Welcome to Chessville's Chess Calendar, where we'll keep track for you of all the significant international chess events throughout the year. Check back with us regularly to stay abreast of what's happening, or to research past events. If we miss an event, please write to us with the information and/or links; we'll be most appreciative!

January 2003

Dec 24th - Jan 6th Ramat-Aviv (Ramat-Aviv, Israel) Category II
GM Mark Tseitlin and FM Shi Porat finished on 8/11.

Dec 24th - Jan 7th   5th International Tournament (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Dec 27th - Jan 5th   32nd Rilton Cup (Stockholm, Sweden) Won by
                               Sweden's Jonas Barkhagen

Dec 27th - Jan 5th Budva 2002/03 Tournament (Budva, Montenegro)

Dec 28th - Jan 4th 35th "Trinec OPEN (Czech) Won by GM Emil Anka
(7/9)

Dec 28th - Jan 5th   Hastings International Chess Congress (England)
                               Chessville Coverage Won by Denmark's Peter
                               Heine Nielsen with 6/9.

Dec 28th - Jan 5th Hallsberg International Junior Tournament
IM Nikola Sedlak won the event with 7.5/9

Dec 29th - Jan 6   45th Reggio Emilia International Chess Tournament
                            (Reggio Emilia, Italy) Won by France's Jean-Luc
                            Chabanon on tie-breaks over Croatia's Mladen Palac

Dec 31st - Jan 5th Swiss Chess Tour (Basle, Switzerland)

2-10 Australian Open Chess Championship (Penrith, Australia)
IM John-Paul Wallace wins, 9.5/11

2-10   New Zealand Championships (Wanganui, New Zealand) Won
           by Australians IM Alex Wohl and FM Tim Reilly (8/11). The title of
           NZ Champion won by IM Anthony Ker, (7.5/11).

3-7 9th Bosnjaci Open (Bosnjaci ,Croatia) Won by Aleksander Delchev,
Bulgaria With 6.5

3-11 "TAPOLCA" Open (Budapest, Hungary)
Laszlo Gonda won this Open Tournament Chessville coverage

6-11 The Novoshakhtinsk Open (Novoshakhtinsk, Russia)

7 New York Masters Action (New York, USA) Won by GMs
Roland Schmaltz and Vitali Golod (3.5/4)

7-15   Gausdal Troll Masters Open (Gausdal, Norway) Won by GM
           Eduard Rozentalis (LIT) with 8/10. FM Craig Hanley, FM Helge A.
           Nordahl and FM Magnus Carlsen (12 years old!) made IM-norms.

9-15   69th Brazilian Chess Championships (Brasilia City, Brazil) Darcy
           Lima finished first on tiebreaks over Ricardo da Silva Teixeira, both
           scoring 6.5/9

9-18   US Championships (Seattle, USA) Alexander Shabalov (6½/9) &
          Anna Hahn (in a playoff over Irina Krush and Jennifer Shahade) are
          the new US Chess Champions

9th - 20th Odessa Region Open Chess Championship (Odessa, Ukraine)
Won by Andrey Sumets

10-12 XIII Rapid Chess Tournament Paul Keres Memorial
(Tallinn, Estonia) Alexander Morozevich won the event with 5.5/7

10-18 XXVIII Abierto Internacional "Ciudad de Sevilla" Zhao Jun won
with 8/9

10-20 Viktor Korchnoi and Darmen Sadvakasov Match (Astana City,
Kazakhstan) Sadvakasov Wins 5-3

10-23 6th International Tournament (Tel Aviv, Israel)

10-26 Corus Chess Tournament 2003 (Wijk ann Zee, Netherlands)
Anand wins (8.5/13) Chessville coverage

13-18 The Cup ShRGEK (Shakhti, Russia)

16-19 Brazilian Open BCX 2003 Luis Henrique Coelho and Everaldo
Matsuura win with 5.5/6

17-24 Praha Open (Praha, Czeckoslovakia)
Won by IM Mario Leskovar, ARG

18-26 Novi Sad GM and IM (Novi Sad, Yugoslavia)

18th-31st 40th National A Championships of India
Won by Krishnan Sasikiran (16/20)

20-31 Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament (Calcutta, India)

21 New York Masters Action (New York, USA) Won by Boris
Kreiman & Rafal Furdzik with 3/4

21st - 30th "Kaissa" Open (Kharkov, Ukraine) Valery Shalimov, Valeriy
Aveskulov, Vladimir Rogovski and Andrey Ermolaev finished
tied with 7/9. Valery Shalimov took first on tie-breaks.

23rd - 30th II International tournament (São José do Rio Preto, Brazil)
Luis Coelho won the event with 6.5/9.

Jan 24th - Feb 2nd 4th Yateley Manor International Fide Open (Yateley,
Hampshire, England) Won by FM John Cox (7/9).

25th - 26th 28th d'Aubervilliers Grand Open Viktor Bologan took first
on tiebreaks over Vladimir Georgiev

Jan 25th - Feb 1st Marianske Lazne Open 2003 (Marianske Lazne,
Czeckoslovakia) Won by IM Vladimir Sergeev, UKR

Jan 26th - Feb 7th Kasparov vs Deep Junior (New York, USA)
                              Match Drawn 3-3. Chessville coverage
                              Max Panfilov's Report On Sunday's Game 1
                              Max Panfilov's Report On Sunday's Game 4
                              Max Panfilov's Report On Sunday's Game 6

26-31 Howick and Pakuranga Times Auckland International Open
(Auckland, New Zealand) Won by Peter Froehlich, GER, (7/9)

Jan 27th - Feb 5th   20th Bermuda Invitational Chess Festival
                               GM-A Giovanni Vescovi won.   Chessville coverage
                               GM-B Daniel Fridman won. Hikaru Nakamura
                                   earned his third & final norm to become the
                                   youngest American GM ever!

Jan 28th - Feb 6th Gibraltar Chess Congress (Gibraltar)
=1st, GM Nigel Short (ENG) and GM Vasilios Kotronias (Cyprus)

28 New York Masters Action (New York, USA) Won by GM Giorgi
Kacheishvili and IM Eli Vovsha (3.5/4)

28-31 Evgeny Bareev vs. HIARCS 8 Match drawn, 2-2

Jan 29th - Feb 6th    3rd Griesheimer GM-/IM-Tournament
                                (Griesheim, Germany) GM E. Agrest won the GM
                                 event (7/9). IM S. Solonar and IM B. Grabarczyk
                                 won the IM event (5.5/9)

Jan 30th - Feb 2nd   5th Nord-West Cup (Oldenburg, Germany) GM
                                Felix Levin and IM Andrei Cioara were first on tie-
                                breaks over nine other players (5.5/7)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

February 2003

1-13 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary) Chessville Coverage

1-6 Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Sergei Karjakin Match (Brissago, Italy)
Karjakin wins 4-2. Chessville coverage

4 New York Masters Action (New York, USA) Won by IM Pascal
Charbonneau & IM Irina Krush (3.5/4)

4-9     Internacional de Ilha Solteira Won by Felipe de Cresce El Debs on
           tiebreaks over Vinicius Marques (both at 6/9). Both made IM
           norms (Vinicius Marques 2nd , Felipe El Debs 1st)

7-9 Crewe Congress (Tattenhall England)

7-16 GM Tournament - Hotel Opatija (Rijeka)
Zlatko Topalovic won (8/12)

8-16 11th Aosta Open (Saint Vincent, Aosta, Italy) Won by Liviu Dieter
Nisipeanu

9-13 First FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament (Dharmapuri, India)
Won by B.T. Murali Krishnan (7.5/9)

10 - 15    Hannes Stefansson - Sergei Movsesjan Match
               (Reykjavík, Iceland) Movsesian wins 4.5-1.5
               * Chessville coverage

10-20   International Chess Open Festival "Aeroflot Open 2003"
            (Moscow, Russia) 1-4 Viktor Bologan, Aleksej Aleksandrov,
            Alexei Fedorov, Peter Svidler  -   7 / 9 Viktor Bologan won the
            Aeroflot Chess Open 2003 by better coefficient and will play in
            Dortmund 2003 * Chessville coverage

11 New York Masters Action (New York, USA) Won by IM Boris
Kreiman (3.5/4)

12-17 Nigel Short - Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Match (Tehran, Iran)
Short Wins 4-2

13-21 1st NAO Chess Club GM Tournament (Paris, France)
Won by Alberto David (6/9)

16-22 Jersey Open (England) Jonny Hector won (6/7)

17 - 23 11th Vasja Pirc Memorial Tournament (Maribor, Slovenia)
Won by GM Zdenko Kozul (8/9)

18 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)
Won by GM Roland Schmaltz (4/4)

18-27 Iceland's Hrokurinn Chess Club Category XV Tournament
(Reykjavik, Iceland) * Chessville coverage

19-23 12th International Computer Chess Championships
Fritz Paderborn won (5/7)

Feb 20 - Mar 3 52nd Bulgarian Women's Championships

21-27 6th Malaga Open (Malaga, Spain)
Won by Sergei Tiviakov (7.5/8)

Feb 21 - Mar 3 4th Asian Chess Championship (Doha, Qatar)

Feb 22 - Mar 1     Cappelle la Grande Open 7-Way Tie for 1st:
                             BURMAKIN    V., ROZENTALIS E.,
                             SCHLOSSER   P., ARESHCHENKO A.,
                             GELLER      J., BOCHAROV    D.,
                             MIROSHNICHE E. (7/9)

Feb 22 - Mar 9   XX "Ciudad de Linares (Linares, Spain)
                           Leko, Kramnik = 1st/2nd at 7/12
                           * Chessville coverage

25 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)
Won by Alex Stripunsky (3.5/4)

Feb 28 - Mar 8 IM Tournament (Pancevo, Yugoslavia)

Feb 28 - Mar 10 X Anibal Chess Open (Linares, Spain)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

March 2003

1-2 12th Aurec Rapid Tournaments (Aurec, France)

1-13 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary) Chessville coverage

3rd - 5th Edda Rapid Tournament (Iceland)
Mikhail Gurevich is the winner (8/9)

3rd - 9th 1st Chess Festival (Nancy, France)
Won by Okhotnik (7/9)

4 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)
Won by Alex Stripunsky (3.5/4)

8-10 37th Ballarat Begonia Tournament (Australia)
Won by Stephen Solomon (6.5/7)

8th-14th Cannes Swiss Tournament

11 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)
Won by Jan Ehlvest (3.5/4)

14-22 19th Budapest Spring Festival (Budapest, Hungary)

18 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)
=1-2 Alex Stripunsky & Jan Ehlvest (3.5/4)

23 British Blitz Championships (Uxbridge, England)

25 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

28-5 Dos Hermanas Chess Tournament (Dos Hermanas, Spain) Chessville coverage

28-30 4th Annual Millennium Chess Festival (Virginia Beach, USA)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

April 2003

1 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

5-17 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary) Chessville coverage

5-6      SIS-MH Masters (Denmark) Chessville coverage

6         Ciudad de Valladolid International Chess Tournament (Valladolid, Spain)

7-10   Karpov - Macieja Rapid Match (April 7-10, Poland) Chessville coverage

7-17   Asian Team Championship for Men and Women (Jodhpur, India)

8 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

11th - 13th Western Pacific Open (Los Angeles, USA)

11-20 Hunguest Hotels Chess Tournament (Budapest, Hungary) Chessville coverage

12-20 Oslo Easter Chess Festival

15 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

19-28 Commonwealth Chess Championships and
International Open Chess Tournament (Mumbai, India)

19-29 MINDSZENTKALLA, GM-IM (Hungary)

22 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

29 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

May 2003

3-15 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary) Chessville coverage

6 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

13 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

16-18 3rd Leiden Computer Chess Tournament (Leiden, NETHERLANDS) Chessville coverage

16-19 Keres Memorial (Vancouver, Canada)

16-24   Zalakaros Open (Zalakaros, HUNGARY)

17-27   33rd Bosnia Chess Tournament (Sarajevo, BOSNIA) Chessville coverage

17-27   Elekes Memorial (Budapest, Hungary)

20 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

24th - 26th Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic (Los Angeles, USA)

27 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

30 - 17 4th European Individual Chess Championships (Silivri, TURKEY) Chessville coverage

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

June 2003

1-7 17th International Open Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2003"
(Pula, Croatia)

3 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

6-8 16th "Ciudad de León" (León, SPAIN) Chessville coverage

5-13 25th Oberwart Open (Oberwart, AUSTRIA)

7-19 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary) Chessville coverage

10 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

10th - 21st 7th Voronezh International Chess Festival

17 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

24 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

Jun 25 - Jul 5 Dutch Championships (Leeuwarden, NED) Chessville coverage

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

July 2003

1 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

2-13 World Amateur Championships (Tswane, South Africa)

4-12 18th North Sea Cup (Esbjerg Denmark)

5-17 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary) Chessville Coverage

8 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

10-27 14th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games
(Pardubice, Czech Republic)

12-20 40th Canadian Open Championship (Kapuskasing, Canada)

14-25 25th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup (Copenhagen, Denmark)

15 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

17th-27th ZMD Schachfestival Dresden 2003

19-27 Savaria Summer International Chess Open (Szombathely, Hungary)

21-31 Biel International Chess Festival (Biel, SWITZERLAND) Chessville coverage

22 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

29 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

Jul 31st - Aug 10th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2003

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

August 2003

2-14 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary) Chessville Coverage

3 - 15 U.S Open 2003 (Los Angeles, USA)

5 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

9-16 Faaker See Open (Faaker See, AUSTRIA) More information

12 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

13 - 17 Mainz Chess Classic (Mainz, GERMANY) Chessville coverage

19 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

26 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

Aug 31st - Sep 7th VII International Chess Open Tournament
(Cesenatico, Italy)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

September 2003

2 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

6-18 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary) Chessville Coverage

9 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

16 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

23 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

Sep 27 - Oct 5 European Club Cup (Rethymno, Greece)

30 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

October 2003

3-5 Elo and DWZ Open (Forchheim, Germany)

4-16 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary) Chessville Coverage

7 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

10-20 1st Samba Cup (Skanderborg, Denmark)

14 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

21 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

Oct 24 - Nov 2 World Youth Chess Championships & 74th FIDE
Congress (Halkidiki, Greece)

28 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

November 2003

1-13 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary) Chessville Coverage

4 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

5 Chess-Triathlon (Velden, AUT)

11 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

18 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

25 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

December 2003

2 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

4-14 22nd SEA Games Chess Championships 2003 (Ho Chi Minh City)

6-18 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary) Chessville Coverage

16 New York Masters Action (New York, USA)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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