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1) Introduction
2) Hostdans Veterans vs Ladies tournament
3) 12th Dr. Milan Vidmar memorial Tournament
4) Schahin Cury Tournament
5) Gunadarma World Cities Chess Championships
6) 2nd Mechanics GM invitational San Francisco
7) Chess News from Hungary
8) 104th Scottish Championships
9) World Open Philadelphia
10) Politiken Cup
11) Hogeschool Zeeland Vissingen Open
12) Irish Championships 1997 by John Hurley
13) Theoretical Corner by Marco R. Martini (ITA)
Games Section
Hostdans, Copenhagen DEN 1997 25 Vidmar mem, Portoroz SLO 1997 6 Schahin Cury, Americana BRA 1997 15 2nd Mechanics Institute USA 1997 35 FSIM July, Budapest HUN 1997 91 World Open, Philadelphia USA 1997 152 ch-SCO, Aviemore 1997 63 Providencia Open, Debrecen HUN 1997 120 A-Plus 28 Open, Cseppko HUN 1997 279 Vlissingen NED 390 World Cities, Jakarta INA 1997 588
My thanks to Herman van Riemsdijk, James Eade, Laszlo Nagy, Joszef Forgacs, John Henderson, Eduardo Bauza Mercere, John Hurley,, Cecil Rosner, Lars-Henrik Bech Hansen, Daði Örn Jónsson, Hans Groffen, Marco R Martini and all those who helped out this week.
Just an amazing week where in the end I simply produced an issue with as much chess as possible in it. Biel started today but that will be covered on my www site starting tomorrow. The World Junior Championships will have to wait until next week when they finish. All squeezed out by the sheer quantity of games this week. Sorry to those whose events didn't make it this week.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
After five rounds of the Hostdans Veterans vs Ladies tournament the Veterans hold a narrow 13-12 lead. There is internet coverage at:
http://www.lostcity.nl/chess/hostdans/default.html
Hostdans Copenhagen DEN 1997
-------------- Portisch,L 2610 3.5/5
| ----------- Smyslov,V 2480 3.5/5
| | -------- Hort,V 2510 3.0/5
| | | ----- Spassky,B 2550 2.0/5
| | | | -- Taimanov,M 2425 1.0/5
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1 Cramling,P 2545 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3.0/5
2 Xie Jun 2500 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 3.0/5
3 Arakhamia,K 2490 0 1 0 ½ 1 2.5/5
4 Zhu Chen 2495 0 0 ½ ½ 1 2.0/5
5 Ioseliani,N 2510 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1.5/5
Vadim Zvjaginsev won the12th Vidmar Memorial tournament. He finished the event undefeated however he won only three games. His most important win was against fellow leader Zdenko Kozul in the penultimate round. The event was very close with only Georg Mohr finishing with less than 50%. Alexander Beliavsky was the top rated player in the event but his two early losses to Kozul and Azmaiparashvili seemed to stop him getting going in this event.
The event was covered on the internet at: 12th Dr. Milan Vidmar memorial Tournament
Round 9 (1997.07.14)
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Kozul, Zdenko 1-0 37 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Mohr, Georg 1/2 25 D32 Queen's gambit
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Chernin, Alexander 1/2 23 B07 Pirc
Round 10 (1997.07.16)
Kozul, Zdenko - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 42 E12 Nimzo indian
Chernin, Alexander - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1/2 31 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Mohr, Georg - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 11 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Portoroz SLO (SLO), VII 1997 cat. XV (2619)
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1 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2635 ** == =1 == 1= 1= 6.5 2726
2 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2645 == ** == 10 == 1= 5.5 2650
3 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2605 =0 == ** 1= == =1 5.5 2658
4 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2710 == 01 0= ** == 1= 5.0 2601
5 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2640 0= == == == ** 1= 5.0 2615
6 Mohr, Georg m SLO 2480 0= 0= =0 0= 0= ** 2.5 2454
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The category 9 tournament in Americana a town about 100 miles from São Paulo was won by Peruvian GM Henry Urday. Urday who moved to the front with successive wins in rounds seven and eight. Schahin Cury is a Brazilian engineering company who sponsor Rafael Leitão. His pursuit of a 3rd GM norm was derailed by a loss to De Toledo in round 7 and he drew out the tournament.
There were a couple of www sites covering the event
http://www.fpx.com.br/inter/inter.html
http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/
The tournament was directed by José Alberto Ferreira dos Santos, President of the São Paulo Chess Federation was the tournament director. Herman van Riemsdijk (who sent the results and games) was the arbiter.
Schahin Cury is a Brazilian engineering company who have sponsored Rafael Leitão since 1990. He is seeking a 3rd and final GM norm.
Round 6 (1997.07.14)
Urday, Henry - Sorin, Ariel 1/2 72 E61 Kings indian
De Toledo, James Mann - Leitao, Rafael 1-0 48 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Vescovi, Giovanni - Zapata, Alonso 1-0 46 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Round 7 (1997.07.15)
Urday, Henry - Vescovi, Giovanni 1/2 30 E61 Kings indian
Sorin, Ariel - De Toledo, James Mann 1/2 29 E15 Nimzo indian
Leitao, Rafael - Zapata, Alonso 1/2 41 A55 Benoni
Round 8 (1997.07.16)
De Toledo, James Mann - Urday, Henry 0-1 47 E63 Kings indian
Vescovi, Giovanni - Leitao, Rafael 1/2 18 E12 Nimzo indian
Zapata, Alonso - Sorin, Ariel 1/2 50 C84 Ruy Lopez
Round 9 (1997.07.17)
Urday, Henry - Zapata, Alonso 1-0 38 E90 Kings indian; Classical
De Toledo, James Mann - Vescovi, Giovanni 1/2 16 B49 Sicilian
Sorin, Ariel - Leitao, Rafael 1/2 48 E15 Nimzo indian
Round 10 (1997.07.18)
Leitao, Rafael - Urday, Henry 1/2 49 E32 Nimzo indian
Vescovi, Giovanni - Sorin, Ariel 1/2 31 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Zapata, Alonso - De Toledo, James Mann 1/2 46 C67 Ruy Lopez
Americana BRA, VII 1997 cat. IX (2467)
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1 Urday, Henry g PER 2445 ** =1 == == == =1 6.0 2543
2 De Toledo, James Mann m BRA 2395 =0 ** == =1 1= == 5.5 2517
3 Sorin, Ariel g ARG 2460 == == ** 0= 1= 1= 5.5 2504
4 Leitao, Rafael m BRA 2515 == =0 1= ** 1= 0= 5.0 2457
5 Vescovi, Giovanni m BRA 2480 == 0= 0= 0= ** 11 4.5 2428
6 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2505 =0 == 0= 1= 00 ** 3.5 2349
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The inaugural World Cities Championships took place in Jakarta between July 8th - 14th 1997. The event was not without its problems as Ignatius Leong, one of the prime movers behind the event, left FIDE due to disagreements with its President Kirsan Iljumzhinov. He has talked about setting up an international chess organisation and these Cities Chess Championships were caught in the middle of that.
On May 10th in a statement by FIDE Deputy President G. Makropoulos the position of FIDE was made clear.
"Our attention has been drawn to the recent announcement by Mr. Ignatius Leong of a so-called "Invitational World Cities Championship," and a joint publication by Messrs. Leong and Tam Kum-Foo, both International Arbiters of FIDE, of a proposed manifesto of a "World Chess Organization." FIDE always wishes to encourage organization of more chess events around the world. However, the above event is being used for political propaganda and we have been receiving inquiries from federations about this event. FIDE wishes to advise all national federations that for the moment, the "Invitational World Cities Championship," scheduled 7-14 July 1997, and the Gunadarma International Open, scheduled 15-23 July 1997, are events that are held outside the jurisdiction of FIDE. Regulations of FIDE events are approved by the FIDE General Assembly and as a matter of policy all federations should be invited, particularly to a "World" event. FIDE Statutes reject discriminatory treatment for national, political, racial, social or religious reasons.
We hope that the organizers and sponsors of these events will reconsider their goals and join the mainstream of chess activities in the world provided by FIDE and, in particular, successfully carried out in the region by the highly regarded Indonesian Chess Federation.
The proposed manifesto of a "World Chess Organization" aims to set up a parallel organization to FIDE, ostensibly on grounds of imagined widespread discontent on the state of affairs within FIDE. In previous announcements on the Internet, they have embarked on a campaign of calumny and unjustified attacks on FIDE and its officials, often times on the basis of hearsay and half truths.
The FIDE President has consistently called for unity in the world chess movement and invites federations, delegates, players, organizers, journalists and arbiters, including Messrs. Leong and Tam, to work together for our common goal and success in all important events. We, therefore, believe that any attempt to create a parallel organization to FIDE at this time is not in the best interest of chess.
At this crucial moment when FIDE is holding discussions on our future relationship with the IOC, we believe that we should all join hands to achieve true unity in the chess world.
Those who truly love the sport of chess and the progress of all chess players should genuinely work towards this goal. FIDE remains resolute in her efforts to conduct the 1997/98
World Championship and to increase the level of chess activities in both the developed and developing federations, through improved sponsorships, without getting unnecessarily distracted by political diversions.
Gens Una Sumus,
Georgios Makropoulos"
Whilst Leong both denied the accusation and demanded an apology FIDE appear to have continued very strongly to advise against attendence and to have had a measure of success in doing this.
Event spokesman Max Wotulo said
"I don't know what FIDE think they are doing, we are just trying to organise a new chess event."
The President of the Philippines Chess Federation, Arturo Borjal, confirmed that high level pressure had been exerted to prevent the top Filipino players from taking part in the Jakarta tournament. Speaking from Manila shortly before the event began, Borjal said "I don't know if this is sabotage or not, but the players told me that they had been warned by Campo [Filipino FIDE Chairman Florencio Campomanes] that if they played in the World Cities they would be banned from the FIDE World Teams Championship later this year."
The event itself was a battle between favourites Moscow, Donetsk of the Ukraine, Tashkent from Uzbekistan and perhaps Oslo also. In the second round there was already an indication that Moscow would struggle to win when they lost to Mandaluyung a team of lesser Filipino players. When they lost to Donetsk in round 6 it was clear that the Ukranian team were probably on their way to victory. There were three drawn games and the match was decided when Korneev lost on time. On seeing his flag fall he is said to have thrown the piece he was about to move onto the board and then stormed off.
The following round in a clearly pre-arranged match they drew 2-2 against Tashkent in only 18 minutes. This did not especially please their close rivals.
The cruised to victory over the final rounds having played all their strongest opponents. Donetsk took the first prize of $10,000. Moscow took second and $7,000 and Tashkent third and $5,000.
The 1998 World Cities Championships will be held in Singapore and provided war doesn't break out with FIDE it seems that this is a good idea that might very well take off.
My thanks to Ismet M.I. Muttaqien who showed extreme patience in providing the information I needed for the event.
There is a full breakdown of results both individual and team at the www site http://chess.gdarma.ac.id
I received a series of document files with almost all the games which I have converted into pgn. I probably needed to spend a few more days on the files but I found a lot of the rated players and hopefully made all the names consistant.
Final Standings 1. Donetsk 29 2. Moscow 28 3. Tashkent 24.5 4= Oslo, Bandung 23.5 6. Ho Chi Minh 23 7. Rangoon 22.5 8. Mandaluyung 22 9= Sydney, Jakarta, Palu Intan 21.5 12= Ambon, Depok Margonda, Depok Kelapa Dua 21 15= Yogyakarta, Medan 20.5 17. Depok Beji 20 18. Bontang 19.5 19= Jakarta A, Jakarta Women 19 21. Sentosa, Mandalay 18.5 23. Kuala Lumpur, Raffles City, Jakarta B 18 26= Bogor, Kuching 15.5 28. Hong Kong 14.5 29. Noumea 9.5 30. Victoria 8 Individual Medals: Board 1 Gold : I.Rogers (Sydney) Silver: Y.Madjella (Depok Kelapa Dua) Bronze: H.Mas (Kuala Lumpur) Board 2 Gold: S.Savchenko (Donetsk) Silver: S.Tiviakov (Moscow) Bronze: S.Sofyan (Ambon) Board 3 Gold: S.Dolmatov (Moscow) Silver: A.Schneider (Donetsk) Bronze: B.Ostenstad (Oslo) Board 4 Gold: G.Timoshenko (Donetsk) Silver: A Wahono (Bandung) Bronze: Aye Lwin (Mandalay) Board 5 Gold : S.Gatot (Yogyakarta) Silver: I.Leong (Jakarta B) Bronze: D.Kaiumov (Tashkent) Board 6 Gold: H.Marentek (Ambon) Silver: F.Lumentot (Palu Intan) Bronze: Imasniti (Jakarta Women)
James Eade reports the results from the 2nd Mechanics Institute GM invitational in San Francisco. After eight of the nine rounds the scores are:
San Francisco USA (USA), VII 1997 cat. VII (2408)
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1 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2570 * 1 1 = 1 . 1 = = 1 6.5 2636
2 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2510 0 * = = 1 = . 1 1 1 5.5 2548
3 Frias, Victor J m CHI 2515 0 = * 1 0 = 1 . 1 1 5.0 2511
4 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2575 = = 0 * . = = 1 1 1 5.0 2495
5 Wolski, Thomas f GER 2300 0 0 1 . * 1 = 0 1 1 4.5 2443
6 Donaldson, John W m USA 2430 . = = = 0 * = 1 1 0 4.0 2385
7 Rey, Guillermo m USA 2310 0 . 0 = = = * = = 1 3.5 2364
8 Bhat, Vinay S USA 2235 = 0 . 0 1 0 = * 0 0 2.0 2223
9 Lobo, Richard ENG 2340 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * . 2.0 2237
10 Stein, Alan USA 2295 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 . * 2.0 2237
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Laszlo Nagy has sent results and games of the First Saturday Tournament in July. The 28 year old Armenian chessplayer David Karatorossian (rated 2335) won the July IM First Saturday tournament. He needed a draw against the IM Gabor Pirisi in the final round to secure his first IM norm, something he achieved in a 70 move struggle. Karatorossian has lived in Hungary for 3 years. He is going to play next month in the August edition of the event to try and achieve a second norm. His favourite players are Armenian's Rafael Vaganian and Artashes Minasian.
The next First Saturday event will be from 2nd until 14th of August and in the GM and in the IM tournament there are some vacancies. If interested you should contact the organiser (see address below).
Laszlo Nagy has produced issue 7 of his magazine on Hungarian Chess life which is available at his www page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
Final standings
FS Budapest (HUN), VII 1997 cat. II (2288)
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1 Karatorossian, David ARM 2335 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 9.5 2458
2 Belotelov, Dmitri RUS 2225 = * 1 = = 1 = = 0 1 = 1 = = 8.0 2379
3 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2340 = 0 * 1 = = = = = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2370
4 Persson, Richard SWE 2150 = = 0 * = 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2385
5 Kovacs, Laszlo M m HUN 2365 = = = = * = 0 = = = = 1 1 1 7.5 2338
6 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2330 0 0 = 1 = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2341
7 Alvir, Aco f BIH 2390 0 = = = 1 1 * = 1 0 1 = 0 = 7.0 2308
8 Appleberry, Martin USA 2235 0 = = 0 = = = * 1 1 = = = 1 7.0 2320
9 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2270 0 1 = 1 = 0 0 0 * = = 0 1 = 5.5 2231
10 Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2355 = 0 = 0 = = 1 0 = * = = = 0 5.0 2195
11 Roser, Kevin FRA 2270 1 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = = * 0 1 = 5.0 2201
12 Pinto, Mark USA 2190 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 = 1 * 0 = 4.5 2185
13 Kiss, Gedeon HUN 2260 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 1 * 1 4.5 2179
14 Murzin, Lenar f RUS 2310 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = = 0 * 4.0 2144
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First Saturday Web Page Organiser Laszlo Nagy has a 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
Laszlo Nagy reports that there is an international open chess tournament in Budapest from 18th - 26th of July. The1st BALATONTOURIST OPEN is held in the Hungarian Chess Federation's tournament hall.
There are 82 players in the event, one woman IM, 3 International masters, 6 FIDE masters, 67 % are FIDE rated.
There are players from 8 countries, as HUN, CRO (1), RUS (1), SLO (1), NOR (3), DEN (1), FRA (3), ISR (2).
The organizer is Joszef Parej.
18th of July round 1 1. IM Borocz,I. /HUN/ - Bodrogi,L. /HUN/ 1:0 2. Lakat,Gy. /HUN/ - FM Szuk, B. /HUN/ 0:1 3. IM Dudas,J. /HUN/ - Couppey, P. /FRA/ 1:0 4. Radvanyi,T. /HUN/ - Orso,M. /HUN/ 0:1 5. FM Vukovic, I. /CRO/ - Kiss,B. /HUN/ adj 6. Szakall, T. /HUN/ - Nogradi, V. /HUN/ 0:1 7. Schlusnik, N. /HUN/ - Honsch,P. /HUN/ 1:0 8. Oberfrank, I. /HUN/ - FM Horvath, G. /HUN/O:1 9. Belotelov, D. /RUS/ - Lepsenyi, L. /HUN/ 1:0 10. Nagy L. /HUN/ - Kiss, G. /HUN/ O:1 19th of July, Saturday round 2 1. Kun, G. /HUN/ - IM Borocz,I. /HUN/ 0:1 2. FM Szuk, B. /HUN/ - Johansen /DEN/ 1/2 3. Ivan, Z. /HUN/ - Dudas,J. /HUN/ 0:1 4. Orso,M. /HUN/ - Kovacs, G. /HUN/ 0:1 5. Nogradi, V. /HUN/ - Szekeres T. /HUN/ 0:1 6. Harmatosi, J. /HUN/ - Schlusnik, N. /HUN/ 1/2 7. FM Horvath, G. /HUN/ - WFM Roos, C. /FRA/ 1:0 8. Nagyajtai G. /HUN/ - Belotelov, D. /RUS/ 1/2 9. Francsics E. /HUN/ - Szirmai, E. /HUN/ 0:1 10. Jamrich Gy. /HUN/ - Hohl, M. /GER/ 1:0
20th of July saw the 3rd round from 15:30 until 21:30
1. IM Borocz,I. /HUN/ - Letay,Gy./HUN/ 1:0 2. IM Dudas, J. /HUN/ - Kovacs, G. /HUN/ 1:0 3. Szekeres, T. /HUN/ - Horvath, G./HUN/ 1/2 4. Trygstad,K. /NOR/ - Jamrich,Gy. /HUN/ 0:1 5. Szirmai. E. /HUN/ - Kiss, G. /HUN/ 1/2 6. Valis,J. /HUN/ - Szuk, B. /HUN/ 0:1 7. SCHLUSNIK, N. /HUN/ - Tavenard,L. /FRA/ 1/2 8. Ladanyi, T. /HUN/ - Balogh, V. /HUN/ 1:0 9. Tornai,I. /HUN/ - Juhasz, M. /HUN/ 1:0 10. Johansen,T. /NOR/ - Mozsar, L. /HUN/ 1:0
There are 3 players with a 100% 3 /3 score:
IM Borocz (HUN), IM Dudas (HUN), Jamrich, Gy. (HUN).
Balatontourist is a Hungarian Travel agency specialising in trips to the Hungarian coast, Balaton lake and so on. (contact address veszprem@balatontourist.hu)
Joszef Forgacs sends news and games of three recent Hungarian events.
Providencia open 1997.
Debrecen, 1997. July
Grandhotel Aranybika
Organizer: Szabo Zsolt, H-4027 Debrecen, Furedi 46. I/6.
E-mail: mrbean@tigris.klte.hu
Time: 2 hours/40 moves + 30 min to end
Final Standings of the Providencia open, Hotel Aranybika, Debrecen 1997.
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
1. 7 PEREDY Ferenc 8.0 47.5 40.75 42.5 2200 2531 +2.48
2 MEDVEGY Zoltan 8.0 46.5 39.25 40.0 2295 2517 +1.66
3. 4 DONKA Peter 6.5 49.5 32.50 34.5 2250 2289 +0.32
4. 12 BAKK Zoltan 6.0 44.5 27.25 29.5 0000 2184 2184
11 ATS Laszlo 6.0 44.0 27.00 26.0 0000 2117 0
6. 5 KISS Fernanda 5.5 52.0 28.75 29.5 2230 2214 -0.10
8 PAAL Attila 5.5 47.0 27.25 28.5 2190 2164 -0.26
8. 3 LASZLO Janos 5.0 50.0 22.00 29.5 2285 2223 -0.54
17 HEGEDUS Gyorgy 5.0 46.5 21.25 25.5 2100 2079 -0.15
23 NAGY Karoly 5.0 46.0 21.50 26.0 0000 2009 2009
18 KOSA Peter 5.0 40.0 19.50 22.0 0000 2229 2229
25 SIPOS Csaba 5.0 36.5 16.50 20.0 0000 2198 0
13. 9 HORVATH Peter 4.5 45.5 19.25 23.5 2175 1550 -1.29
6 KOVACS Lajos 4.5 45.5 18.25 26.0 2215 1568 -1.38
27 VARADI Viktor 4.5 43.0 15.25 24.0 0000 1929 0
20 MAKAI Imre 4.5 41.5 18.50 21.5 0000 1535 0
26 TOTH Sandor 4.5 31.5 13.00 21.0 0000 2175 0
18. 1 BOGUSZLAVSZKY Jevgenyij 4.0 46.0 16.50 24.0 2295 2088 -0.83
16 CHROBAK Gyula 4.0 37.0 10.50 18.0 0000 1596 0
13 BARANYAI Antal 4.0 34.0 11.00 17.0 0000 1618 0
21. 22 NAGY Csaba 3.5 33.0 7.25 16.5 0000 1498 0
21 NAGY Attila 3.5 32.0 8.75 18.0 0000 1498 0
23. 19 LEKA Istvan 3.0 34.0 4.75 13.0 0000 1531 0
10 ADRIAN Robert 3.0 33.5 8.50 19.0 0000 1588 0
28 VEKONY Andrea 3.0 33.0 7.00 13.0 0000 1423 0
15 BODIS Laszlo 3.0 32.0 7.00 16.0 0000 1516 0
27. 24 PALYA Tamas 1.0 28.5 0.25 5.0 0000 - 0
28. 14 BEREG Peter 0.0 34.0 6.25 0.0 0000 1618 0
aPLUS Kupa 1997-Debrecen 1997. June 23rd-26th.
Grand Hotel Aranybika
Debrecen HUN (HUN), VII 1997
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1 Genius 4 P166 ---- * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2652
2 Mate, Laszlo f HUN 2365 = * = 0 = 1 1 1 4.5
3 Genius 3 P166 ---- 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 4.5 2652
4 Fritz 4.01 Cyrix 686 ---- 0 1 1 * 0 = 1 = 4.0 2509
5 MChessPro 6 P166 ---- 0 = 0 1 * = 0 1 3.0 2316
6 Borsavolgyi, Tamas f HUN 2260 0 0 0 = = * 0 1 2.0 2210
7 Deak, Sandor f HUN 2335 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 2.0 2185
8 Felegyhazi, Laszlo f HUN 2305 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1.5 2195
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time: 30 moves/90 min + 60 min to all moves
Organizer: Zsolt SZABO, H-4027 Debrecen, Furedi u. 46 I/6 HUNGARY
E-mail: mrbean@tigris.klte.hu
VI. Cseppko open - Aggtelek- Hungary 1997.06.30-1997.07.06
Information: Szabo Zsolt: mrbean@tigris.klte.hu
Ranking after round 9 of VI. Cseppko Open 97 Aggtelek
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 1 KISS Pal 7.0 51.5 39.50 35.0 2450 2505 +0.52
2. 3 DUDAS Janos 6.5 55.0 38.75 35.0 2410 2449 +0.47
4 VARGA Peter 6.5 51.0 35.50 35.5 2390 2468 +0.92
2 HORVATH Peter 6.5 51.0 34.50 36.5 2415 2476 +0.74
27 CSIZMADIA Laszlo 6.5 43.0 30.00 31.0 2145 2433 +2.32
6 ZETOCHA Claudiu 6.5 42.5 30.25 29.5 2360 2369 +0.06
7. 12 KRUTTI Valer 6.0 48.5 29.50 32.5 2280 2405 +1.32
5 TURZO Attila 6.0 48.5 28.50 34.5 2370 2399 +0.33
20 EBERTH Zoltan 6.0 42.0 26.00 28.0 2195 2271 +0.78
10. 10 BAGONYAI Attila 5.5 47.5 27.50 30.0 2290 2272 -0.14
8 FELEGYHAZI Laszlo 5.5 46.5 27.75 30.5 2310 2266 -0.46
11 KEREK Krisztian 5.5 46.0 25.50 28.5 2290 2193 -0.91
26 TAMAS Norbert 5.5 45.0 24.75 29.0 2150 2322 +1.86
16 GYURKOVICS Miklos 5.5 44.5 24.50 29.0 2220 2273 +0.42
29 BOGNAR Csaba 5.5 42.0 23.50 25.5 2135 2148 +0.06
25 SUTO Gabor 5.5 40.5 22.50 26.0 2150 2180 +0.20
19 KEREK Csaba 5.5 39.0 24.50 25.0 2200 2396 +1.00
18. 7 MESZAROS Andras 5.0 47.5 23.50 30.0 2320 2207 -1.20
17 HAJNAL Zoltan 5.0 47.0 23.00 29.5 2210 2189 -0.16
13 BAI Attila 5.0 45.5 23.00 30.5 2270 2223 -0.56
15 DEDE Erno 5.0 43.0 20.25 26.5 2225 2058 -1.36
23 KOVACS Arthur 5.0 42.0 22.25 26.0 2160 2168 +0.06
24 EGRI Laszlo 5.0 39.0 19.50 26.0 2150 2119 -0.22
32 CSUKERDA Attila 5.0 39.0 19.00 22.0 2110 1633 -0.48
31 SIMON Jozsef 5.0 38.0 19.25 25.0 2115 2075 -0.25
62 players
Julian Hodgson won the Canadian Open Chess Championship with 8.5/10 in front of 188 players including 11 other GMs. He took the first prize of $3,000 after drawing with Kevin Spraggett in the final round. Spraggett was second with 8 points. 3rd= was Johann Hjartarson of Iceland, Hannes Stefansson of Iceland, Alexander Shabalov of the U.S., Lev Psakhis of Israel, Jakov Murey of Israel and Cuban champion Reynaldo Vera. They each won $462.50.
Games and more detailed results next week.
Coverage on the internet is at http://www.escape.ca/~woodbury/co-rd10.htm
John Henderson has sent news and the games of the 104th Scottish Championships in Aviemore. The event was held in the Stakis Coylumbridge Hotel and finished on July 13th. The winner of the event was forty year old Douglas Bryson whose aggressive approach took him to 7/9 half a point clear of his closest rivals. Bryson didn't take up chess until the age of 18 and he became an IM at the age of 36. He has been playing Scottish Championships since 1981 but had to wait until last year for his first title. My thanks also to Steven Rix who also sent me the games.
Aviemore (SCO), VII 1997
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1 Bryson, Douglas M m SCO 2375 +14 = 2 = 3 = 4 + 6 = 5 + 8 +10 + 7 7.0 2487
2 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2490 +10 = 1 = 5 = 3 +12 + 4 = 6 = 7 + 8 6.5 2422
3 Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2375 +12 = 6 = 1 = 2 - 4 + 7 + 5 +13 +10 6.5 2448
4 Norris, A SCO 2280 + 9 - 5 +12 = 1 + 3 - 2 +14 + 6 +11 6.5 2422
5 Shaw, John f SCO 2390 +13 + 4 = 2 = 6 + 7 = 1 - 3 =11 +14 6.0 2429
6 Upton, Timothy J f SCO 2280 + 8 = 3 + 7 = 5 - 1 =14 = 2 - 4 - 9 4.0 2217
7 Robertson, Ian C SCO 2210 =11 +10 - 6 +13 - 5 - 3 + 9 = 2 - 1 4.0 2247
8 Parkin, James SCO 2035 - 6 -12 +10 =11 + 9 =13 - 1 +14 - 2 4.0 2188
9 Campbell, Eoin SCO 2050 - 4 =14 =13 =10 - 8 =11 - 7 =12 + 6 3.5 2096
10 Grant, Alan SCO 2205 - 2 - 7 - 8 = 9 +11 +12 +13 - 1 - 3 3.5 2090
11 Nolan,G ---- = 7 -13 =14 = 8 -10 = 9 =12 = 5 - 4 3.0 2055
12 Stevenson, James SCO 2155 - 3 + 8 - 4 =14 - 2 -10 =11 = 9 =13 3.0 2075
13 Buchanan, Walter F SCO 2160 - 5 +11 = 9 - 7 =14 = 8 -10 - 3 =12 3.0 2002
14 Beaton, Kenneth S SCO 2140 - 1 = 9 =11 =12 =13 = 6 - 4 - 8 - 5 2.5 2022
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Scottish Championship (Prizes: £400, £200, £100, £50)
1 Douglas Bryson (Shettleston) 7 2= Colin Crouch(Harrow); Colin McNab(Dundee
& Victoria); Alan Norris(Crowwood) 6½ 5 John Shaw (Kilmarnock) 6
Scottish Open (Prizes £250, £130, £80; + £40 grading prize)
1 Brian Keogh (Grangemouth) 6/7 (J) 2= Scott Crockart (Didcot); Adrian
Jackson (British Airways); Donald MacKenzie, Kevin Shaw (both Inverness);
Stephen Smith (Stirling) 4½
Scottish Major (Prizes £120, £80, £50)
1= Gavin Saxton (Kirkcaldy, Michael Stanners (Athenaeum) 6/7 3 David
Gillespie (Crowwood) 4½
Scottish Minor (Prizes £120, £80, £50)
1 Paul McQuillan (Edinburgh) 5½ 2= Donald Grassie (Bon Accord); Robert
McCord(Livingston); Ian Washington(Kinross) 5
Scottish Senior Championship (Prizes £100, £50)
1 Alan Murphy (Oban) 5/6 2 Hugh Flockhart (Lasswade) 4
Scottish Weekend Open (Prizes £150, £100, £50) 1= Graeme Fyfe ((Kirkcaldy);
Stewart Haslinger (Formby) (J); Mark Orr (Wandering Dragons) 4/5
Scottish Weekend Major (Prizes £100, £70, £40) 1 Kenny McCaffrey (Glasgow
Montrose) 4½/5 2= Ross Brennan(Bon Accord); Joe Redpath (Edinburgh West) (J11) 4
Scottish Weekend Minor (Prizes £100, £70, £40) 1= Andrew Willets (West
Kilbride); James Baillie (Kirkcaldy); Paul Rivers (Carlisle); Trevor
Dickerson (Maldon) & Richard Birkett (Inverness) 4/5
Scottish Weekend Under 14 and Primary (Combined tournament) (Prizes £20, £10
- U14; £20, £10, £5 - Primary)
Under 14: 1 Toby Haslinger (Formby) (J12) 5½/6 2 Craig Morrison (Ho Chi Minh
City) (J12) 4½ Primary: 1= Christopher MacDonald (Stirling) (J8); Iain
Hunter (Dunfermline) (J11) 4 3 Duncan Morrison (Ho Chi Minh City)
(J10) 3½
(J) -junior - age given if U14
(No women or handicapped over 50% in any of above)
As reported last week the World Open was held in Philadelphia between July 3rd-6th and was won clearly by Grandmaster Alexander Shabalov with 8/9. Eduardo Bauza Mercere sent me a selection of the games which is in the games section.
There was a close finish in the Politiken Cup in Denmark. The event ended in a five way tie. The top two pairings were agreed drawn in the final round. Erling Mortensen managed to catch up with a win over Neil Bradbury in the final round.
The winners of the two special prizes from Icelandair were:
Icelandic GM Helgi Ass Gretarsson as the Best Nordic Junior.
Danish IM Carsten Høi as the Best Nordic Player.
My thanks to Daði Örn Jónsson for his work on the games. His coverage appeared at:
http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html Thanks to Lars-Henrik Bech Hansen for sending the results round by round.
Final Results
Copenhagen (DEN), VII 1997 1 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2475 8.5 /11 2584 2 Hoi, Carsten m DEN 2420 8.5 /11 2609 3 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2455 8.5 /11 2579 4 Borge, Nikolaj m DEN 2360 8.5 /11 2593 5 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2505 8.5 /11 2537 6 Bezold, Michael m GER 2490 8.0 /11 2523 7 Hansen, Lars Bo g DEN 2570 8.0 /11 2476 8 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2445 7.5 /11 2436 9 Adamski, Jan m POL 2390 7.5 /11 2424 10 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2510 7.5 /11 2379 11 Danielsen, Henrik g DEN 2500 7.0 /11 2478 12 Rasmussen, Karsten m DEN 2425 7.0 /11 2457 13 Bradbury, Neil H m ENG 2335 7.0 /11 2452 14 Christensen, Tobias m DEN 2395 7.0 /11 2411 15 Sylvan, Jacob DEN 2245 7.0 /11 2404 16 Antonsen, Mikkel m DEN 2400 7.0 /11 2356 17 Malekian, Babak SWE 2260 7.0 /11 2374 18 Sorensen, Torben DEN 2300 7.0 /11 2398 19 Gullaksen, Eirik T NOR 2320 7.0 /11 2377 20 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor ISL 2315 7.0 /11 2477 21 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2485 7.0 /11 2331 22 Dickenson, Neil F f ENG 2310 7.0 /11 2378 23 Bromann, Thorbjorn DEN 2235 7.0 /11 2215 24 Richardson, John R f ENG 2260 7.0 /11 2289 25 Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2370 6.5 /11 2250 26 Salo, Tapio f FIN 2325 6.5 /11 2292 27 Ochsner, Thomas DEN 2305 6.5 /11 2403 28 Kormaksson,Matthias ---- 6.5 /11 2273 29 Larsen, Peter DEN 2215 6.5 /11 2367 30 Lauritzen, Jesper Morck DEN 2250 6.5 /11 2025 31 Coleman, David f ENG 2230 6.5 /11 2196 32 Thorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 2215 6.5 /11 2285 33 Petersen, Steen DEN 2140 6.5 /11 2233 34 Pedersen, Thomas Vils DEN 2165 6.5 /11 2067 35 Kristjansson, Stefan ISL ---- 6.0 /11 2229 36 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2470 6.0 /11 2298 37 Olsen, Peter Erik DEN 2240 6.0 /11 2211 38 Bekker Jensen,Simon ---- 6.0 /11 2362 39 Hansen, Bjarne DEN 2250 6.0 /11 2172 40 Salov, Sergei m RUS 2275 6.0 /11 2330 41 Einarsson, Bergsteinn ISL 2195 6.0 /11 2229 42 Eriksson, Anders f SWE 2300 6.0 /11 2253 43 Rygaard,Mikkel ---- 6.0 /11 2166 44 Nielsen,Morten ---- 6.0 /11 2173 45 Hartvig, Ove Weiss f DEN 2290 6.0 /11 2044 46 El-Kher, Henrik DEN 2305 6.0 /11 2135 47 Askgaard, Jens DEN 2115 6.0 /11 2064 48 Mulligan, Stephen ENG 2220 6.0 /11 2243 49 Nielsen, Jan DEN 2250 6.0 /11 2035 50 Hojer,Jakob ---- 6.0 /11 2064 51 Mayers, Dan E USA 2075 6.0 /11
The Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament took place in Vlissingen 1997. Hans Groffen reported the games and results last week. The games are in the games section of twic this week.
The www page for the event:
http://www.hzeeland.nl/hzhome-ned.html
The 1997 Irish champion is 28 year old Dubliner Joe Ryan who finally prevailed after an amazing nine round dogfight with former two times (91/92) champion Stephen Brady.
After drawing their individual game in round 2, Ryan and Brady each beat second seed Colm Daly in consecutive rounds before setting about the rest of the challengers. Up to the last day, both players had still dropped onlya half point.
In the final round on Sunday, Ryan beat Danny Roberts leaving Stephen Brady needing to match him for a share of the title. When, after six and a half hours of trying to convert a Q and opposite colour bishop ending a pawn up, Stephen let Tony Fox in for a perpetual check, the title went outright to Joe.
18 players took part in this year's championship. Notable absentees included Ireland's only IM Mark Orr, and norm holders Brian Kelly (ELO 2390)- concurrently representing Ireland at the World Juniors in Poland - Mark Quinn (ELO 2375) who returned from a year's studies in Italy during the event, and Conor O'Shaughnessy.
FINAL RESULTS: Morris Insulations 1997 Irish Championship, July 12-20, Teachers Club, Dublin lst Joe Ryan 2245 8.5/9 2nd Stephen Brady 2325 8 3rd Colm Daly 2310 7 4th Daire McMahon 2215 5.5 5th Gerry O'Connell 2170 5 18 played
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