THE WEEK IN CHESS 462 15th September 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Russian
Championships
3) 4 Chess Queens and Kings
4) Argentine Championships
5) 72nd New York
Masters
6) First Saturday September
7) Icelandic Championships
8) 1st Misr Closed
2003 Egypt
9) 2nd Sharjah Chess Festival
10) Grand Prix du Senat
11) Chasseneuil du
Poitou
12) Chinese National Team Championship
13) 1st League Bosnian and Herzegovina
14)
Polish Extra League 2003
15) Nordic Championships
16) Ansfelden Tournament
17) Jezero
2003
18) Zonal 2.5
19) European
Chess Championships Under 10/12/14/16/18
20) 10th
Hallstahammar Open
21) 2nd Trophée des
Maîtres Villeurbanne
22) 63rd New England
Open
23) 14th Official NATO Chess Championships
24) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Russian Championships 245 games
4 Chess Queens and Kings 6 games
Argentine Championships 160 games
72nd New York Masters 4 games
First Saturday September 72 games
Icelandic Championships 60 games
1st Misr Closed 2003 Egypt 18 games
2nd Sharjah Chess Festival 104 games
Grand Prix du Senat 10 games
Chasseneuil du Poitou 45 games
Chinese National Teams 37 games
1st League BIH 270 games
Polish Extra League 2003 270 games
Nordic Championships 48 games
Ansfelden Tournament 15 games
Jezero 2003 634 games
2nd Villeurbanne Masters 6 games
14th NATO Championships 305 games
2309 games
My thanks to Fang Zhang. Julio Alberto González, Amador
Rodríguez, Thomas Henrich, Mary Vigliraki, Mehrshad Sharif, Miklos Orso,
Yin Hao, Pali Gabor, Peter Sowray, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Omar Salama, Laszlo
Nagy, Jan Mazuch, Sead Bicevic, John Fernandez, Przemek Jahr, George
Mirijanian, Kai Tuorila, Martin Crichton, Vladica Andrejic and everyone else
who helped with the issue.
The Russian Chess Championships dominated events again this week. Peter
Svidler only just edged out Alexander Morozevich on Bucholz tie-break probably
due to his round 6 victory. Both players finished on 7/9 and big performances
that should see them both gain in the international rating list.
Kasparov hasn't wasted any time filling the gaps in his calendar due to
the cancellation of his match against Ponomariov. He will be in Greece playing
in the European Club Cup and playing a rapid/blitz match against
Azmaiparashvili. He'll also be visiting the London Chess Center in October.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Russian Championships for men took place 3rd-12th September 2003 in
Krasnoyarsk. Swiss system, 9 Rounds. 79 players competed in what turned out to
be a very competitive and high quality tournament. The fight for first was
between Peter Svidler and Alexander Morozevich. Svidler beat Morozevich in
round 6 but the players ended up tied on 7/9. Svidler had the better Bucholz
tie-break and thus took the title. Correction to the result Bachin - Sveshnikov
(3) in the games section.
Further details: http://www.kraschess.ru or
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Leading Final Standings
1. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2723 51,5 2845 7.0
2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2679 50,0 2832 7.0
3. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2696 49,5 2719 6.0
4. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2555 49,0 2752 6.0
5. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2653 48,0 2664 6.0
6. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2634 47,0 2732 6.0
7. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2732 46,0 2709 6.0
8. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2678 46,0 2693 6.0
9. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2620 43,5 2683 6.0
10. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2608 43,0 2692 6.0
11. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2564 51,5 2703 5.5
12. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2573 45,5 2659 5.5
13. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2591 43,0 2633 5.5
14. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2538 42,5 2703 5.5
15. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2613 41,0 2636 5.5
16. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2655 40,0 2622 5.5
17. Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2526 38,0 2647 5.5
18. Glek, Igor V g GER 2566 38,0 2618 5.5
19. Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2560 38,0 2587 5.5
79 players
Crosstable
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56th ch-RUS Krasnoyarsk (RUS), 3-12 ix 2003
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1. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2723 +33 +35 +23 = 7 =11 + 2 = 3 + 8 = 6 7.0 2845
2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2679 =71 + 4 +25 +21 + 7 - 1 +11 +10 = 3 7.0 2831
3. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2696 +51 =22 =12 +34 +24 =23 = 1 = 4 = 2 6.0 2719
4. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2555 = 6 - 2 +73 +41 +31 =14 + 7 = 3 = 5 6.0 2751
5. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2678 +30 =34 =22 =43 +35 =11 =13 +21 = 4 6.0 2693
6. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2732 = 4 +71 -21 =16 +66 +25 =14 +29 = 1 6.0 2709
7. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2634 +42 +58 +45 = 1 - 2 =12 - 4 +43 +23 6.0 2731
8. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2620 +19 =24 =43 +75 -23 +53 +20 - 1 +22 6.0 2683
9. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2653 +80 =11 =24 =20 +22 =13 =29 +16 =10 6.0 2631
10. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2608 +61 =75 +27 -11 +43 +49 +23 - 2 = 9 6.0 2692
11. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2564 +53 = 9 +36 +10 = 1 = 5 - 2 =13 =14 5.5 2703
12. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2573 =49 +41 = 3 +67 =13 = 7 =32 =14 =15 5.5 2658
13. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2591 =64 +52 =20 +76 =12 = 9 = 5 =11 =17 5.5 2632
14. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2613 +73 =43 =75 =53 +44 = 4 = 6 =12 =11 5.5 2635
15. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2655 -75 +61 =42 =33 +51 =20 +49 =23 =12 5.5 2621
16. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2538 =36 -32 +69 = 6 =26 +59 +45 - 9 +39 5.5 2703
17. Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2560 =54 =76 =40 =65 =38 =44 +53 +32 =13 5.5 2586
18. Glek, Igor V g GER 2566 +60 -45 -76 +61 +65 =21 =34 =30 +42 5.5 2617
19. Bocharov, Dmitry m RUS 2526 - 8 -67 =63 +74 +57 =26 +58 +45 =28 5.5 2646
20. Belozerov, Andrei g RUS 2541 +31 =25 =13 = 9 +37 =15 - 8 =39 =26 5.0 2656
21. Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2589 +56 =27 + 6 - 2 =53 =18 +33 - 5 =30 5.0 2624
22. Kornev, Alexei RUS 2566 +63 = 3 = 5 =45 - 9 +27 +37 =31 - 8 5.0 2662
23. Timofeev, Artyom m RUS 2575 +74 +55 - 1 +64 + 8 = 3 -10 =15 - 7 5.0 2645
24. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2558 +69 = 8 = 9 +32 - 3 -29 =38 =65 +43 5.0 2620
25. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2582 +38 =20 - 2 =27 +40 - 6 -30 +60 +41 5.0 2597
26. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2613 =44 =66 =48 =55 =16 =19 =46 +40 =20 5.0 2571
27. Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2542 +28 =21 -10 =25 =47 -22 +67 +49 =35 5.0 2605
28. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2642 -27 =56 +70 =51 =33 =43 +42 =34 =19 5.0 2583
29. Yevseev, Denis m RUS 2589 =52 -64 =38 +71 +67 +24 = 9 - 6 =33 5.0 2595
30. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2553 - 5 +63 =79 =47 =68 =35 +25 =18 =21 5.0 2598
31. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2635 -20 =38 +52 +48 - 4 =46 +55 =22 =34 5.0 2574
32. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2672 =46 +16 =34 -24 =50 +75 =12 -17 +65 5.0 2594
33. Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2555 - 1 =74 +60 =15 =28 +68 -21 +52 =29 5.0 2629
34. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2565 +78 = 5 =32 - 3 +76 =45 =18 =28 =31 5.0 2645
35. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2573 +72 - 1 =66 +42 - 5 =30 =65 +44 =27 5.0 2605
36. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2634 =16 +46 -11 -44 =48 +70 -43 +66 +61 5.0 2578
37. Dolmatov, Sergey g RUS 2605 =66 =44 =55 +79 -20 +64 -22 =61 +46 5.0 2549
38. Obukhov, Alexander m RUS 2487 -25 =31 =29 +62 =17 =50 =24 =46 =47 4.5 2576
39. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2566 =41 =49 -67 +56 =64 =55 +66 =20 -16 4.5 2494
40. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2533 =68 =47 =17 =50 -25 =67 +64 -26 +69 4.5 2543
41. Vekshenkov, Nikolai m RUS 2451 =39 -12 +46 - 4 -62 +77 +75 +50 -25 4.5 2489
42. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2541 - 7 +78 =15 -35 +79 +47 -28 +54 -18 4.5 2541
43. Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2556 +77 =14 = 8 = 5 -10 =28 +36 - 7 -24 4.0 2502
44. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2520 =26 =37 =57 +36 -14 =17 =50 -35 =48 4.0 2545
45. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2698 +62 +18 - 7 =22 =49 =34 -16 -19 =55 4.0 2503
46. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2550 =32 -36 -41 +72 +54 =31 =26 =38 -37 4.0 2512
47. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2604 =65 =40 =54 =30 =27 -42 =60 =56 =38 4.0 2463
48. Kurnosov, Igor m RUS 2527 =59 =57 =26 -31 =36 =60 =51 =69 =44 4.0 2521
49. Bachin, Vitaly m RUS 2472 =12 =39 +58 +59 =45 -10 -15 -27 =68 4.0 2563
50. Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2556 =76 =54 =65 =40 =32 =38 =44 -41 =56 4.0 2455
51. Belov, Vladimir m RUS 2553 - 3 =60 +74 =28 -15 =52 =48 =53 =54 4.0 2492
52. Sambuev, Bator m RUS 2496 =29 -13 -31 =69 +72 =51 +59 -33 =57 4.0 2518
53. Evdokimov, Alexander A m RUS 2432 -11 +77 +68 =14 =21 - 8 -17 =51 =58 4.0 2469
54. Logunov, Maxim m RUS 2422 =17 =50 =47 -68 -46 +71 +74 -42 =51 4.0 2515
55. Grigoriants, Sergey m RUS 2499 +79 -23 =37 =26 =58 =39 -31 =57 =45 4.0 2534
56. Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2500 -21 =28 =62 -39 =69 +78 =57 =47 =50 4.0 2510
57. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2614 =70 =48 =44 -66 -19 +76 =56 =55 =52 4.0 2457
58. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2561 +67 - 7 -49 +77 =55 =66 -19 =63 =53 4.0 2387
59. Smirnov, Pavel m RUS 2629 =48 +70 =64 -49 =75 -16 -52 +67 =63 4.0 2455
60. Iljin, Artem m RUS 2471 -18 =51 -33 =70 +73 =48 =47 -25 +75 4.0 2510
61. Ovetchkin, Roman m RUS 2519 -10 -15 +78 -18 =77 +79 +68 =37 -36 4.0 2446
62. Rychagov, Andrey m RUS 2554 -45 =72 =56 -38 +41 =65 -69 +80 =73 4.0 2407
63. Khairullin, Ildar f RUS 2445 -22 -30 =19 =73 -70 +80 +76 =58 =59 4.0 2432
64. Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2510 =13 +29 =59 -23 =39 -37 -40 =71 =70 3.5 2494
65. Klimov, Sergey m RUS 2512 =47 =68 =50 =17 -18 =62 =35 =24 -32 3.5 2505
66. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2518 =37 =26 =35 +57 - 6 =58 -39 -36 =72 3.5 2517
67. Yandarbiev, Ruslan RUS 2424 -58 +19 +39 -12 -29 =40 -27 -59 +78 3.5 2471
68. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2630 =40 =65 -53 +54 =30 -33 -61 =70 =49 3.5 2422
69. Zablotsky, Sergei f RUS 2410 -24 =73 -16 =52 =56 =74 +62 =48 -40 3.5 2443
70. Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V m RUS 2525 =57 -59 -28 =60 +63 -36 =72 =68 =64 3.5 2481
71. Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2553 = 2 - 6 =72 -29 =78 -54 +77 =64 =74 3.5 2393
72. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2478 -35 =62 =71 -46 -52 +73 =70 =75 =66 3.5 2457
73. Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2522 -14 =69 - 4 =63 -60 -72 +80 +76 =62 3.5 2355
74. Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2479 -23 =33 -51 -19 +80 =69 -54 +79 =71 3.5 2356
75. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2547 +15 =10 =14 - 8 =59 -32 -41 =72 -60 3.0 2452
76. Lependin, Anatolij m RUS 2393 =50 =17 +18 -13 -34 -57 -63 -73 +80 3.0 2366
77. Kharitonov, Anatoly RUS 1925 -43 -53 +80 -58 =61 -41 -71 =78 +79 3.0 2302
78. Beznosikov, V RUS 2445 -34 -42 -61 +80 =71 -56 =79 =77 -67 2.5 2207
79. Saveljev, Vladislav RUS 2333 -55 +80 =30 -37 -42 -61 =78 -74 -77 2.0 2176
80. BYE ---- - 9 -79 -77 -78 -74 -63 -73 -62 -76 0.0
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A double round robin match took place in September 13th-15th 2003 in
China. The 4 "Kings" were GM Evgeny Bareev RUS 2721, GM Nigel Short ENG 2701,
GM Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2683 and GM Yasser Seirwan USA 2626. The 4 "Queens" are GM
Xie Jun CHN 2569, GM Zhu Chen CHN 2495, WGM Xu Yuhua CHN 2485, WGM Zhao Xue CHN
2467.
Alternating moves in the games the players drew a number to choose their
partners. There were 3 games a day, time controls are 25 minutes, each move
with a 10 seconds increment. The first day partners and results:
1.
Nigel Short/Zhao Xue 2.5 +2=1-0 2. Ye Jiangchuan/Xu Yuhua 2 +1=2-0 3. Yasser
Seirawan/Zhu Chen 1.5 +1=1-1 4. Evgeny Bareev/Xie Jun 0 -3
Day 2
Short/Zhao Xue: Seirawan/Zhu Chen 1/2:1/2
Short/Zhao Xue: Ye
Jiangchuan/Xu Yuhua 1:0
Short/Zhao Xue: Bareev/Xie Jun 0:1
Bareev/Xie
Jun: Ye Jiangchuan/Xu Yuhua 1:0
Bareev/Xie Jun: Seirawan/Zhu Chen 1/2:1/2
Seirawan/Zhu Chen :Ye Jiangchuan/Xu Yuhua 1/2:1/2
Final Standings:
Nigel Short/Zhao Xue 4
Yasser Seiawan/Zhu Chen
3
Ye Jiangchuan/Xu Yuhua 2.5
Evgeny Bareev/Xie Jun 2.5
The Beijing Chess Challenge Match where the women play the men takes
place September 22nd-23rd, 2003 in the China Resources Hotel, Beijing. The
event was postponed from May due to the SARS virus.
Judit Polger also is visiting China. She played a 42 chess games
simulitaneous exhibition against young Chinese players yesterday in Shanghai,
the score was +33 =7 -2 for Judit. She also played a 6-game blitz match against
GM Bu XiangZhi on Friday, September 13th in Shanghai (don't have this
result).
The LXXVII (77th) Championships of Argentina took place in Tres de
Febrero (in Buenos Aires) 3rd-11th September 2003. IM Guillermo Soppe took the
title with 7/9 half a point clear of the field. My thanks to Julio Alberto
González for the games.
Internet coverage: http://www.inforchess.com and
http://www.ajedrezvirtual.com
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LXXVII ch-ARG Tres de Febrero ARG (ARG), 3-14 ix 2003
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1. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2467 =38 +35 +11 = 5 +12 +22 = 2 = 4 + 9 7.0 2592
2. Giardelli, Sergio C m ARG 2437 +43 =16 +39 +17 = 7 +10 = 1 = 5 = 3 6.5 2518
3. Lafuente, Pablo f ARG 2431 +41 =11 =13 +16 -22 +34 + 7 +10 = 2 6.5 2510
4. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2551 +44 =14 +21 =12 = 6 =18 +38 = 1 + 5 6.5 2509
5. Mahia, Gustavo f ARG 2377 +61 +23 +20 = 1 =10 = 7 + 9 = 2 - 4 6.0 2506
6. Rubinetti, Jorge m ARG 2438 =35 +38 =16 +27 = 4 =11 =22 +25 = 7 6.0 2451
7. Szmetan, Jorge m ARG 2408 +58 +42 +18 =10 = 2 = 5 - 3 +14 = 6 6.0 2459
8. Labollita, Martin m ARG 2454 -23 +28 =31 +35 =13 +39 =17 =18 +15 6.0 2363
9. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2443 =31 +24 =14 +21 =18 +20 - 5 +17 - 1 5.5 2382
10. Flores, Diego ARG 2439 +54 +32 +22 = 7 = 5 - 2 +11 - 3 =13 5.5 2428
11. Altamirano, Benjamin f ARG 2333 +49 = 3 - 1 +44 +24 = 6 -10 +23 =20 5.5 2365
12. Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2422 +51 +27 =17 = 4 - 1 +30 -14 +42 =21 5.5 2414
13. Bronstein, Luis m ARG 2325 =26 +53 = 3 =24 = 8 =25 =39 +38 =10 5.5 2308
14. Real de Azua, E ARG 2308 +56 = 4 = 9 =15 =17 +51 +12 - 7 =22 5.5 2432
15. Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2426 +52 -21 +23 =14 =30 +42 =18 +22 - 8 5.5 2376
16. Musanti, Diego f ARG 2311 +57 = 2 = 6 - 3 +44 -38 +36 +24 =18 5.5 2309
17. Diaz, Nahuel ARG 2375 +55 +50 =12 - 2 =14 +21 = 8 - 9 +33 5.5 2382
18. Liascovich, Lucas f ARG 2310 +45 +62 - 7 +51 = 9 = 4 =15 = 8 =16 5.5 2406
19. Malbran, Guillermo m ARG 2345 =29 =26 =41 +43 -39 +49 -25 +28 +36 5.5 2179
20. De Dovitiis, Alejo f ARG 2401 +48 +34 - 5 =30 +41 - 9 =27 +39 =11 5.5 2361
21. Della Morte, Pablo f ARG 2318 +63 +15 - 4 - 9 +52 -17 +41 +26 =12 5.5 2362
22. Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2410 +46 +25 -10 +40 + 3 - 1 = 6 -15 =14 5.0 2388
23. Torres, Sergio ARG 2177 + 8 - 5 -15 +37 -27 +46 +30 -11 +40 5.0 2325
24. Garzon,Enrique ARG ---- +30 - 9 +25 =13 -11 =40 +34 -16 +39 5.0 2339
25. Zukerfeld, Andres f ARG 2245 +33 -22 -24 +61 +31 =13 +19 - 6 =27 5.0 2275
26. Villanueva, Mario ARG 2029 =13 =19 =50 =38 =40 =32 +44 -21 +45 5.0 2307
27. Aguila, Gustavo f ARG 2305 +59 -12 +54 - 6 +23 =36 =20 =33 =25 5.0 2245
28. Re,Marcelo ARG ---- =40 - 8 -48 +59 +29 =41 +50 -19 +44 5.0 2249
29. Sarquis, Maria Belen ARG 2096 =19 -39 -38 +60 -28 +56 =32 +41 +42 5.0 2210
30. Bielicki, Carlos m ARG 2289 -24 +61 +58 =20 =15 -12 -23 +54 +38 5.0 2255
31. Mareco, Sandro ARG 2162 = 9 =40 = 8 =34 -25 =53 +49 =45 =32 4.5 2237
32. Pedro, Fernando ARG 2273 +47 -10 =52 =48 -38 =26 =29 +43 =31 4.5 2152
33. Pascolini,Nicolas ARG ---- -25 =48 -43 =55 +61 +35 +40 =27 -17 4.5 2199
34. Giampa, Alejandro ARG 2271 +37 -20 =49 =31 +58 - 3 -24 =52 +51 4.5 2140
35. Malajovich, Sandra wf ARG 2144 = 6 - 1 +59 - 8 -49 -33 +62 +57 +50 4.5 2175
36. Tenti,Joaquin ARG ---- -50 +64 -40 +54 +45 =27 -16 +51 -19 4.5 2211
37. Iglesias,Luis ARG ---- -34 -51 +64 -23 -55 +61 +59 =50 +52 4.5 2129
38. Nogues, Alejandro ARG 2235 = 1 - 6 +29 =26 +32 +16 - 4 -13 -30 4.0 2265
39. Barrionuevo, Pablo ARG 2223 =53 +29 - 2 +49 +19 - 8 =13 -20 -24 4.0 2185
40. Jimenez, Joaquin ARG 2232 =28 =31 +36 -22 =26 =24 -33 +58 -23 4.0 2043
41. Varela, Daniel ARG 2164 - 3 +57 =19 +53 -20 =28 -21 -29 +61 4.0 2145
42. Sapienza, Julian ARG 2266 +60 - 7 -51 +46 +48 -15 +43 -12 -29 4.0 2165
43. Velazquez, Gustavo ARG 2141 - 2 =59 +33 -19 =53 +55 -42 -32 +56 4.0 2116
44. Godoy, Carlos ARG 2212 - 4 +46 +62 -11 -16 +48 -26 +53 -28 4.0 2121
45. Alvarez Castillo, Hector ARG 2216 -18 -49 +60 +57 -36 +52 =51 =31 -26 4.0 2042
46. Montoro, Gustavo E ARG 2122 -22 -44 +56 -42 +63 -23 =48 =49 +58 4.0 2089
47. Garcia Ortiz,Demis ARG ---- -32 -52 -61 =56 -59 +64 =60 +55 +54 4.0 2042
48. Lida Garcia, Fernando ARG 2130 -20 =33 +28 =32 -42 -44 =46 =56 =49 3.5 2061
49. Fiori,Nicolas ARG ---- -11 +45 =34 -39 +35 -19 -31 =46 =48 3.5 2136
50. Gargiulo, Lucas ARG 2222 +36 -17 =26 =52 -51 +58 -28 =37 -35 3.5 2010
51. Aguilar, Mauricio ARG 2133 -12 +37 +42 -18 +50 -14 =45 -36 -34 3.5 2143
52. Dellepiani, Fernando ARG 2136 -15 +47 =32 =50 -21 -45 +57 =34 -37 3.5 2111
53. Preuss,Maximiliano ARG ---- =39 -13 +55 -41 =43 =31 =54 -44 =60 3.5 2085
54. Medina, Sergio ARG 2142 -10 +56 -27 -36 =57 +59 =53 -30 -47 3.0 1989
55. Lopez Rebert, Pablo ARG 2116 -17 =60 -53 =33 +37 -43 -58 -47 +64 3.0 1932
56. Ellison,Mariano ARG ---- -14 -54 -46 =47 +62 -29 +63 =48 -43 3.0 1979
57. Romano,Julieta ARG ---- -16 -41 +63 -45 =54 +60 -52 -35 =62 3.0 1998
58. Papadopulos, Daniel ARG ---- - 7 +63 -30 +62 -34 -50 +55 -40 -46 3.0 2059
59. Fercher,Christian ARG ---- -27 =43 -35 -28 +47 -54 -37 +64 =63 3.0 1956
60. Menon,Daniel ARG ---- -42 =55 -45 -29 +64 -57 =47 =62 =53 3.0 1952
61. Ucha, Luis ARG 2106 - 5 -30 +47 -25 -33 -37 +64 +63 -41 3.0 1994
62. Torres,Oscar ARG ---- +64 -18 -44 -58 -56 =63 -35 =60 =57 2.5 1908
63. Icardi,Ulises ARG ---- -21 -58 -57 +64 -46 =62 -56 -61 =59 2.0 1840
64. BYE ---- -62 -36 -37 -63 -60 -47 -61 -59 -55 0.0
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Leonid Yudasin and Alek Wojtkiewicz won the 72nd New York Masters on 9th
September 2003 with 3.5/4. News John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com
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72nd New York Masters Action USA (USA), 9 ix 2003
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g 2682 + 8 +12 = 3 + 5 3.5 ($250)
2. Wojtkiewicz, Alek g 2652 + 6 + 5 +11 = 3 3.5 ($250)
3. Benjamin, Joel g 2671 + 9 + 4 = 1 = 2 3.0 ($ 50)
4. Ippolito, Dean m 2435 +14 - 3 + 8 = 6 2.5
5. Sarkar, Justin m 2429 +15 - 2 + 7 - 1 2.0
6. Privman, Boris f 2331 - 2 +15 = 9 = 4 2.0 ($100)
7. Braylovsky, Greg 2386 -11 +14 - 5 =10 1.5
8. Bonin, Jay m 2377 - 1 +10 - 4 = 9 1.5
9. Shahade, Jennifer wm 2356 - 3 =11 = 6 = 8 1.5
10. Furdzik, Rafal 2265 -12 - 8 +15 = 7 1.5
11. Matthew, Ervin 2151 + 7 = 9 - 2 --- 1.5
12. Shahade, Greg m 2514 +10 - 1 --- --- 1.0
13. Logunov, Ilya 2026 --- --- --- +15 1.0
14. Coleman, Teddy f 2205 - 4 - 7 --- --- 0.0
15. Zakinov, Leonid 2200 - 5 - 6 -10 -13 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $360
2ND - $140
3RD - $ 50
U2400 - $100
The First Saturday September events started on 6th September. There are
GM, IM and FM events. My thannks to Laszlo Nagy and Miklos Orso.
Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0309/index.htm
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FSGM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-14 ix 2003 cat. VIII (2449)
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1. Predojevic, Borki f YUG 2474 * = . . 0 = 1 = = 1 1 . 1 6.0 2574
2. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson f VIE 2435 = * = = 1 = 0 . . . 1 1 1 6.0 2582
3. Csom, Istvan g HUN 2455 . = * 1 . = . = 1 = = = . 5.0 2527
4. Erdos, Viktor f HUN 2420 . = 0 * = = = = = 1 1 . . 5.0 2489
5. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei g UKR 2497 1 0 . = * = = . 1 . . . = 4.0 2508
6. Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2548 = = = = = * = . . . . . 1 4.0 2512
7. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2471 0 1 . = = = * . 0 = . . 1 4.0 2462
8. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2442 = . = = . . . * 0 0 1 1 = 4.0 2430
9. Szieberth, Adam m HUN 2376 = . 0 = 0 . 1 1 * . = 0 = 4.0 2402
10. Bui Vinh m VIE 2469 0 . = 0 . . = 1 . * = = = 3.5 2396
11. Banusz, Tamas HUN 2322 0 0 = 0 . . . 0 = = * 1 . 2.5 2298
12. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2446 . 0 = . . . . 0 1 = 0 * . 2.0 2291
13. Pert, Nicholas m ENG 2483 0 0 . . = 0 0 = = = . . * 2.0 2271
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1. Armbruster, Alexan GER 2253 * = = 1 = . . . . = 1 1 5.0 2470
2. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2449 = * 0 . = = . 1 1 . 1 . 4.5 2392
3. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2419 = 1 * = . . = . = . = 1 4.5 2402
4. Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2361 0 . = * . 1 . = 1 . = 1 4.5 2379
5. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2277 = = . . * 0 1 = = 1 . . 4.0 2351
6. Webb, Laurence ENG 2325 . = . 0 1 * = = = 1 . . 4.0 2359
7. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2319 . . = . 0 = * = . = 1 = 3.5 2275
8. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2227 . 0 . = = = = * . = . = 3.0 2259
9. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2285 . 0 = 0 = = . . * = . 1 3.0 2274
10. Cisneros, Lucas f ESP 2250 = . . . 0 0 = = = * = . 2.5 2173
11. Steiner, Bruno AUT 2245 0 0 = = . . 0 . . = * 1 2.5 2217
12. Gorgs, Alfred GER 2188 0 . 0 0 . . = = 0 . 0 * 1.0 1992
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The Icelandic Championships took place in Hafnarborg 24th August - 3rd
September 2003. Hannes Stefansson won the event with a 10/11 performance. Games
from the final round are missing. My thanks to Thomas Henrich.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.is/ice03/
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ch-ISL Hafnarborg ISL (ISL), 24 viii-3 ix 2003 cat. V (2351)
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1. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2560 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 10.0 2715
2. Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2444 = * 1 1 = = = = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2517
3. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor ISL 2247 0 0 * = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2425
4. Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2269 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2423
5. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2404 0 = 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2411
6. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2285 0 = = 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2393
7. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2411 0 = 0 = = = * 0 = 1 0 1 4.5 2280
8. Kjartansson, David f ISL 2320 0 = = 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 = = 4.5 2289
9. Asmundsson, Ingvar f ISL 2321 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 = = 4.0 2252
10. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn f ISL 2349 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 0 * = 1 3.5 2218
11. Halldorsson, Gudmundur ISL 2282 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = = = * 0 3.5 2224
12. Sigfusson, Sigurdur f ISL 2323 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 1 * 2.5 2142
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The 1st Misr Closed 2003 took place 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).
IM Adly Ahmed 2429 made his second GM Norm,and came clear first with 7.5
points and a performance of 2605. FM Amin Bassem 2342 made his first IM Norm
and Omar Salama made an International Arbiter norm after being the cheif
arbiter of the tournament.
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1. Adly, Ahmed m EGY 2429 * 1 0 = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2606
2. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2560 0 * = 1 1 = = = = = 1 = 6.5 2526
3. Abdelnabbi, Imed m EGY 2455 1 = * = = 0 = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2535
4. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2424 = 0 = * 1 1 = 0 = = 1 1 6.5 2538
5. Amin, Bassem f EGY 2342 1 0 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2545
6. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2560 0 = 1 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2526
7. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2539 = = = = = = * 1 = = 0 1 6.0 2499
8. El Gindy, Essam m EGY 2498 0 = = 1 0 = 0 * 1 = = 1 5.5 2466
9. Medvegy, Zoltan g HUN 2498 = = = = = = = 0 * = = = 5.0 2430
10. Kosten, Anthony C g FRA 2514 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = * 1 1 4.5 2400
11. Ahmed, Esam Aly m EGY 2403 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = = 0 * 1 4.0 2373
12. Ezat, Mohamed m EGY 2410 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.0 2091
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The 2nd Sharjah Chess Festival took place 27th August to 4th September
2003. Amir Bagheri won the closed event with 8/11 half a point clear of AR
Saleh Jasim (who made an IM norm) in the IM event. GM Kotsur Pavel (Kazakhstan)
emerged as the sole winner with 7.5 points at the end of the ninth and final
round of Sharjah Open. My thanks to Mehrshad Sharif for the games.
Internet coverage: http://www.sharjahchess.com
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Open Sharjah UAE (UAE), 27 viii-4 ix 2003
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1. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2540 7.5
2. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2571 7.0
3. Harikrishna, P g IND 2558 7.0
4. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2544 7.0
5. Velikhanli, Firuza wg AZE 2339 7.0
6. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2577 6.5
7. El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2505 6.5
8. Rausis, Igors g BAN 2495 6.5
9. Shukurova, Meihriban wm AZE 2244 6.5
10. Nadir, Samir SUD 2171 6.5
11. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2566 6.0
12. Himdan, Maher m EGY 2341 6.0
13. Molina, Tony PHI 2264 6.0
14. Amer, Mohamed EGY 2191 6.0
15. Saeed, Ishaq f UAE 2188 6.0
16. Ali, Obay SUD 2187 6.0
17. Al-Housa, Khalil PLE 2072 6.0
18. Ghader Pour, Shayesteh wm IRI 2010 6.0
19. Khaled Khamis, Ali UAE 1998 6.0
20. Ahmed, Ishaq f UAE 1973 6.0
21. Marwan,Abdulwahab UAE ---- 6.0
93 players
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It Sharjah UAE (UAE), 27 viii-4 ix 2003 cat. III (2321)
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1. Bagheri, Amir m IRI 2500 8.0
2. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2318 7.5
3. Dovliatov, Sanan m AZE 2390 7.0
4. Hassan, Abdul f UAE 2321 7.0
5. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2434 7.0
6. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2431 6.0
7. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2521 5.5
8. Kadimova, Ilaha wg AZE 2345 5.0
9. Abdul, Majeed f UAE 2245 4.5
10. Saeed, Majed UAE 2060 3.5
11. Khalid, Al-Shaali UAE 2185 2.5
12. Ali, Hassan UAE 2097 1.0
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The 4th Grand Prix du Senat (rapid chess 25 mins) took place over the
weekend of 6th-7th September 2003. Marie Sebag was the surprising 2-0 winner
against Laurent Fressinet in the first round, Anatoli Vassier had to resort to
a blitz playoff to get past Almira Skripchenko. Vaisser won the final
comfortably 2-0.
Internet coverage:
http://www.senat.fr/evenement/echec2003.html
and http://www.europe-echecs.com
Round 1 (September 6, 2003)
Fressinet, Laurent - Sebag, Marie 0-2
Skripchenko, Almira - Vaisser, Anatoli 1-3
Round 2 (September 7, 2003)
Final
Sebag, Marie - Vaisser, Anatoli 0-2
3rd-4th Playoff
Skripchenko, Almira - Fressinet, Laurent 0.5-1.5
The Category IV tournament in Chasseneuil du Poitou took place in
Chasseneuil du Poitou 6th-14th Septembre 2003. Oleg Gladyszev won the event
with 6/9.
Internet coverage:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/daniel.lavie/ferme.html
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1. Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2455 * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2438
2. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2478 = * 1 = = 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2391
3. Onkoud, Abdelaziz MAR 2314 = 0 * = = 1 1 0 1 1 5.5 2409
4. Picard, Romain FRA 2244 = = = * = = = 1 = = 5.0 2380
5. Velikov, Petar g BUL 2448 = = = = * = = 0 1 1 5.0 2357
6. Bedouin, Xavier FRA 2229 0 1 0 = = * = 1 1 = 5.0 2381
7. David, Vincent FRA 2333 = = 0 = = = * = = = 4.0 2284
8. Lejarre, Ludovic FRA 2301 0 = 1 0 1 0 = * = = 4.0 2287
9. Monteau, Luc FRA 2231 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 3.0 2213
10. Saada, Julien FRA 2245 0 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 * 2.0 2117
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The Chinese National Team Championship took place in Tianjin, China -
August 31st - September 11th 2003. A few games are available from the
event.
Internet coverage: http://www.chende.net
The 1st League Bosnian and Herzegovina took place in Neum on the
Adriatic Sea August 23rd-29th 2003. SK Zeljeznicar, Sarajevo ( Robert Ruck,
Faruk Bistric and Adam Horvath etc) were the clear winners.
My thanks to Sead Bicevic for the games and results.
Full details: http://www.sah.co.ba
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TCh-BIH Neum BIH (BIH), 23-29 viii 2003
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1 SK Zeljeznicar, Sarajevo 45.0 18 18 45.0
2 TSK Sloboda, Tuzla 33.5 12 12 33.5
3 SK Dig.Telekom, Gradacac 30.5 12 12 30.5
4 SK Preporod, Zenica 30.0 10 10 30.0
5 SK Mostar,Mostar 29.5 12 12 29.5
6 SK Cazin-SCT-E-BA, Cazin 27.0 9 9 27.0
7 SK Igman, Ilidza 25.5 7 7 25.5
8 SK Banovici, Banovici 20.5 5 5 20.5
9 SK Gorazde, Gorazde 19.0 3 3 19.0
10 SD SiS SK A.Cesarec, Sar 9.5 2 2 9.5
The Polish Extra League 2003 took place in Lubniewice 30th August - 7th
Spetember 2003. Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa won the event. My thanks to Przemek
Jahr.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Total
1 Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa ### 4.5 4.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.5 5.0 40.0
2 Polfa Grodzisk Mazowiecki 1.5 ### 3.0 4.0 4.5 3.5 5.5 3.5 4.0 4.0 33.5
3 PTSz Plock 2.0 3.0 ### 2.5 2.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 3.5 5.0 31.0
4 AZS UMCS Lublin 3.0 2.0 3.5 ### 3.5 3.5 2.5 4.0 3.5 3.5 29.0
5 Pocztowiec TP SA Poznan 2.0 1.5 4.0 2.5 ### 3.5 2.0 4.5 3.0 3.5 26.5
6 Zelmer Rzeszów 1.0 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 ### 3.5 2.5 4.0 3.5 24.0
7 Miedz Legnica 1.0 0.5 1.0 3.5 4.0 2.5 ### 4.0 3.0 2.5 22.0
8 Polonia Wroclaw 1.0 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.5 3.5 2.0 ### 4.0 3.5 22.0
9 JKSz MCKiS Jaworzno 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 ### 3.0 21.5
10 Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.5 2.5 3.0 ### 20.5
The Nordic Championships take place September 6th-17th Aarhus,
Denmark.
Internet coverage: http://www.skak-nm.dk/info.htm
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ch-Nordic Aarhus DEN (DEN), 6-17 ix 2003 cat. X (2499)
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1. Hansen, Curt g DEN 2618 * = 0 1 . 1 = . 1 1 1 . 6.0 2686
2. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2605 = * 1 . 1 1 0 = = 1 . . 5.5 2650
3. Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2498 1 0 * 1 = . . . = = = 1 5.0 2605
4. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2538 0 . 0 * = 1 1 1 = . = . 4.5 2548
5. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2560 . 0 = = * . = . = = 1 1 4.5 2532
6. Lehtinen, Heikki f FIN 2362 0 0 . 0 . * = 1 . 1 1 1 4.5 2548
7. Palo, Davor m DEN 2510 = 1 . 0 = = * 0 . = . 1 4.0 2502
8. Gausel, Einar g NOR 2533 . = . 0 . 0 1 * = = = 1 4.0 2472
9. Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2525 0 = = = = . . = * . = = 3.5 2472
10. Kallio, Heikki g FIN 2471 0 0 = . = 0 = = . * . 1 3.0 2415
11. Lie, Kjetil A m NOR 2440 0 . = = 0 0 . = = . * 1 3.0 2408
12. Naes, Flovin Tor f FAI 2330 . . 0 . 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 2043
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The Ansfelden tournament takes place 12th-20th September 2003.
Official coverage: http://www.schach.at/2003/09/grossmeister/
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1. Knoll, Hermann f AUT 2361 * . . . . = . 1 1 . 2.5 2701
2. Roos, Michael f GER 2412 . * . . . . . = 1 1 2.5 2648
3. Baumgartner, Heinz f AUT 2347 . . * = = . . . . 1 2.0 2549
4. Lehner, Oliver m AUT 2391 . . = * = = . . . . 1.5 2462
5. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2534 . . = = * . = . . . 1.5 2432
6. Lau, Ralf g GER 2505 = . . = . * . . = . 1.5 2360
7. Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2560 . . . . = . * = . = 1.5 2444
8. Uhlmann, Wolfgang g GER 2451 0 = . . . . = * . . 1.0 2319
9. Moser, Eva wg AUT 2328 0 0 . . . = . . * . 0.5 2153
10. Kilgus, Georg f AUT 2348 . 0 0 . . . = . . * 0.5 2166
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The "Jezero 2003" Chess Open Tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia
14th-22nd August 2003. Srdjan Cvetkovic took first on tie-break ahead of 5
other players on 7/9. My thanks to Vladica Andrejic.
Internet coverage: http://www.beochess.org.yu
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Jezero Open Belgrade YUG (YUG), 14-22 viii 2003
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1 Cvetkovic,Srdjan m 2409 YUG 7.0 55.0 2513
2 Certic,Branimir m 2396 YUG 7.0 54.5 2496
3 Pavlovic,Milos f 2442 YUG 7.0 53.5 2506
4 Andrijevic,Milan m 2375 YUG 7.0 52.5 2490
5 Miljkovic,Miroslav f 2414 YUG 7.0 52.5 2480
6 Vasiljevic,Dragan m 2327 YUG 7.0 50.0 2414
7 Cobic,Vladimir . 2378 YUG 6.5 55.5 2430
8 Panic,Nenad . 2347 YUG 6.5 53.5 2409
9 Mozetic,Dejan m 2448 YUG 6.5 51.0 2376
10 Pantos,Nenad . 2264 YUG 6.5 49.5 2361
11 Damjanovic,Dragan . 2276 YUG 6.5 49.0 2393
12 Cetkovic,Bozidar f 2290 YUG 6.5 48.0 2289
13 Skaric,Djuro . 2120 YUG 6.5 47.0 2338
14 Scekic,Milos m 2434 YUG 6.5 47.0 2328
15 Boskovic,Drasko f 2402 YUG 6.5 46.0 2360
16 Divljan,Igor . 2272 CAN 6.0 50.0 2364
17 Nestorovic,Dejan m 2424 YUG 6.0 48.5 2283
18 Popovic,Aleksandar,M . 2232 YUG 6.0 48.0 2409
19 Matovic,Sasa . YUG 6.0 47.5 2215
20 Petrovic,Zoran,Z . 2147 YUG 6.0 47.0 2254
21 Jokic,Miodrag . 2169 YUG 6.0 46.0 2222
22 Nikolic,Milos . 2190 YUG 6.0 45.5 2261
23 Aksentijevic,Malisa . 2177 YUG 6.0 43.5 2264
24 Mihajlovic,Miodrag f 2250 YUG 6.0 42.5 2290
25 Zmijanac,Dusko f 2258 YUG 6.0 41.5 2330
26 Raspopovic,Milos . 2214 YUG 6.0 40.0 2255
27 Vulin,Milorad . YUG 5.5 52.0 2231
28 Brujic,Bozidar . 2310 YUG 5.5 48.0 2237
29 Paulic,Branko f 2228 YUG 5.5 47.5 2291
30 Jelic,Goran f 2229 YUG 5.5 47.0 2184
31 Radosavljevic,Novica . 2048 YUG 5.5 47.0 2189
32 Maric,Dragan f 2262 YUG 5.5 47.0 2185
33 Strbac,Mladen . 2213 YUG 5.5 44.5 2170
34 Zendilovska,Katarina . 2101 YUG 5.5 44.0 2090
35 Gotovusa,Goran . 2165 MKD 5.5 43.5 2232
36 Jevremovic,Miodrag . 2103 YUG 5.5 43.0 2223
37 Stosic,Slobodan . 2197 YUG 5.5 43.0 2330
38 Savic,Marijana wf 2129 YUG 5.5 42.5 2201
39 Toth,Aleksandar . 2155 YUG 5.5 42.5 2238
40 Vulicevic,Dobrica . 2150 YUG 5.5 42.0 2055
41 Jovanovic,Sasa,T f 2306 YUG 5.5 41.0 2132
42 Damjanovic,Lazar . 2142 YUG 5.5 39.5 2178
146 players
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://www.asuguia.com/feparaj/,
alternate: http://www.inforchess.com
Round 1 Standings:
1. Felgaer Ruben GM 1.0
2. Campora Daniel H GM 1.0
3. Rodriguez Andres GM 1.0
4. Labollita Martin IM 1.0
5. Flores Diego IM 1.0
6. Giardelli Sergio C IM 1.0
7. Rojas Luis IM 1.0
8. Cubas Jose F IM 1.0
9. Pierrot Facundo IM 1.0
10. Crosa Martin FM 1.0
11. Mahia Gustavo 1.0
12. Vasquez Rodrigo IM 0.5
13. Valiente Cristobal IM 0.5
14. Llorens Marcelo 0.0
15. Izquierdo Daniel FM 0.0
16. Sosa H Jorge FM 0.0
17. Espinoza Edgar 0.0
18. Peralta Eduardo FM 0.0
19. Gamarra C Carlos FM 0.0
20. Figari Esteban 0.0
21. Vera I Jorge 0.0
22. Bergonzi Osvaldo 0.0
23. Lipiniks Leonardo 0.0
24. Zacarias M Ruben D 0.0
The European Chess Championship Under 10/12/14/16/18 2003 take 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
10th Hallstahammar Open took place 12th -14th September 2003 7 Round
Swiss. Normunds Miezis and Robert Bator finished on 6.5/7. No games
available.
Further details: http://w1.220.telia.com/~u22002729/
Leading Final Round 7 Standings
1 Miezis, Normunds 2558 gm 6.5 29.0
Bator, Robert 2502 im 6.5 29.0
3 Hillarp-Persson, Tiger 2585 gm 6 29.5
4 Berg, Emanuel 2542 im 6 28.5
5 Couso, Luis 2448 fm 6 28.0
6 Olsson, Anders 2500 im 5.5 31.5
7 Tihonov, Yurij 2432 im 5.5 30.5
Carlsson, Pontus 2395 5.5 30.5
9 Hedman, Erik 2402 fm 5.5 28.5
10 Eriksson, Anders 2366 fm 5.5 28.0
11 Livner, Anders 2280 5.5 27.0
170 players
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. The Category IV (IM norm at 6/9 points) event is a six player
double round robin.
Internet coverage: http://www.epernet.fr/ecv/
2nd Masters Villeurbanne FRA (FRA), 12-20 ix 2003 cat. IV (2334)
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1 Kosten, Anthony C g FRA 2514 ** =. .. 1. .. .. 1.5 2457
2 Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas CAN 2249 =. ** 1. .. .. .. 1.5 2536
3 Thiriet, Benoit FRA 2173 .. 0. ** .. 1. .. 1.0 2365
4 Carlhammar, Magnus SWE 2279 0. .. .. ** .. 1. 1.0 2409
5 Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2482 .. .. 0. .. ** 1. 1.0 2239
6 Berube, Richard f CAN 2305 .. .. .. 0. 0. ** 0.0
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George Mirijanian reports: The 63rd New England Open was held 29th
August - 1st September 2003 at the Sheraton Hotel at Bradley Airport in Windsor
Locks, Connecticut, USA. FIDE master William Kelleher, 53, of Massachusetts and
national master Joshua Friedel, 16, of New Hampshire tied for first-second
place with 5-1 scores, drawing each other in the final round. IM William
Paschall of Massachusetts captured third place with a 4.5-1.5 tally. Tied for
fourth place with 4-2 results were FM Paul MacIntyre and national experts
Martin Nilsson, Harris Appelman and Max Enkin. The tournament drew 115 players
in six sections and was organized by Joe Sparks, one of New England's most
prominent chess promoters.
The 14th Official NATO Chess Championships took place in Hoevelte, north
of Copenhagen from 8th-12th September 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.natochess.org
Final Standings:
1 Borchgrevink Harald 2197 ** NOR 6.0 2482 32.0
2 Seel Christian 2315 FM GER 6.0 2470 32.0
3 Skindzier Saturnin 2207 ** POL 5.5 2423 31.5
4 Helbig Mark 2239 ** GER 5.0 2322 33.5
5 Ekeberg Carl Fredrik 2226 ** NOR 5.0 2344 31.5
6 Lokasto Anatol 2231 ** POL 5.0 2300 30.5
7 Cooper Lawrence 2335 IM ENG 5.0 2289 30.5
8 Ludden Gert-Jan - VET 2269 ** NED 5.0 2298 29.5
9 Wantiez Fabrice 2188 ** BEL 5.0 2271 29.0
10 Bieluszewski Piotr 2152 ** POL 5.0 2283 29.0
11 Mueller Fabian 2207 ** GER 5.0 2284 28.5
12 Nill Oliver 2198 ** GER 5.0 2308 28.0
13 Deleyn Gunter 2275 FM BEL 5.0 2190 23.5
14 Szczesniak Andrzej 2183 ** POL 5.0 2130 23.0
15 Hole Oystein 2289 ** NOR 4.5 2242 30.5
16 Moen Steinar 2165 ** NOR 4.5 2193 28.5
17 Falbo Sandro 2208 ** ITA 4.5 2228 27.0
18 Schott Guido 2191 ** GER 4.5 2179 26.5
19 van Zandwijk Jan Peter 2230 ** NED 4.5 2080 24.5
20 Krainski Slavomir 2180 ** POL 4.5 2077 24.0
21 Alaslar Devrim 2072 TUR 4.5 2110 23.5
22 Agergaard Lars Michael 2200 ** DEN 4.0 2155 29.0
23 Tommasini Enzo 2117 ** ITA 4.0 2124 27.5
24 Indbryn Tommy 2131 ** NOR 4.0 2114 25.5
25 Bellardi Michel 2050 ** FRA 4.0 2011 25.0
26 L'Henoret Thierry 2117 ** FRA 4.0 1980 24.0
27 Ranario Dan 1986 USA 4.0 2081 23.5
28 Taffinder Douglas 2102 ** USA 4.0 2016 23.5
29 Nielsen Rene Ole 2231 ** DEN 3.5 2118 28.0
30 van de Walle Rob 1903 NED 3.5 2095 28.0
31 Lillevold Frode 2059 ** NOR 3.5 1986 27.0
32 Kocur Marc 1926 BEL 3.5 2109 27.0
33 Toll Alec 2100 ** ENG 3.5 2013 27.0
34 Avan Ugur 1816 TUR 3.5 2124 27.0
35 Listowiecki Tadeusz - VET 2075 ** POL 3.5 2085 26.5
36 Zengin Sedat 2108 ** TUR 3.5 2087 26.5
37 Patron Pascal 2090 FRA 3.5 1959 26.5
38 de Waard Marco 2019 NED 3.5 2097 26.5
39 Wagenaar Harm-Theo 1908 NED 3.5 2163 26.5
40 Benedetti Fabrizio 2208 ** ITA 3.5 2053 26.5
41 Mottais François 2157 ** FRA 3.5 2017 26.5
42 Woelk Sigfried - VET 2108 GER 3.5 2065 26.0
43 Cadiou Jacques -NATO 2090 FRA 3.5 1958 26.0
44 Steffers Hendrik -NATO 2039 ** NED 3.5 2089 25.5
45 Nilsson Erik 2061 DEN 3.5 2057 25.5
46 Crapulli Giuseppe - VET 1843 ITA 3.5 2117 25.5
47 Lebel Patrick 2188 ** MNC 3.5 1975 24.5
48 Kraft Matthias 2153 ** GER 3.5 1892 23.5
49 Hammond Andrew 2232 ** ENG 3.5 2073 23.5
50 Engelen Johan 1976 ** NED 3.5 2066 22.5
51 Teodonio Fabrizio - NATO 1907 ITA 3.5 2039 22.0
52 Carola Paolo 2051 ** ITA 3.5 1951 22.0
53 Lebrun Roger 2099 CAN 3.5 1805 21.5
54 Baris Erkan 1757 TUR 3.5 1984 21.0
55 Cheung Jan 2088 ** NED 3.5 1840 20.5
56 Hill Leroy 2068 USA 3.5 1823 20.5
57 Nielsen Jan Mose 2111 ** DEN 3.0 1976 27.0
58 den Besten Jan - NATO 1810 NED 3.0 2046 27.0
59 Pioch Zygmunt 2242 ** POL 3.0 1965 26.0
60 Ola Nathanial 1899 USA 3.0 2079 24.0
61 Donati Roberto 2201 ** ITA 3.0 1867 23.0
62 Tarantino Silvio - NATO 1812 ITA 3.0 2032 22.5
63 Parisse Denis - NATO 1950 FRA 3.0 1754 22.0
64 Alper Metin 2134 ** TUR 3.0 1872 22.0
65 Olesen Michael - NATO 1754 DEN 3.0 1866 21.5
66 Rasmussen Bjorn 1851 DEN 3.0 1936 21.5
67 Magpantay Froilan 2030 USA 3.0 1870 21.0
68 Prevel Jean 1990 FRA 3.0 1831 21.0
69 Alfieri Paolo 2041 ** ITA 3.0 1765 21.0
70 Kartal Koray 1809 TUR 3.0 1927 20.5
71 Charles Freddy 1822 BEL 3.0 1852 19.5
72 Koopmeiners Karl - NATO 1925 GER 2.5 1807 26.0
73 McInnes Neil 1824 ENG 2.5 1971 25.0
74 Leblanc Paul 1906 CAN 2.5 1871 25.0
75 Parker Glen 1864 ENG 2.5 1838 24.0
76 Perciballi John 1903 USA 2.5 1935 23.0
77 Geerts Luc 1541 BEL 2.5 1821 20.0
78 Denner Phil - NATO 1640 ENG 2.5 1768 19.5
79 Johnston Daz 1552 ENG 2.5 1767 19.5
80 O'Byrne Danny - VET 1584 ENG 2.5 1601 18.5
81 Nielsen Henrik 2039 ** DEN 2.5 1611 18.0
82 Vercauteren Daniël 1660 BEL 2.5 1704 15.5
83 Soysal Ismail - VET 1857 TUR 2.0 1720 21.0
84 Brokenshire Laurie - NATO 1720 ENG 2.0 1690 19.0
85 O'Neill Steve - NATO 1296 ENG 2.0 1716 19.0
86 Shea Joseph 1657 CAN 2.0 1667 18.0
87 Braud Ronald - VET 1500 USA 1.5 1462 18.5
88 Campeau Jayson 1056 CAN 1.0 1329 19.0
89 Toscani Marco 1536 CAN 1.0 1318 18.5
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.
Garry Kasparov will play for Ladia-Kazan (other players Sergei Rublevsky
(2672), Ilia Smirin (2656), Viktor Bologan (2650) and Alisa Galliamova (2502))
in the event.
The French NAO Chess Club of Paris is also fielding an exceptionally
strong team, comprising of Alexander Grischuk (2732), Peter Svidler (2723),
Michael Adams (2719), Joel Lautler (2677), Vallejo Pons Francisco (2662),
Etienne Bacrot (2645), Laurent Fressinet (2640) and Igor-Alexandre Nataf
(2549).
Internet site: http://www.venizelia.gr
Team lists: http://www.venizelia.gr/ecc2003/men/entries.html
Kasparov visit to the London Chess Center
Garry Kasparov will be at the London Chess Centre on the 21st October
2003 to promote his highly successful book series 'Garry Kasparov on My Great
Predecessors'. Volume One sold out and has been reprinted now. Kasparov will
sign your copy of the book, which can be bought on the day in the store, or
online at http://www.chess.co.uk/kasparovgreats.html
Further details: http://www.chess.co.uk/gkvisit2003.html
Kasparov vs Azmaiparashvili Rapid and Blitz Match
Garry Kasparov takes on Zurab Azmaiparashvili in a 4 rapid game and four
blitz game match in Crete 23th-24th September 2003.
Official site: http://www.venizelia.gr
4NCL Fixtures
The 4NCL starts on 18th October 2003. Fixtures are now out.
Details: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/fixtures.htm
4th Liberec Open
4th International Chess Tournament Open Liberec 2003 takes place 25th
October - 1st November 2003 in the town of Liberec (Jizerske mountains in the
Czech Republic). This tournament is a part of the Czech Tour 2003-2004.
Further details: http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
Vilnius European GP
The Vilnius Championships a European Grand Prix event takes place
September 27th - October 4th 2003.
Details: http://www.vilniuschesschampionship.lt/lt.php
and details of the GP standings at: http://www.eurochess.org
12th Monarch Assurance
The 12th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International takes place at the
Ocean Castle Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man, from 27 September to 5 October
2003. The total prize fund has gone up to 16,500 GBP (= 26350 USD) with a first
prize of 2,500 GBP (= 4000 USD). The line-up is one of the strongest ever seen
at a tournament in the British Isles. Vladimir Epishin (RUS, 2642) is defending
his title, with his main challenger being former world championship finalist
Nigel Short (ENG, 2701). Other 2600+ players in the field: Sergey Volkov (RUS),
Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), Viorel Iordaschescu (MDA) and Vasilios Kotronias (CYP).
There are 29 GMs, 19 IMs and 4 WGMs are in the field so far.
Further details:
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2003/index.html
3rd Bangkok Open
The 3rd Bangkok Open is a FIDE rated tournament in Pattaya Resort Town
(1-2 hours from Bangkok) October 22nd - 26th 2003. Due to the size of the venue
there are only 150 max number of players allowed. 121 have registered so far.
Details: http://www.bangkokchess.com
Hungarian Tournaments October 2003 - January 2004
Hungarian chess tournaments, Oct-Nov-Dec-Jan 2003-2004:
1. "FIRST SATURDAY", GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, 4th-17th of October,
org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu Website:
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
2. IM-closed, Kecskemet, 18th-28th of October, /100 km East from
Budapest/, org. dr.Erdelyi Tamas, e-mail: caissa@axelero.hu
3. "FIRST SATURDAY", FS-GM-IM closed, Budapest, 1st-13th of November,
org. NL.
4. PAKS GM-IM closed, 100 km South from Budapest, 19th-29th of
November, org: IM Videki, his e-mail: videkisn@axelero.hu
5. "TENKES CUP", 9 rounds Swiss Open, 21st-29th of November, Harkany
/250 km West from Budapest/, org: Fulop Csaba, his e-mail fulopcsa@axelero.hu,
6. "FIRST SATURDAY", FS-GM-IM closed, Budapest, 6th-19th of December,
org. NL.
7. TAPOLCA Open 9 rounds Swiss, 9th-17th of January, Budapest, org.:
Parej Jozsef, More info: firstsat@elender.hu
1st Samba Cup
The Skanderborg Chess Club is organising a new GM tournament in Denmark.
The field for 1st Samba Cup is now complete, and it will be Denmark's first
cat. 16 tournament ever. Amongst players are many of this year's tournament
winners. The final line-up is Vassily Ivanchuk UKR, Nigel Short ENG, Victor
Bologan MDA, Rustam Kasimdzhanov UZB, Julio Granda Zuniga PER, Peter Heine
Nielsen DEN, Curt Hansen DEN, Evgeny Alekseev RUS, Darmen Sadvakasov KAZ and
Davor Palo DEN. ELO average is 2634.
Dates of play: October 10th-20th 2003. Venue: Hotel Skanderborghus in
Skanderborg, Denmark.
Internet coverage: http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2003
FIDE Zonal 2.4
FIDE Zonal 2.4 takes place in Sao Paulo Chess Club September 19th-26th,
2003. 10 players including 5 GMs Cat. IX (2451) Granda (PER), Milos (BRA),
Mecking (BRA), Leitão (BRA), Lima (BRA), Zambrana (BOL), Disconzi da
Silva (BRA), Teixeira (BRA), Ramos (PER) and Sierra (PER) - 2 qualifying
places. The women's zonal also takes place with one qualifying place.
Internet coverage: http://www.cxsp.com.br/ZonalFide2003.htm
and http://www.cxsp.com.br
Jamaican Championships
The Jamaican Championships take place August 2nd - September 7th
2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/chessjamaica/
and http://www.thechessdrum.net
7th Itau Cup
The 7th Itau Cup starts September 27th 2003.
Further details: http://www.cxsp.com.br
12th International Raiffeisen Donau Open
12th International Raiffeisen DONAU OPEN 2003 26th-31st December 2003
Place: Aschacher Veranstaltungszentrum Bahnhofstrasse 6 A- 4082 Aschach an der
Donau AUSTRIA Turnaments A - FIDE Open open to all B - Turnier Elo under 2000 C
- Turnier Elo under 1600 7 rounds - Swiss system - FIDE rated time: 40 moves/2
hours, then 1 hour for the rest Information Günter Mitterhuemer Seebach
19, A-4070 Eferding Tel.: 0 72 72 / 43 98 , Fax 0 72 73 / 63 36 15 E-mail:
guenter.mitterhuemer@schach.at
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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/
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 .
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
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/
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/