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1) Introduction
2) Madrid International Tournament
3) 50th Russian Chess Championships
4) Najdorf Tournament
5) Dutch Team Championships
6) News from Germany by Gerald Schendel
7) Capablanca Memorial
8) Tournaments in London
9) Salsomaggiore International Tournament
10) California Memorial Day Classic by Jack
Peters
11) 4NCL Games
12) PCA Rating List June
13) 4th International tournament of the Ljubljana chess
club
14) Theoretical Corner by Marco R. Martini
(ITA)
It Madrid ESP 1997 20 It Madrid Playoff g 1997 3 ch-RUS KO 1997 151 Najdorf Buenos Aires ARG 1997 17 Najdorf Open Buenos Aires ARG 1997 38 Final Team ch-NED 39 Rapid Hockenheim GER 1997 15 Lake Constance Steckborn SUI 1997 72 TSV Willsbach Loewenstein GER 1997 45 Capablanca Elite Havana CUB 1997 2 Agency London ENG 1997 45 Coulsdon London ENG 1997 45 Open Salsomaggiore ITA 1997 68 Memorial Day Irvine USA 1997 14 It Ljubljana SLO 1997 66
My thanks to Rod McShane, Michel Van der List, Bob Wade, Gerald Schendel, Carlo Mazzoni, Jack Peters, Herman van Riemsdijk, Frank Kroeze, Marco R. Martini, John Saunders, ChessAssistant, Adam Raoof, Jane Seymour, , Robert Klomp, Ruben Casafus, Net 64 and all those who helped with this issue.
The number of events as Summer starts continues apace with another busy issue from events throughout the World. I will return to wrap up the coverage of the Kasparov-Deep Blue match next week with more reactions from Kasparov and others. The Russian KO Championships reveals the difficulties in covering such large and unwieldy events but perhaps there are indications as to its real purpose of the FIDE event. To produce a Championships that can be accomodated into an Olympic schedule. The end of next week will see the start of events in Spain in Russia so there is no let up in the pace of events. Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Veselin Topalov might not quite have returned to the explosive form he was showing this time last year but he did complete a victory in Madrid. However he was caught in the final round by Alexei Shirov. He did this by virtue of winning his final three games. There was a playoff between Topalov and Shirov prior to the June 1st prize-giving. There were two drawn 20 minutes per side games and one 6 minutes for white 5 minutes for black game. Black got draw odds in this game and Topalov as black took the title after that final game did end in a draw.
A quiet round that saw Topalov extend his lead with a demolition of Jeroen Piket in a Benko Gambit. Piket is, like Jan Timman a player who will continue to play critical chess even when in bad form. Here he was outplayed from the opening to lose in only 27 moves. San Segundo plays very tactically and got a level position against Illescas when the dust cleared to score his second draw. Beliavsky-Polgar seemed also petered out into a drawn position just out of the opening. Akopian-Shirov was a dynamic game which ended with a level rook and pawn ending. Salov-Short was a Petrosian variation of the Queen's Indian which didn't seem quite normal before the ending was agreed drawn. Perhaps there is something of theoretical interest here.
Nigel Short brought out the King's Gambit for the second time in this event and again he won. Jeroen Piket must have been aware of the possibility this time and it didn't make any difference. Short's play provoked a series of sacrifices from Piket which he didn't follow up correctly. It appears that Piket missed a draw his 22. ...Qe2+ was an error and 22. ...Re2+ followed by 23. ...Rxg2+ if Short had attempted to go to the g file should have lead to perpetual check (pointed out by Michel Van der List. As it was Short was simply too much material up in the end. Shirov beat Salov in a centre-counter finished with a nice rook sacrifice. Topalov tried very hard in what was proved to be a bascially drawn ending against Illescas. Polgar-Akopian was just a draw. Beliavsky won a pawn but it was tricky to convert. San Segundo reached a drawn position which he then proceded to lose.
The penultimate round saw more decisive chess. Nigel Short tried the King's Gambit once too often and lost quite a drastic game. Perhaps Shirov was not the opponent to play this against. Piket must have hit Illescas with a new idea because the Spaniard wasn't really out of the opening before resigning. This tournament must have been very dispiriting for San Segundo. Much as Kasparov didn't really play the final game against Deep Blue San Segundo only made a token attempt today. The loss against Beliavsky must have really hurt. Beliavsky and Topalov had a tactical slugout in the opening and early middlegame. Beliavsky emerged with the advantage. Judit Polgar's shock tactics seemed to pay off well leaving her with some winning chances in an ending the exchange up.
In a fairly dull final round there was only one decisive game. Shirov beat the struggling Piket to catch Topalov there will be a playoff for the first place involving speed chess.
Round 6 (1997.05.27)
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Polgar, Judit 1/2 21 E05 Nimzo indian
Akopian, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 53 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - San Segundo, Pablo 1/2 33 B69 Sicilian
Salov, Valery - Short, Nigel D 1/2 32 A40 Queen's pawn
Piket, Jeroen - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 27 A57 Benko gambit
Round 7 (1997.05.29)
Topalov, Veselin - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 61 D46 Semi-Slav
Shirov, Alexei - Salov, Valery 1-0 29 B01 Scandinavian
Short, Nigel D - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 24 C35 Kings gambit
Polgar, Judit - Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 29 B04 Alekhine defence
San Segundo, Pablo - Beliavsky, Alexander G 0-1 113 A87 Dutch defence
Round 8 (1997.05.30)
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 58 E15 Nimzo indian
Akopian, Vladimir - San Segundo, Pablo 1-0 21 D60 QGD;
Short, Nigel D - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 28 C39 Kings gambit
Salov, Valery - Polgar, Judit 0-1 53 B07 Pirc
Piket, Jeroen - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 25 D47 Semi-Slav
Round 9 (1997.05.31)
Topalov, Veselin - Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 27 C42 Petroff defence
Shirov, Alexei - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 48 C99 Ruy Lopez
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 21 C43 Petroff defence
Polgar, Judit - Short, Nigel D 1/2 19 C19 French; Winawer
San Segundo, Pablo - Salov, Valery 1/2 28 E12 Nimzo indian
Madrid ESP (ESP), V 1997 cat. XVII (2652)
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 * 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 = 6.5 2809
2 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2813
3 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2665 = = * = = 1 = 0 1 1 5.5 2730
4 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2655 = = = * = 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2731
5 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 = = = = * = 1 = 0 = 4.5 2653
6 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2690 0 0 0 1 = * = = 1 1 4.5 2647
7 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2645 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 1 1 4.5 2652
8 Salov, Valery g RUS 2665 = 0 1 0 = = 0 * = = 3.5 2570
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2486
10 San Segundo, Pablo g ESP 2505 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1.5 2394
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The 50th Russian Chess Championships have adopted the Knockout method that FIDE plans to use later in the year for their "World Championship" event. A healthy turnout was almost guaranteed with $500 for first round losers and $15,000 for the winner. There have been a number of surprises with Epishin departing in the second round losing to Fominyh and Lastin reaching the semi-finals may be an indicater for the future as he has recently achieved his final GM norms. Morozevich returned a little to his best reaching the quarter finals as did the other young Russian who has eclipsed him Vadim Zvjaginsev. After one of the two normal timerate games in the semi-finals Dreev and Bareev are one up and look set to meet in the final.
The system is two normal time-rate games played over two days followed by (in the case of a tie) two rapid (25 minute) games. If the players are still tied then groups of two blitz games are played until a winner is established.
The event serves as a warmup for the FIDE event later in the year. Not least for me! I have tried to summarise the results in one table, I am not convinced this is the best method but I hope its clear. Reading from the top the pairings are in groups of two showing who played who. Also the numbering of the rounds in the games sections is not generally established. ChessAssistant are publishing the games at:
http://www.demon.co.uk/convekta/
However the way they are sorted means that I could not definitely establish the order in which the normal timerate games, rapidplay games and blitz games were played (although it was clear which were the normal, rapid and blitz games so for instance if there were two draws in the normal time-rate games I have no way of knowing which way round they were.). I like the idea that each round should be given first and then divided by a decimal point. So the two normal games in round 1 would be 1.1 and 1.2 the two rapid games 1.3 and 1.4 and the blitz games 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and so forth. I am not sure whether others agree. I would welcome input before the FIDE event later in the year. I don't like these KO events as I think they are hard to follow and summaries and the results can be somewhat arbitary but it seems we are stuck with it for this year.
Interestingly the ChessAssistant site refers the format as the olympic system which I haven't heard before. If this is the official name it perhaps reveals the thinking behind the format. To make it an Olympic event every four years.
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | |||||
| Mayorov | = 0 | ||||||||
| Fominyh | = 1 | Fominyh | = = = 1 | Fominyh | 0 0 | ||||
| Epishin | = = = 0 | ||||||||
| Morozevich | = = = 1 | Morozevich | 1 1 | Morozevich | = 0 | ||||
| Korneev | = = = 0 | ||||||||
| Kozak | = 1 | Kozak | 0 = | ||||||
| Dolmatov | = = 1 1 | Dolmatov | 1 = | Dolmatov | = = 0 0 | ||||
| Potapov | = = 0 0 | ||||||||
| Kobalija | 0 = | ||||||||
| Kharitonov | 1 = | Kharitonov | = 0 | ||||||
| Bareev | = 1 | Bareev | = = 1 1 | Bareev | = 1 | Bareev | 1 | ||
| Aseev | = = 1 1 | Aseev | = = 0 0 | ||||||
| Pigusov | = = 0 0 | ||||||||
| Lastin | = 1 | Lastin | = = 1 1 | Lastin | = 1 | Lastin | 1 = | Lastin | 0 |
| Sakaev | = 0 | ||||||||
| Bezgodov | 1 0 = 0 | Ivanov | 1 0 1 0 = = 0 = | ||||||
| Ivanov | 0 1 = 1 | ||||||||
| Rublevsky | 0 1 0 1 = = 1 = | Rublevsky | = 0 | ||||||
| Najer | 0 = | ||||||||
| Kharlov | 1 = | Kharlov | 0 = | ||||||
| Yakovich | = = 1 0 = 1 | Yakovich | 1 = | Yakovich | = = = 1 | Yakovich | 0 = | ||
| Notkin | = = 0 1 = 0 | ||||||||
| Yandemirov | = 0 | ||||||||
| Ibragimov | = 1 | Ibragimov | = = 0 1 0 = | ||||||
| Tiviakov | = = 1 0 1 = | Tiviakov | = = = 0 | ||||||
| Ruban | = 0 | ||||||||
| Loginov | = 0 | ||||||||
| Galkin | = 1 | Galkin | 0 = | ||||||
| Filippov | 1 = | Filippov | 1 = | Filippov | 0 = | ||||
| Vyzhmanavin | 0 = | ||||||||
| Shipov | = = 0 0 | ||||||||
| Burmakin | = = 1 1 | Burmakin | 1 0 0 0 | ||||||
| Zvjaginsev | 0 1 1 1 | Zvjaginsev | 1 = | Zvjaginsev | = = = = = 0 | ||||
| Averkin | 0 0 | ||||||||
| Ulybin | 1 1 | Ulybin | = = = 0 | ||||||
| Makarov | = = = = = 1 | Makarov | = = = 1 | Makarov | = = = 0 | ||||
| Lugovoy | = = = = = 0 | ||||||||
| Rustemov | = = = = = 0 | ||||||||
| Kiriakov | = = = = = 1 | Kiriakov | 0 = | ||||||
| Dreev | 1 = | Dreev | = = = 1 | Dreev | = = = = = 1 | Dreev | 1 | ||
| Smagin | = = 0 0 | ||||||||
| Vaulin | = = 1 1 | Vaulin | = 0 | ||||||
| Sherbakov | = = 1 1 | Sherbakov | = 1 | Sherbakov | 0 0 | ||||
| Shovunov | = = 0 0 | ||||||||
| Landa | 0 1 = = = 0 | ||||||||
| Malakhov | 1 0 = = = 1 | Malakhov | 1 0 0 = | ||||||
| Svidler | 0 1 1 = | Svidler | 1 1 | Svidler | 1 1 | Svidler | 0 | ||
| Balashov | 1 0 1 0 = = = 1 | Balashov | = 0 | ||||||
| Sveshnikov | 0 1 0 1 = = = 0 | ||||||||
| Dvoirys | = 1 | Dvoirys | = 1 | Dvoirys | 0 0 | ||||
| Khalifman | = 1 | Khalifman | = 0 | ||||||
| Goldin | = 0 | ||||||||
g RUS 2530 (1960) Aseev,K
m RUS 2425 (1944) Averkin,Or
g RUS 2510 (1949) Balashov,Y
g RUS 2665 (1966) Bareev,E
m RUS 2570 (----) Bezgodov,A
g RUS 2530 (----) Burmakin,V
g RUS 2560 (1959) Dolmatov,S
g RUS 2650 (1969) Dreev,A
g RUS 2590 (1958) Dvoirys,S
g RUS 2600 (1965) Epishin,V
g RUS 2510 (1975) Filippov,V
g RUS 2545 (1959) Fominyh,A
m RUS 2510 (----) Galkin,A
g RUS 2590 (1965) Goldin,A
g RUS 2555 (1967) Ibragimov,I
g RUS 2515 (----) Ivanov,Se
g RUS 2650 (1966) Khalifman,A
g RUS 2520 (1959) Kharitonov,A
g RUS 2555 (1968) Kharlov,A
m RUS 2530 (1975) Kiriakov,P
g RUS 2545 (1978) Kobalija,M
g RUS 2590 (1969) Korneev,O
(----) Kozak,Alexandr
g RUS 2570 (----) Landa,K
m RUS 2535 (1976) Lastin,A
g RUS 2555 (1955) Loginov,Va
|
m RUS 2510 (1975) Lugovoi,A m RUS 2435 (1971) Maiorov,O g RUS 2545 (1963) Makarov,M m RUS 2540 (----) Malakhov,V g RUS 2595 (1977) Morozevich,A m RUS 2510 (----) Najer,E m RUS 2515 (1963) Notkin,M g RUS 2565 (1961) Pigusov,E m RUS 2455 (1969) Potapov,A g RUS 2545 (1964) Ruban,V g RUS 2645 (1974) Rublevsky,S m RUS 2550 (1973) Rustemov,A g RUS 2580 (1974) Sakaev,K g RUS 2580 (1969) Sherbakov,R g RUS 2540 (1966) Shipov,S RUS 2340 (----) Shovunov,B g RUS 2575 (1958) Smagin,S g RUS 2560 (1950) Sveshnikov,E g RUS 2640 (1976) Svidler,P g RUS 2600 (1973) Tiviakov,S g RUS 2555 (1971) Ulibin,M g RUS 2490 (1957) Vaulin,A g RUS 2585 (1960) Vyzmanavin,A g RUS 2575 (1962) Yakovich,Y m RUS 2500 (----) Yandemirov,V g RUS 2610 (1976) Zvjaginsev,V |
My thanks to Herman van Riemsdijk who covered the event on the internet at: http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/Najdorf.htm also to Fide master Ruben Casafus (Sysop of AJEDREZ ON-LINE) sent the final rounds of the Magistral Najdorf, Abierto Najdorf (the official names of the all-play-all and the open) He also reports that there is another tournament underway with:
1 Hugo Spangenberg Argentina 2550 2 Pablo Ricardi Argentina 2575 3 Gustavo German Argentina 2500 4 Maxim Sorokin Rusia 2560 5 Sergio Slipak Argentina 2505 6 Gilberto Milos Brasil 2605 7 Jaan Ehlvest Estonia 2635 8 Vladislav Tkachiev Kazajistan 2630 9 Alejandro Hoffman Argentina 2480 10 Maxi Ginzburg Argentina 2450 11 Emil Sutovsky Israel 2560 12 Andres Rodriguez Argentina 2565
In the main Category 13 event Ivan Morovic and Emil Sutovskij (who's reputation as a strong player ought to be growing) shared first place. In a generally disappointing event for the Argentinian players Hugo Spangenberg had a great result coming in clear third. In fourth was American Patrick Wolff whose seems to be a part time chess player these days. He faded a little at the end but nevertheless he scored a good result.
Last week I called it the Najdorf Memorial tournament. I think you can call such events Memorial events even if the principal is very much alive (and offering energetic suggestions away from the board). Perhaps there is a better name for events of this type. Suggestions welcome!
Round 7 (1997.05.26)
Spangenberg, Hugo - Campora, Daniel H 1-0 35 C99 Ruy Lopez
Wolff, Patrick G - Sutovskij, Emil 1/2 24 B85 Sicilian
Kotronias, Vasilios - Adianto, Utut 1-0 28 B12 Caro-Kann
Zarnicki, Pablo - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 30 B97 Sicilian; Najdorf
Ricardi, Pablo - Panno, Oscar 1/2 61 B84 Sicilian
Round 8 (1997.05.27)
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Kotronias, Vasilios 1/2 53 B57 Sicilian
Sutovskij, Emil - Spangenberg, Hugo 1/2 52 B80 Sicilian
Adianto, Utut - Wolff, Patrick G 0-1 39 D20 QGA;
Ricardi, Pablo - Zarnicki, Pablo 1/2 19 E05 Nimzo indian
Panno, Oscar - Campora, Daniel H 1/2 12 E18 Nimzo indian
Round 9 (1997.05.29)
Spangenberg, Hugo - Adianto, Utut 1/2 44 A14 English; 1.c4
Wolff, Patrick G - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 0-1 40 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Kotronias, Vasilios - Ricardi, Pablo 0-1 62 B01 Scandinavian
Zarnicki, Pablo - Panno, Oscar 1-0 40 B48 Sicilian
Campora, Daniel H - Sutovskij, Emil 0-1 40 E67 Kings indian
Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), V 1997 cat. XIII (2563)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2580 * = 1 1 = = = 1 1 = 6.5 2726
2 Sutovskij, Emil g ISR 2560 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2728
3 Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2550 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2688
4 Wolff, Patrick G g USA 2575 0 = 1 * = 1 = 1 0 1 5.5 2641
5 Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2590 = = 0 = * 1 = 0 1 = 4.5 2559
6 Adianto, Utut g INA 2615 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 = 1 4.5 2556
7 Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2560 = 0 0 = = 0 * = = 1 3.5 2482
8 Ricardi, Pablo m ARG 2575 0 = 0 0 1 0 = * 1 = 3.5 2481
9 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2555 0 0 0 1 0 = = 0 * = 2.5 2397
10 Panno, Oscar g ARG 2465 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 2.0 2353
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Open tournament
GRAN TORNEO ABIERTO INTERNACIONAL MIGUEL NAJDORF
19-28 May 1997
Puntos Bucholz Ganadas
1. SOROKIN Maxim GM 8.0 44.5 7.00
2. SLIPAK Sergio MI 7.5 42.0 6.00
3. SERVAT Roberto MI 7.5 39.5 7.00
4. GINZBURG Maximiliano MI 7.0 41.5 7.00
5. PIERROT Facundo MI 7.0 41.5 6.00
6. BRAGA Fernando MI 7.0 41.0 6.00
7. PEREYRA ARCIJA Diego MI 7.0 40.5 5.00
8. MILOS Gilberto GM 7.0 40.0 6.00
9. SORIN Ariel GM 7.0 39.5 6.00
10. GOMEZ BAILLO Jorge MI 7.0 37.5 6.00
11. GIACCIO Alfredo MI 6.5 44.0 5.00
12. VAN RIEMSDIJK Herman MI 6.5 43.0 5.00
13. PAGLILLA Carlos MI 6.5 41.0 4.00
14. QUINTEROS Miguel GM 6.5 40.0 6.00
15. MORENO Javier 6.5 40.0 5.00
16. GERMAN Pablo 6.5 39.0 6.00
17. BERTONA Fernando MF 6.5 39.0 6.00
18. LANGIER Daniel MI 6.5 39.0 4.00
19. CASAFUS Ruben MF 6.5 38.5 6.00
20. TEMPONE Marcelo MI 6.5 38.0 5.00
21. VALERGA Diego MI 6.5 37.5 4.00
22. SZMETAN Jorge MI 6.5 37.0 6.00
23. ALONSO Salvador 6.5 36.5 5.00
24. QUIROGA Facundo 6.5 36.0 6.00
25. RODRIGUEZ Andres MI 6.0 42.5 5.00
26. MINZER Claudio MI 6.0 39.5 5.00
27. MALBRAN Emilio 6.0 39.5 5.00
28. MALBRAN Guillermo MF 6.0 39.5 4.00
29. GARCIA Raimundo MI 6.0 39.0 5.00
30. GARCIA Gildardo GM 6.0 39.0 5.00
31. SOPPE Guillermo MI 6.0 39.0 4.00
32. GERMAN Gustavo 6.0 38.5 5.00
33. GERMAN Sergio 6.0 38.0 6.00
34. ROSITO Jorge MF 6.0 38.0 5.00
35. FIORITO Fabian MI 6.0 37.5 6.00
36. HOFFMAN Alejandro MI 6.0 37.0 5.00
37. IGLESIAS Alejandro MENOR DE 2200 SNG 6.0 36.5 6.00
38. SEMINARA Juan Pablo MENOR DE 2200 SNG 6.0 36.5 5.00
39. MUSANTI Diego MF MENOR DE 2200 SNG 6.0 36.0 6.00
40. SOLA Ruben MENOR DE 2200 SNG 6.0 36.0 5.00
41. MANGIONI Sebastian MENOR DE 1900 SNG 6.0 35.5 5.00
42. DOLEZAL Cristian MF MENOR DE 2200 SNG 6.0 34.5 5.00
43. SCHWEBER Samuel MI 6.0 33.5 5.00
44. JUAREZ Carlos E. MENOR DE 2200 SNG 6.0 33.5 5.00
45. LIDA GARCIA Fernando MENOR DE 2050 SNG 6.0 32.0 5.00
46. IPOLLITTI Horacio MENOR DE 2050 SNG 6.0 32.0 5.00
47. ALBARRAN Gustavo MENOR DE 2050 SNG 6.0 30.5 6.00
241 players
Panfox of Breda was the host of the final of the Dutch Team Championships. There were four teams playing a knockout event. The play was on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st of May and was covered live on the internet at:
http://www.worldaccess.nl/~meindert/playoffs/engels.htm
My thanks to Robert Klomp of Panfox for the games and results.
He says that: "The final, between Panfox (Breda) and HSG (Hilversum) was an exciting match. It looked for a long time that HSG would win it's first national title. Jan Timman lost both his games over the weekend. In the final he blundered a piece away against Friso Nijboer. With this result and Albert Blees loss Panfox was 2,5 - 0,5 down after just 3 results. Sofia Polgar had a very good endgame against Rini Kuijf but she couldn't convert it into a win. Stuart Conquest was two pawns down against Boersma but was also able to make a draw from a totally lost position. In the end Panfox was very lucky to win this match with 5,5 - 4,5"
Semi-Finals
Board Panfox Breda SMB Nijmegen
1 J.Timman T.Hommeles 0-1
2 L.van Wely J.Vanheste 1-0
3 J.Delemarre F.Krudde 0-1
4 I.Sokolov J.vd Mortel 1-0
5 R.Vaganian D.Tjiam 1-0
6 M.Bosboom W.Hendriks 1-0
7 J.Hodgson H.Kerkmeester 1-0
8 M.Gurevich S.van Gisbergen 1-0
9 J.van der Wiel H.Klip 0-1
10 F.Kuijpers L.vd Linden 1-0
7-3
Board HSG Hilversum LSG Leiden
1 L.Ljubojevic L.Konings 1-0
2 P.vd Sterren M.de Heer 1-0
3 I.Rogers E.Kuijpers 0-1
4 F.Nijboer M.Roobol 1-0
5 J.Koshasivili S.van Blitterswijk 1/2
6 Z.Polgar M.Bosman 1-0
7 H.Vedder H.v.Putten 1-0
8 P.Boersma R.de Graaf 1-0
9 W.Zagema M.Strijbos 0-1
10 L.Pliester F.vd Haastert 0-1
6.5-3.5
Final
Board Panfox HSG
1 Van Wely vd Sterren 1/2
2 Vaganian Rogers 1/2
3 I.Sokolov Ljubojevic 1-0
4 J.Timman Nijboer 0-1
5 Gurevich Brenninkmeijer 1-0
6 Hodgson Kosashvili 1/2
7 Conquest Boersma 1/2
8 vd Wiel Zagema 1-0
9 R.Kuijf Z.Polgar 1/2
10 A.Blees Douven 0-1
5.5-4.5
3rd-4th place playoff
Board SMB LSG
1 T. Hommeles M.Strijbos 1-0
2 J.Vanheste M.de Heer 0-1
3 F.Krudde S.van Blitterswijk 1-0
4 W.Hendriks E.Kuipers 1/2
5 H.Klip L.Konings 1/2
6 S.van Gisbergen M.Roobol 1-0
7 D.Tjiam M.Bosman 1-0
8 J. vd Mortel E.vd Haastert 1/2
9 H.Kerkmeester H.van Putten 1-0
10 L.vd Linden R.de Graaff 0-1
6.5-3.5
1) During the European Team Championship in Pula (Croatia) the federations
of the zone 1.2 (a+b) had a meeting and decided to organize a zonal tournament
in spring 1998 for the new world championship cycle 1998/99.
Sources: Horst Metzing (secretary of the German chess federation) and Rolf
Liniger (Switzerland).
Rolf Liniger has published an article in the current issue of the Swiss
chess magazine "Die Schachwoche" (21/97, p.28): A commission will
prepare the reorganization of the European Chess Union (ECU) until the end of
October 1997. "Not the political struggle against FIDE, but a well working
organization of the continental interests will strengthen Europe's position and
the European influence within FIDE."
2) On Thursday the German chess club "SV 1930 Hockenheim" (near
Heidelberg/Mannheim) held the XVth traditional "asparagus blitz tournament"
(now it's time for the harvesting of asparagus in Germany). The winner was the
team of the Bundesliga club "SK Zaehringen 1921".
In the evening Lajos Portisch, the well-known Hungarian chess grandmaster,
gave a concert with German songs. Elena Beselt (piano) and Lajos Portisch (bass
baritone) presented ten songs of the German composer Franz Schubert who was born
200 years ago: "An die Musik" (Schober), "Schaefers Klagelied",
"Geheimes", "Heidenroeslein", "Der Musensohn"
(Goethe), "An Silvia" (Shakespeare), "Das Fischermaedchen", "Der
Doppelgaenger" (Heine), "Lachen und Weinen" and "Du bist die
Ruh" (Rueckert). It was a wonderful concert. On saturday and sunday GM
Lajos Portisch played in the international rapid chess tournament "IVth
Hockenheimer Schachtage" in Hockenheim The final results were
1 IM Klovans, Janis LAT Sen 2445 8.5 74.5 2 GM Dautov, Rustem GER 2590 8.5 72 3 GM Arbakov, Valentin RUS 2490 8.0 76 4 GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2630 8.0 73 5 GM Glek, Igor RUS 2620 8.0 71 6 GM Khenkin, Igor ISR 2575 8.0 68.5 7 FM Vatter, Hans-Joachim GER 2265 8.0 67 8 GM Kengis, Edvins LAT 2585 7.5 73.5 9 IM Zagorskis, Darius LTU 2505 7.5 71.5 10 GM Kveinys, Aloyzas LTU 2545 7.5 69.5 11 IM Schlindwein, Rolf GER 2410 7.5 64.5 12 Spilker, Boris GER 7.0 73.5 13 FM Solomunovic, Igor BIH 2350 7.0 72 14 Vonthron, Horst GER 2345 7.0 70.5 15 Wornath, Kai GER 7.0 67 16 IM Solonar, Stephan MDA 2300 7.0 65.5 17 IM Vidoniak, Roman UKR 2410 7.0 63.5 18 Inhoven, Stefan GER 7.0 55.5 19 FM Panzalovic, Srdjan GER 2420 6.5 67 20 FM Mueller, Matthias M. GER 2360 6.5 65 21 Grund, Holger GER Jun 2360 6.5 64 ... 86 participants (8 GM, 5 IM, 5 FM), 11 rounds Swiss, 2x30min.
3) In Constance (Baden) 1995, in Wasserburg (Bavaria) 1996 and now again in Steckborn (Switzerland) 1997 the team of the German chess association in Baden/Germany was the winner of the Lake Constance Cup. The results:
Round 1- Baden - Switzerland 6.5-5.5 Bavaria - Wurttemberg 5.0-7.0 Round 2- Switzerland - Wurttemberg 7.0-5.0 Baden - Bavaria 8.5-3.5 Round 3- Bavaria - Switzerland 7.5-4.5 Wurttemberg - Baden 5.5-6.5
The winning team: IM Georg Siegel, IM Roland Schmaltz, IM Guenther Beikert, IM Rolf Schlindwein, FM Arndt Miltner, Joerg Schwalfenberg, FM Christian Maier, FM Clemens Werner, FM Peter Zuse, FM Hajo Vatter, Holger Grund and Isabel Werner.
4) "TSV Willsbach" 50th Anniversary Tournament.
The chess players of the German club "TSV Willsbach" celebrated their 50th anniversary and organized an IM tournament (19-26 May) in Loewenstein (near Heilbronn/Germany) for young players in Wurttemberg und Baden - in cooperation with the German chess associations "Wurttembergische Schachjugend", "Schachjugend Baden" and "Deutsche Schachjugend".
Arbiter: GM Klaus Darga Source (report in German): http://www.teleschach.de/aktuelles/a_wills1.html games (CB format): http://www.teleschach.de/aktuelles/a_willsc.zip (PGN format): http://www.teleschach.de/others/a_willsp.zip GM Darga has annotated several games (in German language). Fabian Doettling was the winner of the European championship U16 last year.
Loewenstein GER (GER), V 1997 cat. I (2270)
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1 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2470 * 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2548
2 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2410 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2485
3 Oral, Tomas m CZE 2415 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2428
4 Doettling, Fabian f GER 2310 = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2341
5 Pedzich, Dominik m POL 2465 = 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 = 1 5.0 2319
6 Schulzke, Erich GER 2285 0 0 = = 1 * = 0 1 1 4.5 2345
7 Kunz, Walter GER 2235 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1 = = 3.0 2122
8 Dietrich,F ---- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * = 1 2.5 2144
9 Reuss,A ---- 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = * = 2.0 2086
10 Brodbeck, Stefan GER 2110 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1.5 2061
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A couple of points arising from the coverage last week. Firstly Ivan Morovic sent his game against Walter Arencibia via Herman van Riemsdijk. Secondly Frank Kroeze looked at the game Leko,Peter-Miles,Anthony Cienfuegos(4) 1997 and as others have also spotted the game cannot be correct. He says "Miles missed several easy wins at the end, including a mate in two. The trouble starts at move 14, where 14.f4 seems to be a horrible move. Instead of Miles' 14... O-O, 14... Bg4 would have won on the spot. So I assume 14.Bf4 is meant here. This move was probably misread by the one who typed in the games. Then 4 moves later the move 18.Bd2 would mean another terrible blunder. This should be 18.Rd2, after which the draw by perpetual seems correct. (After 14.f4, 18.Bd2 would be better than 18.Rd2, so this was probably mistakenly corrected by the "games-typer".) However, if the scoresheet should be as I suppose, Miles also missed a win. Instead of 17... Bc6 he could have played 17... b6! 18.Qd4 Qxh2+ 19.Kf1 c5 20.Qd2 Be6! -+. The move 20... Be6! however, is hard to spot in advance and perhaps Miles was satisfied with a draw and went for the perpetual.
There is also the possibility that 14.f4 should be replaced by another move. 14.Bg5 seems the only logical alternative, after which Miles' combination with 14... 0-0 is still possible, but I haven't checked yet what this difference would mean for the rest of the game. I know only about 8 games with 8... Nf6!? and it's not an unimportant line for the Petroff Defence as black is suffering a little in the line with 8... 0-0-0."
So I wonder if anyone knows the truth about this position.
London had two international tournaments running over the last week. A number of enthusastic organisers including Adam Raoof (who organised the Agency International in London) and Scott Freeman and Howard Curtis who were responsible for the Coulsdon Chess Fellowship tournament. My thanks to Adam Raoof, Jane Seymour, Rod McShane and Bob Wade for details of the events.
The event was organised to celebrate the centenary of the first women's tournament. It was held at the Agency Club in London. There were very few tame draws in this tournament. Richard Forster who recently achieved an IM norm at the Hastings Challengers in January followed by a GM norm in the Zurich Open drew quickly with IM Richard Tozer in the final round to make his final qualifying norm for the title of IM. 18-year old Stefanova who also achieved a male GM norm recently (in Hawaii) was disappointed not to finish among the winners. Joint winner (IM) Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska held the draw a pawn down against IM Susan Lalic to be the only player to complete the tournament without loss. Prize fund was shared as follows: 400 pounds sterling each to Kachiani-Gersinska, McShane and Dunnington (=1st). 50 pounds sterling each to Forster and Stefanova (=4th).
London ENG (ENG), V-VI 1997 cat. VI (2377)
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1 Dunnington, Angus J m ENG 2445 * = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2494
2 McShane, Luke J f ENG 2400 = * = 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2499
3 Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino wg GER 2375 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2502
4 Forster, Richard f SUI 2365 0 1 = * 1 = 1 1 = 0 5.5 2458
5 Stefanova, Antoaneta wg BUL 2410 = = = 0 * = = 1 1 1 5.5 2453
6 Lalic, Susan m ENG 2405 0 0 = = = * 1 0 1 1 4.5 2373
7 Richardson, John R f ENG 2360 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 4.5 2378
8 Hunt, Harriet wm ENG 2330 = = 0 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 3.0 2257
9 Tozer, Richard m ENG 2380 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * = 2.5 2210
10 Costagliola, Marina FRA 2300 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = * 1.5 2112
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The Coulsdon Chess Fellowship organised this tournament on the edge of the London Metropolitan area. With an IM norm set at 6 points there were a couple of players who missed out. Neil McDonald ran away with the event with 8/9 with only two draws including one against the last placed player.
London ENG (ENG), V-VI 1997 cat. IV (2328)
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1 McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2490 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2661
2 Plueg, Andreas GER 2310 = * = = 0 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2410
3 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2455 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2393
4 Shaw, John f SCO 2345 0 = = * 1 0 1 1 1 = 5.5 2406
5 Duncan, Christopher R f ENG 2340 0 1 = 0 * 0 1 = = 1 4.5 2326
6 Wall, Tim f ENG 2305 0 0 0 1 1 * = = 1 = 4.5 2330
7 Timmermans, Ivo NED 2250 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 4.0 2293
8 O'Shaughnessy, Conor IRL 2220 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 3.0 2215
9 Dunworth, Christopher f ENG 2330 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = * = 2.5 2161
10 Franklin, Michael J f ENG 2235 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 2.0 2118
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Carlo Mazzoni reports on the first chess festival in Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy which finished on May 18th. There were one GM and a number of IMs and FMs competing.
FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DI SALSOMAGGIORE TERME Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy, May,18,1997 Final score: 1 2 3 4 5 6 01 Mrdja, Milan IM CRO 1/B11 =/W10 1/B05 =/W02 1/B09 =/W03 4.5 02 Komljenovic, Davor GM CRO 1/W28 1/B12 1/W03 =/B01 =/W08 =/B04 4.5 03 Jurkovic, Ante FM CRO 1/B27 1/W09 0/B02 1/W14 1/B06 =/B01 4.5 04 Vujovic, Milorad IM YUG 1/B14 0/W06 1/B17 1/W07 1/B13 =/W02 4.5 05 Nurkic, Sahbaz IM BIH =/W13 1/B18 0/W01 1/B19 1/W23 1/B08 4.5 06 Qendro, Llambi M ALB 1/W24 1/B04 =/W08 =/B13 0/W03 1/W10 4.0 07 Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin IM YUG =/B15 =/W17 1/W26 0/B04 1/B14 1/W13 4.0 08 Caposciutti, Maurizio FM ITA 1/W25 1/B19 =/B06 =/W10 =/B02 0/W05 3.5 09 Pangrazzi, Marco M ITA 1/W16 0/B03 1/W20 1/B23 0/W01 =/B11 3.5 10 Iotti, Pierluigi M ITA 1/W20 =/B01 =/W23 =/B08 1/W18 0/B06 3.5 11 Everet, Alex M ITA 0/W01 0/B20 1/F28 1/B16 1/W17 =/W09 3.5 12 Vezzosi, Paolo FM ITA 1/B26 0/W02 0/W13 =/B24 1/W22 1/B18 3.5 13 Oschetzki, Stefan M GER =/B05 1/W21 1/B12 =/W06 0/W04 0/B07 3.0 14 Sciortino, Massimo CM ITA 0/W04 1/B24 1/W19 0/B03 0/W07 1/B23 3.0 15 Oppici, Gabriele CM ITA =/W07 0/B23 1/W25 0/B18 1/W26 =/B17 3.0 16 Griffa, Roberto CM ITA 0/B09 =/W27 =/B21 0/W11 1/F28 1/B24 3.0 17 Scotti, Umberto CM ITA =/W23 =/B07 0/W04 1/B20 0/B11 =/W15 2.5 18 Berra, Davide CM ITA =/B21 0/W05 1/B27 1/W15 0/B10 0/W12 2.5 19 Salami, Marco M ITA 1/B22 0/W08 0/B14 0/W05 1/B25 =/W21 2.5 20 Doleschal, Johannes M FER 0/B10 1/W11 0/B09 0/W17 =/B27 1/W26 2.5 21 Amovilli, Mauro M ITA =/W18 0/B13 =/W16 =/B26 =/W24 =/B19 2.5 22 Deval, Daniele ITA 0/W19 =/B25 0/W24 1/F28 0/B12 1/W27 2.5 23 Formanek, Edward IM USA =/B17 1/W15 =/B10 0/W09 0/B05 0/W14 2.0 24 Vignato, Giovanni CM ITA 0/B06 0/W14 1/B22 =/W12 =/B21 0/W16 2.0 25 Pipitone, Antonio CM ITA 0/B08 =/W22 0/B15 =/W27 0/W19 1/F28 2.0 26 Digiugno, Franco CM ITA 0/W12 1/F28 0/B07 =/W21 0/B15 0/B20 1.5 27 Bonugli, Carlo CM ITA 0/W03 =/B16 0/W18 =/N25 =/W20 0/B22 1.5 28 Samaritani, Fabio M ITA 0/B02 0/F26 0/F11 0/F22 0/F16 0/F25 0.0
The 18th Memorial Day Classic, an annual tradition in Southern California, was held May 24 to May 26 in Irvine, California. The total attendance of 266 players was less than usual, but the 29-player Open section still contained several titled players. Igor Ivanov took first prize of $2,000 with a score of 5-1. He overcame a third-round loss to IM John Watson. Tied for second at 4.5-1.5 were Levon Altounian, Andrew Krasnov, Cyrus Lakdawala, and Jack Peters, who won $638 each.
Altounian defeated Lakdawala, GM Eduard Gufeld and Watson before losing to Igor in the final round. Watson beat Ivanov and Peters but finished with 4-2 after losing to Altounian and Lakdawala. Jay Blem of National Chess and Games was the chief sponsor of the tournament.
Igor Ivanov, 5-1 $2,000.00 Levon Altounian 4.5-1.5 Andrew Krasnov 4.5-1.5 Cyrus Lakdawala 4.5-1.5 Jack Peters 4.5-1.5
John Saunders annouces that all games played in this year's 4NCL are now available for downloading(in old or new Chessbase formats) from the 4NCL Web Site ...
http://www.cableinet.co.uk/users/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2828 154
2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2765 145
3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2762 149
4. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2731 184
5. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2710 145
6. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2710 182
7. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181
8. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2687 133
9. Salov,Valery RUS 2679 174
10. Adams,Michael ENG 2677 158
11. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2668 165
12. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2666 194
13. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2659 148
14. Short,Nigel D ENG 2652 184
15. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2646 154
16. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2644 143
17. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2643 188
18. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2637 174
19. Leko,Peter HUN 2636 149
20. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2634 178
21. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2633 143
22. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2632 206
23. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2632 142
24. Piket,Jeroen NED 2631 168
25. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2630 169
26. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2629 166
27. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2628 182
28. Lautier,Joel FRA 2628 200
29. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2625 162
30. Timman,Jan H NED 2621 187
31. Svidler,Peter RUS 2620 140
32. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2620 172
33. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2619 147
34. Van Wely,Loek NED 2616 192
35. Yusupov,Artur GER 2616 134
36. Nunn,John D M ENG 2614 173
37. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2614 174
38. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2612 169
39. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
40. Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLR 2610 166
41. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2609 176
42. Ehlvest,Jaan EST 2609 138
43. Yakovich,Yuri RUS 2608 160
44. Speelman,Jonathan S ENG 2607 151
45. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197
46. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2605 180
47. Milov,Vadim SUI 2604 175
48. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
49. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2599 163
50. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2598 155
51. Georgadze,George GEO 2598 126
Tournaments processed for this list
YUG Belgrade Championship play off
CUB Havana Cat.12
RUS Kstovo Russian Cup open
CRO Pula European Team's Championship
AUT Linz Cat.12
ARG Buenos Aires Cat.13
Between 20th-31st May 1997 the Ljubljana Chess Club (LSK) held its 4th International event. The event was the 85th Anniversary also. The clear winner was Suat Atalik who lost just one game on his way to 8/11. IM Dusko Pavsovic finished in second place jointly with Corina Peptan.
The event was covered on the internet at: http://www.sah-zveza.si/lsk/lsk.html
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1 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2555 * = = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2615
2 Pavasovic, Dusko m SLO 2460 = * 1 = = = = 0 = = 1 1 6.5 2514
3 Peptan, Corina wg ROM 2425 = 0 * 0 1 1 = = 1 0 1 1 6.5 2517
4 Vukic, Milan g YUG 2490 = = 1 * = 0 = = = = 1 = 6.0 2482
5 Jelen, Igor m SLO 2405 0 = 0 = * 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2490
6 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2530 1 = 0 1 0 * 1 0 0 = 1 = 5.5 2442
7 Barle, Janez m SLO 2450 0 = = = 1 0 * 1 = = = = 5.5 2450
8 Bukic, Enver g SLO 2435 0 1 = = = 1 0 * = = = 0 5.0 2415
9 Grosar, Aljosa m SLO 2495 0 = 0 = 0 1 = = * = = 1 5.0 2409
10 Farago, Ivan g HUN 2440 0 = 1 = 0 = = = = * 0 = 4.5 2385
11 Mencinger, Vojko f SLO 2395 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 * 1 4.0 2353
12 Soln, Primoz SLO 2320 = 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 = 0 * 3.5 2328
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