THE WEEK IN CHESS 108                    02/12/96        Mark Crowther
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1)  Introduction
2)  European Club Cup
3)  Lautier vs Piket in Monaco
4)  Judit Polgar in Brazil
5)  Sonnevanck Tournament - Wijk aan Zee.
6)  Four Nations Chess League
7)  Team Championship of Belgium
8)  German National Championships
9)  Italian National Championships
10) Brazilian National Championships
11) Israel Women ch. - missing results by Ram Soffer
12) Disney event. Information from Christophe Bouton.
13) The Czech System - 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6!? - Part VII

GAMES SECTION

EuClub Cup Final, Budapest HUN 1996  90
Match, Sao Paulo BRA 1996      4
Match, Monaco 1996             8
Sonnevanck, Wijk aan Zee 1996  25
ch-BRA, Sao Paulo 1996        18

Extra Section

ch-GER, Dudweiler 1996       180
ch-ITA, Mantova 1996          45
ch-ITA 1996                   30
ch-ITA, Mantova 1996          45

Belgian Teams

tt, Brussels BEL 1996        366

1) Introduction

My thanks to Marco Martini, Gerald Schendal, Marcel Lafosse
Ram Soffer, Jose Alberto, Herman Claudius, Herman Claudius
van Riemsdijk, Antonio Bento and Miguel Hemzo, Massimiliano Orsi,
Bas Van den Burg, Christophe Bouton and everyone else
who helped out on this issue.

Lots of news and games as many countries are holding their
National Championships. This time next week will be the
Las Palmas Tournament.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark


2) European Club Cup Finals 21-24 November 1996
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The Russian team Tattrangaz Kazan beat the Croatian team  Borovo Bukovar
in the European Club Cup. However this  bad tempered nationalistic
competition will surely have to change radically before it is re-run
next year. The question of regulations over religious observance needs
to be addressed directly.

The event itself only had a few interesting games, including all four
involving Korchnoi were worthy of interest. Stars included Kramnik (one
interesting game against Korchnoi) Shirov (couple of nice wins and a
loss), Leko (just one win), Dreev (one win against Vaganian), Bareev
(one win 3 draws), Khalifman (four draws), the bigger Russian names
seemed to be content to draw most of their games. The event needed
players Kasparov, Karpov, Salov, Anand etc all of whom have  played the
event before. The two biggest names (Kramnik and Shirov) played for the
same team this time.

The final between Kazan of Russia and Vukovar of Croatia was pretty
dull. Two very short draws on the top two boards, Kharlov-Hulak was the
only decisive game, Hulak's position collapsed like a pack of cards at
the end but he surely wasn't in that much trouble out of the opening.
The other three games were also drawn.

The German team Empor Berlin smashed their final round opponents to show
what might have been if they hadn't carelessly been eliminated in round
two. Kramnik did not play the last two rounds.

Drastic finishes included Kharlov-Hulak (4), Boensch-Maiwald (4),
Kalantarian-Horvath (3).

Source of games and protest letter Chess Planet (http://www.chessweb.com/)

European Club Cup Final Results.

Results for the first 3 days are in TWIC 107.

Matches from the final day.

First place match

Tatrangaz Itil KAZAN (RUS) - Borovo VUKOVAR (CRO) 3.5 -2.5

3rd place

Mursa OSIJEK (CRO) - Sibecobank NOVOSIBIRSK (RUS) 2:4

5th place

Empor BERLIN (GER) - DRESDENER SC (GER) 5:1

7th place

Partizan BEOGRAD (YUG) - PETAKH TIKVA (ISR) 6:0
(See letter below)

9th place

Csuti SK HTR (HUN) - Universitet ST.PETERSBURG (RUS) 1.5 - 4.5

11th place

Honved-Mediflora (HUN) - Yerevan (ARM) 3:3
Rapid playoff games which Honved won 4,5 - 1,5

13th place

Kaise VILNIUS (LIT) - Rochade Eupen - Kelmis (BEL) 3.5 - 2.5

15th place

BEER SHEEVA (ISR) - CLICHY (FRA) 3:3
Beer Sheeva won because it had a victory on the highest decisive board.

Info from Laszlo Nagy organiser of the FIRST SATURDAY Budapest tournaments
E-Mail - 100263.1700@compuserve.com

The Israeli Chess Federation issued sent a letter to FIDE  President
Kirsan Iljumzhinov dated November 29 1996 signed by Joseph T. Lapid and
Almog Burstein.

Dear Mr. Iljumzhinov,

We strongly protest the completely unacceptable behaviour of the Chief
Arbiter of the European Club Cup Finals in Budapest, Mr. Werner
Stubenwall, who decided to reject the request (six months old!!) of our
national team champion, Elitzur Petach-Tikva, to avoid play during the
Sabbath (from Friday's sunset through Saturday's sunset). Our
representatives informed Mr. Stubenwall (before going to Budapest!) that
their participation was conditioned on acceptance of not playing on the
Sabbath, as they are an orthodox team. Mr. Stubenwall replied that he
was sorry that he had forgotten to advise the other teams about this
condition, but confirmed that our problem would be solved in any case,
as was the case in Bulgaria, where we played the preliminaries, and as
it was in Yerevan, where the Armenian men's team and the Romanian
women's team agreed to postpone their games against Israel on the holy
day of Yom Kippur.

True, the Russian team of Kazan refused to play our team at 10.00 a.m.
instead of 2.00. They even refused to play at 12.00 (we were ready to
play the match using 1 hour instead of 3!). But, Mr. Stubenwall could
and should have let our people play. The hour 2.00 p.m. is not sacred.
It is even not a part of the FIDE Laws of Chess, that, on the contrary,
respects religious and physical constraints. It is accepted norm today,
in the entire civilised world, to allow minorities to observe their
religious practises, particularly when, as in this case, they don't
materially interfere with the way other people conduct their affairs.

We ask you kindly, Mr.President, to make sure that such un sporting
behaviour will never happen again in FIDE competitions, and that Mr.
Stubenwall shall be removed from his office as Director of the European
Club Cup. He certainly shall not officiate in any event that Israeli
players in general and orthodox Jews in particular take place.

We would also appreciate if you issued a strong statement condemning
such behaviour and assuring all FIDE members, that their human rights
will be fully respected.

Sincerely Yours,
Joseph T. Lapid and Almog Burstein

3)  Lautier vs Piket in Monaco
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Match drawn between Joel Lautier and Jeroen Piket, Monaco.

The Association Max Euwe organised a match between Dutch star Jeroen Piket and the
French No. 1 Joel Lautier. It finished 1st December after all 8 games being drawn.
Piket won 4.8 Elo points from the match.

Lautier, Joel - Piket, Jeroen  1/2   82  D48  Meran Variation
Piket, Jeroen - Lautier, Joel  1/2   22  D27  QGA;
Lautier, Joel - Piket, Jeroen  1/2   65  D36  Queen's gambit
Piket, Jeroen - Lautier, Joel  1/2   17  D26  QGA;
Lautier, Joel - Piket, Jeroen  1/2   48  D15  Slav defence
Piket, Jeroen - Lautier, Joel  1/2   27  D21  QGA;
Lautier, Joel - Piket, Jeroen  1/2   33  D47  Semi-Slav
Piket, Jeroen - Lautier, Joel  1/2   23  E05  Nimzo indian


Monaco (MCO), XI 1996.
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Lautier, Joel  g FRA 2620   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   4.0  2580
Piket, Jeroen  g NED 2580   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   4.0  2620
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4)  Judit Polgar in Brazil
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Judit Polgar beats Gilberto Milos in Sao Paulo Brazil.

Live coverage was at http://ultra.hipernet.com.br/desafio.xadrez/imagens.htm

Judit Polgar was in Brazil and won a four game match against local star
Gilberto Milos. She won the match +2 -1 =1 with a smashing win with
black in the final game of the match. There is a Brazilian Internet Site
with annotations in Portuguese. Time rate: 1 hour for the first 30 moves
and then half an hour for the rest of the game. Final game live on the
Brazilian site on the 29th November. The Prize-fund is $20,000 (US) with
$12,000 for the winner (Sponsors are Equitel, DirectTV and the São Paulo
Business Center).

Game 4 was a cracking example of attacking chess by Polgar.

Thursday 28th November is a "rest" day. Gilberto Milos and World U-18
Champion Rafael Leitão will play a series of 21 minutes games (called
dynamic chess in Brazil) against Judit and Sofia Polgar. The two
Brazilians will play the two Polgars twice. The prize fund for this
event is $8,000 (US) with $5,000 for the winners. (The sponsor for this
event is the company Schahin Cury).

Judit also played three simuls. One on Thursday 28th November over 20
boards, sponsored by Schahin Cury. Another on Friday 29th November, also
over 20 boards, sponsored by Itaú Bank.

Judit finished her Brazilian tour by giving a 30 boards simul on
Saturday morning (30th November) in the 'A Hebraica' Club.

News from Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk (Arbiter of the Match and
Dynamic Chess Tournament), Antonio Bento and Miguel Hemzo.

Polgar, Judit   - Milos, Gilberto  1-0   34  B80  Sicilian
Milos, Gilberto - Polgar, Judit    1-0   35  B57  Sicilian
Polgar, Judit   - Milos, Gilberto  1/2   35  B49  Sicilian
Milos, Gilberto - Polgar, Judit    0-1   29  B82  Sicilian

Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), XI 1996.
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Polgar, Judit    g HUN 2665   1   0   =   1   2.5  2700
Milos, Gilberto  g BRA 2605   0   1   =   0   1.5  2578
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5) Sonnevanck Tournament - Wijk aan Zee.
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Wijk aan Zee has two major tournaments a year. The Sonnevanck tournament
has now run for a few years. Favourite Ian Rogers had a bad start but
had tonight reached 50%. Stefan Loeffler lead the event after 5 rounds.

www coverage at these three sites:

http://www.nos.nl/cgi-bin/tt/nos/page/t/m/636
http://www.lostcity.nl/chess/
http://huizen.dds.nl/~bvdb

Round 1 (1996.11.26)

Loeffler, Stefan    - Claesen, Pieter      1-0   29  A34  English; 1.c4 c5
Bricard, Emmanuel   - Rogers, Ian          1/2   37  A16  English; 1.c4
Delemarre, Jop      - Armas, Jorge         0-1   46  A56  Benoni
Willemze, Jeroen    - Janssen, Ruud        1/2   29  B76  Sicilian; Dragon
Jonkman, Harmen     - Reinderman, Dimitri  0-1   34  C42  Petroff defence

Round 2 (1996.11.27)

Reinderman, Dimitri - Claesen, Pieter      1/2   47  A08  Reti (1.Nf3)
Janssen, Ruud       - Delemarre, Jop       1/2   45  A55  Benoni
Rogers, Ian         - Loeffler, Stefan     0-1   43  B03  Alekhine defence
Armas, Jorge        - Bricard, Emmanuel    1/2   19  B19  Caro-Kann
Jonkman, Harmen     - Willemze, Jeroen     1/2   51  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)

Round 3 (1996.11.28)

Loeffler, Stefan    - Armas, Jorge         1-0   53  E90  Kings indian; Classical
Bricard, Emmanuel   - Janssen, Ruud        1-0   31  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Delemarre, Jop      - Jonkman, Harmen      1/2   67  A06  Reti (1.Nf3)
Claesen, Pieter     - Rogers, Ian          1/2   27  B10  Caro-Kann
Willemze, Jeroen    - Reinderman, Dimitri  1/2   28  B07  Pirc

Round 4 (1996.11.29)

Reinderman, Dimitri - Rogers, Ian          1-0   36  C04  French; Tarrasch
Janssen, Ruud       - Loeffler, Stefan     1-0   40  A35  English; 1.c4 c5
Willemze, Jeroen    - Delemarre, Jop       0-1   44  A06  Reti (1.Nf3)
Armas, Jorge        - Claesen, Pieter      0-1   51  C05  French; Tarrasch
Jonkman, Harmen     - Bricard, Emmanuel    0-1   30  B06  Modern defence

Round 5 (1996.11.30)

Loeffler, Stefan    - Jonkman, Harmen      1-0   25  D27  QGA;
Bricard, Emmanuel   - Willemze, Jeroen     1/2   29  B10  Caro-Kann
Delemarre, Jop      - Reinderman, Dimitri  1-0   45  A57  Benko gambit
Claesen, Pieter     - Janssen, Ruud        1/2   41  A14  English; 1.c4
Rogers, Ian         - Armas, Jorge         1-0   42  B32  Sicilian


Wijk aan Zee (NED), XI-XII 1996.                    cat. VI (2388)
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 1 Loeffler, Stefan     m GER 2410  * . . . 0 1 . 1 1 1  4.0  2635
 2 Bricard, Emmanuel    m FRA 2475  . * . . 1 . = = = 1  3.5  2494
 3 Delemarre, Jop       f NED 2360  . . * 1 = . 1 . 0 =  3.0  2402
 4 Reinderman, Dimitri  m NED 2500  . . 0 * . = = 1 . 1  3.0  2438
 5 Janssen, Ruud          NED 2270  1 0 = . * = = . . .  2.5  2363
 6 Claesen, Pieter      f BEL 2410  0 . . = = * . = 1 .  2.5  2430
 7 Willemze, Jeroen       NED 2160  . = 0 = = . * . . =  2.0  2314
 8 Rogers, Ian          g AUS 2575  0 = . 0 . = . * 1 .  2.0  2366
 9 Armas, Jorge         m CUB 2395  0 = 1 . . 0 . 0 * .  1.5  2297
10 Jonkman, Harmen      f NED 2325  0 0 = 0 . . = . . *  1.0  2141
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6) Four Nations Chess League
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The Four Nations Chess League is the UK's team tournament. Rounds 3 and
4 were played last weekend 23rd-24th November 1996. My thanks to Nigel
Johnson for sending the games and results.

25th November 1996

Round 3 -       Saturday 23rd November 1996
                Moat House Hotel - West Bromwich
                Slough  Result  Guildford
1       w       A. Kosten        1-0    A. Kinsman
2       b       A. Summerscale   1-0    N. Povah
3       w       S. Lalic         1-0    C. Kennaugh
4       b       M. Houska        1-0    I. D. Thompson
5       w       A. P. Smith      1-0    R. Abayasekera
6       b       R. M. Webb       1-0    M. Forster
7       w       S. Deighton      1-0    M. Anderton
8       b       J. Houska        1-0    P. Nunn
                                 8-0


                Wood Green      Result  Richmond
1       w       J. Emms          1-0    R. Bates
2       b       M. Pein          0-1    S. Williams
3       w       P. Littlewood    0-1    L. McShane
4       b       A. Law           1/2    G. Wall
5       w       P. Sowray        1-0    P. Johnstone
6       b       G. Lee           1-0    M. Franklin
7       w       J. Conlon        0-1    I. Galloway
8       b       S. Jackson       1-0    Ruth Bates
                               4.5-3.5

                North West Eagles       Result  Invicta Knights
1       w       G. Quillan       0-1    C. Ward
2       b       J. Littlewood    0-1    N. McDonald
3       w       R. Sheldon       1-0    E. Sakhatova
4       b       D. Tebb          0-1    D. Gormally
5       w       J. Merriman      1/2    J. Vigus
6       b       W. Giblin        1/2    N. Dickenson
7       w       A. A. Smith      1-0    S. Bibby
8       b       D. James         0-1    L. Gurr
                                 3-5

                South Wales Dragons     Result  Bristol
1       w       D. Cummings      1-0    C. Baker
2       b       J. Cooper        1/2    G. Burgess
3       w       S. Zeidler       1-0    C. Beaumont
4       b       M. Saunders      1/2    K. Mah
5       w       C. Morris        1-0    R. Cole
6       b       A. Spice         1-0    D. Collier
7       w       An. Dyce         1/2    R. Phillips
8       b       Ab. Dyce         0-1    M. Buckley
                               5.5-2.5


                Midland Monarchs        Result  Wessex
1       w       K. Arkell        1-0    J. Poulton
2       b       J. Parker        1/2    P. Rossiter
3       w       G. Buckley       1/2    A. Corkett
4       b       M. Ferguson      1/2    M. Yeo
5       w       A. Collinson     1/2    I. Upton
6       b       L. Cooper        1-0    A. Brameld
7       w       D. Mason         1/2    R. Noyce
8       b       N. Regan         1-0    E. Howard
                               5.5-2.5


                Witney          Result  Na Fianna
1       w       S. Ansell        0-1    D. King
2       b       S. Taulbut       1-0    J. Richardson
3       w       J. Cobb          0-1    C. O'Shaughnessy
4       b       C. Cobb          0-1    M. Heidenfeld
5       w       M. Truran        0-1    M. Lyell
6       b       T. Headlong      1-0    P. Wallace
7       w       R. Haydon        1-0    R. McMichael
8       b       F. Headlong      0-1    M. O'Siochru
                                 3-5


                Northumbria Vikings     Result  Barbican
1       w       J. Rowson        1/2    C. Crouch
2       b       A. Ledger        1-0    C. Pritchett
3       w       S. Bell          1-0    S. Dishman
4       b       T. Wall          1/2    J. Rogers
5       w       D. Ledger        1/2    M. Twyble
6       b       C. Waters        0-1    D. Sands
7       w       J. King          1/2    G. Kenworthy
8       b       L. Barnes        0-1    H. Lang
                                 4-4


                Hertford        Result  Celtic Knights
1       w       S. Swanson       1/2    L. Williams
2       b       C. Duncan        0-1    C. Walsh
3       w       D. Coleman       1-0    J. Gilbert
4       b       A. Hanreck       1/2    A. Musson
5       w       E. Dearing       0-1    A. Sheehan
6       b       P. Thethi        1/2    D. Hill
7       w       J. Denton        1-0    G. Sinnett
8       b       J. Badger        1-0    Lynne Williams
                               4.5-3.5


                Croydon 1859    Result  B.C.M.
1       w       J. Wilson        0-1    M. Chandler
2       b       A. Harley        1/2    A. Mestel
3       w       S. Lazarus       0-1    R. Bellin
4       b       D. Gunter        1-0    D. Friedgood
5       w       R. Coathup       1/2    B. Cafferty
6       b       J. McGrath       1/2    J. Bellin
7       w       R. DeCoverley    1/2    D. Anderton
8       b       S. Turvey        0-1    R. Edwards
                                 3-5


Round 4 -       Saturday 24th November 1996
                Moat House Hotel - West Bromwich        Ref : 006

                Barbican        Result  B.C.M.
1       w       C. Crouch        1/2    A. Mestel
2       b       C. Pritchett     0-1    M. Chandler
3       w       S. Dishman       1/2    R. Bellin
4       b       J. Rogers        1-0    B. Cafferty
5       w       K. Bowden        1-0    D. Friedgood
6       b       M. Twyble        1/2    D. Anderton
7       w       D. Sands         1-0    J. Bellin
8       b       H. Lang          0-1    R. Edwards
							   4.5-3.5

                Bristol Result  Midland Monarchs
1       w       C. Baker         0-1    K. Arkell
2       b       G. Burgess       0-1    J. Parker
3       w       C. Beaumont      0-1    G. Buckley
4       b       K. Mah           0-1    M. Ferguson
5       w       R. Cole          1/2    A. Collinson
6       b       D. Collier       1-0    H. Hunt
7       w       R. Phillips      1/2    L. Cooper
8       b       M. Buckley       1/2    N. Regan
                               2.5-5.5

                Invicta Knights Result  South Wales Dragons
1       w       C. Ward          1-0    D. Cummings
2       b       N. McDonald      1-0    J. Cooper
3       w       E. Sakhatova     1-0    S. Zeidler
4       b       D. Gormally      1-0    C. Morris
5       w       J. Vigus         0-1    A. Spice
6       b       N. Dickenson     1-0    J. Saunders
7       w       S. Bibby         0-1    An. Dyce
8       b       L. Gurr          1-0    Ab. Dyce
                                 6-2


                Slough          Result  Northumbria Vikings
1       w       A. Miles         0-1    J. Rowson
2       b       A. Kosten        1/2    A. Ledger
3       w       A. Summerscale   1/2    S. Bell
4       b       S. Lalic         1/2    T. Wall
5       w       M. Houska        1-0    D. Ledger
6       b       A. P. Smith      0-1    C. Waters
7       w       R. M. Webb       1/2    J. King
8       b       J. Houska        1-0    L. Barnes
                                 4-4

                Celtic Knights  Result  Wood Green
1       w       L. Williams      0-1    J. Emms
2       b       C. Walsh         0-1    P. Littlewood
3       w       J. Gilbert       1/2    A. Law
4       b       A. Musson        0-1    P. Sowray
5       w       A. Sheehan       1/2    G. Lee
6       b       D. Hill          1/2    J. Conlon
7       w       G. Sinnett       1/2    S. Jackson
8       b       Lynne Williams   0-1    H. Tebbs
                                 2-6

                Richmond        Result  Wessex
1       w       L. McShane       1-0    J. Poulton
2       b       S. Williams      1-0    P. Rossiter
3       w       R. Bates         0-1    A. Corkett
4       b       G. Wall          0-1    M. Yeo
5       w       P. Johnstone     1/2    I. Upton
6       b       M. Franklin      1-0    A. Brameld
7       w       I. Galloway      0-1    R. Noyce
8       b       Ruth Bates       1-0    E. Howard
                               4.5-3.5

                Hertford        Result  Witney
1       w       C. Duncan        1/2    S. Ansell
2       b       S. Knott         1/2    S. Taulbut
3       w       D. Coleman       0-1    J. Cobb
4       b       A. Hanreck       1/2    C. Cobb
5       w       E. Dearing       1/2    M. Truran
6       b       P. Thethi        0-1    T. Headlong
7       w       J. Denton        0-1    R. Haydon
8       b       J. Badger        1-0    F. Headlong
                                 3-5

                North West Eagles       Result  Na Fianna
1       w       J. Littlewood    1/2    D. King
2       b       G. Quillan       1-0    J. Richardson
3       w       R. Sheldon       1/2    C. O'Shaughnessy
4       b       A. Smith         0-1    M. Heidenfeld
5       w       W. Giblin        1-0    M. Lyell
6       b       J. Merriman      1-0    R. McMichael
7       w       D. Tebb          1-0    Suzanne Connolly
8       b       P. Garrett       1-0    M. O'Siochru
                                 6-2

                Guildford       Result  Croydon 1859
1       w       A. Kinsman       1/2    J. Wilson
2       b       N. Povah         1/2    A. Harley
3       w       C. Kennaugh      1/2    S. Lazarus
4       b       I. D. Thompson   1-0    D. Gunter
5       w       R. Abayasekera   1-0    R. James
6       b       M. Forster       1/2    J. McGrath
7       w       M. Anderton      1-0    R. DeCoverley
8       b       P. Nunn          1-0    S. Turvey
                                 6-2

League Table after 4 rounds.
                        1       2       3       4       P W D L MP GP
Invicta Knights         6.0     6.5     5.0     6.0     4 4 0 0 8 23.5
Midland Monarchs        6.0     6.0     5.5     5.5     4 4 0 0 8 23.0
Wood Green              6.5     5.5     4.5     6.0     4 4 0 0 8 22.5
Slough                  4.5     5.0     8.0     4.0     4 3 1 0 7 21.5
Northumbria Vikings     5.5     5.5     4.0     4.0     4 2 2 0 6 19.0
BCM                     5.0     5.0     5.0     3.5     4 3 0 1 6 18.5
Barbican                4.5     3.5     4.0     4.5     4 2 1 1 5 16.5
North West Eagles       3.5     4.5     3.0     6.0     4 2 0 2 4 17.0
Na Fianna               6.0     2.0     5.0     2.0     4 2 0 2 4 15.0
Richmond                3.0     4.0     3.5     4.5     4 2 0 2 4 15.0
South Wales Dragons     2.0     4.5     5.5     2.0     4 2 0 2 4 14.0
Wessex                  5.0     3.0     2.5     3.5     4 1 0 3 2 14.0
Witney                  3.5     2.5     3.0     5.0     4 1 0 3 2 14.0
Hertford                1.5     2.5     4.5     3.0     4 1 0 3 2 11.5
Guildford               2.0     3.0     0.0     6.0     4 1 0 3 2 11.0
Celtic Knights          2.0     3.0     3.5     2.0     4 0 0 4 0 10.5
Croydon 1859            3.0     2.5     3.0     2.0     4 0 0 4 0 10.5
Bristol                 2.5     1.5     2.5     2.5     4 0 0 4 0 9.0

7) Team Championship of Belgium
--------------------------------

The first four rounds of the Belgian Team championships of
Belgium have taken place. Marcel Lafosse sends the standings
and some games.

Division I
	        Pts	Pts M.
Tessenderloo 1	23,5	4
Rochade 1	20	4
Eupen 1		19	2,5
CREB 1		16,5	2
Leuven 1	16	2,5
Mons 1		15,5	2,5
KGSRL 1		15,5	2
Anderlecht 1	14,5	2
Boitsfort 1	14,5	1
MSV 1		13	1
Hoboken 1	12	0,5
Jean Jaurès 1	12	0

8) German National Championships
-----------------------------

Matthias Wahls is the 1996 German Champion. My thanks to Gerald
Schendal for the final round games. The games were available at the www
site http://www.net-media.de/schach/

The German National Championships were held in Dudweiler between
November 22nd-30th. The nine round Swiss event was quite a strong
tournament eventually Matthias Wahls just pipped Stefan Kindermann
to the title.

Dudweiler (GER), XI 1996.
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                                      1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Wahls, Matthias       g GER 2540  +29 =10 +22 +23 = 2 + 3 + 5 = 7 = 4  7.0  2678
 2 Kindermann, Stefan    g GER 2530  =11 +38 +10 + 3 = 1 + 8 = 4 = 9 = 7  6.5  2617
 3 Mueller, Karsten      m GER 2490  +16 +25 + 8 - 2 + 7 - 1 +13 = 6 = 9  6.0  2588
 4 Bischoff, Klaus       g GER 2530  =12 +18 =19 =13 =14 +20 = 2 + 8 = 1  6.0  2544
 5 Lagunow, Alexander    m GER 2425  =28 +34 +24 + 9 - 8 +22 - 1 =12 +11  6.0  2502
 6 Rabiega, Robert       m GER 2475  =34 +28 =14 =22 =13 +24 =11 = 3 +12  6.0  2475
 7 Lutz, Christopher     g GER 2565  =18 =12 +20 =14 - 3 +10 +15 = 1 = 2  5.5  2510
 8 Mainka, Romuald       g GER 2455  +33 +20 - 3 +12 + 5 - 2 = 9 - 4 +17  5.5  2502
 9 Slobodjan, Roman      m GER 2520  +31 +21 =23 - 5 +10 =15 = 8 = 2 = 3  5.5  2518
10 Zeller, Frank           GER 2410  +39 = 1 - 2 +34 - 9 - 7 +30 +22 +23  5.5  2516
11 Miltner, Arndt        f GER 2330  = 2 -14 +39 +18 =15 +19 = 6 =21 - 5  5.0  2448
12 Heidrich, Manfred     f GER 2340  = 4 = 7 +30 - 8 =16 +27 +22 = 5 - 6  5.0  2468
13 Gisbrecht, Ewgeni       GER 2370  +35 -23 +26 = 4 = 6 +25 - 3 =24 =16  5.0  2411
14 Zude, Arno            m GER 2410  =38 +11 = 6 = 7 = 4 =26 =16 -17 +25  5.0  2415
15 Schmaltz, Roland      m GER 2440  +27 -22 +17 =25 =11 = 9 - 7 =26 +24  5.0  2399
16 Glienke, Manfred      f GER 2325  - 3 -26 +35 +28 =12 +23 =14 =19 =13  5.0  2394
17 Wesseln, Kai          f GER 2320  -23 +35 -15 =21 =18 +34 +20 +14 - 8  5.0  2421
18 Gross, Georg            GER 2355  = 7 - 4 +36 -11 =17 +29 +25 -23 +32  5.0  2379
19 Pirrot, Dieter        m GER 2415  +37 =24 = 4 =27 =25 -11 +26 =16 =21  5.0  2370
20 Schulz, Karsten       f GER 2360  +36 - 8 - 7 +32 +27 - 4 -17 +31 +26  5.0  2345
21 Bangiev, Alexander    m GER 2400  +40 - 9 -27 =17 =29 +33 +31 =11 =19  5.0  2377
22 Bastian, Herbert      f GER 2365  +32 +15 - 1 = 6 +23 - 5 -12 -10 +27  4.5  2378
23 Movsziszian, Karen    g GER 2470  +17 +13 = 9 - 1 -22 -16 +38 +18 -10  4.5  2380
24 Schwing, Hans-Elmar     GER 2245  +30 =19 - 5 =29 +31 - 6 +27 =13 -15  4.5  2386
25 Siebrecht, Sebastian  f GER 2390  +26 - 3 +31 =15 =19 -13 -18 +28 -14  4.0  2321
26 Kirschbaum, Gunnar      GER 2195  -25 +16 -13 +38 +30 =14 -19 =15 -20  4.0  2328
27 Homuth, Manfred         GER 2275  -15 +32 +21 =19 -20 -12 -24 +34 -22  3.5  2220
28 Walther, Gunter         GER 2275  = 5 - 6 =29 -16 +32 =30 =33 -25 =35  3.5  2214
29 Hennings, Artur       m GER 2340  - 1 =39 =28 =24 =21 -18 =37 =33 =34  3.5  2240
30 Hetey, Laszlo           GER 2410  -24 +37 -12 +33 -26 =28 -10 =32 =31  3.5  2205
31 Steinkohl, Thomas       GER 2330  - 9 +40 -25 +36 -24 +39 -21 -20 =30  3.5  2232
32 Enigk,Frank             GER ----  -22 -27 +37 -20 -28 +40 +39 =30 -18  3.5  2219
33 Dietz, Holger           GER 2285  - 8 -36 +40 -30 +34 -21 =28 =29 =37  3.5  2225
34 Schmitzer, Klaus      f GER 2325  = 6 - 5 +38 -10 -33 -17 +35 -27 =29  3.0  2202
35 Loehn, Carsten          GER 2195  -13 -17 -16 =40 -38 +36 -34 +39 =28  3.0  2132
36 Klein, Joachim          GER 2090  -20 +33 -18 -31 -39 -35 =40 =37 +38  3.0  2141
37 Haist, Wolfgang       f GER 2260  -19 -30 -32 =39 +40 -38 =29 =36 =33  3.0  2182
38 Klemm, Dietmar          GER 2220  =14 - 2 -34 -26 +35 +37 -23 -40 -36  2.5  2130
39 Becking, Stephan        GER 2200  -10 =29 -11 =37 +36 -31 -32 -35 =40  2.5  2127
40 Bischoff, Dieter        GER 2195  -21 -31 -33 =35 -37 -32 =36 +38 =39  2.5  2106
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9) Italian National Championships
------------------------------

The 56th National Championships of Italy took place in Mantova
Italy. They were won by Bruno Belotti an Italian IM rated 2400
with 6.5 from Renzo Mantovani on 6 points. Pre-tournament
favourite Michele Godena was third.

The 23rd National Women's Championships finished in a tie
between A Riegler and V Goi. I believe Riegler got the title
on a tie-break.

The www site covering the event was http://www.omeganet.it/scacchi
and thanks to Massimiliano Orsi for sending the games. It is
uncertain whether Isonzo-Bellini (round 3) and Godena-Tatai (Round 7)
are complete after the adjournment.

Mantova ITA (ITA), XI-XII 1996.                  cat. VI (2383)
---------------------------------------------------------------
                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
---------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Belotti, Bruno    m ITA 2400  * = = = = = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2547
 2 Mantovani, Renzo  m ITA 2360  = * = = 1 1 = = 1 =  6.0  2510
 3 Godena, Michele   m ITA 2550  = = * 1 = = = = = 1  5.5  2444
 4 Bellini, Fabio    f ITA 2390  = = 0 * = = = 1 1 =  5.0  2425
 5 Tatai, Stefano    m ITA 2375  = 0 = = * = 1 0 1 1  5.0  2426
 6 Arlandi, Ennio    m ITA 2445  = 0 = = = * = = 1 1  5.0  2419
 7 Sarno, Spartaco   m ITA 2410  0 = = = 0 = * 1 1 1  5.0  2423
 8 Manca, Federico   m ITA 2350  0 = = 0 1 = 0 * = =  3.5  2306
 9 Borgo, Giulio     m ITA 2375  0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1  2.0  2163
10 Isonzo, Davide      ITA 2175  0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 *  1.5  2133
---------------------------------------------------------------

23rd Women's Championships

Mantova ITA (ITA), XI-XII 1996.
------------------------------------------------------
                           1  2  3  4  5  6
------------------------------------------------------
1 Riegler,A          ---- ** 10 == 11 10 11  7.0
2 Goi,V              ---- 01 ** 10 10 11 11  7.0
3 Sirletti,S         ---- == 01 ** =0 10 11  5.5
4 Varinelli,S        ---- 00 01 =1 ** == 11  5.5
5 Fittante,G         ---- 01 00 01 == ** 11  5.0
6 Jordan,J1          ---- 00 00 00 00 00 **  0.0
------------------------------------------------------

10) Brazilian National Championships
--------------------------------

Sao Paulo saw the start of the Brazilian National Championships
on November 30th. After two rounds the standings are:

The event is covered at http://www.dglnet.com.br/fpx

My thanks to Jose Alberto and Herman Claudius.



Round 1 (1996.11.30)

Lima, Darcy                - Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo  1/2   29  C07  French; Tarrasch
Marques,Adriano            - Vescovi, Giovanni           0-1   35  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Leitao, Rafael             - Loureiro, Luiz              1/2   42  D19  Slav defence
Souza, Ivan                - Van Riemsdijk, Herman C     1/2   33  C99  Ruy Lopez
De Toledo, James Mann      - Gomes, Luiz A               1/2   25  B92  Sicilian; Najdorf
Matsuura, Everaldo         - Toth, Christian Endre       1/2   36  B47  Sicilian

Round 2 (1996.12.01)

Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo - Matsuura, Everaldo          1-0   49  D36  Queen's gambit
Souza, Ivan                - Leitao, Rafael              1/2   61  B48  Sicilian
Van Riemsdijk, Herman C    - Vescovi, Giovanni           1/2   20  D76  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Loureiro, Luiz             - Lima, Darcy                 0-1   54  D41  QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Toth, Christian Endre      - De Toledo, James Mann       1/2   28  B46  Sicilian
Gomes, Luiz A              - Marques,Adriano             0-1   36  A56  Benoni

Round 3 (1996.12.02)

Vescovi, Giovanni          - Gomes, Luiz A               1-0   51  D76  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Lima, Darcy                - Souza, Ivan                 1/2   33  E97  Kings indian; Main line
Marques,Adriano            - Toth, Christian Endre       1-0   31  E87  Kings indian; Saemisch
Leitao, Rafael             - Van Riemsdijk, Herman C     1/2   43  D36  Queen's gambit
De Toledo, James Mann      - Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo  0-1   57  B12  Caro-Kann
Matsuura, Everaldo         - Loureiro, Luiz              1/2   40  B14  Caro-Kann


Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), XI-XII 1996.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo  f BRA 2345  * . = . . . . 1 . 1 . .  2.5  2678
 2 Vescovi, Giovanni           m BRA 2490  . * . 1 . . = . . . . 1  2.5  2560
 3 Lima, Darcy                 m BRA 2430  = . * . . = . . 1 . . .  2.0  2456
 4 Marques,Adriano                   ----  . 0 . * . . . . . . 1 1  2.0  2518
 5 Leitao, Rafael              m BRA 2475  . . . . * = = . = . . .  1.5  2358
 6 Souza, Ivan                   BRA 2285  . . = . = * = . . . . .  1.5  2443
 7 Van Riemsdijk, Herman C     m BRA 2425  . = . . = = * . . . . .  1.5  2416
 8 De Toledo, James Mann       m BRA 2400  0 . . . . . . * . . = =  1.0  2220
 9 Loureiro, Luiz                BRA 2365  . . 0 . = . . . * = . .  1.0  2305
10 Matsuura, Everaldo          m BRA 2385  0 . . . . . . . = * = .  1.0  2238
11 Toth, Christian Endre       m BRA 2380  . . . 0 . . . = . = * .  1.0  2392
12 Gomes, Luiz A                 BRA 2310  . 0 . 0 . . . = . . . *  0.5  2252
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


11) Israel Women ch. - missing results by Ram Soffer
------------------------------------------------

Ram Soffer now has the full table for the Israeli Championships.
Also there were a couple of corrections to the names. The Ostravsky,A
was picked up as a GM instead of the unrated player in the event
and Anna Golod is still in the rating list as Anna Ratner. She is
now married to GM Vitaly Golod.

Jerusalem (ISR), X 1996.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Tsifanskaya, Ludmila A    ISR 2230  +10 + 8 + 7 = 9 + 4 - 3 + 2 = 6 + 5  7.0  2352
 2 Pitam, Ela             wf ISR 2255  + 3 = 7 + 6 + 5 +10 + 8 - 1 = 9 = 4  6.5  2280
 3 Yudasina, Irina           ISR 2205  - 2 + 6 - 5 +10 + 8 + 1 + 9 = 4 + 7  6.5  2356
 4 Chervonenko, Irina        ISR 2145  = 6 + 5 +10 - 8 - 1 + 9 = 7 = 3 = 2  5.0  2048
 5 Bar Shalom,Oshra              ----  - 9 - 4 + 3 - 2 + 6 = 7 +10 = 8 - 1  4.0  2119
 6 Srumin, Galina            ISR 2095  = 4 - 3 - 2 + 7 - 5 -10 + 8 = 1 + 9  4.0  2181
 7 Yakovleva, Tatiana        ISR 2130  + 8 = 2 - 1 - 6 = 9 = 5 = 4 +10 - 3  4.0  2050
 8 Ratner, Anna              UKR 2125  - 7 - 1 + 9 + 4 - 3 - 2 - 6 = 5 +10  3.5  1903
 9 Ostrovsky,Alexandra           ----  + 5 -10 - 8 = 1 = 7 - 4 - 3 = 2 - 6  2.5  1939
10 Vydeslaver,Alla               ----  - 1 + 9 - 4 - 3 - 2 + 6 - 5 - 7 - 8  2.0  1860
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

12) Disney event. Information from Christophe Bouton.
-------------------------------------------------

Disney Invites Young Chess Stars to the  Mickey for Kids World Rapid Chess Championship,
December 12 to 14, 1996 at Disneyland Paris

More than 50 Countries Represented at Event, under the  Patronage of the
French  and World Chess Federations and UNESCO

    Paris, November 21, 1996 D For the fourth  consecutive year, Disney
Consumer  Products, Europe/Middle East & Africa organizes a  youth rapid
chess championship  at Disneyland Paris from December 12 to 14, under
the  official patronage of the  French Chess Federation (FFE), the World
Chess  Federation (FIDE) and UNESCO.   The event, international since
1995, brings together  the brightest young chess  talents from 51
countries in a nine-round tournament  from which four winners  emerge.
All participants are champions of local chess  tournaments held under
the auspices of the FIDE.  They meet at Disneyland  Paris for two days
of  exciting rounds, pitting the world's top young players  against one
another in  four categories: boys and girls under 12, and boys and
girls aged 12 to 14.
    Anatoly Karpov, World Chess Champion and European  Rapid Chess
Champion will  preside over the Awards ceremony.
    Renamed the Mickey for Kids World Rapid Chess  Championship, the
event is an  evolution of Disney's first European championship of  1993.
 Since then, the  tournament has gained increasing recognition from
world chess federations, and  attracts players from all five continents.
 The new  name (formerly Disney's  Rapid Chess World Championship)
reflects an  association with Disney's new Mickey  for Kids brand of
licensed products, which is all  about fun and stimulating the
imagination.
    The Mickey for Kids World Rapid Chess Championship  underscores
Disney's  commitment to learning through fun.  Like the annual
Children's Summit,  organized in cooperation with UNESCO, it is evidence
 of Disney's ongoing  preoccupation with activities that contribute to
the  overall development of  children.
    Chess fans can follow the Mickey for Kids World  Rapid Chess
Championship on  the Internet, complete with photos, beginning
December.

Contact for More Information
Susanne Travers
Tel: (33-1) 53.75.52.33

----------------------
More than 50 Countries Represented at Event, Joined by
Anatoly Karpov and 1996 Olympic Gold Medalists

	For the fourth consecutive year, Disney Consumer Products,
Europe/Middle East & Africa organizes a youth rapid chess championship,
under the official patronage of the French Chess Federation (FFE), the
World Chess Federation (FIDE) and UNESCO.  The event, international
since 1995, brings together the brightest young chess talents for a
two-day nine-round tournament from which four category winners emerge:
boys and girls under 12, and boys and girls aged 12 to 14.  All
participants are champions of local chess tournaments held under the
patronage of the FIDE.
	A special guest of honor this year will be Anatoly Karpov,
recently named rapid chess world champion.  Mr. Karpov will join the
children in the final rounds of the competition.
	Another highlight of the event will be the exhibition round
played by several 1996 Olympic gold medalists who are also amateur chess
players.  The sports stars from various disciplines will play the young
winners of the championship, aided by Mr. Anatoly Karpov.
	The Mickey for Kids World Rapid Chess Championship underscores
Disney's commitment to learning through fun.  Like the annual
Children's Summit, organized in cooperation with UNESCO, it is
evidence of Disney's ongoing preoccupation with activities that
contribute to the overall development of children.

13) The Czech System - 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6!? - Part VII
------------------------------------------------------------------
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.f3 e5
   [4...b5!? 5.Be3 (5.Bd3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.Qd2 Bc5 9.Nd1 0-0
   10.Ne2 Qb6 11.0-0 a5 12.Kh1 Rd8 13.Bxc5 Nxc5 14.Qe3 Qa7 15.Nf2 Be6
   16.b3 h6 17.Rad1 a4 18.g4 Nh7 19.Kg2 Qe7 20.Rh1 axb3 21.axb3 Ra2
   22.Nc3 Raa8 23.Ra1 Nf8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Ne2 Ng6 26.Kg3 Nh4 27.Rd1 g5
   28.Rh1 Ng6 29.Kg2 Ra2 Abdullah-Mortensen/Thessaloniki ol (01) 1988/
   0-1 )
     A) 5...Nbd7 6.Qd2 (6.a4 b4 7.Nb1 g6 8.Nd2 Bg7 9.a5 0-0 10.Bd3 e5
      11.Ne2 d5 12.0-0 exd4 13.Nxd4 c5 14.Nc6 Qe8 15.Bb5 d4 16.Bf4 Qe6
      17.a6 Nb6 18.Na5 Bd7 19.Bd3 Nh5 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bh4 Nf4 22.Bg3 Nxd3
      23.cxd3 Bb5 24.Nb7 Rfc8 25.Nd6 Bxd3 26.Nxc8 Qxc8 27.Re1 Bxa6 28.Bd6
      Bb5 29.e5 Nd5 30.Rc1 Ne3 Lukasiewicz,Grzegorz-Agrest,Evgeny/
      Mikolajki tt (01) 1991/ 1/2 (47)) Nb6 (6...Qc7 7.Nge2 e5 8.g4 Nb6
      9.Ng3 g6 10.g5 Nfd7 11.h4 h5 12.f4 b4 13.Nd1 c5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.a4¾
      Starvev,N-Popchev,M Bulgaria 1994) 7.b3 Qc7 8.Bd3 e5 9.Nge2 Be7
      10.0-0 0-0 11.Nd1!? Rd8 12.Nf2 (12.Qe1!? Agrest,E) c5! 13.c3 c4
      14.Bc2 a5 15.f4 Bb7 16.Qe1 Nbd7 17.g4 h6¾   Pisulinski,J-Agrest,E/
      Polska (ch) 53/(121) 1991;
     B) 5...Qc7 6.Nge2 e5 7.g4 a5 8.Ng3 Ba6 9.Qd2 g6 10.0-0-0
        B1) 10...Nfd7? 11.d5 +/- 11...b4 12.dxc6 bxc3 13.cxd7+ Nxd7
         14.Qxc3 Qxc3 15.bxc3 Be7 16.Kd2! 0-0 17.Rb1 Nc5?! (17...Bxf1!?
         18.Rhxf1 Rfb8 with idea Nf8-e6) 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.Bxc5! (
         19.Rhd1 Ne6 with idea Bg5) dxc5 20.Rhd1 Rd8+ 21.Ke2 Rxd1
         22.Kxd1 Bg5 23.Ke2+- Ehlvest,J-Rivas Pastor,M/Logrono  1991;
        B2) 10...b4 11.Na4 Bxf1 12.Rhxf1 Nfd7 unclear]
   [4...Qb6!? 5.Bc4!? e6 += (5...e5 6.Nge2 Be7 7.Be3 Qc7 8.a4 0-0
   9.Qd2 a5 10.d5 Na6 11.g4 Nb4 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 Nb6 14.Bb3 cxd5 15.Bxb6
   Qxb6 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Be6 18.0-0-0 Rac8 19.Ng3 Rfd8 20.Nf5 Kf8
   21.g6 hxg6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Nxe7 Kxe7 24.Qg5+ Kf8 25.h5 Qf2 26.c3 gxh5
   27.Rxh5 Qxf3 28.Rd2 Kf7 29.Qh4 Qf4 30.Qh1
   Legaspi,Edmundo-Magomedov,Magaram/Doha open (07) 1992/0-1)]
   [4...Qc7 5.Be3 e5 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.Bc4 b5 8.Bb3 a6 9.Nge2 Bb7 10.Ng3 g6
   11.0-0-0 Nb6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bh6 a5 15.a4 b4 16.Nce2 c5
   17.Bg7 Rg8 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qd6 Bd8 20.Qxc7 Bxc7 21.Nf1 Ba6 22.Neg3 c4
   23.Ba2 Bd8 24.Ne3 Rc8 25.Rd6 b3 26.Bb1 Bg5 27.Re1 Rb8 28.Rc6 Kd7
   29.Rc5 Nxa4 30.Rxe5 Rudolf,Michal-Gawronski,Miroslaw/Warszawa LEG
   open (10) 1992/1-0 ]
   [4...Nbd7 5.Be3 (5.Bc4 e5 6.Nge2 Be7 7.Ng3 0-0 8.Nf5 exd4 9.Qxd4 d5
   10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Bd3 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 14.Bxe4 Nc5 -/+
   Silva-Ribeiro, Lisbona 1995)
     A) 5...e5 6.Qd2 (6.d5 Be7 7.Qd2 0-0 8.Nge2 cxd5 9.exd5 a6 10.Ng3
      Re8 11.a4 Bf8 12.Be2 b6 13.0-0 Bb7 14.Nge4 Rc8 15.g4 Be7 16.Ng3
      Rxc3 17.bxc3 Nxd5 18.Nf5 Nxe3 19.Nxe7+ Rxe7 20.Qxe3 Nc5 21.Rfd1 Qc7
      22.Bc4 Bc6 23.Bb3 h5 24.g5 Qd7 25.Rd2 Qh3 26.Rf1 Rd7 27.Bd5 Bxd5
      28.Rxd5 Nxa4 29.Rfd1 Qe6 30.Qd2 Nb2 Korenev,A-Pribyl,J/Belgorod B
      1991/0-1 )
        A1) 6...Be7 7.Bd3 (7.Nh3 0-0 8.a4 exd4 9.Bxd4 Ne5 10.Nf4 Re8
         11.Be2 Bf8 12.0-0 Qe7 13.a5 Ng6 14.Rfe1 Nxf4 15.Qxf4 Nd7 16.Bf1
         Ne5 17.Qg3 f6 18.f4 Nf7 19.Qf2 a6 20.Na4 Be6 21.c4 Nh6 22.b4 f5
         23.Nb6 Rad8 24.exf5 Nxf5 25.Bc3 Qf7 26.g4 Qg6 27.h3 h5 28.g5 d5
         29.cxd5 cxd5 30.Rad1 Nd6 31.Be5 Ne4
         Priehoda,Vitezslav-Pribyl,Martin/Brno IV (10) 1991/1-0 (42))(
         7.0-0-0 b5 8.g4 b4 9.Nce2 Qa5 10.Kb1 Nb6 11.Nc1 Be6 12.g5 Nh5
         13.Nb3 Qa4 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Qf2 0-0 16.Bd3 Rfc8 17.Bc5 Bxc5
         18.Qxc5 Nd7 19.Qd6 Nf4 20.Ne2 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 c5 22.Qe3 c4 23.Nbc1
         c3 24.Nb3 cxb2 25.Kxb2 Nb6 26.Qd3 Bc4 27.Qd2 Qa3+ 28.Ka1 Na4
         0-1 Mihevc,Narcisa-Yermolinskaya,M (ISL/Manila ol-W (11) 1992)
         b5 8.Nge2 0-0 9.0-0 b4 10.Nd1 d5 11.Nf2 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Rad1
         dxe4 14.fxe4 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Qa5 16.b3 Rd8 17.Qb2 Ng4 18.Nxg4 Bxg4
         19.h3 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22.Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.Kxf2 Rd6
         24.Ke3 Rad8 25.Rf2 Rc6 26.Rfd2 Rd4 27.a3 f6 28.axb4 Rxb4 29.Ra1
         Rxb3 30.Rxa7 Rd6 31.Ke2 h5 1/2 Belkhodja,Slim-Hartoch,Rob/
         Dieren open (09) 1989;
        A2) 6...b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Nge2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nd1 d5 11.Nf2 a6
         12.c3 c5 13.Ng3 Re8 14.Rad1 Rc8 =+ Kogan,A-Oratovsky,M Israele
         1992;
     B) 5...Qc7 6.Qd2 b5 7.0-0-0 Bb7 8.g4 Nb6 9.g5 Nfd7 10.d5 a6 11.f4
      cxd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Bg2 g6 16.Nf3 Bg7
      17.Rhe1 Qc7 18.Qe2 Rc8 19.Bh3 Bxb2+ 20.Kb1 0-0 21.Bxc8 Bc3 22.Rd3
      Rxc8 23.Nd2 Qa5 24.Nb3 Qb4 25.Rxc3 Qxc3 26.Rd1 Rc7 27.Rd3 Qc4
      28.Qd2 Bc8 29.Nd4 Bd7 30.Kb2 b4 1-0 Friedman,Aviv-Pettersen/
      Philadelphia open (02) 1990;
     C) 5...Qa5 6.Qd2 e5 7.0-0-0 b5 8.Kb1 a6 (8...Be7 9.g4 Nb6 10.b3
      b4 11.Nce2 c5 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.gxf5 0-0
      16.Qe1 Rfd8 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Bd3 Nfd7 19.Nh3 c4 20.Be2 Nc5 21.Rg1
      cxb3 22.cxb3 Nba4 23.bxa4 Nxa4 24.Bc4 Nc3+ 25.Ka1 Rc8 26.Bb3 Qb5
      27.Bh6 Ne2 28.Rxg7+ Kh8 29.Rxf7 Qb6 30.Bg7+ 1-0 Tia,Rudy
      jr-Haque,Rezaul/Kuala Lumpur open (06) 1992) 9.g4 Be7 10.h4 Nb6
      11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nd5 Qxd2 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Rxd2 Rb8 15.g5 Be7 16.f4
      c5 17.Nf3 Bb7 18.Nxe5 f6 19.Ng4 f5 20.Nf2 fxe4 21.Bg2 Nc4 22.Re2
      0-0 23.Bc1 e3 24.Bxb7 Rxb7 25.Bxe3 Nxe3 26.Rxe3 Rxf4 27.Nd3 Rd4
      28.Rhe1 Bd6 29.h5 c4 30.g6 hxg6 31.hxg6 Rb8 32.Ne5 Bf8 33.Nc6 1-0
      Schmitzer,K-Hertweck,M/2BLSW 8889 Hofheim-E 1989]
   [4...Qa5 5.Be3 e5 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.Rd1 Be7 8.Nh3 0-0 9.Nf2 exd4 10.Bxd4
   d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.c4 Qh5 14.Be2 a5 15.0-0 Nc5 16.f4 Qg6
   17.Qe3 Ne6 18.Bc3 Bc5 19.Qf3 Qh6 20.g3 Bb4 21.a3 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 c5
   23.Ng4 Qh3 24.Ne5 Nd4 25.Rfe1 f6 26.Nf3 Nxe2+ 27.Rxe2 Be6 28.Rde1 Bd7
   29.Nd2 Bc6 30.Nf1 a4 31.Ne3 Qh5 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.cxd5 Qxd5 34.Rd2 Qf7
   35.Qxc5 Rfe8 36.Red1 Rac8 37.Qxc8 Rxc8 38.Rd8+ Qf8 39.Rxf8+ Kxf8
   40.Rd2 Rc6 41.Kf2 Rb6 42.Ke3 Ke7 43.g4 Rb5 44.Ke4 h5 45.gxh5 Rxh5
   46.Rg2 Kf7 47.Rc2 Rb5 48.f5 Kg8 49.Kf4 Kh7 50.Rd2 Rb3 51.Rc2 b5 52.Rd2
   b4 53.axb4 Rxb4+ 54.Kf3 Kh6 55.Rg2 1/2 Tan,W-Levitt,M/32nd ol,
   Yerevan ARM (03) 1996]
5.Be3!
   [5.dxe5!? dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Bc4 (7.b3 Be6 8.Bb2 Kc7 9.Nge2 Nbd7
   10.Nc1 Bc5 11.Nd3 Bd4 12.0-0-0 Rad8 13.Be2 b5 14.Kb1 Nc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5
   16.a4 a6 17.axb5 axb5 18.Na2 Nd7 19.g3 f6 20.Bc3 Bd6 21.Ba5+ Nb6
   22.Nb4 Be7 23.Nd3 Ra8 24.Bc3 Nd7 25.f4 Bd6 26.Rd2 c5 27.Rhd1 exf4
   28.Nxf4 Bxf4 29.gxf4 b4 30.Bb2 Rhd8 31.Bf3 Rac8 32.Rg2 g6 33.h4 1-0
   Nunez,Vallina-Iglesias,Francisco/Oviedo rapid (04) 1991)
     A) 7...Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Nd1!? += (9.Nh3 h6 10.Nf2 Nbd7 11.Nd3
      Kc7 12.Be3 Bd6 13.0-0-0 Rhf8 14.Rd2 Rad8 15.Na4 b6 16.Rhd1 Nb8
      17.b4 Nfd7 18.Ndb2 Kb7 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.Nab2 b5 21.Nd6+ Ka8 22.a4 bxa4
      23.Nxa4 Na6 24.b5 Bxd6 25.Rxd6 1-0 Savova,Stefka-Ilieva,Hristina/
      Bankia ch-BG-W (03) 1991);
     B) 7...Ke8
        B1) 8.a4 a5 with idea Na6-b4;
        B2) 8.Be3 Nbd7 with idea Bc5 (8...Nbd7 9.Nge2 Bc5 10.Kf2 Ke7
         11.Rhd1 Bxe3+ 12.Kxe3 Nb6 13.Bb3 Be6 14.Bxe6 Kxe6 15.b3 Rhd8
         16.h3 Nfd7 17.Rd2 Nc5 18.Rad1 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Ke7 20.Nc1 1/2
         Gullaksen,E-Eriksson,J/Gausdal Internationa (02) 1990);
        B3) 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Nge2 b5 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Ng3 Nxd3+
         13.cxd3 Rg8 14.Nd1 Be6 15.Ke2 Bc5 16.Ne3 Bd4 17.Rhb1 Rg5 18.Nc2
         Bb6 19.Rc1 Kd7 20.a4 h5 21.a5 Bc5 22.Ne1 Bd4 23.Rc2 h4 24.Nf1 f5
         25.exf5 Bxf5 26.Nd2 Rag8 27.Nb3 Bxb2 28.Ra2 Bd4 29.Nxd4 exd4
         30.Rab2 Kd6 31.Rb4 Kd5 32.Rb1 Rxg2+ 0-1 Sokolov,A-Bologan,V/
         Jurmala 1991;
        B4) 8.Nge2!? Nbd7 (8...Bc5 9.Bg5!?) 9.a4 a5 10.g4!? Nc5 11.h4
         h5! 12.g5 Nfd7 13.f4! +=]
5...Be7
   [5...exd4 6.Qxd4]
   [5...Nbd7 6.Nge2
     A) 6...b5 7.Ng3 (7.Qd2 Nb6 8.b3 Qc7 9.g4 a5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd1 Ba6
      12.Ng3 Bxf1 13.Kxf1 h5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bxb6 Qxb6 16.g5 Rd8 17.Qg2
      Nd7 18.g6 fxg6 19.Ne2 Kf7 20.Nb2 Bc5 21.Qh3 Bd4 22.Nxd4 exd4 23.Nc4
      Qc7 24.Rg1 Rhe8 25.Rg5 Nb6 26.Nb2 Rxe4 27.fxe4 Qf4+ 28.Ke2 Qxg5
      29.Qg3 Qxg3 30.hxg3 Ke6 31.Rf1 Nd7 Calderin,R-Urday,H/Capablanca
      mem-A 1992/0-1 ) h5 8.Qd2 h4 9.Nge2 b4 10.Nd1 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5
      12.Bf2 h3 13.Ne3 hxg2 14.Bxg2 Qg5 15.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 16.Kxd2 cxd5
      17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Rae1 Be6 19.f4 Ng4 20.Bg1 Bd6 21.f5 Bxf5 22.Nd4+
      Be4 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Rxe4+ Ne5 25.Nf5 0-0-0 26.Kc1 Nc6 27.Nxg7 Be5
      28.Nf5 Rh5 29.Nh4 Bf6 30.Ng2 Ra5 31.Ne1 Rxa2
      Arencibia,Walter-Urday Caceres,Henry/Pamplona open (02) 1990/0-1 ;
     B) 6...d5 7.exd5 +/-]
   [5...Qb6!? 6.a3!? with idea Qd2]
6.Nge2
   [6.Qd2 0-0 (6...Qa5 7.0-0-0 Be6 8.Kb1 exd4 9.Bxd4 Nbd7 10.Nge2 b5
   11.Nf4 Qc7 12.g4 Ne5 13.Qf2 h6 14.h4 0-0-0 15.Bxa7 +/-
   Tischbierek,R-Huemmer,B/BL 9091 Frankfurt-Nu 1990)(6...Nbd7 7.Nh3
   0-0 8.a4 exd4 9.Bxd4 Ne5 10.Nf4 Re8 11.Be2 Bf8 12.0-0 Qe7 13.a5 Ng6
   14.Rfe1 Nxf4 15.Qxf4 Nd7 += Priehoda,V-Pribyl,M Brno 1991) 7.0-0-0
   b5 8.g4 exd4 (8...Qa5!? 9.Kb1 b4 10.Nce2 Be6 11.Nc1 c5 12.d5 Bd7
   13.Nge2 +=)(8...b4 9.Nce2 exd4 10.Nxd4 c5 11.Nf5 with initiative
   (Stohl)) 9.Qxd4 (9.Bxd4 b4 10.Nce2 c5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qxd6 Qa5
   with compensation (Stohl)) Be6 10.g5 Ne8 (10...c5 11.Qd3! c4
   12.Qe2! Ne8 13.Nxb5 +/-) 11.f4 Qa5 12.a3
     A) 12...f5? 13.exf5! Bxf5 14.Nge2 +/- 14...Nc7 15.Ng3! Bg4 (
      15...Ne6 16.Qd2 Bg4 17.Re1) 16.Bd3!? (16.f5!? Bxd1 17.Nxd1¿)(
      16.Qe4! Bxd1 17.Bd3 g6 18.f5! Bf3 19.Qxe7!? Rf7 20.Qd8+ Rf8 21.Qxd6
      Bxh1 22.fxg6+-) d5 17.f5 (17.Rde1 c5 18.Qe5 Nc6-+) Bxd1 18.Nxd1
      (18.Rxd1? Qb6 19.Qe5 Bd6 20.Qxd6 Qxe3+ 21.Kb1 Ne8 22.Qd8 Nf6!
      23.Qc7 Qxg5 24.Qb7 Nbd7 25.Qxc6Á)(18.f6! Rxf6! 19.gxf6 Bxf6
      20.Qf4 Bxc3 21.Rxd1 +/-) Bd6? (18...c5! 19.Qg4 c4 20.Be2 Bd6
      21.f6 g6 unclear) 19.Qh4 Ne8 (19...Nd7 20.f6 g6 21.Qh6 Rf7
      22.Bxg6 hxg6 23.Qxg6+ Kf8 24.Nf5+-) 20.Bd4+- Anand,V-Izeta,F/
      Madrid  1993;
     B) 12...f6!? Izeta,F 13.h4 Nc7 unclear;
     C) 12...c5 13.Qd2 b4 14.Nb1! Nc6 15.Nf3 Rb8 16.f5! Ba2! 17.b3!
      Bxb1 18.Kxb1 bxa3 19.Qxa5 Nxa5 20.Ka2 +=]
6...Qc7
   [6...Nbd7
     A) 7.Ng3 0-0 8.Nf5 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5
      12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Qd4 Nc6 14.Qc5 Qh4+ 15.g3 Qf6 16.0-0-0 Be6 17.Bg2
      Rac8 18.Bf4 Qg6 19.Rd2 a5 20.Qb6 Nb4 21.Kb1 Rxc2 0-1
      Brix,B-Glaser, 1989;
     B) 7.Qd2 b5 (7...Qa5 8.Nc1 exd4 9.Bxd4 Ne5 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.a4 Be6
      12.Qf2 c5 13.Nb5 Qc8 14.Nxc5 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 dxc5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qg3
      a6 18.Nc7+ Kd7 19.Nxa8 Qxa8 20.Bh3 Qf8 21.0-0-0+ Kc8 22.Bxe6+ fxe6
      23.Qg4 f5 24.exf5 exf5 25.Qc4 h5 26.Rhe1 Bd6 1-0
      Wirius,Stefan-Denk,Adolf/Austria Bundesliga (02) 1991)(7...0-0
      8.g4 b5 9.Ng3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Ne5 11.Be2 Ne8 12.Nd1 Nc7 13.Nf2 Ne6
      14.Be3 d5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Nf5 Bb7 17.0-0-0 b4 18.Nd4 Qa5 19.Kb1
      Rac8 20.b3 Nc6 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.a4 Bf6 23.Nd3 Bc3 24.Qc1 Rfe8 25.Nb2
      Nc5 26.Bxc5 Qxc5 27.Bd3 Rc7 28.Rhf1 Rce7 29.f4 Bd4 30.Qd2 Be3
      31.Qg2 Qc3 32.Qh3 g6 33.Bb5 Bxb5 34.axb5 Rc8 35.Rxd5 Qxc2+ 36.Ka2
      Bc1 37.Rxc1 Qxc1 38.Qd3 Re1 0-1 Hoiberg,Nina-Richtrova,Eliska/
      Lyngby LAR-mem (03) 1991)(7...h5 8.Nc1 b5 9.d5 cxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5
      11.Qxd5 Rb8 12.Nb3 a6 13.Qd2 0-0 14.Be2 Nb6 15.Na5 Qc7 16.0-0 Be6
      17.f4 d5 18.f5 Bc8 19.exd5 Bc5 20.c4 bxc4 21.Bf3 Bxf5 22.Nc6 Bxe3+
      23.Qxe3 Bd3 24.Nxb8 Qxb8 25.Rf2 Qd6 26.Re1 f6 27.Rd1 Nxd5 28.Rxd3
      cxd3 29.Qxd3 Rd8 30.Rd2 Qc5+ 31.Kh1 f5 32.Bxd5+ Kh8 33.Qf3 g6
      34.Rd1 Kh7 35.Bb3 e4 36.Qe2 Re8 37.Qxa6 Re7 38.Qe2 f4 39.Re1 Qb4
      40.Bd5 e3 41.a3 1-0 Galkin,A-Iordakesku,V/URS-chJ Jurmala 1992)
      8.a3 Bb7 9.Ng3 g6 10.Bd3 a6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Nce2 d5 13.Bh6 Re8 14.c3
      c5 15.exd5 exd4 16.cxd4 c4 17.Bc2 Nxd5 18.Ne4 f5 19.N4c3 N7b6
      20.Rad1 Bf6 21.Kh1 Qd7 22.Ng3 Bg7 23.Bg5 a5 24.Nge2 b4 25.Nxd5 Nxd5
      26.Bb1 h6 27.Bf4 Rxe2 28.Qxe2 Nxf4 29.Qxc4+ Bd5 30.Qc5 Ne6 0-1
      Autowicz,Zenon-Titov,German/Warszawa LEG (01) 1990;
     C) 7.g4! d5 8.g5!? Nh5 9.Rg1 exd4 10.Qxd4 Bc5 11.Qd2¼ += XNh5]
7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.g4 Nf8 9.Ng3 h6 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.gxf5 Nh5 12.0-0-0 Nh7 13.Ne2
Bg5 14.f4 exf4 15.Nxf4 Nxf4 16.Bxf4 0-0-0 17.h4 Bxf4 18.Qxf4=
Rasik,V-Chytilek,R Czechoslovakia 1993 Line