THE WEEK IN CHESS 118 09/02/97 Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) Linares Tournament 1997.
3) Ubeda Tournament
4) FIDE Politics
5) Final leg of the VISA Nordic Grand Prix.
6) First Saturday Tournament February 1997.
7) National Masters and Honor Tournaments Lisbon Portugal
8) New Intermediate listings for the FIDE ratings.
9) International Tournament in Nova Gorica Slovenia
10) GM Erich Eliskases 1913-1997
11) In brief
12) Mermaid Beach Club International 1997
13) LET THE BRAIN TAKE THE STRAIN by John Henderson
14) Theoretical Corner By Marco R. Martini (ITA)
GAMES SECTION
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It Linares ESP 1997 36
It Ubeda ESP 1997 12
FS GM Feb Budapest HUN 1997 7
Masters Lisbon POR 1997 10
Honor Lisbon POR 1997 10
Mermaid Beach Club Bermuda 1997 45
Open Slovenia 371
1) Introduction
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My thanks to John Henderson, Marco R. Martini, Malcolm Pein, Jack
Peters, ChessBase www site, Chess Planet www site, Chess.Net www site,
Luis Santos, Laszlo Nagy, Margeir Petursson, Adolivio Capece and
Ignatius Leong. Along with everyone else who helped out on this issue.
The Linares Tournament dominates a busy week for chess. An exciting
finish is in view with the likely winners coming from the leaders
Vladimir Kramnik and Gary Kasparov. Judit Polgar's excellent showing so
far perhaps indicates a maturing of style but she has quite a difficult
finish to the event.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
2) Linares Tournament 1997.
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Round 1 (1997.02.04)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 15 D15 Slav defence
Polgar, Judit - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 59 C18 French; Winawer
Adams, Michael - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 54 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 41 B85 Sicilian
Shirov, Alexei - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 40 C92 Ruy Lopez
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 29 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Round 2 (1997.02.05)
Adams, Michael - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 37 C91 Ruy Lopez
Gelfand, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 28 D27 QGA;
Dreev, Alexey - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 49 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Piket, Jeroen - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 50 D43 Semi-Slav
Nikolic, Predrag - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 44 D44 QGD; Botwinnik
Topalov, Veselin - Polgar, Judit 1/2 81 B48 Sicilian
Round 3 (1997.02.06)
Kasparov, Gary - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 47 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Kramnik, Vladimir - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 41 A17 English; 1.c4
Polgar, Judit - Adams, Michael 1/2 25 C78 Ruy Lopez
Anand, Viswanathan - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 44 C99 Ruy Lopez
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 76 C69 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Dreev, Alexey 0-1 53 B14 Caro-Kann
Round 4 (1997.02.07)
Adams, Michael - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 95 C60 Ruy Lopez
Dreev, Alexey - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 22 E12 Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 51 E99 Kings indian; Main line
Nikolic, Predrag - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 39 D73 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 33 D43 Semi-Slav
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Polgar, Judit 0-1 19 D77 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Round 5 (1997.02.08)
Kasparov, Gary - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 27 C45 Scottish
Kramnik, Vladimir - Adams, Michael 1/2 21 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Polgar, Judit - Dreev, Alexey 1-0 67 B67 Sicilian
Gelfand, Boris - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 46 E16 Nimzo indian
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 20 C60 Ruy Lopez
Shirov, Alexei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 40 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 6 (1997.02.09)
Polgar, Judit - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 25 C60 Ruy Lopez
Adams, Michael - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 32 B96 Sicilian; Najdorf
Dreev, Alexey - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 42 E12 Nimzo indian
Nikolic, Predrag - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 37 D73 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 39 D35 Queen's gambit
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 41 B65 Sicilian
Linares ESP (ESP), II 1997 cat. XIX (2701)
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2795 * . . . = = = 1 1 1 . . 4.5 2882
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 . * . = = . 1 = . 1 . 1 4.5 2880
3 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2645 . . * = . 1 . 1 . = = 1 4.5 2880
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2665 . = = * . 1 . . = . 1 = 4.0 2830
5 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 = = . . * = = 1 = . . . 3.5 2764
6 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2650 = . 0 0 = * 1 . . . . 1 3.0 2697
7 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 = 0 . . = 0 * . = . 1 . 2.5 2666
8 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2655 0 = 0 . 0 . . * 1 . 1 . 2.5 2665
9 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 0 . . = = . = 0 * = . . 2.0 2571
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 0 0 = . . . . . = * 0 1 2.0 2604
11 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 . . = 0 . . 0 0 . 1 * 0 1.5 2485
12 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 . 0 0 = . 0 . . . 0 1 * 1.5 2492
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After only 6 rounds of the Linares International Tournament it looks as
though it will be a battle between Gary Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik.
Kasparov has played some extremely strong opening ideas and in fact
might have been even further in the lead had he not wasted a number of
good chances so far. He has had only one nasty moment, against Jeroen
Piket. Piket missed 32. Rcxf3 which would probably have left Kasparov
struggling. However as Margeir Petursson has pointed out Kasparov missed
a spectacular conclusion to the game with 40. ...Rc7 fatally overloading
Piket's Queen and leading to immediate victory. Also 38. ...Bf4 seems
very strong to me. Against Gelfand, Kasparov allowed Gelfand to get to a
Bishops of opposite colour ending when he could have won. However in the
last two days he has demolished both Topalov and Nikolic to join Judit
Polgar and Vladimir Kramnik in the lead.
Kramnik has been quietly effective in garnering his points so far. He
beat Vassily Ivanchuk to join the leaders.
Judit Polgar has played some very impressively controlled chess so far.
Her mature realisation of her endgame advantage against Dreev may
suggest some work at this, the previously weakest part of her game. She
enjoyed some luck in her first round game against Nikolic which
fluctuated wildly before she won. I don't believe she can win the event
as she has an exceptionally tough run in to the end of the event but she
looks set to record a very good result.
The major talking point of the event has been Vassily Ivanchuk's dismal
play. His loss against Judit Polgar was very bad play with his 7. ...Nc3
already being quite wrong. The following round, after the first rest day
seemed on the surface to see him play better however the facts of the
game suggest otherwise.
According to Kevin O'Connell on the ChessBase
(http://www.chessbase.com/) site he spent "18 minutes over his second
move and had used up more than an hour before the game reached double
figures. Ivanchuk made at least 22 moves in less than a minute, as he
had to do to avoid losing on time."
Today he lost to Vladimir Kramnik and appeared to crumble after getting
a reasonable opening. He has lost all his games with white (now 4 in
total)
In an interview with Dmitrije Bjelica on the chess.net site
(http://www.chess.net/linares.html)after his loss to Judit Polgar, the
key part of his interview was the statement that he was "sick of chess:
I declare I will give up chess for at least one year." As three time
winner he felt he should play Linares having signed a contract. He
acknowleged how unrecognisable his play was against Judit Polgar.
"Polgar is a great talent, but I was not myself for that game. I have
not been myself for a while..." He is at a loss as to explain his play.
He finds he cannot see anything at the board or concentrate properly.
This event is going to be hard for him. The article contains other
interesting background material from the event.
Letter from Luis Rentero to Anatoly Karpov
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Anatoly Karpov has lost his election campaign, an election which in
truth he had no chance of winning. According to the Russian Information
Agency the election was won by favourite Alexander Korzhakov who was
former head of the Presidential Security service until he fell out with
Boris Yeltsin. He is now a supporter of Alexander Lebed. Karpov's
campaigning was affected by his participation in the Las Palmas
tournament and this may have cost him a better result.
There were 11 Candidates for the seat of Tula
Top three:
Alexander Korzhanov 26.32%
Eduard Pashchecheko 16.98%
Anatoly Karpov 15.81%
However the consequences of non-participation in the Linares event may
have a more long term effect. He was on the receiving end of a vitriolic
attack from Linares and Ubeda organiser Luis Rentero. He was very upset
at Karpov's non-participation at Linares and accuses Karpov of not even
answering his invitations to the event. However Karpov released his
plans for the coming months in a press release in December and that
mentioned his campaign in Tula but nothing of participating in Linares.
Here is Rentero's letter:
Luis Rentero-Suarez
Linares
Linares February 3rd 1997.
Anatoly Karpov
Moscu
I never could even imagine that you were going to be able to do what you
have done at Linares. You have laughed at its people and at its
children, who think you are an idol. And also, you have laughed at its
confidence.
And why am I telling you all of this?
Last May, the City Government of Linares gave you a pre-contract to play
in the International Linares Tournament. The people of Linares are most
proud of this International contest. Your not responding at all, is, no
doubt, an insult to the people of Linares.
After seven months, you have not had the courtesy to even give us an
answer. Furthermore, the Government of the City of Linares sent you
three more fax's in January, requesting from you the courtesy of an
answer: "Are you going to play or not?" But your irresponsibility and
your indifference are such that you have given silence as the only
answer.
And I ask myself, why do you do it? Because you are afraid! Or is it
because the famous chessplayer called Kasparov is playing at Linares? It
is well known that he gave you your biggest beating in years. When you
lost in Canary Islands to Kasparov, your ranking fell to the last
position, making you look foolish after your boasting.
Because you are afraid, you don't want to suffer the second fulminating
defeat in you life. You are hiding behind yourself and not facing the
consequences as a man. You are proud of being the World Champion when it
isn't true! You got the title through the side door, but it seems you
have experience with this, since you did the same thing with Fischer the
first time.
But I'm curious to know, how are you going to sell you match against
Kasparov for 400 million pesetas? In fact, all the sponsors were waiting
for you reappearing in Linares. By not competing in Linares, the
consequence is that the Cabildo Insular will not sponsor you. You don't
have any other tournament against your tormentor, the real World
Champion, Garry Kasparov.
Don't forget, now you are not the number three or even number four in
the standings. With your last disastrous games in the Canary Island,
they have checkmated you, sending you to the bottom.
Summing up, I write you this letter to let you know, I will never invite
you to any other competition which I organize, because you have insulted
me and the people of Linares. Regretfully, you are now in the group that
I call "BAD PERSONS."
Sincerely yours
Luis Rentero
3) Ubeda Tournament
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Just a few miles away from the Linares SuperGM tournament is the
Category 16 Ubeda Tournament. This event is organised by Luis Rentero
and is possibly going to be the start of a series to rival the Linares
tournaments in the future. After two rounds Joel Lautier leads with 2/2.
Round 1 (1997.02.07)
Lautier, Joel - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 58 C83 Ruy Lopez
Andersson, Ulf - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 41 B08 Pirc; Classical
Bareev, Evgeny - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 52 A26 English; 1.c4 e5
Leko, Peter - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 37 C18 French; Winawer
Timman, Jan H - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 46 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Akopian, Vladimir - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 44 A13 English; 1.c4
Round 2 (1997.02.08)
Khalifman, Alexander - Akopian, Vladimir 1-0 53 B85 Sicilian
Bareev, Evgeny - Leko, Peter 1/2 41 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Timman, Jan H 1/2 42 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 58 E05 Nimzo indian
Jussupow, Artur - Lautier, Joel 0-1 44 D27 QGA;
Korchnoi, Viktor - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 42 B37 Sicilian
Ubeda ESP (ESP), II 1997 cat. XVI (2640)
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1 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 * . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0
2 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2650 . * = . . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2848
3 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2655 . = * . . . . . . . . = 1.0 2642
4 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2665 . . . * . = = . . . . . 1.0 2632
5 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 . . . . * = . = . . . . 1.0 2615
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2600 . . . = = * . . . . . . 1.0 2650
7 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2665 . . . = . . * . . = . . 1.0 2630
8 Timman, Jan H g NED 2630 . . . . = . . * . . = . 1.0 2650
9 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2655 . 0 . . . . . . * 1 . . 1.0 2622
10 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2595 . . . . . . = . 0 * . . 0.5 2467
11 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2665 0 . . . . . . = . . * . 0.5 2437
12 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 0 . = . . . . . . . . * 0.5 2449
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4) FIDE Politics
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FIDE World Chess Championships and the IOC.
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FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov met IOC (International Olympic
Committee) President Juan Antonio Samaranch in Lausanne Switzerland on
January 31st. FIDE have been moving towards full membership of the IOC.
The President of the IOC has accepted an invitation to the FIDE World
Championship knockout event in Elista.
Letter from Ignatious Leong
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Ignatious Leong gives his account of the FIDE Congress in Yerevan. He
was one of the most important players during the elections.
67th FIDE CONGRESS, Yerevan 1996 by Ignatius Leong (former FIDE Administrative Manager)
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Fax : (65) 2355303 Email : intchess@pacific.net.sg
Many reports had been written on the Internet concerning the FIDE
Congress in Yerevan. There had been various comments written about me; I
resigned, I was fired, I decided to support Bachar Kouatly etc ... At
the request of several people, I feel that my Statement which was read
at the General Assembly should be published. I also wish to add some
comments pertaining to this report and in particular to the events that
happened only on 30 September and 1 October 1996.
Statement of Ignatius Leong
This Statement, recorded by Herman Hamers, was taken on 1 October 1996
from 0100 to 0200 hours at Hotel Armenia I, Yerevan, Armenia. Present
were :
Ignatius Leong (Delegate, Singapore Chess Federation)
Tang Kum-Foo (Executive Secretary, Singapore Chess Federation)
Herman Hamers (President, Dutch Chess Federation)
Steven Doyle (Delegate, US Chess Federation)
Mr Ignatius Leong had resigned yesterday as FIDE official
(Administrative Manager). After the coffee-break during the General
Assembly (30 September 1996), FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov asked
Leong to come to a conference room (Iljumzhinov's office at the Congress
Hall). Iljumzhinov was angry and upset that Leong voted against
Iljumzhinov's proposal. He demanded three proxies that Leong carried and
demanded also that Leong gave Iljumzhinov the vote of Singapore by
writing a proxy in Iljumzhinov's name Leong met Mr Tang Kum-Foo in the
building and apologised that he could not come to the meeting. Leong
went to the playing hall; Tang went to the Conference Room (Congress
Hall). He (Tang) sat near the Chinese delegation, asking their
protection.
After the end of the meeting both men (Tang and Leong) left. They
arrived in their hotel at 2115 hours. Two people from Iljumzhinov came
and invited them to come along to talk to the President of FIDE.
Leong then had a two-hour talk with Iljumzhinov. Iljumzhinov told Leong
that Mr Bachar Kouatly stated in the General Assembly that Iljumzhinov
wanted to kill Leong. [Such a statement was not made (Mr Hamers and Mr
Doyle confirmed this)]. Iljumzhinov told Leong he could come to the
General Assembly and he would get his proxies back, including the vote
of Singapore. Leong left; he did not get his proxies back then.
After this talk Tang and Leong had supper. They didn't want to sleep in
their own hotel rooms. They did not feel safe there. They were lodged
then in Hotel Armenia I [instead of Armenia II]. Mr Steve Doyle called
the American Ambassador and asked for protection for the two Singaporean
delegates. Leong stated that no physical force was used and that the
Armenian authorities were in no way involved. The three proxies
mentioned were from Mongolia, Pakistan and Seychelles.
End of Statement
Some Comments :
On 29 and 30 September 1996, I sat in the first row of the Congress
Hall. After the two stormy morning sessions, I told Tang Kum-Foo of my
intention to resign as FIDE Administrative Manager. At lunch-break I
prepared my letter of resignation and showed it to Tang but he advised
me to wait. However, just before resumption of the afternoon session, I
went up to the stage and handed Iljumzhinov my letter of resignation. I
then sat among the delegates.
When the session resumed, votes were taken on the following motions :
1. To have individual elections :I voted YES
2. To elect a ticket of eight :I voted YES
3. To elect the President and allow him to select his own ticket:I voted NO
Following the third voting, a coffee-break was called. Then I was called
to Iljumzhinov's office where I saw many people there including
Florencio Campomanes, Andrei Makarov and Georgios Makropoulos.
Iljumzhinov took me to an inner room.
According to the Yerevan Minutes, it was recorded that '... Iljumzhinov
who was not happy with Mr Leong's vote and allegedly asked Mr Leong to
give back the proxies and that of Singapore.' These were not so as per
the statement read by Hamers. Iljumzhinov was very angry. He kept
pointing his finger on my chest and demanded to have my proxies of
Mongolia, Pakistan, Seychelles and to assign the vote of Singapore and
to reassign them to four Central Asian countries. I wish to clarify that
I had written in pri After reassigning my proxies, I went back to the
Congress Hall to take my bag and look for Tang. I apologised to Tang
because I had assigned the proxy of Singapore. He was angry but
understood the situation. I told him that I would feel safer in the
playing hall.
The Yerevan Minutes also recorded 'Mr Iljumzhinov said that Mr Leong
apologised to him and that Mr Kouatly exerted pressure on him regarding
the vote. Mr Iljumzhinov said that Mr Leong had lived in Mr
Iljumzhinov's house in Kalmykia and was ashamed of the situation and
that is why he handed out his proxies and left the house.' How
ridiculous.
Firstly, despite the pressure during the 1994 Moscow Elections, I
remained on the ticket of Kouatly. Despite the sense of insecurity, I
voted (openly) the way I did in Yerevan. Anybody can exert pressure on
me but no one - not even the mafia in FIDE can force me to vote against
my will. Secondly, during my stay in Kalmykia, I had never lived in
Iljumzhinov's house. During the World Championship Match, I lived in the
hotel just like other officials did. After the Match, I insisted and
paid for my own flat w When we returned to the hotel, I received a note
from Gunther Loewenthal (Delegate, Dutch Chess Federation) to go back to
the Congress Hall. I ignored the note and we went to my room. Within a
few minutes, two men were sent by Iljumzhinov. I hesitated to go with
them unless Tang could come with me. Soon after we entered Iljumzhinov's
room, Tang was asked to wait outside the room.
We talked for two hours. Iljumzhinov apologised for his impulsive
behaviour and blamed Bachar Kouatly for instigating me. He persuaded me
to continue working with him and also offered me business
opportunities. I reminded him of my suggestion of meetings to hand out
gifts to the Olympiad teams and players, delegates, arbiters and
journalists and that he would win the election by himself. I stressed to
him that I did not like the methods used in the election campaign in
Yerevan and that at no time did I sa I decided to have dinner with Tang
but instead, came across Kouatly and Makropoulos at the hotel lobby.
Just as we were about to leave, we ran into Steven Doyle (USA), Herman
Hamers (Netherlands), Rolf Lininger (Switzerland), Jaime Sunye-Neto
(Brazil) and Mrs Rosa Durao (Portugal). Doyle, Hamers and Liniger came
to us to request my statement of what actually happended and offered the
assistance of their respective embassies. Tang said we shall consider
their request and thanked them for their offer.
We met Doyle and Hamers again at about 0100 hours on 1 October. They
persuaded me to attend the General Assembly to make a statement. I
requested Hamers to record my statement and to speak on my behalf. I
stated what happended when I was first called to Iljumzhinov's office
during coffee-break. I briefly mentioned what transpired in
Iljumzhinov's room. I told Doyle and Hamers that Iljumzhinov told me in
his room that Kouatly stated in the General Assembly that Iljumzhinov
wanted to kill me. Doyle, Hamers a I requested assistance to fly out of
Yerevan because I had no ticket and that I had arrived from Moscow on a
cargo plane carrying Iljumzhinov gifts. Tang requested to have a new
ticket so as to avoid the Moscow connection. Doyle offered to assist
with the purchase of the tickets and to arrange for the American Embassy
to escort us until our departure from Yerevan.
The session of the General Assembly on 1 October 1996 started late. I
was requested by Campomanes to make my statement. I informed the General
Assembly that I had told my story the previous night to Hamers and that
he would read my statement. I further said that Iljumzhinov persuaded me
to continue my work but since my life had already been threatened in
Moscow in August and with this new situation, I do not see how we could
continue again. Nevertheless, I wished my friend Iljumzhinov good luck.
I also str The Yerevan Minutes further recorded that 'Mr Makropoulous
... said that the story changed from mouth to mouth, and only Messrs
Leong and Iljumzhinov can clarify what happened ... Mr Makropoulous said
that he asked Mr Leong what happened and that he replied : Nothing, a
misunderstanding.' Little had I known that this little diplomatic reply,
which I had given him the night before to brush him off, would be
trundled out and used against me. How those who worked at night, to use
Makarov's phrase, clutched at After casting my votes (for Mongolia and
Singapore), I left without sitting through the Congress. I wish to take
this opportunity to thank Doyle, Hamers and Rolf Liniger (Switzerland)
for offering their assistance during the short period of my distress. I
also wish to thank the many other delegates who showed their concern for
my safety.
5) Final leg of the VISA Nordic Grand Prix.
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The 5th Visa Nordic Grand Prix. The final leg is taking place at the
2nd Torshavn International Open which is in the Faroe Islands.
The event runs from 8-16. February 1997.
The event is being covered on the internet at:
http://www.nlh.fo/nlh2.htm
After two rounds:
Round 1 (1997.02.08)
Sokolov, Ivan - Fries-Nielsen, Niels Jorgen 1-0 34 A57 Benko gambit
Schandorff, Lars - Karason, Askell O 1-0 29 E32 Nimzo indian
Djurhuus, Rune - Nilssen, John Arni 1-0 56 B32 Sicilian
Kristensen, Bjarke - Nas,FT 1-0 35 C50 Giuoco piano
Stefansson, Hannes - Sloth, Jorn 1-0 41 B64 Sicilian
Borge, Nikolaj - Hansen,PM 1-0 18 C05 French; Tarrasch
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Hansen, Chr. Jens 1/2 43 B00 1.e4
Hoi, Carsten - Hansen, Herluf 1-0 52 D46 Semi-Slav
Bjerring, Kai - Conquest, Stuart 0-1 46 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Brynell, Stellan - Nicholson, John 1-0 19 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Thomsen, Torbjorn 1-0 22 D61 QGD;
Jakobsen, Ole - Hansen, Curt 0-1 38 E21 Nimzo indian
Nolsoe, Eydun - Tisdall, Jonathan D 0-1 45 B78 Sicilian; Dragon
Andreasen, Joan Hendrik - Pedersen, Steffen 0-1 31 A43 Queen's pawn
Bjarnason, Saevar - Akesson, Ralf 0-1 43 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Bromann, Thorbjorn - Hansen, Sune Berg 0-1 37 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Samuelsen,CE - Antonsen, Mikkel 0-1 61 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Simonsen, Olavur - Westerinen, Heikki M J 0-1 46 B03 Alekhine defence
Lejlic, Samir - Svidler, Peter 0-1 37 B80 Sicilian
Thomsen, Bernhard - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 0-1 33 D12 Slav defence
Round 2 (1997.02.09)
Conquest, Stuart - Hoi, Carsten 1-0 38 E61 Kings indian
Hansen, Curt - Brynell, Stellan 1-0 47 D07 Chigorin
Svidler, Peter - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1-0 30 B47 Sicilian
Akesson, Ralf - Kristensen, Bjarke 1/2 60 E32 Nimzo indian
Hansen, Sune Berg - Borge, Nikolaj 1/2 11 D27 QGA;
Westerinen, Heikki M J - Djurhuus, Rune 1/2 23 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Antonsen, Mikkel - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1/2 63 D10 Slav defence
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 10 E14 Nimzo indian
Hansen, Chr. Jens - Lejlic, Samir 1-0 36 D02 Queen's pawn
Tisdall, Jonathan D - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 31 D43 Semi-Slav
Pedersen, Steffen - Schandorff, Lars 0-1 39 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Fries-Nielsen, Niels Jorgen - Thomsen, Bernhard 1-0 39 A12 English; 1.c4
Hansen, Herluf - Bjarnason, Saevar 1/2 52 E21 Nimzo indian
Karason, Askell O - Samuelsen,CE 1/2 37 D36 Queen's gambit
Nas,FT - Bromann, Thorbjorn 1/2 24 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Nilssen, John Arni - Andreasen, Joan Hendrik 1/2 31 A86 Dutch defence
Sloth, Jorn - Simonsen, Olavur 1/2 61 A84 Dutch defence
Hansen,PM - Nolsoe, Eydun 0-1 47 D02 Queen's pawn
Nicholson, John - Bjerring, Kai 0-1 33 B02 Alekhine defence
Thomsen, Torbjorn - Jakobsen, Ole 0-1 41 B48 Sicilian
Torshavn FAI (FAI), II 1997
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2540 +20 +18 . . . . . . . 2.0
2 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2605 +24 +21 . . . . . . . 2.0
3 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2615 +22 +17 . . . . . . . 2.0
4 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2510 +30 +19 . . . . . . . 2.0
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2640 +37 +23 . . . . . . . 2.0
6 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2515 +27 = 9 . . . . . . . 1.5 2543
7 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2530 +32 =11 . . . . . . . 1.5 2558
8 Hansen, Sune Berg m DEN 2505 +28 =13 . . . . . . . 1.5 2510
9 Kristensen, Bjarke m DEN 2415 +31 = 6 . . . . . . . 1.5 2515
10 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2555 +35 =14 . . . . . . . 1.5 2613
11 Westerinen, Heikki M J g FIN 2425 +34 = 7 . . . . . . . 1.5 2490
12 Antonsen, Mikkel m DEN 2410 +33 =16 . . . . . . . 1.5 2500
13 Borge, Nikolaj m DEN 2405 +36 = 8 . . . . . . . 1.5 2505
14 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2470 +39 =10 . . . . . . . 1.5 2508
15 Hansen, Chr. Jens FAI 2220 =16 +37 . . . . . . . 1.5 2645
16 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2500 =15 =12 . . . . . . . 1.0 2315
17 Tisdall, Jonathan D g NOR 2490 +25 - 3 . . . . . . . 1.0 2407
18 Hoi, Carsten m DEN 2425 +29 - 1 . . . . . . . 1.0 2282
19 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2420 +26 - 4 . . . . . . . 1.0 2282
20 Bjerring, Kai m DEN 2315 - 1 +38 . . . . . . . 1.0 2305
21 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2445 +38 - 2 . . . . . . . 1.0 2337
22 Fries-Nielsen, Niels Jorgen DEN 2405 - 3 +39 . . . . . . . 1.0 2345
23 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2475 +40 - 5 . . . . . . . 1.0 2405
24 Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2385 - 2 +40 . . . . . . . 1.0 2387
25 Nolsoe, Eydun FAI 2200 -17 +36 . . . . . . . 1.0
26 Andreasen, Joan Hendrik FAI 2055 -19 =32 . . . . . . . 0.5 2169
27 Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2285 - 6 =29 . . . . . . . 0.5 2077
28 Bromann, Thorbjorn DEN 2230 - 8 =31 . . . . . . . 0.5
29 Hansen, Herluf FAI 2025 -18 =27 . . . . . . . 0.5 2162
30 Karason, Askell O ISL 2245 - 4 =33 . . . . . . . 0.5
31 Nas,FT ---- - 9 =28 . . . . . . . 0.5 2129
32 Nilssen, John Arni FAI 2305 - 7 =26 . . . . . . . 0.5 2099
33 Samuelsen,CE ---- -12 =30 . . . . . . . 0.5 2134
34 Simonsen, Olavur FAI 2065 -11 =35 . . . . . . . 0.5 2204
35 Sloth, Jorn f DEN 2370 -10 =34 . . . . . . . 0.5 2117
36 Hansen,PM ---- -13 -25 . . . . . . . 0.0
37 Lejlic, Samir m SWE 2405 - 5 -15 . . . . . . . 0.0
38 Nicholson, John IRL 2070 -21 -20 . . . . . . . 0.0
39 Thomsen, Bernhard FAI 2075 -14 -22 . . . . . . . 0.0
40 Thomsen, Torbjorn FAI 2170 -23 -24 . . . . . . . 0.0
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6) First Saturday Tournament February 1997.
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After 8 rounds there is a 3 way tie for first place between Cao, Lukacs
and Siegel in the First Saturday GM tournament for February. There is a
small selection of the best games in the games section.
In the B-group there are 14 participants, category II., ELO average 2299
a single IM round robin tournament.
Information from the organiser Laszlo Nagy who can be contacted via
E-Mail <100263.1700@CompuServe.COM> www page
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
Round 1 (1997.01.01)
Cao, Sang - Lingnau, Carsten 1-0
Lukacs, Peter - Farago, Ivan 1/2
Siegel, Georg - Habibi, Ali 1-0 47
Peter, Ambrus - Somlai, Laszlo 1-
Wapner, Jonathan - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2
Nor, Igal - Tyomkin, Dimitri 1/2
Round 2 (1997.01.02)
Vadasz, Laszlo - Lukacs, Peter 1/2
Tyomkin, Dimitri - Cao, Sang 1/2
Peter, Ambrus - Wapner, Jonathan 1/2
Farago, Ivan - Siegel, Georg 1/2
Somlai, Laszlo - Lingnau, Carsten 1-0
Habibi, Ali - Nor, Igal 1/2 65
Round 3 (1997.01.03)
Cao, Sang - Habibi, Ali 1-0
Lukacs, Peter - Peter, Ambrus 1/2
Siegel, Georg - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2
Lingnau, Carsten - Tyomkin, Dimitri 1-0
Wapner, Jonathan - Somlai, Laszlo 1-0
Nor, Igal - Farago, Ivan 1/2
Round 4 (1997.01.04)
Vadasz, Laszlo - Nor, Igal 1-0
Peter, Ambrus - Siegel, Georg 0-1
Farago, Ivan - Cao, Sang 0-1
Wapner, Jonathan - Lukacs, Peter 0-1
Somlai, Laszlo - Tyomkin, Dimitri 1-0
Habibi, Ali - Lingnau, Carsten 0-1
Round 5 (1997.01.05)
Cao, Sang - Vadasz, Laszlo 1-0
Lukacs, Peter - Somlai, Laszlo 1-0
Siegel, Georg - Wapner, Jonathan 1-0
Lingnau, Carsten - Farago, Ivan 1/2
Tyomkin, Dimitri - Habibi, Ali 1-0 32
Nor, Igal - Peter, Ambrus 0-1
Round 6 (1997.01.06)
Lukacs, Peter - Siegel, Georg 1-0
Vadasz, Laszlo - Lingnau, Carsten 1-0 33
Peter, Ambrus - Cao, Sang 1/2
Farago, Ivan - Tyomkin, Dimitri 1/2
Wapner, Jonathan - Nor, Igal 1/2
Somlai, Laszlo - Habibi, Ali 0-1
Round 7 (1997.01.07)
Cao, Sang - Wapner, Jonathan 1/2 46
Siegel, Georg - Somlai, Laszlo 1-0
Lingnau, Carsten - Peter, Ambrus 1-0
Tyomkin, Dimitri - Vadasz, Laszlo 1-0
Habibi, Ali - Farago, Ivan 1/2
Nor, Igal - Lukacs, Peter 0-1 27
Round 8 (1997.01.08)
Lukacs, Peter - Cao, Sang 1/2
Siegel, Georg - Nor, Igal 1-0
Vadasz, Laszlo - Habibi, Ali 1/2
Peter, Ambrus - Tyomkin, Dimitri 1/2
Wapner, Jonathan - Lingnau, Carsten 0-1
Somlai, Laszlo - Farago, Ivan 1/2
Budapest HUN (HUN), I 1997 cat. VII (2407)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Cao, Sang m VIE 2465 * = . 1 1 = = 1 = . 1 . 6.0 2594
2 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2470 = * 1 . = . = = 1 1 . 1 6.0 2595
3 Siegel, Georg m GER 2480 . 0 * . = . 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2579
4 Lingnau, Carsten m GER 2395 0 . . * 0 1 1 = 1 0 1 . 4.5 2439
5 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2365 0 = = 1 * 0 . . = . = 1 4.0 2407
6 Tyomkin, Dimitri m ISR 2450 = . . 0 1 * = = . 0 1 = 4.0 2398
7 Peter, Ambrus m HUN 2455 = = 0 0 . = * . = 1 . 1 4.0 2409
8 Farago, Ivan g HUN 2440 0 = = = . = . * . = = = 3.5 2373
9 Wapner, Jonathan ISR 2290 = 0 0 0 = . = . * 1 . = 3.0 2332
10 Somlai, Laszlo HUN 2360 . 0 0 1 . 1 0 = 0 * 0 . 2.5 2274
11 Habibi, Ali m GER 2345 0 . 0 0 = 0 . = . 1 * = 2.5 2274
12 Nor, Igal ISR 2365 . 0 0 . 0 = 0 = = . = * 2.0 2218
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7) National Masters and Honor Tournaments Lisbon Portugal
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Luis Santos is posting the games from the National Masters and Honor
Tournaments in Lisbon Portugal. It is taking place between the 8th and
16th February 1997.
The www address is:
http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/
Masters Tournament
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Round 1 (1997.02.08)
Frois, Antonio - Alexandre, Jorge 1-0 58 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Galego, Luis - Damaso, Rui 1/2 8 D31 Queen's gambit
Santos, Carlos P - Pinheiro, Jose 1/2 16 C48 Four knights
Cordovil, Joao - Leonardo, Joao 0-1 74 B20 Sicilian
Quadrio, Alexandre - Silva, Fernando 0-1 48 B06 Modern defence
Round 2 (1997.02.09)
Damaso, Rui - Santos, Carlos P 1/2 12 A00 Irregular
Pinheiro, Jose - Frois, Antonio 1/2 58 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Silva, Fernando - Leonardo, Joao 0-1 66 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Alexandre, Jorge - Cordovil, Joao 1/2 64 A15 English; 1.c4
Quadrio, Alexandre - Galego, Luis 0-1 42 C02 French; Advance
Lisbon POR (POR), II 1997 cat. IV (2331)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Leonardo, Joao POR 2290 * . . . . . 1 . 1 . 2.0
2 Frois, Antonio m POR 2350 . * . . = . . 1 . . 1.5 2468
3 Galego, Luis m POR 2475 . . * = . . . . . 1 1.5 2540
4 Damaso, Rui m POR 2465 . . = * . = . . . . 1.0 2407
5 Pinheiro, Jose f POR 2255 . = . . * = . . . . 1.0 2345
6 Santos, Carlos P f POR 2340 . . . = = * . . . . 1.0 2360
7 Silva, Fernando m POR 2340 0 . . . . . * . . 1 1.0 2260
8 Alexandre, Jorge POR 2295 . 0 . . . . . * = . 0.5 2114
9 Cordovil, Joao f POR 2265 0 . . . . . . = * . 0.5 2099
10 Quadrio, Alexandre POR 2230 . . 0 . . . 0 . . * 0.0
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Honor Tournament
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Round 1 (1997.02.08)
Dias, Paulo - Peixoto, Antonio 1-0 27 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Carneiro, Carlos - Dantas, Carlos 0-1 21 A82 Dutch defence
Ferreira, Antonio - Lima, Paulo 1-0 43 D31 Queen's gambit
Valdes, Maritza - Reis, Luis Sousa 1-0 37 B06 Modern defence
Morais, Vitor - Rodrigues, Nuno 0-1 59 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Round 2 (1997.02.09)
Dias, Paulo - Ferreira, Antonio 1-0 31 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Dantas, Carlos - Morais, Vitor 1-0 31 A45 Queen's pawn
Rodrigues, Nuno - Valdes, Maritza 1-0 61 C48 Four knights
Peixoto, Antonio - Reis, Luis Sousa 1-0 65 A03 Bird (1.f4)
Lima, Paulo - Carneiro, Carlos 0-1 17 B34 Sicilian
Lisbon POR (POR), II 1997
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Dias, Paulo POR 2180 * . . . 1 1 . . . . 2.0
2 Dantas, Carlos POR 2165 . * . 1 . . . . 1 . 2.0
3 Rodrigues, Nuno POR 2100 . . * . . . 1 . 1 . 2.0
4 Carneiro, Carlos POR 2245 . 0 . * . . . 1 . . 1.0 2145
5 Ferreira, Antonio f POR 2290 0 . . . * . . 1 . . 1.0 2152
6 Peixoto, Antonio POR 2185 0 . . . . * . . . 1 1.0 2202
7 Valdes, Maritza wf POR 2120 . . 0 . . . * . . 1 1.0 2162
8 Lima, Paulo POR 2125 . . . 0 0 . . * . . 0.0
9 Morais, Vitor POR 2180 . 0 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Reis, Luis Sousa POR 2225 . . . . . 0 0 . . * 0.0
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8) New Intermediate listings for the FIDE ratings.
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There are some intermediate ratings for results which have been made
available since the January rating list. This is not an official list it
is merely a report of progress. However the ratings also show
corrections. Michael Adams' rating of 2665 is a correction from the
originally published January 1997 list. This increase meant that the
event could be the category 19 event they wanted. They may have had to
swap one of the lower rated players in the Ubeda event to the main event
if this had not been the case.
Full lists available at FIDE's Chess Planet site:
http://www.chessweb.com/
1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2795 10 11.00 2806.00
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 10 7.00 2772.00
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 13 9.50 2749.50
4 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2760 10 -13.00 2747.00
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 10 -5.00 2735.00
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 10 2.00 2727.00
7 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2720 0 0.00 2720.00
8 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 13 2.50 2702.50
9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 14 1.70 2691.70
10 Salov, Valery g RUS 2665 13 14.80 2679.80
11 Short, Nigel D. g ENG 2690 25 -12.10 2677.90
12 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2665 23 3.30 2668.30
13 Adams, Michael g ENG 2665 0 0.00 2665.00
9) International Tournament in Nova Gorica Slovenia
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The second Novo Gorica Slovenia took place between Jan 31st and Feb 8th
1997. The event was a 9 round Swiss system event and was won by Vladimir
Malaniuk of the Ukraine with 7/9. There were eight players helf a point
behind on 6.5 points. Boris Gulko was one of the players a further half
point behind.
The games from the first seven rounds aswell as the full results from
the event were made available on the www at:
http://www.sah-zveza.si/ng97op.html
Nova Gorica Slovenia I-II 1997
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2610 + 54 + 48 = 13 + 9 + 14 = 3 + 5 = 4 = 2 7.0 /9 2703
2 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2590 + 65 + 34 = 6 + 8 - 5 = 23 + 24 + 15 = 1 6.5 /9 2636
3 Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2575 + 52 + 26 + 29 = 5 + 50 = 1 = 10 = 11 = 6 6.5 /9 2639
4 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2565 + 59 = 56 + 41 = 22 + 31 = 15 + 13 = 1 = 5 6.5 /9 2598
5 Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2535 + 58 + 55 + 40 = 3 + 2 = 38 - 1 + 14 = 4 6.5 /9 2607
6 Timoshchenko, Gennadi A g SVK 2515 + 81 + 60 = 2 = 11 + 20 = 10 = 14 + 35 = 3 6.5 /9 2623
7 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2600 + 61 = 27 = 24 = 19 = 28 + 41 = 34 + 39 + 29 6.5 /9 2552
8 Gofshtein, Leonid D g ISR 2530 = 33 + 32 + 49 - 2 + 56 = 22 + 37 + 20 = 17 6.5 /9 2604
9 Kogan, Artur m ISR 2515 = 23 + 73 + 28 - 1 + 68 = 12 + 63 = 10 + 21 6.5 /9 2597
10 Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2580 + 67 + 20 = 22 = 21 + 30 = 6 = 3 = 9 = 16 6.0 /9 2585
11 Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2560 + 66 = 28 + 27 = 6 = 23 + 19 = 15 = 3 = 12 6.0 /9 2582
12 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2595 + 62 + 42 = 21 = 13 = 22 = 9 + 38 = 16 = 11 6.0 /9 2582
13 Mikhalchishin, Adrian g SLO 2515 + 86 + 53 = 1 = 12 = 26 + 18 - 4 = 19 + 34 6.0 /9 2591
14 Zelcic, Robert m CRO 2455 +102 = 24 + 18 + 17 - 1 + 29 = 6 - 5 + 35 6.0 /9 2632
15 Grosar, Aljosa m SLO 2495 + 71 + 63 = 50 = 16 + 25 = 4 = 11 - 2 + 42 6.0 /9 2571
16 Horvath, Jozsef g HUN 2535 + 64 + 70 = 17 = 15 = 24 = 26 + 51 = 12 = 10 6.0 /9 2561
17 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2550 + 84 + 43 = 16 - 14 + 48 = 21 = 22 + 40 = 8 6.0 /9 2553
18 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2575 = 49 + 33 - 14 + 71 + 40 - 13 + 43 = 22 + 37 6.0 /9 2516
19 Seres, Lajos m HUN 2470 + 79 + 75 = 25 = 7 = 35 - 11 + 82 = 13 + 38 6.0 /9 2550
20 Sedina, Elena wg UKR 2400 +109 - 10 + 66 + 58 - 6 + 36 + 42 - 8 + 33 6.0 /9 2499
21 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2510 + 57 + 39 = 12 = 10 = 29 = 17 = 23 + 27 - 9 5.5 /9 2540
22 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2485 + 88 + 51 = 10 = 4 = 12 = 8 = 17 = 18 = 26 5.5 /9 2551
23 Finkel, Alexander g ISR 2505 = 9 + 37 + 83 = 25 = 11 = 2 = 21 = 38 = 31 5.5 /9 2543
24 Pavasovic, Dusko m SLO 2460 + 44 = 14 = 7 + 75 = 16 = 35 - 2 + 55 = 25 5.5 /9 2514
25 Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2550 + 94 + 38 = 19 = 23 - 15 + 50 = 27 = 34 = 24 5.5 /9 2493
26 Tratar, Marko m SLO 2420 + 77 - 3 + 62 + 54 = 13 = 16 - 35 + 60 = 22 5.5 /9 2449
27 Krizsany, Laszlo m HUN 2435 + 80 = 7 - 11 = 49 + 82 + 55 = 25 - 21 + 43 5.5 /9 2456
28 Bojkovic, Natasa wg YUG 2405 + 74 = 11 - 9 + 83 = 7 - 37 = 59 + 63 + 62 5.5 /9 2374
29 Delchev, Aleksander m BUL 2515 + 47 + 82 - 3 + 55 = 21 - 14 + 56 + 48 - 7 5.5 /9 2476
30 Buturin, Vladimir m UKR 2465 = 72 + 76 = 68 + 51 - 10 = 39 = 50 = 41 + 64 5.5 /9 2345
31 Drazic, Sinisa m YUG 2430 - 69 +102 + 65 + 52 - 4 - 34 + 67 + 75 = 23 5.5 /9 2409
32 Jurkovic, Hrvoje f CRO 2405 = 73 - 8 = 95 + 78 = 52 + 94 - 39 + 65 + 53 5.5 /9 2310
33 Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2460 = 8 - 18 + 72 + 45 = 41 - 51 + 61 + 50 - 20 5.0 /9 2357
34 Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2430 + 89 - 2 + 69 + 63 - 38 + 31 = 7 = 25 - 13 5.0 /9 2420
35 Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2540 + 96 - 50 + 61 + 53 = 19 = 24 + 26 - 6 - 14 5.0 /9 2406
36 Maksimenko, Andrei g UKR 2545 + 46 = 41 + 56 - 50 = 60 - 20 + 81 - 43 + 57 5.0 /9 2295
37 Mikac, Matjaz m SLO 2440 = 95 - 23 + 76 = 67 + 61 + 28 - 8 + 51 - 18 5.0 /9 2369
38 Jelen, Igor m SLO 2405 + 98 - 25 + 81 + 59 + 34 = 5 - 12 = 23 - 19 5.0 /9 2423
39 Ivacic, Vladimir SLO 2285 + 99 - 21 - 58 + 89 + 59 = 30 + 32 - 7 = 46 5.0 /9 2275
40 Zaja, Ivan m CRO 2440 + 87 + 45 - 5 = 68 - 18 + 52 + 70 - 17 = 41 5.0 /9 2368
41 Vombek, Dani f SLO 2300 + 92 = 36 - 4 + 88 = 33 - 7 + 84 = 30 = 40 5.0 /9 2407
42 Horvath, Peter f HUN 2415 + 90 - 12 - 52 + 73 + 67 + 75 - 20 + 49 - 15 5.0 /9 2266
43 Manca, Federico m ITA 2350 +101 - 17 = 94 = 57 + 66 + 49 - 18 + 36 - 27 5.0 /9 2367
44 Nedimovic,L ---- - 24 + 91 = 45 - 60 = 84 = 46 = 87 + 81 + 74 5.0 /9 2164
45 Rusjan, Miran SLO 2225 + 93 - 40 = 44 - 33 + 74 - 48 = 71 + 72 + 82 5.0 /9 2198
46 Kavcic, Uros SLO 2100 - 36 + 92 - 53 + 98 - 51 = 44 + 94 + 70 = 39 5.0 /9 2258
47 Kragelj,Marjan ---- - 29 +106 - 51 + 99 - 54 + 93 - 49 + 96 + 75 5.0 /9 2120
48 Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2425 + 78 - 1 = 67 + 94 - 17 + 45 + 53 - 29 . 4.5 /8 2352
49 Sitnik, Igor SLO 2225 = 18 + 72 - 8 = 27 + 57 - 43 + 47 - 42 = 56 4.5 /9 2257
50 Scekic, Milos f YUG 2400 + 97 + 35 = 15 + 36 - 3 - 25 = 30 - 33 = 63 4.5 /9 2435
51 Armanda, Ivica CRO 2255 +107 - 22 + 47 - 30 + 46 + 33 - 16 - 37 = 54 4.5 /9 2278
52 Guid, Matej SLO 2130 - 3 + 89 + 42 - 31 = 32 - 40 + 85 = 56 = 60 4.5 /9 2313
53 Drei, Andrea f ITA 2305 +100 - 13 + 46 - 35 = 81 + 62 - 48 + 59 - 32 4.5 /9 2264
54 Kolar, Srecko f SLO 2180 - 1 + 78 + 99 - 26 + 47 - 70 - 75 + 79 = 51 4.5 /9 2013
55 Krstic, Uros CRO 2270 +103 - 5 + 64 - 29 + 58 - 27 + 66 - 24 = 67 4.5 /9 2223
56 Kutuzovic, Branko f CRO 2395 +105 = 4 - 36 + 86 - 8 + 72 - 29 = 52 = 49 4.5 /9 2225
57 Petrovic,S ---- - 21 +100 = 82 = 43 - 49 + 78 = 64 + 68 - 36 4.5 /9 2228
58 Ipavec, Petra SLO 2065 - 5 +103 + 39 - 20 - 55 + 69 = 68 - 62 + 90 4.5 /9 2126
59 Djurkovic, Maks SLO 2130 - 4 +105 + 70 - 38 - 39 + 79 = 28 - 53 + 86 4.5 /9 2197
60 Doric, Nenad CRO 2250 +108 - 6 = 86 + 44 = 36 - 63 + 96 - 26 = 52 4.5 /9 2188
61 Jazbinsek, Sebastjan SLO 2175 - 7 + 87 - 35 + 80 - 37 + 85 - 33 = 71 + 83 4.5 /9
62 Waldmann, Gerald AUT 2175 - 12 + 90 - 26 + 95 = 70 - 53 + 86 + 58 - 28 4.5 /9 2168
63 Lasic, Luka CRO 2200 +104 - 15 + 98 - 34 + 79 + 60 - 9 - 28 = 50 4.5 /9 2222
64 Rejc,V ---- - 16 + 97 - 55 + 93 - 75 + 77 = 57 + 82 - 30 4.5 /9 2108
65 Veber, Bojan SLO 2150 - 2 + 80 - 31 - 74 +100 = 71 + 83 - 32 + 87 4.5 /9
66 Sirnik, Bostjan SLO 2125 - 11 + 77 - 20 +107 - 43 + 80 - 55 = 90 + 84 4.5 /9 2101
67 Tonon, Alessandro ITA 2140 - 10 +109 = 48 = 37 - 42 + 87 - 31 + 77 = 55 4.5 /9 2233
68 Kragelj, Igor f SLO 2250 + 91 = 69 = 30 = 40 - 9 = 81 = 58 - 57 = 72 4.0 /9 2259
69 Visintin,R ---- + 31 = 68 - 34 - 82 = 71 - 58 + 97 = 84 = 76 4.0 /9 2131
70 Sulava, Nenad m CRO 2380 + 85 - 16 - 59 + 87 = 62 + 54 - 40 - 46 = 71 4.0 /9 2067
71 Vodopivec,V ---- - 15 = 88 +101 - 18 = 69 = 65 = 45 = 61 = 70 4.0 /9 2208
72 Zvan,Z ---- = 30 - 49 - 33 + 97 + 73 - 56 + 88 - 45 = 68 4.0 /9 2063
73 Pahor,M ---- = 32 - 9 + 84 - 42 - 72 =101 = 76 = 94 + 96 4.0 /9 2275
74 Skoberne,D ---- - 28 - 94 + 91 + 65 - 45 - 96 + 95 + 98 - 44 4.0 /9 1954
75 Muhtarov, Leonid UKR 2230 +110 - 19 + 79 - 24 + 64 - 42 + 54 - 31 - 47 4.0 /9 2151
76 Karer,G ---- = 83 - 30 - 37 - 85 = 97 +100 = 73 +101 = 69 4.0 /9
77 Varga,Miran ---- - 26 - 66 =103 = 96 + 92 - 64 + 99 - 67 + 98 4.0 /9 1866
78 Punteri,M ---- - 48 - 54 +100 - 32 +104 - 57 =101 + 85 = 81 4.0 /9 1973
79 Drobne,M ---- - 19 +107 - 75 +104 - 63 - 59 + 80 - 54 +100 4.0 /9
80 Ursic,M ---- - 27 - 65 +108 - 61 + 90 - 66 - 79 + 99 + 94 4.0 /9 1961
81 Bednarich, Jan ITA 2170 - 6 +108 - 38 + 90 = 53 = 68 - 36 - 44 = 78 3.5 /9 2164
82 Laco, Giuseppe ITA 2240 +106 - 29 = 57 + 69 - 27 + 86 - 19 - 64 - 45 3.5 /9
83 Nardin,F ---- = 76 + 95 - 23 - 28 - 94 + 99 - 65 + 88 - 61 3.5 /9
84 Skok, Joze SLO 2125 - 17 =101 - 73 +103 = 44 + 95 - 41 = 69 - 66 3.5 /9
85 Stolfa,R ---- - 70 - 86 =102 + 76 + 88 - 61 - 52 - 78 +103 3.5 /9
86 Skoberne,R ---- - 13 + 85 = 60 - 56 +101 - 82 - 62 +103 - 59 3.5 /9 1883
87 Ursic,A ---- - 40 - 61 +105 - 70 + 98 - 67 = 44 +102 - 65 3.5 /9
88 Tavcar,R ---- - 22 = 71 +104 - 41 - 85 +103 - 72 - 83 +101 3.5 /9
89 Portelli,S ---- - 34 - 52 + 92 - 39 - 99 +106 - 98 +107 = 91 3.5 /9
90 Blagojevic,V ---- - 42 - 62 +109 - 81 - 80 +107 + 93 = 66 - 58 3.5 /9 1824
91 Menon,C ---- - 68 - 44 - 74 +105 - 95 -102 +110 + 97 = 89 3.5 /9
92 Borisek,J ---- - 41 - 46 - 89 +109 - 77 - 97 +108 = 93 +102 3.5 /9
93 Loviscek,M ---- - 45 - 99 +110 - 64 +106 - 47 - 90 = 92 +105 3.5 /9
94 Krivec, Jana SLO 2120 - 25 + 74 = 43 - 48 + 83 - 32 - 46 = 73 - 80 3.0 /9 2000
95 Rigatti,G ---- = 37 - 83 = 32 - 62 + 91 - 84 - 74 -100 +104 3.0 /9 2093
96 Marjanovic, Slavko SLO 2070 - 35 - 98 = 97 = 77 +107 + 74 - 60 - 47 - 73 3.0 /9
97 Loncar,J ---- - 50 - 64 = 96 - 72 = 76 + 92 - 69 - 91 +107 3.0 /9 2042
98 Gutschi,E ---- - 38 + 96 - 63 - 46 - 87 +108 + 89 - 74 - 77 3.0 /9 2000
99 Kusterle,F ---- - 39 + 93 - 54 - 47 + 89 - 83 - 77 - 80 +110 3.0 /9
100 Tukic,S ---- - 53 - 57 - 78 +108 - 65 - 76 +106 + 95 - 79 3.0 /9
101 Pellis,F ---- - 43 = 84 - 71 +102 - 86 = 73 = 78 - 76 - 88 2.5 /9 2044
102 Skoberne,J ---- - 14 - 31 = 85 -101 -103 + 91 +104 - 87 - 92 2.5 /9
103 Harej,Bor ---- - 55 - 58 = 77 - 84 +102 - 88 +105 - 86 - 85 2.5 /9
104 Medvescek,J ---- - 63 +110 - 88 - 79 - 78 =105 -102 +106 - 95 2.5 /9
105 Ursic,Simona ---- - 56 - 59 - 87 - 91 +109 =104 -103 +110 - 93 2.5 /9
106 Muradore,A ---- - 82 - 47 -107 +110 - 93 - 89 -100 -104 +108 2.0 /9
107 Vivoda,S ---- - 51 - 79 +106 - 66 - 96 - 90 +109 - 89 - 97 2.0 /9
108 Faganel,E ---- - 60 - 81 - 80 -100 +110 - 98 - 92 +109 -106 2.0 /9
109 Hadzic,J ---- - 20 - 67 - 90 - 92 -105 . -107 -108 . 0.0 /7
110 Bye ---- - 75 -104 - 93 -106 -108 . - 91 -105 - 99 0.0 /8
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10) GM Erich Eliskases 1913-1997
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It is reported in Clarin a newspaper in Buenos Aires that Grandmaster
Erich Eliskases has died in Cordoba aged 83. Eliskases was born in
Innsbruck Austria and at the age of 16 tied for the national
championships held in his home town. His best result of his career was
in Noordwijk 1938 where he was first above Keres and Euwe.
His career development came to a halt with the start of the Second World
War. He remained in Argentina on the outbreak of hostilities. He
represented Austria in his first three Olympaids, Germany in the 1939
Olympiad and Argentina post-war. He was given the title of GM in 1952.
Jack Peters reports that Eliskases was one of only four players to beat
both Fischer and Capablanca. His main contributions to theory were in
the endgame in which he could display extremely fine touch.
11) In brief
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Italy
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There is going to be a correspondence open tournament called the COPPA
ITALIA. The event is sponsored by the monthly chess magazine L'Italia
Scacchistica. It is dedicated to the memory of Giovanni Ferrantes, the
previous editor of the magazine: he was the editor for 46 years,
between 1946 and 1992. He died in 1995.
There will be continuous preliminary groups of 5 players (double round)
or 9 players.
Qualification for the final is either
First in the 5 player groups or
First two in the 9 player groups.
The preliminary groups start whenever the required entries are received.
Finals start whenever the qualified players are received. The finals
will have progressive number. The entry fee is 20 US dollars per group,
stating which group you wish to play (5 or 9 players) payable by
Eurocheque or International Post Account to L'Italia Scacchistica, via
Lamarmora 40, 20122 Milano.
India
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The 8th Goodicke International open tournament is taking place in the
Gorky Sadan in Calcutta. After 3 of the 11 rounds:
Vadim Zviagentsev, Mihail Marin, Nguyen Anh Dung 3.0
Levitt, Bischoff, Ehlvest, Komliakov, Ziaur Rahman 2.5
12) Mermaid Beach Club International 1997
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Julian Hodgson leads the Mermaid Beach Club International after nine of
the eleven rounds. Second placed Alexandre Leseige looks almost certain
to score his second GM norm. His last norm was also scored at Venice
Beach. My thanks to Malcolm Pein for the round 9 updates. John Donaldson
leads the IM tournament.
The source of the other games was the Quebec chess www page.
Unfortunately there were no round 4 games. I have had to fill in the
results from the round 9 standings. I will try and get the remaining
games of the event which has finished now for next week.
Bermuda I-II 1997 cat. XI (2504)
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1 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2560 * 1 1 1 = . 1 1 1 = = 7.5 / 9 2771
2 Lesiege, Alexandre m CAN 2500 0 * = = 1 1 . 1 = . 1 5.5 / 8 2657
3 De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2575 0 = * 1 . 1 . = = = = 4.5 / 8 2553
4 Hjartarson, Johann g ISL 2585 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 . . 1 = 4.5 / 8 2538
5 Shaked, Tal m USA 2445 = 0 . 0 * . = = 1 1 1 4.5 / 8 2546
6 Vescovi, Giovanni m BRA 2490 . 0 0 = . * 1 = 1 = 1 4.5 / 8 2548
7 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2440 0 . . 0 = 0 * 1 1 0 1 3.5 / 8 2460
8 Maiwald, Jens-Uwe m GER 2495 0 0 = . = = 0 * = 1 . 3.0 / 8 2409
9 Bezold, Michael m GER 2500 0 = = . 0 0 0 = * 1 = 3.0 / 9 2370
10 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2465 = . = 0 0 = 1 0 0 * . 2.5 / 8 2370
11 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2485 = 0 = = 0 0 0 . = . * 2.0 / 8 2318
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13) LET THE BRAIN TAKE THE STRAIN by John Henderson
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(apologies to British Rail)
Three pounds in weight, marvellously complex within its armour,
quadrillions of time more powerful than the most sophisticated computers
with its ability to store and cross-index a continuous stream of
information from the senses, to retrieve data from memory and process
it, to invent and discover, to enable its owner to create sublime works
of art, and yet its reckoned that we use only one per cent of its
astounding capabilities - In short, the human brain, and this August it
faces the ultimate in mental agility and cerebral gymnastics in a
brainbox convention in London.
Beating off challenges from Athens, Barcelona, Glasgow, Madison and
Wisconsin, London won the right to hold the cerebral challenge of the
century this summer with budding Einsteins and mind sport champions from
around the world competing in the first Mind Sports Olympiad - a
revolutionary new global competition, featuring all of the top
"thinking" Mind Sports - at the Royal Festival Hall from 18 to 24
August.
Gold, Silver and Bronze medals along with cash prizes will be awarded
for the first time to the brain champion, adults and juniors alike, who
can outwit, out-think and outmanoeuvre their adversaries across a range
of over 30 mental skills. Backgammon, Bridge, Chess, Computer
Programming, Crossword Puzzles, Draughts, Go, IQ Tests, Memory
Performance, Mental Calculations, Monopoly, Scrabble, Shogi and Speed
Reading, to name but a few of the activities that competitors can
display their cerebral skills on.
Anyone in the world will be eligible to take part and due to the
scheduling they can compete in not just one, but several tournaments.
The format for most events will be the Swiss system, which allows play
in every round, with no contestant being knocked-out before the end of
the competition. A particular feature of the Mind Sports Olympiad,
which has been secured by the Royal Festival Hall each year until the
millennium, will be the Decamentathlon. This will be the ultimate
cerebral challenge and will give the most ambitious and the highest IQ
competitors the opportunity to pit their wits over not just one, but ten
different mental skills.
Mind Sports Olympiad creator and former Scottish chess champion, David
Levy, a world expert in Poker, computer programming and chess computers,
says: "Mind Sports' accessibility has been revolutionised by modern
technology and ease of accesses to the Internet. We have seen an
explosive growth in physical sports in the 1980's and 1990's. Now, with
increased leisure time and more people working from home, Mind Sports
will be the great growth area into the new millennium, the Century of
the Brain."
The Internet will play a big part in the Olympiad, with latest
statistics from the 1997 edition of (I-ON) The Economist Pocket World in
Figures (I-OFF) showing that an on-line Computer is available to 18.2
per 100 households in the UK (compared to 31.9 per 100 in the USA),
means that thousands of entrants will be able to compete against each
other via the Net - with true equality of opportunity, no discrimination
due to geographical position, age, race or physical disabilities. The
organisers were greatly encouraged by the response to last years
momentous chess clash between Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue
supercomputer, which attracted over 5 million hits on its Internet site
in the space of just six hours - a world record, dwarfing the virtual
audience for Wimbledon, the British Open Golf Championship, the Football
World Cup or the US Superbowl. IBM are quietly optimistic that, this
May, they will see the figure doubling when Kasparov and Deep Blue stage
the re-match at "The Millennium" in New York.
Olympiad co-organiser, and best selling author on the brain, Tony Buzan,
former editor of Mensa's (I-ON) International Journal (I-OFF) and
founder of The Brain Foundation, says: "In this Decade of the Brain
there are over a billion people around the planet already competing in
Mind Sports, either alone, one-to-one or via the Internet. Its time
that this fact was acknowledged. The accent will be on fun, but the
event will also be highly educational, promoting logical thinking and
competitive virtues. We expect child prodigies as young as eight, and
veteran masters of eighty, to be crossing mental swords in August."
Entries and game information for interested competitors or spectators
can be obtained from: David Levy on 0171-485-9146 (fax: 0171-482-0672)
or the Mind Sports Olympiad web site: (B-ON)
http://www.mindsports.co.uk/ (B-OFF).
14) Theoretical Corner By Marco R. Martini (ITA)
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