THE WEEK IN CHESS 95 12/08/96 Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) 1000 Years of Austria Chess Festival Sponsored by Bank Austria
3) Lost Boys Interactive Chess Tournament
4) ARNOLD J. EIKREM MEMORIAL 1996, 3-11/8-96
5) Timman vs Sokolov match for the Dutch Championships
6) Corrections from previous issues
7) Fifth AKN open weekend tournament Haarlem, 1996
8) German Youth Championships by Wolfgang Harr
9) US Open by Michael Atkins
10) Randomization for Fischerrandom Chess by Michael Skovgaard
11) Kfar-Saba Open by Shay Bushinsky
GAMES SECTION
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Vienna Millenium Festival 18 games
SKA Masters Biel Correction 1 game
SKA Masters Biel 12 games
Credis Games 28 games
TWIC95EX.PGN
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Vienna Open 70 games
Lost Boys Interactive. Tournament 70 games
Arnold Eikram Memorial Tournament 62 games
Germany vs Armenia Match 9 games
Corrections from the Schaan Open TWIC84 6 games
twic95ey.zip
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Games from the European Youth Championships zipped. Boys
and girls under 10,12 and 14.
1) Introduction
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Important Announcement.
TWIC 95 will be the last Week in Chess available at this site. I resigned
from my job at the University here and I will leave next week.
After nearly two years of compiling TWIC and over three years of producing
results on the internet I will be joining Thoth which is part of
Grandmaster Technologies Incorporated providing chess content for their
www pages.
I plan to extend and develop TWIC with the time available now that I can
work full time. There will be more updates on major tournaments and
developments as part as the Strategic Games Network. This is a major opportunity
for me and I hope that the results will be fantastic. I hope the result
will be a considerable improvement in my coverage of chess on the internet.
Once the plans are a little clearer I will announce where my new material
will be available. I will be interested in games and news stories and
if you have anything that you think might be of interest my new E-Mail
address will be:
mdcrowth@netcomuk.co.uk
I would like to take the opportunity of thanking all the contributers who
have helped me by sending stories, articles and news over the 95 issues of THE WEEK
IN CHESS so far and I hope that you enjoyed them.
Detailed plans as to the changes in TWIC have not been settled but I envisage
TWIC 96 being available next week, probably at the
http://www.tcc.net/
site. The following weekend 23rd-26th of August I will be
playing in a minor event as part of the Donner Memorial Tournament. I hope that
some people will be able to say hello whilst I am there.
Probably the best indication of the need for a change is that yet again
the issue is a day late. Many games, even without the massive section
of games from the junior events.
My thanks to Luc Enderli for the games from Biel, Eric Van der Schilden and
Karlheinz Zoechling for the games from Austria, Rune Djurhuus for the
Eikrem memorial events, Martin Pribyl, Shay Bushinsky, Lost Boys Interactive,
Wolfgang Harr, Michael Atkins and Michael Skovgaard. Also everyone else
who has helped me out on this mamouth issue.
I plan a TWIC96, I will announce its whereabouts a little later
in the week. Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
2) 1000 Years of Austria Chess Festival Sponsored by Bank Austria
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To Celebrate the official use of the name Osterrichi for the first time in
an official document in 996 there has been an event sponsored by Bank Austria
as part of the celebration of this Millenium.
In a year of strong events the main Grandmaster event still stands out. It
sees Anatoly Karpov who has recently retained his FIDE World Title against
Gata Kamsky face the strongest field of young players he has faced in recent
years. In particular Kramnik and Topalov have started well this year and
have given Gary Kasparov a hard time, now we get the opportunity to see
how they cope with the more positional style of Anatoly Karpov.
In 1994 Karpov won the strongest of the Linares events and his style proved
most difficult for the younger players to come to terms with.
There is an up to date www site at:
http://www.xpoint.at/schach/open.htm
and at
http://www.tasc.nl/vienmil/
The early rounds have already produce considerable excitement.
Round 1 (1996.08.09)
Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter 1/2 59
Polgar, Judit - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 22
Karpov, Anatoly - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 53
Korchnoi, Viktor - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 37
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 35
Round 2 (1996.08.10)
Shirov, Alexei - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 53
Topalov, Veselin - Polgar, Judit 1/2 41
Ehlvest, Jaan - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 35
Karpov, Anatoly - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 59
Leko, Peter - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 24
Round 3 (1996.08.11)
Gelfand, Boris - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 69
Polgar, Judit - Leko, Peter 1-0 53
Jussupow, Artur - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 23
Korchnoi, Viktor - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 22
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ehlvest, Jaan 1-0 29
Vienna AUT (AUT), VIII 1996. cat. XVIII (2690)
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1 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2665 * . = . . 1 . . . = 2.0 2821
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2665 . * . = . . = . . 1 2.0 2806
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2685 = . * . . . . = 1 . 2.0 2813
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2750 . = . * . . = 1 . . 2.0 2780
5 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2660 . . . . * = 1 . 0 . 1.5 2735
6 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2775 0 . . . = * . . 1 . 1.5 2696
7 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2665 . = . = 0 . * . . . 1.0 2566
8 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 . . = 0 . . . * . = 1.0 2563
9 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2765 . . 0 . 1 0 . . * . 1.0 2581
10 Leko, Peter g HUN 2630 = 0 . . . . . = . * 1.0 2530
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ROUND 1
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Game of the day was Kramnik-Shirov. Shirov and Kramnik have worked
together to improve their chess over the years. In his recent
tournaments Shirov has had major problems with an extremely
dubious opening repertoire. Here he tried something he had
worked on a few years ago.
5... Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 is very rare. Eric Van der Schilden (EvdS) of Tasc
reports:
Shirov:
"I played an opening I hadn't developed for some time, to get a
complicated position and avoid his usual opening advantage.
He made several mistakes. His last mistake was 17. 0-0-0, when he
should have played 17. d5 with an equal position. After this I
played e5 and had a clear advantage (18. dxe5 Nxc5-EvdS). I didn't
see a concrete win, but I felt I was clearly better and my pieces
somehow found good squares."
Korchnoi-Topalov saw an unusual opening explode into tactical
action. Topalov wins many of his games with extremely fine calculation.
Eric Van der Schilden gives 25... Bd4 as being optimistic but it
may have been to provoke Korchnoi into complex action. He says:
"Korchnoi let a bomb explode with 26. Nxh7 and 29. Rxg7+.
Nevertheless black found the best defence (26... Bxg1? 27. Rxg1; 28...
Ng7? 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Qh6 Rf7 31. Bg6+
Kg8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qxh4+ etc.; 29... Nxg7? 30. Nh7+ etc.)
and saved his king, returning a piece."
Korchnoi blundered with 35. Rxe6 and at the end was losing his Queen.
The other games were drawn without undue excitement.
ROUND 2
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The result of the day and the story of the day involved the same
game. The games started at their normal time but there is no
Vladimir Kramnik.
"Call to the player's hotel: "No, Mr. Kramnik has changed to a
different hotel. We don't know where." Finally at 14.50 Kramnik
comes in sweating and puffing from a run to make it before
15.00 (and to avoid a forfeit)." according to EvdS.
Kramnik bashed out 15 moves of theory and Karpov also allowed
simplification. But this is often where Karpov hopes to win
games. He has an extremely precise understanding of simplified
positions. Gradually he gained the initiative and at the first
time control was winning. Kramnik the pre-tournament favourite
starts with 0/2 and will have to pull himself together.
Topalov-Polgar was a hard fight. Judit Polgar has one win and
a lot of losses in recent weeks against Topalov. My feeling is
that she is starting to find the level. It is extremely hard
to play in these Category 18-19 tournaments and even great
experience in Category 16 and 17 tournaments is no help. Polgar
is starting to look at home and took on Topalov in a theoretical
dual. According to EvdS they "followed the game Adams-Gelfand from 1994.
Judit's 19... e4 seems an improvement over Gelfand's 19... Bg4, because
after 20. Qe1 Qc8 21. Qa5 Adams had a clear advantage.
The inaccurate 24. Qe2 brought Topalov in serious problems. As he
pointed out after the game he should have played 24. Qc3 to play either
Qe5,or Qa5-c7. After the exchange of queens, white should have the
better chances."
However neither player saw a win.
The rest of the games were drawn with some interesting chess.
ROUND 3
Kramnik-Ehlvest saw Ehlvest tempt a long forcing sequence
after Rc8. Kramnik judged or new the consequences better and
won a fine game.
Gelfand-Karpov saw a theoretical discussion of Anand-Adams, Wijk aan Zee
1996 (1-0, 45). After Karpov's 12... a6 left a complex position. But
after the exchange of Queens only Gelfand was pressing. He showed
fine technique against Karpov here to win.
EvDS reports that
"The game Polgar-Leko was a strategically very interesting one.
Judit's 14. a4 is e new idea. Surely black can regain the pawn with 16...
Bxf2+, but white keeps the initiative despite the following exchanges. One
gets the impression the double rook ending which resulted after move 32 is a
win for white already. If that's true the opening line should be really good
for white. At move 34, Leko tried to get some initiative with a temporary
pawn sacrifice. When he finally managed to restore the material balance,
queening the c-pawn turned out to be a small technical problem for Judit."
The other two games were drawn.
Some nice reports appear every day on the TASC www page on this event.
(Eric van der Schilden for TASC)
Round 1 (1996.08.09)
Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter 1/2 59
Polgar, Judit - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 22
Karpov, Anatoly - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 53
Korchnoi, Viktor - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 37
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 35
Round 2 (1996.08.10)
Shirov, Alexei - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 53
Topalov, Veselin - Polgar, Judit 1/2 41
Ehlvest, Jaan - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 35
Karpov, Anatoly - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 59
Leko, Peter - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 24
Round 3 (1996.08.11)
Gelfand, Boris - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 69
Polgar, Judit - Leko, Peter 1-0 53
Jussupow, Artur - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 23
Korchnoi, Viktor - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 22
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ehlvest, Jaan 1-0 29
Vienna AUT (AUT), VIII 1996. cat. XVIII (2690)
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1 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2665 * . = . . 1 . . . = 2.0 2821
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2665 . * . = . . = . . 1 2.0 2806
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2685 = . * . . . . = 1 . 2.0 2813
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2750 . = . * . . = 1 . . 2.0 2780
5 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2660 . . . . * = 1 . 0 . 1.5 2735
6 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2775 0 . . . = * . . 1 . 1.5 2696
7 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2665 . = . = 0 . * . . . 1.0 2566
8 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 . . = 0 . . . * . = 1.0 2563
9 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2765 . . 0 . 1 0 . . * . 1.0 2581
10 Leko, Peter g HUN 2630 = 0 . . . . . = . * 1.0 2530
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http://www.xpoint.at/schach/open.htm
The gamescores are produced by TASC.
The open event is also very strong. The leaders after two rounds
are
Ranking after 2nd round
Rank Player Title Rat. country points Buch. SoBerg
1. Komarov,Dimitri GM 2595E UKR 2 1 1
2. Psakhis,Lev GM 2590E ISR 2 1 1
3. Hertneck,Gerald GM 2565E GER 2 1 1
4. Almasi,Zoltan GM 2655E HUN 1.5 2.5 1.75
5. Bareev,Evgeny GM 2655E RUS 1.5 2.5 1.75
6. Khalifman,Alexande GM 2640E RUS 1.5 2.5 1.75
7. Dautov,Rustem GM 2615E GER 1.5 2.5 1.75
8. Beim,Valery GM 2570E ISR 1.5 2.5 1.75
9. Horvath,Jozsef GM 2515E HUN 1.5 2.5 1.75
10. Lugovoi,Aleksei IM 2500E RUS 1.5 2.5 1.75
11. Blatny,Pavel GM 2490E CZE 1.5 2.5 1.75
12. Seul,Georg IM 2445E GER 1.5 2.5 1.75
13. Polak,Tomas IM 2445E CZE 1.5 2.5 1.75
92 players
3) Lost Boys Interactive Chess Tournament
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Lost Boys interactive have been covering the event themselves on
their www site at;
http://www.lostcity.nl/CHESS/DEFAULT.HTM
I have converted the games from the Lost Boys Interactive
site. I'm not totally sure whether they are all complete.
FINAL RESULTS
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1 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2580 7.0 /9 2711
2 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 7.0 /9 2710
3 Ye Rongguang g CHN 2490 7.0 /9 2666
5 Miezis, Normunds m LAT 2530 6.5 /9 2629
4 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2670 6.5 /9 2645
6 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2525 6.5 /9 2559
7 Oll, Lembit g EST 2620 6.5 /9 2614
8 Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2585 6.5 /9 2576
9 Suba, Mihai g ROM 2520 6.5 /9 2610
10 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2510 6.5 /9 2617
11 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2605 6.5 /9 2545
12 Lobron, Eric g GER 2585 6.5 /9 2481
13 Blees, Albert m NED 2415 6.5 /9 2514
14 Polaczek, Richard m BEL 2420 6.0 /9 2476
21 Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2540 6.0 /9 2523
15 Wells, Peter K g ENG 2475 6.0 /9 2502
22 Van Mil, Johannes A. J m NED 2405 5.0 /8 2388
13 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2475 6.0 /9 2410
120 players.
4) ARNOLD J. EIKREM MEMORIAL 1996, 3-11/8-96
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Rune Djurhuus reports on this Gausdal Memorial event on his www page;
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~runed/arnold96.html
The 3rd tournament in the Visa Nordic Grand Prix 1996/97 is dedicated
to the memory of Mr Arnold J. Eikrem who died February the 11th 1996.
Eikrem has organized international tournaments at Gausdal
Heifjellshotell since 1970.
First place was shared by in form Tiger Hillarp_Persson and Margeir
Petursson.
FINAL Scores:
Seed Ti Name Score Prize
2. GM Petursson, Margeir ISL 2570 B+35 W+19 B=10 W+09 B=14 W+15 B=08 W+04 W=13 7.0 1
20. Hillarp_Persson, Tiger SWE 2400 B+53 W+03 B-07 W+51 B-15 W+43 B+11 W+12 B+04 7.0 2
3. GM Hjartarson, Johann ISL 2565 W+36 B-20 W+33 B+24 W+16 B-09 W+17 B+18 W=10 6.5 7
8. GM Djurhuus, Rune NOR 2505 B+41 W+27 B+51 W+07 B-04 W+14 W=02 B=13 B=09 6.5 3
9. GM Olafsson, Helgi ISL 2500 W+42 B+26 W+30 B-02 W+18 W+03 B=04 B=06 W=08 6.5 5
10. GM Har-Zvi, Ronen ISR 2495 B+43 W+29 W=02 B-04 B=23 W+28 W+19 B+16 B=03 6.5 4
13. IM Thorhallsson, Throstur ISL 2480 W+46 B=32 W+50 B+06 W+05 W=04 B=12 W=08 B=02 6.5 6
14. GM Gretarsson, Helgi A ISL 2465 B+47 W+33 B=05 W+01 W=02 B-08 W=21 W+50 B+17 6.5 8
1. GM Agdestein, Simen NOR 2600 W+34 B=16 W+32 B-14 W-22 B+33 W+30 B+21 W=06 6.0 11
6. GM Gausel, Einar NOR 2520 B+39 W=25 B+23 W-13 B=19 W+27 B+15 W=09 B=01 6.0 9
11. GM Rausis, Igors LAT 2495 W+44 B-30 W+35 B=25 W+32 B=21 W-20 B+28 W+18 6.0 12
19. GM Westerinen, Heikki FIN 2430 W+52 B-02 W+40 B+30 W=06 W=07 B-10 B+42 W+12 6.0 10
4. GM Stefansson, Hannes ISL 2560 B+37 W+21 B=12 W+10 W+08 B=13 W=09 B-02 W-20 5.5 13
5. GM Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN 2530 W+38 B+22 W=14 W+12 B-13 B=17 W-16 W=23 B+32 5.5 14
7. GM Tisdall, Jonathan NOR 2515 W+40 B+24 W+20 B-08 W=17 B=19 W-18 B+25 W=16 5.5 15
16. IM Ostenstad, Berge NOR 2465 B+49 W=01 B=25 W+27 B-03 W+23 B+05 W-10 B=07 5.5 16
22. IM Wallace, John P AUS 2365 B+55 W-05 B=43 W+56 B+01 W-12 B-32 W+31 B+50 5.5 19
29. Gabrielsen, Stig NOR 2225 W+62 B-10 W+53 W-17 B+51 B-18 W+44 W+15 B=23 5.5 18
51. Gundersen, Helge NOR (2099) W+18 B+56 W-08 B-20 W-29 B+34 W=26 B+24 W+21 5.5 17
12. GM Jansa, Vlastimil CZE 2490 B+45 W+31 W=04 B-05 W+50 B+22 W=13 B-20 B-19 5.0 20
15. GM Ivanov, Mikhail M RUS 2465 W+48 B-50 W+37 B+26 W+20 B-02 W-06 B-29 W+38 5.0 22
17. IM Bator, Robert SWE 2445 W-50 B+48 W+38 B+29 B=07 W=05 B-03 W+32 W-14 5.0 23
18. IM Ogaard, Leif NOR 2435 B-51 W+61 B+41 W+31 B-09 W+29 B+07 W-03 B-11 5.0 21
23. Fossan, Erik NOR 2360 W=56 B+28 W-06 B+44 W=10 B-16 W+38 B=05 W=29 5.0 24
42. Christenson, Flemming NOR 2145 B-09 W+59 B-21 W+57 B=31 W=25 B+27 W-19 W+28 5.0 26
43. Trygstad, Kristian NOR 2145 W-10 B+62 W=22 B=28 W+26 B-20 B-25 W+63 W+30 5.0 25
66 players
5) Timman vs Sokolov match for the Dutch Championships
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The playoff for the Dutch Championships will be held in Amsterdam
11th-15th November 1996. The winner of the match will win the
Dutch title and f15,000.
Information on the Timman - Sokolov match, which is needed because both players
ended on the 1st place in the Dutch championship.
6) Corrections from previous issues
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Martin Pribyl corrects some of his games from the Schaan Open.
I wonder about the accuracy of the Schaan file in TWIC84 as
some of the games are way off.
Several people have pointed out the obvious error in the gamescore
in the Portisch-Karpov game from the Biel SKA tournament.
7) Fifth AKN open weekend tournament Haarlem, 1996
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Eric Van der Schilden reports:
The fifth AKN weekend tournament has ended in a victory for
FM Karel van der Weide. He shares first place (and Hfl 4000,-)
with Ivan Farago, but gets the title of AKN-winner based on
his higher TPR.
The AKN tournament is probably Holland's highest-profile weekend
tournament. This is due to the organizers' policy of inviting
attractive and strong players. This year 9 GM' and 2 WGM's gave
attendance, amongst who Jaan Ehlvest.
Club "Vereeniging" served as a perfect venue for a tournament
conducted in good and friendly atmosphere by over 140 participants.
A selection of games in PGN-format can be found at:
http://www.tasc.nl/akn/
An (almost) complete version is expected there later.
Final ranking after 6 rounds.
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 15 Weide,Karel van der 5.5 23.0 20.50 20.5 2373 2653 +1.54
4 Farago,Ivan 5.5 23.0 21.25 19.5 2525 2615 +0.34
3. 1 Ehlvest,Jaan 5.0 25.0 19.75 19.5 2668 2579 -0.40
2 Lalic,Bogdan 5.0 25.0 20.00 19.5 2575 2592 +0.14
6 Rausis,Igors 5.0 23.5 18.75 18.5 2490 2503 +0.08
7 Ye,Rong Guang 5.0 22.5 17.00 18.0 2475 2453 -0.10
9 Szekely,Peter 5.0 22.0 18.50 17.5 2435 2417 -0.10
8. 5 Bagirov,Vladimir 4.5 22.5 16.00 17.0 2515 2396 -0.66
10 Riemersma,Liafbern 4.5 23.5 16.75 15.0 2423 2346 -0.35
11 Blees,Albert 4.5 23.5 16.25 16.5 2419 2323 -0.54
13 Horvath,Tamas 4.5 21.0 14.75 16.5 2410 2261 -0.78
14 Doel,Erik van den 4.5 23.0 15.25 17.5 2385 2358 -0.18
16 Kroeze,Frank 4.5 22.0 14.75 17.0 2368 2250 -0.66
17 Pliester,Leon 4.5 22.5 15.25 16.5 2367 2401 +0.24
18 Bertholdee,Rob 4.5 21.5 15.50 16.0 2321 2232 -0.40
26 Hartoch,Rob 4.5 23.0 16.75 16.0 2275 2379 +0.60
27 Kohler,Aran 4.5 25.5 17.50 18.0 2257 2452 +1.50
28 Bezemer,Arno 4.5 21.5 14.75 15.5 2252 2354 +0.55
19. 8 Nijboer,Friso 4.0 23.5 13.50 17.0 2472 2361 -0.80
20 Lalic,Susan 4.0 23.0 14.50 16.0 2305 2270 -0.26
21 Bjarnason,Saevar 4.0 21.0 12.00 14.0 2305 2161 -0.98
22 Strating,Sybolt 4.0 19.5 11.25 14.5 2301 2292 -0.05
25 Jonkman,Harmen 4.0 23.0 12.50 15.0 2294 2237 -0.44
34 Konings,Leon 4.0 21.0 12.50 15.0 2181 2203 +0.16
40 Klashorst,Fred van der 4.0 21.0 11.50 14.0 2128 2167 +0.28
48 Stuifbergen,Jan 4.0 20.0 11.50 12.5 2059 2024 -0.20
50 Doggers,Peter 4.0 22.0 13.50 14.0 2039 2305 +2.14
58 Wit,William de 4.0 20.5 11.75 14.0 2006 2183 +1.42
69 Boer,Sanne de 4.0 19.0 10.50 15.0 1943 2209 +1.75
72 Wempe,Joost 4.0 15.0 8.00 12.0 1931 2049 +0.94
142 players
8) German Youth Championships by Wolfgang Harr
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The German Youth championships were played in Pinneberg.
There were 7 age classes:
U20 ( means not older than 20 years) boys Qualification round ( the
final will be played later in Halle - Germany.
U20 girls ( also Qualification rounds )
U17 boys and girls together
U15 boys
U15 girls
U13 boys and girls together
U11 boys and girls together
I worked at the bulletin. Our goal was to type all games in a
ChessBase file. That should be 1506 games! Only a few are incomplete.
With this mail you should get all tables and the games of U20 boys and
U17 boys/girls ( which are the most interessting tournaments by player
strength) zipped and uuencoded. You can used it for your next TWIC
issue. Or you can set a link to my homepage:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Wolfgang_Haar
where you can find all tables and all games ( round about 500 game
scores ) except of U13 and U11 ( they will follow later ). If you want
all 1506 games, send me an email to 100271.3657@compuserve.com.
9) US Open by Michael Atkins
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U.S. Open Blitz
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What a tournament! It was capped by an all Arlington Chess Club match on board
one in the final round. Alexandr Reprintsev (2557 scored a tough 2-0 against
Fred Garcia (2295) to win the tournament with a 12.5 - 1.5 score, a full
point and a half ahead of the field. GM Michael Rohde (2564) and Vladislov
Fedorov (1531)tied for 2-3 with 11-3 scores. One of the youngest, if not THE
youngest master in the country, Vinay Bhat (2204) was top Master with a 10.5.
Reprintsev certainly showed that his domination of ACC blitz events is no
fluke. In his games against the other 2500 players, he scored 2-0 vs. GM
Rhode and split two games with Fedorov.
Eighty four players participated in this event.
US Open
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Round 7 starts Sunday, as the traditional and early sections merge. The
busy-person section also merges with set scores est. by rating. The 8-day
continues and the 5-day starts on Monday.
After 6 rounds, GM Alex Yermolinsky is clear first with the only 6-0 score.
He is the defending US Open Champ and the current World Open & U.S. Champion.
In fact, if he wins this, in a matter of about 6 weeks, he would have won the
World Open, the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Open. I doubt that has been
done before.
There were two players with 5.5 points. IM Larry Kaufman will most likely have
white vs. Yermo in round seven. The other player with 5.5 is certainly one
of the stories of the tournament. With a 1948 rating, Johnson Chua has beaten
4 masters in a row to have the tournament of his life. he will probably play
Reprintsev, who is the top 5.0 after losing a tough sixth round game to
Larry Kaufman. We'll see if Johnson's dream continues or hits head first into
a Ukranian wall named Reprintsev.
10) Randomization for Fischerrandom Chess by Michael Skovgaard
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Michael Skovgaard has updated his randomization
method to make it somewhat easier to perform.
It is available at:
http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~ib/rfrc.html
11) Kfar-Saba Open by Shay Bushinsky
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The annual Kfar-Saba open with 7 GMs and an usually strong field
- total of 42 players 5 rounds NORMAL time control.
Shay's computer Junior started amazingly well:
Round 1: GM Yona Hosashvilli 0-1 Junior
Round 2: GM Junior 1-0 IM Dan Zoler
Round 3: Junior 1/2-1/2 GM Yehuda Gruenfeld
but just when everyone was cursing "the monster"
Round 4: GM Alon Greenfeld 1-0 Junior
Round 5: Junior 0-1 GM Ronen Lev
Never the less the games were very good. Last game is
really nice with excellent skills by Lev.
I will convert them from Junior's log to PGN and send
them to you. All in all a 2520 performance under normal
time control is an achievement for us.
The tournament was surprisingly won by
Maxim Uritsky (who has no title!) with 5/5
in the last two rounds Uritsky beat GMs Rechlis and Gruenfeld
Uritsky was followed by:
GMs Alterman, Tseitlin and IM Zoler with 4/5
with 3.5:
Gruenfeld, Greenfeld, Kosashvilli Kanstler Bichovsky Lev and more