THE WEEK IN CHESS 476 22nd December 2003 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2)
Pamplona
3) Belfort GM
4) Indian
National A Championships
5) XVI Carlos Torre
Memorial
6) Bundesliga Rounds 5-6
7)
3rd Annual Little Sweden Festival
8) 6th Tanta
Open
9) Salona GM
10) NAO GM and IM
Tournaments
11) 1st Bois-Colombes GM
12) Zadar Christmas Open
13) First Saturday
December
14) 87th Marshall Chess Club
Championships
15) Mystery consultation match 2
16) Ilijas Subasic Memorial
17) Ukrainian
Chess Championship
18) Russia vs Ukraine Internet
Blitz
19) 2nd Lindsborg Open
20)
Malmö Open
21) Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Memorial
22) Austrian Teams B-Mitte
23) Association of Chess Professionals Elections
24) FIDE World Championship Regulations
25)
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26) Harmonie Chess Tournament
27) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Pamplona 8 games
Belfort GM and Women's Tournament 42 games
Indian Championships 72 games
XVI Carlos Torre Memorial 157 games
Bundesliga Rounds 5-6 136 games
3rd Annual Little Sweden Festival 15 games
6th Tanta Open 124 games
Salona GM 45 games
NAO GM and IM Tournaments 70 games
1st Bois-Colombes GM 5 games
Zadar Christmas Open 181 games
First Saturday December 72 games
87th Marshall CC Championships 8 games
Ilijas Subasic Memorial 45 games
Ukrainian Chess Championship 675 games
Russia vs Ukraine Internet Blitz 128 games
2nd Lindsborg Open 18 games
Malmö Open 3 games
Austrian Teams B-Mitte 144 games
Harmonie Chess Tournament 5 games
1953 games
My thanks to Andy McFarland, George D. Alexopoulos, Rod McShane, Eirik
T. Gullaksen, David Llada, Gabor Pali, Hassan Khaled, Miklos Orso, Maurice
Ouvrier, Thomas Henrich, Joel Lautier, Igor Alelekov, Dennis Leong, Jan Mazuch,
Pablo Sierra, Stewart Reuben, Harald Grafenhofer, Pascal Villalba, Jonas
Eriksson, John Fernandez, Julio Alberto González, Stephen Boyd, Mirjana
Medic, Frank Berry, Peter Kartal, George Mirijanian, Cor Kamstra and everyone
else who helped with the issue.
The Indian Championships had a very close finish with Surya Shekhar
Ganguly just edging out Chanda Sandipan on tie-break, both scoring 17.5/23 half
a point clear of ELO favourite Pentala Harikrishna. Early leader Humpy Koneru
dropped away a little finishing on 15 points level with Abhijit Kunte and
Dibyendu Barua. The Category XV Pamplona and Belfort tournaments are the
strongest events over the next week. Surprise of the week was Yuniesky
Quezada's victory in the Torre Memorial, he defeated both Boris Gelfand and
Valery Filippov in mini-matches in the knockout. Happy Christmas to
everyone.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Pamplona international tournament takes place 20th-28th December
2003. No official internet coverage announced. My thanks to the organisers for
sending the games.
Round 1 (December 20, 2003)
Sutovsky, Emil - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 40 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Romero Holmes, Alfonso - McShane, Luke J 1/2 21 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Bologan, Viktor - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 31 B90 Sicilian Najdorf
Pelletier, Yannick - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 0-1 47 D84 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Round 2 (December 21, 2003)
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 19 B23 Sicilian Closed
McShane, Luke J - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 60 B50 Sicilian Defence
Pelletier, Yannick - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 45 D90 Gruenfeld Flohr
Nakamura, Hikaru - Romero Holmes, Alfonso 0-1 60 C16 French Winawer
It Pamplona ESP (ESP), 20-28 xii 2003 cat. XV (2606)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2562 * = . . 1 . . . 1.5 2830
2 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2602 = * . . . . 1 . 1.5 2776
3 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2646 . . * . . . = 1 1.5 2777
4 Romero Holmes, Alfonso g ESP 2544 . . . * . = . 1 1.5 2800
5 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2673 0 . . . * 1 . . 1.0 2605
6 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2649 . . . = 0 * . . 0.5 2415
7 Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2604 . 0 = . . . * . 0.5 2431
8 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2565 . . 0 0 . . . * 0.0
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6th Masters and 2nd Women's Masters Comtois d'échecs is
organised by Belfort Chess in the Grand Hôtel du Tonneau d'Or, 15th-24th
December 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
6th Masters Belfort FRA (FRA), 15-24 xii 2003 cat. XV (2603)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2656 ** =. == 1. 1. 11 5.5 2822
2 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2654 =. ** 10 1. =1 =. 4.5 2679
3 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2602 == 01 ** =. 1. =. 4.0 2667
4 Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2635 0. 0. =. ** 1= =1 3.5 2578
5 Le Roux, Jean-Pierre f FRA 2480 0. =0 0. 0= ** 1. 2.0 2474
6 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2588 00 =. =. =0 0. ** 1.5 2386
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2nd Women's Masters Belfort FRA (FRA), 15-24 xii 2003cat. III (2323)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2409 ** =. =1 11 1. =. 5.5 2548
2 Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2398 =. ** =. 1. 1= 11 5.5 2510
3 Klinova, Masha m ISR 2378 =0 =. ** =. 11 =. 4.0 2358
4 Milliet, Sophie wm FRA 2326 00 0. =. ** 1. 11 3.5 2321
5 Roumegous, Marina wm FRA 2195 0. 0= 00 0. ** 1. 1.5 2129
6 Muller, Anne wm FRA 2229 =. 00 =. 00 0. ** 1.0 2038
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Indian National Men A Chess Championship took place at the Chessindia
Complex, Calicut 4th to 20th December 2003. SS Ganguly took first place on SB
tie-break from Sandipan Chanda, both finished on 17.5/23 half a point clear of
ELO favourite Pentala Harikrishna.
Internet coverage: http://www.chessindia.org/nationala
Live Coverage : http://www.live.chessindia.org/men.asp
ch-IND National A Calicut IND (IND), 4-20 xii 2003 cat. VIII (2426)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2531 * = = = 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17.5 2622
2 Sandipan, Chanda m IND 2504 = * 0 = = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17.5 2624
3 Harikrishna, P g IND 2570 = 1 * = 0 = 1 = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 17.0 2603
4 Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2535 = = = * = = = = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 15.0 2530
5 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2528 0 = 1 = * = 1 0 = = = = = 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 15.0 2531
6 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2485 = 0 = = = * = 0 1 = 0 1 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 15.0 2532
7 Bakre, Tejas m IND 2443 1 = 0 = 0 = * 0 1 1 = = = = = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 14.0 2504
8 Neelotpal, Das m IND 2443 0 = = = 1 1 1 * = 0 = 1 = 0 1 = 1 = = = = = 1 = 13.5 2489
9 Sundararajan, Kidambi m IND 2446 = = = = = 0 0 = * = = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 13.5 2489
10 Ramesh, R.B m IND 2466 0 = 0 = = = 0 1 = * = 0 = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 13.0 2473
11 Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi IND 2421 = 0 1 = = 1 = = = = * = = = = = = 0 1 = = = = = 12.0 2439
12 Venkatesh, M.R IND 2401 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 1 = * = 1 = 1 0 1 = = 0 = 1 1 11.5 2426
13 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2486 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = = * 1 = = 0 1 1 = = = 1 1 11.0 2408
14 Roktim, Bandyopadhyay m IND 2352 0 = 0 = 0 = = 1 = = = 0 0 * = = = 0 = = 1 1 = 1 10.5 2399
15 Prathamesh, Sunil Mokal m IND 2379 = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 = = = = * = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 10.5 2398
16 Satyapragyan, Swayangsu m IND 2415 = = = 0 = = = = 0 0 = 0 = = = * = = = = 1 0 1 0 9.5 2360
17 Sareen, Vishal IND 2367 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 = = 1 1 = = = * 0 1 = 0 = = = 9.0 2348
18 Singh, S. Vikramjit IND 2342 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 1 0 = 1 * 0 = = 1 = 1 9.0 2349
19 Das, Arghyadip IND 2299 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = 0 = = = 0 1 * = = 1 = = 8.5 2336
20 Suvrajit, Saha IND 2387 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = = = = = = * 1 = = 1 8.5 2332
21 Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam m IND 2380 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 = 1 = 0 0 0 1 = = 0 * 1 = = 8.0 2317
22 Sriram, Jha m IND 2458 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 = = = 0 = 1 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 8.0 2314
23 Hariharan, Venkatachalam IND 2245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 = = = = = 0 * 0 4.5 2193
24 Srinivasa Rao, M IND 2329 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 4.5 2189
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The XVI Carlos Torre Memorial takes place in Merida in the Yucatan
region of Mexico 12th-20th December 2003. A 6 Round Swiss was followed by a
knockout (although the Swiss did continue to round 9 and was indeed rejoined by
Vadim Milov). The top 12 after 6 rounds of the Swiss qualified and were joined
by Alexei Dreev, Boris Gelfand, Valery Filippov and Liviu-Deter Nisipeanu.
Surprisingly Yuniesky Quezada (who beat both Gelfand and Filippov) won the
event. Games from rounds 8 and 9 of the continued Swiss are missing. My thanks
to David Llada for his help.
Official site: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx
(additional info: http://fenamac.com)
XVI Carlos Torre Memorial Knockout
Final
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Filippov,Va 0.5
Quezada,Y 1.5
Semifinal
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Filippov,Va 1.5
Zapata,A 0.5
Gelfand,B 0.5
Quezada,Y 1.5
Quarterfinal
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Simutowe,A 0.5
Filippov,Va 1.5
Zapata,A 1.5
Espinosa,Ra MEX 0.5
Aldama,D 0.0
Gelfand,B 2.0
Quezada,Y 3.0
Nisipeanu,LD 2.0
Round 1
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Simutowe,A 2.0
Milov,V 0.0
Perez,Lu 0.0
Filippov,Va 2.0
Gonzalez Zamora,J 2.5
Zapata,A 3.5
Espinosa,Ra MEX 1.5
Dreev,A 0.5
Ramirez,Al 0.5
Aldama,D 1.5
Hernandez,Gi 0.5
Gelfand,B 1.5
Luther,T 2.0
Quezada,Y 3.0
Hernandez,Rom 1.0
Nisipeanu,LD 4.0
Round 6 Standings Swiss (top 12 qualified for KO)
1 Milov Vadim SUI GM 2574 5.5
2 Luther Thomas GER GM 2580 4.5
3 Gonzalez Zamora Juan Carlo MEX FM 2510 4.5
4 Ramirez Alvarez Alejandro CRC IM 2483 4.5
5 Quesada Perez Yuniesky CUB IM 2475 4.5
6 Zapata Alonso COL GM 2472 4.5
7 Aldama Degournay Dionisio CUB IM 2447 4.5
8 Simutowe Amon ZAM IM 2424 4.5
9 Hernandez Guerrero Gilbert MEX GM 2538 4
10 Gonzalez Garcia Jose MEX IM 2449 4
11 Perez Rodriguez Luis Manue CUB IM 2427 4
12 Hernandez Roman CUB GM 2415 4
13 Espinosa Rafael MEX IM 2415 4
14 Martin Del Campo Roberto MEX IM 2407 4
15 Garmendez Gonzalez Florent MEX IM 2391 4
16 Russek Libni Guil MEX IM 2365 4
17 Garcia Silvino CUB GM 2350 4
18 Hernandez Andres Gustavo MEX 2311 4
19 Dominguez Aguilar Guillerm MEX FM 2289 4
Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Milov Vadim SUI GM 2574 7.5
2 Gonzalez Zamora Juan Carlo MEX FM 2473 7
3 Russek Libni Guil MEX IM 2365 6 48.5
4 Hernandez Guerrero Gilberto MEX GM 2538 6 48
5 Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel CUB IM 2408 6 47.5
6 Hernandez Carmenate Holden CUB FM 2403 6 45
7 Norgaard Jesper DEN FM 2406 6 43
8 Escobedo Tinajero Alberto MEX IM 2366 6 42
9 Hernandez Roman CUB GM 2420 5.5 51.5
10 Gonzalez Garcia Jose MEX IM 2449 5.5 46.5
11 Martin Del Campo Roberto MEX IM 2407 5.5 44.5
12 Berry Jonathan CAN FM 2269 5.5 44.5
13 Garmendez Gonzalez Florentino MEX IM 2391 5.5 43
14 Watanabe Akira JPN FM 2358 5.5 41
15 Estrada Nieto Julian MEX IM 2290 5.5 40.5
16 Dominguez Aguilar Guillermo MEX FM 2289 5 45.5
17 Garcia Martinez Silvino CUB GM 2380 5 45
18 Predescu Sebastian CAN FM 2196 5 44.5
19 Hernandez Andres Gustavo MEX 2311 5 43.5
20 Ibarra Chami Luis MEX 2091 5 43
21 Alonso Baez Luis MEX 1962 5 43
22 Navarro Segura Roberto MEX IM 2258 5 40.5
23 Leon Hoyos Manuel MEX FM 2303 5 39
SC Porz still lead the league ahead of second placed SC Baden-Oos. SC
Baden-Oos dropped their first points when were held by Werder Bremen in Round
5. Stars Viswanathan Anand and Alexei Shirov won but wins for Bremen on lower
boards by lars Schandorff and Sven Joachim levelled the match.
Information: http://www.schachbundesliga.com and
http://www.schachbund.de
Round 5 13th December 2003
Venue: Plauen
SK König Plauen ½ : 7½ SG Köln Porz
GM Stefan Kindermann ½ : ½ GM Christopher Lutz
GM Lutz Espig 0 : 1 GM Loek Van Wely
IM Viteslav Priehoda 0 : 1 GM Ulf Andersson
FM Gunter Sandner 0 : 1 GM Alexander G Beliavsky
FM Michael Kuraszkiewicz 0 : 1 GM Alexander Graf
FM Ulrich Dirr 0 : 1 GM Mikhail Gurevich
FM Roland Pfretzschner 0 : 1 GM Curt Hansen
Thomas Espig 0 : 1 GM Edwin Kengis
TV Tegernsee 4½ : 3½ SF Katernberg
GM Igor Khenkin 0 : 1 GM Andrei Volokitin
GM Andrei Sokolov 0 : 1 GM Vladimir Chuchelov
GM Zoltan Ribli ½ : ½ GM Igor V Glek
GM Klaus Bischoff 1 : 0 GM Alfonso Romero Holmes
GM Uwe Boensch 1 : 0 IM Javier Moreno Carnero
GM Valery Beim ½ : ½ IM Martin Senff
GM Gerald Hertneck ½ : ½ IM Matthias Thesing
GM Henrik Teske 1 : 0 IM Georgios Souleidis
Venue: Solingen
SG Solingen 7 : 1 SCA St. Ingbert
GM Predrag Nikolic 1 : 0 GM Christian Bauer
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov 1 : 0 GM Cyril Marcelin
GM Artur Jussupow 1 : 0 GM Vladimir Lazarev
GM Christian Gabriel 1 : 0 IM Emmanuel Bricard
GM Matthew Sadler 1 : 0 Chi Minh Nguyen
IM Alexander Naumann 1 : 0 FM Xavier Parmentier
IM Jan Werle 0 : 1 IM Dieter Pirrot
IM Michael Hoffmann 1 : 0 Dennis Drollinger
SV Wattenscheid 6 : 2 SV Hofheim
GM Levon Aronian 1 : 0 GM Joerg Hickl
GM Peter-Heine Nielsen ½ : ½ IM Sergei Krivoshey
GM Leif Erlend Johannessen ½ : ½ IM Gennadi Ginsburg
IM Ralf Appel 1 : 0 WGM Jovanka Houska
GM Florian Handke 1 : 0 FM Stephan Buchal
IM Dr. Frank Holzke 1 : 0 FM Patrick Burkart
IM Dr. Volkmar Dinstuhl 1 : 0 FM Oliver Brendel
FM Timo Straeter 0 : 1 FM Georg Haubt
Venue: Bremen
SV Werder Bremen 4 : 4 SC Baden-Oos
GM Luke James McShane 0 : 1 GM Viswanathan Anand
GM Zbynek Hracek 0 : 1 GM Alexei Shirov
GM Zahar Efimenko ½ : ½ GM Francisco Vallejo Pons
GM Yannick Pelletier ½ : ½ GM Rustem Dautov
GM Lars Schandorff 1 : 0 GM Dr. Robert Huebner
GM Joseph G. Gallagher ½ : ½ GM Michal Krasenkow
Sven Joachim 1 : 0 GM Roland Schmaltz
IM Gerlef Meins ½ : ½ Rainer Buhmann
Bremer SG 6 : 2 Stuttgarter SF
GM Konstantin Landa 1 : 0 GM Eckhard Schmittdiel
GM Johann Hjartarson ½ : ½ IM Igor Berezovsky
GM Evgenij Agrest ½ : ½ IM Hedinn Steingrimsson
GM Hannes Stefansson 1 : 0 FM Severin Papa
GM Alexander Baburin ½ : ½ FM Andreas Reuss
IM Gannadij Fish 1 : 0 FM Gerhard Lorscheid
IM Ewgeni Gisbrecht ½ : ½ FM Aleksandar Vuckovic
IM Otto Borik 1 : 0 Josef Gabriel
Venue: Koelln
SC Kreuzberg 3 : 5 Hamburger SK
GM Zoltan Almasi ½ : ½ GM Lubomir Ftacnik
GM Jens-Uwe Maiwald 0 : 1 GM Jan Gustafsson
GM Bartosz Socko ½ : ½ GM Robert Kempinski
GM Raj Tischbierek 0 : 1 GM Sune Berg Hansen
GM Ralf Lau ½ : ½ GM Matthias Wahls
GM Sergey Kalinitschew ½ : ½ GM Michael Bezold
IM Karsten Volke 1 : 0 IM Oliver Reeh
IM Drazen Muse 0 : 1 IM Thies Heinemann
Round 6 14th December 2003
Venue: Plauen
SG Porz 5 : 3 TV Tegernsee
GM Christopher Lutz ½ : ½ GM Igor Khenkin
GM Loek Van Wely ½ : ½ GM Andrei Sokolov
GM Ulf Andersson ½ : ½ GM Zoltan Ribli
GM Alexander G Beliavsky 1 : 0 GM Klaus Bischoff
GM Alexander Graf ½ : ½ GM Uwe Boensch
GM Mikhail Gurevich 1 : 0 GM Valery Beim
GM Curt Hansen ½ : ½ GM Gerald Hertneck
GM Edwin Kengis ½ : ½ GM Henrik Teske
SF Katernberg 3 : 5 SK König Plauen
GM Andrei Volokitin ½ : ½ GM Stefan Kindermann
GM Vladimir Chuchelov ½ : ½ GM Lutz Espig
GM Igor V Glek ½ : ½ IM Viteslav Priehoda
GM Alfonso Romero Holmes 0 : 1 FM Gunter Sandner
IM Javier Moreno Carnero ½ : ½ FM Michael Kuraszkiewicz
IM Martin Senff 1 : 0 FM Ulrich Dirr
IM Matthias Thesing 0 : 1 FM Roland Pfretzschner
IM Georgios Souleidis 0 : 1 Thomas Espig
Venue: Solingen
SCA St. Ingbert 3½ : 4½ SV Wattenscheid
GM Christian Bauer ½ : ½ GM Levon Aronian
GM Cyril Marcelin ½ : ½ GM Peter-Heine Nielsen
GM Vladimir Lazarev ½ : ½ GM Leif Erlend Johannessen
IM Emmanuel Bricard 1 : 0 IM Ralf Appel
Chi Minh Nguyen ½ : ½ GM Florian Handke
FM Xavier Parmentier 0 : 1 IM Dr. Frank Holzke
IM Dieter Pirrot ½ : ½ IM Dr. Volkmar Dinstuhl
Dennis Drollinger 0 : 1 FM Timo Straeter
SV Hofheim 2 : 6 SG Solingen
GM Joerg Hickl 0 : 1 GM Predrag Nikolic
IM Sergei Krivoshey 0 : 1 GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov
IM Gennadi Ginsburg ½ : ½ GM Artur Jussupow
WGM Jovanka Houska ½ : ½ GM Christian Gabriel
FM Stephan Buchal 0 : 1 GM Matthew Sadler
FM Patrick Burkart ½ : ½ IM Alexander Naumann
FM Oliver Brendel 0 : 1 IM Jan Werle
FM Dr. Reinhard Zunker ½ : ½ IM Michael Hoffmann
Venue: Bremen
SC Baden-Oos 6 : 2 Bremer SG
GM Viswanathan Anand ½ : ½ GM Konstantin Sakaev
GM Alexei Shirov 1 : 0 GM Etienne Bacrot
GM Francisco Vallejo Pons ½ : ½ GM Konstantin Landa
GM Rustem Dautov ½ : ½ GM Johann Hjartarson
GM Dr. Robert Huebner ½ : ½ GM Evgenij Agrest
GM Michal Krasenkow 1 : 0 GM Hannes Stefansson
GM Roland Schmaltz 1 : 0 GM Alexander Baburin
Rainer Buhmann 1 : 0 IM Ewgeni Gisbrecht
Stuttgarter SF 2½ : 5½ SV Werder Bremen
GM Eckhard Schmittdiel 0 : 1 GM Luke James McShane
IM Igor Berezovsky 1 : 0 GM Zbynek Hracek
IM Hedinn Steingrimsson 0 : 1 GM Zahar Efimenko
FM Severin Papa 0 : 1 GM Yannick Pelletier
FM Andreas Reuss 1 : 0 GM Lars Schandorff
FM Gerhard Lorscheid ½ : ½ GM Joseph G. Gallagher
FM Aleksandar Vuckovic 0 : 1 WGM Almira Skripchenko-Lautier
Josef Gabriel 0 : 1 Sven Joachim
Venue: Koelln
Hamburger SK 4 : 4 SF Neukölln
GM Lubomir Ftacnik ½ : ½ GM Sergei Movsesian
GM Jan Gustafsson ½ : ½ GM Dorian Rogozenko
GM Robert Kempinski ½ : ½ IM Stephan Berndt
GM Sune Berg Hansen ½ : ½ IM Rainer Polzin
GM Matthias Wahls 0 : 1 IM Dr. Martin Borriss
GM Michael Bezold 1 : 0 IM Dirk Poldauf
IM Oliver Reeh ½ : ½ IM Lars Thiede
IM Thies Heinemann ½ : ½ FM Henrik Rudolf
Round 7 12th December 2003
Venue: Solingen
SG Solingen 5 : 3 SV Wattenscheid
GM Predrag Nikolic ½ : ½ GM Levon Aronian
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov ½ : ½ GM Peter-Heine Nielsen
GM Artur Jussupow ½ : ½ GM Leif Erlend Johannessen
GM Christian Gabriel 1 : 0 IM Ralf Appel
GM Matthew Sadler 1 : 0 GM Florian Handke
IM Alexander Naumann ½ : ½ IM Dr. Frank Holzke
IM Jan Werle ½ : ½ IM Dr. Volkmar Dinstuhl
IM Michael Hoffmann ½ : ½ FM Timo Straeter
Venue: Bremen
Werder Bremen 2 : 6 Bremer SG
GM Luke James McShane 0 : 1 GM Konstantin Sakaev
GM Zbynek Hracek 0 : 1 GM Etienne Bacrot
GM Zahar Efimenko ½ : ½ GM Konstantin Landa
GM Yannick Pelletier ½ : ½ GM Johann Hjartarson
GM Lars Schandorff 0 : 1 GM Evgenij Agrest
GM Joseph G. Gallagher ½ : ½ GM Hannes Stefansson
WGM Almira Skripchenko 0 : 1 GM Alexander Baburin
Sven Joachim ½ : ½ IM Ewgeni Gisbrecht
Venue: Koelln
SF Neukölln 4,5 : 3,5 SC Kreuzberg
GM Sergei Movsesian ½ : ½ GM Zoltan Almasi
GM Dorian Rogozenko 1 : 0 GM Jens-Uwe Maiwald
IM Stephan Berndt ½ : ½ GM Bartosz Socko
IM Rainer Polzin ½ : ½ GM Raj Tischbierek
IM Dr. Martin Borriss 0 : 1 GM Ralf Lau
IM Dirk Poldauf 1 : 0 GM Sergey Kalinitschew
IM Lars Thiede ½ : ½ IM Karsten Volke
FM Henrik Rudolf ½ : ½ IM Drazen Muse
Table
1. SG Porz 7 39,5 13:1
2. SC Baden-Oos 6 33,5 11:1
3. Bremer SG 7 32,5 10:4
3. SV Werder Bremen 7 32,5 10:4
5. Hamburger SK 6 34,0 9:3
6. SG Solingen 7 30,0 8:6
7. SV Wattenscheid 7 27,5 6:8
8. SF Neukölln 6 23,0 6:6
9. TV Tegernsee 5 21,5 6:4
10. SF Katernberg 7 24,0 4:10
11. SC Kreuzberg 6 22,0 4:8
12. SK König Plauen 5 13,0 4:6
13. SCA St. Ingbert 6 15,5 2:10
14. SV Hofheim 6 14,5 1:11
15. Stuttgarter SF 6 13,0 0:12
The 3rd Annual Little Sweden Festival December has events 13th-14th and
19th-23rd 2003 in Lindsborg, Kansas USA. December 13th-14th all play all - 25
mins + 10 seconds. My thanks to Frank Berry for the games.
Further details:
http://www.lindsborg.org/chess_tournament.html
Round 1 (December 13, 2003)
Shulman, Yuri - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 61 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 58 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Charbonneau, Pascal - Donaldson, John W 0-1 52 B35 Sicilian Defence
Round 2 (December 13, 2003)
Karpov, Anatoly - Charbonneau, Pascal 1-0 61 D10 Slav Defence
Onischuk, Alexander - Donaldson, John W 1/2 78 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Shulman, Yuri 1/2 21 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 3 (December 14, 2003)
Donaldson, John W - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 17 E42 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Shulman, Yuri - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 51 C36 Kings Gambit Modern Variation
Charbonneau, Pascal - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1-0 33 B10 Caro Kann
Round 4 (December 14, 2003)
Onischuk, Alexander - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 24 D20 QGA
Shulman, Yuri - Charbonneau, Pascal 1/2 34 D15 Slav Defence
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Donaldson, John W 1/2 34 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Round 5 (December 14, 2003)
Karpov, Anatoly - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 35 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Donaldson, John W - Shulman, Yuri 0-1 30 A33 English Symmetrical
Charbonneau, Pascal - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 61 C28 Vienna Game
Lindsborg Inv Rapid Kansas USA (USA), 13-14 xii 2003cat. XIII (2574)
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1 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2693 * = = 1 = 1 3.5 2698
2 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2661 = * = = = 1 3.0 2628
3 Donaldson, John W m USA 2456 = = * 0 = 1 2.5 2597
4 Shulman, Yuri g USA 2564 0 = 1 * = = 2.5 2575
5 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2583 = = = = * 0 2.0 2499
6 Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2485 0 0 0 = 1 * 1.5 2442
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Hassan Khaled sends news of the 6th Tanta Open which took place place
7th–17th December 2003 in Tanta City about 90 Km. from Cairo, Egypt. The
main event was a closed Swiss System section with 28 players. The winner was GM
Evgenij Miroshnichinko from the Ukraine. Another Open Section had 96 Players,
36 of them were FIDE rated, the winner was 30th seed Malak Ragheb rated only
2089, there were participants from 8 countries.
Saturday 20th sees the start of the Arab Individual Championships in
Cairo.
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6th Open Tanta City EGY (EGY), 7-16 xii 2003
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1. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2571 =14 +22 = 3 +27 + 7 = 2 +16 + 4 +12 7.5 2669
2. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2584 + 8 +12 = 6 + 7 + 4 = 1 = 3 +13 = 5 7.0 2642
3. Ezat, Mohamed m EGY 2405 +10 +27 = 1 + 6 =16 = 4 = 2 + 9 +11 7.0 2618
4. Abdelnabbi, Imed m EGY 2484 +21 +16 = 7 + 5 - 2 = 3 + 8 - 1 +10 6.0 2535
5. Nanu, Ciprian m ROM 2463 -22 +15 + 8 - 4 =14 +20 = 9 + 6 = 2 5.5 2449
6. Adly, Ahmed m EGY 2448 +28 +18 = 2 - 3 = 9 =13 + 7 - 5 +14 5.5 2462
7. Manolache, Marius m ROM 2457 +13 +25 = 4 - 2 - 1 +14 - 6 +17 +16 5.5 2461
8. Doghri, Nabil f TUN 2313 - 2 +21 - 5 +17 +20 +12 - 4 -10 +13 5.0 2399
9. Yasseen, Aly m EGY 2327 =15 =20 =28 +26 = 6 =16 = 5 - 3 +21 5.0 2383
10. Ibrahim, Hatim EGY 2274 - 3 -17 =21 +23 =19 +27 +25 + 8 - 4 5.0 2339
11. Hamad, Ahmad SYR 2241 -16 -13 +23 +24 =18 +26 =17 +15 - 3 5.0 2311
12. Abdel Razik, Khaled f EGY 2380 +26 - 2 =14 +28 =13 - 8 +18 +16 - 1 5.0 2406
13. Bengafer, Moh LBA 2280 - 7 +11 +18 =14 =12 = 6 +15 - 2 - 8 4.5 2365
14. Frhat, Ali f EGY 2313 = 1 =24 =12 =13 = 5 - 7 +26 +18 - 6 4.5 2385
15. Georg, Magdy f EGY 2222 = 9 - 5 =19 +25 +27 =18 -13 -11 +17 4.5 2289
16. Ismail, Hamed EGY 2335 +11 - 4 +22 +20 = 3 = 9 - 1 -12 - 7 4.0 2346
17. Jday, Wassim TUN 2101 -25 +10 -27 - 8 +23 +19 =11 - 7 -15 3.5 2206
18. Naby, Saiid A EGY 2331 +19 - 6 -13 +22 =11 =15 -12 -14 =20 3.5 2225
19. Hamam, Reda EGY 2224 -18 =26 =15 =21 =10 -17 =27 =20 =23 3.5 2183
20. Hassan, Sayed Barakat m EGY 2348 =24 = 9 +25 -16 - 8 - 5 =21 =19 =18 3.5 2239
21. Karlovich, Anastazia wg UKR 2296 - 4 - 8 =10 =19 +24 -25 =20 +27 - 9 3.5 2240
22. Sameeh, Hany f EGY 2289 + 5 - 1 -16 -18 -25 +28 -23 =24 +27 3.5 2263
23. Abdel Fadil, Mohamed EGY 2204 -27 -28 -11 -10 -17 +24 +22 +26 =19 3.5 2172
24. Yousry, Salah EGY 2268 =20 =14 -26 -11 -21 -23 +28 =22 +29 3.5 2168
25. Elgabry, Mohsen m EGY 2317 +17 - 7 -20 -15 +22 +21 -10 . . 3.0 2233
26. Eldesoky, Hatem EGY 2269 -12 =19 +24 - 9 +28 -11 -14 -23 . 2.5 2138
27. Sarwat, Walaa m EGY 2325 +23 - 3 +17 - 1 -15 -10 =19 -21 -22 2.5 2121
28. Hassan, Tarek Ahmed EGY 2278 - 6 +23 = 9 -12 -26 -22 -24 . . 1.5 2082
29. BYE ---- . . . . . . . . -24 0.0
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The Salona GM 2003 tournament took place in Solin (12th-16th December
2003.)/Split (17th-21st December 2003), Croatia. Andrey Shariyazdanov won the
event with 6.5/9. My thanks to Mirjana Medic.
Internet coverage:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/solin/index.htm
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Salona GM Solin-Split CRO (CRO), 12-18 xii 2003 cat. IX (2471)
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1. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2580 * = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2624
2. Cvorovic, Drazen m CRO 2424 = * 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2601
3. Kovacevic, Vlatko g CRO 2503 0 1 * = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2547
4. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2447 = 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 5.0 2516
5. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2507 = = = 0 * = = = 1 1 5.0 2509
6. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2557 = = = = = * = = = = 4.5 2461
7. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2428 = 0 = = = = * = = 1 4.5 2475
8. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2516 0 = = = = = = * = = 4.0 2422
9. Saric, Ante m CRO 2382 0 0 0 = 0 = = = * = 2.5 2314
10. Armanda, Ivica m CRO 2365 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 1.5 2209
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The NAO Chess Club organise their 3rd GM and 4th IM Tournaments, 15th -
23rd December 2003.
Website: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html
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3rd NAO GM Paris FRA (FRA), 15-23 xii 2003 cat. VIII (2446)
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1. Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2522 * 0 = 1 . = . 1 . 1 1 5.0 2611
2. Pira, Davoud m FRA 2403 1 * . 0 0 1 = 1 . = . 4.0 2506
3. Maze, Sebastien FRA 2464 = . * = 1 0 . = 1 = . 4.0 2495
4. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2412 0 1 = * 0 . 1 . = = . 3.5 2448
5. Vandevoort, Pascal f BEL 2363 . 1 0 1 * . 0 = = = . 3.5 2442
6. Murey, Jacob g ISR 2465 = 0 1 . . * = 0 . 1 = 3.5 2468
7. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2462 . = . 0 1 = * = 0 1 . 3.5 2428
8. Gozzoli, Yannick FRA 2430 0 0 = . = 1 = * . . = 3.0 2398
9. Santo-Roman, Marc g FRA 2385 . . 0 = = . 1 . * . . 2.0 2425
10. Bagheri, Amir m IRI 2541 0 = = = = 0 0 . . * . 2.0 2283
11. Skripchenko, Almira wg FRA 2460 0 . . . . = . = . . * 1.0 2347
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4th NAO IM Paris FRA (FRA), 15-23 xii 2003 cat. IV (2348)
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1. Chabanon, Jean-Luc g FRA 2438 * . . 1 1 = = = 1 1 5.5 2556
2. Lukov, Valentin g BUL 2429 . * = 0 = 1 . 1 1 = 4.5 2421
3. Onkoud, Abdelaziz MAR 2323 . = * 0 = . = 1 1 1 4.5 2441
4. Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2428 0 1 1 * = . = 0 1 . 4.0 2394
5. Goldsztejn, Gildas FRA 2245 0 = = = * = . 1 . = 3.5 2357
6. Glicenstein, Asher FRA 2339 = 0 . . = * 1 1 0 = 3.5 2340
7. Nguyen Chi Minh FRA 2375 = . = = . 0 * 0 1 1 3.5 2346
8. Dubois, Loic FRA 2252 = 0 0 1 0 0 1 * . . 2.5 2266
9. Colin, Vincent FRA 2351 0 0 0 0 . 1 0 . * 1 2.0 2217
10. Marechal, Andy f BEL 2295 0 = 0 . = = 0 . 0 * 1.5 2127
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1st Bois-Colombes (Paris, France) GM tournament takes place 21st-30th
December 2003.
Internet coverage: http://www.bois-colombes-echecs.com/
BC Masters Bois Colombes FRA (FRA), 21-30 xii 2003cat. VII (2412)
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1 Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2542 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2 Janev, Evgeni g BUL 2423 . * . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3 Rainfray, Arnaud f FRA 2409 . . * . . . . . . 1 1.0
4 Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2376 . . . * . = . . . . 0.5 2454
5 Bernard, Vincent FRA 2278 . . . . * . = . . . 0.5 2472
6 Okhotnik, Vladimir m UKR 2454 . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2376
7 Todorov, Todor m BUL 2472 . . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2278
8 Marcelin, Cyril g FRA 2473 . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
9 Wirig, Anthony FRA 2424 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Shoker, Samy FRA 2273 . . 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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The 10th Christmas Open, Zadar (Croatia) took place 15th-21st December
2003. Zdenko Kozul won the event with 7.5/9. News from Mirjana Medic.
Internet coverage:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/zadar/index.htm
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1. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2597 7.5 38.5 49.0 36.5
2. Kovacevic, Blazimir m CRO 2424 6.5 43.0 53.5 35.0
3. Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2555 6.5 40.5 51.5 35.5
4. Sedlak, Nikola m SCG 2543 6.5 39.0 49.5 32.0
5. Markus, Robert m SCG 2522 6.5 38.5 49.0 33.0
6. Makarov, Marat g RUS 2517 6.5 38.0 49.0 32.5
7. Gagarin, Vasilij m RUS 2439 6.5 37.0 48.0 34.0
8. Saric, Ibro f BIH 2415 6 40.0 48.5 34.0
9. Blagojevic, Dragisa m SCG 2521 6 39.0 49.5 34.0
10. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2603 6 38.0 49.0 34.0
11. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2398 6 37.5 48.0 30.5
12. Filipovic, Branko m CRO 2420 6 36.5 47.0 31.5
13. Jankovic, Alojzije f CRO 2383 6 36.0 47.5 28.0
14. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2534 5.5 39.5 51.0 33.5
15. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2552 5.5 39.0 51.0 32.0
16. Geller, Jakov m RUS 2486 5.5 39.0 49.0 33.0
17. Navinsek, Tomaz SLO 2309 5.5 37.5 47.0 27.5
18. Feletar, Darko m CRO 2406 5.5 36.0 47.5 29.5
19. Jovanovic, Zoran CRO m CRO 2448 5.5 35.5 45.5 30.0
20. Kuljasevic, Davorin m CRO 2429 5.5 35.0 46.0 28.0
21. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2452 5.5 35.0 45.0 27.0
22. Kutuzovic, Branko m CRO 2388 5.5 35.0 44.0 29.5
23. Kosanski, Stanko m CRO 2373 5.5 34.5 44.0 27.5
24. Rezan, Sasa f CRO 2381 5.5 34.0 44.5 27.5
25. Mestrovic, Zvonimir m SLO 2397 5.5 33.5 43.5 26.5
26. Jurkovic, Hrvoje m CRO 2422 5.5 31.5 41.5 24.0
27. Mandekic, Ivan CRO 2258 5.5 30.0 39.0 24.0
28. Brumen, Dinko m CRO 2405 5.5 28.0 36.0 24.5
90 players
The First Saturday December took place 6th-18th December 2003. My thanks
to Laszlo Nagy and Miklos Orso. GMs Levente Vajda and Kamil Miton won the GM
event with 9.5/13, no GM norms. IM Vladimir Sergeev won the IM event. Christian
Seel GER made an IM norm 8.5/11games Juergen Brustkern GER also made an IM norm
but only from 7.5/10 games. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy and Miklos Orso.
Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM December Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-18 xii 2003 cat. VIII (2436)
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1. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2537 * = 1 = = 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2603
2. Miton, Kamil g POL 2530 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 9.5 2603
3. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2473 0 = * = 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2542
4. Grigore, George g ROM 2485 = = = * = = 1 1 0 1 = 0 1 1 8.0 2519
5. Carlsen, Magnus m NOR 2450 = = 1 = * 0 1 0 = = = 1 1 1 8.0 2521
6. Horvath, Peter1 m HUN 2457 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 1 = = 1 = = 7.0 2463
7. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2449 1 0 1 0 0 0 * = = 1 = 0 1 1 6.5 2434
8. Kayumov, Sergey m UZB 2434 0 = 0 0 1 = = * = = = 1 1 = 6.5 2435
9. Vajda, Albert m ROM 2477 = 0 0 1 = 0 = = * = 1 0 = 1 6.0 2403
10. Porat, Shi f ISR 2360 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = = * 1 1 1 = 6.0 2412
11. Howell, David WL f ENG 2381 0 0 0 = = = = = 0 0 * 1 0 1 4.5 2330
12. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2385 0 = = 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 * 0 0 4.0 2298
13. Vajda, Szidonia wg IM 2360 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 3.5 2266
14. Berczes, David f HUN 2323 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 1 1 * 3.5 2269
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1. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2447 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2562
2. Seel, Christian f GER 2315 = * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2476
3. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2214 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2449
4. Werner, Dimo m GER 2342 0 = = * 0 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2328
5. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2324 = 0 = 1 * = = = 0 = 1 0 5.0 2228
6. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2262 0 0 0 1 = * 0 = 1 0 1 1 5.0 2234
7. Porat, Ido ISR 2255 0 = = 0 = 1 * = 0 1 0 = 4.5 2205
8. Logothetis, Sotirios GRE 2248 0 = 0 0 = = = * 1 0 = 1 4.5 2206
9. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2137 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 0 * 1 0 1 4.5 2216
10. Varga, Csaba2 HUN 2303 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 0 * 0 1 4.0 2164
11. Pinkus, Lutz GER 2171 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 1 * = 4.0 2176
12. Humphrey, Jonathan AUS 2217 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 = * 2.0 2012
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Jaan Ehlvest won the 87th Marshall Chess Club Championships with 6.5/9.
The event took place 7th-15th December 2003. News John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.marshallchessclub.org
Final Round 9 Standings
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87th Marshall CCC New York USA (USA), 7-14 xii 2003
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1. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2602 6½
2. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2597 6
3. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2519 6
4. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2569 5½
5. Figler, Ilye f USA 2328 5½
6. Shapiro, Daniel E f USA 2264 5½
7. Privman, Boris f USA 2240 5½
8. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2558 5
9. Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2530 5
10. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2339 4½
11. Sena, Juan DOM 2163 4½
12. Agaian, Sarkis USA 2162 4½
13. Simon,Jerry ---- 4
14. Hess, Robert L USA 2132 4
15. Kopiecki,Edward ---- 4
16. Treger, Effim USA 2246 3½
17. Salman, Joel f USA 2234 3½
18. Thaler, Michael USA 2093 3½
19. Hellenschmid,Andrew ---- 3½
20. West, James R USA 2230 2½
21. Paciulli,Frank ---- 2
22. Teasley, Dolly O wm USA 2142 0
23. Zukoff,Leon ---- 0
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The NAO Consultation rematch started Monday 24 November 2004. Game one
of the series sponsored by SMS text messaging was a draw. White is 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
rises to an average of ELO 2625
Team N. OJJEH vs Team I. NATAF
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3
d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.d3 Bf5 14.Qf3 Re8 15.Rxe8+
Qxe8 16.Nd2 Qe1+ 17.Nf1 Bg6 18.g3 b4 19.bxd5 cxd5 20.Qxd5 Rd8 21.Bg5 Qxa1
22.Bxd8 Bf8 23.Ba5 Qb1 24.Kg2 Bxd3 25.Nbd2 Qc2 26.Qa8 Qxd2 27.Bxb4 h5 28.Qxf8
Kh7 (last update here 22nd December 2003) continues:
Internet coverage: http://www.nao-cc.com/naocc/index.html
The Ilijas Subasic Memorial International Tournament took place in
Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 6th-12th December 2003.
Internet coverage:
http://www.sah.co.ba/html/linkovi/zenica03/INDEX2.htm
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1. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2507 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2585
2. Boskovic, Drasko f SCG 2402 0 * = 1 = 1 = 1 = = 5.5 2456
3. Saric, Ibro f BIH 2415 = = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2455
4. Trkulja, Goran f BIH 2293 = 0 1 * 1 0 1 0 1 1 5.5 2469
5. Zivanic, Marko m SCG 2436 0 = 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 5.0 2416
6. Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2364 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 0 1 1 4.5 2381
7. Rajkovic, Dusan g SCG 2449 = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 4.5 2371
8. Mestrovic, Zvonimir m SLO 2397 = 0 = 1 0 1 0 * 0 1 4.0 2334
9. Bajramovic, Halid BIH 2250 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * = 2.0 2173
10. Muratovic, Enver f BIH 2281 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1.5 2117
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The Ukrainian Chess Men's Championship took place in Simferopol,
3rd-12th November 2003. 108 players took part in the 9 round swiss. Including
14 GMs, 37 IMs and 1 FM. The Chief arbiter was international arbiter V. Gergel.
Info: V. Retinsky. Evgenij Miroshnichenko won the event with 7.5/9.
Anna Muzychuk ran away with the women's event with 8.5/9 one and a half
points clear of Lidia K Semenova. The women's event took place at the same time
as the men's but in Nikolaev, Ukraine.
I've taken a small risk with the men's championships. The results of the
games and the table don't match. However if there was an error confusing the
games Savvopulo-Arutyunova and Smoljarov-Myshakov round 9 then the table works,
and the games are next to each other in the file. So I'm making this guess and
changing the names on the games as it also matches the round results as
given.
Further information:
http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/index_e.html
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ch-UKR Simferopol UKR (UKR), 4-12 xi 2003
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1. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2571 + 70 + 46 + 28 = 14 + 35 = 4 + 5 + 13 = 6 7.5 2749
2. Kuzmin, Gennadi P g UKR 2520 = 5 + 71 + 59 + 21 = 4 = 16 + 9 = 10 = 13 6.5 2652
3. Rogovski, Vladimir m UKR 2474 + 62 = 38 + 18 = 11 + 46 = 9 = 4 + 16 = 5 6.5 2604
4. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2562 + 44 = 57 + 60 + 41 = 2 = 1 = 3 = 15 + 18 6.5 2613
5. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2547 = 2 = 50 + 89 + 45 + 19 + 20 - 1 + 12 = 3 6.5 2605
6. Kovchan, Alexander g UKR 2561 + 47 = 59 + 30 - 35 = 56 + 45 + 38 + 37 = 1 6.5 2572
7. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2597 + 86 = 60 = 40 + 33 - 12 + 46 + 27 = 23 + 29 6.5 2582
8. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2584 + 61 + 56 = 21 = 65 = 11 + 50 = 13 = 29 + 27 6.5 2580
9. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2525 = 90 + 76 = 57 + 43 + 40 = 3 - 2 + 20 + 15 6.5 2590
10. Borovikov, Vladislav g UKR 2571 = 50 + 74 - 52 + 82 + 28 + 55 = 15 = 2 + 23 6.5 2569
11. Kovalev, Denis UKR 2330 + 13 + 55 = 20 = 3 = 8 = 23 = 35 + 53 = 16 6.0 2620
12. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2447 = 67 + 85 = 37 + 32 + 7 = 15 = 16 - 5 + 43 6.0 2534
13. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2529 - 11 + 77 + 61 + 38 + 65 + 14 = 8 - 1 = 2 6.0 2561
14. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2495 + 98 + 81 + 91 = 1 = 15 - 13 = 43 = 17 + 37 6.0 2534
15. Zubov, Alexander m UKR 2521 + 34 + 49 = 41 + 36 = 14 = 12 = 10 = 4 - 9 5.5 2534
16. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2539 + 64 + 33 = 65 + 52 = 20 = 2 = 12 - 3 = 11 5.5 2512
17. Anapolsky, Sergey m UKR 2425 + 39 - 91 + 34 = 64 - 36 + 68 + 33 = 14 = 20 5.5 2431
18. Sharapov, Evgeny m UKR 2350 + 73 = 19 - 3 + 24 = 42 + 40 = 31 + 35 - 4 5.5 2490
19. Kuzubov, Yuriy UKR 2441 + 72 = 18 = 22 + 37 - 5 = 32 + 50 = 43 = 21 5.5 2431
20. Nosenko, Alexander m UKR 2505 + 32 + 45 = 11 + 90 = 16 - 5 + 56 - 9 = 17 5.5 2501
21. Zavgorodniy, Sergiy m UKR 2418 + 54 + 68 = 8 - 2 - 39 + 34 = 36 + 64 = 19 5.5 2441
22. Bylino, Oleg UKR 2258 + 24 = 52 = 19 = 57 - 53 + 49 - 30 + 81 + 56 5.5 2501
23. Kobylkin, Evgeni f UKR 2443 + 63 = 36 - 90 + 26 + 91 = 11 + 64 = 7 - 10 5.5 2444
24. Kislinsky, Alexey m UKR 2429 - 22 + 88 = 70 - 18 + 76 = 44 + 47 + 45 = 31 5.5 2410
25. Smirnov, Igor UKR m UKR 2446 - 68 + 54 = 44 + 76 - 64 + 90 = 28 + 39 = 30 5.5 2393
26. Seletsky, Grigory UKR 2240 + 29 = 30 - 35 - 23 + 78 - 28 + 98 + 61 + 60 5.5 2475
27. Zubarev, Alexander1 g UKR 2460 = 92 - 89 + 83 + 44 + 57 + 36 - 7 + 52 - 8 5.5 2470
28. Peskov, Alexsey UKR 2410 + 87 + 94 - 1 = 91 - 10 + 26 = 25 = 32 + 51 5.5 2375
29. Arzumanian, Georgy m ARM 2427 - 26 +102 - 64 + 63 + 89 + 48 + 39 = 8 - 7 5.5 2421
30. Matjushin, Gennady m UKR 2416 +102 = 26 - 6 = 89 = 54 + 91 + 22 = 31 = 25 5.5 2405
31. Kononenko, Dmitry1 UKR 2468 = 83 + 92 - 36 + 81 + 52 = 64 = 18 = 30 = 24 5.5 2440
32. Zinchenko, Yaroslav UKR 2310 - 20 +106 + 75 - 12 + 74 = 19 = 55 = 28 + 52 5.5 2473
33. Dovzik, Juri m UKR 2394 + 96 - 16 + 69 - 7 + 67 = 66 - 17 + 85 + 58 5.5 2453
34. Ivanov, Andrey A UKR 2311 - 15 +104 - 17 +101 = 58 - 21 + 82 + 84 + 55 5.5 2425
35. Maximov, Dmitry m UKR 2438 = 89 + 83 + 26 + 6 - 1 = 39 = 11 - 18 = 36 5.0 2397
36. Jakymov, Volodymyr UKR 2352 +100 = 23 + 31 - 15 + 17 - 27 = 21 = 58 = 35 5.0 2447
37. Rudak, Vladimir UKR 2316 + 53 = 40 = 12 - 19 + 60 + 42 + 66 - 6 - 14 5.0 2513
38. Alexikov, Alexander m UKR 2383 + 51 = 3 = 42 - 13 + 86 + 53 - 6 = 55 = 40 5.0 2465
39. Kucherenko, Daniil UKR 2226 - 17 + 58 + 78 = 56 + 21 = 35 - 29 - 25 + 84 5.0 2471
40. Nechaev, Andrei UKR 2417 + 93 = 37 = 7 + 67 - 9 - 18 = 69 + 62 = 38 5.0 2404
41. Pavlov, Maxim m UKR 2443 + 95 + 43 = 15 - 4 - 50 = 62 = 44 = 69 + 72 5.0 2403
42. Sumets, Andrey m UKR 2467 = 71 + 79 = 38 = 50 = 18 - 37 = 81 = 44 + 76 5.0 2372
43. Truskavetsky, Alexandr UKR 2364 + 97 - 41 + 94 - 9 + 82 + 65 = 14 = 19 - 12 5.0 2373
44. Alexeev, Alexey m UKR 2335 - 4 +108 = 25 - 27 + 80 = 24 = 41 = 42 + 66 5.0 2419
45. Derjabin, Ilja m UKR 2393 +106 - 20 + 63 - 5 + 69 - 6 + 65 - 24 + 54 5.0 2416
46. Korobkov, Piotr UKR 2404 + 99 - 1 + 68 + 51 - 3 - 7 - 54 + 83 + 64 5.0 2372
47. Tishin, D m UKR 2334 - 6 +103 = 55 = 60 - 51 + 73 - 24 + 75 + 65 5.0 2363
48. Ljukin, Sergei UKR 2371 + 80 - 65 - 51 + 77 + 95 - 29 - 58 + 92 + 69 5.0 2319
49. Papenin, Nikolai m UKR 2388 +104 - 15 - 67 = 72 + 79 - 22 = 92 + 89 + 77 5.0 2310
50. Tarlev, Konstantin UKR 2341 = 10 = 5 + 84 = 42 + 41 - 8 - 19 = 66 = 53 4.5 2501
51. Kruglyakov, Pavlo UKR 2066 - 38 + 62 + 48 - 46 + 47 - 56 + 57 = 60 - 28 4.5 2380
52. Gasanov, Eldar m UKR 2414 + 88 = 22 + 10 - 16 - 31 + 98 + 62 - 27 - 32 4.5 2378
53. Moroz, Alexander g UKR 2522 - 37 = 93 = 79 + 71 + 22 - 38 + 59 - 11 = 50 4.5 2311
54. Varchenko, Grigory UKR 2218 - 21 - 25 + 96 + 78 = 30 = 57 + 46 = 56 - 45 4.5 2370
55. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2425 + 77 - 11 = 47 + 70 + 90 - 10 = 32 = 38 - 34 4.5 2346
56. Simantsev, Mikhail m UKR 2407 +101 - 8 + 98 = 39 = 6 + 51 - 20 = 54 - 22 4.5 2321
57. Nalivajko, Evgeny m UKR 2400 +108 = 4 = 9 = 22 - 27 = 54 - 51 = 71 + 79 4.5 2305
58. Shalimov, Valery m UKR 2464 - 91 - 39 + 99 + 92 = 34 = 81 + 48 = 36 - 33 4.5 2303
59. Averjanov, Alexey m UKR 2398 +103 = 6 - 2 = 66 - 62 + 63 - 53 = 79 + 85 4.5 2358
60. Kurbetdinov, Ramis m UZB 2409 +105 = 7 - 4 = 47 - 37 + 67 + 89 = 51 - 26 4.5 2313
61. Solovchuk, Alexey UKR 2342 - 8 +101 - 13 + 87 - 66 = 85 + 95 - 26 + 88 4.5 2318
62. Zhornik, Nikolay UKR 2302 - 3 - 51 +108 + 94 + 59 = 41 - 52 - 40 + 82 4.5 2274
63. Iljin, Timofey UKR 2262 - 23 +100 - 45 - 29 +104 - 59 = 80 + 98 + 81 4.5 2267
64. Bakalov, Eugeny RUS 2332 - 16 + 96 + 29 = 17 + 25 = 31 - 23 - 21 - 46 4.0 2362
65. Shishkin, Vadim m UKR 2473 + 69 + 48 = 16 = 8 - 13 - 43 - 45 + 70 - 47 4.0 2373
66. Andreev, Eduard m UKR 2473 = 76 - 90 + 73 = 59 + 61 = 33 - 37 = 50 - 44 4.0 2262
67. Gritsayeva, Oksana UKR 2267 = 12 = 84 + 49 - 40 - 33 - 60 = 73 = 94 + 99 4.0 2252
68. Mihalichenko, Bladimir UKR 2265 + 25 - 21 - 46 = 84 + 75 - 17 - 70 = 80 + 92 4.0 2311
69. Shulga, Jury UKR 2297 - 65 + 80 - 33 + 73 - 45 + 97 = 40 = 41 - 48 4.0 2233
70. Yastreb, Konstantin UKR 2338 - 1 + 99 = 24 - 55 = 97 - 89 + 68 - 65 + 94 4.0 2242
71. Poluektov, Yury UKR 2287 = 42 - 2 = 92 - 53 = 87 =105 + 97 = 57 = 73 4.0 2238
72. Garifulin, Alexander UKR 2261 - 19 - 73 +103 = 49 - 81 = 75 + 87 + 86 - 41 4.0 2256
73. Sysoenko,Alexey UKR ---- - 18 + 72 - 66 - 69 +102 - 47 = 67 + 95 = 71 4.0 2260
74. Shkuran, Daniil m UKR 2405 = 82 - 10 + 85 = 95 - 32 = 77 = 79 - 76 + 93 4.0 2238
75. Biliy, Vadim m UKR 2422 = 85 = 82 - 32 = 79 - 68 = 72 + 93 - 47 + 89 4.0 2211
76. Pavlov, Sergey2 UKR 2301 = 66 - 9 + 93 - 25 - 24 = 87 +105 + 74 - 42 4.0 2325
77. Ostrovskiy, Andrey UKR 2227 - 55 - 13 +106 - 48 +108 = 74 = 86 + 78 - 49 4.0 2291
78. Maly, Alexey m UKR 2373 - 94 + 87 - 39 - 54 - 26 +108 +102 - 77 + 96 4.0 2120
79. Ajrapetjan, Yuriy UKR 2271 = 84 - 42 = 53 = 75 - 49 + 94 = 74 = 59 - 57 3.5 2304
80. Odnorozhenko,Evgeniy UKR ---- - 48 - 69 + 88 = 98 - 44 = 83 = 63 = 68 = 86 3.5 2217
81. Dmitrenko, Viktor f UKR 2380 +107 - 14 = 95 - 31 + 72 = 58 = 42 - 22 - 63 3.5 2252
82. Kononenko, Dmitry2 UKR 2151 = 74 = 75 + 86 - 10 - 43 = 92 - 34 + 91 - 62 3.5 2283
83. Tatarinov, Maxim UKR 2297 = 31 - 35 - 27 = 93 =105 = 80 + 96 - 46 = 87 3.5 2188
84. Labensky, Igor m UKR 2462 = 79 = 67 - 50 = 68 - 98 + 93 + 91 - 34 - 39 3.5 2195
85. Kudin, Valery UKR 2221 = 75 - 12 - 74 = 97 +103 = 61 + 90 - 33 - 59 3.5 2233
86. Nazarevich, Vitaly UKR 2345 - 7 +105 - 82 +102 - 38 = 95 = 77 - 72 = 80 3.5 2171
87. Kladko, Ruslan UKR 2178 - 28 - 78 +107 - 61 = 71 = 76 - 72 +104 = 83 3.5 2186
88. Kovytev, Nikolay UKR 2199 - 52 - 24 - 80 - 96 = 94 +106 +100 + 90 - 61 3.5 2103
89. Golubka, Petr UKR 2260 = 35 + 27 - 5 = 30 - 29 + 70 - 60 - 49 - 75 3.0 2302
90. Tukhaev, Adam UKR 2318 = 9 + 66 + 23 - 20 - 55 - 25 - 85 - 88 = 91 3.0 2265
91. Yarmysty, Mikhail UKR 2279 + 58 + 17 - 14 = 28 - 23 - 30 - 84 - 82 = 90 3.0 2273
92. Rudenko, Eugeny UKR 2271 = 27 - 31 = 71 - 58 +101 = 82 = 49 - 48 - 68 3.0 2211
93. Golovach, Valery UKR 2217 - 40 = 53 - 76 = 83 + 96 - 84 - 75 +101 - 74 3.0 2216
94. Lahno,Igor UKR ---- + 78 - 28 - 43 - 62 = 88 - 79 +104 = 67 - 70 3.0 2162
95. Arutyunova, Diana wm UKR 2264 - 41 + 97 = 81 = 74 - 48 = 86 - 61 - 73 =102 3.0 2151
96. Kilimnik, Evgeny UKR 2075 - 33 - 64 - 54 + 88 - 93 + 99 - 83 +102 - 78 3.0 2139
97. Popov,Yuriy UKR ---- - 43 - 95 +105 = 85 = 70 - 69 - 71 =100 = 98 3.0 2125
98. Pasko, Alexander UKR 2303 - 14 +107 - 56 = 80 + 84 - 52 - 26 - 63 = 97 3.0 2134
99. Kasanskij, Georgiy UKR 2145 - 46 - 70 - 58 -104 +107 - 96 +103 +105 - 67 3.0 2091
100. Smoljarov,Sergey UKR ---- - 36 - 63 -101 -103 =106 +107 - 88 = 97 +105 3.0 2029
101. Mjasoedov, Gleb UKR 2176 - 56 - 61 +100 - 34 - 92 -104 +108 - 93 +106 3.0 2073
102. Savvopulo, Anatolij UKR 2202 - 30 - 29 +104 - 86 - 73 +103 - 78 - 96 = 95 2.5 2063
103. Ljahovetsky, Igor UKR 2098 - 59 - 47 - 72 +100 - 85 -102 - 99 =107 +108 2.5 2025
104. Kuchin, Pavel UKR 2067 - 49 - 34 -102 + 99 - 63 +101 - 94 - 87 . 2.0 2014
105. Myshakov, Fyodor UKR 2178 - 60 - 86 - 97 +106 = 83 = 71 - 76 - 99 -100 2.0 1986
106. Subbotin, Alexander UKR 2070 - 45 - 32 - 77 -105 =100 - 88 =107 +108 -101 2.0 1962
107. Lisitza, Sergey RUS 2056 - 81 - 98 - 87 -108 - 99 -100 =106 =103 +109 2.0 1922
108. Kim, Stanislav UKR 2104 - 57 - 44 - 62 +107 - 77 - 78 -101 -106 -103 1.0 1875
109. BYE ---- . . . . . . . . -107 0.0
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1. Muzychuk, Anna wm UKR 2325 +28 +15 + 3 +14 = 9 +25 + 2 + 7 + 8 8.5 2657
2. Semenova, Lidia K wg UKR 2233 -18 +29 +28 +26 +15 + 9 - 1 + 3 +11 7.0 2413
3. Aslanian, Ludmila K wm UKR 2193 +38 + 6 - 1 =18 +14 +19 + 8 - 2 +13 6.5 2357
4. Ushenina, Anna wg UKR 2311 +31 =16 -14 =20 = 5 =18 +28 +21 +15 6.0 2243
5. Matseyko, Katerina wm UKR 2195 =25 =12 -18 +40 = 4 =32 +20 +14 +16 6.0 2232
6. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2343 +17 - 3 +23 +16 = 7 =10 =11 -13 +19 5.5 2288
7. Rohonyan, Katerina wm UKR 2369 +13 +27 +11 = 9 = 6 - 8 +26 - 1 =12 5.5 2351
8. Vozovic, Oksana wg UKR 2330 =14 -25 +31 +17 +18 + 7 - 3 +10 - 1 5.5 2265
9. Alexandrova, Olga m UKR 2448 +19 +24 +33 = 7 = 1 - 2 =10 -11 +22 5.5 2338
10. Zozulia, Anna wg UKR 2332 +23 =21 =26 +13 =19 = 6 = 9 - 8 +27 5.5 2310
11. Sulejmanova, Ava wm RUS 2230 +20 +41 - 7 -19 +16 +28 = 6 + 9 - 2 5.5 2284
12. Kostiuk, Tatiana wm UKR 2277 -15 = 5 -20 =34 +38 +36 +23 +26 = 7 5.5 2179
13. Mutchnik, Larisa wf UKR 2145 - 7 +36 +41 -10 +35 =22 +25 + 6 - 3 5.5 2270
14. Dolzhikova, Kateryna UKR 2134 = 8 +30 + 4 - 1 - 3 =23 +33 - 5 +26 5.0 2251
15. Chulivska, Vita UKR 2091 +12 - 1 +24 +33 - 2 =21 =22 +27 - 4 5.0 2286
16. Maiko, Julia UKR 2178 +39 = 4 =21 - 6 -11 +31 +32 +25 - 5 5.0 2193
17. Kostiukova, Liubov UKR 2144 - 6 =38 +39 - 8 -28 =29 +30 +34 +25 5.0 2134
18. Kostak, Tatiana UKR 2071 + 2 -33 + 5 = 3 - 8 = 4 -27 =24 +34 4.5 2198
19. Moskalets, Svetlana UKR 2146 - 9 +34 +30 +11 =10 - 3 =21 =22 - 6 4.5 2214
20. Sluzhbina, Anastasiya UKR 1993 -11 =35 +12 = 4 +24 -26 - 5 +33 =28 4.5 2213
21. Doluhanova, Evgeniya UKR 2175 +37 =10 =16 +22 -25 =15 =19 - 4 =23 4.5 2163
22. Goreskul, Alyona wm UKR 2274 +29 =26 =25 -21 +27 =13 =15 =19 - 9 4.5 2160
23. Breslavska, Galina UKR 2137 -10 +32 - 6 =30 +31 =14 -12 +36 =21 4.5 2151
24. Gutsko, Anastasia UKR 2203 +36 - 9 -15 +29 -20 -27 +35 =18 +32 4.5 2118
25. Rudakova,Zhanetta UKR ---- = 5 + 8 =22 +27 +21 - 1 -13 -16 -17 4.0 2173
26. Abramchuk, Klavdia UKR 2171 +40 =22 =10 - 2 +33 +20 - 7 -12 -14 4.0 2159
27. Alexanian, Nelli RUS 2178 +32 - 7 +40 -25 -22 +24 +18 -15 -10 4.0 2105
28. Romanova, Ekaterina UKR 2127 - 1 +37 - 2 +41 +17 -11 - 4 =32 =20 4.0 2094
29. Muzychuk, Mariya UKR 2088 -22 - 2 +36 -24 -37 =17 +42 =35 +38 4.0 2074
30. Pastukh,Alexandra UKR ---- +35 -14 -19 =23 -32 =39 -17 +42 +37 4.0 2041
31. Dubinskaya, M UKR 2100 - 4 . - 8 +38 -23 -16 +40 =37 +42 4.0 2063
32. Stasenko,Yulia UKR ---- -27 -23 =34 +39 +30 = 5 -16 =28 -24 3.5 2025
33. Dvoretska, Olena UKR 2212 +34 +18 - 9 -15 -26 +37 -14 -20 =40 3.5 2013
34. Chumak, Ninel UKR 1935 -33 -19 =32 =12 +40 =35 +38 -17 -18 3.5 2036
35. Mokriak, Liudmila wm UKR 2199 -30 =20 =38 +37 -13 =34 -24 =29 =36 3.5 1960
36. Kovaleva,Natalia UKR ---- -24 -13 -29 +42 +41 -12 +39 -23 =35 3.5 2036
37. Trofimova,Anastasia UKR ---- -21 -28 +42 -35 +29 -33 =41 =31 -30 3.0 1975
38. Sova,Olga UKR ---- - 3 =17 =35 -31 -12 +42 -34 +41 -29 3.0 1979
39. Tomchakovskaya,Viktoria UKR ---- -16 . -17 -32 +42 =30 -36 -40 +41 3.0 1921
40. Finkelshtein,Evgenia UKR ---- -26 +42 -27 - 5 -34 =41 -31 +39 =33 3.0 1962
41. Hudoshina,Valentina UKR ---- +42 -11 -13 -28 -36 =40 =37 -38 -39 2.0 1835
42. BYE ---- -41 -40 -37 -36 -39 -38 -29 -30 -31 0.0
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Igor Alelekov of Bereg Ltd sends news of a strong International
Internet blitz match between Russia and the Ukraine on 14th December 2003. The
event took place in the playing zone of bereg.ru. (http://www.bereg.ru/games/club/hall.shtml).
Teams consists of 13 people (8 main boards and 5 spare players) The
event was a Double Round Scheveningen (16 rounds) Time control - 3 minutes
without addition for each player. Match mean rating - 2535 Result - Russia 67.5
points - Ukraine - 60.5. My thanks also to Dennis Leong.
Match statistics -
http://www.bereg.ru/chess/club/tour?tour_id=40.
Match comments by Sergey Shipov and photos -
http://www.wcr.ru/themes/basic/material-content.asp?folder=6&matId=1680
Match Russia - Ukraine 14.12.2003
Russia - 67.5
Name gms + = - points
1. Kobalia, Mikhail g 2656 13 6 4 3 8
2. Najer, Evgeniy g 2608 14 8 3 3 9.5
3. Rustemov, Alexander g 2604 15 6 6 3 9
4. Shipov, Sergey g 2589 9 5 2 2 6
5. Riazantsev, Alexander g 2572 13 8 0 5 8
6. Belov Vladimir g 2553 11 5 2 4 6
7. Potkin, Vladimir g 2534 9 2 2 5 3
8. Dobrov, Vladimir m 2492 9 1 2 6 2
9. Berdichevski, Igor g 2546 5 1 1 3 1.5
10. Vlassov, Nikolai m 2466 10 5 2 3 6
11. Virovlansky, Semen m 2438 6 1 2 3 2
12. Lubashov, Alexei 2411 6 2 1 3 2.5
13. Kodinets, Konstantin 2409 8 3 2 3 4
Captain - Sergey Shipov
Ukraine - 60.5
Name gms + = - points
1. Moiseenko, Alexander g 2618 10 4 0 6 4
2. Baklan, Vladimir g 2600 11 4 5 2 6.5
3. Eljanov, Pavel g 2597 16 9 2 5 10
4. Vysochin, Spartak g 2584 12 2 3 7 3.5
5. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g 2571 13 7 0 6 7
6. Komarov, Dimitri g 2566 5 0 2 3 1
7. Karjakin, Sergey g 2562 12 3 4 5 5
8. Zontakh, Andrey g 2531 16 7 7 2 10.5
9. Malahatko, Vadim g 2529 14 5 2 7 6
10. Zubov, Alexander m 2521 6 1 0 5 1
11. Savinov, Viktor m 2482 4 2 1 1 2.5
12. Drozdovskij, Yuri m 2454 5 1 3 1 2.5
13. Kislinsky, Alexey m 2429 4 1 0 3 1
Captain - Viktor Savinov
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RUS-UKR Blitz g/3 bereg.ru INT (INT), 14-14 xii 2003
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1. Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2531 =22 =23 - 3 = 4 +14 +20 +21 +11 -20 = 3 + 5 = 4 +22 =14 +10 = 6 10.5 2634
2. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2597 = 4 +11 - 5 +17 +11 + 3 + 6 + 4 - 4 +14 -11 +21 = 6 - 9 +22 - 3 10.0 2659
3. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2608 = 8 +13 + 1 +16 +25 - 2 . =16 +16 = 1 +13 -15 - 7 . +16 + 2 9.5 2709
4. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2604 = 2 =25 +16 = 1 +15 = 8 . - 2 + 2 -15 + 7 = 1 =13 +12 + 8 -19 9.0 2642
5. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2572 +26 +12 + 2 + 8 - 7 . +18 -12 +12 -13 - 1 . +26 - 7 . +13 8.0 2633
6. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2656 . . =13 =25 +16 +24 - 2 - 8 . -12 +16 +25 = 2 +15 + 7 = 1 8.0 2651
7. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2571 . . . -22 + 5 - 9 +17 +22 +22 -17 - 4 - 9 + 3 + 5 - 6 +21 7.0 2580
8. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2600 = 3 +17 =20 - 5 +22 = 4 = 9 + 6 . . . . . +23 - 4 = 9 6.5 2629
9. Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2589 . . -12 . . + 7 = 8 . -13 . . + 7 +15 + 2 +26 = 8 6.0 2699
10. Vlassov, Nikolai m RUS 2466 . -16 -18 . . =16 +12 =18 . . +24 +16 +12 +13 - 1 . 6.0 2601
11. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2553 +25 - 2 . . - 2 +12 =16 - 1 . +24 + 2 +12 . -26 . =12 6.0 2582
12. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2529 +14 - 5 + 9 =21 . -11 -10 + 5 - 5 + 6 +23 -11 -10 - 4 . =11 6.0 2489
13. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2562 =17 - 3 = 6 . . -21 . . + 9 + 5 - 3 +22 = 4 -10 =14 - 5 5.0 2488
14. Kodinets, Konstantin L RUS 2409 -12 . . +26 - 1 . . . +26 - 2 . . . = 1 =13 +15 4.0 2551
15. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2618 -23 -20 . . - 4 . . . . + 4 +17 + 3 - 9 - 6 +17 -14 4.0 2477
16. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2584 . +10 - 4 - 3 - 6 =10 =11 = 3 - 3 . - 6 -10 +20 . - 3 . 3.5 2401
17. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2534 =13 - 8 . - 2 . . - 7 =19 +19 + 7 -15 . . . -15 . 3.0 2435
18. Savinov, Viktor m UKR 2482 . . +10 . . . - 5 =10 . +20 . . . . . . 2.5 2573
19. Drozdovskij, Yuri m UKR 2454 . . =21 . . . =22 =17 -17 . . . . . . + 4 2.5 2520
20. Lubashov, Alexei RUS 2411 . +15 = 8 . . - 1 . . + 1 -18 . . -16 . . . 2.5 2500
21. Virovlansky, Semen m RUS 2438 . . =19 =12 . +13 - 1 . . . . - 2 . . . - 7 2.0 2415
22. Dobrov, Vladimir m RUS 2492 = 1 . . + 7 - 8 . =19 - 7 - 7 . . -13 - 1 . - 2 . 2.0 2334
23. Berdichevski, Igor g RUS 2546 +15 = 1 . . -24 . . . . . -12 . . - 8 . . 1.5 2392
24. Kislinsky, Alexey m UKR 2429 . . . . +23 - 6 . . . -11 -10 . . . . . 1.0 2362
25. Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2566 -11 = 4 . = 6 - 3 . . . . . . - 6 . . . . 1.0 2375
26. Zubov, Alexander m UKR 2521 - 5 . . -14 . . . . -14 . . . - 5 +11 - 9 . 1.0 2244
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December 19th-23rd sees the followup to the invitational rapid. The 9
round swiss with a time rate of 120 minutes + 60 mins more after move. My
thanks to ICC for games they broadcast.
Further details:
http://www.lindsborg.org/chess_tournament.html
Live coverage ICC (http://www.chessclub.com).
Standings after round 6: 1- 5 4.5 Atalik, Blatny, Khachiyan, Mitkov,
Nedev 6-12 4.0 Agrest, Baburin, Kudrin, Perelshteyn, Sevillano, Sharavdorj,
Yermolinsky 13-18 3.5 Charnonneau, Donaldson, Krush, Shulman, Smetankin,
Zatonskih.
The Malmö Open took place 19th - 21st December 2003. Nick de
Firmian took first place with 6.5/7.
Small amount of games and info at: http://www.chess2chess.com
Tournament entry details:
http://w1.401.telia.com/~u40106905/malmoopen.html
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Open Malmoe SWE (SWE), 19-21 xii 2003
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1. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2553 6.5
2. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2512 6.0
3. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2389 6.0
4. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2515 6.0
5. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2462 6.0
6. Malekian, Babak SWE 2326 5.5
7. Olsson, Linus SWE 2269 5.5
8. Miskulin, Dennis SWE 2180 5.5
9. Persson, Andreas SWE 2123 5.5
10. Johnson, Bjorn SWE 2195 5.5
11. Grujic, Matej SWE 2220 5.0
12. Reid, Greger --- ---- 5.0
13. Ikonic, Borislav SWE 2295 5.0
14. Skjoldborg, Jesper DEN 2253 5.0
134 players
George Mirijanian reports: The Harry Nelson Pillsbury Memorial
tournament took place 13th-14th December 2003 at the Cavendish Club in Dedham,
Massachusettts, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov captured first place, scoring 3.5-0.5.
Runners-up with 2.5-1.5 tallies were FM John Curdo, national master Avraam
Pismennyy, national experts Melvin Zhang, Max Enkin, Patrick Sciacca and Joshua
Bakker, and Class A contestant Jason Spector. The Massachusetts Chess
Association sponsored the event, which had 43 players competing in four
sections. Complete crosstables are available at
http://www.masschess.org
There have now been 4 rounds of the Austrian Team Championships B-Mitte
section. VOEST Linz now lead.
Details: http://www.chess.at/
Round 4 Standings
1 VOEST Linz 17.0 10
2 Union Styria Kleine Zeitung Gr 15.0 10
3 SG Alpine Raika Trofaiach Nikl 14.0 7
4 Strassenbahn Graz 13.5 9
5 Kl.Zeitung MPÖ Maria Saal 13.5 7
6 Die Klagenfurter 12.5 5
7 SC Leoben 111.5 6
8 ASVÖ Raika St.Veit/G. 10.0 6
9 SC Hörsching 10.0 3
10 SpG. Sauwald 9.5 3
11 ASK St. Valentin 9.5 1
12 ESV Austria Graz 2 8.0 1
The elections to the board of the Association of Chess Professionals
have concluded. Voting took place November 10th - December 15th 2003.
See chessville.com interview with Joel Lautier (who received the largest
number of votes) at:
http://www.chessville.com/misc/Interviews/Lautier.htm
Board members - 9 representatives (7 men and 2 women): J.Lautier
(France) 94 votes P.Tregubov (Russia) 72 votes V.Kramnik (Russia) 59 votes
B.Macieja (Poland) 57 votes V.Bologan (Moldova) 50 votes A.Baburin (Ireland) 42
votes I.Glek (Germany) 41 votes for the male representatives; A.Skripchenko
(France) 104 votes S.Matveeva (Russia) 65 votes for the female
representatives.
The board will commence its official duties on January 1st 2004. They
have also announced they will be campaigning on a number of priority issues
including hotels in official events, sponsorship in chess and decisions of both
FIDE and the ECU.
Full details: http://www.chess-players.org
FIDE have published the regulations for the World Championships 2003-4
at their website. This clarifies the decisions of the 74th FIDE Congress in
Halkidiki, Greece, 27 October - 3 November, 2003.
Some of the items in the lengthy documents.
The cycle will include: 4 Continental Chess Championships (CCC) - The
World Chess Championship tournament (WCCCT) - The World Chess Championship
final match (WCCCFM). Bids for the World Championship tournament will opened on
23rd February 2004.
If at any time the bidding procedure fails, "the Presidential Board
shall decide, where, when and how the Championship will be organised." The
Championships can be organised in 1 group (with 128 players) or 2 groups (with
64 players each) under the knockout format, if there are two groups the winners
will play for the title.
Players will have to sign a document called players undertaking before
being allowed to take part a document that will be published at the FIDE
website. All players shall pay their own cost of travel, accommodation and
meals for their duration of stay.
"The winner of the final match of the World Championship shall be
designated as World Champion. Following the spirit of the Prague Agreement and
not later than July 2005, he shall play a match against the best rated player
GM G. Kasparov for a minimum prize fund of USD 500, 000 and the winner of this
match shall be declared World Champion. He is precluded alongside with other
qualifiers from the quarterfinal stage of the Championship from playing in a
"World Championship match" that is not officially recognized by FIDE."
"In accordance with the Prague Agreement, the new World Champion will
play a match with the winner of the Kramnik-Leko match for the title of the
undisputed World Champion. In case this match is not organised, FIDE shall
announce its new decision in due course."
Information: http://www.fide.com (MS
Word Document: http://www.fide.com/news/download/WCCRegs.doc)
FIDE have released a preliminary version of the rating list for Janaury
2004. Players should check their details at their site and report any problems
to FIDE by Monday, 29 December 2003.
Official site: http://www.fide.com
The Harmonie Chess Tournament, Groningen, 21st-30th December 2003. The
formula of the invitationgroup is: young talent against established players.
Internet coverage: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2003/2003eng.html.
Live coverage: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2003/2003.html
Harmonie Groningen NED (NED), 21-30 xii 2003 cat. X (2484)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Ernst, Sipke m NED 2474 * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2 Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2527 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3 Werle, Jan m NED 2409 . . * . . . . 1 . . 1.0
4 Li Wenliang m CHN 2477 . . . * . = . . . . 0.5 2470
5 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2577 . . . . * . = . . . 0.5 2511
6 L'Ami, Erwin NED 2470 . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2477
7 Smeets, Jan m NED 2511 . . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2577
8 Dambacher, Martijn NED 2419 . . 0 . . . . * . . 0.0
9 Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2582 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Michiels, Bart f BEL 2390 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Gausdal Troll Masters 2004 Cancelled
Gausdal Troll Masters 2004 was due to take place 26th January - 3rd
February 2004. the event has now been cancelled due to problems with the
playing venue which is also the biggest sponsor.
Further details: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/troll2004/
Organiser and contact for events: IA & IO Hans Olav Lahlum (NOR) -
hanso.lahlum@c2i.net
2nd Nancy International
16-22 February 2004 in Nancy (France) 2nd international Chess Festival,
9 rounds closed tournaments 10 players. For any player between 1000 and 2300,
to obtain or to improve FIDE and National Elo + an IM-tournament (completed).
Prices : At least 200ˆ-120ˆ-80ˆ in each group. Info:
philippechr@wanadoo.fr and http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr
Swiss Chess Tour 2004
The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year (1.-4.1.2004.).
The 6th Hilton Open features with Vlastimil Hort, Yannick Pelletier, Andrei
Sokolov and Florian Jenni. They will play each other, one game on classic time
control and the other in rapid. Timetable of the 6th Hilton Open: 1.1.2004.
registration 10.00-12.00; 1.01.2004. Blitz open 21.00-23.00; 9 rounds, 5
minutes. 1.-4.1.2004. Fujitcu Siemens – Junior’s Open; 7 rounds, 4
hours. 1.-4.1.2004. Hilton Open; 7 rounds, 5 hours (40 moves-120 minutes, 30
minutes till the end.) 1.-4.1.2004. Baloise Open; 7 rounds, 4 hours (30
moves-90 minutes, 30 minutes till the and.) 1.-4.1.2004. Senior Open; same as
Baloise Open. 1.-2.1.2004. ITAG Tele-Rapid; with Hort, Pelletier, Sokolov,
Jenni; 15 minutes per game. 1.-4.1.2004. ITAG Masters (Hort, Pelletier,
Sokolov, Jenni); classic time control, 6 hours. 2.1.2004. Fujitsu Siemens
PC-Challenge (men&computer) 20.00-22.00. 4.1.2004. Closing ceremony
16.30-17.00.
Prizes: Hilton Open: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/2x200 Fr.
Special prizes (200 Fr. each): Best Lady, Senior (1944), Basler, Junior
(1984-87), Pupil (1988). Entry fee: 130 Fr. (FM & Juniors) GM & IM
free. At the door 10 Fr. Baloise Open: 500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 Fr. Entry fee:
110 Fr. (Juniors 50 Fr.) At the door 10. Senior Open: 400/300/200 Fr. + natural
prizes Entry fee: 60 Fr. At the door 10 Fr. Fujitsu Siemens-Junior Open:
400/300/200 + natural prizes for all participants. Entry fee: 50 Fr. At the
door 10 Fr. Blitz Open: 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 Fr. Entry fee: 20 Fr. (Junior 5
Fr.) Venue Hotel Hilton Basle. More information and registration: Robert
Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch
Further information: http://www.beochess.ch
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
Stewart Reuben has sent a current list of invitees to the GibTelecom
Masters. He comments: 15 of these are females, including some of the best
players in the world. Of course tournaments solely for women, such as the
Olympiad, European Women's Championship, Women's World Championship have
attracted a much larger and stronger group. My question: In an open event, is
this the highest percentage and strongest group of female contestants ever to
take part in such an event? The Lloyds Bank Masters used to be very good from
this viewpoint, but female chess was weaker 10 years ago and the players there
were less strong at the top.
Alexei Dreev Russia GM 2705 Ranked 14 World
Nigel Short England GM 2701 Ranked 17 World
Vladimir Epishin Russia GM 2658 Ranked 37 World
Vasilios Kotronias Cyprus GM 2626 Ranked 67 World
Lenier Dominguez Cuba GM 2607 Ranked 96 World
Lazaro Bruzon Cuba GM 2603 Ranked 101 World
M. Al-Modiakhi Qatar GM 2588 Ranked 1 Qatar
Sarunas Sulskis Lithuania GM 2586 Ranked 2 Lithuania
Jon Speelman England GM 2575 Ranked 7 England
Vladislav Borovikov Ukraine GM 2571 Ranked 10= Ukraine
Pentala Harikrishna India GM 2570 Ranked 3 India
Sergey Karjakin Ukraine GM 2562 Youngest-ever GM
Mark Hebden England GM 2560 Ranked 8 England
Jonathan Rowson Scotland GM 2541 Ranked 1 Scotland
Dragan Solak Serbia,Monte GM 2539 Ranked 7 Serbia
Paul Motwani Scotland GM 2536 Scottish Champion 1=
Abhijit Kunte India GM 2535 British Champion
Dibyendu Barua India GM 2528 Commonwealth Champion
Evgeny Postni Israel GM 2526 Ranked 19 Israel
Alexander Fominyh Russia GM 2522 Ranked 84 Russia
Joe Gallagher Switzerland GM 2522 Ranked 4= Switzerland
Chris Ward England GM 2522 Ranked 11 England
John Emms England GM 2520 Ranked 12 England
Murray Chandler England GM 2508 Ranked 15 England
Bojan Vuckovic Serbia,Monte GM 2507 Ranked 17 Serbia
Bogdan Lalic England GM 2503 Ranked 17 England
Sergey Erenburg Israel IM 2500 Ranked 23 Israel
Antoaneta Stefanova Bulgaria GM/WGM 2497 Ranked 4 World
Zhu Chen China GM/WGM 2495 Woman World Champion
Nigel Davies England GM 2491 Ranked 23 England
Humpy Koneru India GM/WGM 2485 World U-20 Girls Gold 02
Peter Wells England GM 2485 Ranked 25 England
Jim Plaskett England GM 2483 Ranked 28 England
Gabriel Del Rio Spain GM 2480 Ranked 15 Spain
Pia Cramling Sweden GM/WGM 2470 Woman Europe Champion
John Shaw Scotland IM 2465 Ranked 3 Scotland
Davor Komljenovic Croatia GM 2440 Ranked 16 Croatia
Ketevan Arakhamia Georgia IM/WGM 2435 Scottish Champion 1=
S Vijayalakshmi India IM/WGM 2426 Ranked 2 India Women
Juan Bellon Spain GM 2425 Ranked 37 Spain
David Howell England FM 2381 12 years old, England 50
Colin McNab Scotland GM 2379 Ranked 4 Scotland
Daniel Contin Italy IM 2377 Ranked 18 Italy
Jovanka Houska England WGM 2358 Ranked 2 England Women
D Harika India WIM 2353
Steve Mannion Scotland IM 2348 Ranked 8 Scotland
5th Wellington College International
The 9 Round Swiss Wellington International (formerly the Yateley Manor
International but the venue has now changed to Wellington College, Crowthorne,
Berkshire. RG45 7PU).This is a qualifying event for the British Championships,
part of the BCF Grand Prix and will be rated by FIDE and BCF. The prize fund is
£1,000 (depends on entry) and includes a paid place in 2004 British
Championships (highest placed player not already qualified).
The event takes place over 2 weekends Friday 30th January to Sunday 1st
February 2004 and Saturday 7th to Sunday 8th February 2004 Venue: Wellington
College, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7PU (35 miles south west of London)
Tournament Director: IM Andrew Martin. Chief Controller: Neville Belinfante
(BCF Arbiter) Rate of play is 40 moves in 2 hours followed by all remaining
moves in 1 hour. No adjournments.
Tournament Secretary Entries, requests for accommodation lists, travel
details, detailed map and other enquiries should be addressed to : Ray Clark
High Cedars, Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8DA England Tel. (44)
(0)7802 306210 (Mon.-Fri. daytime) or Tel. (44) (0)1753 883300 (other times)
E-mail rayclark.mc@tiscali.co.uk
6th Annual ChessAward
Visitors can now nominate their favourite chess website for the 6th
Annual ChessAwards in 13 different categories. Deadline 31st December 2003.
Between January 1st to 20th 2004, visitors will be given the opportunity to
vote on the nominated sites. The winners will be presented the 1st of Febuary
2004.
Website: http://www.chessaward.com
1st Bois-Colombes GM
The 1st Bois-Colombes GM tournament takes place 21st-30th December 2003.
Players: M. Apicella (2542), S. Belkhodja (2439), E. Janev (2423), T. Todorov
(2472), V. Okhotnik (2454), A. Wirig (2424), Y. Afek (2376), A. Rainfray
(2409),V. Bernard (2278) and S. Shoker (2273)
Info: http://www.bois-colombes-echecs.com
and http://www.europe-echecs.com/
Ken Whyld Association Founded
Calle Erlandsson reports: The Ken Whyld Association has been founded in
Brunswick, Germany. The British chess historian Ken Whyld was one of the
promotors of the chess historical association which was eventually founded
after being in the planning for 20 years was founded in Amsterdam in 2002.
Whyld died 77 years old on July 11, 2003, and regretfully he never saw the
realisation of the society that come to wear his name. KWA was founded on
November 21st in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany, and has so far 78 members
from 22 nations. Jurgen Stigter, Amsterdam, was elected as KWA's first
president and Peter Holmgren of Tyresö, Sweden, as deputy chairman. Hans
Engberts of Utrecht, The Netherlands, Michael Negele of Wuppertal, Germany and
Roger Klittich of Brunswick also were elected as members of the board.
Correpondence chess GM Juan Morgado had travelled all the long way from Buenos
Aires to participate. He will be the KWA contact person in Latin America.
The excursion to Bibliotheca Augusta - the Duke August library - in the
adjacent town Wolfenbüttel gave possibility to watch the first German
chess book as well as the manuscript, Gustavus Selenus: Das Schach- oder
Köningspiel, printed in 1616. Germany's so-called Golden Book could also
be seen with its illuminations from the 12th century. It can be seen at
Wolfenbüttel six weeks a year and is the most valuable book in the
country. It was bought some years ago for 37 million DM or about 14 million
British Pounds.
On the KWAs homepage there are already a lot of information about the
association, for example reports from the events in Brunswich and
Wolfenbüttel. The annual membership fee for the KWA is EUR 50 and shall be
paid from January 2004. If you are interested in joining the KWA you can do
this through the homepage.
Website: http://www.kwabc.com/,
http://www.kwabc.com/Homepage-UK/Foundation.htm and
http://www.kwabc.com/Homepage-UK/Foundation2.htm
33rd International Rapid Chess Tournament Herford
Herford, 19th-20th June 2004 33rd International Rapid Chess Tournament
2004. Grand-Prix of Sparkasse Herford. Qualification tournament for the German
Rapid Championships. 11 Rounds. Guaranteed Prize fund: € 1.500. 1st Prize
€ 500.-, Info:
http://www.schach.com/herford/turnier/2004/herford2004ausschreibung.htm
Homepage: http://www.schach.com/herford/
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
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 January 21st to February 1st,
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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 - Dec 2003 - Jan-March 2004
1. "SZENNAPACK" IM closed tournament, Kaposvar /200 km West from
Budapest/, 17th-23rd of December, org: IM Mathe, Gaspar,
2. TAPOLCA Open 9 rounds Swiss, 9th-17th of January, Budapest, org.
Parej Jozsef, More info: firstsat@hu.inter.net
3. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed, 7th-19th of February, org.Nagy L.
4. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 6th-18th of March, org. NL.
5. 20th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL, 9 rounds Swiss Open, 18th-27th of
March org.Nagy Laszlo
6. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of April, org.NL.
7. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 1st-13th of May,
8. ELEKES memorial, Budapest GM-IM closed, 15th-25th of May, organizer:
IM Zsinka.
9. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM 5th-17th of June, Budapest, org.Nagy L.
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.
Wales Interational
The Wales International 7th-15th January 2004. Further details
kevin.staveley@btinternet.com.
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/
Lilie Litomysl Open
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
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/