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Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee tournament A 35 games Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee tournament B 30 games Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee tournament Blitz 1 game Adams-Seirawan in Bermuda 5 games Krasnoyarsk Tournament 10 games Vince Toth Memorial 10 games Open "Hotel Ciudad de Ubeda" 99 games Israeli League 112 games Trenque Lauquen Masters 28 games 4NCL 48 games Brasilia Maalox Plus Open 99 games Aus Junior Champ 298 games Virginia Open corrections 2 games
My thanks to Ram Soffer, Maximiliano Alvarez, John Saunders, Nigel Freeman, Antonio Bento, Michael Atkins, Albert Silver, Julio Alberto González, Ian Murray and all those who helped with this issue.
Kasparov duly won the Hoogovens tournament in Wijk aan Zee, in what he described as the tournament of his life. In the end he won by only half a point from his closest rival Viswanathan Anand. Both players showed their style, Kasparov energised throughout the event played the more active chess, Anand made use of his natural languid style. A match between the two (they last played in 1995) would be difficult to predict. Nevertheless after a disappointing and relatively inactive year Kasparov has reaffirmed himself and the man to shoot at. Linares will be another test for the pair at the end of the month.
FIDE should be in a position to clarify what is happening about their Championships this week or early next. They still believe it will be in Las Vegas, that remains to be seen, the American organisers had withdrawn last week, can they get back on track?
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Hoogovens tournament in Wijk aan Zee ran January 15-31st 1999. My thanks to Niek Verweij of Lost Boys for his help.
Garry Kasparov's won the Category 17 61st Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee tournament with 10/13. The event included a seven game winning run from Kasparov. This run was brought to an end by a poor game where Kasparov forgot some old theory and was quickly demolished. However it was his only real weak moment in the event. Anand and Kasparov met in round 10 and the game was a draw. Kasparov himself thought his game against Peter Svidler, that eventually sealed his win in the event was his best and most important, but he is likely to be remembered for his win against Topalov in round 4. Kasparov described the event as "this was by far the best tournament in my life" believing he met some very strong resistance from all his opponents. He expressed the belief that due to computers his preparation is now the strongest it has ever been. "I can go into positions I wouldn't have dared play before. I do a lot of work and thanks to the computer, I just know the outcome of certain positions." (he cited his draw against Kramnik and his 12. ...e6 against Shirov as examples of positions which he could analyse only with the aid of computers and that he would not have thought to play before.
Undefeated and in second place was Viswanathan Anand. He too had a great tournament scoring 9.5 points, just half a point behind Kasparov and with a score that would normally have taken the event. He was less spectacular than Kasparov drawing a number of biteless games with black when his opponents wanted a draw but he won 5/6 of his games with white. It should be noted Kasparov had 7 whites to Anand's 6, a small advantage, that may have proved significant, especially in such a high scoring event. Nevertheless both players have a great deal to be pleased about the event. Kasparov said that he had already had an offer on the table for a $3m match if Anand wants it. However Anand may believe that he holds many of the best cards now if Kasparov wants a match against a credible opponent.
In third, performing almost exactly to his rating was Kramnik. He was ill for the final rounds but nevertheless was undefeated. Kramnik hasn't made a great impression recently, but he is still obviously world number 3.
In the four way tie for fourth, three players will have been delighted, Sokolov, Piket and Timman. Shirov, perhaps less so. He was probably only half a point short of achieving his own rating however. At the start of the event he talked about offers that he believes were never fully concrete from Kasparov for a match but seems to have been left in limbo after his victory over Kramnik for which he has not been paid. Events have perhaps moved on and only Anand's reluctance to play ball with Kasparov (I think especially over the timing of a match) may save Shirov's right to play Kasparov.
Ivanchuk, Svidler and Topalov all had their moments but ended with slightly disappointing results. Nevertheless they fully contributed to what has been a great tournament.
Official coverage by Lost Boys: http://chess.lostcity.nl/hoogovens/ and full daily coverage on TWIC's pages also.
Marcel Winkels sends a gamescore first given by Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam in Vrij Nederland which was a reconstructed (by Kasparov) version of his blitz game against Anand. (The move order may not be 100%)
A Tournament
Round 9 (1999.01.26)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 27 C42 Petroff defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Kasparov, Gary 1-0 28 E59 Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 44 A58 Benko gambit
Shirov, Alexei - Yermolinsky, Alex 1-0 24 B12 Caro-Kann
Timman, Jan H - Svidler, Peter 1/2 30 D91 Gruenfeld indian
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 43 D47 Semi-Slav
Reinderman, Dimitri - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 38 B46 Sicilian
Round 10 (1999.01.28)
Kasparov, Gary - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 D27 QGA;
Kramnik, Vladimir - Timman, Jan H 1-0 41 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Svidler, Peter 1/2 16 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 58 C11 French; Classical
Van Wely, Loek - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 34 A17 English; 1.c4
Yermolinsky, Alex - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 70 E71 Kings indian
Reinderman, Dimitri - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 36 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Round 11 (1999.01.29)
Anand, Viswanathan - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 60 B35 Sicilian
Sokolov, Ivan - Yermolinsky, Alex 1-0 32 D55 QGD;
Piket, Jeroen - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 38 E99 Kings indian; Main line
Shirov, Alexei - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 44 B46 Sicilian
Timman, Jan H - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 16 B81 Sicilian
Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 27 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 27 B53 Sicilian
Round 12 (1999.01.30)
Kasparov, Gary - Svidler, Peter 1-0 31 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Piket, Jeroen - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 37 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 12 C42 Petroff defence
Topalov, Veselin - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 28 C67 Ruy Lopez
Van Wely, Loek - Timman, Jan H 0-1 29 A17 English; 1.c4
Yermolinsky, Alex - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 19 D27 QGA;
Reinderman, Dimitri - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 45 C42 Petroff defence
Round 13 (1999.01.31)
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 41 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 28 D49 Meran Variation
Sokolov, Ivan - Reinderman, Dimitri 1/2 47 E76 Kings indian
Shirov, Alexei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 45 B77 Sicilian; Dragon
Timman, Jan H - Yermolinsky, Alex 1-0 39 B50 Sicilian
Svidler, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 29 B78 Sicilian; Dragon
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 24 C54 Italian game
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), I 1999 cat. XVII (2674)
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 * = = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2874
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2784 = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2840
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 = = * = = 1 1 = = = = = 1 = 8.0 2755
4 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2610 1 = = * = 0 = 0 = = = 1 1 = 7.0 2708
5 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2609 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 = = = = 7.0 2708
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2726 0 = 0 1 = * = = = = = = 1 1 7.0 2699
7 Timman, Jan H g NED 2649 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2705
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 = = = 1 0 = 0 * = = = = = 1 6.5 2671
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 0 = = = = = = = * = 1 = = = 6.5 2671
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = = * = 1 0 1 6.0 2643
11 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2595 0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 5.0 2593
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2636 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 4.5 2567
13 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2597 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 * = 4.0 2539
14 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2542 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 3.0 2473
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Hoogovens B
Round 7 (1999.01.26)
Glek, Igor V - Ionov, Sergey 0-1 42 B65 Sicilian
Nijboer, Friso - Brodsky, Michail 1-0 38 B47 Sicilian
Bauer, Christian - De Vreugt, Dennis 0-1 54 C54 Italian game
Janssen, Ruud - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 23 A11 English; 1.c4
Bosch, Jeroen - Leitao, Rafael 0-1 42 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Van den Doel, Erik - Lputian, Smbat G 0-1 38 C17 French; Winawer
Round 8 (1999.01.28)
Lputian, Smbat G - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 41 A45 Queen's pawn
Leitao, Rafael - Janssen, Ruud 1/2 117 E39 Nimzo indian
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 38 B87 Sicilian
De Vreugt, Dennis - Ionov, Sergey 0-1 41 B14 Caro-Kann
Brodsky, Michail - Glek, Igor V 1/2 38 C07 French; Tarrasch
Bauer, Christian - Bosch, Jeroen 1/2 37 A81 Dutch defence
Round 9 (1999.01.29)
Ionov, Sergey - Brodsky, Michail 1/2 23 E19 Nimzo indian
Glek, Igor V - Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 34 C09 French; Tarrasch
Nijboer, Friso - Van der Wiel, John T.H 0-1 72 C88 Ruy Lopez
Janssen, Ruud - Bauer, Christian 1-0 69 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Bosch, Jeroen - De Vreugt, Dennis 0-1 61 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Van den Doel, Erik - Leitao, Rafael 0-1 45 B52 Sicilian
Round 10 (1999.01.30)
Lputian, Smbat G - Ionov, Sergey 1/2 77 D27 QGA;
Leitao, Rafael - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 37 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Glek, Igor V 0-1 56 C03 French; Tarrasch
De Vreugt, Dennis - Brodsky, Michail 1-0 40 B47 Sicilian
Bauer, Christian - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 36 D43 Semi-Slav
Bosch, Jeroen - Janssen, Ruud 1/2 37 B45 Sicilian
Round 11 (1999.01.31)
Ionov, Sergey - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 12 B07 Pirc
Glek, Igor V - Leitao, Rafael 1/2 73 B50 Sicilian
Nijboer, Friso - Bauer, Christian 1-0 40 C10 French
Brodsky, Michail - Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 41 C09 French; Tarrasch
Janssen, Ruud - De Vreugt, Dennis 1/2 54 A16 English; 1.c4
Van den Doel, Erik - Bosch, Jeroen 1/2 9 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
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 1 1 8.5 2722
2 Leitao, Rafael m BRA 2545 = * = = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 7.5 2650
3 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2551 = = * = 1 = 1 = = 1 = = 7.0 2618
4 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2529 = = = * 0 1 1 1 = = = 1 7.0 2620
5 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2566 = = 0 1 * = 0 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2580
6 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2534 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2583
7 De Vreugt, Dennis NED 2378 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 = 1 = 5.0 2496
8 Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2530 = = = 0 = 0 0 * = = = 1 4.5 2453
9 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2528 0 = = = = 0 0 = * 0 = 1 4.0 2417
10 Janssen, Ruud NED 2445 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = 1 * = = 4.0 2424
11 Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2470 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = * = 3.0 2349
12 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2547 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = = * 2.5 2306
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A 10 game match between Mickey Adams and Yasser Seirawan, runs 21st January to 1st February 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. Seirawan won game 6 and Adams levelled by winning game 8.
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
Seirawan, Yasser - Adams, Michael 1/2 21 E12 Nimzo indian
Adams, Michael - Seirawan, Yasser 0-1 41 B12 Caro-Kann
Seirawan, Yasser - Adams, Michael 1/2 47 B07 Pirc
Adams, Michael - Seirawan, Yasser 1-0 28 B12 Caro-Kann
Seirawan, Yasser - Adams, Michael 1/2 28 E12 Nimzo indian
Bermuda (), I-II 1999
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Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 1 = = 0 = 0 = 1 = . 4.5 2643
Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2643 0 = = 1 = 1 = 0 = . 4.5 2716
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Etienne Bacrot leads with 7.5/9 in the 13 player invitational event. Note that I had an old rating for Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez.
Round 1 (1999.01.21)
Gershon, Alik - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 61 D27 QGA;Chandler, Murray G - Teplitsky, Yan 1-0 40 B83 Sicilian
Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis - Pelletier, Yannick 0-1 29 B87 Sicilian
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 22 B06 Modern defence
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1/2 62 C11 French; Classical
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
Pelletier, Yannick - Thorhallsson, Throstur 0-1 38 D26 QGA;
Ashley, Maurice - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1/2 29 B32 Sicilian
Teplitsky, Yan - Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis 1-0 41 D34 Queen's gambit
Elbilia, Jacques - Gershon, Alik 1/2 43 E32 Nimzo indian
Round 3 (1999.01.23)
Bacrot, Etienne - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 43 E18 Nimzo indian
Chandler, Murray G - Ashley, Maurice 1/2 21 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 0-1 42 C69 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Teplitsky, Yan 1/2 23 B57 Sicilian
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 25 B01 Scandinavian
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
Gershon, Alik - Forster, Richard 1/2 39 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Ashley, Maurice - Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis 0-1 21 C18 French; Winawer
Teplitsky, Yan - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 47 E98 Kings indian; Main line
Elbilia, Jacques - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1/2 28 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Round 5 (1999.01.26)
Bacrot, Etienne - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1/2 13 D10 Slav defence
Chandler, Murray G - Elbilia, Jacques 1/2 23 E13 Nimzo indian
Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis - Waitzkin, Joshua 1-0 28 B57 Sicilian
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Ashley, Maurice 1-0 54 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Gershon, Alik 1/2 22 B66 Sicilian
Pelletier, Yannick - Teplitsky, Yan 1/2 27 D38 Queen's gambit
Round 6 (1999.01.27)
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 31 D93 Gruenfeld indian
Waitzkin, Joshua - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1-0 54 C11 French; Classical
Gershon, Alik - Chandler, Murray G 1-0 38 D36 Queen's gambit
Forster, Richard - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1-0 41 B06 Modern defence
Ashley, Maurice - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 20 C45 Scottish
Elbilia, Jacques - Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis 0-1 55 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 7 (1999.01.28)
Bacrot, Etienne - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 51 D20 QGA;
Chandler, Murray G - Forster, Richard 1-0 25 B01 Scandinavian
Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis - Gershon, Alik 1/2 35 B56 Sicilian
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Elbilia, Jacques 1/2 26 C17 French; Winawer
Pelletier, Yannick - Ashley, Maurice 1/2 41 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Teplitsky, Yan - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1/2 49 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 8 (1999.01.29)
Waitzkin, Joshua - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 70 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Gershon, Alik - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1/2 96 D27 QGA;
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Chandler, Murray G 1/2 16 B30 Sicilian
Forster, Richard - Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis 1/2 13 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Ashley, Maurice - Teplitsky, Yan 1-0 41 B80 Sicilian
Elbilia, Jacques - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 35 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Round 9 (1999.01.30)
Bacrot, Etienne - Gershon, Alik 1/2 23 E12 Nimzo indian
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Ashley, Maurice 1-0 42 D00 Queen's pawn
Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1/2 17 B30 Sicilian
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Forster, Richard 0-1 28 B00 1.e4
Pelletier, Yannick - Elbilia, Jacques 1-0 21 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Teplitsky, Yan - Waitzkin, Joshua 0-1 38 D45 Semi-Slav
Round 10 (1999.02.01)
Waitzkin, Joshua - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1/2 34 C47 Four knights
Gershon, Alik - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 32 D43 Semi-Slav
Chandler, Murray G - Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis 1-0 31 A90 Dutch defence
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1/2 23 C13 French; Classical
Forster, Richard - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 40 B06 Modern defence
Elbilia, Jacques - Teplitsky, Yan 1/2 76 E32 Nimzo indian
Bermuda (), I-II 1999 cat. X (2479)
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1 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2555 *===..1.11111 7.5 / 9 2742
2 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2480 =*=.11==.11=. 6.5 / 9 2660
3 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2480 ==*==01=1=.1. 6.0 /10 2561
4 Gershon, Alik m ISR 2460 =.=*1====1..= 5.5 / 9 2561
5 Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2520 .0=0*1.=1.=1= 5.0 / 9 2501
6 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis m ESP 2440 .01=0*.==0101 4.5 /10 2437
7 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2495 0=0=..*=011== 4.5 /10 2441
8 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2485 .======*0.=.= 4.0 / 9 2423
9 Forster, Richard m SUI 2475 0.0=0=11*.0.= 3.5 / 9 2396
10 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2525 00=0.10..*==1 3.5 / 9 2388
11 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2490 00..=00=1=*1. 3.5 / 9 2412
12 Teplitsky, Yan m CAN 2460 0=0.01=..=0*= 3.0 / 9 2357
13 Elbilia, Jacques f MAR 2360 0..==0===0.=* 3.0 / 9 2365
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There was a tournament that took place in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. 18-28 January. The first two rounds are available.
Round 1 (1999.01.18)
Logunov, M - Kovalev, Andrei 1-0 41 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Khasin, Alexander - Efimov, Arkadij 1-0 39 A37 English; 1.c4 c5
Makarov, Marat - Shmakov, D.N 1-0 26 E17 Nimzo indian
Alekseev, Vadim - Kotsur, Pavel 1/2 81 E60 Kings indian
Vnukov, Anatolij - Peregudov, Nickolai 0-1 35 A55 Benoni
Sisish, Vladimir - Shramov, I.V 0-1 29 B85 Sicilian
Round 2 (1999.01.19)
Shramov, I.V - Logunov, M 1/2 21 E57 Nimzo indian
Alekseev, Vadim - Sisish, Vladimir 1-0 41 A00 Irregular
Kotsur, Pavel - Peregudov, Nickolai 1/2 12 B52 Sicilian
Efimov, Arkadij - Makarov, Marat 1/2 21 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Kovalev, Andrei - Khasin, Alexander 1/2 11 D14 Slav defence
Shmakov, D.N - Vnukov, Anatolij 1/2 41 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Krasnoyarsk RUS (RUS), I 1999 cat. VII (2411)
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1 Logunov, M RUS 2455 * . . . = . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2608
2 Peregudov, Nickolai m KAZ 2435 . * . . . . = . . . 1 . 1.5 2603
3 Khasin, Alexander g RUS 2500 . . * . . . . 1 = . . . 1.5 2568
4 Makarov, Marat g RUS 2530 . . . * . . . = . 1 . . 1.5 2525
5 Shramov, I.V RUS 2380 = . . . * . . . . . . 1 1.5 2593
6 Alekseev, Vadim BLR 2355 . . . . . * = . . . . 1 1.5 2623
7 Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2515 . = . . . = * . . . . . 1.0 2395
8 Efimov, Arkadij f RUS 2300 . . 0 = . . . * . . . . 0.5 2322
9 Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2450 0 . = . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2284
10 Shmakov, D.N RUS 2365 . . . 0 . . . . . * = . 0.5 2224
11 Vnukov, Anatolij f RUS 2305 . 0 . . . . . . . = * . 0.5 2207
12 Sisish, Vladimir RUS 2345 . . . . 0 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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Albert Silver reports: The Vince Toth Memorial, a category 7 tournament is being held at the Clube de Xadrez Guanabara, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This event has been made possible due to the sponsorship by Vince Toth's son, Peter Toth. The event is being organized by GM Darcy Lima, president of the CBX (Brazilan Chess Federation), and Cristovam Kubrusly, technical director. The arbiters are IA Friedrich Salamon and Francisco Figueiredo. After 2 rounds, GM Sunye Neto leads with 2/2 followed by IM Eduardo Limp, IM Everaldo Matsuura, and GM Garcia Palermo with 1.5/2. Official site's URL: http://www.xadreznet.com/cxg/
Rio de Janeiro BRA (BRA), I 1999 cat. VII (2403)
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1 Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2520 * . . . . 1 . . 1 . 2.0
2 Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ITA 2470 . * . . = . . . . 1 1.5 2628
3 Limp, Eduardo BRA 2410 . . * . = . . . 1 . 1.5 2565
4 Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2400 . . . * . . . = . 1 1.5 2588
5 Izeta Txabarri, Felix g ESP 2445 . = = . * . . . . . 1.0 2440
6 De Souza, Mauro m BRA 2405 0 . . . . * 1 . . . 1.0 2402
7 Miranda, Marcio M.C f BRA 2285 . . . . . 0 * 1 . . 1.0 2385
8 Dumont, Sadi Glasser f BRA 2365 . . . = . . 0 * . . 0.5 2149
9 Fernandes, Jose Costa jr f BRA 2300 0 . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Galego, Luis m POR 2425 . 0 . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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Report from Maximiliano Alvarez. Konstantin Landa (2542) won the "Hotel Ciudad de Ubeda" Open (20-29 of January) in Spain with 8.5/10. He drew with Dreev, Akopian and Giorgadze. In second place on tie-break (also with 8.5) was Alexey Dreev who won the Ciudad de Linares Open two weeks ago.
Official coverage: http://ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez
1-2 Landa, Konstantin RUS 2542 8.5 60.0
Dreev, Alexey RUS 2639 8.5 59.0
3 Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2640 7.5 53.0
4-6 Barsov, Alexei UZB 2514 7 57.0
Giorgadze, Giorgi GEO 2616 7 53.0
Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G. ESP 2408 7 51.5
7-19 Asrian, Karen ARM 2576 6.5 59.0
Hamdouchi, Hichem MAR 2564 6.5 58.0
Tiviakov, Sergei RUS 2627 6.5 57.5
Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2482 6.5 57.0
Minasian, Artashes ARM 2594 6.5 57.0
Sashikiran, Krishnan IND 2535 6.5 56.5
Burmakin, Vladimir RUS 2534 6.5 56.0
Garcia, Silvino CUB 2420 6.5 55.5
Yegiazarian, Arsen ARM 2517 6.5 52.5
Sorokin, Maxim ARG 2551 6.5 51.5
Kharlov, Andrei RUS 2600 6.5 51.5
Aronian, Levon ARM 2502 6.5 51.0
Vera, Reynaldo CUB 2547 6.5 51.0
20-27 Becerra Rivero, Julio CUB 2535 6 54.5
Grigore, George ROM 2526 6 54.5
Rashkovsky, Nukhim RUS 2525 6 54.0
Moreno, Javier ARG 2449 6 51.5
Pedzich, Dominik POL 2436 6 51.5
Quinn, Mark IRL 2346 6 50.5
Ramesh, R. B. IND 2391 6 49.0
Konguvel, Ponnuswamy IND 2436 6 48.0
28-56 Summerscale, Aaron ENG 2440 5.5 55.0
Kreiman, Boris USA 2474 5.5 54.0
Svetushkin, Dmitry MDA 2471 5.5 53.0
Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael ESP 2295 5.5 53.0
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas KAZ 2547 5.5 52.5
Herrera, Irisberto CUB 2450 5.5 52.5
Bagaturov, Giorgi GEO 2543 5.5 52.0
Minasian, Ara ARM 2454 5.5 52.0
Salmensuu, Olli FIN 2449 5.5 51.5
Yandemirov, Valeri RUS 2475 5.5 51.0
Kalantarian, Norik ARM 2381 5.5 51.0
Ivanov, Jordan BUL 2359 5.5 50.5
Sulypa, Alexandre UKR 2424 5.5 50.5
Kunte, Abhijit IND 2455 5.5 50.5
Piankov, Evgenij UKR 2344 5.5 50.0
Holmsten, Aleksei FIN 2373 5.5 49.0
De La Villa, Jesus M. ESP 2463 5.5 48.5
Maherramzade, Javad AZE 2418 5.5 48.5
Prasad, Devaki V IND 2435 5.5 48.5
Gokhale, C. S. IND 2361 5.5 47.5
Saravanan, V IND 2396 5.5 47.0
Stefanova, Antonaeta BUL 2452 5.5 47.0
Kovacevic, Slobodan YUG 2442 5.5 46.5
Teran Alvarez, Ismael ESP 2342 5.5 46.0
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman IND 2329 5.5 46.0
Alonso, Salvador ARG 2339 5.5 44.5
Cano Sanchez, Josue ESP 5.5 44.5
Pilgaard, Kim DEN 2415 5.5 43.5
Peric, Slavisa YUG 2300 5.5 42.0
57-65 Genba, Vladimir RUS 2450 5 49.5
Bjerring, Kai DEN 2308 5 48.5
Bykhovsky, Anatoly RUS 2415 5 48.0
Saldano, Horacio ARG 2334 5 48.0
Fernandez B., Francisco J. ESP 2324 5 46.5
Pogorelov, Ruslan UKR 2512 5 46.0
Komljenovic, Davor CRO 2499 5 46.0
Payen, Arnaud FRA 2415 5 43.0
Pierrot, Facundo ARG 2442 5 42.0
66-74 Gaprindashvili, Valerian GEO 2414 4.5 55.5
Nouro, Mikael FIN 2354 4.5 48.5
Merino Garcia, Rafael ESP 2315 4.5 48.5
Zakarian, David ARM 2290 4.5 48.5
Ricardi, Pablo ARG 2527 4.5 48.0
Paschall, William M. USA 2321 4.5 47.0
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose MEX 2446 4.5 46.0
Fierro Baquero, Marta Lorena ECU 2242 4.5 42.0
Castillo Gallego, Sergio ESP 2136 4.5 40.0
107 players
The first 3 rounds of the Israel National League, were held in Tel Aviv January 8th, January 15th and 22nd. Ram Soffer sends the games.
Julio Alberto González reports: The Trenque Lauquen Masters took place October 9-12/1998, in "El Faro Hotel" of Trenque Lauquen City (Buenos Aires Province, Republica Argentina). The event was won by IM Fabian Fiorito. Trenque Lauquen Masters 1998.
Check out this site for more info on Argentine chess; http://www.geocities.com/~ajeinteg/
Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), X 1998 cat. II (2286)
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1 Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2425 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2503
2 Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2420 = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 5.0 2436
3 Llanos, Guillermo m ARG 2425 0 1 * = = = 1 1 4.5 2367
4 Mahia, Gustavo f ARG 2375 = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 4.5 2376
5 Diaz, Nahuel ARG 2355 = = = 0 * 1 1 = 4.0 2379
6 Pirotzky, Mario ARG 2145 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 2.5 2164
7 Recoulat, Eduardo J ARG 2145 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1.5 1956
8 De Lucas,Oscar ---- 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 1905
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FIDE were maintaining this week that their Championships were going to be in Las Vegas on the dates specified. As reported last week the American organisers had terminated their involvement in the event. I'm pretty sure this was the case. Whether FIDE have new proposals for the organisers, a new organiser, or haven't recognised the situation is unclear. The next week should tell.
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
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. Games now available.
Brasilia Maalox Plus Open 21-24 jan 1999 - Brasilia city - Brasil
Rankings 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
This year's national junior titles were held in sub-tropical Queensland, at Hervey Bay, whale-watching centre of Australia when some 2000 humpback whales take a break in the bay in August during their annual northern migration from Antarctic waters reports Ian Murray.
The four tournaments underlined the growing strength of junior chess down under - many of the players are already seasoned international campaigners from world and Asian age championships. David Smerdon won the Australian Junior event, Peter Jovanovic won the under 12's, Jasmine Lauer-Smith, Catherine Lip and Shiloh Norris scored 9.5/11 in the women's juniors. Robyn Gillett won the under 12 girls event.
1999 AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Player/Age/State Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Total 1 SMERDON David U16Q 1975 W 44 W 34 W 13 W 4 D 2 W 23 W 3 W 6 W 7 W 5 W 10 10.5 2 MOYLAN Laura U16A 1778 W 39 W 24 W 19 W 11 D 1 W 15 W 4 W 23 L 3 D 7 D 6 8.5 3 SOLOVEYCHIK Sasha U16V 1816 D 38 W 33 L 8 W 31 W 11 W 16 L 1 W 15 W 2 D 4 W 13 8 4 TAN Justin U14N 1717 W 29 W 17 W 15 L 1 W 19 W 14 L 2 W 9 W 16 D 3 D 7 8 5 SONTER Matthew U18Q 1484 W 48 D 8 L 14 L 39 W 45 W 46 W 30 W 13 W 23 L 1 W 15 7.5 6 ZONG-YUAN Zhao U14N 1793 W 28 D 16 W 50 D 10 D 23 W 17 D 7 L 1 D 15 W 14 D 2 7 7 RAPOSIO Robert U18N 1776 D 45 W 38 D 16 D 17 W 26 W 30 D 6 W 14 L 1 D 2 D 4 7 8 LIP Michael U16N 1739 W 18 D 5 W 3 L 23 D 12 W 43 D 25 L 16 D 33 W 37 W 17 7 9 BOURMISTROV Denis U14V 1629 W 30 W 25 L 11 L 36 W 41 W 29 W 12 L 4 W 18 L 10 W 21 7 10 DAVIES Shaun U18N 1588 W 22 W 42 D 23 D 6 L 15 L 12 W 39 W 25 W 21 W 9 L 1 7 11 CASTOR David U18N 1385 W 56 W 14 W 9 L 2 L 3 W 33 L 23 L 21 W 22 W 32 W 19 7 12 SAINT Andrew U18S 1302 W 57 L 15 W 33 D 16 D 8 W 10 L 9 W 22 L 14 W 30 W 27 7 13 NEMETH Janos U14V 1607 W 21 W 26 L 1 D 29 L 30 W 27 W 17 L 5 W 24 W 16 L 3 6.5 14 AYLING Simon U18W 1560 W 40 L 11 W 5 W 43 W 36 L 4 W 22 L 7 W 12 L 6 D 18 6.5 15 REJ Tomek U14N 1545 W 46 W 12 L 4 W 18 W 10 L 2 W 32 L 3 D 6 W 33 L 5 6.5 16 POON Nick U18Q 1504 W 52 D 6 D 7 D 12 W 39 L 3 W 26 W 8 L 4 L 13 W 33 6.5 17 URBAN Sylvester U14N 1427 W 49 L 4 W 22 D 7 W 46 L 6 L 13 W 39 W 20 W 23 L 8 6.5 18 MCDONALD Julian U16V 1187 L 8 W 47 W 20 L 15 L 33 W 51 W 50 W 31 L 9 W 25 D 14 6.5 19 MCKAY Chris U18W 1543 W 31 W 43 L 2 W 21 L 4 L 22 D 29 W 32 D 25 W 38 L 11 6 20 TAYLOR Leon U16W 1512 W 32 L 23 L 18 W 52 L 22 L 39 W 47 W 29 L 17 W 24 W 38 6 21 KINGSTON Robert U16Q 1124 L 13 W 56 W 35 L 19 W 47 L 25 W 36 W 11 L 10 W 26 L 9 6 22 WONGWICHIT Phachara U14Q 1124 L 10 W 51 L 17 W 49 W 20 W 19 L 14 L 12 L 11 W 43 W 37 6 23 CHARLES Gareth U16N 1861 W 27 W 20 D 10 W 8 D 6 L 1 W 11 L 2 L 5 L 17 D 30 5.5 24 CHEUNG Justin U18N 1487 W 47 L 2 L 29 D 32 L 38 W 45 W 27 W 41 L 13 L 20 W 50 5.5 25 RICHARDS Allan U18T 1448 W 53 L 9 D 30 W 45 D 29 W 21 D 8 L 10 D 19 L 18 D 32 5.5 26 RAFIZADEH Shervin U14A 1408 +F L 13 D 46 W 50 L 7 W 41 L 16 D 30 W 44 L 21 D 31 5.5 27 NISSEN Amir U14V 1274 L 23 D 32 W 55 L 46 W 34 L 13 L 24 W 53 W 50 W 42 L 12 5.5 28 GOWOR Jacob U16A 1229 L 6 L 52 D 48 D 51 W 49 L 31 W 54 L 42 W 53 D 45 W 44 5.5 29 LAM Anthony U16Q 1180 L 4 W 48 W 24 D 13 D 25 L 9 D 19 L 20 D 36 D 34 W 45 5.5 30 ROVERE Crispin U14W 1174 L 9 W 53 D 25 W 34 W 13 L 7 L 5 D 26 W 43 L 12 D 23 5.5 31 ZVEDENIOUK Ilya U14N 1097 L 19 W 44 W 42 L 3 L 43 W 28 W 35 L 18 L 37 W 36 D 26 5.5 32 GUTHRIE Aaron U18S 1052 L 20 D 27 W 37 D 24 W 42 W 36 L 15 L 19 W 39 L 11 D 25 5.5 33 BOWEN Leon U18V unr. W 36 L 3 L 12 W 54 W 18 L 11 W 38 W 43 D 8 L 15 L 16 5.5 34 TAN Chao U14V 1508 W 54 L 1 D 45 L 30 L 27 W 48 D 37 L 44 W 40 D 29 D 39 5 35 POON Timbi U14Q 1421 D 50 D 45 L 21 L 47 W 53 W 40 L 31 L 38 D 51 W 48 D 41 5 36 MCKAY Andrew U16W 1371 L 33 W 55 W 52 W 9 L 14 L 32 L 21 D 50 D 29 L 31 W 51 5 37 FITZPATRICK Andrew U16A 1280 D 55 L 50 L 32 W 48 D 40 D 47 D 34 W 52 W 31 L 8 L 22 5 38 CUELLAR Chris U18W 1270 D 3 L 7 W 44 L 41 W 24 D 50 L 33 W 35 W 42 L 19 L 20 5 39 O'SULLIVAN Richard U16W 1220 L 2 W 54 D 41 W 5 L 16 W 20 L 10 L 17 L 32 W 55 D 34 5 40 CARMICHAEL Stuart U16Q 1110 L 14 L 41 D 51 W 55 D 37 L 35 L 42 W 47 L 34 W 49 W 53 5 41 LAU Vincent U16Q unr. L 43 W 40 D 39 W 38 L 9 L 26 W 46 L 24 D 45 D 44 D 35 5 42 ONUFREICHUK Dima U16V 1401 W 51 L 10 L 31 W 53 L 32 L 52 W 40 W 28 L 38 L 27 D 43 4.5 43 LAUGERY David U16N 1329 W 41 L 19 W 49 L 14 W 31 L 8 W 52 L 33 L 30 L 22 D 42 4.5 44 RAKAUSKAS Rhys U16Q 1278 L 1 L 31 L 38 bye L 50 W 49 W 51 W 34 L 26 D 41 L 28 4.5 45 POULTON Chris U14A 1215 D 7 D 35 D 34 L 25 L 5 L 24 W 48 W 46 D 41 D 28 L 29 4.5 46 CAREY Mitchell U14Q 1100 L 15 W 57 D 26 W 27 L 17 L 5 L 41 L 45 W 52 L 50 W 56 4.5 47 TAYLOR Finley U14Q 1019 L 24 L 18 W 57 W 35 L 21 D 37 L 20 L 40 bye L 51 W 54 4.5 48 BECKETT Joel U16Q 992 L 5 L 29 D 28 L 37 W 55 L 34 L 45 bye W 56 L 35 W 57 4.5 49 GOULD Gary U16Q 637 L 17 bye L 43 L 22 L 28 L 44 W 56 D 54 W 57 L 40 W 55 4.5 50 ANDERSON Nathan U18Q unr. D 35 W 37 L 6 L 26 W 44 D 38 L 18 D 36 L 27 W 46 L 24 4.5 51 HARTLEY Geoffrey U16Q unr. L 42 L 22 D 40 D 28 W 54 L 18 L 44 W 57 D 35 W 47 L 36 4.5 52 LAU Chris U16Q 1023 L 16 W 28 L 36 L 20 W 57 W 42 L 43 L 37 L 46 L 56 bye 4 53 COOK Rhendon U14Q 984 L 25 L 30 bye L 42 L 35 W 56 W 55 L 27 L 28 W 57 L 40 4 54 MUNRO Terry U14Q 1044 L 34 L 39 W 56 L 33 L 51 W 57 L 28 D 49 L 55 bye L 47 3.5 55 MENDE Christian U14Q unr. D 37 L 36 L 27 L 40 L 48 bye L 53 W 56 W 54 L 39 L 49 3.5 56 BACKWELL Dean U16Q unr. L 11 L 21 L 54 L 57 bye L 53 L 49 L 55 L 48 W 52 L 46 2 57 BOAG Nathan U16Q unr. L 12 L 46 L 47 W 56 L 52 L 54 bye L 51 L 49 L 53 L 48 2 58 WILSON Nigel U16Q unr. -F withdrawn 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. There are a couple of corrections to the games section from last week.
Produced by the World Chess Council (Luis Rentero Suarez, Linares; Ken Thompson, New Jersey). Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow. Results up to February 1,1999 (with Wijk ann Zee, A/B)
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2812 145 2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2762 127 3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2713 143 4. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2709 171 5. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2707 160 6. Leko,Peter HUN 2693 137 7. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2681 143 8. Short,Nigel D ENG 2678 147 9. Adams,Michael ENG 2674 165 10. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2666 155 11. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2664 148 12. Svidler,Peter RUS 2660 145 13. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2658 139 14. Salov,Valery RUS 2656 185 15. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2653 176 16. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2652 178 17. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2650 156 18. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2650 159 19. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2649 151 20. Timman,Jan H NED 2649 194 21. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2649 182 22. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2649 154 23. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2643 130 24. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2642 156 25. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2637 144 26. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2636 181 27. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2636 176 28. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2627 186 29. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2627 162 30. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2623 150 31. Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2622 166 32. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2614 153 33. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188 34. Movsesian,Sergei CZE 2604 171 35. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2602 202 36. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186 37. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2601 162 38. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2597 176 39. Piket,Jeroen NED 2597 162 40. Dolmatov,Sergey RUS 2597 121 41. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2596 158 42. Kasimdzhanov,Rustam UZB 2594 178 43. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2592 180 44. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2592 141 45. Polgar,Zsuzsa (GM) HUN 2592 176 46. Nenashev,Alexander UZB 2590 179 47. Milov,Vadim SUI 2590 197 48. Rohde,Michael A USA 2589 190 49. Baklan,Vladimir UKR 2589 177 50. Khenkin,Igor RUS 2588 187 51. Chernin,Alexander HUN 2588 144
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. Stronger players are very much welcome to
participate. The survey has now moved to:
http://www.delight.dk/chess/chesssur.htm
and also is available in Spanish at:
http://www.delight.dk/chess/spanish.html
"Looking for Capablanca"
The mother land of the genial chess world champion Jose Raul Capablanca regards as an honor to invite you to the World Festival "LOOKING FOR CAPABLANCA" for children below of 13 year old. This tournament is going to be celebrated from July 11th to July 18th, 1999 on Varadero Beach, Cuba, having LTI "Bella Costa" Hotel as headquarters. Besides the competition, you could enjoy lectures about chess training and a Giant Simultaneous Match against Cuban International Masters and the GMI Reynaldo Vera, 1998 Olympic Champion.
Lodging and Food ............ LTI Bella Costa Hotel (4 starts).
Price: ................................. 1 week (7 night / 8 days )
$210.00 (one children)
$385.00 (one adult )
additional night .................. $30.00 (child)
$55.00 (adult)
Mixed Open Swiss System 1:30 h. finish.
Registration: $20.00
PROGRAM
Opening Ceremony 11/007/99
Round 1: 12/07 9:30 am
Round 2: 12/07 3:30 pm
Round 3: 13/07 9:30 am
Round 4: 14/07 9:30 am
Round 5: 14/07 3:30 pm
Round 6: 15/07 9:30 am
Round 7: 16/07 9:30 am
Round 8: 17/07 9:30 am
Round 9: 18/07 9:30 am
Conclusion 18/07 1:30 pm
Lectures Program
13/07: "Training in Early Ages"
15/07: Giant Simultaneous Match
16/07: "How to Develop Tactics in children"
17/07: "Cuban School Chess"
E-mail:
isla@ceniai.inf.cu
taboada@inder.mtz.sld.cu
alonso@cardenas.mtz.jcce.org.cu
vera@ajedrez.mtz.sld.cu
The Bundesliga in Germany has reached 9th round the last two taking place on the 30th and 31st January 1999.
Results and some coverage at http://gerhard-hund.de/berichte/bundes-l.html (check this out for more games than before) and at http://www.schachbund.de/SchachBL/index.htm
The IV Open held in Nova Gorica (SLO) [pronounced "nova goriza"] has started [28.1.-5.2.1999]. Info is available on the Slovenian Chess Federation pages. There are more than 10 GMs, and plenty of IMs. 90 players.