Lviv Super Tournament announcement

The first Lviv (Ukraine) Super Tournament - Leonid Stein Memorial will take place in period May 11-22, 2000. It will be the strongest chess tournament in Ukrainian history.

Participants:
1. Ivanchuk,V   GM UKR 2709
2. Gelfand,B    GM ISR 2692
3. Beliavsky,A  GM SLO 2640
4. Krasenkow,M  GM POL 2661
5. Korchnoi,V   GM SWZ 2659
6. Romanishin,O GM UKR 2578
Category XVII (2656,5)

General sponsor Dim Grandiv (president Gennadij Genshaft).
Event organized by Lviv Chess Federation (president Stepan Davymuka), Lviv State Administration, Lviv Chess Club.
Director of festival GM Adrian Mikhalchishin.

Second event is Category IX grandmaster tournament.

Participants:
1. Chernin,A    GM HUN 2583
2. Atalik,S     GM TUR 2576
3. Maksimenko,A GM UKR 2495
4. Tajmanov,M   GM RUS 2402
5. Sulypa,A     IM UKR 2449
6. Kozakov,M    IM UKR 2426

 
Official web-site on Wertep.com:  www.lvivchess.wertep.com/2000stein/.
Preliminary tournament information: www.lvivchess.wertep.com/upcoming.html
Further information: www.lvivchess.wertep.com/Ivanchuk/