2001

 

January

 

Bermuda. At the Bermuda 2001, Bartlomiej Macieja won the tournament with 7/10 points.

Czech Republic. Konstantin Chernyshov scored 7/9 and won the Wilhelm Steinitz Memorial in Prague.

England. At the 76th Hastings International Chess Congress, Stuart Conquest became the champion with 6/9 points.

Germany. Sergei Ovsejevitsch reached 7/9 points and won the 1st Integrata GM Tournament in Darmstadt.

Greece. The 11th International Open Chess Tournament “Ano Liosia 2001″in Athens was won by Vladimir Baklan with 7/9.

Italy. Oleg Romanishin gained 7.5/9 and won the Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament.

Spain. The VIII “Anibal” Open in Linares was won by Zurab Sturua with 8.5/11 ahead of Etienne Bacrot. He had the same score.

Roberto Cifuentes Parada won the XXVI “Ciudad de Sevilla” Open Tournament with 7.5/9 points.

The Foment Martinenc IM Closed was won by Marc Narciso Dublan with 9.5/11.

Vladimir Akopian won the VI.Ubeda Open with 8/10 points.

Sweden. At the  XXX. Rilton Cup in Stockholm, Yuri Yakovich won with 7/9.

Switzerland. Viktor Korchnoi won the 3rd Hilton Open in Basle after defeating Zurab Sturua in the final.

The Netherlands. The Corus Wijk aan Zee was won by Gary Kasparov with a clear half point (9/13) ahead of Viswanathan Anand (8.5/13). Vladimir Kramnik took the third place on tie-break edged out Vassily Ivanchuk. They both scored 8/13. Mikhail Gurevich took a clear first at the B Group after reaching 8/11 points.

Ukraine.  At the Category 11 tournament in Kyiv, Andrey Zontakh finished on 6/10 points and became the champion.

 

February

 

Bangladesh. At the 5th United Insurance GM Chess Tournament in Dhaka, Alexander Volzhin won the title with 8.5/13 points.

Bermuda. Hannes Stefannsson gained 4.5/5 points at the Bermuda Open and won the event.

Brazil. At the “Governador Mário Covas Júnior”, Gilberto Milos won with 8.5/11.

France. The 1st Open de L’Estuaire in Trignac was won by Giorgi Kacheishvili with 8/9 points.

Ireland. At the Bunratty Chess Festival, Mark Hebden took the first place with 4.5/6.

India. Andrei Kharlov scored 8/11 and took the title at the 12th Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament in Calcutta.

Italy. The 9th International Open in the Aosta Valley, Saint-Vincent was won by Dmitrij Jakovenko with 7/11.

Slovenia. Dusko Pavasovic scored 7/9 and won the tournament on tie-break ahead of Evgeny Sveshnikov, Gyula Sax and Zdenko Kozul at the 6th HIT Open. All of them had 7/9.

Spain. At the VII Open Villa de Coria del Rio, Oleg Korneev won with 7.5/9 points.

 

March

 

Argentina. The “1st Pinamar Masters” was won by Ulf Andersson with 8/11 points.

France. At the World Cup of Rapid Chess Group A in Cannes, Gary Kasparov won the event with 5.5/8. Evgeny Bareev finished at the second place with 4/8. The Group B was won by Michael Adams with 5/8. Mikhail Gurevich finished at the second place with the same score.

The Evry GM Tournament was won by Andrei Shchekachev with 8/9.

The Belgian GM, Vladimir Chuchelov won the 17th Cappelle la Grande on tie-break from Einar Gausel. Both of them collected 7.5/9 points.

Germany. At the Bad Wörishofen Chess Tournament, Alexei Aleksandrov won with 8/9 points.

Israel. Zoltan Gyimesi gained 6/9 at the Tel Aviv International Chess Tournament in Ramat Aviv and won the Men’s Corus. Ildiko Madl won the Women’s Corus with 7/9.

Poland. At the 58th Polish Chess Championships in Warsaw, Robert Kempinski won with 8.5/13 ahead of Michal Krasenkow. He had the same score.

Vladislav Borovikov gained 7/9 and took the title ahead of Vadim Shishkin at the Kazimierz Dolny Open Tournament.

Romania. The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial Tournament in Bucharest was won by Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu with 7.5/11 points.

Spain. At the Linares Chess Tournament, Gary Kasparov dominated and won the event with 7.5/10 ahead of Judit Polgar.

The Netherlands. The Zwolle Weekender was won by Bogdan Lalic with 5/6.

U.S.A. Igor Novikov scored 4.5/6 and won the tournament at the Millennium Chess Festival in Virginia Beach.

At the Mechanics’ Institute Cat VIII in San Francisco, Yuri Shulman won with 7/10.

Vladimir Akopian won the National Open in Las Vegas with 5.5/6 points.

 

April

 

Cuba. The Cuban Chess Championship in Las Tunas was won by Reynaldo Vera, who finished on 12.5/16 points.

Denmark. At the Danish Championships in Nyborg, Peter Heine Nielsen scored 7/9 and became the champion.

Egypt. The 4th Tanta Open in Tanta City was won by Hannes Stefansson with 6.5/9 points.

At the 5th Golden Cleopatra Open in Cairo, Nenad Sulava took the first place after reaching 6.5/10 points.

France. Andrei Sokolov won with 8/9 at the 19th Metz Open .

At the Category XVII Enghien-les-Bains Tournament, Vladimir Akopian won with 6/9 points.

Germany. The 7th Werther-Schloss Open was won by Vladimir Epishin with a perfect performance (5/5 points).

At the 5th International Neckar-Open in Deizisau, Konstantin Landa won with 7.5/9.

Philippines. Eugenio Torre won the 2001 Philippine National Championships with 7.5/11.

At the Zone 3.2a Championships in Manila, Nguyen Anh Dung won the title with 7/9 points.

Romania. The Spring Festival in Bucharest was won by Andrei Istratescu with 8.5/11.

Russia. At the 74th St. Petersburg Championship, Valerij Popov finished on 7.5/11 and became the champion.

Ruslan Ponomariov won the 3rd International Rector Cup in Kharkov with 7.5/10 points.

Turkey. The 1st Antalya International Tournament in Kemer-Antalya was won by Stelios Halkis with 9.5/13.

Slovenia. At the Bled Open, Evgeny Sveshnikov won with 7.5/9. Valerij Filippov finished at the second place with 7/9 points.

Spain. Alexey Dreev won the XI Dos Hermanas GM tournament with 5.5/9 ahead of Ilia Smirin with the same score.

Sweden. The soLett Chess Open in Skellefteå was won by Jonny Hector with 6.5/9.

Switzerland. At the 100th Anniversary Tournament of Geneva Chess Club, Joseph Gallagher won with 6/7 points.

Yugoslavia. Branko Damljanovic scored 9/15 at the Yugoslav Chess Championships in Herceg Novi and won the event.

May

 

Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Bosnia 2001 Torunament in Sarajevo was won by Kiril Georgiev with 6.5/9 points.

Bulgaria. At the 65th Bulgarian Men’s Championship in Tsarevo, Aleksander Delchev collected 7/9 and took the title.

Croatia. The Pula Open was won by Drazen Sermek with 7.5/9 points.

Cuba. Francisco Vallejo Pons gained 8.5/13 at the Capablanca Memorial Tournament in Havana and won the event.

Germany. The 3rd Julian Borowski Tournament in Essen was won by Rustam Kasimdzhanov after finishing on 6.5/9 points.

Italy. At the 7th International tournament Gio. Leonardo di Bona in Cutro, Vladimir Georgiev reached 6.5/101 and took the first place.

Lithiania. Sarunas Sulskis scored 9/13 and became the campion at the Lithuanian Championships in Kaunas.

Mexico. The II. Merida Tournament was won by Viswanathan Anand with 4.5/6 points.

Poland. Valerij Popov scored 6.5/9 at the 3rd International Chess Festival in Bydgoszcz.

Portugal. At the  IV. Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Yuri Yakovich won with 7.5/9.

Russia. The 54th Russian Chess Championships in Elista was won by Alexander Motylev with 6.5/9 points.

Viktor Bologan scored 6/9 at the Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky and won the event.

Slovenia. At the GM Tournament in Podlehnik, Suat Atalik won with 6.5/10 points.

Sri Lanka. The Asian Zonal Championship in Colombo was won by Krishnan Sasikiran, who took a clear first.

 

June

 

Finland. Jozsef Horvath scored 6/9 and won the III. ShakkiNet International Chess Tournament in Helsinki.

Germany. The Hamburg Championships was won by Jonny Hector with 8/9 points.

India. At the Indian championship in New Delhi, Dibyendu Barua reached 13.5/18 and became the champion.

Kazakhstan. Garry Kasparov won the SuperGM Tournament in Astana.

Macedonia. At the 2nd European Chess Championship in Ohrid, Ruslan Ponomariov won with 9.5/13 points.

Russia. The White Nights Tournament in St. Petersburg was won by Valerij Popov with 7/9 points.

The Netherlands. Loek Van Wely gained 6.5/9 and took the first place at the Dutch Championships in Leeuwarden.

Sweden. At the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament in Malmö, Boris Gulko won with 5.5/9 ahead of Jan Timman.

U.S.A. Igor Novikov won the 1st SmartChess.com International in New York with 7.5/9.

At the The Mayor’s Cup in Queens, Igor Novikov won with 6/9 points.

 

July

 

Andorra. At the Andorra Open, Boris Avrukh won with 7/9.

Belgium. The Belgian Championship in Charleroi was won by Mikhail Gurevich with a perfect performance (9/9 poitns).

At the Gent Open, Jean-Marc Degraeve won with 8/9.

Canada. Larry Christiansen won the Canadian Open in Sackville with 9/10 points.

China. At the 7th Tan Chin Nam Cup in Shanghai, Michail Krasenkow took the title with 5.5/9 ahead of 2 other players.

The Chinese Zonals 3.3 in HeiBei was won by Ye Jiangchuan, who finished on 9.5/13 points.

Croatia. The Bibinje GM was won by Gyula Sax with 7.5/9.

Denmark. Peter Heine Nielsen gained 6.5/9 points at the 16th North Sea Cup in Esbjerg.

The 23rd Copenhagen Open was won by Alexander Rustemov with 8.5/11 ahead of 4 other players.

Estonia. The Paul Keres Memorial in Tallinn was won by Konstantin Sakaev with 7.5/9. Viktor Gavrikov finished at the second place with 7/9 points.

Finland. At the Heart of Finland Open in Jyvaskyla, Mihail Rytshagov took first with 7.5/9 points.

France. The Clichy GM was won by Stuart Conquest with 6/9. Joel Lautier finished at the second place with 5.5/9 points.

Aleksander Delchev won the 1st Hyers Open in the Casino with 7/9.

The Paris Open Championships was won by Christian Bauer with 7.5/9 points.

Germany. Vladimir Kramnik won the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2001 with 6.5/10.

Israel. At the 16th Maccabiah Chess Tournaments in Tel-Aviv, Evgeny Alekseev won with 6.5/9 points.

Italy. The “Trofeo Intel® Pentium® 4” in Milan was won by Miso Cebalo with 8/9.

Norway. Einar Gausel gained 6.5/9 at the  Norwegian Championships in Kristiansund and won the event.

Scotland. At the Scottish Chess Championships in Aberdeen, Jonathan Rowson won with 7/9 points.

Slovenia. Alexander Beliavsky won with 6.5/9 at the 14th Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial in Portoroz.

Spain. The XXI. Cullera Tournament in Spain was won by Aleksander Delchev with 7.5/9.

Sweden. At the Swedish Championships in Linköping, Evgenij Agrest collected 10/13 and became the champion.

Switzerland. The 34th Biel International Chess Festival was won by Viktor Korchnoi with 6/10. Peter Svidler finished at the second place with 5.5/10 points.

The Netherlands. Semen Dvoirys won the Dutch Open in Dieren with 7/9.

U.S.A. At the 29th World Open in Philadelphia, Ilia Smirin won with 7/9 ahead of 6 other players. All of them had the same score.

 

August

 

Canada. At the Category 9 Montreal International, Alexandre Lesiege won with 8/11.

Columbia. The American Continental Championships in Cali Colombia was won by Alex Yermolinsky, who finished on 8.5/11 points.

Curaçao. Jan Timman gained 7/9 at the Curacao International Chess Festival in Willemstad and won the event.

England. Joseph Gallagher scored 8/11 at the British Chess Championships and became the champion.

Estonia. The Estonian Chess Championships in Puhajarve was won by Edvins Kengis with 7.5/10 points.

France. At the 8th Nice Summer Open, Aleksander Delchev collected 6/7 and took the title.

Germany. Igor Khenkin reached 7.5/9 at the 12th Süder Summer Tournament in Recklinghausen and won the event.

Greece. At the 5th Korinthos Open, Evgeniy Najer won with 7/9 ahead of 3 other players.

The World Junior U20 Chess Championships in Anthens was won by Peter Acs with 10/13.

Michal Krasenkow gained 7.5/9 at the Kavala Tournament and won the tournament.

India. At the 3rd Asian Individual Championships in Calcutta, Xu Jun won with 8.5/11.

Italy. Vladimir Epishin won the Bratto Open in Italy with 6.5/9 ahead of 5 other players. All of them had the same score.

Norway. The Bergen Chess International was won by Evgenij Agrest with 8/9 points.

Poland. At the  XXXVIII. Rubinstein Memorial Festival in Polanica Zdrój, Vladimir Baklan won with 8/9.

Portugal. The Lisbon Open was won by Jeroen Piket with 7.5/9 points.

Russia. Andrei Belozerov reached 7/9 at the 7th Stage of the Russian Cup in Togliatty and won the event.

Spain. At the UPI Mancha Real Tournament in Spain, Reynaldo Vera won with 6.5/9 points.

Sweden. The Hasselbacken Open 2001 in Stockholm was won by Yuri Yakovich with 7/9.

The Netherlands. Jeroen Piket gained 7.5/9 and won the 5th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen ahead of Loek Van Wely and Friso Nijboer. Both of them had the same score.

At the Lost Boys International Open Tournament in Amsterdam, Loek Van Wely won with 7.5/9. Emil Sutovsky finished at the second place with 6.5/9 points.

U.S.A. The 102nd Annual US Open in Framingham was won by Alex Wojtkiewitz on tie-break edged out  Joel Benjamin, Fabian Doettling and Alexander Stripunsky. All of them scored 7.5/9.

Yugoslavia. At the Kladovo Tournament, Alexandru Crisan won with 7/10 ahead of Robert Ruck. He had the same score.

 

September

 

Argentina. Anatoly Karpov won the Category XIV Najdorf Memorial tournament in Buenos Aires with 6.5/9 points.

Armenia. At the Armenian Championships in Yerevan, Smbat Lputian finished with 7.5/10 points and became the champion.

Austria. The 16th Schwarzacher Open Hauptturnier in Salzburg was won by Andrei Shchekachev with 7.5/9.

Egypt. Hichem Hamdouchi scored 6.5/9 at the African Chess Championships in Cairo and took the first place.

Greece. At the 3rd International Chess Tournament “Glyfada 2001” in Athens, Vasilios Kotnorias won with 8/9 points.

Iceland. Hannes Stefansson gained 7/9 at the 2001 Icelandic Chess Championships in Strandgötu, Hafnarfirði and won the event.

Italy. The Mitropa Cup in Saint-Vincent was won by the Hungarian GM, Ferenc Berkes, who scored 6.5/9.

Spain. At the III Sants Hostafrancs i La Bordeta International Open in Barcelona, Viktor Moskalenko won with 9/10 points.

Switzerland. Andrei Shchekachev scored 6/7 at the Lausanne Open and won the event.

Ukraine. The Ukrainian Championships in Ordzhonikidze was won by Aleksandar Berelovich with 6.5/9 points.

U.S.A. At the 20th North American Open in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Yuri Shulman collected 8.5/9 and took the title.

 

October

 

Armenia. Ukraine won the 5th World Chess Team Championship in Yerevan ahead of Russia and Armenia.

Germany. The 17th Münsterland Open in Senden was won by Giorgi Kacheishvili with 8/9 points.

At the 75th Anniversary of the Barmbek Chess Club in Hamburg, Pavel Kotsur scored 7/9 and took the first place.

Isle of Man. Mikhail Ulibin gained 6.5/9 at the 10th Monarch Assurance International Chess Tournament in the Cherry Orchard Hotel, Port Erin and won the event.

Russia. At the Final Tournament of 5th Russian Cup in the Kazan, Valerij Filippov collected 7.5/11 and became the champion.

Switzerland. The 1st Winterthur Chess Week was won by Normunds Miezis with 7.5/9 points.

The Netherlands. At the Essent Chess Tournament in Hoogeveen, Judit Polgar won with 3.5/4 ahead of Loek Van Wely. Viktor Korchnoi finished at the third place with ¾ points.

Ukraine. Ruslan Ponomariov reached 7/10 at the Governor’s Cup in Kramatorsk and won the event.

U.S.A. At the Second SmartChess.com International Chess Tournament in New York City, Igor Novikov took the title with 6/9.

 

November

 

Germany. The 5th Open International Bavarian Masters in Bad Wiessee was won by Vladimir Akopian with 7.5/9 ahead of 3 other players.

Russia. Mihail Kobalija gained 8/9 and won the IXth International Open Tournament Chigorin Memorial in St. Petersburg.

Spain. The Spanish Chess Championship in Mallorca was won by Miguel Illescas.

Turkey. Vasil Spasov gained 6.5/9 and won the Balkan Individual Championships in Istanbul.

Ukraine. At the 2nd Governor’s Cup in Kramatorsk, Zahar Efimenko won with 10/14 points.

U.S.A. Leonid Yudasin won the National Chess Congress in Philadelphia with 5/9 points.

 

December

 

Brasil. At the 68th Brazilian Chess Championship in São Paulo, Giovanni Vescovi finished on 8/9 and became the champion.

Croatia. The Rijeka Open was won by Vasily Yemelin, who reached 7.5/9 and took the title.

At the Zadar Open, Ognjen Cvitan won with 7/9 points.

Czech Republic. At the 3rd Friendship Chess Tournament in Prerov, Jiri Stocek reached 8.5/9 points and took the first place.

France. Jean-Marc Degraeve gained 6.5/7 and won the 22nd International chess Tournament in Bethune.

Germany. At the German Championships in Altenkirchen, Cristopher Lutz won with 7/9. Robert Huebner finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

Russia. Alexandra Kosteniuk won the Women’s World Championship final in Moscow after defeating Zhu Chen in the final (3-1 in a rapid playoff).

Switzerland. The Casino Open in Interlaken was won by Ivan Ivanisevic.

Ukraine. Andrei Maksimenko reached 7/10 points and won the Lvov Tournament.