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1) Introduction
2) 33rd Chess Olympiad
3) First Saturday October
4) 3rd Atom Cup
5) WCC WORLD RANKING
6) London Chess Center TWIC offers
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Olympiad 80 games 3rd Atom Cup GM 90 games 3rd Atom Cup IM 66 games
My thanks to Sinisa Joksic, Ian Rogers, Laszlo Nagy, Shahcom Company and all those who helped with this issue.
The Olympiad finally got underway on Tuesday in the announced venue, the Chess Palace, after a huge act of will by the organisers. The US are the early front runners, they are an experienced squad and certainly look capable of taking the title from the favourites Russia I. The main issue of the week has been the lack of Olympiad games. Firstly there were virtually none available at all except by contacting the teams, and then only by payment to FIDE. Shahcom appear to have been allowed to broadcast around 100 games a day. If this continues then I find this acceptable for following the Olympiad. In 1994 for instance I got all the games ChessAssistant were generating but promised just to use a selection. This allowed fair reward for fair work whilst allowing the general public to follow the Olympiad. This is more to do with equity than copyright. The Olympiad is a huge event, quite different in nature from most chess events. Production of gamescores for them is a relatively trivial task (here I'm especially thinking of matches and the top all-play-alls which make up the staple diet of top chess) and in no way could a limitation or prohibition on the publication of the games be tolerated. The law has clearly been on the side of publication for a century or more now and I see no new factors to change this. This issue has a number of games collected from journalistic sources from the Olympiad, I hope there will be a larger selection next week.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The opening ceremony for the 33rd Chess Olympiad took place on Saturday 26th of September in the capital of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia. It was opened by FIDE and Kalmykian President Kirsan Iljumzhinov. The play itself got underway three days later on Tuesday 29th October in the Chess Palace, the originally intended venue. After six rounds of the 13 round event the USA leads, their score was boosted most of all by an almost freakish (but deserved) 4-0 drubbing of the Netherlands in round 5 (these scores almost never happen between major chess playing nations).
The initial reports from the playing site was that it could not possibly ready for Tuesday. The organisers too must have believed that at one point because they initially had some alternative arrangements for the first round. Once they committed to playing in the Chess Palace they did everything to make it happen. This included local members of the community also helping out. As revealed this week in the news, two families from Kalmykia have been granted political assylum by the US. If human rights are on the agenda on the ground at the Olympiad the local people have reported to be friendly and helpful.
Neither the Chess City or the Chess Palace are anywhere near complete but there is enough there now to complete the Olympiad. The living accomodation has varied from the very good to the pretty average. There have been mixed reports about the Sanatorium where the officials are staying. Whilst Carol Jarecki (see her report at http://www.uschess.org/clife/issue78/buzz.html on the US chess pages) seemed to have been reasonably happy with it, British Arbiter Harry Lamb returned home immediately calling the conditions disgusting. A big question in my mind is what happened to the former occupants of this building?
Playing conditions gradually improved throughout the week. The top boards were moved from a catwalk to a room (which was crowded and stuffy) and then the room was guarded which meant the conditions became good on those boards. In the general area there was a general problem with noise, especially around the time controls. The heating in the building is not functioning properly or at all which had an impact in some of the rounds where players preferred to finish quickly rather than stay in the cold.
The Olympiad was widely touted as the first Electronic Olympiad by FIDE. TASC had been brought in to do the electronic boards for the event. Of course the chaos surrounding the readying of the venue for play did not allow this to happen in the first round and there were virtually no games available from the Olympiad apart from those in singles from journalist's reports, usually sourced from the teams themselves. However there was an announcement on the FIDE site that they would be charging for access to the games, and further publication on the internet was "prohibited". This word actually begs many more questions than it answers but perhaps the clue is that in signing up for the games you agree they are for personal use. At least temporarily they seem to be relying on a kind of contractual agreement not to distribute the games. I have assembled a number of games from the event without access to these files and there is now daily Russian coverage of the top boards at: http://www.ruschess.com/ so its going to be possible to follow the key games whilst if you need all the games daily then you'll have to go to FIDE (at least during the Olympiad. The Olympiad is an unusual event with 324 games per day. It may be that it could be said that good quality data presented daily is worth what they are charging. The game data from the last Olympiad in Armenia was in terrible condition and I spent many hours a day making it usable, perhaps I should have charged for that! I would not be so sanguine if there was a prohibition (I guess not enforcable) applied to the much smaller numbers of games that would be involved in most of the rounds of a World Championships for instance. If there are going to be from now on a reasonable number of important Olympiad games available for use every day then I'm pretty happy with that, at least during the Olympiad. Whether FIDE (who should be serving the chess community as they are supposed to be elected by the chess community) should be standing the cost of such an event is another question. Any attempt during the FIDE Congress to go ahead with trying to establish copyright on games themselves (which would in fact be a decision to take legal action to overturn previous legal precidents) I would view far more seriously.
According to Carol Jarecki, Anatoly Karpov is present (but not playing) at the Olympiad. Elsewhere it is reported that he is threatening legal action over the changing of the FIDE World Championships from a two year to a one year event (presumably he has in mind the loss of status and money he will incur due to the fact he hasn't a chance of winning this time). Also he is not happy at the fact that he will start at round two with all the other seeds in Las Vegas at the end of the year. Kirsan Iljumzhinov asked players about this question of Karpov starting at round 2 with everyone else, and they left him in no doubt that they thought this right. Nevertheless Karpov is a smart operator and is no doubt there for the General Assembly to get them to see at least some of his points.
No 1 Russia 1
Peter Svidler, Sergei Rublevsky, Evgeny Bareev, Alexander
Morozevich, Vadim Zvjaginsev and Konstantin Sakaev.
No 2 England
Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Matthew Sadler, Jon Speelman, Tony Miles
and Mark Hebden
No 3 Ukraine
Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Onischuk, Vladimir Malaniuk, Oleg
Romanishin, Stanislav Savchenko and Ruslan Ponomariov.
No 4 USA
Alex Yermolinsky, Yasser Seirawan, Alex Shabalov, Nick DeFirmian,
Boris Gulko and Gregory Kaidanov.
No 5 Armenia
Rafael Vaganian, Smbat Lputian, Vladimir Akopian, Artashes Minasian,
Karen Asrian and Ashot Anastasian.
No 6 Bulgaria
Veselin Topalov, Kiril Georgiev, Vasil Spasov, Atanas Kolev, Boris
Chatalbashev and Milko Popchev
No 7 Germany
Artur Jussupow, Rustam Dautov, Christian Gabriel, Christopher Lutz,
Robert Huebner and Thomas Luther.
No 8 Netherlands
Jan Timman, Loek Van Wely, Jeroen Piket, Eric Van den Doel, Friso
Nijboer and John Van der Wiel.
No 9 Georgia
Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Giorgi Giorgadze, Zurab Sturua, Giorgi
Bagaturov, Khvicha Supatashvili and Lasha Janjgava
No 10 Spain
Alexei Shirov, Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Jorde Magem Badals, Luis
Comas Fabrego, Pablo San Segundo and Zenon Franco Ocampo
No 11 Russia II
Alexei Dreev, Valeri Filippov, Sergei Volkov, Mihail Kobalija,
Vasily Yemelin and Andrei Shariyazdanov.
No 12 Israel
Boris Alterman, Ilya Smirin, Emil Sutovsky, Lev Psakhis, Yona
Kosashvili, Boris Avrukh.
No 13 Bosnia
Predrag Nikolic, Ivan Sokolov, Bojan Kurajica, Emir Dizdarevic,
Faruk Bistric and one more.
No 14 Hungary
Zoltan Almasi, Jozsef Pinter, Jozsef Horvath, Csaba Horvath, Zoltan
Varga and one more.
No 15 France
Joel Lautier, Josif Dorfman, Etienne Bacrot, Anatoly Vaisser, David
Marciano, Arnaud Hauchard
No 16 Estonia
Lembit Oll Jaan Ehlvest, Mikhail Rytshagov, Aleksandr Veingold,
Tarvo Seeman and Kaido Kulaots.
Some teams that are overperforming are these seeded teams 21st Belarus, 22nd Romania, 25th Lithuania, 26th Latvia, 35th China, 45th Vietnam.
No 1 China
Xie Jun, Zhu Chen, Wang Pin, Wang Lei
No 2 Georgia
Maia Chiburdanidze, Nana Ioseliani, Nino Khurtsidze, Ketevan
Arakhamia-Grant
No 3 Russia I
Svetlana Matveeva, Tatiana Shumiakina, Tatiana Stepovaia-Dianchenko
No 4 Ukraine
Natalia Zhukova, Elena Sedina, Tatjana Vasilevich, Inna Gaponenko
No 5 Poland
Monika Bobrowska (or Miroslawska), Joanna Dworakowska, Iweta
Radziewicz, Marta Zielinska
No 6 Yugoslavia
Alisa Maric, Natasa Bojkovic, Sanja Vuksanovic, Maria Manakova
No 7 Romania
Cornia Peptan, Christina Foisor, Elina Cosma, Gabriela Olarasu
No 8 Bulgaria
Antoaneta Stefanova, Margarita Voiska, Maria Velcheva, Silvia
Aleksieva
No 9 Hungary
Nikoletta Lakos, Iildiko Madl, Monica Grabics, Nora Medvegy
Lithuania
Viktorija Cmilyte, Dagne Ciuksyte, Lina Stasiunaite, Zivile Ciuksyte
Estonia
Monika Tsiganova, Tatyana Fomina, Tuulikki Laesson, Leili Piarnpuu
Armenia
Elina Danielian, Goar Hlgatian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Nelly Aginian
Latvia
Dana Reizniece, Tatiana Voronova, Liga Ungure, Aija Berzina
Vietnam
Hoang Thang Trang, Nguyen Thi Thuan Hoa, L Kim, Nguyen Thi Dung
The first round of the Olympiad generally see's mismatches and the favourites get off to good starts. In the Men's Olympiad England's 2.5 - 1.5 result was not really good enough, as was the Netherland's 2-2 draw against Scotland. In the women's Olympiad lowly rated Latvia were paired with China in the first round losing 2-1. Latvia were amongst the leading countries after the sixth round.
Men's results round 1
1 Russia 1 - Austria 3.5-0.5
2 Bangladesh - England 1.5-2.5
3 Ukraine - Tajikistan 4.0-0.0
4 Iran - USA 0.0-4.0
5 Armenia - Egypt 3.5-0.5
6 Mongolia - Bulgaria 1.5-2.5
7 Germany - Ireland 3.5-0.5
8 Scotland - Netherlands 2.0-2.0
9 Georgia - Luxembourg 3.5-0.5
10 Belgium - Spain 1.0-3.0
11 Russia 2 - South Africa 4.0-0.0
12 Venezuela - Israel 0.5-3.5
13 Bosnia Herzegovina - Iraq 4.0-0.0
14 New Zealand - Hungary 0.5-3.5
15 France - Andorra 4.0-0.0
16 Wales - Estonia 0.5-3.5
17 Czech Republic - Nigeria 3.0-1.0
18 Blind - Poland 1.0-3.0
19 Yugoslavia - Cyprus 4.0-0.0
20 Ecuador - Croatia 1.0-3.0
21 Belarus - Puerto Rico 4.0-0.0
22 Faroe Islands - Romania 0.0-4.0
23 Sweden - United Arab Emirates 4.0-0.0
24 Bolivia - Argentina 0.0-4.0
25 Lithuania - Japan 4.0-0.0
26 Lebanon - Latvia 0.5-3.5
27 Greece - Zimbabwe 3.5-0.5
28 Qatar - Uzbekistan 0.0-4.0
29 Cuba - Yemen 3.5-0.5
30 Nicaragua - Kazakhstan 0.0-4.0
31 Slovenia - San Marino 3.5-0.5
32 Macau - Moldova 0.0-4.0
33 Switzerland - Palestine 4.0-0.0
34 Malta - Macedonia 0.5-3.5
35 China - Singapore 4.0-0.0
36 Barbados - Kyrgyzstan 0.0-4.0
37 India - Guernsey 4.0-0.0
38 Jersey - Iceland 0.0-4.0
39 Italy - El Salvador 4.0-0.0
40 Seychelles - Brazil 0.0-4.0
41 Azerbaijan - Namibia 4.0-0.0
42 Malaysia - Russia 3 0.0-4.0
43 Canada - Uganda 4.0-0.0
44 Ned. Antilles - Mexico 0.0-4.0
45 Vietnam - Honduras 4.0-0.0
46 Angola - Colombia 0.5-3.5
47 Turkey - Botswana 4.0-0.0
48 Afghanistan - Philippines 0.0-4.0
49 Turkmenistan - Jamaica 3.0-1.0
50 Kenya - Finland 0.5-3.5
51 Albania - Libya 4.0-0.0
52 Mali - Portugal 0.0-4.0
53 Chile - US Virgin Islands 4.0-0.0
54 Trinidad & Tobago - Australia 1.0-3.0
55 Peru - Russia 4 2.5-1.5
Women's results round 1
1 Latvia - China 1.0-2.0
2 Georgia - Finland 2.0-1.0
3 Venezuela - Russia 1 0.0-3.0
4 Ukraine - Switzerland 2.0-1.0
5 Sweden - Poland 0.0-3.0
6 Yugoslavia - Macedonia 3.0-0.0
7 Austria - Romania 0.5-2.5
8 Bulgaria - Mexico 2.5-0.5
9 Australia - Hungary 0.5-2.5
10 Russia 2 - Bangladesh 2.5-0.5
11 Argentina - USA 1.0-2.0
12 Germany - Brazil 2.0-1.0
13 Portugal - Netherlands 0.0-3.0
14 Israel - Azerbaijan 2.0-1.0
15 Italy - England 0.5-2.5
16 Moldova - Wales 2.0-1.0
17 Colombia - Cuba 0.0-3.0
18 Estonia - Turkey 3.0-0.0
19 New Zealand - Armenia 0.0-3.0
20 Vietnam - Japan 3.0-0.0
21 Scotland - Croatia 0.5-2.5
22 Czech Republic - Iran 3.0-0.0
23 UAE - Kazakhstan 0.0-3.0
24 Belarus - Philippines 2.0-1.0
25 Ireland - India 0.0-3.0
26 Greece - IBCA 2.5-0.5
27 Puerto Rico - Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.0-3.0
28 France - Angola 3.0-0.0
29 Lebanon - Slovakia 0.0-3.0
30 Turkmenistan - US Virgin Islands 3.0-0.0
31 El Salvador - Slovenia 1.5-1.5
32 Spain - Botswana 3.0-0.0
33 Nigeria - Russia 3 0.5-2.5
34 Uzbekistan - South Africa 3.0-0.0
35 Iraq - Lithuania 0.5-2.5
36 Mongolia - Macau 3.0-0.0
China drew with the Ukraine 2-2 to show they would be a competitive team in this Olympiad and India also held a strongish Russia 2 team. The Netherlands lost 2.5-1.5 to Bangladesh. Argentina and the USA shared the lead on 7.5 points at this early stage. Yugoslavia lead the women's Olympiad.
Men's results Round 2
1 China - Ukraine 2.0-2.0
2 USA - Kyrgyzstan 3.5-0.5
3 India - Russia 2 2.0-2.0
4 Iceland - Bosnia Herzegovina 2.0-2.0
5 Italy - France 1.5-2.5
6 Brazil - Yugoslavia 1.0-3.0
7 Azerbaijan - Belarus 2.0-2.0
8 Romania - Russia 3 3.0-1.0
9 Canada - Sweden 1.0-3.0
10 Argentina - Mexico 3.5-0.5
11 Vietnam - Lithuania 1.5-2.5
12 Uzbekistan - Turkey 2.5-1.5
13 Kazakhstan - Philippines 2.5-1.5
14 Moldova - Albania 3.0-1.0
15 Portugal - Switzerland 1.5-2.5
16 Russia 1 - Chile 3.5-0.5
17 Latvia - Armenia 1.0-3.0
18 Greece - Germany 1.0-3.0
19 Cuba - Georgia 1.0-3.0
20 Israel - Slovenia 2.5-1.5
21 Hungary - Macedonia 2.0-2.0
22 Estonia - Colombia 2.5-1.5
23 Finland - Spain 2.0-2.0
24 Croatia - Czech Republic 2.5-1.5
25 Poland - Turkmenistan 2.5-1.5
26 Australia - England 1.0-3.0
27 Bulgaria - Peru 3.0-1.0
28 Netherlands - Bangladesh 1.5-2.5
29 Mongolia - Scotland 2.0-2.0
30 Russia 4 - Belgium 0.5-3.5
31 Nigeria - Ecuador 2.0-2.0
32 Jamaica - IBCA 1.0-3.0
33 Austria - Trinidad & Tobago 3.0-1.0
34 Egypt - Lebanon 2.0-2.0
35 Ireland - Zimbabwe 1.0-3.0
36 Luxembourg - Yemen 2.5-1.5
37 San Marino - Venezuela 0.5-3.5
38 Malta - New Zealand 0.5-3.5
39 Angola - Wales 2.0-2.0
40 Tajikistan - Kenya 3.0-1.0
41 Barbados - Iran 1.0-3.0
42 South Africa - Guernsey 4.0-0.0
43 Iraq - Jersey 3.5-0.5
44 Andorra - El Salvador 2.5-1.5
45 Cyprus - Seychelles 3.0-1.0
46 Puerto Rico - Namibia 3.0-1.0
47 Malaysia - Faroe Islands 1.0-3.0
48 United Arab Emirates - Uganda 3.0-1.0
49 Ned Antilles - Bolivia 0.5-3.5
50 Japan - Honduras 2.5-1.5
51 Botswana - Qatar 0.5-3.5
52 Afghanistan - Nicaragua 2.5-1.5
53 Libya - Macau 4.0-0.0
54 Palestine - Mali 3.0-1.0
55 Singapore - US Virgin Islands 4.0-0.0
Women's results Round 2
1 Russia 1 - Kazakhstan 2.0-1.0
2 Poland - India 2.0-1.0
3 Bosnia Herzegovina - Yugoslavia 0.0-3.0
4 Netherlands - France 2.0-1.0
5 Cuba - Slovakia 1.0-2.0
6 Turkmenistan - Estonia 2.0-1.0
7 Armenia - Spain 1.5-1.5
8 Uzbekistan - Vietnam 1.5-1.5
9 Mongolia - Czech Republic 1.5-1.5
10 Romania - England 2.5-0.5
11 Croatia - Bulgaria 1.5-1.5
12 Hungary - Greece 2.0-1.0
13 Russia 3 - Russia 2 2.5-0.5
14 Lithuania - Georgia 0.5-2.5
15 China - Germany 2.5-0.5
16 Israel - Ukraine 1.5-1.5
17 USA - Moldova 2.0-1.0
18 Slovenia - Belarus 1.0-2.0
19 Argentina - El Salvador 3.0-0.0
20 Brazil - Latvia 0.0-3.0
21 Finland - Azerbaijan 2.0-1.0
22 Switzerland - Wales 1.5-1.5
23 Philippines - Austria 2.0-1.0
24 Mexico - Italy 2.0-1.0
25 Scotland - Australia 0.0-3.0
26 Bangladesh - IBCA 3.0-0.0
27 Nigeria - Iraq 1.0-2.0
28 United Arab Emirates - Venezuela 0.0-3.0
29 Ireland - Sweden 0.0-3.0
30 Macedonia - Puerto Rico 3.0-0.0
31 Angola - Portugal 0.0-3.0
32 Lebanon - Colombia 0.0-3.0
33 Turkey - US Virgin Islands 3.0-0.0
34 Botswana - New Zealand 1.0-2.0
35 Japan - South Africa 1.0-2.0
36 Iran - Macau 3.0-0.0
The US beat Argentina 2.5-1.5 in the top clash of the day setting up a round four pairing with the Russian 1st team. In the women's event Vietnam's 3-0 win against Georgia was a major shock result.
Round 3 results Men 1 Argentina - USA 1.5-2.5 2 Romania - Russia 1 1.5-2.5 3 Yugoslavia - Sweden 2.5-1.5 4 Armenia - Moldova 2.0-2.0 5 Germany - Lithuania 2.5-1.5 6 Georgia - Uzbekistan 2.0-2.0 7 France - Kazakhstan 2.0-2.0 8 Switzerland - Ukraine 1.0-3.0 9 Russia 2 - Belarus 2.0-2.0 10 Israel - China 1.0-3.0 11 Bosnia Herzegovina - India 2.0-2.0 12 Iceland - Estonia 1.0-3.0 13 England - Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5 14 Bulgaria - Italy 3.0-1.0 15 Hungary - Vietnam 3.0-1.0 16 Turkey - Poland 1.0-3.0 17 Philippines - Croatia 2.5-1.5 18 Macedonia - Finland 2.5-1.5 19 Spain - Portugal 2.5-1.5 20 Slovenia - Canada 1.5-2.5 21 Colombia - Brazil 1.5-2.5 22 Russia 3 - Albania 2.0-2.0 23 Kyrgyzstan - Czech Republic 1.5-2.5 24 Mexico - Latvia 1.0-3.0 25 Turkmenistan - Greece 2.0-2.0 26 Chile - Cuba 1.0-3.0 27 Belgium - Australia 2.5-1.5 28 Bangladesh - New Zealand 4.0-0.0 29 Scotland - IBCA 2.0-2.0 30 Singapore - South Africa 2.0-2.0 31 Venezuela - Libya 4.0-0.0 32 Iraq - Netherlands 0.0-4.0 33 Peru - Bolivia 4.0-0.0 34 Zimbabwe - Austria 1.0-3.0 35 Qatar - Mongolia 0.0-4.0 36 Ecuador - Tajikistan 0.5-3.5 37 Iran - Puerto Rico 2.5-1.5 38 Faroe Islands - Luxembourg 2.0-2.0 39 United Arab Emirates - Nigeria 1.0-3.0 40 Palestine - Cyprus 0.5-3.5 41 Japan - Egypt 0.5-3.5 42 Andorra - Angola 1.0-3.0 43 Wales - Lebanon 2.5-1.5 44 Yemen - Afghanistan 4.0-0.0 45 Trinidad & Tobago - Jamaica 1.5-2.5 46 Ireland - Russia 4 3.5-0.5 47 Honduras - Nicaragua 2.0-2.0 48 El Salvador - Kenya 1.5-2.5 49 San Marino - Malaysia 0.0-4.0 50 Namibia - Malta 1.0-3.0 51 Uganda - Barbados 3.5-0.5 52 Seychelles - Mali 0.0-4.0 53 Jersey - Neth. Antilles 2.0-2.0 54 Guernsey - Botswana 1.5-2.5 55 US Virgin Islands - Macau 0.5-3.5 Round 3 results women 1 Yugoslavia - Russia 1 1.5-1.5 2 Slovakia - Poland 1.0-2.0 3 Romania - Turkmenistan 2.0-1.0 4 Russia 3 - Netherlands 2.0-1.0 5 Georgia - Vietnam 0.0-3.0 6 Czech Republic - China 1.5-1.5 7 Spain - Hungary 2.0-1.0 8 Armenia - Uzbekistan 3.0-0.0 9 Bulgaria - Mongolia 0.5-2.5 10 Belarus - USA 2.5-0.5 11 India - Cuba 1.0-2.0 12 Estonia - France 2.0-1.0 13 Croatia - Argentina 2.0-1.0 14 Kazakhstan - Latvia 1.5-1.5 15 Ukraine - Greece 2.5-0.5 16 Australia - Israel 0.0-3.0 17 England - Bangladesh 2.5-0.5 18 Russia 2 - Sweden 2.5-0.5 19 Moldova - Macedonia 3.0-0.0 20 Portugal - Bosnia Herzegovina 0.0-3.0 21 Colombia - Lithuania 0.0-3.0 22 Turkey - Finland 1.0-2.0 23 Venezuela - Iran 2.0-1.0 24 Germany - Philippines 3.0-0.0 25 Wales - Slovenia 0.5-2.5 26 Mexico - Switzerland 1.0-2.0 27 Azerbaijan - Iraq 2.0-1.0 28 South Africa - New Zealand 2.5-0.5 29 Austria - El Salvador 2.5-0.5 30 Italy - Nigeria 2.5-0.5 31 Japan - Brazil 0.0-3.0 32 Botswana - Scotland 1.0-2.0 33 IBCA - United Arab Emirates 2.0-1.0 34 US Virgin Islands - Ireland 0.0-3.0 35 Puerto Rico - Lebanon 2.5-0.5 36 Macau - Angola 1.0-2.0
The Russian 1st and 2nd teams took the lead after Russia 1 beat the USA by 2.5-1.5. Romania leads by a point from the rest of the field in the women's event.
Men's Round 4 results 1 USA - Russia 1 1.5-2.5 2 Ukraine - Yugoslavia 2.5-1.5 3 Germany - Argentina 2.5-1.5 4 Estonia - Moldova 2.0-2.0 5 China - Armenia 2.5-1.5 6 Poland - Bulgaria 1.0-3.0 7 Georgia - Romania 1.5-2.5 8 Sweden - Hungary 1.5-2.5 9 Uzbekistan - France 1.0-3.0 10 Kazakhstan - England 1.0-3.0 11 Macedonia - Russia 2 0.0-4.0 12 Philippines - Bosnia Herzegovina 2.5-1.5 13 Belarus - India 3.0-1.0 14 Lithuania - Bangladesh 3.0-1.0 15 Netherlands - Venezuela 4.0-0.0 16 Brazil - Spain 1.5-2.5 17 Latvia - Azerbaijan 3.0-1.0 18 Canada - Cuba 1.0-3.0 19 Peru - Switzerland 1.0-3.0 20 Mongolia - Israel 0.0-4.0 21 Czech Republic - Finland 3.0-1.0 22 Albania - Croatia 2.5-1.5 23 Portugal - Iceland 2.5-1.5 24 Russia 3 - Belgium 1.0-3.0 25 Greece - Turkey 2.5-1.5 26 Turkmenistan - Slovenia 0.0-4.0 27 Austria - Italy 2.5-1.5 28 Tajikistan - Vietnam 2.0-2.0 29 Cyprus - Colombia 0.5-3.5 30 Nigeria - Kyrgyzstan 0.0-4.0 31 Scotland - Singapore 3.0-1.0 32 IBCA - Egypt 2.0-2.0 33 South Africa - Yemen 2.0-2.0 34 Australia - Mexico 1.5-2.5 35 Iran - Chile 2.0-2.0 36 Angola - Ireland 1.5-2.5 37 Luxembourg - Malaysia 1.5-2.5 38 Faroe Islands - Wales 3.5-0.5 39 Mali - Puerto Rico 0.0-4.0 40 Zimbabwe - Uganda 3.0-1.0 41 New Zealand - Jamaica 2.5-1.5 42 Kenya - United Arab Emirates 1.5-2.5 43 Lebanon - Malta 3.0-1.0 44 Libya - Iraq 1.0-3.0 45 Nicaragua - Andorra 2.0-2.0 46 Macau - Ecuador 0.0-4.0 47 Bolivia - Palestine 2.5-1.5 48 Honduras - Qatar 0.5-3.5 49 Trinidad & Tobago - Japan 3.5-0.5 50 Botswana - El Salvador 2.0-2.0 51 Afghanistan - Jersey Women's Round 4 results 1 Yugoslavia - Armenia 1.5-1.5 2 Vietnam - Poland 1.0-2.0 3 Mongolia - Romania 0.0-3.0 4 Russia 1 - Russia 3 2.5-0.5 5 Israel - Belarus 1.0-2.0 6 China - Spain 3.0-0.0 7 Ukraine - Croatia 3.0-0.0 8 Netherlands - Czech Republic 1.5-1.5 9 Bosnia Herzegovina - Moldova 1.5-1.5 10 Cuba - Turkmenistan 2.5-0.5 11 Slovakia - Estonia 1.5-1.5 12 Lithuania - Hungary 2.0-1.0 13 England - Russia 2 1.5-1.5 14 Kazakhstan - Germany 1.5-1.5 15 Latvia - India 1.5-1.5 16 France - Argentina 1.0-2.0 17 Slovenia - Finland 1.5-1.5 18 Georgia - Venezuela 3.0-0.0 19 Uzbekistan - Bulgaria 1.5-1.5 20 U.S.A. - Switzerland 2.0-1.0 21 Greece - South Africa 3.0-0.0 22 Azerbaijan - Austria 3.0-0.0 23 Bangladesh - Italy 1.5-1.5 24 Brazil - Turkey 1.5-1.5 25 Sweden - Iran 3.0-0.0 26 IBCA - Scotland 1.5-1.5 27 Iraq - Macedonia 1.0-2.0 28 Colombia - Portugal 1.5-1.5 29 Philippines - Wales 2.0-1.0 30 New Zealand - Ireland 2.0-1.0 31 Australia - Mexico 0.5-2.5 32 Angola - Puerto Rico 1.0-2.0 33 El Salvador - Botswana 2.5-0.5 34 Nigeria - Japan 2.5-0.5 35 Macau - Un. Arab Emirates 0.0-3.0 36 US Virgin Islands - Lebanon 1.5-1.5
The USA catapulted themselves into a one point lead over Russia after their 4-0 win against the Netherlands.
Board by board results 1) Timman 0-1 Yermolinsky 2) Seirawan 1-0 Van Wely 3) Piket 0-1 DeFirmian 4) Kaidanov 1-0 Nijboer
China and Romania lead the women's event.
Round 5 results Men 1 Russia 1 - Russia 2 2.5-1.5 2 France - Ukraine 2.0-2.0 3 Netherlands - USA 0.0-4.0 4 Bulgaria - China 2.0-2.0 5 Hungary - Germany 1.5-2.5 6 England - Israel 1.5-2.5 7 Yugoslavia - Estonia 1.0-3.0 8 Moldova - Belarus 2.0-2.0 9 Romania - Lithuania 1.0-3.0 10 Slovenia - Argentina 2.0-2.0 11 Cuba - Latvia 2.0-2.0 12 Switzerland - Philippines 2.5-1.5 13 Armenia - Belgium 3.5-0.5 14 Kyrgyzstan - Georgia 0.0-4.0 15 Spain - Czech Republic 3.0-1.0 16 Colombia - Sweden 1.5-2.5 17 Bosnia Herzegovina - Poland 2.0-2.0 18 Portugal - Uzbekistan 0.0-4.0 19 Albania - Kazakhstan 0.5-3.5 20 Bangladesh - Greece 0.5-3.5 21 India - Austria 1.0-3.0 22 Brazil - Scotland 4.0-0.0 23 Croatia - Faroe Islands 3.5-0.5 24 Iceland - Peru 3.0-1.0 25 Azerbaijan - Tajikistan 2.0-2.0 26 Puerto Rico - Canada 0.0-4.0 27 Vietnam - Venezuela 2.0-2.0 28 Yemen - Macedonia 1.0-3.0 29 Italy - South Africa 3.0-1.0 30 Egypt - Russia 3 0.5-3.5 31 Mexico - Turkey 2.0-2.0 32 Finland - IBCA 4.0-0.0 33 Chile - Zimbabwe 3.5-0.5 34 Malaysia - Mongolia 2.0-2.0 35 Ecuador - Ireland 1.0-3.0 36 Singapore - Iran 0.5-3.5 37 Qatar - Australia 0.5-3.5 38 Cyprus - Trinidad & Tobago 1.5-2.5 39 Lebanon - Angola 1.5-2.5 40 United Arab Emirates - Turkmenistan 0.0-4.0 41 Iraq - New Zealand 3.0-1.0 42 Jamaica - Luxembourg 1.0-3.0 43 Bolivia - Nigeria 1.5-2.5 44 Kenya - Russia 4 1.0-3.0 45 Uganda - Andorra 2.0-2.0 46 Wales - Nicaragua 3.5-0.5 47 Seychelles - Palestine 2.0-2.0 48 Malta - Botswana 2.0-2.0 49 Jersey - Mali 2.5-1.5 50 El Salvador - Libya 3.0-1.0 51 Namibia - Afghanistan 2.5-1.5 52 Barbados - Honduras 2.0-2.0 53 Japan - Guernsey 4.0-0.0 54 San Marino - Macau 2.0-2.0 55 Neth. Antilles - US Virgin Islands 3.5-0.5 Round 5 results (women) 1 Romania - Yugoslavia 2.0-1.0 2 Russia 1 - Ukraine 1.0-2.0 3 Poland - Armenia 1.5-1.5 4 Vietnam - China 0.0-3.0 5 Belarus - Cuba 1.5-1.5 6 Russia 3 - Lithuania 1.5-1.5 7 Bosnia Herzegovina - Georgia 0.0-3.0 8 Netherlands - Slovakia 2.0-1.0 9 Moldova - Israel 1.5-1.5 10 Czech Republic - Estonia 0.5-2.5 11 Russia 2 - Mongolia 2.5-0.5 12 Argentina - England 0.5-2.5 13 Greece - Kazakhstan 2.5- .5 14 Latvia - Azerbaijan 2.5- .5 15 Hungary - Germany 1.5-1.5 16 Slovenia - USA 1.0-2.0 17 India - Sweden 1.5-1.5 18 Finland - Spain 2.0-1.0 19 Turkmenistan - Bulgaria 0.5-2.5 20 Croatia - France 2.5-0.5 21 Mexico - Uzbekistan 1.0-2.0 22 Switzerland - Turkey 2.0-1.0 23 Brazil - Bangladesh 0.5-2.5 24 Italy - Venezuela 1.0-2.0 25 Macedonia - Philippines 2.5-0.5 26 Iran - IBCA 2.0-1.0 27 Puerto Rico - Iraq 1.0-2.0 28 South Africa - Colombia 1.0-2.0 29 El Salvador - New Zealand 1.5-1.5 30 Scotland - Austria 1.0-2.0 31 Ireland - Australia 0.5-2.5 32 Wales - Un. Arab Emirates 1.5-1.5 33 Portugal - Nigeria 3.0-0.0 34 Botswana - Angola 1.0-2.0 35 Lebanon - Japan 1.0-2.0 36 Macau - US Virgin Islands 0.0-3.0
The USA beat Georgia 2.5-1.5 whilst Russia's first team managed a 3-1 win to move to within half a point. In the women's event China was a point and a half clear already.
Men's results round 6 1 USA - Georgia 2.5-1.5 2 Lithuania - Russia 1 1.0-3.0 3 Estonia - Germany 2.0-2.0 4 Ukraine - Uzbekistan 3.0-1.0 5 Israel - Armenia 1.5-2.5 6 France - Bulgaria 1.0-3.0 7 Russia 2 - China 1.5-2.5 8 Spain - Switzerland 2.0-2.0 9 Belarus - Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5 10 Moldova - Brazil 2.5-1.5 11 England - Canada 2.5-1.5 12 Latvia - Hungary 2.0-2.0 13 Argentina - Greece 1.5-2.5 14 Cuba - Slovenia 2.0-2.0 15 Sweden - Austria 2.5-1.5 16 Croatia - Yugoslavia 2.0-2.0 17 Finland - Romania 1.0-3.0 18 Philippines - Iceland 2.0-2.0 19 Bosnia Herzegovina - Netherlands 1.5-2.5 20 Russia 3 - Colombia 2.0-2.0 21 Poland - Macedonia 2.0-2.0 22 Czech Republic - Iran 3.5-0.5 23 Italy - Chile 3.0-1.0 24 Ireland - Azerbaijan 1.5-2.5 25 Australia - Vietnam 2.0-2.0 26 Belgium - Tajikistan 2.0-2.0 27 Turkey - Turkmenistan 1.0-3.0 28 Mexico - India 1.5-2.5 29 Venezuela - Albania 1.0-3.0 30 Luxembourg - Kyrgyzstan 0.5-3.5 31 Malaysia - Portugal 0.5-3.5 32 IBCA - Bolivia 2.0-2.0 33 Bangladesh - Iraq 3.0-1.0 34 Angola - Mongolia 0.5-3.5 35 South Africa - Scotland 2.5-1.5 36 Yemen - Wales 2.0-2.0 37 Russia 4 - Faroe Islands 1.0-3.0 38 Nigeria - Egypt 0.0-4.0 39 Ecuador - Cyprus 3.5-0.5 40 Puerto Rico - Lebanon 0.5-3.5 41 Zimbabwe - El Salvador 2.0-2.0 42 Trinidad & Tobago - Peru 1.0-3.0 43 New Zealand - Uganda 2.0-2.0 44 Andorra - Japan 3.0-1.0 45 Jersey - Qatar 1.0-3.0 46 Palestine - Singapore 0.5-3.5 47 Malta - Seychelles 4.0-0.0 48 Botswana - Jamaica 1.0-3.0 49 Mali - United Arab Emirates 0.0-4.0 50 Neth. Antilles - Kenya 2.5-1.5 51 Nicaragua - Namibia 2.5-1.5 52 Libya - Honduras 3.5-0.5 53 Macau - Afghanistan 2.5-1.5 54 Barbados - San Marino 1.5-2.5 55 Guernsey - US Virgin Islands 3.5-0.5 Women's results round 6 1 China - Romania 2.5-0.5 2 Armenia - Ukraine 1.0-2.0 3 Poland - Georgia 1.0-2.0 4 Cuba - Russia 1 1.0-2.0 5 Estonia - Yugoslavia 2.5-0.5 6 Lithuania - Belarus 2.0-1.0 7 Russia 2 - Netherlands 1.0-2.0 8 England - Greece 2.0-1.0 9 Israel - Latvia 1.0-2.0 10 Moldova - Russia 3 1.0-2.0 11 Bulgaria - Vietnam 0.5-2.5 12 Germany - USA 1.5-1.5 13 Slovakia - Croatia 1.0-2.0 14 Finland - India 1.0-2.0 15 Sweden - Hungary 0.0-3.0 16 Bangladesh - Czech Republic 0.5-2.5 17 Uzbekistan - Slovenia 3.0-0.0 18 Kazakhstan - Portugal 2.0-1.0 19 Macedonia - Bosnia Herzegovina 0.0-3.0 20 Spain - Switzerland 2.5-0.5 21 Mongolia - Argentina 2.5-0.5 22 Venezuela - Azerbaijan 1.5-1.5 23 Turkmenistan - Mexico 2.0-1.0 24 France - Australia 1.5-1.5 25 Turkey - Iraq 3.0-0.0 26 Angola - IBCA 0.0-3.0 27 Austria - Iran 3.0-0.0 28 New Zealand - Brazil 1.0-2.0 29 South Africa - El Salvador 2.0-1.0 30 Wales - Puerto Rico 1.5-1.5 31 Un. Arab Emirates - Philippines 0.0-3.0 32 Colombia - Italy 1.0-2.0 33 Ireland - Scotland 0.0-3.0 34 US Virgin Islands - Nigeria 0.0-3.0 35 Japan - Botswana 0.5-2.5 36 Lebanon - Macau 2.5-0.5
The First Saturday tournaments for October are running 3rd-15th of October in Budapest reports Laszlo Nagy. There is a GM closed tournament with 14 participants. The GM-norm is 9,5 points from 13 games. Two IM closed tournament started both with 12 participants. The A-tournament is category III, the IM-norm is 8 points out of 11 games. The B-tournament is cat. II, the IM-norm is 8 points out of 11 games. There is a ELO round robin tournament, with 12 participants. There are 22 players /11 pairs/ in the Scheveningen system event for ELO-ratings points.
Round 1 standings
GM
Budapest HUN (HUN), X 1998 cat. VIII (2436)
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1 Barbero, Gerardo F g ARG 2415 * . . = . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 2475
2 Berkovich, Mark A m ISR 2400 . * . . . . . . . . . . . = 0.5 2445
3 Borocz, Istvan m HUN 2360 . . * . . . . . = . . . . . 0.5 2455
4 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2475 = . . * . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 2415
5 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2455 . . . . * . . . . . . = . . 0.5 2475
6 Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2425 . . . . . * . . . = . . . . 0.5 2455
7 Grinshpun, Eduard m UZB 2365 . . . . . . * . . . . . = . 0.5 2495
8 Hoffmann, Michael m GER 2440 . . . . . . . * . . = . . . 0.5 2450
9 Horvath, Adam m HUN 2455 . . = . . . . . * . . . . . 0.5 2360
10 Kreiman, Boris m USA 2455 . . . . . = . . . * . . . . 0.5 2425
11 Lazarev, Vladimir m RUS 2450 . . . . . . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2440
12 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2475 . . . . = . . . . . . * . . 0.5 2455
13 Mikhaletz, Lubomir m UKR 2495 . . . . . . = . . . . . * . 0.5 2365
14 Varga, Peter m HUN 2445 . = . . . . . . . . . . . * 0.5 2400
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IMA
Budapest HUN (HUN), X 1998 cat. III (2315)
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1 Arnold, Ferenc f HUN 2375 * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
2 Brustkern, Juergen GER 2255 . * . . . . . 1 . . . . 1.0
3 Hera, Imre jr HUN 2345 . . * . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
4 Heuer, Thomas GER 2280 . . . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
5 Pham Minh Hoang VIE 2245 . . . . * . . . . . . 1 1.0
6 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2335 . . . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2325
7 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2325 . . . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2335
8 Dembo, Yelena ISR 2165 . 0 . . . . . * . . . . 0.0
9 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2310 . . 0 . . . . . * . . . 0.0
10 Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2320 0 . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11 Petran, Pal m HUN 2395 . . . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
12 Szuk, Balazs f HUN 2430 . . . . 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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IMB
Budapest HUN (HUN), X 1998 cat. II (2278)
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1 Hammes, Michael f GER 2360 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2 Zalkind, Karmi ISR 2265 . * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3 Csonkics, Tunde wg HUN 2225 . . * . . . . . . = . . 0.5 2205
4 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2340 . . . * . = . . . . . . 0.5 2315
5 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2305 . . . . * . . = . . . . 0.5 2385
6 Fang, Joseph f USA 2315 . . . = . * . . . . . . 0.5 2340
7 Ippolito, Dean f USA 2430 . . . . . . * . = . . . 0.5 2115
8 Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2385 . . . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2305
9 Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2115 . . . . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2430
10 Papp, Gellert HUN 2205 . . = . . . . . . * . . 0.5 2225
11 Hadjikostis, Nikos CYP 2145 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12 Jakab, Attila HUN 2245 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The 3rd Atom Cup is taking place in Paks, Hungary 19th Sept - 2nd Oct. reports Laszlo Nagy. There is a GM-closed tournament with 14 participants, ELO-average 2402, GM-norm 10 points and an IM-tournament with 12 players, ELO-average 2289, IM-norm 8 points.
Final results
GM
Paks HUN (HUN), IX-X 1998 cat. VII (2401)
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1 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2455 * 1 = = = 0 = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2484
2 Horvath, Adam m HUN 2455 0 * = = 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2484
3 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2475 = = * 1 = = = = = = 1 = = = 7.5 2452
4 Karolyi, Tibor jr m HUN 2425 = = 0 * = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 = 7.5 2456
5 Vujosevic, Vladimir m YUG 2370 = 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 = = 7.5 2460
6 Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2505 1 = = = = * 0 0 = = = 1 1 1 7.5 2450
7 Gershon, Alik m ISR 2460 = 1 = 0 = 1 * 1 0 = 0 0 1 1 7.0 2425
8 Bukal, Vladimir m CRO 2395 1 = = = = 1 0 * = = 1 0 0 = 6.5 2401
9 Dumitrache, Dragos m ROM 2420 = 0 = 0 = = 1 = * = 0 1 = 1 6.5 2400
10 Molnar, Bela HUN 2340 0 = = = 0 = = = = * 1 = = = 6.0 2377
11 Naiditsch, Arkadij f GER 2390 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 0 * = = 1 5.5 2345
12 Bakre, Tejas f IND 2290 0 = = = 0 0 1 1 0 = = * 0 = 5.0 2323
13 Husari, Sate SYR 2290 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = = = 1 * = 5.0 2323
14 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2350 0 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = * 3.5 2230
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IM
Paks HUN (HUN), IX-X 1998 cat. II (2290)
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1 Palkovi, Jozsef m HUN 2435 * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2487
2 Krutti, Valer m HUN 2360 = * = = 1 1 1 = = = = 1 7.5 2416
3 Meszaros, Gyula m HUN 2305 = = * = = 1 0 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2390
4 Senff, Martin GER 2395 0 = = * = 0 1 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2345
5 Jagodzinski, Andreas GER 2215 = 0 = = * = 0 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2332
6 Brumen, Dinko f CRO 2355 0 0 0 1 = * = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2319
7 Sebe, Razvan ROM 2120 = 0 1 0 1 = * 0 = 1 = = 5.5 2305
8 Berkes, Ferenc HUN 2290 = = = 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 5.5 2289
9 Toth, Andras HUN 2330 0 = = 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 0 1 5.0 2249
10 Sebe, Florin ROM 2235 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 0 * 1 = 3.5 2161
11 Nor, Igor ISR 2280 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 * 0 3.0 2115
12 Sevo, Igor CRO 2155 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 2.0 2039
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Produced by the World Chess Council Luis Rentero Suares, Linares, Ken Thompson, New Jersey Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow (from Elista) Results up to October 1, 1998
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2802 141 2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2752 148 3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2738 148 4. Adams,Michael ENG 2703 151 5. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181 6. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2699 186 7. Svidler,Peter RUS 2697 157 8. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2690 125 9. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2683 169 10. Short,Nigel D ENG 2679 173 11. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2674 171 12. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2673 187 13. Leko,Peter HUN 2673 131 14. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2666 175 15. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2664 148 16. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2656 149 17. Salov,Valery RUS 2656 185 18. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2651 159 19. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2645 179 20. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2645 182 21. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2644 149 22. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2638 162 23. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2635 180 24. Timman,Jan H NED 2634 177 25. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2634 130 26. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2632 174 27. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2629 188 28. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2622 157 29. Lautier,Joel FRA 2622 167 30. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2620 136 31. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2619 154 32. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2618 153 33. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2615 150 34. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2614 176 35. Yusupov,Artur GER 2613 144 36. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163 37. Baklan,Vladimir UKR 2608 188 38. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2607 196 39. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188 40. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2603 150 41. Van Wely,Loek NED 2603 196 42. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2602 202 43. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186 44. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2601 141 45. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2601 192 46. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2600 152 47. Dolmatov,Sergey RUS 2597 121 48. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2597 176 49. Sutovskij,Emil ISR 2596 167 50. Fischer,Robert James USA 2594 197
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