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1) Introduction
2) Chess Classic Frankfurt West 1997
3) Aarhus Denmark Category 14
4) Tal Shaked wins US Junior Championships
5) Peter Leko wins in Colombia
6) PCA World Rankings 1st July
7) Broekhuis Dutch Chess Championships
8) Dury Lane Masters
9) Kasparov Simul for El Pais Digital
10) Portuguese Chess Title Match
11) Upcoming Events
12) Theoretical Corner by Marco R. Martini
(ITA)
Games Section
Chess Classic, Frankfurt GER 1997 12 Chess Classic Final, Frankfurt GER 1997 4 Chess Classic 1997 3rd-4th 4 CC Ordix, Frankfurt GER 1997 51 Classic Simul, Frankfurt GER 1997 40 Sigeman and Co, Aarhus DEN 1997 25 ch-NED, Rotterdam 1997 30 Drury Lane, London ENG 1997 10 ch-POR 1997 5 El Pais Simul, Madrid ESP 1997 16
My thanks to Net64/El Pais, Johan Sigeman, Roberto Alvarez, Pablo Rodriguez, FIDE www site, Skolernes Skakklub, Lost Boys, Birgit Schuster, Oliver Koeller, Martin Bennedik, Hans-Walter Schmitt, Frank Zimmerman, Jurgen Daniel, Duif Calvin Adam Raoof, Luis Santos, Marco R. Martini and all those who helped with this issue.
I hope this issue doesn't show too many signs of haste after only returning on Sunday from Germany. My thanks to Martin Bennedik and his girlfriend for putting up with me for a few days and allowing me to enjoy my visit to Frankfurt. The Summer provides a stready stream of events and the games and results of those form the centre of this issue. Next week another strong GM event starts in Dortmund so the chess roles on.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
June 26th - 29th. 1997 saw a four player rapidplay event (15 minutes plus 10 seconds a move) contested by Anand, Karpov, Topalov and Lobron. This was followed by a two day rapidplay open event.
A chance to visit my friend Martin Bennedik and take in a new country and a speed chess event proved too much of a temptation last week. I attended the two day four player event and took in the city of Frankfurt.
The event itself was an interesting one. The quality of chess was much higher than I expected and served as a useful stopping off point for three competitors in next week's Dortmund event. The chess was more interesting than I expected it to be. I enjoy playing speed chess (especially 5 minute) and appreciated the different skills required for the event. A relaxed approach and a quickness in taking a decision are important. Perhaps also an enjoyment of playing without the pressure of losing ELO points or anything much at all allowed the players to relax. The winner Anand didn't seem especially fired up but seemed to enjoy actually playing the games. Eric Lobron produced some combative chess on the second day having thrown off the rust of four months away from chess.
The event provided an entertaining couple of days chess which although suffering from some technical problems at the start was clearly presented with the organisers learning and implimenting lessons throughout the event. They hope to build on the event eventually perhaps to move towards a top class full length event. I found most interesting the possibilities offered by the venue. This was a hotel, a Holiday Inn. It allowed people to watch the games in the lobby or indeed in their own hotel rooms along with the commentary from Helmut Pfleger. This is an interesting idea that could be extended. I tend to be a peripatetic watcher of chess, I like to have a chat, perhaps analyse positions on my own, eat, drink and so on. If the players themselves could be filmed and electronic boards display the players times, previous moves and current position (something that was not present in the press room at the London PCA rapidplay event I attended last year) then a host of possibilities for improving the experience of spectators are possible. If spectators could in a relaxed way follow the games, have a chat with their friends and move around aswell as follow the chess then a pleasant day could easily be spent at these events.
There was a full house on the second day and they were treated to an Anand massacre of Karpov and a Lobron win against Topalov in a speed chess playoff. There was an extremely small number of draws. Anand was in control having already secured his final place after day one. At that stage Karpov and Topalov were on 1.5 and Lobron on one all of whom could join him in the final. Anand's only loss of the event was in the fifth round when he seemed to want to show he could win using only his 10 second allowance per move rather than eating into his 15 minute initial time.
He dominated the final hitting Karpov with a number of little combinations, much as he did in his preliminary section win against Karpov which was one of the highlights of day one. The last game of the final was a draw of less than ten moves of theory which is missing from the games file. Meanwhile Lobron found his stride (which he carried through until all but the last few rounds of the open event on Sunday. He shared a 2-2 draw with Topalov (his last rapidplay game was a brief crushing win which I hope that either he or Topalov will be able to provide the gamescore to for next week. He won the speed playoff. His rather relaxed approach was quite difficult to cope with once he got started.
Before the event it was in my mind was also to chat with people I hadn't met before about the current chess scene and try and clarify my thoughts. Very large in my mind is the wideranging discussion in England about sport. The themes of getting people to play individual sports, sponsorship and promotion are not ones confined to chess but in many ways they are important. Chess faces a dilemma, it is possible to present it in a way that is very slick but this costs money. If the organisers don't expect spectators then the cost is difficult to justify, yet this just encourages the idea that chess is dull to those who do attend. There was nearly a full house in the venue (perhaps 60-100 people) and they seemed to have a good time even with some problems with the electronic boards. Yet clearly you can't expect people who know nothing about the game to enjoy a chess event. Indeed there are exciting sports which believe they have to make their events even more exciting to keep the costomers returning. Chess needs to set itself a realstic target as to who it expects to appeal to and move towards this rather than the general public at large perhaps.
I would like to write at this at a bit more length at some time soon but I did discuss some of the likely events in chess over the next year or so. FIDE it seems will finance their knockout in December and January. It will be without Kasparov for certain and probably Karpov (even given the IOC's appeal to them talked about on Chess Planet). The subject of the Karpov v Kasparov match was avoided by Karpov and seems to me that it is extremely unlikely it will happen. It is very likely Kasparov will invite a number of players (probably 8), on the basis of an average rating over a period of time (this will be presumably the PCA rating) to compete in an eliminator event to provide a competitor for him in a match. It seems to me that FIDE and Kasparov will never come to agreement (nor I think will it be possible to produce a players organisation after the failure of the GMA) the situation will simply play itself out between Kasparov and FIDE until one or both fail to raise sufficient money or committment to command support.
I'm still a person who finds himself a bit disoriented when he travels abroad so I'm greatful to those who made my trip to Frankfurt an interesting an pleasurable one. Frankfurt is a very pleasant city and I had a good time just wandering around on the Saturday with my friends in weather that was very much an improvement over England.
Tournament information also available in German at Jurgen Daniel's www site:
http://www.schach-daniel.com/chess.htm
My thanks to Birgit Schuster and Oliver Koeller (they compiled the bulletin), Martin Bennedik (for inviting me to stay with him), Hans-Walter Schmitt the organiser, Frank Zimmerman (who sent me the final file of games) and to Jurgen Daniel.
Most of the players will pass on to the International Dortmund Chess Days which celebrates its silver jubilee year. Ten of the world´s top players are going to find their champion in a category 19 meeting from July 4th - 13th.
On the www at http://www.dortmund.de/chess97.htm
Preliminary tournament double round all play all
Round 1 (1997.06.26)
Topalov, Veselin - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 59 A45 Queen's pawn
Lobron, Eric - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 42 D03 Queen's pawn
Round 2 (1997.06.26)
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 100 E15 Nimzo indian
Lobron, Eric - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 32 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 3 (1997.06.26)
Karpov, Anatoly - Lobron, Eric 0-1 46 A80 Dutch defence
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 34 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 4 (1997.06.26)
Anand, Viswanathan - Lobron, Eric 1-0 55 A96 Dutch defence
Karpov, Anatoly - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 57 D46 Semi-Slav
Round 5 (1997.06.27)
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 46 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Topalov, Veselin - Lobron, Eric 1/2 55 A96 Dutch defence
Round 6 (1997.06.27)
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 36 B50 Sicilian
Lobron, Eric - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 30 A46 Queen's pawn
Frankfurt GER (GER), VI 1997 cat. XIX (2705)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 ** 10 1= 11 4.5 2878
2 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2760 01 ** 1= 01 3.5 2743
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 0= 0= ** 1= 2.5 2641
4 Lobron, Eric g GER 2570 00 10 0= ** 1.5 2557
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Final
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 49 E15 Nimzo indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 54 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 81 B17 Caro-Kann
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2
Frankfurt GER (GER), VI 1997
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 1 1 = = 3.0 2953
Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2760 0 0 = = 1.0 2572
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3rd-4th place playoff
Topalov, Veselin - Lobron, Eric 0-1 36 E15 Nimzo indian
Lobron, Eric - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 29 A26 English; 1.c4 e5
Topalov, Veselin - Lobron, Eric 1-0 39 A80 Dutch defence
Lobron, Eric - Topalov, Veselin 1-0
Lobron won the blitz playoff.
Frankfurt GER (GER), VI 1997
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1 2 3 4
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Lobron, Eric g GER 2570 1 0 0 1 2.0 2725
Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 0 1 1 0 2.0 2570
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Chess Classic 97 ORDIX-Open
11 rounds
1. Beim Valery GM Ueberruhr 9.0 58.0
2. Portisch Lajos s GM Ungarn 9.0 57.0
3. Vaganjan Rafael GM Porz 9.0 57.0
4. Beljavsky Alexander GM Slowenien 9.0 55.5
5. Pichler Juergen IM Passau 9.0 52.0
6. Dautov Rustem GM St.Ingbert 8.5 57.5
7. Korneev Oleg GM Sasel 8.5 57.0
8. Smejkal Jan GM Passau 8.5 55.0
9. Schlindwein Rolf IM Baiertal 8.5 54.0
10. Schlosser Philipp GM Passau 8.5 52.5
11. Meduna Eduard GM Tschechien 8.5 51.5
12. Beikert Guenter IM Viernheim 8.5 51.0
13. Mainka Romuald GM Porz 8.0 54.0
14. Kindermann Stefan GM Bremen 8.0 51.5
15. Zupe Miran IM Slowenien 8.0 48.0
16. Lobron Eric GM Berlin 7.5 56.0
17. Stangl Markus GM Porz 7.5 52.0
18. Nikcevic Nebosja Jugoslawien 7.5 51.5
19. Gutman Lev GM Wetzlar 7.5 51.0
20. Boensch Uwe GM Berlin 7.5 50.0
21. David Alberto IM Luxemburg 7.5 49.5
22. Fritz Chess-Base 7.5 48.5
23. Schlingensiepen Chr. Passau 7.5 48.5
24. Hoffmann Michael IM Castrop-Rauxel 7.5 48.5
25. Ginsburg Gennadij IM Hofheim 7.5 48.0
26. Chernin Alexander GM Andernach 7.5 48.0
27. Lutz Christopher GM Porz 7.5 48.0
28. Danailov Silvio IM Bulgarien 7.5 48.0
29. Hausrath Daniel IM Wuppertal 7.5 47.5
30. Bischoff Klaus GM Solingen 7.5 47.5
31. Mitkov Nikola GM Mazedonien 7.5 47.5
32. Haub Thorsten-Michae IM Siegen 7.5 47.5
33. Margoline Boris IM Oberursel 7.5 47.0
34. Solomunovic Igor FM Burgsinn 7.5 47.0
35. Tischbierek Raj GM Berlin 7.5 46.5
36. Dinstuhl Volkmar FM Castrop-Rauxel 7.5 46.5
37. Unzicker Wolfgang s GM Duisburg 7.5 46.0
38. Loeffler Stefan IM Hamburg 7.5 45.0
39. Kovac Boris Slowenien 7.5 44.5
40. Zude Dr.Erik FM Hofheim 7.5 42.0
41. Buhr Carl-Christian Hamburg 7.5 41.5
277 players
The Skolernes Skakklub celebrated its 25th anniversary by holding this event. It took place between June 20th to June 29th and included a closed cat. 14 round robin-tournament, and an international open featuring some strong title players. There was live coverage on the internet
http://www.mi.aau.dk/~mygind/festival97.html
In the end all the favourites came through to the top. Khalifman was undefeated with three wins taking him to 6 points. He was safe and sound for most of the tournament, his endgame win against Stefansson was his best achievement. Michael Adams and Eduardas Rozentalis shared second place. Adams only managed this by winning in rounds 6-8 after a very mediocre start. 61 year old Bent Larsen was a disappointment, he had a couple of short draws and didn't win a single game whilst winning 3. Jesper Mygind has sent the results of the international open won by Alexander Volzhin. There will be games from this event in TWIC next week.
Round 5 (1997.06.24)
Khalifman, Alexander - Hansen, Curt 1/2 23 B43 Sicilian
Adams, Michael - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1/2 48 C42 Petroff defence
Hellers, Ferdinand - Kengis, Edvins 1/2 17 B43 Sicilian
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Stefansson, Hannes 1-0 16 E20 Nimzo indian
Schandorff, Lars - Larsen, Bent 1/2 29 A90 Dutch defence
Round 6 (1997.06.25)
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 26 C43 Petroff defence
Hellers, Ferdinand - Adams, Michael 0-1 37 C78 Ruy Lopez
Kengis, Edvins - Hansen, Curt 1/2 36 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Stefansson, Hannes - Schandorff, Lars 1/2 58 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Larsen, Bent - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 18 A48 Queen's pawn
Round 7 (1997.06.26)
Khalifman, Alexander - Stefansson, Hannes 1-0 70 E17 Nimzo indian
Adams, Michael - Kengis, Edvins 1-0 41 B50 Sicilian
Hansen, Curt - Larsen, Bent 1-0 30 B32 Sicilian
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Hellers, Ferdinand 0-1 45 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Schandorff, Lars - Rozentalis, Eduardas 0-1 32 E32 Nimzo indian
Round 8 (1997.06.27)
Adams, Michael - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 32 C54 Italian game
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 15 C67 Ruy Lopez
Hellers, Ferdinand - Schandorff, Lars 1-0 56 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Kengis, Edvins - Larsen, Bent 1-0 33 C43 Petroff defence
Stefansson, Hannes - Hansen, Curt 1/2 28 D43 Semi-Slav
Round 9 (1997.06.28)
Khalifman, Alexander - Hellers, Ferdinand 1/2 13 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Hansen, Curt - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1/2 23 C10 French
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Kengis, Edvins 1/2 7 A43 Queen's pawn
Schandorff, Lars - Adams, Michael 1/2 22 E32 Nimzo indian
Larsen, Bent - Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 18 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Aarhus DEN (DEN), VI 1997 cat. XIV (2585)
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1 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2650 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 = = 6.0 2702
2 Adams, Michael g ENG 2665 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = = = 5.5 2656
3 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2650 = = * = = = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2657
4 Hellers, Ferdinand g SWE 2585 = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 5.0 2628
5 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2605 = = = = * = 0 = = 1 4.5 2582
6 Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2585 0 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2585
7 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2525 = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = = 4.0 2548
8 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2555 0 = 1 = = 0 0 * = = 3.5 2508
9 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2510 = = 0 0 = = = = * = 3.5 2513
10 Larsen, Bent g DEN 2520 = = 0 = 0 0 = = = * 3.0 2467
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Open:
1. IM Alexander Volzhin, Russia 7,5 points
2. GM Sergei Shipov, Russia 7 points
3. GM Victor Kupreichik, Belarus 6,5 points
4. IM Tiger Hillarp Persson, Sweden 6,5 points
5. GM Victor Michalevski, Israel 6 points
6. Thomas Ochsner, Denmark 6 points - his first IM-norm
7. Allan Holst, Denmark 6 points
Also GM Aloyzas Kveinys, Lithuania, IM Mikkel Antonsen, Denmark, and
IM Andrei Lukin, Russia, played in this event.
Tal Shaked got off to a slow start in the Interplay 1997 US Junior Invitational Championships probably due to his journey direct from Hungary but in the end ran away with the 9 round all-play-all championships. Some games are available but I will wait until a more finished version is available as a number are incorrect or incomplete. My thanks to Duif Calvin for the final tables and some coverage is available on both her pages and that of the USCF (see http://www.jaderiver.com/chess/usjr97.html )
Name Age Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total 1 SHAKED,TAL 19 2520 X 1 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0* 2 SHLIPERMAN, IGOR 17 2513 0 X 1 = = 1 = 0 1 1 5.5 3 PERELSHTEYN,EUGENE 16 2462 0 0 X 1 = 1 = 0 1 0 4.0 4 IPPOLITO,DEAN 18 2449 = = 0 X 0 1 = = 1 1 5.0 5 MULYAR,MICHAEL A 18 2400 = = = 1 X 1 = 1 0 1 6.0 6 STERIEV,LJUPCO 19 2399 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0.0 7 ZILBERSTEIN,DMITRY 18 2398 = = = = = 1 X 1 1 1 6.5 8 SHAHADE,GREGORY 18 2385 0 1 1 = 0 1 0 X 1 1 5.5 9 GELMAN,GEOFFREY 20 2385 = 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 1 3.5 10 WHEAT,JAMES FRANKLIN 19 2321 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2.0
The tournament in Colombia has finished. Communications with the country are very difficult. Peter Leko left a message with friends that he won the tournament (it is unclear whether he won it alone). Hopefully more news when the players return.
The tournament, a round-robin, was played 20-30 June in Casanare, Yopal, 250 miles from Bogota. The players were:
Ivan Morovic g 2580 (CHI) Peter Leko g 2600 (HUN) Anthony Miles g 2550 (ENG) Stuart Conquest g 2540 (ENG) Gilberto Milos g 2605(BRA) Walter Arencibia g 2560 (CUB) Amador Rodriguez g 2555 (CUB) Alonso Zapata g 2515 (COL) Gildardo Garcia g 2485 (COL) Nelson Gamboa 2415 (COL)
Ratings are from January 1997 list, making it a cat. XII tournament (2541).
The sponsor was The British Petroleum Company and there is a total prize fund of $25,000 (dollars), $5,000 for the winner.
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2827 151
2. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2768 154
3. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2766 144
4. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2721 187
5. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2710 182
6. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2710 145
7. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181
8. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2687 194
9. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2679 149
10. Adams,Michael ENG 2677 158
11. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2671 148
12. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2670 152
13. Salov,Valery RUS 2658 175
14. Short,Nigel D ENG 2657 196
15. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2646 154
16. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2640 193
17. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2639 144
18. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2638 165
19. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2637 174
20. Svidler,Peter RUS 2637 165
21. Leko,Peter HUN 2636 149
22. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2635 150
23. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2634 178
24. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2633 203
25. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2633 143
26. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2632 142
27. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2630 169
28. Lautier,Joel FRA 2628 200
29. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2628 182
30. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2625 160
31. Van Wely,Loek NED 2616 192
32. Yusupov,Artur GER 2615 133
33. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2612 169
34. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2612 176
35. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
36. Ehlvest,Jaan EST 2611 133
37. Timman,Jan H NED 2610 187
38. Speelman,Jonathan S ENG 2607 150
39. Piket,Jeroen NED 2606 176
40. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197
41. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2605 180
42. Nunn,John D M ENG 2604 169
43. Milov,Vadim SUI 2604 175
44. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
45. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2603 161
46. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
47. Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLR 2602 175
48. Voitsekhovsky,Stanislav RUS 2601 169
49. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2601 159
50. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2599 189
Tournaments processed for this list
ARG Villa Martelli IT Cat.13
ESP Madrid IT Cat.17
ESP Leon Anand - Illescas match
ESP Leon IT Cat.10
GER Bundesliga Rounds 14/15
SWE Malmoe IT Cat.13
RUS Elista 50th Championship knock out
RUS Smolensk Russian Cup open Stage 8
RUS Novgorod Russian Cup open Stage 9
RUS Novgorod Lord the Great Cat.19
The category 12 National Championships in the Netherlands is going to be a battle between the top seeds Timman, Nikolic and Sokolov. Jeroen Piket the other member of the 2600 club is playing a very poor tournament and is languishing on 2.5 points. There is some fine coverage of the event on the homepage of the event including round by round summaries. The Lost Boys coverage is at http://www.lostcity.nl/chess/nk97/
Round 4 (1997.06.25)
Timman, Jan H - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1-0 54 E15 Nimzo indian
Sokolov, Ivan - Sosonko, Gennadi 1-0 47 D38 Queen's gambit
Piket, Jeroen - Riemersma, Liafbern 1/2 61 D98 Gruenfeld indian
Nijboer, Friso - Nikolic, Predrag 0-1 40 C18 French; Winawer
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Van den Doel, Erik 0-1 55 E60 Kings indian
Van der Weide, Karel - Van der Sterren, Paul 1/2 44 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Round 5 (1997.06.26)
Nikolic, Predrag - Van der Weide, Karel 1-0 42 E68 Kings indian
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Cifuentes Parada, Roberto 1/2 20 C10 French
Sosonko, Gennadi - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 55 E99 Kings indian; Main line
Van der Sterren, Paul - Timman, Jan H 1/2 37 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Van den Doel, Erik - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 40 C99 Ruy Lopez
Riemersma, Liafbern - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 36 D51 QGD;
Round 6 (1997.06.27)
Timman, Jan H - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 35 C02 French; Advance
Sokolov, Ivan - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 51 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Sosonko, Gennadi - Riemersma, Liafbern 1-0 22 E61 Kings indian
Piket, Jeroen - Van der Wiel, John T.H 0-1 30 E17 Nimzo indian
Nijboer, Friso - Van der Weide, Karel 1-0 35 C10 French
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Van der Sterren, Paul 0-1 51 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 7 (1997.06.29)
Nikolic, Predrag - Cifuentes Parada, Roberto 1-0 66 A13 English; 1.c4
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 23 C45 Scottish
Van der Sterren, Paul - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 57 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Van den Doel, Erik - Sosonko, Gennadi 0-1 30 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Riemersma, Liafbern - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 38 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Van der Weide, Karel - Timman, Jan H 0-1 50 B30 Sicilian
Round 8 (1997.06.30)
Sokolov, Ivan - Van der Sterren, Paul 1/2 41 D37 Queen's gambit
Sosonko, Gennadi - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 12 A41 Queen's pawn
Piket, Jeroen - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 43 E16 Nimzo indian
Nijboer, Friso - Timman, Jan H 1/2 62 B07 Pirc
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Van der Weide, Karel 0-1 34 A49 Queen's pawn
Riemersma, Liafbern - Van den Doel, Erik 0-1 41 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Rotterdam NED (NED), VI-VII 1997 cat. XII (2535)
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1 Timman, Jan H g NED 2630 * = . 1 = = 1 . = . 1 1 6.0 2694
2 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2655 = * . = . = 1 = 1 1 . 1 6.0 2717
3 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2615 . . * = 1 = 1 0 = = 1 . 5.0 2615
4 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2555 0 = = * = 1 . 1 . = . = 4.5 2598
5 Sosonko, Gennadi g NED 2515 = . 0 = * . 1 = = = 1 . 4.5 2589
6 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2515 = = = 0 . * . = = 1 . = 4.0 2565
7 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2430 0 0 0 . 0 . * 1 . 1 1 1 4.0 2545
8 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 . = 1 0 = = 0 * = . = . 3.5 2491
9 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2555 = 0 = . = = . = * . 0 1 3.5 2502
10 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2515 . 0 = = = 0 0 . . * 1 0 2.5 2368
11 Riemersma, Liafbern m NED 2435 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 = 1 0 * 1 2.5 2390
12 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2355 0 0 . = . = 0 . 0 1 0 * 2.0 2343
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The Drury Lane Masters was won by John Emms with 7/9 from Bogdan Lalic and Dharshan Kumaran. Dharshan Kumaran scored his final GM norm at the event and expects to have it confirmed in September.
The event was covered at the Barnet Chess Club page http://www.gtryfon.demon.co.uk/bcc/drury.htm
The event was being held at the Drury Lane Moat House Hotel between 16th-24th June. It was a category 10 all-play-all event (av. 2485) with a target of 6/9 for a GM norm.
The event has was supported by the BCF, The Friends of Chess, Mr David Sedgwick, Chess Events and Tournament Chess Supplies (01707 659 080) who supplyied the equipment. The event was organised by Adam Raoof.
London ENG (ENG), VI 1997 cat. X (2485)
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1 Emms, John M g ENG 2535 * = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2699
2 Kumaran, Dharshan m ENG 2500 = * = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2608
3 Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2585 = = * = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2598
4 Parker, Jonathan m ENG 2495 0 1 = * 1 0 = 1 = = 5.0 2526
5 Aagaard, Jacob DEN 2440 1 0 = 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2533
6 McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2490 0 0 0 1 1 * = 1 = = 4.5 2484
7 Summerscale, Aaron m ENG 2500 0 = = = 0 = * 0 1 1 4.0 2440
8 Hoffmann, Michael m GER 2440 0 = = 0 = 0 1 * = = 3.5 2410
9 Dunnington, Angus J m ENG 2445 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 2.0 2269
10 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2420 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = * 2.0 2272
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The 26th of June saw Gary Kasparov take on a selected group of players over the internet in an event organised by El Pais Digital and Net64. The event took place between 17-00 and 20-00 Spanish time. Kasparov won most of the games but did concede a couple of draws from the 16 games played. Miguel Najdorf attended the event. It was covered on the internet at http://kasparov.elpais.es/simultanea/simultanea.html in Spanish and the results and games are available at:
http://kasparov.elpais.es/games/calendario.html
I have converted the games however many of them seem incomplete or have strange conclusions so they are of little or no value which is a shame.
IM Antonio Fernandes and FM Fernando Ribeiro are playing a match. The moves are available on the internet at a special match www page. Fernandes ran away with the match.
Oliveira de Azemeis (POR), VI 1997
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Fernandes, Antonio m POR 2485 = 1 = 1 1 . 4.0 2545
Ribeiro, Fernando f POR 2305 = 0 = 0 0 . 1.0 2245
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Robert Ericsson reports that the Swedish Championships 1997 are being held in Haninge (a suburb of Stockholm) during June 28th - July 13th. Information on Internet can be found on the following sites:
Start site for Swedish Championships 1997:
Cecil Rosner reports that the strongest Canadian Open in history will be held July 12-20, 1997 in Winnipeg. Playing site is the world-class Winnipeg Convention Centre. Among the confirmed participants are Lev Psakhis (Israel), Johann Hjartarson (Iceland) Hannes Stefansson (Iceland), Jesus Nogueiras (Cuba), Reynaldo Vera (Cuba), Julian Hodgson (England), Kevin Spraggett (Canada), Ilya Smirin (Israel), Leonid Gofshtein (Israel), Jacob Murey (Israel), Ivan Morovic (Chile). The first Grandmaster in Canada and the British Commonwealth, Abe Yanofsky, will also be on hand. There is a guaranteed prize-fund of $15,000.
A festival of simuls, lectures, speed tournaments and other events will be held during the tournament. Because accelerated pairings will be used in this single section FIDE-rated Swiss, there are strong norm possibilities. Registration is $95 ($75 for juniors and seniors) and very reasonable accommodation rates are available, as are discount airfares. All prices in Canadian $.
For further information, contact Cecil Rosner at (204) 338-0578, fax (204) 338-6281, e-mail rosnerc@mbnet.mb.ca. Visit the tournament site at
http://www.escape.ca/~woodbury/cdnopen1.htm
The Gunadarma Invitational World Cities will start on 8 July. The last round (round 10) shall be played from 1000 to 1400 local time. This shall be followed by the Gunadarma International Open from 15 to 23 July.
Daily results shall be posted on the special webpage which will be operative from 6 July.
Read the messages of PCA World Champion Garry Kasparov and FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov on this website.
The 1st international open tournament of Korinthos will be held 3-11 August 1997 in hotel Simi (coast of Leheon).Swiss system,9 rounds total prizes 1.350.000 drs,1st prize 350.000drs,accomodation in hotels, with special prizes. Hospitality for 6 foreigners players with elo up to 2450.You are welcome to see the fine Greek sun and to swim in the finest greek seas.For more informations you can see our page in the www.
Fax++030741-26597
George Gilas reports that the Israeli Chess Federation is pleased to announce its First International Open Youth Championship, to be held in the town of Kfar-Saba on August 24th - September 2nd 1997.
Players, born after 1.1.1977, Elo rated 2200+, are invited. IM-norm possibilities according to foreign entries.
Prize fund: US$ 3000. First prize: US$ 1000.
Playing Hall: Student House, 7 Sharet St. Kfar-Saba.
The town is located 25 km north to Tel-Aviv.
Schedule: Sunday 24.8.97 14:30 - 15.30 Entry Confirmation. ............................15:30 - 16:00 Opening Ceremony. ............................16:00 - 22:00 First Round. ..........Monday 25.8.97 16:00 - 22:00 Second Round. ..........Tuesday 26.8.97 16:00 - 22:00 Third Round. ..........Wednesday 27.8.97 16:00 - 22:00 Fourth Round. ..........Thursday 28.8.97 16:00 - 22:00 Fifth Round. ..........Friday 29.8.97 10:00 - 16:00 Sixth Round. ..........Saturday 30.8.97 Free day ............................11:00 Kfar-Saba Blitz Open Championship. ..........Sunday 31.8.97 16:00 - 22:00 Seventh Round. ..........Monday 01.9.97 16:00 - 22:00 Eighth Round. ..........Tuesday 02.9.97 10:00 - 16:00 Ninth Round. ............................17:00 - Prize Giving.
Accommodation: Youth village "Onim" Kfar-Saba, approximately 15 minutes walk from the tournament hall. Swimming-pool and sport facilities are available.
The price for the whole event, including bed & breakfast, entry fee and refreshments is US$ 240. These conditions will be offered free of charge to the first 10 International Masters (born after 1.1.77) to contact the organisers before August 1st.
Note that on August 22nd - 23rd an Open Championship for Active Chess will be held in the town of Rishon-Letzion.
Entries (on the attached form) should be sent to the Israeli Chess Federation, 45, Ha'aliya St. Tel-Aviv 66041. FAX: +972-3-639-1088; or to the undersigned: Almog Burstein, E-mail: burstein@netvision.net.il TEL + FAX + ANS: +972-9-741-7713; Mobile Telephone: +972-50-889-680
For further details please contact the Tournament Director:
Viktor Reznik, TEL: +972-6-632-2197 Mobile +972-52-811-327.
Entry deadline: August 10th, 1997.
Federations, editors and club directors are kindly requested to forward and promote this announcement.
Adam Raoof <Adam@circuit.demon.co.uk> annouces that the Newport International is to take place from 7-11 July in Newport, Gwent.
There are still places available, but you need to contact Adam Raoof as soon as possible if interested;
IM Simon Ansell 2390 IM Angus Dunnington 2420 IM Daniel Gormally 2425 FM Tim Wall 2375 Eddie Dearing 2210 Roland Cole 2245
It will probably be a category 4 event.
In the rating tournament there are also some places available:
Kissoon unr Sedgwick 2125 Jones 2075 Batey 2040? Spanton 2070 Raoof 2070 Clark unr Vaughan 2065
Adam Raoof Editor: BBC Ceefax Chess pages 578 & 579 Columnist: British Chess Magazine, Chess Monthly Events Director: Four Nations Chess League FIDE International Organiser [title applied for] 21 Golderton Prince of Wales Close London NW4 4QZ 0044 (0) 181 202 0982 tel/fax
The Latin American Higher Institute of Chess (I.S.L.A.), the Cuban Chess Federation and the Melia-Cohiba Hotel report the forthcoming celebration of the II International Open Chess Tournament ISLA-MELIA COHIBA at La Habana, Cuba.
Date: August 25th to 31st, 1997
Venue: Hotel MELIA COHIBA (*****) ( Paseo street and 1st street, Vedado, La Habana; phone 333636 )
Swiss system, 9 rounds, valid for FIDE ELO and eventually for international title norms. Playing system: 2 hours for 46 moves and 23 moves/hour afterwards.
3 Groups: A (average ELO approximately 2350) , B (average ELO approximately 2225) and Children Group (under 14 years old). The Children group will have7 rounds.
Entry fees:
GM and IM - free of charge
ELO higher than 2300 - 40 USD
ELO lower than 2300 - 50 USD
Children Group - 30 USD
Information: I.S.L.A. Phones: (537) 37955 / 34763 / 333313
Fax:(537) 335310 / 333459 / 333313
E-mail: isla@ceniai.inf.cu
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