THE WEEK IN CHESS 226 - 8th March 1999 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Patrick Rasenberg, Club Kasparov, Europe Echecs, N Ahmed and
bulletin editors Jamilur Rahman, Kh. Kayes Hasan, Mizanur Rahman, Shamim Khan
and M. Ashiquzzaman, Geurt Gijssen, Laszlo Nagy, net64, Paul van Linde, Ian
Rogers, Leonard Barden, Jussi Tella, Milan Novkovic, John Fernandez, John
Henderson, Mart Tarmak and all those who helped with this issue.
There are a number of big stories this week. Kasparov is threatening to
smash all sorts of records at the Linares tournament if he adds wins to his
already huge score there.
FIDE look set to announce Caesar's Palace as the venue for their World
Championships starting on July 26th and throw the entire chess calendar out of
kilter.
The largest series of articles in this issue are on the ratings of players
from Myanmar (Burma). A number of the experts who write have not been shy of
calling it fraud. I don't understand enough of it to know, if it isn't fraud
then the ELO system has certainly been comprehensively found out. The level of
real performance required to score norms at the recent event in Yangon was
probably amongst the lowest ever. The whole thing needs investigating in a
hurry. The next proper meeting of the FIDE ratings committee is, I understand,
18 months away. That will be far too late.
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.
We left Kasparov at the half-way stage of the Linares event last week. He
had a one point lead over the field. He then proceeded to score 4.5/5 to wrap
up the event with two rounds to go. The feature of his play has been a new
level of opening preparation which has taken him way beyond Kramnik and Anand,
just when they threatened to catch up. In particular his preparation of the
Sicilian has rendered it almost unplayable here, it is significant that he was
only held by Kramnik with white when he switched to 1.d4, even there,
Kasparov's preparation seemed very deep, just not winning. Against Anand he got
a winning position (Kasparov even knew that the game should be a forced draw
with best play) only for Anand to find an amazing way to play on with 27. Nc3,
had Kasparov seen that he would have probably played all the game from prep. As
it was the ending proved slightly tricky and Anand got a drawn position only to
fail to find the quite simple 47.Nc3 winning the final pawn and going down to a
loss. Kasparov has had some luck, with his win against Adams coming from a lost
position and he has misplayed some of his winning positions slightly. However
it is well known that when you play a lot of preparation its hard to get into
the correct thinking mode when you do eventually have to play. This has
sometimes been over 90 minutes into the game for Kasparov.
The final two rounds will see a battle between Anand and Kramnik to see who
will come second and whether Kasparov will be able to add anymore wins to his
already huge score.
Oh and Topalov played the Cochrane Gambit against Kramnik's Petroff Defence.
An astonishing choice for this level of chess and drew quite easily.
Official site: http://linares.teleline.es/default.htm
OR http://194.224.53.74/default.htm
Round 8 (March 2, 1999)
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 45 B19 Caro-Kann
Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 26 C89 Ruy Lopez
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 31 C42 Petroff defence
Svidler, Peter - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 42 B53 Sicilian
Round 9 (March 3, 1999)
Kasparov, Gary - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 36 D26 QGA;
Kramnik, Vladimir - Svidler, Peter 1-0 33 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 44 C82 Ruy Lopez
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 24 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 10 (March 5, 1999)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 50 B80 Sicilian
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1/2 22 C65 Ruy Lopez
Svidler, Peter - Adams, Michael 1-0 33 C92 Ruy Lopez
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 22 D37 Queen's gambit
Round 11 (March 6, 1999)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 35 D88 Gruenfeld indian
Leko, Peter - Svidler, Peter 1/2 25 C45 Scottish
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 43 B12 Caro-Kann
Adams, Michael - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 37 B26 Sicilian; Closed
Round 12 (March 7, 1999)
Kasparov, Gary - Adams, Michael 1-0 65 C88 Ruy Lopez
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 21 C42 Petroff defence
Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 36 B35 Sicilian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Leko, Peter 1/2 13 C65 Ruy Lopez
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 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 ** == =1 =. 1. 11 =1 11 9.5 2958
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 == ** == =. == 1. =1 == 7.0 2794
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 =0 == ** == =1 =. 1. == 6.5 2759
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2694 =. =. == ** == 0= 0= 1= 5.5 2705
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0. == =0 == ** == =1 =. 5.5 2707
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 00 0. =. 1= == ** =0 1= 5.0 2676
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 =0 =0 0. 1= =0 =1 ** 0. 4.5 2649
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 00 == == 0= =. 0= 1. ** 4.5 2656
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In a decision said to be only awaiting rubber stamping at a FIDE meeting on
14th March, FIDE are to organise their World Championships in Caesar's Palace
Casino, Las Vegas. The dates will be July 26 - August 28. The schedule has been
slightly accelerated but it is unclear how at the moment. The dates are amongst
the worst possible, throwing a number of high profile and lesser events into
chaos. Having cleared June/July dates the July/August dates will clash with
some events that have been moved, this includes for instance the high category
Dortmund event. In addition there are clashes with Polanica Zdroj, Biel,
Amsterdam (a new high category Lost Boys closed tournament was planned for
August), Lost Boys Open in Antwerp, British Championship, Koszalin, Dutch Open
in Dieren, Martigny and probably many more.
The only doubt is that Karpov, speaking during his match against Piket, said
he has an agreement with FIDE which states he must be consulted over the dates.
As he has agreed to play in both Dortmund and Polanica, he says he will
definitely sue FIDE if they go ahead with the July-August dates.
The prizemoney has been confirmed at $2.4m (that is $3m less 20% or
$600,000 which is FIDE's share) by FIDE in the last few days.
Last week I published the results of the GM Scheveningen tournament in
Yangon, Myanmar [this is Rangoon, Burma]. It has led to one of the largest
reponses ever to a single event. In fact some mention was made at the end of
January by Massimiliano Orsi of the large number of highly rated players from
Myanmar in the ELO list for the first time. However this was not to prepare me
for the level of reaction to the event covered last week.
This is not an anti-Burmese article, these kinds of fraud and manipulation
have been ignored in the past. There are tournaments where you can get ratings
and norms without even playing a game in Europe, for a fee of course. One
player, well known on the internet, absolutely strong enough to have scored his
final GM norm on his own, got it in an non-existent event. However the
breathtaking speed and scale of this has astonished numerous observers who
thought they had seen everything and has made it impossible to ignore. The
rating list will soon become both inflated and meaningless if this continues.
Is there a case for the defense? It is recognised, even in Burma, that some
of their players may be overrated due to the initial high K factor. However,
people with connections to Burmese chess, believe that within two years Burma
will be a chess force to be reckoned with. The driving force behind the
organisation of all these tournaments has been Muang Maung Lwin, IA, the
secretary of the Burmese Chess Federation.
However much of the evidence below suggests a lot more than this, although
there are talented players coming through (including Zaw Win Lay) the level of
over-rating is astonishing and systematic.
Paul van Linde was the first to get in touch. He looked at the results of
the event and was astonished.
"The Scheveningen format is known to be very appropriate for creating
title norms, and so did it in the Yangon tournament. However, in this case the
harvest was especially high."
"If I count correctly, in the down half there were 6 players (out of
14) who managed to get a GM-norm: Zhu Chen, Sharavdorj and the four (!) Burmese
players Zaw Win Lay, Aung Thant Zin, Nay Oo Kyaw Tun and Myo Naing. At least,
that's what I have to assume, since all of them met 3 GM's (Ye Jiangchuan,
Al-Modiahki and Liang Jinrong) and made 2600+ performances."
"But that's not all. There were also no less than 8 players in the
tournament who have apparently made an IM-norm (2450+ performance and at least
3 IM's as an opponent). Five (!) of these IM-norms were made by Burmese
players. This means that no less than 14 players (out of 28) managed to get a
norm! Nine of them were Burmese."
He thought there was "something terribly unnatural about the tournament
and about the ratings of the Burmese players. One more glance at the tournament
chart reveals the huge amount of untitled Burmese participants with 2500+
ratings. And some of them have managed to perform on 2200 level or even
below."
Comparing the standings of the Dutch players with those of Burmese players
in the last rating list he came up with the following figures:
MYA NED
2500+ 16 12
2400+ 52 45
2300+ 105 142
Rated 201 485
Respected Grandmaster and chess journalist Ian Rogers also felt moved to
comment on the event in the Canberra Times Chess Column for March 7th. He too
was almost breathtaken by the number of norms scored in the event and the
calculated level of planning required for titles and rating fraud on this
scale. I quote, with permission, at length below.
"The Grandmaster tournament which took place in Rangoon in the first
two weeks of February took months of planning but succeeded in creating six
Grandmaster results and eight IM results, an astonishing success rate. (Two or
three title 'norms' are needed for a player to be awarded the GM or IM title.)
Some of those scoring Grandmaster results had struggled to score 50% in the
South-East Asian zonal tournament only a month earlier! Corruption extended not
only to the tournament itself - with seven highly rated locals losing all their
games to their compatriots - but also to a series of events held in 1998 which
provided extremely high world rankings for all those required to be 'victims'
in the February tournament. All seven of the no-hopers in February were unrated
in January 1998, yet on the January 1999 FIDE list had rankings higher than
Australian Grandmaster Darryl Johansen."
"The following game is not atypical of their play, with the heavily
'outrated' Mas winning one of the easiest games of his career: Rangoon 1999
White: H.Mas Black: Thein Dan Oo 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 g6 5.0-0 Bg7
6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d3 Rb8?! 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Qe1 0-0 10.b3 d5? 11.e5 Nd7 12.Ba3 Re8?!
13.Na4 Rb5 14.e6 Nf6? 15.c4 Ra5? 16.exf7+ Kxf7 17.Ne5+ Kg8 18.Nxc6 1-0 Mas, the
honourable Malaysian IM who performed so creditably in Sydney in January, was
not one of the favoured many who scored title results. His opponent, rated 2539
- a near-GM ranking, managed only 4 points from 14 games. There is no
suggestion that any of the foreign visitors were involved in anything other
than pre-arranged draws - they simply took advantage of the extraordinarily
overrated opposition. However the local players in Rangoon probably knew the
results of many of their games before the event began and if an 'accident'
occurred to one of those destined to score a title norm - e.g. a loss to a
foreign player - their compatriots pitched in and provided some extra points or
half points. Unusually for a corrupt tournament, the foreign invitees were not
needed to help out the locals, since the enormous rankings of the weakest
players meant that the scores required for title results were relatively
low."
"From the point of view of the organisers, the event was so successful
that it is likely to be repeated in a few months time, before the ratings of
the tailenders are adjusted on the July FIDE rating list. After one more such
tournament, Burma could have 4 Grandmasters and half a dozen IMs; after a few
more such tournaments they could have more Grandmasters than any country in
Asia! Publicity may encourage the Burmese to become more discreet in future but
FIDE is highly unlikely to take any action. Their actions in past cases would
indicate that the world body tacitly approves of a 'developing' chess nation
acquiring titled players, whatever the ethics involved."
Also English journalist Leonard Barden, who was responsible for much of the
sponsorship and many of the events that allowed England to develop as a leading
nation was also certain that ratings fraud of an unprecidented scale was going
on and was struck by the precision of the scores in the event last week that
allowed almost the maximum number of norms from the Yangon event. In addition
he says because of the over-rating of the Burmese players in the event only a
very few of the games need have been thrown as in the normal course of events
most of the over-rated players would lose to their more talented countrymen.
In fact things could have been a whole lot worse. In a little publicised
ratings regulation brought in recently and implemented retrospectively,
no-one's rating can change by more than 100 points per list. This has caused
consternation amongst a number of Federations but has an effect here too. Paul
van Linde researching the FIDE database of ratings at:
http://www.chess.gr/ratings/default.asp
recovered the following figures:
Zaw Win Lay +112,0
Aung Aung +124,5
Aye Lwin +167,1
Nay Oo Kyaw Tun +237,45
Myo Naing +309,45
Zaw Oo +251,7
Aung Thant Zin +348,75
as the real improvements that should have taken place. However in the rating
list:
7/98 1/99
Zaw Win Lay 2465 2565
Aung Aung 2400 2500
Aye Lwin 2395 2495
Nay Oo Kyaw Tun 2395 2495
Myo Naing 2345 2445
Zaw Oo 2340 2440
Aung Thant Zin 2310 2410
They only gained 100 points. Without the threshhold a number of players
would have broken through the 2600 barrier with for example Myo Naing's rating
being at 2654.
Further analysis in Finnish by IM Jussi Tella from Finland, who is one of
the editors of the Finnish chess news site ShakkiNet is at:
http://www.shakki.net and
http://www.shakki.net/skandal.htm
.
In his analysis [Jussi: "A rapid development can be observed in the
level of Burmese chess" ] he shows some additional statistical evidence
which is very revealing. In the table below he gives the amount of Burmese
players on the two last rating lists, subdivided into rating categories :
7/98 1/99
2000-2100 7 20
2100-2200 12 30
2200-2300 18 46
2300-2400 33 53
2400-2500 4 36
2500- 0 16
He follows this up with "Zaw Win Lay was suddenly hit by overwhelming
chess enthusiasm"
Ratings of Zaw Win Lay.
1/93 2205
7/93 2205
1/94 2230 (+25)
7/94 2230
1/95 2230
7/95 2230
1/96 2230
7/96 2230
1/97 2230
7/97 2230
1/98 2395 (+165)
7/98 2465 (+70)
1/99 2565 (+100)
Finally someone who was alert to this fairly early was Milan Novkovic 33,
FM, 2400 ELO. He wrote an article for the biggest monthly German
Chess-Magazine: "Schach" March 99 - edited by GM Raj Tischbierek. He
gave permission for an English translation to appear below (you can contact him
at: NovkovicM@tridonic.co.at for permission to reproduce.)
Sensational Chess Boom in Myanmar
by Milan Novkovic
Forget the Russian School of Chess! Forget about Boeblingen
1998 and "Fritz" up someone’s sleeve. In Myanmar you can push
your FIDE-rating to unknown heights much more effectively, quickly – and
with the blessing of FIDE. If things continue as successfully and as peacefully
as in a last two years, then the former Burma – situated between China,
India and Thailand – will produce the world’s next number one and the
top 100 of the FIDE rating list will be adorned by hitherto absolutely
unfamiliar names.
In January 1997 Myanmar had a relatively modest number of
internationally rated players, totalling six. Highest ranking among these
proteges of Caissa was Lwin Aye with 2360. But that year saw the beginning of a
chess boom in the country of Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of the Nobel peace price
and leader of the opposition movement. Its not clear whether the chess players
have been refused visa by the military junta so that they could not play abroad
or whether other reasons have kept them from doing so, but they have still
managed to turn their situation into an advantage by fighting numerous
tournaments among themselves.
There some managed to achieve almost superhuman feats. Chief
among those unsung heroes is Moun Moun Latt, who scored 15,5 out of 18 in the
"9th TMW Invtl Rating Trnmt" in September 1998 in Myanmar.
His opponents were all fellow countrymen with an average rating of 2391. Thus
he gained a rating of 2554 and number 196 on the current list, one point ahead
of such GMs as Lobron, Macieja and Dzindzichashvili.
Moun Moun Latt is only one of the many shooting stars from
Myanmar. Until July 1998 as many as 73 players had catapulted themselves into
the FIDE-list. Much to the chagrin of the visionary and mathematically gifted
organizers of such tournaments as the "Battle of two Cities", the
"Department Chess Tournament" or even the "Tal-Memorial"
– all taking place in Myanmar – a great number of active players
still did not produce the necessary peak.
Therefore, the established players continued to crush
new-found aficionados of the game until they had reached olympic status in
terms of ELO. Chessfriends all over the world had to wait for an unduly long
time to see their strength reflected in numbers, but for the men from Myanmar
it was well worth the wait. 201 players are listed as of January 1999, among
them 16 with a rating higher than 2500 and 36 with more than 2400. Only Russia,
Germany, the Ukraine, the USA, Yugoslavia and Hungary do better. Even chess
powers like England and Israel or the Netherlands have failed to push so many
players beyond 2400, despite decades of hard work, that is.
Zaw Win Lay – a name to remember
If the chess-boom in Myanmar continues in this vein, then
Garry Kasparov will certainly lose his top position on the FIDE list, but he
will not do so to Anand or Kramnik, but – most likely – to Zaw Win
Lay. In January 1997 Lay was far behind with a measly 2230. In the meantime he
has improved by leaps and bounds, thus becoming his country’s number one
and the world’s number 155 with 2565 ELO. As he picks up roughly 100
points per rating period, it’s easy to figure how long Kasparov will
remain unchallenged.
In August 1998 Zaw Win Lay (then ELO 2465) crushed 10 fellow
countrymen at the "Battle of two Cities" with 10/10, gaining 35
points. This resembled his triumph at the "Tal Memorial". There he
destroyed all local opposition (average rating 2386) by scoring 11/12. Two more
triumphs in local tournaments were to follow. Unfortunately, he dropped 16
rating points at the Rangoon zonal (zone 3.2a) in December against an average
of 2329. The tournament saw Indonesian GM Utut Adianto in first place. Mr Zaw
finished among the also-rans with 4,5/9. Nevertheless, the second half of 1998
brought another 100 rating points.
Independent observers hope that Mr Zaw can get over this
unexpected setback at the hands – and minds – of foreign players.
They hope that he will be able to rehabilitate himself on native soil in the
tournaments to come. Anyhow, the chess world is eagerly awaiting the July 1999
rating list. Perhaps it will announce the first player from Myanmar to cross
the threshold of 2600.
Top 20 countries with players above 2400
| 1
|
RUS
|
390
|
| 2
|
GER
|
147
|
| 3
|
UKR
|
116
|
| 4
|
USA
|
111
|
| 5
|
YUG
|
95
|
| 6
|
HUN
|
65
|
| 7
|
MYA
|
52
|
| 8
|
ENG
|
51
|
| 9
|
ISR
|
45
|
| 10
|
NED
|
45
|
| 11
|
ESP
|
43
|
| 12
|
ARG
|
42
|
| 13
|
BUL
|
38
|
| 14
|
CRO
|
38
|
| 15
|
POL
|
38
|
| 16
|
SWE
|
35
|
| 17
|
FRAN
|
34
|
| 18
|
CUB
|
32
|
| 19
|
ROM
|
32
|
| 20
|
CZE
|
30
|
Sources: Current ELO-Rating-List: http://www.chess.gr/enter.html
Archive of ELO-Rating-Lists: http://www.fide.com/
Games by Zaw Win Lay can by found on ChessBase
Megabase99 and in TWIC 215, TWIC 225; a photo in ChessBase 7.0 Playbase
Feel free to publish this report. If you wish to compensate
me for my research, please call me at the numbers listed below or send an
email.
Milan Novkovic
Mitteldorfgasse 1a
6850 Dornbirn
Austria
33, fully employed, FM, 2400 ELO
Email: novkovicm@tridonic.co.at
Tel.: 0043/5572/32247 (home)
0043/5572/3954139 (work)
FIDE Rating List Jan 97
Country Myanmar
| 1
|
13000020
|
Aye, Lwin
|
|
MYA
|
2360
|
| 2
|
13000012
|
Maung, Htun
Do
|
|
MYA
|
2335
|
| 3
|
13000063
|
Aung, Thant
Zin
|
f
|
MYA
|
2245
|
| 4
|
13000071
|
Myo, Naing
|
|
MYA
|
2240
|
| 5
|
13000098
|
Zaw, Winlay
|
|
MYA
|
2230
|
| 6
|
13000080
|
Ayelwin, M.
|
|
MYA
|
2205
|
FIDE Rating List Jan 99
Country Myanmar
| 1
|
13000098
|
Zaw,Win Lay
|
f
|
MYA
|
2565
|
| 2
|
13001230
|
Moun Moun
Latt
|
|
MYA
|
2554
|
| 3
|
13001370
|
Htun
Lynn,kyaw
|
|
MYA
|
2541
|
| 4
|
13001248
|
Khin Than
|
|
MYA
|
2541
|
| 5
|
13001841
|
Thein,Dan Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2539
|
| 6
|
13000799
|
Ye Naung Win
Myint
|
|
MYA
|
2531
|
| 7
|
13001264
|
Khin Thaung
|
|
MYA
|
2516
|
| 8
|
13001850
|
Soe,Win Myint
|
|
MYA
|
2514
|
| 9
|
13000802
|
Khin,Thaung
|
|
MYA
|
2509
|
| 10
|
13000810
|
Tin,Htun Zaw
|
|
MYA
|
2509
|
| 11
|
13001256
|
May Aung
Hlaing
|
|
MYA
|
2507
|
| 12
|
13001450
|
Chit,Ko Ko A
|
|
MYA
|
2503
|
| 13
|
13001469
|
Win Zaw,Tun
|
|
MYA
|
2503
|
| 14
|
13001868
|
Than,Soe Aung
|
|
MYA
|
2502
|
| 15
|
13000101
|
Aung,Aung
|
f
|
MYA
|
2500
|
| 16
|
13001922
|
Tin,Aung
|
|
MYA
|
2500
|
| 17
|
13001361
|
Htun
Htun,Than
|
|
MYA
|
2499
|
| 18
|
13000020
|
Aye,Lwin
|
f
|
MYA
|
2495
|
| 19
|
13000110
|
Nay,Oo Kyaw
Tun
|
f
|
MYA
|
2495
|
| 20
|
13001833
|
Nyee Nyee
Zaw
|
|
MYA
|
2487
|
| 21
|
13001388
|
Mynn,Htoo
|
|
MYA
|
2479
|
| 22
|
13001272
|
San Thit
Lwin
|
|
MYA
|
2479
|
| 23
|
13001477
|
Nyi Nyi,Zaw
A
|
|
MYA
|
2478
|
| 24
|
13001930
|
Aung,Theik A
|
|
MYA
|
2475
|
| 25
|
13001485
|
Myo Htut,Aung
A
|
|
MYA
|
2466
|
| 26
|
13001949
|
Nyi Nyi,Lwin
|
|
MYA
|
2463
|
| 27
|
13000390
|
Ko Ko Ohn
|
|
MYA
|
2460
|
| 28
|
13000829
|
Kyaw Than
Naing
|
|
MYA
|
2459
|
| 29
|
13000977
|
Htoo Myint
Aung
|
|
MYA
|
2450
|
| 30
|
13001957
|
Kyaw,Min
|
|
MYA
|
2450
|
| 31
|
13001965
|
Mg Mg,Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2450
|
| 32
|
13000837
|
Pe Aung
|
|
MYA
|
2446
|
| 33
|
13000071
|
Myo,Naing
|
f
|
MYA
|
2445
|
| 34
|
13000195
|
Zaw,Oo
|
f
|
MYA
|
2440
|
| 35
|
13001973
|
Kyin,Wai
|
|
MYA
|
2438
|
| 36
|
13000233
|
Maung,Maung
Lwin
|
|
MYA
|
2435
|
| 37
|
13001981
|
Toe,Lwin A
|
|
MYA
|
2425
|
| 38
|
13001582
|
Toe,Lwin
Thein
|
|
MYA
|
2423
|
| 39
|
13000543
|
Myo Thant
Khine
|
|
MYA
|
2420
|
| 40
|
13000403
|
Myo Zaw Min
|
|
MYA
|
2420
|
| 41
|
13001337
|
Zaw One
|
|
MYA
|
2420
|
| 42
|
13000411
|
Moe Kyaw
Htay
|
|
MYA
|
2419
|
| 43
|
13001280
|
Chit Ko Ko A
|
|
MYA
|
2416
|
| 44
|
13001493
|
Kyaw,Min
|
|
MYA
|
2416
|
| 45
|
13001400
|
Nyi
Nyi,Thwin
|
|
MYA
|
2416
|
| 46
|
13001396
|
Thame,Zaw
|
|
MYA
|
2416
|
| 47
|
13001299
|
Tin Ngwe A
|
|
MYA
|
2416
|
| 48
|
13000063
|
Aung,Thant
Zin
|
f
|
MYA
|
2410
|
| 49
|
13000446
|
Kyaw Kyaw
Soe
|
|
MYA
|
2410
|
| 50
|
13000942
|
Kyaw San Naing
A
|
|
MYA
|
2410
|
| 51
|
13000934
|
Shain Lynn
Htoo
|
|
MYA
|
2410
|
| 52
|
13001590
|
Tint,Swe Win
A
|
|
MYA
|
2410
|
| 53
|
13001604
|
Aung,Kyaw
Than
|
|
MYA
|
2398
|
| 54
|
13001612
|
Maung
Maung,Myint
|
|
MYA
|
2398
|
| 55
|
13001086
|
Yan Naing
|
|
MYA
|
2398
|
| 56
|
13000950
|
Mya Aye A
|
|
MYA
|
2397
|
| 57
|
13000969
|
Soe Tint A
|
|
MYA
|
2397
|
| 58
|
13000845
|
Tin Aung
|
|
MYA
|
2396
|
| 59
|
13001310
|
Tin Tun Zaw
A
|
|
MYA
|
2391
|
| 60
|
13001302
|
Wynn Myint
More
|
|
MYA
|
2391
|
| 61
|
13001876
|
Zaw,Min
Maung
|
|
MYA
|
2389
|
| 62
|
13001620
|
Ye,Thein
Lynn
|
|
MYA
|
2385
|
| 63
|
13001507
|
Aung Kywa,Aye
|
|
MYA
|
2378
|
| 64
|
13000667
|
Kyaw Than
|
|
MYA
|
2378
|
| 65
|
13000896
|
Myint Aung A
|
|
MYA
|
2372
|
| 66
|
13000853
|
Ye Min Thame
A
|
|
MYA
|
2371
|
| 67
|
13001329
|
Khin
|
|
MYA
|
2370
|
| 68
|
13001418
|
Thaung,Tun
|
|
MYA
|
2370
|
| 69
|
13001892
|
Soe,Win
|
|
MYA
|
2368
|
| 70
|
13001884
|
Than,Soe
|
|
MYA
|
2368
|
| 71
|
13000322
|
Myint Han
|
|
MYA
|
2360
|
| 72
|
13001515
|
Kyin,Tun
|
|
MYA
|
2353
|
| 73
|
13001639
|
Aung,Thein
|
|
MYA
|
2348
|
| 74
|
13001434
|
Lwin,Min Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2348
|
| 75
|
13001426
|
Sai Win,Shwe
|
|
MYA
|
2348
|
| 76
|
13001345
|
Thein Saing
|
|
MYA
|
2348
|
| 77
|
13001914
|
Myo,Myint
|
|
MYA
|
2346
|
| 78
|
13001906
|
Than,Lun
|
|
MYA
|
2346
|
| 79
|
13000373
|
Win Myint
Thein
|
|
MYA
|
2346
|
| 80
|
13000691
|
Kyi Thein
|
|
MYA
|
2339
|
| 81
|
13001990
|
Ko Ko,Htwe
|
|
MYA
|
2338
|
| 82
|
13000365
|
Khin Maung
Aye
|
|
MYA
|
2335
|
| 83
|
13000357
|
Kyaw Myint
Lay
|
|
MYA
|
2335
|
| 84
|
13000012
|
Maung,Htun Do
|
|
MYA
|
2335
|
| 85
|
13000985
|
Sai Win
Myint
|
|
MYA
|
2335
|
| 86
|
13001353
|
Kyaw Nyein
|
|
MYA
|
2334
|
| 87
|
13001442
|
Myo,Thant
|
|
MYA
|
2334
|
| 88
|
13001132
|
Soe Winna
|
|
MYA
|
2328
|
| 89
|
13001531
|
Su,Neel
|
|
MYA
|
2328
|
| 90
|
13001523
|
Wai,Kyaing
|
|
MYA
|
2328
|
| 91
|
13000314
|
Khin Ko
|
|
MYA
|
2325
|
| 92
|
13000586
|
Kyaw Kyaw Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2325
|
| 93
|
13002007
|
Myint,Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2325
|
| 94
|
13000870
|
Than Tun Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2325
|
| 95
|
13000276
|
Tin Ngwe
|
|
MYA
|
2325
|
| 96
|
13000438
|
Tin Maung
Lwin
|
|
MYA
|
2320
|
| 97
|
13000993
|
Sai Thura
|
|
MYA
|
2310
|
| 98
|
13000705
|
Tin Maung
Aye
|
|
MYA
|
2310
|
| 99
|
13000608
|
Zaw Myo Htet
|
|
MYA
|
2305
|
| 100
|
13002040
|
Aye,Myint
|
|
MYA
|
2304
|
| 101
|
13002031
|
Sein,Win
|
|
MYA
|
2304
|
| 102
|
13002023
|
Thaung,Sein
|
|
MYA
|
2304
|
| 103
|
13002015
|
Ye
Myint,Thein
|
|
MYA
|
2304
|
| 104
|
13000888
|
Myint Thein
|
|
MYA
|
2303
|
| 105
|
13001140
|
Phyo Min Swe
|
|
MYA
|
2303
|
| 106
|
13001647
|
Sithu,Maung
|
|
MYA
|
2298
|
| 107
|
13001000
|
Aung Kyaw
Thein
|
|
MYA
|
2297
|
| 108
|
13000683
|
Maung Maung
Sein
|
|
MYA
|
2297
|
| 109
|
13000659
|
Thein Win
|
|
MYA
|
2295
|
| 110
|
13000640
|
Win Ko
|
|
MYA
|
2295
|
| 111
|
13000284
|
Naing Lin
Aung
|
|
MYA
|
2290
|
| 112
|
13001655
|
Myo,Myo
|
|
MYA
|
2285
|
| 113
|
13001540
|
Zaw,Tun
|
|
MYA
|
2285
|
| 114
|
13000900
|
Tun Tun A
|
|
MYA
|
2277
|
| 115
|
13000225
|
Naing,Win
|
|
MYA
|
2275
|
| 116
|
13001736
|
Nay,Soe A
|
|
MYA
|
2275
|
| 117
|
13001728
|
Tin,Mg Aye
|
|
MYA
|
2275
|
| 118
|
13001663
|
Tayoke,Gyi
|
|
MYA
|
2273
|
| 119
|
13001019
|
Tun Tun Win
|
|
MYA
|
2272
|
| 120
|
13000420
|
Mg Mg Latt
|
|
MYA
|
2270
|
| 121
|
13000551
|
Nay Soe
|
|
MYA
|
2270
|
| 122
|
13000241
|
Tin Tun Zaw
|
|
MYA
|
2270
|
| 123
|
13000187
|
Ye,Win Aung
|
|
MYA
|
2270
|
| 124
|
13001108
|
Kyaw Myint A
|
|
MYA
|
2266
|
| 125
|
13001094
|
Thaung Aye
|
|
MYA
|
2266
|
| 126
|
13001744
|
Aung,Aung A
|
|
MYA
|
2262
|
| 127
|
13000730
|
Aung Kyaing
|
|
MYA
|
2260
|
| 128
|
13001116
|
Aye Ko
|
|
MYA
|
2254
|
| 129
|
13000861
|
Min Cho
|
|
MYA
|
2254
|
| 130
|
13000381
|
Shein Lin
Htoo
|
|
MYA
|
2250
|
| 131
|
13001752
|
Zaw,Win
|
|
MYA
|
2250
|
| 132
|
13001671
|
Aung,Myint
Naing
|
|
MYA
|
2248
|
| 133
|
13001558
|
Nee,Tar
|
|
MYA
|
2248
|
| 134
|
13001027
|
Nay Lin Tun
|
|
MYA
|
2247
|
| 135
|
13000560
|
Htet Htet
|
|
MYA
|
2245
|
| 136
|
13000578
|
Peter Kya
Moe
|
|
MYA
|
2245
|
| 137
|
13002058
|
Toe Toe,Aung
|
|
MYA
|
2245
|
| 138
|
13000128
|
Myat,San Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2244
|
| 139
|
13001124
|
Thein Soe
|
|
MYA
|
2241
|
| 140
|
13000292
|
Soe Tint
|
|
MYA
|
2240
|
| 141
|
13000624
|
Sit Nyein
|
|
MYA
|
2230
|
| 142
|
13000268
|
Kyaw San
Naing
|
|
MYA
|
2225
|
| 143
|
13000748
|
Kyaw Thett
|
|
MYA
|
2225
|
| 144
|
13000136
|
Min,Htoo
|
|
MYA
|
2225
|
| 145
|
13001760
|
Nay,Win A
|
|
MYA
|
2225
|
| 146
|
13000250
|
Win Myint
Moe
|
|
MYA
|
2225
|
| 147
|
13000209
|
Kyaw,Soe Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2215
|
| 148
|
13001680
|
Aung,Moung
|
|
MYA
|
2214
|
| 149
|
13000179
|
Tun,Lin Kyaw
|
|
MYA
|
2205
|
| 150
|
13001035
|
Thura Tun
|
|
MYA
|
2204
|
| 151
|
13001779
|
Myint,Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2200
|
| 152
|
13000616
|
Nyi Nyi Zaw
|
|
MYA
|
2190
|
| 153
|
13001787
|
Ohn,Khine
|
|
MYA
|
2187
|
| 154
|
13000489
|
Khin Maung
Tun
|
|
MYA
|
2184
|
| 155
|
13000713
|
Ba Shwe
|
|
MYA
|
2178
|
| 156
|
13001698
|
Maung,Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2178
|
| 157
|
13000675
|
Tin Swam
|
|
MYA
|
2174
|
| 158
|
13000160
|
Zaw,Wan
|
|
MYA
|
2155
|
| 159
|
13000926
|
Than Win
|
|
MYA
|
2150
|
| 160
|
13000217
|
Tint,Swe Win
|
|
MYA
|
2150
|
| 161
|
13000306
|
Tun Tun Than
|
|
MYA
|
2150
|
| 162
|
13001043
|
Han Min Shein
|
|
MYA
|
2145
|
| 163
|
13000144
|
Sun,Thit
Lwin
|
|
MYA
|
2145
|
| 164
|
13001167
|
Ko Ko
|
|
MYA
|
2141
|
| 165
|
13001159
|
Than Min
|
|
MYA
|
2141
|
| 166
|
13000535
|
Kyi Myint
|
|
MYA
|
2140
|
| 167
|
13001795
|
Myo,Thant A
|
|
MYA
|
2137
|
| 168
|
13001701
|
Myint,San
|
|
MYA
|
2133
|
| 169
|
13000152
|
Aung,Kyaw
Lwin
|
|
MYA
|
2130
|
| 170
|
13000454
|
Ye Thame Lin
|
|
MYA
|
2130
|
| 171
|
13000918
|
Tun Tun Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2126
|
| 172
|
13000772
|
Kyaw Mint
|
|
MYA
|
2125
|
| 173
|
13001051
|
Lin Lin Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2122
|
| 174
|
13000527
|
Kee Tan
|
|
MYA
|
2118
|
| 175
|
13000330
|
Maung Maung
Lat
|
|
MYA
|
2118
|
| 176
|
13001175
|
Kyaw Win
|
|
MYA
|
2116
|
| 177
|
13001183
|
Zaw Win A
|
|
MYA
|
2116
|
| 178
|
13001809
|
Khin,Mg Mya
|
|
MYA
|
2112
|
| 179
|
13001710
|
Aye,Maung
|
|
MYA
|
2110
|
| 180
|
13001566
|
Kyaw,Win A
|
|
MYA
|
2108
|
| 181
|
13000497
|
Mg Mg Lwin
|
|
MYA
|
2101
|
| 182
|
13000756
|
Aung Chit
|
|
MYA
|
2095
|
| 183
|
13001191
|
Aye Lwin A
|
|
MYA
|
2095
|
| 184
|
13000462
|
Chit Ko Ko
|
|
MYA
|
2095
|
| 185
|
13000470
|
Mya Aye
|
|
MYA
|
2095
|
| 186
|
13001060
|
Aung Win
|
|
MYA
|
2081
|
| 187
|
13000721
|
Kyaw Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2077
|
| 188
|
13000594
|
Myo Htut
Aung
|
|
MYA
|
2073
|
| 189
|
13001205
|
Tin Hla
|
|
MYA
|
2073
|
| 190
|
13000764
|
Ye Min Thein
|
|
MYA
|
2073
|
| 191
|
13001213
|
Ye Win
|
|
MYA
|
2073
|
| 192
|
13001817
|
Zaw,Tint
|
|
MYA
|
2069
|
| 193
|
13001221
|
Tin Mg Oo
|
|
MYA
|
2059
|
| 194
|
13001574
|
Aye,Min
|
|
MYA
|
2055
|
| 195
|
13000349
|
Maung Maung
Kyaing
|
|
MYA
|
2040
|
| 196
|
13000500
|
Soe Lwin
|
|
MYA
|
2029
|
| 197
|
13001078
|
Khin Maung
Myint
|
|
MYA
|
2027
|
| 198
|
13000632
|
Lun Naing
|
|
MYA
|
2022
|
| 199
|
13000080
|
Ayelwin,M.
|
|
MYA
|
2010
|
| 200
|
13001825
|
Be,Ooh
|
|
MYA
|
2010
|
| 201
|
13000519
|
Moun Moun
Lwyn
|
|
MYA
|
2005
|
Results of GM Scheveningen Yangon MYA 1999
Group B Group A
----------------------------------------- Ye Jiangchuan 2564 13.0
| -------------------------------------- Al Modiahki,M 2530 11.0
| | ----------------------------------- Liang Jinrong 2470 9.0
| | | -------------------------------- Zaw Oo 2440 7.5
| | | | ----------------------------- May Aung Hlaing 2507 7.5
| | | | | -------------------------- Ganbold,O 2320 7.5
| | | | | | ----------------------- Sunthornpongsathorn,V 2335 7.0
| | | | | | | -------------------- Htun Lynn Kyaw 2541 4.0
| | | | | | | | ----------------- Thein Dan Oo 2539 4.0
| | | | | | | | | -------------- Khin Than 2541 4.0
| | | | | | | | | | ----------- Moun Moun Latt 2554 3.0
| | | | | | | | | | | -------- Khin Thaung 2509 2.5
| | | | | | | | | | | | ----- Than Soe Aung 2502 2.0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | -- Win Zaw Tun 2503 2.0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1 Zhu Chen 2487 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0
2 Zaw Win Lay 2565 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0
3 Aung Thant Zin 2410 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5
4 Sharavdorj,D 2431 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 9.5
5 Nay Oo Kyaw Tun 2495 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9.5
6 Myo Naing 2445 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5
7 Wong Meng Kong 2459 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0
8 Mas,H 2401 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 7.5
9 Ye Naung Win Myint 2531 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7.5
10 Bu Xiangzhi 2365 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.5
11 Aung Aung 2500 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.0
12 Htun Htun Than 2499 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 7.0
13 Tin Htun Zaw 2509 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 4.5
14 Nyee Nyee Zaw 2487 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 4.0
Yangon MYA (MYA), i-ii 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
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1 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2564 + 6 +16 +14 +18 + 8 +15 +20 +10 + 7 = 3 +24 + 4 +19 = 5 13.0 2892
2 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2530 +20 =10 + 7 = 3 +24 + 4 +19 + 5 = 6 =16 =14 +18 + 8 =15 11.0 2700
3 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2487 +23 +28 =11 = 2 +26 +27 = 9 -12 +13 = 1 +22 +25 =21 =17 10.0 2647
4 Zaw Win Lay f MYA 2565 +21 =17 +23 +28 =11 - 2 +26 +27 = 9 +12 =13 - 1 +22 +25 10.0 2647
5 Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg m MGL 2431 -22 =25 +21 +17 +23 +28 +11 - 2 +26 -27 = 9 +12 +13 = 1 9.5 2622
6 Nay Oo Kyaw Tun MYA 2495 - 1 =22 +25 =21 =17 +23 +28 =11 = 2 +26 +27 - 9 +12 +13 9.5 2622
7 Aung Thant Zin f MYA 2410 +28 =11 - 2 +26 +27 = 9 =12 =13 - 1 +22 +25 +21 =17 +23 9.5 2622
8 Myo Naing f MYA 2445 +27 = 9 =12 =13 - 1 +22 +25 +21 =17 +23 +28 =11 - 2 +26 9.5 2622
9 Liang Jinrong g CHN 2470 =18 = 8 +15 =20 =10 = 7 = 3 =24 = 4 +19 = 5 + 6 +16 =14 9.0 2572
10 Wong Meng-Kong m SIN 2459 =11 = 2 +26 +27 = 9 =12 =13 - 1 +22 +25 -21 =17 +23 +28 9.0 2591
11 Ganbold, Odondoo f MGL 2320 =10 = 7 = 3 +24 = 4 +19 - 5 = 6 =16 =14 +18 = 8 =15 -20 7.5 2499
12 Zaw Oo f MYA 2440 +14 +18 = 8 =15 +20 =10 = 7 + 3 =24 - 4 =19 - 5 - 6 =16 7.5 2499
13 May Aung Hlaing MYA 2507 +16 =14 +18 = 8 +15 +20 =10 = 7 - 3 =24 = 4 =19 - 5 - 6 7.5 2499
14 Mas, Hafizulhelmi m MAS 2401 -12 =13 - 1 +22 -25 +21 =17 =23 +28 =11 = 2 =26 +27 = 9 7.5 2518
15 Bu Xiangzhi CHI 2365 +26 +27 - 9 =12 -13 - 1 +22 +25 =21 =17 -23 +28 =11 = 2 7.5 2518
16 Ye Naung Win Myint MYA 2531 -13 - 1 +22 =25 +21 -17 =23 +28 =11 = 2 +26 +27 - 9 =12 7.5 2518
17 Sunthornpongsathorn, Veeraphol f THA 2335 =24 = 4 =19 - 5 = 6 +16 =14 -18 = 8 =15 +20 =10 = 7 = 3 7.0 2470
18 Htun Htun Than MYA 2499 = 9 -12 -13 - 1 +22 +25 +21 +17 =23 =28 -11 - 2 +26 =27 7.0 2489
19 Aung Aung f MYA 2500 +25 =21 =17 +23 +28 -11 - 2 +26 +27 - 9 =12 =13 - 1 -22 7.0 2489
20 Tin Htun Zaw MYA 2509 - 2 -26 +27 = 9 -12 -13 - 1 -22 =25 =21 -17 =23 =28 +11 4.5 2356
21 Htun Lynn Kyaw MYA 2541 - 4 =19 - 5 = 6 -16 -14 -18 - 8 =15 =20 +10 - 7 = 3 =24 4.0 2312
22 Thein Dan Oo MYA 2539 + 5 = 6 -16 -14 -18 - 8 -15 +20 -10 - 7 - 3 =24 - 4 +19 4.0 2312
23 Khin Than MYA 2541 - 3 +24 - 4 -19 - 5 - 6 =16 =14 =18 - 8 +15 =20 -10 - 7 4.0 2312
24 Nyee Nyee Zaw MYA 2487 =17 -23 -28 -11 - 2 -26 =27 = 9 =12 =13 - 1 =22 =25 =21 4.0 2331
25 Moun Moun Latt MYA 2554 -19 = 5 - 6 =16 +14 -18 - 8 -15 =20 -10 - 7 - 3 =24 - 4 3.0 2240
26 Khin Thaung MYA 2509 -15 +20 -10 - 7 - 3 +24 - 4 -19 - 5 - 6 -16 =14 -18 - 8 2.5 2208
27 Than Soe Aung MYA 2502 - 8 -15 -20 -10 - 7 - 3 =24 - 4 -19 + 5 - 6 -16 -14 =18 2.0 2161
28 Win Zaw Tun MYA 2503 - 7 - 3 +24 - 4 -19 - 5 - 6 -16 -14 =18 - 8 -15 =20 -10 2.0 2161
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There was an 8 game match between Anatoly Karpov and Jeroen Piket in Monaco
organised by the Association Max Euwe. It ran Sunday 21st February until March
2nd. The match finished in a 4-4 tie after eight draws. The most controversial
moment was in game seven when Karpov could have taken an en-prise rook on move
38. Karpov claimed that with 2 seconds left on his clock he saw the rook was
en-prise but had to play short moves to make time control. My thanks to Geurt
Gijssen for the games.
Piket, Jeroen - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 36 E15 Nimzo indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 45 D39 Queen's gambit
Piket, Jeroen - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 52 E32 Nimzo indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 43 E04 Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 41 E32 Nimzo indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 48 E32 Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 49 E12 Nimzo indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 38 E46 Nimzo indian
Assoc. Max Euwe Match (MNC), ii-iii 1999
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Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2710 = = = = = = = = 4.0 2619
Piket, Jeroen g NED 2619 = = = = = = = = 4.0 2710
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The Enghien les Bains tournament runs March 3rd-12th 1999. The category 15
event has a very interesting field. Bacrot, Bauer, Beliavsky, Rausis, Lautier,
Bologan, Ponomariov, Sadler, Salov and Tkatchiev play.
After five rounds Viktor Bologan on 4/5 leads by half a point from Joel
Lautier.
Official site: http://www.citeweb.net/enghien
Further coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com, and
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/frederic.catherine.elise/echecs/
Round 1 (March 3, 1999)
Bologan, Viktor - Bauer, Christian 1-0 42 C16 French; Winawer
Lautier, Joel - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 30 A16 English; 1.c4
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Salov, Valery 1/2 31 E12 Nimzo indian
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 34 D20 QGA;
Rausis, Igors - Sadler, Matthew 0-1 38 D27 QGA;
Round 2 (March 4, 1999)
Bacrot, Etienne - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 39 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Bauer, Christian 1/2 52 C04 French; Tarrasch
Salov, Valery - Lautier, Joel 1-0 78 A57 Benko gambit
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Rausis, Igors 1-0 44 D35 Queen's gambit
Sadler, Matthew - Tkachiev, Vladislav 0-1 44 B07 Pirc
Round 3 (March 5, 1999)
Bologan, Viktor - Salov, Valery 1-0 103 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence.
Lautier, Joel - Sadler, Matthew 1-0 25 B87 Sicilian
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 35 E04 Nimzo indian
Bauer, Christian - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 28 C33 Kings gambit
Rausis, Igors - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 44 D02 Queen's pawn
Round 4 (March 6, 1999)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 39 B54 Sicilian
Salov, Valery - Bauer, Christian 1/2 39 E08 Nimzo indian
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Lautier, Joel 1/2 81 E32 Nimzo indian
Sadler, Matthew - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 63 E10 Nimzo indian
Rausis, Igors - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 53 E63 Kings indian
Round 5 (March 7, 1999)
Bologan, Viktor - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1-0 51 C93 Ruy Lopez
Lautier, Joel - Rausis, Igors 1-0 38 E12 Nimzo indian
Bacrot, Etienne - Salov, Valery 1/2 67 A40 Queen's pawn
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 26 D27 QGA;
Bauer, Christian - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 140 B43 Sicilian
Enghien-les-Bains FRA (FRA), iii 1999 cat. XV (2603)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2608 * . 0 . . 1 1 1 1 . 4.0 2855
2 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2596 . * 1 . . 0 = . 1 1 3.5 2760
3 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2561 1 0 * = . = . 1 . . 3.0 2674
4 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2609 . . = * = . 1 = . = 3.0 2648
5 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2634 . . . = * = = . 1 = 3.0 2692
6 Salov, Valery g RUS 2670 0 1 = . = * . = . . 2.5 2585
7 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2650 0 = . 0 = . * . . 1 2.0 2519
8 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2528 0 . 0 = . = . * = . 1.5 2474
9 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2667 0 0 . . 0 . . = * 1 1.5 2425
10 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2508 . 0 . = = . 0 . 0 * 1.0 2391
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Nigel Short won the 4th United Insurance GM International in the NSC
Conference room Dhaka, Bangladesh. By far the highest rated player in this 13
player Category 10 event running Feb 19th - March 3rd he was, in the end a
little lucky to take the title on tie-break. After Short's loss Neelotpal Das
it seemed that Yuri Shulman was bound to win the event, however he got stuck in
a drawing sequence in the final rounds and Short's 2.5/3 finish he caught the
Belorussian and took the cup on tie-break. His victory follows those of fellow
countrymen Julian Hodgson in 1993 and Mark Hebden in 1995. Shulman and Short
shared the US$ 3,100 cash award for the champion and runner-up (US$ 2000+1100).
Short said: "I am very lucky because I won the tournament by fluke in the
tie-breaking system. I thought Shulman would win the title, but he somehow lost
his appetite during the last few days which enabled me to win at the end".
Wojtkiewicz was 3rd on tie-break and Ehlvest 4th. Both of them took US$ 500
each. My thanks to N Ahmed and bulletin editors Jamilur Rahman, Kh. Kayes
Hasan, Mizanur Rahman, Shamim Khan and M. Ashiquzzaman for the games and
results.
Round 11 (March 1, 1999)
Ehlvest, Jaan - Short, Nigel D 1/2 5 C00 French
Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander - Szekely, Peter 1-0 58 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Kunte, Abhijit - Reefat, Bin-Sattar 0-1 53 B40 Sicilian
Neelotpal, Das - Zagrebelny, Sergey 1/2 57 B50 Sicilian
Murshed, Niaz - Rahman, Ziaur 0-1 63 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Hossain, Enamul - Shulman, Yuri 1/2 80 C01 French; Exchange
Round 12 (March 2, 1999)
Shulman, Yuri - Kunte, Abhijit 1/2 21 B42 Sicilian
Zagrebelny, Sergey - Murshed, Niaz 1/2 44 C44 Scottish
Rahman, Ziaur - Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander 1-0 25 A40 Queen's pawn
Abdulla, Al-Rakib - Hossain, Enamul 1/2 20 D00 Queen's pawn
Reefat, Bin-Sattar - Neelotpal, Das 1/2 60 B86 Sicilian
Szekely, Peter - Ehlvest, Jaan 1-0 60 A40 Queen's pawn
Round 13 (March 3, 1999)
Short, Nigel D - Szekely, Peter 1-0 54 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Ehlvest, Jaan - Rahman, Ziaur 1-0 39 D37 Queen's gambit
Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander - Zagrebelny, Sergey 1-0 33 E17 Nimzo indian
Kunte, Abhijit - Abdulla, Al-Rakib 1/2 13 D70 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Neelotpal, Das - Shulman, Yuri 1/2 11 B85 Sicilian
Murshed, Niaz - Reefat, Bin-Sattar 1/2 21 D02 Queen's pawn
4th Utd. Insurance (BAN), ii-iii 1999 cat. X (2482)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2697 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 0 = 1 1 8.5 2621
2 Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2523 = * 1 = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = 8.5 2636
3 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2593 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 0 1 8.0 2597
4 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2570 0 = = * 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2599
5 Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2506 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 1 = = = 1 7.0 2536
6 Rahman, Ziaur m BAN 2498 0 0 0 1 = * 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 6.5 2509
7 Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2455 = = 0 0 0 1 * = 0 1 0 1 1 5.5 2454
8 Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2406 0 = 0 1 0 0 = * 0 1 1 = = 5.0 2431
9 Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2354 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * = = = 1 5.0 2435
10 Neelotpal, Das IND 2436 1 = = 0 = = 0 0 = * 0 = = 4.5 2398
11 Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2470 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 1 * = = 4.5 2395
12 Szekely, Peter g HUN 2444 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 = = = = * = 4.0 2359
13 Hossain, Enamul f BAN 2310 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = * 3.0 2303
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John Fernandez reports: The Manhattan Chess Club March International started
March 5th and is a Category 10 event being covered live by ICC. After round 3,
GM Georgy Timoshenko leads with 2.5/3. The event is being directed by Nick
Conticello. Monday is a rest day.
Round 1 (March 5, 1999)
Waitzkin, Joshua - Ady, Jonathan J 1-0 28 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Burnett, Ronald - Negulescu, Adrian 1-0 36 C41 Philidor defence
Kacheishvili, Giorgi - Shahade, Gregory 1/2 35 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Ashley, Maurice - Fedorowicz, John P 1/2 26 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Shliperman, Igor - Timoshenko, Georgy 0-1 38 B51 Sicilian
Round 2 (March 6, 1999)
Timoshenko, Georgy - Burnett, Ronald 1-0 49 B06 Modern defence
Fedorowicz, John P - Shliperman, Igor 1-0 30 D37 Queen's gambit
Ady, Jonathan J - Kacheishvili, Giorgi 1/2 33 C10 French
Negulescu, Adrian - Waitzkin, Joshua 1-0 28 B40 Sicilian
Shahade, Gregory - Ashley, Maurice 1-0 47 B50 Sicilian
Round 3 (March 7, 1999)
Waitzkin, Joshua - Timoshenko, Georgy 1/2 11 B84 Sicilian
Burnett, Ronald - Fedorowicz, John P 1/2 10 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Ady, Jonathan J - Shahade, Gregory 1-0 44 B71 Sicilian; Dragon
Kacheishvili, Giorgi - Negulescu, Adrian 1/2 30 B10 Caro-Kann
Shliperman, Igor - Ashley, Maurice 0-1 34 D93 Gruenfeld indian
New York USA (USA), iii 1999 cat. X (2479)
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1 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2592 * . = 1 . . . . . 1 2.5 2716
2 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2574 . * . = . . . . = 1 2.0 2570
3 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2467 = . * . 1 . 0 . . . 1.5 2485
4 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2420 0 = . * . . 1 . . . 1.5 2539
5 Ady, Jonathan J f HKG 2412 . . 0 . * = . 1 . . 1.5 2474
6 Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2570 . . . . = * = = . . 1.5 2416
7 Negulescu, Adrian m ROM 2452 . . 1 0 . = * . . . 1.5 2485
8 Shahade, Gregory f USA 2386 . . . . 0 = . * 1 . 1.5 2485
9 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2473 . = . . . . . 0 * 1 1.5 2467
10 Shliperman, Igor m USA 2442 0 0 . . . . . . 0 * 0.0
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The 6th Metalis Open took place in Belisce (Croatia) 24-27.02.1999. There
were 110 Participants in this 7 round Swiss event. Robert Zelcic and Mladen
Palac scored 6/7 to share first place.
6th Metalis Open (CRO), ii-iii 1999
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1 Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2554 6.0
Palac, Mladen g CRO 2589 6.0
3 Sermek, Drazen g SLO 2540 5.5
Rogic, Davor m CRO 2475 5.5
Stevic, Hrvoje m CRO 2465 5.5
Mrkonjic, Nenad CRO 2298 5.5
Jovanovic, Zoran2 CRO 2268 5.5
Leventic, Ivan m CRO 2374 5.5
Feletar, Darko CRO 2376 5.5
Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2511 5.5
11 Kosanski, Stanko m CRO 2409 5.0
Njirjak, Josip CRO 2298 5.0
Zecevic, Dean CRO 2295 5.0
Rasic, Damir BIH 1250 5.0
Medak, Bojan CRO 2163 5.0
16-28 KUTUZOVIC,Branko (8) m 2465 CRO 4.5
MESTROVIC,Zvonimir (9) m 2450 SLO 4.5
LONCAR,Robert (13) m 2419 CRO 4.5
LAZOVIC,Gordan (24) f 2311 CRO 4.5
JURKOVIC,Ante (25) . 2309 CRO 4.5
IVANKOVIC ,Stipo (110) . CRO 4.5
JOSIC,Stevan (56) . 2125 CRO 4.5
CAJZLER,Hinko (40) . 2210 CRO 4.5
DUSPER,Hrvoje (36) f 2227 CRO 4.5
MARAS,Mile (34) . 2250 CRO 4.5
DABO PERANIC,Robert (30) . 2272 CRO 4.5
SALE,Srdan (14) m 2415 CRO 4.5
FRANIC,Milan (10) m 2435 CRO 4.5
29-47 KOVACEVIC,Blazimir (12) f 2429 CRO 4.0
BUBALOVIC,Davorin (18) m 2358 CRO 4.0
MEDIC,Mirjana (20) wm 2327 CRO 4.0
LOVRIC,Branko (23) . 2316 CRO 4.0
PULJEK SALAI,Zorica (29) wm 2275 CRO 4.0
GRGURIC,Zeljko (32) . 2265 CRO 4.0
DRMIC,Tomislav (95) . CRO 4.0
BRKIC,Ante (74) . CRO 4.0
KOVACEVIC,Srecko (70) . CRO 4.0
RADOSAVLJEVIC,Petar (53) . 2155 CRO 4.0
GNJEZDUR,Vladimir (49) . 2185 CRO 4.0
ZULJ,Leon (46) . 2195 CRO 4.0
JANKOVIC,Branimir (41) . 2208 CRO 4.0
JANKOVIC,Alojzije (38) . 2213 CRO 4.0
SERTIC,Rudolf (37) . 2215 CRO 4.0
VUKELIC,Tomislav (22) . 2319 CRO 4.0
ASCIC,Pero (19) . 2338 CRO 4.0
ROGULJ,Branko (11) m 2430 CRO 4.0
DELCHEV,Alexander (3) g 2548 BUL 4.0
Laszlo Nagy reports on the March edition of his First Saturday tournaments.
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 main event is a category III. International master round robin tmt, with
14 participants /ELO-average 2306/. The IM-norm is 9 and a half points out of
13 games. The Chinese U-14 boy world champion Bu Xiangzhi is playing and he
plans to be in Budapest for 6 months.
Round 2 standings
Budapest HUN (HUN), iii 1999 cat. III (2302)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Hrvacic, Pavle CRO 2235 * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . 2.0
2 Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2372 . * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 2.0
3 Kiss, Gedeon HUN 2259 . . * = . . . . 1 . . . . . 1.5 2479
4 Pham Minh Hoang VIE 2357 . . = * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2459
5 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2374 . . . . * = . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2487
6 Toth, Andras HUN 2301 . . . . = * . . . . = . . . 1.0 2329
7 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2329 . . . . . . * = . . . = . . 1.0 2289
8 Malada, Vinko CRO 2265 . . . . . . = * . = . . . . 1.0 2347
9 Gara, Ticia HUN 2216 . . 0 . . . . . * . . 1 . . 1.0 2286
10 Bu Xiangzhi CHI 2365 0 . . . . . . = . * . . . . 0.5 2057
11 Serrer, Christoph f GER 2285 . 0 . . . = . . . . * . . . 0.5 2143
12 Turzo, Attila m HUN 2314 . . . . . . = . 0 . . * . . 0.5 2079
13 Gara, Anita wm HUN 2287 0 . . . 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2273 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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John Henderson reports: The 117th Varsity match between Oxford and Cambridge
was played in the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London. The event was won
convincingly by Cambridge 5.5-2.5. They retained the Margaret Pugh Gold Cup.
Cambridge lead in the series 51-49 with 17 draws.
The Rowe & Mawe best game prize, a trip for two to Paris, was won by
David Moskovic, Cambridge, for his queen sacrifice.
Oxford 2.5-5.5 Cambridge
(Oxford names first, and having white on odds): 1 GM D Kumaran (Green) draw
IM B Kelly (Trinity), 2 IM J Rowson (Keble) draw WGM H Hunt (St. John's), 3 A
Trifunovic (St. Anne's) draw IM M Ferguson (Queens'), 4 O Rosten (Sommerville)
draw K Mah (Pembroke), 5 B Savage (Lady Margaret Hall) 0-1 J Vigus (Clare), 6 J
Ouaknine (St. Cross) 0-1 D Moskovic (Queens'), 7 K Smallbone (New College) draw
A Cohen (Queens'), 8 E Howard (Lincoln) 0-1 N Alfred (King's)
Mart Tarmak reports: Estonian elections and chess On March 7 the 101 members
of the Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament) were elected for a four year term. The
winners of the elections were Pro Patria Union, Reform Party and Moodukad who
together have 53 seats. The biggest faction the Centre Party, with 28 seats,
will stay in opposition most probably. One of the events between the elections
were chess competitions between rivaling party lists. The teams of parties
which consisted of 4 balloting candidates played consultation games which were
very popular in the last century. In the final the Pro Patria Union met
Moodukad headed by two former prime ministers Mart Laar and Andres Tarand. One
of them, most probably the president of Estonia Lennart Meri will be asked to
form a new government. The favorites in the final were Pro Patria team because
they had IM Iivo Nei in their team but Moodukad succeeded in drawing the game
and became the winners of the event. The members of the team thought of the
moves together and all four players took turns to make the moves on the big
demonstration board. The thinking time was 20 minutes per game with 10 second
increments for every move.
The day was remarkable for the Estonian chess because the same day we got
the confirmation from the ICCF that Tonu Oim has became the correspondence
chess world champion - the first to win a second time!
National master Javier García Toledo defended his Regional
Championship (last week I said it was the National Championships but this seems
to have been a language problem on my part) in an 11 round event held on the
premises of the Peruvian Federation of Chess. García Toledo finished
with 8 points as did William Moreno, but had a better progressive score and
thus was Champion. Behind García Toledo and Moreno were ten (10) players
with 7,5 points. Amongst them were well known figures like the MN
Filemón Cruz, the youthful Christian Esplana, Ernesto Ramos, Augusto
Carbajal, Oswaldo Requejo and Henry Retamozo. Also in this group was the
revelation of the event Iván Hernandez. They complete the list of 20
qualified for the following phase of the XLVII National Championships.
http://www.tolen.com/fpa
1. GARCIA TOLEDO Javier 8.0 54.0
2. MORENO William 8.0 52.5
3. RAMOS Ernesto 7.5 50.0
4. LONGA Javier 7.5 49.5
5. ESPLANA Christian 7.5 48.0
6. CRUZ Filemón 7.5 48.0
7. CARBAJAL Augusto 7.5 48.0
8. CAHUANA Luis 7.5 47.5
9. LOPEZ Dante 7.5 47.0
10. HERNANDEZ Iván 7.5 44.5
11. REQUEJO Oswaldo 7.5 44.0
12. RETAMOZO Henry 7.5 42.5
13. SALAZAR Carlos 7.0 47.0
14. GARCIA TOLEDO Pedro 7.0 46.0
15. FUENTES Moisés 7.0 45.0
16. SUASNABAR Jesús 7.0 44.5
17. TORRES Jean Pierre 7.0 43.5
18. CHAUCA José 7.0 43.0
19. AGUILAR Manuel 7.0 43.0
20. LEDESMA Otoniel 7.0 42.0
21. BEYER Alfredo 7.0 41.5
22. NAVARRETE Jesús 7.0 40.5
23. CACERES José 7.0 39.0
24. GARCIA B Omar 7.0 39.0
101 players
The Hellir Chess Club was the winner of Icelandic Team Championships.
Crosstable can be found at http://www.simnet.is/hellir/dk991dei.htm
The team was as following:
1. GM Hannes Stefansson
2. GM Jon L. Arnason
3. GM Helgi Olafsson
4. GM Helgi Ass Gretarsson
5. IM Karl Thorsteins
6. FM Ingvar Asmundsson
7. Bragi Halldorsson
8. Bragi Thorfinnsson
9. Kristjan Edvardsson
10. Johannes Gisli Jonsson
11. David Kjartansson
30. Open Norwegian Ch. 1999
30. Open Norwegian Ch. 1999 April 5th - 11th 1999 Gausdal
Høifjellshotel
We welcome all chess players to this tournament which is dedicated to the
memory of Arnold J. Eikrem, who created and organized this event and many many
others at the popular skiing resort Gausdal Høifjellshotel.
* GM- and IM norms available. 9 round Nordic monrad tournament. FIDE rules.
* 2h/40 moves and 1hour to the rest (max. 6 hours in all).
* 1st round Saturday January 9th at 19:30. 9th and last round Friday the 15th
at 9:00.
* The championship starts on Monday April 5th (registration until 17:30) with
the first round beginning at 19:30. The 9th and last round starts on Sunday
April 11th at 9:00.
* Open to all with FIDE-rating and a limi-ted number of non-FIDE-rated players.
* Several strong GMs and IMs are invited
* Starting fee: Senior NOK 400,-, junior NOK250
* Prizes: (total prizefund NOK +20.000): 1st: 5.000 plus free stay at Gausdal
Høifjellshotel at next years event. 2nd: 3.500; 3rd: 2.000; 4th: 1.500;
5th: 1.000; 6th: 500. Rating prizes (NOK): 1st: 1,500 and 2nd 500 in each of
the classes 1,2,3 and 4. Many additional book prizes.
* Excellent chances to score titlenorms or gain your first international ELO
rating.
* For further Informasjonl: Kai S. Eikrem, "Sjakkutsalget",
Jomfrubråtveien 46a, 1179 Oslo tel. +47 22 67 95 20, telefax +47 22 67 95
13 between 19:00-22:00 tel. +47 22 67 94 84. e-mail: kseikrem@online.no
http://home.sol.no/~skak/open99nm/
Danish Chess Championships
The Danish Chess Championships start Saturday 27th of March. Amongst the 10
participants in the top group are six grandmasters: GM Curt Hansen, GM Lars Bo
Hansen, GM Bent Larsen, GM Peter Heine Nielsen, GM Sune Berg Hansen and GM Lars
Schandorff, three international masters: IM Erling Mortensen, IM Nikolaj Borge
and IM Jens Ove Fries Nielsen, and a young talented player Henrik El-Kher. The
top group will be covered live on the internet:
http://mmm.uni-c.dk/~dm99
15. Schachfestival Bad Woerishofen
Gerhard Hund is reporting on the 15. Schachfestival Bad Woerishofen. The
following international title-holders have scored 2 points in the first 2
rounds: Eingorn Viacheslav GM, Epishin Vladimir GM, Lerner Konstantin GM,
Dgebuadze Alexandre IM, Slobodjan Roman GM, Tischbierek Rai GM, Miezis Normunds
GM, Georgiev Vladimir IM, Mainka Romuald GM, Enders Peter GM, Kuprejchik Victor
GM, Kachiani-Gersinska WGM, Machelett Heiko IM, Vatter Hans-Joachim FM, Pirrot
Dieter IM, Heinbuch Detlef IM, Reefschläger Helmut IM, Lin Ta IM, Dittmar
Peter FM, Grünberg Rainer FM, Jonkman Harmen FM, Fuchs Heinz IM, Seul
Georg IM, Lomineishvili Maia WGM. There are 326 participants (OPEN: 217, Senior
tournament: 109).
Coverage at http://teleschach.com/berichte/woeris99.htm
Alexander Baburin website
Alexander Baburin has set up a regular newsletter than can be read on the
internet at:http://correspondencechess.com/marconi/cbc1.htm
http://correspondencechess.com/marconi/cbc2.htm
http://correspondencechess.com/marconi/cbc3.htm
He can be contacted at ababurin@iol.ie
TWIC CD is scheduled for the 3rd week of March.