THE WEEK IN CHESS 472 24th November 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Kasparov vs
Fritz X3D match
3) Mystery consultation match 2
4) German Bundesliga
5) Spanish Team
Championships
6) Claude Pècaut Memorial
7) Bali international in Benidorm
8) European
Internet Championships
9) 80th-82nd New York
Masters
10) Indian Women's National A
Championships
11) Montecatini Terme
12) 13th World Championship for Seniors 2003
13) 1st d'Alcúdia Tournament
14)
Mendoza Championships
15) Venetian Chess Autumn
16) World Computer Chess Championships
17)
Slovenian Teams
18) 1st Panama Chess
International
19) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Kasparov vs Fritz X3D match 1 game
German Bundesliga 32 games
Spanish Team Championships 118 games
Claude Pècaut Memorial 45 games
European Internet Championships 116 games
80th-82nd New York Masters 12 games
Indian Women's Championships 63 games
Montecatini Terme 1 game
Mendoza Championships 30 games
Venetian Chess Autumn 1 game
World Computer Championships 24 games
Slovenian Teams 240 games
683 games
My thanks to Andy McFarland, David Llada, Lanfranco Bombelli, John
Fernandez, Karl Theny, Luis E. Esquivel, Dominique Primel, Andrew Martin,
Manuel and Arvind Aaron, Julio Alberto González, Peter Vass, Antonio
Rosino, Dusan Rusjan, Igor Nataf, Stewart Reuben, Jan Mazuch, Primoz Kokalj and
everyone else who helped with the issue.
Kasparov drew his match against Fritz X3D in New York. This is the third
draw in a high profile match following Kramnik's draw against Fritz and
Kasparov's draw against Junior. All these matches show that human's can still
beat the machines, but will they ever manage to win a match again? The
computing power available to these programs will only continue to improve yet
in spite of increasing human experience of these matches the players haven't
translated that to a full match. Fritz itself is competing in the World
Computer Championships and shares the lead with 3/3 in the 11 round event.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Kasparov took on an X3D version of Fritz in a match in New York
11th-18th November 2003. Kasparov drew with Deep Junior in January. Kasparov is
using 3D glasses to see a the 3D Board generated by Fritz.
The final game of the match was drawn after only 27 moves in a sterile
position. The match too was drawn 2-2.
Official site: http://x3dchess.com/
also ChessBase's site http://www.chessbase.com
Kasparov, Garry - X3D FRITZ 1/2 37 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
X3D FRITZ - Kasparov, Garry 1-0 39 C66 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kasparov, Garry - X3D FRITZ 1-0 45 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
X3D FRITZ - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 27 D27 QGA
X3D Match New York USA (USA), 11-18 xi 2003
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1 2 3 4
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X3D FRITZ ---- = 1 0 = 2.0
Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2830 = 0 1 = 2.0
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As reported last week the mystery consultation match with two teams of
three players held by the NAO Chess Club finished in a draw. The event was
sponsored by SMS text messaging. White was a team captained by Igor Nataf
(average ELO 2601) Black a team captained by the club sponsor Mme Nahed Ojjeh
(average ELO 2681).
There will be a rematch starting Monday 24 November 2004. White will be
a team captained by the club sponsor Mme Nahed Ojjeh (average ELO of the
players 2681) - the same as in game one. Igor Nataf's team has one change and
their rating will rise to an average of ELO 2625
Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html
The 3rd and 4th rounds of the German Bundesliga took place over the
weekend of 22nd-23rd November 2003. In addition there were two round 7 games.
SC Baden-Oos (Anand and Shirov play for them) are the only team with a 100%
score. SG Porz have 9 points from 10 after drawing their round 4 match against
SF Neukölln, they have played their round 7 match against Katernberg so
have played 5 matches.
News: http://www.schachbundesliga.com.
There was live coverage from Baden Baden at: http://www.rochade.de/ and games from there
are available.
Round 3 22nd November 2003
Venue: Baden Oos (Baden Baden)
SC Baden-Oos 4,5:3,5 TV Tegernsee
GM Viswanathan Anand ½ : ½ GM Igor Khenkin
GM Alexei Shirov ½ : ½ GM Klaus Bischoff
GM Rustem Dautov ½ : ½ GM Uwe Boensch
GM Dr. Robert Huebner ½ : ½ GM Gerald Hertneck
GM Michal Krasenkow ½ : ½ GM Henrik Teske
GM Philipp Schlosser ½ : ½ GM Markus Stangl
Rainer Buhmann ½ : ½ IM Stefan Bromberger
GM Ludger Keitlinghaus 1 : 0 IM David Gross
Stuttgarter SF 2,0:6,0 SK König Plauen
GM Eckhard Schmittdiel ½ : ½ GM Tomasz Markowski
IM Igor Berezovsky 0 : 1 GM Stefan Kindermann
IM Hedinn Steingrimsson ½ : ½ GM Lutz Espig
FM Severin Papa 0 : 1 FM Gunter Sandner
FM Andreas Reuss 0 : 1 FM Stefan Haskamp
FM Gerhard Lorscheid ½ : ½ FM Michael Kuraszkiewicz
FM Thomas Heinatz ½ : ½ FM Ulrich Dirr
FM Aleksandar Vuckovic 0 : 1 FM Roland Pfretzschner
Venue: St. Ingbert
SV Hofheim 1,5:6,5 Hamburger SK
GM Joerg Hickl 0 : 1 GM Lubomir Ftacnik
IM Gennadi Ginsburg ½ : ½ GM Suat Atalik
IM Arno Zude 0 : 1 IM Jan Gustafsson
WGM Jovanka Houska 0 : 1 GM Sune Berg Hansen
FM Stephan Buchal ½ : ½ GM Michael Bezold
FM Patrick Burkart 0 : 1 IM Emanuel Berg
FM Oliver Brendel ½ : ½ IM Oliver Reeh
FM Dr. Erik Zude 0 : 1 IM Thies Heinemann
Venue: Koelln (Porz)
SG Porz 6,5:1,5 SC Kreuzberg
GM Christopher Lutz ½ : ½ GM Zoltan Almasi
GM Loek Van Wely ½ : ½ GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
GM Ivan Sokolov 1 : 0 GM Jens-Uwe Maiwald
GM Alexander Graf 1 : 0 GM Raj Tischbierek
GM Mikhail Gurevich 1 : 0 GM Ralf Lau
GM Rafael A Vaganian ½ : ½ GM Sergey Kalinitschew
GM Curt Hansen 1 : 0 IM Drazen Muse
GM Erik Van den Doel 1 : 0 IM Stefan Loeffler
SF Katernberg 4,5:3,5 SF Neukölln
GM Andrei Volokitin ½ : ½ GM Sergei Movsesian
GM Vladimir Chuchelov 1 : 0 GM Dorian Rogozenko
GM Igor V Glek 1 : 0 IM Stephan Berndt
IM Martin Senff ½ : ½ IM Rainer Polzin
IM Sebastian Siebrecht 0 : 1 IM Dr. Martin Borriss
IM Matthias Thesing ½ : ½ IM Dirk Poldauf
Christian Scholz ½ : ½ IM Lars Thiede
IM Georgios Souleidis ½ : ½ IM Michael Schwarz
Venue: Bremer
Bremer SG 5,5:2,5 SG Solingen
GM Konstantin Sakaev ½ : ½ GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov
GM Etienne Bacrot 1 : 0 GM Artur Jussupow
GM Johann Hjartarson 1 : 0 GM Christian Gabriel
GM Evgenij Agrest ½ : ½ GM Matthew Sadler
GM Hannes Stefansson 0 : 1 IM Alexander Naumann
IM Gannadij Fish ½ : ½ IM Jan Werle
IM Joris Brenninkmeijer 1 : 0 IM Markus Schaefer
IM Ewgeni Gisbrecht 1 : 0 Joerg Wegerle
Werder Bremen 4,0:4,0 SV Wattenscheid
GM Luke James McShane ½ : ½ GM Levon Aronian
GM Zbynek Hracek 0 : 1 GM Leif Erlend Johannessen
GM Vlastimil Babula ½ : ½ IM Ralf Appel
GM Yannick Pelletier 1 : 0 IM Dr. Frank Holzke
GM Lars Schandorff ½ : ½ IM Dr. Volkmar Dinstuhl
WGM Almira Skripchenko 1 : 0 IM Holger Ellers
Sven Joachim ½ : ½ FM Timo Straeter
IM Gerlef Meins 0 : 1 FM Jan Lauzeningks
Round 4 23rd November 2003
Venue: Baden Oos (Baden Baden)
TV Tegernsee 6,0:2,0 Stuttgarter SF
GM Igor Khenkin 1 : 0 GM Eckhard Schmittdiel
GM Klaus Bischoff 1 : 0 IM Igor Berezovsky
GM Uwe Boensch 1 : 0 IM Hedinn Steingrimsson
GM Gerald Hertneck ½ : ½ FM Severin Papa
GM Henrik Teske 1 : 0 FM Andreas Reuss
GM Markus Stangl ½ : ½ FM Gerhard Lorscheid
IM Stefan Bromberger ½ : ½ FM Thomas Heinatz
IM David Gross ½ : ½ FM Aleksandar Vuckovic
SK König Plauen 0,5:7,5 SC Baden-Oos
GM Tomasz Markowski 0 : 1 GM Viswanathan Anand
GM Stefan Kindermann ½ : ½ GM Alexei Shirov
GM Lutz Espig 0 : 1 GM Rustem Dautov
FM Gunter Sandner 0 : 1 GM Dr. Robert Huebner
FM Stefan Haskamp 0 : 1 GM Michal Krasenkow
FM Michael Kuraszkiewicz 0 : 1 GM Philipp Schlosser
FM Ulrich Dirr 0 : 1 Rainer Buhmann
FM Roland Pfretzschner 0 : 1 GM Ludger Keitlinghaus
Venue: St. Ingbert
Hamburger SK 8,0:0,0 SCA St. Ingbert
GM Lubomir Ftacnik 1 : 0 GM Cyril Marcelin
GM Suat Atalik 1 : 0 GM Vladimir Lazarev
IM Jan Gustafsson 1 : 0 IM Emmanuel Bricard
GM Sune Berg Hansen 1 : 0 Chi Minh Nguyen
GM Michael Bezold 1 : 0 Dennis Drollinger
IM Emanuel Berg + : - FM Georg Gross
IM Oliver Reeh 1 : 0 Andreas Bock
IM Thies Heinemann 1 : 0 Hannes Callam
Venue: Koelln (Porz)
SC Kreuzberg 5,0:3,0 SF Katernberg
GM Zoltan Almasi 1 : 0 GM Andrei Volokitin
GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1 : 0 GM Vladimir Chuchelov
GM Jens-Uwe Maiwald 1 : 0 GM Igor V Glek
GM Raj Tischbierek ½ : ½ IM Martin Senff
GM Ralf Lau ½ : ½ IM Sebastian Siebrecht
GM Sergey Kalinitschew 1 : 0 IM Matthias Thesing
IM Drazen Muse 0 : 1 Christian Scholz
IM Stefan Loeffler 0 : 1 IM Georgios Souleidis
SF Neukölln 4,0:4,0 SG Porz
GM Sergei Movsesian ½ : ½ GM Christopher Lutz
GM Dorian Rogozenko ½ : ½ GM Loek Van Wely
IM Stephan Berndt 0 : 1 GM Ivan Sokolov
IM Dr. Martin Borriss 1 : 0 GM Alexander Graf
IM Dirk Poldauf ½ : ½ GM Mikhail Gurevich
IM Lars Thiede 1 : 0 GM Rafael A Vaganian
IM Michael Schwarz ½ : ½ GM Erik Van den Doel
FM Henrik Rudolf 0 : 1 GM Edwin Kengis
Venue: Bremer
SG Solingen 2,0:6,0 Werder Bremen
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov ½ : ½ GM Luke James McShane
GM Artur Jussupow ½ : ½ GM Zbynek Hracek
GM Christian Gabriel 0 : 1 GM Vlastimil Babula
GM Matthew Sadler 0 : 1 GM Yannick Pelletier
IM Alexander Naumann ½ : ½ GM Lars Schandorff
IM Jan Werle 0 : 1 WGM Almira Skripchenko
IM Markus Schaefer ½ : ½ Sven Joachim
Joerg Wegerle 0 : 1 IM Gerlef Meins
SV Wattenscheid 4,0:4,0 Bremer SG
GM Levon Aronian ½ : ½ GM Konstantin Sakaev
GM Leif Erlend Johannessen ½ : ½ GM Etienne Bacrot
IM Ralf Appel 1 : 0 GM Konstantin Landa
IM Dr. Frank Holzke 1 : 0 GM Johann Hjartarson
IM Dr. Volkmar Dinstuhl 0 : 1 GM Evgenij Agrest
IM Holger Ellers ½ : ½ GM Hannes Stefansson
FM Timo Straeter 0 : 1 IM Joris Brenninkmeijer
FM Thomas Thiel ½ : ½ IM Ewgeni Gisbrecht
Round 7 21st November 2003
Venue: St. Ingbert
SG Porz 5,0:3,0 SF Katernberg
GM Christopher Lutz 0 : 1 GM Andrei Volokitin
GM Loek Van Wely ½ : ½ GM Vladimir Chuchelov
GM Ivan Sokolov 1 : 0 GM Igor V Glek
GM Alexander Graf 1 : 0 IM Sebastian Siebrecht
GM Mikhail Gurevich 0 : 1 Christian Scholz
GM Rafael A Vaganian ½ : ½ IM Georgios Souleidis
GM Curt Hansen 1 : 0 FM Falko Meyer
GM Edwin Kengis 1 : 0 Armin Meyer
Round 4 Standings:
1. SG Porz 5 27,0 9:1
2. SC Baden-Oos 4 23,5 8:0
3. SV Werder Bremen 4 21,0 7:1
4. Hamburger SK 4 25,0 6:2
5. Bremer SG 4 18,5 6:2
6. SF Katernberg 5 17,5 4:6
7. SC Kreuzberg 4 15,5 4:4
8. TV Tegernsee 3 14,0 4:2
9. SF Neukölln 4 14,5 3:5
10. SV Wattenscheid 4 14,0 2:6
11. SG Solingen 4 12,0 2:6
12. SCA St. Ingbert 4 11,0 2:6
13. SK König Plauen 3 7,5 2:4
14. SV Hofheim 4 10,5 1:7
15. Stuttgarter SF 4 8,5 0:8
The finals of the Spanish Team Championships took place in Sanxenxo,
Galicia, 17th-22nd November 2003. CA Reverte Albox won the event beating Unio
Gracienca D'escacs 2.5-1.5 in the final. Games from 4 of the 6 rounds currently
available.
Coverage: http://www.ajedrez21.com and
http://www.jaque.tv/espana_equipos103.htm
FINAL 22.11.03
UNIO GRACIENCA D'ESCACS 1.5-2.5 C.A. REVERTÉ-ALBOX
Bologan (UGA) (2673) - Rustemov (ALBOX) (2602) 1-0
Nijboer (ALBOX) (2577) - Lopez (UGA) (2425) 1-0
Lacasa (UGA) (2413) - Comas (ALBOX) (2502) 1/2
Romero (ALBOX) (2544) - Rahal (UGA) (2403) 1-0
3rd-4th Playoff
C.A. MAGIC 2.5-1.5 C.A. OBERENA
Khamrakhulov (MAGIC) (2464) - Conquest (OBERENA) (2545) 0-1
de la Villa (OBERENA) (2477) - Candelario (MAGIC) (2463) 0-1
Carrasco (MAGIC) (2370) - Sion (OBERENA) (2390) 1/2
Navarro (OBERENA) (2337) - Andrada (MAGIC) (2296) 0-1
CLASIFICACIÓN EQUIPOS
1st C.A. REVERTÉ-ALBOX Ascenso a DH
2nd UNION GRACIENSE ESCACS Ascenso a DH
3rd C.A. MAGIC Ascenso a DH
4th C.A. OBERENA Permanencia
5th C.A. COFIMAN Permanencia
6th C.A. CAYMU Permanencia
7th C.A. GEVA-CEA ANDORRA Permanencia
8th GROS XAKE TALDEA
9th C.A. CAI-OLIVAR
10th C.E. TERRASA-CIRSA-CSC
11th C.A. SOLVAY
12th UNIVERSIDADE SANTIAGO
13th C.A. NEW CHESS
14th C.E. TROPIC
15th C.A. MARCOTE
16th CIRCULO DE LAS ARTES
Best Board Scores
1st Viorel BOLOGAN MDA 6 6
2nd Ulf ANDERSSON SWE 5 6
3rd Rui DAMASO POR 5 6
4th Guillem BACHES ESP 4 4
The Claude Pècaut Memorial took place in Taormina, Italy
15th-23rd November 2003. Michele Godena won the event with 6.5/9.
Internet coverage:
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/_XOOM/bombelli/taormina.htm
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Claude Pecaut Mem Taormina ITA (ITA), 15-23 xi 2003 cat. VII (2406)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Godena, Michele g ITA 2523 * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2559
2. Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2475 1 * = = = = 1 0 = 1 5.5 2478
3. Carlsen, Magnus m NOR 2450 = = * = = = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2481
4. Ortega, Lexy g ITA 2462 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2479
5. Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2447 0 = = = * = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2481
6. Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2350 0 = = = = * = = = = 4.0 2369
7. Aldrovandi, Costantino m ITA 2414 = 0 1 0 0 = * = = = 3.5 2325
8. Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z m SCG 2316 0 1 0 0 0 = = * = 1 3.5 2336
9. Isonzo, Davide f ITA 2349 = = 0 0 0 = = = * = 3.0 2287
10. Calzetta, Monica wm ESP 2274 0 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 2.5 2254
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Bali international in Benidorm is a nine round swiss taking place 21st
to 28th November 2003. Along side is a stars event with 12 players 15 minutes +
10 seconds per player 27th-29th November 2003. Leading players: Viswanathan
Anand IND 2774 g Veselin Topalov BUL 2735 g Judith Polgar HUN 2718 g Francisco
Vallejo ESP 2662 g Anatoli Karpov RUS 2688 g Teimour Radjabov AZE 2648 g Sergey
Karjakin UKR 2527 g.. I will cover the games in full next week.
Internet coverage:http://www.ajedrezbali.com
Emil Sutovsky from Israel won the first European Internet
Championships. He beat Etienne Bacrot in the final. The event took place on
ChessBase's playchess.com server.The tournament was organized in partnership
with the European Chess Union.
Saturday 8th November saw a final Candidates qualification event to
decide 20 qualifiers to compete with 12 seeded players for the title.
The final on Sunday included Michael Adams, Teimour Radjabov, Viorel
Bologan, Loek van Wely, John Nunn and Etienne Bacrot. The prize fund was of
6000 Euros with 2400 Euro for first place.
Two players were disqualified from the Candidates Tournament on
Saturday who were deemed to have played with the help of computer-assistence.
After careful analysis the judgment of the Tournament Directors, who were
assisted by Grandmaster Rainer Knaak, was unanimous: clear cheating.
The knock out matches were played with a time-control of 5 minutes per
game, with an increment of 1 second per move. The first round (32 players), the
second round (16 players) and the quarter-finals consisted of four games each.
The semi-finals and the final consisted of six games each. In case of a tie
(2:2 or 3:3) a tie-break game was played, with white six minutes and black five
minutes, while for black a draw was enough.
Further details:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1297
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ch-Europe Internet Blitz playchess.com INT (INT), 9-9 xi 2003
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Final
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Bacrot,E 1.5
Sutovsky,E 3.5
Semifinal
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Adams,Mi 2.0
Bacrot,E 4.0
Sutovsky,E 3.5
Vlassov,N 1.5
Quarterfinal
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Adams,Mi 2.5
Nunn,J 0.5
Bacrot,E 3.0
Panarin,M 0.0
Kiriakov,P 1.5
Sutovsky,E 2.5
Bischoff,K 0.5
Vlassov,N 2.5
Round 2
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Adams,Mi 3.0
Hansen,SuB 2.0
Soloviov,S 1.5
Nunn,J 2.5
Bacrot,E 3.0
Rabiega,R 1.0
Panarin,M 3.0
Timofeev,Ar 0.0
Panzalovic,S 1.5
Kiriakov,P 2.5
Sutovsky,E 2.5
Grebionkin,Vl 0.5
Borg,G 0.5
Bischoff,K 2.5
Radjabov,T 1.5
Vlassov,N 2.5
Round 1
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Adams,Mi 2.5
Dovramadjiev,T 0.5
Libiszewski,F 0.0
Hansen,SuB 3.0
Plaskett,J 0.5
Soloviov,S 2.5
Nunn,J 2.5
Popovic,Du 1.5
Bacrot,E 2.5
Belezky,S 0.5
Svetushkin,D 0.5
Rabiega,R 2.5
Van Wely,L 1.5
Panarin,M 2.5
Timofeev,Ar 2.5
Deviatkin,A 0.5
Panzalovic,S 2.5
Bjelajac,M 0.5
Kiriakov,P 2.5
Mikhalevski,V 1.5
Sutovsky,E 3.0
Abergel,T 1.0
Sadvakasov,D 0.5
Grebionkin,Vl 2.5
Bologan,V 2.0
Borg,G 3.0
Bischoff,K 3.0
Bellini,F 2.0
Radjabov,T 2.5
Wirig,A 1.5
Kharlov,A 0.5
Vlassov,N 2.5
Aleks Wojtkiewicz, Julio Becerra and Jay Bonin won the 80th New York
Masters on 4th November 2003 with 3.0/4. Leonid Yudasin won the 81st New York
Masters on 11th November 2003. Aleks Wojtkiewicz won the 82nd with 3.5/4 on
18th November 2003. News John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com
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80th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 4 xi 2003
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g USA 2571 = 9 + 5 +10 = 2 3.0 ($195)
2. Becerra, Julio g USA 2558 +13 = 6 + 7 = 1 3.0 ($195)
3. Bonin, Jay m USA 2339 + 8 =11 = 6 + 4 3.0 ($195)
4. Kriventsov, Stanislav m USA 2416 = + 9 +11 - 3 2.5
5. Almeida, Alfonso m MEX 2378 = - 1 +14 +10 2.5
6. Hoffmann, Asa f USA 2307 +15 = 2 = 3 = 8 2.5 ($ 33)
7. Eisen, Lewis f USA 2238 +16 =10 - 2 +11 2.5 ($ 33)
8. Chernin, Oliver USA 2196 - 3 +12 +13 = 6 2.5 ($ 33)
9. Privman, Boris f USA 2240 = 1 - 4 =15 +13 2.0
10. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2369 +14 = 7 - 1 - 5 1.5
11. Fierro, Martha wg ECU 2312 +12 = 3 - 4 - 7 1.5
12. Ross, Laura wf USA 2120 -11 - 8 +16 =15 1.5
13. Bartell, Thomas f USA 2231 - 2 +15 - 8 - 9 1.0
14. Gaillard, Edward USA ---- -10 +16 - 5 --- 1.0
15. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2251 - 6 -13 = 9 =12 1.0
16. Tamarkin, Larry USA 2192 - 7 -14 -12 --- 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $400
2ND - $135
3RD - $ 50
U2400 - $ 99
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81st New York Masters Action USA (USA), 11 xi 2003
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2569 +13 +12 = 2 + 7 3.5 ($300)
2. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g USA 2571 +10 + 8 = 1 = 3 3.0 ($ 65)
3. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2565 +16 + 6 = 4 = 2 3.0 ($ 65)
4. Becerra, Julio g USA 2558 +11 = 5 = 3 + 8 3.0 ($ 65)
5. Bonin, Jay m USA 2339 +17 = 4 - 7 +12 2.5 ($ 55)
6. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2369 +15 - 3 +10 = 9 2.5 ($ 55)
7. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2602 - 9 +18 + 5 - 1 2.0
8. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2494 +14 - 2 +13 - 4 2.0
9. Shahade, Jennifer wm USA 2342 + 7 -13 =12 = 6 2.0
10. Fierro, Martha wg ECU 2312 - 2 +14 - 6 +16 2.0
11. Bartell, Tom f USA 2231 - 4 =17 +16 =13 2.0
12. Burnett, Ron m USA 2443 +18 - 1 = 9 - 5 1.5
13. Pruess, David f USA 2383 - 1 + 9 - 8 =11 1.5
14. Lenderman, Alex USA 2342 - 8 -10 +17 = 1.5
15. Franklin, David USA ---- - 6 -16 +19 =17 1.5
16. Privman, Boris f USA 2240 - 3 +15 -11 -10 1.0
17. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2251 - 5 =11 -14 =15 1.0
18. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2137 -12 - 7 = = 1.0
19. Hoffman, Paul USA ---- --- --- -15 --- 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $300
2ND - $140
3RD - $ 55
U2400 - $110
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82nd New York Masters Action USA (USA), 18 xi 2003
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g USA 2571 + 5 + 4 + 3 = 2 3.5 ($300)
2. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2569 +11 =10 + 8 = 1 3.0 ($100)
3. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2494 +13 +14 - 1 + 7 3.0 ($100)
4. Pruess, David f USA 2383 +15 - 1 +14 + 8 3.0 ($100)
5. Privman, Boris f USA 2240 - 1 +15 = 6 +10 2.5
6. Bonin, Jay m USA 2339 - 9 +12 = 5 +11 2.5
7. Stripunsky, Alex g USA 2530 -14 +13 +10 - 3 2.0
8. Becerra, Julio g USA 2558 +12 + 9 - 2 - 4 2.0
9. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2251 + 6 - 8 =11 = 2.0
10. Uribe, Mauricio f COL 2387 +16 = 2 - 7 - 5 1.5
11. Fierro, Martha wg ECU 2312 - 2 +16 = 9 - 6 1.5
12. Colding, Ernest USA 2217 - 8 - 6 +17 =13 1.5
13. Chernin, Oliver USA 2196 - 3 - 7 +16 =12 1.5
14. Esserman, Marc USA 2276 + 7 - 3 - 4 --- 1.0
15. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2137 - 4 - 5 = = 1.0
16. Gottehrer, Jonathan USA ---- -10 -11 -13 +17 1.0
17. Hoffman, Paul USA ---- --- --- -12 -16 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $300
2ND - $150
3RD - $ 50
U2400 - $100
The Oilum National Women's A Chess Championships of India 2003 took
place in Calicut, India 9th-20th November 2003. Humpy Koneru conceded just two
draws to score 16/17. and leads with 12.5/13.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessindia.org/womena
and Live Coverage : http://www.live.chessindia.org
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ch-IND A Women Calicut IND (IND), 9-20 xi 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2485 * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16.0 2675
2. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2426 = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 14.5 2530
3. Mohota, Nisha wg IND 2299 0 1 * = 1 = = = = = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 11.0 2352
4. Harika, Dronavalli wm IND 2353 = 0 = * = = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 11.0 2349
5. Meenakshi, S wm IND 2288 0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 10.0 2307
6. Karavade, Eesha IND 2211 0 0 = = = * = 0 1 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 1 10.0 2312
7. Sachdev, Tania wm IND 2218 0 0 = = 0 = * = = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 = 9.0 2267
8. Ramaswamy, Aarthie wg IND 2322 0 0 = = = 1 = * 0 0 1 1 = 1 0 = 1 0 8.0 2219
9. Krutika, Nadig IND 2150 0 0 = = = 0 = 1 * 0 1 = 0 0 1 = 1 1 8.0 2229
10. Swathi, Ghate wm IND 2309 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 = 1 0 1 1 8.0 2220
11. Gokhale, Anupama wm IND 2217 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 1 = = 1 8.0 2226
12. Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe wm IND 2249 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2202
13. Pratibha, Y wm IND 2231 0 0 0 = = = = = 1 1 = 0 * = = 0 = = 7.0 2181
14. Koneru, Chandra Hawsa IND 2139 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 = = * 0 1 0 1 6.0 2141
15. Saheli, Nath IND 2127 0 0 = = 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 1 6.0 2142
16. Meera, Sai IND 2160 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 = 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 6.0 2140
17. Sangeetha, M. R IND 2140 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 = 0 * = 4.0 2049
18. Rajalakshmi, C.V IND 2092 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 3.0 1992
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The IX Montecatini Terme tournament took place 8th-16th November 2003.
Igor Naumkin finished first after starting extremely slowly conceding draws to
two unrated players before picking up towards the end of the event. Gawain
Jones lost to Milan Mrdja in the postponed round 4 game.
Internet coverage:
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/bombelli/mca2003.htm
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IX It Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 8-16 xi 2003 cat. I (2269)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2401 * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 8.0 2431
2. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2426 = * = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 = 7.5 2387
3. Tocchioni, Doriano ITA 2199 = = * 0 1 = = 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2377
4. Jones, Gawain C ENG 2364 0 0 1 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2362
5. Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2321 0 = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2328
6. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2387 = = = 1 = * 0 1 = = = = 6.0 2293
7. Passerotti, Pierluigi f ITA 2295 = 0 = 0 = 1 * 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2302
8. Marzano, Carlo ITA 2225 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 * = 1 1 1 5.5 2272
9. Aldrovandi, Costantino m ITA 2414 0 = 0 = = = = = * 0 = = 4.0 2153
10. Sciortino, Massimo ITA 2192 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 1 4.0 2173
11. Camerini, Lorenzo ITA ---- = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 2.5 2082
12. Squarci, Franco ITA ---- = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 * 2.0 2031
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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.
Futher details: http://www.seniorenschach.de including
live coverage of games but I can't see and PGN downloads.
13th World Senior's Championship Bad Zwischenahn (GER)
16.11.03-29.11.03
Open Section
1. Karl Hans FM GER 5.0 15.00
2. Chepukaitis Genrikh RUS 5.0 15.00
3. Asmundsson Ingvar FM ISL 5.0 15.00
4. Sanakoev Grigory RUS 4.5 14.50
5. Boehnisch Manfred FM GER 4.5 14.50
6. Rahls Peter FM GER 4.5 14.00
7. Klovans Janis GM LAT 4.5 14.00
8. Shabanov Yuri IM RUS 4.5 13.50
9. Arkhangelsky Boris IM RUS 4.0 14.00
10. Zhelesny Stanislav FM RUS 4.0 14.00
11. Chernikov Oleg GM RUS 4.0 14.00
12. Hecht Hans-Joachim GM GER 4.0 13.50
13. Ljubarski Jurij GER 4.0 13.00
14. Donchenko Anatoly IM GER 4.0 13.00
15. Hermann Manfred IM GER 4.0 13.00
16. Litvinov Vladimir IM BLR 4.0 13.00
17. Katalymov Boris IM KAZ 4.0 13.00
18. Fahnenschmidt Gerh. FM GER 4.0 13.00
19. Klein Manfred GER 4.0 13.00
20. Uhlmann Wolfgang GM GER 4.0 12.50
21. Kraidman Yair GM ISR 4.0 12.50
22. Lieb Harald FM GER 4.0 12.50
23. Baumgartner Heinz FM GER 4.0 12.00
24. Sawadkuhi Amir FM GER 4.0 12.00
25. Bukal Vladimir IM CRO 4.0 12.00
26. Goy Udo GER 4.0 12.00
27. Dornieden Manfred FM GER 4.0 12.00
28. Ivanets Vladimir FM RUS 4.0 11.00
29. Potthamel Joerg GER 4.0 10.50
272 players
The 1st d'Alcúdia tournament took place 15th-23rd November 2003.
Antonio Gamundi Salamanca won the event with 5.5/9. No games in PGN (a few in a
viewer) available.
Internet coverage: http://www.ajered.com/
Final Standings:
1 Gamundi Salamanca, Antonio ESP 2453 5.5 24.00
2 Moskalenko, Viktor UKR 2529 5.0 22.00
3 Garcia Martinez, Silvino CUB 2353 5.0 21.50
4 Pogorelov, Ruslan UKR 2475 4.5 20.50
5 Vassallo, Mauricio ESP 2384 4.5 20.25
6 Saldaño, Horacio ARG 2424 4.5 20.00
7 Fernandez Romero, Ernesto ESP 2445 4.5 19.50
8 Baron Rodriguez, Jesus ESP 2419 4.5 19.50
9 Mascaro March, Pedro ESP 2314 3.5 16.75
10 Vidarte Morales, Arturo PER 2395 3.5 15.00
The Final of Mendoza Championships, took place November 7-20 2003,
Mendoza, Argentina. The event, organized by the F.M.A. (Federación
Mendocina de Ajedrez), was a 6 player double round robin. Takes place at the
Club Español, Mendoza City. The current champion, Christian Luconi, and
the former-champion Francisco Salguero finished on 8.5/10. Match play-off:
November 26. News: Julio Alberto González.
News: http://www.inforchess.com
ch-City Mendoza ARG (ARG), 28 x-20 xi 2003
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Luconi, Cristian ARG 2254 ** 1= =1 11 1= 11 8.5 2344
2 Salguero, Francisco ARG ---- 0= ** 11 11 11 11 8.5 2395
3 Gatti, Juan Manuel ARG 2046 =0 00 ** 01 =1 11 5.0 2089
4 Elias,Leonardo ARG ---- 00 00 10 ** 01 11 4.0 2027
5 Needleman, Gaston ARG 2195 0= 00 =0 10 ** 1= 3.5 1950
6 Cortegoso,Martin ARG ---- 00 00 00 00 0= ** 0.5 1629
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Antonio Rosino reported in TWIC470: The 2003 edition of the Venetian
Chess Autumn tournament was played 30th October - 2nd November 2003. The four
tournaments were organized by the oldest of the Venetian Chess Clubs: "Esteban
Canal" and "Carlo Salvioli". A total of 160 chessplayers participated. Forty
players from seven different countries competed in the Master Tournament: 4
were GMs and 5 IMs. The winner with 5 from 6 was Hungarian GM Attila
Groszpeter. The game Groszpeter - Jurkovic from round 5 is now available.
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Autumn Venice ITA (ITA), 30 x-2 xi 2003
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1. Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2497 5.0 2619
2. Djuric, Stefan g SCG 2488 4.5 2526
3. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2482 4.5 2540
4. Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2317 4.5 2446
5. Boricsev, Oleg m HUN 2342 4.5 2469
6. Godena, Michele g ITA 2523 4.5 2458
7. Jankovic, Alojzije f CRO 2383 4.0 2394
8. Drazic, Sinisa g SCG 2467 4.0 2390
9. Laketic, Gojko m SCG 2399 4.0 2426
10. Kiss, Pal m HUN 2393 4.0 2379
40 players
The 19th World Computer Chess Championship 2003 (WMCCC) takes place in
Graz November 22nd - 30th, 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess003.at/ and reports at:
http://www.chessbase.com
Round 3 (of 11) standings:
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11th WCCC Graz AUT (AUT), 22-13 xi 2003
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1. FRITZ NED ---- + 9 + 6 + 3 3.0
2. BRUTUS P I.XII AUT ---- + 4 +10 + 8 3.0
3. SHREDDER GER ---- +11 + 7 - 1 2.0
4. GREEN LIGHT GBR ---- - 2 +13 +10 2.0
5. DEEP JUNIOR ISR ---- -10 +15 +11 2.0
6. DEEP SJENG BEL ---- +16 - 1 +12 2.0
7. DIEP NED ---- +14 - 3 = 9 1.5
8. JONNY 2.51 GER ---- +13 =12 - 2 1.5
9. FALCON ISR ---- - 1 +16 = 7 1.5
10. RUY LOPEZ ESP ---- + 5 - 2 - 4 1.0
11. LIST GER ---- - 3 +14 - 5 1.0
12. NEXUS GER ---- =15 = 8 - 6 1.0
13. CHINITO ESP ---- - 8 - 4 +15 1.0
14. QUARK GER ---- - 7 -11 +16 1.0
15. PARSOS GER ---- =12 - 5 -13 0.5
16. HOSSA v1.159 AUT ---- - 6 - 9 -14 0.0
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The Slovenian Team Chess Championships took place in Celje 17th-23rd
November 2003. LSK Metalka Ljubljana (with Beliavsky and Pavasovic) became the
new team champions in a dramatic finish with just half point advantage ahead of
ZSK Lancom Maribor. Final round 9 games are currently unavailable. My thanks to
Primoz Kokalj for the news.
Detailed results and games (pgn) are available at
http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0311/si03lgdm/.
Final Standings
1 LSK Metalka Trgovina 16 38.0 16 38.0
2 ZSK Maribor LANCom 17 37.5 17 37.5
3 SK Triglav Krsko 13 31.5 13 31.5
4 SD 3D Vrhnika 10 29.5 10 29.5
5 SD Radenska-Pomgrad MS 10 28.0 10 28.0
6 SK Grize 7 25.5 7 25.5
7 SK Nova Gorica 7 22.0 7 22.0
8 SK ZM Branik Maribor 5 22.0 5 22.0
9 SK Nova KBM Kovinar MB 3 21.0 3 21.0
10 Celjski Sahovski klub 2 15.0 2 15.0
The 1st Panama Chess International Tournament was a 6 round swiss. 31st
October - November 3rd 2003. The tournament was played in the Centro Cultural
ChIno Panameño, and was organized by the National Chess Federation
(FENAP). Leonardo Valdes and Luis Esquivel finished on 5/6. Games to follow.
News: Luis E. Esquivel.
Torneo Centenario Panama - Round 6 Standings
Place Name NAT Rtg Pts MBch (PRIZES)
1-2 Valdes, Leonardo CRC 2365 5 16.5 (USD 625)
Esquivel, Luis PAN 2314 5 13.5 (625)
3-4 Baules, Jorge PAN 2275 4.5 15.0 (200)
Hernandez Basante, Francisco CRC 2268 4.5 12.5 (200)
5-8 Vittorino, Carlo COL 2293 4 15.0 (20)
Jaen, Miguel PAN 4 13.5 (20)
Van der Hans, Carlos PAN 4 9.5 (20)
Cesar, Camilo PAN 4 9.0 (20)
9-11 Leon, Sergio PAN 3.5 11.0
Arosemena, Jorge Luis PAN 2206 3.5 10.0
Mathews, Cesar PAN 3.5 8.5
12-18 Hay, Mario PAN 3 14.5
Moore, William USA 2157 3 14.0
Vargas, Rogelio PAN 3 14.0
Bonilla, Felix PAN 3 13.0
Barria, Raisa PAN 3 12.0
Pineda, Jorge PAN 3 10.0
Chu, Juan PAN 3 9.0
19 Miranda, Roger PAN 2.5 14.5
20-24 Sanchez, Jorge PAN 2 14.0
Wong, Jaime PAN 2 12.0
Muñoz, Alberto PAN 2 10.5
Alvarado, Octavio PAN 2 10.0
Madrid, Gilberto PAN 2 9.0
25 Gonzalez, Pedro CRC 1.5 8.0
26-27 Rivera, Benjamin PAN 1 10.0
Quintero, Samuel PAN 1 10.0
28 Carrillo, Jose PAN 0.5 10.0
British Simul Record Attempt for Charity
Andrew Martin writes: We are planning to break Ulf Andersson's World
Record for the most opponents played simultaneously at one sitting (currently
310). We have set up a website which will enable players to enter online and
gives details of the event which will take place at Wellington College,
Crowthorne, Berkshire on Saturday 21st Feb 2004. The event forms an integral
part of the BCF Centenary Celebrations.
Entry is free although players will be asked to try and raise money for
charity and sponsorship forms will be issued. All sponsorship proceeds will go
to youth charities and activities involving young people.
Website: http://www.chessworldrecord.co.uk
Chennai International
1st International Open Chess Tournament organised by the Saranya Chess
Centre and WIN TV, Chennai (Madras), India from Jan 21 to Feb 1, 2004. Prize
fund Rs.500,000 (about $11,000). 13 rounds Swiss. Venue: Hotel President, 25,
Dr Radhakrishnan Road, Mylapore, Chennai 600004. Inauguration: Jan 21 at 5
p.m., Closing ceremony Feb 1, 5 p.m. Appearance fee for GMs rated above 2500:
Rs.25,000 (about USD 550) but preconfirmation with organiser is a must. Free
entry for IMs, IWMs, GMs, WGMs and those rated above 2400+ For others, there is
an entry fee based on Elo rating. For details contact: Manuel Aaron at e-mail:
tnca@eth.net or mobile +91-44-31039257 or N.N.Sivagnanam, e-mail:
scc_sivagnanam@yahoo.com or mobile +91-44-32714005. Further details: at
http://www.tamilchess.com/Ad_tour/tour3.html
Austria Teams
The first three rounds of the Austria Team Championships take place in
Graz 28th-30th November 2003. All 36 Boards will be broadcasted live. It is
expected that more than 20 GMs will play.
Official-Site:
http://www.chess.at/turniere/turniere2003/chess003/side_auttch.htm
Live Coverage:
http://www.members.aon.at/schach1/live/start8.htm
Praha and Marianske Lazne (CZE)
3 International Chess Tournaments will be held in the Czech Republic.
Open Praha 2004 (16th-23rd January 2004)
Marianske Lazne Open 2004 24th-31st January 2004
2nd round robin master tournament category 3.-4. FIDE Marianske Lazne
2004 24th January - 1st February 2004
Details: Dr. Jan Mazuch, Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR -
j.mazuch@avekont.cz
Links: http://www.czechopen.net,
http://www.czechtour.net and
http://www.avekont.cz/calendar/
9th HIT Open
The 9th HIT Open takes place 30th January - 5th February 2004. Further
details: tel.: ++386 5 3332174,fax: ++386 5 3025088, e-mail:
krapse.stefan@siol.net. I couldn't get the website:
http://skng.homeftp.net/ to work.
GibTelecom Chess Festival Competition
A new competition is taking in The English Times from 6th December to
3rd January. Details of the Winning Move competition are as follows: The
GibTelecom Chess Festival is taking place January 26 to February 5, 2004 at the
4 star Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar. They are offering a fabulous prize worth
£1000 of a holiday for two for the whole event, including air travel from
Gatwick, Luton or Manchester, bed and breakfast accommodation and entry fees to
the competition. The winners must hold valid passports and visas, if relevant.
All correct entries sent in for the Winning Moves from 6 December up to and
including January 3, 2004 will automatically be entered for a chance to win
this prize.
The closing date is January 8. The prize is not transferable. The
editor's decision is final. Times rules apply.
Further details on the event
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
or Tel 00350 76501
Tapolca Open
"TAPOLCA" Open 9 rounds Swiss system Open chess tournament, Budapest,
Hungary, 9th-17th of January 2004 Sponsored by the Tapolca city
administration...
Venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor close
to the red metro station Kossuth ter
Prizes: brutto, before taxes: 40-25-15-6-4-2x3-2x2.5- 2x2 thousand Ft-s
1 EURO = 256 Ft now.
Entry fees according the FIDE ELO Oct.list - between 2 and 6 thosuand
Ft-s.
Organizer: Mr.PAREJ, Jozsef, mobile: +(36)-70-227-30-77
More info e.g. accommodation NAGY, Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
Usually 80-90 players, 3-5 IM-s, 5-8 FM-s, 20-30 % foreigners, 60-70 %
FIDE ELO rated.
First Saturday December
FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed tournaments for the norms, Budapest,
Hungary, 6th-19th of December, info: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Linares 2004
The lineup for Linares 2004 looks like being Gary Kasparov 2830 Vladimir
Kramnik 2770 Veselin Topalov Peter Leko 2722 Alexei Shirov 2737 Paco Vallejo
2662 Teimour Radjabov 2650.
Dates are as follows: February 18th (draw of lots) Rd1 Feb. 19th Round
14 (Final) March 5th - Rest days Feb. 24th and March 1st.
German National Team vs. Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik will play the German National Team in a simultaneous
exhibition. The match will take place 29th January 2004 at 4pm at the Centro
Dannemann, in Brissago, on the shores of the Lago Maggiore.
The 2nd "Dannemann Chess Classico" will see Kramnik play against:
Christopher Lutz, Rustem Dautov, Dr. Robert Hübner and Klaus Bischoff.
Vladimir Kramnik will have 4 hours for his moves on all four boards,
while the German Grandmasters will have three hours each.
Germany’s public television network, Westdeutsche Fernsehen (WDR),
plans a 60-minute special possibly to be aired on Sunday 1st February 2004.
Further information will be available at
http://www.dannemann.com from December,
this will be the official site for the event.
2nd Annual Lindsborg Open
Dec. 19-23 Kansas 2nd Annual Lindsborg Open. 9SS, 30/90, SD/1.First two
rounds accelerated pairing. 3,500 guaranteed prize fund! GM & IMnorms are
available!
FIDE rating 1st - $1,200, 2nd - $800, 3rd - $600, 4th 400, 5th 200.
U2400: $100 75; U2200: $100 75EF: GMs & IMs free. Membership at KCA is
required for Kansas residents.Before 11/29/03: FIDE >2300, $80. FIDE, USCF
>2200, $90. FIDE <2200, $100. non-FIDErated, USCF <2200 *, $130.
Before 12/1/03: $90, $100, $110, $140, respectively. At site: $100, $110, $120,
$150, respectively. * number of players in this section will be limited.
Schedule: Opening Ceremony December 19, 2003 at 11:00am. Rds: 12/19 -
12:00noon & 6:00 pm; 12/20, 21, 22 - 10:00am & 5:00pm; 12/23 9:00am
1/2-pt byes OK at ALL. Limit 3. FIDE, USCF. NS, NC. Ent: INTECS,Inc. (232 N.
Main St, Lindsborg, KS 67456) 785-906-0402, korenman@bethanylb.edu
Confirmed GMs include Agrest, Andersson, Atalik, Baburin, Blatny,
Kudrin, Sharavdorj, Shulman and Yermolinsky.
Panamerican Team Championship
The Panamerican Team Championships start December 13th in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. The winner will qualify for the World Team Championship.
Info: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=142
Singapore IM Tournament
The One Chess Week (IM) tournament will take place from 16th-24th of
December 2003 in Singapore immediately after the Cairnhill Chess Festival 2003.
Players can still contact the organiser Kenny Chern if they wish to play.
E-mail: open_chess@yahoo.com.sg
Attila Schneider Memorial
Statisztika Chess Club from Budapest is organising the Attila Schneider
Memorial in Budapest from 1-12 December 2003. They are planning to having 2
groups, GM cat. 7-8, and IM cat 3-4. Their partner is the Hungarian Chess
Federation. For more info please contact GM Emil Anka. Email:
emilanka@freemail.hu Tel/fax: 36-1-2212328
Players still needed.
Third Saturday GM
Third Saturday GM tournament in Subotica, Mirka Srajbera Memorial At
the moment its a Category 10 event with 10 players average elo 2492. Dates
28.11 - 8.12.2003.
Players; 1 Sedlak Nikola gm 2543, 2 Markus R 2522 im, 3 Parligras M gm
2525 - Rom, 4 Lupulescu C im 2499, 5 Sandulaec V im 2480 Mda, 6 Popovic D 2448
im, 7 Drazic S gm 2467, 8 Colovic A 2412 MKD, 9 Ilincic Z gm, 10 Predojevic B
2462 im Bih 2 players over 2400 (medium) - special offer - 290 euro , 11 days
in double room including inscription, tournament hall excellent, money prizes,
distance from accomodation. 400m only, in the center of Subotica on the serbian
- hungarian border.
2 places available. More info gm Drazic sdrazic@eunet.yu ++381 64
124-9741
10th Lohmar Fast Chess Open
The 10th Lohmarer Schnellschach-Open takes place on November 16th 2003.
11 round Swiss. 15 minutes per player.
Leading players: Rozentalis,Eduardas GM 2633 LIT; Khenkin,Igor GM 2627
GER; Eingorn, Vereslav S GM 2607 UKR; Fridman,Daniel GM 2592 LAT; Burmakin,
Vladimir GM 2590 RUS; Landa,Konstantin GM 2587 RUS; Sulskis,Sarunas GM 2586
LIT; Luther,Thomas GM 2580 GER; Atalik,Suat GM 2570 BIH; Bischoff,Klaus GM 2564
GER; Gavrikov,Viktor GM 2560 LTU; Korobov, Anton IM 2558 UKR; Golod,Vitali GM
2544 ISR
Full details: http://www.sflohmar.de/announce/lssop03.htm
Swiss Chess Tour 2003
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2003" will finish in Interlaken, one of the most
attractive tourist towns in Switzerland.
The 3rd "Casino Open" December 26th-30th 2003. Swiss system, 7 rounds
and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30
minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300,
250, 200 and 150 SF. The natural prizes till 20th place. Special prizes for
best Lady, senior (1943), junior (1983-86), schoolboy (1987) and best local
player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs
and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Chalet Oberland" New event - Blitz tournament,
Swiss system, 9 double rounds.
Time table for "Chalet Oberland-Open Interlaken": December 26. The last
registration 11.00-12.15. Open ceremony and apero reception from 12.15-12.30.
Round 1st 14.00-19.00. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30
December 28.: Round 4th 14.00-19.00. December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. Round
6th 15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 10.00-15.00 Closing ceremonies 15.30.
Special chess rates in Hotel "Charlet Oberland". Main sponsor "RAPP"
company.
Players so far: GM Hort (GER), GM Ikonnikov (RUS), GM Djuric (SCG), GM
Nemet (SUI), IM Rukavina (CRO) etc.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel.
+41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch or Ervin
Tellenbach tel. +41+79+311-23-53 or Hotel "Charlet Oberland" tel.
+41+33+827-87-87.
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch/
Hastings Chess Congress
The line-up for the Hastings Premier, the world's longest-running
international event is as follows: Alexander Cherniaev, Vladimir Epishin
(Russia); Stuart Conquest, Danny Gormally, Mark Hebden (England); Vasilios
Kotronias (Cyprus); Abhijit Kunte (India); Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine) who will
celebrate her 14th birthday at the Drawing of Lots Ceremony on 27 December 2003
at Horntye Sports Centre; Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark) and Jonathan Rowson
(Scotland). The average rating is 2554 making this much the strongest event in
the English chess calendar.
Among those in the Challengers are Joanna Dworakowska, Petr Marusenko,
Bartosz and Monika Socko (Poland); Zahar Efimenko, Gennadi Kuzmin (Ukraine);
Bogdan Lalic, Peter Wells (England); Steve Mannion, Colin McNab, John Shaw
(Scotland). The whole event takes place 28 December to 5 January and there are
many other tournaments for weaker players.
Further details: Con Power power@hicc.demon.co.uk, telephone 01424
431970 website
Internet site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Aeroflot Open
The International Chess Open Festival "Aeroflot Open 2004" will be held
in Moscow from 16th February (the day of arrival) to 26th February 2004 (the
day of departure). The official hotel and tournament venue is the hotel
"Rossija".
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/regulp.htm
British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2003
British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2003. This years competition takes
place 15th-16th November 2003 in the North Bridge Leisure Centre Halifax West
Riding of Yorkshire.
Further details when available:
http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
65th Square Website
There is a new Turkish website: http://65thsquare.tripod.com I have
given an interview to the webmaster Alper Efe Ataman.
Hungarian chess tournaments - Nov-Dec 2003 - Jan-March 2004
1 PAKS GM-IM closed, 100 km South from Budapest, 19th-29th of November,
org: IM Videki, his e-mail: videkisn@axelero.hu
2. "TENKES CUP", 9 rounds Swiss Open, 20th-28th of November, Harkany
/250 km West from Budapest/, org: Fulop Csaba, his e-mail fulopcsa@axelero.hu,
- website: http://sakkverseny.fpn.hu
3. "FIRST SATURDAY", FS-GM-IM closed, Budapest, 6th-19th of December,
organisation: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Webpage:
http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
ICC nickname: MrFirstSaturday ICQ#: 44805877
4. "SZENNAPACK" IM closed tournament, Kaposvar /200 km West from
Budapest/, 17th-23rd of December, org: IM Mathe, Gaspar,
5. TAPOLCA Open 9 rounds Swiss, 9th-17th of January, Budapest, org.
Parej Jozsef, More info: firstsat@hu.inter.net
6. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed, 7th-19th of February, org.Nagy L.
7. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 6th-18th of March, org. NL.
8. 20th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL, 9 rounds Swiss Open, 18th-27th of
March org.Nagy Laszlo
9. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of April, org.NL.
10. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 1st-13th of May,
11. ELEKES memorial, Budapest GM-IM closed, 15th-25th of May,
organizer: IM Zsinka.
12. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM 5th-17th of June, Budapest, org.Nagy L.
Computer Chess
CC-Calendar:
http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm
has the following databases of games from new computer events: - 02nd MPPS,
Lodz 2003 (Polish-ch) - 10th France-ch, Massy 2003 - 23rd Dutch Open 2003
Since 1990 there are now 7.127 official computer chess tournament
games.
Other computer links:
Replay Zone: At the moment 23rd Dutch Open 2003
http://www.amateurschach.de/forum/replay/replay.htm
Official webpages:
02nd MPPS, Lodz 2003 (Polish-ch) http://www.mpps.64pola.pl/
10th France-ch, Massy 2003
http://www.ludochess.com/fccc2003/tournoi.php3
23rd Dutch Open 2003 http://www.computerschaak.nl/docc03.html
13th IPCCC, Paderborn (February 11th - 15th, 2004)
Western Canadian Open
The Western Canadian Open takes plce July 9th-18th, 2004. The FIDE
rated event is organised by the British Columbia Chess Federation.
Further details: http://www.chessbc.com
Australian Championships
The Australian Championships take place 29th December 2003 - 10th
January 2004 at the University of Adelaide. Over $10,000 in prizes.
Details: http://www.unichess.org
Narender Nath Memorial Chess Tournament
The 3rd Annual Narender Nath Memorial Chess Tournament commemorating a
man who died in the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001 is underway. The
event raises money for charity.
Details: http://www.nathchesstournament.com/
28th Kings Head Rapidplay
The 28th Kings Head Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 13 March
2004,
6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund £650, entry fee
£17
Further info: http://www.khcc.org.uk
Lorin D'Costa vs ROW
Top ranking junior UK Under-19 chess player Lorin D'Costa has started a
"Rest of World match" at Chessworld.net.
To join the rest of world game against Lorin simply register and login
at http://www.chessworld.net. The match
will be played at the rate of 5 days per move. Players will vote their moves by
clicking on the chess board while discussing and formulating strategies and
tactics in the Rest of World team forum.
Chess Exhibition in Cleveland Ohio
The Worlds of Chess Champions exhibition contains items including
Egyptian chess pieces, commemorative stamps, autographed material, rare books
and original manuscripts.
The event is in Cleveland OH. The Cleveland Public Library’s John
G. White Chess and Checkers Collection is currently exhibiting an installation
titled, Worlds of Chess Champions. This temporary exhibition is located in the
third floor exhibition hall of the Main Building, 325 Superior Ave., N.E. The
Library exhibition is free and open to the public. Paid parking is available on
Rockwell, one block north of Superior Ave.
Worlds of Chess Champions puts chess into context through the lives of
chess experts, authors, and champions. This exhibition sets the historical
stage of chess champions from the 19th Century to the present. To illustrate
the context of chess in the world, the earliest items displayed feature chess
pieces from Egypt dating back to 1300 B.C. Other early items on display from
the John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection include original manuscripts
from the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Other rare and interesting items
include a death mask photograph of an early 19th-century player, commemorative
chess stamps, hand-written letters by and about world-famous chess champions,
autographed material, and published books by chess champions.
Some of the materials in Worlds of Chess Champions have never before
been exhibited. The John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection is the
world’s largest and most comprehensive chess collection. The collection
contains chess sets and pieces as well as material related to chess. Many
stamps commemorating chess champions are in the exhibition. Newspaper and
magazine clippings, chess championship programs, score sheets from games, and
other rare items will be on display through June 12, 2004.
9th HIT Open
9th HIT Open 2004 takes place in Nova Gorica - Slovenia 30th January
2004 - 5th February 2004. A + B Tournaments, Swiss system, 9 rounds - 90 min +
30 sek/potezo, Zug, Move Prize Fund 8.500 EU Netto
Further info: krapse.stefan@siol.net, ++ 386 5 333 21 74 or
stojan.karer@email.si, ++ 41 643 388, fax ++ 386 5 302 43 34
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
Gausdal Troll Masters 2004
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
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
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/
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/