THE WEEK IN CHESS 466 13th October 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) 1st Samba
Cup
3) 7th Essent Chess Tournament
4)
European Team Championships
5) First Saturday
October
6) 2nd League of Serbia and Montenegro
7) Tatry Open
8) Los Angeles Open
9) Zug Young Masters
10) Alushta
Tournaments
11) 7th Itau Cup
12)
Zonal 2.3
13) Arctic Cup
14) 1st
Ashod Chess Festival
15) African Championship
16) 1st Mediterranean Chess Association Championships
17) 76th New York Masters
18) Vienna
International Scholastic Tournament
19) European Club Cup
Corrections
20) Hungarian Women's Championships
21) Kasparov vs. Azmaiparashvili
22)
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Games section
1st Samba Cup 20 games
7th Essent Chess Tournament 100 games
European Team Championships 298 games
First Saturday October 73 games
2nd League Serbia and Montenegro 270 games
Tatry Open 364 games
Los Angeles Open 28 games
Zug Young Masters 30 games
Alushta Tournaments 81 games
7th Itau Cup 180 games
Arctic Cup 192 games
1st Ashod Chess Festival 10 games
African Championship 168 games
1st Mediterranean Championships 126 games
76th New York Masters 5 games
European Club Cup Corrections 2 games
Hungarian Women's Championships 45 games
Kasparov vs. Azmaiparashvili 6 games
2098 games
My thanks to David Llada, Laszlo Nagy and Miklos Orso, Andrejic Vladica,
Vlado Soos, John Hillery, Walter Bichsel, Leonid Galperin, Herman and Marius
van Riemsdijk, Rodolfo Arias, Geurt Gijssen, Alik Gershon, Andy McFarland, Elie
Houlichian, John Fernandez, Antonio Rosino, Rainer Polzin, Mig, Rod McShane,
Korpics Zsolt and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The European Team Championships, Essent tournament and 1st Samba Cup are
all major tournaments which spoil us this week. Ponomariov's loss in round one
(on his 20th birthday) of the European Team Championships amused probably
almost everyone except the player himself, it should at least act as a striking
reminder to others about the new rule. Anatoly Karpov astonishingly allowed a
classic double bishop sacrifice by Judit Polgar in a position which surely
should have warned him to be careful. The game is one of those "publishable"
games that appear everywhere but to allow it was to me at least as bad an error
as Kasparov's loss against Huzman last week.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Category 16 1st Samba Cup takes place Friday 10th October to Sunday
19th October 2003 (free day 15th Oct) in Skanderborg, Denmark.
Official site http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2003
- (including live coverage)
Round 1 (October 10, 2003)
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Palo, Davor 1/2 104 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Nielsen, Peter Heine 0-1 50 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Alekseev, Evgeny - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 36 B07 Pirc Defence
Hansen, Curt - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 46 E98 King's Indian Classical
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Short, Nigel D 0-1 54 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Round 2 (October 11, 2003)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1/2 19 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Bologan, Viktor - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 36 B65 Sicilian Rauzer
Short, Nigel D - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 17 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Palo, Davor - Hansen, Curt 1/2 42 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Sadvakasov, Darmen 0-1 30 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Round 3 (October 12, 2003)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 39 E20 Nimzo Indian
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 40 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Short, Nigel D 1-0 28 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Alekseev, Evgeny - Palo, Davor 1/2 18 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Hansen, Curt - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 23 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 4 (October 13, 2003)
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 24 A33 English Symmetrical
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1/2 38 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Short, Nigel D - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 45 C42 Petroff's Defence
Palo, Davor - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 50 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Hansen, Curt 1/2 65 D15 Slav Defence
1st Samba Cup Skanderborg DEN (DEN), 10-19 x 2003 cat. XVI (2639)
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1 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2626 * . = 1 = . = . . . 2.5 2720
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2710 . * . . = = . = 1 . 2.5 2719
3 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2679 = . * = . . . . = 1 2.5 2694
4 Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2595 0 . = * . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2763
5 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2613 = = . . * = . . = . 2.0 2629
6 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2673 . = . . = * = = . . 2.0 2660
7 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2616 = . . . . = * . = = 2.0 2619
8 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2701 . = . 0 . = . * . 1 2.0 2661
9 Palo, Davor m DEN 2510 . 0 = . = . = . * . 1.5 2567
10 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2668 . . 0 0 . . = 0 . * 0.5 2325
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The 7th Essent Chess Tournament takes place in Hoogeveen, the
Netherlands. The Crown Group has Judit Polgar, Ivan Sokolov, Anatoly Karpov and
Levon Aronian. Dates of the (Double Round Robin) Crown Group: 11th (opening
ceremony) - 18th October 2003. The Open Group (10th-18th October 2003) is also
quite strong with three players starting strongly with 3/3.
Official site: http://www.hoogeveen.nl/essent-chess/
Round 1 (October 12, 2003)
Polgar, Judit - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 26 C42 Petroff's Defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Aronian, Levon 1/2 20 D39 QGD Ragozin
Round 2 (October 13, 2003)
Aronian, Levon - Polgar, Judit 1/2 69 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sokolov, Ivan - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 46 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Essent Hoogeveen NED (NED), 12-18 x 2003cat. XVIII (2690)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2722 ** =. .. 1. 1.5 2864
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2649 =. ** =. .. 1.0 2708
3 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2695 .. =. ** =. 1.0 2671
4 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2693 0. .. =. ** 0.5 2515
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Essent Open Hoogeveen NED (NED), 10-18 x 2003
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1. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2546 3.0
2. Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2506 3.0
3. Pert, Nicholas m ENG 2488 3.0
4. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2634 2.5 2646
5. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2574 2.5 2532
6. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2569 2.5 2656
7. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2560 2.5 2627
8. Glek, Igor V g GER 2555 2.5 2550
9. Grigoriants, Sergey m RUS 2525 2.5 2596
10. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2489 2.5 2562
11. Stellwagen, Daniel m NED 2487 2.5 2656
12. Hoeksema, Erik m NED 2351 2.5 2643
13. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2593 2.0 2529
14. Hort, Vlastimil g GER 2546 2.0 2500
15. L'Ami, Erwin NED 2470 2.0 2383
16. Baramidze, David m GER 2463 2.0 2423
17. Van der Werf, Mark m NED 2423 2.0 2349
18. Dambacher, Martijn NED 2419 2.0 2519
19. Jens, Jelmer m NED 2387 2.0 2411
20. Willemze, Jeroen NED 2380 2.0 2516
21. Okkes, Menno NED 2352 2.0 2349
22. Dogge, Marc NED 2228 2.0 2435
66 players
Plovdiv in Bulgaria hosts the European team championship October
10th-21st 2003. 37 men's and 31 women's teams are competing. Russia are very
clear favorites with Bareev, Svidler, Grischuk, Morozevich and Khalifman are in
the Russian team. Shirov plays for Spain, Gelfand for Israel, Topalov for
Bulgaria, Van Wely for the Netherlands and Ponomariov for the Ukraine. Round 1
saw Ruslan Ponomariov's 20th birthday and a mortifying incident for him. His
mobile phone went off in the middle of a game and under new rules It is not
allowed to bring any mobile phone into the playing hall. Violations of this
rule will be punished according to art.13.4 of the Laws of Chess by loss of
their game.". This rule didn't appear on the official site of the event and
many teams didn't receive the rules until after the game. Rather fortunately
for Ponomariov he didn't lose too much through this as his position was quite
terrible at the point he was disqualified. My thanks to David Llada for some of
the details of this incident.
Official site: http://www.etcc.chessbg.com/
Standings: 3 Round - Men
Rk Team Gm + = - MP Pts.
1 Serbia and Montenegro 3 3 0 0 6 9
2 Israel 3 3 0 0 6 8
3 Russia 3 3 0 0 6 7½
4 Georgia 3 2 1 0 5 8
5 Azerbaijan 3 2 1 0 5 8
6 Poland 3 2 1 0 5 7
7 Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 4 8½
8 F.Y.R.Macedonia 3 2 0 1 4 8½
9 Croatia 3 1 2 0 4 8
10 Bulgaria 1 3 2 0 1 4 8
11 France 3 2 0 1 4 7½
12 Belarus 3 2 0 1 4 7½
13 Spain 3 2 0 1 4 7
14 Slovenia 3 2 0 1 4 7
15 Germany 3 2 0 1 4 6½
16 Netherlands 3 1 2 0 4 6½
17 Estonia 3 2 0 1 4 6½
18 Ukraine 3 1 1 1 3 7
19 Hungary 3 1 1 1 3 6
20 Finland 3 1 1 1 3 6
21 Switzerland 3 1 1 1 3 5½
22 England 3 1 0 2 2 6
23 Austria 3 1 0 2 2 6
24 Sweden 3 0 2 1 2 5½
25 Bulgaria 2 3 1 0 2 2 5½
26 Lithuania 3 1 0 2 2 5
27 Luxembourg 3 1 0 2 2 5
28 Italy 3 1 0 2 2 4½
29 Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 4½
30 Greece 3 1 0 2 2 4
31 Iceland 3 1 0 2 2 3½
32 Wales 3 1 0 2 2 3½
33 Cyprus 3 1 0 2 2 2½
34 Belgium 3 0 1 2 1 4
35 Scotland 3 0 0 3 0 4
36 Bosnia & Herzegovina 3 0 0 3 0 3½
37 Turkey 3 0 0 3 0 1½
Standings: 3 Round - Women
R Team Gm + = - MP Pts.
1 Russia 3 3 0 0 6 5
2 Bulgaria 1 3 3 0 0 6 4½
3 Ukraine 3 2 1 0 5 5
4 Armenia 3 2 1 0 5 4½
5 England 3 2 1 0 5 4
6 Georgia 3 2 0 1 4 4
7 Poland 3 1 2 0 4 4
8 France 3 2 0 1 4 4
9 Serbia and Montenegro 3 1 2 0 4 3½
10 Germany 3 1 2 0 4 3½
11 Moldova 3 2 0 1 4 3½
12 Romania 3 1 1 1 3 3½
13 Azerbaijan 3 1 1 1 3 3½
14 Hungary 3 1 1 1 3 3
15 Greece 3 1 1 1 3 3
16 Israel 3 1 1 1 3 3
17 Croatia 3 1 1 1 3 3
18 Austria 3 0 3 0 3 3
19 Bulgaria 2 3 1 1 1 3 2½
20 Lithuania 3 1 1 1 3 2½
21 Turkey 3 1 1 1 3 2
22 Netherlands 3 0 2 1 2 2½
23 F.Y.R.Macedonia 3 1 0 2 2 2½
24 Sweden 3 0 2 1 2 2
25 Switzerland 3 1 0 2 2 2
26 Spain 3 1 0 2 2 1½
27 Italy 3 1 0 2 2 1½
28 Slovenia 3 0 1 2 1 2
29 Finland 3 0 1 2 1 2
30 Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 1 1½
31 Slovakia 3 0 0 3 0 1
The First Saturday September events started on 4th October. There are
GM, IM and FM events. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and Miklos Orso.
Internet coverage:
http://members.chello.hu/firstsat/0310/index.htm
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FSGM October Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-14 x 2003 cat. VIII (2429)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2457 * = . 1 = 1 = 1 0 . . . 4.5 2540
2. Bui Vinh m VIE 2463 = * . 0 = . 1 = 1 1 . . 4.5 2526
3. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2473 . . * = . 1 0 = = . 1 1 4.5 2535
4. Schneider, Dmitry m USA 2437 0 1 = * . = . . . 1 = 1 4.5 2523
5. Kosanovic, Goran A g YUG 2390 = = . . * . = = 1 = = . 4.0 2484
6. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson f VIE 2417 0 . 0 = . * 1 . . = 1 1 4.0 2479
7. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2499 = 0 1 . = 0 * = . . . 1 3.5 2428
8. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2417 0 = = . = . = * . = 1 . 3.5 2433
9. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2449 1 0 = . 0 . . . * = 1 = 3.5 2417
10. Berczes, David f HUN 2323 . 0 . 0 = = . = = * . 0 2.0 2264
11. Anka, Emil g HUN 2432 . . 0 = = 0 . 0 0 . * 1 2.0 2266
12. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2385 . . 0 0 . 0 0 . = 1 0 * 1.5 2202
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FSIM October Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-14 x 2003 cat. II (2281)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Mensch, Etienne f FRA 2327 * . 1 = 1 = . 1 1 1 6.0 2570
2. Werner, Dimo m GER 2342 . * = = . 1 1 = 1 = 5.0 2433
3. Horvath, Andras HUN 2265 0 = * . . 1 1 = = 1 4.5 2387
4. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2333 = = . * = . = = = 1 4.0 2327
5. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2214 0 . . = * 0 1 1 = 1 4.0 2334
6. Babos, Csaba ROM 2274 = 0 0 . 1 * = = 1 . 3.5 2285
7. Berczes, Csaba f HUN 2309 . 0 0 = 0 = * 1 . 1 3.0 2227
8. Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2309 0 = = = 0 = 0 * . . 2.0 2136
9. Pap, Gyula HUN 2233 0 0 = = = 0 . . * = 2.0 2122
10. Rudolf, Anna HUN 2205 0 = 0 0 0 . 0 . = * 1.0 1980
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6) 2nd League of Serbia and Montenegro
Andrejic Vladica sends news of the 2nd League (Group Belgrade) of Serbia
and Montenegro team championships which took place 27th September - 5th October
2003.
2nd SERBIA & MONTENEGRO DIVISION - BELGRADE
BEOGRAD 2003 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 P
1 Lokomotiva ## 3½ 2 0 0 0 7 2 2½ 1 12
2 R. C. Banka 2½ ## 2 ½ ½ ½ 1 2 2 2 13
3 Beograd 4 4 ## 2½ 2½ 3 3½ 1½ 2½ 3½ 27
4 Mladenovac 6 5½ 3½ ## 3 3 3 4 4 5 37
5 Partizan 6 5½ 3½ 3 ## 6 4 4 3½ 3½ 39
6 Polet 6 5½ 3 3 0 ## 3½ 3½ 3 2½ 30
7 Obilic 5 5 2½ 3 2 2½ ## 3 5 3 31
8 Bgd. Vodovod 4 4 4½ 2 2 2½ 3 ## 4½ 5 31½
9 Bgd. Sigurnost 3½ 4 3½ 2 2½ 3 1 1½ ## 3½ 24½
10 Cukaricki 5 4 2½ 1 2½ 3½ 3 1 2½ ## 25
Vlado Soos sends news and games of the Tatry Open in Tatranske Zruby,
Slovakia 27th September - 4th October 2003. Jiri Stocek won the event with
8/9.
Further details: http://www.slovan-bratislava.com/
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Tatry Open Tatranske Zruby SVK (SVK), 27 ix -4 x 2003
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1. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2539 8 49.5 7 41.5
2. Velicka, Petr m CZE 2442 7.5 48.0 6 38.5
3. Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2471 7 49.0 5 36.0
4. Hausner, Ivan m CZE 2441 7 48.5 5 37.5
5. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2451 7 46.0 6 34.5
6. Pinter, Erik SVK 2411 7 46.0 6 34.5
7. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2455 7 46.0 5 35.0
8. Mrva, Martin m SVK 2470 7 45.5 6 34.5
9. Vavrak, Peter m SVK 2320 6.5 50.5 5 34.5
10. Cech, Pavel CZE 2400 6.5 49.5 6 37.0
11. Kantorik, Marian f SVK 2272 6.5 47.5 5 36.5
12. Repkova, Eva wg SVK 2359 6.5 47.0 5 36.5
13. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2293 6.5 47.0 5 35.0
14. Buchnicek, Petr f CZE 2325 6.5 47.0 5 34.0
15. Petrik, Tomas SVK 2407 6.5 46.5 5 35.0
16. Likavsky, Tomas m SVK 2470 6.5 45.5 5 33.0
17. Rachela, Milan SVK 2213 6.5 45.5 4 34.0
18. Schwarz, Dusan SVK 2272 6.5 44.5 5 34.0
253 players
John Hillery reports: The Los Angeles Open, held at the LAX Radisson
Hotel October 2nd-5th 2003, attracted a strong field including two GMs and five
IMs. Clear first in the FIDE-rated Open section was IM Andranik Matikozyan with
4½-½. Next at 4-1 were GM Pavel Blatny, IM Melikset Khachiyan, IM
Ricardo de Guzman, and Michael Casella (who upset GM Alek Wojtkiewicz in the
final round). A total of 179 players competed in six sections.
Complete standings may be found at
http://www.westernchess.com/lao03/standings.html
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LA Open Los Angeles USA (USA), 3-5 x 2003
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1. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2450
2. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2494
3. De Guzman, Ricardo m PHI 2417
4. Khachiyan, Melikset m USA 2464
5. Casella, Michael f USA 2345
6. Abrahamyan, Tatev wf USA 2228
7. Serpik, Ilia V USA 2274
8. Snyder, Larry USA 2031
9. Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g USA 2571
10. Odondoo,Ganbold USA ----
11. Peters, John A m USA 2420
12. Dovdon,Majigsuren USA ----
13. Ilfeld, Etan ISR 2210
14. Kurosaki, Takashi USA 2073
15. Pilnick, Carl USA 2157
16. Sheynberg,Yuliy USA ----
17. Clawitter,Craig USA ----
43 players
The 11th International Young Masters tournament take place in Zug,
Switzerland 7th-17th October 2003. Information Walter Bichsel.
Further details:
http://mypage.bluewin.ch/duerig/JMT2003/JMT2003Zug.html
and http://www.schach.ch/isv/
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YM Zug SUI (SUI), 7-17 x 2003 cat. V (2360)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Berkvens, Joost m NED 2450 * = = . 1 . . . 1 . = . 3.5 2534
2. Szelag, Marcin m POL 2390 = * . . = . 1 . . = . 1 3.5 2514
3. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2467 = . * . . . = = . 1 . 1 3.5 2494
4. Papa, Severin f SUI 2401 . . . * . = . 1 . = 1 = 3.5 2444
5. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2448 0 = . . * . = . 1 . 1 . 3.0 2431
6. Buss, Ralph SUI 2267 . . . = . * = = . 1 . = 3.0 2407
7. Van Beek, Lucien NED 2336 . 0 = . = = * . = . . . 2.0 2312
8. Loetscher, Roland f SUI 2345 . . = 0 . = . * . . 0 1 2.0 2253
9. Moor, Olivier f SUI 2352 0 . . . 0 . = . * = 1 . 2.0 2303
10. Rau, Hannes GER 2372 . = 0 = . 0 . . = * . . 1.5 2226
11. Allemann, Anton SUI 2271 = . . 0 0 . . 1 0 . * . 1.5 2250
12. Widmer, Simon SUI 2222 . 0 0 = . = . 0 . . . * 1.0 2134
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Two all-play-all tournaments have been organised in Alushta, Ukraine.
The first which took place 15th-25th September 2003 was won by Tigran
Nalbandian with 10/13. A small correction to the results and games from the
first tournament given last week, Zavgorodniy-Sumets (10) was a win for white
not a draw. A second event took place 27 September - 7th October 2003 which saw
Vladimir Rogovski and Yuri Drozdovskij finish on 11/15. My thanks to Leonid
Galperin.
Internet coverage: http://www.kaissa.com.ua/
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Osen II Alushta UKR (UKR), 27 ix-7 x 2003 cat. VIII (2436)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. Rogovski, Vladimir m UKR 2474 * 1 = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 0 = 1 1 11.0 2608
2. Drozdovskij, Yuri m UKR 2458 0 * = = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2609
3. Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2554 = = * = = = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2522
4. Belikov, Vladimir g RUS 2499 = = = * = 1 = = = 1 0 = 1 = = 1 9.0 2503
5. Nalbandian, Tigran m ARM 2478 = = = = * = = = = = = = 1 1 = 1 9.0 2505
6. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2507 0 = = 0 = * 1 1 = 1 = 1 0 1 = 1 9.0 2503
7. Sumets, Andrey m UKR 2473 0 0 = = = 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2505
8. Pavlov, Maxim m UKR 2443 0 0 1 = = 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 = = 8.0 2456
9. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen g RUS 2514 = = = = = = = = * = = 0 = = = 1 7.5 2430
10. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2434 = = = 0 = 0 0 0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2414
11. Muromtsev, Arthur RUS 2315 0 0 0 1 = = 0 0 = = * 1 = = 1 = 6.5 2393
12. Ushenina, Anna wm UKR 2311 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 1 = 0 * = = 1 1 6.5 2394
13. Tishin, D m UKR 2310 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = 0 = = * = 0 1 5.5 2349
14. Derjabin, Ilja m UKR 2401 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = = = = * 1 1 5.5 2343
15. Alexandrova, Olga m UKR 2437 0 0 = = = = 0 = = 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 5.0 2310
16. Khudyakov, Alexander f RUS 2365 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2018
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Osen I Alushta UKR (UKR), 15-25 ix 2003 cat. VIII (2439)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Nalbandian, Tigran m ARM 2478 * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2646
2. Zavgorodniy, Sergiy m UKR 2409 = * = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 9.5 2615
3. Drozdovskij, Yuri m UKR 2458 = = * = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2612
4. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2530 = = = * = = = = 1 = = = = 1 7.5 2488
5. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen g RUS 2514 = 0 = = * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2489
6. Kanep, Meelis m EST 2470 0 0 0 = = * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2465
7. Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2554 = 0 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 = 0 1 6.5 2429
8. Kononenko, Dmitry1 UKR 2449 = = = = = 0 0 * 1 = 0 1 0 1 6.0 2408
9. Danielian, Elina wg ARM 2400 0 = = 0 = = = 0 * 0 1 1 1 = 6.0 2412
10. Sumets, Andrey m UKR 2473 0 0 = = 0 = = = 1 * 0 = 1 1 6.0 2406
11. Onoprienko, Vladimir m RUS 2403 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 1 5.5 2384
12. Tishin, D m UKR 2310 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * = = 4.5 2338
13. Boricsev, Oleg m HUN 2326 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 = * 1 4.5 2337
14. Khudyakov, Alexander f RUS 2365 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 2043
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The 7th Itaú Cup takes place 27th September - 5th October 2003 in
Sao Paulo, Brazil. Gilberto Milos won the event on 7.5/9 on tie-break from
Wellington Carlos Rocha and Jose Fernando Cubas. IM norms were achieved by
Rocha and by Vitorio Chemin (who scored 7 out of 9). 198 players from 12
countries competed. Extra games will follow next week. My thanks to Herman and
Marius van Riemsdijk.
Further details: http://www.cxsp.com.br and
http://200.246.90.112/HiperChess
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7th Itau Cup Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 27 ix-5 x 2003
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1. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2592 7.5 41.5
2. Rocha, Wellington Carlos BRA 2420 7.5 40.0
3. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2419 7.5 38.0
4. Braga, Cicero m BRA 2426 7 39.0
5. Mittelman, Gur m ISR 2437 7 38.5
6. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2452 7 39.0
7. Zambrana, Oswaldo f BOL 2404 7 35.0
8. Chemin, Vitorio f BRA 2315 7 35.0
9. Galego, Luis g POR 2494 6.5 36.0
10. Fernando, Diogo m POR 2391 6.5 36.0
11. De Souza, Mauro m BRA 2361 6.5 34.5
12. Trois, Francisco R.T m BRA 2364 6.5 34.5
13. Marques, Vinicius f BRA 2380 6.5 34.0
14. Vera, I Jorge PAR 2189 6.5 34.0
15. Bosque Ortega, Xavier ESP 2258 6.5 34.0
16. Limp, Eduardo m BRA 2390 6.5 33.5
17. Pelikian, Jefferson m BRA 2415 6.5 33.5
18. Bittencourt, Jorge BRA 2330 6.5 32.0
19. Lebredo, Gerardo m CUB 2317 6.5 31.0
199 players
Zone 2.3 takes place in Guayaquil, Ecuador finishing 13th October 2003.
It is a 12 player, cat. 8 round robin. Costa Rica´s hope, Alejandro
Ramirez, is sharing the lead with Ecuador´s number one, GM Carlos
Matamoros, and Cuban GM Lenier Dominguez, all with 7 out of 10. Half a point
behind is Cuban GM Neurys Delgado. Only a few games are currently available
hopefully I will get them all next week. My thanks to Rodolfo Arias.
Internet coverage: http://www.tablerotico.com
Round 10 (of 11) Standings:
1 Ramírez, Alejandro CRC 2483 im 7
2 Matamoros, Carlos ECU 2484 gm 7
3 Domínguez, Lenier CUB 2607 gm 7
4 Delgado, Neuris CUB 2530 gm 6.5
5 Estrada, Julián MEX 2290 im 5.5
6 Mieles, Daniel ECU 2468 im 4.5
7 García, Gildardo COL 2470 gm 4
8 Mendoza, Rafael COL 2382 fm 4
9 Valdés, Leonardo CRC 2365 im 3.5
10 Palencia, Wilson VEN 2350 fm 3
11 Juárez, Carlos GUA 2392 im 3
12 Delgado, Andrés ECU 2372 fm 3
Geurt Gijssen is in Salekhard (Far North) and reports. Salekhard is the
only city in the world located on the Arctic Circle (66 degrees 33 minutes
latitude). The government of the region has organised a team competiton (4
players: 3 boys and 1 girl). The players must be born after 31st December 1985.
16 teams participate in this tournament: 14 teams from different regions and
republics of Russia plus Germany and The Netherlands. The event takes place
5th-11th October 2003 I'm still awaiting news of the final rounds.
Scores after Round 6 (of 9)
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Artic Cup u16 Salekhard RUS (RUS), 5-11 x 2003
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1 Sverdlovsk region 18.0
2 Yamalo-Nenets aut district 1 12.0
3 Netherlands 17.0
4 Saint-Petersburg 16.0
5 Vologodsk region 15.0
6 Khanty-Mansiysky aut district 12.0
7 Chelyabinsk region 14.0
8 Arkhangelsk region 14.0
9 Germany 12.0
10 Yamalo-Nenets aut district 2 12.0
11 Tumen region 15.0
12 Republic Komi 8.0
13 Krasnoyarsk territory 6.5
14 Kurgan region 9.5
15 Nenets autdistrict 6.5
16 Salekhard 8.5
1st Ashdod Chess Festival - The Israel International Open Chess
Championship takes place in Ashdod 12th-17th October 2003. My thanks to Alik
Gershon.
Live coverage: http://www.chess.org.il/Ashdod/Ashdod_Eng.htm
Israel International Open Championship 2003
Round 2 of 9 Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Score
1-12 Mikhalevski, Victor ISR 2548 2
Erenburg, Sergey ISR 2500 2
Chekhov, Valery A RUS 2464 2
Bykhovsky, Avigdor RUS 2442 2
Shabanov, Yuri RUS 2422 2
Huzman, Alexander ISR 2574 2
Ginsburg, Gennadij GER 2483 2
Mikhalevski, Alexande ISR 2436 2
Lerner, Konstantin Z UKR 2524 2
Tyomkin, Dimitri CAN 2476 2
Gerzhoy, Leonid ISR 2423 2
Ribshtein, Nati ISR 2347 2
13-38 Milov, Vadim SUI 2574 1.5
Savchenko, Stanislav UKR 2563 1.5
Golod, Vitali ISR 2544 1.5
Postny, Evgeny ISR 2526 1.5
Zagrebelny, Sergey UZB 2524 1.5
Vul, Arkadi Eremeevic RUS 2510 1.5
Szuhanek, Ranko ROM 2455 1.5
Malisov, Boris ISR 2284 1.5
Psakhis, Lev ISR 2549 1.5
Livshits, Gaby ISR 2409 1.5
Bebchuk, Evgeni RUS 2315 1.5
Zilberman, Yaacov ISR 2433 1.5
Markosian, David S. ARM 2426 1.5
Kudischewitsch, David RUS 2413 1.5
Bar, Roman ISR 2410 1.5
Lymar, Irina UKR 2392 1.5
Kaganskiy, Gleb RUS 2386 1.5
Haimovich, Tal ISR 2366 1.5
Shevelev, Arkady ISR 2362 1.5
Dub, Zeev ISR 2284 1.5
Goldin, Alexander USA 2629 1.5
Greenfeld, Alon ISR 2527 1.5
Kantsler, Boris ISR 2483 1.5
Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2451 1.5
Nadanian, Ashot ARM 2388 1.5
Caspi, Israel ISR 2078 1.5
112 players
The African Individual Championships take place in Abuja, Nigeria
10th-17th October 2003. There are both men's and women's events.
Official site: http://www.fide.com/aag2003/indmen/
Alongside is the African Team Championships 5th-15th October 2003 which
is part of the Africa Games. Players seem to have been able to play in both
events somehow.
Official site: http://www.fide.com/aag2003/
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ch-Africa Abuja NGR (NGR), 10-17 x 2003
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1. Abdelnabbi, Imed m EGY 2484 3.0
2. Adly, Ahmed m EGY 2448 3.0
3. El Gindy, Essam m EGY 2501 3.0
4. El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2505 2.5 2531
5. Ezat, Mohamed m EGY 2405 2.5 2478
6. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2424 2.5 2466
7. Solomon, Kenny f RSA 2339 2.5 2393
8. Cochrane, John Miles ZIM 2206 2.0 2357
9. Van den Heever, Donovan RSA 2035 2.0 2458
10. Onabogun,Kolade NGR ---- 2.0 2355
11. Kobese, Watu m RSA 2404 2.0 2369
12. Chumfwa, Stanley ZAM 2318 2.0 2404
13. Olape, Bunmi NGR 2273 2.0 2280
14. Adu, Oladapo m NGR 2268 2.0 2316
15. Campos, Eugenio m ANG 2249 2.0 2284
16. Lungu, Nase f ZAM 2270 2.0 2237
17. Aikhoje, Odion m NGR 2278 2.0 2301
18. Kamel, Salama EGY 2077 2.0 2260
19. Akintola, Fola m NGR 2256 2.0 2274
50 players
Rd9 (of 11)Team Standings:
# Country GP MP
1 Egypt 27.5 7.0
2 Zambia 24.0 7.5
3 Algeria 24.0 6.5
4 South Africa 21.0 5.0
5 Angola 19.5 4.5
6 Libya 18.5 4.5
7 Nigeria 16.0 4.0
8 Zimbabwe 12.5 3.0
9 Ethiopia 8.5 2.0
10 Cote D Ivoire 7.0 1.0
11 Sao Tome e Principe 1.5 0.0
The 1st Mediterranean Chess Association Championships took place in
Beirut, Lebanon, Sepember 25th - October 6th 2003. Spyridon Kapnisis took clear
first on 7.5/9 after a final round win against Patrick Van Hoolandt. Matej
Sebenik finished in 2nd after beating Constantinos Papatryfonos finishing on
7/9. Silvia Collas won the women's event. My thanks to Elie Houlichian.
Internet coverage: http://www.geocities.com/medichess2003/
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1st ch-Mediterranean Beruit LEB (LEB), 26 ix-5 x 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Kapnisis, Spyridon GRE 2392 +15 + 3 = 5 = 2 + 6 + 7 = 4 +12 + 8 7.5 2620
2. Sebenik, Matej f SLO 2425 +12 +10 = 6 = 1 = 4 = 3 + 5 + 9 +13 7.0 2558
3. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2346 +16 - 1 +10 + 7 + 5 = 2 + 8 = 4 = 6 6.5 2517
4. Eid, Fadi m LIB 2398 =11 - 8 +14 =12 = 2 + 9 = 1 = 3 = 5 5.0 2341
5. Collas, Didier m FRA 2437 = 8 +11 = 1 + 6 - 3 +13 - 2 =10 = 4 5.0 2372
6. Hakki, Imad m SYR 2451 + 9 + 7 = 2 - 5 - 1 - 8 +16 +11 = 3 5.0 2353
7. Abdel Razik, Khaled f EGY 2391 +13 - 6 + 8 - 3 +12 - 1 -10 +16 +14 5.0 2292
8. Van Hoolandt, Patrick MNC 2301 = 5 + 4 - 7 =11 = 9 + 6 - 3 +15 - 1 4.5 2343
9. Erdogdu, Mert f TUR 2336 - 6 +13 -11 +10 = 8 - 4 +14 - 2 +15 4.5 2273
10. Najjar, Ahmad f LIB 2367 +14 - 2 - 3 - 9 =15 +16 + 7 = 5 =12 4.5 2264
11. Bengherabi, Khalil ALG 2170 = 4 - 5 + 9 = 8 -13 =14 +15 - 6 +16 4.5 2252
12. Kassis, Antoine LIB 2206 - 2 =14 +16 = 4 - 7 +15 +13 - 1 =10 4.5 2258
13. Papatryfonos, Constantinos CYP 2112 - 7 - 9 +15 +16 +11 - 5 -12 =14 - 2 3.5 2164
14. Kayle, Charles PLE 2070 -10 =12 - 4 =15 =16 =11 - 9 =13 - 7 2.5 2072
15. Abdulaziz, Mahmoud LIB 2168 - 1 =16 -13 =14 =10 -12 -11 - 8 - 9 1.5 1944
16. Sammut Briffa, Peter MLT ---- - 3 =15 -12 -13 =14 -10 - 6 - 7 -11 1.0 1902
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1st ch-Mediterranean w Beruit LEB (LEB), 26 ix-5 x 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Collas, Silvia wg FRA 2352 + 4 + 2 = 3 + 7 = 6 + 9 + 8 + 5 +12 8.0 2407
2. Topel, Zehra wf TUR 2045 +12 - 1 + 9 + 4 + 3 + 7 + 6 + 8 = 5 7.5 2363
3. Srebrnic, Ana wf SLO 2243 + 8 + 6 = 1 + 9 - 2 = 4 +11 +10 + 7 7.0 2277
4. Lebel-Arias, Julia wm MNC 1988 - 1 +12 + 5 - 2 +11 = 3 =10 - 7 + 6 5.0 2145
5. Kaza, P GRE 2149 - 6 + 8 - 4 +11 = 7 =10 + 9 - 1 = 2 4.5 2057
6. Mouradian, Suzan LIB ---- + 5 - 3 - 8 +10 = 1 +12 - 2 +11 - 4 4.5 2092
7. Mouradian, Knarik wm LIB 2080 +11 - 9 +10 - 1 = 5 - 2 +12 + 4 - 3 4.5 2092
8. Benabdelaziz,Lynda ---- - 3 - 5 + 6 +12 = 9 +11 - 1 - 2 =10 4.0 2050
9. Makhlouf, Youmna LIB ---- +10 + 7 - 2 - 3 = 8 - 1 - 5 +12 -11 3.5 2022
10. Mir Mahmoud, Afamia SYR 2052 - 9 +11 - 7 - 6 +12 = 5 = 4 - 3 = 8 3.5 1971
11. Torbey,Sara ---- - 7 -10 +12 - 5 - 4 - 8 - 3 - 6 + 9 2.0 1836
12. Tossounian,Maria ---- - 2 - 4 -11 - 8 -10 - 6 - 7 - 9 - 1 0.0
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Leonid Yudasin and Julio Becerra won the 76th New York Masters on 7th
October 2003 with 3/4. News John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com
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76th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 7 x 2003
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2569 = 8 + 2 = 3 + 4 3.0 ($200)
2. Becerra, Julio g USA 2558 +12 - 1 + 8 + 6 3.0 ($200)
3. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2602 + 7 - 6 = 1 + 9 2.5 ($ 20)
4. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g USA 2571 = 5 +11 + 6 - 1 2.5 ($ 20)
5. Privman, Boris f USA 2240 = 4 =10 = 7 +11 2.5 ($ 70)
6. Stripunsky, Alex g USA 2530 + 9 + 3 - 4 - 2 2.0
7. Bonin, Jay m USA 2339 - 3 = 8 = 5 +10 2.0
8. Hoffmann, Asa f USA 2307 = 1 = 7 - 2 +12 2.0
9. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2251 - 6 +12 +10 - 3 2.0
10. Gershov, Yevegniy f USA 2336 = = 5 - 9 - 7 1.0
11. Figler, Ilye f USA 2328 = - 4 =12 - 5 1.0
12. Khrapatin, Fedor USA ---- - 2 - 9 =11 - 8 0.5
PRIZES
1ST - $300
2ND - $100
3RD - $ 40
U2400 - $ 70
Antonio Rosino reports: The fifth edition of an interesting scholastic
team tournament among Venice, Vienna, Koeln and Znojmo (a little Moravian town)
was held the 10th and 11th of October in Vienna. 63 teams (32 from Vienna, 20
from Venice, 7 from Koeln; 4 from Znojmo) competed in two Rapid Chess
Tournaments (45 minutes for each player; 7 rounds). The Vienna International
School won the U16 tournament with 22 points on 28; BG 16 Maroltigerstrasse was
second with 21 and BG/BRg 21 Franklinstrasse was third with 19 points.
Schauerstrasse of Koeln won the U19 tournament with 23,5 on 28; second was
Kolbe Gymnasyum of Koeln with 20; third Polesneho Gymnasium of Znojmo and
fourth Liceo Foscarini of Venice. The trophy for the best town result was
conquered, after two years of Venetian victories, from Vienna.
Further details: http://schach.wienerzeitung.at
Mig sends a correction to the game Landa,K - Rudolf,H rd2 and Rainer
Polzin to Morozevich - Berndt Rd2. I still don't have a fix to
Volkov-Morozevich rd5.
Correction from last week. The Hungarian Women's Championships actually
took place in Budapest June 21st-29th 2003 not September as I had it (I'm not
sure why I didn't get the games and results at the time which is what confused
me). Yelena Dembo won the event with a 7.5/9 score half a point clear of Nora
Medvegy. My thanks to Korpics Zsolt.
Some details: http://www.origo.hu/sport/sakk/
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ch-HUN w Budapest HUN (HUN), 21-29 vi 2003 cat. II (2277)
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1. Dembo, Yelena wg HUN 2402 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2536
2. Medvegy, Nora wg HUN 2385 1 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2485
3. Vajda, Szidonia wg HUN 2403 0 = * = 1 = = = 1 1 5.5 2343
4. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2327 0 = = * = = = 1 1 = 5.0 2314
5. Goczo, Melinda wm HUN 2194 0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 4.5 2286
6. Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2342 0 = = = = * 0 1 1 = 4.5 2270
7. Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2298 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 1 = 4.5 2274
8. Ignacz, Maria HUN 2136 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 3.0 2167
9. Toth, Lili HUN 2149 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 2.0 2071
10. Rudolf, Anna HUN 2136 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 * 1.5 2019
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Somehow I managed to leave this story out of the TWIC magazine a couple
of weeks ago although it was obviously front page news on the website. Garry
Kasparov took on Zurab Azmaiparashvili in a 2 rapid game (25mins+10 seconds
Kasparov won 2-0) and four blitz game (5mins + 3 seconds games Kasparov won
3.5-0.5) match in Crete 23th September 2003.
Rapid
Kasparov, Garry - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1-0 49 C41 Philidor's Defence
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 25 D11 Slav Defence
Rapid Match Crete GRE (GRE), 23-23 ix 2003
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1 2
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Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2830 1 1 2.0
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2702 0 0 0.0
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Blitz
Kasparov, Garry - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1-0 32 B07 Pirc Defence
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 52 A07 Barcza System
Kasparov, Garry - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1/2 57 B07 Pirc Defence
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 38 A04 Dutch System
Blitz Match Crete GRE (GRE), 23-23 ix 2003
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1 2 3 4
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Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2830 1 1 = 1 3.5 3038
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2702 0 0 = 0 0.5 2508
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Autunno Scacchistico Veneziano
The Traditional Chess Open Autunno Scacchistico Veneziano (first
edition in 1985) takes place in Venice from October 30th to 2nd November 2003,
organized together by "Esteban Canal" Chess Club and by "Carlo Salvioli" Chess
Club.
Master tournament: 6 rounds (minimum 2000 Fide rating or 1900 Italian
rating) 100 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 second every move; after 40 moves 10
minutes more plus 30 seconds every move. "A" Tournament: Italian rating
1700-1899; Fide rating less than 2000. Two hours for 40 moves and 30 minutes of
quick play finish. "B" Tournament: Italian rating less than 1800. Two hours for
40 moves and 30 minutes of quick play finish. "C" Tournament: players without
rating. Two hours for the whole game. A, B and C tournaments: 5 rounds from
31st of October
Further details: http://www.autunnoscacchisticoveneziano.org
in Italian and in English.
Cairnhill Chess Festival 2003
Cairnhill Chess Festival 2003 The Cairnhill Chess Festival 2003 will
take place from 6th-21st of December 2003 in Singapore. This year's events
include the 21st Cairnhill International Open Chess Championship ‘The
Cairnhill’s Cup’ as well as other side events such as Blitz, Rapid
and Closed tournaments. Complete details will be announced in due course.
Further details at
http://pc-connect.com.sg/chess/ccf03/03_Home.htm
Taimanov Interview
Sergey Bystrov has interviewed Mark Taimanov. Read it at:
http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/lectures/taim.html
British National Chess Week
The Helicopter Chess Challenge takes place on 17th October 2003 marks
the launch of the British National Chess Week 20th-26th October 2003.
The Helicopter Chess Challenge sees 12 year old Junior Chess Champion,
David Howell taking to the skies for a Helicopter Chess Challenge to launch the
first ever National Chess Week for Barnardo’s.
Some fantastic events are taking place, from human chess, fancy dress
chess and round the table chess games. Each game played will donate £1
for Barnardo’s with £500,000 the fundraising target. National Chess
Week for Barnardo’s is sponsored by The British Land Company PLC.
Links:
http://www.nationalchessweek.co.uk
http://www.barnardos.org.uk
http://www.chessacademyuk@aol.com
Karpov - Radjabov Blitz
According to the website below Teimour Radjabov played a blitz match
against Anatoly Karpov in Baku on 29th September 2003. He won 3.5-2.5 in the 5
minute games. Does anyone have further details?
Info: http://www.azerichess.com
Cap D'agde
6th National and International Chess Encounters World Rapid Chess
Championship organised by CCAS in Cap d'agde 23rd-30th October 2003. CCAS is
Caisse Centrale d'Activités Sociales des Electriciens et Gaziers de
France (EDF-GDF), the national company for Gas and Electricity.
16 World Class GMs among them 11 of the 12 top rated players will fight
for the world crown. Each player will have 25 minutes + 10 seconds per played
move. This means games that will last at most between 50 minutes to 1 hour.
Players include Vladimir Kramnik, Vishwanathan Anand, Ruslan
Ponomariov, Anatoly Karpov and Judit Polgar are amongst the players
Players: Kramnik Vladimir (Russia, Elo 2777) Anand Vishy (India, 2766)
Bareev Evgeny (Russia, 2739) Shirov Alexei (Spain, 2737) Topalov Veselin
(Bulgaria, 2735) Grischuk Alexander (Russia, 2732) Adams Michaël (England,
2725) Svidler Peter (Russia, 2723) Leko Peter (Hungaria, 2722) Polgar Judith
(Hungaria, 2722) Ponomariov Ruslan (Ukrainia, 2718) Gelfand Boris (Israël,
2703) Azmaiparashvili Zurab (Georgia, 2693) Karpov Anatoly (Russia, 2693)
Lautier Joël (France, 2666) Bacrot Etienne (France, 2664)
Reserves: Radjabov Teimour (Azerbadjian,2650) Onischuk Alexander
(United States, 2661) Fressinet Laurent (France, 2654) Hamdouchi Hicham
(Marocco, 2590)
The average rating will be 2726 ELO points, which makes this world
rapid chess championship the strongest of all time.
Official site: http://www.asmeg.org/index.php?page=191
Hastings Chess Congress
The Hastings Congress takes place 28 December 2003 to 5 January 2004
with the Premier, Challengers and several shorter events. Acceptances to the
Premier have been received from Kateryna Lahno, Vassilios Kotronias, Stuart
Conquest, Jonathan Rowson, Danny Gormally, Alexander Cherniaev and probably
Abhijit Kunte. challengers Efimenko, Kuzmin, Hebden, Lalic, Wells.
Further details power@hicc.demon.co.uk.
http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Wales Interational
The Wales International 7th-15th January 2004. Further details
kevin.staveley@btinternet.com.
The GibTelecom Festival
The GibTelecom Festival takes place 27th January to 5th February 2004.
Besides the 10 round Swiss, there are two 5 round events for players under 2000
or unrated. Acceptances to the Masters from: Cramling, Stefanova, Kotronias,
Rowson, Sulskis, Kunte, Harikrishna, Houska, Gormally, Hebden, Lalic, Emms,
Motwani, McNab, Vuckovic, Davies. Further details conf.banq@caletahotel.gi.
Internet coverage: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
Bermuda Open 2004 Cancelled
Nigel Freeman sends news. Hurricane Fabian has caused the cancellation
of the Bermuda Open for 2004. The Fairmont Southampton Hotel is closed for
repairs until early March and the organisers are unable to find a suitable
replacement venue. They hope still to hold an invitational; details, when
available, will be posted on the official website
http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
ChessMile Website
Jean-Claude Templeur has built a website for FIDE rated players.
http://www.chessmile.com
A large part of the news and comments are about french or
french-speaking players.
It includes an articel
http://www.chessmile.com/articles.php?id=4
(GMT Principles on a proposal to rate open events.)
II Benidorm International Chess Festival
The II Benidorm International Chess Festival takes place 21st-29th
November 2003.
The event will include a part 27th-29th November 2003 with starts
including: 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 details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com.
6th Tanta Open
6th TANTA OPEN 2003 -This year the 6th Tanta festival will be held 7th
– 17th DEC . at Tanta City about 90 Km. from Cairo, Egypt. -The event will
be a Swiss Sytem – 9 Rounds, two sections: -New Fide Time Control ( 90 Min
for all game and 30 Sec. Added for every move) - play starts at 5 p.m. daily
from 7 to 16 DEC. , Rest Day 12 DEC., Arrival 6 DEC. , 1st Round 7 DEC. , last
Round 16 DEC. , Closing Ceremony 17 DEC. 4 p.m. then departure. A) closed
section : (40 players) (5G.M. + 25 I.M.+ 10 egyptian players ,the highest
ratings) Prizes in L.E (Egyptian Pounds) 1st till 9th (5000 - 4500 - 3750 -
3000 - 2250 - 1500 - 1500 - 1250 -1250 ( 1US$ ~ 6.5 L.E) B) open section : Open
for all players. - Prizes in L.E ( Egyptian Pounds) 1st till 15th (1000 - 900 -
800 - 700 - 600 -500 - 400 - 300 - 300 - 200 - 200 - 200 - 150 - 150 - 150 )
-Prizes are distributed according to Hort system (between the number of players
corresponding to number of advertised prizes ) -Players who wants to
participate will pay (25)US$ daily for full accommodation in Doubl Bedroom or
(30) US$ for single Room 4 Star Hotel – (20) US$ daily for Double Bedroom
or (25) US$ for Single Room 3 Star Hotel That included : Free transportation
inside Egypt , including from and to Airport; Free Tourist tour; Free entry fee
; Daily Bulletin , and Book of the tournament distributed on Closing Ceremony
-Special conditions for limited no. of GMs and IMs. ( Organizers asks for only
one invited player from each country) Last day for registering is 30/11/2003.
Contact: E-Mail ecf@idsc.net.eg and haskh@yahoo.com Hassan Khaled - General
Director - Egyptian Chess Federation Phone +20-2-3378987 and
Mobile:+20-10-5003063 Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285
7th email Afro-Asian championship
7th email Afro-Asian championship. The preliminaries of this
competition will start on 15.01.2004 , all players from Africa and Asia who
wish to participate, should send their application to M. Samraoui email address
: samraoui@aol.com before 30.11.2003 . Like the previous editions there is two
stages, preliminaries and a final with qualified players. The number of
sections will depend upon entries. No entry fees required.
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/
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). There is a weeks break during the European Club Cup.
Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html
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.
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
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
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/