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1) Introduction
2) 6th Melody Amber Tournament
3) First Saturday Tournaments April
4) Mr Stroe's little miracle?
5) Lebed and Kasparov in London
6) 52nd Yugoslav Championship - play-off, Belgrade April 17-23,
1997 by Sinisa Joksic
7) 12th AEGON tournament
8) The Open Championships of Sweden
9) St Petersburg Tournament
10) Kastela 97 by Damir Medak
11) EASTER TOURNAMENT - Norrkoping 97 by Zeljko Kartal
12) Upcoming Tournaments and interesting www pages
13) Theoretical Corner by Marco R. Martini (ITA)
6th Amber Tournament 36 ch-YUG 1997 6 FSGM April Budapest HUN 1997 10 FSIM April Budapest HUN 1997 2 AEGON Simul The Hague NED 1997 12 AEGON The Hague NED 1997 150 Open Kastel Stari CRO 1997 134 Easter op Norrkoping SWE 1997 18
My thanks to Gerald Schendel, Chess Planet, Eric van der Schilden, Sinisa Joksic, Carl Fredrik Johansson, Marco R. Martini (ITA), Laszlo Nagy, SS Quah, Michael Atkins, Juan S. Morgado & Roberto Alvarez, Zeljko Kartal, Jonathan Tisdall, Ignatius Leong, Teun van der Vorm and all those who helped with this issue.
The key stories this week are varied. Mr. Stroe the man trying to take the Karpov and Kasparov match to France appears to have made great strides towards achieving that aim. Kasparov's published statements seemed to make the match very unlikely but according to Willy Icklicki on the Chess Planet page he is continuing to organise the match and believes that he will have both players on board soon. It seems if the arrangements are acceptable to Kasparov the match will happen. We surely won't have to wait long for the answer.
The 6th Melody Amber is a fun event with many of the best players in attendance. More news next week.
With Kasparov taking on IBM's Deep (or Deeper) Thought at the start of May everyone's attention will turn to computer chess. AEGON (and its American counterpart the Harvard Cup) pit man against machine (or perhaps that should be programmer) to give some indication how the balance of strength is going. A curtain raiser for what is certainly going to be a high profile event.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The 6th Melody Amber Tournament got underway on April 18th 1997. This is a fun event of speed chess and blindfold chess. It is too early in the event but the pre-tournament favourites are Anand and Kramnik. Another regular Vassily Ivanchuk is thankfully playing. His crisis of confidence when playing in Las Palmas and Linares had lead him to talk of an extended break A good result here at a more stress free form of chess might be the tonic he needs.
Amber Blindfold
Monaco IV-V 1997 cat. XVIII (2685)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 * . . . 1 . . . 1 . . 1 3.0
2 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2655 . * 1 . . . = . . 1 . . 2.5 2931
3 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 . 0 * . . 1 . . . 1 . . 2.0 2783
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 . . . * . . . = = . . 1 2.0 2823
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 0 . . . * . . 1 = . . . 1.5 2755
6 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 . . 0 . . * 1 . . . = . 1.5 2646
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2645 . = . . . 0 * . . . 1 . 1.5 2646
8 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 . . . = 0 . . * . . . 1 1.5 2678
9 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2760 0 . . = = . . . * . . . 1.0 2610
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 . 0 0 . . . . . . * 1 . 1.0 2525
11 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2655 . . . . . = 0 . . 0 * . 0.5 2382
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 0 . . 0 . . . 0 . . . * 0.0
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Amber Rapidplay
Monaco IV-V 1997 cat. XVIII (2685)
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1 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2645 * . . . . . . . 1 1 1 . 3.0
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 . * . = . . . 1 . . . 1 2.5 2951
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 . . * . . . = . 1 . 1 . 2.5 2923
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 . = . * . = . . . . . 1 2.0 2823
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 . . . . * = . = . . . 1 2.0 2815
6 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2760 . . . = = * . = . . . . 1.5 2735
7 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 . . = . . . * . 0 1 . . 1.5 2658
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 . 0 . . = = . * . . . . 1.0 2630
9 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2655 0 . 0 . . . 1 . * . . . 1.0 2533
10 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 0 . . . . . 0 . . * 1 . 1.0 2521
11 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2655 0 . 0 . . . . . . 0 * . 0.0
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 . 0 . 0 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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Combined Scores:
Monaco IV-V 1997 cat. XVIII (2685)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 ** .. .. .. .. .. .. 1= 1= .. .. 11 5.0 2963
2 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2645 .. ** .. .. =1 .. .. .. .. 01 11 .. 4.5 2839
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 .. .. ** == .. .. .. 01 .. .. .. 11 4.0 2803
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 .. .. == ** .. .. .. .. == .. .. 11 4.0 2823
5 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2655 .. =0 .. .. ** 11 10 .. .. .. .. .. 3.5 2715
6 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 .. .. .. .. 00 ** 1= .. .. 11 .. .. 3.5 2715
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 .. .. .. .. 01 0= ** .. .. .. 11 .. 3.5 2707
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 0= .. 10 .. .. .. .. ** == .. .. .. 2.5 2698
9 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2760 0= .. .. == .. .. .. == ** .. .. .. 2.5 2678
10 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 .. 10 .. .. .. 00 .. .. .. ** =1 .. 2.5 2589
11 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2655 .. 00 .. .. .. .. 00 .. .. =0 ** .. 0.5 2254
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 00 .. 00 00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ** 0.0
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The April First Saturday Tournaments produced two great performances from 16 year old players. Both Peter Acs in the Grandmaster Tournament and Mas Hafizul in the International Master event started with 8/8. Peter Acs secured his first Grandmaster norm with a draw in the ninth round and then lost and drew in the final two rounds, nevertheless securing an excellent result. Mas was playing in a nine round event and managed to complete a perfect 100% score. Two names to watch for.
Peter Acs is a 16 year old FIDE master. The result in Budapest was his 3rd IM norm and his 1st GM norm. Born on May 11th 1981 he lives in Paks which is 100km to the south of Budapest. His career is being sponsored by the Atomic Energy Station based in Paks. [Information Laszlo Nagy]
His full name is rather a mouthful - Mas Hafizulhelmi Abdul Rahman - but for his chess-playing career, the Malaysian Chess Federation had registered him with FIDE as simply Mas Hafizul Helmi.
Mas Hafizul is 16 years old and studying at the Hamzah Secondary School in Machang, a town in Kelantan (one of the Malaysian states). As long as five or six years ago, he was identified by Eduard Gufeld as someone with the potential to progress in the game.
Since then, he has played for the country in several international chess events, including the Chess Olympiads. His previous best overseas achievement was a second place in the Abu Dhabi invitational chess tournament in 1995. He was the Malaysian chess champion in 1994 and 1995.
Mas Hafizul's potential and successes have not gone unnoticed. Last year, he was named the national sportsboy by the Malaysian Schools Sports Council, the first time that such recognition had been accorded to a chess player.
[Information from Quah Seng-Sun author of the Malaysian chess pages at http://www.mol.com/news/chess/home.htm]
First Saturday GM
Budapest (HUN), IV 1997 cat. VII (2409)
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1 Acs, Peter f HUN 2420 * 1 = 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2670
2 Agrest, Evgenij m RUS 2460 0 * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2506
3 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2470 = = * 0 = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2505
4 Cao, Sang m VIE 2465 0 = 1 * 0 = 1 1 1 = = = 6.5 2469
5 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2460 0 = = 1 * = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2469
6 Stocek, Jiri m CZE 2450 0 = = = = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2470
7 Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2375 1 0 1 0 = 1 * 0 = = 1 = 6.0 2448
8 Almasi, Istvan m HUN 2415 = = 0 0 = 0 1 * = = 1 1 5.5 2408
9 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2365 0 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 = = 4.0 2311
10 Hoang Thang Trang m VIE 2355 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 3.5 2281
11 Ooi Chern Ee MAS 2305 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = = * = 2.5 2207
12 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2370 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 2.0 2150
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First Saturday IM
Budapest (HUN), IV 1997 cat. I (2252)
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1 Mas, Hafizulhelmi f MAS 2315 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0
2 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2340 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2407
3 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2250 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2417
4 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2325 0 = = * = 1 1 0 = 1 5.0 2286
5 Pinski, Jan POL 2245 0 0 0 = * 1 0 1 = 1 4.0 2209
6 Grabics, Monika wm HUN 2255 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 4.0 2208
7 Kiss, Gedeon HUN 2190 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 0 3.0 2133
8 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2225 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 3.0 2129
9 De Santis, Alessio f ITA 2255 0 = = = = 0 0 0 * = 2.5 2085
10 Gudat, Alfons GER 2115 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1.5 1993
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In May there are two First Saturday events.
An IM closed tournament of category II. with a maximum of 14 participants. It will run from 3rd-15th of May.
A Scheveningen system tournament with an unlimited number of participants.
It will run from the 3rd until 11th of May (9 days long)
The players registered in the IM-group:
IM KAHN, Evart (HUN, 2370), IM CZEBE, Attila (HUN, 2325), IM EPERJESI, Laszlo (HUN, 2340), WIM VELCHEVA, Maria (BLG, 2285), KOCH, Wolfgang (GER, 2355), STILLGER, Bernhard (GER, 2315), ABASOV, Farid (AZE, 2220), KARATASIAN, David (ARM, 2235), TOTH, Andras (HUN, 2245), LAUBER, Arnd (2360), LOPUSHNOI, Denis (RUS, 2290), PEREDY, Ferenc (HUN, 2220).
So 12 of the 14 players are already invited and there are places for 2 players. One above 2300 ELO rating if it is possible.
The situation in the SCHEVENINGEN system group:
There are 10 players with an average rating of about 2150 and 7 players without FIDE ELO-rating. There are 3 vacancies for such a players who wish to make the FIDE-ELO rating in 9 days and do not want to play in many open tournaments for that.
Information from the organiser Laszlo Nagy. You can contact him in the following ways:
Postal address: H-1101 Budapest, Hungaria krt. 5.-7. XI.ep.I.em.7. Tel-fax: int-(361)-263-28-59
E-mail address: chess_first_saturday_hu@compuserve.com or 100263.1700@compuserve.com
Web site: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
According to Willy Icklicki of Chess Planet Compaigne is well on the way to securing a match between Kasparov and Karpov. In a bonus that surely FIDE could not have anticipated, the match could take place under FIDE's auspices. Indeed it seems to be that the organisers insist that if they do organise the event it must take place under FIDE's banner. The organiser Mr Stroe has sent a fee to FIDE to cover the bidding process and he promises to deliver the signatures of the representatives of Karpov and Kasparov soon. Karpov has said that he believes that the match is on the way. If all this happens it would represent an incredible achievement for Mr Stroe. A month after the organiser Mr Stroe announced his attempt to get Campaigne in France the match Kasparov said he hadn't even heard about the bid. When told about it he could not have been more dismissive. Elsewhere Kasparov has been saying that he believes there isn't much interest in the match, and the value is being lowered by Karpov's form. He has been outspoken about his dislike of the FIDE leadership and his unwillingness to co-operate with them in any way. Reading the runes is desperately hard, the involvement of FIDE (explicitly excluded by the players in an agreement last year) and the casual dismissal of the bid by Kasparov seemed to add up to a big no, and yet the organisation of the match continues apace. Until this week I still thought the chances of a match were slim but to be honest I don't trust my instincts on this story anymore. It is possible that Mr. Stroe's persistence might produce a little miracle.
Gerald Schendel and other send information about Kasparov's recent visit to London in support of Alexander Lebed. In recent weeks Lebed has been backed by many leading figures to become the next President of Russia.
Lebed met Kasparov last year and persuaded him that his ideas were the best way forward for Russia. Kasparov has been an enthusiastic supporter and has contributed towards the economic policies of the loose coalition which is looking towards the next elections.
In London two events were held on April 12/13/14:
- an economic conference organized by the Wall Street Journal (Europe),
- the beginning of the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Representatives of the Russian Government made a presentation on Saturday but so did Alexander Lebed. Lebed's chief economic adviser was Gary Kasparov. With stories that Kasparov is one of the financial backers of Lebed's new grouping and his appearance as his chief economic adviser the next Russian elections could be key to Kasparov's future in chess. Perhaps the only limit will be the level of Kasparov's own ambition.
The Yugoslav Championships finished on March 9 with a four-way tie. There were three grandmasters, Petar Popovic (39 - 2545), Branko Damljanovic (36 - 2540), Dragoljub Velimirovic (55 - 2485) and candidate master Ivan Ivanisevic (20 - 2450).
After the first cycle of the playoffs the leader is Velimirovic. He lost to Popovic in from a good position. Popovic missed chance to mate Ivanisevic in four moves in big time scramble. He should have played 30...Rf1+!! (instead 30...Rg3??) 31.Rf1 Rg3+ 32.Kh1 Qxe4+ with mate. Best game was produced by Velimirovic with Ivanisevic in the third round.
The event will remain tight until the end.
Round 1 (1997.04.17)
Popovic, Petar - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 1-0 41 B37 Sicilian
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 50 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Round 2 (1997.04.18)
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Popovic, Petar 1-0 41 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Damljanovic, Branko - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 0-1 33 C02 French; Advance
Round 3 (1997.04.19)
Velimirovic, Dragoljub - Ivanisevic, Ivan 1-0 41 B49 Sicilian
Popovic, Petar - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 27 B61 Sicilian
Belgrade (YUG), IV 1997 cat. XI (2505)
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1 Velimirovic, Dragoljub g YUG 2485 ** 0. 1. 1. 2.0 2636
2 Popovic, Petar g YUG 2545 1. ** 0. =. 1.5 2491
3 Ivanisevic, Ivan YUG 2450 0. 1. ** =. 1.5 2523
4 Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2540 0. =. =. ** 1.0 2368
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Coverage courtesy of the AEGON www site. A site administered by Eric van der Schilden of TASC contains some games live, full results and later the games complete. http://www.aegon.nl/chess
There is a shadow over this years AEGON tournament. In less than two weeks time Gary Kasparov takes on IBM's Deeper Blue. This is a computer program that takes advantage of state of the art parallel processing. With a lot of prestige at stake IBM are certain to have allowed their team much more computing time to test the program than in the previous matches. It could be that one of the most important milestones will be gone by the time that AEGON takes place next year, the defeat of the Worlds strongest player in a match. We had echoes of this in some of the opening addresses. "Computer Chess. More a science than a sport" was a talk given by Dr. J.W.H.M. Uijterwijk who outlined what he felt were the contributions of chess as a test bed for artificial intelligence. One wondered who he was referring to as "commercial interests" was it programs like Fritz or perhaps the IBM computer over the water? "Why Computer Chess?" by Cock de Gorter continued the theme of scientific excellence and experiment rather than competitiveness. The winners were humans whether players or programmers. An attempt to give computer chess a post Deep Blue agenda perhaps.
The first three rounds were closely contested with the humans winning two rounds and the computers the other and with the overall score being in favour of the humans by a score of 76.5-73.5. Professor Jaap van den Herik predicts a 170-130 victory this year for the computers and a massacre in 1998 followed by a reorganisation of the event in 1999.
Chess Grand Masters Jan Timman and Vishwanathan Anand had a tough time during the opening of the 12th AEGON Computer tournament on Wednesday afternoon, April 16, 1997. Playing a clock simultaneous against six of the leading programs neither scored an outstanding success and Jan Timman suffered quite badly (1 win 2 draws 3 losses). The event is being covered by TASC at: http://www.aegon.nl/chess. Richard Lang's Genius program was particularly successful scoring 2/2 in the encounters.
1 Kosashvili, Yona g ISR 2560 + 69 + 23 + 34 3.0 2 ZUGZWANG ---- + 91 + 37 + 19 3.0 3 Ligterink, Gert m NED 2450 + 74 + 54 + 53 3.0 4 Timoshchenko, Gennadi A g SVK 2515 + 70 + 55 + 39 3.0 5 Van Mil, Johannes A. J m NED 2405 + 96 + 26 + 44 3.0 6 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2630 + 32 + 28 = 10 2.5 7 KALLISTO ---- + 76 + 36 = 13 2.5 2711 8 VIRTUAL CHESS ---- + 77 + 17 = 9 2.5 2728 9 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2555 + 47 + 48 = 8 2.5 10 CILKCHESS ---- + 75 + 43 = 6 2.5 2685 11 REBEL ---- + 98 + 33 = 14 2.5 2673 12 NIMZO ---- = 18 + 68 + 57 2.5 13 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2555 + 79 + 66 = 7 2.5 14 Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2470 + 81 + 73 = 11 2.5 15 Hoeksema, Erik m NED 2400 + 84 = 39 + 66 2.5 16 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2610 = 30 + 90 + 61 2.5 17 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2515 + 35 - 8 + 70 2.0 18 Noomen,Je ---- = 12 + 61 = 55 2.0 19 Oll, Lembit g EST 2625 + 72 + 25 - 2 2.0 20 Van Voorthuijsen, P.W f NED 2285 + 64 = 22 = 48 2.0 21 CHESSICA ---- = 42 = 41 + 62 2.0 2180 22 CHESSMASTER 5000 ---- = 60 = 20 + 65 2.0 2285 23 DRAGON ---- + 31 - 1 + 92 2.0 2457 24 De Boer, Gert-Jan m NED 2430 + 85 = 40 = 54 2.0 25 ISICHESS 2.6 ---- + 63 - 19 + 41 2.0 26 NOW ---- + 67 - 5 + 56 2.0 2550 27 TASC R40 ---- - 38 + 46 + 59 2.0 28 ZARKOV ---- + 83 - 6 + 52 2.0 2532 29 DARK THOUGHT ---- = 65 = 49 + 60 2.0 2215 30 DIEP ---- = 16 = 62 + 93 2.0 2610 31 Boersma, Paulus A m NED 2355 - 23 + 85 + 78 2.0 32 CHEIRON ---- - 6 + 94 + 49 2.0 2422 33 Loeffler, Stefan m GER 2410 + 86 - 11 + 80 2.0 34 M CHESS PRO ---- + 97 + 38 - 1 2.0 35 SAITEK SPARC/BRUTE FORCE ---- - 17 + 82 + 68 2.0 2475 36 Ye Rongguang g CHN 2520 + 78 - 7 + 74 2.0 37 Kuijf, Marinus m NED 2475 + 87 - 2 + 95 2.0 38 De Hoog,F ---- + 27 - 34 = 40 1.5 39 GENIUS ---- + 51 = 15 - 4 1.5 2264 40 FRITZ ---- = 46 = 24 = 38 1.5 2430 41 Visser,G ---- + 58 = 21 - 25 1.5 42 Blokhuis, Jeroen NED 2180 = 21 - 44 + 86 1.5 43 Matthias, Heiner f GER 2355 + 50 - 10 = 64 1.5 44 TASC R30 ---- = 59 + 42 - 5 1.5 2292 45 Hartoch, Robert G m NED 2305 - 61 = 53 + 73 1.5 46 Ludden, Gert-Jan NED ---- = 40 - 27 + 84 1.5 47 ANT ---- - 9 + 83 = 67 1.5 2239 48 COMET ---- + 92 - 9 = 20 1.5 2227 49 Perez Garcia, Hebert NED 2215 + 95 = 29 - 32 1.5 50 RAJAH ---- - 43 + 75 = 63 1.5 51 Kuijf, Nico NED ---- - 39 = 87 + 69 1.5 52 Ree, Hans g NED 2435 = 90 + 71 - 28 1.5 53 THE KING ---- + 94 = 45 - 3 1.5 2184 54 FERRET ---- +100 - 3 = 24 1.5 2247 55 W CHESS ---- + 99 - 4 = 18 1.5 56 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2560 = 88 + 89 - 26 1.5 57 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2370 = 89 + 88 - 12 1.5 58 CAPTURE ---- - 41 = 59 +100 1.5 59 De Kleijnen, Henk NED ---- = 44 = 58 - 27 1.0 60 Feist,M ---- = 22 = 64 - 29 1.0 61 SHREDDER ---- + 45 - 18 - 16 1.0 2457 62 Van Wermeskerken,P ---- = 71 = 30 - 21 1.0 63 Arnoldus, Henk NED ---- - 25 = 72 = 50 1.0 64 HIARCS ---- - 20 = 60 = 43 1.0 2127 65 Vromans, Nico NED ---- = 29 = 95 - 22 1.0 66 ARTHUR ---- + 82 - 13 - 15 1.0 67 Bierenbroodspot, Paul f NED 2310 - 26 = 96 = 47 1.0 68 Bronstein, David I g RUS 2435 + 80 - 12 - 35 1.0 69 CHESS SYSTEM TAL ---- - 1 + 77 - 51 1.0 70 MEPHISTO ATLANTA ---- - 4 + 76 - 17 1.0 2298 71 MEPHISTO GENIUS ---- = 62 - 52 = 98 1.0 2184 72 SCHACH 3.0 ---- - 19 = 63 = 91 1.0 73 DAPPET ---- + 93 - 14 - 45 1.0 74 GANDALF ---- - 3 + 91 - 36 1.0 75 Jongsma,L ---- - 10 - 50 + 88 1.0 76 Kure, Alexander GER 2240 - 7 - 70 + 89 1.0 77 Loewenthal/Wiarda ---- - 8 - 69 + 87 1.0 78 MACCHESS AEGON'97 ---- - 36 + 97 - 31 1.0 79 MEPHISTO BERLIN PRO ---- - 13 = 92 = 97 1.0 80 MEPHISTO MILANO PRO ---- - 68 + 98 - 33 1.0 2263 81 MIRAGE ---- - 14 = 93 = 94 1.0 82 Maliangkay/Oranje ---- - 66 - 35 + 96 1.0 83 Voorn, Martin NED ---- - 28 - 47 + 90 1.0 84 HECTOR ---- - 15 +100 - 46 1.0 85 XXXX II ---- - 24 - 31 + 99 1.0 86 ZZZZZ ---- - 33 + 99 - 42 1.0 87 BIONIC ---- - 37 = 51 - 77 0.5 88 CENTAUR ---- = 56 - 57 - 75 0.5 2272 89 GOLDBAR ---- = 57 - 56 - 76 0.5 2117 90 NIGHTMARE ---- = 52 - 16 - 83 0.5 2329 91 Bakker, Piet NED ---- - 2 - 74 = 72 0.5 92 Bloemhard, Rudy NED ---- - 48 = 79 - 23 0.5 93 Fuerstenberg,T ---- - 73 = 81 - 30 0.5 94 Lindner, Jan-Joost NED ---- - 53 - 32 = 81 0.5 95 NOVAG DIAMOND ---- - 49 = 65 - 37 0.5 96 NOVAG SAPPHIRE ---- - 5 = 67 - 82 0.5 2164 97 Pam, Max NED ---- - 34 - 78 = 79 0.5 98 Van Geet, Dirk Daniel m NED 2320 - 11 - 80 = 71 0.5 99 Hoogendoorn, Fre NED ---- - 55 - 86 - 85 0.0 100 Van der Berg,Ad ---- - 54 - 84 - 58 0.0
In trying to find ELO ratings for the players I had an error in the games section and table Goran Andersson should have read Gorgen Andersson last week Gorgen is an unrated player.
St Petersburg hosts its second tournament in as many months. All the players have connections with the city. Korchnoi lived through the siege of Leningrad and was with Boris Spassky the most prominent player in the 1950s. After three rounds the scores are still very close. If any readers have access to the games could they send them to me? More news next week. [Source of results Chess Planet]
Round 1 (1997.04.17)
Salov, Valery - Yudasin, Leonid 1-0
Ivanov, Sergey - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2
Epishin, Vladimir - Sosonko, Gennadi 1/2
Tseitlin, Mark D - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1
Sakaev, Konstantin - Svidler, Peter 1/2
Komarov, Dimitri - Aseev, Konstantin N 0-1
Round 2 (1997.04.18)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Salov, Valery 1/2
Aseev, Konstantin N - Tseitlin, Mark D 1/2
Ivanov, Sergey - Sakaev, Konstantin 1-0
Khalifman, Alexander - Yudasin, Leonid 1/2
Svidler, Peter - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2
Sosonko, Gennadi - Komarov, Dimitri 1/2
Round 3 (1997.04.19)
Salov, Valery - Aseev, Konstantin N 1/2
Epishin, Vladimir - Ivanov, Sergey 1/2
Tseitlin, Mark D - Sosonko, Gennadi 1-0
Yudasin, Leonid - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2
Sakaev, Konstantin - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2
Komarov, Dimitri - Svidler, Peter 1/2
St Petersburg (RUS), IV 1997 cat. XIV (2588)
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 * = . . . . 1 . = . . . 2.0 2715
2 Salov, Valery g RUS 2665 = * = . . . . . 1 . . . 2.0 2713
3 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2530 . = * . . . = . . . 1 . 2.0 2720
4 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2515 . . . * = = . . . 1 . . 2.0 2735
5 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2600 . . . = * . . = . . . = 1.5 2556
6 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2650 . . . = . * . . = = . . 1.5 2565
7 Tseitlin, Mark D m ISR 2505 0 . = . . . * . . . . 1 1.5 2560
8 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2640 . . . . = . . * . = = . 1.5 2598
9 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2600 = 0 . . . = . . * . . . 1.0 2525
10 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2580 . . . 0 . = . = . * . . 1.0 2476
11 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2615 . . 0 . . . . = . . * = 1.0 2436
12 Sosonko, Gennadi g NED 2515 . . . . = . 0 . . . = * 1.0 2448
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The open tournament "Kastela 97" started on 11th of April with 84 players from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Croatia. There are 10 grandmasters participating: Palac, Kozul, Tukmakov, Romanishin, Cvitan, Kurajica, Dizdarevic, Cebalo, Hulak, V.Kovacevic with Zelcic waiting for the next FIDE congress.
Standings after the 6th round:
Tukmakov 5,5;
Kozul, Bistric 5;
Cvitan, Dizdarevic, Kurajica, Delchev, Romanishin, Z.Zelic, Sale, Kutuzovic 4.5;
Zelcic, Golubovic, Palac, Cebalo, Zaja, Stevic, Kovacevic, Bogut, Belamaric, Bozinovic, Marinic-Kragic, Jovanic, Ivankovic 4, etc.
There was a four way tie in the Norrkoping (Sweden) Easter Tournament 97. Chess Club 28 - 31 March 1997. This was a 7 round tournament which saw a four way tie for first place. Each player received $700. The event was held by the SCHACK 08 Chess Club. A total of 115 players competed in the Tournament.
Patrik Lyrberg 2480 6 Samir Lejlic 2400 6 Johan Ingbrant 2450 6 Nedeljko Malesevic 2300 6
The XXVIII Mar del Plata open was held between march 22 and 30,in the Jockey Club of the city, by swiss system, 9 rounds.
There were 158 players, from Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Uruguay, and Peru, included 4 GM (Ricardi, Spangenberg, Urday, and Zarnicki) and 9 IM.
After the 4th round, there were 3 leaders with the ideal score: Braga, Zarnicki and Ricardi. Braga won an excellent game vs GM Spangenberg, Zarnicki won Giardelli, and Ricardi beat chilean IM Pablo Toloza.
In the 5th round, Braga drew vs IM Soppe, and Zarnicki drew vs Ricardi. Other several players reach first place also: IM Fiorito, brazilian van Riemsdijk and IM Slipak.
In the 6th round the key game Zarnicki vs Braga finished in a draw after a short fight, while van Riemsdijk won with black IM Slipak and IM Fiorito (with white) won GM Ricardi. Ricardi did not accept a draw offer in the last part of the first session, and finally lost an ending. So, van Riemsdijk and Fiorito reach first place with a score of 5,5/6.
In the 7th round neither Fiorito nor van Riemsdijk took risks, drawing quickly. So, Braga catched again the first place, after winning vs young Fernando Peralta.
In the 8th round the decissive game was Fiorito vs Braga. After a strange opening, Braga played very well in a difficult position, winning before the first time control. Zarnicki won brazilian van Riemsdijk, GM Urday won vs GM Ricardi, IM Jorge Szmetan won IM Slipak, and Pereyra Arcija won R. Dos Santos. So, before the 9th round Braga was the only leader with 7 points, ahead Zarnicki, Szmetan, Urday, Tempone and Pereyra Arcija, all with 6,5.
The decisive games were:
*Braga vs Pereyra Arcija: draw in few moves.
*Szmetan vs Zarnicki: excellent game of IM Szmetan, winning a good ending.
*Spangenberg vs van Riemsdijk: Huguito won easily after a mistake of the brazilian player, who lost a pawn without compensation.
*Giardelli 1:0 Kanefsck
*Urday 1/2 Tempone
The arbiter was IA Gustavo Bacino.
"XXVIII TORNEO ABIERTO INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ "CIUDAD DE MAR DEL PLATA"
Jockey Club de Mar del Plata - del 22 al 30 de marzo de 1997
FINAL RANKING after 9 rounds Cross-table (using entry numbers of players) Points Buchholz 1. 9 BRAGA FERNANDO IM 0 /// 7.5 50.0 W+ 91 B+ 48 W+ 32 W+ 3 B= 5 B= 2 W+ 26 B+ 6 W= 10 2. 13 SZMETAN JORGE IM 0 /// 7.5 47.5 W+ 96 B+ 52 W+ 75 W= 5 B= 11 B= 37 W+ 31 B+ 4 W+ 2 3. 6 FIORITO FABIAN IM 0 /// 7.0 50.5 B+ 88 W+ 46 B= 21 W+ 25 B+ 23 W+ 1 B= 14 W- 9 B+ 19 4. 3 SPANGENBERG HUGO GM 0 /// 7.0 49.0 W+ 85 B+ 37 W+ 20 B- 9 W+ 38 B- 18 W+ 41 B+ 30 W+ 14 5. 12 URDAY HENRY GM 0 /// 7.0 49.0 B+ 95 W+ 55 B= 25 W+ 51 B- 14 W+ 33 B+ 24 W+ 1 B= 11 6. 11 TEMPONE MARCELO IM 0 /// 7.0 48.0 W+ 93 B+ 50 W+ 53 B= 4 W= 13 B= 24 W+ 25 B+ 8 W= 12 7. 7 GIARDELLI SERGIO IM 0 /// 7.0 42.5 W+ 89 B+ 45 W+ 26 B- 2 W- 37 B+ 59 W+ 43 W+ 35 B+ 21 8. 10 PEREYRA ARCIJA DIEGO IM 0 /// 7.0 42.5 B+ 92 W- 53 B= 74 W+ 81 B+ 55 W+ 36 B+ 15 W+ 18 B= 9 9. 2 ZARNICKI PABLO GM 0 /// 6.5 52.0 B+ 84 W+ 36 B+ 17 W+ 7 B= 1 W= 9 B= 21 W+ 14 B- 13 10. 1 RICARDI PABLO GM 0 /// 6.5 49.0 W+ 82 B+ 35 W+ 18 B+ 16 W= 2 B- 6 W+ 20 B- 12 W+ 26 11. 4 SLIPAK SERGIO IM 0 /// 6.5 49.0 B+ 86 W+ 44 B+ 19 W= 11 B+ 15 W- 14 B+ 23 W- 13 B+ 27 12. 18 DOS SANTOS RAMIRO 0 /// 6.5 46.5 B+102 W+ 65 B- 1 W+ 49 B+ 40 W+ 3 W= 8 B- 10 W+149 13. 25 DE DOVITIS ALEJO 0 /// 6.5 45.5 W+111 B+ 69 W= 12 B- 6 W+ 76 W+105 B- 11 B+ 31 W+ 20 14. 14 VAN RIEMSDIJK HERMAN IM 0 /// 6.0 50.0 B+ 97 W+ 57 B= 33 W+105 W+ 12 B+ 4 W= 6 B- 2 B- 3 15. 5 SOPPE GUILLERMO IM 0 /// 6.0 49.5 W+ 87 B+ 43 W+ 24 B= 13 W= 9 B- 26 W+ 37 B= 46 W= 39 16. 21 KANEFSCK GUSTAVO 0 /// 6.0 48.5 W+107 B+ 64 W= 6 B+ 54 W= 8 B+ 16 W= 2 B= 26 W- 7 17. 8 ROSITO JORGE FM 0 /// 6.0 48.0 B+ 90 W+ 49 B= 23 W+ 33 B= 21 W+ 27 B= 18 W- 11 B= 24 18. 37 CRISTOBAL RUBEN 0 /// 6.0 46.0 B+122 W- 3 B+ 86 W+ 62 B+ 7 W= 13 B- 5 W= 15 W+ 63 19. 15 VASTA EDUARDO FM 0 /// 6.0 45.5 W+ 98 B= 54 W+ 63 B+ 28 W- 4 B+ 32 W- 10 B= 37 W+ 43 20. 33 LOITERSTEIN MARIANO 0 /// 6.0 45.0 W+119 B+150 W= 14 B- 8 W+ 71 B- 12 W= 63 B+ 64 W+ 73 21. 51 MOSCONI ARIEL 0 /// 6.0 45.0 W=131 B+149 W+ 30 B- 12 W- 32 B= 71 W+111 B+ 45 W+ 28 22. 16 TOLOZA PABLO IM 0 /// 6.0 44.5 B+ 99 W+ 60 B+ 27 W- 1 B+ 39 W- 21 B= 42 W+ 34 B= 23 23. 19 FRASCHINI MARIANO 0 /// 6.0 44.5 W+104 B+ 59 W- 4 B+ 50 W= 43 B= 41 W+ 48 B+ 40 W- 6 24. 23 BONAVERI AGUSTIN 0 /// 6.0 44.0 W+109 B+ 66 W= 8 B+140 W- 6 B+ 67 W- 4 B+ 32 W= 16 25. 24 NEEDLEMAN ALEJANDRO 0 /// 6.0 43.5 B+110 W+ 78 B- 5 W+ 57 B+ 44 W= 11 W- 12 B+ 52 W= 8 26. 39 SOLA RUBEN 0 /// 6.0 42.5 = FF B= 73 W+ 91 B+ 64 W- 16 B+ 74 W+ 47 W= 17 B= 5 27. 41 IGLESIAS ALEJANDRO 0 /// 6.0 42.0 B=101 W=114 B+ 88 W+ 72 B= 17 W= 19 B- 3 W+ 57 W+140 28. 27 BERNARDO WALTER 0 /// 6.0 42.0 W+113 B+ 71 W- 16 B+ 53 W+ 56 B- 8 W+ 64 B+140 W- 4 29. 17 SCARELLA ENRIQUE 0 /// 6.0 42.0 W+100 B+ 56 W- 2 B+ 48 W= 41 B= 43 W+ 57 B= 39 W= 46 30. 71 MORAZZO JAVIER 0 /// 6.0 40.5 B+148 W- 27 B= 67 W+ 78 B- 33 W= 51 B+129 W+ 44 W+ 40 31. 46 GAMBOA JUAN PABLO 0 /// 6.0 40.5 W+127 B- 6 W+111 B= 75 W= 30 B+135 B+ 36 W= 5 B= 17 32. 30 GELOSO CLAUDIO 0 /// 6.0 39.5 B=116 W+101 B- 51 W+ 99 B= 46 W+ 61 B+ 44 W- 3 B+ 35 33. 131 LO PRESTI ROBERTO 0 /// 6.0 37.5 B= 51 W- 40 B- 99 W=103 B+107 W+ 86 B+ 65 W+ 74 B+150 34. 29 CORSI FERRARI NESTOR 0 /// 6.0 36.5 W= 38 B- 77 W=157 B+119 W+ 85 B- 64 W+ 87 B+ 58 W+ 47 158 players
The Cuban Chess Federation needs to contact those GrandMasters interested to play in the traditional "Capablanca in Memorian" closed tournaments.
The following places are available:
2 IGM for a FIDE Category XII event
2 IGM for a FIDE Category VIII event
Conditions offered: Hotel (includes foods), pocket money in local currency, and prizes.
Please contact IM Jose Luis Vilela : Phone 33-3313 La Habana,Cuba
Or isla@ceniai.inf.cu by email
For this year's edition of the PC-EXPO, Norway's top grandmaster (GM) Simen Agdestein, will face the youngest grandmaster in history Etienne Bacrot.
The twist on this year's duel is that the French prodigy will be playing in Oslo, while Agdestein will play from Australia.
The match will be covered live on the Internet, at SOL Games:
the games domain of Scandinavia Online, the match organiser.
Those present at the PC-EXPO can follow the game live on large video screens or watch the 14-year-old Frenchman at the Telenor Internet stand.
The first game will be at 11:00 local time, game two at 14:00. The games will be played with a time limit of one hour per player per game. There will be live commentary by GM Jonathan Tisdall, carried at the SOL games site.
Bacrot already has a crushing match victory over former world champion Vassily Smyslov to his credit, and has even impressed the normally sceptical Garry Kasparov. Kasparov has rated Bacrot as a better player than Kasparov himself at that age.
Since Agdestein is currently a student again, he might be considered the underdog in the exhibition match. However, he tends to find top form for such events, and has a 2-2 result against Karpov in his list of credentials.
1. Gunadarma Invitational World Cities Championship
Background : The event is sponsored by the Gunadarma University. Gunadarma sponsored last year's World Computer Championship and several titled tournaments in recent years.
Venue : Hotel Sentral, a 3-star hotel.
Schedule : arrive 7th July; 1st round 8th July; free day on 11th July; last
round 14th July. 10-round Swiss.
Time Control : 23 moves in 1st hour and remaining moves in 1 hour.
Prize Fund US$25,000 : Top 4 teams US$10,000/US$7,000/US$5,000/US$3,000
Conditions : first 45 countries with one city each on first come first
serve. Full board and lodging provided for 4 players. Extras pay.
Additional cities pay own living costs. Rates are US$80 single; US$45
twin/US$35 triple.
Entry Fee : US$600 per team.
Registration : Before 7 June first come first serve
All Enquiries & Registration : Ignatius Leong, Events Manager (Singapore)
Email : intchess@pacific.net.sg
Tel : (65) 96337946 Fax : (65) 2355303
Venue : Hotel Sentral (3-star)
Schedule : arrive 14th July; 1st round 15th July; last round 23rd July.
9-round Swiss.
Time Control : 40 in 2 followed by remaining in 1 hour.
Prize Fund US$20,000 : Top 12 US$4,000 - US$3,000 - US$2,000 - US$1,500 -
US$1,000 x 3 - US$500 x 5
Rating Prizes US$500 each for <2500; <2400; <2300; <2200; <2100; Unrated.
Best Woman Prize US$1,000.
Entry Fees : GM/IM/WGM/WIM >2395 free; >2395 US$50; >2295 US$100; >2195
US$150; >2095 US$200; >2000 US$250; unrated US$300.
Board & Lodging (incl 3 meals) : Single US$80; Twin US$45; Triple US$35.
GM/IM/WGM/WIM >2495 free (for first 20 on first come first serve)
GM/IM/WGM/WIM >2395 US$400 for 10 nights (for first 10 registered entries.
others pay US$450 for 10 nights.
Registration : Before 7 June. Surcharge of US$100 after 7 July.
Registration must be accompanied by entry fee and deposit of US$200 for hotel. Titled players exempted from entry fee are required to deposit US$50 which is refundable upon completion of the tournament.
All Enquiries & Registration : Ignatius Leong, Events Manager (Singapore)
Email : intchess@pacific.net.sg
Tel : (65) 96337946 Fax : (65) 2355303
The BBC who removed their popular teletext pages in a fit of contrariness have restored them. Pages 578 and 579 will contain local and international news. These will provide competition for the pages produced by John Henderson for Channel 4 Teletext.
Mark van der Werf and Teun van der Vorm wrote a book about the Noteboom variation. They are going to produce a regularly updated www page on the variation at:
http://www.pi.net/~vorm/noteboom.html
http://www.xmission.com/~vote/list.htm
Former TWIC contributer Bertrand Weegenaar continues his amazingly comprehensive book reviews for New in Chess Magazines. You can catch the latest issues at:
http://nic.net4u.nl/~reviews/booksbw.htm
http://www.gtryfon.demon.co.uk/bcc
Michael Atkins continues to add material to the New York Open site including material from previous years.
Special section in the games section Email: avvmartini@mailbox.icom.it WWW : http://www.icom.it./user/scac