2003

January

Brazil. At the 9th Brazilian Chess Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Darcy Lima scored 6.5/9 and became the champion.

Croatia. Aleksander Delchev won the 9th Bosnjaci Open with 6.5/9 points.

England. At the 78th Hastings International Chess Congress, Peter Heine Nielsen reached 6/9 points and won the event.

India. Krishnan Sasikiran won the 40th National A Championships of India in Mumbai with 16/20.

Norway. The Gausdal Troll Masters Open was won by Eduardas Rozentalis, who finished with 8/10.

Sweden. Nikola Sedlak won the Hallsberg International Junior Tournament with 7.5/9 points.

The Netherlands. The GMA Wijk aan Zee was won by Viswanathan Anand with 8.5/13. Judit Polgar finished at the second place with 8/13. At the GMB Wijk aan Zee, Zhang Zhong won with 11/13. Eric Lobron won the Inv. Tens Wijk aan Zee with 7/9 points.

U.S.A. At the 2003 US Chess Championships in Seattle, Alexander Shabalov collected 6.5/9 points and took a clear first. Gregory Kaidanov finished at the second place ahead of 6 other players. All of them scored 6/9.

 

February

 

Bermuda. The Bermuda GMA 2003 Tournaments was won by Giovanni Vescovi, who scored 8/11. Peter Svidler finished at the second place with 7.5/11. At the GMB Tournaments, Daniel Fridman won with 8/11.

Andrei Volokitin finished on 4.5/6 and won the Bermuda Open.

England. Vasilios Kotronias won the Gibraltar Chess Congress with 7.5/10 ahead of Nigel Short.

He had the same score.

France. The 1st NAO Chess Club GM tournament in Paris was won by Alberto David (6/9 points).

Germany.  At the 3rd Griesheimer GM-/IM-Tournament in Griesheim, Evgenij Agrest won with 7/9.

Iceland. The Cat XV tournament in Reykjavik was won by Alexei Shirov. He reached 7/9 points. Bartlomiej Macieja finished at the second place with 6/9 points.

Russia.The Aeroflot Open 2003 in Moscow was won by Viktor Bologan with 7/9 ahead of Aleksej Aleksandrov, Alexei Fedorov and Peter Svidler. All of them had the same score.

Slovenia. At the 11th Vasja Pirc Memorial Tournament in Maribor, Zdenko Kozul scored 8/9 and took a clear first.

 

March

 

Bangladesh. The 6th United Insurance & United Leasing GM Chess Tournament in Dhaka was won by Marat Dzhumaev with 9/13 ahead of Sergei Tiviakov and Ziaur Rahman. Both of them had 9/13 points.

Belarus. At the 69th Championships of Belarus, Viktor Kupreichik collected 9/12 and became the champion.

France.  Vladimir Burmakin took the first place at the Cappelle la Grande Open on tie-break ahead of Eduardas Rozentalis, Philipp Schlosser, Alexander Areshchenko, Jakov Geller and Dmitry Bocharov. All of them gained 7/9.

Germany. At the 19th Bad Woerishofen Open, Stanislav Savchenko won with 7.5/9.

Latvian. The Latvian Championship 2003 in Riga was won by Evgeny Sveshnikov (6.5/9 points).

Romania. At the Victor Ciocaltea Memorial in Bucharest, Viorel Iordachescu won with 11/13.

Dmitry Svetushkin won the Spring Festival GM in Bucharest with 10/14.

Serbia. Aleksander Delchev reached 8.5/11 and took a clear first at the Third Saturday in Subotica.

At the Serbian Championships in Dimitrovgrad, Milos Perunovic won with 7/9 points.

Spain. The XX SuperGM Linares was won by Peter Leko with 7/13 ahead of Vladimir Kramnik. He had the same score. At the X Anibal Open Linares, Anton Korobov collected 7.5/9 points and won the title on tie-break ahead of 4 other players.

The Netherlands. Vadim Milov won the Windesheim Open Weekender in Zwolle with 5/6.

Qatar. At the Asian Individual Chess Championships in Doha, Krishnan Sasikiran finished with 7/9 and became the champion.

 

April

 

Argentina. The XXXIV Mar del Plata Open was won by Suat Atalik with 7.5/9.

Australia. Ian Rogers scored 6.5/9 amd won the 41st Doeberl Cup  in Canberra.

Brazil. The III Internacional Governador Mário Covas in Santos was won by Ivan Morovic Fernandez on tie-break ahead of Gilberto Milos. Both of them had 6.5/10 points.

Canada. At the 3rd CMA Futurity in Montreal, Alexandre Lesiege won with 8/9 points.

Denmark. Peter Heine Nielsen finished on 7/9 and won the Danish Chess Championships in Horsens.

France. At the GM Evry, Alberto David won with 7/9. Vladimir Lazarev won the IM Group (7/9 points).

Manuel Apicella won the  6th St-Quentin-en-Yvelines Open Tournament in Elancourt with 8/9.

At the 21st Metz Open, Mikhail Gurevich won with 7.5/9.

Germany. David Baramidze won the 7th International Neckar-Open in Deizisau with 7.5/9. Vladimir Epishin finished at the second place with 7/9.

Hungary. The Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament in Budapest was won by Nigel Short with 6.5/9. Judit Polgar finished at the second place with 5.5/9.

India. Nguyen Anh Dung won the Commonwealth Chess Championships for Men & Women And Boys & Girls in Mumbai with 8.5/10. Rustam Kasimdzhanov finished at the second place with 7.5/10 ahead of 4 other players. They had the same score.

Monaco. At the  IV Monaco IM, Nenad Sulava won with 8/9.

Norway. Nick De Firmian won the Classics GM Gausdal with 7.5/11. Aleksei Lugovoi finished at the second place with 6.5/11. At the Classics IM Gausdal, Normunds Miezis won with 9/11.

At the Open Norwegian Championships in Oslo, Normunds Miezis won with 8/9.

Russia. At the 4th Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky, Peter Svidler shared the first place with Joel Lautier. Both of them had 6/9.

Denis Yevseev won the St. Petersburg Championships with 8/12.

Evgeny Najer won the Moscow Championship after defeating Vladimir Malakhov (2.5-1.5) in the final.

Scotland. The Scottish Chess Championships at George Heriot’s School in Lauriston Place Edinburgh was won by Paul Motwani (7/9 points).

Spain. Alexander Rustemov shared the first place with Alexey Dreev at the XII Dos Hermanas. Both of them had 6/9 points. At the B Group, Roberto Cifuentes Parada won with 6/9.

Switzerland. The 15th Lenk Open was won by Josehp Gallagher with 6/9 points.

U.A.E. Baadur Jobava won the 5th Dubai Open Chess Championships with 7/9. Sergey Volkov finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

U.S.A. At the Foxwoods Open in Connecticut, Ilia Smirin won with 6/7. Gregory Kaidanov finished at the second place on tie-break ahead of 6 other players. All of them had 5.5/7 points.

 

May

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ivan Sokolov won the 33rd Bosnia Tournament in Sarajevo in with 6.5/9. Sergei Movsesian finished at the second place with 6/9.

Bulgaria. The 67th Bulgarian Championships in Sofia was won by Vasil Spasov with 7/10 points.

Cuba. Julio Granda Zuniga won the Capablanca Mem Elite in Havana with 8/11. Lazaro Bruzon finished at the second place with 7.5/11. At the Capablanca Mem Premier I in Havana, Neuris Delgado won with 10/13.

Hungary. At the First Saturday Event in Budapest, Borki Predojevic won with 9/13.

The 53rd Hungarian Chess Championships in Heviz City was won by Zoltan Almasi with 7/9. Robert Ruck finished at the second place with 5.5/9 points.

Poland. Tomasz Markowski won the 60th Polish Championships in Warsaw with 10.5/13. Bartosz Socko finished at the second place with 8/13.

Sweden. At the 11th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament, Vassily Ivanchuk won with 7/9. Peter Heine Nielsen finished at the second place with 6/9. Luke McShane finished at the third place with 5.5/9.

U.S.A. Alexander Shabalov won the Chicago Open in Oak Brook, Illinois with 6/7. Jaan Ehlvest finished at the second place with 5.5/7.

 

June

 

France. At the Enghien-les-Bains, Evgeny Bareev won with 6.5/9. Michael Adams finished at the second place with 6/9. Boris Gelfand finished at the third place (5.5/9 points).

Germany. The Hamburg City Championships was won by Javier Moreno Carnero on tie-break ahead of 2 other players. They reached 6.5/9 points.

Italy. Artur Kogan won the IV Lido Estensi Open with 7/9.

Norway. The Barents Region Championships in Alta was won by Simen Agdestein with 5/6 points.

Serbia. Ivan Cheparinov won the Pancevo 1153-2003 with 7.5/11.

Turkey. At the European Championships in Silivri, the Georgian GM, Zurab Azmaiparashvili finished with 9.5/13 points and took a clear first. Pia Cramling won the Women’s Group on a playoff edged out Cmilyte Viktorija. They both reached 8.5 points at the main tournament.

U.S.A. Jaan Ehlvest won the CCA International with 7.5/10. Aleksander Wojtkiewicz scored 7/10 and finished at the second place.

 

July

 

Andorra. At the 21st edition of the International Chess Open of Andorra in Andorra La Vella, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won with 7.5/9. Pavel Eljanov finished at the second place with 7/9.

Austria. The 25th Oberwart International Open was won by Andrey Shariyazdanov with 7.5/9 points.

Azerbaijan. At the World Junior Championships in Nakhichevan, Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov won with 10/13.

Belgium. Daniel Fridman won the 26th International Open Chess Tournament of Ghent with 8.5/9.

Brazil. The Pre-Amazon International Chess Open was won by Leitao Rafael Duailibe with 8.5/9 points.

Canada. At the 40th Canadian Open Championships in Kapuskasing, Alexander Moiseenko won with 8/10.

The Quebec Open in Montreal was won by Victor Mikhalevski with 7.5/9.

China. Bu Xiangzi won the Zonal Tournament 3.3 in Yongchuan with 8/11 points.

Czech Republic. The International festival of chess, bridge and games in Pardubice was won by Vlastimil Babula with 7.5/9. Ernesto Inarkiev finished at the second place with 7/9.

Denmark. Alexey Dreev won the Category XV 18th North Sea Cup in Esbjerg with 6.5/9 ahead of 2 other players. They reached the same score.

At the 25th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup, Krishnan Sasikiran won with 9/11. Artur Jussupow finished at the second place with 8.5/11.

France. The Bogny sur Meuse IM was won by Normunds Miezis with 6.5/10.

At the 4th Marseille Open, Mark Hebden won with 7.5/9 ahead of Vladimir Epishin. He gained the same score.

Alberto David won the International Championships of Paris-Ile-de-France with 7.5/9.

At the Montpellier Chess Festival, Christian Bauer won with 7/9 points.

Andrei Istratescu won the 18th Touraine Open in Avoine with 7.5/9.

Germany. At the ZMD Schachfestival in Dresden, Alexander Graf shared the first place  with Thomas Luther. Both of them had 7.5/9.

Georgia. The BSCA Open in Batumi was won by Baadur Jobava with 7.5/9. Artashes Minasian finished at the second place with 7/9 points.

Greenland. Luke McShane won the Greenland Open 2003 in Qaqortoq with 8.5/9. Johann Hjartarson finished at the second place with 7.5/9.

Italy. The 3rd Trofeo Intel Pentuim in Milan was won by Michele Godena with 6.5/9 points.

Spain. At the 26th edition of the Open del Vallès in Barberà del Vallès, Catalunya, Viktor Moskalenko won with 6.5/9.

Sweden. The Swedish Championships in Umea was won by Evgenij Agrest with 7.5/11 points.

The Netherlands. At the Essent Dutch Championships in Leeuwarden, Loek Van Wely won with 6.5/9. Sergei Tiviakov finished at the second place with 5.5/9.

The Open Dutch Championship in Dieren was won by Friso Nijboer (7.5/9 points).

U.S.A. Ilya Smirin won the 31st World Open in Philadelphia with 7/9 ahead of 9 other players. All of them scored the same.

 

August

 

Argentina. At the Panamerican Continental Championships in Buenos Aires, Alexander Goldin won with 8.5/11 ahead of Giovanni Vescovi. He had the same score.

Austria. The Austrian Championships in Hartberg was won by Nikolaus Stanec with 9.5/14.

Canada. At the 4th Montreal International, Eduardas Rozentalis won with 8.5/11 points. Alexander Onischuk finished at the second place with 8/11.

Curacao. Bartlomiej Macieja won the Curacao Sedreko Open in Willemstad with 8/9. Darmen Sadvakasov finished at the second place with 7.5/9 points.

Czech Republic. The 9th International Chess Tournament “FESTIVAL SCHNEIDER BOHEMIA – Pilsen 2003” in Plzen was won by Petr Haba with 7/9.

Denmark. At the Category IX Aarhus Chess Summer, Hannes Stefansson won with 6.5/9 points.

France. The 8th Creon Open was won by Vladimir Epishin with 7.5/9. Vladislav Nevednichy finished at the second place with 7/9.

Andrei Sokolov won the 78th French Championships in Aix-les-Bains with 7.5/11 ahead of Etienne Bacrot and Joel Lautier. They gained the same score.

The Category IV Charleroi Tournament  was won by Aloyzas Kveinys with 7/9 points.

Germany. At the Dortmund Open, Viktor Bologan won with 6.5/10. Vladimir Kramnik finished at the second place (5.5/10 points).

The 14th Sueder Sommerpokal in Recklinghausen-Süd was won by Henrik Teske with 6/7.

Italy. Aleksander Delchev won the Porto San Giorgio Open with 7/9.

At the 23rd International Chess Tournament “Conca della Presolana” in Bratto, Gyula Sax won with 7/9.

Slovenia. The Vidmar Memorial in Zrece was won by Alexander Beliavsky with 6.5/9 on tie-break ahead of Emil Sutovsky. He reached the same score.

Sweden. Luke McShane won the 1st Malmö Masters with 7.5/9 points.

The Netherlands. At the 7th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen, Rustam Kasimdzhanov won with 8/9. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu finished at the second place with 7.5/9.

U.A.E. The Abu Dhabi Chess Festival was won by Gabriel Sargissian, who scored 7/9. Smbat Lputian finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

U.S.A. Alexander Shabalov won the US Open in Los Angeles with 10/12.

The Los Angeles International was won by Leonid Yudasin, who finished on 6.5/9 points.

 

September

 

Armenia. The 63rd Armenian Championship in Yerevan was won by Gabriel Sargissian, who reached 6.5/9 points.

Austria. At the Ansfelden Tournament, Nikolaus Stanec won the title with 5.5/9 points.

Brazil. The FIDE Zonal 2.4 in Sao Paulo was won by Darcy Lima with 7/9.

Denmark. Evgenij Agrest finished with 8/11 and won the Nordic Championships in Aarhus.

Greece. Vasilios Kotronias won the Category 12 Acropolis GM Tournament in Athens with 6/9.

Iceland. The Icelandic Championships in Hafnarborg was won by Hannes Stefansson, who scored  10/11 and became the champion.

Paraguay. Ruben Felgaer won the Fide Zonal 2.5 Tournament in Asunción with 8/9 points.

Russia. At the Russian Championships in Krasnoyarsk, Peter Svidler won with 7/9 ahead of Alexander Morozevich. He gained the same score.

U.A.E. Pavel Kotsur won the 2nd Sharjah Chess Festival with 7.5/11.

 

October

 

Brazil. At the 7th Itaú Cup in Sao Paulo, Gilberto Milos won with 7.5/9.

Bulgaria. The European Team Championships in Plovdiv was won by Russia on tie-break ahead of Israel. Georgia took the third place.

Denmark. Peter Heine Nielsen won the 1st Samba Cup in Skanderborg with 5.5/9.

Ecuador. At the Zone 2.3 in Guayaquil, Lenier Dominguez scored 8/11 and won the event.

Iran. The Saipa Cup in Tehran was won by Ehsan Ghaem Maghami with 8.5/11.

Isle of Man. At the 12th Monarch Assurance in Port Erin, Simen Agdestein won with 7/9.

Israel. The 1st Ashdod Chess Festival – The Israel International Open Chess Championship in Ashdod was won by Alexander Huzman with 7/9 points.

Nigeria. At the African Individual Championships in Abuja, Essam El Gindy gained 7.5/9 and won the tournament.

Norway. Kaido Kulaots took a clear first at the Gausdal Classics II with 9.5/11.

Russia. The St Petersburg Open was won by Vladimir Burmakin with 7/9 points.

Slovakia. Jiri Stocek won with Tatry Open in Tatranske Zruby with 8/9.

Switzerland. The 3rd Winterthur Chess Week was won by Normunds Miezis with 8/9 points.

The Netherlands. At the 7th Essent Chess Tournament in Hoogeveen, Zviad Izoria won with 7/9.

 

November

 

Argentina. The 1st Chesspangenberg Open in Buenos Aires was won by Pablo Ricardi on tie-break ahead of Ruben Felgaer and Gernando Peralta. All of them scored 7.5/9.

Belarus. Eugenio Torre won the 15th Leuven Open with 8/9. Vladimir Epishin finished at the second place with 7/9.

Curacao. The Curacao International Gateway Open in Willemstad was won by Boris Gulko with 6.5/9 points.

France. Alexander Goloshchapov took the first place on tie-break ahead of Ivan Farago, Krum Georgiev and Dimitar Marholev. All of them gained 7/9.

The 3rd Rohde Open in Sautron was won by Andrei Istratescu with 7/9 points.

Germany. The 7th Bavarian International Meisterschaft in Bad Wiessee was won by Suat Atalik with 7.5/9.

Hungary. Kaido Kulaots won the 7th Paks Cup with 7/9.

The Category 11 Tournament in Nagykanizsa was won by Georgy Timoshenko, who finished on 7/11 points.

Iceland. At the 2nd Selfoss Milk Tournament in Selfoss, Ivan Sokolov reached 7/11 and won the title ahead of Predrag Nikolic. He had the same score.

Italy. The Claude Pècaut Memorial in Taormina was won by Michele Godena with 6.5/9.

Spain. At the Hotel Bali Stars in Benidorm, Veselin Topalov won with 7/10. Viswanathan Anand finished at the second place with 6.5/10.

U.S.A. Alex Yermolinsky won the H.J. Ralston Memorial in San Francisco with 10/11.

At the “Eduard Gufeld Memorial International,” in Burbank and Glendale, Varuzhan Akobian won with 6.5/9.

 

December

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the Ilijas Subasic Memorial International Tournament in Zenica, Emir Dizdarevic won with 7/9.

Croatia. The Salona GM 2003 Tournament in Solin was won by Andrey Sharoyazdanov, who took the title with 6.5/9 points.

Zdenko Kozul scored 7.5/9 and won the 10th Christmas Open in Zadar.

Dominican Republic. At the Santo Domingo International Chess Open, Vadim Milov won with 7.5/10 points.

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won the Caribbean Village Decameron Resort & Casino tournament with 7.5/9.

Egypt. Evgenij Miroshnichenko won the 6th Tanta Open in Tanta with 7.5/9 points.

France. At the 6th Masters and 2nd Women’s Masters Comtois d’échecs in Belfort, Mikhail Gurevich won with 7/10.

Manuel Apicella gained 6.5/9 and won the 1st Bois-Colombes GM tournament.

At the XIX Nice International Open, Vladimir Lazarev won with 6/7.

Andrei Istratescu won the 2nd Nantes Open with 8/9 points.

Germany. Vladimir Baklan won the 20th Böblinger Open with 8/9 points.

At the 12th Donau Open in Aschach, Nikolaus Stanec won with 6/7.

Greece. The Greek National Championships in Aspropyrgos was won by Hristos Banikas who scored 6.5/9.

Hungary. Levente Vajda gained 9.5/10 and won the First Saturday December in Budapest.

Iran. The 1st Kish GM Tournament was won by Ehsan Ghaem Maghami with 8.5/11 points.

Serbia. At the Mirka Srajbera Memorial in Subotica, Mircea Parligras won with 8/11.

Spain. Miguel Illescas Cordoba won the Pamplona international Tournament with 4.5/7 points.

Sweden. The Malmö Open was won by Nick de Firmian with 6.5/7.

Switzerland. Stinslav Savchenko won the Zurich Weihnachtsopen 2003 with 5.5/7 points.

The Netherlands. At the Harmonie Chess Tournament in Groningen, Friso Nijboer won with 7/9.

U.S.A. Jaan Ehlvest finished on the first place with 6.5/9 at the 87th Marshall Chess Club Championships in New York with a clear half point.

At the 2nd Lindsborg Open in Kansas, Nikola Mitkov won with 6.5/9.

Alexander Shabalov gained 5.5/7 and won the North American Open in Las Vegas.