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1) Introduction
2) Leon Tournament and Anand match
3) 50th Russian Chess Championships
4) FIDE agreement with IOC
5) Villa Martelli Masters by Herman Claudius van
Riemsdijk
6) First Saturday June
7) 2nd Singapore Pools Grandmaster Tournament 1997
8) 4th Dong Bao Cup
9) Italian computer exhibition events
10) THE EASTMAN CUP by John Henderson
11) 7 in 10 Swedish Championship by Piotr Nestorow
12) California Memorial Day Classic
13) Upcoming events
14) Theoretical Corner by Marco R. Martini
(ITA)
Match Leon ESP 1997 2 It Leon ESP 1997 20 ch-RUS KO 1997 22 It Villa Martelli ARG 1997 42 FSGM June Budapest HUN 1997 14 2nd Singapore Pools 90 Double Round IM Singapore SIN 1997 30 Ischia computer 18 Computer Fiorenzuola d'Arda ITA 1997 6 Eastman Cup London ENG 1997 4
My thanks to Net 64, ChessAssistant, Chess Planet, Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk, Laszlo Nagy, Chia Chee Seng, Ed Schroder and Carlo Mazzoni, John Henderson, Piotr Nestorow, Jesper Mygind, Patrick Bensch, Loukas Zahilas, Pablo Rodriguez, Marco R. Martini (ITA) and all those who helped with this issue.
Another busy week of over the board chess aswell as on the FIDE front. Anand should feel himself under pressure to win by a large margin against Illescas for this match to be useful to him. A ruthless treatment of Illescas would be a good indicator of intent from him. Novgorod (where it would have been nice to see him play) starts tommorrow and this sees Kasparov's first appearance since his debacle against Deep Blue. Some indication as to the problems all top computer programs pose was the losses of Efimov and Jussupow this week. I find such contests both unedifying yet inevitable. In such a context the progress of the lightweight FIDE KO contest is also interesting. Is this the death of serious chess matches in favour of the quick fix every year? FIDE will host their final under the auspices of the IOC in their multi-million dollar folly of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. An appearance of chess in the Olympiacs is still many years away. The format is Olympic friendly but chess's appearance in the Olympics is probably a minimum of a decade away. I'll return to this topic at a later time but a crowded week has plenty of chess occupied my time. Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Spain continues with its astonishing range and number of events a year with a Category 10 tournament and a 6 game match between Viswanathan Anand and Miguel Illescas. The match should be an interesting one for assessing the form of Anand. Illescas is a gifted player but Anand ought to be a comfortable winner. If he matches his form prior to his match against Kasparov then he should win three or more games against Illescas.
Anand, Viswanathan - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 43 E11 Bogo indian
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 21 D27 QGA;
Leon ESP (ESP), VI 1997
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 = 1 . . . . 1.5 2828
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 = 0 . . . . 0.5 2572
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Granda Zuniga leads the Category ten event with 3.5/4 at an early stage.
Round 1 (1997.06.05)
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Nunn, John DM 1-0 59 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Izeta Txabarri, Felix - Sion Castro, Marcelino 1/2 40 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Mellado, Juan - Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel 1/2 33 C17 French; Winawer
Lima, Darcy - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1/2 30 A58 Benko gambit
Estremera Panos, Sergio - Campora, Daniel H 0-1 40 A40 Queen's pawn
Round 2 (1997.06.06)
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Sion Castro, Marcelino 1/2 42 B46 Sicilian
Campora, Daniel H - Izeta Txabarri, Felix 1/2 48 B19 Caro-Kann
Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 1/2 28 B08 Pirc; Classical
Nunn, John DM - Estremera Panos, Sergio 1/2 29 B89 Sicilian
Lima, Darcy - Mellado, Juan 0-1 39 A89 Dutch defence
Round 3 (1997.06.07)
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Lima, Darcy 1-0 53 B30 Sicilian
Sion Castro, Marcelino - Campora, Daniel H 1-0 27 C67 Ruy Lopez
Izeta Txabarri, Felix - Nunn, John DM 1/2 65 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Mellado, Juan - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1/2 14 D00 Queen's pawn
Estremera Panos, Sergio - Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel 1/2 25 E54 Nimzo indian
Round 4 (1997.06.08)
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Campora, Daniel H 1/2 31 C66 Ruy Lopez
Mellado, Juan - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 0-1 48 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel - Izeta Txabarri, Felix 0-1 66 B14 Caro-Kann
Nunn, John DM - Sion Castro, Marcelino 1/2 34 B47 Sicilian
Lima, Darcy - Estremera Panos, Sergio 1-0 57 A00 Irregular
Leon ESP (ESP), VI 1997 cat. X (2489)
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1 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2620 * . . . . 1 = 1 1 . 3.5 2799
2 Sion Castro, Marcelino m ESP 2440 . * = = 1 . . = . . 2.5 2631
3 Izeta Txabarri, Felix g ESP 2490 . = * . = . 1 = . . 2.5 2595
4 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2495 . = . * = = . . = . 2.0 2461
5 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2555 . 0 = = * . . . . 1 2.0 2463
6 Mellado, Juan m ESP 2430 0 . . = . * = . 1 . 2.0 2483
7 Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel ESP 2400 = . 0 . . = * . . = 1.5 2405
8 Nunn, John DM g ENG 2605 0 = = . . . . * . = 1.5 2408
9 Lima, Darcy m BRA 2420 0 . . = . 0 . . * 1 1.5 2406
10 Estremera Panos, Sergio f ESP 2430 . . . . 0 . = = 0 * 1.0 2302
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Peter Svidler who lost the first game of three of his five matches took the 50th Russian Championships after recovering against Evgeny Bareev in the final. Alexei Dreev beat Alexander Lastin in the playoff for 3rd and 4th. (He won the first and drew the second game.
This is Svidler's third Russian Championship title a remarkable record. His play in events in the west has been less impressive but perhaps it is only a matter of time before he succeeds there also. For me his most impressive game was his brutal victory in his second game against Alexei Dreev. The final was a ding-dong affair. A snap mate in the 7th game (the third blitz game) sapped Bareev's spirit finally.
Evgeny Bareev looked at one stage to be destined for a solid top ten position in the World rankings. Some technical weaknesses, especially in the endgame and the suspicion that perhaps his nerve was not the best in the most tense situations has seen him have a lower profile in recent years. Perhaps there are signs of a return to form here. He was especially impressive in his victory with white over Alexander Lastin in the semi-finals. His participation in the Novgorod tournament should test his form more completely.
Dreev defeated Lastin in the 3rd/4th place playoff. Dreev's rather dull style hides an extremely strong player who was possibly a little unlucky in his semi-final defeat by Svidler in running into an inspired performance from his opponent when he required a draw. Lastin (21 years of age) also had a fine event. Just confirmed as a Grandmaster he may very well be a name to look out for in the near future.
The 50th Russian Chess Championships adopted the knockout method that FIDE plans to use later in the year for their "World Championship" event. A healthy turnout was almost guaranteed with $500 for first round losers and $15,000 for the winner.
The system was two normal time-rate games played over two days followed by (in the case of a tie) two rapid (25 minute) games. If the players are still tied then groups of two blitz games are played until a winner is established.
ChessAssistant are publishing the games at:
http://www.demon.co.uk/convekta/
ChessAssistant's reference to the format as the olympic system is in fact just the Russian for a knockout translated into English.
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Morozevich, Alex. g RUS 2595 |
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Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2665 |
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Bareev |
1 = |
Bareev |
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Lastin, Alexander m RUS 2535 |
1 = |
Lastin |
0 = |
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Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2575 |
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Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2610 |
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Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2650 |
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Svidler, Peter g RUS 2640 |
1 1 |
Svidler |
0 1 1 1 |
Svidler |
0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 |
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Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2590 |
0 0 |
Final standings
1 Svidler Peter GM 2640 17.06.76
2 Bareev Evgeny GM 2665 21.11.66
3 Dreev Alexey GM 2650 30.01.69
4 Lastin Alexander IM 2535 30.10.76
5-8 Zvjaginsev Vadim GM 2610 18.08.76
Morozevich Alexand GM 2595 18.07.77
Dvoirys Semen GM 2590 02.11.58
Yakovich Yuri GM 2575 30.11.62
9-16 Khalifman AlexanderGM 2650 18.01.66
Rublevsky Sergei GM 2645 15.10.74
Tiviakov Sergei GM 2600 14.02.73
Sherbakov Ruslan GM 2580 14.09.69
Dolmatov Sergey GM 2560 20.02.59
Fominyh Alexander GM 2545 15.06.59
Makarov Marat GM 2545 07.05.63
Filippov Valerij GM 2510 28.11.75
17-32Epishin Vladimir GM 2600 11.07.65
Goldin Alexander GM 2590 27.02.65
Korneev Oleg GM 2590 25.07.69
Ibragimov Ildar GM 2555 16.08.67
Kharlov Andrei GM 2555 20.11.68
Ulibin Mikhail GM 2555 31.05.71
Malakhov Vladimir IM 2540 27.11.80
Aseev Konstantin GM 2530 20.10.60
Burmakin Vladimir GM 2530
Kiriakov Petr IM 2530 11.01.75
Kharitonov Andrei GM 2520 04.04.59
Ivanov Sergey GM 2515
Balashov Yuri GM 2510 12.03.49
Galkin Alexander IM 2510
Vaulin Alexander GM 2490 18.03.57
Kozak Alexandr ----
33-52Vyzmanavin Alexey GM 2585 01.01.60
Sakaev Konstantin GM 2580 13.04.74
Smagin Sergey GM 2575 08.09.58
Bezgodov Alexei IM 2570
Landa Konstantin GM 2570
Pigusov Evgeny GM 2565 31.03.61
Sveshnikov Evgeny GM 2560 11.02.50
Loginov Valery GM 2555 13.12.55
Rustemov Alexander IM 2550 06.07.73
Kobalija Mihail GM 2545 03.05.78
Ruban Vadim GM 2545 13.06.64
Shipov Sergei GM 2540 17.04.66
Notkin Maksim IM 2515 11.12.63
Lugovoi Aleksei IM 2510 05.03.75
Najer Evgeniy IM 2510
Yandemirov Valeri IM 2500
Potapov Alexander IM 2455 05.01.69
Maiorov Oleg IM 2435 21.07.71
Averkin Orest IM 2425 25.02.44
Shovunov Baatr 2340
At a joint FIDE/IOC press conference on Thursday that the final of the 1997/98 World Chess Championships would be held at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne in association with the City of Lausanne and the Swiss Chess Federation.
Schedule details: Preliminary Stages: 8th-25th December 1997 in Groningen,
Netherlands.
Semi-Finals: 26th-31st December 1997 in Elista the capitial of the Kalmyk
Republic of Russia.
Finals 1st-9th January 1998 in the IOC Museum Lausanne Switzerland.
The prizefund is $5m US and for the first time the FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov indicated the main sponsor who will provide most of this money. The company is called Halzan which is an oil and gas company from Russia. The question as to what they expect from this deal is one that might be interesting to pursue.
Iljumzhinov also outlined some of his strategy for the future of chess in an interview with Chess Planet. He is pursuing his campaign to get chess recognised as an Olympic Sport with an official application to follow. He has played this quite cleverly as the FIDE Museum in Lausanne is a pet project of IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch. His additional short term plans include a World Grand Prix which I would hope might be based upon the GMA Grand Prix of a number of years ago.
He also clarified the interview that he made with a Russian newspaper which opened speculation about the possibility of the computer "Deep Blue" in FIDE events. He said that his comments were personal and that now "FIDE wants to be fully integrated into the Olympic movement, all questions concerning the computer will only be resolved after consultations with the IOC especially with President Samaranch."
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk reports on this all-play-all in Argentina. (http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/) Young untitled player Gustavo Germán from Argentina needs only one point out of 3 to get his first gm result.
Round 1 (1997.06.01)
German, Gustavo - Ginzburg, Maximiliano 0-1 83 B06 Modern defence
Slipak, Sergio - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 25 E66 Kings indian
Milos, Gilberto - Ehlvest, Jaan 0-1 34 B42 Sicilian
Ricardi, Pablo - Sutovskij, Emil 0-1 69 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Spangenberg, Hugo - Rodriguez, Andres 0-1 22 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Sorokin, Maxim - Hoffman, Alejandro 1/2 33 E09 Nimzo indian
Round 2 (1997.06.02)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Milos, Gilberto 1-0 59 E12 Nimzo indian
Sutovskij, Emil - German, Gustavo 1/2 49 C88 Ruy Lopez
Rodriguez, Andres - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 99 B15 Caro-Kann
Ginzburg, Maximiliano - Sorokin, Maxim 1/2 41 B12 Caro-Kann
Spangenberg, Hugo - Ricardi, Pablo 1-0 33 B42 Sicilian
Hoffman, Alejandro - Slipak, Sergio 1/2 49 E23 Nimzo indian
Round 3 (1997.06.03)
German, Gustavo - Spangenberg, Hugo 1-0 61 B87 Sicilian
Ehlvest, Jaan - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 8 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Slipak, Sergio - Ginzburg, Maximiliano 1-0 48 A85 Dutch defence
Milos, Gilberto - Hoffman, Alejandro 1/2 42 D36 Queen's gambit
Ricardi, Pablo - Rodriguez, Andres 1-0 51 A80 Dutch defence
Sorokin, Maxim - Sutovskij, Emil 0-1 37 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Round 4 (1997.06.04)
Sutovskij, Emil - Slipak, Sergio 1/2 18 B12 Caro-Kann
Rodriguez, Andres - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 19 B07 Pirc
Ricardi, Pablo - German, Gustavo 0-1 58 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Ginzburg, Maximiliano - Milos, Gilberto 0-1 48 B60 Sicilian
Spangenberg, Hugo - Sorokin, Maxim 1/2 14 C42 Petroff defence
Hoffman, Alejandro - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 78 B07 Pirc
Round 5 (1997.06.05)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Hoffman, Alejandro 1-0 51 B50 Sicilian
German, Gustavo - Rodriguez, Andres 1/2 31 C19 French; Winawer
Ehlvest, Jaan - Ginzburg, Maximiliano 1-0 54 C60 Ruy Lopez
Slipak, Sergio - Spangenberg, Hugo 1/2 16 D27 QGA;
Milos, Gilberto - Sutovskij, Emil 1-0 50 B50 Sicilian
Sorokin, Maxim - Ricardi, Pablo 1/2 32 A16 English; 1.c4
Round 6 (1997.06.06)
German, Gustavo - Sorokin, Maxim 1-0 45 B51 Sicilian
Sutovskij, Emil - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 41 C64 Ruy Lopez
Rodriguez, Andres - Hoffman, Alejandro 1-0 36 B54 Sicilian
Ricardi, Pablo - Slipak, Sergio 1/2 22 D29 QGA;
Ginzburg, Maximiliano - Tkachiev, Vladislav 0-1 31 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Spangenberg, Hugo - Milos, Gilberto 0-1 59 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 7 (1997.06.07)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Sutovskij, Emil 1/2 12 A49 Queen's pawn
Ehlvest, Jaan - Spangenberg, Hugo 1/2 26 D20 QGA;
Slipak, Sergio - German, Gustavo 0-1 65 E54 Nimzo indian
Milos, Gilberto - Ricardi, Pablo 0-1 38 B50 Sicilian
Sorokin, Maxim - Rodriguez, Andres 1/2 43 B38 Sicilian
Hoffman, Alejandro - Ginzburg, Maximiliano 0-1 40 A91 Dutch defence
Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), VI 1997 cat. XIII (2551)
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1 Tkachiev, Vladislav g KAZ 2630 * . = = = = 1 . 1 . . 1 5.0 2700
2 German, Gustavo ARG 2500 . * . = = 1 . 1 0 1 1 . 5.0 2695
3 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2635 = . * = = . 1 . 1 = . = 4.5 2650
4 Sutovskij, Emil g ISR 2560 = = = * . = 0 1 . . 1 . 4.0 2622
5 Rodriguez, Andres m URU 2565 = = = . * . . 0 . 1 = 1 4.0 2611
6 Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2505 = 0 . = . * . = 1 = . = 3.5 2535
7 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2605 0 . 0 1 . . * 0 1 1 . = 3.5 2554
8 Ricardi, Pablo m ARG 2575 . 0 . 0 1 = 1 * . 0 = . 3.0 2499
9 Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2450 0 1 0 . . 0 0 . * . = 1 2.5 2457
10 Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2550 . 0 = . 0 = 0 1 . * = . 2.5 2461
11 Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2560 . 0 . 0 = . . = = = * = 2.5 2423
12 Hoffman, Alejandro m ARG 2480 0 . = . 0 = = . 0 . = * 2.0 2406
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Laszlo Nagy reports on the First Saturday Tournament in June. The GM event should be interesting with Tal Shaked attempting to become a GM by scoring 10/13, he is in need of an all-play-all norm and he is joined by fellow American Josh Waitzkin whose father wrote "Searching for Bobby Fischer".
First Saturday Web Page Organiser Laszlo Nagy has started a news page for Hungarian Chess. It will be updated at least once a week on a Saturday and possibly more frequently. The news will be available at his web site: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/ You can contact Laszlo Nagy in the following ways: Postal address: H-1101 Budapest, Hungaria krt. 5.-7. XI.ep.I.em.7. Tel-fax: int-(361)-263-28-59 E-mail address: chess_first_saturday_hu@compuserve.com or 100263.1700@compuserve.com
Round 1 (1997.07.07)
Dao Thien Hai - Keitlinghaus, Ludger 1-0 28 D15 Slav defence
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Csom, Istvan 1/2 16 E18 Nimzo indian
Borocz, Istvan - Vadasz, Laszlo 1-0 48 B12 Caro-Kann
Kolbus, Dietmar - Videki, Sandor 1/2 78 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Shaked, Tal - Krizsany, Laszlo 1-0 58 D20 QGA;
Waitzkin, Joshua - Hoang Thang Trang 1/2 35 C01 French; Exchange
Acs, Peter - Lorscheid, Gerhard 1-0 24 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Round 2 (1997.07.08)
Hoang Thang Trang - Shaked, Tal 1/2 57 E73 Kings indian
Videki, Sandor - Borocz, Istvan 1/2 21 B43 Sicilian
Acs, Peter - Dao Thien Hai 0-1 30 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Keitlinghaus, Ludger - Waitzkin, Joshua 0-1 38 B01 Scandinavian
Krizsany, Laszlo - Kolbus, Dietmar 0-1 40 D91 Gruenfeld indian
Lorscheid, Gerhard - Csom, Istvan 0-1 38 E38 Nimzo indian
Vadasz, Laszlo - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 0-1 54 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Budapest (HUN), VII 1997 cat. VII (2416)
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1 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2555 * . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 2.0
2 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2385 . * = . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2605
3 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2460 . = * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2550
4 Borocz, Istvan m HUN 2420 . . . * . . . . = . . . . 1 1.5 2563
5 Kolbus, Dietmar GER 2330 . . . . * . . . = . . 1 . . 1.5 2598
6 Shaked, Tal m USA 2445 . . . . . * . = . . . 1 . . 1.5 2588
7 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2440 . . . . . . * = . . 1 . . . 1.5 2628
8 Hoang Thang Trang m VIE 2355 . . . . . = = * . . . . . . 1.0 2442
9 Videki, Sandor m HUN 2375 . . . = = . . . * . . . . . 1.0 2375
10 Acs, Peter f HUN 2420 0 . . . . . . . . * . . 1 . 1.0 2442
11 Keitlinghaus, Ludger m GER 2515 0 . . . . . 0 . . . * . . . 0.0
12 Krizsany, Laszlo m HUN 2435 . . . . 0 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
13 Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2330 . . 0 . . . . . . 0 . . * . 0.0
14 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2365 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Chia Chee Seng sends news of the 2nd Singapore Pools GM and IM tournaments.
Venue: Katong Park Hotel, Meyer Road
Dates: 31 May to 8 June - Rounds 1 - 9 from 2 pm to 9 pm
9 June - Round 10 from 10 am to 5 pm Tournament "A" :
Scheveningen System Category 7 GM = 8 points IM norm = 6 points
Singapore SIN 1997
----------------------------- Rogers,I 2600 7.5/10
| -------------------------- Antonio,R 2525 6.5/10
| | ----------------------- Peng Xiaomin 2500 6.0/10
| | | -------------------- Handoko,E 2470 5.0/10
| | | | ----------------- Ong Chong Ghee 2315 4.0/10
| | | | | -------------- Prihastomo,I 2350 2.5/10
| | | | | | ----------- Lukman,R 2355 2.5/10
| | | | | | | -------- Marentek,H 2435 2.5/10
| | | | | | | | ----- Iman S.,O 2340 2.0/10
| | | | | | | | | -- Mohd,S 2255 1.0/10
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1 Wu Shaobin 2435 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8.0/10
2 Tu Hoang Thong 2475 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0/10
3 Tunasly,K 2315 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 7.5/10
4 Hsu Li Yang 2390 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7.0/10
5 Wong Meng Kong 2415 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 6.5/10
6 Barcenilla,R 2465 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6.5/10
7 Toh,T 2395 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 5.0/10
8 Mariano,N 2490 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 5.0/10
9 Kurniawan,B 2405 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 4.0/10
10 Askali,N 2320 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 3.0/10
Tournament "B" : Double Rnd-Robin Cat 2: IM=7.5 pts
Singapore SIN (SIN), V-VI 1997 cat. II (2280)
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1 Ardiansyah, Haji g INA 2415 ** == 11 01 01 11 7.0 2402
2 Mas, Hafizulhelmi f MAS 2315 == ** 0= 01 11 == 5.5 2309
3 Suradiradja, Herman g INA 2240 00 1= ** == 10 =1 5.0 2288
4 Ubayana, Harry INA 2200 10 10 == ** 0= == 4.5 2260
5 Lau, Keng Boon SIN 2230 10 00 01 1= ** 01 4.5 2254
6 Lee, Wang-Sheng SIN 2280 00 == =0 == 10 ** 3.5 2170
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Chief Arbiter : Mr Tang, Kum Foo (IA) SIN
Deputy Chief Arbiter : Mr Djamal, Djamil (IA) RIN
Deputy Arbiter : Mr Hamid, Majid (IA) MAS
Deputy Arbiter : Maung, Maung Lwin MYA
Organising Secretary : Mr Leong, Ignatius (IA/IO) SIN
Appeals : Antonio, Ardiansyah, Hsu, (reserves : Wu & Tu)
Chia Chee Seng sends new of China's National open championships.
4th Dong Bao Cup, [ China's National Open Championship ] Beijing 1997 Men's Result No Player T RTG 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Total 01 Lin Weiguo m 2450 31B+ 44W+ 17B= 07W- 15B+ 32W+ 03W+ 05B+ 06B+ 02W= 04W= 8.5 02 Zhu Chen wg 2492 22B+ 23W= 15B= 26W+ 06B- 16W+ 19B+ 13W+ 05W= 01B= 08W+ 8.0 03 Wang Zili g 2537 33B+ 06W+ 13B= 05W= 32B= 20W+ 01B- 17W+ 08B- 14W+ 11B+ 7.5 04 Wu Xibin 2375 38B+ 12W= 07B- 30W- 28B= 48W+ 33B+ 24W+ 29B+ 06W+ 01B= 7.5 05 Ye Jiangchuan g 2525 46W+ 11B+ 18W+ 03B= 07W= 17W+ 06B= 01W- 02B= 08B= 10W= 7.0 06 Wang Yaoyao f 2415 47W+ 03B- 10W+ 08B+ 02W+ 07B+ 05W= 11B+ 01W- 04B- 09W= 7.0 07 Peng Xiaomin g 2521 31W+ 21B= 04W+ 01B+ 05B= 06W- 17B= 29W= 30B= 12W+ 13B= 7.0 08 Zhang Weida f 2337 28B+ 29B= 21W= 06W- 27B+ 14W= 32B+ 18B+ 03W+ 05W= 02B- 7.0 09 Xu Jun g 2512 41B+ 15W= 23B+ 32W= 17B- 19W= 26B+ 12W= 14B= 20W+ 06B= 7.0 10 Ni Hua 2270 12B- 54W+ 06B- 25B- 55W+ 50W+ 27B= 32W+ 15B+ 30W+ 05B= 7.0 11 Yu Shaoteng f 2397 51B+ 05W- 30B= 33W+ 23B+ 24W+ 13B= 06W- 12B= 25B+ 03W- 6.5 12 Liang Jinrong m 2481 10W+ 04B= 39W+ 17W= 20B= 29B= 18W= 09B= 11W= 07B- 31W+ 6.5 13 Zhang Zhong m 2494 40W+ 20B+ 03W= 19B= 29W= 18B= 11W= 02B- 31W= 22B+ 07W= 6.5 14 Qi Jingxuan m 2397 53W- 37B= 49W+ 47B+ 21W= 08B= 22W= 39B+ 09W= 03B- 33W+ 6.5 15 Xie Jianjun 2385 55W+ 09B= 02W= 31B= 01W- 22B= 40W= 36B+ 10W- 35B+ 30W+ 6.5 16 Xia Yu f 2353 42W- 43B+ 48W+ 18B- 45W+ 02B- 28W- 46B+ 37W+ 29B+ 25W= 6.5 17 Wu Shaobin m 2425 35B+ 53W+ 01W= 12B= 09W+ 05B- 07W= 03B- 22W- 40W+ 19B= 6.0 18 Xu Yang f 2437 45B+ 30W+ 05B- 16W+ 19B= 13W= 12B= 08W- 23B= 27W= 20B= 6.0 19 Zhang Pengxiang 2339 52B+ 32W= 24B+ 13W= 18W= 09B= 02W- 25B= 21W= 36B= 17W= 6.0 20 Qian Jifu 2383 56B+ 13W- 34B+ 27W+ 12W= 03B- 21W= 22B= 35W+ 09B- 18W= 6.0 21 Li Zunian m 2387 50B+ 07W= 08B= 22W= 14B= 30W= 20B= 23W= 19B= 33W= 27B= 6.0 22 Yuan Jun 2293 02W- 55B+ 25W+ 21B= 30B= 15W= 14B= 20W= 17B+ 13W- 24B= 6.0 23 Lin Ta m 2381 58W+ 02B= 09W- 42B+ 11W- 47B+ 25W= 21B= 18W= 31B= 28B= 6.0 24 Yin How f 2441 48W+ 39B= 19W- 46B+ 31W+ 11B- 29W= 04B- 34W= 44B+ 22W= 6.0 25 Xie Jun wg 2505 30B- 51W+ 22B- 10W+ 44B+ 26W= 23B= 19W= 28B+ 11W- 16B= 6.0 26 Wu Wenjing m 2381 37W= 36B+ 29W= 02B- 38W+ 25B= 09W- 35B- 49W+ 34B= 41W+ 6.0 27 Liang Chong f 2427 30W= 42B= 40W+ 20B- 08W- 45B+ 10W= 37B= 39W+ 18B= 21W= 6.0 28 Cai Lu 08W- 49B- 58W+ 48B+ 04W= 34W= 16B+ 31B= 25W- 39B+ 23W= 6.0 29 Li Wenliang m 2435 43B+ 08W= 26B= 44W+ 13B= 12W= 24B= 07B= 04W- 16W- 34B= 5.5 30 Qiao Liang 2316 25W+ 18B- 11W= 04B+ 22W= 21B= 31W= 40B+ 07W= 10B- 15B- 5.5 31 Du Shan 2318 07B- 56W+ 53B+ 15W= 24B- 35W+ 30B= 28W= 13B= 23W= 12B- 5.5 32 Li Shilong f 2436 49W+ 19B= 42W+ 09B= 03W= 01B- 08W- 10B- 36W- 47B+ 45W+ 5.5 33 Wang Rui 2332 03W- 35B= 36W+ 11B- 53W+ 40B= 04W- 45B+ 41W+ 21B= 14B- 5.5 34 Wang Chen 2234 01W- 58B+ 20W- 37B+ 39W= 28B= 36W= 41W= 24B= 26W= 29W= 5.5 35 Bu Siangzi 17W- 33W= 41B= 40B= 49W+ 31B- 47W+ 26W+ 20B- 15W- 44W+ 5.5 36 Mi Xiaojin 2211 27B= 26W- 33B- 56W+ 46W+ 39B= 34B= 15W- 32B+ 19W= 37B= 5.5 37 Lo Wei 26B= 14W= 44B- 34W- 56B+ 41W= 43B+ 27W= 16B- 50B+ 36W= 5.5 38 Gao Lu 04W- 40B- 50B+ 41W+ 26B- 44W- 51B- 56W= 53W+ 55B+ 46W+ 5.5 39 Li Wenjun 2362 54B+ 24W= 12B- 45W= 34B= 36W= 44B+ 14W- 27B- 28W- 51B+ 5.0 40 Sun Hui 2307 13B- 38W+ 27B- 35W= 52B+ 33W= 15B= 30W- 48W+ 17B- 42W= 5.0 41 An Yanlong 2327 09W- 47B= 35W= 38B- 42W+ 37B= 49W+ 34B= 33B- 43W+ 26B- 5.0 42 Li Yueyue 16B+ 27W= 32B- 23W- 41B- 43W- 53B+ 47B- 58W+ 54W+ 40B= 5.0 43 Wang Junnan 2214 29W- 16W- 54B+ 53B= 47W- 42B+ 37W- 55B+ 46W= 41B- 50W+ 5.0 44 Zhu Chunhui 2337 57W+ 01B- 37W+ 29B- 25W- 38B+ 39W- 48B= 47W+ 24W- 35B- 4.5 45 Pan Gang 2222 18W- 57B+ 46W= 39B= 16B- 27W- 52B+ 33W- 51B= 48W+ 32B- 4.5 46 Sun Hsiangchi 2332 05B- 50W+ 45B= 24W- 36B- 52W= 54B+ 16W- 43B= 49W+ 38B- 4.5 47 Zheng Xinkai 06B- 41W= 51B+ 14W- 43B+ 23W- 35B- 42W+ 44B- 32W- 57B= 4.0 48 Zhu Jiaqi 2232 24B- 52W+ 16B- 28W- 51B+ 04B- 50W+ 44W= 40B- 45B- 49B= 4.0 49 Liu Chenwan 2216 32B- 28W+ 14B- 52W= 35B- 53W+ 41B- 51W+ 26B- 46B- 48W= 4.0 50 Jian Xin 21W- 46B- 38W- 58B+ 57W+ 10B- 48B- 54W+ 52B+ 37W- 43B- 4.0 51 Yang Weishen 11W- 25B- 47W- 57B+ 48W- 55B+ 38W+ 49B- 45W= 56B= 39W- 4.0 52 Ier Kerbier 19W- 48B- 55W+ 49B= 40W- 46B= 45W- 58B+ 50W- 57W= 54B= 4.0 53 Zhao Jun 14B+ 17B- 31W- 43W= 33B- 49B- 42W- 57W+ 38B- 58B+ 56W= 4.0 54 Li Hong 39W- 10B- 43W- 55B- 58W+ 57B+ 46W- 50B- 56W+ 42B- 52W= 3.5 55 Yu Shuao 15B- 22W- 52B- 54W+ 10B- 51W- 56B+ 43W- 57B+ 38W- 58B- 3.0 56 Ai Shanjiang 20W- 31B- 57W= 36B- 37W- 58B= 55W- 38B= 54B- 51W= 53B= 2.5 57 Sun Peng 44B- 45W- 56B= 51W- 50B- 54W- 58W= 53B- 55W- 52B= 47W= 2.0 58 Chen Yanjun 23B- 34W- 28B- 50W- 54B- 56W= 57B= 52W- 42B- 53W- 55W+ 2.0 Women's National C'ship, Beijing 1997 (11 Rounds Swiss) 1 Wang Lei wg 2350 9 pts; 2/3 Wang Pin wg 2434, Qin Kanying wg 2345 8 pts; 4 Xu Yuhua wm 2344 7.5 pts; 5/8 Goa Ziqian 2109, Liang Zihua 2227, Xu yuanyuan 2078, Li Ruofan wf 2240 7 pts; 9/14 Guo Yuen 2235, Yang Ning 2102, Pan Qian 2068, Zhou Min 2116, Kwang YinHui 2261 6.5 pts etc.
Two computer human exhibition matches took place over the last week which again showed how tricky it is to play these machines. My thanks to Ed Schroder and Carlo Mazzoni for the games.
Ed Schroder the programmer of Rebel took his computer to Ischia and island and scored a convincing victory over Artur Jussupow. There were a number of problems which meant the match didn't quite achieve the pre-match format. Due to a delay in travelling the match didn't kick off until 9pm on the first day. Only 7 of the scheduled 10 5 minute games were played as both Rebel operator Rob Kemper and Jussupow were tired. The 5 15 minute games on the second day were shared. On day three there was an extra half hour per side game played to make up for the games missed on day one. Jussupow won 2-1. On the final day there was scheduled one one hour per side game. Due to a power cut in the building the game had to be abandonned and because Jussupow had to catch a flight they played 2 more 15 minute games which were split 1-1. Rather provocatively Jusspow commented at the end of the match that "In all 17 games Rebel played sensible moves. I never saw Rebel playing one senseless move as I have seen Deep Blue playing some in the recent match against Kasparov."
The computer ran on a Pentium-II at 266 Mhz.
More details at: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rebchess/italy.htm
Blitz games June 2nd
Jussupow, Artur - Rebel Ischia 0-1 63 A45 Queen's pawn
Rebel Ischia - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 24 C15 French; Winawer
Jussupow, Artur - Rebel Ischia 0-1 54 A80 Dutch defence
Rebel Ischia - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 46 D00 Queen's pawn
Jussupow, Artur - Rebel Ischia 1-0 35 D00 Queen's pawn
Rebel Ischia - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 45 A09 Reti (1.Nf3)
Jussupow, Artur - Rebel Ischia 0-1 40 D00 Queen's pawn
Rapid games 15 minutes June 3rd
Rebel Ischia - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 51 A13 English; 1.c4
Jussupow, Artur - Rebel Ischia 1-0 40 A45 Queen's pawn
Rebel Ischia - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 0 A80 Dutch defence
Jussupow, Artur - Rebel Ischia 1/2 65 A80 Dutch defence
Rebel Ischia - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 40 A09 Reti (1.Nf3)
Rapid games 30 minutes June 4th
Jussupow, Artur - Rebel Ischia 1/2 23 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Rebel Ischia - Jussupow, Artur 0-1 54 A09 Reti (1.Nf3)
Jussupow, Artur - Rebel Ischia 1/2 0
Rapid games 15 minutes June 5th
Rebel Ischia - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 36 C45 Scottish
Jussupow, Artur - Rebel Ischia 1-0 26 B50 Sicilian
Abandoned game (1 hour per side) due to power cut.
Rebel Ischia - Jussupow, Artur * 24 C42 Petroff defence
Ischia ITA (ITA), VI 1997
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Rebel Ischia ---- 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 = = = = 0 = 1 0 10.5 2752
Jussupow, Artur g GER 2665 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 = = = = 1 = 0 1 6.5
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In Salsomaggiore Terme (for the first two games), Fiorenzuola d'Arda (for the final games) there was a match between M Chess 6 and GM Igor Efimov. The program was M Chess Pro 6.0, running on a Intel P55C-MMX processor, 200 MHz with 32 Mb of memory. The games were 90 minutes per side and there were two games per day. Efimov started with a victory in game one. He was in time trouble in game two which was drawn. He got into terrible time trouble in game 4 which cost him that game and then lost both games on the final day.
Efimov, Igor - M Chess 6 1-0 26 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
M Chess 6 - Efimov, Igor 1/2 69 B12 Caro-Kann
Efimov, Igor - M Chess 6 1/2 50 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
M Chess 6 - Efimov, Igor 1-0 96 B12 Caro-Kann
Efimov, Igor - M Chess 6 0-1 50 B17 Caro-Kann
M Chess 6 - Efimov, Igor 1-0 26 C60 Ruy Lopez
Fiorenzuola d'Arda ITA (ITA), VI 1997
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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M Chess 6 ---- 0 = = 1 1 1 4.0 2655
Efimov, Igor g ITA 2530 1 = = 0 0 0 2.0
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John Henderson of Channel Four teletext reports on this London League final.
Wood Green Chess Club were this years winners in the Eastman Cup Final - the London leagues premier knockout cup competition, first contested in 1908 - with a convincing win over arch-rivals Barbican by 6.5-3.5.
Both teams turned out two of the strongest teams ever seen in a London league competition. There were at 6 GM's and IM's playing between both teams.
Barbican won the toss and elected to have white on the odd-numbered boards.
Barbican Wood Green 1 M Chandler 0-1 J Emms 2 GM C Ward 1/2 W Watson 3 M Turner 0-1 A Martin 4 J Levitt 1-0 P Lehtivaara 5 T Wall 1/2 M Pein 6 P Littlewood 1/2 A Lewis 7 J Rogers 1/2 J Poulton 8 A Law 1/2 M Piper 9 D Sands 0-1 P Sowray 10 C Maduekwe 0-1 G Kenworth
Lunds Akademiska Schackklub and Mejeriet in Lund organized the Worlds Fastest Chess Tournament - the (Unofficial) OPEN SWEDISH CHANPIONSHIP 7 in 10
7 in 10 is SEVEN chess games match in 10 minutes total time per side between two players each round. The players stop the clock only to prepare the chessmen on the board for the next game. If a player loses on time he/she loses the match disregarding the game score. The player that first scores 4 points from the 7 games match wins the match.
When: Saturday, 31 May 1997
Where: Mejeriet in Lund, SWEDEN
Results: IM Johan Hellsten, Limhamns SK won this first ever 7 in 10 Open Swedish Championship
1) Johan Hellsten, Limhamns SK 7;
2) Tapani Sammalvuo, Farsta SK 6;
3-5) Nejib Bouaziz, Lunds ASK, Björn Johnson, Lunds ASK,
Jens Riis, Hässleholms SK 5;
6) Johan Kretz, SS Manhem 4½;
7-13) Mende Dimovski, SK Bara Bönder; Calle Erlandssson, Lunds ASK;
Håkan Lyngsjö, SK Bara Bönder; Shai Mulinari, Lunds ASK;
Anders Nylén, Limhamns SK; Bengt Sandström, Lunds ASK,
Jörgen Sollerborn, Malmö AS 4;
14) Ulf Billquist, Lunds ASK 3½;
15-20) Håkan Andersson, Lunds SK; Leo Mulinari, Lunds ASK;
Jan Sepanian, Lunds ASK; Lennart Strandberg, Lunds ASK;
Per Sörenfors, Lunds ASK och Ulf Vogel, Malmö AS 3;
21-22) Jonas Hallgren, Lunds ASK och Peter Kindberg, Lunds ASK 2;
23-26) Jonas Dalgren, SK Bara Bönder; Nils Lavesson, Lunds ASK;
Roger Nilsson, Lunds ASK och Peter Wejsfelt, Lunds ASK 1.
There is a www site for the Memorial Day Classic reported by Jack Peters last week.
http://www.andryushki.com/chess/current/memorial.htm
The SIGEMAN & Co CHESS TOURNAMENT in Malmoe starts June 10th. Coverage at: http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-18393/limhamn
IGMs Rozentalis, Timman. Ivan Sokolov, Curt Hansen, Hellers, Cramling, Hector, Åkesson,Smyslov and IM Hellsten compete.
Jesper Mygind of Skolernes Skakklub reports that:
Between June 20 and June 29, Chess Festival '97 will be held in Aarhus, Denmark. There is a closed cat.14, 10 player round robin GM-group, featuring the players Adams, Rozentalis, Khalifman, C. Hansen, etc, as well as an international open. The event will be covered at http://www.mi.aau.dk/~mygind/festival97.html. There is a plan to have a game of the day which can be followed live on the internet.
Patrick Bensch reports that the Bavarian Championships 1997 will take place from 2nd till 9th August in Pfarrkirchen (Netherbavaria) Information and possibly games will be available at
http://mars2.rz.uni-regensburg.de/~.rim04135.5.stud.uni-regensburg.de/scpan72.htm
Ikaria, 08-16.07.1997
Location : The hall of the Highschool of Agios Kirikos, island of Ikaria (tel. +30/275/22248).
Tournament System : 9 rounds Accelerated Swiss System. Entry Fee : 8.000 drs. for all players. Holders of international titles and members of the National Team of Cyprus are excepted.
Prizes : The eight players higher ranking at the final standing will be awarded with prize money : 1st 100.000 drs., 2nd 80.000 drs., 3rd 60.000 drs., 4th 50.000 drs., 5th 40.000 drs., 6th 30.000 drs., 7th 20.000 drs., 8th 10.000 drs. Also, 1st woman player 30.000 drs., 2nd woman player 20.000 drs., 3rd woman player 10.000 drs. If two or more players rank equal at the final standing, money prizes will be shared equally.
Tie - Breaks : a) Sum of progressive scores, b) Buchholz criterion, c) percentage score with the black pieces. Tournament Director : Tsadiris Konstantinos. Tournament Arbiters : Vazelakis Ulysses (Int.Arb.), Sellas Vasilios (Int.Arb.), Ioakimidis Georgios (Nat.Arb.), Dimitrios Sakellarakis (Nat.Arb.)
Further Information :
Mr. Piblis Manolis (+30/1/9626189, tel.+fax)
Mr. Maris Yannis (+30/1/9582445)
Mr. Moraitis Georgios
(+30/275/22562, +30/275/22993)
Mr. Ôsadiris Konstantinos
(+30/1/4122171, +30/1/4020765, tel+fax)
Mr. Kofidis Andreas
(+30/1/9329117, for russian-speaking chessplayers).
Note : There will also be held an international seminar for Chess Arbiters (July 10 - 14, morning hours), an international rapid - blind tournament (July 17 - 18), simultaneous exhibitions, blitz tournaments, lectures etc.
Post-script. Shirov points out that there is something not quite right, at least with the dates for this event.
Pablo Rodriguez reports that the Chilean newspaper "El Mercurio" says that:
After his first place in the "Magistral Najdorf" in Buenos Aires, Argentina, chilean GM Ivan Morovic will play in a cat. XIV tournament in Colombia, June 20th to July 4th. There he will face Adams, Short, Hodgson and Miles from England, Arencibia and Rodríguez from Cuba, Zapata and Garcia from Colombia, Granda Zuniga from Peru and Milos from Brazil. Morovic has increased his Elo rating by about 30 points after his good performances in New York, Las Vegas, the Capablanca Memorial and the Magistral Najdorf and hopes to increase it even more after this tournament in Colombia. Morovic said he is getting very good results with the Sicilian Najdorf, which he first tried against Michael Adams in a match in January, where he lost, but he is very self-confident now and he is getting in shape for the World Championship at the end of the year where he hopes to get a very good result.
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