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Belfort 21 games Clichy International 35 games Kasparov simuls 13 games Marshall CC Winter Int 35 games Groningen 6 games Oxford International GMA 29 games Oxford International GMB 30 games Oxford International IMA 30 games 65th Brazilian Chess Championships 4 games XI Carlos Torre Memorial 101 games First Saturday December 23 games ZONE 3.2a (Southeast Asia) 150 games Mechanics' Masters 9 games
My thanks to Herman Van Riemsdijk, Michael Atkins, Laszlo Nagy, Jerry Bibuld, Christophe Bouton of Europe Echecs, John Saunders, Jean-Paul Touze, Clichy www site, John Henderson, Otto Rubingh, Sinisa Joksic, Vicente F. Herrasti, Leontxo García of El Pais, Bobby Ang, Chia Chee Seng, John Donaldson, Mark Kaprielian, Carlo Mazzoni and all those who helped with this issue.
Some good stuff this week with a number of GM events. The Christmas and early New Year period will bring more GM events too. My week was dominated by going to a lunch at which Kasparov was the main speaker. Certainly he seems less driven and more good tempered than I'd imagined and his own views were not delivered as explosively as in the past. He reacted with good humour to questioning in a way that in the past he may not have. His committment to chess (both over the board and its promotion, especially in education) and the promise of more writing has got to be good news.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Victor Bologan, Jean Marc Degraeve, Mikhail Gurevich, Eduardas Rozentalis, and Ruslan Ponomariov are the GMs playing in the Category 13 (2563) event is being held in Belfort December 14-23rd. With just three rounds to go the tournament is already a two horse race between Mikhail Gurevich with 5.5/7 and the 15 year old Ukranian talent Ruslan Ponomariov who is on 5.
Round 1 (1998.12.14)
Gurevich, Mikhail - Degraeve, Jean-Marc 1-0 41 A65 Modern Benoni
Hauchard, Arnaud - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1-0 68 E05 Nimzo indian
Bologan, Viktor - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 62 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Round 2 (1998.12.15)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1-0 28 C10 French
Bologan, Viktor - Gurevich, Mikhail 0-1 41 C11 French; Classical
Degraeve, Jean-Marc - Hauchard, Arnaud 1/2 17 C54 Italian game
Round 3 (1998.12.16)
Gurevich, Mikhail - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 43 D34 Queen's gambit
Hauchard, Arnaud - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 64 D00 Queen's pawn
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Degraeve, Jean-Marc 1-0 30 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 4 (1998.12.17)
Gurevich, Mikhail - Hauchard, Arnaud 1-0 31 A11 English; 1.c4
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Degraeve, Jean-Marc 1/2 37 B32 Sicilian
Bologan, Viktor - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1-0 35 C42 Petroff defence
Round 5 (1998.12.18)
Hauchard, Arnaud - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 91 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 16 C08 French; Tarrasch
Degraeve, Jean-Marc - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 44 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 6 (1998.12.19)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 55 B52 Sicilian
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Hauchard, Arnaud 1/2 40 B53 Sicilian
Degraeve, Jean-Marc - Gurevich, Mikhail 0-1 61 C12 French; Macutcheon
Round 7 (1998.12.20)
Gurevich, Mikhail - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 53 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Hauchard, Arnaud - Degraeve, Jean-Marc 1/2 22 A70 Modern Benoni
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 36 B08 Pirc; Classical
Belfort FRA (FRA), XII 1998 cat. XIII (2573)
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1 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2610 ** =. 1. 1= =. 11 5.5 2800
2 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2585 =. ** 1. 1= 1= =. 5.0 2730
3 Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2500 0. 0. ** 1. 1= == 3.5 2584
4 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2585 0= 0= 0. ** 1. 1. 3.0 2527
5 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2575 =. 0= 0= 0. ** 1. 2.5 2461
6 Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2580 00 =. == 0. 0. ** 1.5 2336
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The 4th Clichy GM international took place December 12-20th 1998. The event was a huge triumph for FM David Gross of Germany who scored a GM norm with 7/9 undefeated. In a double success for Germany with Mikhajlo Prusikin scoring an IM norm.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.clichy-echecs.org/resultat/gmi4cli.htm
Round 1 (1998.12.12)
Gross, David - Neiman, Emmanuel 1-0 50 C64 Ruy Lopez
Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib - Prie, Eric 1/2 18 D15 Slav defence
Murey, Jacob - Prusikin, Mikhajlo 1/2 40 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Fontaine, Robert - Bergez, Luc 0-1 39 C18 French; Winawer
Lamoureux, Charles - Relange, Eloi 0-1 26 B85 Sicilian
Round 2 (1998.12.13)
Prie, Eric - Murey, Jacob 1/2 41 A81 Dutch defence
Relange, Eloi - Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib 0-1 56 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Bergez, Luc - Prusikin, Mikhajlo 1-0 26 A57 Benko gambit
Neiman, Emmanuel - Lamoureux, Charles 1-0 54 A44 Queen's pawn
Fontaine, Robert - Gross, David 1/2 60 B66 Sicilian
Round 3 (1998.12.14)
Gross, David - Bergez, Luc 1-0 39 B79 Sicilian; Dragon
Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib - Neiman, Emmanuel 1-0 33 E32 Nimzo indian
Prusikin, Mikhajlo - Prie, Eric 0-1 40 A01 Larsen (1.b3)
Murey, Jacob - Relange, Eloi 1-0 44 E89 Kings indian; Saemisch
Lamoureux, Charles - Fontaine, Robert 0-1 38 C54 Italian game
Round 4 (1998.12.15)
Gross, David - Lamoureux, Charles 1/2 62 C06 French; Tarrasch
Relange, Eloi - Prusikin, Mikhajlo 1-0 16 A43 Queen's pawn
Bergez, Luc - Prie, Eric 0-1 27 B34 Sicilian
Neiman, Emmanuel - Murey, Jacob 1/2 73 A40 Queen's pawn
Fontaine, Robert - Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib 0-1 57 B57 Sicilian
Round 5 (1998.12.16)
Prie, Eric - Relange, Eloi 1/2 41 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib - Gross, David 0-1 33 E32 Nimzo indian
Prusikin, Mikhajlo - Neiman, Emmanuel 1-0 35 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Murey, Jacob - Fontaine, Robert 1/2 58 B12 Caro-Kann
Lamoureux, Charles - Bergez, Luc 0-1 59 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 6 (1998.12.17)
Gross, David - Murey, Jacob 1-0 29 C60 Ruy Lopez
Bergez, Luc - Relange, Eloi 0-1 42 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Neiman, Emmanuel - Prie, Eric 1/2 39 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Fontaine, Robert - Prusikin, Mikhajlo 0-1 47 B42 Sicilian
Lamoureux, Charles - Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib 0-1 38 B57 Sicilian
Round 7 (1998.12.18)
Prie, Eric - Fontaine, Robert 1/2 22 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib - Bergez, Luc 1-0 37 E76 Kings indian
Prusikin, Mikhajlo - Gross, David 1/2 28 C01 French; Exchange
Relange, Eloi - Neiman, Emmanuel 1/2 37 A17 English; 1.c4
Murey, Jacob - Lamoureux, Charles 0-1 46 A01 Larsen (1.b3)
Round 8 (1998.12.19)
Gross, David - Prie, Eric 1/2 37 B72 Sicilian; Dragon
Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib - Murey, Jacob 0-1 60 A69 Modern Benoni
Bergez, Luc - Neiman, Emmanuel 1/2 39 C30 Kings gambit
Fontaine, Robert - Relange, Eloi 0-1 37 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Lamoureux, Charles - Prusikin, Mikhajlo 0-1 40 B43 Sicilian
Round 9 (1998.12.20)
Prie, Eric - Lamoureux, Charles 1-0 40 D11 Slav defence
Prusikin, Mikhajlo - Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib 1-0 37 D13 Slav defence
Relange, Eloi - Gross, David 0-1 40 E12 Nimzo indian
Murey, Jacob - Bergez, Luc 1/2 30 B79 Sicilian; Dragon
Neiman, Emmanuel - Fontaine, Robert 1/2 36 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Clichy FRA (FRA), XII 1998 cat. VII (2422)
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1 Gross, David f GER 2340 * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = = 7.0 2650
2 Prie, Eric g FRA 2465 = * = 1 = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2541
3 Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib m EGY 2455 0 = * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2497
4 Prusikin, Mikhajlo GER 2475 = 0 1 * 0 = 0 1 1 1 5.0 2458
5 Relange, Eloi m FRA 2490 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2456
6 Murey, Jacob g ISR 2460 0 = 1 = 1 * = = = 0 4.5 2417
7 Bergez, Luc m FRA 2420 0 0 0 1 0 = * = 1 1 4.0 2378
8 Neiman, Emmanuel f FRA 2355 0 = 0 0 = = = * = 1 3.5 2348
9 Fontaine, Robert m FRA 2360 = = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 3.0 2303
10 Lamoureux, Charles m FRA 2395 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1.5 2151
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Garry Kasparov travelled to England where he gave . He will have a series of engagements including a simultanous exhibition against a number of juniors which will be at the Royal Society of Arts in London (December 17th) . Live internet coverage at: http://www.wireplay.co.uk/chess/
Kasparov firstly conducted a simultaneous exhibition over 24 boards at the Berkeley Hotel, Knightsbridge, in London on the evening of Wednesday 16th December in aid of the Kasharon School for special needs. Twenty-four teams of up to five players per corporate sponsored boards (£5,000 per table) took part in the event raising in excess of £75,000 for the Kasparov nominated children's charity. The game given is from a team from the newspaper "The Times" who were: Bernard McClory, David Unserofer, Andrew Graham, Clive Simcock and Robert Thomson.
On Thursday 17th he launched BT's new Internet-based games service on Wireplay, called "Play Games Now!". He faced three teams of four - from the media, Wireplay gamers and English Primary schools champions (Thomas Rendle, 12, Gawain Jones, 11, Murugan Thiruchelvam, 10 and David Howell, eight) - in an Internet-based simultaneous match.
On Friday 18th, he met a number of people from the British chess community (around 30) over lunch at Home House in Portman Square, London. The event was partially to announce the launch of Everyman Chess which is the new name of Cadogan Chess. Amongst those there were Bill Hartston, Leonard Barden, Danny King, Jon Speelman, Owen Williams, Malcolm Pein, Bill Colegrave, Fred Friedel, Graham Lee (who talked a little about the Kasparov scholar who he helps train at Oakham School), John Henderson, Ray Keene, and even myself!
Kasparov answered questions for well over an hour on many topics, but centered on his own plans for the future and the past, present and future of the World Championships. Kasparov talked about eliminating much of the non-chess related activities from his schedule to concentrate on chess more. He described the Kasparov Consultancy of a few years back as a waste of time, and expressed dissatisfaction on his ability to effect the complex politics of Russia. He aims to write more and already has three tournaments in his schedule. Wijk aan Zee and Linares early in 1999 and almost certainly Sarajevo starting on May 16th aswell as an Advance Chess challenge - which involves computers and humans playing a six-game consultation match - in Leon, Spain, in June. .
But it was both the historical legitimacy of his claim to be World Chess Champion and his need to play an absolutely credible challenger that took up the bulk of the discussions. He discussed at length his belief that the title of World Chess Champion has always belonged to the Champion, even after the war (where he stressed his belief that Botvinnik wrote his own conditions for defence that were accepted by FIDE) and talked about the FIDE Championships which were won pre-war by Euwe and Bogoljubow (and in the latter case used in making the case for a challenge to Alekhine). There was discussion of such inconvenient moments such as Karpov's acquisition of the title in 1975 after the title was removed from Fischer by a vote by FIDE (certainly the weakest moment in Kasparov's case for the unbroken continuity of the title). He certainly has an arguable point of view, but certainly not the only point of view. He pointed out that he has defended against Short (his legitimate challenger in 1993 although he now thinks the break with FIDE was a bad mistake) and against Anand in 1995. He also needs a defence soon and acknowledges that. Leonard Barden asked whether he would be open to a challenge from Anand and the potential for sponsors from India. Whilst Kasparov said he would more than welcome a challenge from Anand (in fact he said he invited it) and was certain such a match could be arranged for $2-3m possibly via Bessel Kok he ruled out playing in India where there might be "dangerous consequences [for him] if the match became a matter of national prestige." Kasparov believed that Anand did not want a match now, which indeed might be correct, Anand may believe that waiting is in his best interests.
He said that there had been an offer for the organisation of his match with Shirov but that Shirov had turned this down as being too low. He believes the market value of the match was considerably lower than one with Anand but seems still prepared to play Shirov. He added that if he did play Shirov he would probably still have to defend against World No 2 Anand or No 3 Kramnik sooner than normal anyhow. [A more complete version of what was said may become available as a recording was made of the lunch]
He certainly seemed in a good mood and took the questions well. When I spoke to him briefly at the end I asked him about the recent death of Geller. He said he was a great player and also revealed that in a brief conversation with him prior to his match against Short in 1993 he had said to Geller that he didn't really want to play against Short's Marshall Defence to the Ruy Lopez. Geller suggested that 8. a4 with the plan of Nbd2-f1 as being very strong, and although Kasparov worked out the details, it was Geller's suggestion that made it happen.
Prior to his visit to England he was in Argentina where Garry Kasparov gave a 20 board simul in Buenos Aires on December 13, 1998. Diego Flores the vice-champion u-16 in Wch-junior which took place in Oropesa del Mar drew his game against Kasparov.
Report from Julio Alberto González, AJEDREZ EN ARGENTINA and ARG-BASE: http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/dugout/1634/
Jerry Bibuld (one of the organisers and arbiters of the event) sends news of a ten-player Cat. VII (average rating = 2401.5; GM norm = 7; IM norm = 5.5) tournament at the Marshall Chess Club in NYC, which started Saturday 12th and will run until 22 December (with three days off). Sunday, 13 December, is a free day. Round 3 was be played at 6:00 pm on Monday, 14 December. Alexander Stripunsky leads with 5/7 with two rounds to go.
Round 1 (1998.12.12)
Paschall, William M - Waitzkin, Joshua 1-0 48 D04 Queen's pawn
Robovic, Saudin - Stripunsky, Alexander 0-1 31 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Ady, Jonathan J - Ashley, Maurice 1/2 43 B97 Sicilian; Najdorf
Vulicevic, Nenad - Shamkovich, Leonid 1-0 41 A37 English; 1.c4 c5
Santana, Joan - Kacheishvili, Giorgi 0-1 28 B00 1.e4
Round 2 (1998.12.13)
Kacheishvili, Giorgi - Robovic, Saudin 1-0 57 E69 Kings indian
Ashley, Maurice - Stripunsky, Alexander 0-1 40 B07 Pirc
Waitzkin, Joshua - Santana, Joan 1-0 41 B10 Caro-Kann
Ady, Jonathan J - Vulicevic, Nenad 1-0 29 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Shamkovich, Leonid - Paschall, William M 1/2 39 B38 Sicilian
Round 3 (1998.12.14)
Stripunsky, Alexander - Kacheishvili, Giorgi 1/2 9 D13 Slav defence
Paschall, William M - Ady, Jonathan J 1-0 76 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Robovic, Saudin - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 25 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Vulicevic, Nenad - Ashley, Maurice 0-1 16 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Santana, Joan - Shamkovich, Leonid 1-0 53 B80 Sicilian
Round 4 (1998.12.15)
Ashley, Maurice - Kacheishvili, Giorgi 1-0 59 B10 Caro-Kann
Waitzkin, Joshua - Stripunsky, Alexander 1/2 16 B03 Alekhine defence
Ady, Jonathan J - Santana, Joan 1/2 47 B12 Caro-Kann
Vulicevic, Nenad - Paschall, William M 1/2 15 E62 Kings indian
Shamkovich, Leonid - Robovic, Saudin 1/2 52 E61 Kings indian
Round 5 (1998.12.16)
Stripunsky, Alexander - Shamkovich, Leonid 1-0 56 B06 Modern defence
Kacheishvili, Giorgi - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 17 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Paschall, William M - Ashley, Maurice 1/2 20 D90 Gruenfeld indian
Robovic, Saudin - Ady, Jonathan J 1-0 31 A45 Queen's pawn
Santana, Joan - Vulicevic, Nenad 1/2 48 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 6 (1998.12.17)
Paschall, William M - Santana, Joan 1-0 39 E61 Kings indian
Ashley, Maurice - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 37 B51 Sicilian
Ady, Jonathan J - Stripunsky, Alexander 1-0 41 B43 Sicilian
Vulicevic, Nenad - Robovic, Saudin 1/2 27 B50 Sicilian
Shamkovich, Leonid - Kacheishvili, Giorgi 1/2 41 B13 Caro-Kann
Round 7 (1998.12.18)
Stripunsky, Alexander - Vulicevic, Nenad 1-0 64 B07 Pirc
Kacheishvili, Giorgi - Ady, Jonathan J 1-0 34 D74 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Waitzkin, Joshua - Shamkovich, Leonid 1-0 44 C10 French
Robovic, Saudin - Paschall, William M 1-0 49 B21 Sicilian; English attack
Santana, Joan - Ashley, Maurice 1/2 19 D27 QGA;
New York USA (USA), XII 1998 cat. VII (2402)
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1 Stripunsky, Alexander m USA 2520 * = . 1 = 1 0 1 . 1 5.0 2580
2 Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2510 = * . 0 = 1 1 . 1 = 4.5 2497
3 Paschall, William M f USA 2365 . . * = 1 0 1 = 1 = 4.5 2476
4 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2490 0 1 = * = . = 1 = . 4.0 2452
5 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2480 = = 0 = * = . . 1 1 4.0 2445
6 Robovic, Saudin m BIH 2330 0 0 1 . = * 1 = . = 3.5 2431
7 Ady, Jonathan J f HKG 2395 1 0 0 = . 0 * 1 = . 3.0 2344
8 Vulicevic, Nenad YUG 2370 0 . = 0 . = 0 * = 1 2.5 2277
9 Santana, Joan USA 2175 . 0 0 = 0 . = = * 1 2.5 2325
10 Shamkovich, Leonid g USA 2380 0 = = . 0 = . 0 0 * 1.5 2162
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The 37th International Chess Tournament in Groningen will be held from December 19-30th this year with 2 Invitational tournaments. One for men and one for women, both a double round robin events for 6 players. Sergei Tiviakov, Zoltan Almasi, Vadim Milov, Alex Yermolinsky, Jeroen Piket and Karen Asrian play in the main event. Average 2629 Category XVI. See below for round 1 results.
Round 1 (1998.12.20)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 39
Piket, Jeroen - Asrian, Karen 1/2 30
Yermolinsky, Alex - Milov, Vadim 1/2 56
Groningen NED (NED), XII 1998 cat. XVI (2629)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2655 ** .. .. .. .. 1. 1.0
2 Asrian, Karen g ARM 2600 .. ** .. =. .. .. 0.5 2605
3 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2640 .. .. ** .. =. .. 0.5 2625
4 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2605 .. =. .. ** .. .. 0.5 2600
5 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2625 .. .. =. .. ** .. 0.5 2640
6 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2650 0. .. .. .. .. ** 0.0
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Round 1 (1998.12.20)
Peng Zhaoqin - Darchia, Diana 1-0 20
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Miroslawska, Monika 1-0 30
Zhukova, Natalia - Zhu Chen 1-0 49
Groningen NED (NED), XII 1998 cat. IX (2459)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2425 ** .. .. 1. .. .. 1.0
2 Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2475 .. ** .. .. 1. .. 1.0
3 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2460 .. .. ** .. .. 1. 1.0
4 Darchia, Diana wf GEO 2445 0. .. .. ** .. .. 0.0
5 Miroslawska, Monika wg POL 2470 .. 0. .. .. ** .. 0.0
6 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2480 .. .. 0. .. .. ** 0.0
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The 1st Oxford International Chess Festival starts on December 14th. It takes place in the Keble Room, Oxford Moat House Hotel, 14-23 December 1998. The event is organised by Adam Raoof. Julian Hodgson, Jonny Hector, John Nunn, Emil Sutovsky, Peter Wells, Jonathan Rowson, Stefan Pedersen, and Matthew Turner are amongst the players.
After six rounds Julian Hodgson leads the main GM event with 4.5/6. [Nunn and Wells have a game postponed until today]. Tim Wall, Alexei Barsov and Colin Crouch lead the GMB event with 4.0/6 and Adam and Harriet Hunt and Lawrence Cooper all have 4.5/6 in the IM event. In addition there is an open event taking place.
Daily updates by John Saunders at:
http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/jsaunders/oxford1.htm or
http://members.xoom.com/4ncl/oxford1.htm
GM A Tournament
Oxford ENG (ENG), XII 1998 cat. XI (2519)
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1 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2575 * = 1 . = = . 1 . 1 4.5 /6 2698
2 Turner, Matthew m ENG 2475 = * . = = . 1 . = = 3.5 /6 2585
3 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2510 0 . * . 0 1 = 1 . 1 3.5 /6 2590
4 McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2490 . = . * = . = = 1 = 3.5 /6 2569
5 Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2600 = = 1 = * = . . . . 3.0 /5 2590
6 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2540 = . 0 . = * = . = 1 3.0 /6 2531
7 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2575 . 0 = = . = * = 1 . 3.0 /6 2504
8 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2495 0 . 0 = . . = * = = 2.0 /6 2388
9 Wells, Peter K g ENG 2515 . = . 0 . = 0 = * . 1.5 /5 2366
10 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2415 0 = 0 = . 0 . = . * 1.5 /6 2321
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GM B Tournament
Oxford ENG (ENG), XII 1998 cat. VII (2408)
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1 Wall, Tim f ENG 2370 * = . 1 1 = = . . = 4.0 2524
2 Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2410 = * = . = 1 . 1 = . 4.0 2548
3 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2475 . = * = 1 . . = 1 = 4.0 2529
4 Summerscale, Aaron g ENG 2455 0 . = * . 1 1 0 1 . 3.5 2472
5 Ansell, Simon m ENG 2380 0 = 0 . * . . 1 1 1 3.5 2462
6 Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2475 = 0 . 0 . * 1 = . 1 3.0 2392
7 Williams, Simon f ENG 2335 = . . 0 . 0 * = 1 1 3.0 2413
8 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2445 . 0 = 1 0 = = * . . 2.5 2364
9 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2395 . = 0 0 0 . 0 . * 1 1.5 2206
10 Hermansson, Emil f SWE 2340 = . = . 0 0 0 . 0 * 1.0 2132
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IMA Tournament
Oxford ENG (ENG), XII 1998 cat. II (2281)
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1 Hunt, Adam ENG 2265 * 1 = = 1 = . . 1 . 4.5 2545
2 Hunt, Harriet wg ENG 2400 0 * 1 1 . = . 1 . 1 4.5 2458
3 Cooper, Lawrence f ENG 2335 = 0 * . 1 . 1 . 1 1 4.5 2441
4 Bates, Richard m ENG 2395 = 0 . * = 1 1 . . 1 4.0 2393
5 Ciolac, Gheorghe m ROM 2375 0 . 0 = * . = 1 1 . 3.0 2275
6 Dunnington, Angus J m ENG 2365 = = . 0 . * = = . 1 3.0 2247
7 Wikstrom, Per SWE 2195 . . 0 0 = = * 1 = . 2.5 2265
8 Sheldon, Ruth wm ENG 2220 . 0 . . 0 = 0 * 1 1 2.5 2208
9 Schnabel, Ralf GER 2245 0 . 0 . 0 . = 0 * 1 1.5 2040
10 Brooke, John USA 2010 . 0 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 * 0.0
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The 65th Brazilian Championships were held in Itabirito, Minas Gerais State reports Herman van Riemsdijk. 16 players are played using a KO system of 2 games, except for the final which was held over four games. The time rate was 2 hours for all with 30 additional seconds for each move. Tie-breaks are with 20 minutes with an additional 10 seconds. As reported last week Rafael Leitao and Giovanni Vescovi reached the final where Leitao won the first game and the other three games were drawn. This made Leitao the new Brazilian Champion.
Round 4, Final (1998.12.16-19) Leitao, Rafael - Vescovi, Giovanni 2.5-1.5
The XI Carlos Torre Memorial is taking place in the Yucatan Children's Cultural Center in Merida Mexico December 15-22nd. A nine round Swiss event, the top player is Larry Christiansen of the United States who leads with 5/6.
Internet coverage http://fi.uady.mx/aay/
Leading scores 1 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2610 5.5 /6 2768 2 Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2520 5.0 /6 2670 3 Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2485 5.0 /6 4 Amura, Claudia N wm ARG 2350 5.0 /6 92 players
Laszlo Nagy sends news of his First Saturday events in December which will run 5th-16th Dec.1998. The main tournament was a category VII GM-event with 10 participants, ELO-average 2423 won by Csaba Horvath. There were also two IM events, one with 11 (won by Nathan Resika, BT Rimawi played only one game in this event) and one with 10 participants (Laszlo Eperjesi and Pham Minh Hoang won this event). There were no norms scored this month. Also there will be no first Saturday events in January.
Events in Budapest early in 1999.
1. 6th - 18th of February 1999 - FIRST SATURDAY chess tmt,
2. 19th - 27th of February - HOTEL ZUGLO 9 rounds Swiss Open,
3. 6th-18th of March - FIRST SATURDAY,
4. 19th-27th of March - BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open
/planned/,
5. 3rd - 15th of April FIRST SATURDAY
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
Final standings of the GM-group:
Budapest HUN (HUN), XII 1998 cat. VII (2423)
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1 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2540 * = = = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2535
2 Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2550 = * = 0 = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2488
3 Csiszar, Csaba m HUN 2410 = = * = = = = 1 = = 5.0 2467
4 Horvath, Adam m HUN 2455 = 1 = * 1 = 0 0 1 0 4.5 2419
5 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2350 = = = 0 * 1 = = = = 4.5 2431
6 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2495 = = = = 0 * = = = 1 4.5 2415
7 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2340 0 = = 1 = = * = = 0 4.0 2389
8 Karatorossian, David ARM 2395 0 0 0 1 = = = * = 1 4.0 2383
9 Alienkin, Aleksander RUS 2365 = 0 = 0 = = = = * = 3.5 2349
10 Toth, Andras HUN 2330 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 0 = * 3.5 2353
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Final standings of the IM-A group:
Budapest HUN (HUN), XII 1998 cat. I (2271)
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1 Resika, Nathan A USA 2210 * = 1 1 0 = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2426
2 Farkas, Tibor m YUG 2275 = * = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2380
3 Szalanczy, Emil m HUN 2370 0 = * = 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 6.0 2333
4 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2455 0 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2324
5 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2340 1 = 0 = * = = = = = 1 5.5 2300
6 Pinter, Gabor HUN 2245 = = 0 = = * 1 = 0 = 1 5.0 2273
7 Jakab, Attila HUN 2245 = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 5.0 2273
8 Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2115 0 = 1 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 5.0 2286
9 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2310 0 0 1 = = 1 0 = * 0 1 4.5 2231
10 Dembo, Yelena ISR 2165 = = 0 0 = = = 0 1 * 1 4.5 2245
11 Rimawi, B. T f JOR 2250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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Final standings of the IM-B-group:
Budapest HUN (HUN), XII 1998 cat. I (2254)
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1 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2305 * = 1 1 = 1 = = = = 6.0 2373
2 Pham Minh Hoang VIE 2245 = * 1 0 = 1 1 1 = = 6.0 2380
3 Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2320 0 0 * 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2326
4 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2230 0 1 0 * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2299
5 Grunberg, Mihai f ROM 2360 = = 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 5.0 2285
6 Nowik, Volker GER 2135 0 0 1 = 1 * = 0 = 1 4.5 2267
7 Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2245 = 0 = = = = * = = = 4.0 2212
8 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2335 = 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 4.0 2202
9 Bersutzki, Gregory f ISR 2160 = = 0 = 0 = = 0 * 0 2.5 2098
10 Todor, Razvan AUT 2205 = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 2.5 2093
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Belgrade will host the 14th European Club Championship, January 11-13, 1999. Yugoslav vice champion CC "Agrounverzal" from Zemun (a suburb of Belgrade) provides the venue for the seven qualifiers. Agrouniverzal finished second in Group 7 after a 3:3 draw with Israeli side "Elitzar Petach". (Smirin won against Beliavsky on the top board). This will be third final for Agrouniverzal. In 1995 in the 11th European Team Championships they were 8th, and last year were forced to miss the final on account of the cost. This year the financial situation looks like much better, particularly because the hosts should be paid full board for 8 players, from each team, in a good hotel, then money for the prize fund, playing hall and arbiters. The championships will be held in the hotel "Jugoslavija" on river Danube, where the participants will stay.
List of participants:
Group 1 "Saint Petersburg" Russia (Svidler, Salov, Khalifman,
Sakaev, Episin, Sergei Ivanov, Aseev etc);
Group 2 CC "Beer Sheva" Israel (Huzman, Golod, Avrukh,
Alon Greenfeld, Victor Mikhalievski, Mark Tseitlin, Aleksander
Mikhalievski etc);
Group 3 CC "Panfox" Breda Holland (Van Wely, Timman,
Adams, Lautier, Mikhail Gurevic, Vaganian, Hodgson, Van der Wiel etc);
Group 4 KSz "Stilon" Gorzov Poland (Krasenkov, Shipov,
Dautov, Khenkin, Markovski, Jaracz etc);
Group 5 PKO BP "Polonia" Warsaw Poland (Shirov, Oll,
Rosentalis, Gdanski etc)
Group 6 CC "Bosnia" Sarajevo BIH (Ivan Sokolov, Lputian,
Kozul, Kurajica, Piket, Dizdarevic, Kelecevic etc);
Group 7 "Elitzur Petach" Tikva Israel (Yermolinsky,
Smirin, Alterman, Yudasin, Sutovskij etc);
Hosts CC "Agrouniverzal" Zemun Yugoslavia (Anand, Kramnik,
Beliavsky, Gelfand, Ilincic, Damljanovic, Drasko, Mikhalchishin etc)
If all eligible players participate it will be a really great event. Last years winner SC "Ladia Megregiongaz" Azov of Russia does not exist any more, so they can't defend title.
European Team Championships scheduled in the FIDE calendar for the end of July will be postponed until October according to Boris Kutin (SLO) the new European president. The reason is FIDE's plan to organize their Championships in Las Vegas, from June 19, to July 17. England had to withdraw as organizers during last FIDE Congress after complaints about the amount of subsidy for each competing team. Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Germany have all expressed interest in hosting the European Championship declared Kutin to the Yugoslav media.
After 23 days in intensive care, chess organiser Luis Rentero regained conciousness after his serious traffic accident at the end of last month. His son said "My father finally came out of his coma on Tuesday and recognized my mother, although he did not remember of why he is in Hospital" he added "it is not clear whether he has any lasting brain damage, but the doctors are optimistic [about his recovery]". [Report by Leontxo García in El Pais December 17th at: http://www.elpais.es/p/d/19981217/deportes/leontxo.htm ] In addition it reports on the Linares 1999 [Feb 20-March 12] event where Anand and Kasparov have confirmed their participation, along with Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Svidler, Adams and Topalov. The eighth player will either be Shirov or his replacement Leko. Shirov is in dispute with Rentero (something he may not be in a position to deal with for some time) over the 28 million pesetas he won by defeating Kramnik. The money was to be paid after the match against Kasparov but Rentero is no longer a part of organising this match.
The Southeast Asian Zonal (zone 3.2) took place in Yangon, Myanmar (thanks to Bobby Ang I now know that these are the new names for Rangoon, Burma) December 9-17, 1998 reports Bobby Ang and Chia Chee Seng (who also sent the games). The event was at first a nine-round Swiss Open event. This finished in a four way tie between, Utut Adianto, Rogelio Antonio Jr, Dashzeveg Sharavdorj and Liu Dede. Antonio almost didn't make it as he and Eugenio Torre were informed only four days before the event that they would both be allowed to participate, with insufficient time to raise funds for both to play Torre turned over the money he raised for himself to Antonio to allow at least one to go (full story by Bobby Ang at: http://www.philchess.com.ph/98zon.htm). At least his trip was successful as he won the double round four player elimination contest to be the first to go through. Adianto and Sharavdorj played off for the final place (5 mins + 10 sec/move) and Adianto qualified.
Yangon MYA (MYA), XII 1998
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1 Adianto, Utut g INA 2610 +12 +14 + 8 = 6 - 9 + 5 + 3 - 2 +13 6.5 2577
2 Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2540 =26 +20 = 3 -14 +13 =10 +12 + 1 + 6 6.5 2564
3 Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg f MGL 2385 =11 +28 = 2 + 7 = 6 +14 - 1 +17 + 9 6.5 2535
4 Liu Dede m INA 2375 +17 - 6 =15 +18 +20 = 8 +16 + 9 = 5 6.5 2502
5 Villamayor, Bong PHI 2280 +16 +24 = 6 = 9 = 8 - 1 +14 + 7 = 4 6.0 2570
6 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2580 +13 + 4 = 5 = 1 = 3 = 9 = 7 + 8 - 2 5.5 2496
7 Watanabe, Akira f JPN 2350 +15 - 8 +22 - 3 +11 +21 = 6 - 5 +16 5.5 2445
8 Handoko, Edhi g INA 2470 +19 + 7 - 1 +23 = 5 = 4 = 9 - 6 =11 5.0 2405
9 Nadera, Barlo A m PHI 2400 =25 +26 +18 = 5 + 1 = 6 = 8 - 4 - 3 5.0 2430
10 Mas, Hafizulhelmi f MAS 2400 =23 -18 +28 =15 +17 = 2 =13 =16 =12 5.0 2321
11 Wong Zi-Jing MAS 2120 = 3 =22 -14 +26 - 7 +18 =21 +15 = 8 5.0 2391
12 Myo, Naing MYA 2345 - 1 +29 -16 =24 +27 +19 - 2 +14 =10 5.0 2440
13 Zaw Oo MYA 2340 - 6 =17 +25 +27 - 2 +20 =10 +21 - 1 5.0 2469
14 Roca, Petronio PHI 2365 +29 - 1 +11 + 2 =16 - 3 - 5 -12 +21 4.5 2350
15 Nyi Nyi Zaw MYA 2190 - 7 +19 = 4 =10 -21 +23 +26 -11 =17 4.5 2314
16 Zaw Win Lay MYA 2465 - 5 +25 +12 =20 =14 +22 - 4 =10 - 7 4.5 2329
17 Htun Htun Than MYA ---- - 4 =13 +19 =21 -10 +24 +22 - 3 =15 4.5 2355
18 Myint Han MYA 2260 =27 +10 - 9 - 4 =24 -11 +28 +22 =19 4.5 2336
19 Kyaw Kyaw Soe MYA 2310 - 8 -15 -17 +30 +28 -12 +29 +20 =18 4.5 2262
20 Dang Tat Thang VIE 2245 +21 - 2 +24 =16 - 4 -13 =23 -19 +26 4.0 2333
21 De Guzman, Ricardo m PHI 2400 -20 +30 =23 =17 +15 - 7 =11 -13 -14 3.5 2161
22 Aung Aung MYA 2400 =28 =11 - 7 +29 +23 -16 -17 -18 =25 3.5 2159
23 Chan, Mark SIN 2240 =10 +27 =21 - 8 -22 -15 =20 =26 =30 3.5 2253
24 Nay Oo Kuaw Tun MYA 2395 +30 - 5 -20 =12 =18 -17 =27 =25 =29 3.5 2222
25 Matsuo, Tomohiko JPN 2205 = 9 -16 -13 =28 =29 -26 +30 =24 =22 3.5 2244
26 Myo Thant Khine MYA 2320 = 2 - 9 -27 -11 +30 +25 -15 =23 -20 3.0 2154
27 Mariano, Nelson m PHI 2435 =18 -23 +26 -13 -12 =29 =24 =30 -28 3.0 2137
28 Naing Lin Aung MYA 2190 =22 - 3 -10 =25 -19 -30 -18 +29 +27 3.0 2123
29 Sawalani,Navin MAS ---- -14 -12 +30 -22 =25 =27 -19 -28 =24 2.5 2143
30 Lim Yee-Weng MAS 2140 -24 -21 -29 -19 -26 +28 -25 =27 =23 2.0 2118
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Yangon MYA (MYA), XII 1998 cat. X (2478)
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1 Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2540 ** == 1= =1 4.0 2581
2 Adianto, Utut g INA 2610 == ** 10 =1 3.5 2490
3 Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg f MGL 2385 0= 01 ** 11 3.5 2565
4 Liu Dede m INA 2375 =0 =0 00 ** 1.0 2238
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Yangon MYA (MYA), XII 1998
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Adianto, Utut g INA 2610 1 0 = 1 2.5 2480
Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg f MGL 2385 0 1 = 0 1.5 2523
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The 1998 Mechanics’ Masters, held December 11-13 in downtown San Francisco, featured many upsets. International Masters Mladen Vucic and Walter Shipman were joined in the winner’s circle by National Masterss David Preuss and Agnis Kaugars. A point back of the winner’s 4-1 scores were top-seeds IM Rashid Ziatdinov (2525 FIDE) and Omar Cartagena (2435). 17-year-old Preuss of Berkeley had a breakthrough event including a flashy win over 69-year-old IM Shipman featuring sacrifices galore.
The Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club is organizing GM and IM norm events on a regular basis and invites inquiries from interested parties, particularly non-US players rated over 2300. Contact John Donaldson (imwjd@aol.com).
Organizer Mark Kaprielian reports that FM John Curdo and NM Joel Johnson tied atop the Stan Crowe Memorial, a strong weeknight Swiss-system tournament at the MetroWest Chess Club outside Boston, Mass. Top seed GM Sergey Kudrin missed the first round while he played in the US Closed Championship, and gave up a further half-point with a draw against second seed FM Igor Foygel. 72 players competed for a $1,225 total prize fund. [MetroWest Chess Club - Stanley Crowe Memorial Tournament November 3, 10, 17, 24 & Dec 1 1998] Full results are at: http://www.metrowestchess.org/tournaments/98Archive/9811_standings.htm
1. FM Curdo, John A. 2295 4.5 2. Johnson,Joel 2200 4.5 3. GM Kudrin, Sergey 2613 4.0 4. FM Foygel,Igor 2459 4.0 5. Pohl, Klaus A 2229 4.0 6. Epp, Edward 2082 4.0 7. Mercuri, Louis 2391 3.5 8. Plaskota, Leszek 2200 3.5 9. Newman, Tim 2108 3.5 10. Huntington, Robert 1985 3.5 11. Scott, Samuel 1968 3.5 12. Astrachan, Edward 1852 3.5 13. Ward, Alfred G 1800 3.5 14. Michael, William G 1783 3.5
The 41° Tournament "Capodanno" Reggio Emilia (Italy) starts December 29th reports Carlo Mazzoni. Category 9 the players are:
GM Lputian Smbat 2615 ARM GM Komarov Dimitri 2570 UKR GM Solozhenkin Eugeniy 2535 RUS GM Efimov Igor 2530 ITA IM Borgo Giulio 2445 ITA IM Tomescu Vlad 2425 ROM M Drei Andrea 2340 ITA M Vezzosi Paolo 2325 ITA M Anceschi Vittorio 2285 ITA M Menoni Vincenzo 2285 ITA
The 25th Eastern Open is being held in Washington DC, Dec 26-29. It is at the same hotel as the Atlantic Open and along with the AO it is one of the two largest tournaments of the year in the nations capital area.
http://www.chessctr.org/eastern.htm
74th Hastings International Congress, 29 Dec - 10 January 1999 The line-up for the Hastings Premier is : John Emms 2585, Laurent Fressinet 2455, Tony Miles 2590, Jim Plaskett 2455, Ruslan Ponomariov 2585, Matthew Sadler 2660, Mihail Saltaev 2525, Sergei Shipov 2635, Ivan Sokolov 2620 and Jon Speelman 2600.