The review of chess events and sites for AUGUST, 2001

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The review of chess events and sites for AUGUST, 2001

by Boris Schipkov

The 34th Biel International Chess Festival took place in Switzerland July 21st-August 4th.
1) Biel 2001 GM, Category 17.
Games (30, pgn)
Final Standings:
1. Korchnoi, Viktor - 6; 2-3. Svidler, Peter - 5.5; 3. Gelfand, Boris - 5; 4-6. Pelletier, Yannick; Lautier, Joel; Grischuk, Alexander - 4.5.
Crosstable Biel GM 2001
In the last round Pelletier gave Grischuk a piece as a present.
Lautier, J. (2675) - Korchnoi, V. (2617) [E20], GM Biel (9) 2001
2) Biel Master 2001 open
Semifinals: GM Milov Vadim - GM Kobalija Mihail 0-1
GM Avrukh Boris - IM Ramesh R.B. 1/2, Tiebreak: 1-0,1/2
For 3rd place: GM Milov Vadim - IM Ramesh R.B. 1/2, Tiebreak: 1-0 1-0
Final: GM Avrukh Boris - GM Kobalija Mihail 1/2, Tiebreak: 1-0 0-1 1/2 1-0
Biel Master 2001 open. Final Standings
1. Avrukh Boris; 2. Kobalija Mihail; 3. Milov Vadim; 4. Ramesh R.B.; etc.
Site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/site/start_e.htm

The British Chess Championships took place in Scarborough Monday 30th July to Friday 10th August. Swiss, 72 players, 11 rounds.
Games (385, zipped pgn)
Final Standings
1. Gallagher, Joseph - 8; 2-8. Hodgson, Julian; Arkell, Keith; Wells, Peter; Emms, John; Gormally, Daniel; Lalic, Bogdan; Hebden, Mark - 7.5; etc.
Site: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html

The Krasnoyarsk - St.Petersburg match 2001 took place in Krasnoyarsk (Russia) 9th August.
Games (12, pgn)
Krasnoyarsk - St.Petersburg 4-8 (2,5-3,5; 1,5-4,5)
GM Kiriakov Petr - GM Sakaev Konstantin 0-1; 1/2
IM Salinnikov Denis - GM Aseev Konstantin 1/2; 0-1
IM Logunov Maksim - GM Ivanov Sergey 1-0; 1/2;
IM Lependin Anatoly - GM Yemelin Vasily 0-1; 1/2
Zablotsky Sergei - GM Lugovoi Aleksei 0-1; 0-1
Janov Dmitry - Khropov Boris 1-0
WFM Ubiennykh Ekaterina - Khropov Boris 0-1
Site: http://salinnikov.narod.ru

The Norwegian Championship 2001 took place in Kristiansund 7-14th July. Swiss, 18 players, 9 rounds.
1. Gausel, Einar - 6,5; etc.
Site: http://eirikgu.home.online.no/

The 102nd Annual US Open took place in Framingham (near Boston) August 4th-12th 2001. Swiss, 487 players, 9 rounds.
1-4. Alex Wojtkiewicz, Joel Benjamin, Fabian Doettling. Alexander Stripunsky - 7.5; etc.
Sites: http://www.uschess.org/ and http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html

The August First Saturday chess tournaments took place in Budapest (Hungary) 4th-14th August 2001.
Games (222, zipped pgn)
GM Final Standings
1. Medvegy, Zoltan HUN - 10 (GM norm); 2. Breder, Dennis GER - 9.5; 3-5. Sundararajan, Kidambi IND; Varga, Zoltan HUN; Bhat, Vinay USA - 7.5; etc.
Site: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs0801.htm

The match Europe - Tatarstan took place 15th-16th August in Kazan (Russia).
Games (12, pgn)
Europe - Tatarstan 6-6
Karpov, Anatoly - Dreev, Alexey 1/2, 1/2
Khalifman, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2, 1-0
Kortschnoj, Viktor - Kharlov, Andrei 1/2, 1/2
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Galliamova, Alisa 1/2, 1/2
Akopian, Vladimir - Ibragimov, Ildar 1/2, 0-1
Bologan, Viktor - Timofeev, Artyom 0-1, 1-0
Site: http://www.kasparovchess.ru/

3rd Asian Individual Championship took place 9th-17th August, 2001 at Alekhine Chess Club in Calcutta (India). Swiss, 76 players, 11 rounds.
Final Standings (1-24)
1. Xu Jun (Chn) - 8.5; 2. Saidali Iuldachev (Uzb) - 8; 3-5. Surya Sekhar Ganguly (Ind); Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (Iri); Alexei Barsov (Uzb) - 7.5; etc.
Site: http://www.asianchess2001.com/

The ninth Lost Boys International open tournament took place August 10th-19th 2001 in Amsterdam.
1. Van Wely - 7.5; 2-5. Piket, Sokolov, Sutovsky, Timman - 6.5; 6-11. Gershon, Ikonnikov, Jonkman, Nijboer, Tregubov, Van den Doel - 6; etc.
Site: http://chess.lostcity.nl/lostboys2001/

The Villarobledo Open rapid tournament took place 18th-19th August 2001 in Spain.
Final Standings (1-30)
1-2. Vishwanathan Anand and Alexei Shirov - 7.5; 3-8. Atanas Kolev, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Evgenij Agrest, Bogdan Lalic, Didier Collas, Alexander Chernin - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.ajedrezvillarrobledo.com/

The American Continental Championship took place in Cali (Colombia) 9th-20th August 2001.
1. Yermolinsky Alexander - 8.5; 2-8. Goldin Alexander; Dominguez Leinier; Gulko Boris; Zapata Alonso; Campora Daniel; Hoffman Alejandro; Cabrera Alexis - 8; etc.
Site: http://galeon.com/continental_cali/partidas.htm

The French Championships 2001 took place in Marseille 12th-25th August.
Championnat de France - Poule Haute. Final Standings
1-3. VAISSER Anatoly, BACROT Etienne, DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc - 7; 4. BAUER Christian - 6.5; 5-7. SOKOLOV Andrei, RELANGE Eloi, DORFMAN Iosif - 6; 8. FONTAINE Robert - 5.5.
Games (94, zipped pgn)
Tie-Break:
Bacrot - Degrave 1.5-0.5; Vaisser - Bacrot 0.5-1.5; Degraeve - Vaisser 0-1
1. Etienne Bacrot; 2. Anatoly Vaisser; 3. Jean-Marc Degraeve

Poule Basse
1. LAUTIER Joël - 5.5 2. APICELLA Manue - 5; 3. HAUCHARD Arnaud, FRESSINET Laurent - 4.5; 5. BELKHODJA Slim, - 4; 6. KOCH Jean-René - 2.5; 7. CHABANON Jean-Luc - 2.
Final Standings (preliminary stage)
Poule A 1. DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc - 5; 2. VAISSER Anatoly - 4.5; 3-4. SOKOLOV Andrei, FONTAINE Robert - 4; 5. LAUTIER Joël - 3.5; 6. HAUCHARD Arnaud - 3; 7-8. BELKHODJA Slim, KOCH Jean-René - 2.
Crosstable Poule A
Poule B 1. BACROT Etienne - 5; 2. BAUER Christian - 4.5; 3-5 NATAF Igor, RELANGE Eloi, DORFMAN Iosif - 4; 6. APICELLA Manuel - 3.5; 7. FRESSINET Laurent - 2.5; 8. CHABANON Jean-Luc - 0.5.
Crosstable Poule B
Tie-Break Blitz: RELANGE-DORFMAN 2.5-1.5, NATAF - refused to take part in.
Women Playoff
Nepeina-Leconte, Maria - Sebag, Marie 1,5-0,5 (1/2, 1-0)
Site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/

The World Junior U20 Chess Championships 2001 took place in Athens (Greece) August 16th-29th.
BOYS U20. LIST OF PLAYERS
Boys U20. Final Standings
1. Acs, Peter HUN - 10; 2-3. Gagunashvili, Merab GEO; Aronian, Levon ARM - 9.5; etc.
GIRLS U20. LIST OF PLAYERS
Girls U20. Final Standings
1-2. Koneru, Humpy IND; Zhao, Xue CHN - 9.5; 3-4. Kosintseva, Nadezhda RUS; Gu, Xiaobing CHN - 9; etc.
Games (535, zipped pgn)
Site: http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio

The European Grand Prix took place in Lisbon (Portugal) 21th-29th August 2001. Swiss, 160 players, 9 rounds.
Final Standings (1-70)
1. Piket, Jeroen - 7.5; 2-3. Oratovsky, Michael; Kogan, Artur - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.ajedrez21.com/

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