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1) Introduction
2) FIDE Championships Lausanne
3) Hastings and Reggio Emilia
4) Linares Open Tournament
5) FIDE Rating list
6) Keres Memorial Tournament
7) Excelsior Cup 1998
8) Pamplona Tournament
9) XXVI Rilton Cup 1997-1998
10) Dutch Championships Semi-Finals
11) Bad Zwesten Germany
12) Lohmar Germany
13) Australian Championships
14) Daniel Gormally wins in Edinburgh
15) Carlos Torre Memorial
16) GP Open Lilie
17) Bethune France
18) Recent events in Singapore
19) The Year in Chess 1997
20) Upcoming Events
Games section
FIDE World Championships 5 games Reggio Emilia 18 games Hastings 10 games Keres Rapidplay 45 games Excelsior Cup 25 games Pamplona Spain 5 games 26th Rilton Cup 141 games Dutch Ch Semifinals 134 games Bad Zwesten Open 80 games Bad Lohmar 44 games 2nd Caledonian Masters 108 games Carlos Torre Mem Open 185 games Lilie GP Open 175 games Open Bethune 52 games Match Singapore 4 games
My thanks to Chess Planet, Lost Boys, Harald Grafenhofer, Carlo Mazzoni, Pam Thomas, Guillermo Baches Garcia, Jaan Narva, Mart Tarmak, Net64, El Pais, Chess in Iceland, Anjo Anjewierden, Frank Zimmermann, Torsten Behl, Adam Raoof, Rod McShane, Jorge Vega Fernandez, the Mexican Chess Federation, Lic Hugo a Balam Lopez, Jakub Fuksik of Agentura 64, Chia Chee Seng, Eric Schiller and all those who helped with this issue.
One event. Karpov beats Anand to retain his FIDE World Championship title. It is impossible to write objectively about a match that I regard as having conditions which were so manifestly unfair to one of the participants. Such a match was that between Anatoly Karpov and Viswanathan Anand. Anand had to play 6 matches (23 games in total) with only a small number of rest days in just over 3 weeks and then required to travel with only two days available to play a match against one of the 13 greatest players in chess history. I know pointing this out upsets a lot of Karpov fans, but from my point of view it is the truth. Karpov at least has $1m to comfort himself against the widespread belief that he won the match because of the regulations. That Anand came so close to holding Karpov is a tribute to his current playing strength. Karpov, of course was placed in an almost impossible position. To reject the conditions offered to him would have required the kind of personal sacrifice that very few are capable of, and I include myself here. Would Karpov have won without these advantages? We will never know. I thought long and hard about what I should say about this. If you as readers disagree then all I can say is that I am telling it how I see it, how I believe it truly to be.
Away from the Championships this was an extremely active week in World chess so there is plenty else to look at.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The opening ceremony for the final stages of the FIDE World Chess Championships in Lausanne took place on the 1st January 1998 in the Olympic Museum. The final match saw Viswanathan Anand take on Anatoly Karpov over a six game match followed by rapidplay games if the match was tied.. Whereas Karpov had been preparing to play a match for several weeks, Anand only had 4 hours of preparation after arriving from Groningen and 23 games simply to qualify. The six game match itself was dominated by Karpov who but for two one move blunders would have settled the match in regulation time. Instead it went to a rapid playoff where Anand secured a huge advantage both on the clock and the board in the first game, and he had black. Then he thought for a number of minutes before playing a highly risky line in which he changed his mind half way through and lost. Ten minutes later he started the second game where he quickly got an inferior if not lost position. In less than half an hour he had wrecked the best part of a weeks work and lost half a million dollars.
Karpov took away the best part of a million dollars for a weeks work. Anand just over half a million. Calculations of the rest of the prize money can be found at: http://www.store2.com/uschess/news/world97_prizes.html, the United States Chess Federation site.
Day 4 6th January 1998
Anand 0-1 Karpov
An abysmal performance by Viswanathan Anand today lead to a loss with white against Anatoly Karpov. After 12. h4 Karpov thought for half an hour before playing a novelty of 12. ...Nf5. Anand thought for some time and rejected what looked like a small advantage with Bxf5 for more agressive options. Anand continued actively with 16. Ne5 and conceded the two bishops which were returned immediately. At this point he found a bad plan wrecking his pawn structure and leaving himself with weak pawns and a bad bishop. Karpov didn't seem to make the best of his chances and with plenty of time on the clock a draw seemed likely. Anand however he seemed to choose the wrong plan in the bishops of opposite colour ending also and lost quite easily.
Day 5 7th January 1998
Karpov 1/2 Anand
Karpov followed Khalifman-Anand from earlier in the event with Karpov varying with 12. Ne4. Anand's 16. ...exd4 was a controversial decision leading to a small but clear edge to white. Anand played the sharp 19. ...g5 which Karpov met by taking Queens off and having a small technical edge. Both players seemed happy to play the ending and Karpov emerged with an active King and passed d pawn. All these were traded off into a dead drawn Rook ending. Anand was reported to be very relieved to take the match into the final day.
Day 6 8th January
Anand 1-0 Karpov Trompowsky 42 moves
A Trompovsky by Anand lead to a complex position in which Karpov blundered a piece. Karpov appeared very nervous towards the end of the game. His 28. ...Qd8 was the losing move when he was already on the edge of his seat whilst analysing. Better was 28. ...Rxg6 29. Rf8+ Rxf8 30. Qxf8+ Nc8 when the position is probably level or a little better for black. He resigned on move 42. Karpov left the venue almost instantly leaving his minders to try and catch him up. After the match Karpov had no explanation of his blunder. He has seen his continuation was wrong and the correct on but simply couldn't play it.
Full result
1) Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 108 D48 Meran Variation
2) Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 42 C60 Ruy Lopez
3) Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 19 D48 Meran Variation
4) Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 49 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence.
5) Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 55 D46 Semi-Slav
6) Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 42 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence.
Rapid Chess 25 minutes + 10 seconds
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 62 D46 Semi-Slav
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 32 D00 Queen's pawn
Lausanne SUI (SUI), XII 1997 - I 1998
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Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2745 1 0 = 1 = 0 1 1 5.0 2860
Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 0 1 = 0 = 1 0 0 3.0 2658
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"I might have lost, but I don't recognise Anatoly Karpov as World Champion. The title of World Champion is vacant." Anand
Viswanathan Anand believes that he won one of the strongest events of all time, that which took place in Groningen. He said that before the coda of the match against Karpov which he claims was conducted under such strongly unfavourable conditions that the result cannot be taken seriously. To a greater or lesser degree he seems to have received support for this view amongst fellow professionals and journalists after the event finished. He was relieved even to take the match to a tie-break.
The fatal tie break game passed in a blur to Anand. He thought for a long time over 40. ...a4 seeing a long way but suddenly the depth of the variations confused him and he played the "crazy" a4. He was in praise of the knockout system as a whole but condemned the advantage that Karpov had in being seeded to the final as being totally unfair. He was proud of the victory he scored in Groningen but pointed to the 31 games he has played in the last month compared to Karpov's 8. He believed that whilst in general he had played very well fatigue started to be a factor from the time of his match against Gelfand. In that match Gelfand himself made a terrible blunder to be eliminated. One might feel this is unjust on Karpov but although many Karpov supporters deny it many believe the advantage of preparing technically, physically and mentally for a challenger who had to qualify as Anand did was a huge advantage. Karpov felt the match was a hard one for him but that his superior knowledge of match play took him through. Almost no professional player I have talked to agrees with this.
Unity
The whole point of FIDE's plan of seeding Karpov and Kasparov through to the final was to produce conditions which they felt would almost guarantee the participation of Karpov and Kasparov. Kasparov claims he refused because "I would never play for such a large prize fund without knowing the direct source of the money". Also he believes (along with the a number of the top professionals) that the knockout over such a short period of games is wrong. Kramnik the World number 2 also refused the invitation because he felt that the advantage granted to Karpov was too large. He felt Karpov had a 70% chance of winning the event simply due to the advantage of being seeded to the final and the unremitting nature of the contest as a whole. Most played simply because they need to earn a living. Short said that Kramnik was the only player who had any self respect by turning down the invitation in the wake of the unfair seeding of Karpov.
In the closing ceremony Juan Antonio Samaranche said that the way was clear for chess to appear in the Olympics provided there was "unity". This was a remark clearly aimed at the non-participation of Kasparov (Kramnik has said he sees no objection to competing provided the advantages granted to Karpov are not present next time, although he too would prefer a classical World Chess championships) It is difficult to see Kasparov overcoming the objections he had this time for next time. Especially as FIDE have promised that seeding will only take a player to the second round at maximum. Although the result may not have been the one they wished for FIDE regard the experiment as a success and that problems of scheduling and the length of the matches can be solved for next time. They stress that this is a sporting event, not one aimed at necessarily determining the best player (for which one can use the rating list to find out). Also after some early shocks the best players progressed which has encouraged them.
Karpov in London effectively said that he thought the whole format was wrong and called for the reintroduction of Candidates Tournaments as the best way to determine the challenger. The mix of normal play and rapidplay was like determining a tie in a Marathon by a 100 metres race he claimed.
Samaranch congratulated Karpov on winning but moved to Spanish to say to Anand (who lives in Spain much of the time "Anand, I know you speak Spanish very well. You will be a future world champion."
It was extremely noticable throughout the closing ceremony that the reception for Anand was warm and that for Karpov much cooler. Perhaps the only way that Karpov could have enhanced his reputation in this event would have been to voluntarily agreed to join the event in the 3rd or 4th round. As it was he was guaranteed $1/2m and in fact took away $1m for one weeks play. I'm not sure there are many who could resist such an offer. He took the contract which even FIDE have tacitly conceded was ill thought out to the letter. Whilst the general public will recognise his title there seems even at this stage little professional recognition for his achievement in winning this match.
Para-psychologists
This author would rather believe the moon is made of cream cheese than the effectiveness of parapsychologists. In 1978 Karpov employed Vladimir Zukhar during his match against Korchnoi, a man who was reported to be a parapsychologist and might indeed have had an effect on Korchnoi who believes in such superstitious nonesense. Anand does not and probably was not aware of one being present this time even if there was. "El Pais" and its chess journalist Leontxo Garcia published a story saying that one was present in Karpov's camp during this match. If true this probably indicates how desperate Karpov was to win the match. I guess it must have done him more good than any possible effect that it could have had on Anand.
Two festivals which have occupied this place in the calendar for many years.
Carlo Mazzoni reports on the 40th Reggio Emilia tournament. ("Capodanno" of Reggio Emilia (Italy)) It was also the 57th Italian Championships with the eight Italians being eligible to win the title. The event was Category 10 and finished on January 6th 1998.
Dimitri Komarov took the 40th tournament on tie break from Leonid Yudasin, both scoring 7.5. Igor Efimov finished 3rd and also took the the Italian Championships. Level with him was Smbat Lputian. Efimov, Arlandi and Tatai qualified to play in next year's Italian Championships. No-one scored any title norms. Ennio Arlandi could have fulfilled his third GM norm in ninth round (by winning instead of drawing) and in tenth (by winning instead of losing). Fabio Bellini could have fulfilled his second IM norm in eleventh round, by winning instead of losing.
The Reggio Emilia was coveraged on the www at: http://www.infcom.it/fsi/9798reggio.html
Round 9 (1998.01.04)
Komarov, Dimitri - Godena, Michele 1/2 22 D24 QGA;
Lputian, Smbat G - Arlandi, Ennio 1/2 61 E05 Nimzo indian
Romanishin, Oleg M - Yudasin, Leonid 1-0 38 A46 Queen's pawn
Tatai, Stefano - Belotti, Bruno 1/2 14 B50 Sicilian
Mantovani, Renzo - Efimov, Igor 0-1 33 B82 Sicilian
Sarno, Spartaco - Bellini, Fabio 0-1 37 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 10 (1998.01.05)
Yudasin, Leonid - Tatai, Stefano 1-0 34 C91 Ruy Lopez
Efimov, Igor - Bellini, Fabio 1/2 37 D37 Queen's gambit
Arlandi, Ennio - Komarov, Dimitri 0-1 27 E58 Nimzo indian
Godena, Michele - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 19 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Belotti, Bruno - Sarno, Spartaco 1/2 11 B08 Pirc; Classical
Mantovani, Renzo - Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 62 C01 French; Exchange
Round 11 (1998.01.06)
Komarov, Dimitri - Mantovani, Renzo 1/2 8 E16 Nimzo indian
Lputian, Smbat G - Efimov, Igor 1/2 9 C49 Four knights
Romanishin, Oleg M - Arlandi, Ennio 1/2 24 E11 Bogo indian
Tatai, Stefano - Godena, Michele 1/2 10 C47 Four knights
Bellini, Fabio - Belotti, Bruno 0-1 54 A16 English; 1.c4
Sarno, Spartaco - Yudasin, Leonid 0-1 41 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), XII 1997 - I 1998 cat. X (2488)
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1 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2600 * = = = 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 7.5 2610
2 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2610 = * 0 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2609
3 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2540 = 1 * = = = = 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2585
4 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2585 = = = * 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2581
5 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2550 0 1 = 1 * = = = = = = 1 6.5 2547
6 Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2470 0 = = = = * 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2554
7 Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2385 = 0 = = = 0 * = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2497
8 Godena, Michele g ITA 2515 = 0 1 0 = = = * = = = = 5.0 2449
9 Bellini, Fabio f ITA 2415 = 0 = 0 = = 0 = * 0 1 1 4.5 2429
10 Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2410 0 0 0 0 = = = = 1 * = = 4.0 2393
11 Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2375 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = * = 3.0 2323
12 Sarno, Spartaco m ITA 2400 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.0 2233
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The 73rd Hastings Chess Congress took place between December 29th 1997 and January 11th 1998. The 10 player Category 13 Premier event was in the Cinque Ports Hotel. Matthew Sadler scored a convincing win, rather unusually scoring very heavily against his closest rivals but drawing against the tail enders. The event was a triumph for second place Relange who scored a GM norm with a round to go.
The Challengers events was won by Sergei Shipov of Russian and Mikhail Saltaev of Uzbekistan with 8.5/11. Keith Arkell, John Emms, Mikhail Iuldachev and Alexander Volzhin scored 8 to finish 3rd= and Vladimir Belov, Erling Mortensen Azer Mirzoev and Neil McDonald scored 7.5 to share 7th. Viraf Avari of India won the World Amateur Championships with Rosalind Kieran aged only 14 winning the women's event.
My thanks to Pam Thomas in the press room.
Round 8 (1998.01.06)
Relange, Eloi - Ward, Christopher 1/2 20 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Rausis, Igors 1-0 38 B53 Sicilian
Plaskett, Jim - Hebden, Mark 1-0 53 E61 Kings indian
Nunn, John D.M - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 72 B99 Sicilian; Najdorf
McShane, Luke J - Tkachiev, Vladislav 0-1 38 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Round 9 (1998.01.07)
Sadler, Matthew - McShane, Luke J 1/2 20 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Relange, Eloi 1/2 29 D45 Semi-Slav
Hebden, Mark - Nunn, John D.M 1-0 23 D00 Queen's pawn
Rausis, Igors - Plaskett, Jim 1/2 66 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Ward, Christopher - Rozentalis, Eduardas 0-1 42 A46 Queen's pawn
Hastings ENG (ENG), XII 1997 - I 1998 cat. XIII (2553)
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1 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2665 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 = = = 7.0 2760
2 Relange, Eloi m FRA 2505 0 * = = 1 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2637
3 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2645 0 = * 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2622
4 Tkachiev, Vladislav g KAZ 2615 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 5.0 2588
5 Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2450 0 0 1 = * = 1 = 0 1 4.5 2563
6 Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2620 = 0 = = = * 0 = = 1 4.0 2502
7 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2575 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 = 4.0 2507
8 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2490 = = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2479
9 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2455 = 0 = 0 1 = 0 0 * = 3.0 2438
10 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2505 = = 0 = 0 0 = = = * 3.0 2432
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A strong international open is well underway in Linares Spain. Coverage
on the internet at:
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Loge/2708/index.html
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My thanks to Guillermo Baches Garcia for the info.
The FIDE rating list is due to be released on 13th January 1998. It is rumoured that the delay was due to discussions about what to do about players from countries who had not paid their FIDE dues.. On the 12th September1997 more than 20 countries had not paid according to Willy Icklicki on the Chess Planet pages.
The Paul Keres' memorial rapid (25+25) tournament was played in Tallinn this weekend. Paul Keres was born on January 7th 82 years ago. The qualification tournament started on Friday and finished Saturday morning. After seven rounds the five highest rated players qualified: 1.-2. GMs Ulf Andersson (Sweden), Normunds Miezis (Latvia) 5,5, 3.-5. Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (Poland), Suat Atalik (Turkey) and IM Olegs Krivonosovs (Latvia) 5. These five chessplayers together lost only a single game: Atalik to Robert Sevtsenko but the latter together with other Estonian players Vallo Maidla, Tarvo Seeman and reigning champion Roman Sergejev with 4,5 points were the players who just missed out qualifying to play in the main event. The surprise best local player in the last year Keres' memorial Riho Liiva, new Estonian GM Mihhail Rotsagov and the five time champion Olav Sepp did not participate this year.
The main tournament was played on January 10-11. Three ex-champions of the world Boris Spasski (France), Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgia) and Xie Jun (China) together with Estonian GMs Jaan Ehlvest and Lembit Oll were invited without qualification. After the first day Suat Atalik had 4 points of four - a full point more than Oll and Spassky. On Sunday Atalik lost to Miezis and Oll - the only palyer who did not lost a single game - finished equal with the Turkish GM. According the regulation both were equal winners and the gap with the followers was very big in the such short tournament.
The event continues the tradition of inviting players who have played against Keres and also leading woman players. For instance Spassky and Andersson played together in Tallinn 1973 international tournament with Keres, the only game between Keres and Gaprindashvili ended a draw after 54 moves in Hastings, January 1965. Text by Mart Tarmak, the games were made available by Jaan Narva
Tallinn EST (EST), I 1998 cat. XII (2540)
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1 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2590 * = = 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2700
2 Oll, Lembit g EST 2645 = * = 1 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2694
3 Krivonosov, Oleg m LAT 2425 = = * 0 = 1 = = = 1 5.0 2595
4 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2575 0 0 1 * = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2579
5 Spassky, Boris V g FRA 2550 0 0 = = * 1 = = 1 1 5.0 2581
6 Miezis, Normunds m LAT 2515 1 = 0 = 0 * = = 1 = 4.5 2542
7 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 = = = = = = * = 0 1 4.5 2532
8 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2640 0 = = 0 = = = * 1 1 4.5 2528
9 Xie Jun g CHN 2495 0 0 = = 0 0 1 0 * 1 3.0 2420
10 Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2355 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 0.5 2116
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The Category 9 Excelsior Cup 1998 is taking place in Gothenburg Sweden 7th - 15th Jan 1998. GM norm 6½ points, IM norm 4½ points. The tournament is played at the Hotel Excelsior in Gothenburg. The event is covered on the internet daily at:
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d95mback/ssm/excelsior/
After 5 rounds Sune Berg Hansen leads with 4/5.
Round 1 (1998.01.07)
Gavrikov, Viktor - Rytshagov, Mikhail 1/2 34 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Gausel, Einar - Brynell, Stellan 1-0 51 D38 Queen's gambit
Aagaard, Jacob - Akesson, Ralf 1-0 32 E15 Nimzo indian
Hartman, Christer - Svensson, Bengt 1-0 69 B96 Sicilian; Najdorf
Ziegler, Ari - Hansen, Sune Berg 0-1 33 E32 Nimzo indian
Round 2 (1998.01.08)
Hansen, Sune Berg - Brynell, Stellan 1-0 44 C06 French; Tarrasch
Rytshagov, Mikhail - Gausel, Einar 1-0 48 C99 Ruy Lopez
Akesson, Ralf - Gavrikov, Viktor 1-0 40 D91 Gruenfeld indian
Svensson, Bengt - Aagaard, Jacob 1/2 39 B48 Sicilian
Ziegler, Ari - Hartman, Christer 0-1 38 D20 QGA;
Round 3 (1998.01.09)
Gavrikov, Viktor - Svensson, Bengt 1/2 31 B01 Scandinavian
Gausel, Einar - Akesson, Ralf 1-0 46 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Aagaard, Jacob - Ziegler, Ari 0-1 45 D19 Slav defence
Hartman, Christer - Hansen, Sune Berg 0-1 40 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Brynell, Stellan - Rytshagov, Mikhail 1/2 20 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 4 (1998.01.10)
Hansen, Sune Berg - Rytshagov, Mikhail 1/2 46 B83 Sicilian
Akesson, Ralf - Brynell, Stellan 1-0 39 D27 QGA;
Hartman, Christer - Aagaard, Jacob 1/2 49 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Svensson, Bengt - Gausel, Einar 1/2 43 B05 Alekhine defence
Ziegler, Ari - Gavrikov, Viktor 0-1 63 E32 Nimzo indian
Round 5 (1998.01.11)
Rytshagov, Mikhail - Akesson, Ralf 1/2 44 B42 Sicilian
Gavrikov, Viktor - Hartman, Christer 1-0 40 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Gausel, Einar - Ziegler, Ari 1/2 54 A12 English; 1.c4
Aagaard, Jacob - Hansen, Sune Berg 1/2 14 E16 Nimzo indian
Brynell, Stellan - Svensson, Bengt 1/2 44 B51 Sicilian
Gothenburg SWE (SWE), XII 1997 - I 1998 cat. IX (2470)
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1 Hansen, Sune Berg m DEN 2490 * = . . = . 1 . 1 1 4.0 2677
2 Rytshagov, Mikhail m EST 2525 = * = 1 . = . . . = 3.0 2590
3 Gavrikov, Viktor g SUI 2575 . = * . . 0 1 = 1 . 3.0 2510
4 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2540 . 0 . * . 1 . = = 1 3.0 2539
5 Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2435 = . . . * 1 = = 0 . 2.5 2431
6 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2520 . = 1 0 0 * . . . 1 2.5 2508
7 Hartman, Christer m SWE 2320 0 . 0 . = . * 1 1 . 2.5 2465
8 Svensson, Bengt m SWE 2385 . . = = = . 0 * . = 2.0 2395
9 Ziegler, Ari f SWE 2440 0 . 0 = 1 . 0 . * . 1.5 2323
10 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2465 0 = . 0 . 0 . = . * 1.0 2252
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Net64 and El Pais are reporting on a Category 13 event in Pamplona Spain. Miguel Illescas won the tournament ahead of Ulf Andersson on tie break both of whom scored 6.5/9 clear of Grand Zuniga and Lutz. Further details http://www.elpais.es
Round 9 (1998.01.05)
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Lutz, Christopher 1-0 48 E05 Nimzo indian
Andersson, Ulf - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1-0 43 A89 Dutch defence
Magem Badals, Jorge - Strikovic, Aleksa 1/2 29 B07 Pirc
San Segundo, Pablo - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 26 A17 English; 1.c4
Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 0-1 77 B30 Sicilian
Pamplona ESP (ESP), XII 1997 - I 1998 cat. XIII (2555)
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1 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2585 * 1 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2717
2 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2640 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2711
3 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2625 1 0 * 0 0 = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2589
4 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2590 0 = 1 * = 1 0 = = 1 5.0 2593
5 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2550 = 0 1 = * 0 = 1 = = 4.5 2555
6 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2545 = = = 0 1 * = 0 = 1 4.5 2555
7 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2485 0 0 0 1 = = * = 1 1 4.5 2562
8 San Segundo, Pablo g ESP 2495 = = 0 = 0 1 = * = = 4.0 2518
9 Strikovic, Aleksa g YUG 2560 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 1 3.5 2473
10 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis ESP 2470 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 2212
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Igor Khenkin won the 26th Rilton Cup in Stockholm, Sweden. The event ran December 27th 1997 – January 5th 1998. The event was covered on the internet at: Chess in Iceland
Stockholm SWE (SWE), XII 1997 - I 1998 1 Khenkin, Igor g ISR 2550 7.5 2750 2 Bezold, Michael m GER 2490 7.0 2623 3 Agrest, Evgenij m SWE 2505 6.5 2591 4 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2465 6.5 5 David, Alberto m LUX 2460 6.5 6 Degerman, Lars m SWE 2485 6.5 7 Gdanski, Jacek m POL 2505 6.5 8 Petronic, Jovan m YUG 2490 6.5 9 Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2510 6.5 10 Smyslov, Vassily g RUS 2480 6.5 11 Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2485 6.5 12 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2520 6.5 13 Bator, Robert m SWE 2430 6.0 14 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2640 6.0 15 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2495 6.0 16 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2445 6.0 17 Kiik, Kalle m EST 2410 6.0 18 Laveryd, Peter SWE 2440 6.0 19 Matros, Alexander m KAZ 2395 6.0 20 Sjoberg, Mats m SWE 2420 6.0 21 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2635 6.0 118 players
Anjo Anjewierden reports that the beginning of January saw the last of the Dutch semi-finals in the traditional sense. The Dutch federation wants to integrate the semi-finals with the Dutch open (so to qualify for Dutch championships one may have to win against a player from the Philipines). All this is, of course, to save money: one tournament with two titles is cheaper than two tournaments. Thirty players participated in a 9-round Swiss open. IM Karel van der Weide looked a certain candidate with 6 / 7, one point ahead of the pack. He then lost to GM Roberto Cifuentes Parada and escaped with a draw in a lost position in the last round. Cifuentes and 18/19-year old Sipke Ernst caught up with Van der Weide and also finished on 6 1/2 / 9. The net result: three players for two qualifying places. The tie-break will take place over the Easter weekend. The Dutch championship will likely be in June, no definite date is known as yet. (Kroeze defaulted in the last round)
NED-sf Enschede (NED), I 1998
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1 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2555 +25 +18 +11 = 3 = 4 = 5 = 6 + 2 = 7 6.5 /9 2473
2 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2375 +29 +14 = 6 =13 + 3 + 4 + 5 - 1 = 9 6.5 /9 2466
3 Ernst, Sipke NED 2270 +27 + 8 + 5 = 1 - 2 +18 - 4 +10 + 6 6.5 /9 2504
4 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2430 +21 =16 +26 + 6 = 1 - 2 + 3 = 7 = 8 6.0 /9 2451
5 Janssen, Ruud NED 2330 +30 +15 - 3 +27 +11 = 1 - 2 = 6 +17 6.0 /9 2417
6 Van Baarle, C John f NED 2305 +17 + 7 = 2 - 4 +13 +15 = 1 = 5 - 3 5.5 /9 2434
7 Visser, Yge f NED 2380 +28 - 6 =12 =15 +21 =11 +13 = 4 = 1 5.5 /9 2408
8 Hendriks, Willy NED 2360 +24 - 3 +20 -11 =10 =12 +23 +16 = 4 5.5 /9 2342
9 De Boer, Sybolt NED 2290 +20 -11 =21 =12 +27 -10 +18 +14 = 2 5.5 /9 2330
10 Kroeze, Frank M f NED 2380 -16 +29 =14 =26 = 8 + 9 +15 - 3 - 4.5 2299
11 Delemarre, Jop m NED 2395 +22 + 9 - 1 + 8 - 5 = 7 -14 -17 +28 4.5 /9 2291
12 Hartoch, Robert G m NED 2315 =26 =19 = 7 = 9 =14 = 8 =22 =15 =16 4.5 /9 2294
13 Blokhuis, Jeroen NED 2180 -15 +24 +16 = 2 - 6 +17 - 7 =19 =14 4.5 /9 2269
14 Kerkmeester, Heico NED 2250 +23 - 2 =10 =21 =12 =20 +11 - 9 =13 4.5 /9 2283
15 Van Haastert, Edwin NED 2345 +13 - 5 +19 = 7 +26 - 6 -10 =12 =18 4.5 /9 2284
16 Wilgenhof, Otto NED 2235 +10 = 4 -13 =23 -18 +25 +20 - 8 =12 4.5 /9 2233
17 Kamstra, Cor NED 2325 - 6 -27 =22 +25 +24 -13 +21 +11 - 5 4.5 /9 2219
18 Mellegers, Joost P NED 2175 =19 - 1 =24 +29 +16 - 3 - 9 +23 =15 4.5 /9 2284
19 Vogel, Jaap f NED 2285 =18 =12 -15 =20 =23 =21 =25 =13 =24 4.0 /9 2182
20 Janssen, Ger NED 2165 - 9 +23 - 8 =19 +29 =14 -16 =22 =25 4.0 /9 2195
21 Middelburg, Tom NED 2245 - 4 +28 = 9 =14 - 7 =19 -17 +30 =22 4.0 /9 2204
22 Hopman, Pieter NED ---- -11 -25 =17 -24 +30 +27 =12 =20 =21 4.0 /9 2217
23 Perez Garcia, Hebert NED 2205 -14 -20 +30 =16 =19 +26 - 8 -18 +27 4.0 /9 2082
24 Van Dijken, Rex NED ---- - 8 -13 =18 +22 -17 -28 +30 +29 =19 4.0 /9 2070
25 Barendse, Ted NED ---- - 1 +22 -27 -17 +28 -16 =19 =26 =20 3.5 /9 2178
26 Bark, Eric NED 2210 =12 +30 - 4 =10 -15 -23 -28 =25 +29 3.5 /9 2120
27 Plasman, Hans NED ---- - 3 +17 +25 - 5 - 9 -22 =29 =28 -23 3.0 /9 2084
28 Kool, Gerard J NED 2185 - 7 -21 -29 =30 -25 +24 +26 =27 -11 3.0 /9 2024
29 Ellenbroek, Ton NED 2090 - 2 -10 +28 -18 -20 +30 =27 -24 -26 2.5 /9 1975
30 Aangeenbrug,J ---- - 5 -26 -23 =28 -22 -29 -24 -21 + 1.5 1809
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Frank Zimmermann reports on the 2nd international tournament in Bad Zwesten/Hessen which took place from January 2nd - 5th 1998. Bad Zwesten is a small town between Marburg and Kassel. 162 players turned up for this 7 round Swiss system event. There were 12 GMs and 6 IMs participating. Below are the leading results and rating performance where available.
1 Luther, Thomas g GER 2525 6.5 /7 2819 2 Baklan, Vladimir m UKR 2570 6.0 2691 3 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2575 6.0 2661 4 Gutman, Lev g GER 2475 6.0 5 Cicak, Slavko m SWE 2465 6.0 6 Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2510 5.5 2503 7 Arbakov, Valentin g RUS 2475 5.5 8 Chuchelov, Vladimir g BEL 2540 5.5 2523 9 Schmittdiel, Eckhard g GER 2450 5.5 10 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2535 5.5 2447 13 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2505 5.0 2477 15 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2570 5.0 162 players
Torsten Behl sends news of the 2nd New Year Tournament in Lohmar Germany. The event took place Dec, 27th 1997-Jan, 4th 1998. After having won the first New Year event 1996/97. Udo Kaeser repeated his win in the first Lohmar tournament. Matthias Krallmann who played the first two rounds with flu was the only undefeated player. The tournament will take place next year December/January 1998/99 Players interested in competing may contact J. Fleischer, Luebecker Str. 20, D-53797 Lohmar or via e-mail Tbehl@aol.com.
Lohmar GER (GER), XII 1997 - I 1998
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1 Kaeser, Udo GER 2260 * = 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2294
2 Krallmann, Matthias GER 2285 = * = 1 = 1 1 = = = 6.0 2347
3 Kneutgen,Alexander GER ---- 0 = * 1 = = = = = 1 5.0 2201
4 Broehl, Stefan GER 2205 = 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2250
5 Stanetzek, Carsten GER 2220 1 = = = * = 0 = 0 1 4.5 2148
6 Behl, Torsten GER 2150 0 0 = = = * = 1 = = 4.0 2158
7 Heedt, Thorsten GER 2190 0 0 = 0 1 = * = = 1 4.0 2100
8 Lamprecht, Mark GER 2185 = = = = = 0 = * = 0 3.5 2153
9 Fleischer, Uwe GER 2115 0 = = 0 1 = = = * 0 3.5 2163
10 Olbrisch,Manfred GER ---- 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 * 3.0 2114
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Melbourne Dec 28- Jan 9 (32 players, 11 rounds)
1=. I.Rogers, S.Solomon 8.5/11;
3=. D.Johansen, M.Gluzman, M.Kontorovich, L.Sandler 7
7=. W.Jordan, N.Speck 6.5.
9.= G.West, N.Kagan, M.Kagan, M.Chapman, S.Rutherford 6.
A four game playoff match for the title will be held later in the year, assuming a sponsor can be found.
My thanks to organiser Adam Raoof and Rod McShane for news of the 2nd Caledonian Masters Edinburgh 15-19 December. A 9 round swiss with 2,000 pounds in prizes which was won by Daniel Gormally.
Edinburgh SCO (SCO), XII 1997 1 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2425 6.5 2 Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2480 6.0 3 Kelly, Bryan IRL 2390 6.0 4 Lehtivaara, Petri f FIN 2370 5.5 5 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2455 5.5 6 Bates, Richard ENG 2345 5.5 7 Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2375 5.5 8 Dearing, Eddie SCO 2210 5.0 9 Wang Pin wg CHN 2380 5.0 10 Pert, Nicholas ENG 2240 5.0 11 Pert, Richard G ENG 2230 5.0 12 Ferguson, Mark m ENG 2420 4.5 13 Palliser, Richard ENG 2125 4.5 14 Cobb, Charles ENG 2290 4.5 15 Berry, Neil SCO 2150 4.5 16 Goodger,M ENG ---- 4.0 18 Alfred, Nathan ENG 2165 4.0 16 Cobb, James ENG 2335 4.0 19 Pigott, John C f ENG 2360 4.0 21 Campbell, Eoin SCO 2050 3.5 23 Leonard, Thomas SCO 2155 3.5 24 Brooke, John USA 2175 3.5 20 Eynon, David SCO 2050 3.6 22 Bennett, William SCO 2185 3.5 25 Lim,KA SIN ---- 3.0 26 MacRae,J SCO ---- 2.0
The tenth Carlos Torre Memorial tournament took place 16th -22nd December 1997. It took place in Merida,Yucatan, Mexico. The event was won by Jesus Nogueiras who won a prize of 20,000 pesos (around $2100). IM Roberto Calderin from Mexico took second and a prize of 15,000 pesos. Local player Rigoberto of Yucatan took the 3,500 pesos first place in the second group. The entire prize fund was 85000 Mexican pesos (around $10,200 usd). My thanks to Jorge Vega Fernandez, the Mexican Chess Federation and Lic Hugo a Balam Lopez of the Yucatan Chess Federation for details of the event.
Full details at the web site for the event: http://148.209.63.40:80/aay/
1st Group leading standings. 1 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2535 7.0 2 Calderin, Roberto m MEX 2420 7.0 3 Rodriguez, Amador g CUB 2545 6.5 4 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2550 6.5 5 Aldama, Degurnay m CUB 2440 6.5 6 Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2525 6.5 7 Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2430 6.5 8 Almeida Saenz, Alfonso f MEX 2405 6.5 9 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2530 6.5 10 Russek, Guil f MEX 2425 6.5 11 Gonzalez, Juan Carlos f CUB 2485 6.0 12 Navarro, Roberto m MEX 2335 6.0 13 Urday, Henry g PER 2445 6.0 14 Alvarez, Jose m CUB 2390 6.0 15 Amura, Claudia N wm ARG 2365 6.0 16 Norgaard, Jesper DEN 2365 6.0 17 Verduga, Denis m MEX 2335 5.5 18 Blanco Sing, Israel f MEX 2395 5.5 19 Armas, Jorge m CUB 2405 5.5 20 Sariego, Wilfredo m CUB 2440 5.5 21 Hernandez, Yadira wf MEX 2220 5.5 22 Martin del Campo, Jorge f MEX 2280 5.5 23 Maynard, Francis CRC 2250 5.5 24 Gonzalez,Rigoberto MEX ---- 5.5 25 Martinez Garcia, Jose MEX 2200 5.5 85 players.
There was a FIDE open in Litomysl in the Czech Republic 27.-30.12.1997. Czech IM David Gross took the event with 5.5/7 on tie break from 8 other players on the same score. The venue was the castle in Litomysl and there were 116 players from 10 countries. Jakub Fuksik of Agentura 64 sends the results which are also available at: http://www.proclient.cz/a64/.
1 Gross, David m CZE 2405 5.5 2 Manik, Mikulas m SVK 2465 5.5 3 Voloshin, Leonid m CZE 2450 5.5 4 Gross, Stefan m CZE 2355 5.5 5 Badea, Bela m ROM 2525 5.5 6 Zezulkin, Jurij m BLR 2465 5.5 7 Meduna, Eduard g CZE 2455 5.5 8 Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2425 5.5 9 Priehoda, Vitezslav m SVK 2400 5.0 10 Dovzik, Juri m UKR 2405 5.0 11 Plachetka, Jan g SVK 2445 5.0 12 Ciolac, Gheorghe m ROM 2385 5.0 13 Czerwonski, Aleksander m POL 2395 5.0 14 Smistik, Milan CZE 2105 5.0 15 Stocek, Jiri m CZE 2470 5.0 16 Kantoris,A ---- 5.0 17 Banas, Jan m SVK 2385 5.0 18 Sabol, Marian CZE 2235 5.0 116 players
Late December 1997 saw an open in Bethune France. Bernard Sojka sends a selection of games and the results from the event won by Ovidiu Foisor.
Bethune FRA (FRA), XII 1997 1 Foisor, Ovidiu m ROM 2425 6.5 2 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav m RUS 2550 6.0 3 Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2490 6.0 4 Lazarev, Vladimir m RUS 2500 6.0 5 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2445 6.0 6 Foisor, Cristina Adela m ROM 2415 6.0 7 Degraeve, Jean-Marc m FRA 2540 5.5 8 Petitcunot, Pierre FRA 2240 5.5 9 Safranska, Anda wm LAT 2270 5.5 10 Pelle, Guillaume FRA 2180 5.5 11 Mancini, Mario FRA 2290 5.5 12 Rouneau, Marc FRA 2070 5.5 13 Goossens, Etienne BEL 2130 5.5 14 Levers,Thierry AULN --- 5.5 193 players.
Chia Chee Seng sends news of two events in Singapore in December. Firstly Wu Shaobin dominated the Karpov GM event which ran 14th - 24th December then he defeated Ardiansyah heavily in a match 3.5 - 0.5 . Games from this firstevent will appear next week as the draw was non-standard and I want to at least try to put some round numbers in.
Singapore SIN (SIN), XII 1997
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1 Wong Meng Kong SIN 2415 m xx =0* 10* 10* =0* 10* 0= 0= 5
2 Hsu Li Yang SIN 2390 m =1* xx == 1= 01 1= == 0= 8
3 Handoko INA 2470 g 01* == xx == =1 =1 00 10 7
4 Ardiansyah INA 2415 g 01* 0= == xx =1 00 0= 1= 6
5 Marentek INA 2405 =1* 10 =0 =0 xx 1= 00 11 7
6 Suradiradja INA 2250 g 01* 0= =0 11 0= xx 00 00 4.5
7 Wu ShaoBin CHN 2430 m 1= == 11 1= 11 11 xx == 11
8 Tu HoangThong VIE 2475 m 1= 1= 01 0= 00 11 == xx 7.5
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A quicker than usual glance over the past year but its useful to have a look at the top results of the year. Not a vintage one I think with the defeat of Kasparov by a computer in a six game exhibition match taking all the headlines. No one player took all the headlines although Kramnik seemed to take some strides forward. Anand's victory in Groningen took us into 1998. My thanks to all those who sent news, reports, games or even encouragement in 1997.
January
Pamplona (ESP), XII 1996 - I 1997 cat. XIII (2574)
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1 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2655 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 0 = 6.0 2690
2 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2625 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2693
3 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2670 = = * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2688
4 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2615 0 = = * = 0 1 1 = 1 5.0 2612
5 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2570 = = = = * = = = = = 4.5 2574
6 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2545 0 0 = 1 = * 1 = = = 4.5 2577
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2550 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2533
8 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2495 0 = = 0 = = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2502
9 Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario m ESP 2495 1 0 0 = = = 0 0 * = 3.0 2457
10 Garcia Ilundain, David g ESP 2520 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.5 2414
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1 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2605 * 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2720
2 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2600 0 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2667
3 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2595 = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2581
4 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2555 = 0 = * = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2586
5 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2510 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2591
6 Razuvaev, Yuri S g RUS 2560 = = 0 = = * = = 1 1 5.0 2548
7 Godena, Michele m ITA 2550 = = = 0 0 = * = = = 3.5 2426
8 Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2400 0 0 = 0 = = = * 0 = 2.5 2357
9 Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2375 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 2.5 2360
10 Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2360 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 1.5 2254
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Pablo Rodriguez sent games played between the 16th and 22nd January.
Adams, Michael - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1-0 35 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Adams, Michael 1/2 42 C89 Ruy Lopez
Adams, Michael - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 30 B50 Sicilian
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Adams, Michael 1/2 18 B04 Alekhine defence
Adams, Michael - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1-0 49 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Adams, Michael 0-1 21 C78 Ruy Lopez
Santiago (CHI), I 1997
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1 Salov, Valery g RUS 2665 * 0 = 1 1 = = = = = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2742
2 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 1 * = = 0 = = = = 1 1 = 1 = 8.0 2721
3 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2580 = = * = 1 = = 0 1 1 1 0 = 1 8.0 2726
4 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2615 0 = = * = 1 1 1 = = = 1 = = 8.0 2723
5 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2630 0 1 0 = * 1 = = = = = 1 = = 7.0 2664
6 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2620 = = = 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.5 2636
7 Timman, Jan H g NED 2630 = = = 0 = 1 * = = = 0 1 0 1 6.5 2635
8 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 = = 1 0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 0 = 6.0 2606
9 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 = = 0 = = 0 = = * = 0 = 1 1 6.0 2606
10 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2690 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 6.0 2601
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2645 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = 1 0 * 1 = 1 6.0 2605
12 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 = = 1 0 0 1 0 = = = 0 * = = 5.5 2578
13 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2655 0 0 = = = 0 1 1 0 0 = = * = 5.0 2546
14 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2620 0 = 0 = = 1 0 = 0 0 0 = = * 4.0 2495
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1 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2555 * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2608
2 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2515 1 * 0 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2612
3 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2515 = 1 * = 0 = = = 1 1 = = 6.5 2544
4 Bacrot, Etienne m FRA 2500 0 = = * 1 = 1 0 = = 1 1 6.5 2545
5 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2555 = 0 1 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 0 6.0 2511
6 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2555 = 1 = = = * 0 = = = 1 0 5.5 2475
7 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2555 0 = = 0 = 1 * = = = = 1 5.5 2475
8 David, Alberto m LUX 2455 0 0 = 1 0 = = * 1 = = 1 5.5 2484
9 Kalinin, Alexander m RUS 2425 0 = 0 = = = = 0 * 1 = 1 5.0 2451
10 Riemersma, Liafbern m NED 2435 = 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 * = 1 4.0 2384
11 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2370 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 4.0 2390
12 Janssen, Ruud NED 2350 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 2.5 2283
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February
Eliskases died in Cordoba aged 93. Khalifman took first place on tie
break from Sakaev and Aseev in the 70th St. Petersburg Championships.
Linares ESP (ESP), II 1997 cat. XIX (2701)
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2795 * 1 1 1 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 8.5 2903
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 0 * = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2830
3 Adams, Michael g ENG 2665 0 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 6.5 2769
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 1 0 1 6.5 2763
5 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2645 0 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2741
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 0 = = = 1 * = = 0 1 = = 5.5 2695
7 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 = = 0 0 = = * = 1 = = = 5.0 2664
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 1 0 = 0 0 = = * = 0 1 1 5.0 2661
9 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2655 0 = = 0 0 1 0 = * = 1 = 4.5 2640
10 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2650 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 4.0 2603
11 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 0 = 0 1 = = = 0 0 = * 0 3.5 2568
12 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 = 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 * 3.5 2573
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1 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 8.0 2815
2 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2665 0 * = 1 = = 0 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2702
3 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2665 = = * = 0 = 1 = = = 1 = 6.0 2673
4 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2650 = 0 = * 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2675
5 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2595 = = 1 0 * 1 1 = = 0 0 = 5.5 2644
6 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2655 = = = = 0 * = = = = = 1 5.5 2638
7 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2665 0 1 0 1 0 = * = = = = 1 5.5 2637
8 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 0 = = = = = = * = 1 = = 5.5 2640
9 Leko, Peter g HUN 2600 0 = = 0 = = = = * 1 = = 5.0 2607
10 Timman, Jan H g NED 2630 = 0 = = 1 = = 0 0 * = = 4.5 2575
11 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2655 0 0 0 0 1 = = = = = * 1 4.5 2573
12 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 = 0 = = = 0 0 = = = 0 * 3.5 2507
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1 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2560 * 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 = 1 8.5 2794
2 De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2575 0 * = 1 1 1 = 1 = = = 6.5 2606
3 Lesiege, Alexandre m CAN 2500 0 = * = 1 1 1 = = = 1 6.5 2614
4 Hjartarson, Johann g ISL 2585 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2567
5 Vescovi, Giovanni m BRA 2490 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 = = 5.5 2541
6 Shaked, Tal m USA 2445 = 0 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 4.5 2473
7 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2485 = = 0 = 0 0 * 0 = 1 1 4.0 2433
8 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2440 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 1 0 1 4.0 2438
9 Bezold, Michael m GER 2500 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2394
10 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2465 = = = 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 0 3.0 2358
11 Maiwald, Jens-Uwe m GER 2495 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = 1 * 3.0 2355
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March
Final GM Norm for Bacrot who becomes the youngest GM in history. Mikhail
Krasenkow and Victor Bologan shared first in the New York open.
Enghien FRA (FRA), III 1997 cat. X (2491)
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1 Bacrot, Etienne m FRA 2500 * 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2655
2 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2640
3 Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2585 = = * = = = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2560
4 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2470 1 = = * = = = = = = 5.0 2535
5 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre m FRA 2410 = 0 = = * 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2542
6 Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2580 0 = = = 0 * 1 1 1 = 5.0 2523
7 Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2500 = 0 0 = = 0 * 0 1 1 3.5 2409
8 Chabanon, Jean-Luc m FRA 2435 0 0 = = 0 0 1 * = 1 3.5 2416
9 Fontaine, Robert FRA 2320 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2343
10 Anic, Darko m FRA 2470 0 0 = = = = 0 0 0 * 2.0 2272
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 * = = 1 1 1 4.0 2883
2 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2650 = * = = 1 1 3.5 2800
3 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2655 = = * = = 1 3.0 2722
4 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2665 0 = = * 1 = 2.5 2648
5 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2645 0 0 = 0 * 1 1.5 2503
6 Huebner, Robert g GER 2600 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 2295
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Villa Gesell ARG CLARIN II final March 2nd to 15th,1997 cat. XI (2504)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Ricardi, Pablo m ARG 2575 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2672
2 Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2560 = * = = 1 = = = = = = 1 6.5 2564
3 Hoffman, Alejandro m ARG 2480 = = * 0 1 = 1 = = = = 1 6.5 2571
4 Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2550 = = 1 * = = 0 = = = 1 1 6.5 2565
5 Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2560 = 0 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2564
6 Valerga, Diego m ARG 2445 0 = = = = * = 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2545
7 Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2450 = = 0 1 = = * = = = = 0 5.0 2473
8 Braga, Fernando m ITA 2455 0 = = = 0 1 = * = = = = 5.0 2472
9 Rodriguez, Andres m URU 2565 0 = = = 0 = = = * 1 = = 5.0 2462
10 Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2470 = = = = = 0 = = 0 * = = 4.5 2442
11 Rosito, Jorge f ARG 2460 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = = * = 3.5 2375
12 Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ITA 2480 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = = = * 3.0 2331
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April
The details were emerging about the FIDE Championships. The knockout was
to start in Groningen.
Dos Hermanas (ESP), IV 1997 cat. XIX (2702)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 * = 1 = = = 1 1 = = 6.0 2819
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 = * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2822
3 Salov, Valery g RUS 2665 0 = * = 1 1 = = 0 1 5.0 2748
4 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2760 = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 5.0 2738
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 5.0 2741
6 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 = = 0 = = * = = 1 = 4.5 2701
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 1 4.5 2702
8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2645 0 0 = = = = = * 1 1 4.5 2707
9 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2690 = = 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 3.0 2577
10 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 * 1.5 2435
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Monaco IV-V 1997 cat. XVIII (2685)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 * 0 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2852
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 1 * = = 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2812
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 0 0 7.0 2782
4 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2760 = = = * 0 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2742
5 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2655 0 0 0 1 * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 6.5 2752
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 0 1 0 1 = * 0 = 0 1 = 1 5.5 2679
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 = = = 0 0 1 * 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2684
8 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 0 = = 4.5 2623
9 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 0 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 * = = 1 4.5 2624
10 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * 0 1 4.0 2593
11 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2655 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * 0 3.5 2554
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2645 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 3.0 2513
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Rapidplay final standings
Monaco IV-V 1997 cat. XVIII (2685)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 = 0 = 1 7.5 2810
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 0 * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 7.0 2781
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2781
4 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2760 = = = * = 1 = 0 = 1 1 = 6.5 2742
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 = 0 = = * = 1 1 0 = 1 1 6.5 2745
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 = = 0 0 = * 1 0 1 = 1 1 6.0 2720
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2645 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2724
8 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 0 = 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 = = 1 5.5 2695
9 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2655 = = 0 = 1 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 5.0 2651
10 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 1 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1 = 4.5 2623
11 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 = = = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 3.5 2556
12 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2655 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 2304
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Overall final standings.
Monaco IV-V 1997 cat. XVIII (2685)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 15.5 2826
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 1 * = = 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 14.5 2796
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 = = * = 1 = 1 1 1 0 1 0 13.5 2760
4 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2760 = = = * 0 1 0 = = 1 1 1 13.0 2742
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 0 1 0 1 * 0 = 1 = 1 0 = 12.5 2729
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 = = = 0 1 * 0 = 0 1 = 1 11.5 2698
7 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2655 0 0 0 1 = 1 * 1 1 = = 1 11.5 2701
8 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2570 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 = 0 9.5 2645
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 = 0 0 = = 1 0 0 * = 1 = 9.0 2623
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2645 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 = * 0 1 9.0 2623
11 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 0 = 0 0 1 = = = 0 1 * = 8.0 2587
12 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2655 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 = * 4.5 2447
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St Petersburg (RUS), IV 1997 cat. XIV (2588)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2650 * 1 = 1 = = = = = 1 = = 7.0 2683
2 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 0 * = = = 1 1 1 = = = 1 7.0 2685
3 Salov, Valery g RUS 2665 = = * = = = = = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2682
4 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2530 0 = = * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 6.5 2657
5 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2515 = = = = * = 1 0 = 1 = = 6.0 2630
6 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2600 = 0 = = = * = = 1 = = = 5.5 2586
7 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2580 = 0 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 5.5 2588
8 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2640 = 0 = 0 1 = = * = = = = 5.0 2546
9 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2615 = = 0 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 4.5 2520
10 Sosonko, Gennadi g NED 2515 0 = = = 0 = = = = * = 0 4.0 2492
11 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2600 = = 0 0 = = 0 = = = * = 4.0 2484
12 Tseitlin, Mark D m ISR 2505 = 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 1 = * 4.0 2493
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May.
Deep Blue vs Garry Kasparov. High profile match against IBMs computer
saw Kasparov lose the plot in the final game in one of the most publicised
matches in chess history.
New York USA (USA), V 1997
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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DEEP BLUE ---- 0 1 = = = 1 3.5 2852
Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2795 1 0 = = = 0 2.5
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European Team Championships in Pula
England took the Men's gold and Georgia the Women's.
1 ENGLAND 22.5 183.5 1 GEORGIA 13 96
2 RUSSIA 22.5 177 2 ROMANIA 12 94.5
3 ARMENIA 22 179.5 3 ENGLAND 12 94
4 HUNGARY 21.5 178.5 4 RUSSIA 11.5 94.5
5 GERMANY 21.5 171.5 5 ARMENIA 11 90
6 ISRAEL 21 177.5 6 HUNGARY 10.5 93
7 CROATIA I 20.5 184 7 LITHUANIA 10.5 85.5
8 GEORGIA 20 180 8 BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA 10.5 82
9 BELARUS 19.5 178 9 GERMANY 10 89.5
10 BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA 19.5 173.5 10 POLAND 10 82
11 NETHERLANDS 19.5 173 11 GREECE 9.5 92
12 POLAND 19.5 168 12 AZERBAIJAN 9.5 89
13 ESTONIA 19 176.5 13 ISRAEL 9.5 88
14 SWITZERLAND 19 160.5 14 LATVIA 9.5 78.5
15 AZERBAIJAN 19 156 15 CROATIA I 9 82.5
Linz AUT (AUT), V 1997 cat. XII (2542)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Beim, Valery g ISR 2555 * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2760
2 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2595 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2755
3 Bacrot, Etienne m FRA 2500 = = * = 1 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2671
4 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2620 = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2657
5 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2600 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 = 1 4.5 2535
6 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2555 0 = 0 = = * = = = 1 4.0 2497
7 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 0 0 1 0 = = * = = 1 4.0 2488
8 Wach, Markus m AUT 2415 = 0 = 0 0 = = * 0 1 3.0 2430
9 Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2575 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 * = 3.0 2412
10 Casagrande, Harald m AUT 2365 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 2117
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Peter Leko took the Capablana Memorial Tournament in Havana.
Havana CUB (CUB), V 1997 cat. XII (2550)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Leko, Peter g HUN 2600 * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = = 8.0 2720
2 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2550 = * = = 1 1 = = = = = 1 7.0 2651
3 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2560 = = * 0 = = = 1 1 = = = 6.0 2584
4 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2580 0 = 1 * = = = = 1 = = = 6.0 2582
5 Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2580 = 0 = = * = = 1 = = = 1 6.0 2582
6 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2545 = 0 = = = * = = = = 1 = 5.5 2550
7 Becerra Rivero, Julio m CUB 2510 0 = = = = = * = = = = 1 5.5 2553
8 Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2560 0 = 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 1 5.5 2548
9 Rodriguez, Amador g CUB 2555 0 = 0 0 = = = = * = 1 1 5.0 2513
10 Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2500 0 = = = = = = 0 = * = = 4.5 2489
11 Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2540 = = = = = 0 = 0 0 = * 0 3.5 2417
12 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2515 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 3.5 2419
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Madrid ESP (ESP), V 1997 cat. XVII (2652)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 * 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 = 6.5 2809
2 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2813
3 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2665 = = * = = 1 = 0 1 1 5.5 2730
4 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2655 = = = * = 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2731
5 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 = = = = * = 1 = 0 = 4.5 2653
6 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2690 0 0 0 1 = * = = 1 1 4.5 2647
7 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2645 0 0 = = 0 = * 1 1 1 4.5 2652
8 Salov, Valery g RUS 2665 = 0 1 0 = = 0 * = = 3.5 2570
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = * 1 2.5 2486
10 San Segundo, Pablo g ESP 2505 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1.5 2394
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June
Peter Svidler wins the Russian Championships for the third time. They
used the knockout system and Svidler defeated Bareev in the final. Kasparov
returns after his shock loss to Deep Blue with a fine performance in
Novgorod.
Novgorod RUS (RUS), VI 1997 cat. XIX (2719)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2795 ** 0= 1= 1= == 11 6.5 2814
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 1= ** 10 == 1= == 6.0 2787
3 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2690 0= 01 ** 0= 01 11 5.0 2725
4 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2665 0= == 1= ** 0= == 4.5 2694
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 == 0= 10 1= ** 00 4.0 2646
6 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 00 == 00 == 11 ** 4.0 2651
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Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), VI 1997 cat. XIII (2551)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2635 * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 8.0 2718
2 Tkachiev, Vladislav g KAZ 2630 = * = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2719
3 Sutovskij, Emil g ISR 2560 = = * = = 0 1 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2652
4 Rodriguez, Andres m URU 2565 = = = * = = = 0 1 1 1 = 6.5 2615
5 German, Gustavo ARG 2500 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 0 6.0 2591
6 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2605 0 0 1 = = * = 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2546
7 Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2560 = = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 = = 5.0 2514
8 Ricardi, Pablo m ARG 2575 0 = 0 1 0 1 = * 0 = 0 1 4.5 2484
9 Hoffman, Alejandro m ARG 2480 = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * = 1 0 4.5 2492
10 Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2505 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = = * = 1 4.0 2453
11 Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2550 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * = 3.5 2418
12 Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2450 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 1 0 = * 3.5 2427
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Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 1997
Malmoe SWE (SWE), VI 1997 cat. XIII (2563)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Hellers, Ferdinand g SWE 2585 * = = 1 1 1 1 = = = 6.5 2726
2 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2545 = * = = 1 = 0 = = 1 5.0 2608
3 Smyslov, Vassily g RUS 2500 = = * = = = = = = 1 5.0 2613
4 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2605 0 = = * = = 1 = = 1 5.0 2601
5 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2615 0 0 = = * 1 1 = = 1 5.0 2600
6 Timman, Jan H g NED 2630 0 = = = 0 * = 1 1 1 5.0 2598
7 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2650 0 1 = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 4.5 2553
8 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2515 = = = = = 0 0 * = 1 4.0 2525
9 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2485 = = = = = 0 = = * 0 3.5 2491
10 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2500 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 2297
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Leon ESP (ESP), VI 1997
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 = 1 1 = = 1 4.5 2828
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 = 0 0 = = 0 1.5 2572
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Leon ESP (ESP), VI 1997 cat. X (2489)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2620 * 1 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2639
2 Nunn, John DM g ENG 2605 0 * = = = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2555
3 Izeta Txabarri, Felix g ESP 2490 1 = * = 1 = 0 = = = 5.0 2531
4 Sion Castro, Marcelino m ESP 2440 = = = * = 1 = = = = 5.0 2536
5 Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel ESP 2400 = = 0 = * 1 = = = = 4.5 2498
6 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2555 = = = 0 0 * 1 = = = 4.0 2438
7 Estremera Panos, Sergio f ESP 2430 0 = 1 = = 0 * = 0 1 4.0 2452
8 Mellado, Juan m ESP 2430 0 0 = = = = = * 1 = 4.0 2452
9 Lima, Darcy m BRA 2420 0 0 = = = = 1 0 * = 3.5 2416
10 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2495 0 0 = = = = 0 = = * 3.0 2362
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Chess Classic Frankfurt West 1997
A rapid chess event that saw Karpov and Anand play a short match together
after sharing a win apiece in the initial tournament.
Frankfurt GER (GER), VI 1997 cat. XIX (2705)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 ** 10 1= 11 4.5 2878
2 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2760 01 ** 1= 01 3.5 2743
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 0= 0= ** 1= 2.5 2641
4 Lobron, Eric g GER 2570 00 10 0= ** 1.5 2557
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Final
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 49 E15 Nimzo indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 54 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 81 B17 Caro-Kann
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2
Aarhus DEN (DEN), VI 1997 cat. XIV (2585)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2650 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 = = 6.0 2702
2 Adams, Michael g ENG 2665 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = = = 5.5 2656
3 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2650 = = * = = = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2657
4 Hellers, Ferdinand g SWE 2585 = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 5.0 2628
5 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2605 = = = = * = 0 = = 1 4.5 2582
6 Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2585 0 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2585
7 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2525 = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = = 4.0 2548
8 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2555 0 = 1 = = 0 0 * = = 3.5 2508
9 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2510 = = 0 0 = = = = * = 3.5 2513
10 Larsen, Bent g DEN 2520 = = 0 = 0 0 = = = * 3.0 2467
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Yopal COL (COL), VI 1997 cat. XII (2541)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Leko, Peter g HUN 2600 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2699
2 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2605 = * = = = 1 1 1 = 0 5.5 2613
3 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2580 = = * = = 1 = 0 = 1 5.0 2579
4 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2550 = = = * 0 0 = 1 1 = 4.5 2539
5 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2540 0 = = 1 * = 0 0 1 1 4.5 2540
6 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2560 = 0 0 1 = * = = = = 4.0 2495
7 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2515 0 0 = = 1 = * = = = 4.0 2500
8 Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2485 0 0 1 0 1 = = * 0 1 4.0 2503
9 Rodriguez, Amador g CUB 2555 0 = = 0 0 = = 1 * 1 4.0 2495
10 Gamboa, Nelson COL 2415 = 1 0 = 0 = = 0 0 * 3.0 2429
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July
Chess Legend Miguel Najdorf died on the 4th July 1997 aged 87. Kasparov
confirmed he would not play in the FIDE Knockout event at the end of
the year in spite of a personal plea from IOC President Samaranch. Tal Shaked
won the World Junior Championships. Oll and Timman shared first in the Koge
open in Denmark.
Rotterdam NED (NED), VI-VII 1997 cat. XII (2535)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Timman, Jan H g NED 2630 * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 0 1 7.5 2658
2 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2655 = * = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2656
3 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2615 = = * = 1 = 0 = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2629
4 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2555 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 1 = = 7.0 2634
5 Sosonko, Gennadi g NED 2515 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2601
6 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2555 = 0 = = = * = = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2568
7 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 0 = 1 0 = = * = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2525
8 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2515 = = = 0 = = = * = 0 1 = 5.0 2500
9 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2430 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 1 4.5 2479
10 Riemersma, Liafbern m NED 2435 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 * 0 1 4.0 2441
11 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2515 1 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 1 * 0 3.5 2403
12 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2355 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 2.0 2288
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Dortmund GER (GER), VII 1997 cat. XVIII (2700)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 * = = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2857
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 = * 0 1 = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2772
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2745 = 1 * = 0 = = = = 1 5.0 2737
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2725 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 = 5.0 2739
5 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2670 0 = 1 = * = = 1 = 0 4.5 2702
6 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2695 = = = 0 = * = = = = 4.0 2657
7 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2745 0 = = = = = * 0 = 1 4.0 2651
8 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2660 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 4.0 2660
9 Huebner, Robert g GER 2580 = = = 0 = = = 0 * = 3.5 2632
10 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2640 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 = = * 3.0 2581
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Portoroz SLO (SLO), VII 1997 cat. XV (2619)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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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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Hostdans Veterans vs Ladies tournament Copenhagen DEN 1997
------------------- Smyslov,V 2480 6.5
| --------------- Portisch,L 2610 6.0
| | ----------- Hort,V 2510 5.5
| | | ------- Taimanov,M 2425 4.5
| | | | --- Spassky,B 2550 4.5
| | | | | Total 27.0
1 Arakhamia,K 2430 11 01 0= 1= =0 5.5
2 Cramling,P 2520 == == =0 1= == 5.0
3 Xie Jun 2505 00 1= =1 =0 1= 5.0
4 Zhu Chen 2515 00 00 =1 1= == 4.0
5 Ioseliani,N 2520 0= 0= =0 =0 =1 3.5
Total 23.0
August
------
Alex Yermolinsky won the US Open. The FIDE World Championship regulations
are revealed including the intention to seek copyright on gamescores. Michael
Adams and Matthew Sadler share first in the British Championships. There are
still stories about a possible Kasparov and Karpov match. They do not come
to anything.
Biel SUI (SUI), VII 1997 cat. XVII (2661)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 ** == 1= 11 =0 11 7.0 2789
2 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2745 == ** == 10 =1 11 6.5 2754
3 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2695 0= == ** == 1= 1= 5.5 2690
4 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2660 00 01 == ** 1= == 4.5 2625
5 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2635 =1 =0 0= 0= ** 10 4.0 2594
6 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2465 00 00 0= == 01 ** 2.5 2507
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Biel SUI (SUI), VII 1997 cat. X (2482)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2625 ** == =1 11 11 11 8.5 2749
2 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2525 == ** == =0 1= == 5.0 2473
3 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2495 =0 == ** 10 == =1 5.0 2479
4 Hertneck, Gerald g GER 2525 00 =1 01 ** 1= == 5.0 2473
5 Jenni, Florian SUI 2260 00 0= == 0= ** 1= 3.5 2416
6 Forster, Richard f SUI 2460 00 == =0 == 0= ** 3.0 2337
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Bad Homburg GER (GER), VII-VIII 1997 cat. XIV (2587)
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1 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2595 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2711
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2660 = * = = 1 = 0 1 = 1 5.5 2658
3 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2615 = = * = = 1 = 0 1 1 5.5 2663
4 Xu Jun g CHN 2505 = = = * = 0 0 1 1 1 5.0 2639
5 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2605 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2628
6 Kindermann, Stefan g GER 2570 = = 0 1 = * = = = = 4.5 2588
7 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2590 0 1 = 1 0 = * = = = 4.5 2586
8 Hickl, Joerg g GER 2565 = 0 1 0 0 = = * 1 1 4.5 2589
9 Sutovskij, Emil g ISR 2590 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 3.0 2461
10 Gabriel, Christian g GER 2575 = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1.5 2315
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Lost Boys Tournament
Antwerp BEL (BEL), VIII 1997 cat. XV (2615)
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2745 * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2826
2 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2610 0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 5.0 2773
3 Ye Rongguang g CHN 2500 = 0 * = = 1 = = 3.5 2631
4 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2635 = = = * 0 = 1 0 3.0 2562
5 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2630 0 = = 1 * 0 = = 3.0 2562
6 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 3.0 2559
7 Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2590 = 0 = 0 = = * = 2.5 2516
8 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2555 0 0 = 1 = 0 = * 2.5 2521
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US Championships
Group A
Chandler USA (USA), VIII 1997 cat. XII (2542)
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1 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2550 * = = = 1 1 1 = 5.0 2698
2 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2580 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 5.0 2694
3 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2510 = = * = = = 1 1 4.5 2648
4 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2580 = 0 = * = = 1 = 3.5 2536
5 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2650 0 = = = * = = 1 3.5 2526
6 Browne, Walter S g USA 2530 0 0 = = = * = 1 3.0 2493
7 Zamora, Jorge USA 2370 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 2.5 2464
8 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2565 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1.0 2229
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Group B
Chandler USA (USA), VIII 1997 cat. XIII (2569)
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1 Kaidanov, Grigory S g USA 2600 * = = 1 = = = 1 4.5 2666
2 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2630 = * = 0 = 1 1 1 4.5 2662
3 De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2570 = = * 0 = 1 = 1 4.0 2618
4 Schwartzman, Gabriel g USA 2515 0 1 1 * = 0 = = 3.5 2576
5 Dzindzichashvili, Roman g USA 2540 = = = = * = = = 3.5 2572
6 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2585 = 0 0 1 = * 1 = 3.5 2566
7 Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2535 = 0 = = = 0 * = 2.5 2471
8 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2575 0 0 0 = = = = * 2.0 2409
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Joel Benjamin became US Champion after defeating Kaidanov and
Christiansen in the knockout phase of the competition. Esther
Epstein takes the ladies title.
Rubinstein Memorial
Polanica Zdroj POL (POL), VIII 1997 cat. XVI (2629)
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1 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2650 * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2846
2 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2695 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2746
3 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2670 = = * = = 1 = = = = 5.0 2667
4 Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2660 0 = = * = = = = 1 = 4.5 2625
5 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2565 = = = = * = = = = 0 4.0 2593
6 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2615 = = 0 = = * 1 0 = = 4.0 2587
7 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2645 0 = = = = 0 * = = 1 4.0 2584
8 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2640 0 0 = = = 1 = * = = 4.0 2584
9 Kaminski, Marcin g POL 2540 0 0 = 0 = = = = * 1 3.5 2558
10 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 0 0 = = 1 = 0 = 0 * 3.0 2506
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September
The final details of the FIDE World Championships are worked out in
Moldova. The meeting is attended by Karpov (who was now committed
to playing) and Kramnik. Kramnik and many of the other top players
objected to Karpov being seeded to the final. Although agreeing
that this would be the last time the Champion would be seeded to
the final the regulations were not changed. Kramnik was later to
reveal that he was withdrawing from the event.
3rd TNC Cup
Beijing CHN (CHN), VIII-IX 1997 cat. XII (2540)
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1 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2590 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2746
2 Oll, Lembit g EST 2645 = * = = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 7.5 2663
3 Xie Jun g CHN 2495 1 = * 1 0 0 = = = = 1 = 6.0 2579
4 Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2560 = = 0 * = = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2573
5 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2530 0 0 1 = * = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2576
6 Liang Jinrong m CHN 2425 0 = 1 = = * = = = 0 1 = 5.5 2550
7 Zhang Zhong m CHN 2475 0 0 = = = = * 1 = = = 1 5.5 2545
8 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2590 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 1 = 5.0 2499
9 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2515 = = = 0 0 = = = * 1 0 = 4.5 2476
10 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2615 0 = = = = 1 = 0 0 * = = 4.5 2467
11 Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2565 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 1 = * = 4.0 2435
12 Lin Weiguo m CHN 2470 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = = = * 3.0 2370
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Following the TNC Cup was the ST Lee tournament. Where Tiviakov again
took first place.
Albert FRA (FRA), IX 1997
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Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2610 1 = 0 1 = 1 4.0 2670
Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2545 0 = 1 0 = 0 2.0 2485
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Monaco (MCO), IX 1997
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Piket, Jeroen g NED 2630 = 0 = 0 1 = 1 = 4.0 2655
Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 = 1 = 1 0 = 0 = 4.0 2630
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Russian Cup Final
Sochi RUS (RUS), IX 1997 cat. XIII (2565)
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1 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2615 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = = = 7.5 2693
2 Kharitonov, Andrei Y g RUS 2540 = * = = 1 0 = 1 1 0 = 1 6.5 2631
3 Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2535 0 = * 0 = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2632
4 Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2500 = = 1 * = 1 = 0 0 1 = = 6.0 2606
5 Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2660 = 0 = = * 1 = 0 = 1 = = 5.5 2555
6 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2610 0 1 1 0 0 * = = = 1 = = 5.5 2560
7 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2540 = = 0 = = = * = 1 0 = = 5.0 2530
8 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav m RUS 2480 0 0 0 1 1 = = * 0 = 1 = 5.0 2536
9 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2600 0 0 0 1 = = 0 1 * 1 = = 5.0 2525
10 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2585 = 1 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 * = = 4.5 2497
11 Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2530 = = 0 = = = = 0 = = * = 4.5 2502
12 Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2580 = 0 0 = = = = = = = = * 4.5 2498
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October
World Team Championships start. Junior wins the 15th WMCCC in Paris.
4th World Team Championships
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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Hungarian SuperChampionships
Budapest HUN (HUN), X 1997 cat. XV (2610)
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1 2 3 4 5
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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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Portisch withdrew after a couple of games.
Tilburg NED (NED), IX-X 1997 cat. XVII (2667)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2660 * 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2842
2 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2820 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2828
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 = = * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2832
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2680 = = = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2767
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2635 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2772
6 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2670 = 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 = = 6.0 2702
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2700 0 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2628
8 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2660 = = 0 0 0 = = * = 0 1 1 4.5 2602
9 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 4.5 2603
10 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2625 0 = = 0 = 0 0 1 = * = = 4.0 2568
11 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2630 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 = * = 2.5 2459
12 Shaked, Tal m USA 2500 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 2373
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Visa Nordic Final Grand Prix 1997
Reykjavic ISL (ISL), X 1997 cat. X (2496)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Hjartarson, Johann g ISL 2605 * = 1 1 1 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 10.5 2738
2 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2470 = * 0 = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2673
3 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2600 0 1 * = = 1 0 1 1 1 = = = 1 8.5 2598
4 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2505 0 = = * 0 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2605
5 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2540 0 = = 1 * 0 1 = 1 = = 1 = = 7.5 2549
6 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2545 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 = 1 0 = 1 7.0 2521
7 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2525 = 0 1 0 0 0 * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2522
8 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2520 = 0 0 = = = = * = 1 1 0 1 = 6.5 2494
9 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2510 = = 0 = 0 0 0 = * = = 1 1 = 5.5 2438
10 Tisdall, Jonathan D g NOR 2480 = 0 0 0 = = 1 0 = * = = = = 5.0 2410
11 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2475 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = = * = 1 1 5.0 2410
12 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2410 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 0 = = * = = 4.5 2392
13 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2445 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 3.5 2325
14 Nilssen, John Arni FAI 2315 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 * 2.5 2259
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Hoogeveen NED (NED), X 1997 cat. XIV (2599)
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1 Sutovskij, Emil g ISR 2590 ** 1= 1= == 4.0 2726
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2670 0= ** =1 == 3.0 2575
3 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 0= =0 ** 11 3.0 2580
4 Smyslov, Vassily g RUS 2480 == == 00 ** 2.0 2513
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Nikolic takes the Dutch Championships playoff
Rotterdam NED (NED), X 1997
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Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2630 = = 1 = 2.5 2720
Timman, Jan H g NED 2625 = = 0 = 1.5 2543
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November
Pairings are published for the FIDE KO in Groningen. Polonia
won the European Club Cup.
Belgrade YUG (YUG), XI 1997 cat. XVIII (2679)
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2725 * = = = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2798
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2793
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2700 = = * = 1 = 0 1 = 1 5.5 2756
4 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2660 = 1 = * 0 = 1 = = = 5.0 2723
5 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2695 = = 0 1 * = = = = 1 5.0 2719
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 = 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 5.0 2711
7 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2710 0 = 1 0 = 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2675
8 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2670 0 0 0 = = = = * = 1 3.5 2599
9 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2565 = 0 = = = = 0 = * 0 3.0 2566
10 Kovacevic, Aleksandar m YUG 2525 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 2422
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Hoogovens USA Tournament
Merrillville USA (USA), XI 1997 cat. XV (2615)
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1 Timman, Jan H g NED 2625 * 1 = = = 1 3.5 2762
2 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 0 * = 1 1 1 3.5 2756
3 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2650 = = * 1 = = 3.0 2680
4 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2630 = 0 0 * 1 1 2.5 2612
5 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2630 = 0 = 0 * = 1.5 2463
6 Shaked, Tal m USA 2500 0 0 = 0 = * 1.0 2398
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Bar YUG (YUG), XI 1997 cat. XII (2543)
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1 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2640 ** 1= =0 =1 11 11 7.5 2716
2 Popovic, Petar g YUG 2545 0= ** == == 1= =1 5.5 2578
3 Sokolov, Andrei g RUS 2585 =1 == ** == == =0 5.0 2534
4 Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2470 =0 == == ** =0 11 5.0 2557
5 Ivanovic, Bozidar g YUG 2500 00 0= == =1 ** == 4.0 2479
6 Velimirovic, Dragoljub g YUG 2515 00 =0 =1 00 == ** 3.0 2399
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December
FIDE World Chess Championships in Groningen take up virtually the whole
month. Anand beats Adams in the final to take on Karpov in the first
weeks of 1998.
1 Nenashev, Alexander g UZB 2585 9.5
2 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 8.5
Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2585 8.5
4 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2600 8.0
Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2555 8.0
Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2590 8.0
Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2550 8.0
Kiriakov, Petr m RUS 2505 8.0
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam m UZB 2545 8.0
Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2595 8.0
11 Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2565 7.5
Borge, Nikolaj m DEN 2360 7.5
Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2490 7.5
Ye Rongguang g CHN 2500 7.5
Rytshagov, Mikhail m EST 2525 7.5
Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2540 7.5
Hansen, Sune Berg m DEN 2490 7.5
Tella, Jussi f FIN 2375 7.5
Zhu Chen wg CHN 2515 7.5
Kreiman, Boris m USA 2465 7.5
Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2440 7.5
Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2550 7.5
Lobzhanidze, Davit m GEO 2515 7.5
24 Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2550 7.0
Schebler, Gerhard m GER 2440 7.0
Atalik, Suat g TUR 2590 7.0
Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2500 7.0
Peptan, Corina wg ROM 2460 7.0
Pihlajasalo, Antti FIN 2245 7.0
Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2550 7.0
Kobese, Watu m RSA 2315 7.0
Thipsay, Praveen M m IND 2515 7.0
Roeder, Mathias m GER 2435 7.0
Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2515 7.0
Delemarre, Jop m NED 2395 7.0
Wang Lei wg CHN 2375 7.0
Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2435 7.0
Krakops, Maris m LAT 2530 7.0
Meins, Gerlef m GER 2460 7.0
Markowski, Tomasz m POL 2515 7.0
Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2510 7.0
Mirumian, Vigen m ARM 2490 7.0
Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2515 7.0
Schlecht, Daniel GER 2270 7.0
45 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2620 6.5
etc 235 players
1st Kluger,Gyula memorial - First Saturday chess tournament, 7th-19th of February 1998, Budapest, Hungary.
The prizes: 600-500-400 USD netto. The entry fee system on our webpage, depending on the ELO-rating of the participants. The players registered till now: IGM ATALIK,/TRK/, IGM VARGA /HUN/, IGM CSOM /HUN/, /Reserve GM-s: LUKACS /HUN/, BILEK /HUN/, IM CZEBE /HUN/, IM ACS, P. /HUN/, IM KEITLINGHAUS /GER/, IM FOGARASI T. /HUN/, IM MIKHALETS, L. /UKR/, IM BOROCZ /HUN/, IM BLAUERT /GER/, IM HABIBI /GER/, Reserves: IM VÉGH E /HUN/, KARATOROSSIAN, D. /ARM/. The category VII-IX. 10-14 participants. 8th of February a day off - because of the Hungarian team championships. There are spaces for further participants. Draw and first round: 2:00 pm. at 7th of February in the Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. DIRECTLY after this event there is a new GM-tournament in the territory of Hungary, from 23rd of February until 5th of March in Gyula, PERÉNYI MEMORIAL, GM closed, so if somebody is eager to make the GM ir IM-norms in a strong tournament - he can play two events in a row in our country in the near future. Organizer in the second event: IM Anka Emil. We wait for your reaction, who wish to come from your club with about 2400 ELO rating.
Gyula Kluger was a Hungarian IM born in Sátoraljaújhely, 1914.
The highlights of his playing career include 1st place and the Czech master title at Schluckenau 1932. 1935 - the Hungarian master title. 1954 - the IM title. From 1959-63 he was the top board for the Spartacus team in Budapest which won 3 silver and one bronze medal in the National Club Championships. He played more than 50 games for the Hungarian national team in International team matches. In 1954 he was in the Hungarian team at the Amsterdam Olympiad (board 2), 1960 board 6 in the Leipzig chess Olympiad (Hungary 4th). He took part in a few international events such as 1956-57 Hastings 1st place, 1960 Asztalos memorial - Balatonfüred 3rd-5th, 1967 Debrecenben 3rd-4th,1968 Zombor 5th-6th. He also beat Tal, Korchnoi, Stahlberg and Gligoric. He had four children, all of whom play. He died 23rd September 1994. His family played an important role in organising the tournament and to keep the memory Gyula Kluger. His first son, Julius donated the prize fund of the GM-tournament, he lives in the US and is a leader of an American commercial firm SKYEX.
British Grandmaster Nigel Short, one of the world's leading players and 1993 World Championship finalist, will participate in two events at the 1998 Hawaii International Chess Festival (July 20-August 10, 1998). He will play in both the United States Masters (which is also the 5th Hawaii International) and the United States Open. He joins over a dozen other confirmed Grandmaster participants, including United States Champion Joel Benjamin (USA), Defending US Masters and Hawaii International Champion Suat Atalik (Turkey), defending US Open Champion Alex Yermolinsky (USA) and World Junior Champion Tal Shaked (USA). Top women and junior stars have also been invited to the Festival, which is open to all. We are especially pleased to announce Short's participation because like many top players, he does not play in open events in America, since they usually involve a grueling schedule of two games per day. The Hawaii tournaments are run on a European model and are played under professional conditions. They are part of the 1998 American Chess Tour which is expected to involve at least 25 Grandmasters and participants from at least 20 countries. The Hawaii International Chess Festival includes numerous tournaments, exhibitions, clinics and toursistic activities. Over $40,000 in prize money will be available. There are also competitions in other mind sports including chess variants, Magic the Gathering, Checkers (draughts), Bridge, Backgammon etc. Details are at http://www.chessworks.com or via email from hawaii@chessworks.com.
Francisco Javier Rubio Doblas sends news of the "I Open Internacional Malaga de Ajedrez" taking place 13th - 21st February in Malaga (Spain) and it will have a prizes of 1.400.000 pesetas.
More information at: http://www.uida.es/ajedrez/home.html
Summary info I Open Internacional Malaga de Ajedrez (Spain) 13 to 21 February 1.998 System swiss 9 rounds Prizes: 1º 250.000 pesetas, 2º 200.000 pesetas, 3º 175.000 pesetas, ... 17º 7.000 pesetas Registration: 3.000 pesetas, GM, MI y +2.300 ELO free, Juniors 1.000 pesetas Time limit: 10 February Victor Fajardo Morales (95) 239 67 04