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Rozentalis and Smagin share victory in Canada
GM's Eduardas Rozentalis and Sergei Smagin won the Montreal International tournament with 8˝/11.
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England vs Germany Girls Match a Tie
The England vs Germany International Girls' Chess Match was held July 8 to 9 in London. The final result was a 16-16 tie. Result of U12 Section: England 7, Germany 9. Result of U14 Section: England 9, Germany 7.
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Tan Chin Nam Cup: Bologan First on Tiebreaks
Viktor Bologan won the 6th Tan Chin Nam Cup held July 9 to 18 in Beijing, China. There was a 4-way tie for first between Bologan, Nigel Short, Alexander Onischuk, and Alexei Dreev, with Bologan winning on tiebreaks.
Website: http://www.sinosports.net. Games in PGN.
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6 July 2000
Psakhis Wins Andorra Open
Lev Psakhis of Israel won the Andorra Open held June 24 to July 2 with a score of 7.5/9. Tied for second with 7 points were Mihail Marin and Hichem Hamdouchi.
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Mirzoev, Kruppa Win White Nights
IM Azer Mirzoev and Yuri Kruppa tied for first place with 6.5/9 at the annual White Nights Chess Festival held June 23 to July 4 at St. Petersburg, Russia. Irinia Krush opf the USA finished 4th. Details are available at http://www.gmchess.com/
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Volkov Wins 53rd Russian Championship
Sergey Volkov won the 53rd Russian Championship held June 16 to 27 in Samara with a score of 8.0/11. 62 players competed in this FIDE zonal with 3 qualifiers receiving an invitation to the world championships. Also qualifying were Alexander Rustemov and Andrei Kharlov.
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Almasi Over Bacrot
GM Zoltan Almasi of Hungary defeated GM Etienne Bacrot of France in a match held June 27 to July 2 in Szeged by a score of 3.5 to 2.5.
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Zarnicki Wins VII Linares Open, Chile
GM Pablo Zarniski won the VII Linares Open tournament held June 24 to 26 in Linares, Chile. Zarnicki won on tiebreaks over Nigel Short, IM Rodrigo Vasquez and IM Pablo Toloza. Details at http://www.torneolinares.com/
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Onischuk Wins Ukrainian Zonal 1.9
Alexander Onischuk won the Ukrainian Zonal 1.9 held June 7 to 19 in
Ordzhonikidze with a score of 6.5/9. 3 players qualified for the FIDE world championships: Onischuk, Vladimir Baklan, and Vereslav Eingorn.
30 June 2000
Kasparov Beats Sting and His Band
In a match held at Times Square Studios in New York City, Garry Kasparov played a simul against Sting, guitarist Dominic Miller, keyboardist Jason Rebello, trumpet player Chris Botti and backup singer Russ Irwin. Kasparov won all the games. "We've played together before, so I knew it was going to be a public humiliation, Sting said. "I had no illusions about this. But it's worth it to play the world champion."
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29 June 2000
KasparovChess World Champion School Results
The First KasparovChess World Champion Schools have been determined. The Elementary Section was won by Elkana School of Israel. The team is coached by IM Michael Oratovski. The Junior High School Section champion is Hunter College School from New York City. Their coach is FM Sunil Weeramantry. The High School Section champion is Norges Toppidrettsgymnas of Norway. They are coached by GM Simen Agdestein. Details of the championship are available at www.KasparovChess.com.
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Geist, Traldi Win US Cadet Championship
14-year-old Mark Geist of Johnstown, Ohio, and 15-year-old Matthew Traldi of Easton, Pennsylvania, tied for first place in the 2000 US Cadet Chess Championship held June 22-26 at the Mechanic's Institute in San Fransisco, California.
Geist drew his final game with 13-year-old Joshua Friedel of Goffstown, New Hampshire, while Traldi won against 14-year-old A. J. Steigman of Coral Springs, Florida to tie for first place with a score of 5.0/7 points. Geist, who defeated Traldi in their individual game, was the leader throughout the event and was the only undefeated player in the Championship. Traldi started slowly, but won his final three games to become National Co-Champion.
Geist just completed his freshman year at New Albany High School in New Albany, OH. He began playing chess at the age of four. He won the National First Grade Championship in 1991 and the National Second Grade Championship in 1992. Traldi just completed his sophomore year at Easton Area High School in Easton, PA. He is the first rock musician to win a national chess championship. He is a member of the alternative rock band Li'l Nero, which will release its first CD this summer.
For more information visit the official website:
www.milibrary.org/chess/next.html.
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22 June 2000
Zhukova wins the European Women's Chess Championship
Natalia Zhukova of the Ukraine defeated Ekaterina Kovalevskaya of Russia 2.5-1.5 in the final to win the First European Women's Chess Championship in Batumi, Georgia May 26 to June 14. In the semi-finals, Zhukova beat Stepovaia, and Kovalevskaya beat Chiburdanidze.
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El Taher Wins Cairo Zonal 4.2
Fouad El Taher won a playoff for first place in the Cairo 4.2 FIDE zonal held June 6 to 14. 10 players competed. In second was Ibrahim Hasan Labib, and third was Walaa Sarwat, all of Egypt.
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13 June 2000
Kunte is New Indian National Champion
Abhijit Kunte won his second Indian national title with a 13.5/18 score.
The championship was held May 15 to June 5.
Final Standings:
1 Abhijit Kunte 13.5
2 K Sasikiran 12.5
3 Dibyendu Barua 11.5
4 S S Ganguly 11.0
5-8 D V Prasad 10.0
5-8 P Harikrishna 10.0
5-8 Pravin Thipsay 10.0
5-8 V Saravanan 10.0
9-10 T S Ravi 9.0
9-10 Sandipan Chanda 9.0
11 S Kidambi 8.5
12 Sriram Jha 8.0
13-14 K Murugan 7.5
13-14 Ravi Hegde 7.5
15-17 Vishal Sareen 7.0
15-17 Neelotpal Das 7.0
15-17 G B Prakash 7.0
18-19 Lanka Ravi 6.0
18-19 Atanu Lahiri 6.0
Tournament website: http://www.chennaionline.com/chess/indian/nationala2000/round19.asp
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