THE WEEK IN CHESS 420 25th November 2002 by Mark Crowther
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Contents
1) Introduction
2) FIDE Congress
Bled
3) Curacao Open
4) German Chess
Championships
5) Hotel Opatija GM
6)
Israeli Championships
7) Category VII in Torino
8) Kasparov's ZMD Exhibition in Munich
9)
World Youth Chess Championships
10) Forthcoming Events
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Games section
Curacao Open 117 games
German Chess Championships 63 games
Hotel Opatija GM 18 games
Israeli Championships 16 games
Category VII in Torino 45 games
Kasparov's ZMD Exhibition in Munich 6 games
World Youth Chess Championships 770 games
1035 games
My thanks to Mikhail Golubev, Laszlo Nagy, Adolivio Capece, Alik
Gershon, Eduard Piacon, Nigel Freeman, Rupert Jones, John Fernandez and
everyone else who helped with the issue.
Further news has come through from the FIDE Congress at the Olympiad in
Bled. The main story is the proposals for the new FIDE World Championship
cycle. Yasser Seirawan has led the process for the new cycle but significantly
he mentions that there is a lot of disillusionment amongst the top players. One
can imagine a number of reasons for this not least the fact that 2005 is the
earliest a player can become World Chess Champion if his name isn't Kasparov,
Kramnik, Leko or Ponomariov. In my opinion this is certainly the last chance
saloon for the World Chess Championships, if the reorganisation fails to raise
interest it is very hard to see where we go from here. A successful
reunification series with lots of publicity in 2003 is very important.
I have a few quibbles with the new format. The double elimination
competition is very clever producing a qualification process which has a fair
chance of the better players getting through to the next stage. I do wonder
where the finance for this is going to come from for a 128 player event. Once
the field is reduced to 8 players however things look more promising. In the
past there were problems getting sponsors for Candidates matches and I have
always advocated a Candidates Tournament instead which I think is a simpler and
potentially more sponsor attractive event. I do understand the potential
problems of players easing up once they have qualified and outright throwing of
games in all-play-all formats and I presume this is why this hasn't been
considered. However the addition of the World Champion to the later stages of
the Candidates may prove to make them far more attractive in the past. I also
like the idea of the top 200 players having a say in professional matters, this
is long, long overdue.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
There is now some further news from the FIDE Congress.
The main issue was the new FIDE World Championship format in the light
of the Prague Unity Agreement.
There are a lot of details available at:
https://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=604
The main outstanding issue is Ponomariov's insistance on draw odds as
FIDE Champion in his match against Kasparov.
Yasser Seirawan has explained the proposed new cycle in detail in the
above article.
Next year the reunification process will see the Kramnik - Leko
April-May 2003, Kasparov - Ponomariov in May-June 2003 the unification match in
October 2003. The first double elimination event will be in December 2003.
There are proposals for cycles in 2003-5 (2nd cycle ends May-June 2005)
and 2005-2007 (3rd cycle).
In summary these proposals are:
The process will start with a large double-knockout elimination
qualification event (128 players) which is similar to the current FIDE knockout
formula (2 game matches followed by speed players) except that players can
afford to lose one match. This will then be followed by Candidates matches with
8 players. Quarter Finals have 6 games, Semi-Finals 8 games and then a World
Championship Finals of 12 games (over a period of 17 days). There will be
various rapid and blitz playoffs if matches are tied. The difference between
the second and third cycles is that Kasparov, Kramnik, Leko and Ponomariov will
all be in the second round Candidates at some stage (2 losers of the initial
join 8 double eliminates qualifiers in the Candidates, 5 winners joined by the
loser of the reunification final in the Quarter Finals and the winner of the
reunification joins 3 qualifiers for the semi-finals). In the 3rd Cycle the
Champion will join seven players from the double elimination event in the
Quarter Finals and that's how it will be for following cycles.
The Prague Agreement referred to the setting up of an organisation for
the consulatation of professional players the GM Steering Committee. This is
under the chairmanship of Yasser Seirawan. Yasser Seirawan refers to a lot of
disillusionment amongst the top players and that because of this he found it
difficult to find players to serve on his GM Steering Committee.
Players on that committee in Bled were: Mikhail Gurevich, Gilberto
Milos, Joel Lautier, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Artur Jussupow, Judit Polgar, Utut
Adianto, Alexander Khalifman and Yasser Seirawan. Smbat Lputian and Mikhail
Krasenkow were added as members during the Olympiad. The statutes of the
organisation grants voting rights to the top 200 players in the World. There
will be a vote on time control issues amongst this group.
The time controls proposed by the GM Steering Committe is 40 moves in
two hours, followed by 20 moves in one hour, and finally 15 minutes plus 30
seconds bonus for each move made in the third time control (40/2, 20/1, 15+30)
which Seirawan refers to as the professional time control, or simply,
"Professional Chess."
The FIDE General Assembly set up a World Championship Committee of
Georgios Makropoulos (Chairman), GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Israel Gelfer.
The proposals to make the Olympiad a rapid play were fortunately
rejected. Menorca Spain have some financial problems in hosting the next
Olympiad although they are confident they can be resolved. They however want
the event reduced in length to maybe 12 rounds. Jacksonville Florida have
offered to hold the event if Spain can't. The 2006 Olympiad will be held in
Torino, Italy. The Olympiad time rate is likely to be the 40 moves in 90
minutes as used in Bled, a timerate that was not universally liked by the
players.
There were also discussions surrounding the expenses of former FIDE
President Florencio Campomanes.
3) Curacao Open
The Curacao 1962-2002 chess tournament takes place November 16th-28th
2002. The tournament commemorates the 40th Anniversary of the Candidates
tournament in 1962.
Internet coverage at: https://www.curacao.com/chess.
40th Anniversary Open Curacao AHO (AHO), 2-14 xi 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2634 +16 +14 = 5 = 3 +10 + 7 . . . 5.0 /6 2657
2 Kosashvili, Yona g ISR 2543 =24 +32 +18 = 5 +13 + 4 . . . 5.0 /6 2557
3 Timman, Jan H g NED 2594 +27 +15 + 7 = 1 = 4 = 5 . . . 4.5 /6 2617
4 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2615 +17 +20 + 6 +10 = 3 - 2 . . . 4.5 /6 2595
5 Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2462 +28 +19 = 1 = 2 +20 = 3 . . . 4.5 /6 2592
6 Gallegos, Carlos m VEN 2432 +22 +13 - 4 + 9 - 7 +12 . . . 4.0 /6 2445
7 Ligterink, Gert m NED 2401 +23 +30 - 3 +11 + 6 - 1 . . . 4.0 /6 2568
8 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2556 +29 =18 -10 +24 =14 +11 . . . 4.0 /6 2375
9 Duesterwald, Marc GER 2213 +34 -10 +31 - 6 +15 +20 . . . 4.0 /6 2349
10 Sequera, Jose m VEN 2378 +36 + 9 + 8 - 4 - 1 =13 . . . 3.5 /6 2432
11 Molander, Riku f FIN 2301 =25 +12 +24 - 7 +18 - 8 . . . 3.5 /6 2324
12 Grimm, Sascha f GER 2372 =26 -11 +21 +28 +19 - 6 . . . 3.5 /6 2273
13 Salman, Joel f USA 2236 +31 - 6 +23 +17 - 2 =10 . . . 3.5 /6 2396
14 Belakovskaia, Anjelina wg USA 2270 +33 - 1 +29 =19 = 8 =17 . . . 3.5 /6 2353
15 Loew, Gerald f GER 2268 +35 - 3 =28 +26 - 9 +23 . . . 3.5 /6 2293
16 Malmdin, Nils-Ake SWE 2201 - 1 +33 +30 -20 =22 +26 . . . 3.5 /6 2258
17 Mensing, Fabio AHO 2200 - 4 +37 +32 -13 +25 =14 . . . 3.5 /6 2224
18 Gikas, Basilius GER 2254 +38 = 8 - 2 +29 -11 +28 . . . 3.5 /6 2339
19 Broehl, Stefan GER 2223 +40 - 5 +25 =14 -12 +24 . . . 3.5 /6 2244
20 Hernandez, Alexander f VEN 2269 +37 - 4 +27 +16 - 5 - 9 . . . 3.0 /6 2275
21 Neumann, Han H.W.M AHO 2211 -32 =25 -12 =30 +37 +34 . . . 3.0 /6 2079
22 Vlugt, F NED 2088 - 6 -31 +38 +35 =16 =27 . . . 3.0 /6 2132
23 Vasquez, Rodrigo m CHI 2481 - 7 +39 -13 +32 +27 -15 . . . 3.0 /6 2178
24 Fernandez, John C USA 2138 = 2 +26 -11 - 8 +36 -19 . . . 2.5 /6 2213
25 Van Tol, Leon J NED 1883 =11 =21 -19 +34 -17 =29 . . . 2.5 /6 2126
26 Straschewski,Joerg GER ---- =12 -24 +36 -15 +30 -16 . . . 2.5 /6 2142
27 Strijkers, Niek NED 2164 - 3 +35 -20 +33 -23 =22 . . . 2.5 /6 2181
28 Bet, Sjaak J.M AHO 2131 - 5 +40 =15 -12 +31 -18 . . . 2.5 /6 2169
29 Popitz, Andreas GER 2164 - 8 +38 -14 -18 +35 =25 . . . 2.5 /6 2103
30 Van Dijk, Timon NED 2219 +39 - 7 -16 =21 -26 +36 . . . 2.5 /6 2078
31 Hansch, Klaus Michael GER ---- -13 +22 - 9 =36 -28 =33 . . . 2.0 /6 1986
32 Tjong A Hung,Edwin AHO ---- +21 - 2 -17 -23 =33 =37 . . . 2.0 /6 2114
33 Eckert,Heiko GER ---- -14 -16 +40 -27 =32 =31 . . . 2.0 /6 1980
34 Sagredo,Claudio AHO ---- - 9 -36 +37 -25 +40 -21 . . . 2.0 /6 1926
35 Eaker,Anthony USA ---- -15 -27 +39 -22 -29 +40 . . . 2.0 /6 1989
36 Dekker, Marvin AHO ---- -10 +34 -26 =31 -24 -30 . . . 1.5 /6 1929
37 Van der Bor,Otto AHO ---- -20 -17 -34 +40 -21 =32 . . . 1.5 /6 1920
38 Girigori,Lindomar AHO ---- -18 -29 -22 . . . . . . 0.0 /3
39 BYE ---- -30 -23 -35 . . . . . . 0.0 /3
40 Hantke,Volker GER ---- -19 -28 -33 -37 -34 -35 . . . 0.0 /6
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The German Chess Championships take place in Saarbrücken November
21st - 30th 2002. With Huebner, Graf, Jussupov, Dautov, Naiditsch, Bischoff,
Gustafsson, Luther. 9 Round Swiss System. 42 Players.
Live coverage: https://www.dem-2002.de
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74th ch-GER Saarbruecken GER (GER), 22-30 xi 2002
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1. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2586 +41 +18 + 4 3.0
2. Huebner, Robert g GER 2640 +32 = 7 + 9 2.5 2760
3. Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2521 = 5 +38 +22 2.5 2626
4. Graf, Alexander g GER 2635 +20 +21 - 1 2.0 2614
5. Schulz, Karsten f GER 2321 = 3 +23 = 7 2.0 2625
6. Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2554 +24 = 8 =10 2.0 2518
7. Handke, Florian m GER 2504 +35 = 2 = 5 2.0 2550
8. Gisbrecht, Ewgeni m GER 2414 +31 = 6 =11 2.0 2593
9. Gustafsson, Jan m GER 2554 +36 +15 - 2 2.0 2587
10. Siebrecht, Sebastian m GER 2426 +34 =11 = 6 2.0 2604
11. Dautov, Rustem g GER 2617 +40 =10 = 8 2.0 2534
12. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2622 =26 +27 =16 2.0 2524
13. Pirrot, Dieter m GER 2421 =28 +29 =14 2.0 2485
14. Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2523 =27 +26 =13 2.0 2505
15. Holzhaeuer, Mathias f GER 2407 +33 - 9 +28 2.0 2472
16. Kritz, Leonid m GER 2476 =25 +39 =12 2.0 2524
17. Luther, Thomas g GER 2538 =38 =22 +37 2.0 2470
18. Zeller, Frank m GER 2454 +37 - 1 +33 2.0 2493
19. Mueller, Karsten g GER 2518 =39 =25 +34 2.0 2406
20. Breutigam, Martin f GER 2398 - 4 +42 +30 2.0 2500
21. Kalinitschew, Sergey g GER 2485 +42 - 4 +25 2.0 2522
22. Seger, Ruediger f GER 2406 +30 =17 - 3 1.5 2416
23. Gutman, Lev g GER 2476 =29 - 5 +38 1.5 2315
24. Singer, Christoph GER 2341 - 6 =31 +39 1.5 2369
25. Mayer, Frank1 GER 2256 =16 =19 -21 1.0 2368
26. Baramidze, David GER 2390 =12 -14 =29 1.0 2354
27. Kersten, Uwe f GER 2331 =14 -12 =32 1.0 2391
28. Langrock, Hannes f GER 2265 =13 =32 -15 1.0 2285
29. Schunk, Thomas1 f GER 2294 =23 -13 =26 1.0 2304
30. Barmbold, Jens GER 2190 -22 +35 -20 1.0 2248
31. Bischoff, Dieter GER 2233 - 8 =24 =40 1.0 2256
32. Mueller, Matthias m GER 2403 - 2 =28 =27 1.0 2287
33. Tabatt, Hendrik GER 2222 -15 +36 -18 1.0 2275
34. Bischof, Detlef GER 2268 -10 +40 -19 1.0 2319
35. Becking, Stephan f GER 2315 - 7 -30 +41 1.0 2231
36. Scherer, Max GER 2339 - 9 -33 +42 1.0 2233
37. Schunk, Eduard GER 2297 -18 +41 -17 1.0 2331
38. Schmidt, Harald GER 2332 =17 - 3 -23 0.5 2238
39. Vatter, Hans-Joachim f GER 2320 =19 -16 -24 0.5 2172
40. Stewart, Neil f GER 2388 -11 -34 =31 0.5 2099
41. Bastian, Herbert f GER 2376 - 1 -37 -35 0.0
42. Lentrodt, Thomas f GER 2300 -21 -20 -36 0.0
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The Hotel Opatija GM tournament takes palce 22nd November - 1st December
2002.
Internet coverage: https://www.geocities.com/liburnija01/
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Hotel Opatija GM Nov Rijeka CRO (CRO), 22 xi-1 xii 2002cat. VIII (2429)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Saric, Ante f CRO 2380 * . . = . = 1 . . . . . 2.0 2527
2. Loncar, Robert m CRO 2439 . * . = = . . . . . . 1 2.0 2547
3. Saric, Ibro f BIH 2384 . . * . = . . . . . = 1 2.0 2551
4. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2432 = = . * . . . . = . . . 1.5 2438
5. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2443 . = = . * . . . = . . . 1.5 2439
6. Topalovic, Zlatko CRO 2272 = . . . . * . . = = . . 1.5 2464
7. Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2504 0 . . . . . * 1 . = . . 1.5 2446
8. Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2444 . . . . . . 0 * . = 1 . 1.5 2487
9. Rogic, Davor m CRO 2496 . . . = = = . . * . . . 1.5 2382
10. Vukic, Milan g YUG 2516 . . . . . = = = . * . . 1.5 2406
11. Vasilev, Milen m BUL 2442 . . = . . . . 0 . . * 1 1.5 2407
12. Rukavina, Josip m CRO 2393 . 0 0 . . . . . . . 0 * 0.0
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The Israeli Championships take place 24th November - 3rd December 2002
in Tel Aviv. Smirin, Sutovsky, Avrukh, Gershon, Greenfeld, Mikhalevski and
Lerner play in the Swiss System Event. Live coverage:
https://www.chess.org.il/en/Isrch.htm
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ch-ISR Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), 24 xi-3 xii 2002
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1. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2595 +24 1.0
2. Golod, Vitali g ISR 2523 +29 1.0
3. Kreizberg, Michael f ISR 2346 +28 1.0
4. Porat, Shi f ISR 2343 +25 1.0
5. Postny, Evgeny m ISR 2497 +26 1.0
6. Roiz, Michael m ISR 2512 +27 1.0
7. Rot, Yefim ISR 2125 +32 1.0
8. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2683 +31 1.0
9. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2472 +30 1.0
10. Bitansky, Igor ISR 2370 =14 0.5 2553
11. Deutsch, Eyal ISR 2272 =12 0.5 2485
12. Finkel, Alexander g ISR 2485 =11 0.5 2272
13. Gershon, Alik g ISR 2562 =20 0.5 2374
14. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2553 =10 0.5 2370
15. Kantsler, Boris g ISR 2486 =16 0.5 2225
16. Khmelniker, Ilya ISR 2225 =15 0.5 2486
17. Polyakov, Alex ISR 2311 =22 0.5 2494
18. Kundin, Alexander f ISR 2429 =21 0.5 2657
19. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2504 =23 0.5 2321
20. Shachar, Ehud f ISR 2374 =13 0.5 2562
21. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2657 =18 0.5 2429
22. Erenburg, Sergey m ISR 2494 =17 0.5 2311
23. Vainshtein, Vladimir ISR 2321 =19 0.5 2504
24. Bar, Roman m ISR 2413 - 1 0.0
25. Gofshtein, Zeev-Alon g ISR 2519 - 4 0.0
26. Kaganskiy, Gleb RUS 2315 - 5 0.0
27. Klenburg, Mikhail UKR 2331 - 6 0.0
28. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2524 - 3 0.0
29. Pasman, Michael f ISR 2345 - 2 0.0
30. Lederer, Yoav ISR 2272 - 9 0.0
31. Vydeslaver, Alik m ISR 2434 - 8 0.0
32. Zilberman, Yaacov g ISR 2467 - 7 0.0
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The Scaccomatto 2002 Category VII tournament took place in the Marconi
Auditorium, Torino, Italy November 16th-24th 2002. My thanks to Adolivio
Capece.
In addition there was a tournament in Taormina, November 16-24. Final
standings GM Ortega 8.5 IM Aleksic (Yug) 8 IM Tomescu (Rom) 8 FM Fabiano 7 IM
Ljubisavlievic (Yug) 6.5 FM Isonzo 6 Garcia (Esp) 6 Cappadone 4.5 Bonaccorsi
4.5 Rodriguez (Esp) 3.5 Pircher 2.5 Bonani 1 (no games available)
Internet coverage: https://www.scaccomatto.org
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It Torino ITA (ITA), 16-24 xi 2002 cat. VII (2405)
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1. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2501 6.5 2560
2. Lazic, Miroljub g YUG 2461 6.5 2564
3. Godena, Michele g ITA 2506 6.0 2518
4. Sarno, Spartaco m ITA 2412 5.5 2484
5. Sedina, Elena m ITA 2428 5.5 2482
6. Piscopo, Pierluiei ITA 2272 5.0 2376
7. Etchegaray, Patrice m FRA 2347 4.5 2411
8. Castaldo, Folco f ITA 2338 3.5 2332
9. Mukic, Josko f CRO 2365 2.0 2058
10. Blauert, Joerg m GER 2418 0.0 2183
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Blauert withdrew after four games and his two
wins against Piscopo and Mulic were cancelled
from the official score.
Garry Kasparov played a six game blitz match against rising German star
17 year old Elisabeth Paehtz. The event was part of an appearance Kasparov put
in at the Electonica technology show in Munich on November 13th 2002.
Kasparov was on the East German Chip Manufacturer ZMG's stand.
Kasparov is having a documentary made about him in connection with the
Kasparov vs. Deep Blue Match. The film maker is Vikram Jayanti who was
co-producer on the brilliant Ali documentary "When We Were Kings".
Paetz put up a good showing in the early games missing 35.Kg1 to win
the first game and being a piece up in game 3 (although in this case certainly
not without compensation for Kasparov).
Details: https://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=603
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 36 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Kasparov, Garry - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1-0 35 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 44 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Kasparov, Garry - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1-0 43 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 34 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Kasparov, Garry - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1-0 43 A26 English Sicilian Attack
ZMD Blitz Munich GER (GER), 13-13 xi 2002
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2838 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.0
Paehtz, Elisabeth wg GER 2349 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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The 2002 World Youth Chess Championships took place in Heraklio,
Greece, November 15th-24th 2002. 802 young chessplayers (categories under 18,
16, 14, 12, 10 for boys and girls) from 71 countries played including some of
the strongest junior chessplayers of the world. I give the games from sections
with significant numbers of rated players.
Internet coverage: https://www.chessfed.gr/WYCC2002/default.htm
Leading Final Standings:
Boys Under 18
Berkes Ferenc HUN 2545 9
Mammadyarov Shahriyar AZE 2580 9
Harikrishna Pentala IND 2551 8
Petrosyan Tigran ARM 2324 8
Mark Paragua PHI 2476 8
Schneider Dmitry USA 2401 7,5
Mayorau Mikita BLR 2324 7,5
Drabke Lorenz GER 2374 7,5
Shanava Konstantine GEO 2412 7,5
Flumbort Andras HUN 2446 7
Sadykov Rustem KAZ 2400 7
Husnutdinov Damir UZB 2346 7
Gratchev Boris RUS 2489 7
Zhyhalka Andrei BLR 2446 7
Bu Xiangzhi CHI 2601 7
Arutunian Davit GEO 2449 7
Boys Under 16
Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2450 8,5
Gerzhoy Leonid ISR 2389 8,5
Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2452 8
Kuljasevic Davorin CRO 2381 8
Filippov Anton UZB 2292 8
Erdos Viktor HUN 2416 8
Pixton Arron USA 2443 8
Wang Yue CHN 2495 7,5
Stellwagen Daniel NED 2426 7,5
Pasmikyan Arman ARM 2304 7,5
Choma Ernani Francisco BRA 2227 7,5
Smirnov Igor UKR 2365 7
Pakleza Zbigniew POL 2382 7
Adly Ahmed EGY 2294 7
Deepan Chakkravarthy J IND 2355 7
Ghasi Ameet ENG 2292 7
Jones Gawain ENG 2251 7
Meier Georg GER 2181 7
Boys Under 14
Lenic Luka SLO 2257 9
Rohit G. IND 2319 8,5
Jojua Davit GEO 2208 8
Ragger Markus AUT 2211 8
Bercys Salvijus LTU 2167 8
Ramirez Alejandro CRC 2421 7,5
Sengupta Deep IND 2285 7,5
Bluvshtein Mark CAN 2449 7,5
Romanov Evgueni RUS 2318 7,5
Brkic Ante CRO 2372 7,5
Thiruchelvam Thirumurugan ENG 2249 7,5
Kononenko Dmytro UKR 2376 7,5
Zhyhalka Siarhei BLR 2300 7
Amin Bassem EGY 2269 7
Alexander Fier BRA 2205 7
Mammadov Rauf AZE 2366 7
Brodowski Piotr POL 2232 7
Gonda Laszlo HUN 2333 7
Iotov Valentin BUL 2256 7
Leon Itavas Manuel MEX 2261 7
Pham Chuong VIE 0 7
Goh Jason SIN 0 7
Boys Under 12
Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2344 9
Carlsen Magnus NOR 2250 9
Howell David ENG 2224 8,5
Andreikine Dmitri RUS 2332 8,5
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2274 8
Wei Chenpeng CHN 0 8
Le Quang Liem VIE 0 8
Khairullin Ildar RUS 2339 8
Srinivas Dasari Sai IND 2151 8
Berczes David HUN 2232 7,5
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2358 7,5
Can Emre TUR 2185 7,5
Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2186 7
Susilodinata Andrean INA 2242 7
Benidze Davit GEO 0 7
Bindrich Falko GER 2172 7
Spoelman Wouter NED 2206 7
Recuero Guerra David ESP 2082 7
Mingatchev Mansur RUS 2207 7
Pena Hernandez Alfredo COL 0 7
Ibrahimov Rashad AZE 0 7
Brzeski Maciej POL 2149 7
Hamitevici Vladimir MDA 0 7
Hohvanisyan Robert ARM 0 7
Setzephandt Alexander USA 0 7
Boys Under 10
Safarli Eltaj AZE 2210 9,5
Ding Liren CHN 0 9,5
Sugirov Sanan RUS 0 9
Cruz Christian PER 0 8
Zhao Nan CHN 0 8
Caruana Fabiano USA 2102 8
Gritsenko Andrei RUS 0 8
Thavandiran Shiyam CAN 0 8
Zhang Kai CHN 0 7,5
Negi Parimarjan IND 2027 7,5
Luo Xin CHN 2032 7,5
Strzemiecki Zbigniew POL 0 7,5
Tokman Ariel ARG 0 7,5
Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 0 7
Erdenetulga Rentsen MGL 0 7
Sandeep Y. IND 2019 7
Arnold Marc Tyler USA 0 7
Thaler Michael USA 0 7
Zamarbide Inarrrea Daniel ESP 0 7
Swiercz Dariusz POL 0 7
Baudson Charles FRA 0 7
Mars Ulu KGZ 0 7
Girls Under 18
Paehtz Elisabeth GER 2349 8,5
Tsereteli Tamar GEO 2316 8
Sebag Marie FRA 2362 8
Rohonyan Kateryna UKR 2320 8
Berzina Ilze LAT 2243 7,5
Pogonina Natalia RUS 2397 7
Mechtcheriakova Evguenia RUS 2288 7
Vasilevitch Irina RUS 2251 7
Shukurova Meihriban AZE 2243 7
Machalova Maria SVK 2124 7
Olga Gerasimovich BLR 0 7
Girls Under 16
Tchistiakova Tamara RUS 2223 9
Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2309 9
Fominykh Marina RUS 2240 8
Zdebska Natalia UKR 2260 8
Zawadzka Jolanta POL 2310 8
Paridar Shadi IRI 2132 7,5
Huang Qian CHN 2305 7,5
Sachdev Tania IND 2189 7
Papadopoulou Vera GRE 2165 7
Karavade Eesha Sanjay IND 2171 7
Melia Salome GEO 2264 7
Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2236 7
Khaziyeva Dinara CAN 2102 7
Ortiz Nadya Carolina COL 2115 7
Girls Under 14
Rogule Laura LAT 2213 9,5
Malysheva Polina RUS 2110 9
Pour Khasiyan A. IRI 2161 8
Majdan Joanna POL 2112 8
Yabjindulam Dulamsuren MGL 2154 7,5
Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2219 7,5
Shen Yang CHN 2038 7,5
Arutyunova Diana UKR 2225 7,5
Ross Laura USA 2096 7,5
Gounina Valentina RUS 2146 7,5
Nadig Krutika IND 2125 7
Yildiz Betul Cemre TUR 2117 7
Gurchumalidze Teona GEO 2124 7
Sarquis Maria Belen ARG 2085 7
Ingris Rivera COL 0 7
Umudova Nargiz AZE 1848 7
Girls Under 12
Tan Zhongyi CHN 0 9
Muzychuk Anna UKR 2252 8,5
Harika Dronavalli IND 2248 8
Ding Yixin CHN 0 8
Balkova Anna CZE 0 8
Ignacz Maria HUN 2086 7,5
Buttner Natalia ARG 0 7,5
Guiria Olga RUS 0 7,5
Khoo Selina ENG 0 7,5
Tairova Elena RUS 2189 7
Gencer Ozlem TUR 0 7
Rakic Marija YUG 0 7
Mammadova Gulnar AZE 0 7
Girls Under 10
Stock Lara CRO 0 9,5
Hejazi Pour M. IRI 0 9
Vojinovic Jovana YUG 0 9
Muzychuk Mariya UKR 0 8,5
Sviridovitch Alina CAN 0 8
Liu Xuewei CHN 0 7,5
Savina Anastasia RUS 0 7,5
Mammadbayova Farida AZE 0 7,5
Zheng Ruorong CHN 0 7
Le Hoang Tran Chau VIE 0 7
Sakhithi Pinnamaneni Lakshmi IND 0 7
Todorova Kalina BUL 0 7
Jurich Florencia ARG 0 7
Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Sergei Karjakin
There will be a match between Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Sergei Karjakin in
Brissago 1st-6th February 2003.
Internet coverage: https://chess-sector.odessa.ua/danneeng.htm
1st Samba Cup
Organiser: Skanderborg Chess Club. Dates of play: October 10, 2003 to
October 20, 2003.
2 tournaments, A-group category 15/16, B-group category 9/10. In both
groups there will be 10 players, playing 9 rounds (round-robin).
Venue: Hotel Skanderborghus in Skanderborg, Denmark Contact: Tournament
Organiser Michael Andersson, e-mail [email protected].
15th Belgrade Open Championships
The 15th Belgrade Open Championships take place 18th-28th November 2002.
Leading players: 1. Romanishin,Oleg G 2572 UKR 2. Blagojevic,Dragisa M 2537 YUG
3. Savic,Miodrag,R M 2519 YUG 4. Fontaine,Robert G 2517 FRA 5.
Timoscenko,Gennadij G 2509 SVK 6. Svetushkin,Dmitri G 2505 MDA.
Internet coverage: https://www.beochess.org.yu/english.htm
Bermuda 2003
The Bermuda tournament in 2003 will consist of a GM 'A' - Category XV or
XVI (25th January to 5th February) and a GM 'B' - Category IX or X (25th
January to 5th February) PanAmerican Amateur - under 2000 FIDE or unrated (27th
January to 5th February) 20th Bermuda International Open (6th February to 9th
February). Players are yet to be confirmed.
Milan Vukadinov 1936-2002
The Michigan Chess Association has an obituary of Milan Vukadinov one
of the best (top 20) Canadian players for over 20 years, and played in the
Malta Olympiad in 1980 representing Canada. His peak USCF rating was 2443
(about 2375 FIDE strength).
Internet coverage:
https://www.michess.org/features/News_November.shtml
First Saturday December
The First Saturday for December take place 7th-20th December 2002.
Contact Laszlo Nagy if you wish to play. E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
phone-fax: (361)-263-28-59 mobile: (36)-30-230-1914
Players:
GM Event: IGM LUKACS, Peter /HUN/, IGM KOSANOVIC, Goran /YUG/, IGM
ANKA, Emil /HUN/, IM VALDES, Leonardo /CRC/, WGM RADZIEWICZ, Iweta /POL/, IM
HORVATH, Peter /HUN/, WGM VAJDA, Szidonia /HUN/, IM LOPEZ MARTINEZ, Jose Manuel
/ESP/, IM RAMESH, R.B. /IND/, IM FLUMBORT, Andras /HUN/, IM BALOGH, Csaba
/HUN/, WFM DIMITRIJEVIC, Aleksandra /YUG/, IM SZEBERÉNYI,
Ádám /HUN/, IM CRAWLEY, Gavin /ENG/ Reserves: IGM HORVATH, Csaba
/HUN/, IM KAHN, Evarth /HUN/, IM JAKAB, Attila, /HUN/, IM BELEZKY, Sasha /UKR/,
FM BRUSTKERN, Juergen /GER/.
IM Event Cats 1-3: IM EPERJESI,Laszlo /HUN/, IM LENGYEL, Béla
/HUN/, IM PEREDY, Ferenc /HUN/, IM FARAGÓ, Sándor /HUN/, FM
BRUSTKERN, Jurgen /GER/, FM HEINZEL, Olaf /GER/, WIM RAMASHWAMI, Aartie /IND/,
POPOVICS, Ádám /HUN/, FM RAJLICH, Vasik /USA/, DENCSI, Tibor
/HUN/, FM GRAFL, Florian /GER/, FM DRESEN, Ulrich /GER/, IM BOGUSZLAVSZKIJ,
Jevgenyij /HUN/, IM SCHNEIDER, Attila /HUN/, FM GRAHAM, Nathaniel /USA/, FM
GERARD, Nicolas /FRA/, IM JAKAB, Attila /HUN/, IM WERNER, Dimo /GER/,
GUNNARSSON, Anvar /ISL/. IM HABIBI Ali /GER/ Reserves: IM KAHN, Evarth /HUN/,
PAPP, Gellért /HUN/, MARTINI, Balázs /HUN/.
FM groups will have 10-14 players.
Kasparov - Karpov Rapid Match
There will be a four game match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly
Karpov in New York, NY, USA, December 19th-20th 2002. The match will take place
in the ABC Studios in Times Square. The Kasparov - Sting event was there a year
or so ago. 2 Games 25 mins + 10 secs each day. John Henderson will be on the
spot for TWIC. The Kasparov - Deep Junior match in is set to take place in
January, probably in being moved from Jerusalem to Jacksonville in Florida
USA.
Website: https://www.x3dworld.com
2003 US Chess Championships in Seattle
The 2003 US Chess Championships will take place in Seattle starting on
January 9th 2003. The event is organised by the America’s Foundation for
Chess (AF4C). 58 of the US's Best Chess Players Compete for $255,000, the event
incorporates the women's title event. The venue is the Seattle Center Northwest
Rooms.
There will be several other events of interest to the general public,
including live championship commentary, a Children’s Simul; Martin Luther
King Jr. Day Open-Chess Tournament for children, and the awards ceremony of the
U.S. Chess Championships.
For further information: https://www.af4c.org
Swiss Chess Tour 2003
The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year. The 5th Hilton
Open features Viktor Korchnoi, Vlastimil Hort, Yannick Pelletier and Ivan
Nemet. They will play each other, one game on classic time control and the
other in rapid. Timetable of the 5th Hilton Open: 31.12.2002. Blitz open;
14.00-17.00; registration 13.00; 9 rounds, 5 minutes. 1.1.2003. Fujitcu Siemens
– Junior’s Open; 10.00-16.00; 7 rounds, 15 minutes. 1.-5.1.2003.
Hilton Open; 7 rounds, 6 hours (40 moves-120 minutes, 60 minutes till the end.)
1.-5.1.2003. Baloise Open; 7 rounds, 4 hours (30 moves-90 minutes, 30 minutes
till the and.) 1.-5.1.2003. Senior Open; same as Baloise Open. 1.-4.1.2003.
ITAG Tele-Rapid; with Korchnoi, Hort, Pelletier, Nemet; 15 minutes per game.
2.-5.1.2003. ITAG Masters (Korchnoi, Hort, Pelletier, Nemet); classic time
control, 6 hours. 5.1.2003. Fujitsu Siemens VIP&PC Challenge (+ 5 best
juniors); 10.00-14.00 5.1.2003. Closing ceremony
Prizes: Hilton Open: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/2x200 Fr.
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. Junior Open: Natural prizes. Entry fee: 5 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 [email protected] Further
information: https://www.beochess.ch
Fischer Story
Bobby Fischer and his mother were investigated by the FBI. Read the
story: https://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/4535883.htm
Amplico Aig Life Rapid
The Amplico Aig Life Rapid tournament takes place in Warsaw (Poland) as
part of the 21st Stanislaw Gawlikowski Memorial. The tournament will take place
December 21st-22nd 2002 in the Palace of Culture in Warsaw. The prize fund is
15.000 USD. Among the participants will be Vassily Ivanchuk.
Further details: https://www.amplicolife.pl
Contact for entry: Marek Bartel (Tournament Director)
[email protected] or Maria Macieja (Deputy Tournament Director)
[email protected]
Gibraltar Chess Congress
The Gibraltar Chess Congress takes place 28th January 6th February
2003. Two 10 round Swisses. Amateur £3000 prize fund open to players
under 2000 or unrated. Open £12,000 prize fund. Acceptances so far in
attached list. Play takes place at the 4 star Caleta Hotel. Further details
about Gibraltar, accommodation and visas: [email protected] Technical
details: [email protected]
Praha and Marianske Lazne
Details of the Praha Open 2003 (17.-24.1. 2003) and Marianske Lazne
Open 2003 (25.1.-1.2. 2003) and the round robin master tournament category 3-4
FIDE Marianske Lazne 2003 (25.1.-2.2. 2003) are now available at:
https://www.proclient.cz/czechtour.
Round Robin's in Tel Aviv
5th International Tournament in Tel Aviv IM Round Robin in Tel Aviv,
December 24- January 7; Category 1-4 (average rating-2251-2350); 12 players
round robin system; Beginning of rounds 17:30pm, Thursday 31st-16:00, Thursday
January 2nd-day off,Fridays: 12:00pm; Saturdays- day off;
6th International Tournament in Tel Aviv GM Round Robin in Tel Aviv,
January 10 - January 23; Category 7-9 (average rating:2401-2475); 12 players
round robin system; Beginning of rounds 17:30pm, Friday 10th (round 1)-13:00pm,
Friday 17th and Saturdays- day off;
Contact Gofshtein Zvulon (Leonid) if you wish to play, e-mail:
[email protected] tel. numbers international: (972) 54 696432, (972) 3
7329233; tel. numbers local: 054 696432, 03 7329233;
XV Carlos Torre Tournament
The XV Carlos Torre International Tournament takes place 13th-21st
December 2002. Players: GM Evgueny Pigousov, Rusia, 2622 GM Vadim Milov, Suiza,
2620 GM Valerij Filippov, Rusia, 2615 GM Lazaro Bruzón, Cuba, 2613 GM
Lenier Domínguez, Cuba, 2608 GM Jaan Ehlvest, Estonia, 2600 GM Boris
Gulko, USA, 2594 GM Alex Moiseenko, Ucrania, 2570 GM Alex Wojtkiewicz,Polonia,
2567 GM Larry Christiansen, USA, 2566 GM Alonzo Zapata, Colombia, 2556 GM
Gilberto Hernández, México, 2546 GM Reinaldo Vera,Cuba, 2544 GM
Lalic Bogdan, Inglaterra, 2542 GM Antoaneta Stefanova, Bulgaria, 2541 GM Stuart
Conquest, Inglaterra, 2537 GM Arthur Kogan, Israel,2529 GM Nikola Mitkov,
Macedonia, 2529 GM Jesús Nogueiras, Cuba 2528 GM Karen Movsisyan,
Armenia, 2528 GM Walter Arencibia, Cuba, 2521 GM Zenon Franco, Paraguay, 2510
GM Vladimir Giorgev,Bulgaria, 2501 GM Evgueny Janev, Bulgaria, 2498 GM Azer
Mirzoev, Azerbaijan, 2494 GM Andrés Rodríguez Vila, Uruguay,2493
GM Dimitry Tyomkin, Israel, 2492 GM Stefan Djuric, Yugoslavia, 2490 GM Ruslan
Pogorelov, Ucrania, 2488 MI Johan Hellster, Suecia, 2481 GM Gildardo
García, Colombia, 2480 GM Juan García Palermo, Argentina , 2467
MI Yuri González Vidal, Cuba, 2456 MF Yunieski Quezada Pérez,
Cuba, 2438 MI Omar Almeida Quintana, Cuba,2437 MI Roberto Martin del Campo,
México, 2421 GM Peter Szekely, Hungría, 2417 MI José
González García, México, 2416 GM Silvino García,
Cuba, 2382 MI Maikel Góngora, Cuba, 2377 MI Julian Estrada,
México, 2345 MF Joaquín Díaz Díaz, Cuba, 2334 MI
Peric Slavisa, Yugoslavia, 2268 WIM Tania Hernández, Cuba, 2250 MI
Carlos Laravet Despaigne, Cuba
Internet coverage:
https://www.carlostorre.org.mx/convocatoria_2002.htm
Cup ShRGEK in Shakhti
The Cup ShRGEK take s place 13th-18th January 2003 in the city of
Shakhti (Rostov region, Russia).
Further information:
https://www.fanchess.ru/kuda/2003/01/srgek.htm
18th North Sea Cup Esbjerg Denmark
2003 will be the year when the Danish Chess Federation turns 100! The
Esbjerg Chess Union and the renowned Danish round-robin the North Sea Cup are
scheduled to play a major role in the celebrations. The gm group with 10
players will play July 4-12. After 3 category 14s back to back the organisers
are hoping for a category 15 this time. Also a B-group, primarily for young
Danish up and coming players, will be on offer at this Danish chess festival. 4
foreign ims will be invited, and the winner of the B-group will be invited to
the gm group of the 19th NSC. Interested players should contact Brian Isaksen
at [email protected]
Homepage:
https://home1.inet.tele.dk/tpherman/vh2002/1index.htm
78th Hastings Congress
The 78th Hastings International Chess Congress will take place at the
Horntye Park Sport Complex from Saturday 28th December 2002 to Sunday 5th
January 2003 inclusive. The event is once again sponsored by Hastings Borough
Council with additional support from several local businesses.
The Premier Tournament is a 9-round all-play-all event for ten invited
players. This year’s line-up includes WGM Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 12
year old GM Sergey Karjakin (UKR), Alexei Barsov (Uzbekistan), Pentala
Harikrishna (India), Krishnan Sasikiran (India), Keith Arkell, Glenn Flear,
Luke McShane, Vitaly Tsheskovsky.
The Challengers Open Tournament which attracts players from home and
overseas includes Grandmasters Vladislav Borovikov (UKR), Beshukov (Rus) Milos
Pavlovic (YUG) Former Yugoslav Champion, and International Masters Alexander
Cherniaev(Rus) and Ed Formanek (USA)
This year a new event has been introduced, the Golden Jubilee Weekend
Tournament 28th and 29th December with sections for all levels of player
including Beginners. The New Year Tournament for the more casual player will
take place from Monday 30th December to Friday 3 January
The 20th Hastings Weekend Congress will take place from Friday 3 Jan to
Sunday 5 January with sections from Experts to Novice.
Website: hastingschess.org.uk
Rilton Cup
The 32nd Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2002 - 5th January 2003 in
Stockholm, Sweden. 9 Round Swiss.
Full details: https://www.stockholmschack.nu/rilton.asp
British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2002
British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2002 take place 30th November-1st
December 2002 at the Bradford City Football Stadium, Valley Parade Bradford
Further details: https://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
Cairnhill Open 2002
The 20th Cairnhill International Open Chess Championship will be held
from 11th to 15th December 2002 in Singapore. 7 rounds Swiss System. The
Championship will be limited to a maximum of 120 entries only.
Hotel accommodation from 10th to 15th Dec 02 for limited no of GMs and
IMs (only one invited player from each country). Registering will be based on a
first-come-first-serve-basis.
Further details at
https://pc-connect.com.sg/chess/open02/02_Main.htm
E-mail: Kenny Chern [email protected]
Novoshakhtinsk Open
The Novoshakhtinsk Open takes place 6th-11th January 2003 in the city
of Novoshakhtinsk (Rostov region - Russia). 1st stage of the "Cup of Don -
2003.
Official site: https://www.fanchess.ru and specifically
https://www.fanchess.ru/kuda/2003/01/1kubok.htm
Coulsdon Chess Fellowship
Coulsdon Chess Fellowship (CCF) is intending to host a 9 round IM norm
closed tournament between Saturday 15th February and Sunday 23rd February with
1 round to be held each afternoon. Any players (title or non-title) who may
wish to be considered for inclusion should email Scott Freeman at
[email protected]
X "ANIBAL" INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN
The X Anibal Chess Open takes place in Linares, 28th February - 10th
March, 2003 Dates are parallel to the XX "Ciudad de Linares" International
Chess Tournament. Swiss system. 10 Rounds. New FIDE time control. Hotel
Aníbal - Linares.
Further details from: e-mail: [email protected]
[email protected] fax: 34 953652204
DEADLINE: Monday, 17th Feb 2003.
Novi Sad GM and IM
There is a tournament in Novi Sad Yugoslavia January 18th-26th 2003.
Novi Sad is 76 km from Belgrade or 100 km from the Hungarian border conection
by train from Wien 8 hours , from Budapest 5 hours, Belgrade airport, 70 km
from Ns, bus connection from all of Europe . Venue: Hotel Park 20 euro double
room full board, 25 euro in single. GM tourn. 12 players - FIDE timerate, cat.
9 (4 places at the moment ) IM tourn. cat. 3 or 4 - FIDE timerate, 12 players
(5 places at the moment) elo t. , 12 players - 90 min . each. 2 blitz to.
during the tournament. inscription fee according organiser , depending on elo,
title and which tournament. Organiser GM Drazic Sinisa mail [email protected] or
[email protected] tel .++381\ 21 \ 450-714 or 58-922 mobil | 64 |
124-9741
Swiss Chess Tour 2002
The "Swiss Chess Tour 2002" will finish in Interlaken, one of the most
attractive tourist towns in Switzerland.
The 2nd “Casino Open” December 26th-30th 2002. 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. The first time, natural prizes for all participants.
Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1942), junior (1982-85), schoolboy (1986)
and best local player. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 10
SF more, GMs and IMs free. 2nd "Chalet Oberland" Open. Players under 2000.
Swiss system, 5 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours. Prizes:
natural, for all participants. Entry fee: 100 SF (juniors 50 SF). At the doors
+10 SF. Venue: "Casino" New event - Blitz tournament, Swiss system, 9 double
rounds.
Time table for "Casino Open": December 26.: The last registration
11.00-12.15. Open ceremony and apero reception from 12.15-12.30. Round 1st
12.30-17.30. December 27. Round 2nd 9.30-14.30 Round 3rd 15.30-20.30 December
28.: Round 4th 12.30-17.30. December 29. Round 5th 9.30-14.30. Round 6th
15.30-20.30 December 30. Round 7th 9.30-14.30 Closing ceremonies 16.00.
Time table for “Chalet Oberland Open”: December 26 Round 1st
12.30-17.30; December 27 Round 2nd 9.30-14.30; December 28 Round 3rd
12.30-17.30; December 29 Round 4th 9.30-14.30; December 30 Round 5thh
9.30-14.30. Special chess rates in Hotel “Charlet Oberland”. Main
sponsor “RAPP” company.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel.
+41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail [email protected] or Ervin
Tellenbach tel. +41+79+311-23-53 or Hotel “Charlet Oberland” tel.
+41+33+827-87-87. Further information: https://www.beochess.ch/
Gausdal Troll Masters Open
The Gausdal Troll Masters Open GM-tournament will be played in Gausdal
in Norway 7th -15th January 2003. 10 rounds modified Swiss 2 hours / 40 moves
and 1 hour / rest Homepage: https://eirikgu.home.online.no/troll2003/
Contact: Hans Olav Lahlum at [email protected]
2nd Annual Lindsborg Rotary Open
The 2nd Annual Lindsborg Rotary Open Chess Tournament takes place in
Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas December 17-23 or December 20-23 2002.
Anatoly Karpov will be a special guest of the tournament.
GM & IM norms are available; FIDE rating and evaluation guaranteed
for 7-day option! GMS Onishuk, Shulman and Novikov are Confirmed! Ulf Andersson
MAY PLAY. $3,000 guaranteed prize fund! 3 sections: FIDE: 9SS, 40/2, SD/1
(4-day option, rounds 1-5 G/50). First two rounds accelerated pairing. 1st -
$1000, 2nd - $400, 3rd - $200, 4th - 150, 5th - 100 U2400: $100 - 75; U2200:
$100 - 75 Open: 9SS, G/120 1st - $150 U2000: $100 - 75 - 50; U1800: $100 - 75 -
50 U1600: $100 - 75 - 50; U1400: $100 - 75 - 50 Scholastic (12/22): G/30.
Trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each HS, MS, ES categories Entering fees: GMs
& IMs free. Membership at Kansas Chess Association is required (dues can be
paid on site). Before 11/1/02 Before 12/1/02 At site FIDE Section FIDE >2300
$70 $80 $90 FIDE, USCF >2200 $80 $90 $100 FIDE <2200 $90 $100 $110
non-FIDE rated, USCF <2200 * $120 $130 $140 Open Section $50 $55 $60
Scholastic Section $15 $20 $25 Credit cards OK. Online entry at
www.lindsborg.org/events.htm * Number of non-FIDE rated players will be limited
in this category
Schedules: FIDE Session: 7-day: 12/17-12/20 1:00 pm; 12/21 & 22
9:00 am & 5:00 pm; 12/23 9:00 am 4-day: 12/20 (G/50) 4:00 pm, 6:30 pm, 9:00
pm; 12/21 9:00 am, 1:00 pm, & 5:00 pm; 12/22 9:00 am & 5:00 pm; 12/23
9:00 am Open Sessions (G/120): 4-day: 12/20 4:00 pm; 12/21 9:00 am, 1:30 pm,
7:00 pm; 12/22 9:00 am, 1:30 pm, 7:00 pm; 12/23 9:00 am, 1:30 pm Scholastic
Session (G/30): 12/22 10:00 am, 11:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm, 5:30 pm 1/2-pt byes
OK at ALL. Limit 3. Last bye must commit before round 5. Special Event - 12/20
at 8:00 pm GM Igor Novikov will play simul games with 20 people. $20.
Hotel rates: $49 - $80 at Swedish Country Inn (1-800-231-0266), $36 -
$56 at Coronado Motel (1-800-747-2793), $65 - $150 at Rosberg House
B&B;(1-888-215-5234), $65 - $95 at Smoky Valley B & B (1-800-532-4407),
and $60 - $120 at C&W Ranch Bed & Breakfast (785-668-2352). Reserve by
11/15 or rates may increase.
Ent: Lindsborg Chamber of Commerce (for the chess tournament), 104 E.
Lincoln, Lindsborg, KS 67456. 1-888-227-2227;
https://www.lindsborg.org/events.htm For more information please contact Mikhail
Korenman at 785-227-3380, ext.8164 or [email protected] USCF, FIDE. NS,
NC.
XXVI Tenkes Cup
XXVI Tenkes Cup (Lajos Ózdi Memorial) takes place in the Hotel
"Platán" in Harkány, Hungary November 14-22 2002. There will be
9-round A and B Opens. GMs, IMs, and over 2400 ELO no nominetings cost. More
Information Lajos Gyökös: E-mail [email protected] Fax
(36)-72-579-025
Cartak (CZE) Friendship Tournament 2002
The Friendship chess tournament takes place 6th- 15th December 2002 in
Cartak (Czech Republic). There will be events including a: round-robin GM
tournament, round-robin IM tournament and an open tournament.
Further details:
https://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/tp2002/default.htm
Evgeny Bareev vs. HIARCS 8
Evgeny Bareev will play a match against HIARCS 8 January 28th-31st
2003.
Further details: https://www.chessevents.nl/bareev_match.shtml
6th Email Afro-Asian Championship
6th Email Afro-Asian Championship: All players from Africa and Asia are
invited to take part to the 6th email Afro-Asian championship which will start
in January 2003. Like the previous editions, there are two stages : The
preliminaries for all participants and the final for those who will qualify.
The number of sections will depend upon the number of entries. The players
interested by this competition may send their application to M. Samraoui. Email
address is : [email protected] No entry fees is required but deadline for
entries is 20.12.2002. (ICCF's website: https://www.iccf.com ) Announcement: Hirokaz
Onoda (ICCF delegate for Japan)
Patrick Wolff vs. The World
GM Patrick Wolff will play the Rest of the World starting 31st August.
The time limit for the match is 5 days per move. GM Wolff is a two times United
States Champion. To play in the match go to
https://www.letsplaychess.com and
follow the Play menu to ‘Play the expert’ and from there join the
world team.
Benidorm, Spain
There are tournaments in Benidorm, Spain November 22nd-30th 2002.
Further info: Telephones of general information during the month of
August: 965202214 from 19 to 21 h.; 650407091; Sr. Hernández 950 130493
y 607631481, [email protected] [email protected]
Details: https://www.jaque.tv/benidorm_avance2702.htm
Bethune Open
The 23rd Bethune International Open takes place 26th-30th December 2002
in the Salle Olof Palme, Commercial center La Rotonde, 62400 Bethune, FRANCE.
There are 7 rounds over 5 days with a time rate of 40 moves for 2hours followed
by one hour KO. Accelerated pairings, possibility of getting a FIDE rating.
This year the open is divided in two tournaments :- tournament A only
for players whose ELO rating is above or equals 1600 (> or =1600) -
tournament B only for players whose ELO rating is strictly under 1800
(<1800) At least 5500 euros prize (8300 euros given in 2001) 1st prize
tournament A : 1500 euros 1st prize tournament B : 250 euros General standing
and ELO-category prizes for both tournaments Entry cost : 40 Euros (adults) 20
Euros (youngsters under 20) A Blitz tournament (5 mins for each player) will be
organised on Saturday 28th December from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm (free morning) in
the tournament room. All the players can take part in it (entry cost 5euros).
Prizes : 100 % of the entry. (for information 1 $ (US dollar) = 1.05 Euros)
Website : https://bethunechess.freefr
Contact e-mail: [email protected]
1st Benidorm Internatonal
The 1st Benidorm Internatonal is an open taking place 21st-30th November
2002.
Further details: https://www.jaque.tv/benidorm_avance0702.htm
2003 Australian Open
The Australian Open Chess Championships is to be held 2nd-10th January
2003. The Championships are jointly organised by The New South Wales Chess
Association Inc. and Australian Chess Enterprises on behalf of the Australian
Chess Federation Inc.
Further information:
https://www.chessaustralia.com.au/penrith/index.cfm
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: https://www.newyorkmasters.com/
Hawaii International Chess Festival Cancelled
The Hawaii International Chess Festival has been cancelled until further
notice. Information: [email protected].