THE WEEK IN CHESS 218 - 11th January 1999 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) FIDE January 1999 Rating list
3) Hastings 1998-9
4) IX Ciudad de Pamplona
5) 41st Reggio Emilia (Italy)
6) 14th European Club Championships
7) 3rd Lohmar New Year
8) VI Open Hotel Anibal -Linares 99 (Spain)
9) Hilton Open Basel
10) Tapolca Open Tournament
11) XVI. OPEN Untergrombach 1999
12) XXVII Rilton Cup 1998–1999
13) 7. Danube Open Aschach/Austria
14) Upcoming Events

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Games section

Hastings 1998-9                     45 games
IX Ciudad de Pamplona               45 games
41st Reggio Emilia (Italy)          10 games
3rd Lohmar New Year                 45 games
VI Open Hotel Anibal -Linares 99    20 games
Hilton Open Basel                   35 games
Tapolca Open Tournament             30 games
XVI. OPEN Untergrombach 1999       122 games
XXVII Rilton Cup 1998–1999          76 games
7. Danube Open Aschach/Austria     159 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Stewart Reuben, Leontxo Garcia and Jesus Mena, Bob Wade, Carlo Mazzoni, Sinisa Joksic, Torsten Behl and Uwe Fleischer, Maximiliano Alvarez, Laszlo Nagy, Roland Lauer, Chess in Iceland, Harald Grafenhofer, Nigel P.B. Freeman, Vesselin Topalov, and all those who helped with this issue.

The first glimpse of the 1999 FIDE ELO rating list is welcome as the list is extremely late and the top 100 allows one to hope the rest of the list will follow soon. The list is important for norms, the category of event and at the top invitations. However within a few hours it seemed that, at least at the top, there were important errors, not least the rating of the Fontys, Tilburg event twice. The integrity of FIDE list is extremely important and it is to be hoped that the delay and possible errors aren't an indication of more serious problems with it this time.

On the FIDE front I have found out that Las Vegas in June-July is in doubt. The dates may be correct but perhaps a last minute switch to another venue (Elista again?) is possible.

It may seem that TWIC has become the Alexander Morozevich appreciation society but if you can believe the ELO list then this exciting talent has made the most spectacular entry into the World's top ten for many years.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) FIDE January 1999 Rating list

The Top 100 of the January 1999 rating list became available from FIDE this morning by fax. The lateness of this list and the likelihood that the full rating list will become available only in a few weeks will cause chaos for events early this year. For the first time the list is not graded in groups of five, hence Kasparov's rating is now 2812, before it would have been rounded down to 2810 (a decision taken at the FIDE Congress in Elista). The obvious star of the list is Alexander Morozevich who has added almost 100 rating points to become World number 5.

Shortly after I published the list on the internet it became apparent that there was a problem with it. Vesselin Topalov informs me he only played 22 games in the rating half year, not the 33 games given. He believes that the Tilburg Fontys tournament has been rated twice, and that this problem effects all players there. So Leko may not be rated as highly as he appears in the list below. Topalov believes he should actually be rated 2700. The top of the list may be changed quite a bit by this. It also leaves one wondering what other errors are in the list. I hope to be able to get a corrected list as soon as possible.

    Player                               t NAT ju98  ja99 gms
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  1 Kasparov, Gary                       g RUS 2815  2812  6
  2 Anand, Viswanathan                   g IND 2795  2783 31
  3 Kramnik, Vladimir                    g RUS 2780  2740 40
  4 Shirov, Alexei                       g ESP 2720  2726 52
  5 Morozevich, Alexander                g RUS 2625  2723 60
  6 Ivanchuk, Vassily                    g UKR 2730  2714 29
  7 Leko, Peter                          g HUN 2665  2711 40
  8 Karpov, Anatoly                      g RUS 2725  2710  9
  9 Adams, Michael                       g ENG 2715  2710 38
 10 Svidler, Peter                       g RUS 2710  2703 70
 11 Short, Nigel D                       g ENG 2670  2697 48
 12 Gelfand, Boris                       g BLR 2675  2691  9
 13 Topalov, Veselin                     g BUL 2700  2686 33
 14 Rublevsky, Sergei                    g RUS 2685  2684 38
 15 Bareev, Evgeny                       g RUS 2690  2679 28
 16 Polgar, Judit (f)                    g HUN 2665  2677  6
 17 Sadler, Matthew                      g ENG 2660  2676 45
 18 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab               g GEO 2655  2673 10
 19 Salov, Valery                        g RUS 2670  2670  0
 20 Zvjaginsev, Vadim                    g RUS 2650  2668 52
 21 Almasi, Zoltan                       g HUN 2650  2665 42
 22 Korchnoi, Viktor                     g SUI 2625  2662 75
 23 Shipov, Sergei                       g RUS 2635  2662 24
 24 Georgiev, Kiril                      g BUL 2660  2659 41
 25 Smirin, Ilia                         g ISR 2615  2652 33
 26 Beliavsky, Alexander G               g SLO 2645  2650 56
 27 Movsesian, Sergei                    g CZE 2640  2650 50
 28 Timman, Jan H                        g NED 2655  2649 33
 29 Sakaev, Konstantin                   g RUS 2635  2649 30
 30 Fedorov, Alexei                      g BLR 2600  2648 51
 31 Onischuk, Alexander                  g UKR 2630  2646 43
 32 Seirawan, Yasser                     g USA 2630  2643 17
 33 Krasenkow, Michal                    g POL 2655  2643 49
 34 Khenkin, Igor                        g RUS 2600  2641 55
 35 Jussupow, Artur                      g GER 2640  2641 39
 36 Akopian, Vladimir                    g ARM 2655  2640 11
 37 Dreev, Alexey                        g RUS 2645  2639 50
 38 Tkachiev, Vladislav                  g FRA 2645  2634 12
 39 Van Wely, Loek                       g NED 2635  2633 86
 40 Milov, Vadim                         g SUI 2640  2633 20
 41 Oll, Lembit                          g EST 2650  2630 29
 42 Hjartarson, Johann                   g ISL 2630  2630  0
 43 Nikolic, Predrag                     g BIH 2640  2629 22
 44 Gurevich, Mikhail                    g BEL 2610  2628 50
 45 Tiviakov, Sergei                     g RUS 2655  2627 65
 46 Andersson, Ulf                       g SWE 2645  2623 36
 47 Piket, Jeroen                        g NED 2605  2621 54
 48 Gulko, Boris F                       g USA 2585  2620 39
 49 Shabalov, Alexander                  g USA 2645  2620 54
 50 Rogers, Ian                          g AUS 2605  2618 21
 51 Khalifman, Alexander                 g RUS 2645  2616 59
 52 Nenashev, Alexander                  g UZB 2625  2616 29
 53 Alterman, Boris                      g ISR 2600  2616 19
 54 Giorgadze, Giorgi                    g GEO 2610  2616 57
 55 Hracek, Zbynek                       g CZE 2615  2615 34
 56 Lputian, Smbat G                     g ARM 2615  2614 41
 57 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan              g CHI 2605  2613 18
 58 Lautier, Joel                        g FRA 2625  2612 77
 59 Sutovsky, Emil                       g ISR 2575  2612 35
 60 Lutz, Christopher                    g GER 2600  2610 25
 61 Sokolov, Ivan                        g BIH 2620  2610 33
 62 DeFirmian, Nick E                    g USA 2605  2610 41
 63 Aleksandrov, Aleksej                 g BLR 2595  2609 34
 64 Wahls, Matthias                      g GER 2605  2609  9
 65 Ponomariov, Ruslan                   g UKR 2585  2609 32
 66 Miles, Anthony J                     g ENG 2590  2609 55
 67 Hansen, Curt                         g DEN 2610  2608 20
 68 Bologan, Viktor                      g MDA 2585  2608 57
 69 Granda Zuniga, Julio E               g PER 2605  2607 29
 70 Adianto, Utut                        g INA 2610  2607 39
 71 Kaidanov, Gregory S                  g USA 2625  2606 34
 72 Sturua, Zurab                        g GEO 2600  2605 46
 73 Vaganian, Rafael A                   g ARM 2630  2605 26
 74 Hellers, Ferdinand                   g SWE 2605  2605  0
 75 Chernin, Alexander                   g HUN 2610  2604 10
 76 Magomedov, Magaram                   g TJK 2540  2604 51
 77 Avrukh, Boris                        g ISR 2565  2603 34
 78 Ibragimov, Ildar                     g RUS 2610  2602 47
 79 Pigusov, Evgeny                      g RUS 2605  2602 21
 80 Novikov, Igor A                      g UKR 2545  2601 39
 81 Speelman, Jonathan S                 g ENG 2600  2601 46
 82 Kharlov, Andrei                      g RUS 2575  2600 20
 83 Annakov, Babakuli                    g TKM 2600  2600  0
 84 Nunn, John D.M                       g ENG 2600  2600  0
 85 Dautov, Rustem                       g GER 2625  2598 32
 86 Yermolinsky, Alex                    g USA 2625  2597 51
 87 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam                 g UZB 2570  2595 22
 88 Minasian, Artashes                   g ARM 2620  2594 28
 89 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter              g ROM 2575  2594 53
 90 Atalik, Suat                         g TUR 2585  2593 87
 91 Ehlvest, Jaan                        g EST 2620  2593 71
 92 Benjamin, Joel                       g USA 2595  2593 42
 93 Timoshenko, Georgy                   g UKR 2595  2592 31
 94 Eingorn, Vereslav S                  g UKR 2610  2592 42
 95 Dorfman, Josif D                     g FRA 2585  2590 25
 96 Palac, Mladen                        g CRO 2560  2589 49
 97 Dolmatov, Sergey                     g RUS 2575  2589 11
 98 Komarov, Dimitri                     g UKR 2570  2588 57
 99 Spasov, Vasil                        g BUL 2595  2587 18
100 Markovic, Miroslav                   m YUG 2575  2587 47
101 Volkov, Sergey                       g RUS 2605  2587 42

3) Hastings 1998-9

The 74th Hastings International Congress, ran 29 Dec - 10 January 1999. The line-up for the Hastings Premier was : 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.

The highly experienced Bosnian, Ivan Sokolov, finished on 7 points winning the event by two clear points from Sadler, Emms, Speelman, Ponomariov and Shipov who finished on 5.

Stewart Reuben sends news of the other events:

In the Challengers event Bogdan Lalic (Croatia), Klaus Bischoff (Germany) and Saidali Iuldachev (Uzbekistan) shared first place with 7.5/10. The first two qualified for next years premier. Chris Duncan and Peter Sowray scored IM norms.

Gaguik Oganessian and Dan Erichsen tied for first place in the fourth World Amateur Championship. The Armenian organiser won the title on tie-break, together with the Gold Medal, the FIDE Master title and a 2200 rating. This was his third attempt at the title. The Dane received the silver medal and a 2100 rating. The bronze went to an Englishman, Peter Mercs, who thus now has a rating of 2050. The Women's World Amateur Championship proved to be a real cliff-hanger. Jessica Gilbert of Croydon High School led much of the way, but faltered in round 8 and was overtaken by Ingrid Voigt of Germany, who led with 4.5/9 over Jessie's 4 going into the last round. Jessie was faced by the Albin Counter Gambit in the last game but found herself a pawn down after only 7 moves! Grinding away, she made her way back into the game to come to a clearly won position - which she eventually managed to clinch. Meanwhile Ingrid had a totally lost game against Todor Dimitrov. He went terribly wrong in time trouble and lost his extra piece. The game ended in a draw and Jessica won the title on tie-break. Thus Jessie Gilbert at 11 became the youngest ever winner of an adult World chess title, the Women's Amateur World Chess Championship. She took the prize money, the gold medal, a rating of 2050 and the title of woman fide master.

Mark Hebden too first with 6/6 in the Hastings CC Weekend Open which closed the Congress. He scored 6/6 points ahead of Oleg Pavlenco and Jim Plaskett who finished on 4.5. There were a number of corrections to the games given last week and so the whole tournament will be given again in the pgn section.

Live coverage at: http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/Hastings/

Round 7 (1999.01.05)

Sokolov, Ivan         -  Miles, Anthony J      1-0   37  D26  QGA;
Sadler, Matthew       -  Shipov, Sergei        1/2   23  E54  Nimzo indian
Emms, John M          -  Speelman, Jonathan S  1/2   17  E54  Nimzo indian
Fressinet, Laurent    -  Plaskett, Jim         1-0   32  B82  Sicilian
Saltaev, Mihail       -  Ponomariov, Ruslan    0-1   41  B09  Pirc; Austrian

Round 8 (1999.01.06)

Speelman, Jonathan S  -  Saltaev, Mihail       1-0   49  D01  Queen's pawn
Ponomariov, Ruslan    -  Sadler, Matthew       1/2   27  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Plaskett, Jim         -  Shipov, Sergei        1-0   27  B23  Sicilian; Closed
Fressinet, Laurent    -  Sokolov, Ivan         1/2   24  C67  Ruy Lopez
Miles, Anthony J      -  Emms, John M          1/2   50  A36  English; 1.c4 c5

Round 9 (1999.01.07)

Sokolov, Ivan         -  Plaskett, Jim         1-0   29  A40  Queen's pawn
Sadler, Matthew       -  Speelman, Jonathan S  1/2   41  E12  Nimzo indian
Emms, John M          -  Fressinet, Laurent    1-0   66  B49  Sicilian
Shipov, Sergei        -  Ponomariov, Ruslan    1/2   12  A57  Benko gambit
Saltaev, Mihail       -  Miles, Anthony J      1/2   10  C67  Ruy Lopez


Hastings ENG (ENG), XII 1998 - I 1999              cat. XIII (2571)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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 1 Sokolov, Ivan         g BIH 2620  * = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 =  7.0  2785
 2 Sadler, Matthew       g ENG 2660  = * = = = = 0 1 = 1  5.0  2604
 3 Emms, John M          g ENG 2585  0 = * = = 1 = 1 = =  5.0  2612
 4 Speelman, Jonathan S  g ENG 2600  = = = * = 0 1 = = 1  5.0  2610
 5 Ponomariov, Ruslan    g UKR 2585  0 = = = * = 1 = = 1  5.0  2612
 6 Shipov, Sergei        g RUS 2635  0 = 0 1 = * 0 1 1 1  5.0  2606
 7 Plaskett, Jim         g ENG 2455  0 1 = 0 0 1 * 0 = =  3.5  2503
 8 Fressinet, Laurent      FRA 2455  = 0 0 = = 0 1 * = =  3.5  2503
 9 Miles, Anthony J      g ENG 2590  0 = = = = 0 = = * =  3.5  2488
10 Saltaev, Mihail       g UZB 2525  = 0 = 0 0 0 = = = *  2.5  2410
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4) IX Ciudad de Pamplona

The "IX Ciudad de Pamplona" tournament (cat. XIII, Dec. 27-Jan.5th., free day Jan. 1st.) was another smashing victory for Alexander Morozevich. Morozevic conceded just two draws, to De la Villa Garcia in round 2 and Krasenkow in round 6, winning the rest of his games. This 2900+ rating performance together with his new 2723 rating in the January 1999 (World number 5 now) list should keep him in the top ten for at least a year now. His big performances over the last year have mostly been against players outside the World's elite and his uncompromising style may lead to trouble but its time to find out where he stands now.

Leontxo Garcia and Jesus Mena sent games and news.

Daily reports in El País Digital http://www.elpais.es/ ("Deportes" section)

Official site: http://web.jet.es/mhernandez/

Round 8 (1999.01.04)

Krasenkow, Michal            -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco      1-0   52  D26  QGA;
Van Wely, Loek               -  Sutovsky, Emil               1/2   29  D85  Gruenfeld indian
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M  -  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel     1/2   36  C45  Scottish
Comas Fabrego, Luis          -  Xie Jun                      1/2   27  E70  Kings indian
De la Riva Aguado, Oscar     -  Morozevich, Alexander        0-1   34  B07  Pirc

Round 9 (1999.01.05)

Morozevich, Alexander        -  Van Wely, Loek               1-0   51  B90  Sicilian; Najdorf
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel     -  Krasenkow, Michal            1/2   50  B00  1.e4
Sutovsky, Emil               -  Comas Fabrego, Luis          1-0   45  C12  French; Macutcheon
Xie Jun                      -  De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M  1/2   21  B02  Alekhine defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco      -  De la Riva Aguado, Oscar     0-1   34  A57  Benko gambit


Pamplona ESP (ESP), XII 1998 - I 1999                     cat. XIII (2561)
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                                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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 1 Morozevich, Alexander        g RUS 2625  * = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  8.0  2904
 2 Krasenkow, Michal            g POL 2655  = * = = 1 1 = 1 = =  6.0  2675
 3 Van Wely, Loek               g NED 2635  0 = * = = 1 1 0 1 =  5.0  2595
 4 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel     g ESP 2605  0 = = * = = = = = 1  4.5  2555
 5 Sutovsky, Emil               g ISR 2575  0 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 1  4.5  2558
 6 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M  m ESP 2500  = 0 0 = 1 * = = = =  4.0  2524
 7 Xie Jun                      g CHN 2510  0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1  4.0  2523
 8 Vallejo Pons, Francisco      m ESP 2450  0 0 1 = = = 0 * = 0  3.0  2447
 9 Comas Fabrego, Luis          m ESP 2540  0 = 0 = 0 = = = * =  3.0  2437
10 De la Riva Aguado, Oscar     m ESP 2510  0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 = *  3.0  2441
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5) 41st Reggio Emilia (Italy)

41st Reggio Emilia (Italy) started December 29th reports Carlo Mazzoni. Category 9. Evgeniy Solozhenkin won the Category 8 event with 7/9 half a point ahead of Smbat Lputian and Dimitri Komarov who finished on 6.5. Solozhenkin beat tail ender Vittorio Anceschi in the final round to take first after Lputian drew quickly with Igor Efimov. There is a correction to one of the earlier games give in the pgn section.

Internet coverage http://www.xall.com/ippogrifo/

Round 8 (1999.01.04)

Aldrovandi, Costantino  -  Komarov, Dimitri        1/2   23  C02  French; Advance
Efimov, Igor            -  Drei, Andrea            0-1   34  B47  Sicilian
Borgo, Giulio           -  Solozhenkin, Evgeniy    1/2   13  B05  Alekhine defence
Tomescu, Vlad           -  Lputian, Smbat G        1/2   79  C09  French; Tarrasch
Anceschi, Vittorio      -  Vezzosi, Paolo          1/2   25  A01  Larsen (1.b3)

Round 9 (1999.01.05)

Solozhenkin, Evgeniy    -  Anceschi, Vittorio      1-0   48  B08  Pirc; Classical
Komarov, Dimitri        -  Tomescu, Vlad           1-0   31  D85  Gruenfeld indian
Lputian, Smbat G        -  Efimov, Igor            1/2   10  D79  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Vezzosi, Paolo          -  Aldrovandi, Costantino  1/2   73  A44  Queen's pawn
Drei, Andrea            -  Borgo, Giulio           1-0   60  B32  Sicilian


Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), XII 1998 - I 1999           cat. VIII (2435)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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 1 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy    g RUS 2535  * 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 1  7.0  2643
 2 Komarov, Dimitri        g UKR 2570  0 * 1 = = = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2586
 3 Lputian, Smbat G        g ARM 2615  = 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 1 1  6.5  2581
 4 Aldrovandi, Costantino    ITA 2280  = = 0 * = = = 1 1 =  5.0  2495
 5 Efimov, Igor            g ITA 2530  = = = = * 1 0 = 0 1  4.5  2424
 6 Vezzosi, Paolo          f ITA 2325  0 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 =  4.0  2404
 7 Borgo, Giulio           m ITA 2445  = 0 0 = 1 0 * 0 0 1  3.0  2308
 8 Tomescu, Vlad           m ROM 2425  0 0 = 0 = = 1 * = 0  3.0  2311
 9 Drei, Andrea            f ITA 2340  0 0 0 0 1 0 1 = * =  3.0  2320
10 Anceschi, Vittorio        ITA 2285  0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = *  2.5  2285
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6) 14th European Club Championships

14th European Club Championships by Sinisa Joksic The 14th European Club Championship starts Monday 11 January 1999. Kramnik and Anand will play for "Agrouniverzal" from Belgrade.

Round 1 - (quarter-finals)

  "Elitzur Petach" Tikva Israel - CC "Panfox" Breda Netherlands

  CC "Beer Sheva" Israel - "Saint Petersburg" Russia 

  PKO BP "Polonia" Warsaw Poland - CC "Agrouniverzal" Belgrade Yugoslavia 

  KSz "Stilon" Gorzov Poland - CC "Bosnia" Sarajevo BIH 

7) 3rd Lohmar New Year

Torsten Behl and Uwe Fleischer send news of the 3rd New Year Tournament in Lohmar, Germany. The event took place Dec, 26th 1998-Jan, 3rd 1999. Sascha Grimm won the tournament undefeated with 7.5/9, dominating it from the beginning with a win against German vice-cup winner Udo Kaeser in the first round. Third placed Carsten Stanetzek was the suprise of the event. He only lost to 2nd placed Udo Kaeser. The next tournament will take place in Dec/Jan 1999/2000. Possibly it will be an IM-event then. More information is available at http://members.aol.com/SFLohmar/index.htm. Players interested in competing may contact Uwe Fleischer via e-mail Topas.min@t-online.de. Last but not least thanks to Rozsa Company/Cologne, Germany for financial support.

Lohmar GER (GER), XII 1998 - I 1999
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Grimm, Sascha          GER 2295  * 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2441
 2 Kaeser, Udo            GER 2290  0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1  7.0  2389
 3 Stanetzek, Carsten     GER 2160  = 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2403
 4 Krallmann, Matthias    GER 2285  = = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1  6.5  2335
 5 Broehl, Stefan         GER 2195  0 = 0 = * 0 = = 1 1  4.0  2136
 6 Lamprecht, Mark        GER 2150  0 0 = 0 1 * 0 = 1 1  4.0  2141
 7 Tuerk, Alexander       GER 2240  0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 1  4.0  2131
 8 Olbrisch, Manfred      GER 2080  0 0 0 0 = = = * = 0  2.0  1972
 9 Fleischer, Uwe         GER 2115  0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1  2.0  1968
10 Gruene, Nils           GER ----  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 *  1.0  1850
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8) VI Open Hotel Anibal -Linares 99 (Spain)

Report from Maximiliano Alvarez. The International Open "Hotel Anibal" is taking place in Linares, Spain 8-17 January 1999. After three rounds of the event there are 8 players on 3/3 including Alexei Dreev.

Official coverage: http://ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez Also 20-29 of January sees the Open "Hotel Ciudad de Ubeda".

Some early surprises include Horacio Sandano (Argentina-2345) drawing with last years champion and top seed Sergei Tiviakov(2655) in round 1, Saldano beating Helgi Olafsson (2505) in round 2 ,Alexander Grischuk beating Minasian (No 3 seed -2620) and Dmitry Svetushkin beating Viktor Bologan (No 7 seed) in round 3.

Standings After 3 rounds

  1-8   Dreev, Alexey                RUS   2645      3
        Kunte, Abhijit               IND   2505      3
        Grischuk, Alexander          RUS   2490      3
        Nogueiras, Jesus             CUB   2510      3 
        Ramesh, R. B.                IND   2365      3 
        Narciso Dublan, Marc         ESP   2460      3 
        Svetushkin, Dmitry           MDA   2460      3 
        Sashikiran, Krishnan         IND   2470      3 
 9-19   Romanishin, Oleg             UKR   2600      2.5 
        Tiviakov, Sergei             RUS   2655      2.5 
        Kazhgaleyev, Murtas          KAZ   2550      2.5 
        Yandemirov, Valeri           RUS   2470      2.5 
        Sokolov, Andrei              RUS   2565      2.5 
        Minasian, Ara                ARM   2450      2.5 
        Burmakin, Vladimir           RUS   2560      2.5 
        Sorokin, Maxim               ARG   2570      2.5 
        Okhotnik, Vladimir           UKR   2405      2.5 
        Rashkovsky, Nukhim           RUS   2535      2.5 
        Kharlov, Andrei              RUS   2575      2.5 
 20-55  Minasian, Artashes           ARM   2620      2
        Georgiev, Vladimir           BUL   2540      2
        Asrian, Karen                ARM   2600      2
        Bagaturov, Giorgi            GEO   2540      2
        Borges Mateos, Juan          CUB   2480      2
        Bologan, Viktor              MDA   2580      2 
        Watson, John L               USA   2365      2
        Konguvel, Ponnuswamy         IND   2410      2 
        Shchekachev, Andrei          RUS   2565      2 
        Salmensuu, Olli              FIN   2420      2 
        Holmsten, Aleksei            FIN   2400      2 
        Saldano, Horacio             ARG   2345      2 
        Yegiazarian, Arsen           ARM   2500      2 
        Prasad, Devaki V             IND   2405      2 
        Russek, Guil                 MEX   2395      2 
        Candela Perez, Jose          ESP   2380      2 
        Giorgadze, Giorgi            GEO   2610      2
        Mork, Kjell-Arne             NOR   2345      2 
        Van Der Weide, Karel         NED   2490      2 
        Sulypa, Alexandre            UKR   2415      2 
        Grigore, George              ROM   2475      2 
        Saravanan, V                 IND   2390      2 
        Becerra Rivero, Julio        CUB   2485      2
        Bjerring, Kai                DEN   2335      2 
        Estrada Nieto, Julian        MEX   2375      2 
        Genba, Vladimir              RUS   2450      2 
        Shirazi, Kamran              USA   2410      2 
        Maherramzade, Javad          AZE   2440      2 
        Quinn, Mark                  IRL   2350      2 
        Piankov, Evgenij             UKR   2375      2
        Betaneli, Aleksandr          USA   2340      2 
        Nouro, Mikael                FIN   2335      2 
        Khassanov, Marat             CAN   2320      2 
        Landa, Konstantin            RUS   2520      2 
        Subbaraman, Vijayalakshmi    IND   2335      2 
        Dumitrescu, Dragos           ROM   2405      2 
 56-77  Herrera, Irisberto           CUB   2425      1.5 
        Kovacevic, Slobodan          YUG   2420      1.5 
        Gaprindashvili, Valerian     GEO   2405      1.5
        Paschall, William M.         USA   2365      1.5 
        Delchev, Aleksander          BUL   2575      1.5 
        Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael      ESP   2345      1.5 
        Kotanjian, Trigan            ARM   2215      1.5 
        Pedzich, Dominik             POL   2435      1.5 
        Avila Jimenez, Javier        ESP   2185      1.5 
        Kalantarian, Norik           ARM   2415      1.5 
        Summerscale, Aaron           ENG   2455      1.5 
        Fierro Baquero, Marta Lorena ECU   2240      1.5  
        Fernandez Romero, Ernesto    ESP   2195      1.5 
        Lorenzo Duran, Marcos        ESP   2225      1.5 
        Arencibia, Walter            CUB   2550      1.5
        Bykhovsky, Anatoly           RUS   2415      1.5 
        Garcia, Silvino              CUB   2420      1.5 
        Pierrot, Facundo             ARG   2420      1.5 
        Shah, Pallavi G.             IND   2240      1.5 
        Olafsson, Helgi              ISL   2505      1.5 
        Gonzalez Garcia, Jose        MEX   2445      1.5

132 players       

9) Hilton Open Basel

Sinisa Joksic reports: The First Hilton Open in Basel finished in dramatic fashion. Nine players finished in a tie on 5,5 points, three of them having exactly the same Bucholz so a second tie-break decided the event, the Bucholz of their opponents. The luckiest (Bucholz of your opponents always requires some luck!) was Andrei Sokolov (36), the Russian grandmaster, ahead of Ognjen Cvitan (38) and Joe Gallagher (35). There were good performances from Petr Velicka (32) and Attila Czebe (24) the only IMs in the winners group of nine. All special prizes remained in Switzerland. The best senior was Walter Ammann (71), who finished 23rd, the best Lady was Ruth Bohrer (who finished 65th) and the best junior was Roland Schmid (who finished 46th). The tournament had 116 participants, 14 grandmasters, 17 IMs and 7 FIDE masters. Number 1 seed and the winner of the Zuerich open Vladimir Tukmakov finished 12th.

The next tournament on the SWISS-TOUR will be the Bern Open, February 14-21 and after that in March 12-16th the great De La Paix Open in Lugano. Many years ago the Lugano open, was one of the most popular opens in the world. The organizers hope to re-establish the chess tradition in the main town of Ticino.

ROUND 5

Tukmakov          -  Gallagher       0-1, 
Sokolov Andrei    -  Ekstroem        1/2,  
Novikov           -  Ruck            1-0,  
Gofshtein         -  Greenfeld       1/2, 
Oral              -  Rausis          1/2,
Rukavina          -  Cvitan          1/2, 
Nemet             -  Bologan         0-1 , 
Berezovsky        -  Razuvaev        1/2, 
Velicka           -  Loeffler        1-0 , 
Ciric             -  Czebe           1/2, 
Varga Peter       -  Arnold          1-0 etc.

ROUND 6

Gallagher         -  Novikov         1/2,
Bologan           -  Oral            1-0, 
Gofshtein         -  Sokolov Andrei  0-1, 
Greenfeld         -  Velicka         1/2, 
Rausis            -  Varga Peter     1-0, 
Barbero           -  Cvitan          0-1, 
Ekstroem          -  Rukavina        1/2, 
Fancsy            -  Tukmakov        0-1, 
Razuvaev          -  Kriszany        1-0, 
Kiss              -  Ciric           1-0, 
Ammann            -  Pikula          1-0 etc

ROUND 7

Cvitan            -  Bologan         1/2, 
Sokolov Andrei    -  Gallagher       1/2, 
Novikov           -  Rausis          1/2, 
Tukmakov          -  Ruck            1/2, 
Czebe             -  Razuvaev        1-0, 
Rukavina          -  Greenfeld       0-1, 
Cebalo            -  Kiss            1/2, 
Velicka           -  Ekstroem        1-0, 
Ammann            -  Gofshtein       0-1, 
Oral              -  Arnold          1-0, 
Varga Peter I     -  Wendt           1-0, 
Nemet             -  Peredy          1-0, 
Kelecevic         -  Vulevic         1/2, 
Schmidt-Schaeffer -  Horvath Peter   0-1, 
Ermeni            -  Barbero         0-1, 
Pikula            -  Zanetti         1-0, 
Staechelin        -  Fancsy          1-0, 
Ciric             -  Gass            1-0 etc.


Final Standings

 1. Sokolov Andrei G      2565 RUS 5,5  (29,5 - 168,5)
 2. Cvitan Ognjen G       2525 CRO 5,5  (29,5 - 164,5) 
 3. Gallagher Josef G     2525 SUI 5,5  (29,5 - 163,5)
 4. Greenfeld Alon G      2535 ISR 5,5  (29,0 - 170,0)
 5. Rausis Igors G        2535 LAT 5,5  (29,0 - 167,0)
 6. Novikov Igor G        2545 UKR 5,5  (28,5 - 170,5)
 7. Bologan Viktor G      2585 MDA 5,5  (28,5 - 160,5)
 8. Velicka Peter IM      2465 CZE 5,5  (26,5)
 9. Czebe Attila IM       2455 HUN 5,5  (26,0) 
10. Gofshtein Leonid G    2500 ISR 5,0  (30,5)m
11. Oral Tomas IM         2510 CZE 5,0  (30,0) 
12. Tukmakov Vladimir G   2605 UKR 5,0  (29,5) 
13. Ruck Robert IM        2485 HUN 5,0  (28,5) 
14. Varga Peter IM        2445 HUN 5,0  (28,0) 
15. Barbero Gerardo G     2415 ARG 5,0  (27,0) 
16. Kiss Pal IM           2435 HUN 5,0  (27,0) 
17. Nemet Ivan G          2395 SUI 5,0  (25,5) 
18. Cebalo Miso G         2535 CRO 5,0  (24,5) 
19. Horvath Peter IM      2425 HUN 5,0  (23,5) 
20. Rukavina Josip IM     2430 CRO 4,5  (30,5) 
21. Razuvaev Yuri G       2560 RUS 4,5  (28,5) 
22. Ekstroem Roland IM    2510 SUI 4,5  (27,5) 
23. Ammann Walter         2255 SUI 4,5  (26,5 - 159,5)
24. Pikula Dejan IM       2430 YUG 4,5  (26,5 - 149,5) 
25. Berezovsky Igor F     2375 GER 4,5  (26,0 - 151,5) 
26. Herb Pascal F         2340 FRA 4,5  (26,0 - 150,0) 
27. Ciric Dragoljub GM    2340 YUG 4,5  (26,0 - 148,0) 
28. Vulevic Vjekoslav F   2270 SUI 4,5  (25,5 - 152,5) 
29. Loeffler Markus       2365 GER 4,5  (25,5 - 150,0) 
30. Kelecevic Nedeljko IM 2425 BIH 4,5  (25,5 - 148,0) 
31. Kriszany Laszlo IM    2405 HUN 4,5  (24,5)
32. Xheladini Mahmud      2250 GER 4,5  (23,5) 
33. Staechelin Ruedi      2170 SUI 4,5  (22,0) etc. 

10) Tapolca Open Tournament

Laszlo Nagy reports: The traditional Talopca Open chess tournament runs from 8th to 16th of January in Budapest, in the tournament halls of the Hungarian Chess Federation. The organizer is Parej, Jozsef. There are 90 players from 6 countries: HUN, VIE, RUS, ARM, SLO, CAN. 74 players have FIDE ratings, 7 IM-s, 4 FM-s. The highest rated players: NGUYEN /VIE/, CHERNYSHOV /RUS/. The rounds start at 15:30, last round at 9:00. 6 hours thinking time altogether, 40 moves in two hours, then 1 hour till the end.

After 3 rounds the following players have 3 points: Chernishov; Nguyen Anh Dung, Jamrich, György; Szalánczy, Emil; Kahn Evarth; Khechumyan.

The next First Saturday Chess tournaments in Budapest are GM, IM closed and Scheveningen system ELO-tournament events will start on the 6th of February. Contact: Nagy, Laszlo; http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/ e-mail: 100263.1700@compuserve.com

11) XVI. OPEN Untergrombach 1999

The Schachclub 46 Untergrombach organised the 7 round Swiss XVI. OPEN Bruchsal-Untergrombach won by IM Ikonnikov, IM Bogdanivitsch and IM Schlindwein which took place 2nd-6th January 1999 reports Roland Lauer.

More details http://home.t-online.de/home/0725198805-0001/hptmp.htm

Untergrombach GER (GER), I 1999
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 1 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav   m RUS 2555  6.0
 2 Bogdanovich, Grigory    m RUS 2380  6.0
 3 Schlindwein, Rolf       m GER 2425  6.0
 4 Ksieski, Zbigniew       m POL 2400  5.5
 5 Panzalovic, Srdjan      f GER 2435  5.5
 6 Fuchs, Heinz            m GER 2310  5.5
 7 Frohberg, Marco           GER 2300  5.5
 8 Hauke, Christian          GER 2225  5.5
 9 Bauschlein,Andreas        GER ----  5.5
10 Bach, Edwin             f GER 2305  5.5
11 Florea, Dan               GER 2265  5.5
12 Reichstein, Hans-Joerg    GER 2235  5.5
13 Solomunovic, Igor       f BIH 2340  5.0
14 Steinhart,Karl-Heinz      GER ----  5.0
15 Mailitis,Kai              GER ----  5.0
16 Mueller, Thomas           GER 2025  5.0
17 Wuest,Hans-Heiner         GER ----  5.0
18 Roth, Markus              GER 2125  5.0
19 Christ, Ralf              GER 2270  5.0
20 Osmanovic, Faruk          GER 2090  5.0
21 Beckmann, Klaus           GER 2285  5.0
22 Kurz,Ralf                 GER ----  5.0
23 Widmann,Volker            GER ----  5.0
24 Gromer,Rudolf             GER ----  5.0
175 players
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12) XXVII Rilton Cup 1998–1999

The Rilton Cup is a strong open taking place in Stockholm, Sweden. 28.12.98–6.1.99. Mikhail Ulibin has won the 27th Rilton Cup which took place over the New Year. He scored 7.5 points and was a half point clear of Agrest, Nataf and Yakovich on 7. There were 7 players on 6.5 and 16 on 6 points.

Official coverage was on the Chess in Iceland pages at: http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html

Stockholm SWE (SWE), XII 1998 - I 1999
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  1 Ulibin, Mikhail            g RUS 2555  7.5
  2 Agrest, Evgenij            g SWE 2545  7.0
  3 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre      g FRA 2485  7.0
  4 Yakovich, Yuri             g RUS 2560  7.0
  5 Stefansson, Hannes         g ISL 2535  6.5
  6 Shulman, Yuri              g BLR 2520  6.5
  7 Kharitonov, Andrei Y       g RUS 2570  6.5
  8 Ehlvest, Jaan              g EST 2620  6.5
  9 Markovic, Miroslav         m YUG 2575  6.5
 10 Hector, Jonny              g SWE 2510  6.5
 11 Bator, Robert              m SWE 2410  6.5
 12 Cramling, Pia              g SWE 2505  6.0
 13 Ahlander, Bjorn            f SWE 2410  6.0
 14 Akesson, Ralf              g SWE 2510  6.0
 15 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass      g ISL 2480  6.0
 16 Conquest, Stuart           g ENG 2490  6.0
 17 Khenkin, Igor              g RUS 2600  6.0
 18 Hall, Jesper               m SWE 2485  6.0
 19 Schandorff, Lars           g DEN 2535  6.0
 20 Brynell, Stellan           m SWE 2485  6.0
 21 Nielsen, Peter Heine       g DEN 2515  6.0
 22 Kiik, Kalle                m EST 2430  6.0
 23 Taimanov, Mark E           g RUS 2455  6.0
 24 Barkhagen, Jonas           m SWE 2415  6.0
 25 Ornstein, Axel             m SWE 2425  6.0
 26 Yrjola, Jouni              g FIN 2400  6.0
 27 Salmensuu, Olli            f FIN 2420  6.0
156 players

13) 7. Danube Open Aschach/Austria

This open ran December 26th - 31st. Nikolaus Stanec won the event alone with 6/7. Games now available from Harald Grafenhofer.

Daily information was at: http://www.schach.at/aschach.htm

Final standings
Rg. SNr Tit Name des Spielers Elo Nat Verein Pkte RF BH 
1 3 IM Stanec Nikolaus 2495 AUT MERKUR GRAZ 6 25.5 31.5 
2 1 GM Hertneck Gerald 2555 GER MOZART SALZBURG 5.5 25 36 
3 7 FM Weiss Christian 2370 AUT SV GMUNDEN 5.5 23.5 32.5 
4 4 IM Rogulj Branko 2450 CRO   5.5 23.5 31.5 
5 8   Ezsol Miklos 2370 HUN   5.5 23.5 31 
6 2 GM Teske Henrik 2510 GER   5.5 22.5 31 
7 17   Wege Jochen 2260 GER SC STEINBACH 5.5 21.5 31 
8 24 MK Karner Christoph 2175 AUT ESV ATTNANG-PUCHHEIM 5 21 29 
9 5   Balinov Ilia 2450 BUL   5 21 28.5 
10 10 IM Danner Georg 2340 AUT   5 20 27.5 
11 14 FM Kranzl Peter 2280 AUT SV GMUNDEN 5 19.5 27.5 
12 6 IM Kaiser Wolfgang 2395 GER SV BAD SCHALLERBACH 5 18.5 25.5 
13 9 IM Mahdy Khaled 2365 AUT   4.5 22 28.5 
14 22 FM Moser Eva 2190 AUT ASKOE FINKENSTEIN 4.5 21.5 30 
15 11 IM Kiss Attila 2340 HUN TSV HARTBERG 4.5 20.5 29 
16 13   Koeller Oliver 2290 GER SC STEINBACH 4.5 19.5 29.5 
17 25   Konrad Edmund 2170 AUT UNION HARTKIRCHEN 4.5 18.5 27 
18 15 OEM Heimberger Reinhard Ing. 2280 AUT ASK ST. VALENTIN 4.5 18.5 24.5 
19 21 MK Hebesberger Thomas 2195 AUT LEOBEN 4.5 18.5 24 
20 12 MK Knoll Hermann 2325 AUT SV GMUNDEN 4.5 17 23.5 
21 61   Lang Christian 1901 AUT ASKOE MUEHLTAL 4.5 14.5 23.5 
86 players

14) Upcoming Events

Hoogovens: Wijk aan Zee

Coming soon the strong Hoogovens tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Kasparov, Anand, Shirov, Svidler, Kramnik and Topalov are amongst the players in this strong event running January 15-31st 1999.

Official coverage: http://chess.lostcity.nl/hoogovens/ and full daily coverage on TWIC's pages also.

Participants in Group A: 1 Kasparov 2 Anand 3 Kramnik 4 Ivanchuk 5 Shirov 6 Svidler 7 Topalov 8 Timman 9 vanWely 10 Yermolinski 11 Sokolov 12 Piket 13 Kasimdzhanov 14 Reinderman

QVB Chess Festival

The QVB Chess Festival, which includes the first GM tournament held in Australia since 1991. It is also the strongest ever held here with Grandmasters Rogers, Johansen, Benjamin and Zhong competing. Much of the information on the Festival is at: http://www.eagles.bbs.net.au/~gbekker

Bermuda

Nigel Freeman has news of 3 events in Bermuda:

1) a 10 game match between Mickey Adams and Yasser Seirawan, starting 21st January and finishing 1st February;

2) a 13 player Category X (subject to the new ELO list) GM Tournament - Arizmendi, Ashley, Bacrot, Chandler, Elbilia, Forster, Gershon, Gretarsson, Nataf, Pelletier, Teplitsky, Thorhallsson and Waitzkin, starting 21st January and finishing 3rd February; and

3) the 16th Bermuda Open, starting (blitz and Bermuda Party!) 4th February and finishing 7th February.

Anyone wishing to watch or play can contact Nigel P.B. Freeman on the phone (441)234-2322, fax: (441)236-5649 or e-mail: cadilly@ibl.bm.

Oceanic Zonal Championship

The Australian Chess Federation will stage the 1999 FIDE Sub-Zone 3.2b Oceanic Zonal Championship on the Gold Coast in mid April. Entry forms will be available soon and may be obtained from: Graeme Gardiner (Zonal President & ACF President) 290 Worongary Road Worongary QLD 4213 Tel: (work) 61-7 5530-3777 (home) 61-7 5530-5794 Fax: 61-7 5525-2676 Email: ggardiner@somerset.qld.edu.au OR Gary Bekker (ACF Deputy President) 5/10 Crawford Road Brighton-Le-Sands NSW 2216 Tel: 61-2 9556-3960 Fax: 61-2 9599-0889 Email: gbekker@mira.net Venue: Surfers Paradise Parkroyal Hotel A luxury 5-star hotel. Games to be played in the air-conditioned Waratah Room. Dates: Tuesday 13 April - Wednesday 21 April 1999 Format: Mens - 9 round Swiss (18 to 30 players) Womens - 10 player Round Robin

Aurec Rapid Tournaments

Aurec (France), 20 and 21th of February, 1999 2 rapid tournaments - 7 r 20 mn Prizes : FF50,000 - Invitations for titled players Informations : Olivier Deville; Côtevière, 43110 AUREC Tél: +33 477 35 41 21 Fax: +33 477 35 23 76 E-mail : odeville@avo.fr

Chess TV on the net

Stephane Laborde reports that there is a french Weekly real audio magazine in collaboration with "TV LAB" about chess he presents with IGM Eloi RELANGE about international and french chess news. Diagonale had its second transmission last Saturday, which was live. The next transmission will be on Friday 21h00 French time. This third programme will be in French AND English. The English broadcast will only be on World events, with a game of the week will be analysed by IGM Eloi Relange.

http://www.canalweb.net

Hallsberg Junior International Tournament

The 34th Hallsberg Junior International Tournament starts on Monday 28th December 1998 and finished 5 January 1999.

http://www.hallsberg-chess.t.se/