THE WEEK IN CHESS 61               10/12/95  Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) United States Chess Championships
3) European Team Championships
4) Intel Virtual Chess Challenge
5) Philidor Chess Club in Leiden - Piket vs Lautier events
6) THE 1995 PHILIPPINE FEBTC OPEN by Bobby Ang
7) "Enghien les Bains" tournament by Jean-Pierre Mercier
8) VISA NORDIC GRAND PRIX CHESS COMPETITON 1996-97 CHIEF SPONSOR: VISA
INTERNATIONAL
9) Cuban Championships Semi-finals
10) WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS UNDER 16 AND UNDER 18 (BOYS/GIRLS) GUARAPUAVA (BRAZIL)
1995
11) BOOKS, BOOKS and more of them (4) by Bertrand Weegenaar

GAMES SECTION
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US Championships              15 games
Philidor Tournaments Leiden Netherlands  6 games
INTEL virtual chess challange.          10 games
Makati City PHI                     5 games
Enghien les Bains FRA              45 games
Books Books and more books.        39 games

EXTRA SECTION TWIC61CU.PGN
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Cuban Championships Semifinals          199 games

EXTRA SECTION TWIC61JU.PGN
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Rounds 1-7 of the World Junior Under 18's and
16's for boys and girls. Several Hundred games.

These extra sections are very large and are available
at:

Pittsburgh ftp site. (ftp.pitt.edu, group/chess/NEWS)
(probably Monday)

and straight away at my www site -
http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/chess.html

(note this is tilda mdcrowth, some terminals display this
as a percent sign which won't work)



1) Introduction
---------------

My thanks to Bertrand Weegenaar, Tom Crain, Ken Sloan, Jeroen van de Weijer
Bobby Ang, Jean-Pierre Mercier, Einar S. Einarsson, Carlos H. Taboada,
and Claudio Tonegutti.

I'm gradually crawling to the end of the term at the University here
(I work in the Modern Languages Department.) also I played chess
yesterday so its all got a bit tiring. There will be a review
of the year when I hope to do quite a bit on the recent Campomanes/
FIDE stuff. I would have liked more time to edit various pieces in
this issue, but I'm already way overdue and wish to finish now!

Lots of exciting things, the games sections took a tremendous
amount of work to get right.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) United States Chess Championships
---------------------------------

The United States Chess Championships were won by Patrick
Wolff after some rapidplay games. He tied with Nick De Firmian
and Alexander Ivanov on 8.5 points.

I have placed some markers in the games section for the final
games that I don't currently have. I took the final round
results from Ken Sloan's www page.

My thanks to Tom Crain who has put in tremendous effort on ICC
and elsewhere making the games available to us.

If someone could explain why the draw is apparently non-standard
I'd be greatful.


Round 11 (1995.12.01)

De Firmian, Nick        - Dzindzichashvili, Roman  1/2   50  B36  Sicilian
Ivanov, Alexander V     - Kaidanov, Grigory S      1/2   42  B01  Scandinavian
Gulko, Boris F          - Khmelnitsky, Igor N      1-0   40  A29  English; 1.c4
e5
Browne, Walter S        - Yermolinsky, Alexey      1/2   22  E11  Bogo indian
Gurevich, Dmitry        - Wolff, Patrick G         0-1   60  B90  Sicilian;
Najdorf
Waitzkin, Joshua        - Orlov, Georgy            1/2   61  B14  Caro-Kann
Kudrin, Sergey          - Benjamin, Joel           0-1   47  B48  Sicilian

Round 12 (1995.12.02)

Wolff, Patrick G        - Waitzkin, Joshua         1-0   78  B57  Sicilian
Yermolinsky, Alexey     - Gulko, Boris F           1/2   10  E17  Nimzo indian
Benjamin, Joel          - Gurevich, Dmitry         0-1   64  A07  Reti (1.Pf3)
Dzindzichashvili, Roman - Browne, Walter S         1/2    7  A04  Reti (1.Pf3)
Kaidanov, Grigory S     - Kudrin, Sergey           1-0   33  B53  Sicilian
Orlov, Georgy           - De Firmian, Nick         0-1   25  E00  Nimzo indian
Khmelnitsky, Igor N     - Ivanov, Alexander V      0-1   32  C69  Ruy Lopez;
Exchange

Round 13 (1995.12.04)

De Firmian, Nick        - Wolff, Patrick G         1/2   23  B90  Najdorf
Ivanov, Alexander V     - Yermolinsky, Alexey      1/2        MISSING
Gulko, Boris F          - Dzindzichashvili, Roman  1/2        MISSING
Browne, Walter S        - Orlov, Georgy            1-0        MISSING
Kaidanov, Grigory S     - Benjamin, Joel           1/2        MISSING
Waitzkin, Joshua        - Gurevich, Dmitry         0-1        MISSING
Kudrin, Sergey          - Khmelnitsky, Igor N      1-0        MISSING


Modesto (USA), XI-XII 1995.                                    cat. XII (2542)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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 1 De Firmian, Nick         g USA 2605  * 1 = = = = = = = 1 1 = = 1  8.5  2647
 2 Ivanov, Alexander V      g USA 2530  0 * = = 1 1 = = 1 = 0 1 1 1  8.5  2653
 3 Wolff, Patrick G         g USA 2565  = = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 =  8.5  2650
 4 Yermolinsky, Alexey      g USA 2560  = = 1 * = = = = = = 1 1 = =  8.0  2627
 5 Gulko, Boris F           g USA 2620  = 0 = = * = 1 = = = = 1 = 1  7.5  2593
 6 Browne, Walter S         g USA 2560  = 0 0 = = * 1 = = = 1 = 0 1  6.5  2540
 7 Benjamin, Joel           g USA 2575  = = = = 0 0 * = 0 = 1 = = 1  6.0  2510
 8 Dzindzichashvili, Roman  g USA 2545  = = 0 = = = = * 0 1 0 = 1 =  6.0  2512
 9 Gurevich, Dmitry         g USA 2525  = 0 0 = = = 1 1 * 0 = 0 1 =  6.0  2514
10 Kaidanov, Grigory S      g USA 2585  0 = = = = = = 0 1 * 0 = 0 1  5.5  2481
11 Orlov, Georgy            m RUS 2465  0 1 = 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 * = = 0  5.5  2491
12 Khmelnitsky, Igor N      m RUS 2490  = 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 = = * 1 0  5.0  2459
13 Waitzkin, Joshua         m USA 2440  = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 0 1 = 0 * =  5.0  2463
14 Kudrin, Sergey           g USA 2525  0 0 = = 0 0 0 = = 0 1 1 = *  4.5  2433
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3) European Team Championships
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Sarajevo  Kasparov, Adams, Nikolic, Ivan Sokolov
Yerevan        Akopian, Lputian etc
Budapest  Almasi, Leko, Pinter, Wells

Semi-finals
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Yerevan        4    Sarajevo  2
Cheliabinsk    2.5  Budapest  3.5

FINALS
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Yerevan        5    Budapest  1

(Cheliabinsk beat Sarajevo for 3rd/4th Kasparov was reported
to be critical of the poor play of his team "mates". He should
try playing for our club!)

The event wasn't held in France (not sure where) as I reported
last week. Games as usual would be appreciated.

4) Intel Virtual Chess Challenge
----------------------------------

Gary Kasparov played a simultanious over the internet. (using
ICC) He was outplayed for a while by UK Junior Luke McShane.
He drew 3 games and won the rest.

Kasparov,G - Mozes,D          1-0       ISRAEL
Kasparov,G - Frolik,E         1/2-1/2        Reutlingen, Germany
Kasparov,G - McShane,L        1-0       London
Kasparov,G - Matabeek,S  1-0       New York
Kasparov,G - Firor,J          1-0       Canada
Kasparov,G - Larso,E          1-0       Washington
Kasparov,G - Srinavasan,J     1-0       India
Kasparov,G - Hvarre,K         1/2-1/2        Denmark
Kasparov,G - Ronksley,S  1-0       London
Kasparov,G - Lerner,Al        1/2-1/2        New York

Kasparov played on-line from a room at Intel's European
Headquarters in Munich where ten Pentium(r) processor based PCs were
linked through the Internet Chess Club to the ten player's PCs at
different locations all over the world.

The format was a clock simultaneous with Kasparov starting with the
white pieces. The Virtual Players had 45 minutes and Kasparov
had 1 hour to play the ten games. That way the virtual players were
responsible for their own time management. Kasparov was clearly
notified on the screen of each PC when it is his turn to move.

5) Philidor Chess Club in Leiden - Piket vs Lautier events
-------------------------------------------------------

There were a variety of events played in Leiden
(the Netherlands) to commemorate the 200th Anniversary
of the death of Francois Andre Danican Philidor.

The Centre of the activities over the 8th - 10th of
December were Lautier and Piket who played a series
of exhibition games at different timerates. My thanks
to Jeroen van de Weijer (secretary of chess club Philidor in Leiden,
The Netherlands) for his help in covering this event.

Normal Timerate games.
----------------------

Piket,Je - Lautier,J 1-0
Lautier,J - Piket,Je 0-1

Rapid play
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20 minutes and 10 seconds for every move, Fischer-clock

Lautier,J - Piket,Je 0-1
Piket,Je - Lautier,J 1-0

Blitz Games
------------

5 minutes and three seconds extra for every move

Piket,Je - Lautier,J 0-1
Lautier,J - Piket,Je 1-0

6) THE 1995 PHILIPPINE FEBTC OPEN by Bobby Ang
--------------------------------------------

The Philippine Open, sponsored for the 8th consecutive year by the Far East
Bank and Trust Company (FEBTC), is actually some sort of a misnomer, as it
is only partially an open tournament.  Aside from Philippine titleholders
and national masters, all of whom are automatically qualified, the rest of
the local contingent must pass through a gruelling regional elimination
series which lasts for one year.  The result is that this tournament has
become the premiere showcase of Philippine chess talent.

This year six GMs came to play in this 11-round Swiss System Contest.  These
are Utut Adianto (top seed from Indonesia), Mikhail Krasenkov (2nd seed,
formerly Soviet Union who now represents Poland), Joerg Hickl (3rd seed from
Germany), Niaz Murshed (7th seed, Bangladesh) and the locals Eugene Torre
(4th seed) and Rogelio Antonio, Jr. (5th seed).

Torre did not disappoint the home crowd.  Emerging from semi-retirement to
play in his first competition after the Moscow Olympiad, he got off to a
slow start by losing to Ibaryu Adante, a complete unknown, in the second
round, and almost losing to Capt. Melandro Singson of the Philippine
National Police in the 5th.  After that he shook off his rustiness and
reeled off six straight wins to capture the crown, in the process defeating
GM Krasenkov and IM Rahman in the last two rounds.

The top twenty (in order of tie-break points):

     Title     Name           FIDE PTS
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 1   GM   Torre, Eugene       2535 9.5
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 2   GM   Hickl, Joerg        2570 9.0
 3   GM   Murshed, Niaz       2505 9.0
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 4   GM   Krasenkov, Mikhail       2590 8.5
 5   IM   Barcenilla, Rogelio 2455 8.5
 6   FM   Chiong, Luis        2390 8.5
 7   GM   Antonio, Rogelio Jr.     2525 8.5
 8   NM   Toledo, Rodolfo          2270 8.5
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 9   IM   Rahman, Ziar        2465 8.0
10   IM   Mariano, Nelson          2510 8.0
11        Ortiz, Eduardo           8.0
12        Roullo, Rolzon           8.0
13   IM   De Guzman, Ricardo       2400 8.0
14   IM   Reefat, Bin-Satter       2435 8.0
15   NM   Garma, Edgardo      2375 8.0
16        Nodado, Jerry            8.0
17   NM   Zuniga, Dante            8.0
18   NM   Gutierrez, Dennis             8.0
19   NM   Fuentes, Mardonio             8.0
20   NM   Filipinas, Ruel               8.0
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In case you are looking for the name of the top seed, GM Adianto lost to IM
Reefat and was held to 5 draws to close out with 7.5 points in a tie for the
21st-37th places!

SOME SIDELIGHTS

The three untitled places Ortiz, Roullo and Nodado will be awarded the
National Master title for their strong performance here.

Roland Perez, another untitled player who finished 23rd with 7.5 points was
actually the revelation of the tournament.  He was in the leading group for
many rounds and only needed half-a-point in the last round for the NM title.
He went for broke and actually achieved a winning position against NM
Rodolfo Toledo, but had an attack of nerves and blundered away the win, and
then the draw to finish outside of the money and lose his chance for the title.

IM Buenaventura Villamayor was also at 7.5 points before the last round but
got held up by a monstrous traffic jam and was defaulted against FM Luis Chiong.

The following are some games from the tournament.  We will send the rest as
soon as we get our hands on them.

7) "Enghien les Bains" tournament by Jean-Pierre Mercier
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Enghien les Bains (FRA), XI-XII 1995.                 cat. V (2351)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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 1 Rausis, Igors        g LAT 2515  * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1  6.5  2498
 2 Bacrot, Etienne      f FRA 2395  = * = 1 = 0 1 = 1 1  6.0  2470
 3 Fontaine, Robert       FRA 2285  = = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2482
 4 Payen, Arnaud        f FRA 2345  0 0 1 * 1 1 = = 1 1  6.0  2476
 5 Borulia, Ekaterina  wg GER 2370  = = 0 0 * 1 = = 1 1  5.0  2391
 6 Benitah, Yohan         FRA 2320  = 1 = 0 0 * = 1 = =  4.5  2353
 7 Mellado, Juan        m ESP 2460  = 0 0 = = = * = 1 1  4.5  2338
 8 Srokowski, Jaroslav  m UKR 2435  0 = = = = 0 = * 1 1  4.5  2341
 9 Carbonnel, Pierre      FRA 2230  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1  1.5  2090
10 Viot, Alain            FRA 2150  0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 *  0.5  1928
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Etienne Bacrot was born Jan. 22 1983 and has become the youngest
male to score the IM norms necessary to become an IM. This
event was his 3rd norm. (Judit Polgar was younger but female)

Enghien les Bains is a pretty small town with a big lake and a casino, 10 kms
from Paris (North-East).


8) VISA NORDIC GRAND PRIX CHESS COMPETITON 1996-97 CHIEF SPONSOR: VISA
INTERNATIONAL
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PRESS RELEASE
Reykjavik, 5 December 1995
Einar S. Einarsson


The VISA NORDIC GRAND PRIX comprises a series of five open chess tournaments
held by independent organizers in the respective Nordic countries at the
initiative of the Nordic Chess Federation under the leadership of the Nordic
FIDE Zonal President as Chief Administrative Officer.  The organisation is
based on the financial support of individual National Chess Federation and
local organizers, VISA INTERNATIONAL Payment Services Association in London
as a Chief Official Sponsor and various local co-sponsors for each tournaments.

The Nordic Grand Prix tournaments are scheduled to be played in 1996. All
Nordic players can participate and score qualifying points towards a FINAL
NORDIC GRAND PRIX, a Round Robin tournament of 14 players with a formidable
prize fund of USD 20.000 or more.

The qualifying tournaments will possibly all be organized as a part of open
international tournaments, as "a tournament with in a tournament" with an
additional prizefund of USD 5000 for even distribution to the first 1o
Nordic players with the highest score, USD 500 to each, to encourage their
participation in the following NGP or just as an extra prize money.

A special Point Accounting System applies for the 15 players with the
highest score according to their placing in each NGP-tournament. The best
results and individual performance from 3 (three) tournaments count for
qualification to the Final Grand Prix.  At least one player from each of the
Nordic Countries will have a secured seat in the Final Grand Prix Tournament
depending his federation has arranged or supported one of the preliminary
tournaments.

The first 3 Nordic Grand Prix tournaments will be played in Iceland, as a
part of the Reykjavik Chess Open, 2-10 March 1996, (9 rounds); in Norway, as
a part of the Arnold Cup Open in Gausdal, 19-27 May, (9 rounds); in Denmark,
as a part of the Copenhagen Open, 24 June - 5 July, (11 rounds)
and the fourth one in Sweden, potential organiser still to be announced.

Chief Administrative Officer: Einar S. Einarsson, F}lshslar 1, 111
Reykjavmk, Iceland.
Tel. 354-55-74074; Fax: 354-5-874874, Internet Email address: einarse  skima .is
Superviser and Chief Arbiter: Steen Juul Mortensen, Marievej 7, 7400
Herning, Denmark.
Tel. 45-97-162167; Fax: 45-97-168543
Advisory Board:  Svren Bech Hansen, President DSU, Denmark; Morten
Sand,President NSF, Norway and Christer Wdnius, President SSF, Sweden.

VISA INTERNATIONAL
THE OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE NORDIC CHESS GRAND PRIX.
Earlier Chess Sponsorships:
1987 VISA ALL STAR MATCH : NORDIC VS. USA, Reykjavik
1990 VISA CHESS SUMMIT MATCH: USSR-USA-ENGLAND-NORDIC COUNTRIES, Reykjavik

9) Cuban Championships Semi-finals
-------------------------------

The Cuban Championships Semi-finals took place from November 16 to 27.
Held in Villa Clara, 320 km from Havana. The first 7 qualified for the
final which takes place next year. My thanks to

Player   TIT.  ELO   Total.

1.     R. Gonzalez  FM   2390  6.0/9
2.     L. E. Valdes FM   2305  6.0
3.     I. Herrera   IM   2410  6.0
4.     W. Sariego   IM   2420  6.0
5.     O. Garcia    FM   2345  6.0
6.     J. Espinosa  FM   2380  6.0
7.     H. Leyva     FM   2415  6.0

8.     R. Leyva     FM   2300  6.0
9.     J. Cruz Lima FM   2270  6.0
10.    J. C. Diaz   IM   2435  5.5
11.    J. Alvarez   FM   2320  5.5
12.    H. Pecorelli IM   2400  5.5
13.    R. Foyo      --   2260  5.5
14.    R. Perez     FM   2335  5.0
15.    A. Nunez     FM   2270  5.0
16.    F. de la Paz FM   2330  5.0
17.    M. Li        FM   2365  5.0
18.    C. Larduet   FM   2295  5.0
19.    P. Paneque   IM   2415  5.0
20.    D. Otero     --         4.5
21.    J. Armas     IM   2425  4.5
22.    L. Sieiro    IM   2380  4.5
23.    C. Grabiel   --         4.5
24.    A. Bezanilla --   2185  4.5
25.    J. D. Diaz   FM   2230  4.5
26.    L. Vega      --   2270  4.5
27.    R. Alonso    IM   2410  4.5
28.    F. Castella  --   2285  4.5
29.    M. Medina    FM   2390  4.0
30.    D. Ibanez    FM   2290  4.0
31.    A. Blanco    FM   2450  4.0
32.    B. Martinez  --   2205  4.0
33.    A. Moreno    FM   2445  4.0
34.    C. Valido    --         4.0
35.    A. Diaz      FM   2330  4.0
36.    Re. Espinosa --         4.0
37.    J. L. Glez   --         3.5
38.    A. Hernandez --   2205  3.5
39.    A. Cabrera   --   2275  3.5
40.    M. Delgado   FM   2135  3.0
41.    Ra. Espinosa --         3.0
42.    M. Charon    --   2215  3.0
43.    L. Fuentes   --   2295  2.5
44.    J.A. Chacon  --   2160  2.5
45.    A. Gavilanes FM   2275  2.0
46.    J. L. Vilela IM   2425 Withdraw

Here is a table constructed from the games. Hopefully
I have spotted any errors. Maybe Cabrera, Gabriel  CUB 2225
is the C. Grabiel in this event?

Villa Clara (CUB), XI 1995.
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                                       1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
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 1 Cruz-Lima, Jose M           f CUB  -17 -33 +39 +44 +13 =29 +25 +22 = 5  6.0
/ 9  2515
 2 Diaz, Joaquin C             m CUB  +26 = 3 =28 + 6 =19 - 8 +27 =14 +18  6.0
/ 9  2507
 3 Espinosa, Julio             f CUB  +44 = 2 -25 +34 +24 = 4 +35 = 9 =14  6.0
/ 9  2425
 4 Garcia, Osmel               f CUB  +41 =22 +17 =29 = 5 = 3 = 9 =18 +35  6.0
/ 9  2461
 5 Gonzales, Renieo              CUB  +30 +11 =14 +25 = 4 = 9 =16 = 8 = 1  6.0
/ 9  2443
 6 Leyva, Hector               f CUB  =11 =29 +30 - 2 = 7 +15 =22 +12 +19  6.0
/ 9  2445
 7 Leyva, Ricardo                CUB  -24 =20 +26 =42 = 6 +40 +28 =10 +16  6.0
/ 9  2458
 8 Sariego, Wilfredo           m CUB  +34 =19 =16 =31 +15 + 2 =14 = 5  .   5.5
/ 8  2499
 9 Valdes, Luis E              f CUB  +33 +17 =22 +24 =14 = 5 = 4 = 3  .   5.5
/ 8  2451
10 Alvarez, Jose               f CUB  +43 =16 =19 =15 =22 =18 +29 = 7 =11  5.5
/ 9  2397
11 Foyo, Rogelio                 CUB  = 6 - 5 +46 =23 +38 -28 +24 +26 =10  5.5
/ 9  2414
12 Vega, Lemay                   CUB  +14 -18 =36 +39 +45 +37 =20 - 6 =25  5.5
/ 9  2343
13 Blanco Fernandez, Alvaro    f CUB  =27 =40 +35 +33 - 1 +34 -23 =28 =39  5.0
/ 9  2255
14 Herrera, Irisberto          m CUB  -12 +23 = 5 +28 = 9 =19 = 8 = 2 = 3  5.0
/ 9  2345
15 Li, Manuel                  f CUB  =40 +27 =23 =10 - 8 - 6 =32 +38 +30  5.0
/ 9  2346
16 Nunez, Antonio              f CUB  +21 =10 = 8 =18 +28 =35 = 5 =19 - 7  5.0
/ 9  2371
17 Paneque, Pedro              m CUB  + 1 - 9 - 4 =20 =26 =38 +40 +29 =22  5.0
/ 9  2314
18 Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto  m CUB  -23 +12 +32 =16 +25 =10 =19 = 4 - 2  5.0
/ 9  2387
19 Perez, Rodney               f CUB  +39 = 8 =10 +38 = 2 =14 =18 =16 - 6  5.0
/ 9  2366
20 Benzanilla, Alexis            CUB  -25 = 7 +41 =17 +37 =22 =12 =35  .   4.5
/ 8  2296
21 Alonso, Rene                m CUB  -16 -30 =43 =41 +46 =32 =34 =31 +37  4.5
/ 9  2246
22 Armas, Jorge                m CUB  +46 = 4 = 9 =35 =10 =20 = 6 - 1 =17  4.5
/ 9  2324
23 Diaz Perez, Jose David        CUB  +18 -14 =15 =11 =29 -25 +13 =30 =24  4.5
/ 9  2344
24 Grabiel,C                          + 7 =25 +37 - 9 - 3 =30 -11 +33 =23  4.5
/ 9  2192
25 Sieiro-Gonzalez, Luis       m CUB  +20 =24 + 3 - 5 -18 +23 - 1 =27 =12  4.5
/ 9  2302
26 Ibanez, Dagoberto           f CUB  - 2 =44 - 7 +36 =17 +45 +31 -11  .   4.0
/ 8  2323
27 Larduet, Carlos             f CUB  =13 -15 +44 =37 +30 =31 - 2 =25  .   4.0
/ 8  2340
28 Otero,D                            +36 +31 = 2 -14 -16 +11 - 7 =13  .   4.0
/ 8  2355
29 Castella, Fausto              CUB  =42 = 6 +33 = 4 =23 = 1 -10 -17 =32  4.0
/ 9  2278
30 Martinez, Boris               CUB  - 5 +21 - 6 +32 -27 =24 +38 =23 -15  4.0
/ 9  2300
31 Medina, Miguel              f CUB  +38 -28 +40 = 8 -35 =27 -26 =21 =36  4.0
/ 9  2301
32 Moreno, Alejandro           f CUB  =45 =37 -18 -30 +41 =21 =15 =40 =29  4.0
/ 9  2197
33 Valido,C                           - 9 + 1 -29 -13 -34 +43 +45 -24 +40  4.0
/ 9  2278
34 Cabrera, Alexis               CUB  - 8 +39 -42 - 3 +33 -13 =21 -37 +45  3.5
/ 9  2203
35 De la Paz, Francisco          CUB  -37 +43 -13 =22 +31 =16 - 3 =20 - 4  3.5
/ 9  2289
36 Diaz, Augusto               f CUB  -28 -38 =12 -26 =44 =41 =46 +43 =31  3.5
/ 9  2207
37 Gonzalez,JL                        +35 =32 -24 =27 -20 -12 =39 +34 -21  3.5
/ 9  2265
38 Hernandez, Amaury             CUB  -31 +36 +45 -19 -11 =17 -30 -15 +41  3.5
/ 9  2183
39 Espinosa,Re                        -19 -34 - 1 -12  .  +44 =37 +46 =13  3.0
/ 8  2188
40 Delgado, Mairelys             CUB  =15 =13 -31 =45 +43 - 7 -17 =32 -33  3.0
/ 9  2272
41 Espinosa,Ra                        - 4 =46 -20 =21 -32 =36 =43 +44 -38  3.0
/ 9  2160
42 Vilela, Jose Luis           m CUB  =29 =45 +34 = 7  .   2.5 / 4  2383
43 Charon, Manuel                CUB  -10 -35 =21 +46 -40 -33 =41 -36  .   2.0
/ 8  2118
44 Chacon, Jose A                CUB  - 3 =26 -27 - 1 =36 -39  .  -41 =46  1.5
/ 8  2113
45 Fuentes, Luis                 CUB  =32 =42 -38 =40 -12 -26 -33  .  -34  1.5
/ 8  2062
46 Gavilanes, Antonio          f CUB  -22 =41 -11 -43 -21  .  =36 -39 =44  1.5
/ 8  2027
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10) WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS UNDER 16 AND UNDER 18 (BOYS/GIRLS) GUARAPUAVA (BRAZIL)
1995
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by Claudio Tonegutti

     The World Championships under 16 and under 18 Boys/Girls of 1995 are
 running at Guarapuava - Brazil, from November, 30 (open ceremony) to December
 12 ( last round / closing ceremony), organised by FIDE and the Brazilian Chess
 Federation.
     Guarapuava is a city agreeable located in the centre-west of the
Parana State, in the south of Brazil, with a population of 170.000 inhabitants.
     The participation is very good for this type of event. There are
representatives of 54 national federations, a total of the 195 players,
distributed by the four championships as the following :

Number of Federations Represented per Age-Category:

U16-BOYS : 47
U18-BOYS : 46
U16-GIRLS : 35
U18-GIRLS : 36

Number of Players by category:

U16-BOYS :   59
U18-BOYS :   58
U16-GIRLS :  40
U18-GIRLS :  38
Total :            195

Number of FIDE-rated players:

U16-BOYS:   35
U18-BOYS:   36
U16-GIRLS:  10
U18-GIRLS:  15
Total       96


Number of Titled Players:

U16-BOYS : 01 IM ;  10 FM
U18-BOYS : 10 IM ;  05 FM
U16-GIRLS : 02 IM; 05 FM
U18-GIRLS : 01 GM; 04 IM, 05 FM

     The tournaments are by Swiss system in eleven rounds, with 40 moves
 in 2 hours; then 1 hour to finish.

  BOYS 16. AFTER 7
                            NAT TI FIDE
   NO. PLAYER               LTY TL RTNG PTS.
   --- -------------------- --- -- --------
     1 KASIMDZHANOV, R..... UZB FM 2435 5.5
     2 LEITAO, RAFAEL...... BRA IM 2360 5.5
     3 STEVIC, HRVOJE...... CRO FM 2340 5.5
     4 SADVAKASOV, DARMEN.. KAZ    2260 5.5
     5 MOTYLEV, ALEXANDER.. RUS    2285 5.0
     6 GERSHON, AJIK....... ISR FM 2275 5.0
     7 MASTROVASILIS, A.... GRE    2210 5.0
     8 NAUMANN, ALEXANDER.. GER    2360 4.5
     9 BATES, RICHARD...... ENG    2345 4.5
    10 DERVISHI, ERALD..... ALB FM 2310 4.5
    11 YU, SHAOTENG........ CHN FM 2290 4.5
    12 SVICEVIC, RASTKO.... YUG FM 2265 4.5
    13 ANTONIEWSKI, RAFAL.. POL    2250 4.5
    14 ZAMORA, JORGE....... USA    2385 4.0
    15 BLEHM, PAWEL........ POL    2340 4.0
    16 CVEK, ROBERT........ CZE    2285 4.0
    17 BAKHTADZE, GIORGI... GEO FM 2275 4.0
    18 BERESCU, ALIN....... ROM    2260 4.0
    19 SIMACEK, PAVEL...... CZE    2210 4.0
    20 JOHANNESSEN, LEIF E. NOR    2205 4.0
    21 MAH, KARL........... ENG FM 2200 4.0
    22 PIHLAJASALO, ANTTI.. FIN    2200 4.0
    23 LESKIEWICZ, MAX..... AUS    2155 4.0
    24 ROSER, KEVIN........ FRA    2145 4.0
    25 SAMULEVICIUS, TOMAS. LTU    2095 4.0
    26 LOU, MENG........... CAN         4.0
    27 NJOBVU, IGNATIUS.... BOT         4.0
    28 VANDELFT, MERIJN.... NED         4.0
    29 PINSKI, JAN......... POL    2270 3.5
    30 CASTIGLIONE, MARIO.. SVK    2225 3.5
    31 PILAJ, HERWIG....... AUT    2125 3.5
    32 KEREK, CSABA........ HUN    2100 3.5
    33 BENARES, RICARDO.... BRA FM      3.5
    34 JENNI, FLORIAN...... SUI         3.5
    35 MUNOA DA SILVA, E... BRA         3.5
    36 STOLTE BEZERRA, T... BRA         3.5
    37 PARLIGRAS, MIRCEA... ROM    2290 3.0
    38 SORKIN, IGOR........ ISR    2265 3.0
    39 FUCEK, CLAUDIO...... ARG FM 2240 3.0
    40 DATTA, PRASENJIT.... IND    2175 3.0
    41 HOOSEN, ERFAAN...... RSA         3.0
    42 LEVKOV, NICOLA...... FRM         3.0
    43 PAZ, DANIEL......... ESP         3.0
    44 SOLOMON, KENNY...... RSA         3.0
    45 VUCKOVIC, BOJAN..... YUG         3.0
    46 MOREDA, LUCAS....... ARG    2295 2.5
    47 BASTIDAS, EMILIO.... ECU         2.5
    48 HARTUNG, JERRY...... LUX         2.5
    49 PERSSON, CHRISTOFFER SWE         2.5
    50 STOJNIC, MIODRAG.... SLO    2095 2.0
    51 ANDRADE, LEONARDO... POR         2.0
    52 ANDRADE, MARKO...... BOL         2.0
    53 ERTURAN, HAKAN...... TUK         2.0
    54 MARTINEZ, PEDRO..... PAR         2.0
    55 SANGUINETTI, ANDRES. URU         2.0
    56 SCHREIBER, C........ BEL         2.0
    57 URDINOLA, H......... COL         2.0
    58 WATFE, RODRIGO...... BRA         2.0
    59 NEZZI, RAPHAEL...... BRA         1.0

   BOYS 18. AFTER 7
                            NAT TI FIDE
   NO. PLAYER               LTY TL RTNG PTS.
   --- -------------------- --- -- ---- ----
     1 KEMPINSKI, ROBERT... POL IM 2455 6.0
     2 KOBALIJA, MIHAIL.... RUS FM 2430 5.5
     3 ROWSON, JONATHAN.... SCO    2400 5.5
     4 SOCKO, BARTOSZ...... POL IM 2485 5.0
     5 KACHEISHVILI, GIORGI GEO IM 2450 5.0
     6 STOJANOVIC, MIHAJLO. YUG FM 2390 5.0
     7 DUMITRESCU, DRAGOS.. ROM FM 2375 5.0
     8 SHLIPERMAN, IGOR.... USA    2350 5.0
     9 SUTOVSKIJ, EMIL..... ISR IM 2545 4.5
    10 KRAKOPS, MARIS...... LAT IM 2525 4.5
    11 KAMINSKI, MARCIN.... POL IM 2495 4.5
    12 VESCOVI, GIOVANNI... BRA IM 2465 4.5
    13 CHUPROV, D.......... RUS    2420 4.5
    14 VALENZUELA, LUIS.... CHI    2340 4.5
    15 SOLN, PRIMOZ........ SLO    2280 4.5
    16 SASIKIRAN, ......... IND         4.5
    17 RUCK, ROBERT........ HUN IM 2480 4.0
    18 FERGUSON, MARK...... ENG    2360 4.0
    19 GELASHVILI, TAMAZ... GEO    2325 4.0
    20 HAGESAETHER, PAL V.. NOR    2155 4.0
    21 ARONOV, YURI........ RSA         4.0
    22 NONES, TEODULFO..... PHI         4.0
    23 WANG, RUI........... CHN         4.0
    24 GYIMESI, ZOLTAN..... HUN IM 2525 3.5
    25 ORAL, TOMAS......... CZE IM 2410 3.5
    26 VALLEJO PONS, F..... ESP FM 2325 3.5
    27 PAPAZOV, IVAJLO..... BUL    2250 3.5
    28 GROSS, DAVID........ GER    2240 3.5
    29 SALMENSUU, OLLI..... FIN    2230 3.5
    30 BACKLUND, ANDERS.... SWE    2185 3.5
    31 PETRIK, TOMAS....... SVK    2145 3.5
    32 MANHARDT, THOMAS.... AUT    2070 3.5
    33 CASTILLO, ANTHONY... CAN         3.5
    34 MARQUES, VINICIUS... BRA         3.5
    35 DELEMARRE, JOP...... NED    2320 3.0
    36 PEREYRA ARCIJA, D... ARG FM 2290 3.0
    37 IBRAEV, NURLAM...... KAZ    2285 3.0
    38 GERVAIS, VICTOR..... FRA    2270 3.0
    39 BASRAK, SRDJAN...... CRO    2260 3.0
    40 KRSTEVSKI, SASKO.... FRM    2220 3.0
    41 CUBAS, JOSE......... PAR    2165 3.0
    42 LOW, SAM............ AUS         3.0
    43 MARECHAL, ANDY...... BEL         3.0
    44 OKCULAR, AYHAN...... TUK         3.0
    45 PATUZZO, FABRIZIO... SUI         3.0
    46 PERALTA, FERNANDO... ARG    2330 2.5
    47 ANDRADE, JOSE....... POR         2.5
    48 MEDINA, ELIAS....... PER         2.5
    49 PIIP, TARVO......... EST         2.5
    50 DOS SANTOS, EMMANUEL BRA         2.0
    51 LUCHETA, GEDIEL..... BRA         2.0
    52 MIELES, EDUARDO..... ECU         2.0
    53 SCHROEDER, BENNY.... LUX         2.0
    54 TLHALEROC, ISHMAEL.. RSA         2.0
    55 VAN RIEMSDIJK, V.... BRA         2.0
    56 GRANARA, SEBASTIAN.. URU         1.5
    57 BOIKHUTSWANE, K..... BOT         0.5
    58 SEKULA, MARKLEY..... BRA         0.5

   GIRLS 16. AFTER 7
                            NAT TI FIDE
   NO. PLAYER               LTY TL RTNG PTS.
   --- -------------------- --- -- ---- ----
     1 VAJDA, SZIDONIA..... ROM IM 2265 5.5
     2 TKESHLASHVILI, S.... GEO FM 2155 5.5
     3 KISS, FERNANDA...... HUN    2130 5.5
     4 GOLETIANI, RUSUDAN.. GEO FM      5.5
     5 IWANIUK, DOROTA..... POL FM 2090 5.0
     6 XIONG, JUNYAN....... CHN         5.0
     7 BLIMKE, DALIA....... POL FM 2090 4.5
     8 RATCU, TATIANA...... BRA IM 2080 4.5
     9 KRIVEC, JANA........ SLO    2060 4.5
    10 BEKMUKHAMEDOVA, T... KAZ         4.5
    11 SHABANOVA, SVETLANA. RUS         4.5
    12 SHELDON, RUTH....... ENG FM 2185 4.0
    13 IONICA, IULIA....... ROM    2105 4.0
    14 AARTHI, R........... IND    2040 4.0
    15 ERICSSON, SUSANNE... SWE         4.0
    16 KOVATSOU, MARIA..... GRE         4.0
    17 NORDHAUG, INGERID... NOR         4.0
    18 YING, VICTORIA...... USA         4.0
    19 FONGERS, JOYCE...... NED         3.5
    20 MONCAYO, EVELYN..... ECU         3.5
    21 VIRNIK, ELENA....... GER         3.5
    22 IVANOVIC, JELENA.... YUG         3.0
    23 JILEMNICKA, JANA.... CZE         3.0
    24 MOSER, EVA.......... AUT         3.0
    25 MURRAY, GISELA...... PUR         3.0
    26 POMAR, MARIA........ ARG         3.0
    27 QUEVEDO, LORENA..... ESP         3.0
    28 SHABANI, EGLATINA... ALB         3.0
    29 STOILKOVSKA, SANJA.. FRM         3.0
    30 AYDIN, HELIN........ TUK         2.5
    31 DAYA, MOUNA......... FRA         2.5
    32 NEELS, IRIS......... BEL         2.5
    33 RAMOS, MARINA....... BRA         2.5
    34 REZEK, ANET......... CRO         2.5
    35 LEAL JOYA, MARGARITA COL         2.0
    36 MOYLAN, LAURA....... AUS         2.0
    37 RODRIGUES, TANIA.... POR         2.0
    38 DE JESUS, ANA PAULA. BRA         1.5
    39 CUBAS, SANDRA....... PAR         1.0
    40 VERDE, BETTINA...... URU         1.0

   GIRLS 18. AFTER 7
                            NAT TI FIDE
   NO. PLAYER               LTY TL RTNG PTS.
   --- -------------------- --- -- ---- ----
     1 BLAZKOVA, PETRA..... CZE    2200 6.0
     2 PEPTAN CORINA....... ROM GM 2340 5.5
     3 PITAM, ELA.......... ISR FM 2190 5.5
     4 LAKOS, NIKOLETTA.... HUN IM 2275 5.0
     5 TROFIMOVA, OLGA..... RUS    2245 5.0
     6 SHAHADE, JENNIFER... USA         5.0
     7 LOMINEISHVILI, MAIA. GEO IM 2295 4.5
     8 FIERRO, MARTHA...... ECU FM 2115 4.5
     9 APKHAIDZE, NATIA.... GEO FM 2090 4.5
    10 HUNT, HARRIET....... ENG IM 2385 4.0
    11 LI, RUOFAN.......... CHN FM 2215 4.0
    12 GHATE, SWATI........ IND    2165 4.0
    13 MEREACRE, NATASA.... MDA    2095 4.0
    14 JONOVITZ, MARION.... FRA         4.0
    15 LANG, HEATHER....... SCO         4.0
    16 POPOVIC, ALEKSANDRA. YUG         4.0
    17 KHORAVA, MIRANDA.... GEO IM 2270 3.5
    18 ZIELINSKA, MARTA.... POL    2250 3.5
    19 AHRENS, MANUELA..... GER    2145 3.5
    20 LLANEZA, PATRICIA... ESP         3.5
    21 MAKSIMENKO, OXANA... KAZ         3.5
    22 DUARTE, TATIANA..... BRA FM      3.0
    23 ALBI, ANNELI........ EST         3.0
    24 HAGESAETHER, ELLEN.. NOR         3.0
    25 LUKAN, DUNJA........ AUT         3.0
    26 RISCH, MARTINE...... LUX         3.0
    27 SORLI,MAJA.......... SLO         3.0
    28 SZUVEGES, NARELLE... AUS         3.0
    29 BERZINA, AIJA....... LAT         2.5
    30 LEONE, MARIA........ ARG         2.5
    31 OSKAN, OZGUR OZGE... TUK         2.5
    32 AKATSUKA, CARLA..... BRA         2.0
    33 ERWEE, YVETTE....... RSA         2.0
    34 SANTORI, MARIA...... PUR         2.0
    35 STORME, STIEN....... BEL         2.0
    36 FRAZAO, SOFIA....... POR         1.5
    37 GOMES, JANAINA...... BRA         1.5
    38 LOOR, ROXANA........ ECU         1.5

The games for the event appear to be compiled
to a very high standard. In the nature of things
I needed to change some names around and found
one result error. Below are the tables of the
results from the games I have. Can anyone spot
any problems?

Boys Under 16.
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Guarapuava (BRA), XII 1995.
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                                           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
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 1 Leitao, Rafael Dualibe     f BRA 2360  +32 +17 +28 + 3 = 5 = 4 = 2  .   .
5.5 /7  2501
 2 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam       f UZB 2435  +25 + 9 =11 = 5 +39 + 7 = 1  .   .
5.5 /7  2497
 3 Sadvakasov, Darmen           KAZ 2260  +59 + 4 +15 - 1 = 8 +17 +18  .   .
5.5 /7  2503
 4 Stevic, Hrvoje             f CRO 2340  +51 - 3 +50 +46 +15 = 1 + 5  .   .
5.5 /7  2402
 5 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios    GRE 2210  +58 +39 +18 = 2 = 1 +28 - 4  .   .
5.0 /7  2453
 6 Gershon, Alik              f ISR 2275  =29 +49 +10 -15 =16 +19 +21  .   .
5.0 /7  2342
 7 Motylev, Alexander           RUS 2285  +45 =37 +47 =11 +20 - 2 +22  .   .
5.0 /7  2474
 8 Yu Shaoteng                  CHN 2290   .  +44 +41 =31 = 3 +43 =12  .   .
4.5 /6  2350
 9 Svicevic, Rastko           f YUG 2265  +19 - 2 +29 =16 +31 =12 =11  .   .
4.5 /7  2285
10 Bates, Richard               ENG 2345  =16 +48 - 6 =13 =21 +30 +26  .   .
4.5 /7  2195
11 Dervishi, Erald            f ALB 2310  +50 +42 = 2 = 7 =28 =18 = 9  .   .
4.5 /7  2352
12 Naumann, Alexander           GER 2360  +34 =38 =37 +22 =18 = 9 = 8  .   .
4.5 /7  2357
13 Antoniewski, Rafal           POL 2250  -37 =29 +49 =10 +50 =16 +28  .   .
4.5 /7  2361
14 Njobvu,Ignatius                  ----   .  +33 -31 -43 +53 +51 +38  .   .
4.0 /6  2190
15 Blehm, Pawel                 POL 2340  +33 +31 - 3 + 6 - 4 -21 +29  .   .
4.0 /7  2190
16 Samulevicius, Tomas          LTU 2095  =10 =23 +42 = 9 = 6 =13 =20  .   .
4.0 /7  2342
17 Berescu, Alin                ROM 2260  +35 - 1 =19 +47 +23 - 3 =27  .   .
4.0 /7  2280
18 Bakhtadze, Giorgi          f GEO 2275  +53 +40 - 5 +27 =12 =11 - 3  .   .
4.0 /7  2196
19 Lou,Meng                         ----  - 9 +25 =17 =24 +42 - 6 +39  .   .
4.0 /7  2291
20 Zamora, Jorge                USA 2385  +26 -28 +34 +38 - 7 =24 =16  .   .
4.0 /7  2245
21 Simacek, Pavel               CZE 2210  -40 +52 +26 =23 =10 +15 - 6  .   .
4.0 /7  2350
22 Pihlajasalo, Antti           FIN 2200  =41 =30 +40 -12 +25 +39 - 7  .   .
4.0 /7  2272
23 Cvek, Robert                 CZE 2285  =48 =16 +32 =21 -17 +46 =24  .   .
4.0 /7  2179
24 Johannessen, Leif Erlend     NOR 2205  =30 -41 +53 =19 +36 =20 =23  .   .
4.0 /7  2335
25 Leskiewicz, Maksymilian      AUS 2155  - 2 -19 +44 +57 -22 +49 +37  .   .
4.0 /7
26 Roser, Kevin                 FRA 2145  -20 +54 -21 +51 +40 +38 -10  .   .
4.0 /7  2188
27 Mah, Karl                  f ENG 2200  +36 =47 =38 -18 =46 +42 =17  .   .
4.0 /7  2267
28 Pinski, Jan                  POL 2270  +44 +20 - 1 +30 =11 - 5 -13  .   .
3.5 /7  2154
29 Jenni,Florian                    ----  = 6 =13 - 9 =34 +47 +31 -15  .   .
3.5 /7  2250
30 Stolte Bezerra,T                 ----  =24 =22 +43 -28 +35 -10 =33  .   .
3.5 /7  2167
31 Castiglione, Mario           SVK 2225  +57 -15 +14 = 8 - 9 -29 +41  .   .
3.5 /7  2025
32 Pilaj, Herwig                AUT 2125  - 1 +35 -23 -40 =54 +47 +55  .   .
3.5 /7  2188
33 Benares,Ricardo                  ----  -15 -14 +54 +49 -38 +40 =30  .   .
3.5 /7
34 Kerek, Csaba                 HUN 2100  -12 +59 -20 =29 =41 =35 +48  .   .
3.5 /7
35 Munoa Da Silva,E                 ----  -17 -32 +59 +48 -30 =34 +46  .   .
3.5 /7  1888
36 Vandelft,Merijn                  ----  -27  .  -46 +52 -24 +50 +43  .   .
3.0 /6  2068
37 Paz,Daniel                       ----  +13 = 7 =12 -39 -43 +52 -25  .   .
3.0 /7  2127
38 Sorkin, Igor                 ISR 2265  +54 =12 =27 -20 +33 -26 -14  .   .
3.0 /7  2079
39 Parligras, Mircea            ROM 2290  +52 - 5 +51 +37 - 2 -22 -19  .   .
3.0 /7  2042
40 Solomon,Kenny                    ----  +21 -18 -22 +32 -26 -33 +50  .   .
3.0 /7  2119
41 Vuckovic,Bojan                   ----  =22 +24 - 8 -42 =34 +45 -31  .   .
3.0 /7  2085
42 Fucek, Claudio             f ARG 2240  +55 -11 -16 +41 -19 -27 +52  .   .
3.0 /7
43 Prasenjit, Datta             IND 2175  -49 +45 -30 +14 +37 - 8 -36  .   .
3.0 /7
44 Levkov,Nicola                    ----  -28 - 8 -25 +58 -52 +57 +49  .   .
3.0 /7
45 Hoosen,Erfaan                    ----  - 7 -43  .  =53 +56 -41 +51  .   .
2.5 /6  2060
46 Bastidas,Emilio                  ----  -47 +56 +36 - 4 =27 -23 -35  .   .
2.5 /7  1958
47 Moreda, Lucas                ARG 2295  +46 =27 - 7 -17 -29 -32 +56  .   .
2.5 /7  1895
48 Hartung,Jerry                    ----  =23 -10 =57 -35 =55 +54 -34  .   .
2.5 /7  1970
49 Watfe,Rodrigo                    ----  +43 - 6 -13 -33 +58 -25 -44  .   .
2.0 /7  2020
50 Andrade,Leonardo                 ----  -11 +58 - 4 +56 -13 -36 -40  .   .
2.0 /7
51 Stojnic, Miodrag             SLO 2095  - 4 +55 -39 -26 +57 -14 -45  .   .
2.0 /7
52 Erturan,Hakan                    ----  -39 -21 +55 -36 +44 -37 -42  .   .
2.0 /7
53 Andrade,M                        ----  -18 =57 -24 =45 -14 -55 +59  .   .
2.0 /7
54 Martinez,Pedro                   ----  -38 -26 -33 +59 =32 -48 =58  .   .
2.0 /7  1905
55 Persson,Christoffer              ----  -42 -51 -52  .  =48 +53 -32  .   .
1.5 /6
56 Urdinola,H                       ----   .  -46  .  -50 -45 +59 -47  .   .
1.0 /5
57 Sanguinetti,Andres               ----  -31 =53 =48 -25 -51 -44  .   .   .
1.0 /6
58 Schreiber,C                      ----  - 5 -50  .  -44 -49  .  =54  .   .
0.5 /5
59 Nezzi,Raphael                    ----  - 3 -34 -35 -54  .  -56 -53  .   .
0.0 /6
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Boys Under 18.
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Guarapuava (BRA), XII 1995.
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                                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
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 1 Kempinski, Robert         f POL 2455  +32 +46 + 3 = 4 + 9 +11 = 2  .   .   6.0
/7  2675
 2 Kobalija, Mihail          f RUS 2430  +23 +39 +19 = 9 = 4 +14 = 1  .   .   5.5
/7  2614
 3 Rowson, Jonathan            SCO 2400  +56 +44 - 1 =25 +36 +18 +10  .   .   5.5
/7  2553
 4 Kacheishvili, Giorgi      m GEO 2450  +48 +20 +35 = 1 = 2 =10 = 5  .   .   5.0
/7  2498
 5 Stojanovic, Mihajlo       f YUG 2390  +43 =11 = 7 =35 +23 + 9 = 4  .   .   5.0
/7  2550
 6 Shliperman, Igor            USA 2350  +29 =18 =10 +26 =24 =12 +21  .   .   5.0
/7  2522
 7 Socko, Bartosz            f POL 2485  +42 =41 = 5 =12 =37 +25 +17  .   .   5.0
/7  2408
 8 Dumitrescu, Dragos        f ROM 2375  =53 =27 =36 +33 =25 +37 +19  .   .   5.0
/7  2442
 9 Vescovi, Giovanni         m BRA 2465  +34 +25 +12 = 2 - 1 - 5 +24  .   .   4.5
/7  2447
10 Kaminski, Marcin          m POL 2495  =31 +28 = 6 +19 +13 = 4 - 3  .   .   4.5
/7  2454
11 Chuprov, A                  RUS 2420  +33 = 5 +18 +41 =14 - 1 =12  .   .   4.5
/7  2470
12 Valenzuela, Luis            CHI 2340  +47 +13 - 9 = 7 +35 = 6 =11  .   .   4.5
/7  2449
13 Krakops, Maris            m LAT 2525  +36 -12 +27 +30 -10 +24 =15  .   .   4.5
/7  2452
14 Sutovskij, Emil           m ISR 2545  =27 +53 =24 +20 =11 - 2 +33  .   .   4.5
/7  2401
15 Soln, Primoz                SLO 2280  +51 -35 +21 -24 +38 +29 =13  .   .   4.5
/7  2274
16 Sasikiran                       ----  =37 -24 +56 =28 +46 +36 =18  .   .   4.5
/7  2382
17 Wang Rui                        ----   .  +55 +44 -18 +30 +28 - 7  .   .   4.0
/6  2428
18 Ruck, Robert              m HUN 2480  +22 = 6 -11 +17 +41 - 3 =16  .   .   4.0
/7  2319
19 Gelashvili, Tamaz           GEO 2325  +38 +21 - 2 -10 +22 +27 - 8  .   .   4.0
/7  2296
20 Ferguson, Mark              ENG 2360  +45 - 4 +31 -14 -28 +39 +42  .   .   4.0
/7  2310
21 Nones,T                         ----  +30 -19 -15 +55 +26 +40 - 6  .   .   4.0
/7  2354
22 Hagesaether, Paal Vegard    NOR 2155  -18 +38 -26 +31 -19 +43 +40  .   .   4.0
/7  2295
23 Aronov,Yuri                     ----  - 2 +51 =40 +50 - 5 =42 +37  .   .   4.0
/7  2246
24 Oral, Tomas               m CZE 2410  =52 +16 =14 +15 = 6 -13 - 9  .   .   3.5
/7  2361
25 Papazov, Ivajlo             BUL 2250  +50 - 9 +54 = 3 = 8 - 7 =29  .   .   3.5
/7  2238
26 Gyimesi, Zoltan           m HUN 2525  =28 =31 +22 - 6 -21 +35 =32  .   .   3.5
/7  2198
27 Gross, David                CZE 2385  =14 = 8 -13 +54 +49 -19 =34  .   .   3.5
/7  2234
28 Salmensuu, Olli             FIN 2230  =26 -10 +52 =16 +20 -17 =30  .   .   3.5
/7  2426
29 Marques,Vinicius                ----  - 6 +43 =39 +44 =40 -15 =25  .   .   3.5
/7  2234
30 Vallejo Pons, Francisco   f ESP 2325  -21 +42 +32 -13 -17 +49 =28  .   .   3.5
/7  2342
31 Backlund, Anders            SWE 2185  =10 =26 -20 -22 +55 =38 +47  .   .   3.5
/7  2190
32 Manhardt, Thomas            AUT 2070  - 1 +49 -30 -38 +51 +48 =26  .   .   3.5
/7  2162
33 Castillo,Anthony                ----  -11 +58 =46 - 8 +47 +41 -14  .   .   3.5
/7  2239
34 Petrik, Tomas               SVK 2145  - 9 =47 -50 +45 =39 +54 =27  .   .   3.5
/7  2255
35 Patuzzo,Fabrizio                ----  +40 +15 - 4 = 5 -12 -26 =36  .   .   3.0
/7  2310
36 Krstevski, Sasko            FRM 2220  -13 +45 = 8 +46 - 3 -16 =35  .   .   3.0
/7  2320
37 Ibraev, Nurlan              KAZ 2285  =16 +52 -41 +39 = 7 - 8 -23  .   .   3.0
/7  2268
38 Okcular,Ayhan                   ----  -19 -22 +48 +32 -15 =31 =41  .   .   3.0
/7  2089
39 Pereyra Arcija, Diego       ARG 2290  +49 - 2 =29 -37 =34 -20 +52  .   .   3.0
/7  1983
40 Delemarre, Jop              NED 2320  -35 +48 =23 +47 =29 -21 -22  .   .   3.0
/7
41 Gervais, Victor             FRA 2270  +58 = 7 +37 -11 -18 -33 =38  .   .   3.0
/7  2330
42 Cubas, Jose                 PAR 2165  - 7 -30 =45 +56 +50 =23 -20  .   .   3.0
/7
43 Low,Sam                         ----  - 5 -29 +51 -49 +44 -22 +54  .   .   3.0
/7  2143
44 Basrak, Srdjan              CRO 2260  +54 - 3 -17 -29 -43 +58 +50  .   .   3.0
/7
45 Marechal,Andy                   ----  -20 -36 =42 -34 +56 =50 +51  .   .   3.0
/7  1900
46 Peralta, Fernando           ARG 2330  +55 - 1 =33 -36 -16 -47 +56  .   .   2.5
/7
47 Medina,Elias                    ----  -12 =34 +53 -40 -33 +46 -31  .   .   2.5
/7  2115
48 Andrade,Jose                    ----  - 4 -40 -38 +58 +53 -32 =49  .   .   2.5
/7
49 Piip,Tarvo                      ----  -39 -32 +57 +43 -27 -30 =48  .   .   2.5
/7
50 Van Riemsdijk,V                 ----  -25 =56 +34 -23 -42 =45 -44  .   .   2.0
/7  2012
51 Schroeder,Benny                 ----  -15 -23 -43 +57 -32 +53 -45  .   .   2.0
/7
52 Dos Santos,Emmanuel             ----  =24 -37 -28 =53 -54 +55 -39  .   .   2.0
/7  1981
53 Lucheta,Gediel                  ----  = 8 -14 -47 =52 -48 -51 +58  .   .   2.0
/7  2267
54 Tlhaleroc,Ishmael               ----  -44 +57 -25 -27 +52 -34 -43  .   .   2.0
/7
55 Mieles,Eduardo                  ----  -46 -17 +58 -21 -31 -52 +57  .   .   2.0
/7
56 Granara,Sebastian               ----  - 3 =50 -16 -42 -45 +57 -46  .   .   1.5
/7
57 Boikhutswane,Kenneth            ----   .  -54 -49 -51 =58 -56 -55  .   .   0.5
/6
58 Sekula,Marklei                  ----  -41 -33 -55 -48 =57 -44 -53  .   .   0.5
/7
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Girls Under 16.
---------------

Guarapuava (BRA), XII 1995.
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                                        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
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 1 Vajda, Szidonia        wm ROM 2265  +26 +18 +11 + 7 = 2 = 3 = 4  .   .   5.5
/7  2306
 2 Tkeshelashvili, Sofiko wf GEO 2155  +19 + 8 +24 + 9 = 1 - 4 +10  .   .   5.5
/7  2355
 3 Kiss, Fernanda            HUN 2130  +27 - 9 +23 +22 +12 = 1 + 8  .   .   5.5
/7  2345
 4 Goletiani,Rusudan             ----  +32 -24 +31 +29 +13 + 2 = 1  .   .   5.5
/7  2474
 5 Xiong Junyan                  ----   .  +27 +33 + 6 -10 +22 +14  .   .   5.0
/6  2210
 6 Iwaniuk, Dorota        wf POL 2090  +21 -11 +32 - 5 +20 +19 + 7  .   .   5.0
/7  2085
 7 Blimke, Dalia          wf POL 2090  +25 +16 +14 - 1 = 8 +18 - 6  .   .   4.5
/7  2116
 8 Shabanova,Svetlana            ----  +37 - 2 +16 +14 = 7 + 9 - 3  .   .   4.5
/7  2033
 9 Bekmukhamedova,T              ----  +34 + 3 =10 - 2 +23 - 8 +18  .   .   4.5
/7  2115
10 Krivec, Jana              SLO 2060  +28 +31 = 9 -13 + 5 +15 - 2  .   .   4.5
/7
11 Ratcu, Tatiana         wm BRA 2080  +15 + 6 - 1 =23 -18 +27 +12  .   .   4.5
/7  2256
12 Aatrhi, R                 IND 2040  =30 =26 +21 +24 - 3 +13 -11  .   .   4.0
/7  2006
13 Sheldon, Ruth          wf ENG 2185  -23 +30 +25 +10 - 4 -12 +24  .   .   4.0
/7  2160
14 Ionica, Iulia             ROM 2105  +35 +29 - 7 - 8 +32 +28 - 5  .   .   4.0
/7
15 Nordhaug,Ingerid              ----  -11 +39 =18 =20 +24 -10 +22  .   .   4.0
/7
16 Ericsson,Susanne              ----  +41 - 7 - 8 =25 +29 =23 +17  .   .   4.0
/7  1854
17 Stoilkovska,Sanja             ----  +39 +23 -22 +35 -28 +38 -16  .   .   4.0
/7
18 Fongers,Joyce                 ----  +20 - 1 =15 +19 +11 - 7 - 9  .   .   3.5
/7  2020
19 Moncayo,Evelyn                ----  - 2 =20 +30 -18 +21 - 6 +31  .   .   3.5
/7
20 Virnik,Elena                  ----  -18 =19 +26 =15 - 6 =25 +33  .   .   3.5
/7  1854
21 Neels,Iris                    ----  - 6 +36 -12 =31 -19 +37 +41  .   .   3.5
/7
22 Ivanovic,Jelena               ----   .  +34 +17 - 3 +27 - 5 -15  .   .   3.0
/6
23 Kovatsou,Maria                ----  +13 -17 - 3 =11 - 9 =16 +28  .   .   3.0
/7  2131
24 Shabani,Eglatina              ----  +36 + 4 - 2 -12 -15 +32 -13  .   .   3.0
/7
25 Murray, Gisela            PUR 2005  - 7 +28 -13 =16 =31 =20 =26  .   .   3.0
/7
26 Jilemnicka,Jana               ----  - 1 =12 -20 =30 +34 =31 =25  .   .   3.0
/7  1978
27 Moser,Eva                     ----  - 3 - 5 +34 +37 -22 -11 +35  .   .   3.0
/7
28 Pomar,Maria                   ----  -10 -25 +36 +38 +17 -14 -23  .   .   3.0
/7
29 Ying,Victoria                 ----  -40 -14 +35 - 4 -16 +30 +37  .   .   3.0
/7
30 Quevedo,Lorena                ----  =12 -13 -19 =26 +41 -29 +34  .   .   3.0
/7  1919
31 Rezek,Anet                    ----  +38 -10 - 4 =21 =25 =26 -19  .   .   2.5
/7  1839
32 Ramos,Marina                  ----  - 4 +37 - 6 +33 -14 -24 =39  .   .   2.5
/7
33 Leal Joya,M                   ----   .  +41 - 5 -32 =38 =35 -20  .   .   2.0
/6
34 Rodrigues,Tania               ----  - 9 -22 -27 +36 -26 +39 -30  .   .   2.0
/7
35 Moylan,Laura                  ----  -14 +38 -29 -17 =37 =33 -27  .   .   2.0
/7
36 Cubas,Sandra                  ----  -24 -21 -28 -34 -39 +41 +38  .   .   2.0
/7
37 Daya,Mouna                    ----  - 8 -32 +41 -27 =35 -21 -29  .   .   1.5
/7
38 Aydin,Helin                   ----  -31 -35 +39 -28 =33 -17 -36  .   .   1.5
/7
39 De Jesus,A                    ----  -17 -15 -38 -41 +36 -34 =32  .   .   1.5
/7
40 NN                            ----  +29  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0
/1
41 Verde,Bettina                 ----  -16 -33 -37 +39 -30 -36 -21  .   .   1.0
/7
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(One game NN clearly went astray here. Someone played two games in round 1)

Girls Under 18.
---------------

Guarapuava (BRA), XII 1995.
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                                     1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Blazkova, Petra        CZE 2200  +20 +24 = 4 +17 + 3 + 2 = 5  .   .   6.0 /7
2597
 2 Peptan, Corina      wg ROM 2340  +37 = 3 +19 + 5 + 4 - 1 +11  .   .   5.5 /7
2382
 3 Pitam, Ela          wf ISR 2190  +25 = 2 + 6 +18 - 1 +19 +12  .   .   5.5 /7
2410
 4 Shahade,Jennifer           ----  +22 +23 = 1 + 7 - 2 =18 +10  .   .   5.0 /7
2296
 5 Trofimova, Olga        RUS 2245  +30 +32 + 7 - 2 =11 +17 = 1  .   .   5.0 /7
2334
 6 Lakos, Nikoletta    wm HUN 2275  +26 =19 - 3 +23 +10 =11 +14  .   .   5.0 /7
2233
 7 Fierro, Martha      wf ECU 2115  +14 + 9 - 5 - 4 =16 +26 +17  .   .   4.5 /7
2395
 8 Apkhaidze, Natia    wf GEO 2090  +34 =17 =11 -10 +33 = 9 +18  .   .   4.5 /7
2283
 9 Lomineishvili, Maia wm GEO 2295  +38 - 7 -20 +25 +29 = 8 +19  .   .   4.5 /7
2116
10 Li Ruofan           wf CHN 2215   .  +35 +25 + 8 - 6 +15 - 4  .   .   4.0 /6
2182
11 Hunt, Harriet       wm ENG 2385  +33 =13 = 8 +15 = 5 = 6 - 2  .   .   4.0 /7
2151
12 Mereacre, Natasa       MDA 2095  +27 =18 -17 =13 +22 +16 - 3  .   .   4.0 /7
2025
13 Ghate, Swati           IND 2165  +21 =11 -18 =12 -15 +31 +20  .   .   4.0 /7
2118
14 Popovic,Aleksandra         ----  - 7 +38 +24 =20 =18 +27 - 6  .   .   4.0 /7
1940
15 Jonovitz,Marion            ----  -17 +34 +26 -11 +13 -10 +22  .   .   4.0 /7
2065
16 Lang,Heather               ----  -18 +27 +32 =21 = 7 -12 +28  .   .   4.0 /7
1880
17 Khorava, Miranda    wm GEO 2270  +15 = 8 +12 - 1 +20 - 5 - 7  .   .   3.5 /7
2000
18 Zielinska, Marta       POL 2250  +16 =12 +13 - 3 =14 = 4 - 8  .   .   3.5 /7
2048
19 Ahrens, Manuela        GER 2145  +31 = 6 - 2 +28 +21 - 3 - 9  .   .   3.5 /7
1953
20 Llaneza,Patricia           ----  - 1 +22 + 9 =14 -17 +21 -13  .   .   3.5 /7
2039
21 Maksimenko,Oxana           ----  -13 +33 +29 =16 -19 -20 +32  .   .   3.5 /7

22 Duarte,Tatiana             ----  - 4 -20 +31 +24 -12 +33 -15  .   .   3.0 /7

23 Albi,Anneli                ----  =35 - 4 +30 - 6 =28 =24 =27  .   .   3.0 /7

24 Szuveges,Narelle           ----  +29 - 1 -14 -22 +34 =23 =25  .   .   3.0 /7

25 Lukan,Dunja                ----  - 3 +37 -10 - 9 =32 +30 =24  .   .   3.0 /7

26 Hagesaether,Ellen          ----  - 6 +31 -15 -29 +35 - 7 +33  .   .   3.0 /7

27 Rish,Martine               ----  -12 -16 =37 +38 +30 -14 =23  .   .   3.0 /7

28 Sorli,Maja                 ----  -32 =30 +35 -19 =23 +29 -16  .   .   3.0 /7

29 Berzina,Aija               ----  -24 +36 -21 +26 - 9 -28 =31  .   .   2.5 /7

30 Leone,Maria                ----  - 5 =28 -23 +34 -27 -25 +38  .   .   2.5 /7

31 Oskan,Ozgur Ozge           ----  -19 -26 -22 +36 +37 -13 =29  .   .   2.5 /7

32 Akatsuka,Carla             ----  +28 - 5 -16 -33 =25 =36 -21  .   .   2.0 /7

33 Erwee,Yvette               ----  -11 -21 +36 +32 - 8 -22 -26  .   .   2.0 /7

34 Santori,Maria              ----  - 8 -15 =38 -30 -24 +35 =37  .   .   2.0 /7

35 Storme,Stien               ----  =23 -10 -28 =37 -26 -34 +36  .   .   2.0 /7

36 Loor,Roxana                ----   .  -29 -33 -31 +38 =32 -35  .   .   1.5 /6

37 Frazao,Sofia               ----  - 2 -25 =27 =35 -31 -38 =34  .   .   1.5 /7

38 Gomes,Janaina              ----  - 9 -14 =34 -27 -36 +37 -30  .   .   1.5 /7

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11) BOOKS, BOOKS and more of them (4) by Bertrand Weegenaar
-------------------------------------------------------

Last weeks a lot of interesting books fall into my postbox. Not less then three
in German-
publishing publishers, two new (Kania and HE-chess) and one very renomated
(Edition Olms)
were so gracious to send books. Furthermore a lot of material about the WM-match
(by Olms,
Cadogan and Interchess).

Did I have time to look into all this books very deeply? No unfortunately not as
much I like to do
but time cannot be bought so my hours now will be divided between chess and love.
Three books are mentioned in this BOOKS, but will be discussed in the next BOOKS
in two
weeks.

And there are as usual some recommendations:
Opening
Blackmar Diemer Gambit, Gary Lane, Batsford

Endgame
Praxis des Turmendspiels, Victor Kortschnoi, Edition Olms

Special
Top Helpmates, H.Ebert&H.Gruber, HE-Chess 1


Edition Olms is a well known and venorated Swiss publisher which specialised in
reprinting
famous chessbooks from the last 100 years. This Tschaturanga-serie includes all
the great
chessbooks by Tartakower, Tarrasch, Reti, Steinitz, tournament books like Wien
1908, Karlsbad
1929, Zurich 1934 etc. ca.130 titles in all. Selection of titles, the search for
original
manuscripts etc. is in the hands of eminent chess historians Christian M.Bijl and
Klaus
Lindorfer, assisted by Viktor Kortschnoi.

The last years Kortschnoi also participating in the series PraxisSchach, a serie
of educational
chessbooks for all player types, from novice to grandmaster. Together with Rudolf
Teschner and
Helmut Pleger 22 books were published in this series.

Praxis des Turmendspiels, Victor Kortschnoi, Edition Olms 1995,103 p. (ISBN
3-283-00287-
8) Price : DM 24,80

Part 19 of PraxisSchach is an endgame book of great depth and beauty. From his
decades of
experience Kortschnoi has selected 14 Rook versus Rook endings. After a little
theory on the
basic positions on this theme, divided in 6 chapters all themes are presented in
practice. The
analyses are concentrated on this endgame theme. I have added the games which are
presented
in the book to this WIC-issue to give you a change to play the games through. The
analyses by
Kortschnoi are superb.
The highlight is his analyses on the famous 31 Bagio matchgame against Karpow
which covers
22 pages of inside information on his years of search to all the question this
endgame can ask
by this professional.

Strategisches Schach, Edmar Mednis & Rudolf Teschner, Edition Olms 1995, 193 p.
(ISBN 3-
283-00288-6)
Price: DM 34,80

Part 20 of PraxisSchach. Review in next BOOKS.

Meisterspiele, Rudolf Teschner, Edition Olms 1995, 144 p. (ISBN 3-283-00289-4)
Price: DM 24,80

Part 21 of PraxisSchach. Review in next BOOKS.

Das Schachspiel, S.Tarrasch, Edition Olms 1992, 407 p. (ISBN 3-283-00253-3)
Price : DM 34,80

Part 5 in the PraxisSchach and a cheap reprint of this wellknown and great
chessbook for
starting chessplayers.

In the Tschaturanga-series I came across a book I hoped to find when I asked my
readers about
material on O.S.Bernstein (thanks for the reactions):

Moderne Schachstrategie (D.I.Ossip S.Bernsteins Schach und Lebenlaufbahn),
S.G.Tartakower, Edition Olms 1985, 139 p. (ISBN 3-283-00177-4)
Price: DM 34,80
50 beautiful games are presented and analysed by a player who according to
Tartakower was an
exponent of the new way chess should be played in the beginning of this century.
After the era
of Lasker, Pillsbury etc., with the win of Barmen 1905 the young Bernstein played
the game
like it wasn't played before. The victims in this tournament like Tschigorin,
Burn and Janowski
were victims of a new modern chessstategy. Shortly after this and some other
tournamentvictories Bernstein in 1907 choose for a social carreer as layer.
Sometimes the chess
came up like in 1914 when he participated in St.Petersburg. Players like
Capablanca and
Aljechin where busy preparing to take over the chess throne
The book covers the period 1905 - 1930 . After this it could have been concluded
that
Bernsteins chess was over. But it wasn't. The old man played in Bern 1932, Zurich
1934,
Groningen 1946 and as was mentioned in an earlier WIC BOOKS won a beauty price
against
Najdorf at the 1954 Olympiad in Amsterdam.
Great human story and beautiful chess.

The match Kasparow - Anand has drawn a lot of attention. After the book by Keene
(Batsford,
see WIC 55), two books and New in Chess-magazin have arrived.
The goal for a publisher is to reach as many public as possible. The main part
of these books
are the story on the match, the first part, the win in game 9 by Anand and then
the collapse.
The goal for a magazinpublisher is to give very interesting and deep analyses.
The issue 1995/7
of New in Chess gives analyses by Anand and Kasparow.
The interesting part of the Swiss book (and a pity for the non-German readers)
is the analyses
by several Anand-team members: Yusupow, Ubilawa and Gurewitsch. And I like the
story in the
King book very much. But there the analyses are somehow thin.

Kasparov vs Anand, Daniel King, Cadogan 1995, 128 p. (ISBN 1-85744-146-X)
Price: $12.95

Schach-WM 1995 Kasparow - Anand, Helmut Pleger & Andre Behr, Edition Olms 1995,
135
(124), (ISBN 3-283-00295-9)
Price : DM 29,80

The analyses, articles and interviews where in most cases published in Zurcher
Tages-
Anzegerss. Besides the forementioned players analyses are given by Kortschnoi and
I.Rogers.
Interviews with the key figures like the players, the seconds etc. are printed
between the
games.
The book ends with a story on the 13th Computer Chess WM (??).
This book is also Part 22 in the PraxisSchach-serie.

New in Chess-magazin, Interchess 1995, 90 p.
Price: $10.75 DM 13.50 (one issue)

Besides the story on the match and the exclusive analyses by the players, an In
Memoriam from
Genna Sosonko on Lev Polugaevsky draws attention.

Correspondence Chess Yearbook 14, S1 Editrice 1995, 292 p. (ISBN 88-86127-37-5)
Prijs: Lit 30.000

It took some time between part 13 and 14 but finally this gamess election with
358 more or less
analysed games has arrived from Italy. Besides game there openings articles on
the Winckelmann-
Reimer, Russian and CaroKann with 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3), the B-letter in the
Encyclopedia of
Correspondence Chess Players and the ICCF-Eloratinglist complete this work.
A must for all CC-players but a lot of games could have had more analyses then
just some
openings examples. Several games from this book are used with other bookreviews
in this
BOOKS...

An opening repertoire for White, R.Keene & B.Jacobs, Batsford 1995, 144 p. (ISBN
0-
7134-7817-9)
Price: 10.99

The autors present a complete repertoire using 1.d4 as openingmove. More on this
book in the
next BOOKS-issue.

The Labourdonnais System in the Sicilian Defence (B32) , Adolf Neumann, S1
Editrice, 269
p. (ISBN 88-86127-41-3)
Price : Lit.26.000

S1 Editrice has started for some years a serie opening monografies with an
Informatorlike style.
This part on the famous Labourdannais-variation in the Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.d4 cd4
4.Nd4 e5) gives all the details. I have had some experience with the so-called
Pils variation
(after an Austrian (?) chessplayer): 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6 Bd6 7.Qd6 b5 which was very
popular in
the late 70's and early 80's. Today especially the following line is popular
:5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6
7.Na3 b5 (Be6 8.Nd5) 8.Nd5 is popular. After scanning through the CCY 14 I came
across
Kreideweiss - Neumann (yes, the autor himself) and found the following
interesting (and
amazing discoveries). (see games and additional games in the game-part.)
In the book I found the judgement after 10.Bb5!?  ab5 11.Nb5 +-
In the game Meladze - Divakov, cr 1990 Neumann in CCY 14 gives the judgement -/+
after
Blacks 27th move 27...Nf4. In the theory book he gives an equal (=) sign. In my
view White
is in great trouble because of his weekness on the d-line.
The complete game Kreideweiss - Neumann is discussed in the theory book as
Meladze -
Poletajev, cr 1990, until the last 30th move!? Strangely in CCY14 Neumann doesn't
mention
the winning 29.Rd1! +-, which can be found in this theorybook. Strange.
Who can we trust: the player Neumann or the autor Neumann??

But still, the line 4...e5 gives Black very interesting, promising but
complicated play.

Pirc Defence Czech Variation 3...c6 (B07), F.Pieri, S1 Editrice, 203 p. (ISBN
88-86127-38-3)
Price: Lit.22.000

This book discusses a line where Black voluntary gives away the centre, but
shortly after White
ahs taken this space, counterattacks with moves like Qa5, e5 etc to bring the
White centre-
pawns out of balance. Tradition open positionplayers who like Italian and Spanish
positions will
have a hard time.
The white mainlines are 4.a4 (to undermine the Black queenside possibilities) and
4.f4 (to take
all the available space) Several other white possibilities are mentioned of which
4.f3!? look
promissing.
After 4.f4 Qa5 immediately questions White. His alternatives are 5.Bd2, e5 and
Bd3.
The positions are often very complicated where Black almost continually threatens
to break the
centre, on the other hand if Black acts to slow, he will be taken on the
Kingside.
An intreging openingsystem for Black.

Blackmar Diemer Gambit, Gary Lane, Batsford 1995, 128 p. (ISBN -7034-7725-3)
Price:  10.99

1.d4 d5 2.e4 de4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 is the start of an openingcomplex which initialy
was
introduced by A.Blackmar, and this century refined by E.J.Diemer who introduced
the order
3.Nc3 and then 4.f3 (initialy 3.f3 was the move). The pawnsacrifice leads to very
sharp and
aggressive positions where Black must be always on garde. The compensation for
the pawn
comes in the half-open f-line, quick piece development and fast pawnmovement on
the kingside.
The names of the different defence strategies for Black: Euwe (5...e6, too soft),
Bogoljubow
(5...g6, Black can run into problems very quickly), Tartakower-Gunderam (5...Bf5,
very
aggressive) and the Teichmann (5...Bg4, the positional approach) hint at strong
OTB-practice,
but most interesting discoveries and practice come from CC-practice and theorist
like
Gunderam, Studier, Diemer etc.

In 10 chapters, 35 completely analysed and representive games all ins and outs
are presented.
After this and the book on the Latvian, Batsford has two titles on distinguist
gambits at his list.
Maybe it's time for an OTB-revival?

In the gameselction several interesting games by the German CC-player Schug are
attached.

A new German publisher, Schach Verlag Kania (Hofpfad 32, D-71701 Schwieberdingen,
Duitsland) seems to focus on extraordinary openinglines. The first two books are
concerned
with a complete Black strategy (1...Nc6) and an ancient and long forgotten line
against the
Spanish.
Besides books, Kania is also the new publisher where RandSpringer has found his
home. This
magazine now for 13 years discusses all the extravagant in openingtheory.

1...Sc6 ...aus allen Lagen, H.Keilhack&R.Schlenker, SchachVerlag Kania 1995, 191
p.
(ISBN 3-931192-01-6)
Price: DM 26,80

The mainpart is about 1.e4 Nc6, (to me known as the Nimzowitsch), and some pages
on 1.d4
Nc6, 1.c4 Nc6 and 1.f4 Nc6. Although the move 1...Nc6 is given as an antidote to
all first
moves, against 1.d4 it is given an !?, against 1.c4 the autors know there are
better moves and
does White face any problem after 1.f4 Nc6 ??
Against 1.e4 interesting and active play will start, where White often lose the
battle because of
his underestimation of the Black resources.
To convience yourself three recent games are attached to this Books.

Die Alapin-Variante in der Spanischen Eroffnung, Berhard Lach, SchachVerlag Kania
1995,
62 p. (ISBN 3-931192-00-8)
Prijs: DM 13.80

Finally something new (??) against the Spanish. A lot of players have switched
from a6 to f5.
Some extravagant like 3...a5 was tried, but here an old idea has been dug up,
cleaned and
refreshed. Alapins move was played as a provocation in the time where the
Evansgambit had
it's highlights. Black provoces and White can occupy the centre easy, but later
on often is
attacked in the centre with d5.
I've added several games to the gamefile. The analyse by Lach are interesting,
and rumour goes
that the openinglibrary of new computerprograms can have the Alapin on it's
repertoire. Be
aware!!

In the dark days before X-mas I like to have something to dive into. The
following two books
with studies, problems and combinations will give that possibility

100 Classics of the chessboard, A.Dickins & H.Ebert, Cadogan Books 1995, 217 p.
(ISBN 1-
85744-187-7)
Price :

In 8 chapters the following themes are presented: Games, Combinations, Endgames
and Studies,
Two-move problems, Three-move Problems, Longer Problems, Selfmates and Helpmates
and
finally Curiosity Shop.
Every position has a story, a game, an anecdote or an explanation on the type of
problem the
reader is facing. This book is a superb introduction to the mystic world of
problems, composers
etc. It's also a great addendum to Secrets of Spectacular Chess (Batsford 1995).
This book is pure entertainment.

Top Helpmates, H.Ebert&H.Gruber, HE-Chess 1 1995, 262 p.
Prijs: DM 39,80

This beautiful designed and published privat publication not only expresses the
autors love for
chess, but also his love for the chessbook. Hilmert Ebert with this book starts
a book series
which promises a lot of interesting beauty. Titles which are announced are
Wenigsteiner
(endgame studies with not more then 4 pieces on the board) and Kegelschach
(positions where
the centre of the board are filled with pawns. It can be translated as
bowlingchess).
A Helpmate is a mate where one party is voluntary busy helping his opponent to
mate him.
This starts with the first move where the loser-to-be starts with the motto:
Start and be mated.
Besides 60 Helpmate-positions an extensive literature-list is presented.

Have fun at X-mas and the best (chess and book) wishes for 1996Adresses

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Also distributing for Pickard&Sons, Grandmaster Publishing, Hypermodern Press and
Hays
Publishing in Europe

Chess Enterprises
107 Crosstree Road
Moon Township, PA 15108-2607
USA
E-mail: Dudley@Robert Morris.EDU

Drukkerij van Spijk
P.O.Box 210
NL-5900 AE Venlo
Netherlands

Dreier Verlag
Reinhold Dreier
Seydlitzstrasse 13
D-67061 Ludwigshafen
Deutschland

Interchess
P.O.Box 3053
NL-1801 GB Alkmaar
Netherlands
E-mail: nic@xs4all.nl
WWW: http://www.xs4all.nl/~nic/

S1 Editrice
Via Porrettana 111
I-40135 Bologna
Italy
E-mail: LW3BOL11@CINE88.CINECA.IT

Verlag Mdler
Lilienthalstrasse 52
D-40474 Dusseldorf
Deutschland

Rochade Verlag
H.Khler
Vogelsbergstrasse 21
D-63477 Maintal
Deutschland
E-mail: 100600.2505@compuserve.com

Schachverlag Kania
Hofpfad 32
D-71701 Schwieberdingen
Deutschland

Edition OLMS AG
Breitlenstrasse 11
CH-8634 Hombrechttikon/Zurich
Schweiz

HE-chess
p.a. Hilmar Ebert
Alexianergrabe 8
D-52062 Aachen
Deutschland
E-mail: h_ebert@infoac.rmi.deBooks reviewed in Books
(??) gives issue of WIC where book was reviewed.

      OPENING-THEORY

Winning with the Benko, Byron Jacobs, Batsford 1995, 144p. (ISBN 0-7134-7232-4)
Price:  12.99 (51)

The complete Vienna, M.Tseitlin en I.Glazkov, Batsford 1995, 144 p. (ISBN
0-7134-7606-0)
Price :  12.99 (51)

The complete Benoni, Lev Psakhis, Batsford 1995, 256 p. (ISBN 0 7134 7765 2)
Price:  15.99 (51)

The Smisch King's Indian, Joe Gallagher, Batsford 1995, 240 p. (ISBN 0 7134 7730
X)
Price:  14.99 (51)

The Latvian Gambit,Tony Kosten, Batsford 1995, 144 p. (ISBN 0 7134 7619 2)
Price:  12.99 (51)

Nimzo-indian Defence Classical Variation, I.Sokolov, Cadogan Press 1995, 148 p.
(ISBN 1
85744 120 6)
Price: $17.95 (51)

Ruy Lopez Arkhangelsk System (C78), J.Konikowski, S1 Editrice, 1995, 283 p. (ISBN
88-
86127-36-7)
Price: 30.000 Lires (51)

Queen's Gambit Accepted (D20-D29), S1 Editrice, 1995, 179 p. (ISBN 88-86127-34-0)
Price: 26.000 Lires (51)

King's Indian Defence Smisch Variation (E80-E89), M.Tirabassi e.a., S1 Editrice,
1995,
330 p. (ISBN 88-86127-35-9)
Price: 32.000 Lires (51)

Slav: Botvinnik Variation, Rini Kuijf ,Interchess 1995, 108 p. (Book: ISBN
90-71689-80-8)
Price: $25 (book + disk, NIC-limited edition to use gamefile) (51)
(Text in Dutch, English and German)

Sicilian: English Attack, Alexander Nikitin, Interchess 1995, 108 p. (Book: ISBN
90-71689-
88-3)
Price: $25 (book + disk, NIC-limited edition to use gamefile) (51)
(Text in Dutch, English and German)

Das Mittelgambit im Nachzug, J.Konikowski and M.Gupta, Mdler 1994, 130 p. (ISBN
3-
925691-07-3)
Price: DM 28 (51)

Angenommenes Damengambit I-II, E.Varnusz, Madler 1994, 328 p. (ISBN
3-925691-11-1)
Price: DM 29.80  (51)

Enzyklopdie der Aljechin-verteidigung Band A Der Vierbauernangriff, Erich
Siebenhaar,
Verlag Reinhold Dreier, 1995, 294 p. (ISBN 3-929376-29-6)
Price: DM 34.80 (51)

Neuerungen im Slawisch, E.Varnusz, Dreier Verlag 1994, 104 p.(ISBN 963-04-4408-9)
Price: DM 19.80 (CAL-disk + 10 DM) (51)

Schara-Hennig Gambit, E.Siebenhaar and B.Weigand, Dreier Verlag 1994, 110 p.
Price:
DM 19.80 (51)

500 French Miniatures (II), Bill Wall, Chess Enterprises 1995, 117 p. (ISBN
0-945470-54-1)
Price: $ 7.50 (53)

How to play the Dillworth Attack, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises 1995, 98 p.
(ISBN 0-
945470-52-5)
Price: $ 9.95 (53)

1.Nc3 Dunst Opening, Bill Wall, Chess Enterprises 1995, 104 p. (ISBN
0-945470-48-7)
Price: $ 6.95 (53)

Tennison Gambit 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4, W.John Lutes, Chess Enterprises 1995, 102 p. (ISBN
0-
945470-55-X)
Price: $12.95 (53)

Panov Attack, Volume II, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises 1995, 127 p. (ISBN
0-945470-47-
9)
Price: $ 9.95 (53)

Beating the Sicilian 3, John Nunn & Joe Gallagher, Batsford 1995, 224 p. (ISBN
0-7134-
7844-6)
Price : 14.99 (53)

The Big Book of Busts, Watson & Schiller, Hypermodern 1995, 293 p. (ISBN
1-886040-13-
3)
Price: $22,95 (53)

E.C.O. Busted!, Sid Pickard, Hays 1993, 234 p. (ISBN 1-880673-92-4)
Price: $21,00 (53)

Das Winckelmann Reimer-gambit, Thomas Winckelmann, Tomwing Verlag 1995, 186 p.
Price: DM 34.80  (55)

Fajarowicz-gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4!, Niels Jorgen Jensen, Eleprint
1995 (2nd edition), 48 p.
Price : DM 13,50 (55)

      ENDGAME-THEORY

Secrets of Minor Piece Endings, John Nunn, Batsford, 1995 (ISBN 0 7134 7727 X)
Price:  17.99 (51)

Winning Endgame Technique, A.Beliavsky and A.Mikhalchishin, Batsford 1995, 192
p.
(ISBN 0 7134 7512 9)
Price:  13.99 (51)


      PLAYERMONOGRAPHY

Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, Batsford, 1995, 240 p. (ISBN 0 7134 7812 8)
Price:  14.99 (51)

Capablanca's 100 Best Games, Harry Golombek, Batsford, 1995, (ISBN 0-7134-4650-X)
Price:  10.99 (51)

Garry Kasparov's Fighting Chess, G.Kasparov, J.Speelman en B.Wade, Batsford 1995,
312
p. (ISBN 0-7134-7919-1)
Price :  14.99 (51)

Vishy Anand Chess Super-Talent, David Norwood, Batsford 1995, 144 p. (ISBN
0-7134-
7816-0)
Price:  12.99 (51)

Taimanov's Selected Games, M.Taimanov, Cadogan, 1995, 198 p. (ISBN 1-85744-155-9)
Price: $19.95 (51)

Alexej Schirow, H.Wieteck, Rochade Europa 1993, 80 p. (ISBN 3-920748-07-7)
Price: DM 9.80 (51)

Gata Kamsky 2.0, N.Heymann, Rochade Europa 1995, 80 p. (ISBN 3-920748-20-4
Price: DM 9.80 (51)

Leonid Stein, H.Wieteck, Rochade Europa 1994, 64 p. (ISBN 3-920748-16-6)
Price: DM 9.80 (51)

Wer wird Kasparows herausforderer Jan Timman/Nigel Short, L.Steinkohl, Rochade
Europa 1992, 80 p. (ISBN 3-920748-05-0)
Price: DM 9.80 (51)

Potpourri seiner Schacherzhlungen, E.Gufeld, Rochade Europa 1995, 80 p. (ISBN 3-
920478-19-0)
Price: DM 9.80 (51)

      TOURNAMENTMONOGRAPHY

Sicilian Love, Polugaevsky, Piket and Guneau, Interchess 1995, 324 p.(ISBN 90-71689-999)
Price: $35 (51)

NBC 25 year, van Spijk 1995, (ISBN 90 6216 128 6)
Price: DFL 29,75 (51)

Kurt Klar Gedenkturnier, H.Heemsoth, Mdler 1994, 119 p. (ISBN 3-925691-08-1)
Price : DM 22.80
(German and figurines (51))

Jubilumsturnier 40 Jahre BdF, M.Gluth, 1995, 144 p.
Price: DM 24 (53)

Julius Nielsen Memorial, J.A.Nielsen, Dansk Skak Union, 1991, 70 p. (ISBN
87-983828-0-2)
Price: 19-5)
Price:  9.99 (55)

      SKILL-LEARNINGBOOKS FOR STARTERS AND BEYONED

Think like a grandmaster, Alexander Kotov, Batsford, 1995, 188 p. (ISBN
0-7134-7885-3)
Price:  13.99 (51)

Technique for the Tournament Player, M.Dvoretsky en A.Yusupov, Batsford 1995,
240p.
(ISBN 0 7134 7722 9)
Price:  17.99 (51)

Planning, Neil McDonald, Batsford, 1995, 112 p. (ISBN 0 7134 7573 0)
Price:  7.99 (51)

Gambits, Graham Burgess, Batsford, 1995, 112.p. (ISBN 0 7134 7574 9)
Price:  7.99 (51)

Chess for Tomorrow's Champions, J.Walker, Cadogan ,1995, 144 p. (ISBN
1-85744-195-8)
Price : $14.95 (51)

A primer of Chess, Jos Capablanca, Cadogan 1995, 150 p. (ISBN 1 85744 165 6)
Price: $15.95 (51)

The Times Winning Chess, Raymond Keene, Batsford 1995, 144 p. (0-7134-7842-X)
Price :9.99 (53)

Steve Davis plays Chess, Steve Davis & David Norwood, Batsford 1995, 112 p.
(ISBN 0-7134-7813-6)
Price:  9.99 (55)

Guide to chess, Malcolm Pein, Batsford 1995, 128 p. (ISBN 0-7134-7814-4)
Price:  8.99 (55)

      SPECIAL ITEM

Secrets of Spectacular Chess, Jonathan Levitt en David Friedgood, Batsford,
1995, 222 p
(ISBN 0 7134 7721 0)
Price:  14.99 (51)

Schach und Schalom, Ludwig Steinkohl, Mdler 1995, 189 p. (ISBN
3-925691-1-12-X)
Price: DM 24.80 (51)

Schach-Mekka Berlin in den "roaring twenties", H.Wieteck, Rochade Europa 1995,
217 p.
(ISBN 3-920748-18-2)
Price: DM 19.80 (51)

The Daily Telegraph Chess Puzzles, David Norwood, Batsford 1995, 128 p. (ISBN
0-7134-
7815-2)
Price:  8.99 (53)

Kombiniere...Matt!, Hilmar Ebert, Rochade Europa 1995, 96 p. (ISBN
3-920748-28-
X)
Price: DM 9.80 (55)

Schach in flotten Versen, Helmut Tribus, Rochade Europa 1995, 160 p. (ISBN 3-
920748-27-1)
Price: DM 9.80 (55)

99 Schonheitspreise aus 150 Schachjahren, L.Steinkohl, Rochade Europa 1995,
126
p. (ISBN 3-920748-26-3)
Price: DM 9.80 (55)

The NIC-QUIZ disks (Tactics levels 1800 till 2200), Interchess 1995
Price: $16 for each level. (55)

1946-1970 Het tijdperk Botwinnik, Hans Bouwmeester, van Spijk 1995, 111 p.
(ISBN
90-6216-125-1)
Price: Dfl. 34,50 (approcamitly 20$) (55)