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Tugeval ringsüsteemiga suurmeistrite turniiril osalevad Boris Gelfand (2709 ISR), Bartlomiej Macieja (2653 POL), Sergei Movsesian (2639 SVK), Viorel Iordachescu (2634 ROM), Giovanni Vescovi (2633 BRA), Alexander Shabalov (2623 USA).

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Hollandis Wijk aan Zees toimub väga tugev turniir, kus osalevad Vladimir Kramnik (2777 RUS), Viswanathan Anand (2766 IND), Peter Svidler (2747 RUS), Alexei Shirov (2736 ESP), Veselin Topalov (2735 BUL), Peter Leko (2722 HUN), Michael Adams (2720 ENG), Evgeny Bareev (2714 RUS), Ivan Sokolov (2706 NED), Vladimir Akopian (2693 ARM), Viorel Bologan (2679 MDA), Zhang Zhong (2644 CHN), Loek Van Wely (2617 NED), Jan Timman (2578 NED)

1. Anand 8.5p, 2.-3. Leko, Adams 8p, 4.-5. Topalov, Bologan 7.5p, 6.-8. Kramnik, Van Wely, Bareev 6.5p, 9.-11. Svidler, Akopian, Shirov 6p, 12.-13. Sokolov, Zhang Zhong 5p, 14. Timman 4p

In Youth Open there were 56 boys and 20 girls, also some players from Latvia and Finland. Aleksander Volodin from Estonia won boys group and Aija Uipite from Latvia won girls tournament. Both second places went to our neighbourhood countries: boys - Rauno Järvinen (Finland) and girls - Madara Orlovska (Latvia).

Tables :    boys     girls

Boys : 1. Aleksander Volodin (SK Diagonaal) 8.5p, 2. Rauno Järvinen (FIN) 7p, 3. Sten Kasela (MSK Kasmar) 6.5p, 4. Matiss Mustaps (LAT) 6.5p, 5. Tauno Metsalu (trainer Rainer Selge) 6.5p, 6. Uku Valner (Reval-Sport) 6.5p

Girls : 1. Aija Upite (LAT) 8p, 2. Madara Orlovska (LAT) 7p, 3. Kristelle Kull (Vabaettur) 6p, 4. Kermen Makarova (Vabaettur) 6p

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Pärast äsja lõppenud India meistrivõistlusi saavad kohalikud maletajad koheoma võimeid proovida maailma teiste suurmeistrite vastu. Turniiril osalevad Nigel Short (2701 ENG), Pavel Smirinov (2609 RUS), Andrey Shariazdanov (2581 RUS), Saidali Iuldachev (2559 UZB), Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2541 IND), Shukhrat Safin (2528 UZB), Alexander Fomynh (2522 RUS), Tahir Vakhidov (2515 UZB), Abhijit Kunte (2512 IND), ... Võistlusi peetakse veel naistele ja noortele.

Eesti noorte lahtistel esivõistlustel Tallinnas osales 56 noormeest ja 20 neidu, kaasa mängisid lisaks Läti ja Soome noored. Noormeestest võitis kindlalt Aleksander Volodin ja neidudest Aia Uipite. Punktide jagamisel arvestati koefitsenti.

Tabelid :    noormehed     neiud

Noormehed : 1. Aleksander Volodin (SK Diagonaal) 8.5p, 2. Rauno Järvinen (Soome) 7p, 3. Sten Kasela (MSK Kasmar) 6.5p, 4. Matiss Mustaps (Läti) 6.5p, 5. Tauno Metsalu (Rainer Selge grupp) 6.5p, 6. Uku Valner (Reval-Sport) 6.5p

Neiud : 1. Aija Upite (Läti) 8p, 2. Madara Orlovska (Läti) 7p, 3. Kristelle Kull (Vabaettur) 6p, 4. Kermen Makarova (Vabaettur) 6p

The 14th International Tournament "Paul Keres Memorial" men tournament won by Spain GM Alexei Shirov (5.5p), followed GM Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 4.5p and GM Alexei Dreev (RUS), GM Yevgeni Sveshnikov (LAT) both 4p. Women tournament won by GM Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO) 6p, followed Viktoria Bashkite (EST) 5p and WIM Tatjana Fomina (EST), WIM Monika Tsoganova (EST) both 4p. Our young female Viktoria Bashkite did ecxellent perfomance, that was pleasent surprise for all of us.

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