The review of chess events and sites for NOVEMBER, 2001

The Johann Thorir Jonsson Memorial 2001 took place in the Reykjavik (Iceland) 23rd October - 2nd November 2001. Swiss, 10 rounds.
Final standings:
1-2. Sokolov, Ivan; Nielsen, Peter Heine - 7.5; 3-4. Timman, Jan; Stefansson, Hannes - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.skak.is/si/memorial

The World Youth Championships 2001 took place in the "Ciudad de vacaciones Marina d'Or" in Oropesa del Mar (Castellón, Spain) 21st October - November 2nd. Swiss, 11 rounds. Each player has a fixed time of 1 hour and 30 minutes, plus an additional 30 seconds for each move.
BOYS U-18
1. IAKOVENKO, Dmitri RUS - 9; 2-3. TIMOFEEV, Artyom RUS; IZORIA, Zviad GEO - 8.5; etc.
GIRLS U-18
1. GVETADZE, Sopio (GEO) - 10; 2. CALOTESCU, Cristina (ROM) - 8.5; 3-4. Ñ.Ìèëëüå (FRA) è Þ.Ìàêêà (GRE) - 7.5; etc.

The Klompendans Ladies vs Veterans 2001 tournament took place in Amsterdam 23rd October - 3 November. Scheveningen System.
Results Rounds 1-10
Final standings:
1. Lajos Portisch - 6.5; 2. Zhu Chen - 6; 3-5. Vlastimil Hort; Victor Korchnoi; Xie Jun - 5.5; 6-7. Nana Ioseliani; Vassily Smyslov - 5; 8. Alisa Galliamova - 4; 9-10. Sofia Polgar; Mark Taimanov - 3.5.
Ladies - Veterans 24-26

The IX Chigorin Memorial 2001 took place in St. Petersburg (Russia) October 26 - November 3. Swiss, 9 rounds, 174 players, 24 grandmasters.
Vlassow Valentin (2365) - Dvoirys Semen (2530) [B51], Chigorin Memorial, St. Petersburg (2) 2001
Chigorin Memorial 2001. Final standings
1. Kobalija, Mihail - 8; 2-4. Belov, Vladimir; Kornev, Alexei; Rychagov, Andrey - 7; etc.
Sites: http://www.ruschess.com/ and http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/

The 5th Open International Bavarian Masters 2001 took place in Bad Wiessee 27th October - 4th November.
Final standings
1-4. Akopian,Vladimir; Baklan,Vladimir; Shabalov,Alexander; Krasenkow,Michal - 7.5; etc.
Site: http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib2001

The CENTROAMERICANO U-20 Championships 2001 took place in Tabasco (Mexico) 8-14.11.2001.
BOYS U-20 Final standings:
1-2. BUSTAMANTE MONTONI RICHA; DURAN TRUJILLO REYNALDO - 7; 3-4. PRASCA SOSA RAFAEL; CONTRERAS TORRES JAVIER - 6.5; etc.
GIRLS U-20
1-6. RIOS CHACON CELISBETH; NOGUERA DA ALMEIDA BEATRIZ; ANCHEYTA TEJAS CLAUDINELLY; MONTERO GLEZ PAULINA; HDEZ. ZAIDA CAROLINA; LOPEZ ROSANO ALINE - 6; etc.

The 18th European Team Championships 2001 took place in Leon, Spain 6th-15th November.
The favourites are: England, Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands.
Netherlands (Men) and France (Women) took gold.
Round 1. November 6, 2001 (Men)
England 3 - 1 Latvia, Czech Republic 2.5 - 1.5 Israel, Slovakia 2 - 2 Netherlands, France 3.5 - 0.5 Spain B, Macedonia 1 - 3 Ukraine, Spain A 1 - 3 Azerbaijan, Italy 0 - 4 Germany, Slovenia 3.5 - 0.5 Finland, Portugal 0 - 4 Poland, Bulgaria 3.5 - 0.5 Austria, Iceland 1.5 - 2.5 Georgia, Sweden 3.5 - 0.5 Albania, Scotland 1.5 - 2.5 Yugoslavia, Greece 2.5 - 1.5 Ireland, Turkey 0 - 4 Switzerland, Belarus 4 - 0 Luxemburg, Cyprus 0.5 - 3.5 Croatia.
Round 2. November 7, 2001 (Men)
Germany 2 - 2 Switzerland (Lutz beat Milov with a nice rook sacriffice, Buchmann lost a queen), Poland 2.5 - 1.5 Belarus (Krasenkow beat Fedorov in the Kings Indian Defence), Bulgaria 1 - 3 France (Lautier beat Spasov in the Kings Indian, Fressinet beat Petrov in the rook ending), Croatia 1 - 3 England (Short beat Cvitan in the Sicilian, Speelman took a pawn and won in the French Defence).
I think Kings Indian Defence is a risky opening.
Round 3. November 8, 2001 (Men)
Standings after round 3 (Men)
France 3.5 - 0.5 Poland, Switzerland 1.5 - 2.5 England, Slovenia 1.5 - 2.5 Germany, Yugoslavia 1.0 - 3.0 Netherlands.
Round 4. November 9, 2001 (Men)
England 2.5-1.5 France (Adams beat Bacrot in the Ruy-Lopez), Netherlands 2.5-1.5 Germany (Tiviakov beat Hertneck in 21 moves), Greece 1.5-2.5 Spain A (Vallejo Pons beat Miladinovic in the Sicilian), Ukraine 1.0-3.0 Switzerland.
Standings after round 4 (Men):
1. France - 11.5; 2-3. England, Netherlands - 11; etc.
Round 5. November 10, 2001 (Men)
France 1.5-2.5 Netherlands (Nijboer beat Fressinet), Spain A 1-3 England (Adams beat Shirov), Switzerland 2.5-1.5 Slovenia, Germany 3-1 Azerbaijan.
Standings after round 5 (Men)
1. England - 14; 2. Netherlands - 13.5; 3-5. Germany, Switzerland, France - 13; etc.
Round 6. November 11, 2001 (Men)
England 1.5-2.5 Netherlands (Nijboer beat Conquest in the Sicilian), Switzerland 0.5-3.5 France, Germany 1.5-2.5 Sweden (Wedberg beat Hertneck), Belarus 3-1 Greece.
Standings after round 6 (Men)
1. France - 16.5; 2. Netherlands - 16; 3. England - 15.5; etc.
Round 7. November 13, 2001 (Men)
Sweden 1-3 France (Agrest beat Bacrot in the Gruenfeld, Lautier took a pawn against Wedberg and won), Netherlands 3-1 Belarus (Van Wely beat Fedorov in the Kings Indian, Nijboer beat Azarov in the Sveshnikov Sicilian), England 2-2 Germany (Adams beat Lutz in the Sicilian), Azerbaijan 0.5-3.5 Israel.
Standings after round 7 (Men)
1. France - 19.5; 2. Netherlands - 19; 3-4. England, Israel - 17.5; etc.
Round 8. November 14, 2001 (Men)
France 2-2 Israel (Sutovsky beat Bauer in the endgame in 79 moves, Fressine sacrifficed 2 pawns for an attack against Avrukh), Netherlands 2.5-1.5 Sweden, Greece 1.5-2.5 England (Short beat Miladinovic in 28 moves, Banikas beat Speelman in 25 moves), Germany 3-1 Czech Republic.
Standings after round 8 (Men)
1-2. Netherlands, France - 21.5; 3. England - 20; etc.
Round 9. November 15, 2001 (Men)
Israel 1-3 Netherlands (Gelfand beat Van Wely in the Gruenfeld, Smirin made a mistake 33...Kf8? and lost, Tiviakov beat Sutovsky in the original endgame, Van Den Doel grabbed a pawn and won), France 1.5-2.5 Germany, England 1.5-2.5 Slovenia.
Final standings (Men)
1. Netherlands - 24.5; 2. France - 23; 3. Germany - 22; 4-5. England and Slovenia - 21.5; etc.
The best results:
LAUTIER Joel FRA - 7,5 from 9; TIVIAKOV Sergei NED - 7 from 9; NAVARA David CZE - 7 from 9 scores.
Games (612, zipped pgn)
Standings after round 5 (Women):
1. Poland - 7.5; 2-4. Netherlands, France, Georgia - 7; etc.
Standings after round 6 (Women):
1. France - 9; 2-3. Netherlands, Moldova - 8.5; etc.
Standings after round 7 (Women)
1-2. Ukraine, France - 10; 3-4. Moldova, England - 9.5; etc.
Standings after round 8 (Women)
1. England - 11.5; 2. France - 11; 3. Moldova - 10.5; etc.
Final standings (Women)
1. France - 12.5; 2-3. Moldova and England - 12; etc.
The best results:
SEBAG Marie FRA - 7 from 8; SKRIPCHENKO-LAUTIER Almira MDA, PENG Zhaoqin NED, KACHIANI Ketino GER - 6,5 from 9 scores.
Round 2. Sensation - Poland beat Georgia 2-0.
Round 6. Poland 0-2 France.
Round 7. France 1-1 Moldova, Ukraine 2-0 Netherlands.
Round 8. England - Ukraine 2-0.
Round 9. Azerbaijan-France 0.5-1.5, Moldova-England 1.5-0.5.

Novosibirsk Region Championship 2001 took place 13th-21st November in Siberia (Russia).
1. V. Akselrod - 7 from 9 scores; 2-5. P. Kazakov, J. Grachev, D. Bocharov, A. Chigvintsev - 6; etc.

The Spanish Chess Championship 2001 took place 17th-25th November in Cala Mendia, Mallorca.
Miguel Illescas is the Champion of Spain.
Final standings (qualification)
Group A
1. Miguel Illescas - 3.5; 2. Sergio Cacho - 3; 3. Gabriel del Rio - 2.5; 4-6.Juan Mario Gómez; Javier Moreno; Marc Narciso - 2.
Group B
1. Lluis Comas - 3.5; 2-3. Pablo San Segundo; Josep Manuel Lopez - 3; 4. Julen Arizmendi - 2.5; 5. Zenon Franco - 2; 6. David Garcia Ilundain - 1.
Semifinals
Miguel Illescas - Pablo San Segundo 1-0; 0-1; 1/2; 1-0
Lluis Comas - Sergio Cacho 1/2; 1/2; 1-0; 1/2
Final
Lluis Comas - Miguel Illescas 1/2; 1/2; 0-1

The National Chess Congress 2001 takes place 23rd-25th November in Philadelphia (USA).
Sergey Kudrin, Leonid Yudasin, Irina Krush, Ildar Ibragimov are amongst the players.
1-5. Leonid G Yudasin, FM Daniel E Shapiro, IM Igor Khmelnitsky, FM Dmitry Schneider, IM Enrico Sevillano - 5; etc.

Bundesliga 2001-2002 Rounds 3-4
Bundesliga 2001-2002 Round 3 Results (24.11.2001)
Bundesliga 2001-2002 Round 4 Results (25.11.2001)

Bundesliga 2001-2002. Standings after round 4
The 3rd and 4th rounds of the Bundesliga took place in Germany November 24th-25th 2001.

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