THE WEEK IN CHESS 78 14/04/96 Mark Crowther --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Introduction 2) 5th Amber Tournament 3) 11th AEGON Computer vs Humans 4) Junior vs Judit Polgar 5) New York Open and New York Blitz 6) Danish Championships end in two way tie. 7) 1996 Doeberl Cup in Canberra 8) IM FABIAN FIORITO WINS THE MAR DEL PLATA OPEN 9) Madrid 10) Yugoslav Women's Championships 11) VIENNA CHESS FESTIVAL GAMES SECTION ------------- Melody Amber Tournament Monaco 24 games Judit Polgar vs Junior Man Machine Match 4 games Aegon Exhibition Games 6 games New York Open Correction 1 game New York Open Games 20 games Doeberl Cup in Canberra Australia 65 games Yugoslav Championships Podgorica 8 games Belgrade Yugometal 8 games Danish Championships rounds 8-9 10 games EXTRA SECTION TWIC78EX.PGN Danish Championships Kandidatklassen 98 games Mar del Plata Open 186 games TWIC78AE.PGN AEGON Man Machine Challenge 150 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 My thanks to TASC, Shay Bushinksy, Gabriel Sanchez, Sam Sloan and Vadim Kaminsky Per Rasmussen (Under Uret), Sean Press, Juan S. Morgado and Roberto Alvarez, Sinisa Joksic and Karlheinz Zoechling. (I hope thats everyone the deadine approaches very quickly!) I'm very pushed for time but here is yet another exciting issue and there are numerous examples of how the www and the internet are revolutionising chess coverage. I revamped my www page so if you are interested at the sheer variety available please check it out. (see below for the address) Anyhow how you enjoy this rich issue and I hope that you enjoy it (even if it is a little ragged round the edges) Mark 2) 5th Amber Tournament ----------------------- The Association Max Euwe and their President Joop Van Oosterom have organised this event named after Joop's daughter. The format is as it has been in recent years that of two games a day against the same opponent. One game is rapidplay the other rapidplay with the players playing blindfold chess. The event will run April 12-24th. Time rates: Rapidplay 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. Blindfold 25 minutes + 20 seconds per move. The 5th Melody Amber Tournament is covered by TASC on the internet at: http://www.tasc.nl/amber5/index.html (Last year I typed in all the games from faxes, not a great deal of fun!) Rapidplay competition after 2 rounds ------------------------------------ Round 1 (1996.04.12) Lautier, Joel - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 63 Shirov, Alexei - Polgar, Judit 1-0 44 Kamsky, Gata - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 65 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 48 Nikolic, Predrag - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 56 Xie Jun - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 70 Round 2 (1996.04.13) Kramnik, Vladimir - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 57 Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 38 Lautier, Joel - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 31 Piket, Jeroen - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 50 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 25 Polgar, Judit - Xie Jun 1-0 29 Monte Carlo (MON), IV 1996. cat. XVII (2673) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2775 * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 2.0 2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2725 . * = . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2900 3 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2770 . = * . . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2923 4 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 . . . * . . = . . . 1 . 1.5 2883 5 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2570 . . . . * = . . . 1 . . 1.5 2838 6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 . . . . = * . 1 . . . . 1.5 2815 7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2735 . . . = . . * . = . . . 1.0 2682 8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2675 . . . . . 0 . * . . . 1 1.0 2610 9 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2735 . . 0 . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2559 10 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2600 0 . . . 0 . . . . * . . 0.0 11 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2645 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0 12 Xie Jun g CHN 2530 0 . . . . . . 0 . . . * 0.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Blindfold competition after 2 rounds ------------------------------------ Round 1 (1996.04.12) Anand, Viswanathan - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 53 Kramnik, Vladimir - Xie Jun 1-0 44 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Lautier, Joel 1/2 44 Karpov, Anatoly - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 54 Piket, Jeroen - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 47 Polgar, Judit - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 35 Round 2 (1996.04.13) Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 52 Shirov, Alexei - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 40 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 34 Nikolic, Predrag - Lautier, Joel 1/2 112 Kamsky, Gata - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 45 Xie Jun - Polgar, Judit 0-1 17 Monte Carlo (MON), IV 1996. cat. XVII (2673) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2725 * . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . 2.0 2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2775 . * . . . . . . 1 . . 1 2.0 3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2735 . . * . . = . . . . 1 . 1.5 2875 4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 . . . * . . = 1 . . . . 1.5 2815 5 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2770 0 . . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0 2730 6 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 . . = . . * . . . = . . 1.0 2690 7 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2570 . . . = . . * . = . . . 1.0 2645 8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2675 . . . 0 . . . * . . . 1 1.0 2610 9 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2600 . 0 . . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2479 10 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2645 0 . . . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2484 11 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2735 . . 0 . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0 12 Xie Jun g CHN 2530 . 0 . . . . . 0 . . . * 0.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Combined Standings ------------------ Monte Carlo (MON), IV 1996. cat. XVII (2673) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2775 ** .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 .. 11 4.0 2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2725 .. ** .. .. =1 .. .. .. .. .. 11 .. 3.5 3043 3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 .. .. ** .. .. .. == 11 .. .. .. .. 3.0 2815 4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2735 .. .. .. ** .. == .. .. =1 .. .. .. 2.5 2777 5 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2770 .. =0 .. .. ** .. .. .. 11 .. .. .. 2.5 2825 6 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 .. .. .. == .. ** .. .. .. .. 1= .. 2.5 2785 7 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2570 .. .. == .. .. .. ** .. .. 1= .. .. 2.5 2740 8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2675 .. .. 00 .. .. .. .. ** .. .. .. 11 2.0 2610 9 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2735 .. .. .. =0 00 .. .. .. ** .. .. .. 0.5 2430 10 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2600 00 .. .. .. .. .. 0= .. .. ** .. .. 0.5 2350 11 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2645 .. 00 .. .. .. 0= .. .. .. .. ** .. 0.5 2355 12 Xie Jun g CHN 2530 00 .. .. .. .. .. .. 00 .. .. .. ** 0.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) 11th AEGON Computer vs Humans ----------------------------- AEGON one of the World's top ten profitable listed insurance companies has become well known for this event a rigorous test of chess computers. The format is that of 50 players of a variety of strengths being pitted against 50 Computers over 6 rounds. The event is being covered on the internet on AEGON's own site and there are three live games a day aswell as all the games being available later on in the day. http://www.aegon.nl/chess The event had a promotion on the first day where Karpov, Piket and Timman took on some computers. The results were: ROUND 1 Piket, Jeroen - THE KING 1-0 83 Karpov, Anatoly - FRITZ 1-0 62 Timman, Jan H - MCHESS PRO 1/2 85 ROUND 2 THE KING - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 67 FRITZ - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 68 MCHESS PRO - Timman, Jan H 1/2 74 TASC are providing the electronic expertese for the demo boards and www site. According to the www page "The tournament will be held on Wednesday 10, Thursday 11, Friday 12, Monday 15, Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 April 1996. Each round starts at 7.00 pm. The playing hall is the hall of AEGON headquarters, Mariahoeveplein 50, The Hague, Netherlands. Dutch chess master Herman Grooten will provide a commentary on each round, using analyses produced by 'The King' computer program. He will be assisted by Dutch computer expert Theo van der Storm, who is a member of the governing body of the Dutch Computer Chess Association." The standings after 3 from the 6 rounds are: The Hague (NED), IV 1996. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2490 + 99 + 33 + 51 3.0 2 Hartoch, Robert G m NED 2295 + 97 + 34 + 31 3.0 3 QUEST ---- + 28 + 93 + 20 3.0 4 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2630 + 72 + 47 + 50 3.0 5 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2625 + 19 + 30 + 38 3.0 6 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2535 + 92 + 35 + 49 3.0 7 CHESSICA ---- + 89 + 53 = 12 2.5 2620 8 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2580 + 57 = 18 + 48 2.5 9 DREI HIRN ---- + 80 + 54 = 10 2.5 2445 10 De Boer, Gert-Jan m NED 2445 + 64 + 29 = 9 2.5 11 FRITZ ---- + 24 = 55 + 52 2.5 12 Hoeksema, Erik m NED 2405 + 68 + 36 = 7 2.5 13 NIMZO ---- + 96 = 61 + 43 2.5 2574 14 NOW ---- + 84 = 26 + 41 2.5 2638 15 REBEL AEGON ---- + 66 + 63 = 16 2.5 2625 16 Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2615 + 21 + 67 = 15 2.5 17 WCHESS ---- = 40 + 78 + 42 2.5 18 ZARKOV ---- + 94 = 8 + 61 2.5 2730 19 ARTHUR ---- - 5 + 94 + 91 2.0 20 Bronstein, David I g RUS 2455 + 71 + 56 - 3 2.0 21 CENTAUR ---- - 16 +100 + 88 2.0 22 DARK THOUGHT ---- = 85 = 40 + 69 2.0 23 HITECH ---- + 98 = 41 = 26 2.0 2445 24 Hoving,Mi ---- - 11 + 82 + 67 2.0 25 KALLISTO ---- + 73 = 52 = 27 2.0 2235 26 Kosashvili, Yona g ISR 2580 + 44 = 14 = 23 2.0 27 Legemaat, Gert NED 2235 = 58 + 45 = 25 2.0 28 Loewenthal, Gunther NED ---- - 3 + 99 + 71 2.0 29 MCHESS PRO ---- + 75 - 10 + 73 2.0 30 MEPHISTO BERLIN PRO ---- +100 - 5 + 86 2.0 31 REBEL 7 ---- + 69 + 79 - 2 2.0 32 SAITEK BRUTE FORCE ---- - 60 + 66 + 79 2.0 33 SCHACH 3.0 ---- + 62 - 1 + 81 2.0 34 SHREDDER ---- + 76 - 2 + 75 2.0 35 TASC R30 ---- + 86 - 6 + 65 2.0 36 THE KING ---- + 81 - 12 + 76 2.0 37 TURNING POINT ---- - 41 + 74 + 80 2.0 2362 38 VIRTUAL CHESS ---- + 87 + 60 - 5 2.0 2412 39 ANT ---- - 79 + 77 = 55 1.5 40 Arnoldus,He ---- = 17 = 22 = 44 1.5 41 Bierenbroodspot, Paul f NED 2310 + 37 = 23 - 14 1.5 42 Blokhuis, Jeroen NED ---- = 83 + 58 - 17 1.5 43 Boersma, Paulus A m NED 2355 + 82 = 51 - 13 1.5 44 CAPTURE ---- - 26 + 96 = 40 1.5 2317 45 CHEIRON ---- = 88 - 27 + 89 1.5 46 CHESS SYSTEM TAL ---- = 93 = 91 = 60 1.5 2305 47 COMET ---- + 74 - 4 = 53 1.5 2498 48 DIOGENES ---- = 55 + 88 - 8 1.5 49 FRENCHESS ---- = 78 + 85 - 6 1.5 50 HIARCS ---- = 54 + 84 - 4 1.5 51 ISICHESS ---- + 77 = 43 - 1 1.5 2428 52 Kuyf,Ni ---- + 95 = 25 - 11 1.5 53 Ligterink, Gert m NED 2450 + 90 - 7 = 47 1.5 54 Lindner,JJ ---- = 50 - 9 + 90 1.5 55 Ludden,GJ ---- = 48 = 11 = 39 1.5 56 MEPHISTO GENIUS ---- + 91 - 20 = 62 1.5 57 MIRAGE ---- - 8 = 86 + 85 1.5 58 NIGHTMARE D ---- = 27 - 42 + 87 1.5 2235 59 NIGHTMARE N ---- - 61 = 87 + 93 1.5 2452 60 Perez Garcia, Hebert NED 2200 + 32 - 38 = 46 1.5 61 Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2495 + 59 = 13 - 18 1.5 62 Steinwender,Di ---- - 33 + 83 = 56 1.5 63 Van der Wal, Jannes f NED 2250 = 70 - 15 + 83 1.5 64 BREAK THROUGH II ---- - 10 - 69 + 98 1.0 65 Bakker,Pi ---- - 67 + 92 - 35 1.0 66 Bouwman,CV ---- - 15 - 32 + 95 1.0 67 DIEP ---- + 65 - 16 - 24 1.0 68 DOCTOR X ---- - 12 - 75 + 96 1.0 2230 69 De Waard,J ---- - 31 + 64 - 22 1.0 70 GENIUS ---- = 63 - 73 = 78 1.0 2250 71 GOLDBAR ---- - 20 + 98 - 28 1.0 72 HECTOR ---- - 4 - 76 +100 1.0 73 Jongsma,L ---- - 25 + 70 - 29 1.0 74 Loeffler, Stefan m GER 2415 - 47 - 37 + 99 1.0 75 Maliangkay, Henny NED ---- - 29 + 68 - 34 1.0 76 Munninghoff,Al ---- - 34 + 72 - 36 1.0 77 Ree, Hans g NED 2440 - 51 - 39 + 97 1.0 78 Van Wermeskerken,P ---- = 49 - 17 = 70 1.0 79 Van den Berg, Ad NED ---- + 39 - 31 - 32 1.0 80 Voorn,Ma ---- - 9 + 97 - 37 1.0 81 Wolthuis,Wi ---- - 36 + 95 - 33 1.0 82 BIONIC ---- - 43 - 24 = 84 0.5 83 DRAGON ---- = 42 - 62 - 63 0.5 84 De Kleynen,H ---- - 14 - 50 = 82 0.5 85 Feist,Ma ---- = 22 - 49 - 57 0.5 86 Geertsema,Pi ---- - 35 = 57 - 30 0.5 87 Goudart,Ri ---- - 38 = 59 - 58 0.5 88 Hoogendoorn, Fre NED ---- = 45 - 48 - 21 0.5 89 Kieboom, Bert NED ---- - 7 = 90 - 45 0.5 90 NOVAG DIAMOND ---- - 53 = 89 - 54 0.5 91 Oranje,Ri ---- - 56 = 46 - 19 0.5 92 PANDIX ---- - 6 - 65 = 94 0.5 93 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2410 = 46 - 3 - 59 0.5 94 Vromans,Ni ---- - 18 - 19 = 92 0.5 95 ANANSE ---- - 52 - 81 - 66 0.0 96 Hajenius, Willem BEL 2055 - 13 - 44 - 68 0.0 97 IMPAKT ---- - 2 - 80 - 77 0.0 98 Prins,H ---- - 23 - 71 - 64 0.0 99 SCHAAKMEESTER X ---- - 1 - 28 - 74 0.0 100 Van der Giessen,A ---- - 30 - 21 - 72 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Junior vs Judit Polgar ---------------------- Man Machine challenges are almost becoming the norm on the internet. To launch the Polgar's www page Judit Polgar took on Shay Bushinsky's Junior program in a series of 6 rapid transit games. Hopefully Shay will be able to report in more detail next week on this event. http://live.xco.hu/index.html Judit won the event 4-2. Budapest (HUN), IV 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 ------------------------------------------------------------- Polgar, Judit g HUN 2675 1 = 0 1 1 = 4.0 Junior ---- 0 = 1 0 0 = 2.0 2550 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5) New York Open and New York Blitz -------------------------------- My thanks to Gabriel Sanchez, Sam Sloan and Vadim Kaminsky for their help in covering these events. Loek Van Wely scores one of his best results. 1996 New York Open 4/4/96 - 4/8/96 OPEN SECTION PRIZE WINNERS PLACE Winner Score Winnings 1st Place: Van Wely, Loek 7.5-1.5 $10,000.00 2nd - 6th: Ehlvest, Jaan 7-2 $ 1,990.00 2nd - 6th: Adams, Michael 7-2 $ 1,990.00 2nd - 6th: Chernin, Alexander 7-2 $ 1,990.00 2nd - 6th: Yermolinsky, Alex 7-2 $ 1,990.00 2nd - 6th: Dzindzichashvili, Roman 7-2 $ 1,990.00 7th Place: Hjartarson, Johann 6.5-2.5 $ 320.00 8th Place: Stefansson, Hannes 6.5-2.5 $ 320.00 9th Place: Serper, Grigory 6.5-2.5 $ 320.00 10th Place: Kudrin, Sergey 6.5-2.5 $ 320.00 Ivanov, Alexander 6.5-2.5 $ 320.00 (Under 2400 Prizes) 1st U2400: Lugo, Blas 7-2 $ 2,000.00 2-5 U2400: Gamboa, Nelson 6-3 $ 562.50 2-5 U2400: Vucic, Mladen 6-3 $ 562.50 2-5 U2400: Cunningham, Robin 6-3 $ 562.50 2-5 U2400: Belakovskaya, Anjelina 6-3 $ 562.50 The Blitz event also was a scrap between Michael Adams and Van Wely ending in a tie. New York City BLITZ Championship!- 4/8 Standings Name rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 rd 6 rd 7 TOT 1 GM Van Wely, Loek........2679 $ 50 $ 4 & 10 $ 35 & 3 D 2 $ 14 11.5 2 GM Adams, Michael........2610 $ 38 $ 24 W 3 W 14 $ 30 & 1 $ 10 11.5 3 GM Ehlvest, Jan..........2694 $ 17 $ 7 W 2 $ 18 D 1 $ 6 W 4 10.5 4 GM Serper, Gregory.......2556 $ 39 L 1 $ 43 $ 37 $ 8 & 14 W 3 10.5 5 Braylovsky, Gregor.......2274 $ 51 D 6 $ 11 L 30 & 39 $ 19 & 21 9.5 6 GM Garcia, Gildardo......2566 $ 29 & 5 W 14 W 12 & 35 L 3 $ 18 9 7 Kreiman, Boris...........2563 $ 44 L 3 W 9 W 22 $ 43 $ 12 W 8 9 8 GM Blatny, Pavel.........2553 $ 32 W 18 W 37 $ 21 L 4 $ 15 W 7 9 9 Cooke, Eric N............2227 & 48 W 20 W 7 W 25 W 22 & 36 $ 31 9 10 GM Fedorowicz, John P....2596 $ 13 $ 36 D 1 W 20 W 12 $ 25 L 2 8.5 11 Lapshun, Yurij...........2456 & 34 W 12 L 5 $ 33 $ 17 W 18 W 20 8.5 12 IM Bonin, Jay R..........2419 & 41 W 11 $ 19 W 6 W 10 L 7 $ 37 8.5 13 Barsky, Sam..............2138 L 10 W 47 $ 42 L 23 $ 46 & 39 $ 32 8.5 54 played 6) Danish Championships end in two way tie. --------------------------------------- Per Rasmussen sends games from the Danish Championships in Randers Denmark. He is from Under Uret (the Danish Chess-BBS) and has a www page which is however only in Danish: http://dk-online.dk/users/Per_Rasmussen Danielsen and PH Nielsen will play a match for the title. In the Kandidats event Thomas Ochsner secured a place in next years main tournament. Randers (DEN), III-IV 1996. cat. IX (2461) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Danielsen, Henrik m DEN 2485 * 0 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2583 2 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2495 1 * = = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2582 3 Schandorff, Lars m DEN 2485 0 = * 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 5.5 2538 4 Hansen, Lars Bo g DEN 2565 = = 0 * 1 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2492 5 Hansen, Sune Berg m DEN 2495 = = = 0 * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2500 6 Hoi, Carsten m DEN 2435 0 = 0 1 = * 1 = 1 = 5.0 2506 7 Kristiansen, Jens m DEN 2440 = 0 = = = 0 * 1 = = 4.0 2420 8 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2430 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 * = 1 4.0 2421 9 Borge, Nikolaj m DEN 2455 = = 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 3.5 2381 10 Andreasen, Per DEN 2325 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1.0 2125 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Randers (DEN), III-IV 1996. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Ochsner, Thomas DEN 2300 =18 +24 =21 + 9 + 3 + 7 + 2 6.0 2601 2 Holmsgaard, Henrik DEN 2290 =24 =18 +17 +12 +11 + 3 - 1 5.0 2427 3 Nielsen, Uffe V f DEN 2380 +16 +12 + 7 +11 - 1 - 2 + 6 5.0 2433 4 Bank Friis, Carsten DEN 2255 +23 + 8 =11 - 7 - 6 +13 +12 4.5 2357 5 Brondum, Eric DEN 2270 =20 =17 =18 =16 +10 +14 = 7 4.5 2395 6 Pedersen, Daniel Vesterbaek DEN 2250 +26 -11 = 8 +13 + 4 +21 - 3 4.5 2379 7 Pedersen, Finn DEN 2275 +25 +10 - 3 + 4 +21 - 1 = 5 4.5 2393 8 Rewitz, Poul DEN 2305 +19 - 4 = 6 =18 =13 +23 +21 4.5 2349 9 Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek DEN 2290 =28 +27 =15 - 1 +23 =12 =11 4.0 2351 10 Pilgaard, Kim DEN 2325 +13 - 7 -12 +17 - 5 +22 +19 4.0 2297 11 Thuesen, Mogens DEN 2230 +14 + 6 = 4 - 3 - 2 +16 = 9 4.0 2352 12 Hansen, Lars DEN 2250 +22 - 3 +10 - 2 +15 = 9 - 4 3.5 2249 13 Hojberg, Erling DEN 2190 -10 +25 +14 - 6 = 8 - 4 +23 3.5 2280 14 Jacobsen, Bo DEN 2315 -11 +26 -13 +28 +22 - 5 =16 3.5 2213 15 Lauritsen,Niels ---- =27 +28 = 9 -21 -12 =18 +24 3.5 2223 16 Pedersen, Jan DEN 2335 - 3 +22 =28 = 5 +18 -11 =14 3.5 2284 17 Johansen, Morten DEN 2195 =21 = 5 - 2 -10 +26 =24 =18 3.0 2235 18 Ligaard, Morten DEN 2210 = 1 = 2 = 5 = 8 -16 =15 =17 3.0 2225 19 Matthiesen, Arne DEN 2255 - 8 =23 =26 -22 +28 +20 -10 3.0 2194 20 Olesen, Martin m DEN 2400 = 5 -21 -23 +27 =24 -19 +25 3.0 2231 21 Rasmussen, Peter DEN 2285 =17 +20 = 1 +15 - 7 - 6 - 8 3.0 2162 22 Hartvig, Ove Weiss f DEN 2300 -12 -16 +25 +19 -14 -10 =26 2.5 2183 23 Hoiberg, Nina wm DEN 2290 - 4 =19 +20 +24 - 9 - 8 -13 2.5 2185 24 Sobjerg, Erik DEN 2320 = 2 - 1 +27 -23 =20 =17 -15 2.5 2243 25 Abildlund, Jens DEN 2225 - 7 -13 -22 -26 +27 +28 -20 2.0 2024 26 Christensen, Thomas DEN 2295 - 6 -14 =19 +25 -17 -27 =22 2.0 2108 27 Jorgensen, Michael DEN 2325 =15 - 9 -24 -20 -25 +26 =28 2.0 2066 28 Larsen,Tom ---- = 9 -15 =16 -14 -19 -25 =27 1.5 2097 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) 1996 Doeberl Cup in Canberra ---------------------------- My thanks to Sean Press for the results of this event. Darryl Johansen secured first place in this annual event. Ian Rogers couldn't quite find the form on his return to Australia that he usually does in this event. Sean's www page is: http://cs.anu.edu.au/~Shaun.Press/belconnen.html 7 Round Swiss - 3 Sections 1996 DOEBERL CUP - Open 1st GM Darryl Johansen 6 2nd FM Dimitri Gedevani 5.5 3rd= GM Ian Rogers 5 FM Leonid Sandler 5th= IM Mikhail Gluzman 4.5 Michael Kontorovich IM Alex Wohl Michael Ginat IM Terrey Shaw Daniel Dwyer FM Leo Mueller (Namibia) Matthew Drummond U/2150 Michael Ginat 4.5 Daniel Dwyer Junior Sam Low 3.5 Full table - 01 GM Darryl Johansen (Vic) 2434 +15 =13 +23 +18 +5 +6 =2 6 02 FM Dmitri Gedevani (NSW) 2381 +27 =18 +13 =6 +9 +3 =1 5½ 03 GM Ian Rogers (NSW) 2660 +14 =23 =6 +26 +7 -2 +13 5 04 FM Leonid Sandler (Vic) 2258 +22 +37 -5 =8 +24 =7 +16 5 05 IM Mikhail Gluzman (Vic) 2369 +24 +8 +4 =7 -1 =13 =6 4½ 06 Michael Kontorovich (Vic) 2197 +25 +28 =3 =2 +14 -1 =5 4½ 07 IM Alex Wohl (Qld) 2310 +10 +20 +19 =5 -3 =4 =8 4½ 08 Michael Ginat (NSW) 2081 +36 -5 +25 =4 +19 =11 =7 4½ 09 IM Terrey Shaw (NSW) 2177 =30 +32 =12 +15 -2 =14 +18 4½ 10 Daniel Dwyer (WA) 1839 -7 +11 +34 -13 +23 =12 +f26 4½ 11 FM Leo Mueller (Namibia) 2225 -20 -10 +33 +28 +15 =8 +17 4½ 12 Matthew Drummond (NSW) 2155 =32 +35 =9 -24 +27 =10 +14 4½ 13 FM Chris De Pasquale (Vic) 2175 +29 =1 -2 +10 +18 =5 -3 4 14 FM Eddy Levi (Vic) 2056 -3 +33 +30 +19 -6 +9 -12 4 15 Phil Viner (NSW) 1988 -1 +29 +37 -9 -11 +28 +23 4 16 FM Max Fuller (NSW) 2138 -37 +22 -18 +32 +31 +24 -4 4 17 Aron Rubinsztein (NSW) 1717 -18 -24 +B +25 +26 +21 -11 4 18 Andrew Allen (Qld) 2108 +17 =2 +16 -1 -13 +20 -9 3½ 19 John Curtis (NSW) 2223 +33 +34 -7 -14 -8 =25 +24 3½ 20 Adrian Flitney (SA) 1824 +11 -7 -26 =37 +35 -18 +29 3½ 21 Ralph Seberry (NSW) 2137 -28 -25 =29 +34 +37 -17 +30 3½ 22 Sam Low (Vic) 1839 -4 -16 -31 =29 +0 +37 +34 3½ 23 Tim Reilly (ACT) 2175 +31 =3 -1 =27 -10 +33 -15 3 24 Brett Tindall (NSW) 1860 -5 +17 +36 +12 -4 -16 -19 3 25 Alex Safarian (NSW) 1803 -6 +21 -8 -17 +36 =19 =27 3 26 Ry Curtis (NSW) 2088 =35 =30 +20 -3 -17 +31 -f10 3 27 Tristan Reeves (ACT) 1934 -2 +31 =28 =23 -12 =30 =25 3 28 Rory O'Brien (ACT) 1736 +21 -6 =27 -11 =30 -15 =33 2½ 29 Matthew Chambers (NSW) 1792 -13 -15 =21 =22 =34 +35 -20 2½ 30 Ian Rout (ACT) 1802 =9 =26 -14 =35 =28 =27 -21 2½ 31 Neil Wright (NSW) 1792 -23 -27 +22 +36 -16 -26 =32 2½ 32 Fritz van der Wal (NSW) 1769 =12 -9 =35 -16 -33 +B =31 2½ 33 Pertti Sirkka (NSW) 1810 -19 -14 -11 +B +32 -23 =28 2½ 34 Ned Pavkovic (ACT) 1523 +B -19 -10 -21 =29 +36 -22 2½ 35 Simon Ayling (ACT) 1580 =26 -12 =32 =30 -20 -29 +B 2½ 36 Vlade Stojkovski (NSW) 1547 -8 +B -24 -31 -25 -34 +37 2 37 J Lee (NSW) 1762 +16 -4 -15 =20 -21 -22 -36 1½ ============================================================================= Doeberl Cup 1996 - MAJOR (Under 2000) 5.5: H Muljadi, I Ilic, D Cordover, I Wright, 5: K Telfer, B Marshall, E Khoze, S Piscopo, Q Reitmans, G Winter, 4.5: G Saw, A Au, P Gmizic, M Chow, 4: G Korda, A Truscott, A Chek, M Grcic, V Tulevski, K Holt, R Lopis, L Fell, K Stead, 3.5: C Zworestine, J Harp, J Chow, S Helmsley, B Lee, P Hyland, G Ramakrishna, S Roberts, S Teh, C Wright, A DeNoskowski, 3: B Butler, O Bergamanis, I Hosking, M Ninchich, B Neumann, I Wilson, 2.5: R Hills, M Needleman, H Doel, L Berry, C Rogers, R Gastineau-Hills, O Hellmann, T Switzer, R McCart, E Lee, 2: J Alvarez, R Kite, N Szuveges, 1.5: I Ogada-Osir, 1: L Soto 0: K Robertson Prizewinners = 1st/2nd/3rd/ U1800 H Muljadi, I Ilic, D Cordover, I Wright ($625 each) = U1700/Best Local K Telfer, B Marshall ($175 each) Best Junior E Khoze ($100) U16 years G Saw (Computer Prize) =============================================================================== =============================================================================== Doeberl Cup 1996 - MINOR (Under 1600) 6: J Redgrave, M Lip 5.5: M Pandelas, M Tracey, R Carballo, 5: A Hartstein, C Lane, O Oks, P Tan, J Marks, 4.5: S Dibley, R Harvey, N Kordahi, J Papadinis, A Wesley, G Luck, 4: I Dickson, G Lithgow, M Murrell, P Brennan, D Blackman, R Brockman, D Bisson, G Deacon, B Laugery, 3.5: D Ferris, J Escribano, P Murphy, A Rizzardini, G Lamberts, D Barker, D M Hamilton, D Clark, 3: G Ransom, S Armstrong, D Lopis, R Saw, S Quick, A Holloway, K Galli, R Colquhoun, M Wilkie, W Hieser, E Tkac, G Stankovic, 2.5: M Jovanovic, C Skulte, T Shepherd, D Laugery, M Hummell, C Tran, P Connell, P Dunn, E Jochimson, J Engelander, 2: P Jovanovic, C Lip, 1.5: C Switzer, L Forace, A Lamb, C Windsor-Murray 1: C Bilanenko Prizewinners: = 1st/2nd J Redgrave, M Lip ($500 each) = 3rd M Pandelas, M Tracey, R Carballo, U1500 ???? U1350 G Lithgow ($200) Best Local A Hartstein, J Marks ($50 each) Best Unrated D Ferris ($100) U14 years M Lip (Computer Prize) Best ACT Junior (not already a prizewinner) S Armstrong (Book Prize) 8) IM FABIAN FIORITO WINS THE MAR DEL PLATA OPEN --------------------------------------------- [Juan S. Morgado/R.Alvarez] The XXVII Mar del Plata open was held in 'Hotel Por la Justicia Social', of the 'Sindicato de Luz y Fuerza', between march 30th and april 7th [9 rounds, swiss system, 1,5 hour 40 moves + 1 hour finish]. Mar del Plata is one of the Argentine cities of most chess tradition, and year to year a lot of chess players meet here to play chess, to go to the beach [when the weather allows it...], to go to the Casino, or simply to walk over the beautiful streets for shopping. Prices were U$S 8.000, with U$S 1.500 to the winner. Arbiter was IA Gustavo Bacino. Economic situation in Argentina is not very good now, so the quantity of players decreased [Maximum of players: around 300 in 1992] to 160, but nevertheless a very strong field of players took part: 3 Grandmasters, 16 International Masters and many FIDE rated players. Three players fighted for first place since the first round: GM Alonso Zapata (Colombia), GM Gilberto Milos (Brasil) and IM Fabian Fiorito (Argentina). Near them were IM Andres Rodriguez (Uruguay), IM Giovanni Vescovi (Brasil), Alejandro Hoffman (Argentina), IM Sergio Slipak (Argentina), and IM Rodrigo Vazquez (Chile). Finally IM Fiorito and GM Zapata tied for first place scoring 7,5/9 ( unbeaten), followed by GM Milos, IM Rodriguez, IM Vescovi, IM Hoffman and GM Panno, with 7,0/9. Fiorito took first place after the Buccholz tie- break. INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE OF THE LEADERS: FIORITO: + Milier, Olivares, Dorin, Rosito, Tempone, R.Vazquez = Zapata, Milos, Slipak ZAPATA: + Moro L., Pacheco, Piscicelli, Schuster, R.Vazquez, Tempone = Slipak, Fiorito, Milos MILOS: + J.Suarez, Bibiloni, Mar.Leskovar, Hoffman, Pereyra A. = Vescovi, Fiorito, Szmetan, Zapata RODRIGUEZ: + Coria, Perez P., Ginzburg, De Dovitiis, Rosito, Slipak = Banos, Loiterstein - Vescovi VESCOVI: + Campagnoni, De Dovitiis, Paz, A.Rodriguez, Pierrot, Toth = Milos, Szmetan - Slipak HOFFMAN: + A.Fernandez, S.Hernandez, Iglesias, Daneri, Idigoras, Parnenzini, Leitao - Milos, Bonaveri PANNO: + Bordoni, Parnenzini, Iglesias, van Riemsdijk, Bonaveri, Szmetan = Banos, Churin - Rosito MAIN POSITIONS 1. F.Fiorito ARG IM 2455 7,5 51,00 2. A.Zapata COL GM 2505 7,5 49,00 3. G.Milos BRA GM 2560 7,0 52,50 4. A.Rodriguez URU IM 2575 7,0 49,00 5. G.Vescovi BRA IM 2475 7,0 48,50 6. A.Hoffman ARG IM 2410 7,0 44,50 7. O.Panno ARG GM 2485 7,0 43,50 8. S.Slipak ARG IM 2535 6,5 53,00 9. R.Vazquez CHI IM 2530 6,5 48,00 10.M.Leskovar ARG IM 2400 6,5 45,50 11.J.Rubinetti ARG IM 2430 6,5 45,00 12.M.Ginzburg ARG IM 2405 6,5 45,00 13.D.Pereyra A. ARG 2430 6,5 45,00 14.M.Dorin ARG 2270 6,5 43,50 15.E.Scarella ARG FM 2330 6,5 41,50 16.J.Rosito ARG FM 2395 6,0 49,00 17.M.Tempone ARG IM 2460 6,0 48,00 18.R.Leitao BRA IM 2445 6,0 47,50 19.C.Amura ARG IM 2360 6,0 46,50 20.J.Szmetan ARG IM 2405 6,0 45,50 21.J.Iglesias ARG 2270 6,0 45,00 22.E.Vasta ARG FM 2400 6,0 44,00 23.P.Toloza CHI IM 2390 6,0 43,50 24.A.Idigoras ARG 6,0 42,50 25.C.Toth BRA 2380 6,0 41,00 26.M.LoitersteinARG 2265 6,0 40,50 27.A.DeDovitiis ARG FM 2315 6,0 40,00 28.C.Perez P. ARG 2250 6,0 37,50 29.G.Kanefsck ARG FM 2295 6,0 37,00 30.A.Guerrero ARG 6,0 36,00 31.F.Pierrot ARG FM 2400 5,5 48,00 32.L.Churin ARG 2310 5,5 44,00 33.D.Piscicelli ARG FM 2325 5,5 44,00 34.M.Martin ARG 5,5 42,50 35.M.Panelo ARG 2220 5,5 42,00 36.A.Forestani ARG 2110 5,5 41,50 37.A.Bianchi ARG 2225 5,5 41,50 38.S.Mellano ARG FM 2270 5,5 41,50 39.I.Nogueira BRA 2245 5,5 41,00 40.L.Herrero ARG 5,5 39,50 41.A.Mosconi ARG 2215 5,5 39,00 42.G.Celestino ARG 2240 5,5 37,50 43.E.Gieco ARG 5,5 37,00 44.A.Bonaveri ARG 2290 5,0 48,00 45.H.v.Riemsdijk BRA 2405 5,0 47,50 46.O.Banos ARG 2370 5,0 47,50 47.C.Schuster ARG FM 2290 5,0 47,00 48.D.Olivares ARG 2215 5,0 44,00 49.F.Fontanella ARG 5,0 42,50 50.P.Parnenzini ARG 5,0 42,50 51.D.Pacheco ARG 5,0 42,50 52.Mat.Leskovar ARG 5,0 41,50 53.O.Mondaca ARG 2190 5,0 41,00 54.J.Palmisano ARG 5,0 40,50 55.G.Celasco ARG 5,0 40,00 56.V.Palermo ARG FM 5,0 39,50 57.S.Hernandez ARG 2050 5,0 39,50 58.R.Cristobal ARG FM 2250 5,0 39,00 59.J.D.FernandezARG 2195 5,0 39,00 60.L.Alfaro ARG 5,0 38,00 61.A.Corsi F. ARG 5,0 38,00 62.M.Crosa ARG 5,0 38,00 63.R.Moro L. ARG 5,0 38,00 64.H.Balduzzi ARG 5,0 37,00 65.R.Perez W. ARG 5,0 37,00 66.E.Rodriguez ARG 5,0 36,00 67.I.Gomez ARG 5,0 34,00 68.D.Milano ARG 5,0 26,50 69.W.Bernardo ARG 4,5 46,50 70.J.Paz ARG 2290 4,5 42,50 71.J.Bibiloni ARG 2245 4,5 42,50 72.R.Farah ARG 2170 4,5 42,00 73.C.Monzon ARG 2170 4,5 40,50 74.F.Benko ARG 2170 4,5 39,50 75.J.J.Sady BRA 2080 4,5 39,50 76.J.Neme ARG 2080 4,5 39,50 77.N.Bordoni ARG 4,5 39,50 78.J.Gamboa ARG 2170 4,5 39,50 79.M.Daneri ARG 2190 4,5 39,00 80.R.Chuliver ARG 4,5 39,00 81.A.Coria ARG 4,5 37,50 82.E.Recoulat ARG 2220 4,5 37,50 83.J.Abalo ARG 4,5 37,00 84.M.de Haro BRA 2250 4,5 36,00 85.R.Claverie ARG 4,5 35,50 86.G.Ortigala ARG 4,5 34,50 87.J.Rodriguez ARG 4,5 34,50 88.M.Anghileri ARG 4,5 34,00 89.L.Vidal ARG 4,5 33,00 90.J.Zaruski ARG 4,5 32,00 91.L.Milier ARG 4,5 31,50 93.P.Lucchetti ARG 4,5 31,00 94.V.Pina ARG 4,5 30,50 9) Madrid ----------- J Portela tells us about the Madrid Tournament: From 8th to 18th of May, 1996 (Rest on 12th and 16th May) 1-Topalov 2-Gelfand 3-Shirov 4-Salov 5-Azmaiparashvili 6-Adams 7-Korchnoi 8-Illescas 9-Morozevich 10-San Segundo XVII Category ELO Mean: 2652 There is live coverage on the internet planned. 10) Yugoslav Women's Championships ------------------------------ My thanks to Sinisa Joksic for the games from the Yugometal and Yugoslav Championships in the games sections. He also sends me this result for the Yugoslav Women's Championships. g Bojkovic 11 (from 13) m Maksimovic 8.5 m Nikolin 8 Lazic 8 Jovanovic 8 m Petrovic 7.5 f Kostic 7 Bokan 6 Mrdjenovic 5.5 Stankovic 5.5 m Zivkovic 5 f Markov V. 4.5 Stoisavljevic 4.5 Bosnic 2 11) VIENNA CHESS FESTIVAL --------------------- khzoech@xpoint.at (Karlheinz Zoechling) reports: Between 9th and 17th of August 1996 there will be a big chess festival in Vienna, Austria. Featuring 9 different opens and a cat 18 GM tournament (Karpov, Kramnik, Topalov, Gelfand, Shirov, J. Polgar, Ehlvest, Yussupov, Korchnoi, Leko) this will be a very big event. The organizers asked me to make a webpage to announce the issue. This page is now online on http://www.xpoint.at/schach/open.htm