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1) Introduction
2) Madrid 1998
3) President's Cup Elista
4) Jan Timman vs Loek Van Wely
5) XXXIII Capablanca Memorial
6) Russian Women's Championships
7) First Saturday May Tournaments
8) Greek Team Championships
9) French Team Championships
10) Sweden vs Denmark Match
11) International Tournament Metz
12) Zonal Tournament, Dresden
13) Events
Games section
Madrid 5 games President's Cup, Elista 54 games Van Wely - Timman 4 games Capablanca Memorial 4 games ch-RUS (women) 86 games First Saturday May 48 games Greek Teams 448 games French Teams 494 games Sweden vs Denmark 20 games Metz Open 180 games Zonal 1.1 85 games Zonal 1.1 (women) 110 games
My thanks to Shahcom, Laszlo Nagy, Net64, Adrian Rolden and Ruben Casafus, Loukas Zahilas Director of "SAH" Chess Magazine, Christophe Bouton of Europe Echecs, Dan Ostergaard and all those who helped with this issue.
The start of an exciting May with the Madrid tournament starting, the President's Cup in Elista and Timman vs Van Wely just for a kick off. Plenty of good chess to enjoy here.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Category 17 Madrid tournament with Anand, Svidler, Adams, Beliavsky, Leko, Krasenkow, Yermolinsky, Granda, Illescas, San Segundo started Monday 11th May 1998 and runs until May 22nd. Viswanathan Anand beat Michael Adams in the first round of the event. Alex Yermolinsky of the US was the only other winner beating Alexander Beliavsky with black.
Internet coverage at: http://www.ajedrezfma.es/
http://chess.net64.es/madrid98/
Round 1 (1998.05.11)
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1-0 39 E15 Nimzo indian
Krasenkow, Michal - Svidler, Peter 1/2 26 D80 Gruenfeld indian
Leko, Peter - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 1/2 28 B19 Caro-Kann
San Segundo, Pablo - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 48 A17 English; 1.c4
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Yermolinsky, Alex 0-1 39 D07 Chigorin
Madrid ESP (ESP), V 1998 cat. XVII (2655)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2660 . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2630 . . * . . = . . . . 0.5 2670
4 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2600 . . . * . . = . . . 0.5 2505
5 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2660 . . . . * . . = . . 0.5 2690
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2670 . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2630
7 San Segundo, Pablo g ESP 2505 . . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2600
8 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 . . . . = . . * . . 0.5 2660
9 Adams, Michael g ENG 2670 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2690 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Russian Chess Championships were due to be in Elista but due to a disagreement with the Russian Chess Federation they have been moved to St Petersberg in July. However Kirsan Iljumzhinov still decided to hold an event with $100,000 of prize money. It is a knockout event. The event started late due to a serious car accident involving Maia Chiburdanidze, Kiril Georgiev and Zurab Azmaiparashvili. If they had not been so close to a hospital Chiburdanidze could have been in serious danger. As it was her condition was stabilised and she is not in any danger. Kiril Georgiev was even well enough to take part in the event. The first round saw few if any surprises.
There is internet coverage on the Russian Chess Pages: http://www.ruschess.com/
Round 1 [Match winner *] Aleksandrov, Aleksej * - Lusto, Alexey 1-0 1-0 Gurevich, Mikhail * - Poddoubnui,V 1-0 1/2 Sakaev, Konstantin * - Erendzenov, Stanislav 1-0 1-0 Tiviakov, Sergei * - Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 1/2 1/2 1-0 Vaganian, Rafael A * - Shovunov, Baatr 1-0 1-0 Bologan, Viktor * - Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 1-0 Dreev, Alexey * - Kozak, Alexander 1/2 1-0 Galkin, Alexander * - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 1-0 Giorgadze, Giorgi * - Fominyh, Alexander 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0 Sveshnikov, Evgeny - Georgiev, Kiril * 1/2 0-1 Zvjaginsev, Vadim * - Makarov, Marat 1/2 1/2 1-0 1/2 Ehlvest, Jaan - Ivanchuk, Vassily * 0-1 1-0 Ibragimov, Ildar - Rublevsky, Sergei * 0-1 0-1 Malaniuk, Vladimir P - Gelfand, Boris * 0-1 0-1 Onischuk, Alexander - Salov, Valery * 0-1 1/2 Tukmakov, Vladimir B - Bareev, Evgeny * 0-1 0-1 Round 2 Day 1 Tiviakov, Sergei - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 20 B63 Sicilian Sakaev, Konstantin - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 53 D17 Slav defence Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 24 A17 English; 1.c4 Bareev, Evgeny - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 39 E38 Nimzo indian Salov, Valery - Giorgadze, Giorgi 1/2 52 D23 QGA; Dreev, Alexey - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 16 D20 QGA; Khalifman, Alexander - Aleksandrov, Aleksej 1/2 24 E11 Bogo indian Georgiev, Kiril - Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 41 D31 Queen's gambit
Jan Timman and Loek Van Wely are playing a 10 game match in Breda, Netherlands. The STEIJSIGER TWEEKAMP is a match which sets the current top two Dutch players against each other. Running from May 6th - 19th if the match is tied there will be 4 rapid games. The venue is Stadskantoor Claudius Prinsenlaan 10 Breda. Steijsiger sponsor of Van Wely and have provided a prizefund of fl.30.000, 20 of which go to the winners.
The match has started with three of the four games being decisive. Game one was drawn, then two and three went to Loek Van Wely before Timman struck back in game four. The next game will be on Tuesday.
Van Wely, Loek - Timman, Jan H 1/2 64 E12 Nimzo indian
Timman, Jan H - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 43 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Van Wely, Loek - Timman, Jan H 1-0 42 A17 English; 1.c4
Timman, Jan H - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 41 B50 Sicilian
Breda NED (NED), V 1998
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Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 = 1 1 0 . . . . . . 2.5 2730
Timman, Jan H g NED 2635 = 0 0 1 . . . . . . 1.5 2518
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The XXXIII Capablanca Memorial Tournament got underway in Havana, Cuba on May 7th. It will run until May 22nd. Previous winners of this historic event which started in 1962 have included Najdorf, Korchnoi, Uhlmann, Smyslov, Larsen, Andersson, Gulko, Miles, Van Wely and Leko. The most famous edition was the IV which was won by Smyslov but in which Bobby Fischer competed by telex from New York to end his international tournament exile. There are four tournaments, an Elite, a Premier and two Master events.
Round 1 (1998.05.07)
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Bischoff, Klaus 1-0 30 B42 Sicilian
Huebner, Robert - Vera, Reynaldo 1-0 52 D02 Queen's pawn
Bacrot, Etienne - Arencibia, Walter 1/2 39 D21 QGA;
Borges Mateos, Juan - Zilberman, Yaacov 1/2 37 D20 QGA;
Miles, Anthony J - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2
Nogueiras, Jesus - Agdestein, Simen 1/2
Havana CUB (CUB), V 1998 cat. XII (2544)
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1 Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2465 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2 Huebner, Robert g GER 2560 . * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2570 . . * . . . . . = . . . 0.5 2520
4 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2535 . . . * = . . . . . . . 0.5 2565
5 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2565 . . . = * . . . . . . . 0.5 2535
6 Borges Mateos, Juan m CUB 2480 . . . . . * . . . = . . 0.5 2555
7 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2595 . . . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2600
8 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2600 . . . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2595
9 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2520 . . = . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2570
10 Zilberman, Yaacov m ISR 2555 . . . . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2480
11 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2545 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2535 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Russian Women's Championships took place in Elista, April 20th - 2nd May. The format was a knockout event with five rounds seeing Svetlana Prudnikova win the final over Ekaterina Kovalevskaya. In a playoff for third and fourth places saw Alisa Galliamova win over Ludmilla Zaitseva. The event was covered on the internet at:
Elista RUS 1998 Round 1 ------- Kovanova,B 0.0 Struchkova,S 2.0 Prudnikova,S 3.0 Gagloshvili,R 1.0 Mashinskaya,I 0.5 Fatalibekova,E 2.5 Ruchieva,N 1.5 Slavina,I 0.5 Dorofeeva,A 3.0 Zatulovskaya,T 1.0 Savitskaya,E 0.5 Zaitseva,L 1.5 Suhareva,O 0.5 Chasovnikova,E 1.5 Strutinskaya,G 2.0 Shumiakina,T 2.0 Trofimova,O 0.0 Galliamova,A 2.0 Kosteniuk,A 1.5 Grabuzova,T 0.5 Lundina,A 3.0 Gelashvili,A 1.0 Rakitskaja,M 1.0 Ovod,E 3.0 Demina,J 0.5 Gaprindashvili,N 1.5 Matveeva,S 1.5 Stepovaia Dianchenko,T 2.5 Polovnikova,E 1.5 Kharashkina,B 0.5 Kovalevskaya,E 1.5 Dergatschova Daus,A 0.5 Round 2 ------- Struchkova,S 0.0 Prudnikova,S 2.0 Fatalibekova,E 1.0 Ruchieva,N 3.0 Dorofeeva,A 0.5 Zaitseva,L 1.5 Chasovnikova,E 0.5 Shumiakina,T 1.5 Galliamova,A 2.0 Kosteniuk,A 0.0 Lundina,A 1.0 Ovod,E 3.0 Gaprindashvili,N 2.0 Stepovaia Dianchenko,T 0.0 Polovnikova,E 0.5 Kovalevskaya,E 1.5 Quarterfinal ------------ Prudnikova,S 3.0 Ruchieva,N 1.0 Zaitseva,L 2.0 Shumiakina,T 0.0 Galliamova,A 1.5 Ovod,E 0.5 Gaprindashvili,N 0.5 Kovalevskaya,E 1.5 Semifinal --------- Prudnikova,S 1.5 Zaitseva,L 0.5 Galliamova,A 0.5 Kovalevskaya,E 1.5 Final ----- Prudnikova,S 3 Kovalevskaya,E 1 3rd 4th playoff Zaitseva,L 0.0 Galliamova,A 2.0
Laszlo Nagy sends news of the May IM international tournament as part of the First Saturday series. The event started on May 2nd in the halls of the Hungarian Chess Federation. The ELO-average is 2286, the IM-norm 9 and a half points. There is another ELO-Scheveningen tournament paralel with the other event, with 13 pairs of players.
Round 3 (1998.05.04)
Karatorossian, David - Goczo, Melinda 1-0 52 C09 French; Tarrasch
Hoang Thang Trang - Farago, Sandor 1/2 74 A84 Dutch defence
Yoos, John C - Skorna, Ullrich 1-0 38 C02 French; Advance
Toth, Andras - Gruzmann, Boris 0-1 52 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Arnold, Ferenc - Pinter, Gabor 1-0 42 E60 Kings indian
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Dudas, Janos 1/2 11 D36 Queen's gambit
Krits, Leonid - Hera, Imre jr 1-0 47 B20 Sicilian
Round 4 (1998.05.05)
Hera, Imre jr - Eperjesi, Laszlo 1-0 31 B12 Caro-Kann
Dudas, Janos - Yoos, John C 1/2 10 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Arnold, Ferenc - Krits, Leonid 1-0 52 E66 Kings indian
Pinter, Gabor - Goczo, Melinda 1-0 0
Farago, Sandor - Karatorossian, David 1/2 9 E62 Kings indian
Gruzmann, Boris - Hoang Thang Trang 0-1 29 C12 French; Macutcheon
Skorna, Ullrich - Toth, Andras 0-1 51 B20 Sicilian
Round 5 (1998.05.06)
Karatorossian, David - Gruzmann, Boris 1-0 51 B99 Sicilian; Najdorf
Hoang Thang Trang - Skorna, Ullrich 1-0 62 E37 Nimzo indian
Yoos, John C - Hera, Imre jr 0-1 49 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Toth, Andras - Dudas, Janos 1/2 0
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Arnold, Ferenc 1/2 11 E59 Nimzo indian
Krits, Leonid - Pinter, Gabor 0-1 30 B20 Sicilian
Goczo, Melinda - Farago, Sandor 1-0 63 E62 Kings indian
Round 6 (1998.05.07)
Hera, Imre jr - Toth, Andras 1-0 34 B85 Sicilian
Dudas, Janos - Hoang Thang Trang 0-1 14 A81 Dutch defence
Arnold, Ferenc - Yoos, John C 1/2 29 E66 Kings indian
Pinter, Gabor - Farago, Sandor 0-1 42 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Krits, Leonid - Eperjesi, Laszlo 1/2 42 B12 Caro-Kann
Gruzmann, Boris - Goczo, Melinda 1/2 69 C02 French; Advance
Skorna, Ullrich - Karatorossian, David 0-1 48 C16 French; Winawer
Round 7 (1998.05.08)
Hoang Thang Trang - Hera, Imre jr 1/2 50 E34 Nimzo indian
Yoos, John C - Krits, Leonid 1/2 34 C02 French; Advance
Toth, Andras - Arnold, Ferenc 1-0 18 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Farago, Sandor - Gruzmann, Boris 0-1 40 E62 Kings indian
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Pinter, Gabor 0-1 37 A48 Queen's pawn
Goczo, Melinda - Skorna, Ullrich 1-0 17 E10 Nimzo indian
Round 8 (1998.05.09)
Hera, Imre jr - Karatorossian, David 0-1 51 C14 French; Classical
Dudas, Janos - Goczo, Melinda 1-0 34 A45 Queen's pawn
Arnold, Ferenc - Hoang Thang Trang 1/2 38 A86 Dutch defence
Pinter, Gabor - Gruzmann, Boris 1-0 42 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Yoos, John C 1/2 36 E84 Kings indian; Saemisch
Krits, Leonid - Toth, Andras 0-1 48 B30 Sicilian
Skorna, Ullrich - Farago, Sandor 0-1 35 B50 Sicilian
Round 9 (1998.05.10)
Karatorossian, David - Arnold, Ferenc 1/2 60 B07 Pirc
Hoang Thang Trang - Krits, Leonid 1/2 33 A57 Benko gambit
Yoos, John C - Pinter, Gabor 1-0 29 B81 Sicilian
Toth, Andras - Eperjesi, Laszlo 1-0 37 B17 Caro-Kann
Farago, Sandor - Dudas, Janos 1/2 8 C42 Petroff defence
Gruzmann, Boris - Skorna, Ullrich 0-1 41 C04 French; Tarrasch
Goczo, Melinda - Hera, Imre jr 1/2 24 E15 Nimzo indian
Budapest HUN (HUN), V 1998 cat. II (2286)
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1 Karatorossian, David ARM 2375 * = . . 1 . = 1 = . . 1 1 1 6.5 / 8 2499
2 Hoang Thang Trang m VIE 2350 = * . . = 1 = . = . = 1 1 1 6.5 / 9 2439
3 Yoos, John C CAN 2365 . . * . 0 = = 1 1 = = 1 . 1 6.0 / 9 2393
4 Toth, Andras HUN 2325 . . . * 0 = 1 . = 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 / 9 2397
5 Hera, Imre jr HUN 2245 0 = 1 1 * . 1 . . 1 0 . = . 5.0 / 8 2401
6 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2405 . 0 = = . * = . = = 1 . 1 . 4.5 / 8 2338
7 Arnold, Ferenc f HUN 2315 = = = 0 0 = * 1 . = 1 . . . 4.5 / 9 2305
8 Pinter, Gabor HUN 2135 0 . 0 . . . 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 . 4.0 / 8 2293
9 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2285 = = 0 = . = . 1 * . . 0 0 1 4.0 / 9 2247
10 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2365 . . = 0 0 = = 0 . * = = . 1 3.5 / 9 2193
11 Krits, Leonid RUS 2185 . = = 0 1 0 0 0 . = * . . = 3.0 / 9 2175
12 Gruzmann, Boris RUS 2290 0 0 0 1 . . . 0 1 = . * = 0 3.0 / 9 2160
13 Goczo, Melinda HUN 2170 0 0 . 0 = 0 . 0 1 . . = * 1 3.0 / 9 2164
14 Skorna, Ullrich GER 2195 0 0 0 0 . . . . 0 0 = 1 0 * 1.5 / 9 2028
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Loukas Zahilas Director of "SAH" Chess Magazine sends news of the 1998 Greek Team Championships. The National Greek Team Championship took place on the beautiful island of Poros from April 20th to April 26th. The championships were exceptionally strong with many Grandmasters and International Masters competing. Players such as GM's V. Kotronias, S. Skembris, E. Grivas, D. Agnos, I. Nikolaidis, Miladinovic (all Greece), S. Atalik (Turkey), A. Nenasev (Uzbekistan), K. Arahamia (Georgia), Kr. Georgiev and V. Spassov (Bulgaria).
The final results were: 1. Koridallos 26 2. Iraklio 23 3. DEH 23 4. Kavala 22 5. Kydon 19 6. ESTh 18 7. Peristeri 15 8. Ilioupoli 13 9. Galaxias 11 10. Mati 10
Koridallos is a team from Athens and includes GM Kotronias and IM's Moutousis and Gavrilakis. This is the first time this team has won the First Division Championships. The bottom two teams (Galaxias and Mati), are relegated to the Second Division.
Christophe Bouton sends news and games of the finish of the French Team Championships, the last four rounds took place in Montpellier 8-11th May. You can read more about it at the Europe Echecs www site: http://europe-echecs.com/ The Championships were taken by Auxerre, half a point clear of Montpellier.
Final Standings Top Group 1. Auxerre 32 pts +24 2. Montpellier 31 pts +9 3. Clichy 29 pts +17 4. Cannes 27 pts +4 5. Mulhouse 23 pts -3 6. Strasbourg 23 pts -12 7. Gonfreville 20 pts -15 8. Noyon 19 pts -24 2nd Group 1. Orange 25 pts +23 2. Clermont Ferrand 21 pts +7 3. Paris Caïssa 20 pts +5 4. Avignon 20 pts +5 5. Drancy 19 pts 0 6. Toulouse 19 pts -2 7. Tours 11 pts -34 8. Lille 9 pts -32
Dan Ostergaard the editor of "Schacknyheter" (Chessnews) adds some small corrections to the article last week, you can also find information at his site:
http://home7.swipnet.se/~w-71168/schacknyheter.htm
Skaenninge in Sweden on May 2-3 1998 saw a Sweden-Denmark match won 9.5-6.5 by Sweden.
Sweden-Denmark (round 1: 4,5-3,5; round 2: 5-3) 1) Evgenij Agrest - Lars Bo Hansen 0-1, 1/2 2) Ralf Akesson - Lars Schandorff 0-1, 1/2 3) Jonny Hector - Sune Berg Hansen 0-1, 0-1 4) Lars Degerman - Erling Mortensen 1/2, 1-0 5) Tom Wedberg - Bjarke Kristensen 1-0, 0-1 6) Stellan Brynell - Jens Kjeldsen 1-0, 1/2 7) Jesper Hall - Steffen Pedersen 1/2, 1-0 8) Johan Hellsten - Carsten Hoi 1/2, 1/2
Christophe Bouton of Europe Echecs reports on this event in France. There was an open in Metz April 6-13th. The 1st prize was 20 000 FF and the Prize Fund was 60 000. The event was won by Vereslav Eingorn.
1. V. Eingorn (Ukr) 7,5 /9 2-7. M. Palac g (Cro), A. Shchekachev Andrei g (Rus), Markowski m (Pol), Korneev (Rus), Hamdouchi g (Mar), Zelcic g (Cro) 7. 8-12. Lerner g (Ukr), G. Timoshchenko g (Slov), Lalic g (Cro), Rechel f (Ger), Dumitrescu m (Rom) 6,5 points. 13-27. Kotronias g (Grè), Bauer g (Fra), David g (Lux), Turner M. m (Eng), Arkell g (Eng), Lehtivaara f (FIN), Berend F. m (Lux), Upton T. f (Eco), Haïk m (Fra), Nezar (Fra), Philippe C. (Fra), Tissir f (Mar), Taddei (Fra), Contin m (Ita), Lauer (Fra) 6 points etc. 136 participants.
April, 28th - May 9th saw zone 1.2 in Dresden Germany. Players from Israel, Germany, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Slovenia, Austria, Lichtenstein etc competed. Ivan Sokolov and Robert Zelcic won the men's event with 7.5/11 above a group of four on 7 points; Goran Dizdar, Viktor Korchnoi, Lev Psakhis and Matthias Wahls all of whom qualified along with one player on 6.5 points, Ilia Smirin. Big names who missed out included Emil Sutovsky, Vadim Milov, Christopher Lutz, Boris Alterman and Artur Jussupow. The women's event had two qualifiers, the joint winners, Masha Klinova and Ela Pitam.
There is internet coverage at: http://www.dsc-schach.de/
Final Standings
Men's Zonal
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1 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2625 =29 +20 +19 + 4 = 9 = 7 + 6 = 3 = 2 = 5 = 8 7.5 2698
2 Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2540 +34 - 8 =18 =26 +21 +12 = 7 +11 = 1 + 4 = 3 7.5 2665
3 Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2530 +28 = 7 =12 = 6 +13 = 4 + 9 = 1 = 8 =11 = 2 7.0 2679
4 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2625 +32 + 5 + 8 - 1 - 7 = 3 +20 =10 +12 - 2 +13 7.0 2673
5 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2565 +31 - 4 =24 =27 +17 = 8 =10 +25 + 9 = 1 = 6 7.0 2634
6 Wahls, Matthias g GER 2605 =17 =15 +32 = 3 =10 +27 - 1 +14 = 7 +20 = 5 7.0 2632
7 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2590 +21 = 3 =11 +12 + 4 = 1 = 2 - 9 = 6 = 8 =10 6.5 2647
8 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2595 +26 + 2 - 4 =13 =14 = 5 =25 +16 = 3 = 7 = 1 6.5 2619
9 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2600 =24 +25 =13 +16 = 1 =11 - 3 + 7 - 5 =15 +23 6.5 2628
10 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2595 =25 =18 =17 +29 = 6 =14 = 5 = 4 =13 +23 = 7 6.5 2611
11 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2630 =16 +29 = 7 =14 +18 = 9 =13 - 2 =20 = 3 +15 6.5 2600
12 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2615 +33 =14 = 3 - 7 +24 - 2 =23 +19 - 4 +22 +21 6.5 2606
13 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2635 +22 =19 = 9 = 8 - 3 +26 =11 =15 =10 =21 - 4 5.5 2559
14 Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2540 +27 =12 =23 =11 = 8 =10 =15 - 6 =16 =18 =17 5.5 2542
15 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2560 =18 = 6 =26 =17 =25 +16 =14 =13 =23 = 9 -11 5.5 2541
16 Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2510 =11 =17 +21 - 9 +23 -15 +27 - 8 =14 =24 =18 5.5 2519
17 Ekstroem, Roland m SUI 2490 = 6 =16 =10 =15 - 5 =24 =26 =22 +31 =19 =14 5.5 2533
18 Nedev, Trajce m FRM 2405 =15 =10 = 2 +32 -11 -20 +28 -23 +33 =14 =16 5.5 2524
19 Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2580 +30 =13 - 1 =24 -27 +28 =22 -12 +29 =17 =20 5.5 2493
20 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2490 =23 - 1 -29 +33 +31 +18 - 4 +24 =11 - 6 =19 5.5 2544
21 Rogic, Davor m CRO 2445 - 7 +28 -16 +34 - 2 -23 +32 +26 +25 =13 -12 5.5 2504
22 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2515 -13 +30 =27 =23 =26 -25 =19 =17 +32 -12 +34 5.5 2496
23 Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2610 =20 =24 =14 =22 -16 +21 =12 +18 =15 -10 - 9 5.0 2487
24 Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2485 = 9 =23 = 5 =19 -12 =17 +30 -20 =26 =16 =25 5.0 2493
25 Mohr, Georg g SLO 2455 =10 - 9 =33 +28 =15 +22 = 8 - 5 -21 =30 =24 5.0 2471
26 Jacimovic, Dragoljub m FRM 2480 - 8 +34 =15 = 2 =22 -13 =17 -21 =24 +31 =30 5.0 2458
27 Soln, Primoz f SLO 2350 -14 +33 =22 = 5 +19 - 6 -16 -29 =30 +34 =31 5.0 2462
28 Burovic, Ismet f BIH 2295 - 3 -21 +30 -25 +29 -19 -18 -31 +34 +33 +32 5.0 2426
29 Uhlmann, Wolfgang g GER 2495 = 1 -11 +20 -10 -28 =34 =31 +27 -19 -32 =33 4.0 2380
30 Jelen, Igor m SLO 2430 -19 -22 -28 =31 +34 +32 -24 -33 =27 =25 =26 4.0 2343
31 Rogulj, Branko m CRO 2430 - 5 -32 -34 =30 -20 +33 =29 +28 -17 -26 =27 3.5 2313
32 Pavasovic, Dusko m SLO 2505 - 4 +31 - 6 -18 =33 -30 -21 +34 -22 +29 -28 3.5 2326
33 Baumegger, Siegfried m AUT 2495 -12 -27 =25 -20 =32 -31 =34 +30 -18 -28 =29 3.0 2260
34 Atlas, Dimitry f LIE 2315 - 2 -26 +31 -21 -30 =29 =33 -32 -28 -27 -22 2.0 2190
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Women's Zonal
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1 Pitam, Ela wg ISR 2320 =11 + 5 +15 + 2 + 3 = 7 -10 + 9 +12 = 4 = 8 8.0 2407
2 Klinova, Masha wg ISR 2355 +12 +14 + 7 - 1 +16 =10 + 4 = 3 +13 = 5 = 6 8.0 2400
3 Grosar, Kiti wm SLO 2225 +17 -16 + 9 + 6 - 1 =11 +12 = 2 +10 = 7 = 5 7.0 2329
4 Olbrich, Marina wm GER 2330 -16 +19 =14 =15 =12 + 6 - 2 +11 + 9 = 1 + 7 7.0 2321
5 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER 2160 = 6 - 1 +17 =14 = 8 =12 +16 +10 = 7 = 2 = 3 6.5 2304
6 Medic, Mirjana wm CRO 2275 = 5 =11 +12 - 3 +15 - 4 -13 +16 +14 +10 = 2 6.5 2286
7 Koglin, Anke wm GER 2205 +20 + 8 - 2 +16 =10 = 1 +11 =13 = 5 = 3 - 4 6.5 2271
8 Werner, Veronika GER 2225 +13 - 7 +11 -10 = 5 =16 - 9 +20 +19 =12 = 1 6.0 2187
9 Djeno, Mara wm CRO 2180 -10 +13 - 3 -12 +17 +19 + 8 - 1 - 4 +18 +20 6.0 2185
10 Lematschko, Tatjana wg SUI 2275 + 9 =15 =16 + 8 = 7 = 2 + 1 - 5 - 3 - 6 =18 5.5 2215
11 Puljek-Salai, Zorica wm CRO 2195 = 1 = 6 - 8 +18 +14 = 3 - 7 - 4 +20 +17 -19 5.5 2164
12 Mihevc, Narcisa wf SLO 2205 - 2 +20 - 6 + 9 = 4 = 5 - 3 +18 - 1 = 8 +17 5.5 2185
13 Borek, Jutta wf AUT 2070 - 8 - 9 +20 -17 +19 +18 + 6 = 7 - 2 =15 =14 5.5 2150
14 Werner, Isabel GER 2215 +19 - 2 = 4 = 5 -11 =15 =18 +17 - 6 +20 =13 5.5 2143
15 Heinatz, Gundula wm GER 2205 +18 =10 - 1 = 4 - 6 =14 -20 +19 -17 =13 =16 4.5 2153
16 Koskoska, Gabriela wm FRM 2200 + 4 + 3 =10 - 7 - 2 = 8 - 5 - 6 =18 -19 =15 4.0 2109
17 Schmid, Shahanah SUI 2130 - 3 =18 - 5 +13 - 9 =20 +19 -14 +15 -11 -12 4.0 2043
18 Janevska, Aleksandra FRM 2015 -15 =17 =19 -11 =20 -13 =14 -12 =16 - 9 =10 3.0 1980
19 Rodic-Kures, Gordana BIH 2060 -14 - 4 =18 =20 -13 - 9 -17 -15 - 8 +16 +11 3.0 1983
20 Manoljovic,B BIH 2025 - 7 -12 -13 =19 =18 =17 +15 - 8 -11 -14 - 9 2.5 1944
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Eric Schiller reports that Judith Polgar, one of the top players of our time and the greatest female player ever, has just agreed to play in the United States Open in Kona, Hawaii, this summer. She will give a simul on Friday, July 31, and then play in the Open, which runs from August 1-9. She will also visit the United States Masters in Waikiki, which is held July 20-29. For more information on all of the events of the Hawaii International Chess Festival, please visit http://www.chessworks.com, which will be updated this weekend to incorporate details of her visit. This is a unique chance to play against Polgar in a real tournament, since the US Open is open to everyone. Over two dozen Grandmasters will be on hand, and almost all of America's young stars are playing. With tournaments, clinics, lessons, and the tropical splendor of Hawaii, this is truly the Chess Vacation of a Lifetime!
From May 7th - 16th there will be a big open, the Festival Boca Juniors.
Daily internet coverage by Adrian Rolden and Ruben Casafus at Ajedrez Argentino, address: http://www.adrian-roldan.com 15th April - May 1st 1998.