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1) Introduction
2) Shirov qualifies to play Kasparov
3) Viktor Korchnoi scores a fine victory in Sarajevo
4) Bacrot vs Huebner
5) First Saturday, June
6) 4th Tan Chin Nam GM tournament
7) Lisbon Championships
8) Hamburg City Championships
9) 1998 South African Closed Championships
10) 3rd Thursday
11) Karpov in China
12) Gamescore corrections
13) Kasparov vs Topalov
14) London Chess Center TWIC offers
Games section
WCC Cand Final 1998 3 games Bosnia 1998 30 games Bacrot-Huebner Match 2 games FSGM May 14 games FSIM May 14 games Beijing 2 games Lisbon Championships 19 games Hamburg City Championships 125 games ch-RSA 66 games 3rd Thursday 45 games Karpov rapid games 4 games Corrections 3 games
My thanks to the press room at Carzola, Sibylle Heyme (Schach Magazine), Laszlo Nagy, Bob Wade, Luis Santos, Rolf Sander, Zoltan Blazsik, Susan Strahan, Net64, El Pais, Christophe Bouton of Europe Echecs, Luis Santos and and all those who helped with this issue.
Shirov's fine win against Kramnik in the final game of their match sets up a fascinating match against Kasparov in October. 67 year old Viktor Korchnoi's fantastic win in Sarajevo cannot go unremarked either. A great achievement.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Alexei Shirov beat Vladimir Kramnik in their World Chess Council (WCC) Candidates match in Cazorla (Jaén), Spain. The match, which took place May 24th - June 5th, qualifies Shirov to play Garry Kasparov starting on October 16th in Seville for a prize fund of $1.9m ($1.235m to the winner, $0.665m to the loser). Vladimir Kramnik picked up $0.2m as the loser of the match.
Alexei Shirov, who is 26 on July 4th, has brought increasing maturity to his game in the last year. He has managed to put behind him the upheaval that leaving his native Latvia and getting married brought to his life. He now lives in Spain. Always a fantastic talent, he has maintained a high rating for many years without appearing to make the absolute best of his abilities. This has now changed and his chances against Kasparov are not easy to evaluate because of the speed of change in his game. He has three months to prepare for Kasparov and he appears to have the will to do this exceptionally well.
Vladimir Kramnik is 23 years old on June 25th and has been until this year a stable World number 2 (briefly number 1) for a while. Although playing very well he's probably not quite at the very top of his game at the moment. He did play the match to a high level though. His style is undergoing some changes at the moment, and criticisms of his safety first attitude seem to me entirely misplaced. The loser's strategy is always criticised, as it would have been if he had been demolished playing a series of Sicilians. He will play in the style he is comfortable with and one which has the potential to take him to the World Championships once he develops it further. Not everyone need play the very sharpest tactics (which he can cope with too) and his style seems to be moving towards that of Botvinnik. He has been very unfortunate that his very top form did not coincide with a World Championships Cycle. The last FIDE and PCA cycles came too early and this match came during this evolution in his game. Indeed, its hard to say if he really was below form as Shirov's play and preparation was so controlled during the match. At 23 he is already one of the greatest players ever and he should only get better. The match was dominated by the specific preparation of both players with black. Shirov plays 1.e4 and Kramnik prepared the Petroff Defence as a surprise weapon against this. He normally specialises in the Sveshnikov and Richter-Rauser varations of the Sicilian. Kramnik plays 1.d4 (also 1.Nf3 with the idea of move order shifts into main-line d-pawn openings) and Shirov prepared the Grunfeld specially for this match.
The key points of the match were Kramnik's loss in game four and his failure to capitalise on a fine position in game five. After this Kramnik's inability to gain significant pressure with the white pieces allowed Shirov to control the match and indeed have the luxury of not needing to push for wins against Kramnik's Petroff Defence. Game four saw Kramnik reach a position which has been drawn a few times by Artur Jussupow, he innovated with 13... Ng5 and according to Jon Speelman missed the chance to get a drawish position with 13. ...Re3. Although he defended well the pressure told and he evenually succombed to the pressure that long term defence brings with it.
In game five his 18. Bh4 was a fine novelty which caused Shirov all sorts of problems, it was the only time in the match he mananged this with white. Somewhere he ought to have been winning but Shirov's creative defence held out and the chance was gone. It was almost certainly the moment the match went away from Kramnik.
The nineth game was Kramnik's final one with white and he probably viewed it as his last chance to level the match. In a sharp position he went astray on moves 19 and 20. After the game 19. Nf2 or 19. d7 were suggested. 20. d7 was also a possibility with unclear play. Shirov's ability to keep his nerve and understand the position well and get over the winning line was very impressive.
I felt that such well prepared opponents should have played a longer match where the players would have had more opportunities to feel out the weaknesses in each other's preparation. I certainly had no problem with the short draws, this is the nature of the struggle. They produced three excellent games and were playing absolutely to win the match. This is what sport is about, the best playing each other with only one attitude of mind, to win at all costs. At its best this produces the greatest chess and I hope that the Shirov - Kasparov match will be a great one.
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
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 34 D78 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Shirov, Alexei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 18 C42 Petroff defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 48 D70 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Cazorla ESP (ESP), V-VI 1998
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Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 = = = 1 = = = = 1 . 5.5 2870
Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 = = = 0 = = = = 0 . 3.5 2630
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A vintage performance from Viktor Korchnoi saw him win this Category 15 event in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The event ran May 29th - June 6th. Korchnoi playing in his classic style of accumulating material and then converting it scored 7/9 and this score included one loss. He just outpaced Ivan Sokolov who finished on 6.5 points. Undefeated on 5.5 was Evgeny Bareev who shared third with Kiril Georgiev the only player to defeat the tournament winner.
Daily internet coverage at; http://www.pksa.com.ba/bosna98
Round 4 (1998.06.01)
Georgiev, Kiril - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 54 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Lputian, Smbat G - Dizdarevic, Emir 0-1 39 E61 Kings indian
Nikolic, Predrag - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 38 D78 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Piket, Jeroen - Kozul, Zdenko 1/2 42 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Kurajica, Bojan - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 62 A13 English; 1.c4
Round 5 (1998.06.02)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 63 E07 Nimzo indian
Sokolov, Ivan - Kurajica, Bojan 1-0 50 E11 Bogo indian
Bareev, Evgeny - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 27 E32 Nimzo indian
Kozul, Zdenko - Georgiev, Kiril 1/2 58 E05 Nimzo indian
Dizdarevic, Emir - Nikolic, Predrag 0-1 54 A11 English; 1.c4
Round 6 (1998.06.03)
Georgiev, Kiril - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 39 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Lputian, Smbat G - Kozul, Zdenko 1/2 41 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Nikolic, Predrag - Kurajica, Bojan 1-0 28 E61 Kings indian
Dizdarevic, Emir - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 34 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Piket, Jeroen - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 29 D35 Queen's gambit
Round 7 (1998.06.04)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 49 A85 Dutch defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Georgiev, Kiril 1-0 41 A57 Benko gambit
Bareev, Evgeny - Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 23 D92 Gruenfeld indian
Kozul, Zdenko - Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2 22 A40 Queen's pawn
Kurajica, Bojan - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 49 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 8 (1998.06.05)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Kozul, Zdenko 1-0 30 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Georgiev, Kiril - Kurajica, Bojan 1-0 38 C10 French
Lputian, Smbat G - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 60 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Nikolic, Predrag - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 20 D02 Queen's pawn
Dizdarevic, Emir - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 17 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Round 9 (1998.06.06)
Sokolov, Ivan - Dizdarevic, Emir 1-0 26 A40 Queen's pawn
Bareev, Evgeny - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 22 E32 Nimzo indian
Kozul, Zdenko - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 61 E05 Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen - Georgiev, Kiril 1/2 66 D66 QGD;
Kurajica, Bojan - Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 87 E60 Kings indian
Sarajevo BHG (BHG), V-VI 1998 cat. XV (2613)
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2625 * = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2831
2 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2625 = * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2777
3 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2675 = = * = = 1 1 = = = 5.5 2685
4 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2675 1 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 5.5 2685
5 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2610 0 1 = 0 * = = 0 1 = 4.0 2569
6 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 0 = 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 4.0 2567
7 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2585 0 0 0 = = 1 * = = 1 4.0 2572
8 Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2540 0 0 = = 1 0 = * = = 3.5 2540
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 0 0 = = 0 = = = * = 3.0 2491
10 Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2580 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = * 2.0 2396
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"Schach" Magazine is sponsoring a 6 game match between French star Etienne Bacrot and the experienced German player Robert Huebner reports Sibylle Heyme. The first three games are taking place in Albert, France June 6th -8th. a second leg will take place in Berlin, Germany June 12th -14th. The first two games were drawn. French coverage at http://www.europe-echecs.com
Huebner, Robert - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 19 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Bacrot, Etienne - Huebner, Robert 1/2 57 E12 Nimzo indian
Albert FRA (FRA), VI 1998
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Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2565 = = . . . . 1.0 2560
Huebner, Robert g GER 2560 = = . . . . 1.0 2565
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The June First Saturday tournaments started June 6th in Budapest reports Laszlo Nagy. There is a 14 player Category VII GM event with a GM norm set at 10 points and IM norm at 7.5 and a 14 player IM event too.
Results after 2 rounds
GM event
Round 1 (1998.06.06)
Borge, Nikolaj - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 1-0 31 C06 French; Tarrasch
Varga, Zoltan - Roeder, Mathias 1-0 51 B54 Sicilian
Rabinovich, Alexander - Turzo, Attila 1/2 39 D45 Semi-Slav
Acs, Peter - Paschall, William M 1/2 26 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Oral, Tomas - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2 17 B15 Caro-Kann
Lorscheid, Gerhard - Csom, Istvan 1/2 11 D36 Queen's gambit
Hatanbaatar, Bazar - Stocek, Jiri 0-1 49 B84 Sicilian
Round 2 (1998.06.07)
Turzo, Attila - Hatanbaatar, Bazar 1-0 60 A45 Queen's pawn
Paschall, William M - Varga, Zoltan 1/2 23 E11 Bogo indian
Vadasz, Laszlo - Rabinovich, Alexander 1/2 15 D25 QGA;
Roeder, Mathias - Oral, Tomas 1-0 11 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Acs, Peter 1/2 31 D39 Queen's gambit
Csom, Istvan - Stocek, Jiri 0-1 37 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Lorscheid, Gerhard - Borge, Nikolaj 0-1 54 D70 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Budapest HUN (HUN), VI 1998 cat. VII (2422)
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1 Borge, Nikolaj m DEN 2390 * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . 2.0
2 Stocek, Jiri m CZE 2450 . * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 2.0
3 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2520 . . * . = . . . 1 . . . . . 1.5 2598
4 Turzo, Attila m HUN 2415 . . . * . = . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2628
5 Paschall, William M f USA 2375 . . = . * . = . . . . . . . 1.0 2485
6 Rabinovich, Alexander ISR 2425 . . . = . * . = . . . . . . 1.0 2397
7 Acs, Peter f HUN 2450 . . . . = . * . . = . . . . 1.0 2382
8 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2380 . . . . . = . * . . = . . . 1.0 2440
9 Roeder, Mathias m GER 2435 . . 0 . . . . . * . 1 . . . 1.0 2487
10 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2390 0 . . . . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2227
11 Oral, Tomas m CZE 2455 . . . . . . . = 0 . * . . . 0.5 2214
12 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2460 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * = . 0.5 2189
13 Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2315 0 . . . . . . . . . . = * . 0.5 2232
14 Hatanbaatar, Bazar m MGL 2445 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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IM Event
Round 1 (1998.06.06)
Jakab, Attila - Parkanyi, Attila 1-0 27 A65 Modern Benoni
Horvath, Gabor - Assmann, Thomas 1/2 52 B12 Caro-Kann
Jamrich, Gyorgy - Orso, Miklos 1/2 14 B15 Caro-Kann
Lengyel, Bela - Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 1/2 6 C65 Ruy Lopez
Antal, Gergely - Kahn, Evarth 1/2 54 B03 Alekhine defence
Georgiev, Veselin - Petronijevic, Zoran 1/2 57 B00 1.e4
Szeberenyi, Adam - Resika, Nathan A 1/2 31 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Round 2 (1998.06.07)
Assmann, Thomas - Georgiev, Veselin 1-0 60 A49 Queen's pawn
Jamrich, Gyorgy - Szeberenyi, Adam 1-0 49 B20 Sicilian
Petronijevic, Zoran - Jakab, Attila 1/2 81 C01 French; Exchange
Kahn, Evarth - Lengyel, Bela 1/2 7 C42 Petroff defence
Parkanyi, Attila - Antal, Gergely 1-0 31 B24 Sicilian; Closed
Orso, Miklos - Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 0-1 32 D02 Queen's pawn
Resika, Nathan A - Horvath, Gabor 0-1 29 B32 Sicilian
Budapest HUN (HUN), VI 1998 cat. II (2299)
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1 Jakab, Attila HUN 2210 * . . . . . = . 1 . . . . . 1.5 2575
2 Assmann, Thomas f GER 2345 . * = . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2435
3 Horvath, Gabor f HUN 2245 . = * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2450
4 Gonzalez Garcia, Jose m MEX 2420 . . . * . = . . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2565
5 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2275 . . . . * . . . . = . . . 1 1.5 2483
6 Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2385 . . . = . * . = . . . . . . 1.0 2375
7 Petronijevic, Zoran f YUG 2375 = . . . . . * . . . . = . . 1.0 2225
8 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2330 . . . . . = . * . . = . . . 1.0 2302
9 Parkanyi, Attila f HUN 2390 0 . . . . . . . * . 1 . . . 1.0 2215
10 Orso, Miklos m HUN 2360 . . . 0 = . . . . * . . . . 0.5 2154
11 Antal, Gergely HUN 2220 . . . . . . . = 0 . * . . . 0.5 2167
12 Georgiev, Veselin BUL 2240 . 0 . . . . = . . . . * . . 0.5 2167
13 Resika, Nathan A USA 2170 . . 0 . . . . . . . . . * = 0.5 2039
14 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2220 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . = * 0.5 2029
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The 4th Tan Chin Nam GM tournament is taking place in Beijing, China 8-18th June reports Bob Wade. The Category XII event has a prize fund of $16,000 (1st prize $5,000). The top seeds are Sergei Tiviakov, Alexander Onischuk and Jaan Ehlvest.
Round 1 (1998.06.08)
Xie Jun - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 60 C78 Ruy Lopez
Zhang Zhong - Ye Jiangchuan 1-0 41 B51 Sicilian
Zhu Chen - Tong Yuanming 1-0
Magem Badals, Jorge - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2
Kudrin, Sergey - Lin Weiguo 0-1
Liang Chong - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1
Beijing CHN (HUN), VI 1998 cat. XII (2530)
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1 Lin Weiguo m CHN 2460 * . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1.0
2 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2640 . * . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
3 Xie Jun g CHN 2485 . . * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
4 Zhang Zhong m CHN 2530 . . . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
5 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2490 . . . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0
6 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 . . . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2535
7 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2535 . . . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2610
8 Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2565 0 . . . . . . * . . . . 0.0
9 Liang Chong m CHN 2405 . 0 . . . . . . * . . . 0.0
10 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2610 . . 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11 Tong Yuanming m CHN 2505 . . . . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
12 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2530 . . . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The finals of the Lisbon Championships finished with pre-event favourite Antonio Frois running away with the event conceding just one draw for 10.5/11. It ran May 18th - June 4th 1998. Luis Santos covered 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 1 1 10.5 2603
2 Ferreira, Nelson m ANG 2155 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8.0 2310
3 Neto, Horacio POR 2175 0 1 * 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2262
4 Andrade, Jose POR 2080 0 0 1 * 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2193
5 Boino, Claudio POR 2120 0 0 = 1 * 1 0 1 1 0 = = 5.5 2231
6 Costa, Fernando J.M POR 2115 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 = 0 1 1 5.5 2189
7 Peixoto, Antonio POR 2195 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2100
8 Dias, Paulo POR 2295 = 1 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 5.0 2044
9 Guerra, Victor POR 2200 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1 4.5 2014
10 Costa,Jorge ---- 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2033
11 Santos, Marco POR 2100 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 3.0 1971
12 Prata,Jose ---- 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 1712
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Rolf Sander reports on the start of the Hamburg City Championships which finished on June 6th. The Hamburg City Championships was held as a 28 player, nine round swiss, 'closed' tournament. 20 local players (among them IM Mueller, IM Heinemann and IM Wilhelmi) competed with eight invited players (GM Nisipeanu, GM Ftacnik, GM Slobodjan, GM Kempinski, GM Lukacs, IM Pelletier, GM Movsziszian, GM Rogozenko). Karsten Mueller scored his final GM-Norm and should become a Grandmaster. He finished in second place scoring 6/9. Lubomir Ftacnik won the Hamburg Championships as the only player who scored 6.5 points. GM Rogozenko beat IM Heinemann to finish 3rd. FM Reddmann lost a chance of an IM-Norm, because his opponent in the last round did not show up in time. All the games are given again as Trisic-Mowsziszian was given with the players the wrong way round.
Hamburg GER (GER), V-VI 1998
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1 Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2580 +24 = 3 +10 = 2 + 8 = 9 + 6 = 4 = 5 6.5 2662
2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2610 +23 = 4 + 7 = 1 = 6 =12 = 5 = 3 + 9 6.0 2588
3 Rogozenko, Dorian g MDA 2495 +22 = 1 =15 + 7 = 9 = 4 = 8 = 2 +10 6.0 2590
4 Mueller, Karsten m GER 2515 +21 = 2 +19 = 8 = 5 = 3 + 9 = 1 = 6 6.0 2607
5 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2530 +16 - 7 =12 +11 = 4 +15 = 2 = 6 = 1 5.5 2516
6 Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2500 -11 +26 +21 +13 = 2 + 8 - 1 = 5 = 4 5.5 2533
7 Reddmann, Hauke f GER 2315 +14 + 5 - 2 - 3 =10 =18 +20 = 8 +19 5.5 2533
8 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2515 +17 +18 + 9 = 4 - 1 - 6 = 3 = 7 =14 5.0 2488
9 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2520 +26 +11 - 8 +15 = 3 = 1 - 4 +12 - 2 5.0 2501
10 Heinemann, Thies m GER 2450 =19 +28 - 1 =18 = 7 +22 =12 +11 - 3 5.0 2391
11 Hochgraefe, Markus GER 2300 + 6 - 9 +14 - 5 =20 =13 +18 -10 =16 4.5 2435
12 Gustafsson, Jan GER 2385 =27 =20 = 5 =19 +21 = 2 =10 - 9 =13 4.5 2400
13 Breyther, Ruediger f GER 2385 -18 +17 +22 - 6 =19 =11 =23 =15 =12 4.5 2338
14 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2515 - 7 +16 -11 =20 =27 =23 =22 +18 = 8 4.5 2316
15 Lamprecht, Frank f GER 2395 =28 +27 = 3 - 9 =18 - 5 +21 =13 =17 4.5 2348
16 Meyer, Falko f GER 2330 - 5 -14 =26 =24 +25 =21 +27 =19 =11 4.5 2326
17 Buhr, Carl Christian GER 2325 - 8 -13 =24 +26 =23 +27 =19 =22 =15 4.5 2325
18 Lindinger, Markus GER 2245 +13 - 8 =20 =10 =15 = 7 -11 -14 +23 4.0 2363
19 Wendt, Jan-Dietrich GER 2275 =10 +25 - 4 =12 =13 =20 =17 =16 - 7 4.0 2336
20 Wilhelmi, Christian m GER 2445 =25 =12 =18 =14 =11 =19 - 7 =23 =24 4.0 2286
21 Bach, Matthias f GER 2320 - 4 +23 - 6 +25 -12 =16 -15 +26 =28 4.0 2324
22 Pajeken, Wolfgang GER 2290 - 3 +24 -13 =27 +28 -10 =14 =17 =26 4.0 2307
23 Pestov, S RUS 2335 - 2 -21 =27 +28 =17 =14 =13 =20 -18 3.5 2271
24 Hegeler, Frank f GER 2330 - 1 -22 =17 =16 =26 -25 +28 =25 =20 3.5 2262
25 Voigt, Martin f GER 2265 =20 -19 =28 -21 -16 +24 -26 =24 +27 3.5 2217
26 Trisic, Alexandar GER 2330 - 9 - 6 =16 -17 =24 =28 +25 -21 =22 3.0 2222
27 Rakow, Thorben GER 2070 =12 -15 =23 =22 =14 -17 -16 =28 -25 2.5 2177
28 Engelbert, Christoph GER 2250 =15 -10 =25 -23 -22 =26 -24 =27 =21 2.5 2143
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The South African Closed Championships ran May 29th - June 7th in the Holiday Inn at Bruma Lake. The event was sponsored by IDS Consultants and had a first prize of R3750. It was also a guide for selection for the Olympiad. Mark Rubery and Watu Kobese both finished on 8.5/11.
Internet coverage at: http://www.ids.co.za/chess/index.htm.
Final Standings
Bruma Lake RSA (RSA), V-VI 1998
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1 Rubery,Mark RSA ---- * = = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.5 2365
2 Kobese, Watu m RSA 2330 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2371
3 Solomon, Kenny RSA 2240 = = * 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 8.0 2389
4 Cawdery, Daniel RSA 2125 0 1 0 * 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2412
5 Kromhout,Ewan RSA ---- 0 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2183
6 Pearson, Steven RSA 2220 1 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 2172
7 Bhawoodien,Shabier RSA ---- 0 = = = 0 1 * 1 0 0 1 1 5.5 2297
8 De Villiers, Charles RSA 2350 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 5.0 2146
9 Bouah, L RSA 2175 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 4.0 1887
10 Meyer,Gordon RSA ---- 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 * 0 1 3.5 2047
11 Mills,Robert RSA ---- = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 0 2.0 1839
12 Mauba,Solomon RSA ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.0
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The latest 3rd Thursday (May 21st-29th) tournament finished in Szeged, Hungary reports Zoltan Blazsik. IMs Dan Bogdan and Viktor Ianov shared first place.
Szeged HUN (HUN), V 1998 cat. III (2303)
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1 Bogdan, Dan m ROM 2410 * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2510
2 Ianov, Viktor m UKR 2360 = * = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2516
3 Dovzik, Juri m UKR 2375 = = * = 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2460
4 Seres, Lajos m HUN 2445 = = = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2366
5 Papp, Laszlo HUN 2225 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 1 5.0 2354
6 Papp Z., Csaba f HUN 2350 0 0 = = 1 * 0 1 = 1 4.5 2297
7 Rizsonkov, Vlagyimir UKR 2270 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 3.5 2226
8 Revuckij, Vladimir UKR 2215 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 = 2.5 2146
9 Pasztorcsik, Janos HUN 2045 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 2.5 2165
10 Igaz, Ervin YUG 2330 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 1948
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FIDE 1-5 category closed tournaments for the IM-norm at Szeged, Hungary!
Szeged is the "Town of the Sunlight" at the south border of Hungary! http://www.szeged.hu/ At the end of last year we organized the Maroczy Geza Grandmaster Tournament with Miles, Oll, Zhang, Atalik, Adorjan, Ribli, Sax, Wells, Lalic and Ivanisevic. At Szeged, in this event was played the "Game of 1997", Suat Atalik against Gyula Sax. ( TWIC-158) The name of the Series is "Third Thursday" because we organize one or more groups (with 10 or 12 chess players) in every month and the clocks start at every 3. Thursday of the month.
Starting dates for 1998: 16/04,21/05,18/06,16/07,20/08,17/09,15/10,19/11,10/12 (before Christmas) We plan to organize GM-norm Robin Round Tournaments, too. Entry fees for the IM-norm Tournaments are: Below 2200 FIDE Elo: DM-450 2201-2300 : DM-400 2301-2400 : DM-350 Above 2400 : DM-300 with lodgings at the place of the tournament!
The venue is the Chess-Cafe, Szeged, Szent-Gyorgyi Albert street 13.(opposite to the "Hotel Forras").
More info and entry: Blazsik Zoltan e-mail: blazsik@sol.cc.u-szeged.hu 6701 Szeged Pf.: 1298 Phone (Hungary): 62-319399
As reported last week 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 of China's top GMs and obtained the same score. He beat Xu Jun, Ye Jiangchuan and Wang,Zili before drawing with Peng Xiaomin. Gamescores from Susan Strahan.
There are a couple of corrections to the games in the Clichy tournament and one incorrect result from Toronto in the games section. (also elsewhere one to the Hamberg City Championships aswell.
Leon 9-13th of June sees Kasparov play Topalov with the aid of computers.
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