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1) Introduction
2) Kasparov vs Topalov "Advanced Chess" Match
3) Karpov vs Polgar
4) Frankfurt Chess Classic
5) Sigeman Chess Tournament 1998
6) Bacrot vs Huebner
7) 4th Tan Chin Nam GM tournament
8) First Saturday, June
9) Krush v Bonin Match
10) Salongernas IM tournament
11) Agency International
12) 1998 Australian Masters Championships
13) 3rd Thursday
14) London Chess Center TWIC offers
15) Upcoming Events
Games section
Kasparov vs Topalov 10 games Karpov vs Polgar 8 games Bacrot vs Huebner 4 games 4th Tan Chin Nam GM tournament 40 games Sigeman Chess Tournament 1998 35 games First Saturday GM, June 42 games First Saturday IM, June 42 games Krush v Bonin Match 4 games Salongernas IM tournament 45 games Salongernas ELO tournament 45 games Agency International 5 games 1998 Australian Masters Championships 1 game 3rd Thursday 1 game
My thanks Tibor Karoli, Sibylle Heyme, Christophe Bouton of Europe Echecs, Bob Wade, Laszlo Nagy, Paul Hodges, Schacknyheter, John Henderson, Milan Ninchich, Zoltan Blazsik, Net64, El Pais and and all those who helped with this issue.
Whether Kasparov's match against Topalov was a vision of the future or not we will have to see but their match using computers to aid their play did provide some interesting chess. Kasparov's old rival Karpov has had better weeks as he lost to Judit Polgar in an eight game rapidplay match. He also withdrew from the Frankfurt rapidplay tournament (which I will be attending from Wednesday) apparently unhappy at Kasparov's invitation to the event.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov played a match in Leon, Spain June 9th-13th. The match was played under special rules which allowed the players to use a chess database and an analysis program. This special form of chess "advanced chess" is one that has been an enthusiasm for Kasparov for some time which he regards as the "Chess of the Future". I'm more than a little skeptical of this but the match was an interesting one, and I don't believe this can ever be more than an interesting exhibition concept which probably should be tried again.
The players were given a PC with ChessBase 7.0, Fritz 5 with opening and endgame databases. The time rate of one hour for all the moves meant that the players had to allocate their time effectively. It was not possible to use the computer all the time and the players had to know when its use was most effective. The audience could see the variations the players considered using their computers. However even a brief use of an analysis program cuts out the most crass tactical blunders which can happen to even the best players.
Kasparov appeared to use the computer more than Topalov, which given he was promoting the concept was entirely understandable. In game one he was in time pressure towards the end, probably through overuse of the PC. Indeed in some cases there was insufficient time for the analysis program to find useful lines. On day two after waiting several minutes for the program to analyse a line Kasparov realised that it would never come to terms with the position and played a move based on intuition instead. Kasparov's misuse of the analysis program in game five probably cost him a draw, he started to overuse the analysis late in the game when he would have been better just playing the position himself.
Topalov won games one and five, Kasparov games two and four. The final game of the normal time-rate match was drawn by repetition in a position that was favorable to Topalov. He admitted he should have played on after the game.
After the match was tied at 3-3 there were a series of playoff games. They played a pair of five minute games which both won as black. Then they went into a sudden death situation with white having four minutes and black five, with the match ending at the first decisive game. The first game was drawn and the second was won by Kasparov to end the match.
The players both had identical PCs, ChessBase 7.0, Fritz 5 and access to opening and endgame databases.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.chessnet64.com/torneos_online/leon98/index.htm
http://www1.elpais.es/leon98/index.htm
Games at 1 hour per side.
Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 1-0 43 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 36 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 58 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 41 E60 Kings indian
Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 1-0 51 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 25 A32 English; 1.c4 c5
Leon ESP (ESP), VI 1998
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Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2825 0 1 = 1 0 = 3.0 2740
Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 1 0 = 0 1 = 3.0 2825
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Pair of games at 5 minutes per side.
Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 65 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 50 E68 Kings indian
Games at 4 minutes for white, 5 to black, sudden death.
Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 35 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 52 A32 English; 1.c4 c5
Judit Polgar became the first female player to defeat a reigning World Chess Champion when she beat Anatoly Karpov in an 8 game match of rapidplay (30 minutes per side) games in Budapest, Hungary. The event ran June 9-12th. Afterwards she thought that the achievement might be remembered rather more than the games themselves. Karpov struggled throughout the match with the clock, in game three he had around 15 minutes left after move 25 and a winning position but simply played far too slowly, eventually even losing on time. Although they were playing with mechanical clocks so exact timings are not available Karpov had around 20 seconds towards the end of game 5 with a Queen and Bishop vs lone King. He stalemated Polgar with around 7 seconds left on his clock. No-one, not even Judit Polgar knew whether the last game of the match would be played, after a delay of an hour the game was played and Polgar had the opportunity to extend the winning margin but Karpov managed to hold on for a draw. The match attracted huge publicity in Hungary. My thanks to Tibor Karoli for some of the details on the match. Karpov and Polgar are due to play a similar match in Greece in the next few weeks.
Karpov, Anatoly - Polgar, Judit 1/2 33 A70 Modern Benoni
Polgar, Judit - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 50 B17 Caro-Kann
Karpov, Anatoly - Polgar, Judit 0-1 82 A70 Modern Benoni
Polgar, Judit - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 57 B17 Caro-Kann
Karpov, Anatoly - Polgar, Judit 1/2 75 A70 Modern Benoni
Polgar, Judit - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 49 B17 Caro-Kann
Karpov, Anatoly - Polgar, Judit 1/2 71 E60 Kings indian
Polgar, Judit - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 68 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence.
Budapest HUN (HUN), VI 1998
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Polgar, Judit g HUN 2670 = 1 1 = = = = = 5.0 2830
Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 = 0 0 = = = = = 3.0 2583
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The 1998 Frankfurt Chess Classic will take place June 17-21 1998 at the Stadthalle Frankfurt-Zeilsheim. The main event runs Wednesday 17th - Friday 21st when the "Giants" event takes place. Kasparov, Anand and Kramnik play, along with one other after the last minute withdrawal from the event by Anatoly Karpov. Karpov didn't seem to believe that the organisers could get Kasparov and has been a doubtful starter since his participation was confirmed. The organisers are left trying to get a lasts minute replacement of the required strength. Timman, Korchnoi, Jussupow, Portisch, Huebner, Beim and Adorjan are amongst the players in the Master's group. All games will be played at rapid (active) chess time limits. I will be at the event from Wednesday and I'm very much looking forward to it. There will be news from the event on the twic pages. The official coverage is at: http://www.lostboys.nl/chess or http://194.109.72.230/chessclassic/
The Sigeman Chess Tournament started June 9th and will run until June 17th. Ex-World Champion Boris Spassky makes a rare tournament appearance. After seven of the nine rounds Igor Miladinovic leads by half a point from Joel Lautier.
Games in PGN
Daily live coverage at the official site:
http://www.sigeman-chess.com/english/intro.html
Round 1 (1998.06.09)
Miladinovic, Igor - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 16 E20 Nimzo indian
Degerman, Lars - Lautier, Joel 1/2 50 E15 Nimzo indian
Hansen, Curt - Brynell, Stellan 1-0 82 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Sokolov, Ivan - Spassky, Boris V 1/2 20 D37 Queen's gambit
Cramling, Pia - Hector, Jonny 1/2 19 D17 Slav defence
Round 2 (1998.06.10)
Lautier, Joel - Cramling, Pia 1-0 33 A57 Benko gambit
Hansen, Curt - Degerman, Lars 1/2 18 D27 QGA;
Andersson, Ulf - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 23 A49 Queen's pawn
Hector, Jonny - Miladinovic, Igor 0-1 41 B48 Sicilian
Brynell, Stellan - Spassky, Boris V 1/2 27 C00 French
Round 3 (1998.06.11)
Miladinovic, Igor - Lautier, Joel 1-0 68 E20 Nimzo indian
Degerman, Lars - Brynell, Stellan 1-0 28 A13 English; 1.c4
Sokolov, Ivan - Hector, Jonny 1-0 42 D45 Semi-Slav
Cramling, Pia - Hansen, Curt 1/2 21 D27 QGA;
Spassky, Boris V - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 16 C01 French; Exchange
Round 4 (1998.06.12)
Lautier, Joel - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 40 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Degerman, Lars - Cramling, Pia 1/2 32 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Hansen, Curt - Miladinovic, Igor 1/2 72 D02 Queen's pawn
Hector, Jonny - Spassky, Boris V 1/2 10 C45 Scottish
Brynell, Stellan - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 19 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 5 (1998.06.13)
Miladinovic, Igor - Degerman, Lars 1/2 49 D00 Queen's pawn
Sokolov, Ivan - Hansen, Curt 1/2 29 D27 QGA;
Andersson, Ulf - Hector, Jonny 1-0 62 D12 Slav defence
Cramling, Pia - Brynell, Stellan 1/2 96 E15 Nimzo indian
Spassky, Boris V - Lautier, Joel 0-1 34 B51 Sicilian
Round 6 (1998.06.14)
Lautier, Joel - Andersson, Ulf 1-0 40 E42 Nimzo indian
Degerman, Lars - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 58 D45 Semi-Slav
Hansen, Curt - Spassky, Boris V 1/2 22 D37 Queen's gambit
Cramling, Pia - Miladinovic, Igor 1/2 9 D02 Queen's pawn
Brynell, Stellan - Hector, Jonny 1/2 36 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Round 7 (1998.06.15)
Miladinovic, Igor - Brynell, Stellan 1-0 28 E20 Nimzo indian
Sokolov, Ivan - Cramling, Pia 1/2 47 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Andersson, Ulf - Hansen, Curt 1/2 54 B08 Pirc; Classical
Spassky, Boris V - Degerman, Lars 1/2 21 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Hector, Jonny - Lautier, Joel 1/2 41 B45 Sicilian
Malmoe SWE (SWE), VI 1998 cat. XIII (2561)
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1 Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2565 * 1 = = . = = . 1 1 5.0 2712
2 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 0 * = . = 1 1 1 = . 4.5 2657
3 Degerman, Lars m SWE 2490 = = * = = . = = . 1 4.0 2617
4 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2595 = . = * = = = = . 1 4.0 2601
5 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2625 . = = = * = = = 1 . 4.0 2612
6 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2635 = 0 . = = * . = 1 = 3.5 2563
7 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2535 = 0 = = = . * . = = 3.0 2507
8 Spassky, Boris V g FRA 2535 . 0 = = = = . * = = 3.0 2517
9 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 0 = . . 0 0 = = * = 2.0 2415
10 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2475 0 . 0 0 . = = = = * 2.0 2393
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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 took place in Albert, France June 6th -8th. and the second leg in Berlin, Germany June 12th -14th. There was only one decisive game in the match when Bacrot won game five. The play was a little dry and dull but this was a good workout for the Frenchman.
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
Huebner, Robert - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 28 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Bacrot, Etienne - Huebner, Robert 1/2 43 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Huebner, Robert - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 46 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Bacrot, Etienne - Huebner, Robert 1/2 29 E12 Nimzo indian
Berlin GER (GER), VI 1998
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Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2565 = = = = 1 = 3.5 2617
Huebner, Robert g GER 2560 = = = = 0 = 2.5 2508
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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. Onischuk and Tiviakov lead after 8 rounds.
Round 1 (1998.06.08)
Zhang Zhong - Ye Jiangchuan 1-0 41 B51 Sicilian
Magem Badals, Jorge - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 26 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Xie Jun - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 60 C78 Ruy Lopez
Kudrin, Sergey - Lin Weiguo 0-1 61 B91 Sicilian; Najdorf
Zhu Chen - Tong Yuanming 1-0 65 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Liang Chong - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 51 E46 Nimzo indian
Round 2 (1998.06.09)
Onischuk, Alexander - Zhang Zhong 1-0 59 D96 Gruenfeld indian
Ehlvest, Jaan - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 13 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Ye Jiangchuan - Kudrin, Sergey 1-0 41 B75 Sicilian; Dragon
Magem Badals, Jorge - Zhu Chen 1/2 16 C54 Italian game
Lin Weiguo - Liang Chong 1/2 80 D03 Queen's pawn
Tong Yuanming - Xie Jun 1/2 60 C49 Four knights
Round 3 (1998.06.10)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Lin Weiguo 1-0 39 C60 Ruy Lopez
Zhang Zhong - Tong Yuanming 1-0 38 B30 Sicilian
Xie Jun - Magem Badals, Jorge 0-1 50 B19 Caro-Kann
Kudrin, Sergey - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 60 C54 Italian game
Zhu Chen - Ehlvest, Jaan 0-1 38 E12 Nimzo indian
Liang Chong - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 40 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Round 4 (1998.06.11)
Onischuk, Alexander - Liang Chong 1-0 39 B10 Caro-Kann
Ehlvest, Jaan - Lin Weiguo 1-0 38 D26 QGA;
Ye Jiangchuan - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 12 B51 Sicilian
Magem Badals, Jorge - Zhang Zhong 1/2 23 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Tong Yuanming - Kudrin, Sergey 1-0 41 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Zhu Chen - Xie Jun 1/2 36 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Round 5 (1998.06.12)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 38 C77 Ruy Lopez
Zhang Zhong - Zhu Chen 1-0 44 C49 Four knights
Xie Jun - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 17 B19 Caro-Kann
Lin Weiguo - Ye Jiangchuan 0-1 43 B08 Pirc; Classical
Kudrin, Sergey - Magem Badals, Jorge 1/2 19 B19 Caro-Kann
Liang Chong - Tong Yuanming 1/2 49 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Round 6 (1998.06.13)
Onischuk, Alexander - Lin Weiguo 1/2 52 C78 Ruy Lopez
Ehlvest, Jaan - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 45 B57 Sicilian
Magem Badals, Jorge - Liang Chong 1-0 25 B12 Caro-Kann
Xie Jun - Zhang Zhong 1/2 45 C06 French; Tarrasch
Tong Yuanming - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 40 B50 Sicilian
Zhu Chen - Kudrin, Sergey 0-1 71 A48 Queen's pawn
Round 7 (1998.06.14)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Magem Badals, Jorge 1/2 25 B19 Caro-Kann
Ye Jiangchuan - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 41 C54 Italian game
Zhang Zhong - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 45 B51 Sicilian
Lin Weiguo - Tong Yuanming 1/2 15 E66 Kings indian
Kudrin, Sergey - Xie Jun 1/2 62 C90 Ruy Lopez
Liang Chong - Zhu Chen 1/2 15 D10 Slav defence
Round 8 (1998.06.15)
Ehlvest, Jaan - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2
Zhang Zhong - Kudrin, Sergey 0-1
Magem Badals, Jorge - Lin Weiguo 0-1
Xie Jun - Liang Chong 1-0
Tong Yuanming - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2
Zhu Chen - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1
Beijing CHN (CHN), VI 1998 cat. XII (2530)
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1 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2610 * 1 = = 1 . 0 = 1 . . 1 5.5 2669
2 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2640 0 * = = . = . 1 . 1 1 1 5.5 2659
3 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 = = * = = = = 1 . . 1 . 5.0 2630
4 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2530 = = = * 0 . . 1 1 = . = 4.5 2583
5 Zhang Zhong m CHN 2530 0 . = 1 * = = . 0 1 1 . 4.5 2584
6 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2535 . = = . = * 1 0 = . = 1 4.5 2566
7 Xie Jun g CHN 2485 1 . = . = 0 * . = = = 1 4.5 2574
8 Lin Weiguo m CHN 2460 = 0 0 0 . 1 . * 1 = . = 3.5 2507
9 Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2565 0 . . 0 1 = = 0 * 0 1 . 3.0 2431
10 Tong Yuanming m CHN 2505 . 0 . = 0 . = = 1 * 0 = 3.0 2426
11 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2490 . 0 0 . 0 = = . 0 1 * = 2.5 2393
12 Liang Chong m CHN 2405 0 0 . = . 0 0 = . = = * 2.0 2338
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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. Jiri Stocek leads the GM event with 8/9 and he needs 2/4 over the final rounds to score a GM norm. The IM event is lead by IMs Bela Lengyel and Jose Gonzalez Garcia with 6/9.
The next FIRST SATURDAY event will start July 4th. IM and ELO-closed, Scheveningen chess tmt for the ELO. Info: Nagy, Laszlo, e-mail: 100263.1700@compuserve.com Tel-fax: /361/-263-28-59
Webpage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
Results after 9 rounds
GM event
Round 3 (1998.06.08)
Stocek, Jiri - Turzo, Attila 1-0 41 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Varga, Zoltan - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 0-1 38 C02 French; Advance
Rabinovich, Alexander - Roeder, Mathias 1/2 46 A45 Queen's pawn
Hatanbaatar, Bazar - Vadasz, Laszlo 1-0 54 B15 Caro-Kann
Oral, Tomas - Paschall, William M 1-0 39 B38 Sicilian
Borge, Nikolaj - Csom, Istvan 1-0 30 B28 Sicilian; Closed
Acs, Peter - Lorscheid, Gerhard 1-0 39 C41 Philidor defence
Round 4 (1998.06.09)
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Oral, Tomas 1-0 34 B00 1.e4
Csom, Istvan - Turzo, Attila 1/2 24 D12 Slav defence
Roeder, Mathias - Hatanbaatar, Bazar 1-0 66 E15 Nimzo indian
Borge, Nikolaj - Acs, Peter 0-1 38 C92 Ruy Lopez
Lorscheid, Gerhard - Varga, Zoltan 1/2 58 A40 Queen's pawn
Paschall, William M - Rabinovich, Alexander 0-1 37 D31 Queen's gambit
Vadasz, Laszlo - Stocek, Jiri 0-1 47 B36 Sicilian
Round 5 (1998.06.10)
Stocek, Jiri - Roeder, Mathias 1-0 60 E13 Nimzo indian
Varga, Zoltan - Borge, Nikolaj 1-0 51 D70 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Rabinovich, Alexander - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 1/2 31 A40 Queen's pawn
Hatanbaatar, Bazar - Paschall, William M 1-0 48 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Oral, Tomas - Lorscheid, Gerhard 1/2 29 B07 Pirc
Acs, Peter - Csom, Istvan 1/2 48 B54 Sicilian
Turzo, Attila - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2 26 A45 Queen's pawn
Round 6 (1998.06.11)
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Hatanbaatar, Bazar 1-0 52 E15 Nimzo indian
Csom, Istvan - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2 16 E54 Nimzo indian
Roeder, Mathias - Turzo, Attila 1/2 43 D46 Semi-Slav
Borge, Nikolaj - Oral, Tomas 0-1 32 B47 Sicilian
Acs, Peter - Varga, Zoltan 1/2 22 C04 French; Tarrasch
Lorscheid, Gerhard - Rabinovich, Alexander 1-0 33 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Paschall, William M - Stocek, Jiri 0-1 43 A75 Modern Benoni
Round 7 (1998.06.12)
Stocek, Jiri - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 1/2 18 E21 Nimzo indian
Varga, Zoltan - Csom, Istvan 1/2 25 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Rabinovich, Alexander - Borge, Nikolaj 1/2 21 A89 Dutch defence
Hatanbaatar, Bazar - Lorscheid, Gerhard 1-0 29 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Oral, Tomas - Acs, Peter 1-0 34 C69 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Turzo, Attila - Paschall, William M 1-0 27 B05 Alekhine defence
Vadasz, Laszlo - Roeder, Mathias 0-1 46 E62 Kings indian
Round 8 (1998.06.13)
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Turzo, Attila 1-0 40 D10 Slav defence
Varga, Zoltan - Oral, Tomas 1/2 24 C09 French; Tarrasch
Csom, Istvan - Roeder, Mathias 1-0 46 E67 Kings indian
Borge, Nikolaj - Hatanbaatar, Bazar 0-1 35 B40 Sicilian
Acs, Peter - Rabinovich, Alexander 0-1 42 C06 French; Tarrasch
Lorscheid, Gerhard - Stocek, Jiri 0-1 41 E32 Nimzo indian
Paschall, William M - Vadasz, Laszlo 1-0 26 A42 Queen's pawn
Round 9 (1998.06.14)
Stocek, Jiri - Borge, Nikolaj 1/2
Rabinovich, Alexander - Varga, Zoltan 1/2
Hatanbaatar, Bazar - Acs, Peter 1-0
Roeder, Mathias - Paschall, William M 1/2
Oral, Tomas - Csom, Istvan 0-1
Turzo, Attila - Lorscheid, Gerhard 0-1
Vadasz, Laszlo - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 0-1
Budapest HUN (HUN), VI 1998 cat. VII (2422)
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1 Stocek, Jiri m CZE 2450 * = . . 1 1 1 . = . 1 1 1 1 8.0 2751
2 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2390 = * 1 = 1 . . 1 0 = 1 . . 1 6.5 2602
3 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2520 . 0 * = . = 1 = 1 = . = = . 5.0 2453
4 Rabinovich, Alexander ISR 2425 . = = * . . = . = 1 = 0 1 = 5.0 2450
5 Hatanbaatar, Bazar m MGL 2445 0 0 . . * . 0 . 1 1 0 1 1 1 5.0 2443
6 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2460 0 . = . . * 1 1 0 = = = . = 4.5 2423
7 Roeder, Mathias m GER 2435 0 . 0 = 1 0 * 1 . . = . = 1 4.5 2436
8 Oral, Tomas m CZE 2455 . 0 = . . 0 0 * 1 1 . = 1 = 4.5 2412
9 Borge, Nikolaj m DEN 2390 = 1 0 = 0 1 . 0 * 0 . 1 . . 4.0 2391
10 Acs, Peter f HUN 2450 . = = 0 0 = . 0 1 * . 1 = . 4.0 2376
11 Turzo, Attila m HUN 2415 0 0 . = 1 = = . . . * 0 1 = 4.0 2365
12 Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2315 0 . = 1 0 = . = 0 0 1 * . . 3.5 2365
13 Paschall, William M f USA 2375 0 . = 0 0 . = 0 . = 0 . * 1 2.5 2275
14 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2380 0 0 . = 0 = 0 = . . = . 0 * 2.0 2207
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IM Event
Round 3 (1998.06.08)
Lengyel, Bela - Parkanyi, Attila 1-0 50 B74 Sicilian; Dragon
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose - Kahn, Evarth 1/2 30 D96 Gruenfeld indian
Horvath, Gabor - Jamrich, Gyorgy 1-0 41 B10 Caro-Kann
Georgiev, Veselin - Resika, Nathan A 1/2 19 C65 Ruy Lopez
Jakab, Attila - Assmann, Thomas 1/2 49 E38 Nimzo indian
Szeberenyi, Adam - Orso, Miklos 1/2 46 E12 Nimzo indian
Antal, Gergely - Petronijevic, Zoran 1-0 41 C10 French
Round 4 (1998.06.09)
Jamrich, Gyorgy - Georgiev, Veselin 1-0 24 B07 Pirc
Assmann, Thomas - Antal, Gergely 1-0 42 A80 Dutch defence
Petronijevic, Zoran - Lengyel, Bela 1-0 41 C77 Ruy Lopez
Orso, Miklos - Kahn, Evarth 1/2 15 D69 QGD;
Szeberenyi, Adam - Horvath, Gabor 1-0 54 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Parkanyi, Attila - Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 1/2 9 B26 Sicilian; Closed
Resika, Nathan A - Jakab, Attila 0-1 39 C11 French; Classical
Round 5 (1998.06.10)
Lengyel, Bela - Assmann, Thomas 1-0 64 B13 Caro-Kann
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose - Petronijevic, Zoran 1-0 59 D58 QGD;
Horvath, Gabor - Orso, Miklos 1/2 26 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Kahn, Evarth - Parkanyi, Attila 1/2 16 A69 Modern Benoni
Georgiev, Veselin - Szeberenyi, Adam 1-0 28 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Jakab, Attila - Jamrich, Gyorgy 0-1 45 D20 QGA;
Antal, Gergely - Resika, Nathan A 1-0 33 C29 1.e4 e5
Round 6 (1998.06.11)
Horvath, Gabor - Georgiev, Veselin 0-1 35 B07 Pirc
Jamrich, Gyorgy - Antal, Gergely 1-0 54 D07 Chigorin
Assmann, Thomas - Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 1/2 28 D25 QGA;
Petronijevic, Zoran - Kahn, Evarth 1/2 43 B14 Caro-Kann
Orso, Miklos - Parkanyi, Attila 1/2 23 D03 Queen's pawn
Szeberenyi, Adam - Jakab, Attila 1-0 44 A40 Queen's pawn
Resika, Nathan A - Lengyel, Bela 0-1 34 C54 Italian game
Round 7 (1998.06.12)
Lengyel, Bela - Jamrich, Gyorgy 1-0 72 C16 French; Winawer
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose - Resika, Nathan A 1-0 69 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Kahn, Evarth - Assmann, Thomas 1/2 15 C18 French; Winawer
Georgiev, Veselin - Orso, Miklos 1/2 35 B32 Sicilian
Jakab, Attila - Horvath, Gabor 0-1 27 E70 Kings indian
Parkanyi, Attila - Petronijevic, Zoran 1/2 50 C42 Petroff defence
Antal, Gergely - Szeberenyi, Adam 1/2 32 B53 Sicilian
Round 8 (1998.06.13)
Horvath, Gabor - Antal, Gergely 1/2 41 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Jamrich, Gyorgy - Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 1/2 18 B52 Sicilian
Assmann, Thomas - Parkanyi, Attila 1-0 38 E04 Nimzo indian
Georgiev, Veselin - Jakab, Attila 0-1 45 C11 French; Classical
Orso, Miklos - Petronijevic, Zoran 1/2 71 E17 Nimzo indian
Szeberenyi, Adam - Lengyel, Bela 0-1 42 D36 Queen's gambit
Resika, Nathan A - Kahn, Evarth 1/2 18 D14 Slav defence
Round 9 (1998.06.14)
Lengyel, Bela - Horvath, Gabor 0-1
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose - Szeberenyi, Adam 1/2
Petronijevic, Zoran - Assmann, Thomas 1-0
Kahn, Evarth - Jamrich, Gyorgy 1/2
Jakab, Attila - Orso, Miklos 1/2
Parkanyi, Attila - Resika, Nathan A 1-0
Antal, Gergely - Georgiev, Veselin 0-1
Budapest HUN (HUN), VI 1998 cat. II (2299)
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1 Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2385 * = 0 1 1 0 = . . . 1 1 . 1 6.0 2432
2 Gonzalez Garcia, Jose m MEX 2420 = * . = = 1 = . . 1 = = . 1 6.0 2441
3 Horvath, Gabor f HUN 2245 1 . * 1 = . . 0 1 = 0 . = 1 5.5 2349
4 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2275 0 = 0 * . . = 1 1 = 1 . 1 . 5.5 2372
5 Assmann, Thomas f GER 2345 0 = = . * 0 = 1 = . . 1 1 . 5.0 2355
6 Petronijevic, Zoran f YUG 2375 1 0 . . 1 * = = = = . = 0 . 4.5 2322
7 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2330 = = . = = = * . . = . = = = 4.5 2326
8 Georgiev, Veselin BUL 2240 . . 1 0 0 = . * 0 = 1 . 1 = 4.5 2268
9 Jakab, Attila HUN 2210 . . 0 0 = = . 1 * = 0 1 . 1 4.5 2291
10 Orso, Miklos m HUN 2360 . 0 = = . = = = = * = = . . 4.0 2257
11 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2220 0 = 1 0 . . . 0 1 = * . = = 4.0 2237
12 Parkanyi, Attila f HUN 2390 0 = . . 0 = = . 0 = . * 1 1 4.0 2269
13 Antal, Gergely HUN 2220 . . = 0 0 1 = 0 . . = 0 * 1 3.5 2207
14 Resika, Nathan A USA 2170 0 0 0 . . . = = 0 . = 0 0 * 1.5 2022
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ELO round robin tmt after 9 rounds:
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 Pinter, Gabor HUN 2135 7.5 # = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Bognar, Csaba HUN 2150 6 = # = = = 1 0 1 1 1
3 Balogh, Viktor HUN 2130 5 0 = # 1 = 1 1 = =
4 Hudecz, Viktor HUN 2135 4.5 0 = 0 # 0 1 1 1 1
5 Balogh, Csaba HUN 2155 4.5 = = 1 # 0 1 = 1 0
6 Hohl, Matthias HUN 2025 4 0 0 0 1 # 1 1 0 1
7 Pal, Gyorgy HUN 2060 4 1 0 0 0 # 1 = 1 =
8 Hoensch, Pal HUN 2070 3 0 0 0 0 0 # 1 1 1
9 Szamoskozi, Gabor HUN 2015 2.5 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 # =
10 Pongo, Istvan HUN 2040 2 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = # 1
11 Szirti, Almos HUN 2180 2 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 0 #
Paul Hodges reports: IM Jay Bonin was the winner of the second match in a series of training matches involving the 14 year-old junior Irina Krush. Bonin won the match 2.5-1.5 held at the Manhattan Chess Club in New York from June 13th-14th. The $600 prize fund (Bonin $375, Krush $225) was sponsored by the World Wide Web Chess Superstore. The event was hosted by the Manhattan Chess Club and Chess-In-The-Schools, and Carol Jarecki served as FIDE Arbiter. Krush had White in the odd-numbered games. Full details at: http://www.smartchess.com/SmartChessOnline/
Krush, Irina - Bonin, Jay R 0-1 38 A54 Benoni
Bonin, Jay R - Krush, Irina 1/2 14 D00 Queen's pawn
Krush, Irina - Bonin, Jay R 1/2 29 D19 Slav defence
Bonin, Jay R - Krush, Irina 1/2 21 D00 Queen's pawn
New York USA (USA), VI 1998
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Bonin, Jay R m USA 2390 1 = = = 2.5 2355
Krush, Irina USA 2260 0 = = = 1.5 2303
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The Salongernas IM tournament took place in Stockholm Sweden, June 6-14th. The IM event was won by Jens Ove Fries Nielsen of Denmark. Sergey Klimov scored an IM norm. Full coverage by Schacknyheter with tournament coverage at; http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/stock2.html
IM Event
Stockholm SWE (SWE), VI 1998 cat. V (2359)
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1 Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2395 * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2628
2 Klimov, Sergey RUS 2365 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 = = 6.0 2483
3 Eriksson, Johan f SWE 2380 = = * = 0 0 1 1 1 = 5.0 2399
4 Hjelm, Niclas f SWE 2315 = = = * = 1 0 0 = 1 4.5 2363
5 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2390 0 0 1 = * 1 = = 0 1 4.5 2355
6 Sjoberg, Mats m SWE 2410 = 0 1 0 0 * = 1 1 0 4.0 2310
7 Yoos, John C CAN 2365 0 0 0 1 = = * 0 1 1 4.0 2315
8 Malmstig, Erik SWE 2305 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 * 0 1 3.5 2285
9 Claesen, Jeroen f BEL 2320 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 1 * 0 3.0 2238
10 Hartman, Christer m SWE 2345 0 = = 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 3.0 2235
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ELO Rated event
Stockholm SWE (SWE), VI 1998
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1 Sandstrom, Ludvig SWE 2325 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2414
2 Andersson, Mats f SWE 2320 = * = = 1 1 = = = = 5.5 2317
3 Rylander, Dennis SWE 2145 1 = * 0 = 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2287
4 Burwick, Malte SWE 2270 = = 1 * 0 = 0 = 1 1 5.0 2228
5 Couso, Luis f SWE 2235 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 = 1 5.0 2233
6 Logdahl, Harald SWE 2215 0 0 1 = 1 * 1 1 0 0 4.5 2278
7 Livner, Anders SWE 2225 0 = = 1 0 0 * 0 1 = 3.5 2147
8 Norqvist, Jorgen SWE 2125 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 3.5 2159
9 Gamback, Bjorn SWE 2240 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 3.0 2039
10 Penalver, Osmani ??? ---- 0 = 0 0 0 1 = = 0 * 2.5 2067
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The Category 9 Agency International in London runs, 15-23 June 1998 .
The players are: Ippolito, Bates, McNab, Rowson, McDonald, Wells,
Waitzkin, Burnett, van den Doel and Gormally. Internet coverage at:
http://www.chessclub.demon.co.uk/agency
Round 1 (1998.06.15)
Van den Doel, Erik - Gormally, Daniel 1-0 16 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Ippolito, Dean - Bates, Richard 1/2 25 E68 Kings indian
McNab, Colin A - Rowson, Jonathan 1/2 28 A10 English; 1.c4
McDonald, Neil R - Wells, Peter K 0-1 17 C85 Ruy Lopez
Waitzkin, Joshua - Burnett, Ronald 0-1 41 B06 Modern defence
London ENG (ENG), VI 1998 cat. IX (2463)
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1 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2400 * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2485 . * . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3 Wells, Peter K g ENG 2530 . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0
4 Bates, Richard m ENG 2430 . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2435
5 Ippolito, Dean f USA 2435 . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2430
6 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2500 . . . . . * = . . . 0.5 2485
7 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2485 . . . . . = * . . . 0.5 2500
8 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2415 . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
9 McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2485 . . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2465 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The 1998 Australian Masters Championships, a 9 round Chess Tournament, was held 19 May-28 May 1998 reports Milan Ninchich. The venue was the Reserve Bank Building, Melbourne, Victoria , Australia. The Winner was Chris Depasquale, with 7/9.
Players 1. Depasquale, C FM 2245 x ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 2. Rujevic, M - ½ x 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 3. West, G IM 2410 ½ 0 x 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 4. Teichmann, E FM 2365 0 ½ 0 x 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 5. Solomon, S IM 2435 0 0 0 0 x 1 1 1 1 1 5 6. Kagan, M 2220 ½ 0 0 0 0 x 1 1 1 1 4½ 7. Davidovic, A IM 2410 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 x 1 ½ ½ 4 8. Chapman, M 2360 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 x ½ 1 3 9. Levi, E FM 2270 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 2 10. Hanks, J AM 2190 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 x 1½
The latest 3rd Thursday (May 21st-29th) tournament finished in Szeged, Hungary reports Zoltan Blazsik. IMs Dan Bogdan and Viktor Ianov shared first place. The table below is a correction from last week. The all-play-all event switched rounds 7 and 9 and this seemed to confuse a couple of the players. Vladimir Revuckij had six whites after he played the wrong colours in his round 9 game against Vlagyimir Rizsonkov (I switched the players around assuming that they didn't actually play with the wrong colours).
Szeged HUN (HUN), V 1998 cat. III (2303)
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1 Ianov, Viktor m UKR 2360 * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2516
2 Bogdan, Dan m ROM 2410 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2510
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 * 1 = 0 1 4.5 2297
7 Revuckij, Vladimir UKR 2215 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 = 3.5 2232
8 Pasztorcsik, Janos HUN 2045 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1 2.5 2165
9 Rizsonkov, Vlagyimir UKR 2270 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1 2.5 2140
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
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Saturday 20 June the 1998 Broekhuis Tournament about the Dutch Championship will start in Rotterdam (NED). There will be live coverage at: http://www.nkschaken.nl/
The games will start 13.00 hour. The last round starts at 12.00 hour. Defending champion is Predrag Nikolic, who beat Jan Timman in the playoff match last year by 2.5 - 1.5. The Dutch Ladies' Championship will be held July 8 - 17 in Rheden (NED).
Predrag Nikolic IGM 2635 Jan Timman IGM 2635 Ivan Sokolov IGM 2625 Loek van Wely IGM 2605 Friso Nijboer IGM 2580 Jeroen Piket IGM 2575 Paul van der Sterren IGM 2550 John van der Wiel IGM 2525 Genna Sosonko IGM 2520 Dimitri Reinderman IGM 2480 Karel van der Weide IM 2450 Sipke Ernst -- 2300 Schedule: Saturday 20 June Opening Sunday 21 June Round 1 Monday 22 June Round 2 Tuesday 23 June Round 3 Wednesday 24 June Round 4 Thursday 25 June restday Friday 26 June Round 5 Saturday 27 June Round 6 Sunday 28 June Round 7 Monday 29 June restday Tuesday 30 June Round 8 Wednesday 1 July Round 9 Thursday 2 July Round 10 Friday 3 July Round 11