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1) Introduction
2) 7th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament
3) XVIII Reykjavik International
4) Golden Cleopatra Festival
5) First Saturday Tournament March
6) 14th Chess Festival Bad Woerishofen
7) Belgrade Women's Supertournament
8) Cannes "Festival des Jeux"
9) ICC Match: Argentina vs. Rest of World
10) Debrecen (Hungary)
11) 2nd Perenyi Memorial
12) NY Open
13) Belgrade 53rd Yugoslav Championships
14) Upcoming Events
Games section
7th Amber 18 games Reykjavik Open 165 games Golden Cleopatra 30 games First Sat IM March 41 games ChessOrg Open 30 games Belgrade Women's Tournament 20 games EE Karpov Simul 18 games ICC match ARG v ROW 20 games Debrecen HUN 120 games 2nd Perenyi mem 66 games 53rd Yugoslav Championships 16 games
My thanks to Leontxo Garcia, Sinisa Joksic, Gerhard Hund, Laszlo Nagy, Christophe Bouton of Europe Echecs, Jeroen van den Berg, Eric van der Schilden (and TASC), Daði Örn Jónsson's Chess in Iceland pages, Larry Kaufman, Hassan Khaled, John Fernandez, SS Quah, Michael Atkins and all those who helped with this issue.
The main event of the week is the 7th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament. With FIDE using the faster time controls to settle their Championships it could be said to have gone up in importance. Having said that it is more about fun chess with more mistakes (especially in the blindfold games) and perhaps a few more risks as rating points are not at risk.
Just a couple of points about the stop press on the finish of Linares last week. The story originated from Leontxo Garcia's El Pais chess column and wasn't part of the "official" coverage and also Kasparov's new organisation is the WCC not the WWC (it was getting late).
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The "Seventh Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament" will be held at the Metropole Palace hotel at the casino square in Monaco, from March 12 until March 27 1998.
There is full coverage at:
http://www.tasc.nl/amber7
the games will also be available on twic's pages.
Play started on March 13. The play starts at 1 p.m. until approximately 8 p.m. Rest days, March 16, 20 and 24. The 11th and last round is on March 26. The players will play one rapid game and one blindfold game with reversed colours against the same opponent. An incremental time rate will be used. [See below for Larry Kaufman's claim about the first use of such time rates which are commonly now known as the Fischer time rates]
The early rounds of the Melody Amber tournament have produced their fair share of exciting chess. Bringing together so many strong players is bound to produce good chess even if the rapid time rate will also produce errors. Also the play tends to be a little more experimental in the opening. Apart from one or two outstanding examples in the past the rapid games tend to be of much higher quality than the blindfold games.
The battle of round 1 was between Anand and Karpov. Anand built up a very large advantage in the rapid game against Karpov but somehow frittered it away towards the end. Matthew Sadler's debut was crowned with a fine win in the rapid game against Predrag Nikolic but the early rounds have shown him less good at the blindfold side.
In a scrappy round 2 Ljubomir Ljubojevic outlasted Viswanathan Anand to produce a surprise win. Shirov and Ivanchuk produced a bewildering rapidplay game finished quite nicely by Shirov.
Round 3 saw Shirov relegate Karpov to the bottom of the standings after a 2-0 whitewash in their two games together and brilliantly so in their rapid game. Kramnik looks well set at the start of the event with a lead in the over all standings.
Amber Rapid
Round 1 (1998.03.13)
Sadler, Matthew - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 63 E42 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 29 D46 Semi-Slav
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 48 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Lautier, Joel - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 108 C45 Scottish
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 49 B17 Caro-Kann
Piket, Jeroen - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 45 A61 Modern Benoni
Round 2 (1998.03.14)
Shirov, Alexei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 57 C60 Ruy Lopez
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 75 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 28 E32 Nimzo indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Lautier, Joel 1/2 25 E15 Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen - Sadler, Matthew 0-1 60 A06 Reti (1.Nf3)
Nikolic, Predrag - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 32 D30 Queen's gambit
Round 3 (1998.03.15)
Sadler, Matthew - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 73 A46 Queen's pawn
Kramnik, Vladimir - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 63 E32 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 61 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Lautier, Joel - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 0-1 54 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 45 C92 Ruy Lopez
Karpov, Anatoly - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 33 E63 Kings indian
Monte Carlo MON (MON), III 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 * . . . . 1 . = . 1 . . 2.5 2979
2 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 . * . . . . = . . . 1 1 2.5 2924
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 . . * . 1 . = . . . . = 2.0 2785
4 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2560 . . . * . 0 . 1 1 . . . 2.0 2843
5 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 . . 0 . * . . . . . 1 1 2.0 2793
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 0 . . 1 . * . . = . . . 1.5 2680
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 . = = . . . * . . . 0 . 1.0 2548
8 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 = . . 0 . . . * . = . . 1.0 2543
9 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 . . . 0 . = . . * = . . 1.0 2553
10 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 0 . . . . . . = = * . . 1.0 2583
11 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2580 . 0 . . 0 . 1 . . . * . 1.0 2540
12 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 . 0 = . 0 . . . . . . * 0.5 2408
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Amber Blindfold
Round 1 (1998.03.13)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 46 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 67 D36 Queen's gambit
Nikolic, Predrag - Sadler, Matthew 1-0 67 A49 Queen's pawn
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 57 B04 Alekhine defence
Shirov, Alexei - Lautier, Joel 0-1 25 B49 Sicilian
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 20 D46 Semi-Slav
Round 2 (1998.03.14)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 48 A41 Queen's pawn
Lautier, Joel - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 48 B17 Caro-Kann
Anand, Viswanathan - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 71 B49 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 52 E11 Bogo indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 59 C67 Ruy Lopez
Sadler, Matthew - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 47 D48 Meran Variation
Round 3 (1998.03.15)
Topalov, Veselin - Sadler, Matthew 1-0 28 D20 QGA;
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 56 A00 Irregular
Nikolic, Predrag - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 35 D35 Queen's gambit
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Lautier, Joel 0-1 38 E15 Nimzo indian
Shirov, Alexei - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 54 B17 Caro-Kann
Piket, Jeroen - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 55 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Monte Carlo MON (MON), III 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 * . . 1 1 . 1 . . . . . 3.0
2 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 . * . . . . . 1 1 . 1 . 3.0
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 . . * . . 1 . = . . = . 2.0 2803
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 0 . . * . . . . . 1 . 1 2.0 2798
5 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 0 . . . * . = . . 1 . . 1.5 2668
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 . . 0 . . * . = 1 . . . 1.5 2680
7 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 0 . . . = . * . . . . 1 1.5 2681
8 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2560 . 0 = . . = . * . . . . 1.0 2593
9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 . 0 . . . 0 . . * . 1 . 1.0 2581
10 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2580 . . . 0 0 . . . . * . 1 1.0 2540
11 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 . 0 = . . . . . 0 . * . 0.5 2435
12 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 . . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 . * 0.0
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Combined Standings
Monte Carlo MON (MON), III 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 ** .. .. 11 .. .. =1 .. .. =1 .. .. 5.0 2933
2 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 .. ** =1 .. 01 .. .. .. .. .. .. =1 4.0 2793
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 .. =0 ** .. .. 10 .. .. .. .. .. 11 3.5 2763
4 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 00 .. .. ** .. .. .. .. .. 1= 11 .. 3.5 2725
5 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2560 .. 10 .. .. ** 0= .. 1= .. .. .. .. 3.0 2718
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 .. .. 01 .. 1= ** .. =0 .. .. .. .. 3.0 2680
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 =0 .. .. .. .. .. ** .. =1 .. 01 .. 3.0 2673
8 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 .. .. .. .. 0= =1 .. ** .. .. .. == 3.0 2678
9 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 .. .. .. .. .. .. =0 .. ** 10 10 .. 2.5 2594
10 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 =0 .. .. 0= .. .. .. .. 01 ** .. .. 2.0 2556
11 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2580 .. .. .. 00 .. .. 10 .. 01 .. ** .. 2.0 2540
12 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 .. =0 00 .. .. .. .. == .. .. .. ** 1.5 2515
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Letter from Larry Kaufman in response to last week's twic.
I am writing to protest an injustice that has been going on for several years now, and am only picking on you to complain to because your "TWIC" column is widely read and your perpetuating or correcting this injustice might make a difference to the chess world. First to introduce myself. I am an IM, FIDE 2410, live near Washington, D.C., age 50, and remain an active tournament player. I was chairman of the USCF ratings committe for most of the 1980s, and have been the top ranked non-Japanese player of Shogi (Japanese chess) for the past 15 years. In "TWIC 174", in your report of the upcoming Amber tourney, you refer to the idea of using time controls with increments added for each move as "Fischer time registration". I can hardly blame you, as virtually everyone in the chess world does likewise. When the only one using this method was Fischer himself in 1992, it hardly seemed worth commenting on. Now that even the FIDE World Championship, not to mention countless other events and Internet chess clubs, use this method of time control, its origin deserves to be uncovered. No one can say who first thought of an idea; in this case until digital chess clocks with advanced capabilities were marketed the idea of time increment was not practical. However such a clock was on the market around 1980, namely the "MicroMate" chess clock. It was not a commercial success, because the price was more than most chess players were willing to spend for a clock. However I believe a few hundred were made and sold; I myself bought two. Although it had various ways of keeping time listed in the manual, the increment method was not one of them. However after studying the clock at length, I realized it could indeed be set (albeit not easily!) to add an arbitrary increment to the time control after each move. I introduced this idea to the local shogi club, and it soon became the standard way for us to play shogi. I also introduced the idea to chess players, and while it did not win any general acceptance (partly due to the sparse number of clocks), a fair amount of fast chess was played in my circles with the idea. I then notified the clock's manufacturer (I believe his name was Joe Meshi or close to that name) of this capability of the clock, and all clocks sold after that contained an addendum explaining how to set the clock for this type of time control (my name for it was "accumulation"), and crediting me as the inventor. Alas, soon thereafter the clock was discontinued, and it was many years before another clock came out with that capability. Many years later I learned that Bobby Fischer was claiming to have invented this idea, and had even patented a clock with this capability. I had never thought that an idea like this could be patented, and I had and have no interest in making money from the idea, so I am writing this partly to reassure anyone who is either making clocks or running tournaments with this incremental time control that they have no moral or legal debt to Bobby Fischer, as he is not the inventor, and I hereby ask anyone in such a position not for money but only to credit me rather than Fischer as the inventor of incremental time controls. For the record, I am not accusing Fischer of pirating my idea; he may well have been unaware of the MicroMate clock situation and may have come up with the idea independently years later. I also must admit that without Fischer's endorsement the idea might never have taken hold. But I am tired of seeing the name "Fischer time control" being given to my invention.
The XVIII Reykjavik International which is part of the VISA Nordic Grand Prix 1998-9 is taking place March 10th-18th. After 5 of the 9 rounds Larry Christiansen leads outright on 4.5/5 from fellow American Nick DeFirmian and Anglo-Swiss player Joe Gallagher.
Full coverage can be found on Daði Örn Jónsson's excellent Chess in Iceland pages: http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html
Reykjavik ISL (ISL), III 1998
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1 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2575 +52 +27 + 6 +33 = 2 . . . . 4.5 2845
2 De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2590 +46 +17 =12 +22 = 1 . . . . 4.0 2684
3 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2490 +51 = 9 +34 = 4 +19 . . . . 4.0 2660
4 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2520 +42 =21 +20 = 3 = 5 . . . . 3.5 2506
5 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2410 +57 +14 =19 =12 = 4 . . . . 3.5 2621
6 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 +49 +28 - 1 +21 = 7 . . . . 3.5 2578
7 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2595 =34 =29 +36 +27 = 6 . . . . 3.5 2524
8 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2480 +59 =33 + 9 =19 =12 . . . . 3.5 2618
9 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2625 +30 = 3 - 8 +39 +35 . . . . 3.5 2556
10 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2450 =31 +55 =23 +24 =13 . . . . 3.5 2509
11 Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2515 +50 =32 -22 +28 +34 . . . . 3.5 2494
12 Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2505 +54 +53 = 2 = 5 = 8 . . . . 3.5 2504
13 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2540 =45 +43 =32 +29 =10 . . . . 3.5 2489
14 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2570 +48 - 5 +42 =18 +30 . . . . 3.5 2457
15 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2555 +60 =20 =21 =30 +32 . . . . 3.5 2497
16 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2595 =39 =41 +64 +25 =17 . . . . 3.5 2502
17 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2505 +58 - 2 +48 +41 =16 . . . . 3.5 2519
18 Hall, Jesper m SWE 2460 =40 =39 +63 =14 +33 . . . . 3.5 2481
19 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2510 +47 +36 = 5 = 8 - 3 . . . . 3.0 2438
20 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor ISL 2390 +26 =15 - 4 =31 +47 . . . . 3.0 2341
21 Vidarsson, Jon G f ISL 2380 +38 = 4 =15 - 6 +51 . . . . 3.0 2435
22 Jonsson, Bjorgvin m ISL 2380 =62 +40 +11 - 2 =23 . . . . 3.0 2537
23 Kindermann, Stefan g GER 2565 =43 +45 =10 =32 =22 . . . . 3.0 2416
24 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2510 =56 +37 =29 -10 +52 . . . . 3.0 2352
25 Cicak, Slavko m SWE 2480 -53 +58 +54 -16 +45 . . . . 3.0 2326
26 Palsson,Halldor ---- -20 -42 +60 +54 +41 . . . . 3.0 2305
27 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2480 +63 - 1 +47 - 7 +43 . . . . 3.0 2422
28 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2410 +66 - 6 +53 -11 +42 . . . . 3.0 2311
29 Bradbury, Neil H m ENG 2360 +44 = 7 =24 -13 =37 . . . . 2.5 2363
30 Richardson, John R f ENG 2315 - 9 +31 +52 =15 -14 . . . . 2.5 2415
31 Einarsson, Einar Kristinn ISL 2085 =10 -30 +56 =20 =36 . . . . 2.5 2319
32 Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2440 +65 =11 =13 =23 -15 . . . . 2.5 2449
33 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2580 +64 = 8 +35 - 1 -18 . . . . 2.5 2449
34 Halldorsson, Bragi ISL 2285 = 7 +62 - 3 +44 -11 . . . . 2.5 2260
35 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2480 =55 +56 -33 +50 - 9 . . . . 2.5 2342
36 Dewenter, Ulf GER 2245 +61 -19 - 7 +58 =31 . . . . 2.5 2251
37 Schmied, Andreas GER 2155 =41 -24 =62 +64 =29 . . . . 2.5 2345
38 Baldursson,Hrannar ---- -21 -54 =59 +56 +64 . . . . 2.5 2227
39 Olsen, Heini FAI 2270 =16 =18 =50 - 9 =49 . . . . 2.0 2343
40 Kjartansson, David ISL 2100 =18 -22 =45 =49 =46 . . . . 2.0 2227
41 Karason, Askell O ISL 2260 =37 =16 +57 -17 -26 . . . . 2.0 2293
42 Rasmussen, Rogvi W FAI 2115 - 4 +26 -14 +55 -28 . . . . 2.0 2207
43 Bjornsson, Tomas f ISL 2235 =23 -13 =44 +53 -27 . . . . 2.0 2336
44 Steindorsson,Sigurdur P ---- -29 +49 =43 -34 =50 . . . . 2.0 2183
45 Fridjonsson, Julius ISL 2215 =13 -23 =40 +62 -25 . . . . 2.0 2228
46 Kristjansson, Stefan ISL 2255 - 2 -63 =55 +59 =40 . . . . 2.0 2139
47 Edvardsson, Kristjan ISL 2205 -19 +61 -27 +57 -20 . . . . 2.0
48 Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr ISL 2240 -14 +59 -17 -51 +63 . . . . 2.0 2228
49 Briem, Stefan ISL 2185 - 6 -44 +65 =40 =39 . . . . 2.0 2236
50 Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn ISL 2210 -11 +66 =39 -35 =44 . . . . 2.0 2148
51 Leosson, Torfi ISL 2160 - 3 -64 +66 +48 -21 . . . . 2.0 2147
52 Gunnarsson, Arinbjorn ISL 2240 - 1 +65 -30 +63 -24 . . . . 2.0 2250
53 Ragnarsson, Johann ISL 2110 +25 -12 -28 -43 =60 . . . . 1.5 2220
54 Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2185 -12 +38 -25 -26 =55 . . . . 1.5 2088
55 Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2100 =35 -10 =46 -42 =54 . . . . 1.5 2148
56 Gunnarsson, Arnar ISL 2195 =24 -35 -31 -38 +62 . . . . 1.5 2085
57 Olafsson,Thorvardur F ---- - 5 +60 -41 -47 =58 . . . . 1.5 2102
58 Wiese, Hans-Joachim GER 2165 -17 -25 +61 -36 =57 . . . . 1.5
59 Petermann, Hubert GER 2125 - 8 -48 =38 -46 +65 . . . . 1.5 2068
60 Finnlaugsson, Gunnar SWE 2215 -15 -57 -26 +66 =53 . . . . 1.5 2139
61 Omarsson,Hjalti Runar ---- -36 -47 -58 =65 +66 . . . . 1.5 1849
62 Jonatansson,Helgi E ---- =22 -34 =37 -45 -56 . . . . 1.0 2006
63 Asgeirsson, Heimir ISL 2140 -27 +46 -18 -52 -48 . . . . 1.0 2095
64 Lehikoinen, Pertti Ilari FIN 2250 -33 +51 -16 -37 -38 . . . . 1.0 2179
65 Schubert, Hans-Joach AUT 2070 -32 -52 -49 =61 -59 . . . . 0.5
66 Valgardsson,Gudjon H ---- -28 -50 -51 -60 -61 . . . . 0.0
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Hassan Khaled sends a report from an event which has just started in Egypt.
The Egyptian Chess Federation has organized the Golden Cleopatra Festival , sponsored by Eastern Company Club in Cairo. The event is underway and runs 11-22-March 1998.
The main event is a Scheveningen System Event where two groups of ten play each other. Group A consists of 10 top Egyptian players with an average rating of 2339. They play against Group B which has ten players from a number of countries (Ukraine, Hungary, Rumania and Mexico) with an average rating of 2432. There are 3 GMs Sax, Csom and Ghitescu. This makes it a Category 8 event for the Egyptions with a GM norm set at 7.5 and an IM norm at 5.5.
In addition there is a second event an Open Swiss System tournament, also of 10 Rounds. There are 106 players (32 Fide Rated players ) all of whom are from Egypt except for Vaysman,A (2345) from the Ukraine and Najjar,A (2265) from LIB and also 3 unrated players from LIB. More details of the Open Event next time.
Standings after 3 Rounds Scheveningen System Event Cairo EGY (EGY), III 1998 Group A ------------------------------------------------------ 1 Hassan, Sayed Barakat m EGY 2325 2.0 2578 2 Labib, Ibrahim Hasan f EGY 2305 2.0 2563 3 Himdan, Maher m EGY 2300 1.5 2413 4 El Ghazali, Youssef M m EGY 2385 1.5 2423 5 Hamed, Ahmed m EGY 2320 1.5 2460 6 Sarwat, Walaa m EGY 2310 1.0 2313 7 Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib m EGY 2485 1.0 2325 8 Afifi, Assem m EGY 2345 1.0 2278 9 Mohamed, Farag Amrou f EGY 2290 0.5 2157 10 Yasseen, Aly m EGY 2325 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Group B ------------------------------------------------------ 1 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei m UKR 2475 3.0 2 Cherevatenko, Roman m UKR 2385 2.0 2448 3 Ghitescu, Theodor g ROM 2355 2.0 2510 4 Khmelnitsky, Sergei UKR 2420 2.0 2425 5 Surjadnji, Aleksei m UKR 2420 2.0 2436 6 Estrada Nieto, Julian m MEX 2395 2.0 2458 7 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2460 1.5 2370 8 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2535 1.5 2376 9 Goloshchapov, Alexander m UKR 2400 1.5 2336 10 Stoockalov, Vladimir L m UKR 2470 0.5 2052
This months First Saturday Tournament started on the 7th of March in the tournament halls of the Hungarian Chess Federation. It runs until March 17th. There is a category II. event with an average rating of 2299 and an IM-norm set at 8 points. There is also a Scheveningen system tournament. After 9 rounds of the IM event Martin Senff and Todor Todorov.
Between 4th-17th of April there will be a cat.VII. GM-event, a Cat. II IM event and a Scheveningen system tournament. Contact Laszlo Nagy for more details: Tel-fax: int-(361)-263-28-59 or 100263.1700@compuserve.com
Round 3 (1998.03.09)
Senff, Martin - Goczo, Melinda 1/2 17 C12 French; Macutcheon
De Gleria, Francesco - Ferencz, Istvan 1-0 42 B00 1.e4
Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael - Grabics, Monika 0-1 43 B66 Sicilian
Farago, Sandor - Dudas, Janos 1/2 11 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Kahn, Evarth - Todorov, Todor 0-1 43 B01 Scandinavian
Bordas, Gyula - Karatorossian, David 0-1 52 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Round 4 (1998.03.10)
Todorov, Todor - Farago, Sandor 1-0 36 B52 Sicilian
Karatorossian, David - Kahn, Evarth 0-1 38 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael - Senff, Martin 1/2 17 B01 Scandinavian
Grabics, Monika - Dudas, Janos 1/2 10 C70 Ruy Lopez
Goczo, Melinda - De Gleria, Francesco 0-1 30 E62 Kings indian
Ferencz, Istvan - Bordas, Gyula 0-1 55 B84 Sicilian
Round 5 (1998.03.11)
Senff, Martin - Grabics, Monika 1-0 50 B56 Sicilian
De Gleria, Francesco - Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael 0-1 39 B85 Sicilian
Dudas, Janos - Todorov, Todor 0-1 46 B06 Modern defence
Farago, Sandor - Karatorossian, David 1/2 70 E62 Kings indian
Kahn, Evarth - Ferencz, Istvan 1-0 34 A50 Benoni
Bordas, Gyula - Goczo, Melinda 1-0 31 E98 Kings indian; Main line
Round 6 (1998.03.12)
Senff, Martin - De Gleria, Francesco 1/2 16 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Karatorossian, David - Dudas, Janos 1/2 12 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael - Bordas, Gyula 1-0 38 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Grabics, Monika - Todorov, Todor 1/2 59 C17 French; Winawer
Goczo, Melinda - Kahn, Evarth 1/2 68 E62 Kings indian
Ferencz, Istvan - Farago, Sandor 0-1 32 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 7 (1998.03.13)
Todorov, Todor - Karatorossian, David 0-1 70 C01 French; Exchange
De Gleria, Francesco - Grabics, Monika 1-0 58 B30 Sicilian
Dudas, Janos - Ferencz, Istvan 1-0 41 A50 Benoni
Farago, Sandor - Goczo, Melinda 0-1 39 C11 French; Classical
Kahn, Evarth - Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael 1/2 47 E39 Nimzo indian
Bordas, Gyula - Senff, Martin 0-1 77 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Round 8 (1998.03.14)
Senff, Martin - Kahn, Evarth 1-0 37 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
De Gleria, Francesco - Bordas, Gyula 1/2 40 B53 Sicilian
Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael - Farago, Sandor 0-1 36 E71 Kings indian
Grabics, Monika - Karatorossian, David 0-1 49 C16 French; Winawer
Goczo, Melinda - Dudas, Janos 0-1 43 D09 Albin's countergambit
Ferencz, Istvan - Todorov, Todor 0-1 58 A03 Bird (1.f4)
Round 9 (1998.03.15)
Todorov, Todor - Goczo, Melinda 1-0 28 C00 French
Karatorossian, David - Ferencz, Istvan Postponed (Ferencz ill)
Dudas, Janos - Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael 0-1 37 A37 English; 1.c4 c5
Farago, Sandor - Senff, Martin 1/2 11 E62 Kings indian
Kahn, Evarth - De Gleria, Francesco 0-1 34 A68 Modern Benoni
Bordas, Gyula - Grabics, Monika 0-1 31 A27 English; 1.c4 e5
Budapest HUN (HUN), III 1998 cat. II (2299)
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1 Senff, Martin GER 2430 * . = = = . = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 / 9 2426
2 Todorov, Todor BUL 2405 . * 0 0 . 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 / 9 2439
3 De Gleria, Francesco GER 2245 = 1 * 0 0 . . 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 / 9 2419
4 Karatorossian, David ARM 2375 = 1 1 * . = = 1 0 . 1 . 5.5 / 8 2467
5 Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael f ESP 2285 = . 1 . * 1 0 0 = = 1 = 5.0 / 9 2323
6 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2405 . 0 . = 0 * = = = 1 1 1 5.0 / 9 2321
7 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2285 = 0 . = 1 = * = = 0 . 1 4.5 / 9 2321
8 Grabics, Monika wm HUN 2345 0 = 0 0 1 = = * . 1 1 . 4.5 / 9 2307
9 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2330 0 0 0 1 = = = . * = . 1 4.0 / 9 2262
10 Goczo, Melinda HUN 2170 = 0 0 . = 0 1 0 = * 0 . 2.5 / 9 2155
11 Bordas, Gyula HUN 2165 0 0 = 0 0 0 . 0 . 1 * 1 2.5 / 9 2145
12 Ferencz, Istvan HUN 2145 0 0 0 . = 0 0 . 0 . 0 * 0.5 / 8 1874
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The 14th International ChessOrg Chess Festival took place in Bad Woerishofen 6.-15. March 98. There was both an open and a seniors championships. The 1998 event finished with Konstantin Lerner winning the open on tie-break from Rustem Dautov, Lev Gutman, Giorgi Giorgadze and Vladimir Epishin.
Gerhard Hund reported on the event daily from the venue at http://www.teleschach.de/aktuelles/woeris98.html
Leading final standings (9 rounds) 1 Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2575 7.5 2 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2600 7.5 3 Gutman, Lev g GER 2475 7.5 4 Giorgadze, Giorgi g GEO 2605 7.5 5 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2590 7.5 6 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2535 7.0 7 Lewin, Felix m GER 2465 7.0 8 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2545 7.0 9 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2560 7.0 10 Martinovic, Slobodan g YUG 2470 7.0 11 Wilhelmi, Christian m GER 2445 7.0 12 Baklan, Vladimir m UKR 2540 6.5 13 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2530 6.5 14 Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2605 6.5 15 Kalinitschew, Sergey g GER 2495 6.5 16 Foisor, Ovidiu m ROM 2445 6.5 17 Kupreichik, Viktor D g BLR 2505 6.5 18 Pähtz, Thomas g GER 2470 6.5 19 Espig, Lutz g GER 2405 6.0 20 Maiwald, Jens-Uwe m GER 2460 6.0 21 Gabriel, Christian g GER 2555 6.0 22 Nikolac, Juraj g CRO 2435 6.0 23 Galdunts, Sergey m ARM 2445 6.0 24 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2505 6.0 25 Teske, Henrik g GER 2475 6.0 26 Gustafsson, Jan GER 2385 6.0 27 Ortega, Lexy m CUB 2475 6.0 28 Timoshchenko, Gennadi A g SVK 2520 6.0 29 Mainka, Romuald g GER 2500 6.0 30 Sarbok, Torsten GER 2245 6.0 31 Pirrot, Dieter m GER 2390 6.0 32 Hedke, Fred f GER 2335 6.0 33 Solonar, Stephan m MDA 2315 6.0 34 Kersten, Uwe f GER 2360 6.0 35 Ballon, Guenther Jan f NED 2235 6.0 36 Zude, Arno m GER 2390 6.0 37 Heinbuch, Detlef m GER 2365 6.0 38 Wornath, Kai-Rudolf GER 2260 6.0 39 Gasthofer, Viktor f GER 2360 6.0 40 Vatter, Hans-Joachim f GER 2290 6.0 41 Proehl, Holger GER 2395 6.0 42 Lang, Klaus GER 6.0 43 Stoll, Ferdinand GER 2275 6.0 44 Wells, Peter K. g ENG 2530 6.0 45 Roeder, Frank f GER 2265 6.0 46 Vogel, Robert f GER 2275 6.0 47 Loew, Gerald GER 2280 6.0 48 Goy, Udo GER 2185 6.0 49 Poppeler, Alois GER 6.0 50 Mahn, Franko GER 2190 6.0 270 players Leading final standings in the Seniors event 1. Bierwisch Bernhard Aachen 7.0 51.5 409.00 2. Zunker Dr. Reinhard Hofheim 7.0 51.0 436.50 3. Weigel Herbert Zirndorf 7.0 50.5 426.50 4. Oldach Ehrenfried Warnemünde 7.0 46.5 418.50 5. Papapostolou Christo Griechenland 7.0 45.0 389.50 45 players
Sinisa Joksic reports on the conclusion to the 32nd Women's Super Tournament.
Pia Cramling from Sweden and Natalia Zhukova from Ukrajina were the winners of the traditional Super tournament celebrating March 8th "Women's Day". They shared the prize money 2550 each, but Zhukova took the cup on Sonneborn-Berger tie break. Zhukova, who came as reserve for the tournament, and had the worst rating, had "a little" luck, in few games. Both winners were undefeated. Pia Cramling probably showing the best chess and leading throughout, only lost the cup in the last round! Sometimes chess is cruel and unjust. More was expected from Maia Chiburdanidze and Alisa Maric, and of course from Prudnikova and Peng. Maia lost to the youngest players Zhukova and Stefenova both 19th years old. Maybe, in the future, she should not play with the players under 20! Organization was a good.
Round 6 (1998.03.09)
Zhukova, Natalia - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 24 D11 Slav defence
Vasilevich, Tatjana - Cramling, Pia 1/2 47 A57 Benko gambit
Maric, Alisa - Bojkovic, Natasa 1-0 36 E15 Nimzo indian
Prudnikova, Svetlana - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1/2 27 A17 English; 1.c4
Peng Zhaoqin - Matveeva, Svetlana 1/2 34 E54 Nimzo indian
Round 7 (1998.03.10)
Cramling, Pia - Peng Zhaoqin 1-0 85 D21 QGA;
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Maric, Alisa 1-0 50 D02 Queen's pawn
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Vasilevich, Tatjana 1-0 34 D50 QGD;
Matveeva, Svetlana - Zhukova, Natalia 1/2 36 D30 Queen's gambit
Bojkovic, Natasa - Prudnikova, Svetlana 1-0 36 B67 Sicilian
Round 8 (1998.03.11)
Zhukova, Natalia - Cramling, Pia 1/2 27 A48 Queen's pawn
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Bojkovic, Natasa 1-0 46 E48 Nimzo indian
Vasilevich, Tatjana - Peng Zhaoqin 1/2 65 D26 QGA;
Maric, Alisa - Matveeva, Svetlana 1-0 41 D38 Queen's gambit
Prudnikova, Svetlana - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 52 D10 Slav defence
Round 9 (1998.03.12)
Cramling, Pia - Maric, Alisa 1/2 13 E12 Nimzo indian
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1-0 65 D03 Queen's pawn
Matveeva, Svetlana - Prudnikova, Svetlana 1-0 69 A85 Dutch defence
Bojkovic, Natasa - Vasilevich, Tatjana 1/2 34 B85 Sicilian
Peng Zhaoqin - Zhukova, Natalia 0-1 34 D15 Slav defence
Belgrade YUG (YUG), III 1998 cat. IX (2456)
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1 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2395 * = = 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2587
2 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2535 = * 1 = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2571
3 Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2480 = 0 * 1 = 0 1 = = 1 5.0 2495
4 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2535 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 = = 5.0 2489
5 Vasilevich, Tatjana wg UKR 2410 = = = 0 * 1 = = = = 4.5 2460
6 Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2460 = = 1 = 0 * 0 = 1 = 4.5 2455
7 Maric, Alisa m YUG 2480 = = 0 0 = 1 * 1 = = 4.5 2452
8 Bojkovic, Natasa wg YUG 2420 0 = = 0 = = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2379
9 Prudnikova, Svetlana wg RUS 2420 = 0 = = = 0 = 0 * = 3.0 2334
10 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2420 0 0 0 = = = = = = * 3.0 2334
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The Cannes "Festival des Jeux" took place February 21st - March 1st 1998. A number of games including bridge, draughts, backgammon were involved and chess had a major part with several high profile events. Anatoly Karpov played an internet simultaneous event on Feb 28th on the Europe Echecs site. Due to the tightness of the schedule only three hours play were possible. 18 of the 22 games played are in the games section. Karpov won 7 and drew 1, unfortuately the rest of the games could not be finished. Martin Pribyl 2350 FIDE (and old friend of TWIC) was the strongest opponent but he unfortunately lost contact. You can read more details at the Europe Echecs site.
The Generations tournament was reported last week. In the games section is the key final round Korchnoi - Nataf game missing last week aswell as a corrected gamescore.
My thanks to Christophe Bouton and Europe Echecs for the information.
Cannes FRA (FRA), II 1998
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Young players 15.5
1 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2565 01 == 1= =1 5.0 2628
2 Ponomariov, Ruslan m UKR 2580 =0 =0 1= 11 4.5 2576
3 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre m FRA 2485 10 == =0 01 3.5 2490
4 Shaked, Tal g USA 2535 =0 0= 0= == 2.5 2392
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Veterans 16.5
1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2630 10 =1 01 =1 5.0 2636
2 Spassky, Boris V g FRA 2535 == =1 == 1= 5.0 2636
3 Gligoric, Svetozar g YUG 2480 0= 0= =1 1= 4.0 2541
4 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2490 =0 00 10 == 2.5 2400
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ICC Match: Argentina vs. Rest of World by John Fernandez
This past Tuesday, the Internet Chess Club hosted a match between ICC members from Argentina versus other hispanic ICC members. The match was wonderfully organized by team captains Hector Walsh (Argentina) and Christian Alcocer (Rest of the World), who both did a wonderful job of getting the best players to participate, and the match was directed by John Fernandez. It was held over eleven boards, with one Grandmaster, five International Masters, and three FIDE Masters competing. Well over half of the participants hold FIDE ratings (Which, considering that 9 of the 21 are FIDE titled, is not much of a surprise.) With the rest of the world team boasting 5 titled players, 9 players over 2300 ICC rating, and all over 2000, with an average rating of nearly 2300, they seemed poised to give the team from Argentina a hard time. However Argentina came in to fight, and fight they did, with some magnificently played games and some good upsets. Chilean IM Schroeder had the task of playing the Argentine board one, GM Pablo Ricardi, and after the dust settled we had seen two wonderful games that went right down to the wire, with IM Schroeder coming out on top in both. Sadly, Grandmaster Ricardi probably needed only a few more seconds in both games to put him right back in them, a feeling most of us chessplayers have had more than once in our lives. This, coupled with IM Blas Lugos 2-0 defeat of IM Pablo Glavina, gave the Rest of the World team a commanding 4-0 lead. However, Hector Walshs 1.5-0.5 victory over ICC member sagitarius and IM Mario Leskovars 2-0 win over Brazilian FM Rodrigues put Argentina right back in it. However, the Brazilian boards 5 and 6, Filho and de Oliveira Reis, respectively, both scored 2-0 wins to clinch it for the Rest of the World team. The games were played at a 10 0 time control on ICC. For more information on the Internet Chess Club go to http://www.chessclub.com and for Spanish users, http://www.clubdeajedrez.com.
Erno Dede ran away with the Alfoldi Nyomda Kupa Debrecen (Hungary) which took place 1998.02.19.- 03.03.
Place: Debrecen, HUNGARY Time: 30 moves/90 minutes + 60 minutes till end Arbiter: Zsolt Szabo nat. arb. Organizer: Zsolt Szabo, H-4027 Debrecen, Furedi u. 46. I/6.
E-mail: mrbean@tigris.klte.hu Next tournaments: 25 April-May 3 1998 - (13 round, round robin system) 16-24 May 1998 13-21 Juny 1998
Debrecen HUN (HUN), II-III 1998
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1 Dede, Erno HUN 2215 * 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13.5 2465
2 Donka, Peter f HUN 2280 0 * 0 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2228
3 Benedek, Zoltan HUN 2105 = 1 * 1 = 0 = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 10.5 2247
4 Egri, Laszlo HUN 2150 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 10.0 2199
5 Kosa, Peter HUN 2160 = 1 = = * 0 = = 1 1 0 1 = = = 1 9.0 2278
6 Menyhart, Tibor HUN 2235 = = 1 0 1 * = 1 0 = 1 = 0 = 1 1 9.0 2233
7 Varadi, Viktor HUN ---- 0 0 = = = = * 1 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 1 9.0 2230
8 Szabo, Gergely ROM 2235 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2110
9 Hegedus, Gyorgy HUN 2030 0 0 = 1 0 1 0 = * 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2169
10 Daroczy, Sandor HUN 2130 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 * = 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2076
11 Sipos, Csaba HUN ---- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 = = 0 5.5 2045
12 Bobak,Sandor HUN ---- 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 0 * 1 = = 1 5.5 1954
13 Dani,Tamas HUN ---- 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 = = 5.0 2084
14 Horvath, Peter m HUN 2405 0 0 = = = = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 4.5 1951
15 Chrobak, Gyula HUN ---- 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = * = 3.0 1828
16 Dudik,Csaba HUN ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 = * 2.0
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2nd Perenyi Memorial ran from 23rd of February until 5th of March 1998 in Gyula, Hungary which is 220 km South-East from Budapest. It was a category VII event there, average ELO 2413, 12 participants. The organizer was IM Emil Anka, phone-fax:/361/-221-23-28 He plans to organize this event next year in the same time as well. The participants stayed in the HOTEL AGRO, with good conditions for a GM-tournament.
Gyula HUN (HUN), II-III 1998 cat. VII (2413)
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1 Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2505 * = = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2579
2 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2520 = * = 1 = = = = = 1 1 1 7.5 2536
3 Ruck, Robert m HUN 2450 = = * = 1 = = = = = 1 1 7.0 2511
4 Feher, Gyula m HUN 2445 = 0 = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2475
5 Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2440 = = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 = = 6.0 2446
6 Lauber, Arnd GER 2370 = = = = 0 * = = 1 1 0 = 5.5 2416
7 Acs, Peter f HUN 2450 = = = 0 = = * = = 1 1 0 5.5 2409
8 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2380 0 = = = = = = * 1 = = = 5.5 2415
9 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2340 0 = = = = 0 = 0 * 0 = 1 4.0 2317
10 Senff, Martin GER 2430 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 4.0 2309
11 Turzo, Attila m HUN 2415 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = 0 * 1 3.5 2279
12 Jagodzinski, Andreas GER 2210 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = 0 = 0 * 3.0 2256
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The New York Open starts today Monday 16th March. 3/16 rds 1 + 2 3/17 rds 3 + 4 3/18 - 5 3/19 - 6 3/20 - 7 3/21 - 8 3/22 - 9. There will be at least 65 GMs and Michael Atkins will be covering the event on the internet.
Full coverage at: http://w-w-w.com/nyopen/results.htm
Top pairings for round 1 1 Michael Casella - GM Evgeny Bareev 2 GM Kiril Georgiev - Svetoslav Dorobanov 3 Gregory Shahade - GM Vladimir Akopian 4 GM Alexander Khalifman - Thomas Wolski 5 David Arnett - GM Alex Yermolinsky 6 GM Alexander Chernin - Werner Mueller 7 Marcio Miranda - GM Sergei Tiviakov 8 GM Mikhail Gurevich - Ronald Young 9 Ylon Schwartz - GM Vadim Milov 10 GM Julio Granda-Zuniga - Ivan Nogueira 11 Donny Ariel - GM Alexander Nenashev 12 GM Konstantin Sakaev - Igor Sorkin 13 Klaus Beckman - GM Alks Aleksandrov 14 GM Alexander Shabalov - Marwan Aboudi 15 Vincent Heinis - GM Jaan Ehlvest 16 GM Zbyneil Hracek - Matthew Morris 17 Vasik Rajlich - GM Smbat Lputian 18 GM Alexander Onischuk - Eric Cooke 19 Paco Jimenez - GM Joel Benjamin 20 GM Valerij Filipov - Vladimir Elianov
Sinisa Joksic reports. The 53th Yugoslav Championship take place in Belgrade in the hotel "Jugoslavija" from March 14.-30. Tournament is 10th cat. (2495). Norms g=10, m=7. After three rounds Barlov and Markovic are the surprise leader. Notable too is the good start of the veteran Gligoric.
Round 1 (1998.03.14)
Barlov, Dragan - Kontic, Djordje 1-0 21 B15 Caro-Kann
Markovic, Miroslav - Petronic, Jovan 1-0 58 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Gligoric, Svetozar - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 1/2 15 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Drasko, Milan - Kovacevic, Aleksandar 1/2 24 B36 Sicilian
Djuric, Stefan - Ilincic, Zlatko 0-1 57 E76 Kings indian
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Tosic, Miroslav 1/2 16 D58 QGD;
Popovic, Petar - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 15 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Pavlovic, Milos - Knezevic, Bojan 0-1 39 B63 Sicilian
Round 2 (1998.03.15)
Drasko, Milan - Barlov, Dragan 1/2 11 D45 Semi-Slav
Damljanovic, Branko - Markovic, Miroslav 1/2 56 E62 Kings indian
Kovacevic, Aleksandar - Ilincic, Zlatko 1-0 43 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Knezevic, Bojan - Djuric, Stefan 1/2 31 B47 Sicilian
Tosic, Miroslav - Pavlovic, Milos 1-0 35 B17 Caro-Kann
Velimirovic, Dragoljub - Popovic, Petar 1/2 24 B86 Sicilian
Petronic, Jovan - Ivanisevic, Ivan 1/2 47 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Kontic, Djordje - Gligoric, Svetozar 0-1 40 C56 Two knights
Round 3 (1998.03.16)
Barlov, Dragan - Kovacevic, Aleksandar 1-0 55 Sicilian
Markovic, Miroslav - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 1-0 39 Sicilian
Ilincic, Zlatko - Knezevic, Bojan 1-0 35 Queens Gambit
Gligoric, Svetozar - Drasko, Milan 1/2 22 QGA
Djuric, Stefan - Tosic, Miroslav 1-0 58 Gruenfeld
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 9 KID
Popovic, Petar - Kontic, Djordje 1/2 45 Sicilian
Pavlovic, Milos - Petronic, Jovan 1/2 49 Caro Kann
Belgrade YUG (YUG), III 1998 cat. IX (2474)
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1 Barlov, Dragan g YUG 2490 *...=.1.......1. 2.5 2726
2 Markovic, Miroslav m YUG 2540 .*...=......11.. 2.5 2781
3 Ilincic, Zlatko g YUG 2565 ..*...01..1..... 2.0 2610
4 Gligoric, Svetozar g YUG 2480 ...*=.......=.1. 2.0 2585
5 Drasko, Milan g YUG 2515 =..=*.=......... 1.5 2495
6 Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2540 .=...*..==...... 1.5 2508
7 Kovacevic, Aleksandar m YUG 2515 0.1.=.*......... 1.5 2523
8 Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2520 ..0....*..=1.... 1.5 2496
9 Ivanisevic, Ivan m YUG 2460 .....=..*..=.=.. 1.5 2498
10 Popovic, Petar g YUG 2525 .....=...*..=.=. 1.5 2468
11 Knezevic, Bojan f YUG 2420 ..0....=..*....1 1.5 2425
12 Tosic, Miroslav m YUG 2505 .......0=..*...1 1.5 2390
13 Velimirovic, Dragoljub g YUG 2535 .0.=.....=..*... 1.0 2390
14 Petronic, Jovan m YUG 2450 .0......=....*.= 1.0 2271
15 Kontic, Djordje m YUG 2330 0..0.....=....*. 0.5 2225
16 Pavlovic, Milos YUG 2190 ..........00.=.* 0.5 2185
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SS Quah reports that the Malaysian Chess Federation will organise the 11th Asian Cities Team Chess Championship and the seventh Asian Women's Chess Championship at Genting Highlands, Malaysia next month. More details are available from the official website of the two events at:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Stadium/6485/
In addition there is the newly-launched official webpage of the Penang Chess Association at:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Stadium/2379/
Jonathan Rowson (Scotland's most promising young IM) and Michael Adams (GM, England's No 1 and World Championship Semi-Finalist) are to play a six game Challenge Match from 16-21 April 1998. The match will be FIDE rated. The purse for the match is guaranteed and is privately sponsored and will be 5,000 -- 3,500 to the winner and 1,500 to the loser, and 2,500 each in the event of a draw. I am seeking additional sponsorship to cover the costs of a prestigious venue, live commentary from a leading player, an International Arbiter, Press Officer's / Web Master's expenses, and a fee for the organiser. Jonathan and Michael have agreed to play the match anywhere in London, but apparently moves are afoot to raise enough additional sponsorship to hold the match in Scotland, subject to the player's and organisers' agreement. Information from Adam Raoof Adam@circuit.demon.co.uk
The Egyptian Chess Federation are organising the Zakazik open (90 Km from Cairo) 10-21 April - 9 rounds - Swiss System - Fide Rated . Prizes from 1-10 : 600 US$ -500-400-300-200-150-120-100-90-60 We invite 30 players with rating over 2300, we provide them with full Accommodation - free transportation inside Egypt - free Tourstic tours ,no entry fee . We invite 10 Ims over 2400 , we provide them with above conditions plus 300 US$ . If interested contact Hassan Khaled by email ecf@idsc.gov.eg or Fax : 002-02-5687434 - or fax 002-025620931 : Phone : 3378987 .