April, 2002

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for April, 2002

by Boris Schipkov

The Canadian Championship 2002 took place in Richmond (Canada) March 21st - April 2nd. Swiss, 11 rounds, 36 players.
Alexandre Lesiege and Kevin Spraggett are amongst the players.
Pascal Charbonneau is the champion of Canadà 2002.
Spraggett - Charbonneau 1/2, 0-1 (30 min + 10 sec)
Final Standings
1-2. Spraggett, Kevin; Charbonneau, Pascal - 8.5; 3. Lesiege, Alexandre - 8; 4. Glinert Stephen - 7.5; etc.
Sites: http://www.chess.ca/ and http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/

The 4th Redbus knockout 2002 took place in Southend March 29th - 1st April.
Final: Lalic, B - Ward, C 1.5-0.5
Semifinals: Rowson, J - Lalic, B 0.5-1.5
McShane, L - Ward, C 1-3
Site: http://www.chess.redbus.co.uk/

The 6th Neckar-Open 2002 took place in Deizisau (Germany) 28.3.-1.4.2002. Swiss, 9 rounds, 229 players.
1-10. Epishin,Vladimir; Gustafsson,Jan; Schmittdiel,Eckha; Kulaots, Kaido; Aronian,Levon; Dautov,Rustem; Farago,Ivan; Ivanov,Michail; Polak,Tomas; Kunin, Vitaly - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.schachfreundedeizisau.de/NeckarOpen/Neckar-Open2002.htm

The Geneva Open 2002 took place in Switzerland April 4th-7th. Swiss, 7 rounds, 56 players.
1-2. Epishin Vladimir; Miezis Normunds - 6; 3. Sokolov Andrei - 5.5; 4-7. Lazarev Vladimir; Cherniaev Alexander; Gallagher Joseph; Lamoureux Charles - 5; etc.
Site: http://www.ceg.ch/open4jours.php

UAE Grand Prix 2002 took place in Dubai Chess Club 2 - 10 April.
Peter Leko wins the UAE Grand Prix.
Rounds 1-5 Results
Final Standings
1. Leko 2. Grischuk 3. Shirov 4. Georgiev 5. Karpov 6. Azmaiparashvili 7. Topalov 8. Bacrot 9. Anand 10. Khalifman 11. Dreev 12. Radjabov 13. Lautier 14. Ivanchuk 15. Short 16. Zhu.
Games (141, zipped pgn)
Final standings of the UAE Grand Prix Internet Qualification Tournament
1. Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) - 7.5 from 9 scores; 2-4. Novik, Maxim (RUS); Zeliakov, Nugzar (RUS); Chepukaitis, Genrikh (RUS) - 6.5; etc. (46 players)
Karjakin, Novik, Zeliakov and Chepukaitis play in face-to-face tournament in Dubai for 2 places in UAE Grand Prix 2002.
Games (12, pgn)
Final standings
1. Karjakin, Sergey - 5.5; 2. Novik, Maxim - 3.5; 3. Chepukaitis, Genrikh - 2; 4. Zeliakov, Nugzar - 1.
Site: http://www.fidegrandprix.com/

The Russian Youth Championships 2002 took place in Sochi April 1st - 12th.
Final Standings, 11 rounds
GIRLS U-18
1. Pogonina Natalia (Saratov) - 8.5; 2. Komiagina Maria (Arkhangelsk); Vasilevich Irina (Krasnoyarsk) - 8; etc.
BOYS U-18
1-2. Grachiev Boris (Moscow); Novikov Stanislav (Moscow) - 9; 3-4. Belov Vladimir (Moscow); Chebotariov Oleg (Lipetsk) - 8; etc.
GIRLS U-16
1. Burtasova Anna (Vladimir) - 9; 2. Tomilova Elena (Stavropol) - 8.5; etc.
BOYS U-16
1. Iljin Artem (Tatarstan) - 8.5; 2-6. Kharitonov Alexander (Kaliningrad); Savchenko Boris (Krasnodar); Maletin Pavel (Novosibirsk); Burkhanov Damir (ORS); Danin Alexander (Bryansk) - 8; etc.
GIRLS U-14
1. Malysheva Polina (St. Petersburg) - 10.5; 2. Nebolsina Vera (Novosibirsk) - 9; etc.
BOYS U-14
1. Pokazaniev Nikolay (Mezhdurechensk) - 11; etc. A nice result.
Site: http://www.dagomys.ru/chess.shtml (in Russian)

The III Dos Hermanas Open 2002 took place 5th-13th April. Swiss, 9 rounds, 142 players.
1. Vallejo Pons, Francisco - 7.5; 2-6. Korneev, Oleg; Lalic, Bogdan; Radulski, Julian; Cheparinov, Ivan; Rustemov, Alexander - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.fsajedrez.com/

The 11th Macedonian Championship 2002 took place in Gevgelija 1st-14th April. 14 players, Category VI (2400).
1. Mitkov, Nikola - 10; 2. Nedev, Trajce - 9; 3. Stanojoski, Zvonko - 8.5; etc.
Site: http://www.chessmkd.com/MKD/Gevgelija/html/gevgelija_main.htm

The Rating Open tournament 2002 took place in Novosibirsk 7th-16th April. Swiss, 9 rounds.
Final Standings
1. Kazakov, Peter - 7.5; 2-3. Sevostianov, Vladimir; Chigvintsev, Andrei - 7; etc.
Rating Open tournament 2002, Novosibirsk. Results

The First Saturday April 2002 tournaments took place in Budapest (Hungary) 6th-19th April.
GMA: 1. Horvath, Csaba - 9.5; 2-3. Vajda, Levente; Nakamura, Hikaru - 8.5; etc.
GMB: 1. Nyback, Tomi - 10; 2. Pilgaard, Kim - 8.5; 3-4. Horvath, Peter1; Karttunen, Mika - 7.5; etc.
Site: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0402.htm

The Cuban Championship 2002 took place in Holguin City March 31st - 19th April. 18 players, Category IX (2472).
1-2. Dominguez, Lenier; Delgado, Neuris - 12.5; 3. Bruzon, Lazaro - 12; etc.

The Metz Open 2002 took place in France 13-21 April. Swiss, 9 rounds, 170 players.
1. Gurevich Mikhail; Zelcic Robert - 7.5; 3-7. Degraeve Jean-Marc; Jaracz Pawel; Zagrebelny Sergey; Legky Nikolay; Shchekachev Andrei - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.europe-echecs.com/articles/200204Metz.php

The 6th Linklater Memorial 2002 took place in San Francisco (USA) April 4-21. 11 players.
1-2. Cyrus Lakdawala and Vladimir Mezentsev (from Siberia, Novosibirsk Akademgorodok) - 7; 3. Ricardo De Guzman - 6; etc.
The two winners, who each scored 7-3 in the Category 4 (2337 FIDE average) round robin, also made IM norms.
Site: http://www.chessclub.org/

The Moscow Championship 2002 took place 15th-23rd April.
Andrey Kharitonov is the Champion of Moscow 2002.
Final Najer - Kharitonov 1/2, 1/2, 0-1, 1/2
Semi-Finals
Najer - Korotylev 1-0, 1/2
Kharitonov - Amonatov 1/2, 1/2, 1-0, 1/2
Site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/

The Dubai Open 2002 took place in UAE 15th-24th April. Swiss, 9 rounds, 103 players.
Final Standings, Dubai Open 2002
1. Goloshchapov, Alexander - 7; 2-7. Pigusov, Evgeny; Volkov, Sergey; Istratescu, Andrei; Ehlvest, Jaan; Ulibin, Mikhail; Kuzmin, Alexey - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://www.arabfide.com/ara/dubaiopen2002/index.htm

The 3rd Karpov International Chess Tournament 2002 took place in Poikovsky (Siberia), 16-24 April. 10 players, Category XVI (2628).
Onischuk, Alexander (2641) - Vescovi, Giovanni (2611) [E54], 3rd Karpov, Poikovsky (5) 2002
1. Onischuk,A - 6; 2-3. Rublevsky,S; Zvjaginsev,V - 5.5; 4-6. Vaganian,R; Dreev,A; Sokolov,I - 5; 7-8. Bologan,V; Vescovi,G - 4.5; 9. Aleksandrov,A - 4; 10. Obodchuk,A - 0.
Site: http://poikovsky.dem.ru/

The Reunification of the Chess World
A joint proposal from the Einstein Group plc (London) and Madame Nahed Ojjeh (Paris)

The Siberian Zone of the 55th Russian Chess Championship took place in Novosibirsk 18th-26th April 2002. Swiss, 9 rounds, 62 players.
Final Standings
1. Smirnov, Pavel - 7.5; 2-3. Smikovski, Ivan; Nevostrujev, Vladimir - 7; 4. Shomoev, Anton - 6.5; 5-10. Loskutov, Oleg; Kabanov, Nikolai; Shushpanov, Rustam; Chigvintsev, Andrei; Logunov, Maxim; Kron, Valentin - 6; etc.

The St.Petersburg Championship 2002 took place in Russia 16th-25th April.
Vasily Yemelin became the Champion of St.Petersburg 2002.
1. Yemelin - 7; 2. Ivanov - 6.5; 3. Popov - 6; 4. Loginov - 5; 5-6. Klimov; Anisimov - 4.5; 7. Smirnov - 3.5; 8-9. Lugovoi; Eliseev - 3; 10. Golcman - 2.
Site: http://www.ruschess.com/

Bundesliga 2001-2002
The final 14-15 rounds took place in Germany 27th-28th April 2002. Luebeck became the Champion.
Bundesliga 2001-2002. Final Standings

Bundesliga 2001-2002 Round 14 Results (27.04.2002)
Bundesliga 2001-2002 Round 15 Results (28.04.2002)
The 12th and 13th rounds of the Bundesliga took place in Germany 13th-14th April 2002.
Bundesliga 2001-2002 Round 12 Results (13.04.2002)
Bundesliga 2001-2002 Round 13 Results (14.04.2002)
Site: http://www.chessgate.de/

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