Archive 2003

The World championship 2003 was played in Zwartsluis in the Netherlands. The final standings:

1. A. Georgiev, A. Tsjizjow, G. Valneris 19-25
2. G. Jansen, T.Sijbrands 19-23

• World Championship round 1
• World Championship round 8
• World Championship round 11
• World Championship round 12

Amsterdam was the host of the dutch championships 2003. I happened to be a witness of the very interesting game between Clerc and Jansen. The final standings:

1. K. Thijssen 13-23
2. R. Heusdens 13-21
3. G. Jansen 13-20

• Clerc - G.Jansen 2-0 (round 7)

In March and April the match for the world championship between title defender Tsjizjow and challenger Georgiev took place in Izhevsk and Ufa. Georgiev won by 4 sets to 1. Take a look at a few annotations of the games in the first set.

• Tsjizjow - Georgiev set 1 (Izhevsk, March 2003)

From 10 - 16 March a rematch took place between the computer program Buggy and GMI Ndiaga Samb in Cannes. It was an overwhelming succes for the computer: Buggy won in two sets with 4-2 and 5-1.

• Samb - Buggy 0-2 (round 3)
• Buggy - Samb 2-0 (round 4)
• Buggy - Samb 2-0 (round 6)

At 8 and 9 March 2003 the yearly rapid tournament in Draguignan took place. The final standings:

1. W. Wesselink 5-8
2. A. Baljakin 5-8
3. S. Keita 5-7

• Wesselink - Valneris 2-0 (round 3)