THE WEEK IN CHESS 82 12/05/96 Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) V Magistral CCAA Madrid 1996
NET64 cover Madrid via www
A Personal Perspective on Chess on the internet
3) FIDE World Championships match is on in Elista
4) BAWAG Tournament Vienna
5) 1st Club Cup for Women by Sinisa Joksic
6) Bozidar Kazic Feb. 6 1921 - May 7 1996 by Sinisa Joksic
7) Malaysia-Finland match by SS Quah
8) 2. Lake Constance Cup in Wasserburg / Bavaria (3.5.-5.5.1996):
9) Corsico Open FIDE
10) Dutch Student Championships 1996
11) Open Slovan results by Igor Travenec
12) VISA NORDIC GRAND PRIX CHESS COMPETITON 1996-97
13) TWIC81 Corrections
14) *** Invitation to Internet Problem-Solving Tournament ***
15) Danny Mozes of ChessTreasure Annotates two Madrid games.
GAMES SECTION
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V Magistral CCAA Madrid 1996 20 games
European Club Cup (Women) 1 game
BAWAG GM Tournament Vienna 20 games
EXTRA GAMES SECTION
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Lake Constance Cup in Wasserburg 74 games
Corsico Open 63 games
Malaysia vs Finland Match 48 games
Netherlands Students Championships 40 games
Extra Sections available via ftp and from my www:
These extra sections 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
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My thanks to Leonid Bass (NET64 in Madrid), Lothar Karrer,
Sinisa Joksic, SS Quah, Gerald Schendel, Graziano Ottolini,
Igor Travenec, Danny Mozes, Jonathan Tisdall, Edward and Frank Kroeze
and anyone else who helped out with this issue.
A tiring weekend leaves me short of time and energy on this issue.
Anyhow a packed issue. I will return to the Kamsky - Karpov match
next week. A highlight of the issue is the Madrid Tournament and
the new www coverage. Its lead me to go down memory lane a little.
I hope that this is just the start of a new style of chess coverage
on the net.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
2) V Magistral CCAA Madrid 1996
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After four rounds of the V Magistral CCAA Madrid Boris Gelfand
leads a bunched field with 3/4. The tournament has yet to catch
fire with some very odd play characterising the first few rounds.
My favourite game was the Gelfand-Salov game from round 2. With
what seemed like a forcing variation leading to a very pretty
crush.
There were some strange games however. Salov and Topalov
played a wild game where it seemed to me that Topalov
could have gone into a tough ending with saving chances.
Michael Adams seemed to overreach himself against Miguel
Illescas in round 1.
Alexander Morozevich has struggled to get the top notch
invitations over the last two years that his talent has
required. His very attacking style needed to be proved
over this time at the highest level. If he had been
born three or four years earlier he would not have struggled
to get these invitations but now players who came up around
1989/90 get all the invitations. This is the nature of things
and in fact it is going to be increasingly hard for new players
to enter the top level. Here he has struggled playing some
very enterprising but essentially lightweight chess. He was
lucky to draw against Adams in round 2 and even more lucky
against Korchnoi in round 3 (Korchnoi's last 16 moves were
made in horrid time-pressure and he made a double question-mark
blunder actually on move 40.) Morozevich was convincingly
drubbed in round 4.
One player who has managed to work his way up from the bottom is
Veselin Topalov. A few years ago he was playing Swiss system
events and only by playing large numbers of those did he managed
to get his rating up to the required level to be invited to the
top GM events. He has gradually managed to change his style and
repertoire (I imagine that eventually he will totally ditch the Benoni
for instance) to cope with the higher level. He won his first
game in round 4 and will probably get going in this event now.
The event will I think take off now after the first rest day (today
12 May) and the winner can come from almost the entire field.
NET64 cover Madrid via www
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However I believe that the events importance is on a different level.
The Web coverage of this event, although a natural progression from
the ideas of the last year is probably an indication of the possibilities
to come.
The coverage by the NET64 team has improved every day since the Madrid
Tournament started and they now seem to be getting up to full speed. Below are
some key URL's from the site. It is to be hoped that the Dos Hermanas
organisers are watching and can get us something similar for their event.
(one comment is that I think that if this type of coverage takes off
they should consider not having rest days on a Sunday as they have today.
Although it certainly makes TWIC with its Sunday deadline easier to do!)
General Introductory page.
Guide to on-line games.
Live games. Games begin 13-30 GMT which is 15-30 local time.
GAME 1
GAME 2
GAME 3
GAME 4
GAME 5
Off-line games section
A Personal Perspective on Chess on the internet
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I got on the net just in April 1993. In the previous few months the net
had:
Coverage of the moves from Fischer-Spassky II via a finger source in the States.
Horatio Neto placing a textfile of games from the 1993 Linares a few days
after the event. These were the events that persuaded me to find out what
the internet was all about.
I remember the earliest tournament that I reported on from the newspaper
columns was the Melody Amber Tournament. I was typing the games in
freehand at that time.
Over the next year a number of enthusiasts typed in games from events
such as Dortmund and the following two Linares events from newspapers
and magazines. At some point Steven J Edwards PGN format was generally
adopted making it easier to use the games. (I started typing in games
freehand and then using various small windows programs before getting
a database and being able to handle PGN)
Finger source from Short vs Kasparov 1993 of the moves.
At some point in this year Dutch Teletext also started to appear on
the net. (I discovered it for myself by reading a soccer newsgroup!)
and at this point we had live coverage of some games from Dutch events.
This service was also used to provide coverage for internet servers
to chat and watch games.
I remember the prompt service we got in December 1994 of the Groningen
Tournament that acted as a qualifier for the PCA Candidates series
done by Anjo Anjewierden. This was very much the exception at the time
and numerous events had to be covered using the old newspaper/magazine
method.
Gradually things have changed for the better. It has been the exception
rather than the rule that events are covered in detail by the organisers
on the net. (I've typed in oh so many games from the PCA rapidplays)
The normal method for organisers to publicise the games from their
events has been the fax and I imagine this still continues. This
is however crazy. Most chess journalists are on the net now (and
those who aren't are simply not doing their job) and resources should
be put into making the games available as fast as possible here
rather than using the dumb fax.
Probably no single event will change this more than the Kasparov vs Deep
Blue match which had for the first time full press releases, interviews,
annotations and live coverage. It was possible to cover the event without
ever talking to the organisers. Its clear also that the very favourable
coverage they got was in part due to the fact that they could put their
view of the match at length to journalists. It showed also what a missed
opportunity there was during the Anand-Kasparov match a few weeks before
which although it had live coverage had little useful background material
and also contained notational errors.
Recently TASC have had same day coverage of previously problematic events
such as Melody Amber. (I can still remember the time per day it cost to
type in the 1995 games complete from a fax. This and the Novgorod event
where I had to type games in from virtually unreadable faxes has lead
me to believe that this form of communicating chess information should
definitely be on the way out from any considerate organiser.) TASC also
covered the recent AEGON tournament with a combination of 3 live and
the rest later.
Things are getting better and better all the time. The chess coverage
on the internet is only just starting to be as I expected it to be
when I started.
This leads me on to what I should expect in the near future.
The World Championship match in Elista looks almost certain to start
on June 6th. At the very least we should expect all daily press
releases and the games live. FIDE have a big opportunity and they
should not let us down. It is going to be very hard for journalists
there. Full internet services need to be made available for them
and the games need to be made available to the World on the internet
as they are played.
The Olympiad.
This is the real test of the internet. Already two years ago we should
have had full coverage. Ian Rogers told me that it was the Moscow Olympiad
that convinced him to get on-line. Whilst he spent a fortune trying to
fax his reports out on overpriced and dodgy phone lines his New Zealand
collegue was connecting via a single local call to compuserve in Moscow
and filing a report (a report no less that did not have to be retyped in
by a sub-editor).
I don't imagine it will be a great deal easier from Armenia.
The Moscow Olympiad holds memories for me also. We all remember that
it was a last minute and shambolic affair when information was thin
on the ground even if you were in Moscow. I proved that using only
a disk of most of the games (provided extremely kindly by ChessAssistant)
it was possible to mount a decent coverage. (this was extremely tiring
and time consuming.) The service I provided was both popular and well
appreciated. This time I believe we have the right to expect it to be
done by the organisers.
Full results on the internet soon after the round has finished.
(simply accomplished by using a computer to compile the official results)
A large selection or full collection of games the following day. (remember
that people are interested how their team is doing aswell as the race for
the title.)
Any Press releases or reports of action of the previous day.
I see no reason why we can't have live or near live coverage of two or
three games either.
I think such a service is necessary and would be unbelievably popular.
Such a site should be set up now and tested fully. Items such as
latest travel and accomodation news aswell as latest reports on
team selection could be featured (everyone spent about a month discussing
what the best teams would be and who would play on rec.games.chess last
time) Make no mistake, in some ways there is more widespread interest
in the Olympiad than any other chess event (I had a lot of queries from
non-chess players about how their teams were doing)
Can FIDE meet these challenges?
Round 1 (1996.05.08)
Salov, Valery - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 56
Adams, Michael - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 0-1 42
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 31
Korchnoi, Viktor - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 44
San Segundo, Pablo - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 58
Round 2 (1996.05.09)
Gelfand, Boris - Salov, Valery 1-0 33
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 27
Morozevich, Alexander - Adams, Michael 1/2 45
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 23
San Segundo, Pablo - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1/2 28
Round 3 (1996.05.10)
Salov, Valery - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 49
Adams, Michael - San Segundo, Pablo 1-0 44
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 42
Topalov, Veselin - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 20
Korchnoi, Viktor - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 40
Round 4 (1996.05.11)
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 40
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Adams, Michael 1/2 46
Morozevich, Alexander - Salov, Valery 0-1 59
Shirov, Alexei - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 27
San Segundo, Pablo - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 34
Madrid (ESP), V 1996. cat. XVII (2652)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 * . 1 . . . 1 = = . 3.0 2869
2 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 . * = 1 . . . 0 1 . 2.5 2763
3 Salov, Valery g RUS 2670 0 = * . . 1 . 1 . . 2.5 2760
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2660 . 0 . * = = . . . 1 2.0 2613
5 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g BIH 2660 . . . = * = = . . = 2.0 2627
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2625 . . 0 = = * . . 1 . 2.0 2658
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 0 . . . = . * = . 1 2.0 2648
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 = 1 0 . . . = * . . 2.0 2673
9 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2645 = 0 . . . 0 . . * 1 1.5 2536
10 San Segundo, Pablo g ESP 2535 . . . 0 = . 0 . 0 * 0.5 2341
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3) FIDE World Championships match is on in Elista
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After writing TWIC81 I arrived home to find my assertion that Kamsky
was under quite a lot of pressure to accept Elista as a venue already
vindicated (although I would have preferred to have actually included
this news.)
Over the 4th and 5th of May a fevorish set of communications between
FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov and Gata Kamksy and Dennis Barry
who is President of the USCF took place.
Probably the most important one was Gata Kamsky's.
FAX FROM GATA KAMSKY TO FIDE
May 4, 1996
Mr. President:
1. I have received a great number of threats from you, that you will
substitute GM Salov for me, who lost in final candidates matches to me 5.5 to
1.5, or simply declare Karpov a world champion by default. In a history of
chess it happened once before, 23 years ago with another American, Bobby
Fischer.
2. You denied me my right to play the World championship match in neutral
country with equal conditions for both participations and minimal prize fund.
3. You delayed the organization of this match from the beginning of December
1995 to June 1996, executing the direct order from Mr.Karpov, who helped you
to become the FIDE President.
4. You knowingly wanted to hold this match in Iraq, which could have caused me
a jail sentence of up to 12 years and severe penalties.
5. You did not provide me any guarantees from the Central Russian Government
concerning safety and immunity for me and my team.
6. You do not comply with FIDE resolutions made in a recent European
Federations Congress with the participation of the US and Canada. I, as a
challenger for the world championship title, have the right to participate in
a procedure of choosing the place for the championship title, have the right
to participate in a procedure of choosing the place for the match with equal
conditions.
7. You deny me all my rights as a human being and pay no respect to me as the
strongest grandmaster and as a challenger for the world title. Until this
moment you have not calculated and corrected my rating which must be the first
in the world for more than a year. You demand my positive confirmation for
this match giving me only four hours before the deadline without providing me
the financial guarantees as well as guarantees of safety and immunity for me
and my team.
8. You demand my agreement without necessary guarantees and without
participation of the Russian chess federation. Their participation is
necessary to constitute an official bid according to FIDE rules.
Under your pressure I am forced to agree to play in Elista, Russia, in a
country I defected from and in a republic where the president is an ally and a
protege of my opponent, grandmaster Karpov.
You violate all rules of FIDE and laws of democracy. I am telling you once
again that I agree to play in Elista under the following conditions:
The Russian government gives me the guarantee of immunity with the help of
president of the Russian Chess Federation Mr. Makarov.
You assist my representative, my father Roustam Kamsky, with urgent obtaining
of the visa in the Russian Consulate in New York on Monday, May 6th. He will
fly on Tuesday 7th of May to Moscow if you reserve for him an airplane ticket.
You must arrange his transportation to Elista with appropriate security and a
personal guide from the time of his arrival till his departure back to New
York. In order to check and inspect the place and conditions of the match, a
special commission should be organized with the participation of the Russian
Chess Federation.
Being one of the main participants of this match, I want you to provide my
representative, Mr. Roustam Kamsky, the documents and financial budget
schecule of the world championship match. I am an interested party and I have
the right to demand it, only because I have reasons not to trust you and Mr.
Karpov, because you are from the same side.
You have previously announced the prize fund of $2 million for the match, then
suddently dropped it to $1.1 million. I also demand that you answer me in
detail about my lawful right for the commercial and television rights.
Also, before the departure of my representative I would like you to give him
bank guarantees of the prize fund. My representative has the right to sign the
contract on my behalf. It is my understanding that you already gave guarantees
for the safety and immunity for my representative.
There are many unsolved questions. For example: is there any draw odds to any
of the opponents of the match? They have to be resolved before signing of the
contract.
Signed: Gata Kamsky
Gata Kamsky is especially worried about the possiblilty of being subject
to the draft in Russia I believe, hence his talk of personal safety. He
has re-visited Russia since defection but probably legally he still
has to serve. There have been a large number of communications most
available at:
HREF=http://www.websong.com/uscf/
You can also try my www page also
http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/chess.html
Probably the second key point is that the prizefund is down from $2m
to $1.1 . This isn't as drastic as it sounds, it simply reflects the
new commercial realities. When the Western Economy was booming we had
GMA events and a well funded New York - Lyon match. According to
Die Schachwoche Kasparov is offering a match to any serious challenger
if they can raise $1.5m (remind you of the London rules?) although he
wants a 6 player Candidates Tournament when funds can be raised.
The whole certainty of the succession in chess has fallen into disrepute
under the pressure of these economic realities and unfortunately has
just exacerbated them. Kamsky is grabbing the best chance that he
is likely to get in the near future of FIDE organising this match.
He still plans to play Dos Hermanas which finishes on the 2nd June.
The opening ceremony of the Elista match is on the 5th with game
one on the sixth. Kamsky has been a little short of chess so playing
might not do him any harm although for acclimatisation to Elista's time zone
and atmousphere a couple of weeks is recommended. He has been waiting for
over a year for this match so one hopes his preparation has been good.
As the deadline approaches I have little more time to write on this.
However it seems that the match will go ahead after Rustoum Kamsky
visited Elista to look at the venue and everyone seems in rough agreement
about the playing conditions. Andrei Makarov the President of the FIDE
recognised Russian Chess Federation has said that he will have nothing
to do with the match and providing guaratees of Kamsky's safety as they
haven't been consulted at any time up to now. I still expect the match to
go ahead and probably will be able to confirm it in the next issue.
I have no direct news of Karpov's views, but I think he is expected to play.
4) BAWAG Tournament Vienna
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Lothar Karrer send news of the BAWAG-GM-Tournament. Held in the
Jewish Museum in Vienna it sees Alexander Chernin and Gad
Rechlis share the lead after five of the nine rounds.
The event started on Sunday 5th of May.
Vienna (AUT), V 1996. cat. IX (2469)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2595 * . . . = = 1 1 . 1 4.0 2670
2 Rechlis, Gad g ISR 2510 . * = = 1 1 . . 1 . 4.0 2722
3 Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2490 . = * . . . 1 1 = = 3.5 2560
4 Kindermann, Stefan g GER 2575 . = . * 0 . . = 1 1 3.0 2496
5 Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2495 = 0 . 1 * . = . 1 . 3.0 2568
6 Arakhamia, Ketevan m GEO 2480 = 0 . . . * = 0 . 1 2.0 2384
7 Fauland, Alexander m AUT 2430 0 . 0 . = = * . . 1 2.0 2403
8 Hoelzl, Franz m AUT 2430 0 . 0 = . 1 . * = . 2.0 2430
9 Stefanova, Antoaneta wg BUL 2370 . 0 = 0 0 . . = * . 1.0 2260
10 Roth, Peter f AUT 2315 0 . = 0 . 0 0 . . * 0.5 2148
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5) 1st Club Cup for Women by Sinisa Joksic
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Groups 1+2 Belgrade
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In Group one "Agrouniverzal"-Zemun, Yugoslavia progressed
to the final as the other teams did not arrive. "Lokomotiva"
-Plovdiv, Bugaria for financial reasons but also Palermo-Italy
and France 2.
In Group two Slovenia 2 did not arrive so a double round match
between "Spartak"-Plovdiv,Bulgaria and "Rad"-Belgrade, Yugoslavia
was played. This ended in a surprised victory for the Belgrade
team against the Champions of Bulgaria.
"Rad" - "Spartak"
Joseliani,Nana 1,5:0,5 Voiska,Margareta
Vuksanovic,Sanja 0,5:1,5 Aleksieva,Silvia
Markovic,Gordana 0,5:1,5 Velcheva,Maria
Nikolin,Zorica 2:0 Dojkova,Galina
The final will be from May 31-June 2 with 8 teams as with the
Men's Club Cup competition. The first year of this event for
women didn't work out very well. There were only 24 teams as
opposed to the 56 teams in the Men's event. Also there was no
penalty for not fielding a team.
An improvement would be to start with four groups, followed by
a semi-final. This will probably make the competition more
successful and make it easier to find a host of the final.
Better will be to start with four group. Than the semi-final
competition will be more successful, and it wil be more easy to
find host for the final.
6) Bozidar Kazic Feb. 6 1921 - May 7 1996 by Sinisa Joksic
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76 year old Bozidar Kazic passed away in Belgrade on May 7th.
He was Honorary Member of FIDE. From 1954-1994 he had various
offices in FIDE. Vice President 1974-1978, Member of the Presidental
Board 1970-1986, Member of Central Committee 1960-1986, President
of Rulse Committee 1978-1994.
As the International Arbiter, he was chief arbiter during many
important events like Olympiads, World Championship matches, Candidates
Tournaments and Matches, Interzonal Tournaments, First Match Soviet
Union-Rest of The World etc.
Kazic was mostly involved in the drafting of Chess rules.
He was professional journalist, and he wrote several chess books.
At the Moscow Congress he resigned all FIDE posts, although he was
asked to continue on the Rules Committee.
He had wanted to go to Moscow to say "goodbye" to all his friends, but
the Federation did not put him in delegation, which, by the way,
was the largest.
7) Malaysia-Finland match by SS Quah
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A six-player Finnish team arrived in Kuala Lumpur on April 26 for a
series of games with Malaysian players. The Finland team stayed in
Malaysia for 10 days during which they played seven rounds in Kuala
Lumpur and the last round in Penang.
Their trip was sponsored by FinnAir (which flew them in), the SuCasa
Hotel Apartment in Kuala Lumpur and the Mar Vista Resort in Penang.
The organisers of the match were the Malaysian Chess Federation and
the Embassy of Finland in Malaysia.
Round One (27 April 96) 2.5 - 3.5
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IM Jimmy Liew - IM Marko Manninen 0.5 - 0.5
FM Mas Hafizulhelmi - IM Eero Raaste 1 - 0
Ooi Chern Ee - FM Kari Pulkkinen 0.5 - 0.5
Mok Tze Meng - FM Jussi Tella 0.5 - 0.5
Eliza Hanum Ibrahim - WIM Johanna Paasikangas 0 - 1
Eliza Hanim Ibrahim - Heini Puuska 0 - 1
Round Two (28 April 96) 1 - 5
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Ooi Chern Ee - IM Marko Manninen 0 - 1
Julian Navaratnam - IM Eero Raaste 0 - 1
IM Jimmy Liew - FM Kari Pulkkinen 1 - 0
FM Mas Hafizulhelmi - FM Jussi Tella 0 - 1
Ong Hwa Lu - WIM Johanna Paasikangas 0 - 1
Samantha Lee - Heini Puuska 0 - 1
Round Three (28 April 96) 1.5 - 4.5
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FM Mas Hafizulhelmi - IM Marko Manninen 0 - 1
IM Jimmy Liew - IM Eero Raaste 0.5 - 0.5
Ooi Chern Ee - FM Kari Pulkkinen 0.5 - 0.5
Ng Ee Vern - FM Jussi Tella 0 - 1
Samantha Lee - WIM Johanna Paasikangas 0 - 1
Ong Hwa Lu - Heini Puuska 0.5 - 0.5
Round Four (29 April 96) 2 - 4
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Tan Wei Sin - IM Marko Manninen 0 - 1
Azhaari Md Noor - IM Eero Raaste 0 - 1
FM Mas Hafizulhelmi - FM Kari Pulkkinen 0.5 - 0.5
IM Jimmy Liew - FM Jussi Tella 0.5 - 0.5
Loh Poh Ping - WIM Johanna Paasikangas 0 - 1
Roslina Marmono - Heini Puuska 1 - 0
Round Five (1 May 96) 1.5 - 4.5
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FM Mas Hafizulhelmi - IM Marko Manninen 0 - 1
Mohd Irman Ibrahim - IM Eero Raaste 0.5 - 0.5
IM Jimmy Liew - FM Kari Pulkkinen 1 - 0
Lim Yee Weng - FM Jussi Tella 0 - 1
Eliza Hanim Ibrahim - WIM Johanna Paasikangas 0 - 1
Eliza Hanum Ibrahim - Heini Puuska 0 - 1
Round Six (1 May 96) 1 - 5
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IM Jimmy Liew - IM Marko Manninen 0.5 - 0.5
FM Mas Hafizulhelmi - IM Eero Raaste 0 - 1
Wong Zi Jing - FM Kari Pulkkinen 0 - 1
Ahmad Maliki - FM Jussi Tella 0 - 1
Ong Hwa Lu - WIM Johanna Paasikangas 0 - 1
Norfatitah Saranon - Heini Puuska 0.5 - 0.5
Round Seven (2 May 96) 0.5 - 5.5
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Mok Tze Meng - IM Marko Manninen 0 - 1
FM Mas Haizulhelmi - IM Eero Raaste 0.5 - 0.5
Ismail Ahmad - FM Kari Pulkkinen 0 - 1
Mohd Saprin Sabri - FM Jussi Tella 0 - 1
Norfatitah Saranon - WIM Johanna Paasikangas 0 - 1
Eliza Hanim Ibrahim - Heini Puuska 0 - 1
Round Eight (4 May 96) 3 - 3
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Teng Wei Ping - IM Marko Manninen 0 - 1
Chuah Heng Meng - IM Eero Raaste 1 - 0
Ooi Chern Ee - FM Kari Pulkkinen 1 - 0
Lim Chuin Hoong - FM Jussi Tella 0 - 1
Teoh Sze Yi - WIM Johanna Paasikangas 0 - 1
Lim Yew San - Heini Puuska 1 - 0
8) 2. Lake Constance Cup in Wasserburg / Bavaria (3.5.-5.5.1996):
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Gerald Schendel sends me the results and games from this event.
The event was held for the first time in Konstanz (Baden/Germany) in
1995 for the first time.
Last weekend (3.-5.May) four teams played the 2.Lake Constance Cup
("Bodensee Cup") in Wasserburg (near Lindau/Bavaria). Baden was the
winner (as in 1995).
All teams had 12 players (board 11: U20; board 12: U16).
2 GM (Nemet, Hecht) and many IM (Wirthensohn, Kraut, Klundt, Siegel
etc.) have played.
This weekend there will be a meeting of delegates of the Badischer
Schachverband.
Perhaps this German chess association will be the first to translate the so
called "Bosman"-verdict into action - Gerald Schendel expects a change
in rules.
1.Baden 20 5:1
2.Bavaria 18 3:3
3.Switzerland 18 2:4
4.Wurttemberg 16 2:4
Fr: Bavaria - Baden 6:6
Switzerland - Wurttemberg 9:3
Sa: Baden - Wurttemberg 6,5:5,5
Switzerland - Bavaria 4,5:7,5
Su: Wurttemberg - Bavaria 7,5:4,5
Baden - Switzerland 7,5:4,5
9) Corsico Open FIDE
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My thank to Graziano Ottolini for sending me the games and results
and to Walter Ravagnati, director of the tournament. Winner Miso Cebalo
was clear ELO favourite and was probably a little disappointed to
lose rating points in this event.
Corsico (ITA), Open FIDE, 24-28 APRIL 1996.
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1 Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2495 = 2 + 4 +17 = 9 +11 + 7 5.0 2414
2 Barlocco, Carlo ITA 2170 = 1 = 3 +20 +16 + 9 = 6 4.5 2457
3 Caselli, Luigi ITA 2325 =14 = 2 = 7 +15 =13 + 9 4.0 2265
4 Mione,D ITA ---- = 8 - 1 +19 =20 +17 +11 4.0 2379
5 Natalucci, Fabrizio ITA 2220 -15 =22 +10 = 6 +16 +13 4.0 2279
6 Sbarra, Marco ITA 2280 + 7 =11 - 8 = 5 +10 = 2 3.5 2328 *
7 Spinelli, Doriano ITA 2170 - 6 +21 = 3 +14 +12 - 1 3.5 2318
8 Ubezio, Marco ITA 2190 = 4 =14 - 6 +18 =15 =12 3.0 2275 *
9 Braunberger, Federico ITA 2120 +18 +20 =13 = 1 - 2 - 3 3.0 2251
10 Caruso, Daniele ITA 2145 -17 +19 - 5 +22 - 6 +18 3.0 2211
11 Cazzaniga, Walter ITA 2190 +21 = 6 =15 +13 - 1 - 4 3.0 2286
12 D'Amore, Emanuele ITA 2220 +16 -13 =14 +17 - 7 = 8 3.0 2160
13 Mordiglia, Riccardo ITA 2085 +19 +12 = 9 -11 = 3 - 5 3.0 2211
14 Piantoni, Roberto ITA 2170 = 3 = 8 =12 - 7 +20 =15 3.0 2211
15 Rossi, Giampiero ITA 2130 + 5 =17 =11 - 3 = 8 =14 3.0 2219
16 Astengo, Corrado ITA 2130 -12 +18 +22 - 2 - 5 =20 2.5 2143
17 Barberi, Alessandro ITA 2220 +10 =15 - 1 -12 - 4 +21 2.5 2214
18 Benvenuti, Carlo ITA 2200 - 9 -16 +21 - 8 +19 -10 2.0 2018
19 Cappello, Guido ITA 2195 -13 -10 - 4 +21 -18 +22 2.0 2061
20 Vismara, Daniele ITA 2235 +22 - 9 - 2 = 4 -14 =16 2.0 2000
21 Tencati, Giuseppe ITA 2080 -11 - 7 -18 -19 +22 -17 1.0 1915
22 Vicari, Luigi ITA 2155 -20 = 5 -16 -10 -21 -19 0.5 1766
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* There was a double default in the round 3 game between these players.
10) Dutch Student Championships 1996
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Further details next week. I think that these are the final
standings. My thanks to Edward and Frank Kroeze for the games.
More next week.
Leeuwarden (NED), V 1996.
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1 2 3 4 5
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1 Reinderman, Dimitri m NED 2495 =10 + 4 +12 = 5 + 3 4.0 2584
2 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2345 + 8 + 6 + 9 - 3 +12 4.0 2516
3 Roobol, M NED 2365 +14 =12 +10 + 2 - 1 3.5 2476
4 Kroeze, Frank M f NED 2390 + 7 - 1 =14 =10 + 9 3.0 2386
5 Lemmers, Oscar f NED 2360 +13 - 9 + 7 = 1 = 6 3.0 2383
6 Van de Mortel, Jan f NED 2315 +11 - 2 + 8 = 9 = 5 3.0 2213
7 Borst, Johan NED 2275 - 4 +15 - 5 +13 =10 2.5 2215
8 De Heer, Machiel NED ---- - 2 +13 - 6 =11 +14 2.5 2252
9 Strating, Sybolt f NED 2310 +15 + 5 - 2 = 6 - 4 2.5 2265
10 Tondivar, Babak f NED 2300 = 1 +16 - 3 = 4 = 7 2.5 2294
11 Van Tol,L ---- - 6 -14 +15 = 8 +16 2.5
12 Wuts, Frank NED 2305 +16 = 3 - 1 +14 - 2 2.5 2261
13 Van Wissen, Michiel E NED 2160 - 5 - 8 +16 - 7 +15 2.0
14 Van den Brink, Peter NED 2190 - 3 +11 = 4 -12 - 8 1.5 2080
15 Van der Laan,D ---- - 9 - 7 -11 +16 -13 1.0
16 Ottenhof,S ---- -12 -10 -13 -15 -11 0.0
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11) Open Slovan results by Igor Travenec
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OPEN SLOVAN, Bratislava, Slovakia, 27. 4. - 4. 5. 1996
Final Standings (Round 9)
Surname T Elo ACF Fed Club Sco Progr Ws MBuch
1 SERGEEV,Vladimir (1) m 2410 UKR 8.0 42.0 7 43.0
2-11 ULAK,Slavomir (11) . 2255 POL 6.5 37.5 4 40.5
MANIK,Mikulas (2) . 2345 SVK 6.5 37.0 5 41.5
NOVAK,Ivan (5) f 2305 SVK 6.5 35.0 5 40.0
CASTIGLIONE,Mario (17) . 2190 SVK J 6.5 34.5 5 38.0
RUCKSCHLOSS,Karol (12) f 2240 SVK 6.5 34.0 5 39.0
SABOLIK,Frantisek (38) . 2045 SVK D 6.5 33.0 6 38.0
PETRAN,Peter (3) m 2325 SVK 6.5 32.5 5 39.5
TRAVENEC,Igor (14) . 2230 SVK 6.5 31.5/2 6 34.0
STRUHAR,Jan (13) . 2235 SVK 6.5 31.5 6 37.0
CERTEK,Pavel (9) . 2260 SVK 6.5 29.5 6 35.5
12-14 LIKAVSKY,Tomas (6) . 2295 SVK 6.0 33.0 6 37.5
PETRIK,Karol (8) f 2260 SVK 6.0 29.5 5 35.0
HARASTA,Vladimir (20) . 2170 SVK 6.0 28.5 5 32.0
15-25 SOBOLEVSKY,Leonid (10) . 2255 UKR 5.5 33.0/- 5 40.0
POKORNA,Regina (19) f 2170 SVK J,W 5.5 33.0 5 39.0
BLAHO,Stefan (21) . 2160 SVK 5.5 31.5 4 38.5
HASTIK,Svatopluk (7) . 2275 CZE 5.5 30.5 5 36.0
TREFNY,Vlastimil (4) . 2325 CZE 5.5 30.0 4 35.0
STRYJECKI,Marek (24) . 2135 POL 5.5 29.0 5 38.0
VAVRAK,Peter (26) . 2110 SVK Z,J 5.5 28.0 5 37.5
SVOBODOVA,Michaela (23) . 2150 CZE 5.5 27.5 4 34.0
KANIANSKY,Miroslav (34) . 2086 SVK D 5.5 27.0/2 5 34.5
HEBELKA,Milos (18) . 2175 SVK 5.5 27.0 4 32.5
BREJA,Stanislav (15) . 2220 SVK 5.5 24.5 4 32.0
...
12) VISA NORDIC GRAND PRIX CHESS COMPETITON 1996-97
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CHIEF SPONSOR: VISA INTERNATIONAL
PRESS RELEASE Einar S. Einarsson [einarse@skima.is]
SERIES OF 5 0PEN QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS
HELD IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES AND A FINAL GRAND PRIX
The VISA Nordic Grand Prix tournaments will be played (1.) in Iceland*),as
a part of the Reykjavik Chess Open, 2-10 March 1996, (9 rounds); (2.) in
Denmark, as a part of the Copenhagen Open, 24 June - 5 July, (11 rounds)
(3.) in Norway, as a part of the Gausdal Chess Festival and Arnold J.
Eikrem Memorial 3 - 11 August, (9 rounds); (4.) in Sweden 27 Dec. - 6 Jan.
1997 as a part of Rilton Cup in Stockholm; and (5.) in the Faroes Island,
as a part of Torshavn Open in february 1997. The Final Nordic Grand Prix
Tournament is scheduled to take place in Reykjav=EDk in the autumn of 1997.
1st. VISA NORDIC GRAND PRIX
IN REYKJAVIK, ICELAND 2-10 March 1996
Final Results and Standing:
Points B. RO NGP-Points
____________________________________________________________________
1. GM Simen Agdestein Nor 7 52.5 23+5 28
2. GM Jonathan Tisdall Nor 7 51.5 20+3 23
3. IM Nikolaj Borge Den 6.5 17
4. GM Hannes H.Stefansson Ice 6 52 15+3 18
5. GM Curt Hansen Den 6 45.5 13
6. GM Margeir Petursson Ice 6 45 11
7. GM Jonny Hector Swe 6 44 9
8. GM Helgi Ass Gretarson Ice 5.5 49.5 8
9. GM Johann Hjartarson Ice 5.5 49 7
10. GM Rune Djurhuus Nor 5.5 48.5 6
11. GM Helgi Olafsson Ice 5.5 47 5
12. IM Throstur Thorhallsson Ice 5.5 46 4
13. GM Einar Gausel Nor 5 5o.5 3
14. Magus Orn Ulfarsson Ice 5 43 2
15. Patrik Lyrberg Swe 5 41.5 1
ESE April 1996
13) TWIC81 Corrections
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Last week's TWIC had rather too many errors for my liking. Jason Luchan
points out that I was talking absolute rubbish about the number of PCA
Rapidplay appearances that Judit Polgar has made (he actually was polite
about it, its me that is being less so). Moscow was her forth appearance
on the circuit.
In 1994, she played in New York (beat Short, eliminated by Kramnik) and
Paris (eliminated by Kramnik).
In 1995, she again played in New York (eliminated by Ehlvest).
Quite what was going on in my mind over the Piket - Dreev match I don't
know. Anyhow Shirov is in Madrid and Piket eventually lost 5-3 to
Dreev. Perhaps I need a bit more sleep who knows.
Books Section correction
--------------------------
Lisa Smith of Mundial Press informs me that part of the e-mail address
was inadvertently omitted from the offer in Books 8.
To receive the 46% discount Bertrand Weegenaar mentioned in his book review
section on May 6, 1996, please send e-mail to writework@aol.com or fax
415-459-8656.
Remember to refer to WIC/bookreviewer B. Weegenaar.
For more information about the book, please go to
http://www.bookzone.com/bookzone/10000667.html
14) *** Invitation to Internet Problem-Solving Tournament ***
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Stockholms Schacksallskap (Stockholm Chess Association) of Stockholm,
Sweden, is celebrating its 130th anniversary. Founded in 1866, Stock-
holms Schacksallskap is the oldest continually operating chess club in
the 5-country Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and
Sweden).
Some of the most famous chessplayers in Sweden have been members
of this fine old club: Ludwig Collijn, Folke Ekstrom, Erik Lundin,
Kristian Skold and Gideon Stahlberg are just as few, as well as
former FIDE President and chess patron Folke Rogaard. In the
early years, Stockholms Schacksallskap enjoyed the patronage of
the Swedish King.
In 1909 Stockholms Schacksallskap had the honour of arranging an
international master tournament won by Rudolf Spielmann (4.5/5.0)
ahead of Paul Saladin Leonhardt, who at the time was an
official guest of the club, (4.0) and E. Cohn (2.0).
In 1912 Stockholms Schacksallskap again stood as organizer for
an international master tournament won by Alexander Alekhine
(8.5/10.0) ahead of E. Cohn (7.0) and Georg Marco (6.5). Alekhine
would again be the guest of Stockholms Schacksallskap in 1914,
when he passed through Stockholm from Germany on the way back
to Russia.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED ...
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As part of the celebration of 130 years of non-stop chess history,
Stockholms Schacksallskap is pleased to invite all TWIC readers to
participate in an Internet Problem-Solving Tournament in the Memory of
Robert Sahlberg, one of its original founders.
The following five problems have been selected by FIDE International
Master Axel Ornstein, who is also a known composer and problemist.
Please note that all five of the problems are 'mate in 3s' with White
on the move.
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8 | | | | | | | | *B|
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
7 | *N| | | *P| *P| | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
6 | | Q | | | | | N | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| Problem no. 1
5 | *P| *P| *P| | N | | | | Mate in 3
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| White to move
4 | | | | *K| | | *P| |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
3 | | | | B | | | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
2 | | | | B | | | K | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
1 | | | | | | | | |
---------------------------------
a b c d e f g h
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8 | | | | | | | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
7 | | | | | | | | *B|
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
6 | | | *P| | | | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| Problem no. 2
5 | | | | N | *P| | *P| | Mate in 3
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| White to move
4 | | R | P | *K| | | *P| |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
3 | | | | B | | | K | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
2 | | | | | | | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
1 | | | | | | Q | | |
---------------------------------
a b c d e f g h
---------------------------------
8 | | K | | | | | | *N|
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
7 | | | | | | | *P| |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
6 | | | *P| | Q | *P| | *Q|
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| Problem no. 3
5 | P | | *K| | | *N| *R| | Mate in 3
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| White to move
4 | P | | | R | | N | *B| |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
3 | | *P| *R| | | | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
2 | | | | | | P | | B |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
1 | | | | | | | | |
---------------------------------
a b c d e f g h
---------------------------------
8 | | | | *N| | | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
7 | | | | *P| | | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
6 | | | | N | | | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| Problem no. 4
5 | | P | P | P | | | | | Mate in 3
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| White to move
4 | R | *B| | *K| P | P | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
3 | | P | N | | | | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
2 | | Q | P | | | K | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
1 | | | | | | | | |
---------------------------------
a b c d e f g h
---------------------------------
8 | | | | | | | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
7 | | | | Q | | | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
6 | | N | | | | | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| Problem no. 5
5 | *R| *P| | | *K| | P | | Mate in 3
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| White to move
4 | | | | | *P| | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
3 | | | *B| | *N| | P | K |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
2 | | | | | | P | | |
|---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
1 | | R | | | | *N| | |
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a b c d e f g h
SEND IN YOUR SOLUTIONS IN TODAY!
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To participate in the Internet Problem-Solving Tournament, send
your solutions (complete solutions, not just keys!) to Don Odom
.
Please include your full name and city and country of residence.
There is *no entry fee* to participation in the Stockholms
Schacksallskap Internet Problem-Solving Tournament!
PRIZES
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Some modest prizes, all chess memorabilia, are offered to the top four
solvers. In the event more than four correct solution entries are
received, a drawing will be held, in which the four winners may choose
the prize of their choice in turn.
The prizes (listed in no particular order) are:
* a commemorative postcard from the Scandinavian Chess Tournament
in 1994 autographed by World Champion Anatoly Karpov (the card
also includes an unique unofficial Karpov postage stamp!)
* first day cover (stamped envelope) of the 75th anniversary
commemorative Paul Keres postage stamp, cancelled on 7 January
1991 in Tallinn, Estonia
* correspondence chess card signed by Samuel Reshevsky
* Paul Keres Estonian bank note (face value 5 Estonian crowns) -
only legal tender bank note honouring a chess player anywhere
in the world!
Please note that all solutions must be received no later than
* Friday, 24 May 1996 * to be considered for a prize.
The final decision regarding the awarding of prizes rests with
IM Axel Ornstein, who is the judge for the competition.
=46or more information on Stockholms Schacks=E4llskap and its activities,
send an email message to Don Odom or visit
the Stockholms Schacksallskap homepage on the Internet at:
< http://www.sipri.se/staff/odom/stss.html >
15) Danny Mozes of ChessTreasure Annotates two Madrid games.
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(Games should be converted to ChessBase for best effect)
ChessTreasure is on-line at :
http://www.netvision.net.il/~ChessTreasure
[Event "V Magistral Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid Spain"]
[Date "1996.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams,M"]
[Black "Illescas,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "ChessTreasure"]
{The following 2 games from the on-going Madrid '96 - 17 category
tournament - were deeply analyzed by Danny Mozes and his computers band
for the ChessTreasure Project}
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. 0-0 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
0-0 9. Nc3 Nc7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nxb5 13. Nxb5 a6 (13... Qb6 {?!}
14. Qe2 {!} 14... a6 15. Nc3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19.
Rac1 Rb8 20. Nc7 e6 (20... Kh8 {?} 21. e6 {! 1.72W}) 21. Rd6 {White is pressing
} 21... Qe7 (21... b5 22. Nxa6 Bxa6 23. Rxa6 Rb7 24. Rd6 {0.33W}) 22. Qe3 b6 23.
Rxb6 Rxb6 24. Qxb6 d5 {0.66W}) 14. Nc3 d6 15. d5 {?} (15. exd6 {=}) 15... Nxe5 {
1.03B} 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Re1 f6 (17... Qd6) 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Rad1 b5 20. f3 Qc7
21. Rc1 f5 {a provocative move} (21... Bb7) 22. Ne4 Qb6+ 23. Nc5 (23. Bf2 Qd8
24. Nc5 Qd6 25. Nd3 (25. Red1 e4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Re1 Rd8 (27... Bf5) 28. Rxe4
Bf5 29. Nb7 Qxd5 30. Rxe7 Qxb3 31. axb3 Rd2 {0.72B}) 25... Rd8 26. Bc5 Qxd5 27.
Qxd5 Rxd5) 23... Qd6 24. Bf2 Rd8 25. Rcd1 Rb8 26. h3 Bb7 {
Black attacks d5-pawn with all his might but...} 27. Qc2 {?} (27. Ne6 {!} 27...
Bxd5 28. Nxd8 {!} 28... Rxd8 (28... Bxb3 29. Rxd6 exd6 30. Nc6 Rc8 31. Na7 Rc2
32. axb3 Rxb2 33. Nc8 d5 34. Ne7 Rxb3 35. Nxf5 Ra3 (35... a5 36. Rc1 a4 37. Rc8+
Kh7 38. Rc7 Kg6 39. Nxg7 a3 40. Bg3 a2 (40... Rb1+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Rb3+ 43.
Kd2 Rb2+ 44. Kc1 Rxg2 45. Bxe5 a2 46. Rc6+ Kf7 47. Nf5 b4 48. Nxh6+ Ke8 49. Re6+
Kf8 50. Rb6 Rg1+ 51. Kc2 a1Q 52. Bxa1 Rxa1 53. Rxb4 {+-}) 41. Bxe5 Rb1+ 42. Kf2
a1Q 43. Bxa1 Rxa1 44. Ne8 {2.24W}) 36. Bc5 Ra2 37. Bd6 e4 38. fxe4 dxe4 39. Rxe4
Rd2 40. Re6 Kh7 41. Nxg7 Kxg7 42. Be5+ Kf7 43. Rxa6 {2.33W}) 29. Qc2 Qe6 30. b3
e4 31. Qc5 Rd6 32. Bd4 Qd7 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. fxe4 {0.51W}) 27... Rbc8 {1.15B}
28. b4 f4 29. Qf5 (29. h4 gxh4 30. Bxh4 Bxd5 31. a3 Rc7 32. Rc1 Qb6 33. Qf5 {
1.18B}) 29... Bxd5 30. Nb7 {Adams, probably, overlooked Illescas reply} 30...
Qd7 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Nc5 Rd6 33. a3 Kg8 34. Rc1 Kf7 35. Rc2 Rcd8 36. Ra1 {
?? a grave mistake in an already bad position} 36... Ba8 {??} (36... e4 {!} 37.
Rd1 (37. Rf1 exf3 38. g4 fxg3 39. Bxg3 Bd4+ 40. Bf2 Bc4 41. Re1 Rf6 {-+}) (37.
fxe4 Bxa1 38. exd5 Rxd5 39. Kf1 R8d6 40. Ke2 Rc6 {-+}) 37... exf3 38. gxf3 Bxf3
{-+}) 37. Re1 h5 38. Kf1 Kg6 39. Ke2 g4 40. Bh4 Bf6 41. Bf2 gxf3+ {!} 42. gxf3
Kf5 0-1
[Event "V Madrid Magistral"]
[Site "Madrid Spain"]
[Date "1996.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas,M"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Opening "Sicilian def./Richter-Rauser Attack"]
[Annotator "ChessTreasure"]
{
Have pleasure at ChessTreasure
http://www.netvision.net.il/~ChessTreasure
}
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
0-0-0 h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. h3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b4
15. Ne2 Bc6 16. Ng3 a5 17. Rhf1 0-0 18. e5 dxe5 {if the players were acquainted
with the game Smirin,I - Greenfeld,A 1-0 Vidra Memorial '95 each of them could have
saved approximately 1 hour on his chess clock.} 19. fxe5 {
it's a novelty because in the mentioned game Smirin (White) continued 19.Bxe5} (
19. Bxe5) 19... Nd7 20. Qe3 Bg5 (20... Bxg2 {?} 21. Rg1 Bg5 22. Qf2 Bd5 23. Nf5
Nxe5 24. h4 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 exf5 26. hxg5 h5 27. g6 f4 28. Bxg7 Bxa2+ (28... Kxg7
29. Rxd5 fxg6 30. Qd4+ Kh6 31. Rd7 {+-}) 29. Kxa2 Kxg7 30. gxf7+ (30. Qd4+ f6
31. Qd5 h4 32. Qh5 Rh8 33. Qg4 Rad8 34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. Rd1 f5 36. Qf3 Qc7 37. Qd5
Re8 38. Qxf5 Re7 39. Qh5 Qc4+ 40. Ka1 {=}) 30... Kh7 31. Qf3 {!} 31... Qxf7+ 32.
Rd5 Kh6 33. Rgg5 {+-}) 21. Qe2 Rae8 22. Nh5 g6 23. g3 {!!} 23... f5 (23... gxh5
24. h4 {! Black has no good move} (24. Qxh5 Nxe5 25. h4 (25. Bxe5 {?} 25... Qxe5 {
-+}) 25... Nxd3 26. hxg5 e5 27. gxh6 Re6 28. Rxd3 (28. Bg1 Nxb2 29. Kxb2 Be4 {
1.24B} 30. Qg4+ Bg6 31. Rf2 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 b3 33. axb3 Qxb3+ 34. Kc1 Qe3+ 35. Rdd2
Rc8 {-+})) 24... Be7 (24... Bd8 25. Qxh5 f5 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. g4
Nb8 29. gxf5 Qh7 30. Rg1+ Kh8 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. f6+ Kh8 33. Rg6 Rf7 34. Rh6+
Kg8 (34... Rh7 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Rg1+ Bg2 37. Rxg2+ Kf8 38. Rh8+ Kf7 39. Rg7#)
35. Rg1+ {with mate in 3 more moves}) 25. Qxh5 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 (26... f5 27.
exf6 Bxf6 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Qxh6 Qg7 30. Bh7+ Qxh7 (30... Kf7 {White mates in 7}
) 31. Rxf6 Qxh6 32. Rxh6 {+-}) 27. Qxh6 f5 28. exf6 Rf7 29. Rf4 {+-}) (23... Bd5
24. h4 Be7 25. Qg4 {!} 25... g5 26. Rf6 Bxf6 (26... Nxf6 27. Nxf6+ Kg7 28. hxg5
h5 29. Qxh5 Rh8 30. Nxe8+ Kg8 31. Qxh8+ {+-}) 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. exf6 Bc4 29.
Bxc4 Qxc4 30. hxg5 {+-}) 24. h4 Bd8 25. Nf4 Kh7 26. g4 Bxh4 27. Nxg6 (27. Nxg6
Kxg6 28. gxf5+ exf5 (28... Kg7 29. Qh5 Bg5 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. fxe6 Nb8 32. Rf7 {
with mate in 4}) 29. Qg4+ Bg5 (29... Kh7 30. Rxf5 Kh8 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Qxh4 {
+-}) 30. Rxf5 Kg7 31. Rxg5+ Kh8 32. Rg7 {
and all Black can do is to postpond the mate for 6 moves}) 1-0