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1) Introduction
2) WCC Candidates Final, Kramnik vs Shirov
3) Madrid 1998
4) President's Cup Elista
5) Loek Van Wely beats Jan Timman in overtime.
6) XXXIII Capablanca Memorial
7) 2nd Salsomaggiore Terme Open
8) Israel at 50 Jubilee Chess event
9) Chess Oscars 1997
10) London Chess Center
Games section
WCC Candidates Final 2 games Madrid 15 games Simul game 1 game President's Cup, Elista 16 games Van Wely - Timman 4 games Capablanca Memorial 325 games Open Salsomaggiore Terme Italy 99 games Kasparov vs Israel 8 games
My thanks to the press room at Carzola, Net64, Shahcom, Francisco Acosta, Carlo Mazzoni, ICC, 64-Chess Review and all those who helped with this issue.
The WCC Match between Kramnik and Shirov got off to a slow start in Cazorla, Spain on May 23rd. However this promises to be one of the most tense and well contested matches in many years. The early games seem to show they have done a lot of preparation, expect the match to take off soon.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Cazorla (Jaen), Spain is the venue for the ten game match between Alexei Shirov and Vladimir Kramnik. Under the auspices of the World Chess Council (WCC) an organisation whose current purpose is to provide a strong challenger to Garry Kasparov in October. Originally the plan was to have Anand and Kramnik play but Anand declined to play. Alexei Shirov whose play in 1998 has been the best and most consistant of his career was invited instead. The loser of the match will receive $200,000 (31 million pesatas) and the winner will play Kasparov for a share of $1.9m (295 million pesatas). They will play groups of two games then a rest day throughout the match. If the match is drawn there will be rapidplay games on June 8th to decide the result.
Both players have prepared hard for the match. Shirov has prepared in Latvia and Spain for the last two months combining chess study and physical fitness for eight hours a day. The head of his analysis team is Valery Salov. There were some problems with the lighting and seating arrangements at the start of the match but these seem to have been resolved. The bizarre decision not to have any live internet coverage is inexplicable. Expense is not an excuse as it is possible to put together such a service very cheaply if you just report the moves.
Game one was not an especially thrilling contest. An Exchange Grunfeld in which Kramnik that followed the gameAhlander-Hellers, Malmoe (Sweden), 1994. 18. Bf4 instead of 18. Be3 was the new move but not really a surprise for Shirov. A few moves later, after concluding there was no prospect of any advantage Kramnik steered for a draw which was accepted on move 25.
Game two was also a pretty short draw. The Petroff Defence has the reputation of being rather solid and Kramnik cannot have been displeased with the perpetual check that arrived on move 23.
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 25 D89 Gruenfeld indian
Shirov, Alexei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 23 C43 Petroff defence
Cazorla ESP (ESP), V-VI 1998
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Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 = = . . . . . . . . 1.0 2710
Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 = = . . . . . . . . 1.0 2790
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The Category 17 Madrid tournament with Anand, Svidler, Adams, Beliavsky, Leko, Krasenkow, Yermolinsky, Granda, Illescas, San Segundo started Monday 11th May 1998 and ran until May 22nd. The event was won by Viswanathan Anand by a full point from Peter Svidler.
Internet coverage at: http://www.ajedrezfma.es/
http://chess.net64.es/madrid98/
Round 7
Peter Svidler without really giving the impression of playing his best moved within half a point of the leader Viswanathan Anand. Svidler beat Granda Zuniga in a complex game where he gained a significant advantage before allowing Granda a freeing combination. The game is too complex to reach a definitive conclusion but Granda Zuniga went under in the complex position that followed. Yermolinsky played the Nunn Giuoco Piano where solidity is the name of the game. In spite of getting a rather strange pawn structure in the center Yermolinsky got the draw he was aiming for fairly easily. San Segundo got a nice position from which to offer a draw to Leko. Adams and Beliavksy ended up in a bishops of opposite colours ending and careful play made the draw certain. Illescas vs Krasenkow was a game that ended in a complex ending that was probably drawn.
Round 8
Viswanathan Anand guaranteed a share of first after his win against Granda Zuniga in round 8. He felt black's whole opening idea of Bd6 combined with c6 was bad and used less than an hour to prove it to Granda Zuniga.Peter Svidler drew against Michael Adams in a lively struggle which ended in a draw. Pablo San Segundo beat Beliavsky in a Slav defence when he beat off an attack leaving Beliavsky nothing to do but resign. Leko-Illescas was a theoretical duel which probably carried on until move 18 with home preparation. Some precise play saw a draw.
Round 9
The final round saw the clash Svidler vs Anand. Svidler could catch Anand if he won. The game ended in a draw but the Indian believed that it was the only game where he was in trouble in the event. Svidler could have kept the pressure on by 22. Rc5 Ne5 23. Rdd5 according to analysis after the game, nevertheless this result allowed Svidler to finish clear second. As it was the position became sterile and a draw natural. All the games of the final round were drawn. Perhaps the most important result was the draw obtained by Pablo San Segundo against Michael Adams. This gave him joint 3rd place with +2 -1 =6 and a performance of over 2700 for the event. Peter Leko also finished on +1 which consisted of 8 draws and a win. Whilst Illescas will be reasonably pleased to finish on 50%, Michael Adams was slightly disappointing as his recent performances suggested he was playing to around 2700 strength. Beliavsky and Granda Zuniga had very poor tournaments where they never really got going.
The rest day on Monday 18th saw a simultaneous exhibition given by Miguel Illescas against 25 players, such as industralists of Madrid, directors of ONCE, players of the FMA, etc. The final result of the simultaneous one was +20 = 5.
[Some news and information from Luis Blasco de la Cruz and El Pais's chess column written by Leontxo Garcia]
Round 7 (1998.05.19)
San Segundo, Pablo - Leko, Peter 1/2 32 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 48 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Yermolinsky, Alex - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 27 C54 Italian game
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Adams, Michael 1/2 44 E04 Nimzo indian
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Svidler, Peter 0-1 54 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Round 8 (1998.05.20)
Anand, Viswanathan - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 1-0 39 E15 Nimzo indian
Leko, Peter - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 34 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Krasenkow, Michal - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 41 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Adams, Michael - Svidler, Peter 1/2 52 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Beliavsky, Alexander G - San Segundo, Pablo 0-1 25 D15 Slav defence
Round 9 (1998.05.22)
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 23 B12 Caro-Kann
San Segundo, Pablo - Adams, Michael 1/2 36 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 41 E05 Nimzo indian
Yermolinsky, Alex - Leko, Peter 1/2 36 B12 Caro-Kann
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 66 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Madrid ESP (ESP), V 1998 cat. XVII (2655)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 * = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2807
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 = * = = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2730
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2670 = = * = = = = = 1 = 5.0 2695
4 San Segundo, Pablo g ESP 2505 = = = * 0 = = 1 1 = 5.0 2714
5 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2660 0 = = 1 * = = = = = 4.5 2653
6 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2600 0 = = = = * = 1 = = 4.5 2660
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2670 0 = = = = = * = = 1 4.5 2652
8 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2660 = = = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 4.0 2610
9 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2690 = 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 3.0 2525
10 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2630 0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 * 2.5 2491
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The final of the President's Cup in Elista was won by Vassily Ivanchuk. Playing some of the most creative chess in the event as a whole he beat Alexander Khalifman in the final. Both needed 2 playoff games against their opponents (Bareev and Dreev respectively) in the semi-finals to get there.
In the four game 3rd-4th playoff between Bareev and Dreev there were four draws in the normal timerate games and then five decisive playoff games.
Note the error in the games section that Ivanchuk won both his games against Ehlvest in the first round, this has now been altered in the pgn files for the event.
There is internet coverage on the Russian Chess Pages: http://www.ruschess.com/
Round 5
Final
Ivanchuk, Vassily * - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 0-1 1-0 1/2
3rd-4th playoff
Bareev, Evgeny * - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2
Playoff
0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0
Jan Timman and Loek Van Wely are played a 10 game match in Breda, Netherlands. The STEIJSIGER TWEEKAMP was a match which sets the current top two Dutch players against each other. The event runs May 6th - 19th.
After 10 games the match was drawn, Timman twice being two games down. The playoffs were also hard fought with wins shared in the first two games before Van Wely won the third and then held the fourth to take the match.
Breda NED (NED), V 1998
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Timman, Jan H g NED 2635 = 0 0 1 0 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2605
Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 = 1 1 0 1 0 = 0 = = 5.0 2635
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Playoffs g/30 games
Van Wely, Loek - Timman, Jan H 1-0 37 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Timman, Jan H - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 63 A45 Queen's pawn
Van Wely, Loek - Timman, Jan H 1-0 36 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Timman, Jan H - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 45 B50 Sicilian
Breda NED (NED), V 1998
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Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 1 0 1 = 2.5 2730
Timman, Jan H g NED 2635 0 1 0 = 1.5 2518
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The XXXIII Capablanca Memorial Tournament ran May 7th-22nd in Havana, Cuba. There were four tournaments, an Elite, a Premier and two Master events. My thanks to Francisco Acosta for his hard work in getting the games and results out. Robert Hubner, Ivan Morovic and Yaacov Zilberman are finished on 7/11 with Huebner having the superior tie-break.
Internet coverage at: http://www2.ceniai.inf.cu//capablanca/
Final results
Round 8 (1998.05.17)
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Bischoff, Klaus 1/2 42 E16 Nimzo indian
Miles, Anthony J - Vera, Reynaldo 1-0 53 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 13 C92 Ruy Lopez
Agdestein, Simen - Zilberman, Yaacov 0-1 42 D25 QGA;
Nogueiras, Jesus - Arencibia, Walter 1/2 11 E11 Bogo indian
Borges Mateos, Juan - Huebner, Robert 1/2 49 E15 Nimzo indian
Round 9 (1998.05.19)
Huebner, Robert - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 17 C69 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Zilberman, Yaacov - Miles, Anthony J 1/2 29 D10 Slav defence
Arencibia, Walter - Becerra Rivero, Julio 1/2 7 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Bacrot, Etienne - Borges Mateos, Juan 1/2 43 A80 Dutch defence
Bischoff, Klaus - Agdestein, Simen 1/2 20 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Vera, Reynaldo - Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 21 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 10 (1998.05.20)
Huebner, Robert - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 48 A47 Queen's pawn
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Agdestein, Simen 1/2 68 E15 Nimzo indian
Miles, Anthony J - Bischoff, Klaus 1-0 44 E21 Nimzo indian
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Vera, Reynaldo 1-0 37 B99 Sicilian; Najdorf
Nogueiras, Jesus - Zilberman, Yaacov 1/2 33 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Borges Mateos, Juan - Arencibia, Walter 0-1 32 A40 Queen's pawn
Round 11 (1998.05.22)
Zilberman, Yaacov - Becerra Rivero, Julio 1-0 75 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Arencibia, Walter - Huebner, Robert 0-1 52 E12 Nimzo indian
Bacrot, Etienne - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 0-1 40 D17 Slav defence
Bischoff, Klaus - Nogueiras, Jesus 1-0 40 A11 English; 1.c4
Agdestein, Simen - Miles, Anthony J 1/2 12 A88 Dutch defence
Vera, Reynaldo - Borges Mateos, Juan 1-0 56 D10 Slav defence
Havana CUB (CUB), V 1998 cat. XII (2544)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Huebner, Robert g GER 2560 * = = 1 1 1 = = = 0 = 1 7.0 2644
2 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2600 = * 1 = = 1 1 = = = = = 7.0 2640
3 Zilberman, Yaacov m ISR 2555 = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 1 = = = 7.0 2644
4 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2595 0 = = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2604
5 Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2465 0 = 0 = * = = 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2615
6 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2535 0 0 = 1 = * = = = = 1 = 5.5 2544
7 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2565 = 0 0 = = = * 1 0 1 = = 5.0 2505
8 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2545 = = 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 5.0 2507
9 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2570 = = 0 = 0 = 1 = * = 0 = 4.5 2476
10 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2520 1 = = 0 0 = 0 0 = * = = 4.0 2443
11 Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2480 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 1 = * 0 4.0 2447
12 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2535 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 = = 1 * 4.0 2442
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Premier Event
Havana CUB (CUB), V 1998 cat. VIII (2447)
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1 Franco, Zenon g ESP 2465 * = = = = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 7.5 2540
2 Teske, Henrik g GER 2475 = * 1 = = = 0 = 1 1 = = = 7.0 2501
3 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2455 = 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 = 0 7.0 2502
4 De la Riva, Oscar m ESP 2495 = = = * = = 1 = 0 = 0 1 1 6.5 2471
5 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2415 = = 0 = * 0 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2478
6 Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2425 = = = = 1 * = = = = = 0 = 6.0 2448
7 Herrera, Irisberto m CUB 2445 0 1 0 0 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2446
8 Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto m CUB 2465 = = 0 = = = 1 * = = = 0 = 5.5 2416
9 Vazquez, Renier CUB 2405 0 0 = 1 1 = = = * = = = 0 5.5 2421
10 Perez, Rodney m CUB 2395 = 0 = = = = 0 = = * = 1 = 5.5 2421
11 Abreu, Arian m CUB 2410 = = 0 1 0 = 0 = = = * = = 5.0 2392
12 Siegel, Georg m GER 2540 = = = 0 0 1 0 1 = 0 = * = 5.0 2381
13 Rivera, Alberto m CUB 2415 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 = 1 = = = * 5.0 2392
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JL Vilela withdrew after 4 rounds and the results of his games
were cancelled.
Masters I
Havana CUB (CUB), V 1998 cat. V (2351)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Dominguez, Lenier CUB 2215 * = 1 = = 1 = = = = 1 1 = 1 9.0 2502
2 Sieiro-Gonzalez, Luis m CUB 2390 = * = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2489
3 De la Paz, Frank f CUB 2325 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 9.0 2494
4 Cabrera, Alexis f CUB 2415 = = = * 1 1 = = 1 1 1 0 0 1 8.5 2456
5 Bruzon, Lazaro CUB 2325 = = = 0 * = 1 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 8.0 2440
6 Baron Rodriguez, Jesus ESP 2350 0 = = 0 = * = 1 = 0 = = 1 = 6.0 2322
7 Pupo, Emilio m CUB 2405 = = 0 = 0 = * 0 1 = = 1 = = 6.0 2318
8 Gomez, Felix f CUB 2335 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 1 = 1 = 0 6.0 2323
9 Valdes, Luis E f CUB 2405 = = = 0 0 = 0 0 * = 1 1 = = 5.5 2290
10 Hernandez, Gustavo m DOM 2335 = = 0 0 = 1 = 0 = * = 0 = = 5.0 2265
11 Teran Alvarez, Ismael f ESP 2375 0 0 = 0 1 = = = 0 = * 0 1 = 5.0 2262
12 Lipnowski, Irvin f CAN 2335 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 * = 1 5.0 2265
13 Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2345 = 0 0 1 = 0 = = = = 0 = * 0 4.5 2241
14 Clavijo, Jorge COL 2365 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = = = 0 1 * 4.5 2240
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Masters II
Havana CUB (CUB), V 1998 cat. I (2274)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Araque, Rafael COL 2345 * = = = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 9.0 2409
2 Andonovski, Ljubisa f FRM 2395 = * 1 0 = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2374
3 Ramon, Vivian wm CUB 2325 = 0 * = = = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 8.5 2379
4 Gutierrez, Jose A m COL 2275 = 1 = * 1 = = = = 1 = 0 = 1 8.0 2360
5 Elissalt Cardenas, Hector m CUB 2405 0 = = 0 * 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2292
6 Segal, Alexandru Sorin m BRA 2330 = = = = 1 * = = 0 = 0 = = 1 6.5 2269
7 Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2175 = = 0 = 1 = * = = 0 1 0 = = 6.0 2252
8 Arribas, Maritza wm CUB 2305 = = 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 = = 0 = 6.0 2242
9 Pina, Sulennis wm CUB 2185 = 0 = = 0 1 = 0 * 0 = 1 1 = 6.0 2251
10 Montalvo, Alejandro PUR 2255 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 0 1 * = = 0 1 6.0 2246
11 Delgado Crespo, Mairelys wm CUB 2275 0 0 = = 0 1 0 = = = * = 1 1 6.0 2244
12 De Armas, Asela wm CUB 2155 0 = = 1 0 = 1 = 0 = = * 0 = 5.5 2225
13 Calzetta, Monica m ESP 2175 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 1 0 1 * 1 5.5 2224
14 Fandino, Roquelina wf CUB 2230 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 * 2.5 2025
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The venue was the 'Palace of Congress' in Salsomaggiore Terme, which is also the venue for the Miss Italy competition every September. Farago won his first four games and then drew with Mitkov and Efimov in the final two rounds to coast to victory. There were 31 players and six GMs in the Open group and many more in the subsiduary tournaments. Carlo Mazzoni sends the details of the final results and games.
2nd Salsomaggiore Terme Open
May 14-17 1998
Salsomaggiore 1998
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Farago,Ivan AUT GM 2475 -1 +1 -1 +1 -½ +½ 5.0/6
21 11 23 7 3 2
2 Efimov,Igor ITA GM 2515 -½ +1 -1 +½ -1 -½ 4.5/6
30 6 17 4 7 1
3 Mitkov,Nicola FRM GM 2500 +1 -1 +0 -1 +½ -1 4.5/6
19 15 7 13 1 12
4 Komljenovic,Davor CRO GM 2425 +1 -½ +1 -½ +1 -½ 4.5/6
24 9 8 2 20 6
5 Rogers,Ian AUT GM 2570 +1 -½ +0 -1 +1 +1 4.5/6
25 12 9 21 15 8
6 Vezzosi,Paolo ITA FM 2300 +1 -0 +1 +1 -1 +½ 4.5/6
32 2 29 23 10 4
7 Kovacevic,Slobodan YUG IM 2420 -1 +1 -1 -0 +0 +1 4.0/6
18 14 3 1 2 20
8 Zlochevskij,Alexander RUS GM 2435 -½ +1 -0 +1 +1 -0 3.5/6
17 30 4 14 9 5
9 De Santis,Alessio ITA FM 2342 -1 +½ -1 +½ -0 +½ 3.5/6
33 4 5 10 8 11
10 Golubovic,Boris CRO IM 2450 +½ -1 +1 -½ +0 -½ 3.5/6
16 34 12 9 6 13
11 Jurkovic,Hrvoje CRO FM 2380 +1 -0 +½ -½ +1 -½ 3.5/6
29 1 21 16 24 9
12 Mrdja,Milan CRO IM 2380 -1 +½ -0 +1 -1 +0 3.5/6
31 5 10 30 23 3
13 Caposciutti,Maurizio ITA FM 2289 +1 -0 +1 +0 -1 +½ 3.5/6
26 23 24 3 18 10
14 Peric,Slavisa YUG IM 2365 +1 -0 +½ -0 +1 -1 3.5/6
27 7 16 8 25 21
15 Iotti,Pierluigi ITA FM 2262 -1 +0 -½ +1 -0 +½ 3.0/6
22 3 18 17 5 16
16 Doric,Nenand CRO FM 2230 -½ +½ -½ +½ -½ -½ 3.0/6
10 28 14 11 17 15
17 Salami,Marco ITA M 2109 +½ -1 +0 -0 +½ -1 3.0/6
8 25 2 15 16 29
18 Costantini,Roberto ITA 1987 +0 -1 +½ -½ +0 -1 3.0/6
7 26 15 19 13 24
19 Pangrazzi,Marco ITA M 2221 -0 +1 -0 +½ -1 +½ 3.0/6
3 31 28 18 29 22
20 Barberi,Alessandro ITA 1927 +0 -1 +1 +1 -0 -0 3.0/6
23 32 34 28 4 7
21 Isonzo,Davide ITA M 2184 +0 -1 -½ +0 -1 +0 2.5/6
1 27 11 5 32 14
22 Tencati,Giuseppe ITA 1972 +0 -0 +0 -1 +1 -½ 2.5/6
15 24 32 26 33 19
23 Jurkovic,Ante CRO FM 2320 -1 +1 +0 -0 +0 2.0/5
20 13 1 6 12
24 Minerva,Enzo ITA 1674 -0 +1 -0 +1 -0 +0 2.0/6
4 22 13 32 11 18
25 Profumo,Alberto ITA M 2155 -0 +0 -1 +½ -0 +½ 2.0/6
5 17 33 29 14 26
26 Nicolò,Filippo ITA 1971 -0 +0 -½ +0 +1 -½ 2.0/6
13 18 31 22 27 25
27 Pipitone,Antonio ITA 1861 -0 +0 -0 +1 -0 +1 2.0/6
14 21 30 31 26 33
28 Loncar,Robert CRO IM 2405 +½ -½ +1 -0 -0 2.0/5
34 16 19 20 31
29 Oppici,Gabriele ITA 2038 -0 +1 -0 -½ +0 +0 1.5/6
11 33 6 25 19 17
30 Vujovic,Milorad YUG IM 2270 +½ -0 +1 -0 -? 1.5/5
2 8 27 12 34
31 Tomasi,Diego ITA 1927 +0 -0 +½ -0 +1 1.5/5
12 19 26 27 28
32 Cambreleng,Grisha FRA 1910 -0 +0 -1 -0 +0 1.0/5
6 20 22 24 21
33 Squarci,Franco ITA 1948 +0 -0 +0 +1 -0 -0 1.0/6
9 29 25 34 22 27
34 Digiugno,Franco ITA 2032 -½ +0 -0 -0 +? 0.5/5
28 10 20 33 30
Garry Kasparov produced a stupendous performance against the Israeli National Team in a Tel Aviv simultaneous exhibition. The event took place over two days on May 19th Kasparov won 3-1 a great result, on the 21st he mananged a clean sweep to take the match as a whole 7-1.
Some comments from Shay Bushinsky the organiser:
"Kasparov managed to manipulate the simul in his usual extreme professional way: dealing with the problematic board of Smirin first which actually decided the faith of the whole match. After he drew with Smirin in a very sharp game (at one point Junior felt Smirin may of missed a great line with a knight sacrifice on g3) Kasparov made another draw with Alterman. Alterman's game had developed too passively from the point of view of the Israeli team permitting Kasparov to concentrate on the other games and thus did not take too much energy out of him. Former U-20 world champion, Emil Sutovsky, chose the Scheveningen variation in the Sicilian defense which was a controversial choice as Kasparov has practically written the book on this variation for both sides: white and black. Although reaching what seemed to be a stable position he then tried to push things too hard ending up in total defeat. Huzman, a very solid player who tends to let his own clock tick often yet yielding good results, failed this time against Kasparov. In a critical position where he seemed to had good drawing chances, Huzman blundered an exchange leading to a tactically won endgame for black. From the Israeli side, while the players with the black pieces did all right, the white-piece players looked as if they were outpsyched by Kasparov and did not fulfill the expectations of converting their opening advantages to a win. Prior to the match, Kasparov, had devoted all his time since his impeccable sweep of Bulgarian super grandmaster Vasilin Topalov (4-0) to training for the event. He and his second, grandmaster Yuri Dochoyan, had carefully prepared against each individual Israeli player studying their recent games from the World champion interzonal qualification matches just held in Dresden Germany. During the simul, Kasparov seemed very intense, aggressive and sharp. Kasparov arrived in Tel-Aviv with a delegation which included his mother. Klara, who managed the seating arrangements in the playing hall and of course inspired him during the games. Though he had just a 15 minute advantage on his clock to compensate for his need to move from one table to the other, Kasparov always kept an open eye on all clocks all the time knowing which board to approach at what time. The Israelis know they must score a 3.5-0,5 result which by the looks of today's result seems practically impossible.
"Nimzowitsch would of been very proud of my games today" commented Garry Kasparov after demolishing the Israeli Olympic team 4-0 on the 21st May competing an incredible 7-1 sweep over the two day simultaneous exhibition. This is no doubt one of Garry Kasparov's best results in his brilliant chess career. The Israeli olympic chess team is one of the ten best teams in the world averaging 2600 Elo. "In fact, if this had been rated, I would have gained 10 Elo points" Kasparov told Shay Bushinsky when it was all over. Kasparov is the highest ranked chess player in the world (2825) and has been such for over a decade. Kasparov was clearly on top form playing "clean" games - no mistakes and with massive tactical strength. Kasparov amazed with the depth of analysis such as after he played the gigantic Re7 winning move against Smirin. In the lobby analyzing a possible d6 for Smirin, "Yeah sure d6!?" smiled Garry, but then "Nc2+ Kb1 and Qa3!! boom", leaving both his knight and rook hanging... but still winning! "I knew that after I cracked Smirin, I would handle all the others" he said. Kasparov implemented his "divide and conquer" strategy to the ultimate, never down on the clock against any opponent, he cleaned up Sutovsky (1996 U-20 world champion), and moved on to finish up with a won end game against Huzman. By then, Kasparov was up 3-0, and he could of let himself off with a quick draw in a game yet to be completed against Alterman. Instead, Kasparov sat down needing to concentrate only on one game. He had already found a novelty over the board playing 18... Qe8. "Then I had a straight forward plan: Qg4, pawn h4 and then taking control of the c file and of the a file with my rook and the game was over". The audience burst into huge applause appreciating Kasparov's efforts. At the closing ceremony Kasparov "blamed" the great atmosphere in Tel-Aviv for enabling him to produce a performance of such a high standard. Kasparov collected a purse of 140,000 ISH (about $40,000) and the Israeli team 60,000 ISH (about $16,000). Israel was added to a long list of countries including, Argentina, Germany, Switzerland , Brazil (and others) defeated by Kasparov. His next target is the US Olympiad team.
Kasparov 3-1 Israel May 19th Kasparov, Gary 1/2 Alterman, Boris Sutovsky, Emil 0-1 Kasparov, Gary Kasparov, Gary 1/2 Smirin, Ilia Huzman, Alexander 0-1 Kasparov, Gary Kasparov 4-0 Israel May 21st Alterman, Boris 0-1 Kasparov, Gary Kasparov, Gary 1-0 Sutovsky, Emil Smirin, Ilia 0-1 Kasparov, Gary Kasparov, Gary 1-0 Huzman, Alexander
Kasparov will take Peter Svidler in a live internet blitz game and Tel-Aviv will play against Moscow on May 26th.
The events will be live on ICC, check the details of the events at: http://www.chessclub.com/event/jubilee/players.html
The results of international "Chess Oscar competition organised by "64-Chess Review" magazine have been published.
300 versions of journalist and players best "tens", which have arrived from the about 55 countries (117 lists is sent by the representatives of Russia). Thus in voting 47 carriers of a grandmaster's rank, regularly outstighting in mass media have taken part. For the first place in a sent list was charged 13 numbers, 2-th - 11, 3-rd - 9, 4-th - 7, 5-th - 6, 10-th - 1 number. Here final confirmation results:
1. Viswanathan ANAND (India) - 3407,
2. Garry KASPAROV (Russia) - 3244,
3. Vladimir KRAMNIK (Russia) - 2765,
4. Petr Svidler (Russia) - 1419,
5. Anatoly KARPOV (Russia) - 1383,
6. Alexei SHIROV (Spain) - 1211,
7. Vasily IVANCHUK (Ukraine) - 1051,
8. Veselin TOPALOV (Bulgaria) - 999,
9. Michael ADAMS (England) - 936,
10. Boris GELFAND (Byelorussia) - 305
11. Nigel SHORT (England) - 242,
12. Judit POLGAR (Hungary) - 222,
13. Alexander KHALIFMAN (Russia) - 193,
14. Alexander BELIAVSKY (Slovenia) - 144,
15. Valery SALOV (Russia) - 124.
Others 16. Mikhail KRASENKOV (Poland) - 103; 17. Petr LEKO (Hungary)
- 76; 18. Ruslan PONOMARIEV (Ukraine) - 54; 19. DEEP BLUE (USA) - 53; 20.
Evgeny BAREEV (Russia) - 52 etc.
It is necessary to note, that G.Kasparov has received more first places, than V.Anand (136 aganst the spin 133), but Indian grandmaster referred to as much more often in "prize" trio. Thus owner "Oscar" (for 1997) for the first time has become Viswanathan ANAND .
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