THE WEEK IN CHESS 257 - 11th October 1999 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) European Club Cup Qualifiers
3) Donne Haas Memorial
4) European Juniors
5) World Junior Championships
6) Tournaments in the Ukraine
7) Yugoslav Team Championships
8) First Saturday, 2nd Kluger Memorial
9) German Bundesliga starts
10) 9th Slovenian Championships
11) 2nd World Cities Team
12) Pan-American Youth
13) Garry Kasparov vs the World
14) Forthcoming Events and Links


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Games section

ECC Group 4: Eupen, Belgium          54 games
ECC Group 5: Pula, Croatia           73 games
Donne Haas Memorial                  45 games
European Juniors Boys U-20          144 games
European Juniors Girls U-20         114 games
World Juniors                        52 games
Alushta                              91 games
2nd S.Popel Memorial                 45 games
Yugoslav Team Championships Men     395 games
Yugoslav Team Championships Playoff  48 games
Yugoslav Team Championships Women   180 games
First Saturday, 2nd Kluger Memorial  36 games
First Saturday, IM                   36 games
German Bundesliga                     5 games
9th Slovenian Championships Men     126 games
9th Slovenian Championships Women    54 games
Pan-American Youth Boys             119 games
Pan-American Youth Girls             35 games
Total 1652 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Stefan Muellenbruck, Mladen Radosevic, Luc Winants, Mikhail Golubev, Sinisa Joksic, Gerhard Hund, Ales Drinovec, Chiacs, Antonio Bento, Laszlo Nagy and all those who helped with this issue.

More European Club Cup qualifiers headline again this week along with a nice mix of GM, IM and junior events. News from Spain suggests the Linares 2000 tournament is struggling to find a sponsor and may well not take place. This with the loss of this year's Tilburg has significantly dented the amount of SuperGM events recently.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) European Club Cup Qualifiers

There is now just one group left to be settled as part of the European Club Cup qualifiers. Winners so far: Group 1, held in Paide (Estonia) 1. St Petersburg (1st Board : Khalifman), Group 2, held in Reykjavik (Iceland) - 1.Tomsk (1st Board Morozevich), Group 3, held in Albufeira (Portugal) 1. Beer-Sheva (Israel), Group 4, held in Eupen (Belgium) 1. Agrouniverzal Belgrad (1st Board Anand 2nd Board Gelfand), Group 5 held in Pula (Croatia) 1. Kiseljak (BIH- with Azmajparashvili, Predrag Nikolic and Giorgadze) and group 6 is to be held starting today (see below). These teams will join Breda (the title holder) and Sarajevo (organiser) to contest the final at the end of October.

Preliminary Group 6: Budapest: 11-13 October 1999. The expected teams are: Mravince Dalmacijacement (CRO) [1. GM V. Tkachiev 2. GM G. Girogadze 3. GM V. Tukmakov 4. GM Z. Ribli 5. GM M. Cebalo 6. GM V. Kovacevic ] ; Stefa Balto Struga (FRM) [1. GM B. Anakov 2. GM T. Najdoski 3. GM A. Lastin 4. GM A. Rustemov 5. GM N. Mitkov] ; Honved Mediflora Budapest (HUN) [1. GM J. Pinter 2. GM T. Tolnai 3. GM Z. Varga 4. GM P. Wells] ; Khimik Belorechensk (RUS) [1. GM A. Dreev 2. GM A. Onishuk 3. GM P. Tregubov 4. GM V. Malaniuk 5. GM A. Poluljahov] ; Slovan Bratislava (SVK) [1. GM Z. Hracek 2. GM L. Ftacnik 3. IM P. Petran 4. IM L. Salai 5. IM R. Tibensky] ; Danko Donbass (UKR) [1. GM S. Savchenko 2. GM R. Ponomariov 3. GM A. Shneider 4. GM G. Kuzmin 5. GM Y. Kruppa 6. GM G. Timoshenko] ; Montenegrobanka Podgorica (YUG) [1. GM S. Atalik 2. GM B. Ivanovic 3. GM A. Yermolinsky 4. GM D. Kosic 5. IM V. Vujosevic]

Group 4: Eupen, Belgium

Luc Winants sends the results and games from Eupen in Belgium. This qualifier saw a narrow victory for the favourites Agrouniverzal Belgrad who defeated Sberbank Tatarstan Kazan 3.5-2.5. Anand (one win and one draw) was board one and Gelfand (one loss and one draw) board two for the Belgrade team.

FINAL STANDINGS

1  AGROUNIVERZAL BELGRAD      (YUG)
2  SBERBANK TATARSTAN KAZAN   (RUS)
3  MISKOLCI SAKK SPORT CLUB   (HUN)
4  SK ROCHADE EUPEN-KELMIS    (BEL)
5  BOKSIT MILICI              (BIH)
6  RANDABERG                  (NOR)
7  SPRENGER ECHTERNACHT       (LUX)
8  SK HOHENEMS                (AUT) 

FIRST ROUND, FRIDAY OCTOBER 8TH

MISKOLCI SAKK SPORT CLUB (HUN)  4½-1½  BOKSIT MILICI (BIH)
Chernin, Alexander  g      HUN  2619  ½-½  Zontakh, Andrey  g       YUG  2535
Sax, Gyula  g              HUN  2588  1-0  Martinovic, Slobodan  g  YUG  2445
Novikov, Igor A  g         UKR  2614  1-0  Ristic, Nenad  m         YUG  2432
Gyimesi, Zoltan  g         HUN  2531  ½-½  Kovacevic, Aleksandar  m YUG  2478
Kallai, Gabor  g           HUN  2519  ½-½  Ristic, Nebosja  m       YUG  2368
Varga, Peter  m            HUN  2491  1-0  Savic, Miodrag R  f      YUG  2434

SPRENGER ECHTERNACHT (LUX)  1-5  SK ROCHADE EUPEN-KELMIS (BEL)

Wians, Camille  f          LUX  2305  ½-½  Chuchelov, Vladimir  g   BEL  2533
Pritzker, Boris            LUX        0-1  Winants, Luc  g          BEL  2514
Brittner, Serge            LUX        0-1  Schneider, Bernd  m      GER  2415
Oberweis, Paul             LUX        0-1  Ahn, Martin  f           BEL  2331
Wagner, Hans               LUX  2027  ½-½  Coenen, Norbert  f       GER  2387
Corbin, Paul               LUX        0-1  Meessen, Rudolf          BEL  2313

AGROUNIVERZAL BELGRAD (YUG)  5-1  RANDABERG (NOR)

Damljanovic, Branko  g     YUG  2554  1-0  Gundersen, Helge         NOR  2278
Ilincic, Zlatko  g         YUG  2577  0-1  Storland, Knut H         NOR  2269
Mikhalchishin, Adrian  g   SLO  2552  1-0  Harestad, Thor Geir  f   NOR  2237
Drasko, Milan  g           YUG  2509  1-0  Harestad, Hans Krogh     NOR  2198
Pavlovic, Milos  g         YUG  2500  1-0  Steedman, Jim            NOR  
Vukic, Milan  g            YUG  2495  1-0  Storhaug, Kare           NOR
  
SK HOHENEMS (AUT)  2-4  SBERBANK TATARSTAN KAZAN (RUS)

Atlas, Valeri  m           LIE  2470  0-1  Rublevsky, Sergei  g     RUS  2660
Kostic, Vladimir  m        YUG  2402  0-1  Kharlov, Andrei  g       RUS  2615
Novkovic, Milan  f         YUG  2407  ½-½  Yandemirov, Valeri  g    RUS  2481
Gaertner, Guntram  f       AUT  2336  0-1  Hasangatin, Ramil  m     RUS  2449
Topakian, Raffi  f         AUT  2328  1-0  Nizamov, Ildar           RUS  2448
Grabher, Heinz             AUT  2262  ½-½  Timofeev, Artyom         RUS  2391

SECOND ROUND, SATURDAY OCTOBER 9TH

AGROUNIVERZAL BELGRAD (YUG)  3-3  MISKOLCI SAKK SPORT CLUB (HUN)

Anand, Viswanathan  g      IND  2771  1-0  Chernin, Alexander  g    HUN  2619
Gelfand, Boris  g          ISR  2713  ½-½  Sax, Gyula  g            HUN  2588
Damljanovic, Branko  g     YUG  2554  ½-½  Novikov, Igor A  g       UKR  2614
Ilincic, Zlatko  g         YUG  2577  0-1  Gyimesi, Zoltan  g       HUN  2531
Mikhalchishin, Adrian  g   SLO  2552  ½-½  Kallai, Gabor  g         HUN  2519
Drasko, Milan  g           YUG  2509  ½-½  Varga, Peter  m          HUN  2491

SBERBANK TATARSTAN KAZAN (RUS)  3½-2½  SK ROCHADE EUPEN-KELMIS (BEL)

Rublevsky, Sergei  g       RUS  2660  1-0  Chuchelov, Vladimir  g   BEL  2533
Kharlov, Andrei  g         RUS  2615  ½-½  Winants, Luc  g          BEL  2514
Yandemirov, Valeri  g      RUS  2481  ½-½  Schneider, Bernd  m      GER  2415
Hasangatin, Ramil  m       RUS  2449  ½-½  Ahn, Martin  f           BEL  2331
Nizamov, Ildar             RUS  2448  1-0  Coenen, Norbert  f       GER  2387
Timofeev, Artyom           RUS  2391  0-1  Meessen, Rudolf          BEL  2313

RANDABERG (NOR)  4-2  SPRENGER ECHTERNACHT (LUX)
Gundersen, Helge           NOR  2278  0-1  Wians, Camille  f        LUX  2305
Storland, Knut H           NOR  2269  1-0  Pritzker, Boris          LUX  
Harestad, Thor Geir  f     NOR  2237  ½-½  Brittner, Serge          LUX  
Harestad, Hans Krogh       NOR  2198  1-0  Oberweis, Paul           LUX  
Steedman, Jim              NOR        1-0  Wagner, Hans             LUX  2027
Storhaug, Kare             NOR        ½-½  Geiben Paul              LUX  

SK HOHENEMS (AUT)  3-3  BOKSIT MILICI (BIH)

Atlas, Valeri  m           LIE  2470  ½-½  Zontakh, Andrey  g       YUG  2535
Kostic, Vladimir  m        YUG  2402  0-1  Martinovic, Slobodan  g  YUG  2445
Novkovic, Milan  f         YUG  2407  1-0  Ristic, Nenad  m         YUG  2432
Gaertner, Guntram  f       AUT  2336  ½-½  Kovacevic, Aleksandar  m YUG  2478
Topakian, Raffi  f         AUT  2328  ½-½  Ristic, Nebosja  m       YUG  2368
Thoma, Robert  f           AUT  2310  ½-½  Vujadinovic, Goran  m    YUG  2367

THIRD ROUND, SUNDAY OCTOBER 10TH

SBERBANK TATARSTAN KAZAN (RUS)  2½-3½  AGROUNIVERZAL BELGRAD (YUG)

Rublevsky, Sergei  g       RUS  2660  ½-½  Anand, Viswanathan  g    IND  2771
Kharlov, Andrei  g         RUS  2615  1-0  Gelfand, Boris  g        ISR  2713
Yandemirov, Valeri  g      RUS  2481  0-1  Damljanovic, Branko  g   YUG  2554
Hasangatin, Ramil  m       RUS  2449  0-1  Mikhalchishin, Adrian  g SLO  2552
Nizamov, Ildar             RUS  2448  ½-½  Drasko, Milan  g         YUG  2509
Timofeev, Artyom           RUS  2391  ½-½  Pavlovic, Milos  g       YUG  2500

SK ROCHADE EUPEN-KELMIS (BEL)  3-3  MISKOLCI SAKK SPORT CLUB (HUN)

Chuchelov, Vladimir  g     BEL  2533  ½-½  Chernin, Alexander  g    HUN  2619
Winants, Luc  g            BEL  2514  ½-½  Sax, Gyula  g            HUN  2588
Schneider, Bernd  m        GER  2415  ½-½  Novikov, Igor A  g       UKR  2614
Ahn, Martin  f             BEL  2331  0-1  Gyimesi, Zoltan  g       HUN  2531
Coenen, Norbert  f         GER  2387  1-0  Kallai, Gabor  g         HUN  2519
Meessen, Rudolf            BEL  2313  ½-½  Varga, Peter  m          HUN  2491

BOKSIT MILICI (BIH)  5-1  RANDABERG (NOR)
Zontakh, Andrey  g         YUG  2535  1-0  Gundersen, Helge         NOR  2278
Kovacevic, Aleksandar  m   YUG  2478  1-0  Storland, Knut H         NOR  2269
Ristic, Nebosja  m         YUG  2368  ½-½  Harestad, Thor Geir  f   NOR  2237
Vujadinovic, Goran  m      YUG  2367  1-0  Harestad, Hans Krogh     NOR  2198
Savic, Miodrag R  f        YUG  2434  1-0  Steedman, Jim            NOR  
Lalovic, Rad                          ½-½  Storhaug, Kare           NOR  

SPRENGER ECHTERNACHT (LUX)  3-3  SK HOHENEMS (AUT)

Wians, Camille  f          LUX  2305  ½-½  Atlas, Valeri  m         LIE  2470
Pritzker, Boris            LUX        1-0  Kostic, Vladimir  m      YUG  2402
Brittner, Serge            LUX        ½-½  Novkovic, Milan  f       YUG  2407
Oberweis, Paul             LUX        0-1  Thoma, Robert  f         AUT  2310
Corbin, Paul               LUX        0-1  Grabher, Heinz           AUT  2262
Geiben Paul                LUX        1-0  Novkovic, Julia          LIE  2159

Group 5: Pula, Croatia

Mladen Radosevic reports: The European Club Cup, Group 5 took place in Pula, Croatia 8-10 October 1999. The winners were Kiseljak (BIH) who had 1. Z. Azmaiparashvili, Predrag Nikolic G. Girogadze Z. Sturua, M. Kobalia, and J. Nikolac. They defeated Khimik in the third round (Aleksey Dreev, Pavel Tregubov, Predrag Nikolic, Vladimir Malaniuk, Poluliakhov, Beshukov and Galkin) to go through to the finals.

Coverage: http://www.fran.hr/chess/EuroCup99.htm

Summary of results


Group 3 Chess club Pula, Croatia

Final Standings
 
1. Kiseljak (BIH) 
2. Khimik (RUS) 
3. Radonja Bojovic (YUG) 
4. Pula (CRO) 
5. Csuti Antal (HUN) 
6. TED (TUR) 
7. Law Academy (UKR) 

Results of Round 1 8 Oct 1999

TED Ankara - Pula  0,5:5,5
1 Arduman Can           - Palac Mladen          0:1
2 Soylu Suat            - Dizdar Goran          1/2
3 Oney Feridum          - Sermek Drazen         0:1
4 Ipek Ali              - Fercec Nenad          0:1
5 Ulucan Teoman         - Boric Muhamed         0:1
6 Salakoglu Ozgur       - Sale Srdan            0:1

Zalaegerszeg - Radonja Bojovic 1,5:4,5
1 Horvath Jozsef        - Almasi Zoltan         0:1
2 Horvath Csaba         - Zvjagintsev Vadim     1/2
3 Horvath Gyjula        - Nikcevic Nebojsa      1/2
4 Horvath Adam          - Abramovic Bosko       0:1
5 Palkovi Joszef        - Cabrilo Goran         0:1
6 Csiszar Csaba         - Vukovic Zdravko       1/2

Kiseljak - Law Academy 5,5:0,5
1 Azmajparashvili Zurab - Zubarev Aleksander    1:0
2 Nikolic Predrag       - Moiseenko Aleksander  1:0
3 Giorgadze Giorgi      - Savon Vladimir        1/2
4 Sturua Zurab          - Eljanov Pavel         1:0
5 Kabalia Mikhael       - Andreev Eduard        1:0
6 Arapovic Vitomir      - Zakharov Vladimir     1:0

Results of Round 2 9 Oct 1999

Pula - Khimik 2,5:3,5
1 Palac Mladen          - Dreev Aleksey         1/2
2 Dizdar Goran          - Tregubov Pavel        1/2
3 Sermek Drazen         - Malaniuk Vladimir     1/2
4 Fercec Nenad          - Poluliakhov Aleksandr 0:1
5 Boric Muhamed         - Beshukov Sergey       1/2
6 Sale Srdan            - Galkin Aleksandr      1/2

Radonja Bojovic - Kiseljak 2,5:3,5
1 Almasi Zoltan         - Azmajparashvili Zurab 1/2
2 Zvjagintsev Vadim     - Nikolic Predrag       1/2
3 Nikcevic Nebojsa      - Giorgadze Giorgi      1/2
4 Abramovic Bosko       - Sturua Zurab          1/2
5 Cabrilo Goran         - Kabalia Mikhael       0:1
6 Vukovic Zdravko       - Nikolac Jure          1/2

Law Academy - Zalaegerszeg 1,5:4,5
1 Zubarev Aleksander    - Horvath Jozsef        0:1
2 Moiseenko Aleksander  - Horvath Csaba         1:0
3 Savon Vladimir        - Horvath Gyjula        0:1
4 Eljanov Pavel         - Horvath Adam          0:1
5 Andreev Eduard        - Palkovi Joszef        0:1
6 Zakharov Vladimir     - Horvath T             1/2

Results of Round 3 10 Oct 1999
Khimik - Kiseljak 2,5:3,5
1 Dreev Aleksey         - Azmajparashvili Zurab 1/2
2 Tregubov Pavel        - Nikolic Predrag       1/2
3 Malaniuk Vladimir     - Giorgadze Giorgi      1/2
4 Poluliakhov Aleksandr - Sturua Zurab          0:1
5 Beshukov Sergey       - Kobalia Mikhael       0:1
6 Galkin Aleksandr      - Nikolac Jure          1:0

Radonja Bojovic - Pula 4:2
1 Almasi Zoltan         - Palac Mladen          1:0
2 Zvjagintsev Vadim     - Dizdar Goran          1/2
3 Nikcevic Nebojsa      - Sermek Drazen         1/2
4 Cabrilo Goran         - Fercec Nenad          1/2
5 Vukovic Zdravko       - Boric Muhamed         1:0
6 Blagojevic Dragisa    - Sale Srdan            1/2

TED Ankara - Zalaegerszeg 2:4
1 Arduman Can           - Horvath Jozsef        0:1
2 Soylu Suat            - Horvath Csaba         0:1
3 Oney Feridum          - Horvath Gyjula        1:0
4 Ipek Ali              - Horvath Adam          1:0
5 Ulucan Teoman         - Horvath Tamas         0:1
6 Solakoglu Ozgur       - Horvath Sandor        0:1

3) Donne Haas Memorial

Stefan Muellenbruck reports: A Category 5 event was organised by Luxembourg's leading chess club Gambit Bonnevoie in memory of their late president, Donne Haas. This 10 player all-play-all took place September 18th-26th 1999. The players included 1 GM and 4 IMs, with an average rating of 2358. The event produced some interesting chess and was won by Ludger Koerholz (GER) ahead of GM Vlastimil Jansa (CZE) and IM Michael Wiedenkeller (SWE). Koerholz showed great fighting spirit (7 wins, 2 losses, no draws!) and scored his second fm norm.

Donne Haas mem Bonnevoie LUX (LUX), 18-26 ix 1999     cat. V (2358)
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 1 Koerholz, Ludger         GER 2356 * 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1  7.0  2578
 2 Jansa, Vlastimil       g CZE 2442 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 = 1  6.5  2515
 3 Wiedenkeller, Michael  m SWE 2429 0 = * = = 1 1 1 1 1  6.5  2516
 4 Sonntag, Hans-Hubert   m GER 2362 1 = = * = = = = 1 1  6.0  2483
 5 Burkart, Patrick       f GER 2381 1 0 = = * = = 1 1 =  5.5  2435
 6 Nezar, Mustapha          FRA 2296 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 = 1  4.5  2365
 7 Wagener, Claude          LUX 2231 0 0 0 = = 0 * = = 1  3.0  2247
 8 Upton, Timothy J       f SCO 2295 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * = 1  2.5  2199
 9 Arkhangelsky, Boris    m RUS 2425 0 = 0 0 0 = = = * 0  2.0  2131
10 Berend, Fred           m LUX 2367 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 *  1.5  2084
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4) European Juniors

The European Juniors and Girls Chess Championships 1999 are taking place in Patras, Greece 5th-18th October 1999. 96 players compete.

Internet coverage at: http://users.otenet.gr/~panos/welcome.html

Leading standings after round 6 (of 13)

European Youth Boys-u20 Patras GRE HUN (GRE), 2-12 x 1999
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 1 Halkias, Stelios              m GRE 2406  +43 +34 + 9 =13 = 2 +10     5.0  2657
 2 Iljushin, Alexei              m RUS 2527  +31 +27 =13 + 7 = 1 = 4     4.5  2578
 3 Anchev, Nikolaj                 BUL 2155  =17 =22 +20 =18 +25 +14     4.5  2568
 4 Solak, Dragan                   YUG 2457  +35 +28 = 7 = 8 +27 = 2     4.5  2569
 5 Mateuta, Gabriel              m ROM 2398  +42 +41 - 8 +32 =14 +13     4.5  2465
 6 Hunt, Adam                      ENG 2288  =14 +11 +24 = 9 =13 = 7     4.0  2551
 7 De Vreugt, Dennis             m NED 2398  +29 +20 = 4 - 2 +17 = 6     4.0  2485
 8 Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel    ESP 2378  +37 =15 + 5 = 4 -10 +28     4.0  2485
 9 Stryjecki, Marek                POL 2448  +30 +19 - 1 = 6 =12 +24     4.0  2464
10 Doettling, Fabian             f GER 2475  =26 +21 =15 +28 + 8 - 1     4.0  2442
11 Blehm, Pawel                  m POL 2479  =25 - 6 +34 +31 =15 +16     4.0  2429
12 Berescu, Alin                 f ROM 2386  -21 =42 +43 +35 = 9 +27     4.0  2399
13 Fontaine, Robert              m FRA 2408  +23 +18 = 2 = 1 = 6 - 5     3.5  2423
14 Bagirov, Rufat                m AZE 2471  = 6 =36 +30 +25 = 5 - 3     3.5  2287
15 Jovanovic, Zoran CRO            CRO 2310  +39 = 8 =10 =17 =11 =22     3.5  2413
16 Medvegy, Zoltan                 HUN 2397  -32 +37 =23 +19 +18 -11     3.5  2353
17 Kallio, Heikki                f FIN 2360  = 3 +26 =32 =15 - 7 +33     3.5  2335
18 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios     f GRE 2345  +47 -13 +21 = 3 -16 +35     3.5  2292
19 Kobrin, Michael                 ISR 2355  +38 - 9 =35 -16 +26 +34     3.5  2350
20 Skytte, Rasmus                f DEN 2338  +46 - 7 - 3 =21 +42 +32     3.5  2242
21 Guid, Matej                     SLO 2185  +12 -10 -18 =20 =29 +44     3.0  2289
22 Cvek, Robert                    CZE 2444  -34 = 3 +42 =26 =32 =15     3.0  2228
23 Molander, Riku                  FIN 2234  -13 +47 =16 =24 =33 =31     3.0  2298
24 Johannessen, Leif Erlend      f NOR 2356  +45 =32 - 6 =23 +30 - 9     3.0  2258
25 Markidis, Konstantinos          GRE 2295  =11 =33 +41 -14 - 3 +38     3.0  2260
26 Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz           GEO 2289  =10 -17 +45 =22 -19 +39     3.0  2297
27 Ribshtein, Nati                 ISR 2349  +40 - 2 +29 +39 - 4 -12     3.0  2278
28 Dovliatov, Sanan                AZE 2339  +44 - 4 +36 -10 +39 - 8     3.0  2218
29 Nikolchovski, Toni              BUL 2190  - 7 +46 -27 =38 =21 +41     3.0  2175
30 Perunovic, Miodrag              YUG 2247  - 9 +38 -14 +41 -24 +40     3.0  2251
31 Petrik, Tomas                   SVK 2296  - 2 =45 +44 -11 +46 =23     3.0  2231
32 Haznedaroglu, Kivanc            TUR 2187  +16 =24 =17 - 5 =22 -20     2.5  2325
33 Jedryczka, Krystian             POL 2334  =36 =25 -39 +37 =23 -17     2.5  2121
34 Bohnenblust, Simon              SUI 2239  +22 - 1 -11 =46 +36 -19     2.5  2223
35 Streikus, Simonas               LTU 2267  - 4 +40 =19 -12 +44 -18     2.5  2218
36 Tomic, Bosko                    BIH ----  =33 =14 -28 =43 -34 +42     2.5  2239
37 Karner, Christoph               AUT 2181  - 8 -16 +47 -33 =38 +46     2.5  2148
38 Lelumees, Brait                 EST 2121  -19 -30 +40 =29 =37 -25     2.0  2104
39 Vulic,Vanja                     BIH ----  -15 +48 +33 -27 -28 -26     2.0  2145
40 Touloumis, Anestis              GRE 2111  -27 -35 -38 +48 +43 -30     2.0  2073
41 Zouaghi, Nouri                  BEL ----  +48 - 5 -25 -30 +45 -29     2.0  2088
42 Eriksson, Jonas                 SWE 2188  - 5 =12 -22 +45 -20 -36     1.5  2092
43 Crut, Aurelien                  FRA 2207  - 1 =44 -12 =36 -40 =47     1.5  1957
44 Papaioannou, Hristos            GRE ----  -28 =43 -31 +47 -35 -21     1.5  2022
45 Erturan, Yakup                  TUR 2148  -24 =31 -26 -42 -41 +48     1.5  1995
46 Siempos, Konstantinos           GRE ----  -20 -29 +48 =34 -31 -37     1.5  2014
47 Kanellopoulos, Georgios         GRE ----  -18 -23 -37 -44 +48 =43     1.5  1968
48 BYE                                 ----  -41 -39 -46 -40 -47 -45     0.0      
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European Youth Girls-u20 Patras GRE HUN (GRE), 2-12 x 1999
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                                             1   2   3   4   5   6  
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 1 Matnadze, Ana               wf GEO 2280  +19 +17 +23 = 4 = 2 + 8     5.0  2461
 2 Pokorna, Renata                SVK 2091  +36 +10 = 6 +12 = 1 + 4     5.0  2531
 3 Polovnikova, Ekaterina      wm RUS 2299  =22 +26 = 7 + 5 = 9 +12     4.5  2357
 4 Tkeshelashvili, Sopio       wm GEO 2284  =26 +15 +22 = 1 + 6 - 2     4.0  2278
 5 Krivec, Jana                wf SLO 2177  +30 + 8 =12 - 3 +20 = 9     4.0  2310
 6 Zozulia, Anna               wm UKR 2353  +33 + 9 = 2 =20 - 4 +19     4.0  2248
 7 Bogza, Adina                   ROM 2210  +27 =20 = 3 +17 - 8 +18     4.0  2264
 8 Goletiani, Rusudan          wm GEO 2386  +21 - 5 +27 +23 + 7 - 1     4.0  2285
 9 Iwaniuk, Dorota             wf POL 2189  +25 - 6 +37 +10 = 3 = 5     4.0  2329
10 Radziewicz, Iweta           wg POL 2395  +35 - 2 +32 - 9 +22 +17     4.0  2267
11 Reizniece, Dana             wf LAT 2294  +31 -23 -17 +36 +24 +20     4.0  2222
12 Kalinina, Vladislava        wf UKR 2239  +29 +16 = 5 - 2 +14 - 3     3.5  2225
13 Potikha, Liza                  ISR 2061  =14 -22 =18 +15 =16 +29     3.5  2151
14 Jurkiewicz, Katarzyna          POL 2225  =13 +24 -20 +21 -12 +27     3.5  2162
15 Mladenovic, Jelena             YUG 2023  =32 - 4 +31 -13 +30 +24     3.5  2198
16 Virnik, Elena                  GER 2154  +37 -12 =21 =19 =13 +32     3.5  2173
17 Dacalor, Aurelie               FRA 2131  +18 - 1 +11 - 7 +26 -10     3.0  2209
18 Shabanaj,Eglantina             ALB ----  -17 =19 =13 +31 +32 - 7     3.0  2128
19 Palotai, Piroska               HUN 2072  - 1 =18 +34 =16 +23 - 6     3.0  2159
20 Stevandic, Drinka              BIH ----  +38 = 7 +14 = 6 - 5 -11     3.0  2209
21 Batyte, Daiva                  LTU 2107  - 8 +36 =16 -14 =25 +34     3.0  2127
22 Makka, Ioulia                  GRE 2099  = 3 +13 - 4 =32 -10 =25     2.5  2152
23 Nill, Jessica               wf GER 2168  +28 +11 - 1 - 8 -19 =26     2.5  2128
24 Hitzgerova, Gabriela           CZE 2208  =34 -14 +25 +29 -11 -15     2.5  2044
25 Hari, Veronica                 SLO ----  - 9 +33 -24 =27 =21 =22     2.5  2064
26 Buckley, Melanie               ENG 2075  = 4 - 3 =30 +37 -17 =23     2.5  2090
27 Henriques, Sofia               POR 2018  - 7 +35 - 8 =25 +33 -14     2.5  2118
28 Horn, Emilia                   SWE 2003  -23 =31 -29 =34 +35 =33     2.5  2033
29 Redondo Arguelles, Graciela    ESP 2067  -12 =30 +28 -24 +36 -13     2.5  2028
30 Hasurdzic, Mirna               BIH ----  - 5 =29 =26 =33 -15 +38     2.5  2017
31 Gurbanova Kemala               AZE 2078  -11 =28 -15 -18 +38 +37     2.5  1996
32 Kucypera, Anna                 POL 2218  =15 +34 -10 =22 -18 -16     2.0  1986
33 Rezek, Anet                    CRO 2105  - 6 -25 +35 =30 -27 =28     2.0  1958
34 Cavusoglu,Vildiz               TUR ----  =24 -32 -19 =28 +37 -21     2.0  1976
35 Sperdokli, Elli                GRE 2124  -10 -27 -33 +38 -28 +36     2.0  1961
36 Feuvrier, Stephanie            FRA ----  - 2 -21 +38 -11 -29 -35     1.0  1840
37 Matosevic, Mijana              BIH ----  -16 +38 - 9 -26 -34 -31     1.0  1809
38 BYE                                ----  -20 -37 -36 -35 -31 -30     0.0      
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5) World Junior Championships

The World Junior Championships took place in Yerevan, Armenia, September 18th-30th 1999. As reported last week in detail. Round 12 games are now available. Round 13 games seems unlikely to be made available on the official site, does anyone have them?

Alexander Galkin won the event with 10.5/13 half a point clear of Rustem Kasimdzhanov who took silver and Karen Asrian took Bronze on tie-break from Lev Aronian (who scored a GM nor after 10 rounds), both of whom were on 9.5. Maria Kouvatsou of Greece took Gold in the women's event ahead of Jana Jackova (CZE) who took silver and Szidonia Vajda who took Bronze. These three and the unlucky Irina Krush (who was the only one of the four not to get a medal) all scored 8.5/13 and medals were distributed according to some tie-breaking system applied to their results.

My thanks to Anton Gubanov, Webmaster for the "Russian Chess", for clarification of the names and to Osvaldo Orozco Mendez Barranquilla, for the PGN for converted rounds 7, 10 and 12 and Byes in all rounds. Games from rounds 1-12 are now available.

Internet coverage: http://www.armchess.am/

6) Tournaments in the Ukraine

Mikhail Golubev reports on two events in the last month from the Ukraine. More information at: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/index.html .

Alushta

There was a Category VIII international tournament held in Alushta (UKR), September 18th-30th 1999. Vladimir Belikov, who works with Vladimir Kramnik, scored a GM Norm. Arkady Novopashin, born 1932, was a famous Soviet master and has played two tournaments in Alushta after long break. Average rating=2428,7 Category VIII GM norm=9,5 points IM Norm=7,0 points The chief arbiter - International arbiter Gergel,Vladimir (Ukraine)

Alushta UKR (UKR), 18-30 ix 1999                          cat. VIII (2429)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 
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 1 Belikov, Vladimir     m RUS 2485 * = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1  9.5  2599
 2 Bets, Anatolij        m MDA 2417 = * 1 = = 1 = = = = = = = 1  8.0  2516
 3 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei  m UKR 2515 1 0 * = 1 = = = = = 1 = = 1  8.0  2509
 4 Golubev, Mihail       g UKR 2532 = = = * = = = = 1 = = = 1 1  8.0  2507
 5 Sharapov, Evgeny      m UKR 2385 = = 0 = * 0 = = 1 1 0 = 1 1  7.0  2461
 6 Yagupov, Igor         m RUS 2449 0 0 = = 1 * 1 0 = = 0 1 1 1  7.0  2456
 7 Kuzmin, Gennadi P     g UKR 2518 0 = = = = 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 = 1  7.0  2450
 8 Kovalev, Andrei       g BLR 2400 0 = = = = 1 1 * 0 = = = 1 0  6.5  2430
 9 Belov, Vladimir         RUS 2334 0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 * = 1 1 = =  6.0  2407
10 Alexandrova, Olga    wm UKR 2300 = = = = 0 = 0 = = * 1 0 = =  5.5  2381
11 Alekseev, Vadim         BLR 2461 0 = 0 = 1 1 = = 0 0 * 0 = 1  5.5  2369
12 Novopashin, Arkady      RUS 2385 0 = = = = 0 0 = 0 1 1 * = =  5.5  2375
13 Krivoshey, Sergei     m UKR 2454 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = * 1  5.0  2339
14 Svirjov, Igor         f EST 2367 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 = 0 *  2.5  2182
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2nd S.Popel Memorial

The 2nd S.Popel Memorial took place in Lviv (Ukraine) September 22th-October 1st, 1999. Alexander Motylev won this Category IX event with 6.5/9 half an point ahead of Andrei Maksimenko.

Additional coverage: http://www.lvivchess.wertep.com/TOURNAMENTS/GAMEFACE/99popel2.html

2nd S Popel mem Lviv UKR (UKR), 22 ix-1 x 1999       cat. IX (2457)
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                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1 Motylev, Alexander     m RUS 2532 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1  6.5  2614
 2 Maksimenko, Andrei     g UKR 2515 = * = = 1 0 = 1 1 1  6.0  2575
 3 Mikhalchishin, Adrian  g SLO 2552 = = * 1 = = = = 1 =  5.5  2525
 4 Buturin, Vladimir      m UKR 2388 = = 0 * = = = 1 = 1  5.0  2507
 5 Atalik, Suat           g TUR 2598 0 0 = = * = = 1 1 1  5.0  2483
 6 Sulypa, Alexandre      m UKR 2434 = 1 = = = * 0 = 0 1  4.5  2459
 7 Zheliandinov, Viktor     UKR 2411 0 = = = = 1 * 0 1 =  4.5  2461
 8 Koziak, Vitali         m UKR 2466 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 1 1  4.5  2455
 9 Popovych, Orest        f USA 2270 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 * 1  2.5  2311
10 Polajzer, Danilo       m SLO 2399 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 *  1.0  2111
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7) Yugoslav Team Championships

Sinisa Joksic reports: The Yugoslav team championships took place in Vrnjacka Banja August 17th- 28th 1999 with additional play-offs taking place August 29th-September 1st 1999. Under the new rules of the championships, the first four teams qualified for the "play-offs". It was a ridiculous condition to force the players, after 11 hard rounds, to play another 4. Two hard tournaments, one after another. It is clear that this type of competition wan't created for chessplayers. It was enormously hard, inhumane, and condusive to bad chess. This was the reason why the results and quality of the games was as a whole below the usual levels. "Play-offs" in sport have always been a way of generating extra money in popular sport, such as baseball, basketball, ice hockey or American football. Sports that bring crowds to stadiums, and who pay for high prced tickets to watch them etc. It didn't make any sense here.

Results

After 11 rounds

 1. "AGROUNIVERZAL" - Beograd           42.0 out of 66
 2. "RADONJA BOJOVIC" - Niksic          40.0
 3. "PARTIZAN" - Beograd                37.0
 4. "MONTENEGROBANKA" - Podgorica       37.0
 5. "LORA-CEMENT" - Beocin              36.5
 6. "BARAJEVO" - Beograd                34.0
 7. "GOSA" - Smederevska Palanka        33.0
 8. "JAT" - Beograd                     32.5
 9. "JEDINSTVO" - Stara Pazova          31.5
10. "BEKO" - Beograd                    31.5
11. "ELAN" - Srbobran                   31.0
12. "BORAC" - Cacak                     10.0

"ELAN" and "BORAC" dropped into the Second league. "AGROUNIVERZAL" lost 5:1 to "JEDINSTVO" in Round 6 and only took the lead one round before the end. (Only one foreign player was allowed per match)

Best individual result:
Board 1st
Atalik, Suat 7/11,
Lastin, Alexander 7/11 and
Ivanov, Sergey 7/11
Board 2nd
Popovic, Petar 8/11,
Damljanovic, Branko 8/11 and
Ristic, Nenad 7/11
Board 3rd
Ilincic, Zlatko 7/11,
Todorcevic, Miodrag 7/11 and
Abramovic, Bosko 6/11
Board 4th
Kovacevic, Aleksandar 7,5/11,
Strikovic, Aleksa 7,5/11 and
Cabrilo, Goran 7,5/11
Board 5th
Savic, Miodrag 8/11,
Vukovic, Zdravko 8/11 and
Kosic, Dragan 7,5/11
Board 6th
Djukic, Zeljko 7/11,
Blagojevic, Dragisa 7/11 and
Bakic, Rados 6,5/9

Play-offs

Semi-final: 
"AGROUNIVERZAL"   - "MONTENEGROBANKA"      8,5:3,5  (4:2, 4,5:1,5)
Beliavsky          - Atalik           1:0  1:0
Damljanovic       - Ivanovic         1/2  1/2
Ilincic           - Djuric           1:0  1:0
Drasko            - Strikovic        1/2  1:0
Pavlovic          - Kosic            1/2  1/2
Vukic             - Pajkovic         1/2  1/2

"RADONJA BOJOVIC" - "PARTIZAN"   7,5:4,5  (3,5:2,5 , 4;2)
Rublevsky         - Komarov          1;0  1/2
Nikcevic          - Antic            1/2  1:0
Abramovic         - Ivanisevic       1/2  0:1
Cabrilo           - Kovacevic        1/2  1/2
Vukovic           - Brenjo           1/2  1:0
Blagojevic        - Bakic            1/2  1:0

The final:
"AGROUNIVERZAL"   - "RADONJA BOJOVIC"    8:4  (3.5:2,5 , 4,5:1,5)
Beliavsky         - Rublevsky        1/2  1/2
Damljanovic       - Nikcevic         1/2  1/2
Ilincic           - Abramovic        1/2  1:0
Drasko            - Cabrilo          1/2  1:0
Pavlovic          - Vukovic          1:0  1:0
Vukic             - Blagojevic       1/2  1/2

"PARTIZAN"        - "MONTENEGROBANKA"    6:6  (3:3, 3:3)
Komarov           - Atalik             0:1  1/2
Antic             - Ivanovic           0:1  0:1
Ivanisevic        - Strikovic (Djuric) 1/2  1:0
Kovacevic         - Kosic (Strikovic)  1:0  1:0
Bakic             - Pajkovic (Kosic)   1/2  0:1
Knezevic          - Kalezic (Pajkovic) 1:0  1/2

The Organisation wasn't bad but Hotels charge very high rates and this was very expensive for less well off clubs.

The Teams

Men's Championships


1. "ELAN" - Srbobran
   1. Lastin, Alexander        g   2552  (RUS)
   2. Mozetic, Dejan           im  2442
   3. Markovic, Zoran          im  2384
   4. Todorovic, N. Goran      im  2385
   5. Miranovic, Rajko         fm  2388
   6. Bodiroga, Predrag        fm  2459
   7. Masic, Predrag               2374
   8. Manojlovic, Sava             2127

2. "BARAJEVO" - Beograd
   1. Zontakh Andrey           g   2535  (UKR)
   2. Todorovic, M. Goran      g   2426
   3. Sahovic, Dragutin        g   2362
   4. Marinkovic, Slavisa      im  2449
   5. Nestorovic, Dejan        im  2376
   6. Djukic, Zeljko           im  2388
   7. Mijailovic, Zoran        im  2402
   8. Jovanovic, T. Sasa       fm  2296
   9. Grujic, Lazar                2336
  10. Milijanovic, Goran           2185

3. "JEDINSTVO" - Stara Pazova 
   1. Ivanov, Sergey           g   2538  (RUS)
   2. Ostojic, Nikola          im  2419
   3. Filipovic, Branko        im  2420
   4. Laketic, Gojko           im  2418
   5. Indjic, Dusan            im  2315
   6. Brkljaca, Ante           im  2353
   7. Savanovic, Aleksandar    fm  2421
   8. Mackic, Zoran            fm  2405
   9. Doljanin, Tomislav       fm  2285  

4. "AGROUNIVERZAL" - Beograd
   1. Beliavsky, Alexander     g   2650  (SLO)
   2. Damljanovic, Branko      g   2554
   3. Ilincic, Zlatko          g   2577
   4. Drasko, Milan            g   2509
   5. Pavlovic, Milos          g   2500
   6. Vukic, Milan             g   2495
   7. Mikhalchishin, Adrian    g   2542  (SLO)
   8. Cvetkovic, Srdjan        im  2416

5. "MONTENEGROBANKA" - Podgorica
   1. Atalik, Suat             g   2598  (TUR)
   2. Ivanovic, Bozidar        g   2518
   3. Djuric, Stefan           g   2504 
   4. Strikovic, Aleksa        g   2518
   5. Kosic, Dragan            g   2523
   6. Vujosevic, Vladimir      im  2375
   7. Pajkovic, Vladimir       fm  2430
   8. Kalezic, Blazo               2394

6. "LORA - CEMENT" - Beocin
   1. Sveshnikov, Evgeny       g   2541  (RUS)
   2. Popovic, Petar           g   2490
   3. Matulovic, Milan         g   2418
   4. Lazic, Miroljub          g   2498
   5. Kosanovic, Goran         g   2485
   6. Scekic, Milos            im  2452
   7. Popov, Sinisa            fm  2350

7. "BORAC" - CACAK
   1. Rabrenovic, Vladan       fm  2348
   2. Kojovic, Dragan              2272
   3. Jakovljevic, Zivota          2272
   4. Matovic, Petar               2252
   5. Colovic, Dusan               2364
   6. Gavrilovic, Leonardo         2258
   7. Radojicic, Aleksandar        0
   8. Jakovljevic, Vladan          2230
   9. Kovacevic, Milorad           0

8. "GOSA" - Smederevska Palanka
   1. Martinovic, Slobodan     g   2445
   2. Ristic, Nenad            g   2432
   3. Kostic, Vladimir         im  2402
   4. Ristic, Nebojsa          im  2368
   5. Savic, Miodrag           fm  2434
   6. Stankovic, Dragan        fm  2318
   7. Vulicevic, Igor              0

9. "BEKO" - Beograd
   1. Sakaev, Konstantin       g   2648  (RUS)
   2. Velimirovic, Dragoljub   g   2563
   3. Pikula, Dejan            im  2480
   4. Markovic, Ivan           im  2456
   5. Arsovic, Zoran           im  2444
   6. Arsovic, Goran           im  2423
   7. Petronic, Jovan          im  2421
   8. Jovic, Aleksandar        fm  2385
   9. Bjelajac, Milan          im  2370
  10. Zakic, Srdjan            im  2359

10. "RADONJA BOJOVIC" - Niksic
   1. Rublevsky, Sergey        g   2660  (RUS)
   2. Nikcevic, Nebojsa        g   2466
   3. Abramovic, Bosko         g   2505
   4. Cabrilo, Goran           g   2466
   5. Vukovic, Zdravko         im  2470
   6. Blagojevic, Dragisa      im  2446
   7. Miljanic, Boro           im  2434
   8. Markovic, Marko              0

11. "JAT" - Beograd
   1. Tosic, Miroslav          g   2502
   2. Popchev, Milko           g   2498  (BUL)
   3. Todorcevic, Miodrag      g   2458
   4. Vratonjic, Slobo         im  2452
   5. Vuckovic, Bojan          im  2433
   6. Mirtovic, Petar          m   2403
   7. Orlov, Pavle             im  2381
   8. Danilovic, Aleksandar        2364
   9. Azaric, Slavko           fm  2302
  10. Coric, Zoran                 2168

12. "Partizan" - Beograd
   1. Komarov, Dimitri         g   2582  (UKR)
   2. Antic, Dejan             im  2494
   3. Ivanisevic, Ivan         im  2447
   4. Kovacevic, Aleksandar    im  2478
   5. Brenjo, Slavisa          im  2491
   6. Bakic, Rados             im  2414
   7. Knezevic, Bojan          fm  2448
   8. Podanic, Vladimir            2292

The 51st Yugoslav Team Championship (women)

Vrnjacka Banja, August 17.- 26. 1999. The women's championship were a race between "AGROUNIVERZAL" and "BAS". "AGROUNIVERZAL" took a two point advantage following the second round. "BAS" fought very well and gradually reduced the difference. In the final round they both had the same number of points, 21.5, then "AGROUNIVERZAL" scored 4:0 and won the title. The last two teams, "POZAREVACKI SAH KLUB" and "GOSA" from Smederevska Palanka dropped into the second division. ("GOSA" were the European Champion once!) The first seven teams were from Beograd! Women Grandmasters, Svetlana Prudnikova, Irina Chelushkina and Marija Manakova, who have lived for more than 10 years in Yugoslavia have married Yugoslavs,and had their own family and children who can play for the Yugoslav national team in the future. (Unbelievably, some officials from the Yugoslav Chess Federation were against it, for many years!) The separation of men and women in team competition, was once more demonstrated as a big mistake. In the golden years of Yugoslav Chess, the team championships was over 10 boards, 6 men, 2 women and 2 juniors.

FINAL STANDINGS:

 1. "AGROUNIVERZAL" Beograd          25.5/36
 2. "BAS" Beograd                    24.5 
 3. "Partizan" Beograd               21.5 
 4. "BEKO" Beograd                   18.5
 5. "RAD SKOLA SAMPIONA" Beograd     17.5
 6. "JAT" Beograd                    16.5
 7. "POLET" Beograd                  16.5
 8. "LORA - CEMENT" Beocin           16.5
 9. "POZAREVACKI SAH KLUB" Pozarevac 14.5
10. "GOSA" Smederevska Palanka        8.5

BEST BOARD SCORES:

1st Board:
 1. Khurtsidze, Nino ("BEKO")             7.0/9
 2. Peptan, Corina ("RAD")                6.5/9
 3. Maric, Alisa ("AGROUNIVERZAL")        6/9

2nd Board:
 1. Matveeva, Svetlana ("AGROUNIVERZAL")  7.5/9
 2. Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira ("BAS")   7/9
 3. Shumiakina, Tatiana ("PARTIZAN")      5.5/9

3rd Board:
 1. Maksimovic, Suzana ("PARTIZAN")       7/9
 2. Chelushkina, Irina ("AGROUNIVERZAL")  6.5/9
 3. Vuksanovic, Sanja ("BAS")             5/8

4th Board:
 1. Tesic, Milica ("POZAREVACKI SAH KLUB") 6/9
 2. Benderac, Ana ("AGROUNIVERZAL")        4.5/7
 3. Nikolin, Zorica ("PARTIZAN")           5/9

Substitutes
    Markovic, Gordana ("BAS")              4/4
    Drljevic, Ljilja ("RAD")               6/7

Best ELO-points gain: Tesic 26.7, Drljevic 22.4, Peptan 17.3, Stankovic, 15.8, Khurtsidze 15.1, Maksimovic 14.2, Matveeva 11.1 etc ELO-points lost: Zaitseva 35.0, Petrovic 24.1, Relic 20.0, Manakova 19.0, Zarkovic 16.2, Markov 13.6 etc

The Women's Teams

 1. "BEKO" - Beograd
    Khurtsidze, Nino            g    2472,  (GEO)
    Bjelajac-Prokopovic, Olivera im   2030,
    Stankovic, Marija           m    2189,
    Vujic-Katanic, Branka       m    2119,
    Relic, Rajna                     2129 and
    Trosic, Galina                   2067

 2. "BAS" - Beograd
    Bojkovic, Natasa            g    2424,
    Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira g    2456,   (MDA)
    Vuksanovic, Sanja           g    2331,
    Kostic-Velickovski, Maja    im   2205 and
    Markovic, Gordana           im   2266

 3. "PARIZAN" - Beograd
    Prudnikova, Svetlana        g    2411,
    Shumiakina, Tatjana         g    2352,   (RUS)
    Maksimovic, Suzana          im   2263,
    Nikolin, Zorica             im   2209,
    Popovic, Aleksandra              0
    Borozan, Vera                    0

 4. "AGROUNIVERZAL" - Beograd
    Maric, Alisa                g    2489,
    Matveeva, Svetlana          g    2411,   (RUS)
    Chelushkina, Irina          g    2379,
    Benderac, Ana               fm   2237,
    Todorovic, Violeta          m    2151 and
    Stoisavljevic, Sava         m    2088

 5. "JAT" - Beograd
    Kovalevskaya, Ekatarina     g    2497,   (RUS)
    Manakova, Marija            g    2349,
    Azaric, Galina                   0
    Ivanovic, Jelena                 2054,
    Otovic, Ljiljana                 2046 and
    Zendilovski, Katarina                   0

 6. "POZAREVACKI SAH KLUB" - Pozarevac
    Pihajlic, Amalija           im   2087,
    Stojanovic, Andjelija       fm   2112,
    Stojanovic, Nadezda         fm   2083,
    Tesic, Milica               fm   2113,
    Bokan, Jelena               fm   2119 and
    Vasic, Milena                    0

 7. "GOSA" - Smederevska Palanka
    Zaitseva, Ludmila           g    2399,   (RUS)
    Petrovic, Marija            im   2281,
    Dragasevic, Antonina        im   2172,
    Zarkovic, Danijela          fm   2090,
    Milivojevic, Slobodanka     m    2035 and
    Rajkovic, Dragana                0

 8. "RAD SKOLA SAMPIONA" - Beograd
    Peptan, Corina              g    2419,   (ROM)
    Miloradovic, Jelena         fm   2185,
    Popovic, Jelena                  2119,
    Savic, Marijana                  2005,
    Kovacevic, Radmila               0
    Drljevic, Ljilja                 2088

 9. "LORA - CEMENT" - Beocin
    Velcheva, Marija           im    2305,   (BUL)
    Petronic, Sanja            im    2203,
    Ujhazi, Danijela                 2141,
    Stajic, Snezana                  2078,
    Jovanovic, Slavojka              0
    Milosevic, Helena                0

10. "POLET" - Beograd
    Zhukova, Natalia           g     2462,   (UKR)
    Maric, Mirjana             g     2316,
    Markov, Vesna              fm    2207,
    Lazarevic, Dragica               2068,
    Mijic, Slobodanka                2036 and
    Masovic, Slobodanka              0

8) First Saturday, 2nd Kluger Memorial

Laszlo Nagy reports: The 2nd KLUGER memorial (part of the First Saturday series of tournaments takes place in Budapest, 2nd-13th October 1999. The events take place in the tournament halls of the HOTEL ZUGLO. There are players are from 16 countries: HUN, GER, RUS, ISR, USA, CHN, ESP, AUS, FAI, SWZ, CZE. The main event is the 2nd Kluger Memorial Chess Tournament, a category VII event with 12 participants, with an ELO average of 2401. In addition there is an IM closed event, with 12 participants (cat. II), an Elo-closed event with 6 players and a Scheveningen system tournament with 5 pairs of players. Gyula Kluger (1914-94) was a Hungarian IM who played many times as a member of the Hungarian Olympiad Team. This GM tournament is sponsored by his son, Gyula Kluger jr. of SKYEX INC., USA

14 year old Bu Xiangzhi is on his way to becoming the youngest GM in the World.

More info: Laszlo Nagy, firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat Phone-fax: (361)-263-2859

Round 7 standings:
FSGM October Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-12 x 1999           cat. VII (2401)
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                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
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 1 Bu Xiangzhi             CHN 2465 * = 1 1 . . = 1 . 1 1 .  6.0  2733
 2 Vaulin, Alexander     g RUS 2492 = * . = = . = 1 . = = .  4.0  2466
 3 Blatny, Pavel         g CZE 2476 0 . * . 1 = 1 0 1 . . =  4.0  2421
 4 Soffer, Ram           g ISR 2508 0 = . * = 1 . . = 1 = .  4.0  2445
 5 Narciso Dublan, Marc  m ESP 2447 . = 0 = * . 1 . = = . 1  4.0  2471
 6 Vovsha, Eli             ISR 2289 . . = 0 . * 0 = . = 1 1  3.5  2396
 7 Czebe, Attila         m HUN 2414 = = 0 . 0 1 * . = . . =  3.0  2351
 8 Senff, Martin           GER 2346 0 0 1 . . = . * = = . =  3.0  2347
 9 Forintos, Gyozo V     g HUN 2343 . . 0 = = . = = * . = =  3.0  2350
10 Fogarasi, Tibor       m HUN 2420 0 = . 0 = = . = . * = .  2.5  2306
11 Lengyel, Levente      g HUN 2312 0 = . = . 0 . . = = * =  2.5  2300
12 Rajlich, Vasik G        USA 2297 . . = . 0 0 = = = . = *  2.5  2273
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FSIM October Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-12 x 1999         cat. II (2283)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Eperjesi, Laszlo   m HUN 2381 * 1 0 . . . 1 . = 1 1 1  5.5  2488
 2 Jakab, Attila        HUN 2328 0 * . 1 1 = 1 1 . . = .  5.0  2453
 3 Trabert, Bettina  wm GER 2301 1 . * . = 0 0 = 1 . . 1  4.0  2314
 4 Zimmerman, Yuri    m RUS 2440 . 0 . * = 1 . 0 . = 1 1  4.0  2302
 5 Friedrichs, Klaus    GER 2148 . 0 = = * . = 1 = . = .  3.5  2312
 6 Gara, Anita       wm HUN 2260 . = 1 0 . * . . 0 1 1 0  3.5  2287
 7 Gara, Ticia          HUN 2233 0 0 1 . = . * . = = . 1  3.5  2264
 8 Szeberenyi, Adam     HUN 2357 . 0 = 1 0 . . * . 1 = =  3.5  2269
 9 Vadasz, Laszlo     g HUN 2275 = . 0 . = 1 = . * 0 . =  3.0  2199
10 Naes, Flovin Tor     FAI 2222 0 . . = . 0 = 0 1 * = .  2.5  2211
11 Resika, Nathan A     USA 2251 0 = . 0 = 0 . = . = * .  2.0  2147
12 Muehlbach, Peter     GER 2198 0 . 0 0 . 1 0 = = . . *  2.0  2163
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9) German Bundesliga starts

Gerhard Hund reports: The german "Bundesliga" started last weekend (Oct 9th-10th 1999) with rounds 1 and 2 in Porz. The first match was won by the title-holders Porz by 7,0-1,0 points (without the FIDE World Chess Champion Alexander Khalifman, who is a member of the team). The match between the favourites Solingen and Porz take place in Solingen at 29th January 2000.

Schedule for the German "Bundesliga" is: Round 1+2 : 09.-10. October 1999. Rounds 3+4 : 06.-07. November 1999. Rounds 5+6 : 11.-12. December 1999. Round 7 : 08.-09. January 2000. Rounds 8+9 : 29.-30. January 2000. Round 10+11 : 20.-21. February 2000. Round 12+13 : 11.-12. March 2000. Round 14+15 : 08.-09. April 2000.

Coverage at: http://212.227.94.56/bundesliga/bl-99-01.htm and http://212.227.94.56/bundesliga/ for the coming rounds.

Round 1 9th October in Porz

SG Porz - SK König Plauen  6,5 - 1,5

 1 Lutz, Christopher     GER g 2591 -  1 Beliavsky, Alexander  SLO g 2618  1/2
 2 Van Wely, Loek        NED g 2629 -  2 Kindermann, Stefan    GER g 2527  1-0
 4 Timman, Jan           NED g 2675 -  4 Bischoff, Klaus       GER g 2509  1/2
 5 Sokolov, Ivan         BIH g 2666 -  5 Espig, Lutz           GER g 2423  1/2
 6 Vaganian, Rafael      ARM g 2617 -  6 Hackel, Mario         GER f 2353  1-0
 8 Hansen, Curt          DEN g 2607 -  7 Schaller, Sven        GER f 2308  1-0
 9 Bacrot, Etienne       FRA g 2592 -  9 Haskamp, Stefan       GER f 2297  1-0
10 Nijboer, Friso        NED g 2559 - 11 Kuraszkiewicz, Micha. GER f 2337  1-0

PSV Duisburg - Dresdner SC  3,5 - 4,5

 1 Epishin, Vladimir     RUS g 2657 -  2 Tischbierek, Raj      GER g 2544  1-0
 3 Nevednichy, Vladislav ROM g 2537 -  3 Socko, Bartosz        POL m 2543  0-1
 5 Miralles, Gilles      FRA g 2499 -  4 Boensch, Uwe          GER g 2547  1/2
 6 Unzicker, Wolfgang    GER g 2436 -  6 Maiwald, Jens-Uwe     GER m 2488  1/2
 7 Kraut, Rainer         GER m 2453 -  7 Lanka, Zigurds        LAT g 2504  0-1
 8 Thesing, Matthias     GER m 2444 -  8 Uhlmann, Wolfgang     GER g 2461  1/2
10 Zude, Arno            GER m 2372 - 11 Heinatz, Thomas       GER f 2349  0-1
11 Berg, Emanuel         SWE   2348 - 12 Wegener, Dirk         GER   2312  1-0

Other round 1 results:

Bad Godesberg       5  -  3   Hamburger SK
Castrop Rauxel      2  -  6   Lübecker SV
SV Werder Bremen    3  -  5   SFR Neukölln
SK Delmenhorst     4,5 - 3,5  USC Magdeburg
SK Passau           4  -  4   Solinger SG
SV Tegernsee        6  -  2   SV Wattenscheid

Round 2 10th October in Porz

Dresdner SC - SG Porz  3,0 - 5,0

 2 Tischbierek, Raj      GER g 2544 -  1 Lutz, Christopher     GER g 2591  0-1
 3 Socko, Bartosz        POL m 2543 -  2 Van Wely, Loek        NED g 2629  1-0
 4 Boensch, Uwe          GER g 2547 -  4 Timman, Jan           NED g 2675  1-0
 6 Maiwald, Jens-Uwe     GER m 2488 -  5 Sokolov, Ivan         BIH g 2666  0-1
 7 Lanka, Zigurds        LAT g 2504 -  6 Vaganian, Rafael      ARM g 2617  1/2
 8 Uhlmann, Wolfgang     GER g 2461 -  8 Hansen, Curt          DEN g 2607  0-1
11 Heinatz, Thomas       GER f 2349 -  9 Bacrot, Etienne       FRA g 2592  0-1
12 Wegener, Dirk         GER   2312 - 10 Nijboer, Friso        NED g 2559  1/2
 
Vladimir Epishin - Alexander Beliavsky
SKK Plauen - PSV Duisburg  4,0 - 4,0

 1 Beliavsky, Alexander  SLO g 2618 -  1 Epishin, Vladimir     RUS g 2657  1/2
 2 Kindermann, Stefan    GER g 2527 -  3 Nevednichy, Vladislav ROM g 2537  1/2
 4 Bischoff, Klaus       GER g 2509 -  5 Miralles, Gilles      FRA g 2499  1/2
 5 Espig, Lutz           GER g 2423 -  6 Unzicker, Wolfgang    GER g 2436  1/2
 6 Hackel, Mario         GER f 2353 -  7 Kraut, Rainer         GER m 2453  0-1
 7 Schaller, Sven        GER f 2308 -  8 Thesing, Matthias     GER m 2444  1/2
 9 Haskamp, Stefan       GER f 2297 - 10 Zude, Arno            GER m 2372  1-0
11 Kuraszkiewicz, Micha. GER f 2337 - 11 Berg, Emanuel         SWE   2348  1/2

Other round 2 results

Hamburger SK       6½ - 1½  Castrop Rauxel  
Lübecker SV        4  - 4   Bad Godesberg   
SFR Neukölln       3  - 5   SK Delmenhorst  
USC Magdeburg      4  - 4   SV Werder Bremen
Solinger SG        4½ - 3½  SV Tegernsee    
SV Wattenscheid    4  - 4   SK Passau       

10) 9th Slovenian Championships

Ales Drinovec reports: The 9th Slovenian Championship for men and women took place in Kranj (Slovenia) 2nd-10th October 1999. There were 28 players (ELO average=2280) and 12 women players (2111). Dusko Pavasovic won the 9 round Swiss system men's Championships with 7.5/9. The women's event was won by Narcisa Mihevc.

Results and games are available at: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/9910/si99ch or http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/9910/si99chw

ch-SLO Kranj (SLO), 2-12 x 1999
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                                    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Pavasovic, Dusko    m SLO 2510  + 9 +11 + 6 = 2 =13 = 3 + 5 +14 = 4  7.0  2560
 2 Jelen, Igor         m SLO 2395  +21 +12 +14 = 1 = 5 = 6 +13 = 3 = 9  6.5  2490
 3 Tratar, Marko       m SLO 2442  =25 +19 = 5 + 7 = 4 = 1 +12 = 2 = 6  6.0  2456
 4 Barle, Janez        m SLO 2388  +23 - 5 +10 + 8 = 3 =13 =14 + 6 = 1  6.0  2477
 5 Podkriznik, Gregor  f SLO 2306  +28 + 4 = 3 =14 = 2 +15 - 1 +11 =10  6.0  2497
 6 Mencinger, Vojko    f SLO 2363  +20 +16 - 1 =15 +11 = 2 + 7 - 4 = 3  5.5  2440
 7 Mazi, Leon          f SLO 2387  -12 +18 +21 - 3 = 9 +23 - 6 +19 +13  5.5  2337
 8 Sitnik, Igor          SLO 2332  -13 +27 +12 - 4 -19 +17 = 9 +25 +14  5.5  2316
 9 Steiner, Darko      f SLO 2266  - 1 =20 +23 =10 = 7 =11 = 8 +12 = 2  5.0  2372
10 Soln, Primoz        f SLO 2411  =18 +13 - 4 = 9 -12 +27 =19 +21 = 5  5.0  2281
11 Kovac, Boris        f SLO 2304  +24 - 1 =25 +20 - 6 = 9 +15 - 5 +16  5.0  2340
12 Gombac, Jan           SLO 2210  + 7 - 2 - 8 +22 +10 +19 - 3 - 9 =15  4.5  2327
13 Sebenik, Matej        SLO 2194  + 8 -10 +26 +25 = 1 = 4 - 2 =16 - 7  4.5  2365
14 Podlesnik, Bogdan   m SLO 2403  +22 +26 - 2 = 5 =15 +16 = 4 - 1 - 8  4.5  2342
15 Basagic, Zlatko     m SLO 2323  =19 =25 +16 = 6 =14 - 5 -11 +20 =12  4.5  2278
16 Crepan, Marjan      f SLO 2289  +17 - 6 -15 +21 +24 -14 +25 =13 -11  4.5  2256
17 Zvan, Ziga            SLO 2091  -16 -23 =27 +18 =20 - 8 +28 =24 +25  4.5  2224
18 Praznik, Niko         SLO 2242  =10 - 7 -20 -17 +28 -22 +26 +27 +24  4.5  2234
19 Starcic, Tadej        SLO 2165  =15 - 3 =22 +26 + 8 -12 =10 - 7 =21  4.0  2275
20 Saradjen, Janko       SLO 2207  - 6 = 9 +18 -11 =17 -25 +23 -15 +28  4.0  2206
21 Susnik, Matej         SLO 2224  - 2 +24 - 7 -16 =26 +28 +22 -10 =19  4.0  2235
22 Raspor, Gregor        SLO 2225  -14 =28 =19 -12 -23 +18 -21 =26 +27  3.5  2152
23 Cepon, Dusan          SLO 2212  - 4 +17 - 9 -24 +22 - 7 -20 +28 =26  3.5  2164
24 Djurkovic, Maks       SLO 2147  -11 -21 +28 +23 -16 =26 =27 =17 -18  3.5  2142
25 Srebrnic, Vojko       SLO 2262  = 3 =15 =11 -13 =27 +20 -16 - 8 -17  3.0  2133
26 Orel, Oskar         f SLO 2313  +27 -14 -13 -19 =21 =24 -18 =22 =23  3.0  2092
27 Kosmac, Blaz          SLO 2148  -26 - 8 =17 +28 =25 -10 =24 -18 -22  2.5  2078
28 Mikac, Tomaz        f SLO 2178  - 5 =22 -24 -27 -18 -21 -17 -23 -20  0.5  1756
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ch-SLO (women) Kranj (SLO), 2-12 x 1999
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Mihevc, Narcisa  wf SLO 2154  +11 - 2 + 5 = 9 +12 + 4 + 3 + 7 +10  7.5  2358
 2 Grosar, Kiti     wm SLO 2234  + 3 + 1 - 6 - 5 + 9 +12 + 4 + 8 +11  7.0  2316
 3 Stevanec, Lea       SLO 2092  - 2 +11 = 9 + 8 + 4 + 6 - 1 +10 = 5  6.0  2234
 4 Kaps, Darja      wf SLO 2202  + 8 = 5 +10 + 6 - 3 - 1 - 2 + 9 + 7  5.5  2174
 5 Srebrnic, Ana       SLO 2161  +12 = 4 - 1 + 2 = 6 + 9 - 7 +11 = 3  5.5  2178
 6 Ankerst, Milka   wm SLO 2131  +10 + 7 + 2 - 4 = 5 - 3 -11 +12 = 8  5.0  2131
 7 Rozic,Vesna         SLO ----  = 9 - 6 - 8 +12 =10 +11 + 5 - 1 - 4  4.0  2043
 8 Petek, Francka      SLO 2055  - 4 = 9 + 7 - 3 =11 =10 +12 - 2 = 6  4.0  2038
 9 Orel, Simona        SLO 2025  = 7 = 8 = 3 = 1 - 2 - 5 =10 - 4 +12  3.5  2023
10 Pongrac,Alojzija    SLO ----  - 6 +12 - 4 =11 = 7 = 8 = 9 - 3 - 1  3.0  1954
11 Marusic, Nada       SLO 2023  - 1 - 3 -12 =10 = 8 - 7 + 6 - 5 - 2  2.0  1875
12 Mar, Karmen         SLO 2029  - 5 -10 +11 - 7 - 1 - 2 - 8 - 6 - 9  1.0  1736
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11) 2nd World Cities Team

14 Teams contested the 2nd World Cities Team Chess Championships in Shenyang, China, between 4th-9th Oct 1999. Hopefully I'll be able to get the games from the event for next week.

Coverage at: http://www.syonline.net.cn/gx/eng.html

Following straight on was the Asian Team Chess Championships. Coverage at: http://www.syonline.net.cn/asiachess/

2nd World Cities Team Chess Championships
Final Standings:

Kemerovo (Russia)                   27 
Handan (China)                      26
Almaty (Kazakhstan)                 25
Shenyang A(China)                   23
Belfort (France)                    21.5
Calcutta (India)                    21
Guangzhou(China)                    21
Jakarta (Indonesia)                 19
Shenyang B(China)                   16
Erdenet (Mongolia)                  15
Starnberg(Germany)                  14
Auckland (New Zealand)              11.5
Singapore                           11.5
Tokyo (Japan)                        0.5

12) Pan-American Youth

Antonio Bento reports: The 10th Panamerican Youth Championships took place in the Convention Center in Matinhos, Paraná, Brazil from 1-7 October 1999 in 7 rounds swiss 10 tournaments. There were 278 players from a record 13 countries: Argentina; Barbados; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Equador; Mexico; Paraguay; Peru; Uruguay; USA; Venezuela. The tournament was directed by IA Claudio Tonegutti IA Antonio Bento was the Chief Arbiter.

Full coverage (details) at: http://www.cbx.org.br and http://www.cbx.org.br/xpan.htm Games from all sections are avaiable at http://www.cbx.org.br/pan.zip (the TWIC games section has those from Boys and Girls under-18 sections only).

Final standings:

Under 10 (boys)
1-2   BELCHER, NOAH                   USA   5.5    gold  
      BECKER, GABRIEL                 BRA   5.5    silver
3     LOPEZ, MARLON                   ECU   5.5    bronze

Under 10 (girls)
1   PELLETIER, KATHARINE      	    USA   7      g 
2   HERRERA RODRIGUEZ, MILENA 	    COL   5.5    s 
3   BUTNER, NATALIA                   ARG   4.5    b 

Under 12 (boys)
1   GARCIA, EDUARDO                   COL   6.5    g
2   FIER, ALEXANDR                    BRA   5.5    s
3   DUARTE, LEONARDO                  ARG   5.5    b

Under 12 (girls)
1   ITKIS, HANA                 	    USA   6   
2   VARGAS, ZULIBETH                  VEN   5      
3   PIROZZI, DANA                     ARG   5       

Under 14 (boys)
1-2   FERNANDEZ, DANIEL 2185          USA    6       
      MIELES, DANIEL  2326            ECU    6 
3   REAL DE AZUA, ERNESTO 2058        ARG    5.5    

Under 14 (girls)
1   MEZA, ANAHI                       ARG    6  
2   LEVINA, ANNA                      USA    5.5     
3   ORTIZ AGUIRRE, NADIA              COL    5       

Under 16 (boys)
1   ESPLANA HUAMAN, CHRISTIAN 2227    PER    6.5 
2   LEAL, JOAO    2103                BRA    5.5     
3   JACOBO, CRISTIAN                  ARG    5       

Under 16 (girls)
1   VASQUEZ, ROCIO 2106          	    ECU    6.5 
2   ECHEVERRIA ACUNA, NANCY  	    COL    5       
3   HERNANDEZ, ZAIDA                  VEN    5       

Under 18 (boys)
1   SARKAR, JUSTIN 2262               USA    6.5   
2   URIBE, MAURICIO  2208             COL    5.5     
3   VARELA, GASTON    2283            ARG    5       

Under 18 (girls)
1   DELAI, PAULA             	   BRA     5.5 
2   MENDIETA, ELIANA                 ARG     5       
3   FERNANDEZ NOVAS, LILIANA 2027    ARG     5      


(*) FIDE will award the title of Fide Master for each age-category
champion b/g. (included the players who tied in first place)
(**) Clear result in the Under 18/16 Championships is equivalent to a 9
round International Master Result.

AMERICA CUP TEAMS
1 - Argentina			50,5
2 - Brasil			48
3 - USA			47,5

Players:
Brasil - 87
Argentina - 44
Uruguai - 21
Paraguai - 20

13) Garry Kasparov vs the World

The Garry Kasparov vs. the World chess tournament. The event continues, you can follow the game at: http://www.zone.com/kasparov/Home.asp It allows players to consult in choosing which move is played against Kasparov. Players can vote for one of the suggested moves or for their own recommended move. The move with the most votes will be chosen as the world team's move. There is a team of coaches Etienne Bacrot, 16, Florin Felecan, 19, Irina Krush, 15, and Elisabeth Pähtz, 14 who have aided the choice of moves and GM Danny King has acted as moderator during the match.

The Kasparov vs. the World chess tournament started June 21st. The event is taking place on the MSN network. Kasparov gave a press conference in London on September 2nd 1999.

Download this file to hear the full interview. The file has dsslight (which needs installing) and the full 45 minute Kasparov in (.dss format) MSN press conference zipped together [1.7 Meg].

Garry Kasparov vs The World Prize Quiz

Moves so far Kasparov,G (2812) - The World [B52] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.0-0 g6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nde2 Qe6 11.Nd5 Qxe4 12.Nc7+ Kd7 13.Nxa8 Qxc4 14.Nb6+ axb6 15.Nc3 Ra8 16.a4 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Qb3 f5 19.Bg5 Qb4 20.Qf7 Be5 21.h3 Rxa4 22.Rxa4 Qxa4 23.Qxh7 Bxb2 24.Qxg6 Qe4 25.Qf7 Bd4 26.Qb3 f4 27.Qf7 Be5 28.h4 b5 29.h5 Qc4 30.Qf5+ Qe6 31.Qxe6+ Kxe6 32.g3 fxg3 33.fxg3 b4 34.Bf4 Bd4+ 35.Kh1 b3 36.g4 Kd5 37.g5 e6 38.h6 Ne7 39.Rd1 e5 40.Be3 Kc4 41. Bxd4 exd4 42. Kg2 b2 43. Kf3 Kc3 44. h7 Ng6 45. Ke4 Kc2 46. Rh1 d3 47.Kf5 b1Q 48.Rxb1 Kxb1 49.Kxg6 d2 50. h8=Q d1=Q 51. Qh7 b5 52. Kf6+ Kb2 53. Qh2+ Ka1 54. Qf4 b4 55. Qxb4 Qf3+ 56. Kg7 d5 [last update 11/10/99]... continues.

14) Forthcoming Events and Links

TWIC TV November 3rd-4th Live Match

The Bacrot- Polgar match will be transmitted live with video and sound. The match in BASTIA (Corse) with 80 000 F worth of prizes. Official site for the match: http://www.opencorsica.com and TWIC TV broadcast at: http://www.canalweb.net/vers/diagonal4.asp

Leko - Bunzmann match

There will be a six game match between Peter Leko and Dimitrij Bunzmann taking place 16th-22nd October 1999 in Hamburg, Germany. 20 year old Leko is rated 2701 and is World number 9 and Bunzmann is a 17 year old German junior rated 2596.

Further details at: http://www.wichern-open.de

The event is sponsored by Contrust-Capital, a company, which sponsors Dimitrij Bunzmann. The match takes place alongside a big open tournament, the 5th Wichern-Open, with 30 grandmasters and 200- 00 players which takes place October 15th-22nd October 1999.

3rd Itaú Mercosul Cup

The São Paulo Chess Club (Clube de Xadrez São Paulo) is organising the third edition of the Itaú Mercosul Cup, with about US$12,500.00 in prizes. There are already over 100 confirmed entries. Amongst them are 4 GMs and over 10 IMs. The Itaú Bank is one of the biggest financial corporations in Brazil and has supported chess for over 10 years.

The official page is: http://hipernet.com.br/cxsp/ItauMercosul1999.htm Information will also be available at HiperChess: http://hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/

Tournament of the Future

The "Tournament of the Future" will be held in Koning Willem I College, Hertogenbosch (NED) 18th-27th November 1999. Players: Jeroen Bosch (geb. 1972; IM NED 2433) ; Stefan Bücker (geb. 1959; FM GER 2341) ; John Donaldson (geb. 1958; IM USA 2419) ; Deen Hergott (geb. 1962; IM CAN 2396) ; Friso Nijboer (geb. 1965; IGM NED 2559); Ian Rogers (geb. 1960; IGM AUS 2574) ; Paul Span (geb. 1979; - NED 2226) ; Paul van der Sterren (geb. 1956; IGM NED 2535) ; Raymond Stone (geb. 1953; FM CAN 2340) ; Gerard Welling (geb. 1959; IM NED 2368) . FIDE-categorie: 7 (gem. 2419,1) IGM norm: 76% 6,84=7 punten IM norm: 57% 5,13=5½ punt Arbiter: Cathy Rogers Assistent arbiter: Leon Muys.

Website: http://www.kw1c.nl/chess

Rilton Cup

Those interested in playing in the Rilton Cup in Stockholm. Details: http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/stock.html

British Rapidplay Chess Championships

The British Rapidplay Chess Championships take place in Leeds, 16/17 October 1999. Further details http://www.leedschess.freeserve.co.uk/rapid