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1) Introduction
2) WCC Candidates Final, Kramnik vs Shirov
3) Bosnia 98
4) Toronto International Open 1998 by Vojin Vujosevic
5) FIDE Zonal 4.3
6) Israel at 50 Jubilee Chess events
7) Clichy France
8) Villa Martelli
9) II Brazilian City Cup
10) Lisbon Championships
11) 4NCL
12) International Chess Tournament in Neubrandenburg
(GER)
13) Memorial Day Classic by Jack Peters
14) WCC World Chess Rankings, June
15) News in Brief
16) London Chess Center TWIC offers
Games section
WCC Cand Final 1998 4 games Bosnia 1998 15 games Toronto International Open 218 games Zonal 4.3 55 games Zonal 4.3 Playoff 4 games Zonal 4.3 Women 20 games Moscow vs Tel Aviv match 20 games Kasparov informal ICC practice games 8 games Kasparov - Svidler Blitz Match 2 games Krush - Bisguier match 4 games Karpov simul v top Chinese women 4 games Clichy, France 45 games Villa Martelli 45 games II Brazilian City Cup 66 games Lisbon Championships 46 games Lisbon Ch (cancelled games) 2 games Neubrandenburg International Open 111 games Memorial Day Classic 21 games Cappelle la Grande last 2 rounds 94 games Czech Women's Tournament 108 games Hamburg City Championships 28 games Portuguese Team Championships 180 games Czech Extraleague Team Championships 528 games
My thanks to the press room at Carzola, Vojin Vujosevic, Shay Bushinsky, Christophe Bouton of Europe Echecs, Pieter Van der Nat, Luis Scalise, Luis Santos, John Saunders, Nigel Johnson, Roland Wimmer, Jack Peters, Chiacs, Smartchess, Harald Grafenhofer, Rolf Sander, Jakub Fuksik of Agentura 64, El Pais, ICC and and all those who helped with this issue.
The WCC Match between Kramnik and Shirov is becoming more tense. This is now real sport at the highest level. The last four games could be very tense indeed.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Cazorla (Jaen), Spain is the venue for the ten game match between Alexei Shirov and Vladimir Kramnik. Under the auspices of the World Chess Council (WCC) an organisation whose current purpose is to provide a strong challenger to Garry Kasparov in October. The loser of the match will receive $200,000 (31 million pesatas) and the winner will play Kasparov for a share of $1.9m (295 million pesatas). They will play groups of two games then a rest day throughout the match. If the match is drawn there will be rapidplay games on June 8th to decide the result.
After a slow start the match has now become a full battle. This is matchplay of the highest quality. The early games have been about understanding what openings each other have prepared. As the match enters its second half we will see what changes they make. In a way it is a shame that there are only 10 games in the match as this kind of play often takes quite a few games to play itself out fully.
Game three saw the players discuss the variation of the Grunfeld played by Karpov and Kasparov in Seville 1987. 19. h3 was the new but not very startling novelty. Only a few moves later Kramnik thought for 47 minutes, presumably about his pre-game analysis before steering the game to a draw. During the game it became apparent also that Kramnik is suffering from some intestinal problem which necessitates him leaving the stage every now and again.
Game four produced the first, and so far only, decisive game. The players again contested a Petroff Defence. This time Shirov got a small but lasting advantage out of the opening. Gradually Shirov turned the advantage to a win in 63 moves to take the lead.
Game five should have seen Kramnik equalise in probably the most interesting game of the match so far. Following game three for 17 moves Kramnik played 18. Bh4. Shirov reacted to this move nervously, this was probably the first real surprise of the match. Kramnik probably had a winning position after move 40 but Shirov's endgame play should not be underestimated and here he found an interesting drawing idea.
Game six was a short draw in 18 moves. Shirov avoided the Petroff this time to convert the game to a Four Knights. A very sharp variation followed which although it doesn't seem to have been played before both seemed to know and understand according to El Pais.
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 25 D89 Gruenfeld indian
Shirov, Alexei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 23 C43 Petroff defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 34 D88 Gruenfeld indian
Shirov, Alexei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 63 C43 Petroff defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 65 D89 Gruenfeld indian
Shirov, Alexei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 18 C48 Four knights
Cazorla ESP (ESP), V-VI 1998
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Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 = = = 1 = = . . . . 3.5 2847
Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 = = = 0 = = . . . . 2.5 2653
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A Category 15 event in Sarajevo, Bosnia will run May 29th - June 6th. The players are Bareev, Georgiev, Nikolic, Korchnoi, Sokolov, Lputian, Kozul, Kurajica, Piket and Dizdarevic. Bareev and Korchnoi both started with 2/3. Daily internet coverage at; http://www.pksa.com.ba/bosna98
Round 1 (1998.05.29)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 32 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Georgiev, Kiril - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 31 E32 Nimzo indian
Dizdarevic, Emir - Kurajica, Bojan 1/2 16 E11 Bogo indian
Lputian, Smbat G - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 34 A13 English; 1.c4
Kozul, Zdenko - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 40 A13 English; 1.c4
Round 2 (1998.05.30)
Sokolov, Ivan - Kozul, Zdenko 1-0 42 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Georgiev, Kiril - Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 60 C03 French; Tarrasch
Nikolic, Predrag - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 44 D10 Slav defence
Kurajica, Bojan - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 40 A46 Queen's pawn
Piket, Jeroen - Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2 45 E61 Kings indian
Round 3 (1998.05.31)
Bareev, Evgeny - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 29 A49 Queen's pawn
Korchnoi, Viktor - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 78 D31 Queen's gambit
Dizdarevic, Emir - Georgiev, Kiril 1/2 25 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Lputian, Smbat G - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 40 E12 Nimzo indian
Kozul, Zdenko - Kurajica, Bojan 1-0 61 E00 Nimzo indian
Sarajevo BIH (BIH), V-VI 1998 cat. XV (2613)
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1 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2675 * . = . . . 1 1 . . 2.5 2888
2 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2625 . * = . . . . . 1 1 2.5 2866
3 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2625 = = * . . . . 1 . . 2.0 2753
4 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2675 . . . * = 1 = . . . 2.0 2720
5 Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2540 . . . = * . . . = = 1.5 2610
6 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2610 . . . 0 . * = . . 1 1.5 2628
7 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 0 . . = . = * . . . 1.0 2528
8 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2585 0 . 0 . . . . * 1 . 1.0 2501
9 Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2580 . 0 . . = . . 0 * . 0.5 2310
10 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 . 0 . . = 0 . . . * 0.5 2318
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TIO 1998 was an even bigger success than the last year's edition. This time 340 players entered the tournament but only 339 played. Number 340, a strong player and a prominent Ontario lawyer, sent me an E-mail at the last moment saying he could not play after all, but the organizers could keep the money as a contribution. We used the $100 Canadian, to buy 10 TIO 98 T-shirts which were presented to the nine participating GM's plus last year's winner IM (Haroon Al-) Rashid Ziatdinov. The event took place May 14th-18th 1998.
The tournament was the largest open in Canada in more than a decade. The $26,000 in prizes, guaranteed by the Greater Toronto Chess Building Fund, was paid out as advertized. The nine GM's were: Joel Benjamin, Dmitry Gurevich, Sergey Kudrin, Alex Shabalov, Leonid Shamkovich all of U.S., Nigel Davies of U.K., Gildardo Garcia of Colombia, Igor Novikov of Ukraine, and Eduardas Rozentalis of Lithuania. There was one GM-elect, Alexander Stripunsky, plus 8 more I.M.'s including last year's winner Rashid Ziatdinov of Uzbekistan and Florida. Grandmaster Larry Christiansen of U.S. made it as far as Albany, New York. His luggage was stolen at the railway station at what point he phoned to tell us he was going back to Boston. There were players from across Canada & U.S. as well as from Colombia, England, Israel, Philippines, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Wales, and Yugoslavia. The ex-soviet Georgian delegation came two rounds before the end of the tournament due to the visa mix-up at the Canadian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. The American contingent was rather strong, some came as far away as California. These included a mother who brought with her, the Karnazes brothers, her young twins. One of them, Zachary took $250 in the under 1300.
A few days before the tournament the organizers got rather paranoid about getting some suspicious calls and E-mails from the "visiting grandmasters". When we started checking into it I received a phone call from GM Larry Christiansen who offered to prove his identity by playing me a blindfold game which I shrewdly declined. While we were discussing the possibility some of the guests may be fakes I got a phone call from a visiting Hungarian IM who said his name was BOGUSzlavskij. Eat your heart out Michael Greengard and try this one on for size! Kidding aside MIG is the best thing that happened to TWIC lately. Anyway, Mr. B. turned out to be real although he did not enter the tournament.
In Toronto chess organizers and TD's are on the endangered species list. Our small team scrambled to meet all challenges. The team consisted of Chief TD Alex Knox, the two top sections TD Ignac Vucko, the invaluable organizer and TD Shivaharan Thurairasah, and the author of these strokes, Vojin Vujosevic, playing the role of the Chief Organizer and the General Bottle Washer. Further help was furnished by the TIO 98 webmaster Ranko Zugic, Smilja Vujosevic, Ari Mendrinos, Wilf Ferner, Ian McGarrett, Steve Guidy, and Noel Daez.
An amusing episode happened toward the end of the tournament. A TV crew came and took some footage and then approached me to find for them a particular player they were interested in. I wanted to know which GM they wanted? Turned out they wanted to meet a totally unknown 11 year old boy with a rating of 1100!! Go figure!
At our tournaments we have a real Babylon 5 atmosphere with a cacophony of languages punctuated by bursts of English with all kinds of accents. More and more medium strength players are settling here. Among them the most prominent are players from the former Soviet Union and former Yugoslavia.
We got a lot of compliments for this tournament including those from the biggies. They all want to come back. Alexander Stripunsky summed it up in his E-mail after the tournament: "Thank you for the invitation. Toronto is a beautiful city!! I hope to meet you next year!"
The organizers would like to thank all the participants and wish to see them back next year at an even bigger and better TIO 99. And of course in year 2000! Come and celebrate the MILLENIUM in TORONTONIUM! Some weaknesses were displayed and steps will be taken to improve in all areas. Our thanks go to the Downtown Toronto Best Western Primrose Hotel and the catering manager Michel Meijer for their continued hospitality. We also thank Mark Crowther for being a nice guy and promptly establishing a link to the TIO 98 site from TWIC minutes after being asked. And last but not least we thank the Greater Toronto Chess Building Fund for guarantying the largest open prize fund in Canada to date.
Internet coverage at: http://www.interlog.com/~ranko/
Major prize winners:
Open Section: Alex Shabalov, Dmitry Gurevich, Igor Novikov & Boris Kreiman $2,125 each.
U2400: David Cummings, Danny Goldenberg $400 each.
U2300 Section: Tom Schmidt, Roman Golts, Bobby Palacios $800 each.
U2100 Section: Ron Pitre, Jonathan Mcdonough $900 each; Ang Meng, Anson De Pieza $500 each.
U1900 Section: Carl Schleifer, Spasoje Brajovic, Miro Kopinch $800 each.
U1700 Section: Sergio Marcelo $1,000, Joseph Lentini $800, Stanislav Yakobov $500.
U1500 Section Philippe Gonthier-Brazeau, Lee Kaho $800 each. U1300 Anthony McCarthy $400.
Here is the crosstable of the open section. Note how our 16 year old masters: Danny Goldenberg and Igor Zugic did so well against tough competition! N.B. ratings used are the highest of CFC, USCF, FIDE and FQE.
Toronto International Open May, 14,15,16,17,18 - 1998
Name rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 rd 6 rd 7 rd 8 rd 9 TOT
1 Shabalov,Alex.........2706 + 31 = 25 - 8 + 32 + 24 = 18 + 16 + 9 = 4 6.5
2 Gurevich,Dmitry.......2615 + 32 + 51 = 15 = 25 + 17 = 4 = 9 = 6 + 12 6.5
3 Kreiman,Boris.........2576 = 13 + 47 = 17 + 30 - 25 + 26 = 12 + 8 + 9 6.5
4 Novikov,Igor..........2550 + 24 + 19 + 5 + 8 = 9 = 2 = 6 = 7 = 1 6.5
5 Kudrin,Sergey.........2623 + 23 + 18 - 4 + 20 + 6 - 9 = 8 + 11 = 7 6.0
6 Rozentalis,Eduardas...2612 + 28 + 20 = 9 + 21 - 5 + 25 = 4 = 2 = 10 6.0
7 Stripunsky,Alexander..2566 - 20 + 14 + 26 = 22 = 12 + 30 + 25 = 4 = 5 6.0
8 Ziatdinov,Rashid......2514 + 29 + 40 + 1 - 4 = 18 + 15 = 5 - 3 + 22 6.0
9 Benjamin,Joel.........2684 + 27 + 16 = 6 + 15 = 4 + 5 = 2 - 1 - 3 5.5
10 Hergott,Deen..........2525 + 39 = 22 - 21 = 13 = 28 + 32 = 14 + 26 = 6 5.5
11 Davies,Nigel..........2515 = 44 + 35 = 22 = 28 = 26 + 27 = 18 - 5 + 15 5.5
12 Kapetanovic,Armin.....2465 = 35 + 34 - 25 + 45 = 7 + 24 = 3 + 18 - 2 5.5
13 Cummings,David........2365 = 3 = 38 = 16 = 10 = 19 - 20 + 45 + 30 + 25 5.5
14 Goldenberg,Danny......2362 - 15 - 7 + 36 + 41 = 20 + 19 = 10 + 21 = 23 5.5
15 Nickoloff,Bryon.......2524 + 14 + 30 = 2 - 9 + 21 - 8 = 22 + 33 - 11 5.0
16 Garcia,Gildardo.......2505 + 48 - 9 = 13 + 33 = 22 + 28 - 1 = 20 = 19 5.0
17 Shamkovich,Leonid.....2496 = 34 + 41 = 3 + 23 - 2 - 22 = 33 + 32 = 20 5.0
18 Teodoro,Eduardo.......2461 + 36 - 5 + 29 + 27 = 8 = 1 = 11 - 12 = 24 5.0
19 Linskiy,Oleg..........2458 + 52 - 4 + 44 - 24 = 13 - 14 + 48 + 38 = 16 5.0
20 Vucic,Mladen..........2451 + 7 - 6 + 49 - 5 = 14 + 13 = 21 = 16 = 17 5.0
21 Ochkoos,Jura..........2405 = 38 + 46 + 10 - 6 - 15 + 34 = 20 - 14 + 29 5.0
22 Zugic,Igor............2396 + 42 = 10 = 11 = 7 = 16 + 17 = 15 = 25 - 8 5.0
23 Golyak,Isay...........2372 - 5 + 36 + 47 - 17 = 38 - 33 + 43 + 28 = 14 5.0
24 Gardner,Robert........2364 - 4 + 37 + 51 + 19 - 1 - 12 = 30 + 31 = 18 5.0
25 Khassanov,Marat.......2502 + 49 = 1 + 12 = 2 + 3 - 6 - 7 = 22 - 13 4.5
26 Milicevic,Goran.......2397 = 46 + 43 - 7 + 40 = 11 - 3 + 44 - 10 = 30 4.5
27 Rajlich,Vasik.........2376 - 9 + 48 + 42 - 18 + 47 - 11 = 38 - 29 + 40 4.5
28 Taylor,Gordon.........2371 - 6 + 52 + 50 = 11 = 10 - 16 = 29 - 23 + 42 4.5
29 Duong,Thanh Nha.......2338 - 8 + 54 - 18 + 42 - 30 + 47 = 28 + 27 - 21 4.5
30 Friedman,Aviv.........2450 + 37 - 15 + 38 - 3 + 29 - 7 = 24 - 13 = 26 4.0
31 Djerkovic,Miladin.....2392 - 1 - 49 + 43 = 35 = 45 = 38 + 34 - 24 = 36 4.0
32 Chow,Albert...........2372 - 2 = 33 + 34 - 1 + 35 - 10 + 42 - 17 = 38 4.0
33 Crisan,Ioan...........2298 - 51 = 32 + 46 - 16 + 37 + 23 = 17 - 15 U--- 4.0
34 Haessel,Dale..........2298 = 17 - 12 - 32 + 50 + 39 - 21 - 31 = 41 + 47 4.0
35 Calton,Bill...........2270 = 12 - 11 = 39 = 31 - 32 = 37 + 47 + 44 U--- 4.0
36 Hum,Peter.............2267 - 18 - 23 - 14 = 48 + 46 = 39 = 37 + 43 = 31 4.0
37 Okolotowicz,Zbigniew..2213 - 30 - 24 + 48 = 39 - 33 = 35 = 36 = 45 + 44 4.0
38 Yee,Lorne.............2189 = 21 = 13 - 30 + 44 = 23 = 31 = 27 - 19 = 32 4.0
39 Dougherty,Michael.....2363 - 10 H--- = 35 = 37 - 34 = 36 = 40 - 42 + 50 3.5
40 Rositsan,Boris........2241 + 54 - 8 H--- - 26 H--- - 44 = 39 + 48 - 27 3.5
41 Gregorz,Ralph.........2210 H--- - 17 H--- - 14 H--- - 48 + 49 = 34 = 46 3.5
42 Southam,David.........2171 - 22 B--- - 27 - 29 + 49 = 45 - 32 + 39 - 28 3.5
43 Wight,Keith...........2163 H--- - 26 - 31 + 46 - 44 + 50 - 23 - 36 B--- 3.5
44 Jung,Hans.............2346 = 11 = 50 - 19 - 38 + 43 + 40 - 26 - 35 - 37 3.0
45 Beckwith,Paul.........2296 H--- H--- H--- - 12 = 31 = 42 - 13 = 37 U--- 3.0
46 Dutton,Warren.........2172 = 26 - 21 - 33 - 43 - 36 = 53 = 50 B--- = 41 3.0
47 Gandolfi,Fred.........2150 B--- - 3 - 23 + 49 - 27 - 29 - 35 + 50 - 34 3.0
48 Lamb,Bryan............2323 - 16 - 27 - 37 = 36 + 50 + 41 - 19 - 40 U--- 2.5
49 Glinert,Stephen.......2306 - 25 + 31 - 20 - 47 - 42 H--- - 41 U--- U--- 1.5
50 Ruiz,Richard..........2121 H--- = 44 - 28 - 34 - 48 - 43 = 46 - 47 - 39 1.5
51 Livshits,Ron..........2497 + 33 - 2 - 24 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
52 Acosta,Mariano........2249 - 19 - 28 H--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5
53 Kreitner,Ilan.........2200 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- = 46 U--- U--- U--- 0.5
54 Day,Lawrence..........2456 - 40 - 29 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
Vojin Vujosevic TIO 98 Organizer.
Gauteng South Africa was the venue of the FIDE Zonal 4.3 which was held 8 to 18 May 1998. The members are Angola, Botswana, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. With one place available the tie between Agnello and Kobese had to be resolved. A four game match saw the South African Kobese go through. A Frank won the women's event.
The South African Closed Championships are starting on the 29th of May until the 8th of June. Information will be available at http://www.ids.co.za. My thanks to Pieter Van der Nat for the news and games.
Gauteng RSA, V 1998
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1 Agnello,A ANG ---- * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 7.5 2554
2 Kobese, Arthur RSA 2290 = * 1 = 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 7.5
3 Simutowe,A ZAM ---- 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2411
4 Rubery,M RSA ---- = = 1 * 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2411
5 Francisco,J ANG ---- 0 0 0 1 * 1 0 1 1 0 1 5.0 2025
6 Meyer,G RSA ---- 0 = 0 1 0 * = 1 1 0 = 4.5 2218
7 Solomon, Kenny RSA 2240 0 0 0 0 1 = * 0 1 1 1 4.5 2086
8 Mamombe, Kudzanai m ZIM 2135 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 4.0 2246
9 Molale,O BOT ---- 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 = 3.5 2218
10 Alberto, M m ANG 2210 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 = 0 * 1 3.5 1948
11 Chinasamy,D MAU ---- = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1.5
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Playoff
Kobese, Arthur - Agnelo,A 1/2 41 B58 Sicilian
Agnelo,A - Kobese, Arthur 0-1 79 C97 Ruy Lopez
Kobese, Arthur - Agnelo,A 1/2 38 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Agnelo,A - Kobese, Arthur 1/2 24 C55 Two knights
Gauteng RSA (RSA), V 1998
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Kobese, Arthur RSA 2290 = 1 = = 2.5
Agnelo,A ---- = 0 = = 1.5 2203
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Women's Zonal Gauteng 1998
1 2 3 4 5
1 Frank,A RSA ** 10 11 1½ ½1 6.0/8
2 Laubscher,A RSA 01 ** 01 0½ 11 4.5/8
3 Mumba,B ZIM 00 10 ** 10 11 4.0/8
4 Pistorius,R RSA 0½ 1½ 01 ** 00 3.0/8
5 Da Luz,M ANG ½0 00 00 11 ** 2.5/8
The Israel at 50 Jubilee Chess Festival had a number of events that followed the Kasparov vs Israeli team that was reported last week. Material from Shay Bushinsky who was the organiser of the event. All the main events were live on ICC.
The last event as part of Israel's jubilee celebrations was the match between Tel-Aviv and Moscow. Both teams had last minute changes. Vassili Smyslov went to hospital for an urgent eye operation. Mrs Bystritkaya also couldn't play so the Moscow team had to recruit IM Evgeny Naer and Miss Shustayeva. The Tel-Aviv team had to replace football player Rony Rosenthal with 9 year old Katya Lasko, winner of the U-9 children Jubilee chess championships. The match was a close run thing with a very slight advantage for the Tel-Aviv side.
Format: Two games. The time control 25 minutes + 5 second increment.
Moscow Tel-Aviv 1. GM Yuri Averbach vs GM Ilan Manor 0.0-2.0 2. IM Evgeny Naer vs GM Ronen Har-Zvi 1.0-1.0 3. Sergei Ivanenko vs IM Dov Zifroni 0.5-1.5 4. Natalia Shustaeva vs Maya Bahir 1.0-1.0 5. Viktor Shenderovich vs Yoram Tehar-Lev 0.5-1.5 6. Vladimir Evelev vs Eli Vovsha 2.0-0.0 7. Boris Ushevich vs Katya Lasko 2.0-0.0 8. Alexander Vainstein vs Ervin Leibovici 1.5-0.5 9. Adolf Shayevich vs Tomi Lapid 0.0-2.0 10. Dragon 4 vs Junior 0.5-1.5 2. Har-Zvi former world under 18 champion 3. Ivanenko is a top Russian official and is highly ranked in chess 4. This is a match between a famous actress and a journalist 5. Television anchorman vs a famous song writer 6. Evelev is 14 and champion of Moscow at that age Vovsha won the world U12 championship 7. Executive Director of Russian Jewish Congress vs winner Childrens' Jubilee tourney. 8. Sponsors board: Leibovici heads SGI Israel 9. Chief rabbi of Moscow vs Journalist Maariv Lapid. 10. Dragon Russian computer program champion vs Junior World micro computer champion
Active Chess:
There was an active chess championship in the Kasparov chess academy and there was a 108 player field including 17 grandmasters: Alterman, Smirin, Goldin, Rechlis, Huzman, Avruch, Kasnstler, Golod, Yudasin, Gofshtein, Liss, Michalevsky, Grunfeld, Murey, Bikhovsky, Tseitlin, Finkel and many IMs. It was a seven round tournament with 25 minutes per player per game. The first four places (all scoring 6 points out of 7) were: GM Ilya Smirin, GM Vitali Golod Junior(C) by Amir Ban & Shay Bushinsky.and GM Eran Liss. Amongst Junior's "victims" were: GMs Alex Goldin and GM Boris Alterman IM Maxim Uritsky, IM Stisis Yaacov in round 1 Junior won against a 1700 player. Junior drew with GM Boris Kanstler and GM Ilya Smirin
Kasparov played Peter Svidler in two games of 6 minute chess (no increment) on May 26th on the internet chess club. There were a few technical problems just prior to play. Kasparov was under the impression that Svidler was in front of an audience as he was but in fact he was at home. Almost at the same time the internet in St Petersburg went down for 15 minutes. These problems were sorted out and two games were played. Game one saw Svidler put up tough resistance with the black and cause Kasparov a few "headaches" on the queen's side. After 9 minutes of play, Kasparov managed to trick Svidler who missed the purpose of Kh1 to allow a decisive bishop sacrifice. Game 2 Svidler blundered with an early Na5 which was immediately exploited by Kasparov both on board and on clock.
Interestingly this was not the first time the two had played over ICC. They had "accidently" played each other whilst preparing for this exhibition. Kasparov in particular needed to learn about "mouse slip", lag, and even how to claim a draw by three fold repetition. "Dahlia" was an anonymous GM account used for Kasparov's purposes which got him challenges from good players on-line. After losing and drawing to Verdugo he found another opponent PBS. After a good opening he found his opponent put up strong resistance. Kasparov won this game but lost the next one. [Shay Bushinsky reports what happened next] "This guy is quick - he must be one of the top 10: It can't be Shirov or Kramnik, they are both busy playing each other for the right to play me" he said. "Wow PBS - couldn't it be Peter Borisovich Svidler" I guessed. "Of course!", replied Garry, "it must be" recalling these initials from a previous experience he had with Svidler. So on Sunday, May 24th, a training match between two anonymous players: Peter Svidler aka PBS and Garry Kasparov aka Dahlia took place with Dahlia winning 3-1. During their phone conversation later it turned out that Svidler recognized who Dahlia is very quickly - the playing strength was evident.
A few games are in the games section. They are of course very much practice games and were all at the timerate of 5 minutes for all moves. There are a few other games by Kasparov including ones against Psakhis and Miles (where he didn't know how to claim a 3 fold repetition).
The events appeared live on ICC, check the details of the events at: http://www.chessclub.com/event/jubilee/players.html
The 6th Clichy IM tournament took place May 16-24th and was won by Sinisa Drazic. Clichy a town in the suburbs of Paris. The event was of cat IV. and French player Fabrice Moracchini achieved his first IM norm. He is 34 years old and teaches chess.
Thanks to Christophe Bouton of Europe Echecs, further coverage can be found at their site: http://europe-echecs.com/
Clichy FRA (FRA), V 1998 cat. IV (2326)
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1 Drazic, Sinisa m YUG 2515 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2656
2 Lukov, Valentin g BUL 2470 = * = 1 1 = = = 1 = 6.0 2435
3 Moracchini, Fabrice FRA 2315 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2452
4 Adrian, Claude f FRA 2335 0 0 = * = 1 = = = 1 4.5 2325
5 Geenen, Marc f BEL 2325 = 0 = = * = = = = = 4.0 2283
6 Moingt, Jean-Claude f FRA 2300 0 = = 0 = * = = = 1 4.0 2285
7 Bouton, Christophe FRA 2210 0 = 0 = = = * = = 1 4.0 2295
8 Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2380 0 = 0 = = = = * = 1 4.0 2277
9 Montheard, Xavier FRA 2220 0 0 0 = = = = = * = 3.0 2212
10 Petit, Eric Thierry FRA 2190 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1.5 2068
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Giovanni Vescovi scored a GM norm and Enrique Scarella an IM norm at the Villa Martelli tournament which took place May 19th-28th. Vescovi was joint first with Gilberto Milos. Milos had the result of his first round game with Andres Rodriguez was declared a draw on appeal. A strange game where Milos played 28. Bf6 instead of the immediately killing 28. Qf6, perhaps this was what the dispute was about as a few moves later he had a lost position. Internet coverage at http://members.tripod.com/~scalise/ on Luis Scalise' www page.
Villa Martelli ARG, V 1998 cat. IX (2452)
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1 Vescovi, Giovanni m BRA 2480 * = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = = 6.5 2614
2 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2555 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2606
3 Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2510 0 = * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2525
4 Scarella, Enrique f ARG 2380 0 = 1 * = = = = = 1 5.0 2502
5 Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2515 = = = = * 0 = = 1 1 5.0 2487
6 Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2470 0 0 = = 1 * 0 = 1 1 4.5 2449
7 Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2475 = = 0 = = 1 * = = 0 4.0 2405
8 Filgueira, Hernan f ARG 2420 0 0 0 = = = = * = 1 3.5 2375
9 Rojas, Luis CHI 2455 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = * = 2.5 2285
10 Miserendino, Alfredo ARG 2255 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 2.0 2253
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The II Brazilian City Cup was held May 22nd-29th. The event took place in the Brasilia Chess Club (Brasilia City) and was won by Wellington Carlos Rocha with 9.5/11 ahead of Darcy Lima.
Internet coverage at: http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx
Brasilia BRA (BRA), V 1998
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1 Rocha, Wellington Carlos BRA 2325 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2534
2 Lima, Darcy m BRA 2475 = * 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2458
3 De Toledo, James Mann m BRA 2410 = 0 * 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.5 2368
4 Batista, Gerson P BRA 2165 0 1 0 * 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2303
5 Borges, Leomar Barbero BRA 2215 = = = 1 * 0 1 = 0 1 = = 6.0 2340
6 Silveira, Marcos BRA 2180 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 = = = 1 = 5.5 2301
7 Trindade, Sandro m BRA 2365 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 5.0 2137
8 De Andrade, Waldomido BRA 2250 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 4.5 2100
9 Villar,A ---- 0 0 = 0 1 = = 0 * = = = 4.0 2163
10 Januario,S ---- 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = * = = 3.0 2068
11 Valle, Adriano BRA 2210 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = * = 3.0 2047
12 Coelho,L ---- 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = = * 2.5 2015
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The finals of the Lisbon Championships are underway. It runs May 18th - June 4th 1998. Luis Santos covers it on his www pages at; http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/fssima98.htm . Note that Marco Santos replaced Rui Rodrigues after 3 rounds.
Lisbon POR (POR), V-VI 1998
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1 Frois, Antonio m POR 2385 * 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 8.0 / 8
2 Neto, Horacio POR 2175 0 * 1 . . 1 1 . = 1 = . 5.0 / 7 2349
3 Ferreira, Nelson m ANG 2155 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 . . 1 1 . 5.0 / 8 2245
4 Andrade, Jose POR 2080 0 . 0 * . . = 1 1 1 = 1 5.0 / 8 2208
5 Boino, Claudio POR 2120 . . 0 . * 0 1 = 1 0 1 = 4.0 / 8 2233
6 Peixoto, Antonio POR 2195 0 0 0 . 1 * 1 = . 1 . . 3.5 / 7 2148
7 Dias, Paulo POR 2295 . 0 1 = 0 0 * 0 1 . . 1 3.5 / 8 2044
8 Santos, Marco POR 2100 0 . . 0 = = 1 * 0 . . 1 3.0 / 7 2087
9 Guerra, Victor POR 2200 0 = . 0 0 . 0 1 * . = 1 3.0 / 8 2023
10 Costa,Jorge ---- 0 0 0 0 1 0 . . . * 1 1 3.0 / 8 2017
11 Costa, Fernando J.M POR 2115 . = 0 = 0 . . . = 0 * 1 2.5 / 7 1997
12 Prata,Jose ---- 0 . . 0 = . 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 / 8 1763
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The 4 Nations Chess League, the UK's chess league finished over the bank holiday weekend May 23rd - 25th. The title was won by reigning champions Midland Monarchs. This was also their third victory in four years. Invicta Knights took the remaining European place from Slough on tie-break. There was an extremely tense relegation battle also with Guildford, Northumbria and the SW Dragons going down. Guildford were just edged out being beaten heavily 6.5-1.5 by British Chess Magazine while Bristol won 4.5-3.5 against SW Dragons. Level on match and game points Bristol stayed up by virtue of beating Guildford earlier in the season. My thanks to John Saunders and Nigel Johnson for the news.
More details at the 4NCL web site: http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
Round 9 May 23rd
Wood Green Richmond
1 w C Ward 2480 1-0 Richard Bates 2430
2 b J Levitt 2425 ½-½ L McShane 2490
3 w P Littlewood 2435 1-0 S Williams 2315
4 b M Pein 2435 0-1 T Hinks-Edwards 2260
5 w A Martin 2445 1-0 G Wall 2320
6 b P Sowray 2350 0-1 R Phillips 2230
7 w A Law 2325 1-0 M Franklin 2195
8 b S Jackson (F) 2150 1-0 Default
5½-2½
Midland Monarchs Barbican 1
1 w M Hebden 2585 1-0 C Crouch 2410
2 b J Parker 2515 1-0 J Plaskett 2445
3 w K Arkell 2445 ½-½ S Dishman 2325
4 b M Turner 2470 ½-½ D Kopec 2390
5 w J Rowson 2485 1-0 S Knott 2350
6 b A Collinson 2400 1-0 A Plueg 2375
7 w A Webster 2420 1-0 C Pritchett 2315
8 b N Regan (F) 2160 ½-½ I Lauterbach (F)2160
6½-1½
Slough South Wales Dragons
1 w M Gurevich 2640 1-0 D Cummings 2385
2 b A Kosten 2535 0-1 J Cooper 2335
3 w S Conquest 2470 0-1 A Dyce 2230
4 b A Summerscale 2440 1-0 C Morris 2245
5 w S Lalic (F) 2370 1-0 S Zeidler 2255
6 b A P Smith 2280 0-1 D James 2255
7 w J Houska (F) 2185 1-0 J Saunders 2225
8 b M Armstrong 1928 1-0 A Cast (F) 2120
5-3
North West Eagles Guildford 1
1 w D James 2225 0-1 D King * 2530
2 b J Littlewood 2290 0-1 A Kinsman 2430
3 w D Tebb 2260 ½-½ N Povah 2335
4 b J Merriman 2255 ½-½ C Kennaugh 2295
5 w B Lund 2255 ½-½ R Webb 2315
6 b R Sheldon (F) 2220 0-1 M Anderton 2260
7 w W Giblin 2160 1-0 I Thompson 2275
8 b W Ilecki 2170 1-0 A Ashby (F) 2115
3½-4½
B. C. M. Northumbria Vikings
1 w I Rogers 2570 1-0 C Waters (Res) 2180
2 b M Chandler 2555 0-1 N Pert 2320
3 w J Mestel 2480 1-0 J Richardson 2315
4 b T Wall 2375 1-0 R Pert 2235
5 w R Bellin 2365 1-0 D Ledger 2255
6 b B Cafferty 2200 1-0 S Dighton 191
7 w R Edwards 185 0-1 S Ledger 2225
8 b C Wilman 2060 1-0 L Barnes
6-2
Bristol 1 Invicta Knights 1
1 w S Ansell 2380 0-1 M Sadler 2650
2 b C Beaumont 2335 0-1 J Speelman 2605
3 w G Copeland 2330 0-1 N McDonald 2485
4 b D Collier 2230 ½-½ A Ledger 2460
5 w J Rudd 2165 1-0 A Ivanov 2440
6 b S Buckley 2105 0-1 G Flear 2445
7 w D Buckley 2115 0-1 D Gormally 2415
8 b M Buckley (F) 2010 0-1 C Flear (F) 2240
1½-6½
Round 10 24 May 1998
North West Eagles Wood Green
1 w J Littlewood 2290 0-1 C Ward 2480
2 b D Tebb 2260 ½-½ J Levitt 2425
3 w B Lund 2255 0-1 A Martin 2445
4 b D James 2225 0-1 M Pein 2435
5 w J Merriman 2255 0-1 P Littlewood 2435
6 b W Giblin 2160 ½-½ P Sowray 2350
7 w W Ilecki 2170 0-1 A Law 2325
8 b Default 0-1 S Jackson (F) 2150
1-7
Barbican 1 South Wales Dragons
1 w C Crouch 2410 1-0 D Cummings 2385
2 b J Plaskett 2445 1-0 J Cooper 2335
3 w S Dishman 2325 ½-½ A Dyce 2230
4 b D Kopec 2390 1-0 S Zeidler 2255
5 w C Pritchett 2315 1-0 C Morris 2245
6 b A Plueg 2375 1-0 D James 2255
7 w C Duncan 2290 1-0 J Saunders 2225
8 b I Lauterbach (F)2160 1-0 A Cast (F) 2120
7½-½
Invicta Knights 1 Richmond
1 w M Sadler 2650 ½-½ Richard Bates 2430
2 b J Speelman 2605 1-0 L McShane 2490
3 w N McDonald 2485 ½-½ T Hinks-Edwards 2260
4 b A Ledger 2460 0-1 S Williams 2315
5 w D Gormally 2415 ½-½ G Wall 2320
6 b G Flear 2445 1-0 M Franklin 2195
7 w A Ivanov 2440 1-0 R Phillips 2230
8 b C Flear (F) 2240 1-0 Default
5½-2½
Northumbria Vikings Bristol 1
1 w G Lawton 2350 0-1 S Ansell 2380
2 b D Ledger 2255 0-1 C W Baker 2355
3 w N Pert 2320 ½-½ C Beaumont 2335
4 b R Pert 2235 ½-½ C Cobb 2300
5 w J Richardson 2315 1-0 G Copeland 2330
6 b C Waters 0-1 D Collier 2230
7 w S Ledger 2225 ½-½ J Rudd 2165
8 b L Barnes ½-½ M Buckley (F) 2010
3-5
Slough Guildford 1
1 w M Adams 2670 ½-½ D King * 2530
2 b J Hodgson 2580 0-1 A Kinsman 2430
3 w M Gurevich 2640 1-0 C Kennaugh 2295
4 b A Kosten 2535 1-0 N Povah 2335
5 w A J Miles 2595 1-0 I Thompson 2275
6 b A Summerscale 2440 ½-½ M Anderton 2260
7 w S Conquest 2470 1-0 R Webb 2315
8 b S Lalic (F) 2370 1-0 A Ashby (F) 2115
6-2
B. C. M. Midland Monarchs
1 w I Rogers 2570 1-0 J Parker 2515
2 b M Chandler 2555 0-1 M Hebden 2585
3 w J Mestel 2480 1-0 A Webster 2420
4 b T Wall 2375 0-1 J Rowson 2485
5 w R Bellin 2365 ½-½ K Arkell 2445
6 b B Cafferty 2200 0-1 M Turner 2470
7 w R Edwards 185 ½-½ A Collinson 2400
8 b C Wilman 2060 ½-½ N Regan (F) 2160
3½-4½
Round 11 25th May 1998
Wood Green Barbican 1
1 w J Emms 2560 1-0 C Crouch 2410
2 b P Littlewood 2435 ½-½ J Plaskett 2445
3 w C Ward 2480 1-0 A Plueg 2375
4 b J Levitt 2425 0-1 S Knott 2350
5 w A Martin 2445 ½-½ C Pritchett 2315
6 b M Pein 2435 0-1 S Dishman 2325
7 w P Sowray 2350 1-0 C Duncan 2290
8 b S Jackson (F) 2150 ½-½ I Lauterbach (F)2160
4½-3½
South Wales Dragons Bristol 1
1 w D Cummings 2385 ½-½ S Ansell 2380
2 b J Cooper 2335 1-0 C Beaumont 2335
3 w A Dyce 2230 ½-½ G Buckley 2315
4 b C Morris 2245 ½-½ D Collier 2230
5 w S Zeidler 2255 0-1 J Rudd 2165
6 b D James 2255 0-1 A Easton 182
7 w J Saunders 2225 ½-½ S Buckley 2105
8 b A Cast (F) 2120 ½-½ M Buckley (F) 2010
3½-4½
Richmond North West Eagles
1 w Richard Bates 2430 0-1 J Littlewood 2290
2 b L McShane 2490 0-1 B Lund 2255
3 w T Hinks-Edwards 2260 ½-½ D Tebb 2260
4 b S Williams 2315 ½-½ D James 2225
5 w G Wall 2320 1-0 J Merriman 2255
6 b M Franklin 2195 ½-½ W Giblin 2160
7 w R Phillips 2230 0-1 W Ilecki 2170
8 b A Wilson (F) * 72 0-1 S Richards (F) 78
2½-5½
Midland Monarchs Northumbria Vikings
1 w J Parker 2515 ½-½ J Richardson 2315
2 b M Hebden 2585 1-0 C Waters 2180
3 w M Turner 2470 ½-½ R Pert 2235
4 b J Rowson 2485 ½-½ N Pert 2320
5 w K Arkell 2445 1-0 S Ledger 2225
6 b A Webster 2420 1-0 D Ledger 2255
7 w A Collinson 2400 ½-½ L Barnes (F) 86
8 b N Regan (F) 2160 1-0 Default
6-2
Invicta Knights 1 Slough
1 w M Sadler 2650 ½-½ M Gurevich 2640
2 b J Speelman 2605 ½-½ J Hodgson 2580
3 w J Nunn 2610 ½-½ A Kosten 2535
4 b G Flear 2445 ½-½ A J Miles 2595
5 w D Kumaran 2505 ½-½ A Summerscale 2440
6 b D Gormally 2415 0-1 S Conquest 2470
7 w N McDonald 2485 1-0 S Lalic (F) 2370
8 b C Flear (F) 2240 0-1 A P Smith 2280
3½-4½
Guildford 1 B. C. M.
1 w D King * 2530 0-1 I Rogers 2570
2 b A Kinsman 2430 0-1 M Chandler 2555
3 w N Povah 2335 0-1 J Mestel 2480
4 b R Webb 2315 ½-½ T Wall 2375
5 w C Kennaugh 2295 0-1 R Bellin 2365
6 b M Anderton 2260 0-1 B Cafferty 2200
7 w I Thompson 2275 1-0 J Bellin (F) 2175
8 b A Ashby (F) 2115 0-1 D Anderton 2200
1½-6½
Final Table
P W D L MP GP
MMonarchs 11 10 1 0 21 60.0
Invicta Knights 11 9 0 2 18 57.0
Slough 11 9 0 2 18 54.5
Wood Green 11 8 0 3 16 54.0
Barbican 11 7 0 4 14 50.0
Richmond 11 5 1 5 11 43.0
BCM 11 5 0 6 10 46.0
NWEagles 11 3 1 7 7 40.0
Bristol 11 3 0 8 6 35.0
Guildford 11 3 0 8 6 35.0
Northumbria 11 1 2 8 4 26.0
SWDragons 11 0 1 10 1 27.5
Roland Wimmer reports:
The town of Neubrandenburg celebrated its 750th anniversary from 2-10 May 1998 with invited delegations from 7 European twin towns: Collegno (ITA), Flensburg (GER), Gladsaxe (DEN), Koszalin (POL), Petrosawodsk (RUS), Nevers (FRA) and Villejuif (FRA). The picturesque town, sometimes called the "Town of Four Gates", was founded in 1248 and is one of the oldest towns in Mecklenburg.
The week saw concerts, arts exhibitions, workshops, gastronomic delights and, last but not least, an international chess tournament which ran from Thursday to Sunday 5-10 May (a 7-round Swiss event with a time-limit of 30 moves/90 minutes plus 1 hour per player for the rest of the game). There were 2 games per day except Thursday. The venue of the tournament was the Radisson SAS Hotel (2 conference rooms) which offered excellent playing conditions to the 64 participants: 3 GM's, 4 IM's (in total 18 players with a FIDE rating).
4 players scored 5.5/7 and it was finally IM Felix Levin (Schwerin) (already 3 GM norms) who won the tournament thanks to his Buchholz score. The 3 invited German GM's Lothar Vogt, Thomas Luther and Peter Enders were placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively. Michail Jatschmenew from Petrosawodsk (RUS) was the highest ranked "twin-town" player. There were also lots of category prizes.
At the closing ceremony GM Lothar Vogt and the speakers of the partner towns expressed their appreciation for a well-organized tournament, which was harmoniously guided by the arbiter team of Holger Borchers, Arno Bethke and Joerg Zimmermann. Data entry and verification was done by Martin Hellwig and Roland Wimmer. In case of any inaccuracies or for further information don't hesitate to contact me at rwimmer@dial.oleane.com. Final results in detail see table below: * indicates "National ELO rating"
Neubrandenburg (GER) 750 years op (07.-10.05.98) ------------------------------------------------ Rk Player T Fed Rtng Pts Buchholz Twin Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Levin, Felix m GER 2465 5.5 33.0 24.00 2. Vogt, Lothar g GER 2510 5.5 33.0 23.50 3. Luther, Thomas g GER 2510 5.5 32.5 23.50 4. Enders, Peter g GER 2525 5.5 29.5 21.00 5. Weyrich, Morten m GER 2345 5.0 32.5 24.00 6. Jatschmenew, Michail RUS 2100* 5.0 29.0 22.00 Petrosawodsk 7. Stern, Rene m GER 2495 5.0 28.5 20.00 8. Reyer, Ulli GER 2150 5.0 27.0 19.00 9. Sawolainen, Leo RUS 2100* 5.0 25.0 18.00 Petrosawodsk 10. Hennings, Arthur m GER 2320 4.5 31.5 23.00 11. Hueneburg, Christian GER 2112* 4.5 29.5 22.00 12. Dettmann, Gerd GER 2200 4.5 27.0 19.50 13. Wolf, Armin GER 2157* 4.5 27.0 19.00 14. Neubauer, Bernd GER 2170* 4.5 27.0 19.00 15. Prosch, Carsten GER 2090 4.5 26.0 18.00 16. Kunow, Frank GER 1909* 4.5 26.0 18.00 17. Woll, Wilfried GER 2180 4.5 23.5 16.50 18. Kuehn, Peter GER 1873* 4.0 29.0 22.00 19. Ostergaard, Rasmus DEN 2180 4.0 28.5 21.50 Gladsaxe 20. Teschke, Olaf GER 2150 4.0 28.5 21.00 21. Keskowski, Thilo GER 2140 4.0 28.5 20.50 22. Sokolowski, Ryszard POL 2245 4.0 28.5 20.00 Koszalin 23. Jorgensen, Soren Berg DEN 2105 4.0 28.0 20.00 Gladsaxe 24. Wagner, Ralf GER 2112* 4.0 27.0 19.50 25. Kliewe, Hans-Juergen GER 2075* 4.0 26.5 19.00 26. Kowalczyk, Lucjan POL 2210 4.0 26.0 18.00 Koszalin 27. Woller, Roland GER 2088* 4.0 25.0 18.50 28. Stanczyk, Lech POL 2155 4.0 24.0 17.00 Koszalin 29. Wegrowski, Henryk POL 2000* 4.0 20.5 14.50 Koszalin 30. Menzel, Michael GER 1547* 3.5 26.5 20.00 31. Dlugopolski, Dariusz POL 1800* 3.5 24.0 17.50 Koszalin 32. Micheel, Peter GER 1884* 3.5 24.0 16.50 33. Reiche, Henry GER 1904* 3.5 23.5 16.50 34. Willberg, Frank GER 1930* 3.5 22.5 15.00 35. Higgelke, Anne GER 1772* 3.5 22.0 15.00 36. Witkowski, Rainer GER 2034* 3.5 21.5 14.50 37. Wimmer, Roland GER 1970* 3.0 28.5 22.00 Villejuif 38. Roeder, Philipp GER 1773* 3.0 26.0 18.50 39. Stutz, Reno Dr GER 1990* 3.0 25.5 18.00 40. Zibell, Walter GER 1834* 3.0 24.5 18.00 41. Motullo, Jens GER 1630* 3.0 23.5 18.50 42. Hartung, Lothar GER 1702* 3.0 23.0 17.00 43. Behnke, Andreas GER 1455* 3.0 23.0 16.50 44. Elsner, Norbert GER 1940* 3.0 22.5 17.00 45. Sochacki, Zenon POL 1940* 3.0 22.0 14.50 Villejuif 46. Welk, Hermann GER 1672* 3.0 20.5 14.50 Flensburg 47. Hardtke, Karin GER 984* 3.0 19.0 14.00 48. Gruenberg, Marc GER 1332* 3.0 16.0 11.50 49. Tramesel, Jacky FRA 1350* 3.0 15.5 11.00 Nevers 50. Voigt, Michael GER 1564* 2.5 24.0 16.50 51. Stock, Joachim GER 1576* 2.5 23.0 17.00 52. Segebarth, Bernd GER 1723* 2.5 21.0 15.00 53. Berndt, Martin GER 745* 2.5 21.0 15.00 54. Svensson, Tim GER 1172* 2.5 18.5 12.00 55. Vedelfort, Tommy DEN 1812* 2.0 24.0 17.00 Gladsaxe 56. Prokopski, Tadeusz POL 2000* 2.0 23.0 16.50 Koszalin 57. Bigalke, Steffen GER 1766* 2.0 23.0 16.50 58. Roy, Alexandre FRA 1540* 2.0 20.5 15.50 Nevers 59. Gerlieb, Peter GER 1453* 2.0 20.5 14.50 60. Mueggenburg, Rolf GER 1489* 2.0 19.5 14.00 61. Zentgraf, Robert GER 1517* 2.0 19.0 14.00 62. Behm, Willi GER 896* 1.5 17.5 14.00 63. Steinfeld, Thomas GER 1108* 1.0 17.0 12.50 64. Ulfert, Hans-Juergen GER 840* 0.5 15.5 11.50
The Memorial Day Classic, one of the largest annual tournaments in Los Angeles, attracted only 197 players this year. That is by far the worst turnout in its 19-year history. Competition from other major tournaments and a general slump in tournament attendance seem like the reasons for the poor turnout.
The Open section, with 24 masters among the 26 entrants, featured only 2 GMs and 4 IMs. That is also far beneath its usual standard. The Memorial Day Classic, like many American events, offers players a choice of schedules. Most (18) chose the three-day schedule, with six 40/2 games on May 23-25, but 8 preferred the two-day schedule, with three G/60 games early on May 24 befor joining the rest of the players in Round 4. In either schedule, there were significant upsets in the first round. Eduard Gufeld lost a sensational game to 13-year old master Patrick Hummel, while Walter Browne lost (time pressure, of course!) to Thomas Wolski. Gufeld then reeled off four straight wins, but Browne suffered another loss, in Round 4 to James Maki, and withdrew with a score of 2-2.
Cyrus Lakdawala, Michael Brooks, and Gufeld shared first place with scores of 4.5-1.5. Each won $1,100. Lakdawala drew his two rivals in short games on the last day.
Next at 4-2 were James Maki, Charles Van Buskirk, IM Jack Peters, and IM Guillermo Rey. Each won $225. Thomas Wolski and Harutyun Akopyan finished with 3.5-2.5, out of the money.
Organizer Jay Blem, owner of National Chess and Games, guaranteed $18,000 in prizemoney and suffered a loss of over $5,000. It's uncertain who will run the traditional tournament next year.
The June World Chess Council rankings for June. Produced by the World Chess Council Luis Rentero Sancez, Linares Ken Thompson, New Jersey Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow Results up to June 1,1998.
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2808 143
2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2778 152
3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2756 153
4. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2708 189
5. Svidler,Peter RUS 2706 168
6. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181
7. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2696 178
8. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2687 151
9. Adams,Michael ENG 2677 153
10. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2676 147
11. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2673 187
12. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2670 126
13. Leko,Peter HUN 2662 134
14. Salov,Valery RUS 2656 185
15. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2652 176
16. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2650 176
17. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2649 150
18. Short,Nigel D ENG 2648 181
19. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2641 148
20. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2636 144
21. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2635 180
22. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2634 130
23. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2633 155
24. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2631 170
25. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2629 188
26. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2629 172
27. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2625 132
28. Lautier,Joel FRA 2622 182
29. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2622 196
30. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2621 160
31. Timman,Jan H NED 2618 185
32. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2618 153
33. Oll,Lembit EST 2615 146
34. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2615 150
35. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2613 147
36. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
37. Baklan,Vladimir UKR 2608 188
38. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2607 196
39. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2606 193
40. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2605 156
41. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2605 207
42. Adianto,Utut INA 2604 195
43. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2604 158
44. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
45. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2603 157
46. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2602 202
47. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
48. Filippov,Valerij RUS 2601 191
49. Yusupov,Artur GER 2599 152
50. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2597 176
51. Van Wely,Loek NED 2597 193
Karpov gave a clock simul against four top Chinese women players on May 13th. He won 3.5 - 0.5 beating Wang Pin, Zhu Chen, Qin Kanying and drawing against Wang Lei. On the 15th he played some 25 minute games against some top GMs although the results are unavailable to me.
Irina Krush drew with Arthur Bisguier in the first of a series of training matches for the 14 year old US junior. The event took place in the Parsippany Hilton in New Jersey from May 23rd - May 25th. The $700 prize fund (sponsored by the World Wide Web Chess Superstore) was split evenly between the players. The event was hosted by the New Jersey State Chess Federation, and E. Steven Doyle (assisted by Ken Thomas) served as FIDE Arbiter. Krush had White in the odd-numbered games.
Further details: http://www.smartchess.com/SmartChessOnline/
Parsippany USA V 1998
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1 2 3 4
Krush, I USA 2260 = 0 1 = 2.0 2370
Bisguier, A g USA 2370 = 1 0 = 2.0 2260
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The Czech women's Championships took place in Klatovy 8-16 May 98 reports Harald Grafenhofer. There will be a match between Jana Jackova and Gabriela Hitzgerova over 4 games (then rapid, blitz) June, 12-16 in Zlin (CZE) to settle the destination of the title.
Klatovy CZE (CZE), V 1998
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1 Hitzgerova, Gabriela CZE 2170 +14 =23 =15 +18 + 6 + 3 + 2 - 5 = 4 6.5 2400
2 Jackova, Jana CZE 2195 +16 +11 = 5 + 7 = 3 = 4 - 1 +17 + 8 6.5 2274
3 Blazkova, Petra CZE 2255 +22 + 4 + 6 + 5 = 2 - 1 = 7 - 8 +12 6.0 2330
4 Pallova, Martina CZE 2145 + 9 - 3 +14 +15 = 7 = 2 = 5 +11 = 1 6.0 2224
5 Ptacnikova, Lenka wm CZE 2280 +10 +18 = 2 - 3 +23 +19 = 4 + 1 - 6 6.0 2245
6 Eretova, Jana CZE 2155 + 8 +20 - 3 + 9 - 1 =15 +23 = 7 + 5 6.0 2199
7 Saljova, Silvie wm CZE 2220 =15 +17 +23 - 2 = 4 +18 = 3 = 6 +14 6.0 2242
8 Koubkova, Alena --- ---- - 6 =19 =12 =10 =17 +21 + 9 + 3 - 2 5.0 2078
9 Flaisigova, Petra --- ---- - 4 +22 +11 - 6 =20 +16 - 8 =14 =10 4.5 2082
10 Vacovska, Veronika CZE 2060 - 5 =12 =19 = 8 =11 =20 =14 +23 = 9 4.5 2035
11 Decka, Eliska CZE 2070 +13 - 2 - 9 -16 =10 +22 +18 - 4 +17 4.5 2164
12 Buldrova,M ---- -18 =10 = 8 =13 -14 +24 +20 +15 - 3 4.5 1961
13 Konigova,P ---- -11 -14 =21 =12 +24 -17 +22 =16 +19 4.5 1987
14 Muzikantova, Vladimira CZE 2030 - 1 +13 - 4 =20 +12 =23 =10 = 9 - 7 4.0 1893
15 Matickova,V ---- = 7 +24 = 1 - 4 =19 = 6 =17 -12 =16 4.0 2083
16 Jilemnicka,J ---- - 2 +21 -17 +11 =18 - 9 =24 =13 =15 4.0 2029
17 Ryvova, Anna CZE 2065 =24 - 7 +16 -23 = 8 +13 =15 - 2 -11 3.5
18 Cedikova, Katerina CZE 2135 +12 - 5 +20 - 1 =16 - 7 -11 +21 -22 3.5 1869
19 Pallova, Romana CZE 2085 -23 = 8 =10 +22 =15 - 5 -21 +24 -13 3.5 2128
20 Slepankova, Radka CZE 2070 +21 - 6 -18 =14 = 9 =10 -12 -22 +24 3.5 1845
21 Martinkova,M ---- -20 -16 =13 =24 =22 - 8 +19 -18 +23 3.5 1996
22 Palkova, Hana CZE 2045 - 3 - 9 +24 -19 =21 -11 -13 +20 +18 3.5 2051
23 Jinova,L ---- +19 = 1 - 7 +17 - 5 =14 - 6 -10 -21 3.0 2046
24 Pekarkova,E ---- =17 -15 -22 =21 -13 -12 =16 -19 -20 1.5 1744
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Rolf Sander reports on the start of the Hamburg City Championships which finishes on June 6th. The Hamburg City Championships are held as a 28 player, nine round swiss, 'closed' tournament. 20 local players (among them IM Mueller, IM Heinemann and IM Wilhelmi) compete with eight invited players (GM Nisipeanu, GM Ftacnik, GM Slobodjan, GM Kempinski, GM Lukacs, IM Pelletier, GM Movsziszian, GM Rogozenko). GM norms are possible and IM norms are expected. The leading player after two rounds is FM Reddmann, who defeated both IM Pelletier and GM Slobodjan).
Round 2 standings (of 9)
Hamburg GER (GER), V-VI 1998
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1 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2520 +20 +16 2.0
2 Reddmann, Hauke f GER 2315 +18 +19 2.0
3 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2515 +24 +11 2.0
4 Mueller, Karsten m GER 2515 +14 =10 1.5 2658
5 Rogozenko, Dorian g MDA 2495 +17 = 8 1.5 2628
6 Heinemann, Thies m GER 2450 = 7 +21 1.5 2455
7 Wendt, Jan-Dietrich GER 2275 = 6 +23 1.5 2550
8 Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2580 +25 = 5 1.5 2605
9 Lamprecht, Frank f GER 2395 =21 +22 1.5 2353
10 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2610 +28 = 4 1.5 2618
11 Lindinger, Markus GER 2245 +15 - 3 1.0 2450
12 Gustafsson, Jan GER 2385 =22 =13 1.0 2257
13 Wilhelmi, Christian m GER 2445 =23 =12 1.0 2325
14 Bach, Matthias f GER 2320 - 4 +28 1.0 2425
15 Breyther, Ruediger f GER 2385 -11 +24 1.0 2285
16 Hochgraefe, Markus GER 2300 +27 - 1 1.0 2510
17 Pajeken, Wolfgang GER 2290 - 5 +25 1.0 2412
18 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2515 - 2 +26 1.0 2322
19 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2530 +26 - 2 1.0 2322
20 Trisic, Alexandar GER 2330 - 1 +27 1.0 2510
21 Engelbert, Christoph GER 2250 = 9 - 6 0.5 2229
22 Rakow, Thorben GER 2070 =12 - 9 0.5 2197
23 Voigt, Martin f GER 2265 =13 - 7 0.5 2167
24 Buhr, Carl Christian GER 2325 - 3 -15 0.0
25 Hegeler, Frank f GER 2330 - 8 -17 0.0
26 Meyer, Falko f GER 2330 -19 -18 0.0
27 Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2500 -16 -20 0.0
28 Pestov, S RUS 2335 -10 -14 0.0
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Luis Santos reports that the Portuguese team championships finished on Sunday 24 May with a very narrow victory for PORTUGAL TELECOM by only half a point over BOAVISTA.
Full details at: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/ca1nac98.htm
Final Standings 1º C Portugal Telecom, 31 points (out of 36) 2º Boavista FC, 30,5 3º Diana de Évora, 24 4º Sporting CP, 16,5 5º Caneças/Tropical, 16 6º SC Farense, 15,5 7º GX Porto, 14 8º UDC Camarate, 12,5 9º NX Faro/EVA SA, 11 10º SO Marinhense, 9.
Jakub Fuksik of Agentura 64 sends the final results and games from the Czech Extraleague Team Championships. The league was won by A64 MILO Olomouc by one point from SK DA Praha. The event ran from November 15th 1997 to 5th April 1998.
Full details at: http://www.proclient.cz/a64
Final table: 1.A64 MILO Olomouc 11 9 1 1 54.5 19 2.SK DA Praha 11 9 0 2 60.0 18 3.NH Ostrava 11 8 1 2 50.5 17 4.Sokol Vysehrad "A" 11 5 4 2 49.5 14 5.V+P Zlin 11 6 1 4 47.5 13 6.SK Fuchs Ostrava 11 4 2 5 47.5 10 7.SK Mladi Praha 11 3 3 5 45.5 9 8.Adacotr. Pardubice 11 3 3 5 45.0 9 9.Bohemians Praha 11 3 3 5 38.0 9 10.Sokol Kolin 11 2 2 7 38.0 6 11.ZCE Plzen 11 2 2 7 30.5 6 12.Sokol Vysehrad "B" 11 0 2 9 21.5 2
June 6 in Dresden, Germany as part of 100 years jubilee for the Sport club of dresden there will be a chess event with the participation of Karpov, the three Polgar sisters and GM Uhlmann. for details:
http://www.polgarchess.com/fdresden.html
The World Open is to have a high profile website this year. The event which runs July 1st -5th will have audio broadcasts from Maurice Ashley and a number of competitions on the run up to the event: including ones for May (4 prizes awarded), June (4 prizes awarded), and daily contests during the tournament from July 1st through 5th (one prize per day). There will be live games and more games for viewing aswell as results and photos.
The site is at: http://207.86.96.85 soon to become http://www.wordopen.com.
Web site at: http://www.stud.ifi.uio.no/~runed/gcf98.html
Friday July 31st - August 9th on Gausdal Høifjellshotel. With VISA Nordic Grand Prix Arnold J. Eikrem Memorial. We welcome all chess players to this festival which is dedicated to the memory of Arnold J. Eikrem. Eikrem organized international tournaments in Gausdal since 1970, and this tradition will continue. VISA Nordic Grand Prix Arnold J. Eikrem Memorial (3rd) August 1st-9th, part of VISA Nordic Grand Prix 1998/99. GM- and IM norms available. 9 round Swiss. 40 moves/2 hours, 20 moves/1hour, 30 minutes to finish. 1st round Saturday 1st of August at 19:30, one round per day. Open to all with FIDE-rating, also a limited numbers of players without FIDE-rating. Several strong GMs are invited.
Total prize fund NOK 35,500. All figures in Norwegian kroner (1 USD approx 7.5 NOK): 1st-6th prize: 10,000 - 6,000 - 4,000 - 3,500 - 3,000 - 2,000 - 1,500 - 1,000. Two prizes, Kr 1000 and 500, in each of the groups: 2200-2295, 2100-2195, and below 2100. In addition VISA has set up prices to the best Nordic players: 1.-5.: USD 500 (each), 6.-10.: USD 300 (each), 11.-15.: USD 200 (each)
Entry fees: GM/IM Free, FIDE 2300+: 400, 2200-2295: 500, 2100-2195: 650, 2000-2095: 750, no FIDE rating: 850.
Norwegian Grand Prix Events Skei Grand Prix (31. July - 2. August), Peer Gynt Open (3.-7. August), Jarl Cup (8.-9. August). Open Tournaments counting in Norges Grand Prix 1998-99. Total prize fund in these three tournaments NOK 21,550 plus books.
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