THE WEEK IN CHESS 250 - 23rd August 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Contents 1) Introduction
2) FIDE World Chess Championships
3) Women's World Chess Championships
4) Interplay US Championships 1999
5) VISA Nordic Grand Prix Final 1999
6) Lost Boys Closed, Amsterdam
7) Rubinstein Memorial Polanica Zdrój 1999
8) First Saturday, August
9) Jules Ehrat-Memorial
10) Spanish Chess Championships
11) French Chess Championships
12) US Open Championships
13) Ftacnik on the Presov festival
14) Lebanese Championships
15) Hotel Agro tournaments
16) Olomouc Chess Festival, August
17) Garry Kasparov vs the World
18) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
FIDE World Chess Championships 56 games
Women's World Chess Championships 5 games
VISA Nordic Grand Prix Final 28 games
Lost Boys Closed, Amsterdam 12 games
Rubinstein Mem Polanica Zdrój 20 games
First Saturday, August GM 28 games
First Saturday, August IM 28 games
Jules Ehrat-Memorial 35 games
Hilton Open 80 games
Spanish Chess Championships 190 games
French Chess Championships Gp A 28 games
French Chess Championships Gp B 28 games
Presov festival GM 45 games
Lebanese Championships 91 games
Hotel Agro tournaments GM 45 games
Hotel Agro tournaments IM A 45 games
Hotel Agro tournaments IM B 45 games
AZ Sanace Cup Olomouc CZE 45 games
Mipap Cup Olomouc CZE 66 games
Valoz Cup Olomouc CZE 66 games
Total 981 games
My thanks to Lost Boys, Duif Calvin, Laszlo Nagy, Lubomir Ftacnik, Robert
Spörri, Elie Houlichian, Harald Grafenhofer, Jakub Fuksik of Agentura 64,
Olaf Teschke, Sinisa Joksic, Tim Hanke, Ole and Carlos Penin, and all those who
helped with this issue.
The FIDE Championships finals are to be contested between Vladimir Akopian
and Alexander Khalifman. As these were not by any means the favourites for the
event. This has provoked continued controversy about the format of the event.
Firstly Akopian has won three World Junior titles and ten or more years ago
Khalifman looked as though he might become one of the strongest players in the
World. These are not totally random finalists. I don't like the format but
without the strongest player in the World, Garry Kasparov any Championships in
any format were severely damaged. In a way, in changing the format, and
starting a completely new series a line can be drawn. Wouldn't it be worse to
have a World Champion (even a top ten one) under the old system where the best
player was active but missing? Kasparov could return making possible a more
serious championships, I would not expect him to (indeed I have more sympathy
now with this position now than I did at the time). But faced with the
situation as it is why not have a completely different test?
Secondly this is the format championed by FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov.
No-one can complain about this now. In 1996 Iljumzhinov was opposed by almost
the entire Federations from Europe, who went to a FIDE Olympiad in Armenia,
mandated to vote against him and then proceded to vote for him. My own
Federation the BCF was one of those that did this. If the general feeling is
that the format and running of FIDE is wrong then look to your own Federations.
After that Presidential election (and the preceding one in Moscow) and seeing
what it takes to win, I doubt there is a serious candidate even prepared to
stand. So if you don't like the format, or the source of funding who do you
turn to? You'd have to be a complete idiot to waste the time even trying to
stand at the moment. Kasparov at the time of his split from FIDE in 1993
proposed the idea that World Chess Championships should not be funded by
individuals, countries or towns but survive on a commercial basis. Its a vision
he's had, at best, patchy success at realising, and now he has looked to others
to organise events around his World Title seperating himself from the
fundraising business (which is right, INTEL were upset with him playing an IBM
machine a point which should never have come into consideration, and wouldn't
have if Kasparov hadn't been part of the organising PCA, being player and
organiser is an invidious position). It is proving very difficult, perhaps the
prizefunds demanded are not commercially sustainable? He's had great success in
promoting himself and the numerous exhibition events he's undertaken in recent
years, why so much difficulty over the serious business of defending his title
in a match? I believe Kasparov has the best claim on the historical World Chess
Championship title, or perhaps it is to say he was the last right now its hard
to say. But there is no doubt there are problems maintaining the active status
of the Championships he lays claim to. That is not to say the FIDE
Championships are any better. They are funded by Iljumzhinov, there is no sign
of external sponsorship, or signs that general media interest is at all high.
If he choses (or otherwise) not to fund the Championships they will almost
certainly die, that is individual sponsorship. I hope that Sergei Grimaux and
Bessel Kok find finance for the Anand-Kasparov match. Anand has been paid
guarantees so he has not lost out much or at all, but we're denied a match we'd
like to see.
The chess in Las Vegas has been patchy. Kasparov observed in his comments
how poor (at a high level) the openings of Nisipeanu's have been, yet somehow
he seemed to do quite well. Why didn't the classier players not prevail? To
quote Kasparov from his round 6 summary "I think it is quite sad to see
the willingness of the chess crowd to ignore the accomplishments of strong
players who are representing the colors of our game after one tournament set in
the very extreme conditions." and "Chess Elite is not a close club at
any rate. I'm appalled to hear poisoned questions like, how may one join the
privileged circuit? There is a simple answer - play like Kramnik in 92-93,
Topalov in 93-95, Svidler in 94-96, Morozevich in 98 and all doors will be wide
opened! Both finalists in Las Vegas are not young rising stars like 17-year old
Boris Bekker winning his first Wimbledon. Khalifman and Akopian were hanging
around for quite a while and had their chances to establish the prominent
position in the world of chess and to conquer their places under sun. They have
not succeeded. It will not serve the interest of chess at all to continue
mud-throwing on the best world players who happened to collapse under
tremendous psychological pressure in Las-Vegas simply because to much was at
stake for them. To be a favorite with all eyes on you and not to slip on the
narrow path to the final victory that what makes the difference between great
players and the world champions."
To a great extent I even agree with him, but with one strong proviso, which
actually involves Kasparov himself. The fact is Kasparov is one of the most
psychologically strong players himself. I'm a bit surprised he is sympathetic.
He's survived pressures far greater than were present in Las Vegas including
his first World title match where he was distroyed by Karpov (and facing
political pressures off the board) for a long part of this match in 1994-5 yet
hung on to avoid losing it. Or again in 1996 where he lost three in a row, or
in 1997 where he was one down with one to play yet retained his title. I know
many who believe that even if players catch or even overtake Kasparov in native
ability the mental competitive toughness of his creative peers do not match his
competitive toughness. In a traditional cycle they would lose three years by
going out (and indeed you can see the breaking of careers in the old Candidates
series) here they as likely as not get to do it all again next year.
There was a collective failure in Las Vegas of the classier players to use
their superior skills to their fullest extent surely? Some accidents sure, but
everyone? The old Interzonal/Candidates series tested this, but such an
environment has been almost entirely lacking recently. I see plenty of good
chess these days, but precious little opportunity for players to show how hard
they are competitively. The SuperGM events don't appear to create the kind of
competitive strain and mix of opponents that produce hardened competitors. In
fact it seems that opens, where round 9 is about going home with little or with
a lot is a far better preparation for the FIDE format. This is surely not
right, the best players should be both the toughest and the most skillful. You
wouldn't think twice about inviting Ivanchuk to a SuperGM event, but you
wouldn't have put any money on him in Vegas, or indeed in a classical World
Championships series. It seems that although its hard to join the elite, its
not as hard to stay there perhaps? Not to mention that outside the top ten your
country of origin is pretty important too (there weren't too many people
queuing up to invite Morozevich until he got his big ELO even though it had
been obvious for almost a year he was back). Bareev is another player who by
falling just a few places lost almost all his invites.
Finally many of the strongest players actually thought the championships
were actually pretty fair (perhaps reflecting how difficult things are getting
in the big wide world). I would like to see a Interzonal/Candidates system that
fully tests a challenger and which importantly prepares them for a match
against a player such as Kasparov but perhaps support for this isn't as great
amongst the top as you might expect. Anyhow as far as I'm aware this is not on
the table. Where is the will to set up and fund this? As it is we'll have to
make do with an event that is actually taking place and gives players an even
break. I'd love to have seen a Kramnik-Shirov final but they didn't do it, so
lets give credit to the finalists for getting there.
Note that last week I initially left out the FIDE Championships round 4, I
have put rounds 4-5 in again.
Oh, and having just finished the issue, I guess TWIC 250 is another
milestone!
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The FIDE World Chess Championships opened on July 30th and run until August
29th 1999 in Las Vegas USA.
The FIDE Championships have reached the final it is between Alexander
Khalifman and Vladimir Akopian. Khalifman won a very close match against the
surprise package Nisipeanu after a playoff. Adams who blundered in a winning
position against Akopian in game one never looked like getting it back and lost
game three to go out.
Game one of the final started with a quiet opening but Akopian, probably
showing nerves lost a piece with insufficient compensation. Khalifman wrapped
things up effectively.
FIDE World Championships, Final
FIDE World Championships Las Vegas (USA), 22-27 viii 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2628 1 . . . . . 1.0
Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2646 0 . . . . . 0.0
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FIDE Round 6 Results
The semi-finals consisted of a four game match followed by a tie-break if
necessary. The pairings were Akopian-Adams and Khalifman-Nisipeanu. Michael
Adams was even money favourite for the event before round 6 started but
confessed to feeling tired after his win against Kramnik.
SEMI-FINALS DAYS 1+2
Vladimir Akopian put himself in charge of his match against Michael Adams
by provoking and then surviving a promising piece sacrifice from Adams and
going on to win as black. Adams' sacrifice seemed to be taking him to victory
but the position was pretty difficult to realise. 30. Bxe6 may have been a
mistake (30. Rad1 is one possible suggestion), after 30. ...Qe7 it appears that
Adams is losing a bishop by force.
Although there are four games in the semi-finals a win "against
serve" with black puts Akopian in a very strong position. Liviu Nisipeanu
held Alexander Khalifman with black, however in time-trouble missed 38. Ra1
which seems to win on the spot.
On day two of round 6 there were two short draws (Akopian-Adams 16 moves
[Adams said "I made the offer in a slightly worse position. I felt that I
had little to gain by playing on. If I took any risks and lost today, it would
be all over." and Nisipeanu-Khalifman 28 moves).
DAY 3
Vladimir Akopian went through to the finals of the FIDE Chess Championships.
He defeated Michael Adams after the Englishman tried a do or die approach and
lost with white in game three of their match. Akopian refused a draw and
finished the match after only three games winning2.5-0.5. Akopian seemed likely
to be joined by Alexander Khalifman who got a very big edge in space and
development and used it to finally inflict defeat on the young Romanian
Nisipeanu.
ROUND 6 DAY 4
Nisipeanu levelled his match against Khalifman after winning a long ending
against the Russian. Khalifman looked to have a position that should have been
relatively easy to hold but he drifted into a lost position.
ROUND 6 PLAYOFFS
Alexander Khalifman finally saw off the challenge of the surprise package
LD Nisipeanu in the playoffs for the World Championships semi-finals. Khalifman
won the first game of their playoffs but then was much worse in the second
game, Nisipeanu couldn't find a way through to win though. Khalifman qualified
to play Akopian for the FIDE title starting on Sunday.
FIDE World Championships Las Vegas (USA), 31 vii-28 viii 1999
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Round 6 (August 15-19, 1999)
Adams, Michael - Akopian, Vladimir * 0-1 1/2 0-1
Khalifman, Alexander * - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2 1/2 1-0 0-1 1-0 1/2
The Official FIDE site for the event is at:
http://www.worldfide.com/chess/index.html
Further coverage at: http://www.insidechess.com/
Ole Sports have official live coverage in Spanish, including the games live,
reports and chat at:
http://deportes.ole.com/espdep/ajedrez/portada.cfm
Xie Jun regained her FIDE World Championship title by defeating Alisa
Galliamova in a match July 30th to August 23rd. The first half of the match
took place in Kazan, Tartarstan and finished in a 4-4 tie. The second half in
Shenyang, China started on August 15th with a win for Xie Jun with black in
game 9, game 10 was drawn. Xie Jun seemed to be almost home after winning game
11 but Galliamova struck back in game 12. Game 13 was drawn before a wild game
saw Galliamova go two down with two to play. A final draw saw Xie Jun home.
Galliamova was ELO favourite in this match but the scrappy play suited Xie Jun.
This match was originally meant to be the Candidates final but when Galliamova
was unhappy with the match only been in China Xie Jun won by default. A similar
situation applied to the championship match against Zsuzsa Polgar where long
negotiation and a supposed September date for the FIDE knockout championships
where the title was up for grabs (along with Polgar's pregnancy) led to FIDE
defaulting the World Champion. Xie Jun then had to play the highest placed
player in the cycle which was Galliamova. This time sponsorship for a two part
championships was found and the match went ahead. Xie Jun is FIDE's recognised
champion, whether FIDE might feel that a match with Polgar, if finance is
available and now that time is available, would be fair is open to question. It
has certainly been extremely unsatisfactory.
Internet coverage at: Kazan half of the match
http://www.mi.ru/~chess/ For the Chinese
half of the match http://www.qingdaonews.com/64/xie/english.htm
Second half (game 9- Shenyang China)
11 Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Xie Jun 0-1 46 C93 Ruy Lopez
12 Xie Jun - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 0-1 39 B83 Sicilian
13 Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Xie Jun 1/2 84 C90 Ruy Lopez
14 Xie Jun - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 1-0 80 B80 Sicilian
15 Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Xie Jun 1/2 65 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Women's World Chess Championships Kazan & Shenyang (CHN), 5 vii-15 viii 1999
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1234567890123456
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Xie Jun g CHN 2528 =10=10==1=10=1= . 8.5 2606
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa m RUS 2556 =01=01==0=01=0= . 6.5 2478
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The Interplay US Championships 1999 start August 23rd in Salt Lake City. As
last year (and also the French Championships below) the event will have two
round robin events followed by a knockout between the top two players in each
group.
Coverage at: http://www.uschess.org/news/uschamp99/
The two groups are:
Group A: Boris Gulko, Alex Yermolinsky, GM Alexander Shabalov, John
Federowicz, Larry Christiansen, Sergey Kudrin, Dimitry Gurevich and Igor
Shliperman.
Group B: Yasser Seirawan, Nick deFirmian, Gregory Kaidanov, Joel Benjamin,
Roman Dzindzichashivili, Benjamin Finegold, Gregory Serper and Alexander
Ivanov.
The VISA Nordic Grand Prix Final 1999 took place in Gentofte, Denmark
August 5th – 20th 1999. The event was a 14 player all-play-all event with
Sune-Berg Hansen, Torbjorn R. Hansen , Helgi Ass Gretarsson, Heikki Westerinen,
Simen Agdestein, Heini Olsen, Jon Viktor Gunnarsson, Ralf Akesson, Tiger
Hillarp Persson, Helgi Olafsson, Jonny Hector, Nikolaj Borge, Lars Schandorff
and Einar Gausel.
Tiger Hillarp Persson won the event with a big result of 10/13. He was half
a point clear of pre-event favourites Sune-Berg Hansen and Simen Agdestein on
9.5 points.
Coverage at: http://www.vks.is/skak/ngp99u3.html
and http://www.dsu.dk/nmny/nsfnyind.htm
VISA Nordic GP Final Gentofte DEN (DEN), 7-20 viii 1999 cat. IX (2463)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2507 * = 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.0 2670
2 Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2558 = * 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 9.5 2630
3 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2580 1 0 * 1 1 0 = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 9.5 2629
4 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2500 = 0 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2517
5 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2521 0 = 0 = * = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2515
6 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2382 0 = 1 = = * = = = 0 1 = = 1 7.0 2498
7 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2514 0 = = = 1 = * = 0 = = 1 1 = 7.0 2488
8 Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2494 = 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2489
9 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 0 = 0 0 = = 1 0 * = = 1 1 1 6.5 2459
10 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2535 = 0 = 0 = 1 = = = * 0 1 = 0 5.5 2400
11 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2411 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 0 1 = 5.0 2380
12 Borge, Nikolaj m DEN 2426 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 * = 1 4.0 2325
13 Hansen, Torbjorn R NOR 2259 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = * = 2.5 2227
14 Olsen, Heini FAI 2292 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 = * 2.5 2225
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The Lost Boys Chess Tournament is taking place in Amsterdam now. Boris
Avrukh, Jeroen Piket, Ivan Sokolov, Predrag Nikolic, Jan Timman, Dmitri
Reinderman, Paul Van der Sterren and Ljubomir Ljubojevic play. The event was
won by Ivan Sokolov who was undefeated on 5/7. He will be relieved to put an
end to a poor series of results. He was half a point clear of Jan Timman and
Predrag Nikolic.
Internet coverage: http://chess2.lostcity.nl/antwerp99/default.cfm
Round 5 (August 18, 1999)
Sokolov, Ivan - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 53 E12 Nimzo indian
Nikolic, Predrag - Avrukh, Boris 1/2 48 E60 Kings indian
Reinderman, Dimitri - Timman, Jan H 1-0 61 C33 Kings gambit
Van der Sterren, Paul - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 41 D07 Chigorin
Round 6 (August 19, 1999)
Timman, Jan H - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 35 C02 French; Advance
Piket, Jeroen - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 12 A46 Queen's pawn
Reinderman, Dimitri - Van der Sterren, Paul 1-0 42 C42 Petroff defence
Avrukh, Boris - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 61 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Round 7 (August 20, 1999)
Sokolov, Ivan - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 58 B07 Pirc
Nikolic, Predrag - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 36 A39 English; 1.c4 c5
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Avrukh, Boris 0-1 72 E60 Kings indian
Van der Sterren, Paul - Timman, Jan H 0-1 47 C03 French; Tarrasch
Lost Boys Amsterdam (NED), 13-20 viii 1999 cat. XIV (2600)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2656 * = = 1 1 1 = = 5.0 2750
2 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2641 = * = = 1 = = 1 4.5 2696
3 Timman, Jan H g NED 2650 = = * = 0 1 1 1 4.5 2694
4 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2635 0 = = * 1 = = = 3.5 2595
5 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2525 0 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 3.5 2610
6 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2588 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 3.0 2551
7 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 = = 0 = = 0 * 0 2.0 2446
8 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2535 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 2.0 2451
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The Rubinstein Memorial Polanica Zdrój 1999 runs August 14th-26th.
The players are: Tomasz Markowski (2557) ; Alexander Onischuk (2657) ; Igor
Khenkin (2633) ; Vadim Milov (2626) ; Mikhail Gurevich (2643) ; Loek Van Wely
(2629) ; Alexander Rustemow (2573) ; Emil Sutovsky (2587) ; Robert
Kempiñski (2549) ; Dimitrij Bunzmann (2596).
The clear leader is Dutchman Loek Van Wely who has 5.5/6 with only one draw
against second place Mikhail Gurevich so far. Games from rounds 1-4 available.
Coverage at: http://rubinstein.netgate.com.pl/
Round 1 (August 17, 1999)
Gurevich, Mikhail - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 15 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Onischuk, Alexander - Kempinski, Robert 0-1 34 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Khenkin, Igor - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 48 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Milov, Vadim - Rustemov, Alexander 1/2 43 D13 Slav defence
Markowski, Tomasz - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 0-1 35 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 2 (August 18, 1999)
Sutovsky, Emil - Milov, Vadim 1-0 31 B40 Sicilian
Kempinski, Robert - Khenkin, Igor 1/2 11 D27 QGA;
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 56 D19 Slav defence
Rustemov, Alexander - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 48 D31 Queen's gambit
Markowski, Tomasz - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 26 E05 Nimzo indian
Round 3 (August 19, 1999)
Van Wely, Loek - Rustemov, Alexander 1-0 60 D39 Queen's gambit
Gurevich, Mikhail - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 37 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Onischuk, Alexander - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 1-0 26 E13 Nimzo indian
Khenkin, Igor - Markowski, Tomasz 1-0 25 D30 Queen's gambit
Milov, Vadim - Kempinski, Robert 1-0 24 E73 Kings indian
Round 4 (August 20, 1999)
Onischuk, Alexander - Khenkin, Igor 1/2 35 B13 Caro-Kann
Sutovsky, Emil - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 41 B77 Sicilian; Dragon
Kempinski, Robert - Gurevich, Mikhail 0-1 39 A80 Dutch defence
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Rustemov, Alexander 1/2 12 D37 Queen's gambit
Markowski, Tomasz - Milov, Vadim 0-1 54 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 5 (August 21, 1999)
Van Wely, Loek - Kempinski, Robert 1-0 0
Gurevich, Mikhail - Markowski, Tomasz 1-0 0
Khenkin, Igor - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 1/2 0
Milov, Vadim - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 0
Rustemov, Alexander - Sutovsky, Emil 0-1 0
Round 6 (August 22, 1999)
Onischuk, Alexander - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 0
Khenkin, Igor - Milov, Vadim 0-1 0
Kempinski, Robert - Rustemov, Alexander 1-0 0
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Sutovsky, Emil 0-1 0
Markowski, Tomasz - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 0
Rubinstein Memorial Polanica Zdroj (POL), 17-26 viii 1999cat. XV (2605)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2629 * = . . . 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2985
2 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2643 = * = . . 1 1 . = 1 4.5 2785
3 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2657 . = * = 1 . 0 1 . 1 4.0 2725
4 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2633 . . = * 0 1 = = . 1 3.5 2652
5 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2626 . . 0 1 * 0 1 . = 1 3.5 2649
6 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2587 0 0 . 0 1 * . 1 1 . 3.0 2616
7 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2549 0 0 1 = 0 . * . 1 . 2.5 2569
8 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2596 0 . 0 = . 0 . * = 1 2.0 2481
9 Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2573 0 = . . = 0 0 = * . 1.5 2412
10 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2557 0 0 0 0 0 . . 0 . * 0.0
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Laszlo Nagy reports: The First Saturday tournaments for August have been
completed. They took place 7th-19th of August 1999. The main events were a
closed GM-tmt, cat.VII and a closed IM-tmt, cat.III. The GM event was won by fm
Albert Bokros who also scored an IM norm with 9/13. He was a point clear of
Zoltan Varga on 8 points. The Category III event saw quite a few norms. Nikolai
Belichev (his last norm) on 9.5 points and Gabor Pinter on 9 both scored IM
norms. Yelena Dembo scored her lasat WIM-norm.
More info: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@elender.hu
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-263-2859
First Saturday GM final
Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-15 viii 1999 cat. VII (2403)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Bokros, Albert f HUN 2405 * = 1 = 0 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 9.0 2543
2 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2541 = * = = = 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 0 1 8.0 2479
3 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2484 0 = * 1 1 = = 0 = = = 1 1 = 7.5 2453
4 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2475 = = 0 * 1 0 = = = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2454
5 Jelen, Igor m SLO 2395 1 = 0 0 * = = 1 1 = = = 0 1 7.0 2432
6 Hoang Thanh Trang wg VIE 2453 0 0 = 1 = * 1 1 = 0 1 1 = 0 7.0 2428
7 Blauert, Joerg m GER 2386 0 = = = = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2433
8 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2348 1 1 1 = 0 0 = * = 0 0 0 1 1 6.5 2407
9 Markus, Robert YUG 2336 = = = = 0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 0 6.0 2379
10 Arnold, Lothar f GER 2362 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 1 * 1 = = 0 6.0 2377
11 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2275 = 0 = = = 0 = 1 = 0 * = = = 5.5 2355
12 Pilgaard, Kim DEN 2406 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 0 = = * 1 = 5.0 2315
13 Llanos, Guillermo m ARG 2437 0 1 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 4.5 2290
14 Skytte, Rasmus f DEN 2338 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 = = 0 * 4.5 2297
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FS IM Aug Final
Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-15 viii 1999 cat. III (2323)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Belichev, Nikolai UKR 2387 * 1 1 1 = = 0 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 9.5 2493
2 Pinter, Gabor HUN 2332 0 * 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 9.0 2463
3 Kotan, Ladislav f SVK 2317 0 0 * 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2410
4 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2440 0 = 0 * = 1 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 7.5 2371
5 Schneider, Attila m HUN 2395 = = = = * 1 1 = = 0 = = = = 7.0 2346
6 Boe, Mads f DEN 2361 = 0 1 0 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.0 2349
7 Marinkovic, Milan f YUG 2360 1 = = 0 0 1 * = = = = = = = 6.5 2320
8 Dembo, Yelena ISR 2244 = = 0 = = = = * = 0 1 = = 1 6.5 2329
9 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2381 0 = = = = 0 = = * 1 = = 1 = 6.5 2319
10 Williams, Paul CAN 2270 0 0 0 1 1 0 = 1 0 * 1 = 0 = 5.5 2270
11 Ruiz Gonzalez, Guillermo f MEX 2309 1 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 5.0 2237
12 Serrer, Christoph f GER 2257 0 0 0 = = 0 = = = = = * 1 = 5.0 2241
13 Tuturin, Sergey RUS 2268 0 = 0 0 = 1 = = 0 1 0 0 * = 4.5 2217
14 Bottino, Alexiei ITA 2207 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 = = * 3.5 2157
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The Jules Ehrat Memorial took place 13th-22nd August 1999 in Zurich [Jules
Ehrat (1905-1997)]. Two selected teams from Switzerland and Germany played
together in the Hotel Hilton Airport Zurich as well as about 100 chessplayers
in the first Hilton-Chessopen. Germany won the Ehrat Memorial in Zurich by 26.5
to 23.5 against Switzerland in Zurich.
Team Germany: 1. GM Christopher Lutz (Elo 2591) 2. GM Christian Gabriel
(2578) 3. GM Raj Tischbierek (2544) 4. GM Vlastimil Hort (2535) 5.GM Lothar
Vogt (2485);
Team Switzerland: 1. GM Victor Kortchnoj (2676) 2. IM Yannick Pelletier
(2479) 3. IM Werner Hug (2473) 4. IM Beat Züger (2434) 5. FM Florian Jenni
(2399).
Schedule: The first round of the memorial will be played in the local
Zurich Chess Club local in Mainaustrasse 54 in Zurich. All other rounds in the
Memorial and the open are held in the Hotel Hilton Zürich-Airport
(Hohenbühlstr. 10, 8058 Zürich-Flughafen)
Germany won the Ehrat Memorial in Zurich by 26.5 to 23.5 against
Switzerland in Zurich.
Viktor Korchnoi was the only one player to score the full point in round 9.
Christian Gabriel didn’t play well the opening and had to give the queen
for rook and piece. For Viktor it was enough to win in 31 moves. All the other
games finished in draws. Yannick Pelletier and Christopher Lutz played an
interesting Leningrad variation in the Dutch Defence but nobody achieved a
decisive advantage. Florian Jenni had pawn up against Raj Tischbierek and when
Tischbierek got it back, they signed a draw in 36 moves. Hug-Vogt and
Zueger-Hort played 21 moves in each game.
Germany won Round 10, the last round against Switzerland by 3,5:1,5. The
final result was 26,5: 23,5 for Germany. Viktor Korchnoi only drew against
Christopher Lutz. Vlastimil Hort won nice game against Werner Hug. Beat Zueger
erred in the middle of his game and lost the pawn against Raj Tischbierek.
Individual results Swiss team: Korchnoi 7 points out of 10, Pelletier and
Jenni 4,5 , Zueger 4 and Hug 3,5 points
German team: Hort and Tischbierek 6, Gabriel 5,5 , Lutz 5 and Vogt 4
points.
Hilton-Open: Gheorghiu wins at the last.
The Rumanian grandmaster Florian Gheorghiu took first place by with a
better Buchholz tie-break. He had to win his last round against Dragmoir
Vucenovic. The leading pair prior to the final round Kaenel and Hobuss played a
draw together and had to share 2nd and 3rd place.
round 9: Hobuss – IM Kaenel 1/2, GM Gheorghiu – Vucenovic 1:0, FM
Hochstrasser – IM Kelecevic 1/2, Moloney – Wildi (Kreuzlingen) 1/2,
Walti – Jens 0:1, Regez (Zürich) – IM Joksic 0:1, Ammann (Basel)
– Wyss (Zürich) 1:0, IM Habibi – Thaler 1/2 (Adliswil) etc.
Final ranking: 1.-3. GM Gheorghiu (ROM), IM Kaenel (Ostermundigen), Hobuss
(GER) 7 from 9, 4.-8. IM Kelecevic (BIH), Moloney (GBR), Jens (NLD), FM
Hochstrasser (Niederglatt), je 5.5 etc. (90 players)
Information for the media: During the tournaments in Zurich you can use the
following numbers: Telephone: 0041-79-680 64 75; Fax: 0041-1-828 51 51 E-Mail:
info@beochess.ch
Internet coverage at: http://www.beochess.ch
Round 4 (August 16, 1999)
Vogt, Lothar - Hug, Werner 1/2 21 C07 French; Tarrasch
Gabriel, Christian - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 32 A09 Reti (1.Nf3)
Tischbierek, Raj - Jenni, Florian 1-0 37 A01 Larsen (1.b3)
Lutz, Christopher - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 41 B85 Sicilian
Hort, Vlastimil - Zueger, Beat 1/2 42 A58 Benko gambit
Round 5 (August 17, 1999)
Jenni, Florian - Gabriel, Christian 1/2 42 B06 Modern defence
Pelletier, Yannick - Vogt, Lothar 1/2 25 E83 Kings indian; Saemisch
Korchnoi, Viktor - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 32 D37 Queen's gambit
Zueger, Beat - Tischbierek, Raj 1-0 31 E11 Bogo indian
Hug, Werner - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 21 A48 Queen's pawn
Round 6 (August 19, 1999)
Lutz, Christopher - Jenni, Florian 0-1 72 C88 Ruy Lopez
Hort, Vlastimil - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 27 D11 Slav defence
Vogt, Lothar - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 36 C05 French; Tarrasch
Tischbierek, Raj - Hug, Werner 1-0 40 A45 Queen's pawn
Gabriel, Christian - Zueger, Beat 1/2 43 A59 Benko gambit
Round 7 (August 20, 1999)
Zueger, Beat - Lutz, Christopher 0-1 49 A10 English; 1.c4
Korchnoi, Viktor - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 43 D96 Gruenfeld indian
Jenni, Florian - Vogt, Lothar 1/2 48 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Hug, Werner - Gabriel, Christian 1/2 42 A48 Queen's pawn
Pelletier, Yannick - Tischbierek, Raj 1/2 49 A40 Queen's pawn
Round 8 (August 21, 1999)
Gabriel, Christian - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 28 D39 Queen's gambit
Lutz, Christopher - Hug, Werner 1/2 21 A15 English; 1.c4
Hort, Vlastimil - Jenni, Florian 1-0 34 E70 Kings indian
Vogt, Lothar - Zueger, Beat 1/2 40 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Tischbierek, Raj - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 82 B10 Caro-Kann
Round 9 (August 22, 1999)
Zueger, Beat - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 21 B10 Caro-Kann
Korchnoi, Viktor - Gabriel, Christian 1-0 31 D43 Semi-Slav
Hug, Werner - Vogt, Lothar 1/2 21 E08 Nimzo indian
Jenni, Florian - Tischbierek, Raj 1/2 36 B08 Pirc; Classical
Pelletier, Yannick - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 41 A86 Dutch defence
Round 10 (August 23, 1999)
Lutz, Christopher - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 23 C11 French; Classical
Hort, Vlastimil - Hug, Werner 1-0 27 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Vogt, Lothar - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 38 B06 Modern defence
Tischbierek, Raj - Zueger, Beat 1-0 50 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Gabriel, Christian - Jenni, Florian 1/2 71 E71 Kings indian
Ehrat mem 1999
------------------- Korchnoi,V 2676 7.0/10
| --------------- Pelletier,Y 2479 4.5/10
| | ----------- Jenni,F 2399 4.5/10
| | | ------- Zueger,B 2434 4.0/10
| | | | --- Hug,W 2473 3.5/10
| | | | |
1 Hort,V 2535 ½½ ½½ ½1 ½½ ½1 6.0/10
2 Tischbierek,R 2544 ½½ ½½ 1½ 01 ½1 6.0/10
3 Gabriel,Ch 2578 00 ½1 ½½ 1½ 1½ 5.5/10
4 Lutz,C 2591 ½½ ½½ ½0 ½1 ½½ 5.0/10
5 Vogt,L 2485 00 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 4.0/10
Hilton Open
1. Gheorghiu Florin GM 2450 Bukarest ROM 5 4 0 7 51 377½
2. Kaenel Hansjuerg IM 2408 Ostermundigen SUI 5 4 0 7 50 372½
3. Hobuss Udo 2391 Horgen GER 5 4 0 7 46½ 375
4. Kelecevic Nedeliko IM 2421 Winterthur BOS 4 5 0 6½ 49 367
5. Moloney N.R. 2128 London GBR 5 3 1 6½ 48 365
6. Jens Jelmer 2316 J Duurstede NLD 6 1 2 6½ 47 361½
7. Hochstrasser Michael FM 2272 Niederglatt SUI 6 1 2 6½ 47 348
8. Ammann Walter 2230 V Basel SUI 5 3 1 6½ 45½ 345
9. Joksic Sinisa IM 2288 Beograd YUG 5 3 1 6½ 44½ 346
10. Vucenovic Dragomir 2285 Uttikon SUI 4 4 1 6 48½ 344½
11. Papa Severin 2132 S Winterthur SUI 5 2 2 6 45½ 353
12. Palmer Christian 2122 S Waldshut GER 5 2 2 6 44½ 342
13. Wildi Marcel FM 2304 Kreuzlingen SUI 5 2 2 6 44 349½
14. Randelovic Svetomir Glattbrugg BOS 5 2 2 6 44 346
15. Eschmann Patrick 2062 Opfikon SUI 5 2 2 6 43½ 344
16. Thaler Matthias 2130 Adliswil SUI 5 2 2 6 40 328½
17. Haas Carmi 2208 Zürich SUI 6 0 3 6 37 315
18. Schweizer Robert 2033 v Thalwil SUI 6 0 3 6 36½ 314½
...92 players
The Spanish Chess Championships run 19th-27th Aug 1999. Most of the leading
Spanish players are competing, there are 97 players in this nine round Swiss
system event. After four rounds Javier Moreno, Luis Comas Fabrego, Zenon
Franco, Miguel Illescas, Felix Izeta, Alfonso Romero Holmes, Jesus De la Villa
Garcia and Marc Narciso have 3.5/4 points.
Coverage at: http://ajedrez.ole.com/
Standings after 4 of 9 rounds
Absolute Championships of Spain (ESP), 19-27 viii 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Moreno, Javier ESP 2474 +57 +20 =32 +36 . . . . . 3.5 /4 2611
2 Comas Fabrego, Luis m ESP 2510 +30 +51 =11 +26 . . . . . 3.5 /4 2680
3 Franco Ocampo, Zenon g ESP 2474 +44 +38 =23 +21 . . . . . 3.5 /4 2659
4 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2600 +68 +47 +15 = 6 . . . . . 3.5 /4 2725
5 Izeta Txabarri, Felix g ESP 2505 +59 +39 =21 +23 . . . . . 3.5 /4 2671
6 Romero Holmes, Alfonso g ESP 2489 +55 +27 +42 = 4 . . . . . 3.5 /4 2715
7 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2473 +72 +50 =19 +32 . . . . . 3.5 /4 2661
8 Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2447 =43 +66 +37 +25 . . . . . 3.5 /4 2646
9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2519 +64 +17 =10 =11 . . . . . 3.0 /4 2555
10 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis m ESP 2465 +52 +45 = 9 =19 . . . . . 3.0 /4 2521
11 Paramos Dominguez, Roberto m ESP 2425 +84 +40 = 2 = 9 . . . . . 3.0 /4 2547
12 Teran Alvarez, Ismael f ESP 2419 +61 =34 =13 +46 . . . . . 3.0 /4 2403
13 Mate Adan, Carlos ESP 2238 +63 =24 =12 +42 . . . . . 3.0 /4 2507
14 San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo g ESP 2510 =66 +43 =18 +54 . . . . . 3.0 /4 2447
15 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G m ESP 2471 +58 +54 - 4 +50 . . . . . 3.0 /4 2516
16 Colas Longares, Rafael P f ESP 2347 -41 +69 +59 +44 . . . . . 3.0 /4 2293
17 Gonzalez Velez, Fermin ESP 2344 +78 - 9 +55 +56 . . . . . 3.0 /4 2430
18 Pablo Marin, Alejandro f ESP 2385 =67 +90 =14 +48 . . . . . 3.0 /4 2379
19 Vehi Bach, Victor M m ESP 2389 +94 +83 = 7 =10 . . . . . 3.0 /4 2442
20 Perpinya Rofes, Lluis Maria ESP 2270 +93 - 1 +53 +41 . . . . . 3.0 /4 2339
21 Garbisu de Goni, Unai m ESP 2422 +31 +48 = 5 - 3 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2431
22 Ibanez Terradellas, Eduardo ESP 2229 +60 =26 =29 =24 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2402
23 Pomes Marcet, Juan m ESP 2393 +80 +33 = 3 - 5 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2405
24 Martin Gonzalez, Angel m ESP 2422 +71 =13 =46 =22 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2309
25 Magem Badals, Jordi g ESP 2528 +70 =37 +41 - 8 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2348
26 Oms Pallise, Josep m ESP 2412 +82 =22 +34 - 2 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2357
27 Santos Izquierdo, Francisco ESP 2305 +62 - 6 +52 =31 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2288
28 De la Riva Aguado, Oscar m ESP 2458 +49 =46 -36 +68 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2320
29 Bernal Moro, Luis Javier m ESP 2396 =76 +67 =22 =30 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2217
30 Rodriguez Garcia, Manuel ESP 2212 - 2 +78 +47 =29 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2416
31 Palacios Perez, Manuel ESP 2129 -21 +73 +72 =27 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2345
32 Rojo Huerta, Gabriel f ESP 2384 +65 +74 = 1 - 7 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2331
33 Fernandez de Pablo, Miguel A ESP 2224 +88 -23 +60 =38 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2264
34 Garcia Vicente, Nieves wm ESP 2234 +79 =12 -26 +63 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2302
35 Martinez Martin, David ESP 2390 +69 -41 =64 +70 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2205
36 Olaizola Ortega, Luis ESP 2276 =90 +76 +28 - 1 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2340
37 Gallego Jimenez, Victoriano m ESP 2348 +91 =25 - 8 +64 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2392
38 Baches Garcia, Guillermo ESP 2285 +89 - 3 +84 =33 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2306
39 Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael m ESP 2326 +96 - 5 =49 +65 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2259
40 Planas, Juan ESP 2248 +95 -11 =62 +66 . . . . . 2.5 /4 2255
41 Paul Tomillo,Jesus ESP ---- +16 +35 -25 -20 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2383
42 Candela Perez, Jose f ESP 2417 +53 +56 - 6 -13 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2268
43 Larios Crespo, Manuel ESP 2149 = 8 -14 =77 +79 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2239
44 Garcia Garcia, Ruben ESP 2193 - 3 +89 +51 -16 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2289
45 Cid Royo, Jonathan ESP 2251 +77 -10 =63 =49 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2154
46 Cardenas Valero, Joaquin ESP 2252 +97 =28 =24 -12 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2324
47 Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel ESP 2378 +86 - 4 -30 +62 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2203
48 Cardenas Valero, Ramon ESP 2236 +73 -21 +75 -18 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2201
49 Baena, Jesus ESP 2153 -28 +97 =39 =45 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2258
50 Fos Santacreu, Juan Andres ESP 2255 +85 - 7 +80 -15 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2245
51 Merino Garcia, Rafael ESP 2330 +81 - 2 -44 +82 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2194
52 Timon Piote, Silvia wf ESP 2155 -10 +85 -27 +75 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2192
53 Castillo Gallego, Sergio ESP 2113 -42 +87 -20 +88 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2171
54 Cenal Gutierrez, Ruben ESP 2267 +75 -15 +83 -14 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2260
55 Durban Piera, Joan ESP 2195 - 6 +81 -17 +80 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2217
56 Rojas Sol. P., Pedro ESP 2234 +87 -42 +79 -17 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2190
57 Fernandez Lopez, Francisco ESP 2171 - 1 -62 +90 +86 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2118
58 Insua Mellado, Jose Luis ESP 2170 -15 -75 +97 +81 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2117
59 Llaneza Vega, Patricia ESP 2201 - 5 +96 -16 +83 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2227
60 Calleja Ruiz,E ESP ---- -22 +98 -33 +84 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2148
61 Enjuto Velasco, Roberto ESP 2117 -12 -63 +96 +77 . . . . . 2.0 /4 2104
62 Diez Fraile,Mariano ESP ---- -27 +57 =40 -47 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2188
63 Diez Fraile,David ESP ---- -13 +61 =45 -34 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2123
64 Carbonell, Carlos ESP 2216 - 9 +86 =35 -37 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2227
65 Perez Gonzalez,JM ESP ---- -32 =68 +71 -39 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2180
66 Castany Pampalona, Luis Maria ESP 2215 =14 - 8 +91 -40 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2214
67 Pascua Vilchez,F ESP ---- =18 -29 -70 +90 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2162
68 Garcia Ares, Felix ESP 2219 - 4 =65 +76 -28 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2189
69 Garcia Moreno, Jose A ESP 2008 -35 -16 +85 =72 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2166
70 Serra Olives, Tomas ESP 2218 -25 =91 +67 -35 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2142
71 Fernandez Palacio, Eduardo ESP 2139 -24 =77 -65 +91 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2018
72 Castro, Manuel ESP 2275 - 7 +94 -31 =69 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2065
73 Calleja Ruiz,A ESP ---- -48 -31 =78 +97 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2004
74 Meyer, Kuno ESP ---- +98 -32 . . . . . . . 1.0 /2 2192
75 Ramirez Garrastacho,Manuel ESP ---- -54 +58 -48 -52 . . . . . 1.0 /4 2014
76 Diaz-Flores Garcia, Pablo ESP 2049 =29 -36 -68 =78 . . . . . 1.0 /4 2029
77 Platero Manteca,Javier ESP ---- -45 =71 =43 -61 . . . . . 1.0 /4 1971
78 Moya Mallafre,Erik ESP ---- -17 -30 =73 =76 . . . . . 1.0 /4 1958
79 Alcaide Luque,A ESP ---- -34 +82 -56 -43 . . . . . 1.0 /4 1980
80 Esnaola Sansebastian, Ion ESP 2038 -23 +88 -50 -55 . . . . . 1.0 /4 2017
81 Cabrerizo Fernandez,Jorge ESP ---- -51 -55 +87 -58 . . . . . 1.0 /4 1980
82 Pol Valveny, Ramon ESP 2075 -26 -79 +89 -51 . . . . . 1.0 /4 1993
83 Blasco Frasquet, Raul ESP 2059 +92 -19 -54 -59 . . . . . 1.0 /4 2121
84 Flores Escuin, Sadurni ESP 2142 -11 +95 -38 -60 . . . . . 1.0 /4 1984
85 Diaz Sanchez,JF ESP ---- -50 -52 -69 +96 . . . . . 1.0 /4 1911
86 Pares Peris, Jose ESP ---- -47 -64 +95 -57 . . . . . 1.0 /4 1998
87 Abad Pereda, Jose Luis ESP ---- -56 -53 -81 +98 . . . . . 1.0 /4 1893
88 Santamarta Marcos,ML ESP ---- -33 -80 +98 -53 . . . . . 1.0 /4 1900
89 Rubio Mancebon, Pedro J ESP 2005 -38 -44 -82 +95 . . . . . 1.0 /4 1945
90 Ayala Ronda, Juan C ESP ---- =36 -18 -57 -67 . . . . . 0.5 /4 1886
91 Elexpe Ugarteburu,Pedro ESP ---- -37 =70 -66 -71 . . . . . 0.5 /4 1908
92 Cuadras Avellana, Jorge f ESP 2399 -83 . . . . . . . . 0.0 /1
93 Cabeza Escobar,JM ESP ---- -20 . . . . . . . . 0.0 /1
94 Rodriguez Izquierdo,B ESP ---- -19 -72 . . . . . . . 0.0 /2
95 Blas Rincon,D ESP ---- -40 -84 -86 -89 . . . . . 0.0 /4
96 Rojas Sola, Jose ESP ---- -39 -59 -61 -85 . . . . . 0.0 /4
97 Veganzones Rojo,David ESP ---- -46 -49 -58 -73 . . . . . 0.0 /4
98 BYE ---- -74 -60 -88 -87 . . . . . 0.0 /4
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The first stages of the French Chess Championships have almost been
completed. The championships started Wednesday 18th August in Besancon (near
the Swiss border). 1015 players are competing in 7 tournaments (closed men's,
closed women's, a FIDE open, open A+B+C, veterans).
The main men's event is divided into 2 groups of 8 players in a round robin.
The first 2 in each of the groups (A and B) go through to a 2 game semi-final.
Group A resolved itself neatly with Darko Anic on David Marciano scoring 6 and
5 points respectively. Joel Lautier was defeated by Marciano and was eliminted
on 4.5 points. Group B is more complicated. Christian Bauer won the B group
with 5.5/7 including a final round victory against Etienne Bacrot. This has put
Bacrot into a tie break match (resolved by rapid-play) with Laurent Fressinet
to see who goes through to the two game semi-finals. The final is played over 2
games whilst the others continue to play for prizes, Elo + places.
Coverage at: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/besancon
and http://www.europechecs.com
Group A
French Championships Bescanon FRA (FRA), 16-22 viii 1999cat. XI (2502)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Anic, Darko m FRA 2467 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2816
2 Marciano, David g FRA 2529 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 = 5.0 2656
3 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2638 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 4.5 2584
4 Relange, Eloi g FRA 2452 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 4.0 2559
5 Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2501 = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 3.5 2502
6 Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2542 0 0 0 = = * = 1 2.5 2394
7 Benitah, Yohan FRA 2381 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1.5 2289
8 Bricard, Emmanuel m FRA 2506 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 * 1.0 2192
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Group B
French Championships Bescanon FRA (FRA), 16-22 viii 1999cat. X (2496)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2480 * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2728
2 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2592 0 * 1 1 1 1 = = 5.0 2640
3 Fressinet, Laurent m FRA 2440 = 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 5.0 2662
4 Koch, Jean-Rene m FRA 2510 = 0 0 * = = 1 1 3.5 2494
5 Vaisser, Anatoli g FRA 2564 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 3.0 2436
6 Lepelletier, Benoit m FRA 2468 0 0 0 = = * = 1 2.5 2398
7 Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2518 = = = 0 0 = * 0 2.0 2335
8 Boudre, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2397 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 2280
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There are only a few details and very few games available to me (anyone got
a big selection?). 488 players competed and Alex Yermolinsky won after a
blitz-play tie-break from a group of 6 players on 7.5/9. The event took place
in Reno, Nevada August 10th-20th, 1999.
Further details:
http://www.mb3.net/100usopen/100usopenstandingh.html
1 YERMOLINSKY,ALEX 2699 7.5
2 GOLDIN,ALEXANDER 2696 7.5
3 ROZENTALIS,EDUARD 2688 7.5
4 SHABALOV,ALEXANDE 2628 7.5
5 SCHWARTZMAN,GABRI 2609 7.5
6 MULYAR,MICHAEL A 2480 7.5
7 EHLVEST,JAN 2718 7
8 WOJTKIEWICZ,ALEX 2681 7
9 MILES,ANTHONY JOH 2669 7
10 BENJAMIN,JOEL 2662 7
11 SERPER,GREGORY 2628 7
12 BARUA,DIBYENDU 2600 7
13 BLATNY,PAVEL 2598 7
14 MACIEJA,BARTLOMIE 2592 7
15 SHULMAN,YURI 2584 7
16 ARENCIBIA,WALTER 2579 7
17 KREIMAN,BORIS 2577 7
18 GUFELD,EDUARD 2530 7
19 DONALDSON,W JOHN 2523 7
20 WILHELMI,CHRISTIAN 2513 7
21 LEIN,ANATOLY Y 2453 7
22 IPPOLITO,DEAN 2441 7
Lubomir Ftacnik reports: on Presov 1999.
The fourth biggest town in Slovakia Presov (some 100.000 inhabitants) saw
the "zero" chess festival with GM round robin cat.10 and open event
of IM level. In a chess starved country with distinct economical problems the
organisational efforts of the local players represented the first success even
before the first move was played. The playing venue was a nice theatre hall in
the main square. The second round was started intentionally early to allow for
a simul show on a platform in front of the theatre with the clear intention of
coming closer to the life of the city itself. GMs Stohl and Ftacnik played an
alternative simul against some tough opposition of 16 (14:2 with two losses).
The female stars played mini simuls: GM Hagarova won 5:1, IM Pokorna Regina 5:0
and IM Bekiarisova 5:0. On top of everything GM Stocek played a blindfold game
on a great board 4x4 metres and had to give draw just before the start of an
opening banquet. The GM group saw the fight of the local best players with
Chernyshov, who was happy to clinch his GM norm. Presov's best player Manik was
only a draw short of emulating this success. Two grandmasters played a very
special event, one of the most gifted young Czech players Stocek struggled in
every game only to become the draw king of the tournament and Ftacnik had a
last minute wake up with 3 wins in final rounds. The open should grow in the
future from a moderate start of 126 players. Slovak players had every reason to
rejoice in the end with Pcola winning on tie break and Hagarova and Pokorna
mixing with the best at the top of the crosstable.
Cat X Presov SVK (SVK), 14-22 viii 1999 cat. X (2488)
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1 Chernyshov, Konstantin m RUS 2483 * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2613
2 Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2589 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2601
3 Stohl, Igor g SVK 2600 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2600
4 Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2447 = = = * = 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2572
5 Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2532 = = = = * = = = = = 4.5 2483
6 Votava, Jan m CZE 2497 0 = = 1 = * = = = 0 4.0 2443
7 Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2478 = 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 4.0 2446
8 Jirovsky, Milos m CZE 2458 0 = 0 = = = = * = = 3.5 2411
9 Berezjuk, Sergej m CZE 2354 = 0 0 0 = = = = * = 3.0 2377
10 Mrva, Martin m SVK 2441 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = * 2.5 2327
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Rank. Contestant Tit. TRV Score Buch. SuScor.
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1. PCOLA Pavol SVK IM 2360 7,0 53,0 39,0
2. PETRIENKO Vladimir RUS IM 2435 7,0 53,0 36,5
3. VAVRAK Peter SVK 2323 7,0 51,5 37,5
4. PRIBYL Jozef CZE IM 2384 6,5 54,0 35,5
5. HAGAROVA Zuzana SVK WGM 2328 6,5 52,0 35,0
6. LIKAVSKY Tomas SVK 2366 6,5 51,5 36,5
7. DOVZIK Jurij UKR IM 2435 6,5 51,0 34,0
8. KISLOV Sergej RUS 2349 6,5 50,5 34,0
9. LUTSKO Igor BLR IM 2386 6,5 50,0 35,5
10. KOPJONKIN Gennady RUS IM 2308 6,5 49,0 33,5
11. FROLIK Martin CZE 2287 6,5 48,5 33,0
12. POKORNA Regina SVK WIM 2198 6,5 47,5 31,5
13. CHETVERIK Maxim RUS FM 2273 6,5 45,0 33,5
The organizers are eager to grow and the "first" festival is scheduled for
the mid August 2000.
Elie Houlichian reports: The Lebanese Championships took place in Beruit,
July 30th-August 14th 1999. The event was won by fm Ahmad Najjar who won by
half a point from Antoine Kassis.
Note that Antoine Tohme and Maen Ftouni started the events but withdrew
before half way and had their scores cancelled (hence 13 rounds for only 12
players).
Lebonese Championships (LIB), 5-15 viii 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Najjar, Ahmad f LIB 2303 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2346
2 Kassis, Antoine LIB 2170 = * = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2260
3 Al Mahmoud,Abdel Aziz LIB ---- = = * 1 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.5 2198
4 Omar, Hytham LIB 2106 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.5 2188
5 Houmsi,Ghassan LIB ---- 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2198
6 Somev, Abdo LIB 2140 0 1 = 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2117
7 Haidar,Amine LIB ---- 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 1 5.0 2029
8 Al Halabi,Antoine LIB ---- 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 0 3.5 1932
9 Mourad,Samer LIB ---- 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 3.5 1932
10 Majed,Ali LIB ---- 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 0 = 2.5 1854
11 Mouradian,Suzan LIB ---- = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 2.5 1854
12 Bokhazi,Adel LIB ---- 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 * 2.0 1803
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Harald Grafenhofer reports: IM Janos Rigo organised a Summer festival in
Budapest. It took place 30th July-7th August in the Hotel Agro. The Category X
(average 2477) was won by GM Peter Acs, a point clear of Sergei Ovsejevitsch
(2515) of the Ukraine.
A second event a Category IV IM was won clearly by IM Emanuel Berg who
scored 8/9 ironically drawing against the two tail enders of the field. He
performance was 2675.
A third IM event (Cat. III) was won by Monika Grabics, Bengt Lindberg,
Nikoletta Lakos and Stefano Tatai all on 5.5/9.
Hotel Agro GM Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-15 viii 1999 cat. X (2477)
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1 Acs, Peter g HUN 2525 * 1 = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2637
2 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei m UKR 2515 0 * = 1 = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2553
3 Gross, David CZE m CZE 2465 = = * = = 1 0 1 = = 5.0 2521
4 Bellini, Fabio f ITA 2418 1 0 = * = = = = 1 = 5.0 2526
5 Ruck, Robert m HUN 2485 0 = = = * 1 = = = = 4.5 2476
6 Tolnai, Tibor g HUN 2514 = = 0 = 0 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2473
7 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2541 = 0 1 = = = * 0 = = 4.0 2427
8 Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2444 0 = 0 = = 0 1 * = 1 4.0 2437
9 Cao, Sang m VIE 2501 0 = = 0 = = = = * 0 3.0 2349
10 Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2364 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 1 * 3.0 2364
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Hotel Agro IMA Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-15 viii 1999 cat. IV (2327)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2348 * 1 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 8.0 2675
2 Feher, Gyula m HUN 2394 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2485
3 Krutti, Valer m HUN 2357 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2448
4 Balogh, Csaba HUN 2235 0 = = * 0 = = 1 1 1 5.0 2380
5 Antal, Gergely HUN 2308 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2371
6 Petran, Pal m HUN 2371 0 = = = = * 1 0 1 = 4.5 2321
7 Serrer, Christoph f GER 2257 = 0 0 = = 0 * = 0 = 2.5 2168
8 Aldrovandi, Costantino ITA 2350 = 0 0 0 0 1 = * = 0 2.5 2158
9 Genocchio, Daniele ITA 2291 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * = 2.5 2164
10 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2357 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = * 2.5 2157
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Hotel Agro IMB Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-15 viii 1999cat. III (2308)
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1 Lindberg, Bengt f SWE 2299 * 1 0 1 = 1 = = 1 0 5.5 2389
2 Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2357 0 * 1 = = 1 = 1 0 1 5.5 2382
3 Grabics, Monika wm HUN 2304 1 0 * = = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2388
4 Lakos, Nikoletta wm HUN 2335 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2385
5 Hardicsay, Peter m HUN 2304 = = = = * = 0 = = 1 4.5 2308
6 Jakab, Attila HUN 2328 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 4.5 2305
7 Stranz, Richard AUT 2257 = = = = 1 0 * = 0 = 4.0 2270
8 Nagy, Ervin m HUN 2363 = 0 = = = 0 = * 1 = 4.0 2258
9 Cacco, Christian ITA 2292 0 1 = 0 = 0 1 0 * 0 3.0 2184
10 Schumi, Manfred AUT 2241 1 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 3.0 2190
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Jakub Fuksik of Agentura 64 reports: The International Summer Chess Festival
took place in Olomouc August 7th-15th 1999. Olomouc is in the Czech Republic.
There were 123 players from 15 countries. There were 4 tournaments:
- A Category 9 round-robin tournament, the AZ Sanace Cup which was won by
Vigen Mirumian of Armenia with 6/9 half a point clear of Petr Kiriakov, Andrei
Kovalev and Tomas Polak.
The Category 4 Mipap Cup was won by IM Robert Tibensky (SVK) and David
Navara (CZE and who scored an IM norm) on 7.5/11.
The Category 4 Valoz Cup was won by FM Oscar Lemmers (NED and who scored an
IM Norm), IM Ladislav Salai (SVK) and Petr Pisk (CZE and who scored an IM Norm)
all on 7.5/11. Monika Aksiuczyc (POL) on 4.5/11 scored a WIM norm.
There was also a national open event.
Internet coverage on Agentura 64 http://www.proclient.cz/a64 or
http://www.chessjournal.cz
AZ Sanace Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 7-15 viii 1999 cat. IX (2460)
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1 Mirumian, Vigen m ARM 2506 * = 1 = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2580
2 Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2554 = * = = = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2529
3 Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2400 0 = * = 1 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2546
4 Polak, Tomas m CZE 2488 = = = * = = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2537
5 Mokry, Karel g CZE 2460 = = 0 = * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2503
6 Biolek, Richard m CZE 2439 = = 1 = = * 1 = 0 0 4.5 2462
7 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis m ESP 2465 = = 0 1 = 0 * = = 1 4.5 2459
8 Kalod, Radek m CZE 2440 = 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 = 3.5 2382
9 Kaufman, Larry C m USA 2427 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 3.0 2338
10 Franic, Milan m CRO 2422 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 * 2.0 2244
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Mipap Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 6-16 viii 1999 cat. IV (2334)
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1 Tibensky, Robert m SVK 2432 * 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 = = = 7.5 2458
2 Navara, David CZE 2406 0 * 0 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2460
3 Sitnik, Igor SLO 2332 0 1 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 0 0 6.5 2399
4 Sanchez Guirado, Francisco m ESP 2348 = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 0 1 1 6.5 2397
5 Simacek, Pavel f CZE 2346 1 0 = = * 0 1 = 0 1 = 1 6.0 2368
6 Rechel, Bernd f GER 2404 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 6.0 2363
7 Petran, Peter m SVK 2407 = = = 0 0 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 5.0 2291
8 Klima, Lukas CZE 2310 0 = 0 = = = 0 * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2300
9 Sejkora, Vlastimil f CZE 2286 0 0 0 0 1 1 = 1 * 0 0 1 4.5 2273
10 Sluka, Radek CZE 2340 = 0 0 1 0 = 1 0 1 * 0 0 4.0 2231
11 Van Wissen, Michiel NED 2201 = 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 4.0 2244
12 Held, Markus f GER 2195 = 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 3.5 2213
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Valoz Cup Olomouc CZE (CZE), 6-16 viii 1999 cat. IV (2333)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Lemmers, Oscar f NED 2406 * = = = = 1 1 1 = = = 1 7.5 2459
2 Salai, Ladislav m SVK 2409 = * = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 7.5 2459
3 Pisk, Petr CZE 2419 = = * = 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.5 2458
4 Beil, Zdenek m CZE 2303 = = = * = 1 = = = = 1 = 6.5 2400
5 Miltner, Arndt f GER 2395 = 0 1 = * 0 = 1 = 1 0 1 6.0 2363
6 Kernazhitsky, Leonid m UKR 2438 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2323
7 Kaufman, Raymond USA 2145 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 = 1 = 5.0 2314
8 Aksiuczyc, Monika POL 2198 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 0 = 4.5 2280
9 Kozak, Milos CZE 2244 = = 0 = = 1 0 0 * = = = 4.5 2276
10 Chytilek, Roman CZE 2397 = = 0 = 0 = = = = * 1 0 4.5 2262
11 Balenovic, Zvonimir f CRO 2288 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 = 0 * = 3.5 2204
12 Obsivac, Josef CZE 2355 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 1 = * 3.5 2198
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The Garry Kasparov vs. the World chess tournament. The event continues, you
can follow the game at: http://zone.msn.com/Kasparov It allows
players to consult in choosing which move is played against Kasparov. Players
can vote for one of the suggested moves or for their own recommended move. The
move with the most votes will be chosen as the world team's move. There is a
team of coaches Etienne Bacrot, 16, Florin Felecan, 19, Irina Krush, 15, and
Elisabeth Pähtz, 14 who will aid the choice of moves and GM Danny King
will act as moderator during the match. Moves so far Kasparov,G (2812) - The
World [B52] Kasparov,G (2812) - The World [B52] 26.06.1999 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6
3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.0-0 g6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7
10.Nde2 Qe6 11.Nd5 Qxe4 12.Nc7+ Kd7 13.Nxa8 Qxc4 14.Nb6+ axb6 15.Nc3 Ra8 16.a4
Ne4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Qb3 f5 19.Bg5 Qb4 20.Qf7 Be5 21.h3 Rxa4 22.Rxa4 Qxa4
23.Qxh7 Bxb2 24.Qxg6 Qe4 25.Qf7 Bd4 26.Qb3 f4 27.Qf7 Be5 28.h4 b5 29.h5 Qc4
30.Qf5+ Qe6 31.Qxe6+ Kxe6 32.g3 ...
Bosnian team championships
The Bosnian team championships, are taking place in Bihac. Sokolov, Bareev,
Nikolic, Azmaiparashvili http://www.uskbih.com/sahbihac
Atlantic open
The Atlantic Open takes place in Washington DC over the weekend starting Aug
27th 1999. Coverage at:
http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/atlanticopen.htm
It is one of the two largest annual events in the US Capital.
3rd Brazilian Chess Club Cup (19th-27th August)
The 3rd Brazilian Chess Club Cup (19th-27th August). Darcy Lima leads after
6 rounds.
Coverage at: http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx/index33.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.
XXVII Open Internacional d'Escacs Ciutat de Manresa
The XXVII Open Internacional d'Escacs Ciutat de Manresa takes place in
Catalonia August 21st-28th 1999. Players such as Cicak , Pogorelov, Campos
Moreno, Mellado Trivino, Moskalenko etc compete.
Internet site: http://www2.minorisa.es/catalonia/
British Rapidplay Chess Championships
The British Rapidplay Chess Championships take place in Leeds, 16/17 October
1999. Further details http://www.leedschess.freeserve.co.uk/rapid