THE WEEK IN CHESS 482 2nd February 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Kramnik vs
Leko Match
3) Kramnik vs German Team Simultaneous
4) Anand vs Topalov TV Blitz
5) GibTelecom
Chess Festival
6) 75th German Championships
7) French National 1 Top 16
8) Testa
GM
9) Chennai International
10) 89th
New York Masters
11) Belgian Teams
12) Lilie Litomysl Open
13) Praha and
Marianske Lazne
14) 10th Montecatini Terme
15) 9th HIT Open
16) ChessBrain Match vs
Peter Heine Nielsen
17) Kiev Championships
18) OSS January International
19) Kurent
Tournaments in Ptuj
20) Western Class
Championships
21) NorthEast Chess Winter Getaway
22) Auckland International Open
23) More
Itau Cup
24) Professional World Chess Ranking
25) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Kramnik vs Germany Simultaneous 4 games
Anand vs Topalov TV Blitz 2 games
GibTelecom Chess Festival 251 games
75th German Championships 68 games
French National 1 Top 16 153 games
Testa GM 16 games
89th New York Masters 4 games
Belgian Teams 96 games
Lilie Litomysl Open 177 games
Praha Open 13 games
Marianske Lazne 188 games
10th Montecatini Terme 66 games
ChessBrain Match 1 game
Kiev Championships 251 games
OSS January International 45 games
Kurent Addition 4 games
Western Class Championships 50 games
Auckland International Open 1 game
More Itau Cup 76 games
1486 games
My thanks to Frank-Juergen Greger, Thomas Henrich, John Fernandez, Gary
Bekker, Herman Van Riemsdijk, Sinisa Drazic, Benny Asman, Dimitur Kostakiev,
David Llada, Laszlo Nagy, Eric Schiller, John Hillery, Steve Laios, Stephane
Mouchel, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Helgi Ólafsson, Jakub Fuksik, Guy West,
Jan Mazuch, George Mirijanian, Primoz Kokalj, Axel Fritz, Roberto Lampertico,
Rosanna Pierantognetti, Jürgen Daniel, Eirik T. Gullaksen and everyone
else who helped with the issue.
The big news of the week is the announcement finally of sponsorship for
a match between Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko. Kramnik defeated Kasparov in
the Braingames match in 2000. Braingames were always in financial trouble and
finally collapsed last year. Peter Leko won the Dortmund tournament of 2002
which qualified him to challenge Kramnik but there appeared no appetite for
sponsoring the match at least at the level that would satisfy the participants.
Now the Swiss tobacco company Dannemann has stepped in and there will be a 14
game match, the level of prize money hasn't been announced but I guess the
players decided the match had to get played. FIDE meanwhile need to get their
World Championships on the road, there should be an announcement this month for
the venues for their qualifiers and the road to a match against Kasparov at the
end of this year. It remains to be seen if this will come to pass. Until a
reunification match is played I don't believe chess can even start to move
forward. This week's news will hopefully give some kind of forward momentum to
the process.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Leko - Kramnik match will take place in Brissago Switzerland 25th
September - 18th October 2004. The 14 game match will be for the World
Championship title that Kramnik claimed from Kasparov in their match in 2000.
The sponsors are Dannemann. This will additionally put pressure on FIDE to
finalise the organisation of their championship series. The winners of both
series are projected to meet in a reunification match.
News in German:
http://www.chessgate.de/news/januar2004/wm_ankuendigung.html
Sponsors: http://www.dannemann.com
Vladimir Kramnik played the German National Team in a simultaneous
exhibition. The match will took place 29th January 2004 at 4pm at the Centro
Dannemann, in Brissago, on the shores of the Lago Maggiore.
Kramnik won the event 2.5-1.5. He beat Robert Huebner and drew the rest.
Official coverage: http://www.dannemann.com.
Brissago Thursday 29th January 2004
Lutz, Christopher - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 37 C90 Ruy Lopez
Kramnik, Vladimir - Dautov, Rustem 1/2 30 C42 Petroff's Defence
Huebner, Robert - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 52 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Kramnik, Vladimir - Bischoff, Klaus 1/2 26 C11 French Defence
Vladimir Kramnik will had 4 hours for his moves on all four boards,
while the German Grandmasters will have three hours each.
Viswanathan Anand and Vesselin Topalov played a TV blitz exhibition
match in Sofia Bulgaria, 1st February 2004. Two 15 minute games without
increment started 16-00 hours local time. Game 1 16:20, game 2 16:45. No
tiebreak required and Anand won 1.5-0.5. This was a live 'BTV' broadcast. The
Sponsor was the mobile telephone comunications company "M-tel". My thanks to
David Llada and Dimitur Kostakiev for the news and games.
Official site: http://www.mtel.bg -
Regulations
Gm1 Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 42 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Gm2 Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 31 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
TV Blitz Sofia BUL (BUL), 1-1 i 2004
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1 2
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2766 1 = 1.5 2928
Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2735 0 = 0.5 2573
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The GibTelecom Chess Festival takes place January 27th to February 5th,
2004 at the 4 star Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar.
Indian players Pentala Harikrishna, Chanda Sandipan and top seed Nigel
Short lead on 5/6. The event is a 10 round Swiss Open.
Official site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
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Gibraltar Masters Catalan Bay ENG (ENG), 27 i-4 ii 2004
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1. Harikrishna, P g IND 2582 5.0 2649
2. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2522 5.0 2802
3. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2702 5.0 2748
4. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2682 4.5 2702
5. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2541 4.5 2706
6. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2512 4.5 2617
7. Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2578 4.5 2581
8. Bakre, Tejas m IND 2446 4.0 2561
9. Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2499 4.0 2358
10. Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2502 4.0 2491
11. Emms, John M g ENG 2501 4.0 2516
12. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2633 4.0 2494
13. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2524 4.0 2624
14. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2549 4.0 2567
15. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2606 4.0 2633
16. Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2518 4.0 2585
17. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2478 4.0 2666
18. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2393 4.0 2325
19. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2493 4.0 2574
20. Womacka, Mathias m GER 2447 4.0 2367
94 players
The 75th German Championships takes place in Höckendorf 29th
January - 7th February 2004. 46 players compete in this 9 round Swiss.
Internet coverage: http://www.dem2004.schach.com/
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75th ch-GER Hoeckendorf GER (GER), 30 i-7 ii 2004
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1. Mueller, Karsten g GER 2517 +24 +14 = 7 . . . . . . 2.5 2663
2. Graf, Alexander g GER 2629 +33 +15 =19 . . . . . . 2.5 2725
3. Heinemann, Thies m GER 2426 +44 +13 = 9 . . . . . . 2.5 2695
4. Kalinitschew, Sergey g GER 2519 +32 = 8 +20 . . . . . . 2.5 2671
5. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2572 =25 +38 +21 . . . . . . 2.5 2667
6. Rabiega, Robert g GER 2527 =21 +31 +22 . . . . . . 2.5 2619
7. Espig, Lutz g GER 2429 +45 +23 = 1 . . . . . . 2.5 2706
8. Enders, Peter g GER 2478 +40 = 4 =12 . . . . . . 2.0 2556
9. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2561 =31 +25 = 3 . . . . . . 2.0 2529
10. Mainka, Romuald g GER 2456 =22 =30 +18 . . . . . . 2.0 2426
11. Luther, Thomas g GER 2572 =20 =29 +32 . . . . . . 2.0 2500
12. Schebler, Gerhard m GER 2480 =28 +43 = 8 . . . . . . 2.0 2479
13. Stern, Rene m GER 2489 +37 - 3 +39 . . . . . . 2.0 2474
14. Braun, Arik m GER 2429 +35 - 1 +28 . . . . . . 2.0 2480
15. Meins, Gerlef m GER 2460 +34 - 2 +30 . . . . . . 2.0 2534
16. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2534 +41 -19 +29 . . . . . . 2.0 2550
17. Muse, Mladen g GER 2452 =43 =28 +37 . . . . . . 2.0 2422
18. Heck, Norbert f GER 2308 +19 +46 -10 . . . . . . 2.0 2500
19. Meister, Yakov m RUS 2488 -18 +16 = 2 . . . . . . 1.5 2490
20. Thinius, Marco f GER 2387 =11 +26 - 4 . . . . . . 1.5 2555
21. Schurade, Matthias f GER 2370 = 6 +36 - 5 . . . . . . 1.5 2532
22. Scherer, Max GER 2285 =10 +41 - 6 . . . . . . 1.5 2454
23. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2507 +39 - 7 =24 . . . . . . 1.5 2351
24. Ott, Frank GER 2313 - 1 +35 =23 . . . . . . 1.5 2423
25. Wegener, Olaf f GER 2404 = 5 - 9 +43 . . . . . . 1.5 2471
26. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2576 =29 -20 +27 . . . . . . 1.5 2347
27. Schulz, Michael1 GER 2246 . +42 -26 . . . . . . 1.0 2442
28. Preiss, Martin GER 2304 =12 =17 -14 . . . . . . 1.0 2328
29. Reich, Thomas m GER 2408 =26 =11 -16 . . . . . . 1.0 2435
30. Dresen, Ulrich f GER 2312 =36 =10 -15 . . . . . . 1.0 2346
31. Bastian, Herbert f GER 2384 = 9 - 6 =36 . . . . . . 1.0 2403
32. Dausch, Rene f GER 2331 - 4 +40 -11 . . . . . . 1.0 2337
33. Wisnewski, Christoph f GER 2409 - 2 +34 -35 . . . . . . 1.0 2262
34. Giessmann, Stephan GER 2287 -15 -33 +38 . . . . . . 1.0 2301
35. Latzke, Boris Alexander GER 2246 -14 -24 +33 . . . . . . 1.0 2258
36. Gutman, Lev g GER 2497 =30 -21 =31 . . . . . . 1.0 2230
37. Bindrich, Falko f GER 2308 -13 +44 -17 . . . . . . 1.0 2261
38. Breutigam, Martin m GER 2409 +46 - 5 -34 . . . . . . 1.0 2222
39. Stanke, Juergen GER 2313 -23 +45 -13 . . . . . . 1.0 2299
40. Roeschlau, Bernd f GER 2295 - 8 -32 +46 . . . . . . 1.0 2205
41. Voigt, Roland f GER 2381 -16 -22 +45 . . . . . . 1.0 2240
42. Budde, Vladimir f GER 2309 . -27 =44 . . . . . . 0.5 2038
43. Degtiarev, Evgeny GER 2281 =17 -12 -25 . . . . . . 0.5 2172
44. Pohl, Walter GER 2217 - 3 -37 =42 . . . . . . 0.5 2074
45. Bauer, Eckart GER 2276 - 7 -39 -41 . . . . . . 0.0
46. Bischoff, Dieter GER 2182 -38 -18 -40 . . . . . . 0.0
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There were four venues for the start of the French National 1 Top 16
stage of their team championships. There are two groups. Group A saw matches in
Evry and Nancy (no games available from there) and Group B matches in Clichy
and Cannes. There were three rounds January 30th - February 1st 2004.
Paris NAO (Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Joel Lautier and Michael
Adams etc) and Mulhouse (Lev Aronian, Andrei Sokolov etc) lead group A on 100%
after three games. Clichy (Ivan Sokolov, JM Degraeve, Pavel Tregubov etc) and
Monaco (Igor Efimov, Joseph Dorfman etc) have 9/9 in group B ahead of Cannes
(Luke McShane, Alexei Shirov etc) who dropped points to Monaco in round 1.
Group A. All games from Evry seem to be available. (3 rounds, 2 matches
per round, 9 games per match). Games from Nancy missing.
Group B. All games from Cannes and all games from Clichy except the
match Drancy-Lille from round 3 seem to be available. My thanks to Stephane
Mouchel.
Details: http://www.europe-echecs.com,
http://www.notzai.info and
http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
Venues: Evry : http://www.evry-grandroque.com/
Nancy : http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr/
Clichy : http://www.clichy-echecs.org/ Cannes :
http://www.cannes-echecs.org/
Group A
Pl. Teams Pts d. p. c.
1 Paris NAO 9 14 15 1
2 Mulhouse 9 13 13 0
3 Bischwiller 7 0 6 6
4 Nice 6 -3 7 10
5 Gonfreville 6 -5 6 11
6 Nancy 5 -5 4 9
7 Evry 3 -6 4 10
8 Strasbourg CE 3 -8 3 11
Group B
Pl. Teams Pts d. p. c.
1 Clichy 9 15 16 1
2 Monaco 9 9 13 4
3 Cannes 7 6 9 3
4 Lille EDN 6 -2 9 11
5 Montpellier 5 -2 7 9
6 Drancy 5 -4 6 10
7 Vandoeuvre 4 -9 5 14
8 Orange 3 -13 1 14
The Testa GM tournament was a nine round robin event of cat. X and took
part in Griesheim near Darmstadt, Germany, from 20th - 28th January 2004.
Arbiter: IA Vsewolod Kazakevich. GM Dimitrij Bunzman was leading from the first
round and won the Testa-GM-Tournament with 6,5 points. At the 4th GM tournament
in Griesheim IM Vitaly Kunin achieved with 6 points his first GM norm and
finished as 2nd. There is a correction to the round 1 game Ginsburg - Milov
which was won by white on time. My thanks to Frank-Juergen Greger.
Internet coverage:
http://www.schachverein-griesheim.de/2004gm/
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Testa GM Griesheim GER (GER), 20-28 i 2004 cat. X (2476)
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1. Bunzmann, Dimitrij g GER 2542 * = = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2634
2. Kunin, Vitaly m GER 2425 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 2606
3. Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2543 = = * = = = = = 1 = 5.0 2511
4. Ginsburg, Gennadij m GER 2486 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 = 5.0 2517
5. Prusikin, Michael m GER 2519 0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 5.0 2514
6. Milov, Leonid m UKR 2452 = 0 = 0 1 * = 1 0 = 4.0 2435
7. Galdunts, Sergey g ARM 2506 0 = = = = = * = 0 = 3.5 2392
8. Grabarczyk, Bogdan m POL 2402 = 0 = = 0 0 = * = 1 3.5 2404
9. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2439 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 = * = 3.5 2400
10. Murdzia, Piotr m POL 2445 0 = = = 0 = = 0 = * 3.0 2354
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The 1st International Open Chess Tournament organised by the Saranya
Chess Centre and WIN TV, took place in Chennai (Madras), India, January 21st to
February 1st, 2004. Tahir Vakhidov and Humpy Koneru finished with 10/13. I have
games from the early rounds but would prefer to wait to see if I can get a full
file for the event before publishing the games.
Official site: http://www.tamilchess.com
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
1 Vakhidov, Tahir UZB 2515 10 69
2 Humpy, Koneru IND 2498 10 68.5
3 Fominyh, Alexandre RUS 2559 9.5 77
4 Iskusnyh, Sergei RUS 2482 9.5 72.5
5 Smirnov, Pavel RUS 2609 9.5 71
6 Ziaur Rahman BAN 2492 9.5 70.5
7 Safin, Shukhrat UZB 2528 9.5 65.5
8 Iuldachev, Saidali UZB 2559 9 70
9 Lodhi, Mahmood PAK 2395 9 67.5
10 Timoshenko, Georgy UKR 2564 9 65.5
11 Vishal Sareen IND 2371 9 65
12 Koshy, Varugeese IND 2374 9 64.5 56
13 Neelotpal Das IND 2461 9 64.5 55.5
14 Venkatesh, M.R. IND 2392 8.5 68.5
15 Dzhumaev, Marat UZB 2498 8.5 68
16 Ramesh.R.B IND 2506 8.5 67
17 Konguvel.P IND 2366 8.5 65 60
18 Girinath, P.D.S. IND 2368 8.5 65 59.5
19 Kidambi, Sundararajan IND 2437 8.5 64
20 Prasad, D.V. IND 2395 8.5 63.5
Leonid Yudasin and Jaan Ehlvest shared first in the 89th New York
Masters on 27th January 2004 with 3.5/4. News John Fernandez.
Links: http://www.newyorkmasters.com
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89th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 27 i 2004
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1. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2568 +12 + 3 = 7 + 4 3.5 ($275)
2. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2599 +13 + 8 = 6 + 7 3.5 ($275)
3. Stripunsky, Alex g USA 2553 +18 - 1 +13 + 6 3.0 ($ 25)
4. Krush, Irina m USA 2465 +20 +10 +15 - 1 3.0 ($ 25)
5. Bonin, Jay m USA 2330 +23 - 7 +17 +11 3.0 ($120)
6. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g USA 2564 +22 +11 = 2 - 3 2.5
7. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2598 +16 + 5 = 1 - 2 2.5
8. Vovsha, Eli m ISR 2441 +14 - 2 +12 = 9 2.5
9. Klein, Erez f USA 2292 +24 -15 +10 = 8 2.5
10. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2553 +17 - 4 - 9 +15 2.0
11. Maier, Christian f GER 2362 +21 - 6 +16 - 5 2.0
12. Shevelev, Danny f ISR 2310 - 1 +18 - 8 +17 2.0
13. Privman, Boris f USA 2241 - 2 +14 - 3 +18 2.0
14. Ross, Laura wf USA 2105 - 8 -13 +20 +16 2.0
15. Hoffmann, Asa f USA 2290 = + 9 - 4 -10 1.5
16. Moll, Arne NED 2167 - 7 +23 -11 -14 1.0
17. Sena, Juan DOM 2178 -10 +20 - 5 -12 1.0
18. Maltese, Adam USA ---- - 3 -12 +23 -13 1.0
19. Ross, Philip USA 2099 --- +22 --- --- 1.0
20. Uminer, Moshe USA ---- - 4 -17 -14 +23 1.0
21. Shahade, Greg m USA 2441 -11 --- --- --- 0.0
22. Esserman, Marc USA 2279 - 6 -19 --- --- 0.0
23. Khrapatin, Fedor USA ---- - 5 -16 -18 -20 0.0
24. Delgado, Omar USA ---- - 9 --- --- --- 0.0
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Steve Laios sends news and games from rounds 6 and 7 of the Belgian
Teams as well as some round 2 games which were postponed.
Round 06 : 11.01.2004
1.Charleroi - Borgerhout : 4.0-4.0
2.Boitsfort - Liège : 2.0-6.0 (no games)
3.Brugge - Leuven : 5.0-3.0 (no games)
4.SK47.Eynatten 2 - Gent : 4.5-3.5
5.SK47.Eynatten 1 - Temse : 4.5-3.5
6.Rochade - Hoboken : 7.0-1.0
Round 07 : 18.01.2004
1.Temse - Rochade : 4.5-3.5
2.Borgerhout - Boitsfort : 5.5-2.5
3.Liège -Brugge : 3.0-5.0
4.Leuven - SK47.Eynatten 2 : 1.5-6.5
5.Gent - SK47.Eynatten 1 : 2.0-6.0
6.Hoboken - Charleroi : 3.0-5.0
Round 02 : 25.01.2004 (postponed matches)
1.Liège - Gent : 5.0-3.0
2.Boitsfort - Hoboken : 3.0-5.0
(96 games)
Standings after round 7.
Pts M/P Pl
1.KSK47-Eynatten 1 39 7.0 7
2.Temse 1 37.5 5.0 7
3.SK Rochade 1 34.5 5.0 7
4.K Brugge SK 1 28 4.0 7
5.Charleroi 1 27.5 3.5 7
5.Borgerhout 1 27.5 3.5 7
7.KSK47-Eynatten 2 25.5 2.5 7
8.K Gent SRL 1 22.5 2.5 7
9.LV Leuven Fortis 1 22.5 1.5 7
10.CRE Liège EL 1 21.5 2.5 7
11.Hoboken 1 18.5 2.5 7
12.Boitsfort 1 15.5 0,5 7
The Lilie Litomysl Christmas Open took place 26th December 2003 - 1st
January 2004. Michal Konopka won the event with 7/9. My thanks to Jakub
Fuksik.
Further details:
http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/litomysl2003/default.asp
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Open Lilie Litomysl CZE (CZE), 26 xii 2003 - 1 i 2004
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1. Konopka, Michal m CZE 2451 +26 +10 = 3 +21 = 6 = 4 = 2 + 5 +12 7.0 2561
2. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2482 +25 +14 = 5 = 3 +10 = 6 = 1 + 4 = 9 6.5 2486
3. Kulhanek, Tomas f CZE 2362 +31 +19 = 1 = 2 =14 +13 =12 + 6 = 8 6.5 2462
4. Priehoda, Vitezslav m SVK 2372 +18 + 8 +17 =12 +13 = 1 = 6 - 2 =10 6.0 2426
5. Bernasek, Jan m CZE 2365 +23 + 9 = 2 - 6 +20 =14 +15 - 1 +16 6.0 2431
6. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2302 +36 +32 = 7 + 5 = 1 = 2 = 4 - 3 +21 6.0 2431
7. Mudrak, Josef f CZE 2387 +38 +16 = 6 -13 +17 =15 - 9 +22 +14 6.0 2371
8. Zeleny, Tomas CZE 2262 +41 - 4 +28 -15 +31 +16 =14 +17 = 3 6.0 2352
9. Luch, Michal f POL 2268 +37 - 5 +27 -14 +34 +28 + 7 =12 = 2 6.0 2356
10. Karlik, Vladimir f CZE 2296 +42 - 1 +31 +19 - 2 =22 +20 +21 = 4 6.0 2371
11. Gross, Stefan m CZE 2310 +27 =29 -21 =34 =18 +37 +22 =14 +15 6.0 2275
12. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2455 =13 +35 +20 = 4 =15 +21 = 3 = 9 - 1 5.5 2350
13. Herbold, Manfred GER 2129 =12 +43 +29 + 7 - 4 - 3 -21 +32 +27 5.5 2295
14. Sabol, Marian CZE 2302 +24 - 2 +25 + 9 = 3 = 5 = 8 =11 - 7 5.0 2333
15. Groetz, Harald f AUT 2359 +34 -17 +22 + 8 =12 = 7 - 5 +18 -11 5.0 2310
16. Kanovsky, David CZE 2298 +30 - 7 +18 =17 =22 - 8 +34 +29 - 5 5.0 2225
17. Krupa, Monika wm POL 2221 +40 +15 - 4 =16 - 7 =18 +28 - 8 +29 5.0 2246
18. Schirmbeck, Hannes AUT 2117 - 4 +42 -16 +33 =11 =17 +23 -15 +28 5.0 2224
19. Srba, Milan CZE 2186 +39 - 3 +30 -10 -28 =23 +24 +31 =20 5.0 2165
20. Valenta, Vit CZE 2184 +44 =21 -12 +37 - 5 +32 -10 +26 =19 5.0 2227
21. Stehno, Pavel CZE 2310 +28 =20 +11 - 1 +23 -12 +13 -10 - 6 4.5 2253
22. Vales, Vaclav CZE 2213 =35 +33 -15 +24 =16 =10 -11 - 7 +36 4.5 2187
23. Mejzlik, Vojtech CZE 2114 - 5 =37 +32 +29 -21 =19 -18 =36 +34 4.5 2111
24. Prachar, Josef CZE 2009 -14 =26 +40 -22 -29 +41 -19 +37 +39 4.5 2083
25. Batyte, Daiva LTU 2170 - 2 +36 -14 -32 +26 +30 -29 -27 +38 4.0 2081
26. Fiser, Jiri CZE 2128 - 1 =24 -33 +30 -25 +40 +38 -20 =32 4.0 2061
27. Nemec, Otakar CZE 2056 -11 +39 - 9 -28 =40 +33 =36 +25 -13 4.0 2061
28. Benda, Robert GER 2038 -21 +44 - 8 +27 +19 - 9 -17 +38 -18 4.0 2128
29. Tuvshinbayar,Dorjkhuu MGL ---- + =11 -13 -23 +24 =38 +25 -16 -17 4.0 2110
30. Stodolova, Kristyna CZE 2000 -16 +38 -19 -26 +39 -25 +42 =34 =31 4.0 2068
31. Snyta, Zdenek CZE 2097 - 3 +41 -10 +44 - 8 =36 +37 -19 =30 4.0 2074
32. Stolc,Martin CZE ---- + - 6 -23 +25 =38 -20 +35 -13 =26 4.0 2085
33. Csefalvay,Stefan SVK ---- =43 -22 +26 -18 -37 -27 +44 =39 +41 4.0 2005
34. Adamkova, Stepanka CZE 2079 -15 =40 +43 =11 - 9 +35 -16 =30 -23 3.5 2069
35. Pekar,Vaclav CZE ---- =22 -12 -37 =40 +41 -34 -32 =42 +43 3.5 1985
36. Mejzlik, Ondrej CZE 2029 - 6 -25 -39 +43 +44 =31 =27 =23 -22 3.5 2025
37. Kastner, Vojtech CZE 1919 - 9 =23 +35 -20 +33 -11 -31 -24 =42 3.0 1975
38. Kastner, Kamil CZE 2127 - 7 -30 +41 +39 =32 =29 -26 -28 -25 3.0 1955
39. Konicek,Josef CZE ---- -19 -27 +36 -38 -30 =42 +40 =33 -24 3.0 1911
40. Kunes,Jan CZE ---- -17 =34 -24 =35 =27 -26 -39 =43 +44 3.0 1929
41. Nisztuk, Michal POL ---- - 8 -31 -38 +42 -35 -24 +43 +44 -33 3.0 1921
42. Badacova, Irena CZE 1919 -10 -18 -44 -41 +43 =39 -30 =35 =37 2.5 1870
43. Bartosova,Lucie CZE ---- =33 -13 -34 -36 -42 =44 -41 =40 -35 1.5 1744
44. Dolezal, Jiri CZE ---- -20 -28 +42 -31 -36 =43 -33 -41 -40 1.5 1756
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The Praha Open 2004 took place 16th-23rd January 2004. Ramil Hasangatin
and Michael Hennigan finished on 7.5/9. Games from the final round now
available.
The Marianske Lazne Open 2004 took place 24th-31st January 2004 and
alongside was the 2nd round robin master tournament.
Links: http://www.avekont.cz/praha/ and
http://www.avekont.cz/marianky/
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Open Praha CZE (CZE), 16-23 i 2004
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1. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2515 7½ 40 56
2. Hennigan, Michael m ENG 2434 7½ 39 55
3. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2375 7 39 52
4. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2460 7 38½ 54½
5. Neumeier, Klaus f AUT 2280 7 38½ 53
6. Kislov, Mikhail m RUS 2360 7 38 54
7. Zemerov, Vladimir m RUS 2323 7 36½ 52½
8. Trichkov, Vasil m CZE 2325 6½ 36½ 54
9. Karhanek, Pavel CZE 2159 6½ 34½ 53
10. Meduna, Eduard g CZE 2432 6½ 34 50½
11. Zavadsky, Peter SVK 2256 6½ 34 46
12. Studnicka, Tomas CZE 2334 6½ 33 45½
13. Stoeckmann, Helmut GER 2178 6½ 29½ 43½
14. Tscharotschkin, Michael GER 2220 6½ 28 38½
147 players
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1. Holemar, David f CZE 2335 * = 1 = = = = = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2456
2. Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2515 = * = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2408
3. Walek, Milan f CZE 2339 0 = * 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6.5 2387
4. Slaby, Jerzy POL 2405 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2381
5. Luch, Michal f POL 2294 = = 0 = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2391
6. Stolz, Mike f GER 2412 = = 0 = 1 * = = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2381
7. Pribyl, Josef m CZE 2371 = = 1 = = = * = = 0 = 1 6.0 2355
8. Vyskocil, Neklan CZE 2335 = 0 1 0 0 = = * = 1 1 1 6.0 2359
9. Pisk, Petr m CZE 2322 0 = 0 = 0 1 = = * 1 1 1 6.0 2360
10. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2375 = = 1 0 = 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 4.5 2254
11. Zavadil, Michal CZE 2157 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 3.0 2164
12. Stojkovic, Andreja CRO 2029 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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Open Marianske Lazne CZE (CZE), 24-31 i 2004
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1. Szoen, Dariusz POL 2284 7.5 2468
2. Skjoldborg, Jesper DEN DEN 2253 7.0 2452
3. Bernasek, Jan m CZE 2381 7.0 2437
4. Zemerov, Vladimir m RUS 2323 7.0 2381
5. Bielczyk, Jacek m POL 2340 6.5 2340
6. Safyanovsky, Mark m GER 2378 6.5 2346
7. Skytte, Rasmus m DEN 2401 6.5 2367
8. Stehno, Pavel CZE 2301 6.5 2382
9. Turner, Jan CZE 2344 6.5 2304
10. Vavra, Pavel CZE 2185 6.5 2200
11. Gumula, Daniel POL 2243 6.0 2333
12. Volodin, Viktor m RUS 2251 6.0 2271
13. Blodig, Reinhard GER 2211 6.0 2242
14. Baeuml, Ulrich GER 2130 6.0 2291
15. Meier, Thomas GER 2318 6.0 2193
16. Kurbangulov,Viktor GER ---- 6.0 2143
112 players
The 10th Montecatini Terme tournament took place 24th January - 1st
February 2004. Paolo Vezzosi and Massimo Sciortino finished on 8/11.
Internet coverage:
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/_XOOM/bombelli/montecatini.htm
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X It Chiuso Montecatini Terme ITA HUN (ITA), 24 i-1 ii 2004 cat. I (2262)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2355 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 8.0 2428
2. Sciortino, Massimo ITA 2187 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2443
3. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2442 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2378
4. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2416 = 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2381
5. Di Caro, Calogero ITA 2297 = 0 = = * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2323
6. Trabert, Bettina wg GER 2247 0 1 = = = * = 0 = = 1 1 6.0 2299
7. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2413 = 0 = = = = * = 1 = = 1 6.0 2284
8. Tocchioni, Doriano ITA 2249 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * 1 = 1 1 5.5 2263
9. Sabia, Corrado ITA 2148 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 * = 1 1 4.0 2170
10. Aldrovandi, Costantino m ITA 2375 = 0 0 0 = = = = = * = 0 3.5 2118
11. Scuderi,David ITA ---- 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2074
12. Squarci, Franco ITA 2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1.0 1901
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The 9th HIT Open takes place 30th January - 5th February 2004.
Aleksandar Kovacevic leads on 4.5/5.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0401/ng04a/
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
1 Kovacevic,Aleksandar GM SCG 2541 4.5
2 Kozul,Zdenko GM CRO 2605 4
3 Kveinys,Aloyzas GM LTU 2511 4
4 Bartel,Mateusz IM POL 2482 4
5 Kengis,Edvins GM LAT 2555 4
6 Nevednichy,Vladislav GM ROM 2548 3.5
7 Gyimesi,Zoltan GM HUN 2553 3.5
8 Borisek,Jure IM SLO 2442 3.5
9 Delchev,Aleksander GM BUL 2624 3.5
10 Jaracz,Pawel GM POL 2540 3.5
11 Cvitan,Ognjen GM CRO 2520 3.5
12 Parligras,Mircea GM ROM 2539 3.5
13 Brkic,Ante IM CRO 2420 3.5
14 Korneev,Oleg GM RUS 2566 3
15 Sveshnikov,Evgeny GM LAT 2563 3
16 Djuric,Stefan GM SCG 2487 3
17 Cebalo,Miso GM CRO 2475 3
18 Stocek,Jiri GM CZE 2552 3
19 Balogh,Csaba IM HUN 2456 3
20 Gagarin,Vasilij IM RUS 2439 3
21 Dobrov,Vladimir IM RUS 2481 3
22 Nikolov,Sasho IM BUL 2407 3
23 Stamenkov,Vanco FM MKD 2400 2.5
24 Solak,Dragan GM SCG 2546 2.5
25 Srebrnic,Ana WFM SLO 2206 2.5
26 Zelcic,Robert GM CRO 2524 2.5
27 Saric,Ante IM CRO 2379 2.5
28 Zakharchenko,Arnold IM UKR 2356 2.5
29 Grobelsek,Ana FM SLO 2122 2.5
30 Barle,Janez IM SLO 2394 2.5
31 Olarasu,Gabriela GM ROM 2311 2.5
32 Zorko,Jure FM SLO 2310 2.5
33 Jeric,Simon IM SLO 2291 2.5
34 Szeberenyi,Adam IM HUN 2450 2.5
35 Bogza,Adina-Maria GM ROM 2309 2.5
36 Srebrnic,Vojko MK SLO 2254 2.5
55 players
The distributed computing foundation and the ChessBrain project took
part in an official Guinness world record attempts on Friday January 30th,
2004. Computers from all over the world joined forces to take on Grandmaster
Peter Heine Nielsen in an online chess game which ended in a draw. In spite of
serious technical difficulties early in the game ChessBrain's set a new
official record of 2070 machines from over 50 different countries. The game
finished in a draw.
All details at: http://www.chessbrain.net
30th January 2003
Nielsen, Peter Heine - ChessBrain 1/2 34 E94 King's Indian Classical
The Kiev Championships took place 16th-30th January 2004. Vadim
Malakhatko won the event with 8.5/11. My thanks to Thomas Henrich.
Internet site:
http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/t011r.html
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ch-Kiev Kiev UKR (UKR), 16-30 i 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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1. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2543 +29 +11 + 3 +26 =17 = 8 = 4 + 5 - 2 + 6 +13 8.5 2566
2. Taborov, Boris UKR 2425 +25 +16 =15 = 4 = 5 +12 - 3 +23 + 1 =10 + 9 8.0 2461
3. Solomaha, Andrey UKR 2361 +28 +22 - 1 +43 +16 +17 + 2 - 4 = 6 = 8 +12 8.0 2460
4. Galinsky, Timofey m UKR 2430 +33 +20 =17 = 2 = 8 +11 = 1 + 3 +12 = 9 - 5 7.5 2432
5. Pavlov, Sergey2 UKR 2306 =35 +24 =10 +30 = 2 = 6 +13 - 1 =15 +23 + 4 7.5 2429
6. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2438 +21 =10 =12 =16 +18 = 5 =15 + 9 = 3 - 1 +23 7.0 2349
7. Dzupin, Dmitry UKR 2297 =38 -12 +31 -35 +24 =27 =39 =22 +32 +16 + 8 7.0 2181
8. Shishkin, Vadim m UKR 2458 =45 +38 +19 =15 = 4 = 1 - 9 +18 +16 = 3 - 7 6.5 2325
9. Moliboga, V RUS 2310 -44 -30 +24 +31 +32 +26 + 8 - 6 +17 = 4 - 2 6.5 2282
10. Karnaukh, Anatolij UKR 2264 +31 = 6 = 5 =19 -12 -28 +38 +29 +35 = 2 =11 6.5 2237
11. Romanov, Vladimir UKR 2307 +18 - 1 +25 =12 +23 - 4 =28 -16 +37 +19 =10 6.5 2255
12. Moiseev,Igor UKR ---- =46 + 7 = 6 =11 +10 - 2 +26 +35 - 4 +17 - 3 6.5 2370
13. Kislinsky, Alexey m UKR 2441 +32 -26 +33 -17 +30 =22 - 5 +39 +28 +15 - 1 6.5 2246
14. Katsman, Mikhail UKR 2278 . +37 =28 -18 +39 =16 +44 +19 -23 =21 =15 6.0 2192
15. Perun, Sergey m UKR 2350 +30 +44 = 2 = 8 =26 =35 = 6 =17 = 5 -13 =14 6.0 2303
16. Kalinkin, Boris UKR 2213 +36 - 2 +32 = 6 - 3 =14 +20 +11 - 8 - 7 +27 6.0 2296
17. Semenov, Dmitri UKR 2329 +37 +43 = 4 +13 = 1 - 3 =35 =15 - 9 -12 +28 6.0 2271
18. Kovalenko,Vladimir N UKR ---- -11 +29 =20 +14 - 6 =42 +32 - 8 =26 +35 =21 6.0 2251
19. Dziadyk, Pavel UKR 2275 =24 +41 - 8 =10 -44 +30 +27 -14 +22 -11 +29 6.0 2195
20. Evchin, Maxim UKR 2256 +27 - 4 =18 -28 =45 +37 -16 +33 -21 +26 +30 6.0 2126
21. Artemchuk,Taras UKR ---- - 6 -31 =36 -29 +47 =24 +30 +27 +20 =14 =18 6.0 2138
22. Spiridonov, Nikolai UKR 2158 +40 - 3 -30 +27 +43 =13 -23 = 7 -19 =37 +36 5.5 2172
23. Kernazhitsky, Leonid m UKR 2371 =41 +35 -26 +42 -11 +44 +22 - 2 +14 - 5 - 6 5.5 2225
24. Melnichuk,Mikhail UKR ---- =19 - 5 - 9 +40 - 7 =21 +45 =43 +36 =28 =26 5.5 2153
25. Baryshpolets,Andrey UKR ---- - 2 +36 -11 -44 =29 -41 +47 =31 =43 +34 +37 5.5 2120
26. Semenova, Lidia K wg UKR 2264 +39 +13 +23 - 1 =15 - 9 -12 =28 =18 -20 =24 5.0 2170
27. Shcherbenko,Alexandr UKR ---- -20 +34 =42 -22 +33 = 7 -19 -21 +33 +32 -16 5.0 2106
28. Golichenko,Ilja UKR ---- - 3 +47 =14 +20 -35 +10 =11 =26 -13 =24 -17 5.0 2191
29. Kiselev, Vladimir UKR 2151 - 1 -18 -40 +21 =25 +34 +43 -10 =39 +31 -19 5.0 2089
30. Grebeniuk,Semen UKR ---- -15 + 9 +22 - 5 -13 -19 -21 +40 +45 +39 -20 5.0 2162
31. Melnik,Alexandr V UKR ---- -10 +21 - 7 - 9 =34 -33 +40 =25 +42 -29 +41 5.0 2098
32. Burakovsky, Marat UKR 2049 -13 +39 -16 +37 - 9 +40 -18 +44 - 7 -27 +35 5.0 2078
33. Babiy,Petro UKR ---- - 4 +40 -13 =38 -27 +31 =42 -20 -27 +44 +39 5.0 2081
34. Leshchenko, Vasilij UKR 2152 . -27 -39 +47 =31 -29 -36 + +44 -25 +40 4.5 1979
35. Livensky,Eugene UKR ---- = 5 -23 +45 + 7 +28 =15 =17 -12 -10 -18 -32 4.5 2121
36. Musienko,Olexiy UKR ---- -16 -25 =21 -45 -37 +47 +34 +38 -24 +43 -22 4.5 2004
37. Grinev,Valeriy UKR ---- -17 -14 +47 -32 +36 -20 +41 +42 -11 =22 -25 4.5 2088
38. Mazurkov,Anatolij UKR ---- = 7 - 8 =41 =33 =42 =43 -10 -36 -40 + +45 4.5 2077
39. Melnichuk,Sergey UKR ---- -26 -32 +34 +41 -14 +45 = 7 -13 =29 -30 -33 4.0 2067
40. Rybchenko,Alexandr UKR ---- -22 -33 +29 -24 +41 -32 -31 -30 +38 +45 -34 4.0 1965
41. Brozhik, Vasilij UKR 2140 =23 -19 =38 -39 -40 +25 -37 -45 + +42 -31 4.0 1980
42. Gorlovetsky, Stanislav UKR 2168 . +45 =27 -23 =38 =18 =33 -37 -31 -41 =44 3.5 1949
43. Dolzhikova, Kateryna UKR 2151 +47 -17 +44 - 3 -22 =38 -29 =24 =25 -36 . 3.5 1989
44. Khliastikov,Georgy UKR ---- + 9 -15 -43 +25 +19 -23 -14 -32 -34 -33 =42 3.5 2058
45. Arutiunov, Viktor UKR 2088 = 8 -42 -35 +36 =20 -39 -24 +41 -30 -40 -38 3.0 1917
46. Ianovsky, Alexander UKR 2248 =12 . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 2000
47. Schukin,Igor UKR ---- -43 -28 -37 -34 -21 -36 -25 . . . . 0.0
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The OSS January International took place in Oslo 26th January - 1st
February 2004. FM Heini Olsen won the event and made an IM-norm. News: Eirik T.
Gullaksen.
Internet coverage: http://home.no.net/selskap/
Please note the table below has been corrected from when it was first
published on Monday night. The game Martinovic,S-Hole,O [9] has the wrong
result in the games file. It should be 1-0 not 0-1 as given. I will correct
that next week.
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OSS January It Oslo NOR (NOR), 26 i-1 ii 2004 cat. III (2302)
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1. Olsen, Heini f FAI 2255 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2473
2. Kuljasevic, Davorin m CRO 2413 = * = 1 = 1 0 1 = 1 6.0 2414
3. Hole, Oystein NOR 2290 = = * = 1 = 0 0 1 1 5.0 2346
4. Dannevig, Oystein NOR 2369 = 0 = * 1 1 1 0 0 1 5.0 2337
5. Johannessen, Svein m NOR 2317 = = 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 = 4.5 2300
6. Christenson, Flemming NOR 2303 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 1 = = 4.5 2302
7. Bosiocic, Marin CRO 2232 0 1 1 0 0 0 * = = = 3.5 2229
8. Martinovic, Sasa CRO 2156 0 0 1 1 0 0 = * 1 0 3.5 2238
9. Bukal, Vladimir m CRO 2424 0 = 0 1 0 = = 0 * 1 3.5 2208
10. Gabrielsen, Trond NOR 2262 = 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 * 3.0 2181
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The Kurent men's and women's tournament took place in Ptuj 2003,
Slovenia 30th November - 6th December 2003. Vitali Koziak won the men's event
with 7.5/10 and Jana Krivec won the women's event with 7.5/9. The missing round
9 men's games and a correction to one of the round 7 games now available. My
thanks to Primoz Kokalj.
Internet coverage: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0311/kurent/
The Western Class Championships were held January 16th-19th 2004 in
Agoura Hills, California. My thanks to John Hillery.
Crosstable may be found at http://www.chesstour.com/wcc04r.htm.
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
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Western Class Championships Agoura Hills USA (USA), 16-19 i 2004
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1. Matikozian, Andranik m ARM 2466 6.0
2. Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg g MGL 2421 5.5
3. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2566 5.0
4. Akobian, Varuzhan m USA 2502 5.0
5. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2602 4.5
6. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2452 4.5
7. Van Buskirk, Charles f USA 2292 4.5
8. Khachiyan, Melikset m USA 2431 4.0
9. Del Pilar, Reynaldo USA 2272 4.0
10. Yanayt, Eugene USA 2209 4.0
11. Moreno, William PER 2113 4.0
12. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2322 3.5
13. Habu, Yoshiharu JPN 2339 3.5
14. Abrahamyan, Tatev wf USA 2254 3.5
15. Sterin, Ilya USA 2260 3.5
29 players
George Mirijanian reports: The NorthEast Chess Winter Getaway Tournament
took place 23rd-25th January 2004 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. GM Alexander
Ivanov captured first place with a score of 4.5-0.5. Taking second place with a
4-1 tally was FM Steven Winer. Tied for 3rd-5th place with 3.5-1.5 results were
GM Sergey Kudrin (who drew Ivanov in the final round), IM Igor Foygel and FM
Boris Privman. Seven players tied for 6th place with 3-2 performances. They
were FM William Kelleher, senior master Joshua Friedel, FM Ilye Figler,
national master Jack Stolerman, FM John Curdo, national expert Leonid Tkach and
Class A contestant Christopher Williams. A total of 121 players competed in
four sections. The tournament was organized by New England's most active chess
promoter, Severine Wamala, director of NorthEast Chess. Robert Messenger was
the chief TD. Complete crosstables are available at
http://masschess.org
The Howick & Pakuranga Times Auckland International Open took place
19th-23rd January 2004. Australians Darryl Johansen and Guy West finished on
7/9. Johansen taking first on tie-break. There is a correction from Guy West to
his round 8 game which was given with extraneous moves after 26. ...g5 when the
game was actually drawn. My thanks to Gary Bekker.
Internet coverage:
http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/auckland/
The Copa Itaú took place in São Paulo Chess Club. The open
has 164 competitors with 4 GMs and 10IMs. Gilberto Milos took first place on
tie-break from Everaldo Matsuura both made 7.5/9. More games from the event
plus a couple of corrected round 9 games. My thanks to Herman Van
Riemsdijk.
Standings:
http://200.246.90.112/HiperChess/torneios/2004/Itau2004_SP450.htm
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher
for February 1st 2004 has been released. Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and
calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2786 147
2 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2728 157
3 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2701 141
4 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2698 171
5 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2689 162
6 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2685 151
7 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2680 135
8 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2677 137
9 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2677 179
10 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2669 163
11 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2669 171
12 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2665 152
13 Malakhov,Vladimir 27.11.1980 RUS 2657 162
14 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2655 140
15 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2655 146
16 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2655 151
17 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2648 190
18 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2648 193
19 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2645 161
20 McShane,Luke James 07.01.1984 ENG 2637 168
21 Ye Jiangchuan 20.11.1960 CHN 2627 162
22 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2626 170
23 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter 01.08.1976 ROM 2620 147
24 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2620 156
25 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2620 192
26 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2619 136
27 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2619 152
28 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2616 161
29 Beliavsky,Alexander G 17.12.1953 SLO 2614 163
30 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 NED 2612 142
31 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2612 168
32 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2611 149
33 Aronian,Levon 06.10.1982 ARM 2611 173
34 Khalifman,Alexander 18.01.1966 RUS 2604 132
35 Aleksandrov,Aleksej 11.05.1973 BLR 2603 141
36 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2603 146
37 Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar 12.04.1985 AZE 2603 157
38 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2602 167
39 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2599 165
40 Nielsen,Peter-Heine 24.05.1973 DEN 2597 168
41 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2596 160
42 Macieja,Bartlomiej 04.10.1977 POL 2595 154
43 Hansen,Curt 18.09.1964 DEN 2589 161
44 Fressinet,Laurent 01.11.1981 FRA 2589 171
45 Moiseenko,Alexander 17.05.1980 UKR 2588 159
46 Zvjaginsev,Vadim 18.08.1976 RUS 2587 142
47 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2586 164
48 Smirin,Ilia 21.01.1968 ISR 2586 176
49 Sasikiran,Krishnan 07.01.1981 IND 2585 173
50 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 USA 2585 195
Reykjavik Rapid 2004
Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Nigel Short, Alexei Dreev, Emil
Sutovsky and Peter Heine Nielsen will play in the Reykjavik Rapid 2004 which
takes place 17th-21st March 2004. The 16 player knocokout event takes place at
NASA by Austurvöllur, a popular spot in Reykjavik very close to the
parliament building.
The first three spots at the Reykjavik open 2004 (Reykjavikopen.com)
which takes place in the Reykjavik city hall 7th-16th March 2004 will earn a
place in Reykjavik rapid 2004.
The format of the tournament is rather unusual the the 16 players will
engage in a blitz tournament, 5 3 on the 17th of March. The result will
determine the seeding. An idea taken from Formula 1. The first round will start
on the 18th, The 1st seeded player will play nr. 16, nr. 2 avs. 15 etc. Time
allotted is 25 5. In case of a tie there will be a sudden death game.
The main sponsor of the Reyjavik rapid 2004 is Atlantsal.
Brussels 12 Hours
Brussels 12 Hours a 5 minute blitz tournament takes place on 27 March
2004. 1st prize 300 Euros and prizes for all categories.
Entry fees: 10 Euros. GMs/IMs Free, Under 16 years old 5 Euros.
Venue: CREB, Palais du Midi Rue Roger Vander Weyden,3 1000 Brussels
Entry: 09.30 - 10.30 - Tournament start 11h00 Prize ceremony 23h30
Information: Benny Åsman 02/512.48.43 e-mail: bennyasman@skynet.be
Joachim Demoulin 0475/33.22.87 jo.demoulin@wanadoo.be
Organised by Caïssa Woluwé, Chess Club Anderlecht, Fous du
Roy et CREB
First Saturday February
The First Saturday February GM-IM-FM closed tournament for norms takes
place in Budapest, 7th-20th of February 2004. There are list minute places for
players available contact Laszlo Nagy. In particular there is a vacancy for a
player of around 2350 for the GM event which has currently 13 players.
Organizer: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Webpage:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu Internet
Chess Club nickname: MrFirstSaturday ICQ#: 44805877 Cell phone:
+(36)-30-2301914 Tel-fax: +(36-1)-2632859
Registered Players so far:
FSGM February
IGM VAJDA, Levente (ROM,2482), IGM SERES, Lajos (HUN,2496), IGM
FOGARASI, Tibor (HUN,2477), PAPP, Gábor (HUN,2420), IM WITTMANN, Walter
(AUT,2326), FM NGUYEN, Ngoc Truongson (VIE,2436), IM ALMÁSI, Istvan
(HUN, 2425), IM LIVSHITS, Gaby (ISR,2400), FM BÁNUSZ, Tamas (HUN, 2372),
IM SZEBERÉNYI, Ádám (HUN, 2450), IM BELEZKY, Sasha (UKR,
2405), IM ANTAL, Gergely (HUN, 2498), FM PORAT, Shi (ISR, 2386), Reserves: IGM
MEDVEGY, Zoltan (HUN), IM WERNER, Dimo (GER), IM VAJDA, Albert (ROM), WGM
HOANG, Th. Trang (VIE), IM JAKAB, Attila (HUN), IM FERNANDO, Diogo (POR),
FSIM February
IM FARAGÓ, Sándor (HUN, 2299), IM EPERJESI,
László (HUN, 2322), IM WERNER, Dimo (GER, 2349), FM DUB, Zeev
(ISR, 2270), FM ISSA, Rafat (SYR. 2389), PAP, Gyula (HUN, 2226), SZABÓ,
Krisztián (HUN, 2348), FM BRUSTKERN, Juergen (GER, 2246), RUDOLF, Anna
(HUN, 2199), FM JUHÁSZ, Béla (HUN, 2263), FM VARGA, Csaba (HUN,
2303), FM FODOR, Tamás (HUN, 2130), STEINER, Bruno (AUT, 2254), VAJDA,
Albert Sr. (ROM, 2201), Reserves: THEON, Pierre (FRA, 2203), IM GALYAS,
Miklós (HUN), WGM-IM VAJDA, Szidónia (HUN), EVAN, Yeo Min-Yang
(SIN), TSANAS, Thanasis (GRE), FM GONDA, László (HUN), FM
BÉRCZES, Csaba (HUN), FM BÉRCZES, Dávid (HUN),
FSFM February
SIANEC, Attila (HUN, 1804), LANTOS, Attila (HUN, 2022), TO NHAT, Minh
(HUN, 2030), CZIMER, József (HUN, 1884), MARÓDI,
Mátyás (HUN, 2119), BOROS, Koppány (HUN, 2089),
KÕHALMI, Endre jnr. (HUN,2073), GAZDA, Gergely (HUN, 1915), LANIN, Boris
dr.(RUS, nonrated), DUDÁS, Eszter (HUN, 1872), KUBACSNY, Vilmos (GER,
2174), LAKAT, Gyula (HUN, 2011), BARÁZ, András (HUN, 1913),
PÁLI, Gábor (HUN, 2074), HOANG, Tri (HUN, 2048), FM SZÉLL,
Lajos (HUN, 2200), SCHNEIDER, Veronika (HUN, 2113), METAXASZ, Vaszilisz (HUN,
2160), KOVÁCS, Gábor (HUN, 2166), BÁRCZI, Tibor (HUN,
nonrated), KELEMEN, Lajos dr. (ROM, nonrated), FRANK, József (HUN,
2028), IGNÁCZ, Mária (HUN, 2131), ZILAHI, Gábor (HUN,
2005), VÉGVÁRI, Ferenc (HUN, 2067), PAPP, József (HUN,
2041), NAGY, László (HUN, 2079), BACSI, András (HUN,
2077), SZABÓ, Leon (HUN, 2103), KERTÉSZ, Zsolt (HUN, 2104),
KOCZÓ, Kristóf (HUN, 2173), BALÁZS, Gábor (HUN,
nonrated), PROHÁSZKA, Péter (HUN, 2148), THEON, Pierre (FRA,
2203), ZOLTÁN, András (HUN, 2066), RUMMEL, Zsolt (HUN, 2068),
ZENTAI, György (HUN, 2180), HOCEVAR, Nikola (SLO, 2112), IGNÁCZ,
Rózsa (HUN, nonrated).
3rd Saturday Tournament
A 3rd Saturday Tournament will take place in Novi Sad, 20th-27th March
2004. Improved Elo ratings, IM and maybe GM norms (depending on interest), Semi
Open. More info in few days on www.drazic.co.yu. Venue NSK, the oldest club in
all of the former Yugoslavia, center of Novi Sad, Serbia, no visa needed now
for European and USA citizens.
Serpukhov Chess Festival
Serpukhov Chess Festival (near Moscow) takes place 22nd January - 3rd
February 2004. Only results available at the moment in Russian, no games.
Official site: http://www.volgachess.ru/f/TEKSTA.htm
3rd Aeroflot Chess Festival
The 3rd Aeroflot Festival takes place in Hotel Rossija in Moscow,
16th-26th February 2004.
There are 3 tournaments: Tournament A for players rated 2450 and more
Tournament B for players rated 2200 and more but lower than 2450 Tournament C
for players rated under 2200 and unrated players. The tournaments are 9 rounds
Swiss tournaments. The total prize fund is $ 150.000.
The organising committee offers packages for Aeroflot tickets, hotel
and entry fee. It is also possible to fly with Air France to Moscow from
airports, that are destinations of Air France (Latin America, South America,
Far East, Australia), but not Aeroflot. The Aeroflot packages prices are
mentioned on the website of the tournament.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com
For the Air France packages contact the Association of Chess
Federations in Moscow: Tel/fax: +7095-2918578 or +7095-4186584 or E-mail:
chess@sovintel.ru.
Cogas Energy Timman vs Van Wely Match
The Cogas Energy Match will take place 8th-10th April 2004. The 4 game
match will be between Jan Timman and Loek Van Wely. Alongside the match will be
a 6 round Swiss Grandmaster tournament with a prizefund of several 1000 Euro.
More information Albert Vasse +31 (0)6 53871200 or e-mail
schaken@cogas.nl
The event will be broadcast live at http://www.cogas.nl
CFC Cup
Correspondence Chess server of Chessfriend.com has a new free
competition. The CFC Cup 2004 allows interested players to test the server
without entry fees by playing a real tournament where ELO and titles are
available.
More details: http://www.chessfriend.com
Jón Þorsteinsson Memorial Tournament
The Jón Þorsteinsson Memorial Chess Tournament takes place
in Reykjavík, Iceland 28th-29th February 2004, in honour of his 80th
birthday. Jón Þorsteinsson was a Member of Parliament, a lawyer
and a widely respected chess player in Iceland. The weekend tournament features
prizes totalling ISK600,000 (US $8,600).
The Memorial Tournament is organized by The Reykjavík Chess Club
(Taflfélag Reykjavíkur) and Hellir Chess Club
(Taflfélagið Hellir), together with Jón Þorsteinsson's
family. The tournament, which will be staged one week prior to the bi-annual
2004 Reykjavík Open is expected to attract Iceland's strongest players
as well as several international players.
The format of the tournament is highly innovative. The participants
will begin each game from a position selected by a special tournament committee
and disclosed at the beginning of each round.
There will be nine (9) rounds, Swiss System, in the tournament, each
comprising of two 15-minute games where participants play each consisting of
position with both white and black.
The positions will be selected to test the versatility and positional
skills of the players rather than their knowledge of opening theory.
Leading players Helgi Ólafsson 2530 Þröstur
Þórhallsson 2470 Jón Viktor Gunnarsson 2425 Stefán
Kristjánsson 2410 Bragi Þorfinnsson 2410 Arnar Gunnarsson 2355
Sigurður Daði Sigfússon 2335
Website: http://www.chess.is/memorial/index_e.html
IM Silman vs The Rest of the World
IM Silman vs The Rest of the World ChessWorld.net hosting a "Rest of
the World" match against IM Jeremy Silman. This is a voting game where the
"Rest of the World" (ROW) votes for the moves against Silman, and the highest
voted move played after five days. Kasparov played a ROW game a few years back.
IM Jeremy Silman is the author of the one chess book that everyone raves about,
How to ReAssess Your Chess.
The match has inspired the largest ROW team ever at ChessWorld, well
over 300 players at last count. IM Silman opened the game with 1. d4 and the
voting is underway. You can get in on the game at
http://www.chessworld.net - head for
Play!..World team games after logging in.
The up to date position is also available on the TWIC front page.
17th Ciudad de Leon 2004
The 17th Ciudad de Leon 2004 will again be a knockout event taking
place June 3rd-7th 2004 in Leon, Spain.
Players: Alexei Shirov (Spain), Peter Svidler (Russia), Teimour
Radjabov (Azerbajan) and Francisco Vallejo (Spain).
Official site: http://www.advancedchessleon.com
and http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com
Lenk Chess Festival
Lenk International Chess Festival is a Swiss Chess Tour event 2004. The
16th "Kreuz-Open" takes place April 8th-12th 2004.
The Hosts will be the Hotel "Kreuz", "Grande" Open, 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. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. Special prizes for best Lady, senior
(1944), junior(1984-87), schoolboy (1988) and best local player. Entry fee 130
SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GMs and IMs free.
Time table: Round 1st 18.30-22.30 April 8,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and
15.30-20.30 April 9,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 April 10,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and
15.30-20.30 April 11,; Round 7 10.00-15.00 April 12. Closing ceremony April 12
at 16.00.
Info: Beochess +41+34+424-01-06 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or
site http://www.beochess.ch for more
details.
5th Montenegro International Open
5th Open International Chess Championship of Montenegro "Sozina 2004"
Hotel "Topolica" Bar, February 18-26th, 2004
Further details: http://www.sozina2004.com/
13th Aurec Open
The 13th Aurec Open takes place 13th-14th February 2004.
Further details:
http://loirechecs.chez.tiscali.fr/20032004/Tournois/Aurec/Aurec.htm
5th Annual MILLENNIUM CHESS FESTIVAL
APRIL 2 - 4, 2004 (the weekend before Foxwoods!) is the date for the
next Millennium Chess Festival. Come play chess on the beach!...
PRIZES: $18,000 in 5 sections. Open Section prizes are guaranteed --
$2500-1200-800-600-400-300-200 U2400/Unr: $500-200 U2200: $500-200 Upset Prize:
$150. Class Sections have large prize funds based on 55 per section.
HOTEL: Ramada Plaza Beach Oceanfront Hotel, Virginia Beach, USA. COMPS:
GM, WGM, and IM Comps are available.
Our popular GM "Dinner/Exhbition" Match again scheduled for Saturday
Night. (Details soon.)
WEBSITE: http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival/
QUESTIONS: eschlich@aol.com
Shirov's New Website
Alexei Shirov has a new webpage which includes an online school project
(together with GM Alfonso Romero and IM Javier Sanz both from Spain) and a
personal page within. The address is http://www.shirovonline.com, at the
moment everything is in Spanish although the English version should follow
soon.
IX Cesenatico International Open
The IX Cesenatico International Chess Open takes place in Cesenatico
(Italy) 4th-12th September 2004.Open A 9 rounds. Open B 8 rounds.
Organiser Jean Christophe Pirini email info@antiquascom.it Fax
+39547681217 # mobile phone +39335.6615956.
Further details: http://www.antiquascom.it/scacchi.htm
IV Savaria Summer Open
IV Savaria Summer International Chess Open takes place in Szombathely,
Hungary 19th-26th July 2004. 9 round Swiss 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move.
Further Information:
KORPICS Zsolt H-9700 Szombathely, Rohonci 13. +(36)-30/951-0063
korpicschess@axelero.hu
PERGEL László H-9700 Szombathely, Tátra 2.
+(36)-30/530-4904 a_mester@freemail.hu
Hungarian chess tournaments Jan-August 2004
1. TAPOLCA Open 9 rounds Swiss, 9th-17th of January, Budapest, org.
Parej Jozsef, Mobile: +(36)-70-227-30-77; More info: firstsat@hu.inter.net
2. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed for norms, Budapest, 7th-19th of
February, Organizer: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Webpage:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu Internet
Chess Club nickname: MrFirstSaturday ICQ#: 44805877 Cell phone:
+(36)-30-2301914 Tel-fax: +(36-1)-2632859
3. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 6th-18th of March, org. NL.
4. SAVARIA-IM-1 closed tournament, Szombathely /250 km West from
Budapest/, 22nd March-1st of April, organizer: FM Korpics,Zsolt, e-mail:
korpicschess@axelero.hu
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. SAVARIA-IM-2 closed, Szombathely, 19th-29th of April, org: Korpics
Zsolt;
8. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 1st-13th of May,
10. ELEKES memorial, Budapest GM-IM round robin, 15th-25th of May,
organizer: IM Zsinka, Laszlo, +(36)-20-9219197 e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu or:
zsinka@budapest.hu
11. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 5th-17th of June, Budapest, org.Nagy L.
12. BALATON OPEN and GM-IM closed about 20th-30th of June, org: IM
Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu /150 km West from Budapest/,
13. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of July, Org: Nagy Laszlo,
14. Open EGER 9 rounds Swiss, 17th-25th of July /100 km North-East from
Budapest/ and GM-IM closed tmt, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, cell phone:
+(36)-30-326-3692, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu, other organizer: Vajda, Albert
Sr. e-mail: avajda@udv.topnet.ro More info: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net
15. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.
16. Cat.XI. GM-closed, 10 participants, Budapest, 18th-27th of Aug.
Org: PALI, Gabor, e-mail: gaborpali@freemail.hu Mobile: +/36/-20-470-50-37
17. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West
from Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
18. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 4th-16th of September, Org: NL.
AS04 Centenary 2004
The AS04 Centenary 2004 9 round Open International Swiss Tournament
takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark February 7th-15th 2004. The event celebrates
the centenary of the Chess Club "Arbejdernes Skakforening af 1904".
Further information: http://www.as04.dk or contact Bo Garner
Christensen by e-mail: press@as04.dk or by telephone +45 20 29 66 91 or sign up
for our free electronic mailing-list for forthcoming press releases.
2nd Annual Western Pacific Open
2nd Annual Western Pacific Open. Burbank, CA, April 2-4, 2004. 5-SS.
$10,000 based on 200 players, $6000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic
The Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic 2004. Glendale, CA, May 29-31,
2004. 6-SS. $20,000 based on 300 players, $10,000 guaranteed. Top section FIDE
rated.
Further details: http://www.westernchess.com
Calcutta International Open
The Alekhine Chess Club will be holding the CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL OPEN
CHESS TOURNAMENT, 2004, from 27th Feb to 7th March, 2004. Previously the event
was known as the GOODRICKE INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT, CALCUTTA.
The total prize fund will be $12000. Boarding & lodging will be
provided to all GMs, WGMs, IMs, WIMs. For details contact: Mr. Soumen Majumder,
Gorky Sadan, 3, Gorky Terrace, Calcutta - 700 017, Telephone: 091 033 2280
3858, Fax: 091 033 2247 9559 / 2283 2746 E-mail: gnca@vsnl.com
65th Square Website
There is a new Turkish website: http://www.65thsquare.org (note the change
of address). I have given an interview to the webmaster Alper Efe Ataman.
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
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
Entry Form:
http://www.bcf.org.uk/calendar/wellington04_dec03.doc
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/
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
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.
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
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
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.
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/