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Tilburg, Fontys Tournament 24 games VAM Tournament, Hoogeveen 8 games VAM Tournament, Hoogeveen Open 181 games European Club Cup 52 games Najdorf Chess Festival 40 games Manhattan Chess Club October 45 games 4NCL 48 games Lebanese Championships 1998 91 games
My thanks to Anjo Anjewierden, Patrick Rasenberg, Lost Boys, Europe Echecs, Rubén Casafús, Adrián Roldán. John Fernandez, John Saunders, Lebanese Chess Federation, Net64 and all those who helped with this issue.
Judit Polgar made light work of the VAM tournament and its really a shame she isn't playing in the rather tougher Fontys tournament which has now started. That event, likely to be the last really high category tournament of the year, got off to an interesting start with Anand scoring 2/2 including a victory over Vladimir Kramnik. After four rounds Anand leads with 3/4 but there is a long way to go. Should be great.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Tilburg Fontys tournament runs 23rd October - 4th November, Anand, Kramnik, Adams, Svidler, Topalov, Leko, Sadler, Zvjaginsev, Van Wely, Korchnoi, Lautier, Piket. There is daily coverage on the twic pages. After four rounds Anand leads with 3/4. He took advantage of two whites to beat Joel Lautier and Vladimir Kramnik. His victory over Kramnik was a strange one where Kramnik sacrificed a piece for what appeared to be always insufficient compensation when he had no need to. Anand drew with Piket and Topalov in rounds three and four. Close behind are Van Wely, Topalov and Matthew Sadler (who beat fellow countryman Michael Adams in round 4). The event should really warm up after the first rest day on Tuesday.
Official coverage at:
http://www.fontyschess.nl/
Round 1 (1998.10.23)
Anand, Viswanathan - Lautier, Joel 1-0 39 B32 Sicilian
Topalov, Veselin - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 46 B54 Sicilian
Leko, Peter - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 36 C11 French; Classical
Adams, Michael - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 36 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Kramnik, Vladimir - Svidler, Peter 1/2 25 D86 Gruenfeld indian
Piket, Jeroen - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 20 D20 QGA;
Round 2 (1998.10.24)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 35 C42 Petroff defence
Sadler, Matthew - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 34 E42 Nimzo indian
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Leko, Peter 1/2 35 D91 Gruenfeld indian
Svidler, Peter - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 47 C98 Ruy Lopez
Lautier, Joel - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 20 A57 Benko gambit
Korchnoi, Viktor - Adams, Michael 0-1 87 A14 English; 1.c4
Round 3 (1998.10.25)
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 1-0 47 C90 Ruy Lopez
Van Wely, Loek - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 60 D33 Queen's gambit
Leko, Peter - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 34 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Adams, Michael - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 32 B82 Sicilian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Lautier, Joel 1-0 24 D30 Queen's gambit
Piket, Jeroen - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 21 D47 Semi-Slav
Round 4 (1998.10.26)
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 46 B80 Sicilian
Sadler, Matthew - Adams, Michael 1-0 41 E43 Nimzo indian
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 33 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Svidler, Peter - Leko, Peter 1/2 23 B12 Caro-Kann
Kramnik, Vladimir - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 51 D44 QGD; Botwinnik
Lautier, Joel - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 21 E12 Nimzo indian
Tilburg NED (NED), X-XI 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2795 * = . . . . . . 1 = 1 . 3.0 2870
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 = * = . = . 1 . . . . . 2.5 2798
3 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2660 . = * . . = . 1 . = . . 2.5 2766
4 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2635 . . . * = . . = . . = 1 2.5 2748
5 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2650 . = . = * = . = . . . . 2.0 2678
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2665 . . = . = * = . . . . = 2.0 2661
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2710 . 0 . . . = * . = 1 . . 2.0 2687
8 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 . . 0 = = . . * . . . 1 2.0 2642
9 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2780 0 . . . . . = . * = 1 . 2.0 2683
10 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2605 = . = . . . 0 . = * . . 1.5 2649
11 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2625 0 . . = . . . . 0 . * = 1.0 2515
12 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2625 . . . 0 . = . 0 . . = * 1.0 2467
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Judit Polgar easily won the four player double round robin VAM tournament in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands. She beat all the other players at least once and in the case of Tal Shaked twice. Jan Timman finished second, Boris Spassky third and Tal Shaked last. Polgar was extremely impressive winning her first three games before cruising to first place with two draws in the second half of the tournament for a 2836 performance. On this form it is really a shame she wasn't invited to the rather stronger Tilburg tournament which started this week instead. In the nine round open there was a four way tie for first between,Dimitri Reinderman, Victor Mikhalevski, Karel Van der Weide, and Einar Gausel.
My thanks to Anjo Anjewierden (one of the greatest influences on TWIC)
and Patrick Rasenberg for news of the event. Internet coverage at:
http://www.hoogeveen.nl/VAM-chess/
Closed double round robin
Round 3 (1998.10.21)
Polgar, Judit - Spassky, Boris V 1-0 41 C95 Ruy Lopez
Timman, Jan H - Shaked, Tal 1-0 39 B30 Sicilian
Round 4 (1998.10.22)
Polgar, Judit - Timman, Jan H 1/2 20 B16 Caro-Kann
Shaked, Tal - Spassky, Boris V 1/2 22 C45 Scottish
Round 5 (1998.10.23)
Spassky, Boris V - Polgar, Judit 1/2 26 E71 Kings indian
Shaked, Tal - Timman, Jan H 0-1 40 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 6 (1998.10.24)
Polgar, Judit - Shaked, Tal 1-0 29 C18 French; Winawer
Timman, Jan H - Spassky, Boris V 1/2 16 C45 Scottish
Hoogeveen NED (NED), X 1998 cat. XIV (2589)
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1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2665 ** 1= 1= 11 5.0 2836
2 Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 0= ** == 11 3.5 2623
3 Spassky, Boris V g FRA 2545 0= == ** == 2.5 2546
4 Shaked, Tal g USA 2490 00 00 == ** 1.0 2348
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Open Section
Hoogeveen NED (NED), X 1998
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1 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2540 +35 -15 +10 +12 = 8 +14 + 5 = 3 = 2 6.5 /9 2581
2 Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2540 +29 +12 + 6 = 5 - 7 = 8 +15 + 9 = 1 6.5 /9 2623
3 Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2490 =34 +28 +11 +13 = 5 = 9 + 7 = 1 = 6 6.5 /9 2559
4 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2540 +23 =10 - 8 +34 +18 +13 = 9 = 6 + 7 6.5 /9 2575
5 Golod, Vitali g ISR 2555 +21 +22 + 9 = 2 = 3 = 7 - 1 +10 = 8 6.0 /9 2595
6 Sherzer, Alex g USA 2470 +32 +40 - 2 +21 - 9 +10 + 8 = 4 = 3 6.0 /9 2526
7 Gofshtein, Leonid D g ISR 2500 +24 +20 =15 = 8 + 2 = 5 - 3 +11 - 4 5.5 /9 2470
8 Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2480 +39 =19 + 4 = 7 = 1 = 2 - 6 +17 = 5 5.5 /9 2485
9 Dgebuadze, Alexandre m GEO 2505 +27 +36 - 5 +15 + 6 = 3 = 4 - 2 =12 5.5 /9 2512
10 Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2435 +25 = 4 - 1 +29 +17 - 6 +22 - 5 +26 5.5 /9 2467
11 Stellwagen, Daniel NED ---- =26 +33 - 3 +36 =15 +24 =13 - 7 +14 5.5 /9 2407
12 Ernst, Sipke NED 2420 +14 - 2 +24 - 1 -23 +40 +34 +15 = 9 5.5 /9 2344
13 Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2510 =17 +31 +19 - 3 +39 - 4 =11 +21 . 5.0 /8 2377
14 Erwich, Frank NED ---- -12 =27 +30 +25 +22 - 1 =21 +33 -11 5.0 /9 2392
15 Visser, Yge f NED 2370 +30 + 1 = 7 - 9 =11 +23 - 2 -12 =17 4.5 /9 2380
16 Ligterink, Gert m NED 2425 -19 +25 =29 -17 +27 =26 =23 =22 =21 4.5 /9 2252
17 Timmermans, Ivo NED 2225 =13 =18 =20 +16 -10 +33 =28 - 8 =15 4.5 /9 2368
18 Klenburg, Mikhail UKR 2330 =31 =17 =39 +19 - 4 -21 =27 =30 +29 4.5 /9 2238
19 Wunnink, Michael NED 2105 +16 = 8 -13 -18 -35 =36 +37 +28 =20 4.5 /9 2311
20 Van Beek, Lucien NED 2315 +38 - 7 =17 -39 =30 =29 +31 =26 =19 4.5 /9 2214
21 Jonkman, Harmen f NED 2310 - 5 +32 +40 - 6 =26 +18 =14 -13 =16 4.5 /9 2343
22 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2435 +37 - 5 =23 +28 -14 +35 -10 =16 =24 4.5 /9 2354
23 De Jong, Migchiel NED 2280 - 4 +41 =22 =26 +12 -15 =16 =24 =32 4.5 /9 2344
24 Jens, Jelmer NED ---- - 7 +38 -12 +31 +36 -11 =26 =23 =22 4.5 /9 2340
25 Van Engen, H.J NED 2135 -10 -16 +42 -14 +37 -27 =35 +38 +40 4.5 /9 2209
26 Hartoch, Robert G m NED 2315 =11 =34 =28 =23 =21 =16 =24 =20 -10 4.0 /9 2240
27 Hofman, Ron NED 2195 - 9 =14 =35 =33 -16 +25 =18 =34 =28 4.0 /9 2239
28 Porrasmaa, Timo FIN 2095 +33 - 3 =26 -22 =31 +30 =17 -19 =27 4.0 /9 2188
29 Tindall, Brett AUS 2275 - 2 +37 =16 -10 =34 =20 =32 +35 -18 4.0 /9 2258
30 Mijnheer,P ---- -15 =35 -14 +40 =20 -28 +42 =18 =36 4.0 /9 2190
31 Hendriks, Richard NED 2080 =18 -13 =32 -24 =28 +42 -20 =40 +39 4.0 /9 2229
32 Azadmanesh, Moosa NED 2150 - 6 -21 =31 -37 . +38 =29 +39 =23 3.5 /8 2173
33 Rantanen, Yrjo A g FIN 2360 -28 -11 . =27 +38 -17 +39 -14 +34 3.5 /8 2207
34 De Pender, Paul NED 2175 = 3 =26 =36 - 4 =29 +39 -12 =27 -33 3.5 /9 2262
35 Remmel, Tim NED 2235 - 1 =30 =27 =38 +19 -22 =25 -29 =37 3.5 /9 2141
36 Adamson, Robby f USA 2310 +42 - 9 =34 -11 -24 =19 =40 . =30 3.0 /8 2203
37 Van der Veen, Jan NED 2105 -22 -29 -38 +32 -25 . -19 +42 =35 2.5 /8 2034
38 De Blecourt, Sandra NED 2040 -20 -24 +37 =35 -33 -32 . -25 +42 2.5 /8 2088
39 Pel, Bonno NED 2175 - 8 +42 =18 +20 -13 -34 -33 -32 -31 2.5 /9 2104
40 De Jonge,H ---- . - 6 -21 -30 +42 -12 =36 =31 -25 2.0 /8 2092
41 Kool, Gerard J NED 2100 . -23 . . . . . . . 0.0 /1
42 Olkinuora, Hannu FIN 2030 -36 -39 -25 . -40 -31 -30 -37 -38 0.0 /8
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The European Club Cup Qualifier for group 6 took place in the Hotel Sremic Krsko, Slovenia October 16th-18th 1998. The event saw SK Bosna Sarajevo qualify for the finals. Full coverage at: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/eu98cup6/
Final standings
Teams
1 (3) SK Bosna Sarajevo (BIH) 6 14.0
2 (6) CS Clichy Echecs (FRA) 4 11.0
3 (1) CS Surya (ITA) 4 12.0
4 (7) Abergavenny CC (WLS) 0 0.5
5 (4) SK Triglav Krsko (SLO) 2 7.0
6 (2) Gentse SR Ruy Lopez (BEL) 2 6.5
7 (5) SK Gosa Sm.Palanka (YUG) 0 3.0
Day 1
1. 9.5/4 CS Clichy Echecs (FR (6) 1.5:4.5 (3) SK Bosna Sarajevo (B 9.5/4
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1.5/2 Degraeve Jean-Marc 1/2 Sokolov Ivan 1.5/2
1/2 Apicella Manuel 1/2 Lputian Smbad 1.5/2
2/2 Relange Eloi 0:1 Kozul Zdenko 2/2
2/2 Conquest Stuart 0:1 Kurajica Bojan 1/2
1/1 Bauer Christian 1/2 Piket Jeroen 2/2
1.5/2 Nataf Igor Alexandre 0:1 Dizdarevic Emir 1.5/2
2. 0.5/0 Abergavenny CC (WLS) (7) 0:6 (1) CS Surya (ITA) 6/2
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0/1 Morris Charles F. 0:1 Komarov Dimitri 1/2
0/1 Zeidler Sven P. 0:1 Zelcic Robert 1/2
0/1 Borg A. 0:1 Efimov Igor 1/2
0.5/1 Powell J.L. 0:1 Djuric Stefan 1/2
0/1 Miles R. J. 0:1 Mariotti Sergio 1/2
0/0 O Shea J. 0:1 Arlandi Ennio 1/2
3. 2/0 SK Triglav Krsko (SL (4) 5:1 (2) Gentse SR Ruy Lopez 5.5/2
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0.5/1 Nikolic Predrag 1/2 Lemmers Oscar 1/2
0.5/1 Dizdar Goran 1:0 Hoogendoorn Joost 1/2
0/1 Sermek Drazen 1:0 De Wit Dick 0.5/2
0.5/1 Pavasovic Dusko 1:0 Vanderstricht Geert 1.5/2
0/1 Mestrovic Zvonimir 1:0 Schalkx Johnny 0.5/2
0.5/1 Kos Toni 1/2 Gommers Ralph 1/2
4. 3/0 SK Gosa Sm.Palanka ( (5) 0:0 (8) BYE 0/0
Day 2
1. 5.5/2 CS Clichy Echecs (FRA)(6) 4:2 (1) CS Surya (ITA) 4/2
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1/1 Degraeve Jean-Marc 1/2 Komarov Dimitri 0.5/1
0.5/1 Apicella Manuel 1/2 Zelcic Robert 0.5/1
1/1 Relange Eloi 1:0 Efimov Igor 1/1
0/0 Renet Olivier 1/2 Djuric Stefan 0.5/1
1/1 Conquest Stuart 1:0 Mariotti Sergio 1/1
1/1 Nataf Igor Alexandre 1/2 Arlandi Ennio 0.5/1
2. 4/2 SK Bosna Sarajevo (BIH)3 5.5:0.5 (7) Abergavenny CC (WLS) 6/2
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0.5/1 Sokolov Ivan 1:0 Morris Charles F. 1/0
0.5/1 Lputian Smbad 1:0 Zeidler Sven P. 1/0
1/1 Kozul Zdenko 1:0 Borg A. 1/0
0.5/1 Kurajica Bojan 1/2 Powell J.L. 1/0
1/1 Piket Jeroen 1:0 Miles R. J. 1/0
0.5/1 Dizdarevic Emir 1:0 Owen A. 1/0
3. 2/0 Gentse SR Ruy Lopez(BEL) 3.5:2.5 (5) SK Gosa Sm.Palanka(YUG)0.5/0
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0.5/1 Lemmers Oscar 1/2 Martinovic Slobodan 0/1
0.5/1 Hoogendoorn Joost 1/2 Goldin Alexander 0.5/1
0/1 De Wit Dick 1/2 Ristic Nenad 0/1
0.5/1 Vanderstricht Geert 1:0 Ristic Nebojsa 0/1
0/1 Schalkx Johnny 1/2 Kostic Vladimir 0/1
0.5/1 Gommers Ralph 1/2 Stankovic Dragan 0/0
4. 0/0 BYE (8) 0:6 (4) SK Triglav Krsko (SLO) 2/0
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0/0 0:1 * Nikolic Predrag 0.5/1
0/0 0:1 * Dizdar Goran 0.5/1
0/0 0:1 * Sermek Drazen 0/1
0/0 0:1 * Pavasovic Dusko 0.5/1
0/0 0:1 * Mestrovic Zvonimir 0/1
0/0 0:1 * Kos Toni 0.5/1
Day 3
1. 0/0 CS Surya (ITA) (1) 4:2 (2) Gentse SR Ruy Lopez (BEL) 0/0
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0/0 Komarov Dimitri 1/2 Lemmers Oscar 0/0
0/0 Zelcic Robert 1/2 Hoogendoorn Joost 0/0
0/0 Efimov Igor 1:0 De Wit Dick 0/0
0/0 Djuric Stefan 1/2 Vanderstricht Geert 0/0
0/0 Mariotti Sergio 1:0 Schalkx Johnny 0/0
0/0 Arlandi Ennio 1/2 Gommers Ralph 0/0
2. 0/0 SK Bosna Sarajevo (BIH)(3) 4:2 (4) SK Triglav Krsko (SLO) 0/0
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0/0 Sokolov Ivan 1/2 Nikolic Predrag 0/0
0/0 Lputian Smbad 1/2 Dizdar Goran 0/0
0/0 Kozul Zdenko 1:0 Sermek Drazen 0/0
0/0 Kurajica Bojan 1/2 Pavasovic Dusko 0/0
0/0 Piket Jeroen 1:0 Mestrovic Zvonimir 0/0
0/0 Dizdarevic Emir 1/2 Kos Toni 0/0
3. 0/0 SK Gosa Sm.Palanka (YUG)(5) 0.5:5.5 (6) CS Clichy Echecs (FRA) 0/0
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0/0 Martinovic Slobodan 0:1 Degraeve Jean-Marc 0/0
0/0 Goldin Alexander 1/2 Apicella Manuel 0/0
0/0 Ristic Nenad 0:1 Relange Eloi 0/0
0/0 Ristic Nebojsa 0:1 Conquest Stuart 0/0
0/0 Savic Miodrag 0:1 Bauer Christian 0/0
0/0 Kostic Vladimir 0:1 Nataf Igor Alexandre 0/0
4. 0/0 Abergavenny CC (WLS) (7) 6:0 (8) BYE 0/0
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0/0 Morris Charles F. 1:0 * 0/0
0/0 Zeidler Sven P. 1:0 * 0/0
0/0 Borg A. 1:0 * 0/0
0/0 Powell J.L. 1:0 * 0/0
0/0 Miles R. J. 1:0 * 0/0
0/0 Owen A. 1:0 * 0/0
The Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival runs October 24th - November 1st. The
event will be a qualifier for the next FIDE knockout championships. A
selection of games from the first two rounds are available. See daily
internet coverage at:
http://www.adrian-roldan.com
Leading pairings for round 4 1 38 RUBINETTI Jorge MI ( 3 ) - 1 KRASENKOW Michael GM ( 3 ) 2 51 MINZER Claudio MI ( 3 ) - 2 ANDERSSON Ulf GM ( 3 ) 3 3 WOJTKIEWICZ Aleksand GM ( 3 ) - 25 BESHUKOV Sergei GM ( 3 ) 4 65 TROIS Francisco MI ( 3 ) - 4 MILOS Gilberto GM ( 3 ) 5 108 LAURIDSEN Jesper ( 3 ) - 8 HOFFMAN Alejandro GM ( 3 ) 6 9 BLATNY Pavel GM ( 3 ) - 26 SOPPE Guillermo MI ( 3 ) 7 11 SPANGENBERG Hugo GM ( 3 ) - 30 ROEDER Mathias MI ( 3 ) 8 59 CRUZ ESTRADA Filemon ( 3 ) - 14 SLIPAK Sergio MI ( 3 ) 9 5 RICARDI Pablo GM ( 2.5) - 64 NEEDLEMAN Alejandro MF ( 3 ) 10 53 ROSELLI Bernardo MI ( 2.5) - 6 TREGUBOV Pavel GM ( 2.5) 11 7 POLULJAHOV Aleksandr GM ( 2.5) - 60 DORIN Mauricio MI ( 2.5) 12 61 GARCIA Raimundo MI ( 2.5) - 12 SUNYE NETO Jaime GM ( 2.5) 13 13 ZARNICKI Pablo GM ( 2.5) - 62 ROSITO Jorge MI ( 2.5) 14 16 RODRIGUEZ Andres GM ( 2.5) - 66 SEMINARA Juan Pablo MF ( 2.5) 15 72 JULIA Ernesto MF ( 2.5) - 18 URDAY Henry GM ( 2.5) 16 19 GARCIA PALERMO C. GM ( 2.5) - 71 DE DOVITIIS Alejo MF ( 2.5) 17 63 SCHWEBER Samuel MI ( 2.5) - 20 SORIN Ariel GM ( 2.5) 18 23 PANNO Oscar GM ( 2.5) - 74 ALONSO Salvador ( 2.5) 19 27 GIARDELLI Sergio MI ( 2.5) - 78 ROBLEDO Daniel MF ( 2.5) 20 29 GOMEZ BAILLO Jorge MI ( 2.5) - 81 DE LAS HERAS Juan C ( 2.5) 21 33 PERALTA Fernando MI ( 2.5) - 129 CATIVELLI Gerardo ( 2.5) 22 76 REIDES Marcelo MF ( 2.5) - 34 MALBRAN Guillermo MF ( 2.5) 23 83 DEL CASTILLO Gustavo MF ( 2.5) - 37 LLANOS Guillermo MI ( 2.5) 24 93 CHURIN Leonardo ( 2.5) - 42 DE SOUZA Mauro MI ( 2.5) 25 122 PEREIRA Silvio C. ( 2.5) - 45 BERTONA Fernando MF ( 2.5) 26 47 FILGUEIRA Hernan MF ( 2.5) - 286 OSTASZEWSKI Juan ( 2.5) 27 260 FERNANDEZ MURGA Rub ( 2.5) - 10 HERNANDEZ Gilberto GM ( 2 )
John Fernandez reports on the Manhattan Chess Club Category VIII international tournament 8-16 October 1998. Georgian Grandmaster Georgi Kacheishvili, who has been on quite a hot streak since arriving to the United States this summer, won the tournament, a full point ahead of the field. American IM Josh Waitzkin had a very solid tournament, one point behind Kacheishvili, in sole possession of second place. FM Johnathan Ady secured his IM norm in difficult fashion. At four points after the 8th round, he found himself having to defeat Kacheishvili in the final round to secure the IM norm. Ady played a very interesting attacking game, and managed to emerge victorious, and able to claim himself the norm. Fortunately, Kacheishvili was so far ahead of the field, his winning the tournament was already assured after round 8. Also tied with FM Ady at five points were IM Ron Burnett and GM Sam Palatnik. IM Jay Bonin and IM Maurice Ashley made up the group at 4.5, and behind them were newly crowned GM Alexander Stripunsky, IM Saudin Robovic, and Nenad Vulicevic. The event was ably directed by Nicholas Conticello. The Manhattan Chess Club is planning to have a few more norm events in the future. You can find out information about the club at its webpage:
http://home.earthlink.net/~fanadams/
Manhattan USA (USA), X 1998 cat. VIII (2439)
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1 Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2510 * 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2596
2 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2480 0 * 0 1 1 = = 1 1 = 5.5 2513
3 Ady, Jonathan J f HKG 2395 1 1 * 1 = 0 = = = 0 5.0 2486
4 Palatnik, Semon g USA 2490 = 0 0 * 1 = 1 = = 1 5.0 2475
5 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2395 0 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 5.0 2486
6 Bonin, Jay R m USA 2405 = = 1 = 0 * 1 0 0 1 4.5 2442
7 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2490 = = = 0 = 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2432
8 Stripunsky, Alexander m USA 2520 0 0 = = 0 1 = * 0 = 3.0 2304
9 Vulicevic, Nenad YUG 2370 0 0 = = 0 1 0 1 * 0 3.0 2321
10 Robovic, Saudin m BIH 2330 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 3.0 2325
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The 4 Nations Chess League got underway in Warwick, on October 24th-25th. This is a league for British Chess teams. Round 1 results and games available.
Full internet coverage by John Saunders on the official 4NCL pages at:
http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
4NCL 1998/9 - Round 1 Division 1 Bristol 1sts 4-4 Invicta Kts 1sts Richmond 5-3 BCM Wessex 1-7 Bigwood 1sts Slough 1sts 8-0 North West Eagles Wood Green 1sts 4-4 Home House Barbican 1sts 5-3 Barbican 2nds
The Lebanese Chess Federation sends news of their Championships which finished September 8th 1998. The event saw Eid Fadi and Ahmad Najjar finish on 11.5 points a point clear of Nasim Sakr.
Beirut LIB (LIB), VIII-IX 1998
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1 Fadi, Eid f LIB 2280 * 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.5 2460
2 Najjar, Ahmad f LIB 2255 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.5 2464
3 Sakr, Nassim LIB 2140 1 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 10.5 2480
4 Nasser,Nabil ---- 0 = 1 * = = 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 9.0 2262
5 Barakat, Rafic LIB 2125 0 0 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2071
6 Kassis, Antoine LIB 2220 0 0 0 = = * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2002
7 Omar, Hytham LIB 2120 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 6.0 1944
8 Mourad,Charif ---- = 0 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1 5.5 2026
9 Dagher, Walid LIB 2145 0 0 0 = = = = = * = 0 0 1 1 5.0 2012
10 El Jawish, Ali LIB 2055 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = * = = 1 1 5.0 2025
11 Homsi,Ghassan ---- 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 0 1 4.5 1916
12 Knio,Khaled ---- 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 = 0 * 0 0 3.0 1974
13 Singer,Khalil ---- 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 3.0 1845
14 Maasarani,Amer ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 2.0
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The "Rencontre of the continents" named by FIDE "World Cup" started in the south of France, near Montpellier October 25th. The tournament combines closed tournaments + KO system, all games being played 25 min + 10 sec (Fischer). 2 groups of 8 players are play a round robin up to Tuesday night. The first 4 of each group will qualify for a K.O system tournament. A Virtual Chess 2-Bacrot match is schedulded on Friday. Three open tournaments have started on Saturday (about 200 players).
Reports Daily: http://www.europe-echecs.com
The World Youth Chess Championships for players of 10-18 years of age
are taking place in Oropesa del Mar - Marina D'Or (Castellon, Spain).
There are around 1500 participants from 60 countries. The tourmanent is a
Swiss System of 11 rounds running 25th October - 7th November. Live
coverage is available at: http://chess.net64.es/marinador98/
http://www1.elpais.es/torneos/marinador98/
An interesting Zonal tournament is taking place in Panormo, Crete. Vaganian, Velimirovic, Lputian, Atalik, Minasian, Kotronias, Miladinovic, Nikolaidis, Grivas and Lobzhanidze are amongst the players.
Coverage by the Hellas Chess Club at: http://www.chess.gr
The University of Trier CC has organized an IM-tournament (category IV). It takes place in Trier from Oct. 19 - 27. Results and games are available via the webpage: http://www.uni-trier.de/infos/schach/turn98.htm