THE WEEK IN CHESS 143 - 4th August 1997 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction
2) Biel Chess Festival
3) Lost Boys Chess Festival
4) Bad Homburg GM Tournament
5) Koge Open Denmark
6) 7th Lippstadt Grandmaster Tournament by Rod McShane
7) News from Hungary
8) British Chess Championships underway
9) 2nd ChessFestival Swidnica Poland '97
10) News from Robecchetto by Graziano Ottolini
11) Chess Festival in Bogata
12) Dutch Open 1997 Dieren.
13) Irish Championships
14) 8th Festival Pardubice (Czech Republic) 16th - 27th July 1997
15) Karsten Kold Skak Cup 1997. Gistrup Chessclub
16) 20th International Open Gent Belgium
17) 12th Open International de Touraine
18) Topalov Simul in the Canary Islands.
19) Simul Record Query
20) Upcoming events

Games section

Credit Suisse Biel SUI 1997        30
Credis Biel SUI 1997               27
Lost Boys Crown Antwerp BEL 1997   12
It Bad Homburg GER 1997            90
It Lippstadt GER 1997              66
Dutch Open Dieren NED 1997        306
Karsten Kold Gistrup DEN 1997     100
Komercni Banka Pardubice CZE 1997 360
ch-IRL Dublin 1997                 81
Avoine Touraine FRA 1997            7
Simul Tenerife Islas Canarias 1997 17
Polish TV KO Swidnica POL 1997     14
Piatka Open Swidnica POL 1997      45
Open Robecchetto ITA 1997          44
Scheveningen Vanzaghello ITA 1997  16
Open Koge DEN 1997                132
Empresa de Telecom. Main Bogota    23
Empresa de Telecom. Women Bogota   10
Empresa de Telecom. Open Bogota    17
Gent Open 1997                     80 

1) Introduction

My thanks to Robert Spörri, Lost Boys, Rod McShane, Philipp Schlosser, Laszlo Nagy, Artur Zaremba, Graziano Ottolini, Juan Minaya, Pieter de Jager, John Hurley, Bernard Sojka, Lars Ronnow, Harry Cattoir, Angel Jiminez Arteaga, Chris Chase and all those who helped with this issue. Another huge issue with over 1000 games and a weekend spent just trying not to lose track. The finish of the Biel Festival and the start of the Lost Boys event form the international highlights but the re-emergence of a recognisable British Championships is the highlight for this Yorkshireman.

Apologies for those who found my pages unobtainable earlier in the week, a disk crashed in Canada taking the pages down. It will take a little time to restore the games part of the previous issues of twic. I hope towards the end of the week.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) Biel Chess Festival

The 30th Biel Chess Festival was the last year that 70 year old Hans Suri will organise the event. The managed two 6 player grandmaster tournaments and a large open aswell as a range of other events. It is also the last year of sponsorship by Credit Suisse. They are pretty certain to organise at least an open next year but there are a number of players talking about the contraction in big international closed and open events. A situation that would be far worse without the special economic conditions that allow local councils in Spain to organise prestigious events. The event produced some interesting chess, that Anand and Karpov had to keep up a quite high level of scoring saw to that. In the Credis event Onischuk showed that he is a solid all round player, he will play against Kasparov in September in the Fontys tournament (Vladimir Kramnik, Alexei Shirov, Michael Adams, Loek van Wely, Jeroen Piket, Peter Svidler, Peter Leko, Joel Lautier, Onichuk and Kasparov play in the event running 26th September - 9 October). The games from the open event will appear next week. The most spectacular win was Anand's round 1 win over Lautier.

My thanks to Robert Spörri for the games and the bulletin

There is some question about the gamescore for the game below. The bulletin gives it as in the games section but there is a fairly good chance that the correct moves are below. PKarrer on ICC says that this is the version given in "SonntagsZeitung" . I will check it for next week.

Anand,V (2765) - Milov,V (2635) [A30] Credit Suisse Biel SUI (7), 28.07.1997
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.b3 Rc8 11.Bb2 0-0 12.Qd3 a6 13.Nd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Rc5 15.f3 Re8 16.Qd2 Qb8 17.Ba3 Rcc8 18.Rac1 Qb7 19.e4 h5 20.Bb2 Ne5 21.Qe2 e6 22.Ba3 Rcd8 23.Rc2 d5 24.f4 Neg4 25.cxd5 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 exd5 27.Nc6 Rxe4 28.Qxe4 dxe4 29.Rxd8+ Kh7 30.Bc1 e3 31.Kf3 Nxh2+ 32.Ke2 Bf6 33.Rd5 Qc8 34.f5 gxf5 35.Nd4 Qa8 36.Rxf5 Bxd4 37.Rxh5+ Kg6 38.Rxh2 Qe4 39.Rc4 b5 40.Rxd4 Qxd4 41.Bxe3 Qb2+ 42.Bd2 Qxa2 43.b4 Qc4+ 44.Kf2 Qd4+ 45.Ke2 Qc4+ 46.Kf2 Qd4+ 47.Ke2 Qg1 48.Rh6+ Kf5 49.Rh5+ Kf6 50.Bf4 Qg2+ 51.Ke3 Qa2 52.Rh4 Kf5 53.Bh6 Qg2 54.g4+ Ke6 55.Bf4 Kd5 56.Rh5+ Kc4 57.Rh6 Qxg4 58.Rxa6 Kxb4 59.Rd6 Qf5 60.Rd4+ Kc3 61.Re4 Qd5 0-1

Internet coverage at:Biel Chess Festival

Round 8 (1997.07.30)

Gelfand, Boris      -  Anand, Viswanathan  1/2   32  D27  QGA;
Lautier, Joel       -  Karpov, Anatoly     1-0   43  B17  Caro-Kann
Milov, Vadim        -  Pelletier, Yannick  0-1   51  E14  Nimzo indian

Round 9 (1997.07.31)

Karpov, Anatoly     -  Milov, Vadim        1-0   35  D20  QGA;
Lautier, Joel       -  Gelfand, Boris      1/2   61  E43  Nimzo indian
Pelletier, Yannick  -  Anand, Viswanathan  0-1   33  D26  QGA;

Round 10 (1997.08.01)

Anand, Viswanathan  -  Karpov, Anatoly     1/2   11  E15  Nimzo indian
Gelfand, Boris      -  Pelletier, Yannick  1/2   66  E17  Nimzo indian
Milov, Vadim        -  Lautier, Joel       1/2   31  E49  Nimzo indian


Biel SUI (SUI), VII 1997                     cat. XVII (2661)
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                                  1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Anand, Viswanathan  g IND 2765 ** == 1= 11 =0 11  7.0  2789
2 Karpov, Anatoly     g RUS 2745 == ** == 10 =1 11  6.5  2754
3 Gelfand, Boris      g BLR 2695 0= == ** == 1= 1=  5.5  2690
4 Lautier, Joel       g FRA 2660 00 01 == ** 1= ==  4.5  2625
5 Milov, Vadim        g SUI 2635 =1 =0 0= 0= ** 10  4.0  2594
6 Pelletier, Yannick  m SUI 2465 00 00 0= == 01 **  2.5  2507
-------------------------------------------------------------

The B Tournament was dominated by top seed Alexander Onischuk. There are the round 8 games missing in the games section.

Round 8 (1997.07.30)

Onischuk, Alexander  -  Gallagher, Joseph G  1/2    
Kobalija, Mihail     -  Hertneck, Gerald     0-1    
Forster, Richard     -  Jenni, Florian       1/2    

Round 9 (1997.07.31)

Onischuk, Alexander  -  Kobalija, Mihail     1-0   53  A28  English; 1.c4 e5
Gallagher, Joseph G  -  Forster, Richard     1/2   33  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Jenni, Florian       -  Hertneck, Gerald     1/2   65  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)

Round 10 (1997.08.01)

Kobalija, Mihail     -  Jenni, Florian       1/2   50  C47  Four knights
Hertneck, Gerald     -  Gallagher, Joseph G  1-0   31  A24  English; 1.c4 e5
Forster, Richard     -  Onischuk, Alexander  0-1   33  A85  Dutch defence


Biel SUI (SUI), VII 1997                         cat. X (2482)
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                                   1  2  3  4  5  6 
--------------------------------------------------------------
1 Onischuk, Alexander  g UKR 2625 ** == =1 11 11 11  8.5  2749
2 Gallagher, Joseph G  g SUI 2525 == ** == =0 1= ==  5.0  2473
3 Kobalija, Mihail     g RUS 2495 =0 == ** 10 == =1  5.0  2479
4 Hertneck, Gerald     g GER 2525 00 =1 01 ** 1= ==  5.0  2473
5 Jenni, Florian         SUI 2260 00 0= == 0= ** 1=  3.5  2416
6 Forster, Richard     f SUI 2460 00 == =0 == 0= **  3.0  2337
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Master Open

1. GM Ibragimov (RUS) 8,5, 2.-8. GM Adianto (INA), GM Kharlov (RUS), GM Tukmakov (UKR), GM Chernin (HUN), GM Ehlvest (EST), GM Tseitlin (ISR) IM Zoler je 8 ferner: 17. GM Nemet (Basel) 6,5, 49. Bex (La Chaux-de-Fonds), 53. IM Kaenel (Ostermundigen), 55. FM Giertz (Basel), 64. IM Huss (Eschenbach), 65. FM Masserey (Onex), 66. FM Liardet (Avanchet) on 6 etc. (158 players).

3) Lost Boys Chess Festival.

The Zuiderpershuis in Antwerp is the venue for the 5th in the series of chess tournaments sponsored by Lost Boys. The festival will take place between August 1st-10th. Besides three open groups of various strengths this year has a "Crown Group" an eight player all-play-all event. The will be internet coverage daily including live games at:

http://www.lostcity.nl/chess/antwerp97/games.html

Round 1 (1997.08.01)

Korchnoi, Viktor       -  Novikov, Igor A        1-0   44  A06  Reti (1.Nf3)
Topalov, Veselin       -  Van der Sterren, Paul  1-0   55  C95  Ruy Lopez
Sokolov, Ivan          -  Van Wely, Loek         1/2   20  D39  Queen's gambit
Piket, Jeroen          -  Ye Rongguang           1/2   31  D02  Queen's pawn

Round 2 (1997.08.02)

Ye Rongguang           -  Van Wely, Loek         1-0   14  A48  Queen's pawn
Piket, Jeroen          -  Korchnoi, Viktor       1/2   35  D23  QGA;
Van der Sterren, Paul  -  Sokolov, Ivan          1-0   45  A35  English; 1.c4 c5
Novikov, Igor A        -  Topalov, Veselin       1/2   23  E81  Kings indian; Saemisch

Round 3 (1997.08.04)

Korchnoi, Viktor       -  Ye Rongguang           1-0   30  B10  Caro-Kann
Topalov, Veselin       -  Piket, Jeroen          1-0   35  C83  Ruy Lopez
Van Wely, Loek         -  Van der Sterren, Paul  1-0   65  D37  Queen's gambit
Sokolov, Ivan          -  Novikov, Igor A        1-0   34  D43  Semi-Slav


Antwerp BEL (BEL), VIII 1997                                     cat. XV (2615)
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                                      1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Korchnoi, Viktor       g SUI 2610   *   .   1   .   .   =   .   1   2.5  2846
2 Topalov, Veselin       g BUL 2745   .   *   .   .   .   1   1   =   2.5  2864
3 Ye Rongguang           g CHN 2500   0   .   *   1   .   =   .   .   1.5  2631
4 Van Wely, Loek         g NED 2655   .   .   0   *   =   .   1   .   1.5  2563
5 Sokolov, Ivan          g BIH 2635   .   .   .   =   *   .   0   1   1.5  2600
6 Piket, Jeroen          g NED 2630   =   0   =   .   .   *   .   .   1.0  2493
7 Van der Sterren, Paul  g NED 2555   .   0   .   0   1   .   *   .   1.0  2553
8 Novikov, Igor A        g UKR 2590   0   =   .   .   0   .   .   *   0.5  2390
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4) Bad Homburg GM Tournament

The second international grandmaster chess tournament took place in Bad Homburg, Germany 27th July - 3rd August. The Category 14 event ended in victory for Rustem Dautov above Peter Svidler and Boris Alterman. The event brought to an end a run of success for Emil Sutovskij who only scored 3/9. Dautov played solidly but won two very strange games, one against Sutovskij where the Israeli overpressed and one against Christopher Lutz who cannot have being paying attention when he made his 10th move blunder that led to immediate resignation.

There was an internet page covering the event at: http://www.bad-homburg.de/main_d.htm

Bad Homburg GER (GER), VII-VIII 1997              cat. XIV (2587)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Dautov, Rustem      g GER 2595  * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 =  6.0  2711
 2 Svidler, Peter      g RUS 2660  = * = = 1 = 0 1 = 1  5.5  2658
 3 Alterman, Boris     g ISR 2615  = = * = = 1 = 0 1 1  5.5  2663
 4 Xu Jun              g CHN 2505  = = = * = 0 0 1 1 1  5.0  2639
 5 Hracek, Zbynek      g CZE 2605  0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1  5.0  2628
 6 Kindermann, Stefan  g GER 2570  = = 0 1 = * = = = =  4.5  2588
 7 Lutz, Christopher   g GER 2590  0 1 = 1 0 = * = = =  4.5  2586
 8 Hickl, Joerg        g GER 2565  = 0 1 0 0 = = * 1 1  4.5  2589
 9 Sutovskij, Emil     g ISR 2590  0 = 0 0 = = = 0 * 1  3.0  2461
10 Gabriel, Christian  g GER 2575  = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 *  1.5  2315
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5) Koge Open Denmark

Some games are available from rounds 3-7 in this tournament which saw Lembit Oll and Jan Timman finish first equal. Internet coverage http://www.lostcity.nl/chess/hostdans/koges.html

6) 7th Lippstadt Grandmaster Tournament by Rod McShane

Thanks to Rod McShane and Philipp Schlosser.

The 7th Lippstadt Grandmaster Tournament has been won for the third time by former World Women's Champion Maia Chiburdanidze. This time the Georgian GM was outright winner. Sponsored for the third time by Hans and Lenze, the largest construction company in Westphalia, the event has become a highly popular invitation for local GMs as the number of repeat appearances bears witness - Philipp Schlosser has played here four times, Thomas Luther three and Markus Stangl twice.

This year's Category IX event featured five GMs, 3 IMs, the three strongest available players from the local club LSV/Turm Lippstadt '96, and the computer Zugzwang developed at nearby Paderborn University.

At the start of play the German Federation offered to add 1400 Deutschmarksto the prize fund if players would agree to try the innovative scoring system with three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss. As this added an additional prize to the list and Zugzwang was ineligible for prize money, this was readily accepted by all the players with one abstention. If the remarkably low number of draws is any indication the experiment was a success. The same offer was made to the participants of the Bad Homburg tournament (Kat.XIV) the following week, but it wasn't accepted there and the rate of draws - especially short draws - has been much higher there so far.

The tournament was both hard fought and conducted in a very friendly atmosphere. There were a pleasingly high number of upsets, but after a first round loss to former World Junior Champion and top seed Roman Slobodjan Chiburdanidze was easily the most consistent player in the tournament and a thoroughly deserving victor.

IMs Sune Berg Hansen from Denmark and 37 year-old Liang Jinrong from China, a veteran of seven Olympiads, were each trying for their third and final GM norm. Luke McShane from London, at present the world's youngest IM, is chasing his first norm. None of these players achieved the necessary 7/10 for this, but the good news is that local player FM Stefan Wehmeier achieved his final IM norm with 5/10. (Games against the computer do not count for norm or rating purposes.)

Lippstadter Stefan Homann, easily the lowest rated player in the tournament, battled gamely round after round with little to show for it. Eventually, his patience paid off when GM Schlosser blundered horribly in Round 10 and Homann chalked up his only win of the tournament.

The third Lippstadter Heiner Matthias had a double involvement in the tournament. As well as having played in all seven tournaments he is a member of the Zugzwang development team at Paderborn, responsible for the computer's openings book.

Zugzwang, which has played in several previous Lippstadt tournaments and makes a financial contribution to the event, caused some apprehension among the players when it beat Luke McShane in the first round. The computer had performed at 2620 level in the April Man versus Machine Aegon Tournament in The Hague. But after this first win it could manage only 5 draws.

The prize fund table was:

1.   GM Chiburdanidze                24
2.   GM Roman Slobodjan              22   
3.   GM Markus Stangl		     20
4=   IM Sune Berg Hansen	     17
     GM Thomas Luther		    	
6.   IM Liang Jinrong		     15
7=   IM Luke McShane		     14
     FM Stefan Wehmeier	
9.   GM Philipp Schlosser	     11
10.  FM Matthias Heiner		     10
11.     Zugzwang	              8
12.     Stefan Homann		      5

Crosstable

Lippstadt GER (GER), VII 1997                          cat. VII (2421)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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 1 Chiburdanidze, Maia  g GEO 2525  * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1  8.5  2646
 2 Slobodjan, Roman     g GER 2550  1 * 0 = 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1  7.5  2560
 3 Stangl, Markus       g GER 2530  = 1 * 0 1 0 1 0 = 1 1 1  7.0  2524
 4 Luther, Thomas       g GER 2525  0 = 1 * 0 = = 1 = = 1 1  6.5  2489
 5 Liang Jinrong        m CHN 2425  = 1 0 1 * = 0 = = = = 1  6.0  2499
 6 Hansen, Sune Berg    m DEN 2490  0 0 1 = = * 0 1 0 1 1 1  6.0  2456
 7 Wehmeier, Stefan     f GER 2395  = 0 0 = 1 1 * 0 1 = = =  5.5  2466
 8 McShane, Luke J      m ENG 2455  0 0 1 0 = 0 1 * = 1 0 1  5.0  2460
 9 Schlosser, Philipp   g GER 2550  0 1 = = = 1 0 = * 0 = 0  4.5  2378
10 Matthias, Heiner     f GER 2355  0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 * = 1  4.0  2360
11 ZUGZWANG                   ----  0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = = * =  3.5  2326
12 Homann, Stefan         GER 2255  0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = *  2.0  2184
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Lippstadt is a small town of 60,000 people but with 150 active chess players. Last year the town's two clubs merged to form club LSV/Turm Lippstadt '96. One club had most of the town's stronger players, the other had the juniors. The resulting club is now greater than the sum of its parts.

But why should a relatively small town in Germany host an annual Category IX grandmaster tournament? Club President Klaus Muenster explained that he thought this was very important for the club's development: "We want to give our best players the chance to play the equivalent of a whole Bundesliga season in one tournament. We very much want to keep them at the Club." With generous daily coverage in the local newspaper the event undoubtedly also increases the profile of chess in the town.

As well as the generous sponsorship from Hans and Lenze, the event benefits from superb playing conditions. The event takes place in the Hotel Treff, easily the town's best. The players have their own table in the hotel restaurant which serves superb food in massive quantities. And the friendliness and helpfulness of the tournament's enthusiastic organizers makes for a great atmosphere.

The Hans and Lenze Open held in parallel with the GM tournament this year attracted 55 players including three IMs.

1.   IM Joszef Dobos 2375               7/9
2=   IM Sandor Videki 2440              6.5
     IM Ildiko Madl 2375			
     FM Pieter Claesen 2415		
        Alexey Wagner 2200
        Frank Bellers
7.      Cord Wischhoefer 		6
8=      Helge Rettig 			5.5
        Alan Chapman 2040
        Arpad Szemeti 2270
        Peter Ludwig 
        Istvan Solymosi 2210		
        Csaba Szekely 2210
        Imre Laszlo 2145
        Marcus Roemhild 2195 
..55 players

7) News from Hungary

Laszlo Nagy sends news from Hungary including from the August First Saturday event. He has produced the 9th issue of his news from Hungary internet page which can be accessed at:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/

Bela Papp memorial youth open

There were a Papp Bela memorial youth open 9 rounds Swiss in Budapest from 26th of July until 3rd of August with 70 participants. The organisers were Gergely Kiss and Tamas Isepy. Bela Papp was a famous chess trainer in Hungary some years ago.

The final results: 
1. IM Izsak, Gyula /HUN/ 7.0,
2. IM Seres, Lajos /HUN/ 6.5,
3. IM Dudas, Janos /HUN/ 6.5,
4. FM Szuk, Balazs /HUN/ 6.5, 
5. Lehmann, Zoltan /HUN/ 6.5,
6. Kovacs, Gabor   /HUN/ 6.5,
7. IM Kahn, Evarth /HUN/ 6.5

There were a RAINBOW chess rapid /2 x 30 minutes thinking time/ 7 rounds Swiss tournament during the event, organized and sponsored by IGM ADORJAN, Andras /BLACK IS OK/. There were 3 IGM-s /Gyimesi, Varga, Adorjan/ and 7 IM-s participants, altogether 58 players.

The final results: 
1. IM Dudas, Janos /HUN/     6.0,
2. IM Turov, Maxim /RUS/     6.0,
3. IM Czebe, Attila /HUN/    5.0,
4. Korpics, Zsolt  /HUN/     5.0,
5. IGM Adorjan, Andras /HUN/ 5.0,
6. IM Izsak, Gyula     HUN/  5.0,
7. Medvegy, Zoltan     /HUN/ 5.0,
8. Kovacs, Gabor       /HUN/ 5.0,
9. FM Szieberth, Adam  /HUN/ 5.0. 

First Saturday August

The August First Saturday GM event is a category VII event. Players include WGM Ildiko Madl (HUN), a women's Olympiad gold medal winner. IM Alex Mikhalevski (ISR) a 39 years old rated 2470 and a junior chess trainer in Beer Sheva. This Russian recently emmegrated to Israel, his brother, Mikhalevski, Victor is a GM. He plays for the club belonging to Eliyahu Levant , the world famous chess organizer from Beer Sheva. Laszlo Nagy mentions the possibility that there may be some First Saturday events organised in Isreal. After two rounds:

Round 1 (1997.08.02)

Mikhalevski, Alexander  -  Karatorossian, David    1-0    
Lukacs, Peter           -  Csom, Istvan            1/2    
Almasi, Istvan          -  Madl, Ildiko            1-0    
Acs, Peter              -  Vadasz, Laszlo          1-0    
Arnold, Lothar          -  Turov, Maxim            0-1    

Round 2 (1997.08.03)

Lukacs, Peter           -  Acs, Peter              1-0    
Csom, Istvan            -  Karatorossian, David    1-0    
Turov, Maxim            -  Almasi, Istvan          1/2    
Vadasz, Laszlo          -  Arnold, Lothar          1-0    
Madl, Ildiko            -  Mikhalevski, Alexander  0-1    


Budapest HUN (HUN), VIII 1997                         cat. VII (2414)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Mikhalevski, Alexander  m ISR 2470  * . . . . . . . 1 1  2.0      
 2 Lukacs, Peter           g HUN 2520  . * . = . 1 . . . .  1.5  2653
 3 Almasi, Istvan          m HUN 2430  . . * . = . . . . 1  1.5  2588
 4 Csom, Istvan            g HUN 2460  . = . * . . . . 1 .  1.5  2620
 5 Turov, Maxim            m RUS 2415  . . = . * . . 1 . .  1.5  2583
 6 Acs, Peter              f HUN 2460  . 0 . . . * 1 . . .  1.0  2420
 7 Vadasz, Laszlo          g HUN 2320  . . . . . 0 * 1 . .  1.0  2405
 8 Arnold, Lothar          f GER 2350  . . . . 0 . 0 * . .  0.0      
 9 Karatorossian, David      ARM 2335  0 . . 0 . . . . * .  0.0      
10 Madl, Ildiko            m HUN 2375  0 . 0 . . . . . . *  0.0      
---------------------------------------------------------------------

There is a second IM event.

2nd-12th of August First Saturday IM chess tournament, Budapest

                                          1 1 1
   Players              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2  Pkte    SB_I

 1 Nezar,Mustapha       *                 1 1     2.0    1.00
 2 Schneider, Attila      *   «               1   1.5    0.50
 3 Philippe, Christophe     *   «             1   1.5    0.50
 4 Resika, Nathan         «   *   «               1.0    1.25
 5 Ladanyi, Tibor           «   *     «           1.0    1.25
 6 Murzin,Lenar               «   * «             1.0    1.00
 7 Farago, Sandor                 « *   «         1.0    1.00
 8 Pirisi, Gabor                «     *     «     1.0    0.75
 9 Kahn,Evarth                      «   * «       1.0    0.75
10 Dudas,Janos          0               « *       0.5    0.50
11 Mifsud,Timothy       0             «     *     0.5    0.50
12 Antal, Gergely         0 0                 *   0.0    0.00

You can contact Laszlo Nagy 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

8) British Chess Championships underway

The strongest British Chess Championships in many years is taking place in Hove England and started today August 4th. Michael Adams (who beat Ruth Sheldon in round 1) Matthew Sadler, Jon Speelman, Tony Miles, Mark Hebden are amongst those playing . There will be live coverage of some games and results pages at:http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~peterwalker/bcf/frame.htm

The sponsorship of Smith & Williamson has allowed many of the better players to compete.

9) 2nd ChessFestival Swidnica Poland '97

Artur Zaremba reports a number of rapidplay events which took place in Swidnica Poland at the end of June and the start of July.

Polish National TV Director's Cup

International Rapid Tournament Swidnica 1997.06.25. 11 rounds.

1  IM Fridman Daniel LAT 2490            9,5
2  IM Czerwonski Aleksander POL 2405     9,0
3  IM Rustemov Alexander RUS 2550        8,5
4  GM Pigusov Eugeny RUS 2565            8,5
5  IM Urban Klaudiusz POL 2490           8,5
6     Volkov Sergey RUS 2480             8,0
7  GM Movsesian Sergei CZE 2630          8,0
8  GM Malaniuk Vladimir UKR 2610         8,0
9  GM Ibragimov Ildar RUS 2555           8,0
10 IM Zezulkin Jurij BLR 2465            8,0
11 GM Gipslis Aivars LAT 2465            8,0
12 IM Zagorskis Darius LTU 2505          8,0
13 GM Tregubov Pavel RUS 2525            8,0
14 IM Vokarev Sergey RUS 2530            8,0
15 GM Ehlvest Jaan EST 2635              8,0
16 IM Markowski Tomasz POL 2510          7,5
17 FM Kubien Jerzy POL 2280              7,5
18 GM Vaulin Alexander RUS 2490          7,5
19 GM Arbakov Valentin RUS 2490          7,5
20 GM Nenashev Alexander UZB 2585        7,5
21 IM Gdanski Jacek POL 2485             7,5
22 GM Moskalenko Victor UKR 2485         7,5
23 GM Kuzmin Genadiy UKR 2595            7,5
24 GM Dydyshko Vjacheslav BLR 2480       7,5
25 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2545          7,0

30 GM Khasin Alexander RUS 2530          7,0
34 IM Motylev Alexander RUS 2455         7,0  best junior
36 GM Neverov Valeri UKR 2530            7,0
38 GM Inkiov Ventzislav BUL 2510         7,0
43 GM Brodsky Michael UKR 2515           6,5
51 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas LTU 2530     6,5
56 GM Stohl Igor SVK 2580                6,0
59 WIM Zielinska Marta POL 2295          6,0 best woman
60 GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2555            6,0
95 GM Teske Henrik GER 2500              5,0
97 WGM Dabrowska Krystyna POL 2250       5,0
114 GM Rashkovsky Mukhid RUS 2525        5,0
142 GM Krasenkov Michal POL 2615         4,0
169 GM Kharlov Andrei RUS 2555           3,0
178 chessplayers

Polish National TV President's Cup

International Chess Tournament 26-28.06.1997 P'30 11 rounds

1  GM Kharlov Andrei RUS 2555        8,5
2  GM Brodsky Michael UKR 2515       8,0
3  GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2615      8,0
4  GM Nenashev Alexander UZB 2585    8,0
5     Ovetschkin Roman RUS 2495      8,0
6  GM Lerner Konstantin UKR 2570     8,0
7  IM Grabarczyk Miroslaw POL 2480   8,0
8  GM Dydyszko Vjacheslav BLR 2480   8,0
9  GM Malaniuk Vladimir UKR 2610     8,0
10 GM Ibragimov Ildar RUS 2555       8,0
11 GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2555        8,0
12 GM Fominih Alexander RUS 2545     8,0
13 IM Gdanski Lacek POL 2485         8,0
14 FM Grabarczyk Bogdan POL 2460     8,0
15 GM Moskalenko Victor UKR 2485     8,0
16    Volkov Sergey RUS 2480         8,0

17 GM Tregubov Pavel RUS 2525        8,0
18 GM Rashkovsky Nukhim RUS 2525     8,0
19 IM Zagorskis Darius LTU 2505      8,0
20 IM Urban Klaudiusz POL 2490       7,5
21 GM Schmidt Wlodzimierz POL 2430   7,5
28 GM Eingorn Viacheslav UKR 2595    7,0
30 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas LTU 2530 7,0
34 GM Gipslis Aivars LAT 2465        7,0
35 GM Arbakov Valentin RUS 2490      7,0
36 GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2525       7,0
44 GM Vaulin Alexander RUS 2490      6,5
45 Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2545         6,5
47 GM Inkiov Ventzislav BUL 2510     6,5
49 GM Sturua Zurab GEO 2560          6,5
58 GM Kholmov Ratmir RUS 2465        6,5
67 GM Ehlvest Jaan EST 2635          6,0
68 GM Kuzmin Genadyj UKR 2535        6,0
108 GM Pigusov Eugeny RUS 2565       5,5
112 WGM Dabrowska Krystyna POL 2250  5,5
118 WGM Zayac Elena BLR 2245         5,0
152 GM Khasin Alexander RUS 2530     4,5
199 GM Luther Thomas GER 2520        0,0
204 GM Teske Henrik GER 2500         0,0
208 chessplayers

The best 16 competitors in the above event qualified for a final knockout event.
Some of the games are available in the games section.
1/8 FINAL
Victor Moskalenko-Vladimir Malaniuk    0,5:1,5
Michael Brodsky-Alexander Nenashev     1,5:0,5
Konstantin Lerner-Roman Ovetschin      1,5:0,5
Bogdan Grabarczyk-Ildar Ibragimov        3:2
Miroslaw Grabarczyk-Jacek Gdanski        2:0
Sergey Volkov-Alexander Fominigh       1,5:0,5
Michal Krasenkow-Mikhail Ulibin          2:0
Viacheslav Dydyszko-Andrei Kharlov     0,5:1,5

1/4 FINAL
Vladimir Malaniuk-Michael Brodsky      1,5:0,5
Konstantin Lerner-Bogdan Grabarczyk    1,5:0,5
Miroslaw Grabarczyk-Sergey Volkov      0,5:1,5
Michal Krasenkow-Andrei Kharlov        1,0:2,0

1/2 FINAL
Vladimir Malaniuk-Konstantin Lerner      3:1
Sergey Volkov-Michal Krasenkow           0:2

FINAL
Vladimir Malaniuk-Michal Krasenkow     1,5:0,5


Past Chess International Tournament
Swidnica 28.06.1997   P'15   9 rounds

1  GM Malisauskas Vidmantas LTU 2530 7,5
2  GM Inkiov Ventzislav BUL 2510     7,5
3  GM Pigusov Eugeny RUS 2565        7,5
4  IM Zagorskis Darius LTU 2505      7,5
5  GM Tregubov Pavel RUS 2525        7,5
6     Cyborowski Lukasz POL 2370     7,0
7  IM Jaracz Pawel POL 2445          7,0
8  GM Vokarev Sergey RUS 2530        7,0
9     Piczugin Alexander RUS 2295    7,0
10    Matsoula Vladimir RUS 2200     7,0

16 GM Vaulin Alexander RUS 2490      6,5
18 GM Sturua Zurab GEO 2560          6,5
20 GM Kholmov Ratmir RUS 2465        6,0
27 GM Arbakov Valentin RUS 2490      6,0
32 GM Ehlvest Jaan EST 2635          6,0
34 GM Fominyh Alexander RUS 2545     6,0
37 GM Eingorn Viacheslav UKR 2595    5,5
44 GM Khasin Alexander RUS 2530      5,5
65 GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2555        5,0
83 GM Schmidt Wlodzimierz POL 2430   4,5
87 GM Raszkovsky Nukhin RUS 2525     4,5
186 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2545     0,0
190 chessplayers

TVP PIATKA OPEN

OPEN A   29.06-8.07.1997   10 rounds

1  GM Malaniuk Vladimir UKR 2610      8,0
2  GM Sturua Zurab GEO 2560           7,5
3  GM Eingorn Vereslav S UKR 2595     7,5
4  IM Goloshchapov Alexander UKR 2455 7,5
5  IM Rustemov Alexander RUS 2550     7,5
6  GM Lerner Konstantin Z UKR 2570    7,5
7  GM Neverov Valeri UKR 2530         7,5
8  IM Agamaliev Gamil AZE 2475        7,5
9  GM Kuzmin Genadij UKR 2535         7,0
10 IM Urban Klaudiusz POL 2490        7,0
11	IM zagorskis Darius LTU 2505       7,0
12	GM Pigusov Eugeny RUS 2565         7,0
13	IM Jaracz Pawel POL 2445           7,0
14	GM Tregubov Pavel RUS 2525         7,0
15	GM Dydyshko Vjacheslav BLR 2480    7,0
16	GM Inkiov Ventzislav BUL 2510      7,0
17	GM Arbakov Valentin RUS 2490       6,5
18	IM Grabarczyk Miroslaw POL 2480    6,5
19	IM Motylev Alexander RUS 2455      6,5
20	IM Vokarev Sergey RUS 2530         6,5
21	IM Markowski Tomasz POL 2510       6,5
22	IM Buturin Vladimir UKR 2465       6,5
23	IM Shariyazdanov Andrey RUS 2525   6,5
24	IM Berelovich Alexander UKR 2495   6,5
25	IM Zajarnyi Anatoly MDA 2400       6,5
26	   Ibragimov Bagir AZE 2385        6,5
27	IM Faibisovich Vadim RUS 2410      6,5
28	IM Chernyshov Konstantin RUS 2450  6,5
29	IM Mochalov Evgeny BLR 2455        6,5
30	IM Glyanets Aleksandr RUS 2405     6,0
31	IM Eschenko Vadim UKR 2310         6,0
32	IM Shalimov Valery UKR 2425        6,0
33	GM Brodsky Michael UKR 2515        6,0
34	GM Khasin Alexander RUS 2530       6,0
35	IM Sotnikov Igor RUS 2445          6,0
36	IM Prokopchuk Evgeny RUS           6,0
37	IM Grabliauskas Virginijus LTU 2435 6,0
38	GM Malisauskas Vidmantas LTU 2530  6,0
39	IM Ovetchkin Roman RUS 2495        6,0
40	IM Rodin Mihail RUS 2415           6,0
41	IM Mirzoev Azer AZE 2430           6,0
42	   Smetankin stanislav BLR 2375    6,0
43	IM Bogdanovich Grigori RUS 2400    6,0
44	IM Maiorov Oleg RUS 2435           6,0
45	GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2525        6,0
46	IM Klovans Janis LAT 2445          6,0
47	IM Dmitriev Igor RUS 2380          6,0
48	IM Volkov Sergey RUS 2480          6,0
49	IM Muhutdinov Marat RUS 2440       6,0
50	IM Dawidow Jacek POL 2375          6,0

51 GM Fominyh Alexandr RUS 2545       6,0
52 WIM Zielinska Marta POL 2295       6,0
57 GM Moskalenko victor UKR 2485      5,5
75 GM Nenashev Alexander RUS 2535     5,0
114 WIM Kiseleva Natalia UKR 2350     4,5
131 WGM Dabrowska Krystyna POL 2250   4,0
170 GM Kharlov Andrei RUS 2555        2,0
174 GM Ibragimov Ildar RUS 2555       1,0
175 WGM Zayac Elena BLR 2245          0,0
177 chessplayers



OPEN B
29.06-8.07.1997	10 rounds

1  Skaruz Jaroslaw POL 2080     8,5
2  Drozdovski Juri UKR 2200     8,0
3  Lachowski Adam POL 2205      8,0
4  Kazas Boris UKR 2200         8,0
5  Stoklosa Seweryn POL 2085    8,0
6  Olszynski Kazimierz POL 2205 7,5
7  Kowalak Piotr POL 2160       7,5
8  Oliwa Patryk POL 2150        7,5
9  Kardys Zbigniew POL 2155     7,5
10 Artamonova Victoria UKR 2140 7,0
31 Mutchnik Larisa UKR 2210     6,5
179 chessplayers

OPEN C
30.06-8.07.1997	9 rounds

1 Lelow Andrzej POL 1800         8,0
2 Krajewski Tomasz POL 1800      7,0
3 Turek Maciej POL 1800          7,0
4 Spiridonova Elizaveta RUS 1800 7,0
5 Polischuk Igor UKR 1800        7,0
128 chessplayers

Young Talented Players
International Tournament
OPEN D  30.06-8.07.1997   9 rounds

1  Mamedov Nidjat AZE 2295      8,0
2  Matyushin Gennady UKR 2167   8,0
3  Golub Anton BLR 2200         7,0
4  Tomachevski Evgueni RUS 2200 7,0
5  Aliev Chingiz AZE 2280       7,0
131 chessplayers

10) News from Robecchetto by Graziano Ottolini

Last June the Paul Keres Chess Club of Robecchetto organized a Scheveningen tournament from 6th to 8th played in Vanzaghello and the 10th chess festival in Robecchetto from 26th to 29th.

106 players took part to the International Chess Festival in Robecchetto, Milan. Ante Jurkovic from Croatia and IM Sahbaz Nurkic from Bosnia won followed by the Albanian master Llambi Qendro and Davide Berra, first among the Italian players. The other winners were Roberto Montaruli (1700-1899), Silvio Nessi (1500-1699) and Luigi Coda (beginners).

Robecchetto ITA (ITA), VI 1997
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                                    1   2   3   4   5   6 
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 1 Jurkovic, Ante        CRO 2320  + 9 + 5 = 2 + 4 + 7 = 3  5.0 /6  2423
 2 Nurkic, Sahbaz      m BIH 2395  +12 +14 = 1 +10 = 3 + 6  5.0 /6  2460
 3 Quendro, Llambi       ALB 2335  = 7 = 4 +12 + 8 = 2 = 1  4.0 /6  2351
 4 Berra, Davide         ITA ----  +15 = 3 + 6 - 1 = 5 +10  4.0 /6  2313
 5 Ranieri, Fabrizio     ITA 2125  +13 - 1 + 9 = 7 = 4 = 8  3.5 /6  2046
 6 Barlocco, Carlo       ITA 2150  =10 + 8 - 4 +11 +12 - 2  3.5 /6  2333
 7 Sgnaolin, Davide      ITA 2065  = 3 +11 =10 = 5 - 1 = 9  3.0 /6  2135
 8 Scotti, Umberto       ITA 2130  =11 - 6 +13 - 3 +16 = 5  3.0 /6  1930
 9 Castaldo, Folco       ITA ----  - 1 +13 - 5 +16 =10 = 7  3.0 /6  1897
10 Fadali,M                  ----  = 6 +15 = 7 - 2 = 9 - 4  2.5 /6  2221
11 Griffa, Roberto       ITA ----  = 8 - 7 +16 - 6 =13 =12  2.5 /6  1918
12 Colombo, Alberto      ITA 2100  - 2 +16 - 3 +13 - 6 =11  2.5 /6      
13 Pace,R                    ----  - 5 - 9 - 8 -12 =11 +16  1.5 /6      
14 Pinto, Mark           USA 2195  +16 - 2  .   .   .   .   1.0 /2      
15 Genovese, Maurizio    ITA 2275  - 4 -10  .   .   .   .   0.0 /2      
16 Orsi,M                    ----  -14 -12 -11 - 9 - 8 -13  0.0 /6      
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FM Mario Lanzani and Davide Sgnaolin won the Scheveningen tournament in Vanzaghello, Milan. Filippo Nicolo', Graziano Ottolini and Roberto Pace had a useful score for FIDE rating.

Vanzaghello ITA  1997

               -----------  Lanzani,M   2370     3.0/4
               |  --------  Sgnaolin,D  2065     3.0/4
               |  |  -----  Barlocco,C  2150     2.5/4
               |  |  |  --  Dorighet,C  2090     1.5/4
               |  |  |  |  
 1 Nicolo,F    ½  ½  0  1     2.0/4
 2 Ottolini,G  0  0  1  1     2.0/4
 3 Pace,R      0  ½  ½  ½     1.5/4
 4 Lanzani,G   ½  0  0  0     0.5/4

11) Chess Festival in Bogata

Juan Minaya sends new of a chess festival in Bogotá Colombia which took place between 3rd - 15th July. There were two closed tournaments (one for men and one for women) and another open section with 138 participants. In the men's event (Category IV 2330) there were participants from Brasil, Ecuador, Venezuela and Cuba. In the women's event there were players from Venezuela and Cuba, in the open there were players from Cuba. The players mostly came from the Yopal event which has been reported in a previous issue of TWIC. The Festival was sponsored by Telephone Company of Bogotá and the total purse was of US $ 14.000 dollars. With theirs result Carlos Ramirez made his final IM norm and Rafael Araque his second norm over 18 games.

FINAL STANDINGS
International Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá.
1-2: I.M. Juan Borges and Irisberto Herrera ( both Cuba), 9.5 pts (undefeated)
3    FM Carlos Ramirez (COL), 9 pts. 4. NM  Rafael Araque (COL), 7.5 pts. 
5-7. IM Plinio Pazos (ECU), IM  Julio Ostos (VEN) and 
     NM Alvaro Garcia (COL),  7 pts. 
8,9. FM  Juan Minaya (COL) and Jorge Eliecer Renteria ( COL), 6.5 pts. 
10. NM  Alejandro Acosta (COL), 6 pts. 
11. IM  Jose A. Gutierrez (COL), 5.5 pts. 
12-14. FM  Luzimar Britto (BRA), FM  Luis Garcia and  NM  Dario 
        Meneses (COL), 3.5 pts.

International Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá (women)

1.  Saray Sanchez  (VEN), 8.5 pts of 9 (!!  Undefeated and 16 years old)
2.  IM  Marisela Palao (CUB), 6.5 pts. 
3. Silvana Villamon (VEN), 6 pts. 
4. NM  Maria Teresa Cuartas (COL), 5.5 pts. 
5. NM Teresa Leyva (COL), 4 pts. 
6. Milenette Ontibon (COL), 3.5 pts. 
7-9. Esperanza Gomez ( COL), Shirley Castillo (COL) and Luz Stella Avila (COL), 3 pts. 
10. IM  Adriana Salazar (COL), 2 pts. ( Withdrawn for the last 2 rounds).

Open  Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá

1.  IM Alberto Rivera ( CUB), IM Luis Sieiro (CUB) and NM  Nelson Gamboa, 7.5 of 9.
2. Wilson Manzo (COL), Miguel Mosquera (COL), Omar Gonzalez (COL), Ivan Celedon (COL), 7 pts.  
After  GM  Roman Hernandez (CUB), IM Oscar Castro (COL) and others.

12) Dutch Open 1997 Dieren.

The annual summer tournament in Dieren (Holland), carrying the title Dutch Open again after three years, was visited by six grandmasters, fourteen international masters and a respectable number of strong Dutch players. All in all, around 450 participants attended the event. The favorites Vladimir Chuchelov and Valery Beim were out of form. The Dutch Open was dominated from the start by grandmasters Alexander Finkel and Viktor Mikhalevski from Israel. Rongguang Ye from China was patiently waiting for his chance to slip in. The Dutch player Dennis de Vreugt (16) joined the leaders in the last round for a hair-raising finish. After eight rounds, De Vreugt had already scored a master result, but he didn't satisfy himself with a quick draw, proposed by his opponent Finkel. The 22-year-old Israeli, who will quit professional chess after Dieren to study law in his home country, had to fight for more than sixty moves to secure the draw. Ye beat the Uzbek master Alexei Barsov to join Finkel and Mikhalevski for first place. Finkel was proclaimed Dutch Open Champion.My thanks to Pieter de Jager.

Dieren (NED), VII 1997

 1 Mikhalevski, Victor       g ISR 2535   7.0 /9  2662
 2 Ye Rongguang              g CHN 2500   7.0 /9  2677
 3 Finkel, Alexander         g ISR 2470   7.0 /9  2635
 4 Beim, Valery              g ISR 2535   6.5 /9  2561
 5 Golod, Vitali             g ISR 2515   6.5 /9  2556
 6 De Vreugt, Dennis           NED 2295   6.5 /9  2615
 7 Rytshagov, Mikhail        m EST 2525   6.0 /9  2470
 8 Miezis, Normunds          m LAT 2515   6.0 /9  2455
 9 Kiriakov, Petr            m RUS 2505   6.0 /9  2504
10 Bosch, Jeroen             m NED 2405   6.0 /9  2564
11 Afek, Yochanan            m ISR 2380   6.0 /9  2463
12 Chuchelov, Vladimir       g BEL 2540   5.5 /9  2417
13 Safin, Shukhrat           m UZB 2510   5.5 /9  2460
14 Milov, Leonid             m UKR 2490   5.5 /9  2454
15 Vakhidov, Tahir           m UZB 2485   5.5 /9  2385
16 Barsov, Alexei            m UZB 2445   5.5 /9  2488
17 Hoeksema, Erik            m NED 2400   5.5 /9  2390
18 Knoppert, Erik G J        f NED 2385   5.5 /9  2370
19 Van der Weide, Karel      f NED 2375   5.5 /9  2439
20 Janssen, Ruud               NED 2330   5.5 /9  2243
21 Timmerman, Gert J         f NED 2325   5.5 /9  2320
22 Meijers, Viesturs         m LAT 2445   5.0 /9  2408
23 Bosboom, Manuel           m NED 2430   5.0 /9  2408
24 Visser, Yge               f NED 2380   5.0 /9  2428
25 Van Blitterswijk, Stefan  f NED 2365   5.0 /9  2312
26 Van Haastert, Edwin         NED 2345   5.0 /9  2213
27 Aubel, Jochem               NED 2260   5.0 /9  2310
28 Azadmanesh, Moosa           NED 2110   5.0 /9  2341
71 players

13) Irish Championships

The Irish Championships are now available in the games section. As reported in twic141 the event was won by Joseph Ryan. My thanks to John Hurley.

Dublin (IRL), VII 1997
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                                    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1 Ryan, Joseph          IRL 2245  +11 = 2 +15 +13 + 3 + 7 + 4 +12 +14  8.5  2629
 2 Brady, Stephen      f IRL 2325  +12 = 1 + 8 + 3 + 7 +13 +14 + 5 = 6  8.0  2505
 3 Daly, Colm            IRL 2310  + 7 + 5 +13 - 2 - 1 + 4 + 6 +11 +15  7.0  2377
 4 McMahon, Daire        IRL 2215  = 8 -15 =17 +16 + 9 - 3 - 1 +13 + 7  5.0  2339
 5 O'Connell, Gerard     IRL 2170  +18 - 3 -10 +11 =12 = 6 +13 - 2 + 8  5.0  2095
 6 Fox, Anthony          IRL 2130  +14 -13 = 9 = 8 =15 = 5 - 3 +17 = 2  4.5  2109
 7 Keogh, Eamon          IRL 2170  - 3 +18 +11 +10 - 2 - 1 + 9 = 8 - 4  4.5  2126
 8 Porter,Liam               ----  = 4 + 9 - 2 = 6 =14 =16 =12 = 7 - 5  4.0  2127
 9 Joyce, John           IRL 2205  +10 - 8 = 6 +15 - 4 =12 - 7 =14 =16  4.0  2088
10 Clarke, Thomas        IRL 2210  - 9 +16 + 5 - 7 -13 -14 +18 =15 =12  4.0  2104
11 O'Kearney,Sean            ----  - 1 +12 - 7 - 5 =18 +15 +16 - 3 =17  4.0  2048
12 Cafolla, Peter        IRL 2070  - 2 -11 +18 +17 = 5 = 9 = 8 - 1 =10  4.0  2082
13 O'Donovan, Richard    IRL 2280  +17 + 6 - 3 - 1 +10 - 2 - 5 - 4 +18  4.0  2071
14 Roberts,Danny             ----  - 6 =17 =16 +18 = 8 +10 - 2 = 9 - 1  4.0  2073
15 Dempsey,Paul              ----  =16 + 4 - 1 - 9 = 6 -11 +17 =10 - 3  3.5  2096
16 Brady, Cormac A       IRL 2075  =15 -10 =14 - 4 +17 = 8 -11 =18 = 9  3.5  1937
17 Salter,David              ----  -13 =14 = 4 -12 -16 +18 -15 - 6 =11  2.5  1788
18 O'Rourke,Ray              ----  - 5 - 7 -12 -14 =11 -17 -10 =16 -13  1.0  1761
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14) 8th Festival Pardubice (Czech Republic) 16th - 27th July 1997

The Komercni Banka Open took place between the 18th-26th July 1997. It was part of a festival which included a number of open and rapidplay events. The main open was a strong event which was won by Konstantin Sakaev.

Pardubice CZE (CZE), VII 1997

  1 Sakaev, Konstantin       g RUS 2590  7.5 
  2 Istratescu, Andrei       g ROM 2550  7.0 
  3 Ionescu, Constantin      m ROM 2490  7.0 
  4 Beikert, Guenther        m GER 2475  7.0 
  5 Vokac, Marek             m CZE 2480  7.0 
  6 Kuporosov, Viktor        m RUS 2495  7.0 
  7 Lugovoi, Aleksei         m RUS 2520  7.0 
  8 Tunik, Gennady           m RUS 2450  7.0  
  9 Hasangatin, Ramil        m RUS 2470  7.0 
 10 Chernyshov, Konstantin   m RUS 2445  7.0
 11 Khenkin, Igor            g ISR 2550  7.0
 12 Delchev, Aleksander      m BUL 2525  6.5 
 13 Babula, Vlastimil        m CZE 2545  6.5 
 14 Burmakin, Vladimir       g RUS 2550  6.5 
 15 Ftacnik, Lubomir         g SVK 2585  6.5 
 16 Totsky, Leonid           m RUS 2485  6.5 
 17 Malaniuk, Vladimir P     g UKR 2615  6.5
 18 Turov, Maxim             m RUS 2415  6.5
 19 Gutman, Gennadi            UKR 2390  6.5
 20 Rogozenko, Dorian        g MDA 2490  6.0 
 21 Vaulin, Alexander        g RUS 2530  6.0 
 22 Akesson, Ralf            g SWE 2520  6.0
 23 Kalod, Radek             m CZE 2430  6.0
 24 Agnos, Dimitri           g GRE 2515  6.0
 25 Meduna, Eduard           g CZE 2455  6.0
 26 Konopka, Michal          m CZE 2410  6.0
 27 Prokopchuk, Evgeny       m RUS 2475  6.0
 28 Yemelin, Vasily          g RUS 2480  6.0
 29 Kubala, Martin             CZE 2265  6.0
 30 Shalimov, Valery           UKR 2380  6.0
 31 Onoprienko, Vladimir     f RUS 2310  6.0
 32 Nikolov, Sasho           m BUL 2390  6.0
 33 Sax, Gyula               g HUN 2570  6.0
 34 Biolek, Richard          m CZE 2410  6.0
 35 Soln, Primoz             f SLO 2325  6.0
 36 Sergeev, Vladimir        m UKR 2455  6.0
 37 Donk, Merlijn Silvester  f NED 2310  6.0
 252 players.

15) Karsten Kold Skak Cup 1997. Gistrup Chessclub

Lars Ronnow sends the games and results from the Karsen Kold Skak Cup hosted by Gistrup Chessclub 4th-13th July.

Gistrup DEN (DEN), VII 1997
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                                      1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 
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 1 Shipov, Sergei        g RUS 2575  + 8 +14 + 2 + 3 = 7 = 6 = 5 + 9 - 4 +12  7.5  2675
 2 Kengis, Edvins        g LAT 2590  +13 + 7 - 1 + 4 = 3 +14 + 8 = 5 =12 = 6  7.0  2614
 3 Kveinys, Aloyzas      g LTU 2555  +16 +11 +17 - 1 = 2 + 7 = 6 +14 = 5 = 4  7.0  2611
 4 Kupreichik, Viktor D  g BLR 2500  +12 -17 + 5 - 2 - 9 +13 +11 = 7 + 1 = 3  6.0  2536
 5 Nielsen, Peter Heine  g DEN 2515  =18 +10 - 4 =17 +12 + 9 = 1 = 2 = 3 = 7  6.0  2499
 6 Mikhalevski, Victor   g ISR 2535  -17 =20 =18 +16 +11 = 1 = 3 = 8 = 7 = 2  5.5  2428
 7 Volzhin, Alexander    m RUS 2495  +20 - 2 + 8 + 9 = 1 - 3 =14 = 4 = 6 = 5  5.5  2503
 8 Hartman, Christer     m SWE 2320  - 1 +19 - 7 +13 +15 +11 - 2 = 6 = 9 =14  5.5  2450
 9 Hellsten, Johan       m SWE 2495  -10 +18 +16 - 7 + 4 - 5 +17 - 1 = 8 +13  5.5  2407
10 Christensen, Stefan     DEN 2155  + 9 - 5 =15 -11 -13 +16 =12 =18 +20 +19  5.5  2346
11 Sher, Miron N         g RUS 2425  +15 - 3 =14 +10 - 6 - 8 - 4 +20 +19 +16  5.5  2355
12 Salmensuu, Olli       f FIN 2380  - 4 -16 +19 +18 - 5 +17 =10 +15 = 2 - 1  5.0  2340
13 Jakobsen, Lars Veno     DEN 2340  - 2 -15 +20 - 8 +10 - 4 +18 +16 +14 - 9  5.0  2330
14 Aagaard, Jacob        m DEN 2435  +19 - 1 =11 +15 +17 - 2 = 7 - 3 -13 = 8  4.5  2346
15 Jensen, Bjarke          DEN 2110  -11 +13 =10 -14 - 8 +19 =20 -12 -16 +18  4.0  2217
16 Andersen, Jackie        DEN 2285  - 3 +12 - 9 - 6 +20 -10 +19 -13 +15 -11  4.0  2257
17 Hellegaard, Carsten     DEN 2270  + 6 + 4 - 3 = 5 -14 -12 - 9 -19 -18 +20  3.5  2287
18 Belov, Vladimir         RUS 2260  = 5 - 9 = 6 -12 -19 +20 -13 =10 +17 -15  3.5  2199
19 Pedersen, Borge         DEN 2145  -14 - 8 -12 =20 +18 -15 -16 +17 -11 -10  2.5  2086
20 Hansen, Sune Normann    DEN 2150  - 7 = 6 -13 =19 -16 -18 =15 -11 -10 -17  1.5  2006
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16) 20th International Open Gent Belgium

Harry Cattoir reports that this annual tournament which is part of a large festival in the City of Gent which includes folk, rock, blues, theatre, art, etc... The event took place between 19-23 July1997. The event was a 9 round Swiss at a time-control of two hours for all moves. The event was won by Mikhail Gurevich.

Final Standings:
       Name               Rating  Titel V/M     club          Country     Ptn 
  1    GUREVICH M.         2620   IGM   M   Panfox/De V   RUS      8.5 
  2    ELIET N.            2350         M   Ans-Loncin    FRA      7.5 
  3    ABOLIANIN A.        2325         M   K.G.S.R.L.    BEL      7.5 
  4    DEN BOER B.         2340   FM    M   Mechelen      NED      7.5 
  5    BLEES A.            2424   IM    M   Panfox/De V   NED      7.0 
  6    WALL G.             2330         M                 ENG      7.0 
  7    SCHMITTDIEL E.      2450   IGM   M                 GER      7.0 
  8    ROOFTHOOFD M.       2318         M   Mechelen      BEL      7.0 
  9    VANDEVOORT P.       2376   FM    M   CRELEL        BEL      7.0 
 10    COOLS G.            2343         M   Hoboken       BEL      7.0 
 11    VAN BEERS E.        2309         M   O.S. Kempen   BEL      7.0 
 12    VAN DER LIJN B.     2264         M   Phil. Leeuw   NED      7.0 
 13    ODENDAHL R.         2320    FM   M                 GER      7.0 
 14    HOOGENDOORN J.      2320         M   K.G.S.R.L.    NED      7.0 
 15    VAN DER STRICHT G.  2313         M   K.G.S.R.L.    BEL      7.0 
 16    DUTREEUW M.         2390   IM    M   Panfox/De V   BEL      7.0 
 17    WEEMAES R.          2346   IM    M   Deurne        BEL      7.0 
 18    CLIJSEN M.          1903         M   Stukkenjage   NED      7.0 
 19    JOHANSEN D.         2500   IGM   M                 AUS      6.5 
 20    WORTEL M.           2188         M   DSC Delft     NED      6.5 
 21    VANDERWAEREN S.     2316         M   Dworp         BEL      6.5 
 22    KAMINIK A.          2245         M                 UKR      6.5 
 23    VALSTAR J.          1945         M   Westlands     NED      6.5 
 24    DORENBERG G.        2360   FM    M   Brunssum      NED      6.5 
 25    LACROSSE M.         2303         M   K.G.S.R.L.    BEL      6.5 
 26    BERRY S.            2290   FM    M   Kings Head    ENG      6.5 
 27    POSAZHENNIKOV       2330         M   Stukkenjage   RUS      6.5 
 28    SCHOFFELMEER F.     2020         M   Tal A'dam     NED      6.5 
 29    MC MICHAEL R.       2120         M   Kings Head    ENG      6.5 
 30    MIDDELBURG T.       2245         M   Volmac Rott   NED      6.5 
 31    MAES W.             2322         M   O.S. Kempen   BEL      6.5 
 32    SALIGO L.           2203         M   V.P.T.D.      BEL      6.5 
398 players.

17) 12th Open International de Touraine

The 12th Open de Touraine was won by the titled players. It was also possible to play a lot of other games : draughts, gyges, quarto, abalone, petanque, and ..... soccer. But grandmasters did not want to break their legs.... and started only in the chess competition. Wonderful castles to visit, tasting french wines and bathing in the sun could help the organisers who want to reach 400 players and tourists next year. A lot of players from Japan appreciated the spirit of this exhibition. It's really a tournament for the whole family....

Rating Pts Perf.
   1     g   NEVEDNICHY      Vladislav    ROM       2530  7.5 2566
   2     m   TODOROV         Todor        BUL       2375  7.5 2480
   3     m   TYOMKIN         Dimitri      ISR       2390   7  2527
   4     g   APICELLA        Manuel       FRA       2500   7  2510
   5     m   OLARASU         Gabriela     ROM       2355   7  2454
   6         PARMENTIER      Xavier       FRA       2320   7  2434
   7         KARR            Jean-Philip. FRA       2320   7  2377
   8         BEECKMANS       Felix        BEL       2230   7  2343
   9         NEUILLET        Alexandre    FRA       2240   7  2336
  10         COURSAGET       Nicolas      FRA       2210   7  2285
  11         MIELLET-BENSAN  Yves         FRA       2180   7  2270
  12         DELAFARGUE      Bertrand     FRA       2040   7  2197
  13         TIRARD          Hugo         FRA       2370  6.5 2431
  14         MINNEBO         Alain        BEL       2265  6.5 2327
  15         EUSEBE          Aurelien     FRA       2205  6.5 2247
  16         PINEAU          Jacques      JPN       2280  6.5 2242
  17         CROUAN          Stephane     FRA       2205  6.5 2220
  18         CARVALLO        Henri        FRA.      2180  6.5 2155
  19         MOULIN          Simon        FRA       2225  6.5 2149
  20         AMADOU          David        FRA       2180  6.5 2125
  21         HEURTEBIZE      Olivier      FRA       2150  6.5 2085
  22         SOYER           Jean-Yves    FRA       2145  6.5 2070
        ..........     313 players                 
        I.A.: Bernard SOJKA

18) Topalov Simul in the Canary Islands.

Angel Jiminez Arteaga sends 17 games from a simultaneous exhibition given by Veselin Topalov in the Canary Islands. Topalov now lives in Las Palmas and plays in the Canary Islands team championships.

19) Simul Record Query

Chris Chase asks what the current record for the numbers taking part in a simultaneous exhibition is. He thinks it may be over 100 boards and has been set by a Swiss master. He has seen books with Hort holding the record but is almost sure it has been exceeded. Any ideas?

20) Upcoming events

Corinthos Open Greece

There is an open tournament in Corinthos Greece between 3rd-11th August. There will be web coverage.

http://www.compulink.gr/chess

AFTER GP MLADI 1997

From August 5th-15th there will be an international tournament in Olomouc (Czech Republic). The event will be covered on-line http://www.proclient.cz/a64/

Participants of tournament:
GM	Igor Stohl        SVK	2565
  	Ilija Balinov     BUL	2560
GM	Sergei Movsesian  CZE	2555
IM	Vlastimil Babula  CZE	2545
IM	Jan Votava        CZE	2515
GM	Karel Mokry       CZE	2500
IM	Tomas Polak       CZE	2470
IM	Mikulas Manik     SVK	2465
IM	Roland Berzinsh   LAT	2440
IM	Tomas Oral        CZE	2435
IM	Radek Kalod       CZE	2430
IM	Richard Biolek    CZE	2410