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1) Introduction
2) 7th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament
3) Kasparov, Kramnik and Shirov
4) New York Open
5) Clarin Grand Prix Final
6) Jagodina ’98
7) 19th Chess Festival in Bled
8) Belgrade 53rd Yugoslav Championships
9) Belgian Interteams
10) 4NCL
11) News from the German League
12) WCC World Rankings
13) Upcoming Events
Games section
7th Amber 24 games New York Open 1 game New York Open Blitz 8 game Clarin GP Final 66 games Jagodina 98 24 games Bled Open 244 games Belgian Interteams 93 games German Cup 3 games Yugoslav Championships 48 games
My thanks to Vadim Kaminsky, Sinisa Joksic, Jeroen van den Berg, Eric van der Schilden (and TASC), Michael Atkins, Alain Talon, Nigel Johnson, Gerald Schendel, World Chess Council, Juergen Daniel, Milan Dezelin and all those who helped with this issue.
A rather less hectic week than the last saw Kramnik and Shirov share first in the overall standings in the 7th Amber Tournament. News from El Pais says that a WCC press conference announces they will meet in a match in May to decide who will play Kasparov in October although as always the best test of these stories is to see the players sit down and push the first pawn. There may be some politics in play before the match starts.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The "Seventh Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament" was held at the Metropole Palace hotel at the casino square in Monaco, from March 12 until March 27 1998.
There was full internet coverage at:
http://www.tasc.nl/amber7
The players played one rapid game and one blindfold game with reversed colours against the same opponent. An incremental time rate was used.
Vladimir Kramnik and Alexei Shirov shared first place in the overall standings of the 7th Amber tournament. Shirov and Ivanchuk shared first in the rapidplay games part of the event and Kramnik won the blindfold event clearly by a point and a half. Ivanchuk could have taken first place alone in the overall standings had he managed to win against Matthew Sadler in their blindfold game. It was announced that there will be an 8th Amber event in 1999 at the end of the tournament.
In round 10 Alexei Shirov found a novelty 14. Nc5 to beat Matthew Sadler. Karpov, Ivanchuk and Ljubojevic were the other winners. Kramnik and Ivanchuk both won. Kramnik also wrapped up the blindfold event with this victory achieved in smooth style. Piket fell into a trap when better against Ivanchuk. Piket saw he could win Ivanchuk's Queen, but Ivanchuk saw he would emerge with a winning advantage a few moves later.
The final round saw Anand and Kramnik played out two draws, their rapid game being slightly better for Kramnik and the blindfold game saw a big but apparently not decisive advantage to Anand. Ivanchuk also scored one point out of two but he will be disappointed. With black he took a small advantage into the endgame and won. With white in the blindfold game he completely lost the thread and 18. Nd4 caused his position to fall apart. Even a draw would have allowed him to catch Kramnik. As it was Shirov was the main beneficiary of these results as he whitewashed Van Wely 2-0. His win with black in the rapid game was a confusing one, certainly Van Wely looked better but Shirov's tactics on the Kings side eventually paid off. He did not need to try as hard to win with white in the later blindfold game. Karpov's draw against Piket gave him third place alone in the rapid event. Ljubojevic fell at the last hurdle when beaten by Topalov in a fine game.
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Round 10 (1998.03.25)
Shirov, Alexei - Sadler, Matthew 1-0 30 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 49 C54 Italian game
Karpov, Anatoly - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 133 A32 English; 1.c4 c5
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 30 D73 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 36 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Lautier, Joel - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 42 E58 Nimzo indian
Round 11 (1998.03.26)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 23 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Topalov, Veselin - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 35 D43 Semi-Slav
Piket, Jeroen - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 65 A15 English; 1.c4
Sadler, Matthew - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 50 B08 Pirc; Classical
Van Wely, Loek - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 53 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Nikolic, Predrag - Lautier, Joel 1-0 32 D39 Queen's gambit
Monte Carlo MON (MON), III 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 * 1 1 = = 1 1 0 1 1 = = 8.0 2852
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 0 * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2849
3 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 0 1 * 1 1 0 = = = 1 = 1 7.0 2777
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 6.5 2735
5 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2565 = 0 0 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2726
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 0 0 1 = 1 * = 0 = = = = 5.0 2638
7 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 0 = 1 5.0 2635
8 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 1 0 = 0 = 1 = * 0 0 = = 4.5 2624
9 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 * 1 0 1 4.5 2617
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 * 1 1 4.5 2621
11 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 = 0 = = 0 = = = 1 0 * 0 4.0 2581
12 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 3.0 2509
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Amber Blindfold
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Round 10 (1998.03.25)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Lautier, Joel 1-0 46 D39 Queen's gambit
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 56 C42 Petroff defence
Van Wely, Loek - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 35 D37 Queen's gambit
Piket, Jeroen - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 33 E14 Nimzo indian
Nikolic, Predrag - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 58 E63 Kings indian
Sadler, Matthew - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 19 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 11 (1998.03.26)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 67 B31 Sicilian
Shirov, Alexei - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 26 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Sadler, Matthew 0-1 40 A40 Queen's pawn
Lautier, Joel - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 52 A90 Dutch defence
Karpov, Anatoly - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 29 E04 Nimzo indian
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 44 E69 Kings indian
Monte Carlo MON (MON), III 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 * = = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2881
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 = * = 1 = = 1 = = 0 1 1 7.0 2773
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 = = * 0 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2779
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 1 0 1 * 0 1 = = = 1 1 0 6.5 2739
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 0 = 0 1 * 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6.5 2739
6 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 0 = 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2683
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 0 0 0 = 0 1 * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2650
8 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 = = 0 = 1 0 = * = = = 0 4.5 2610
9 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2565 0 = = = 1 0 = = * 0 0 1 4.5 2625
10 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * = 1 4.5 2624
11 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = * 1 3.5 2551
12 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 * 3.0 2507
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Amber Combined Final Standings
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Monte Carlo MON (MON), III 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 ** == 10 1= 11 11 == =0 11 01 1= =1 15.0 2810
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 == ** =0 == 0= =1 11 =1 11 11 =1 =1 15.0 2803
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 01 =1 ** =0 0= 10 1= 11 1= 11 10 11 14.5 2791
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 0= == =1 ** == == 0= == 01 =0 11 11 12.0 2707
5 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 00 1= 1= == ** 01 1= =0 1= == =0 1= 11.5 2689
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 00 =0 01 == 10 ** 10 =1 =1 01 =1 =1 11.5 2688
7 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2565 == 00 0= 1= 0= 01 ** 10 1= =0 11 10 10.5 2676
8 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 =1 =0 00 == =1 =0 01 ** 00 == 1= 01 9.5 2633
9 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 00 00 0= 10 0= =0 0= 11 ** 11 01 1= 9.5 2636
10 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 10 00 00 =1 == 10 =1 == 00 ** 01 == 9.0 2624
11 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 0= =0 01 00 =1 =0 00 0= 10 10 ** 10 7.5 2565
12 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 =0 =0 00 00 0= =0 01 10 0= == 01 ** 6.5 2535
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The World Chess Council has announced its plans for the rest of the year according to an article in El Pais of March 21st (Leontxo García). After Anand's rejection of a part in the plans (see The Week in Chess 174 ) Shirov will take his place after his second place in the Linares tournament. Kramnik and Shirov will play in Cazorla (Jaen), Spain over 10 games in a match starting May 22nd. The winner of this match will play Gary Kasparov in October (starting on the 16th) over 18 games for the World Chess Council title. Luis Rentero, the President of the WCC confirmed these details on March 20th. The final match will be for $1.3m taking place in Seville and Linares with the prize fund being guaranteed by the Junta of Andalucia. Shirov is running into some excellent form at the moment and the only problem may be the same contractual clause that caused Anand to withdraw. My thanks to Mig for his translation of the original material.
The New York Open started on Monday 16th March finishing March 22nd. There were 65 GMs and Michael Atkins covered the event on the internet. Alexander Davies provides a likely correction to Shabalov-Minasian, from last week
The coverage is now finished at the official site. http://w-w-w.com/nyopen/games/games.htm and http://w-w-w.com/nyopen/mayer.htm
Vadim Kaminsky reports on the traditional post-New York Open blitz tournament. Held in the Marshall Chess Club, New York City. The event was won by Israeli GM Ilya Smirin with 12 out of 14. Ahead of German IM Romuld Schmaltz on 11, 3-4. GM's Sergei Tiviakov and Dmitry Gurevich - 10.5. 5. GM Alex Chernin - 10.
Maximiliano Ginzburg won the final tournament of the Clarin Grand Prix circuit. The event ran 7th-17th March 1998.
Villa Gisell ARG (ARG), III 1998 cat. X (2489)
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1 Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2470 * 0 = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 = 7.0 2592
2 Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2555 1 * = = = = = = 1 = = = 6.5 2547
3 Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2515 = = * = 1 = 1 0 = = = 1 6.5 2551
4 Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2515 = = = * = = = = 0 1 = = 5.5 2486
5 Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2475 = = 0 = * = 1 = = = = = 5.5 2490
6 Braga, Fernando m ITA 2465 0 = = = = * = = 1 0 1 = 5.5 2490
7 Hoffman, Alejandro m ARG 2510 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2486
8 Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ITA 2475 = = 1 = = = 0 * 0 = 0 1 5.0 2454
9 Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2460 = 0 = 1 = 0 = 1 * = 0 = 5.0 2455
10 Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2510 0 = = 0 = 1 = = = * = = 5.0 2450
11 Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2455 0 = = = = 0 0 1 1 = * 0 4.5 2426
12 Sorin, Ariel g ARG 2460 = = 0 = = = 0 0 = = 1 * 4.5 2426
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Milan Dezelin reports on the international tournament that has started in Jagodina. A Category 8 event with a gm norm set at 8 points and an, im 7. The event takes place 23rd March - 3rd April 1998. After four rounds there is a three way tie for the lead.
Round 1 (1998.03.23)
Brenjo, Slavisa - Antic, Dejan 1-0 34 B85 Sicilian
Popchev, Milko - Ostojic, Nikola 1-0 83 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Nestorovic, Dejan - Pikula, Dejan 1/2 25 D27 QGA;
Ermenkov, Evgenij - Zontakh, Andrey 1/2 10 E18 Nimzo indian
Novoselski, Zoran - Dimitrov, Vladimir 1/2 43 C15 French; Winawer
Nesic, Nebojsa - Arsovic, Zoran 0-1 27 E95 Kings indian; Classical
Round 2 (1998.03.24)
Brenjo, Slavisa - Nestorovic, Dejan 1/2 43 B40 Sicilian
Antic, Dejan - Zontakh, Andrey 1-0 73 D39 Queen's gambit
Pikula, Dejan - Popchev, Milko 1/2 28 B01 Scandinavian
Dimitrov, Vladimir - Nesic, Nebojsa 1-0 43 B08 Pirc; Classical
Ostojic, Nikola - Novoselski, Zoran 1/2 38 A90 Dutch defence
Arsovic, Zoran - Ermenkov, Evgenij 1/2 42 A40 Queen's pawn
Round 3 (1998.03.25)
Popchev, Milko - Brenjo, Slavisa 1/2 23 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Zontakh, Andrey - Arsovic, Zoran 1-0 34 A00 Irregular
Nestorovic, Dejan - Antic, Dejan 0-1 44 E71 Kings indian
Ermenkov, Evgenij - Dimitrov, Vladimir 1/2 13 D27 QGA;
Novoselski, Zoran - Pikula, Dejan 0-1 65 B40 Sicilian
Nesic, Nebojsa - Ostojic, Nikola 0-1 38 E59 Nimzo indian
Round 4 (1998.03.26)
Brenjo, Slavisa - Novoselski, Zoran 1-0 91 B00 1.e4
Antic, Dejan - Arsovic, Zoran 1-0 41 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Pikula, Dejan - Nesic, Nebojsa 1-0 53 B06 Modern defence
Dimitrov, Vladimir - Zontakh, Andrey 1/2 10 D58 QGD;
Ostojic, Nikola - Ermenkov, Evgenij 1-0 40 A40 Queen's pawn
Nestorovic, Dejan - Popchev, Milko 1/2 29 D15 Slav defence
Jagodina YUG (YUG), III-IV 1998 cat. VIII (2429)
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1 Brenjo, Slavisa m YUG 2450 * 1 . = . . . = . . 1 . 3.0 2611
2 Antic, Dejan m YUG 2460 0 * . . . . 1 1 . 1 . . 3.0 2643
3 Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2440 . . * = . . . = . . 1 1 3.0 2555
4 Popchev, Milko m BUL 2455 = . = * . 1 . = . . . . 2.5 2521
5 Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2450 . . . . * . = . = . = 1 2.5 2506
6 Ostojic, Nikola m YUG 2440 . . . 0 . * . . 1 . = 1 2.5 2483
7 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2545 . 0 . . = . * . = 1 . . 2.0 2455
8 Nestorovic, Dejan m YUG 2375 = 0 = = . . . * . . . . 1.5 2364
9 Ermenkov, Evgenij g BUL 2480 . . . . = 0 = . * = . . 1.5 2379
10 Arsovic, Zoran m YUG 2430 . 0 . . . . 0 . = * . 1 1.5 2343
11 Novoselski, Zoran m YUG 2385 0 . 0 . = = . . . . * . 1.0 2252
12 Nesic, Nebojsa YUG 2235 . . 0 . 0 0 . . . 0 . * 0.0
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The 19th Chess Festival in Bled was held March 21st - 29th 1998. Evgeny Sveshnikov won the event by half a point from Romanishin, Delchev, Sermek and Kozul. There were two swiss opens, a veterans and a junior event. There were IM norms for Primoz Soln, Leon Mazi, Hrvoje Jurkovic, Dinko Brumen and Blazimir Kovacevic.
Full internet coverage at: http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled/
Bled SLO (SLO), III 1998
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1 Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2595 +16 +19 +11 =32 + 3 = 6 + 4 = 2 = 7 7.0 /9 2689
2 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2570 +44 =15 +21 = 6 +32 = 4 +11 = 1 = 3 6.5 /9 2624
3 Delchev, Aleksander m BUL 2545 =25 +48 +20 +14 - 1 +32 = 6 + 9 = 2 6.5 /9 2587
4 Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2510 +17 +23 -14 +27 +24 = 2 - 1 +32 +16 6.5 /9 2591
5 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2585 -20 +58 -27 +60 +17 +23 =16 + 6 +13 6.5 /9 2508
6 Kutuzovic, Branko f CRO 2425 +51 =21 +46 = 2 +23 = 1 = 3 - 5 +11 6.0 /9 2572
7 Pavasovic, Dusko m SLO 2505 =27 =31 +25 -23 +40 +20 =12 +24 = 1 6.0 /9 2490
8 Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2515 +38 =28 =15 -19 +44 =39 +21 +22 = 9 6.0 /9 2526
9 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2485 =34 -46 +49 +50 +15 +19 +14 - 3 = 8 6.0 /9 2489
10 Brumen, Dinko f CRO 2385 +56 -11 -39 +45 -26 +46 +31 +33 +23 6.0 /9 2443
11 Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2455 +43 +10 - 1 +20 =14 +13 - 2 +12 - 6 5.5 /9 2507
12 Jurkovic, Hrvoje f CRO 2380 +52 =29 =24 =18 =28 +40 = 7 -11 +30 5.5 /9 2471
13 Kogan, Artur m ISR 2505 -26 +51 +38 +37 =19 -11 +39 +14 - 5 5.5 /9 2472
14 Mazi, Leon f SLO 2420 +61 +42 + 4 - 3 =11 +27 - 9 -13 +29 5.5 /9 2490
15 Kovacevic, Blazimir f CRO 2395 +62 = 2 = 8 =29 - 9 +35 =26 =18 +32 5.5 /9 2481
16 Soln, Primoz f SLO 2350 - 1 +62 =40 +46 +22 =33 = 5 +19 - 4 5.5 /9 2483
17 Kragelj, Igor f SLO 2310 - 4 +61 =30 =26 - 5 =50 +52 +39 +28 5.5 /9 2439
18 Golubovic, Boris m CRO 2450 =49 +34 =28 =12 =21 =26 =33 =15 =20 5.0 /9 2396
19 Nikolov, Sasho m BUL 2415 +57 - 1 +36 + 8 =13 - 9 =29 -16 +43 5.0 /9 2459
20 Bawart, Markus f AUT 2330 + 5 +40 - 3 -11 +50 - 7 +53 =29 =18 5.0 /9 2468
21 Tratar, Marko m SLO 2420 +35 = 6 - 2 +47 =18 =29 - 8 =43 +40 5.0 /9 2410
22 Stocek, Jiri m CZE 2450 -42 +35 +43 =31 -16 +51 +27 - 8 =24 5.0 /9 2350
23 Loncar, Robert m CRO 2405 +59 - 4 +42 + 7 - 6 - 5 +44 +26 -10 5.0 /9 2426
24 Jelen, Igor m SLO 2430 =47 +49 =12 +53 - 4 =28 +41 - 7 =22 5.0 /9 2396
25 Drei, Andrea f ITA 2320 = 3 =30 - 7 =54 -46 +62 =34 +44 +41 5.0 /9 2374
26 Zorman, Vojko SLO 2305 +13 -32 =47 =17 +10 =18 =15 -23 =33 4.5 /9 2396
27 Medancic, Rikard m CRO 2300 = 7 +45 + 5 - 4 +31 -14 -22 -30 +52 4.5 /9 2391
28 Bukic, Enver g SLO 2385 +41 = 8 =18 =39 =12 =24 -32 +51 -17 4.5 /9 2369
29 Grosar, Aljosa m SLO 2470 +54 =12 =37 =15 =39 =21 =19 =20 -14 4.5 /9 2383
30 Balinov, Ilija BUL 2485 =31 =25 =17 -40 =47 =43 +42 +27 -12 4.5 /9 2280
31 Turner, Jan CZE 2300 =30 = 7 +33 =22 -27 =53 -10 +56 =36 4.5 /9 2385
32 Zaja, Ivan m CRO 2450 +50 +26 +53 = 1 - 2 - 3 +28 - 4 -15 4.5 /9 2432
33 Bogdanov, Valentin m UKR 2445 -40 +57 -31 +43 +48 =16 =18 -10 =26 4.5 /9 2293
34 Kniest, Oliver GER 2300 = 9 -18 =41 -35 +59 =36 =25 +49 =38 4.5 /9 2300
35 Brezovar, Matjaz SLO 2195 -21 -22 +52 +34 =37 -15 -38 +46 +53 4.5 /9 2331
36 Skudnov, Sergej RUS 2395 =45 =47 -19 =51 =58 =34 +46 =41 =31 4.5 /9 2246
37 Osterman, Rudolf f SLO 2400 =48 +60 =29 -13 =35 -41 =40 =42 +51 4.5 /9 2269
38 Samaritani, Fabio ITA 2310 - 8 +52 -13 -48 +60 -42 +35 +47 =34 4.5 /9 2280
39 Hresc, Vladimir m CRO 2425 +58 -53 +10 =28 =29 = 8 -13 -17 =42 4.0 /9 2332
40 Kavcic, Uros SLO 2225 +33 -20 =16 +30 - 7 -12 =37 +53 -21 4.0 /9 2365
41 Peschel, Andreas GER 2145 -28 =44 =34 +55 =53 +37 -24 =36 -25 4.0 /9 2292
42 Kljako, Damir CRO 2225 +22 -14 -23 -44 +62 +38 -30 =37 =39 4.0 /9 2334
43 Srebrnic, Vojko SLO 2235 -11 +54 -22 -33 +45 =30 +48 =21 -19 4.0 /9 2323
44 Podkriznik, Gregor SLO 2330 - 2 =41 =48 +42 - 8 +47 -23 -25 +55 4.0 /9 2257
45 Kolar, Srecko f SLO 2155 =36 -27 =60 -10 -43 +55 -49 +61 +56 4.0 /9 2203
46 Lyell, Mark ENG 2235 =60 + 9 - 6 -16 +25 -10 -36 -35 +59 3.5 /9 2250
47 Grosar, Kiti wm SLO 2225 =24 =36 =26 -21 =30 -44 +54 -38 =50 3.5 /9 2272
48 Praznik, Anton f SLO 2200 =37 - 3 =44 +38 -33 =54 -43 =50 =49 3.5 /9 2252
49 Kostanjsek, Zorko CRO 2225 =18 -24 - 9 -62 =52 +59 +45 -34 =48 3.5 /9 2196
50 Gruskovnjak, Tomislav SLO 2230 -32 +56 +59 - 9 -20 =17 -51 =48 =47 3.5 /9 2202
51 Taggatz, Mario GER 2220 - 6 -13 +56 =36 +54 -22 +50 -28 -37 3.5 /9 2276
52 Senoner, Erich AUT 2115 -12 -38 -35 +56 =49 +61 -17 +57 -27 3.5 /9 2170
53 Ankerst, Mihael SLO 2360 +55 +39 -32 -24 =41 =31 -20 -40 -35 3.0 /9 2163
54 Ilijin, Neboisa m ROM 2270 -29 -43 +57 =25 -51 =48 -47 -55 +61 3.0 /9 2115
55 Ipavec, Petra wf SLO 2100 -53 -59 =62 -41 =61 -45 +60 +54 -44 3.0 /9 2102
56 Skok, Joze SLO 2145 -10 -50 -51 -52 +57 +60 +62 -31 -45 3.0 /9 2098
57 Rezonja, Stefan SLO 2195 -19 -33 -54 =61 -56 +64 =59 -52 +60 3.0 /9 2057
58 Braun, Mathias GER 2220 -39 - 5 +61 +59 =36 . . . . 2.5 /5 2356
59 Alexander, Paco FRA 2180 -23 +55 -50 -58 -34 -49 =57 +64 -46 2.5 /9 1987
60 Feichter, Clemens AUT 2240 =46 -37 =45 - 5 -38 -56 -55 +63 -57 2.0 /9 1943
61 Mali, Slavko SLO 2195 -14 -17 -58 =57 =55 -52 +64 -45 -54 2.0 /9 1901
62 Starc, Christian AUT 2170 -15 -16 =55 +49 -42 -25 -56 . . 1.5 /7 2021
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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. Mirislav Markovic a 25 years old, international master secured both the tournament and a GM norm although he lost his first game in round 14. Damljanovic is clearsecond.
Round 9 (1998.03.22)
Markovic, Miroslav - Kovacevic, Aleksandar 1-0 70 B52 Sicilian
Ilincic, Zlatko - Drasko, Milan 1-0 36 D20 QGA;
Djuric, Stefan - Barlov, Dragan 1/2 50 A31 English; 1.c4 c5
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Popovic, Petar 1/2 45 A42 Queen's pawn
Knezevic, Bojan - Kontic, Djordje 1/2 41 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Tosic, Miroslav - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 1/2 44 A43 Queen's pawn
Pavlovic, Milos - Gligoric, Svetozar 0-1 41 E14 Nimzo indian
Petronic, Jovan - Damljanovic, Branko 0-1 39 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 10 (1998.03.23)
Markovic, Miroslav - Ivanisevic, Ivan 1/2 9 B52 Sicilian
Velimirovic, Dragoljub - Petronic, Jovan 1/2 11 C78 Ruy Lopez
Gligoric, Svetozar - Djuric, Stefan 1-0 57 B38 Sicilian
Drasko, Milan - Knezevic, Bojan 1-0 42 E32 Nimzo indian
Barlov, Dragan - Ilincic, Zlatko 1/2 53 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Kovacevic, Aleksandar - Damljanovic, Branko 0-1 75 B57 Sicilian
Popovic, Petar - Pavlovic, Milos 1/2 41 B18 Caro-Kann
Kontic, Djordje - Tosic, Miroslav 1/2 42 B43 Sicilian
Round 11 (1998.03.25)
Damljanovic, Branko - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 1-0 31 B31 Sicilian
Ilincic, Zlatko - Gligoric, Svetozar 1/2 81 E18 Nimzo indian
Djuric, Stefan - Popovic, Petar 1-0 42 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Kovacevic, Aleksandar 1/2 61 A67 Modern Benoni
Knezevic, Bojan - Barlov, Dragan 1-0 31 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Tosic, Miroslav - Drasko, Milan 0-1 65 D02 Queen's pawn
Pavlovic, Milos - Markovic, Miroslav 0-1 54 E85 Kings indian; Saemisch
Petronic, Jovan - Kontic, Djordje 1-0 47 B06 Modern defence
Round 12 (1998.03.26)
Markovic, Miroslav - Djuric, Stefan 1-0 61 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Gligoric, Svetozar - Knezevic, Bojan 1/2 77 E41 Nimzo indian
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Pavlovic, Milos 1/2 30 E32 Nimzo indian
Drasko, Milan - Petronic, Jovan 1-0 41 E60 Kings indian
Barlov, Dragan - Tosic, Miroslav 1-0 33 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Kovacevic, Aleksandar - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 1/2 13 B38 Sicilian
Popovic, Petar - Ilincic, Zlatko 1/2 37 B85 Sicilian
Kontic, Djordje - Damljanovic, Branko 0-1 40 B25 Sicilian; Closed
Round 13 (1998.03.27)
Damljanovic, Branko - Drasko, Milan 1/2 42 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Velimirovic, Dragoljub - Kontic, Djordje 1-0 0
Ilincic, Zlatko - Markovic, Miroslav 1/2 57 E62 Kings indian
Djuric, Stefan - Ivanisevic, Ivan 1/2 126 D11 Slav defence
Knezevic, Bojan - Popovic, Petar 1-0 41 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Tosic, Miroslav - Gligoric, Svetozar 1/2 91 E12 Nimzo indian
Pavlovic, Milos - Kovacevic, Aleksandar 0-1 32 A65 Modern Benoni
Petronic, Jovan - Barlov, Dragan 0-1 47 B06 Modern defence
Round 14 (1998.03.28)
Markovic, Miroslav - Knezevic, Bojan 0-1 28 B30 Sicilian
Gligoric, Svetozar - Petronic, Jovan 1/2 10 D13 Slav defence
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Ilincic, Zlatko 1-0 35 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Drasko, Milan - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 0-1 41 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Barlov, Dragan - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 10 C96 Ruy Lopez
Kovacevic, Aleksandar - Kontic, Djordje 0-1 34 B49 Sicilian
Popovic, Petar - Tosic, Miroslav 0-1 37 B85 Sicilian
Pavlovic, Milos - Djuric, Stefan 1/2 9 E19 Nimzo indian
Belgrade YUG (YUG), III 1998 cat. IX (2474)
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8 Drasko, Milan g YUG 2515 0=0=0=1*=1=1==1. 7.5 2510
9 Barlov, Dragan g YUG 2490 0=.===0=*0110111 7.5 2497
10 Knezevic, Bojan f YUG 2420 1=0=0=.01*=011== 7.0 2478
11 Kovacevic, Aleksandar m YUG 2515 00==1.==0=*1=1=0 6.5 2438
12 Tosic, Miroslav m YUG 2505 .0==00=0010*111= 6.0 2416
13 Popovic, Petar g YUG 2525 0====0==10=0*=.= 5.5 2391
14 Pavlovic, Milos YUG 2190 0=10.===0000=*=1 5.0 2385
15 Petronic, Jovan m YUG 2450 00==00=00==0.=*1 4.0 2313
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Alain Talon sends news and games from the Belgian Interteams which concluded on March 15th.
Rochade was the runaway winner of the 1st League and Hoboken and Mons were relegated.
-------------------- 1. Rochade 63 -------------------- 2. K.G.S.R.L 55 3. Leuven 47,5 4. Ans 45,5 5. Eupen 44,5 6. Tessenderlo 43,5 7 Jean-Jaurès 41 8. Anderlecht 41 9. K.A.S.K 40 10. C.R.E.B 37 --------------------- 11. Hoboken 35,5 12. Mons 34,5
Last weekend saw the 7th and 8th rounds of the 4NCL The clash of the 7th round was Wood Green v Slough. Slough outrated their opponents on almost every board and just squeaked home 4.5-3.5. Full details and information at the official site. Games from both rounds will be available there shortly aswell as results from the 2nd division.
http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
Division 1
Wood Green Slough
1 w J Emms 2560 ½-½ A J Miles 2595
2 b A Martin 2445 0-1 M Adams 2670
3 w C Ward 2480 ½-½ B Lalic 2545
4 b M Pein 2435 0-1 J Hodgson 2580
5 w K Arakhamia (F) 2440 0-1 P Wells 2530
6 b A Sowray 2350 1-0 A Kosten 2535
7 w A Law 2325 ½-½ A Summerscale 2440
8 b J Poulton 2365 1-0 J Houska (F) 2185
3½-4½
Guildford 1 Barbican 1
1 w A Kinsman 2430 0-1 N Davies 2515
2 b N Povah 2335 0-1 J Plaskett 2445
3 w C Kennaugh 2295 1-0 C Crouch 2410
4 b R Webb 2315 0-1 P Lehtivaara 2370
5 w R Granat 2260 0-1 C Pritchett 2315
6 b M Anderton 2260 0-1 S Dishman 2325
7 w I Thompson 2275 1-0 C Duncan 2290
8 b A Ashby (F) 2115 ½-½ H Lang (F) 2035
2½-5½
B. C. M. South Wales Dragons
1 w M Chandler 2555 1-0 D Cummings 2365
2 b R Bellin 2365 0-1 J Cooper 2335
3 w T Wall 2375 1-0 R Dineley 2270
4 b D Friedgood 2240 0-1 S Zeidler 2255
5 w B Cafferty 2200 ½-½ D James 2255
6 b J Bellin (F) 2175 ½-½ A Spice 2190
7 w D Anderton 2200 1-0 J Saunders 2225
8 b R Edwards 185 ½-½ J Richmond (F) 2175
4½-3½
Invicta Knights 1 North West Eagles
1 w J Speelman 2605 ½-½ J Littlewood 2290
2 b D Kumaran 2505 1-0 G Quillan 2320
3 w N McDonald 2485 0-1 S Clarke 2285
4 b G Flear 2445 ½-½ B Lund 2255
5 w A Ivanov 2440 1-0 D James 2225
6 b A Ledger 2460 1-0 D Tebb 2260
7 w D Gormally 2415 ½-½ R Sheldon (F) 2220
8 b C Flear (F) 2240 0-1 J Merriman 2255
4½-3½
Northumbria Vikings Richmond
1 w G Lawton 2395 0-1 L McShane 2490
2 b N Pert 2320 ½-½ Richard Bates 2430
3 w J Grant 2275 0-1 S Williams 2315
4 b D Ledger 2255 1-0 G Wall 2320
5 w R Pert 2235 0-1 T Hinks-Edwards 2260
6 b S Ledger 2225 0-1 M Franklin 2195
7 w S Dighton 191 0-1 R Phillips 2230
8 b E Ford (F) 138 0-1 Ruth Bates (F) 2060
1½-6½
Bristol 1 Midland Monarchs
1 w S Ansell 2380 ½-½ J Parker 2515
2 b C Baker 2340 0-1 M Turner 2470
3 w G Burgess 2300 0-1 M Ferguson 2410
4 b G Copeland 2330 1-0 A Webster 2420
5 w C Beaumont 2335 1-0 L Cooper 2340
6 b D Collier 2230 0-1 B Kelly 2390
7 w J Rudd 2165 ½-½ M Barnes 2240
8 b M Buckley (F) 2010 0-1 N Regan (F) 2160
3-5
Round 8
Richmond B. C. M.
1 w L McShane 2490 1-0 M Chandler 2555
2 b Richard Bates 2430 ½-½ R Bellin 2365
3 w S Williams 2315 1-0 T Wall 2375
4 b G Wall 2320 1-0 D Friedgood 2240
5 w T Hinks-Edwards 2260 1-0 B Cafferty 2200
6 b M Franklin 2195 ½-½ J Bellin (F) 2175
7 w R Phillips 2230 1-0 D Anderton 2200
8 b Ruth Bates (F) 2060 0-1 R Edwards 185
6-2
Guildford 1 Invicta Knights 1
1 w A Kinsman 2430 0-1 J Speelman 2605
2 b N Povah 2335 ½-½ G Flear 2445
3 w R Webb 2315 ½-½ N McDonald 2485
4 b C Kennaugh 2295 0-1 A Ledger 2460
5 w M Anderton 2260 0-1 A Ivanov 2440
6 b I Thompson 2275 0-1 D Gormally 2415
7 w R James 2110 ½-½ D Farndon 2250
8 b A Ashby (F) 2115 ½-½ C Flear (F) 2240
2-6
Northumbria Vikings Slough
1 w N Pert 2320 0-1 M Adams 2670
2 b G Lawton 2395 0-1 A J Miles 2595
3 w S Ledger 2225 0-1 B Lalic 2545
4 b R Pert 2235 ½-½ P Wells 2530
5 w D Ledger 2255 ½-½ A Kosten 2535
6 b J Grant 2275 0-1 A Summerscale 2440
7 w S Dighton 191 ½-½ S Lalic 2370
8 b E Ford (F) 138 0-1 J Houska (F) 2185
1½-6½
South Wales Dragons Wood Green
1 w J Cooper 2335 ½-½ J Emms 2560
2 b R Dineley 2270 0-1 K Arakhamia (F) 2440
3 w D James 2255 0-1 C Ward 2480
4 b S Zeidler 2255 0-1 M Pein 2435
5 w J Saunders 2225 1-0 P Sowray 2350
6 b A Spice 2190 0-1 J Poulton 2365
7 w J Richmond (F) 2175 ½-½ A Law 2325
8 b A Cast (F) 2120 ½-½ S Jackson (F) 2150
2½-5½
Barbican 1 Bristol 1
1 w N Davies 2515 1-0 S Ansell 2380
2 b J Plaskett 2445 1-0 G Burgess 2300
3 w D Kopec 2390 1-0 G Copeland 2330
4 b P Lehtivaara 2370 0-1 C Beaumont 2335
5 w C Crouch 2410 1-0 D Moskovic 2220
6 b C Duncan 2290 1-0 D Collier 2230
7 w C Pritchett 2315 1-0 J Rudd 2165
8 b H Lang (F) 2035 ½-½ M Buckley (F) 2010
6½-1½
Midland Monarchs North West Eagles
1 w J Parker 2515 1-0 S Clarke 2285
2 b M Turner 2470 1-0 J Littlewood 2290
3 w M Ferguson 2410 ½-½ B Lund 2255
4 b B Kelly 2390 1-0 G Quillan 2320
5 w A Webster 2420 1-0 D Tebb 2260
6 b A Collinson 2400 ½-½ R Sheldon (F) 2220
7 w N Regan (F) 2160 ½-½ J Merriman 2255
8 b M Barnes 2240 0-1 D James 2225
5½-2½
Division One standings after round 8.
P W D L MP GP
MMonarchs 8 7 1 0 15 43.0
Invicta Knights 8 7 0 1 14 41.5
Slough 8 6 0 2 12 39.0
Barbican 8 6 0 2 12 37.5
Richmond 8 5 1 2 11 35.5
Wood Green 8 5 0 3 10 37.0
BCM 8 3 0 5 6 30.0
NWEagles 8 2 1 5 5 30.0
Guildford 8 2 0 6 4 27.0
Northumbria 8 1 2 5 4 19.0
Bristol 8 1 0 7 2 24.0
SWDragons 8 0 1 7 1 20.5
Gerald Schendel sends news of the German Cup Final (both team and individual) held March 20th-22nd 1998. Held in the Hotel Holiday Inn, Walldorf Germany (near Heidelberg).
SG Porz with their team of Lutz, Timman, Vaganian and Stangl defeated Baiertal-Schatthausen in the semi-finals and SG 1868 Aljechin Solingen in the final. The individual event, the Daehne-Cup was won by Sven Telljohann who beat Udo Kaeser.
For a full report and photos in German there is a web site for the event at:
Results
Teams
Semifinals
SG 1868 Aljechin Solingen - SV Empor Berlin 3.5:0.5
GM Gabriel - IM Volke 1/2
GM Dr. Huebner - IM Poldauf 1-0
GM Bischoff - FM Apel 1-0
IM Reeh - Meissner H.J. 1-0
SF 1982 Baiertal-Schatthausen - SG Porz 1:3
FM Panzalovic - GM Lutz 1/2
IM Schlindwein - GM Timman 0-1
Schmidt-Schaeffer - GM Vaganian 0-1
FM Doettling - GM Stangl 1/2
Match for 3rd-4th place
SV Empor Berlin - SF Baiertal-Schatthausen 1.5:2.5
IM Volke - FM Panzalovic 1-0
IM Poldauf - IM Schlinwein 0-1
FM Apel - FM Doettling 1/2
Meissner H.J.- Schmidt-Schaeffer 0-1
Final:
SG Porz - SG 1868 Aljechin Solingen 2.5:1.5
GM Lutz - GM Gabriel 1/2
GM Timman - GM Dr.Huebner 1/2
GM Vaganian - GM Bischoff 1-0
GM Stangl - IM Reeh 1/2
II Individual (Daehne-Cup)
Quarter final:
FM Peters A. (Sachsen) - FM Vatter H.J. (Baden) 1-0
FM Gietl T. (Bayern) - Kaeser U. (Nordrhein-Westfalen) 0-1
IM Telljohann S. (Nordrhein-Westfalen) - Koeller O. (Hessen) 1/2 (Blitz 2-0)
Lorenzen S. (Schleswig-Holstein) - IM Liebert H. (Sachsen-Anhalt) 0-1
Semifinals
IM Liebert - IM Telljohann 1/2 (Blitz 0-2)
Kaeser - FM Peters 1/2 (Blitz 2-1)
Final: Kaeser - IM Telljohann 1/2 (Blitz 0-2)
The German Bundesliga rounds 12-13 were also held this weekend. Gerald Schendel sends news of the German Bundesliga. Original source and fuller information:
http://members.aol.com/schachbl/BED/bl12ef.htm
Bundesliga Round 12 Castrop Rauxel 6 - 2 SVg Plettenberg SG Bochum 1½-6½ Solinger SG USG Chemnitz 4 - 4 SCA St. Ingbert Dresdner SC 6 - 2 SK Fr.Zaehringen Hamburger SK 5 - 3 PSV Duisburg SV Werder Bremen 1½-6½ SG Koeln Porz SV Empor Berlin 1½-6½ SV Erfurt West SFR Neukoelln 2½-5½ SK Passau Detailed results: Castrop Rauxel 6 - 2 SVg Plettenberg 1 Rozentalis ½ : ½ Kupreichik 2 2 Sterren 1 : 0 Dydyshko 3 3 Conquest 1 : 0 Baumegger 5 6 Hoffmann 1 : 0 Luecke 6 8 Appel 0 : 1 Schroll 7 10 Brendel 1 : 0 Thiel 8 11 Hennig ½ : ½ Oswald 11 13 Hermesmann 1 : 0 Schlecht 13 SG Bochum 1½-6½ Solinger SG 4 Keitlinghaus ½ : ½ Adams 1 5 Reschke 0 : 1 Jussupow 2 6 Schmittdiel 0 : 1 Sadler 3 8 Ellers ½ : ½ Gabriel 6 9 Backwinkel 0 : 1 Huebner 7 11 Buenermann ½ : ½ Chandler 8 12 Kitte 0 : 1 Bischoff 9 13 De Gleria 0 : 1 Lau 10 USG Chemnitz 4 - 4 SCA St. Ingbert 1 Womacka 1 : 0 Dautov 1 2 Roesch ½ : ½ Bauer 3 3 Kunze 0 : 1 Degraeve 4 4 Lorenz ½ : ½ Kachiani-Gersinska 6 5 Kyas ½ : ½ Werner 7 8 Ahner ½ : ½ Becker 9 9 Helbig,J ½ : ½ Gross 10 13 Sobeck ½ : ½ Kummerow 11 Dresdner SC 6 - 2 SK Fr.Zaehringen 2 Almasi ½ : ½ Baklan 4 3 Bologan 1 : 0 Roos,D 5 5 Boensch 1 : 0 Maier 7 6 Tischbierek 1 : 0 Gruenenwald 10 7 Uhlmann 1 : 0 Roos,J 11 8 Maiwald ½ : ½ Schuh 12 9 Borriss 0 : 1 Herbrechtsmeier 13 11 Gauglitz 1 : 0 Vatter 14 Hamburger SK 5 - 3 PSV Duisburg 1 Ftacnik ½ : ½ Eingorn 1 2 Wahls ½ : ½ Lerner 4 4 Mueller 1 : 0 Enders 5 5 Heinemann 1 : 0 Kraut 6 7 Michaelsen 0 : 1 Thesing 8 8 Wilhelmi 1 : 0 Pirrot 9 9 Loeffler 0 : 1 Zude 10 11 Gustafsson 1 : 0 Schmitz 12 SV Werder Bremen 1½-6½ SG Koeln Porz 1 Hracek ½ : ½ Lutz 1 2 Kindermann 0 : 1 Wely 2 3 Knaak 0 : 1 Khalifman 3 4 Babula 0 : 1 Vaganian 6 5 Meins 1 : 0 Nijboer 7 6 Heissler 0 : 1 Hansen 8 10 Floegel 0 : 1 Stangl 9 13 Forchert 0 : 1 Vogt 10 SV Empor Berlin 1½-6½ SV Erfurt West 4 Poldauf 0 : 1 McShane 1 5 Volke ½ : ½ Votava 2 6 Hetey ½ : ½ Casper 3 7 Thinius 0 : 1 Kuczynski 4 8 Richter 0 : 1 Mueller 5 10 Apel 0 : 1 Renner 6 12 Kleeschaetzky ½ : ½ Troyke 7 14 Kimpinsky 0 : 1 Voekler 14 SFR Neukoelln 2½-5½ SK Passau 1 Movsesian 0 : 1 Schlosser 2 2 Stohl ½ : ½ Ribli 3 4 Hellsten ½ : ½ Smejkal 4 6 Bunzmann ½ : ½ Wells 5 7 Schoene 0 : 1 Pichler 6 8 Berndt 0 : 1 Klebel 7 9 Thiede 0 : 1 Schmidt 8 11 Rudolf 1 : 0 Goetz 11 Bundesliga Round 13 SK Fr.Zaehringen 4½-3½ USG Chemnitz SCA St. Ingbert 3½-4½ Dresdner SC SG Koeln Porz 4½-3½ Hamburger SK PSV Duisburg 4 - 4 SV Werder Bremen SK Passau 4½-3½ SV Empor Berlin SV Erfurt West 4 - 4 SFR Neukoelln Solinger SG 7 - 1 Castrop Rauxel SVg Plettenberg 4 - 4 SG Bochum Detailed results SK Fr.Zaehringen 4½-3½ USG Chemnitz 4 Baklan 1 : 0 Womacka 1 5 Roos,D ½ : ½ Roesch 2 7 Maier ½ : ½ Kunze 3 10 Gruenenwald 0 : 1 Lorenz 4 11 Roos,J 1 : 0 Kyas 5 12 Schuh ½ : ½ Ahner 8 13 Herbrechtsmeier ½ : ½ Helbig,J 9 14 Vatter ½ : ½ Sobeck 13 SCA St. Ingbert 3½-4½ Dresdner SC 1 Dautov ½ : ½ Almasi 2 3 Bauer 0 : 1 Bologan 3 4 Degraeve ½ : ½ Boensch 5 6 Kachiani-Gersinska ½ : ½ Tischbierek 6 7 Werner 0 : 1 Uhlmann 7 9 Becker ½ : ½ Maiwald 8 10 Gross ½ : ½ Borriss 9 11 Kummerow 1 : 0 Gauglitz 11 SG Koeln Porz 4½-3½ Hamburger SK 1 Lutz ½ : ½ Ftacnik 1 2 Wely ½ : ½ Wahls 2 3 Khalifman ½ : ½ Mueller 4 6 Vaganian ½ : ½ Heinemann 5 7 Nijboer 0 : 1 Michaelsen 7 8 Hansen 1 : 0 Wilhelmi 8 9 Stangl 1 : 0 Loeffler 9 10 Vogt ½ : ½ Gustafsson 11 PSV Duisburg 4 - 4 SV Werder Bremen 1 Eingorn 0 : 1 Hracek 1 4 Lerner ½ : ½ Kindermann 2 5 Enders 1 : 0 Knaak 3 6 Kraut ½ : ½ Babula 4 8 Thesing 0 : 1 Meins 5 9 Pirrot 1 : 0 Heissler 6 10 Zude ½ : ½ Floegel 10 12 Schmitz ½ : ½ Forchert 13 SK Passau 4½-3½ SV Empor Berlin 2 Schlosser ½ : ½ Poldauf 4 3 Ribli 1 : 0 Volke 5 4 Smejkal 1 : 0 Hetey 6 5 Wells ½ : ½ Thinius 7 6 Pichler 0 : 1 Richter 8 7 Klebel 0 : 1 Apel 10 8 Schmidt ½ : ½ Kleeschaetzky 12 9 Schlingensiepen 1 : 0 Kimpinsky 14 SV Erfurt West 4 - 4 SFR Neukoelln 1 McShane 1 : 0 Movsesian 1 2 Votava ½ : ½ Stohl 2 3 Casper 1 : 0 Hellsten 4 4 Kuczynski 1 : 0 Polzin 5 5 Mueller 0 : 1 Bunzmann 6 6 Renner 0 : 1 Schoene 7 8 Fuhrmann 0 : 1 Berndt 8 14 Voekler ½ : ½ Thiede 9 Solinger SG 7 - 1 Castrop Rauxel 1 Adams 1 : 0 Rozentalis 1 2 Jussupow 1 : 0 Sterren 2 3 Sadler ½ : ½ Conquest 3 6 Gabriel 1 : 0 Hoffmann 6 7 Huebner 1 : 0 Watson 7 8 Chandler ½ : ½ Appel 8 9 Bischoff 1 : 0 Brendel 10 10 Lau 1 : 0 Hennig 11 SVg Plettenberg 4 - 4 SG Bochum 2 Kupreichik ½ : ½ Keitlinghaus 4 3 Dydyshko 1 : 0 Reschke 5 4 Danner 0 : 1 Schmittdiel 6 5 Baumegger 1 : 0 Ellers 8 6 Luecke ½ : ½ Backwinkel 9 7 Schroll ½ : ½ Buenermann 11 8 Thiel ½ : ½ Kitte 12 11 Oswald 0 : 1 De Gleria 13 Standings: 1. SG Koeln Porz 13 72 :32 25- 1 2. Solinger SG 13 73 :31 23- 3 3. Hamburger SK 13 56½:47½ 16-10 4. SCA St. Ingbert 13 56 :48 16-10 5. Dresdner SC 13 56 :48 16-10 6. SG Bochum 13 52 :52 16-10 7. SK Passau 13 55 :49 15-11 8. SV Werder Bremen 13 54 :50 15-11 9. Castrop Rauxel 13 54½:49½ 14-12 10. SV Erfurt West 13 52½:51½ 12-14 11. PSV Duisburg 13 52 :52 12-14 12. SFR Neukoelln 13 49 :55 11-15 13. SK Fr.Zaehringen 13 44½:59½ 8-18 14. SVg Plettenberg 13 40½:63½ 7-19 15. SV Empor Berlin 13 37 :67 1-25 16. USG Chemnitz 13 27½:76½ 1-25
The PCA World Rankings are now being prepared for the World Chess Council.
Produced by the World Chess Councel Luis Rentero Suarez, Linares Ken Thompson, New Jersey Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow Results up to April 1,1998.
The top 10 in the list also coincides very strongly with the FIDE intermediate rating list for March (it is not used officially it is simply the calculations they have made so far which will be included in the July 98 list) and sees Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik and Shirov as the top four players in the World in both lists and only the rating of Karpov showing significant difference (he is lower on the PCA list)
FIDE Ratings for March 1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2825 12 - 9.40 2815.60 2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 45 19.70 2789.70 3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 28 -11.20 2778.80 4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 33 21.20 2731.20 5 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 19 -10.00 2725.00 6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 14 -15.20 2724.80 7 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2720 0 0.00 2720.00 8 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 21 16.70 2706.70 9 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 27 -38.80 2701.20 10 Adams, Michael g ENG 2670 27 24.00 2694.00
PCA Ranking for April 1st 1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2808 143 2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2775 158 3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2756 153 4. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2708 189 5. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2705 174 6. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181 7. Svidler,Peter RUS 2699 173 8. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2687 151 9. Adams,Michael ENG 2681 167 10. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2673 187 11. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2666 158 12. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2661 125 13. Short,Nigel D ENG 2659 185 14. Leko,Peter HUN 2658 142 15. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2653 163 16. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2648 182 17. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2645 183 18. Salov,Valery RUS 2645 188 19. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2641 154 20. Lautier,Joel FRA 2639 181 21. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2637 177 22. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2635 180 23. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2635 171 24. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2634 130 25. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2633 160 26. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2633 155 27. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2632 171 28. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2629 188 29. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2626 143 30. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2626 136 31. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2626 160 32. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2624 212 33. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2622 150 34. Adianto,Utut INA 2620 179 35. Timman,Jan H NED 2617 182 36. Oll,Lembit EST 2615 146 37. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163 38. Milov,Vadim SUI 2611 193 39. Yusupov,Artur GER 2609 142 40. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2607 196 41. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2606 142 42. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2606 161 43. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2605 156 44. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2605 207 45. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188 46. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2603 165 47. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186 48. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2602 171 49. Filippov,Valerij RUS 2601 191 50. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2597 176 51. Korneev,Oleg RUS 2597 159 52. Polgar,Zsuzsa (GM) HUN 2592 176 53. Rohde,Michael A USA 2589 190 54. Chernin,Alexander HUN 2589 144 55. Tkachev,Vladislav KAZ 2588 151 56. Lputian,Smbat G ARM 2586 182 57. Huzman,Alexander ISR 2586 153 58. Dolmatov,Sergey RUS 2586 125 59. Kaidanov,Grigory S USA 2585 180 60. Piket,Jeroen NED 2583 178
León, a beautiful town in the North of Spain will this year not only host the Kasparov-Topalov Match, but the 2nd International Open as well. The 9rd- event is FIDE-rated and will take place from July 15th -24th. There will be an additional touristic program for foreign players. The organisation will organise bus transport directly from Madrid-Airport to León. July 19th is a rest day. Players can take part in a strong active chess- tournament.
Prizes: Ptas. 850.000,-, 1st prize Ptas. 175.000,- 20 prizes in total.
Entry Fee: Ptas. 4.500,-
More Information:
(Spanish/English)
GM Alfonso Romero Holmes
Phone/Fax: 0034-87-227013
e-Mail: aromero@net64.es
(German/Dutch/English)
Juergen Daniel Phone:
0049-2153-912794
Fax: 0049-2153-912795
e-Mail: juergendaniel@compuserve.com
homepage: http://www.schach-daniel.com/leon.html
Jorge Vega the technical director of the Mexican Chess Federation sends news of this international event which starts on April 7th 1998 in Mexico City. The event is a Swiss Open with Grandmasters Sergei Kudrin, Pavel Blatny, Oleg Komarov, Gildardo Garcia, Reynaldo Vera and Gilberto Hernandez have confirmed their participation as well as 21 IMs.