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1) Introduction
2) 4th World Team Championships
3) Hungarian Superchampionships
4) 15th WMCCC Championships Paris
5) Hellir International, Reykjavic
6) Chigorin Memorial International Open
7) First Saturday Tournaments. November
8) 3rd Loures International Tournament
9) XXIII Torneo Intercooperativo Meyer Dubrovski
10) Bayer Open and World Veterans
11) 1997 Agios Nikolaos open
12) GP Mladi Open
13) PCA World Chess Ranking
Games section
4th World Team Ch 120 ch-HUN Budapest 10 World Micro-computer CC 177 Hellir Reykjavic 95 Chigorin Mem Open 77 3rd Loures Tournament 30 XXIII COOP 67 Open Agios Greece 10 GP Mladi Open 152
My thanks to TASC, Dadi Jonsson and his Chess in Iceland page, Janos Tompa, Laszlo Nagy, Luis Santos, Chess in Portugal, Gerald Schendel, Russian Chess www page, Jakub Fuksik of Agentura 64, George Mastrokoukos, Gerhard Hund, Roberto Alvarez, Shay Bushinsky, and all those who helped with this issue.
The 4th World team Championships were concluded in Switzerland this weekend with the victory of the Russian team. Some excellent competitive chess proved very enjoyable. I have to feel sorry for the US team who came within half a point of retaining their title and whose team played as a team to the maximum that could have been expected.
Elsewhere the World Micro-Computer Chess Championship saw long time friend of twic's Shay Bushinsky's (along with the founder of the project Amir Ban) program Junior take a deserved first place. Computer Chess is not an area of expertese for me so I hope that the comments made are appropriate.
My thanks to those who wrote after the technical problems of last week.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The World Team Championships were won by favourites Russia but only after a big effort in inflicting the only whitewash of the event on the Georgian women. Reigning champions US came close to taking the title. They lead by half a point going into the final round, and they had a superior tie-break. Two quick draws with black were backed up with two wins with the white pieces. This did not prove to be enough in the end. Third place was taken by Armenia whose excellent result was secured by a win over their rivals England in the final round. Smbat Lputian scored the only win of the match and became the top scorer in the event as a whole with 7/9. Armenia's final round result could have been better as Julian Hodgson was given a draw in a lost position simply to secure Armenia their desired match result. England will be disappointed with their 4th place. Sponsorship has allowed England to field full sides in recent years in important event. Matthew Sadler and Jon Speelman scored above their ratings, Short and Adams around their ratings but Nunn and Hodgson performed well below. Its worth noting that only Alexei Dreev performed below his rating in the strong Russian team and the US team all overperformed, with Grigory Kaidanov's 5/6 and Larry Christiansen's 5/7 in the starring roles. Two other exceptional results were those of Vassily Ivanchuk on top board for the Ukraine with 6/8 and Murtas Kazhgaleyev with 6/9 for the Kazakhstan team. Elsewhere the hosts have hope for the future with the performances of youngsters Pelletier and Forster they backed up Victor the Terrible on board 1 (actually Victor the Not So Terrible in this event as he drew all his games).
Games. Apart from his three short draws against Korchnoi, Svidler and Short Vassily Ivanchuk's games were full of content and were of a very high class. Lputian's win against Sadler was his finest achievement of the event, Sadler himself played with theoretical sharpness which gives most of his games great interest. Peter Svidler's games again showed the vast range of openings he has. His only loss was to Joel Benjamin when he appeared to blunder the entire position around time control. Svidler's games from rounds 1, 2 and 9 are of especial interest. With every point counting there was a lot of fighting chess.
Internet coverage was live from TASC at:
Round 4 October 28, 1997
Ukraine - Armenia 1.5-2.5
Ivanchuk,V (UKR) - Akopian,V (ARM) 1-0
Lputian,S (ARM) - Onischuk,A (UKR) 1-0
Romanishin,O (UKR) - Minasian,A (ARM) 1/2
Anastasian,A (ARM) - Savchenko,S (UKR) 1-0
Kazakhstan - Switzerland 1.5-2.5
Kotsur,P (KAZ) - Korchnoi,V (SUI) 1/2
Gallagher,J (SUI) - Irzhanov,R (KAZ) 1-0
Kazgalyev,M (KAZ) - Pelletier,Y (SUI) 1-0
Forster,R (SUI) - Temirbaev,S (KAZ) 1-0
England - Russia 2-2
Short,N (ENG) - Svidler,P (RUS) 1/2
Khalifman,A (RUS) - Adams,M (ENG) 1-0
Sadler,M (ENG) - Dreev,A (RUS) 1-0
Zvjagintsev,V (RUS) - Speelman,J (ENG) 1/2
USA - Georgia 3.5-0.5
Gulko,B (USA) - Chiburdanidze,M (GEO) 1/2
Arakhamia,K (GEO) - DeFirmian,N (USA) 0-1
Kaidanov,G (USA) - Khurtsidze,N (GEO) 1-0
Gaprindashvili,N - Christiansen,L (USA) 0-1
Croatia - Cuba 3-1
Lalic,B (CRO) - Arencibia,W (CUB) 1/2
Rodriguez,A (CUB) - Kozul,Z (CRO) 0-1
Palac,M (CRO) - Vera,R (CUB) 1/2
Borges,J (CUB) - Dizdar,G (CRO) 0-1
Round 5 October 29, 1997
Cuba - USA 1.5-2.5
Arencibia,W (CUB) - Yermolinsky,A (USA) 0-1
Benjamin,J (USA) - Nogueiras,J (CUB) 1/2
Vera,R (CUB) - deFirmian,N (USA) 1/2
Christiansen,L (USA)- Borges,J (CUB) 1/2
Georgia - England 1.5-2.5
Chiburdanidze,M - Adams,M (ENG) 0-1
Sadler,M (ENG) - Ioseliani,N (GEO) 1-0
Gurieli,N (GEO) - Hodgson,J (ENG) 1-0
Nunn,J (ENG) - Khurtsidze,N (GEO) 1/2
Switzerland - Ukraine 2-2
Korchnoi,V (SUI) - Ivanchuk,V (UKR) 1/2
Onischuk,A (UKR) - Gallagher,J (SUI) 1/2
Hug,W (SUI) - Malaniuk,V (UKR) 1/2
Savchenko,S (UKR) - Forster,R (SUI) 1/2
Armenia - Croatia 2-2
Akopian,V (ARM) - Lalic,B (CRO) 1/2
Kozul,Z (CRO) - Lputian,S (ARM) 0-1
Minasian,A (ARM) - Cvitan,O (CRO) 1/2
Dizdar,G (CRO) - Anastasian,A (ARM) 1-0
Russia - Kazakhstan 2-2
Bareev,E (RUS) - Kotsur,P (KAZ) 0-1
Irzhanov,R (KAZ) - Svidler,P (RUS) 0-1
Dreev,A (RUS) - Kazgalyev,M (KAZ) 1/2
Temirbaev,S (KAZ) - Zvjagintsev,V (RUS) 1/2
Round 6 October 30, 1997
England - Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5
Short,N (ENG) - Kotsur,P (KAZ) 1/2
Irzhanov,R (KAZ) - Sadler,M (ENG) 1/2
Speelman,J (ENG) - Kazgalyev,M (KAZ) 1-0
Temirbaev,S (KAZ) - Nunn,J (ENG) 1/2
Croatia - Switzerland 2.5-1.5
Lalic,B (CRO) - Korchnoi,V (SUI) 1/2
Pelletier,Y (SUI) - Palac,M (CRO) 1/2
Cvitan,O (CRO) - Hug,W (SUI) 1-0
Forster,R (SUI) - Dizdar,G (CRO) 1/2
Ukraine - Russia 1-3
Ivanchuk,V (UKR) - Svidler,P (RUS) 1/2
Khalifman,A (RUS) - Romanishin,O (UKR) 1-0
Savchenko,S (UKR) - Rublevsky,S (RUS) 1/2
Zvjagintsev,V (RUS) - Novikov,I (UKR) 1-0
USA - Armenia 2-2
Yermolinsky,A (USA) - Akopian,V (ARM) 1/2
Lputian,S (ARM) - Gulko,B (USA) 1/2
deFirmian,N (USA) - Minasian,A (ARM) 0-1
Anastasian,A (ARM) - Kaidanov,G (USA) 0-1
Georgia -Cuba 1-3
Ioseliani,N (GEO) - Rodriguez,A (CUB) 1/2
Nogueiras,J (CUB) - Arakhamia,K (GEO) 1/2
Gurieli,N (GEO) - Vera,R (CUB) 0-1
Becerra,J (CUB) - Khurtsidze,N (GEO) 1-0
Round 7 October 31, 1997
Cuba - England 1-3
Rodriguez,A (CUB) - Short,N (ENG) 1/2
Adams,M (ENG) - Nogueiras,J (CUB) 1/2
Vera,R (CUB) - Sadler,M (ENG) 0-1
Speelman,J (ENG) - Borges,J (CUB) 1-0
Switzerland - USA 1-3
Korchnoi,V (SUI) - Yermolinsky,A (USA) 1/2
Benjamin,J (USA) - Gallagher,J (SUI) 1-0
Pelletier,Y (SUI) - Kaidanov,G (USA) 1/2
Christiansen,L (USA)- Ekstroem,R (SUI) 1-0
Russia - Croatia 3-1
Bareev,E (RUS) - Lalic,B (CRO) 1-0
Kozul,Z (CRO) - Khalifman,A (RUS) 1/2
Rublevsky,S (RUS) - Cvitan,O (CRO) 1-0
Dizdar,G (CRO) - Dreev,A (RUS) 1/2
Armenia - Georgia 3-1
Akopian,V (ARM) - Chiburdanidze,M (GEO) 1/2
Ioseliani,N (GEO) - Lputian,S (ARM) 0-1
Minasian,A (ARM) - Arakhamia,K (GEO) 1-0
Gurieli,N (GEO) - Khachian,M (ARM) 1/2
Kazakhstan - Ukraine 1-3
Kotsur,P (KAZ) - Ivanchuk,V (UKR) 0-1
Onischuk,A (UKR) - Irzhanov,R (KAZ) 1-0
Kazgalyev,M (KAZ) - Malaniuk,V (UKR) 1-0
Romanishin,O (UKR) - Temirbaev,S (KAZ) 1-0
Round 8 November 1, 1997
Cuba - Armenia 1.5-2.5
Arencibia,W (CUB) - Akopian,V (ARM) 0-1
Vaganian,R (ARM) - Nogueiras,J (CUB) 1/2
Vera,R (CUB) - Lputian,S (ARM) 1/2
Minasian,A (RM) - Becerra,J (CUB) 1/2
Georgia - Switzerland 1-3
Chiburdanidze,M - Gallagher,J (SUI) 1/2
Pelletier,Y (SUI) - Arakhamia,K (GEO) 1/2
Gurieli,N (GEO) - Forster,R (SUI) 0-1
Ekstroem,R (SUI) - Gaprindashvili,N(GEO) 1-0
USA - Russia 2-2
Yermolinsky,A (USA) - Bareev,E (RUS) 1/2
Svidler,P (RUS) - Benjamin,J (USA) 0-1
Gulko,B (USA) - Khalifman,A (RUS) 1/2
Rublevsky,S (RUS) - Christiansen,L (USA) 1-0
England - Ukraine 2-2
Short,N (ENG) - Ivanchuk,V (UKR) 1/2
Onischuk,A (UKR) - Adams,M (ENG) 1/2
Sadler,M (ENG) - Malaniuk,V (UKR) 1/2
Romanishin,O (UKR) - Speelman,J (ENG) 1/2
Croatia - Kazakhstan 2-2
Lalic,B (CRO) - Kotsur,P (KAZ) 0-1
Kazgalyev,M (KAZ) - Kozul,Z (CRO) 1-0
Palac,M (CRO) - Egorov,E (KAZ) 1-0
Kostenko (KAZ) - Dizdar,G (CRO) 0-1
Round 9 November 2, 1997
Armenia - England 2.5-1.5
Akopian,V (ARM) - Short,N (ENG) 1/2
Adams,M (ENG) - Vaganian,R (ARM) 1/2
Lputian,S (ARM) - Sadler,M (ENG) 1-0
Hodgson,J (ENG) - Minasian,A (ARM) 1/2
Kazakhstan - USA 1-3
Kotsur,P (KAZ) - Benjamin,J (USA) 1/2
DeFirmian,N (USA) - Irzhanov,R (KAZ) 1-0
Kazgalyev,M (KAZ) - Kaidanov,G (USA) 1/2
Christiansen,L(USA) - Temirbaev,S (KAZ) 1-0
Switzerland - Cuba 2-2
Korchnoi,V (SUI) - Rodriguez,A (CUB) 1/2
Vera,R (CUB) - Gallagher,J (SUI) 1-0
Pelletier,Y (SUI) - Becerra,J (CUB) 1-0
Borges,J (CUB) - Hug,W (SUI) 1/2
Russia - Georgia 4-0
Bareev,E (RUS) - Chiburdanidze,M (GEO) 1-0
Ioseliani,N (GEO) - Svidler,P (RUS) 0-1
Dreev,A (RUS) - Arakhamia,K (GEO) 1-0
Gurieli,N (GEO) - Zvjagintsev,V (RUS) 0-1
Ukraine - Croatia 1.5-2.5
Onischuk,A (UKR) - Kozul,Z (CRO) 1-0
Palac,M (CRO) - Malaniuk,V (UKR) 1-0
Savchenko,S (UKR) - Cvitan,O (CRO) 0-1
Dizdar,G (CRO) - Novikov,I (UKR) 1/2
Final Results
NAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tot Mp
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1. Russia XXX 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 3.5 4.0 23.5 13
2. USA 2.0 XXX 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 3.5 23.0 15
3. Armenia 2.0 2.0 XXX 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 21.0 14
4. England 2.0 1.5 1.5 XXX 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 2.5 20.5 12
5. Ukraine 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 XXX 1.5 2.0 3.0 2.0 3.5 18.0 7
6. Croatia 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.5 XXX 2.5 2.0 3.0 1.5 17.5 9
7. Switzerland 2.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.5 XXX 2.5 2.0 3.0 17.0 7
8. Kazakhstan 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 2.0 1.5 XXX 2.5 1.5 15.0 5
9. Cuba 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.5 XXX 3.0 14.0 4
10. Georgia (w) 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.5 2.5 1.0 2.5 1.0 XXX 10.5 4
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Zoltan Almasi took the Hungarian Superchampionships by a clear point from Alexander Chernin and Peter Leko. The second half of the event saw only one decisive game and that proved to be the game which decided that championships. When Zoltan Almasi won against Peter Leko in round 8 he needed just one draw in his final game to become champion. The game started quietly enough with a Berlin Defence to the Ruy Lopez. Leko tried to take advantage of his advantage in development. The key point came at move 15. After the game 15. Nf6 was seen as too ambitious. Instead of that 15. Nd6 is probably equal. Almasi won a pawn and after some difficulties he won. In the other round 8 game Chernin had better position against Pinter but he is always in time trouble at the critical moments He played very well till the 57th move. Then he made an unbelievable mistake. He could win easily with 57. g5. Pinter found a nice defence and finally drew. This he achieved without undue alarm. The Championships became very cautious once Lajos Portisch withdrew after round two and once can't help feeling that this pretty much spoiled the event.
My thanks to Janos Tompa for the games and results.
The main sponsors of the event were HUNGAROPHARMA Medicament Commercial Company and the Hotel HILTON Budapest which is the venue of the event as well. The prize fund was 4 million Hungarian Forints (appr. 20250 US Dollars) and the 1st prize is 1,25 million Hungarian Forints. The tournament started on the 21st October and finished on 31st October.
Round 6 (1997.10.27)
Chernin, Alexander - Sax, Gyula 1/2 42 B42 Sicilian
Pinter, Jozsef - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 25 C92 Ruy Lopez
Round 7 (1997.10.28)
Almasi, Zoltan - Chernin, Alexander 1/2 29 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Sax, Gyula - Leko, Peter 1/2 17 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 8 (1997.10.29)
Chernin, Alexander - Pinter, Jozsef 1/2 62 D27 QGA;
Leko, Peter - Almasi, Zoltan 0-1 53 B96 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 9 (1997.10.30)
Almasi, Zoltan - Sax, Gyula 1/2 18 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Pinter, Jozsef - Leko, Peter 1/2 19 D93 Gruenfeld indian
Round 10 (1997.10.31)
Leko, Peter - Chernin, Alexander 1/2 14 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Sax, Gyula - Pinter, Jozsef 1/2 11 E12 Nimzo indian
Budapest HUN (HUN), X 1997 cat. XV (2610)
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1 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2615 ** == =1 == 1= 5.0 2703
2 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2640 == ** == == == 4.0 2602
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2635 =0 == ** 1= == 4.0 2603
4 Pinter, Jozsef g HUN 2590 == == 0= ** == 3.5 2572
5 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2570 0= == == == ** 3.5 2577
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The World Micro-computer Chess Championships took place in the Palais de la Bourse, Paris. The event was won by Junior an Israeli program written by Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky. Junior played most of its closest rivals and scored 9.5/11 which included one loss! Their first four rounds were played on a slower K6-200 machine before moving up to a K6-300. The nearest rival was the French program Virtual Chess 2. The program Junior was started 10 years ago. Amir Ban was there at the start and then six years ago Shay Bushinsky joined in its development. The developers are professional software programmers who work on Junior in their spare time. Junior will be available as an engine for Fritz 5 (along with Virtual Chess II , Mchess Pro 7.0, Shredder II, Nimzo 98 (Hydra) ) shortly.
Junior has played in a number of other events over the years. This includes, until recently, the Israeli league before objections to their participation ruled them out. Their previous best result in computer events was a third place in the Hong-Kong Computer World championships May 1995 shared with Deep Blue prototype running on Pentium 90 Mhz. Shay Bushinsky has been an active organiser and in the Nir-Galim rapid tournament Nov. 1995 he organised a strong blitz event. Junior playing on a Pentium 90 Mhz shared third place behind Leonid Yudasin and Judit Polgar. The computer also lost a match to Judit Polgar 4-2 in Budapest April 1996. It also finished 4th in the Kfar-Saba open 1997 at a standard time rate.
The championships will very probably undergo a number of changes in the near future. There were a number of strong programs not present at these championships. Rebel, Hiarcs, TheKing and Genuis did not play and last year a number of programs for various reasons also did not participate (some did not like the host countries human rights record, others could not or would not travel there). Problems such as large fees for professional programs, the concentration of some programmers in optimising their machines results against human opposition have all created a barrier for machines to compete. In addition the nature of the competition which is a Swiss means that the final standings especially in the minor placings are somewhat random, the same problem which has afflicted the Interzonals which were played under the same system. Robert Hyatt said after the event that he felt that there were a lot of very strong but closely match programs in the event this year. It was announced this week that the main man-machine tournament at AEGON will not continue. All in all computer chess as with over-the-board chess has some hard decisions to make about its future direction.
There were a number of different computer processors used in the Championships. Chris Whittington provided some approximate comparative figures for the different processors. Regulations as to the processors allowed are to be reviewed for next year.
If a P6 200 is rated at 1.0 then: P6 300 is 1.47 Alpha 500 is 1.5 and an Alpha 600 is 1.75.
Games appeared first at: ChessBase's www site.
In addition the discussion forum at: http://www.icdchess.com/ccc.html contained much useful discussion.
Paris FRA (FRA), X-XI 1997
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1 Junior ISR A P2-300 =10 +11 +30 + 5 - 2 +12 + 4 +15 +14 + 3 +13 9.5
2 Virtual Chess 2 FRA P P2-300 + 9 = 4 +26 +16 + 1 +18 = 5 +10 - 3 +12 - 6 8.0
3 Shredder GER E AL-533 =18 -14 +20 -15 +31 +26 +25 +16 + 2 - 1 + 4 7.5
4 M Chess 7.0 USA P K6-233 + 6 = 2 + 7 +21 =12 =11 - 1 + 5 =10 +15 - 3 7.0
5 Ferret USA A AL-767 =14 +20 +24 - 1 =16 + 7 = 2 - 4 +11 = 8 +15 7.0
6 Dark Thought GER A AL-767 - 4 + 9 =19 =27 +29 =25 + 7 =12 -15 +14 + 2 7.0
7 Toledo 2000 ESP A P2-300 + 8 =17 - 4 +28 +14 - 5 - 6 =27 +24 +16 +18 7.0
8 Hydra AUT E K6-233 - 7 =10 -11 +32 +30 +19 -15 +25 +27 = 5 +12 7.0
9 Comet GER A K6-200 - 2 - 6 +32 -25 +20 -22 +33 +23 =18 +28 +19 6.5
10 Eugen 7.2 ESP A K6-200 = 1 = 8 +25 =12 =21 +27 +18 - 2 = 4 -13 =11 6.0
11 Arthur NED A K6-200 =17 - 1 + 8 +19 +26 = 4 =16 -14 - 5 +21 =10 6.0
12 Chess System Tal ENG P P2-300 +19 +15 =16 =10 = 4 - 1 +24 = 6 +21 - 2 - 8 6.0
13 Fritz NED P P2-300 =20 =18 =27 -26 =28 =14 +17 +19 =16 +10 - 1 6.0
14 Gandalf DEN E K6-200 = 5 + 3 -21 +30 - 7 =13 +23 +11 - 1 - 6 +22 6.0
15 Chess Guru FRA A AL-500 +34 -12 +17 + 3 -18 +24 + 8 - 1 + 6 - 4 - 5 6.0
16 Diep NED A P2-300 +33 +22 =12 - 2 = 5 +21 =11 - 3 =13 - 7 +24 6.0
17 Kallisto NED K6-233 =11 = 7 -15 =31 -25 +30 -13 +33 =28 +29 +21 6.0
18 Crafty USA A AL-500 = 3 =13 +23 +22 +15 - 2 -10 -21 = 9 +27 - 7 5.5
19 The Crazy Bishop FRA A K6-200 -12 +34 = 6 -11 +33 - 8 +26 -13 +25 +20 - 9 5.5
20 IsiChess GER A K6-200 =13 - 5 - 3 -29 - 9 +34 +32 +31 +26 -19 +28 5.5
21 Goliath GER E K6-200 +29 =24 +14 - 4 =10 -16 +28 +18 -12 -11 -17 5.0
22 SOS GER A K6-200 +25 -16 +29 -18 -24 + 9 -27 -28 +23 +34 -14 5.0
23 Patzer GER A K6-200 =26 +28 -18 =24 -27 +29 -14 - 9 -22 +30 +32 5.0
24 Woodpusher ENG A K6-200 +32 =21 - 5 =23 +22 -15 -12 +29 - 7 +33 -16 5.0
25 XXXX II GER A P2-300 -22 +33 -10 + 9 +17 = 6 - 3 - 8 -19 =31 +34 5.0
26 Stobor USA A K6-200 =23 +31 - 2 +13 -11 - 3 -19 +34 -20 =32 +27 5.0
27 Chess Tiger GUA A P2-300 +31 -30 =13 = 6 +23 -10 +22 = 7 - 8 -18 -26 4.5
28 AnMon FRA A K6-200 =30 -23 +33 - 7 =13 +31 -21 +22 =17 - 9 -20 4.5
29 Techno Chess K6-200 -21 +32 -22 +20 - 6 -23 +31 -24 +34 -17 =30 4.5
30 Capture FRA A K6-200 =28 +27 - 1 -14 - 8 -17 +34 -32 =33 -23 =29 3.5
31 Francesca ENG A K6-200 -27 -26 +34 =17 - 3 -28 -29 -20 =32 =25 =33 3.0
32 Dragon FRA A K6-200 -24 -29 - 9 - 8 +34 -33 -20 +30 =31 =26 -23 3.0
33 Nightmare GER A P2-266 -16 -25 -28 +34 -19 +32 - 9 -17 =30 -24 =31 3.0
34 Ananse SUI A K6-200 -15 -19 -31 -33 -32 -20 -30 -26 -29 -22 -25 0.0
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Following on directly from the Nordic Grand Prix event was the Hellir International in Reykjavic.
Ludger Keitlinghaus won the event on tie-break from Joerg Hickl and Jonny Hector.
Chess in Iceland covered the event at: http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html
Reykjavic ICL (ICL), X-XI 1997
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1 Keitlinghaus, Ludger m GER 2525 +25 +22 + 5 + 3 = 4 + 6 = 8 - 2 + 9 7.0 2624
2 Hickl, Joerg g GER 2565 -10 +20 +12 - 6 + 9 +22 +21 + 1 + 5 7.0 2553
3 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2470 +26 +12 +24 - 1 - 7 +13 + 6 + 4 +14 7.0 2588
4 Bezold, Michael m GER 2490 +19 =18 +13 + 9 = 1 + 7 = 5 - 3 +10 6.5 2578
5 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2455 +20 +10 - 1 +16 +22 +18 = 4 + 7 - 2 6.5 2551
6 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor ISL 2315 +23 - 9 +28 + 2 +17 - 1 - 3 +21 +12 6.0 2471
7 Wilhelmi, Christian m GER 2405 +31 -24 +25 +10 + 3 - 4 +15 - 5 +13 6.0 2536
8 Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2265 =13 -11 +26 =15 +24 +14 = 1 - 9 +19 5.5 2424
9 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2475 +21 + 6 =17 - 4 - 2 =11 +18 + 8 - 1 5.0 2441
10 Halldorsson, Bragi ISL 2270 + 2 - 5 +14 - 7 -21 +24 +20 +16 - 4 5.0 2375
11 Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2505 =15 + 8 =18 =17 -13 = 9 -16 +28 +21 5.0 2365
12 Karason, Askell O ISL 2305 +32 - 3 - 2 -21 +27 +28 +17 +15 - 6 5.0 2270
13 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2545 = 8 +15 - 4 +24 +11 - 3 =14 =19 - 7 4.5 2333
14 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2445 -28 +27 -10 +19 +25 - 8 =13 +22 - 3 4.5 2265
15 Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr ISL 2220 =11 -13 +32 = 8 +16 +17 - 7 -12 =18 4.5 2351
16 Schmidt-Schaeffer, Sebastian GER 2365 -24 +31 +19 - 5 -15 +25 +11 -10 =17 4.5 2339
17 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2410 +27 +28 = 9 =11 - 6 -15 -12 +24 =16 4.5 2225
18 Engqvist, Thomas m SWE 2355 +29 = 4 =11 -22 +28 - 5 - 9 +25 =15 4.5 2313
19 Edvardsson, Kristjan ISL 2210 - 4 +29 -16 -14 +23 +27 +22 =13 - 8 4.5 2222
20 Ragnarsson, Johann ISL 2115 - 5 - 2 =30 -28 +32 +29 -10 +31 +26 4.5 2141
21 Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2160 - 9 +23 -22 +12 +10 +26 - 2 - 6 -11 4.0 2281
22 Vidarsson, Jon G f ISL 2380 +30 - 1 +21 +18 - 5 - 2 -19 -14 +28 4.0 2265
23 Steindorsson,S ---- - 6 -21 +31 -25 -19 +30 -28 +29 +32 4.0 1908
24 Kristjansson, Stefan ISL ---- +16 + 7 - 3 -13 - 8 -10 +31 -17 =25 3.5 2256
25 Jensson, Einar Hjalti ISL 2225 - 1 +30 - 7 +23 -14 -16 +26 -18 =24 3.5 2097
26 Kjartansson, David ISL 2130 - 3 =32 - 8 +30 +29 -21 -25 +27 -20 3.5
27 Fredericia,Lousie ---- -17 -14 =29 +32 -12 -19 +30 -26 +31 3.5 1989
28 Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2105 +14 -17 - 6 +20 -18 -12 +23 -11 -22 3.0 2160
29 Kjartansson,Olafur ---- -18 -19 =27 +31 -26 -20 +32 -23 -30 2.5 1937
30 Gretarsdottir,G ---- -22 -25 =20 -26 -31 -23 -27 =32 +29 2.0 1819
31 Mayers, Dan E USA 2075 - 7 -16 -23 -29 +30 +32 -24 -20 -27 2.0
32 Ingibergsson,Valgard ---- -12 =26 -15 -27 -20 -31 -29 =30 -23 1.0 1803
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The first event of the new Russian Cup Grand Prix season takes place in St. Petersburg. A strong internation open with players such as Leonid Yudasin, Alexander Morozevich, Ildar Ibragimov, Evgeny Sveshnikov and many others are in the field of 154 players. The first round games are in the games section.
Internet coverage at:
Laszlo Nagy reports the early results from his November events which started on the 2nd November.
You can contact Laszlo Nagy at the addresses below. There is also a www site where he has published the 14th issue of his Hungarian Chess electronic magazine.
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
Web
site:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
First Saturday IM A Tournament
Round 1 (1997.11.02)
Francsics, Endre - Lehmann, Zoltan 1-0
Grabics, Monika - Karatorossian, David 1-0
Kahn, Evarth - Farago, Sandor 1/2
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Gonzalez Garcia, Jose *
Le Thi Phuong Lien - Toth, Andras 0-1
Tindall, Brett - Paschall, William M 0-1
Budapest HUN (HUN), XI 1997 cat. II (2297)
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1 Francsics, Endre HUN 2245 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0 / 1
2 Grabics, Monika wm HUN 2330 . * . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0 / 1
3 Paschall, William M f USA 2280 . . * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0 / 1
4 Toth, Andras HUN 2280 . . . * . . . . . 1 . . 1.0 / 1
5 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2330 . . . . * = . . . . . . 0.5 / 1 2270
6 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2270 . . . . = * . . . . . . 0.5 / 1 2330
7 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2340 . . . . . . * . . . . . 0.0 / 0
8 Gonzalez Garcia, Jose m MEX 2420 . . . . . . . * . . . . 0.0 / 0
9 Karatorossian, David ARM 2335 . 0 . . . . . . * . . . 0.0 / 1
10 Le Thi Phuong Lien VIE 2265 . . . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0 / 1
11 Lehmann, Zoltan HUN 2275 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0 / 1
12 Tindall, Brett AUS 2190 . . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0 / 1
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First Saturday IM B tournament
Round 1 (1997.11.02)
Izsak, Gyula - Dudas, Janos 1/2
Jamrich, Gyorgy - Mann, Gerald 1/2
Pinter, Gabor - Shishkim, V 1/2
Madl, Ildiko - Molnar, Laszlo *
Martic, Zlatko - Miton, Kamil 0-1
Szeberenyi, Adam - Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael 0-1
Budapest HUN (HUN), XI 1997 cat. II (2293)
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1 Miton, Kamil f POL 2350 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0 / 1
2 Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael f ESP 2325 . * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0 / 1
3 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2400 . . * = . . . . . . . . 0.5 / 1 2405
4 Izsak, Gyula m HUN 2405 . . = * . . . . . . . . 0.5 / 1 2400
5 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2240 . . . . * = . . . . . . 0.5 / 1 2275
6 Mann, Gerald HUN 2275 . . . . = * . . . . . . 0.5 / 1 2240
7 Pinter, Gabor HUN 2155 . . . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 / 1 2250
8 Shishkim, V RUS 2250 . . . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 / 1 2155
9 Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2375 . . . . . . . . * . . . 0.0 / 0
10 Molnar, Laszlo HUN 2210 . . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0 / 0
11 Martic, Zlatko f CRO 2320 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0 / 1
12 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2215 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0 / 1
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Artur Kogan of Israel won the Loures Young masters in Portugal by a half a point from Argentinian Diego Alda which took place October 21st-31st. The event gives chances for experience for the younger Portuguese players.
In addition the Portuguese Telecom team won against Boavista to take the league championships playoff which took place on October 25th-26th. They won 4,5-3,5 over two days.
Day 1 Boavista, 2,5 - Portugal Telecom, 1,5
Luís Galego (Boavista) - Kevin Spraggett (PT), 0,5 - 0,5
António
Fernandes (PT) - Rui Dâmaso (Boavista), 0-1
Fernando Ribeiro (Boavista) - Sérgio Rocha (PT), 1-0
António Fróis (PT) - Fernando Silva (Boavista), 1-0
Day 2 Portugal Telecom, 3 - Boavista, 1
Kevin Spraggett (PT) - Luís
Galego (Boavista) , 1-0
Rui Dâmaso (Boavista) - António Antunes (PT), 1-0
António Fernandes (PT) - Fernando Ribeiro (Boavista), 1-0
Fernando Silva (Boavista) - António Fróis (PT), 0-1
Coverage on the internet both by Luis Santos and Chess in Portugal
Loures POR (POR), X 1997 cat. II (2278)
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1 Kogan, Artur m ISR 2500 * = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2523
2 Adla, Diego m ARG 2445 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2482
3 Glavina, Pablo m ARG 2395 = = * = 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2487
4 Santos, Carlos P f POR 2355 1 = = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2491
5 Sanz Alonso, Francisco J m ESP 2425 0 = 0 1 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2440
6 Dias, Paulo POR 2250 0 0 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2308
7 Leonardo, Joao POR 2320 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 0 0 1 = 4.5 2265
8 Guerra, Victor POR 2130 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 4.5 2210
9 Andrade,L ---- 0 0 = = 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 4.0 2201
10 Peixoto, Antonio POR 2180 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 1 1 4.0 2166
11 Carvalho, Alda POR 2130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1.0 1954
12 Charneira, Hermenegildo POR 2205 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1843
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Roberto Alvarez reports the conclusion of the XXIII InterCoop Teams Tournament Meyer Dubrovski. The event was successfully organised by National Arbiter Jorge Dulik. A Swiss system event held over the last two months on a Saturday in Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires City.
The winners were the "IMFC" team with 23,5 pts (GM Maxim Sorokin, FM Alfredo Roca, Gaspar Casoy,FM Facundo Quiroga and Salvador Alonso.
Leading teams with rated players 1 I.M.F.C. 23.5 Pts. 2 Insuperable A 21.5 Pts. 3 Liniers A 19.5 Pts. 4 Martinez A 17 Pts. (106 Bz.) 5 Justicia A 17 Pts. (96.5 Bz.) 6 Insuperable B 16.5 Pts. (107 Bz.) 7 Lujan 16.5 Pts. (103.5 Bz.) Leading teams with unrated players) 1 Liniers B 15.5 Pts. (90 Bz.) 2 Adelina 15.5 Pts. (84 Bz.) 3 Martelli B 15 Pts. 4 Pilar B 14 Pts. (84 Bz.) 5 Sahores 14 Pts. (83 Bz.) Individual players Best Woman: Silvana Zuriel 4/7 Pts. Best Boy: Pablo de la Morte 3/4 Pts. Best 1st Board: Alfredo Giaccio 6.5/ Pts. Best 2nd Board: Gonzalo Otero 6.5/7 Pts. Best 3rd Board: Hernan Perelman 6/7 Pts. Best 4th Board Gaspar Casoy 5.5/7 Pts.
The Bayer open last week was reported live on the internet first on Gerhard Hunts site at:
http://www.teleschach.de/berichte/bayer-97.html
He will also be covering the World Veterans Championships starting on November 9th at:
http://www.teleschach.de/berichte/swm97-01.html
61 players from 16 countries participated in the 1997 Agios Nikolaos open chess tournament. Among them were 10 Grandmasters (Miles, Atalik, Nenashev, Wojtkiewicz, Timoshenko, Moskalenko, Conquest, I. Nikolaidis, Pavlovic, Lomineisvili) and 9 International Masters. English GM Tony Miles won the tournament on tie-break with 6,5 points. The Agios Nikolaos open is part of the 1997 International Grand-Prix of Crete and had a total prize fund of 15.000 DM. The Municipality Youth Centre of Agios Nikolaos and the 1994-99 R.O.P. of Crete were the main sponsors of this event.
Internet coverage : http://www.forthnet.gr/internetcity/chess/games.htm
1. A. Miles (England - GM 2600) 6,5
I. Nikolaidis (Greece - GM 2520) 6,5
S. Atalik (Turkey - GM 2590) 6,5
G. Timoshenko (Ukraine - GM 2570) 6,5
V. Moskalenko (Ukraine - GM 2505) 6,5
6. M. Pavlovic (Yugoslavia - GM 2485) 6,0
A. Nenashev (Uzbekistan - GM 2585) 6,0
A. Wojtkiewicz (Poland - GM 2575) 6,0
S. Conquest (England - GM 2500) 6,0
Z. Zahariev (Bulgaria - IM 2410) 6,0
And. Tzermiadianos (Greece - IM 2420) 6,0
A. Karayannis (Greece - FM 2245) 6,0
13. B. Kreiman (USA - IM 2465) 5,5
H. Banikas (Greece - IM 2450) 5,5
An. Bykhovsky (Russia - IM 2415) 5,5
Ilmars Starostits of Latvia won the GP Mladi Open in Litomysl 22. - 28 October 1997.
http://www.proclient.cz/a64/tournaments/results/mladi97.htm
1. Starostits Ilmars LAT 2315 0 7.5 2. Kalod Radek CZE 2430 0 6.5 3. Simacek Pavel CZE 2305 0 6 4. Jirka Jiri CZE 0 2068 6 5. Sarakauskas Gediminas LTU 2295 0 6 6. Krejci Jakub CZE 2125 0 6 7. Tupy Martin CZE 2235 0 6 8. Bernasek Jan CZE 0 1914 6 9. Klima Lukas CZE 2270 0 5.5 10. Cedikova Katerina CZE 0 1978 5.5 11. Cernousek Lukas CZE 0 2023 5.5 12. Blazkova Petra CZE 2225 0 5 13. Slepankova Radka CZE 2020 0 4.5 14. Dvorak Tomas CZE 0 2024 4.5 15. Fiala Robert CZE 0 1940 4.5 16. Kujovic Michal SVK 2250 0 4.5 17. Decka Eliska CZE 0 1817 4.5 18. Flaisigova Petra CZE 0 1887 4.5 19. Kacmarik Lukas CZE 0 1893 4.5 20. Koutecky Vaclav CZE 0 1717 4.5 21. Buldrova Monika CZE 0 1814 4.5 34 players
The latest PCA Rating list for November 3rd 1997
PCA WORLD CHESS RANKING
Results up to November 3, 1997 (after Lucern-97)
Produced by Ken Thomson with ChessBase
Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Chess Union Int.
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2825 155
2. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2783 141
3. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2765 152
4. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2727 183
5. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2718 171
6. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2711 141
7. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181
8. Svidler,Peter RUS 2680 177
9. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2677 137
10. Leko,Peter HUN 2672 133
11. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2670 189
12. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2661 154
13. Salov,Valery RUS 2658 175
14. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2646 137
15. Adams,Michael ENG 2646 164
16. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2642 156
17. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2641 178
18. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2639 173
19. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2639 183
20. Short,Nigel D ENG 2636 177
21. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2636 186
22. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2636 164
23. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2633 203
24. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2633 151
25. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2633 145
26. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2631 154
27. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2631 136
28. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2630 147
29. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2625 189
30. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2622 142
31. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2618 170
32. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2618 187
33. Lautier,Joel FRA 2618 186
34. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2617 158
35. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2614 156
36. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
37. Yusupov,Artur GER 2609 136
38. Timman,Jan H NED 2607 178
39. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197
40. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2605 168
41. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
42. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2604 169
43. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
44. Chernin,Alexander HUN 2602 129
45. Filippov,Valerij RUS 2600 195
46. Adianto,Utut INA 2600 177
47. Oll,Lembit EST 2599 160
48. Korneev,Oleg RUS 2599 162
49. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2599 184
50. Georgadze,George GEO 2598 126
51. Milov,Vadim SUI 2598 192
52. Nunn,John D M ENG 2597 168
53. Fischer,Robert James USA 2594 197
54. Malaniuk,Vladimir P UKR 2593 158
55. Polgar,Zsuzsa (GM) HUN 2592 176
56. Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLR 2589 171
57. Rohde,Michael A USA 2589 190
58. Sutovskij,Emil ISR 2588 164
59. Tkachev,Vladislav KAZ 2588 153
60. Lputian,Smbat G ARM 2587 194
NED Hoogoveen Cat.14
NED Hoogoveen open
NED Rotterdam Dutch Championship playoff
ISL Reykjavic Cat.10 Visa Nordvic
ENG London Cat.10
GER Hamburg 4th Wichern open
SUI Lucern World Championship for teams