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IX Ciudad de Pamplona 5 games Belfort 15 games Marshall Chess Club Winter Int 10 games Groningen Men 21 games Groningen Women 21 games Groningen Open 144 games 48th Greek Championships 55 games Oxford International 50 games Padova Open Italy 126 games 4th Guðmundur Arason Int 135 games Skopje Open 310 games XI Carlos Torre Memorial 25 games 4th Copa Samanel 45 games Islington Chess Congress 39 games
My thanks to Michael Atkins, Laszlo Nagy, Jerry Bibuld, Christophe Bouton of Europe Echecs, John Saunders, Sinisa Joksic, Leontxo García of El Pais, Chia Chee Seng, Argiris Kotsis of the Hellas Chess Club, Massimiliano Orsi, Daði Örn Jónsson, Ljupco Radicevski, Manuel Rodriguez, Barry Gale, T Tayhan and all those who helped with this issue.
Not a shortage of chess of the Christmas period with Groningen and Pamplona underway and Hastings and Reggio about to start. Seasonal Greetings to everyone.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The "IX Ciudad de Pamplona" tournament (cat. XIII, Dec. 27-Jan.5th., free day Jan. 1st.) is underway reports Leontxo Garcia. The players are Alexander Morozevic, Xie Jun, Loek Van Wely, Emil Sutovsky, Michal Krasenkow, Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Luis Comas, Oscar de la Riva, Jesus de la Villa and Francisco Vallejo (who is 17 and the Spanish vice champion). The organisers idea is always to combine interesting foreign players with several Spanish players. They could get the cat. XV or XVI very easily with the same budget but they prefer to do it this way. Amongst the players who have participated in Pamplona in the past before becoming very famous are Kramnik, Topalov, the Polgar sisters, Bacrot, Ponomariov and Lautier.
In round one Francisco Vallejo Pons beat Loek Van Wely and Alexander Morozevich, who has had an excellent year started with a win. My thanks to Jesús J. Boyero for the games.
Daily reports in El País Digital http://www.elpais.es/ ("Deportes" section)
Round 1 (1998.12.27)
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 45 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
De la Riva Aguado, Oscar - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 20 B06 Modern defence
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Xie Jun 1/2 60 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Comas Fabrego, Luis - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 26 A22 English; 1.c4 e5
Van Wely, Loek - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 46 D20 QGA;
Pamplona ESP (ESP), XII 1998 - I 1999 cat. XIII (2561)
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1 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2500 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2625 . * . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2450 . . * . . . . . . 1 1.0
4 De la Riva Aguado, Oscar m ESP 2510 . . . * . = . . . . 0.5 2655
5 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2605 . . . . * . = . . . 0.5 2510
6 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2655 . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2510
7 Xie Jun g CHN 2510 . . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2605
8 Comas Fabrego, Luis m ESP 2540 . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
9 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2575 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2635 . . 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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Victor Bologan, Jean Marc Degraeve, Mikhail Gurevich, Eduardas Rozentalis, and Ruslan Ponomariov are the GMs playing in the Category 13 (2563) event is being held in Belfort December 14-23rd. The last three rounds were all drawn so Mikhail Gurevich won the event by half a point from 15 year old Ukranian talent Ruslan Ponomariov both of whom dominated the early rounds reported last week. Great results for both players.
Round 8 (1998.12.21)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 70 C08 French; Tarrasch
Bologan, Viktor - Hauchard, Arnaud 1/2 46 B01 Scandinavian
Degraeve, Jean-Marc - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1/2 46 C24 1.e4 e5
Round 9 (1998.12.22)
Hauchard, Arnaud - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 58 E80 Kings indian; Saemisch
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 49 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Degraeve, Jean-Marc - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 58 B08 Pirc; Classical
Round 10 (1998.12.23)
Gurevich, Mikhail - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1/2 8 B42 Sicilian
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Hauchard, Arnaud 1/2 54 B01 Scandinavian
Bologan, Viktor - Degraeve, Jean-Marc 1/2 33 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Belfort FRA (FRA), XII 1998 cat. XIII (2573)
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1 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2610 ** == 1= 1= == 11 7.0 2714
2 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2585 == ** 1= 1= 1= == 6.5 2680
3 Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2500 0= 0= ** 1= 1= == 5.0 2587
4 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2585 0= 0= 0= ** 1= 1= 4.5 2534
5 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2575 == 0= 0= 0= ** 1= 4.0 2500
6 Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2580 00 == == 0= 0= ** 3.0 2422
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Jerry Bibuld (one of the organisers and who is the arbiter of the event) sends news of a ten-player Cat. VII (average rating = 2401.5; GM norm = 7; IM norm = 5.5) tournament at the Marshall Chess Club in NYC, which started Saturday 12th and will run until 22 December (with three days off). Sunday, 13 December, is a free day. Alexander Stripunsky won the event with 6.5/9 half a point clear of Walter Paschall.
Round 8 (1998.12.19)
Paschall, William M - Stripunsky, Alexander 1/2 7 C01 French; Exchange
Ashley, Maurice - Shamkovich, Leonid 1/2 26 B30 Sicilian
Ady, Jonathan J - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 59 B01 Scandinavian
Vulicevic, Nenad - Kacheishvili, Giorgi 0-1 50 A11 English; 1.c4
Santana, Joan - Robovic, Saudin 0-1 51 E24 Nimzo indian
Round 9 (1998.12.20)
Stripunsky, Alexander - Santana, Joan 1-0 54 B14 Caro-Kann
Kacheishvili, Giorgi - Paschall, William M 0-1 27 D11 Slav defence
Waitzkin, Joshua - Vulicevic, Nenad 1-0 63 B07 Pirc
Robovic, Saudin - Ashley, Maurice 0-1 32 B87 Sicilian
Shamkovich, Leonid - Ady, Jonathan J 1/2 44 B05 Alekhine defence
New York USA (USA), XII 1998 cat. VII (2402)
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1 Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2520 * = 1 = = 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2554
2 Paschall, William M f USA 2365 = * = 1 1 0 1 = = 1 6.0 2530
3 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2490 0 = * 1 = 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2471
4 Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2510 = 0 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2469
5 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2480 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 1 5.5 2472
6 Robovic, Saudin m BIH 2330 0 1 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 4.5 2409
7 Ady, Jonathan J f HKG 2395 1 0 = 0 = 0 * = 1 = 4.0 2359
8 Shamkovich, Leonid g USA 2380 0 = = = 0 = = * 0 0 2.5 2237
9 Vulicevic, Nenad f YUG 2370 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 * = 2.5 2239
10 Santana, Joan USA 2175 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 = * 2.5 2260
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The 37th International Chess Tournament in Groningen runs December 19-30th this year with 2 Invitational tournaments. One for men and one for women, both a double round robin events for 6 players. Sergei Tiviakov, Zoltan Almasi, Vadim Milov, Alex Yermolinsky, Jeroen Piket and Karen Asrian play in the main event. Average 2629 Category XVI. The Men's event is jointly led by Tiviakov and Milov with 4.5/7. The Women's event by Zhukova and Stefanova again with 4.5 points. The open is being led by Epishin with 7/8 with one round to go.
Men's Invitational
Round 1 (1998.12.20)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 39 C86 Ruy Lopez
Yermolinsky, Alex - Milov, Vadim 1/2 56 D38 Queen's gambit
Piket, Jeroen - Asrian, Karen 1/2 30 D30 Queen's gambit
Round 2 (1998.12.21)
Milov, Vadim - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 81 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Piket, Jeroen - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 18 E11 Bogo indian
Asrian, Karen - Almasi, Zoltan 0-1 48 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 3 (1998.12.22)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 34 C77 Ruy Lopez
Almasi, Zoltan - Milov, Vadim 1/2 17 B42 Sicilian
Yermolinsky, Alex - Asrian, Karen 1/2 38 D58 QGD;
Round 4 (1998.12.23)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Asrian, Karen 1/2 17 B18 Caro-Kann
Milov, Vadim - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 46 D13 Slav defence
Almasi, Zoltan - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 18 B83 Sicilian
Round 5 (1998.12.24)
Yermolinsky, Alex - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 47 E17 Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 25 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Asrian, Karen - Milov, Vadim 0-1 35 B43 Sicilian
Round 6 (1998.12.26)
Milov, Vadim - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 35 D86 Gruenfeld indian
Almasi, Zoltan - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 62 E12 Nimzo indian
Asrian, Karen - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 33 C95 Ruy Lopez
Round 7 (1998.12.27)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Milov, Vadim 1/2 29 B43 Sicilian
Almasi, Zoltan - Asrian, Karen 1/2 20 B19 Caro-Kann
Yermolinsky, Alex - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 43 E52 Nimzo indian
Groningen NED (NED), XII 1998 cat. XVI (2629)
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1 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2655 ** == 1= 1. =. =. 4.5 2732
2 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2640 == ** =. == 1. 1. 4.5 2732
3 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2650 0= =. ** =. =. 1= 3.5 2625
4 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2625 0. == =. ** == =. 3.0 2577
5 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2605 =. 0. =. == ** == 3.0 2577
6 Asrian, Karen g ARM 2600 =. 0. 0= =. == ** 2.5 2530
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Women's International
Round 1 (1998.12.20)
Zhukova, Natalia - Zhu Chen 1-0 49 A44 Queen's pawn
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Miroslawska, Monika 1-0 30 A45 Queen's pawn
Peng Zhaoqin - Darchia, Diana 1-0 20 E18 Nimzo indian
Round 2 (1998.12.21)
Peng Zhaoqin - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 53 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Miroslawska, Monika - Zhukova, Natalia 0-1 40 D15 Slav defence
Darchia, Diana - Zhu Chen 0-1 31 B51 Sicilian
Round 3 (1998.12.22)
Zhukova, Natalia - Peng Zhaoqin 1/2 43 D47 Semi-Slav
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Darchia, Diana 1-0 36 A47 Queen's pawn
Zhu Chen - Miroslawska, Monika 0-1 37 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 4 (1998.12.23)
Zhukova, Natalia - Darchia, Diana 1-0 55 E14 Nimzo indian
Zhu Chen - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 73 D45 Semi-Slav
Miroslawska, Monika - Peng Zhaoqin 1-0 63 A43 Queen's pawn
Round 5 (1998.12.24)
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Zhukova, Natalia 1/2 11 D00 Queen's pawn
Peng Zhaoqin - Zhu Chen 1/2 18 D14 Slav defence
Darchia, Diana - Miroslawska, Monika 1/2 20 A48 Queen's pawn
Round 6 (1998.12.26)
Zhu Chen - Zhukova, Natalia 1-0 41 D15 Slav defence
Miroslawska, Monika - Stefanova, Antoaneta 0-1 48 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Darchia, Diana - Peng Zhaoqin 1/2 23 B51 Sicilian
Round 7 (1998.12.27)
Zhukova, Natalia - Miroslawska, Monika 1/2 44 E61 Kings indian
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Peng Zhaoqin 1/2 63 D02 Queen's pawn
Zhu Chen - Darchia, Diana 1/2 65 E18 Nimzo indian
Groningen NED (NED), XII 1998 cat. IX (2459)
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1 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2460 ** =. =. 10 1= 1. 4.5 2565
2 Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2475 =. ** 0= =. 11 1. 4.5 2555
3 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2425 =. 1= ** =. 0. 1= 4.0 2514
4 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2480 01 =. =. ** 0. 1= 3.5 2454
5 Miroslawska, Monika wg POL 2470 0= 00 1. 1. ** =. 3.0 2410
6 Darchia, Diana wf GEO 2445 0. 0. 0= 0= =. ** 1.5 2229
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Open
1 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2585 7.0
2 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2640 6.5
3 Baklan, Vladimir m UKR 2585 6.5
4 Najer, Evgeniy m RUS 2535 6.5
5 Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2420 6.0
6 Ernst, Sipke NED 2420 6.0
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Ioannes Papaioannou became Greek Champion again after having to wait for the final round result between Dimitri Agnos and Ioannis Nikolaidis which ended in his closest rival Nikolaidis' defeat. The 48th Championships took place in Athens / Thessaloniki 8-23rd December reports Argiris Kotsis see the Hellas Chess Club site, [http://www.chess.gr/enter.html] for further details. At the moment the final round games are unavailable.
Athens GRE (GRE), XII 1998 cat. VII (2421)
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1 Papaioannou, Ioannis m GRE 2520 * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 = 7.0 2560
2 Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2530 = * = 1 0 = = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2520
3 Banikas, Hristos m GRE 2490 = = * 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2524
4 Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2480 0 0 1 * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2487
5 Agnos, Dimitri g GRE 2445 = 1 = = * = 0 0 1 = 1 5.5 2454
6 Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2520 0 = = = = * 1 1 0 1 0 5.0 2411
7 Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2435 = = 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 0 1 4.5 2383
8 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios f GRE 2315 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 * = = 1 4.5 2395
9 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2280 0 0 = = 0 1 0 = * = 1 4.0 2363
10 Markidis, Konstantinos GRE 2295 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 = = * 1 4.0 2361
11 Stefanopoulos, Orestis GRE 2320 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 2135
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The 1st Oxford International Chess Festival took place in the Keble Room, Oxford Moat House Hotel, 14-23 December 1998. The event was organised by Adam Raoof.
The GM A event saw Julian Hodgson and Jonny Hector share first. Only after Hodgson was defeated in a theoretical line by Sutovsky (who generally had a disappointing event) and Hector beat Wells with black. In spite of this Hodgson still took the £4,000 first prize on tie-break.
The GM B event was won jointly by IMs Alexei Barsov and Colin Crouch, both on 6/9 and both of whom won with black in the final round. They however needed 7 points for a GM norm.
Harriet Hunt won the IM event with the necessary 7/9 for an IM norm. She was half a point clear of her brother Adam. Lawrence Cooper needed a win in the final round but lost to Angus Dunnington.
Daily updates were by John Saunders at:
http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/jsaunders/oxford1.htm or
http://members.xoom.com/4ncl/oxford1.htm
GM A Tournament
Oxford ENG (ENG), XII 1998 cat. XI (2519)
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1 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2575 * 1 = = = 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2637
2 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2510 0 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2645
3 Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2600 = 1 * = = = = = 1 = 5.5 2590
4 McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2490 = = = * = = = = = 1 5.0 2565
5 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2540 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2559
6 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2575 1 = = = = * 0 = 0 1 4.5 2512
7 Turner, Matthew m ENG 2475 = 0 = = = 1 * = = = 4.5 2523
8 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2495 0 0 = = 0 = = * = = 3.0 2396
9 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2415 0 0 0 = 0 1 = = * = 3.0 2405
10 Wells, Peter K g ENG 2515 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = * 2.5 2353
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GM B Tournament
Oxford ENG (ENG), XII 1998 cat. VII (2408)
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1 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2475 * = 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 = 6.0 2525
2 Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2410 = * = = = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2532
3 Wall, Tim f ENG 2370 0 = * 1 1 = = 1 = = 5.5 2492
4 Summerscale, Aaron g ENG 2455 = = 0 * = 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2482
5 Ansell, Simon m ENG 2380 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2491
6 Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2475 1 0 = 0 = * = 0 1 1 4.5 2400
7 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2445 = 0 = 1 0 = * 0 = 1 4.0 2360
8 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2395 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 3.5 2329
9 Williams, Simon f ENG 2335 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 3.5 2336
10 Hermansson, Emil f SWE 2340 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2064
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IMA Tournament
Oxford ENG (ENG), XII 1998 cat. II (2281)
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1 Hunt, Harriet wg ENG 2400 * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2487
2 Hunt, Adam ENG 2265 1 * = = = 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2448
3 Dunnington, Angus J m ENG 2365 = = * 1 0 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2396
4 Cooper, Lawrence f ENG 2335 0 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2399
5 Bates, Richard m ENG 2395 0 = 1 0 * = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2392
6 Ciolac, Gheorghe m ROM 2375 = 0 0 0 = * 1 = 1 1 4.5 2270
7 Sheldon, Ruth wm ENG 2220 0 1 = = 0 0 * 0 1 1 4.0 2244
8 Wikstrom, Per SWE 2195 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 3.5 2210
9 Schnabel, Ralf GER 2245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1.5 2011
10 Brooke, John USA 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The Padova Open took place December 12-20th 1998 and saw Khenkin, Godena, Timoscenko and Cacco scoring 6.5/9. Khenkin had the best tie-break. My thanks to Massimiliano Orsi for sending me the news. The Official site was at: at http://www.infcom.it/fsi/ [Italian Chess Federation]
Podova ITA (ITA), XII 1998
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1 Godena, Michele g ITA 2510 +14 +10 - 2 = 7 +17 + 9 = 6 + 4 = 3 6.5 2547
2 Khenkin, Igor g RUS 2600 +25 + 5 + 1 + 8 - 3 - 4 +11 + 6 = 7 6.5 2576
3 Timoscenko, Genadij g SVK 2470 +23 +20 = 9 = 6 + 2 +10 = 4 = 8 = 1 6.5 2572
4 Cacco, Christian ITA 2190 - 6 +28 +20 +25 +18 + 2 = 3 - 1 + 8 6.5 2576
5 Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2425 +24 - 2 - 6 -17 +23 +25 +16 + 9 +13 6.0 2528
6 Ortega, Lexy m CUB 2490 + 4 =18 + 5 = 3 = 8 + 7 = 1 - 2 =10 5.5 2502
7 Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2430 +19 +17 = 8 = 1 = 9 - 6 =10 +18 = 2 5.5 2473
8 Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2535 +12 +15 = 7 - 2 = 6 +19 +18 = 3 - 4 5.5 2435
9 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2530 +16 +11 = 3 =18 = 7 - 1 +15 - 5 +20 5.5 2455
10 Quinn, Mark f IRL 2350 +21 - 1 +16 =11 +25 - 3 = 7 +12 = 6 5.5 2411
11 Rossi, Carlo f ITA 2355 +27 - 9 +14 =10 +22 =15 - 2 -13 +17 5.0 2296
12 De Bortoli, Peter ITA 2215 - 8 +26 -25 +21 -15 +20 +19 -10 +18 5.0 2305
13 Medancic, Rikard m CRO 2330 -17 -19 -22 +28 +21 +14 +26 +11 - 5 5.0 2324
14 Genocchio, Daniele ITA 2195 - 1 +21 -11 -16 +24 -13 +25 +22 +15 5.0 2272
15 Manca, Federico m ITA 2380 +26 - 8 -18 +23 +12 =11 - 9 +16 -14 4.5 2283
16 Popa, Florin ITA 2215 - 9 +27 -10 +14 =20 +22 - 5 -15 +23 4.5 2253
17 Rossato,Armando ---- +13 - 7 =19 + 5 - 1 -18 =22 +27 -11 4.0 2271
18 Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z m YUG 2290 +28 = 6 +15 = 9 - 4 +17 - 8 - 7 -12 4.0 2237
19 Bracaglia, Carlo ITA 2135 - 7 +13 =17 =22 +26 - 8 -12 -20 +24 4.0 2232
20 Corvi, Marco ITA 2305 +22 - 3 - 4 =26 =16 -12 +24 +19 - 9 4.0 2152
21 Rigo, Gianfrancesco ITA 2015 -10 -14 +24 -12 -13 +28 =27 -23 +26 3.5 2038
22 Giacomini,Massimo ---- -20 +23 +13 =19 -11 -16 =17 -14 -28 3.0 2138
23 Bianchi, Andrea ITA 2145 - 3 -22 +27 -15 - 5 -24 +28 +21 -16 3.0 2075
24 Ruzzier, Dario ITA 2090 - 5 -25 -21 +27 -14 +23 -20 +26 -19 3.0 2054
25 Caruso, Augusto ITA 2285 - 2 +24 +12 - 4 -10 - 5 -14 =28 -27 2.5 2070
26 Danieli, Enrico ITA 2070 -15 -12 +28 =20 -19 +27 -13 -24 -21 2.5 1937
27 Astengo, Marcello ITA 2040 -11 -16 -23 -24 =28 -26 =21 -17 +25 2.0 1937
28 Battagin,Mo ---- -18 - 4 -26 -13 =27 -21 -23 =25 +22 2.0 1848
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Sinisa Joksic reports: One of the most exciting Christmas tournaments is the "Ambassador open" playing in Bern, Switzerland. The name of the event comes from the host, the 4 star hotel "Ambassador", situatiated in a beautiful location with the magnificent views from the hills, over Bern. This years event has 144 players, 6 grandmasters and 13 IMs. which is a record for the tournament. In the first three rounds there were some surprise results. Number four seed Czech IM, Tomas Oral (22) lost in the second round to 17 year old Swiss player Rico Zenklusen. Grandmaster Yuri Razuvaev made only a half point with IM Andreas Huss. IM Peter Horvath (HUN) has lost one and IM Ali Habibi (GER) two games. Yugoslav veteran grandmaster Dragoljub Ciric has made one minus making two draws. Games may follow.
Ambassador open is good overture for "The First Swiss Chess Tour" which starts in Basel on January 1st 1999. More information (in the German language) at http://www.beochess.ch
Some important results:
Round 1 Bologan - Jost 1-0, Asnavi - Razuvaev 0-1, Rausis - Clausen 1-0, Leutwyler - Oral 0-1, Gofshtein - Schwery 1-0, Mauerhofer - Velicka 0-1, Delemarre - Janko 1-0, Scherrer - Kiss 0-1, Varga - Gogniat 1-0, Strickler - Horvath Peter 0-1, Barbero - Klaey 1-0, Sutter - Landenbergue 0-1, Kaenel - Banderet 1-0, Huss - Kulaksizoglo 1-0, Ciric - Mani 1-0 etc. Round 2 Deschenaux - Bologan 0-1, Razuvaev - Bucher 1-0, Mahmuti - Rausis 0-1, Oral - Zenklusen 0-1, Ferraro - Gofshtein 0-1, Velicka - Bohnenblust 1-0, Bischoff Peter - Delemarre 0-1, Kiss - Meyer 1-0, Barsi - Varga Peter 0-1, Horvath Peter - Scheidegger 1-0, Cruceli - Barbero 0-1, Landenbergue - Rufener 1-0, Thaler - Brendel 0-1, Wirthensohn - Suri Hans 1-0, Baerenfaller - Huss 0-1, Habibi - Thuner 0-1, Du Bois - Ciric 1/2, Summermatter - Strauss 1/2 Wenger - Sauter 0-1 etc. Round 3 Bologan-Wirthensohn 1-0, Huss- Razuvaev 1/2, Rausis- Werner 1-0, Gofshtein - Herbrechtsmeier 1-0, Karl-Velicka 0-1, Delemarre- Salzgeber 1-0, Werner Isabel - Kiss 0-1, Varga- Moeschinger 1-0 , Kolly - Horvath Peter 1-0, Barbero - Barthel 1-0, Zenklusen - Landenbergue 0-1, Brendel - Berset 1-0, Thuner - Kriszany 0-1, Kaenel- Ernst 1-0, Ciric - Bogosavljevic 1/2, Mauerhoher - Habibi 1-0 etc. Standings after Round 3 Bologan g (MDA), Rausis g (LAT), Gofshtein g (ISR), Velicka IM (CZE), Delemarre IM (NED), Kiss IM (HUN), Varga IM (HUN), Landenbergue IM (SUI), Brendel f (GER), Kriszany IM (HUN), Kaenel IM (SUI), Barbero g (ARG) and Kolly (SUI)all with 3 points.
The 4th Guðmundur Arason took place in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland December 14th–22nd 1998. The event finished with Aleksei Lugovoi and Manuel Bosboom scoring 6.5/9 half a point clear of four others. The event was covered on the Chess in Iceland pages at http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html and this site is also likely to be covering the Rilton Cup which begins in Sweden today. My thanks to Daði Örn Jónsson for the news.
Hafnarfjordur ISL (ISL), XII 1998
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1 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2490 +20 =15 =16 +17 + 3 = 2 + 4 = 7 = 5 6.5 2542
2 Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2525 +25 +11 = 4 +16 + 5 = 1 = 7 - 3 +13 6.5 2585
3 Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2510 +14 + 7 = 5 = 4 - 1 =18 +10 + 2 = 6 6.0 2502
4 Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2440 +23 +18 = 2 = 3 +11 = 6 - 1 =13 + 7 6.0 2532
5 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2510 +17 +12 = 3 + 8 - 2 - 7 +14 +18 = 1 6.0 2477
6 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor ISL 2445 +19 -16 =21 +22 +15 = 4 =13 + 8 = 3 6.0 2423
7 Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2410 +24 - 3 +19 =21 + 8 + 5 = 2 = 1 - 4 5.5 2436
8 Kristjansson, Stefan ISL 2225 =28 +10 +15 - 5 - 7 +12 +16 - 6 +18 5.5 2420
9 Vidarsson, Jon G f ISL 2375 -10 =13 -14 +28 =20 +26 +23 +15 =12 5.5 2278
10 Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2115 + 9 - 8 -12 =19 +25 +17 - 3 +21 =11 5.0 2345
11 Blees, Albert m NED 2430 +22 - 2 +23 =12 - 4 =20 =19 +14 =10 5.0 2305
12 Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2325 +26 - 5 +10 =11 -21 - 8 +25 +19 = 9 5.0 2310
13 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2435 =21 = 9 -17 +27 +23 +16 = 6 = 4 - 2 5.0 2333
14 Hansson, Dan ISL 2230 - 3 =24 + 9 +25 =16 +21 - 5 -11 =15 4.5 2327
15 Karason, Askell O ISL 2270 +27 = 1 - 8 +18 - 6 =19 +20 - 9 =14 4.5 2258
16 Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2295 +30 + 6 = 1 - 2 =14 -13 - 8 +26 =17 4.5 2303
17 Edvardsson, Kristjan ISL 2220 - 5 +26 +13 - 1 -18 -10 +27 +23 =16 4.5 2254
18 Thorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 2235 +29 - 4 +27 -15 +17 = 3 +21 - 5 - 8 4.5 2234
19 Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2200 - 6 +30 - 7 =10 +22 =15 =11 -12 +24 4.5 2255
20 Einarsson, Bergsteinn ISL 2210 - 1 -27 +30 +26 = 9 =11 -15 =24 +29 4.5 2265
21 Gunnarsson, Arnar ISL 2180 =13 +28 = 6 = 7 +12 -14 -18 -10 =22 4.0 2203
22 Kjartansson, David ISL 2130 -11 =25 +24 - 6 -19 -29 +28 +27 =21 4.0 2147
23 Jensson, Einar Hjalti ISL 2185 - 4 +29 -11 +24 -13 +27 - 9 -17 +30 4.0 2138
24 Einarsson, Einar Kristinn ISL 2125 - 7 =14 -22 -23 +30 =25 +29 =20 -19 3.5 2067
25 Bjornsson, Tomas f ISL 2255 - 2 =22 +28 -14 -10 =24 -12 +30 =26 3.5 2060
26 Asgeirsson, Heimir ISL 2115 -12 -17 +29 -20 +28 - 9 +30 -16 =25 3.5 2017
27 Steindorsson,Sigurdur Pall ---- -15 +20 -18 -13 +29 -23 -17 -22 =28 2.5 1931
28 Omarsson,Hjalti Runar ---- = 8 -21 -25 - 9 -26 -30 -22 +29 =27 2.0 1768
29 Gudmundsson,Kjartan ---- -18 -23 -26 +30 -27 +22 -24 -28 -20 2.0 1992
30 Olafsson, Thorvadur ISL 2050 -16 -19 -20 -29 -24 +28 -26 -25 -23 1.0
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Ljupco Radicevski sends news of an open in Skopje, Macedonia. The XV annual Skopje Open was held 12-20 December. The winner for the second time was Bulgarian grandmaster Vasil Spasov(rating 2595)
1. 8 Stanojoski Zvonko 7.0 52.0 2475 2638 +1.78
1 Spasov Vasil 7.0 52.5 2595 2631 +0.34
3. 10 Lazic Miroljub 6.5 50.5 2455 2538 +1.01
7 Jacimovic Dragoljub 6.5 50.0 2490 2534 +0.47
9 Dimitrov Vladimir 6.5 46.0 2470 2484 +0.20
6. 6 Drazic Sinisa 6.0 51.5 2495 2501 +0.06
16 Tringov Georgi 6.0 47.5 2365 2413 +0.50
5 Popcev Milko 6.0 47.5 2495 2456 -0.48
11 Nedev Trajko 6.0 46.5 2435 2415 -0.21
15 Andonovski Ljubisa 6.0 43.0 2390 2418 +0.28
2 Bogdanovski Vlatko 6.0 44.0 2515 2379 -1.32
30 Veleski Robert 6.0 39.0 2255 2212 -0.30
13. 3 Mitkov Nikola 5.5 51.5 2515 2456 -0.71
18 Vasovski Nikola 5.5 48.5 2320 2433 +1.05
4 Inkiov Ventzislav 5.5 50.0 2495 2398 -1.07
13 Nikolov Sasho 5.5 47.0 2400 2412 +0.19
14 Colovic Aleksandar 5.5 44.0 2390 2364 -0.28
12 Dancevski Orce 5.5 47.0 2405 2373 -0.35
21 Stojcevski Zoran 5.5 45.5 2305 2360 +0.66
31 Dinev Dejan 5.5 44.0 2255 2298 +0.34
20 Organdziev Oliver 5.5 47.5 2310 2364 +0.66
19 Ilic Ljubomir 5.5 42.0 2320 2274 -0.42
29 Ljangov Petar 5.5 41.0 2255 2241 -0.14
24. 17 Danilovic Aleksandar 5.0 44.0 2360 2359 -0.01
23 Kocovski Ivan 5.0 49.5 2290 2390 +1.12
27 Gicev Blagoj 5.0 48.5 2275 2339 +0.72
28 Vladimirov Vladimir 5.0 43.5 2265 2361 +0.92
36 Kizov Vladimir 5.0 44.5 2230 2220 -0.04
26 Kizov Atanas 5.0 46.0 2280 2359 +0.66
34 Trajkovski Mile 5.0 44.5 2235 2193 -0.34
35 Stojanovski Dejan 5.0 45.5 2235 2319 +0.96
33 Nikolin-Ivanovska Zorica 5.0 40.5 2235 2136 -0.65
51 Cvetkovski Slobodan 5.0 37.0 2065 2107 +0.25
72 Nedzmedin Sadiki 5.0 43.0 0000 2217 2217
44 Ilic Mihajlo 5.0 36.5 2135 1717 -0.72
45 Vukelic Zvonimir 5.0 39.5 2125 1673 -0.66
64 Simeonov Mirko 5.0 32.0 0000 2142 2142
38. 24 Davcevski Dusan 4.5 43.5 2290 2264 -0.30
32 Jankov Dejan 4.5 42.5 2245 2200 -0.43
25 Stamnov Aleksandar 4.5 41.5 2280 2137 -1.08
69 Miserliovski Risto 4.5 40.5 0000 2227 2227
53 Radicevski Ljupco 4.5 37.0 0000 2170 2170
43. 41 Karanfilovski Stane 4.0 39.5 2170 2221 +0.40
38 Kacakovski Dimitar 4.0 38.5 2205 2218 +0.06
39 Mitkovski Oliver 4.0 39.5 2195 2173 -0.14
40 Dmitrovic Zoran 4.0 43.5 2185 2064 -0.70
74 Glavinac Goran 4.0 37.5 0000 2075 2075
76 Naunov Dragan 4.0 37.5 0000 2110 2110
42 Brankovic Dusan 4.0 35.0 2155 1616 -0.62
48 Novakovic Slavko 4.0 37.0 2090 2092 +0.00
47 Sekulovska Vesna 4.0 35.5 2105 1648 -0.66
54 Stojkovic Milan 4.0 36.5 0000 2113 2113
55 Urdinov Vasil 4.0 35.5 0000 2086 2086
67 Janevska Aleksandra 4.0 35.5 0000 1973 1973
55. 59 Zuberoski Enes 3.5 39.5 0000 1986 1986
49 Simonovski Mile 3.5 35.0 2080 1668 -0.36
60 Gotovusa Goran 3.5 31.5 0000 1990 1990
46 Krstev Risto 3.5 35.0 2125 1721 -0.34
52 Beseva Svetla 3.5 33.5 2025 1723 -0.09
71 Djordjevski Janco 3.5 27.5 0000 1872 0
61. 43 Janevski Igno 3.0 42.0 2155 2220 +0.28
50 Milosevic Dragan 3.0 38.0 2070 1663 -0.34
65 Damcevski Marjan 3.0 38.0 0000 2074 2074
61 Gavrilov Igor 3.0 32.0 0000 1852 1852
70 Suajibi Dritan 3.0 36.0 0000 1802 1802
63 Stoilkovski Jordan 3.0 33.0 0000 1870 1870
58 Dimkovski Goran 3.0 36.0 0000 1984 1984
68. 66 Gerovski Branislav 2.5 34.0 0000 2034 2034
62 Mihajlovski Petre 2.5 34.5 0000 1516 1516
57 Krstevski Lazar 2.5 33.5 0000 1907 1907
56 Pancevski Filip 2.5 29.0 0000 1811 1811
72. 37 Rusomanov Atanas 2.0 32.0 2215 - +0.00
68 Prisagjanec Stevan 2.0 37.0 0000 1935 1935
74. 22 Mitkovski Krume 1.5 31.5 2290 2195 -0.13
75 Trpkov Vladimir 1.5 30.5 0000 1636 0
76. 73 Vlkov Danail 0.5 30.5 0000 1713 0
The XI Carlos Torre Memorial took place in the Yucatan Children's Cultural Center in Merida Mexico December 15-22nd. A nine round Swiss event, the top player Larry Christiansen of the United States took the first prize of $25,000 with 7.5/9 ahead of Giblerto Hernandez of Mexico on 7. Both were undefeated.
Full details and internet coverage at: http://fi.uady.mx/aay/
Leading final scores 1 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2610 7.5 /9 2 Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2520 7.0 3 Frias, Victor J m CHI 2470 6.5 4 Espinosa, Rafael CUB 2160 6.5 5 Sariego, Wilfredo m CUB 2385 6.5 6 Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2485 6.5 7 Hickl, Joerg g GER 2540 6.5 8 Martin del Campo, Roberto m MEX 2465 6.5 9 Russek, Guil m MEX 2395 6.5 10 Aldama, Degurnay m CUB 2450 6.0 92 players
Manuel Rodriguez reports on the 4th Copa Samanel in the Dominican Republic. A mixture of computers and human players saw the computers finish top. The event took place December 14-22nd 1998.
Dominican Rep (DOM), XII 1998
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1 REBEL 10 400MHZ 128RAM ---- * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.5
2 CM6000 450MHZ 128RAM ---- 0 * 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2622
3 HIARCS 6.0 350MHZ 128RAM ---- = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0
4 Dominguez,Jose ML 2340 = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2479
5 Pinal, Nelson B m CUB 2330 0 = 0 1 * 1 = = = = 4.5 2271
6 Alvarado, N DOM 2180 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 4.5 2479
7 Fernandez, Marino f DOM 2180 0 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 3.0 2446
8 Mateo, Ramon m DOM 2415 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 1 3.0 2368
9 Montes de Oca,Alexis 2130 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 2.0 2199
10 Jaquez, Juan DOM 2220 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 2035
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The Islington Chess Congress took place December 19-20 reports Barry Gale (games from T Tayhan).
The Open section finished 1st= Mark HEBDEN, Bogdan LALIC 4.5/5 3rd= Daniel GORMALLY, James PLASKETT, Charles TIPPLESTON 4.
The Cairnhill Open 1998 took place 19th-24th December 1998. It took place in the Cairnhill Community Club in Singapore, and was won by Ian Rogers. No games available at the moment.
Information at: http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~chiacs/
1 Rogers, Ian 6.5 30.0 27.75 26.0 2605 2732 +0.50 3 Tu Hoang Thong 5.5 32.0 22.75 25.5 2480 2499 +0.12 2 Wu Shaobin 5.5 32.0 22.75 24.5 2505 2537 +0.24 49 Saifuddin, Fikrul 5.5 29.5 21.75 21.5 0000 2441 +1.50 36 Flores Jr., Ben 5.5 29.5 22.25 20.5 0000 2517 +1.50 10 Wong Meng Leong 5.5 26.0 15.75 19.5 2235 2248 +0.04 19 Tan Yeow Hiang, Kenneth 5.0 24.5 14.50 19.0 2100 2178 +0.28 8 Koh Kum Hong 5.0 25.0 15.50 19.0 2250 2425 +0.71 9 Chan Chee Keong, Mark 5.0 30.0 19.00 19.0 2240 2338 +0.26 4 Liu, Dede 4.5 34.0 21.25 22.0 2375 2322 -0.30 11 Lim Chuin Hoong, Ronnie 4.5 27.5 17.50 19.0 2225 2238 +0.04 5 Chia Chee Seng 4.5 30.5 18.25 17.0 2300 2870 +0.70 37 Goh Weiming 4.5 28.5 18.00 16.0 0000 2289 +1.00 35 Chue Kah Loong 4.5 24.5 15.75 15.5 0000 2170 0 6 Tu Hoang Thai 4.0 29.0 13.50 21.0 2300 2329 +0.16 14 Khegai, Angela 4.0 27.5 11.50 20.0 2195 2193 +0.01 59 Wong Chee Chung 4.0 30.5 15.25 19.5 0000 2322 2322 17 Molnar, Aurel 4.0 28.5 14.75 18.5 2190 2055 -0.43 12 Tan Chun Chuen, Malcolm 4.0 28.5 15.75 18.0 2205 1952 -0.66 13 Morrison, Chris 4.0 27.0 12.50 18.0 2200 1598 -0.80 7 Leong, Ignatius 4.0 29.0 12.50 18.0 2275 1928 -0.12 55 Tan Koh Boon, Mark 4.0 25.5 10.25 17.0 0000 1498 0 16 Tay Chong Cheow, Junior 4.0 27.5 12.75 16.0 2195 1776 -0.36 15 Foo Hsiang Ming 4.0 27.0 12.50 14.5 2195 1573 -0.42 23 Ananta, Bagas Prama 4.0 20.5 11.00 14.0 0000 1698 0 54 Tan Chor Chuan 3.5 25.0 11.50 18.0 0000 2085 0 45 Neudel, Bernd 3.5 28.5 13.25 16.0 0000 2189 2189 51 Sawalani, Navin 3.5 26.0 10.75 15.5 0000 1972 1972 60 Yee Kah Leong 3.5 26.0 9.75 14.5 0000 1952 1952 21 Long, James 3.5 24.0 10.50 14.5 2055 1828 -0.06 58 Wilman, Endey 3.5 23.0 10.50 13.5 0000 1518 0 27 Bunawan 3.5 25.0 11.25 13.5 0000 1611 0 32 Chia Luck Khng, Clement 3.5 23.5 9.00 13.0 0000 1546 0 42 Johnson, Nigel 3.5 23.0 9.75 12.5 0000 1939 0 56 Tang Kum Foo 3.5 23.5 12.25 9.0 0000 - 0 29 Cher Siyuan, David 3.0 25.0 9.00 14.0 0000 1581 0 24 Ang Jia Jun 3.0 24.5 7.00 14.0 0000 1571 0 31 Chia Keng San 3.0 23.0 7.75 13.5 0000 1546 0 26 Bersaba, Bernardo 3.0 20.0 6.50 12.0 0000 - 0 39 Gutierrez, Amor B. 3.0 22.0 8.25 11.5 0000 2014 2014 20 Lim Kok Ann 3.0 24.0 9.25 10.0 2070 - +0.00 43 Massie, Jopie 3.0 20.0 6.00 9.0 0000 1486 0 25 Azemia, Rita 3.0 18.5 5.00 8.0 0000 - 0 57 Tham Weng Fei 2.5 19.0 3.75 12.0 0000 1456 0 47 Nithiananthan 2.5 20.5 5.50 10.0 0000 1513 0 61 Yip Fong Ling 2.5 24.5 6.50 9.0 0000 2682 0 62 Zialor, Michel 2.5 22.0 4.75 9.0 0000 1803 0 53 Sonon, Benjamin 2.5 18.5 2.75 7.0 0000 - 0 34 Chua, Xavier 2.5 16.5 3.00 5.0 0000 1828 0 46 Ng, Jeffrey 2.0 24.0 4.50 11.0 0000 1505 0 30 Chew, Clement 2.0 23.0 6.00 9.0 0000 1558 0 52 Seet Cheng Bok 2.0 21.0 4.00 9.0 0000 1378 0 40 Hassan, Ali Amdan 2.0 19.0 4.00 7.0 0000 1451 0 38 Goh, Benjamin 2.0 20.5 2.50 7.0 0000 1521 0 22 Khoo Geak Chong 1.5 21.0 6.00 8.5 2005 - +0.00 18 Mooi Kok Onn, Osric 1.5 24.0 11.75 8.5 2125 - +0.00 33 Chong En Peng, Calvin 1.5 22.5 5.75 8.0 0000 1928 0 44 Naya, Elvis 1.5 19.0 3.25 5.0 0000 1518 0 41 Huang, Daniel 1.0 23.0 8.50 4.0 0000 1478 0 50 Saraswat, Rajiv 1.0 18.0 4.00 3.0 0000 1386 0 28 Charlot, Dynise 1.0 14.5 0.25 2.0 0000 - 0 48 Rahmat, Rahim 0.5 20.0 9.00 3.5 0000 - 0
Michael Atkins report: FM Nelson Cataneda stands in clear first after 4 rounds of the Open section in the 1998 Eastern Open. His 4-0 was accomplished with upsets in the last two rounds over IMs Calvin Blocker and Edward Formanek. Trailing at 3.5 are GM Alex Ivanov, IM Larry Kaufman, and NM Matthew Bengtson. 200 players are participating in this years tournament with 63 in the Open. IM Osman Palos won the Sunday Night blitz with 10.5/12 in a very strong field. FM Emory Tate came in secons with 8.5. Monday night is the WBCA blitz. Games and final results will appear next week.
WCC WORLD CHESS RANKINGS Produced by the World Chess Councel Luis Rentero Sancez, Linares Ken Thompson, New Jersey Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow Results up to January 1,1999 . The main point of interest will be how these rankings compare with the new FIDE ratings due out in the next few days.
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2803 140 2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2750 139 3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2724 152 4. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2712 184 5. Leko,Peter HUN 2693 137 6. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2686 123 7. Svidler,Peter RUS 2679 157 8. Adams,Michael ENG 2679 160 9. Short,Nigel D ENG 2678 147 10. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2677 166 11. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2675 158 12. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2667 158 13. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2665 187 14. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2664 148 15. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2658 139 16. Salov,Valery RUS 2656 185 17. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2653 176 18. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2650 159 19. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2650 156 20. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2644 146 21. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2643 178 22. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2643 130 23. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2642 156 24. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2636 181 25. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2627 162 26. Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2625 172 27. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2623 150 28. Timman,Jan H NED 2622 190 29. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2617 154 30. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2616 147 31. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2614 198 32 Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188 33. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2602 202 34. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186 35. Khenkin,Igor RUS 2600 182 36. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2597 176 37. Dolmatov,Sergey RUS 2597 121 38. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2596 152 39. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2596 162 40. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2595 185 41. Movsesian,Sergei CZE 2594 176 42. Kasimdzhanov,Rustam UZB 2594 198 43. Van Wely,Loek NED 2593 188 44. Piket,Jeroen NED 2592 169 45. Polgar,Zsuzsa (GM) HUN 2592 176 46. Nenashev,Alexander UZB 2590 179 47. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2590 143 48. Rohde,Michael A USA 2589 190 49. Oll,Lembit EST 2589 126 50. Chernin,Alexander HUN 2588 144
The 41° Tournament "Capodanno" Reggio Emilia (Italy) starts December 29th reports Carlo Mazzoni. Category 9. Internet coverage http://www.xall.com/ippogrifo/
The players are:
GM Lputian Smbat 2615 ARM GM Komarov Dimitri 2570 UKR GM Solozhenkin Eugeniy 2535 RUS GM Efimov Igor 2530 ITA IM Borgo Giulio 2445 ITA IM Tomescu Vlad 2425 ROM M Drei Andrea 2340 ITA M Vezzosi Paolo 2325 ITA M Anceschi Vittorio 2285 ITA Aldrovandi Costantino 2280 ITA
There will be a "TAPOLCA" Open in Budapest from 8th until 16th of January. Planned 5-10 IM-s, about 50 % FIDE rated, 10-20 % foreigners. Planned possibilities in the case of the good play for the IM-norms as well.
"TAPOLCA" Open 9 rounds Swiss chess tournament, B U D A P E S T, 8th-16th of January 1999 Organizer: PAREJ, Jozsef tel: /36/-87-321950, from 19:00 until 21:00 hours Central European Time, GMT+1 hour. More info, accommodation: Nagy,Laszlo, tel: /361/-263-2859 E-mail: 100263.1700@compuserve.com webpage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ chess_first_saturday_hu/ Prizes: 30-20-15-10-5-4-2x3-2x2.5-2x2 thousand HUF. /Brutto/, 1 USD = about 215 HUF now. Venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. Registration via telecommunication and maximally until 14:00 at the 8th of January /Friday/ in the tournament hall. Maximally 90 players. First round and rounds until the 8th start at the 15:30. Last round from 9:00. Possibilities for rising ELO-rating, planned possibilities for IM-norms. Entry fee system - will be given in the case of interest.
This open runs December 26th - 31st. Gerald Hertneck is the main star.
Daily information at: http://www.schach.at/aschach.htm
The 34th Hallsberg Junior International Tournament starts on monday the 28 december 1998 and finishes 5 January 1999.
http://www.hallsberg-chess.t.se/
74th Hastings International Congress, 29 Dec - 10 January 1999 The line-up for the Hastings Premier is : John Emms 2585, Laurent Fressinet 2455, Tony Miles 2590, Jim Plaskett 2455, Ruslan Ponomariov 2585, Matthew Sadler 2660, Mihail Saltaev 2525, Sergei Shipov 2635, Ivan Sokolov 2620 and Jon Speelman 2600.