THE WEEK IN CHESS 485 23rd February 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Linares
2004
3) 3rd Aeroflot Chess Festival
4) Jakarta GM
5) 2nd Fraenkische
Grossmeistertage
6) 2nd Breizh Masters
7) First Saturday February
8) Swedish
Teams
9) X Coria del Rio Open
10) VII
Malaga Open
11) 2nd Nancy International
12) 53rd Bulgarian Women's Championships
13) 26th Bulgarian Open Championship
14)
Comunic Masters
15) Rostov Region Championships
16) Andrew Martin Simul Record
17) FIDE
Championships in Libya
18) Forthcoming Events and
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Games section
Linares 2004 15 games
3rd Aeroflot Chess Festival 184 games
Jakarta GM 21 games
2nd Fraenkische Grossmeistertage 20 games
2nd Breizh Masters 48 games
First Saturday February 70 games
Swedish Teams 336 games
X Coria del Rio Open 56 games
VII Malaga Open 46 games
2nd Nancy International 45 games
Bulgarian Women's Championships 30 games
Comunic Masters 135 games
1006 games
My thanks to Gary Suffield, Klaus Steffan, Andrew Martin, Michael Yeo,
Christophe Philippe, Kristianus Liem, Laszlo Nagy, Miklos Orso, Francisco
Javier Rubio Doblas, Peter Kartal, John Henderson, Gabor Pali, Miklos Orso,
Nigel Freeman, Alexander Zyuzginov, Ravi Abhyankar, Leontxo García,
Michael Rahal, Pablo Sierra and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Linares tournament has, by and large been a big disappointment so
far. With only one decisive game and perhaps no more than half a dozen really
interesting other games the event hasn't taken off yet. On the good side round
5 showed a lot more content as all three games made it past the first time
control so perhaps that bodes well for the rest of the event. Part of the
problem I think is the lack of World Championship cycles which have
traditionally provided the motivation for improvement from players. FIDE are
reported to be on the verge of organising their World Championships in Libya
and along with the announcement that the Kramnik - Leko match is to go ahead we
might see some movement at the very top of international chess.
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).
After 5 rounds there has been just one decisive game, Leko's round 1 win
against Radjabov.
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
Round 1 (February 19, 2004)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 18 C45 Scotch Game
Shirov, Alexei - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 35 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Radjabov, Teimour - Leko, Peter 0-1 45 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Round 2 (February 20, 2004)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 21 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Kasparov, Garry - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 42 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Topalov, Veselin - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 35 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 3 (February 21, 2004)
Leko, Peter - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 41 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 53 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Radjabov, Teimour - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 4 (February 22, 2004)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 18 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 20 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Topalov, Veselin - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 39 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 5 (February 23, 2004)
Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 50 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kasparov, Garry - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 44 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Radjabov, Teimour - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 43 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
XXI SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 19 ii-5 iii 2004 cat. XX (2731)
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1 Leko, Peter g HUN 2722 ** =. =. .. .. =. 1. 2.5 / 4 2844
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2777 =. ** =. =. =. .. =. 2.5 / 5 2721
3 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2831 =. =. ** .. =. .. =. 2.0 / 4 2722
4 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2663 .. =. .. ** =. =. =. 2.0 / 4 2726
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2736 .. =. =. =. ** =. .. 2.0 / 4 2751
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2735 =. .. .. =. =. ** =. 2.0 / 4 2694
7 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2656 0. =. =. =. .. =. ** 2.0 / 5 2673
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The 3rd Aeroflot Festival takes place in Hotel Rossija in Moscow,
17th-26th February 2004. Valerij Filippov leads with two rounds to go on
6/7.
Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com
Leading Round 7 of 9 Standings:
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Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (RUS), 17-25 ii 2004
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1. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2609 6.0
2. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2682 5.5
3. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2676 5.5
4. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2617 5.5
5. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2640 5.5
6. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2602 5.5
7. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2654 5.5
8. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2628 5.5
198 players
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
Makita-Lakoni GM Jakarta IND (IND), 16-25 ii 2004 cat. X (2496)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Adianto, Utut g INA 2591 ** 1. 0= =1 =. 1. 4.5 2585
2 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2478 0. ** == 1. =. 11 4.5 2594
3 Zhu Chen g CHN 2495 1= == ** 0. =. 1. 4.0 2556
4 Juswanto, Denny m INA 2505 =0 0. 1. ** 11 =. 4.0 2551
5 Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2447 =. =. =. 00 ** 01 2.5 2396
6 Megaranto, Susanto m INA 2458 0. 00 0. =. 10 ** 1.5 2261
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The 2nd Fraenkische Grossmeistertage tournament takes place in the
Hotel Pulvermuehle near Bayreuth.
Official site:
http://www.pulvermuehle2004.steffans-schachseiten.de/
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II GM-Tage Pulvermuehle GER (GER), 19-28 ii 2004 cat. XI (2516)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2572 * = 1 . . = . 1 . . . 3.0 2700
2. Skripchenko, Almira wg FRA 2456 = * . . = . . . = . 1 2.5 2633
3. Bezold, Michael g GER 2456 0 . * . 1 . . . = 1 . 2.5 2641
4. Baramidze, David m GER 2456 . . . * . = . = . . 1 2.0 2661
5. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2561 . = 0 . * = 1 . . . . 2.0 2493
6. Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2543 = . . = = * . . . . = 2.0 2519
7. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2518 . . . . 0 . * . 1 = . 1.5 2537
8. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2576 0 . . = . . . * . . 1 1.5 2505
9. Doettling, Fabian g GER 2532 . = = . . . 0 . * = . 1.5 2400
10. Prusikin, Michael m GER 2519 . . 0 . . . = . = * . 1.0 2377
11. Stellwagen, Daniel m NED 2489 . 0 . 0 . = . 0 . . * 0.5 2185
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The 2nd Breizh Masters took place in Guingamp, France 12th-21st February
2004. The 6 player double round robin was won by Vladimir Baklan with 7.5/10.
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= == 11 =1 7.5 2683
2 Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2590 0= ** == =1 1= == 5.5 2529
3 Bagheri, Amir g IRI 2534 0= == ** 1= 00 11 5.0 2504
4 Wirig, Anthony m FRA 2418 == =0 0= ** 1= == 4.5 2492
5 Le Roux, Jean-Pierre f FRA 2480 00 0= 11 0= ** 1= 4.5 2479
6 Gozzoli, Yannick m FRA 2430 =0 == 00 == 0= ** 3.0 2376
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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. Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2461 * = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2485
2. Velikov, Petar g BUL 2447 = * = 0 1 1 1 1 = = 6.0 2446
3. Laurent, Bruno f BEL 2363 0 = * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2410
4. Vandevoort, Pascal f BEL 2379 = 1 = * 0 0 1 0 1 1 5.0 2371
5. Parmentier, Xavier f FRA 2335 = 0 0 1 * 1 = = 1 = 5.0 2376
6. Mullon, Jean-Baptiste f FRA 2325 = 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 = 1 5.0 2377
7. Dourerassou, Jonathan FRA 2276 = 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 = 1 5.0 2383
8. Alanic, Xavier FRA 2164 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 * 1 = 3.0 2227
9. Berthelot, Yannick f FRA 2327 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 * = 2.0 2114
10. Terrieux, Kevin FRA 2262 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 2.0 2121
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Alongside the masters was the 8th Guingamp Open which took place
14th-21st February 2004. No games available.
8th Guingamp Open 2004
Leading Round 9 Standings:
1 g SULYPA Alexandre UKR 2479 7,0 2543 53,5 57,0 2566
2 m KASPAROV Sergey BLR 2486 6,5 2568 56,5 58,5 2561
3 m SOLODOVNICHENKO Yuri UKR 2474 6,5 2528 56,0 58,5 2523
4 f CALISTRI Tristan FRA 2295 6,5 2474 52,5 55,5 2467
5 g BADEA Bela ROM 2509 6,5 2463 53,0 56,5 2440
6 COLIN Vincent FRA 2368 6,5 2425 52,5 56,0 2450
7 m RADULSKI Julian BUL 2492 6,5 2423 50,5 56,0 2446
8 COURSAGET Nicolas FRA 2316 6,5 2327 50,0 53,0 2320
9 MOLTCHANOV Roman FRA 2395 6,0 2408 52,5 56,5 2412
10 m MARHOLEV Dimitar BUL 2412 6,0 2345 50,5 54,0 2328
11 m DOBREV Nanko BUL 2402 6,0 2334 50,0 54,0 2324
12 g SPIRIDONOV Nikola BUL 2341 6,0 2326 49,5 54,5 2323
13 gf COSMA Elena Luminita ROM 2426 6,0 2307 51,5 54,5 2290
14 ALANIC Mickael FRA 2139 6,0 2280 49,0 53,5 2277
15 m COLOVIC Aleksandar MKD 2409 6,0 2249 47,5 52,0 2202
16 LUCO Alain FRA 2135 6,0 2232 48,5 53,0 2229
17 GUEZENNEC Franck FRA 2121 6,0 2222 46,0 49,5 2232
112 players
The First Saturday February GM-IM-FM closed tournament for norms took
place in Budapest, 7th-20th of February 2004. Levente Vajda won the GM event
with 9/13 half a point clear of Istvan Almasi. Dimo Werner won the IM event
with 9/13 half a point clear of Miklos Galyas with 8.5/12. Csaba Varga left the
IM event after round 6.
Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM February Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 ii 2004 cat. VII (2419)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2482 * = = = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2555
2. Almasi, Istvan m HUN 2425 = * = = 1 = = = = = = 1 1 1 8.5 2528
3. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2496 = = * 1 0 0 1 1 = = = = 1 1 8.0 2500
4. Belezky, Sasha m UKR 2405 = = 0 * = = = = = 1 1 = 0 1 7.0 2449
5. Papp, Gabor HUN 2420 = 0 1 = * 0 0 = = 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2447
6. Livshits, Gaby m ISR 2400 1 = 1 = 1 * = 0 0 = = 0 1 0 6.5 2420
7. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2498 = = 0 = 1 = * 0 1 = 1 = = 0 6.5 2412
8. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2477 = = 0 = = 1 1 * = = = = 0 = 6.5 2414
9. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2326 0 = = = = 1 0 = * 0 = = = 1 6.0 2397
10. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson f VIE 2436 0 = = 0 0 = = = 1 * = = 1 = 6.0 2388
11. Porat, Shi f ISR 2386 0 = = 0 1 = 0 = = = * = = = 5.5 2364
12. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2450 0 0 = = 0 1 = = = = = * = = 5.5 2359
13. Banusz, Tamas f HUN 2372 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 1 = 0 = = * 1 5.0 2335
14. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2292 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = 0 = = = 0 * 4.0 2287
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FSIM February Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 ii 2004 cat. I (2271)
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1. Werner, Dimo m GER 2349 * = = = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 9.0 2457
2. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2436 = * = = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 . 8.5 2464
3. Dub, Zeev f ISR 2270 = = * = = = 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 8.0 2396
4. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2299 = = = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 = . 7.5 2398
5. Pap, Gyula HUN 2226 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 . 7.0 2374
6. Steiner, Bruno AUT 2254 0 0 = = 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 . 6.0 2305
7. Szabo, Krisztian HUN 2348 = 1 0 0 0 1 * = 1 0 = 1 . 5.5 2261
8. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2130 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 . 4.0 2179
9. Juhasz, Bela f HUN 2263 = 0 1 = = 0 0 = * = 0 0 = 4.0 2146
10. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2246 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1 = 0 3.5 2115
11. Vajda, Albert I ROM 2201 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 = 3.5 2118
12. Rudolf, Anna HUN 2199 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 * . 2.5 2063
13. Varga, Csaba f HUN 2303 0 . 0 . . . . . = 1 = . * 2.0 2193
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Peter Kartal sends news of the Swedish Premier League which has reached
its 7th round. Games from the first 7 rounds are available. Round 8 is on the
28th Feb. rounds 9-11 - 12-14 March in Gothenburg.
Further details: http://www.schackcentralen.com/elit0304.asp
and http://www.Chess2Chess.com
Round 7 Standings:
1 SK Rockaden 43.5 14
2 Sollentuna SK 41.5 14
3 Limhamns SK 39.0 14
4 Skara SS 33.0 10
5 Södra SASS 25.0 6
6 SK Kamraterna 22.0 5
7 LASK 32.0.5 4
8 SK Passanten 22.0.5 4
9 Farsta SK 21.0 3
10 Schack 08 19.0.5 3
11 SS Manhem 22.0 2
12 Solna SS 14.5 1
The X Villa de Coria del Rio Open took place 11th-19th February 2004.
Oleg Korneev, Ivan Cheparinov and Carlos Matamoros Franco finished on 7/9.
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. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2566 7 41.0
2. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2550 7 38.5
3. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2490 7 37.5
4. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2504 6.5 38.5
5. Barria, Daniel f CHI 2351 6.5 37.5
6. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2406 6.5 35.0
7. Paunovic, Dragan m SCG 2517 6 41.0
8. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2503 6 40.5
9. Razmyslov, Alexander UKR 2337 6 38.0
10. Lopez Gonzalez, Daniel ESP 2113 6 36.0
11. Barrero Garcia, Carlos ESP 2339 6 33.5
12. Martin Perez, Javier ESP 2280 6 32.5
13. Salido Monge,Joaquin ESP ---- 6 31.0
14. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S m UZB 2452 5.5 39.0
15. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2382 5.5 38.5
16. Perez, Rodney m CUB 2458 5.5 38.0
17. Carrabeo Garcia, Manuel ESP 2105 5.5 36.5
18. Nieto Gonzalez, Ismael ESP ---- 5.5 30.5
19. Fernandez Quintero,Jose A ESP ---- 5.5 28.0
75 players
The VII Malaga Open takes place 21st-28th February 2004. After 3 rounds
Roberto Cifuentes Parada leads on 3/3. The time limit is 90 minutes + 30
seconds per move.
Internet coverage:
http://www.malagajedrez.org/open/04open/04open.htm
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VII Malaga Open Campillos ESP (ESP), 21-28 ii 2004
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1. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g ESP 2505 3 4.0 6.0
2. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2550 2.5 4.5 5.5
3. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2504 2.5 4.5 5.5
4. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2490 2.5 4.5 5.5
5. Collas, Didier m FRA 2436 2.5 4.5 5.5
6. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2436 2.5 4.5 5.5
7. Saldano, Horacio m ARG 2424 2.5 4.0 5.5
8. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S m UZB 2452 2.5 4.0 5.0
9. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2425 2.5 3.5 5.5
10. Yeo, Michael J ENG 2244 2.5 3.5 5.5
11. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2391 2.5 3.5 5.0
12. Adnoy, Hallvard V NOR 2211 2.5 3.5 5.0
13. Paunovic, Dragan m SCG 2517 2.5 3.0 5.0
14. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2429 2 5.0 5.0
15. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2566 2 4.5 4.5
16. Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A m COL 2349 2 4.5 4.0
17. Parfjonov, Pavel RUS 2250 2 4.5 4.0
18. Alonso, Rene m CUB 2371 2 3.5 4.5
19. Ivanov, Jordan m BUL 2406 2 3.5 4.0
20. Collas, Silvia wg FRA 2330 2 3.5 4.0
21. Nava Baro, Enrique ESP 2207 2 3.5 4.0
22. Kirkebo, Carl Peter NOR 2199 2 3.5 4.0
23. Buijs Martin,Urtzi ESP ---- 2 3.0 3.0
24. Blanco Villalba, Jose Francisco ESP ---- 2 3.0 3.0
25. Gutierrez Castillo, Paloma wf ESP 2114 2 2.5 4.0
26. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2504 2 2.5 3.0
27. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2382 1.5 5.0 4.0
28. Suba, Mihai g ROM 2522 1.5 4.5 4.0
29. Gamundi Salamanca, Antonio m ESP 2448 1.5 4.0 3.5
30. Bolle, Leendert ESP 2042 1.5 4.0 2.0
31. Naranjo Moreno,Antonio ESP ---- 1.5 3.5 2.5
32. Villalobos Luque, Jose Manuel ESP ---- 1.5 3.5 2.5
33. Garcia Guitian, Angel ESP ---- 1.5 3.5 2.0
34. Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Fermin ESP ---- 1.5 3.5 2.0
35. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2488 1 5.0 3.0
63 players
The 2nd international Chess Festival in Nancy (France) took place
16th-22nd February 2004. Vladimir Okhotnik won the Category III top event with
7/9. This was one of 7 round robin tournaments with a total of 70 players. The
B Tournament was average elo 2132 and won by the young German hope Martin
Becker (Elo 2261) with 7/9.
Internet coverage: http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr
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2nd IM Nancy FRA (FRA), 16-22 ii 2004 cat. III (2307)
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1. Okhotnik, Vladimir m UKR 2445 * = = 1 1 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2511
2. Gouliev, Namig m AZE 2453 = * = 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2415
3. Nguyen Chi Minh FRA 2375 = = * = 0 1 = 0 1 1 5.0 2342
4. Spielmann, Alain f FRA 2257 0 1 = * = = 0 1 = 1 5.0 2355
5. Prakken, Gerrit f NED 2272 0 0 1 = * = 1 1 = = 5.0 2353
6. Adrian, Claude m FRA 2318 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2348
7. Stark, Lars GER 2229 0 0 = 1 0 = * = = 1 4.0 2272
8. Milliet, Sophie wm FRA 2326 = 0 1 0 0 0 = * = 1 3.5 2224
9. Chau, Olivier FRA 2153 = = 0 = = 0 = = * 0 3.0 2198
10. Paci, Cedric FRA 2240 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 2041
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Rumen Angelo of the Bulgarian Chess Federation sends news of the 53rd
Bulgarian Women's Championships which take place 17th-27th February 2004.
Margarita Voiska leads the event.
Bulgarian Chess Federation: http://chessbg.com/
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53rd ch-BUL w Sofia BUL (BUL), 17-27 ii 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2358 * . = . . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 4.5 2574
2. Chilingirova, Pavlina wm BUL 2201 . * . . = . 0 1 . 1 1 . 3.5 2315
3. Djingarova, Emilia wg BUL 2344 = . * = . . 1 0 . . . 1 3.0 2272
4. Jordanova-Besheva, Svetla BUL 2165 . . = * = . = = . 1 . . 3.0 2294
5. Savova, Stefka wm BUL 2163 . = . = * = . . = . 1 . 3.0 2246
6. Velcheva, Maria wg BUL 2317 . . . . = * . . = 0 1 1 3.0 2205
7. Georgieva, Liubka wm BUL 2245 0 1 0 = . . * . . . . 1 2.5 2232
8. Raeva, Eiitsa BUL 2141 0 0 1 = . . . * = . . . 2.0 2166
9. Zlatanova, Emilia wm BUL 2126 . . . . = = . = * = 0 . 2.0 2109
10. Gocheva, Rumiana B wm BUL 2219 0 0 . 0 . 1 . . = * . . 1.5 2084
11. Doncheva, Marinela BUL 2065 . 0 . . 0 0 . . 1 . * 0 1.0 1940
12. Shtereva, Slaveja BUL 2095 0 . 0 . . 0 0 . . . 1 * 1.0 2025
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Rumen Angelo of the Bulgarian Chess Federation sends news of the 26th
Bulgarian Open Championship "Georgi Tringov" which took place in Plovdiv,
Novotel Plovdiv, 16th-22nd February 2004. Zsivko Bratanov won the event with
7.5/9. A selection of games should follow.
26th Bulgarian Open Championship "G.Tringov",
Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 16-22.02.2004
Final Round 9 standings
1 Bratanov, Zsivko m BUL 2398 7.5 40.0
2 Petkov, Vladimir BUL 2345 7 36.5
3 Nikolov, Sasho m BUL 2407 6.5 40.0
4 Nikolov, Momchil BUL 2359 6.5 39.5
5 Ermenkov, Evgeni g PLE 2449 6.5 38.5
6 Janev, Evgeni g BUL 2403 6.5 35.0
7 Genov, Petar g BUL 2499 6 41.0
8 Iotov, Valentin BUL 2321 6 41.0
9 Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2456 6 40.5
10 Drenchev, Petar BUL 2415 6 36.0
11 Bonev, Todor BUL 2135 5.5 41.0
12 Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2412 5.5 37.5
13 Evstatiev, Georgi BUL 5.5 36.5
14 Petrov, Marijan m BUL 2441 5.5 36.0
15 Kozhuharov, Spas BUL 2373 5.5 36.0
16 Cheparinov, Nedelcho BUL 5.5 36.0
17 Tadic, Branko m SCG 2473 5.5 35.0
18 Lilov, Valeri BUL 2098 5.5 34.5
19 Ljangov, Petar BUL 2161 5.5 34.0
20 Dochev, Dimitar m BUL 2369 5.5 33.5
21 Angelov, Angel BUL 2229 5.5 31.0
22 Petkov, Hristo BUL 5.5 27.5
64 players
3 Fide rated tournaments were held at the Clube de Xadrez São
Paulo club this month, two of them valid for IM titles. The 4th Comunic
Masters, a 10 players, category 4, round robin, took place February 4th-10th
2004. This event was won by Uruguayan GM Andrés Rodríguez.
Alongside was the 1st Comunic IRT, also a 10 players round robin, won by local
Luciano Maia (who won his last round game over Braghini by default). The 5th
Comunic Masters took place February 12th-18th 2004, this one was a category 5
event, won by the Cuban international master Aryam Abreu. The tournaments, held
in São Paulo Chess Club, were organized by the national arbiter Mauro
Amaral. News: Herman van Riemsdijk.
Full details: http://200.246.90.112/HiperChess/
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IV Comunic Masters Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 4-10 ii 2004 cat. IV (2345)
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1. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2485 * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2601
2. Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2344 = * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2564
3. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2424 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2501
4. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2470 = = 0 * = 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2455
5. Benares, Ricardo f BRA 2298 0 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 1 4.5 2349
6. Dumont, Sadi Glasser f BRA 2341 = = 0 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 4.0 2301
7. Vera, I Jorge PAR 2338 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 3.5 2265
8. Madeira, Wagner Martins BRA 2215 0 = = 0 0 0 1 * = = 3.0 2233
9. Gonzalez, Bolivar Ribeiro BRA 2286 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2185
10. Cruz, Alfredo BOL BOL 2244 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 1911
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V Comunic Masters Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 12-18 ii 2004 cat. V (2354)
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1. Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2424 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2697
2. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2470 = * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2614
3. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2485 = = * 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2505
4. Benares, Ricardo f BRA 2298 0 0 1 * 1 0 1 0 1 = 4.5 2360
5. Dumont, Sadi Glasser f BRA 2341 0 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 4.0 2312
6. Santos, M.V.M BRA 2311 0 0 0 1 0 * = = 1 1 4.0 2315
7. Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2344 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 0 1 3.5 2275
8. Gonzalez, Bolivar Ribeiro BRA 2286 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 * 1 1 3.5 2281
9. Vera, I Jorge PAR 2338 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 * = 2.5 2189
10. Cruz, Alfredo BOL BOL 2244 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 2015
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1. Maia, Luciano BRA 2273 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2374
2. Aranha Filho, Alvaro Z BRA 2275 = * = 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2225
3. Moyses Fo., Joao BRA 2067 = = * 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2203
4. Alonso, Nickolas BRA 2109 0 1 1 * = 0 0 = 1 1 5.0 2162
5. Braghini, Erlon Cezar BRA 2130 0 = = = * 1 = = = 1 5.0 2159
6. Carvalho, Herbert Abreu BRA 2175 0 0 1 1 0 * = 0 1 1 4.5 2111
7. Da Silva,Saulo Tarso BRA 2031 0 0 0 1 = = * = = = 3.5 2047
8. Dias, Joao Batista BRA 2100 0 0 0 = = 1 = * = 0 3.0 1995
9. Jukemura,Leandro BRA ---- = = 0 0 = 0 = = * 0 2.5 1965
10. Vera, G Jorge L PAR 2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 * 2.5 1962
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The Championships of the Rostov Region 2004 too place in Rostov-on-Don
(Russia). 31st January - 8th February 2004. Time limit: 2 hours for 40 moves
and 1 hour for end. Alexander Petrushin won with 7.5/9. New from Alexander
Zyuzginov.
Further details:
http://www.fanchess.ru/turnir.php?flag=1&id=8
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1st - Petrushin Alexander m 2434 - 7,5
2nd - Khlian Eduard m 2442 - 6,5
3rd - Isaev Yury 2371 - 6,5
4th - Zakhartsov Vjacheslav m 2525 - 6,5
5th - Pushkov Nikolay g 2475 - 6,0
48 players
IM Andrew Martin set a new World Record last Saturday, 21st February,
at Wellington College Crowthorne, when he played 321 chess players all at the
same time. The previous world record for the highest number of simultaneous
chess games was 310, achieved 8 years ago in Sweden. To qualify for the world
record Andrew had to beat at least 80% of his opponents. His score on the day
was 294 wins, 26 draws and just one loss. The only opponent to beat Andrew was
Talal Shakerchi, an executive with one of the event’s sponsors, Meditor
Capital Management Ltd.
The attempt proved to be both mentally and physically demanding for the
Chess Master. Andrew started the record attempt at 09.27 and did not finish
until 02.18 next day. During this 16 hour 51 minute marathon, he walked over 5
miles and played over 7,000 moves in total. Andrew recorded his first win at
10.45, reached his 80% target wins at 00.55 and the final opponent to be beaten
was Crowthorne Chess Club veteran, pensioner Gordon Ironside. One boy, 6 years
old, was one of the last to be beaten at 02.05. Players came from all over
England, Scotland and one lady, Charlotte Richardson, flew in from Minnesota
USA just to play in the event.
Commenting on the day, Andrew Martin said, "With the degree of
concentration I required, I lost all sense of time. It is almost like losing a
day out of my life. But it was worth it for the wonderful sense of fulfillment
and achievement. Every single opponent seemed to be playing at their very best
and there were hundreds of difficult games."
Challengers were asked to raise sponsorship money as their entry into
the world record attempt and all received a tee-shirt and certificate to
commemorate the part they played in setting the new world record. In addition,
schools and junior chess clubs that entered 10 or more players received
£150 towards books. Early indications are that over £6,000 will
have been raised for local charities and youth activities.
The event would not have been possible without the generous support of
Fujtsu, Baxter Newman, British Chess Federation, Meditor Capital Management,
Wellington College & Sports Club, Virgin Retail, UCI, Chess & Bridge
Ltd, Eversley Cricket Club and Camberley Chess Club.
Further details: http://www.chessworldrecord.co.uk
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was interviewed by Yuri Vasilev in
Sport Express 16th February 2004. In it Ilyumzhinov gave the background to his
meeting with Col. Moammar Gaddafi a week ago.
Ilyumzhinov is hoping to hold the 17th FIDE World Championships (a
knockout) in Tripoli, Libya, 8 May 2004 to 2 June 2004. A final decision on
this will be taken at the Presidential Board, 28th-29th February 2004 in Kotor.
The sponsor will be the Libyan Government.
There will be 1,508,000 USD in prizes and 700,000 USD for the
organisation The Fide Champion to receive 100,000 USD. There are some problems
with Libya as a venue. In the last few months they have made a lot of effort to
return to the World community, they have paid compensation for their
involvement in the Lockerbie bombing to the victims and there have been
meetings with amongst others the British Government (the revealing of the
murderer of PC Yvonne Fletcher by a member of the Libyan embassy staff in
London, April 1984 has not been resolved). Some may say its a bit soon to be
organising major international events there.
There is the complication of Israeli players competing in the event.
Ilyumzhinov hopes to pursuade Libya to grant visas for them but that might not
resolve the issue and so half the event may be held in nearby Malta. The winner
of the event will be contracted to play Garry Kasparov likely in spring 2005.
The next FIDE championship is likely to be held in in Saigon, Vietnam.
(My thanks to Ravi Abhyankar for a summary of the article). None of
this has been confirmed on the FIDE website.
Source: http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?81747
1st Riviera del Corallo Open
1st 'Riviera del Corallo' International open tournament in Alghero
(Sardegna- Italy) takes place 8th-12th April 7 round Swiss.
Further details: http://www.algherovacanze.com
Brno Events
The Duras Chess Club in Brno is organising Closed GM and IM events and
the Duras international open 3rd-11th July 2004.
Details: http://www.volny.cz/skduras/indexe.htm
TWIC Messageboard
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
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
Dos Hermanas
The IV Dos Hermanas international open tournament takes place 25th March
- 2nd April 2004.
Players:
1 Vladimir Epishin GM 2633 RUS
2 Vadim Milov GM 2632 SUI
3 Miguel Illescas Córdoba GM 2616 ESP
4 Oleg Korneev GM 2566 RUS
5 Sergey Karjakin GM 2566 UKR
6 Mladen Palac GM 2566 CRO
7 Izer Mirzoev GM 2551 AZE
8 Ivan Cheparinov GM 2550 BUL
9 Kevin Spraggett GM 2536 CAN
10 Daniel Cámpora GM 2530 ARG
11 Javier Moreno GM 2525 ESP
12 Alekxa Strikovic GM 2524 SCG
13 Zenón Franco GM 2524 PAR
14 Mihai Suba GM 2522 ROM
15 Bogdan Lalic GM 2518 ENG
16 Dragan Paunovic IM 2517 SCG
17 Roberto Cifuentes GM 2505 ESP
18 Gabriel del Río GM 2504 ESP
19 Karen Movsziszian GM 2497 ARM
20 Carlos Matamoros GM 2490 ECU
21 José Luis Fernández GM 2478 ESP
22 Alexander Veingold IM 2460 EST
23 Rodney Pérez IM 2458 CUB
24 Ibrahim Khamrakulov IM 2452 UZB
25 Ruslan Pogorelov GM 2451 UKR
26 Davor Komljenovic GM 2441 CRO
27 Mohamed Tissir IM 2436 MAR
28 José Candela IM 2435 ESP
29 Ernesto Fernández IM 2425 ESP
30 Jordan Ivanov IM 2406 BUL
31 Enrique Rodríguez IM 2391 ESP
32 Ismael Terán IM 2382 ESP
33 Javier Sanz IM 2379 ESP
34 Carlos Barrero FM 2339 ESP
35 Alexander Razmyslov FM 2337 UKR
36 Adalberto Villavicencio FM 2331 ESP
37 Joaquín Durao IM 2200 POR
V Dos Hermanas Internet
V Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" IM Michael Rahal
(EDAMI) reports that the Dos Hermanas City Council and the Municipal Foundation
for Sport of Dos Hermanas in conjunction with ICC (http://www.chessclub.com) and EDAMI (http://www.edami.com) are holding their fifth
Internet Chess tournament between the 6th and the 14th of March 2004. The event
will take place on ICC and has cash prizes totalling 6.100 Euros (1st: 1.800
euros, 16th 150 euros) as well as other special prizes (25% more than last
year). There will be 12 Swiss System qualifiers (two per day) with the winner
of each event progressing to the final. Last years field included 67 GM and 103
IM over 1.117 participants from 75 countries (GM Vladimir Potkin took first
place, other top ten players included GM Dreev, GM Grischuk, GM McShane, GM
Sakaev).
If you wish to take part there are further details, rules and entry
forms available at: http://www.doshermanas.net/
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
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/
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/