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6/12-20: Pelaro & Splintan International, Gothenburg, Sweden. 9 round IM-Swiss.
Contact Mats Eriksson ssmanhem@telia.com, webpage www.ssmanhem.se

6/18-20: The Open Barents Championship, Alta, Norway. 6 rounds Swiss with nice Moneyprizes (and beatiful nature including sun 24 hours a day, as Alta can be found at the North edge of Norway!).
Contact Svein Harald Johnsen dryfish@online.no (!), website:www.altasjakklubb.no

6/19-27 (also 7/17-25, 8/21-29, 9/18-26 and 10/16-24): Closed round robins IM-tournaments (if possible also ELO-groups/FM-groups) played in Kecskemet, Hungary.
Contact IM Tamas Erdelyi caissa@axelero.hu.

6/26-7/2: Rabat, Morocco Open 9 round Swiss.
Contact Abdelhafid Elamri fus_echecs@yahoo.fr .

7/24-8/1: Politiken Cup, Copenhagen, Denmark. 10 round GM qualifying Swiss Open. This is the largest and strongest Swiss of the Nordic countries.
Contact Lars Bech Hansen formand@ksu.dk website: www.politikencup.dk.

8/1-14: Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships, Scarborough, England. The main event of interest to non-British Isles players in the first World Major Championship restricted to players rated under 2350. This 11 round Swiss takes place 2-13 August with a rest day 8th. British Chess Federation,
Contact office@bcf.org.uk website www.bcf.org.uk

8/21-31: The 1st Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship Kuala Lumpur. Further details: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/
atmalaysianopen.html

8/27-29: The 24th Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2004 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 8/29-31: Rapid Chess Open (Time Control: 25 Minutes + 10 Seconds increment from move 1) http://tcn.sourceforge.net/
merdeka2004.html

9/4-10: Paignton, England Congress. 7 round Swiss sections, FIDE Rated.
Contact Linda Crickmore pafcok@tesco.net

9/25-10/3: Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Congress. The Masters is a 9 round Swiss and there are two 7 round events for weaker players. Contact:stewartreuben@aol.com, website www.bcmchess.co.uk . (Following 10/4-10 Guernsey Chess Festival, a 7 round Swiss with sections for weaker players.)

10/5-12: First World Senior Team Championship. In the Isle of Man at the same venue, Port Erin, as the Monarch Assurance. An 8 round Swiss restricted to males over 60 and females over 50 on January 1, 2004.
Contact: stewartreuben@aol.com website www.bcmchess.co.uk

10/14-11/1: Chess Olympiads, Majorca, Spain. There will be several events arranged for players not taking part in the Olympiads. www.olimpbase.org

 

 

International Chess News       
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Classical Chess World Championship announced
(ChessBase News)

In a beautifully-staged press conference in Hamburg, the Swiss Tobacco manufacturer Dannemann today formally announced the staging of the "First Classical World Chess Championship after four years" between Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko. We bring a keynote statement by ACP president Joel Lautier in our pictorial report. Read More


Donaldson draws Karpov!
by Michael Aigner, CalChess.org

International Master John Donaldson of the Mechanics' Institute draws the 12th World Champion in the 3rd round of the Little Sweden Festival. Read more

Man versus Machine
Garry Kasparov and X3D drew the final game of their match to tie 2-2. Games two and three were excellent examples of the strengths of each player, with the computer taking game two in tactical fashion and then showing poor strategical planning in game three. (John Donaldson)
   

World Chess Championships

Boy Meets World
CalChess student represents US
at World Championships

 

World Champion Chess Player Garry Kasparov

35th Annual Chess Olympiad
Bled, Slovenia

(Pictured: World Champion Garry Kasparov
with CalChess President Elizabeth Shaughnessy at Bled)

 

 
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