The review of chess events and sites for January, 2004

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for January, 2004

by Boris Schipkov

The Hastings Premier took place in England 28th December 2003 - 5th January 2004.
1-2. Rowson, Jonathan; Kotronias, Vasilios - 6; 3. Epishin, Vladimir - 5.5; 4. Kunte, Abhijit - 5; 5. Nielsen, Peter Heine - 4.5; 6-7. Hebden, Mark; Lahno, Kateryna - 4; 8-9. Conquest, Stuart; Cherniaev, Alexander - 3.5; 10. Gormally, Daniel - 3.
Site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/

The Rilton Cup took place in Stockholm (Sweden) 27th December 2003 - 5th January 2004.
1-3. Åkesson, Ralf; De Firmian, Nick; Nyback, Tomi - 7 from 9; 4-13. Ringdal-Hansen; Schlosser, Philipp; Aagaard, Jacob; Kortchnoi, Victor; Fontaine, Robert; Braun, Arik; Ernst, Thomas; Kulaots, Kaido; Berkes, Ferenc; Lobron, Eric - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://www.stockholmschack.nu/

Joel Lautier is against Liberte, Egalite and Fraternite (by Boris Schipkov, 7.01.2004)
Games (5, pgn)

The Australian Championships took place in Adelaide 29th December 2003 - 10th January 2004.
1. Gary Lane - 9 from 11; 2. Ian Rogers - 8.5; 3. Mark Chapman - 8; etc.
Site: http://www.unichess.org/

The 111th New Zealand Championships 2004 took place in Wellington 2nd-10th January.
1. Ker, Anthony - 8 from 11; 2-3. Wang, Puchen; Green, Peter - 7.5; 4. Lukey, Stephen - 7; etc.
Site: http://chess.wellington.net.nz/

The Welsh International 2004 took place in Newport (Wales) 7th-15th January.
1. Hebden, Mark - 7.5 from 9; 2. Miezis, Normunds - 7; 3-4. Georgiev, Vladimir; Gormally, Daniel - 6.5; 5-11. Cobb, Charles; Cobb, James; Howell, David; Jones, Richard; Poulsen, Martin; Marusenko, Petr; Devereaux, Maxim - 5; etc.
Site: http://www.mark-adams-home.com/welsh

The Seville Open 2004 took place in Spain 9th-17th January.
1-3. Spraggett, Kevin; Campora, Daniel; Epishin, Vladimir - 7.5 from 9; 4-9. Matamoros Franco, Carlos; Franco Ocampos, Zenon; Paunovic, Dragan; Garcia Luque, Agustin; Saldano, Horacio; Teske, Henrik - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.fsajedrez.com/

The Commonwealth Chess 2004 incorporating an International Open took place at Hotel Mirador, New Link Road, Chakala, Andheri (E), Mumbai (India) 9th-18th January.
Final Standings
1-2. Pavel Smirnov, Nigel Short - 7.5 from 9; 3-4. Marat Dzhumaev, Niaz Murshed - 7; etc.
Top seeded British Grandmaster Nigel Short is the new Commonwealth Chess Champion.
Sites: http://www.venuschessacademy.org/, http://www.chessindia.org/cwc and http://www.live.chessindia.org

The Corus Chess tournaments 2004 took place in Wijk aan Zee (The Netherlands) January 10th-25th.
Round 13, January 25
P. Svidler - M. Adams 1/2. Spanish.
A. Shirov - V. Bologan 0-1. Russian. Alexei made a mistake 35.Be4. Better was 35.Qb5.
Z. Zhong - L. van Wely 1/2. Sicilian. White had an extra pawn.
E. Bareev - V. Akopian 1-0. Nimzo-Indian. Double-edged fight.
V. Kramnik - P. Leko 1/2. Queen's Indian. Vladimir grabbed a pawn.
V. Anand - I. Sokolov 1/2. Spanish. A quick draw.
J. Timman - V. Topalov 0-1. Veselin gradually outplayed his opponent.

Final Standings. Corus A
1. Anand - 8.5; 2-3. Leko, Adams - 8; 4-5. Topalov, Bologan - 7.5; 6-8. Kramnik, van Wely, Bareev - 6.5; 9-11. Svidler, Akopian, Shirov - 6; 12-13. Sokolov, Zhong - 5; 14. Timman - 4.
Crosstable of the Corus 2004 A

Rounds 1-12 Results

Games (91, zipped pgn)

Site: http://www.coruschess.com/

The Bermuda Fourways International Invitational Tournament 2004 took place 15th-25th January.
1. Giovanni Vescovi - 7 from 10; 2. Boris Gelfand - 6.5; 3. Sergei Movsesian - 6; 4. Viorel Iordachescu - 4; 5. Alexander Shabalov - 3.5; 6. Bartlomiej Macieja - 3.
Site: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess/

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