
Delisle Warner won with a clean score of 11/11. My thanks to AY Kumar for the
games.
Official site http://barbados.org/chess/
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Warner, Delisle f BAR 2248 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0
2. Corbin, Philip f BAR 2235 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2314
3. Elson, Askari BAR 2157 0 1 * = 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 = 7.5 2192
4. Yarde, Neil BAR 1932 0 0 = * 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2144
5. Harewood, Othneil BAR 2101 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2129
6. Taitt, Robert BAR ---- 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 = 5.0 2037
7. Halliday, Lyndell BAR 2104 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 5.0 2028
8. Daniel, Kelvin BAR 2033 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 4.0 1968
9. Barker, Michael BAR ---- 0 0 = 1 0 1 0 0 * 0 0 1 3.5 1940
10. Chase,Carlos BAR ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 1 3.5 1940
11. Earlam, Anthony BAR ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 * = 3.0 1898
12. Del Castilho,Martyn BAR ---- 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1.5 1764
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The XXXVII Villa de Mislata in Valencia, Spain is 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/
or http://www.facv.org/
Round 5 Standings:
1 Romero Holmes, Alfonso ESP 2530 gm 4 13.0
2 Cramling, Pia SWE 2488 gm 3.5 13.0
3 Argandoña Riveiro, Iñigo ESP 2350 fm 3.5 12.0
4 Arizmendi Martínez, Julen Luis ESP 2521 im 3 13.5
5 Castellá García, Fausto CUB 2302 fm 3 13.0
6 Sánchez Guirado, Francisco ESP 2383 im 3 11.5
7 Barria Zuñiga, Daniel CHI 2387 fm 3 11.0
8 García Fernández, Carlos ESP 2381 im 3 10.0
Camarena Giménez, Rufino ESP 2368 fm 3 10.0
10 Bellón López, Juan Manuel ESP 2423 gm 3 9.5
García Román, Daniel ESP 2356 3 9.5
56 players
The Category IV Charleroi Tournament takes place 23rd-30th August 2003.
I couldn't find any games.
Internet coverage: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/home.php
and http://users.skynet.be/crec
Cat IV Round 3 Standings
1 Kveinys,Aloyzas 2525 2.5
2 Genov,Petar 2501 2.5
3 Michiels ,Bart 2376 2.5
4 Cappon,John 2216 2.0
5 Saiboulatov,Danial 2366 2.0
6 Vandevoort,Pascal 2353 1.5
7 Hautot,Stéphane 2317 0.5
8 Le Quang ,Kim 2244 0.5
9 Lacour,Serge 2139 0.5
10 Maréchal,Andy 2256 0.5
The 19th Faaker-See-Open took place 9th-16th August 2003 in the
Kulturhaus Latschach/Faaker See, Austria. 9 Round Swiss. Vladimir Okhotnyk won
the event with 7.5/9. No games available.
Further details: http://www.askoefinkenstein.at
Final Standings: 19th Faakersee Open
1 IM Okhotnyk Vladimir 2446 UKR 7½ 54
2 Tokmachev Gennady 2229 RUS 7 53
3 MK Bergen Peter Di. 2219 AUT 7 52½
4 FM Bruehl Andreas 2312 GER 7 52½
5 Butunoi Alexandru 2412 ROM 7 47½
6 FM Praznik Anton 2226 SLO 6½ 53
7 FM Mencinger Vojko 2360 SLO 6½ 51½
8 FM Manescu Tiberiu 2354 ROM 6½ 51
9 Tokmachev Mikhail 2285 RUS 6½ 48
10 FM Neulinger Manfred 2381 AUT 6½ 44½
11 Laengl Juergen 2233 GER 6 51½
12 Praznik Niko 2277 SLO 6 50½
13 MK Hechl Gerald Mag. 2232 AUT 6 49½
14 Kaster Martin 2131 GER 6 49
15 IM Jeric Simon 2316 SLO 6 48½
16 Trevisan Luigi 1942 ITA 6 47
17 IM Mozes Ervin Ing. 2330 ROM 6 47
18 MK Hicker Harald Dr. 2111 AUT 6 44½
19 Kwossek Georg 2092 GER 6 43
20 Oschetzki Stefan 2159 GER 6 41½
124 players
The 7th Mind Sports Olympiad takes place at the Conference Centre,
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 16th-25th August
2003. Jonathan Rowson broke the British record of 150 simultanious games as
part of a charity effort for the Kirsty Appeal for Francis House Children's
Hospice. Nicholas Pert (England) and Stephen Gordon (England) won the open
Olympiad Championships with 4.5/5. The Open evening championship was also won
by Nicholas Pert (England) 5½/6 - Silver Mike Surtees (England) 5/6
Bronze Alan Walton (England) 4½/6.
Further details: http://www.msoworld.com
Mihajlo Savic reports: There is a new league, the International chess
League "Dunav-Drava-Sava" named after the rivers in the region. 11 teams played
in the League, from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro.
The event took place 12th June - 17th August 2003. The event was the idea of
the organiser Milutin Lukic from Borovo (CRO) and the assistents were Ivan
Bazaj, Sinisa Drazic(GM), Danko Bokan, Slobodan Landup and Mihajlo Savic.
The matches played on the Weekends in the following towns: Borovo and
Zupanja (CRO), Brcko (BiH) and Temerin(SCG). The winner was Sloga-Planum with
26,5 pts, in 2nd was Sahmatni kruzok with 25,0 and 3rd Tusanj with 23,5.
Zivkovic Vjekoslav (Sladorana, Zupanja) made an IM norm. The Arbiters college
is:Ivan Bazaj,Milan Cvjetinovic and Mihajlo Savic, all IA. No games
available.
Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Pts. MP
1 Sloga-Planum Vukovar CRO * 1½ 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3½ 3½ 26½ 15
2 Sahmatni kruzok Novi Sad SCG 2½ * 1½ 2½ 1½ 2½ 3½ 2 3½ 2½ 3 25 15
3 Tusanj Tuzla BIH 1 2½ * 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 23½ 14
4 Djakovo Djakovo CRO 2 1½ 2 * 2 1 2 3½ 2 3½ 2 21½ 10
5 Temerin Temerin SCG 1 2½ 1 2 * 2 2½ 2 2 3 3 21 12
6 Vinkovci Vinkovci CRO 1 1½ 1 3 2 * 2 2 2½ 2 2½ 19½ 10
7 Sladorana Zupanja CRO 1 ½ 2 2 1½ 2 * 2 2½ 2½ 2½ 18½ 10
8 Jedinstvo Brcko BIH 2 2 1 ½ 2 2 2 * 2 2 2 17½ 8
9 Slaven Borovo CRO 2 ½ 2 2 2 1½ 1½ 2 * 2 2 17½ 7
10 Bosna Brcko BIH ½ 1½ 1 ½ 1 2 1½ 2 2 * 4 16 5
11 Rudar Ugljevik BIH ½ 1 2 2 1 1½ 1½ 2 2 0 * 13½ 4
George Mirijanian reports: The NorthEast Chess Summer Getaway tournament
took place August 15-17, 2003, in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. IM Eugene
Perelshteyn captured first place with a score of 4-1. Tied for 2nd-6th place
with 3.5-1.5 tallies were GM Gennadi Zaitshik, IM Igor Foygel, IM Petr
Jirovsky, FM Thomas Bartell and national expert Benjamin Goldberg. Deadlocked
in 7th-12th place with 3-2 results were IM Ronald Burnett, IM William Paschall,
and national masters Joshua Friedel, Avraam Pismennyy, Charles Riordan and
Edward Duchovny. A total of 115 players competed in four sections.
22nd North American Open
Aug. 29-Sept. 1 22nd North American
Open (Oklahoma) USCF GPP: 40 10SS, 25/80, SD/60. Holiday Inn,
2515 W. Sixth Ave (HWY-51) Stillwater, OK 74074 USA. EF: $60, $30Jrs U19. EF
refunded to rating +2300 men, +1700 women who finish tnmt. $$Gtd:
$800-$600-$400-$200. Eleven class plaques and $ per entries. Reg: Noon-1:30pm
Fri, Rds: 2-7, 9-2-7, 9-2-7, 9-2. 2 byes rds 1-8. Free Parking. HR: $60(1-4)
405-372-0800. Ent: Jim Berry P O Box 351, Stillwater, OK 74076. 405-624-2281.
WGMs Goletiani and Zatonskih will play. Email: jaberrycg@aol.com
II Benidorm Chess Festival
The II Benidorm Chess Festival takes place 21st-29th November 2003.
Includes an event 27th-29th November with Viswanathan Anand IND 2774 g
Veselin Topalov BUL 2735 g Judith Polgar HUN 2718 g Francisco Vallejo ESP 2699
g Anatoli Karpov RUS 2688 g Teimour Radjabov AZE 2648 g Sergey Karjakin UKR
2527 g etc
Further Information: http://www.ajedrezbali.com
56th Russian Championship
The Russian Championships for men take place 3rd-12th September 2003 in
Krasnojarsk. Swiss system, 9 Rounds. 80 players are expected including 57 GMs
15 IMs and only 8 NM. FIDE-ELO from 2732 to 2606 - 22 players: Alexander
Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Alexei Dreev, Vladimir Malakhov, Alexander Morozevich,
Alexander Khalifman, Sergei Rublevsky etc. Chief Arbiter Vladimir Dvorkovich.
Further details: http://www.kraschess.ru or
http://www.russiachess.ru
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_2003/izmirgrandprix/izmir_grandprix.htm
Acropolis GM Tournament
The Acropolis GM Tournament takes place August 25th - September 2nd
2003, Athens - FIDE category 12 tournament (a.r. 2526).
Players: 1. V. Kotronias (Cyprus, GM 2602) 2. S. Atalik (Bosnia, GM
2599) 3. A. Vouldis (Greece, IM 2539) 4. H. Banikas (Greece, GM 2530) 5. R.
Schmaltz (Germany, GM 2530) 6. L. Johannessen (Norway, GM 2525) 7. M. Parligras
(Romania, GM 2525) 8. A. Mastrovasilis (Greece, IM 2499) 9. D. Mastrovasilis
(Greece, IM 2493) 10. A. Tzermiadianos (Greece, IM 2418)
Along with the main event an international women's tournament will also
be organized (25 participants, swiss system) and an open tournament (about 60
participants) for players with a FIDE rating.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2003
Jamaican Championships
The Jamaican Championships take place August 2nd - September 7th
2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/chessjamaica/
and http://www.thechessdrum.net
Atlantic Open
The Atlantic Open takes place August 22nd-24th in Washington, DC. (http://www.chesstour.com/index.html)
Riga 2003
"Riga 2003" 9 round Swiss Open takes place 24th-30th August 2003.
Further details: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=8504
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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/
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
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/
