The review of chess events and sites for November, 2003

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for November, 2003

by Boris Schipkov

The Spanish Championship 2003 took place in Burgos 24th October - 1st November.
Final
De la Riva Aguado - Del Rio Angelis 3-1 (1/2, 1/2; 1-0, 1-0).
Site: http://www.campeonatoajedrez.com/

The Rohde Open 2003 took place in Sautron (France) 25th October - 2nd November.
1-3. Istratescu, Andrei; Stocek, Jiri; Fedorchuk, Sergey - 7 from 9; 4-7. Makarov, Marat; Maze, Sebastien; Prasad, Devaki; Dobrev, Nanko - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://membres.lycos.fr/sautronechecs/

The Curacao International Open 2003 took place in Willemstad 25th October - 3rd November.
1-4. Gulko, Boris; Shabalov, Alexander; Huebner, Robert; Greenfeld, Alon - 6.5 from 9; etc.
Site: http://www.curacao.com/chess/

The International Open of Corsica 2003, October 28th-3rd November.
Final
Anand - Topalov 4-2 (1/2, 1/2, 1/2, 1/2; 1-0, 1-0).
Semifinals
Topalov - Shirov 2.5-1.5.
Anand - Grischuk 1.5-0.5.
Site: http://www.opencorsica.com/

The World Youth Chess Championships 2003 and the 74th FIDE Congress took place in Halkidiki (Greece) 23 October - 2 November.
THE 2003 WORLD CHAMPIONS
Boys 18 - Shakhiriyaz Mamedyarov GM AZE - 10 from 11.
Girls 18 - Nana Dzagnidze WGM GEO - 9.
Boys 16 - Borki Predojevic BIH - 9.
Girls 16 - Polina Malysheva RUS - 8.5.
Boys 14 - Sergei Zhigalko BLR - 9.
Girls 14 - Valentina Gunina WFM RUS - 9.
Boys 12 - Chenpeng Wei CHN - 10.
Girls 12 - Ding Yixin CHN - 10.
Boys 10 - Sanan Sjugirov RUS - 9.5.
Girls 10 - Hou Yifan CHN - 9.5.
Site: http://www.sportmeeting.gr/

The Selfoss Milk Tournament 2003 took place October 29 - November 7th in Iceland.
1-2. Sokolov, Ivan; Nikolic, Predrag - 7; 3. Malakhov, Vladimir - 6.5; 4. Vallejo Pons, Francisco - 5; 5-6. Rowson, Jonathan; Fressinet, Laurent - 4.5; 7. Bologan, Viorel - 4; 8. Stefansson, Hannes - 2.5; 9-10. Thorhallsson, Throstur; De Firmian, Nick - 2.
Site: http://icechess.com/

The H.J. Ralston Memorial 2003, a Category 3 (2320) IM norm round robin took place at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in San Francisco (USA) from October 28 - November 9.
1. Yermolinsky, Alex - 10 from 11; 2. Mezentsev, Vladimir - 7.5; 3. De Guzman, Ricardo - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://www.chessclub.org/

The Leuven Open 2003 took place in Belgium November 7th-11th.
1. Torre Eugenio - 8 from 9; 2-4. Epishin Vladimir; Antonio Rogelio; Villamayor Buenaventura - 7; etc.
Site: http://turn.to/desperado

The First Saturday November 2003 tournaments took place in Budapest (Hungary) 1st-13th November.
GM: 1. Sarakauskas, Gediminas - 8.5 from 13; 2-3. Ovsejevitsch, Sergei; Bui Vinh - 8; etc.
IM: 1. Szabo, Krisztian - 8 from 10; 2. Lengyel, Bela - 7.5; etc.
Site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

The Chesspangenberg Open 2003 took place in Buenos Aires (Argentina) November 4th - 13th.
1-3. Ricardi, Pablo; Felgaer, Ruben; Peralta, Fernando - 7.5 from 9; etc.
Site: http://www.ajedrezsiglo21.com/Noticias/03Spangenberg

The Bavarian International Championship 2003 took place in Bad Wiessee (Germany) November 8th - 16th.
1-3. Atalik, Suat; Doettling, Fabian; Bromberger, Stefan - 7.5 from 9; etc.
Site: http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/wiessee03/

The match Kasparov vs X3D Fritz 2003 took place in New York (USA) 11th-18th November.
Kasparov vs X3D Fritz 2-2 (1/2, 0-1, 1-0, 1/2).
4. X3D Fritz - Garry Kasparov 1/2. Queen's Gambit Accepted. Garry levelled.
3. Garry Kasparov - X3D Fritz 1-0. Semi-Slav. Garry decided on a good anti-computer plan with closed position. He had a clear advantage.
2. X3D Fritz - Garry Kasparov 1-0. Spanish. White stood slightly better in the opening. Garry obtained counterplay on the kingside, but then he made a mistake 32...Rg7. Better was 32...Rc8 with equality.
1. Garry Kasparov - X3D Fritz 1/2. Semi-Slav. Garry grabbed the exchange, but Fritz had good drawing chances. Perpetual check.
Games (4, pgn)

Site: http://x3dchess.com/

Bundesliga 2003-2004
The 1st - 4th rounds of the Bundesliga 2003 took place in Germany in November.
Standings after round 4
1. SG Porz 5 27,0 9:1
2. SC Baden-Oos 4 23,5 8:0
3. SV Werder Bremen 4 21,0 7:1
4. Hamburger SK 4 25,0 6:2
5. Bremer SG 4 18,5 6:2
6. SF Katernberg 5 17,5 4:6
7. SC Kreuzberg 4 15,5 4:4
8. TV Tegernsee 3 14,0 4:2
9. SF Neukolln 4 14,5 3:5
10. SV Wattenscheid 4 14,0 2:6
11. SG Solingen 4 12,0 2:6
12. SCA St. Ingbert 4 11,0 2:6
13. SK Konig Plauen 3 7,5 2:4
14. SV Hofheim 4 10,5 1:7
15. Stuttgarter SF 4 8,5 0:8
Games (232, zipped pgn)
Sites: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/ and http://www.rochade.de/

The Bali Rapid International 2003 took place in Benidorm (Spain) 27th-29th November.
1. Topalov, Veselin - 7; 2-3. Anand, Viswanathan; Radjabov, Teimour - 6.5; 4. Vallejo Pons, Francisco - 6; 5. Karjakin, Sergey - 5; 6-8. Hillarp Persson, Tiger; Azmaiparashvili, Zurab; Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz - 4.5; 9-10. Graf, Alexander; Polgar, Judit - 4; 11. Romero Holmes, Alfonso - 2.5.
Games (55, zipped pgn)

Site: http://www.ajedrezbali.com/

The National Chess Congress 2003 took place in Philadelphia (USA) November 28th-30th.
1-2. Novikov, Igor; Ibragimov, Ildar - 5 from 6; 3-10. Onischuk, Alexander; Shulman, Yury; Stripunsky, Alexander; Sherzer, Alex; Ivanov,Alexander; Milman, Lev; Sarkar, Justin; Benen, Samson - 4.5; etc.
Ibragimov took first place because Novikov did not stay for the speed playoff.
Site: http://www.nationalchesscongress.com/

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