January, 2002

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for January, 2002

by Boris Schipkov

The XXXI Rilton Cup took place in Stockholm (Sweden) 27 December 2001 - 5th January 2002. Swiss, 131 players, 9 rounds. 24 GMs, 12 IMs, 15 FMs.
Rustemov, Yakovich, Ulibin, Popov, Gleizerov, Taimanov are amongst the players.
XXXI Rilton Cup 2002. Rounds 1-9 Results
Final Standings
1-4. Agrest, Evgenij (SWE); Lalic, Bogdan (ENG); Wedberg, Tom (SWE); Popov, Valerij (RUS) - 7; 5-13. Nataf, Igor (FRA); Rowson, Jonathan (SCO); Volzhin, Alexander (RUS); Khenkin, Igor (GER); Mc Shane, Luke (ENG); Hector, Jonny (SWE); Ernst, Thomas (SWE); Ulibin, Michail (RUS); Åberg, Anton (SWE) - 6.5; etc.
Games (192, zipped pgn)
Site: http://www.stockholmschack.nu/

The Pamplona tournament took place in Spain 27th December 2001 - 6th January 2002.
Final Standings
1. Viktor Bologan - 7; 2-4. Teimour Radjabov; Zoltan Almasi; Ulf Andersson - 5.5; 5. Rafael Leitao - 4.5; 6. Laurent Fressinet - 4; 7-8. Oscar De la Riva; Stuart Conquest - 3.5; 9. Javier Moreno - 3; 10. Marc Narciso - 2.
Site: http://www.institucionoberena.com/

The 77th Hastings International Chess Congress 2001-2002 took place in UK 28th December 2001 - 6th January.
Premier Tournament. Round Robin, 10 players.
Final Standings
1-3. Harikrishna, P; Barsov, Alexei; Sasikiran, Krishnan - 6; 4. Hebden, Mark - 5; 5-6. Kiriakov, Petr (Siberia); Zhang Zhong - 4.5; 7. Gallagher, Joe - 4; 8. Pert, Nicholas - 3.5; 9. Wells, Peter - 3; 10. Krush, Irina - 1.
Barsov, A. (2525) - Zhang Zhong (2657) [E13], Premier, Hastings (1) 2001
Challengers Tournament. Swiss, 140 players, 10 rounds.
Final Standings
1-5. TSESHKOVSKY,Vitaly; FLEAR,Glenn; STANOJOSKI,Zvonko; ARKELL,Keith; AZAROV,Sergei - 7.5; etc.
Round 10: FLEAR,G-TSESHKOVSKY,V 1/2; STANOJOSKI,Z-BARUA,D 1/2; ARKELL,K-GORMALLY,D 1-0; SMETANKIN,S-AZAROV,S 0-1.
Round 7: TSESHKOVSKY,V-STANOJOSKI,Z 1/2; FLEAR,G-SMETANKIN,S 1-0; GORMALLY,D-RIZOUK,A 1/2; CHERNIAEV,A-BERG,E 1-0; SHAW,J-ARKELL,K 1-0.
Round 1: TSESHKOVSKY,V-RAVI,L 1-0; THORFINNSSON,B-BARUA,D 0-1; FLEAR,G-KNOTT,S 1/2.
Site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/

Hannes Stefansson played Nigel Short in a 6 game match in Reykjavik (Iceland), January 8th-13th 2002. The match is organised by Hellir Chess Club to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
Short - Stefansson 4.5-1.5 (1/2, 0-1, 1-0, 1-0, 1-0, 1-0)
Site: http://linux.vks.is/skak/hellir-e.shtml

The US Championships 2002 took place 5th-13th January in Seattle.
Seirawan, Gulko, Kaidanov, Benjamin, Kudrin (Siberia) are amongst the players. Swiss, 56 players, 9 rounds.
Larry Christiansen is the U.S. Chess Champion 2002.
Jennifer Shahade became the U.S. Women's Chess Champion (WGM and IM norm). B. Kreiman made GM norm.
Seirawan, Yasser (2644) - Ivanov, Igor (2470) [A56]
US Championship, Seattle (7) 2002
1st Brilliancy Prize - Yasser Seirawan for his win over Igor Ivanov.
Final Standings
1-2. Christiansen, de Firmian - 6.5; 3-8. Kreiman, Benjamin, Yermolinsky, Shabalov, Stripunsky, A. Ivanov - 6; 9-15. Kaidanov, Gulko, Kudrin, Seirawan, Browne, I. Ivanov, Schneider - 5.5; etc.
Kudrin, S (2524) - Fishbein, A (2497) [B63], US Championship, Seattle (8) 2002
Women
1. Shahade - 5; 2. Baginskaite - 4.5; 3-4. E. Donaldson, Battsetseg - 4; etc.
Games (257, zipped pgn)
US Championships 2002. Rounds 1-9 Results
Playoff
Christiansen - De Firmian 1/2, 1/2, 1-0, 0-1 (4 games of 5 minutes + 1 sec a move)
Christiansen - De Firmian 1-0 (6 min. White - 5 min. Black White must win)
Site: http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org/events.asp

The 18th Skopje Open 2002 took place in Republic of Macedonia, 15th-23rd January. Swiss, 48 players, 9 rounds.
1. Graf, Alexander - 7.5; 2. Galego, Luis - 6.5; 3-8. Damljanovic, Branko; Kolev, Atanas; Georgiev, Kiril; Kurajica, Bojan; Georgiev, Vladimir; Ivanisevic, Ivan - 6; etc.
Site: http://www.chessmkd.com/ENG

The Corus 2002 chess tournaments took place in Wijk aan Zee (The Netherlands) January 12th-27th, rest days: 14th, 18th and 23rd. Round Robin, 14 participants, average rating - 2688.
Crosstable of the Corus 2002
Final Standings
1. Bareev, Evgeny - 9; 2. Grischuk, Alexander - 8.5; 3-4. Adams, Michael; Morozevich, Alexander - 8; 5. Khalifman, Alexander - 7.5; 6. Leko, Peter - 7; 7-11. Lautier, Joel; Dreev, Alexey; Gelfand, Boris; Piket, Jeroen; Timman, Jan - 6; 12. Gurevich, Mikhail - 5.5; 13. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - 4.5; 14. Van Wely, Loek - 3.
Corus 2002. Rounds 1-13 Results
Van Wely, L. (2697) - Timman, J. (2605) [A64], Corus, Wijk aan Zee (2) 2002
Games (91, zipped pgn)
Corus B. Final Standings
1. Krasenkov, Mikhail - 8; 2-3. Nijboer, Friso; Sokolov, Ivan - 7; 4. Tregubov, Pavel - 6.5; 5-6. Van der Wiel, John; Jonkman, Harmen - 6; 7-8. Stefanova, Antoaneta; Yu Shaoteng - 5.5; 9-10. Cuijpers, Frans; Peng Zhaoqin - 4; 11. Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira - 3.5; 12. Werle, Jan - 3.
Corus C. Final Standings
1-2. Rogers, Ian; Istratescu, Andrei - 6.5; 3. Iordachescu, Viorel - 6; 4. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - 5.5; 5. Berkvens, Joost - 5; 6-7. Van Blitterswijk, Stefan; Smeets, Jan - 4.5; 8. Stellwagen, Daniel - 3; 9. Nep, Ron - 2; 10. Klinova, Masha - 1.5.
Site: http://chess.lostcity.nl/Corus2002/

Einstein Group plc, the international multi media group is now expanding into the chess world.
Einstein Reveals Game Plan (Einstein Group PLC Press Release)
Site: http://www.einstein.tv/

The Bermuda 2002 tournaments took place 21st-30th January.
GM A 1-3. Johannessen, Leif Erlend; Nakamura, Hikaru; Vescovi, Giovanni - 6; 4-5. Macieja, Bartlomiej; Lesiege, Alexandre - 5; 6. Socko, Bartosz - 4.5; 7. Vuckovic, Bojan - 4; 8. Ernst, Sipke - 3.5; 9. Krush, Irina - 3; 10. Handke, Florian - 2.
GM B 1. Blehm, Pawel - 7.5; 2. Berg, Emanuel - 6.5; 3-4. Charbonneau, Pascal; De Vreugt, Dennis - 5.5; 5. Shahade, Gregory - 4.5; 6. Paehtz, Elisabeth - 4; 7-8. Perelshteyn, Eugene; Kallio, Heikki - 3.5; 9. Alvarez, Johan - 3; 10. Nyback, Tomi - 1.5.
Site: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess

The 2nd Unilog Integrata 2002 GM tournament took place in Griesheim bei Darmstadt 23rd-31st January.
Final Standings
1. Naiditsch,Arkadij - 7; 2. Glek,Igor - 6.5; 3. Schmaltz,Roland - 6; 4. Jakubiec,Artur - 5.5; 5. Kempinski,Robert - 4.5; 6. Ruck, Robert - 4; 7. Galdunts,Sergey - 3.5; 8-9. Grabarczyk,Miroslaw; Milov,Leonid - 3; 10. Ginsburg,Gennadij - 2.
Site: http://www.unilog-integrata.de/

The 90th anniversary tournament of the SK Ljubljana Metalka Trgovina took place in Ljubljana (Slovenia) 19th-31st January 2002.
Games (66, zipped pgn)
1. Beliavsky, Alexander - 9; 2-3. Pavasovic, Dusko; Kharlov, Andrei - 7.5; 4-5. Tratar, Marko; Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - 7; 6. Sveshnikov, Evgeny - 6.5; 7-8. Volokitin, Andrei; Farago, Ivan - 5.5; 9. Soln, Primoz - 4.5; 10-11. Podlesnik, Bogdan; Jelen, Igor - 3; 12. Polajzer, Danilo - 0 (withdrew after round 2).
Site: http://www.metalka.net/lsk90/

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