THE WEEK IN CHESS 231 - 12th April 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Dos Hermanas 25 games
Grand Prix de Bordeaux 1999 6 games
The "Redbus Chess Knock-out" 30 games
Mechanic's Institute Bronstein Jubilee 20 games
1st Gonfreville International 42 games
St Petersburg Championships 70 games
St Petersburg Championships (Women) 30 games
15th Czerniak Memorial 45 games
Category 14 in Essen-Borbeck 45 games
Swidnica International 45 games
First Saturday, April GM 49 games
First Saturday, April IMA 35 games
54th Yugoslav Chess Championships 26 games
Indian National Championships 45 games
37th Doeberl Cup 148 games
Foxwoods Open 82 games
2nd Mechanics Team 81 games
My thanks to Net64, Stephane Laborde, John Henderson, Malcolm Pein, Lubomir
Ftacnik, Eric Schiller, ruschess.com, Ram Soffer, Juergen Daniel, Artur
Zaremba, Laszlo Nagy, Goran Dinic, Michael Greengard, Shaun Press, Michael
Atkins, Lubomir Ftacnik, Gerhard Hund, Venkatachalam Saravanan and all those
who helped with this issue.
A lot of chess this week headed by the Dos Hermanas tournament. It started
with a terrible disappointment as Morozevich had to withdraw before the event
started with a fever. But after this there has been some great chess.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
After a year off the Dos Hermanas tournament returned as a Category 19
event. The event started badly with Alexander Morozevich having to withdraw
because he had a fever. He was replaced by Boris Gelfand who arrived in time
for round two. After five rounds the event is lead by Michael Adams and
Vladimir Kramnik with 3.5/5. Undoubtedly the biggest shock has been the start
of one of the favourites Viswanathan Anand. He was demolished in round one on
the black side of a Sicilian by Judit Polgar, he then ran into some good
opening preparation by Vladimir Kramnik in round 3 and lost and in round 5 he
was losing right up to and including the moment he agreed a draw with Peter
Svidler. Karpov, Gelfand and Topalov lie in 3rd place both with one win each.
Karpov, especially will be looking to pick up some ratings points in the event
and had one of his nicest wins in some time against Peter Svidler.
The official site is:
http://www.teleline.es/ajedrez/doshermanas99/index.html
Round 1 (April 6, 1999)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 33 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Adams, Michael - Svidler, Peter 1-0 33 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Gelfand, Boris - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 64 D26 QGA;
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 42 D13 Slav defence
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 34 B81 Sicilian
Round 2 (April 7, 1999)
Topalov, Veselin - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 23 D37 Queen's gambit
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 22 D19 Slav defence
Korchnoi, Viktor - Polgar, Judit 1-0 43 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1/2 28 C89 Ruy Lopez
Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 23 C43 Petroff defence
Round 3 (April 9, 1999)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 70 D27 QGA;
Adams, Michael - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 56 C67 Ruy Lopez
Gelfand, Boris - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 56 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Karpov, Anatoly - Svidler, Peter 1-0 49 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Polgar, Judit - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 0-1 61 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Round 4 (April 10, 1999)
Gelfand, Boris - Polgar, Judit 1/2 27 A39 English; 1.c4 c5
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 1/2 38 A16 English; 1.c4
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Adams, Michael 1/2 31 C78 Ruy Lopez
Korchnoi, Viktor - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 13 E05 Nimzo indian
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 25 B17 Caro-Kann
Round 5 (April 11, 1999)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 55 A84 Dutch defence
Adams, Michael - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 42 B31 Sicilian
Karpov, Anatoly - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 38 E18 Nimzo indian
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 69 C80 Ruy Lopez
Polgar, Judit - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 48 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), iv 1999 cat. XVIII (2700)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 * . . = . 1 = 1 = . 3.5 2841
2 Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 . * = . . = 1 = 1 . 3.5 2837
3 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2691 . = * . = = 1 . . = 3.0 2742
4 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2710 = . . * = . = = 1 . 3.0 2795
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 . . = = * = . . = 1 3.0 2747
6 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2585 0 = = . = * . . . 1 2.5 2707
7 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2673 = 0 0 = . . * . . 1 2.0 2637
8 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 0 = . = . . . * = 0 1.5 2564
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 = 0 . 0 = . . = * . 1.5 2582
10 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2677 . . = . 0 0 0 1 . * 1.5 2537
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The annual Grand Prix de Bordeaux rapidplay tournament took place April 9-10
in Bordeaux, France. Four players competed, last years champion Alexei Shirov,
Peter Leko and two local players Christian Bauer and Laurent Fressinet. The
final was won by Peter Leko against Alexei Shirov. Shirov played the game of
the event in beating Fressinet in his first game (the Frenchman missed chances
in the second).
Official site: http://www.tactiquenet.com/grandprix/grand99.html
Video interviews and coverage from the end of the week at:
http://www.canalweb.net/cwsite/diagonal/
Results
April 9th
Alexei Shirov 2-0 Laurent Fressinet
Peter Leko 2-0 Christian Bauer
April 10th
Peter Leko 1.5 - 0.5 Alexei Shirov
The "Redbus Chess Knock-out" took place alongside the Southend
Chess Congress. Cliff Stanford, founder of Demon Internet and now Redbus
Investments, put up £7,400 worth of prize money with the aim of promoting
British Chess. [Redbus have
recently launched an independent facility located in London's Docklands
specialising in the secure management and siting of internet servers]
The main event was a four round knockout event with 16 leading British
players. They played two games a day at 100 minutes + 30 seconds per move
followed by various rapidplay games to resolve ties over the Easter Weekend
2-5th April.
Round 1 (April 2nd) Speelman 1.5-0.5 Ward; Levitt 0.5-1.5 Davies; Lalic (won
the playoff 2-0) 1-1 Pert; Sheldon 1-1 Rowson (won the playoff 2-0) ; Plaskett
1-1 Miles (won after a second series of playoffs); Chandler 1-1 McNab (won
after a second series of playoffs); King 0-2 Pein; Ledger 0.5-1.5 Emms
Round 2 (April 3rd) Speelman 1.5-0.5 Davies; Lalic 1.5-0.5 Rowson; Plaskett
(won after a second series of playoffs) 1-1 McNab; Pein 1.5-0.5 Emms;
Round 3 (April 4th) Lalic (won after playoff)1-1 Speelman; Plaskett 2-0t
Pein.
Final (April 5th) Lalic 1-1 Plaskett, title shared.
Malcolm Pein on the Redbus event
Round 1
The first round of the Redbus Knockout saw some entertaining play at the
Southend Civic Centre as the top seeds showed they meant business in the chase
for the pounds 2000 first prize. There is over pounds 7000 at stake in all put
up by Cliff Stanford, the founder of Demon Internet.
The traditional open tournament and other graded sections are also taking
place and the Southend Congress boasts a total prize fund of over 10,000
pounds, probably a record for a weekend event in the UK.
Jon Speelman defeated Chris Ward with typically precise positional play on
the queenside and once he had reached a rook and pawn endgame with an extra
pawn his technique was excellent as usual.
Tony Miles was impressive if only for the way he completely equalised
against Jim Plaskett so quickly and comfortably with the black pieces and he
will look to win the tie with the advantage of the white pieces in game 2.
WIM Ruth Sheldon had a promising position against IM Jonathan Rowson but
was outplayed in the complications.
There was only one surprise result as GM Danny King lost to your
correspondent ( hoorah ! ) after building up a superior position and an
advantage on the clock of thirteen minutes to five. King played too quickly and
lost material to a combination.
Round 2
THE semi-finals of the Redbus Knockout will line up with GM John Speelman
facing Bogdan Lalic and GM Jim Plaskett playing IM Malcolm Pein after some
tremendous matches at the Southend Civic Centre.
In particular, Some of the contests that went to 10-minute mini matches
were particularly exciting and none more so than the quarter-final between
Plaskett and Scottish GM Colin McNab.
Plaskett won game one rather straightforwardly, although he needed to go on
a remarkable walk with his king to avoid perpetual check with his opponent's
king in a mating net. McNab had to win game two to stay in the match and this
he did in style, finishing a sustained attack with a queen sacrifice.
The first ten-minute game went to the wire with fortune fluctuating as both
players raced connected passed pawns towards the queening square. In the end,
both made a new queen and McNab, in sight of a perpetual but with only a few
seconds left on the clock, drove Plaskett's king down the board where it
escaped to victory.
Game 2 saw another amazing fightback from the Scot. Plaskett, black,
rapidly obtained the advantage on the board and on the clock. Only needing a
draw, he tried to simplify and managed to blunder his last pawn and lose what
had been a completely drawn position, with bishop and pawn against knight and
two pawns all on the same side.
Plaskett is a renowned blitz player, and after losing the toss he produced
a marvellous conter-attack from a cramped Hedgehog set-up and rampaged through
McNab's position, playing nearly all his moves instantly.
It was deeply impressive and I have resolved to end his semi-final match
against Plaskett one way or the other before the sudden death blitz.
Speelman was impressive in his first quarter-final game over Nigel Davies
but needed a lot of luck to survive with the black pieces in the return.
Malcolm Pein completed a 2-0 victory over GM Danny King in round one and upset
the form book again in the quarter-finals with victory over England Number 6
John Emms.
Round 3
Grandmasters Jim Plaskett and Bogdan Lalic will contest the final of Redbus
Knockout at the Southend Civic Centre after semi-final victories over Malcolm
Pein and Jon Speelman respectively. The victor will collect a cheque for pounds
2000 and the Redbus trophy.
Plaskett had a comfortable 2-0 win over your correspondent who went wrong
in the endgame in the morning and blundered quickly in the afternoon but Lalic
needed the sudden death blitz game to break Speelman's resistance.
In the first game Lalic played rather insipidly with white and a quick draw
was agreed and when Speelman looked to be a clear pawn up in the return, few
would have bet against him but Lalic held on. The ten minute speed chess tie
breakers ended 1-1 but only after Speelman had won a rook and pawn endgame a
pawn down. Finally, in the sudden death blitz with five minutes each on the
clock Lalic found a flaw in one of the England no4's tactical tricks and won
his opponent's queen. Speelman put up great resistance but eventually ran out
of time.
I intended to try the manoeuvre Nh2-f1-e3-d5 but got side-tracked. 32.g4
was an error, waiting and then exchanging rooks would have held the position.
Black's idea of 37...Nh4+ and 39...g4+ was excellent but I should have played
42.Bg5 Nxe4+ 43 Kxg4 Kg7 44 Be7 Kf7 45 f6 when I would have had much better
drawing chances. In my haste I overlooked that the king and pawn endgame
arising after 42.Bg5 Nxe4+ 43.Kxg4 Nxg5 44.Kxg5 is drawn and not lost for
White.
M.Pein - J.Plaskett
Redbus KO (3.1) Southend
Nimzo-Indian Defence
Huebner Variation
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 c5 5 Bd3 Nc6 6 Nf3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3 d6 8 e4 e5 9 h3
0-0 10 0-0 h6 11 Re1 Ne8! 12 Qe2 Qf6 13 d5?! Ne7 14 Nh2 Ng6 15 Ng4 Qh4 16 Qf3
Ne7 17 Ne3 g6 18 g4 h5 19 gxh5 Bxh3 20 hxg6 fxg6 21 Qg3 Qxg3+ 22 fxg3 Nf6 23
Rb1 Rab8 24 Rb2 Kg7 25 Rh2 Rh8 26 Ree2 Rh5 27 Rb2 b6 28 Be2 Rh7 29 Bf3 Bd7 30
Rxh7+ Kxh7 31 Rh2+ Kg7 32 g4? Nh7 33 Kg2 Rh8 34 Nc2 g5! 35 Ne3 Ng6 36 Nf5+ Bxf5
37 gxf5 Nh4+! 38 Kg3 Nxf3 39 Kxf3 g4+! 40 Kg3 Nf6 41 Rxh8 Kxh8 42 Kh4 Kg7 43
Bg5 Nxe4 44 Be7 Kf7 45 f6 a6 46 a4 g3 47 Kh3 Ke8 48 Kg2 Kd7 49 Kf3 Ke8! 50 Kg2
a5 51 Kf3 Nd2+ 52 Kxg3 Nxc4 53 Kf3 b5! 54 axb5 a4 55 Ke2 a3 56 Kd3 a2 57 Kxc4
a1Q 58 Bxd6 e4 59 b6 Qa6+ 60 Kxc5 e3 61 Bg3 e2 62 Kc6 Qc4+ 63 Kd6 Qxc3 64 b7
Qxg3+ 0-1
The Final (information by John Henderson)
After two draws - one in 60, the other in 21 moves - in the serious
time-control of 100 minutes and 30 seconds per move, Plaskett and Lalic should
have been gearing themselves up for the two 10 minute mini-matches, and if
still drawn, the 5 minute sudden death play-off - has had happened with the
other rounds in the tournament. Instead, the tournament descended into a
cop-out rather than a knockout when the arbiter approached the players to
inform them that, if they wished, they could share the title and the (UK)3,000
prize money.
Speaking to the Scotsman, the sponsor, Cliff Stanford - the entrepreneur
who borrowed (UK)20,000 to set-up Demon Internet, selling on to Scottish Power
last year for (UK)66 million - said that he thought it would have been
unfortunate for such a hard-fought tournament to have ended under the vagaries
of a sudden death play-off. He further explained that, as the tournament had
been organised in the space of just two months, he and the organisers hadn't
finalised all the eventualities for a tournament such as this, though promised
next year that the tournament would be bigger and better with one overall
winner.
The day after the sponsor Mr Stanford disclosed he's going to propose that
both players decide the outcome by having a play-off over the Internet, to be
hosted on his website (www.redbus.co.uk).
Stanford's Internet play-off idea, was supported in principle by both Lalic
and Plaskett, will see the two players playing in the next few months in a
match, over the net, from two different parts of the country.
The winner, Lubomir Ftacnik sends the games and results of the Mechanics
Institute Bronstein jubilee 75th birthday rapid tournament held in San
Francisco 6th-7th April 1999. Only five GMs played as the qualifier from the
preliminaries McCambridge did not want to play. The average rating of 2575.1
was in the region of a cat 14. FIDE. The pre-tournament favourite for first
place, Yasser Seirawan was in terrible form, and the event was won by Ftacnik
on his way back from the Mexican Championships (see below) and to score his
best ever rapid play tournament performance. Most of the games were hard fought
and Ilya Gurevich , working in San Francisco as bank trader for one and a half
years, scored the most wins. Browne beat Dzindzichashvili in round 8 in a
turbulent game and helped to tame the challenge for win from the seasoned GM
now also living in San Francisco (since september 1998). The Mechanics
Institute is a major institution in San Francisco, with history dating to the
middle of 19th century. It helped to educate the people trapped in the West
after the end of gold rush and gradually built a library of 250 000, often very
rare books. Many treasures went up in flames at the beginning of the 20th
century, also the major earthquake of 1906 did not exactly help. But the
Mechanics Institute has bounced back and gone from strength to strength. The
chess club has a great tradition, it has hosted every chess champion with the
exception of Botvinnik and Kasparov. These days the club is very active in Bay
area, chess director IM John Donaldson can count on help and support of
Mr.Falconer and Mr.Pinto, both very decent players and board members in
position to do a lot for chess. It looks like not only New York will be able to
claim lively chess scene with attractive events.
David Bronstein will play via the internet in a 75th Anniversary event
organised by Eric Schiller at the Mechanics Institute later in the year. The
Bronstein Jubilee will implement a number of David Bronstein's original
competition ideas. Each match will have 4 games at g/20+10 second
"Bronstein" increment. An open qualifier will allow players to vie
for one of the qualifying slots in the final, which will include Bronstein and
additional invitees. Prizes will be based on performance plus the public will
get to vote (via the Internet) on artistic merit of the games and special
prizes will be awarded there.
San Francisco USA (USA), iv 1999 cat. XIII (2575)
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1 2 3 4 5
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1 Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2585 ** 1= == =1 == 5.0 2668
2 Gurevich, Ilya g USA 2580 0= ** 0= =1 11 4.5 2617
3 Dzindzichashvili, Roman g USA 2553 == 1= ** == =0 4.0 2581
4 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2643 =0 =0 == ** 11 4.0 2558
5 Browne, Walter S g USA 2516 == 00 =1 00 ** 2.5 2449
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In addition there was a 2nd Falkoner International March 21st-April 1st
1999. The results on the web site
http://www.milibrary.org/chess/ulus.html
are a little confusing but as far as I can establish the final results were:
2nd Team Match 1999
-------------------------- Rey,G 2346 6.5/9
| ----------------------- Margulis,I 2270 6.0/9
| | -------------------- Lobo,Ri 2277 5.0/9
| | | ----------------- Hergott,D 2390 5.0/9
| | | | -------------- Pruess,D 2197 4.5/9
| | | | | ----------- Schiller,E 2222 4.5/9
| | | | | | -------- Watson,J 2357 4.5/9
| | | | | | | ----- Berry,J 2315 3.5/9
| | | | | | | | -- Fuhrmann,Di 2165 1.5/9
| | | | | | | | |
1 Shahade,G 2386 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7.0/9
2 Zugic,I 2370 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 6.0/9
3 Mont Reynaud,J 2225 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 6.0/9
4 Hummel,P 2270 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5.5/9
5 Bhat,V 2312 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 4.0/9
6 Keatinge Clay,A 2295 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 4.0/9
7 Hernandez,R 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 2.5/9
8 Russell,R 2300 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 2.5/9
9 Shakhnazarov,O 2230 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 2.5/9
Greg Shahade scored an IM norm.
The First Gonfreville International is underway in France. An international
open was won by IGM Jean-Marc Degraeve and now there is a 14 player
all-play-all running. Coverage at:
http://www.chez.com/notzai/actu/gonfreville.html.
Alexandre Lesiege leads with 5/6.
Gonfreville FRA (FRA), iv 1999 cat. VIII (2427)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2521 * . 1 . 0 1 . . . . 1 1 . 1 5.0 2679
2 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2525 . * 0 = 1 . . . . 1 . 1 1 . 4.5 2600
3 Godard, Maxence FRA 2404 0 1 * . . . = 1 = . . . 1 . 4.0 2553
4 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2508 . = . * . = = = . 1 . . 1 . 4.0 2569
5 Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2415 1 0 . . * . . = = . = . . 1 3.5 2481
6 Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2524 0 . . = . * = . . . 1 . = 1 3.5 2457
7 Nikcevic, Nebojsa g YUG 2472 . . = = . = * . . = . = = . 3.0 2425
8 Lepelletier, Benoit m FRA 2456 . . 0 = = . . * . = = 1 . . 3.0 2424
9 Fontaine, Robert m FRA 2369 . . = . = . . . * = 0 = . 1 3.0 2397
10 Sulava, Nenad m CRO 2466 . 0 . 0 . . = = = * . . 1 . 2.5 2368
11 Berthelot, Yannick f FRA 2327 0 . . . = 0 . = 1 . * . . 0 2.0 2313
12 Sulypa, Alexandre m UKR 2424 0 0 . . . . = 0 = . . * . 1 2.0 2323
13 Pecot, Laurent FRA 2225 . 0 0 0 . = = . . 0 . . * . 1.0 2210
14 Karr, Jean-Philipp FRA 2347 0 . . . 0 0 . . 0 . 1 0 . * 1.0 2157
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The Championships of St Petersburg started on April 6th. The men's event is
a Swiss system event and women's an all-play-all. Coverage at:
http://www.ruschess.com/
After 5 rounds:
Men's Championships
St Petersburg RUS (RUS), iv 1999
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1 2 3 4 5
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1 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny f RUS 2474 +23 + 4 +10 = 2 = 3 4.0 2684
2 Popov, Valerij m RUS 2582 + 9 = 6 +16 = 1 +10 4.0 2688
3 Solovjov, Sergey m RUS 2447 +22 = 5 + 6 +13 = 1 4.0 2583
4 Ignatiev, Alexander RUS 2291 +14 - 1 +26 =11 +15 3.5 2547
5 Praslov,A ---- +11 = 3 -14 +24 = 7 3.0 2506
6 Biriukov, Oleg V RUS 2407 +18 = 2 - 3 +20 =11 3.0 2496
7 Lukin, Andrei M m RUS 2440 =12 +26 = 8 =16 = 5 3.0 2343
8 Chepukaitis, Genrikh RUS 2415 =13 +27 = 7 =15 = 9 3.0 2471
9 Sergeev, Veniamin RUS 2420 - 2 +21 =24 +19 = 8 3.0 2503
10 Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2510 +21 +25 - 1 +14 - 2 3.0 2521
11 Ivanov, Vladimir Ivanovich m RUS 2423 - 5 +28 +23 = 4 = 6 3.0 2343
12 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2300 = 7 =15 -13 +23 +24 3.0 2519
13 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2528 = 8 =19 +12 - 3 =16 2.5 2384
14 Sivokho, Sergey RUS 2435 - 4 +22 + 5 -10 =17 2.5 2307
15 Rusanov, Michail RUS 2448 =19 =12 +25 = 8 - 4 2.5 2337
16 Orlov, Vassily m RUS 2429 =26 +20 - 2 = 7 =13 2.5 2380
17 Kochyev, Alexander g RUS 2428 =20 =24 =19 =18 =14 2.5 2372
18 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2532 - 6 -23 +22 =17 +25 2.5 2378
19 Nikolaev, Nikita RUS 2329 =15 =13 =17 - 9 =21 2.0 2373
20 Sepman, Yelius RUS 2138 =17 -16 +27 - 6 =23 2.0 2292
21 Novikov, Mikhail V RUS 2402 -10 - 9 +28 =25 =19 2.0 2303
22 Begunov, K RUS 2310 - 3 -14 -18 +28 +26 2.0 2306
23 Shchukin, Dmitry RUS 2394 - 1 +18 -11 -12 =20 1.5 2224
24 Milton, Sergei f RUS 2429 =27 =17 = 9 - 5 -12 1.5 2113
25 Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2353 +28 -10 -15 =21 -18 1.5 2282
26 Bataev, Evgeny RUS 2214 =16 - 7 - 4 =27 -22 1.0 2086
27 Arykin, Aleksey RUS 2162 =24 - 8 -20 =26 -28 1.0 2052
28 Krasnov, Vasiliy G RUS 2266 -25 -11 -21 -22 +27 1.0 2090
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Women's Championships
St Petersburg RUS (RUS), iv 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Stjazhkina, Olga wg RUS 2340 * = . 1 1 . 1 . = . . . 4.0 2339
2 Razuvaeva,J ---- = * . = . . . 1 . 1 1 . 4.0 2405
3 Koroljova, Valerija RUS 2200 . . * . = = . . 1 . 1 1 4.0 2344
4 Zvereva, Marija wm RUS 2194 0 = . * . . . 1 . . 1 1 3.5 2278
5 Furina, Svetlana wm RUS 2175 0 . = . * . 1 . = 1 . . 3.0 2206
6 Belaja,N ---- . . = . . * = = = 1 . . 3.0 2156
7 Volkova,S ---- 0 . . . 0 = * . 1 . . 1 2.5 2132
8 Khramtsova, Elena RUS 2090 . 0 . 0 . = . * . . = 1 2.0 2010
9 Aseeva, Marina RUS 2130 = . 0 . = = 0 . * . . . 1.5 1994
10 Sychova,O ---- . 0 . . 0 0 . . . * 1 = 1.5 1929
11 Rakitskaja, M RUS 2201 . 0 0 0 . . . = . 0 * . 0.5 1730
12 Sakaeva, N RUS 2015 . . 0 0 . . 0 0 . = . * 0.5 1730
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Ram Soffer reports: The 15th Czerniak Memorial tournament took place in the
Sol & Sissy Mark Center (also the Kasparov Chess Academy), Tel-Aviv from
March 28 to April 8, 1999. The category 10 tournament was won convincingly
(7/9) by Dov Zifroni (23) from Herzliya, who achieved his final GM-norm and
becomes the newest Israeli Grandmaster. Alik Gershon (19) who took second place
with 6/9, achieved his first GM norm.
Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), iv 1999 cat. X (2481)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Zifroni, Dov m ISR 2501 * 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2698
2 Gershon, Alik m ISR 2467 1 * = = = 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2607
3 Bykhovsky, Avigdor g RUS 2453 0 = * 1 = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2564
4 Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2521 = = 0 * = = = 1 1 = 5.0 2519
5 Kantsler, Boris m ISR 2539 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 = 5.0 2517
6 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2610 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 1 5.0 2509
7 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2616 = 1 0 = 0 = * = = 1 4.5 2465
8 Karolyi, Tibor jr m HUN 2432 0 = = 0 = 0 = * = = 3.0 2361
9 Botvinnik, Mikhail2 BLR 2239 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = * = 2.0 2287
10 Blees, Albert m NED 2431 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = * 2.0 2266
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Juergen Daniel reports on a category 14 event in Essen-Borbeck. The Essen
based Chess-Club Weisse Dame Borbeck and its sponsor Julian Borowski organised
for the first time a Category 14 event from 27.3.99 - 5.4.99. The tournament
was dominated by Larry Christiansen who had a full point lead with 5 points
after seven rounds. But in the penultimate round he drew against Nick deFirmian
and in the last round lost to Sutovsky. Finally the event ended in a four way
tie (Zvjaginsev, Dautov, Sutovsky and Christiansen).
Essen GER (GER), iii-iv 1999 cat. XIV (2579)
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1 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2598 * 1 = = = = 1 0 1 = 5.5 2657
2 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2612 0 * = 1 0 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2655
3 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2658 = = * = = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2650
4 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2581 = 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2659
5 DeFirmian, Nick E g USA 2610 = 1 = = * = 0 = = = 4.5 2576
6 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2521 = 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 4.5 2585
7 Podzielny, Karl-Heinz m GER 2499 0 0 = 0 1 = * 1 = = 4.0 2545
8 Lobron, Eric g GER 2553 1 = = 0 = = 0 * 0 = 3.5 2502
9 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2633 0 0 = = = 0 = 1 * = 3.5 2493
10 Fridman, Daniel m LAT 2529 = = 0 0 = 0 = = = * 3.0 2460
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Artur Zaremba reports: There were two GM norms at an international
tournament held in Swidnica Poland 24th March - 1st April. The event [Turniej
Szachowy o Puchar Przewodnicz¹cego Rady Miejskiej ] was won by Alexander
Rustemov with 7/9 but Orest Gritsak of the Ukraine and Pawel Jaracz both scored
six points to achieve the GM norm level.
Swidnica POL (POL), iii-iv 1999 cat. X (2480)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2539 * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2693
2 Gritsak, Orest m UKR 2521 0 * 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 6.0 2600
3 Jaracz, Pawel m POL 2439 = 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2609
4 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2565 = = = * = 1 = = = = 5.0 2513
5 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2553 = 0 = = * = = = = 1 4.5 2471
6 Kuzmin, Gennadi P g UKR 2546 = = = 0 = * 1 0 = = 4.0 2429
7 Zezulkin, Jurij m BLR 2473 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 = = 3.5 2400
8 Murdzia, Piotr m POL 2441 0 = 0 = = 1 0 * = 0 3.0 2359
9 Sosnicki, Michal POL 2286 0 0 0 = = = = = * = 3.0 2376
10 Pedzich, Dominik m POL 2436 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 = * 3.0 2359
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Laszlo Nagy reports: There are four events taking place in Budapest in April
as part of the First Saturday events. There is one GM event, two IM events and
an ELO event. Ilija Balinov leads the GM event with 7/9 undefeated. Markus
Bawart scored his second IM norm in the IM A event that was won by Yuri
Zimmerman. The GM, IMB and ELO events continue.
The next First Saturday events start May 1st.
FSGM After nine rounds
Budapest HUN (HUN), iv 1999 cat. VIII (2443)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Balinov, Ilija BUL 2434 * = = = 1 . 1 . . 1 = 1 . 1 7.0 2667
2 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2530 = * = . . = = = 1 . = . 1 1 6.0 2567
3 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2524 = = * = . 1 1 = 0 . . . 1 = 5.5 2523
4 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2455 = . = * = = = = . . 1 . = 1 5.5 2518
5 Hoffmann, Michael m GER 2407 0 . . = * = 1 1 = = 0 1 . . 5.0 2486
6 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2485 . = 0 = = * . . = = . 1 = 1 5.0 2480
7 Salmensuu, Olli m FIN 2449 0 = 0 = 0 . * . 1 = 1 1 . . 4.5 2451
8 Roeder, Mathias m GER 2448 . = = = 0 . . * . = = = 1 = 4.5 2438
9 Schebler, Gerhard m GER 2439 . 0 1 . = = 0 . * . 1 0 = 1 4.5 2447
10 Hausrath, Daniel m GER 2400 0 . . . = = = = . * = = 1 = 4.5 2428
11 Hoang Thanh Trang wg VIE 2450 = = . 0 1 . 0 = 0 = * 0 . . 3.0 2318
12 Seres, Lajos m HUN 2428 0 . . . 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 * 0 . 3.0 2305
13 Bu Xiangzhi CHI 2365 . 0 0 = . = . 0 = 0 . 1 * = 3.0 2330
14 Riazantsev, Alexander f RUS 2387 0 0 = 0 . 0 . = 0 = . . = * 2.0 2233
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FSIMA Final Standings
Budapest HUN (HUN), iv 1999 cat. II (2292)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2374 * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2556
2 Bawart, Markus f AUT 2333 = * 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2507
3 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2314 1 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2415
4 Neumeier, Klaus f AUT 2248 0 0 = * 1 0 = 1 = 1 4.5 2297
5 Klicnar, Martin CZE 2250 0 1 = 0 * 1 = 0 = = 4.0 2254
6 Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2350 0 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 1 = 4.0 2243
7 Ganaus, Hannes AUT 2279 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 = 0 3.5 2213
8 Wallner, Joachim AUT 2290 0 = = 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 3.0 2167
9 Wagener, Claude LUX 2216 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 * = 3.0 2175
10 Mossong, Hubert f LUX 2270 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 = * 2.5 2128
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FSIMB latest
1 Schneider, Attila HUN 2374 7.5 # 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Cooke, Eric USA 2169 5.5 0 # = 1 1 = 1 1 1
3 Eperjesi, Laszlo HUN 2329 5 0 1 # = 0 1 1 0 0
4 Pham, Minh Hoang VIE 2345 5 0 = 1 # = 1 0 0 1 0
5 Jamrich, György HUN 2294 4 = = 0 1 # 0 0 0 1
6 Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2372 3 1 = = 0 # = = 0 1
7 Serrer, Christoph GER 2285 3 = = 0 0 # 1 0 0
8 Leskiewicz, Maksymilian AUS 2223 3 = = = 0 1 = # 0 1
9 Kahn, Evarth HUN 2296 2.5 = 0 = 0 1 0 # =
10 Dolgener, Tobias GER 2275 2.5 = 0 = 0 0 1 # =
11 Bodrogi, Mihály HUN 2177 2 = = 0 = 0 = 1 #
FS ELO latest
1 Dembo, Elena ISR 2180 7.5 # = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1
2 Dekany, Lajos HUN 2187 6.5 = # = 1 1 1 = 1 0 1
3 Bergre, Joachim SWE 2120 6.5 = = # = = 1 1 1 = 1
4 Szamoskozi, Gabor HUN 2060 6 0 0 # 1 1 0 1 1 + 1
5 Vass, Viktor HUN 4.5 = = 0 # = = = 0 1 1
6 Johansson, Michael SWE 2109 4 0 = 0 = # = 0 1 = 1
7 Jansen, Frank GER 2144 3.5 0 0 1 = = # 0 1 = 0
8 Csolig, Robert HUN 2169 3.5 0 = 0 0 = 1 # = 1
9 Cleven, Maria GER 2042 3.5 0 0 0 1 0 1 # = 0 1
10 Langer, Wolfgang GER 2125 3 0 0 = - = 0 = = # 1
11 Lakat, Gyula HUN 2062 2.5 0 1 0 0 = 1 0 # 0
12 Fliszar, Dezso HUN 2013 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 #
You can contact Laszlo Nagy about his First Saturday events. E-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu webpages: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat and
http://www.illawarra.net.au/chesscentral/
Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59
The 54th Yugoslav Chess Championships started in Belgrade but were stopped
due to NATO bombing. A number of rounds were played (looks like seven). A
number of the games were typed in by Goran Dinic and are in the games section.
If the NATO action doesn't escalate then Kasparov's next appearance will be
in Sarajevo. Kasparov is due to head the field in the category 19, nine round
Sarajevo tournament in Bosnia, starting on 16 May. The full line up for the
tournament includes: G Kasparov (Rus), V Kramnik (Rus), A Shirov (Esp), A
Morozevich (Rus), M Adams (Eng), V Topalov (Bul), P Leko (Hun), E Bareev (Rus),
J Timman (Ned) & I Sokolov (Bih).
WGM Claudia Amura was involved in a bad car accident last week. She survived
with a broken leg and her husband and child were unscathed. However both her
parents were killed in the accident.
Venkatachalam Saravanan reports: The National A Championships are being held
March 22-April 11, in Nagpur, central India. The participants include all of
India's top players except Anand and Barua. Participants include Thipsay,
Sashikiran and Kunte etc. There is an official website at:
http://www.bpclnationalchess.findhere.com
Krishnan Sashikiran has already won this event with 12.5/16 with only one
round to go in this massive 18 player all-play-all.
Indian Championships (IND), iii-iv 1999 cat. VII (2404)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Sashikiran, Krishnan m IND 2525 * 1 0 . = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 12.5 2616
2 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2467 0 * 1 1 0 = = 1 1 0 1 1 . 1 = 1 = 1 11.0 2545
3 Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2455 1 0 * = = = . 1 0 = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 10.5 2518
4 Prakash, G B IND 2403 . 0 = * = = 1 = = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2513
5 Ramesh, R.B m IND 2391 = 1 = = * 1 0 . = = 1 0 = = = 1 1 1 10.0 2497
6 Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2435 = = = = 0 * = = = . 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2471
7 Saravanan, V IND 2393 0 = . 0 1 = * = 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 = 1 = 9.5 2466
8 Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2436 1 0 0 = . = = * = 1 = 0 = = = 1 1 1 9.0 2445
9 Neelotpal, Das IND 2436 0 0 1 = = = 0 = * 0 . 0 1 = = = 1 1 7.5 2379
10 Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam f IND 2336 0 1 = = = . 0 0 1 * = = = 0 = 1 0 = 7.0 2363
11 Deshmukh, Anup IND 2430 0 0 = = 0 1 1 = . = * 1 1 0 = 0 0 0 6.5 2335
12 Suvrajit, Saha IND 2335 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 1 = 0 * 0 = . = 1 = 6.5 2343
13 Bakre, Tejas m IND 2333 0 . 0 = = = 1 = 0 = 0 1 * = = = 0 0 6.0 2317
14 Mishra, Neeraj-Kumar m IND 2363 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = 1 1 = = * 0 = = . 6.0 2321
15 Hegde, Ravi Gopal m IND 2397 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = . = 1 * = 0 1 6.0 2321
16 Koshy, Varugeese m IND 2368 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = = = = * . = 5.5 2289
17 Shankar, Roy IND 2394 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 = 1 . * 0 5.5 2289
18 Rathore, S.K IND 2372 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = 1 . 0 = 1 * 5.0 2267
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Shaun Press reports: The 1999 Doeberl Cup was won on countback by GM Daryl
Johansen ahead of IM Alex Wohl after they both finished on 5.5 from 7. The top
section was FIDE rated for the first time and attracted 45 players. Including
supporting events the tournament attracted 185 players.
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Johansen, Darryl GM VIC 2490 5.5 34:+ 14:= 5:+ 3:= 8:+ 6:+ 4:=
2 Wohl, Aleks IM QLD 2440 5.5 35:+ 30:= 15:+ 12:= 4:+ 3:= 7:+
3 Sandler, Leonid VIC 2351 5 24:+ 10:+ 13:= 1:= 14:= 2:= 9:+
4 Gluzman, Michael IM VIC 2445 5 21:+ 9:+ 7:+ 13:= 2:- 14:+ 1:=
5 Allen, Andrew QLD 2261 5 29:+ 25:+ 1:- 21:+ 7:= 13:= 12:+
6 Kagan, Michael VIC 2255 5 37:+ 12:- 24:+ 28:+ 15:+ 1:- 13:+
7 Chapman, Mark SA 2305 4.5 33:+ 19:+ 4:- 18:+ 5:= 16:+ 2:-
8 Reilly, Tim NSW 2258 4.5 41:+ 28:+ 12:= 17:= 1:- 29:+ 10:=
9 Levi, Eddy VIC 2245 4.5 39:+ 4:- 36:+ 30:+ 12:= 19:+ 3:-
10 Weeks, Manuel NSW 2245 4.5 45:+ 3:- 31:= 33:+ 17:+ 12:= 8:=
11 Szuveges, Grant VIC 4.5 12:- 37:+ 44:+ 14:- 40:+ 21:+ 18:=
12 Gliksman, David USA 2335 4 11:+ 6:+ 8:= 2:= 9:= 10:= 5:-
13 Martin, Ben IM NZL 2375 4 23:+ 18:+ 3:= 4:= 19:= 5:= 6:-
14 Smerdon, David QLD 2173 4 22:+ 1:= 17:= 11:+ 3:= 4:- 19:=
15 Samar, Raul NSW 4 31:= 16:+ 2:- 38:+ 6:- 28:+ 20:=
16 Flitney, Adrian SA 4 17:= 15:- 23:+ 36:+ 20:+ 7:- 21:=
17 Smirnov, V ACT 2230 4 16:= 38:+ 14:= 8:= 10:- 27:= 29:+
18 Tindall, Brett NSW 2250 4 43:+ 13:- 29:+ 7:- 27:= 24:+ 11:=
19 Bliznyuk, Andrey ACT 4 42:+ 7:- 43:+ 32:+ 13:= 9:- 14:=
20 Ilic, Ilija NSW 2115 4 28:- 41:+ 33:= 31:+ 16:- 36:+ 15:=
21 Chek, Adrian NSW 2165 3.5 4:- 39:+ 42:+ 5:- 22:+ 11:- 16:=
22 Harp, Joel NSW 3.5 14:- 23:= 34:= 25:+ 21:- 30:= 36:+
23 Rippis, Theos NSW 3.5 13:- 22:= 16:- 43:+ 33:+ 32:= 26:=
24 Wright, Ian NSW 3.5 3:- 45:+ 6:- 44:+ 32:+ 18:- 25:=
25 Safarian, Alek NSW 2100 3.5 44:+ 5:- 28:- 22:- 31:+ 37:+ 24:=
26 Sarai, S NSW 2101 3.5 36:- 31:= 38:- 34:+ 28:= 35:+ 23:=
27 Tian, Kuan-Kuan NSW 3.5 32:- 42:- 37:+ 45:+ 18:= 17:= 30:=
28 Corker, Kerry QLD 3 20:+ 8:- 25:+ 6:- 26:= 15:- 34:=
29 Soloveychik, Sasha VIC 3 5:- 34:+ 18:- 42:+ 30:+ 8:- 17:-
30 Viner, Phillip NSW 2174 3 40:+ 2:= 32:= 9:- 29:- 22:= 27:=
31 Tsagarakis, Angelo VIC 3 15:= 26:= 10:= 20:- 25:- 40:+ 32:=
32 Morrison, Chris SCO 2160 3 27:+ 36:= 30:= 19:- 24:- 23:= 31:=
33 Wright, Neil NSW 3 7:- 40:+ 20:= 10:- 23:- 39:= 42:+
34 Zhao, Zhong-Yuan NSW 3 1:- 29:- 22:= 26:- 42:+ 43:+ 28:=
35 Rout, Ian ACT 3 2:- 43:- 39:+ 40:- 45:+ 26:- 38:+
36 Walsh, Michael NSW 2.5 26:+ 32:= 9:- 16:- 38:+ 20:- 22:-
37 Ninchich, Milan ACT 2.5 6:- 11:- 27:- 0:+ 44:+ 25:- 40:=
38 Mautner, Thomas ACT 2.5 0: 17:- 26:+ 15:- 36:- 41:+ 35:-
39 Raposio, Robert NSW 2.5 9:- 21:- 35:- 41:- 0:+ 33:= 43:+
40 Jovanovic, Peter ACT 2.5 30:- 33:- 41:+ 35:+ 11:- 31:- 37:=
41 Stawski, Nick QLD 2045 2.5 8:- 20:- 40:- 39:+ 43:= 38:- 44:+
42 Davies, Shaun NSW 2 19:- 27:+ 21:- 29:- 34:- 44:+ 33:-
43 Zdravkovic, Miodrag NSW 1.5 18:- 35:+ 19:- 23:- 41:= 34:- 39:-
44 McKenzie, Mark VIC 1 25:- 0:+ 11:- 24:- 37:- 42:- 41:-
45 Rachmadi, Herman NSW 1 10:- 24:- 0:+ 27:- 35:- 0: 0:
Michael Atkins reports: The Foxwoods open took place from April 1-5. The
Continental Chess Association's Foxwoods Open took place at the Foxwoods Resort
Casino & Hotel (World's largest casino). The $50,000 tournament had 8
sections.
There will be a full report next week however Michael Atkins reports that
the Foxwoods Open ended in a 6 way tie for first at 5.5/7 among GMs Alexander
Goldin, Gregory Kaidanov, Igor Novikov, Alexander Yermolinsky, Alek
Wojtkiewicz, and IM (official in July I understand) Angelo Young. The 77 player
Open section joined 7 other section to bring 460 chessplayers to the worlds
largest casino on the grounds of the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Reservation.
Foxwoods Resort and Casino had the finest playing conditions for any tournament
that this reporter has seen in 25 years in chess and that was the general
opinion.
Coverage at: http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/fox/foxwoods.htm
Foxwoods Open Open Section Leading Final Standings
1 Goldin, Alexander 2700 5½ 1st-5th - $2021
2 Kaidanov, Gregory 2682 5½ 1st-5th - $2021
3 Yermolinsky, Alex 2675 5½ 1st-5th - $2021
4 Wojtkiewicz, Alek 2672 5½ 1st-5th - $2021
5 Novikov, Igor 2663 5½ 1st-5th - $2021
6 Young, Angelo 2422 5½ 1st-5th - $2021
7 Fedorowicz, John P 2634 5 6th - $101
8 Sagalchik, Gennady 2543 5 6th - $101
9 Schneider, Dmitry 2446 5 6th - $101
10 Kaufman, Lawrence 2417 5 6th - $101
11 Zaremba, Andrei 2413 5 6th - $101
12 Sarkar, Justin 2354 5 6th - $101
13 Kreiman, Boris 2580 4½
14 Stripunsky, Alexan 2574 4½
15 Timoshenko, Georgy 2553 4½
16 Burnett, Ronald Wa 2443 4½
17 Zlotnikov, Mikhail 2415 4½
18 Kriventsov, Stanis 2331 4½
19 Rajlich, Vasik G 2328 4½
20 Shabalov, Alexande 2659 4
21 Sevillano, Enrico 2554 4
22 Kelleher, William 2446 4
23 Paschall, William 2425 4
24 Karklins, Andrew 2410 4
25 Tate, Emory A 2400 4
26 Gershov, Yevgeniy 2375 4
27 Mac Intyre, Paul 2341 4
28 Epstein, Esther 2299 4 U2300 - $866
29 Smith, Bryan G 2081 4 U2300 - $866
78 players
Lubomir Ftacnik played in the Mexican championships played in Leon, 30 March
to 4th April 1999 with 148 other players as part of a great festival with 4
open categories . There are no games available.
Mexico-ch 99, Leon 9 rounds open 148 players, 4 GMs.
1. Gonzalez, Juan Carlos (CUB) 8.0
2. Ftacnik, Lubomir 7,5
3. Blatny, Pavel 7.0
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose (MEX)
Verduga Zavala, Denis (MEX)
6. Horvath, Peter 6.5
Aldama, Degurnay (CUB)
Garmendez, Florentino (MEX)
Armas Gutierrez, Jorge (CUB)
Martin del Campo, Roberto (MEX)
Guillen Ramirez, Jose A (MEX)
12.Kiss, Pal 6.0
Russek Libni, Guil
Krizsany, Laszlo
Kudrin, Sergey
Urday, Henry
Juarez, Carlos
Estrada, Julian
Espinosa Flores, Rafael
Herrera Ortiz, Miguel
Hernandez Gerrero, Eduard
Blanco Sing, Israel
Norgaard, Jesper
Escobedo Tinajero, Alberto
Vega Granillo, Alejandro
Parker Velasco, Percival
Almeida Saenz, Alfonso
Martin del Campo C, Jose
Lares Flores, Manuel
De la Garza Madero, Arturo
31.Reyes Najera, Carlos
etc.
Bas van Esch reports: On Saturday, April 10th, the Utrecht Chess Club
organised their 10th annual blitz championschips. With the help of their
sponsor, the Rabobank, they were able to bring together a very strong field. Of
the 194 participants the following 20 players managed to reach final group A
(average rating 2430). Rafael Vaganian was the clear winner, ahead of Loek Van
Wely and Igor Glek. The time rate was 5 minutes per player per game.
1 Vaganian, Rafael IGM 2630 Germany 16/19
2 Wely, Loek van IGM 2632 Panfox de Variant 15
3 Glek, Igor V. IGM 2580 BSG 13.5
4 Tiviakov, Sergei IGM 2655 Groningen 12.5
5-6 Reinderman, Dimitri IGM 2540 BSG 12
5-6 Nijboer, Friso IGM 2515 HSG 12
7-9 Ragosin, E. IM 2480 Germany 11
7-9 Skulener, Vladimir 2304N Germany 11
7-9 Bosboom, Manuel IM 2440 Panfox de Variant 11
10 Cuijpers, Frans IM 2436 Panfox de Variant 9.5
11 Weide, Karel van de IM 2481 Phil. Lwd 9
12 Jager, Jaap de 2275 Rotterdam 8.5
13 Solleveld, Maarten 2347 Amstelveen 7
14-17 Mortel, Jan van de FM 2382 SMB 6.5
14-17 Lemmers, Oscar FM 2383 ESGOO 6.5
14-17 Janssen, Ruud FM 2445 Panfox de Variant 6.5
14-17 Haastert, Edwin van 2360 LSG 6.5
18 Erwich, Marc 2059 Oegstgeest '80 6
19 Diepeveen, Vincent 2225 SC Utrecht 5.5
20 Handke, Florian 2310 Germany 4.5
The Mitropa Cup took place in Baden Switzerland 1st-10th April. Hungary won
the team event and Romanishin the open. I will try and get the games and a full
story on the event.
Gerhard Hund has coverage at:
http://teleschach.com/berichte/mitropa9.htm
German Bundesliga
Gerhard.Hund reports: The final weekend of the German "Bundesliga"
will take place in Porz on 17th and 18th April 1999. This will include the
decisive match "Solingen - Porz" in the last round. Both teams have a
26-0 record having won all their matches.
Coverage at: http://teleschach.com/berichte/bundes-l.html
Round 13 Standings:
1. Solinger SG 73 -31 26-0
2. SG Porz 70 -34 26-0
3. Dresdner SC 59½-44½ 20-6
4. SK Delmenhorst 53½-50½ 15-11
5. SV Wattenscheid 49 -55 14-12
6. SG Bochum 52½-51½ 12-14
7. SFR Neukoelln 50 -54 12-14
8. SV Werder Bremen 49 -55 12-14
9. Castrop Rauxel 54 -50 11-15
10. PSV Duisburg 50 -54 11-15
11. USC Magdeburg 49½-54½ 11-15
12. Hamburger SK 49½-54½ 10-16
13. SK Passau 46 -58 9-17
14. SK Zaehringen 45 -59 9-17
15. Erfurter SK 42 -62 5-21
16. SK Viernheim 39½-64½ 5-21
Olomouc Chess Summer 1999
The Olomouc Chess Summer festival, will take place August 7-15, 1999 in
Olomouc, Czech Republic. Complete information about festival will be also
published at the WWW site. http://www.proclient.cz/a64
7th - 15th August 1999, Olomouc (CZE) OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER 1999
1) round robin tournament 10th category FIDE (10-12 players)
2) round robin tournament 4th category FIDE (10-12 players)
3) national open - 9 rounds, 2/40+1 (note - not rated for FIDE)
They are looking for players for these round robin events.
Contact: Agentura 64, 783 73 Grygov 337, Czech Republic, tel./fax:
++420-68-5393327, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz
Childrens Chess festival
The Cuban Chess Federation announces that the planned Children Chess
festival (advertised in TWIC 221 as scheduled from July 11th to 18th, 1999 in
Varadero) , will only have a national character this year.The Organizing
Committee from the province of Matanzas, has decided so, in view of
organizational circumstances, and intends this year´s tournament to serve
as a preliminary test before turning it into an international event in year
2000. The Organizing Committee apologizes for the inconveniences that this
change might cause to chess friends interested in this competition all around
the world. At the same time it hopes to welcome many chess lovers next year.
F.M. Danilo Buela Valdespino Vice President Cuban Chess Federation
Dutch Team Championship playoffs
Robert Klomp reports: The Dutch team championships play-offs are going to be
held on May 13-14th. Qualified are: 1. Panfox 2. HSG 3. BSG 4. ESGOO the
play-offs are held in Breda.
TWIC CD is in final testing.