The review of chess events and sites for March, 2003

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for March, 2003

by Boris Schipkov

The Cappelle la Grande Open 2003 took place in France 22nd February - 1st March. Swiss, 9 rounds, 600 players.
1-7. BURMAKIN Vladimir, ROZENTALIS Eduardas, SCHLOSSER Philipp, ARESHCHENKO Alexander, GELLER Jakov, BOCHAROV Dmitry, MIROSHNICHENKO Evgenij - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/home.php

The Asian Championship 2003 took place in Doha (Qatar) 21st February- 3rd March.
1. Sasikiran, Krishnan - 7 from 9; 2. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan - 6.5; 3-10. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad; Sadvakasov, Darmen; Adianto, Utut; Neelotpal, Das; Barua, Dibyendu; Barsov, Alexei; Dao Thien Hai; Kadhi, Hameed Mansour Ali - 6; etc.
Site: http://www.fide.com/

The Edda Rapid 2003 tournament - Gudmundur J. Gudmundsson memorial - took place in Reykjavik March 3rd-5th.
Final Standings
1. Gurevich, Michail - 8; 2-3. Sokolov, Ivan; Sutovsky, Emil - 7; 4-12. Lautier, Joel; Shirov, Alexei; Adams, Michael; Van Wely, Loek; Nikolic, Predrag; Ehlvest, Jaan; Bacrot, Etienne; Bologan, Victor; Votava, Jan - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://www.icechess.com/Edda2003

The Linares 2003 tournament took place in Spain 22nd February - 9th March.
Peter Leko won the Linares 2003 on number of wins.
Final Standings
1-2. Peter Leko, Vladimir Kramnik - 7 from 12; 3-4. Viswanathan Anand, Garry Kasparov - 6.5; 5. Ruslan Ponomariov - 5.5; 6. Francisco Vallejo Pons - 5; 7. Teimour Radjabov - 4.5.
Rounds 1-14 Results, Linares 2003

Crosstable of the Linares 2003

Games (42, zipped pgn)

The Anibal Open 2003
1-5. Korobov, Anton; Inarkiev, Ernesto; Kharlov, Andrei; Del Rio Angelis, Salvador; Delchev, Aleksander - 7.5 from 10; etc.
Site: http://www.todoajedrez.tv/

The 6th United Insurance & United Leasing GM Chess Tournament 2003 took place in Dhaka (Bangladesh) 8th-20th March.
Barsov, A. (2525) - Reefat, S. (2450) [D45], 6th United Insurance, Dhaka (13) 2003
1-3. Dzhumaev, Marat; Tiviakov, Sergei; Rahman, Ziaur - 9 from 13; 4-5. Barsov, Alexei; Goloshchapov, Alexander - 8; etc.
Site: http://www.bcs-online.org/

The IV Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" 2003 took place in IÑÑ March 14th-22nd. GM Vladimir Potkin won.
Final
Vladimir Potkin - Pablo Zarnicki 2-0
Semi Finals
Vladimir Potkin - Vitaly Golod 1.5-0.5; Roi Reinaldo - Pablo Zarnicki 0.5-1.5
Sites: http://www.doshermanas.net/ and http://www.chessclub.com/

The Siberian Championship 2003 took place in Novosibirsk 18th-24th March.
Games (306, zipped pgn)
1-2. Belozerov, Andrei (Tomsk); Bocharov, Dmitry (Novosibirsk) - 7 from 9; etc.

The "Twelfth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament" 2003 took place in Monaco, 15 - 27 March. Rest days March 19th and 24th.
Vishy Anand won the Amber 2003.
Final Standings
1. Viswanathan Anand - 14.5; 2-3. Peter Leko, Alexander Morozevich - 13.5; 4-5. Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov - 13; 6. Boris Gelfand - 12; 7. Alexei Shirov - 11.5; 8. Evgeny Bareev - 11; 9. Zoltan Almasi - 9.5; 10. Vassily Ivanchuk - 9; 11. Loek Van Wely - 8; 12. Ljubomir Ljubojevic - 3.5.
Rounds 1-11 Results

Crosstable of the Amber Blindfold 2003

Crosstable of the Amber Rapid 2003

Games (132, zipped pgn)

Site: http://chess.lostcity.nl/amber/

Bundesliga 2003-2003
The final 14-15 rounds took place in Germany 29th-30th March 2003. Luebeck became the Champion again.
Final Standings
1. Lübecker SV 15 86,0 29-1
2. SG Köln Porz 15 81,0 28-2
3. SV Werder Bremen 15 70,5 22-8
4. Hamburger SK 15 68,5 21-9
5. Solinger SG 15 65,5 20-10
6. TV Tegernsee 15 66,5 19-11
7. SC Kreuzberg 15 64,0 19-11
8. SC Baden Oos 15 68,5 18-12
9. SV Wattenscheid 15 60,5 13-17
10. SFR Neukölln 15 50,5 11-19
11. Stuttgarter Sfr 15 49,5 10-20
12. Turm Emsdetten 15 51,0 9-21
13. SK König Plauen 15 48,5 9-21
14. Erfurter SK 15 48,5 7-23
15. Godesberger SK 15 44,0 3-27
16. SC Forchheim 15 37,0 2-28
Games (256, zipped pgn)
The 12th and 13th rounds of the Bundesliga took place in Germany 8th-9th March.
Site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/

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