THE WEEK IN CHESS 460 1st September 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Izmir Economy University GP 398 games
Porto San Giorgio Open 150 games
70th New York Masters 5 games
HMC Calder Cup 38 games
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23rd Bratto Festival 20 games
V Sants Open 16 games
Los Angeles International 45 games
XXXVII Villa de Mislata 135 games
Charleroi Tournament 20 games
19th Faaker-See-Open 146 games
WY u16 Olympiad Correction 1 game
1585 games
My thanks to Vladimir Dvorkovich, Ajay Gupta, Vincenzo Soretti, Kaspars
Migla, Davide Cortese, Eugeny Atarov, JM Hantsch, Andreas Steger, John Hillery,
Toni Ayza, Davide Cortese, Franz Jittenmeier, Eduard Piacun, René
Olthof, John Fernandez, Guenter Schuhmacher, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Julio
Alberto González and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The twists and turns of World Championship chess continued this week
when Ponomariov did not sign a contract to play Kasparov in their FIDE match. I
don't know his reasons but on the surface the points were minor and certainly
not worth losing the opportunity of playing Kasparov. No doubt we'll hear what
he has to say sometime soon. I hope he doesn't come to regret it. The sooner we
get a single champion and a fixed championships cycle the better but I'm not
confident of seeing it any time soon.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
FIDE have cancelled the Kasparov vs. Ponomariov match. Instead it has
been proposed there will be a knockout in December 2003. The winner will play
Kasparov and the winner of that will play Leko - Kramnik. Ponomariov refused to
sign the contract as presented to him by FIDE and after several deadlines
passed FIDE decided to exclude him. The clauses in question seemed very minor
to me.
Further info:http://www.fide.com -
FIDE Press
Release: (Microsoft Word Document) and
Ukrainian Chess
Federation Reply: (Microsoft Word Document)- earlier press release
announcing the deadline: FIDE on Ponomariov - Kasparov
match
The Panamerican Continental Championships took place in 16th-30th August
2003 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 11 round Swiss has an $11,000 first prize.
The 7 who qualified for the next FIDE Championships were Lazaro Bruzon,
Alexander Goldin, Ivan Morovic Fernandez, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Onischuk,
Yuri Shulman and Giovanni Vescovi (Charbonneau, Gulko, Kaidanov and Shabalov
were already qualified). Alexander Goldin and Giovanni Vescovi won with 8.5/11.
Julio Granda Zuniga didn't play the last round and finished on a disappointing
5.5/11. My thanks to Julio Alberto González.
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 8.5 81.0 57.50 57.0 2608 2736 +1.60
2. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2618 8.5 77.5 59.00 53.0 2618 2728 +1.46
3. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2573 8.0 73.5 52.25 50.5 2573 2641 +0.85
4. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2568 8.0 74.0 51.50 50.5 2568 2678 +1.51
5. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2442 8.0 76.0 53.00 49.0 2442 2659 +3.16
6. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2614 8.0 73.0 52.50 48.0 2614 2643 +0.30
7. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2657 8.0 71.0 50.75 45.5 2657 2626 -0.36
8. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2559 8.0 65.0 45.75 44.0 2559 2567 +0.08
9. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2610 7.5 79.0 51.25 52.5 2610 2628 +0.24
10. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2592 7.5 78.0 50.25 50.5 2592 2627 +0.57
11. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2583 7.5 74.5 48.50 49.0 2583 2595 +0.24
12. Vasquez, Rodrigo m CHI 2514 7.5 74.5 50.25 49.0 2514 2625 +1.67
13. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2538 7.5 71.5 46.25 47.5 2538 2600 +0.90
14. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2575 7.5 70.0 46.50 47.0 2575 2583 +0.13
15. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2538 7.5 69.5 46.00 47.0 2538 2576 +0.57
16. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2502 7.5 72.0 46.50 46.5 2502 2598 +1.45
17. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2551 7.5 71.5 46.50 46.0 2551 2565 +0.24
18. Ramirez, Alejandro m CRC 2450 7.5 70.5 45.25 46.0 2450 2534 +1.23
19. Novikov, Igor A g USA 2598 7.0 72.0 44.50 47.5 2598 2573 -0.37
20. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2510 7.0 74.5 45.00 46.5 2510 2587 +1.17
21. Gonzalez Garcia, Jose m MEX 2429 7.0 68.0 39.75 43.5 2455 2517 +0.84
22. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2638 7.0 68.0 41.50 43.0 2638 2530 -1.47
23. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2443 7.0 59.0 33.00 41.5 2443 2443 -0.04
24. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2543 7.0 66.0 43.25 40.5 2543 2549 +0.10
25. Sorin, Ariel g ARG 2519 7.0 66.5 40.00 40.0 2519 2475 -0.70
26. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2521 7.0 66.5 40.25 39.5 2521 2466 -0.81
27. Monier, Raul f ARG 2405 7.0 68.5 40.25 39.5 2405 2529 +1.83
151 players
The 78th French Championships took place in Aix-les-Bains 18th-30th
August 2003. The men's event ended in a three way tie between Andrei Sokolov,
Etienne Bacrot and Joel Lautier. Bacrot scored 3/3 in the double round robin
playoff. Sophie Milliet was the winner by a point and a half in the women's
event.
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. Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 2554 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 = = = 7.5 2685
2. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2645 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 7.5 2676
3. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2677 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2673
4. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2522 1 = = * 0 = 1 0 1 1 = = 6.5 2619
5. Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2607 = = = 1 * = = = = = = 1 6.5 2612
6. Vaisser, Anatoli g FRA 2571 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 1 = = 6.0 2586
7. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2589 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2548
8. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2541 0 = 0 1 = 0 = * 0 = 1 1 5.0 2517
9. Guidarelli, Laurent m FRA 2392 0 = = 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = = 4.5 2501
10. Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2541 = = 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2420
11. Skripchenko, Almira wg FRA 2489 = 0 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 * = 3.0 2382
12. Chabanon, Jean-Luc g FRA 2498 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = * 3.0 2382
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ch-FRA Playoff Aix les Bains FRA (FRA), 30-30 viii 2003
cat. XV (2625)
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1 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2645 ** 11 1. 3.0 /3
2 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2677 00 ** 11 2.0 /4 2599
3 Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2554 0. 00 ** 0.0 /3
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ch-FRA w Aix les Bains FRA (FRA), 18-30 viii 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Milliet, Sophie wm FRA 2275 * 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2457
2. Aleksieva, Silvia wg FRA 2352 0 * = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 7.5 2321
3. Te-Llalemand, Rosa wg FRA 2280 = = * 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 6.5 2260
4. Nepeina-Leconte, Maria wg FRA 2302 0 = 1 * 1 = = = = = = 1 6.5 2258
5. Costagliola, Marina FRA 2240 0 = 1 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 0 6.5 2264
6. Muller, Anne wm FRA 2184 = 0 0 = = * 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2269
7. Flear, Christine wm FRA 2239 = 0 = = = 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2235
8. Roumegous, Marina wm FRA 2202 = = 0 = 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 1 5.0 2166
9. Verot, Melanie FRA 2099 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 1 * 0 0 1 4.0 2109
10. Wohlers-Armas, Friederike wm FRA 2157 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 3.5 2073
11. Bonnafous, Nathalie FRA 2099 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 3.0 2036
12. Guichard,Pauline FRA ---- 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 2.0 1958
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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. Round 1 25th August. Players: Jon Speelman, Danny
King, John Emms and David Howell. Jon Speelman won the event. The King vs. Emms
will be played today.
Official site:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/stauntonmem2003.html
Simpsons 175th London ENG (ENG), 25-31 viii 2003cat. X (2484)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2589 ** 1= == 11 4.5 /6 2641
2 King, Daniel J g ENG 2503 0= ** 1. 1= 3.0 /5 2540
3 Emms, John M g ENG 2520 == 0. ** 1= 2.5 /5 2465
4 Howell, David WL f ENG 2323 00 0= 0= ** 1.0 /6 2264
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The Abu Dhabi Chess Festival took place 16th-26th August 2003 with 5
seperate tournaments and $25,000 total prize. Gabriel Sargissian won with 7/9
half a point clear of the field. My thanks to Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.
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 =17 =47 + 9 +38 = 6 +15 +12 = 2 7.0 2709
2. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2623 +42 +59 =15 =12 =21 +18 + 5 = 4 = 1 6.5 2689
3. Harikrishna, P g IND 2558 =43 +39 +26 =15 +32 -19 =13 +23 +14 6.5 2641
4. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2540 =33 +57 +50 =22 =13 +21 +23 = 2 = 5 6.5 2639
5. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2550 +53 =13 +40 +47 =22 +12 - 2 +19 = 4 6.5 2670
6. Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2606 +16 +32 =22 +20 =12 = 1 =19 =29 = 7 6.0 2672
7. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2577 +76 =26 =28 -23 +48 =24 +11 +18 = 6 6.0 2603
8. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2526 +70 -47 +48 =18 =16 +37 =14 =15 +30 6.0 2572
9. Bagheri, Amir m IRI 2500 +61 -12 +44 - 1 +51 -14 +46 +36 +22 6.0 2597
10. Vakhidov, Tahir m UZB 2528 +75 =50 =13 =16 =47 +40 -12 +39 +32 6.0 2569
11. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2515 =57 +71 =36 =46 +39 =13 - 7 +50 +29 6.0 2556
12. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2596 +31 + 9 +35 = 2 = 6 - 5 +10 - 1 =15 5.5 2616
13. Sandipan, Chanda m IND 2469 +63 = 5 =10 +25 = 4 =11 = 3 =28 =24 5.5 2572
14. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz g AZE 2585 +46 =24 =17 =35 =26 + 9 = 8 +38 - 3 5.5 2576
15. Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2525 +34 +58 = 2 = 3 =23 +46 - 1 = 8 =12 5.5 2559
16. Adly, Ahmed m EGY 2429 - 6 +68 +69 =10 = 8 =27 +20 =22 =19 5.5 2571
17. Bagirov, Rufat g AZE 2507 +66 = 1 =14 =36 -46 =41 +48 =40 +42 5.5 2534
18. Abdelnabbi, Imed m EGY 2455 +67 -22 +58 = 8 +20 - 2 +27 - 7 +38 5.5 2560
19. Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2530 =37 =51 +76 =24 +50 + 3 = 6 - 5 =16 5.5 2541
20. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2544 =51 +48 +37 - 6 -18 +49 -16 +46 +35 5.5 2505
21. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2513 -58 +60 +75 +34 = 2 - 4 =25 =35 +40 5.5 2497
22. Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2566 +56 +18 = 6 = 4 = 5 -23 +42 =16 - 9 5.0 2524
23. Maherramzade, Javad m AZE 2473 =71 +33 =27 + 7 =15 +22 - 4 - 3 =25 5.0 2533
24. Rausis, Igors g BAN 2495 +64 =14 =25 =19 =36 = 7 -29 +44 =13 5.0 2536
25. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2566 =39 +43 =24 -13 +44 =47 =21 =26 =23 5.0 2477
26. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2482 +55 = 7 - 3 +49 =14 -30 +41 =25 =28 5.0 2530
27. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2556 +44 =40 =23 =28 =35 =16 -18 =31 +49 5.0 2481
28. El Gindy, Essam m EGY 2498 +62 =36 = 7 =27 =29 -38 +56 =13 =26 5.0 2524
29. Magerramov, Elmar g AZE 2566 -48 +65 =49 +41 =28 =35 +24 = 6 -11 5.0 2481
30. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2571 +41 -35 -46 +53 +56 +26 =38 =32 - 8 5.0 2488
31. Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2420 -12 +66 -45 +61 =34 =43 =44 =27 +56 5.0 2402
32. Hasangatin, Ramil m RUS 2515 +68 - 6 +56 +45 - 3 =36 +47 =30 -10 5.0 2502
33. Mohandesi, Shahin m IRI 2337 = 4 -23 -38 -60 +65 =52 +71 +55 +50 5.0 2378
34. El Arousy, Abdul Hameed m EGY 2315 -15 +73 +59 -21 =31 -42 +64 =54 +47 5.0 2438
35. Kayumov, Sergey m UZB 2479 +52 +30 -12 =14 =27 =29 =36 =21 -20 4.5 2525
36. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2586 +49 =28 =11 =17 =24 =32 =35 - 9 =39 4.5 2475
37. Jobava, Beglar GEO 2334 =19 +38 -20 =40 +54 - 8 -50 =41 +59 4.5 2484
38. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2521 +69 -37 +33 +51 - 1 +28 =30 -14 -18 4.5 2445
39. Gokhale, Chandrashekhar m IND 2357 =25 - 3 +64 +42 -11 =50 +54 -10 =36 4.5 2477
40. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2443 +74 =27 - 5 =37 +45 -10 +43 =17 -21 4.5 2407
41. Eid, Fadi m LIB 2398 -30 =64 +62 -29 +52 =17 -26 =37 +60 4.5 2375
42. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2431 - 2 =62 +57 -39 +58 +34 -22 +60 -17 4.5 2373
43. Amin, Bassem f EGY 2342 = 3 -25 -52 +68 +63 =31 -40 +57 =46 4.5 2371
44. Himdan, Maher m EGY 2341 -27 +72 - 9 +65 -25 +69 =31 -24 +61 4.5 2359
45. Chokshi, Manthan J IND 2237 . +70 +31 -32 -40 -66 =61 +69 =57 4.0 2347
46. Ahmed, Esam Aly m EGY 2403 -14 +61 +30 =11 +17 -15 - 9 -20 =43 4.0 2437
47. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2434 +72 + 8 = 1 - 5 =10 =25 -32 =49 -34 4.0 2402
48. Malyshev, Vasilij m RUS 2377 +29 -20 - 8 +55 - 7 +57 -17 =53 =52 4.0 2377
49. Ezat, Mohamed m EGY 2410 -36 +55 =29 -26 +60 -20 +53 =47 -27 4.0 2399
50. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2438 +73 =10 - 4 +52 -19 =39 +37 -11 -33 4.0 2335
51. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2339 =20 =19 +54 -38 - 9 -56 -55 +64 +65 4.0 2347
52. Coleman, James ENG 2211 -35 =53 +43 -50 -41 =33 =69 +70 =48 4.0 2326
53. Salem, Ghuloom f UAE 2341 - 5 =52 =65 -30 +62 +59 -49 =48 =54 4.0 2343
54. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2455 =65 =69 -51 +66 -37 +61 -39 =34 =53 4.0 2251
55. Rause, Olita wg LAT 2222 -26 -49 +73 -48 -69 +65 +51 -33 +63 4.0 2250
56. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2346 -22 +74 -32 +71 -30 +51 -28 +63 -31 4.0 2333
57. Yehya, Ahmed EGY 2290 =11 - 4 -42 +64 =59 -48 +62 -43 =45 3.5 2297
58. Lauridsen, Jesper CHI 2223 +21 -15 -18 =59 -42 -63 +68 -61 +70 3.5 2301
59. Kayumov, Dmitry D g UZB 2505 +60 - 2 -34 =58 =57 -53 =63 +66 -37 3.5 2233
60. Paridar, Shadi wm IRI 2250 -59 -21 =63 +33 -49 +73 +66 -42 -41 3.5 2263
61. Pourkashiyan, Atousa wm IRI 2235 - 9 -46 +72 -31 +67 -54 =45 +58 -44 3.5 2227
62. Aryanejad, Hossein f IRI 2231 -28 =42 -41 +70 -53 =71 -57 =67 +69 3.5 2247
63. Mashinskaya, Iulia wg RUS 2183 -13 -75 =60 +74 -43 +58 =59 -56 -55 3.0 2183
64. Sadatnajafi, M IRI 2223 -24 =41 -39 -57 +70 +72 -34 -51 =68 3.0 2184
65. Nadir, Samir SUD 2171 =54 -29 =53 -44 -33 -55 +74 +71 -51 3.0 2196
66. Molina, Tony PHI 2264 -17 -31 +74 -54 =71 +45 -60 -59 =72 3.0 2171
67. Khalid, Al-Shaali UAE 2185 -18 -76 =68 =69 -61 -70 +72 =62 =73 3.0 2125
68. Mirzoeva, Elmira wg RUS 2270 -32 -16 =67 -43 -72 +74 -58 +73 =64 3.0 2104
69. Illijin, Neboisa m ROM 2293 -38 =54 -16 =67 +55 -44 =52 -45 -62 2.5 2148
70. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2318 - 8 -45 =71 -62 -64 +67 +73 -52 -58 2.5 2065
71. Al-Tamimi, Hamad QAT 2193 =23 -11 =70 -56 =66 =62 -33 -65 -74 2.0 2086
72. Khouri,Ahmed Abass UAE ---- -47 -44 -61 =73 +68 -64 -67 -74 =66 2.0 2013
73. Ibrahim, Ismail UAE UAE 2052 -50 -34 -55 =72 +74 -60 -70 -68 =67 2.0 2013
74. Knisch, Gabor HUN 2099 -40 -56 -66 -63 -73 -68 -65 +72 +71 2.0 1993
75. Hassan, Abdul f UAE 2321 -10 +63 -21 . . . . . . 1.0 2283
76. Taleb, Moussa m UAE 2401 - 7 +67 -19 . . . . . . 1.0 2305
77. Nelson, Mariano Iii PHI 2092 - 1 . . . . . . . . 0.0
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Chess Federation of Slovenia organised the 15th international
grandmaster chess tournament (XII category) in honour of grandmaster Dr. Milan
Vidmar. The event took place August 17th-26th 2003 in Terme Zrece. Alexander
Beliavsky and Emil Sutovsky won with 6.5/9.
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. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2668 * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2699
2. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2639 = * = 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2702
3. Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2560 = = * 1 = = 0 0 1 = 4.5 2545
4. Mitkov, Nikola g MKD 2552 = 0 0 * 1 = = 1 1 0 4.5 2546
5. Mikhalchishin, Adrian g SLO 2518 0 1 = 0 * = = = = 1 4.5 2549
6. Sedlak, Nikola m YUG 2528 = 0 = = = * 1 = 0 1 4.5 2548
7. Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2596 0 = 1 = = 0 * = 0 1 4.0 2498
8. Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2577 0 0 1 0 = = = * 1 = 4.0 2500
9. Lenic, Luka f SLO 2386 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 * = 3.5 2484
10. Borisek, Jure f SLO 2443 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 = = * 2.5 2392
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Cat 12 Acropolis GM Tournament takes place August 25th - September 2nd
2003, in Athens. There is a main GM event, an open and a women's event.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2003
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Acropolis GM Athens GRE (GRE), 25 viii-2 ix 2003 cat. XII (2526)
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1. Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2602 * = = = 1 1 . = = . 4.5 2615
2. Mastrovasilis, Athanasios m GRE 2499 = * 0 . = = 1 1 . 1 4.5 2621
3. Tzermiadianos, Andreas m GRE 2418 = 1 * 0 = . = . 1 = 4.0 2590
4. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2525 = . 1 * 0 = = = 1 . 4.0 2578
5. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios m GRE 2493 0 = = 1 * . 0 = . 1 3.5 2519
6. Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2530 0 = . = . * = = = 1 3.5 2545
7. Johannessen, Leif Erlend g NOR 2525 . 0 = = 1 = * . = 0 3.0 2464
8. Schmaltz, Roland g GER 2530 = 0 . = = = . * 1 0 3.0 2491
9. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2599 = . 0 0 . = = 0 * 1 2.5 2422
10. Vouldis, Angelos m GRE 2539 . 0 = . 0 0 1 1 0 * 2.5 2411
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Izmir Economy University Grandprix Tournament 25th August - 3rd
September 2003.
Internet coverage:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2003/izmirgrandprix/izmir_grandprix.htm
Round 6 of 9 Standings:
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European GP Izmir TUR (TUR), 25 viii-3 ix 2003
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1. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2644 5.0 2614
2. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2555 5.0 2592
3. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2556 5.0 2505
4. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2541 5.0 2617
5. Pantsulaia, Levan m GEO 2461 5.0 2614
6. Shengelia, Davit m GEO 2486 5.0 2478
7. De Vreugt, Dennis g NED 2459 5.0 2501
8. Yilmaz, Turhan m TUR 2314 5.0 2487
9. Ermenkov, Evgenij g BUL 2474 5.0 2446
10. Klinova, Masha m ISR 2388 5.0 2357
11. Grigoriev, Armen GEO 2335 4.5 2447
12. Gaprindashvili, Valerian g GEO 2475 4.5 2422
13. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2520 4.5 2468
14. Shanava, Konstantine m GEO 2415 4.5 2349
15. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc f TUR 2282 4.5 2351
16. Erdogdu, Mert f TUR 2336 4.5 2342
17. Chigladze, Iveri GEO 2252 4.0 2376
18. Erdogan, Hakan f TUR 2234 4.0 2421
19. Aroshidze, Levan GEO 2393 4.0 2247
20. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wg AZE 2372 4.0 2242
21. Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2462 4.0 2312
22. Chkhaidze, Nikoloz GEO 2155 4.0 2254
23. Arduman, Can m TUR 2336 4.0 2265
24. Gurcan, Selim f TUR 2307 4.0 2299
25. Rukhaia, Kartlos GEO 2204 4.0 2342
26. Erturan, Yakup TUR 2269 4.0 2280
27. Keler, Faruk TUR 2189 4.0 2251
28. Gogochuri, Levan GEO 2155 4.0 2330
29. Mamedjarova, Turkan AZE 2245 4.0 2216
30. Apaydin, Fethi TUR 2068 4.0 2233
31. Goksel, Doga Cihan TUR 2103 4.0 2224
32. Kantaria, Mikheil GEO 2393 4.0 2219
33. Zekeriyaoglu,Ersen TUR ---- 4.0 2286
34. Metin, Mehmet TUR ---- 4.0 2338
35. Yagiz,Yasin Emrah TUR ---- 4.0 2289
36. Comez, Kemalcan f TUR 2215 4.0 2190
37. Sirin,Atakan TUR ---- 4.0 2264
38. Ghane, Shojaat IRI 2374 4.0 2277
138 players
The Porto San Giorgio (Italy) Open took place August 21st-29th 2003. 13
Grandmasters competed. Alexksandar Delchev won on tie break from Arkadij
Rotstein, Boris Chatalbashev, Vladimir Burmakin and Igor Glek, all made 7/9. My
thanks to Guenter Schuhmacher.
Internet coverage: http://www.torneoscacchi.it
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Open Porto San Giorgo ITA (ITA), 21-29 viii 2003
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1. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2572 7.0 53.5
2. Rotstein, Arkadij g GER 2544 7.0 51.0
3. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2509 7.0 50.0
4. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2575 7.0 49.5
5. Glek, Igor V g GER 2566 7.0 46.0
6. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2609 6.5 51.0
7. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2566 6.5 50.5
8. Kuljasevic, Davorin f CRO 2419 6.0 52.0
9. Trent, Lawrence ENG 2299 6.0 52.0
10. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2479 6.0 51.5
11. Ortega, Lexy g ITA 2437 6.0 50.0
12. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2406 6.0 49.0
13. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2451 6.0 49.0
14. Aleksic, Nenad m YUG 2369 6.0 47.5
15. Horvath, Peter m HUN 2463 6.0 46.5
16. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2465 6.0 46.0
17. Esposito, Luca ITA 2202 6.0 40.0
18. Helmers, Wim G NED 2127 6.0 39.0
19. Jones, Gawain C ENG 2347 5.5 48.0
20. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2522 5.5 48.0
21. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2394 5.5 47.0
22. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2384 5.5 45.5
23. Cocchi, Andrea f ITA 2292 5.5 45.0
24. Cerquitella, Luca ITA 2125 5.5 44.5
25. Lauria, Amilcare ITA 2174 5.5 44.0
26. Sciortino, Massimo ITA 2192 5.5 43.0
27. Orlov, Andrey RUS 2391 5.0 53.0
28. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2375 5.0 50.0
29. Laketic, Gojko m YUG 2393 5.0 45.5
30. Djingarova, Emilia wm BUL 2300 5.0 44.5
31. Ferri, Stefano ITA 2069 5.0 44.0
32. Sebastianelli, Dario ITA 2239 5.0 43.0
33. Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2427 5.0 42.5
34. Diekmann,Hans Joachim ---- 5.0 42.0
35. Gardon, Ermanno ITA 2148 5.0 41.0
36. Ruggeri, Pietro ITA 2134 5.0 38.5
37. Lubbers, Johan NED 2129 5.0 38.5
38. Cardarelli,Angelo ---- 5.0 38.5
97 players
Alex Stripunsky won the 70th New York Masters on 26th August 2003 with
3.5/4. News John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com
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1. Stripunsky, Alex g USA 2543 +10 = 8 + 2 + 7 3.5 ($460)
2. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2383 +14 +17 - 1 = 6 2.5 ($ 50)
3. Milman, Lev f USA 2364 -17 + 9 +11 = 8 2.5 ($ 50)
4. Gonzales, Jayson m PHI 2405 = 9 =11 = 5 +15 2.5 ($ 50)
5. Bonin, Jay m USA 2368 -15 +19 = 4 +13 2.5 ($ 50)
6. Privman, Boris f USA 2222 +19 =15 = 8 = 2 2.5 ($ 50)
7. Eisen, Lewis USA 2238 =11 +13 +15 - 1 2.5 ($ 50)
8. Esserman, Marc USA 2249 +12 = 1 = 6 = 3 2.5 ($ 50)
9. Norowitz, Yaacov USA ---- = 4 - 3 +19 +12 2.5 ($ 50)
10. Benen, Samson USA 2271 - 1 =12 =14 +17 2.0
11. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2382 = 7 = 4 - 3 =14 1.5
12. Braylovsky, Greg USA 2327 - 8 =10 +17 - 9 1.5
13. Hoffmann, Asa f USA 2307 = - 7 +16 - 5 1.5
14. Young, Ronald f USA 2279 - 2 =16 =10 =11 1.5
15. Multhopp, Hans f USA 2241 + 5 = 6 - 7 - 4 1.5
16. Shevelev, Danny f ISR 2318 -18 =14 -13 =19 1.0
17. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2254 + 3 - 2 -12 -10 1.0
18. Mitchell, Jeff USA 2089 +16 --- --- --- 1.0
19. Maltese, Adam USA ---- - 6 - 5 - 9 =16 0.5
PRIZES
1ST - $460
2ND - $180
3RD - $ 80
U2400 - $140
The HMC Calder Cup took place in 's-Hertogenbosch 29th-31st August 2003.
Mihail Saltaev won the A event ("Old and wise"), Jeroen Bosch the B ("Young
Lions") and GM Daniel Fridman won an 8 game rapid match against Geert Van der
Stricht. My thanks to tournament director René Olthof.
Internet coverage: http://www.schakers.info/
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cat. III (2307)
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1. Saltaev, Mihail g UZB 2484 * = 1 1 1 1 4.5 2638
2. Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2522 = * = 1 1 1 4.0 2504
3. Welling, Gerard m NED 2391 0 = * 1 = 1 3.0 2362
4. Abeln, Michiel NED 2272 0 0 0 * 1 1 2.0 2242
5. De Rooij, Raymond NED ---- 0 0 = 0 * 1 1.5 2219
6. Van den Bersselaar, Jeroen NED 2175 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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cat. III (2314)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2450 * 1 1 = = 1 4.0 2527
2. Mainka, Romuald g GER 2454 0 * = 1 1 1 3.5 2435
3. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2528 0 = * = 1 1 3.0 2343
4. Broekmeulen, Jasper NED ---- = 0 = * 1 = 2.5 2377
5. Span, Paul NED 2279 = 0 0 0 * 1 1.5 2172
6. Muhren, Willem NED 2175 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 1976
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2592 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2701
Van der Stricht, Geert m BEL 2450 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 1.5 2341
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The WGM tournament in Punat (Croatia) is a Women's Category 9 (Men's
Category 1), round-robin with 11 players. The event takes place 27th August -
3rd September 2003.
Internet coverage: http://sah.posluh.hr/skdraga/krk.htm
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WGM Punat CRO (CRO), 27 viii-3 ix 2003 cat. I (2263)
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1. Sudakova, Irina wm RUS 2263 5.5
2. Repkova, Eva wg SVK 2359 5.0
3. Grabics, Monika wm HUN 2316 5.0
4. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2372 4.5
5. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2429 4.0
6. Srebrnic, Ana wf SLO 2243 3.0
7. Bogza, Adina wm ROM 2289 2.5
8. Medic, Mirjana wg CRO 2271 2.5
9. Pahor, Andrea CRO 2076 1.5
10. Kaps, Darja wm SLO 2237 1.5
11. Franciskovic, Borka CRO 2034 0.0
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WGM Norm 7/10 - WIM Norm 5/10
The 14th Sueder Sommerpokal in Recklinghausen-Süd took place
18th-24th August 2003. The 7 round Swiss was won by Henrik Teske. I've
corrected the name of one of the players so I give all the games again. My
thanks to Franz Jittenmeier.
Internet coverage:
http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/recklinghausen03/index.html
Final Round 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 6.0 2589
2. Dergatschova-Daus, Anna wm RUS 2276 5.5 2438
3. Kartsev, Soel RUS 2217 5.5 2427
4. Schebler, Gerhard m GER 2482 5.5 2376
5. Michalczak, Thomas f GER 2333 5.5 2343
6. Tomic, Bosko BIH 2259 5.5 2402
7. Podzielny, Karl-Heinz m GER 2482 5.5 2380
8. Halasz, Tamas m HUN 2386 5.0 2333
9. Bakhmatov, Eduard GER 2311 5.0 2322
76 players
The 23rd International Chess Tournament "Conca della Presolana" took
place in Bratto (Italy) 21st-29th August 2003. Gyula Sax and Andrei Maksimenko
finished on 7/9. Games from the final five rounds are missing. News Davide
Cortese.
Internet coverage with photos, games, live games:
http://www.scaccobratto.com
Final Standings:
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23rd Open Bratto ITA (ITA), 21-29 viii 2003
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1. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2521 7.0 50.5
2. Maksimenko, Andrei g UKR 2512 7.0 49.5
3. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2642 6.5 49.5
4. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2595 6.5 49.5
5. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2510 6.5 49.0
6. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2503 6.5 46.5
7. Drazic, Sinisa g YUG 2463 6.5 46.0
8. Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2513 6.5 44.5
9. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2638 6.0 47.5
10. Qendro, Llambi f ALB 2370 6.0 46.5
11. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2479 6.0 44.5
12. Castaldo, Folco f ITA 2322 6.0 44.5
13. Godena, Michele g ITA 2517 6.0 44.5
14. Sedina, Elena m ITA 2390 6.0 44.0
15. Bellia, Fabrizio m ITA 2397 6.0 42.5
16. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2448 6.0 41.5
17. Costantini, Roberto f ITA 2334 6.0 40.5
18. Dervishi, Erald g ALB 2495 5.5 46.5
19. Bentivegna, Francesco ITA 2165 5.5 44.0
20. Dittmar, Peter f GER 2349 5.5 44.0
110 players
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. Players include: 1. Aleksander Delchev, 2. Vyacheslav Ikonnikov, 3. Jiri
Stocek, 4. Viktor Moskalenko, 5. Marc Narciso Dublan, 6. Fernando Peralta, 7.
Marc Paragua, 8. Tiger Hillarp Persson. My thanks to Toni Ayza.
Website: http://www.secretariat.org/open (in
catalan spanish and english version)
John Hillery reports: The Los Angeles International, a 10-player,
Category X tournament which took place from August 18 though 26 at the
California Chess Club, ended in a tie between GMs Leonid Yudasin and Julio
Becerra, both with 6½-2½. The undefeated Yudasin drew quickly in
the last round with tournament organizer IM Varuzhan Akobian, but Becerra had
to battle to the last minutes of sudden death to wrest the full point from IM
Melikset Khachiyan, in a crowd-pleasing slugfest. Other notable results include
IM Enrico Sevillano's 6-3, good for a GM norm, and Armen Ambartsoumian, who
earned his third IM norm with 4½. John Hillery directed.
Internet coverage: http://www.scchess.com/lai03.html
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It Los Angeles USA (USA), 18-26 viii 2003 cat. X (2478)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2558 * 1 1 1 = = = 1 = = 6.5 2635
2. Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2569 0 * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2634
3. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2490 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2602
4. Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2571 0 1 0 * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2548
5. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2533 = 0 = = * = = = 1 1 5.0 2515
6. Ambarcumjan, Armen USA 2424 = 0 0 = = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2484
7. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2430 = 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 4.5 2483
8. Khachiyan, Melikset m USA 2473 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 3.0 2354
9. Kretchetov, Alexandre f RUS 2335 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * = 2.0 2274
10. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2401 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1.5 2214
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The XXXVII Villa de Mislata in Valencia, Spain took place 19th-28th
August 2003. Pia Cramling edged out Alfonso Romero Holmes on Buchholz tiebreak
both finished on 7/9.
Further details: http://www.facv.org/clubs/mislata/
or http://www.facv.org/
Final Round 9 Standings
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XI Open A Mislata ESP (ESP), 19-28 viii 2003
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1. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2488 7 5 48.0
2. Romero Holmes, Alfonso g ESP 2530 7 5 45.0
3. Sanchez Guirado, Francisco m ESP 2383 6.5 5 48.0
4. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L m ESP 2521 6.5 5 46.0
5. Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2556 6 5 43.0
6. Castellanos, Renier CHI 2489 6 5 33.5
7. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2423 6 4 45.0
8. Argandona Rivero, Inigo f ESP 2350 6 4 44.5
9. Camarena Gimenez, Rufino f ESP 2368 6 4 43.5
10. Vassallo, Mauricio m ESP 2396 6 4 43.0
11. Alonso Moyano, Jonathan ESP 2281 5.5 5 39.0
12. Castella, Fausto f CUB 2302 5.5 4 43.0
13. Martin Perez, Javier ESP 2251 5.5 4 41.0
14. Garcia Roman, Daniel ESP 2356 5.5 4 38.5
15. Ugalde Ezcurra, Jose Miguel ESP 2134 5.5 4 35.5
16. Alexandru, Manea ROM 2299 5.5 3 35.5
56 players
The Category IV Charleroi Tournament took place 23rd-30th August 2003.
Aloyzas Kveinys won the event with 7/9 a point clear of Pascal Vandevoort (who
defeated the winner) and Petar Genov. Games from the first 4 rounds only
available.
Internet coverage: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/home.php
and http://users.skynet.be/crec
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2nd It Pays de Charleroi FRA (FRA), 22-30 viii 2003 cat. IV (2331)
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1. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2539 * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2527
2. Vandevoort, Pascal f BEL 2353 1 * 1 0 = 1 0 1 = 1 6.0 2453
3. Genov, Petar g BUL 2501 = 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2436
4. Michiels, Bart BEL 2376 0 1 0 * 1 = = = 1 1 5.5 2405
5. Marechal, Andy f BEL 2256 0 = 1 0 * 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2419
6. Saiboulatov, Danial f BEL 2366 = 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 = 4.5 2326
7. Cappon, John FRA 2216 0 1 0 = = = * 0 = = 3.5 2263
8. Hautot, Stephane BEL 2317 0 0 0 = = 0 1 * = 1 3.5 2252
9. Le Quang, Kim f BEL 2244 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = * = 2.0 2120
10. Lacour, Serge FRA 2139 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1.5 2079
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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. My thanks to Andreas Steger.
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 Pacs Open took place August 2nd-8th 2003. My thanks to JM Hantsch
for the results.
Further information on the event http://sakkverseny.fpn.hu
Final Standings:
1 Czebe Attila 6 2471
Hotváth József 6 2507
3 Emõdi Barnabás 5,5 2364
Horváth Péter 5,5 2465
Czeglédi László 5,5 2221
6 Forgyács József 5 2272
Szelényi Norbert 5 2319
8 Valkó Krisztián 4,5 2127
Kovalcsik Zoltán 4,5 1876
10 Jamrich György 4 2271
Simó Judit 4 2047
Isépi József 4 2243
Sütõ Gábor 4 2312
Jónás Zsolt 4 2143
Borsavõlgyi Tamás 4 2315
Kovács Tamás 4 2168
Pájer Ferenc 4 0
18 Hagymási János 3,5 2166
Tajti Sándor 3,5 2137
20 Horváth Réka 3 2004
Karácsony István 3 2048
Nagy Károly 3 2181
Barla János 3 1870
Fülöp Csaba 3 2150
Kiss Ferenc 3 1866
Muhari Gábor 3 2026
Czapár György 3 1897
Nagy Zsolt 3 0
29 Orosz István 2,5 2040
Török János 2,5 1931
31 Varga László 2 0
Kavács Tibor 2 2018
Elek János 2 0
Simai Gábor 2 0
Pásztor Károly 2 0
36 Igaz Géza 1,5 1502
Simai Máté 1,5 0
Szépréti László 1,5 0
Eugeny Atarov reports: The 57th "Vechernyaya Moskva"
blitz-championships took place on the 31st August 2003 in the Moscow art park
Museum. More than 1000 chessplayers competed including more than 50 masters and
grandmasters. Prize fund $4000.
Final ranking:
1. Alexey Dreev g RUS 16.0 /19
2. Vladimir Malakhov g RUS 12.5
3-4. Alexander Morozevich g RUS 11.5
Mikhail Kobalia g RUS 11.5
5-8. Alexander Grischuk g RUS 11.0
Alexander Lastin g RUS 11.0
Eugeny Bareev g RUS 11.0
Alexey Korotylev g RUS 11.0
9-11. Igor Glek g GER 10.0
Farrukh Amonatov g TJK 10.0
Yuri Balashov g RUS 10.0
12-14. Vadim Zviagintsev g RUS 8.5
Viktor Bologan g MDA 8.5
Valentin Arbakov g RUS 8.5
15-16. Evgeny Dragomaretsky m RUS 7.5
Oleg Nikolenko m RUS 7.5
17. Alexander Riazantsev g RUS 7.0
18. Boris Grachev m RUS 6.5
19. Evgeny Vasiukov g RUS 6.0
20. Dmitry Saulin m RUS 4.5
The 2nd Bergamo Open took place 25th-27th July 2003 in the Palazzo
della Ragione, Sala delle Capriate - Piazza Vecchia. My thanks to Davide
Cortese for the final result of the event won by Erald Dervishi.
1 Dervishi Erald ALB GM 5.5 22.0
2 Capuano Eugenio ITA 5.0 21.0
3 Belotti Bruno ITA IM 5.0 20.5
4 Contin Daniel ITA IM 5.0 20.5
5 Naumkin Igor RUS GM 5.0 19.5
6 Pilgaard Kim DEN IM 5.0 19.5
7 Gosio Denis ITA 5.0 19.0
8 Drei Andrea ITA FM 5.0 19.0
9 Lazic Miroljub YUG GM 4.5 23.0
10 Perissinotto Claudio ITA 4.5 21.0
11 Bartonicekzdene CZE 4.5 19.5
12 Miatello Alberto ITA 4.5 18.5
13 Drazic Sinisa YUG GM 4.0 21.5
14 Braghetta Sergio ITA 4.0 21.0
15 Lapiccirella Mattia ITA 4.0 20.5
16 Lapiccirella Daniele ITA 4.0 19.0
17 Salami Marco ITA 4.0 18.5
18 Rossi Giampiero ITA 4.0 18.0
19 Vezzosi Paolo ITA IM 4.0 17.5
20 Dallaglio Giovanni ITA 4.0 17.5
21 Pirola Andrea ITA 4.0 17.5
22 Ranfagni Stefano ITA 4.0 16.5
23 Scuderi David ITA 4.0 16.0
24 Cambieri Mario ITA 4.0 15.5
25 Brunelli Giovanni ITA 4.0 14.5
106 players
The "Riga 2003" 9 round Swiss Open took place 24th-30th August 2003.
Kaspars Migla reports: FM Arnolds Luckans from Latvia has become first
winner of first tradicional (expected) tournament "Riga 2003". The Blitz night
marathon (from 22.00 till 10.00) was won by Vadims Daskevics - 42 points of 49.
No games available.
Further details: http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=8504
Leading final standings
1. Luckans Arnolds FM LAT 7.0 50.0 38.50 38.0 2441 2576 +1.42
2. Krivonosov Oleg IM LAT 7.0 47.5 36.25 34.5 2438 2540 +1.06
3. Meijers Viest. IM LAT 6.5 50.0 33.75 35.5 2483 2556 +0.83
4. Kulaots Kaido GM EST 6.5 49.5 34.50 34.0 2530 2552 +0.29
5. Miezis Normunds GM LAT 6.5 49.0 33.75 31.0 2508 2447 ?0.58
6. Neiksans Arturs IM LAT 6.5 48.5 34.00 34.0 2429 2544 +1.37
7. Kanep Meelis IM EST 6.5 46.5 31.75 33.5 2470 2449 ?0.16
8. Lanka Zigurds GM LAT 6.5 46.0 31.25 32.5 2474 2443 ?0.25
9. Rytshagov Mikh. GM EST 6.5 46.0 33.25 30.5 2475 2413 ?0.61
10. Berzinsh Roland IM LAT 6.5 45.0 31.50 33.5 2444 2485 +0.47
11. Sveshnikov Evg. GM LAT 6.0 55.0 34.75 37.0 2561 2530 ?0.39
12. Seeman Tarvo IM EST 6.0 50.0 31.50 32.0 2413 2467 +0.60
13. Klovans Janis GM LAT 6.0 48.5 30.25 31.0 2480 2420 ?0.66
14. Saulespurens V. FM USA 6.0 47.0 28.25 31.5 2372 2434 +0.69
15. Sakalauskas V. IM LTU 6.0 43.0 28.00 31.5 2465 2380 ?0.93
16. Grasis Janis LAT 6.0 40.0 26.50 27.0 2333 2293 ?0.42
17. Haugli Peter IM NOR 6.0 38.0 25.50 28.0 2370 2296 ?0.84
The World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad took place August 3rd-11th 2003.
17 countries participated. Hungary took first place from the Ukraine and India.
Correction to the name of one of the players in the game Bykhovsky-Gupta Rd 4
which appeared in TWIC457.
Internet site: http://www.tsf.org.tr
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for September 1st 2003 has been released. Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and
calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
1.Kasparov,Garry g RUS 2784 130
2.Kramnik,Vladimir g RUS 2751 137
3.Anand,Viswanathan g IND 2720 156
4.Shirov,Alexei g ESP 2702 164
5.Topalov,Veselin g BUL 2699 172
6.Leko,Peter g HUN 2696 167
7.Bareev,Evgeny g RUS 2686 194
8.Grischuk,Alexander g RUS 2685 149
9.Polgar,Judit g HUN 2680 159
10.Svidler,Peter g RUS 2669 133
11.Ponomariov,Ruslan g UKR 2667 168
12.Dreev,Alexey g RUS 2664 127
13.Azmaiparashvili,Zurab g GEO 2661 152
14.Malakhov,Vladimir g RUS 2660 178
15.Adams,Michael g ENG 2653 136
16.Ivanchuk,Vassily g UKR 2650 125
17.Gelfand,Boris g ISR 2646 148
18.Short,Nigel D g ENG 2639 152
19.Graf-Nenashev,Alexander g GER 2636 152
20.Morozevich,Alexander g RUS 2636 199
21.Karpov,Anatoli g RUS 2633 136
22.Sokolov,Ivan g NED 2631 141
23.Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2627 162
24.Sasikiran,Krishnan g IND 2621 163
25.Sakaev,Konstantin g RUS 2620 137
26.Vallejo Pons,Francisco g ESP 2618 150
27.Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2615 132
28.Khalifman,Alexander g RUS 2615 143
29.Kasimdzhanov,Rustam g UZB 2614 164
30.Akopian,Vladimir g ARM 2612 166
31.Van Wely,Loek g NED 2610 176
32.Lautier,Joel g FRA 2605 138
33.Rublevsky,Sergei g RUS 2604 157
34.Aronian,Levon g ARM 2604 178
35.Aleksandrov,Aleksej g BLR 2603 148
36.Bacrot,Etienne g FRA 2603 153
37.Georgiev,Kiril g BUL 2602 158
38.McShane,Luke James g ENG 2601 173
39.Radjabov,Teimour g AZE 2599 164
40.Fressinet,Laurent g FRA 2599 169
41.Gurevich,Mikhail g BEL 2599 171
42.Goldin,Alexander g ISR 2597 165
43.Nikolic,Predrag g BIH 2594 140
44.Kobalia,Mikhael g RUS 2594 173
45.Onischuk,Alexander g USA 2593 196
46.Sutovsky,Emil g ISR 2592 190
47.Zvjaginsev,Vadim g RUS 2591 151
48.Movsesian,Sergei g SVK 2590 156
49.Bologan,Viorel g MDA 2589 183
50.Moiseenko,Alexander g UKR 2584 161
J.F. Kjolbro 2003
2nd Klaksvik International The 2nd Klaksvik International will take
place from 7th -11th October 2003. It will be a 10 players Round Robin
Tournament. The players are IM Kim Pilgaard DEN, IM Klaus Berg DEN, IM Johan
Eriksson SWE, GM Colin McNab SCO, FM Flovin Tor Naes FAI, IM Saevar Bjarnason
ISL, FM Heini Olsen FAI, Olavur Simonsen FAI, Martin Poulsen FAI and Eydun
Nolsoe FAI. Average of the players' rating about 2325. The time control is
90'+30"/every move. Four prizes DKK 6000, DKK 2500, DKK 1200 and DKK 800.
Special prize DKK 2000 to every player from The Faroe Islands who obtains an
IM-norm.
Live broadcast from the tournament at
http://www.faroechess.com where you
also find further details.
13th World Championship for Seniors 2003
13th World Championship for Seniors 2003 takes place in Bad Zwischenahn
(Germany) November 16th-29th 2003.
11 rounds Swiss system, 2h /40 moves , than 1h rest prizefund: 12.000
Euro entry-fee 120 Euro The winner get the fide-title of grandmaster.
Information and applications: Jürgen Wempe Herbartstr. 7 26160 Bad
Zwischenahn wempe@t-online.de
Futher details: http://www.seniorenschach.de
Alexandra Kosteniuk Exhibition
On September 6th 2003 Women's World Championship finalist Alexandra
Kosteniuk will play a simultaneous exhibition at the Theatre De Balie in
Amsterdam. Her six opponents will not be in the hall, but making a journey to
it, starting from famous locations in the Netherlands. During the trip they
will play against the simul master via mobile phone.
Internet coverage: http://www.schakers.info
Kasparov vs. Fritz X3D match
Official announcement of the dates and details of when Kasparov will
take on an X3D version of Fritz in a match in New York 11th-18th November 2003.
(Link)
Kasparov drew with Deep Junior in January. The site
http://www.x3dworld.com will again be
promoting the event. Kasparov has played high profile matches against Karpov
and Junior for the company before.
ESPN will have 17.5 hours of coverage of the match.
Kasparov Chess Academy Schools Tournament
The Kasparov Chess Academy is organising the 3rd Open Russian School
Chess Team Championship.The next tournament is planned to begin in the period
October - November 2003 with the finals in January of 2004.
All teams broken into Elementary (up to 12), Junior High, (Up to 18)
categories. Entitled to participation are chess players who shall not have
reached the age of 12 and 18 by January 1st of 2004 - 4 Member Teams / 4
Alternatives, 1 coach - Game / 20 min.+12sec/move Time Control.
Entry is free - Total prize fund about 100.000 roubles.
The Academy provides all the teams (4 chess players and 1 coach),
qualified for the finals, with full board and lodging as well as 3000 roubles
to refund traveling expenses.
Further details Contact Yuri Zelenkov E-mail yaz@totalchess.ru,
Telephone 007- 095 245-3510.
VII Paks Cup
VII. Paks Cup Hungary, 19-29 Nov 2003 GM Tournament (11 rounds) &IM,
FM Tournaments (9-11 rounds, 19-27 Nov 2003) Inscription and Information:
Vid‚ki S ndor Paks, Fenyves Str. 13/7. H-7030Tel.: 0036-75-421225
Mobile: 0036-30-4012866 E-mail: videkisn@axelero.hu
Australian Championships Playoff
The play-off for the Australian Championships Title between GM Darryl
Johansen and Nick Speck will be held at the Gardiner Chess Centre, Gold Coast,
Queensland from Tuesday to Friday 23-26 September. Games will commence at 6pm
Australian Eastern Standard Time (9am London, 4am New York, 1am Los Angeles) on
the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and if the result is still live on the
Friday, the game will start at 4.30pm AEST, leaving time for a two game rapid
play-off later in the evening if still tied.
Games will be relayed live to the internet from the Gardiner Chess
webpage: http://www.gardinerchess.com.
First Saturday September
Nagy Laszlo has places for the First Saturday September events. e-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu, http:((www.elender.hu(~firstsat phone-fax:
00-(361)-2632859 mobile: 00-(36)-30-2301914
FSGM 6th-18th of September 2003 cat.VII-VIII 10-14 participants
IGM CSOM, István (HUN, 2455), IGM OVSEJEVITSCH, Sergey (UKR,
2497), IGM TIMOSHENKO, Georgy (UKR, 2548), IM BUI, Vinh (VIE, 2469), FM NGUYEN,
Truongson (VIE, 2435), FM PREDOJEVIC, Borki (YUG, 2474), IM SZIEBERTH, Adam
(HUN, 2376), IM PERT, Nicholas (ENG, 2483), FM BANUSZ, Tamas (HUN, 2322), IM
FLUMBORT, András (HUN, 2471), ERDÕS, Viktor (HUN, 2420), IM
PILGAARD, Kim (DEN, 2446), IM TODOROV, Todor (BUL, 2471), Reserves: IGM
ILINCIC, Zlatko (YUG), IGM ANKA, Emil (HUN), IGM CHATALBASHEV, Boris (BUL),
FSIM 6th-18th September 2003 10-14 participants
IM GALYAS, Miklós (HUN, 2419), IM FARAGÓ, Sándor
(HUN, 2319), IM MÁDL, Ildikó (HUN, 2361), FM BRUSTKERN,
Jürgen (GER, 2227), FM GERARD, Nicolas (FRA, 2285), FM CISNEROS, Lucas
(ESP, 2250), MERCIER, Jean-Pierre (FRA, 2280), ARMBRUSTER, Alexander (GER,
2253), SZABÓ, Krisztián (HUN, 2277), FM ), ( WEBB, Laurence (ENG,
2325), STEINER, Bruno (AUT, 2245), FM GONDA, Laszlo (HUN, 2449), MARXEN, Peter
(GER), Reserve: IM PETRÁN, Pál (HUN), IM KÁPOSZTÁS,
Miklós (HUN),
FSFM
CLECH, Jean-Louis (FRA, 2118), SCHWENK, Andreas (GER, 2142), FM MAGYAR,
Otto (HUN, 2270), FERNANDEZ, Manrique Augustin (ESP,2149), SZILÁRDFY,
Gyula (HUN, 2082), BIBAS, David (ISR, 2063), DUNN, Alan Stephan (ENG, NR),
HOANG, Tri (HUN, 2060), MARRERO, Martin Manuel (ESP, NR), BLUMENSTOCK, Axel
(GER, NR), GATTEGNO, Laurent (FRA, 2072), ZILAHI,Gábor (HUN, 2075),
CZIMER, József (HUN, 1993), BÁLINT, Vilmos (HUN, 2172),
TÓTH, Lili (HUN, 2196), FERENCZI, József (HUN, 2040), Two groups,
9-13 games.
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)
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
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.
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
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/
