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1) Introduction
2) Nigel Short wins the British Chess Championships
3) Alexander Morozevich wins the 51st Russian Chess
Championships
4) Lost Boys Tournament
5) Irish Championships 1998
6) Argentinian Championships 1998
7) Quebec Open 1998
8) MK Cafe Cup
9) First Saturday, August
10) London Chess Center TWIC offers
Games section
British Chess Championships 182 games 51st Russian Chess Championships 180 games Lost Boys Tournament 90 games Irish Championships 1998 77 games Argentinian Championships 1998 21 games Quebec Open 1998 134 games MK Cafe Cup 230 games First Saturday, August GM 36 games First Saturday, August IMA 36 games First Saturday, August IMB 42 games First Saturday, August ELO 30 games
My thanks Uhlrich Jahr, Malcolm Pein, Vadim Kaminsky, Lost Boys, John Loughran, Laslo Nagy, Richard Berube, Hugh Brodie, Adrian Roldan (AJEDREZ ARGENTINO MultiWeb ) and all those who helped with this issue.
The British Chess Championships came to an exciting conclusion with Nigel Short taking the title after a mini-rapid chess match against Matthew Sadler. Alexander Morozevich won the 51st Russian Chess Championships to perhaps put his career back on track.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Smith and Williamson British Chess Championships ran 27th July - August 8th at the Riviera Centre in Torquay. There were a number of exciting moments in the race for the title between Nigel Short and Matthew Sadler in the final stages of the event. Short caught Sadler in round 9 when Sashkirian (who scored a GM norm here) drew against Sadler as he had earlier done against Short. In round 10 Short beat Thipsay but Sadler was defeated by Hebden leaving Short a point clear with a round to go. Short played his old rival Tony Miles and the veteran rose to the occasion squeezing out a win in 52 moves from an almost symetrical early middlegame. Sadler pulled off a win against Peter Wells to take the championship into a playoff, series of speed games on August 8th (Saturday) for a £1500 prize fund. The playoff had this format, two games of rapid chess at 30 minutes per side + 30 seconds per move. If that match had been tied they would have played a series of games at 10 minutes + 10 seconds per move until there was a decisive game. However Short dominated the first mini-match doing well in the first game and winning the second to take the title.
Smith & Williamson British Championship Round eight top four results
1 CONQUEST,Stuart 2490 (5) 0-1 SADLER,Matthew 2660 (6); 2 SPEELMAN,Jon 2600 (5½) 1-0 ROWSON,Jonathan 2495 (5½); 3 SHORT,Nigel 2670 (5½) 1-0 HEBDEN,Mark 2590 (5); 4 THIPSAY,Praveen 2450 (5) 1/2 WELLS,Peter 2515 (5)
Smith & Williamson British Championship Round Nine top four results
1 SADLER,Matthew 2660 (7) 1/2 SASIKIRAN,Krishn 2470 (6); 2 SPEELMAN,Jon 2600 (6½) 0-1 SHORT,Nigel 2670 (6½); 3 WELLS,Peter 2515 (5½) 1/2 MILES,Tony 2590 (5½); 4 ROWSON,Jonathan 2495 (5½) 0-1 THIPSAY,Praveen 2450 (5½);
Smith & Williamson British Championship Round Ten top four results
1 SHORT,Nigel 2670 (7½) 1-0 THIPSAY,Praveen 2450 (6½); 2 HEBDEN,Mark 2590 (6) 1-0 SADLER,Matthew 2660 (7½); 3 MILES,Tony 2590 (6) 1-0 SPEELMAN,Jon 2600 (6½); 4 SASIKIRAN,Krishn 2470 (6½) 0-1 WELLS,Peter 2515 (6);
Smith & Williamson British Championship Round 11 top four results
1 MILES,Tony 2590 (7) 1-0 SHORT,Nigel 2670 (8½); 2 SADLER,Matthew 2660 (7½) 1-0 WELLS,Peter 2515 (7); 3 SPEELMAN,Jon 2600 (6½) 1-0 HEBDEN,Mark 2590 (7); 4 THIPSAY,Praveen 2450 (6½) 0-1 WARD,Chris 2505 (6½)
Final Standings after 11 rounds Torquay ENG (ENG), VII-VIII 1998 --------------------------------- 1 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2660 8.5 /11 2 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 8.5 /11 3 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2595 8.0 /11 4 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2605 7.5 /11 5 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2480 7.5 /11 6 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2415 7.0 /11 7 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2585 7.0 /11 8 Houska, Miroslav ENG 2385 7.0 /11 9 Lane, Gary W m ENG 2400 7.0 /11 10 Ledger, Andrew m ENG 2460 7.0 /11 11 Martin, Andrew D m ENG 2445 7.0 /11 12 Pert, Nicholas ENG 2320 7.0 /11 13 Sashikiran, Krishnan f IND 2470 7.0 /11 14 Summerscale, Aaron g ENG 2440 7.0 /11 15 Wells, Peter K g ENG 2530 7.0 /11 16 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2515 6.5 /11 17 Williams, Simon f ENG 2315 6.5 /11 18 Knott, Simon J.B f ENG 2350 6.5 /11 .... 66 players Miroslav Houska and Nicholas Pert (7.0) were the joint British U21 Champions. Susan Lalic (5.5) was the British Ladies Champion.
The 51st Russian Chess Championships ran July 27th - 8th August 1998. The event was won by the Alexander Morozevich on tie-break from Svidler, Sakaev and Shipov all of whom scored 7.5/11. Morozevich seems to be hitting good form again after a couple of bad years, in particular he has cut the number of losses. His victory here came with a late run when he beat Galliamova, Yevseev and Rublevsky in rounds 8-10.
Internet coverage on the Russian Chess pages at: http://www.ruschess.com/
St Petersburg RUS (RUS), VII-VIII 1998
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2590 =16 +38 =28 =14 = 7 = 6 =45 +31 +15 +12 = 3 7.5 2674
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 =31 +50 =40 =17 = 5 +39 +24 = 6 +29 = 3 = 4 7.5 2709
3 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2620 =38 +16 =47 +55 =45 +12 =14 =17 + 6 = 2 = 1 7.5 2713
4 Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2620 =37 +56 -17 =32 +52 =27 +20 = 5 +18 +14 = 2 7.5 2690
5 Dolmatov, Sergey g RUS 2570 = 6 =53 =43 +22 = 2 +28 =12 = 4 = 7 +17 =10 7.0 2662
6 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2500 = 5 =29 =27 +31 +40 = 1 +37 = 2 - 3 =13 +18 7.0 2686
7 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2560 +44 +33 -30 =13 = 1 = 9 =18 +26 = 5 +37 = 8 7.0 2654
8 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2630 =21 +23 =45 +47 =12 -17 +27 +30 =14 = 9 = 7 7.0 2673
9 Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2575 =22 =43 =36 =23 +54 = 7 +53 =15 +19 = 8 =11 7.0 2625
10 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2590 +11 =54 =13 =28 =27 =32 -19 +46 +30 +29 = 5 7.0 2648
11 Popov, Valerij m RUS 2505 -10 =51 +38 -33 =21 +54 +49 =45 +34 +25 = 9 7.0 2672
12 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2665 =50 +31 +54 +30 = 8 - 3 = 5 =19 +17 - 1 =13 6.5 2639
13 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2675 =23 +21 =10 = 7 -14 =53 =35 +22 +45 = 6 =12 6.5 2617
14 Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2565 =59 =58 +35 = 1 +13 +45 = 3 =29 = 8 - 4 =25 6.5 2635
15 Yevseev, Denis RUS 2455 =20 =39 -29 +50 +41 =18 +40 = 9 - 1 =27 +36 6.5 2632
16 Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2560 = 1 - 3 =20 =24 =46 -41 +57 =40 +39 +31 +29 6.5 2634
17 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2570 +24 =45 + 4 = 2 =30 + 8 =29 = 3 -12 - 5 =19 6.0 2636
18 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2560 =43 =22 =19 +21 =53 =15 = 7 +37 - 4 +28 - 6 6.0 2547
19 Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2485 -45 +24 =18 =54 =34 +25 +10 =12 - 9 =23 =17 6.0 2634
20 Goldin, Alexander g RUS 2590 =15 -28 =16 +35 =23 +48 - 4 +53 -25 +38 =22 6.0 2534
21 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav m RUS 2540 = 8 -13 +56 -18 =11 -26 +43 +49 =24 =35 +42 6.0 2601
22 Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2505 = 9 =18 =41 - 5 -24 +44 +50 -13 +40 +46 =20 6.0 2607
23 Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2555 =13 - 8 +58 = 9 =20 =40 =39 =32 +48 =19 =26 6.0 2557
24 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2640 -17 -19 +57 =16 +22 +55 - 2 =28 =21 =42 +37 6.0 2572
25 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2655 =32 =42 =37 =52 =28 -19 +51 +39 +20 -11 =14 6.0 2556
26 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V m RUS 2445 =27 =46 -55 =42 =38 +21 +47 - 7 =31 +45 =23 6.0 2589
27 Razuvaev, Yuri S g RUS 2555 =26 =48 = 6 +36 =10 = 4 - 8 =34 =35 =15 =28 5.5 2542
28 Iskusnyh, Sergei m RUS 2455 =39 +20 = 1 =10 =25 - 5 =41 =24 +32 -18 =27 5.5 2583
29 Smagin, Sergey g RUS 2575 =53 = 6 +15 +49 =33 +30 =17 =14 - 2 -10 -16 5.5 2557
30 Volkov, Sergey m RUS 2545 +35 +55 + 7 -12 =17 -29 +32 - 8 -10 -36 +46 5.5 2575
31 Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa m RUS 2505 = 2 -12 +60 - 6 +36 =34 +33 - 1 =26 -16 +48 5.5 2541
32 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2530 =25 =34 =33 = 4 +49 =10 -30 =23 -28 =40 +45 5.5 2583
33 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2590 +52 - 7 =32 +11 =29 -37 -31 =42 -46 +56 +47 5.5 2537
34 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2660 =42 =32 =52 =37 =19 =31 =46 =27 -11 +54 =35 5.5 2530
35 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2565 -30 +57 -14 -20 +59 +38 =13 =41 =27 =21 =34 5.5 2540
36 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2500 =40 =41 = 9 -27 -31 -51 +59 +50 +55 +30 -15 5.5 2515
37 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2500 = 4 =49 =25 =34 +47 +33 - 6 -18 +41 - 7 -24 5.0 2557
38 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2505 = 3 - 1 -11 +51 =26 -35 =56 +44 +52 -20 =41 5.0 2484
39 Sokolov, Andrei g RUS 2580 =28 =15 -48 +44 +43 - 2 =23 -25 -16 =51 +53 5.0 2522
40 Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2585 =36 +60 = 2 =53 - 6 =23 -15 =16 -22 =32 +54 5.0 2499
41 Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2555 =60 =36 =22 =43 -15 +16 =28 =35 -37 =48 =38 5.0 2479
42 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2565 =34 =25 -49 =26 +58 -47 =55 =33 +53 =24 -21 5.0 2531
43 Lugovoi, Aleksei m RUS 2540 =18 = 9 = 5 =41 -39 -46 -21 =51 =56 +60 +55 5.0 2514
44 Grischuk, Alexander f RUS 2395 - 7 -52 +59 -39 =56 -22 +60 -38 +57 =55 +58 5.0 2466
45 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2565 +19 =17 = 8 +48 = 3 -14 = 1 =11 -13 -26 -32 4.5 2451
46 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2570 =48 =26 -53 =58 =16 +43 =34 -10 +33 -22 -30 4.5 2466
47 Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2595 =58 +59 = 3 - 8 -37 +42 -26 -48 =51 +52 -33 4.5 2471
48 Sapunov,E ---- =46 =27 +39 -45 =55 -20 =54 +47 -23 =41 -31 4.5 2498
49 Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2595 =56 =37 +42 -29 -32 +52 -11 -21 -54 +59 =50 4.5 2448
50 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2575 =12 - 2 =51 -15 =57 +60 -22 -36 +59 =53 =49 4.5 2449
51 Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2450 -54 =11 =50 -38 =60 +36 -25 =43 =47 =39 =57 4.5 2483
52 Najer, Evgeniy m RUS 2500 -33 +44 =34 =25 - 4 -49 +58 =55 -38 -47 +60 4.5 2501
53 Tunik, Gennady m RUS 2470 =29 = 5 +46 =40 =18 =13 - 9 -20 -42 =50 -39 4.0 2481
54 Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2550 +51 =10 -12 =19 - 9 -11 =48 =56 +49 -34 -40 4.0 2451
55 Rustemov, Alexander m RUS 2575 +57 -30 +26 - 3 =48 -24 =42 =52 -36 =44 -43 4.0 2410
56 Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2505 =49 - 4 -21 =57 =44 =58 =38 =54 =43 -33 =59 4.0 2403
57 Motylev, Alexander m RUS 2455 -55 -35 -24 =56 =50 +59 -16 =60 -44 +58 =51 4.0 2408
58 Potapov, Alexander m RUS 2475 =47 =14 -23 =46 -42 =56 -52 -59 +60 -57 -44 3.0 2331
59 Kuzuev, Danil RUS 2300 =14 -47 -44 =60 -35 -57 -36 +58 -50 -49 =56 2.5 2315
60 Karpatchev, Aleksandr g RUS 2570 =41 -40 -31 =59 =51 -50 -44 =57 -58 -43 -52 2.0 2223
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The Lost Boys Open tournament is taking place in Antwerp 31 July - 9 August 1998.
The sixth Lost Boys Tournament was won by Hannes Stefansson from Iceland. In the last round Stefansson drew with Leitao, who made his fourth GM-result in Antwerp. Stefansson won 200.000 Belgium Franks (appr. 5.500 US Dollars) with his victory. Azmaiparashvili made a draw with Sokolov and shared the sec-ond prize with Leitao and Piket. The Dutchman beat Kogan very convincingly with a smashing attack. The prestigious game Van den Doel-Van Wely ended 0-1, but Van den Doel missed a win at the 53rd move with Rxf3! In the B-group there was a lot of attention for the 14 years old Piet Devos from Kortrijk, Belgium. Devos, who is blind, shared the first prize with a fantastic score (8 out of 9). His rating will go to 2200. There were 453 participants in the 6th Lost Boys Tournament. Among them 246 players from Belgium, 145 from Holland, 10 from Israel and 9 from Norway. The 7th Lost Boys Tournament will be held from the 30th of July till the 9th of August 1999.
Full internet coverage by the sponsors at: http://chess.lostcity.nl/
Antwerp BEL (BEL), VII-VIII 1998 --------------------------------- 1 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2540 7.5 2 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2650 7.0 3 Leitao, Rafael m BRA 2515 7.0 4 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 7.0 5 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2525 6.5 6 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 6.5 7 Tischbierek, Raj g GER 2525 6.5 8 Reinderman, Dimitri m NED 2480 6.5 9 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2625 6.5 10 Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2505 6.5 11 Zoler, Dan m ISR 2495 6.5 12 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2635 6.0 13 Kogan, Artur m ISR 2505 6.0 14 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2485 6.0 15 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2465 6.0 16 David, Alberto m LUX 2525 6.0 17 Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2545 6.0 18 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2420 6.0 19 Solleveld, Maarten NED 2225 6.0 20 Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur f NED 2345 6.0 21 Sorkin, Igor ISR 2290 5.5 22 Porper, Eduard m ISR 2440 5.5 23 De Vreugt, Dennis NED 2380 5.5 24 Finkel, Alexander g ISR 2500 5.5 25 Van Haastert, Edwin f NED 2335 5.5 26 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 5.5 27 Giddins, Stephen f ENG 2375 5.5 28 Roeder, Mathias m GER 2435 5.5 29 Vanderstricht, Geert BEL 2300 5.5 30 Seul, Georg m GER 2435 5.5 31 Dutreeuw, Marc m BEL 2405 5.5 32 Van Beek, Lucien NED 2190 5.5 33 Van Blitterswijk, Stefan f NED 2360 5.5 34 Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira wg MDA 2400 5.5 ....120 players
John Loughran reports: The Senior Irish Championships were played over nine days from Saturday the 11th to Sunday the 19th July 1998 inclusive, one round per day at the rate of 40 moves in 2 hours, 20 moves in 1 hour and 30 mins to finish. 20 players entered the Senior Section, four aged U-19, three who would shortly play in the Faber and Glorney Cups in Holland later in July: Danielle Collins, Adam Kelly and Michael Dooley. This year's field was slightly stronger than usual with the reappearance of Mark Quinn after a year of relative inactivity, who "just" needs to get his rating above 2400 to became an international master. Mark Heidenfeld made the trip from Germany to be second seed. With the notable exceptions of Joe Ryan, the 1997 champion, busy in a new job and Stephen Brady, last year's runner up, many of Irelands strongest regular tournament players took part: Colm Daly, Mel O'Cinnéide, Richard O'Donovan and Tom Clarke among others. There were no upsets in round 1 although Ray O'Rourke drew with Mark Quinn. In round 2 all players confirmed their seeding strength. Round 3 saw a fine win by Colm Daly over Mark Heidenfeld with a tactical finish where discovered check winning the queen was threatened. On board 2 the other Mark drew with Mel. Ray's win against Richard on board 3 was analysed in the commentary room and confused many stronger players by its complexity. The fourth round saw Colm and Mel fight it out in a minor piece ending which ended drawn. Ray continued his winning streak by beating Peter Cafolla, making it to the commentary room again. Colm ended Ray's winning streak by demolishing his King's Indian Defence in round 5 giving him a clear point lead on 4.5/5 over the chasing pack of the two Marks (who drew), Gerry O'Connell and Ray on 3.5. In round 6 Mark Quinn let Colm sac the exchange for two clear passed pawns which eventually won the game for Colm. Gerry kept up the chase with a win over Ray with Mark H and Mel following.closely. Colm put pay to Gerry's challenge in round 7 with a win (6.5/7) while Mark H and Mel drew leaving Colm 2 points clear. Mark Q retained his chances with a win over Richard leaving him on 4.5. Needing only to draw in round 8 to ensure clear first place, Colm played on in a protracted double rook and pawn ending against Richard, eventually winning while the chasing pack all drew with each other. Mark Q arrived 59 mins 58 secs late for round 10 on Sunday morning and did well to draw with Anthony Fox to secure joint 4th-5th place with him on 5.5/9. Meanwhile Mark H beat Gerry to share 2nd-3rd place with Mel on 6/9 who showed Stephen Scannell how strong a bishop pair can be. Colm beat Tom Clarke in style to finish on 8.5/9, only the third time this has been achieved, to become the 1998 Irish Champion, taking with him the fabulous large "Chess Board" Irish Champion's Trophy. At the bottom end of the field Danielle finished well on 4.5, winning the Ladies Prize, being pipped to the post along with Brian Fitzpatrick by Stephen Scannell on 4.5/9 who won the U-2100 grading prize on tie break. Apart from getting his picture in the paper, John P.A.Kennedy (Jnr.) consolidated his new FIDE rating with a creditable 3/9 while Colm Fitzpatrick justified his inclusion to even the numbers with another 1950+ performance finishing on 4/9. Michael and Adam both gained valuable experience for the forthcoming Glorney Cup while Liam Porter will henceforth be known as the drawing master! Despite his early flourish Ray finished on 4.5.
1st Colm Daly (Swords) 8.5/9 £500
=2nd-3rd Mark Heidenfeld 6 £140
=2nd-3rd Mel O'Cinnéide (Crumlin) 6 £140
=4th-5th Mark Quinn (UCD) 5.5 £52.50
=4th-5th Anthony Fox (Dun Laoighire) 5.5 £52.50
U 2100 Grading Prize Stephen Scannell (North Belfast) 4.5/9 £35
Ladies Prize Danielle Collins 4.5/9 £20
Dublin IRL (IRL), VIII 1998
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1 Daly, Colm f IRL 2320 + 7 + 5 + 2 = 3 + 9 + 4 + 6 +12 + 8 8.5 /9 2661
2 Heidenfeld, Mark f IRL 2325 +19 + 8 - 1 + 5 = 4 =12 = 3 = 7 + 6 6.0 /9 2340
3 O'Cinneide, Mel IRL 2285 +10 +20 = 4 = 1 - 6 +18 = 2 = 5 + 7 6.0 /9 2225
4 Quinn, Mark f IRL 2350 = 9 +17 = 3 + 8 = 2 - 1 +12 = 6 = 5 5.5 /9 2308
5 Fox, Anthony IRL 2130 +14 - 1 +20 - 2 = 7 +15 + 9 = 3 = 4 5.5 /9 2127
6 O'Connell, Gerard IRL 2160 =15 =16 = 7 +13 + 3 + 9 - 1 = 4 - 2 5.0 /9 2233
7 Scannell,S IRL ---- - 1 +14 = 6 =12 = 5 = 8 +18 = 2 - 3 4.5 /9 2171
8 Clarke, Thomas IRL 2195 +11 - 2 +16 - 4 -18 = 7 +13 + 9 - 1 4.5 /9
9 O'Rourke, Ray IRL ---- = 4 +13 +12 +18 - 1 - 6 - 5 - 8 +17 4.5 /9 2147
10 Fitzpatrick,B IRL ---- - 3 -18 =14 +11 -15 =13 +19 =16 +20 4.5 /9
11 Collins, Danielle IRL ---- - 8 =19 -13 -10 =17 +14 =16 +18 +15 4.5 /9 2110
12 O'Donovan, Richard IRL 2230 =16 +15 - 9 = 7 +20 = 2 - 4 - 1 =13 4.0 /9 2058
13 Fitzpatrick,C IRL ---- = - 9 +11 - 6 =16 =10 - 8 +19 =12 4.0 /8 1922
14 Dooley,M IRL ---- - 5 - 7 =10 =17 =19 -11 =15 +20 +16 4.0 /9 1904
15 Kelly,Adam IRL ---- = 6 -12 =19 =16 +10 - 5 =14 =17 -11 3.5 /9 1953
16 Porter, Liam IRL ---- =12 = 6 - 8 =15 =13 =20 =11 =10 -14 3.5 /9 2070
17 Brady, Cormac A IRL 2065 = - 4 -18 =14 =11 =19 +20 =15 - 9 3.5 /8
18 Cafolla, Peter IRL 2070 -20 +10 +17 - 9 + 8 - 3 - 7 -11 - 3.0 /8 2306
19 Kennedy,J IRL ---- - 2 =11 =15 -20 =14 =17 -10 -13 + 3.0 /9 2002
20 Roberts,D IRL ---- +18 - 3 - 5 +19 -12 =16 -17 -14 -10 2.5 /9 1916
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The LXXII Argentine Championships are underway in Buenos Aires. The top seeds are Pablo Ricardi, Alejandro Hoffman and Hugo Spangenburg. It is a category IX event.
Internet coverage by AJEDREZ ARGENTINO MultiWeb at: http://www.adrian-roldan.com/
Standings after 3 rounds
Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), VIII 1998 cat. IX (2456)
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1 Hoffman, Alejandro m ARG 2510 * . . . . . = . . . . . 1 1 2.5 2724
2 Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2460 . * . . = . . . = . . 1 . . 2.0 2595
3 Rosito, Jorge f ARG 2360 . . * . . . = 1 . . . . = . 2.0 2605
4 Sorin, Ariel g ARG 2460 . . . * . . . = . = 1 . . . 2.0 2583
5 Tempone, Marcelo m ARG 2445 . = . . * . = . . . . . . 1 2.0 2611
6 Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2455 . . . . . * . 0 . 1 . . 1 . 2.0 2555
7 Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2530 = . = . = . * . . . . . . . 1.5 2438
8 Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2555 . . 0 = . 1 . * . . . . . . 1.5 2425
9 Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2510 . = . . . . . . * . = = . . 1.5 2451
10 Quiroga, Facundo ARG 2380 . . . = . 0 . . . * = . . . 1.0 2326
11 Gomez Baillo, Jorge H m ARG 2440 . . . 0 . . . . = = * . . . 1.0 2325
12 Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2455 . 0 . . . . . . = . . * . = 1.0 2355
13 Malbran, Guillermo f ARG 2355 0 . = . . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.5 2168
14 Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2470 0 . . . 0 . . . . . . = . * 0.5 2197
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Richard Berube and Hugh Brodie report on the final results of the Quebec open which ran 25th July - August 1st 1998. There were 72 players in the open (310 over all). The event was won by local Alexandre Lesiege clear of a group of five on 6.5 which included Jesus Nogueiras and Svetozar Gligoric.
Complete results and games are available at: http://www.cam.org/~fqechec/coq98/index.html
Past years' results and other Montreal chess history items at (as well as complete results of the blitz tournament):http://132.206.45.67/chess/index.htm
Montreal CAN (CAN), VII-VIII 1998
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1 Lesiege, Alexandre m CAN 2535 7.0
2 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2520 6.5
3 Gligoric, Svetozar g YUG 2480 6.5
4 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre m FRA 2485 6.5
5 Oratovsky, Michael m ISR 2465 6.5
6 Drozdov, Igor m RUS 2440 6.5
7 Kosic, Dragan g YUG 2500 6.0
8 Tyomkin, Dimitri m ISR 2440 6.0
9 Linskiy, Oleg M f CAN 2375 6.0
10 Hasanov, Marat RUS 2265 6.0
11 Charbonneau, Pascal CAN 2235 6.0
12 Reeve, Jeff CAN 2175 6.0
13 Wolrich, Charles FRA 2140 6.0
72 players
Section "B" (under 2000) was won by Ronald Mangahas (7.5/9)
Section "C" (under 1700) was won by Andrei Gulko (8.0/9)
Section "D" (under 1400) was won by Valdir Jorge (7.5/9)
Section "E" (under 1200 and unrated) was won by Carlos Patino (9.0/9)
126 players took part in the blitz tournament.
Section "A" (open): GM Jesus Nogueiras 14.0/16
GM Alexandre Lesiege 13.0/16
IM Jean Hebert 10.5/16
IM Camille Coudari 10.5/16
Lefong Hua 10.5/16
Section "B" (under 1900): Tri Bao Trinh 12.0/16
Section "C" (under 1500): Mathieu Tanguay 12.5/16
The annual MK Cafe Festival started on 3rd August. The field includes Beliavsky, Krasenkow, Rozentalis and Hracek. Six rounds have been completed and Igor Khenkin leads with 5.5/6. There will be 10 rounds.
The official web site is at:. http://www.mkcafecup.sprint.pl
Score after 6 rounds Koszalin POL (POL), VIII 1998 ------------------------------ 1 Khenkin, Igor g RUS 2565 5.5 2 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2595 4.5 3 Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2550 4.5 4 Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2485 4.5 5 Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2565 4.5 6 Rogozenko, Dorian g MDA 2495 4.0 7 Haba, Petr g CZE 2570 4.0 8 Pedzich, Dominik m POL 2440 4.0 9 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2580 4.0 10 Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2545 4.0 11 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2610 4.0 12 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2510 4.0 13 Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2460 4.0 14 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2690 4.0 15 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2660 4.0 16 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2595 4.0 17 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 4.0 18 Markowski, Tomasz m POL 2505 4.0 19 Kharitonov, Andrei Y g RUS 2585 4.0 20 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2610 4.0 21 Adianto, Utut g INA 2615 4.0 22 Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2535 4.0 23 Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2535 4.0 92 players
The August First Saturday tournaments runs 1st-13th August in Budapest reports Laszlo Nagy. The standings are below after nine rounds.
Info: Laszlo Nagy, e-mail: 100263.1700@compuserve.com Tel-fax: /361/-263-28-59
Webpage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
FS GM Tournament
Budapest HUN (HUN), VIII 1998 cat. VII (2405)
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1 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2515 * 1 = . . = . = 0 1 1 1 . 5.5 / 8 2536
2 Hoang Thang Trang m VIE 2350 0 * . 1 = . = = . 1 . 1 1 5.5 / 8 2559
3 Soffer, Ram g ISR 2525 = . * 1 1 . 1 . = 0 = = = 5.5 / 9 2472
4 Jelen, Igor m SLO 2430 . 0 0 * . = 1 0 1 1 1 . 1 5.5 / 9 2471
5 Blauert, Joerg m GER 2395 . = 0 . * = = = 1 . 1 . 1 5.0 / 8 2485
6 Gonzalez Garcia, Jose m MEX 2420 = . . = = * = 0 . 1 = = 1 5.0 / 9 2441
7 Borge, Nikolaj m DEN 2390 . = 0 0 = = * 1 . . . 1 1 4.5 / 8 2460
8 Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2440 = = . 1 = 1 0 * . . . = 0 4.0 / 8 2410
9 Szabolcsi, Janos m HUN 2390 1 . = 0 0 . . . * 0 1 = 1 4.0 / 8 2410
10 Shankar, Roy IND 2400 0 0 1 0 . 0 . . 1 * 0 1 . 3.0 / 8 2321
11 Vovsha, Eli ISR 2235 0 . = 0 0 = . . 0 1 * 1 . 3.0 / 8 2348
12 Barczay, Laszlo g HUN 2405 0 0 = . . = 0 = = 0 0 * . 2.0 / 9 2187
13 Karatorossian, David ARM 2375 . 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 . . . * 1.5 / 8 2166
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FS IM A Tournament
Budapest HUN (HUN), VIII 1998 cat. II (2278)
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1 Toth, Andras HUN 2325 * = . 1 1 1 1 . = 0 = 1 6.5 2464
2 Petran, Pal m HUN 2390 = * 0 1 . . = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2544
3 Pham Minh Hoang ---- . 1 * . = = 1 1 = = = = 6.0 2418
4 Suvrajit, Saha IND 2375 0 0 . * = = 1 1 . 1 = 1 5.5 2378
5 Dobos, Jozsef m HUN 2380 0 . = = * = . = 1 = = 1 5.0 2326
6 Kun, Gabor HUN 2220 0 . = = = * 1 = 0 = 1 . 4.5 2310
7 Baches Garcia, Guillermo ESP 2300 0 = 0 0 . 0 * . 1 1 1 1 4.5 2334
8 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2330 . = 0 0 = = . * = = = 1 4.0 2298
9 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2275 = 0 = . 0 1 0 = * 1 . 0 3.5 2216
10 Racioppo, Paolo ITA 2235 1 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 * . . 3.0 2183
11 Schlusnik, Nandor HUN 2265 = 0 = = = 0 0 = . . * = 3.0 2179
12 Francsics, Endre HUN 2245 0 0 = 0 0 . 0 0 1 . = * 2.0 2079
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FS IM B Tournament
Budapest HUN (HUN), VIII 1998 cat. III (2312)
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1 Medvegy, Zoltan HUN 2350 * = = 1 . 1 = . = . = 1 . 1 6.5 2498
2 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2300 = * = 1 . = 1 = . . = 1 . = 6.0 2465
3 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2380 = = * . = = . . = 1 = = 1 . 5.5 2387
4 Bokros, Albert f HUN 2365 0 0 . * = . = = 1 1 1 . 1 . 5.5 2378
5 Kerek, Krisztian HUN 2335 . . = = * = . = = = . 1 = 1 5.5 2383
6 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2405 0 = = . = * = = . . 1 = 1 . 5.0 2362
7 Stjazhkin, V RUS 2335 = 0 . = . = * . = = . = 1 1 5.0 2334
8 Paschall, William M f USA 2375 . = . = = = . * 0 1 . = = = 4.5 2290
9 Arnold, Lothar f GER 2355 = . = 0 = . = 1 * 0 = . = . 4.0 2265
10 Flumbort, Andras HUN 2225 . . 0 0 = . = 0 1 * = . = 1 4.0 2257
11 Kolbus, Dietmar GER 2320 = = = 0 . 0 . . = = * 1 . 0 3.5 2243
12 Vigh, Bela m HUN 2385 0 0 = . 0 = = = . . 0 * . 1 3.0 2202
13 Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2095 . . 0 0 = 0 0 = = = . . * 1 3.0 2199
14 Hallossy, Tibor HUN 2145 0 = . . 0 . 0 = . 0 1 0 0 * 2.0 2082
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FS ELO Tournament
Budapest HUN (HUN), VIII 1998
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1 Horvath, Kalman HUN 2100 * 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2351
2 Antal, Gergely HUN 2220 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2336
3 Pongo, Istvan HUN 2040 = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2248
4 Ritter, Gabor HUN 2200 = = 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2130
5 Jasz, Peter HUN 2025 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 0 0 1 4.0 2109
6 Pal, Gyorgy HUN 2060 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 4.0 2018
7 Bodrogi, Laszlo HUN 2150 0 0 = = = 0 * 0 1 1 3.5 1952
8 Salamon, Ferenc HUN 2065 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 3.5 2061
9 Timko,Melinda ---- 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 3.5 2020
10 Oparaugo, Thomas m NGR 2040 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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