THE WEEK IN CHESS 484 16th February 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Linares
2004
3) 3rd Aeroflot Chess Festival
4) Bundesliga Rounds 8-9
5) 2nd Breizh
Masters
6) Daniel Stellwagen vs David Baramidze
Match
7) 13th IPCC
8) 12th Valle
d'Aosta Open
9) France-China Match
10) AS04 Centenary 2004
11) First Saturday
February
12) X Coria del Rio Open
13) TWIC Messageboard
14) ACP News
15) AF4C Video
16) 13th Aurec Open
17) French National 1 Top 16
18) Game
Corrections
19) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Bundesliga Rounds 7-9 128 games
2nd Breizh Masters 12 games
Stellwagen - Baramidze Match 4 games
13th IPCC 56 games
12th Valle d'Aosta Open 234 games
France-China Match 32 games
AS04 Centenary 2004 458 games
First Saturday February 85 games
X Coria del Rio Open 44 games
French National 1 Top 16 54 games
Game Corrections 4 games
1126 games
My thanks to Miklos Orso, Laszlo Nagy, Stephane Mouchel, Victor Hansen,
John Henderson, Jan Mazuch, Axel Fritz, Frank Quisinsky, Zenon Franco, Erik
Hedegård, Jean-Marc Illien, Matthew Tapp, Bartlomiej Macieja, Helgi
Ólafsson, Eric van Reem, Maurice Ouvrier, Stephen Boyd, Herman van
Riemsdijk, Pablo Sierra and everyone else who helped with the issue.
This week sees the start of the strongest tournament of the year and
what was last year the strongest Swiss System tournament. Linares isn't quite
the Wimbledon of chess these days with players straight off the top of the
rating list (I get E-Mails asking why Anand, Polgar and Adams and other top
players aren't there, I guess they don't have the budget to do it) but it has
managed to have the unbroken participation of Kasparov since 1997 and the event
will have an average rating of 2731 compared to Wijk aan Zees 2702 although
Linares will have one less top 10 player. Of major interest will be the
performance of the top 2 seeds. Kasparov hasn't played a tournament since
Linares last year when he didn't win a lot of games and Kramnik who finished
with only 50% at Wijk aan Zee. There isn't an absolute guarantee that either
will finish first, last year Leko pipped Kramnik to first on tie-break half a
point clear of Kasparov.
Starting a day earlier is the Aeroflot Open which also should prove
interesting. Last year it was won by Victor Bologan and he used that result and
its automatic qualification for Dortmund and the springboard to some excellent
results including 1st there and most recently joint 4th in Wijk.
We now have a TWIC message board at
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which hopefully will prove popular and this seems as good a week as any to
start.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 21st Linares tournament takes place February 19th - March 5th 2004.
The event is again a 7 player double round robin category 20 event (ave 2731).
Garry Kasparov (No. 1 2830) Vladimir Kramnik (No. 2 2777) Alexei Shirov (No. 5
2736) Veselin Topalov (No.6 2735). Peter Leko (No. 10 2722), Paco Vallejo (No.
33 2663) and Teimour Radjabov (No. 35 2656).
Dates are as follows: February 18th (draw of lots) Rd1 Feb. 19th Round
14 (Final) March 5th - Rest days Feb. 24th and March 1st.
Official coverage by the Spanish paper Diario Marca:
http://www.marca.com/ -
http://www.marca.com/indices/ajedrez.html
The 3rd Aeroflot Festival takes place in Hotel Rossija in Moscow,
17th-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.
The 8th and 9th rounds of the German Chess Bundesliga took place over
the weekend of 14th-15th February 2004 (plus some more round 7 matches on
Friday 13th). The leaders Baden-Oos and SG Porz both won their matches to stay
level on points, Porz lead by 2.5 points on board count. Anand, Shirov and
Svidler were amongst the players.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.com
Venue: Tegernsee
TV Tegernsee 6,5:1,5 SK König Plauen
GM Igor Khenkin ½:½ GM Stefan Kindermann
GM Andrei Sokolov 1:0 GM Lutz Espig
GM Zoltan Ribli ½:½ IM Viteslav Priehoda
GM Klaus Bischoff 1:0 FM Gunter Sandner
GM Uwe Boensch ½:½ FM Michael Kuraszkiewicz
GM Valery Beim 1:0 FM Ulrich Dirr
GM Gerald Hertneck 1:0 Thomas Espig
GM Henrik Teske 1:0 Lion Pfeufer
Venue: Stuttgart
Stuttgarter SF 1,0:7,0 SC Baden-Oos
GM Eckhard Schmittdiel 0:1 GM Viswanathan Anand
IM Igor Berezovsky ½:½ GM Rustem Dautov
FM Severin Papa 0:1 GM Dr. Robert Huebner
FM Andreas Reuss ½:½ GM Michal Krasenkow
FM Gerhard Lorscheid 0:1 GM Philipp Schlosser
FM Thomas Heinatz 0:1 GM Ludger Keitlinghaus
FM Aleksandar Vuckovic 0:1 GM Fabian Doettling
Oskar Mock 0:1 IM Andreas Schenk
Round 8 14th February 2004
Venue: Tegernsee
TV Tegernsee 5,5:2,5 SC Kreuzberg
GM Igor Khenkin 0:1 GM Zoltan Almasi
GM Andrei Sokolov ½:½ GM Jens-Uwe Maiwald
GM Zoltan Ribli ½:½ GM Raj Tischbierek
GM Klaus Bischoff 1:0 GM Ralf Lau
GM Uwe Boensch 1:0 GM Sergey Kalinitschew
GM Valery Beim ½:½ IM Karsten Volke
GM Gerald Hertneck 1:0 IM Drazen Muse
GM Henrik Teske 1:0 IM Stefan Loeffler
SK König Plauen 2,0:6,0 SF Neukölln
GM Stefan Kindermann ½:½ GM Dr. Igor Stohl
GM Lutz Espig ½:½ IM Stephan Berndt
IM Viteslav Priehoda 0:1 IM Rainer Polzin
FM Gunter Sandner 0:1 IM Dr. Martin Borriss
FM Michael Kuraszkiewicz 0:1 IM Dirk Poldauf
FM Ulrich Dirr ½:½ IM Lars Thiede
Thomas Espig ½:½ IM Michael Schwarz
Lion Pfeufer 0:1 Henrik Rudolf
Venue: Hamburg
Hamburger SK 3,5:4,5 SV Werder Bremen
GM Lubomir Ftacnik ½:½ GM Zbynek Hracek
GM Jan Gustafsson ½:½ GM Vlastimil Babula
GM Robert Kempinski 0:1 GM Yannick Pelletier
GM Sune Berg Hansen ½:½ WGM Almira Skripchenko-Lautier
GM Matthias Wahls ½:½ GM Felix Levin
GM Karsten Mueller 0:1 Sven Joachim
GM Michael Bezold 1:0 IM Gerlef Meins
IM Oliver Reeh ½:½ Jacob Heissler
Venue: Stuttgart
Stuttgarter SF 2,0:6,0 SG Solingen
GM Eckhard Schmittdiel ½:½ GM Predrag Nikolic
IM Igor Berezovsky ½:½ GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov
FM Severin Papa ½:½ GM Artur Jussupow
FM Andreas Reuss ½:½ GM Christian Gabriel
FM Gerhard Lorscheid 0:1 GM Matthew Sadler
FM Thomas Heinatz 0:1 IM Alexander Naumann
FM Aleksandar Vuckovic 0:1 IM Jan Werle
FM Wolfgang Schmid 0:1 IM Michael Hoffmann
SC Baden-Oos 5,5:2,5 SV Wattenscheid
GM Alexei Shirov ½:½ GM Peter-Heine Nielsen
GM Peter Svidler 1:0 GM Alexander Rustemov
GM Rustem Dautov 1:0 IM Ralf Appel
GM Dr. Robert Huebner 1:0 GM Florian Handke
GM Michal Krasenkow 0:1 IM Dr. Frank Holzke
GM Philipp Schlosser 1:0 IM Dr. Volkmar Dinstuhl
IM Fabian Doettling ½:½ IM Holger Ellers
IM Andreas Schenk ½:½ FM Timo Straeter
Venue: St Ingbert
SCA St. Ingbert 0,5:7,5 SG Porz
GM Cyril Marcelin 0:1 GM Christopher Lutz
GM Vladimir Lazarev 0:0 GM Loek Van Wely
IM Emmanuel Bricard ½:½ GM Ulf Andersson
Dennis Drollinger 0:1 GM Alexander G Beliavsky
GM Slobodan Martinovic 0:1 GM Alexander Graf
FM Georg Gross 0:1 GM Rafael A Vaganian
Thomas Mackensy 0:1 GM Curt Hansen
Andreas Bock 0:1 GM Erik Van den Doel
SV Hofheim 3,0:5,0 SF Katernberg
GM Stanislav Savchenko 0:1 GM Andrei Volokitin
GM Joerg Hickl ½:½ GM Vladimir Chuchelov
IM Sergei Krivoshey 1:0 GM Igor V Glek
IM Gennadi Ginsburg 0:1 IM Javier Moreno Carnero
IM Arno Zude 0:1 IM Martin Senff
FM Stephan Buchal 0:1 Erwin L'Ami
FM Dr. Erik Zude 1:0 IM Sebastian Siebrecht
FM Georg Haubt ½:½ Christian Scholz
Round 9 15th February 2004
Venue: Tegernsee
SC Kreuzberg 5,5:2,5 SK König Plauen
GM Zoltan Almasi ½:½ GM Stefan Kindermann
GM Jens-Uwe Maiwald ½:½ GM Lutz Espig
GM Raj Tischbierek 1:0 IM Viteslav Priehoda
GM Ralf Lau ½:½ FM Gunter Sandner
GM Sergey Kalinitschew ½:½ FM Michael Kuraszkiewicz
IM Karsten Volke 1:0 FM Ulrich Dirr
IM Drazen Muse ½:½ Thomas Espig
IM Stefan Loeffler 1:0 Lion Pfeufer
SF Neukölln 3,0:5,0 TV Tegernsee
GM Dr. Igor Stohl ½:½ GM Igor Khenkin
IM Stephan Berndt ½:½ GM Andrei Sokolov
IM Rainer Polzin ½:½ GM Zoltan Ribli
IM Dr. Martin Borriss ½:½ GM Klaus Bischoff
IM Dirk Poldauf 0:1 GM Uwe Boensch
IM Lars Thiede ½:½ GM Valery Beim
IM Michael Schwarz 0:1 GM Gerald Hertneck
FM Henrik Rudolf ½:½ GM Henrik Teske
Venue: Hamburg
Bremer SG 3,5:4,5 Hamburger SK
GM Konstantin Sakaev ½:½ GM Lubomir Ftacnik
GM Etienne Bacrot 1:0 GM Jan Gustafsson
GM Johann Hjartarson 0:1 GM Robert Kempinski
GM Evgenij Agrest ½:½ GM Sune Berg Hansen
GM Hannes Stefansson ½:½ GM Matthias Wahls
IM Gannadij Fish ½:½ GM Karsten Mueller
IM Ewgeni Gisbrecht ½:½ GM Michael Bezold
IM Martin Breutigam 0:1 IM Oliver Reeh
Venue: Stuttgart
SG Solingen 3,0:5,0 SC Baden-Oos
GM Predrag Nikolic ½:½ GM Viswanathan Anand
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov 0:1 GM Alexei Shirov
GM Artur Jussupow ½:½ GM Peter Svidler
GM Christian Gabriel ½:½ GM Rustem Dautov
GM Matthew Sadler 0:1 GM Philipp Schlosser
IM Alexander Naumann ½:½ GM Ludger Keitlinghaus
IM Jan Werle ½:½ IM Fabian Doettling
IM Michael Hoffmann ½:½ IM Andreas Schenk
SV Wattenscheid 5,5:2,5 Stuttgarter SF
GM Peter-Heine Nielsen 1:0 GM Eckhard Schmittdiel
GM Alexander Rustemov ½:½ FM Severin Papa
IM Ralf Appel ½:½ FM Andreas Reuss
GM Florian Handke 1:0 FM Gerhard Lorscheid
IM Dr. Frank Holzke ½:½ FM Thomas Heinatz
IM Dr. Volkmar Dinstuhl ½:½ FM Aleksandar Vuckovic
IM Holger Ellers ½:½ FM Wolfgang Schmid
FM Timo Straeter 1:0 Oskar Mock
Venue: St Ingbert
SG Porz 6,5:1,5 SV Hofheim
GM Christopher Lutz ½:½ GM Stanislav Savchenko
GM Loek Van Wely 1:0 GM Joerg Hickl
GM Ulf Andersson 1:0 IM Sergei Krivoshey
GM Alexander G Beliavsky 1:0 IM Gennadi Ginsburg
GM Alexander Graf 1:0 IM Arno Zude
GM Rafael A Vaganian 1:0 FM Oliver Brendel
GM Curt Hansen ½:½ FM Dr. Erik Zude
GM Erik Van den Doel ½:½ FM Georg Haubt
SF Katernberg 7,0:1,0 SCA St. Ingbert
GM Andrei Volokitin 1:0 GM Cyril Marcelin
GM Vladimir Chuchelov 1:0 GM Vladimir Lazarev
GM Igor V Glek 1:0 IM Emmanuel Bricard
IM Javier Moreno Carnero ½:½ Dennis Drollinger
IM Martin Senff ½:½ GM Slobodan Martinovic
Erwin L'Ami 1:0 FM Georg Gross
IM Sebastian Siebrecht 1:0 Thomas Mackensy
Christian Scholz 1:0 Andreas Bock
Bundesliga 2003/2004 Round 9 Standings
1. SG Porz 9 53,5 17:1
2. SC Baden-Oos 9 51,0 17:1
3. TV Tegernsee 8 38,5 12:4
4. SV Werder Bremen 8 37,0 12:4
5. Hamburger SK 8 42,0 11:5
6. SG Solingen 9 39,0 10:8
7. Bremer SG 8 36,0 10:6
8. SF Katernberg 9 36,0 8:10
9. SV Wattenscheid 9 35,5 8:10
10. SF Neukölln 8 32,0 8:8
11. SC Kreuzberg 8 30,0 6:10
12. SK König Plauen 8 19,0 4:12
13. SCA St. Ingbert 8 17,0 2:14
14. SV Hofheim 8 19,0 1:15
15. Stuttgarter SF 9 18,5 0:18
The 2nd Breizh Masters take place in Guingamp, France 12th-21st February
2004. The event is a 6 player double round robin.
Internet coverage: http://echiquierguingampais.free.fr/
2nd Breizh Masters Guingamp FRA (FRA), 12-21 ii 2004cat. XI (2510)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2606 ** 1. =. 1. .. 1. 3.5 2841
2 Bagheri, Amir g IRI 2534 0. ** 1. =. 1. .. 2.5 2606
3 Wirig, Anthony m FRA 2418 =. 0. ** .. =. 1. 2.0 2512
4 Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2590 0. =. .. ** =. 1. 2.0 2512
5 Gozzoli, Yannick m FRA 2430 .. 0. =. =. ** 0. 1.0 2312
6 Le Roux, Jean-Pierre f FRA 2480 0. .. 0. 0. 1. ** 1.0 2318
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2nd Breizh Masters B Guingamp FRA (FRA), 13-21 ii 2004 cat. IV (2334)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Mullon, Jean-Baptiste f FRA 2325 * = . . . . 1 . 1 . 2.5 2674
2. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2461 = * = . . . . 1 . . 2.0 2469
3. Velikov, Petar g BUL 2447 . = * . . 1 . = . . 2.0 2420
4. Parmentier, Xavier f FRA 2335 . . . * = = . = . . 1.5 2234
5. Dourerassou, Jonathan FRA 2276 . . . = * . . . = = 1.5 2341
6. Alanic, Xavier FRA 2164 . . 0 = . * . . . 1 1.5 2369
7. Vandevoort, Pascal f BEL 2379 0 . . . . . * . = 1 1.5 2338
8. Terrieux, Kevin FRA 2262 . 0 = = . . . * . . 1.0 2289
9. Laurent, Bruno f BEL 2363 0 . . . = . = . * . 1.0 2201
10. Berthelot, Yannick f FRA 2327 . . . . = 0 0 . . * 0.5 2000
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Alongside the masters is the 8th Guingamp Open which takes place
14th-21st February 2004.
Top 10 players Open
Bela Badea 2509
Julian Radulski 2492
Sergey Kasparov 2486
Alexandre Sulypa 2479
Yuri Solodovnichenko 2474
Elena Luminita Cosma 2426
Dimitar Marholev 2412
Aleksandar Colovic 2409
Nanko Dobrev 2402
Roman Moltchanov 2395
There was a "Complete Chess" Match between the young talents Daniel
Stellwagen (16, The Netherlands) and David Baramidze (15, Germany). The players
will play four games in the Centre Ceramique in Maastricht, The Netherlands
10th-13th February 2004. The players were allowed to use computers like in
advanced chess and used time limits from classical chess. Both players were
free to use ChessBase software during the game. The available time was 40 moves
in 2 hours and 20 moves in 1 hour. Thereafter, 15 minutes and 30 seconds per
move. The organisers called the result 'complete chess'.
Stellwagen beat Baramidze 2.5-1.5 after winning the final game.
Official site: http://www.chessevents.nl
Baramidze, David - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 44 B76 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Stellwagen, Daniel - Baramidze, David 1-0 41 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Baramidze, David - Stellwagen, Daniel 1/2 35 B49 Sicilian Paulsen
Stellwagen, Daniel - Baramidze, David 1-0 49 C42 Petroff's Defence
Complete Chess m Maastricht NED (NED), 10-13 ii 2004
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1 2 3 4
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Stellwagen, Daniel m NED 2489 0 1 = 1 2.5 2551
Baramidze, David m GER 2456 1 0 = 0 1.5 2402
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The 13th IPCC Computer tournament in Paderborn was won by the UAE PAL
Group of Chrilly Donninger, Alex Kure and Ulf Lorenz. In addition Erdogan
Günes wrote the openings book. Hydra was held to just one draw by
Shredder. Shredder was defeated by Fritz which in turn lost to the winner.
Further info: http://www.chessbase.com,
http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm
(the CC-Calendar with news of the above event and the CCT-6 tournaments it has
a large database of CC games)
Official site: http://www.uni-paderborn.de/~IPCCC/.
The winners website is: http://www.hydrachess.com/
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13th IPCC Paderborn GER (GER), 11-19 ii 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1. HYDRA 1.02 UAE + 7 +12 + 2 +11 + 4 = 3 + 6 6.5
2. FRITZ PADERBORN GER +14 +10 - 1 + 3 +11 + 6 = 4 5.5
3. SHREDDER GER + 4 + 6 =11 - 2 +10 = 1 + 8 5.0
4. IKARUS 0.34 GER - 3 +13 + 9 + 8 - 1 + 5 = 2 4.5
5. GANDALF 6.0 DEN - 9 +16 -10 +14 +12 - 4 +11 4.0
6. DIEP NED +13 - 3 +12 =10 + 9 - 2 - 1 3.5
7. PATZER GER - 1 = 8 =14 -12 +13 =11 +16 3.5
8. ISICHESS GER -12 = 7 +15 - 4 +14 +10 - 3 3.5
9. QUARK GER + 5 -11 - 4 +16 - 6 +15 =10 3.5
10. ANACONDA 1.6.2 GER +15 - 2 + 5 = 6 - 3 - 8 = 9 3.0
11. YACE 0.99.83 GER +16 + 9 = 3 - 1 - 2 = 7 - 5 3.0
12. PARSOS GER + 8 - 1 - 6 + 7 - 5 -13 +15 3.0
13. THE BARON NED - 6 - 4 =16 =15 - 7 +12 +14 3.0
14. COMET B69 GER - 2 =15 = 7 - 5 - 8 +16 -13 2.0
15. MATADOR III GER -10 =14 - 8 =13 =16 - 9 -12 1.5
16. BLACKBISHOP GER -11 - 5 =13 - 9 =15 -14 - 7 1.0
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The 12th Valle d'Aosta Open took place in St-Vincent, Italy 8th-15th
February 2004. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu took clear first with 7.5/9 half a point
clear of Mikhail Gurevich, Michael Roiz and Vitali Golod. News Lanfranco
Bombelli and games from Zenon Franco.
Official coverage: http://www.scacchivda.com/
Leading Round 9 Standings:
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12th Aosta Open St Vincent ITA (ITA), 8-18 ii 2004
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1. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2678 7.5 54.0 2748 +0.66
2. Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2656 7.0 56.0 2693 +0.34
3. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2544 7.0 53.5 2675 +1.42
4. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2544 7.0 52.0 2628 +0.88
5. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2600 6.5 53.0 2610 +0.06
6. Efimov, Igor g ITA 2505 6.5 53.0 2644 +1.29
7. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2634 6.5 52.5 2568 -0.61
8. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2511 6.5 52.0 2591 +0.92
9. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2439 6.5 51.5 2591 +1.82
10. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2548 6.5 49.5 2515 -0.34
11. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2596 6.5 49.5 2506 -0.79
12. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2546 6.5 48.5 2522 -0.25
13. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2477 6.5 48.0 2512 +0.38
14. D'Amore, Carlo m ITA 2441 6.5 46.0 2498 +0.65
15. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2485 6.5 44.0 2461 -0.25
16. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2537 6.0 52.5 2518 -0.21
17. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2624 6.0 52.0 2526 -1.02
18. Saldano, Horacio m ARG 2424 6.0 51.0 2539 +1.41
19. Godena, Michele g ITA 2515 6.0 49.0 2538 +0.24
20. Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2524 6.0 48.5 2447 -0.93
21. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2416 6.0 48.5 2524 +1.32
22. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2462 6.0 48.0 2521 +0.69
23. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2475 6.0 48.0 2476 -0.03
24. Soylu, Suat m TUR 2411 6.0 47.5 2453 +0.78
25. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2557 6.0 46.5 2391 -1.65
26. Joksic, Sinisa m SCG 2335 6.0 46.0 2410 +0.76
27. Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2375 6.0 45.5 2365 -0.12
28. Abeln, Michiel NED 2291 6.0 42.5 2386 +1.14
29. Giffard, Nicolas m FRA 2345 6.0 41.0 2330 -0.21
30. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2583 5.5 54.5 2510 -0.80
31. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2394 5.5 51.0 2469 +0.91
32. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2311 5.5 50.0 2429 +1.45
33. Brady, Stephen f IRL 2362 5.5 49.5 2386 +0.28
34. Prie, Eric g FRA 2429 5.5 48.5 2402 -0.35
35. Welling, Gerard m NED 2373 5.5 48.0 2384 +0.10
36. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2603 5.5 47.5 2451 -1.61
37. Lanzani, Mario m ITA 2352 5.5 47.5 2410 +0.73
38. Sedina, Elena m ITA 2393 5.5 47.0 2410 +0.19
39. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2409 5.5 46.5 2417 +0.10
40. O'Cinneide, Mel IRL 2256 5.5 46.5 2313 +0.66
41. Bayram, Yakup f TUR 2292 5.5 45.5 2283 -0.08
42. Tomba, Ivan ITA 2236 5.5 45.0 2406 +1.86
43. Dittmar, Peter f GER 2369 5.5 44.5 2327 -0.53
44. Friedrich, Norbert f GER 2288 5.5 43.0 2247 -0.44
45. Buchicchio, Gianpaolo ITA 2294 5.5 42.0 2262 -0.35
46. Sautto, Daniele ITA 2114 5.5 40.0 2193 +0.58
162 players
A France-China 8 round Scheveningen Match took place in Cannes, 7th-15th
February 2004. Final Round 8 score: France 9.5 - China 22.5. Alongside was an
international open won by Simen Agdestein (no games available). Both events
were part of the 19th Festival of games in Cannes.
Official Site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/ and
http://www.cannes-echecs.org
FRA-CHN Match Cannes FRA (FRA), 7-15 ii 2004
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1 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2606 +5 +7 +6 +8 =5 -7 =6 +8 6.0 2649
2 Zhao Xue wg CHN 2449 +6 =8 +5 +7 =6 =8 =5 +7 6.0 2649
3 Ni Hua f CHN 2560 +7 +5 +8 -6 -7 =5 +8 +6 5.5 2597
4 Xu Yuanyuan wg CHN 2381 -8 +6 +7 -5 +8 =6 +7 =5 5.0 2551
5 Fontaine, Robert g FRA 2532 -1 -3 -2 +4 =1 =3 =2 =4 3.0 2412
6 Abergel, Thal m FRA 2441 -2 -4 -1 +3 =2 =4 =1 -3 2.5 2358
7 Guidarelli, Laurent m FRA 2449 -3 -1 -4 -2 +3 +1 -4 -2 2.0 2306
8 Sebag, Marie m FRA 2404 +4 =2 -3 -1 -4 =2 -3 -1 2.0 2306
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Open Final Round 9 Standings:
1 g AGDESTEIN Simen 2585 NOR 7,0 2678 46,0 2678
2 g PALAC Mladen 2566 CRO 7,0 2664 46,0 2664
3 g MINASIAN Artashes 2582 ARM 6,5 2625 44,5 2625
4 g LALIC Bogdan 2518 ENG 6,5 2587 44,0 2590
5 g SHCHEKACHEV Andrei 2520 RUS 6,5 2582 40,0 2576
6 g BAUER Christian 2599 FRA 6,5 2563 43,0 2553
7 g IVANOV Mikhail M 2421 RUS 6,5 2536 44,5 2536
8 g DRAZIC Sinisa 2499 SCG 6,5 2533 43,5 2531
9 m DUNIS Aurelien 2412 FRA 6,5 2520 42,5 2520
10 m WOHL Aleksandar H. 2398 AUS 6,5 2461 41,0 2461
11 m GORMALLY Daniel 2471 ENG 6,5 2453 40,0 2438
12 m BOJKOV Dejan 2415 BUL 6,5 2425 39,0 2425
13 AMIGUES Emmanuel 2352 FRA 6,5 2410 39,5 2411
14 m MARZOLO Cyril 2462 FRA 6,5 2406 38,5 2377
15 f FUCAK Emilijo 2316 CRO 6,5 2402 38,5 2406
16 g DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc 2566 FRA 6,0 2474 41,5 2460
17 GAUDINEAU Eric 2328 FRA 6,0 2465 39,0 2480
18 m KALANTARIAN Norik 2461 ARM 6,0 2457 41,5 2457
19 m CORNETTE Matthieu 2392 FRA 6,0 2453 40,5 2458
20 f SARTHOU Gaetan 2349 FRA 6,0 2434 41,5 2443
21 g SKEMBRIS Spyridon 2442 GRE 6,0 2432 40,5 2432
22 gf PAEHTZ Elisabeth 2399 GER 6,0 2401 41,5 2401
23 m CLAVERIE Christophe 2310 FRA 6,0 2383 39,0 2390
24 AGUETTAZ Maxime 2344 FRA 6,0 2364 38,0 2368
25 m GODARD Maxence 2354 FRA 6,0 2222 34,5 2203
26 OUAKHIR Mehdi 2194 MAR 6,0 2206 36,5 2205
189 players
The AS04 Centenary 2004 9 round Open International Swiss Tournament
took place in Copenhagen, Denmark February 7th-15th 2004. The event celebrated
the centenary of the Chess Club "Arbejdernes Skakforening af 1904".
Further information: http://www.as04.dk
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1. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2518 + 57 + 44 + 38 + 16 + 5 - 2 + 12 = 11 + 8 7.5 2560
2. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2523 = 75 + 59 + 33 + 10 + 31 + 1 = 6 = 3 + 12 7.5 2580
3. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2625 + 41 + 24 = 11 + 14 = 4 = 8 + 21 = 2 + 16 7.0 2499
4. Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2447 + 67 = 33 + 23 + 37 = 3 + 13 = 10 = 6 + 14 7.0 2510
5. Hermansson, Emil m SWE 2429 + 45 + 50 + 9 + 34 - 1 = 21 = 14 + 31 + 11 7.0 2445
6. Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2450 + 43 = 35 + 25 = 11 + 34 + 16 = 2 = 4 = 7 6.5 2416
7. Bromann, Thorbjorn f DEN 2371 + 62 + 42 + 26 - 31 - 21 + 23 + 44 + 10 = 6 6.5 2353
8. Christensen, Bo Garner DEN 2296 - 60 + 80 + 28 + 77 + 24 = 3 + 25 + 15 - 1 6.5 2361
9. Danielsen, Heini FAI 2165 + 84 + 40 - 5 = 32 + 90 - 10 + 52 + 47 + 21 6.5 2288
10. Lund, Esben f DEN 2289 + 36 = 29 + 19 - 2 + 63 + 9 = 4 - 7 + 34 6.0 2335
11. Olsen, Heini f FAI 2255 + 83 + 58 = 3 = 6 = 39 + 33 + 13 = 1 - 5 6.0 2424
12. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2451 + 28 + 61 = 37 + 22 = 13 + 31 - 1 + 26 - 2 6.0 2409
13. Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2393 + 55 = 23 + 47 + 20 = 12 - 4 - 11 + 39 + 38 6.0 2326
14. Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2388 + 76 = 25 + 35 - 3 + 47 + 38 = 5 + 18 - 4 6.0 2357
15. Jaksland, Tim DEN 2298 + 81 + 63 - 34 = 27 + 42 = 20 + 38 - 8 + 33 6.0 2248
16. Jorgensen, Per Henrik Dorff DEN 2265 + 74 + 51 + 21 - 1 + 44 - 6 + 61 + 24 - 3 6.0 2372
17. Brondum, Eric DEN 2214 = 87 = 75 = 62 + 48 = 32 = 52 + 29 = 23 + 40 6.0 2150
18. Vovk, Oksana wm DEN 2122 - 78 + 79 - 74 + 80 + 68 + 85 + 22 - 14 + 31 6.0 2239
19. Costello, Colin ENG 2041 + 99 = 22 - 10 +100 - 20 = 83 + 60 + 44 + 37 6.0 2269
20. Lonborg, Morten DEN 2190 + 65 = 48 + 29 - 13 + 19 = 15 - 31 = 32 + 55 5.5 2195
21. Damm, Kasper Wilken DEN 2169 + 79 + 60 - 16 + 81 + 7 = 5 - 3 + 25 - 9 5.5 2285
22. Pedersen, Hans Dahl DEN 2198 + 68 = 19 + 48 - 12 + 41 = 39 - 18 + 55 = 23 5.5 2155
23. Aabling-Thomsen, Jakob DEN 2108 + 73 = 13 - 4 + 60 + 59 - 7 + 56 = 17 = 22 5.5 2259
24. Bogdanov, Dimitri DEN 2140 + 71 - 3 + 68 + 56 - 8 = 27 + 41 - 16 + 49 5.5 2219
25. Nielsen, Nicholas DEN 2105 + 72 = 14 - 6 + 83 + 46 + 37 - 8 - 21 + 54 5.5 2253
26. Royset, Paal NOR 2254 + 56 +101 - 7 = 41 = 27 + 49 + 34 - 12 = 28 5.5 2215
27. Kaaber, Jacob DEN 2049 + 93 +100 - 31 = 15 = 26 = 24 - 33 + 56 + 50 5.5 2240
28. Knudsen, Jes West DEN 2011 - 12 + 82 - 8 + 71 + 86 = 35 = 50 + 61 = 26 5.5 2233
29. Christensen, Jan N DEN 2083 +102 = 10 - 20 - 59 + 72 + 54 - 17 + 76 + 46 5.5 2150
30. Lubson,Paul DEN ---- -100 + 98 - 32 - 61 = 78 + 91 + 77 + 58 + 47 5.5 2148
31. Naes, Flovin Tor f FAI 2270 + 54 + 52 + 27 + 7 - 2 - 12 + 20 - 5 - 18 5.0 2289
32. Mortensen, Henrik DEN 2040 + 98 - 38 + 30 = 9 = 17 - 34 + 74 = 20 = 42 5.0 2156
33. Nilsson, Nils S DEN 2126 + 88 = 4 - 2 + 45 + 76 - 11 + 27 = 37 - 15 5.0 2237
34. Paaske, Asger DEN 2165 + 89 + 78 + 15 - 5 - 6 + 32 - 26 + 36 - 10 5.0 2228
35. Nielsen, Jacob Woge DEN 2128 + 46 = 6 - 14 = 62 + 89 = 28 - 55 = 41 + 68 5.0 2106
36. Andersen,Jacob G DEN ---- - 10 + 97 = 51 - 47 + 53 + 42 = 49 - 34 + 63 5.0 2160
37. Kongsted, Christian DEN 2258 +104 + 49 = 12 - 4 + 51 - 25 + 39 = 33 - 19 5.0 2199
38. Romsdal, Trond NOR 2198 + 66 + 32 - 1 + 75 + 73 - 14 - 15 + 68 - 13 5.0 2217
39. Jensen, Soren DEN 2109 - 59 + 84 + 87 + 74 = 11 = 22 - 37 - 13 + 60 5.0 2164
40. Jensen,Lars Max DEN ---- + 85 - 9 - 44 + 94 - 49 + 43 + 51 + 53 - 17 5.0 2165
41. Skovgaard, Peter2 DEN 2035 - 3 + 71 + 86 = 26 - 22 + 90 - 24 = 35 + 65 5.0 2192
42. Nielsen, Jens Holm DEN 2091 + 92 - 7 = 60 + 72 - 15 - 36 + 87 + 48 = 32 5.0 2116
43. Christensen, Rene Baarup DEN 1994 - 6 - 46 + 91 - 86 + 82 - 40 + 70 + 71 + 59 5.0 2093
44. Frederiksen, Henrik DEN 2140 + 90 - 1 + 40 + 89 - 16 + 74 - 7 - 19 + 67 5.0 2163
45. Olsen, Miriam F DEN 1980 - 5 + 95 =100 - 33 = 66 = 87 + 80 = 63 + 61 5.0 2156
46. Forsa,Espen NOR ---- - 35 + 43 + 52 = 63 - 25 = 58 + 89 = 50 - 29 4.5 2062
47. Hansen, Lars-Henrik Bech DEN 2097 = 70 + 69 - 13 + 36 - 14 + 76 + 59 - 9 - 30 4.5 2098
48. Larsen, Knud DEN 1960 + 64 = 20 - 22 - 17 + 69 - 50 + 90 - 42 + 79 4.5 2117
49. Skjoldan, Benjamin DEN 2080 + 97 - 37 + 78 - 73 + 40 - 26 = 36 + 83 - 24 4.5 2072
50. Nohr, Finn DEN 2121 + 95 - 5 = 83 - 76 + 88 + 48 = 28 = 46 - 27 4.5 2043
51. Pallesen, Jacob DEN 2051 + 96 - 16 = 36 + 64 - 37 = 60 - 40 = 59 + 83 4.5 2084
52. Auchenberg, Per DEN 2082 + 94 - 31 - 46 + 79 + 81 = 17 - 9 - 54 + 74 4.5 2060
53. Hald, Jens Erik Kofoed DEN 2188 = 80 = 87 - 89 = 66 - 36 + 88 + 62 - 40 + 81 4.5 1969
54. Olsen,Casper DEN ---- - 31 - 86 + 97 + 78 = 77 - 29 + 75 + 52 - 25 4.5 2071
55. Bue, Gunnar NOR 1954 - 13 - 73 +102 = 88 + 64 + 63 + 35 - 22 - 20 4.5 2138
56. Hoj,Preben DEN ---- - 26 + 99 + 58 - 24 = 75 + 77 - 23 - 27 + 76 4.5 2071
57. Hasling, Rolf Hjortkjaer DEN 2033 - 1 = 90 - 73 - 69 + 99 + 72 = 65 = 79 + 84 4.5 2057
58. Tolstrup, Thomas DEN 2044 +103 - 11 - 56 + 84 - 74 = 46 + 66 - 30 + 80 4.5 2028
59. Jensen, Soren DEN ---- + 39 - 2 =101 + 29 - 23 + 75 - 47 = 51 - 43 4.0 2073
60. Petersen, Nils DEN 1989 + 8 - 21 = 42 - 23 +100 = 51 - 19 + 69 - 39 4.0 2079
61. Nielsen, Borge Hjerrild DEN 2132 + 82 - 12 - 81 + 30 + 62 + 73 - 16 - 28 - 45 4.0 2015
62. Thestrup, Sixten DEN 1920 - 7 + 92 = 17 = 35 - 61 = 66 - 53 + 90 = 64 4.0 2099
63. Andersen, Rune DEN 2095 + 91 - 15 + 66 = 46 - 10 - 55 + 81 = 45 - 36 4.0 2003
64. Nielsen, Jorgen G DEN 2245 - 48 + 65 = 77 - 51 - 55 + 84 = 83 = 74 = 62 4.0 1952
65. Delager,Steen DEN ---- - 20 - 64 - 94 + 93 + 70 = 67 = 57 + 89 - 41 4.0 2000
66. Marshall,Michael DEN ---- - 38 + 85 - 63 = 53 = 45 = 62 - 58 + 96 = 73 4.0 2034
67. Standal, Bard NOR 1981 - 4 - 88 + 92 + 82 - 85 = 65 = 79 + 73 - 44 4.0 2052
68. Schmidt, Horst Hubert DEN 1903 - 22 + 91 - 24 + 70 - 18 + 86 + 73 - 38 - 35 4.0 2044
69. Jensen,Jonbert FAI ---- = 77 - 47 - 90 + 57 - 48 = 82 + 95 - 60 + 87 4.0 1973
70. Petersen, Jesper Guldager DEN ---- = 47 - 77 = 80 - 68 - 65 +103 - 43 + 93 + 88 4.0 1964
71. Joensen,Hjalmar FAI ---- - 24 - 41 + 99 - 28 + 98 - 89 + 92 - 43 + 86 4.0 1966
72. Nielsen,Erik DEN ---- - 25 = 76 +104 - 42 - 29 - 57 + 97 = 87 + 89 4.0 1974
73. Bergvoll,Mats NOR ---- - 23 + 55 + 57 + 49 - 38 - 61 - 68 - 67 = 66 3.5 1963
74. Jensen,Orla DEN ---- - 16 + 96 + 18 - 39 + 58 - 44 - 32 = 64 - 52 3.5 2036
75. Nielsen, John Holm DEN 2034 = 2 = 17 + 88 - 38 = 56 - 59 - 54 - 84 + 97 3.5 2023
76. Moller, Arne DEN 1943 - 14 = 72 + 93 + 50 - 33 - 47 + 78 - 29 - 56 3.5 2010
77. Werner, Gert DEN 2070 = 69 + 70 = 64 - 8 = 54 - 56 - 30 - 80 + 94 3.5 1980
78. Christensen,Aage DEN ---- + 18 - 34 - 49 - 54 = 30 +101 - 76 - 88 + 96 3.5 1960
79. Overby,Lars DEN ---- - 21 - 18 + 96 - 52 = 91 + 94 = 67 = 57 - 48 3.5 1958
80. Hansen,Henrik Damgaard DEN ---- = 53 - 8 = 70 - 18 +102 = 81 - 45 + 77 - 58 3.5 1986
81. Moller, Frederik Ost DEN 1897 - 15 +102 + 61 - 21 - 52 = 80 - 63 + 82 - 53 3.5 2027
82. Raahauge,Hans DEN ---- - 61 - 28 + 98 - 67 - 43 = 69 + 91 - 81 + 95 3.5 1921
83. Dalso, Harry DEN ---- - 11 +103 = 50 - 25 +101 = 19 = 64 - 49 - 51 3.5 2025
84. Nielsen,Palle DEN ---- - 9 - 39 +103 - 58 = 94 - 64 + 86 + 75 - 57 3.5 1990
85. Larsen, Peter DEN 2274 - 40 - 66 + 95 + 87 + 67 - 18 . . . 3.0 2017
86. Bang Nielsen,Poul DEN ---- -101 + 54 - 41 + 43 - 28 - 68 - 84 + 92 - 71 3.0 1874
87. Klos,Bjarne DEN ---- = 17 = 53 - 39 - 85 + 95 = 45 - 42 = 72 - 69 3.0 1970
88. Caceres,Cipriano Sande DEN ---- - 33 + 67 - 75 = 55 - 50 - 53 = 94 + 78 - 70 3.0 1919
89. Ohayv, Nikolaj DEN 1906 - 34 + 94 + 53 - 44 - 35 + 71 - 46 - 65 - 72 3.0 1944
90. Larsen,Hans Haagen DEN ---- - 44 = 57 + 69 +101 - 9 - 41 - 48 - 62 = 91 3.0 1909
91. Gade,Jens DEN ---- - 63 - 68 - 43 + 96 = 79 - 30 - 82 + 98 = 90 3.0 1874
92. Bonnor,Clemens DEN ---- - 42 - 62 - 67 = 99 = 93 + 98 - 71 - 86 +102 3.0 1874
93. Raugstad,Oddvar NOR ---- - 27 =104 - 76 - 65 = 92 - 95 +103 - 70 + 99 3.0 1874
94. Mollmann,Erik DEN ---- - 52 - 89 + 65 - 40 = 84 - 79 = 88 = 95 - 77 2.5 1840
95. Draeger,Michael DEN ---- - 50 - 45 - 85 + 97 - 87 + 93 - 69 = 94 - 82 2.5 1875
96. Hansen,Eilif Trier DEN ---- - 51 - 74 - 79 - 91 = 97 + 99 +102 - 66 - 78 2.5 1839
97. Behrmann,Lars DEN ---- - 49 - 36 - 54 - 95 = 96 +102 - 72 +103 - 75 2.5 1846
98. Vesterli,Michael DEN ---- - 32 - 30 - 82 +105 - 71 - 92 = 99 - 91 +103 2.5 1838
99. Vesterli,Sten DEN ---- - 19 - 56 - 71 = 92 - 57 - 96 = 98 +102 - 93 2.0 1788
100. Timmermans, Ivo NED 2237 + 30 - 27 = 45 - 19 - 60 . . . . 1.5 1862
101. Andersen, Daniel DEN 2053 + 86 - 26 = 59 - 90 - 83 - 78 . . . 1.5 1849
102. Kamp,Jorgen DEN ---- - 29 - 81 - 55 +103 - 80 - 97 - 96 - 99 - 92 1.0 1641
103. Mobeck,Torben DEN ---- - 58 - 83 - 84 -102 +105 - 70 - 93 - 97 - 98 1.0 1653
104. Holst,Peter DEN ---- - 37 = 93 - 72 . . . . . . 0.5 1813
105. BYE ---- . . . - 98 -103 . . . . 0.0
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The First Saturday February GM-IM-FM closed tournament for norms takes
place in Budapest, 7th-20th of February 2004. Csaba Varga left the IM event
after round 6.
Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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1. Almasi, Istvan m HUN 2425 * . = = . . 1 = 1 = . = . 1 5.5 2553
2. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2496 . * 0 . = 1 . 1 . . = = 1 1 5.5 2533
3. Livshits, Gaby m ISR 2400 = 1 * . 1 . 1 0 0 = . . 1 . 5.0 2539
4. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2498 = . . * = = . . = = 1 1 = . 5.0 2505
5. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2482 . = 0 = * = . = . . 1 . 1 1 5.0 2510
6. Belezky, Sasha m UKR 2405 . 0 . = = * = = = 1 . . . 1 4.5 2486
7. Papp, Gabor HUN 2420 0 . 0 . . = * . 1 1 0 = 1 . 4.0 2400
8. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2477 = 0 1 . = = . * . . = = 0 . 3.5 2368
9. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2450 0 . 1 = . = 0 . * = = = . . 3.5 2369
10. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson f VIE 2436 = . = = . 0 0 . = * . 1 . = 3.5 2359
11. Porat, Shi f ISR 2386 . = . 0 0 . 1 = = . * . = = 3.5 2392
12. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2326 = = . 0 . . = = = 0 . * . 1 3.5 2393
13. Banusz, Tamas f HUN 2372 . 0 0 = 0 . 0 1 . . = . * 1 3.0 2344
14. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2292 0 0 . . 0 0 . . . = = 0 0 * 1.0 2094
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1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2436 * = 1 . = 0 1 1 . . . + 1 6.0 2463
2. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2299 = * = . = 1 = . . . 1 . 1 5.0 2424
3. Pap, Gyula HUN 2226 0 = * . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . = 5.0 2424
4. Werner, Dimo m GER 2349 . . . * = = 1 = . = . 1 1 5.0 2427
5. Dub, Zeev f ISR 2270 = = . = * . . 0 = 1 1 1 . 5.0 2373
6. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2348 1 0 0 = . * 1 . 1 . = . . 4.0 2320
7. Steiner, Bruno AUT 2254 0 = 0 0 . 0 * . 1 1 1 . . 3.5 2236
8. Juhasz, Bela f HUN 2263 0 . . = 1 . . * 0 = = = . 3.0 2226
9. Rudolf, Anna HUN 2199 . . 0 . = 0 0 1 * = . + 0 3.0 2176
10. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2246 . . . = 0 . 0 = = * . 0 1 2.5 2160
11. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2130 . 0 0 . 0 = 0 = . . * . 1 2.0 2107
12. Varga, Csaba2 f HUN 2303 - . . 0 0 . . = - 1 . * = 2.0 2122
13. Vajda, Albert I ROM 2201 0 0 = 0 . . . . 1 0 0 = * 2.0 2080
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The X Villa de Coria del Rio Open takes place 11th-19th February 2004.
After 5 rounds Ivan Cheparinov leads on 4.5.
Internet coverage:
http://www.fsajedrez.com/torneos/coria04/coria04.htm
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X Open Coria del Rio ESP (ESP), 11-19 ii 2004
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1. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2550 4.5
2. Paunovic, Dragan m SCG 2517 4
3. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2566 4
4. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2503 4
5. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S m UZB 2452 4
6. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2504 4
7. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2458 4
8. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2490 4
9. Razmyslov, Alexander UKR 2337 4
10. Carrabeo Garcia, Manuel ESP 2105 4
11. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2382 3.5
12. Barria, Daniel f CHI 2351 3.5
13. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2406 3.5
14. Lopez Gonzalez, Daniel ESP 2113 3.5
15. Llorente, Jorge CUB 2295 3.5
75 players
With the Linares tournament about to start it seems a good time to
launch a new discussion forum. Vote on your prediction of the winner of
Linares. The TWIC message board. You need to register to post and vote.
Address: http://www.chesscenter.com/messageboard
The Association of Chess Professionals Board has sent a press release to
Boris Kutin, President of the European Union. Issues raised include hotel
prices at official and compulsary hotels during events, qualification places
for the World Championships from the European Individual Championships and
issues surrounding the European Club Cup.
Read OPEN LETTER FROM THE ACP TO THE ECU BOARD 11th Feb 2004 at
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/acp110204.html
Official site: http://www.chess-players.org
America's Foundation for Chess the sponsors of the US Championships have
a video promoting chess in schools which you can now see on the internet.
Go to the internet site: http://www.af4c.org/
The 13th Aurec Open rapid tournament took place 14th-15th February 2004.
Sections on Saturday and Sunday. Stefan Djuric won the Saturday section with
7.5/9 and Murtas Kazhgaleyev the Sunday section with 7.5/9, he also finished
second on Saturday.
Further details:
http://loirechecs.chez.tiscali.fr/20032004/Tournois/Aurec/Aurec.htm
Section A Saturday
1 g Djuric Stefan 2570 7,5 52,5 37,5 2646 2684
2 g Kazhgaleyev Murtas 2720 7,0 52,5 39,5 2595 2585
3 m Pham Minh Hoang 2245 7,0 48,0 36,0 2549 2608
4 g Popchev Milko 2471 6,5 53,5 38,0 2561 2571
5 m Todorov Ognjan 2530 6,5 53,5 35,0 2437 2403
6 m Benitah Yohan 2510 6,5 48,0 35,0 2474 2470
7 g Kosten Anthony C. 2400 6,0 48,5 30,0 2339 2338
8 Kuzev Jordan 2180 6,0 46,5 28,0 2350 2347
9 m Libiszewski Fabien 2480 6,0 46,0 29,5 2263 2231
10 Kukov Velislav 2233 6,0 43,0 30,5 2393 2390
57 players
Section A Sunday
1 g Kazhgaleyev Murtas 2720 KAZ 7,5 52,0 41,5 2740 2755
2 g Lalic Bogdan 2630 ENG 6,5 52,5 36,0 2594 2591
3 g Drazic Sinisa 2499 YUG 6,5 51,0 34,5 2574 2588
4 gf Safranska Anda 2330 LAT 6,5 39,5 31,0 2333 2395
5 g Djuric Stefan 2570 YUG 6,0 53,5 34,5 2554 2558
6 m Todorov Ognjan 2530 BUL 6,0 51,0 31,5 2471 2464
7 g Popchev Milko 2471 BUL 6,0 50,0 33,0 2535 2558
8 m Todorov Todor 2520 BUL 6,0 49,0 30,0 2450 2500
9 m Libiszewski Fabien 2480 FRA 6,0 47,5 32,5 2457 2468
10 Kukov Velislav 2233 BUL 6,0 45,0 28,0 2326 2332
45 players
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.
Games from Nancy now 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/
Gibraltar Masters. Osuna Vega, E - Dunn, An1 (7) was in fact Osuna Vega,
E - Heyl, T (7). Correction Matthew Tapp.
Chennai Round 1 result should be Ven 0-1 Muralidharan. Also Samsonkin
played Murali Krishnan,P not Murali Krishnan,B. My thanks to Maurice Ouvrier.
Also Herman van Riemsdijk sends a correction to the game Rodriguez -
Milos from the final round of the Itau Cup.
Jakarta GM
The Jakarta tournament in Indonesia takes place February 16th-25th
2004. 6 players double round robin: GM Utut Adianto, IM Danny Yuswanto, IM
Susanto Megaranto GM Zhu Chen, GM Antoaneta Stefanova, IM Hoang Than Trang.
Prize money $12,500 sponsored by Santoso Wirya boss of Makita and Lakoni
products.
Internet coverage: http://www.ruddylantangchess.com
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.
Internet coverage: http://www.ruv.is/skak
2nd Fraenkische Grossmeistertage
The 2nd Fraenkische Grossmeistertage tournament takes place in the
Hotel Pulvermuehle near Bayreuth. The hotel has a history of former World
Champions staying with them in the past such as Bobby Fischer, Mikhail
Botvinnik and Tigran Petrosian.
The tournament takes place February 18th-28th 2004 11 players from 5
countries compete in the Cat.11 round robin (Average 2516) GM section.
Players: Jonny Hector, Stuart Conquest, Arkadij Naiditsch, David
Baramidze, Daniel Stellwagen, Jan Gustafsson and Almira Skripchenko.
In addition there is an 8 round match between the two young IMs Arik
Braun and Jan Markos. News Axel Fritz.
Further details:
http://www.pulvermuehle2004.steffans-schachseiten.de/
Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2004
The Oslo Easter Chess Festival 2004 takes place 3rd-11th April 2004.
The main events are The Open Norwegian Championships 3rd-11th April
(Swiss tournament with chances for IM norms) and Oslo Young Masters 3rd-9th
April (international junior tournament).
Side events are rapid tournament 8th-9th April, blitz tournament 10th
April and team blitz tournament 4th April.
Further details:
http://home.online.no/~vichan/paske04/eng/indexa.html
Or contact: Victor Hansen email victorh@online.no, phone 0047 957 99
891.
Czech Tour 2004-2005
4th International Chess Festivals Series
15.-23.5. 2004 4th OPEN ZNOJMO (FIDE open, Open Women Championship of
the Czech Republic in active chess ?Znojemska kralovna ? The Znojmo Queen?,
tournament for girls up to 14 years of age, active chess tournament)
15.7.-1.8. 2004 15th CZECH OPEN ? Pardubice (5 FIDE opens, one of them
with GM and IM norm, Open European Amateurs Championship, Open Championship of
the Czech Republic of 4-member team tournament, in active chess, blitz
tournament, bughouse and Fischerandom chess, 14 tournaments altogether)
4.-12.8. 2004 7th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (FIDE open, closed GM and IM
tournaments, Open Seniors Championship of the Czech Republic, open tournament
of youngsters)
18.-26.9. 2004 1st OPEN HIGHLANDS ? Havlickuv Brod (Men Championship of
the Czech Republic - semifinals, FIDE open)
23.-30.10. 2004 5th OPEN LIBEREC (FIDE open)
14.-21.1. 2005 4th OPEN PRAHA (2 FIDE opens, one of them with IM norm)
22.-30.1. 2005 4th OPEN MARIANSKE LAZNE (FIDE open and 1-2 closed IM
tournaments)
More details e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz and
http:/www.czechtour.net
20th Budapest Spring Festival
The 20th Budapest Spring Festival is a 9 rounds Swiss Open Chess
Tournament 18th-27th March 2004. Organizer: Laszlo Nagy
e-mail:firstsat@hu.inter.net
Further details: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
Dos Hermanas
The IV Dos Hermanas international tournament takes place 25th March -
2nd April 2004.
http://www.marca.com/edicion/noticia/0,2458,443591,00.html
says Sergey Karjakin has agreed to play. I don't have further details.
http://www.doshermanas.net/ has
details of the V internet tournament.
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
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
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.
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/
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 March-August 2004
1.FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 6th-18th of March, org. NL. , 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
2. 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
3. 20th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL, 9 rounds Swiss Open, 18th-27th of
March, Org.Nagy Laszlo
4. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of April, org.NL.
5. SAVARIA-IM-2 closed, Szombathely, 19th-29th of April, org: Korpics
Zsolt;
6. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 1st-13th of May,
7. 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
8. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 5th-17th of June, Budapest, org.Nagy L.
9. 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/,
10. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 3rd-16th of July, Org: Nagy Laszlo,
11. 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
12. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 7th-19th of August 2004, org: NL.
13. 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
14. TALENTUM CUP Open 19th-27th of Aug. BALATONZAMARDI /200 km West
from Budapest/, organizer: MR VALIS, Janos e-mail: husi-sc@hu.inter.net
15. FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, 4th-16th of September, Org: NL.
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.
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
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
Western Canadian Open
The Western Canadian Open takes place 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/