THE WEEK IN CHESS 33 21/05/95 Mark Crowther -------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Introduction 2) VSB Euwe Memorial Tournament 12th - 18th May 1995 3) IV Torneo Magistral de la Comunidad de Madrid - 9th - 19th May 1995 4) VIII Torneo Ciudad de Leon - 7th - 17 May 1995 5) Dos Hermanas Corrections 6) Rapidchess Exhibition Match : Chess Genius X /Pentium vs Gary Kasparov 7) FIDE News 8) PCA News 9) Marshall Chess Club International by Vadim Kaminsky 10) National Open, Las Vegas, May 5-7 11) Lucas Brunner vs Xie Jun by Josef Zahner 12) Sigeman Wernbro & Co Grandmaster Tournament by Piotr Nestorow 13) Olympiad U16 Canaries - Spain in May 1995 by Einar Karlsson 14) 2nd Hawaii International Report by Eric Schiller 15) Studies Book Review by Brian Stephenson 16) Tournament calendar by Michael Niermann 17) GAMES SECTION VSB Euwe Memorial 12 games. IV Torneo Magistral de la Comunidad de Madrid 45 games. VIII Torneo Ciudad de Leon 45 games. Dos Hermanas Corrections 5 games. Exhibition Match : Genius/Pentium vs Kasparov 2 games. III Olimpiada Munidal Escolar de Ajedrez 45 games. Xie Jun - Lucas Brunner Match 4 games. National Open - Las Vegas 64 games. Marshall Chess Club International - Qualifier. 9 games. Marshall Chess Club International 23 games. 1) Introduction ---------------- My thanks to Kevin O'Connell for the games from Madrid, Leon and corrections from Dos Hermanas. To Otto Borik with the games from the Kasparov TV exhibition match. To Vadim Kaminsky for the news from the US (and Ben Feingold too), to Josef Zahner, Piotr Nestorow, Einar Karlsson, Eric Schiller, Brian Stephenson, Egon Ditt, Michael Niermann for their sections. To Breanndan, Paul Rubin, Tim Krabbe, and Paul A. van Linde for indicative postings about Amsterdam. (Hope that I haven't left anyone out!) There aren't many weeks with so much top class action, but also there has been much of interest outside Spain and the Netherlands too. It was with particular pleasure that I saw Korchnoi showing everyone he is still a major force in World Chess. Kasparov has had a week to forget, but there aren't many people for whom second in a category 18 tournament is bad. But his half from 3 in the second cycle of the Amsterdam tournament would not have pleased him, certainly from his point of view he would regard these losses as self-inflicted. I hope you enjoy this issue, next week is bound to be quieter! 2) VSB Euwe Memorial Tournament 12th - 18th May 1995 ----------------------------------------------------- Kasparov will remember this tournament for a long time. An event he should have won easily turned into a nightmare due to two losses. It was the result of a great player playing badly rather than anything else. These losses overshadowed three fine Kasparov wins, two against Topalov and one against Piket. For Joel Lautier this is his greatest triumph. This was an immensely determined performance, right down to his saving of a poor position in the last round to take first place clearly. Both Piket and Kasparov performed about 100 rating points below their normal strength, Lautier took home all but 3 of them. Kasparov put both losses down to him forgetting his analysis. He claims that 16. e5! would have won against Lautier in round 4. (and indeed it appears that this continuation is extremely promising) That doesn't really explain why he played the attack with such lack of energy subsequently though. Against Piket he tried to use his extensive research that he conducted when playing Karpov. Here 19...Re4?, was an error, which Piket punished in fine style. Kasparov seems to remember this move from his analysis as being correct but is either mistaken or has now forgotten this analysis. There was a time when Kasparov used to work this out at the board anyway. My birthday is on May 16th and rather strangely that has been the date for two of Kasparov's worst losses of recent years. (last year he was lost after 12 moves against Ivanchuk, this year he lost to Lautier.) Kasparov is known to believe in lucky numbers, I wonder what he has against this date! Pairings Result Moves Clock Times. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Round 1 (1995.05.12) Lautier, Joel - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 28 1:24. 1:27 Topalov, Veselin - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 40 1:57. 1:59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Round 2 (1995.05.13) Kasparov, Gary - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 29 1:46. 1:59 Lautier, Joel - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 41 1:59. 1:56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Round 3 (1995.05.14) Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 28 1:49. 1:18 Piket, Jeroen - Lautier, Joel 0-1 52 2:17. 2:06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Round 4 (1995.05.16) Kasparov, Gary - Lautier, Joel 0-1 31 1:59. 1:46 Piket, Jeroen - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 30 1:28. 1:13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Round 5 (1995.05.17) Lautier, Joel - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 14 0:39. 0:33 Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 42 1:45. 1:42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Round 6 (1995.05.18) Topalov, Veselin - Lautier, Joel 1/2 56 2:53. 2:46 Piket, Jeroen - Kasparov, Gary 1-0 41 2:05. 1:49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amsterdam (NED), 1995. cat. XVIII (2690) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 TOTAL TPR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2655 * * = 1 = = 1 = 4 2826 2 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2805 = 0 * * 1 1 1 0 3.5 2708 3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2630 = = 0 0 * * 1 = 2.5 2653 4 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2670 0 = 0 1 0 = * * 2 2571 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) IV Torneo Magistral de la Comunidad de Madrid - 9th - 19th May 1995 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue: ONCE Buildings in Madrid. Sponsor: "Movi line" (Spanish Mobile phone company) The return of Viktor the terrible. Over 60 (born 1931.03.23) and still playing a tournament schedule that puts his younger rivals to shame. He won this event by starting like a train. He was on 6.5/8 going into the last round before Polgar slightly spoiled his tournament. Nevertheless he still works harder and plays more than most and this victory in this strong category 16 event would grace most players' careers. Salov also had a most satisfactory event after a drastic loss of form starting with his loss to Gata Kamsky in the FIDE Candidates Final. Beliavsky, Short and Timman had very poor tournaments. The latter two don't seem to have recovered from their World Title matches in 1993. Pablo San Segundo has played in very many of the Spanish tournaments over the last few years. He has not even come close to the excellent result here where he scored a second GM norm and performed to 2645 (his rating is 2480) However he has now completed his information engineering course so he may be able to reproduce this result again. My thanks to Kevin O`Connell for sending me the games throughout this event. He was there with his "Intelligent Chess Display system" which displays the games live to the spectators by means of special boards which detect where the pieces have gone. A natural by-product of which is that the games should be totally accurate. (something not always true of a players scoresheet!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 1 (1995.05.09) Korchnoi, Viktor - Beliavsky, Alexander 1-0 34 D17 Slav defence Salov, Valery - Polgar, Judit 1-0 85 A45 Queen's pawn Yusupov, Artur - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2 21 D10 Slav defence Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Timman, Jan 1/2 41 A17 English; 1.c4 Short, Nigel - San Segundo, Pablo 1/2 51 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 2 (1995.05.10) Korchnoi, Viktor - Salov, Valery 1/2 43 A28 English; 1.c4 e5 Epishin, Vladimir - Short, Nigel 1/2 27 D20 Queen's gambit; Exchange Polgar, Judit - Yusupov, Artur 1/2 21 C43 Petroff defence San Segundo, Pablo - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 32 A57 Wolga gambit Beliavsky, Alexander - Timman, Jan 1-0 33 E35 Nimzo indian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 3 (1995.05.11) Salov, Valery - Beliavsky, Alexander 1/2 41 D42 Caro-Kann; Panov Yusupov, Artur - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 59 E30 Nimzo indian Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2 52 E05 Nimzo indian Short, Nigel - Polgar, Judit 0-1 36 B83 Sicilian Timman, Jan - San Segundo, Pablo 1/2 43 D63 Queen's gambit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 4 (1995.05.13) Korchnoi, Viktor - Short, Nigel 1-0 36 E45 Nimzo indian Salov, Valery - Yusupov, Artur 1/2 48 A18 English; 1.c4 Epishin, Vladimir - Timman, Jan 1-0 20 E17 Nimzo indian Polgar, Judit - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 0-1 40 B30 Sicilian Beliavsky, Alexander - San Segundo, Pablo 1/2 45 D37 Queen's gambit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 5 (1995.05.14) Yusupov, Artur - Beliavsky, Alexander 1-0 43 D10 Slav defence San Segundo, Pablo - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2 27 E12 Nimzo indian Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 42 E12 Nimzo indian Short, Nigel - Salov, Valery 0-1 41 B66 Sicilian Timman, Jan - Polgar, Judit 0-1 30 A49 Queen's pawn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 6 (1995.05.15) Korchnoi, Viktor - Timman, Jan 1/2 20 A22 English; 1.c4 e5 Salov, Valery - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 46 A28 English; 1.c4 e5 Yusupov, Artur - Short, Nigel 1/2 27 D53 Queen's gambit Polgar, Judit - San Segundo, Pablo 0-1 33 B45 Sicilian Beliavsky, Alexander - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2 41 E30 Nimzo indian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 7 (1995.05.16) Epishin, Vladimir - Polgar, Judit 1/2 50 E68 Kings indian San Segundo, Pablo - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 36 E12 Nimzo indian Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Yusupov, Artur 1/2 28 E06 Nimzo indian Short, Nigel - Beliavsky, Alexander 1/2 36 C19 French; Winawer Timman, Jan - Salov, Valery 1/2 18 B82 Sicilian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 8 (1995.05.18) Korchnoi, Viktor - Epishin, Vladimir 1-0 48 D15 Slav defence Salov, Valery - San Segundo, Pablo 1/2 75 B40 Sicilian Yusupov, Artur - Timman, Jan 1/2 23 E41 Nimzo indian Beliavsky, Alexander - Polgar, Judit 1/2 20 D31 Queen's gambit Short, Nigel - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 42 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 9 (1995.05.19) Epishin, Vladimir - Salov, Valery 1/2 28 D20 Queen's gambit; Exchange Polgar, Judit - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 54 B19 Caro-Kann San Segundo, Pablo - Yusupov, Artur 1/2 25 C42 Petroff defence Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Beliavsky, Alexander 1-0 51 C02 French; Advance Timman, Jan - Short, Nigel 1/2 28 D19 Slav defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Madrid (ESP), 1995. cat. XVI (2629) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 TOTAL TPR ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 * = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2794 2 Salov, Valery g RUS 2715 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2744 3 Yusupov, Artur g GER 2660 = = * = = = = 1 = = 5.0 2668 4 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2635 0 = = * = = = = = 1 4.5 2628 5 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2630 1 0 = = * 0 0 = 1 1 4.5 2628 6 San Segundo, Pablo m ESP 2480 0 = = = 1 * = = = = 4.5 2645 7 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2595 0 0 = = 1 = * 1 0 = 4.0 2589 8 Beliavsky, Alexander g UKR 2650 0 = 0 = = = 0 * = 1 3.5 2546 9 Short, Nigel g ENG 2655 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = * = 3.5 2546 10 Timman, Jan g NED 2635 = = = 0 0 = = 0 = * 3.0 2503 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) VIII Torneo Ciudad de Leon - 7th - 17 May 1995. ------------------------------------------------- Three major events going on at the same time is still quite unusual. Even more strange was that two of them were in Spain. Also Dos Hermanas was immediately prior to this event. This event was slightly weaker than the other two, but Category XIV isn't bad. This can only benefit Spanish chess in the long term. Here Jesus De la Villa Garcia was the only Spanish player to do well. One would question the wisdom of inviting Marcelino Sion Castro who was rated 2390, playing in such tournaments does little for the development of a player, and his 1/9 may very well effect his confidence. After his disaster in Dos Hermanas, Shirov will be relieved to have put in a good showing. He was caught in the last round by Bareev, who hasn't had a good result in a while either. Adams will also be glad to have come to Spain. Two good results in a row may finally spur him out of his depression following his two Candidates match defeats. Akopian shared third with Adams too with a good performance. Ivan Morovic Fernandez also gained rating points, but I believe he is better than 2575 anyhow. Ivan Sokolov, who keeps promising much, had a bad tournament, he lacks consistancy, but on top form he is still one of the World's best. (at Interpolis last year he looked very good.) My thanks again to Kevin O`Connell who, quite without warning, sent me all the games from the event. Round 1 (1995.05.07) Akopian, Vladimir - Romero Holmes, Alfonso 1-0 39 A16 English; 1.c4 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 30 E15 Nimzo indian De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 33 B06 Modern defence Sokolov, Ivan - Rivas Pastor, Manuel 0-1 45 A46 Queen's pawn Sion Castro, Marcelino - Adams, Michael 0-1 27 C78 Ruy Lopez Round 2 (1995.05.08) Bareev, Evgeny - Akopian, Vladimir 1-0 35 D47 Queen's gambit Shirov, Alexei - Rivas Pastor, Manuel 1-0 50 C16 French; Winawer Adams, Michael - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 48 B13 Caro-Kann De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Sion Castro, Marcelino 1-0 22 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Romero Holmes, Alfonso - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 41 C26 1.e4 e5 Round 3 (1995.05.09) Akopian, Vladimir - Adams, Michael 1/2 40 A30 English; 1.c4 c5 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1/2 41 D85 Gruenfeld indian Sokolov, Ivan - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 49 D17 Slav defence Rivas Pastor, Manuel - Romero Holmes, Alfonso 1/2 68 A48 Queen's pawn Sion Castro, Marcelino - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 33 B89 Sicilian Round 4 (1995.05.10) Bareev, Evgeny - Rivas Pastor, Manuel 1-0 28 E04 Nimzo indian Shirov, Alexei - Romero Holmes, Alfonso 1-0 47 A40 Queen's pawn Adams, Michael - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 28 C80 Ruy Lopez De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Akopian, Vladimir 0-1 48 B80 Sicilian Sion Castro, Marcelino - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 0-1 71 B17 Caro-Kann Round 5 (1995.05.12) Akopian, Vladimir - Sion Castro, Marcelino 1-0 49 D71 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 25 D71 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6 Sokolov, Ivan - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1/2 41 D29 Queen's gambit; Exchange Rivas Pastor, Manuel - Adams, Michael 0-1 44 E61 Kings indian Romero Holmes, Alfonso - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 39 C69 Ruy Lopez; Exchange Round 6 (1995.05.13) Shirov, Alexei - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 41 D94 Gruenfeld indian Adams, Michael - Romero Holmes, Alfonso 1-0 48 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 83 D47 Queen's gambit De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Rivas Pastor, Manuel 1-0 43 B07 Pirc Sion Castro, Marcelino - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 35 C60 Ruy Lopez Round 7 (1995.05.14) Bareev, Evgeny - Adams, Michael 1/2 20 E12 Nimzo indian Akopian, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 14 B58 Sicilian Sokolov, Ivan - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 48 D45 Queen's gambit Rivas Pastor, Manuel - Sion Castro, Marcelino 1-0 74 A48 Queen's pawn Romero Holmes, Alfonso - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1/2 16 C02 French; Advance Round 8 (1995.05.15) Shirov, Alexei - Adams, Michael 1-0 26 E44 Nimzo indian Akopian, Vladimir - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 41 E62 Kings indian Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Rivas Pastor, Manuel 1-0 39 E42 Nimzo indian De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 43 C17 French; Winawer Sion Castro, Marcelino - Romero Holmes, Alfonso 1/2 34 B76 Sicilian; Dragon Round 9 (1995.05.17) Bareev, Evgeny - Sion Castro, Marcelino 1-0 90 D71 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6 Adams, Michael - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1-0 42 D00 Queen's pawn Sokolov, Ivan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 30 D47 Queen's gambit Rivas Pastor, Manuel - Akopian, Vladimir 0-1 40 D30 Queen's gambit Romero Holmes, Alfonso - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 51 B10 Caro-Kann Leon (ESP), 1995. cat. XIV (2577) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2675 * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2731 2 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2710 = * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2727 3 Adams, Michael g ENG 2655 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2692 4 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2655 0 = = * = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2692 5 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2575 = = = = * = = 1 = 1 5.5 2656 6 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2490 = = 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2586 7 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2645 = = = = = = * 0 = = 4.0 2525 8 Rivas Pastor, Manuel g ESP 2515 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * = 1 2.5 2417 9 Romero Holmes, Alfonso m ESP 2455 0 0 0 0 = = = = * = 2.5 2424 10 Sion Castro, Marcelino m ESP 2390 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1.0 2246 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Dos Hermanas Corrections ---------------------------- Dos Hermanas (ESP), 1995. cat. XVIII (2681) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2655 * 0 = = = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2763 2 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2710 1 * 1 = = 0 = 1 = = 5.5 2757 3 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2765 = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2751 4 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 = = = * = = 1 0 = 1 5.0 2721 5 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2630 = = = = * = = = = 1 5.0 2729 6 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2595 = 1 = = = * 1 0 0 = 4.5 2690 7 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2655 = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 4.5 2683 8 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2670 0 0 = 1 = 1 0 * = = 4.0 2638 9 Salov, Valery g RUS 2715 0 = 0 = = 1 0 = * = 3.5 2596 10 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2710 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 2.0 2457 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- My thanks to Kevin O`Connell who E-Mailed me the missing last round game and a number of corrections to last weeks posting of this event. Salov-Shirov (9) Missing Kamsky-Lautier (3) Moves after adjournment missing Gelfand-Kamsky (6) Moves after adjournment missing Gelfand-Adams (8) ended 32 Rxd4 1/2 (not 32 Bxd4 Rxd4) Illescas-Salov (8) ended 48...Ba4 0-1 (not 48...Bd5+) 6) Rapidchess Exhibition Match : Chess Genius X /Pentium vs Gary Kasparov ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This televised revenge match was between Kasparov and the machine/program combination that he lost to in London in the Grand Prix earlier this year. One is tempted to call it a match between the forth-best rapidplay chessplayer in the World and machine match. The hype extended further than that. There was a report on Radio 5 Live in the UK which, whilst stressing the Pentium nature of the contest, neglected to mention the chess playing program at all. To them it was World Champion vs Pentium. The event was, in part, probably a dry run for the live TV coverage of the Anand - Kasparov INTEL PCA World final in September. So German readers can probably expect Hort and Pfleger to provide the expert commentary on the match. WDR covered this event I'm unsure about which channel has the rights to the World Final. The games were over either 30 minutes per side or 45 minutes per side, I have conflicting reports on this. Kasparov was flat lost in the first game but somehow created excellent chances and won. In the second game he played very cautiously to achieve the draw. The PR consequences of drawing or losing the match seemed to weigh upon him. My thanks to Otto Borik for the games. 7) FIDE News ----------- According to Egon Ditt there was a FIDE Executive-Council-Meeting on the 22nd-23rd April. Some decisions were: The Council entrusted Kouatly, Prof. Jungwirth and Toran to negotiate with Karpov (and I presume Kamsky) over the rules for the contest. the deadline for bids (Karpov - Kamsky as well as Xie Yun - Zs. Polgar) was set to 30.6.1995. The Council also accepted an offer of the Russian Chess Federation to host Russia - Rest of the World at 10 boards in December in Moscow. Three members were asked to make proposals for the world-team. The Interzonal Tournament will be hosted by Armenia at Erevan; the date is not quite clear (because Russia wants first to have the national championship in December 1995), but should be in September/October 1995 (or in March/April 1996). In any case, the Council does not want to damage any of the big events like Horgen or Linares. 8) PCA News ------------ The 1995 Intel World Chess Grand Prix in New York City was originally announced in to take place from June 15-June 18 (June 95 edition of Chess Life). The 4 day event, however, is now scheduled to take place during the period June 20 - June 23, 1995 at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center (at Borough of Manhattan Community College) 199 Chambers Street. The July edition of Chess Life will announce the correct dates. For further info. call U.S. Chess 1-800-388-KING or (212) 346-8510. For Hotel Info. call Marina Dlugy at (212) 894-5142. 9) Marshall Chess Club International by Vadim Kaminsky ------------------------------------------------------ 1. IM Leonid Sokolin (USA) 2465 7.5 (9) (GM norm) 2. IM Bezold,Michael (GER) 2495 6 (9) (GM norm) 3= IM Gabriel,Christian (GER) 2535 5 (9) 3= IM Ashley, Maurice (USA) 2460 5 (9) Here are those who didn't qualify: GM Fedorowicz,John (USA) 2545 2.5 (4) GM Adianto,Utut (INA) 2585 1.5 (4) GM Sagalchik,Gennady (USA) 2530 1.5 (4) GM Soltis,Andrew (USA) 2425 0.5 (4) IM Brooks,M (USA), IM Kumaran,D (ENG), IM Hergott,D (CAN), IM Remlinger,L (USA), IM Bonin,J (USA), FM Young,A (PHI) and others. The Qualifying event for this was held in April 1995. 10) National Open, Las Vegas, May 5-7. -------------------------------------- Vadim Kaminsky sends me the following news from Compuserve: IM Ben Finegold reports: ---------------------------------- 1-3 Julian Hodgson (winner on tiebreak), Walter Browne, Tal Shaked - 5.5 each. $3000 each. 4-13 Larry Remlinger, Igor Ivanov, Gregory Kaidanov, Joel Benjamin, William Kelleher, Mariano, Joe Bradford, Nick deFirmian, Victor Frias and one other which I'll post tomorrow when I unpack! - 5 each. $210 each. I lost in round 5 to Tal Shaked. As I had 3.5 out of 5, I decided to withdraw. Unfortunately, I was paired anyway due to a mixup within the directing staff (some knew I withdrew, others did not!) and my opponent won on forfeit (I didn't know I was paired!) and a class prize as well. Other strong participants who left with no cash were: Yermolinsky, Kudrin, D Gurevich, A Ivanov, C Lakdawala, Goldin, Bisguier, Shamkovich, Denker, Palatnik, Fedorowicz, etc. Hodgson beat Josh Waitzkin and Joel Benjamin, while Browne beat Dlugy and Frias. Browne and Hodgson drew quickly in the last round. Tal Shaked beat Finegold (yes, me) and Mariano (I don't know his first name, but he was second in the blitz tournament and has a 2510 USCF rating). Yermo drew his first two rounds against experts and withdrew. Goldin lost to a 2250 in round 2 and also withdrew. Dlugy lost to Browne, A Ivanov lost to Bisguier, Bisguier lost to Benjamin, Frias lost to Browne, Kudrin and D Gurevich both lost to Mariano, Joe Bradford drew Kaidanov and Kudrin with the black pieces. There were about 250 players in the Open section, with 17-18 GMs and 10-15 IMs. IM Ben Finegold 11) Lucas Brunner vs Xie Jun by Josef Zahner --------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total ---------------------------------------------------- Brunner, Lucas SUI 2535 GM = = 0 = 1.5 Xie Jun CHN 2555 GM = = 1 = 2.5 ----------------------------------------------------- Xie Jun leads 2.5-1.5 after four of six games. Round 5 and 6 were played on 16th and 17th May. (I have no further reports as yet.) The two players play two different matches, the first one was played in Bern in February. Lucas Brunner won 3 1/2-2 1/2. 12) Sigeman Wernbro & Co Grandmaster Tournament by Piotr Nestorow ----------------------------------------------------------------- The strongest Swedish tournament of the year will be held starting on the 30th May. Sigeman Wernbro & Co Grandmaster Tournament 30 May - 7 June at the Savoy Hotel Malmo SWEDEN The strongest tournament of the year in Sweden. Starting: Name Country ELO IGM Ivan Sokolov BIH 2645 IGM Ulf Andersson SWE 2630 IGM Johann Hjartarson ISL 2590 IGM Ferdinad Hellers SWE 2585 IGM Matthew Sadler ENG 2575 IGM Jonny Hector SWE 2540 IM Rune Djurhuus NOR 2495 IM Giovanni Vescovi BRA 2465 IM Stellan Brynell SWE 2435 Johan Hellsten SWE 2420 13) Olympiad U16 Canaries - Spain in May 1995 by Einar Karlsson ---------------------------------------------------------------- The chessplayers of the future played in the Olympiad under 16 years old from May 6. to 15. The most famous is Peter Leko of Hungary (2570). The team from Iceland proved to be the strongest in the end and won the event. They won the teams from Yugoslavia (3.5/0.5) and England (2.5/1.5) in the last two rounds. The players for the Icelandic team were: Jon Viktor Gunnarsson, Bragi Torfinnsson, Bergsteinn Einarsson and Bjorn Torfinnsson. Bjorn and Bragi are brothers. Here is the final score after 7 rounds: 1. Iceland ............................. 19 points. 2. Hungary ............................. 17.5 - 3. Georgia ............................. 17 - 4. Yugoslavia (A) ...................... 16.5 - 5. England ............................. 16.5 - 6. Moscu. .............................. 16 - 7. Spain (A) ........................... 15.5 - 8. France .............................. 15 - 9. Ukraine ............................. 15 - 10. Argentina ........................... 14.5 - 11. Spain (B) ........................... 14.5 - 12. Norway .............................. 14.5 - 13. Holland ............................. 14.5 - 14. Switzerland ......................... 14 - 15. Russia .............................. 13.5 - 16. Portugal ............................ 13.5 - 17. Marruecos ........................... 13 - 18. Bosnia Herzegovina .................. 13 - 19. Gran Canaria ........................ 10.5 - 20. Canaries ............................ 10 - 21. Yugoslavia (B) ...................... 9.5 - 22. Luxembourg .......................... 5 - 14) 2nd Hawaii International Report by Eric Schiller for Chessworks Net News ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Hawaii International Leading Final Standings -------------------------------------------------------------- Djuric,S YUG 2460 9 1 Martinovsky,E USA 2340 8.5 2 Donaldson,J USA 2420 8 3 Au,L USA 2295 6.5 4 Takata,R USA 2285 6 5 Mont-Reynaud,J USA 2285 5.5* 6= Reuben,S ENG 2270 5.5 6= Schiller,E USA 2260 5.5 6= Weideman,T USA 2230 4.5 9= Shipman,L USA 2175 4.5 9= Nakamura,C USA 2060 4.5 9= Bhat,V USA 4 12= Yasutake,P USA 4 12= Martin,B USA 4 12= Chapin,C USA 3.5 15 Rubsamen,C GER 3 16 Smith,P USA 2 17 ------------------------------------------------------------- Games will be posted after I check and cleanup the files. *Jordy did not play in one round and received a half-point bye. Smith played Mui as a house playr twice The 1996 Hawaii International will take place at the Ocean Resort Hotel, Waikiki, from May 9-19, 1996. Details will be posted as they become available, but the following conditions are known: 10 Rounds, Modified Swiss (prioritized for color alternation) Rounds: Weekdays at 5:30 PM, Weekends at 2:30 PM Deluxe hotel rooms with kitchens approximately $63 per room per night. We will try and arrange air/hotel packages. Prize fund will be at least $2500 Entry fees: GM, IM, WGM, WIM, free FM, WFM or FIDE 2300+ (USA) $100 FM, WFM or FIDE 2300+ (Foreign) $50 FIDE 2200+ (Hawaii) $100 FIDE 2200+ (USA) $125 FIDE 2200+ (Foreign) $75 FIDE 2000+ (Hawaii) $125 Unrated (Hawaii) $150 Unrated (USCF/National rating over 2100) $250 Players under the age of 18 or over 60 pay half these fees. We hope that there will be some sort of weekend swiss in San Francisco on Maui May 2-4, and that there will be some open events during the international. The "Western Tour" 1996 shapes up as follows: National Open (Las Vegas) April 25-27 Maui Open (or San Francisco) May 2-4 Hawaii Interntional May 9-19 Memorial Day Opens (Los Angeles, Seattle?) May 24-27 15) Studies Book Review by Brian Stephenson ------------------------------------------- Secrets of Spectacular Chess, by Jonathan Levitt and David Friedgood, Batsford, 1995. 222 pp., 184 diagrams. ISBN 0-7134-7721-0. 14.99. Here we have a rarity. A Batsford chess book written by two active problemists, one of them (Friedgood) the current British Chess Solving champion. Of course, both are well-known as strong players, Jonathan as a Grandmaster and David as a member of the famous Wood Green Chess Club in London and three times champion of South Africa. The blurb on the back cover would lead you to believe that this is another one of those books full of brilliant combinations written for practical players who want to improve their combinative vision. Perhaps on one level it is, but players buying it for this purpose may well start off being bitterly disappointed, Hopefully they will read on and get caught up in all kinds of beautiful ideas that will be new to them. If they do, they will enhance their knowledge and appreciation of chess. In the introduction, the authors try hard to convince the sceptical player of the case for chess composition, and not just as beautiful ideas to look at. After all, knowing what a Novotny is may well enable the player to recognise that he has the opportunity to play one! At its highest level, this book is no less an achievement than the proposition of a theory of chess aesthetics! Such a thing has been tried before, but only rarely. Part one gives the background to beauty in chess, while part two expounds the theory, and both are liberally sprinkled with well-chosen problems and studies. Jonathan and David introduce their four elements - paradox, depth, geometry and flow, and devote a chapter to each. Part three, Sampling the Spectacular, which is the remainder of the book, is devoted to examples of spectacular chess classified according to the new theory. It will come as no surprise to problemists and study enthusiasts that only one of the four chapters in this last section of the book includes games! Of course the book also serves as a thorough introduction to chess problems and studies for the majority player, and can be read as such even if the aesthetic theory proves too unpalatable to some. Even experienced problemists will find that they have much to enjoy. Those who wish to learn more about studies could do a lot worse than buy this book. All the studies are annotated by a Grandmaster player and a top solver, and the cover price is probably worth this alone! There is an introduction by Grandmaster John Nunn (another strong player well-known for his advocacy of problems and studies) explaining his attraction to the aesthetic in chess. To this end he quotes both games and studies. His first example is the famous Adams-Torre affair from New Orleans 1920, probably one of the most quoted game combinations in the whole of chess literature. Sadly, research by Dale Brandreth strongly suggests that this game was spurious, having been made up by Torre. For details see Spurious Games in The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld) Hopefully, this will be the last time that this 'game' is quoted as a game, but the fact that the first example in the book is another composition cheers me up! This book covers more aspects of chess than many other chess books I have seen. Well done to the authors for producing a very good chess book, readable on several different levels. It can be read from beginning to end, but is perfect as a bedside book, to be dipped into whenever your chess palate is jaded, for certainly the whole book is a hymn to the beauty of chess! Well done Batsford. You have been very brave!! Brian Stephenson (100447.2043@compuserve.com) 16) Tournament calendar by Michael Niermann ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Many thanks to all who have sent us some tournament informations, but we still need some help. If you want to support us, please send infos about tournaments in your country to niermann@math.uni-dortmund.de. We're especially looking for tournaments in Spain this summer. To the organizers of tournaments: It would be much easier for me, if you could send me in addition to the announcement a short description in the format below May 23-31 Maria Alm (AUT) Open for Senior-Player, 9xCH Tel +43 6582 2196 May 24-28 SOEST (NED) Chess Festival: 9 rounds swiss in 5 days, rapidchess (May 25) and blitz (May 26). Dfl 65.00. First prize Dfl 2,000. More details will follow. Tel +31-35-247929 (Rob van Aurich) Fax +31-35-239610 E-mail rvaurich@worldaccess.nl May 25-28 Malmo (SWE), Limhamn Open, 7xCH(modified), ELO, registration till 9.15am (300SEK), 40/120+G/30 Mellanhedsskolan, Gyllenbagen 1, Malmo, Prizes 7000,5000,3000,2000,1000,3x500 SEK, May 25-28 Erlangen (GER) 7xCH, no ELO, 90DM Tel +49 9131 47703 May 25-28 Crailsheim (GER) 7xCH, ELO, no norms, 90DM Tel +49 7951 6468 May 25-28 Erfurt (GER), 9xCH, 30min, 25DM, Tel +49 361 6435132 May 25-28 Herne (GER), 7xCH, 70DM, Tel +49 2323 18112 May 25-28 Jarny (FRA), 7xCH, 120F, Tel +33 82334815 May 25-30 Hong Kong, ICCA Computer Chess World Championships Chinese University of Hong Kong Tel (+852)-26098254 (Dr. H.K.Tsang) Fax (+852)-26035558 email hktsang@mailbox.ee.cuhk.hk May 27-29 Long Beach, California, (USA), 16th Annual Memorial Day Classic, 6xCH, 7sections, long Beach Airport Marriott Hotel (310-425-5210), $20,000 (US) guaranteed tel 310-634-8477 fax 310-988-9573 (Charles Rostedt) May 27-June 3 Mainz (GER) 9xCH, ELO, Tel +49 6131 223990 or Tel/Fax +49 6131 85399 May 28 Aachen(GER) ASV-Open, 25/30DM, 7xCh 30min, prizes 4250DM (1. 1000DM) Mies van der Rohe Schule, Neukoellner Str. Tel +49 241 154703 or +49 241 552974 email norbert@i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de May 31 - Kecskemet (HUN), Scheveninger-tmts (9x CH) June 6 Tel/Fax +36 76481685 June 2-6 BUSSUM (NED) Interpolis Whitsuntide (Pentecost) tournament: 7 rounds swiss in 4 days. First prize Dfl 2,000. More details will follow. Tel +31-35-247929 (Rob van Aurich) Fax +31-35-239610 E-mail rvaurich@worldaccess.nl June 2-3 AMERSFOORT (NED) Levob insurances "Weekend"-tournament SG Amersfoort Tel +31-3494-54415 June 2-5 Jena (GER), 7xCH, 60DM, Tel +49 3641 51892 June 3-4 Echternach (LUX), 2.Pfingstopen, prizes 90000Fb, fee 400Fb+100Fb after 1.6., GM and IM free, Tel +?? 728715-265 or 728561 Fax +?? 728290 R. Rippinger Tel +?? 729142 P. Heiderscheid June 3-5 Gothenburg (SWE), 9xCH, G/60, fee 250/150(juniors) Sw kr, Prices 5000/3000/2000/1000/4x500 Sw kr, rating and special prices, Vegagatan 20, 413 09 Gothenburg, more details in TWIC 28 Tel +46 31 244715 (Gothenburg Chess Federation) Tel +46 31 248732 (Ari Ziegler) June 3-10 Ischia (ITA) International Festival, tel +39-81-668811 or +39-81-668875 fax +39-81-7612354 Mr. Fabio, Luca Orofino June 3-14 Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday" GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev) Tel/Fax +361 263 2859 June 9-10 PUTTEN (NED) 2nd Chess Festival of Putten Tel +31-3418-61140 June 10 Westerlo (BEL), 2nd Blitz and Rapid Chess Tournament, 1st group: 20 best players, 19xRR, G/5, prizes 5000-3000-1000-1000 BEF several groups: 8 players, 7xRR, G/15 Tel +32 14 264329 (Sylvin de Vet) or +32 14 545598 (Willy Pluymers) Email grisly@glo.be (Guy Laenen) June 10-16 Bolzano (ITA), International Open, tel +39-471-921870 June 10-18 Bad Bevensen (GER), 9xCH, ELO, norms?, 120DM, Tel +49 5821 41024 June 13+19+21 UTRECHT (NED) Zuilentournament chessclub Oud Zuylen Tel +31-3465-62960 June 13-July 1 AMERSFOORT (NED) (7 days only) Tournament for players living near the river Eem. Tel +31-33-943544 (Jos Boemaars) June 14-18 Giessen (GER),14th Open, 7xCH, ELO, no norms, 75 DM Tel +49 6403 71213 or +49 641 53492 Room:Verkehrsamt Giessen,Berliner Platz,D-35390 Giessen detailed info in TWIC 21(German) and 22 (English) June 15-17 Hockenheim (GER) June 15: Blitztournament (teams (4 player per team)) June 16,17: rapidchesstournament (9x CH) Tel +49 6205 6837 Fax +49 6205 17079 June 15-18 Melktal (AUT), 5x CH, No Elo 4 categories (open, U2000,U1800,U1600) Tel +43 2756 2247 Fax +43 2756 8742 June 16-26 Kecskemet (HUN), IM-tmts (Kat II-IV), 11-13 rounds Tel/Fax +36 76481685 June 16-18 UTRECHT (NED) 22nd Open ch of the city of Utrecht: 6 rounds swiss weekend tournament. Group 1 >1800 elo Group 2 <1900 elo First prizes group 1 Dfl 2,000 Group 2 Dfl 500 Enrollment group 1 Dfl 50 (FM 25 IM/GM free) group 2 Dfl 37.50 Closing date May 29 Tel +31-30-615426 or +31-30-880823 E-mail rvaurich@worldaccess.nl June 17 Locarno (CH), 9th International Marathon Open-air, blitz (5 min), 39 rounds ! three groups of 40 players, divided by strength, MANY GM - IM - FM in the first group! roberto@mecasoft.ch June 17-18 Bad Bevensen (GER), 11xCH, 30min, 60DM, Tel +49 5821 41024 June 17-19 Tartu (EST) 9xCH, 50DM (June 17+18)+ Blitz(June 19), no ELO Tel +372 7 421281 June 17-24 Bolzano (ITA), Festival tel +39-471-921870 June 17-25 Arosa (CH), Open for Women,9x CH, Elo? Roland Harth, CH-7000 Chur, Belmontstr. 9 June 22-25 Milano (ITA), Robeccheto con Induno, International Festival, 6rd tel +39-2-9761580 Mr. Vito Grandieri, hours 15/21 +39-2-9746206 Mr. Flavio Polloni, hours 15/21 June 24-July 2 Wulkaprodersdorf (AUT), 9x CH Tel +43 2687 62386 June 25-July 2 Telese (ITA), International Festival tel +39-824-976980 Mr. Pancrazio Affinito June 26-June 30 Naantali (FIN), 7x CH Tel +358 21 2421 650 June 26-July 6 Kopenhagen (DEN), 10x CH Tel +45 4399 2541 June 30-July 8 Velden (AUT) 9xCH, Elo, Norms, 750 oeS Tel +43 4274 2103 Fax +43 4274 51078 June 30-July 10 Trencin (Slovakia), Open 11x CH int. slov. championship Tel +42 831 25327 Fax +42 831 30171 July 1-7 Kecskemet (HUN), Scheveninger-tmts (9x CH) Tel/Fax +36 76481685 July 1-9 Prag (CZE), 9x CH Tel/Fax +42 2401 1208 July 1-11 Radviliskis (LTU), 9x CH open class, junior class (born 1981 and later) Tel +370 92 53507 Fax +370 92 51281 July 1-12 Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday" GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev) Tel/Fax +361 263 2859 July 3-9 Kuopio (FIN), HEART OF FINLAND, 5th Open International Chess Tournament, entry fee from free (GM/IM) to FIM 350, 9xCH, ELO, norms, 40/120+20/60+G/30, prices about FIM 30.000, Accomodation at tel. +358-71-170102 (Hotel Puijonsarvi) Tel +358-71-2611854 Eila Kilpi| +358-41-218737 or 949-643337 Hannu Olkinuora +358-0-2919319 Esko Nuutilainen more detailed info in TWIC 29 July 7-17 Hrabyne (CZE), World Chess Festival of Physically Disabled 9xCH, 30/120+G/30, detailed info in TWIC 33 Tel +42 69 4439851 L. Hradil (English, Italian, French, German) or +42 653 61776 R. Pavlicek (German) Fax +42 653 61 922 July 8-16 Hawick (SCO), The 102nd Scottish Chess Congress, Open, <1800, <1500 plus other events, one of the oldest chess events in the World, Teviotdale Leisure Centre Tel +44 0131 555 6002 Simon Kellett July 8-16 Toronto (CAN), Canadian Open July 8-16 St. Veit (AUT), 9x CH, no Elo Tel +43 4212 440773 Tel +43 4212 6047 July 8-16 Oberwart (AUT), 9x CH, Elo, norms, prizes ca 120000 OES, entry fee 500(youth)/700 OES, GM+IM free, Internat der Stadt Oberwart (Verwaltung), Schulgasse 31, A-7400 Oberwart, Tel +43 3352 2866 Tel +43 3352 8940 Fax +43 3352 286622 July 10-19 Budapest (HUN), Bela Papp Memorial, 9x CH for players born 1972 and later Kiss Gergely, Arato utca 2, H-1121 Budapest July 12-23 Trimex Open Pardubice (CZE), 9x CH, many groups Tel +42 40512380 July 14-16 Hawick (SCO), The Scottish Borders Weekend Chess Congress, Open, <1800, <1600, <1400 Tel +44 01450 373502 David Bogle July 14 Canberra (AUS), Humans v Computers Match Info: Shaun Press, 42 Mockridge Cres, Holt 2617, Australia, +61-06-255-2040 July 15-19 Gent (BEL), 18th INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESSTOURNAMENT, FLANDERS EXPO, entry fee: 1.250 BEF to free (GM/IM), registrations till 1pm, 9xCH, G/120, 1st prize 60000 BEF, several special prizes, more details in TWIC 32 Tel (32)(9)222.30.46 Dirk Schutyser email harry.cattoir@rug.ac.be July 15-16 Canberra (AUS), Australian National University Open Venue: Old Canberra House, ANU, Canberra, Australia Info: Shaun Press, 42 Mockridge Cres, Holt 2617, Australia, +61-06-255-2040 July 16-26 Kecskemet (HUN), IM-tmts (Kat II-IV), 11-13 rounds Tel/Fax +36 76481685 July 17-28 Canberra (AUS), Australian National University Interna- tional Masters, 10 Player Round-Robin, IM Norms, Info: Shaun Press, 42 Mockridge Cres Holt, ACT, Australia, +61-06-255-2040 July 24 Dieren (NED), some tmts -August 2 Tel + 31 23254025 July 21 Biel (SUI) 12 tournaments, Open: 9-11xCH, ELO, norms -August 5 30sFr (blitz)-250sFr Tel +41 32 534040 Fax +41 32 228688 or +41 32 535925 July 28 Budweis (CZE), 9x CH -August 8 Tel + 42 3852974 July 29 Gausdal (NOR), Peer Gynt International, 9xCH, elo/norms? -August 4 Tel +47 22679520 Fax +47 22679513 July 29 Montecatini Terme - Int. Festival, 9xCH, ELO, norms -August 6 tel +39-572-78177 Mr. Paganelli fax +39-572-772307 July 29 Lippstadt (GER), ELO-Open, 9xCH, 40/120+G/60, -August 6 Gaststaette Fernhomberg, Am Stadtpark 1, 59555 Lippstadt prizes: 1000/600/400/200/100DM, entry fee from 0 (>2400) to 100DM, more details in TWIC 28 Tel ++49-2941-60514 (Klaus Muenster) email mac@uni-paderborn.de (Hubert Mackenberg) August 2-11 Antwerpen (BEL), 9xCH, ELO-tournament (+2200 national rating or any FIDE rating) or B tournament (others - this one starts on Aug. 3),500 BEF Info: Lost Boys Schaaktoernooi Antwerpen'95 Claudius Prinsenlaan 146 4818 CP Breda The Netherlands Tel: +(31)76 14 11 14 Fax: +(31)76 20 22 82 August 2-30 (wed) New York (USA), 4TH ANNUAL CCLNY "CHESS FOR THE FUN OF IT" RATING TOURNAMENT, G/90, entry fee $6, prizes 50,20,15, 10 and 5% after expenses, venue: Con Edison Building at 4 Irving Place, start 18.30, detailed info in TWIC 33 email capsa@igc.apc.org August 5-12 St.Ingbert (GER), Jubilaeumsturnier, Open: 9xCH, ELO, 40/120+G/60, 5000-3000-2000-1500-1000- 800-600-500-400-300DM and special prizes, entry fee 100DM+20DM after 22.7., GM and IM free Blitz: 10.8., 16.00h, 20xCH, 25DM, 800-600-400-200DM Seniors(<1935):7xCH, 40/120+G/60, prizes in kind Tel+Fax +49 6821 730145 K. Jung Tel +49 6894 2364 or +49 6894 6688 Fax +49 6894 35392 K. Unbehend August 5-16 Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday" GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev) Tel/Fax +361 263 2859 August 6-13 Gausdal International (NOR), 9xCH, elo/norms? Tel +47 22679520 Fax +47 22679513 August 7-12 Hengelo (NED), STORK tournament (open Dutch junior championships). Four sections: U20, U16, U14 and U12. 9xCH, Admission: DFL 50 (FIDE-rated free),Prizes: over DFL 6000 total (1st. U20 DFL 1000). email anjo@swi.psy.uva.nl. August 7-13 Mureck (AUT), 2. int. Youthtournament (U10-U20), 9x CH Tel +43 316 8773618 Tel +43 3472 2739 Fax +43 316 8773618/4388 August 11-17 Kecskemet (HUN), Scheveninger-tmts (9x CH) Tel/Fax +36 76481685 August 19-29 Kecskemet (HUN), IM-tmts (Kat II-IV), 11-13 rounds Tel/Fax +36 76481685 August 21-29 Porto S. Giorgio - Int. Festival tel +39-734-679745 or +39-734-675590 August 21- Melbourne (AUS), AUSTRALIAN MASTERS TOURNAMENT, September 2 12 player RR, appearance fee 100 $AUS, detailed info in TWIC 32 E-mail: gbekker@suburbia.apana.org.au September 2-10 Werfen (AUT), 10. Werfener Schachfestival, prizes ca 100000 OES(open)/20000 OES(under 1900), Gerhard Herndl, Almweg 14, A-5400 Hallein, Tel +43 6245-86620 or +43 6245-895124 Fax +43 6245-895168 September 4-10 Kecskemet (HUN), Scheveninger-tmts (9x CH) Tel/Fax +36 76481685 September 16-26 Kecskemet (HUN), IM-tmts (Kat II-IV), 11-13 rounds Tel/Fax +36 76481685 October 1-7 Kecskemet (HUN), Scheveninger-tmts (9x CH) Tel/Fax +36 76481685 October 1-2 Greater Sydney Chess Festival, Venue: The Huntley Hotel, Parramatta, Australia Contact: Australian Chess Enterprises, PO Box 6301 Baulkham Hills, NSW 2153, Australia Tel x61-2-838-1529 Fax x61-2-838-1614 Email ace@sydney.dializ.oz.au October 14-15 Boston, MA (USA), Sixth Harvard Cup Human Versus Computer Chess Challenge (participation by invitation only; spectators welcome) Computer Museum tel 617-876-5759; fax 617-491-9570; email cfc@isr.harvard.edu November 9-12 Leuven (BEL), 7th Leuven Open, 7xCH, 40/120+G/15, no elo, 1st prize=30000 BEF, total>=100000 BEF, entry fee 1100 BEF, Tel +32-16-623268 (Johan Vanhaverbeke) Tel +32-16-405517 (Boni Vandermeulen) Email : stef@uz.kuleuven.ac.be (Stef Renkens) detailed info in TWIC 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Chess Festival 95 of the Physically Disabled The IPCA is announcing the World Chess Festival of Physically Disabled to take place in the Rehabilitation Centre in Hrabyne near Ostrava in the Czech Republic. This will take place from July 7th to July 17th, 1995. This is the third international event organized by the Chess Club META Hrabyne and the International Physically Disabled Chess Association. The participants are predominantly challenged by polio, paraplegia and quadruplegia). Representatives from all over the world are being invited. The organizers will cover all expenses covering the stay of the participants and any accompanying persons within the Czech Republic. Representatives are cordially invited to match skills against chess players from around the world. Last year participants ranged in skill from 1350 to 2250. The movement speed is 30 moves in 2 hours plus 30 minutes for each player. Swiss system 9 rounds. For further information please contact: Mr. L. Hradil telephone: 0042 69 4439851 (speaks English, Italian, French, German) Mr. R. Pavlicek telephone: 0042 653 61776 (speaks German) General Secretary and META Chess Club Vice Chairman Fax: Czech Republic 0042 653 61 922 or write: IPCA-International Physically Disabled Chess Association 747 67 Hrabyne 3/201 Czech Republic, Europa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4TH ANNUAL CCLNY "CHESS FOR THE FUN OF IT" RATING TOURNAMENT The 4th Annual CCLNY "Chess for the Fun of It" Rating Tour- nament will be held on Wednesday evenings from 2 August through 30 August 1995. The venue will be the Con Edison Building, at 4 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003. The purpose of this tournament is expressed in its title. The idea is to play chess for the pleasure of playing chess and, if possible, to improve one's USCF rating. Thus, the entry fee has been kept to $6 and THERE WILL BE NO "CLASS PRIZES". However, after expenses (PPHBF, postage, photo- copying and USCF rating fee), the remainder of the monies collected will be distributed as prizes (50%, 20%, 15%, 10% and 5%, for 1st through 5th places). The time control is game/90. Rounds will start at 1830 hours (6:30pm). Half-point byes may be taken each round, without limit. However, the Tournament Direct must be noti- fied of the player's intention by 1700 hours of the day be- fore the round in which the bye is desired. (A forfeit means being dropped from the tournament.) This is a "No Smoking" tournament. It is doubtful that a computer/ software corporation will be interested, but, just for the record, no computers are allowed. Advance entries may be made by sending checks to Jerome Bibuld, 377 Westchester Ave. -- Apt. 5M, Port Chester, NY 10573, or by sending email to capsa@igc.apc.org. Those who send email reservations will NOT be paired if they are not at the playing site by 1815 hours on 2 August. Please come, if you are in the area. In the past three years, we have had legitimate competition for USCF Experts down through Class Es. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------