THE WEEK IN CHESS 107                    25/11/96        Mark Crowther
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1)  Introduction
2)  European Club Cup
3)  Lautier vs Piket in Monaco
4)  Tal Memorial, Moscow
5)  Campeonatos Mundiales Juveniles de Ajedrez.
6)  World Senior Championships in Bad Liebenzell Germany
7)  Italian Chess News by Adolivio Capece.
8)  Icelandic Internet Championships
9)  First Saturday Chess Tournaments and the 13th Spring Festival.
10) 56th Italian Championships
11) Chess News from Israel by Ram Soffer.
13) News from Argentina
    XXI InterCo-op Tournament "Meyer Dubrovsky " by Roberto Alvarez
    TORNEO OFICIAL DE PRIMERA FEDERACION MARPLATENSE DE AJEDREZ
14) Prague open by Jiri Matyska
15) GM-Computer 30 0 Tournament on chess.net by Tom Crain
16) The Czech System - 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6!? - Part VI

GAMES SECTION

EuClubCup Final, Budapest HUN 1996  	 96
Match, Monaco 1996             		  2
WSeniors, Bad Liebenzell GER 1996  	 68
It, Tel-Aviv ISR 1996         		 45
ch-ITA, Milan 1996            		 10

Extra Games Section

XXI InterCo-op tt, Buenos Aires ARG 1996 90
op, Prague CZE 1996           		 89
GM vs Computer, chess.net 1996  	 25

First Saturday Section

FS Oct, Budapest HUN 1996     		 91
FS GM Nov, Budapest HUN 1996  		 45
FS IM Nov, Budapest HUN 1996  		 91
FS Oct, Budapest HUN 1996     		 91

Juniors Section

XXXV WJuCh, Medellin COL 1996
XIII WGirls, Medellin COL 1996


1) Introduction
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My thanks to Marco R Martini,  Roberto Alvarez, Cybercafe, the internet
site Chess Planet  (http://www.chessweb.com/), the internet site for the
World Juniors in Medellin (http://200.25.40.42/medchess/ ), the internet
site for the World Seniors produced by Gerhard Hund (
http://www.k.cybercity.de/aktiv/schach/aktuelles/a_badli.html  ),
Adolivio Capece, Dadi Jonsson,  Ram Soffer, Jiri Matyska, Tom Crain,
Graziano Ottolini and the organiser of  the First Saturday events  Nagy,
Laszlo who has just joined the internet. <100263.1700@CompuServe.COM>

After a quiet week a couple of weeks ago there has been a picking up of
the number of events. December will be a very busy month and next week I
will be covering some of the events that are ongoing on my www page.

This was such a large issue I've decided to hold back some material to
next  week.

A bumper issue of games. Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) European Club Cup
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After the qualifiers throughout the World in recent months the finals of
the European Club Cup finally took place in Budapest over the weekend.
In itself I don't believe the event is that important, who remembers the
Champions of previous years? (Only perhaps the year that Bosnia won it
with Kasparov helping out on top board) It is usually an interesting
event in that many of the top players participate. The teams normally
split into the rich teams and  those that genuinely represent the areas
that they come from. This year there seemed to be rather fewer outsiders
brought in to strengthen teams than normal.

The Yerevan team for instance was virtually their Olympiad side, Honved
had a good slice of the Hungarian team, the Petach Tivka seemed to
contain the majority of the Israeli team with the other Israeli side
containing the rest plus Korchnoi brought in to take care of top board
duties.  The Russian teams comprised some of the  stronger players not
drafted into some of the Western sides.

The pre-event favourites were probably Empor Berlin who had their top
boards very much strengthened by the addition of Shirov and Kramnik
(although they play Bundesliga for this team also I believe),
Tattrangaz Kazan from Russia which was strong all the way down, Borovo
Vukovar 91  with Bareev on top board were also strong, but would have
been even better if Gary Kasparov had arrived to play for them.

All this should have produced a nice competitive weekend with a share of
good games, shocks and competitive spirit. It never seems to work out
that way, and my general impression of the event is that it brings out
the worst in some people and that there are far more disputes in this
annual event than in the much larger Olympiad.

Willi Icklicki in his report on Chess Planet (http://www.chessweb.com/)
mentions fights, threatened withdrawal,  actual withdrawal and attempts
to get the draw changed as being some of the action off the board. It
seems that  some teams take the event rather too seriously, or perhaps
an opportunity for crude nationalism.

The second round provided the defining controversy. Six months ago the
Israeli Petach Tikva  put in a request that their rounds not be
scheduled for the Jewish religious Sabbath. I'm not sure about the rest
of the team but I'm sure everyone in the chess world knows that playing
during this time is impossible for Yudasin. In fact I remember that this
problem has even happened before in this competition and that Kasparov
had to be brought in to make sure that the round went ahead.  The Chief
Arbiter, Mr. Werner Stubenvoll  of Austria forgot to tell the rest of
the teams of this request, which really calls into question his
competence given that this was always going to be the main problem of
this final part of the competition.

Anyhow the inevitable happened. They drew an intransigent Russian team
from Kazan who refused to play at 10am in the morning with no possible
compromise. Winning is everything in this competition it seems. The
Israeli team went out and stayed out refusing to play for the minor
placings.  Whilst I have some sympathy at not wanting to play  at 10am
this problem could and should have been resolved way before the event
started, and in the end a solution should have been possible. Especially
as this problem is a known one.

There were protests and threatened withdrawal from the Serbian  Partizan
Belgrade before the third round after Borovo Vukovar 91 from Croatia won
they had alcohol fueled celebrations which lead to insults and a near
fight. The Russian teams also refused to play each other in the third
round initially, they tried to get the draw changed so that they
wouldn't meet. They were told to get on with it.

The chess!!
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There has been some quite interesting chess. Korchnoi's two losses, to
Kramnik and  Almasi are interesting. The wins and losses of Shirov and
Leko also.

The teams are supposed to play all the rounds. However the main event is
a knockout with at first 8 teams reaching first the Quarter Finals,
Semi's and Final. The rest of the teams playoff for the minor placings.
In the event of a tie the team with a win on the highest board goes
through.

Round 1 (1996.11.21)

Tattrangaz Kazan  squeaked a narrow win against Yerevan a previous
winner. The rest of the favourites went through.

Tattrangaz Kazan (RUS) - Yerevan (ARM)         3.5-2.5
Honved Budapest (HUN)  - Dresdner 1898 (GER)   2.0-4.0
Borovo Vukovar 91 (CRO)- Clichy (FRA) 	       3.0-3.0
Empor Berlin (GER)     - Beersheva (ISR)       3.5-2.5
FM Osijek (CRO)        - St. Petersburg (RUS)  3.0-3.0
Vilnus (LIT)           - Partizan Belgrade     1.5-4.5
Zalaegerszeg (HUN)     - Novisibirsk (RUS)     2.5-3.5
Rochade Eupen (BEL)    - Petach Tivka (ISR)    1.5-4.5

Round 2 (1996.11.22)

Shirov's shock loss on board two to Kozul and Kramnik's quiet draw on
board one took the main point scoring potential away from Empor Berlin.
Osijek went through on tie-break after winning on the highest board. As
mentioned above Tattrangaz Kazan got a walkover after the round was
scheduled during the Jewish Sabbath.

FM Osijek (CRO)        - Empor Berlin (GER)      3.0-3.0
Petach Tivka (ISR)     - Tattrangaz Kazan (RUS)  6.0-0.0
Borovo Vukovar 91 (CRO)- Partizan Belgrad (YUG)  4.0-2.0
Dresdner 1898 (GER)    - Novosibirsk (RUS)       1.0-5.0

Minor placings  (Round 2)

Clichi (FRA)           - St. Petersburg (RUS)  2.0-4.0
Vilnus (LIT)           - Yerevan (ARM)         2.5-3.5
Rochade Eupen (BEL)    - Zalaegerszeg (HUN)    1.5-4.5
Honved Budapest        - Beersheva (ISR)       3.5-2.5


Round 3 (1996.11.23)

Semi-Finals

Vukovar play Tattrangaz Kazan in the finals of the event.  Vukovar won
on board four as opposed to Osijek's win on board six. Wins on the
bottom two boards took Tattrangaz Kazan through to the final.

Borovo Vukovar 91 (CRO)- FM Osijek (CRO)       3.0-3.0
Novosibiersk (RUS)     - Tattrangaz Kazan      2.5-3.5

Minor Placings

Partizan Belgrad       - Empor Berlin          2.5-3.5
St. Petersburg         - Honved Budapest       3.0-3.0
Yerevan                - Zalaegerszeg          1.5-4.5
Clichy                 - Vilnus                2.5-3.5
Beersheva              - Rochade Eupen         2.5-3.5


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Results in detail.

Round 1 (1996.11.21)

Tattrangaz Kazan (RUS) - Yerevan (ARM)         3.5-2.5

Dreev, Alexey          - Vaganian, Rafael A      1-0   47  D37  Queen's gambit
Lputian, Smbat G       - Dautov, Rustem          1/2   30  E12  Nimzo indian
Kharlov, Andrei        - Minasian, Artashes      1-0   44  B06  Modern defence
Anastasian, Ashot      - Bologan, Viktor         1/2   35  B07  Pirc
Ibragimov, Ildar       - Kalantarian, Norik      1/2   21  D40  QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Yegiazarian, Arsen     - Tseshkovsky, Vitaly     1-0   38  A45  Queen's pawn

Honved Budapest (HUN)  - Dresdner 1898 (GER)   2.0-4.0

Almasi, Zoltan         - Teske, Henrik           1/2   19  B19  Caro-Kann
Lanka, Zigurds         - Leko, Peter             1-0   35  B13  Caro-Kann
Pinter, Jozsef         - Maiwald, Jens-Uwe	 1/2
Borriss, Martin        - Wells, Peter K          1-0   38  B66  Sicilian
Tolnai, Tibor          - Andresen, Steffen       1-0   31  B62  Sicilian
Heinatz, Thomas        - Varga, Zoltan           1-0   45  B04  Alekhine defence

Borovo Vukovar 91 (CRO)- Clichy (FRA) 3.0-3.0

Bareev, Evgeny         - Conquest, Stuart        1/2   42  D07  Chigorin
Renet, Olivier         - Tukmakov, Vladimir B    0-1   40  B19  Caro-Kann
Hulak, Krunoslav       - Degraeve, Jean-Marc     1/2   38  E62  Kings indian
Relange, Eloi          - Palac, Mladen           1/2   30  E12  Nimzo indian
Dizdar, Goran          - Koch, Jean-Rene         0-1   42  A81  Dutch defence
Moingt, Jean-Claude    - Zelcic, Robert          1/2   19  A07  Reti (1.Nf3)

Empor Berlin (GER)     - Beersheva (ISR)       3.5-2.5

Kramnik, Vladimir      - Korchnoi, Viktor        1-0   49  D24  QGA;
Greenfeld, Alon        - Shirov, Alexei          0-1   63  B13  Caro-Kann
Lobron, Eric           - Huzman, Alexander       1/2   51  A20  English; 1.c4 e5
Tseitlin, Mark D       - Luther, Thomas          1-0   77  C05  French; Tarrasch
Boensch, Uwe           - Mikhalevski, Victor     1-0
Avrukh, Boris          - Tischbierek, Raj        1-0   56  A41  Queen's pawn

FM Osijek (CRO)        - St. Petersburg (RUS)  3.0-3.0

Epishin, Vladimir      - Svidler, Peter          1/2   46  E95  Kings indian; Classical
Loginov, Valery A      - Kozul, Zdenko           1/2   29  D76  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Sermek, Drazen         - Yemelin, Vasily         1-0   23  C55  Two knights
Ionov, Sergey          - Cvitan, Ognjen          1-0   53  E97  Kings indian; Main line
Cebalo, Miso           - Lugovoi, Aleksei        1/2   61  D16  Slav defence
Aseev, Konstantin N    - Sale, Srdjan            1/2   60  C75  Ruy Lopez

Vilnus (LIT)           - Partizan Belgrade     1.5-4.5

Rozentalis, Eduardas   - Komarov, Dimitri        1/2   38  B30  Sicilian
Sveshnikov, Evgeny     - Kveinys, Aloyzas        1-0   32  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Malisauskas, Vidmantas - Ilincic, Zlatko         0-1   49  B93  Sicilian; Najdorf
Matulovic, Milan       - Zagorskis, Darius       1/2   17  B40  Sicilian
Ruzele, Darius         - Ostojic, Nikola         1/2   34  E33  Nimzo indian
Stojanovic, Mihajlo    - Sulskis, Sarunas        1-0   48  E41  Nimzo indian

Zalaegerszeg (HUN)     - Novisibirsk (RUS)     2.5-3.5

Ribli, Zoltan          - Khalifman, Alexander    1/2   21  B08  Pirc; Classical
Rublevsky, Sergei      - Groszpeter, Attila      0-1   36  B52  Sicilian
Sherzer, Alex          - Sakaev, Konstantin      1-0   47  B56  Sicilian
Goldin, Alexander      - Horvath, Gyula          1-0   36  E11  Bogo indian
Horvath, Tamas         - Fominyh, Alexander      0-1   87  B47  Sicilian
Makarov, Marat         - Konopka, Michal         1-0   48  D76  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6

Rochade Eupen (BEL)    - Petach Tivka (ISR)    1.5-4.5

Glek, Igor V           - Yudasin, Leonid         0-1   37  C47  Four knights
Smirin, Ilia           - Gurevich, Mikhail       0-1   24  B40  Sicilian
Chuchelov, Vladimir    - Milov, Vadim            1/2   56  E94  Kings indian; Classical
Khenkin, Igor          - Ahn, Martin             1-0   50  E81  Kings indian; Saemisch
Meessen,R              - Kogan, Artur            0-1   30  E30  Nimzo indian
Gruenfeld, Yehuda      - Plumans,D               1-0   69  B19  Caro-Kann

Round 2 (1996.11.22)

FM Osijek (CRO)        - Empor Berlin (GER)    3.0-3.0

Epishin, Vladimir      - Kramnik, Vladimir       1/2   21  D26  QGA;
Shirov, Alexei         - Kozul, Zdenko           0-1   58  B67  Sicilian
Sermek, Drazen         - Lobron, Eric            1/2   57  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Luther, Thomas         - Cvitan, Ognjen          1-0   34  B81  Sicilian
Cebalo, Miso           - Boensch, Uwe            1-0   48  D55  QGD;
Tischbierek, Raj       - Sale, Srdjan            1-0   48  C75  Ruy Lopez

Petach Tivka (ISR)     - Tattrangaz Kazan RUS  0.0-6.0

[Due to a dispute over playing on the Sabbath the Israeli
team did not play]

Yudasin, Leonid        - Dreev, Alexey           0-1
Dautov, Rustem         - Smirin, Ilia            1-0
Milov, Vadim           - Kharlov, Andrei         0-1
Bologan, Viktor        - Khenkin, Igor           1-0
Kogan, Artur           - Ibragimov, Ildar        0-1
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly    - Gruenfeld, Yehuda       1-0
Kogan, Artur           - Ibragimov, Ildar        0-1

Borovo Vukovar 91 (CRO)- Partizan Belgrad YUG  4.0-2.0

Bareev, Evgeny         - Komarov, Dimitri        1-0   62  D20  QGA;
Sveshnikov, Evgeny     - Tukmakov, Vladimir B    1/2   21  B14  Caro-Kann
Hulak, Krunoslav       - Ilincic, Zlatko         1-0   47  E68  Kings indian
Matulovic, Milan       - Palac, Mladen           1-0   44  B91  Sicilian; Najdorf
Dizdar, Goran          - Ostojic, Nikola         1-0   53  E05  Nimzo indian
Stojanovic, Mihajlo    - Zelcic, Robert          1/2   66  E48  Nimzo indian

Dresdner 1898 (GER)    - Novosibirsk (RUS)     1.0-5.0

Teske, Henrik          - Khalifman, Alexander    1/2   13  D02  Queen's pawn
Rublevsky, Sergei      - Lanka, Zigurds          1-0   60  B31  Sicilian
Maiwald, Jens-Uwe      - Sakaev, Konstantin      0-1   42  A08  Reti (1.Nf3)
Goldin, Alexander      - Borriss, Martin         1-0   43  E69  Kings indian
Andresen, Steffen      - Fominyh, Alexander      0-1   50  A30  English; 1.c4 c5
Makarov, Marat         - Heinatz, Thomas         1/2   23  E63  Kings indian

Clichi (FRA)           - St. Petersburg (RUS)  2.0-4.0

Conquest, Stuart       - Loginov, Valery A       1/2   80  A29  English; 1.c4 e5
Ivanov,S               - Renet, Olivier          1/2   36  E97  Kings indian; Main line
Degraeve, Jean-Marc    - Yemelin, Vasily         1-0   26  B00  1.e4
Ionov, Sergey          - Relange, Eloi           1-0   45  A45  Queen's pawn
Koch, Jean-Rene        - Lugovoi, Aleksei        0-1   59  B57  Sicilian
Aseev, Konstantin N    - Moingt, Jean-Claude     1-0

Vilnus (LIT)           - Yerevan (ARM)         2.5-3.5

Rozentalis, Eduardas   - Vaganian, Rafael A      1/2   53  C10  French
Lputian, Smbat G       - Kveinys, Aloyzas        1/2   29  A45  Queen's pawn
Malisauskas, Vidmantas - Minasian, Artashes      1/2   56  B06  Modern defence
Anastasian, Ashot      - Zagorskis, Darius       1-0   32  B52  Sicilian
Ruzele, Darius         - Kalantarian, Norik      1-0   59  D85  Gruenfeld indian
Yegiazarian, Arsen     - Sulskis, Sarunas        1-0   33  B40  Sicilian

Rochade Eupen (BEL)    - Zalaegerszeg (HUN)    1.5-4.5

Glek, Igor V           - Ribli, Zoltan           1/2   28  B85  Sicilian
Groszpeter, Attila     - Gurevich, Mikhail       1-0   41  C11  French; Classical
Chuchelov, Vladimir    - Sherzer, Alex           1-0   33  E94  Kings indian; Classical
Horvath, Gyula         - Ahn, Martin             1-0   47  B70  Sicilian; Dragon
Meessen,R              - Horvath, Tamas          0-1   28  A40  Queen's pawn
Konopka, Michal        - Plumans,D               1-0   40  D00  Queen's pawn

Honved Budapest        - Beersheva (ISR)            3.5-2.5

Almasi, Zoltan         - Korchnoi, Viktor        1-0   33  C17  French; Winawer
Greenfeld, Alon        - Leko, Peter             0-1   41  A10  English; 1.c4
Pinter, Jozsef         - Huzman, Alexander       0-1   89  D48  Meran Variation
Mikhalevski, Victor    - Wells, Peter K          1-0   38  E12  Nimzo indian
Tolnai, Tibor          - Finkel, Alexander       1/2   59  B06  Modern defence
Avrukh, Boris          - Varga, Zoltan           0-1   33  D27  QGA;


3) Lautier vs Piket in Monaco
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This match between Joel Lautier and Jeroen Piket will take
place between November 22nd and 1st December 1996. It presumably
is organised by the Association Max Euwe.

The venue is the Fontvielle A Hall in the Hotel Abela.

1. Lautier, Joel - Piket, Jeroen  1/2   82  D48  Meran Variation
2. Piket, Jeroen - Lautier, Joel  1/2   22  D27  QGA;
3. Lautier, Joel - Piket, Jeroen  1/2   65           QGD

Monaco (MCO), XI 1996.
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Lautier, Joel  g FRA 2620   =   =   =   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2580
Piket, Jeroen  g NED 2580   =   =   =   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2620
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4) Tal Memorial, Moscow
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Mikhail Tal would have been 60 earlier this month. One of my all time
favourite chess players, I was upset when he died on the eve of the
1992 Olympiad. The Latvian genius was well known for his love of
blitz chess and his last event was a blitz get-together in Moscow
before the Russian team set off to play in the Olympiad. He didn't
win the event, he was already terminally ill, but he did beat Kasparov.
(I would love to see that game) Tal was the World Blitz Champion after
winning an event in 1988 and he was known to play all-comers between
rounds at speed chess.

It was entirely appropriate that his 60th birthday should be celebrated
with a blitz tournament. (Well it was either that or a party. My favourite
Tal story was when he talked about Mikhail Gorbachov's anti-alcohol
policy. "They says its the State vs Alcohol. I'll play for the alcohol team.")

Anyhow an all-play-all invitational blitz tournament was held.

Final standings

1.Ivanchuk,V    2730  15/18
2.Morozevich,A  2610  13.5/18
3.Vasiukov,E    2505  12/18
4.Glek,I        2670  10.5/18
5.Svidler,P     2650  9.5/18
6.Sveshnikov,E  2535  7.5/18
7.Smagin,S      2580  7/18
8.Smyslov,V     2510  5.5/18
9.Piskov,Y      2510  5.5/18
10.Krogius,N     2470  4/18

5) Campeonatos Mundiales Juveniles de Ajedrez.
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Emil Sutovskij and  Zhu Chen were the male and female champions at the
end of two strong under-20s events in Medellin, Colombia 9th-22nd
November. This very strong Junior event has some of the very best young
players competing. There were 13 rounds altogether.

Osvaldo Orozco Mendez points out from last week that  the unrated Sonia
Gonzalez was playing in the women's section, I picked up the only S
Gonzalez  in the rating list who is a different player.

The event was being covered at http://200.25.40.42/medchess/ on the
internet.

I've corrected some of the spellings of the players names in the light of
getting the ratings of the players. twic106j has been changed accordingly
and the entire section is in the ChessBase section.

XXXV World Junior Chess Championships
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Medellin COL (COL), XI 1996.
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                                               1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13
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 1 Sutovskij, Emil                m ISR 2565  +35 +23 - 9 =21 +16 = 3 =13 + 4 + 2 = 5 +12 +11 + 6  10.0  2621
 2 Zhang Zhong                    m CHN 2425  +44 +31 +30 = 9 = 4 = 5 + 6 -12 - 1 + 7 +19 =10 +20   9.0  2587
 3 Gyimesi, Zoltan                m HUN 2480  =40 +24 +41 =15 =14 = 1 =12 = 8 +29 +32 + 9 = 6 = 4   9.0  2505
 4 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter        m ROM 2500  +38 =15 +19 +12 = 2 = 9 = 5 - 1 +16 =11 +27 =13 = 3   8.5  2520
 5 Fridman, Daniel                m LAT 2500  +53 + 8 =13 +18 = 9 = 2 = 4 +30 =12 = 1 - 6 =14 +11   8.5  2523
 6 Kacheishvili, Giorgi           m GEO 2515  =11 -39 +43 +47 +18 +21 - 2 +23 =27 +13 + 5 = 3 - 1   8.5  2541
 7 Irzhanov, Ruslan               m KAZ 2535  +29 -10 =39 +25 =19 = 8 -27 +33 +23 - 2 +32 +31 +13   8.5  2484
 8 Maherramzade, Javad            m AZE 2415  +56 - 5 +54 -14 +40 = 7 +20 = 3 -11 =15 +16 +29 +19   8.5  2435
 9 Shariyazdanov, Andrey            RUS 2470  +54 +14 + 1 = 2 = 5 = 4 +39 =27 =13 =12 - 3 =19 =10   8.0  2474
10 Lyrberg, Patrik                m SWE 2415  +55 + 7 -27 -39 +47 =30 =28 -11 +42 +21 +18 = 2 = 9   8.0  2470
11 Wu Wenjin                      f CHN 2230  = 6 -17 +32 -19 +34 =24 +26 +10 + 8 = 4 +15 - 1 - 5   7.5  2438
12 Kulaots, Kaido                 m EST 2405  +46 =27 +25 - 4 +35 +13 = 3 + 2 = 5 = 9 - 1 -20 =17   7.5  2478
13 Iordachescu, Viorel            m MDA 2460  +48 +37 = 5 =27 +15 -12 = 1 +14 = 9 - 6 +17 = 4 - 7   7.5  2470
14 Savic, Miodrag                   YUG 2345  +47 - 9 +42 + 8 = 3 =27 =16 -13 +28 =17 =29 = 5 =22   7.5  2439
15 Kalod, Radek                     CZE 2380  +50 = 4 +22 = 3 -13 =28 -23 +25 +30 = 8 -11 =32 +33   7.5  2446
16 Escobar Forero, Alder            COL 2335  =45 +34 =20 +30 - 1 +17 =14 =28 - 4 =39 - 8 +42 +27   7.5  2472
17 Pcola, Pavol                     SVK 2450  =39 +11 -18 =29 +53 -16 =21 +24 +31 =14 -13 +35 =12   7.5  2368
18 Lauber, Arnd                     GER 2380  +32 =20 +17 - 5 - 6 =38 +40 -29 +41 +26 -10 =27 +31   7.5  2401
19 Tirard, Hugo                     FRA 2395  =24 +43 - 4 +11 = 7 -20 +38 +41 +39 +27 - 2 = 9 - 8   7.5  2394
20 Vescovi, Giovanni              m BRA 2490  +42 =18 =16 =35 -21 +19 - 8 -31 +55 +33 +39 +12 - 2   7.5  2340
21 Spisak, Czeslaw                  POL 2345  +58 -30 +44 = 1 +20 - 6 =17 -32 +34 -10 =24 +41 +29   7.5  2416
22 Pelletier, Yannick             m SUI 2440  +57 =41 -15 =40 +24 =33 +31 =39 -32 -29 +43 +36 =14   7.5  2313
23 Pereyra Arcija, Diego          f ARG 2420  +33 - 1 =40 =34 +52 =31 +15 - 6 - 7 =43 =41 =24 +32   7.0  2329
24 Hernandez, Alexander             VEN 2265  =19 - 3 =49 +50 -22 =11 +54 -17 +38 =28 =21 =23 +35   7.0  2332
25 Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek     DEN 2290  =34 +45 -12 - 7 =32 +37 +44 -15 -26 =42 =40 +43 +36   7.0  2147
26 Ginzburg, Maximiliano          m ARG 2425  -37 +55 -35 +46 +29 -39 -11 +52 +25 -18 -36 +40 +42   7.0  2224
27 Kempinski, Robert              m POL 2510  +51 =12 +10 =13 =39 =14 + 7 = 9 = 6 -19 - 4 =18 -16   6.5  2412
28 Goloshchapov, Alexander        m UKR 2455  =43 =40 =29 +38 =33 =15 =10 =16 -14 =24 -31 +44 =34   6.5  2257
29 Vasilev, Milen                   BUL 2250  - 7 +50 =28 =17 -26 +47 +52 +18 - 3 +22 =14 - 8 -21   6.5  2317
30 Kreiman, Boris                   USA 2475  +36 +21 - 2 -16 +41 =10 +33 - 5 -15 -31 -35 +50 +39   6.5  2272
31 Moreda, Lucas                    ARG 2285  +52 - 2 -47 +49 +42 =23 -22 +20 -17 +30 +28 - 7 -18   6.5  2386
32 Mosquera,Miguel                      ----  -18 =36 -11 +58 =25 +53 +35 +21 +22 - 3 - 7 =15 -23   6.5  2307
33 Sriram, Jha                      IND 2345  -23 +46 =37 +36 =28 =22 -30 - 7 +44 -20 +38 +39 -15   6.5  2260
34 Tindall, Brett                   AUS ----  =25 -16 +48 =23 -11 -42 +36 +54 -21 -35 +52 +53 =28   6.5  2188
35 Otero, Diosmany                  CUB 2255  - 1 +57 +26 =20 -12 =41 -32 -44 +40 +34 +30 -17 -24   6.0  2349
36 Guthrie, David                   NZL 2100  -30 =32 +45 -33 =37 -52 -34 +57 +50 +44 +26 -22 -25   6.0  2155
37 Cormos,Eugene                        ----  +26 -13 =33 -41 =36 -25 +49 -42 -52 =50 +55 =48 +47   6.0  2142
38 Petek, Pavel                     SLO 2175  - 4 =49 +58 -28 +43 =18 -19 =55 -24 +45 -33 =47 +41   6.0  2150
39 Bilalic,Merim                        ----  =17 + 6 = 7 +10 =27 +26 - 9 =22 -19 =16 -20 -33 -30   5.5  2389
40 Manhardt, Thomas                 AUT 2135  = 3 =28 =23 =22 - 8 +49 -18 =53 -35 +55 =25 -26 =43   5.5  2225
41 Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel        ESP 2325  +49 =22 - 3 +37 -30 =35 +42 -19 -18 +52 =23 -21 -38   5.5  2159
42 Serafimov, Tervel                BUL 2155  -20 +56 -14 +44 -31 +34 -41 +37 -10 =25 +53 -16 -26   5.5  2070
43 Bastidas,Emelio                      ----  =28 -19 - 6 +45 -38 -44 +51 +47 +53 =23 -22 -25 =40   5.5  2210
44 Echavarria,Johan                     ----  - 2 +53 -21 -42 +50 +43 -25 +35 -33 -36 +48 -28 =45   5.5  2063
45 Riveiro,Bruno                        ----  =16 -25 -36 -43 +48 =50 -53 +49 =47 -38 =46 +58 =44   5.5  1851
46 Gutierrez,Elias                      ----  -12 -33 +51 -26 =57 -54 -55 +56 +58 -53 =45 +49 =50   5.5  1987
47 Nakamura, R                      JPN ----  -14 +51 +31 - 6 -10 -29 =57 -43 =45 =48 +58 =38 -37   5.0  2208
48 Aguilar,Wilson                       ----  -13 =58 -34 -52 -45 =56 =50 +51 +54 =47 -44 =37 =57   5.0  2346
49 Salazar,Juan                         ----  -41 =38 =24 -31 +58 -40 -37 -45 -56 +51 +57 -46 +54   5.0  2148
50 Larrea,Manuel                        ----  -15 -29 +57 -24 -44 =45 =48 +58 -36 =37 +56 -30 =46   5.0
51 Martinez Garcia, Jose Joaquin    MEX 2190  -27 -47 -46 -55 =56 +58 -43 -48 +57 -49 +54 =52 +53   5.0  2361
52 Van Zyl,Augustinus                   ----  -31 -54 +55 +48 -23 +36 -29 -26 +37 -41 -34 =51 -56   4.5  2000
53 Cukier, Marcelo                  BRA 2185  - 5 -44 +56 +54 -17 -32 +45 =40 -43 +46 -42 -34 -51   4.5  2047
54 Jorquera, Marcelo                CHI 2015  - 9 +52 - 8 -53 =55 +46 -24 -34 -48 +56 -51 +57 -49   4.5
55 Gonzalez,Paul                        ----  -10 -26 -52 +51 =54 =57 +46 =38 -20 -40 -37 -56 =58   4.0  2105
56 Guevara,Erik                         ----  - 8 -42 -53 -57 =51 =48 -58 -46 +49 -54 -50 +55 +52   4.0  1826
57 Chavez,Hector                        ----  -22 -35 -50 +56 =46 =55 =47 -36 -51 -58 -49 -54 =48   3.0
58 Nkwashu,Lawrence                     ----  -21 =48 -38 -32 -49 -51 +56 -50 -46 +57 -47 -45 =55   3.0
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XIII World Girls Chess Championships
------------------------------------

Medellin COL (COL), XI 1996.
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                                               1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13
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 1 Zhu Chen                      wg CHN 2420  =11 +23 +14 + 5 +12 = 3 + 2 +19 + 4 + 7 +10 + 6 +18  12.0  2662
 2 Peptan, Corina                wg ROM 2395  +25 +15 + 4 =12 = 3 =10 - 1 = 6 +19 + 8 + 5 +18 = 7   9.5  2458
 3 Xu Yuhua                      wm CHN 2275  =30 +21 +13 +16 = 2 = 1 =19 = 4 +12 = 5 = 9 +14 =10   9.0  2409
 4 Ptacnikova, Lenka             wm CZE 2210  +33 + 6 - 2 + 7 =16 =12 + 8 = 3 - 1 =10 +19 + 9 = 5   8.5  2400
 5 Pitam, Ela                    wf ISR 2255  +31 =13 +18 - 1 -29 +20 =14 +16 + 6 = 3 - 2 +12 = 4   8.0  2315
 6 Danielian, Elina              wg ARM 2330  +27 - 4 +11 +15 -19 +18 = 7 = 2 - 5 +20 =12 - 1 +22   7.5  2284
 7 Velcheva, Maria               wm BUL 2260  +36 - 9 +27 - 4 +14 +15 = 6 =12 =10 - 1 =13 +25 = 2   7.5  2284
 8 Vasilevich, Tatjana           wm UKR 2325  =23 -11 +32 =13 =20 + 9 - 4 +30 +22 - 2 -18 +34 +12   7.5  2161
 9 Aksiuczyc, Monika                POL 2180  +37 + 7 -12 =19 -10 - 8 +34 =18 +17 +22 = 3 - 4 +20   7.5  2214        *
10 Skripchenko, Almira           wg MDA 2370  +20 =18 =16 =29 + 9 = 2 -12 +14 = 7 = 4 - 1 =13 = 3   7.0  2275
11 Tkeshelashvili, Sofiko        wf GEO 2170  = 1 + 8 - 6 +26 =18 =16 -29 +13 =14 =19 =25 =20 =17   7.0  2267
12 Vajda, Szidonia               wm ROM 2285  +35 +29 + 9 = 2 - 1 = 4 +10 = 7 - 3 +25 = 6 - 5 - 8   7.0  2292
13 Khan, Anna                       USA 2165  +24 = 5 - 3 = 8 +34 -25 =18 -11 +33 +29 = 7 =10 =14   7.0  2212
14 Ratcu, Tatiana                wm BRA 2190  =21 +26 - 1 +20 - 7 +31 = 5 -10 =11 +30 +27 - 3 =13   7.0  2195
15 Grabics, Monika               wm HUN 2235  +28 - 2 +30 - 6 +21 - 7 -22 -17 +26 +24 =23 =19 +25   7.0  2216
16 Goletiani, Rusudan            wf GEO 2250  +17 +34 =10 - 3 = 4 =11 =25 - 5 -20 -27 +35 +38 +30   7.0  2111
17 Martinez,Aleidi                      ----  -16 -20 +38 =27 =32 =21 =26 +15 - 9 +35 =22 +30 =11   7.0  2115
18 Li Ruofan                     wf CHN 2230  +22 =10 - 5 +25 =11 - 6 =13 = 9 =21 +23 + 8 - 2 - 1   6.5  2225
19 Krupkova, Petra               wm CZE 2325  =26 =30 +22 = 9 + 6 +29 = 3 - 1 - 2 =11 - 4 =15 =21   6.5  2217
20 Eserkepova, Altyn                KAZ 2150  -10 +17 +34 -14 = 8 - 5 +32 =25 +16 - 6 +21 =11 - 9   6.5  2120         *
21 Schmid,Shahanah                      ----  =14 - 3 =35 +23 -15 =17 =27 +24 =18 =32 -20 +36 =19   6.5  2136
22 Pina,S                               ----  -18 +35 -19 +30 -26 +37 +15 +29 - 8 - 9 =17 +31 - 6   6.5  2095
23 Majigsuren, Dovdon            wf MGL 2110  = 8 - 1 =31 -21 =33 +28 -30 +36 +34 -18 =15 +37 =24   6.5  2163
24 Vark, Liina                      EST 2040  -13 =33 -26 +28 -30 +36 =31 -21 +38 -15 +37 +32 =23   6.5  1834
25 Ghate, Swati                     IND 2160  - 2 =31 +33 -18 +36 +13 =16 =20 +29 -12 =11 - 7 -15   6.0  2124
26 Benderac, Ana                    YUG 2115  =19 -14 +24 -11 +22 -34 =17 =27 -15 +37 =31 =33 =28   6.0  2008
27 Meissner, Claudia                GER 2130  - 6 +28 - 7 =17 -31 +33 =21 =26 =32 +16 -14 -35 +38   6.0  2004
28 Perez,Ladianis                       ----  -15 -27 =36 -24 +38 -23 +37 -35 +31 =33 =32 +29 =26   6.0  1894
29 Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena wm ECU 2200  +32 -12 +37 =10 + 5 -19 +11 -22 -25 -13 =34 -28 =35   5.5  2125
30 Carvalho,Alda                        ----  = 3 =19 -15 -22 +24 =32 +23 - 8 +35 -14 +38 -17 -16   5.5  2155
31 Guadalpi,Celine                      ----  - 5 =25 =23 =32 +27 -14 =24 =34 -28 +38 =26 -22 =36   5.5  2091
32 Salazar,Sandra                       ----  -29 +36 - 8 =31 =17 =30 -20 +38 =27 =21 =28 -24 =37   5.5  1803
33 Ramirez Jimenez,Karla                ----  - 4 =24 -25 =35 =23 -27 +38 +37 -13 =28 =36 =26 =34   5.5  1950
34 Maggiolo, Sonia                  ARG 2075  +38 -16 -20 +37 -13 +26 - 9 =31 -23 +36 =29 - 8 =33   5.5  1935
35 Stevanec, Lea                    SLO 2040  -12 -22 =21 =33 -37 +38 =36 +28 -30 -17 -16 +27 =29   5.0  2129
36 Gonzalez,Sonia                       ----  - 7 -32 =28 +38 -25 -24 =35 -23 =37 -34 =33 -21 =31   3.5  1713
37 Vargas,A                             ----  - 9 +38 -29 -34 +35 -22 -28 -33 =36 -26 -24 -23 =32   3.0  1799
38 BYE                                  ----  -34 -37 -17 -36 -28 -35 -33 -32 -24 -31 -30 -16 -27   0.0
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* Official results gave the last round game as a draw whilst the games section gave it as a 16 move
win for Aksiuczyc. It seems most likely that the results section is wrong at that the scoresheet
was misread as a normal last round draw 1/2 instead of the 1-0 which the game suggests.

6) World Senior Championships in Bad Liebenzell Germany
----------------------------------------------------

World Senior Championships in Bad Liebenzell ran from the 10th-24th of
November.

The event was a closely contested one and was eventually won by Alexey
Suetin of Russia on tie-break from  Anatoly Lein  of the United States
and Janis Klovans of Latvia. Before the last round the lone leader was
Wolfgang Uhlmann. He played black against Alexei Suetin in the last
round. In trouble throughout the game Uhlmann at least seemed to have
given himself reasonable drawing chances towards the end. He played a
move leaving his Queen en-prise which would however allow him to give
mate. When Suetin took away the mate threat Uhlmann didn't move or
protect his Queen and so Suetin took it the following move!

Valentina Kozlovskaya finished first and Tamari Khmiadashvili second in
a hard fought battle for the Women's title.

Gerhard Hund (who finished 57th) produced an excellent www page at:

http://www.k.cybercity.de/aktiv/schach/aktuelles/a_badli.html

FINAL STANDINGS.
----------------

 1. Suetin, Alexey S................  g  RUS  2420  8.5  53.5
 2. Lein, Anatoly...................  g  USA  2450  8.5  53.5
 3. Klovans, Janis..................  m  LAT  2530  8.5  52.5
 4. Uhlmann, Wolfgang...............  g  GER  2460  8.0  53.5
 5. Shestoperov, Aleksej............     RUS  2415  8.0  50.5
 6. Gruzmann, Boris.................     RUS  2260  8.0  48.0
 7. Baumgartner, Heinz..............  f  AUT  2300  8.0  47.0
 8. Taimanov, Mark E................  g  RUS  2470  8.0  46.5
 9. Kudinov, Igor...................     RUS  2250  8.0  44.0
10. Vasiukov, Evgeni................  g  RUS  2505  7.5  53.5
11. Krogius, Nikolai V..............  g  RUS  2470  7.5  53.0
12. Igney, Volkhard.................     GER  2235  7.5  49.5
13. Luboshitz, Alexander............     BLR  2140  7.5  49.5
14. Asmundsson, Ingvar..............  f  ISL  2365  7.5  46.5
15. Arkhangelsky, Boris.............  f  RUS  2380  7.5  46.0
16. Jugov,Alexander.................	 GER  ----  7.5  43.5
17. Katalymov, Boris N..............     KAZ  2410  7.0  50.0
18. Forintos, Gyozo V...............  g  HUN  2405  7.0  49.0
19. Rosen,Willy.....................     GER  2270  7.0  47.5
20. Karl, Hans......................  f  SUI  2255  7.0  46.0
21. Niebling, Ferdinand.............     GER  2290  7.0  46.0
22. Stoliar, Efim Samoilovich.......     RUS  2375  7.0  45.5
23. Braun, Gottfried Dr.............  f  GER  2330  7.0  45.5
24. Krueger, Erich..................     GER  2210  7.0  45.0
25. Bouwmeester, Hans.............**  m  NED  2410  7.0  44.5
26. Sherwin, James T................  m  USA  2320  7.0  44.5
27. Kahn, Manfred...................     GER  2200  7.0  44.0
28. Frumson, Yuri.................**     RUS  2275  7.0  44.0
29. Lieb, Harald....................  f  GER  2235  7.0  43.5
30. Thal, Olaf......................  f  GER  2325  7.0  42.0
31. Huguet, Bernard.................     FRA  2185  7.0  42.0
32. Boey, Josef.....................  m  BEL  2285  7.0  42.0
33. Kripp, Wolfgang.................     GER  2165  7.0  41.5
34. Minach, Leonid..................	 GER  ----  7.0  41.5
35. Ofstad, Per.....................     NOR  2200  7.0  40.5
36. Kruek, Josef....................     GER  ----  7.0  40.5
37. Fronczek, Heinrich..............  f  GER  2275  6.5  46.0
38. Kraidman, Yair..................  g  ISR  2380  6.5  45.5
39. Breustedt, Werner...............     GER  2240  6.5  43.5
40. Groenegress, Wilfried...........     GER  2200  6.5  43.5
41. Hoffmann, Hans..................  f  GER  2195  6.5  43.0
42. Weigel, Herbert.................     GER  2290  6.5  40.5
43. Bierwisch, Bernhard.............     GER  ----  6.5  39.5
44. Rodemann, Edmund................     GER  2105  6.5  39.5
45. Kelchner, Hans..................     GER  2085  6.5  39.0
46. Litterst,Reinhard...............	 GER  ----  6.5  39.0
47. Pantaleev, Dimitar..............     BUL  2230  6.5  38.5
48. Meszaros,Ignaz..................     GER  ----  6.5  37.0
49. Ridameya, Jose..................     ESP  2210  6.5  36.5
50. Mantzouneas, Nikolaos...........     GRE  2040  6.5  36.0
51. Greifzu,Helmut..................	 GER  ----  6.5  35.5
52. Wilke, Dr. Dieter...............     GER  ----  6.5  35.5
53. Oud, Nicolas....................     NED  ----  6.5  35.0
54. Usachyi, Mark...................  f  UKR  2280  6.0  44.0
55. Papapostolou,Christian..........	 GRE  ----  6.0  41.5
56. Boeven,Manfred..................	 GER  ----  6.0  41.0
57. Hund,Gerhard....................	 GER  ----  6.0  39.0
58. Viner, Phillip..................     AUS  2185  6.0  38.5
59. Winiwarter, Felix...............     AUT  2145  6.0  38.0
60. Reer, Erdmann...................     GER  ----  6.0  38.0
61. Nadenau, Oskar..................     GER  2105  6.0  37.5
62. Schneider, Georg................     GER  ----  6.0  37.0
63. Ziltener,Werner.................	 SUI  ----  6.0  36.5
64. Di Liberto, Giorgio.............	 ITA  ----  6.0  36.5
65. Buesdorf, Konrad................     GER  ----  6.0  36.5
66. Schober, Manfred................	 GER  ----  6.0  35.5
67. Jochem, Dieter..................     GER  ----  6.0  35.0
68. Loechner, Friedrich.............     GER  ----  6.0  34.0
69. Patzer, Joachim.................     GER  ----  6.0  33.5
70. Denda Ronald....................     GER  ----  6.0  33.5
71. Van Hoesslin, Holger............     GER  ----  6.0  33.0
72. Pook, Rainer....................     GER  ----  6.0  32.5
73. Perk, Egbert....................     GER  ----  6.0  32.5
74. Mayers, Dan E...................     USA  2090  6.0  32.0
... 180 players.

* Seeded scores after joining the event in round 6.
** after the name means that the rating comes from
the delisted ELO list.

Women's Event.
--------------
 1. Kozlovskaya, Valentina..........  g  RUS  2230   9.5  53.5
 2. Khmiadashvili, Tamari...........  m  GEO  2165   9.0  56.5
 3. Gumilevskaja,Galina.............	 RUS  ----   8.0  49.0
 4. Shestoperova, A...............**     RUS  2095   8.0  48.5
 5. Ankerst, Milka..................     SLO  2195   7.5  44.0
 6. Zatulovskaya, Tatiana...........  g  RUS  2200   7.0  42.0
 7. Abdikassova, Panu...............	 RUS  ----   6.0  40.0
 8. Sarkisova, Virginia.............     USA  ----   6.0  37.5
 9. Neumark, Christel...............     GER  ----   6.0  36.0
10. Hartog, Christa.................     GER  ----   6.0  32.0
11. Froeling, Philippa..............     DEN  ----   6.0  29.0
26 players

7) Italian Chess News by Adolivio Capece.
----------------------

Adolivio Capece (editor, monthly magazine L'Italia Scacchistica) sends
news from Italy. There will be a number of good tournaments in Italy
in the next month.
Turin (December 8-15) and in
Milan (december 15-23 for Masters and 20-23 for people with elo less than
1875).

In Turin there will be also conferences and a wonderful show of
ancient movies concerning chess.

The 39th edition of international tournaments in Reggio Emilia.

From december 26 to january 4. Players: Krasenkov, gm,
Pol, 2605; Komarov, gm Ucr, 2595; Bologan, gm, Moldavia, 2600;
Romanishin, gm Ucr, 2555; Razuvaev, gm, Rus, 2560; Efimov, gm Italy/Geo,
2520; theItalian gm Michele Godena, 2550. And the 3 best from the Italian
Championship in Mantova (Nov 23 - dec 1).

8) Icelandic Internet Championships
------------------------------------------

The first Icelandic Internet Championships were held this weekend
at:

http://www.vks.is/skak/hellir/isnet96.html

9) First Saturday Chess Tournaments and the 13th Spring Festival.
-----------------------------------------------------------------

My thanks to Laszlo Nagy for the tournament news. First Saturday
bulletins are compiled by  Nandor Schlusnik and Tamas Molnar (Phone fax
(36-1) 133-0021

October
----------

The October version of the First Saturday events was demolished by Renat
Bigaliev of  Astragan Russia with 11.5/13 in this Category 3 event. 17
year old Bigaliev's performance was his 3rd IM norm.

Budapest HUN (HUN), X 1996.                                  cat. III (2306)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Bigaliev, Renat       f RUS 2430  * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1  11.5  2632
 2 Dudas, Janos          f HUN 2395  0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1   9.5  2474
 3 Murzin, Lenar           RUS 2230  = = * = 1 = = 0 = 1 1 1 = 1   8.5  2421
 4 Romm, Meir              ISR 2295  = 0 = * 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1   8.0  2393
 5 Vadasz, Laszlo        g HUN 2380  0 = 0 1 * = = = = 1 1 = 0 1   7.0  2329
 6 Farago, Sandor        m HUN 2285  0 = = 0 = * = = = = = 1 1 1   7.0  2336
 7 Kahn, Evarth          m HUN 2380  0 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 0 1 = 1 1   7.0  2329
 8 Szabo, Zsolt            HUN 2265  0 0 1 1 = = 0 * 1 0 1 = 1 0   6.5  2309
 9 De Santis, Alessio      ITA 2320  = 0 = 1 = = 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 =   6.5  2305
10 Popovic, Mladen       f YUG 2305  0 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 * 0 0 1 1   5.0  2219
11 Belotelov, Dmitri       RUS 2230  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 * = 1 1   5.0  2224
12 Jamrich, Gyorgy         HUN 2295  0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 1 = * 1 =   4.5  2196
13 Basener, Winfried       GER 2205  0 = = 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * =   2.5  2062
14 Castelfranchi, Carlo    ITA 2270  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 = = *   2.5  2057
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November
--------------

November saw a return to two tournaments in Budapest for the First
Saturday series.  17 year old Maxim Turov scored his first GM norm in
the Category 8 GM event and  Roman Ovetchkin his first IM norm in the
Category 2 IM tournament.

First Saturday GM event.

Budapest HUN (HUN), XI 1996.                        cat. VIII (2433)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Turov, Maxim             RUS 2410  * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1  7.0  2655
 2 Horvath, Csaba         g HUN 2530  = * = = = 1 = = 1 =  5.5  2501
 3 Lukacs, Peter          g HUN 2475  = = * = 1 = = = = 1  5.5  2507
 4 Csom, Istvan           g HUN 2460  = = = * = = = 1 = =  5.0  2472
 5 Cao, Sang              m VIE 2445  = = 0 = * = = = 1 1  5.0  2474
 6 Rohl, Juan             m VEN 2395  0 0 = = = * 1 1 = 1  5.0  2479
 7 Fogarasi, Tibor        m HUN 2505  0 = = = = 0 * = 1 =  4.0  2381
 8 Pribyl, Martin         f CZE 2320  0 = = 0 = 0 = * = =  3.0  2320
 9 Estrada Nieto, Julian  m MEX 2360  0 0 = = 0 = 0 = * =  2.5  2274
10 Berend, Fred           m LUX 2425  0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = *  2.5  2267
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First Saturday IM event.
------------------------------

Budapest HUN (HUN), XI 1996.                                cat. II (2289)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Ovetchkin, Roman      RUS 2375  * 1 1 1 = = = = 1 1 1 0 1 1  10.0  2493
 2 Kahn, Evarth        m HUN 2380  0 * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1  10.0  2493
 3 Eperjesi, Laszlo    m HUN 2395  0 = * = 1 = = = 1 0 = 1 1 1   8.0  2368
 4 Martic, Zlatko      f CRO 2275  0 0 = * 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1   8.0  2377
 5 De Santis, Alessio    ITA 2320  = = 0 1 * = = = 0 1 = = 1 1   7.5  2343
 6 Dudas, Janos        f HUN 2395  = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 1 =   7.5  2338
 7 Hedke, Fred         f GER 2380  = 0 = = = = * 1 = 1 = = 0 =   6.5  2282
 8 Jamrich, Gyorgy       HUN 2295  = = = 1 = 0 0 * 1 0 0 1 1 =   6.5  2288
 9 Belotelov, Dmitri     RUS 2230  0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 1 1   6.5  2293
10 Sleisz, Tamas         HUN 2280  0 = 1 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 = = 1   6.0  2261
11 Farago, Sandor      m HUN 2285  0 0 = 0 = = = 1 0 0 * = 1 1   5.5  2232
12 Veltkamp, Gerben      GER 2205  1 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 =   4.5  2185
13 Weteschnik, Martin    GER 2045  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 * 1   2.5  2057
14 Gerencer, Jozef     f SLO 2190  0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 *   2.0  2000
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13th Budapest Spring Festival
----------------------------------------

In addition to the First Saturday Tournaments Laszlo Nagy also organises
other events including the Budapest Spring Festival. This will be a 9
round Swiss Open this year held 13th-21st March 1997. The venue will be
the Hall of the Technika Trade Company, 10th district. Salgotarjani str.
20 Budapest.

Prizefund 280,000 Fts if the number of players exceeds 150 players
otherwise it will decrease in proportion to the number of players less
than that figure.

1st prize 100,000 Fts 2nd 60,000 Fts, 3rd 40,000 4th 20,000, 5th 15,000
6th 10,000 down to 10th 3,000 with special 5000 Fts prizes for the best
placed woman, under-20, over-60 and unrated player. (only one prize can
be won however)

Entry: 6000 Fts for unrated players,  4500 Fts (ELO 2005-2200), 3500 Fts
(ELO 2205-2300), 2500 Fts (ELO 2305-2400), 1000 Fts (2405-2450), 500 Fts
(above 2450, IMs and GMs below 2405), Free entry to IMs and GMs above
2400. Discounts for under-18s and over 60's. Computers can play by
special arrangement with the organsers.  10% discount for entries before
1st March.

For the precise conditions contact Laszlo Nagy.

Laszlo Nagy, H-1101 Budapest, Hungaria krt.5.-7, XI.ep.I.em.7. Hungary.
Phone-fax: (361) 263-28-59

There is a www site with some First Saturday entry information at
http://euler.inf.bme.hu/~lodoktor/nfs.html

However just today! Laszlo has an E-Mail address himself.

Nagy, Laszlo <100263.1700@CompuServe.COM>

10) 56th Italian Championships
--------------------------

Graziano Ottolini sends news of the first two rounds of the
56th Italian Championships.

Milan ITA (ITA), XI-XII 1996.                    cat. VI (2383)
---------------------------------------------------------------
                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
---------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Arlandi, Ennio    m ITA 2445  * = . . . . . . . 1  1.5  2475
 2 Bellini, Fabio    f ITA 2390  = * . . . . . 1 . .  1.5  2590
 3 Belotti, Bruno    m ITA 2400  . . * . . . 1 . = .  1.5  2585
 4 Mantovani, Renzo  m ITA 2360  . . . * . = . . 1 .  1.5  2655
 5 Borgo, Giulio     m ITA 2375  . . . . * . 0 . . 1  1.0  2292
 6 Godena, Michele   m ITA 2550  . . . = . * . = . .  1.0  2355
 7 Sarno, Spartaco   m ITA 2410  . . 0 . 1 . * . . .  1.0  2387
 8 Manca, Federico   m ITA 2350  . 0 . . . = . * . .  0.5  2277
 9 Tatai, Stefano    m ITA 2375  . . = 0 . . . . * .  0.5  2187
10 Isonzo, Davide      ITA 2175  0 . . . 0 . . . . *  0.0
---------------------------------------------------------------

11) Chess News from Israel by Ram Soffer.
-------------------------------------

Ram Soffer sends news of the 7th ASA International Tournament, a
category 8 event which was held in the Tel-Aviv University Chess
Club on 16-26 September. ASA stands for Academic Sport Association.
The tournament director, Mr. Abraham Dorner, was also responsible for
inputting the games.

The tournament was won jointly by IM Dov Zifroni (20) from Herzliya
and IM Boris Kanstler of Kyrgizstan, who has been living in Israel
since 1994. [Jonathan Berry points out that the name should be Kantsler
but the is mis-spelled in the rating list. I usually try and stick
to the ELO list spelling even if wrong! MC.]

Both were however 1 point short of a GM-norm. GM Eran Liss finished
third. Maxim Uritzky from Haifa clinched his third and final IM-norm
after a win in the last round.

In the Israel championship one month later he made another
norm. Earlier this year he won the 5-round Kfar-Sava open with a perfect
score ahead of B. Alterman, A. Greenfeld and more GMs.

Tel-Aviv (ISR), IX 1996.                         cat. VIII (2433)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Kanstler, Boris     m KGZ 2455  * = 1 1 = 1 = = 0 1  6.0  2555
 2 Zifroni, Dov        m ISR 2490  = * = = 1 1 = = = 1  6.0  2551
 3 Liss, Eran          g ISR 2525  0 = * 1 = = = 1 = 1  5.5  2502
 4 Uritzky, Maxim        ISR 2420  0 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 = 1  5.0  2476
 5 Bykhovsky, Avigdor  g RUS 2420  = 0 = 1 * = = 0 = 1  4.5  2433
 6 Lev, Ronen          g ISR 2465  0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 = 1  4.5  2428
 7 Kogan, Artur        m ISR 2475  = = = 0 = 0 * 1 1 0  4.0  2384
 8 Zoler, Dan          m ISR 2460  = = 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 1  4.0  2386
 9 Botvinnik, Ilia       BLR 2350  1 = = = = = 0 0 * 0  3.5  2361
10 Shutzman, Joseph      USA 2265  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 *  2.0  2231
-----------------------------------------------------------------

13) News from Argentina
----------------------------

XXI InterCo-op Tournament "Meyer Dubrovsky " by Roberto Alvarez
=========================================

This years InterCo-op was the strongest ever. 35 teams played in a
seven rounds swiss system team tournament held between August 24th
and September 29th 1996, in Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires City.

Each team of 4 players represented one co-operative society.
The final standings are below and some of the better games are
in the games section.

1st)   IMFC              21    Pts.
2nd)   Munro             18.5  Pts.
3rd)   Matinez A         18    Pts.
4th)   Caseros A         18    Pts.
5th)   Liniers A         17.5  Pts.
6th)   San Isidro        17.5  Pts.
7th)   Flores Sur        16.5  Pts.
8th)   Villa Martelli A  16    Pts.
9th)   Saavedra          15.5  Pts.
10th)  Villa Soldati     15.5  Pts.
11th)  Pilar             15.5  Pts.
12th)  Villa Urquiza A   15.5  Pts.
13th)  Moron A           15    Pts.
14th)  Hurlingham        15    Pts.
15th)  Martinez B        15    Pts.
16th)  Villa Urquiza B   14.5  Pts.
17th)  Martinez C        14.5  Pts.
18th)  Caseros B         14.5  Pts.
19th)  Villa Martelli B  14.5  Pts.
20th)  Flores Sur        14    Pts.
21st)  Nunez             14    Pts.
22nd)  Moreno            13.5  Pts.
23rd)  Villa Sahores A   13.5  Pts.
24th)  Liniers B         13    Pts.
25th)  COMACO            13    Pts.
26th)  Villa Crespo      13    Pts.
27th)  Lanus             12.5  Pts.
28th)  Avellaneda        11.5  Pts.
29th)  Villa Mitre       11.5  Pts.
30th)  Villa Urquiza C   11.5  Pts.
31st)  Parque Chacabuco  11    Pts.
32nd)  Villa Lynch       11    Pts.
33rd)  Moron B           11    Pts.
34th)  Villa Insuperable 10    Pts.
35th)  Villa Sahores B    9    Pts.

TEAMS WITH RATED PLAYERS
========================
1st. INSTITUTO COOPERATIVO    21   Pts.
2nd. MUNRO                    18.5 Pts.
3rd. MARTINEZ A               18   Pts. (96.5 Bchz.)
4th. CASEROS A                18   Pts. (90   Bchz.)
5th. LINIERS A                17.5 Pts. (103.5 Bch.)
6th. SAN ISIDRO               17.5 Pts. (93   Bchz.)

TEAMS WITH UNRATED PLAYERS
==========================
1st. VILLA SOLDATI            15.5 Pts. (88  Bchz.)
2nd. PILAR                    15.5 Pts. (86  Bchz.)
3rd. MARTINEZ B               15   Pts.
4th. VILLA URQUIZA B          14.5 Pts. (84.5 Bch.)
5th. CASEROS B                14.5 Pts. (78.5 Bch.)

BEST BOARDS
============
1st. RODOLFO FARAH (Flores Ctro)           6   Pts.
2nd. ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ (Pilar)             6   Pts.
3rd. JORGE CAPACCIOLI (San Isidro)         6.5 Pts.
4th. DANIEL PAPADOPOULOS Caseros A)        5.5 Pts.
res. MARIANO GRYNSZPAN (Liniers A)         5   Pts.

TORNEO OFICIAL DE PRIMERA FEDERACION MARPLATENSE DE AJEDREZ
-----------------------------------------------------------

Cybercafe sent the following result from Mar del Plata.

Mar del Plata had a tournament to establish the players of  first rank
in that city. The event ran from October 21st to November  13th, the
rounds were held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, starting  at 20:30
hours. The time-rate was 1 hour 30 minutes for 30 moves and 1 hour  to
finish. Cristobal, Palermo y Fernandez will play another tournament
reserved  for the 3 best players of this tournament along with players
with an Elo  above 2325. The tournament was directed by the
international arbiter Gustavo Bacino. The venue was "Casa del Ajedrez"
(House of Chess) belonging to IM Fernando Braga in Gascon 2744  (phone
92-3719 telefax 74-5197). The players with 4,5 points (40 percent)
remain in the first rank.

Mar del Plata ARG (ARG), X-XI 1996.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  Elo  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2  Points
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Cristobal, Ruben          ARG 2245  * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 1   9.5
 2 Palermo, Vicente        f ARG 2225  = * 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1   8.0
 3 Fernandez, Jorge D        ARG 2190  0 0 * 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1   7.5
 4 Gonzalez, Roberto         MEX 2145  0 = 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1   7.0
 5 Elias, Gustavo            ARG 2065  0 1 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 = 1   6.5
 6 Gil,Roberto               ARG ----  0 0 1 0 = * 1 0 1 = 1 1   6.0
 7 Acosta, Mariano           USA 2070  0 = = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1   6.0
 8 Trombetta,Gaston          ARG ----  0 0 0 1 1 1 0 * 0 0 1 1   5.0
 9 Herrero, Luis             ARG ----  = = 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1   5.0
10 Andrade,Ulises            ARG ----  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * = 1   3.0
11 Gonzalez,Juan Bautista    ARG ----  = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * =   2.0
12 Guzman,Fernando           ARG ----  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = *   0.5
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

14) Prague open by Jiri Matyska
----------------------------------

There was an Open in Prague held from November 9 to November 16. The
total number of participants was 45 with a broad range of strength (ELO
1400-2450). The games section contains several games from the top table
players.

Prague (CZE), XI 1996.
-------------------------------------------
 1 Mikulcik, Ladislav        CZE 2290  	7.0
 2 Voloshin, Leonid        m RUS 2400  	6.5
 3 Bauma,J                       2213 * 6.5
 4 Bilinskas, Rajmundas      LTU 2250  	6.0
 5 Meduna, Eduard          g CZE 2450  	5.5
 6 Panchenko, Alexandar G  m UKR 2420  	5.5
 7 Ustinov, Oleg             UKR 2185  	5.5
 8 Zaksauskaite, Daiva       LTU 2020  	5.0
 9 Petrak,R                      2120 *	5.0
10 Tesla, Sergey             UKR 2210	5.0
11 Simecek,B                     2047 * 5.0
12 Mrna,V                        1879 *	5.0
13 Kopta,P                       2180 *	5.0
14 Jansa,V                       1974 *	5.0

... 45 players

* local rating not ELO rating.


15) GM-Computer 30 0 Tournament on chess.net by Tom Crain
-----------------------------------------------------

Tom Crain sends news of an exhibition chess match between computers and
Grandmasters over the internet on chess.net.

The computers scored a massive victory.

During the event GM Einar Gausal played 2 games for Stefansson and FM
Cyrus Lakdawala played 2 games for Kudrin and 1 game for Stefansson.
(Hence Lonnie P6 beat Lakdawala twice as he stepped in for the two
different players.)

chess.net (USA), XI 1996.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7
--------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 AARDWOLF P5                    ----  1 = 1 = . . 1  4.0 / 5  2757
 2 CrazyKnight P5                 ----  = 1 1 . 1 = .  4.0 / 5  2781
 3 Crafty P6                      ----  1 1 0 = 1 . .  3.5 / 5  2698
 4 Ferret P6                      ----  1 1 = . 0 1 .  3.5 / 5  2690
 5 Lonnie P6                      ----  0 0 1 . . . 2  3.0 / 5  2548
--------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      18.0 /25
--------------------------------------------------------------------

 1 Dzindzichashvili, Roman  g USA 2545  0 = 0 0 1   1.5 / 5
 2 Ivanov, Alexander        g USA 2560  = 0 0 0 1   1.5 / 5
 3 Shabalov, Alexander      g USA 2565  0 0 1 = 0   1.5 / 5
 4 Stefansson, Hannes       g ISL 2560  = . = . .   1.0 / 2
 5 Kudrin, Sergey           g USA 2515  . 0 0 1 .   1.0 / 3
 6 Gausel, Einar            g NOR 2520  . = . 0 .   0.5 / 2
 7 Lakdawala, Cyrus         f USA 2355  0 . . . 0   0.0 / 3
---------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    7.0 /25
---------------------------------------------------------------------

16) The Czech System - 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6!? - Part VI
------------------------------------------------------------------
By Marco R. Martini (ITA) - Email: avvmartini@mailbox.icom.it
                          - WWW  : htpp://www.icom.it./user/scac


1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be2 e5
   [4...Qa5 5.Bd2 (5.Kf1 e5 6.Be3 Be7 7.a3 0-0 8.h4 Nbd7 9.Qd2 Qc7
   10.Rh3 Re8 11.Rg3 Bf8 12.h5 b5 13.Bf3 a5 14.Bh6 Kh8 15.Bg5 h6 16.Be3
   Bb7 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Be2 b4 19.Bd4 0-1 Engerer,H-Meyer,I/RLP HM
   Mandersd. (07) 1989)(5.Qd2 e5 6.h3 b5 1/2-1/2
   Zakic,Srdjan-Lazic,Miroljub/Banja Vrucica ch-YU (13) 1991)(5.Qd3 e5
   6.Nf3 Bg4 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.a3 Be7 9.b4 Qc7 10.Rb1 0-0 11.Re1 Rfe8 12.Nd2
   exd4 13.Qxd4 c5 14.bxc5 dxc5 15.Nd5 Qa5 16.Qc3 Qxc3 17.Nxc3 Bxe2
   18.Rxe2 b6 19.Nc4 Bf8 20.e5 Ng4 21.Bf4 g6 22.Rd1 Nb8 23.h3 Nh6 24.Nd5
   Nc6 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Nxe8+ Rxe8 27.c3 Nf5 28.a4 h6 29.g4 Nh4
   Rueetschi,U-Bezold,M/Open Zuerich 1991/1-0 )(5.Bf3 e5 6.Nge2 Nbd7
   7.0-0 g6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.Rb1 0-0 10.a4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Bf4
   Ne5 14.Be2 Be6= Boschetti,C-Belotti,B Chiasso 1992) Qb6 (5...e5
   6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Nd5 Qd8 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.Nf3 h6 10.0-0 Bd6 11.Bc3 0-0
   12.Qd3 Bc7 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.Bf3 Be6 15.Nc4 Rd8 16.Qe2 b5 17.Ne3 Nd7
   18.Bg4 Nc5 19.Bb4 Bd6 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.Nf5 Nb7 22.Bc3 Bc5 23.Qg4 Qf6
   24.Qg3 Re8 25.Rad1 b4 26.Bd2 Kh7 27.Be3 Rad8 28.Bxc5 Nxc5 29.Qe3 Rxd1
   30.Rxd1 Rd8 31.Rf1 Ne6 32.Qxa7 Rd2 33.Qe3 Rxc2 34.Qb3 Rd2 35.Qxb4 Qd8
   36.Qb3 g6 37.Ne3 Qd4 38.Nc4 Rd3 39.Qc2 Qxe4 40.Ne3 Nf4 41.Qc4 Rxe3
   42.Qxf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2 Vidovic,S-Rufener,M/Eu Y Ch b16 Rimavska Sobota SLO
   (9) 1996)
     A) 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nf3 (7.Nxd5 cxd5 8.Bc3 Bf5 9.Nf3 e6 10.a4 a6 11.0-0
      Nc6 12.a5 Qc7 13.Nh4 Bg6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.f4 g5 16.g3 gxf4 17.gxf4
      0-0-0 18.Bg4 Kb8 19.Be1 dxe5 20.dxe5 Bb4 21.Bg3 g6 22.c3 Bxa5
      23.Qa4 Bb6+ 24.Kh1 Ne7 0-1 Vasiljevic,Bozidar-Titov,German/Novi
      Sad open (02) 1989) Bg4 (7...Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bf5 9.0-0 d5 10.Rb1 Qc7
      11.Nh4 Bg6 12.f4 e6 13.f5 Bxf5 14.Nxf5 exf5 15.Rxf5 g6 16.Rf3 +/-
      Fossan,E-Gabrielsen,T Norway 1994) 8.exd6 Nxc3 9.bxc3 exd6 10.Ng5
      Bf5 11.Bg4 Bxg4 (11...Bg6 12.0-0 Be7 13.Re1 Qd8 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.f4
      Bxc2 16.Rac1 h6 17.Rxc2 hxg5 18.fxg5 Nf8 19.g3 g6 20.Rb2 b6 21.d5
      cxd5 22.Qb5+ Nd7 23.Bf4 a6 24.Qc6 Ra7 25.Bxd6 0-0 26.Bxe7 Nb8
      27.Qf6 1-0 Maus,So-Borik,O/BL 88\89 HSK-Delmenh 1989) 12.Qxg4
      Qc7 13.0-0 Be7= Pachman;
     B) 6.Bc1 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.0-0 Be7 9.h3 0-0 10.Rb1 Re8 11.Be3 Qc7
      12.Qd2 a6 13.a3 b5 14.b4 Bf8 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nh4 g6 17.Bh6 Be7
      18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Bxf8 Nxf8 20.Qg5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Qe7 22.fxg6 hxg6
      23.Rbd1 a5 24.Qh4 axb4 25.axb4 Ne6 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Qxe4 Nd4 28.c3
      Nxe2+ 29.Qxe2 Qe6 30.Qe3 Red8 31.Rxd8+ Rxd8 Ly,A
      (MLI)-Kamuhangire,Silver/Manila ol (11) 1992/0-1 ;
     C) 6.Nf3 Bg4 (6...d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Ng5 Qxd4 10.e6 f6
      11.Ba5 Qd5 12.Qxd5 cxd5 13.Nf7 Rg8 14.Bb5+ Nc6 15.Nd8 a6 16.Bxc6+
      bxc6 17.0-0-0 g6 18.c4 Bh6+ 19.Kb1 Bf4 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Rxd5 Kf8
      22.g3 Bd6 23.Rc1 Kg7 24.Rd4 Be5 25.Rd2 g5 26.a3 h5 27.Bc7 Bd6 28.b4
      Re8 29.Bxd6 Rxd8 30.Rc7 Bxe6 31.Rxe7+ Bf7 32.Kb2 Re8 33.Rd7 e3
      34.fxe3 Rxe3 35.Bc5 Rb3+ 36.Ka2 Rc3+ 37.Kb2 Rb3+ 38.Ka2 Rc3+ 39.Kb2
      Rb3+ 40.Ka2 1/2-1/2 Gurieli,Nina-Hoiberg,Nina/Malaysia izt 1990)
        C1) 7.e5
         dxe5 (7...Nd5 8.exd6 e6? 9.Na4 Qd8 10.c4 Nf6 11.c5 +/-
         Babula-Neuman, Plzen 1995) 8.dxe5 Nd5 (8...Nfd7 9.Ng5 Bxe2
         10.Qxe2 e6 11.0-0 Be7 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.Bf4 Nb6 14.Bg3 N8d7 15.Ne4
         0-0 16.c4 a5 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.h4 Nc5 19.Nd6 Nc8 20.Qe3 b6 21.Ng5
         Bxg5 22.Qxg5 Nxd6 23.exd6 Qd7 24.Rfe1 f6 25.Qe3 e5 26.Qc3 Qe6
         27.f4 e4 28.a3 a4 29.Qb4 Qg4 30.Qxb6 Nd3 31.Qxc6 Qxg3 32.Rxe4
         Qf2+ 33.Kh1 Qxh4+ 34.Kg1 Qf2+ 35.Kh1 Nxf4 36.Re7 Ra5 37.Re8+ Kf7
         38.Re7+ Kf8 39.g4 Qh4+ 40.Kg1 Qxg4+ 41.Kf2 Qxd1 42.Qc7 Qxd6 0-1
         Markus,John-Jonker,Mark/Dieren open (09) 1990) 9.Ne4 (9.0-0
         e6 10.Na4 Qc7 11.c4 Nb4 12.a3 N4a6 13.Qe1 Nd7 14.Ba5 b6 15.Bc3
         Be7 16.b4 0-0 17.h3 Bh5 18.Nd4 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 c5 20.Nxe6 fxe6
         21.b5 Rf5 22.bxa6 Raf8 23.Nb2 Qc6 24.Rae1 Bh4 25.g3 Rf3 26.Nd1
         Nb8 27.Qe4 Bg5 28.Qxc6 Nxc6 29.h4 Bh6 30.Kg2 Nb8 31.Ne3 Bxe3
         32.Rxe3 Rxe3 33.fxe3 Rxf1 34.Kxf1 Nxa6 Strauss,Anton-Roth,Peter/
         Austria Bundesliga (03) 1991/0-1 ) Nd7 10.c4 Nb4 11.a3 Na6
         12.Neg5 f6 13.exf6 exf6 14.Nh4 Bxe2 15.Qxe2+ Ne5 16.0-0 Qd4
         17.Qh5+ g6 18.Nxg6 Nxg6 19.Rfe1+ Be7 20.Rxe7+ Kxe7 21.Re1+ Kd6
         22.Bb4+ Nxb4 23.c5+ Kd5 24.Nf3+ Ne5 25.Nxd4 Nbd3 26.Rd1 Kxd4
         27.Qh4+ Kxc5 28.f4 Rhg8 1-0 Geller,A-Gofstein,L/Belgorod
         GMA-qual 1989;
        C2) 7.d5 Nbd7 8.0-0 g6 9.Nh4 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Bg7 11.Kh1 0-0 12.f4
         e6 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.Bc1 Qd8 16.Nf3 Nh5 17.Ng5 h6
         18.Nh3 Qh4 19.Qd3 Ndf6 20.Qxd6 Ng4 21.Ne2 g5 22.Kg1 gxf4 23.Bxf4
         Nxf4 24.Nexf4 Be5 25.Qd2 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 Rxf4 27.Nxf4 Qxh2+ 28.Kf1
         Rf8 29.Ke2 Qxf4 30.Qd3 Ne5 31.Qc3 Qxe4+ 32.Kd2 Rf2+ 33.Kc1 Qf4+
         34.Kd1 Nc4 35.b3 Qd6+ 36.Kc1 Qf4+ 37.Kd1 Rd2+ 0-1 Dragasevic
         Georgieva-Modrova,H/Dortmund WA 1988]
   [4...Nbd7
     A) 5.Nf3 e5
        A1) 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.0-0 (7.a3 a5 8.0-0 Qc7 9.Be3 Be7 10.Bd3 0-0
         11.h3 b5 12.Qe2 Bc5 13.Rfd1 Ba6 14.Bxc5 Nxc5 15.Qe3 Ne6 16.Ne2
         c5 17.c3 c4 18.Bc2 Bb7 19.Ng3 Nc5 20.Nh4 Rfd8 21.Nhf5 Ne8 22.Qf3
         Ne6 23.Ne3 Nf4 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Nf6 26.d6 Qb6 27.Rd2 Rab8
         28.Rad1 g6 29.Kh2 Nd7 30.Ne2 Ne6 31.Ng3 Nf4 1/2-1/2
         Lopez,Claudia-Ferreira,A/32nd ol (women), Yerevan ARM (03) 1996
        ) Be7 8.h3 0-0 9.Be3 Qc7 10.a3 Nc5 11.Nd2 a5 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4
         Rxa1 14.Qxa1 Ncd7 Vaselsky-Kovacocy, Hlohovec 1995;
        A2) 6.a4 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Qc7 (8...Re8 9.Bc4 h6 10.h3 Bf8
         11.Be3 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 d5 13.Nfd2 f5 14.Bb3 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Kh8 16.Ng3
         e4 17.f3 Qc7 18.Nh5 Nf6 19.Nxf6 gxf6 20.fxe4 Rxe4 21.Qf3»
         Hansen-—jaksland Copenhagen 1991) 9.h3 (9.Bf1 Re8 10.Bg5 Nf8
         11.h3 h6 12.Be3 a5 13.Qd2 Ng6 14.Rad1 Bf8¼ Shrentzel,M-Adams,M
         London 1989) b6 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Bh4 a6 12.Bc4 h6 13.Bg3 Bb7
         14.Qe2¼ Christiansen,L-Mokry,K Wien 1991;
     B) 5.Be3 e5 6.h3 Be7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.0-0 Qc7 9.Nh2 Re8 10.f4 Bf8
      11.dxe5 dxe5 12.f5 Bc5 13.Bf2 b5 14.a3 Bb7 15.Bf3 Rad8 16.Qe2 Bd4
      =+ Koch,B-Napolitano corr 1956;
     C) 5.f4
        C1) 5...e5 6.dxe5 (6.Nf3 exd4 7.Nxd4 g6 8.0-0 Bg7 9.Nb3 Qc7
         10.Be3 0-0 11.a4 Re8 12.Qd3 a5 13.Rad1 += Fossan,E-Jansa,V
         Gausdal 1991) dxe5 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nf3 Nxf3+ (9...
         Bd6 10.Bg5 Ke7 11.0-0-0 Be6? 12.Rxd6! Kxd6 13.Bf4 Nfd7 14.Rd1+
         Ke7 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5+- Portish,G-Horvath,A Zalakaros (op)
         1994) 10.gxf3 Be7 11.Be3 b5 12.Rg1 Ne8 13.0-0-0+ Kc7 14.Bxb5
         cxb5 15.Nd5+ Kd7 16.Nb6+ Kc6 17.Nxa8 Bb7 18.Bxa7 Bxa8 19.Be3¾
         Portish,G-Emodi,G Ungheria 1991;
        C2) 5...Qa5 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Nf3 e5 8.Na4 Qc7 9.Bd3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0
         11.Kh1 b5 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Ne2 a6 14.Ng3 g6 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.dxe5
         Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Qf3 Qe6 19.Bc3 Ne8 20.Rae1 c5 21.Qf4 b4
         22.Bd2 c4 23.Be2 Rd8 24.b3 c3 25.Be3 Bd6 26.Qh4 Be7 27.Qf4 Bd6
         28.Qh4 Be7 29.Bg5 Bxg5 30.Qxg5 Gruenberg,Re-Modrova,H/Dortmund
         WA 1988/1-0 ]
   [4...b5 5.Qd3 (5.e5 dxe5 6.dxe5 Qxd1+ 7.Bxd1 Nd5 8.Nge2 e6 9.0-0 Nd7
   10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Nd4 b4 12.Nb5 Kd8 13.Re1 Bc5 14.c3 Ba6À -/+
   Laesen,P-Blatny,P Antwerpen (open) 1994)(5.a3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.g4 a6
   8.g5 Nfd7 9.h4 Qc7 10.h5 Nb6 11.hxg6 fxg6 12.Qd2 N8d7 13.f4 Bb7 14.b3
   0-0-0 15.a4 b4 16.Nd1 a5 17.Rc1 e5 18.c3 bxc3 19.Nxc3 exd4 20.Bxd4
   Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Nc5 22.Rb1 Qf7 23.Bg4+ Kb8 24.Nge2 Ba6 25.b4 Nd3+ 26.Kf1
   c5 27.bxc5 dxc5 28.Rxb6+ Ka7 29.Qf6 Qc4 30.Rxa6+ Qxa6 31.Nb5+ Kb7
   32.Qe7+ Kb8 33.Qc7+ Ka8 34.Qxd8+ 1-0 Sanchez, Rau-Garcia Perdomo, L/
   op, Las Palmas (3) 1995) a5 6.Bf4 Ba6 7.Qe3 Qb6¾ unclear
   Krass,H-Modrowa,H Dortmund (open) 1993]
5.Nf3
   [5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8
     A) 7.Bc4 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.f3 (9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Be3 Bc5= Pachman)
      Nbd7 10.Be3 Bc5 11.Ke2 Bxe3 12.Kxe3 g5 «-« Romero Holmes,A-Rivas
      Pastor,M/Leon 1989;
     B) 7.Nf3 1/2-1/2 Markotic,G-Pirisi,G/Budapest,Noviki-D 1987]
5...Qc7
   [5...Nbd7 6.0-0 Be7 7.h3 Qc7 8.a4 Nf8 9.Be3 Ne6 10.Qd2 h6 11.Rfd1 g5
   12.d5 Nf4 13.Bxf4 gxf4 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.d6 Bxd6 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6
   Ke7¼ Shulz,M-Agrest,E Berlino 1992]
6.a4 Be7
   [6...a5  Kinderman]
7.a5 0-0 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Nd2
   [10.Nh4?!
     A) 10...Bxe2?! 11.Qxe2¼ Rfe8 (11...Nxe4? 12.Nf5 Ndf6 13.Nxe4 Nxe4
      14.Qg4+-) 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qf3 Re6 15.Rfd1 Bb4 16.a6 b6
      17.Ne2 Nf8 18.Bg5 Ne8 19.Qb3 Bc5 20.Rd2 h6 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 Nd6
      23.Qd3 Nxf5 24.exf5 Re7 25.Rad1 e4?! (25...Rd7) 26.Qg3» Qe5
      27.Qxe5 Rxe5 28.g4 Ra5 29.Rd8 Rxd8 30.Rxd8 Rxa6 31.Nd4 Ra1+É (31...
      c5 32.Ne6! fxe6 33.fxe6+-) 32.Kg2 Rd1 33.Nxc6 Rxd8 34.Nxd8 Nd7
      35.Nc6 a5 36.Kg3 Kf8 37.Kf4 Nc5 38.Ke3+- (38.Ke5? Nd3+!) Ke8
      39.Kd4 g6 40.fxg6 fxg6 41.Nxa5 1-0 Kindermann-Gross, Stary
      Smokocev, 1987;
     B) 10...Nxe4! 11.Bxg4 (11.Nxe4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Bxh4 13.Qg4 f5
      14.Qxh4 fxe4 15.Qxe4 d5 16.Qh4 e4 17.Qg3=) Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxh4
      13.Bxd7 Qxd7 14.dxe5 Rfd8¾]
10...Bxe2 11.Qxe2 with idea Nc4,Rfd1+=