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1) Introduction
2) Korchnoi wins in Bad Homburg
3) British Chess Championships
4) 51st Russian Chess Championships
5) Biel Chess Festival
6) Saitek US Masters
7) Anatoly Karpov vs Ivan Morovic
8) Roskilde Open 1998
9) Mechanics' Grandmaster Invitational
10) 8th Smith & Williamson Young Masters
11) Czech open 1998
12) Recent French Events
13) Rebel vs. Anand
14) US Junior Championships
15) US Cadet Championships
16) PCA WORLD RANKINGS
17) Jagodina 98
18) Forthcoming and ongoing events
19) London Chess Center TWIC offers
Games section
Bad Homburg International 45 games British Chess Championships 4 games Biel Chess Tournament 30 games Biel Open 112 games Saitek US Masters 146 games Karpov-Morovic rapid chess match 2 games Roskilde Open 270 games Mechanics GM Tournament 5 games 8th Smith and Williamson Masters 99 games Czech Open 406 games Rebel-Anand Man Machine match 8 games Bagneux Tournament 45 games Clichy Masters 45 games US Junior Championships 47 games US Cadet Championships 28 games Jagodina 98 23 games
My thanks Eric Schiller, Sinisa Joksic, Malcolm Pein, Jorge Egger, Stig Andersen, Jim Eade, John Saunders, Christophe Bouton of Europe Echecs, Vadim Kaminsky, Milan Dezelin, Tim McGrew and all those who helped with this issue.
Another bumper crop. This week the British and Russian Chess Championships both start and they should be very interesting event. Elsewhere Viktor Korchnoi adds another to his long line of tournament victories.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The 3rd International Chess tournament took place in Bad Homburg 16-26th July 1998. The event was won by veteran GM Viktor Korchnoi. In second was young Russian star Peter Svidler. There was an alternative scoring method in use throughout the event with three points for a win, one for a draw and nothing for a loss. This had practically no effect on the final standings except that Torre shared 3rd place with Jussupow instead of coming fourth. Both the conventional and new scoring systems are given in the tables. Its unclear what the effect of using this scoring system will have on the rateability of the the event.
Round 1 (1998.07.17) Korchnoi, Viktor - Gabriel, Christian 1/2 46 D54 QGD; Svidler, Peter - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 23 C43 Petroff defence Larsen, Bent - Zhu Chen 1-0 33 B21 Sicilian; English attack Dautov, Rustem - Hort, Vlastimil 1-0 38 A91 Dutch defence Lobron, Eric - Torre, Eugenio 0-1 35 D12 Slav defence Round 2 (1998.07.18) Korchnoi, Viktor - Dautov, Rustem 1-0 56 E52 Nimzo indian Jussupow, Artur - Lobron, Eric 1/2 36 E53 Nimzo indian Gabriel, Christian - Torre, Eugenio 1-0 47 D17 Slav defence Hort, Vlastimil - Larsen, Bent 1-0 33 B37 Sicilian Zhu Chen - Svidler, Peter 1/2 20 E95 Kings indian; Classical Round 3 (1998.07.19) Svidler, Peter - Hort, Vlastimil 1-0 48 B12 Caro-Kann Torre, Eugenio - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 37 C42 Petroff defence Larsen, Bent - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 23 D34 Queen's gambit Dautov, Rustem - Gabriel, Christian 1/2 20 D46 Semi-Slav Lobron, Eric - Zhu Chen 1-0 42 B78 Sicilian; Dragon Round 4 (1998.07.20) Korchnoi, Viktor - Svidler, Peter 1/2 33 D85 Gruenfeld indian Gabriel, Christian - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 41 D36 Queen's gambit Dautov, Rustem - Larsen, Bent 1-0 46 E16 Nimzo indian Hort, Vlastimil - Lobron, Eric 1/2 21 B20 Sicilian Zhu Chen - Torre, Eugenio 0-1 60 E16 Nimzo indian Round 5 (1998.07.21) Svidler, Peter - Dautov, Rustem 1/2 13 B12 Caro-Kann Jussupow, Artur - Zhu Chen 1-0 63 D46 Semi-Slav Torre, Eugenio - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 26 A45 Queen's pawn Larsen, Bent - Gabriel, Christian 1-0 34 E97 Kings indian; Main line Lobron, Eric - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 42 D34 Queen's gambit Round 6 (1998.07.23) Korchnoi, Viktor - Torre, Eugenio 1-0 70 A21 English; 1.c4 e5 Larsen, Bent - Svidler, Peter 1/2 43 B31 Sicilian Gabriel, Christian - Zhu Chen 1-0 23 D43 Semi-Slav Dautov, Rustem - Lobron, Eric 0-1 60 E10 Nimzo indian Hort, Vlastimil - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 28 C42 Petroff defence Round 7 (1998.07.24) Svidler, Peter - Gabriel, Christian 1-0 35 C92 Ruy Lopez Jussupow, Artur - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 17 D58 QGD; Torre, Eugenio - Dautov, Rustem 1-0 53 B10 Caro-Kann Lobron, Eric - Larsen, Bent 0-1 42 E12 Nimzo indian Zhu Chen - Hort, Vlastimil 1-0 39 E04 Nimzo indian Round 8 (1998.07.25) Korchnoi, Viktor - Zhu Chen 1-0 25 D46 Semi-Slav Svidler, Peter - Lobron, Eric 1-0 43 B12 Caro-Kann Larsen, Bent - Torre, Eugenio 1/2 22 C46 Unknown Gabriel, Christian - Hort, Vlastimil 0-1 40 A70 Modern Benoni Dautov, Rustem - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 18 D59 QGD; Round 9 (1998.07.26) Jussupow, Artur - Larsen, Bent 1-0 56 E29 Nimzo indian Torre, Eugenio - Svidler, Peter 1/2 60 A45 Queen's pawn Hort, Vlastimil - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 23 A13 English; 1.c4 Lobron, Eric - Gabriel, Christian 0-1 27 D46 Semi-Slav Zhu Chen - Dautov, Rustem 1-0 54 D30 Queen's gambit Bad Homburg GER (GER), VII 1998 cat. XIII (2572) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2625 * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 19.0 2785 2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 15.0 2683 3 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2630 = = * = 1 = = = = 1 5.5 13.0 2645 4 Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2560 0 = = * = 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 13.0 2615 5 Larsen, Bent g DEN 2515 = = 0 = * 1 0 0 1 1 4.5 12.0 2577 6 Gabriel, Christian g GER 2555 = 0 = 1 0 * = 0 1 1 4.5 12.0 2573 7 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2600 0 = = 0 1 = * 1 0 0 3.5 9.0 2488 8 Hort, Vlastimil g GER 2510 0 0 = = 1 1 0 * = 0 3.5 9.0 2498 9 Lobron, Eric g GER 2540 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 3.0 8.0 2450 10 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2490 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 * 2.5 7.0 2414 -----------------------------------------------------------------
The Smith and Williamson British Chess Championships got underway at the Riviera Centre in Torquay today.
Favourites Nigel Short and Matthew Sadler both won but Mark Hebden, Jon Speelman and Chris Ward were all held to draws. There will be coverage of the Championships on the TWIC pages throughout the fortnight.
1 GM Sadler 1-0 Lewis; 2 A.Smith 0-1 GM N.Short; 3 A.Hunt 1/2 GM Speelman; 4 GM Hebden draw Jackson; 5 Tebb - GM Miles; 6 GM Wells 1-0 Coleman 7 R.Pert draw GM Ward; 8 IM Rowson 1-0 Alfred; 9 Moskovic - GM Conquest; 10 GM Arkell - Rayner ; 11 Eames 0-1 IM Sasikiran ; 12 GM Summerscale 1-0 A.Jackson 13 D.Ledger - GM Thipsay; 14 IM A.Ledger 1-0 Stephenson 15 Osborne 0-1 IM A.Martin; 16 GM Levitt 1-0 C.Morrison,; 17 J.Houska 0-1 IM Lane; 18 IM B.Kelly draw Barton; 19 Gunter 0-1 IM Gormally; 20 IM R.Bates -WIM S.Jackson; 21 A.Cooper 0-1 N.Pert; 22 M.Houska 1-0 Leech; 23 Mutton 0-1 IM Basman; 24 Wall 1-0 Richards; 25 Wismayer draw WGM S.Lalic; 26 Knott - S.Buckley; 27 Forbes 0-1 IM elect S.Williams; 28 Beaumont 1-0 Player; 29 McDonnell - Hinks-Edwards; 30 J.Cobb draw Hanley; 31 M.Buckley - IM G.Buckley; 32 Dyce 0-1 Holmes 33 Rendle 0-1 Kennaugh
Other coverage by the British Chess Federation at http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/TheBritish
The 51st Russian Chess Championships runs July 27th - 8th August 1998. Peter Svidler (2710 RUS g), Evgeny Bareev (2690 RUS g), Sergei Rublevsky (2685 RUS g), Valery Salov (2670 RUS g), Sergei Tiviakov (2655 RUS g), Vadim Zvjaginsev (2650 RUS g), Alexander Khalifman (2645 RUS g), Alexey Dreev (2645 RUS g), Konstantin Sakaev (2635 RUS g), Sergei Shipov (2635 RUS g), Alexander Morozevich (2625 RUS g) are amongst those scheduled to play.
There will be some internet coverage at: http://www.ruschess.com/
The Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland runs July 18th - 1st August. The main event is a Category 9 all-play-all. After seven of the twelve rounds the event is being led by Mladen Palac, ahead of Gur Mittelman and Joerg Hickl. GM Milos Pavlovic leads the GM Open after 6 rounds. My thanks to Sinisa Joksic and the organisers for games and results.
There is a www site at;
http://www.bielnews.ch/chessplanet/home.html
Round 1 (1998.07.19) Mittelman, Gur - Palac, Mladen 1/2 13 D02 Queen's pawn Hickl, Joerg - Gallagher, Joseph G 1/2 17 B23 Sicilian; Closed Zueger, Beat - Marciano, David 1/2 18 E04 Nimzo indian Bagirov, Rufat - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 24 D17 Slav defence Jenni, Florian - Landenbergue, Claude 1/2 42 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Peptan, Corina - Ekstroem, Roland 0-1 40 B18 Caro-Kann Round 2 (1998.07.20) Palac, Mladen - Marciano, David 1-0 30 C45 Scottish Mittelman, Gur - Bagirov, Rufat 1/2 57 D73 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6 Pelletier, Yannick - Hickl, Joerg 0-1 45 A56 Benoni Ekstroem, Roland - Zueger, Beat 1/2 42 A00 Irregular Landenbergue, Claude - Peptan, Corina 0-1 44 E46 Nimzo indian Gallagher, Joseph G - Jenni, Florian 1/2 63 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch Round 3 (1998.07.22) Hickl, Joerg - Mittelman, Gur 0-1 47 A12 English; 1.c4 Marciano, David - Ekstroem, Roland 1/2 44 B36 Sicilian Zueger, Beat - Landenbergue, Claude 1/2 21 A39 English; 1.c4 c5 Bagirov, Rufat - Palac, Mladen 1/2 20 E20 Nimzo indian Jenni, Florian - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 16 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Peptan, Corina - Gallagher, Joseph G 1-0 46 B52 Sicilian Round 4 (1998.07.23) Palac, Mladen - Ekstroem, Roland 1/2 13 C45 Scottish Mittelman, Gur - Jenni, Florian 1/2 40 E97 Kings indian; Main line Pelletier, Yannick - Peptan, Corina 1/2 17 E32 Nimzo indian Bagirov, Rufat - Hickl, Joerg 0-1 48 A41 Queen's pawn Landenbergue, Claude - Marciano, David 1/2 14 C43 Petroff defence Gallagher, Joseph G - Zueger, Beat 0-1 39 C11 French; Classical Round 5 (1998.07.25) Hickl, Joerg - Palac, Mladen 0-1 59 A22 English; 1.c4 e5 Marciano, David - Gallagher, Joseph G 1/2 24 B52 Sicilian Zueger, Beat - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 28 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Ekstroem, Roland - Landenbergue, Claude 1/2 15 D00 Queen's pawn Jenni, Florian - Bagirov, Rufat 1-0 39 B05 Alekhine defence Peptan, Corina - Mittelman, Gur 0-1 81 B18 Caro-Kann Round 6 (1998.07.26) Palac, Mladen - Landenbergue, Claude 1-0 34 B67 Sicilian Mittelman, Gur - Zueger, Beat 1-0 34 E62 Kings indian Hickl, Joerg - Jenni, Florian 1-0 41 C85 Ruy Lopez Pelletier, Yannick - Marciano, David 1/2 28 A13 English; 1.c4 Bagirov, Rufat - Peptan, Corina 1-0 37 B89 Sicilian Gallagher, Joseph G - Ekstroem, Roland 1-0 53 C49 Four knights Round 7 (1998.07.27) Marciano, David - Mittelman, Gur 1-0 26 B18 Caro-Kann Zueger, Beat - Bagirov, Rufat 1/2 24 E05 Nimzo indian Ekstroem, Roland - Pelletier, Yannick 0-1 34 E14 Nimzo indian Jenni, Florian - Palac, Mladen 0-1 55 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Landenbergue, Claude - Gallagher, Joseph G 1-0 61 B53 Sicilian Peptan, Corina - Hickl, Joerg 0-1 81 B06 Modern defence Biel SUI (SUI), VII-VIII 1998 cat. IX (2459) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2545 * = 1 1 . . = = 1 1 . . 5.5 2673 2 Mittelman, Gur m ISR 2415 = * 1 0 . 1 = . = . . 1 4.5 2556 3 Hickl, Joerg g GER 2555 0 0 * . 1 . 1 . 1 . = 1 4.5 2547 4 Marciano, David m FRA 2485 0 1 . * = = . = . = = . 3.5 2474 5 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2515 . . 0 = * = = 1 = . . = 3.5 2446 6 Zueger, Beat m SUI 2445 . 0 . = = * = = . = 1 . 3.5 2448 7 Bagirov, Rufat AZE 2325 = = 0 . = = * . 0 . . 1 3.0 2421 8 Ekstroem, Roland m SUI 2490 = . . = 0 = . * . = 0 1 3.0 2422 9 Jenni, Florian f SUI 2415 0 = 0 . = . 1 . * = = . 3.0 2416 10 Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2420 0 . . = . = . = = * 1 0 3.0 2418 11 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2490 . . = = . 0 . 1 = 0 * 0 2.5 2358 12 Peptan, Corina wg ROM 2410 . 0 0 . = . 0 0 . 1 1 * 2.5 2356 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Leading scores after 6 rounds of the open 1 Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2535 5.5 19.5 101.5 2 Cherniaev, Alexander m RUS 2465 4.5 21.5 92.5 3 Adianto, Utut g INA 2615 4.5 19.0 96.5 4 Kallai, Gabor g HUN 2470 4.5 18.5 96.5 5 Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2460 4.5 16.5 93.0 6 Mikhalevski, Alexander m ISR 2485 4.0 20.5 93.0 7 Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2440 4.0 20.0 92.0 8 Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2595 4.0 20.0 91.0 9 Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2600 4.0 19.0 94.0 10 Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2400 4.0 19.0 93.0 11 Heedt, Thorsten GER 2190 4.0 18.0 87.0 12 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2635 4.0 17.0 88.5 13 Antic, Dejan m YUG 2460 4.0 16.5 88.5 14 Barbero, Gerardo F g ARG 2440 4.0 15.5 85.0 15 Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2610 3.5 20.0 94.0 16 Kaenel, Hansjuerg m SUI 2385 3.5 20.0 89.5 17 Ciric, Dragoljub M g YUG 2350 3.5 19.5 90.0 18 Giertz, Niklaus f SUI 2310 3.5 19.5 87.5 19 Polak, Tomas m CZE 2500 3.5 18.5 96.5 20 Gheorghiu, Florin g ROM 2455 3.5 18.0 90.0 21 Nemet, Ivan g SUI 2380 3.5 16.5 90.5 22 Barthel, Ansgar GER 2185 3.5 16.5 85.0 23 Gurieli, Nino m GEO 2385 3.5 16.0 84.0 24 Lederer, Yoav ISR 2270 3.5 16.0 83.0 25 Astengo, Corrado ITA 2180 3.5 14.0 89.0
The Saitek US Masters started on Tuesday, July 21 at the Hawaiian Monarch Hotel in Waikiki, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The undoubted story of the first few days was the 4-0 start of US unknown Ben Deng. After beating Irina Krush in round one he beat GMs Pavel Blatny, Ian Rogers and Patrick Wolff in successive rounds. My thanks to Eric Schiller for games and results from the early rounds
Internet coverage at:
The Cardoza US Open starts August 1 in Kona, featuring Judit Polgar and most of the participants from the Masters.
Standings after round 4 No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 1. Rogers, Ian AUS 2605 3 20:W 9:W 12:L 31:W 18: 2. Benjamin, Joel USA 2595 2.5 21:W 10:L 36:W 24:D 22: 3. Gulko, Boris USA 2585 4 23:W 15:W 42:W 10:W 12: 4. Hodgson, Julian ENG 2575 2 24:D 35:D 37:W 32:L 39: 5. Wolff, Patrick USA 2575 3 25:W 13:W 50:W 12:L 23: 6. Antonio, Rogelio PHI 2540 3 22:W 14:D 35:W 30:D 21: 7. Blatny, Pavel CZE 2520 2.5 26:W 12:L 44:W 42:D 68: 8. Shaked, Tal USA 2490 3 27:W 18:D 40:W 55:D 13: 9. Ashley, Maurice USA 2490 2 28:W 1:L 43:L 49:W 40: 10. Gufeld, Eduard USA 2465 3 29:W 2:W 52:W 3:L 30: 11. Ippolito, Dean USA 2430 3 30:D 24:D 45:W 37:W 32: 12. Deng, Ben USA 2415 4 31:W 7:W 1:W 5:W 3: 13. Kobese, Watu RSA 2415 3 32:W 5:L 47:W 43:W 8: 14. Whitehead, Jay USA 2410 2.5 33:W 6:D 51:W 18:L 42: 15. De Guzman, Ricardo PHI 2400 3 36:W 3:L 49:W 50:W 55: 16. Kelleher, William USA 2400 2 34:D 30:L 71:W 40:D 44: 17. Shamkovich, Leonid USA 2380 2.5 35:L 38:W 59:D 48:W 24: 18. Saidy, Anthony USA 2380 3.5 76:+ 8:D 48:W 14:W 1: 19. Watson, John USA 2365 2.5 38:D 34:W 55:L 57:W 26: 20. Martinovsky, Eugene USA 2365 2 1:L 42:L 64:W 54:W 43: 21. Garbett, Paul NZD 2360 3 2:L 44:W 54:W 52:W 6: 22. Rowley, Robert USA 2360 2.5 6:L 46:W 61:W 68:D 2: 23. Ardaman, Miles USA 2355 3 3:L 45:W 63:W 75:W 5: 24. Shahade, Greg USA 2355 2.5 4:D 11:D 65:W 2:D 17: 25. Welling, Gerard NED 2350 2 5:L 50:L 69:W 56:W 47: 26. Datu, Idelfonso PHI 2335 2.5 7:L 49:W 68:D 51:W 19: 27. Eisen, Lewis USA 2325 2 8:L 52:L 70:W 61:W 62: 28. Pruner, Earl USA 2290 2 9:L 51:D 58:W 59:D 50: 29. Ashton, Jeff USA 2285 1 10:L 55:D 56:D 62:L 57: 30. Villamayor, Bong PHI 2280 3 11:D 16:W 67:W 6:D 10: 31. Krush, Irina USA 2275 2 12:L 59:W 73:W 1:L 75: 32. Martinez, Marcel CUB 2270 3 13:L 61:W 74:W 4:W 11: 33. Shtern, Igor USA 2265 2 14:L 63:W 75:L 73:W 67: 34. Paragua, Mark PHI 2260 1.5 16:D 19:L 60:L 46:W 71: 35. Salman, Joel USA 2250 2 17:W 4:D 6:L 60:D 52: 36. Gross, Ron USA 2250 2 15:L 74:W 2:L 65:W 59: 37. Zaremba, Andre USA 2245 2 66:W 73:W 4:L 11:L 60: 38. Chernin, Oliver USA 2240 1.5 19:D 17:L 62:D 66:D 51: 39. Hummel, Patrick USA 2240 2 59:L 62:D 46:W 67:D 4: 40. Bhat, Vinay USA 2235 2 60:D 75:W 8:L 16:D 9: 41. Heinola, Kari FIN 2235 .5 61:L 65:L 57:L 70:D 64: 42. Takata, Reynolds USA 2235 2.5 62:W 20:W 3:L 7:D 14: 43. Chavira, Wilmer USA 2230 2 63:L 64:W 9:W 13:L 20: 44. Orton, William USA 2230 2 66:+ 21:L 7:L 63:W 16: 45. Weeramantry, Sunil SRI 2215 1 65:W 23:L 11:L 71:L 61: 46. Stevens, Lawrence USA 2210 .5 56:D 22:L 39:L 34:L 70: 47. Ballo, Emanuel GER 2200 2 68:L 69:W 13:L 74:W 25: 48. Strenzwilk, Denis USA 2195 1.5 67:D 60:W 18:L 17:L 66: 49. Crispin, Tom USA 2190 1 64:W 26:L 15:L 9:L 63: 50. Levin, Eugene USA 2190 2 69:W 25:W 5:L 15:L 28: 51. Schiller, Eric USA 2190 1.5 70:W 28:D 14:L 26:L 38: 52. Shahade, Jennifer USA 2185 2 71:W 27:W 10:L 21:L 35: 53. Stenzel, Harold USA 2165 .5 74:L 71:L 66:L 58:D 69: 54. Kaugars, Agnis USA 2150 1 73:L 70:W 21:L 20:L 74: 55. Mont-Reynaud, Jordy USA 2125 3 57:W 29:D 19:W 8:D 15: 56. Shipman, Skip USA 2125 1 46:D 67:L 29:D 25:L 65: 57. Smith, Paul USA 2120 1.5 55:L 58:D 41:W 19:L 29: 58. Rupel, David USA 2115 1 75:L 57:D 28:L 53:D 73: 59. Wolferink, Frans NED 2115 2 39:W 31:L 17:D 28:D 36: 60. Rubsamen, Cornelius GER 2110 2 40:D 48:L 34:W 35:D 37: 61. Johnson, Eric USA 2105 1 41:W 32:L 22:L 27:L 45: 62. Kahane, Gabe USA 2100 2 42:L 39:D 38:D 29:W 27: 63. Nakamura, Clyde USA 2090 1 43:W 33:L 23:L 44:L 49: 64. Chapin, Chip USA 2080 .5 49:L 43:L 20:L 69:D 41: 65. Caoili, Arianne PHI 2050 1 45:L 41:W 24:L 36:L 56: 66. Nakamoto, Dexter USA 2030 1.5 37:L : 53:W 38:D 48: 67. Boissonnier, Kimo FRA 2025 2 48:D 56:W 30:L 39:D 33: 68. Beale, Richard USA 2000 2.5 47:W : 26:D 22:D 7: 69. Kawamura, Ben Dean USA 2000 .5 50:L 47:L 25:L 64:D 53: 70. Kobernat, Alan USA 2000 .5 51:L 54:L 27:L 41:D 46: 71. Kramer, George USA 2000 2 52:L 53:W 16:L 45:W 34: 72. Player, House 2000 0 : : : : : 73. Pohl, Ira USA 2000 1 54:W 37:L 31:L 33:L 58: 74. Roods, Scott USA 2000 1 53:W 36:L 32:L 47:L 54: 75. Woods, Dana USA 2000 2 58:W 40:L 33:W 23:L 31: 76. Zaremba, Delayed USA 0 18:- : : : :
IM Jorge Egger reports that Anatoly Karpov played a two game match against Ivan Morovic. The event took place in Santiago de Chile July 23rd and 24th. The games were played at a time rate of 25 minutes + 30 seconds per move. Both games ended in draws.
Karpov, Anatoly - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 46 D46 Semi-Slav Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 70 C42 Petroff defence Santiago CHI (CHI), VII 1998 -------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 -------------------------------------------------------- Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 = = 1.0 2600 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2600 = = 1.0 2735 --------------------------------------------------------
A strong open took place in Roskilde, Denmark July 17-26 1998. The Open was one of the events celebrating the 1000 anniversary of the town. Stig Andersen reports that the open was won convincingly by GMs Jon Speelman (GB) and Jonny Hector (SWE) by 7½/9. The Swedish FM Bergström was the big surprise sharing 3rd place with GM Sveshnikov (RU) and IM Luke McShane (GB) on 6½/9. The young Norwegian player Leif Erlend Johannesen scored an IM-norm.
Full coverage of the event was at
http://hjem.get2net.dk/aage_sinkbaek/menu_eng.htm
Leading final scores Roskilde DEN (DEN), VII 1998 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2605 +36 +10 + 2 =13 + 7 + 8 =12 + 3 = 4 7.5 2700 2 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 +30 +29 - 1 +28 + 5 +13 + 6 +12 =11 7.5 2673 3 Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2595 +43 + 5 + 4 - 6 =17 +22 +21 - 1 +12 6.5 2560 4 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2490 +54 +44 - 3 +23 -12 +28 +14 +20 = 1 6.5 2535 5 Bergstrom, Rolf f SWE 2295 +40 - 3 +27 +35 - 2 =37 +31 +13 +21 6.5 2431 6 Zagorskis, Darius m LTU 2515 +47 +23 +14 + 3 =13 =12 - 2 =10 = 8 6.0 2531 7 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2525 +27 + 8 +17 = 9 - 1 -21 =13 +37 +22 6.0 2478 8 Johannessen, Leif Erlend f NOR 2290 +24 - 7 +41 +33 + 9 - 1 =11 +17 = 6 6.0 2524 9 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2505 +41 +28 =12 = 7 - 8 +23 =19 +15 =10 6.0 2471 10 Adamski, Jan m POL 2345 +52 - 1 +43 +26 +14 =11 =20 = 6 = 9 6.0 2515 11 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2550 =37 +55 +38 -12 +29 =10 = 8 +19 = 2 6.0 2392 12 Grabliauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2465 +34 +26 = 9 +11 + 4 = 6 = 1 - 2 - 3 5.5 2529 13 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2510 +46 +35 +18 = 1 = 6 - 2 = 7 - 5 +20 5.5 2442 14 De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2590 +20 +19 - 6 +37 -10 +16 - 4 =21 +28 5.5 2392 15 Hoi, Carsten m DEN 2430 +50 =25 =16 =29 -21 +34 +26 - 9 +30 5.5 2266 16 Larsen, Karsten DEN 2245 =38 +42 =15 =20 =37 -14 =33 +36 +32 5.5 2316 17 Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2395 +48 +32 - 7 +44 = 3 -20 +29 - 8 +27 5.5 2344 18 Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn m DEN 2345 =42 +31 -13 +38 -20 +27 =37 =32 +35 5.5 2224 19 Kraai, Jesse f USA 2345 +49 -14 -20 +50 +33 +35 = 9 -11 +26 5.5 2355 20 Jorgensen, Brian DEN 2195 -14 +49 +19 =16 +18 +17 =10 - 4 -13 5.0 2408 21 Ligaard, Morten DEN 2230 =57 -38 +42 +31 +15 + 7 - 3 =14 - 5 5.0 2487 22 Glienke, Manfred f GER 2395 =31 -37 +57 +24 +25 - 3 =32 +23 - 7 5.0 2258 23 Larsen, Peter DEN 2275 +56 - 6 +34 - 4 +40 - 9 +24 -22 +39 5.0 2148 24 Pedersen, Henrik Dahl DEN ---- - 8 +36 =32 -22 =30 +43 -23 +44 +37 5.0 2254 25 Lynge, Michael DEN 2160 +60 =15 -37 +32 -22 -26 +51 =39 +40 5.0 2132 26 Bromann, Thorbjorn DEN 2245 +53 -12 +46 -10 =27 +25 -15 +31 -19 4.5 2113 27 Hellstrom, Ake SWE 2095 - 7 +40 - 5 +52 =26 -18 +45 +33 -17 4.5 2139 28 Andreasen, Per DEN 2290 +51 - 9 +30 - 2 +43 - 4 =35 +41 -14 4.5 2293 29 Sylvan, Jacob DEN 2290 +39 - 2 +47 =15 -11 +46 -17 -30 +45 4.5 2147 30 Preuss, Flemming DEN 2080 - 2 +39 -28 =51 =24 =53 +55 +29 -15 4.5 2185 31 Andersen,Stig ---- =22 -18 +45 -21 +51 +44 - 5 -26 +41 4.5 2170 32 Pedersen, Hans Dahl DEN 2175 +58 -17 =24 -25 +53 +45 =22 =18 -16 4.5 2068 33 Koskela, Niina wm FIN 2190 -55 +57 +48 - 8 -19 +40 =16 -27 +50 4.5 1921 34 Nicolaisen, Erik DEN 2035 -12 +53 -23 +55 =44 -15 =42 =38 +48 4.5 2031 35 Schultz-Pedersen, Jesper DEN 2210 +59 -13 +55 - 5 +39 -19 =28 +46 -18 4.5 1991 36 Van Parreren, Hanneke wf NED 2125 - 1 -24 -39 +59 =50 +52 +53 -16 +46 4.5 37 Nilsson, Nils S DEN 2160 =11 +22 +25 -14 =16 = 5 =18 - 7 -24 4.0 2388 38 Jonovic, Velibor DEN ---- =16 +21 -11 -18 -46 =49 +56 =34 =43 4.0 2203 39 Vang, Frank --- ---- -29 -30 +36 +47 -35 =41 +43 =25 -23 4.0 2127 40 Bering, Anders DEN ---- - 5 -27 +59 +41 -23 -33 +54 +42 -25 4.0 2017 41 Nielsen, Morten DEN 2150 - 9 +51 - 8 -40 +49 =39 +48 -28 -31 3.5 42 Andersen,Jacob G ---- =18 -16 -21 +57 -45 +50 =34 -40 =49 3.5 2020 43 Carstensen, Jacob DEN 2160 - 3 +52 -10 +48 -28 -24 -39 +54 =38 3.5 2130 44 Hansen, Gunnar West DEN 2245 +45 - 4 +50 -17 =34 -31 -46 -24 +56 3.5 2033 45 Windekilde,Flemming ---- -44 +54 -31 =46 +42 -32 -27 +52 -29 3.5 1934 46 Nielsen,Henning ---- -13 +59 -26 =45 +38 -29 +44 -35 -36 3.5 1997 47 Henrichsen, Jens DEN 2085 - 6 +56 -29 -39 =52 -51 =49 +55 =53 3.5 48 Byrn,Carsten ---- -17 +58 -33 -43 +56 =55 -41 +51 -34 3.5 49 Asmund,Gert ---- -19 -20 -53 +58 -41 =38 =47 +60 =42 3.5 1871 50 Kronow,Jacob ---- -15 +60 -44 -19 =36 -42 +58 +53 -33 3.5 1901 51 Mortensen,Jan ---- -28 -41 +60 =30 -31 +47 -25 -48 +59 3.5 2004 52 Christensen,Janus ---- -10 -43 +58 -27 =47 -36 +60 -45 +55 3.5 1796 53 Gretarsdottir,Gudfridur L ---- -26 -34 +49 +54 -32 =30 -36 -50 =47 3.0 1957 54 Karlsen, Arne DEN 2065 - 4 -45 +56 -53 -55 +59 -40 -43 +57 3.0 55 Schmidt,Horst ---- +33 -11 -35 -34 +54 =48 -30 -47 -52 2.5 2015 56 Grosse Honebrink,Brigitte ---- -23 -47 -54 +60 -48 +58 -38 =57 -44 2.5 57 Hansen,Rasmus ---- =21 -33 -22 -42 -58 -60 +59 =56 -54 2.0 1898 58 Zyde,Fadmel ---- -32 -48 -52 -49 +57 -56 -50 -59 +60 2.0 59 Nielsen,Michael B ---- -35 -46 -40 -36 =60 -54 -57 +58 -51 1.5 60 Osterberg,Kurt ---- -25 -50 -51 -56 =59 +57 -52 -49 -58 1.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
James Eade sends the final games from the category 10 3rd Mechanics Institute GM invitational in San Francisco. The event was won by Julian Hodgson.
Round 9 (1998.07.18) Hodgson, Julian M - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 13 A47 Queen's pawn Fedorowicz, John P - Lobo, Richard 1/2 16 C19 French; Winawer Christiansen, Larry M - Rey, Guillermo 1-0 75 E71 Kings indian Atalik, Suat - Gurevich, Dmitry 1-0 41 A59 Benko gambit Soltis, Andrew E - Kobese, Watu 1-0 43 C26 1.e4 e5 San Francisco USA (USA), VII 1998 cat. X (2476) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2575 * 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2685 2 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2495 1 * 1 = = = 1 0 1 = 6.0 2598 3 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2575 0 0 * 1 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2590 4 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2595 = = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2542 5 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2595 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2542 6 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2540 = = = = 0 * 1 1 0 1 5.0 2511 7 Soltis, Andrew E g USA 2410 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 3.5 2403 8 Kobese, Watu m RSA 2330 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 * = = 2.5 2326 9 Rey, Guillermo m USA 2335 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = * = 2.5 2325 10 Lobo, Richard ENG 2310 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 2221 --------------------------------------------------------------------
The 8th Smith & Williamson Young Masters ran 17-25th July 1998 at the King Edwards school in Witley, Surrey England. The event was won by English IM Simon Ansell with 6.5 who finished a point clear of a group of 6 players on 5.5. My thanks to John Saunders for the games and results.
Witley ENG (ENG), VII 1998 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Ansell, Simon m ENG 2380 = 6 +20 +19 =11 + 7 = 5 +10 = 4 = 2 6.5 2478 2 Bekker-Jensen, Simon DEN 2300 = 5 = 8 = 9 + 6 = 3 = 7 =14 +10 = 1 5.5 2433 3 Turner, Matthew m ENG 2470 =14 = 6 =13 +19 = 2 = 8 = 4 + 5 = 9 5.5 2383 4 Kelly, Bryan IRL 2390 =15 -10 =12 +18 +13 = 6 = 3 = 1 +11 5.5 2371 5 Williams, Simon f ENG 2315 = 2 +15 =10 = 7 +17 = 1 +11 - 3 = 8 5.5 2420 6 Haslinger, Stewart ENG 2225 = 1 = 3 +18 - 2 +12 = 4 - 9 +14 +13 5.5 2410 7 Bates, Richard m ENG 2430 +16 =19 +17 = 5 - 1 = 2 = 8 =11 +15 5.5 2372 8 Pert, Nicholas ENG 2320 =18 = 2 +16 =10 =11 = 3 = 7 = 9 = 5 5.0 2390 9 Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2450 =10 =18 = 2 -17 +19 =15 + 6 = 8 = 3 5.0 2324 10 Hunt, Adam ENG 2255 = 9 + 4 = 5 = 8 +20 =11 - 1 - 2 =12 4.5 2336 11 Ferguson, Mark m ENG 2410 +21 =17 +14 = 1 = 8 =10 - 5 = 7 - 4 4.5 2326 12 Palliser, Richard ENG 2165 =20 -14 = 4 +21 - 6 +16 =13 =15 =10 4.5 2267 13 Bekker-Jensen, David DEN 2200 -17 +22 = 3 =14 - 4 +20 =12 +21 - 6 4.5 2297 14 Mah, Karl f ENG 2340 = 3 +12 -11 =13 =15 =17 = 2 - 6 =22 4.0 2240 15 Pert, Richard G ENG 2235 = 4 - 5 =20 +16 =14 = 9 =22 =12 - 7 4.0 2278 16 Moskovic, David M ENG 2220 - 7 +21 - 8 -15 +22 -12 =19 +18 =20 4.0 2229 17 Vigus, James ENG 2260 +13 =11 - 7 + 9 - 5 =14 -18 =22 -21 3.5 2248 18 Rapoport, Evgeny ISR 2280 = 8 = 9 - 6 - 4 -21 +22 +17 -16 =19 3.5 2207 19 Bisby, Daniel L ENG 2190 +22 = 7 - 1 - 3 - 9 -21 =16 +20 =18 3.5 2260 20 Ribshtein, Nati ISR 2295 =12 - 1 =15 +22 -10 -13 +21 -19 =16 3.5 2162 21 Gervais, Victor FRA 2250 -11 -16 -22 -12 +18 +19 -20 -13 +17 3.0 2131 22 Kargin, Arseny RUS 2285 -19 -13 +21 -20 -16 -18 =15 =17 =14 2.5 2086 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Six players scored 7/9 in the main Komercni Banka Open which was part of the larger chess festival 10-26 July 1998 in Pardubice in the Czech Republic. Milan Zurek was first on tie-break from Gyimesi, Hracek, Pavasovic, Stocek and Manik. Details of all the events and full results at:
http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen/
Pardubice CZE (CZE), VII 1998 1 Zurek, Milan m CZE 2450 7.0 2 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2505 7.0 3 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2610 7.0 4 Pavasovic, Dusko m SLO 2505 7.0 5 Stocek, Jiri m CZE 2450 7.0 6 Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2460 7.0 7 Turov, Maxim m RUS 2445 6.5 8 Haba, Petr g CZE 2570 6.5 9 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2595 6.5 10 Timoshchenko, Gennadi A g SVK 2520 6.5 11 Kholmov, Ratmir D g RUS 2475 6.5 12 Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2550 6.5 13 Sluka, Radek CZE 2380 6.5 14 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2600 6.5 15 Meister, Yakov m RUS 2465 6.5 16 Voloshin, Leonid m CZE 2420 6.5 17 Meduna, Eduard g CZE 2470 6.5 18 Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2580 6.0 19 Shushpanov, V RUS 2340 6.0 20 Gutman, Gennadi m UKR 2410 6.0 21 Hasangatin, Ramil m RUS 2460 6.0 22 Reprintsev, Alexander UKR 2440 6.0 23 Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2505 6.0 24 Chernyshov, Konstantin m RUS 2485 6.0 25 Konopka, Michal m CZE 2445 6.0 26 Mrva, Martin m SVK 2415 6.0 27 Kalod, Radek m CZE 2450 6.0 28 Shabanov, Yuri m RUS 2495 6.0 29 Nizamov, Ildar RUS 2400 6.0 30 Krapivin, Vladislav f RUS 2385 6.0 31 Szekely, Peter g HUN 2475 6.0 32 Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2430 6.0 33 Neumann, Peter CZE 2365 6.0 234 players
Christophe Bouton is reporting on the Paris Championships and other events on the Europe Echecs pages.http://www.europe-echecs.com/
Here are a couple of finished events:
The municipality of Bagneux organised a Category III IM norm tournament 9-17th July. The Belgian FM Kim Le Quang scored his second IM norm in winning the event jointly with IM Lajos Gyorkos of Hungary.
More details at the Bagneux CC page: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/echecs.bagneux/
Bagneux FRA (FRA), VII 1998 cat. III (2304) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Le Quang, Kim f BEL 2265 * 1 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2473 2 Gyorkos, Lajos m HUN 2435 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2454 3 Marcelin, Cyril FRA 2375 1 = * = = = = = = 1 5.5 2375 4 Sinkovics, Peter m HUN 2365 = = = * 0 1 = = 1 = 5.0 2339 5 Dussart, Frederic FRA 2250 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = = = 4.5 2309 6 Sellos, Didier m FRA 2405 0 = = 0 = * 1 0 1 1 4.5 2292 7 Eusebe, Aurelien FRA 2170 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2275 8 Fiol, Fabrice FRA 2260 = 0 = = = 1 0 * 0 = 3.5 2228 9 Bartha, Sandor f HUN 2265 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * = 3.0 2182 10 Gollain, Marc FRA 2245 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = * 2.0 2090 ----------------------------------------------------------------
The norm set at 6.5 points in the Clichy tournament proved too tough even for the GMs. The event ended in a three way tie between Lukov, Georghiou and Bergez on six points. It took place in Clichy, France 8-16th July 1998.
Clichy FRA (FRA), VII 1998 cat. II (2289) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Lukov, Valentin g BUL 2470 * = 1 = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2393 2 Georghiou, Paul I ENG 2245 = * 1 0 1 = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2418 3 Bergez, Luc FRA 2380 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2403 4 Murrey, Jacob g ISR 2420 = 1 = * 1 = = = = = 5.5 2354 5 Grimberg, Gilbert f FRA 2230 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 = 5.0 2338 6 Vigus, James ENG 2260 = = 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 4.5 2292 7 Verat, Laurent f FRA 2300 = 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = = 4.0 2244 8 Berthelot, Yannick f FRA 2285 = 1 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2246 9 Montheard, Xavier FRA 2220 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 2.5 2130 10 Bellaiche, Antony FRA 2080 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 2039 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Viswanathan Anand played the computer program REBEL, July 21-23 1998 on the island of Ischia (Italy). There were 8 games. The first four were played at the time rate of 5 minutes + 5 seconds per move. The next two at 15 minutes for all the moves. The final two were normal timerate games. The exhibition saw Anand lose the first three five minute games before getting on the scoreboard. Anand then lost the first 15 minute game (played with a normal, not electronic chess clock) on time when he appeared to lose track of the time in a favourable position. The second 15 minute game and last on day one was drawn. Days two and three were given over to a single game played at a near normal international timerates. Anand was clearly surprised in game one by the use of the Chigorin's defence. Anand seemed quickly to lose the advantage, hoping perhaps the two bishops might give him some long term chances. As it was the game turned into a race which Anand looked slightly slower. In the end Anand reached an ending which should be drawn by perpetual. In the final game Anand cleverly sucked the computer into complications which left him with some winning chances in an unbalanced position which he converted.
Further info at:
http://www.rebel.nl/edindex.htm
The US Junior Championships were held in New York, 11-19th July. The event was won by Igor Shliperman after a two game tie break match with Michael Mulyar (Shliperman won the first game with black, the second was drawn) after they both tied on 6.5/9. My thanks to Vadim Kaminsky for the games.
New York USA (USA), VII 1998 cat. III (2302) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Mulyar, Michael A f USA 2380 * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 = 6.5 2470 2 Shliperman, Igor m USA 2425 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2464 3 Perelshteyn, Eugene f USA 2375 = = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2425 4 Ariel, Donny USA 2290 0 = = * = 1 1 0 0 1 4.5 2383 5 Ippolito, Dean f USA 2435 0 = = = * = 0 0 1 1 4.0 2322 6 Shahade, Gregory f USA 2320 = = 0 0 = * 1 0 1 = 4.0 2336 7 Mc Clelland, Shearwood USA 2130 = 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 = 0 3.5 2219 8 Braylovsky,Gregory ---- 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 * = 0 3.5 2255 9 Viloria, John USA 2350 0 0 = 1 0 0 = = * 1 3.5 2246 10 Zilberstein, Dmitry USA 2310 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 * 3.0 2145 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Tim McGrew sends news of the US Cadet Championships. They were held from July 09, 1998 to July 12, 1998 at the Nashville Chess Center in Nashville, TN. Vinay Bhat and Dmitry Schneider tied for first with scores of 5-2. Schneider won the trophy on tiebreak. Noah Siegel won the Best Game award for his sacrificial kingside attack against Jordy Mont-Reynaud. Vinay Bhat received the second place award for his positional squeeze of Siegel. Zaremba-Bhat was a time forfeit without, apparently, White's making any moves.
Nashville USA (USA), VII 1998 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Bhat, Vinay S USA 2255 * = = = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2352 2 Schneider, Dmitry USA 2215 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 5.0 2451 3 John,David USA ---- = 1 * = 0 = = = 3.5 2211 4 Ritvin, Stanislav USA 2205 = = = * = 0 = 1 3.5 2285 5 Siegel, Noah J USA 2240 0 0 1 = * = = 1 3.5 2134 6 Zaremba,Andrei USA ---- 0 0 = 1 = * 1 = 3.5 2211 7 Wang, Philip Xiao USA 2230 = 0 = = = 0 * 0 2.0 2059 8 Mont-Reynaud, Jordy USA 2125 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 2.0 1989 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The PCA World Rankings are produced by the World Chess Council Luis Rentero Sancez, Linares, Ken Thompson, New Jersey. Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow Results up to August 1,1998
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2808 143 2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2752 148 3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2738 148 4. Adams,Michael ENG 2703 151 5. Svidler,Peter RUS 2703 169 6. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181 7. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2699 186 8. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2692 171 9. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2687 151 10. Leko,Peter HUN 2676 140 11. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2674 142 12. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2673 187 13. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2670 126 14. Short,Nigel ENG 2670 176 15. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2662 186 16. Salov,Valery RUS 2656 185 17. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2652 176 18. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2649 164 19. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2649 150 20. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2645 188 21. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2644 149 22. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2638 162 23. Polgar,Judit HUN 2635 180 24. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2635 142 25. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2634 130 26. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2632 174 27. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2629 188 28. Timman,Jan NED 2626 182 29. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2625 132 30. Lautier,Joel FRA 2619 171 31. Vaganian,Rafael ARM 2618 153 32. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2615 150 33. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2614 176 34. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163 35. Yusupov,Artur GER 2609 145 36. Beliavsky,Alexander SLO 2608 193 37. Baklan,Vladimir UKR 2608 188 38. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2607 196 39. Oll,Lembit EST 2607 142 40. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2606 156 41. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188 42. Van Wely,Loek NED 2603 196 43. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2603 157 44. Adianto,Utut INA 2603 181 45. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2603 150 46. Granda Zuniga,Julio PER 2602 202 47. Wolff,Patrick USA 2602 186 48. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2601 141 49. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2600 152 50. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2600 129
Milan Dezelin sends the final games from the tournament in Jagodina (reported in twic179). A Category 8 event with a gm norm set at 8 points and im at 7. The event took place 23rd March - 3rd April 1998. IMs Milko Popchev and Dejan Antic won the event jointly and scored GM norms.
Round 8 (1998.03.30) Popchev, Milko - Ermenkov, Evgenij 1-0 23 B07 Pirc Antic, Dejan - Ostojic, Nikola 1-0 80 E15 Nimzo indian Pikula, Dejan - Dimitrov, Vladimir 1/2 13 C16 French; Winawer Brenjo, Slavisa - Arsovic, Zoran 1-0 65 B84 Sicilian Nestorovic, Dejan - Zontakh, Andrey 0-1 42 E15 Nimzo indian Novoselski, Zoran - Nesic, Nebojsa 1-0 35 E90 Kings indian; Classical Round 9 (1998.03.31) Zontakh, Andrey - Popchev, Milko 1/2 9 D13 Slav defence Ermenkov, Evgenij - Novoselski, Zoran 1-0 58 C24 1.e4 e5 Ostojic, Nikola - Pikula, Dejan 1/2 20 A09 Reti (1.Nf3) Dimitrov, Vladimir - Brenjo, Slavisa 1/2 57 C92 Ruy Lopez Arsovic, Zoran - Nestorovic, Dejan 0-1 65 A04 Reti (1.Nf3) Nesic, Nebojsa - Antic, Dejan 0-1 30 E97 Kings indian; Main line Round 10 (1998.04.01) Popchev, Milko - Arsovic, Zoran 1/2 9 A36 English; 1.c4 c5 Antic, Dejan - Pikula, Dejan 1/2 12 D28 QGA; Brenjo, Slavisa - Ostojic, Nikola 1/2 75 B50 Sicilian Nestorovic, Dejan - Dimitrov, Vladimir 1/2 10 E58 Nimzo indian Novoselski, Zoran - Zontakh, Andrey 0-1 52 B57 Sicilian Nesic, Nebojsa - Ermenkov, Evgenij 0-1 21 B15 Caro-Kann Round 11 (1998.04.03) Zontakh, Andrey - Nesic, Nebojsa 1-0 29 E95 Kings indian; Classical Pikula, Dejan - Brenjo, Slavisa 1/2 15 C99 Ruy Lopez Ermenkov, Evgenij - Antic, Dejan 1/2 15 E70 Kings indian Ostojic, Nikola - Nestorovic, Dejan 1-0 43 A06 Reti (1.Nf3) Dimitrov, Vladimir - Popchev, Milko 0-1 26 A37 English; 1.c4 c5 Arsovic, Zoran - Novoselski, Zoran 1/2 11 C89 Ruy Lopez Jagodina YUG (YUG), III-IV 1998 cat. VIII (2429) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Popchev, Milko m BUL 2455 * = = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 8.0 2601 2 Antic, Dejan m YUG 2460 = * 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2600 3 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2545 = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2551 4 Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2440 = = = * = = = = = = 1 1 6.5 2492 5 Brenjo, Slavisa m YUG 2450 = 1 = = * 0 = = = 1 1 0 6.0 2462 6 Ermenkov, Evgenij g BUL 2480 0 = = = 1 * 0 = = = 1 1 6.0 2460 7 Ostojic, Nikola m YUG 2440 0 0 0 = = 1 * = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2463 8 Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2450 0 = = = = = = * = = = 1 5.5 2426 9 Nestorovic, Dejan m YUG 2375 = 0 0 = = = 0 = * 1 1 1 5.5 2433 10 Arsovic, Zoran m YUG 2430 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 3.5 2295 11 Novoselski, Zoran m YUG 2385 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 2.5 2221 12 Nesic, Nebojsa YUG 2235 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2063 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
The 10th Open German Seniors Championship are taking place in Weilburg. There are 257 participants including World Seniors Champion Janis Klovans and former World Seniors Champion Alexey Suetin. The tournament ends on 28th of July.
Internet coverage: http://www.limburg.de/verband/svlahn
The Dutch Open Championships are underway in Dieren and run July 20th -30th. The Dutch Federation are covering the event at their own site. Full coverage at the end in next week's TWIC.
http://www.schaakbond.nl/update/nieuws/openNK98/openNK98.htm
The two best Dutch players will qualify for the 1999 Dutch Championship in Rotterdam. Among the participants are 10 GM's and 14 IM's, including the new European Youth Champion Dennis de Vreugt from Holland.
The "Schachtage" runs 25th July to 2th August 1998 in Germany. Daily coverage on two sites including that of TeleSchach. In addition to an Open take place an international GM-tournament with an Elo-average 2542. Among the 10 players of the GM-tournament are WGM Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska (girls world champion 1989 and 1990) from Tiflis (GEO) and the nineteen-years-old WGM Antoaneta Stefanova (Elo 2475) from Bulgaria. Full roundup in TWIC next week.
Internet sites: http://teleschach.com/berichte/reckli98.html
or http://home.t-online.de/home/sv-springer/rst98.htm
The 2nd international open tournament of Korinthos will be held 20-28
July 1998. Coverage by the Hellas Chess Club. Full roundup in TWIC next
week.
http://www.compulink.gr/chess
The August First Saturday tournaments runs 1st-13th August in Budapest reports Laszlo Nagy. The players registered so far for the cat.VII-VIII. event, (10-14 participants) are:
IGM Ram Soffer (ISR), IGM Lukacs, Peter (HUN), IGM Barczay, Laszlo (HUN), IM Szabolcsi, János (HUN), IM Jelen, Igor (SLO), Vovsha, Eli (ISR), IM Turov, Maxim (RUS), Roy, Shankar (IND), IM Borge, Nikolai (DEN), IM Whitehead, Jay (USA),(to be confirmed(, IM Blauert, Joerg (GER). IM Fogarasi, Tibor (HUN): Reserves: WGM Hoang, Trang (VIE), IM Turzo, Attila (HUN).
There will be 2 IM-groups, cat.2-3, with 10-14 participants. We have now 23 players registered. There will be a rated round robin closed tournament for rated, for about 2005-2300 rating players, besides of this a Scheveningen system event for nonrated to make the rating in 9 days with 9 games (6 hours time control). There are still vacancies for some of the events. Contact Laszlo Nagy for more information
Info: Laszlo Nagy, e-mail: 100263.1700@compuserve.com Tel-fax: /361/-263-28-59
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