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8th Elgoibar Tournament 45 games AMEBS Tournament La Plata Argentina 5 games Max Wilkerson International 66 games European Club Cup Qualifier 18 games 2nd OIBM in Bad Wiessee 24 games Kilkenny Congress. 205 games 6th Loures Young Masters 30 games 7th Sonnevanck tournament 25 games National Chess Congress 67 games World Junior Championships 394 games World Junior Championships (girls) 228 games
My thanks to Felix Izeta, Rubén Casafús and Adrián Roldán, Eric Schiller, Herman Van Riemsdijk, John Donaldson, Sinisa Joksic, Thomas Leckner, Herbert Scarry, Jack Lowry, John Hurley, Jon Speelman, Luis Santos, Lost Boys, Michael Atkins, ChessMate, Laszlo Nagy and all those who helped with this issue.
If news from Argentina is correct then June 19 - July 17, 1999 will see the delayed FIDE knockout event finally take place. The sooner this is confirmed in a widely disseminated press release the better. Elsewhere its a solid week of international chess, without anything spectacular but nevertheless a number of interesting events.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Felix Izeta sends news and games from the 8th Elgoibar Tournament which took place November 21-29. The tournament was category XI and nobody got GM norms as it's a tradition in Elgoibar, where no player has ever got a norm. The games were all hardly fought, Ubilava starting strongly with 4 out of 4 but then collapsed as you can see. There was some fight for first place even until the last round but then Van der Wiel secured first place by offering a draw in a better position against Korneev. He deserved the victory and his performance was rather impressive. Izeta was one of the "local" players as Elgoibar is placed in the Bask country and he lives there. Gomez Esteban was the other Bask player. Elgoibar is a little town officially in Spain, but there is a background where the Bask people want independence or at least self-determination but both the Spanish and French authorities refuse the whole idea. Back to the chess, 16 year old Francisco Vallejo had a rather disappointing performance after some success in recent times. Fernandes from Portugal was always in time trouble and suffered 6 (!) consecutive defeats from rounds 2 to 7 but finally avoided last place. Mellado started with 0 out of 4. His last tournament had been the spanish team champ. where he started quite differently with 8 out of 8.
Round 1 (1998.11.21)
Izeta Txabarri, Felix - Georgiev, Vladimir 1-0 40 E69 Kings indian
Korneev, Oleg - Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario 1-0 38 C45 Scottish
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Ubilava, Elizbar 0-1 56 B91 Sicilian; Najdorf
Fernandes, Antonio - Mellado Trivino, Juan 1-0 37 D00 Queen's pawn
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 20 A45 Queen's pawn
Round 2 (1998.11.22)
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Izeta Txabarri, Felix 1/2 46 B18 Caro-Kann
Georgiev, Vladimir - Fernandes, Antonio 1-0 37 A65 Modern Benoni
Ubilava, Elizbar - Mellado Trivino, Juan 1-0 20 B38 Sicilian
Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario - Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel 1-0 42 D32 Queen's gambit
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Korneev, Oleg 0-1 45 C50 Giuoco piano
Round 3 (1998.11.23)
Izeta Txabarri, Felix - Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario 1-0 30 D03 Queen's pawn
Korneev, Oleg - Ubilava, Elizbar 0-1 50 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Mellado Trivino, Juan - Georgiev, Vladimir 0-1 30 D20 QGA;
Fernandes, Antonio - Van der Wiel, John T.H 0-1 51 B52 Sicilian
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 14 A80 Dutch defence
Round 4 (1998.11.24)
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Mellado Trivino, Juan 1-0 40 C43 Petroff defence
Korneev, Oleg - Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel 1-0 54 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Ubilava, Elizbar - Georgiev, Vladimir 1-0 47 D19 Slav defence
Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario - Fernandes, Antonio 1-0 29 A80 Dutch defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Izeta Txabarri, Felix 1-0 28 C50 Giuoco piano
Round 5 (1998.11.25)
Izeta Txabarri, Felix - Korneev, Oleg 1/2 35 D47 Semi-Slav
Georgiev, Vladimir - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 37 D10 Slav defence
Mellado Trivino, Juan - Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario 1/2 16 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Fernandes, Antonio - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 45 B30 Sicilian
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Ubilava, Elizbar 1/2 40 A45 Queen's pawn
Round 6 (1998.11.26)
Korneev, Oleg - Fernandes, Antonio 1-0 19 B01 Scandinavian
Ubilava, Elizbar - Van der Wiel, John T.H 0-1 28 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario - Georgiev, Vladimir 1-0 37 D19 Slav defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Mellado Trivino, Juan 1/2 19 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Izeta Txabarri, Felix 0-1 45 C47 Four knights
Round 7 (1998.11.27)
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario 1-0 25 B11 Caro-Kann
Izeta Txabarri, Felix - Ubilava, Elizbar 1-0 61 E45 Nimzo indian
Georgiev, Vladimir - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 35 A80 Dutch defence
Mellado Trivino, Juan - Korneev, Oleg 1/2 51 C45 Scottish
Fernandes, Antonio - Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel 0-1 46 A43 Queen's pawn
Round 8 (1998.11.28)
Izeta Txabarri, Felix - Fernandes, Antonio 1/2 43 A81 Dutch defence
Korneev, Oleg - Georgiev, Vladimir 0-1 60 B38 Sicilian
Ubilava, Elizbar - Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario 1/2 57 D02 Queen's pawn
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Van der Wiel, John T.H 0-1 64 B14 Caro-Kann
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Mellado Trivino, Juan 0-1 61 D20 QGA;
Round 9 (1998.11.29)
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Korneev, Oleg 1/2 17 C45 Scottish
Georgiev, Vladimir - Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel 1-0 44 A57 Benko gambit
Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 44 D20 QGA;
Mellado Trivino, Juan - Izeta Txabarri, Felix 1/2 17 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence.
Fernandes, Antonio - Ubilava, Elizbar 1-0 28 E15 Nimzo indian
Elgoibar ESP (ESP), XI 1998 cat. X (2500)
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1 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2520 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2717
2 Izeta Txabarri, Felix g ESP 2445 = * = 1 1 1 0 = = 1 6.0 2631
3 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2600 = = * 0 0 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2568
4 Georgiev, Vladimir m BUL 2540 = 0 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2575
5 Ubilava, Elizbar g GEO 2540 0 0 1 1 * = 1 1 0 = 5.0 2538
6 Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario m ESP 2475 0 0 0 1 = * = = 1 1 4.5 2502
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2450 0 1 0 0 0 = * = 1 = 3.5 2425
8 Mellado Trivino, Juan m ESP 2460 0 = = 0 0 = = * 0 1 3.0 2379
9 Fernandes, Antonio m POR 2480 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 2.5 2336
10 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2490 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 2.5 2335
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Herman Van Riemsdijk took first place on Sonneborn-Berger tie-break from Hugo Spangenberg and Carlos Garcia Palermo all of whom finished on 6 points in the Category 6 Magistral de La Plata tournament which took place 22-30th November 1998. The time rate was 1-30 for 30 moves and 1 hour for the rest with 30 seconds additional time per move. García Palermo won in the last round by walk-over.
Therer was round by round coverage at Rubén Casafús and Adrián Roldán's Ajedrez Argentino: http://www.adrian-roldan.com and the later games came direct from Herman Van Riemsdijk.
Round 9 (1998.11.30)
Van Riemsdijk, Herman C - Giaccio, Alfredo 1-0 55 C16 French; Winawer
Garcia Palermo, Carlos - Giampa, Alejandro 1-0 1 A40 Queen's pawn
Hernandez, Gilberto - Spangenberg, Hugo 1/2 49 B42 Sicilian
Panno, Oscar - Garcia, Raimundo 1-0 37 A43 Queen's pawn
Amura, Claudia N - Bibiloni, Jorge 1/2 17 D02 Queen's pawn
La Plata ARG (ARG), XI 1998 cat. VI (2392)
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1 Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2405 * 1 1 0 = 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2515
2 Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ITA 2470 0 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2507
3 Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2520 0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2502
4 Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2520 1 = = * = = = = = 1 5.5 2457
5 Panno, Oscar g ARG 2465 = = = = * 0 1 = = 1 5.0 2426
6 Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2460 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2383
7 Garcia, Raimundo m ARG 2360 1 0 = = 0 = * = 1 0 4.0 2352
8 Amura, Claudia N wm ARG 2350 = = 0 = = 0 = * = 1 4.0 2353
9 Bibiloni, Jorge ARG 2175 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * = 2.5 2249
10 Giampa, Alejandro ARG 2190 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1.5 2140
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Vinay Bhat of San Jose won the Max Wilkerson International held November 18-30 at the Mechanics' Institute in downtown San Francisco. The 14-year-old Bhat's undefeated score of 8-3 not only won the event, but also gave him an IM norm in the Category 2 (229O) event reports John Donaldson.
Top-rated Philippine master Omar Cartagena (2435) failed to make his third and final IM norm, but shared second place at 7-4 with IMs Guillermo Rey, Mladen Vucic and John Grefe.
The Mechanics's Institute Chess Club, the oldest in the United States with continuous activity since 1855, is planning more norm events in 1999 and welcomes inquiries from potential participants. Contact IM John Donaldson at imwjd@aol.com or fax (415) 421-4551.
Max Wilkerson International Cat. II (2290)
IM=8 San Francisco, California
November 18-30, 1998
San Francisco USA (USA), XI 1998 cat. II (2290)
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1 Bhat, Vinay S USA 2235 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2470
2 Rey, Guillermo m USA 2370 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 0 = 7.0 2384
3 Grefe, John A m USA 2405 = = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 = 7.0 2381
4 Vucic, Mladen m USA 2385 = = = * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2383
5 Cartagena, Omar PHI 2435 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2378
6 Lobo, Richard ENG 2285 = = 0 = = * = 1 1 0 0 1 5.5 2290
7 Cusi, Ronald PHI 2355 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 = 1 5.5 2284
8 Baker, Jonathan USA 2135 = = = 0 0 0 = * = 1 0 1 4.5 2239
9 Blohm, David USA 2205 0 0 = = 0 0 = = * 0 1 1 4.0 2195
10 Pinto, Mark USA 2165 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 = 4.0 2199
11 Schiller, Eric USA 2190 0 1 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 0 * 0 3.5 2166
12 Santic, Berislav BIH 2315 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 3.0 2112
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Sinisa Joksic reports on the final European Club Cup Qualifier (Preliminary Group 7) which took place in Belgrade, November 23rd-25th 1998.
Elitzur Petach (Tikva) from Israel qualified for the final. It was surprising because the host team from Zemun had the advantage on paper with Beliavsky and Gelfand on the first two boards. Only 4 teams turned up in Belgrade: Agrouniverzal - Zemun (YUG), Bestex - Nove Zomki (SVK), Kalijschik - Soligorsk (BLR) and Elitzur Petach -Tikva (ISL). The teams that were missing were Rimon - Kishnev (MDA), Miskolci SSC - Miskolc (HUN), Peristeri - Athens (GRE) and Konya - Yapi Spor (TUR). The teams could and did make an agreement to change the pairings, and so they played one match per day over the three days.
Day 1 (November, 23):
Elitzur Petach - Bestex 5:1
Smirin Ilia - Balogh Tomas 1:0
Alterman Boris - Dovzik Juri 1/2
Yudasin Leonid - Sergeev Veniamin 1/2
Oratovsky Michael - Horvath Mario 1:0
Tyomkin Dmitri - Balogh Peter 1:0
Finkel Alexander - Kolesar Milan 1:0
Day 2 (November, 24):
Agrouniverzal - Kalijschik 3.5-2.5
Beliavski Alexander - Volkov Sergey 1/2
Gelfand Boris - Voitsekhovsky Stanislav 1/2
Damljanovic Branko - Kochetkov German 1:0
Ilincic Zlatko - Kovalev Andrei 1:0
Drasko Milan - Korzubov Peter 1/2
Vukic Milan - Poley Vladimir 0:1
Day 3 (November, 25):
Agrouniverzal - Elitzur Petach 3:3
Beliavski Alexander - Smirin Ilia 0:1
Gelfand Boris - Alterman Boris 1/2
Damljanovic Branko - Yudasin Leonid 1/2
Ilincic Zlatko - Oratovsky Michael 1/2
Drasko Milan - Tyomkin Dimitri 1/2
Mikhalchishin Adrian - Finkel Alexander 1:0
In the final the favorites, Agrouniverzal had a 2576.66 average rating compared to that of 2525.83 for the Israeli team. Decisive was the win Smirin scored against Beliavsky on the top board. The match was lost with too many draws on the middle boards. There is still some chance for Agrouniversal to play in the final. If, as seems likely, the Dutch organisers can't hold the final, the Yugoslav team has offered to be the host. It looks like the ECCC is going through a big crisis. The best clubs have for a while lost interest in playing. The organisers have announced fines for teams who fill out applications, and then don't play to apparently little effect. The organisers need to find a new way of attracting the established teams or end the competition.
According to sources in Argentina the dates of the FIDE knockout appear to have been announced by Emmanuel Omuku as June 19 - July 17, 1999 in Las Vegas. [Although confirmation hasn't appear elsewhere yet. Sinisa Joksic still doubts this. ] Serious doubts have been raised about Karpov's participation by Omuku although at the recent Cap D'Agde event Karpov was talking about playing still.
The 2nd OIBM in Bad Wiessee is nearing its finish its one of the largest opens in Germany with 300 players including 20 GMs (Dreev, Khalifman, Ibragimov, Khenkin, Lutz, Sturua, Epishin, Glek, and Lobron are amongst the players) reports Thomas Leckner. With eight of nine rounds completed Lobron, Khalifman and Christian Gabriel lead with 7/9.
Coverage in full at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Thomas_Leckner/
1 g LOBRON Eric 7 2 g KHALIFMAN Alexander 7 3 g GABRIEL Christian 7 4 g KHENKIN Igor 6.5 5 g IBRAGIMOV Ildar 6.5 6 g YANDEMIROV Valeri 6.5 7 g LUTZ Christopher 6.5 8 BUNZMANN Dimitrij 6.5 9 g LUTHER Thomas 6.5 10 m RENNER Christoph 6.5 11 g STURUA Zurab 6.5 12 g GLEK Igor 6.5 301 players
The Kilkenny Chess Congress (Iona Technologies International Masters) took place in Ireland Nov 27th-29th. It finished in a three way tie between Stuart Conquest and Luke McShane of England and Bogdan Lalic of Croatia all of whom scored 5/6 (with the players in that order in terms of tie-breakers). Having said that Lalic only played four games after missing his initial flight, a half point bye was followed by a win by default against Rufino Bengoetxea who withdrew after one game. A note on the ratings of players: Yuri Rochev is given as having a rating of 2285 and Joanna Lagevsky one of 2045 but I can find neither in any recent rating list. My thanks to Herbert Scarry for the games, Jack Lowry for the results and to John Hurley and Jon Speelman for their help.
Kilkenny IRL (IRL), XI 1998
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1 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2490 +27 + 6 +15 + 5 - 4 +13 5.0 /6 2675
2 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2470 +28 +21 - 5 + 9 +10 + 4 5.0 /6 2682
3 Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2560 =34 +34 =14 +11 + 7 + 5 5.0 /6 2784
4 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2590 +23 + 7 =11 =10 + 1 - 2 4.0 /6 2563
5 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2590 +32 + 8 + 2 - 1 +16 - 3 4.0 /6 2482
6 Rochev,Yuri RUS ---- +25 - 1 +24 =13 = 8 +15 4.0 /6 2428
7 Wall, Tim f ENG 2370 +18 - 4 +23 +19 - 3 +17 4.0 /6 2395
8 Quinn, Mark f IRL 2350 +30 - 5 +26 +15 = 6 =10 4.0 /6 2542
9 Heidenfeld, Mark f IRL 2335 =34 =24 +31 - 2 +23 +16 4.0 /6 2328
10 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2655 +19 =14 +13 = 4 - 2 = 8 3.5 /6 2451
11 Turner, Matthew m ENG 2475 +20 +12 = 4 - 3 -13 +21 3.5 /6 2427
12 Short, Philip M f IRL 2295 +29 -11 -16 +27 =21 +28 3.5 /6 2204
13 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2400 +35 +33 -10 = 6 +11 - 1 3.5 /6 2453
14 Bellin, Robert m ENG 2360 +26 =10 = 3 -16 =17 =18 3.0 /6 2305
15 Hennigan, Michael m ENG 2430 +17 +31 - 1 - 8 +19 - 6 3.0 /6 2271
16 O'Rourke, Ray IRL 2095 -21 +34 +12 +14 - 5 - 9 3.0 /6 2286
17 Anderson,John ---- -15 =22 +33 +21 =14 - 7 3.0 /6 2274
18 Sutton, Ian ENG 2100 - 7 -23 =28 +35 +29 =14 3.0 /6 2162
19 Clarke, Thomas IRL 2195 -10 +35 +29 - 7 -15 +22 3.0 /6 2330
20 Keogh, Eamon IRL 2165 -11 -29 +35 +33 -22 +30 3.0 /6 2218
21 Hon, Andrew ENG 2210 +16 - 2 +25 -17 =12 -11 2.5 /6 2246
22 Orr, Mark J L m IRL 2360 -31 =17 =30 =24 +20 -19 2.5 /6 2043
23 Bellin, Jana wg ENG 2170 - 4 +18 - 7 +30 - 9 =26 2.5 /6 2153
24 Cafolla, Peter IRL 2110 =36 = 9 - 6 =22 =26 =27 2.5 /6 2259
25 Freeman,Gordon ---- - 6 +28 -21 =26 =27 =29 2.5 /6 2141
26 Fox, Anthony IRL 2115 -14 +32 - 8 =25 =24 =23 2.5 /6 2162
27 Jackson, Sheila wm ENG 2165 - 1 =30 +32 -12 =25 =24 2.5 /6 2181
28 Dempsey, Paul IRL 2075 - 2 -25 =18 +32 +31 -12 2.5 /6 2219
29 Collins,Sam ---- -12 +20 -19 =31 -18 =25 2.0 /6 2012
30 Lagevsky,Joanna ---- - 8 =27 =22 -23 +33 -20 2.0 /6 2002
31 Richards, John ENG 2050 +22 -15 - 9 =29 -28 -32 1.5 /6 2036
32 O'Connell, Gerard IRL 2180 - 5 -26 -27 -28 =35 +31 1.5 /6 2005
33 Gooding,Ian ---- +34 -13 -17 -20 -30 =35 1.5 /6 1980
34 BYE ---- -33 -16 . . . . 1.0 /5 2194
35 O'Donovan, Richard IRL 2195 -13 -19 -20 -18 =32 =33 1.0 /6 1842
36 Rufino Bengoetxea, Asier ESP 2320 =24 . . . . . 0.5 /1 2110
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Luis Santos is covering the 6th Loures Young Masters (Portugal). It runs 2nd to 12th December. Internet coverage at: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/
After 5 rounds
Loures POR (POR), XII 1998 cat. II (2277)
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1 Damaso, Rui m POR 2430 * . = . . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 4.5 2611
2 Peixoto, Antonio POR 2185 . * . 0 . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 4.0 2457
3 Matamoros Franco, Carlos m ECU 2450 = . * . = = . 1 . 1 . . 3.5 2469
4 Kovacevic, Slobodan m YUG 2420 . 1 . * 0 = . . 1 . 1 . 3.5 2398
5 Vega Holm, Fernando m ESP 2410 . . = 1 * . 0 . 1 . . 1 3.5 2428
6 Vasallo, Mauricio ARG 2400 . . = = . * 1 0 . . . 1 3.0 2373
7 Reis, Luis Sousa POR 2225 0 0 . . 1 0 * 1 . . . . 2.0 2257
8 Cordovil, Joao f POR 2220 0 . 0 . . 1 0 * . 1 . . 2.0 2257
9 Carvalho, Alda POR 2110 . 0 . 0 0 . . . * 0 1 . 1.0 2019
10 Charneira, Hermenegildo POR 2140 0 . 0 . . . . 0 1 * 0 . 1.0 2030
11 Durao, Pedro POR 2140 . 0 . 0 . . . . 0 1 * 0 1.0 1969
12 Quadrio, Alexandre POR 2190 0 0 . . 0 0 . . . . 1 * 1.0 2073
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The 7th Sonnevanck tournament is underway in Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands and runs December 1-10th. Internet coverage by Lost Boys at:
After 5 rounds
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), XII 1998 cat. VI (2383)
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1 Drazic, Sinisa m YUG 2495 * 1 = 1 . = . 1 . . 4.0 2604
2 Romero Holmes, Alfonso g ESP 2485 0 * . . 1 1 1 . = . 3.5 2539
3 Van Haastert, Edwin f NED 2345 = . * . = . = . 1 = 3.0 2473
4 Vink, Nico NED 2285 0 . . * . = 1 = . 1 3.0 2467
5 Wortel, Marten NED 2285 . 0 = . * . = . = 1 2.5 2411
6 Van Beek, Lucien NED 2315 = 0 . = . * . = . = 2.0 2333
7 Bottema, Tom NED 2405 . 0 = 0 = . * 1 . . 2.0 2286
8 Kroeze, Frank M f NED 2390 0 . . = . = 0 * 1 . 2.0 2318
9 Armas, Jorge m CUB 2450 . = 0 . = . . 0 * = 1.5 2226
10 Friedman, Aviv f ISR 2370 . . = 0 0 = . . = * 1.5 2187
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The 29th annual National Chess Congress ran November 27-29 in Philadelphia reports Michael Atkins. There was a five way tie on 5/6 with Yermolinsky, Kacheishvili, Stripunsky, Rohde and Kreiman. There are 67 games in the pgn file.
Coverage by Michael Atkins at: http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/ncc/ncc.htm
1 Yermolinsky, Alex...........2692 W 23 W 80 D 42 W 27 W 10 D 2 5.0 2 Kacheishvili, Gior..........2668 W 24 W 33 D 43 W 40 W 26 D 1 5.0 3 Stripunsky, Alexan..........2620 W 62 W 47 W 68 W 30 D 15 D 7 5.0 4 Rohde, Michael A............2596 W 55 L 18 W 35 W 24 W 20 W 15 5.0 5 Kreiman, Boris..............2559 W 98 W 19 W 17 D 7 D 6 W 16 5.0 6 Goldin, Alexander...........2719 D 50 W 69 D 18 W 46 D 5 W 28 4.5 7 Wojtkiewicz, Alek...........2672 W 22 W 44 W 48 D 5 D 16 D 3 4.5 8 Gurevich, Dmitry............2620 L 36 W 73 W 72 W 48 W 17 D 11 4.5 9 Serper, Gregory.............2619 W 53 D 59 D 46 W 61 D 32 W 30 4.5 10 Kudrin, Sergey..............2613 D 54 W 63 W 45 W 42 L 1 W 32 4.5 11 Waitzkin, Joshua............2544 W 51 D 81 W 28 D 18 W 23 D 8 4.5 12 Ashley, Maurice A...........2519 W 37 L 48 W 81 D 60 W 45 W 33 4.5 13 Bonin, Jay R................2480 L 64 W 91 W 53 W 52 D 18 W 37 4.5 14 Sammour, Jorge Hasb.........2458 W 71 D 34 W 59 L 15 W 60 W 25 4.5 15 Shabalov, Alexande..........2701 W 21 W 58 D 27 W 14 D 3 L 4 4.0 16 Fedorowicz, John P..........2657 W 70 D 45 W 57 W 29 D 7 L 5 4.0 17 Karklins, Andrew............2382 W 83 W 64 L 5 W 68 L 8 W 49 4.0 18 Zaremba, Andrei.............2327 W 86 W 4 D 6 D 11 D 13 D 31 4.0 19 Sarkar, Justin..............2324 W102 L 5 W 64 L 25 W 71 W 50 4.0 20 Cooke, Eric N...............2289 W 89 W 31 L 30 W 58 L 4 W 42 4.0 21 Kriventsov, Stanislav.......2279 L 15 L 37 W 38 W 67 W 56 W 43 4.0 22 Anderson, Renard W..........2278 L 7 L 68 W 87 W 88 W 74 W 44 4.0 23 Sharafuddin, Khaled.........2269 L 1 W 99 W 90 W 31 L 11 W 47 4.0 24 Markzon, Gregory............2266 L 2 W 75 W 88 L 4 W 41 W 48 4.0 25 Benjamin, Joel..............2652 W 90 D 46 D 32 W 19 D 30 L 14 3.5 26 Ivanov, Alexander...........2577 D 63 W 54 W 34 W 43 L 2 U--- 3.5 27 Meyer, Eugene B.............2529 W 52 W 74 D 15 L 1 L 33 W 51 3.5 28 Burnett, Ronald Wa..........2458 D 82 W 94 L 11 W 74 W 35 L 6 3.5 29 Formanek, Edward W..........2423 W 65 D 35 W 49 L 16 X--- U--- 3.5 30 Shahade, Gregory............2414 W 39 W 60 W 20 L 3 D 25 L 9 3.5 31 Paschall, William...........2394 W 67 L 20 W 71 L 23 W 70 D 18 3.5 32 Morrison, William...........2389 W 73 D 36 D 25 W 70 D 9 L 10 3.5 33 Rajlich, Vasik G............2345 W 84 L 2 D 66 W 36 W 27 L 12 3.5 34 Bisguier, Arthur B..........2338 W 93 D 14 L 26 W 55 D 40 H--- 3.5 35 Figler, Ilye................2322 X--- D 29 L 4 W 82 L 28 W 64 3.5 36 Grechikhin, Vladimir........2237 W 8 D 32 L 40 L 33 W 66 W 68 3.5 37 Roytman, Vladimir...........2200 L 12 W 21 D 47 W 81 W 57 L 13 3.5 38 Boor, Carl Brandon..........2168 L 58 D 62 L 21 W 93 W 80 W 61 3.5 39 Reeder, Andy................2161 L 30 D 89 L 69 W 95 X--- W 62 3.5 40 Kalikshteyn, Alexander......2423 W 72 D 49 W 36 L 2 D 34 U--- 3.0 41 Rubenchik, Rodion...........2392 L 74 W 82 L 52 W 91 L 24 W 72 3.0 42 Schneider, Dmitry...........2390 W 97 W 61 D 1 L 10 D 49 L 20 3.0 43 Furman, Leonid..............2356 W 75 W 66 D 2 L 26 D 50 L 21 3.0 44 Muhammad, Stephen...........2355 W 56 L 7 L 74 W 72 W 52 L 22 3.0 45 Shapiro, Daniel E...........2345 W 92 D 16 L 10 W 54 L 12 D 55 3.0 46 Popovych, Orest.............2341 W 85 D 25 D 9 L 6 D 64 D 54 3.0 47 Dean, Jim H.................2321 W101 L 3 D 37 D 57 W 73 L 23 3.0 48 Mc Carthy, Brian............2308 W 87 W 12 L 7 L 8 W 65 L 24 3.0 49 Ritvin, Stanislav...........2300 W 77 D 40 L 29 W 79 D 42 L 17 3.0 50 Privman, Boris..............2288 D 6 L 57 W 83 W 80 D 43 L 19 3.0 51 Eisen, Lewis................2250 L 11 W 87 L 58 W 76 W 69 L 27 3.0 52 Colding, Ernest Pa..........2242 L 27 W 56 W 41 L 13 L 44 W 74 3.0 53 Kaufman, Raymond S..........2222 L 9 W 86 L 13 L 56 W 77 W 73 3.0 54 Traldi, Matthew.............2215 D 10 L 26 W 89 L 45 W 83 D 46 3.0 55 Frank, Marty C..............2214 L 4 W 95 D 80 L 34 W 75 D 45 3.0 56 Polka, Brian C..............1893 L 44 L 52 W101 W 53 L 21 W 71 3.0 57 Kaufman, Lawrence...........2421 D 91 W 50 L 16 D 47 L 37 D 65 2.5 58 Tate, Emory A...............2414 W 38 L 15 W 51 L 20 D 62 U--- 2.5 59 Bouzoukis, Charles..........2323 W 95 D 9 L 14 W 66 F--- U--- 2.5 60 Curdo, John A...............2295 W 88 L 30 W 65 D 12 L 14 U--- 2.5 61 Fayvinov, Zakhar............2292 W 78 L 42 W 67 L 9 D 68 L 38 2.5 62 Yakobashvili, Roland........2252 L 3 D 38 W 76 D 69 D 58 L 39 2.5 63 Hoekstra, Matthew...........2212 D 26 L 10 L 79 L 75 W 88 W 84 2.5 64 Strenzwilk, Denis...........2200 W 13 L 17 L 19 W 84 D 46 L 35 2.5 65 Weber, Joseph V.............2183 L 29 W100 L 60 W 85 L 48 D 57 2.5 66 Burrows, Brandon............2154 W 79 L 43 D 33 L 59 L 36 W 89 2.5 67 Groberman, Elina............2105 L 31 W 77 L 61 L 21 W 85 H--- 2.5 68 Reznik, Roman...............1994 B--- W 22 L 3 L 17 D 61 L 36 2.5 69 Bauer, Richard N............2382 H--- L 6 W 39 D 62 L 51 U--- 2.0 70 Baczynskyj, Boris...........2257 L 16 W 84 W 78 L 32 L 31 U--- 2.0 71 Steigman, A J...............2198 L 14 W 92 L 31 W 78 L 19 L 56 2.0 72 Benen, Samson...............2181 L 40 W 93 L 8 L 44 W 92 L 41 2.0 73 Pugh, Lawrence B............2029 L 32 L 8 W 92 W 90 L 47 L 53 2.0 74 Mc Bride, Dennis............1974 W 41 L 27 W 44 L 28 L 22 L 52 2.0 75 Gilman, Mitchell P..........1877 L 43 L 24 D 93 W 63 L 55 D 78 2.0 76 Wray, Laverne L.............1848 L 81 W101 L 62 L 51 W 86 U--- 2.0 77 Belcher, Edward A...........1643 L 49 L 67 D 96 W 94 L 53 D 86 2.0 78 Yanga, Samul O..............unr. L 61 W 97 L 70 L 71 D 84 D 75 2.0 79 Belakovskaya, Anjelina......2407 L 66 D 83 W 63 L 49 U--- U--- 1.5 80 Rogers, Norman..............2346 W 99 L 1 D 55 L 50 L 38 U--- 1.5 81 Sulistya, Maria L...........2325 W 76 D 11 L 12 L 37 F--- U--- 1.5 82 Ashton, Jeffrey.............2178 D 28 L 41 W 94 L 35 U--- U--- 1.5 83 Bakker, Andrew..............2014 L 17 D 79 L 50 W 89 L 54 U--- 1.5 84 Schadler, Peter.............1834 L 33 L 70 W 86 L 64 D 78 L 63 1.5 85 Raush, Ronald L.............1812 L 46 L 90 W 99 L 65 L 67 H--- 1.5 86 Carroll, William............1741 L 18 L 53 L 84 W101 L 76 D 77 1.5 87 Manning, Paul...............1657 L 48 L 51 L 22 L 92 X--- D 88 1.5 88 De Castro, Michael..........1630 L 60 B--- L 24 L 22 L 63 D 87 1.5 89 Abouel-Komsan, Faye.........unr. L 20 D 39 L 54 L 83 W 93 L 66 1.5 90 Furdzik, Rafael.............2248 L 25 W 85 L 23 L 73 U--- U--- 1.0 91 Salomon, J Eugene...........2176 D 57 L 13 H--- L 41 U--- U--- 1.0 92 Rust, Lary F................1822 L 45 L 71 L 73 W 87 L 72 U--- 1.0 93 Ruterman, Keith.............1812 L 34 L 72 D 75 L 38 L 89 H--- 1.0 94 Kreitner, Ilan..............2200 H--- L 28 L 82 L 77 U--- U--- 0.5 95 Stephano, Philip............1698 L 59 L 55 H--- L 39 U--- U--- 0.5 96 Stolz, Daniel...............1541 U--- U--- D 77 U--- U--- U--- 0.5 97 Inocencio, Edgarlino........2083 L 42 L 78 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0 98 Schwartz, Hal...............1990 L 5 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0 99 Fukui, Tomo.................1841 L 80 L 23 L 85 U--- U--- U--- 0.0 100 Manning, Paul...............1657 F--- L 65 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0 101 Savory, Steve...............1561 L 47 L 76 L 56 L 86 F--- U--- 0.0 102 Ritchie, Craig..............1284 L 19 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
The World Junior Championships took place in Calicut, India November 16th - December 2nd 1998. The boys event was won by IM Darmen Sadvakasov of Kazakstan with 10.5/13 and who was also undefeated. He was a point clear of IM Zhang Zhong of China on 9.5. In third was Hristos Banikas of Greece on 9.0 who took third on tie-break from Dao Thien Hai of Vietnam. In the women's event Women's GM Hoang Thang Trang took clear first with 10.5 ahead of Iweta Radziewicz of Poland on 9.5 in third was Irina Krush of the USA on nine. The games section has quite a few missing games from the final rounds.
Coverage from http://www.fide.com/ and http://www.webindia.com/chessmate/.
Boys Championships Calicut IND (IND), XI 1998 -------------------------------------------- 1 Sadvakasov, Darmen m KAZ 2440 10.5 2 Zhang Zhong m CHN 2510 9.5 3 Banikas, Hristos m GRE 2490 9.0 4 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2580 9.0 5 Fedorchuk, Sergey A f UKR 2415 8.5 6 Janssen, Ruud NED 2345 8.5 7 Sashikiran, Krishnan f IND 2470 8.5 8 Salmensuu, Olli f FIN 2420 8.5 9 Jenni, Florian f SUI 2430 8.0 10 Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2435 8.0 11 Socko, Bartosz m POL 2475 8.0 12 Kalod, Radek m CZE 2435 8.0 13 Sandipan, Chanda IND 2130 8.0 14 Dableo,Ronald PHI ---- 8.0 15 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2505 7.5 16 Blehm, Pawel m POL 2420 7.5 17 Vuckovic, Bojan YUG 2435 7.5 18 Florean, Andrei m ROM 2450 7.5 19 Soln, Primoz f SLO 2470 7.5 20 Dovramadjiev, Tihomir BUL 2210 7.5 21 Laxman, R.R IND 2225 7.0 22 Abdulla, Al-Rakib BAN 2350 7.0 23 Sundar Rajan, Kidambi IND 2285 7.0 24 Mirzoev, Azer m AZE 2445 7.0 25 Neelotpal, Das IND 2405 7.0 26 Abbasov, Farid f AZE 2290 7.0 27 Satyapragyan, S IND 2210 7.0 28 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2485 7.0 29 Herraiz Lopez, Herminio ESP 2405 7.0 30 Dervishi, Erald m ALB 2430 7.0 31 Salazar, Juan Fernand COL 2150 7.0 32 Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2455 6.5 33 Aliev, Rasim AZE 2295 6.5 34 Harikrishna, P f IND 2200 6.5 35 Ippolito, Dean f USA 2430 6.5 36 Leskiewicz, Maksymilian AUS 2210 6.5 37 Van der Nat,Nicholas RSA ---- 6.5 38 Mahesh Chandran, P IND 2280 6.5 39 Hansen, Torbjorn R NOR 2060 6.5 40 Houska, Miroslav ENG 2375 6.0 41 Turzo, Attila m HUN 2345 6.0 42 Kamble,V IND ---- 6.0 43 Williams, Simon f ENG 2335 6.0 44 Karatekin, Tamer TUR 2325 6.0 45 Khamrakulov, Ibragim S UZB 2315 6.0 46 Radovanovic, Dusan YUG 2225 6.0 47 Janz, Frerik GER 2240 6.0 48 Sutkovic, Damir BIH 2205 6.0 49 Roghani,A IRA ---- 6.0 50 Ramu, K IND 2125 6.0 51 Bakre, Tejas f IND 2290 5.5 52 Kherdekar, Saurabh IND 2145 5.5 53 Belmonte, Diego Mariano ARG 2200 5.5 54 Goldenberg, Danny f CAN 2325 5.5 55 Beenish, Bhatia IND 2190 5.5 56 Nirosh, De Silva SRI 2025 5.5 57 Alvarez, Johan VEN 2200 5.5 58 Chokshi, Manthan J IND 2220 5.5 59 Stinis, Steven BEL 2005 5.0 60 De Wachter, Matthias BEL 2170 5.0 61 Hossain, Enamul f BAN 2335 5.0 62 Uberoi, Arjun IND 2070 5.0 63 Groetz, Harald AUT 2225 4.5 64 Medak, Bojan CRO 2220 4.5 65 Kosmac, Blaz SLO 2175 4.5 66 Bjelobrk,I NZL ---- 4.5 67 Gillford,Thangkhiew IND ---- 4.0 68 Dias, Paulo POR 2295 4.0 69 Menon, Praveen R IND 2005 3.5 70 Ali,Majed LIB ---- 0.5 -------------------------------------------- Girl's Championships Calicut IND (IND), XI 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Hoang Thang Trang wg VIE 2350 10.5 78.5 78.50 2 Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2425 9.5 67.5 67.50 3 Krush, Irina USA 2275 9.0 60.5 60.50 4 Werner, Isabel GER 2195 8.5 55.0 55.00 5 Miroslawska, Monika wg POL 2470 8.0 66.0 66.00 6 Subbaraman, Vijayalakshmi wm IND 2335 8.0 59.0 59.00 7 Xu Yuanyuan wf CHN 2240 8.0 56.5 56.50 8 Dworakowska, Joanna wg POL 2390 8.0 54.5 54.50 9 Shah, Pallavi G IND 2130 8.0 51.0 51.00 10 Lakos, Nikoletta wm HUN 2385 7.5 59.5 59.50 11 Nguyen Thi Tuong Van wm VIE 2220 7.5 56.0 56.00 12 Jackova, Jana wm CZE 2205 7.5 50.0 50.00 13 Aatrhi, R IND 2035 7.5 46.5 46.50 14 Sheldon, Ruth wm ENG 2220 7.0 55.5 55.50 15 Koneru, Humpy IND 2140 7.0 53.5 53.50 16 Khamrakulova, I UZB 2145 7.0 49.0 49.00 17 Meenakshi, S IND 2115 7.0 44.0 44.00 18 Penas,Yolanda ESP ---- 7.0 36.5 36.50 19 Ghate, Swati IND 2190 6.5 48.0 48.00 20 Kouvatsou, Maria wf GRE 2120 6.5 47.5 47.50 21 Sanchez Castillo, Sarai VEN 2075 6.5 37.5 37.50 22 Ratcu, Tatiana wm BRA 2195 6.0 50.5 50.50 23 Houska, Jovanka ENG 2190 6.0 47.0 47.00 24 Swati, Mohota IND 2100 6.0 46.0 46.00 25 Le Thi Phuong Lien VIE 2135 6.0 45.5 45.50 26 Ciuksyte, Zivile LTU 2120 6.0 44.5 44.50 27 Dokmanovic, Nina CRO 2120 6.0 43.0 43.00 28 Pratibha,Y IND ---- 6.0 42.5 42.50 29 Bekiarisova, Alena SVK 2175 6.0 42.0 42.00 30 Riznar, Helena SLO 2025 6.0 39.5 39.50 31 Miloradovic, Jelena wf YUG 2130 5.5 40.0 40.00 32 Sofia,H POR ---- 5.5 39.0 39.00 33 Stumberger, Tania SLO 2020 5.5 35.5 35.50 34 Smajlovic, Lejla BIH 2105 5.5 34.5 34.50 35 Marchadour,C FRA ---- 4.5 32.0 32.00 36 Sorli, Maja SLO 2010 4.5 31.0 31.00 37 Yuette,Erwee RSA ---- 4.5 27.0 27.00 38 Szuveges, Narelle AUS ---- 4.0 20.5 20.50 39 Oya,Demirdag TUR ---- 3.5 27.0 27.00 40 N.D.Muthumuni SRI ---- [Did not play] --------------------------------------------------------------
The next event will be starting 5th of December 1998 in Budapest for GM, IM-norms, and ELO-rating. Organizer and info: Nagy, Laszlo E-mail: 100263.1700@compuserve.com Webpage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/ Tel-fax: /361/-263-2859
On 5th december there was a friendly match France - Islande on FICS at Organised by french TVs "FRANCE2" as one of the event for the "telethon" which goal is to collect funds for handicaped people. This is idea of Claude LONDEX handicaped player president of CADILLAC Chess Club near Bordeaux, and the AFM regional organiser Jose FERNANDEZ "Association Francaise de lutte contre les Myopathies". President of Federation Francaise des Echecs will be present. For Iceland GMI Hjartarson Olafsson and Stefansson + 3 handicaped players For France GMI Marciano, Relange MI Fressinet + 3 handicaped players
10th INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT ANO LIOSIA '99 ORGANIZERS Town Corporation Development Municipality of Ano Liosia in co-operation with The Greek Chess Federation and Municipality Cultural Center of Ano Liosia ( Chess Club ).
PRIZES 1st : 450.000 drs (~1.555$), 2nd : 350.000 drs (~1.210$), 3rd : 300.000 drs (~1.035$), 4th : 250.000 drs (~865$), 5th : 200.000 drs (~690$), 6th : 150.000 drs (~520$), 7th : 100.000 drs (~345$), 8th : 80.000 drs (~280$), 9th : 70.000 drs (~245$), 10th : 60.000 drs (~210$), 11th : 50.000 drs (~175$), 12th : 40.000 drs (~140$), 13th : 35.000 drs (~125$), 14th : 30.000 drs (~105$), 15th : 25.000 drs (~90$). OIOAL : 2.100.000 Drs. (~7.600$)
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The DutchBase is an initiative to bring the Dutch chesslife on the Internet. In this Dutchbase you will not only find classics like the complete Hoogovens tournaments, IBM and Interpolis, but also lesser known tournaments that are not in the big databases yet. In the GAMES-section you will find more than 48.000 games from tournaments held in the Netherlands during the period 1850-1998. We choose definitely for quality in stead of quantity. The spelling is fully (where possible) consistent. In the HALL OF FAME you will first find the only Dutch worldchampion Max Euwe, the candidate Jan Timman, Jan Hein Donner and the talents Jeroen Piket and Loek van Wely. We will extend this collection very soon. The collection already is quite big but far from complete. We will do all to make it better and even more complete. You can help us with that job.
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The Norwegian chess club "Jarl" proudly invites you to participate in GAUSDAL TROLL MASTERS 1999 Saturday January 9th - Friday January 15th at Gausdal Høifjellshotel (Previous Masters of the Troll: ‘90 Gausel, ‘91 Shirov, ‘92 Kramnik, ‘93 Kotronias, ‘94 DeFirmian, ‘95+’96 Rogers)
We welcome all chess players to this tournament which is dedicated to the memory of Arnold J. Eikrem, who created and organized this event and many many others at the popular skiing (alpine & cross country) resort Gausdal Høifjellshotel.
* GM- and IM norms available. 9 round Nordic monrad tournament. FIDE rules. * 2h/40 moves, 1 h/20 moves, ½h rest. * 1st round Saturday January 9th at 19:30. 9th and last round Friday the 15th at 9:00. * Double rounds on Sunday and Tuesday. * Open to all with FIDE-rating and a limi-ted number of non-FIDE-rated players. * Several strong GMs and IMs are invited * Prizes: (total prizefund NOK 15.000): 1st: 6.000; 2nd: 4.000; 3rd: 2.500; 4th: 1.500; 5th: 1.500; 6th: 1.000. Many additional book prizes. * Excellent chances to score titlenorms or gain your first international ELO rating. : * Read more about the event on http://home.sol.no/~skak/troll99/ * Information & Registration: Please contact us before December 20th, 1998 at:
Norwegian Chess Federation Frenningsvei 3, N-0588 Oslo Norway. Phone: (47) 22 15 12 41 fax: (47) 22 71 00 07 E-mail: sjakkfor@online.no