The review of chess events and sites for OCTOBER, 2001

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The review of chess events and sites for OCTOBER, 2001

by Boris Schipkov

The Monarch Assurance 2001 International Chess Tournament took place in Port Erin (Isle of Man) 29th September - 7th October. Swiss, 9 rounds, 56 players.
Games (254, zipped pgn)
Sergey Tiviakov's story about the tournament on the Isle of Man - http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/
Sergey Tiviakov, Alexander Baburin, Petr Kiriakov, Yuri Yakovich and Mikhail Ulibin are amongst the players.
Monarch Assurance 2001. Final Standings
1. Ulibin, Mikhail - 6.5; 2-11. Kiriakov, Petr; Gleizerov, Evgeny; Tiviakov, Sergei; Baburin, Alexander; Yakovich, Yuri; Brodsky, Michail; Stocek, Jiri; Galkin, Alexander; Cherniaev, Alexander; Lalic, Bogdan - 6; etc.
Site: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2001/index.html

The Governor's Cup 2001 took place in Kramatorsk (Ukraine) October 2nd-7th. Cat. XV (2622).
1. Ponomariov, Ruslan - 7; 2. Aleksandrov, Aleksej - 5.5; 3-4. Baklan, Vladimir; Ehlvest, Jaan - 5; 5. Moiseenko, Alexander - 4.5; 6. Borovikov, Vladislav - 3.
Site: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/krm01gm.htm

Bundesliga 2001-2002 Rounds 1-2
Games (112, zipped pgn)
The 1st and 2nd rounds of the Bundesliga took place in Germany October 6th-7th 2001.
Bundesliga 2001-2002 Round 1 Results (6.10.2001)
Bundesliga 2001-2002 Round 2 Results (7.10.2001)

Dautov, R. (2630) - Shirov, A. (2705) [D30], Bundesliga (2) 2001

Bundesliga 2001-2002. Standings after round 2
Round 5 match: SV Wattenscheid - Castrop Rauxel 3½-4½
Site: http://www.chessgate.de/

The 5th Russian Cup Final 2001 took place in Kazan 2th-12th October.
Russian Cup Final 2001. Crosstable
1-2. Filippov, Valerij (Siberia, Kemerovo) and Popov, Valerij - 7.5; etc.
Games (66, zipped pgn)
Site: http://www.mi.ru/~kznchess/main.htm

The First Saturday October 2001 took place in Budapest (Hungary) 6-16.10.2001.
GM tournament: 1. Koneru, Humpy - 7.5 from 11 scores; 2-3. Jakab, Attila; Horvath, Peter1 - 7; etc.
Site: http://w3.enternet.hu/vlagyus/fs1001.htm

The 5th Itau Cup 2001 took place in Sao Paulo (Brazil) 13th-21st October. Swiss, 9 rounds, 170 players.
1. Hoffman, Alejandro - 7.5; 2-7. Zapata, Alonso; Soppe, Guillermo Gustavo; Leitao, Rafael; Martinez, Carlos Alejandro; Matsuura, Everaldo; Lima, Darcy - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess

The 17th Muensterland-Open 2001 took place in Germany October 13th-21st.
GM Igor Khenkin (2572), GM Ildar Ibragimov (2567), GM Zurab Sturua (2571) are amongst the players.
1. Kacheishvili, Giorgi - 8; 2. Lingnau,Carsten - 7.5; 3-5. Sandipan, Chanda; Khenkin,Igor; Schuh,Dirk - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.sk32.de

The 5th World Chess Team Championship 2001 took place in Yerevan (Armenia) October 12th-20th.
Teams and players
Crosstable of the 5th World Chess Team Championship 2001
Super Teams are: Russia, Germany, Ukraine, Armenia, Hungary.
Round 1 (October 12, 2001)
ARMENIA - IRAN 4 - 0, RUSSIA - HUNGARY 3 - 1 (Svidler beat Leko in the better ending, Rublevsky beat Varga very fast), GERMANY - UKRAINE 2 - 2 (Ponomariov beat Lutz in 93 moves, Graf had the passed d5 pawn and two bishops beat Baklan), CUBA - UZBEKISTAN 1,5 - 2,5. FYROM free.
Rublevsky, Sergei (2634) - Varga, Zoltan (2506) [B03], 5th World Team Championship, Yerevan (1) 2001
Round 2 (October 13, 2001)
UKRAINE - CUBA 3 - 1, HUNGARY - GERMANY 2 - 2, IRAN - RUSSIA 0,5 - 3,5, FYROM - ARMENIA 0 - 4. UZBEKISTAN free.
Round 3 (October 14, 2001)
RUSSIA - FYROM 3,5 - 0,5, GERMANY - IRAN 3 - 1, CUBA - HUNGARY 2,5 - 1,5, UZBEKISTAN - UKRAINE 0,5 - 3,5. ARMENIA free.
Dominguez, L. (2595) - Leko, P. (2735) [B33], World Teams Ch, Yerevan (3) 2001
Round 4 (October 15, 2001)
HUNGARY - UZBEKISTAN 2 - 2, IRAN - CUBA 1,5 - 2,5, FYROM - GERMANY 0,5 - 3,5, ARMENIA - RUSSIA 3 - 1 (slightly strange result, but Akopian beat Svidler in 29 moves). UKRAINE free.
Round 5 (October 16, 2001)
GERMANY - ARMENIA 3 - 1 (Graf had the strong passed d6 pawn), CUBA - FYROM 3 - 1, UZBEKISTAN - IRAN 3,5 - 0,5, UKRAINE - HUNGARY 2,5 - 1,5. RUSSIA free.
Round 6 (October 17, 2001)
IRAN - UKRAINE 0,5 - 3,5, FYROM - UZBEKISTAN 2,5 - 1,5, ARMENIA - CUBA 3 - 1, RUSSIA - GERMANY 3,5 - 0,5. HUNGARY free.
Round 7 (October 18, 2001)
CUBA - RUSSIA 1 - 3 (Dreev and Sakaev won quickly), UZBEKISTAN - ARMENIA 2 - 2, UKRAINE - FYROM 2 - 2 (Sensation!), HUNGARY - IRAN 3,5 - 0,5 (Leko sacrificed his rook and queen). GERMANY free.
Round 8 (October 19, 2001)
FYROM - HUNGARY 1,5 - 2,5, ARMENIA - UKRAINE 1,5 - 2,5, RUSSIA - UZBEKISTAN 2 - 2, GERMANY - CUBA 2 - 2. IRAN free.
Round 9 (October 20, 2001)
UZBEKISTAN - GERMANY 1,5 - 2,5, UKRAINE - RUSSIA 2,5 - 1,5, HUNGARY - ARMENIA 2,5 - 1,5, IRAN - FYROM 2,5 - 1,5. CUBA free.
Games (144, zipped pgn)
Final Standings
1. Ukraine - 21,5, 2. Russia - 21, 3. Armenia - 20, 4. Germany - 18,5, 5. Hungary - 16,5, 6. Uzbekistan - 15,5, 7. Cuba - 14,5, 8. FYRO Macedonia - 9,5, 9. Iran - 7.
Site: http://www.armchess.am/

The Essent Chess tournament 2001 took place in Hoogeveen October 12th-20th.
Games (12, pgn)
Final Standings
1-2. Polgar, Judit and Van Wely, Loek - 3.5; 3. Korchnoi, Viktor - 3; 4. Bruzon, Lazaro - 2.
The Essent Open 2001. Final Standings
1. Gurevich, Mikhail - 7; 2-3. Dvoirys, Semen and Hort, Vlastimil - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://www.hoogeveen.nl/essent-chess/

The World Senior Championships 2001 took place in Arco (Italy) 16th-28th October.
1. Klovans Janis - 9 from 11 scores; 2-3. Csom Istvan and Bukal Vladimir - 8.5; etc.
Women Section, 9 rounds
1. Fatalibekova Elena - 7; 2-5. Kozlovskaja Valentina; Strelnikova Elena; Khmiadaschwili Tamara; Erenska Hanna - 6; etc.
Site: http://www.arcoworldchess.com/mondiale.htm

The Corsica International Rapidplay Open 2001 took place in France October 28th-31st.
Final Standings of the 9 Rounds Swiss (qualification)

Results of the Corsica Open 2001 (qualification)
1/8 Finals. October 29, 2001
Kharlov Andrei 2656 - Rublevsky Sergei 2634 0-1; 1-0; 0-1
Gurevich Mikhail 2605 - Tiviakov Sergei 2599 1/2; 1/2; 0-1
Leko Peter 2739 - Nikolic Predrag 2652 1-0; 1/2
Van Wely Loek 2714 - Chernin Alexander 2592 0-1; 1-0; 0-1
Shneider Aleksandr 2506 - Tkachiev Vladislav 2632 1/2; 1/2; 0-1
Bacrot Etienne 2653 - Anand Viswanathan 2770 0-1; 0-1
Bacrot, E. (2653) - Anand, V. (2770) [E20], Corsica Masters Rapid, Bastia (1.1) 2001
Glek Igor 2590 - Rustemov Alexander 2611 1-0; 1/2
Lautier Joel 2653 - Barsov Alexei 2525 1/2; 1/2; 1-0
1/4 Final. October 30, 2001
Rublevsky Sergei 2634 - Lautier Joel 2653 1/2; 0-1
Tkachiev Vladislav 2632 - Chernin Alexander 2592 0-1; 1/2
Leko Peter 2739 2770 - Anand Viswanathan 1/2; 1/2; 1/2
Tiviakov Sergei 2599 - Glek Igor 2590 1/2; 1/2; 1-0
1/2 Final
Anand Viswanathan 2770 - Tiviakov Sergei 2599 1-0; 1/2
Chernin Alexander 2592 - Lautier Joel 2653 1-0; 1/2
Games (29, zipped pgn)
Final. October 31, 2001
Anand Viswanathan - Chernin Alexander 1/2; 1/2; 1/2
Anand played Black in the last game (White has 6 minutes, Black has 5 minutes, but White must win) and drawn (perpetual check) for won the Corsica Open 2001.
Bastia Open 2001
1. Shchekachev Andrei - 7.5; 2-4. Tregubov Pavel; Kozul Zdenko; Agrest Evgenij- 7; etc.
Sites: http://www.europe-echecs.com/, http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html and http://www.opencorsica.com/

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