Tournament Calendar
May 19-29 May S.K.Vaidya FIDE-Rated, Sangli. See page 194. 1st 51,000
May 20-29 May National U-25, Palakkad, Kerala
May 23-02 Jun National U-12, 14, Boys and Girls, Ahmedabad
May 31-15 Jun National Women `A', Mumbai
Jun 09-13 Jun Kasparov-Topalov, Advanced Chess Match, Leon, Spain
Jun 16-20 Jun Frankfurt Chess Classic, Germany
Jun 26-04 Jul 16th International Open, Andorra. Total prize fund: 1.28
million pesetas. E-mail: feva@correu.solutions.ad
Jul 10-26 Jul 9th Czech Open '98, Pardubice. Fax+ Tel +420-40-512 380.
Jul 16-19 Jul 2nd Open Tournament, Tirupur, TN Tel: 0421-744247. 1st
Rs.5,000, 4,000, 3,000, 2,000, 1,000, 800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200,
100X5. Contact: Anand Chess Club, 40 Post Office Opp Street, Lakshmi
Nagar,
Tirupur 641 602, Tamil Nadu
Jul 21-29 Jul 5th Hawaiian International. 9 rd Swiss, GM, IM norms
possible. Eligibility: 2200. GMs, IMs, IWMs free entry. Others 100$ upto
June 15. Contact: IM Eric Schiller: E-mail: overlord@chessworks.com
Aug 02-09 Aug Sri Mappillai Vinayagar FIDE rated, Madurai, TN
Aug 15-19 Aug SPIC FIDE-Rated Tournament, Tuticorin, TN
Sep 26-Oct 13 Chess Olympiad, Elista, Russia. Dates now confirmed.
Nov 17-02 Dec World Junior Boys and Girls, Kozhikode, India
One Line Headlines
Release: Chess Base 7.0 to be out on June 22. Order now: Muzaffarpur:
Dibyendu Barua leading National `A' from the start
Sofia: Kasparov blanks Topalov 4-0 in rapid exhibition match on May 2-3
Informant 71: The Indian edition is selling like hot cakes for Rs.400
Yugoslavia: Miroslav Markovich wins national title by 1.5-point difference
Jun 26-29 Jun 3rd Summer Open , Milan. E-mail: g.ottolini@betanet.it
Jun 28-06 Jul 1997 World Open, Adam's Mark Hotel, Philadelphia
Jun 30-13 Jul Australian Masters, 60, Collins St, Melbourne. Appearance
fees for overseas IMs $300. E-mail: gbekker@werple.net.au
Jul 12-20 Jul Canadian Open. Cecil Rosner. E-mail: rosnerc@mbnet.mb.ca
Jul 13-28 Jul World Junior Boys and Girls, Zagan, Poland
Jul 15-27 Jul 8th Parbudices Chess Festival, Czech
Jul 19-02 Aug 30th Chess Festival, Biel. Hans Suri, Postfach 105,
CH-2557 Studen, SWZ
Aug 01-10 Aug Lost Boys Open, Belgium
Aug 01-11 Aug El Shams Open, Cairo. Fax 20-2-5687434.
Aug 02-16 Aug Asian Zone 3.1, Tehran, Iran for the 1999 WC
Aug 02-16 Aug 84th Annual Championships of the British Chess Federation.
First prize #10,000, total #22,000. For details: British Chess
Federation, 9a Grand Parade, St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN38ODD.
Tel. +44-1424-442500. Fax +44-1424-718372. E-mail: office@bcf.org.uk
Aug 04-13 Aug Sri Mappillai Vinayagar Tournament, Madurai
Aug 05-15 Aug 23rd National Junior, Kozhikode
Aug 05-15 Aug World U-26 Team, Chaco, Argentina
Aug 06-18 Aug 1997 US Open, Kissimmee, Florida, USA
Aug 12-21 Aug National U-25, Allahabad
Aug 23-31 Aug 25th Intl Open, Mauresa, Barcelona. +34-3-8728536.
Sep 07-12 Sep SPIC Open, Tuticorin, TN
Sep 20-04 Oct World Boys and Girls U-16 and 18, Yerevan, Armenia
Sep 26-07 Oct Asian Junior Boys and Girls U-20, Jaipur, India
Sep 29-08 Oct R.Guruswamy naidu Memorial Open, Palani
Oct 09-20 Oct Asian Boys and Girls U-16, Delhi
Oct 24-05 Nov World Team Championship, Luzern, Switzerland
Oct 27-31 Oct National Rapid, Neyveli, TN
Oct 28-09 Nov World Youth Chess Festival, Cannes, France
Nov 09-22 Nov 7th World Seniors, Bad Wildbad, Germany
Dec 16-17 Jan World Championship knock-out championship, Groningen,
Netherlands. Semi-finals may be at Lausanne/Elista.
Dec 23-01 Jan National U-8, 10 Boys and Girls, Ahmedabad
Dec 28-09 Jan World Amateur Championship, Hastings, England
Jan 17-20 Jan 1998 EuroDisney World Youth Rapid Championship, Paris
Nov 17-02 Dec 1998 World Junior Boys and Girls, Kozhikode, India