The review of chess events and sites for September, 2003

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for September, 2003

by Boris Schipkov

The Icelandic Championship 2003 took place in Hafnarborg 24th August - 3rd September.
1. Stefansson, Hannes - 10 from 11; 2. Thorhallsson, Throstur - 8; etc.
Site: http://www.chess.is/ice03/

The Championships of Argentina 2003 took place in Buenos Aires 3rd-11th September.
1. Soppe, Guillermo - 7 from 9; 2-4. Giardelli, Sergio; Lafuente, Pablo; Felgaer, Ruben - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://www.inforchess.com/

The 56th Russian Chess Championship 2003 took place in Krasnoyarsk (Siberia) 2nd - 12th September. Swiss, 9 rounds, 79 players.
Final Standings, Russian Chess Championship 2003
1-2. Svidler, Peter; Morozevich, Alexander - 7; 3-10. Malakhov, Vladimir; Dvoirys, Semen; Zvjaginsev, Vadim; Motylev, Alexander; Grischuk, Alexander; Khalifman, Alexander; Volkov, Sergey; Najer, Evgeniy - 6; etc.
Rounds 1-9 Selected Results, 56th Russian Chess Championship

Games (352, zipped pgn)
Time control is 40 moves in 2 hours followed by 20 moves in one hour then 30 minutes for the rest of the game for the each side (classical 7 hours).

Site: http://www.kraschess.ru/

The Lausanne Young Masters Chess Tournament 2003 took place in Switzerland 17th-22nd September.
Place 1-2: Etienne BACROT - Luke McSHANE 1/2, 0-1.
Place 3-4: Shakhriyar MAMEDYAROV - Arkadij NAIDITSCH 1-0, 1-0.
Place 5-6: Sergey KARJAKIN - Alexandra KOSTENIUK 1-0, 1/2.
Place 7-8: Elisabeth PAEHTZ - Severin PAPA 1/2, 0-1.
Final standings: 1.McSHANE 2.BACROT 3.MAMEDYAROV 4.NAIDITSCH 5.KARJAKIN 6.KOSTENIUK 7.PAPA 8.PAEHTZ.
Games (26, zipped pgn)
Masters and Hopes Tournament 2003: 1.Raetsky,Alexander - 6 from 9; 2-3. Hindermann,Felix; Gerber,Richard - 5; etc.
Lausanne Open 2003: 1-9. Borovikov,Vladislav; Milov,Vadim; Kveinys Aloyzas; Gallagher,Joseph; Savchenko,Stanislav; Meijers,Viesturs; Kritz,Leonid; Wells,Peter; Habibi,Ali - 5.5 from 7; etc.
Site: http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com/

Garry Kasparov vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili
Match of two rapid and four blitz games took place in Crete 23th September.
Rapid: Kasparov - Azmaiparashvili 1-0, 1-0.
Blitz: Kasparov - Azmaiparashvili 1-0, 1-0, 1/2, 1-0.
Games (6, pgn)
Live broadcast: http://www.venizelia.gr/

The Fide Zonal 2.5 chess tournament 2003 took place in Asuncion (Paraguay) September 13th-24th.
1. Felgaer, Ruben - 8 from 9; 2. Campora, Daniel - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.asuguia.com/

The FIDE Zonal 2.4 chess tournament 2003 took place in Sao Paulo (Brazil) September 19th-26th.
1. Lima, Darcy - 7 from9; 2. Leitao, Rafael - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://www.cxsp.com.br/

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