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1) Introduction
2) Michael Adams and Matthew Sadler 1st at the
British
3) After GP Mladi Category 10 event.
4) Stockholm International Chess Tournament.
5) Alex Yermolinsky wins the US Open
6) The 1997 Quebec Open
7) News from Hungary
8) 1997 US Chess Championships
9) North Bay Open
10) 4th Recklinghausen Master Tournament
11) News in Brief
12) Argentina World Team U26 Champions
13) European Youth Championships
Games section
ch-GBR Hove ENG 1997 18 After GP Mladi Olomouc CZE 1997 29 It Stockholm SWE 1997 30 Open North Bay CAN 1997 40 FSGM Aug Budapest HUN 1997 45 FSIM Aug Budapest HUN 1997 66 Open Koge DEN 1997 243 Open Quebec CAN 1997 202 WCh-Team U- 1997 300 World Juniors Zagan POL 1997 23
My thanks to Ajedrez on-line, Kevin O'Connell, Gereld Schendel, Jonathan Berry, Bob Wade, Rainer Kipker, Matt Guthrie, Laszlo Nagy, Richard Berube, USCF www site, British Chess Championships site and all those who helped with the issue.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The strongest British Chess Championships in many years took place in Hove England from August 4th-15th. The good turnout was ensured by Smith & Williamson the new sponsors of the event. In the final round there were two leaders, Tony Miles and Matthew Sadler. They drew a very brief game guaranteeing them at least 4500 pounds. First prize alone was 10,000 pounds. The consequences of a loss would have left them only with a few hundred. Michael Adams after winning his first four games before had a ling drawing sequence in rounds 5-10. He managed to win his final round game to get into a playoff. John Emms also managed to get into the speed playoff via a win in the final round. The four players contested a single round robin event of 15 minute with 10 seconds increment chess. The result was rather unsatisfactory as the two top finishers had two whites and one black and the others had two blacks and one white, leaving one wondering what the result would have been if it had been the other way round. The play-offs were further devalued when the two winners of this speed event didn't want to have a final playoff to decide the title which leads to the question, why did they bother having one at all? Food for thought next year. However the championships were the best in many years and the close finish reflected this. My thanks to those who produced the fine and informative web site. They did seem to be somewhat limited in the number of games they could give so that it did not clash with sales of the bulletin. An issue that perhaps the BCF might address next year.
www page.
:http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~peterwalker/bcf/frame.htm
Leading final standings. 1 ADAMS,Michael............ gm 2680 8 2476 8.36 -0.36 2 EMMS,John................ gm 2530 8 2447 6.71 1.29 3 MILES,Tony............... gm 2600 8 2451 7.70 0.30 4 SADLER,Matthew........... gm 2665 8 2425 8.80 -0.80 5 HEBDEN,Mark.............. gm 2575 7½ 2434 7.59 -0.09 6 LEDGER,Andrew............ im 2415 7½ 2499 4.18 3.32 7 SASHIKIRAN,Krishnan...... fm 2430 7½ 2392 6.05 1.45 8 SPEELMAN,Jon............. gm 2630 7½ 2405 8.58 -1.08 9 SUMMERSCALE,Aaron........ im 2420 7½ 2496 4.40 3.10 10 ARKELL,Keith............. gm 2480 7 2351 7.37 -0.37 11 FERGUSON,Mark............ im 2420 7 2360 6.38 0.62 12 KOSTEN,Tony.............. gm 2530 7 2470 6.38 0.62 13 MCSHANE,Luke............. im 2455 7 2438 5.20 0.80 14 PARKER,Jonathan.......... im 2510 7 2383 7.37 -0.37 15 WARD,Chris............... gm 2505 7 2417 6.82 0.18 16 ANSELL,Simon............. im 2390 6½ 2420 5.06 1.44 17 BUCKLEY,Graeme........... im 2380 6½ 2294 6.82 -0.32 18 DUNNINGTON,Angus......... im 2420 6½ 2311 7.15 -0.65 19 GALLAGHER,Joe............ gm 2525 6½ 2379 7.70 -1.20 20 KINSMAN,Andrew........... im 2395 6½ 2396 5.50 1.00 21 MARTIN,Andrew............ im 2425 6½ 2498 4.40 2.10 22 PEIN,Malcolm............. im 2430 6½ 2419 5.20 0.30 23 THOMPSON,Ian............. fm 2260 6½ 2303 4.40 1.10 24 TURNER,Matthew........... im 2445 6½ 2463 5.17 1.33 25 CONQUEST,Stuart.......... gm 2500 6 2360 7.59 -1.59 26 CROUCH,Colin............. im 2375 6 2390 5.28 0.72 27 CUMMINGS,David........... im 2370 6 2318 6.27 -0.27 28 HOUSKA,Miroslav.......... 2360 6 2347 5.72 0.28 29 HUNT,Harriet............. wg 2360 6 2348 5.72 0.28 30 JACKSON,Oliver........... 2230 6 2341 3.50 1.50 31 KNOTT,Simon.............. fm 2370 6 2278 6.30 -1.30 32 MORTAZAVI,Ali............ im 2390 6 2314 6.60 -0.60 33 PLASKETT,James........... gm 2450 6 2385 6.49 -0.49 34 ROKTIM,Bandyopadhyay..... 2275 6 2366 4.18 1.82 35 ROWSON,Jonathan.......... im 2490 6 2323 7.20 -1.20 36 WILLIAMS,Simon........... fm 2310 6 2287 5.83 0.17 83 players
The After GP Mladi tournament takes place in Olomouc in the Czech Republic between August 5th-15th. The was covered on-line http://www.proclient.cz/a64/
The event was won by Tomas Polak by half a point from Vlastimil Babula.
Upcoming tournaments:
11. - 12.10.1997
GP TOUR LITOMYSL 1997, Litomysl (CZE) rapid (2 x 30 min), 11 rounds, prize fund CZK 20000, 1st prize CZK 6000
22. - 28.10.1997
GP MLADI OPEN 1997, Litomysl (CZE) international youth FIDE tournament, year 1977 and younger, open 9 rounds, prize fund CZK 40000, 1st prize CZK 15000
27. - 30.12.1997
GP OPEN LILIE 1997, Litomysl (CZE) international FIDE tournament, open 7 rounds, prize fund CZK 60000, 1st prize CZK 20000
[1 DEM = 20 CZK]
Contact: Agentura 64, 783 73 Grygov 337, tel./fax: 068-926100 e-mail: a64@proclient.cz
WWW: http://www.proclient.cz/a64
Round 7 (1997.08.13)
Polak, Tomas - Balinov, Ilija 1/2 14 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Movsesian, Sergei - Kalod, Radek 1-0 51 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Votava, Jan - Manik, Mikulas 1-0 43 E80 Kings indian; Saemisch
Mokry, Karel - Stohl, Igor 1/2 14 C92 Ruy Lopez
Biolek, Richard - Oral, Tomas 0-1 33 B30 Sicilian
Berzinsh, Roland - Babula, Vlastimil 1/2 40 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Round 8 (1997.08.14)
Babula, Vlastimil - Biolek, Richard 1-0 41 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Movsesian, Sergei - Mokry, Karel 1/2 42 C70 Ruy Lopez
Stohl, Igor - Polak, Tomas 1/2 31 E50 Nimzo indian
Kalod, Radek - Oral, Tomas 0-1 60 B30 Sicilian
Manik, Mikulas - Berzinsh, Roland 1/2 18 C92 Ruy Lopez
Balinov, Ilija - Votava, Jan 0-1 40 B47 Sicilian
Round 9 (1997.08.15)
Polak, Tomas - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 12 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Votava, Jan - Stohl, Igor 1/2 48 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Oral, Tomas - Babula, Vlastimil 1-0 33 B31 Sicilian
Mokry, Karel - Kalod, Radek 0-1 74 B80 Sicilian
Biolek, Richard - Manik, Mikulas 1-0 46 A42 Queen's pawn
Berzinsh, Roland - Balinov, Ilija 1/2 46 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Round 10
Movsesian, Sergei - Votava, Jan 1/2 81 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Stohl, Igor - Berzinsh, Roland 1-0 28 E38 Nimzo indian
Mokry, Karel - Polak, Tomas 1/2 12 B13 Caro-Kann
Kalod, Radek - Babula, Vlastimil 0-1 31 B65 Sicilian
Manik, Mikulas - Oral, Tomas 1/2 21 C42 Petroff defence
Balinov, Ilija - Biolek, Richard 0-1 34 B06 Modern defence
Round 11
Polak, Tomas - Kalod, Radek 1-0 46 B14 Caro-Kann
Babula, Vlastimil - Manik, Mikulas 1/2 9 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Votava, Jan - Mokry, Karel 1/2 10 D14 Slav defence
Oral, Tomas - Balinov, Ilija 1/2 10 B25 Sicilian; Closed
Biolek, Richard - Stohl, Igor 1/2 10 B53 Sicilian
Berzinsh, Roland - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 9 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Olomouc CZE (CZE), VIII 1997 cat. X (2491)
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1 Polak, Tomas m CZE 2470 * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2625
2 Babula, Vlastimil m CZE 2545 = * = = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2587
3 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2555 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 = = 6.5 2550
4 Votava, Jan m CZE 2515 = = = * = 1 = = 1 0 1 = 6.5 2553
5 Stohl, Igor g SVK 2565 = = = = * 1 = = 0 = 1 1 6.5 2549
6 Oral, Tomas m CZE 2435 0 1 = 0 0 * = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2531
7 Mokry, Karel g CZE 2500 = 0 = = = = * 0 = 1 = 1 5.5 2490
8 Kalod, Radek m CZE 2430 0 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 = 1 1 5.5 2496
9 Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2465 = = = 0 1 = = 0 * 0 1 = 5.0 2457
10 Biolek, Richard m CZE 2410 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 5.0 2462
11 Balinov, Ilija BUL 2560 = 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 * = 2.5 2273
12 Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2440 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 2.5 2284
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The Stockholm International Chess Tournament took place between 4-15 of August.
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1236/stock.html
Mikhail Rytshagov won the event on tie-break from Tarvo Seeman to complete an Estonian domination of the event.
Round 7 (1997.08.11)
Akesson, Ralf - Hultin, Johan 1-0 43 D10 Slav defence
Olafsson, Helgi - Seeman, Tarvo 1/2 35 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Agrest, Evgenij - Lyrberg, Patrik 1-0 21 E71 Kings indian
Laveryd, Peter - Rytshagov, Mikhail 0-1 22 B83 Sicilian
Engqvist, Thomas - Sjoberg, Mats 1-0 27 A10 English; 1.c4
Wallace, John Paul - Karlsson, Lars 0-1 45 B78 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 8 (1997.08.12)
Seeman, Tarvo - Engqvist, Thomas 1/2 41 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Karlsson, Lars - Rytshagov, Mikhail 1/2 26 A37 English; 1.c4 c5
Lyrberg, Patrik - Olafsson, Helgi 0-1 19 E04 Nimzo indian
Sjoberg, Mats - Laveryd, Peter 0-1 55 A40 Queen's pawn
Wallace, John Paul - Akesson, Ralf 0-1 35 C07 French; Tarrasch
Hultin, Johan - Agrest, Evgenij 0-1 47 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 9 (1997.08.13)
Rytshagov, Mikhail - Sjoberg, Mats 1-0 35 B47 Sicilian
Akesson, Ralf - Karlsson, Lars 1/2 39 A90 Dutch defence
Olafsson, Helgi - Hultin, Johan 1-0 45 D10 Slav defence
Agrest, Evgenij - Wallace, John Paul 1-0 37 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Laveryd, Peter - Seeman, Tarvo 0-1 37 B20 Sicilian
Engqvist, Thomas - Lyrberg, Patrik 1/2 23 E67 Kings indian
Round 10 (1997.08.14)
Seeman, Tarvo - Rytshagov, Mikhail 1/2 7 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Karlsson, Lars - Sjoberg, Mats 1/2 20 A24 English; 1.c4 e5
Akesson, Ralf - Agrest, Evgenij 1/2 39 A88 Dutch defence
Lyrberg, Patrik - Laveryd, Peter 0-1 42 A56 Benoni
Wallace, John Paul - Olafsson, Helgi 1-0 51 B80 Sicilian
Hultin, Johan - Engqvist, Thomas 0-1 75 E18 Nimzo indian
Round 11 (1997.08.15)
Rytshagov, Mikhail - Lyrberg, Patrik 1/2 17 C01 French; Exchange
Olafsson, Helgi - Akesson, Ralf 0-1 60 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Agrest, Evgenij - Karlsson, Lars 0-1 31 A80 Dutch defence
Laveryd, Peter - Hultin, Johan 0-1 61 B57 Sicilian
Engqvist, Thomas - Wallace, John Paul 1-0 13 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Sjoberg, Mats - Seeman, Tarvo 0-1 40 E73 Kings indian
Stockholm SWE (SWE), VIII 1997 cat. VIII (2437)
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1 Rytshagov, Mikhail m EST 2525 * = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2604
2 Seeman, Tarvo EST 2395 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2615
3 Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2445 = = * = = 1 1 1 = = 1 = 7.5 2569
4 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2520 = = = * 1 = = 1 1 0 1 1 7.5 2562
5 Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2505 = = = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.0 2532
6 Agrest, Evgenij m SWE 2505 = = 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2532
7 Laveryd, Peter SWE 2440 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 1 = 0 4.5 2371
8 Engqvist, Thomas m SWE 2355 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 4.5 2379
9 Lyrberg, Patrik m SWE 2430 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 4.0 2335
10 Sjoberg, Mats m SWE 2420 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 = * = 1 3.5 2305
11 Wallace, John Paul m AUS 2350 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 = * = 2.5 2234
12 Hultin, Johan SWE 2355 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = * 2.0 2182
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Alex Yermolinsky outpaced a strong field to take the 1997 US open in Orlando Florida.
GM Yermolinsky, Alex 2678 10.5 GM Ivanov, Alexander 2629 10 GM Garcia, Gildardo 2577 10 GM Schwartzman, Gabriel 2618 10 Michael Mulyar 2400 9.5 GM Goldin, Alexander 2663 9 GM Shabalov, Alexander 2682 9 GM Blatny, Pavel 2645 9 Reprintsev, Alexander 2519 9 IM Shliperman, Igor 2493 9 Mikhailuk, Slava 2428 9 FM Ardaman, Miles 2439 9 GM Wojtkiewicz, Alek 2702 9 Eugene Ippolito 2447 9 Eugene Perelshteyn 2463 9 Andrew Karklins 2406 9 Danny Shapiro 2369 9
http://www.store2.com/uschess/news/usopen97.html
The 1997 Quebec open was won by soon to be GM Alexandre Lesiege. The event took place between 23 July - August 2nd 1997 there were 335 players attending the event. My thanks to Richard Berube for the games and results.
1 LESIEGE Alexandre 2520 50264 8 2 GOFSHTEIN Leonid 2545 11655 7 3 VERA Reynaldo 2530 70075 6.5 4 SCHLEIFER Michael 2327 27088 6.5 5 NOGUEIRAS Jesus 2535 11677 6 6 HEBERT Jean 2432 10495 6 7 MUREY Jacob 2440 11666 5.5 8 LINSKIY Oleg 2389 67702 5.5 9 MIKANOVIC Goran 2336 65755 5.5 10 LEVEILLE Fran‡ois 2326 34852 5.5 11 DUONG Thanh Nha 2313 70424 5.5 12 HERGOTT Deen 2386 47880 5 13 CASTANEDA Nelson 2382 5 14 LEVTCHOUK George 2348 32747 5 15 GOLDENBERG Danny 2272 55798 5 16 GIRARD Robin 2241 12036 5 17 PRAHOV Valentin 2200 90630 5 18 REEVE Jeff 2180 91642 5 19 WENAAS Eric 2133 67937 5 20 GAGNON Michel 2059 30778 5 21 LERICHE F‚lix 2005 14332 5 22 CLEMENT Michel 1997 18887 5 23 PNEVMONIDIS Pantelis 1991 43751 5 (…etc)
http://132.206.45.67/chess/index.htm
Laszlo Nagy sends news from Hungary including from the August First Saturday event. He has produced another issue of his news (No11) from Hungary internet page which can be accessed at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
The August First Saturday GM event was a category VII event. IM Alex Mikhalevski of Israel scored his 2nd GM norm at the event. Laszlo Nagy sends the games and an interview from the event. The next First Saturday event will run from 6th-18th of September in Budapest.
Interview with IM Alexander Mikhalevski winner of the August First Saturday GM tournament.
1. When did you learn to play chess and who were your first chess teachers?
I was 4, my first teacher was my father. I learned a lot in Minsk from Boleslawski when I was a member of the Belorussian youth team.
2. Who are your idols in chess?
Jose Raoul Capablanca and Garry Kasparov. I like how actively the present world champion solves positional problems.
3. When did you move to Israel?
I moved to Israel in 1991. At first I lived in Hod-Hasharon where I took a Hebrew language course and then the world famous chess organizer, Eliyahu Levant invited me to be a chess trainer and Beer-Sheva team member. The city is a real center of chess, there are 8 GM player lives there now.
4. How often do you play?
I regard myself as basically a chess trainer, so I have not too much time to play, only during the school holidays.
5. What are your GM-norm performances?
From 1992 Biel in the Open tournament 3rd place from 11 games, now from the FIRST SATURDAY tournament 1997 August in Budapest from 9 games. I will try to play in the FS tournament here in October or in December this year.
6. Who are your famous pupils of chess?
First of all my brother, Viktor (25), who is a GM and he has a 2535 rating now. Then IM Dmitri Tyomkin (20) who has a rating of about 2450, Yevgeny Rapoport (17) with a 2310 rating and Mikhail Kostanovich (16) with a rating of (2210).
7. What are you best results apart from the GM-norms?
Amsterdam 1995 2nd-5th place, Belorussian championship 1981 3rd place, Beer-Sheva, 1994 2nd place.
8. What is your opinion about Laszlo's Nagy'a new project, to bring the FIRST SATURDAY chess tournaments to Tel Aviv, to the Kasparov Chess Academy?
I think the project is principally possible and it would be for the benefit of the Israeli chess life. The project is possible if the organizer gets moral and other support from the leaders of the Israeli chess and political life. It would be good for young Israeli players to have the same chess tournament possibilities as the Hungarian chessplayers have now in Budapest.
9. Can you tell us something about your private life?
I am married, 39, my wife is also a newcomer to Israel. We are very happy there.
Budapest HUN (HUN), VIII 1997 cat. VII (2414)
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1 Mikhalevski, Alexander m ISR 2470 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2627
2 Turov, Maxim m RUS 2415 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2538
3 Almasi, Istvan m HUN 2430 = = * = = 1 = 1 = = 5.5 2491
4 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2520 = = = * = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2481
5 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2460 = = = = * = = 1 = 1 5.5 2488
6 Acs, Peter f HUN 2460 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 = 4.0 2365
7 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2320 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 0 3.5 2343
8 Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2375 0 = 0 = 0 0 = * 1 1 3.5 2337
9 Arnold, Lothar f GER 2350 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 * 1 2.5 2254
10 Karatorossian, David ARM 2335 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 2.0 2202
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The IM event which continues was won by IMs Evarth Kahn and Attila Schneider.
2nd-12th of August First Saturday IM chess tournament, Budapest
Standings after 9 rounds
1 1 1
Budapest HUN (HUN), VIII 1997 cat. II (2284)
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1 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2270 * 1 = = 1 = = = = 1 1 = 7.5 2418
2 Schneider, Attila m HUN 2405 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2406
3 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2400 = 1 * 0 = = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2375
4 Nezar, Mustapha FRA 2225 = 0 1 * 1 = = 1 0 = 1 = 6.5 2354
5 Mifsud, T MLT 2230 0 1 = 0 * 1 0 = 1 1 0 1 6.0 2325
6 Philippe, Christophe FRA 2235 = 0 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2324
7 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2330 = 0 = = 1 0 * = = = 1 1 6.0 2316
8 Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2355 = 0 = 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 5.5 2277
9 Murzin, Lenar f RUS 2310 = 0 = 1 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 5.5 2281
10 Resika, Nathan A USA 2170 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = * 1 0 3.5 2161
11 Ladanyi, Tibor HUN 2240 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 3.0 2113
12 Antal, Gergely HUN 2240 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 2.0 2026
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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
Matt Guthrie reports that the 1997 US Men's and Women's Championships begin August 23rd at the San Marcos Hotel in Chandler, Arizona. The Women's Championship is a ten player round robin, but for the Men's, a slightly original format is being used:
The field is split into two groups of eight, each of which plays a round robin. The top two players from each group the advance, with the winner of each group playing a four game match against the runner-up of the other.
The winners of these matches then play a six game match for the title.
The Groups are as follows:
Group A Category 12: GM Yermolinsky (2630), GM A.Ivanov (2600), GM Gulko (2590), GM Christiansen (2560), GM Benjamin (2555), GM Browne (2540), GM Fedorowicz (2510), NM Zamora (2390)
Group B Category 13: GM Seirawan (2630),GM Kaidanov (2590), GM D.Gurevich (2580), GM DeFirmian (2575), GM Shabalov (2555), GM Dzindzihashvili (2540), GM Kudrin (2515), GM Schwartzman (2510)
The Women's field is category 6:
WGM Belakovskaia (2365), WGM Gulko (2305), NM Krush (2245), WIM Epstein (2210), NM Khan (2190), NM Zitserman (2125), NM Frenklakh (2120), NM J.Shahade (2085), WFM Jezierska (2075) WIM Burtman (2070)
Note: Anna Gulko is the former Anna Akhsharumova, who now prefers to go by her married name.
Coverage and updates are available through the USCF at:
http://www.uschess.org/updates.html
And a page devoted to background information is:
http://www.store2.com/uschess/news/uschamp97.html
Jonathan Berry sends the results and a selection of games from the first 5 rounds of the North Bay Tournament. The event was won by Grigory Serper and Sergey Kudrin. Oleg Linskiy scored an IM norm. The event has been one of the most consistently successful opens in Canada.
Financial Concept Group North Bay International Open August 6-10, 1997, Open section Name rtng r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6 r 7 r 8 r 9 TOT 1 Serper, Grigory gm.....2540 W29 D16 W32 W 5 D 2 D 6 D12 W17 W 8 7.0 2 Kudrin, Sergey gm......2535 W37 W15 W18 W 6 D 1 D 8 D 4 D 3 W 9 7.0 3 Vera, Reynaldo gm......2544 B-- D19 W21 D31 W13 D 4 D 5 D 2 W 6 6.5 4 Nogueiras, Jesus gm....2535 W30 D21 W16 D27 W18 D 3 D 2 D12 W14 6.5 5 Murey, Jacob gm........2453 W43 W17 D31 L 1 W19 W38 D 3 D 8 W12 6.5 6 Linskiy, Oleg..........2429 W54 W22 W12 L 2 W31 D 1 D 8 W10 L 3 6.0 7 Khassanov, Marat.......2265 D53 D35 W41 L13 D22 W24 W34 W25 D10 6.0 8 Wojtkiewicz, Alex gm...2575 W23 L18 W37 W22 W11 D 2 D 6 D 5 L 1 5.5 9 Gofshtein, Leonid gm...2552 D36 L28 W40 W46 W20 L12 W42 W26 L 2 5.5 10 Day, Lawrence im.......2486 L32 W44 L42 W39 W36 W27 W21 L 6 D 7 5.5 11 Teodoro, Eduardo IV fm.2456 W57 D27 W28 W20 L 8 D14 L17 W32 D16 5.5 12 Burnett, Ronald fm.....2445 W44 W42 L 6 W32 D27 W 9 D 1 D 4 L 5 5.5 13 Schleifer, Michael fm..2408 W33 L32 W36 W 7 L 3 L21 W52 W27 D17 5.5 14 Djerkovic, Miladin.....2385 H-- D39 D33 W28 W54 D11 D26 W20 L 4 5.5 15 Zugic, Igor............2354 W55 L 2 D39 D30 D32 W29 D27 D21 W26 5.5 16 Lindsay, Fred fm.......2343 W58 D 1 L 4 L38 W46 W54 D32 W18 D11 5.5 17 Rajlich, Vasik.........2341 W48 L 5 L46 W57 W30 W31 W11 L 1 D13 5.5 18 Castaneda, Nelson fm...2380 W40 W 8 L 2 W42 L 4 L26 W31 L16 W33 5.0 19 Goldenberg, Danny......2370 W52 D 3 L27 W29 L 5 L32 W44 D28 W36 5.0 20 Levtchouk, George fm...2357 H-- W47 W26 L11 L 9 W37 W28 L14 D22 5.0 21 Williams, Paul.........2339 W49 D 4 L 3 W33 D25 W13 L10 D15 D23 5.0 22 Filipovich, David......2335 W59 L 6 W50 L 8 D 7 D34 D33 W37 D20 5.0 23 Campbell, Brett........2305 L 8 D40 W53 L25 D33 D46 W39 W38 D21 5.0 24 Hergott, Deen im.......2534 L31 W45 D38 D26 L42 L 7 W43 D30 W46 4.5 25 Ross, David fm.........2422 H-- D36 D30 W23 D21 D42 W38 L 7 U-- 4.5 26 Feldman, Steven fm.....2325 D39 W53 L20 D24 W41 W18 D14 L 9 L15 4.5 27 Olszewski, Piotr.......2309 W51 D11 W19 D 4 D12 L10 D15 L13 D32 4.5 28 Hua, Lefong............2304 H-- W 9 L11 L14 W47 W35 L20 D19 D29 4.5 29 Haessel, Dale..........2304 L 1 D58 W47 L19 W48 L15 D49 W45 D28 4.5 30 Peckford, Bill.........2285 L 4 W49 D25 D15 L17 L52 W47 D24 W48 4.5 31 Dougherty, Michael.....2274 W24 W34 D 5 D 3 L 6 L17 L18 D35 W41 4.5 32 Charbonneau, Pascal....2242 W10 W13 L 1 L12 D15 W19 D16 L11 D27 4.5 33 Linn, Peter............2218 L13 W51 D14 L21 D23 W41 D22 W42 L18 4.5 34 Tipu, Vincent..........2383 W45 L31 W43 D54 L38 D22 L 7 D40 D39 4.0 35 Salman, Joel fm........2374 D46 D 7 L54 D37 W44 L28 D45 D31 D40 4.0 36 Glinert, Stephen.......2305 D 9 D25 L13 W52 L10 D45 D40 W49 L19 4.0 37 Beckwith, Paul.........2303 L 2 W52 L 8 D35 W39 L20 W46 L22 D38 4.0 38 Bhat, Vinay............2235 L56 W55 D24 W16 W34 L 5 L25 L23 D37 4.0 39 Calton, Bill...........2210 D26 D14 D15 L10 L37 W58 L23 W55 D34 4.0 40 Wen, Jean-Francois.....2178 L18 D23 L 9 L49 W51 W48 D36 D34 D35 4.0 41 Saleh, Maher...........2358 D47 D46 L 7 W43 L26 L33 D50 W53 L31 3.5 42 Kiviaho, Robert cgm....2333 W50 L12 W10 L18 W24 D25 L 9 L33 U-- 3.5 43 Wenaas, Eric...........2230 L 5 W48 L34 L41 D58 D49 L24 W57 D47 3.5 44 Dutton, Warren Richard.2211 L12 L10 D49 W50 L35 W55 L19 L48 W53 3.5 45 Floyd, Brian...........2205 L34 L24 D48 D53 W59 D36 D35 L29 D49 3.5 46 Gordon, David..........2162 D35 D41 W17 L 9 L16 D23 L37 W50 L24 3.5 47 Targonski, Stan........2151 D41 L20 L29 W51 L28 D57 L30 W58 D43 3.5 48 Winterton, Ken.........2090 L17 L43 D45 W55 L29 L40 W59 W44 L30 3.5 49 Hauser, Daniel.........2074 L21 L30 D44 W40 D57 D43 D29 L36 D45 3.5 50 Chatzilias, Alexis.....2042 L42 W57 L22 L44 L52 W59 D41 L46 W55 3.5 51 Thorvardson, Barry.....2025 L27 L33 D55 L47 L40 L53 B-- W59 W57 3.5 52 Bugbee, Brian..........2154 L19 L37 W59 L36 W50 W30 L13 U-- U-- 3.0 53 Lawless, David.........2017 D 7 L26 L23 D45 L55 W51 W57 L41 L44 3.0 54 Liitoja, Ingvar........2223 L 6 W59 W35 D34 L14 L16 U-- U-- U-- 2.5 55 Charest, Johanne wim...2145 L15 L38 D51 L48 W53 L44 W58 L39 L50 2.5 56 Nickoloff, Bryon im....2474 W38 H-- H-- U-- U-- U-- U-- U-- U-- 2.0 57 Heringer, Chris........2233 L11 L50 W58 L17 D49 D47 L53 L43 L51 2.0 58 Chu, Stefanie wfm......2095 L16 D29 L57 H-- D43 L39 L55 L47 D59 2.0 59 Young, Oliver..........2046 L22 L54 L52 B-- L45 L50 L48 L51 D58 1.5 Oleg Linskiy achieved an IM norm. Prize fund (over the five sections): $cdn 25,100.
August 9th-17th saw the 4th Recklinghausen open in Germany. The event was won by Klaus Bischoff from Jens-Uwe Bischoff. My thanks to the organisers especially Rainer Kipker for the games (and to Gerald Schendel for passing them on) the event was covered on the internet at: http://home.t-online.de/home/sv-springer/presse.htm
Recklinghausen GER (GER), VIII 1997 cat. VIII (2442)
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1 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2535 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2651
2 Maiwald, Jens-Uwe m GER 2450 = * = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2607
3 Keitlinghaus, Ludger m GER 2525 = = * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2557
4 Lazarev, Vladimir m RUS 2500 = = = * = 1 0 = 1 1 5.5 2515
5 Kishnev, Sergey g RUS 2500 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 5.5 2515
6 Halasz, Tamas m HUN 2385 0 = = 0 = * = 1 = = 4.0 2405
7 Galdunts, Sergey m ARM 2435 0 0 0 1 = = * = = = 3.5 2362
8 Mainka, Romuald g GER 2520 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 1 3.5 2353
9 Kummerow, Heiko GER 2300 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 2.5 2291
10 Hoefkor, Mathias GER 2270 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1.0 2110
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Average elo: 2442 <=> Category: 8
gm = 6.57 m = 4.77
There were 117 players in the open which was won Thomas Henrichs.
1. Henrichs, Thomas IM 2415E WD Borbeck 8 52 2. Schebler, Gerhard IM 2440E Mlheim-Nord 7.5 56 3. Varga, Zoltan GM 2495E Monved 7 57 4. Czebe, Attila IM 2480E Bekescbaba 7 50 5. Kser,Udo 2240E SF Lohmar 74 7 46 6. Hachmeister, Dirk FM 2335E SV Ahlen 6.5 52 7. Kern, Guido IM 2415E Mlheim-Nord 6.5 51 8. Weidemann, Ch. 2220E SK Mnster 6.5 45 9. Aumann, Welf 2300E Mlheim-Nord 6.5 44 10. Trzaska, Peter 2225E Lufer Wanne 6 52 11. Curic, Drazan 2088N A Rot-Weia Essen 6 49 12. Grber, Ralf FM 2320E SK Meerbusch 6 48 13. Wyrwich, Thomas 2000N A SF Kray 6 48 14. Kedziora, Claus 2170N SG Gladbeck 6 46 15. Kincs, Imre FM 2265E Penzgy¶r 6 44 16. Klatt, Peter 2075E vereinslos 6 41 117 players
The new FIDE handbook published after the Cairo Executive Council Meeting in June contains the regulations for the Worldchampionship in Groningen, Elista and Lausanne.
Under 10 - Playing Conditions - (10.2 c):
The players' score sheets are the property of the players and FIDE, and FIDE has exclusive rights to publication.
Whether this is a normal condition to ensure that FIDE get all gamescores for their bulletins or an attempt to change the generally understood laws on copyright of games is not clear.
It is reported that the German Bundesliga club Turm Duisburg tried to recruit Deep Blue as its number one player for next season. Egon Ditt is reported to have appeared on TV in Germany to explain that computers would be rejected as possible players because of their violation amongst other things of reference material. I believe that Shay Bushinsky and Amir Ban's computer Junior was allowed special dispensation to play one year of Israeli league chess. That decision was reversed at the start of last season. The approach sounds like a publicity stunt as the Deep Blue project seems on indefinite hold according to IBM statements when the programmers claimed the Fredkin artificial intelligence prize recently. The leading figures connected with Deep Blue were reported to be moving on to more commercial projects.
Vasilios Kotronias took first place in the 1st International open tournament in Korinthos 3rd-11th August. Georgia Gellashvilli scored his first GM norm and third IM norm in the event.
1. KOTRONIAS VASILIOS (2585) 7.5/9 2. GEORGIA TAMAS GELLASHVILLI(2440) 7.0 3-12 GEORGIEV KRUM (BUL)GM 2530,NIKOLAIDIS I.(GRE)GM2520,MILADINOVIC (GRE)GM 6.5 2500,HELLSTEN J. (SWE)IM 2495,GRIVAS E. (GRE)GM 2465,PAPAIOANNOU (GRE)IM 2480,NEDEV (FRM)IM 2445,CVETKOVIC S (YUG)IM 2420,BOTSARI A-M (GRE)WGM 2305,TZERMIADANOS AND(GRE)IM 2420. Web coverage
The Beijing 3rd Tan Chin Nam Cup GM sees Sergei Tiviakov in the lead with 4.5/6. Behind him are Oll, Pigusov, Ye J, and Zhang Z on 3.5 points. Alterman, Atalik, Xie Jun are on 3. The prize fund is $12,000 with a first prize of $4,000. The last round will be August 20th. On August 23rd will see the 4th ST Lee Open which is 11 rounds and there are 40 players. Loek Van Wely and Jon Speelman are amongst the players.
A Chess tournament with a prizefund of $10,000 will be part of the Mind Sports Olympiad which starts in London today. Programming, Go, Chess Othello, Shogi, Bridge and Backgammon are amongst the other events.
The official site for the 72nd French Championship, Narbonne (15-31 August) the games will be covered live there will be video pictures also available.
The tenth team Championships for under-26 took place in Ciudad de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Chaco, Argentina. The home team just managed to outpace rivals Kazakstan and Russia. In the final round Argentina and Kazakstan both won 3-1. The Champions beat Russia in round two and lost narrowly to Kazakstan in round 5, but outscored their rivals against the rest of the field. My thanks to Herman van Riemsdijk who sent the games and was part of the team working on the official site. The event took place between 5-15th August 1997.
Official Site
http://www.ecomchaco.com.ar/ajedrez/
Ajedrez on-line an Argentine bulletin board also covered the event and sent me the games. The will be covering the PANAMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP U-20 which start today.
http://www.adrian-roldan.com./
Final results
1 Argentina A 26 174.5 2 Kazakstan 25 140 3 Russia 24.5 170.5 4 Georgia 22 180 5 Slovenia 19 169 6 Ecuador 18.5 146 7 Bolivia 18.5 135 8 Philippines 18 134 9 Chile 17.5 172 10 Colombia 17.5 171.5 11 Peru 17.5 156.5 12 Argentina B 16.5 175 13 Brazil 15.5 156.5 14 Venezuela 15.5 143.5 15 Uruguay 15.5 143 16 Paraguay 13.5 144.5 17 India 11 140.5 18 Puerto Rico 8.5 145
Tallinn 9-18 August 1997 sees the European Youth Championships. An individual event with many sections for girls and boys. A full round up of the event next week after its conclusion (which is today) next week There is only one official site the other quoted last week is simply a copy.