THE WEEK IN CHESS 270 10th January 2000 by Mark Crowther
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Leko - Khalifman match 6 games
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Hastings Premier 30 games
Reggio Emilia 10 games
Linares "Anibal" Open 89 games
XXIX Rilton Cup 232 games
Romanian Championships 120 games
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Lohmar New Year Tournament IM 45 games
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973 games
My thanks to Pam Thomas, Herman van Riemsdijk, Michael Atkins, Net64,
Feng-hsiung Hsu, FIDE's www site, Stewart Reuben and Rod McShane, Carlo
Mazzoni, Andrzej Filipowicz, Pawel Suwarski, Maximiliano Alvarez, Allan Bennett
and Mircea Pavlov, Uwe Fleischer, Luis Santos, Laszlo Nagy, Eirik T. Gullaksen
and all those who helped with this issue.
There is plenty of good chess to enjoy this week. In a lively match
Peter Leko scored a tremendous 4.5-1.5 victory over FIDE Champion Alexander
Khalifman in a match held in Budapest. Nigel Short scored one of his best
tournament results when he won the Pamplona tournament with 7/9 defeating
second placed Boris Gelfand on the way. The computer program Deep Blue was
assumed to have been dismantled after its win against Garry Kasparov. One of
its main programmers Feng-hsiung Hsu says in an open letter that this is not
the case and that Kasparov no longer wants a rematch. It will be interesting to
see what Kasparov has to say. Finally the FIDE rating list for January 2000 has
been released. How long will it be before it becomes totally discredited? Not
long if they don't start waking up and taking some action soon.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman lost to Hungarian Peter Leko
4.5-1.5 in a six game match in Budapest. Leko won all three games with white
and drew all three with black (but had to survive two bad positions to do so).
The match took place January 3rd-9th 2000 (restday 6th) in Budapest . The time
control was 40 moves/ 2 hours then 20 in 1 and the rest 30 min . The match was
held in the Ballsaal of Hotel Kempinski in Budapest. The main sponsor of the
event was the company Westfälische Ferngas AG (Dortmund, Germany), who
also sponsor Peter Leko.
Khalifman, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 42 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Leko, Peter - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 52 B42 Sicilian
Khalifman, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 72 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Leko, Peter - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 53 C11 French; Classical
Khalifman, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 43 D70 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Leko, Peter - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 43 C83 Ruy Lopez
Challenge Match Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-9 i 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Leko, Peter g HUN 2701 = 1 = 1 = 1 4.5 2821
Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2628 = 0 = 0 = 0 1.5 2508
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Internet coverage by net64 at:
http://www.terra.es/deportes/ajedrez/portada.htm and
http://195.235.97.120/khalifman-leko/html/index.html
Feng-hsiung Hsu one of the three major programmers of Deep Blue has
released the following open letter. He adds "It is probably historically
significant as well. I believe that this is the end of the Deep Blue saga." In
it Feng says that in spite of his efforts a rematch has been scotched by Garry
Kasparov. He also mentions myself (Mark Crowther) however I would disagree in
part with what he said. When I said "Deep Blue would destroy chess" I was
mostly concerned with public perception of the game, the loss of the match has
caused untold damage to the level of sponsorship and media coverage of the
game. My concern was never that computers would solve the game (although I
think that their interference in endgames has spoiled much.) However that aside
I publish his letter unedited:
Feng-hsiung Hsu letter
This open letter is about what happened after Deep Blue's 1997 match
win over World Chess Champ Garry Kasparov. More specifically, it is about Mr.
Kasparov's post match challenge to the Deep Blue team for a new match. You will
see below that I had been doing everything within my power to make the new
match happen. However, as far as I can tell, Kasparov has now effectively
withdrawn his challenge. Unless Kasparov has a quick change of heart or someone
changes Kasparov's mind through persuasion or enticement, there will not be a
new match. Neither scenario seems likely. Therefore, I will now also use this
opportunity to say my thanks and farewell to many kind people in the chess
world and the computer chess world.
My name is Feng-hsiung Hsu. I am one of the three persons who designed
and programmed Deep Blue, the IBM chess computer. The other two persons are
Murray Campbell and Joe Hoane. Murray joined the project in 1986, a year after
I started the project at Carnegie Mellon University in 1985. Joe joined the
project in 1991 after Murray and I moved to IBM Research. The three of us had
spent close to 30 man-years on the project when Deep Blue won the match.
At the end of the 1997 match, Mr. Kasparov challenged the Deep Blue
team for a rematch. I believe that all three of us felt that we had a personal
obligation to honor Kasparov's request. But the decision was not really up to
us. One further complication was that Kasparov had earlier made a groundless
and false accusation of cheating against the Deep Blue team and IBM itself. I
personally considered the accusation an insult and I doubt that any corporate
officer would think otherwise when his or her company is similarly accused.
A few months after the 1997 match, it became clear that the chance of a
new match between Kasparov and Deep Blue was remote at best.
Murray, Joe, and I moved on. We gave talks all over the world. We wrote
and published technical articles. I wrote a book on the whole project, from
Carnegie Mellon to IBM, although it is not published yet.
Meanwhile, for over two years, Kasparov repeated his challenge for a
new match. In some of Kasparov's remarks, he even suggested making the new
match a world title match. Unfortunately, Kasparov also continued with his
accusations, changing from one conspiracy theory to another as time wore on.
There was little that I or the rest of the team could have done about
Kasparov's challenge. However, I was planning to leave IBM. Since IBM was not
doing anything with the Deep Blue chess chip, if I could secure the right to
the chess chip from IBM, then it would be possible to build a PC based chess
machine with playing strength comparable to Deep Blue. It would be equivalent
to a "poor man's Deep Blue", but with the latest chip technology, it should be
every bit as strong as Deep Blue, if not stronger.
I left IBM a few months ago. Before I left, I spent a small personal
fortune to get the right to the chess chip. Officially, I was getting the right
to commercialize the chess chip. My real purpose was to answer Kasparov's
challenge. When I said goodbye to Murray and Joe, I made an implicit promise.
If Kasparov was serious about his challenge, I would see to it that Kasparov
got his match.
Since Kasparov had issued his challenge repeatedly and publicly, I
assumed that I only needed to find sponsors for the match. There was some
interest from several potential sponsors, but the sponsors had a major question
that I could not answer. The sponsors were skeptical that Kasparov would play a
new match, let alone playing a title match, with the new computer. I argued
that Kasparov was a proud man and there was no way that Kasparov's pride would
allow him to back out. The sponsors did not seem convinced.
So about a month ago, I made contacts with Owen Williams, Mr.
Kasparov's agent. In my first email to Owen, I asked directly whether Kasparov
was serious about the match and whether Kasparov was indeed willing to play the
match as a world title match. The initial response was not encouraging. Owen
ruled out the possibility of a title match immediately and was noncommittal
about the new match. In reality, I was not unhappy that Owen ruled out the
possibility of a title match. I don't believe that a computer should be the
World Champion. Personally, I believe that the title should be for humans only.
Some of the potential sponsors did indicate that a match with the title on the
line was certainly more desirable, although I believed that it might be okay if
Kasparov was willing to state that he would treat the match as seriously as if
it were a title match.
Owen's noncommittal attitude toward the new match was troubling. I
cannot conscientiously ask the potential sponsors to spend any more time on the
match proposal without at least some sort of commitment from Kasparov. I
pursued Owen and kept on asking for some sort of clarification. After a long
sequence of email exchanges, Owen sent me a message vaguely suggesting that
Kasparov was not interested. I did a double take and asked Owen point blank,
"Can I safely assume that Garry is not interested in a match any more?" Owen
replied, "Garry does not want to be involved in any way". Then added, "I have
now closed my file". Throughout the entire sequence of email exchange, Owen
never said a straight yes or no to my question of whether Kasparov was
interested in a match. But the last email has only one reasonable
interpretation. After over two years of issuing public challenges, Kasparov is
no longer interested in playing a new match when the answer to his challenge
comes.
I don't know the reason behind Kasparov's decision. Maybe his priority
changed. Maybe Kasparov felt offended somehow in my dealings with Owen. It is
no longer of concern to me.
Even if Kasparov somehow changes his mind, the chance of a new match is
now very slim. Match sponsor(s) would still have to sign the dotted line. I
would need to find funding sources to build the machine. But given what has
happened so far, it would be very hard to convince match sponsors or funding
sources that the match will happen. Kasparov could change his mind yet again or
come up with match conditions that are unacceptable. Anyway, I give up. I have
now done everything possible to make the match happen. I have fulfilled my
promise to my team members. Time to live my own life.
There are people who are interested in seeing the chess chip
commercialized. I am sorry. It is unlikely to happen. The Deep Blue chess chip
is not commercially viable as it is. The price charged by the chip vendor is
too high. To be commercially viable, I would have to design a new chip that is
not vendor specific. Without a new match, it is difficult for me to muster the
energy to create the new chip. The only chance that you would ever see the
chess chip commercialized would be if someday I decide to build a shogi chip.
Then you might see a new chess chip designed as a by-product. I would not hold
my breath though. I have some other interests that have higher priorities.
The computer chess world had treated us well and the chess world had
been kind to us. There was some apprehension in the chess world when we arrived
on the scene. I remembered that a few years ago when Mark Crowther started his
internet chess magazine The Week In Chess, he expressed his concern that Deep
Blue would destroy chess. I think I can say fairly that Deep Blue did not
destroy chess. There was perhaps even a mini boom in chess popularity as a
result of the Deep Blue matches. It would have been nice if Deep Blue could
have done more for the chess world. I was hoping that I might be able to do
something beneficial to the chess world with the new machine after the match.
Well, I did what I could.
There are many people that I am thankful to. I value greatly the time
Grandmasters spent with us, helping us to create a better chess machine. The
IBM management provided us with the ideal research environment that allowed us
to pursue the dream. Without the Computer Science Department at Carnegie
Mellon, the project probably would not have happened in the first place. There
were numerous people at Carnegie Mellon and elsewhere that were instrumental in
getting the project going. We owed greatly our success to computer chess
pioneers before us. Finally, I have to give my thanks to Kasparov himself. It
is a shame that there will not be a new match, but the two Deep Blue matches
were the most exciting experiences in my life, and Kasparov, our worthy
opponent, played the central role in the experiences.
Thanks for reading this. Have a happy new millennium.
Sincerely, Feng-hsiung Hsu
The FIDE site at: http://www.worldfide.com/ has released the new rating list.
Key points to note are Karpov's decline to fall outside the top 10, Mikhail
Gurevich's rise to 12. Further down the list of the top 100 there are five
Burmese (MYA) players with Zaw Win Lay being at 44 in the World. There seems
absolutely nothing to stop Zaw Win Lay being in the top 10 next time.
The FIDE January 2000 rating list is out and aside from the usual
interest in the top ten there are also some worrying signs that it's integrity
is under attack. The list is extremely important for the top players as their
invitations to elite events depend on it and further down titles are awarded
due to the strength of opposition as measured by the list. Its integrity is
essential but there are signs of errors and manipulation of ratings. It was
around two years ago that strange names from no-where started appearing on the
list. By playing large numbers of games it was possible to boost a rating very
high almost irrespective of the strength of opposition or results. The initial
problems were mostly the result of individual initiatives. The it became
obvious that there was a tremendous growth in the number of rated players from
Burma (MYA). Fine, except the ratings of their top players are now increasing
at 100 points a list, again almost irrespective of their results. They have
five players in the top 100 when their true strength is at least 200 points
lower and may be as much as 400 points lower. Titles are already being awarded
on the strength of performances in these tournaments. If the rating list is no
longer an accurate measure of the strength of players what is the point?
Remember too there is a smaller rival list using Ken Thompson's calculations
and promoted by Kasparov. If FIDE allow their list to become a joke then their
list will not be used. Secondly I have no idea how many errors there are in the
list but for instance it seems odd that Matthew Turner has no rated games and
yet played in the British Chess Championships yet other players have had their
games from that event rated. What has happened there? That's just a casual
example.
FIDE have had their warnings of problems, now is the time for action
before its too late.
The top 100 are:
Rnk. Name T. NAT ju99 ja00 games
1. Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2851 2851 0
2. Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2771 2769 12
3. Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2760 2758 21
4. Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2734 2751 25
5. Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2758 2748 5
6. Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2701 2725 26
7. Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2708 2715 21
8. Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2702 2709 20
9. Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2698 2709 16
10. Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2690 2702 34
11. Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2709 2696 13
12. Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2643 2694 48
13. Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2713 2692 30
14. Fedorov, Alexei................. g BLR 2659 2684 24
15. Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2675 2683 26
16. Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2679 2680 12
17. Georgiev, Kiril................. g BUL 2650 2677 27
18. Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2663 2676 25
19. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2681 2675 13
20. Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2684 2672 9
21. Tkachiev, Vladislav............. g FRA 2648 2670 45
22. Movsesian, Sergei............... g CZE 2659 2668 41
23. Epishin, Vladimir............... g RUS 2657 2667 56
24. Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2671 2666 28
25. Rublevsky, Sergei............... g RUS 2660 2662 13
26. Krasenkow, Michal............... g POL 2647 2661 22
27. Akopian, Vladimir............... g ARM 2646 2660 42
28. Korchnoi, Viktor................ g SUI 2676 2659 41
29. Nikolic, Predrag................ g BIH 2641 2659 36
30. Polgar, Judit (GM).............. g HUN 2671 2658 29
31. Khalifman, Alexander............ g RUS 2628 2656 35
32. Timman, Jan H................... g NED 2650 2655 39
33. Milov, Vadim.................... g SUI 2626 2653 49
34. Seirawan, Yasser................ g USA 2653 2647 11
35. Van Wely, Loek.................. g NED 2629 2646 51
36. Gulko, Boris F.................. g USA 2618 2644 37
37. Salov, Valery................... g RUS 2656 2644 2
38. Zvjaginsev, Vadim............... g RUS 2652 2641 22
39. Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2618 2640 62
40. Shipov, Sergei.................. g RUS 2658 2640 16
41. Sokolov, Ivan................... g BIH 2656 2637 52
42. Onischuk, Alexander............. g UKR 2657 2637 38
43. Piket, Jeroen................... g NED 2625 2633 43
44. Zaw, Win Lay.................... MYA 2565 2633 33
45. Hjartarson, Johann.............. g ISL 2630 2633 2
46. Lautier, Joel................... g FRA 2638 2632 49
47. Thein, Dan Oo................... MYA 2554 2630 18
48. Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2626 2630 5
49. Sakaev, Konstantin.............. g RUS 2648 2629 10
50. Jussupow, Artur................. g GER 2636 2628 30
51. Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. g UKR 2616 2627 44
52. Hodgson, Julian M............... g ENG 2605 2625 20
53. Andersson, Ulf.................. g SWE 2623 2625 16
54. Peng, Xiaomin................... g CHN 2574 2624 56
55. Ehlvest, Jaan................... g EST 2592 2622 52
56. Khenkin, Igor................... g GER 2633 2622 39
57. Avrukh, Boris................... g ISR 2588 2620 56
58. Huebner, Robert Dr.............. g GER 2599 2620 38
59. Hracek, Zbynek.................. g CZE 2629 2620 37
60. Milos, Gilberto................. g BRA 2586 2620 24
61. Korneev, Oleg .................. g RUS 2615 2619 75
62. Hansen, Curt.................... g DEN 2607 2618 6
63. Vaganian, Rafael A.............. g ARM 2617 2618 6
64. Ye Naung Win Myint.............. MYA 2523 2617 18
65. Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2593 2616 62
66. Kharlov, Andrei................. g RUS 2615 2616 14
67. Tregubov, Pavel V............... g RUS 2609 2615 31
68. Dolmatov, Sergey................ g RUS 2600 2615 13
69. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2603 2614 36
70. Shariyazdanov, Andrey........... g RUS 2588 2612 55
71. Zhang, Zhong.................... g CHN 2541 2611 75
72. Ibragimov, Ildar................ g RUS 2554 2611 53
73. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter......... g ROM 2584 2611 27
74. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan......... g CHI 2608 2611 9
75. Pigusov, Evgeny................. g RUS 2609 2610 24
76. Sax, Gyula...................... g HUN 2588 2609 80
77. Aleksandrov, Aleksej............ g BLR 2619 2606 51
78. Anastasian, Ashot............... g ARM 2545 2606 49
79. Lputian, Smbat G................ g ARM 2625 2605 52
80. Granda Zuniga, Julio E.......... g PER 2605 2605 0
81. Hellers, Ferdinand.............. g SWE 2605 2605 0
82. Agrest, Evgenij................. g SWE 2554 2604 51
83. Speelman, Jonathan S............ g ENG 2597 2604 20
84. Dautov, Rustem.................. g GER 2597 2602 25
85. Yermolinsky, Alex............... g USA 2588 2601 65
86. Nunn, John D.M.................. g ENG 2598 2601 12
87. Nenashev, Alexander............. g UZB 2584 2600 52
88. Annakov, Babakuli............... g TKM 2600 2600 0
89. Psakhis, Lev.................... g ISR 2581 2599 48
90. Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2611 2599 23
91. Minasian, Artashes.............. g ARM 2600 2598 51
92. Landa, Konstantin............... g RUS 2591 2598 14
93. Kozul, Zdenko................... g CRO 2612 2597 75
94. Eingorn, Vereslav S............. g UKR 2589 2597 53
95. Sutovsky, Emil.................. g ISR 2587 2597 44
96. Htun Htun, Than................. MYA 2496 2596 35
97. Christiansen, Larry M........... g USA 2610 2596 11
98. Sturua, Zurab................... g GEO 2602 2595 37
99. Aung, Aung...................... MYA 2500 2595 33
100. Nay, Oo Kyaw Tun................ MYA 2495 2595 33
The 10th City of Pamplona Tournament (organised by the Oberena Chess
Club) ran December 27th 1999 - Jan 5th 2000. Nigel Short scored one of his very
best results emerging undefeated and scoring 4.5/5 at the end of the event to
secure a 7/9 result. Short beat Boris Gelfand who finished in joint second on
6/9 with Zoltan Almasi. Half a point behind was 17 year old Vallejo Pons who
was by some margin the top finishing Spaniard and he also scored a grandmaster
norm. Level with him was Joel Lautier. The event was a major disappointment for
Judit Polgar and Jan Timman who both finished on 4/9. The other three Spanish
players finished in 8th, 9th and 10th with especially disappointing results for
Miguel Illescas and Jordi Magem.
My thanks to the organisers for daily updates from the event.
Round 7 (January 3, 2000)
Gelfand, Boris - Timman, Jan H 1-0 31 A17 English; 1.c4
Almasi, Zoltan - Magem Badals, Jordi 1-0 29 B01 Scandinavian
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Lautier, Joel 1/2 14 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Polgar, Judit 0-1 43 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Short, Nigel D 1/2 28 C11 French; Classical
Round 8 (January 4, 2000)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 42 D78 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Lautier, Joel - Short, Nigel D 0-1 45 D58 QGD;
Polgar, Judit - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 60 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Timman, Jan H - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1-0 32 A16 English; 1.c4
Magem Badals, Jordi - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 9 C42 Petroff defence
Round 9 (January 5, 2000)
Short, Nigel D - Timman, Jan H 1-0 37 C72 Ruy Lopez
Gelfand, Boris - Magem Badals, Jordi 1/2 42 D15 Slav defence
Almasi, Zoltan - Lautier, Joel 1/2 22 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 36 D47 Semi-Slav
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Polgar, Judit 1/2 28 A45 Queen's pawn
City of Pamplona ESP (ESP), 27 xii 1999 - 5 i 2000 cat. XV (2613)
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1 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2675 * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2826
2 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2713 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2726
3 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2663 = = * = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2732
4 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2519 = 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2703
5 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2638 0 = = = * = = 1 1 1 5.5 2690
6 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2671 = 0 = 0 = * 0 1 = 1 4.0 2563
7 Timman, Jan H g NED 2650 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 1 4.0 2565
8 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2600 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 = 3.0 2489
9 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2473 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 * = 2.5 2462
10 Magem Badals, Jordi g ESP 2528 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 2349
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The Hastings Premier takes place 4th-12th January 2000. After six
rounds Emil Sutovsky leads with 4/6 half a point clear of Dreev and Speelman.
My thanks to Stewart Reuben and Rod McShane for the games.
Round 1 (January 4, 2000)
Chandler, Murray G - McShane, Luke J 1/2 22 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Sokolov, Ivan - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 50 A40 Queen's pawn
Bischoff, Klaus - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 24 A11 English; 1.c4
Lalic, Bogdan - Emms, John M 1/2 27 E12 Nimzo indian
Krush, Irina - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 42 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Round 2 (January 5, 2000)
Sutovsky, Emil - Lalic, Bogdan 1/2 22 C43 Petroff defence
Speelman, Jonathan S - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 20 A11 English; 1.c4
McShane, Luke J - Krush, Irina 0-1 45 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Sokolov, Ivan - Chandler, Murray G 1/2 45 D58 QGD;
Emms, John M - Bischoff, Klaus 0-1 44 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 3 (January 6, 2000)
Dreev, Alexey - Emms, John M 1-0 32 A70 Modern Benoni
Chandler, Murray G - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 53 E32 Nimzo indian
Bischoff, Klaus - Sutovsky, Emil 0-1 26 D02 Queen's pawn
Lalic, Bogdan - McShane, Luke J 1/2 35 E63 Kings indian
Krush, Irina - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 29 E40 Nimzo indian
Round 4 (January 7, 2000)
Sutovsky, Emil - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 25 B12 Caro-Kann
Speelman, Jonathan S - Emms, John M 1/2 23 E54 Nimzo indian
McShane, Luke J - Bischoff, Klaus 1-0 42 C05 French; Tarrasch
Chandler, Murray G - Krush, Irina 1/2 24 B30 Sicilian
Sokolov, Ivan - Lalic, Bogdan 1/2 39 D35 Queen's gambit
Round 5 (January 8, 2000)
Dreev, Alexey - McShane, Luke J 0-1 66 A65 Modern Benoni
Bischoff, Klaus - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 24 A01 Larsen (1.b3)
Lalic, Bogdan - Chandler, Murray G 0-1 41 E04 Nimzo indian
Krush, Irina - Speelman, Jonathan S 0-1 41 E00 Nimzo indian
Emms, John M - Sutovsky, Emil 0-1 52 B38 Sicilian
Round 6 (January 9, 2000)
Speelman, Jonathan S - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 13 A48 Queen's pawn
McShane, Luke J - Emms, John M 0-1 51 B44 Sicilian
Chandler, Murray G - Bischoff, Klaus 0-1 37 B85 Sicilian
Sokolov, Ivan - Dreev, Alexey 0-1 34 D43 Semi-Slav
Krush, Irina - Lalic, Bogdan 0-1 56 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Hastings Premier ENG (ENG), 4-12 i 2000 cat. XIII (2552)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2597 * = = . . . 1 = = 1 4.0 2678
2 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2680 = * = 0 . 1 = . . 1 3.5 2618
3 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2604 = = * . = = . . 1 = 3.5 2621
4 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2438 . 1 . * = . 1 = 0 0 3.0 2540
5 Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2527 . . = = * = 0 1 = . 3.0 2528
6 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2637 . 0 = . = * = = 1 . 3.0 2550
7 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2544 0 = . 0 1 = * . . 1 3.0 2570
8 Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2548 = . . = 0 = . * 1 = 3.0 2524
9 Krush, Irina wm USA 2399 = . 0 1 = 0 . 0 * . 2.0 2433
10 Emms, John M g ENG 2546 0 0 = 1 . . 0 = . * 2.0 2443
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Sergei Beshukov won the challengers on tie-break from Jim Plaskett (both
qualify for the Premier next year. Nicholas Pert scored a GM norm.
1 BESHUKOV,Sergei.......... 7 9
2 PLASKETT,James........... 7 9
3 HEBDEN,Mark.............. 6½ 9
4 PALATNIK,Semon........... 6½ 9
5 PERT,Nicholas............ 6½ 9
6 ZAGREBELNY,Sergey........ 6½ 9
7 ANNAKOV,Babakuli......... 6 9
8 ARKELL,Keith............. 6 9
9 KNOTT,Simon.............. 6 9
10 MCDONALD,Neil............ 6 9
11 WEBSTER,Andrew........... 6 7
12 BOIM,Innon............... 5½ 9
13 CHERNIAEV,Alexander...... 5½ 9
14 CHTIVELBAND,Vladimir..... 5½ 8
15 GOTTSCHLICH,Carsten...... 5½ 9
16 KELLY,Brian.............. 5½ 9
17 MARUSENKO,Peter.......... 5½ 9
18 VAN LAATUM,Gozewijn...... 5½ 9
19 BROOMFIELD,Matthew....... 5 9
20 COSTLEY,Martin........... 5 8
21 DEVA,Chetan.............. 5 9
22 DONOVAN,Nigel............ 5 9
23 MOEN,Andreas............. 5 9
24 PERT,Richard............. 5 9
25 PRESCHA,Frank............ 5 9
26 RAYNER,Francis........... 5 9
27 VAN DER LINDEN,Bert...... 5 9
28 WILLIAMS,Simon........... 5 9
76 players
Carlo Mazzoni reports: The 42nd Reggio Emilia Tournament took place
December, 27th 1999 - January 5th 2000 in the Grand Hotel Astoria. In clear
first was Leonid Yudasin who scored 7/9 being especially ruthless against the
bottom end of the tournament scoring 6/6. In second place was Igor Khenkin on
6.5 and 3rd= Romanishin and Solozhenkin.
Coverage at: http://www.cronaca.it/ippogrifo
Round 8 (January 3, 2000)
Khenkin, Igor - Yudasin, Leonid 1/2 55 E12 Nimzo indian
Romanishin, Oleg M - Vezzosi, Paolo 1-0 35 A87 Dutch defence
Manca, Federico - Aldrovandi, Costantino 1/2 12 B78 Sicilian; Dragon
Drei, Andrea - Efimov, Igor 1/2 44 C45 Scottish
Genocchio, Daniele - Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 0-1 53 B18 Caro-Kann
Round 9 (January 4, 2000)
Yudasin, Leonid - Genocchio, Daniele 1-0 42 B31 Sicilian
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy - Drei, Andrea 1-0 30 B47 Sicilian
Efimov, Igor - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 42 E60 Kings indian
Vezzosi, Paolo - Manca, Federico 1/2 12 A00 Irregular
Aldrovandi, Costantino - Khenkin, Igor 0-1 51 B18 Caro-Kann
Torneo di Capodanno Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), 27 xii 1999 - 5 i 2000cat. VIII (2443)
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1 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2552 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2651
2 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2633 = * 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2588
3 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2567 1 0 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2554
4 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2544 = = = * = 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2557
5 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2445 0 1 1 = * 0 = = = 1 5.0 2486
6 Vezzosi, Paolo f ITA 2329 0 0 0 1 1 * = 1 = 1 5.0 2499
7 Manca, Federico m ITA 2373 0 = 0 0 = = * = = = 3.0 2326
8 Drei, Andrea f ITA 2349 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * = = 2.5 2287
9 Aldrovandi, Costantino ITA 2350 0 0 0 0 = = = = * = 2.5 2287
10 Genocchio, Daniele ITA 2291 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1.5 2187
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The Plus GSM World Blitz Cup took place in the Warsaw Polonia Chess
Club on Sunday 9th January. Many of the World's best players are competed.
Anand took first prize ($10.000 + Plus GSM Cup) above Gelfand in second place
(5.000 + Nokia Communicator) and Karpov in third (2.500 + Nokia Communicator
Karpov was leader at around the half way stage). The tournament was held in the
Sport Hall of the Military Technical Academy in Warsaw. Organizers Chess Club
Warsaw s Polonia and Military Technical Academy. Sponsored by PLUS GSM. Over
2000 people visited the tournament hall. The pairings and results were all
collected on computer and transmitted to the various areas of the tournament
hall allowing the 13 arbiters to stay in touch. The games were all lightning
chess (5 minutes) games, with 11 double rounds (each round consisting of two
games one with White and one with Black against the same opponent) everyone
played 22 games. The prizes ($30,500 in total plus 5 Mobile telephones Nokia
Communicator (each worth about US$ 1.500) 16 Simplus Mobile telephones (for the
Polish players only). There were over 500 players from 25 countries aged from
8-88 including 50GMs in all events. Information from the arbiter Andrzej
Filipowicz (additional help from Pawel Suwarski). The games were not
recorded.
More information at:
https://www.polkomtel.com.pl/turniej/english/index.asp
Leading final standings:
1 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2769 GM 17.5 137.5 166.0 9 114.5
2 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2692 GM 17 136.5 166.0 8 110.0
3 Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2696 GM 17 136.0 164.0 8 114.5
4 Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2660 GM 17 132.5 160.5 8 108.0
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2709 GM 17 132.0 160.0 7 105.5
6 Adams, Michael ENG 2715 GM 17 129.0 154.0 7 102.5
7 Epishin, Vladimir RUS 2667 GM 17 125.5 152.5 9 104.0
8 Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 2670 GM 16.5 134.5 164.0 7 107.5
9 Kozul, Zdenko CRO 2597 GM 16.5 133.0 160.0 6 105.5
10 Svidler, Peter RUS 2672 GM 16.5 132.5 162.0 7 107.5
11 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2751 GM 16.5 132.5 160.0 8 109.5
12 Shchekachev, Andrei RUS 2509 GM 16.5 128.5 157.5 7 101.0
13 Manik, Mikulas SVK 2469 IM 16.5 128.0 156.0 7 104.0
14 Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2618 GM 16.5 125.5 153.0 8 99.0
15 Kempiñski, Robert POL 2528 GM 16.5 125.5 149.5 8 102.0
16 Korotylev, Alexey RUS 2477 IM 16.5 122.0 150.5 6 103.0
17 Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2677 GM 16 134.5 161.0 8 105.0
18 Aleksandrov, Aleksej BLR 2606 GM 16 124.0 152.5 7 104.0
19 Kasparov, Sergey BLR 2465 IM 16 123.0 150.5 7 96.5
20 Blehm, Pawel POL 2494 IM 16 123.0 149.0 7 101.5
21 Mitoñ, Kamil POL 2425 IM 16 122.0 147.5 6 99.0
22 Gdañski,Jacek POL 2535 GM 16 120.0 147.0 6 100.0
23 Soæko, Bartosz POL 2556 GM 15.5 136.5 164.0 8 110.0
24 Brodsky, Michail UKR 2514 GM 15.5 130.0 158.5 7 100.5
25 Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2622 GM 15.5 129.5 154.5 6 98.5
26 Tukmakov, Vladimir UKR 2574 GM 15.5 129.0 158.0 6 104.0
27 Vysochin, Spartak UKR 2494 IM 15.5 127.0 155.0 6 102.0
28 Van Wely, Loek NED 2646 GM 15.5 127.0 154.5 7 101.5
29 Krasenkow, Michal POL 2661 GM 15 132.0 159.0 6 101.0
30 Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2709 GM 15 130.5 159.0 6 101.0
31 Jaracz, Pawel POL 2490 IM 15 130.5 158.0 5 100.0
32 Rozentalis, Eduardas LTU 2553 GM 15 129.5 156.5 6 102.0
33 Tregubov, Pavel RUS 2615 GM 15 128.5 156.5 6 99.5
34 Cvitan, Ognjen CRO 2489 GM 15 127.0 154.5 6 101.5
35 Korchnoi, Viktor SUI 2659 GM 15 125.5 151.0 7 95.5
36 Adamski, Jan POL 2382 IM 15 124.0 151.0 7 94.0
37 Pavlovic, Milos YUG 2481 GM 15 123.5 151.5 7 95.0
38 Cyborowski, Lukasz POL 2404 IM 15 123.0 149.5 6 93.0
39 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw POL 2522 IM 15 121.5 149.5 6 97.5
40 Gorin, Leonid RUS 2413 15 121.5 148.5 6 97.0
41 Markowski, Tomasz POL 2531 GM 15 120.5 147.0 6 99.0
42 Petkevich, Jusefs LAT 2459 IM 15 119.5 143.5 6 96.5
43 Gross, Stefan CZE 2362 IM 15 117.0 143.0 6 90.0
44 Krivonosov, Oleg LAT 2442 IM 15 116.5 139.0 6 94.5
45 Mohr, Georg SLO 2488 GM 14.5 131.5 158.5 6 99.0
46 Volkov, Sergey RUS 2582 GM 14.5 129.0 158.0 6 100.0
47 Annakov, Babakuli TKM 2600 GM 14.5 128.5 156.0 7 98.5
48 Gritsak, Orest UKR 2522 IM 14.5 127.5 156.0 6 99.0
49 Chernin, Alexander HUN 2583 GM 14.5 127.0 155.5 6 100.0
50 Jirovsky, Milos CZE 2474 IM 14.5 125.0 152.0 6 98.0
51 Blatny, Pavel CZE 2512 GM 14.5 125.0 151.0 7 98.5
52 Schmidt, Wlodzimierz POL 2428 GM 14.5 124.5 151.5 6 101.0
53 Hnydiuk, Aleksander POL 2352 14.5 124.5 150.5 6 92.5
54 Urban, Klaudiusz POL 2467 IM 14.5 124.0 151.0 7 96.0
55 Stryjecki, Marek POL 2381 14.5 122.5 149.0 6 95.5
56 Michalchishin, Ad. SLO 2552 GM 14.5 121.0 148.0 7 97.0
57 Lobejko, Rafal POL 2389 FM 14.5 120.0 145.0 6 93.5
58 Koziak, Vitali UKR 2460 IM 14.5 119.5 146.0 5 94.5
59 Gusev, Vladimir A RUS 2350 14.5 119.0 143.5 6 91.5
60 Przedmojski, Rafal POL 2359 14.5 118.5 145.0 7 92.0
61 Bernard,Ryszard POL 2364 FM 14.5 118.0 142.5 7 87.0
62 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2217 14.5 118.0 142.5 6 88.0
63 Bielczyk, Jacek POL 2366 IM 14.5 117.5 142.5 6 90.0
64 Sakalauskas, Vaidas LTU 2403 IM 14.5 117.0 142.0 5 96.5
65 Toczek, Grzegorz POL 2237 14.5 117.0 138.0 6 87.5
66 Kolosowski, Pawel POL 2223 14.5 116.0 140.0 7 84.0
67 Nowak, Ignacy POL 2367 FM 14.5 115.5 143.0 6 91.0
68 Moiseenko, Alexander UKR 2573 IM 14.5 115.5 140.5 6 87.5
69 Chernyshov, Konst. RUS 2544 IM 14.5 115.0 141.0 5 93.5
70 Szymañski, Marcin POL 2335 14.5 114.5 140.0 5 91.5
71 Socko (Bobrowska), M POL 2417 WGM 14.5 113.5 139.0 5 92.5
72 Masternak, Grzegorz POL 2371 IM 14.5 112.5 138.0 7 88.0
73 Pokojski, Patryk POL 2004 14.5 105.0 127.0 6 80.5
74 Bologan, Viktor MDA 2589 GM 14 133.5 161.5 6 102.0
75 Kharlov, Andrei RUS 2616 GM 14 130.5 157.5 8 97.0
76 Ivanisevic, Ivan YUG 2460 IM 14 128.5 154.5 6 99.0
77 Poluljahov,Aleksandr RUS 2526 GM 14 125.5 150.5 6 97.5
78 Mikhaletz, Lubomir UKR 2513 IM 14 125.5 149.5 6 97.0
79 Malakhatko, Vadim UKR 2568 GM 14 122.5 149.5 5 92.5
80 Pavasovic, Dusko SLO 2544 GM 14 122.5 148.0 6 95.0
81 Lukinov, Petr RUS 14 119.5 144.5 4 88.0
82 Kolesnik, Eduard BLR 2412 14 119.0 147.0 6 87.5
83 Poley, Vladimir BLR 2325 IM 14 118.5 142.0 4 92.0
84 Kuczyñski, Robert POL 2451 GM 14 118.0 143.0 6 95.5
85 Galliamova, Alisa RUS 2515 WGM 14 116.0 143.0 5 89.5
86 Bednarek, Sylwester POL 2360 14 115.5 141.5 6 86.5
87 Stempin, Pawel POL 2392 IM 14 114.5 141.0 6 93.0
88 Mêczyñski, Waldemar POL 2208 14 114.0 138.5 6 83.0
89 Zawadzki, Stanis³aw POL 2250 14 114.0 138.0 5 84.5
90 Ginzburg, Mikhail BLR 2262 14 113.0 138.0 7 86.5
91 Rudolf, Michal POL 2291 14 111.5 138.0 5 88.0
92 Jakubowski, Krzyszto POL 2353 FM 14 108.0 135.0 7 85.0
93 Jedynak, Radoslaw POL 2299 14 108.0 133.0 5 83.0
94 Miêtus, Klaudiusz POL 2259 14 107.0 132.0 5 83.0
95 Swól, Michal POL 2248 FM 14 104.0 128.0 5 79.0
96 Macieja, Bartlomiej POL 2538 GM 13.5 127.0 151.0 5 93.0
97 Wojtkiewicz, Aleks POL 2563 GM 13.5 126.0 154.5 6 97.5
367 players
The VII Anibal Open takes place in Linares 7-16th Jan 2000.The leading
players after three rounds are: Zvjaginsev (2641), Minasian (2598) ,Iordanescu
(2560), Yagupov (2482), Motylev (2552) y Campos (2512) on 2,5: Korneev (2619),
Dolmatov (2615), Shabalov (2592) ,Sorokin (2572), Anastasian (2606), Portisch
(2564), Delchev (2560) and more on 2.
Coverage at:
http://www.ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez
The Rilton Cup took place in Stockholm December 27th 1999 - January 6th
2000. The winner was Sergei Ivanov of Russia who scored 7.5/9 to finish half a
point clear of Alexander Galkin, Alexander Matros and Evgeny Gleizerov.
Details:
http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/stock.html
Rilton Cup Stockholm SWE (SWE), 27 xii 1999 - 5 i 2000
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1 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2538 7.5 19717.0
2 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2535 7.0 38.0
3 Matros, Alexander m KAZ 2391 7.0 36.5
4 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2520 7.0 36.0
5 Oral, Tomas m CZE 2541 6.5 19394.0
6 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2562 6.5 19289.0
7 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2542 6.5 18823.0
8 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2549 6.0 19643.0
9 Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2472 6.0 19543.0
10 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2535 6.0 19533.0
11 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2488 6.0 19445.0
12 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 6.0 19326.0
13 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2592 6.0 19289.0
14 Socko, Bartosz m POL 2543 6.0 19076.0
15 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2504 6.0 18966.0
16 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2504 6.0 18878.0
17 Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2554 6.0 18411.0
18 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2507 6.0 18383.0
19 Votava, Jan m CZE 2497 5.5 32.0
20 Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2395 5.5 31.0
21 Kallio, Heikki f FIN 2360 5.5 31.0
22 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2569 5.5 31.0
23 Bobrowska, Monika m POL 2438 5.5 30.0
24 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2407 5.5 29.5
25 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2382 5.5 29.0
26 Bartel, Mateusz POL 2343 5.5 27.5
27 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2588 5.5 26.0
28 Botsari-Miladinovic, Anna-Maria wg GRE 2309 5.5 26.0
29 Hermansson, Emil f SWE 2314 5.5 26.0
30 Marttala, Thomas SWE 2240 5.5 24.5
31 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2348 5.0 32.5
32 Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2487 5.0 27.5
33 Brustman, Agnieszka wg POL 2383 5.0 27.0
34 Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2409 5.0 26.0
35 Angskog, Kent SWE 2247 5.0 25.5
36 Burwick, Malte SWE 2235 5.0 25.0
37 Gratka, Krzysztof f POL 2373 5.0 25.0
38 Karlsson, Tomas SWE 2220 5.0 24.0
39 Nyysti, Sampsa FIN 2152 5.0 24.0
40 Dworakowska, Joanna wg POL 2306 5.0 24.0
41 Bjarnehag, Peter SWE 2257 5.0 24.0
42 Von Bahr, Oskar SWE 2240 5.0 22.0
43 Johansson, Sune SWE 2198 5.0 21.0
44 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2463 4.5 28.0
45 Sjoberg, Mats m SWE 2348 4.5 24.5
46 Evertsson, Lennart SWE 2154 4.5 24.0
102 players
The Romanian Championships took place in Lasi December 13th-27th 1999.
In the men's event Constantin Ionescu and Mihail Marin scored 10.5/15 in their
15 round event. In the women's event Gabriela Olarasu scored 10.5/13 to take
the women's title. My thanks to Allan Bennett and Mircea Pavlov for the
information.
ch-ROM Lasi ROM (ROM), 13-27 xii 1999 cat. IX (2453)
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1 Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2434 * = = = = 1 1 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1 10.5 2603
2 Marin, Mihail g ROM 2548 = * = = = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 10.5 2596
3 Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2570 = = * 1 1 = = = 1 1 = = = = = 1 10.0 2570
4 Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2537 = = 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 10.0 2572
5 Badea, Bela m ROM 2479 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 9.5 2546
6 Grigore, George m ROM 2526 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 8.5 2498
7 Dumitrache, Dragos m ROM 2439 0 = = = = = * = 1 = = = = = = 1 8.0 2475
8 Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2576 0 = = = = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 0 = 1 7.5 2445
9 Vajda, Levente m ROM 2462 = = 0 0 0 1 0 = * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 7.5 2452
10 Negulescu, Adrian m ROM 2440 = = 0 0 0 0 = = = * = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2404
11 Parligras, Mircea ROM 2377 = 0 = = = 0 = 0 0 = * = = = = 1 6.0 2386
12 Ardeleanu, Alin m ROM 2409 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 = = * = = = = 6.0 2384
13 Berescu, Alin f ROM 2386 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = = = = * 1 = = 6.0 2385
14 Nanu, Ciprian m ROM 2397 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 = = 0 * 1 0 5.0 2332
15 Mateuta, Gabriel m ROM 2398 0 0 = 0 = = = = 0 = = = = 0 * = 5.0 2332
16 Istrate, Bogdan ROM 2277 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = * 3.5 2254
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ch-ROM (women) Lasi ROM (ROM), 13-27 xii 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2298 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2457
2 Peptan, Corina m ROM 2419 = * 1 0 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2372
3 Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea wf ROM 2211 = 0 * = = 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8.5 2323
4 Bogza, Adina ROM 2210 = 1 = * = = = 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 8.0 2300
5 Vajda, Szidonia wg ROM 2397 = 0 = = * 0 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2285
6 Grigorieva, Angela ROM 2143 0 = 1 = 1 * 0 = = 0 = 1 0 1 6.5 2218
7 Ionica, Iulia wf ROM 2211 = 1 0 = 0 1 * 1 0 = 0 = = 1 6.5 2213
8 Ionescu-Brandis, Irina wm ROM 2224 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 0 6.5 2212
9 Calotescu, Cristina ROM 2176 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 0 * 1 1 0 = 1 6.5 2215
10 Trofim, Georgiana ROM 2029 0 0 1 0 = 1 = = 0 * 0 0 1 = 5.0 2140
11 Istrati, Viorica ROM 2127 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 0 0 1 * 0 0 1 4.5 2109
12 Jicman, Ligia wm ROM 2274 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 1 * 0 1 4.5 2098
13 Voicu, Carmen wf ROM 2166 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 4.0 2075
14 Calota, Alina wf ROM 2096 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 1 * 2.5 1970
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Uwe Fleischer reports: There were two new year tournaments in Lohmar
(Germany). an IM and an Elo group. They ran 26th December 1999 - 2nd January
2000. The winner of the IM-group was Alexandre Dgebuadze in front of youngster
Attila Jakab. The Elo tournament saw Mark Lamprecht took first place, followed
by Irina Gorshkova. Both events were sponsored by Rozsa Mediendienste, Cologne.
It IM Lohmar GER (GER), 26 xii 1999 - 5 i 2000 cat. II (2295)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Dgebuadze, Alexandre m GEO 2510 * 0 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2491
2 Jakab, Attila HUN 2328 1 * = = 1 1 1 = 0 1 6.5 2457
3 Kaposztas, Miklos m HUN 2316 0 = * = = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2373
4 Kaeser, Udo GER 2334 0 = = * = = 1 = = = 4.5 2291
5 Krallmann, Matthias GER 2297 0 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 4.5 2295
6 Portisch, Ferenc m HUN 2385 = 0 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2285
7 Roese, Oliver f GER 2320 0 0 = 0 = 1 * = 1 1 4.5 2292
8 Abolianin, Arthur BEL 2252 = = = = 0 0 = * = 1 4.0 2257
9 Huhndorf,Arnold GER ---- 0 1 0 = = 0 0 = * = 3.0 2203
10 Stanetzek, Carsten GER 2211 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 1953
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Neujahr ELO Lohmar GER (GER), 26 xii 1999 - 5 i 2000
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Lamprecht, Mark GER 2140 * = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2482
2 Eising, Johannes f GER 2327 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 6.5 2276
3 Gorshkova, Irina UZB 2090 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2302
4 Bigott,Martin GER ---- 0 = = * = = = 1 0 = 4.0 2103
5 Behl, Torsten GER 2150 0 0 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 4.0 2086
6 Rozsa, Sandor HUN 2152 0 0 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 4.0 2086
7 Schott, Guido GER 2118 = = 0 = 0 1 * = 0 = 3.5 2053
8 Kneutgen, Alexander GER 2213 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1 = 3.0 1997
9 Raabe, Joachim GER 2129 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 * 1 3.0 2007
10 Gruene,Nils GER ---- 0 = = = 0 0 = = 0 * 2.5 1980
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The 107th New Zealand Chess Championship took place in the Waipuna
Hotel, in Auckland. There were four foreign invited players: Rogers (AUS),
Sermek (SLO), van Riemsdijk (BRA) and Zakaria (Malasia). Ian Rogers won the
tournament with a smashing score of 10.5/11 two points clear of Drazen Sermek
and the top New Zealander Aleksei Kulashko.
Internet coverage by Hiperchess
ch-NZL Auckland NZL (NZL), 28 xii 1999 - 8 i 2000
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1 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2574 +16 + 6 + 3 = 2 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 8 +13 +12 10.5 /11 2806
2 Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2545 +18 +13 = 4 = 1 = 5 + 3 = 6 +10 + 7 = 9 +11 8.5 /11 2532
3 Kulashko, Aleksei f NZL 2396 +17 +20 - 1 +12 + 6 - 2 + 4 + 5 = 9 + 7 +13 8.5 /11 2562
4 Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2422 + 8 +12 = 2 = 5 - 1 =10 - 3 +13 = 6 +14 + 9 7.0 /11 2421
5 Garbett, Paul Anthony f NZL 2360 +15 +10 = 7 = 4 = 2 - 1 +13 - 3 +11 = 6 +14 7.0 /11 2428
6 Ker, Anthony F f NZL 2321 +11 - 1 +16 +13 - 3 +12 = 2 - 7 = 4 = 5 +17 6.5 /11 2411
7 Dive, Russell John m NZL 2448 . + 8 = 5 = 9 =13 +16 - 1 + 6 - 2 - 3 +15 5.5 /10 2366
8 Wastney, Scott NZL 2193 - 4 - 7 =11 +18 +20 = 9 =10 =12 - 1 =15 +19 5.5 /11 2261
9 Smith, Robert W f NZL 2290 -10 =17 +15 = 7 =16 = 8 +12 - 1 = 3 = 2 - 4 5.0 /11 2282
10 Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2112 + 9 - 5 -13 +14 +19 = 4 = 8 - 2 =12 -11 =18 5.0 /11 2231
11 Barlow, Matthew NZL 2155 - 6 -16 = 8 =15 +18 =14 =19 +20 - 5 +10 - 2 5.0 /11 2195
12 Green, Ewen M f NZL 2265 +19 - 4 +20 - 3 +17 - 6 - 9 = 8 =10 +18 - 1 5.0 /11 2232
13 Watson, Bruce R NZL 2260 +14 - 2 +10 - 6 = 7 +17 - 5 - 4 +19 - 1 - 3 4.5 /11 2263
14 Bennett, Hilton NZL 2200 -13 =19 =17 -10 +15 =11 =16 =18 +20 - 4 - 5 4.5 /11 2145
15 Metge, J. Nigel NZL 2160 - 5 =18 - 9 =11 -14 -19 =20 +16 +17 = 8 - 7 4.0 /11 2124
16 Perry, Roger NZL NZL 2205 - 1 +11 - 6 +19 = 9 - 7 =14 -15 =18 -17 =20 4.0 /11 2151
17 Zakaria, Fairin MAS 2185 - 3 = 9 =14 +20 -12 -13 -18 +19 -15 +16 - 6 4.0 /11 2130
18 Gibbons, Robert NZL 2200 - 2 =15 -19 - 8 -11 =20 +17 =14 =16 -12 =10 3.5 /11 2073
19 Sutherland, John NZL 2055 -12 =14 +18 -16 -10 +15 =11 -17 -13 -20 - 8 3.0 /11 2019
20 Spiller, Paul NZL 2200 . - 3 -12 -17 - 8 =18 =15 -11 -14 +19 =16 2.5 /10 2008
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The Australian Championships took place Mingara, NSW December 28 1999 -
January 9 2000. 1st place was taken by Darryl Johansen with 9/11. 2nd equal
were Zhao Zong Yuan and Chris Depasquale 8.5 4th= S.Solomon, M.Chapman,
M.Rujevic, B.Tindall, Kuan-Kuan Tian, D.Smerdon 6; 10th G.Canfell 5.5; 11th=
S.Booth, D.Dwyer 4.5; 13.I.Ilic 4; 14.P.Jovanovic 3.5; 15.Paez 3; 16.T.Reilly
1/2 withdrawn. The field was the smallest for many years, with only two of
Australia's top 10 players deciding to compete. GM Johansen, the top seed won
very comfortably, starting with 5.5/6 and coasting to victory. 13-year-old Zhao
Zong Yuan scored his first IM norm.
A category XI tournament took place December 27th 1999 - Jan 5th 2000
in Porto. The event was won by Bulgarian IM Vladimir Georgiev a point clear of
a field that included GMs Kevin Spraggett, Aleksa Strikovic and Nikola Mitkov.
There were 3 GMs and 7 IMs in total.
Coverage at: http://www.infoxadrez.com and
http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/
Boavista Masters Porto POR (POR), 27 xii 1999 - 5 i 2000cat. IX (2454)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Georgiev, Vladimir m BUL 2519 * = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2612
2 Galego, Luis m POR 2427 = * = 1 = = 0 1 1 = 5.5 2536
3 Strikovic, Aleksa g YUG 2518 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2526
4 Mitkov, Nikola g FRM 2509 = 0 = * 1 = 1 0 1 = 5.0 2490
5 Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2465 0 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 = 4.5 2452
6 Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2521 0 = = = 0 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2446
7 Rocha, Sergio m POR 2427 0 1 = 0 = = * = = = 4.0 2413
8 Santos, Carlos P m POR 2383 = 0 0 1 = 0 = * = = 3.5 2381
9 Damaso, Rui m POR 2399 = 0 = 0 0 = = = * = 3.0 2334
10 Del Rey, Diego f ARG 2369 0 = 0 = = 0 = = = * 3.0 2338
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The Francesc Alsina Memorial took place in Paretana near Barcelona
December 26th 1999-January 5th 2000. David Garcia Ilundain won the A tournament
and Manuel Granados Gomez won the B event and scored a GM norm. The tables have
been generated from the games and aren't 100% confirmed. There were five events
altogether.
Coverage at: http://ajedrez.itgo.com/home.htm
1st Paretana ESP A (ESP), 27 xii 1999 - 6 i 2000 cat. VIII (2434)
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1 Garcia Ilundain, David g ESP 2510 * = = = 1 = = = = 1 5.5 2505
2 Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2471 = * 1 = 0 = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2509
3 Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2447 = 0 * = 1 0 1 1 = = 5.0 2475
4 Oms Pallise, Josep m ESP 2412 = = = * 1 = = 0 = 1 5.0 2479
5 Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2477 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 5.0 2472
6 Vehi Bach, Victor M m ESP 2389 = = 1 = 0 * = = = = 4.5 2438
7 Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel ESP 2378 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 4.5 2440
8 Gual Pascual, Antonio ESP 2433 = 1 0 1 0 = 0 * 1 0 4.0 2390
9 Vidarte Morales, Arturo m PER 2424 = 0 = = 1 = 0 0 * = 3.5 2354
10 Rahal, Michael f ENG 2397 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 = * 2.5 2271
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1st Paretana ESP B (ESP), 27 xii 1999 - 6 i 2000 cat. IV (2336)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Granados Gomez, Manuel f ESP 2358 * 1 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2458
2 Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2501 0 * = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2442
3 Fluvia Poyatos, Joan ESP 2335 = = * = 0 1 = = = 1 5.0 2379
4 Campos Moreno, Javier B m CHI 2484 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 5.0 2362
5 Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A m COL 2314 1 1 1 = * = 0 = 0 0 4.5 2338
6 Hernando Rodrigo, Julio A ESP 2266 = 0 0 = = * 1 = 0 1 4.0 2300
7 Baches Garcia, Guillermo ESP 2285 0 0 = = 1 0 * 1 = = 4.0 2298
8 Jerez Perez, Alfonso ESP 2353 = 0 = = = = 0 * = = 3.5 2254
9 Trabert, Bettina wm GER 2301 0 0 = 0 1 1 = = * 0 3.5 2259
10 Pinero Fernandez, Xavier ESP 2162 = 0 0 0 1 0 = = 1 * 3.5 2275
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The Tapolca Open takes place in Budapest 7th - 15th of January 2000.
There are 95 participants, 10 title holders (4 IMs + 6 FMs) from 7 countries.
69 players have the FIDE ELO-rating. Play takes place every day from 15:30 CET
and the last round is on Jan 15th. After 3 rounds IM Miklos Galyas (HUN), IM
Wang Rui (CHN), FM Ni Hua (CHN), IM Istvan Borocz (HUN), Gabor Pinter (HUN) and
Gellert Papp (HUN) are on 3/3.
IM Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: The Open Norwegian Rapid Chess
Championships were played 8-9th January in Fredrikstad (south of Oslo). The
timerate was 30 minutes per game.
1. IM Kaido Kulaots 2499 EST 8.5 of 10
2. GM Mikhail Rytshagov 2542 EST 7.5
3. IM Eirik T.Gullaksen 2353 NOR 7.5
4. GM Heikki Westerinen 2392 FIN 6.5
5. GM Maris Krakops 2518 LAT 6.5
6. Øystein Dannevig 2356 NOR 6.0
7. FM Richard Bjerke 2269 NOR 6.0
8. FM Jøran Jansson 2255 NOR 5.5
98 participants
Further details: http://home.c2i.net/bjoerjoh/result_2000.html.
Several of the participants will also play Gausdal Troll Masters (10-16th
January). Furthe details: http://home.sol.no/~skak/Troll2000/
The 52nd Russian Chess Championships took place in Moscow, Russia
December 15th-28th 1999. The event was a knockout and top rated Konstantin
Sakaev beat surprise finalist Alexei Bezgodov 3-1. Added to the game file are
the games I missed out from TWIC a couple of weeks ago.
Coverage at: http://www.clubkasparov.ru/index0e.htm
and http://www.ruschess.com/
Croatian Events
The 8th Croatian closed championship - Pula 07.01. - 19.01.2000. Palac,
Zelcic, Rogic, Hulak, Kutuzovic, Zaja, Fercec, Feletar, Novak, Stevic,
Golubovic, Krstic, Kovacevic B, Rezan compete. Coverage at:
http://sah.posluh.hr and
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/pula/prvhrzat/prvhrzat.html
Also the 6th Open Bosnjaci - Bosnjaci Jan 3rd-9th 2000.
http://sah.posluh.hr/bosnjaci.htm
New York Open
Michael Atkins reports: The New York Open is back!! Long, the strongest
Open tournament in the U.S., the NY Open is scheduled over the period of May
6-14, 2000. The Two Weekend schedule will start May 6-7, and the main Open
section will play May 8-14. The class sections will play May 10-14. Playing at
the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan, the same site as the last two NYO's, the
Open section will feature $50,000 in prizes which is about $10,000 more than in
the open section in 1998. All other details will be announced in late January.
For more details contact tournament organizer Mr. Jose Cuchi later in the month
Stay tuned for upcoming announcements and full details in late January on the
New York Open website http://w-w-w.com/nyopen/
Brazilian Events
The 66th Brazilian Chess Championship takes place in Brasilia-DF,
Brasil, (Torre Palace Hotel) January 19th - 25th 2000. 26 players will compete
in a 9 rounds swiss tournament
Coverage at: http://www.cbx.org.br
This is followed by the BCX 2000 Brazilian Chess Open which takes place
in Brasilia-DF, Brasil (Naoum Plaza Hotel) January 27th - 30th 2000. The event
is a 7 rounds swiss tournament
Further details: http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx/abindice.htm
Players required for York
The York IM Closed tournament that takes place January 24th - Febuary
1st 2000 requires two players. The venue is the Lady Anne Middleton Hotel. The
entry fee is £100. Contact Angus Dunnington
angus@dunningtona.freeserve.co.uk or tel: ++44 (0)1977 554032
Pulvermuehle GM
There is a round robin tournament (12-22.1.2000) in the town of
Pulvermuehle, in Germany. Klaus Bischoff, Hichem Hamdouchi, Peter Wells,
Christian Gabriel, Pavel Blatny, Ildar Ibragimov, Zhu Chen, Antoinetta
Stefanova, Michael Bezold and Arkadij Naiditsch compete. Further details in
German at: http://www.pulvermuehle.de
13th Ciudad de León Tournament
The 13th Ciudad de León Tournament will again use the "advanced
chess" format (players will be allowed to use a computer for databases and a
playing program). The competitors will be Anand, Shirov, Judith Polgar and
Illescas. The event will run June 1st-5th 2000 (playing days: June 2nd
Shirov-Illescas 2 game match, June 3rd Anand-Polgar 2 game match, June 3rd,
final. The venue is the Junta de León” building, with the opening
ceremony in the Conde Luna Hotel and the closing ceremony and Judit Polgar
simul at the University.
19th Reykjavik International Open
The 19th Reykjavik International Chess Tournament takes place in the
Reykjavík City Hall 5th-13th April 2000.
Minimum Prize fund: USD 15.000 1. prize USD 5.000 2. prize USD 3.000 3.
prize USD 2.000 4. prize USD 1.500 5. prize USD 1.000 Under 2450 .USD 1.500
Under 2300 .USD 1.000.
9 rounds, Swiss System, Time Limit: 40 moves in 2 hours, 20 moves in 1
hour, and 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Registration: Please contact the ICELANDIC CHESS FEDERATION, P.O. Box
8354, 128 Reykjavík, Iceland, before Feb. 1st 2000. Tel.: 354 568 9141
Fax: 354 568 9116 Email: siks@itn.is Conditions for titled players please
contact ICF office. Eligible: All players rated 2000 or more (FIDE rating
list). No entrance fee for foreign players.
VII Linares Anibal Open and Ubeda Open
The VII Anibal Open takes place in Linares, January 7th - 16th, 2000 (10
Rounds).
PRIZES 1º 1.000.000 pts. 21º - 30º 30.000 pts. 2º
500.000 pts. 31º - 50º 25.000 pts. 3º 250.000 pts. 1st Woman
Chessplayer 50.000 pts. 4º 200.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2600 elo
50.000 pts. 5º 150.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2475 elo 50.000 pts.
6º-10º 100.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2350 elo 50.000 pts.
11º-20º 50.000 pts.
The V Ciudad de Ubeda takes place just afterwards January 19th - 28th,
2000 (10 Rounds).
PRIZES 1º 500.000 pts. 16º-50º 50.000 pts. 2º
250.000 pts. 1st Woman Chessplayer 50.000 pts. 3º 150.000 pts. 1st
Chessplayer under 2600 elo 50.000 pts. 4º 125.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer
under 2475 elo 50.000 pts. 5º 100.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2350 elo
50.000 pts. 6º-15º 75.000 pts.
Conditions for both events
Chessplayers with 2600 Elo: free full board in a single room and free
fixed fee. G.M. and I.M. lodging free. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are $10 per
person / day in a double room, (single supplement $20). For other players
lodging in a three stars hotel is $24 per person / day in a double room,
(single supplement $20). Breakfast, lunch and dinner are $10 per person / day.
FIXED FEE PER TOURNAMENT Since January 1st, 2000 10.000 pts. Bank details:
Banco de Andalucía, account nº 0004 3270 84 0601005803 Prizes will
be subject to 25% tax. VII Open "Anibal" Tel. 34 953 650400, fax 34 953 652204
(Miss Flori). V Open "Ciudad de Ubeda" Tel. 34 953 791011, fax 34 953 791012
(Miss Tana).
Official details on the internet:
http://www.ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez
Budapest Spring Festival
The 16th Budapest Spring Festival is a 9 round Swiss Open chess
tournament, the event runs 17th-25th of March 2000, Budapest. The planned
maximum is 100 participants, 1-3 GM-s, 6-8 IM-s, more, than 50 % ELO-rated,
min. 20 % foreigners. Info: Nagy, Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
www.elender.hu/~firstsat Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59 Mobile: (36)-30-230-1914 ICQ
# 44805877.
XVIth Cappelle la Grande Open
The XVIth Cappelle la Grande Open takes place in the "Palais des Arts
et des Loisir" 19th-26th February 2000.
Entries: by cheque or money order to "l’Echiquier Cappellois" to:
M. Michel GOUVART 2, Place de Flandre 59180 CAPPELLE LA GRANDE - FRANCE
Tél./Fax : 33/ 03 28 64 94 98
Adults : 220 F Juniors and over 60s: 110 F
Dates: Opening ceremony and round 1 19th February 2000 Closing ceremony
26th Feb 2000.
Prizefund: 80 000 F minimum. 1st prize: 10 000 F / 2e: 5000 F / 3e:
4000F / 4e: 3000F / 5e: 2000F / 6e: 1500F / 7e à 10e : 1000F Other prize
categories for Elo, Jeunes, Féminins, Vétérans
Perenyi Memorial
There will be a Cat.VII-VIII in Gyula (Hungary) in the Hotal Agro 24th
Jan-3rd Feb 2000 which will finish just before the February edition of the
First Saturday tournaments.
Those interested in playing should contact: Emil Anka
Tel-fax:00-36-1-2212328 or Email:emilanka@freemail.hu
