2000

 

January

Brasil At the 66th Brazilian Chess Championship in Teresina, Giovanni Vescovi won with 8/9.

England. Emil Sutovsky gained 6.5/9 at the  Hastings Premier and won the event.

Germany. At the Lohmar New Year Tournament, Alexandre Dgebuadze won with 7/9 points.

Italy. Leonid Yudasin won the 42nd Reggio Emilia Tournament with 7/9. Igor Khenkin scored 6.5/9 and finished at the second place.

New Zealand. The 107th New Zealand Chess Championship in Auckland was won by Ian Rogers with 10.5/11 points.

Portugal. Vladimir Georgiev won the category XI tournament in Porto with 6.5/9.

Spain. At the 10th City of Pamplona Tournament, Nigel Short won with 7/9. Boris Gelfand finished at the second place with 6/9 points.

The V Open “Ciudad de Ubeda was won by Artashes Minasian with 7.5/10 ahead of Pavel Tregubov. He had the same score.

Sergey Dolmatov won the VII. Anibal Open on tie-break from Lajos Portisch. They both scored 8/10.

Sweden. Sergey Ivanov gained 7.5/9 at the Rilton Cup in Stockholm and won the event.

The Netherlands. Gary Kasparov took a clear first at the Corus Wijk aan Zee tournament with 9.5/13 points. Sergei Tiviakov won the B Group on tie-break from Alexander Onischuk and Boris Avrukh. They finished on 8/11 points.

 

February

Croatia. At the Metalis Open in Bizovac, Zdenko Kozul won with 6.5/9 points.

France. The 16th Cappelle La Grande Open was won by Yuri Kruppa with 7.5/9 ahead of Gilberto Milos. He reached the same score.

Germany. At the  Pulvermuele International, Ildar Ibragimov won with 7/11 points.

Hungary. Zhang Pengxiang scored 9.5/13 at the  Perenyi Memorial in Gyula and won the event.

India. At the Goodricke International in Calcutta, Gregory Kaidanov won with 8.5/9. Vladimir Akopian finished at the second place with 8/9 points.

Ireland. The Bunratty Chess Festival was won by Mark Hebden with 5/6.

Italy. At the 8th Valle D´Aosta Open in Saint Vincent, Igor Novikov won with 6.5/9 points.

Monaco. The Tournoi de Maîtres de Monaco was won by Igor Efimov with 8.5/9.

Russia. Aleksej Aleksandrov scored 7.5/9 and won the Petroff Memorial in St. Petersburg.

Slovenia. At the 5th HIT Nova Gorica Open in Slovenia, Thomas Luther won with 7/9 ahead of Anthony Miles and Evgeny Sveshnikov. Both of them had the same score.

The Cat VII in Ptuj was won by Adrian Mikhalchishin with 6.5/9.

Yugoslav. Branko Damljanovic gained 7.5/11 at the 2nd Novak Nikolic Memorial in Belgrade and took the title.

 

March

China. The Sufe Cup in Shanghai was won by Michal Krasenkow with 10.5/13.

Monaco. Alexei Shirov scored 8.5/11 at the 9th Amber Tournament.

Romania. The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial in Bucharest was won by Viorel Iordachescu with 9/13 points.

Spain. At the Malaga Open, Evgeny Gleizerov won with 7.5/9.

The Netherlands. Sergey Tiviakov gained 5.5/9 at the Zwolle Weekender.

Ukraine. At the  A.B.Puchko Memorial in Alushta, Andrei Kovalev won with 10.5/13 points.

 

April

Croatia. Alexander Beliavsky gained 8/11 and won the ZONE 1-2 Tournament in Pula.

Cuba. The Cuban Championship was won by Jesús Nogueiras with 10.5/17 points.

Denmark. At the Danish Chess Championships in Aalborg, Curt Hansen won with 6/9. Peter Heine Nielsen finished at the second place with 5.5/9.

France. Christian Bauer reached 7.5/9 and won the Metz Open. Alexander Galkin finished at the second place with the same score.

Germany. At the 6th Schloss-Open Tournament in Werther, Vladimir Epishin won with 5/5 points.

Vladimir Epichin scored 7,5/9 and took a clear first at the Bad Wildbad tournament.

Iceland. The 19th Reykjavik International Chess Tournament was won by Hannes Stefansson with 7.5/9. Nigel Short finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

India. Andrey Shariyazdanov scored 10/13 at the Chalapathi Grandmasters, in Lam in Andhra Pradesh and won the event.

Russia. At the 73rd St. Petersburg Championships, Valery Loginov won with 7/11 points.

Slovenia. The 21st Bled Chess Festival was won by Zdenko Kozul with 6.5/9.

Spain. Hristos Banikas reached 7.5/9 at the Dos Hermanas Open Tournament and won the event.

Yugoslav. At the 55th Yugoslav Championships in Subotica, Zlatko Ilincic became the champion with 10.5/15 points.

 

May

Bosnia-Herzegovina. Gary Kasparov won the  Sarajevo Tournament with 8.5/11. Michael Adams finished at the second place with 8/11.

Canada. At the 25th Annual Paul Keres Memorial in Vancouver, Vladimir Epishin won with 8.5/10 points.

Croatia. The Pula Open in the Hotel Histria was won by Zdenko Kozul with 7/9.

Cuba. At the XXXV Capablanca Memorial in Varadero, Alexander Volzhin won with 8.5/13 points.

Germany. The Julian Borowski IGM Tournament in Essen was won by Vadim Zvjaginsev with 5.5/9 ahead of Alexey Dreev and Klaus Bischoff. Both of them had the same score.

At the Lasker Tournament in Berlin, Suat Atalik won with 6.5/9.

Indonesia. Judit Polgar won the Japfa Classic International Chess Tournament with 6.5/9. Alexander Khalifman finished at the second place with 6/9.

Italy. At the VI Leonardo Di Bona tournament in Cutro, Genadij Timoscenko won with 7.5/11 points.

Portugal. Yuri Yakovich won the Portuguese Tournaments with 7/9.

Sweden. The Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament in Malmö was won by Judit Polgar with 4/4. Jan Timman finished at the second place with 3.5/4.

Switzerland. At the 2nd Etrier Open Crans Montana, Vladimir Tukmakov won with 4.5/7 points.

The Netherlands. Loek Van Wely scored 8.5/11 at the Broekhuis Dutch Chess Championships in Rotterdam and won the event. Jeroen Piket finished at the second place with 7.5/11.

U.A.E. At the Dubai Open, Alexander Nenashev won with 7/9. Vladimir Akopian finished at the second place with 6.5/9 points.

Ukraine. The Leonid Stein Memorial in L’viv was won by Vassily Ivanchuk with 7/10. Michal Krasenkow finished at the second place with 6/10.

U.S.A. Ilia Smirin gained 7.5/9 at the New York Open and won the event.

Vietnam. At the Zone 3.2a in Vung Tau, Dao Thien Hai won with 7/9 points.

 

June

Armenia. The FIDE Zone 1.5 of the World Chess Championship in Yerevan was won by Smbat Lputian with 7/9.

Australia. At the Parkroyal Surfers Paradise International in Surfers Paradise, Lubomir Ftacnik won with 7.5/9. Predrag Nikolic finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

Belarus. Viktor Bologan reached 11/13 points and won FIDE Zone 1.8 in Minsk.

Brazil. At the Zonal Tournament of Zone 2.4 in Sao Paulo, Darcy Lima won with 8/10 points.

Cuba. Lazaro Bruzon gained 9.5/13 and won the Guillermo Garcia Tournament in Santa Clara.

Czech Republic. The Championship of the Czech Republic in Opava was won by Pavel Blatny with 8/11. Zbynek Hracek finished at the second place with 7.5/11.

Germany. At the Hamburg City Championships, Vladimir Georgiev won with 6/9.

The Fujitsu Siemens Giants in Frankfurt was won by Viswanathan Anand with 7.5/10. Gary Kasparov finished at the second place with 6/10 points.

Georgia. Natalia Zhukova won the First European Women’s Chess Championships in Batumi.

Hungary. The FIDE Zonal 1.4 in Budapest was won by Jozsef Pinter with 6/9.

Italy. At the Lido degli Estensi Open in the Hotel Plaza, Igor Efimov won with 6/9 points.

Latvia. Jaan Ehlvest gained 10/13 and won the FIDE Zonal 1.7 in Mezezers.

Mexico. At the  Category XVII Tournament in the City of Merida, State of Yucatan, Alexei Shirov won with 4/6. Judit Polgar finished at the second place with 3.5/6 points.

Poland. The 2nd International Chess Festival in Bydgoszcz was won by Evgeny Gleizerov with 6/9.

At the  Polish Chess Championships in Plock, Michal Krasenkow became the champion with 10.5/13.

Russia. At the 53rd Russian Chess Championships in Samara, Sergey Volkov took a clear first with 8/11.

Switzerland. Mladen Palac won the Lausanne Young Masters in the Casino de Montbenon with 7/9.

Ukraine. At the Ukranian Zonal 1.9 in Ordzhonikidze, Alexander Onischuk won the event with 6.5/9. Vladimir Baklan finished at the second place with 6/9.

U.S.A. The World Open in Philidelphia was won by Joel Benjamin with 7/9 ahead of 7 other players. All of them had the same score.

Yugoslav. Miroslav Markovic gained 9/13 points and won the Cat IX in Valjevo.

 

July

Andorra. At the XVIII International Open d’Escacs d’Andorra, Lev Psakhis won with 7.5/9.

China. The 6th Tan Chin Nam Cup & 2nd Hua Yuan Hotel Cup GM Chess Tournament in Beijing was won by Viktor Bologan with 5.5/9 ahead of 3 other players. All of them gained the same score.

Czech Republic. Mikhail Gurevich gained 8/9 and won the Czech Open in Pardubice.

Denmark. At the North Sea Cup in Esbjerg, Mikhail Gurevich won with 6.5/9. Peter Svidler finished with the same score.

Boris Gulko scored 8.5/11 at the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen and won the event.

Egypt. The Golden Cleopatra Chess Festival in Cairo was won by Aleksandar Berelovich with 6.5/9 points.

Finland. At the 2nd ShakkiNet International in Helsinki, Evgeniy Solozhenkin won with 7/9.

Viktor Gavrikov gained 7/9 and won the Hartwall Heart Of Finland in Jyväskylä.

France. The Paris Championship was won by Stanislav Savchenko with 7/9.

At the 15th Avoine Open, Vladislav Nevednichy won with 8/9 points.

Germany. Vladimir Kramnik won the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting with 6/9 ahead of Viswanathan Anand. He had the same score.

Greece. At the Ikaros Chess Festival in Kyrikos, Erik Van den Doel won with 8/9.

India. The WIPRO GM Tournament in Hyderabad was won by Evgeny Vladimir 9/11 points.

Italy. At the Bolzano Open, Gyula Sax won with 7/9 points.

Norway. Alexander Volzhin gained 7/9 and won the Bergen Open.

Philippines. The Equitable Card Invitational Classic in Philippines was won by Dao Thien Hai with 6.5/9.

Switzerland. Joseph Gallagher gained 6/9 and won the  Swiss Chess Championships in Pontresina.

The Netherlands. At the 9th AKN Chess Tournament in Haarlem, Igor Khenkin won with 5.5/6 points.

 

August

Belgium. The Antwerp Chess Event in Arenahal Deurne was won by Alexandre Dgebuadze with 6.5/7.

Brasil. Darcy Lima gained 9.5/12 and won the IV Brazilian Chess Club Cup in Brasília.

Canada. The Montreal Invitational was won by Eduardas Rozentalis with 8.5/11 ahead of Sergey Smagin. He had the same score.

At the Toronto Summer International Open, Eduardas Rozentalis won with 7/9.

England. Julian Hodgson reached 8.5/11 and won the British Chess Championships.

Estonia. The Paul Keres Memorial in Tallinn was won by Vasily Yemelin with 7/9.

France. At the  French Championships in Vichy, Etienne Bacrot won with 8/8. Josif Dorfman finished at the second place with 7/8.

Germany. Jonny Hector won the III Pyramiden-Franken-Cup in Fuerth with 7/9 points.

At the 13th Kiel Open, Simen Agdestein won with 8.5/9.

Greece. The Korinthos International Chess Open Tounament was won by Erik Van den Doel with 7/9.

At the 10th Battle of Crete, Maxim Turov won with 7.5/9 points.

India. At the Category 11 Penta Media Grandmaster Tournament in Kelamabakkam, Krishnan Sasikiran won with 9.5/12.

Italy. Vassily Ivanchuk won the International Chess Festival in Montecatini Terme with 5/7. Evgeny Bareev finished at the second place with 4.5/7.

At the 4th Genova Open, Vladimir Malakhov won with 10/11.

Igor Glek scored 7/9 and won the Porto San Giorgio Open.

Norway. The Arnold J. Eikrem Memorial in Gausdal was won by Sergei Tiviakov with 7.5/9 points.

Poland. Boris Gelfand gained 6.5/9 and won the XXXVII Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica Zdroj.

Portugal. At the  Lisbon International Chess Festival, Hannes Stefansson won with 8/10.

Russia. The IV Russian Cup Final in Elista was won by Sergey Volkov with 7.5/11 points.

Slovakia. At the Presov Chess Festival in Slovakia, Bartlomiej Macieja won with 6.5/9.

Spain. Veselin Topalov scored 7.5/9 and won the Villarobledo Open.

Switzerland. At the Biel Chess Festival, Peter Svidler won with 7.5/10 points.

The Netherlands. Ivan Sokolov scored 7/9 at the Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament in Vlissingen and won the event.

At the 8th Lost Boys Open in Amsterdam, Mikhail Gurevich won with 7/9.

 

September

Argentina. At the Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival in Buenos Aires, Judit Polgar won with 6.5/9.

Armenia. The 60th Armenian Championship in Yerevan was won by Gabriel Sargissian with 6.5/9 points.

Bulgaria. At the  6th World University Championships in Golden Sands, Valerij Filippov won with 7/9.

China. Viswanathan Anand won the 1st FIDE World Cup in Shenyang after defeating Evgeny Bareev in the final.

England. The Harry Golombek Memorial was won by John Nunn with 5.5/9.

Iceland. John Viktor Gunnarsson won the Icelandic Chess Championship after defeating Throstur Thorhallsson in the final.

Spain. At the World Championship Zonal 1.1 in Mondariz, Joel Lautier won with 8/11.

Oleg Korneev won the Albacete in Spain with 7.5/9 points.

U.S.A. The New York State Championship was won by Joel Benjamin with 5/6.

 

October

Armenia. At the World Junior Championships in Yerevan, Lazaro Bruzon won with 10/13.

Belgrade. Kiril Georgiev scored 6.5/9 and won the Veselin Boskovic in Belgrade.

Brazil. The 4th Itau Cup in Sao Paulo was won by Rafael Leitao with 6.5/7 points.

Faroe Islands. At the 3rd Tórshavn International, Alexander Grischuk won with 7.5/9 points.

Greece. Hristos Banikas reached 8/10 and won the Greek Chess Championships in Agios Nikolaos, Crete.

Hungary. Zoltan Almasi won the Hungarian Chess Championship in Budapest after defeating Zoltan Gyimesi in the final.

Isle of Man. The Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Tournament in Port Erin was won by Mark Hebden with 7.5/9.

Italy. At the Italian Chess Championships in San Vincent, Igor Efimov won with 5.5/9.

Vladimir Tukmakov reached 7/9 and won the Arco Chess Festival in Italy.

Spain. The I. Magistral Salou Costa Daurada was won by Vladimir Georgiev with 6.5/9 points.

The Netherlands. Alexander Khalifman gained 5.5/6 and won the Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen.

U.S.A. The US Chess Championship in Seattle was won by Joel Benjamin with 6.5/11.

 

November

England. Vladimir Kramnik became the World Champion after defeating Gary Kasparov 8.5-6.5 in London.

France. At the 4th International open of Corsica in Bastia, Viswanathan Anand won with 6/7. Alexander Onischuk finished at the second place with 5/7.

Germany. The 4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee was won by Alexander Nenashev on tie bread edged out 3 other players (7.5 points).

Portugal. Vyacheslav Ikonnikov gained 8.5/10 points at the 8th Loures Tournament and won the event.

At the Lisbon Chess Festival in Lisbon, Ildar Ibragimov won with 7.5/9.

Russia. The VIII. „Chigorin Memorial” in St. Petersburg was won by Valerij Filippov with 7/9 points.

Turkey. Russia won the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. Germany took the second place and Ukraine finished on the third place. Chine won the Women’s Group ahead of Georgia and Russia.

U.S.A. Leonid Yudasin gained 4.5/5 at the Manhattan Chess Club Championship and won the event.

 

December

Brazil. At the Brazilian Chess Championships in the Rio Poty Hotel, Giovanni Vescovi took a clear first with 7.5/9.

Croatia. The Salona Tournament in Solin was won by Vladimir Tukmakov with 6.5/9.

At the Zadar Open, Alexander Vaulin won with 7/9 points.

Germany. At the 17th Boblinger Open, Thomas Luther won with 7.5/9.

Iran. Viswanathan Anand won the  FIDE World Chess Championships in New Delhi with 3.5/6 points.

Israel. The Israeli Championships in Ramat Aviv was won by Boris Avrukh with 7/11.

Italy. At the 3rd Padova International Open, Genadij Timoscenko won with 6.5/9 points.

The Milan Tournament was won by Sinisa Drazic with 7.5/9.

Mexico. The XIII. Carlos Torre Memorial in Merida was won by Valerij Filippov with 7/9.

Spain. Francisco Vallejo Pons gained 7.5/9 points and won the Mallorca International Open.

At the 2nd Salou Open, Viktor Moskalenko won with 7/9.

Sweden. The Schacknytt 30th Anniversary event in Upplands Väsby was won by Viktor Gavrikov with 4.5/8 points.

Switzerland. Vladimir Epishin scored 5.5/7 and won the  Zurich “Christmas-Open”.

U.S.A. At the Koltanowski Memorial in San Francisco, Yuri Shulman won with 7/9.

The Eastern Open was won by Alexander Ivanov with 6.5/9 points.