THE WEEK IN CHESS 487 8th March 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) Linares
2004
3) Cappelle-le-Grande open
4)
Tigran Petrosian Memorial
5) 21st Reykjavik Open
6) Hrokurinn Rapid 2004
7) Brazilian Chess
Championships
8) Czech Republic Championships
9) New York Masters
10) First Saturday
March
11) 53rd Bulgarian Women's Championships
12) Jersey Open
13) Portsmouth Open
14) 12th Fajr Open
15) 8th
Agneaux-St-Lô Open
16) 28th Queen City Open
17) Hrokurinn triumph again
18) V Dos
Hermanas Internet Tournament
19) Keres Memorial
20) FIDE Championships
21) Forthcoming
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Games section
Linares 2004 12 games
Cappelle-le-Grande open 232 games
21st Reykjavik Open 4 games
Hrokurinn Rapid 2004 4 games
Brazilian Championships 90 games
Czech Republic Championships 236 games
New York Masters 4 games
First Saturday March 15 games
53rd Bulgarian Women's Champs 18 games
Jersey Open 76 games
Portsmouth Open 58 games
12th Fajr Open 41 games
8th Agneaux-St-Lô Open 53 games
Keres Memorial 28 games
875 games
My thanks to Rod McShane, Michael Rahal, Yannick Pelletier, Miklos Orso,
Andy McFarland, Dominique Primel, Carsten Hensel, John Fernandez, Aram Hajian,
David Avron, Pedro Alberdi, Rolf Behovits, Arthur Brameld, Thomas Henrich, John
Henderson, George Mirijanian, Europe Echecs, Pat McEvoy, Pascal Villalba,
Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Vladimir Kramnik took clear first in the Linares tournament with a score
of 2 wins and 10 draws. It marks somewhat of a recovery from his 50% score in
Wijk aan Zee and afterwards Kramnik expressed his delight. The event Kramnik
only played 5 games over 23 moves and said that his preparation with white
wasn't very good. In second place was Peter Leko who looked for some time to be
heading for first place but he switched places with Kramnik after losing to him
in round 11 in what proved to be the decisive game of the entire event. In
third, on the same score as Leko was Garry Kasparov. Its difficult to assess
his form, he played only a couple of short draws and missed chances in three or
four games. In his best form he would have won the event clearly but it remains
to be seen if he can ever recapture that. Certainly he will have to play more
chess, this was his first tournament since Linares last year and he seemed to
lack the sharpness required. Kasparov has scored +3 -1 =20 in the last two
Linares.
I would hope for a bit more boldness in the event next year and perhaps
the organisers will have to look at the field and look for some known fighting
players such as Morozevich, Ponomariov or Polgar.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 21st Linares tournament took place February 19th - March 5th 2004.
The event was 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).
Vladimir Kramnik finished clear first with two wins and 10 draws ahead
of Kasparov one win 11 draws and Peter Leko two wins one loss nine draws. There
were just eight decisive games. Kasparov missed converting three winning
positions including chances in both his games against Radjabov.
Ties in the event were broken by 1st most wins 2nd most wins with black
3rd results between tied players 4th elimination of results of lower players
5th blitz. All of which meant Kramnik only needed a draw in the final round
which he took. It also meant Leko officially finished 2nd above Kasparov.
Official coverage by the Spanish paper Diario Marca:
http://www.marca.com/ -
http://www.marca.com/indices/ajedrez.html
Round 11 (March 2, 2004)
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 36 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Radjabov, Teimour - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 23 E04 Catalan
Shirov, Alexei - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 51 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Round 12 (March 3, 2004)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 17 D27 QGA
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1/2 21 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 62 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 13 (March 4, 2004)
Kasparov, Garry - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 38 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Leko, Peter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 19 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Radjabov, Teimour - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 78 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Round 14 (March 5, 2004)
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 20 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Shirov, Alexei - Leko, Peter 1/2 25 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 54 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
XXI SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 19 ii-5 iii 2004 cat. XX (2731)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2777 ** =1 == == 1= == == 7.0 2780
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2722 =0 ** == 1= == 1= == 6.5 2762
3 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2831 == == ** == == == 1= 6.5 2743
4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2656 == 0= == ** == 01 =1 6.0 2744
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2735 0= == == == ** =1 == 6.0 2730
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2736 == 0= == 10 =0 ** == 5.0 2673
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2663 == == 0= =0 == == ** 5.0 2685
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The Cappelle-la-Grande took place 28th February - 6th March 2004. 6
players finished on 7/9. Evgeniy Najer had the best tie break. My thanks to
David Avron, Europe Echecs and Pascal Villalba.
Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com. Live
coverage: http://www.echecs21.com.
Further information http://www.notzai.info
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20th Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (FRA), 28 ii-6 iii 2004
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1. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2602 7,0 2724
2. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2530 7,0 2700
3. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2578 7,0 2697
4. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2553 7,0 2677
5. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2532 7,0 2668
6. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2566 7,0 2748
7. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2624 6,5 2696
8. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2584 6,5 2660
9. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2557 6,5 2651
10. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2537 6,5 2649
11. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2528 6,5 2643
12. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2564 6,5 2628
13. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2580 6,5 2625
14. Jakubowski, Krzysztof f POL 2488 6,5 2620
15. Grachev, Boris m RUS 2506 6,5 2610
16. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2553 6,5 2610
17. Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2493 6,5 2609
18. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2498 6,5 2601
19. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2596 6,5 2566
20. Danielian, Elina m ARM 2428 6,5 2563
21. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SCG 2542 6,5 2551
22. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2540 6,5 2548
23. Sulava, Nenad g CRO 2477 6,5 2538
24. Tunik, Gennady g RUS 2491 6,5 2529
25. Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2508 6,5 2528
26. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2544 6,5 2527
27. Bagheri, Amir g IRI 2534 6,5 2524
28. Janev, Evgeni g BUL 2403 6,5 2521
29. Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2482 6,0 2624
30. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2556 6,0 2607
31. Korobov, Anton g UKR 2552 6,0 2606
32. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2536 6,0 2601
33. Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2499 6,0 2597
34. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw m POL 2480 6,0 2591
35. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2607 6,0 2589
36. Meister, Yakov m RUS 2488 6,0 2582
37. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2572 6,0 2579
38. Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2574 6,0 2579
39. Kasparov, Sergey m BLR 2486 6,0 2574
40. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2625 6,0 2572
41. Geller, Jakov m RUS 2494 6,0 2570
42. Colovic, Aleksandar m MKD 2409 6,0 2557
43. Seret, Jean-Luc m FRA 2315 6,0 2555
44. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2602 6,0 2550
45. Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2545 6,0 2544
46. Perunovic, Milos m SCG 2550 6,0 2543
47. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2589 6,0 2531
48. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2566 6,0 2529
49. Minasian, Ara m ARM 2499 6,0 2529
50. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2580 6,0 2529
51. Gouliev, Namig m AZE 2453 6,0 2528
52. Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2516 6,0 2520
53. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2549 6,0 2519
54. Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2496 6,0 2516
55. Totsky, Leonid g RUS 2517 6,0 2510
56. Kovchan, Alexander g UKR 2509 6,0 2509
57. Alavkin, Arseny m RUS 2493 6,0 2508
58. Makarov, Marat g RUS 2530 6,0 2507
59. Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2525 6,0 2507
60. Badea, Bela g ROM 2509 6,0 2506
61. Frolyanov, Dmitry m RUS 2489 6,0 2503
62. Romanov, Oleg m BRL 2427 6,0 2498
63. Abergel, Thal m FRA 2441 6,0 2493
64. Gurevich, Vladimir g UKR 2434 6,0 2492
65. Breder, Dennis m GER 2473 6,0 2490
66. Murdzia, Piotr m POL 2445 6,0 2490
67. Pridorozhni, Aleksei m RUS 2493 6,0 2479
68. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2436 6,0 2464
69. Libiszewski, Fabien m FRA 2451 6,0 2460
70. Eliet, Nicolas m FRA 2413 6,0 2452
71. Ramirez, Alejandro m CRC 2499 6,0 2452
72. Wirig, Anthony m FRA 2418 6,0 2448
73. Ciuksyte, Dagne wg LTU 2392 6,0 2441
74. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2511 6,0 2438
75. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BRL 2419 6,0 2425
76. Maki-Uuro, Miika f FIN 2396 6,0 2417
77. Foisor, Ovidiu Doru m ROM 2411 6,0 2378
78. Koch, Wolfgang Max f GER 2319 6,0 2376
79. Draoui, Najib MAR 2292 6,0 2364
80. Calistri, Tristan f FRA 2295 6,0 2321
81. Simon, Olivier FRA 2292 6,0 2290
82. Foisor, Cristina Adela wg ROM 2404 6,0 2542
83. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2426 5,5 2569
576 players
Tigran Petrosian Memorial Tournament 2004 takes place in Stepanakert,
Karabakh March 8th-18th 2004. Total prize fund is US$12,100, with a first prize
$4000. The event celebrates what would have been Petrosian 75th birthday. 1st
round March 9th.
Players: GM Macieja POL 2653 GM Sargissian ARM 2618 GM Kobalia, Mihail
2643 GM Asrian ARM 2599 GM Anastasian ARM 2587 GM Pelletier SUI 2587 GM Ghaem
Maghami IRI 2556 GM Sveshnikov LAT 2544 IM Petrosian ARM 2477 NM Pashikian ARM
2451
Official site: http://www.karabakh2004.com. Live
coverage and commentary by Boris Spassky and others.
The 21st Reykjavik Open takes place in The Reykjavik City Hall March 7th
- March 16th 2004.
Players include: 1 Alexey Dreev GM 2682 RUS 2 Emil Sutovsky GM 2666 ISR
3 Vladimir Epishin GM 2658 RUS 4 Levon Aronian GM 2649 GER 5 Michal Krasenkow
GM 2607 POL 6 Bu Xiangzhi GM 2600 CHN 7 Jaan Ehlvest GM 2599 EST 8 Ian Rogers
GM 2582 AUS 9 Jan Timman GM 2578 NED 10 Hannes Stefánsson GM 2572
ISL
Official site: http://www.chess.is/reykjavikopen/english.html
The top 3 will qualify for the Reykjavik Rapid 2004 which takes place
17th-21st March 2004. Players include: Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Nigel
Short, Alexei Dreev, Emil Sutovsky and Peter Heine Nielsen.
http://www.ruv.is/skak
Round 1 of 9 standings
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21st Open Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 7-16 iii 2004
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1-32 Dreev, Alexey RUS 2682 1.0
Sutovsky, Emil ISR 2666 1.0
Aronian, Levon GER 2648 1.0
Epishin, Vladimir RUS 2633 1.0
Bu, Xiangzhi CHN 2600 1.0
Rogers, Ian AUS 2582 1.0
Timman, Jan H NED 2578 1.0
Luther, Thomas GER 2572 1.0
Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2571 1.0
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre FRA 2569 1.0
Korneev, Oleg RUS 2566 1.0
Atalik, Suat BIH 2554 1.0
Romanishin, Oleg M UKR 2537 1.0
Hillarp Persson, Tiger SWE 2530 1.0
Markus, Robert SCG 2527 1.0
Erenburg, Sergey ISR 2523 1.0
Miezis, Normunds LAT 2521 1.0
Votava, Jan CZE 2505 1.0
Olafsson, Helgi ISL 2504 1.0
Charbonneau, Pascal CAN 2485 1.0
Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2484 1.0
Galego, Luis POR 2479 1.0
Krush, Irina (IM) USA 2465 1.0
Maze, Sebastien FRA 2462 1.0
Handke, Florian GER 2459 1.0
Thorhallsson, Throstur ISL 2459 1.0
Pogorelov, Ruslan UKR 2451 1.0
Zatonskih, Anna USA 2436 1.0
Kristjansson, Stefan ISL 2404 1.0
Pokorna, Regina SVK 2390 1.0
Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor ISL 2376 1.0
Steindorsson, Sigurdur P. ISL 2218 1.0
33-44 Krasenkow, Michal POL 2609 0.5
Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2599 0.5
Stefansson, Hannes ISL 2572 0.5
Pavlovic, Milos SCG 2548 0.5
Sedlak, Nikola SCG 2539 0.5
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek DEN 2510 0.5
Thorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 2380 0.5
Vidarsson, Jon G ISL 2333 0.5
Ardaman, Miles USA 2307 0.5
Sigfusson, Sigurdur ISL 2285 0.5
Bjornsson, Tomas ISL 2256 0.5
Hagesaether, Ellen NOR 2194 0.5
76 players
The Hrokurinn Rapid 2004 took place in Reykjavik March 1st-3rd 2004.
Total prize fund is US$13000, with a first prize of US$3000
Moldova´s Viktor Bologan, Iceland 's national champion Hannes
Hlífar Stefánsson and Denmark´s Henrik Danielsen were joint
winners with 7 ½/9 points. Joel Lautier, Ivan Sokolov, Faruk Tairi og
Stefán Kristjánsson were joint fourth with 7 points each.
Official coverage: http://www.skakhatid.is
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1-3 Viktor Bologan, 2679 7.5 40.5
Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson, 2572 7.5 40.5
Henrik Danielsen, 2507 7.5 36.5
4-7 Joel Lautier, 2676 7 44.0
Ivan Sokolov, 2706 7 41.0
Faruk Tairi, 2284 7 37.5
Stefán Kristjánsson, 2404 7 36.0
8-12 Björn Þorfinnsson, 2340 6.5 43.5
Predrag Nikolic, 2648 6.5 43.0
Tomas Oral, 2553 6.5 40.0
Sigurbjörn J Björnsson, 2337 6.5 38.0
Rógvi Rasmussen, 2146 6.5 35.5
13-24 Nick de Firmian, 2523 6 45.0
Jan Votava, 2505 6 43.0
Jóhann Hjartarson, 2640 6 42.0
Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, 2278 6 40.0
Bragi Halldórsson, 2211 6 39.5
Pavel Tregubov, 2628 6 38.5
Tómas Björnsson, 2256 6 38.5
Sigurður Daði Sigfússon, 2285 6 35.5
Björgvin Hauksson, 6 35.5
Lárus Knútsson, 2112 6 35.0
Birgir Berndsen, 1950 6 34.5
Áslaug Kristinsdóttir, 1605 6 34.5
25-32 Bragi Þorfinnsson, 2380 5.5 42.5
Þröstur Þórhallsson, 2459 5.5 41.0
Jón Viktor Gunnarsson, 2377 5.5 40.0
Stefán Freyr Guðmundsson, 1961 5.5 37.0
Ólafur Kjartansson, 2034 5.5 35.0
Jón Árni Halldórsson, 2200 5.5 35.0
Regina Pokorna, 2390 5.5 34.5
Sigurður Páll Steindórsson, 2218 5.5 34.0
103 players
Brazilian Chess Championships took place in the city of Miguel Pereira
(Rio de Janeiro State) 26th February - 3rd March 2004. The event was a 38
player 9 round Swiss.
The favourite and twice champion (1992 and 2003) GM Darcy Lima (2537)
won the event with 7/9 undefeated.
Official site: http://www.fexerj.com.br/brasileiro2003/
and coverage by HiperChess - http://200.246.90.112/HiperChess/
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ch-BRA Rio de Janeiro BRA (BRA), 26 ii-3 iii 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2537 +27 +21 +14 = 4 = 3 = 7 + 5 + 8 = 2 7.0 2570
2. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2460 =12 +16 +30 = 8 - 5 +15 + 9 + 3 = 1 6.5 2500
3. Rocha, Wellington Carlos BRA 2440 +36 =22 + 5 + 9 = 1 = 8 +11 - 2 = 6 6.0 2489
4. Resende, Antonio Carlos f BRA 2368 +26 +15 = 8 = 1 = 6 = 9 +19 = 5 =11 6.0 2452
5. Toth, Christian Endre m BRA 2344 +32 +17 - 3 +14 + 2 + 6 - 1 = 4 = 8 6.0 2454
6. Reis, Paulo F.J BRA 2301 -17 +32 +33 +22 = 4 - 5 +18 + 7 = 3 6.0 2405
7. Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo f BRA 2367 -16 +13 +19 +15 +11 = 1 = 8 - 6 = 9 5.5 2390
8. Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva f BRA 2368 +35 +18 = 4 = 2 +16 = 3 = 7 - 1 = 5 5.5 2428
9. Bittencourt, Jorge BRA 2341 =23 +25 +22 - 3 +20 = 4 - 2 +16 = 7 5.5 2402
10. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2409 =13 =19 +27 -16 +18 =26 =24 =14 +15 5.5 2283
11. Limp, Eduardo m BRA 2401 +33 -14 +35 +20 - 7 +16 - 3 +19 = 4 5.5 2356
12. Guimaraes, Wagner P BRA 2237 = 2 +23 -20 -18 =29 =17 =21 +25 +24 5.0 2260
13. Molina, Roberto Junio Brito BRA 2227 =10 - 7 =23 -17 =32 +22 +29 +26 =14 5.0 2263
14. Asfora, Marco f BRA 2271 +37 +11 - 1 - 5 -26 +23 +25 =10 =13 5.0 2329
15. Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA 2312 +29 - 4 +17 - 7 +33 - 2 +26 +24 -10 5.0 2284
16. Souza Neves, Andrey M BRA 2175 + 7 - 2 +21 +10 - 8 -11 +30 - 9 =20 4.5 2360
17. Paiva, Pedro Henrique BRA 2064 + 6 - 5 -15 +13 -27 =12 +35 =18 =21 4.5 2267
18. Campello, Leandro BRA 2270 +24 - 8 =31 +12 -10 +27 - 6 =17 =19 4.5 2202
19. Marra, Eduardo da Costa BRA 2129 =25 =10 - 7 +35 +30 +20 - 4 -11 =18 4.5 2322
20. Dumont, Sadi Glasser f BRA 2341 +34 =30 +12 -11 - 9 -19 =27 +32 =16 4.5 2231
21. Cavalcanti, Francisco BRA 2301 +31 - 1 -16 =23 -24 +28 =12 +27 =17 4.5 2162
22. Benares, Ricardo f BRA 2298 +28 = 3 - 9 - 6 -31 -13 +36 +30 +26 4.5 2231
23. Borges, Guilherme Deola BRA 2134 = 9 -12 =13 =21 =25 -14 =33 =31 +32 4.0 2194
24. Gattass,Allan BRA ---- -18 -35 =32 +36 +21 +31 =10 -15 -12 4.0 2197
25. Ueti, Silvio BRA 2315 =19 - 9 -26 +34 =23 +33 -14 -12 +31 4.0 2153
26. Miranda, Roberto Calheiros de BRA 2213 - 4 =29 +25 =30 +14 =10 -15 -13 -22 3.5 2201
27. Rios Filho, Hilton Carlos f BRA 2238 - 1 +34 -10 =29 +17 -18 =20 -21 =28 3.5 2158
28. Lapertosa,Julio BRA ---- -22 -33 =36 =32 =35 -21 =34 +29 =27 3.5 2124
29. Bil, Angelo BRA 2075 -15 =26 =34 =27 =12 =30 -13 -28 +38 3.5 2101
30. Rocha Jorge, Wilson M BRA 2255 +38 =20 - 2 =26 -19 =29 -16 -22 +36 3.5 2133
31. Chang, Suzana BRA 2075 -21 +36 =18 -33 +22 -24 -32 =23 -25 3.0 2088
32. Fucs, Paulo BRA 2152 - 5 - 6 =24 =28 =13 =34 +31 -20 -23 3.0 2049
33. Pinto, Carlos Henrique Lopes BRA 2219 -11 +28 - 6 +31 -15 -25 =23 -36 =34 3.0 2088
34. Toth, Peter BRA BRA 2152 -20 -27 =29 -25 -36 =32 =28 +38 =33 3.0 2049
35. Navarro, Tiago Cunha BRA 2176 - 8 +24 -11 -19 =28 +36 -17 . . 2.5 2068
36. Silveira, Neri BRA 2229 - 3 -31 =28 -24 +34 -35 -22 +33 -30 2.5 2013
37. BYE1 ---- -14 . . . . . . . . 0.0
38. BYE ---- -30 . . . . . . -34 -29 0.0
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The Championships of the Czech Republic took place in Karlovy Vary
17th-27th February 2004. David Navara won the mens' championships with 8/11
undefeated 1.5 points clear of the field. Olga Sikorova won the women's event
and Stanislav Cifka the juniors. [note the official site gives Petr Šimek
as rated at 2254 whereas I think it has to be the younger player of the same
name rated 2155]
Official site: http://www.chess.cz
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ch-CZE Karlovy Vary CZE (CZE), 17-27 ii 2004 cat. XI (2514)
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1. Navara, David g CZE 2604 * = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2681
2. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2552 = * = = = = = = 1 = = 1 6.5 2575
3. Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2477 = = * = = = = 1 = = 0 = 5.5 2517
4. Babula, Vlastimil g CZE 2594 = = = * = = = = = = = = 5.5 2506
5. Voloshin, Leonid g CZE 2522 = = = = * = = = = = = = 5.5 2513
6. Laznicka, Viktor m CZE 2429 = = = = = * 0 = = = = 1 5.5 2521
7. Rasik, Vitezslav m CZE 2472 0 = = = = 1 * = = = 1 0 5.5 2518
8. Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2599 0 = 0 = = = = * = = 1 1 5.5 2506
9. Jirovsky, Milos g CZE 2526 = 0 = = = = = = * = = = 5.0 2477
10. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2490 0 = = = = = = = = * 0 = 4.5 2451
11. Haba, Petr g CZE 2524 0 = 1 = = = 0 0 = 1 * 0 4.5 2448
12. Bernasek, Jan m CZE 2381 0 0 = = = 0 1 0 = = 1 * 4.5 2461
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1. Sikorova, Olga wm CZE 2244 +12 - 8 +20 +15 + 7 + 2 + 3 + 9 = 4 7.5 2392
2. Hodova, Lucie CZE 2078 +23 + 6 = 8 +10 + 4 - 1 = 5 = 3 = 7 6.0 2280
3. Hitzgerova, Gabriela wm CZE 2190 +21 =15 = 4 = 5 +16 +10 - 1 = 2 +14 6.0 2247
4. Pirklova, Hana CZE 2165 +17 = 7 = 3 + 9 - 2 +11 = 8 = 5 = 1 5.5 2193
5. Pertlova, Sona CZE 2096 =16 =14 +22 = 3 + 8 = 9 = 2 = 4 = 6 5.5 2190
6. Eretova, Jana CZE 2192 =13 - 2 =11 +19 -10 +21 +23 + 8 = 5 5.5 2134
7. Cedikova, Katerina CZE 2216 + 9 = 4 =15 + 8 - 1 =12 =14 =10 = 2 5.0 2175
8. Kulovana, Eva CZE 2113 +19 + 1 = 2 - 7 - 5 +16 = 4 - 6 +18 5.0 2141
9. Gallinis-Nemcova, Vaclava CZE 2056 - 7 +11 +14 - 4 +15 = 5 +18 - 1 =17 5.0 2158
10. Holusova, Tana wf CZE 2180 +22 =20 +16 - 2 + 6 - 3 =12 = 7 =13 5.0 2142
11. Zakoucka, Adela CZE 2027 =14 - 9 = 6 +23 +20 - 4 =15 =17 +19 5.0 2118
12. Mozna-Hojdarova, Eva wf CZE 2065 - 1 =19 =23 +22 +18 = 7 =10 -13 +21 5.0 2115
13. Valickova, Martina CZE 2054 = 6 -16 =19 =14 +22 -15 +24 +12 =10 5.0 2114
14. Folkova, Martina CZE 2182 =11 = 5 - 9 =13 =17 +19 = 7 +15 - 3 4.5 2071
15. Kisova, Petra wf CZE 2110 +18 = 3 = 7 - 1 - 9 +13 =11 -14 +24 4.5 2107
16. Krejcova,Katerina CZE ---- = 5 +13 -10 +17 - 3 - 8 -19 +24 +20 4.5 2067
17. Vankova,Marcela CZE ---- - 4 =23 +21 -16 =14 =20 +22 =11 = 9 4.5 2064
18. Kubistova,Vera CZE ---- -15 =21 +24 =20 -12 +22 - 9 +23 - 8 4.0 2011
19. Valickova, Petra CZE 1892 - 8 =12 =13 - 6 +24 -14 +16 =20 -11 3.5 1999
20. Modrova, Hana wf CZE 2079 +24 =10 - 1 =18 -11 =17 =21 =19 -16 3.5 1963
21. Herberova, Helena CZE 2049 - 3 =18 -17 =24 +23 - 6 =20 =22 -12 3.0 1935
22. Rerabkova, Lucie CZE 2020 -10 +24 - 5 -12 -13 -18 -17 =21 +23 2.5 1883
23. Ruzickova,Helena CZE ---- - 2 =17 =12 -11 -21 +24 - 6 -18 -22 2.0 1827
24. Vranova,Jarmila CZE ---- -20 -22 -18 =21 -19 -23 -13 -16 -15 0.5 1578
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1. Cifka, Stanislav CZE 2266 * = 0 1 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 7.5 2349
2. Priborsky, Jan CZE 2229 = * = 1 0 = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2322
3. Mikuev, Erenzen CZE 2246 1 = * 0 = = 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2320
4. Londyn, Radek CZE 2216 0 0 1 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2323
5. Tuma, Jiri CZE 2142 0 1 = = * 1 = = = 1 = = 6.5 2292
6. Malinovsky, Karel CZE 2257 = = = 1 0 * 0 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2253
7. Kanovsky, David CZE 2302 0 = 0 = = 1 * = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2249
8. Simek, Petr2 CZE 2155 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 1 5.0 2190
9. Kuncar, Petr CZE 2086 = = = 0 = = 0 0 * = = 1 4.5 2168
10. Lahner, Jakub CZE 2267 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = * 1 1 4.5 2151
11. Studnicka, Tomas CZE 2334 = = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * = 3.0 2035
12. Chalupa, Ivan CZE 2149 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = * 2.0 1965
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Jaan Ehlvest won the 93rd New York Masters on 2nd March 2004 with 3.5/4.
News John Fernandez.
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93rd New York Masters Action USA (USA), 2 iii 2004
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1. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2599 +10 + 8 + 4 = 5 3.5 ($320)
2. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g USA 2564 + 9 = 5 = 6 + 8 3.0 ($ 45)
3. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2568 +11 - 7 +14 +13 3.0 ($ 45)
4. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2598 +12 +18 - 1 +11 3.0 ($ 45)
5. Becerra, Julio g USA 2569 +13 = 2 + 7 = 1 3.0 ($ 45)
6. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2553 =14 +15 = 2 = 7 2.5
7. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2452 +17 + 3 - 5 = 6 2.5
8. Vovsha, Eli m ISR 2441 +19 - 1 +12 - 2 2.0
9. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2436 - 2 -13 +19 +14 2.0
10. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2375 - 1 +19 -13 +16 2.0 ($ 30)
11. Braylovsky, Gregory USA 2327 - 3 +17 +18 - 4 2.0 ($ 30)
12. Shevelev, Danny f ISR 2310 - 4 +20 - 8 +18 2.0 ($ 30)
13. Privman, Boris f USA 2241 - 5 + 9 +10 - 3 2.0 ($ 30)
14. Bonin, Jay m USA 2330 = 6 +16 - 3 - 9 1.5
15. Fierro, Martha wg ECU 2310 = - 6 -16 +20 1.5
16. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2251 = -14 +15 -10 1.5
17. Hess, Robert USA 2140 - 7 -11 +20 = 1.5
18. Zenyuk, Iryna USA 2168 + - 4 -11 -12 1.0
19. Agaian, Sarkis USA 2160 - 8 -10 - 9 = 0.5
20. Fischler, Matthew USA ---- --- -12 -17 -15 0.0
PRIZES
1ST - $320
2ND - $130
3RD - $ 50
U2400 - $120
The First Saturday events take place 6th-18th of March 2004. The main
event is a Category 8 event. There are also FSIM and FSFM events with 10-14
participants. Organised by Laszlo Nagy.
Internet coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM March Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-18 iii 2004 cat. VIII (2435)
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1. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson f VIE 2436 * . . = . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2617
2. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2482 . * . . = . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2645
3. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2481 . . * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
4. Paschall, William M m USA 2401 = . . * . . = . . . . . . 1.0 2443
5. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2496 . = . . * . = . . . . . . 1.0 2466
6. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2439 . . . . . * . = = . . . . 1.0 2351
7. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2450 . . . = = . * . . . . . . 1.0 2448
8. Krivoborodov, Egor RUS 2329 . . . . . = . * . . . = . 1.0 2438
9. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2374 . . . . . = . . * . = . . 1.0 2443
10. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2477 . . . . . . . . . * . . = 0.5 2408
11. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2447 0 . . . . . . . = . * . . 0.5 2212
12. Mahesh Chandran, P m IND 2437 . . 0 . . . . = . . . * . 0.5 2212
13. Grafl, Florian m GER 2408 . 0 . . . . . . . = . . * 0.5 2286
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1. Berczes, David f HUN 2305 * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Gara, Anita wg HUN 2377 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2375 . . * . . . . = . . 0.5 2205
4. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2322 . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2299
5. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2299 . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2322
6. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2292 . . . . . * = . . . 0.5 2349
7. Werner, Dimo m GER 2349 . . . . . = * . . . 0.5 2292
8. Zigangirova, Sofya wm KAZ 2205 . . = . . . . * . . 0.5 2375
9. Czibulka, Zoltan HUN 2197 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Stadt, Hans GER 2065 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Rumen Angelo of the Bulgarian Chess Federation sends news of the 53rd
Bulgarian Women's Championships which took place 17th-27th February 2004.
Margarita Voiska won the event. Games from round 9 now available.
Bulgarian Chess Federation: http://chessbg.com/
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1. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2358 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2400
2. Djingarova, Emilia wg BUL 2344 = * = 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2323
3. Chilingirova, Pavlina wm BUL 2201 = = * 1 = = = 0 = 1 = 1 6.5 2268
4. Raeva, Eiitsa BUL 2141 0 1 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 0 1 6.5 2273
5. Jordanova-Besheva, Svetla BUL 2165 = = = = * = 0 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2242
6. Savova, Stefka wm BUL 2163 0 = = = = * = = = 0 1 1 5.5 2206
7. Velcheva, Maria wg BUL 2317 = 0 = 0 1 = * 0 = 0 1 1 5.0 2156
8. Georgieva, Liubka wm BUL 2245 0 0 1 0 = = 1 * = 0 1 = 5.0 2163
9. Zlatanova, Emilia wm BUL 2126 = = = = = = = = * = 0 0 4.5 2145
10. Gocheva, Rumiana B wm BUL 2219 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 = * 1 0 4.5 2136
11. Shtereva, Slaveja BUL 2095 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 4.0 2111
12. Doncheva, Marinela BUL 2065 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 * 2.5 2004
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Arthur Brameld sends news of the Jersey Open which took place 22nd-28th
February 2004. £4732 in prizes. Tiger Hillarp Persson won the event with
6.5/7 winning £1500 and a Trophy Alon Greenfeld second and £1000 +
Trophy.
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Open Jersey JCI (JCI), 22-28 ii 2004
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1. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2530 + 7 +17 + 6 + 3 = 2 + 9 + 5 6.5 2712
2. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2539 = +16 +13 + 6 = 1 = 3 + 7 5.5 2449
3. Ward, Christopher g ENG 2522 +11 +15 +14 - 1 +17 = 2 = 6 5.0 2435
4. Vickery, Jim ENG 2166 =13 = 9 =11 =17 =15 +18 +14 4.5 2202
5. Trevelyan, John WLS 2145 +21 - 6 =18 +16 +14 + 8 - 1 4.5 2259
6. Gwaze, Robert m ZIM 2345 +12 + 5 - 1 - 2 =11 +17 = 3 4.0 2343
7. Dodgson, John A ENG 2141 - 1 +19 + 9 =14 = 8 +11 - 2 4.0 2279
8. Fletcher,John T ENG ---- +10 -14 =12 +18 = 7 - 5 +13 4.0 2144
9. Fraser, Mark Gordon SCO 2181 =16 = 4 - 7 +20 +13 - 1 +18 4.0 2169
10. Fulton, Anthony R ENG 2099 - 8 -13 +19 =12 = +16 +15 4.0 2065
11. Heppell, In ENG 2106 - 3 +20 = 4 =13 = 6 - 7 +17 3.5 2190
12. Kemp, Paul Michael ENG 2050 - 6 =21 = 8 =10 =16 +20 . 3.0 2074
13. Williams,Chris C ENG ---- = 4 +10 - 2 =11 - 9 +19 - 8 3.0 2109
14. Collier, David ENG 2225 +19 + 8 - 3 = 7 - 5 =15 - 4 3.0 2097
15. Richards, John ENG 2035 +18 - 3 -17 +21 = 4 =14 -10 3.0 2117
16. Boyce,G Michael ENG ---- = 9 - 2 +21 - 5 =12 -10 +19 3.0 2098
17. Wojciechowski, Paul JCI 2159 +20 - 1 +15 = 4 - 3 - 6 -11 2.5 2141
18. Rentmore,Jason ENG ---- -15 + = 5 - 8 +20 - 4 - 9 2.5 1973
19. Goldberg, Menashe NED 2025 -14 - 7 -10 + +21 -13 -16 2.0 1908
20. Kouchak,Jason ENG ---- -17 -11 + - 9 -18 -12 +21 2.0 1912
21. Heath,Jeffrey ENG ---- - 5 =12 -16 -15 -19 + -20 1.5 1806
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Arthur Brameld sends news of the Portsmouth Open which took place
20th-22nd February 2004. The Premier only had 19 entries but had 2 GMs, 5 IMs
and 2 FMs. There was a £1200 prize fund, including prizes for the first 5
places plus grading prizes. Mark Hebden cruised to the £500 first prize
with 5 wins and a draw. He conceded the half point to the other GM in the
field, last year's winner, Peter Wells. My thanks to Pat McEvoy.
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Premier Portsmouth ENG (ENG), 20-22 ii 2004
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1. Hebden, Mark g ENG 2549 5.5 2749
2. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2493 4.0 2431
3. Radovanovic, Jovica SCG 2217 4.0 2357
4. Hunt, Harriet m ENG 2392 4.0 2378
5. Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2365 4.0 2459
6. Webb, Richard M f ENG 2348 3.5 2377
7. Lappage, Jonathan ENG 2181 3.5 2371
8. Williams, Simon m ENG 2396 3.5 2298
10. Fysh-Foskett, Adam ENG 2075 3.0 2179
11. Pye, David E ENG 2132 3.0 2240
12. Sugden, John N ENG 2180 3.0 2283
13. Corkett, Anthony f ENG 2314 3.0 2151
14. Purkiss, William ENG 2084 2.5 2109
15. Almond, Richard ENG 2169 2.0 1979
16. Schlette, Marc GER 2175 2.0 2085
17. Cooper, Lawrence m ENG 2311 1.5 2164
18. Simmons, Matthew JCI 2065 1.5 1994
19. Chahine, Abdallah LIB 2077 1.0 1997
20. Hunt, Adam m ENG 2411 0.0
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PREMIER (19 players)
1st M Hebden, IGM (Leicester) 5.5/6 500.00
= 2nd P Wells, IGM (Portsmouth) 4 160.00
Harriet Hunt, IM (Cambridge) 4 160.00
C Crouch, IM (London) 4 160.00
J Radovanovic (Surrey) 4 160.00
Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh sends news of the 12th Fajr Open Tournament took
place in in Isfahan (Iran) 7th-12th February 2004., 161 players competed
including 1 GM, 11 IMs and a total of 65 rated players from 8 countries. IM
Tigran Petrosian from Armenia 8/9 took first prize in the Swiss system event
ahead of IM Farid Abbasov from Azerbaijan and IM Imad Hakki from Syria with 7.5
Internet coverage: http://www.iranchess.com
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12th Fajr Open Isfahan IRI (IRI), 7-12 ii 2004
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1. Petrosian, Tigran L m ARM 2477 8.0 52.0
2. Abbasov, Farid m AZE 2443 7.5 46.0
3. Hakki, Imad m SYR 2444 7.5 44.0
4. Shalamberidze, Akaki m GEO 2453 7.0 49.5
5. Pashikian, Arman ARM 2451 7.0 48.5
6. Babaev, Rashad m AZE 2387 7.0 48.0
7. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2549 7.0 47.5
8. Shaarbaf, M IRI 2317 7.0 42.5
9. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2457 6.5 50.5
10. Dovliatov, Sanan m AZE 2379 6.5 47.0
11. Guliev, Logman m AZE 2396 6.5 46.5
11. Ardeshi,Mehrdad f IRI 2300 6.5 46.5
13. Soleimani, Shansiya IRI 2166 6.5 45.5
14. Moradiabadi, Elshan IRI 2383 6.5 45.0
15. Mahmoodi, M Sadegh IRI 2204 6.5 43.5
16. Azamikia, Mehran IRI 2247 6.5 38.0
17. Mallahi, Amir f IRI 2378 6.0 51.0
18. Kayumov, Sergey m UZB 2422 6.0 48.0
19. Ibrahimov, Rasul m AZE 2468 6.0 46.0
20. Sadeghi, M.Ali IRI 2197 6.0 45.0
21. Mohandesi, Shahin m IRI 2314 6.0 45.0
22. Mohammadi, H.R IRI 2323 6.0 44.0
23. Darban, M IRI 2321 6.0 44.0
24. Salehzadeh, M.R IRI 2236 6.0 43.5
25. Khaghani, Mehdi IRI 2205 6.0 43.0
26. Kalantari, Behzad IRI 2157 6.0 42.5
27. Moradi, Behrooz IRI 2302 6.0 41.5
27. Nosrati,Bayaz IRI ---- 6.0 41.5
29. Doostkam, P IRI 2223 6.0 39.5
160 players
The 8th Agneaux-St-Lô Open took place 14th-18th february 2004 in
Saint Lo (France). IGM Chatalbashev won the event. News Dominique Primel.
Internet coverage: http://echecsaglo.free.fr/open2004.htm
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8th Open St Lo FRA (FRA), 14-18 ii 2004
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1. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2546 6,0 32,0 2704
2. Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2571 6,0 29,0 2677
3. Navrotescu, Catalin m ROM 2399 6,0 26,5 2541
4. Cioara, Andrei Nestor m ROM 2361 5,5 26,5 2379
5. Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2423 5,0 30,5 2411
6. Dumitrache, Dragos-Nicolae m ROM 2493 5,0 29,0 2456
7. Veron, Cyprien FRA 2110 5,0 25,5 2251
8. Amoyal, Pierre FRA 2208 5,0 25,0 2312
9. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2419 4,5 30,0 2367
10. Poley, Vladimir m BLR 2425 4,5 28,5 2372
11. Stets, Dmitry m UKR 2377 4,5 27,0 2331
12. Tetenkina, Irina wm BLR 2197 4,5 26,5 2326
13. Baugin, Alain FRA 2141 4,5 25,5 2250
14. Lecocq,Eric FRA ---- 4,5 22,5 2102
15. Delacotte, Bruno FRA 2140 4,5 22,0 2153
60 players
George Mirijanian reports: The 28th Queen City Open took place 28th-29th
February 2004 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. IM Joseph Fang and FM Joshua
Friedel tied for 1st-2nd place with scores of 3.5-0.5, drawing each other in
the third round. FM Braden Bournival captured third place with a 3-1 tally. A
total of 52 players competed in four sections. The tournament was sponsored by
the New Hampshire Chess Association. Complete crosstables are available at
http://www.masschess.org
Rod McShane reports Reykjavik, 8 March 2004.
Reykjavik´s Hrokurinn Chess Club has won the top division of the
Icelandic League for the third successive season. The team finished with a
massive score of 46.5/56, a full 7.5 points ahead of its nearest rival Hellir.
But the Club´s triumph in the 2003/4 season was much more
comprehensive. Fielding a total of seven teams in the league's four divisions,
Hrokurinn also won the second and fourth divisions by impressive margins. The
Club has now acqired a total of 13 league trophies in six years.
Four of its teams in the fourth division were children´s teams.
The youngest player was 5 year old Alfred B Valencia. Alfred made the headlines
and, probably, the Guinness Book of Records, a week ago with his match against
103 year old Gudmundur Kristjánsson.
This season was dogged by controversy with Hrokurinn forced to mount a
legal challenge to a ruling by the league´s governing body which stripped
it of three of its game points from the first four matches.
Faruk Tairi who had a perfect score of 4/4 after the first weekend of
the league in October was stripped of three of his points on the pretext that
Hrokurinn had played with too many foreigners in its team. This left Hellir
leading by just half a point after four maches. On Thursday afternoon a court
announced its decision that the league´s ruling was improper under
European laws. The tribunal´s decision came little more than 24 hours
before the start of White´s clocks in the fifth round of the League on
Friday evening.
There has been some resentment of Hrokurinn´s recent dominance of
Icelandic chess. But oddly enough, it was not the Hellir team which proved the
sore losers, the reason being that the two clubs, prior to the court decision,
had agreed that whatever the outcome of the court case they would accept the
decision with no further quarrels or media war. The silver medal winners proved
gracious losers in Friday evening´s critical match. But at the
prizegiving the chairman of the Reykjavik Club read out a very sour speech
accusing Hrokurinn of demeaning the game by dragging it through the courts.
Reykjavik had won the top trophy 15 times in a row before Hrokurinn´s
first win in 2002. He announced that his players refused to accept their bronze
medals. Unfortunately, the chairman of the Reykjavik Chess Club had not
bothered to obtain the consent of the leading players in the Reykjavik A team
before his speech. GMs Margeir Petursson and Thorstur Thorhallsson, IM Jon
Viktor Gunnarson have all told personal friends at Hrokurinn that they want
their medals and do not want to be seen as bad losers.
What the speech neglected to say was that Hrokurinn´s programme
of strong international tournaments and chess in the schools has quadrupled the
amount of chess activity in Iceland in the last three years.
This season the Iceland No. 1 Johann Hjartarson, who had been
Akureyri´s top board for many years, defected to Hrokurinn. To rub salt
into the wound Hjartarson, who is a leading lawyer in Reyjkjavik, successively
guided Hrokurinn´s legal case through the court.
Hrokurinn now hopes that the Tairi Ruling will be accepted by the other
clubs. It is certainly determined to continue with its policy of importing
strong grandmasters for all kinds of activity. Whatever Reykjavik may feel, the
strategy has undoubtedly had a beneficial effect on the League as a whole.
Other clubs have strengthened their teams, finding the finance to bring in
foreign players of their own.
Only three games available.
Division 1 Final Standings
1. Hrókurinn-A 46½
2. Hellir-A 39
3. Reykjavik-A 38½
4. Vestmann Islands 25½
5. Akureyri-A 21½
6. Hellir-B 21½
7. Reykjavik-B 20
8. Akureyri-B 11½
The V Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" takes place on
Internet Chess Club (ICC), 6th-14th March, 2004. IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI,
Barcelona) reports: For the fifth year running Internet Chess Club (http://www.chessclub.com) holds the annual
Internet Chess Tournament ?Ciudad de Dos Hermanas? (Spain). This event has
consolidated itself as the most important Internet tournament in the world,
both in number and strength of players. 2400 participants have already
registered.
As last year, the playing system is as follows: twelve 9-round Swiss
qualifiers using the Fischer System playing rate: 8 minutes + 2 seconds.
Qualifiers are held twice a day (from March 6th to 11th). March 12th is a rest
day, and the finals are held on March 13th-14th. The 12 qualifier winners plus
the 20 best scores qualify to the 32 KO final. Registration for the last six
qualifiers is still open. Complete standings, game file, PGN game files and
other interesting information can be found at the Dos Hermanas web site
http://www.doshermanas.net
Standings qualifiers 1-4 (in black qualified players)
Section 06A, Saturday March 6, 1:00pm EST
553 players, 9 rounds
1. "A-Riazantsev", GM Alexander Riazantsev, RUS, 8.5
2. "zevs", IM Dmitry Fingerov, UKR, 8.0 (opponents averaged 2330)
3. "Vanych", GM Viktor Komliakov, RUS, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2491)
4. "Tavria", GM Sergey Karjakin, UKR, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2368)
5. "mdrasko", GM Milan Drasko, YUG, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2306)
6. "Lobo", IM Cristian Michel Yunis, CHL, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2199)
Section 06B, Saturday March 6, 8:00pm EST
307 players, 9 rounds
1. "zhong", GM Zhang Zhong, CHN, 8.0 (opponents 54.5 averaged 2434)
2. "BERTA", GM Ulf Andersson, SWE, 8.0 (opponents 52.0 averaged 2355)
3. "icclover", GM Julio Becerra Rivero, USA, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2360)
4. "ZARNICKI", GM Pablo Zarnicki, ARG, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2511)
5. "inmortal", FM Gustavo Mahia, ARG, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2252)
Section 07A, Sunday March 7, 1:00pm EST
464 players, 9 rounds
1. "chaozz", GM Sergei Movsesian, SVK, 8.0 (opponents 54.5 averaged 2634)
2. "lorenzo", GM Henrique Costa Mecking, BRA, 8.0 (opponents 54.5 averaged 2512)
3. "Crest", GM Sergey Shipov, RUS, 8.0 (opponents 53.5 averaged 2639)
4. "Oficer", IM Farid Abbasov, AZE, 8.0 (opponents 50.5 averaged 2515)
5. "Volkov", GM Sergey Volkov, RUS, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2726)
6. "Moonspell", IM Radoslaw Jedynak, POL, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2691)
7. "babloo", GM Krishnan Sasikiran, IND, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2594)
8. "Huitag", Lars Andreassen, NOR, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2648)
Section 07B, Sunday March 7, 8:00pm EST
321 players, 9 rounds
1. "ZARNICKI", GM Pablo Zarnicki, ARG, 8.5
2. "Boaz", IM Boaz Emanuel Berg, SWE, 8.0 (opponents averaged 2602)
3. "norival", GM Ni Hua, CHN, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2559)
4. "ninguno", IM Renier Gonzalez, USA, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2590)
5. "YuST", IM Yu Shaoteng, CHN, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2504)
6. "Jin", IM Imre Fancsy, HUN, 7.5 (opponents averaged 2358)
As I reported a while back Alexei Shirov won the Keres Memorial Rapid in
Tallinn January 3rd-4th 2004. Games now available. My thanks to Pedro Alberdi
for his help.
Source: http://www.maleliit.ee -
http://www.maleliit.ee/pgnviewer/html/2004/keresmemorial2004men.htm
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Keres Mem Rapid Tallinn EST (EST), 3-4 i 2004 cat. XV (2604)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2736 * = 1 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2815
2. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2656 = * = = = 1 = 1 4.5 2698
3. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2557 0 = * 1 = 0 1 1 4.0 2660
4. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2682 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 4.0 2642
5. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2625 1 = = 0 * = = = 3.5 2600
6. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2582 0 0 1 = = * = = 3.0 2557
7. Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2465 0 = 0 0 = = * = 2.0 2465
8. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2528 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1.5 2384
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According to a Novosti report in Moscow the FIDE world chess
championship will be held in Tripoli Libya in June 2004 with $1.5 million
prizefund.
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said on Wednesday that the Libyan
National Olympic Committee will transfer to the FIDE account $2.2 million for
holding the championship. 128 chess players will play for $1,5 million prize
money. The FIDE president also addressed the issue of three visas to Israeli
grandmasters. "This month I will visit Tripoli and pass to its leader Muammar
al-Gaddafi the request of the FIDE presidential council to issue entry visas to
three chess players nationals of Israel, the Libyan side will have to go to
additional expenses: holding part of the championship in the neighbour country,
Malta."
In addition there is additional money to make a Gold Cup, "worth several
hundred thousand dollars" which will go to the grandmaster who can win three
world championships in a row.
In addition Vietnam looks favourite to hold the match between the winner
of the FIDE Championships and Garry Kasparov. Although other countries are
still in the running.
Link
to Novosti article and
Pravda
we're still awaiting an official announcement at:
http://www.fide.com
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2004
Dortmund has changed its format to that used by the event when it acted
as a Candidates tournament in 2002. There will be preliminary groups followed
by semifinal and final matches.
The event takes place in the Dortmund Theatre 22nd July - 1st August
2004.
Players not yet announced by the organisers but they're expecting the
event to be very strong.
Pula Open 2004
The Pula Open 2004 takes place 19th-26th June 2004 in Pula, Croatia.
Further details: http://skpula.hr
1st Coventry International
The 1st Coventry International takes place April 16th-18th 2004 at King
Henry VIII School, Coventry. FIDE Rated BCF Grand Prix (Elite Status). PRIZE
FUND: £1300+ 1st Prize=£500 2nd Prize=£200 3rd
Prize=£100 Tournament Director: Mark Hogarth. Chief Controller: John
Robinson (FIDE Arbiter) Controller: Roy Woodcock
This event allows players to improve/obtain their international FIDE
rating without taking a week off from studies/work. It is anticipated that
several GMs and IMs will take part. Entry fees: GM, IM, WGM, WIM FREE (If
before 5th April 2004) FM & WFM £16 (If before 5th April 2004)
Non-Titled Players £24. A late entry fee of £5 will be charged on
entries post marked after 12th April 2004
Further info: Mark Hogarth mark.hogarth@btinternet.com or Roy Woodcock
chessroy@tinyworld.co.uk
Pobeskydi Tournament
The Pobeskydi tournament takes place 8th-12th April 2004. It has two
parts, firstly closed IM, WGM and WIM tournaments, secondly a FIDE open.
Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz
Calcutta International Open
The Alekhine Chess Club will be holding the CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL OPEN
CHESS TOURNAMENT, 2004, from now takes place 20th-27th 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
Further details: http://www.chessindia.org
14th Asian Cities
The 14th Asian Cities Chess Team championship will be held March 20-28,
at the International Convention Center in Tagaytay City, Philippines where over
35 countries are expected to vie for the prestigious Dubai Cup. No official
website available yet. Latest News: http://www.cdsea.org
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
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 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
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/