The Week in Chess 463

THE WEEK IN CHESS 463 22nd September 2003 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk, Yin Hao, Fang Zhang, Lanfranco Bombelli, Zenón Franco Ocampos, Laszlo Nagy, Mirjana Medic, Pablo Sierra, Miklos Orso, Cesar Cardozo, Jeroen van den Berg, Bill Townsend, Jakub Fuksik, Yannick Pelletier, Cecil Rosner, Gabor Pali, Antonio Bento, Juan Carlos Ruiz, Peter Sowray, Argiris Kotsis, Igor Nataf, Pablo Sierra, Eugeny Atarov and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Without playing a game Kasparov has extended his lead at the top of the October rating list released this week. He will play an exhibition match against Azmaiparashvili in the next couple of days followed by playing in the European Club Cup, can he show some form? The rating list also shows the continued rise of Evgeny Bareev who is now World Number 4. His career was in the doldrums until the end of 2001 or the start of 2002 mostly because he couldn't get top class invitations, I've always liked him as a player and its nice to see his rise. Its also great to see Shirov's return he is back at number 5 in the list now.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) FIDE Rating List

The new FIDE Rating list for October 2003 has been released. The Russian Championships didn't make the list which has been officially released 2 weeks before it becomes active for the first time.

Garry Kasparov didn't play an games in the rating period and stays at 2830. Vladimir Kramnik lost 8 rating points so Kasparov's lead has extended. Viswanathan Anand also lost 8 points.

Other headline changes include: Bareev up from 9 to 4. Shirov up from 7 to 5 Adams gains a few points, Leko down from 4 to 10, Morozevich up from 23 to 16, Sasikiran 40 to 24, Bologan 42 to 27, Luke McShane 74 to 46.

Further information including the full list: http://www.fide.com

No. Name                              t  NAT  ap02 ju02 oc02 ja03 ap03 ju03 oc03 Gms
  1 Kasparov, Gary..................  g  RUS  2838 2838 2838 2847 2830 2830 2830  0
  2 Kramnik, Vladimir...............  g  RUS  2809 2807 2807 2807 2789 2785 2777 11
  3 Anand, Viswanathan..............  g  IND  2752 2755 2755 2753 2764 2774 2766 10
  4 Bareev, Evgeny..................  g  RUS  2724 2726 2737 2729 2734 2721 2739 11
  5 Shirov, Alexei..................  g  ESP  2704 2697 2699 2723 2735 2732 2737  2
  6 Topalov, Veselin................  g  BUL  2745 2745 2743 2743 2735 2735 2735  0
  7 Grischuk, Alexander.............  g  RUS  2702 2702 2702 2712 2701 2732 2732  0
  8 Adams, Michael..................  g  ENG  2744 2752 2745 2734 2723 2719 2725 10
  9 Svidler, Peter..................  g  RUS  2688 2690 2690 2693 2713 2723 2723  0
 10 Leko, Peter.....................  g  HUN  2707 2717 2743 2736 2746 2739 2722 10
 11 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ...........  g  HUN  2677 2681 2685 2700 2715 2718 2722  9
 12 Ponomariov, Ruslan..............  g  UKR  2743 2743 2743 2734 2718 2718 2718  0
 13 Ivanchuk, Vassily...............  g  UKR  2711 2711 2709 2699 2704 2710 2710  0
 14 Dreev, Alexey...................  g  RUS  2677 2676 2673 2690 2695 2698 2705  9
 15 Gelfand, Boris..................  g  ISR  2707 2710 2704 2700 2700 2695 2703 11
 16 Morozevich, Alexander...........  g  RUS  2718 2716 2707 2678 2678 2679 2702 10
 17 Short, Nigel D..................  g  ENG  2673 2682 2684 2690 2686 2701 2701  0
 18 Malakhov, Vladimir..............  g  RUS  2663 2668 2670 2677 2672 2696 2696  0
 19 Sokolov, Ivan...................  g  NED  2647 2677 2684 2688 2677 2693 2695  4
 20 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab..........  g  GEO  2676 2676 2666 2678 2678 2702 2693  7
 21 Karpov, Anatoly.................  g  RUS  2690 2687 2688 2688 2686 2693 2693  0
 22 Akopian, Vladimir...............  g  ARM  2678 2689 2689 2703 2703 2703 2684  9
 23 Ye, Jiangchuan..................  g  CHN  2676 2676 2667 2682 2684 2683 2681 11
 24 Sasikiran, Krishnan.............  g  IND  2633 2650 2670 2664 2658 2654 2679 25
 25 Khalifman, Alexander............  g  RUS  2698 2690 2690 2702 2702 2678 2678  0
 26 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter.........  g  ROM  2608 2610 2613 2592 2606 2666 2675 26
 27 Bologan, Viktor.................  g  MDA  2652 2631 2627 2630 2663 2650 2673 10
 28 Rublevsky, Sergei...............  g  RUS  2657 2658 2664 2644 2670 2672 2672  0
 29 Smirin, Ilia....................  g  ISR  2685 2676 2683 2664 2662 2656 2670 14
 30 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............  g  UZB  2674 2648 2653 2676 2680 2664 2668 13
 31 Beliavsky, Alexander G..........  g  SLO  2661 2652 2650 2649 2649 2668 2667 20
 32 Lautier, Joel...................  g  FRA  2675 2663 2665 2670 2666 2677 2666 21
 33 Bacrot, Etienne.................  g  FRA  2653 2653 2653 2671 2654 2645 2664 21
 34 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............  g  BLR  2654 2646 2621 2633 2650 2659 2664  8
 35 Vallejo Pons, Francisco.........  g  ESP  2638 2648 2635 2629 2645 2662 2662  0
 36 Onischuk, Alexander.............  g  USA  2641 2644 2649 2658 2647 2657 2661 26
 37 Epishin, Vladimir...............  g  RUS  2606 2643 2628 2626 2628 2642 2658 37
 38 Sakaev, Konstantin..............  g  RUS  2649 2647 2647 2645 2664 2655 2657 11
 39 Gurevich, Mikhail...............  g  BEL  2641 2649 2634 2634 2635 2644 2656 22
 40 Kobalia, Mikhail................  g  RUS  2602 2625 2625 2635 2639 2656 2656  0
 41 Van Wely, Loek..................  g  NED  2642 2645 2681 2668 2675 2661 2654 13
 42 Fressinet, Laurent..............  g  FRA  2606 2619 2619 2593 2595 2640 2654 10
 43 Zvjaginsev, Vadim...............  g  RUS  2645 2668 2680 2671 2664 2653 2653  0
 44 Georgiev, Kiril.................  g  MKD  2654 2658 2658 2654 2647 2637 2651  6
 45 Radjabov, Teimour...............  g  AZE  2610 2618 2628 2624 2644 2648 2650 19
 46 McShane, Luke J.................  g  ENG  2538 2544 2546 2568 2592 2619 2649 29
 47 Aronian, Levon..................  g  ARM  2571 2585 2581 2610 2606 2649 2649  0
 48 Nikolic, Predrag................  g  BIH  2653 2661 2661 2638 2643 2649 2647  4
 49 Sutovsky, Emil..................  g  ISR  2660 2658 2657 2651 2652 2639 2646  9
 50 Graf, Alexander.................  g  GER  2623 2624 2635 2630 2630 2643 2646  8
 51 Tkachiev, Vladislav.............  g  FRA  2633 2625 2632 2642 2643 2654 2645 11
 52 Movsesian, Sergei...............  g  SVK  2624 2654 2651 2663 2659 2647 2645  3
 53 Hjartarson, Johann .............  g  ISL  2634 2634 2634 2634 2634 2640 2640  0
 54 Zhang, Zhong....................  g  CHN  2639 2637 2620 2624 2666 2658 2639 11
 55 Macieja, Bartlomiej.............  g  POL  2585 2607 2615 2629 2634 2627 2635 20
 56 Tregubov, Pavel V...............  g  RUS  2627 2599 2594 2612 2632 2635 2635  0
 57 Lastin, Alexander...............  g  RUS  2619 2625 2625 2636 2632 2634 2634  0
 58 Motylev, Alexander..............  g  RUS  2622 2634 2634 2640 2634 2634 2634  0
 59 Rozentalis, Eduardas............  g  LTU  2586 2564 2563 2585 2586 2616 2633 20
 60 Vescovi, Giovanni...............  g  BRA  2611 2611 2614 2592 2615 2618 2633 11
 61 Almasi, Zoltan..................  g  HUN  2650 2672 2672 2676 2676 2655 2631  9
 62 Lputian, Smbat G................  g  ARM  2634 2627 2627 2638 2638 2623 2630  9
 63 Filippov, Valerij...............  g  RUS  2612 2615 2615 2616 2627 2630 2630  0
 64 Goldin, Alexander...............  g  USA  2618 2609 2630 2621 2611 2608 2629 21
 65 Smirnov, Pavel..................  m  RUS  2510 2539 2562 2572 2615 2629 2629  0
 66 Khenkin, Igor...................  g  GER  2587 2598 2603 2624 2644 2638 2627 18
 67 Kotronias, Vasilios.............  g  CYP  2580 2578 2561 2573 2597 2602 2626 37
 68 Nielsen, Peter Heine............  g  DEN  2636 2626 2620 2620 2625 2636 2626 20
 69 Sadler, Matthew.................  g  ENG  2631 2624 2624 2624 2624 2626 2626  0
 70 Kaidanov, Gregory S.............  g  USA  2616 2638 2646 2629 2640 2638 2624 18
 71 Piket, Jeroen...................  g  NED  2659 2646 2646 2646 2646 2632 2624  6
 72 Granda Zuniga, Julio E..........  g  PER  2605 2605 2605 2623 2628 2641 2623 10
 73 Vaganian, Rafael A..............  g  ARM  2664 2667 2667 2667 2653 2623 2623  0
 74 Seirawan, Yasser................  g  USA  2631 2618 2629 2636 2626 2626 2621  4
 75 Volkov, Sergey..................  g  RUS  2609 2636 2642 2624 2634 2620 2620  0
 76 Moiseenko, Alexander............  g  UKR  2575 2578 2570 2597 2627 2618 2618 28
 77 Nunn, John D.M..................  g  ENG  2595 2611 2611 2611 2611 2617 2617  0
 78 Berkes, Ferenc..................  g  HUN  2511 2507 2545 2570 2578 2590 2616 25
 79 Hansen, Curt....................  g  DEN  2613 2625 2610 2610 2610 2618 2616  9
 80 Vladimirov, Evgeny..............  g  KAZ  2605 2597 2597 2597 2597 2606 2614  9
 81 Sargissian, Gabriel.............  g  ARM  2538 ---- 2568 2577 2572 2600 2614  8
 82 Lutz, Christopher...............  g  GER  2644 2650 2645 2640 2640 2631 2613 10
 83 Alekseev, Evgeny................  g  RUS  2567 2580 2593 2614 2607 2613 2613  0
 84 Giorgadze, Giorgi...............  g  GEO  2591 2591 2601 2601 2593 2612 2612  0
 85 Iordachescu, Viorel.............  g  MDA  2555 2555 2567 2550 2550 2606 2611 17
 86 Dautov, Rustem..................  g  GER  2636 2611 2617 2604 2611 2610 2610  0
 87 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas.............  g  KAZ  2583 2604 2604 2604 2600 2610 2610  0
 88 Markowski, Tomasz...............  g  POL  2538 2546 2549 2574 2587 2610 2610  0
 89 Avrukh, Boris...................  g  ISR  2567 2582 2595 2584 2586 2557 2609 45
 90 Van Den Doel, Erik..............  g  NED  2583 2602 2594 2587 2588 2615 2609 17
 91 Hodgson, Julian M...............  g  ENG  2598 2608 2608 2608 2608 2609 2609  0
 92 Dorfman, Josif D................  g  FRA  2613 2617 2617 2610 2610 2607 2608 11
 93 Xu, Jun.........................  g  CHN  2654 2654 2643 2626 2628 2626 2608 11
 94 Najer, Evgeniy..................  g  RUS  2598 2585 2579 2585 2606 2608 2608  0
 95 Navara, David...................  g  CZE  2543 2559 2567 2580 2576 2608 2607 26
 96 Dominguez, Lenier...............  g  CUB  2601 2613 2608 2602 2603 2610 2607 20
 97 Eingorn, Vereslav S.............  g  UKR  2598 2604 2600 2604 2604 2611 2607  9
 98 Galkin, Alexander...............  g  RUS  2569 2572 2577 2568 2591 2607 2607  0
 99 Bu, Xiangzhi....................  g  CHN  2601 2602 2601 2569 2588 2588 2606 11
100 Jobava, Baadur..................  g  GEO  2566 2562 2570 2559 2566 2596 2605 17
101 Agrest, Evgenij.................  g  SWE  2584 2599 2607 2574 2591 2605 2605 11
102 Dolmatov, Sergey................  g  RUS  2586 2586 2590 2591 2606 2605 2605  0

3) Lausanne Young Masters

The Lausanne Young Masters took place 17th-22nd September 2003. The knockout event saw in form Luke McShane take the title after beating Etienne Bacrot in the final.

Internet: http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com

Final Rounds September 21st-22nd

1st-2nd
Bacrot, Etienne - McShane, Luke J 1/2 0-1

3rd-4th
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 1-0

5th-6th
Karjakin, Sergey - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 1/2

7th-8th
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Papa, Severin 1/2 0-1

Round 2 (September 19-20, 2003)

Round 1 Winners
McShane, Luke J - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz 1/2 1/2 Playoff 2-0
Bacrot, Etienne - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 1/2

Minor Placings
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1-0 1/2
Karjakin, Sergey - Papa, Severin 1-0 1-0

Round 1 (September 17-18, 2003)

McShane, Luke J - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1/2 1-0
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 1-0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 1-0
Bacrot, Etienne - Papa, Severin 1-0 1/2

Players in bold won their matches.

Final Standings: 
1 McShane, Luke J         g ENG 2619 
2 Bacrot, Etienne         g FRA 2645 
3 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz  g AZE 2585 
4 Naiditsch, Arkadij      g GER 2574 
5 Karjakin, Sergey        g UKR 2560 
6 Kosteniuk, Alexandra    m RUS 2457 
7 Papa, Severin           f SUI 2372 
8 Paehtz, Elisabeth      wg GER 2417

4) Chinese Events

More events took place in China following the double round robin Kings vs. Queens Match match (where players alternated moves) which took place in September 13th-15th 2003 that I reported last week (games from the final 3 rounds now available).

The 3 Arrows (San Jian) Cup took place in Ji Nan 17th-20th September 2003. A team of Chinese women (Queens) took on a men's team (Kings). Final Score Kings 12.5 - Queens 3.5.

The Beijing (International Kings) Chess Challenge Match is now taking place September 22nd-23rd 2003, in China Resources Hotel, Beijing between Chinese teams and an International team. Day 1 International Team 5 - Chinese Team 4

International Kings Challenge

Round 1 (September 22, 2003)

Zhang Zhong       -  Bareev, Evgeny    0-1   58  C00  French Defence
Seirawan, Yasser  -  Ye Jiangchuan     1-0   56  E70  King's Indian Fianchetto
Xu Jun            -  Short, Nigel D    1/2   48  D34  Tarrasch Defence, Main Line

Round 2 (September 22, 2003)

Xu Jun            -  Seirawan, Yasser  1/2   38  E39  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bareev, Evgeny    -  Ye Jiangchuan     1/2   42  A16  English Opening
Short, Nigel D    -  Zhang Zhong       1-0   32  C51  Evans Gambit

Round 3 (September 22, 2003)

Bareev, Evgeny    -  Xu Jun            0-1   76  A34  English Symmetrical
Ye Jiangchuan     -  Short, Nigel D    1/2   46  C76  Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Seirawan, Yasser  -  Zhang Zhong       0-1   66  E38  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2


International Kings Challenge Beijing CHN (CHN), 22-23 ix 2003
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                                 1  2  3  4  5  6
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1 Xu Jun            g CHN 2626  =2 =3 +4 .  .  .   2.0  2807
2 Short, Nigel D    g ENG 2701  =1 +6 =5 .  .  .   2.0  2780
3 Seirawan, Yasser  g USA 2626  +5 =1 -6 .  .  .   1.5  2655
4 Bareev, Evgeny    g RUS 2721  +6 =5 -1 .  .  .   1.5  2655
5 Ye Jiangchuan     g CHN 2683  -3 =4 =2 .  .  .   1.0  2557
6 Zhang Zhong       g CHN 2658  -4 -2 +3 .  .  .   1.0  2557
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3 Arrows Cup

Round 1 (September 17, 2003)

Zhu Chen          -  Seirawan, Yasser  1/2   23  E39  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Xie Jun           -  Short, Nigel D    1-0   65  C94  Ruy Lopez Breyer
Bareev, Evgeny    -  Zhao Xue          1-0   75  A18  English Opening
Ye Jiangchuan     -  Xu Yuhua          1/2   54  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation

Round 2 (September 19, 2003)

Seirawan, Yasser  -  Xie Jun           1-0   41  E73  King's Indian Averbakh
Short, Nigel D    -  Zhu Chen          1-0   52  A31  English Symmetrical
Xu Yuhua          -  Bareev, Evgeny    0-1   36  C11  French Defence
Zhao Xue          -  Ye Jiangchuan     1/2   52  E94  King's Indian Classical

Round 3 (September 19, 2003)

Zhao Xue          -  Seirawan, Yasser  0-1   21  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Xu Yuhua          -  Short, Nigel D    0-1   89  C54  Giuoco Piano
Bareev, Evgeny    -  Zhu Chen          1-0   33  A26  English Sicilian Attack
Ye Jiangchuan     -  Xie Jun           1-0   44  E67  King's Indian Fianchetto

Round 4 (September 20, 2003)

Seirawan, Yasser  -  Xu Yuhua          1-0   33  E32  Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Short, Nigel D    -  Zhao Xue          1-0   49  B25  Sicilian Closed
Xie Jun           -  Bareev, Evgeny    1/2   28  C08  French Tarrasch
Zhu Chen          -  Ye Jiangchuan     1/2   46  E97  King's Indian Classical

3 Arrows Cup Ji Nan CHN (CHN), 17-20 ix 2003
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Kings 12.5
1 Seirawan, Yasser  g USA 2626  =6 +5 +8 +7  3.5  2837
2 Bareev, Evgeny    g RUS 2721  +8 +7 +6 =5  3.5  2837
3 Short, Nigel D    g ENG 2701  -5 +6 +7 +8  3.0  2694
4 Ye Jiangchuan     g CHN 2683  =7 =8 +5 =6  2.5  2596
Queens 3.5
5 Xie Jun           g CHN 2569  +3 -1 -4 =2  1.5  2595
6 Zhu Chen          g CHN 2495  =1 -3 -2 =4  1.0  2489
7 Xu Yuhua         wg CHN 2475  =4 -2 -3 -1  0.5  2360
8 Zhao Xue         wg CHN 2467  -2 =4 -1 -3  0.5  2360
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5) First Saturday September

The First Saturday September events started on 6th September. There were GM, IM and FM events. In the GM event FM Nguyen Ngoc Truongson (2435,VIE) made an IM norm in finishing level with Georgy Timoshenko on 8/13. FM Borki Predojevic (2474,YUG) and IM Viktor Erdos (2420,HUN) made IM norms also. In the IM event the winner Alexander Armbruster made an IM norm. My thanks 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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
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 1. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson   f VIE 2435  * = = 1 0 = = 1 1 = = 1 1  8.0  2575 
 2. Timoshenko, Georgy      g UKR 2548  = * = = = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1  8.0  2565 
 3. Predojevic, Borki       f YUG 2474  = = * 0 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 =  7.5  2542 
 4. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei    g UKR 2497  0 = 1 * = = = = = = 1 1 1  7.5  2540 
 5. Flumbort, Andras        m HUN 2471  1 = 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 0 = =  7.0  2504 
 6. Erdos, Viktor           f HUN 2420  = = = = = * 0 0 1 = = 1 1  6.5  2480 
 7. Csom, Istvan            g HUN 2455  = = = = 0 1 * 0 = = 1 = =  6.0  2448 
 8. Pert, Nicholas          m ENG 2483  0 0 0 = 0 1 1 * = = = 1 1  6.0  2446 
 9. Bui Vinh                m VIE 2469  0 = 0 = = 0 = = * 1 1 = =  5.5  2418 
10. Jakab, Attila           m HUN 2442  = 0 = = 0 = = = 0 * 0 1 1  5.0  2392 
11. Szieberth, Adam         m HUN 2376  = 0 = 0 1 = 0 = 0 1 * = 0  4.5  2368 
12. Banusz, Tamas             HUN 2322  0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1  3.5  2301 
13. Pilgaard, Kim           m DEN 2446  0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 *  3.0  2256 
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FSIM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-14 ix 2003          cat. II (2300)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Armbruster, Alexan     GER 2253  * = 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1  8.0  2479 
 2. Galyas, Miklos       m HUN 2419  = * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1  7.5  2422 
 3. Madl, Ildiko         m HUN 2361  0 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 1  7.0  2396 
 4. Webb, Laurence         ENG 2325  = = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 1 1  7.0  2399 
 5. Gonda, Laszlo        f HUN 2449  = 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 0  6.0  2322 
 6. Farago, Sandor       m HUN 2319  0 = = = 1 * 0 = 1 = 1 =  6.0  2334 
 7. Szabo, Krisztian       HUN 2277  = = 0 0 = 1 * = = 1 0 1  5.5  2301 
 8. Brustkern, Juergen   f GER 2227  0 0 = = 0 = = * 1 = 1 =  5.0  2270 
 9. Gerard, Nicolas      f FRA 2285  = = 0 = 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1  4.5  2236 
10. Cisneros, Lucas      f ESP 2250  = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = * = 1  4.0  2202 
11. Steiner, Bruno         AUT 2245  0 = = 0 0 0 1 0 0 = * 1  3.5  2171 
12. Gorgs, Alfred          GER 2188  0 0 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 0 *  2.0  2048 
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6) Nordic Championships

The Nordic Championships took place September 6th-17th Aarhus, Denmark. Evgenij Agres and Curt Hansen finished with 8/11, the official site doesn't indicate if the players shared the title or were separated in some way.

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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1. Agrest, Evgenij      g SWE 2605  * = 1 1 = 0 = = 1 1 1 1  8.0  2664 
 2. Hansen, Curt         g DEN 2618  = * = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2663 
 3. Stefansson, Hannes   g ISL 2560  0 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1  7.0  2595 
 4. Olafsson, Helgi      g ISL 2498  0 1 = * 1 0 0 = = 1 = 1  6.0  2535 
 5. Hector, Jonny        g SWE 2538  = 0 = 0 * 1 1 = 0 1 = 1  6.0  2531 
 6. Palo, Davor          m DEN 2510  1 = = 1 0 * 0 = = = 0 1  5.5  2498 
 7. Gausel, Einar        g NOR 2533  = = 0 1 0 1 * = = 0 = 1  5.5  2496 
 8. Schandorff, Lars     g DEN 2525  = 0 = = = = = * = = = =  5.0  2460 
 9. Kallio, Heikki       g FIN 2471  0 0 = = 1 = = = * 0 = 1  5.0  2465 
10. Lehtinen, Heikki     f FIN 2362  0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 * 1 1  5.0  2475 
11. Lie, Kjetil A        m NOR 2440  0 0 0 = = 1 = = = 0 * 1  4.5  2439 
12. Naes, Flovin Tor     f FAI 2330  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 *  0.5  2044 
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7) Ansfelden Tournament

The Ansfelden tournament took place 12th-20th September 2003. Nikolaus Stanec, Michael Roos, Zoltan Varga and Hermann Knoll all finished on 5.5/9.

Official coverage: http://www.schach.at/2003/09/grossmeister/

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GM Ansfelden AUT (AUT), 12-20 ix 2003                cat. VII (2424)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Stanec, Nikolaus     m AUT 2560  * = = 1 = = = 1 = =  5.5  2488 
 2. Roos, Michael        f GER 2412  = * = = = = = = 1 1  5.5  2505 
 3. Varga, Zoltan        g HUN 2534  = = * = = = = = 1 1  5.5  2491 
 4. Knoll, Hermann       f AUT 2361  0 = = * = = 1 1 1 =  5.5  2510 
 5. Lehner, Oliver       m AUT 2391  = = = = * = = = 1 =  5.0  2470 
 6. Lau, Ralf            g GER 2505  = = = = = * = = = 1  5.0  2457 
 7. Uhlmann, Wolfgang    g GER 2451  = = = 0 = = * = = =  4.0  2377 
 8. Baumgartner, Heinz   f AUT 2347  0 = = 0 = = = * 0 1  3.5  2352 
 9. Moser, Eva          wg AUT 2328  = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * =  3.0  2309 
10. Kilgus, Georg        f AUT 2348  = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = *  2.5  2266 
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8) FIDE Zonal 2.5

Fide Zonal 2.5 tournament takes place in Asunción Paraguay from September 13th-24th 2003. My thanks to Cesar Cardozo.

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 6 Standings
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zt 2.5 Asuncion PAR (PAR), 14-23 ix 2003
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                                        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Felgaer, Ruben        g  ARG 2551  +13 +15 = 7 + 8 + 6 + 3  .   .   .   5.5  2828 
 2. Campora, Daniel H     g  ARG 2510  +17 = 4 = 8 =15 + 7 + 6  .   .   .   4.5  2601 
 3. Labollita, Martin     m  ARG 2454  +23 = 6 + 4 + 7 + 8 - 1  .   .   .   4.5  2619 
 4. Pierrot, Facundo      m  ARG 2417  +21 = 2 - 3 +11 +20 + 9  .   .   .   4.5  2536 
 5. Vasquez, Rodrigo      m  CHI 2514  =12 = 9 +18 - 6 +13 +11  .   .   .   4.0  2494 
 6. Mahia, Gustavo        f  ARG 2377  +22 = 3 + 9 + 5 - 1 - 2  .   .   .   3.5  2458 
 7. Rodriguez, Andres     g  URU 2485  +18 +11 = 1 - 3 - 2 +17  .   .   .   3.5  2481 
 8. Flores, Diego            ARG 2439  +19 +10 = 2 - 1 - 3 +15  .   .   .   3.5  2498 
 9. Crosa, Martin         f  URU 2412  +14 = 5 - 6 +17 +15 - 4  .   .   .   3.5  2419 
10. Cubas, Jose Fernando  m  PAR 2419  +16 - 8 -15 =12 +18 +19  .   .   .   3.5  2383 
11. Giardelli, Sergio C   m  ARG 2437  +20 - 7 +13 - 4 +14 - 5  .   .   .   3.0  2333 
12. Valiente, Cristobal   m  PAR 2322  = 5 -13 =21 =10 =19 +22  .   .   .   3.0  2287 
13. Llorens, Marcelo         CHI 2374  - 1 +12 -11 +21 - 5 +20  .   .   .   3.0  2345 
14. Lipiniks, Leonardo       PAR 2129  - 9 =19 +24 =20 -11 +21  .   .   .   3.0  2262 
15. Rojas, Luis           m  CHI 2433  +24 - 1 +10 = 2 - 9 - 8  .   .   .   2.5  2364 
16. Vera, I Jorge            PAR 2189  -10 -18 +22 =19 -17 +23  .   .   .   2.5  2201 
17. Izquierdo, Daniel     f  URU 2302  - 2 +24 =20 - 9 +16 - 7  .   .   .   2.5  2254 
18. Sosa Harrison, Jorge  f  PAR 2294  - 7 +16 - 5 =23 -10 +24  .   .   .   2.5  2291 
19. Peralta, Eduardo      f  PAR 2279  - 8 =14 =23 =16 =12 -10  .   .   .   2.0  2173 
20. Gamarra, Ramon           PAR 2080  -11 +22 =17 =14 - 4 -13  .   .   .   2.0  2145 
21. Bergonzi, Osvaldo        PAR 2170  - 4 =23 =12 -13 +24 -14  .   .   .   2.0  2162 
22. Zacarias, M Ruben D      PAR 1966  - 6 -20 -16 +24 +23 -12  .   .   .   2.0  2117 
23. Espinoza, Edgar          PAR 2290  - 3 =21 =19 =18 -22 -16  .   .   .   1.5  2032 
24. Figari, Esteban          PAR 2195  -15 -17 -14 -22 -21 -18  .   .   .   0.0       
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9) 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

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zt 2.4 Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 19-27 ix 2003                    cat. IX (2451)
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 1. Lima, Darcy                  g BRA 2519  * = . 1 . . 1 . 1 .  3.5  2761 
 2. Leitao, Rafael               g BRA 2550  = * . . 1 . . = . 1  3.0  2646 
 3. Milos, Gilberto              g BRA 2592  . . * . = = 1 . . 1  3.0  2608 
 4. Mecking, Henrique            g BRA 2556  0 . . * = 1 . 1 . .  2.5  2580 
 5. Granda Zuniga, Julio E       g PER 2641  . 0 = = * . . . . 1  2.0  2493 
 6. Zambrana, Oswaldo            f BOL 2404  . . = 0 . * = . 1 .  2.0  2435 
 7. Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva   f BRA 2338  0 . 0 . . = * . 1 .  1.5  2355 
 8. Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo   f BRA 2377  . = . 0 . . . * 0 =  1.0  2216 
 9. Sierra, Miguel               f PER 2256  0 . . . . 0 0 1 * .  1.0  2216 
10. Ramos, Ernesto               f PER 2277  . 0 0 . 0 . . = . *  0.5  2218 
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zt 2.4 w Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 19-27 ix 2003
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                                        1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Morales Mendoza, Luciana wf PER 2051 ** =. 1. 1. .. 1.  3.5  2408
2 Delai, Paula             wf BRA 2066 =. ** .. 0. 1. 1.  2.5  2128
3 Chang, Suzana1              BRA 2140 0. .. ** 1. 1. =.  2.5  2128
4 Chaves, Joara            wm BRA 2083 0. 1. 0. ** 1. ..  2.0  2064
5 Martinez,Janine             BOL ---- .. 0. 0. 0. ** 1.  1.0  1879
6 Martinez,Lourdes            BRA ---- 0. 0. =. .. 0. **  0.5  1742
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10) 2nd Trophée des Maîtres Villeurbanne

The Villeurbanne Chess club (lies in the suburbs of Lyon, France) organised the 2nd edition of The Trophée des Maîtres September 12th-20th 2003. The Category IV (IM norm at 6/9 points) event was a six player double round robin. GM Tony Kosten won the event with 7/10.

Internet coverage: http://www.epernet.fr/ecv/

2nd Masters Villeurbanne FRA (FRA), 12-20 ix 2003   cat. IV (2334)
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                                       1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Kosten, Anthony C        g FRA 2514 ** == == =1 11 =1  7.0  2446
2 Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas    CAN 2249 == ** 1= 10 == 11  6.5  2460
3 Legky, Nikolay A         g UKR 2482 == 0= ** 01 == 11  5.5  2340
4 Thiriet, Benoit            FRA 2173 =0 01 10 ** == =1  5.0  2365
5 Carlhammar, Magnus         SWE 2279 00 == == == ** 1=  4.5  2308
6 Berube, Richard          f CAN 2305 =0 00 00 =0 0= **  1.5  2043
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11) 125th New York State Championships

Bill Townsend reports: The 125th New York State Championship was held August 29 to September 1, in the town of Kerhonkson, NY near the Catskill Mountains. Nearly 200 players competed in the seven sections, with the Open featuring 4 GMs, 4IMs and 5 FMs. This year's championship section was won by GMs Jaan Ehlvest and Ildar Ibragimov with 5-1.

This was Ehlvest's first appearance at the championship, while Ibragimov previously won the tournament in 2001. Unfortunately since neither of these gentlemen were New York State residents the state champion had to be picked out of the players tied for third at 4.4-1.5. New Yorkers all, they were: GM Joel Benjamin, IM Jay Bonin, IM Justin Sarkar, FM Aaron Pixton, and FM Daniel Shapiro.

A five-way tie for the trophy was judged to be too many so the championship was decided by a blitz playoff game between the two players with the best tiebreaks, GM Benjamin and FM Pixton. Black had draw odds, but white had an extra minute. GM Benjamin chose black but lost the game, giving the state title and an extra $100 to 17-year-old Pixton. The first NYSCA championship was run in 1878, making this the longest running tournament in the United States.

Further details: http://www.chesstour.com/nysc03r.htm

12) Croatian Teams

The 1st League Seniors, Womens and Juniors 2nd league Womens and Juniors team championships took place in Rabac (Croatia), 7th-15th September 2003. News WGM Mirjana Medic.

Further details: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/rabac/1liga_03/index.htm

Senior

Rank Team         1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  Pts+ 
   1 Mravince DC  *  3,0 3,0 4,0 3,5 4,0 4,0 5,0 5,0 6,0 44,5 
   2 Osijek      3,0  *  3,5 2,0 4,0 3,0 3,5 5,0 4,5 4,0 38,5 
   3 Pozega      3,0 2,5  *  3,0 2,5 3,0 3,5 4,0 5,0 6,0 36,5 
   4 Zrinjevac   2,0 4,0 3,0  *  3,0 3,5 3,5 2,0 4,5 6,0 36,5 
   5 Pula        2,5 2,0 3,5 3,0  *  2,0 4,5 4,5 4,5 4,5 36,0 
   6 Djakovo     2,0 3,0 3,0 2,5 4,0  *  2,0 4,0 2,0 6,0 31,5 
   7 TKC - Split 2,0 2,5 2,5 2,5 1,5 4,0  *  3,0 4,0 5,5 30,5 
   8 Mladost     1,0 1,0 2,0 4,0 1,5 2,0 3,0  *  3,5 4,5 25,5 
   9 Gjuro Pilar 1,0 1,5 1,0 1,5 1,5 4,0 2,0 2,5  *  6,0 23,0 
  10 Samobor     0,0 2,0 0,0 0,0 1,5 0,0 0,5 1,5 0,0  *  5,5  

Women 

Rank Team             1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  Pts+ 
   1 Belisce-Metalis  *  1,5 2,0 2,0 1,5 2,5 2,0 2,5 2,5 22,5 
   2 Mravince DC     1,5  *  1,5 2,0 0,5 3,0 3,0 2,5 2,0 21,0 
   3 Djakovo         1,0 1,5  *  0,5 2,0 1,5 3,0 2,0 2,5 18,0 
   4 Mladost         1,0 1,0 2,5  *  2,0 1,0 2,0 1,5 2,0 17,0 
   5 Lucija          1,5 2,5 1,0 1,0  *  1,5 2,0 1,5 2,5 16,5 
   6 Draga           0,5 0,0 1,5 2,0 1,5  *  0,5 2,5 2,5 14,0 
   7 Goranka         1,0 0,0 0,0 1,0 1,0 2,5  *  1,5 2,0 11,0 
   8 Polet           0,5 0,5 1,0 1,5 1,5 0,5 1,5  *  2,0 10,0 
   9 Opatija         0,5 1,0 0,5 1,0 0,5 0,5 1,0 1,0  *  6,0  

Junior

Rank Team            1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  Pts+ 
   1 Dixi-Junior     *  3,0 0,5 2,0 2,0 2,0 2,5 2,5 1,5 22,0 
   2 Slavonac       0,0  *  1,5 1,0 2,0 1,5 3,0 3,0 2,0 18,0 
   3 Mravince DC    2,5 1,5  *  1,0 2,0 2,0 1,5 2,0 1,5 18,0 
   4 Mladost        1,0 2,0 2,0  *  1,5 1,5 2,0 1,5 2,0 17,5 
   5 Donji Miholjac 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,5  *  1,5 2,0 2,0 2,0 15,0 
   6 TKC Split      1,0 1,5 1,0 1,5 1,5  *  1,0 2,5 2,5 14,5 
   7 PIK Vrbovec    0,5 0,0 1,5 1,0 1,0 2,0  *  1,5 2,0 11,5 
   8 Sokadija       0,5 0,0 1,0 1,5 1,0 0,5 1,5  *  2,0 9,0  
   9 Pula           1,5 1,0 1,5 1,0 1,0 0,5 1,0 1,0  *  8,5

13) VII Memorial Pablo Gorbea

The "VII Memorial Pablo Gorbea" took place in Madrid, September 1st-9th 2003. Winner: IM Salvador Alonso (Argentina) 7.5 points Second: IM Javier Moreno Carnero (Spain-Argentina) 7 points Third: FM Santiago Roa (Spain) 7 points

210 players took part in the event, organized and sponsored by ONCE (National Spanish Organization of Blind People). Director of the tournament: Luis Manuel García. My thanks to Juan Carlos Ruiz Franco (http://www.hechiceros.net) for the news

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VII Pablo Gorbea mem Madrid ESP (ESP), 1-9 ix 2003
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  1. Alonso, Salvador                  m  ARG 2474  7.5   50.0  53.5 44.25
  2. Moreno Carnero, Javier            m  ESP 2512  7     52.0  57.0 42.75
  3. Roa Alonso, Santiago              f  ESP 2381  7     52.0  55.0 41.00
  4. Gustafsson, Jan                   m  GER 2570  7     51.5  57.0 43.75
  5. Paragua, Mark                     m  PHI 2500  7     50.5  55.5 43.25
  6. Lalic, Bogdan                     g  ENG 2503  7     49.5  53.0 39.75
  7. Belezky, Sasha                    m  UKR 2388  7     48.5  52.0 38.25
  8. Gallardo Estrella, Alvaro            ESP 2128  7     47.0  51.5 37.25
  9. Vazquez, Renier                   m  CUB 2451  7     47.0  51.5 34.25
 10. Kovacevic, Slobodan               m  YUG 2387  7     45.5  50.0 37.50
 11. Souleidis, Georgios               m  GRE 2382  7     42.5  46.0 33.00
 12. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G       g  ESP 2479  6.5   51.0  55.0 38.50
 13. Madina, Martin                       ARG 2262  6.5   50.5  56.0 38.50
 14. Sanchez, Joseph                   f  PHI 2410  6.5   49.5  53.0 35.00
 15. Dovramadjiev, Tihomir                BUL 2312  6.5   49.0  52.5 34.25
 16. Rojo Huerta, Gabriel              f  ESP 2326  6.5   47.5  52.5 35.75
 17. Perez, Luis Manuel                m  CUB 2408  6.5   47.5  51.5 35.00
 18. Bass, Leonid                      m  USA 2444  6.5   47.0  50.0 33.75
 19. Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Maria      m  ESP 2357  6.5   46.5  50.0 32.75
 20. Ballesteros, David                   ESP 2275  6.5   43.5  47.5 33.25
 21. Rodriguez Cordon, Luis               ESP 2248  6.5   43.0  47.0 32.00
 22. Gonzalez Aguirre, Luis               ESP 2250  6.5   40.0  44.0 30.50
 23. Rodriguez Gonzalez, Javier           ESP 2249  6     48.5  53.0 33.25
 24. Abreu, Aryam                      m  CUB 2444  6     48.0  52.5 34.25
 26. Vallejo Diaz, Jesus                  ESP 2149  6     45.5  49.5 31.00
 27. Perez Gonzalez, Jose Manuel          ESP 2308  6     45.5  49.5 30.25
 28. Komljenovic, Davor                g  CRO 2434  6     45.0  48.5 30.75
 29. San Emeterio Cabanes, Jose L         ESP 2337  6     45.0  48.5 29.00
 30. Serrano Salvador, Eduardo            ESP 2229  6     45.0  48.5 26.75
 30. Trujillo Delgado, Dafnae             ESP 2118  6     45.0  48.0 27.00
 31. Baeza Andres, Ruben                  ESP 2135  6     44.5  48.5 29.50
 32. Solaesa Navalpotro, Luis             ESP 2239  6     44.0  47.5 29.25
 33. Rodriguez Gonzalez, Ignacio          ESP 2106  6     43.0  46.0 27.25
 34. Correas Gonzalez, Jose Ramon         ESP 2106  6     43.0  46.0 26.75
 35. Acero Solis,Alberto                  ESP ----  6     43.0  45.0 28.25
 36. Barez, Hector                        ESP 2252  6     40.5  44.0 27.25
 37. De la Barrera M., Eduardo            ESP 2064  6     40.5  43.5 24.00
 38. Prada Lopez, M. Angel                ESP 2176  6     37.0  40.5 26.00
 39. Opitz, Claudio                       GER 2085  6     36.5  40.0 24.25
210 players

14) 73rd New York Masters

Leonid Yudasin, Pavel Blatny and Yuri Lapshun won the 73rd New York Masters on 16th September 2003 with 3/4. News John Fernandez. No games available.

Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com

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73rd New York Masters Action USA (USA), 16 ix 2003
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                                  1   2   3   4   Total
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  1. Yudasin, Leonid    g  2682 + 6 - 2 + 4 + 8   3.0  ($150)
  2. Blatny, Pavel      g  2539 + 9 + 1 + 5 - 3   3.0  ($150)
  3. Lapshun, Yury      m  2528 +11 - 5 + 6 + 2   3.0  ($150)
  4. Wojtkiewicz, Alek  g  2652 = 8 +10 - 1 + 5   2.5
  5. Ehlvest, Jaan      g  2662 + 7 + 3 - 2 - 4   2.0
  6. Bonin, Jay         m  2377 - 1 +12 - 3 +11   2.0  ($ 20)
  7. Privman, Boris     f  2331 - 5 = 8 + 9 =10   2.0  ($ 20)
  8. Figler, Ilye       f  2327 = 4 = 7 +10 - 1   2.0  ($ 20)
  9. Esserman, Marc        2267 - 2 +11 - 7 +13   2.0  ($ 20)
 10. Gonzales, Jayson   m  2404 +12 - 4 - 8 = 7   1.5
 11. Furdzik, Rafal        2265 - 3 - 9 +13 - 6   1.0
 12. Widmaier, Marc        2062 -10 - 6 --- ---   0.0
 13. Logunov, Ilya         2026 --- --- -11 - 9   0.0


PRIZES

1ST   - $300
2ND   - $100
3RD   - $ 50
U2400 - $ 80

15) Abe Yanofsky Memorial

Grandmaster Arthur Bisguier of New York won the Abe Yanofsky Memorial in Winnipeg today with a last round win to give him clear first place at 5-1. The six-round Swiss System ran Aug. 29-Sept. 1. Bisguier's career spans more than five decades, and though he's not not as active in tournament chess as he once was, he wanted to play in Winnipeg in honour of his old-time friend, Abe Yanofsky.

Grandmasters Kevin Spraggett, Helgi Olafsson, John Fedorowicz and Dmitry Tyomkin were next at 4.5, along with Master Jason Drake of Minnesota.

It's fitting that one of Yanofsky's long-time friends and colleagues won the event. The two players were four years apart in age and competed in many events together. They were both in the 1962 Stockholm Interzonal, and Arthur recounted how he celebrated with Abe in Tel Aviv in 1964 following Yanofsky's grandmaster title-winning performance.

While his higher-ranked grandmaster colleagues were busy drawing with each other, Bisguier slipped through the middle to snatch first place - especially impressive when the player is in his 70's and still bold enough to challenge opponents young enough to be his great grand-children.

Yanofsky, the first grandmaster in Canada and the British Commonwealth, died three years ago at the age of 74. He won the Canadian championship eight times.

Scoretable and games at http://www.jackschess.com

Yanofsky memorial website: http://www.chess.ca/yanofsky

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Yanofsky Mem Winnipeg CAN (CAN), 29 viii-1 ix 2003
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 1. Bisguier, Arthur B   g  USA 2297  5.0
 2. Spraggett, Kevin     g  CAN 2530  4.5
 3. Fedorowicz, John P   g  USA 2524  4.5
 4. Olafsson, Helgi      g  ISL 2498  4.5
 5. Tyomkin, Dimitri     g  CAN 2471  4.5
 6. Drake, Jason            USA 2125  4.5
 7. Lipnowski, Samuel       CAN ----  4.0
 8. Haessel, Dale R         USA 2197  2.0
35 players

16) Corus Wijk aan Zee

The Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee takes place 9th-25th January 2004. There is yet again a tremendous field for the Category 19 A Group.

Players: Kramnik 2785 2 Anand 2774 3 Leko 2739 4 Shirov 2732 7 Svidler 2723 8 Bareev 2721 9 Adams 2719 10 Akopian 2703 14 Sokolov 2693 20 Morozevich 2679 23 van Wely 2661 31 Zhang Zhong 2658 33 Bologan 2650 42 Timman 2575.

Garry Kasparov was invited but his manager said the event doesn't fit into his schedule.

Further details: http://www.coruschess.com/

17) European Chess Championships Under 10/12/14/16/18

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

18) Mystery Consultation Match

There is a mystery consultation match with two teams of three players being held by the NAO Chess Club. White is a team captained by Igor Nataf (average ELO 2601) Black a team captained by the club sponsor Mme Nahed Ojjeh (average ELO 2681).

Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html

19) 3rd European Senior Championship

The 3rd European Senior Championships take place in Saint-Vincent (Italy) September 17th-25th 2003 149 players, 8 GMs.

Internet coverage: http://www.scacchivda.com

20) Forthcoming Events and Links

2 tournaments in Israel in October

2 tournaments in Israel in October:

12th-17th October- Open Israeli Championship 1st prize-4000$

19th-28th October 2 round robin tournaments with GM and IM norm opportunities.

Conditions for international players with FIDE ratings. Contact: e-mail to mylena@inter.net.il

Links: http://www.chess.org.il/ashdod_eng.htm and http://www.gofshtein.cjb.net

First Saturday October

First Saturday October tournaments take place 4th-17th October 2003. Players can still contact the organiser Laszlo Nagy if they wish to play. Contact Nagy Laszlo e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat phone-fax: 00-(361)-2632859 mobile: 00-(36)-30-2301914

GM cat.VII-VIII 10-14 participants

IGM ANKA, Emil (HUN), IGM KOSANOVIC, Goran (YUG), IGM CZEBE, Attila (HUN), IM BUI, Vinh (VIE, 2469), FM NGUYEN, Ngoc Truong Son (VIE,2435), IM SHNEIDER, Dmitry (USA), IM SZEBERÉNYI, Ádám (HUN), IM BALOGH, Csaba (HUN), IM HORVÁTH, Péter (HUN), IM JAKAB, Attila (HUN), IM TAYLOR, Tim (USA, 2401), IM ANTAL, Gergely (HUN, 2473). Reserve: IGM ILINCIC, Zlatko (YUG), IGM CHATALBASHEV, Boris (BUL).

IM-tournament

IM BOGUSZLAVSZKIJ, Jevgenyij (HUN), IM KÁPOSZTÁS, Miklós (HUN), IM WERNER, Dimo (GER), IM FARAGÓ, Sándor (HUN), VARGA, Csaba (HUN), SIMONSEN, Hans (FAI), RODOLF, Anna (HUN), FM BRUSTKERN, Jürgen (GER), BABOS, Csaba (ROM), FM MENSCH, Etienne (FRA), PAP, Gábor (HUN) FM BÉRCZES, Csaba (HUN).

There are also FM events.

Cap D'agde

The Cap D'agde tournament takes place 23rd-30th October 2003.

Details: http://www.asmeg.org/index.php?page=191

Two Czech Tournaments

1) Friendship chess tournament (11.-19.11.2003, Cartak - Czech Rep.) A - round-robin grandmaster tournament with possible fulfilling IGM and IM norms B - round-robin master tournament with possible fulfilling IM norms C - FIDE open of youth (born 1985 and younger) Other info - http://www.proclient.cz/a64

2) OPEN LILIE LITOMYSL 2003 (26.12.2003-1.1.2004, Litomysl - Czech Rep.) 5th christmas chess tournament, FIDE open 9 rounds, rate 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 60.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK - cca. 650 EUR). Other info - http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/litomysl2003/default.asp

III Salou Tournament

The III Salou Tournament takes place 7th-18th October 2003. Confirmed players: GM Kogan GM Korneev GM Movsisian GM Oratovsky GM Tyomkin IM Thal.

Details: http://chess.1000tiendas.com/

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

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

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

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/