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Hoogovens: Wijk aan Zee A event 42 games Hoogovens: Wijk aan Zee B event 36 games Hoogovens: Wijk aan Zee Blitz event 91 games Adams-Seirawan in Bermuda 4 games Bermuda 24 games Open "Hotel Ciudad de Ubeda" 80 games Israeli League 46 games 4NCL 48 games Hamburg Koenigsspringer IM tournament 66 games Virginia Open 11 games Hastings Challengers 108 games Hastings Weekender 5 games
My thanks to Ram Soffer, Maximiliano Alvarez, John Saunders, Nigel Freeman, Bobby Ang, Rolf Sander, Antonio Bento, Michael Atkins and all those who helped with this issue.
An amazing week's chess with Kasparov demolishing the Wijk aan Zee with seven wins in a row. This is Kasparov's answer to a forgetable 1998. Next week he plays Kramnik and Anand, those games promise to be thrilling.
With the chess calendar for December disrupted by the cancellation of the FIDE Championships, the same thing is threatening to happen in June and July. Cancellation of good events in Frankfurt and Dortmund may now have been unnecessary as the Las Vegas organisers, fed up with being messed around withdrew from the possibility of hosting FIDE's event. Of course it might still take place in June and July (Elista?) but FIDE are not keeping anyone informed.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Hoogovens tournament in Wijk aan Zee started on Saturday 16th. After two rounds the favourites already lead the field. Anand started with 2/2. Kasparov, Shirov, Kramnik and Topalov are just behind on 1.5. The event runs January 15-31st 1999. My thanks to Niek Verweij of Lost Boys for his help.
The story of the event is that of Garry Kasparov. After a draw in round 1 against Vassily Ivanchuk he has won seven straight games to be a point and a half clear after 8 rounds. Included in his wins was a superb sacrificial effort against Veselin Topalov in round 4. This game is certain to be analysed for some time to come. The first sacrifice 24. Rxd4 probably shouldn't have been accepted in retrospect (24. ...Kb6 may be a draw) but Topalov deserves credit for asking Kasparov to prove it. The spectacular lines that follow are truly breathtaking (check out Mig's columns on these lines for the full story). In addition he also beat Alexei Shirov in round 7. He still has to play Viswanathan Anand (where he has white) in round 10 and Vladimir Kramnik in the final round (with black). Kasparov also won the blitz event that took place on the first rest day.
Viswanathan Anand is also having a fine tournament. 6/8 is a great score but isn't enough to keep him in touch with Kasparov. A further point behind him is Kramnik. It has been a superb event and there were more spectators wanting to watch than could be accommodated last weekend when they had to lock some people out.
Official coverage by Lost Boys: http://chess.lostcity.nl/hoogovens/ and full daily coverage on TWIC's pages also.
A Tournament
Round 1 (1999.01.16)
Kasparov, Gary - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 22 D36 Queen's gambit
Topalov, Veselin - Timman, Jan H 1-0 36 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Van Wely, Loek - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 26 D17 Slav defence
Piket, Jeroen - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 20 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Shirov, Alexei - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 24 B49 Sicilian
Yermolinsky, Alex - Svidler, Peter 1/2 23 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Reinderman, Dimitri - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 37 B87 Sicilian
Round 2 (1999.01.17)
Kasparov, Gary - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 44 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Anand, Viswanathan - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 41 C96 Ruy Lopez
Kramnik, Vladimir - Yermolinsky, Alex 1-0 40 E32 Nimzo indian
Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 37 B35 Sicilian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 28 B80 Sicilian
Timman, Jan H - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 70 B31 Sicilian
Sokolov, Ivan - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 52 D93 Gruenfeld indian
Round 3 (1999.01.19)
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 35 C67 Ruy Lopez
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 39 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Piket, Jeroen - Timman, Jan H 1-0 31 A40 Queen's pawn
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 40 B49 Sicilian
Yermolinsky, Alex - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 47 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 31 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Reinderman, Dimitri - Svidler, Peter 1/2 26 B57 Sicilian
Round 4 (1999.01.20)
Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 44 B07 Pirc
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 39 B47 Sicilian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Reinderman, Dimitri 1/2 34 A42 Queen's pawn
Svidler, Peter - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 37 C95 Ruy Lopez
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 31 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Van Wely, Loek - Yermolinsky, Alex 1-0 31 E11 Bogo indian
Timman, Jan H - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 40 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Round 5 (1999.01.21)
Topalov, Veselin - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 32 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Piket, Jeroen - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 26 D58 QGD;
Shirov, Alexei - Svidler, Peter 1/2 41 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Sokolov, Ivan - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 23 D26 QGA;
Yermolinsky, Alex - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 55 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Timman, Jan H 0-1 43 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Reinderman, Dimitri - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 48 B88 Sicilian
Round 6 (1999.01.23)
Kasparov, Gary - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 41 C43 Petroff defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 41 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Svidler, Peter - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 32 B43 Sicilian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 24 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Van Wely, Loek - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 57 B38 Sicilian
Timman, Jan H - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 44 A06 Reti (1.Nf3)
Yermolinsky, Alex - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 47 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Round 7 (1999.01.24)
Anand, Viswanathan - Timman, Jan H 1-0 40 C67 Ruy Lopez
Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 45 B80 Sicilian
Piket, Jeroen - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 18 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Shirov, Alexei - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 49 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Sokolov, Ivan - Svidler, Peter 1/2 33 D91 Gruenfeld indian
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 17 D58 QGD;
Reinderman, Dimitri - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 35 D60 QGD;
Round 8 (1999.01.25)
Kasparov, Gary - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 36 D72 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Kramnik, Vladimir - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 18 D87 Gruenfeld indian
Topalov, Veselin - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 59 B38 Sicilian
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 25 B19 Caro-Kann
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Timman, Jan H 0-1 51 C89 Ruy Lopez
Van Wely, Loek - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 42 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Yermolinsky, Alex - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 19 E52 Nimzo indian
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), I 1999 cat. XVII (2674)
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 * . . 1 . = 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 7.5 3083
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2784 . * . . = = . 1 1 = = . 1 1 6.0 2837
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 . . * = . . = . = 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2721
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0 . = * = = 1 1 . . . 0 . 1 4.5 2719
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 . = . = * . . . = = = = 1 = 4.5 2688
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 = = . = . * = 0 . . 1 = = . 4.0 2672
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2636 0 . = 0 . = * . = = . 1 . 1 4.0 2681
8 Timman, Jan H g NED 2649 . 0 . 0 . 1 . * 0 = = . 1 1 4.0 2660
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2609 0 0 = . = . = 1 * . = = . . 3.5 2651
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2726 0 = 0 . = . = = . * 1 . = . 3.5 2650
11 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2610 . = = . = 0 . = = 0 * . = . 3.0 2605
12 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2597 0 . 0 1 = = 0 . = . . * . = 3.0 2597
13 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2595 0 0 = . 0 = . 0 . = = . * . 2.0 2526
14 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2542 0 0 = 0 = . 0 0 . . . = . * 1.5 2454
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Hoogovens B
Round 1 (1999.01.19)
Lputian, Smbat G - De Vreugt, Dennis 1-0 40 A45 Queen's pawn
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Brodsky, Michail 1-0 46 B57 Sicilian
Leitao, Rafael - Ionov, Sergey 1/2 30 E14 Nimzo indian
Bauer, Christian - Glek, Igor V 1/2 31 D73 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Bosch, Jeroen - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 40 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Janssen, Ruud - Van den Doel, Erik 1/2 37 D30 Queen's gambit
Round 2 (1999.01.20)
Lputian, Smbat G - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 16 A45 Queen's pawn
Nijboer, Friso - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 36 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Glek, Igor V - Bosch, Jeroen 1-0 41 B51 Sicilian
Ionov, Sergey - Bauer, Christian 1/2 34 A60 Modern Benoni
Brodsky, Michail - Leitao, Rafael 1/2 18 B03 Alekhine defence
De Vreugt, Dennis - Van den Doel, Erik 1/2 79 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 3 (1999.01.21)
Van der Wiel, John T.H - De Vreugt, Dennis 1-0 42 C45 Scottish
Leitao, Rafael - Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 41 D31 Queen's gambit
Bauer, Christian - Brodsky, Michail 1/2 70 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Van den Doel, Erik - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 62 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Bosch, Jeroen - Ionov, Sergey 1/2 46 B85 Sicilian
Janssen, Ruud - Glek, Igor V 0-1 57 D78 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Round 4 (1999.01.23)
Lputian, Smbat G - Bauer, Christian 1-0 41 E12 Nimzo indian
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Leitao, Rafael 1/2 47 B88 Sicilian
Glek, Igor V - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 53 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Ionov, Sergey - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 34 E39 Nimzo indian
Brodsky, Michail - Bosch, Jeroen 1/2 29 B52 Sicilian
De Vreugt, Dennis - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 32 C17 French; Winawer
Round 5 (1999.01.24)
Nijboer, Friso - Glek, Igor V 1/2 40 C11 French; Classical
Leitao, Rafael - De Vreugt, Dennis 1-0 44 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Bauer, Christian - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 22 B06 Modern defence
Van den Doel, Erik - Ionov, Sergey 1/2 37 B63 Sicilian
Bosch, Jeroen - Lputian, Smbat G 0-1 28 C02 French; Advance
Janssen, Ruud - Brodsky, Michail 1/2 38 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 6 (1999.01.25)
Lputian, Smbat G - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 36 E12 Nimzo indian
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Bosch, Jeroen 1/2 30 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Leitao, Rafael - Bauer, Christian 1/2 61 D20 QGA;
Ionov, Sergey - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 64 A16 English; 1.c4
Brodsky, Michail - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 43 C67 Ruy Lopez
De Vreugt, Dennis - Glek, Igor V 1-0 31 C12 French; Macutcheon
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), I 1999 cat. XI (2520)
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1 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2614 * . = . = . . 1 . 1 1 1 5.0 2755
2 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2534 . * . = . = . . = 1 1 1 4.5 2685
3 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2529 = . * . = . 1 = . = 1 . 4.0 2635
4 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2566 . = . * . . . = 1 1 0 1 4.0 2608
5 Leitao, Rafael m BRA 2545 = . = . * = = = . . 1 . 3.5 2578
6 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2551 . = . . = * . = = = . 1 3.5 2568
7 Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2530 . . 0 . = . * = 1 = . = 3.0 2510
8 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2528 0 . = = = = = * . . . . 2.5 2498
9 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2547 . = . 0 . = 0 . * . = = 2.0 2375
10 Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2470 0 0 = 0 . = = . . * . . 1.5 2361
11 De Vreugt, Dennis NED 2378 0 0 0 1 0 . . . = . * . 1.5 2362
12 Janssen, Ruud NED 2445 0 0 . 0 . 0 = . = . . * 1.0 2284
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Hoogovens Blitz
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), I 1999 cat. XVII (2657)
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 1 = 10.5 2896
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2784 0 * 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 9.0 2788
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9.0 2793
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 = = 0 * 1 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2760
5 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2610 0 1 1 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 0 = = 8.0 2747
6 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 0 0 0 1 = * 1 0 0 1 1 1 = = 6.5 2653
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2654
8 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2595 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 0 0 1 1 1 6.0 2633
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2609 0 = 0 1 = 1 0 0 * 1 0 0 1 = 5.5 2604
10 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2490 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 = 5.5 2613
11 Timman, Jan H g NED 2649 0 = 1 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 * 0 0 1 5.0 2570
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2636 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 4.5 2548
13 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2542 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 1 * = 3.5 2491
14 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2597 = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 3.0 2450
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A 10 game match between Mickey Adams and Yasser Seirawan, starting 21st January and finishing 1st February is taking place in Bermuda. Michael Adams won the first game with black after Seirawan lost his rook in a winning position games two and three were drawn before Seirawan equalised the match by winning the fourth.
Official coverage: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess/
Further coverage
by Inside Chess.
Seirawan, Yasser - Adams, Michael 0-1 41 E12 Nimzo indian
Adams, Michael - Seirawan, Yasser 1/2 23 B17 Caro-Kann
Seirawan, Yasser - Adams, Michael 1/2 25 E12 Nimzo indian
Adams, Michael - Seirawan, Yasser 0-1 42 B17 Caro-Kann
Bermuda (), I-II 1999
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Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 1 = = 0 . . . . . . 2.0 2643
Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2643 0 = = 1 . . . . . . 2.0 2716
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In addition there is a 13 player invitational event.
Round 1 (1999.01.21)
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1/2 62 C11 French; Classical
Chandler, Murray G - Teplitsky, Yan 1-0 40 B83 Sicilian
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 22 B06 Modern defence
Gershon, Alik - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 61 D27 QGA;
Arizmendi, Yulen - Pelletier, Yannick 0-1 29 B87 Sicilian
Forster, Richard - Ashley, Maurice 0-1 41 B97 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 2 (1999.01.22)
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Chandler, Murray G 1-0 47 D37 Queen's gambit
Waitzkin, Joshua - Forster, Richard 1-0 31 B43 Sicilian
Ashley, Maurice - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1/2 29 B32 Sicilian
Elbilia, Jacques - Gershon, Alik 1/2 43 E32 Nimzo indian
Teplitsky, Yan - Arizmendi, Yulen 1-0 41 D34 Queen's gambit
Pelletier, Yannick - Thorhallsson, Throstur 0-1 38 D26 QGA;
Round 3 (1999.01.23)
Bacrot, Etienne - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 43 E18 Nimzo indian
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 25 B01 Scandinavian
Chandler, Murray G - Ashley, Maurice 1/2 21 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Teplitsky, Yan 1/2 23 B57 Sicilian
Arizmendi, Yulen - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 0-1 42 C69 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Forster, Richard - Elbilia, Jacques 1/2 13 A80 Dutch defence
Round 4 (1999.01.24)
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1/2 24 D03 Queen's pawn
Waitzkin, Joshua - Chandler, Murray G 1/2 12 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Ashley, Maurice - Arizmendi, Yulen 0-1 21 C18 French; Winawer
Gershon, Alik - Forster, Richard 1/2 39 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Elbilia, Jacques - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1/2 28 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Teplitsky, Yan - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 47 E98 Kings indian; Main line
Bermuda (), I-II 1999 cat. IX (2461)
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1 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2555 * . . . . 1 . . . 1 1 . . 3.0 / 3
2 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2480 . * . = 1 = . . . . . 1 . 3.0 / 4 2619
3 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2480 . . * = = . . = . . . . 1 2.5 / 4 2580
4 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2485 . = = * . . = . = . . . . 2.0 / 4 2452
5 Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2520 . 0 = . * . = . . 1 . . . 2.0 / 4 2477
6 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2495 0 = . . . * . . . = 1 . . 2.0 / 4 2505
7 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2490 . . . = = . * . . . . 0 1 2.0 / 4 2421
8 Gershon, Alik m ISR 2460 . . = . . . . * = . . . = 1.5 / 3 2438
9 Elbilia, Jacques f MAR 2360 . . . = . . . = * . . . = 1.5 / 3 2473
10 Teplitsky, Yan m CAN 2460 0 . . . 0 = . . . * . 1 . 1.5 / 4 2356
11 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2525 0 . . . . 0 . . . . * 1 . 1.0 / 3 2293
12 Arizmendi, Yulen USA 2205 . 0 . . . . 1 . . 0 0 * . 1.0 / 4 2295
13 Forster, Richard m SUI 2475 . . 0 . . . 0 = = . . . * 1.0 / 4 2254
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Report from Maximiliano Alvarez. The International Open "Hotel Anibal" is taking place 20-29 of January. After 5 rounds Konstantin Landa leads with 4 wins and a draw with Dreev. The top rated player is Vladimir Akopian (2640) and he lost in rounds 1 and 2. Minasian (2594) has 3/5, Porgorelov ( 2512) 2 1/2 from 5.
Official coverage: http://ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez
1 Landa, Konstantin RUS 2542 4.5
2-10 Dreev, Alexey RUS 2639 4
Gaprindashvili, Valerian GEO 2414 4
Tiviakov, Sergei RUS 2627 4
Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2482 4
Bagaturov, Giorgi GEO 2543 4
Hamdouchi, Hichem MAR 2564 4
Garcia, Silvino CUB 2420 4
Aronian, Levon ARM 2502 4
Asrian, Karen ARM 2576 4
11-28 Giorgadze, Giorgi GEO 2616 3.5
Becerra Rivero, Julio CUB 2535 3.5
Sashikiran, Krishnan IND 2535 3.5
Grigore, George ROM 2526 3.5
Kharlov, Andrei RUS 2600 3.5
Kreiman, Boris USA 2474 3.5
Kunte, Abhijit IND 2455 3.5
Burmakin, Vladimir RUS 2534 3.5
De La Villa, Jesus M. ESP 2463 3.5
Svetushkin, Dmitry MDA 2471 3.5
Sorokin, Maxim ARG 2551 3.5
Moreno, Javier ARG 2449 3.5
Rashkovsky, Nukhim RUS 2525 3.5
Yandemirov, Valeri RUS 2475 3.5
Vera, Reynaldo CUB 2547 3.5
Minasian, Ara ARM 2454 3.5
Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G. ESP 2408 3.5
Ivanov, Jordan BUL 2359 3.5
29-44 Minasian, Artashes ARM 2594 3
Summerscale, Aaron ENG 2440 3
Yegiazarian, Arsen ARM 2517 3
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas KAZ 2547 3
Barsov, Alexei UZB 2514 3
Ricardi, Pablo ARG 2527 3
Genba, Vladimir RUS 2450 3
Ramesh, R. B. IND 2391 3
Prasad, Devaki V IND 2435 3
Sulypa, Alexandre UKR 2424 3
Gokhale, C.S. IND 2361 3
Pedzich, Dominik POL 2436 3
Watson, John L USA 2357 3
Konguvel, Ponnuswamy IND 2436 3
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose MEX 2446 3
Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2640 3
107 players
"64 — Chess Review" magazine is aking for votes for the "Chess Oscar" a vote for the best 10 chess players of the year. Last year 300 chess journalists from 55 countries took part in these ballots. Chess journalists and other chess personalities are able to participate. Votes can be by to fax to: 7-095-2020961 or by e-mail to chess@online.ru Votes are needed soon. You should say which magazine you represent. Alexander Roshal Editor-in-Chief "64"
The first 2 rounds of the Israel National League, were held in Tel Aviv January 8 and January 15. Ram Soffer sends the games.
As reported last week the Bundesliga in Germany has reached its seventh round. As several people pointed out, I misread the table. Favourites Solingen and Koln/Porz who meet in the last match of the season, both have 100% scores.
Results and some coverage at http://gerhard-hund.de/berichte/bundes-l.html and at http://www.schachbund.de/SchachBL/index.htm
Standings after 7 rounds 1. Solinger SG 7 41½:14½ 14- 0 2. SG Köln Porz 7 36 :20 14- 0 3. Dresdner SC 7 33 :23 11- 3 4. SK Delmenhorst 7 30½:25½ 9- 5 5. Hamburger SK 7 31 :25 8- 6 6. USC Magdeburg 7 28 :28 7- 7 7. SFR Neukölln 7 26½:29½ 7- 7 8. PSV Duisburg 7 26½:29½ 7- 7 9. SV Wattenscheid 7 26 :30 7- 7 10. SK Fr.Zähringen 7 26 :30 6- 8 11. SV Werder Bremen 7 25 :31 6- 8 12. Erfurter SK 7 25½:30½ 5- 9 13. SG Bochum 7 25½:30½ 4-10 14. SK Passau 7 22½:33½ 3-11 15. Castrop Rauxel 7 25½:30½ 2-12 16. SK Viernheim 7 19 :37 2-12
The FIDE Championships, postponed from December until June/July will now not take place in Las Vegas. The organisers have officially terminated their involvement with the project. FIDE will now either have to postpone until 2000, or find another host, most probably Elista. Whether the event will take place in the June dates (which have now more or less been cleared) has to be in doubt too. The silence from FIDE is deafening.
Bobby Ang reports that "on Thursday 14 January 1999 Bobby Fischer agreed to do an interview with Bombo Radyo (Baguio City) here in the Philippines. This has something to do with the recent auction in the US of his personal belongings and memorabilia. You will understand that only recently both his mother and sister had died, so these were very important to him."
Bobby Ang has converted these interviews into real audio and they can be accessed on the internet. However be aware that many people have found the interviews extremely offensive.
http://www.philchess.com.ph/fischer1.ra is the intro
http://www.philchess.com.ph/fischer2.ra is the interview with Bobby Fischer
http://www.philchess.com.ph/fischer3.ra is the Torre interview following immediately after.
Harris Nizel has already posted it on his web page: http://www.internetchess.com
The 4NCL Rounds 5 and 6 took place 23-24 January 1999 at the The Birmingham Grand Moat House Hotel, Colmore Row, Birmingham. Full coverage on the 4NCL pages: http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
Results, Round 5
Bristol 3-5 BCM, Richmond 1-7 Slough, Wood Green 4-4 Wessex, Barbican1 2½-5½ NW Eagles, Barbican2 2-6 Bigwood, Invicta 4½-3½ Home House.
Results, Rd 6
BCM 3½-4½ Barbican1, Bigwood1 4-4 Invicta1, Slough 4½-3½ Wood Green, Home House 6-2 Bristol, NW Eagles 4½-3½ Barbican2, Wessex 2½-5½ Richmond ...
4NCL Division 1 1 Slough 1st 38.5 12 2 Wood Green 1st 27.0 8 3 Invicta Knights 1st 25.5 8 4 Barbican 1st 24.0 8 5 Bigwood 1st 29.5 7 6 Richmond1 21.0 6 7 NW Eagles 20.5 6 8 Barbican 2nds 21.0 4 9 Bristol 1st 20.0 4 10 Wessex 19.5 4 11 Home House 22.0 3 12 BCM 19.5 2
Rolf Sander reports: From 12th to 20th of January an IM (Cat.5) tournament was held at the Koenigsspringer (king's knight) Club in Hamburg. GM and former senior wm Janis Kovans, IM David Gross and IM Petr Velicka were invited to play against several local players and the young danish brothers Bekker Jensen. The organizers were happy to see two IM norms fulfilled by Carl Christian Buhr from the organizing club and by tournament winner Simon Bekker Jensen. Due to the tight schedule with two double rounds the number of short draws was quite high.
Club Koenigsspringer. have an internet site: http://www.typolog.de/ksh/homepage.htm
Hamburg GER (GER), I 1999 cat. V (2354)
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1 Bekker-Jensen, Simon DEN 2260 * = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 7.5 2495
2 Buhr, Carl Christian GER 2320 = * 1 = = = = = = = 1 1 7.0 2459
3 Gustafsson, Jan GER 2410 0 0 * = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 = 6.5 2414
4 Velicka, Petr m CZE 2465 = = = * = = = = = = 1 = 6.0 2380
5 Gross, David m CZE 2435 = = 0 = * = = 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2382
6 Klovans, Janis m LAT 2465 = = 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 6.0 2380
7 Lamprecht, Frank f GER 2395 0 = = = = = * = = 1 0 1 5.5 2350
8 Wendt, Jan-Dietrich GER 2295 = = 0 = 0 = = * = 1 = 1 5.5 2359
9 Pajeken, Wolfgang GER 2285 = = = = = = = = * 0 = = 5.0 2324
10 Petrosian, Suren ARM 2375 0 = = = = = 0 0 1 * = = 4.5 2287
11 Bekker-Jensen, David DEN 2255 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = = * = 3.5 2230
12 Lindinger, Markus GER 2290 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = = = * 3.0 2185
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Antonio Bento reports: The Brasilia Maalox Plus Open Tournament was held January 21-24, in Naoum Plaza Hotel - Brasilia City - Brasil. The event was won by Grand Master Jaime Sunye Neto with 6/7 pts. Other top scores: 2/9 m Everaldo Matsuura, m Herman van Riemsdijk m Darcy Gustavo Lima f Jefferson Pelikian, f Rodrigo Disconzi da Silva, Lincoln da Silva Lucena ,g Alejandro Hoffman, Luizmar Jorge de Brito 5.5 pts Full results list is available in the file "final.zip". Games will be send later. Best Regards International arbiter Antonio Bento
Brasilia Maalox Plus Open 21-24 jan 1999 - Brasilia city - Brasil
Ranking after round 7
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 2 g Jaime Sunye Neto 6.0 33.5 28.00 26.0 2520 2542 +0.12
2. 6 m Everaldo Matsuura 5.5 33.5 24.75 25.5 2400 2431 +0.18
5 m Herman C van Riemsdijk 5.5 35.0 26.50 25.0 2405 2428 +0.11
3 m Darcy Gustavo M V Lima 5.5 32.0 23.75 24.5 2480 2364 -0.73
4 f Jefferson Pelikian 5.5 32.0 24.00 24.0 2415 2302 -0.66
7 f Rodrigo Disconzi da Silva 5.5 30.0 21.25 23.5 2355 2326 -0.24
14 Lincoln da Silva Lucena 5.5 29.5 21.25 23.5 2245 2317 +0.53
1 g Alejandro Hoffman 5.5 31.5 23.50 22.5 2525 2299 -1.08
12 Luizmar Jorge de Brito 5.5 29.5 22.25 21.5 2255 2243 -0.06
10. 17 Adriano Valle de Sousa 5.0 31.5 21.25 22.0 2210 2243 +0.31
9 f Edson Kenji Tsuboi 5.0 29.5 18.50 22.0 2300 2263 -0.25
18 Gerson Peres Batista 5.0 27.0 17.75 21.5 2206 2085 -0.86
15 Davy Maurice D'Israel 5.0 27.5 17.25 21.5 2240 2157 -0.60
22 Julio Cesar A Ramos 5.0 31.5 21.25 21.5 2082 2249 +1.57
21 Carlos Alberto Viana Jr 5.0 29.5 18.50 21.0 2111 2174 +0.59
11 f Ricardo Benares Leitao 5.0 29.0 19.50 21.0 2275 2146 -0.88
16 Fernando Cesar Frare 5.0 29.0 18.50 20.5 2225 2119 -0.74
10 f Adriano von P Rodrigues 5.0 26.5 17.00 19.5 2295 2077 -1.00
19. 25 Agostinho Jose da S Sb 4.5 29.5 14.25 20.5 2059 2163 +0.92
23 Eduardo Blank Goncalves 4.5 28.0 15.50 20.0 2080 2081 +0.02
20 Carlos Alessandro A Silva 4.5 27.0 16.75 19.5 2129 1985 -1.17
34 Helder Gaioso Pinto 4.5 26.5 14.50 19.5 1929 2004 +0.34
35 Joao Otavio B Demasi 4.5 28.5 15.00 19.5 1924 2044 +0.58
27 Fernando Vicente Vivaldo 4.5 29.0 18.00 18.5 2039 2028 -0.04
49 Renan B Monteiro Soares 4.5 27.0 15.00 18.5 1845 2109 +1.06
56 Caio de Mello Sales 4.5 27.5 15.00 18.5 1800 2156 +1.95
86 Anmartom Mugabe Martins 4.5 30.0 18.00 18.5 0000 2145 +1.00
40 Jose Carlos G Vieira 4.5 26.0 16.75 18.0 1914 1872 -0.17
43 Severino Pereira Januario 4.5 26.5 13.75 18.0 1893 2143 +1.55
19 Werton Alvarenga Bastos 4.5 24.5 13.25 17.5 2151 1944 -1.52
112 Ricardo Rizzo C Galvao 4.5 26.0 15.75 17.0 0000 1984 +1.00
13 Waldemiro S de Andrade 4.5 24.5 14.75 16.0 2250 1877 -2.08
26 Augusto Cesar R da Silva 4.5 25.5 15.50 15.5 2049 1949 -0.55
34. 29 Roberto S Lessa Feitosa 4.0 26.5 12.50 18.0 1991 2077 +0.74
31 Tarcisio C de Carvalho 4.0 26.0 12.50 17.0 1945 2071 +0.90
82 Sherine Ibrahim Shaaban 4.0 28.0 14.25 17.0 1800 2030 +1.74
45 Jose E Bernardo Santos 4.0 27.0 12.00 17.0 1879 2001 +0.75
52 Sergio Carlos M Araujo 4.0 29.0 16.00 16.5 1824 2050 +1.82
37 Zich Moyses Junior 4.0 25.5 11.75 16.5 1921 1992 +0.60
30 Luis Henrique P Coelho 4.0 25.0 12.50 16.0 1973 1974 +0.00
32 Helio Marcio P Coutinho 4.0 22.5 11.00 16.0 1940 1895 -0.26
84 Valdir Uchoa Ribeiro Jr 4.0 26.5 14.00 15.0 1800 1955 +1.26
42 Helio Cardoso 4.0 23.5 9.00 15.0 1899 1943 +0.30
47 Igor Oscar Lutz 4.0 24.0 11.25 14.5 1873 1891 +0.15
41 Cicero A Cardoso Junior 4.0 20.0 9.50 14.0 1911 2029 +0.47
111 Renato Sousa Neves 4.0 22.5 9.75 14.0 0000 1839 1839
62 Fernando Gomes Machado 4.0 21.5 9.50 13.5 1800 1848 -0.01
66 Halex Campos Butneko 4.0 21.5 10.50 13.0 1800 2079 +1.36
113 Silvano Rodrigues da Silva 4.0 22.5 12.00 13.0 0000 1866 +0.50
71 Joao Carlos da Costa 4.0 24.0 10.50 13.0 1800 1824 +0.12
63 Geraldo Nogueira de Lima 4.0 20.5 8.00 11.0 1800 2220 +0.86
52. 33 Alexandre Pacheco Saraiva 3.5 27.5 10.25 18.0 1935 1728 -0.86
53 Jose Gomes da S Filho 3.5 29.0 12.25 17.5 1802 2023 +1.00
61 Ernesto Guevara B Reis 3.5 28.5 13.00 17.5 1800 1996 +1.36
90 Cassio Rota 3.5 26.0 11.75 17.0 0000 1976 1976
55 Artur Jose Soares Matos 3.5 24.5 11.25 16.0 1800 1877 +0.32
39 Ricardo da Silva Rabello 3.5 25.0 8.25 15.5 1915 2021 +0.70
57 Claudio Jose Ferreira 3.5 26.5 10.75 15.0 1800 1760 -0.13
72 Jose G Lima Rodrigues 3.5 25.5 10.75 14.0 1800 1923 +0.94
58 Danilo E Neves Rosa 3.5 23.5 9.75 14.0 1800 1747 -0.12
64 Gilsomar Silva Barbalho 3.5 23.5 8.25 13.5 1800 1750 -0.18
110 Raul di Sergi Baylao 3.5 23.0 12.25 13.0 0000 1892 +0.50
81 Pedro Vieira de Sousa 3.5 25.0 10.25 13.0 1800 1848 +0.34
121 Werner C J Becker 3.5 23.0 9.00 13.0 0000 1743 1743
54 Alexandre Pinto de Miranda 3.5 20.5 7.75 12.5 1800 1812 +0.02
95 Danilo Nunes Vasconcelos 3.5 24.0 12.00 12.0 0000 1868 1868
67. 28 Guilherme Bueno de Paula 3.0 28.5 10.00 17.0 2000 1862 -0.68
46 Gilmar Dias Machado 3.0 26.5 9.00 15.0 1876 1457 -0.54
51 Jose Luiz Dischinger 3.0 25.5 8.00 15.0 1833 1342 -1.04
50 Jose Domingos Ramacciotti 3.0 27.0 11.25 14.5 1843 1767 -0.25
44 Sergio Renato Rastoldo 3.0 23.5 8.25 13.5 1885 1792 -0.38
96 Diego Lima Wilhelms 3.0 24.5 9.75 13.0 0000 1792 1792
59 Emiliano Piskator A Silva 3.0 23.5 7.00 13.0 1800 1360 -0.40
67 Henrique Camara Ferreira 3.0 22.0 4.00 12.0 1800 1429 -0.56
69 Ivo Pereira de Arruda Fo 3.0 23.0 5.00 12.0 1800 1416 -0.60
94 Daniel Rehfeld 3.0 24.0 8.50 12.0 0000 1727 1727
73 Jose Gomes da Silva 3.0 25.0 10.00 12.0 1800 1826 +0.12
38 Jose Pacifico de Lima Fo 3.0 22.5 5.00 12.0 1920 1328 -1.14
91 Cicero Ricardo F Farias 3.0 23.5 9.00 12.0 0000 1749 1749
92 Cristiano Leandro Oliveira 3.0 22.5 6.75 12.0 0000 1738 1738
76 Mauro Rogerio P de Araujo 3.0 23.0 8.50 11.5 1800 1313 -0.75
87 Annielo Olinto G Greco Jr 3.0 25.5 9.00 11.0 0000 1768 1768
89 Carlos Ramos Villares 3.0 25.0 9.50 11.0 0000 1703 1703
107 Marcelo Bruno Rodrigues 3.0 22.5 9.00 11.0 0000 1796 1796
48 Wagner Silva Meira 3.0 20.0 5.50 11.0 1848 1361 -0.50
117 Thales Braghini Leao 3.0 17.5 4.75 9.5 0000 1728 1728
93 Daniel Martins C Preta 3.0 20.0 4.75 9.0 0000 1616 1616
80 Paulo G Teixeira Freire 3.0 21.5 10.50 9.0 1800 2129 +0.38
119 Ubirajara Jardim 3.0 18.5 5.00 8.0 0000 1800 1800
106 Lenita Leite Pinho 3.0 18.5 5.50 8.0 0000 1626 1626
91. 36 Milton Goncalves Sanchez 2.5 28.0 7.75 13.5 1922 1894 -0.20
75 Luis Horacio S Vieira 2.5 23.0 4.50 11.0 1800 1355 -0.63
77 Maximiliano do R Barros 2.5 25.0 7.00 10.0 1800 1553 -0.14
65 Gustavo Soares Gollo 2.5 23.0 7.50 9.5 1800 1738 -0.02
100 Joao Batista Rodrigues 2.5 23.5 6.25 9.5 0000 1548 1548
105 Jose Soares da Silva 2.5 19.0 4.50 8.5 0000 1576 1576
88 Antonio Vivacqua Belotti 2.5 16.0 5.75 7.5 0000 1782 0
74 Jose Ribamar Assuncao 2.5 19.5 3.75 6.0 1800 1568 -0.06
109 Pedro Batista Oliveira 2.5 20.0 3.75 6.0 0000 1489 1489
100. 101 Joao Paulo G Puljiz 2.0 23.5 6.50 10.0 0000 1687 1687
79 Nirce Neves Barreto 2.0 20.5 3.00 9.0 1800 1324 -0.72
83 Tiago Batista de Oliveira 2.0 23.5 5.00 9.0 1800 1265 -1.24
115 Sued Oliveira Gomes 2.0 20.5 4.00 9.0 0000 1670 1670
114 Simao P Dias 2.0 21.0 3.75 7.0 0000 1123 1123
68 Igor Damasceno Reis 2.0 19.5 3.25 6.5 1800 1678 -0.03
97 Felipe B Rabello 2.0 18.5 1.00 6.0 0000 1183 1183
104 Jose Augusto Ferreira 2.0 17.5 3.50 6.0 0000 1528 1528
99 George Washington R Santos 2.0 19.0 1.75 5.0 0000 1583 1583
102 Jonas Lima dos Santos 2.0 18.0 1.00 4.0 0000 1148 1148
110. 24 Marcos Maldonado Roland 1.5 27.5 15.75 10.0 2080 1993 -0.18
103 Jose Arlindo do Carmo 1.5 24.0 5.25 7.0 0000 1623 1623
108 Marcos Barra Soares 1.5 19.0 4.50 6.5 0000 1661 1661
116 Tellio Arrais Lima 1.5 19.0 2.50 5.0 0000 1123 0
98 Gabriel de O Becker 1.5 17.5 1.25 3.0 0000 1200 0
115. 60 Erasmo de Castro Leite Jr 1.0 25.5 13.50 7.0 1800 - +0.00
85 Wilson Queiroz Pessoa 1.0 20.0 3.50 6.0 1800 1269 -0.90
70 Januario Pereira do Couto 1.0 21.5 6.25 5.5 1800 1618 -0.04
120 Valbert Alves de Melo 1.0 15.0 2.25 5.0 0000 1123 1123
119. 8 Paulo Cesar de S Haro 0.0 24.5 12.25 0.0 2305 - +0.00
78 Miguel Arcanjo Batista 0.0 16.5 1.00 0.0 1800 1529 -0.08
118 Tiago F Vasconcellos 0.0 18.0 6.25 0.0 0000 1123 0
Michael Atkins reports: 131 players participated in this years Virginia Open held in Fredericksburg. The Open section had a three way tie for first at 4-1 with IM Adrian Negulescu, FM Emory Tate and NM Leonid Filatov. At 3.5/5 in a six way tie for 4th and 4th/ class prizes were IMs Richard Delaune and Larry Kaufman, NM Stan Fink, Frank Gomez, Ron Nichols and Marvin Lazo. Lance Rackham took clear first in the 94 player Amateur section with 5.5/6 Tied for second with 5-1 were Jamarl Thomas, Marvin Wilson, Stephen Jablon and David Prevost.
Dr. Tor Rønnow of Denmark is carrying out a survey of chess
players. The purpose of the survey is to investigate, whether certain
profiles can be ascribed to strong players as opposed to weaker players -
then it might be clear, what the weaker players need to care about if they
want to improve their game.
http://www.bagkost.dk/chesssur.htm
The second edition of Advanced Chess will be held in Leon from 11 to 14 of June 1999, it will be a match between Number 1 and Number 2 of the World in the current official ELO ratings, Gary Kasparov and Wiswanathan Anand. They will be helped by powerful computers and the German program FRITZ5, World Champion of Chess Programs. Last year in León, it was the first time that a match of this kind was played, between Kasparov and the GM Topalov, it finished 3 to 3 and it was a big success. The spectators can look at all what the players analyse with Fritz 5, their evaluation, way of search the best moves, doubts, etc., through the monitors, and besides, thanks to the comments of strong Spanish players like GM Miguel Illescas and GM Felix Izeta, they receive clear explanations of the moves, so the spectators can obtain a complete information of all the interesting things of the games. The match will also be transmitted on line to the Internet.
The sponsors of this match are: AYUNTAMIENTO DE LEÓN, DIPUTACIÓN PROVINCIAL, JUNTA DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN Y UNIVERSIDAD DE LEÓN, joined with : IBERIA, LLADRÓ, LA CAIXA, AB ASESORES AND CHESSBASE. Thanks to all of them this match is possible, the budget is 22.500.000 pesetas.
Schedule of Kasparov - Anand Leon 1999 Advanced Chess. LEON From 11th to 14th of JUNE 1999
Thursday 10.- Arrival of both players. 20.00 h .- Kasparov’s Press Conference. 20.30 h.- Anand’s Press Conference.
Friday 11.- 16.30 h.- Beginning of 1st Game. 18.45 h.- Beginning of 2nd Game. 21.00 h.- Kasparov’s Press Conference. 21.10 h.- Anand’s Press Conference.
Saturday 12 .- 16.30h.- Beginning of 3rd Game. 18.30h.- Break. 18.45h.- Beginning of 4th Game. 21.00h.- Kasparov‘s Press Conference. 21.10h.- Anand’s Press Conference.
Sunday 13 .- 16.30h.- Beginning of 5th Game. 18.30h.- Break. 18.45h.- Beginning of 6th Game 21.00h.- Kasparov’s Press Conference. 21.10h.- Anand’s Press Conference.
Monday 14.- 12.30 h.- Closing ceremony and Prize Giving. 13.30 h.- Press Conference. 18.30 h.- Exhibition of Anand against local players at the University of Leon.
The February First Saturday chesss tournament will take place in Budapest from 6th of February. There are four events:
1. GM closed tournament cat.VII-VIII. for the GM-norms,/10-14 participants/, 2. IM-closed tmt cat.I-III. for the IM-norms,/10-14 players/, 3. ELO-closed tmt for the ratings,/minimally 9 games/ 4. Scheveningen system tmt for the nonrated players who wants to make ELO- ratings /9 games/.
Contact: Nagy, Laszlo, the organizer Tel-fax: (361)-2632859 E-mail: 100263.1700@compuserve.com Webpage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
The QVB Qantas Challenge IM tournament starts today, with several Australian and overseas players competing for the chance to gain an IM-norm result. Final results of the QVB Open weekender will appear soon.