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1) Introduction
2) Bacrot achieves final GM norm in style.
3) Shirov wins the Klooster Tournament in Ter Apel
4) Hodgson-Rowson Challenge Match
5) Larsen returns to the Danish Championships
6) 70th Championships of St. Petersburg
7) News from Argentina by Roberto Alvarez
8) ZSG/COMPUTERIJ by Henri Spijkerman
9) 31st Belgrade Women's Chess Tournament by Sinisa Joksic
10) Budapest Spring Festival
11) Theoretical Corner by Marco R. Martini (ITA)
It, Enghien FRA 1997 45 Kloosters, Ter Apel NED 1997 15 Match, Rotherham ENG 1997 6 ch-DEN, Esbjerg 1997 10 Jugometal, Belgrade YUG 1997 45 ZSG Computerij, Zwolle NED 1997 18 Spring Festival, Budapest HUN 1997 56 Clarin GP final, Villa Gesell ARG 1997 66 Open, Buenos Aires ARG 1997 76 ch-city, St Petersburg RUS 1997 153 FEBTC Open, Greenhills PHI 1997 210
My thanks to Mikal Ziane, Christophe Bouton, Chess Assistant, Jeroen van den Berg, the organisers at the Ter Apel Tournament, Bobby Ang, Henri Spijkerman, John Henderson, Pablo Rodriguez, Lars Zwisler, Marco R. Martini, Roberto Alvarez, Sinisa Joksic and Laszlo Nagy.
An historic week with Etienne Bacrot breaking the record for the youngest person to become a GM. A nice tournament in Ter Apel lead to a deserved victory for Alexei Shirov. The return of Bent Larsen to the Danish Championships will not only interest the Danes but all who remember this fabulous player. Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Etienne Bacrot beat Kevin Spraggett to become the youngest Grandmaster in history. This win in the final round took him to a share of first place with Viktor Korchnoi in the Category 10 tournament in Enghien les Bains. More importantly his result gave him a third Grandmaster norm which, subject to ratification by FIDE, will make him a Grandmaster.
Etienne Bacrot was born in France on the 22nd of January 1983 making him 14 years 2 months old at the conclusion of the event. He has been known to have an outstanding talent for the game. He learned chess at age four and was a member of a chess club at five. He won the World under 12 title in Brazil two years ago and became an International Master last May when he came second in another tournament in Enghien. Sponsorship has allowed him to employ a trainer, Josef Dorfman, who has worked with Gary Kasparov in the past. Bacrot was also trained by the late Lev Polugaevsky. Only a very few of the most successful players can afford to have a trainer. Kasparov, Karpov and Anand have people they work with extensively over the year and Nigel Short's employment of Lubomir Kavelek helped him to a match against Gary Kasparov for the World title. Perhaps the greatest merit in breaking the record for the youngest person to become a Grandmaster is the likely further sponsorship he will be able to obtain which will allow him to develop his playing strength in the best way.
Bacrot attends a school in Amiens and is considered very bright. He trains for around two weeks in every month and studies chess a few hours a day when at school. One of his biggest decisions will be whether to leave school at the first opportunity to become a full time chess player or continue with his education.
Spraggett,K (2580) - Bacrot,E (2500) [D45]
It Enghien FRA (9), 22.03.1997
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6
5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 h6 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.c5 Bb8 11.e4 e5 12.exd5 Nxd5
13.Bf1 Nxc3 14.bxc3 e4 15.Re1 Nf6 16.g3 Bf5 17.Bb2 Bh7 18.Qb3 Ng4 19.Re2 e3
20.Rxe3 Nxe3 21.Re1 Qd7 22.Rxe3 Bc7 23.Ba3 Rab8 24.Qa4 Rfe8 25.c4 Bf5 26.Bc1 Bg4
27.Qd1 b6 28.Ba3 Rxe3 29.fxe3 bxc5 30.Bxc5 Qe6 31.Qe2 Rb1 32.Kf2 Qe4 33.Bg2 Rc1
34.h3 Rc2 35.hxg4 Bxg3+ 36.Kf1 Rxe2 37.Kxe2 Qxg4 38.Kf1 Qf5 39.Ke2 Qc2+ 40.Nd2
Bc7 41.Be4 Qxa2 0-1
Bacrot offered a draw on move 13 which was turned down. After the game Bacrot said about his move 14 that he had "to decide to play for a draw (e5xd4) or for a win (e5-e4)".
Spraggett was in time trouble (15 min. for 20 moves). The game was the last to finish and there was huge applause upon the conclusion of the tense game. Both players analysed for 10 minutes whilst cameras and photographers were already getting their pictures.
Etienne declared on TV that "My life as a chess player is not finished and there is lots of work to do. I have to continue my progression."
Iossif Dorfman was congratulated by the Bacrot's family (parents, sister and grandparents). However it is now back to normal. Dorfman has got a training session on Tuesday with Etienne in Cannes.
Dorfman said:
"Etienne understands his fate; you have to be born like this. I think he is born to bury Kasparov"
"He's much stronger than Kasparov at the same age. He can be compared to Fischer, but even he was not as good as Bacrot at the same age".
People who know Bacrot say he is an intelligent but otherwise very normal child.
Bobby Fischer held the record for youngest Grandmaster for many years. He was lucky to live near John W. Collins who held a chess club at home (he was a spastic confined to a wheelchair) and met many of the strongest players in friendly games from his earliest years. Many of the best post-war American players emerged from this informal chess club. Most of his study however was conducted alone with the help of Collins' extensive chess library. In Fischer's words he just "got good", winning the first of his US Championships just short of his 15th birthday. This qualified him for the Interzonal in Potoroz in 1958. He became a Grandmaster in one go by qualifying for the World Championships Candidates tournament by sharing 5th place. An astonishing achievement in his first international tournament, one in which many of the World's best players competed. His shared 5th place in the Candidates tournament of the following year established him clearly as one of the top ten players in the World. Despite many ups and downs this was a position he was to hold until taking the title in 1972.
In part the record of youngest grandmaster was to stand for so many years because the Soviets believed in training their best talents in all aspects of the game before they launched their international chess careers. They were concerned in part that the players complete and general education. Karpov (born in 1951) played in a number of junior events before starting his senior career (and gaining the Grandmaster title) in 1970. Kasparov was known to be a fantastic talent from the age of 11 but only became a Grandmaster at 17 in 1980. By December 1981 he started a run of first places in tournaments that was not to end for ten years.
With the break up of the Soviet Union and the control of satellite countries players emerged who were not coached as part of a state training system. Judit Polgar, one of three sisters, took Bobby Fischer's record as youngest grandmaster when she became Hungarian Champion in 1991 at the age of 15 years and 5 months. She is now one of the twenty-five best players in the World (she has been in the top ten) and again improving. The record was lowered by Peter Leko of Hungary (born 1979) to 14 years 6 months in 1993. He has struggled to maintain his progress since becoming in grandmaster and is currently joint 60th in the World.
Bacrot should have no difficulty becoming a top 60 player. How much further can he can go? The target for a future World Champion seems to be to get into the top 20 by the age of 21 and to stay there. Bacrot has shown intelligence and the capacity for hard work He will have to maintain that work and find a personal style that will offer something special. In addition he will need arrogance and total commitment if he is to turn himself into a true champion.
Etienne Bacrot's first Grandmaster norm was achieved in the Yerevan Olympiad. This will either be over 9 or 10 games played there. His second norm was achieved in the Wijk aan Zee B Tournament in January. He started fantastically well but fell away at the end. However his result can be considered as a 9 round GM norm under the following regulation in the FIDE handbook (Section B.01) passed in 1993.
"10.9 (GA'93) A player who has achieved a title result before the last round can ignore all his games played subsequently. In such a case, the Chief Arbiter shall certify the player's result as a valid title result."
Mikel Ziane reports that directly after the 9th round of the Wijk aan Zee tournament EE (a Minitel service connected to Europe Echecs in France) reported a 9 round norm. It seems clear that the chief arbiter did indeed certify Bacrot's result at that stage. The norm will be considered as if it were a Swiss result.
With his score of 6.5 in Enghien he will become a grandmaster.
Round 1 (1997.03.14)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 42 A06 Reti (1.Nf3)
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Chabanon, Jean-Luc 1-0 27 B06 Modern defence
Spraggett, Kevin - Anic, Darko 1/2 33 C73 Ruy Lopez
Ivanov, Mikhail M - Rausis, Igors 1/2 13 D10 Slav defence
Fontaine, Robert - Dorfman, Josif D 0-1 72 C54 Italian game
Round 2 (1997.03.15)
Bacrot, Etienne - Anic, Darko 1-0 34 D38 Queen's gambit
Korchnoi, Viktor - Fontaine, Robert 1-0 47 D43 Semi-Slav
Dorfman, Josif D - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1/2 20 E68 Kings indian
Rausis, Igors - Spraggett, Kevin 1/2 13 B18 Caro-Kann
Chabanon, Jean-Luc - Ivanov, Mikhail M 1-0 39 B08 Pirc; Classical
Round 3 (1997.03.16)
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 39 C01 French; Exchange
Spraggett, Kevin - Chabanon, Jean-Luc 1-0 42 E21 Nimzo indian
Ivanov, Mikhail M - Dorfman, Josif D 0-1 34 A41 Queen's pawn
Fontaine, Robert - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 26 C60 Ruy Lopez
Anic, Darko - Rausis, Igors 1/2 43 A14 English; 1.c4
Round 4 (1997.03.17)
Bacrot, Etienne - Rausis, Igors 0-1 18 E12 Nimzo indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Ivanov, Mikhail M 1-0 40 E99 Kings indian; Main line
Dorfman, Josif D - Spraggett, Kevin 1/2 14 E16 Nimzo indian
Chabanon, Jean-Luc - Anic, Darko 1-0 51 D38 Queen's gambit
Fontaine, Robert - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1/2 16 B32 Sicilian
Round 5 (1997.03.18)
Rausis, Igors - Chabanon, Jean-Luc 1/2 62 A17 English; 1.c4
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 60 B85 Sicilian
Spraggett, Kevin - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 62 E12 Nimzo indian
Ivanov, Mikhail M - Fontaine, Robert 1-0 46 D02 Queen's pawn
Anic, Darko - Dorfman, Josif D 1/2 26 D30 Queen's gambit
Round 6 (1997.03.19)
Bacrot, Etienne - Chabanon, Jean-Luc 1-0 46 E11 Bogo indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Anic, Darko 1-0 46 D43 Semi-Slav
Dorfman, Josif D - Rausis, Igors 1/2 13 D35 Queen's gambit
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Ivanov, Mikhail M 1/2 62 B40 Sicilian
Fontaine, Robert - Spraggett, Kevin 0-1 54 B16 Caro-Kann
Round 7 (1997.03.20)
Rausis, Igors - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 13 E04 Nimzo indian
Spraggett, Kevin - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 0-1 36 B03 Alekhine defence
Ivanov, Mikhail M - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 19 D10 Slav defence
Chabanon, Jean-Luc - Dorfman, Josif D 1/2 9 D13 Slav defence
Anic, Darko - Fontaine, Robert 0-1 28 D47 Semi-Slav
Round 8 (1997.03.21)
Bacrot, Etienne - Dorfman, Josif D 1/2 16 E12 Nimzo indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Chabanon, Jean-Luc 1-0 36 E51 Nimzo indian
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Anic, Darko 1/2 38 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Ivanov, Mikhail M - Spraggett, Kevin 0-1 60 A32 English; 1.c4 c5
Fontaine, Robert - Rausis, Igors 1/2 22 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 9 (1997.03.22)
Dorfman, Josif D - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 23 D27 QGA;
Rausis, Igors - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1/2 22 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Spraggett, Kevin - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 41 D45 Semi-Slav
Chabanon, Jean-Luc - Fontaine, Robert 1/2 28 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Anic, Darko - Ivanov, Mikhail M 0-1 30 A40 Queen's pawn
Enghien FRA (FRA), III 1997 cat. X (2491)
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1 Bacrot, Etienne m FRA 2500 * 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2655
2 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2640
3 Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2585 = = * = = = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2560
4 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2470 1 = = * = = = = = = 5.0 2535
5 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre m FRA 2410 = 0 = = * 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2542
6 Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2580 0 = = = 0 * 1 1 1 = 5.0 2523
7 Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2500 = 0 0 = = 0 * 0 1 1 3.5 2409
8 Chabanon, Jean-Luc m FRA 2435 0 0 = = 0 0 1 * = 1 3.5 2416
9 Fontaine, Robert FRA 2320 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2343
10 Anic, Darko m FRA 2470 0 0 = = = = 0 0 0 * 2.0 2272
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Alexei Shirov won the Klooster Tournament in Ter Apel a five round all-play-all event. Shirov started with three wins and drew the remaining games. He was extremely impressive in winning the event. Alexander Khalifman has had a series of successes recently including the Championships of St Petersburg (see below). Here he was very solid winning games against Van Wely and Robert Huebner. Ulf Andersson was even more solid winning his first round against Huebner and drawing the rest. Artur Jussupow finished on 50%. He beat Van Wely in an extremely interesting ending and lost a very sharp game against Shirov. Van Wely started with badly but continued to play enterprising chess. Huebner had such a bad tournament that he will be relieved that the event only lasted five rounds.
My thanks to the organisers for the games.
Round 1 (1997.03.17)
Khalifman, Alexander - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 22 D58 QGD;
Andersson, Ulf - Huebner, Robert 1-0 61 D14 Slav defence
Van Wely, Loek - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 42 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Round 2 (1997.03.18)
Andersson, Ulf - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 16 D00 Queen's pawn
Jussupow, Artur - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 87 E61 Kings indian
Huebner, Robert - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 77 E62 Kings indian
Round 3 (1997.03.19)
Shirov, Alexei - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 36 C43 Petroff defence
Khalifman, Alexander - Huebner, Robert 1-0 40 E12 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 43 E11 Bogo indian
Round 4 (1997.03.20)
Khalifman, Alexander - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 69 E69 Kings indian
Andersson, Ulf - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 15 B07 Pirc
Huebner, Robert - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 20 C42 Petroff defence
Round 5 (1997.03.22)
Shirov, Alexei - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 22 D17 Slav defence
Jussupow, Artur - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 26 E41 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Huebner, Robert 1-0 57 D20 QGA;
Ter Apel (NED), III 1997 cat. XVII (2651)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 * = = 1 1 1 4.0 2883
2 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2650 = * = = 1 1 3.5 2800
3 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2655 = = * = = 1 3.0 2722
4 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2665 0 = = * 1 = 2.5 2648
5 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2645 0 0 = 0 * 1 1.5 2503
6 Huebner, Robert g GER 2600 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 2295
Grandmaster Julian Hodgson scraped home in his match against 20 year old IM Jonathan Rowson beating him 3.5-2.5 in Rotherham England. Nevertheless the result was a good one for the improving Scot who beat England's Keith Arkell in a similar match in Scotland. After sharing a couple of wins in the first two games the match went down to the final game. Hodgson offered a draw in this final game but Rowson declined, it was a judgement that was correct with Rowson obtaining a winning position. He failed to play the killing 20. … Bxg2 which leads to insuperable tactical problems for white. The game then drifted away from the Scot ending on move 40 when he blundered in a lost ending to lose immediately. Hodgson looks likely to play a match in December as part of this series of challenge matches. There was a prizefund of 5000 pounds for the match. My thanks to John Henderson of Channel 4 Teletext for the games.
Rowson, Jonathan - Hodgson, Julian M 1-0 41 D10 Slav defence
Hodgson, Julian M - Rowson, Jonathan 1-0 31 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Rowson, Jonathan - Hodgson, Julian M 1/2 54 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Hodgson, Julian M - Rowson, Jonathan 1/2 29 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Rowson, Jonathan - Hodgson, Julian M 1/2 42 D10 Slav defence
Hodgson, Julian M - Rowson, Jonathan 1-0 40 B40 Sicilian
Rotherham ENG (ENG), III 1997
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Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2560 0 1 = = = 1 3.5 2502
Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2445 1 0 = = = 0 2.5 2503
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For the first time in many years Bent Larsen has returned to play in the Danish Championships. Larsen is one of the most successful tournament players but he has not played much in recent years. He has started in combative style with a trademark push of the h-pawn in his first round win and a long ending in his second round draw. The favourite to take the title is Curt Hansen who has started with 2/2. Information from Lars Zwisler. There is a web page for the event:
http://www.dsu.dk/n058.htm
Round 1 (1997.03.22)
Larsen, Bent - Ochsner, Thomas 1-0 54 C50 Giuoco piano
Hansen, Sune Berg - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 17 C78 Ruy Lopez
Schandorff, Lars - Kristensen, Bjarke 1/2 18 A81 Dutch defence
Danielsen, Henrik - Hansen, Lars Bo 0-1 39 A02 Bird (1.f4)
Mortensen, Erling - Hansen, Curt 0-1 34 B57 Sicilian
Round 2 (1997.03.23)
Hansen, Lars Bo - Hansen, Sune Berg 1/2 39 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Larsen, Bent - Schandorff, Lars 1/2 75 B20 Sicilian
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Mortensen, Erling 1-0 38 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Kristensen, Bjarke - Danielsen, Henrik 1/2 48 B04 Alekhine defence
Ochsner, Thomas - Hansen, Curt 0-1 50 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Esbjerg DEN (DEN), III 1997 cat. X (2487)
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1 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2605 * . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0
2 Hansen, Lars Bo g DEN 2545 . * . . = . . 1 . . 1.5 2690
3 Larsen, Bent g DEN 2520 . . * . . = . . . 1 1.5 2598
4 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2525 . . . * = . . . 1 . 1.5 2670
5 Hansen, Sune Berg m DEN 2505 . = . = * . . . . . 1.0 2535
6 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2510 . . = . . * = . . . 1.0 2467
7 Kristensen, Bjarke m DEN 2415 . . . . . = * = . . 1.0 2500
8 Danielsen, Henrik g DEN 2490 . 0 . . . . = * . . 0.5 2287
9 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2450 0 . . 0 . . . . * . 0.0
10 Ochsner, Thomas DEN 2300 0 . 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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Before playing in the Kloosters tournament Alexander Khalifman won the 70th Championships of St. Petersburg. He finished level on 6.5 points with Konstantin Sakaev and Konstantin Aseev. The field included Peter Svidler the two times Russian Champion and Vladimir Epishin. The event, especially in the days of the Soviets (when the city was called Leningrad) was very worth winning. Mark Taimainov playing in the anniversary event won in 1950 (above Korchnoi) and 1952 (above Spassky, Levenfish, Korchnoi and Furman) Alexander Cherepkov was another whose participation dates back to then.
My thanks to Chess Assistant for the material on the event. Their new homepage is at:
http://www.demon.co.uk/convekta/
St Petersburg (RUS), III 1997
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1 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2650 +12 + 4 = 6 = 2 + 9 = 8 +21 = 3 = 7 6.5 2684
2 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2580 =21 +34 +13 = 1 + 6 = 3 + 9 = 7 = 8 6.5 2677
3 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2530 +30 =10 +29 = 7 = 4 = 2 +17 = 1 +11 6.5 2664
4 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2515 +28 - 1 +30 + 5 = 3 =11 = 6 = 8 +10 6.0 2641
5 Lugovoi, Aleksei m RUS 2510 +26 - 6 +19 - 4 =22 =12 +27 +21 + 9 6.0 2547
6 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2640 +23 + 5 = 1 + 8 - 2 = 7 = 4 =11 =13 5.5 2615
7 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2600 +20 =17 =10 = 3 +12 = 6 = 8 = 2 = 1 5.5 2607
8 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2555 +24 = 9 +17 - 6 +10 = 1 = 7 = 4 = 2 5.5 2611
9 Popov, Valerij m RUS 2430 +32 = 8 =11 +13 - 1 +16 - 2 +14 - 5 5.0 2509
10 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V m RUS 2495 +31 = 3 = 7 =11 - 8 +20 =14 +16 - 4 5.0 2501
11 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2530 =16 +33 = 9 =10 =21 = 4 +13 = 6 - 3 5.0 2501
12 Orlov, Vassily RUS 2420 - 1 =28 +14 +29 - 7 = 5 =15 +26 =18 5.0 2476
13 Nepomnishay, Mikhail I m RUS 2465 =33 +16 - 2 - 9 +24 +22 -11 +25 = 6 5.0 2466
14 Shchukin, Dmitry RUS 2310 -17 =20 -12 +19 +23 +18 =10 - 9 +27 5.0 2441
15 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2425 =22 =19 =26 =27 =17 =25 =12 =20 +21 5.0 2423
16 Gubanov, Anton RUS 2370 =11 -13 =33 +30 +34 - 9 +19 -10 +22 5.0 2396
17 Lukin, Andrei M m RUS 2480 +14 = 7 - 8 =34 =15 +33 - 3 =22 =20 4.5 2430
18 Kochyev, Alexander g RUS 2435 =19 =22 =24 =26 =25 -14 =23 +31 =12 4.5 2368
19 Stotika, V RUS 2255 =18 =15 - 5 -14 +30 +34 -16 =29 +26 4.5 2373
20 Cherepkov, Alexander V m RUS 2395 - 7 =14 =28 =33 +29 -10 +34 =15 =17 4.5 2396
21 Mishuchkov, Nikolai M RUS 2395 = 2 =27 =22 +24 =11 +26 - 1 - 5 -15 4.0 2417
22 Rusanov,Mikhail ---- =15 =18 =21 =23 = 5 -13 +33 =17 -16 4.0 2377
23 Biriukov, Oleg V RUS 2415 - 6 -26 +31 =22 -14 +24 =18 =27 =25 4.0 2356
24 Novikov, Mikhail V RUS 2390 - 8 +32 =18 -21 -13 -23 =30 +33 +31 4.0 2343
25 Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2500 -34 -29 +32 +28 =18 =15 =26 -13 =23 4.0 2320
26 Romanovich, Leonid RUS 2340 - 5 +23 =15 =18 +27 -21 =25 -12 -19 3.5 2321
27 Ivanov, V I RUS 2260 =29 =21 =34 =15 -26 +28 - 5 =23 -14 3.5 2293
28 Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2365 - 4 =12 =20 -25 +32 -27 -31 =30 +29 3.5 2283
29 Malofeev, Alex RUS 2265 =27 +25 - 3 -12 -20 -31 +32 =19 -28 3.0 2238
30 Vladimirov, Boris T m RUS 2370 - 3 +31 - 4 -16 -19 -32 =24 =28 +34 3.0 2242
31 Chepukaitis, Genrikh RUS 2320 -10 -30 -23 +32 -33 +29 +28 -18 -24 3.0 2236
32 Vunder, A RUS 2230 - 9 -24 -25 -31 -28 +30 -29 +34 +33 3.0 2237
33 Andreev, Konstantin RUS 2290 =13 -11 =16 =20 +31 -17 -22 -24 -32 2.5 2256
34 Grishanovich, Stanislav RUS 2335 +25 - 2 =27 =17 -16 -19 -20 -32 -30 2.0 2162
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IGM Pablo Ricardi, the most successful Argentinian chessplayer in recent years, won the "Villa Gesell Masters" for second time in a row. The event is the final leg of the "CLARIN" newspaper Grand Prix. Ricardi was specially invited to take part, as a former winner, because he did not play in any of the legs (all open tournaments. He seems to prefer closed tournaments in his attempt to reach a rating of 2600).
The venue was "Hotel Playas" in Villa Gesell City (as it was last year) it has a nice beach near and is 350 km from Buenos Aires City. It was directed by IGM Panno, and two International Arbiters: Blas Pingas and Hernan Siludakis.
Villa Gesell ARG CLARIN II final March 2nd to 15th,1997 cat. XI (2504)
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1 Ricardi, Pablo m ARG 2575 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2672
2 Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2560 = * = = 1 = = = = = = 1 6.5 2564
3 Hoffman, Alejandro m ARG 2480 = = * 0 1 = 1 = = = = 1 6.5 2571
4 Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2550 = = 1 * = = 0 = = = 1 1 6.5 2565
5 Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2560 = 0 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2564
6 Valerga, Diego m ARG 2445 0 = = = = * = 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2545
7 Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2450 = = 0 1 = = * = = = = 0 5.0 2473
8 Braga, Fernando m ITA 2455 0 = = = 0 1 = * = = = = 5.0 2472
9 Rodriguez, Andres m URU 2565 0 = = = 0 = = = * 1 = = 5.0 2462
10 Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2470 = = = = = 0 = = 0 * = = 4.5 2442
11 Rosito, Jorge f ARG 2460 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = = * = 3.5 2375
12 Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ITA 2480 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = = = * 3.0 2331
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The first "big" open of the calendar year was played in Buenos Aires City from January 4th to 11th. Buenos Aires City is the capital city of Argentina, South America, a country with a great chess tradition including the 1927 Capablanca-Alekhine match , the 1939 and 1978 chess Olympiads, etc.
The "Club Italiano" chess open was very strong, with 6 GM and several IMs, among the 80 players, who competed in a 7 round, swiss system event. IGM Ariel Sorin returned to winning ways, finishing first with 6 points, ahead of IM Sergio Giardelli, GM Garcia Palerm, GM Maxim Sorokin,etc.
Buenos Aires ITALIANO op January 4th-10th, 1997 ------------------------------------------------ 01. Ariel Sorin ARG GM 6,0 02. Sergio Giardelli ARG IM 5,5 03. C.Garcia Palermo ITA GM 5,5 04. Maxim Sorokin RUS GM 5,5 05. Samuel Schweber ARG IM 5,5 06. Alfredo Roca ARG FM 5,5 07. Miguel Quinteros ARG GM 5,5 08. Diego Valerga ARG IM 5,0 09. Fabian Fiorito ARG IM 5,0 10. Oscar Panno ARG GM 5,0 11. Sergio Slipak ARG IM 5,0 12. De las Heras,J ARG 5,0 13. Martin Madina ARG 5,0 14. Nestor Robledo ARG 5,0 15. Javier Moreno ARG FM 4,5 16. Marcelo Tempone ARG IM 4,5 .... 80 players
ZSG/COMPUTERIJ WEEKEND TOURNAMENT 1997, March 14th to 16th 1997
The 6th edition of the ZSG/Computerij Weekendtournament in Zwolle was won
by 22 year old Rudy van Wessel. With 5,5 points out of six games he was
able to stay half a point ahead of Uzbek Alexei Barsov, Chinese IGM
Rongguang Ye and the Dutch talent Dennis de Vreugt.
Van Wessels' victory was a fully deserved one. He started with 5 points
out of 5, beating Ye along the way. In the last round a short draw against
Barsov sufficed for an unshared first prize.
Top of final standings:
Name Points Rat. TPR
01. Wessel, RWB van 5,5 2253 2650
02. Barsov, A 5,0 2486 2486
03. Ye, RG 5,0 2461 2434
04. Vreugt, D de 5,0 2255 2392
05. Jonkman, H 4,5 2318 2290
06. Riksten, M 4,5 2124 2290
07. Leeuwen, M van 4,0 2019 2209
08. Homs, GCJ 4,0 2241 2217
09. Becx, C 4,0 2235 2229
10. Mossakowski, F 4,0 2200 2046
11. Rossum, D van 4,0 1934 2125
12. Hoerstmann, R 4,0 2255 2086
....60 players
Sinisa Joksic now sends the games from the 31st Belgrade Women's Chess tournament which was sponsored by Yugometal.
Belgrade (YUG), III 1997 cat. III (2309)
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1 Benderac, Ana wf YUG 2145 * = = = 1 1 = = = 1 6.0 2452
2 Prudnikova, Svetlana wg RUS 2380 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2426
3 Vasilevich, Tatjana wm UKR 2425 = = * = = 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2421
4 Cosma, Elena Luminita wg ROM 2360 = = = * 0 0 1 1 1 = 5.0 2346
5 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2320 0 = = 1 * = 0 0 1 1 4.5 2307
6 Petrovic, Marija wm YUG 2300 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 0 1 4.0 2267
7 Vuksanovic, Sanja wm YUG 2260 = 0 1 0 1 0 * = = 0 3.5 2234
8 Nikolin, Zorica wm YUG 2305 = = 0 0 1 = = * 0 = 3.5 2229
9 Maric, Mirjana wg YUG 2305 = 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 * = 3.5 2229
10 Maksimovic, Suzana wm YUG 2290 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = = * 3.0 2186
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Laszlo Nagy sends news of the Budapest Spring Festival which was won by Sandor Kustar with 8/9 for a performance of 2670. The venue was the TECHNIKA Foreign Trade Company dining hall, 10th district Salgotarjani Str.20.
In the games section he gives a masterpiece between two Ukrainian players who warned about their conduct before round 6. They had obviously agreed a draw before playing and didn't think anyone would actually look at the game. Check out Berezin,O (UKR) (2445) - Miroshnichenko,E (UKR) (2425) for a very silly game indeed.
There were 10 International masters and 16 FIDE masters playing there.
Most of the players were Hungarian but other nations included: Germany 19, Russia 17, Ukraine 8, Poland 4, Yugoslavia 3, France 3, Romania 2, Croatia 2, Italy 2, Slovenia 2, Slovakia 1, United Arab Emirates 1, Switzerland 1, Luxembourg 1, Austria 1 player.
Spring Festival, Budapest 1997.03.13-21.
Surname T Elo Fed Sco Buch MBuch Ws Chg*10
1 KUSTAR,Sandor (11) m 2380 HUN 8.0 52.5 41.0 8 27.8
2 TOMESCU,Vlad (12) f 2380 ROM 7.5 54.0 41.0 7 18.3
3 MIROSHNICHENKO,Evgeny (6) . 2425 UKR 7.0 55.5 44.5 5 12.4
4 KOPYLOV,Mihail (16) . 2365 UKR 7.0 52.0 40.0 6 16.9
5 BEREZIN,Oleg (2) . 2445 UKR 7.0 49.0 39.0 5 6.1
6 KEREK,Csaba (59) . 2200 HUN 7.0 46.5 38.5 5 36.0
7 GRABICS,Monika (37) wm 2255 HUN 7.0 43.0 34.0 6 18.0
8 PACHOW,Joerg (19) f 2345 GER 6.5 48.5 37.5 5 3.8
9 HUBERTY,Marc (66) . 2185 LUX 6.5 48.0 38.0 5 26.1
10 BLECHZIN,Igor (8) m 2405 RUS 6.5 48.0 36.5 5 -2.5
11 KISS,Gedeon (64) . 2190 HUN 6.5 44.5 34.5 6 27.8
12 PETRONIJEVIC,Zoran (4) f 2430 YUG 6.0 53.0 41.0 4 -4.8
13 CZEBE,Attila (24) m 2325 HUN 6.0 51.0 40.0 4 1.5
14 GLADYSZEW,Oleg (5) . 2425 UKR 6.0 50.5 39.0 3 -7.5
15 KRIZSANY,Laszlo (3) m 2435 HUN 6.0 50.5 38.5 5 -3.9
16 MONIN,Nikolay (18) . 2350 RUS 6.0 50.0 41.5 4 6.9
17 NIKOLAEV,Nikita (48) . 2225 RUS 6.0 47.5 36.5 5 15.5
18 KEREK,Krisztian (29) . 2290 HUN 6.0 46.5 37.0 5 7.8
19 BYSTROV,Sergej (35) f 2255 RUS 6.0 44.5 34.5 4 8.6
20 PINKAS,Karol (15) m 2365 POL 6.0 43.5 33.5 5 -1.0
21 KINCS,Imre (50) f 2220 HUN 6.0 43.0 34.0 5 12.5
22 RIEDEL,Holger (70) . 2180 GER 6.0 42.0 33.5 6 14.1
23 SINKOVICS,Peter (9) m 2405 HUN 6.0 41.5 32.0 6 -12.5
24 WIDERA,Jan (69) . 2185 POL 6.0 41.0 32.5 5 19.6
25 SZIRMAI,Eduard (71) . 2180 HUN 6.0 39.5 31.0 5 9.8
26 KISELEV,Mikhail (21) . 2345 RUS 5.5 53.0 40.5 5 -1.7
27 NOGRADY,Vilmos (27) . 2300 HUN 5.5 49.5 38.0 5 0.8
28 JAMRICH,Gyorgy (42) . 2235 HUN 5.5 48.5 38.0 4 4.2
29 DE SANTIS,Alessio (36) f 2255 ITA 5.5 48.0 37.0 4 5.4
DEMIDENKO,Sergey (114) . UKR 5.5 48.0 37.0 4
31 ZEMEROV,Vladimir (10) m 2385 RUS 5.5 47.0 36.0 4 -11.6
32 FORDAN ,Tibor (47) . 2225 HUN 5.5 46.5 36.5 5 14.6
33 KRUL,Michael (127) . UKR 5.5 45.5 35.5 3
34 STEVANOVIC,Vladan S. (31) f 2275 YUG 5.5 45.0 35.0 5 1.9
35 LETAY,Gyula (43) f 2230 HUN 5.5 45.0 34.0 5 7.4
36 SHIPUNOV,Vladimir (25) . 2310 RUS 5.5 44.5 34.0 5 -7.8
37 KISS,Fernanda (44) . 2230 HUN 5.5 44.5 34.0 4 1.0
38 HORVATH,Julia (32) wm 2270 HUN 5.5 43.5 35.0 4 7.6
39 BRUNS,Michael (85) . 2120 GER 5.5 43.5 33.0 5 6.0
40 SPYRA,Wojciech (77) . 2145 POL 5.5 41.0 33.0 5 21.9
41 GALYAS,Miklos (33) f 2265 HUN 5.5 40.5 31.5 4 1.2
42 MARKUS,Robert (67) . 2185 YUG 5.5 39.0 30.0 4 2.5
KIRALY,Istvan (147) . HUN 5.5 39.0 30.0 4
44 YEVDOSJUK,Oleg (90) . 2105 UKR 5.5 34.5 26.0 4 1.0
The next First Saturday tournaments run from April 5th 1997 in Budapest. There will be GM, IM and Scheveningen system tournaments. Those interested in playing in these events to try and achieve IM, GM norms or an ELO rating should contact the organiser Laszlo Nagy.
Lazslo Nagy
Postal address: H-1101 Budapest, Hungaria krt. 5.-7.
XI.ep.I.em.7.
Tel-fax: int-(361)-263-28-59
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