THE WEEK IN CHESS 19 12.02.95 Mark Crowther.
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1) Introduction
2) FIDE World Chess Championships Semi-Finals.
3) Bundesliga Results by Norbert Friedrich
4) Bermuda Open
5) Philadelphia
6) Kings Head Quickplay
7) FORTHCOMING GM EVENTS
8) PCA World Title Match in Cologne to be sponsored by INTEL
9) FIDE - PCA UNIFICATION DOCUMENTS
10) CAMPO EYES BUSINESS VENTURE WITH KASPAROV
11) Another view. (information from Otto Borik)
12) Haifa Category 14 by Shay Bushinsky
13) Rishon Category 11 tournament
14) STUDIES by Wlodek Proskurowski
15) Tournament calendar by Michael Niermann.
16) GAMES SECTION
FIDE Candidates Semi-Finals Sanghi Nagar 10 games
Joop van Oosterom Challenge Match between Piket and Shirov 1 game
Dundee Chess Congress - Premier Section 1 game
Bermuda Open 1 game
Romanian Championships 1 game
Philadelphia 1 game
Kings Head Quickplay 1 game
1) Introduction
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My thanks to Shay Bushinsky, Michael Niermann, Otto Borik,
Norbert Friedrich, Wlodek Proskurowski, Philip L. Peterson,
Ralph Frisch, Darrin Bond, SS Quah and others for their help
with this issue.
I'm sorry for the rather limited number of games this week
but they have been a little thin on the ground. Hopefully
a fuller quota next week. One of the major reasons I imagine
has been the FIDE Candidates. It has (quite rightly) dominated
the thoughts of many of the sources I use for gamescores.
2) FIDE World Chess Championships Semi-Finals.
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Sanghi Nagar India 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL
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Anatoly Karpov RUS 2765 (2) = = 0 1 =
Boris Gelfand BLR 2700 (8) = = 1 0 =
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL
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Gata Kamsky USA 2710 (6) 1 = 1 = 1
Valery Salov RUS 2715 (5) 0 = 0 = 0
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A report on a match involving Gata Kamsky would be incomplete without
an incident involving Rustam Kamsky. This time the problem occured
before the match began and was aimed at one of Kamsky's seconds rather
than the opposition. It occurred at a party / reception to welcome
the arrival of the players. Alex Shabalov was spending quite a bit of time
chatting with Gelfand`s girlfriend (Zoe Trann, not sure of the surname
precisely). Shabalov knows Gelfand quite well but he didn't speak to
him. According to Darrin Bond who has spoken to Shablov since his
return to the States:
"At any rate later at another party Rustam went ballistic sucker punching
Alex from behind as he was engaged in conversation with someone else. Blows
were exchanged (sorry no punch stats) and they were quickly seperated."
"Alex was not sacked. He left under his own terms in response to Rustam's
actions. He was not fired, or sacked nor was he asked to leave."
The presumption in most of the press reports I have seen is that
Rustam didn't want the seconds to speak to the "opposition" (although
Kamsky isn't playing Gelfand this time) and that this brought about the
incident. But who can fathom Rustam Kamsky? I doubt there is anyone
who seriously questions the honesty of Shabalov and moreover one
would hardly choose a party to pass on secret information.
On the board it was Gata Kamsky showing all the toughness. He ground
out a win in a favourable, but not necessarily favourable ending in
game one and after an easy draw in game two he beat Salov again.
Again in game 3 Salov ought not really to have lost (24. ... Nxe4 seems
quite level to us). I am however informed that even worse, the game is
actually thoery until move 29! 29.f4 is a suggestion of T.Georgadse in the ECO.
(Norbert Friedrich tells me). In addition in game 4, Salov was probably
winning but went astray somewhere between move 40 and 60. (I'll leave
that to the experts.) Thanks to Otto Borik for the gamescores and result
from Kamsky-Salov (5) in particular which arrived shortly before the
dealine of TWIC 19. Kamksy won, this match is all over now bar the
shouting.
Gelfand and Karpov have played a closely contested match so far.
Gelfand may have missed some opportunities in game one, but
in game two Karpov probably did have a win just prior to move 40
which he missed in time trouble. Game 3 gave Gelfand a nice moral
boosting win, in a well controlled game. Game 4 seemed to be
a classic Karpov squeeze, Gelfand's position deteriorated and he decided
to lash out, the results of which was that he was routed. Game 5 was a
short draw. Its important that Gelfand at least draws tomorrow.
SCHEDULE OF MATCHES FOR THE SEMI-FINALS
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(information from SS Quah)
Anatoly Karpov (Russia) - Boris Gelfand (Belarus)
Valery Salov (Russia) - Gata Kamsky (USA)
Play timings are from 13:00hrs to 19:00hrs local time.
Opening ceremony : Sunday 5 Feb 1995
Game 1 : Monday 6 Feb 1995
Game 2 : Tuesday 7 Feb 1995
Rest/Adj : Wednesday 8 Feb 1995
Game 3 : Thursday 9 Feb 1995
Game 4 : Friday 10 Feb 1995
Rest/Adj : Saturday 11 Feb 1995
Game 5 : Sunday 12 Feb 1995
Game 6 : Monday 13 Feb 1995
Rest/Adj : Tuesday 14 Feb 1995
Game 7 : Wednesday 15 Feb 1995
Game 8 : Thursday 16 Feb 1995
Rest/Adj : Friday 17 Feb 1995
Game 9 : Saturday 18 Feb 1995
Rest/Adj : Sunday 19 Feb 1995
Game 10 : Monday 20 Feb 1995
Rest/Adj : Tuesday 21 Feb 1995
Tie-break 1 : Wednesday 22 Feb 1995
Tie-break 2 : Thursday 23 Feb 1995
Closing ceremony : Thursday 23 Feb 1995
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3) Bundesliga Results by Norbert Friedrich
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Round 8 - 4th Feb 1995
Muenchener SC - Empor Berlin 2,5 - 5,5
Hofheim - Erfurt 4 - 4
Hamburger SK - Duisburg 4 - 4
Casrtop Rauxel - Tuebingen 5,5 - 2,5
Porz - Dresden 6,5 - 1,5
Bremen - Zaehringen 3,5 - 4,5
Round 9 - 5th Feb 1995
Empor Berlin - Bayern Muenchen 5 - 3
Erfurt - Porz 1 - 7
Duisburg - Bremen 2,5 - 5,5
Tuebingen - Bochum 4,5 - 3,5
Dresden - Hofheim 4 - 4
Solingen - Hamburger SK 4,5 - 3,5
Zaehringen - Castrop Rauxel 3 - 5
Leading Standings.
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1.Porz 17:1
2.Empor 15:1
3.Bayern 14:2
4) Bermuda Open
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5 round SWISS
Norwood, Sophia Polgar, Vescovi 4.5
Asanov, A Ivanov, Frias, Meyer, Lesiege 4
Soltis, Bisiguier, Shakovich
5) Philadelphia
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Alexander Khelminitsky 4.5
Joel Benjamin, Michael Rhode 4
6) Kings Head Quickplay
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On the 28th of January the Kings Head a pub in London held
its annual quickplay. 5 GMs and 200 players competed.
The winners on 5.5/6 were Jonathon Speelman and Julian Hodgson
Eduard Gufeld and John Nunn also competed.
7) FORTHCOMING GM EVENTS
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Linares 1995 Category 18.
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Linares GM Tournament - Feb. 28th - Mar. 18th
Karpov, Kasparov, Shirov, Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Short, Adams
Bareev, Lautier, Illescas Cordoba, Yusupov, Topolov,
Tiviakov.
Judit Polgar is down in most lists as competing but according
to one source she is not, due to a conflict with the preparations
for her sister's Candidates Final match for the Women's World Title
(Judit is to be one of her seconds.) Incidently Judit isn't
pregnant either.
Dos Hermanes 1995 XVIII
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20 April - 5th May
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Karpov 2765
Kamsky 2710
Shirov 2710
Gelfand 2700
Piket 2670
Lautier 2655
Adams 2655
Polgar 2630
Illescas 2595
8) PCA World Title Match in Cologne to be sponsored by INTEL
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At a press conference in Cologne on Thursday INTEL announce their
continued sponsorship of PCA events, such as the rapidplay circuit and
in addition the sponsorship of the PCA's World Title Match.
Perhaps the most important part of the deal as far as publicity is
concerned are the TV deals with BBC (England), WDR (Germany),
Channel 4 (Russia) and ESPN (US). Which events these networks
are to cover will have to be seen.
Speaking about the British coverage, I have always prefered the
BBC approach which has been longstanding and quite professional.
The Cologne match between Kasparov and the winner of Anand / Kamsky
which will take place in Cologne in September will be over 20 games.
Kasparov was was dismissive of Kamsky's chances of challenging him
he is quoted as saying:
" Vishy's just a much better player"
Here is a list of the PCA events that I know of this year.
PCA Semi-finals Kamksy/Anand Las Palmas. Mar. 8th - Mar. 25th
PCA Riga Super Classic. Apr. 12th - Apr. 24th
Moscow Grand Prix. Apr. 27th - Apr. 30th
PCA Novgorod Super Classic. May 25th - Jun. 7th
New York Grand Prix Jun. 15th - Jun. 18th
PCA World Championships FINALS. Cologne. Sep. 10th - Oct. 14th
Additional events that I don't have dates for are the London and
Paris legs of the Grand Prix.
9) FIDE - PCA UNIFICATION DOCUMENTS
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The first of these is the full document that I quoted in
part (because I didn't have it in full) last week. There
were comments from me appended last week.
PROPOSED MEASURES TOWARDS UNITY
To fulfil the goals set forth in the Declaration of Cooperation
between FIDE and PCA, we propose the following steps:
1. To reunite the two cycles in order to end the current confusion
among chess players, chess fans, sponsors and media, and to
present a system that will bring the World Chess Championship
Match to the core of public interest. To this end, a Reunification
Match will be organized in 1996 after the completion of the two
cycles. FIDE and PCA will ensure the appropriate changes in their
respective regulations that will oblige the winners of the cycles
to play such a match. This will be the full implementation of the
World Championship Cycle and both organizations acknowledge that,
barring physical incapacity of the incumbent, the only way for the
14th World Champion to acquire the title is by beating his
predecessor in fair competition. Thus the World Championship Match
of 1996 will guarantee the unbroken continuity of the 110-year
history of the World Chess Championship.
2. To agree on the rules and other details of such a Match, a Joint
Commission shall be formed urgently on an equal representation
basis and will finalize the regulations by May 1st 1995.
3. To reunite the World Championship Cycle such that it will be held
under the joint logo of FIDE and PCA after 1995. The Joint
Commission shall oversee this task and develop a plan for the
substantial reform of the future cycle with a view to cutting
costs and simplifying implementation.
4. To make Cost Effectiveness the watchword in this new cooperation
and to closely examine all official events with a view to reduction
of costs, ease of organization and better access for the media,
specially TV.
5. To form a Commission to ensure the gradual unification of the
rating systems. Both parties agree that the ELO system needs
improvement due both to the advances in computer technology and
to errors which have come to light. A new system will be presented
as soon as possible uniting the FIDE and PCA ratings, also taking
into account the interests of the average player. The logo will be
jointly owned by FIDE and PCA. The rating of the top 500 players
will be published bi-monthly.
6. PCA in its capacity as a commercial entity will manage commercial
events and will guarantee the annual payment of an agreed
contribution to FIDE's expenses. The division of profits from
Joint Events will be regulated by special agreement.
7. FIDE will start a comprehensive restructuring of its own
organization to make it commercially more efficient. As a first
step, the payment of Stipends to elected officials shall be
eliminated.
8. To work together in bringing chess into the Olympic Movement.
(signed) (signed)
Florencio Campomanes Garry K Kasparov
FIDE President For the PCA Board
Moscow, 8 December 1994
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DECLARATION OF COOPERATION BETWEEN FIDE AND THE PCA
In the spirit of unity and with the view of future cooperation,
we, Florencio Campomanes, as FIDE President, and Garry Kasparov,
representing the PCA Board, hereby declare:
FIDE and the PCA both recognize that the split which occurred in
March-April 1993 could have been avoided had both adopted less
confrontational stances. At the same time, they recognize that
the split engendered positive developments, primarily an increase
in fund-raising activities which have identified new sources of
financial support for chess.
To nurture these new sources and to strengthen the trend towards
commercial and multinational sponsorship which will hasten the
steady development of the chess world, it is now essential to
avoid any possibility of irresponsible action promoted by
factions with vested interests.
This Declaration aims to remove any negative potential of the
current split which will harm not only chess players but also
their Federations. We intend it to lead the way to an Agreement
between FIDE and PCA which will usher in a new chess era based
upon full and vigorous cooperation between the two organizations.
We believe that it is essential now to combine our forces in
order not to lose this historic momentum that has been generated
in the chess world. We are convinced that by integrating our
policies and unifying our efforts we can make chess a professional
self-financed sport capable of diving into the mainstream to
become a marketing by-word and a universal sport.
(signed) (signed)
Florencio Campomanes Garry K Kasparov
FIDE President For the PCA Board
Moscow, 8 December 1994
(and witnessed by eight persons, but I can't decipher who they are)
10) CAMPO EYES BUSINESS VENTURE WITH KASPAROV
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(a newspaper report from the Malaysian press)
World Chess Federation (FIDE) Florencio Campomanes of the Philippines
intends to work with rival Garry Kasparov of the Professional Chess
Association (PCA) on a business partnership.
Campomanes said Kasparov has offered to help make FIDE financially
stable under a business partnership.
"There is no one better than Kasparov to work with in this venture,"
he told *Chessmate* during a recent visit to Kuala Lumpur.
Campomanes said during the last eight years, he and Kasparov have
made possible the sponsorship of many major chess events.
"The FIDE-PCA unification will benefit both and bring in more revenues
to chess federations around the world. This is what I want to
accomplish. I want to get big business corporations like NEC and IBM
to be involved in our chess tournaments."
He said FIDE will meet to discuss its business ties with PCA as soon
as possible in accordance with the agreement decided at the general
assembly.
"PCA is a business organisation and basically wants to handle the
marketing and principle events of FIDE," said Campomanes. "We will
establish a FIDE-PCA commission to oversee the entire discussion of
all issue pertaining to business venture."
The commission is expected to be formed within the next few months.
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11) Another view. (information from Otto Borik)
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Some minutes ago (9 Feb 1995) I've received a fax with a statement from
India which has been written in name of all FOUR candidates
but signed only by three of them (Gelfand did not). I have
typed (not edited!) this text, here is it:
STATEMENT
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The semi-finalist of the current World Championship matches
present here in Sanghi Nagar:
World Champion Anatoly Karpov and Candidates International
Grandmasters Valery Salov, Gata Kamsky and Boris Gelfand
issue jointly the following declaration:
* They are of the opinion that coming match between the
winners of these semi-finals should be officially designated
as the match for the World Chess Championship. In accordance
with the decision taken at the FIDE Gereral Assembly held
in Curitiba, Brasil (1993), the winner sould be declared the
World Champion.
* As regards the new proposal for a so called "unification"
match between the winner of this current cycle, i.e.
"the next World Champion" and the winner of the break-away
PCA-cycle (who will be known later this year), we declare
the following:
We are very surprised and upset about the invitation by Mr.
Florencio Campomanes to be MERE OBSERVERS in the FIDE-PCA
commision that will decide about the future of FIDE and our
careers in chess. May we remind Mr. Campomanes that we are -
by virtue of being semi-finalists - the strongest chess
players in FIDE at the moment. May we also remind Mr.
Campomanes that we have consistently looked after the
interests of FIDE in its hour of need. A majority of the
present semi-finalists will for these reasons be deemed to
form a quorum to decide on questions of expediency of such
a match, it's organisation and all other details associated
with it.
* The present semi-finalists are of the sincere opinion
that a number of changes may have to be made in the current
FIDE-regulations that govern the cycle and the matches of
the World Chess Championship. A majority of the present
semi-finalists will be deemed to form a quorum for the
proposals that we intend to make for these needed changes
in the regulations.
(signature of) Karpov, Kamsky, Salov
Date: February 9th, 1995
12) Haifa Category 14 by Shay Bushinsky
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ROUND 8 - 05/02/95
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Alterman 1/2 Greenfeld
Milov 1/2 Kosashvili
Psakhis 1/2 Yudasin
Dolmatov 1/2 Gruenfeld
Svidler 1/2 Gurevich
Akopian 1/2 Smirin
No change in standings after round 8 of play in the GM tournament.
Dolmatov could have moved ahead but he missed a win against Gruenfeld.
In the Israeli derby match Psakhis obtained a worse position after a
poor opening against Yudasin. This match was accompanied with
some pre-match psychological war. He then offered a draw to his long
time opponent who had just recently become Israeli champion at Psakhis`
expense. Milov copied Psakhis` bad opening preparations and granted what seemed
good chances for Kosashvili again. But Yona went wrong and had to settle
with a draw. No other dramatic games as the rest seemed to take it easy.
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ROUND 9 - 06/02/95
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Kosashvili 1-0 Psakhis
Gurevich 0-1 Alterman
Greenfled 1/2 Akopian
Yudasin 1/2 Svidler
Smirin 1/2 Dolmatov
Gruenfled 1/2 Milov
Two rounds to go and the under-rated is in the lead
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Kosashvili is proving that talent can sometimes be enough to compete
well in a strong GM tournament. Kosashvili, a full time student of
medicine (he is in his final year) is the surprise sole leader of this strong
professional tournament. In round 9 he chose the exchange variation of
the French defense. In a brilliant positional game he reached a
prefered double bishop ending to win again this time against the
experienced GM Lev Psakhis. In another decisive game Alterman and
Gurevich drove into a dangerous alley. Just as the game looked turning
towards Guervich he missed a 2 move mate threat and was downed again.
Akopian decreased his chances of winning this competition as he was
unable to take advantage of his minimal edge and of Greenfelds serious
time trouble. After the time scramble both agreed on a draw. Yudasin
stood very badly against Svidler but the younger opponent went
wrong and conceded a draw. Smirin was content to offer a draw to
Dolmatov after 15 moves only leaving the latter still very much in the
race for first place. Milov settled for an off the board draw with
Gruenfeld who felt ill just before the game.
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ROUND 10 - 07/02/95
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Kosashvili 1/2 Gruenfeld
Psakhis 0-1 Svidler
Dolmarov 1/2 Greenfeld
Akopian 1/2 Gurevich
Milov 0-1 Smirin
Alterman 1/2 Yudasin
A round to go - first place is still open
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A bad game reaching a worse position did not undermine Yona Kosashvili
who still has the best chances to win the first prize in the
tournament. At least three GMs if not 5 are still very able to win
this neck to neck event.
Psakhis ruined his last chance to have a say in the final standings
trying to force a win against Svidler. Dolmatov may now have the best
chance to win the tournament as his last opponent will be Gurevich who has
completely lost interest in this event. Dolmatov prefered a very quite
and solid game against Greenfeld's Sicilian and was content after it
ended in a draw. Akopian, who was expected to do much better, did not
take any risks against Gurevich and conceded a draw as well. Smirin
Deployed a very impressive Kings Indian Defence, over-running Milov's shaky
game. Smirin won to get back into contention for a share of first place.
Yudasin and Alterman settled for a quick draw leaving both with
good chances for a top prize.
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ROUND 11 - 08/02/95
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Smirin 1/2 Kosashvili
Yudasin 1/2 Akopian
Svidler 1-0 Alterman
Gurevich 1/2 Dolmatov
Greenfeld 1/2 Milov
Gruenfeld 1/2 Psakhis
Psakhis ruined his last chance to have a say in the final standings
trying to force a win against Svidler. Dolmatov may now have the best
chance to win the tournament as his last opponent will be Gurevich who
completely lost interest in this event. Dolmatov prefered a very quite
and solid game against Greenfeld's Sicilian and was content after it
ended in a draw. Akopian who was expected to do much better, did not
take any risks against Gurevich and maintained a draw as well. Smirin
Deployed a very impressive Kings Indian Defense over-running Milov's shaky
game. Smirin climbed back to become a decider in the final
round. Yudasin and Alterman settled for a quick draw leaving both with
good chances for a top prize.
It is easier to beat someone when he tries to beat you
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GM Yona Kosashvili of Hulon Israel scored a remarkable win in this
very strong tournament that ended yesterday. When the tournament
started he was thought of at all as a potential winner.
Kosashvili, 30, managed to refute Smirin's will to beat him
and share first place, coming back from an inferior position in the
Spanish opening. The game lasted longer than the other matches, which
ended mostly in quick draws. No doubt this is the high point in
Kosashvili's chess career, which is not professional as he entered his
last year of medicine. His result earned him with 22 FIDE ELO points
bringing him as high as 2582 and revealed him to be a strong GM.
The only other decisive game was Peter Svidler's win against Alterman's Sicilian Dragon. This concluded a nice comeback as he started 0 out of 3
Svidler was also the only player who beat Kosashvili.
This concludes my reporting of this high class event. If you feel
something is still missing, I hope to be able to produce at least some
of it by next week. (Shay is referring to games. 8-) MC)
Haifa Category 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 TOTAL
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1 Yona Kosashvili 2560 ISR # = 1 1 = 0 = 1 = = = 1 7
2 Sergey Dolmatov 2605 RUS = # = = = 1 = = = = 1 = 6.5
3 Leonid Yudasin 2615 ISR 0 = # = = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.5
4 Vladimir Akopian 2655 ARM 0 = = # = 1 = = = 1 = = 6
5 Ilia Smirin 2630 ISR = = = = # 0 1 0 1 = 1 = 6
6 Peter Svidler 2585 RUS 1 0 = 0 1 # 1 1 = = 0 = 6
7 Boris Alterman 2575 ISR = = = = 0 0 # = = 1 = 1 5.5
8 Lev Psakhis 2625 ISR 0 = = = 1 0 = # = = 1 = 5.5
9 Alon Greenfeld 2580 ISR = = 0 = 0 = = = # 1 = = 5
10 Yehuda Gruenfeld 2505 ISR = = = 0 = = 0 = 0 # = 1 4.5
11 Vadim Milov 2580 ISR = 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 = = # 1 4.5
12 Mikhail Gurevich 2605 BEL 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = 0 0 # 3
Prize Fund
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First Place $3,000
2. $2,000
3. $1,500
4. $1,250
5. $1,000
13) Rishon Category 11 tournament
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ROUND 3
Alterman 1-0 Har-Zvi
Lees 1-0 Mikhalevsky
Finkel 1-0 Bichovsky
Davies 1/2 Oratovsky
Shmuter 1/2 Sutovsky
Kogan ?? Goldin
Standings after 3 rounds:
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Alterman 2.5
Mikhalevsky Sutovsky Lees 2
Kogan 1.5(1)
Oratovsky Shmuter and Finkel 1.5
Goldin 0.5(1)
Davies 0.5
14) STUDIES by Wlodek Proskurowski
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TWIC 19
Nowadays a player of more than 30 years of age in otb play seems to have
a great handicap. In composition this is not so. Here is an example
of a composer who started at a very ripe age (I believe it to be at his
retirement, please correct me if I am wrong) with a fine miniature that
was awarded the First Prize.
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+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
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+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | o | | | | W: Kc2,Re3,p.e4 (3)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | o | | | | B: Kg3,p.e5,e6,f3 (4)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | + | | | | White to move and draw
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | R | o | k | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | K | | | | | |
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Here is the only source of books specializing in Problems and Studies
I know of:
The British Chess Problem Society
R.C.McWilliam
`Amizome', Moor Lane
Brighstone, Isle of Wight, PO30 4DL
England
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15) Tournament calendar by Michael Niermann.
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Many thanks to all who have sent us some tournament informations. But we
still need some help. If you want to support us, please send infos about
tournaments in your country to michael@emmy.mathematik.uni-dortmund.de.
February 17-19 Lyon (FRA), 60min, ko,
Tel +33 78288587
Feb 17-19 PORTSMOUTH CONGRESS: Portsmouth Grammar School, Portsmouth
(P McEvoy, 77 Lime Grove, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth P06 4DQ
Tel: 07056 388341) Very good organisation by Pat McEvoy and his team.
February 17-26 Moscow (RUS), 9xCH, ELO, norms, Prize fond - $10000
Tel +7 (095) 200-65-91
or +7 (095) 200-60-49
detailed info in TWIC18
February 17 Minsk (BLA) III International chess Festival
- March 3 1. International Tournament (IX-XI cat.), 14 players.
2. International Tournament (women), 12-14 players,
GM norms.
3. International Tournament (III-IV cat.), 14 players.
4. International Tournament (women), 12-14 players,
IM norms.
5. Open (17-26.2.1995), IM norms, ELO, 9 rounds.
First prize - $1000. Cost - $10 (2405-2425)...$50,
no Elo
Match-tournament (Scheveninger system), Cost $80 (no Elo)
Address: Belarus, 220050, Minsk, K. Marks st, 10
Phone: +(0172) 27-47-88
Fax: +(0172) 27-61-84
Telex: 252175 Atlet
February 18 Wolfen (GER), 9.45, 7xCH, 30min, 15DM
Tel +49 3494 66394
or +49 3494 43908
February 18 Waddinxveen (NL), Drierondertournament. (Three rounds
Tournament), Groups of 4, 60min, 10.00
Tel +31 1828-19006
detailed info in TWIC18
February 18 Hardenberg (NL), OBO Chesstournament, 9.30, Groups of 8,
25min
Tel +31 5233-2270
detailed info in TWIC18
February 18 Berlicum (NL), 12th Raborapid tournament, 9.30,
9xCH, 15min
Tel +31 4103-2560
detailed info in TWIC18
February 18-19 Kingston (CAN), 5xCH, 30/90+SD/1
detailed info in TWIC18
February 18th-25th Lienz (AUT) 9xCH, Elo/norms?
Tel +43 4852 62229
Fax +43 4852 68522
February 18/19 + Rogno (ITA)
March 25/26 Tel +39 35 983078
February 19 + Arzignano (ITA)
March 5+19 Tel +39 444 671566
February 19-26 Le-Mont-Saint-Michel (FRA), 9xCH, 360F
Tel +33 31660832
February 20-26 Spijkernisse (Nl), Interpolis/Rabobank chess 6-camp.
Tel +31-1880-42732
February 21-March 2 Wijk aan Zee (Nl), Sonnevancktournament
February 23-26 Clermont-Ferrand (FRA), 7xCH, 300F
Tel +33 73845482
Feb 24-26 11th "GEEST PLC" SPALDING OPEN CONGRESS: St Nicholas Church Hall,
The Vista, Churchgate, Spalding, Lincs (Francis Bowers)
February 24-26 Leiden (NL), Noteboomtournament, 19.15, 6xCH, 40/105+15,
Tel +31 70-3278291
detailed info in TWIC18
February 24-26 Simmersfeld (GER), 120min, 40DM (incl 2 meals),
Tel +49 7484 361
Fax +49 7484 1515
February 24 Elancourt (FRA), 7xCH, 200F
- March 5 Tel +33 (1)39587000
February 25 Wormerveer (NL), 32th Open Fastchesschampionship
Zaanstreek, 10min
Tel +31 2982-3775
detailed info in TWIC18
February 25 Heerenveen (Nl), Districtstournament, 9.45,
Groups of four, 60min
Tel +31 5130-25999
detailed info in TWIC18
February 25 Aalsmeer (Nl), 5th Open Chesschampionship
Tel +31 2977-23606
February 25/26 Gueugnon (FRA), 6xCH, 60min, 200F
Tel +33 85853189
February 25th Paris (FRA) FIDE-Open + Youth-Open, 9xCH, 370F
-March 5th Tel +33 (1) 46201314
February 25th Capelle la Grande (FRA) 9xCH, ELO, 200F
-March 4th Tel/Fax +33 28662913
February 26 Garching (GER), 9.30, blitz for club teams(4), 60DM
Tel +49 89 3205480
February 26 Biel (SWZ) 9.00, 7xCH, 25min, 60sfr (incl meal)
Tel/Fax +41 32 534040
Feb 26 MILTON KEYNES & OPEN UNIVERSITY RAPIDPLAY
The Open University, Milton Keynes
David Phillips, 136 Ramsons Avenue, Conniburrow, Milton Keynes,
Bucks MK14 7BH (Tel: 0908 675587)
A potential "biggie" and worth travelling to.
March 2 Gouda (Nl), Fastchess tournament for not working people,
Groups of 6, 30min
Tel +31 1820-12943
detailed info in TWIC18
March 2 Poeldijk (Nl), 13th Krokus-chesstournament
Tel +31 1749-46667
March 3-5 Colle Val d'Elsa (ITA)
Tel +39 577 921245
Mar 3-5 24th DYFED PREMIER CONGRESS: The Cliff Hotel, Gwbert-on-Sea,
Cardigan, (T L Jones, Dolnant, Pontgarreg, Llandysul,
Dyfed SA44 6AR (Tel: 0239 654324)
Mar 3-5 GLENROTHES CONGRESS: Lomond Centre, Glenrothes
(Walter J Pearson, 140 South Parks Road, Glenrothes KY6 1JA
Tel: 0592 751161)
March 4 Bathmen (Nl), 13th Jan Leidenaar Youth Chesstournament
Tel +31-5700-51260)
Mar 4-5 3RD MILL HILL CONGRESS
March 4+5+11+12 Milano (ITA)
Tel +39 2 8692171
March 4+5+11+12 Salemi (ITA)
Tel +39 924 64021
March 4+5+18+19 S. Maria Sala (ITA)
Tel +39 41 57 30262
March 4th-15th Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday"
GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev)
Tel/Fax +361 263 2859
March 5 Saint-Ouen (FRA), 9.00, 9xCH, 20min, 200F,
Tel +33 40123738
or +33 40125496
or +33 48663228
March 8th-12th Leipzig (GER) 7xCH, no ELO, 50DM
Tel +49 341 6515547
March 10-12 Zwolle (Nl), Computery-tournament, 6xCH, 50f
Tel +31 5202-27379
or +31 38 544446
March 10th-18th Bad Woerishofen (GER) 9xCH, ELO, norms, 130DM
Tel +49 6898 62022
Fax +49 6898 62858
Mar 10-12 BLACKPOOL CONFERENCE: Winter Gardens, Chapel Street, Blackpool
(G M Jones, 27 Clarke Street, Leigh, Lancs WN7 4HU Tel: 0942 604262)
Mar 11 WESTMINSTER RAPIDPLAY: See Feb 11th
March 11 Huizen (Nl), Spijkertournament
Tel +31 2152-54955
March 11 Uitgeest (Nl), Lasker Tournament
Tel +31 2513-12501
March 11 Klazienaveen (Nl), Jubilee youthschoolchess-tournament
Tel +31 5913-12671
March 11 Amsterdam (Nl), 4th Highschool of Amsterdam Tournament
Tel +31 23-254864
March 12 Achim (GER), 10.00, tandem (bughouse), 10DM
Tel +49 421 403051
Mar 12 KENSINGTON RAPIDPLAY: Imperial College, Prince Consort Rd London SW7
11am start. U210, U165, U135 sections.
D. Agble, (0171) 594 9456 (home) or
(0171) 594 5620 (work).
A hard fought event, whichever section you enter.
Mar 12 14th TEIGNMOUTH RAPIDPLAY: Trinity School, New Road, Teignmouth
(J G Gorodi, 52 Coniston Road, Ogwell, Newton Abbot TQ12 6YJ
Tel: 0626 55360)
Mar 12 NUNEATON ONE DAY CONGRESS
March 18 Herne (GER), 14.00, 7xCH, 15min, 10DM
Tel +49 2323 61030
March 18 Haltern (GER), 13.15, 9xCH, 15min, 25DM
Tel +49 2364 7345
Mar 18-19 1ST INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CONGRESS: 229 Gt Portland St. W1
A new London Congress which has the potential to become a permanent
fixture on the calendar. Support this congress!
One hundred entries guarantees the prize fund!
J. Weightman, Flat 1, 225a Finchley Road, London NW3 6LP.
(0171) 435 7205.
March 18th-26th Saarbruecken (GER) Open + many one-day-tournaments
Tel/Fax +49 6851 70074
March 19 Gruendau (GER), 9.00, youth blitz
Tel +49 6051 2297
March 24th Bled (SLO) 9xCH, ELO, norms, 120DM (ELO tmt), 100DM (B tmt)
-April 1st Fax +386 64 221 377
Mar 24-26 MIDLAND INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Derby Assembly Rooms,
Bob Milner, 411 Cheadle Road, Cheddleton, Leek, Staffs ST13 7BH
Tel: 0782 550112)
Mar 24-26 EAST DEVON CONGRESS: St Georges Hall, Exeter
(E G Sparke, 12 Westbourne Terrace, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 6BR
Tel: 0395 442585)
March 25 Offenbach (GER), U20, 4DM
Tel +49 69 842378
March 25/26 Jarny (FRA), 6xCH, 60min, 100F,
Tel +33 82334815
Mar 25 GOLDERS GREEN OPEN, plus Under 160, Under 120
Adam Raoof, PO Box 1962, London NW4 4NF. (0181) 202 0982
Mar 26 ATHERTON RAPIDPLAY: Jubilee Hall, Atherton
(G M Jones, 27 Clarke Street, Leigh, Lancashire WN7 4HU
Tel: 0942 604262 or 0942 877269)
March 31 - April 2 Werther (GER), 5xCH, no ELO, 35DM
Tel +49 5203 6471
April 1st-12th Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday"
GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev)
Tel/Fax +361 263 2859
April 1 Wolfen (GER), 9.45, blitz, 20DM
Tel +49 3494 25628
Apr 2 LETCHWORTH RAPIDPLAY CONGRESS: Plinston Hall, Broadway, Letchworth
Tim Thurstan, 33 Brampton Park Road, Hitchin (0462) 459873
April 7-9 Erlangen (GER), 5xCH, 55/45 DM, just for players with
DWZ/ELO < 2100
Tel +49 9131 60084
Fax +49 9131 60087
April 8/9 Eupen (BEL) 7xCH, no ELO, 30DM/600BEF
Tel +32 87 742587
Fax +32 87 552716
April 9 Chelles (FRA), 9.00, 7xCH, 30min
Tel +33 (1)64260997
April 10-13 Jena (GER), 7xCH, U21, 25DM,
Tel +49 3641 51892
April 10-16 Seiffen (GER), 7xCH, just for players with
DWZ/ELO < 2300
Tel +49 37362 8354
April 12-16 New York (USA),
Tel +1 2127194204
April 13-17 Fellbach-Schmiden (GER), 9xCH, ELO, norms?, 80DM,
Tel +49 711 586595
or +49 7191 82556
April 14-17 Passau (GER), 7xCH, ELO, no norms, 90DM
Tel +49 851 83811
Fax +49 851 81889
April 14-17 St.Germain-Lembron (FRA), 7xCH, 170F,
Tel +33 54878499
April 15-17 Blois (FRA), 6xCH, 200F,
Tel +33 73910285
April 17-23 Gausdal (NOR), Norwegian Open, 9xCH, elo/norms?
Tel +47 22679520
Fax +47 22679513
April 17-28 Jewpatoria (UKR), youth tmt, 9xCH, no entry fee
Tel +7 0652 277097
April 25-May 3 Gausdal (NOR), Arnold Cup 9xCH, elo/norms?
Tel +47 22679520
Fax +47 22679513
April 30 - May 10 Smolensk (RUS), Belavenets memorial
Tel +7(081) 00-24562
or +7(081) 00-32940
May 5-13 Gausdal (NOR), Skei Masters, 10 player GM and IM tmts,
round-robins
Tel +47 22679520
Fax +47 22679513
May 6-17 Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday"
GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev)
Tel/Fax +361 263 2859
May 10-20 Waikiki, Hawaii (US) 10x CH, ELO, norms
e-mail Eric Schiller, chesswks@netcom.com
more details in TWIC 16
May 19-27 Schaan (LIE) 9xCH, ELO, 100sFr
Tel +41 75 2324940
Fax +41 75 2322986
May 23-31 Maria Alm (AUT) Open for Senior-Player, 9xCH
Tel +43 6582 2196
May 27-June 3 Mainz (GER) 9xCH, ELO,
Tel +49 6131 223990 or
Tel/Fax +49 6131 85399
May 25-28 Erlangen (GER) 7xCH, no ELO, 90DM
Tel +49 9131 47703
May 25-28 Crailsheim (GER) 7xCH, ELO, no norms, 90DM
Tel +49 7951 6468
May 25-28 Erfurt (GER), 9xCH, 30min, 25DM,
Tel +49 361 6435132
May 25-28 Herne (GER), 7xCH, 70DM,
Tel +49 2323 18112
June 2-5 Jena (GER), 7xCH, 60DM,
Tel +49 3641 51892
May 25-28 Jarny (FRA), 7xCH, 120F,
Tel +33 82334815
June 3-14 Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday"
GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev)
Tel/Fax +361 263 2859
June 10-18 Bad Bevensen (GER), 9xCH, ELO, norms?, 120DM,
Tel +49 5821 41024
June 17-18 Bad Bevensen (GER), 11xCH, 30min, 60DM,
Tel +49 5821 41024
June 17-19 Tartu (EST) 9xCH, 50DM (June 17+18)+ Blitz (June 19), no ELO
Tel +372 7 421281
June 30-July 8 Velden (AUT) 9xCH, Elo, Norms, 750 oeS
Tel +43 4274 2103
Fax +43 4274 51078
July 1-12 Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday"
GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev)
Tel/Fax +361 263 2859
July 8-16 Toronto (CAN), Canadian Open
July 21 Biel (SUI) 12 tournaments, Open: 9-11xCH, ELO, norms
-August 5 30sFr (blitz)-250sFr
Tel +41 32 534040
Fax +41 32 228688 or
+41 32 535925
July 29 Gausdal (NOR), Peer Gynt International, 9xCH, elo/norms?
-August 4 Tel +47 22679520
Fax +47 22679513
August 5-16 Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday"
GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev)
Tel/Fax +361 263 2859
August 6-13 Gausdal International (NOR), 9xCH, elo/norms?
Tel +47 22679520
Fax +47 22679513