THE WEEK IN CHESS 200 - 7th September 1998 by Mark Crowther

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1) Introduction
2) EuroTel Trophy Chess Match
3) Kasparov-Shirov Match off
4) Cancan Tournament, Roquebrune, France
5) Russian Cup
6) Berlin Summer Open
7) South American Zonal Tournament
8) First Saturday September
9) 3rd Thursday August
10) Krush-Fedorowicz match
11) 25th ECI international youth tournament 1998
12) The Week In Chess 200. Mark Crowther's child grows up.
13) Upcoming events
14) London Chess Center TWIC offers

Games section

EuroTel Trophy Chess Match                  2 games
Can Can Tournament, Roquebrune, France.     6 games
Russian Cup                                48 games
Berlin Summer Open                        508 games
South American Zonal Tournament            48 games
First Saturday September IM A              12 games
First Saturday September IM B              10 games
3rd Thursday August                        45 games
Krush-Fedorowicz match                      4 games
25th ECI Youth IM event                    45 games
25th ECI Youth event                       81 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to John Henderson, Lost Boys, Risotec, Otto Borik, Laszlo Nagy, Zoltan Blazsik, Paul Hodges, Frans Snijders and MRE Van der Zalm, Mig, Yvette Naegel Seirawan, Ruben Casafus and Adrian Roldan (AJEDREZ ARGENTINO MultiWeb ) and all those who helped with this issue.

Issue 200. Its really quite hard to believe. In fact in many ways it doesn't feel any different to doing any of the other issues. I would never have got here without doing one issue at a time. What started as a brief weekly roundup of chess news which replaced my postings to the internet newsgroups in bits and pieces has grown greatly over the years. In the first issue (17th September 1994) a few games from the Tilburg Interpolis tournament, and an incomplete selection of games from the Credit Suisse Masters made up the bulk of the issue. It was quite difficult to get news about some events at all. It quickly grew as more journalists came on-line looking for up to date information and of course now almost every tournament of note has a web site. The intention is to make all the issues available on CD at some point soon.

I hope it will continue, possibly for another 200 issues and thank all the many contributers, and fans of the magazine over the years, even if sometimes I don't have the time to reply to the many E-Mails I receive each week. Michael "Mig" Greengard writes very kindly below about the first 200 issues.

Kasparov's match against Timman and the collapse of the sponsorship for the WCC Kasparov-Shirov World Title match dominate this week.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) EuroTel Trophy Chess Match

Gary Kasparov is playing a friendly six game match against Jan Timman in Prague in the Czech Republic. Initially the match was supposed to be preparation for his World Title defence against Alexei Shirov later in the year. With this match now having been cancelled (or at least indefinitely postponed see below) this match may be the only chance to see Kasparov play this year as he will not be playing either the Olympiad or the FIDE Championships at the end of the year.

The games will be played September 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 at the Archa Theater in the center of Prague with play starting at 14.30 hours. The total prize fund for the match is $100,000 with the winner receiving $65,000 and the EuroTel trophy. The match is being sponsored by EuroTel, Siemens, Patria, Internet on Line, CzechMate, Opel,Hotel Renaissance, Archa, Casio Phonemate, sLidove Noviny and Frekvence 1.

Kasparov is favourite to win the match by a clear margin as his career record against Timman 18 wins, 22 draws and only 3 losses however Timman was looking forward to the challenge of the match and will have prepared well.

Game 1 [Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph reports]

Timman successfully employs a line popularised by Tony Miles and hangs onto his extra pawn. The queenside counterplay with 28...b4 arrives before White can make progress on the other flank and Black reaches a superior endgame in which he wins a pawn. Kasparov struggles to hold the draw and Black might have tried 53...Rxd3 54.Bxd3 Nxf2 although this too would be hard to win. In the game Kasparov finds a clever way to achieve his key objective - the removal of the last black pawn. In the final position Black can play 57. ...Ng3+ winning the rook or the bishop but the end-games of rook v bishop are both theoretical draws.

Game 2 was won by Kasparov as black after 30 moves of a Slav defence.

Internet coverage by Lost Boys at: http://chess.lostcity.nl/

3) Kasparov-Shirov Match off

After speculation that the World Chess Council match between Kasparov and Shirov would be moving to alternate venues in Spain or to America a press release from Gary Kasparov makes it clear that his match against Alexei Shirov is off after funding could not be found. In his statement he speaks of verbal assurances that the money would be there from from Luis Rentero the well known Spanish chess organiser. Already at the time of the Shirov-Kramnik eliminator match there were disturbing stories that the finance was not in place and that contracts had not been signed. It transpires that Rentero has been having trouble with his political contacts in Spain. He had some sort of agreement with the Socialist group in Andalucia but this was evidently only a verbal agreement. In an exchange for a key vote in the regional parliament, the socialists handed over the Ministry for Tourism and Sport to the nationalist, from where half of the budget for the title match was to come from. To his horror, Mr Rentero discovered that the nationalist, unlike the socialists, were not all that enamoured with the idea of funding Kasparov's title defence. In protest, Mr Rentero has subsequently resigned as Socialist town councillor for Linares, where half of the match was to be staged.

The match may still go ahead, but funding will have to come from some new source. It is understood that Alexei Shirov has decided to play for Spain in the Olympiad, a sure sign that he does not believe the match will take place in October.

Kasparov statement on the World Chess Championships

Over a year ago I met with Luis Rentero in Madrid to discuss the general future of chess, including the cycle of the World Chess Championship, a series of major chess tournaments, a new chess clock with an improved time trouble control system, and a highly-necessary revised and an improved chess training program and even a museum in a very attractive old mansion in Linares.

Undoubtedly the most important project for Mr. Rentero was the organisation and presentation of a challenge to me for the World Chess Championship. The World Chess Council (WCC) was born out of these ideas and came into being during Jan. and Feb of 1998 in Linares.

The plans for the World Chess Championship cycle were announced by Luis Rentero and we all understood that he had received verbal assurances and, in fact, a commitment from the government of Andalusia for funding in excess of two million dollars.

The candidates challenge was announced and the first persons invited were Vladimir Kramnik and Vishy Anand, who at that stage rated number 2 and 3 respectively. Eventually Anand declined and I was at that time very much in favor of playing the match for the title against Kramnik, I was overruled by the WCC (yes, overruled by the council) and it was decided that the most successful player emerging from the Linares event would be the Candidate to play Vladimir Kramnik for the chance to challenge me. It is now history that Shirov played very well in Linares and won the candidates match against Kramnik in Cazoria, a resort town south of Linares in the province of Jaen in the region of Andalusia. This is significant because in Cazoria there were signs and publicity clearly showing "Andalusia" as the sponsor of both the candidates match and the upcoming World Championship. At this stage funding did not appear to me to be in any doubt.

Luis Rentero personally announced a $2.1 million total prize money pool, of which $200,000 would go to the losing player in the candidates match and the $1.9 million remaining would go to the two players in the finals on a 65-35% ratio with a 50-50 split in the case of a drawn match. We were to play 18 games of classical chess and the first player to get 9.5 points would with the championship. In the event of a 9-9 tie I would retain my title.

What then transpired is not totally clear to me and involves a lot of hearsay and report for which I cannot personally vouch. It would appear that political problems in Sevilla, the capital of Andalusia, caused the junta to have second thoughts. Eventually the match, which was to have the first nine games in Sevilla and the second nine games in Linares was no longer to be sponsored and underwritten by the junta of Andalusia. This state of affairs was unfortunately played very close to Mr. Rentero's chest for a very long time. It was only when rumors started to emerge in June of this year that we began asking strong questions. We were constantly assured by Mr. Rentero that he personally would underwrite and guarantee the games and we confirmed these assurances of his back to him in writing on several occasions. He stated on numerous occasions that his word was his bond, that he would guarantee that the matches would take place and that I should not worry any longer. Matters came to a head in July when Mr. Rentero finally admitted that the whole match was in question. William Wirth, a well-known sponsor of chess in Switzerland and a highly respected man who had accepted the position of Vice President of the World Chess Council, together with Owen Williams flew to meet with Mr. Rentero in Marbella, and for several weeks it was rumoured that Marbella would be the new home of the Championship match. Marbella was not confirmed and since that time both Mr. Rentero and Mr. Wirth have been talking to several sites and cities around the world in the hope of staging the match as scheduled. As of today no alternative site has been found and within the next week of two we will decide what to do.

As to the future of the WCC, I must refer you to Mr. Luis Rentero, its president, and ask him to give his version of what transpired and the forces at work which caused the curtailment of his efforts. I respect the hard work and effort he made on behalf of the WCC and my only regret is that he gave such categorical and unequivocal assurances when he knew he would not honor them.

With regard to the World Championship, I am very proud of my title and November 9th is a special day for me as it is the 13th anniversary of my title win in 1995. You all know that I had to overcome severe political problems to even get as far as a challenge to Karpov in 1984. I have played six times and for the ultimate title in chess, I stand read, willing and able to defend my title again.

My title cannot be taken away from me "by decree." To be the new World Champion, somebody is going to have to site down across the table from me and beat me fair and square.

It cites Owen Williams (Kasparov's manager) as the contact. (Incidently Andrew Page has not been Kasparov's manager for some time now and has absolutely nothing to do with his affairs anymore).

4) Cancan Tournament, Roquebrune, France.

The Can Can tournament in Roquebrune, France started 7th September 1998. This, the latest in a series of Veterans vs Ladies events organised by Mr. J.J. van Oosterom "Association Max Euwe" based in Monaco. The event will run 7th-20th September 1998. The first round saw the veterans have white on all boards and win +3 -1 =2. There will be 12 rounds altogether.

http://chess.lostcity.nl/cancan/default.cfm

Round 1 results

Round 1 (1998.09.07)

Korchnoi, Viktor          -  Xie Jun                   1-0   45  E81  Kings indian; Saemisch
Spassky, Boris V          -  Zhu Chen                  1-0   78  A36  English; 1.c4 c5
Smyslov, Vassily          -  Cramling, Pia             1/2   58  B40  Sicilian
Taimanov, Mark E          -  Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  1/2   28  A24  English; 1.c4 e5
Portisch, Lajos           -  Chiburdanidze, Maia       0-1   44  E15  Nimzo indian

5) Russian Cup

The final event of the Russian Cup is taking place in Samara and brings together the players with the best results in the opens that make up the Grand Prix. Afer eight of the eleven rounds of this Category 14 event, Vadim Zvjaginsev and Alexander Khalifman lead with 5.5 points just ahead of Alexei Dreev on 5.0. Daily internet coverage at:

http://www.risotec.com/Chess/chess_russia_cup_98_copy_ENGL.htm

Round 1 (1998.08.29)

Zvjaginsev, Vadim      -  Balashov, Yuri S       1/2   22  B81  Sicilian
Khalifman, Alexander   -  Yakovich, Yuri         1/2   19  B33  Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Dreev, Alexey          -  Dvoirys, Semen I       1/2   34  D92  Gruenfeld indian
Fedorov, Alexei        -  Filippov, Valerij      0-1   73  B20  Sicilian
Landa, Konstantin      -  Morozevich, Alexander  0-1   38  C12  French; Macutcheon
Volkov, Sergey         -  Malaniuk, Vladimir P   1/2   37  A80  Dutch defence

Round 2 (1998.08.30)

Filippov, Valerij      -  Dvoirys, Semen I       1/2   40  D71  1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Dreev, Alexey          1/2   14  B18  Caro-Kann
Yakovich, Yuri         -  Zvjaginsev, Vadim      1/2   14  D37  Queen's gambit
Balashov, Yuri S       -  Volkov, Sergey         1/2   44  C11  French; Classical
Malaniuk, Vladimir P   -  Landa, Konstantin      1/2   24  D30  Queen's gambit
Fedorov, Alexei        -  Khalifman, Alexander   1/2   27  B45  Sicilian

Round 3 (1998.08.31)

Zvjaginsev, Vadim      -  Fedorov, Alexei        1-0   39  B54  Sicilian
Khalifman, Alexander   -  Filippov, Valerij      1-0   61  D38  Queen's gambit
Dreev, Alexey          -  Malaniuk, Vladimir P   1/2   20  A81  Dutch defence
Dvoirys, Semen I       -  Morozevich, Alexander  1/2   27  C03  French; Tarrasch
Landa, Konstantin      -  Balashov, Yuri S       0-1   36  B83  Sicilian
Volkov, Sergey         -  Yakovich, Yuri         0-1   34  E42  Nimzo indian

Round 4 (1998.09.01)

Khalifman, Alexander   -  Zvjaginsev, Vadim      1/2   20  B82  Sicilian
Filippov, Valerij      -  Morozevich, Alexander  1-0   58  E63  Kings indian
Yakovich, Yuri         -  Landa, Konstantin      1/2   37  D37  Queen's gambit
Balashov, Yuri S       -  Dreev, Alexey          0-1   42  B10  Caro-Kann
Malaniuk, Vladimir P   -  Dvoirys, Semen I       1/2   19  D82  Gruenfeld indian
Fedorov, Alexei        -  Volkov, Sergey         1/2   58  C11  French; Classical

Round 5 (1998.09.02)

Zvjaginsev, Vadim      -  Filippov, Valerij      1-0   28  D46  Semi-Slav
Dreev, Alexey          -  Yakovich, Yuri         1/2   11  D20  QGA;
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Malaniuk, Vladimir P   1/2   28  C50  Giuoco piano
Dvoirys, Semen I       -  Balashov, Yuri S       0-1   74  C60  Ruy Lopez
Landa, Konstantin      -  Fedorov, Alexei        0-1   41  A49  Queen's pawn
Volkov, Sergey         -  Khalifman, Alexander   0-1   46  A57  Benko gambit

Round 6 (1998.09.04)

Zvjaginsev, Vadim      -  Volkov, Sergey         1-0   37  C02  French; Advance
Khalifman, Alexander   -  Landa, Konstantin      1/2   43  D58  QGD;
Filippov, Valerij      -  Malaniuk, Vladimir P   1-0   35  A87  Dutch defence
Yakovich, Yuri         -  Dvoirys, Semen I       1/2   58  D97  Gruenfeld indian
Balashov, Yuri S       -  Morozevich, Alexander  0-1   41  D20  QGA;
Fedorov, Alexei        -  Dreev, Alexey          0-1   61  B12  Caro-Kann

Round 7 (1998.09.05)

Dreev, Alexey          -  Khalifman, Alexander   1/2   10  A57  Benko gambit
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Yakovich, Yuri         1-0   43  B31  Sicilian
Malaniuk, Vladimir P   -  Balashov, Yuri S       1/2   13  E14  Nimzo indian
Dvoirys, Semen I       -  Fedorov, Alexei        1/2    8  B75  Sicilian; Dragon
Landa, Konstantin      -  Zvjaginsev, Vadim      1/2   13  D45  Semi-Slav
Volkov, Sergey         -  Filippov, Valerij      1/2   59  D31  Queen's gambit

Round 8 (1998.09.06)

Zvjaginsev, Vadim      -  Dreev, Alexey          1/2   17  B13  Caro-Kann
Khalifman, Alexander   -  Dvoirys, Semen I       1-0   54  D85  Gruenfeld indian
Filippov, Valerij      -  Balashov, Yuri S       1/2   54  A31  English; 1.c4 c5
Yakovich, Yuri         -  Malaniuk, Vladimir P   1/2   19  A87  Dutch defence
Fedorov, Alexei        -  Morozevich, Alexander  1-0   34  B12  Caro-Kann
Volkov, Sergey         -  Landa, Konstantin      1/2   42  E15  Nimzo indian


Samara RUS (RUS), VIII-IX 1998                           cat. XIV (2600)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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 1 Zvjaginsev, Vadim      g RUS 2650  * = = 1 . = = . 1 . = 1  5.5  2734
 2 Khalifman, Alexander   g RUS 2645  = * = 1 . = . . = 1 = 1  5.5  2736
 3 Dreev, Alexey          g RUS 2645  = = * . = = 1 = 1 = . .  5.0  2699
 4 Filippov, Valerij      g RUS 2595  0 0 . * 1 . = 1 1 = . =  4.5  2653
 5 Morozevich, Alexander  g RUS 2625  . . = 0 * 1 1 = 0 = 1 .  4.5  2627
 6 Yakovich, Yuri         g RUS 2560  = = = . 0 * . = . = = 1  4.0  2608
 7 Balashov, Yuri S       g RUS 2580  = . 0 = 0 . * = . 1 1 =  4.0  2601
 8 Malaniuk, Vladimir P   g UKR 2590  . . = 0 = = = * . = = =  3.5  2546
 9 Fedorov, Alexei        g BLR 2600  0 = 0 0 1 . . . * = 1 =  3.5  2565
10 Dvoirys, Semen I       g RUS 2585  . 0 = = = = 0 = = * . .  3.0  2518
11 Landa, Konstantin      g RUS 2520  = = . . 0 = 0 = 0 . * =  2.5  2465
12 Volkov, Sergey         m RUS 2605  0 0 . = . 0 = = = . = *  2.5  2451
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6) Berlin Summer Open

Otto Borik sends news of the 1998 Berlin Summer Open which took place August 8-16th 1998. The winner was Jonathan Parker of England who just pipped Lubomir Mikhaletz to first place on Buchholz tiebreak. Parker unfortunately just missed a GM norm but took home 9500DM as his first prize.

Berlin GER (GER), VIII 1998
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                                                  Buch
  1 Parker, Jonathan              m ENG 2510  7.5 50.0
  2 Mikhaletz, Lubomir            m UKR 2495  7.5 47.0
  3 Savchenko, Stanislav          g UKR 2555  7.0 51.0
  4 Sturua, Zurab                 g GEO 2600  7.0 50.5
  5 Golubev, Mihail               g UKR 2515  7.0 50.0
  6 Grigore, George               m ROM 2475  7.0 49.5
  7 Levin, Felix                  m GER 2480  7.0 48.5
  8 Bagirov, Vladimir             g LAT 2480  7.0 48.0
  9 Ruzele, Darius                g LTU 2475  7.0 47.5
 10 Kuzmin, Gennadi P             g UKR 2560  7.0 46.0
 11 Hertneck, Gerald              g GER 2555  7.0 46.0
 12 Lobzhanidze, Davit            m GEO 2455  7.0 45.5
 13 Stocek, Jiri                  m CZE 2470  7.0 45.0
 14 Gutman, Lev                   g GER 2480  7.0 42.0
 15 Espig, Lutz                   g GER 2440  6.5 52.5
 16 Urday, Henry                  g PER 2475  6.5 50.5
 17 Hickl, Joerg                  g GER 2540  6.5 50.0
 18 Lalic, Bogdan                 g CRO 2560  6.5 49.5
 19 Timoshenko, Georgy            g UKR 2595  6.5 48.5
 20 Zakharov, Alexander I         m RUS 2420  6.5 48.0
 21 Kelly, Brian                    IRL 2405  6.5 48.0
 22 Narciso Dublan, Marc          m ESP 2460  6.5 48.0
 23 Guliev, Logman                m AZE 2430  6.5 47.5
 24 Lerner, Konstantin Z          g UKR 2580  6.5 47.5
 25 Purtov, Andrei                m RUS 2445  6.5 47.5
 26 Smikovski, Ivan               m RUS 2485  6.5 47.0
 27 Womacka, Mathias              m GER 2475  6.5 47.0
 28 Kruppa, Yuri                  g UKR 2570  6.5 46.5
 29 Rechel, Bernd                 f GER 2365  6.5 46.5
 30 Chuchelov, Vladimir           g BEL 2540  6.5 46.5
 31 Vasquez, Rodrigo              m CHI 2445  6.5 46.0
 32 Klovans, Janis                m LAT 2465  6.5 45.5
 33 Eingorn, Vereslav S           g UKR 2610  6.5 45.5
 34 Muse, Mladen                  m GER 2440  6.5 45.5
 35 Turner, Matthew               m ENG 2475  6.5 45.5
 36 Chernikov, Oleg L             m RUS 2405  6.5 45.5
 37 Hunt, Harriet                wg ENG 2400  6.5 45.5
 38 Kupreichik, Viktor D          g BLR 2505  6.5 45.5
 39 Ahlander, Bjorn               f SWE 2410  6.5 45.0
 40 Heinbuch, Detlef              m GER 2375  6.5 42.5
 41 Haag, Wolfgang                f GER 2310  6.5 42.5
 42 Gross, David                  f GER 2340  6.5 41.5
430 players
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7) South American Zonal Tournament

The Zone 2.5 (South American Zone) is taking place in Cordoba Argentina, 29th August - 9th. September 1998.Andres Rodriguez leads after eight rounds. Internet coverage by Ruben Casafus and Adrian Roldan (AJEDREZ ARGENTINO MultiWeb) at: http://www.adrian-roldan.com/

Cordoba ARG (ARG), VIII-IX 1998                             cat. VII (2409)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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 1 Rodriguez, Andres         g URU 2490  * = . = . 1 0 1 . 1 1 1  6.0  2575
 2 Silva Sanchez, Carlos     f CHI 2395  = * . . = = 1 = . = 1 1  5.5  2513
 3 Giaccio, Alfredo          m ARG 2460  . . * = 0 = 1 . 1 = 1 1  5.5  2536
 4 Hoffman, Alejandro        g ARG 2525  = . = * 1 = 1 = 0 . 1 .  5.0  2534
 5 Toloza, Pablo             m CHI 2350  . = 1 0 * = . . 1 = = 0  4.0  2404
 6 Soppe, Guillermo          m ARG 2455  0 = = = = * . 1 0 = . .  3.5  2390
 7 Malbran, Guillermo        f ARG 2430  1 0 0 0 . . * = = = . 1  3.5  2367
 8 Valiente, Cristobal       m PAR 2400  0 = . = . 0 = * 1 = . =  3.5  2370
 9 Ricardi, Pablo            g ARG 2545  . . 0 1 0 1 = 0 * . = =  3.5  2353
10 Barria, Daniel            f CHI 2305  0 = = . = = = = . * 0 .  3.0  2333
11 Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo  m URU 2385  0 0 0 0 = . . . = 1 * 1  3.0  2317
12 Cubas, Jose Fernando      f PAR 2165  0 0 0 . 1 . 0 = = . 0 *  2.0  2238
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8) First Saturday September

Laszlo Nagy reports on the early rounds of the First Saturday events which started September 7th. The two main events are IM events, although there is also an ELO rated event.

IMA event
Budapest HUN (HUN), IX 1998                              cat. II (2284)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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 1 Dumpor, Atif          f BIH 2295  * . . . . . . = . . 1 .  1.5  2328
 2 Husari, Sate            SYR 2290  . * . . . = . . . . . 1  1.5  2423
 3 Lengyel, Bela         m HUN 2385  . . * . . . = . . . . 1  1.5  2455
 4 Vadasz, Laszlo        g HUN 2350  . . . * = . . . . . 1 .  1.5  2498
 5 Czebe, Attila         m HUN 2455  . . . = * . = . . . . .  1.0  2330
 6 Gara, Ticia             HUN 2245  . = . . . * . . . = . .  1.0  2260
 7 Jamrich, Gyorgy         HUN 2310  . . = . = . * . . . . .  1.0  2420
 8 Nguyen Thi Thanh An     VIE 2115  = . . . . . . * = . . .  1.0  2330
 9 Paschall, William M   f USA 2365  . . . . . . . = * = . .  1.0  2172
10 Szeberenyi, Adam        HUN 2230  . . . . . = . . = * . .  1.0  2305
11 Balogh, Csaba           HUN 2155  0 . . 0 . . . . . . * .  0.0      
12 Jagodzinski, Andreas    GER 2215  . 0 0 . . . . . . . . *  0.0      
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

IMB Event
Budapest HUN (HUN), IX 1998                           cat. III (2304)
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                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Galyas, Miklos    f HUN 2440  * = . . . . . 1 . . .  1.5 / 2  2508
 2 Dudas, Janos      m HUN 2340  = * . . . . . . . . 1  1.5 / 2  2495
 3 Senff, Martin       GER 2395  . . * . . . . . . . 1  1.0 / 1      
 4 Bergstrom, Rolf   f SWE 2295  . . . * = . = . . . .  1.0 / 2  2275
 5 Pham Minh Hoang     VIE 2245  . . . = * = . . . . .  1.0 / 2  2257
 6 Deak, Ferenc        HUN 2220  . . . . = * . . . = .  1.0 / 2  2280
 7 Eperjesi, Laszlo  m HUN 2305  . . . = . . * . = . .  1.0 / 2  2315
 8 Gara, Anita      wm HUN 2290  0 . . . . . . * . 1 .  1.0 / 2  2377
 9 Farago, Sandor    m HUN 2335  . . . . . . = . * . .  0.5 / 1  2305
10 Fang, Joseph      f USA 2315  . . . . . = . 0 . * .  0.5 / 2  2062
11 Bordas, Gyula       HUN 2165  . 0 0 . . . . . . . *  0.0 / 2      
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9) 3rd Thursday August

The latest 3rd Thursday (August 17th-27th) tournament took place in Szeged, Hungary reports Zoltan Blazsik. The next event starts September 17th. Roy Shankar of India won the Category 4 event with quite an international field.Roy Shankar and William Paschall scored IM norms.

Szeged HUN (HUN), VIII 1998                        cat. IV (2337)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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 1 Shankar, Roy              IND 2370  * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1  6.5  2499
 2 Paschall, William M     f USA 2365  = * = 1 = 1 = 1 = =  6.0  2458
 3 Dovzik, Juri            m UKR 2390  = = * = = 0 1 1 1 =  5.5  2411
 4 Ianov, Viktor           m UKR 2350  0 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 1  5.5  2415
 5 Vadasz, Laszlo          g HUN 2350  = = = = * = = = = =  4.5  2335
 6 Arnold, Lothar          f GER 2340  = 0 1 0 = * = = = 1  4.5  2336
 7 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar    IND 2300  = = 0 0 = = * = 1 1  4.5  2341
 8 Farkas, Tibor           m YUG 2275  0 0 0 = = = = * = 1  3.5  2263
 9 Dupsky, Laszlo            HUN 2285  0 = 0 0 = = 0 = * 1  3.0  2217
10 Suvrajit, Saha            IND 2345  0 = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 *  1.5  2063
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3rd Thursday event are FIDE category 1-5 closed tournaments for the IM-norm in 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 they organized the Maroczy Geza Grandmaster Tournament with Miles, Oll, Zhang, Atalik, Adorjan, Ribli, Sax, Wells, Lalic and Ivanisevic. In this event the "Game of 1997", Suat Atalik against Gyula Sax. ( TWIC-158) The name of the Series is "Third Thursday" because there are one or more tournaments (with 10 or 12 chess players) every month and the clocks start at every 3. Thursday of the month.

Starting dates for 1998: 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

10) Krush-Fedorowicz match

Paul Hodges reports that GM John Fedorowicz was the winner of the third match in a series of training matches involving the 14 year-old junior Irina Krush. Fedorowicz won the match 2.5-1.5 held at the site of the 1998 NJ Open in Somerset, NJ from September 5th-6th. The $700 prize fund (Fedorowicz $500, Krush $250) was sponsored by the World Wide Web Chess Superstore. The event was hosted by the New Jersey State Chess Federation and Ken Thomas served as FIDE Arbiter. Fedorowicz had White in the odd-numbered games.

After a hard-fought draw in Game 1, Krush had some advantage out of the opening in a theoretical King's Indian in Game 2. Unfortunately, she let the noose slip but Fedorowicz missed the shot 33...Nxf3+! In the final position, Krush agreed a draw with only one move left before time control passing up the opportunity for the overpowering 40.g5 Rg6 41.Qh5 Kg7 42.Nf4! exf4 43.Bc3+. Fedorowicz finally broke through in Game 3, and the youngster tamely acquiesced to a short draw in Game 4 in a position with plenty of play (c/f Yermolinsky-Wojtkiewicz, Rakvere 1993 - Informant 59/577).

More information at:

http://www.smartchess.com/SmartChessOnline/

Fedorowicz, John P  -  Krush, Irina        1/2   64  B50  Sicilian
Krush, Irina        -  Fedorowicz, John P  1/2   39  E99  Kings indian; Main line
Fedorowicz, John P  -  Krush, Irina        1-0   57  B80  Sicilian
Krush, Irina        -  Fedorowicz, John P  1/2   14  E31  Nimzo indian


Somerset USA (USA), IX 1998
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Fedorowicz, John P  g USA 2540    =   =   1   =   2.5  2370
Krush, Irina          USA 2275    =   =   0   =   1.5  2453
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11) 25th ECI international youth tournament 1998

Frans Snijders and MRE Van der Zalm send news of the 25th ECI international youth tournament in Sas van Gent, 21-29 August 1998. There were three main events an IM all-play-all, an 18 player open and an open. Below are the results of these two first events.

Sas Van Gent NED (NED), VIII 1998                    cat. IV (2335)
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 1 Janssen, Ruud           NED 2345  * = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1  6.5  2499
 2 Kiik, Kalle           m EST 2430  = * = 1 0 = = 1 = 1  5.5  2404
 3 Sepp, Olav            m EST 2380  0 = * 1 = 1 1 = 0 1  5.5  2410
 4 De Waal, Mark           NED 2300  = 0 0 * = 1 = = 1 1  5.0  2381
 5 Berend, Fred          m LUX 2355  0 1 = = * = 0 1 1 0  4.5  2332
 6 Goormachtigh, Johan   f BEL 2280  = = 0 0 = * = 1 = =  4.0  2298
 7 Klip, Hans            f NED 2345  = = 0 = 1 = * 0 0 =  3.5  2253
 8 Adamski, Andrzej      m POL 2335  = 0 = = 0 0 1 * 1 0  3.5  2255
 9 Vanderstricht, Geert    BEL 2355  0 = 1 0 0 = 1 0 * =  3.5  2252
10 Nieuwelink, Kees        NED 2225  0 0 0 0 1 = = 1 = *  3.5  2267
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Sas Van Gent NED (NED), VIII 1998
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 1 Solleveld, Maarten    NED 2295  + 6 + 5 +11 + 2 + 9 + 3 + 7 + 4 +10  9.0      
 2 Dyce, Andrew          WLS 2295  +14 = 4 + 8 - 1 +11 +13 + 5 + 6 = 3  7.0  2357
 3 Nurkiewicz, Maciej    POL 2285  =12 +17 + 4 - 9 + 5 - 1 = 6 + 8 = 2  5.5  2294
 4 Ballo, Emanuel        GER 2200  +16 = 2 - 3 -10 +15 = 7 +13 - 1 +12  5.0  2212
 5 Hindermann, Felix     SUI 2245  +13 - 1 +15 +11 - 3 +10 - 2 = 7 = 6  5.0  2180
 6 Erwich, Frank         NED ----  - 1 =13 +17 = 8 +12 + 9 = 3 - 2 = 5  5.0  2167
 7 Snepvangers,R         NED ----  -11 =10 =12 +14 + 8 = 4 - 1 = 5 = 9  4.5  2140
 8 Leenhouts, Koen       NED ----  =15 +18 - 2 = 6 - 7 +16 + 9 - 3 =17  4.5  1957
 9 Donovan, Linton       BEL ----  +10 -11 +14 + 3 - 1 - 6 - 8 =18 = 7  4.0  2237
10 Hamelink, Desiree     NED ----  - 9 = 7 +16 + 4 =13 - 5 =14 =12 - 1  4.0  2110
11 Karttunen, Mika       FIN 2275  + 7 + 9 - 1 - 5 - 2 =17 =18 =14 =15  4.0  1968
12 Hartung, Jerry        LUX 2075  = 3 -15 = 7 +18 - 6 =14 +16 =10 - 4  4.0  1979
13 Hopper,Paul           SCO ----  - 5 = 6 +18 +15 =10 - 2 - 4 =17 =16  4.0  2019
14 Adamovski, Jan        POL 2095  - 2 +16 - 9 - 7 +17 =12 =10 =11 =18  4.0  2090
15 Hughes, Gareth        WLS 2110  = 8 +12 - 5 -13 - 4 =18 +17 -16 =11  3.5  2111
16 Kalisvaart, Peter     NED ----  - 4 -14 -10 =17 +18 - 8 -12 +15 =13  3.0  1927
17 Gregoir,Christophe    BEL ----  =18 - 3 - 6 =16 -14 =11 -15 =13 = 8  2.5  1869
18 Messaoud Aziz,A       ALG ----  =17 - 8 -13 -12 -16 =15 =11 = 9 =14  2.5  2051
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12) The Week In Chess 200. Mark Crowther's child grows up.

"This will be the first in what will hopefully be a weekly round up of the events in chess."

       – Mark Crowther, The Week In Chess: Issue Number One, 17/09/94

Such fateful words are rarely spoken. Little did Mark or his readers know that the hesitant optimism contained in that fateful first sentence of the first issue of The Week In Chess would be more than justified. Over the last four years TWIC has evolved from pet project to chess-geek secret to cult icon to a ubiquitous touchstone read by anyone and everyone with an interest in the royal game. The early game collections that contained a few dozen hand-entered games have transformed into databases of thousands of games sent in from around the world by organizers who know that if it isn’t in The Week In Chess, it isn’t important in the world of chess. Print chess magazines who once ignored TWIC then came to view it as a threat and finally to see it as an essential resource. Many of these magazines have been forced to change their own formats in response to the growing popularity of TWIC. Where once they presented dozens of games without annotations they now know that their readers are getting these games almost as soon as they are played.

You started seeing reference after reference to TWIC popping up in the traditional chess media. "I’d seen a similar game played a few weeks before in TWIC." "I first read about FIDE’s decision in TWIC." "As first reported in The Week In Chess..." Players who had gotten used to scanning all the new magazines for the hot games, results, and novelties soon found that if they weren’t reading The Week In Chess they were reading old news. Fans like to read about what’s happening, but Grandmasters need to know and soon there wasn’t a top player in the world who wasn’t a regular at Mark Crowther’s site. Chess clubs around the world were full of printed pages of TWIC with the latest games, a real shock in some places where previously you were lucky to get a game per week in the newspaper and chess news was passed around mouth-to-mouth like annotated gossip.

These days many acknowledge having The Week In Chess as their homepage! Across the globe people head to TWIC the moment they log on to the internet. In the last four years thousands of other chess sites have cropped up, offering everything from ending analysis to annotated games to books and software for sale. But not one, not a single one, has even bothered to try to compete with TWIC in its mission to bring you the newest news and all the games every single week. It’s not just that no one else is crazy enough to want that much work, though that’s surely a factor, but that it’s clear it just can’t be done any better. Despite the pages that came before and after TWIC, it was Mark who truly dragged chess into the internet age. Like the postman who always delivers, he has made us all dependent on his hard work and passion. He has found and lost sponsors over the years, but we all know chess web sites are not the golden road to riches, would that they were. We owe him a great debt and many accolades. What would we do without Mark Crowther and his TWIC? A question that is too frightening to contemplate I’m sure you’ll agree. Now they have reached an amazing 200th issue and are near their fourth anniversary. Big round numbers possessing a mystical value and these being more impressive than most, there is no better time to say thank you and congratulations.  

Michael "Mig" Greengard Buenos Aires, 7/9/98 mig@impsat1.com.ar

13) Upcoming events

Spanish Team Championships

The Spanish Team Championships are being played in Salamanca, Spain. Many strong players including Alexei Shirov, Joel Lautier, Jon Speelman, Ian Rogers, Miguel Illescas. Full coverage next week. There is daily coverage at:

http://www.chessnet64.com/torneos_online/equipos98/index.htm

FIDE Nordic Zonal Tournament

Further to last week's announcement about the Nordic Zonal Soren Bech Hansen points out that the event will be played in the city of Munkebo, not the city of Kerteminde which is nearby. The event will be a knockout event. The 1st round matches will be public 7 days before the 1st round following a Swiss tournament format, i.e. number 1 verses number 13, number 2 verses number 14 and so on. Currently, the enrolled players are Curt Hansen, Margeir Petursson, Evgenij Agrest, Einar Gausel, Hannes Stefansson, Lars Schandorff, Sune Berg Hansen, Peter Heine Nielsen, Henrik Danielsen, Ralf Akesson, Jonny Hector, Helgi Olafsson, Rune Djurhuus, Throstur Thorhallsson, Stellan Brynell, Jesper Hall, Helgi Ass Gretarsson, Tom Wedberg, Berge Ostenstad, Antti Pihlajasalo, Olli Salmensuu, Tapani Sammalvuo, Roy Fyllingen and John Rodgaard. It starts on the 10th September.

14) London Chess Center TWIC offers

The London Chess Center visit their On-Line Chess Shop. They also publish "Chess Monthly"

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