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1) Introduction
2) Category 17 in Polanica Zdroj
3) FIDE World Championships
4) French Chess Championships
5) Atlantic Open
6) 1st Pyramiden-Franken-Cup 1998
7) Yudasin vs Junior50
8) Portuguese Championships. Lisbon.
9) The Mind Sports Olympiad
10) 2nd Faro Open
11) WCC World Chess Rankings, September
12) Plzen Junior Tournament
13) Irish Championships 1998
14) Upcoming events
15) London Chess Center TWIC offers
Games section
Category 17 in Polanica Zdroj 12 games French Chess Championships 48 games Atlantic Open 38 games 1st Pyramiden-Franken-Cup 1998 120 games Yudasin vs Junior50 6 games Portuguese Championships. Lisbon. 66 games The Mind Sports Olympiad 2 games 2nd Faro Open 40 games Plzen Junior Tournament 207 games Irish Championships 1998 90 games
My thanks to El Pais, Net64, Kevin O'Connell, Forum 64, Europe-Echecs, Chess Planet, Michael Atkins, Shay Bushinsky, Luis Santos, John Henderson, Petr Herejk, John Loughran, Yvette Naegel Seirawan, Adrian Roldan (AJEDREZ ARGENTINO MultiWeb ) and all those who helped with this issue.
A quiet week to bring up issue 199. The main result being that from Polanica Zdroj where Gelfand scored his best result for a long while. FIDE, according to Chess Planet have sewn up arrangements for their World Championship knockout event in Las Vegas at the end of the year. It is thought there will be some news on Kasparov's match against Shirov which may shift its venue.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Category 17 Akiba Rubinstein Memorial tournament in Polanica Zdroj, Poland ran 17th-26th August. Boris Gelfand was the impressive winner. His straight wins against Shirov, Rublevsky and Macieja in rounds 4-6 were the main reason. The story of the second half of the event was Shirov's late run which allowed him to take clear second place, turning a potentially bad result into a very satisfactory one. Karpov's form continues to decline. Here he was one of only three players not to beat back marker Tomasz Markowski and beat only the lowest rated player Bartlomiej Macieja whilst collecting two losses, against Krasenkow and Rublevsky. Vassily Ivanchuk could have had a much better event if he hadn't contrived to lose on time in a better (winning?) position against Krasenkow in round 8.
Internet coverage at: http://rubinstein.netgate.com.pl
Round 7 (1998.08.24)
Shirov, Alexei - Oll, Lembit 1-0 40 C62 Ruy Lopez
Krasenkow, Michal - Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2 17 D21 QGA;
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 21 B31 Sicilian
Karpov, Anatoly - Leko, Peter 1/2 29 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Markowski, Tomasz 1-0 42 B00 1.e4
Round 8 (1998.08.25)
Gelfand, Boris - Markowski, Tomasz 1-0 30 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Krasenkow, Michal 0-1 35 B30 Sicilian
Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 26 B81 Sicilian
Rublevsky, Sergei - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 69 B17 Caro-Kann
Oll, Lembit - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 34 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 9 (1998.08.26)
Shirov, Alexei - Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 58 B43 Sicilian
Krasenkow, Michal - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 25 E12 Nimzo indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 33 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Leko, Peter 1/2 22 B81 Sicilian
Markowski, Tomasz - Oll, Lembit 1/2 39 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Polanica Zdroj POL (POL), VIII 1998 cat. XVII (2652)
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1 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2675 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2815
2 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720 0 * 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2724
3 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2655 = 0 * 1 = = 1 0 1 = 5.0 2694
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2730 = 1 0 * = = = = = 1 5.0 2686
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2665 = = = = * = = = = 1 5.0 2693
6 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2685 0 0 = = = * 1 1 = 1 5.0 2691
7 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2725 = = 0 = = 0 * 1 = = 4.0 2600
8 Macieja, Bartlomiej m POL 2490 0 = 1 = = 0 0 * = 1 4.0 2627
9 Oll, Lembit g EST 2650 = 0 0 = = = = = * = 3.5 2572
10 Markowski, Tomasz m POL 2525 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1.5 2393
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The FIDE World Championships will take place in Las Vegas in Nevada, USA. The venue will be a new hotel called the Belaggio. The Championships will run November 29th - December 27th with substantially the same rules as the one held last year in Groningen and Lausanne although the final details will have to be approved by the FIDE General Assembly. (one promise that has already been made is that the Champion will not enjoy the advantage of being seeded to the final as he did last year). The prize fund will be $3m with round one losers getting $6,000 and the winner $660,000. Anatoly Karpov, last years champion, has indicated that he does not approve of the event being held this year (he expected to be champion for two years before it was held again) and seems unlikely to compete. One hundred players will compete. 72 in the first round will be joined by seeded players (28 more) in the second. Fishman Associates and Co. are the organisers and the announcement by FIDE is a considerable coup for them.
The strongest French Championships in many years got underway ran August 14-29th in Meribel in the French Alps. The Championships were won by Josif Dorfman by half a point from Etienne Bacrot. Bacrot looked set to take the Championships himself until he lost to Bachar Kouatly in round 13 and Christian Bauer in round 14 for his only two losses in the event. Josif Dorfman was very steady winning five games and drawing the rest. Anatolii Vaisser and David Marciano shared 3rd. The top places also acted as qualification for the French Olympiad side. There were three matches to sort out this situation. Vaisser beat Marciano (winning the first game), Hauchard beat Fressinet (after their first game was drawn) and Bauer beat Miralles (again after the first game was drawn.)
Internet coverage at: http://www.forum64.com/ or http://www.europe-echecs.com
Round 10 (1998.08.23)
Dorfman, Josif D - Prie, Eric 1/2 15 D15 Slav defence
Bacrot, Etienne - Anic, Darko 1-0 35 D43 Semi-Slav
Miralles, Gilles - Kouatly, Bachar 1/2 29 B30 Sicilian
Hauchard, Arnaud - Marciano, David 1/2 32 D57 QGD;
Chabanon, Jean-Luc - Fressinet, Laurent 0-1 65 D46 Semi-Slav
Degraeve, Jean-Marc - Vaisser, Anatoli 1/2 47 C02 French; Advance
Chomet, Pascal - Relange, Eloi 1/2 41 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Guigonis, Dominique - Bauer, Christian 0-1 43 B42 Sicilian
Round 11 (1998.08.24)
Vaisser, Anatoli - Guigonis, Dominique 1-0 50 D35 Queen's gambit
Marciano, David - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 20 C45 Scottish
Bauer, Christian - Miralles, Gilles 1/2 64 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Prie, Eric - Chomet, Pascal 1/2 50 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Fressinet, Laurent - Hauchard, Arnaud 1/2 15 B19 Caro-Kann
Relange, Eloi - Degraeve, Jean-Marc 1/2 8 B44 Sicilian
Anic, Darko - Dorfman, Josif D 0-1 40 D02 Queen's pawn
Kouatly, Bachar - Chabanon, Jean-Luc 1/2 59 E11 Bogo indian
Round 12 (1998.08.25)
Dorfman, Josif D - Marciano, David 1/2 13 D35 Queen's gambit
Bacrot, Etienne - Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 44 D39 Queen's gambit
Vaisser, Anatoli - Relange, Eloi 1-0 72 E51 Nimzo indian
Hauchard, Arnaud - Kouatly, Bachar 1-0 28 A22 English; 1.c4 e5
Chabanon, Jean-Luc - Bauer, Christian 1-0 69 B07 Pirc
Degraeve, Jean-Marc - Prie, Eric 1/2 22 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Chomet, Pascal - Anic, Darko 0-1 27 C65 Ruy Lopez
Guigonis, Dominique - Miralles, Gilles 1/2 50 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 13 (1998.08.26)
Marciano, David - Chomet, Pascal 1-0 42 B06 Modern defence
Miralles, Gilles - Chabanon, Jean-Luc 1-0 33 B08 Pirc; Classical
Bauer, Christian - Hauchard, Arnaud 1-0 54 B12 Caro-Kann
Prie, Eric - Vaisser, Anatoli 1/2 7 D43 Semi-Slav
Fressinet, Laurent - Dorfman, Josif D 1/2 9 C43 Petroff defence
Relange, Eloi - Guigonis, Dominique 1-0 22 E43 Nimzo indian
Anic, Darko - Degraeve, Jean-Marc 0-1 43 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Kouatly, Bachar - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 35 D31 Queen's gambit
Round 14 (1998.08.27)
Dorfman, Josif D - Kouatly, Bachar 1/2 17 A16 English; 1.c4
Bacrot, Etienne - Bauer, Christian 0-1 32 A60 Modern Benoni
Vaisser, Anatoli - Anic, Darko 0-1 42 A53 Benoni
Hauchard, Arnaud - Miralles, Gilles 1/2 17 A22 English; 1.c4 e5
Relange, Eloi - Prie, Eric 0-1 62 B15 Caro-Kann
Degraeve, Jean-Marc - Marciano, David 1/2 10 C42 Petroff defence
Chomet, Pascal - Fressinet, Laurent 1/2 65 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Guigonis, Dominique - Chabanon, Jean-Luc 1/2 44 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Round 15 (1998.08.28)
Marciano, David - Vaisser, Anatoli 1/2 12 C11 French; Classical
Miralles, Gilles - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 10 C47 Four knights
Bauer, Christian - Dorfman, Josif D 1/2 19 E08 Nimzo indian
Prie, Eric - Guigonis, Dominique 1-0 40 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Fressinet, Laurent - Degraeve, Jean-Marc 1/2 32 B31 Sicilian
Chabanon, Jean-Luc - Hauchard, Arnaud 1/2 46 E13 Nimzo indian
Anic, Darko - Relange, Eloi 0-1 39 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Kouatly, Bachar - Chomet, Pascal 1/2 83 B07 Pirc
Meribel FRA (FRA), VIII 1998 cat. X (2494)
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1 Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2585 * = = = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 10.0 2612
2 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2555 = * = = = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 0 1 = 9.5 2584
3 Vaisser, Anatoli g FRA 2575 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 = 0 = = 1 1 9.0 2560
4 Marciano, David m FRA 2525 = = = * = = = = = = 1 = = = 1 1 9.0 2563
5 Miralles, Gilles g FRA 2515 0 = = = * = 1 1 = = 1 0 1 = = = 8.5 2542
6 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2490 = 1 = = = * = 0 1 = 0 = 0 1 1 1 8.5 2544
7 Prie, Eric g FRA 2465 = 0 = = 0 = * = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 8.5 2545
8 Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2455 = 0 0 = 0 1 = * = = 1 = = 1 = 1 8.0 2517
9 Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2500 0 = = = = 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 8.0 2514
10 Relange, Eloi m FRA 2490 = = 0 = = = 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2494
11 Chabanon, Jean-Luc m FRA 2490 = 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = 1 = 7.0 2473
12 Anic, Darko m FRA 2460 0 0 1 = 1 = = = 0 0 = * 0 = 1 1 7.0 2475
13 Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2580 = 0 = = 0 1 = = = = 0 1 * 0 0 1 6.5 2438
14 Kouatly, Bachar g FRA 2495 = 1 = = = 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * = = 6.0 2421
15 Chomet, Pascal m FRA 2405 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = 0 0 1 = * = 4.5 2350
16 Guigonis, Dominique FRA 2315 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 2.5 2232
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Michael Atkins reports that there was a 7-way tie for First in Open Secion at 4-1 GMs Shabalov, Wojtkeiwicz, Rohde, Stripunsky & Kacheishvili and NM Macon Shibut and Edgar Inocencio of Virginia.
Over 300 players braved the sweltering Washington DC Summer heat to participate in the 30th Annual Atlantic Open. Sponsored by The Continental Chess Association, the tournament was held at The Westin City Center Hotel which is also home to the other major annual event in the DC area, The Eastern Open. The hotel was also better know in a previous name as the hotel where DC Mayor Marion Barry was arrested several years ago.
The GMs seemed content to draw among themselves except for Michael Rohde who participated in the only two decisive GM results, an exciting second round tactical loss to Shabalov and an equally exciting tactical last round win over Ivanov. Macon Shibut and Edgar Inocencio entered the winners circle with last round upsets over IM Eugene Meyer and FM Emory Tate respectively. All seven shared in $757 and should dispell any thoughts that GMs ever fix results as a single decisive result on board one or two would have brought the winner 2-3 times more money.
Internet coverage at; http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/atlanticopen.htm
Washington USA (USA), VIII 1998 --------------------------------------- 1 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2645 4.0 2 Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2510 4.0 3 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2595 4.0 4 Stripunsky, Alexander m USA 2520 4.0 5 Rohde, Michael A g USA 2545 4.0 6 Inocencio, Edgarlino S USA 2120 4.0 7 Shibut, Macon USA 2270 4.0 8 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2510 3.5 9 Bouzoukis, Charles USA 2320 3.5 10 Meyer, Eugene B m USA 2465 3.0 11 Reichstein, Boris f USA 2250 3.0 12 Morrison, William USA 2390 3.0 13 Fayvinov, Zakhar USA 2265 3.0 14 Formanek, Edward W m USA 2295 3.0 15 Mazock, Michael J USA ---- 3.0 16 Greanias, Steve USA 2235 3.0 17 Privman, Boris USA 2260 3.0 47 players -------------------------------------- Class section winners were Under 2200 - David Slack of DC wins outright with 4.5/5 Under 2000 - Walid Elgohary is clear first with 4.5/5 Under 1800 - Kenneth Jackson and Eric Ma tie with 4.5/5 Under 1600 - Michael Curcuru with 5-0! Under 1400 - Donald Yessick with 5-0! Under 1200 - Dayo Adesina and Daniel Ludwinski tie with 4.5/5
The 1st Pyramiden-Franken-Cup took place in Fürth, Germany 22nd-30th August 1998. Organised by Michael Bezold, and the Hotel-Pyramide the event was won by Artur Kogan of Israel from Hickl, Gabriel, Onischuk and Kalinitschew on 6.5 points.
Coverage at:
http://home.t-online.de/home/schach.nbg/pyramide.htm
Fuerth GER (GER), VIII 1998 ------------------------------------------------- 1 Kogan, Artur m ISR 2485 7.0 49.5 2 Hickl, Joerg g GER 2540 6.5 53.5 3 Gabriel, Christian g GER 2555 6.5 52.5 4 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2630 6.5 51.5 5 Kalinitschew, Sergey g GER 2505 6.5 47.0 6 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2555 6.0 50.0 7 David, Alberto g LUX 2520 6.0 49.0 8 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2575 6.0 47.5 9 Gustafsson, Jan GER 2410 6.0 47.0 10 Oratovsky, Michael m ISR 2465 5.5 49.5 11 Handke, Florian GER 2310 5.5 47.5 12 Reich, Thomas m GER 2385 5.5 47.0 13 Ellers, Holger m GER 2425 5.5 43.0 14 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2455 5.5 41.0 15 Horther,Heinrich ---- 5.0 48.0 16 Wilhelmi, Christian m GER 2470 5.0 46.0 17 Unzicker, Wolfgang g GER 2435 5.0 45.0 18 Vatter, Hans-Joachim f GER 2385 5.0 43.5 19 Diekers, Michael GER 2160 5.0 43.0 20 Arnold, Johannes f GER 2325 5.0 42.5 21 Schwalbe, Gerhard GER 2145 5.0 42.5 22 Schmidt, Georg GER 2235 5.0 42.0 23 Wendt, Rene f GER 2310 5.0 41.5 24 Doeres, Hans-Juergen GER 2250 5.0 41.0 25 Steffens, Olaf f GER 2305 5.0 38.0 56 players
Shay Bushinsky reports on the computer - human match between Junior50 (of which with Amir Ban he is one of the programmers) and Israeli GM Leonid Yudasin. The event took place in the Hyatt Regency hotel, Ein Bokek, the dead sea, Israel. There were three sections to the match.
1. Standard time control part (120/40 and 60/rest) 1.5 - 0.5 in favor of
Yudasin
2. Rapid time control part (30/all) 2 - 2 draw
3. Unofficial blitz match (5/all) 4.5-1.5 in favor of Junior 5.0
In his summation of the match, Yudasin felt that the result was justified. He believed that he is still slightly superior in the slower time controls. Yudasin tried to explain the difference in what he termed human's "second order of chess understanding" - the ability to appreciate when positional features are good and when the same features are bad - giving the example of Junior's central pawns in game 1 which were a disadvantage due to their relative weaknesses. Yudasin also thought that if computers would be given a "relative sense" e.g. would be able to adopt their game to the opponent's or to "bluff" sometimes, they would become extremely strong.
From our [Shay Bushinsky] point of view, as programmers, we felt that the match was very valuable. It exposed some obvious problems such as: Qb8, Bh8 and Bb7 in STC game 2 etc. but we felt that still the games were of high quality. Personally I liked game 3 of the rapid part where Yudasin tried a "sit and wait policy" and was positionally punished by Junior. I also can't stop admiring how Yudasin handled rapid game 4 where I'm sure that not many humans would of escaped Junior alive. A technical detail: Junior 5.0, soon to be released by Chessbase gmbh, ran on a Pentium 333Mhz utilizing 80MB of RAM.
The next event on Junior's agenda will take place Tuesday, September 8th. IGM Dov Zifroni will play a two game match against Junior.
Standard timerate
Junior50 - Yudasin, Leonid 1/2 36 A47 Queen's pawn
Yudasin, Leonid - Junior50 1-0 50 B30 Sicilian
30 minutes rapidplay
Junior50 - Yudasin, Leonid 1-0 41 B42 Sicilian
Yudasin, Leonid - Junior50 1-0 70 C55 Two knights
Junior50 - Yudasin, Leonid 1-0 59 A00 Irregular
Yudasin, Leonid - Junior50 1-0 43 B01 Scandinavian
Ein Bokek ISR (ISR), VIII 1998
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Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2550 = 1 0 1 0 1 3.5
Junior50 ---- = 0 1 0 1 0 2.5 2493
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Luis Santos sends news of the Portuguese Championships which ended in Lisbon on August 30th. IM Calros Santos won the event, scoring 9.5/11 and was a point clear of Luis Galego who was the highest rated player competing.
Lisbon POR (POR), VIII 1998
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1 Santos, Carlos P m POR 2400 * 1 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2516
2 Galego, Luis m POR 2425 0 * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2407
3 Fernando, Diego POR 2185 0 = * 1 1 = 0 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2310
4 Camejo, Rui POR 2295 0 1 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.5 2335
5 Dias, Paulo POR 2295 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 6.5 2298
6 Charneira, Hermenegildo POR 2140 0 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 0 6.0 2315
7 Pinho, Paulo POR 2150 1 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 0 1 = 1 5.5 2191
8 Ribeiro, Fernando f POR 2335 = 0 1 0 0 0 0 * = 1 0 1 4.0 2031
9 Costa, Fernando J.M POR 2115 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 = * 0 0 1 3.5 2109
10 Padeiro,Jose ---- 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 3.5 2066
11 Parcerias, Pedro POR 2255 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 1 * 0 3.5 2094
12 Conceicao,Paulo ---- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 * 2.0 2019
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The 2nd Mind Sports Olympiad was held August 24-30 at the Novotel in Hammersmith, London. The event, with over 1000 entrants had a variety of "Mind Sports" and Mental Skills Challenges. Draughts, Go, Shogi, Bridge, Backgammon, Speed-Reading, Mind Mapping, Poker, IQ, Memory and Creativity and, of course, Chess.
The winner of the main chess event was GM Stuart Conquest, with a score of 13/15 (25min Rapid). Others in the field included Jim Plaskett, and Aaron Summerscale.
Conquest's main prize was a round-the-world ticket provided by sponsors British Airways.
Luis Santos sends news of the 2nd Faro Open which was played at the Algarve University 10-17th August 1998. The event was won by Argentine fm Diego Del Rey with 7/8 ahead on Buchholz Tiebreak from Jose Hernando of Spain. 104 players competed.
Leading final standings (8 rounds) Faro POR (POR), VIII 1998 -------------------------------------------------------- 1 Del Rey, Diego f ARG 2360 7.0 30.5 311.00 2 Hernando,Jose Ma ESP ---- 7.0 30.0 284.00 3 Damaso, Rui m POR 2430 6.5 31.0 307.00 4 Rigo, Janos m HUN 2325 6.5 29.5 305.00 5 Pinheiro, Jose f POR 2275 6.0 33.5 303.00 6 Fierro Baquero, Martha wm ECU 2240 6.0 31.5 298.00 7 Rocha, Sergio m POR 2425 6.0 30.0 236.00 8 Frois, Antonio m POR 2350 6.0 27.5 285.00 9 Rodriguez, Luis POR 2100 6.0 27.0 278.50 10 Santos, Luis m POR 2375 6.0 25.0 278.00 11 Vitor, Antonio POR 2290 5.5 32.0 291.50 12 Paulino, Jose POR ---- 5.5 28.5 283.50 13 Gaspar, Artur POR 2225 5.5 27.5 280.00 104 players
The WCC World Chess Rankings for September have been released. The list is produced by the World Chess Council (Luis Rentero Sancez, Linares), Ken Thompson, New Jersey and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich.
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2808 143 2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2752 148 3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2738 148 4. Adams,Michael ENG 2703 151 5. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181 6. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2698 186 7. Svidler,Peter RUS 2696 158 8. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2689 125 9. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2682 169 10. Short,Nigel D ENG 2678 173 11. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2672 187 12. Leko,Peter HUN 2672 131 13. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2666 173 14. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2665 175 15. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2664 148 16. Salov,Valery RUS 2656 185 17. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2656 149 18. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2650 159 19. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2647 181 20. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2645 182 21. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2643 149 22. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2638 162 23. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2637 146 24. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2635 179 25. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2633 129 26. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2631 174 27. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2628 187 28. Timman,Jan H NED 2626 182 29. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2619 154 30. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2618 153 31. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2615 150 32. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2614 176 33. Lautier,Joel FRA 2613 167 34. Yusupov,Artur GER 2613 144 35. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163 36. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2608 193 37. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2608 196 38. Baklan,Vladimir UKR 2607 188 39. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2607 142 40. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188 41. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186 42. Van Wely,Loek NED 2602 196 43. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2602 202 44. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2602 150 45. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2600 152 46. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2600 141 47. Fedorov,Alexey BLR 2598 186 48. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2597 176 49. Fischer,Robert James USA 2594 197 50. Dolmatov,Sergey RUS 2594 120
Petr Herejk reports on the 4th Junior International chess-festival which took place 17.-23 August in Plzen. There were four groups. The main group results are given below. The 5th Festival will run in Plzen 16.-22.8.1999.
Junior Tournament "A" Group Plzen CZE (CZE), VIII 1998 ----------------------------------------------------- 1 Solodovnichenko, Yuri UKR 2415 7.5 /9 2494 2 Simacek, Pavel f CZE 2350 7.0 /9 2409 3 Starostits, Ilmars LAT 2330 6.5 /9 2357 4 Neumann, Peter CZE 2360 6.5 /9 2387 5 Kalod, Radek m CZE 2435 6.5 /9 2369 6 Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2310 6.0 /9 2362 7 Jirovsky, Petr CZE 2380 6.0 /9 2227 8 Teterev, Vitaly BLR 2040 6.0 /9 2266 9 Virostko, Petr CZE 2190 5.5 /9 2446 10 Novak, Pavel CZE 2210 5.5 /9 2263 11 Weiss,Oliver GER ---- 5.5 /9 2230 12 Bujnoch,R CZE ---- 5.5 /9 2200 48 players
As John Loughran reported in TWIC 196 the Senior Irish Championships were played over nine days from Saturday the 11th to Sunday the 19th July 1998 in Dublin, Ireland. The games section now has all 90 games from the event which was won by Colm Daly with 8.5/9.
1st Colm Daly (Swords) 8.5/9 £500
=2nd-3rd Mark Heidenfeld 6 £140
=2nd-3rd Mel O'Cinnéide (Crumlin) 6 £140
=4th-5th Mark Quinn (UCD) 5.5 £52.50
=4th-5th Anthony Fox (Dun Laoighire) 5.5 £52.50
U 2100 Grading Prize Stephen Scannell (North Belfast) 4.5/9 £35
Ladies Prize Danielle Collins 4.5/9 £20
Dublin IRL (IRL), VII 1998
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1 Daly, Colm f IRL 2295 + 7 + 5 + 2 = 3 + 9 + 4 + 6 +13 + 8 8.5 2644
2 Heidenfeld, Mark f IRL 2335 +19 + 8 - 1 + 5 = 4 =13 = 3 = 7 + 6 6.0 2319
3 O'Cinneide, Mel IRL 2285 +10 +20 = 4 = 1 - 6 +18 = 2 = 5 + 7 6.0 2255
4 Quinn, Mark f IRL 2350 = 9 +17 = 3 + 8 = 2 - 1 +13 = 6 = 5 5.5 2275
5 Fox, Anthony IRL 2115 +14 - 1 +20 - 2 = 7 +15 + 9 = 3 = 4 5.5 2178
6 O'Connell, Gerard IRL 2180 =15 =16 = 7 +12 + 3 + 9 - 1 = 4 - 2 5.0 2235
7 Scannell, Steven IRL 2055 - 1 +14 = 6 =13 = 5 = 8 +18 = 2 - 3 4.5 2170
8 Clarke, Thomas IRL 2195 +11 - 2 +16 - 4 -18 = 7 +12 + 9 - 1 4.5 2013
9 O'Rourke, Ray IRL 2095 = 4 +12 +13 +18 - 1 - 6 - 5 - 8 +17 4.5 2145
10 Fitzpatrick,B IRL ---- - 3 -18 =14 +11 -15 =12 +19 =16 +20 4.5 2033
11 Collins, Danielle IRL ---- - 8 =19 -12 -10 =17 +14 =16 +18 +15 4.5 2112
12 Fitzpatrick,C IRL ---- =17 - 9 +11 - 6 =16 =10 - 8 +19 =13 4.0 2010
13 O'Donovan, Richard IRL 2195 =16 +15 - 9 = 7 +20 = 2 - 4 - 1 =12 4.0 1986
14 Dooley,M IRL ---- - 5 - 7 =10 =17 =19 -11 =15 +20 +16 4.0 1885
15 Kelly,Adam IRL ---- = 6 -13 =19 =16 +10 - 5 =14 =17 -11 3.5 1978
16 Porter, Liam IRL ---- =13 = 6 - 8 =15 =12 =20 =11 =10 -14 3.5 2065
17 Brady, Cormac A IRL 2065 =12 - 4 -18 =14 =11 =19 +20 =15 - 9 3.5 1836
18 Cafolla, Peter IRL 2110 -20 +10 +17 - 9 + 8 - 3 - 7 -11 -19 3.0 2004
19 Kennedy, John IRL 2080 - 2 =11 =15 -20 =14 =17 -10 -12 +18 3.0 2170
20 Roberts,D IRL ---- +18 - 3 - 5 +19 -13 =16 -17 -14 -10 2.5 2016
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Gary Kasparov will play a six game match against Jan Timman as part of his preparation for playing Alexei Shirov later in the year. The Eurotel Trophy Chess match will take place September 5th-13th September in Prague (Czech Republic). There is a prize fund of US $100,000 of which the winner receives US $ 65,000. The games will be played in Divadlo Archa Theatre. All games will start at 2:30 PM CET and are played with the time control of 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 20 moves in 1 hour, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game. The games will be played on September 6,7,9,10,12,13 with a press conference on the 5th.
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The FIDE South American Zonal Tournament will be held 29th August - 9th. September 1998. Round 1 will be on the 10th.. Internet coverage by AJEDREZ ARGENTINO MultiWeb at: http://www.adrian-roldan.com/
The FIDE Nordic Zonal Tournament will be held in Kerteminde, Denmark, 9.–20. September 1998. Round 1 will be on the 10th. There will be www coverage.
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