THE WEEK IN CHESS 488 15th March 2004 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) 13th Amber
Tournament
3) Tigran Petrosian Memorial
4) 21st Reykjavik Open
5) 5th Karpov
Tournament
6) Miskolc 2004
7) New
York Masters
8) Hamburg IM
9) First
Saturday March
10) Swedish Team Championships
11) Finnish Team Championships
12) Belgian
Teams
13) Dutch Championships Semi-Finals
14) 8th Israeli University Winter Championships
15) 1st Chiuso International
16)
Degrémont Grand Prix
17) 1st Balagne Open
18) Ivan Treber Memorial
19) V Dos Hermanas
Internet Tournament
20) U.S. Amateur Team East
2004
21) 2nd Parsvnath Open
22)
Turkish Championships
23) Forthcoming Events and
Links
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Games section
Tigran Petrosian Memorial 35 games
21st Reykjavik Open 266 games
Miskolc 2004 25 games
New York Masters 4 games
Hamburg IM 45 games
First Saturday March 42 games
Swedish Team Championships 120 games
Belgian Teams 47 games
Dutch Championships Semi-Finals 32 games
1st Chiuso International 60 games
Degrémont Grand Prix 19 games
1st Balagne Open 90 games
Ivan Treber Memorial 45 games
U.S. Amateur Team East 2004 238 games
Turkish Championships 1457 games
Cappelle extra games 25 games
2550 games
My thanks to Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, Koos Stolk, Zsuzsa Veroci, Gabor
Pali, Karl Theny, Europe Echecs, Thomas Henrich, Henri Koskinen, Miklos Orso,
Dominique Primel, Mirjana Medic, Brian Isaksen, Gary Bekker, John Fernandez,
Vishal Sareen, Anatoly Javorsky, Steve Laios, Michael Rahal, Roman M. Parparov,
Bill Townsend and everyone else who helped with the issue.
A busy week not helped by a power cut this afternoon in my home. Next
week sees the 13th Amber Tournament and the 5th Karpov Tournament, two
tremendous events which should produce fantastic chess.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
13th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament takes place in the Monte
Carlo Grand Hotel in Monaco March 20th - April 1st 2004. It is sponsored by
creator of the event Mr. J.J. van Oosterom. Prize-fund is Euro 193,250.
Every day the grandmasters play one Rapid game and one Blindfold game,
of around one hour per game. The Blindfold games they play on a computer. For
the players only an empty chess board is visible on the screen. With the mouse
or the keyboard they can make a move, which will then appear on the screens of
both players. After they have confirmed their move, the players see the move
disappear and the clock of the opponent starts running. Various monitors in the
playing room show the course of the game, which is perfectly visible for the
arbiter and the audience, but not for the grandmasters. Free days: 24 March and
29 March. Play takes place 1.30-8.00 pm.
Players: Viswanathan Anand (India) Evgeny Bareev (Russia) Boris Gelfand
(Israel) Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) Peter Leko
(Hungary) Alexander Morozevich (Russia) Alexey Shirov (Spain) Peter Svidler
(Russia) Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) Francisco Vallejo (Spain) Loek Van Wely
(The Netherlands)
Official site : http://www.alldata.nl/amber
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.
The event is very diplomatically controversial. Karabakh's status is
under dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The Armenian Chess Federation has
isolated itself from the event but did send a congratulatory letter to the
players according to reports. The Georgian Federation don't wish their flag to
be hung at the event: The had briefly a message on the official FIDE site which
now seems to have gone. FIDE now have stated it will have no international
status according to a
Report from Azertag the Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency. - according to the Armenian site http://www.armenpress.am/eng/news/sports.htm
"a welcoming letter from the FIDE president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, was read out
in which he said he was convinced that the holding of the international
tournament in Stepanakert will contribute to the development of the unique
Armenian chess culture."
I've gone with Azerbaijan as the country in the PGN section simply as
this seems to be the official FIDE line.
Official site: http://www.karabakh2004.com
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Petrosian Mem Stepanakert AZE (AZE), 9-18 iii 2004 cat. XIII (2572)
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1. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2599 * = . 0 1 1 = = . 1 4.5 2675
2. Petrosian, Tigran L m ARM 2477 = * 0 = 1 = = . 1 . 4.0 2622
3. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2557 . 1 * = 0 = = . 1 = 4.0 2608
4. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2618 1 = = * = 0 . = . = 3.5 2566
5. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2643 0 0 1 = * . = = 1 . 3.5 2577
6. Pashikian, Arman ARM 2451 0 = = 1 . * . 1 0 = 3.5 2577
7. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2587 = = = . = . * = 0 1 3.5 2580
8. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2653 = . . = = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2576
9. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2549 . 0 0 . 0 1 1 = * = 3.0 2515
10. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2587 0 . = = . = 0 0 = * 2.0 2415
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The 21st Reykjavik Open takes place in The Reykjavik City Hall March 7th
- March 16th 2004.
Alexey Dreev and Levon Aronian lead on 5.5/7 with two rounds to go.
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. Info:
http://www.chess.is/reykjavikrapid/english.html
and http://www.ruv.is/skak
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21st Open Reykjavik ISL (ISL), 7-16 iii 2004
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1. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2682 +51 +19 =24 + 3 = 7 +10 = 6 . . 5.5 2767
2. Aronian, Levon g GER 2648 +53 =29 +33 =32 +24 = 3 +13 . . 5.5 2746
3. Timman, Jan H g NED 2578 +52 +27 +14 - 1 +16 = 2 = 5 . . 5.0 2691
4. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2566 +47 +34 =12 = 8 = 5 =17 +27 . . 5.0 2667
5. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2633 +56 =41 =31 +21 = 4 +15 = 3 . . 5.0 2654
6. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2666 +30 =31 =50 +42 =15 +26 = 1 . . 5.0 2679
7. Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2523 +59 =49 +35 +22 = 1 =13 = 8 . . 5.0 2625
8. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2606 +70 +40 =22 = 4 =11 +19 = 7 . . 5.0 2664
9. Markus, Robert m SCG 2527 +44 =37 =48 =14 =30 +39 +24 . . 5.0 2541
10. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2530 +65 -14 +53 +28 +12 - 1 +30 . . 5.0 2601
11. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2554 +43 =28 +37 =12 = 8 =24 =14 . . 4.5 2579
12. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2582 +46 +20 = 4 =11 -10 =42 +40 . . 4.5 2581
13. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2609 =23 +39 +29 =16 +32 = 7 - 2 . . 4.5 2598
14. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2451 +64 +10 - 3 = 9 =22 +50 =11 . . 4.5 2574
15. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2569 +55 =33 =28 +27 = 6 - 5 +42 . . 4.5 2594
16. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2537 +36 =35 +49 =13 - 3 +34 =20 . . 4.5 2512
17. Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2602 =48 -23 +55 +51 +31 = 4 =18 . . 4.5 2514
18. Schmaltz, Roland g GER 2527 -49 +62 =45 +35 +41 =22 =17 . . 4.5 2492
19. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2525 +62 - 1 +47 =34 +40 - 8 +37 . . 4.5 2535
20. Maze, Sebastien m FRA 2462 +68 -12 =43 =38 +48 +32 =16 . . 4.5 2474
21. Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2436 +71 -22 +44 - 5 +38 =29 +31 . . 4.5 2494
22. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2571 +45 +21 = 8 - 7 =14 =18 =29 . . 4.0 2525
23. Vidarsson, Jon G m ISL 2333 =13 +17 -25 -26 =36 +60 +50 . . 4.0 2525
24. Luther, Thomas g GER 2572 +76 +42 = 1 +25 - 2 =11 - 9 . . 4.0 2537
25. Sedlak, Nikola g SCG 2539 =39 +38 +23 -24 =37 -27 +51 . . 4.0 2454
26. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2572 =38 -48 +58 +23 +33 - 6 =28 . . 4.0 2429
27. Carlsen, Magnus m NOR 2484 +54 - 3 +36 -15 +53 +25 - 4 . . 4.0 2477
28. Handke, Florian g GER 2459 +72 =11 =15 -10 =54 +45 =26 . . 4.0 2440
29. Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2504 +63 = 2 -13 +70 =34 =21 =22 . . 4.0 2501
30. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2353 - 6 +66 +68 =50 = 9 +41 -10 . . 4.0 2475
31. Votava, Jan g CZE 2505 +66 = 6 = 5 +48 -17 =37 -21 . . 3.5 2460
32. Pavlovic, Milos g SCG 2548 =60 +61 +41 = 2 -13 -20 =35 . . 3.5 2432
33. Krush, Irina m USA 2465 +69 =15 - 2 +45 -26 =35 =46 . . 3.5 2410
34. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2390 +57 - 4 +67 =19 =29 -16 =38 . . 3.5 2368
35. Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2376 +74 =16 - 7 -18 +43 =33 =32 . . 3.5 2409
36. Arngrimsson, Dagur ISL 2239 -16 +57 -27 =67 =23 +48 =39 . . 3.5 2315
37. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2404 +75 = 9 -11 +49 =25 =31 -19 . . 3.5 2412
38. Sigfusson, Sigurdur f ISL 2285 =26 -25 +72 =20 -21 +49 =34 . . 3.5 2384
39. Thorfinnsson, Bragi m ISL 2380 =25 -13 +60 +59 =50 - 9 =36 . . 3.5 2413
40. Galego, Luis g POR 2479 +58 - 8 =52 +43 -19 +66 -12 . . 3.5 2370
41. Charbonneau, Pascal m CAN 2485 +67 = 5 -32 +52 -18 -30 +65 . . 3.5 2394
42. Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2459 +73 -24 +65 - 6 +44 =12 -15 . . 3.5 2412
43. Kjartansson, David f ISL 2267 -11 +64 =20 -40 -35 +63 +59 . . 3.5 2327
44. Ptacnikova, Lenka wg CZE 2214 - 9 +76 -21 +46 -42 +56 =53 . . 3.5 2343
45. Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn f ISL 2278 -22 +73 =18 -33 +61 -28 +62 . . 3.5 2352
46. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2307 -12 -68 +64 -44 +71 +67 =33 . . 3.5 2225
47. Bergsson, Snorri f ISL 2270 - 4 +71 -19 =66 =67 =62 +61 . . 3.5 2265
48. Ardaman, Miles f USA 2307 =17 +26 = 9 -31 -20 -36 +69 . . 3.0 2382
49. Steindorsson, Sigurdur P ISL 2218 +18 = 7 -16 -37 =52 -38 +68 . . 3.0 2330
50. Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek m DEN 2510 =61 +60 = 6 =30 =39 -14 -23 . . 3.0 2326
51. Bromann, Thorbjorn f DEN 2371 - 1 +63 =59 -17 =60 +54 -25 . . 3.0 2325
52. Johannesson, Ingvar Thor ISL 2302 - 3 +69 =40 -41 =49 =59 =54 . . 3.0 2271
53. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn f ISL 2340 - 2 +54 -10 +69 -27 =65 =44 . . 3.0 2291
54. Halldorsson, Halldor ISL 2159 -27 -53 +74 +65 =28 -51 =52 . . 3.0 2262
55. Thorarinsson, Pall A ISL 2278 -15 =72 -17 =58 =59 =64 +67 . . 3.0 2205
56. Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn f ISL 2337 - 5 -67 =73 +68 =62 -44 +66 . . 3.0 2167
57. Sigurdsson, Johann Helgi ISL 2002 -34 -36 =63 -61 +73 =58 +72 . . 3.0 2129
58. Thorsteinsson, Erlingur ISL 2138 -40 =70 -26 =55 =64 =57 =60 . . 2.5 2176
59. Halldorsson, Bragi ISL 2211 - 7 +74 =51 -39 =55 =52 -43 . . 2.5 2201
60. Bjornsson, Tomas f ISL 2256 =32 -50 -39 +73 =51 -23 =58 . . 2.5 2231
61. Hagesaether, Ellen NOR 2194 =50 -32 -70 +57 -45 +72 -47 . . 2.5 2184
62. Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2200 -19 -18 =71 +72 =56 =47 -45 . . 2.5 2189
63. Maack, Kjartan ISL 2176 -29 -51 =57 =71 +68 -43 =64 . . 2.5 2083
64. Bergsson, Stefan ISL 2036 -14 -43 -46 +74 =58 =55 =63 . . 2.5 2129
65. Lehikoinen, Pertti Ilari FIN 2234 -10 +75 -42 -54 +69 =53 -41 . . 2.5 2199
66. Fridjonsson, Julius ISL 2176 -31 -30 +75 =47 +70 -40 -56 . . 2.5 2225
67. Kjartansson, Gudmundur ISL 2162 -41 +56 -34 =36 =47 -46 -55 . . 2.0 2171
68. Johnsen, Sylvia wf NOR 2083 -20 +46 -30 -56 -63 +74 -49 . . 2.0 2106
69. Ragnarsson, Johann ISL 2122 -33 -52 +76 -53 -65 +71 -48 . . 2.0 2082
70. Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2329 - 8 =58 +61 -29 -66 . . . . 1.5 2174
71. Kjartansson, Olafur ISL 2034 -21 -47 =62 =63 -46 -69 =74 . . 1.5 1985
72. Gretarsdottir, Lilja ISL 2071 -28 =55 -38 -62 +76 -61 -57 . . 1.5 1972
73. Ingolfsdottir, Harpa ISL 2051 -42 -45 =56 -60 -57 =75 =76 . . 1.5 1962
74. Thorkelsson,Sigurjon ISL ---- -35 -59 -54 -64 +75 -68 =71 . . 1.5 1900
75. Gunnarsson, Runar ISL 2016 -37 -65 -66 =76 -74 =73 =77 . . 1.5 1896
76. Ingibergsson,Valgard ISL ---- -24 -44 -69 =75 -72 =77 =73 . . 1.5 1922
77. Palsson, Halldor ISL 2021 . . . . . =76 =75 . . 1.0 2008
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The 5th Karpov Tournament takes place in Poikovsky 17th-26th of March
2004. Poikovsky is a village Poikovsky in the Nefteyugansky region, the west of
Siberia. The event will be the strongest robin tournament in Russia this year.
It carries the name Anatoly Karpov and its power approaches the Linares,
Dortmund and Wijk-aan-Zee events. This year the average rating of the
participants is 2676 (category XVIII), and the organisers promise that next
year the event will be stronger.
Players: Alexander Grischuk RUS 2719 Ivan Sokolov NED 2706 Vladimir
Malakhov RUS 2700 Viktor Bologan MDA 2679 Alexej Aleksandrov BLR 2679 Joel
Lautier FRA 2676 Sergey Rublevsky RUS 2655 Vadim Zvjagintsev RUS 2654 Alexander
Onischuk USA 2652 Zhang Zhong CHN 2644
News Eugeny Atarov.
Official site: http://www.admoil.ru/chess2004/index_chess.htm
Miskolc the biggest city in Northern Hungary hosts a Category XII GM
tournament Tha Miskolc 2004 "Talent and Courage" GM tournament takes place in
Miskolc City Hall March 10th - March 19th 2004. My thanks to Zsuzsa Veroci.
Official site of the tournament: http://www.borsodchess.hu/ additional
news: http://origo.hu/sport/sakk/20040312varga.html
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It Miskolc HUN (HUN), 10-19 iii 2004 cat. XII (2528)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2564 * . . = 1 . = . 1 1 4.0 2759
2. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2553 . * = 0 . . 1 = 1 . 3.0 2586
3. Prusikin, Michael m GER 2519 . = * . = = . = . 1 3.0 2599
4. Balogh, Csaba m HUN 2456 = 1 . * = = 0 . . . 2.5 2552
5. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2572 0 . = = * . 1 . = . 2.5 2527
6. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2548 . . = = . * . = = = 2.5 2502
7. Firman, Nazar m UKR 2526 = 0 . 1 0 . * . . = 2.0 2450
8. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2498 . = = . . = . * 0 = 2.0 2460
9. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2573 0 0 . . = = . 1 * . 2.0 2475
10. Erdos, Viktor m HUN 2468 0 . 0 . . = = = . * 1.5 2382
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There was a five way tie for the New York Masters on 9th March 2004 on
3/4. News John Fernandez.
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94th New York Masters Action USA (USA), 9 iii 2004
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1 2 3 4 Total
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1. Wojtkiewicz, Aleks g USA 2564 +12 + 5 = 4 = 2 3.0 ($122)
2. Izoria, Zviad g GEO 2553 +14 + 6 = 3 = 1 3.0 ($122)
3. Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2568 +13 + 9 = 2 = 4 3.0 ($122)
4. Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2598 +15 +10 = 1 = 3 3.0 ($122)
5. Becerra, Julio g USA 2569 +16 - 1 +11 + 8 3.0 ($122)
6. Hoffmann, Asa f USA 2290 +21 - 2 =13 + 9 2.5 ($ 61)
7. Agaian, Sarkis USA 2169 + 8 -11 +10 = 2.5 ($ 61)
8. Bonin, Jay m USA 2330 - 7 +19 +14 - 5 2.0
9. Bartell, Thomas f USA 2298 +17 - 3 +16 - 6 2.0
10. Eisen, Lewis f USA 2240 +18 - 4 - 7 +16 2.0
11. Privman, Boris f USA 2241 =19 + 7 - 5 =13 2.0
12. Aravena, Peter USA 2250 - 1 -16 +19 +17 2.0
13. Lenderman, Alex f USA 2320 - 3 +17 = 6 =11 2.0
14. Furdzik, Rafal USA 2251 - 2 +21 - 8 = 1.5
15. Caruana, Fabiano f USA 2122 - 4 +18 --- = 1.5
16. Rosenberg, Evan USA 2163 - 5 +12 - 9 -10 1.0
17. Pressman, Leif USA ---- - 9 -13 +18 -12 1.0
18. Gottehrer, Jonathan USA ---- -10 -15 -17 +20 1.0
19. Getz, Alec USA ---- =11 - 8 -12 = 1.0
20. Fredericks, Jason USA ---- --- --- +21 -18 1.0
21. Zenyuk, Iryna USA 2168 - 6 -14 -20 = 0.5
PRIZES
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2ND - $150
3RD - $ 60
U2400 - $122
The Koenigsspringer IM tournament took place in Hamburg 8th-14th March
2004. FM Simon Kuemin finished undefeated on 6.5/9 first on tie-break from GM
Dmitry Svetushkin on the same score.
Internet coverage: http://im-turnier.kshamburg.de/
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Koenigsspringer IM Hamburg GER (GER), 8-14 iii 2004 cat. VI (2379)
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1. Kuemin, Simon f SUI 2376 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2544
2. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2553 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2525
3. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2506 = = * 1 1 = = = 1 = 6.0 2489
4. Kopylov, Mihail m UKR 2445 = 1 0 * = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2496
5. Hochgraefe, Markus f GER 2327 = 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2427
6. Reddmann, Hauke f GER 2338 = 0 = = = * 1 0 = 1 4.5 2383
7. Boidman, Yuri m GER 2418 0 = = = 0 0 * 1 = 1 4.0 2331
8. Buhr, Carl Christian f GER 2347 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * = = 3.0 2257
9. Zimmermann, Julian GER 2227 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1 2.5 2229
10. Schleicher, Guido GER 2249 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 2042
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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
Round 9 Standings
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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 1 = . . . = 1 = . 6.0 2634
2. Vajda, Levente g ROM 2482 = * 1 = . = = . . 1 = . 1 5.5 2572
3. Grafl, Florian m GER 2408 0 0 * = . = = = 1 1 . . 1 5.0 2476
4. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2450 0 = = * . 1 . . . = = = 1 4.5 2468
5. Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2447 0 . . . * . 1 = = = = = 1 4.5 2467
6. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2477 = = = 0 . * = . = = . . 1 4.0 2424
7. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2481 . = = . 0 = * 0 1 . = 1 . 4.0 2448
8. Drabke, Lorenz m GER 2439 . . = . = . 1 * 0 = = = = 4.0 2421
9. Mahesh Chandran, P m IND 2437 . . 0 . = = 0 1 * . = 1 = 4.0 2434
10. Pataki, Gyozo HUN 2374 = 0 0 = = = . = . * = 1 . 4.0 2405
11. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2496 0 = . = = . = = = = * . 0 3.5 2350
12. Paschall, William M m USA 2401 = . . = = . 0 = 0 0 . * = 2.5 2283
13. Krivoborodov, Egor RUS 2329 . 0 0 0 0 0 . = = . 1 = * 2.5 2282
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The final three rounds of the Swedish Team Championships took place
12th-14th March 2004. The winner was SK Rockaden who fielded Vassily Ivanchuk,
Peter Heine Nielsen and Ulf Andersson over the final rounds. They edged out SK
Limhamns (Stellen Brynell, Ivan Sokolov, Jonny Hector etc) on board count after
the two teams drew in the final round.
Official site: http://schack.anywhere.nu/elitserien/
Final Standings:
1. SK Rockaden 21 63 0
2. Limhamns SK 21 58 0
3. Sollentuna SK 16 56.5 0
4. Skara SS 16 50 0
5. LASK 11 46.5 0
6. Södra/SASS 11 43.5 0
7. SK Kamraterna 9 38 0
8. Farsta SK 8 38 0
9. SK Passanten 7 38.5 0
10. Schack 08 7 37 0
11. SS Manhem 4 36.5 0
12. Solna SS 1 22.5 0
Gaia from Helsinki overtook Matinkylä's lead in a thrilling final
in Espoo. The winning team includes GM:s Rytshagov, Kallio, Yrjölä
and Westerinen. Matinkylä had to settle for silver, defending champion
Jyväskylä was third.
All games on the website:
http://www.shakki.net/pelaaminen/turnaukset/liiga.html.
I will round the games up next week.
Final results
1. Gaia, Helsinki 16/18
2. MatSK, Espoo 15
3. JyS, Jyväskylä 13
4. HSK, Helsinki 11
5. JoeSK, Joensuu 8
6. Taraus, Tampere 8
7. EtVaS, Vantaa 8
8. TuTS, Turku 7
9. MatSK II, Espoo 3
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10.VammSK, Vammala 1
The Belgian Teams 2003-2004 reached round 9. Steve Laios sends results
and games.
Round 09 : 15.02.2004
1.Temse - Charleroi : 6.0-2.0
2.Gent - Hoboken : 4.5-3.5
3.Leuven - Rochade : 4.0-4.0
4.Liège - SK47.Eynatten 1 : 0.0-8.0
5.Borgerhout - SK47.Eynatten 2 : 1.5-6.5
6.Boitsfort - Brugge : 1.5-6.5 (no games)
Round 06 : 11.01.2004 (missing games)
1.Boitsfort - Liège : 2.0-6.0 (7/8 games)
(sub-rounds are board number)
(total games : 47)
Standings after round 09.
Pts M/P Pl
1.KSK47-Eynatten 1 52.0 9 9
2.Temse 1 48.0 7 9
3.SK Rochade 1 42.5 6 9
4.KSK47-Eynatten 2 38.0 4.5 9
5.K Brugge SK 1 36.5 5 9
6.Borgerhout 1 35.0 4.5 9
7.Charleroi 1 34.5 4.5 9
8.K Gent SRL 1 34.0 4 9
9.Hoboken 1 30.5 3.5 9
10.LV Leuven Fortis 1 29.5 2 9
11.CRE Liège 1 28.5 3.5 9
12.Boitsfort 1 23.0 0,5 9
The second round of the Semi Finals of the Dutch Championships took
place 13th-14th March 2004. March 15th,16th sees the third round. News: Koos
Stolk
Further info: http://www.schaakbond.nl/
Semi Final Round 2 13th-14th March 2004
Jeroen Bosch - * Erik van den Doel 1-0 0-1 ½-1½
Jan Smeets - * Yge Visser ½-½ ½-½ 2-3
Manuel Bosboom * - Ruud Janssen ½-½ ½-½ 1½-½
Maarten Solleveld * - Stefan van Blitterswijk 1-0 1-0
Marcel Peek - * Erwin l'Ami 0-1 ½-½
Sipke Ernst * - Arthur van de Oudeweetering 1-0 1-0
Babak Tondivar * - Jop Delemarre ½-½ 1-0
Dennis de Vreugt * - Mark Thiele 1-0 1-0
Semi Final Women Round 2 13th-14th March 2004
Maartje de Jonge - * Bianca Muhren 0-1 1-0 0-2
Arlette van Weersel * - Yvette Nagel-Seirawan 1-0 1-0
Pauline van Nies - * Marlies Bensdorp 0-1 ½-½
Colleen Otten * - Laura Boszhard 1-0 1-0
Roman Parparov reports on the 8th Israeli University Winter Chess
Championship (Shlomo Har-Zvi memorial).
Israel University Winter Games including three chess events were held
in Eilat in the south of Israel, on the shore of the Red Sea between 29th of
February till 3rd of March.
The chess events are held in memory of Shlomo Har-Zvi who was the
manager of Tel-Aviv University Chess Club for many years till his untimely
death a few years ago. He was an outstanding chess enthusiast and sponsor, and
his family provides great prizes for this yearly memorial. Tel-Aviv
University's club main chess team "ASA Shlomo Har-Zvi" also carries his name.
01/03: Team Event (only students allowed)
1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts Pl
1.Tel-Aviv University XXX 2.0 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 17.5 I
2.Open University 2.0 XXX 4.0 2.5 4.0 3.0 15.5 II
3.Technion Haifa 0.5 0.0 XXX 3.5 4.0 2.5 10.5 III
4.Haifa University 0.0 1.5 0.5 XXX 4.0 0.5 6.5 IV
5.Hertzeliya IDC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 XXX 1.0 0.0 V
6.Rupin College 0.0 1.0 1.5 3.5 3.0 XXX 9.0 Off competition
Tel-Aviv University team: GM Zifroni 2552, IM Mittelman 2449,
IM Bitanski 2393, Blokh 2261, Kunin 2188.
Open University team: IM Kundin 2424, FM Ganor 2317,
NM Rappoport 2227 et al.
02/03: Open Rapid (25m/g) 7-round Event:
pts Buch SB
1. Gofshtein, Leonid g ISR 2522 6 31.5
2-5. Mittelman, Gur m ISR 2449 5 30.5
2-5. Kundin, Alex m ISR 2424 5 29.5
2-5. Rappoport, Evgeny ISR 2227 5 26.5
2-5. Kunin, Pavel ISR 2188 5 25.5
6-7. Ganor, Dotan f ISR 2317 4.5 28.5
6-7. Bitanski, Igor m ISR 2393 4.5 25.0
8-11. Paz, Meayan ISR 2278 4 23.0
8-11. Shterenberg, Baruch ISR 2271 4 21.5 10.00
8-11. Ioselevich, Daniel ISR 2209 4 21.5 9.00
8-11. Bereslavsky, Michael ISR 2213 4 18.5
12-13. Shapira, Uri ISR ---- 3.5 27.5
12-13. Bialer, Khen ISR ---- 3.5 16.0
14-18. Blokh, Dmitry ISR 2261 3 30.5
14-18. Krivoy, Yuri ISR ---- 3 28.0
14-18. Motenko, Dmitry ISR 2203 3 26.0
14-18. Markovich, Yosi ISR ---- 3 24.5
14-18. Fink, Alexander ISR 2047 3 21.0
19-20. Shorek, Mordechay ISR ---- 2.5 26.0
19-20. Kaplan, Lior ISR ---- 2.5 22.5
21-23. Weissman, Felix ISR ---- 2 22.5
21-23. Prutkin, Boris ISR ---- 2 21.5
21-23. Abramovich, Igor ISR ---- 2 21.0
24. Rosenau, Ofir ISR ---- 0 19.5
03/03: Open Blitz (5m/g) 5x2-round Event:
pts Buch
1-3. Gofshtein, Leonid g ISR 2522 7.5 30.0
1-3. Kundin, Alex m ISR 2424 7.5 28.5
1-3. Bereslavsky, Michael ISR 2213 7.5 24.0
4. Paz, Meayan ISR 2278 7 30.5
5-7. Ganor, Dotan f ISR 2317 6.5 32.5
5-7. Blokh, Dmitry ISR 2261 6.5 31.5
5-7. Shapira, Uri ISR ---- 6.5 20.5
8. Bitanski, Igor m ISR 2393 6 30.0
9-10. Shterenberg, Baruch ISR 2271 5.5 27.5
9-10. Motenko, Dmitry ISR 2203 5.5 24.5
11-13. Prutkin, Boris ISR ---- 5 24.5
11-13. Krivoy, Yuri ISR ---- 5 22.5
11-13. Weissman, Felix ISR ---- 5 21.0
14-15. Rappoport, Evgeny ISR 2227 4 28.0
14-15. Shorek, Mordechay ISR ---- 4 17.5
16-18. Fink, Alexander ISR 2047 3 29.0
16-18. Kaplan, Lior ISR ---- 3 20.5
16-18. Abramovich, Igor ISR ---- 3 16.0
19. Fisher, Shay ISR ---- 2 20.0
Chief Organizer: IA Mordechay Shorek
Arbiter: Roman Parparov
The 1st Chiuso International takes place in Rome 8th-15th March 2004.
Lexy Ortega leads with one round to go.
Internet coverage:
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/bombelli/roma.htm
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1st Chiuso It Rome ITA (ITA), 8-15 iii 2004 cat. II (2277)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Ortega, Lexy g ITA 2454 * = = = = 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 8.0 2516
2. Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2318 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 . 1 1 7.5 2470
3. Sibilio, Mario f ITA 2361 = = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 . 7.0 2445
4. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2416 = = = * = . = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2410
5. Jones, Gawain C ENG 2387 = = = = * = = 1 1 = . 1 6.5 2394
6. Corvi, Marco f ITA 2295 0 0 = . = * = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2333
7. Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2419 0 = 0 = = = * 0 . 1 1 1 5.0 2264
8. Tribuiani, Renato ITA 2099 . 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2240
9. Fayard, Alain FRA 2256 0 0 = 0 0 0 . 1 * = 1 1 4.0 2192
10. Marzano, Carlo ITA 2228 0 . 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 1 3.5 2167
11. Cavatorta, Fosco ITA 2088 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1.0 1918
12. Russo,Carmelo ITA ---- 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The Degrémont Grand Prix was played in Clichy. Time control was
25+10s.. It was 2-games match ; if the score was even, the play 2 blitzs (5 0
), and, if it was still draw a 6mn vs5mn blitz, but White has to win. News from
Europe Echecs. Sadly, the blitz games between Relange and Collas are missing.
Christian Bauer won the final against Alberto David.
Official site: http://www.clichy-echecs.org
Results
Day 1 (quarter final) :
Eloi Relange - Didier Collas : ½-½
Didier Collas - Eloi Relange : ½-½
Blitzs 5-0
Eloi Relange - Didier Collas : 0-1
Didier Collas - Eloi Relange : 0-1
Blitz 6-5
Didier Collas - Eloi Relange : 1-0
Manuel Apicella - Alberto David : ½-½
Alberto David - Manuel Apicella : 1-0
Bauer - Stefanova : 1-0
Stefanova - Bauer : ½-½
Tregubov - Degraeve : 1-0
Degraeve - Tregubov : 0-1
Day 2 (semi-final)
Didier Collas - Alberto David : 0-1
Alberto David - Didier Collas : 1-0
Pavel Tregubov - Christian Bauer : 0-1
Christian Bauer - Pavel Tregubov : 0-1
blitzs
Pavel Tregubov - Christian Bauer : 0-1
Christian Bauer - Pavel Tregubov : 0-1
Blitz 6-5
Pavel Tregubov - Christian Bauer : ½-½
Bauer was qualified because he drew.
Day 3 :
Match for 3rd place :
Didier Collas - Pavel Tregubov : ½-½
Pavel Tregubov - Dider Collas : 1-0
Final
Alberto David - Christian Bauer : 0-1
Christian Bauer -Alberto David : 1-0
The 1st Balagne open took place February 21st-28th 2004. IM Ilmars
Starostits won the event The players can not offer draw unless it is a dead
drawn ending. News from Dominique Primel.
internet coverage: http://balagnachess.free.fr/
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1st Balagne Open Calvi FRA (FRA), 21-28 ii 2004
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1. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2431 7,5 40,0 48,5 2495
2. Ginsburg, Gennadij m GER 2486 7,0 45,0 55,0 2540
3. Kozakov, Mikhail g UKR 2462 7,0 44,0 53,5 2449
4. Guidarelli, Laurent m FRA 2449 7,0 43,5 53,0 2539
5. Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2461 7,0 41,0 50,0 2477
6. Galdunts, Sergey g ARM 2506 6,5 45,0 53,5 2510
7. Bojkov, Dejan m BUL 2415 6,5 41,5 50,5 2415
8. Bricard, Emmanuel m FRA 2453 6,5 40,5 50,0 2337
9. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2546 6,5 39,5 49,0 2361
10. Maksimenko, Andrei g UKR 2541 6,0 43,0 53,0 2292
11. Koziak, Vitali m UKR 2448 6,0 42,5 51,5 2354
12. Bolding, Klaus FRA 2305 6,0 41,0 50,5 2279
13. Saez, Frederic FRA 2197 6,0 40,0 49,0 2273
14. Bicchierai, Gregory FRA 2095 6,0 39,0 48,0 2176
15. Dimitrov, Christo FRA 2223 6,0 39,0 47,0 2152
16. Humeau, Cyril FRA 2113 6,0 38,5 45,5 2116
17. Hansch Klaus-Michael GER ---- 6,0 37,5 45,5 2070
18. Henry,Guillaume FRA ---- 6,0 34,5 41,0 1881
19. Auge,Jean FRA ---- 6,0 31,0 38,0 1796
20. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2524 5,5 47,5 58,0 2440
97 players
The "Ivan Treber" Memorial took place in Vinkovci Coatia 6th-13th March
2004. Ante Brkic and Misa Pap finished on 7.5/9. News: WGM Mirjana Medic of the
Croatian Chess Federation.
Official site:
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/vinkovci/index.htm
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Ivan Treber Mem Vinkovci CRO (CRO), 6-18 iii 2004
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1 Brkic, Ante CRO 2420 7.5 41.5
2 Pap, Misa SCG 2411 7.5 39.5
3 Goric, Esad BIH 2385 6.5 43.5
4 Mrkonjic, Nenad CRO 2347 6.5 40.0
5 Ascic, Pero CRO 2317 6.5 39.5
6 Sipic, Hrvoje CRO 2119 6 38.5
7 Jovic, Cedo SCG 2045 6 38.5
8 Tolic, Mato SLO 2002 6 37.5
9 Hodak, Stevo CRO 2283 6 35.5
10 Brkic, Zdenko CRO 2033 5.5 36.0
11 Josic, Stevan CRO 2182 5.5 35.5
12 Matanovic, Zlatko CRO 2149 5.5 34.5
13 Rupcic, Ivan CRO 5.5 33.5
14 Potlimbrzovic, Zdenko CRO 5.5 31.5
15 Grgurevic, Marinko CRO 2141 5.5 29.5
50 players
The V Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" took place on
Internet Chess Club (ICC), 6th-14th March, 2004. IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI,
Barcelona)
Complete standings, game file, PGN game files and other
interesting information can be found at the Dos Hermanas web site
http://www.doshermanas.net The event
was held on the Internet Chess Club (www.chessclub.com) Results roundup next
week.
Bill Townsend reports:
The U.S. Amateur Team East 2004 took place from February 14th-16th at
Parsippany, in northern New Jersey. There were three other Amateur Team events
run the same weekend in different parts of the U.S.A. (West, Midwest and South)
but the East is where the Amateur Teams started in 1970, and traditionally it
is much larger than the other three put together. This year Team East broke yet
another attendance record with over 1,150 players competing on 276 teams.
In spite of the large number of teams there were no perfect scores:
just like last year four teams tied for first place with team scores of 5 1/2
out of six, so the top places had to be decided by number of individual games
won. In fourth place with 16 games was "The Contenders" consisting of Adnan
Kobas, Mitchell Goldberg, John Riddell, Shirley Ben-Dak and James Santorelli.
In third, also with 16 games, was the "U.S. Amateur Training Team" led by
former U.S. Champion GM Joel Benjamin on board one and current U.S. Women's
champion WGM Anna Hahn on board two. John MacArthur and Deborah Quinn rounded
out the rest of the team.
In second place with 18 was Collins Kids Hispanola, featuring Alexander
Beltre, James Lewis, Greg Hernandez and Fritz Gaspard. The overall winner with
19 1/2 games out of 24 was "Dean Ippolito, LLC" with FM Stan Krivnetsov, IM
Dean Ippolito, Mike Bernshteyn and Scott Lalli.
It may seem odd to see all these titled players listed as the winners
of an "Amateur" tournament, but that just refers to the fact that the average
team rating has to be below 2200 USCF. In spite of the name, these tournaments
really are the U.S. team championships. Among the other titled players
competing were: GM Michael Rohde, GM Arthur Bisguier, GM Ildar Ibragimov, GM
Alexander Stripunsky, IM Jay Bonin and IM Larry Kaufman.
2nd Parsvnath takes place in new Delhi that has 271 participants
including 10 GMs. Prominent names are Pavel Kotsur, Saidali Iuldachev, Georgy
Timoshenko, Dibyendu Barua, S S Ganguly, R B Ramesh, Sandipan Chanda and Koenru
Humpy.
Results: http://www.delhichess.com
Pavel Kotsur and Saidali Iuldachev lead going into the 9th round on 7
points.
The Turkish Championships took place in Kusadasi, Turkey 28th February -
7th March 2004. Turhan Yilmaz won the event with 10/12.
Official site:
http://www.tsf.org.tr/faaliyet_2004/turchamp2004/files/turchampmain.htm
Leading Final Round 12 Standings:
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ch-TUR Kusadasi TUR (TUR), 28 ii-7 iii 2004
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1. Yilmaz, Turhan m TUR 2311 10.0 2418
2. Erturan, Yakup TUR 2273 9.5 2402
3. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc f TUR 2360 9.5 2402
4. Demirel, Tolga TUR 2183 9.5 2371
5. Karadeniz, Emre f TUR 2310 9.0 2353
6. Bayram, Yakup f TUR 2292 9.0 2270
7. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2330 9.0 2277
8. Donmez, Yusuf TUR 2045 9.0 2339
9. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2355 8.5 2338
10. Esen, Baris TUR 2263 8.5 2265
11. Tofan, Ibrahim TUR 2202 8.5 2239
12. Olcayoz, Alper f TUR 2290 8.5 2277
13. Secer, Ata TUR 2177 8.5 2248
14. Apaydin, Fethi TUR 2103 8.5 2277
15. Genc,Cihan Sevinc ---- 8.5 2249
221 players
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ch-TUR w Kusadasi TUR (TUR), 29 ii-7 iii 2004
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Yildiz, Betul Cemre wf TUR 2118 +26 + 7 +11 + 4 + 2 + 8 +12 = 3 + 5 8.5 2411
2. Topel, Zehra wf TUR 2056 +18 +10 +12 + 3 - 1 +11 + 6 + 4 + 8 8.0 2342
3. Cinar, Nilufer wm TUR 2092 +21 +13 = 8 - 2 = 9 +16 +14 = 1 +15 6.5 2174
4. Cavusoglu, Yildiz TUR 2013 +28 +16 +14 - 1 - 8 +13 +10 - 2 +12 6.0 2133
5. Oney, Fatmanur TUR 1809 -24 -32 +28 +15 +25 +26 + 9 +11 - 1 6.0 2120
6. Sisman, Gizem TUR 1969 +35 +29 = 9 - 8 +16 +19 - 2 =14 +17 6.0 2119
7. Ayaz,Hacer TUR ---- +37 - 1 -21 +24 +35 - 9 +20 +29 +11 6.0 2120
8. Bayrak, Asli TUR 1898 +15 +20 = 3 + 6 + 4 - 1 -11 +12 - 2 5.5 2089
9. Can,Burcu TUR ---- +30 +19 = 6 -11 = 3 + 7 - 5 =10 +16 5.5 2046
10. Yakit,Gul TUR ---- +23 - 2 +35 +32 +19 -12 - 4 = 9 +20 5.5 2087
11. Acarbay, Algi TUR 1837 +17 +27 - 1 + 9 +14 - 2 + 8 - 5 - 7 5.0 2029
12. Duman,Nihal Temamogullari TUR ---- +32 +31 - 2 +21 +13 +10 - 1 - 8 - 4 5.0 2052
13. Ozkan,O Ozge TUR ---- +22 - 3 +25 +17 -12 - 4 +18 -15 +24 5.0 2054
14. Bahadir,Sinem TUR ---- +33 +24 - 4 +26 -11 +21 - 3 = 6 =19 5.0 2032
15. Kockan,Serra Burce TUR ---- - 8 +36 -16 - 5 +23 +30 +26 +13 - 3 5.0 2020
16. Yildiz, Emek Ayse TUR ---- +34 - 4 +15 +38 - 6 - 3 +25 +19 - 9 5.0 2050
17. Aydog,Ozge TUR ---- -11 +39 +22 -13 =20 +27 =29 +33 - 6 5.0 2021
18. Sahil,Munevver TUR ---- - 2 +23 -19 -30 +39 +35 -13 +32 +29 5.0 2048
19. Meseli, Perihan TUR 1994 +25 - 9 +18 +29 -10 - 6 +21 -16 =14 4.5 1996
20. Kovan,Necla TUR ---- +36 - 8 -38 +23 =17 +32 - 7 +22 -10 4.5 1988
21. Hopcin,Hatice TUR ---- - 3 +33 + 7 -12 +38 -14 -19 +30 =28 4.5 2009
22. Pehlivanlar,Hulya TUR ---- -13 =28 -17 +37 -27 +38 +35 -20 +32 4.5 2000
23. Arig,Busra TUR ---- -10 -18 +39 -20 -15 +40 +31 =28 +33 4.5 2000
24. Kaya,Emel TUR ---- + 5 -14 -29 - 7 +36 -25 +37 +26 -13 4.0 1935
25. Kovan,Nazli TUR ---- -19 +30 -13 +31 - 5 +24 -16 -27 +38 4.0 1935
26. Izgi,Bensu TUR ---- - 1 +37 +31 -14 +30 - 5 -15 -24 +36 4.0 1948
27. Sen,Hanife TUR ---- +38 -11 -32 =34 +22 -17 -33 +25 =37 4.0 1938
28. Tulay,Seray TUR ---- - 4 =22 - 5 =33 -34 +36 +38 =23 =21 4.0 1937
29. Yilmaz,Gizem TUR ---- +39 - 6 +24 -19 =32 +34 =17 - 7 -18 4.0 1952
30. Sogut,Tuba TUR ---- - 9 -25 +33 +18 -26 -15 +40 -21 +39 4.0 1957
31. Zengin,Perihan TUR ---- +40 -12 -26 -25 -33 +37 -23 +38 +35 4.0 1957
32. Alaca,Melis TUR ---- -12 + 5 +27 -10 =29 -20 +34 -18 -22 3.5 1898
33. Sahil,Edibe TUR ---- -14 -21 -30 =28 +31 +39 +27 -17 -23 3.5 1920
34. Celik,Nilay TUR ---- -16 -35 +37 =27 +28 -29 -32 -36 +40 3.5 1920
35. Basekin,Duygu TUR ---- - 6 +34 -10 +36 - 7 -18 -22 +40 -31 3.0 1871
36. Soydan,Busra TUR ---- -20 -15 +40 -35 -24 -28 +39 +34 -26 3.0 1875
37. Engin,Aylin TUR ---- - 7 -26 -34 -22 +40 -31 -24 +39 =27 2.5 1834
38. Ustundag,Renginar TUR ---- -27 +40 +20 -16 -21 -22 -28 -31 -25 2.0 1780
39. Damla,Duru TUR ---- -29 -17 -23 +40 -18 -33 -36 -37 -30 1.0 1649
40. BYE ---- -31 -38 -36 -39 -37 -23 -30 -35 -34 0.0
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19th North Sea Cup
North Sea Cup, Esbjerg, Denmark. After 18 round-robins the Esbjerg Chess
Union has decided to change the format of their renowned North Sea Cup. The
organizers have always felt indebted to the participants of the amateur section
who year after year have made the NSC a little chess festival. So now any chess
devotee is offered the ( at least theoretical) possibility of facing even a GM
- the NSC transforms at least for one year into the Open format.
The 19th North Sea Cup will be played July 3-10 2004, 9 rounds Swiss
(two rounds on the 4th), the three top prizes DKK 15.000 - DKK 10.000 - DKK
5.000. The first 4 GMs who sign up will be offered free accommodation. Last
entry June 27. Entry fee DKK 200, GM-IM-WGM and WIM for free. More info: Brian
Isaksen brisak@esenet.dk
Further info: http://www.northseacup.dk
Austrian Teams
The Austrian Team Championships rounds 8-11 take place 18th-21st March
2004. Live coverage of all boards.
Live link: http://www.members.aon.at/schach1/live/start8.htm
Offical-Site: http://www.chess.at
3rd Condom Chess Open
3rd Condom Chess Open 2004 (south-west of France)
The tournament takes place 10-17 july 2004 9 rounds swiss system 40
moves/2h + 1h KO FIDE homogation total prize : 8000 â?¬ - 1st 1200
â?¬ E-Mail: echecs.condom@free.fr
Further details: http://echecs.condom.free.fr
German Cup Finals
The Deutsches Pokalfinale (Cup Final) takes place in Erfurt 19th-21st
March 2004.
Teams: SC Baden-Oos Hamburger SK, SG Porz and Gastgeber Erfurter SK.
19th: Quarterfinals: Single-Competition
20th: Semifinals: Single-Competition, Team-Competition
21st: Finals: Single-Competition, Team-Competition
Live games + Info: http://www.schach.com/pokal/
Australian Open Chess Championship
The Australian Open Chess Championship is being held 29 December 2004
to 10 January 2005 in the Mercure Grand Chalet Hotel at Mount Buller, just 2.5
hours drive North East from Melbourne, Australia. Over A$20,000 of prize money
is on offer, with first prize expected to be approximately A$3500. It is
anticipated that six GMs and ten IMs will participate in the event. This event
features a luxurious venue, strong international competitors, and excellent
prize money. Participating GMs who participate in all rounds of the tournament
are currently being offered A$1500 appearance money and free accommodation at
the tournament venue for the duration of the event. Participating IMs are being
offered A$200 appearance money and shared accommodation at the tournament venue
during the event. Titled players will be required to occasionally attend
after-game press conferences to provide commentary and analysis.
Further details will be made available via the web site
http://www.chesskids.com.au/mindsports/chess/.
This offer is limited and will be extended on a first come, first served basis.
Please contact Gary Bekker, gbekker@mira.net, to express your interest in
playing in the event.
Zhukova vs "All Sport" and "Chess in Ukraine"
Natalia Zhukova takes on the newspaper "All Sport" and the web-site
"Chess in Ukraine". Voting seems to be via E-Mail.
Moves so far: Zhukova vs. "All Sport" and "Chess in Ukraine" 1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f3 Be7
10.h4 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne2 0-0 13.Nd4 Rc8 14.g4 Bb7 15.Be3 Qc7 16.h5
continues.
Further details: http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua/
Copa ENTEL 2004
The Copa ENTEL 2004 takes place 21st-28th March 2004 in Santiago, Chile.
Players: GM Julio Granda Zúñiga Perú 2581 GM Rafael
Leitao Brasil 2566 GM Rodrigo Vasquez Chile 2523 GM Andrés
Rodríguez Uruguay 2485 GM Oscar Panno Argentina 2470 IM Osvaldo Zambrana
Bolivia 2463 IM Luis Valenzuela Chile 2418 IM Luis Rojas Chile 2408 Eduardo
Arancibia Chile 2405 IM José Cubas Paraguay 2394 FM Marcelo Llorens
Chile 2384 FM César Velásquez Chile 2359
Further info:
http://www.fenach.cl/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17
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/