THE WEEK IN CHESS 237 - 24th May 1999 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Category 19 in Sarajevo
3) Lembit Oll 1966-1999
4) Category 14 in Israel
5) Category 12 in Katrineholm
6) Chess Oscar 1998
7) Capablanca Memorial
8) Diagonale Broadcast 21st May
9) Russian Club Championships
10) ICC Grandmaster Fights #1
11) Women's Zonal Tournaments
12) Curitiba Chess Club Championships
13) II Magistral de Vila Real de Santo António
14) News from the Philippines
15) Dutch Junior Championships
16) Hamburg City Championships
17) Estonian Championships
18) Norwegian Team Championships
19) Linares Open in Chile
20) Forthcoming Events


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Games section

Category 19 in Sarajevo             30 games
Category 14 in Israel               15 games
Category 12 in Katrineholm          45 games
Capablanca Memorial Elite           35 games
Capablanca Memorial Premier 1       35 games
Capablanca Memorial Premier 2       35 games
Capablanca Memorial Mixto           35 games
Russian Club Championships         216 games
ICC Grandmaster Fights #1            8 games
Curitiba Chess Club Championships   66 games
Santo António                       45 games
1999 Philippine National Champs.    66 games
Indonesia vs Rest-of-the-World      32 games
Dutch Junior Championships         108 games
Hamburg City Championships          30 games
Estonian Championships              45 games
Norwegian Team Championships       167 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Dmitry Tyomkin, Jon Speelman, John Fernandez, Helder Rodrigues, Luis Santos, Bobby Ang, Anjo Anjewierden, Rolf Sander, Mart Tarmak, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Andrés Molina Rodríguez, Francisco Acosta of the Cuban Chess Federation, GM Chess School and all those who helped with this issue.

A large number of high quality events this week. The top event is the Sarajevo tournament and with two rounds to go its looking very promising for Garry Kasparov. However it still has to be done and the last two rounds should be exciting.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) Category 19 in Sarajevo

Garry Kasparov and Evgeny Bareev lead the Category 19 tournament in Sarajevo with 7 of the nine rounds completed. The event runs Monday 17th-26th May. The event has had lots of fighting chess so far and Kasparov, after a slow start is looking good for his third consecutive impressive tournament victory. So far, this is Bareev's best performance for a number of years. Kasparov has Timman with black and Michael Adams with white still to play. Shirov and Adams are in joint 3rd-4th place.

Round 2 (May 18, 1999)

Shirov, Alexei         -  Kasparov, Gary         1/2   39  B90  Sicilian; Najdorf
Leko, Peter            -  Morozevich, Alexander  1/2   54  C03  French; Tarrasch
Topalov, Veselin       -  Adams, Michael         1-0   61  A17  English; 1.c4
Short, Nigel D         -  Bareev, Evgeny         1/2   36  C00  French
Sokolov, Ivan          -  Timman, Jan H          1-0   48  E12  Nimzo indian

Round 3 (May 19, 1999)

Kasparov, Gary         -  Short, Nigel D         1-0   40  E20  Nimzo indian
Bareev, Evgeny         -  Topalov, Veselin       1-0   43  E32  Nimzo indian
Adams, Michael         -  Sokolov, Ivan          1-0   32  B81  Sicilian
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Shirov, Alexei         1-0   57  C42  Petroff defence
Timman, Jan H          -  Leko, Peter            1/2   45  B33  Sicilian; Sveshnikov

Round 4 (May 20, 1999)

Shirov, Alexei         -  Short, Nigel D         1/2   32  A11  English; 1.c4
Leko, Peter            -  Adams, Michael         1/2   61  C54  Italian game
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Timman, Jan H          1/2   18  C55  Two knights
Topalov, Veselin       -  Kasparov, Gary         1/2   21  D97  Gruenfeld indian
Sokolov, Ivan          -  Bareev, Evgeny         1/2   32  D15  Slav defence

Round 5 (May 21, 1999)

Kasparov, Gary         -  Sokolov, Ivan          1-0   49  D10  Slav defence
Bareev, Evgeny         -  Leko, Peter            1/2   51  D79  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Adams, Michael         -  Morozevich, Alexander  1/2   57  C03  French; Tarrasch
Short, Nigel D         -  Topalov, Veselin       1/2   22  B23  Sicilian; Closed
Timman, Jan H          -  Shirov, Alexei         0-1   38  D15  Slav defence

Round 6 (May 23, 1999)

Shirov, Alexei         -  Topalov, Veselin       1-0   76  B92  Sicilian; Najdorf
Leko, Peter            -  Kasparov, Gary         1/2   26  B93  Sicilian; Najdorf
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Bareev, Evgeny         0-1   70  C11  French; Classical
Sokolov, Ivan          -  Short, Nigel D         0-1   43  D58  QGD;
Timman, Jan H          -  Adams, Michael         0-1   41  C45  Scottish

Round 7 (May 24, 1999)

Kasparov, Gary         -  Morozevich, Alexander  1-0   55  D10  Slav defence
Bareev, Evgeny         -  Timman, Jan H          1-0   41  D27  QGA;
Adams, Michael         -  Shirov, Alexei         1/2   22  C24  1.e4 e5
Topalov, Veselin       -  Sokolov, Ivan          1/2   34  D11  Slav defence
Short, Nigel D         -  Leko, Peter            0-1   44  B10  Caro-Kann

Sarajevo BIH (BIH), v 1999                          cat. XIX (2704)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Kasparov, Gary         g RUS 2812 * = = . = 1 = 1 1 .  5.0  2849
 2 Bareev, Evgeny         g RUS 2679 = * . . = 1 1 = = 1  5.0  2860
 3 Shirov, Alexei         g ESP 2726 = . * = 1 0 1 = . 1  4.5  2818
 4 Adams, Michael         g ENG 2716 . . = * = = 0 1 1 1  4.5  2792
 5 Leko, Peter            g HUN 2694 = = 0 = * = . 1 . =  3.5  2717
 6 Morozevich, Alexander  g RUS 2723 0 0 1 = = * . . 1 =  3.5  2703
 7 Topalov, Veselin       g BUL 2700 = 0 0 1 . . * = = 1  3.5  2703
 8 Short, Nigel D         g ENG 2697 0 = = 0 0 . = * 1 .  2.5  2605
 9 Sokolov, Ivan          g BIH 2624 0 = . 0 . 0 = 0 * 1  2.0  2555
10 Timman, Jan H          g NED 2670 . 0 0 0 = = 0 . 0 *  1.0  2385
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3) Lembit Oll 1966-1999

Grandmaster Lembit Oll, the number one Estonian player, died in the early hours of Monday 17th May 1999. He was only 33 years old (he was born 23rd April 1966).

Oll became a Grandmaster in 1992 and at the time of his death was rated 2630, World number 42. His last tournament was in Nova Gorica, this spring, where he was second behind GM Kozul. Oll was a strong Grandmaster and, for example, his score against the 10 participants of the Sarajevo tournament which started on his last day, was +13=18 -8 in Lembit's favour: Kasparov (2812) +0=1 –0, Shirov (2726) +2=6 –3, Morozevich (2723) +3=1 –0, Adams (2716) +0=0 –0, Topalov (2700) +2=1 –1, Short (2697) +0=1 –2, Leko (2694) +0=1 –0, Barejev (2679) +3=0 –0, Timman (2649) +0=3 –0, I. Sokolov (2610) +3=4 –2. Oll was a familiar face throughout the World, especially on the international open circuit.

Oll lived in the suburbs of Tallinn and had two sons. However he was recently divorced and that had influenced him a lot. After a farewell in the Chesshouse in Tallinn he was buried on Saturday at the Metsakalmistu (Forest Graveyard) in Tallinn. The same same graveyard where Paul Keres rests.

It had seemed that Oll had started to recover from his recent depression. Oll was preparing very hard to play in the FIDE World Championships in Las Vegas. In the last WC he reached the third round eliminating GM Morozevich on the way. However at around 4-30am on Monday morning he jumped out of his apartment window.

4) Category 14 in Israel

IM Dmitry Tyomkin reports: The 1st Israeli Supertournament was organized by the Israeli Chess Federation and is took place in the Sol and Sisi Mark Center and Garry Kasparov Chess Academy building in Tel Aviv 10th-19th of May. The participants were the ten top Israeli grandmasters. 5 of them qualifed to play the event by rating, (Gelfand, Smirin, Alterman, Sutovsky and Avrukh) four (Mark Tseitlin, Huzman, Psahis, Zilberman) by their results in the Israeli Open Championship that was held in April this year, and finally the Champion of Israel in 1998 Liss was also invited.

The idea and a major part of the organization was down to GM Boris Alterman. The event is a 9 round single round robin tournament. The time control is 100 minutes for first the 40 moves, then 50 minutes for next 20 moves, and 10 minutes for the rest to each player. There is a 30 second increment for each move played. This time control is equivalent to the old 2h/40,1h/20,1/2h. 9 players in the event were born in former Soviet Union. This was the debute of Boris Gelfand in a serious closed event in Israel as an Israeli citizen.

The event was won by Gelfand, Smirin and Psakhis all of whom scored 6.5/9 undefeated.

Round by round

Round 7
Round 7 was another great chess day! As I predicted the most exciting game was Liss against Smirin. Liss tried to crush Smirin from the opening and got a very dangerous attack after a piece sacrifice in the Sicilian. It looked like Liss's attack was going to be decisive but then Smirin defended very accurately and remained with material up. Finally he won on move 26. Psakhis showed the better understanding of French Defence with black pieces against Sutovsky and beat him after a nice counterattack. Finally, Gelfand did not get too much with the white pieces against his second Huzman out of the opening, but later on he used weaknesses in the position of his opponent and won. Tseitlin found very interesting strategical idea in Gruenfeld with black and equalised. Then during the last time-control Avrukh lost concentration and in a very complicated position didn't use his chances and lost. Mark Tseitlin has had great performance in this tournament! Alterman tried to crush underdog Zilberman and was very close to the target getting into the ending with a pawn up. But he was not on top form and let Zilberman to save the game. There are 3 players who will fight for first place in the two last rounds. The top game tomorrow should be Sutovsky-Gelfand. Emil will try to improve his bad situation in this tournament, whilst Gelfand will look for clear first.

Round 8 This was the 8th day of the tournament, and it looks like that all the guys are very tired including bulletin editor! But I decided to stay with you today instead of sleep. One more day left to the end of this celebration! All the top players didn't want to clarify the situation and added half a point more to their standings. Psakhis drew quickly with Smirin. Sutovsky broke his no-draw series and gave respect to Gelfand making a draw with him in the early stage of the opening with white pieces of a Closed Sicilian. Huzman got some opening advantage, but he wasn't too ambitious and drew as well. Mark spent all the energy in his game against Avrukh, and made a horrible blunder on 13th move against Liss, who got an easy point. Alterman was very tired after a 7 hour game against Zilberman, opened safely with white against Avrukh. In equal position he offered draw,but…Avrukh didn't plan to go home this day so quickly and continued. Finally Alterman blundered allowing a very nice tactical blow and lost a piece. He resigned at once. The tomorrow last round will bring us these games games: Gelfand will try and crush Psakhis with the white pieces, which is not so easy to do. Smirin with white is a clear favorite in his game against Tseitlin. I guess that we will not get onr winner in this tournament and first prize will be shared.

The Final Round by GM Alex Finkel and IM Dima Tyomkin

The last round was as usually happens was rich in quick draws. Liss with the white pieces secured the fourth place with his draw against Alterman who didn't manage to win a single game in this event. Gelfand quiet surprisingly offered a draw after 17 moves against Psakhis. It is true that he got nothing in the opening, but the position was still full of life, and he could have kept on playing. After this draw both opponents tied for the first place and waited for Smirin's result to find out if he will join them on the tie. Smirin(as a true winner!) had a lot of luck in his final round game against Mark Tseitlin. Tseitlin outplayed Smirin with the black pieces in Spanish, but instead of slowly increasing the pressure he went for tactical complications and blundered, missing a nice intermediate move after which he remained a piece down and he then lost after an exciting fight. Zilberman came close to his only win against, but an inaccuracy in the technical part of the game prevented from him from escaping the last place. Avrukh, in nice positional style, outplayed the rock solid Huzman and slightly improved his mood (and our's too!) after a disastrous start to the tournament (I would like to remind you that he started the tournament with ½ out of 4). A young soldier in Israeli Army he showed his tremendous potential in his last two games. The Blitz Championship of Israel took place after the closing ceremony. The majority of top players (including about 20 GM's and 20 Im's!) took part. Clear first place was taken by IM Michael Oratovsky with fantastic performance 9 of 11 (his only loss was to Avrukh in the last round when nobody could catch him). 2-3 places were shared by Avrukh and Alon Greenfeld with 8,5 points. I hope you enjoyed reading my reports and I am looking forward to meeting you again on the pages of site of Israeli Federation.

Round 7 (May 17, 1999)

Gelfand, Boris     -  Huzman, Alexander  1-0   39  D27  QGA;
Liss, Eran         -  Smirin, Ilia       0-1   26  B82  Sicilian
Avrukh, Boris      -  Tseitlin, Mark D   0-1   58  D85  Gruenfeld indian
Sutovsky, Emil     -  Psakhis, Lev       0-1   38  C12  French; Macutcheon
Zilberman, Yaacov  -  Alterman, Boris    1/2   79  E12  Nimzo indian

Round 8 (May 18, 1999)

Psakhis, Lev       -  Smirin, Ilia       1/2   11  D73  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Huzman, Alexander  -  Zilberman, Yaacov  1/2   23  E57  Nimzo indian
Tseitlin, Mark D   -  Liss, Eran         0-1   16  B50  Sicilian
Alterman, Boris    -  Avrukh, Boris      0-1   34  A48  Queen's pawn
Sutovsky, Emil     -  Gelfand, Boris     1/2   12  B23  Sicilian; Closed

Round 9 (May 19, 1999)

Gelfand, Boris     -  Psakhis, Lev       1/2   16  E12  Nimzo indian
Smirin, Ilia       -  Tseitlin, Mark D   1-0   52  C86  Ruy Lopez
Liss, Eran         -  Alterman, Boris    1/2   11  E54  Nimzo indian
Avrukh, Boris      -  Huzman, Alexander  1-0   41  D23  QGA;
Zilberman, Yaacov  -  Sutovsky, Emil     1/2   47  E94  Kings indian; Classical


Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), v 1999                      cat. XIV (2583)
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                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Gelfand, Boris     g ISR 2691 * = = = 1 1 1 = = 1  6.5  2737
 2 Smirin, Ilia       g ISR 2652 = * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1  6.5  2741
 3 Psakhis, Lev       g ISR 2564 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 1  6.5  2751
 4 Liss, Eran         g ISR 2512 = 0 = * = 0 1 = 1 1  5.0  2634
 5 Huzman, Alexander  g ISR 2575 0 = = = * 0 = = 1 =  4.0  2541
 6 Avrukh, Boris      g ISR 2609 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 =  4.0  2537
 7 Tseitlin, Mark D   g ISR 2490 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 1  4.0  2550
 8 Alterman, Boris    g ISR 2616 = = = = = 0 = * 0 =  3.5  2499
 9 Sutovsky, Emil     g ISR 2612 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * =  3.0  2455
10 Zilberman, Yaacov  g ISR 2513 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = *  2.0  2371
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5) Category 12 in Katrineholm

The Category 12 tournament in Katrineholm (Sweden) took place May 11th-20th 1999. The event finished in a two way tie for first between Viktor Gavrikov and Jon Speelman both of whom scored 6.5 points. They were half a point clear of Ulf Anderson. My thanks to Jon Speelman for the games.

Round 1 (May 11, 1999)


Speelman, Jonathan S  -  Fedorov, Alexei       1-0   41  E90  Kings indian; Classical
Andersson, Ulf        -  Ibragimov, Ildar      1/2   29  D27  QGA;
Lutz, Christopher     -  Gavrikov, Viktor      0-1   62  B83  Sicilian
Berg, Emanuel         -  Cramling, Pia         1/2   78  B47  Sicilian
Laveryd, Peter        -  Lyrberg, Patrik       1/2   53  A48  Queen's pawn

Round 2 (May 12, 1999)

Ibragimov, Ildar      -  Speelman, Jonathan S  1-0   36  E13  Nimzo indian
Fedorov, Alexei       -  Berg, Emanuel         1-0   72  B40  Sicilian
Cramling, Pia         -  Lutz, Christopher     1/2   25  E32  Nimzo indian
Lyrberg, Patrik       -  Gavrikov, Viktor      0-1   22  B23  Sicilian; Closed
Laveryd, Peter        -  Andersson, Ulf        0-1   79  B20  Sicilian

Round 3 (May 13, 1999)

Gavrikov, Viktor      -  Cramling, Pia         1/2   56  E69  Kings indian
Speelman, Jonathan S  -  Laveryd, Peter        1-0   41  E67  Kings indian
Andersson, Ulf        -  Lyrberg, Patrik       1-0   18  E62  Kings indian
Lutz, Christopher     -  Fedorov, Alexei       1/2   42  B76  Sicilian; Dragon
Berg, Emanuel         -  Ibragimov, Ildar      0-1   40  C47  Four knights

Round 4 (May 14, 1999)

Andersson, Ulf        -  Speelman, Jonathan S  1/2   14  A50  Benoni
Ibragimov, Ildar      -  Lutz, Christopher     1/2   27  D53  QGD;
Fedorov, Alexei       -  Gavrikov, Viktor      1/2   14  B80  Sicilian
Lyrberg, Patrik       -  Cramling, Pia         1-0   39  E92  Kings indian; Classical
Laveryd, Peter        -  Berg, Emanuel         0-1   51  B80  Sicilian

Round 5 (May 15, 1999)

Gavrikov, Viktor      -  Ibragimov, Ildar      1/2   18  A26  English; 1.c4 e5
Speelman, Jonathan S  -  Lyrberg, Patrik       1-0   24  E61  Kings indian
Lutz, Christopher     -  Laveryd, Peter        1-0   27  C00  French
Cramling, Pia         -  Fedorov, Alexei       1/2   33  E71  Kings indian
Berg, Emanuel         -  Andersson, Ulf        0-1   35  B33  Sicilian; Sveshnikov

Round 6 (May 17, 1999)

Speelman, Jonathan S  -  Berg, Emanuel         1-0   48  A10  English; 1.c4
Andersson, Ulf        -  Lutz, Christopher     1/2   68  E02  Nimzo indian
Ibragimov, Ildar      -  Cramling, Pia         0-1   62  A56  Benoni
Lyrberg, Patrik       -  Fedorov, Alexei       1/2   55  E92  Kings indian; Classical
Laveryd, Peter        -  Gavrikov, Viktor      0-1   42  B06  Modern defence

Round 7 (May 18, 1999)

Gavrikov, Viktor      -  Andersson, Ulf        1/2   30  A39  English; 1.c4 c5
Fedorov, Alexei       -  Ibragimov, Ildar      1-0   22  C34  Kings gambit
Lutz, Christopher     -  Speelman, Jonathan S  1/2   29  B12  Caro-Kann
Cramling, Pia         -  Laveryd, Peter        1/2   37  A40  Queen's pawn
Berg, Emanuel         -  Lyrberg, Patrik       0-1   75  B00  1.e4

Round 8 (May 19, 1999)

Speelman, Jonathan S  -  Gavrikov, Viktor      1/2   14  E12  Nimzo indian
Andersson, Ulf        -  Cramling, Pia         1/2   15  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Lyrberg, Patrik       -  Ibragimov, Ildar      0-1   37  A07  Reti (1.Nf3)
Berg, Emanuel         -  Lutz, Christopher     0-1   45  B82  Sicilian
Laveryd, Peter        -  Fedorov, Alexei       0-1   31  B76  Sicilian; Dragon

Round 9 (May 20, 1999)

Gavrikov, Viktor      -  Berg, Emanuel         1-0   49  A87  Dutch defence
Ibragimov, Ildar      -  Laveryd, Peter        1-0   29  A56  Benoni
Fedorov, Alexei       -  Andersson, Ulf        1/2   45  B20  Sicilian
Lutz, Christopher     -  Lyrberg, Patrik       1-0   41  C17  French; Winawer
Cramling, Pia         -  Speelman, Jonathan S  0-1   34  A40  Queen's pawn


Katrineholm SWE (SWE), v 1999                      cat. XII (2532)
------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Gavrikov, Viktor      g LTU 2532 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1  6.5  2698
 2 Speelman, Jonathan S  g ENG 2601 = * = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2690
 3 Andersson, Ulf        g SWE 2623 = = * = = = = 1 1 1  6.0  2647
 4 Ibragimov, Ildar      g RUS 2602 = 1 = * 0 = 0 1 1 1  5.5  2604
 5 Fedorov, Alexei       g BLR 2648 = 0 = 1 * = = = 1 1  5.5  2599
 6 Lutz, Christopher     g GER 2610 0 = = = = * = 1 1 1  5.5  2603
 7 Cramling, Pia         g SWE 2515 = 0 = 1 = = * 0 = =  4.0  2491
 8 Lyrberg, Patrik       m SWE 2409 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 =  3.0  2421
 9 Berg, Emanuel           SWE 2364 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1  1.5  2278
10 Laveryd, Peter          SWE 2420 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 *  1.0  2193
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6) Chess Oscar 1998

"64 Chess Review" magazine (editor-in-chief Alexander Roshal) organised the Chess Oscars for the Best performances of 1998. They asked chess journalists and experts for their opinions. (The "Oscar" tradition was restored by "64" in 1996.) The received 271 lists from 57 countries. Anand and Morozevich were clearly the players of last year, Kasparov finished in third but probably has already done enough at Linares and Wijk aan Zee to be almost certain of the 1999 title (unless he loses a match later in the year).

The final results were (top ten):

1.Anand — 3278 points 
2.Morozevich — 2146 
3.Kasparov — 1993 
4.Kramnik — 1865 
5.Shirov — 1853 
6.Karpov — 764 
7.Svidler — 736 
8.Ivanchuk — 609 
9.Adams — 510
10.Leko — 474 

Others: 11.Korchnoi — 390, 12.Polgar J. — 360, 13.Short — 321, 14.Ponomarev — 221, 15.Gelfand — 217.)

(First place in the list — 13 points, second — 11, third — 9, fourth — 7, fifth — 6...tenth — 1.)

7) Capablanca Memorial

The 34th Capablana Memorial took place May 7th - 22nd 1999. The Category 12 Elite group was won by Tony Miles who was undefeated on 8.5 points. He was half a point clear of Suat Atalik, Lazaro Bruzon and Julio Becerra Rivero. FM Lazaro Bruzon scored a GM norm. Francisco Vallejo Pons won the Category VIII Premier I group with 9.5/13, 1.5 points clear of Mikhael Pogaets. Cuban FM Luis Manuel Perez won the Category VIII Premier II group with 9/13 a point ahead of Alexandre Lesiege who recovered from a poor start to finish second on 8/11. The Mixto group was won by Jose Alvarez with 10/13.

Coverage at: http://www2.cuba.cu/capablanca/

Capablanca Memorial - Elite Group

Round 9 (May 17, 1999)

Atalik, Suat             -  Miles, Anthony J         1/2   10  B78  Sicilian; Dragon
Bruzon, Lazaro           -  Comas Fabrego, Luis      1-0   62  C67  Ruy Lopez
Becerra Rivero, Julio    -  Vera, Reynaldo           1-0   32  A36  English; 1.c4 c5
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  -  Baburin, Alexander       1/2   26  D27  QGA;
Nogueiras, Jesus         -  De la Paz, Frank         1/2    9  E92  Kings indian; Classical
Hoffman, Alejandro       -  Slobodjan, Roman         1/2   10  E05  Nimzo indian
Godena, Michele          -  Arencibia, Walter        1/2   18  B51  Sicilian

Round 10 (May 18, 1999)

Miles, Anthony J         -  Bruzon, Lazaro           1/2   32  A14  English; 1.c4
Arencibia, Walter        -  Comas Fabrego, Luis      1-0   39  A11  English; 1.c4
Slobodjan, Roman         -  Atalik, Suat             1/2   11  D77  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Baburin, Alexander       -  Hoffman, Alejandro       1/2   37  D36  Queen's gambit
Vera, Reynaldo           -  Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  1/2   24  D36  Queen's gambit
De la Paz, Frank         -  Becerra Rivero, Julio    0-1   54  B31  Sicilian
Godena, Michele          -  Nogueiras, Jesus         1/2    9  C03  French; Tarrasch

Round 11 (May 19, 1999)

Atalik, Suat             -  Baburin, Alexander       1/2   13  B19  Caro-Kann
Bruzon, Lazaro           -  Slobodjan, Roman         1-0   38  C78  Ruy Lopez
Becerra Rivero, Julio    -  Godena, Michele          1-0   39  C78  Ruy Lopez
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  -  De la Paz, Frank         1-0   42  E81  Kings indian; Saemisch
Nogueiras, Jesus         -  Arencibia, Walter        1/2   11  D27  QGA;
Hoffman, Alejandro       -  Vera, Reynaldo           1/2   15  A30  English; 1.c4 c5
Comas Fabrego, Luis      -  Miles, Anthony J         1/2   19  D28  QGA;

Round 12 (May 20, 1999)

Arencibia, Walter        -  Miles, Anthony J         0-1   57  D10  Slav defence
Slobodjan, Roman         -  Comas Fabrego, Luis      1-0   40  B47  Sicilian
Baburin, Alexander       -  Bruzon, Lazaro           0-1   41  D79  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Nogueiras, Jesus         -  Becerra Rivero, Julio    1/2   11  E92  Kings indian; Classical
Vera, Reynaldo           -  Atalik, Suat             0-1   36  D85  Gruenfeld indian
De la Paz, Frank         -  Hoffman, Alejandro       1-0   40  C03  French; Tarrasch
Godena, Michele          -  Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  1/2   19  C45  Scottish

Round 13 (May 22, 1999)

Miles, Anthony J         -  Slobodjan, Roman         1/2   10  A06  Reti (1.Nf3)
Atalik, Suat             -  De la Paz, Frank         1/2   31  E94  Kings indian; Classical
Bruzon, Lazaro           -  Vera, Reynaldo           1/2    9  E11  Bogo indian
Becerra Rivero, Julio    -  Arencibia, Walter        1/2   68  B85  Sicilian
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  -  Nogueiras, Jesus         1/2   18  D10  Slav defence
Hoffman, Alejandro       -  Godena, Michele          1/2    9  E06  Nimzo indian
Comas Fabrego, Luis      -  Baburin, Alexander       1/2   52  A22  English; 1.c4 e5


Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999                                      cat. XII (2550)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1 Miles, Anthony J         g ENG 2609 * = = 1 1 = = 1 = = = = = 1  8.5  2655
 2 Atalik, Suat             g TUR 2593 = * 1 = = = = = = 1 = = = 1  8.0  2633
 3 Bruzon, Lazaro           f CUB 2488 = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 0 1 = 1  8.0  2641
 4 Becerra Rivero, Julio    g CUB 2535 0 = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1  8.0  2638
 5 Arencibia, Walter        g CUB 2520 0 = = = * 1 1 0 = = = 1 1 =  7.5  2609
 6 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan  g CHI 2613 = = = = 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 =  7.5  2602
 7 Slobodjan, Roman         g GER 2536 = = 0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 1 =  7.0  2580
 8 Baburin, Alexander       g IRL 2586 0 = 0 0 1 = = * = 1 = = 1 1  7.0  2576
 9 Nogueiras, Jesus         g CUB 2540 = = = = = = 0 = * = = = = =  6.0  2521
10 Vera, Reynaldo           g CUB 2547 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * = = 1 =  5.5  2493
11 Hoffman, Alejandro       g ARG 2547 = = 1 0 = 0 = = = = * 0 0 =  5.0  2463
12 Comas Fabrego, Luis      m ESP 2541 = = 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 0 =  4.5  2440
13 De la Paz, Frank         m CUB 2495 = = = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 * =  4.5  2444
14 Godena, Michele          g ITA 2552 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = = = = = *  4.0  2409
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Capablanca Memorial - Premier Group 1

Round 9 (May 17, 1999)

Vallejo Pons, Francisco     -  Podgaets, Mikhail           1/2   30  C26  1.e4 e5
Franco Ocampo, Zenon        -  Rivera, Alberto             1-0   36  D32  Queen's gambit
Matamoros Franco, Carlos S  -  Abreu, Aryam                1-0   48  D14  Slav defence
Szekely, Peter              -  Otero, Diasmany             1/2   15  E06  Nimzo indian
Delgado, Neuris             -  Vilela, Jose Luis           1-0   28  B40  Sicilian
Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto  -  Hernandez, Roman            1/2   12  D14  Slav defence
Roeder, Mathias             -  Herrera, Irisberto          1/2   20  D93  Gruenfeld indian

Round 10 (May 18, 1999)

Podgaets, Mikhail           -  Roeder, Mathias             1/2   15  E15  Nimzo indian
Franco Ocampo, Zenon        -  Szekely, Peter              1/2   12  E92  Kings indian; Classical
Abreu, Aryam                -  Delgado, Neuris             1/2    1  B00  1.e4
Herrera, Irisberto          -  Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto  1/2   82  C18  French; Winawer
Otero, Diasmany             -  Matamoros Franco, Carlos S  1-0   44  B99  Sicilian; Najdorf
Rivera, Alberto             -  Hernandez, Roman            1/2   10  D14  Slav defence
Vilela, Jose Luis           -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco     1/2   20  D30  Queen's gambit

Round 11 (May 19, 1999)

Vallejo Pons, Francisco     -  Abreu, Aryam                1-0   47  B90  Sicilian; Najdorf
Hernandez, Roman            -  Herrera, Irisberto          1/2    9  D94  Gruenfeld indian
Matamoros Franco, Carlos S  -  Franco Ocampo, Zenon        1/2   13  D69  QGD;
Szekely, Peter              -  Rivera, Alberto             1/2   33  E06  Nimzo indian
Delgado, Neuris             -  Otero, Diasmany             1/2   54  C77  Ruy Lopez
Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto  -  Podgaets, Mikhail           1-0   41  E94  Kings indian; Classical
Roeder, Mathias             -  Vilela, Jose Luis           0-1   29  D27  QGA;

Round 12 (May 20, 1999)

Podgaets, Mikhail           -  Hernandez, Roman            1/2   18  E11  Bogo indian
Franco Ocampo, Zenon        -  Delgado, Neuris             1/2   22  D15  Slav defence
Abreu, Aryam                -  Roeder, Mathias             0-1   48  B92  Sicilian; Najdorf
Szekely, Peter              -  Matamoros Franco, Carlos S  1/2   11  A30  English; 1.c4 c5
Otero, Diasmany             -  Vallejo Pons, Francisco     1/2   56  C02  French; Advance
Rivera, Alberto             -  Herrera, Irisberto          0-1   42  B51  Sicilian
Vilela, Jose Luis           -  Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto  1/2   20  D59  QGD;

Round 13 (May 22, 1999)

Vallejo Pons, Francisco     -  Franco Ocampo, Zenon        1/2   11  D36  Queen's gambit
Hernandez, Roman            -  Vilela, Jose Luis           1/2    9  D55  QGD;
Matamoros Franco, Carlos S  -  Rivera, Alberto             1/2   47  D53  QGD;
Herrera, Irisberto          -  Podgaets, Mikhail           1/2   27  C92  Ruy Lopez
Delgado, Neuris             -  Szekely, Peter              1/2   10  A05  Reti (1.Nf3)
Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto  -  Abreu, Aryam                1/2    9  D35  Queen's gambit
Roeder, Mathias             -  Otero, Diasmany             1/2   17  D46  Semi-Slav


Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999                                        cat. VIII (2436)
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                                          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1 Vallejo Pons, Francisco     m ESP 2494 * = 1 = 1 1 1 = = = = 1 1 =  9.5  2606
 2 Podgaets, Mikhail           m UKR 2484 = * = = 0 = = 1 1 1 0 = 1 1  8.0  2519
 3 Hernandez, Roman            g CUB 2419 0 = * = 1 1 = = = 1 = = = =  7.5  2494
 4 Franco Ocampo, Zenon        g ESP 2463 = = = * = = = = = = = = 1 =  7.0  2463
 5 Abreu, Aryam                m CUB 2410 0 1 0 = * 0 1 = = 1 = 0 1 =  6.5  2438
 6 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S  m ECU 2458 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 = = 0 1 = = =  6.5  2434
 7 Herrera, Irisberto          m CUB 2450 0 = = = 0 0 * = 1 = = = 1 1  6.5  2435
 8 Szekely, Peter              g HUN 2444 = 0 = = = = = * = = = = = =  6.0  2406
 9 Delgado, Neuris             f CUB 2417 = 0 = = = = 0 = * = 1 = 0 1  6.0  2408
10 Otero, Diasmany             f CUB 2403 = 0 0 = 0 1 = = = * 1 = 0 1  6.0  2409
11 Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto  m CUB 2430 = 1 = = = 0 = = 0 0 * = = =  5.5  2379
12 Roeder, Mathias             m GER 2448 0 = = = 1 = = = = = = * 0 0  5.5  2378
13 Rivera, Alberto             m CUB 2392 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 1 = 1 * =  5.5  2382
14 Vilela, Jose Luis           m CUB 2396 = 0 = = = = 0 = 0 0 = 1 = *  5.0  2352
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Capablanca Memorial - Premier Group 2

Round 9 (May 17, 1999)

Perez, Luis Manuel         -  Schussler, Harry           1/2   15  B19  Caro-Kann
Gonzalez, Renier           -  Lesiege, Alexandre         1-0   65  B50  Sicilian
Gonzalez, Yuri             -  Vazquez, Renier            1-0   22  B00  1.e4
Garcia Martinez, Silvino   -  Garbisu de Goni, Unai      1-0   33  A86  Dutch defence
Dominguez, Lenier          -  Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel  1-0   76  B15  Caro-Kann
Gomez, Felix               -  Narciso Dublan, Marc       1-0   42  E11  Bogo indian
Gongora, Maikel            -  Perez, Rodney              1-0   59  B10  Caro-Kann

Round 10 (May 18, 1999)

Perez, Luis Manuel         -  Gongora, Maikel            1-0   18  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Lesiege, Alexandre         -  Dominguez, Lenier          1-0   53  D44  QGD; Botwinnik
Perez, Rodney              -  Gonzalez, Renier           1/2    1  B00  1.e4
Vazquez, Renier            -  Gomez, Felix               1-0   54  C63  Ruy Lopez
Schussler, Harry           -  Garbisu de Goni, Unai      1/2   13  A80  Dutch defence
Narciso Dublan, Marc       -  Garcia Martinez, Silvino   0-1   30  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel  -  Gonzalez, Yuri             1/2   43  A70  Modern Benoni

Round 11 (May 19, 1999)

Gonzalez, Renier           -  Perez, Luis Manuel         0-1   52  C26  1.e4 e5
Gonzalez, Yuri             -  Lesiege, Alexandre         1/2   43  B87  Sicilian
Garcia Martinez, Silvino   -  Vazquez, Renier            1/2   22  B40  Sicilian
Garbisu de Goni, Unai      -  Narciso Dublan, Marc       1/2    9  C47  Four knights
Dominguez, Lenier          -  Perez, Rodney              1/2   16  C42  Petroff defence
Gomez, Felix               -  Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel  1/2   52  A43  Queen's pawn
Gongora, Maikel            -  Schussler, Harry           0-1   39  C16  French; Winawer

Round 12 (May 20, 1999)

Perez, Luis Manuel         -  Dominguez, Lenier          1/2    6  A29  English; 1.c4 e5
Lesiege, Alexandre         -  Gomez, Felix               1-0   37  A31  English; 1.c4 c5
Perez, Rodney              -  Gonzalez, Yuri             1/2   23  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Vazquez, Renier            -  Garbisu de Goni, Unai      1/2   34  C91  Ruy Lopez
Schussler, Harry           -  Narciso Dublan, Marc       1/2    7  D26  QGA;
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel  -  Garcia Martinez, Silvino   1/2   13  D24  QGA;
Gongora, Maikel            -  Gonzalez, Renier           1/2   46  B32  Sicilian

Round 13 (May 22, 1999)

Gonzalez, Renier           -  Schussler, Harry           1/2   15  B19  Caro-Kann
Gonzalez, Yuri             -  Perez, Luis Manuel         1-0   72  C78  Ruy Lopez
Garcia Martinez, Silvino   -  Lesiege, Alexandre         1/2    9  D27  QGA;
Garbisu de Goni, Unai      -  Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel  1/2   59  B27  Sicilian; Closed
Dominguez, Lenier          -  Gongora, Maikel            1/2   10  D02  Queen's pawn
Gomez, Felix               -  Perez, Rodney              1/2    8  D48  Meran Variation
Narciso Dublan, Marc       -  Vazquez, Renier            1/2   10  C45  Scottish


Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999                                       cat. VIII (2436)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1 Perez, Luis Manuel         f CUB 2402 * 1 1 0 = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1  9.0  2579
 2 Lesiege, Alexandre         g CAN 2521 0 * 0 = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2516
 3 Gonzalez, Renier           m CUB 2408 0 1 * 1 = = 1 1 = = = = 0 =  7.5  2495
 4 Gonzalez, Yuri             f CUB 2386 1 = 0 * = = 1 1 = 0 0 = = 1  7.0  2469
 5 Garcia Martinez, Silvino   g CUB 2420 = = = = * = 1 = = = = 1 = 0  7.0  2466
 6 Perez, Rodney              m CUB 2406 = 1 = = = * 0 = = = = 1 1 0  7.0  2467
 7 Garbisu de Goni, Unai      m ESP 2414 = = 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 1 = = 1  7.0  2466
 8 Vazquez, Renier            m CUB 2409 0 = 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 = 1 1  7.0  2467
 9 Schussler, Harry           g SWE 2455 = 0 = = = = = = * = = = 0 1  6.0  2405
10 Dominguez, Lenier          m CUB 2479 = 0 = 1 = = 0 0 = * 0 = 1 =  5.5  2375
11 Gomez, Felix               f CUB 2463 0 0 = 1 = = 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 0  5.5  2377
12 Narciso Dublan, Marc       m ESP 2469 = 0 = = 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 1  5.0  2346
13 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel  g ESP 2447 0 0 1 = = 0 = 0 1 0 = = * =  5.0  2348
14 Gongora, Maikel            f CUB 2427 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 0 = 1 0 = *  4.5  2326
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Capablanca Memorial - Mixto Group 

Round 9 (May 17, 1999)

Martinez, Daniel               -  Delgado Crespo, Mairelys       1/2   24  D66  QGD;
Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena  -  Hernandez, Tania               1/2   30  B31  Sicilian
Pina, Sulennis                 -  Almeida, Omar                  0-1   25  B30  Sicilian
Frometa, Zirka                 -  Arribas, Maritza               1/2    8  A55  Benoni
Pazos, Plinio                  -  Gonzalez, Jorge V              0-1   32  A08  Reti (1.Nf3)
Duarte, Tatiana                -  Sosa, L                        1-0   28  C01  French; Exchange
Fandino, Roquelina             -  Alvarez, Jose                  0-1   62  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)

Round 10 (May 18, 1999)

Alvarez, Jose                  -  Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena  1/2   28  B39  Sicilian
Arribas, Maritza               -  Almeida, Omar                  0-1   66  B27  Sicilian; Closed
Gonzalez, Jorge V              -  Fandino, Roquelina             1/2    1  B00  1.e4
Frometa, Zirka                 -  Pazos, Plinio                  0-1   29  E60  Kings indian
Hernandez, Tania               -  Duarte, Tatiana                1-0   41  B25  Sicilian; Closed
Delgado Crespo, Mairelys       -  Pina, Sulennis                 0-1   43  B20  Sicilian
Sosa, L                        -  Martinez, Daniel               0-1   39  D00  Queen's pawn

Round 11 (May 19, 1999)

Almeida, Omar                  -  Delgado Crespo, Mairelys       1-0   40  D15  Slav defence
Martinez, Daniel               -  Hernandez, Tania               1/2   23  A65  Modern Benoni
Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena  -  Gonzalez, Jorge V              1/2   55  C40  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Pina, Sulennis                 -  Sosa, L                        1-0   45  B18  Caro-Kann
Pazos, Plinio                  -  Arribas, Maritza               0-1   24  A08  Reti (1.Nf3)
Duarte, Tatiana                -  Alvarez, Jose                  0-1   26  B40  Sicilian
Fandino, Roquelina             -  Frometa, Zirka                 0-1   67  B15  Caro-Kann

Round 12 (May 20, 1999)

Alvarez, Jose                  -  Martinez, Daniel               1-0   31  E92  Kings indian; Classical
Arribas, Maritza               -  Delgado Crespo, Mairelys       1/2    8  B40  Sicilian
Gonzalez, Jorge V              -  Duarte, Tatiana                1/2    7  E92  Kings indian; Classical
Frometa, Zirka                 -  Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena  1-0   60  E90  Kings indian; Classical
Hernandez, Tania               -  Pina, Sulennis                 1-0   43  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Pazos, Plinio                  -  Fandino, Roquelina             0-1   26  C04  French; Tarrasch
Sosa, L                        -  Almeida, Omar                  0-1   42  A45  Queen's pawn

Round 13 (May 22, 1999)

Almeida, Omar                  -  Hernandez, Tania               1-0   28  A70  Modern Benoni
Martinez, Daniel               -  Gonzalez, Jorge V              1-0   37  A56  Benoni
Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena  -  Pazos, Plinio                  1-0   46  C08  French; Tarrasch
Pina, Sulennis                 -  Alvarez, Jose                  1/2   10  B26  Sicilian; Closed
Delgado Crespo, Mairelys       -  Sosa, L                        1-0   53  B00  1.e4
Duarte, Tatiana                -  Frometa, Zirka                 0-1   39  B15  Caro-Kann
Fandino, Roquelina             -  Arribas, Maritza               0-1   23  C02  French; Advance


Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999                                               cat. I (2253)
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                                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Alvarez, Jose                  m CUB 2368 * 1 1 = = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1  10.0  2454
 2 Almeida, Omar                  f CUB 2344 0 * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1   9.5  2420
 3 Martinez, Daniel                 MEX 2260 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1   9.5  2427
 4 Arribas, Maritza              wm CUB 2322 = 0 1 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1   9.0  2388
 5 Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena wm ECU 2252 = 1 0 = * 0 = 0 = = 1 1 1 1   7.5  2309
 6 Pina, Sulennis                wm CUB 2241 = 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 0 1 = 1 1 1   7.5  2310
 7 Gonzalez, Jorge V                CHI 2100 = 0 0 = = 1 * 0 = 1 1 = = 1   7.0  2293
 8 Frometa, Zirka                wm CUB 2190 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 * = = 0 1 1 =   6.0  2228
 9 Hernandez, Tania              wm CUB 2211 0 0 = 0 = 1 = = * = = 1 = 0   5.5  2199
10 Delgado Crespo, Mairelys      wm CUB 2298 = 0 = = = 0 0 = = * 0 1 = 1   5.5  2192
11 Pazos, Plinio                  m ECU 2366 = = 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 1 * 0 0 1   5.0  2157
12 Duarte, Tatiana               wf BRA 2146 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1 1   4.0  2120
13 Fandino, Roquelina            wf CUB 2187 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 * 1   3.5  2082
14 Sosa, L                          PUR 2254 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 *   1.5  1916
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8) Diagonale Broadcast 21st May

There is another broadcast of the Diagonale chess program tonight 21st May. There will be an interview with Peter Leko and also Malcolm Pein will be on the programme. They will also look at Kasparov v Short game from round 3 of Sarajevo. You can listen to this and indeed the previous editions, check out the web site at: http://www.tactiquenet.com

9) Russian Club Championships

The Russian Club Championships take place in St. Petersburg, Russia May 16th-25th. The last Championships took place in Maikop in June of last year with the winners being "Sberbank Tatarstan" of Kazan (this was the event which saw Morozevich, who is currently playing in Linares, score 9/10 for the Izmailov Chess Club of Tomsk.

"Himik" Belorechensk won the event with 31.5 board points, they had a pretty balanced team of Dreev, Tregubov, Kotsur, Malaniuk, Poluljahov, Beshukov, and Galkin. They edged out by half a point on 30 board points, the team of "Siberia" Tomsk who were second and probably had the strongest team (Zvjaginsev, Pigusov, Filippov, Landa, Fominyh, Khasin, and Loskutov.) in third were another strong team, that of the Petersburg Kings (Khalifman, Sakaev, Ionov, Loginov, Sergey Ivanov, Solozhenkin and Valerij Popov) and they scored 29 board points.

Detailed Internet coverage: http://www.gmchess.spb.ru

Teams

Chess Club Murmansk (leading players: Vladimir Burmakin and Denis Yevseev)
"Himik" Belorechensk (leading players: Alexey Dreev, Pavel Tregubov, Vladimir
Malaniuk)
"Peterburg Kings" (leading players: Alexander Khalifman, Konstantin Sakaev,
Valery Popov, Sergey Ionov)
University Vladivostok (Alexander Semeniuk)
"Siberia" Tomsk (leading players Vadim Zvjaginsev, Evgeny Pigusov, Valerij Filippov)
Chess Club Voronezh (leading player Konstantin Chernyshov)
Novokuznetsk (leading player Sergei Iskusnyh)
Iskusnyh (leading player Sergey Volkov)
Sberbank-Tatarstan (leading players Sergey Rublevsky, Andrei Kharlov, and
Valery Yandemirov)

Round 1 May 16th

"Himik" Belorechensk 3,5:2,5 "Sberbank -Tatarstan" 
"Peterburg Kings" 3,5:2,5 Chess Club Smolensk 
University Vladivostok 3,5:2,5 Novokuznetsk 
Siberia" Tomsk 4:2 Chess Club Voronezh 

Round 2 May 17th

Novokuznetsk 2,5:3,5 "Siberia" Tomsk 
Chess Club Smolensk 2,5:3,5 University Vladivostok 
"Sberbank -Tatarstan" 2:4 "Peterburg Kings" 
Chess Club Murmansk 1,5:4,5 "Himik" Belorechensk 

Round 3 May 18th

"Peterburg Kings" 4:2 Chess Club Murmansk 
University Vladivostok 3:3 "Sberbank -Tatarstan" 
"Siberia" Tomsk 4,5:1,5 Chess Club Smolensk 
Chess Club Voronezh 3,5:2,5 Novokuznetsk 

Round 4 May 19th

Chess Club Smolensk 4:2 Chess Club Voronezh 
"Sberbank -Tatarstan" 2,5:3,5 "Siberia" Tomsk 
Chess Club Murmansk 4:2 University Vladivostok 
"Himik" Belorechensk 3:3 "Peterburg Kings" 

Round 5 May 20th

University Vladivostok 0,5:5,5 "Himik" Belorechensk 
"Siberia" Tomsk 3,5:2,5 Chess Club Murmansk 
Chess Club Voronezh 2:4 "Sberbank -Tatarstan" 
Novokuznetsk 3:3 Chess Club Smolensk 

Round 6 May 21st

"Sberbank -Tatarstan" 3,5:2,5 Novokuznetsk 
Chess Club Murmansk 4:2 Chess Club Voronezh 
"Himik" Belorechensk 3:3 "Siberia" Tomsk 
"Peterburg Kings" 5:1 University Vladivostok 

Round 7 May 22nd

"Siberia" Tomsk 4:2 "Peterburg Kings" 
Chess Club Voronezh 1,5:4,5 "Himik" Belorechensk 
Novokuznetsk 2,5:3,5 Chess Club Murmansk 
Chess Club Smolensk 3,5:2,5 "Sberbank -Tatarstan" 

Round 8 May 23rd

Chess Club Murmansk 4:2 Chess Club Smolensk 
"Himik" Belorechensk 4,5:1,5 Novokuznetsk 
"Peterburg Kings" 3,5:2,5 Chess Club Voronezh 
University Vladivostok 1:5 "Siberia" Tomsk 

Round 9 May 24th

Chess Club Voronezh 3:3 University Vladivostok 
Novokuznetsk 2:4 "Peterburg Kings" 
Chess Club Smolensk 3:3 "Himik" Belorechensk 
"Sberbank -Tatarstan" 3:3 Chess Club Murmansk 

Final standings

N Team                     1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  Points Place 
1 Chess Club Murmansk     *** 1.5 2.0 4.0 2.5 4.0 3.5 4.0 3.0   24.5  4 
2 "Himik" Belorechensk    4.5 *** 3.0 5.5 3.0 4.5 4.5 3.0 3.5   31.5  1 
3 "Peterburg Kings"       4.0 3.0 *** 5.0 2.0 3.5 4.0 3.5 4.0   29.0  3 
4 University Vladivostok  2.0 0.5 1.0 *** 1.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.0   17.5  9 
5 "Siberia" Tomsk         3.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 *** 4.0 3.5 4.5 3.5   31.0  2 
6 Chess Club Voronezh     2.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 2.0 *** 3.5 2.0 2.0   18.5  8 
7 Novokuznetsk            2.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 *** 3.0 2.5   19.0  7 
8 Chess Club Smolensk     2.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 1.5 4.0 3.0 *** 3.5   22.0  6 
9 "Sberbank - Tatarstan"  3.0 2.5 2.0 3.0 2.5 4.0 3.5 2.5 ***   23.0  5 

10) ICC Grandmaster Fights #1

John Fernandez reports: GM Peter Svidler demolished the field by 2 points to win the first ever ICC Grandmaster Fights event on Sunday, May 23. Svidler actually jumped out to an enormous start, and after round 4 his perfect score had already clinched clear first, taking $250 for his efforts. GM Jeroen Piket made an even score, which was good enough for clear second and $100. GM Emil Sutovsky had a difficult tournament, losing both games to Svidler, but manged to score 2.5, getting third place and $100. GM Babakuli Annakov played some interesting games in the event, but took fourth, and $50 for his efforts.

The event was run on and sponsored by the Internet Chess Club (http://www.chessclub.com) and organized and directed by John Fernandez. The average rating of the participants was 2636 FIDE, or Category 16!! The Internet Chess Club plans to run some more events like this in the future, for the club. Any questions about the series can be directed to jfernandez@chessclub.com.

ICC (Internet), v 1999                 cat. XVI (2636)
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                                 1  2  3  4 
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1 Svidler, Peter     g RUS 2713 ** 1= 11 1=  5.0  2883
2 Piket, Jeroen      g NED 2619 0= ** 01 1=  3.0  2641
3 Sutovsky, Emil     g ISR 2612 00 10 ** =1  2.5  2587
4 Annakov, Babakuli  g TKM 2600 0= 0= =0 **  1.5  2455
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11) Women's Zonal Tournaments

The Eastern European Women's FIDE Zonal took place in Tbilisi (Georgia), 7th-17th May 1999. A 9 round Swiss system event saw the top seven qualify for the Championships in Kishnev in September.

Qualifiers

1. Khurtsidze, Nino                  g  GEO  2417   7.0
2. Khurtsilava, Inga                 m  GEO  2259   6.5

3. Goletiani, Rusudan                m  GEO  2310   6.5
4. Bojkovic, Natasa                  g  YUG  2424   6.5
5. Javakhishvili, Lela                  GEO  2181   6.5
6. Manakova, Maria                   g  YUG  2344   6.5
7. Tkeshelashvili, Sopio             m  GEO  2321   6.5
.. etc

There are two further zonal event taking place at the moment.

The Saint-Vincent women's Zonal tournament Zone 1.1 with players from the UK, France, Spain, Holland, Portugal, Luxemburg and Italy.

Coverage at: http://www.netvallee.it/scacchi/women/1999/Default.htm and at http://www.infcom.it/fsi

Zonal tournament 1.4. (POL, CZE, SVK, HUN, BUL, ROM) running 22nd-30th May 1999 in Ostrava (CZE). Details at: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/1672/w14zone99/index.htm

12) Curitiba Chess Club Championships

Helder Rodrigues reports: The Curitiba Chess Club Championships are took place 16th-23rd May 1999. Curitiba is in Brazil. Edson Kenji Tsuboi and Vitoro Chemin won with 8/11. There are 5 games missing from the games file.

Round 1 (May 16, 1999)

Tsuboi, Edson Kenji    -  Dumont, Sadi Glasser   1/2   18  B42  Sicilian
Chemin, Vitorio        -  Achutti, Andre         1-0   50  D34  Queen's gambit
De Souza, Mauro        -  Limp, Eduardo          1-0   35  D36  Queen's gambit
Matsuura, Everaldo     -  Miranda, Marcio M.C    1-0   51  E12  Nimzo indian
Cubas, Jose Fernando   -  Crosa, Martin          1-0   20  B45  Sicilian
Dos Santos, Haroldo C  -  Pereira, Silvio C      1-0   60  A80  Dutch defence

Round 2 (May 17, 1999)

De Souza, Mauro        -  Chemin, Vitorio        0-1   41  D40  QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Limp, Eduardo          -  Dumont, Sadi Glasser   1/2   69  A46  Queen's pawn
Crosa, Martin          -  Dos Santos, Haroldo C  0-1   54  C47  Four knights

Pereira, Silvio C      -  Tsuboi, Edson Kenji    0-1   41  B59  Sicilian
Miranda, Marcio M.C    -  Cubas, Jose Fernando   0-1   38  D10  Slav defence
Achutti, Andre         -  Matsuura, Everaldo     0-1   25  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)

Round 3 (May 17, 1999)

Tsuboi, Edson Kenji    -  Crosa, Martin          1-0   77  B33  Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Chemin, Vitorio        -  Limp, Eduardo          0-1   39  D05  Queen's pawn
Matsuura, Everaldo     -  De Souza, Mauro        0-1   24  C29  1.e4 e5
Cubas, Jose Fernando   -  Achutti, Andre         1-0   37  B21  Sicilian; English attack
Dos Santos, Haroldo C  -  Miranda, Marcio M.C    1/2   21  D02  Queen's pawn
Dumont, Sadi Glasser   -  Pereira, Silvio C      1/2   17  C26  1.e4 e5

Round 4 (May 18, 1999)

Chemin, Vitorio        -  Matsuura, Everaldo     0-1   29  D05  Queen's pawn
De Souza, Mauro        -  Cubas, Jose Fernando   1-0   55  D18  Slav defence
Limp, Eduardo          -  Pereira, Silvio C      1-0   47  A80  Dutch defence
Crosa, Martin          -  Dumont, Sadi Glasser   1/2   55  A08  Reti (1.Nf3)
Miranda, Marcio M.C    -  Tsuboi, Edson Kenji    0-1   49  D97  Gruenfeld indian
Achutti, Andre         -  Dos Santos, Haroldo C  0-1   24  C01  French; Exchange

Round 5 (May 19, 1999)

Tsuboi, Edson Kenji    -  Achutti, Andre         1-0   24  B50  Sicilian
Matsuura, Everaldo     -  Limp, Eduardo          1/2   76  E14  Nimzo indian
Cubas, Jose Fernando   -  Chemin, Vitorio        0-1   27  B59  Sicilian
Dos Santos, Haroldo C  -  De Souza, Mauro        0-1   46  A46  Queen's pawn
Dumont, Sadi Glasser   -  Miranda, Marcio M.C    1/2   19  B12  Caro-Kann
Pereira, Silvio C      -  Crosa, Martin          1-0   44  B33  Sicilian; Sveshnikov

Round 6 (May 19, 1999)

Chemin, Vitorio        -  Dos Santos, Haroldo C  1-0   35  D12  Slav defence
De Souza, Mauro        -  Tsuboi, Edson Kenji    1/2   16  D82  Gruenfeld indian
Matsuura, Everaldo     -  Cubas, Jose Fernando   0-1   44  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Limp, Eduardo          -  Crosa, Martin          1-0   22  B07  Pirc
Miranda, Marcio M.C    -  Pereira, Silvio C      1/2   51  A81  Dutch defence
Achutti, Andre         -  Dumont, Sadi Glasser   1/2   26  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)

Round 7 (May 20, 1999)

Tsuboi, Edson Kenji    -  Chemin, Vitorio        1/2   65  B61  Sicilian
Cubas, Jose Fernando   -  Limp, Eduardo          1-0   29  B23  Sicilian; Closed
Dos Santos, Haroldo C  -  Matsuura, Everaldo     0-1   39  B30  Sicilian
Dumont, Sadi Glasser   -  De Souza, Mauro        1/2   19  C26  1.e4 e5
Crosa, Martin          -  Miranda, Marcio M.C    1-0   37  B12  Caro-Kann
Pereira, Silvio C      -  Achutti, Andre         1-0   20  B53  Sicilian

Round 8 (May 21, 1999)

Chemin, Vitorio        -  Dumont, Sadi Glasser   1-0   25  A48  Queen's pawn
De Souza, Mauro        -  Pereira, Silvio C      1/2   21  A81  Dutch defence
Matsuura, Everaldo     -  Tsuboi, Edson Kenji    1/2    0
Limp, Eduardo          -  Miranda, Marcio M.C    1-0   37  B07  Pirc
Cubas, Jose Fernando   -  Dos Santos, Haroldo C  0-1   38  C53  Italian game
Achutti, Andre         -  Crosa, Martin          0-1   35  B06  Modern defence

Round 9 (May 21, 1999)

Tsuboi, Edson Kenji    -  Cubas, Jose Fernando   1-0   38  B50  Sicilian
Dos Santos, Haroldo C  -  Limp, Eduardo          0-1   53  A46  Queen's pawn
Dumont, Sadi Glasser   -  Matsuura, Everaldo     0-1   43  C46  Unknown
Crosa, Martin          -  De Souza, Mauro        1-0   36  C02  French; Advance
Pereira, Silvio C      -  Chemin, Vitorio        1/2   49  B59  Sicilian
Miranda, Marcio M.C    -  Achutti, Andre         1/2   11  D45  Semi-Slav

Round 10 (May 22, 1999)

Chemin, Vitorio        -  Crosa, Martin          1-0   32  E62  Kings indian
De Souza, Mauro        -  Miranda, Marcio M.C    1-0   26  D05  Queen's pawn
Matsuura, Everaldo     -  Pereira, Silvio C      1-0   20  C45  Scottish
Limp, Eduardo          -  Achutti, Andre         1-0   26  D05  Queen's pawn
Cubas, Jose Fernando   -  Dumont, Sadi Glasser   1/2    0
Dos Santos, Haroldo C  -  Tsuboi, Edson Kenji    1/2    0

Round 11 (May 23, 1999)

Tsuboi, Edson Kenji    -  Limp, Eduardo          1/2    0
Dumont, Sadi Glasser   -  Dos Santos, Haroldo C  1/2    0
Crosa, Martin          -  Matsuura, Everaldo     1/2   24  B14  Caro-Kann
Pereira, Silvio C      -  Cubas, Jose Fernando   0-1   29  B53  Sicilian
Miranda, Marcio M.C    -  Chemin, Vitorio        0-1   32  B25  Sicilian; Closed
Achutti, Andre         -  De Souza, Mauro        0-1   24  C01  French; Exchange


Curitiba BRA (BRA), v 1999                               cat. II (2287)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1 Tsuboi, Edson Kenji    f BRA 2330 * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1  8.0  2458
 2 Chemin, Vitorio          BRA 2280 = * 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1  8.0  2462
 3 De Souza, Mauro        m BRA 2369 = 0 * 1 1 1 1 = 0 = 1 1  7.5  2412
 4 Matsuura, Everaldo     m BRA 2380 = 1 0 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1  7.5  2411
 5 Limp, Eduardo            BRA 2409 = 1 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.5  2408
 6 Cubas, Jose Fernando   f PAR 2198 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2360
 7 Dos Santos, Haroldo C    BRA 2275 = 0 0 0 0 1 * = 1 1 = 1  5.5  2288
 8 Dumont, Sadi Glasser   f BRA 2378 = 0 = 0 = = = * = = = =  4.5  2213
 9 Crosa, Martin            URU 2208 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 = * 0 1 1  4.0  2192
10 Pereira, Silvio C        BRA 2287 0 = = 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1  4.0  2184
11 Miranda, Marcio M.C    f BRA 2285 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * =  2.0  2025
12 Achutti, Andre           BRA 2044 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = *  1.0  1926
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13) II Magistral de Vila Real de Santo António

Luis Santos reports: The Category 18 II Magistral de Vila Real de Santo António started May 15th. The event was won by Yuri Yakovich who scored 7.5/9, he was a full 2.5 points clear of the rest of the field with Hamdouchi, Frois and Teran all scoring 5 points.

Daily reports at: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/

Round 1 (May 15, 1999)

Hamdouchi, Hichem      -  Stefanova, Antoaneta   1/2    8  B00  1.e4
Frois, Antonio         -  Rocha, Sergio          1/2   50  B14  Caro-Kann
Teran Alvarez, Ismael  -  Fernandes, Antonio     1/2   42  B80  Sicilian
Campora, Daniel H      -  Yakovich, Yuri         0-1   88  B31  Sicilian
Pinheiro, Jose         -  Santos, Jose P         0-1   23  A35  English; 1.c4 c5

Round 2 (May 16, 1999)

Yakovich, Yuri         -  Teran Alvarez, Ismael  1-0   74  A87  Dutch defence
Stefanova, Antoaneta   -  Campora, Daniel H      0-1   47  A45  Queen's pawn
Rocha, Sergio          -  Hamdouchi, Hichem      0-1   67  B42  Sicilian
Santos, Jose P         -  Fernandes, Antonio     1-0   38  A88  Dutch defence
Pinheiro, Jose         -  Frois, Antonio         0-1   27  A04  Reti (1.Nf3)

Round 3 (May 17, 1999)

Hamdouchi, Hichem      -  Pinheiro, Jose         1-0   23  B30  Sicilian
Frois, Antonio         -  Santos, Jose P         1-0   60  A12  English; 1.c4
Teran Alvarez, Ismael  -  Stefanova, Antoaneta   1/2   14  B01  Scandinavian
Campora, Daniel H      -  Rocha, Sergio          1/2   53  B06  Modern defence
Fernandes, Antonio     -  Yakovich, Yuri         0-1   49  D40  QGD; Tarrasch Defence

Round 4 (May 18, 1999)

Frois, Antonio         -  Hamdouchi, Hichem      1/2   20  E60  Kings indian
Stefanova, Antoaneta   -  Fernandes, Antonio     1-0   46  A46  Queen's pawn
Rocha, Sergio          -  Teran Alvarez, Ismael  1-0   45  B40  Sicilian
Santos, Jose P         -  Yakovich, Yuri         0-1   41  D02  Queen's pawn
Pinheiro, Jose         -  Campora, Daniel H      1-0   36  E15  Nimzo indian

Round 5 (May 19, 1999)

Yakovich, Yuri         -  Stefanova, Antoaneta   1/2   45  D10  Slav defence
Hamdouchi, Hichem      -  Santos, Jose P         1/2   83  B18  Caro-Kann
Teran Alvarez, Ismael  -  Pinheiro, Jose         1-0   38  A48  Queen's pawn
Campora, Daniel H      -  Frois, Antonio         1/2   37  B36  Sicilian
Fernandes, Antonio     -  Rocha, Sergio          1-0   39  E67  Kings indian

Round 6 (May 20, 1999)

Hamdouchi, Hichem      -  Campora, Daniel H      1/2   46  B07  Pirc
Frois, Antonio         -  Teran Alvarez, Ismael  1/2   53  A81  Dutch defence
Rocha, Sergio          -  Yakovich, Yuri         0-1   38  D01  Queen's pawn
Santos, Jose P         -  Stefanova, Antoaneta   1/2   27  D14  Slav defence
Pinheiro, Jose         -  Fernandes, Antonio     0-1   27  E43  Nimzo indian

Round 7 (May 21, 1999)

Yakovich, Yuri         -  Pinheiro, Jose         1-0   25  A42  Queen's pawn
Teran Alvarez, Ismael  -  Hamdouchi, Hichem      1-0   26  A08  Reti (1.Nf3)
Campora, Daniel H      -  Santos, Jose P         1-0   50  B18  Caro-Kann
Stefanova, Antoaneta   -  Rocha, Sergio          0-1   60  A41  Queen's pawn
Fernandes, Antonio     -  Frois, Antonio         1-0   38  E71  Kings indian

Round 8 (May 22, 1999)

Hamdouchi, Hichem      -  Fernandes, Antonio     1/2   48  C24  1.e4 e5
Frois, Antonio         -  Yakovich, Yuri         1/2   56  E04  Nimzo indian
Campora, Daniel H      -  Teran Alvarez, Ismael  1/2   83  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Santos, Jose P         -  Rocha, Sergio          0-1   32  E17  Nimzo indian
Pinheiro, Jose         -  Stefanova, Antoaneta   0-1   31  D10  Slav defence

Round 9 (May 23, 1999)

Yakovich, Yuri         -  Hamdouchi, Hichem      1/2   24  D48  Meran Variation
Teran Alvarez, Ismael  -  Santos, Jose P         1-0   43  A02  Bird (1.f4)
Stefanova, Antoaneta   -  Frois, Antonio         1/2   20  D11  Slav defence
Fernandes, Antonio     -  Campora, Daniel H      1/2   42  C78  Ruy Lopez
Rocha, Sergio          -  Pinheiro, Jose         0-1   63  C60  Ruy Lopez


Santo Antonio POR (POR), v 1999                    cat. VIII (2440)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Yakovich, Yuri         g RUS 2565 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.5  2699
 2 Hamdouchi, Hichem      g MAR 2564 = * = 0 = = = 1 = 1  5.0  2469
 3 Frois, Antonio         m POR 2405 = = * = = = 0 = 1 1  5.0  2487
 4 Teran Alvarez, Ismael  f ESP 2367 0 1 = * = = = 0 1 1  5.0  2491
 5 Campora, Daniel H      g ARG 2553 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 0  4.5  2427
 6 Stefanova, Antoaneta   m BUL 2452 = = = = 0 * 1 0 = 1  4.5  2438
 7 Fernandes, Antonio     m POR 2438 0 = 1 = = 0 * 1 0 1  4.5  2440
 8 Rocha, Sergio          m POR 2430 0 0 = 1 = 1 0 * 1 0  4.0  2398
 9 Santos, Jose P         f POR 2355 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 1  3.0  2324
10 Pinheiro, Jose         f POR 2272 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 *  2.0  2238
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14) News from the Philippines

Bobby Ang reports from the Philippines.

1999 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

1999 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SSS Canteen, East Avenue, Quezon City

GM Rogelio Antonio, Jr. (or Joey Antonio, as we all call him) won the 1999 Philippine National Championships in run-away fashion by scoring 6 wins and 4 draws for a final tally of 8/10.

The format for this year's championship called for an 11-round Swiss system (open to all rated players) tournament to determine the top ten, who then qualify for the grand finals, where they were to be joined by GMs Eugene Torre and Joey Antonio in a round-robin tournament.

The eliminations started last April 1, 1999, and was won by IM Bong Villamayor, followed by a massive tie for 2nd-10th places. In no particular order they are: FM Luiz Chiong, NM Richard Bitoon, NM Joseph Sanchez, NM Eduardo Ortiz, FM Petronio Roca, NM Rolly Martinez, NM Gerry Cabellon, NM Ben Flores and NM Arlan Cabe.

NM Homer Cunanan had a sob story: after winning his last round game with NM Jerry Nodado everybody thought that he had qualified, since his tie-break points gave him the advantage over anybody with whom he might tie. The only way he would miss out was if by some miracle the results of 5 games turned out a certain way.

Sadly, this was exactly what happened (really uncanny - in the last game to finish IM Chito Garma with everything to play for had a hallucination and actually hung a whole rook against Cabe, allowing the latter to sneak into the finals instead of Cunanan).

When GM Eugene Torre declined to take part in the grand finals due to his on-going dispute with the Philippine Chess Federation, Homer Cunanan once again thought that he had qualified, since he was the next-in-line. Sadly again, in a special board meeting held on the starting date of the finals it was decided to push through with an 11-man field and not to activate any of the reserves.

You can read detailed newspaper reports by Bobby Ang at his website at: http://www.philchess.com.ph (see "Businessworld columns" where you will find several articles, background stories and annotated games about this tournament.)

Quezon City (PHI), iv-v 1999
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
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 1 Antonio, Rogelio jr  g PHI 2558 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1  8.0  2441
 2 Bitoon, Richard        PHI 2393 = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1  7.0  2366
 3 Sanchez, Joseph        PHI 2131 = = * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 0  6.5  2353
 4 Villamayor, Bong     m PHI 2380 = 1 0 * = = 1 0 = 1 1  6.0  2291
 5 Martinez, Rolly        PHI ---- 0 = = = * 0 = = 1 = 1  5.0  2257
 6 Ortiz, Eduardo         PHI 2356 0 0 = = 1 * 0 1 = = 1  5.0  2221
 7 Cabe, Arlan            PHI ---- 0 = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 0 1  4.5  2221
 8 Cabellon, Gerry        PHI ---- 0 0 0 1 = 0 = * 1 1 =  4.5  2221
 9 Roca, Petronio         PHI 2362 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1  4.0  2148
10 Flores,Ben                 ---- 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 0 * 1  3.0  2108
11 Chiong, Luiz         f PHI 2390 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 *  1.5  1922
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MATCH OF THE MILLENNIUM: Indonesia vs Rest-of-the-World

MATCH OF THE MILLENNIUM: Indonesia vs Rest-of-the-World Bali, Indonesia May 2-11, 1999

In Bali some chess enthusiasts organized this "Match of the Millennium", pitting the 4-man Indonesian team of GM Utut Adianto, IM Cerdas Barus, IM Denny Juswanto and GM Edhi Handoko and the rest of the world team composed of GM Jaan Ehlvest, GM Eugene Torre, GM Erik Van den Doel, and GM Darryl Johansen in a double round Scheveningen tournament.

There was no prize money at stake, and the games were unrated, so most of the ROW players went to Bali with the full intention of taking a vacation. They were surprised to find a well-prepared Indonesian side which was dead-serious in winning the event.

Showing magnificent form, GM Adianto towed the Indonesian side to a 5-pt lead before disaster struck in the penultimate round when they were blanked 4-0. Seeing their enormous lead shrink to a mere point, the host players went to great lengths to hold the ROW team to a 2-2 draw in the last round and win the match.

Round 1 (May 2, 1999)

Ehlvest, Jaan       -  Adianto, Utut       1/2   22  E29  Nimzo indian
Handoko, Edhi       -  Johansen, Darryl K  1-0   74  C15  French; Winawer
Juswanto, Denny     -  Van den Doel, Erik  1/2   25  E12  Nimzo indian
Torre, Eugenio      -  Barus, Cerdas       1/2   24  B17  Caro-Kann

Round 2 (May 3, 1999)

Barus, Cerdas       -  Ehlvest, Jaan       1/2   59  E97  Kings indian; Main line
Adianto, Utut       -  Torre, Eugenio      1-0   27  B42  Sicilian
Johansen, Darryl K  -  Juswanto, Denny     1/2   29  A20  English; 1.c4 e5
Van den Doel, Erik  -  Handoko, Edhi       1/2   80  C43  Petroff defence

Round 3 (May 4, 1999)

Adianto, Utut       -  Van den Doel, Erik  1-0   34  E67  Kings indian
Barus, Cerdas       -  Johansen, Darryl K  1-0   54  E90  Kings indian; Classical
Ehlvest, Jaan       -  Juswanto, Denny     1-0   39  E89  Kings indian; Saemisch
Torre, Eugenio      -  Handoko, Edhi       1/2   30  D46  Semi-Slav

Round 4 (May 5, 1999)

Van den Doel, Erik  -  Barus, Cerdas       1-0   77  E12  Nimzo indian
Johansen, Darryl K  -  Adianto, Utut       1/2   30  D23  QGA;
Juswanto, Denny     -  Torre, Eugenio      1-0   35  D02  Queen's pawn
Handoko, Edhi       -  Ehlvest, Jaan       1-0   52  C45  Scottish

Round 5 (May 6, 1999)

Ehlvest, Jaan       -  Handoko, Edhi       1-0   38  C31  Kings gambit
Adianto, Utut       -  Johansen, Darryl K  1-0   44  A84  Dutch defence
Barus, Cerdas       -  Van den Doel, Erik  1-0   30  D85  Gruenfeld indian
Torre, Eugenio      -  Juswanto, Denny     1/2   60  A45  Queen's pawn

Round 6 (May 7, 1999)

Johansen, Darryl K  -  Barus, Cerdas       1/2   62  A28  English; 1.c4 e5
Handoko, Edhi       -  Torre, Eugenio      0-1   52  B08  Pirc; Classical
Juswanto, Denny     -  Ehlvest, Jaan       1/2   60  A00  Irregular
Van den Doel, Erik  -  Adianto, Utut       0-1   25  B06  Modern defence

Round 7 (May 8, 1999)

Juswanto, Denny     -  Johansen, Darryl K  0-1   67  E61  Kings indian
Ehlvest, Jaan       -  Barus, Cerdas       1-0   63  B10  Caro-Kann
Handoko, Edhi       -  Van den Doel, Erik  0-1   35  C38  Kings gambit
Torre, Eugenio      -  Adianto, Utut       1-0   55  B11  Caro-Kann

Round 8 (May 9, 1999)

Adianto, Utut       -  Ehlvest, Jaan       1/2   12  E03  Nimzo indian
Barus, Cerdas       -  Torre, Eugenio      1/2   20  D48  Meran Variation
Johansen, Darryl K  -  Handoko, Edhi       1-0   39  A29  English; 1.c4 e5
Van den Doel, Erik  -  Juswanto, Denny     0-1   30  B43  Sicilian


Bali IND (IND), v 1999
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1 Adianto, Utut       g INA 2607  =2 +3 +8 =6 +6 +8 -3 =2    5.5  2684
2 Ehlvest, Jaan       g EST 2593  =1 =4 +5 -7 +7 =5 +4 =1    5.0  2588
3 Torre, Eugenio      g PHI 2557  =4 -1 =7 -5 =5 +7 +1 =4    4.0  2493
4 Barus, Cerdas       m INA 2465  =3 =2 +6 -8 +8 =6 -2 =3    4.0  2543
5 Juswanto, Denny     m INA 2465  =8 =6 -2 +3 =3 =2 -6 +8    4.0  2543
6 Johansen, Darryl K  g AUS 2490  -7 =5 -4 =1 -1 =4 +5 +7    3.5  2450
7 Handoko, Edhi       g INA 2435  +6 =8 =3 +2 -2 -3 -8 -6    3.0  2456
8 Van den Doel, Erik  g NED 2535  =5 =7 -1 +4 -4 -1 +7 -5    3.0  2406
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15) Dutch Junior Championships

Anjo Anjewierden reports: The Dutch junior championship took place in the historical building "De Waag" in Leiden (May 3-11). Pre-tournament favourites IM Ruud Janssen, trying to win the tournament for a fourth consecutive time, and IM Sipke Ernst did not play a significant role. Thomas Willemze took an early lead with 5/6 before he was stopped by Marten Wortel in round 7. With two rounds to go there were four leaders with 5/7: Willemze, Wortel, Joost Berkvens and Maarten Solleveld. Of these, only Berkvens withstood the pressure, he won the last two games and claimed clear first with 7/9.

Desiree Hamelink is the new girls-champion. She is a fanatic supporter of Dutch soccer champion Feyenoord (Rotterdam) and her dress at chess tournaments consists of the Feyenoord outfit (we suspect she hardly plays in Amsterdam).

The other new champions are:

Boys U16: Jan Werle (after a play-off against Gabriel Molinari)
Girls U16: Arlette van Weersel
Boys U14: Jan Smeets
Girls U14: Marlies Bensdorp (after a play-off against Annemiek Willemze)

All games from all sections can be found at:

More detailed coverage of the Dutch Junior championships is available at http://www.schaakbond.nl/index2.html including all the games from all sections.

NED-U20 Leiden (NED), v 1999
NK Jeugd t/m 20 jaar
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                                       1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1 Berkvens, Joost          NED 2215  =24 +10 +19 = 9 + 2 = 3 = 4 + 8 + 5  7.0  2433
 2 Van Beek, Lucien         NED 2320  +21 +18 + 8 - 3 - 1 =13 +12 +11 + 4  6.5  2333
 3 Willemze, Thomas         NED 2249  +22 +14 = 4 + 2 + 6 = 1 - 9 - 5 + 8  6.0  2383
 4 Ernst, Sipke           m NED 2428  =11 +20 = 3 =16 =12 +10 = 1 + 9 - 2  5.5  2256
 5 Van Delft, Merijn        NED 2292  -14 +22 -11 +23 +16 = 8 + 7 + 3 - 1  5.5  2227
 6 Janssen, Ruud            NED 2445  -18 +21 +13 +11 - 3 =12 - 8 +14 + 9  5.5  2207
 7 Vink, Nico               NED 2252  =20 =11 +18 - 8 +17 = 9 - 5 +10 +12  5.5  2211
 8 Solleveld, Maarten       NED 2347  +16 +13 - 2 + 7 = 9 = 5 + 6 - 1 - 3  5.0  2300
 9 Wortel, Marten           NED 2281  =19 +23 +12 = 1 = 8 = 7 + 3 - 4 - 6  5.0  2287
10 Keessen, Aldert Jan      NED ----  =12 - 1 +15 +14 =11 - 4 +13 - 7 +17  5.0  2172
11 Amesz, Jaap              NED ----  = 4 = 7 + 5 - 6 =10 +14 =16 - 2 =15  4.5  2221
12 Middelburg, Tom          NED 2266  =10 +24 - 9 +19 = 4 = 6 - 2 +16 - 7  4.5  2220
13 Jens, Jelmer             NED ----  +15 - 8 - 6 =24 +19 = 2 -10 +21 =16  4.5  2152
14 Wempe, Joost             NED ----  + 5 - 3 =17 -10 +24 -11 +23 - 6 +22  4.5  2109
15 Van Ruitenburg, Joost    NED ----  -13 =16 -10 =21 =20 +24 =22 +19 =11  4.5  2028
16 Span, Paul               NED 2260  - 8 =15 +20 = 4 - 5 +18 =11 -12 =13  4.0  2105
17 Lammens, Tim             NED ----  =23 -19 =14 =18 - 7 =21 +20 +22 -10  4.0  1985
18 Snuverink, Jochem        NED ----  + 6 - 2 - 7 =17 =22 -16 -21 +24 =23  3.5  2061
19 Rijnaarts, Sjef          NED ----  = 9 +17 - 1 -12 -13 -20 +24 -15 +21  3.5  2004
20 Velema, Sander           NED ----  = 7 - 4 -16 -22 =15 +19 -17 =23 =24  3.0  1979
21 Heltzel, Joost           NED ----  - 2 - 6 =22 =15 =23 =17 +18 -13 -19  3.0  1960
22 Hendriks, Victor         NED ----  - 3 - 5 =21 +20 =18 =23 =15 -17 -14  3.0  1935
23 Stange, Sven             NED ----  =17 - 9 =24 - 5 =21 =22 -14 =20 =18  3.0  1938
24 Kommer, Bas              NED ----  = 1 -12 =23 =13 -14 -15 -19 -18 =20  2.0  1833
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16) Hamburg City Championships

Rolf Sander reports: The first two rounds of Hamburg's Chess Championship have been completed (the event runs 22nd-30th May). The leaders after the first two rounds are GM Kempinski, IM Urban and FM Lamprecht, who managed to win against GM Ftacnik in round 2. The organizers were very unhappy to receive three cancellations of Grandmasters in the week before the tournament started, so that it will be quite difficult to score GM norms for the GM candidates. Apart from that, we see an interesting tournament with quite a few surprising results.

There may be some internet coverage at the site of the Hamburg Chess association: http://members.aol.com/HHSchV/index.htm

Hamburg GER (GER), v 1999
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                                      1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1 Kempinski, Robert     g POL 2533  +16 +18  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0      
 2 Lamprecht, Frank      f GER 2399  +14 +15  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0      
 3 Urban, Klaudiusz      m POL 2444  +17 +19  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0      
 4 Heinemann, Thies      m GER 2483  +20 = 8  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2531
 5 Joecks, Christian     m GER 2415  +25 = 6  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2479
 6 Stanke, Juergen         GER 2315  +26 = 5  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2623
 7 Bach, Matthias        f GER 2337  =12 +24  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2682
 8 Bekker-Jensen, Simon    DEN 2360  +30 = 4  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2507
 9 Hansen, Sune Berg     g DEN 2499  =21 +23  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2499
10 Kopylov, Mihail         UKR 2421  =23 +22  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2504
11 Rogozenko, Dorian     g ROM 2557  =22 +21  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2517
12 Mueller, Karsten      g GER 2558  = 7 =13  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2300
13 Bekker-Jensen, David    DEN 2263  =24 =12  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2489
14 Bathke, Joerg           GER 2225  - 2 +28  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2377
15 Ftacnik, Lubomir      g SVK 2585  +28 - 2  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2377
16 Heyken, Enno          m GER 2325  - 1 +27  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2372
17 Lindinger, Markus       GER 2302  - 3 +29  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2406
18 Loeffler, Stefan      m GER 2385  +27 - 1  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2372
19 Maahs, Erich            GER 2203  +29 - 3  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2406
20 Trisic, Alexandar       GER 2317  - 4 +30  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2314
21 Buhr, Carl Christian    GER 2320  = 9 -11  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2335
22 Hochgraefe, Markus      GER 2329  =11 -10  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2296
23 Pajeken, Wolfgang       GER 2293  =10 - 9  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2267
24 Reeh, Oliver          m GER 2420  =13 - 7  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2107
25 Voigt, Martin         f GER 2257  - 5 =26  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2237
26 Wilhelmi, Christian   m GER 2446  - 6 =25  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2093
27 Engelbert, Christoph    GER 2211  -18 -16  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0      
28 Hegeler, Frank        f GER 2356  -15 -14  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0      
29 Reddmann, Hauke       f GER 2368  -19 -17  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0      
30 Sass, Andreas           GER 2146  - 8 -20  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0      
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17) Estonian Championships

Mart Tarmak reports: This year's Estonian championships were played in Tallinn without GM participation. Kaido Külaots won the title for the first time who was the bronze medalist in the 1996 U-20 World Championships. Second place went to five times Estonian Champion Olav Sepp and third place to Aleksander Veingold. 1997 Amateur World Champion Olev Schults had a good start and poor finish. Monika Tsõganova won her fourth women's champion's title. The games of the men's tournament are available thanks to Ülar Lauk.

Round 1 (May 1, 1999)

Kulaots, Kaido       -  Sergejev, Roman      1-0   34  B92  Sicilian; Najdorf
Sepp, Olav           -  Schuls, Olev         1/2   53  B31  Sicilian
Veingold, Aleksandr  -  Cheutshenko, Robert  1/2   56  E97  Kings indian; Main line
Seeman, Tarvo        -  Zjukin, Sergei       1/2   33  A12  English; 1.c4
Svirjov, Igor        -  Kiik, Kalle          1/2  116  A43  Queen's pawn

Round 2 (May 2, 1999)

Sepp, Olav           -  Kulaots, Kaido       1/2   33  B47  Sicilian
Sergejev, Roman      -  Veingold, Aleksandr  1/2   27  B89  Sicilian
Kiik, Kalle          -  Seeman, Tarvo        1/2   10  C47  Four knights
Schuls, Olev         -  Zjukin, Sergei       1-0   86  C55  Two knights
Cheutshenko, Robert  -  Svirjov, Igor        0-1   98  B06  Modern defence

Round 3 (May 3, 1999)

Kulaots, Kaido       -  Schuls, Olev         1-0    0  A00  Irregular
Veingold, Aleksandr  -  Sepp, Olav           1/2   21  E99  Kings indian; Main line
Seeman, Tarvo        -  Cheutshenko, Robert  1-0   32  A24  English; 1.c4 e5
Svirjov, Igor        -  Sergejev, Roman      1/2   17  D05  Queen's pawn
Zjukin, Sergei       -  Kiik, Kalle          1/2   37  B15  Caro-Kann

Round 4 (May 4, 1999)

Kulaots, Kaido       -  Veingold, Aleksandr  1/2   12  B67  Sicilian
Sepp, Olav           -  Svirjov, Igor        1-0   49  B06  Modern defence
Sergejev, Roman      -  Seeman, Tarvo        1-0   45  E68  Kings indian
Schuls, Olev         -  Kiik, Kalle          1-0   47  B06  Modern defence
Cheutshenko, Robert  -  Zjukin, Sergei       1-0   47  C92  Ruy Lopez

Round 5 (May 5, 1999)

Veingold, Aleksandr  -  Schuls, Olev         1/2   60  A70  Modern Benoni
Kiik, Kalle          -  Cheutshenko, Robert  1/2   42  E60  Kings indian
Seeman, Tarvo        -  Sepp, Olav           0-1   49  A38  English; 1.c4 c5
Svirjov, Igor        -  Kulaots, Kaido       0-1   33  D27  QGA;
Zjukin, Sergei       -  Sergejev, Roman      1/2   21  B81  Sicilian

Round 6 (May 6, 1999)

Kulaots, Kaido       -  Seeman, Tarvo        0-1   59  B15  Caro-Kann
Sepp, Olav           -  Zjukin, Sergei       1-0   31  B20  Sicilian
Veingold, Aleksandr  -  Svirjov, Igor        1-0   38  E94  Kings indian; Classical
Sergejev, Roman      -  Kiik, Kalle          1/2   17  B38  Sicilian
Schuls, Olev         -  Cheutshenko, Robert  1/2   79  C55  Two knights

Round 7 (May 7, 1999)

Kiik, Kalle          -  Sepp, Olav           1-0   57  A48  Queen's pawn
Seeman, Tarvo        -  Veingold, Aleksandr  0-1   40  B88  Sicilian
Svirjov, Igor        -  Schuls, Olev         1-0   28  E21  Nimzo indian
Zjukin, Sergei       -  Kulaots, Kaido       1/2   30  B67  Sicilian
Cheutshenko, Robert  -  Sergejev, Roman      1-0   39  E54  Nimzo indian

Round 8 (May 8, 1999)

Kulaots, Kaido       -  Kiik, Kalle          1-0   23  B00  1.e4
Sepp, Olav           -  Cheutshenko, Robert  1-0   38  B15  Caro-Kann
Veingold, Aleksandr  -  Zjukin, Sergei       1/2    8  D91  Gruenfeld indian
Svirjov, Igor        -  Seeman, Tarvo        1-0   45  A49  Queen's pawn
Schuls, Olev         -  Sergejev, Roman      0-1   44  B93  Sicilian; Najdorf

Round 9 (May 9, 1999)

Sergejev, Roman      -  Sepp, Olav           1/2   27  D77  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Kiik, Kalle          -  Veingold, Aleksandr  1/2    6  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Seeman, Tarvo        -  Schuls, Olev         1-0   40  B70  Sicilian; Dragon
Zjukin, Sergei       -  Svirjov, Igor        1-0   48  B06  Modern defence
Cheutshenko, Robert  -  Kulaots, Kaido       0-1   34  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)


Tallinn EST (EST), v 1999                          cat. VI (2385)
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 1 Kulaots, Kaido       m EST 2426 * = = 1 1 0 1 = 1 1  6.5  2546
 2 Sepp, Olav           m EST 2397 = * = = 0 1 1 1 = 1  6.0  2509
 3 Veingold, Aleksandr  m EST 2475 = = * = = 1 1 = = =  5.5  2455
 4 Sergejev, Roman        EST 2376 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 0  4.5  2386
 5 Kiik, Kalle          m EST 2439 0 1 = = * = = = 0 =  4.0  2336
 6 Seeman, Tarvo        m EST 2440 1 0 0 0 = * 0 = 1 1  4.0  2336
 7 Svirjov, Igor        f EST 2346 0 0 0 = = 1 * 0 1 1  4.0  2346
 8 Zjukin, Sergei         EST 2398 = 0 = = = = 1 * 0 0  3.5  2304
 9 Schuls, Olev         f EST 2200 0 = = 0 1 0 0 1 * =  3.5  2326
10 Cheutshenko, Robert    EST 2357 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 1 = *  3.5  2308
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18) Norwegian Team Championships

IM Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: The Norwegian Team Championships were played 12-16th May 1999 in Langesund south-west of Oslo. The participants had qualified from a regional series. The tournament was played as an 8-team round robin. The organizers were Porsgrunn Sjakklubb. There was internet coverage (in Norwegian): http://home.sol.no/~eirikgu/lagnm99.htm The winners were Norway's traditionally strongest club, Oslo Schakselskap ahead of newcomers Stavanger Sjakklubb. Bergens Schakklub, who won in 1997 and 1998, had to settle for third.

Results (team points count first):

1. Oslo Schakselskap         26.5 game points  11 team points
2. Stavanger Sjakklubb       23.5              11
3. Bergens Schakklub         26                10
4. Akademisk SK Oslo         26                 9
5. Randaberg Sjakklubb       18.5               6
6. Tromsø Sjakklubb          17.5               4
7. Porsgrunn Sjakklubb       16.5               3
8. Trondheim Sjakkforening   13.5               2

Best players:

Board 1: GM Einar Gausel, Oslo Schakselskap    4.5 / 6
Board 2: (IM) Frode Elsness, Akademisk SK Oslo 5.0 / 6
Board 3: IM Ivar Bern, Bergens Schakklub       6.0 / 7
Board 4: FM Petter Fossan, Stavanger Sjakklubb 5.0 / 7
Board 5: Arild Lauvsnes, Stavanger Sjakklubb   4.5 / 7
Board 6: Stein A. Aarland, Bergens Schakklub   5.0 / 6
Sub 1:   Kristian Trygstad, Oslo Schakselskap  5.0 / 6   
Sub 2:   Joachim Berg-Jensen, Porsgrunn SK     3.0 / 5

19) Linares Open in Chile

Andrés Molina Rodríguez reports: The VI Linares (Chile) Open started on May 21st. Players include e GM Jordi Magem (Spain), GM Pablo Zarnicki (Argentina), GM Andrés Rodríguez (Uruguay), GM Alonso Zapata (Colombia), GM Henry Urday (Perú), GM Gilberto Hernández (México), IM Oscar de la Riva (Spain), IM Jorge Szmetan (Argentina), IM Julián Estrada (México). After four rounds Pablo Zarnicki, Gilberto Hernandez, Rodrigo Vasquez, Oscar De la Riva, Jordi Magem, Sergio Slipak, Pablo Toloza and Luis Valenzuela are all on 4/4.

Further information at: http://i.am/linach

20) Forthcoming Events

Dortmund Chess Days

As reported the Category 19 27th Dortmund Chess Days will see Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Anatoly Karpov, Michael Adams, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Jan Timman and Ivan Sokolov play in the 8 player single round robin event.

The Super Tournament will run 10th to 17th July (round robin) the other events include a Master Tournament (cat. 10) and an Open from 9th to 18th July. Venue the Main Opera House in Dortmund City Center. Those interested in playing in the Open can contact (0049-231-2009265) for registration information, there is a www site at: http://www.dortmund.de/chess

The players for the Master event have been announced, they are: Josef Pinter (Hungary, ELO 2580); Adrian Michaltschischin (Slowena, ELO 2550); Arshak Petrosjan (Armenia, ELO 2520); Michael Feygin (Ukraine ELO 2520); Klaus Bischoff (Germany, ELO 2500); Eckhard Schmittdiel (Germany, ELO 2500); Alica Maric (Yugoslavia, ELO 2484); Dirk Poldauf (Germany, ELO 2450); Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany, ELO 2425); Gregor Mainka (Germany, ELO 2340)

Third Broekhuis Tournament

Eric van der Schilden reports:

For the third consecutive time Rotterdam will be hosting the Dutch Chess Championship. The organizers claim to have found an excellent location: the public library located directly next to station Blaak in the city centre. The tournament will be played from May 29 until June 10 (last round and prize giving). Rest days are June 2 and 7. Compared to last year, the budget has shifted from starting fees toward prize money. The total prize fund has doubled and amounts fl 60 000.-- now. The tournament will be covered with live games on internet on:

http://www.nkschaken.nl

Participants

GM Predrag Nikolic (11-9-1960), rating: 2633
GM Loek van Wely (7-10-1972), rating: 2632
GM Ivan Sokolov (13-6-1968), rating: 2624
GM Jeroen Piket (27-1-1969), rating: 2619
GM Dimitri Reinderman (12-8-1972), rating: 2541
GM Erik van den Doel (15-5-1979), rating: 2535
GM Paul van der Sterren (17-3-1956), rating: 2535
GM Roberto Cifuentes-Parada, (21-12-1957) rating: 2529
GM John van der Wiel (9-8-1959), rating: 2526
GM Friso Nijboer (26-5-1965), rating: 2515
IM/WGM Peng Zhao Qin (8-5-1968), rating: 2452
Ruud Janssen (1-5-1979), rating: 2445

The average rating is 2549: category 12.

Jan Timman has decided not to play this tournament. It doesn't fit in his preparation for the World Championship. Moreover he couldn't reach financial agreement with the organizers. Despite Timman's absence, this tournament will be the highest rated Dutch Championship ever. There are ten Grandmasters who all have played in the tournament before: Cifuentes, Van den Doel, Nijboer, Nikolic, Piket, Reinderman, Sokolov, Van der Sterren, Van Wely and Van der Wiel. The field is completed by two wildcards: First Ruud Jansen, who impressed by finishing fifth at the last World Junior Championship. Finally IM/WGM Peng Zhao Qin. She received a wildcard for her results at the last Olypiad (bronze medal on board one) and Candidates Tournament (fifth). Peng will be the first woman ever to take part in the Dutch Championship.

Sokolov defends title It has to be noted that this will be the last time that Bosnians Sokolov and Nikolic will be exempted from the "National Team Rule". This rule says that players who want to play the Championship have to be eligible for the national team. Both Bosnians have not expressed the intention to play for the Dutch team (instead of the Bosnian team). Only if they do so, can they play in the next Championship.

Brazilian Junior Championships

The Brazilian Junior Championships (sub-20 boys and girls) took place 20-23 May, in Brasilia Chess Club - Brasilia - Brasil. The favourites won: - f Ricardo Benares won Absolut sub-20 (there were 43 players) - f Barbara Farhat won Girls sub-20 (there were 10 players) Results and games are available at: http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx.index2.htm

3rd Mind Sports Olympiad

The prize fund for this year's Mind Sports Olympiad has been set at 100,000 pounds. There may also be some additional prizes to be announced later. In addition to the cash prizes the leading players will also receive the traditional MSO gold, silver and bronze medals. There will be additional medals for the leading juniors in each tournament. The prize funds for some of the games are listed below. All figures are in pounds sterling.

Chess £20,000; Bridge £10,000; Go £8,500; 10x10 Draughts £8,000; Othello £7,000; Chinese Chess £6,000; Scrabble £6,000; Shogi £5,000; Stratego £5,000; 8x8 Draughts £4,000; Memory Skills £3,000; Cribbage £2,000; Dominoes £2,000; Intelligence £2,000

Prize funds for other games will be announced in due course. The detailed tournament schedule will be announced on their web site http://www.mindsports.co.uk/ in early June and printed entry forms will be available shortly thereafter.

First Saturday, June

The next First Saturday events start 5th of June in Budapest. Tournament types: 1. GM closed, cat.VII-VIII., 10-14 participants, 2. IM-closed, cat.II-III, 3. ELO-closed, av. about 2100, 4. Scheveningen for the ELO-rating /9 days, 9 games/

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