THE WEEK IN CHESS 209 - 9th November 1998 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Tilburg, Fontys Tournament
3) US Championships 1998
4) Zone 1.1 Andorra
5) 7th Monarch Assurance International Open
6) German Chess Championships
7) Zonal 1.5 Panormo, Crete
8) Icelandic Championships
9) 3rd Thursday September/October
10) First Saturday November
11) 2nd Bourbon-Lancy (FRA) International Open
12) Panam Championship in Venezuela
13) World Youth Championships
14) Loures Young Masters
15) VII "ANDRES CLEMENTE VAZQUEZ" Memorial
16) Najdorf Chess Festival
17) WCC Ratings
18) Upcoming Events

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Games section

Tilburg, Fontys Tournament          12 games
US Championships 1998              101 games
Zone 1.1 Andorra                    60 games
7th Monarch Assurance               46 games
German Chess Championships          72 games
Zonal 1.5 Panormo, Crete            70 games
Icelandic Championships             66 games
3rd Thursday September              45 games
3rd Thursday October                45 games
2nd Bourbon-Lancy Open              84 games
Panam Championship in Venezuela     45 games
Loures Young Masters                36 games
VII "ANDRES CLEMENTE VAZQUEZ" Mem   91 games
Najdorf Chess Festival              20 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Lost Boys, Rubén Casafús, Adrián Roldán, Hellas Chess Club, Net64, Paul van Linde, John Henderson, Colorado Chess Academy, Jürgen Daniel, Gunnar Björnsson of the Hellir Chess Club, Zoltan Blazsik, Laszlo Nagy, Jean-Christophe Basaille, Richard Bérubé the director general of the Fédération québécoise des échecs, Luis Santos, Raul Ocampo and Hector Elissalt, Gerhard Hund, and all those who helped with this issue.

Anand won yet another tournament to become without doubt the dominant player this year. Kasparov had a quiet and disappointing year, his final event promises to be a blitz match against Kramnik. Elsewhere there are many zonals and qualifiers for Las Vegas. However a date has not been set and Karpov may get his own way with it being held as late as November/December next year. No announcement has yet been made.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) Tilburg, Fontys Tournament

The Tilburg Fontys tournament ran 23rd October - 4th November, Anand, Kramnik, Adams, Svidler, Topalov, Leko, Sadler, Zvjaginsev, Van Wely, Korchnoi, Lautier and Piket played. Viswanathan Anand (on 7.5 points) won the event by half a point from Peter Leko. This has been a tremendous year for Anand, after losing to Karpov in Lausanne he has won all the events he has played taking, Linares, Wijk aan Zee, Madrid, Frankfurt and Tilburg. He played a terrific event. He only played beyond four hours in one game and was only in serious trouble in one, against Matthew Sadler where 29. ...Rcc4 would have put him in trouble (Sadler played 29. ...Be5 in time trouble). Peter Leko was also undefeated and only half a point behind. The highlight for him was surely his win as black against Vladimir Kramnik. Matthew Sadler was the last undefeated player in the event. This was by far the strongest event he has played and it could have been even better if he had beaten Anand. He shared 3rd place with Vadim Zvjaginsev whose star continues to rise and Vladimir Kramnik who didn't seem to get going until near the end of the event in which he lost against the top two players in games which will have been a disappointment to him.

Official coverage at:
http://www.fontyschess.nl/

Round 10 (1998.11.03)

Anand, Viswanathan  -  Sadler, Matthew     1/2   33  B90  Sicilian; Najdorf
Leko, Peter         -  Adams, Michael      1-0   40  C99  Ruy Lopez
Kramnik, Vladimir   -  Zvjaginsev, Vadim   1-0   41  D35  Queen's gambit
Piket, Jeroen       -  Korchnoi, Viktor    1/2   27  D40  QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Topalov, Veselin    -  Van Wely, Loek      1/2   77  A20  English; 1.c4 e5
Lautier, Joel       -  Svidler, Peter      1-0   34  D85  Gruenfeld indian

Round 11 (1998.11.04)

Sadler, Matthew     -  Kramnik, Vladimir   1/2   19  D56  QGD;
Zvjaginsev, Vadim   -  Piket, Jeroen       1-0   26  A17  English; 1.c4
Adams, Michael      -  Lautier, Joel       1/2   23  B47  Sicilian
Svidler, Peter      -  Anand, Viswanathan  1/2   17  B12  Caro-Kann
Van Wely, Loek      -  Leko, Peter         1/2   28  D85  Gruenfeld indian
Korchnoi, Viktor    -  Topalov, Veselin    1/2   43  E34  Nimzo indian


Tilburg NED (NED), X-XI 1998                        cat. XVIII (2680)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Anand, Viswanathan  g IND 2795  * = = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1  7.5  2803
 2 Leko, Peter         g HUN 2665  = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 = =  7.0  2783
 3 Sadler, Matthew     g ENG 2660  = = * = = = 1 = = = = =  6.0  2718
 4 Zvjaginsev, Vadim   g RUS 2650  = = = * 0 1 = = = = 1 =  6.0  2719
 5 Kramnik, Vladimir   g RUS 2780  0 0 = 1 * = = = = = 1 1  6.0  2707
 6 Piket, Jeroen       g NED 2605  = = = 0 = * = 0 1 = 1 =  5.5  2687
 7 Adams, Michael      g ENG 2715  0 0 0 = = = * 1 = 1 = 1  5.5  2677
 8 Svidler, Peter      g RUS 2710  = = = = = 1 0 * 1 0 0 =  5.0  2641
 9 Van Wely, Loek      g NED 2635  = = = = = 0 = 0 * = = 1  5.0  2648
10 Topalov, Veselin    g BUL 2700  = 0 = = = = 0 1 = * 0 =  4.5  2613
11 Lautier, Joel       g FRA 2625  0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 * =  4.5  2620
12 Korchnoi, Viktor    g SUI 2625  0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 = = *  3.5  2552
---------------------------------------------------------------------

3) US Championships 1998

The 1998 U.S. Interplay Championship (prize fund $100,000) started in Denver, Colorado Saturday, October 31st. It runs until Wednesday, November 18th. All the top US players are taking part. The Men's event consists of two 8 player all play all events which will produce two qualifiers each for a later knockout phase. After the round robin stage in group A Nick DeFirmian and Dmitry Gurevich progressed to the knockout stage and Seirawan, Dzindzichashvili, and Kudrin played off for third place seeing Kudrin qualified for Las Vegas eliminating Seirawan, possibly one of the US's best prospects.

There was a four way tie in group B and Gulko, Benjamin, Fedorowicz and Shaked played off seeing first Benjamin qualify after a round robin involving the players, then Shaked beating Gulko to take the other place. The semi-finals see Benjamin against Gurevich and DeFirmian against Shaked. Details of the playoff when the become available. 14 year old Irina Krush won the 1998 Interplay US Women's Championship. I don't have the games complete for the events so far, hopefully for next week I will.

Other internet coverage: http://www.uschess.org/news/uschamp98/
http://www.cca-chess.org/

US Championships Group A

Round 1 (1998.10.31)

DeFirmian, Nick E        -  Shabalov, Alexander      1-0   56  B32  Sicilian
Dzindzichashvili, Roman  -  Ivanov, Igor V           1/2   15  C14  French; Classical
Seirawan, Yasser         -  Gurevich, Dmitry         1/2   14  D20  QGA;
Christiansen, Larry M    -  Kudrin, Sergey           1/2   74  D89  Gruenfeld indian

Round 2 (1998.11.01)

Gurevich, Dmitry         -  Dzindzichashvili, Roman  1/2   27  E11  Bogo indian
Kudrin, Sergey           -  Seirawan, Yasser         1-0   34  B17  Caro-Kann
Ivanov, Igor V           -  DeFirmian, Nick E        1/2   19  A37  English; 1.c4 c5
Shabalov, Alexander      -  Christiansen, Larry M    1-0   31  D63  QGD;

Round 3 (1998.11.02)

DeFirmian, Nick E        -  Gurevich, Dmitry         1-0   40  B88  Sicilian
Dzindzichashvili, Roman  -  Kudrin, Sergey           1/2   35  D70  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Seirawan, Yasser         -  Christiansen, Larry M    1-0   61  E15  Nimzo indian
Ivanov, Igor V           -  Shabalov, Alexander      1-0   39  E61  Kings indian

Round 4 (1998.11.03)

Gurevich, Dmitry         -  Ivanov, Igor V           1-0   62  E14  Nimzo indian
Kudrin, Sergey           -  DeFirmian, Nick E        0-1   52  B23  Sicilian; Closed
Christiansen, Larry M    -  Dzindzichashvili, Roman  1/2   30  E44  Nimzo indian
Shabalov, Alexander      -  Seirawan, Yasser         1/2   65  E18  Nimzo indian

Round 5 (1998.11.04)

DeFirmian, Nick E        -  Christiansen, Larry M    1/2   11  B09  Pirc; Austrian
Gurevich, Dmitry         -  Shabalov, Alexander      1-0   42  E63  Kings indian
Dzindzichashvili, Roman  -  Seirawan, Yasser         1/2   17  E12  Nimzo indian
Ivanov, Igor V           -  Kudrin, Sergey           0-1   35  D71  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6

Round 6 (1998.11.05)

Kudrin, Sergey           -  Gurevich, Dmitry         1/2   13  B08  Pirc; Classical
Seirawan, Yasser         -  DeFirmian, Nick E        1/2   41  D32  Queen's gambit
Christiansen, Larry M    -  Ivanov, Igor V           1-0    0
Shabalov, Alexander      -  Dzindzichashvili, Roman  0-1    0

Round 7 (1998.11.06)

DeFirmian, Nick E        -  Dzindzichashvili, Roman  1/2   15  C99  Ruy Lopez
Gurevich, Dmitry         -  Christiansen, Larry M    1-0  108  D33  Queen's gambit
Kudrin, Sergey           -  Shabalov, Alexander      1/2   25  B30  Sicilian
Ivanov, Igor V           -  Seirawan, Yasser         0-1   50  A04  Reti (1.Nf3)


Denver USA (USA), X-XI 1998                      cat. XIII (2573)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1 DeFirmian, Nick E        g USA 2605  * 1 = 1 = = = 1  5.0  2726
2 Gurevich, Dmitry         g USA 2505  0 * = = = 1 1 1  4.5  2684
3 Dzindzichashvili, Roman  g USA 2545  = = * = = = = 1  4.0  2627
4 Kudrin, Sergey           g USA 2540  0 = = * 1 = 1 =  4.0  2627
5 Seirawan, Yasser         g USA 2630  = = = 0 * 1 1 =  4.0  2615
6 Christiansen, Larry M    g USA 2610  = 0 = = 0 * 1 0  2.5  2465
7 Ivanov, Igor V           m USA 2505  = 0 = 0 0 0 * 1  2.0  2424
8 Shabalov, Alexander      g USA 2645  0 0 0 = = 1 0 *  2.0  2404
-----------------------------------------------------------------

US Championships Group B

Round 1 (1998.10.31)

Benjamin, Joel       -  Sokolin, Leonid M    1/2   18  C24  1.e4 e5
Fedorowicz, John P   -  Gulko, Boris F       1/2   22  B30  Sicilian
Shaked, Tal          -  Browne, Walter S     1-0   36  A27  English; 1.c4 e5
Yermolinsky, Alex    -  Kaidanov, Gregory S  1/2   38  D26  QGA;

Round 2 (1998.11.01)

Gulko, Boris F       -  Shaked, Tal          1/2   18  A37  English; 1.c4 c5
Kaidanov, Gregory S  -  Benjamin, Joel       1-0   58  A08  Reti (1.Nf3)
Sokolin, Leonid M    -  Fedorowicz, John P   1/2   31  B50  Sicilian
Browne, Walter S     -  Yermolinsky, Alex    0-1   60  D85  Gruenfeld indian

Round 3 (1998.11.02)

Fedorowicz, John P   -  Benjamin, Joel       1/2   10  A21  English; 1.c4 e5
Shaked, Tal          -  Sokolin, Leonid M    1/2   25  A35  English; 1.c4 c5
Yermolinsky, Alex    -  Gulko, Boris F       1/2   19  B65  Sicilian
Browne, Walter S     -  Kaidanov, Gregory S  1-0   40  D20  QGA;

Round 4 (1998.11.03)

Benjamin, Joel       -  Shaked, Tal          1-0   26  B30  Sicilian
Gulko, Boris F       -  Browne, Walter S     1-0   20  D32  Queen's gambit
Kaidanov, Gregory S  -  Fedorowicz, John P   0-1   50  E73  Kings indian
Sokolin, Leonid M    -  Yermolinsky, Alex    1/2   15  A45  Queen's pawn

Round 5 (1998.11.04)

Gulko, Boris F       -  Kaidanov, Gregory S  1/2   38  A33  English; 1.c4 c5
Shaked, Tal          -  Fedorowicz, John P   1-0   67  D79  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Yermolinsky, Alex    -  Benjamin, Joel       0-1   72  B08  Pirc; Classical
Browne, Walter S     -  Sokolin, Leonid M    1/2   93  D46  Semi-Slav

Round 6 (1998.11.05)

Benjamin, Joel       -  Browne, Walter S     1/2   48  E12  Nimzo indian
Fedorowicz, John P   -  Yermolinsky, Alex    1-0    0
Kaidanov, Gregory S  -  Shaked, Tal          1/2    0
Sokolin, Leonid M    -  Gulko, Boris F       1/2    0

Round 7 (1998.11.06)

Gulko, Boris F       -  Benjamin, Joel       1/2   12  A21  English; 1.c4 e5
Sokolin, Leonid M    -  Kaidanov, Gregory S  0-1   45  D20  QGA;
Yermolinsky, Alex    -  Shaked, Tal          1/2   54  A60  Modern Benoni
Browne, Walter S     -  Fedorowicz, John P   1/2   18  E97  Kings indian; Main line


Denver USA (USA), X-XI 1998                                  cat. XIII (2561)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Benjamin, Joel       g USA 2595   *   =   =   1   0   =   1   =   4.0  2606
2 Fedorowicz, John P   g USA 2540   =   *   =   0   1   =   1   =   4.0  2614
3 Gulko, Boris F       g USA 2585   =   =   *   =   =   =   =   1   4.0  2607
4 Shaked, Tal          g USA 2490   0   1   =   *   =   =   =   1   4.0  2621
5 Kaidanov, Gregory S  g USA 2625   1   0   =   =   *   1   =   0   3.5  2552
6 Sokolin, Leonid M    m USA 2515   =   =   =   =   0   *   =   =   3.0  2517
7 Yermolinsky, Alex    g USA 2625   0   0   =   =   =   =   *   1   3.0  2502
8 Browne, Walter S     g USA 2515   =   =   0   0   1   =   0   *   2.5  2465
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

US Championships (women)


Round 1 (1998.10.31)

Krush, Irina            -  Burtman, Sharon         1-0   39  A81  Dutch defence
Khan, Anna              -  Frenklakh, Jennie       1-0   40  D45  Semi-Slav
Epstein, Esther         -  Belakovskaia, Anjelina  1-0   40  C26  1.e4 e5
Sagalchik, Olga         -  Shahade, Jennifer       0-1   48  D85  Gruenfeld indian
Zitserman, Tatyana      -  Jezierska, Ivona        0-1   57  E69  Kings indian

Round 2 (1998.11.01)

Shahade, Jennifer       -  Khan, Anna              1-0   39  B30  Sicilian
Burtman, Sharon         -  Zitserman, Tatyana      1-0   52  E09  Nimzo indian
Belakovskaia, Anjelina  -  Sagalchik, Olga         1-0   33  A53  Benoni
Frenklakh, Jennie       -  Krush, Irina            0-1   28  D02  Queen's pawn
Jezierska, Ivona        -  Epstein, Esther         0-1   30  C00  French

Round 3 (1998.11.02)

Krush, Irina            -  Shahade, Jennifer       1-0   23  A16  English; 1.c4
Khan, Anna              -  Sagalchik, Olga         1-0   33  A55  Benoni
Epstein, Esther         -  Burtman, Sharon         1/2   60  B30  Sicilian
Jezierska, Ivona        -  Belakovskaia, Anjelina  0-1   39  B19  Caro-Kann
Zitserman, Tatyana      -  Frenklakh, Jennie       0-1   32  A21  English; 1.c4 e5

Round 4 (1998.11.03)

Shahade, Jennifer       -  Zitserman, Tatyana      1-0   70  B93  Sicilian; Najdorf
Burtman, Sharon         -  Jezierska, Ivona        1-0   63  E81  Kings indian; Saemisch
Belakovskaia, Anjelina  -  Khan, Anna              1-0   43  B32  Sicilian
Frenklakh, Jennie       -  Epstein, Esther         0-1   62  B25  Sicilian; Closed
Sagalchik, Olga         -  Krush, Irina            0-1   47  D27  QGA;

Round 5 (1998.11.04)

Krush, Irina            -  Khan, Anna              1/2   20  A43  Queen's pawn
Burtman, Sharon         -  Belakovskaia, Anjelina  1-0   61  A65  Modern Benoni
Epstein, Esther         -  Shahade, Jennifer       0-1   34  B78  Sicilian; Dragon
Jezierska, Ivona        -  Frenklakh, Jennie       0-1   45  A07  Reti (1.Nf3)
Zitserman, Tatyana      -  Sagalchik, Olga         0-1   30  A21  English; 1.c4 e5

Round 6 (1998.11.05)

Khan, Anna              -  Zitserman, Tatyana      1-0   40  E54  Nimzo indian
Shahade, Jennifer       -  Jezierska, Ivona        1-0   24  B08  Pirc; Classical
Belakovskaia, Anjelina  -  Krush, Irina            0-1   53  B67  Sicilian
Frenklakh, Jennie       -  Burtman, Sharon         1/2   48  A83  Dutch defence
Sagalchik, Olga         -  Epstein, Esther         1/2   10  D23  QGA;

Round 7 (1998.11.06)

Burtman, Sharon         -  Shahade, Jennifer       1-0   39
Epstein, Esther         -  Khan, Anna              0-1    0
Frenklakh, Jennie       -  Belakovskaia, Anjelina  0-1    0
Jezierska, Ivona        -  Sagalchik, Olga         0-1    0
Zitserman, Tatyana      -  Krush, Irina            0-1    0

Round 8 (1998.11.07)

Krush, Irina            -  Epstein, Esther         1-0   38  E31  Nimzo indian
Khan, Anna              -  Jezierska, Ivona        1-0   57  E97  Kings indian; Main line
Shahade, Jennifer       -  Frenklakh, Jennie       0-1   26  B10  Caro-Kann
Belakovskaia, Anjelina  -  Zitserman, Tatyana      1-0   41  B26  Sicilian; Closed
Sagalchik, Olga         -  Burtman, Sharon         1/2   44  A83  Dutch defence

Round 9 (1998.11.08)

Shahade, Jennifer       -  Belakovskaia, Anjelina  1-0    1
Burtman, Sharon         -  Khan, Anna              0-1   30  D45  Semi-Slav
Epstein, Esther         -  Zitserman, Tatyana      1-0    1
Frenklakh, Jennie       -  Sagalchik, Olga         1-0    1
Jezierska, Ivona        -  Krush, Irina            0-1    1


Denver USA (USA), X-XI 1998
---------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Krush, Irina              USA 2275  * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  8.5  2619
 2 Khan, Anna             wm USA 2265  = * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1  6.5  2342
 3 Shahade, Jennifer         USA 2185  0 1 * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1  6.0  2310
 4 Burtman, Sharon        wm USA 2090  0 0 1 * 1 = = = 1 1  5.5  2276
 5 Belakovskaia, Anjelina wg USA 2380  0 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1  5.0  2206
 6 Epstein, Esther        wm USA 2250  0 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 1 1  5.0  2221
 7 Frenklakh, Jennie         USA 2110  0 0 1 = 0 0 * 1 1 1  4.5  2193
 8 Sagalchik, Olga           USA 2140  0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1  3.0  2065
 9 Jezierska, Ivona       wf USA 2100  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1  1.0  1844
10 Zitserman, Tatyana        USA 2060  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *  0.0      
---------------------------------------------------------------------

4) Zone 1.1 Andorra

The Zonal tournament for Western Europe got underway in Andorra on November 6th.

Round 1 (1998.11.06)

Piket, Jeroen                -  De la Riva Aguado, Oscar     1/2   18  A88  Dutch defence
Van Wely, Loek               -  Kosten, Anthony C            1-0   48  E13  Nimzo indian
Bauer, Christian             -  Speelman, Jonathan S         1-0   75  C10  French
Hebden, Mark                 -  San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo  1-0   66  D12  Slav defence
Reinderman, Dimitri          -  Garcia, Raul                 1-0   41  E55  Nimzo indian
Dorfman, Josif D             -  Van den Doel, Erik           1/2   29  D45  Semi-Slav
Gurevich, Mikhail            -  Wells, Peter K               1-0   50  E46  Nimzo indian
Vaisser, Anatoli             -  Galego, Luis                 1-0   64  E50  Nimzo indian
Efimov, Igor                 -  Gallego, Ruben               1-0   60  E68  Kings indian
Bacrot, Etienne              -  Cekro, Ekrem                 1-0   49  D43  Semi-Slav
Claesen, Pieter              -  Van der Sterren, Paul        1/2   47  A28  English; 1.c4 e5
Godena, Michele              -  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel     1/2   40  C06  French; Tarrasch
Quinn, Mark                  -  Magem Badals, Jordi          1/2   27  D24  QGA;
David, Alberto               -  Simonet, Marc                1/2   80  B45  Sicilian
Arlandi, Ennio               -  Emms, John M                 1/2   24  E35  Nimzo indian
Garcia Ilundain, David       -  Miles, Anthony J             0-1   35  D17  Slav defence
Miralles, Gilles             -  Lautier, Joel                1/2   26  B49  Sicilian
Brady, Stephen               -  Comas Fabrego, Luis          0-1   50  C06  French; Tarrasch
Gentilleau, Jean-Philippe    -  DEFAULT                      1-0    0
Dias, Paulo                  -  Nijboer, Friso               1/2   18  D85  Gruenfeld indian

Round 2 (1998.11.07)

Miles, Anthony J             -  Efimov, Igor                 1-0   45  A13  English; 1.c4
Comas Fabrego, Luis          -  Hebden, Mark                 1-0   62  A49  Queen's pawn
Reinderman, Dimitri          -  Gurevich, Mikhail            1-0   42  C11  French; Classical
Nijboer, Friso               -  Quinn, Mark                  1/2   40  B38  Sicilian
Speelman, Jonathan S         -  Dias, Paulo                  1-0   59  D45  Semi-Slav
Bacrot, Etienne              -  Van Wely, Loek               1/2   51  D97  Gruenfeld indian
Emms, John M                 -  Godena, Michele              1/2   35  C78  Ruy Lopez
Emms, John M                 -  Godena, Michele              1/2   35  C78  Ruy Lopez
Lautier, Joel                -  Bauer, Christian             1/2   35  A86  Dutch defence
Magem Badals, Jordi          -  Claesen, Pieter              1/2   25  C10  French
Van der Sterren, Paul        -  Arlandi, Ennio               1-0   58  D58  QGD;
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel     -  Miralles, Gilles             1/2   52  C99  Ruy Lopez
Van den Doel, Erik           -  Piket, Jeroen                0-1  106  C99  Ruy Lopez
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo  -  Brady, Stephen               1/2   39  D25  QGA;
De la Riva Aguado, Oscar     -  David, Alberto               1/2   22  B51  Sicilian
Galego, Luis                 -  Fernando, Diego              1-0   38  A87  Dutch defence
Wells, Peter K               -  Garcia, Raul                 1/2   17  B31  Sicilian
Gentilleau, Jean-Philippe    -  Vaisser, Anatoli             0-1   30  B23  Sicilian; Closed
Simonet, Marc                -  Dorfman, Josif D             0-1   30  E12  Nimzo indian
Kosten, Anthony C            -  Cekro, Ekrem                 0-1   36  B07  Pirc
Gallego, Ruben               -  Garcia Ilundain, David       0-1   36  A05  Reti (1.Nf3)

Round 3 (1998.11.08)

Miles, Anthony J             -  Reinderman, Dimitri          1-0   61  B08  Pirc; Classical
Piket, Jeroen                -  Bacrot, Etienne              1-0   31  A16  English; 1.c4
Hebden, Mark                 -  Galego, Luis                 1-0   23  B08  Pirc; Classical
Dorfman, Josif D             -  Bauer, Christian             1/2   11  A46  Queen's pawn
Gurevich, Mikhail            -  De la Riva Aguado, Oscar     1-0   41  A88  Dutch defence
Vaisser, Anatoli             -  Comas Fabrego, Luis          0-1   47  A46  Queen's pawn
Efimov, Igor                 -  Gentilleau, Jean-Philippe    1-0   34  B06  Modern defence
Claesen, Pieter              -  Emms, John M                 1/2   24  A36  English; 1.c4 c5
Claesen, Pieter              -  Emms, John M                 1/2   24  A36  English; 1.c4 c5
Godena, Michele              -  Magem Badals, Jordi          1/2   20  B18  Caro-Kann
Quinn, Mark                  -  Wells, Peter K               1/2   28  A28  English; 1.c4 e5
David, Alberto               -  Lautier, Joel                1/2   21  B96  Sicilian; Najdorf
Arlandi, Ennio               -  Simonet, Marc                1-0   54  A59  Benko gambit
Garcia Ilundain, David       -  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel     1/2   24  D43  Semi-Slav
Fernando, Diego              -  Gallego, Ruben               1-0   32  B20  Sicilian
Miralles, Gilles             -  Speelman, Jonathan S         0-1   27  B19  Caro-Kann
Brady, Stephen               -  Kosten, Anthony C            1/2   27  B22  Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Cekro, Ekrem                 -  Nijboer, Friso               0-1   42  A16  English; 1.c4
Dias, Paulo                  -  Van den Doel, Erik           0-1   16  E32  Nimzo indian
Garcia, Raul                 -  San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo  0-1   24  D35  Queen's gambit


Escaldes AND (AND), XI 1998
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 1 Miles, Anthony J             g ENG 2590  +27 +13 + 7  3.0 /3      
 2 Comas Fabrego, Luis          m ESP 2540  +31 + 6 +11  3.0 /3      
 3 Piket, Jeroen                g NED 2605  =29 +24 +14  2.5 /3  2788
 4 Van Wely, Loek               g NED 2635  +39 =14 +21  2.5 /3  2821
 5 Bauer, Christian             g FRA 2490  +12 =18 = 8  2.0 /3  2728
 6 Hebden, Mark                 g ENG 2590  +26 - 2 +32  2.0 /3  2610
 7 Reinderman, Dimitri          g NED 2540  +38 + 9 - 1  2.0 /3  2638
 8 Dorfman, Josif D             g FRA 2585  =24 +37 = 5  2.0 /3  2538
 9 Gurevich, Mikhail            g BEL 2610  +33 - 7 +29  2.0 /3  2646
10 Nijboer, Friso               g NED 2525  =36 =20 +34  2.0 /3  2468
11 Vaisser, Anatoli             g FRA 2575  +32 +35 - 2  2.0 /3  2511
12 Speelman, Jonathan S         g ENG 2600  - 5 +36 +30  2.0 /3  2558
13 Efimov, Igor                 g ITA 2530  +41 - 1 +35  2.0 /3  2488
14 Bacrot, Etienne              g FRA 2555  +34 = 4 - 3  1.5 /3  2541
15 Claesen, Pieter              m BEL 2410  =21 =19 =16  1.5 /3  2566
16 Emms, John M                 g ENG 2585  =25 =17 =15  1.5 /3  2453
17 Godena, Michele              g ITA 2510  =22 =16 =19  1.5 /3  2576
18 Lautier, Joel                g FRA 2625  =30 = 5 =23  1.5 /3  2508
19 Magem Badals, Jordi          g ESP 2540  =20 =15 =17  1.5 /3  2423
20 Quinn, Mark                  f IRL 2350  =19 =10 =33  1.5 /3  2526
21 Van der Sterren, Paul        g NED 2575  =15 +25 - 4  1.5 /3  2495
22 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel     g ESP 2605  =17 =30 =27  1.5 /3  2503
23 David, Alberto               g LUX 2520  =37 =29 =18  1.5 /3  2468
24 Van den Doel, Erik           m NED 2480  = 8 - 3 +36  1.5 /3  2495
25 Arlandi, Ennio               m ITA 2440  =16 -21 +37  1.5 /3  2476
26 San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo  g ESP 2490  - 6 =31 +38  1.5 /3  2415
27 Garcia Ilundain, David       g ESP 2485  - 1 +41 =22  1.5 /3  2500
28 Fernando, Diego                POR 2185   .  -32 +41  1.0 /2  2365
29 De la Riva Aguado, Oscar     m ESP 2510  = 3 =23 - 9  1.0 /3  2453
30 Miralles, Gilles             g FRA 2515  =18 =22 -12  1.0 /3  2485
31 Brady, Stephen               f IRL 2315  - 2 =26 =39  1.0 /3  2390
32 Galego, Luis                 m POR 2425  -11 +28 - 6  1.0 /3  2325
33 Wells, Peter K               g ENG 2515  - 9 =38 =20  1.0 /3  2308
34 Cekro, Ekrem                 m BEL 2385  -14 +39 -10  1.0 /3  2406
35 Gentilleau, Jean-Philippe      MNC 2195  +40 -11 -13  1.0 /3      
36 Dias, Paulo                    POR 2295  =10 -12 -24  0.5 /3  2262
37 Simonet, Marc                  AND 2270  =23 - 8 -25  0.5 /3  2242
38 Garcia, Raul                 f AND 2340  - 7 =33 -26  0.5 /3  2242
39 Kosten, Anthony C            g ENG 2515  - 4 -34 =31  0.5 /3  2172
40 DEFAULT                            ----  -35  .   .   0.0 /1      
41 Gallego, Ruben                 AND 2305  -13 -27 -28  0.0 /3      
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Round 4 pairings
  1.-  16 COMAS, LLUIS          ( 3.0)  -    8 MILES, ANTHONY J.     ( 3.0)  
  2.-   5 PIKET, JEROEN         ( 2.5)  -    1 VAN WELY, LOEK        ( 2.5)  
  3.-  11 VAISSER, ANATOLI      ( 2.0)  -    3 GUREVICH, MIKHAIL     ( 2.0)  
  4.-   6 SPEELMAN, JONATHAN S  ( 2.0)  -   17 EFIMOV, IGOR          ( 2.0)  
  5.-  25 BAUER, CHRISTIAN      ( 2.0)  -    7 HEBDEN, MARK          ( 2.0)  
  6.-  18 NIJBOER, FRISO        ( 2.0)  -    9 DORFMANN, JOSEIF H.   ( 2.0)  
  7.-   4 ILLESCAS, MIGUEL      ( 1.5)  -   15 REINDERMAN, DIMITRI   ( 2.0)* 
  8.-   2 LAUTIER, JOEL         ( 1.5)  -   29 ARLANDI, ENNIO        ( 1.5)  
  9.-  10 EMMS, JOHN M.         ( 1.5)  -   33 QUINN, MARK           ( 1.5)  
 10.-  12 VAN DER STERREN, PAUL ( 1.5)  -   23 GODENA, MICHELE       ( 1.5)  
 11.-  26 SAN SEGUNDO, PABLO    ( 1.5)  -   13 BACROT, ETIENNE       ( 1.5)  
 12.-  14 MAGEM, JORDI          ( 1.5)  -   27 GARCIA, DAVID         ( 1.5)  
 13.-  28 VAN DEN DOEL, ERIK    ( 1.5)  -   19 DAVID, ALBERTO        ( 1.5)  
 14.-  24 DE LA RIVA, OSCAR     ( 1.0)  -   31 CLAESEN, PIETER       ( 1.5)* 
 15.-  39 GENTILLEAU, JEAN P.   ( 1.0)  -   21 MIRALLES, GILLES      ( 1.0)  
 16.-  22 WELLS, PETER K.       ( 1.0)  -   40 FERNANDO, DIEGO       ( 1.0)  
 17.-  30 GALEGO, LUIS          ( 1.0)  -   35 BRADY, STEPHEN        ( 1.0)  
 18.-  32 CEKRO, EKREM          ( 1.0)  -   37 DIAS, PAULO           ( 0.5)* 
 19.-  20 KOSTEN, ANTHONY C.    ( 0.5)  -   34 GARCIA, RAUL          ( 0.5)  
 20.-  38 SIMONET, MARC         ( 0.5)  -   36 GALLEGO, RUBEN        ( 0.0)* 

5) 7th Monarch Assurance International Open

The 7th Monarch Assurance Internation Open started on Saturday 7th November. With a prize fund of £10,000 it is the largest open in Britain. Short, Tiviakov, Ehlvest, Baburin and Sutovsky are amongst the top players. My thanks to John Henderson for the games.

Port Erin IOM (IOM), XI 1998
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                                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1 Ward, Christopher         g ENG 2505  +24 +20  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0 /2      
 2 Plaskett, Jim             g ENG 2455  +39 +19  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0 /2      
 3 Sutovsky, Emil            g ISR 2575  +38 +36  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0 /2      
 4 Arkell, Keith C           g ENG 2475  +33 = 8  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5 /2  2608
 5 Daly, Colm                f IRL 2295  +22 =12  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5 /2  2705
 6 Miezis, Normunds          g LAT 2515  +34 =13  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5 /2  2558
 7 Short, Nigel D            g ENG 2670  =11 +28  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5 /2  2448
 8 Tiviakov, Sergei          g RUS 2655  +23 = 4  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5 /2  2635
 9 Fridman, Daniel           m LAT 2515  =17 +29  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5 /2  2250
10 Garnett, John               ENG 2030  +32 =17  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5 /2  2365
11 Cherniaev, Alexander      m RUS 2415  = 7 +48  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5 /2  2585
12 Jansa, Vlastimil          g CZE 2490  +44 = 5  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5 /2  2490
13 Ledger, Andrew            m ENG 2450  +48 = 6  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5 /2  2508
14 Rice, Christopher           ENG 2095  =21 +44  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5 /2  2348
15 Gill, Neville               ENG 2050  +30  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /1      
16 Ormsby,A                        ----   .  +49  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /1      
17 Farndon, David Alexander    ENG 2250  = 9 =10  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2272
18 Baburin, Alexander        g IRL 2590  -20 +35  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2227
19 Ehlvest, Jaan             g EST 2620  +31 - 2  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2410
20 Gullaksen, Eirik T          NOR 2360  +18 - 1  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2547
21 Hanley, Craig               ENG 2010  =14 =38  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2215
22 Rausis, Igors             g LAT 2535  - 5 +27  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2175
23 Shaw, John                f SCO 2410  - 8 +26  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2360
24 Jackson, Adrian             ENG 2225  - 1 +37  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2      
25 Whitehead, Mark             ENG 2050  =37 =39  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2135
26 Bourne, James               ENG 2065  +40 -23  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2210
27 Davies, Paul                ENG 2055  +45 -22  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2      
28 Ellison, Derek George       ENG 2095  +47 - 7  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2357
29 Hickman,J                       ----  +46 - 9  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2285
30 Johnson,P                       ----  -15 +46  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2052
31 Martinovsky, Eugene       f USA 2365  -19 +41  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2      
32 O'Rourke, Ray               IRL 2095  -10 +45  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2      
33 Palliser, Richard           ENG 2175  - 4 +47  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2260
34 Ryan, Joseph                IRL 2280  - 6 +42  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2      
35 Sedgwick, David             ENG 2095  +49 -18  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2      
36 Summerscale, Aaron        g ENG 2455  +43 - 3  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0 /2  2355
37 Charman,C                       ----  =25 -24  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5 /2  1944
38 Cooper, Lawrence          f ENG 2335  - 3 =21  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5 /2  2099
39 Longson, Alex               ENG 2135  - 2 =25  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5 /2  2059
40 Benson, Paul J              ENG 2010  -26  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0 /1      
41 Burrows,M                       ----   .  -31  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0 /1      
42 Collins,S                       ----   .  -34  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0 /1      
43 McLean, John                SCO 2135  -36  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0 /1      
44 Allen, Keith                IRL 2300  -12 -14  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0 /2      
45 Dossett,C                       ----  -27 -32  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0 /2      
46 Maggs, Steven               ENG 2055  -29 -30  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0 /2      
47 Nicholson, John             IRL 2045  -28 -33  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0 /2      
48 Spanton, Timothy            ENG 2115  -13 -11  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0 /2      
49 Uren,J                          ----  -35 -16  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0 /2      
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Round 3 pairings
  1 PLASKETT,H James      (2)     -    SUTOVSKY,Emil         (2)    12   5
  2 JANSA,Vlastimil       (1«)    -    WARD,Chris G          (2)    10   9
  3 LEDGER,Andrew J       (1«)    -    SHORT,Nigel D         (1«)   14   1
  4 TIVIAKOV,Sergei       (1«)    -    DALY,Colm             (1«)    2  20
  5 CHERNIAEV,Alexander   (1«)    -    MIEZIS,Normunds       (1«)   15   7
  6 FRIDMAN,Daniel        (1«)    -    ARKELL,Keith C        (1«)    8  11
  7 RICE,Chris B          (1«)    -    EHLVEST,Jaan          (1)    31   3
  8 GILL,Neville          (1«)    -    FARNDON,David A       (1)    36  22
  9 GARNETT,John S        (1«)    -    SHAW,John             (1)    39  16
 10 BABURIN,Alexander     (1)     -    ELLISON,D George      (1)     4  29
 11 RAUSIS,Igors          (1)     -    O'ROURKE,Ray          (1)     6  30
 12 SUMMERSCALE,Aaron P   (1)     -    SEDGWICK,David R      (1)    13  32
 13 MARTINOVSKY,Eugene    (1)     -    BOURNE,James R        (1)    17  33
 14 GULLAKSEN,Eirik       (1)     -    DAVIES,Paul S         (1)    18  34
 15 RYAN,Joe              (1)     -    WHITEHEAD,Mark A      (1)    21  37
 16 JACKSON,Adrian        (1)     -    HANLEY,Craig          (1)    23  41
 17 PALLISER,Richard J    (1)     -    HICKMAN,John E        (1)    25  46
 18 MCLEAN,John           (1)     -    JOHNSON,Paul A        (1)    27  47
 19 COOPER,Lawrence       («)     -    BURROWS,Martin        («)    19  40
 20 LONGSON,Alexander     («)     -    COLLINS,Sam           («)    26  43
 21 MAGGS,Steven          (0)     -    CHARMAN,Chris R       («)    35  48
 22 NICHOLSON,John        (0)     -    ALLEN,Keith           (0)    38  24
 23 DOSSETT,Chris S       (0)     -    SPANTON,Tim R         (0)    45  28
 24 UREN,James            (0)     -    BENSON,Paul J         (0)    42  44
 25 INWOOD,Kenneth FH     (0)     -    HURN,Robert           (0)     1   8
 26 CASSIDY,John          (0)     -    PEARSON,Ray           (0)     9   2
 27 KOBYLKA,Michael S     (0)     -    CROSS,Glenn           (0)     3  10
 28 JOWETT,Conrad J       (0)     -    DYETT,Gregg F         (0)    11   4
 29 KIRKWOOD,Robin        (0)     -    ORMSBY,Alan           (0)     5  12
 30 ROBERTSON,Alan B      (0)     -    NICOLSON,James R      (0)    13   6
 31 CAREY,Paul            (0)     -    WAUGH,Jonathan        (0)     7  14

6) German Chess Championships

The 70th German Championship will take place from 11/6/98 - 11/14/98 in Bremen, with Jussupow, Dautov, Wahls, Lutz, Hübner, Slobodjan, Luther, Knaak, Gabriel, Hertneck, Bischoff, Müller, Kindermann, Hickl, Lobron etc.

Who can stop Enders? by Jürgen Daniel

The 1998 German Championships are taking place in Bremen from November 6 - November 14th. The organisers are the first league chess (and soccer) club Werder Bremen, who has it´s 50. anniversary. It´s a championship of superlatives: 24 Grandmasters and one women Grandmaster, a beautiful playing-hall and hotel and last but not least a prizefund of DM 100.000,- with a first price of DM 30.000,- There were no real first round surprises in the 9-round Swiss event. Only the higher rated Grandmasters Hübner and Wahls, winner of the 1996 and 1997 championships drew their respective games. Round 2 saw Dautov losing to Lobron after exceeding the time-limit. Top seed Arthur Jussupov won against Kindermann and for the first time in the tournament GM Peter Enders got attention by winning the prize for the best game of the round. After the round six players were still on 100%: Jussupov, Lobron, Müller, Heinemann, Tischbierek and Enders. Round three: It was again Enders, who won the prize for the best game. He won against Lobron, who played a novelty in the Sveshnikov and later overlooked something in the ensuing complications. My personal favourite and the one of the player with the white pieces as well was the game of Glienke against Keitlinghaus. Round 4 is at this moment still going on and it seems that Enders will score a sensational win with black against Jussupov. So... who can stop Enders?

Internet coverage at: http://chat.wol.de/werder-schach/dem/index_e.html

Bremen GER (GER), XI 1998
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                                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1 Enders, Peter               g GER 2485  +43 + 7 +15  .   .   .   .   .   .   3.0      
 2 Tischbierek, Raj            g GER 2515  +41 + 6 = 3  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2769
 3 Jussupow, Artur             g GER 2640  +35 +25 = 2  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2784
 4 Mueller, Karsten            m GER 2550  +36 +33 = 5  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2709
 5 Heinemann, Thies            m GER 2495  +46 +29 = 4  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2745
 6 Gabriel, Christian          g GER 2555  +19 - 2 +39  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2580
 7 Hertneck, Gerald            g GER 2555  +21 - 1 +35  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2578
 8 Hickl, Joerg                g GER 2540  +40 =22 =12  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2595
 9 Huebner, Robert             g GER 2575  =28 +24 =17  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2586
10 Lutz, Christopher           g GER 2600  +37 =14 =23  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2623
11 Slobodjan, Roman            g GER 2575  +42 =23 =14  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2613
12 Wahls, Matthias             g GER 2605  =24 +28 = 8  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2593
13 Bischoff, Klaus             g GER 2550  =31 +32 =22  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2536
14 Boensch, Uwe                g GER 2530  +44 =10 =11  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2621
15 Lobron, Eric                g GER 2540  +45 +20 - 1  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2600
16 Luther, Thomas              g GER 2560  =32 +31 =18  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2541
17 Schmaltz, Roland            m GER 2520  =27 +30 = 9  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2513
18 Siegel, Georg               m GER 2495  =30 +27 =16  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2508
19 Bangiev, Alexander          m GER 2395  - 6 +41 +29  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2593
20 Dautov, Rustem              g GER 2625  +39 -15 +42  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2593
21 Glienke, Manfred            f GER 2395  - 7 +43 +33  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2520
22 Gutman, Lev                 g GER 2480  +48 = 8 =13  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2491
23 Rabiega, Robert             m GER 2525  +47 =11 =10  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2618
24 Zeller, Frank                 GER 2445  =12 - 9 +40  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2501
25 Kindermann, Stefan          g GER 2540  +38 - 3 =26  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2436
26 Jugelt, Tobias                GER 2350  -29 +46 =25  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2354
27 Frohberg, Marco               GER 2300  =17 -18 =32  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2350
28 Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino wg GER 2420  = 9 -12 =36  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2378
29 Knaak, Rainer               g GER 2555  +26 - 5 -19  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2288
30 Lutz, Klaus-Juergen         f GER 2290  =18 -17 =31  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2328
31 Maier, Christian            f GER 2345  =13 -16 =30  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2341
32 Sielecki, Christof          f GER 2410  =16 -13 =27  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2345
33 Keitlinghaus, Ludger        m GER 2485  +34 - 4 -21  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2241
34 Lindenmair, Anton             GER 2155  -33 =36 =37  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2293
35 Mainka, Romuald             g GER 2480  - 3 +38 - 7  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2380
36 Schumacher, Olaf            f GER 2330  - 4 =34 =28  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2250
37 Espig, Lutz                 g GER 2440  -10 =44 =34  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2231
38 Koscielski, Janusch           GER 2320  -25 -35 +44  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2320
39 Meins, Gerlef               m GER 2455  -20 +45 - 6  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2373
40 Lehmann, Karl-Heinz           GER 2325  - 8 +48 -24  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2206
41 Loew, Gerald                  GER 2295  - 2 -19 +48  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2181
42 Telljohann, Sven            m GER 2410  -11 +47 -20  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2376
43 Westphal,W                        ----  - 1 -21 +47  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2270
44 Kargoll, Peter                GER 2315  -14 =37 -38  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2157
45 Fuhrmann, Daniel              GER 2315  -15 -39 =46  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5      
46 Schunk,Eduard                     ----  - 5 -26 =45  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2113
47 Reichmann, Hendrik            GER 2305  -23 -42 -43  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0      
48 Tabatt, Hendrik               GER 2010  -22 -40 -41  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0      
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7) Zonal 1.5 Panormo, Crete

Vasilios Kotronias and Altin Cela both scored 7/9 at the Zonal tournament in Panormo, Crete. Half a point clear of Giorgadze, Djuric, Velimirovic and Papioannou. The event ran 24th October, 1st November. Vaganian one of the favourites had a relative failure in the event. There were four qualifiers, Kotronias, Cela, Djuric, and Velimirovic.

Coverage by the Hellas Chess Club at: http://www.chess.gr

Panormo GRE (GRE), X-XI 1998
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 1 Kotronias, Vasilios        g CYP 2555  +48 +10 =42 +22 +13 = 8 +12 = 4 = 2  7.0 /9  2715
 2 Cela, Altin                m ALB 2450  +68 =22 = 6 +21 = 3 +16 + 8 +34 = 1  7.0 /9  2729
 3 Giorgadze, Giorgi          g GEO 2610  =38 =18 +11 +17 = 2 +36 = 4 = 5 +12  6.5 /9  2634
 4 Djuric, Stefan             g YUG 2500  +54 +57 +31 =12 = 5 +13 = 3 = 1 = 6  6.5 /9  2672
 5 Velimirovic, Dragoljub     g YUG 2535  +51 +61 =12 +29 = 4 = 9 =23 = 3 +14  6.5 /9  2694
 6 Papaioannou, Ioannis       m GRE 2520  +62 =34 = 2 -25 +48 +18 +29 +23 = 4  6.5 /9  2596
 7 Nikolaidis, Ioannis        g GRE 2530  +53 -24 +40 +10 -12 =17 +38 +27 = 9  6.0 /9  2586
 8 Sturua, Zurab              g GEO 2600  +32 =35 +47 =42 +24 = 1 - 2 =26 +34  6.0 /9  2573
 9 Bagaturov, Giorgi          m GEO 2540  +50 =47 =35 +39 +42 = 5 =13 =12 = 7  6.0 /9  2612
10 Vouldis, Angelos           m GRE 2475  +69 - 1 +41 - 7 +28 =15 +36 =16 +26  6.0 /9  2544
11 Nadanian, Ashot            m ARM 2415  =14 =28 - 3 -60 +46 +65 +41 +25 +23  6.0 /9  2500
12 Vaganian, Rafael A         g ARM 2630  +26 +27 = 5 = 4 + 7 +25 - 1 = 9 - 3  5.5 /9  2593
13 Atalik, Suat               g TUR 2585  +49 +36 +25 +23 - 1 - 4 = 9 =20 =32  5.5 /9  2565
14 Minasian, Artashes         g ARM 2620  =11 -42 =33 +65 +40 +26 =27 +19 - 5  5.5 /9  2491
15 Miladinovic, Igor          g GRE 2555  +33 =17 -29 +43 =35 =10 -26 +49 +38  5.5 /9  2502
16 Tosic, Miroslav            g YUG 2525  =18 +38 -17 +47 +61 - 2 +33 =10 =19  5.5 /9  2513
17 Banikas, Hristos           m GRE 2490  +71 =15 +16 - 3 =30 = 7 =22 =35 +39  5.5 /9  2567
18 Edzgveradze, Natalia      wm GEO 2310  =16 = 3 -27 +57 +21 - 6 =39 +64 +37  5.5 /9  2505
19 Drasko, Milan              g YUG 2515  =28 +44 =43 -26 +60 +24 +25 -14 =16  5.5 /9  2501
20 Grivas, Efstratios         g GRE 2520  -43 +54 +48 -24 +50 =37 +31 =13 =22  5.5 /9  2497
21 Zaichik, Gennadi           g GEO 2505  +41 -25 +51 - 2 -18 +53 +37 =28 +35  5.5 /9  2440
22 Gelashvili, Tamaz          m GEO 2510  +65 = 2 +34 - 1 +62 -23 =17 +55 =20  5.5 /9  2497
23 Anastasian, Ashot          g ARM 2560  +40 +39 +24 -13 =26 +22 = 5 - 6 -11  5.0 /9  2518
24 Minasian, Ara              m ARM 2450  +52 + 7 -23 +20 - 8 -19 +43 =32 =41  5.0 /9  2455
25 Dervishi, Erald            m ALB 2430  +66 +21 -13 + 6 +31 -12 -19 -11 +45  5.0 /9  2519
26 Solak, Dragan                YUG 2425  -12 +58 +52 +19 =23 -14 +15 = 8 -10  5.0 /9  2513
27 Gligoric, Svetozar         g YUG 2495  +58 -12 +18 =62 =34 +43 =14 - 7 =30  5.0 /9  2474
28 Sargissian, Gabriel        f ARM 2290  =19 =11 =38 =44 -10 +45 +61 =21 =29  5.0 /9  2504
29 Pavlovic, Milos            g YUG 2505  +60 =43 +15 - 5 =37 +42 - 6 =30 =28  5.0 /9  2463
30 Damljanovic, Branko        g YUG 2555  -42 +56 +49 =61 =17 +35 -34 =29 =27  5.0 /9  2466
31 Lputian, Smbat G           g ARM 2615  +37 +45 - 4 =35 -25 +49 -20 =33 +43  5.0 /9  2459
32 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil     f GEO 2390  - 8 =46 +56 +45 -36 =61 +57 =24 =13  5.0 /9  2408
33 Nikolaidis, Konstantinos   f GRE 2335  -15 =71 =14 =55 +64 +47 -16 =31 +51  5.0 /9  2435
34 Tzermiadianos, Andreas     m GRE 2465  +70 = 6 -22 +71 =27 +44 +30 - 2 - 8  5.0 /9  2470
35 Janjgava, Lasha            g GEO 2490  +46 = 8 = 9 =31 =15 -30 +42 =17 -21  4.5 /9  2484
36 Supatashvili, Khvicha      m GEO 2495  +55 -13 +50 =37 +32 - 3 -10 -39 +54  4.5 /9  2402
37 Chibukhchian, Artur          ARM 2415  -31 +64 +59 =36 =29 =20 -21 +40 -18  4.5 /9  2390
38 Seitaj, Ilir               m ALB 2395  = 3 -16 =28 =54 +55 +62 - 7 +44 -15  4.5 /9  2407
39 Ivanisevic, Ivan           m YUG 2475  +63 -23 +65 - 9 -43 +51 =18 +36 -17  4.5 /9  2376
40 Karayannis, Athanasios     f GRE 2365  -23 +63 - 7 +41 -14 +60 =44 -37 +55  4.5 /9  2370
41 Karadeniz, Emre              TUR 2220  -21 +66 -10 -40 +68 +50 -11 +57 =24  4.5 /9  2229
42 Borg, Geoffrey             f MLT 2360  +30 +14 = 1 = 8 - 9 -29 -35 -45 +59  4.0 /9  2442
43 Shengelia, Davit             GEO 2310  +20 =29 =19 -15 +39 -27 -24 +50 -31  4.0 /9  2452
44 Kovacevic, Aleksandar      m YUG 2495  =56 -19 +46 =28 +51 -34 =40 -38 =48  4.0 /9  2288
45 Khachian, Melikset           ARM 2370  +64 -31 -62 -32 +56 -28 +53 +42 -25  4.0 /9  2292
46 Kagas, Konstantinos          GRE 2140  -35 =32 -44 +66 -11 -54 +63 =52 +62  4.0 /9  2242
47 Lobzhanidze, Davit         m GEO 2455  +72 = 9 - 8 -16 +54 -33 =64 =48 =49  4.0 /9  2298
48 Olcayoz, Alper             f TUR 2345  - 1 +69 -20 +58 - 6 -57 +60 =47 =44  4.0 /9  2370
49 Kofidis, Andreas           m GRE 2380  -13 +55 -30 =64 +71 -31 +54 -15 =47  4.0 /9  2335
50 Karatekin, Tamer             TUR 2325  - 9 +72 -36 +52 -20 -41 +65 -43 +64  4.0 /9  2199
51 Stefanopoulos, Orestis       GRE 2320  - 5 +67 -21 +59 -44 -39 +66 +61 -33  4.0 /9  2257
52 Prassas,G                        ----  -24 +53 -26 -50 =72 -55 +71 =46 +60  4.0 /9  2230
53 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios  f GRE 2315  - 7 -52 -71 +70 +63 -21 -45 +65 +61  4.0 /9  2290
54 Chilov, Alexandros           GRE 2205  - 4 -20 +69 =38 -47 +46 -49 +58 -36  3.5 /9  2239
55 Tsichlis, Georgios           GRE 2145  -36 -49 +72 =33 -38 +52 +62 -22 -40  3.5 /9  2168
56 Borg, A                      MLT 2150  =44 -30 -32 =63 -45 =72 +69 =62 =57  3.5 /9  2177
57 Soultatis,K                      ----  +73 - 4 -61 -18 +58 +48 -32 -41 =56  3.5 /9  2177
58 Pappas, Konstantinos         GRE 2155  -27 -26 +70 -48 -57 =66 +67 -54 +68  3.5 /9  2072
59 Raka,R                           ----   .  +60 -37 -51 -65 -69 +72 +66 -42  3.0 /8  2080
60 Karapanos, Nikolaos          GRE 2245  -29 -59 +67 +11 -19 -40 -48 +63 -52  3.0 /9  2284
61 Moutousis, Konstantinos    m GRE 2475  +67 - 5 +57 =30 -16 =32 -28 -51 -53  3.0 /9  2184
62 Simeonidis, Ioannis          GRE 2310  - 6 +70 +45 =27 -22 -38 -55 =56 -46  3.0 /9  2147
63 Bras, Emanouel               GRE 2105  -39 -40 =66 =56 -53 +68 -46 -60 +67  3.0 /9  2024
64 Psomiadis, Stavros           GRE 2155  -45 -37 +68 =49 -33 +71 =47 -18 -50  3.0 /9  2148
65 Gogolis, Alexandros          GRE 2260  -22 +68 -39 -14 +59 -11 -50 -53 +70  3.0 /9      
66 Roussakis,I                      ----  -25 -41 =63 -46 +67 =58 -51 -59 +72  3.0 /9  2050
67 Petsetidi, Maria             GRE 2090  -61 -51 -60 =72 -66 +70 -58 +69 -63  2.5 /9      
68 Papamattheou,H                   ----  - 2 -65 -64 +69 -41 -63 =70 +72 -58  2.5 /9      
69 Go,E                             ----  -10 -48 -54 -68 =70 +59 -56 -67 +73  2.5 /9      
70 Karagiannis,D                    ----  -34 -62 -58 -53 =69 -67 =68 +73 -65  2.0 /9      
71 Raptis, Georgios             GRE 2140  -17 =33 +53 -34 -49 -64 -52  .   .   1.5 /7  2163
72 Mourtzouni,M                     ----  -47 -50 -55 =67 =52 =56 -59 -68 -66  1.5 /9  1993
73 DEFAULT                          ----  -57  .   .   .   .   .   .  -70 -69  0.0 /3      
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8) Icelandic Championships

The Icelandic Chess Championships took place in Selfoss, Eyrarbakka and Stokkseyri, all situated in the municipality Arborg, about 50 km southeast of Reykjavik, 27 Oct - 7 Nov 1998. The 11 round event was won by Hannes Stefansson with 8/11 ahead of Helgi Ass Gretarsson on 7.5 reports Gunnar Björnsson of the Hellir Chess Club. Coverage at; http://www.selfoss.is/skakmot

Arborg ISL (ISL), X-XI 1998                                    cat. IV (2335)
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 1 Stefansson, Hannes         g ISL 2535  * 0 1 1 = 1 1 0 = 1 1 1  8.0  2491
 2 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass      g ISL 2480  1 * 1 = = = = 0 = 1 1 1  7.5  2454
 3 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor       ISL 2445  0 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 1  7.0  2426
 4 Thorhallsson, Throstur     g ISL 2495  0 = 0 * 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1  7.0  2422
 5 Vidarsson, Jon G           f ISL 2375  = = = 0 * 1 0 0 1 1 = 1  6.0  2366
 6 Hardarson, Robert          f ISL 2325  0 = 0 1 0 * = 1 1 1 1 0  6.0  2371
 7 Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn  f ISL 2310  0 = = 0 1 = * = 0 = 1 1  5.5  2336
 8 Bjarnason, Saevar          m ISL 2295  1 1 0 0 1 0 = * 0 = 0 =  4.5  2273
 9 Einarsson, Bergsteinn        ISL 2210  = = = = 0 0 1 1 * 0 0 0  4.0  2243
10 Thorfinnsson, Bragi          ISL 2235  0 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 * = 1  4.0  2241
11 Gunnarsson, Arnar            ISL 2180  0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 = * =  3.5  2215
12 Kjartansson, David           ISL 2130  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 0 = *  3.0  2178
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9) 3rd Thursday September/October

The latest 3rd Thursday (September and October) tournaments took place in Szeged, Hungary reports Zoltan Blazsik. The November event starts on November 19th. IM Viktor Ianov won the September (17-26th) event and the 15-23 October event, by Yuri Kozii who scored an IM norm.

Third Thursday September
Szeged HUN (HUN), IX 1998                          cat. I (2257)
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 1 Ianov, Viktor      m UKR 2350  * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2597
 2 Dovzik, Juri       m UKR 2390  = * = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1  7.0  2461
 3 Ciolac, Gheorghe   m ROM 2375  0 = * = 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.0  2463
 4 Fang, Joseph       f USA 2315  0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 1 1  6.5  2416
 5 Kovacs, Arthur       HUN 2140  = 0 0 0 * = = 1 1 1  4.5  2269
 6 Papp Z., Csaba     f HUN 2310  0 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 1  4.0  2207
 7 Bernat, Robert       HUN 2140  0 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 =  3.5  2189
 8 Dupsky, Laszlo       HUN 2285  0 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 1  2.0  2033
 9 Berecz, Arpad        HUN 2210  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1  2.0  2041
10 Nagy Dani, Karoly    HUN 2050  0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 *  0.5  1835
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Third Thursday October
Szeged HUN (HUN), X 1998                              cat. II (2291)
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 1 Kozii, Yuri              SVK 2280  * 1 = 1 = 1 1 = = 1  7.0  2512
 2 Dovzik, Juri           m UKR 2390  0 * 1 = = = 1 1 = 1  6.0  2405
 3 Ianov, Viktor          m UKR 2350  = 0 * = 1 1 1 0 1 1  6.0  2409
 4 Sutorikhin, Vladimir   m RUS 2350  0 = = * 1 = = 1 1 =  5.5  2364
 5 Papp Z., Csaba         f HUN 2310  = = 0 0 * = = 1 = 1  4.5  2288
 6 Tatar Kis, Szabolcs      HUN 2410  0 = 0 = = * = 1 = 1  4.5  2277
 7 Kopasz, Robert           HUN 2285  0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 1  4.5  2291
 8 Grechanovskaya, Elena    UKR 2150  = 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 1 1  3.5  2226
 9 Rizsonkov, Vlagyimir     UKR 2285  = = 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1  3.0  2166
10 Somlo, Bela              HUN 2100  0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 *  0.5  1868
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3rd Thursday event are FIDE category 1-5 closed tournaments for the IM-norm in Szeged, Hungary. Szeged is the "Town of the Sunlight" at the south border of Hungary. http://www.szeged.hu/ At the end of last year they organized the Maroczy Geza Grandmaster Tournament with Miles, Oll, Zhang, Atalik, Adorjan, Ribli, Sax, Wells, Lalic and Ivanisevic. In this event the "Game of 1997", Suat Atalik against Gyula Sax. ( TWIC-158) The name of the Series is "Third Thursday" because there are one or more tournaments (with 10 or 12 chess players) every month and the clocks start at every 3. Thursday of the month.

Starting dates for 1998: 19/11,10/12 (before Christmas) We plan to organize GM-norm Robin Round Tournaments, too. Entry fees for the IM-norm Tournaments are: Below 2200 FIDE Elo: DM-450 2201-2300 : DM-400 2301-2400 : DM-350 Above 2400 : DM-300 with lodgings at the place of the tournament! The venue is the Chess-Cafe, Szeged, Szent-Gyorgyi Albert street 13.(opposite to the "Hotel Forras"). More info and entry: Blazsik Zoltan e-mail: blazsik@sol.cc.u-szeged.hu 6701 Szeged Pf.: 1298 Phone (Hungary): 62-319399

10) First Saturday November

The First Saturday tournaments for October runs 7-18th of November in Budapest reports Laszlo Nagy. There are two main IM events of 11 players each. In addition there is an ELO tournament and a Scheveningen event. The results of the first two rounds are available.

FS IM A
Budapest HUN (HUN), XI 1998                             cat. II (2291)
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 1 Jamrich, Gyorgy      HUN 2310  * . . = . . 1 . . . .  1.5 / 2  2538
 2 Gross, David       m CZE 2435  . * . . . . . = . 1 .  1.5 / 2  2475
 3 Wunnink, Michael     NED 2105  . . * . = . . . . . 1  1.5 / 2  2435
 4 Vadasz, Laszlo     g HUN 2350  = . . * . = . . . . .  1.0 / 2  2267
 5 Rimawi, B. T       f JOR 2250  . . = . * . . . . = .  1.0 / 2  2175
 6 Csonkics, Tunde   wg HUN 2225  . . . = . * . . = . .  1.0 / 2  2367
 7 Dudas, Janos       m HUN 2340  0 . . . . . * . . . 1  1.0 / 2  2272
 8 Khechumyan, Gagik    ARM 2320  . = . . . . . * . . .  0.5 / 1  2435
 9 Lengyel, Bela      m HUN 2385  . . . . . = . . * . .  0.5 / 1  2225
10 Pham Minh Hoang      VIE 2245  . 0 . . = . . . . * .  0.5 / 2  2149
11 Sulskis, Giedrius    LTU 2235  . . 0 . . . 0 . . . *  0.0 / 2      
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FS IM B

Round 1 (1998.11.07)

Ostrowski, Leszek     -  Kraai, Jesse          1-0    
Grund, Holger         -  Farago, Sandor        1-0    
Kahn, Evarth          -  Molnar, Laszlo        1-0    
Tindall, Brett        -  Karatorossian, David  1/2    
Vikulov, Alexander    -  Belotelov, Denis      1/2    

Round 2 (1998.11.08)

Kraai, Jesse          -  Vikulov, Alexander    1-0    
Nguyen Thi Thanh An   -  Tindall, Brett        1/2    
Farago, Sandor        -  Kahn, Evarth          1/2    
Karatorossian, David  -  Ostrowski, Leszek     0-1    
Belotelov, Denis      -  Grund, Holger         0-1    


Budapest HUN (HUN), XI 1998                                cat. II (2295)
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 1 Ostrowski, Leszek     f POL 2340  * . . 1 . . . 1 . . .  2.0 / 2      
 2 Grund, Holger           GER 2345  . * . . . . 1 . 1 . .  2.0 / 2      
 3 Kahn, Evarth          m HUN 2325  . . * . . . = . . . 1  1.5 / 2  2525
 4 Kraai, Jesse          f USA 2385  0 . . * . . . . . 1 .  1.0 / 2  2250
 5 Tindall, Brett          AUS 2275  . . . . * = . = . . .  1.0 / 2  2255
 6 Nguyen Thi Thanh An     VIE 2115  . . . . = * . . . . .  0.5 / 1  2275
 7 Farago, Sandor        m HUN 2335  . 0 = . . . * . . . .  0.5 / 2  2142
 8 Karatorossian, David    ARM 2395  0 . . . = . . * . . .  0.5 / 2  2114
 9 Belotelov, Denis      f RUS 2245  . 0 . . . . . . * = .  0.5 / 2  2059
10 Vikulov, Alexander      RUS 2160  . . . 0 . . . . = * .  0.5 / 2  2122
11 Molnar, Laszlo          HUN 2330  . . 0 . . . . . . . *  0.0 / 1      
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11) 2nd Bourbon-Lancy (FRA) International Open

Jean-Christophe Basaille (the chief arbiter) sends the results and some games from the 2nd Bourbon-Lancy (FRA) International Open. This event was held 24-31 October 1998 with 90 players from 11 Federations. The city of Bourbon-Lancy (Burgundy, France) was the organizer of this tournament. Victor Bologan (RUS, 2585) won with 7.5/9 after losing his second round against a 2200 rated player, who ends in 18th position amongst a 2300 FIDE rating average. The games are in Chessbase 4 format, with the 10 first tables of each round from 2nd round.

  BOURBON-LANCY - FRA - 2e Open International - 24-31.10.1998

     Tit                        Fed Elo   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9        Cum    Perf

   1 g   BOLOGAN Victor         MDA 2585 +36B -18N +53B +31N +20B +14N + 5B = 2N + 6B 7.5  36.00  2558
   2 g   SHCHEKACHEV Andrei     RUS 2560 +66N +25B =16N = 7B +17N +19B + 3N = 1B = 4N 7    37.00  2588
   3 g   LEGKY Nikolay          UKR 2465 +68B +89N +20B = 5N + 7B = 6N - 2B +22N +10B 7    37.00  2555
   4 g   CHUCHELOV Vladimir     BEL 2540 +53B =30N + 9B + 8N +11B = 5N = 7B +13N = 2B 7    37.00  2547
   5 m   VAREILLE Francois      FRA 2410 +41N +43B +15N = 3B +12N = 4B - 1N +17B =13N 6.5  36.50  2484
   6 g   CHATALBASHEV Boris     BUL 2535 +45N +24B =21N =16B +51N = 3B +11N +12B - 1N 6.5  35.50  2506
   7 m   LANDENBERGUE Claude    SUI 2410 +49B +40N +29B = 2N - 3N +24B = 4N +16B = 8N 6.5  35.00  2478
   8 gf  FOISOR Christina       ROM 2405 +54B +31N =18B - 4B +26N + 9N =10B +14N = 7B 6.5  33.50  2431
   9     CORBET Laurent         FRA 2155 +38N =19B - 4N +58N +34B - 8B +43N +21B +25N 6.5  30.00  2317
  10 g   INKIOV Ventzislav      BUL 2495 +75N +32B =17N =21B =24N +16B = 8N +20B - 3N 6    33.50  2388
  11 m   LAZAREV Vladimir       RUS 2450 +37N +26B +51N =12B - 4N +21B - 6B =24N +29B 6    33.00  2402
  12 g   KOMLJENOVIC Davor      CRO 2480 +48B +42N +13B =11N - 5B =18N +29B - 6N +30B 6    33.00  2401
  13 g   SPIRIDONOV Nikola      BUL 2405 +67N +61B -12N +43B =23N +41B +19N - 4B = 5B 6    33.00  2341
  14 m   FOISOR Ovidiu          ROM 2475 +60N =23B +35N =17B +32N - 1B +18N - 8B +31N 6    32.00  2264
  15     PELLE Sebastien        FRA 2070 +74B +22N - 5B -20N +49B -29N +75B +51N +42B 6    28.00  2216
  16 m   SONNTAG Hans-Hubert    GER 2365 +62B +33N = 2B = 6N +39B -10N +30B - 7N =23B 5.5  32.00  2333
  17 mf  SAFRANSKA Anda         LAT 2275 +57B +52N =10B =14N - 2B +40N +39B - 5N =19N 5.5  31.00  2345
  18     LIBISZEWSKI Fabien     FRA 2200 +82N + 1B = 8N =19B =21N =12B -14B +52N =22B 5.5  30.50  2400
  19 g   LUPU Mircea-Sergiu     ROM 2520 +50B = 9N +34B =18N +29B - 2N -13B +39N =17B 5.5  30.50  2283
  20     GUEDON Stephane        FRA 2305 +59N +44B - 3N +15B - 1N +27B +23N -10N =24B 5.5  30.50  2276
  21     CLAVERIE Christophe    FRA 2315 +46B +39N = 6B =10N =18B -11N +52B - 9N +45B 5.5  30.00  2265
  22     DURATTI Lindo          FRA 2330 +47N -15B +75N +65B =41N =23B +31N - 3B =18N 5.5  30.00  2145
  23     AUREL Luc              FRA 2115 +71B =14N =30B +57N =13B =22N -20B +34N =16N 5.5  29.50  2241
  24     LAUFERON Patrick       FRA 2180 +84B - 6N +37B +52N =10B - 7N +33B =11B =20N 5.5  29.00  2282
  25     LUCCHETTI Philippe     FRA 2200 +76B - 2N +68B -39N +53B =33N +40B +42N - 9B 5.5  28.00  2145
  26     MANGONE Pierre         FRA 2110 +77B -11N =54B +50N - 8B +36N +45B -29N +48B 5.5  26.50  2112
  27     GAUER Jacques          FRA 1970 +80B -29N -58B +77N +57B -20N +67B =28N +40B 5.5  25.00  1944
  28     MONTAGARD Guillaume    FRA 2115 =35N -66B +82N =45B -75N +76B +60N =27B +49N 5.5  23.50  1925
  29     BLANVILLAIN Philippe   FRA 2260 +78N +27B - 7N +66B -19N +15B -12N +26B -11N 5    29.00  2232
  30     PREVOT Emmanuel        FRA 2200 +63N = 4B =23N -41B +66N +44B -16N +35B -12N 5    27.50  2110
  31     WAKSELMAN Simon        FRA 2070 +79N - 8B +59N - 1B +60N +75B -22B +53N -14B 5    27.00  2128
  32     RENAUDIN Mathieu       FRA 2145 +58B -10N +49B +46N -14B -52N -53B +56N +57B 5    25.00  2011
  33     FANAAI Hamid           FRA 2040 +70N -16B +78N -51B +55N =25B -24N =41B +54N 5    25.00  1972
  34     LEPERLIER Jacques      FRA 1970 +90N =65B -19N +47B - 9N =67B +59N -23B +55N 5    25.00  1920
  35     PAWLAK Patrice         FRA 1570 =28B +86N -14B =36N -52B +57N +50B -30N >53  5    22.50  1951
  36     BONNET Edouard         FRA 1960 - 1N =82B +38N =35B +58N -26B -55N +76B +59N 5    22.00  1855
  37     PEURTON Frederic       FRA 1870 -11B +71N -24N =70B =76N =63B +83N =43B +51N 5    20.50  1911
  38     BACHELIER Marc         FRA 1620 - 9B =50N -36B =86N -72B +81N +73B +75N +52B 5    17.00  1774
  39     KESSLER Martin         FRA 2030 +85N -21B +55N +25B -16N +51B -17N -19B =41N 4.5  26.50  2065
  40     CHAUDAGNE Christophe   FRA 2085 +69N - 7B =47N +67B +54N -17B -25N +55B -27N 4.5  25.50  1938
  41     MARCHAND Guillaume     FRA 1860 - 5B +77N +42B +30N =22B -13N -51B =33N =39B 4.5  25.00  2143
  42     FARGERE Francois       FRA 2120 +55N -12B -41N +59B =45N +47B +65N -25B -15N 4.5  24.50  1972
  43     RUE Pascal             FRA 2100 +81B - 5N +62B -13N =48B +50N - 9B =37N =46B 4.5  24.00  1987
  44     LABARTHE Arnaud        FRA 2035 +73B -20N -57B +84N +62B -30N =49B -48N +71B 4.5  22.50  1834
  45     VERNHES Pierre         FRA 1940 - 6B =76N +86B =28N =42B >54  -26N +47B -21N 4.5  21.50  1942
  46     MAKKE Laurent          FRA 1820 -21N +85B +61N -32B =65N -66B =54N +79B =43N 4.5  21.50  1905
  47     MAKKE Benoit           FRA 1830 -22B +72N =40B -34N +89B -42N +70B -45N +68B 4.5  20.50  1922
  48     SILVERT Alexandre      FRA 1900 -12N -55B +69N +63B =43N -65B +78N +44B -26N 4.5  20.50  1914
  49     SOUPIZON Remi          FRA 1870 - 7N +69B -32N +80B -15N +58B =44N >65  -28B 4.5  20.50  1832
  50     MAUGENEST Gonzague     FRA 1910 -19N =38B +76N -26B +70N -43B -35N +83B +69N 4.5  19.00  1781
  51     BOURQUIN Stephane      FRA 2200 +56B +87N -11B +33N - 6B -39N +41N -15B -37B 4    26.00  1919
  52     DRILLAT Michel         FRA 1980 +88N -17B +80N -24B +35N +32B -21N -18B -38N 4    25.00  1810
  53     ROBLET Charles         FRA 1950 - 4N +63B - 1N +78B -25N +82B +32N -31B <35  4    21.00  2088
  54     GALLINI Patrice        FRA 1850 - 8N +79B =26N +89N -40B <45  =46B +77N -33B 4    21.00  1943
  55     TRUCHOT Baptiste       FRA 1580 -42B +48N -39B +68N -33B +62N +36B -40N -34B 4    21.00  1935
  56     EQUEY Daniel           FRA 1740 -51N +90B -65N +61B -67N +69B =66N -32B =58N 4    20.00  1777
  57     PLANE David            FRA 1770 -17N +88B +44N -23B -27N -35B +80N +60B -32N 4    20.00  1776
  58     MANGONE Guiseppe       FRA 1610 -32N +60B +27N - 9B -36B -49N +62B =68N =56B 4    19.50  1894
  59     TRUCHOT Remi           FRA 1790 -20B +74N -31B -42N +64B +77N -34B +61N -36B 4    19.00  1845
  60     PICOT Brice            FRA 1890 -14B -58N +72B +81N -31B +84N -28B -57N +77B 4    18.00  1772
  61     CHIZELLE Bernard       FRA 2080 +72B -13N -46B -56N -77B +86N +64B -59B +67N 4    17.00  1664
  62     DOVILLAIRE Levi        FRA 1830 -16N +70B -43N +87B -44N -55B -58N +81B +79N 4    17.00  1641
  63     LUQUET Sebastien       FRA 1690 -30B -53N +74B -48N +86B =37N -68B =70N +75B 4    16.00  1701
  64     BARSANIAN Karine       FRA 1530 <87       +88N -75B -59N +87B -61N +80B +76N 4    14.00  1617
  65     CHAIZE Laurent         FRA 2000 =86B =34N +56B -22N =46B +48N -42B <49       3.5  22.00  1869
  66     EYMAN Henri            SUI 1951 - 2B +28N +87B -29N -30B +46N =56B           3.5  20.50  1965
  67     CHEVANT Louis          FRA 1840 -13B +81N =89B -40N +56B =34N -27N =69B -61B 3.5  19.50  1849
  68     MOLLION Jean-Luc       FRA 1870 - 3N +83B -25N -55B -69N +85B +63N =58B -47N 3.5  16.00  1652
  69     LANDRE Tristan         FRA 1490 -40B -49N -48B +74N +68B -56N +84B =67N -50B 3.5  15.00  1724
  70     PETITJEAN Pierre       FRA 1390 -33B -62N +71B =37N -50B >89  -47N =63B =78N 3.5  14.50  1669
  71     NAZERI Ghafour         FRA 1570 -23N -37B -70N +85B =79N -83B +87N +78B -44N 3.5  13.50  1516
  72     NAZERI David           FRA 1490 -61N -47B -60N +88B +38N -78B -76N =82B +83N 3.5  13.00  1614
  73     ROMANO Gianni          FRA 1390 -44N -78B =83N -76B +87N =79B -38N =84N +82B 3.5  12.50  1526
  74     PAGNON Laurent         FRA 1410 -15N -59B -63N -69B =88N -80B +86B +87N +84B 3.5   8.50  1395
  75     RODRIGUEZ Jean-Pierre  FRA 1910 -10B +84N -22B +64N +28B -31N -15N -38B -63N 3    19.00  1829
  76     SIVAN Michel           FRA 1710 -25N =45B -50B +73N =37B -28N +72B -36N -64B 3    15.50  1698
  77     BRUNED Yvain           FRA 1550 -26N -41B +85N -27B +61N -59B +82N -54B -60N 3    15.00  1714
  78     BRUNED Boris           FRA 1740 -29B +73N -33B -53N =83B +72N -48B -71N =70B 3    15.00  1598
  79     ILPIDE Jean-Luc        FRA 1430 -31B -54N -84B +90N =71B =73N +88B -46N -62B 3    13.50  1481
  80     DUCREUX Regis          FRA 1180 -27N +    -52B -49N -84B +74N -57B -64N +86B 3    12.00  1482
  81     GOLEO Frederic         FRA 1499 -43N -67B +90N -60B -82N -38B +85N -62N +88B 3    11.00  1489
  82     RAMONELL Jacques       FRA 1730 -18B =36N -28B =83N +81B -53N -77B =72N -73N 2.5  13.00  1576
  83     NAZERI Massoud         FRA 1520 -89B -68N =73B =82B =78N +71N -37B -50N -72B 2.5  13.00  1566
  84     DURIN Jean-Pierre      FRA 1670 -24N -75B +79N -44B +80N -60B -69N =73B -74N 2.5  13.00  1482
  85     GARNIER Tom            FRA 1270 -39B -46N -77B -71N +90B -68N -81B =88N +    2.5   6.00  1334
  86     BAILLY Clement         FRA 1200 =65N -35B -45N =38B -63N -61B -74N +90B -80N 2     9.50  1397
  87     FARGERE Fabien         FRA 1060 >64  -51B -66N -62N -73B -64N -71B -74B +90N 2     9.00  1282
  88     VALOT Denis            FRA 1190 -52B -57N -64B -72N =74B +90N -79N =85B -81N 2     7.50  1283
  89     JANKOVIC Petar         FRA 2100 +83N - 3B =67N -54B -47N <70                 1.5  12.50  1752
  90     BRUNED Vianney         FRA 1060 -34B -56N -81B -79B -85N -88B +    -86N -87B 1     2.00  1000

12) Panam Championship in Venezuela

The Campeonato Panamericano de Ajedrez Absoluto in San Felipe, Venezuela which was Category 9 (2455) taking place October 25th to November 4th reports Richard Bérubé the director general of the Fédération québécoise des échecs. Source the FQE website at: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/wycf.htm . GM Alexander Ivanov took the single qualifying place for Las Vegas scoring 6.5/9 ahead of Alexandre Lesiege on 6.

San Felipe VEN (VEN), X-XI 1998                       cat. IX (2452)
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 1 Ivanov, Alexander      g USA 2510  * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1  6.5  2611
 2 Lesiege, Alexandre     g CAN 2525  0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1  6.0  2568
 3 Leitao, Rafael         m BRA 2550  1 = * = 0 1 1 1 = 0  5.5  2521
 4 Garcia, Gildardo       g COL 2510  = = = * = = = = 1 1  5.5  2525
 5 Ginzburg, Maximiliano  m ARG 2490  = 0 1 = * = = = = 1  5.0  2490
 6 Serper, Grigory        g USA 2535  0 = 0 = = * 1 = 1 1  5.0  2485
 7 Paschall, William M    f USA 2365  0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1  4.0  2418
 8 Rohl, Juan             m VEN 2330  0 = 0 = = = 0 * 1 =  3.5  2385
 9 Dumont, Sadi Glasser   f BRA 2365  = 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 * =  2.0  2241
10 Sequera, Jose          f VEN 2340  0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = = *  2.0  2244
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13) World Youth Championships

The World Youth Chess Championships for players of 10-18 years of age took place in Oropesa del Mar - Marina D'Or (Castellon, Spain). There were around 1500 participants from 60 countries. The tourmanent was a Swiss System of 11 rounds running 25th October - 7th November. A huge event it saw England have an excellent result with Nicholas Pert taking the Boys under 18 Championships and Ruth Sheldon the Girls under 18 Championships. But many countries take notice of significant results for them. For instance Rupert Jones ( former President Zone 4.3 ) points out a fine result in the under 16 boys event. Though he didn't win it Amon Simotowe of Zambia finished on 7.5 / 11 ( 5/5 with black ) having lost in the last round. He is already close to 2400 strength. A potential talent for the future? I need a little more time with the games and junior events are especially difficult to sort out.

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Boys under 10
Final Standings
Place Name                               Feder Rtg  Title Score Rtg Sum Progr.

  1   ROMANOV, Evgeny (78)               RUS              9           0   57.0
  2   FIER, Alexander (5)                BRA        fm    8.5         0   49.5
  3   IOTOV, Valentin (35)               BUL              8.5         0   49.0
  4   MAMEDOV, Raouf (52)                AZE              8.5         0   41.0
  5   LI, Haoyu (48)                     CHN              8           0   47.0
  6   HORVATH, Laszlo (2)                HUN   2110       8           0   45.0
  7   JOJUA, Davit (38)                  GEO              7.5         0   54.5
  8   ANDRIASIAN, Zaven (97)             ARM              7.5         0   51.5
  9   AMIN, Bassem (8)                   EGY              7.5         0   48.5
 10   KORYAKIN, Sergiy (41)              UKR              7.5         0   45.5
 11   TISHYN, Dmytro (92)                UKR              7.5         0   43.5
 12   NGUYEN TRUONG, Son (59)            VIE              7           0   50.5
 13   TUKHAYEV, Adam (93)                UKR              7           0   49.5
 14   ZHIHALKA, Sergey (99)              BLR              7           0   49.0
 15   SUSILODINATA, Andrean (89)         INA              7           0   46.0
 16   SEN GUPTA, Deep (1)                IND   2125       7           0   43.5
 17   TAZBIR, Marcin (91)                POL              7           0   42.0
      KRNAN, Tomas (43)                  SVK              7           0   42.0
 19   GANZORIG, Erdene (23)              MGL              7           0   41.0
      LADANYI, Zsolt (44)                HUN              7           0   41.0
 21   KAKENOV, Muhtar (39)               KAZ              7           0   40.0
 22   MIHAILOVS, Jurijs (57)             LAT              6.5         0   43.5
      THIRUCHELVAM, Thirumuragan (4)     ENG   2020       6.5         0   43.5
      GUPTA, Abhijeet (28)               IND              6.5         0   43.5
 25   BLUVSHTEIN, Mark (13)              ISR              6.5         0   43.0
 26   BRKIC, Ante (15)                   CRO              6.5         0   41.5
 27   LUTZ, Dieter (50)                  GER              6.5         0   40.5
 28   ZHANG, Zi Yang (98)                CHN              6.5         0   40.0
 29   SAFARU, Aikhan (80)                AZE              6.5         0   39.5
      TARAS, Daniel (90)                 ROM              6.5         0   39.5
 31   MARIANGELI, Martin (53)            ARG              6.5         0   37.5
 32   PALLARDO LOZOYA, Vicente (66)      ESP              6.5         0   36.5
 33   NOROUZI, Omid (61)                 IRI              6           0   44.5
 34   RAGGER, Markus (76)                AUT              6           0   42.0
 35   PRIBORSKY, Marek (74)              CZE              6           0   38.5
 36   COJOCARU, Bogdan (18)              ROM              6           0   36.0
 37   ZORKO, Jure (101)                  SLO              6           0   35.5
      PAPINE, Vasili (67)                RUS              6           0   35.5
 39   KOZUBAI, Ulu A. (42)               KGZ              6           0   33.5
 40   PREDESCU, Sebastian (73)           CAN              6           0   33.0
 41   HADZOVIC, Amir (29)                BIH              6           0   32.0
 42   FRADE-MARQUES, Helder (22)         FRA              5.5         0   37.0
 43   KJARTARSSON, Gudmundur (40)        ISL              5.5         0   36.5
 44   HRZICA, Rok (34)                   SLO              5.5         0   36.0
 45   NIKOLOPOULUS, Georgios (60)        GRE              5.5         0   35.5
 46   OLIVER, Gareth (63)                AUS              5.5         0   33.0
      SALEH, Yehya (81)                  UAE              5.5         0   33.0
 48   LENIC, Luka (47)                   SLO              5.5         0   32.0
 49   MIKKELSEN, Nikolai (58)            DEN              5.5         0   31.0
 50   ZICKUS, Simonas (100)              LTU              5.5         0   30.5
 51   ABDULOV, Orkhan (7)                AZE              5.5         0   29.0
 52   GARCIA GUTIERREZ, Francisco (24)   MEX              5.5         0   28.0
      ÇOMEZ, Kemalcan (19)               TUR              5.5         0   28.0
      SUBATAVICIUS, Mindaugas (88)       LTU              5.5         0   28.0
 55   VICOL, Dorian (3)                  MDA   2065       5.5         0   26.0
      JOHNSTON, Gruffydd (37)            WLS              5.5         0   26.0
 57   HO, Matthew (32)                   USA              5           0   38.5
 58   LARIÑO, David (45)                 ESP              5           0   32.0
      OSATOVIC, Aleksander (65)          YUG              5           0   32.0
      MARTINS, Hugo (55)                 POR              5           0   32.0
 61   HERRERA SANCHEZ, Renzo (30)        PER              5           0   31.5
      DUSKUJANOV, Daulet (20)            KAZ              5           0   31.5
 63   MARTINEZ PEREZ, Jorge (54)         ESP              5           0   26.0
 64   MERGEAI, Christophe (56)           LUX              5           0   24.0
 65   PULIDO, Ivan (75)                  ESP              5           0   23.0
 66   OCHOA, Victor Karl (62)            PHI              4.5         0   32.5
      RONCAL, Justin (79)                CAN              4.5         0   32.5
 68   HIDALGO LUQUE, Carlos (31)         ESP              4.5         0   30.0
 69   GUERRERO ARROYO, Jorge (27)        ESP              4.5         0   28.0
      WEBER, Philip (96)                 LUX              4.5         0   28.0
      ELS, Stefan (21)                   RSA              4.5         0   28.0
 72   BOUKOBZA, Adrien (14)              FRA              4.5         0   27.5
      MACDONALD, Christoper (51)         SCO              4.5         0   27.5
 74   BURENBILEG, Galaarid (16)          MGL              4.5         0   23.5
 75   PIERARD, Florian (71)              BEL              4.5         0   22.5
 76   OOI, Ching Chung (64)              MAS              4.5         0   18.5
      VANDERHALLEN, Nicolas (94)         BEL              4.5         0   18.5
 78   BECKER, Gabriel (10)               BRA              4           0   30.5
 79   PARVE, Joan (68)                   EST              4           0   30.0
 80   SEMINARA, Antonio (84)             ITA              4           0   26.0
 81   GONZALVEZ GARCIA, Pablo (26)       ESP              4           0   24.5
 82   HOANG MINH, Tri (33)               VIE              4           0   23.5
 83   SANCHEZ, Jordi (82)                AND              4           0   23.0
 84   GINER BORRAS, Jesus (25)           ESP              4           0   22.0
 85   ISKAKOV, Arsen (36)                KAZ              3.5         0   24.5
 86   POLADIAN, Sevag (72)               LEB              3.5         0   20.0
 87   SIRIN, Atakan (85)                 TUR              3.5         0   19.5
 88   PEREZ CANDELARIO, Matias (70)      ESP              3.5         0   16.5
 89   PENA, Alfredo (69)                 COL              3           0   20.5
 90   SKOLDAN, Benjamin (86)             DEN              3           0   11.0
 91   RAISANEN, Kim (77)                 FIN              2.5         0   14.5
      SAPENOV, Erzhan (83)               KAZ              2.5         0   14.5
 93   CAÑADAS GARCIA-BUENO, Roberto (17) ESP              1.5         0    7.5
 94   BIJVI, Mazin M. (12)               HGK              1.5         0    5.5
 95   BESSACI, Noureddine (11)           ALG              0           0    0.0
      BARAMIDZE, Davit (9)               GEO              0           0    0.0
      ABDULLAH, Mohammed (6)             IRQ              0           0    0.0
      LEBRUN, Ted (46)                   HAI              0           0    0.0
      VAZQUEZ BAQUEDANO, Alfredo (95)    MEX              0           0    0.0
      SOUZA, Joao (87)                   BRA              0           0    0.0
      LOZANO, Jose Vicente (49)          ESP              0           0    0.0

 
Boys under 12

Place Name                                Feder Rtg  Title Score Rtg Sum Progr.
  1   RADJABOV, Teimour (1)               AZE   2325 fm    9.5         0   63.0
  2   VOLOKITIN, Andrei (4)               UKR   2240       9.5         0   56.5
  3   GUSEINOV, Kadir (9)                 AZE   2190       8.5         0   49.0
  4   ZHAO, Zong Yuan (99)                AUS              7.5         0   52.5
  5   HARIKRISHNA, P. (7)                 IND   2200 fm    7.5         0   49.0
  6   GASHIMOV, Vugar (2)                 AZE   2270 fm    7.5         0   48.5
  7   SADORRA, Catalino (83)              PHI              7.5         0   47.0
  8   SHURGULAIA, Giorgi (88)             GEO              7.5         0   45.0
      WANG, Yue (96)                      CHN              7.5         0   45.0
 10   HALAY, Taufik (45)                  INA              7.5         0   41.5
 11   GRACHEV, Boris (5)                  RUS   2235       7           0   48.0
 12   CHEPARINOV, Ivan (14)               BUL   2110       7           0   45.0
 13   ALAVI, Sayed Javad (3)              IRI   2260       7           0   43.0
      WOJTASZEK, Radoslaw (97)            POL              7           0   43.0
 15   ALCAZAR, Victor (20)                ESP              7           0   42.5
      MURARIU, Andrei (17)                ROM   2085       7           0   42.5
 17   PASHIKIAN, Arman (75)               ARM              7           0   42.0
 18   MANESCU, Tiberiu (16)               ROM   2090       7           0   41.0
 19   ZENTAI, Gyorgy (15)                 HUN   2105       7           0   40.5
 20   PAPP, Gabor (10)                    HUN   2190       6.5         0   43.0
 21   ERWICH, Marc (37)                   NED              6.5         0   42.5
 22   NEMETH, Miklos (18)                 HUN   2045       6.5         0   41.5
 23   HOANG CANH, Huan (50)               VIE              6.5         0   41.0
 24   BORISEK, Jure (6)                   SLO   2215       6.5         0   40.5
 25   KIM, Alexey (8)                     RUS   2200       6.5         0   39.5
 26   WU, Kai Yu (98)                     CHN              6.5         0   38.5
 27   DIVLJAN, Igor (33)                  CAN              6.5         0   36.0
 28   MEGARARANTO, Susanto (67)           INA              6           0   45.0
 29   PULITO, Alberto (78)                ITA              6           0   42.0
 30   PREDOJEVIC, Borki (77)              YUG              6           0   40.0
 31   BELLAICHE, Antony (13)              FRA   2130       6           0   39.0
 32   BALOGH, Csaba (12)                  HUN   2155       6           0   36.5
 33   RENDLE, Thomas (81)                 ENG              6           0   35.5
 34   HEINZ, Axel (47)                    GER              6           0   34.5
      ISMAGAMBETOV, Anyar (53)            KAZ              6           0   34.5
      BEINORAS, Mindaugas (25)            LTU              6           0   34.5
 37   BARRIENTOS, Sergio (24)             COL              6           0   33.5
      MAGALASHVILI, Davit (63)            GEO              6           0   33.5
 39   MICHIELS, Bart (70)                 BEL              6           0   32.5
 40   JONES, Gawain (55)                  ENG              6           0   26.5
 41   FILIPOV, Anton (39)                 UZB              5.5         0   39.5
      HASSAN, Abdulla (46)                UAE              5.5         0   39.5
 43   SHAHAR, Chem (87)                   ISR              5.5         0   38.5
 44   BERNASEK, Jan (11)                  CZE   2170       5.5         0   37.0
 45   CHUAH JIN HAI, Jonathan (30)        MAS              5.5         0   35.5
 46   HLYZIN, Yury (49)                   BLR              5.5         0   34.5
 47   GUSHULIAK, Justin (44)              CAN              5.5         0   33.5
 48   GUNBAYAR, Myagmarsuren (43)         MGL              5.5         0   32.5
 49   GERZHOY, Leonid (40)                ISR              5.5         0   32.0
      MCGOWAN, Daniel (65)                SCO              5.5         0   32.0
      VOLKOVS, Janis (95)                 LAT              5.5         0   32.0
 52   BRUSCO, Damian (27)                 ARG              5.5         0   31.0
 53   KULESZA, Mateusz (57)               POL              5.5         0   30.5
 54   NAKAMURA, Hikaru (72)               USA              5.5         0   30.0
 55   ARNGRIMSSON, Daour (22)             ISL              5           0   36.5
 56   EL CHAMIE, Mahmoud (35)             LEB              5           0   33.0
 57   MESZAROS, Michal (69)               SVK              5           0   32.0
 58   KULJASEVIC, Davorin (58)            CRO              5           0   30.0
 59   DURAKOPIC, Alman (34)               BIH              5           0   29.5
      HERNANDEZ MATOS, Jorge Ivan (48)    MEX              5           0   29.5
      LAMASTUS CANDAL, Jean Pau (60)      PUR              5           0   29.5
 62   NIEMANDT, Dewald (74)               RSA              5           0   29.0
 63   JEITZ, Christian (54)               LUX              5           0   28.0
 64   ALEKSEJEV, Igor (21)                EST              5           0   27.0
 65   ENCINAS ENCINAS, Alvaro (36)        ESP              5           0   26.5
 66   ISAZA, Yesid (51)                   COL              5           0   25.0
 67   SAIMIR, Shabanaj (84)               ALB              4.5         0   27.5
 68   GOMEZ GOMEZ, Francisco J (41)       ESP              4.5         0   27.0
 69   ISKAKOV, Aibek (52)                 KAZ              4.5         0   26.0
 70   RODIC, Donjan (82)                  SUI              4.5         0   25.5
 71   SAVINEL, Fernando (85)              ARG              4.5         0   25.0
 72   SIMON MONTESINOS, Jose Alberto (90) ESP              4.5         0   23.5
 73   NAXAKIS, Theodoros (73)             GRE              4.5         0   22.5
 74   LLANEZA VEGA, Marcos (61)           ESP              4.5         0   21.0
 75   TELLO NUÑEZ, Alejandro (92)         ESP              4.5         0   19.5
 76   CETINA, Klemen (28)                 SLO              4           0   30.5
 77   STEINER, Thomas (91)                AUT              4           0   28.0
 78   RAACH, Stephan (79)                 GER              4           0   26.5
 79   COSTA, Joao (32)                    POR              4           0   25.5
 80   VIRKAMAKI, Tuomas (94)              FIN              4           0   24.0
      JOVANOVIC, Peter (56)               AUS              4           0   24.0
 82   SIMOES, Joao (89)                   POR              4           0   23.0
 83   PIRKER, Georg (76)                  AUT              4           0   22.0
 84   SEMERCI, Mustafa (86)               TUR              4           0   20.0
 85   LAIN, Luigi (59)                    ITA              4           0   18.5
 86   MEKHITARIAN, Sevag (68)             BRA              4           0   16.5
 87   FERNANDES, Felipe (38)              BRA              3.5         0   21.0
 88   GUERRERO ARROYO, Pedro (42)         ESP              3.5         0   19.5
 89   REFO ALFEN, Salomao (80)            MOZ              3.5         0   19.0
 90   VALLES PESQUERA, Jaime (93)         PUR              2.5         0   18.5
 91   MURSABEKOV, Chingis (71)            KAZ              1.5         0   13.0
 92   LOZANO, Zeus (62)                   AND              1           0    5.0
 93   BARASHIANT, Grigore (23)            MDA              0           0    0.0
      MEDINA MACIAS, Manuel (66)          MEX              0           0    0.0
      MARWAN, Nasif E. (64)               IRQ              0           0    0.0
      CORONA NAVARRO, Alejandro (31)      ESP              0           0    0.0
      ACCELIEN, Jean Jude (19)            HAI              0           0    0.0
      CHARMAKE, Ahmed (29)                DJI              0           0    0.0
      BEKKAR, Azzedine (26)               ALG              0           0    0.0

Boys under 14
Place Name                               Feder Rtg  Title Score Rtg Sum Progr.

  1   BU, Xiangzhi (6)                   CHI   2290       9           0   54.0
  2   NAVARA, David (8)                  CZE   2275       8.5         0   55.5
  3   EFIMENKO, Zahar (2)                UKR   2330       8           0   51.0
  4   BHAT, Vinay S. (15)                USA   2235       8           0   50.0
  5   STOJANOVSKI, Dejan (16)            FRM   2235       8           0   48.0
  6   LUPULESCU, Constantin (23)         ROM   2205       7.5         0   47.0
  7   SMEETS, Jan (98)                   NED              7.5         0   46.5
  8   MITON, Kamil (1)                   POL   2415 fm    7.5         0   45.5
      BERKES, Ferenc (5)                 HUN   2290       7.5         0   45.5
 10   VOVSHA, Eli (18)                   ISR   2225       7.5         0   44.5
 11   EVDOKIMOV, Alexander (65)          RUS              7           0   51.0
 12   DROZDOVSKIYY, Yuri (4)             UKR   2295 fm    7           0   48.5
      IZORIA, Zviad (11)                 GEO   2250       7           0   48.5
 14   ALEKSEEV, Evgeny (9)               RUS   2270       7           0   48.0
 15   LLOBEL CORTELL, Enrique (29)       ESP   2160       7           0   44.5
      RAU, Hannes (91)                   GER              7           0   44.5
 17   PARIKH, Valay (34)                 IND   2125       7           0   43.0
 18   HADDAD, Mohammed (22)              IRI   2205       7           0   42.5
 19   GASHIMOV, Sarkhan (24)             AZE   2190       7           0   41.5
 20   PARAGUA, Mark (10)                 PHI   2260       7           0   40.5
      HEBERLA, Bartlomiej (38)           POL   2115       7           0   40.5
 22   JEREMIC, Veljko (36)               YUG   2120       7           0   38.5
 23   LAFUENTE, Pablo (37)               ARG   2115 fm    7           0   36.5
 24   ALCAZAR JIMENEZ, Jesus (39)        ESP   2105       6.5         0   46.0
 25   ZIVANIC, Marko (3)                 YUG   2320       6.5         0   43.0
 26   MACH, Petr (79)                    CZE              6.5         0   40.0
 27   WERLE, Jan (26)                    NED   2190       6.5         0   39.0
 28   FLUMBORT, Andras (12)              HUN   2245       6.5         0   36.0
      ZHANG, Zhuoya (33)                 CHN   2130       6.5         0   36.0
 30   ZAWADZKI, Stanislaw (13)           POL   2245       6.5         0   35.0
 31   SMERDON, David (41)                AUS   2105       6.5         0   34.5
 32   KUKLIN, Valentin (74)              KGZ              6.5         0   32.0
 33   HUMMEL, Patrick (14)               USA   2240       6           0   47.0
 34   LOPEZ BARRERA, Bruci (78)          CUB              6           0   43.0
 35   PETROSIAN, Tigran (89)             ARM              6           0   39.0
 36   GLINERT, Stephen (19)              CAN   2210       6           0   38.5
 37   SOLTANICI, Ruslan (48)             MDA   2055       6           0   38.0
 38   FLUVIA POYATOS, Jordi (42)         ESP   2090       6           0   35.5
 39   HAVLICEK, Libor (44)               SVK   2070       6           0   35.0
 40   PAVLOVIC, Milos (20)               YUG   2205 .     6           0   33.0
      ZARAGATSKI, Ilja (28)              GER   2170       6           0   33.0
      SADYKOV, Rustem (94)               KAZ              6           0   33.0
 43   PALO, Davor (87)                   DEN              6           0   30.0
 44   SAGAFOS, Magne (46)                NOR   2070       6           0   29.5
 45   JATAUTIS, Donatas (70)             LTU              5.5         0   42.0
 46   JIANU, Vlad (17)                   ROM   2225 fm    5.5         0   38.5
 47   DANILOV, Nikolai (7)               EST   2290       5.5         0   37.5
 48   MESZAROS, Tamas (27)               HUN   2175       5.5         0   36.5
 49   MAIOROV, Nikita (43)               BLR   2085       5.5         0   36.0
      RAEV, Rastislav (51)               BUL   2020       5.5         0   36.0
 51   PAPA, Severin (88)                 SUI              5.5         0   34.5
 52   LAZAR, Ales (25)                   SLO   2190       5.5         0   33.5
 53   BUCKLEY, Simon T. (35)             ENG   2120       5.5         0   33.0
 54   MOH TENG KEONG, Deon (83)          MAS              5.5         0   31.5
 55   SARIC, Ante (97)                   CRO              5.5         0   30.5
 56   CONTRERAS TORRES, Javier (61)      MEX              5.5         0   30.0
 57   TABET, Roger (101)                 LEB              5.5         0   29.5
 58   KHOR, Shihong (72)                 MAS              5.5         0   26.5
 59   TOMBA, Ivan (50)                   ITA   2035       5.5         0   25.5
 60   LAGOWSKI, Patryk (45)              POL   2070       5           0   37.5
 61   KINSIC, Onur (73)                  TUR              5           0   33.5
      MIELES PALAU, Daniel (30)          ECU   2155       5           0   33.5
 63   WEBER, Tom (103)                   LUX              5           0   33.0
 64   DRABKE, Lorenz (63)                ITA              5           0   32.5
 65   MORENO TRUJILLO, Alejandro (47)    ESP   2065       5           0   31.0
 66   REDPATH, Joseph (92)               SCO              5           0   30.5
      MOHAMMADI, Amir (84)               SWE              5           0   30.5
 68   UNGURS, Edgars (49)                LAT   2055       5           0   30.0
 69   MORENO TEJERA, Emilio (85)         ESP              5           0   27.5
 70   KUKOVEC, Borut (75)                SLO              5           0   26.5
 71   D'COSTA, Lorin (62)                ENG              5           0   25.0
 72   BUCHICHIO, Giampaolo (58)          ITA              5           0   21.5
 73   SANTOS, Ricardo (96)               POR              4.5         0   28.5
 74   CASTAÑO VAZQUEZ, Duvan Martin (59) COL              4.5         0   27.5
 75   ALMEIDA, Jairo M. (54)             BRA              4.5         0   27.0
 76   TABATABAI, John (100)              WLS              4.5         0   26.0
      WOLFF, Jonathan (104)              RSA              4.5         0   26.0
 78   HOMIRZAEV, Bahodir (69)            UZB              4.5         0   25.0
 79   SANCHEZ SAEZ, Francisco (95)       ESP              4.5         0   24.0
 80   LEVRIER, Piet (77)                 BEL              4.5         0   23.0
 81   NAJD, Aleksander (86)              SLO              4.5         0   22.5
      ABDULRAHMAN, Abdulla (53)          UAE              4.5         0   22.5
 83   BLACKBURN, Jonathan (57)           WLS              4.5         0   20.0
 84   ACHER, Mathieu (21)                FRA   2205       4           0   31.0
 85   MIHAILIDIS, Anastasios (82)        GRE              4           0   30.0
 86   SPRENGER, Wendelin (99)            AUT              4           0   27.0
 87   PALACIOS SIEGENTHALER, Juan (31)   ESP   2135       4           0   25.5
 88   FLAMENT, Francois (52)             FRA   2015       4           0   24.0
 89   FRANCHESCI RIVERA, Pedro (66)      PUR              4           0   22.0
      MIGUEL, Gabriel (81)               BRA              4           0   22.0
 91   VIRKAMAKI, Lauri (102)             FIN              4           0   21.5
 92   RADJABOV, Anvar (90)               UZB              4           0   18.5
 93   AUSSERER, Peter (56)               AUT              4           0   18.0
 94   LAURENT, Julien (32)               FRA   2130       3.5         0   23.5
 95   ENKH AMGALAM, Enkh (64)            MGL              3.5         0   23.0
 96   JEFFARES, Simon (71)               IRL              3.5         0   21.0
 97   HALLDORSSON, Halldor (68)          ISL              3.5         0   16.5
 98   MELO, Helder (80)                  MOZ              3           0   18.5
 99   AMIDZIC, Amir (55)                 BIH              3           0   14.5
 100  CELIK, Can (60)                    TUR              2.5         0   12.0
 101  RODRIGUEZ ARRIETA, Jose Allan (93) CRC              2           0   11.5
 102  HADDOUCHE, Mohamed (67)            ALG              0           0    0.0
      LACIN, Vladimir (76)               HAI              0           0    0.0
      ARAZ, Mohammed Basim (40)          IRQ   2105       0           0    0.0

Boys under 16

Place Name                                    Feder Rtg  Title Score Rtg Sum Progr.

  1   KHAMRAKULOV, Ibraghim (14)              UZB   2315       8.5         0   54.5
  2   BRUZON BATISTA, Lazaro (2)              CUB   2470 fm    8.5         0   48.5
      FLORES, Diego (40)                      ARG   2205       8.5         0   48.5
  4   NI, Hua (19)                            CHN   2285       8.5         0   46.0
  5   AZAROV, Sergei (5)                      BLR   2445       8           0   49.5
  6   BUNZMANN, Dimitrij (3)                  GER   2455       8           0   46.0
  7   KOVCHAN, Alexander (11)                 UKR   2330 fm    7.5         0   52.0
  8   MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios (21)           GRE   2280       7.5         0   51.5
      GRISCHUK, Alexander (1)                 RUS   2490 im    7.5         0   51.5
 10   VALLEJO PONS, Francisco (4)             ESP   2450 im    7.5         0   48.5
 11   RAHIMBEKOV, Said (16)                   KAZ   2305       7.5         0   48.0
      SIMUTONE, Amon (71)                     ZAM        fm    7.5         0   48.0
 13   CHARBONNEAU, Pascal (25)                CAN   2270       7.5         0   39.0
 14   KANG, Chuanqi (13)                      CHN   2315       7           0   51.0
 15   MALYY, Alexey (10)                      UKR   2335 fm    7           0   44.0
      KHRUSCHIOV, Alexey (39)                 MDA   2210       7           0   44.0
 17   GRIGORIANTS, Sergey (12)                RUS   2320       7           0   43.5
 18   GHAEM MAGHAMI, Ehsan (7)                IRI   2360 fm    7           0   42.0
 19   ROIZ, Michael (8)                       ISR   2355       7           0   39.5
 20   NUÑEZ, Daniel F. (37)                   COL   2215       7           0   34.5
      HANDKE, Florian (15)                    GER   2310       7           0   34.5
 22   VAVRAK, Peter (42)                      SVK   2200       6.5         0   48.5
 23   DZIUBA, Marcin (20)                     POL   2280       6.5         0   44.0
 24   SZYMANSKI, Marcin (18)                  POL   2295       6.5         0   43.0
      SEBE, Florin (30)                       ROM   2235       6.5         0   43.0
 26   BOKROS, Albert (6)                      HUN   2365 fm    6.5         0   40.5
 27   SALVADOR, Roland (61)                   PHI   2135       6.5         0   39.5
 28   GRIGUTAVICIUS, Dainius (59)             LTU   2135       6.5         0   39.0
 29   KEKENJ, Aleksandar (36)                 YUG   2215       6.5         0   38.0
 30   FILIPOVIC, Marko (28)                   CRO   2245       6.5         0   37.5
      GUSEINOV, Elmir (84)                    AZE              6.5         0   37.5
 32   FRANCO ALONSO, Alejandro (49)           ESP   2170       6.5         0   36.5
      CAWDERY, Daniel (62)                    RSA   2125       6.5         0   36.5
 34   MERINO GARCIA, Rafael (22)              ESP   2275       6.5         0   36.0
 35   SERTIC, Rudolf (104)                    CRO              6.5         0   34.0
 36   ZAREMBA, Andrei (29)                    USA   2245       6.5         0   33.5
 37   TRAN NGOC, Thach (23)                   VIE   2275       6           0   47.5
 38   NEIKSANS, Arturs (31)                   LAT   2230       6           0   44.5
 39   FLUVIA POYATOS, Joan (17)               ESP   2295       6           0   43.0
 40   MISTA, Aleksander (27)                  POL   2255       6           0   42.0
      WILLEMZE, Thomas (112)                  NED              6           0   42.0
 42   SZABO, Gergely (34)                     ROM   2225       6           0   37.0
      KRISTJANSSON, Stefan (33)               ISL   2225       6           0   37.0
 44   BATSANIN, Dmitry (9)                    RUS   2335 fm    6           0   35.5
      RUSEV, Krasimir (63)                    BUL   2125       6           0   35.5
 46   JIRKA, Jiri (44)                        CZE   2195       6           0   35.0
      SARIC, Ibro (103)                       BIH              6           0   35.0
 48   SEBENIK, Matej (54)                     SLO   2155       6           0   34.5
 49   MARTINEZ PENALVER, Jose (52)            ESP   2155       6           0   31.5
 50   ANDRES GONZALEZ, Ivan (24)              ESP   2270       5.5         0   37.0
 51   FERNANDEZ ROMERO, Ernesto (43)          ESP   2195       5.5         0   36.5
 52   SHAVTVALADZE, Nikoloz (38)              GEO   2215       5.5         0   35.5
 53   PRASCA SOSA, Rafael F. (99)             VEN              5.5         0   35.0
 54   RASIC, Damir (65)                       BIH   2115       5.5         0   34.5
 55   BLASKO, Istvan (48)                     HUN   2175       5.5         0   34.0
 56   KUEMIN, Simon (45)                      SUI   2195       5.5         0   33.5
 57   HAENSEL, Thomas (46)                    GER   2190       5.5         0   33.0
      TEMPLIER, Nicolas (57)                  FRA   2145       5.5         0   33.0
 59   VENKATESH, M.R. (41)                    IND   2205       5.5         0   32.5
 60   HENRIKSSON, Svante (85)                 FIN              5.5         0   31.5
 61   KANEP, Meelis (56)                      EST   2145       5.5         0   28.0
 62   TAN, Desmond (55)                       ENG   2150       5           0   33.0
      ANDRADE, Ivan (67)                      MOZ   2070       5           0   33.0
 64   SZILAGYI, Zsolt (50)                    HUN   2170       5           0   32.0
 65   VIDAL DEL RIO, Manuel (47)              ESP   2180       5           0   31.0
      SZEBERENYI, Adam (32)                   HUN   2230       5           0   31.0
 67   PEREZ CANDELARIO, Manuel (53)           ESP   2155       5           0   29.5
 68   BUSTAMANTE MONTONI, Richard (75)        VEN              5           0   29.0
 69   GASTIABUR, Hernan (81)                  ARG              5           0   28.5
 70   OSTTVEIT, Martin (97)                   NOR              5           0   27.0
 71   VACLAVIK, Martin (108)                  CZE              5           0   26.5
      CARLSSON, Pontus (77)                   SWE              5           0   26.5
 73   DE BORTOLI, Peter (35)                  ITA   2215       5           0   26.0
 74   GIL, Ruben (82)                         COL              5           0   25.5
 75   MORENO EZQUERRO, Juan (96)              ARG              5           0   23.5
 76   LEITE, Catarina (90)                    POR              5           0   21.0
 77   LEAL, Joao Vitor (70)                   BRA   2030       4.5         0   35.5
 78   LIM, Yee-Weng (58)                      MAS   2140       4.5         0   33.0
 79   KHACHATRIAN, Aram (88)                  ARM              4.5         0   30.0
 80   VERKASALO, Tommi (111)                  FIN              4.5         0   28.5
 81   VANO, Pau (109)                         AND              4.5         0   27.0
      JONES, Richard S. (68)                  WLS   2055       4.5         0   27.0
 83   HUMMEL, Markus (60)                     AUT   2135       4.5         0   26.5
 84   ERTURAN, Yakup (80)                     TUR              4.5         0   24.0
 85   MEJIAS CHAFER, Alejandro (95)           ESP              4.5         0   22.0
      LUNA CORTES, Luis (93)                  ESP              4.5         0   22.0
 87   JAKUPOVIC, Neven (26)                   BIH   2260       4           0   34.0
 88   BURSCHOWSKY, Matthias (51)              AUT   2160       4           0   28.0
 89   COLLINS, Sam (78)                       IRL              4           0   27.5
 90   ANCHEYTA TEJAS, Victor (74)             MEX              4           0   25.0
      AL RAIS, Adnan (72)                     UAE              4           0   25.0
 92   GARCIA CASTRO, Juan Diego (69)          CRC   2040       4           0   23.5
 93   VERCHER SANSALONI, Juan Emilio (110)    ESP              4           0   22.5
 94   RAOUI, Mehdi (100)                      BEL              4           0   21.5
 95   RECHI, Xavier (101)                     AND              4           0   20.5
 96   TSEGTBAYAR, Serdamba (107)              MGL              4           0   20.0
 97   CABRERA HERNANDEZ, Raul David (76)      ESP              4           0   18.0
 98   RODRIGUEZ DE PATERNA, Luis Javier (102) ESP              4           0   17.0
 99   EID, Samir (79)                         EGY              4           0   13.0
 100  FLAMENT, Frederic (66)                  FRA   2095       3.5         0   22.5
      TORRADO QUINTELA, Julio (106)           ESP              3.5         0   22.5
 102  LIP, Michael (91)                       AUS              3           0   23.5
 103  LOPES, Marcelo (92)                     BRA              3           0   19.5
 104  MARTIN PEREZ, Carlos (94)               ESP              3           0   17.0
 105  KAFKA, Graeme (87)                      SCO              3           0   16.0
 106  LEITAO, Nicolai (89)                    BRA              3           0   14.0
 107  PERDOMO WESTERBANT, Ispban (98)         PUR              2.5         0   15.5
 108  HOVNANIAN, Serge (86)                   LEB              2.5         0   12.0
 109  SILIVRI, Volkan (105)                   TUR              1           0    2.0
 110  GOUTALI, Tarek (83)                     ALG              0           0    0.0
      BATTY, Ramiz A. (64)                    IRQ   2115       0           0    0.0
      ALDA, Shabanaj (73)                     ALB              0           0    0.0

Boys under 18
Place Name                             Feder Rtg  Title Score Rtg Sum Progr.

  1   PERT, Nicholas (15)              ENG   2415 fm    8.5         0   52.0
  2   ILIJUSHIN, Alexey (4)            RUS   2470 im    8.5         0   47.0
  3   VAJDA, Levente (3)               ROM   2480 im    8           0   50.0
  4   ACS, Peter (2)                   HUN   2500 im    8           0   48.5
  5   DOETTLING, Fabian (24)           GER   2360 fm    8           0   47.5
  6   HORVATH, Adam (9)                HUN   2455 im    7.5         0   44.5
      SVETUSHKIN, Dmitry (8)           MDA   2460 im    7.5         0   44.5
  8   BENKOVIC, Petar (33)             YUG   2310       7.5         0   41.0
  9   DOMINGUEZ PEREZ, Leinier (1)     CUB   2585 fm    7           0   51.5
 10   FEDORCHUK, Sergey A (13)         UKR   2415 fm    7           0   50.5
 11   BERESCU, Alin (21)               ROM   2370 fm    7           0   47.5
 12   MATEUTA, Gabriel (19)            ROM   2390 im    7           0   47.0
 13   GERSHON, Alik (7)                ISR   2460 im    7           0   46.0
 14   BLEHM, Pawel (12)                POL   2420 im    7           0   45.5
 15   STEVIC, Hrvoje (6)               CRO   2465 im    7           0   41.0
 16   JOHANNESSEN, Leif E (38)         NOR   2290 fm    7           0   40.0
 17   BEKKER-JENSEN, Simon (45)        DEN   2260       7           0   39.5
 18   LOPEZ MARTINEZ, Jose M. (26)     ESP   2350       6.5         0   47.0
 19   HALKIAS, Stelios (10)            GRE   2435 im    6.5         0   45.5
 20   KUNDIN, Alexander (11)           ISR   2430 fm    6.5         0   43.5
 21   BERG, Emanuel (20)               SWE   2380       6.5         0   42.0
 22   FELGAER, Ruben (27)              ARG   2335 fm    6.5         0   40.5
 23   BAKHTADZE, Giorgi (17)           GEO   2395 fm    6.5         0   39.0
 24   KANATOV, Askar (39)              KAZ   2285 fm    6.5         0   38.0
 25   FONTAINE, Robert (23)            FRA   2360 im    6.5         0   36.0
      VARELA, Gaston (44)              ARG   2270 fm    6.5         0   36.0
 27   REINALDO CASTIÑEIRA, Roi (31)    ESP   2325       6.5         0   35.5
 28   CROSA COLL, Martin S. (52)       URU   2225       6.5         0   35.0
      PERELSHTEYN, Eugene (14)         USA   2415 fm    6.5         0   35.0
 30   GAZARIAN, Aram (5)               RUS   2470 fm    6           0   45.0
 31   ARDELEANU, George C (32)         ROM   2310       6           0   43.0
 32   IBRAHIMOV, Rasul (22)            AZE   2365       6           0   42.0
 33   HAROUTJUNIAN, Gevorg (36)        ARM   2310       6           0   41.5
 34   RIAZANTSEV, Alexander (29)       RUS   2335       6           0   39.5
 35   KALLIO, Heikki (25)              FIN   2360 fm    6           0   38.5
 36   SMETANKIN, Stanislav (16)        BLR   2395 im    6           0   36.0
 37   ZUGIC, Igor (28)                 CAN   2335 fm    5.5         0   38.5
      BURSTEINAS, Romanas (37)         LTU   2295       5.5         0   38.5
 39   MARTINEZ MARTIN, David (41)      ESP   2285       5.5         0   37.5
 40   SENFF, Martin (18)               GER   2395       5.5         0   34.5
 41   GARCIA ROMAN, Daniel (35)        ESP   2310       5.5         0   33.0
 42   PETRIK, Tomas (43)               SVK   2275       5.5         0   32.5
 43   FERNANDO, Diego (63)             POR   2185       5.5         0   32.0
      ALVAREZ MARQUEZ, Johan C. (56)   VEN   2200       5.5         0   32.0
 45   JENSSON, Einar Hjalti (64)       ISL   2185       5.5         0   31.5
 46   FERNANDEZ RANGEL, Alejandro (55) MEX   2205       5.5         0   30.5
      URIBE, Mauricio (57)             COL   2200       5.5         0   30.5
 48   PILAJ, Herwig (53)               AUT   2215       5.5         0   30.0
 49   DEARING, Edward (34)             SCO   2310       5.5         0   29.0
 50   ZERDO, Mirza (70)                BIH   2125       5.5         0   28.5
      MARIANO, Elia (47)               ITA   2250       5.5         0   28.5
 52   SOOT, Margus (87)                EST              5.5         0   27.5
 53   LABOLLITA, Martin (54)           ARG   2210 fm    5.5         0   27.0
 54   KAVCIC, Uros (48)                SLO   2245       5           0   34.0
      BEENISH, Bhatia (58)             IND   2190       5           0   34.0
 56   VIDOVIC, Sasa (49)               CRO   2245       5           0   27.5
      HERNANDO RODRIGO, Julio (40)     ESP   2285       5           0   27.5
 58   NG, Tze Han (82)                 MAS              5           0   24.5
 59   KREJCI, Jakub (69)               CZE   2140       5           0   24.0
 60   RODRIGUEZ HERREROS, Victor (42)  ESP   2280       4.5         0   32.0
 61   TOTH, Andras (30)                HUN   2330       4.5         0   31.5
 62   MOGILAROV, Dimitar (74)          BUL   2090       4.5         0   30.5
 63   STEPANOV, Timofej (61)           LAT   2190       4.5         0   29.0
 64   SANDHU, Mario (60)               AUT   2190       4.5         0   28.5
      STOLTE BEZERRA, Thiago (68)      BRA   2145       4.5         0   28.5
 66   WAFTE, Rodrigo (90)              BRA              4.5         0   26.5
 67   CARTON, Camille (67)             FRA   2155       4.5         0   24.5
      ATAKISI, Umut (51)               TUR   2225       4.5         0   24.5
 69   VALENTIN PASCUAL, Cesar (66)     ESP   2165       4.5         0   20.5
 70   BLANCO ACEVEDO, Cristobal (59)   VEN   2190       4           0   28.0
 71   NIKOLAOU, Georgios (71)          GRE   2120       4           0   27.5
 72   ZVAN, Ziga (72)                  SLO   2100       4           0   25.0
 73   GOMEZ LOPEZ, Roberto (46)        ESP   2250       4           0   23.0
 74   GARBARINO, Xavier (73)           FRA   2095       4           0   22.5
 75   LO, Chun Yue (79)                HGK              4           0   22.0
 76   MEMETI, Kastriot (80)            BEL              4           0   20.5
 77   PADEIRO, Jose (83)               POR              4           0   18.5
 78   FRANCO, Alexander (75)           COL              4           0   17.5
 79   BUCHER, Denis (65)               SUI   2180       4           0   15.5
 80   HONG, Jianrong (77)              CHN              3.5         0   24.5
 81   PARASKEVOPOULUS, Aresti (84)     RSA              3.5         0   20.5
 82   VERLAINE, Alex (89)              LUX              3.5         0   16.5
 83   KELLY, Adam (78)                 IRL              3           0   19.5
 84   TRASS, Ryan (88)                 NZL              3           0   15.0
 85   SISIC, Samir (86)                BIH              3           0   12.0
 86   NETO, Fausto (81)                BRA              2.5         0   17.0
 87   WARSAMA, Saad (91)               DJI              1           0    2.0
 88   ANDRADE, Leonardo (50)           POR   2235       0           0    0.0
      SANON, Mondoly (85)              HAI              0           0    0.0
      DESEATNICOV, Ivan (62)           MDA   2185       0           0    0.0
      GHIMOUZ, Chakib (76)             ALG              0           0    0.0

Girls under 10
Place Name                         Feder Rtg Title Score Rtg Sum Progr.
  1   NEBOLSINA, Vera (47)         RUS             9.5         0   59.5
  2   VASSILKOVA, Svetlana (69)    RUS             8.5         0   59.0
  3   KHOTENASHVILI, Bela (36)     GEO             8           0   51.5
  4   POORSHAKAN, Atoosa (54)      IRI             8           0   49.0
  5   LAHNO, Katerina (40)         UKR             8           0   46.5
  6   XING, Jieqiong (72)          CHN             8           0   46.0
  7   GURCHUMALIDZE, Teona (27)    GEO             8           0   45.5
  8   ROSS, Laura (60)             USA             7.5         0   52.0
  9   SOLYOMVARI, Roxanne (65)     HUN             7.5         0   38.5
 10   PURTSELADZE, Maka (56)       GEO             7           0   47.0
 11   ROGULE, Laura (59)           LAT             7           0   44.0
 12   KUBIKOVA, Alena (38)         CZE             7           0   43.5
 13   ABRAHAMIAN, Tatevik (1)      ARM             7           0   41.0
 14   SHMIRINA, Evgenia (64)       UKR             7           0   40.5
 15   NESTOROW, Marta (48)         SWE             7           0   33.0
 16   BOROSOVA, Zuzana (12)        SVK             6.5         0   47.5
 17   LACAU-RODEANU, Iulia (39)    ROM             6.5         0   44.5
 18   ANDREJCZUK, Beata (7)        POL             6.5         0   41.0
 19   POLIZOU, Dionisia (53)       GRE             6.5         0   37.5
      DJUKIC, Sandra (18)          YUG             6.5         0   37.5
 21   NATH, Saheli (46)            IND             6.5         0   37.0
 22   XU, Tong (73)                CHN             6           0   43.0
 23   ACAR, Gizem (2)              TUR             6           0   41.5
 24   DASHKEVICH, Natalia (16)     BLR             6           0   39.5
 25   AMBROSI, Eleonora (6)        ITA             6           0   38.0
 26   KHUDAVERDIEVA, Afag (37)     AZE             6           0   37.0
      PRZEZDZIECKA, Ewa (55)       POL             6           0   37.0
      KHALLAEVA, Bakhar (35)       TKM             6           0   37.0
 29   GAJIC, Monica (25)           AUS             6           0   35.0
 30   SERGEEVA, Viktoriya (63)     KAZ             6           0   34.0
 31   ALIEVA, Tunzale (5)          AZE             6           0   32.0
 32   ALARCON JUAREZ, Sandra (3)   ESP             6           0   27.0
 33   ISKENDEROVA, Khayala (31)    AZE             5.5         0   42.5
 34   FOISOR, Sabina (23)          ROM             5.5         0   38.0
 35   MACHALOVA, Erika (41)        SVK             5.5         0   35.0
 36   KAZAKEVICH, Anastasia (33)   CAN             5.5         0   33.0
 37   BACIONYTE, Agne (9)          LTU             5.5         0   29.0
 38   FRANCISKOVIC, Borka (24)     CRO             5.5         0   28.5
 39   PASCUAL, Lucia (49)          ESP             5.5         0   26.0
 40   ATNILOV, Bela (8)            ISR             5           0   37.0
 41   REMETE, Zsuzsa (58)          HUN             5           0   34.0
 42   BENGGAWAN, Alexandra (11)    CAN             5           0   33.5
 43   HERRERA, Milena (30)         COL             5           0   33.0
 44   CARRARO, Denise (14)         ARG             5           0   32.0
 45   TOURNIER, Virgina (67)       ARG             5           0   31.5
 46   KEZELE, Tamara (34)          YUG             5           0   31.0
 47   DOBROVITZ, Piroska (19)      HUN             5           0   29.0
      RUDOLF, Kata (61)            HUN             5           0   29.0
 49   FANGANIELLO, Andrea (20)     BRA             5           0   21.5
 50   HAN YEE YU, Murielle (28)    FRA             4.5         0   31.0
 51   KADIROVA, Begimai (32)       KGZ             4.5         0   30.0
 52   TOTZEVA, Denitza (66)        BUL             4.5         0   29.5
 53   MARTINEZ CASTRO, Haydee (44) MEX             4.5         0   25.5
 54   ALGABA, Solene (4)           FRA             4.5         0   21.0
 55   UNTILA, Stela (68)           MDA             4.5         0   19.5
 56   BOZI, Melinda (13)           HUN             4           0   27.0
 57   PINTOR, Ariana (52)          POR             4           0   25.5
      GARCIA MAEZO, Rebeca (26)    ESP             4           0   25.5
 59   CHUNGUANE, Soviria (15)      MOZ             4           0   22.5
 60   FELICIANO, Vanessa (21)      BRA             4           0   22.0
 61   PETRIGACOVA, Daniel (50)     SVK             4           0   19.0
 62   FERSTERER, Katharina (22)    AUT             3.5         0   22.5
      DEALE, Jenni (17)            RSA             3.5         0   22.5
 64   BAKHANOVITCH, Anna (10)      BLR             3.5         0   22.0
 65   MAGGEN, Charlotte (42)       BEL             3.5         0   15.5
 66   PIATAC, Sofia (51)           MDA             3.5         0   15.0
 67   MARCO FRANCISCO, Miriam (43) ESP             3           0    7.5
 68   VICENTE, Patricia (71)       AND             2.5         0   16.0
 69   VELEC, Martina (70)          SLO             2.5         0   11.5
 70   HEFTI, Stephanie (29)        AUT             2           0   15.5
 71   SAAVEDRA, Isabel (62)        ESP             0           0    0.0
      RAEVA, E. (57)               BUL             0           0    0.0
      MEZIOUD, Amina (45)          ALG             0           0    0.0

Girls under 12
Place Name                         Feder Rtg  Title Score Rtg Sum Progr.
  1   KONERU, Humpy (3)            IND   2140       9.5         0   59.5
  2   KOSINTSEVA, Tatiana (4)      RUS   2120 wfm   9.5         0   59.0
  3   TANIA, Sachdev (6)           IND   2065       8.5         0   53.5
  4   KURSOVA, Maria (5)           RUS   2070 wfm   8           0   51.0
  5   SEBAG, Marie (67)            FRA              8           0   50.0
  6   WOREK, Joanna (80)           POL              8           0   46.0
  7   PARIDAR, Shadi (8)           IRI   2030 wfm   7.5         0   48.5
  8   CODINA, Julia (26)           ESP              7           0   49.0
  9   DZAGNIDZE, Nana (30)         GEO              7           0   47.0
 10   CAOILI, Arianne Bo (7)       PHI   2050       7           0   45.0
 11   TUYTEBAEVA, Dinara (77)      KAZ              7           0   44.0
 12   HUANG, Qian (38)             CHN              7           0   43.5
 13   STOJANOVIC, Nadezda (1)      YUG   2185       7           0   43.0
 14   STOJANOVIC, Andjelija (2)    YUG   2165 wfm   7           0   42.0
 15   KOHUT, Anna (46)             POL              7           0   41.0
 16   HOANG THI BAO, Tram (36)     VIE              7           0   40.0
 17   TITAREVA, Tatjana (75)       LAT              7           0   38.5
 18   ZHANG, Jilin (83)            CHN              6.5         0   47.5
 19   HRYHORENKO, Nataliya (37)    UKR              6.5         0   45.5
 20   AKETAEVA, Dana (13)          KAZ              6.5         0   42.5
 21   VEGA, Sabrina (79)           ESP              6.5         0   39.5
 22   SAMAGANOVA, Alexandra (63)   KGZ              6.5         0   39.0
 23   SCHLANDER, Sabine (65)       GER              6.5         0   37.0
 24   TOTH, Lili (76)              HUN              6.5         0   34.0
 25   ZIOGATE, Jovita (84)         LTU              6.5         0   32.0
 26   STODOLOVA, Kristyna (73)     CZE              6           0   43.5
 27   RUDOLF, Anna (62)            HUN              6           0   39.5
 28   BATCHIMEG, Tuvshintugs (18)  MGL              6           0   39.0
 29   PADURARIU, Veronica (54)     ROM              6           0   38.5
 30   MUHREN, Bianca (51)          NED              6           0   38.0
 31   RAEVA, Elitza (58)           BUL              6           0   37.0
 32   DATUASHVILI, Nona (27)       GEO              6           0   35.5
 33   MACHALOVA, Veronika (50)     SVK              6           0   35.0
      AHMATOVIC, Mirela (12)       SLO              6           0   35.0
 35   SEPS, Monika (68)            SUI              5.5         0   37.5
 36   BEDNIKOVA, Stefi (19)        BUL              5.5         0   36.5
 37   YOBVNERTCHIK, Ekaterina (81) BLR              5.5         0   36.0
 38   RODRIGUEZ, Moira (60)        ESP              5.5         0   35.5
 39   ORTIZ, Nadya K. (53)         COL              5.5         0   35.0
 40   ROHACKOVA, Veronika (61)     SVK              5.5         0   33.5
 41   PALMIERO, Chiara (55)        ITA              5.5         0   33.0
      ADONTAKI, Hristina (11)      GRE              5.5         0   33.0
 43   SOLIC, Kristina (71)         CRO              5.5         0   32.0
 44   ZAWADZKA, Jolanta (82)       POL              5.5         0   31.5
 45   SHURALIEVA, Fidan (69)       AZE              5.5         0   30.5
 46   KESKIN, Serap (43)           TUR              5.5         0   28.0
 47   ACEVEDO, Maria (10)          ARG              5.5         0   26.0
 48   JACOBS, Saroja (41)          BEL              5.5         0   25.0
 49   PIÑA, Julia (56)             ESP              5           0   32.0
 50   ERGASHEVA, Satvinov (31)     UZB              5           0   31.5
 51   CHATTE, Anne-Sophie (24)     FRA              5           0   31.0
 52   ANCHEYTA TEJAS, Clandine (9) MEX        wfm   5           0   30.5
 53   BENGGAWAN, Amanda (21)       CAN              5           0   29.0
 54   DOIBANI, Lilia (28)          MDA              5           0   28.5
 55   LIP, Catherine (48)          AUS              5           0   25.5
 56   GRITZMAN, Lauren (35)        RSA              5           0   25.0
 57   STARTSEVA, Ksenja (72)       EST              4.5         0   34.0
 58   KRUMPHALS, Ingrid (47)       AUT              4.5         0   31.0
      JORGENSEN, Carina (42)       DEN              4.5         0   31.0
 60   KLINKAN, Elisabeth (45)      AUT              4.5         0   27.0
 61   PIROZZI, Ornella (57)        ARG              4.5         0   25.5
 62   DORREK, Veronika (29)        AUT              4.5         0   25.0
 63   KHAZIYEVA, Dinara (44)       CAN              4.5         0   24.5
 64   BLACKBURN, Suzie (22)        WLS              4.5         0   23.5
 65   ARTIKOVA, Muyassat (16)      UZB              4.5         0   19.5
 66   RENGANATHAN, Nishaah (59)    MAS              4           0   28.0
      GENIS, Nina (34)             FRA              4           0   28.0
 68   ARSLANAGIC, Sanja (15)       BIH              4           0   24.5
 69   BOLON, Karelle (23)          FRA              4           0   23.5
      ISMAILOVA, Aytadj (40)       AZE              4           0   23.5
 71   GARCIA GRANERO, Ana (33)     ESP              4           0   23.0
 72   TAKO, Anna Maria (74)        HUN              4           0   22.5
      ATTARAN, Anahita (17)        SWE              4           0   22.5
 74   SOARES, Diana (70)           POR              4           0   17.5
 75   AMBROSIO, Camili (14)        BRA              4           0   17.0
 76   ISAEVA, Aknur (39)           TKM              3.5         0   24.0
 77   FIDALGO, Joana (32)          POR              3.5         0   18.0
 78   VASQUEZ, Maria (78)          POR              3.5         0   15.5
 79   CHIVAVAI, Maneguatse (25)    MOZ              3.5         0   13.5
 80   NIEMI, Nicole (52)           USA              2           0   12.0
 81   LOPEZ BORBON, Dalia (49)     MEX              2           0    9.0
 82   SAPENOVA, Dinara (64)        KAZ              1.5         0    9.5
 83   SCHMIDT, Cecilia (66)        BRA              0           0    0.0
      BENADBDELAZIZ, Lynda (20)    ALG              0           0    0.0

Girls under 14
Place Name                                 Feder Rtg  Title Score Rtg Sum Progr.
  1   KOSINTSEVA, Nadezhda (4)             RUS   2135       9.5         0   59.5
  2   JAVAKHISHVILI, Lela (5)              GEO   2130       8.5         0   54.5
  3   GARA, Ticia (1)                      HUN   2245       8.5         0   51.5
  4   CHEREDNICHENKO, Svetlana (2)         UKR   2210 wfm   7.5         0   51.5
  5   LEVUSHKINA, Elena (6)                UZB   2105       7.5         0   50.5
  6   SREBRNIC, Ana (64)                   SLO              7.5         0   46.5
  7   MIETZNER, Tina (3)                   GER   2155       7.5         0   43.5
  8   HELM, Leonie (38)                    GER              7.5         0   42.0
  9   MOTOC, Alina (50)                    ROM              7.5         0   41.0
 10   MAKSUTOVA, Marianna (48)             KAZ              7           0   46.5
 11   ZHAO, Xue (77)                       CHN              7           0   45.0
 12   DANG BICH, Ngoc (23)                 VIE              7           0   44.5
 13   CHOUKOUROVA, Mekhriban (20)          AZE              7           0   40.0
      SAVIC, Marijana (59)                 YUG              7           0   40.0
 15   VASIC, Milena (71)                   YUG              6.5         0   47.0
 16   STIRI, Alexandra (65)                GRE              6.5         0   42.5
 17   FARHAT, Barbara (8)                  BRA        wfm   6.5         0   42.0
      GORLIN, Yelena (33)                  USA              6.5         0   42.0
 19   POGONINA, Natalia (53)               RUS              6.5         0   41.5
 20   GRAU, Monica (34)                    ESP              6.5         0   39.5
 21   GERASSIMOVICH, Olga (30)             BLR              6.5         0   38.5
 22   POWELL, Annie (54)                   WLS              6.5         0   35.5
 23   NEJANSKY, Maisa (51)                 ARG              6.5         0   34.5
 24   SHIELDS, Sylvia (60)                 AUS              6           0   41.0
 25   PAPP, Judit (52)                     HUN              6           0   40.5
 26   DJURIC, Vesna (26)                   YUG              6           0   39.0
 27   HUYNH M.PHUONG, Dung (40)            VIE              6           0   38.5
 28   GREGOROVA, Zuzana (35)               SVK              6           0   38.0
 29   BASHKITE, Viktoria (14)              EST              6           0   37.0
 30   SIMON, Zsuzsa (63)                   HUN              6           0   35.0
 31   BALKIEWICZ, Elizbieta (12)           POL              6           0   34.0
      PARTAC, Elena (7)                    MDA   2080       6           0   34.0
 33   GONÇALVES, Angela (32)               POR              6           0   32.5
 34   PREETHI, K. (55)                     IND              6           0   26.5
 35   TIDMAN, Sophie (66)                  ENG              5.5         0   40.0
 36   TSAI, Cindy (68)                     USA              5.5         0   35.0
 37   ESPINOLA, Maria Jose (28)            ESP              5.5         0   34.0
      HARI, Veronika (37)                  SLO              5.5         0   34.0
 39   KALVYTE, Vesta (41)                  LIT              5.5         0   33.0
 40   SIMES, Marisol (62)                  ARG              5.5         0   32.5
      DE LOS SANTOS HONRUBIA, Maria (24)   ESP              5.5         0   32.5
 42   CORDERO PEDROSA, Elena (21)          ESP              5.5         0   32.0
 43   MEZA, Anahi (49)                     ARG              5.5         0   30.5
 44   KOPINITS, Anna-C. (43)               AUT              5.5         0   23.0
 45   TSIKARISIHVILI, Nana (69)            GEO              5           0   39.0
 46   MAGNUCKA, Milena (46)                POL              5           0   34.5
 47   GOLER, Isil (31)                     TUR              5           0   32.5
 48   VUORIMIES, Riikka (75)               FIN              5           0   30.5
 49   VAUPOTIC, Maja (72)                  CRO              5           0   30.0
 50   ROLLI, Corinne (57)                  SUI              5           0   29.0
 51   MACHALOVA, Maria (45)                SVK              5           0   26.0
 52   CHKHAIDZE, Mariana (19)              GEO              4.5         0   32.0
      SHISKINA, Olya (61)                  CAN              4.5         0   32.0
 54   VASEVA, Olga (70)                    BUL              4.5         0   29.5
 55   ZUBIETA INDRA, K. (79)               BOL              4.5         0   28.0
      HODOVA, Lucie (39)                   CZE              4.5         0   28.0
      AVANESIAN, Ani (11)                  ARM              4.5         0   28.0
 58   CHIROIU, Patricia (18)               CAN              4.5         0   27.0
 59   KRUMINA, Linda (44)                  LAT              4.5         0   26.0
 60   QUINTANILLA DE LA FUENTE, Hilda (56) MEX              4.5         0   25.5
      BERG, Maria (16)                     SWE              4.5         0   25.5
 62   ZIVANOVIC, Andzelika (78)            AUS              4.5         0   23.5
      KARNER, Sylvia (42)                  AUT              4.5         0   23.5
 64   COSTANTINI, Laura (22)               ITA              4.5         0   23.0
 65   ASSAD, Karine (10)                   FRA              4.5         0   20.5
 66   BAUTISTA RODRIGUEZ, Ana (15)         ESP              4           0   24.5
 67   VEGA MORA, Carla (73)                CRC              4           0   23.5
 68   BIRGISDOTTIR, Ingibjorg (17)         ISL              4           0   22.0
      EGELAND, Marte (27)                  NOR              4           0   22.0
      FONTAINE, Cecile (29)                BEL              4           0   22.0
 71   ZAMPRONIO, Renata (76)               BRA              3.5         0   22.5
 72   SARRIA, J.Lorena (58)                COL              3.5         0   14.5
 73   VILHETE, Vania (74)                  MOZ              2.5         0   15.0
 74   MAKHLOUF, Youmna (47)                LIB              2.5         0   12.5
 75   GURBANOVA, Mayagozel (36)            TKM              2.5         0    9.0
 76   DELIC, Merica (25)                   BIH              1.5         0    7.0
 77   ACCELIEN, Annik (9)                  HAI              0           0    0.0
      BARASHIANT, Mariana (13)             MDA              0           0    0.0
      TOUBAL, Wissam (67)                  ALG              0           0    0.0

Girls under 16
Place Name                               Feder Rtg  Title Score Rtg Sum Progr.

  1   WANG, Yu (13)                      CHN   2130 wfm   9           0   45.0
  2   MAKOVETSKAIA, Elena (3)            UKR   2230       7           0   33.0
  3   MATNADZE, Ana (2)                  GEO   2280 wfm   6.5         0   33.5
  4   MOSER, Eva (5)                     AUT   2190       6.5         0   32.5
  5   MOSHINA, Cristina (6)              MDA   2185 wfm   6.5         0   30.5
  6   ZIMINA, Olga (4)                   RUS   2200 wfm   6           0   33.0
      JURKIEWICZ, Katarzyna (8)          POL   2185       6           0   33.0
  8   GEORGIEVA, Liubka (12)             BUL   2135       6           0   31.0
  9   VASQUEZ RAMIREZ, Rocio (74)        ECU              6           0   29.5
 10   ANKHCHIMEG, Bayanmunk (31)         MGL              6           0   27.0
 11   SPERDOKLI, Elli (71)               GRE              6           0   26.5
 12   SANCHEZ MARTIN, Vanessa (68)       ESP              6           0   26.0
 13   GOCZO, Melinda (7)                 HUN   2185       5.5         0   34.5
 14   GARA, Anita (1)                    HUN   2290 wim   5.5         0   33.0
 15   DEMBO, Yelena (11)                 ISR   2165       5.5         0   31.0
 16   KOVACEVIC, Radmila (18)            YUG   2105       5.5         0   30.0
 17   GROBERMAN, Elina (20)              USA   2100       5.5         0   28.5
 18   VOVK, Oksana (23)                  DEN   2080       5.5         0   26.5
 19   BALKHAMISHVILI, Tamar (26)         GEO   2035       5.5         0   26.0
 20   PILA, Gloria (60)                  ESP              5.5         0   25.5
      BUCKLEY, Melanie (29)              ENG   2005       5.5         0   25.5
 22   MATRAS, Agnieszka (14)             POL   2130       5           0   31.5
      CALOTESCU, Cristina (9)            ROM   2180       5           0   31.5
 24   POKORNA, Regina (10)               SVK   2170 wfm   5           0   31.0
 25   SALES MONTEALEGRE, Raquel (16)     ESP   2130       5           0   30.0
 26   RICHARDS, Heather (15)             ENG   2130       5           0   28.0
 27   SON, Olga (24)                     UZB   2045       5           0   27.0
      TIMKO, Melinda (19)                HUN   2105       5           0   27.0
 29   PRATIBHA, Y. (61)                  IND              5           0   25.0
      CHU, Stefanie (28)                 CAN   2020 wfm   5           0   25.0
 31   MOYLAN, Laura (58)                 AUS              5           0   22.0
      LUONG PHUONG, Hanh (53)            VIE              5           0   22.0
 33   MASIP RODRIGUEZ, Nuria (56)        ESP              5           0   20.5
 34   URSIC, Mateja (73)                 SLO              4.5         0   25.5
      BJERKE, Silje (32)                 NOR              4.5         0   25.5
 36   MENDIETA, Eliana (57)              ARG              4.5         0   23.5
 37   SZABO, Virag (21)                  HUN   2095       4.5         0   23.0
 38   CHORUN, Polina (37)                BLR              4.5         0   21.5
      RODRIGUEZ, Azahara (65)            ESP              4.5         0   21.5
 40   BUDYLINA, Sofia (25)               EST   2040       4.5         0   20.5
      FRANCISKOVIC, Dubravka (27)        CRO   2035       4.5         0   20.5
      RUTHERFORD, Elaine (67)            SCO              4.5         0   20.5
 43   RAMANAUSKAITE, Giedre (63)         LIT              4.5         0   18.5
 44   HAVLICKOVA, Beata (47)             SVK              4           0   23.5
 45   SHABANAJ, Alda (69)                ALB              4           0   22.0
 46   BOTTA, Judit (22)                  HUN   2080       4           0   21.5
 47   OSTOJIC, Ana (59)                  CRO              4           0   17.5
      ZIGANGIROVA, Sophia (77)           KAZ              4           0   17.5
 49   MAMEDOVA, Nargiz (55)              AZE              4           0   17.0
 50   DE MAIO, Amelia (40)               ITA              4           0   16.0
      SOH BEE HUI, Marina (70)           MAS              4           0   16.0
 52   REZAI-PERDOMO, Yuanne (64)         GER              4           0   15.5
 53   KRADOLFER, Conny (49)              SUI              4           0   13.0
 54   ISMAILOVA, Parvana (17)            AZE   2115 wfm   3.5         0   22.0
      PRIMON, Daiana (62)                BRA              3.5         0   22.0
 56   VERMEULEN, Emilie (75)             BEL              3.5         0   18.0
      GOLETTO, Celine (42)               FRA              3.5         0   18.0
      GUTOROVA, Diana (45)               LAT              3.5         0   18.0
 59   LINDHOLM, Sonja (52)               FIN              3.5         0   15.5
 60   DURAN REINA, Luisa E. (41)         VEN              3.5         0   13.5
 61   BREEN, Veronica (35)               SWE              3.5         0   11.5
 62   ROHRMANSTORFER, Silvia (66)        AUT              3           0   18.5
 63   CHONG, Elaine (36)                 AUS              3           0   18.0
 64   LAURENT, Viviana (51)              ARG              3           0   17.5
 65   JUSUFSPAHIC, Admira (48)           BIH              3           0   15.5
 66   CORRALES, Isis (39)                COL              3           0   14.0
 67   ALVARIÑO RODRIGUEZ, Ana Maria (30) ESP              3           0   13.0
      HANSEN, Thomine (46)               DEN              3           0   13.0
 69   COIMBRA, Margarida (38)            POR              2.5         0   14.5
 70   BLESSING, Ordan (33)               NGR              2.5         0   14.0
 71   LARUSDOTTIR, Aldis Run (50)        ISL              1.5         0    7.5
 72   GONZALEZ VAZQUEZ, Lucia (43)       ESP              1           0    4.0
 73   ZEGHIB, Amal (76)                  ALG              1           0    2.0
 74   GULTEKIN, Zeynep (44)              TUR              0.5         0    1.5
 75   MACIN CALDERON, Yanett (54)        MEX              0           0    0.0
      TCHOUROUN, Polina (72)             BLR              0           0    0.0
      BLOT, Elisabeth (34)               HAI              0           0    0.0

Girls under 18
Place Name                            Feder Rtg  Score Rtg Sum Progr.
  1   SHELDON, Ruth (6)               ENG   2220 9           0   55.5
  2   REIZNIECE, Dana (13)            LAT   2170 8           0   49.0
  3   OVOD, Evgenija (1)              RUS   2390 8           0   47.0
  4   IWANIUK, Dorota (8)             POL   2195 8           0   40.5
  5   GOLETIANI, Rusudan (3)          GEO   2280 7.5         0   51.5
  6   XU, Yuanyuan (4)                CHN   2240 7.5         0   51.0
  7   PIÑA VEGA, Sulennis (10)        CUB   2185 7.5         0   47.5
  8   PAEHTZ, Elisabeth (5)           GER   2230 7.5         0   43.5
  9   HOANG THANH, Trang (2)          VIE   2350 7           0   52.5
 10   IONICA, Iulia (7)               ROM   2195 7           0   46.5
 11   GRITSAYEVA, Oksana (11)         UKR   2185 7           0   45.0
 12   KAPS, Darja (14)                SLO   2155 7           0   44.5
 13   VOLOSJUK, Julia (34)            BLR   2005 6.5         0   41.5
 14   MORKUNAITE, Egle (24)           LTU   2065 6.5         0   41.0
      BABATAEVA, Indira (31)          KAZ   2020 6.5         0   41.0
 16   GOMEZ-CABRERO LOPEZ, Maria (16) ESP   2115 6.5         0   40.5
 17   FLAISIGOVA, Petra (27)          CZE   2055 6.5         0   40.0
      RAMASWANY, Aarthie (29)         IND   2035 6.5         0   40.0
 19   SANCHEZ CASTILLO, Sarai (22)    VEN   2075 6.5         0   39.5
 20   CHAU THI NGOC, Giao (40)        VIE        6.5         0   36.5
      GURBANOVA, Kemala (52)          AZE        6.5         0   36.5
 22   CHARKHALASHVILI, Inga (21)      GEO   2075 6           0   40.5
 23   VOICU, Carmen (15)              ROM   2120 6           0   40.0
 24   KRIVEC, Jana (12)               SLO   2180 6           0   39.0
 25   RAPCSAK, Andrea (26)            HUN   2060 6           0   38.5
 26   MENDOZA, Beverly (57)           PHI        6           0   36.5
 27   PALOTAI, Piroska (28)           HUN   2045 6           0   35.5
 28   POTIKHA, Liza (17)              ISR   2105 6           0   32.0
 29   POKORNA, Renata (19)            SVK   2095 5.5         0   38.5
 30   MONCAYO, Evelyn (18)            ECU   2100 5.5         0   35.0
 31   STOILKOVSKA, Sanja (65)         FRM        5.5         0   33.5
 32   SAHAKIAN, Nonna (25)            ARM   2065 5.5         0   31.5
      DECSEY, Katalin (9)             HUN   2190 5.5         0   31.5
      DIAZ, Maria A. (30)             AHO   2030 5.5         0   31.5
 35   BARBISO, Tiziana (38)           ITA        5.5         0   31.0
 36   SANTOS, Fernanda (63)           BRA        5           0   35.5
 37   AYDIN, Helin (37)               TUR        5           0   34.5
 38   BEKKER-JENSEN, Anne (23)        DEN   2070 5           0   33.5
 39   DAVID, Gundula (20)             GER   2080 5           0   31.0
 40   GREABCA, Diana (32)             MDA   2020 5           0   30.0
 41   POMAR, Maria Teresa (60)        ARG        5           0   29.5
 42   DELAI, Paula (41)               BRA        5           0   29.0
 43   REZEK, Anet (62)                CRO        5           0   28.0
 44   FALCON, Ashley (46)             USA        5           0   26.5
 45   FLORES TREVIÑO, Lorena (49)     MEX        5           0   25.0
 46   DUCHENE, Natalie (43)           FRA        5           0   23.0
 47   FELDMANE, Nellija (47)          LAT        4.5         0   31.5
 48   HURTADO, Carolina (54)          ARG        4.5         0   27.0
 49   ERICSSON, Susanne (45)          SWE        4.5         0   23.5
 50   PUTRINS, Marta (61)             EST        4.5         0   22.5
 51   PEÑAS HERNANDEZ, Yolanda (59)   ESP        4           0   24.0
 52   MUELLER, Selina (58)            SUI        4           0   20.0
      FERNANDEZ, Olga Rula (48)       ESP        4           0   20.0
 54   LUTRING, Aniko (33)             HUN   2005 4           0   18.0
 55   EFSTRATIOU, Anna (44)           GRE        3.5         0   25.5
 56   SARCEV, Tijana (64)             YUG        3.5         0   24.0
 57   INGOLFSDOTTIR, Harpa (55)       ISL        3.5         0   17.0
 58   LEAL, Dora (56)                 POR        3.5         0   16.0
 59   VERMEULEN, Florence (66)        BEL        3           0   17.5
      ARCHAN, Dagmar (35)             AUT        3           0   17.5
 61   FRICK, Denise (50)              RSA        3           0   11.0
 62   HOSIC, Sabina (53)              BIH        2           0   12.5
 63   DELOGE, Violette (42)           HAI        0           0    0.0
      GUERRIER, Marie Ange (51)       HAI        0           0    0.0
      BO, Arianne (39)                PHI        0           0    0.0
      AROUCHE, Farida (36)            ALG        0           0    0.0 

14) Loures Young Masters

Starting November 3rd. The 5th International Young Masters begin tomorrow in Loures Portugal. Daily information on: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018 Participants: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/5mjlrs.htm by Luis Santos.

Standings after 6 rounds
Loures POR (POR), XI 1998                                 cat. II (2295)
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                                                 123456789012
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 1 Paramos Dominguez, Roberto         m ESP 2435 *...1.10=1.1  4.5  2441
 2 Rocha, Sergio                      m POR 2425 .*.==..111.=  4.5  2439
 3 Dantas, Carlos                       POR 2200 ..*=.1..1==1  4.5  2453
 4 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador Gabriel  m ESP 2365 .==*.=..=11.  4.0  2395
 5 Moreno, Javier                       ARG 2430 0=..*=11...1  4.0  2455
 6 Hernandez, Roman                   g CUB 2440 ..0==*=11...  3.5  2342
 7 Santo Roman, Marc                  g FRA 2375 0...0=*1.1.1  3.5  2351
 8 Costa, Fernando J.M                  POR 2115 10..000*..1.  2.0  2256
 9 Reis, Luis Sousa                     POR 2225 =00=.0..*.1.  2.0  2216
10 Pinho, Paulo                         POR 2150 00=0..0..*1.  1.5  2137
11 Peixoto, Antonio                     POR 2185 ..=0...000*1  1.5  2015
12 Guerra, Victor                       POR 2195 0=0.0.0...0*  0.5  1940
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15) VII "ANDRES CLEMENTE VAZQUEZ" Memorial

Raul Ocampo and Hector Elissalt send news of the Andres Clemente Vazquez Memorial in Guiines, Havana, Cuba.Andres Clemente Vazquez was a Cuban born Mexican and minister of Treasury in the Mexican Governement at the end of XIX century. Chess Champion of Mexico and Cuba, he defeated Golmayo, Champion of Spain. Vazquez was a writer both on chess and politics and played several famous games against Steinitz. The event was won by Osmel Garcia ahead of Yuri and Renier Gonzalez of Cuba who both scored 9.5 points. The event ran 13th-25th October 1998.

Guiines Havana CUB (CUB), X 1998                       cat. I (2270)
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                                         12345678901234
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 1 Garcia, Osmel              f CUB 2350 *=====1111111=  10.0  2522
 2 Gonzalez, Yuri             f CUB 2385 =*1==1=0=11111   9.5  2441
 3 Gonzalez, Renier           m CUB 2385 =0*11===1=1111   9.5  2441
 4 Gomez, Felix               f CUB 2455 ==0*1=01==1111   8.5  2366
 5 Lopez, Carlos Manuel       f CUB 2285 ==00*1=11=1=11   8.5  2382
 6 Abreu, Arian               m CUB 2420 =0==0*1=111101   8.0  2341
 7 Suri, Alberto              f CUB 2310 0==1=0*=01=111   7.5  2351
 8 Ocampo, Raul               f MEX 2215 01=00==*10=0=1   5.5  2221
 9 Elissalt Cardenas, Hector  m CUB 2310 0=0=0010*=1=1=   5.5  2213
10 Vega, Lemay                  CUB 2260 00===001=*0=11   5.5  2254
11 Arosemena,J                  PAN ---- 000000==01*111   5.0  2189
12 Munoz, Hugo                  ECU 2290 0000=001==0*1=   4.0  2183
13 Castillo Castelan, Miguel    MEX 2110 0000010=0000*1   2.5  2024
14 Diaz,H                       PAN ---- =0000000=00=0*   1.5  1992
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16) Najdorf Chess Festival

The Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival ran October 24th - November 1st. Michael Krasenkow took first on tie-break in the event ahead of Alexander Wojkiewicz, Pablo Ricardi, C Garcia Palermo and Bent Larsen. Pablo Ricardi took the place available for the FIDE knockout championships. Some games from the final round are now available.

Detailed coverage: http://www.adrian-roldan.com

Leading final standings

  1. KRASENKOW Michael     GM                         7.5   56.0  45.50 
  2. WOJTKIEWICZ Aleksand  GM                         7.5   55.5  43.00 
  3. RICARDI Pablo         GM                         7.5   53.5  41.00 
  4. GARCIA PALERMO C.     GM                         7.5   51.0  40.00 
  5. LARSEN Bent           GM                         7.5   48.5  38.50 
  6. TREGUBOV Pavel        GM                         7.0   55.0  42.50 
  7. POLULJAHOV Aleksandr  GM                         7.0   53.5  41.00 
  8. ANDERSSON Ulf         GM                         7.0   52.0  40.50 
  9. SORIN Ariel           GM                         7.0   51.0  40.50 
 10. HOFFMAN Alejandro     GM                         7.0   50.5  39.00 
 11. HERNANDEZ Gilberto    GM                         7.0   49.5  39.50 
314 players
 

17) WCC Ratings

The WCC ratings for November 1,1998 (with Tilburg-98) have been published.

   1. Kasparov,Garry                 RUS 2803 141
   2. Anand,Viswanathan              IND 2750 139
   3. Kramnik,Vladimir               RUS 2724 152
   4. Kamsky,Gata                    USA 2701 181
   5. Shirov,Alexei                  ESP 2695 180
   6. Leko,Peter                     HUN 2693 137
   7. Gelfand,Boris                  BLR 2690 125
   8. Adams,Michael                  ENG 2688 155
   9. Morozevich,Alexander           RUS 2686 167
  10. Svidler,Peter                  RUS 2679 157
  11. Ivanchuk,Vassily               UKR 2675 159
  12. Sadler,Matthew                 ENG 2671 155
  13. Short,Nigel D                  ENG 2670 158
  14. Topalov,Veselin                BUL 2665 187
  15. Karpov,Anatoli                 RUS 2664 148
  16. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab          GEO 2658 139
  17. Salov,Valery                   RUS 2656 185
  18. Polgar,Judit (GM)              HUN 2653 176
  19. Bareev,Evgeny                  RUS 2650 159
  20. Seirawan,Yasser                USA 2650 178
  21. Rublevsky,Sergei               RUS 2650 156
  22. Onischuk,Alexander             UKR 2645 179
  23. Almasi,Zoltan                  HUN 2644 149
  24. Zvjaginsev,Vadim               RUS 2643 130
  25. Georgiev,Kiril                 BUL 2640 155
  26. Timman,Jan H                   NED 2631 181
  27. Korchnoi,Viktor                SUI 2627 162
  28. Yusupov,Artur                  GER 2620 134
  29. Dreev,Alexey                   RUS 2617 154
  30. Sakaev,Konstantin              RUS 2616 147
  31. Krasenkov,Mikhail              POL 2616 197
  32. Nikolic,Predrag                BIH 2614 150
  33. Vaganian,Rafael A              ARM 2614 159
  34. Vladimirov,Evgeny              KAZ 2611 163
  35. Ponomariov,Ruslan              UKR 2611 179
  36. Yermolinsky,Alexey             USA 2608 147
  37. Baklan,Vladimir                UKR 2608 188
  38. Beliavsky,Alexander G          SLO 2606 184
  39. Magerramov,Elmar               AZE 2604 188
  40. Granda Zuniga,Julio E          PER 2602 202
  41. Wolff,Patrick G                USA 2602 186
  42. Khenkin,Igor                   RUS 2600 182
  43. Lautier,Joel                   FRA 2599 170
  44. Dolmatov,Sergey                RUS 2597 121
  45. Hjartarson,Johann              ISD 2597 176
  46. Akopian,Vladimir               ARM 2596 153
  47. Lputian,Smbat G                ARM 2596 175
  48. Piket,Jeroen                   NED 2594 172
  49. Fischer,Robert James           USA 2594 197
  50. Tiviakov,Sergei                RUS 2594 162

18) Upcoming Events

Kasparov vs Kramnik blitz match

Kasparov and Kramnik will play a 24-game blitz match over 2 days on Fri. Nov.26 and Sat. Nov.27 in Hotel Kosmos in Moscow. . The match is planned to be internet-cast live. (source: Kasparov interview in Sport-express: Nov.4)

8th World Senior Championships

The 8th World Senior Championships, 9th - 23th November 1997 in Grieskirchen / Austria, will be covered by Gerhard Hund at http://teleschach.com/berichte/swm98-01.html and http://www.schach.at/seniorenwm/senioren.htm live from Grieskirchen. There are registered 222 men, e.g. GM BAGIROV, GM KLOVANS (champion 1997), GM LEIN, GM UHLMANN, GM TAIMANOV (champion 1994), GM GIPSLIS, GM IVKOV, GM SUETIN (champion 1996), GM KRAIDMAN, GM GURGENIDZE, GM NIKOLIC and 27 women, e.g. WGM Zatulovskaya (women champion 1997).

Villa Martelli

The Open Internacional Pro-Am in Villa Martelli (Argentina) is underway. 130 players from Argentina, Polond, Peru , Brasil, Bolivia and Uruguay. http://www.ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez

28th Rilton Cup

The 28th Rilton Cup www site is at: http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/rilton.html entries are still being taken