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Games section
XVI Ciudad de Linares 8 games Karpov-Piket Match 1 games Cappelle la Grande 246 games 10th Goodricke International Open 364 games Krush-Browne Match 4 games Brown-Henley Blitz Match 4 games Deloitte & Touche Jersey Open 214 games First Saturday, February GM 66 games First Saturday, February IM 91 games 1st Zuglo Hotel Open 33 games 3rd Best Western Mt. Vernon Classic 11 games
My thanks to Patrick Rasenberg, Club Kasparov, Europe Echecs, Jean-Claude Templeur and Jérôme Trapeaux, Paul Hodges and Smartchess, John Saunders, Laszlo Nagy, Olivier Deville, Michael Atkins and all those who helped with this issue.
The Linares tournament in Spain will probably be the strongest event of the year. After two fairly cautious rounds I expect the event to become more decisive, especially after the first rest day.
FIDE may be on the verge of announcing that the World Championships will be in Las Vegas in June/July. They had extensive negotiations with Fishmann Associates which fell apart a few weeks ago. They then had to start from scratch. However I learn that they may have a secured a venue in Vegas. If so an announcement needs to be made quickly.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Category 20 XVI Ciudad de Linares will run February 21-March 10th. This Category 20 event is likely to be the strongest of the year. After the Wijk aan Zee tournament earlier this year it looks likely it will be a battle between Kasparov and Anand again. Victories will be at a premium here and there have only been two wins in the first two rounds. Nevertheless it has been tough chess.
Michael Adams got strong pressure in round one which led to the collapse of Leko's position. Kasparov scored his first win in round two when he probably hit Ivanchuk with a novelty which put the Ukranian under pressure and led to a win in only 31 moves with black.
Official site: http://linares.teleline.es/default.htm OR http://194.224.53.74/default.htm
Round 1 (February 21, 1999)
Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 1-0 26 B19 Caro-Kann
Kasparov, Gary - Svidler, Peter 1/2 31 C90 Ruy Lopez
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 33 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 26 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 2 (February 22, 1999)
Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 27 C42 Petroff defence
Topalov, Veselin - Adams, Michael 1/2 41 C88 Ruy Lopez
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 24 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 31 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
XVI Ciudad de Linares (ESP), ii-iii 1999 cat. XX (2735)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 ** .. .. =. .. .. .. 1. 1.5 2890
2 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 .. ** =. .. .. .. 1. .. 1.5 2906
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 .. =. ** .. =. .. .. .. 1.0 2781
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 =. .. .. ** =. .. .. .. 1.0 2733
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 .. .. =. =. ** .. .. .. 1.0 2706
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 .. .. .. .. .. ** =. =. 1.0 2704
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 .. 0. .. .. .. =. ** .. 0.5 2603
8 Leko, Peter g HUN 2694 0. .. .. .. .. =. .. ** 0.5 2555
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There is an 8 game match between Anatoly Karpov and Jeroen Piket in Monaco organised by the Association Max Euwe. The match started with a draw on Sunday 21st February and will run until March 2nd.
Piket, Jeroen - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 36 E15 Nimzo indian
Assoc. Max Euwe Matc (MNC), ii-iii 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2710 = . . . . . . . 0.5 2619
Piket, Jeroen g NED 2619 = . . . . . . . 0.5 2710
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A FIDE Press release dated 17th February (signed E.A. Omuku) discussed some of the issues of recent controversy, including the FIDE Championships, the Polgar - Xie Jun Women's World Championship match and the last rating list.
Talking of recent "rumours" that the "1999 World Championship in Las Vegas had been cancelled" the press release says: "the FIDE President in his circular letter of 2 February 1999 reaffirmed that the World Championship will hold [sic] this year in Las Vegas. As a follow-up to the President's circular, I can confirm that Deputy President G. Makropoulos is currently holding talks with the hotels and potential sponsors in Las Vegas and our partners in the US Chess Federation and in the course of the week, the full details of this Championship will be announced."
It goes on "there should be no iota of doubt that the Championship will hold [sic] this year in Las Vegas during the envisaged period."
Whereas earlier in the week this looked quite vague and they were certainly looking at other dates and had no venue, I now understand that FIDE may have found a venue for the original June/July period in Las Vegas. Further news as I get it.
Next year the Championships will be held in the last week of November and first three weeks of December in the year 2000.
They direct that the Women's World Chess Championship, the should be held the last week of May to the beginning of June 1999. The Women's knockout World Championships will take place in Kishinev in September 1999 hence the haste even though they are still early for the pregnant Zsuzsa Polgar. However FIDE have no bids for this events and they call for further bids.
The rating list which was both late and full of errors was discussed by FIDE Rating Administrator Casto Abundo and World Championship Cycle Committee Chairman Willy Iclicki. They resolved to put into place a more "reliable" structure. Also FIDE say they are "reviewing" their relationship with Chess Planet (hence the rating list appearing at the Hellas CC site http://www.chess.gr/)
There is also a call for the promotion and collection of fees for the new rapid rating system, distinct from the normal rating system.
1999 is the 75th Anniversary of FIDE.
After wild games in the final round Simen Agdestein, Mikhail Gurevich and Pavel Tregubov all scored 7.5 points in the Cappelle la Grande open in France. It ran 13-21 Feb. 615 players competed including 104 GMs and 80 IMs.
My thanks to Europe Echecs, Jean-Claude Templeur and Jérôme
Trapeaux for the news.
Final results:
Final results
Cappelle la Grande FRA (FRA), ii 1999
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1 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2550 7½ 2789
2 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2627 7½ 2769
3 Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2570 7½ 2739
4 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2459 7 2715
5 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2548 7 2714
6 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2640 7 2706
7 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2609 7 2702
8 Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2562 7 2691
9 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2557 7 2681
10 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2600 7 2677
11 Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2542 6½ 2675
12 Poluljahov, Aleksandr g RUS 2566 6½ 2674
13 Beshukov, Sergei g RUS 2511 6½ 2645
14 Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2561 6½ 2636
15 Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2587 6½ 2634
16 Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2510 6½ 2626
17 Socko, Bartosz m POL 2497 6½ 2621
18 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2539 6½ 2616
19 Shneider, Aleksandr g UKR 2545 6½ 2610
20 David, Alberto g LUX 2530 6½ 2589
21 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2525 6½ 2588
22 Kaminski, Marcin g POL 2516 6½ 2583
23 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2565 6½ 2580
24 Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2452 6½ 2575
25 Georgiev, Vladimir m BUL 2508 6½ 2555
26 Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2445 6½ 2542
27 Murey, Jacob g ISR 2463 6½ 2521
28 Pira, Davoud m FRA 2382 6½ 2438
29 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2530 6½ 2669
30 Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2502 6½ 2613
31 GMI NENASHEV ALEXANDER UZB 2616 6 2631
32 GMI LESIEGE ALEXANDRE CAN 2521 6 2621
33 GMI GOLOD VITALI ISR 2554 6 2613
34 GMI MARCIANO DAVID FRA 2521 6 2612
35 GMI MILES ANTHONY ENG 2609 6 2599
36 GMI BAUER CHRISTIAN FRA 2528 6 2582
MI GRABARCZYK MIROSLAW POL 2462 6 2582
38 GMI ZILBERMAN YAACOV ISR 2513 6 2577
39 GMI STEFANSSON HANNES ISL 2569 6 2576
40 MI SAFIN SHUKHRAT UZB 2484 6 2571
GMI SKRIPCHENKO-LAU ALMIRA MDA 2414 6 2571
42 GMI LEGKY NIKOLAY UKR 2487 6 2561
43 GMI MIKHALEVSKI VICTOR ISR 2531 6 2560
44 GMI TIMOSHENKO GEORGY UKR 2592 6 2550
45 GMI ATALIK SUAT TUR 2593 6 2549
46 MI KRIVOSHEY SERGEI UKR 2451 6 2545
47 GMI GALKIN ALEXANDER RUS 2507 6 2542
48 GMI BRODSKY MICHAIL UKR 2530 6 2541
GMI IBRAGIMOV ILDAR RUS 2602 6 2541
50 MI PIERROT FACUNDO ARG 2442 6 2540
51 MI GRIGORE GEORGE-GABR. ROM 2526 6 2538
52 GMI ASEEV KONSTANTIN RUS 2519 6 2536
53 MI DGEBUADZE ALEXANDRE GEO 2539 6 2535
54 GMI MARKOWSKI TOMASZ POL 2549 6 2531
55 GMI LEVIN FELIX GER 2496 6 2530
56 GMI IVANOV SERGEY RUS 2528 6 2529
57 MI URBAN KLAUDIUSZ POL 2444 6 2525
58 GMI CHUCHELOV VLADIMIR BEL 2534 6 2524
59 MI KEKELIDZE MIKHEIL GEO 2439 6 2522
60 GMI GDANSKI JACEK POL 2530 6 2517
61 MI MCSHANE LUKE ENG 2497 6 2514
62 GMI CVITAN OGNJEN CRO 2521 6 2512
63 GMI NATAF IGOR-ALEX. FRA 2481 6 2509
64 GMI BERELOVICH ALEKSANDAR UKR 2484 6 2502
GMI DEGRAEVE JEAN-MARC FRA 2536 6 2502
66 GMI DIZDAR GORAN CRO 2563 6 2494
67 GMI OLAFSSON HELGI ISL 2503 6 2490
68 GMI NIKCEVIC NEBOJSA YUG 2472 6 2482
69 MF SZIEBERT ADAM HUN 2302 6 2476
70 CF SZELAG MARCIN POL 2408 6 2460
71 MI PETKEVICH JUSEFS LAT 2452 6 2459
72 MI MATLAK MAREK POL 2448 6 2458
73 MI ORATOVSKY MICHAEL ISR 2480 6 2451
74 GMI SUMMERSCALE AARON ENG 2440 6 2443
75 MI GINSBURG GENNADIJ GER 2495 6 2440
76 MF WATANABE AKIRA JPN 2364 6 2435
77 MI CARLIER BRUNO NED 2415 6 2379
78 GMI DERVISHI ERALD ALB 2484 5½ 2548
79 GMI LANKA ZIGURDS LAT 2521 5½ 2542
80 GMI PAVLOVIC MILOS YUG 2509 5½ 2541
81 MI GALDUNTS SERGEY ARM 2435 5½ 2539
82 GMI APICELLA MANUEL FRA 2515 5½ 2530
83 GMI MINASIAN ARTASHES ARM 2594 5½ 2513
84 MI BLEHM PAWEL POL 2428 5½ 2497
85 MI KHACHIAN MELIKSET ARM 2478 5½ 2494
MI PAYEN ARNAUD FRA 2415 5½ 2494
87 MI GROOTEN HERMAN NED 2405 5½ 2492
88 MI COSMA IOAN ROM 2475 5½ 2491
89 GMI HABA PETR CZE 2545 5½ 2490
GMI RELANGE ELOI FRA 2478 5½ 2490
91 GMI KOBALIJA MIHAIL RUS 2537 5½ 2486
GMI KOGAN ARTUR ISR 2507 5½ 2486
93 CF BUCHER DENIS SUI 2276 5½ 2481
MI MIKHALETZ LUBOMIR UKR 2485 5½ 2481
95 GMI STEFANOVA ANTOANETA BUL 2452 5½ 2479
96 GMI SULSKIS SARUNAS LTU 2568 5½ 2478
97 GMI PLACHETKA JAN SVK 2395 5½ 2477
98 MI GOLUBOVIC BORIS CRO 2450 5½ 2459
99 GMI GHITESCU THEODOR ROM 2365 5½ 2454
100 GMI GUREVICH VLADIMIR UKR 2513 5½ 2453
101 MF BOBRAS PIOTR POL 2371 5½ 2450
102 MI FOISOR OVIDIU ROM 2491 5½ 2449
103 GMI KLOVANS JANIS LAT 2470 5½ 2440
104 MI ROEDER MATHIAS GER 2448 5½ 2436
MI SALMENSUU OLLI FIN 2449 5½ 2436
106 GMI GIPSLIS AIVARS LAT 2470 5½ 2433
107 GMI KISELEVA NATALIA UKR 2316 5½ 2430
108 CF BRUNELLIERE PIERRE FRA 2238 5½ 2429
GMI SOLOZHENKIN EVGENIY RUS 2545 5½ 2429
MI VAREILLE FRANCOIS FRA 2418 5½ 2429
111 GMI BOBROWSKA MONIKA POL 2440 5½ 2428
112 MI MURDZIA PIOTR POL 2441 5½ 2421
113 MF HOLMSTEN ALEKSEI FIN 2373 5½ 2420
114 GMI SANTO-ROMAN MARC FRA 2381 5½ 2414
115 GMI MC NAB COLIN SCO 2418 5½ 2413
116 MF BALLMANN MARTIN SUI 2401 5½ 2411
117 MI MARCELIN CYRIL FRA 2383 5½ 2399
118 GMI FOISOR CRISTINA ROM 2370 5½ 2397
GMI GAPONENKO INNA UKR 2406 5½ 2397
120 CF BERKVENS JOOST NED 2215 5½ 2390
121 GMI VASILEVICH TATJANA UKR 2410 5½ 2388
122 MI FROIS ANTONIO POR 2405 5½ 2387
MF JENNI FLORIAN SUI 2394 5½ 2387
124 MI KAIUMOV DMITRY UZB 2482 5½ 2382
125 MI MANNION STEPHEN SCO 2343 5½ 2380
126 GMI BAGIROV VLADIMIR LAT 2493 5½ 2379
MF VERAT LAURENT FRA 2294 5½ 2379
128 MI WERNER ISABEL GER 2233 5½ 2375
129 CF KHECHUMYAN GAGIK ARM 2372 5½ 2373
130 GMI HEBDEN MARK ENG 2556 5½ 2370
MI IVANOV JORDAN BUL 2359 5½ 2370
132 DRAOUI NAJIB MAR 2117 5½ 2369
133 CF BEKKER-JENSEN SIMON DEN 2360 5½ 2366
CF BROCHET PHILIPPE FRA 2351 5½ 2366
CF KARATOROSSIAN DAVID ARM 2348 5½ 2366
136 CF PINSKI JAN POL 2346 5½ 2365
137 MI SHAW JOHN SCO 2425 5½ 2363
138 MI ANTONIEWSKI RAFAL POL 2431 5½ 2362
139 MI COLLAS DIDIER FRA 2330 5½ 2358
140 MI FRANZEN JOZEF SVK 2320 5½ 2353
MI VUL ARKADI RUS 2454 5½ 2353
142 CF MIDOUX SEBASTIEN FRA 2225 5½ 2346
143 CF DOGHRI NEBIL TUN 2337 5½ 2344
MI ZIGURA OLEG UKR 2430 5½ 2344
145 MI MANIK MIKULAS SVK 2478 5½ 2341
146 CF BELICHEV NIKOLAI UKR 2397 5½ 2339
147 MI TOUZANE OLIVIER FRA 2358 5½ 2337
148 CF MORAWIETZ DIETER GER 2425 5½ 2328
149 GMI RAUSIS IGORS LAT 2508 5½ 2323
150 GMI SUETIN ALEXEY RUS 2391 5½ 2316
151 CF HANDKE FLORIAN GER 2326 5½ 2313
152 CF FABIANO GIUSEPPE ITA 2282 5½ 2306
153 MF PINHEIRO JOSE POR 2272 5½ 2305
154 MI BERGEZ LUC FRA 2378 5½ 2295
155 GMI LOMINEISHVILI MAIA GEO 2397 5½ 2272
156 CF IPPOLITO MANUEL FRA 2289 5½ 2267
157 CF COLIN VINCENT FRA 2136 5½ 2265
158 MI TRABERT BETTINA GER 2285 5½ 2259
159 CF OSORIOS ORTIZ MARCOS PER 2285 5½ 2255
160 MI TE-LALLEMAND ROSA FRA 2330 5½ 2234
161 GMI AGABABEAN NAIRA MDA 2352 5½ 2223
MF JONKMAN HARMEN NED 2321 5½ 2223
163 BAUDE CHRISTIAN STAN 1990 5½ 2035
164 GMI KENGIS EDVINS LAT 2571 5½ 2536
617 players
The 10th Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament took place in Calcutta (Gorky Sadan) February 6th-16th. This was an 11 round Swiss event. Alexei Fedorov (BLR aged 26) won the event comfortably. In the first nine rounds he scored eight wins and one loss (to Victor Bologan) before drawing out rounds 10 and 11. There was a three way tie for second place between Sergey Dolmatov, Maxim Sorokin and Jaan Ehlvest on 7.5 points. There were no GM norms in the event for the 2nd time in succession and only a few IM norms (Shankar Roy, Prakash [he has 3 now all from this event] and Dinesh Kumar Sharma. The organisers plan a millenium special, what this entails it is unsure.
The table below is from the games, I don't have independent confirmation of the official positions of the players further down but the leading standings are all correct.
Final Standings:
Goodricke Int Calcutta IND (IND), ii 1999
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1 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2648 +29 +39 +58 -14 + 2 + 3 +10 + 4 +15 = 5 = 6 9.0 /11 2787
2 Dolmatov, Sergey g RUS 2589 +32 +59 = 7 +17 - 1 +11 =14 +10 = 6 = 3 = 5 7.5 /11 2668
3 Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2551 =21 +41 +53 = 8 +25 - 1 =12 +24 +14 = 2 = 9 7.5 /11 2619
4 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2593 =41 -21 +50 =43 +22 +59 +17 - 1 +24 = 9 +14 7.5 /11 2582
5 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2601 +16 =12 =20 +13 - 7 +33 = 8 =32 +11 = 1 = 2 7.0 /11 2592
6 Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2557 +52 =11 +23 = 7 +12 = 8 =15 = 9 = 2 =10 = 1 7.0 /11 2625
7 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2536 +31 +18 = 2 = 6 + 5 -14 +16 =15 = 9 =12 = 8 7.0 /11 2616
8 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2518 +50 =15 +42 = 3 + 9 = 6 = 5 =14 =12 =20 = 7 7.0 /11 2598
9 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2538 +43 +19 =56 =15 - 8 +21 +20 = 6 = 7 = 4 = 3 7.0 /11 2571
10 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2552 +36 =20 +34 +56 +14 =15 - 1 - 2 +32 = 6 =12 7.0 /11 2574
11 Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2506 +22 = 6 -14 +30 +45 - 2 =37 +43 - 5 +41 +20 7.0 /11 2549
12 Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2523 +67 = 5 =21 +32 - 6 +43 = 3 +26 = 8 = 7 =10 7.0 /11 2575
13 Prakash, G B IND 2403 =30 =40 +51 - 5 =42 =47 +56 =37 =17 +32 +26 7.0 /11 2465
14 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2608 +24 =17 +11 + 1 -10 + 7 = 2 = 8 - 3 +15 - 4 6.5 /11 2608
15 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2570 +28 = 8 +33 = 9 +39 =10 = 6 = 7 - 1 -14 +31 6.5 /11 2579
16 Ramesh, R.B m IND 2391 - 5 =50 +48 =42 +53 +25 - 7 =20 +37 =26 =17 6.5 /11 2475
17 Marin, Mihail g ROM 2525 +45 =14 +60 - 2 +59 =24 - 4 =18 =13 +36 =16 6.5 /11 2496
18 Sandeepan, Chanda IND 2405 +46 - 7 =35 -34 =58 +51 +47 =17 -20 +37 +22 6.5 /11 2410
19 Ravi, Lanka m IND 2406 +51 - 9 +47 -39 =31 -27 -46 +44 +54 +40 +34 6.5 /11 2413
20 Komliakov, Viktor g MDA 2463 +27 =10 = 5 =21 =43 +56 - 9 =16 +18 = 8 -11 6.0 /11 2473
21 Sharma, Dinesh K IND 2377 = 3 + 4 =12 =20 =56 - 9 =42 +40 -31 +39 =25 6.0 /11 2470
22 Bakre, Tejas m IND 2333 -11 =28 +29 =33 - 4 +44 =23 +42 =36 +34 -18 6.0 /11 2414
23 Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2406 =48 +30 - 6 =53 =40 =42 =22 =36 +38 =31 =28 6.0 /11 2358
24 Shankar, Roy IND 2394 -14 =45 +27 +60 +34 =17 +39 - 3 - 4 =25 =33 6.0 /11 2482
25 Rahman, Ziaur m BAN 2498 =49 =47 +61 +31 - 3 -16 =30 +27 =41 =24 =21 6.0 /11 2401
26 Neelotpal, Das IND 2436 =47 =49 -31 +51 =36 +45 +54 -12 +39 =16 -13 6.0 /11 2420
27 Suvrajit, Saha IND 2335 -20 =52 -24 +38 +57 +19 -32 -25 =49 +56 +41 6.0 /11 2388
28 Murugan, Krishnamoorthy m IND 2385 -15 =22 -30 =48 -44 +35 +55 =53 +60 +46 =23 6.0 /11 2335
29 Szuhanek, Ranko m ROM 2397 - 1 =37 -22 +55 =60 =46 -34 +58 +43 =30 +50 6.0 /11 2357
30 Singh, Gurpreetpal IND 2311 =13 -23 +28 -11 +35 +31 =25 =39 -34 =29 =36 5.5 /11 2388
31 Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2354 - 7 +57 +26 -25 =19 -30 +48 =46 +21 =23 -15 5.5 /11 2397
32 Mithrakanth, Poorna Sharma m IND 2378 - 2 +54 +55 -12 =47 +34 +27 = 5 -10 -13 =38 5.5 /11 2388
33 Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2436 =40 +48 -15 =22 +37 - 5 -43 +47 =46 =50 =24 5.5 /11 2381
34 Laxman, R.R IND 2267 =42 +65 -10 +18 -24 -32 +29 +50 +30 -22 -19 5.5 /11 2340
35 Koneru, Humpy IND 2160 +44 -58 =18 -45 -30 -28 +63 +51 =42 +49 =39 5.5 /11 2297
36 Koshy, Varugeese m IND 2368 -10 -51 +65 +44 =26 =40 +59 =23 =22 -17 =30 5.5 /11 2358
37 Sareen, Vishal IND 2356 -39 =29 +66 +61 -33 +58 =11 =13 -16 -18 +53 5.5 /11 2356
38 Mohota, Nisha wm IND 2157 -56 =44 -45 -27 +66 +57 =51 +59 -23 +47 =32 5.5 /11 2306
39 Sashikiran, Krishnan m IND 2525 +37 - 1 +40 +19 -15 +41 -24 =30 -26 -21 =35 5.0 /11 2361
40 Sriram, Jha IND 2328 =33 =13 -39 +52 =23 =36 =41 -21 +53 -19 =42 5.0 /11 2339
41 Chiong, Luiz f PHI 2390 = 4 - 3 =44 +46 +49 -39 =40 +54 =25 -11 -27 5.0 /11 2372
42 Das, Arghyadip IND 2170 =34 +66 - 8 =16 =13 =23 =21 -22 =35 =45 =40 5.0 /11 2294
43 Gokhale, C.S IND 2361 - 9 +46 +63 = 4 =20 -12 +33 -11 -29 =44 =51 5.0 /11 2353
44 Goswami, Vedant IND 2235 -35 =38 =41 -36 +28 -22 +52 -19 +59 =43 =48 5.0 /11 2298
45 Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2350 -17 =24 +38 +35 -11 -26 =53 =60 =56 =42 =46 5.0 /11 2267
46 Sanjay, N IND 2269 -18 -43 +62 -41 +63 =29 +19 =31 =33 -28 =45 5.0 /11 2290
47 Vijayalakshimi, Subbaraman wm IND 2329 =26 =25 -19 +63 =32 =13 -18 -33 +55 -38 +59 5.0 /11 2304
48 Girinath, P.D.S IND 2315 =23 -33 -16 =28 +55 =60 -31 +61 -50 +58 =44 5.0 /11 2277
49 Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam f IND 2336 =25 =26 -59 +64 -41 =53 =60 =56 =27 -35 +61 5.0 /11 2276
50 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2343 - 8 =16 - 4 -57 +65 +61 +58 -34 +48 =33 -29 5.0 /11 2300
51 Shetty, Rahul IND 2328 -19 +36 -13 -26 +64 -18 =38 -35 +66 +60 =43 5.0 /11 2258
52 Roktim, Bandyopadhyay IND 2374 - 6 =27 =64 -40 +62 -54 -44 -57 +65 +66 +56 5.0 /11 2212
53 Vishveswaran, K IND 2272 +55 =61 - 3 =23 -16 =49 =45 =28 -40 +54 -37 4.5 /11 2287
54 Yogesh, Gore IND 2320 -59 -32 =57 +65 +61 +52 -26 -41 -19 -53 +63 4.5 /11 2229
55 Chandra Sekhar, T.K IND 2200 -53 +62 -32 -29 -48 +64 -28 +65 -47 =57 +66 4.5 /11 2190
56 Saritha, M. Reddy wm IND 2231 +38 +63 = 9 -10 =21 -20 -13 =49 =45 -27 -52 4.0 /11 2251
57 Dongre, Ravindra Malidh IND 2245 -61 -31 =54 +50 -27 -38 =62 +52 -58 =55 =60 4.0 /11 2161
58 Neelakantan, Narayanan IND 2232 +62 +35 - 1 -59 =18 -37 -50 -29 +57 -48 =64 4.0 /11 2227
59 Deshmukh, Anup IND 2430 +54 - 2 +49 +58 -17 - 4 -36 -38 -44 +62 -47 4.0 /11 2243
60 Prasenjit, Datta IND 2220 =65 +64 -17 -24 =29 =48 =49 =45 -28 -51 =57 4.0 /11 2220
61 Kabir, S. Ruhul BAN 2250 +57 =53 -25 -37 -54 -50 +66 -48 =62 +64 -49 4.0 /11 2181
62 Meera, Sai IND 2112 -58 -55 -46 +66 -52 =63 =57 =64 =61 -59 +65 4.0 /11 2113
63 Somak,Palit ---- +68 -56 -43 -47 -46 =62 -35 -66 +64 =65 -54 3.0 /11 2020
64 Gokhale, Anupama wm IND 2218 =66 -60 =52 -49 -51 -55 =65 =62 -63 -61 =58 2.5 /11 1989
65 Soham, Das IND 2055 =60 -34 -36 -54 -50 =66 =64 -55 -52 =63 -62 2.0 /11 1967
66 Punya Man, Karmacharya NEP 2100 =64 -42 -37 -62 -38 =65 -61 +63 -51 -52 -55 2.0 /11 1939
67 Atanu, Lahiri IND 2345 -12 . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 / 1
68 Bye ---- -63 . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 / 1
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Links: http://www.webpage.com/hindu/today/index.html
and also: http://www.webindia.com/chessmate/
A 4 game match between GM Walter Browne and 15-year old US Women's Champion Irina Krush was won by Browne 3.5-0.5.
Report by: Paul Hodges. The event - sponsored by the World Wide Web Chess Superstore - took place 13th to 15th February in Parsippany, NJ, and was hosted by the New Jersey State Chess Federation, E. Steven Doyle and the USCF. Browne won the first game with White after building a powerful position against Krush's Queen's Gambit Accepted. In severe time pressure, Browne embarked on a dubious piece sacrifice (25.Nef6+) which proved successful after Krush did not find the correct defense in her own time pressure (39...Nb6? proved to be a fatal mistake). In the second game, Krush introduced an improvement on her game against Browne from the recent Koltanowski International and Browne found himself on the defensive. Krush dissipated her initiative with 28.Rd1 which initiated exchanges easing Browne's defense. In time pressure, Krush mishandled the R + B vs. R + N ending and lost her f-pawn, overlooking the tactic 57...g5. Short of time, Browne was unable to convert his winning rook endgame to the full point and he offered a draw with only a few seconds remaining on his clock for the rest of the game. In Game 3, Krush equalized comfortably in a Queen's Gambit Accepted but made the strategic blunder 22...c6 resulting in a French Defense structure devoid of counterplay for Black - Browne won in a queen ending on move 47. In the final game, Browne demonstrated in text-book fashion a refutation to Krush's dubious 10.fxe4 in a line of the Leningrad Nimzo-Indian. This was the fourth match in a series designed to provide Krush with serious international experience as her chess career develops - her fifth "Krush Challenge Match" will be against GM Tal Shaked (1997 World Junior Champion) in May 1999. In an exhibition event following the Krush-Browne match, Browne beat GM Ron Henley (Krush's second) in a 4 game blitz match 2.5-1.5.
Official coverage by SmartChess Online: http://www.smartchess.com
Browne, Walter - Krush, Irina 1-0 45 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Krush, Irina - Browne, Walter 1/2 74 E42 Nimzo-Indian Browne,
Browne Walter - Krush, Irina 1-0 47 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted Krush,
Krush Irina - Browne, Walter 0-1 30 E31 Nimzo-Indian
Parsippany USA II 1999
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Browne, Walter S g USA 2516 1 = 1 1 3.5 2711
Krush, Irina USA 2375 0 = 0 0 0.5 2194
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Parsippany Blitz USA II 1999
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Browne, Walter S g USA 2516 0 1 = 1 2.5 2530
Henley, Ron W g USA 2435 1 0 = 0 1.5 2429
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The Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu International Open finished with Tiger Hillarp-Persson scoring 7/7. The event took place Feb 14-20 1999 in St Helier. He was a point and a half clear of Chris Ward and Anthony Corkett.
Coverage by John Saunders at: http://www.cableinet.co.uk/users/jsaunders/jersey.htm
Final Standings 1 Tiger Hillarp-Persson SWE 2482 7 2 Christopher Ward 2482 5.5 3 Anthony Corkett 2255 5.5 4 Simon K Williams ENG 2367 5 5 Angus J Dunnington ENG 2358 5 6 H James Plaskett ENG 2493 4.5 7 Lorin D'Costa 172 4.5 8 Craig Hanley 2110 174 4.5 9 Alan Norris SCO 2332 4.5 10 David A Farndon 2263 198 4.5 11 Arthur Brameld ENG 2115 4.5 12 Jurgen Brustkern GER 2298 198 4.5 13 Martin J Simons ENG 2233 197 4.5 14 Adrian Jackson ENG 2208 193 4.5 15 Anthony Fulton 2220 4.5 16 Philip Stimpson 171 4.5 17 Philip J Holt 2260 188 4 18 David Hodge ENG 2120 196 4 19 Laurence Webb 2216 4 20 Ian C Clark ENG 2085 172 4 21 Alan K Punnett 2160 185 4 22 James Bourne 2085 169 4 23 Francis Rayner WAL 2213 205 4 24 Antonius Goris NED 2052 181 4 25 Sophie Tidman 144 4 62 players
Laszlo Nagy reports on the February editions of his First Saturday tournaments aswell as the 1st Zuglo Hotel Open . If you wish to contact him his new E-Mail address is: firstsat@elender.hu, his new website is at: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat . Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59
Hoang Trang and Nguyen Anh Dung of Vietnam won the First Saturday GM closed tournament, there were no norms scored. FM Attilla Parkanyi won the IM event but was half a point short of the 9.5 point IM norm. The events started on the 6th of February in the halls of the Hungarian Chess Federation, Budapest.
The next First Saturday Events start on March 6th.
Final Standings
First Saturday February GM
Budapest HUN (HUN), ii 1999 cat. VIII (2437)
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1 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2485 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = = 1 0 7.5 2566
2 Hoang Thanh Trang wg VIE 2450 = * 0 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 + 7.5 2569
3 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2455 = 1 * = = 1 0 = = 1 = = 6.5 2500
4 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2524 = = = * = = = 1 = 0 1 + 6.5 2494
5 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2467 0 = = = * = = = 1 1 = + 6.5 2499
6 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij m UKR 2500 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 = 1 1 0 6.0 2467
7 Radjabov, Teimour f AZE 2395 0 0 1 = = 0 * = = = 1 + 5.5 2441
8 Vajda, Levente m ROM 2484 0 = = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 + 5.5 2433
9 Boricsev, Oleg m HUN 2360 = 0 = = 0 = = 0 * = = = 4.0 2342
10 Vajda, Szidonia wg ROM 2340 = 0 0 1 0 0 = = = * 0 + 4.0 2344
11 Toth, Andras HUN 2301 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 * + 3.5 2316
12 Chernyshov, Konstantin m RUS 2488 1 - = - - 1 - - = - - * 3.0 2257
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FSIM February
Budapest HUN (HUN), ii 1999 cat. II (2295)
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1 Pinter, Gabor HUN 2307 * = 1 = = = = 0 1 1 + 1 1 1 9.5 2468
2 Parkanyi, Attila f HUN 2362 = * = 1 0 = 1 = = = + 1 1 1 9.0 2430
3 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2374 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 8.0 2375
4 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2287 = 0 1 * 0 = 0 = 1 1 + = = 1 7.5 2352
5 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2314 = 1 0 1 * = 1 = 0 = 0 = = 1 7.0 2322
6 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2300 = = = = = * = = = = = = = 1 7.0 2323
7 Belotelov, Denis f RUS 2262 = 0 0 1 0 = * = 1 1 = = = 1 7.0 2326
8 Szuk, Balazs f HUN 2415 1 = 0 = = = = * 0 0 = = 1 = 6.0 2256
9 Jakab, Attila HUN 2244 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 1 * 1 + 0 1 0 6.0 2269
10 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2294 0 = 1 0 = = 0 1 0 * = 1 0 1 6.0 2265
11 Paehtz, Elisabeth wm GER 2211 - - = - 1 = = = - = * = 1 1 6.0 2272
12 Serrer, Christoph f GER 2285 0 0 0 = = = = = 1 0 = * = 1 5.5 2238
13 Mohammed, A IRQ 2245 0 0 = = = = = 0 0 1 0 = * 1 5.0 2211
14 Kjetzae, Johnny GER 2225 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 1964
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After three rounds of the 1st Zuglo Hotel Open in Budapest (19th-27th of February) IM Yuri Zimmerman leads with 3/3 ahead of IM Attilla Turzo and Miklos Ezsol on 2.5.
There are 23 players in this event which is in the 2 Star Hotel Zuglo, Budapest. There are players from 7 countries (Hungary 14, Germany 3, Ukraine 1, Russia 2, Israel 1, Slovakia 1, and Slovenia 1) There are only 4 players without an international rating.
There are 4 IM-s Attila Turzo (HUN), Evgenij Miroshnichenko (UKR), Yuri Zimmerman (RUS) and Oleg Gladiszev (RUS).
In a first round surprise the Hungarian player, Mihaly Bodrogi beat on of the favourites Evgenij Miroshnichenko with white.
This is the start of five years of events in the Hotel Zuglo. There will be 3 events a year with the next taking place on August 21st.
Laszlo Nagy and Mrs. Ildiko Feher are the organisers.
The 13th International Open Bern took place in Bern, Switzerland 14-20 Feb 1999. A final round draw saw Josef Jurek take first place with 6/7. He also won in 1997. Further details: http//www.beochess.ch
1 IM Jurek Josef (TCH) 6/28
2-7 GM Barbero Gerardo (HUN-Budapest) 5.5/29, FM Goldstern Flip (Schaffhausen) 5.5 28/157.5, GM Ciric Dragoljub (YUG-Beograd) 5.5 28/157.5, IM Kaenel Hansjuerg (Ostermundigen) 5.5 28/151.5, Heilemann Manfred (D-Hannover) 5.5/27, IM Begovac Franja I(KRO) 5.5/24,
8-10 IM Kelecevic Nedeljko (BOS) 5.0/27.5, Hubschmid Stefan (Spiegel b. Bern) 5.0/26/160, Ernst Heinz (Bern) 5.0/26/159 etc. (78 Teilnehmer)
Two rapidplay events took place over the weekend of Feb 20-21 reports Olivier Deville. All the players below won prizes of some sort but Igor Novikov won a blitz match versus Boris Chatalbashev, and he is therefore was the overall winner of the 8th Aurec chess tournament.
Saturday 1 GM NOVIKOV IGOR UKR 2601 6.5 2 GM KIROV NINO BUL 2416 6 3 GM LUPU MIRCEA-SERGIU ROM 2481 6 4 GM MITKOV NIKOLA FRM 2483 5.5 5 IM OKHOTNIK VLADIMIR UKR 2438 5.5 6 IM NEDEV TRAJCE FRM 2456 5.5 7 CURSOUX LAURENT FRA 2230 5.5 8 GM LUKOV VALENTIN BUL 2360 5 9 IM BOUDRE JEAN-PIERRE FRA 2389 5 10 IM LAZAREV VLADIMIR RUS 2514 5 11 LIBISZEWSKI FABIEN FRA 2263 5 12 IM HRESC VLADIMIR CRO 2419 5 13 IM MOLLOV ELIN BUL 2402 5 14 IM SAFRANSKA ANDA LAT 2253 5 15 GM FLEAR GLENN ENG 2484 5 16 GOURET THIERRY FRA 2296 5 17 RAGGINI LIONEL FRA 2040 5 18 BELLET GEORGES FRA 2231 5 19 BENITAH YOHAN FRA 2341 4.5 20 GM CHATALBASHEV BORIS BUL 2524 4.5 Sunday 1 GM CHATALBASHEV BORIS BUL 2524 6 2 GM NOVIKOV IGOR UKR 2601 6 3 GM MITKOV NIKOLA FRM 2483 6 4 GM FLEAR GLENN ENG 2484 5.5 5 IM OKHOTNIK VLADIMIR UKR 2438 5.5 6 IM HRESC VLADIMIR CRO 2419 5.5 7 GM LUKOV VALENTIN BUL 2360 5.5 8 IM COSMA IOAN ROM 2473 5.5 9 GM MARCIANO DAVID FRA 2521 5.5 10 IM NEDEV TRAJCE FRM 2456 5 11 IM SAFRANSKA ANDA LAT 2253 5 12 BENITAH YOHAN FRA 2341 5 13 GM KIROV NINO BUL 2416 5 14 GM HAMDOUCHI HICHEM MAR 2564 5 15 IM BOUDRE JEAN-PIERRE FRA 2389 5 16 GM LUPU MIRCEA-SERGIU ROM 2481 5 17 IM TODOROV OGNJAN BUL 2344 5 18 LIBISZEWSKI FABIEN FRA 2263 5 19 MI MOLLOV ELIN BUL 2402 5 20 BELLET GEORGES FRA 2231 5
Michael Atkins report: "62 players players journeyed to the town of Mt. Vernon this weekend, home of George Washington, for the 3rd Annual Best Western Mt. Vernon Chess Classic. It was a strong event as local tournaments go, with a quarter of the field rated over 2000 and four rated over 2400. FM Emory Tate was leading the field with an undefeated 4-0 going into the final round. He was paired against top rated IM Eugene Meyer and they produced a classic battle, with Tate hammering away at the kingside and Meyer pounding the queenside. After a lot of fireworks and some minor clearing of the smoke a draw was agreed leaving Tate in clear first awaiting the result of several other games. IM Larry Kaufman defeated NM Vladimir Grechkihin to tie for first at 4.5. Tied for third were IM Adrian Negulescu, Boris Reichstein, Bill Mason, and Floyd Boudreaux. Also scoring 4-1, but taking first for the Expert and Class A prizes were, respectively, Edgar Inocencio and Frank Redondo. Top scores are given below...
Best Western Mt. Vernon Classic
Leading final Standings
Name rtng ID No. rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 TOT
1 Tate, Emory A ..............2418 11126545 W 22 W 19 W 16 W 7 D 3 4.5
2 Kaufman, Lawrence...........2403 10179416 W 37 W 50 W 9 D 8 W 11 4.5
3 Meyer, Eugene B.............2516 10122953 W 55 W 25 W 15 D 11 D 1 4.0
4 Negulescu, Adrian...........2511 12759104 W 21 W 49 L 8 W 13 W 16 4.0
5 Reichstein, Boris...........2297 12455549 W 52 D 27 W 26 W 12 D 8 4.0
6 Mason, Bill R...............2263 11341667 W 23 L 36 W 56 W 27 W 18 4.0
7 Boudreaux, Floyd A..........2200 10180732 W 39 W 54 W 36 L 1 W 19 4.0
8 Inocencio, Edgarli..........2087 12495961 W 33 W 31 W 4 D 2 D 5 4.0
9 Redondo, Frank..............1916 12695662 W 45 W 48 L 2 W 32 W 15 4.0
10 Meyer, John C...............2331 10169518 D 51 W 60 L 13 W 24 W 30 3.5
11 Grechikhin, Vladim..........2211 12613557 W 38 W 29 W 18 D 3 L 2 3.5
12 Passov, Alexander...........2152 12422857 D 40 W 28 W 14 L 5 W 29 3.5
13 Yavari, Paul................2038 12623693 H--- W 51 W 10 L 4 W 26 3.5
14 Paul, Jon L.................1932 10189292 W 43 H--- L 12 W 31 W 33 3.5
Dr. Tor Rønnow of Denmark has carried out a survey of chess players.
The purpose of the survey was to investigate, whether certain profiles can be
ascribed to strong players as opposed to weaker players - then it might be
clear, what the weaker players need to care about if they want to improve their
game. The survey results are out now:
http://www.delight.dk/chess/
http://www.delight.dk/chess/survey2.htm
http://www.delight.dk/chess/survey3.htm
http://www.delight.dk/chess/survey4.htm
http://www.delight.dk/chess/survey5.htm
http://www.delight.dk/chess/survey6.htm
1999 Canadian Zonal Championship Tournament (a.k.a. 1999 Canadian Closed) Date: September 2, 1999 through September 10, 1999 Place: Kiwanis Apps Mill Park, 335 Robinson Road, Brantford, Ontario Rds: 9 Type: Swiss Times: TBA TC: 40/2,20/1,S.D./30 EF: $200 Prizes: TBA - Projected: Sum of entries +
Reg: Limit of 50 players. Rating requirement of 2250 Rating used will likely be from June 29, 1999 or July 13, 1999. All entries payable to the CFC.
Misc: First place gets 20% of prize fund plus travel to next round of world championship cycle. See Section 8 on the CFC handbook to see if you qualify. On the web by February 22
http://www.execulink.com/~binkie/99closed
For info contact Tony Ficzere @ 519-752-0715, or email binkie@execulink.com
The Panamerican Youth Festival will be july 10-20 in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. The Mexican Chess Federation will be sending out invitations very soon. [Contact: fenamac@netservice.com.mx ]