THE WEEK IN CHESS 69 04/02/96 Mark Crowther --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Introduction 2) Women's World Chess Championships Jaen Spain 3) FIDE President's Press Conference. 4) Keres Memorial Tournament 5) Karpov in Belgrade. 6) Kasparov vs Deep Blue. The IBM - ACM Chess Challenge. 7) Kasparov clock simultaneous in Brazil by Antonio Bento. 8) Results from Ubeda Open (January 20-29) by Martin Borriss 9) News from Israel - League and Rishon Tournament by Shay Bushinsky Rishon Le-Zion Intl' Cat 13 The fourth round of the Israeli national chess league 10) XLVI VILLA BALLESTER INTERNATIONAL OPEN 1996 sponsored by SIEMBRA 11) Geneva Open by Alessandro Miotto 12) Troll Masters Gausdal Norway 13) Hallsberg 1996 14) Raul Herman Charlier Memorial Sao Paulo 15) Internet Chess Club: Computer defeats GM Gulko in Man versus Machine Match 16) Linklater Memorial Northern California's Invitational Championship 17) Danny Mozes annotates Anand - Sokolov GAMES SECTION ------------- Women's World Chess Championships Jaen Spain 3 games Keres Memorial Tournament Parnu Estonia 1 game Man Machine ICC match 2 games Gausdall Troll Masters 188 games EXTRA GAMES SECTION ------------------- Geneva Open 316 games Raul Herman Charlier Memorial Sao Paulo 97 games Siembra Villa Ballester ARG 254 games Extra Sections available via ftp and from my www: These extra sections are available at: Pittsburgh ftp site. (ftp.pitt.edu, group/chess/NEWS) (probably Monday) and straight away at my www site - http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/chess.html (note this is tilda mdcrowth, some terminals display this as a percent sign which won't work) 1) Introduction --------------- My thanks to TASC, Shay Bushinsky, Danny Mozes, ICC, Antonio Bento IBM, Bosko Grove, Anjo Anjewierden, Jonathan Tisdall, Adriano Von Pfuhl Rodrigues, Roberto G.Alvarez, Alessandro Miotto, Eric Schiller, Sam Sloan, Eric Peterson and James Eade. A large issue this week. It has seen the start of the Women's World championships in Jaen Spain start, the Keres Memorial Tournaments in Parnu Estonia. Kasparov is in action later this week against Deep Blue. Hope you enjoy this issue. Mark 2) Women's World Chess Championships Jaen Spain ------------------------------------------------ This best of 16 games match could be the last FIDE match of any type if the current problems continue. Xie Jun took the lead in game one with a long 60 move grind. Xie Jun has a large team of helpers, Zsuzsa only her family, but of course one of those is Judit Polgar! TASC are covering the event on their www page: http://www.tasc.nl/wwc Danny Mozes also is covering the event on his page: http://www.netvision.net.il/~ChessTreasure 1) Polgar, Zsuzsa - Xie Jun 0-1 60 2) Xie Jun - Polgar, Zsuzsa 1/2 17 3) Polgar, Zsuzsa - Xie Jun 1/2 19 4) Xie Jun - Polgar, Zsuzsa 0-1 Najdorf Sicilian Game 4 is not available at the moment. My thanks to Shay Bushinsky for the result. Jaen (ESP), I-II 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Polgar, Zsuzsa g HUN 2550 0 = = 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 2530 Xie Jun g CHN 2530 1 = = 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 2550 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) FIDE President's Press Conference. -------------------------------------- FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov held a press conference in Moscow to expand upon his ideas for a knockout World Championships. It is unclear whether those close to him are telling him how much this new idea is loathed by everyone or if he is genuinely ploughing ahead in the face of this. What is very unclear to me is how he believes this essentially random event is supposed to be media friendly. Tennis is given as the analogy, I would say this event is the equivalent to settling tennis matches by playing a couple of games and if there is a tie after that jumping straight to a tie break to decide the match. Stupid. However at the moment there appears no way of stopping this suggested new format of event. There is a suggestion that the new event start in Groningen and finish in Wijk aan Zee. Anand is quoted as saying that the World number one should be decided by rating. At the moment this is De Facto the case. 4) Keres Memorial Tournament by Mart Tarmak ------------------------------------------- The Paul Keres memorial tournament started in Parnu. This town on the west coast of Estonia is the town of his schoolyears and his very first successes in chess. At the opening ceremony in Parnu's Town Hall his widow Maria Keres took part, the opening words were said by the President of Estonia Lennart Meri. There are actually three tournaments are going on at the same time in the big hall of the hotel Strand. A (XVII category, two cycles): 1. g Nigel Short (ENG) 2665; 2. g Lembit Oll (EST) 2640; 3. g Ivan Sokolov (BIH) 2665; 4. g Jaan Ehlvest (EST) 2660; 5. g Zbynek Hracek (CZE) 2650; 6. g Aleksandr Khalifman (RUS) 2650. B (X category): 1. g Aloyzas Kveinys (LTU) 2500; 2. g Edvins Kengis (LAT) 2570; 3. Riho Liiva (EST) 2425; 4. m Mihhail Rotsagov (EST) 2495; 5. m Aleksander Veingold (EST) 2425; 6. g Vladimir Epishin (RUS) 2645; 7. m Kaido Kulaots (EST) 2400; 8. m Zoltan Gyimesi (HUN) 2545; 9. g Heikki Westerinen (FIN) 2410; 10 m Olav Sepp (EST) 2440. Women (women X category) With GMs Rakhil Eidelson (BLS), Marta Litinskaja (UKR) and Olga Stjashkina (RUS), Russian Championship's silver medalist Jekaterina Kovalevskaja, Finnish champion Johanna Paasikangas Inna Dubinka (UKR) Four Estonia players who were very good in Moscow Olympiad - Monika Tsoganova, Tatjana Fomina, Leili Parnpuu and Tuulikki Laesson. The results of the first round on Friday: Short - Khalifman draw, Sokolov - Ehlvest draw, Oll - Hracek 1:0. (This last game will be added, other games of A and B tournament later). In B tournament Liiva - Gyimesi 1:0, all other games were drawn. 5) Karpov in Belgrade --------------------- On Saturday a strong Cat XVI 6 player double round tournament started in Belgrade. It will move on to another city for the second half of the event. Karpov, Bareev, Salov are the foreign players and Peter Popovic is one of the three local players. 6) Kasparov vs Deep Blue. The IBM - ACM Chess Challenge. --------------------------------------------------------- It is reasonably well known that I am not a fan of computer chess but one really has to take ones hat off to the promoters of these matches. Kasparov's match against Fritz 4 Pentium sponsored by INTEL in London was given the kind of publicity effort that has been sadly lacking in both the FIDE and PCA cycles recently (the PCA INTEL New York final excepted). This match will I believe receive a large amount of coverage when it takes place Feb 10,11, 13,14, 16,17 1996. Kasparov is reportedly preparing against various top class computers. As Van der Wiel said after his victory in the AEGON tournament the big secret for the human is not to start playing chess but to treat it as an almost entirely different game. The match will receive on the www the kind of coverage that one should expect for top class tournaments. http://www.ibm.com/Stretch/EOS/deepblue.html gives a general introduction to the match and http://www.ibm.park.org/chess.html promises us live coverage, expert commentary etc. 7) Kasparov clock simultaneous in Brazil by Antonio Bento. ---------------------------------------------------------- Gary Kasparov played a "clock simul" (2 hours for each/ 2:30 - Kasparov) against the Brazilian team (3 players from the Olympiad Brazilian Team and 3 players nominated by Rio de Janeiro Chess Federation. The event was held on January 27th in Rio de Janeiro Jockey Club - El Turf, Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil. The result was a 5-1 victory for Kasparov: g Kasparov,G 1/2 g Milos m Lima D 1/2 g Kasparov,G g Kasparov,G 1-0 m Vescovi,G ======================================= m Toth,C 0-1 g Kasparov,G g Kasparov,G 1-0 Miranda,M Gouveia,C 0-1 g Kasparov,G Detailed player information: 4100018 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2775 19 13.04.63 5 ------------------------------------------------------- 2100029 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2565 31 30.10.63 1/2 2100045 Lima, Darcy m BRA 2440 55 22.05.62 1/2 2100789 Vescovi, Giovanni m BRA 2475 59 14.06.78 0 2100339 Toth, Christian Endre m BRA 2375 0 26.02.68 0 2100371 Miranda, Marcio M.C. BRA 2305 11 16.07.42 0 Gouveia,C BRA ---- 0 8) Results from Ubeda Open (January 20-29) by Martin Borriss --------------------------------------------------------- A strong open took place in Ubeda, Spain (near Linares). 32 GM and about 40 IM (135 players total) played a ten-round swiss. As expected, one of the Armenian national team members took first prize (500000 pesetas). Among the players not in the prize money ranged the participation of David Bronstein (played with Botwinnik for WM title in 1951!) and 11 year old Marc Paragua (Philippines) were the major attractions for (surprisingly many) people visiting the tournament. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2580 11 14.02.58 8 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2520 20 16.07.64 7.5 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2520 22 27.10.66 7.5 Giorgadze, Giorgi g GEO 2590 79 10.10.64 7.5 Pogorelov, Ruslan m UKR 2440 40 07.06.59 7.0 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2620 11 07.12.71 7.0 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2505 26 18.04.46 7.0 Izeta Txabarri, Felix g ESP 2470 36 03.08.61 7.0 Marin, Mihail g ROM 2545 35 21.04.65 7.0 Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2565 39 14.09.69 7.0 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2490 74 21.12.57 6.5 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2545 20 . . 6.5 *** Baburin, Alexander m IRL 2505 34 19.02.67 6.5 Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2545 35 10.11.54 6.5 Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2505 50 15.11.47 6.5 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2530 27 20.10.60 6.5 Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2555 43 . . 6.5 Wells, Peter K g ENG 2495 66 17.04.65 6.5 Kacheishvili, Giorgi m GEO 2460 23 10.02.77 6.5 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2565 58 24.08.67 6.5 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2590 49 25.07.69 6.5 Marinelli, Tullio m ITA 2415 38 30.04.67 6.5 Mohr, Georg m SLO 2495 25 02.02.65 6.5 Mohr, Stefan g GER 2440 0 22.10.67 6.5 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2615 9 18.09.64 6.5 *** Drasko, Milan g YUG 2505 54 06.12.62 6.0 Kolev, Atanas g BUL 2510 49 15.07.67 6.0 Ionov, Sergey m RUS 2515 33 07.01.62 6.0 Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2495 58 11.04.68 6.0 Marciano, David m FRA 2495 33 04.07.69 6.0 Tregubov, Pavel V. g RUS 2470 50 27.12.71 6.0 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2575 66 16.08.67 6.0 Sulipa, Aleksandar m UKR 2430 13 03.06.72 6.0 Ragozin, Evgeni m RUS 2475 27 . . 6.0 Mirzoev, Azer AZE 2265 0 . . 6.0 Agnos, Demetrios m ENG 2460 52 11.06.70 6.0 Velikhanli, Firuza g AZE 2350 16 . . 6.0 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2585 69 21.07.57 6.0 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S. m ECU 2430 21 17.12.66 6.0 Lyrberg, Patrik m SWE 2425 39 30.08.76 6.0 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2580 35 21.05.66 6.0 Hodgson, Julian M. g ENG 2615 58 25.07.63 6.0 Georgiev, Vladimir m BUL 2435 60 27.08.75 6.0 Borriss, Martin m GER 2405 3 28.04.70 6.0 Shevelev, Sergei m RUS 2430 0 07.04.69 6.0 *** Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2535 59 . . 6.0 Ardeleanu, Alin m ROM 2390 53 14.12.64 6.0 Volzhin, Alexander m RUS 2485 29 02.02.71 6.0 Hernandez Basante 6.0 Dongre, R.M. IND 2145 15 . . 6.0 Suba, Mihai g ROM 2565 56 01.06.47 5.5 Ortega, Lexy m CUB 2490 59 08.03.60 5.5 Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2450 48 13.10.65 5.5 Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2475 48 01.07.44 5.5 San Segundo, Pablo g ESP 2535 34 09.02.70 5.5 Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2400 58 16.05.67 5.5 Kristensen, Bjarke m DEN 2430 8 09.04.56 5.5 *** Galego, Luis m POR 2445 51 25.04.66 5.5 Schwarz, Michael m GER 2395 16 22.07.71 5.5 *** Ponnuswamy, Konguvel m IND 2395 24 28.08.73 5.5 *** *** these are educated guesses amongst a number of alternatives. 9) News from Israel - League and Rishon Tournament by Shay Bushinsky ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishon Le-Zion Intl' Cat 13 ---------------------------- Round 1 (1996.01.27) Alterman, Boris - Greenfeld, Alon 1/2 Kosashvili, Yona - Shmuter, Leonid 1/2 Goldin, Alexander - Kotronias, Vasilios 1/2 Liss, Eran - Yudasin, Leonid 0-1 Manor, Ilan - Polgar, Sofia 1-0 Round 2 (1996.01.28) Kotronias, Vasilios - Alterman, Boris 0-1 Yudasin, Leonid - Shmuter, Leonid 1-0 Liss, Eran - Manor, Ilan 1-0 Greenfeld, Alon - Kosashvili, Yona 1/2 Polgar, Sofia - Goldin, Alexander 0-1 Round 3 (1996.01.29) Alterman, Boris - Polgar, Sofia 1-0 Kosashvili, Yona - Kotronias, Vasilios 1/2 Goldin, Alexander - Liss, Eran 0-1 Shmuter, Leonid - Greenfeld, Alon 1-0 Manor, Ilan - Yudasin, Leonid 1/2 Round 4 (1996.01.30) Kotronias, Vasilios - Shmuter, Leonid 1-0 Yudasin, Leonid - Greenfeld, Alon 0-1 Liss, Eran - Alterman, Boris 1/2 Manor, Ilan - Goldin, Alexander 0-1 Polgar, Sofia - Kosashvili, Yona 1/2 Round 5 (1996.01.31) Alterman, Boris - Manor, Ilan 1/2 Kosashvili, Yona - Liss, Eran 1-0 Shmuter, Leonid - Polgar, Sofia 1-0 Greenfeld, Alon - Kotronias, Vasilios 0-1 Goldin, Alexander - Yudasin, Leonid POSTPONED Rishon ISR (ISR), I-II 1996. cat. XIII (2555) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2585 * . 1 . . = . = = 1 3.5 /5 2680 2 Kosashvili, Yona g ISR 2580 . * = . . 1 = = . = 3.0 /5 2599 3 Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2610 0 = * = . . 1 1 . . 3.0 /5 2635 4 Goldin, Alexander g RUS 2600 . . = * . 0 . . 1 1 2.5 /4 2618 5 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2635 . . . . * 1 1 0 = . 2.5 /4 2605 6 Liss, Eran g ISR 2480 = 0 . 1 0 * . . 1 . 2.5 /5 2582 7 Shmuter, Leonid m UKR 2490 . = 0 . 0 . * 1 . 1 2.5 /5 2576 8 Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2560 = = 0 . 1 . 0 * . . 2.0 /5 2508 9 Manor, Ilan m ISR 2510 = . . 0 = 0 . . * 1 2.0 /5 2487 10 Polgar, Sofia HUN 2495 0 = . 0 . . 0 . 0 * 0.5 /5 2187 --------------------------------------------------------------------- The fourth round of the Israeli national chess league ----------------------------------------------------- A very successful round for the teams from Beer-Sheba ----------------------------------------------------- By Shay Bushinsky Rishon Le-Zion, the 1994 champions, took over the lead after a convincing win over the Technion. They enjoyed the low key draw of Herzelia that lead the league in the previous two rounds. Psakhis from Herzelia found himself having to resign to Gopstein after 20 moves failing to castle. Elizur are still failing to meet the expectations only drew with the underdog Macabi team. After 4 rounds only two players with a perfect score: GM Milov (Elizur) 3/3 & IM Kaspi (Rishon) 3/3. On the first board: Yudasin, Sutovsky, Soffer & Alterman 3/4. Beer-Sheba A 5.5 Hapoel P"T 0.5 GM Alon Greenfeld 1/2 GM Ram Soffer GM Alexander Huzman 1-0 Mosi Ravia IM Vitali Golod 1-0 Mark Duchovani IM Alex Vydeslaver 1-0 Oleg Pecker IM Boris Avruch 1-0 Jonathan Wapner Rishon 5 Technion 1 GM Boris Alterman 1-0 IM Maxim Uritzky GM Yona Kosashvili 1/2 IM Eduard Porper GM Eran Lies 1-0 GM Avigdor Bichovsky IM Leonid Shmuter 1/2 IM Mark Berkovic IM Alexander Kaspi 1-0 IM Eduard Grinshpon Herzelia 2.5 Bikurei Haitim 2.5 GM Lev Psakhis 0-1 GM Leonid Gopstein IM Yacov Zilberman 1-0 IM Ilan Manor GM Ronen Lev 1/2 IM Eliyahu Shvidler IM Dubi Zifroni 0-1 IM Alexander Krayz IM Leonid Slutsky 1-0 FM Moti Shrenzel Elizoor P"T 2.5 Makabi Afek 2.5 GM Leonid Yudasin 1/2 GM Emil Sutovsky GM Ilya Smirin 1-0 IM Michael Oratovsky GM Yaccov Murey 0-1 IM Boris Kanstler GM Alexander Goldin 1/2 IM Yaacov Stisis IM Artur Kogan 1/2 Avraham Malachi Asa 2.5 Givatayim 2.5 GM Gad Rechlis 1-0 GM Yehuda Gruenfeld IM Dan Zoler 1/2 IM Ofer Bruk IM Yaacov Bleiman 1/2 GM Vladimir Liberzon GM Yair Kridman 1/2 IM Ivy Godes Igor Sorkin 0-1 Boris Blodshtein Beer-Sheba B 5.5 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 0.5 GM Alexander FInkel 1-0 FM Israel Gelfer IM Victor Michalevsky 1/2 FM Ehud Lahav IM Alexander Michalevsky 1-0 IM Uriel Zak Dmitri Tiumkin 1-0 Simcha Katayev Gur Mitelman 1-0 Arkadi Blodshtein * An extra point is given to a team that wins Standings after four rounds: Rishon 17 Beer-Sheba A 16 Herzelia 15 Elizur 14.5 Hapoel P"T + Beer-Sheba B 12 Macabi + Bikuri 11 Asa 10.5 Technion 8.5 Givatayim 8 Hapoel T-A 3.5 ------------------------ 10) XLVI VILLA BALLESTER INTERNATIONAL OPEN 1996 sponsored by SIEMBRA ----------------------------------------------------------------- A series of reports from Roberto G.Alvarez on this event: He asks: {Attention publishers: This material is FREE por publication. Please support our tournament sending a sample of your magazine/newspaper where the material be published : Circulo de Ajedrez de Villa Ballester Casilla Correo 108 1653 -Villa Ballester Buenos Aires - ARGENTINA } ----------------------------------------------------------------------- XLVI VILLA BALLESTER INTERNATIONAL OPEN 1996 January 16 to 28 sponsored by S I E M B R A AFJP "Your company for all the life" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NO SUPRISES, by Roberto G.Alvarez ================================== With singular success started the "XLVI Villa Ballester International Chess Open",designated in this year "GREAT TOURNAMENT SIEMBRA" thanks to the support of the main Administratix Retirement and Pension Funds in Argentina. Take part of the competition 3 Grand Master, 11 International Masters in addition to several FIDE masters and strongs local players. Deserves be underlined the participation of IGM Oscar Panno (several times Argentine champion and former World Junior champion), the Russian IGM Maxim Sorokin (he played at the last Russian Championship), the IGM Ariel Sorin (winning of the Tilt Argentine Championship 1995), the IM Pablo Ricardi (twice a round Argentine champion and currently Nro.1 among the Argentines players in the ELO FIDE rating), and of course IM Andres Rodriguez (Uruguay) # 1 with ELO 2575. The first round of the tournament, with 160 registered players (record for the more ancient chess open in Argentina) was unfolded in 2, played the departures on tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17, defeating the favorites according to the previous expectations. On friday 19 it will be disputed the second round. Main results: ============ MI Rodriguez,Andres (URU) 1-0 Dickau,Daniel Altopiedi,Gustavo 0-1 GM Sorokin,Maxim (RUS) MI Ricardi,Pablo 1-0 Dalinger,Humberto Verdejo,Jose 0-1 GM Panno,Oscar Sepulveda,Leticia 0-1 GM Sorin,Ariel MI Fiorito,Fabian 1-0 Monetti,Carlos Costara,Manuel 0-1 MI Valerga,Diego MI Tempone,Marcelo 1-0 De Pauli,Federico Vieyra,Daniel 0-1 MI Giardelli,Sergio MI Hoffman,Alejandro 1-0 Velazquez,Gustavo Zaccagnino,Dante 0-1 MI Garbarino,Rodolfo MI Szmetan,Jorge 1-0 Escandell,Miguel Garcia Devesa,Manuel 0-1 MI Amura,Claudia Fernandez,Javier 0-1 MI Bielicki,Carlos SECOND ROUND: The Grand Masters on Top by Roberto Alvarez ------------------------------------------------------------- All the favorites (excepting IM Claudia Amura who managed to obtain a draw in a lost ending against Jose Uncal, and IM Alejandro Hoffman the same against Montes de Oca) wins his games, but some of them with very fighter jobs ! Grand Master Ariel Sorin played very well an attack game against the Slav defense used by former Argentina's chess champion Carlos Eleodoro Juarez. ELO favorite uruguayan IM Andres Rodriguez using his favorite Dutch defence defeated Juan Carlos De las Heras after neutralizing an interesting piece sacrifice. Good estrategy is the correct world to explain the victory of russian GM Maxim Sorokin against FM Carlos Bulcourf using a rare variant of slav defence (1.d4 c6 2.c4 b5 ?!?). Meanwhile, Panno and Ricardi haven't any troubles for defeating his opponents. Too, and interesting game was Franz Benko (82 years!) agains former U-16 world champion Marcelo Tempone who breaked Franz's resistance in 60 moves. Main results: ============ De las Heras,Juan C 0-1 IM Rodriguez,Andres (URU) IGM Sorokin,Maxim (RUS) 1-0 FM Bulcourf,Carlos Caramia,Javier 0-1 IM Ricardi,Pablo IGM Sorin,Ariel 1-0 Juarez,Carlos Eleodoro IGM Panno,Oscar 1-0 FM Labollita,Martin Benko,Franz 0-1 IM Tempone,Marcelo Romanelli,Gabriel 0-1 IM Fiorito,Fabian IM Valerga,Diego 1/2 Egger,Fernando IM Giardelli,Sergio 1-0 Belmonte,Diego M IM Garbarino,Rodolfo 1-0 Restuccia,Francisco Montes de Oca,Juan 1/2 IM Hoffman,Alejandro BLACK IS OK ? : A bad day for blacks (c) Roberto Alvarez ------------------------------------------------------------ The third round was one plenty of surprises. On board 2 Hernan Filgueira (a young player with FM strenght) draw against the "always" slav used by IGM Maxim Sorokin (his play is very solid with blacks). Meanwhile, the another co-leaders defeated his opponents : IM Ricardi mades an unclear piece sacrifice against Eduardo Peralta but after several complications won the game, and IM Andres Rodriguez beated former junior world champion IM Carlos Bielicki thanks a good positional job. But the main news was the defeat of IGM Ariel Sorin in hands of FM Antonio Anelli fighting the King's Indian Defence with the Saemisch Attack. Another surprise was the draw in board 5: FM Alberto Juarez against IGM Oscar Panno (one of the american all times greatest chessplayers). Juarez missed some opportunities and then the draw was unavoidable. Why I sad that blacks had a bad day ? For the first 10 boards, white scores 70 % and for all first 31, a solid plus: 63% . Blacks pieces are claiming for revenge .... Main Results Round 3 (20/01/96) =============================== 1 RODRIGUEZ ANDRES MI - BIELICKI CARLOS MI 1-0 2 FILGUEIRA HERNAN - SOROKIN MAXIN GM 1/2 3 RICARDI PABLO MI - PERALTA FERNANDO 1-0 4 ANELLI ANTONIO MF - SORIN ARIEL GM 1-0 5 JUAREZ ALBERTO MF - PANNO OSCAR GM 1/2 6 TEMPONE MARCELO MI - PEREZ PIETRONAVE 1-0 7 FIORITO FABIAN MI - SOLA RUBEN 1-0 8 ESCANDELL JUAN CARLO MF - GIARDELLI SERGIO MI 1/2 9 CIURLANTI FEDERICO - GARBARINO RODOLFO MI 0-1 10 BRUNO EDUARDO - CELIS GUSTAVO 1/2 11 SZMETAN JORGE MI - RECOULAT EDUARDO 1-0 12 FELGAER RUBEN - REIDES MARCELO MF 0-1 13 SCARELLA ENRIQUE MF - ALBARRAN GUSTAVO 1-0 14 UNCAL JOSE E - VALERGA DIEGO MI 0-1 15 HOFFMAN ALEJANDRO MI - VARELA GASTON 1-0 16 LARSEN MANUEL - AMURA CLAUDIA MIF 0-1 17 QUIROGA FACUNDO - SOLIS CARLOS 1/2 18 CAPUTO JUAN - SANTAOLALLA DANIEL 1-0 19 LORENZO JULIO - SANCHEZ FERNANDO MF 0-1 20 SAKURAI LEONARDO - GOMEZ RUBEN 1-0 21 JUNGBLUT JOSE - FERNANDEZ MAURO 0-1 22 EGGER FERNANDO - CIULLI ALFREDO 0-1 THREE MASTERS ON TOP by Roberto Alvarez ==================== Only three players holds the ideal 4 points after the same number of rounds : ELO favorite IM Andres Rodriguez (URU), argentine 's chess champion IM Pablo Ricardi and former U-16 world champion IM Marcelo Tempone. As announced in my previous report, the 4th round was one for Black's revenge, obtaining a very good score of 50 % in the first 10 boards, mainly for the victories of the three leaders : Rodriguez beated IM Rodolfo Garbarino using a french defence, Ricardi using the development by king's fianchetto in a well known variation of Sicilian Alapin, and Tempone with a king's indian defence. Tomorrow is the 5th round, with high interestings games in the first boards. Main Results Round 3 (21/1/96) ============================== 1 GARBARINO RODOLFO MI - RODRIGUEZ ANDRES MI 0-1 2 REIDES MARCELO MF - RICARDI PABLO MI 0-1 3 SZMETAN JORGE MI - TEMPONE MARCELO MI 0-1 4 SCARELLA ENRIQUE MF - FIORITO FABIAN MI 1/2 5 SOROKIN MAXIN GM - ANELLI ANTONIO MF 1-0 6 PANNO OSCAR GM - CAPUTO JUAN 1-0 7 VALERGA DIEGO MI - JUAREZ ALBERTO MF 1-0 8 GIARDELLI SERGIO MI - SAKURAI LEONARDO 1-0 9 SANCHEZ FERNANDO MF - HOFFMAN ALEJANDRO MI 0-1 10 CELIS GUSTAVO - ESCANDELL JUAN CARLO MF 1/2 11 AMURA CLAUDIA MIF - BRUNO EDUARDO 1/2 12 FERNANDEZ MAURO - FILGUEIRA HERNAN 1/2 13 CIULLI ALFREDO - DOLEZAL CRISTIAN 0-1 14 SORIN ARIEL GM - SCALISE LUIS 1-0 15 BIELICKI CARLOS MI - RESTUCCIA FRANCISCO 1-0 16 MONTES DE OCA JUAN - FULGENZI ERNESTO MF 0-1 ANDRES RODRIGUEZ ALWAYS in BOARD 1 ! (c) Roberto Alvarez ==================================== Uruguayan IM Andres Rodriguez, ELO favorite (2575 !?) is the only one leader after 6 rounds, thanks an very interesting win agains Argentina's chess Champion IM Pablo Ricardi, featuring a sicilian defense. The leader is follow by the Grand Masters (russian Sorokin, and argentines Sorin and Panno) and too the better local chessplayer, FM Enrique Scarella who beated IM Pablo Ricardi in the sixth round, after Ricardi refused a draw by repetition. We are waiting for the main games, between the top masters and Grandmasters ! My pronostics for the next round : Rodriguez 1-0 Sorin Szmetan 1/2 Sorokin Scarella 1/2 Panno Celis 0-1 Tempone Main Results Round 5 (23/1/96) ==================== 1 RODRIGUEZ ANDRES MI - RICARDI PABLO MI 1-0 2 TEMPONE MARCELO MI - PANNO OSCAR GM 1/2 3 HOFFMAN ALEJANDRO MI - SOROKIN MAXIN GM 1/2 4 FIORITO FABIAN MI - GIARDELLI SERGIO MI 1-0 5 VALERGA DIEGO MI - SCARELLA ENRIQUE MF 1/2 6 FUCEK CLAUDIO MF - SORIN ARIEL GM 0-1 7 ESCANDELL JUAN CARLO MF - GARBARINO RODOLFO MI 1/2 8 CIURLANTI FEDERICO - CELIS GUSTAVO 0-1 9 BRUNO EDUARDO - SZMETAN JORGE MI 0-1 10 ABRAMSON HORACIO - AMURA CLAUDIA MIF 1-0 11 DOLEZAL CRISTIAN - FERNANDEZ MAURO 1/2 12 BULCOURF CARLOS MF - REIDES MARCELO MF 0-1 13 JUAREZ CARLOS ELEODO - BIELICKI CARLOS MI 1-0 14 MOREDA LUCAS - RECOULAT EDUARDO 1/2 15 FILGUEIRA HERNAN - DE LAS HERAS JUAN 1-0 16 LABOLLITA MARTIN MF - PERALTA FERNANDO 0-1 17 ANELLI ANTONIO MF - BENKO FRANCISCO 1/2 18 QUIROGA FACUNDO - BELMONTE DIEGO 1/2 19 IACOBACCI EDUARDO - PEREZ PIETRONAVE 1-0 20 ABELLEYRO FERNANDO - SOLA RUBEN 1/2 Main Results Round 6 (24/1/96) ============================== 1 TEMPONE MARCELO MI - RODRIGUEZ ANDRES MI 1/2 2 SOROKIN MAXIN GM - FIORITO FABIAN MI 1-0 3 RICARDI PABLO MI - SCARELLA ENRIQUE MF 0-1 4 SORIN ARIEL GM - FILGUEIRA HERNAN 1-0 5 PANNO OSCAR GM - ABRAMSON HORACIO 1-0 6 REIDES MARCELO MF - VALERGA DIEGO MI 1/2 7 PERALTA FERNANDO - HOFFMAN ALEJANDRO MI 1/2 8 CELIS GUSTAVO - JUAREZ CARLOS ELEODO 1-0 9 SOLIS CARLOS - SZMETAN JORGE MI 0-1 10 GIARDELLI SERGIO MI - IACOBACCI EDUARDO 1/2 11 GARBARINO RODOLFO MI - EGGER FERNANDO 1/2 12 RECOULAT EDUARDO - DOLEZAL CRISTIAN 0-1 13 FULGENZI ERNESTO MF - ESCANDELL JUAN CARLO MF 1-0 14 FERNANDEZ MAURO - MOREDA LUCAS 0-1 15 BELMONTE DIEGO - ANELLI ANTONIO MF 0-1 16 BENKO FRANCISCO - QUIROGA FACUNDO 1-0 17 ABELLEYRO FERNANDO - CAPUTO JUAN 1-0 18 SOLA RUBEN - SANTAOLALLA DANIEL 1-0 19 SANCHEZ FERNANDO MF - LARSEN MANUEL 1/2 20 AMURA CLAUDIA MIF - SCALISE LUIS 1-0 21 BIELICKI CARLOS MI - SAMUR ARTURO 1/2 22 BERNARD IGNACIO - LOPEZ GABRIELA 0-1 23 PEREZ PIETRONAVE - CIULLI ALFREDO 1-0 24 DALLINGER HUMBERTO - FUCEK CLAUDIO MF 0-1 25 SAKURAI LEONARDO - CAMPAGNONI DIEGO 1-0 ANDRES RODRIGUEZ SEEMS UNSTOPPABLE (c) Roberto Alvarez =================================== Seven rounds finished. And uruguayan IM Andres Rodriguez (ELO 2575, 1 GM norm and surely the first uruguayan with real possibilities to obtain the GM tittle) continues unbeated with 6 wins and only one draw, leading alone the XLVI Villa Ballester Intl. open, one of the most important chess opens in South America. Several surprises ... or maybe not ? Young Gustavo Celis (ARG) defeated IM Marcelo Tempone in an interesting struggle demolishing his Scandinavian defence. And FM Enrique Scarella makes a big result beating former junior World Champion IGM Oscar Panno after Oscar captured a "poissoned" pawn. Scarella is making a very good tournament, with 75% agains media ELO of 2490 !!. My prognostics for the 8th round ? Not sure after obtain 50 % in my previous... But IM Andres Rodriguez will obtain a draw or more, and for Sorokin-Scarella I can imagine a hard positional fight... Main Result Round 7 (26/01/96) ============================== 1 1 RODRIGUEZ ANDRES MI ( 5.5) - 4 SORIN ARIEL GM ( 5 ) 2 13 SZMETAN JORGE MI ( 5 ) - 2 SOROKIN MAXIN GM ( 5 ) 3 17 SCARELLA ENRIQUE MF ( 5 ) - 5 PANNO OSCAR GM ( 5 ) 4 12 CELIS GUSTAVO ( 5 ) - 6 TEMPONE MARCELO MI ( 5 ) 5 7 FIORITO FABIAN MI ( 4.5) - 20 MOREDA LUCAS ( 4.5) 6 8 VALERGA DIEGO MI ( 4.5) - 22 PERALTA FERNANDO ( 4.5) 7 11 HOFFMAN ALEJANDRO MI ( 4.5) - 29 SOLA RUBEN ( 4.5) 8 15 DOLEZAL CRISTIAN ( 4.5) - 46 BENKO FRANCISCO ( 4.5) 9 23 ANELLI ANTONIO MF ( 4.5) - 16 REIDES MARCELO MF ( 4.5) 10 53 IACOBACCI EDUARDO ( 4.5) - 19 FULGENZI ERNESTO MF ( 4.5) 11 3 RICARDI PABLO MI ( 4 ) - 64 ABELLEYRO FERNANDO ( 4.5) 12 38 ABRAMSON HORACIO ( 4 ) - 9 GIARDELLI SERGIO MI ( 4 ) 13 40 BULCOURF CARLOS MF ( 4 ) - 10 GARBARINO RODOLFO MI ( 4 ) 14 41 JUAREZ CARLOS ELEODO ( 4 ) - 14 AMURA CLAUDIA MIF ( 4 ) 15 21 FILGUEIRA HERNAN ( 4 ) - 45 CAMPITELLI GUILLERMO ( 4 ) 16 47 LABOLLITA MARTIN MF ( 4 ) - 28 PEREZ PIETRONAVE ( 4 ) 17 30 FUCEK CLAUDIO MF ( 4 ) - 42 DE LAS HERAS JUAN ( 4 ) 18 48 EGGER FERNANDO ( 4 ) - 31 SANCHEZ FERNANDO MF ( 4 ) TIME OF DECISIONS (C) Roberto Alvarez ================= How to plan the game for the last round ? A difficult decisin. IM Andres Rodriguez, unbeated, and a full point ahead his today opponent, IM Fabian Fiorito, needs only a draw to win the first prize and all the glory. But playing with black pieces, and against a fighter like Fiorito, the task could be a very difficult one. Remember David Bronstein's worlds "If you need only a draw, the best way to obtain it is fighting for a win !". Several chessplayers lost his last rounds games needing only a draw ... Another possibility is that three masters could tied for first: if Fiorito beats Rodriguez, and Sorokin beats Ricardi, the first place will be decided using Bucholz. Tomorrow we will know the truth. Main Results Round 8 (27/01/96) =============================== 1 RODRIGUEZ ANDRES MI - CELIS GUSTAVO 1-0 2 SOROKIN MAXIN GM - SCARELLA ENRIQUE MF 1-0 3 FULGENZI ERNESTO MF - FIORITO FABIAN MI 0-1 4 SZMETAN JORGE MI - HOFFMAN ALEJANDRO MI 1/2 5 PANNO OSCAR GM - ANELLI ANTONIO MF 1/2 6 SAKURAI LEONARDO - RICARDI PABLO MI 0-1 7 SORIN ARIEL GM - CIURLANTI FEDERICO 1-0 8 PERALTA FERNANDO - TEMPONE MARCELO MI 0-1 9 BENKO FRANCISCO - VALERGA DIEGO MI 0-1 10 GIARDELLI SERGIO MI - FUCEK CLAUDIO MF 1-0 11 AMURA CLAUDIA MIF - BULCOURF CARLOS MF 1-0 12 BRUNO EDUARDO - DOLEZAL CRISTIAN 1-0 13 LABOLLITA MARTIN MF - FILGUEIRA HERNAN 0-1 14 REIDES MARCELO MF - EGGER FERNANDO 1-0 15 MOREDA LUCAS - BELMONTE DIEGO 0-1 16 RECOULAT EDUARDO - JUAREZ ALBERTO MF 1/2 17 CARAMIA JAVIER - CAPUTO JUAN 0-1 18 SOLA RUBEN - MONTES DE OCA JUAN 1/2 19 SANCHEZ FERNANDO MF - ABELLEYRO FERNANDO 1-0 20 MELA BENJAMIN - ESCANDELL JUAN CARLO MF 1/2 21 FERNANDEZ MAURO - LARSEN MANUEL 1-0 22 GARBARINO RODOLFO MI - IACOBACCI EDUARDO 0-1 F 23 BIELICKI CARLOS MI - SANTAOLALLA DANIEL 1-0 ANDRES RODRIGUEZ :A CLEAR WINNER (c) Roberto Alvarez ================================ No fight at all on board 1:Only a short draw, like recognizing Andres Rodriguez best play. Uruguayan IM Andres Rodriguez finished unbeated after 9 rounds, with 7 wins and only 2 draw (both with black pieces). Second finished russian IGM Maxim Sorokin after beating IM Pablo Ricardi, and third IM Fabian Fiorito. A remarkable game was the victory of IGM Oscar Panno against Diego Mariano Belmonte, after a beatiful queen sacrifice, remenbering Bobotsov-Tal, Varna ol 1962. Main Results Round 9 (28/01/96) ==================== 1 FIORITO FABIAN MI - RODRIGUEZ ANDRES MI 1/2 2 RICARDI PABLO MI - SOROKIN MAXIN GM 0-1 3 SCARELLA ENRIQUE MF - SORIN ARIEL GM 1/2 4 TEMPONE MARCELO MI - AMURA CLAUDIA MIF 0-1 5 VALERGA DIEGO MI - SZMETAN JORGE MI 1/2 6 FILGUEIRA HERNAN - GIARDELLI SERGIO MI 1/2 7 HOFFMAN ALEJANDRO MI - BRUNO EDUARDO 1-0 8 ANELLI ANTONIO MF - CELIS GUSTAVO 1-0 9 BELMONTE DIEGO - PANNO OSCAR GM 0-1 10 CAPUTO JUAN - REIDES MARCELO MF 1-0 11 SANCHEZ FERNANDO MF - FULGENZI ERNESTO MF 1-0 12 IACOBACCI EDUARDO - FERNANDEZ MAURO 0-1 13 DOLEZAL CRISTIAN - DE LAS HERAS JUAN 0-1 14 MONTES DE OCA JUAN - BIELICKI CARLOS MI 1/2 15 JUAREZ CARLOS ELEODO - PERALTA FERNANDO 0-1 16 JUAREZ ALBERTO MF - CAMPITELLI GUILLERMO 1-0 17 SCALISE LUIS - SOLA RUBEN 0-1 18 FUCEK CLAUDIO MF - BENKO FRANCISCO 1-0 19 TUMA DIEGO - SAKURAI LEONARDO 0-1 20 ESCANDELL JUAN CARLO MF - LABOLLITA MARTIN MF 1-0 Final Standings after 9 rounds ============================== Cuadro del torneo (por orden de clasificaci˘n) Puntos Bucholz Bucholz 1. RODRIGUEZ ANDRES MI 8.0 40.0 51.00 B+ 91 N+ 25 B+ 33 N+ 89 B+ 19 N= 17 B+ 7 B+ 18 N= 3 2. SOROKIN MAXIN GM 7.5 45.5 57.00 N+ 78 B+ 29 N= 11 B+ 5 N= 4 B+ 3 N= 8 B+ 9 N+ 19 3. FIORITO FABIAN MI 7.0 42.5 55.00 B+ 80 N+ 41 B+ 22 N= 9 B+ 12 N- 2 B+ 50 N+ 32 B= 1 4. HOFFMAN ALEJANDRO MI 7.0 41.5 53.50 B+ 84 N= 37 B+ 49 N+ 16 B= 2 N= 21 B+ 22 N= 8 B+ 20 5. ANELLI ANTONIO MF 7.0 38.0 48.50 B+142 N+134 B+ 7 N- 2 B= 47 N+ 38 B+ 31 N= 10 B+ 18 6. AMURA CLAUDIA MIF 7.0 37.5 47.50 N+ 95 B= 36 N+ 57 B= 20 N- 46 B+ 59 N+ 52 B+ 29 N+ 17 7. SORIN ARIEL GM 6.5 41.5 53.50 N+104 B+ 52 N- 5 B+ 59 N+ 28 B+ 11 N- 1 B+ 34 N= 9 8. SZMETAN JORGE MI 6.5 41.0 52.50 B+106 N+ 73 B+ 24 B- 17 N+ 20 N+ 45 B= 2 B= 4 N= 13 9. SCARELLA ENRIQUE MF s 6.5 41.0 51.50 B+110 N+ 75 B+131 B= 3 N= 13 N+ 19 B+ 10 N- 2 B= 7 10. PANNO OSCAR GM 6.5 40.5 52.50 N+ 69 B+ 53 N= 23 B+ 14 N= 17 B+ 46 N- 9 B= 5 N+ 38 11. FILGUEIRA HERNAN 6.5 40.5 51.50 N+ 70 B+119 B= 2 N= 15 B+ 25 N- 7 B+ 63 N+ 53 B= 12 12. GIARDELLI SERGIO MI 6.5 40.5 50.00 N+146 B+ 38 N= 26 B+ 27 N- 3 B= 42 N+ 46 B+ 28 N= 11 13. VALERGA DIEGO MI 6.5 39.0 49.50 N+ 94 B= 74 N+ 36 B+ 23 B= 9 N= 31 B= 21 N+ 47 B= 8 14. CAPUTO JUAN 6.5 34.0 44.50 B+ 98 N= 49 B+ 61 N- 10 B+100 N- 71 B+ 35 N+ 72 B+ 31 15. FERNANDEZ MAURO 6.5 34.0 40.50 = FF B+ 51 N+ 90 B= 11 N= 48 B- 50 N+ 86 B+ 57 N+ 42 16. SANCHEZ FERNANDO MF 6.5 33.0 43.50 N+ 97 B= 90 N+128 B- 4 N+ 36 B= 57 N= 74 B+ 71 B+ 32 17. TEMPONE MARCELO MI 6.0 42.0 54.00 B+ 96 N+ 47 B+ 56 N+ 8 B= 10 B= 1 N- 18 N+ 21 B- 6 18. CELIS GUSTAVO 6.0 41.0 54.00 N+ 40 B+ 68 N= 20 B= 26 N+ 34 B+ 52 B+ 17 N- 1 N- 5 19. RICARDI PABLO MI 6.0 40.5 52.50 B+ 93 N+ 72 B+ 21 N+ 31 N- 1 B- 9 B+ 71 N+ 27 B- 2 20. BRUNO EDUARDO 6.0 39.0 50.00 B+ 58 N+ 81 B= 18 N= 6 B- 8 N+ 91 B+ 45 B+ 48 N- 4 21. PERALTA FERNANDO 6.0 37.5 48.50 N+ 82 B+114 N- 19 B+ 76 N+ 53 B= 4 N= 13 B- 17 N+ 52 22. SOLA RUBEN 6.0 37.0 47.00 N+140 B+ 64 N- 3 B+ 55 N= 71 B+ 61 N- 4 B= 37 N+ 59 23. JUAREZ ALBERTO MF 6.0 36.5 44.00 B+158 N+ 67 B= 10 N- 13 B- 45 N+104 B+ 49 N= 24 B+ 63 24. RECOULAT EDUARDO 6.0 36.0 45.00 N+150 B+ 35 N- 8 B+ 78 N= 50 B- 48 N+ 68 B= 23 N+ 62 25. DE LAS HERAS JUAN 6.0 36.0 44.00 N+160 B- 1 N+ 35 B+ 64 N- 11 B+ 99 N- 28 B+112 N+ 48 26. ESCANDELL JUAN CARLO MF 6.0 35.0 45.50 N+ 77 B+ 46 B= 12 N= 18 B= 89 N- 32 B+100 N= 51 B+ 53 27. SAKURAI LEONARDO s 6.0 34.5 41.00 B+102 N= 45 B+ 54 N- 12 = FF B+ 55 N+ 76 B- 19 N+ 60 28. FUCEK CLAUDIO MF 6.0 34.5 41.00 N- 90 +160 B+ 83 N+ 75 B- 7 N+ 93 B+ 25 N- 12 B+ 47 29. BULCOURF CARLOS MF 6.0 34.0 44.50 B+ 60 N- 2 B+122 N+131 B- 31 N+ 97 B+ 89 N- 6 + 45 30. FELGAER RUBEN 6.0 31.5 39.50 N+149 B+ 32 B- 31 N- 45 B-131 N+101 B+ 98 N+ 58 B+ 66 ...160 players. 11) Geneva Open by Alessandro Miotto -------------------------------- Alessandro Miotto has sent me the games and results from a strong open which took place in Geneva 21st- 29th Jan 1996. Geneva SUI (SUI), I 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Khenkin, Igor g ISR 2575 -40 =43 +58 +36 +24 +21 =15 +22 + 2 7.0 /9 2604 2 Chabanon, Jean-Luc m FRA 2425 =42 +53 +25 +12 +16 + 3 =14 = 6 - 1 6.5 /9 2655 3 Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2495 +61 +27 +20 +34 +15 - 2 + 9 - 4 = 6 6.5 /9 2609 4 Klovans, Janis m LAT 2520 +54 +22 -15 +31 =21 =18 +13 + 3 =12 6.5 /9 2604 5 Barle, Janez m SLO 2430 +52 -11 +39 +28 =10 =13 +16 =14 +18 6.5 /9 2596 6 Kelecevic, Nedeljko m BIH 2480 +66 +46 =11 +60 =14 =15 +34 = 2 = 3 6.5 /9 2544 7 Hobuss, Udo GER 2360 +48 =36 =21 =20 +41 - 9 +30 +34 +15 6.5 /9 2598 8 Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2460 +35 = 9 =23 -41 +44 =20 +36 +40 +14 6.5 /9 2573 9 Sokolov, Andrei g RUS 2580 +37 = 8 =16 +19 =34 + 7 - 3 =11 +32 6.0 /9 2547 10 Razuvaev, Yuri S g RUS 2580 +32 =24 =31 +17 = 5 =12 =18 =20 +27 6.0 /9 2556 11 Maksimenko, Andrei g UKR 2545 +45 + 5 = 6 -14 +29 -34 +31 = 9 +20 6.0 /9 2579 12 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2540 +56 +41 =14 - 2 +40 =10 +26 =15 = 4 6.0 /9 2555 13 Lukasiewicz, Grzegorz f POL 2330 -23 =35 +47 +54 +42 = 5 - 4 +25 +22 6.0 /9 2492 14 Grosar, Aljosa m SLO 2470 +49 +18 =12 +11 = 6 =23 = 2 = 5 - 8 5.5 /9 2550 15 Godena, Michele m ITA 2485 +62 +40 + 4 +42 - 3 = 6 = 1 =12 - 7 5.5 /9 2476 16 Rotstein, Arkadij g UKR 2445 +67 =21 = 9 +27 - 2 +25 - 5 =35 +37 5.5 /9 2500 17 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2535 +38 -26 +30 -10 +43 -22 +50 =21 +34 5.5 /9 2499 18 Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2595 +71 -14 +45 =23 +60 = 4 =10 +19 - 5 5.5 /9 2460 19 Liardet, Fabrice SUI 2355 +69 -34 +44 - 9 +55 +41 =40 -18 +35 5.5 /9 2355 20 Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2430 +55 +29 - 3 = 7 =22 = 8 +33 =10 -11 5.0 /9 2465 21 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2550 +30 =16 = 7 +65 = 4 - 1 =32 =17 =28 5.0 /9 2451 22 Gerber, Richard f SUI 2355 +58 - 4 +57 =24 =20 +17 +23 - 1 -13 5.0 /9 2439 23 Milov, Vadim g ISR 2585 +13 =25 = 8 =18 +53 =14 -22 -32 +43 5.0 /9 2439 24 David, Adrian f GER 2315 +51 =10 =28 =22 - 1 -30 =38 +52 +40 5.0 /9 2390 25 Sulava, Nenad m CRO 2480 +47 =23 - 2 +46 =26 -16 +49 -13 +45 5.0 /9 2326 26 Pavasovic, Dusko m SLO 2425 +63 +17 -34 =29 =25 +27 -12 =37 =33 5.0 /9 2453 27 Domont, Alexandre f SUI 2335 +64 - 3 +51 -16 +37 -26 +55 +42 -10 5.0 /9 2304 28 Markowski, Tomasz m POL 2535 +44 =31 =24 - 5 =45 -35 +61 +36 =21 5.0 /9 2413 29 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2545 +39 -20 +43 =26 -11 -33 +66 =30 +42 5.0 /9 2356 30 Masserey, Yvan f SUI 2290 -21 +55 -17 +63 =61 +24 - 7 =29 +46 5.0 /9 2350 31 Dittmar, Peter f GER 2380 +70 =28 =10 - 4 =32 +52 -11 =43 +44 5.0 /9 2374 32 Goldgewicht, Lionel FRA 2325 -10 =66 +56 =50 =31 +60 =21 +23 - 9 5.0 /9 2452 33 Collas, Didier f FRA 2380 -46 =47 +35 -40 +54 +29 -20 +53 =26 5.0 /9 2375 34 Zelcic, Robert m CRO 2495 +59 +19 +26 - 3 = 9 +11 - 6 - 7 -17 4.5 /9 2440 35 Guex,P ---- - 8 =13 -33 +68 +47 +28 =42 =16 -19 4.5 /9 2328 36 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2525 +57 = 7 -42 - 1 +65 +53 - 8 -28 +41 4.5 /9 2401 37 Brustman, Agnieszka wg POL 2320 - 9 +67 -60 +48 -27 +57 +52 =26 -16 4.5 /9 2339 38 Chenaux, Patrick SUI 2245 -17 +48 -41 -52 =66 +51 =24 =49 +57 4.5 /9 2255 39 Mikavica, Mirko YUG 2260 -29 +63 - 5 -55 +67 -50 =56 +54 +53 4.5 /9 2270 40 Rotman, Daniel ISR 2305 + 1 -15 =54 +33 -12 +45 =19 - 8 -24 4.0 /9 2357 41 Anka, Emil m HUN 2405 +68 -12 +38 + 8 - 7 -19 =43 =45 -36 4.0 /9 2300 42 Mela,J ---- = 2 +50 +36 -15 -13 +61 =35 -27 -29 4.0 /9 2347 43 Forster, Richard f SUI 2335 =60 = 1 -29 +62 -17 +46 =41 =31 -23 4.0 /9 2357 44 Horn,P ---- -28 +52 -19 +51 - 8 -49 +64 +50 -31 4.0 /9 2302 45 Olivier, Jean-Christophe FRA 2280 -11 +49 -18 +57 =28 -40 +60 =41 -25 4.0 /9 2283 46 Palat,A ---- +33 - 6 -61 -25 +59 -43 +48 +55 -30 4.0 /9 2296 47 Caruso, Daniele ITA 2145 -25 =33 -13 +58 -35 =48 -54 +63 +60 4.0 /9 2142 48 Schild, Christophe SUI 2135 - 7 -38 +49 -37 =58 =47 -46 +64 +61 4.0 /9 1945 49 Bieri,C ---- -14 -45 -48 +69 +62 +44 -25 =38 =51 4.0 /9 2156 50 Touzane, Olivier m FRA 2500 =53 -42 +66 =32 -52 +39 -17 -44 +62 4.0 /9 2310 51 Astengo, Corrado ITA 2130 -24 +56 -27 -44 =64 -38 +68 +66 =49 4.0 /9 2196 52 Jagstaidt, Patrick SUI 2110 - 5 -44 +69 +38 +50 -31 -37 -24 =56 3.5 /9 2265 53 Vegh, Jean-Pierre SUI 2215 =50 - 2 +59 +61 -23 -36 +65 -33 -39 3.5 /9 2229 54 Allegro, Valery f SUI 2215 - 4 +68 =40 -13 -33 -66 +47 -39 +67 3.5 /9 2139 55 Cesareo, Fabio SUI 2085 -20 -30 +70 +39 -19 +65 -27 -46 =59 3.5 /9 2207 56 Wolff, Armel-David SUI 2260 -12 -51 -32 =66 +68 =64 =39 =60 =52 3.5 /9 2065 57 Grosar, Kiti wm SLO 2225 -36 +69 -22 -45 +63 -37 =62 +67 -38 3.5 /9 2155 58 Jagstaidt,G ---- -22 =59 - 1 -47 =48 -62 +71 =65 +66 3.5 /9 2092 59 Bennett, John ENG 2190 -34 =58 -53 =67 -46 =69 =63 +71 =55 3.5 /9 2041 60 Hobuss,W ---- =43 +65 +37 - 6 -18 -32 -45 =56 -47 3.0 /9 2190 61 Rochat,G ---- - 3 +70 +46 -53 =30 -42 -28 =62 -48 3.0 /9 2114 62 Vianin, Pascal SUI 2190 -15 +64 -65 -43 -49 +58 =57 =61 -50 3.0 /9 1962 63 Frank, Albert BEL 2065 -26 -39 +64 -30 -57 =67 =59 -47 +71 3.0 /9 1927 64 Kraft,V ---- -27 -62 -63 +70 =51 =56 -44 -48 +68 3.0 /9 2007 65 Belaz, Christian SUI 2095 +71 -60 +62 -21 -36 -55 -53 =58 =69 3.0 /9 2071 66 Pinkus, Lutz GER 2185 - 6 =32 -50 =56 =38 +54 -29 -51 -58 2.5 /9 2196 67 Petit, Rene FRA 2120 -16 -37 =68 =59 -39 =63 +69 -57 -54 2.5 /9 2024 68 Beck,T ---- -41 -54 =67 -35 -56 +71 -51 +69 -64 2.5 /9 1998 69 Berrig, Olav DEN 2020 -19 -57 -52 -49 +71 =59 -67 -68 =65 2.0 /9 1909 70 Sudan, Georges SUI 2045 -31 -61 -55 -64 . . . . . 0.0 /4 71 BYE ---- -18 . . . -69 -68 -58 -59 -63 0.0 /7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12) Troll Masters Gausdal Norway ---------------------------- The Gausdal Troll masters held January 8th - 15th was won by Ian Rogers. My thanks to Jonathan Tisdall for his great help in sorting the material out. Gausdal (NOR), I 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2580 = 8 +26 + 4 +21 +16 = 2 = 5 = 3 +10 7.0 /9 2619 2 Petursson, Margeir g ISL 2585 +10 +33 +17 = 4 +13 = 1 = 3 = 5 = 6 6.5 /9 2586 3 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2515 = 5 =32 = 6 +23 + 8 +16 = 2 = 1 = 4 6.0 /9 2531 4 Thorhallsson, Throstur m ISL 2445 +18 +19 - 1 = 2 =10 =12 +33 + 9 = 3 6.0 /9 2506 5 Westerinen, Heikki M J g FIN 2410 = 3 +38 = 8 +17 =11 +32 = 1 = 2 =12 6.0 /9 2523 6 Sokolov, Andrei m LAT 2495 =26 -11 = 3 =10 +24 +28 +32 + 8 = 2 6.0 /9 2509 7 Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2375 =20 +39 - 9 +18 -17 +35 +19 =12 +16 6.0 /9 2413 8 Lejlic, Samir m SWE 2420 = 1 +22 = 5 + 9 - 3 =14 +20 - 6 +23 5.5 /9 2495 9 Tisdall, Jonathan D g NOR 2510 +14 =15 + 7 - 8 =18 +13 =11 - 4 +22 5.5 /9 2474 10 Schmittdiel, Eckhard g GER 2430 - 2 +41 =20 = 6 = 4 +15 +18 +11 - 1 5.5 /9 2461 11 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2505 =12 + 6 -15 +20 = 5 +21 = 9 -10 +19 5.5 /9 2438 12 Kiik, Kalle m EST 2385 =11 +25 -13 +34 =21 = 4 +17 = 7 = 5 5.5 /9 2363 13 Emms, John M g ENG 2500 =32 +30 +12 +27 - 2 - 9 =22 =16 +21 5.5 /9 2358 14 Bellin, Robert m ENG 2385 - 9 +37 =19 =32 +23 = 8 =16 =22 +17 5.5 /9 2320 15 Tjomsland, Stig NOR 2210 +28 = 9 +11 -16 -32 -10 +37 =20 +18 5.0 /9 2342 16 Coleman, David ENG 2255 +37 +23 =21 +15 - 1 - 3 =14 =13 - 7 4.5 /9 2330 17 Lie,K ---- +24 +27 - 2 - 5 + 7 =19 -12 +33 -14 4.5 /9 2321 18 Jacobs,B ---- - 4 +36 +24 - 7 = 9 +25 -10 +28 -15 4.5 /9 2260 19 Johnsen,S ---- +31 - 4 =14 =22 +34 =17 - 7 +27 -11 4.5 /9 2200 20 Ward, Christopher m ENG 2505 = 7 =29 =10 -11 =26 +31 - 8 =15 +32 4.5 /9 2302 21 Lahlum, Hans Olav NOR 2220 +41 +34 =16 - 1 =12 -11 =26 +25 -13 4.5 /9 2288 22 Bellin, Jana wg ENG 2195 =38 - 8 +25 =19 =27 +26 =13 =14 - 9 4.5 /9 2323 23 Harestad, Hans Krogh NOR 2145 +35 -16 +40 - 3 -14 =24 +29 +32 - 8 4.5 /9 2223 24 Anderton, David W ENG 2195 -17 +35 -18 =33 - 6 =23 +30 +26 =29 4.5 /9 2265 25 Fant, Goran SWE 2090 =39 -12 -22 +41 +40 -18 +35 -21 +34 4.5 /9 2013 26 Bergstrom, Rolf f SWE 2315 = 6 - 1 +30 =31 =20 -22 =21 -24 +33 4.0 /9 2238 27 Berg, Anders Hoyer NOR 2045 +40 -17 +29 -13 =22 -33 +39 -19 =28 4.0 /9 2175 28 Johansson, Per SWE 2170 -15 -31 +41 =30 +39 - 6 +34 -18 =27 4.0 /9 2106 29 Jackson, Sheila wm ENG 2180 =30 =20 -27 =37 =31 =34 -23 +39 =24 4.0 /9 2037 30 Haveland,B ---- =29 -13 -26 =28 =36 =40 -24 +43 +41 4.0 /9 2105 31 Jensen,M ---- -19 +28 -32 =26 =29 -20 =36 =37 +43 4.0 /9 2198 32 Duncan, Christopher R f ENG 2325 =13 = 3 +31 =14 +15 - 5 - 6 -23 -20 3.5 /9 2254 33 Pehlgrim, Andreas GER 2190 +36 - 2 -34 =24 +38 +27 - 4 -17 -26 3.5 /9 2168 34 Flaata,A ---- +42 -21 +33 -12 -19 =29 -28 +41 -25 3.5 /9 2078 35 Bakken,O ---- -23 -24 +43 =39 +37 - 7 -25 =38 =36 3.5 /9 1929 36 Rambo,J ---- -33 -18 -37 +43 =30 =41 =31 =40 =35 3.5 /9 1812 37 Olkinuora, Hannu FIN 2040 -16 -14 +36 =29 -35 +38 -15 =31 . 3.0 /8 1935 38 Matilainen,J ---- =22 - 5 =39 =40 -33 -37 +43 =35 . 3.0 /8 1886 39 Lie,O ---- =25 - 7 =38 =35 -28 +43 -27 -29 =40 3.0 /9 1806 40 Lie,E ---- -27 +43 -23 =38 -25 =30 -41 =36 =39 3.0 /9 41 Wicklund-Hansen, Richard NOR 2025 -21 -10 -28 -25 +43 =36 +40 -34 -30 2.5 /9 42 Rogers,C ---- -34 . . . . . . . . 0.0 /1 43 BYE ---- . -40 -35 -36 -41 -39 -38 -30 -31 0.0 /8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13) Hallsberg 1996 ------------------ Jonathan Tisdall reports that this event took place 28/xii/95-5/i/96. The leading scores: Hallsdall NOR (NOR), I 1996. 1 Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2465 7.0 /9 2 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2475 6.5 /9 3 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2505 6.5 /9 4 Tisdall, Jonathan D g NOR 2510 6.0 /9 5 Sammalvuo, Tapani f FIN 2325 5.5 /9 6 Fridman, Daniel m LAT 2500 5.5 /9 7 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2450 5.5 /9 17 players Hopefully I will post a fuller table and some of the games in a future week. 14) Raul Herman Charlier Memorial Sao Paulo --------------------------------------- Eduardo Limp won this event which was played in Sao Paulo Chess Club 11th to 15th of January. The time rate was 1:00 to 23 moves + 1:00 KO. The Sao Paulo Chess Club has 4 floors and I think is the biggest chessclub in world. Paulo Faria did not play round 2. My thanks to Adriano Von Pfuhl Rodrigues for the games. Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), I 1996. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Limp, Eduardo BRA 2320 +18 + 3 = 2 + 4 + 9 + 8 = 5 6.0 /7 2589 2 Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2345 +13 +26 = 1 +15 = 5 + 3 = 4 5.5 /7 2417 3 Pelikian, Jefferson BRA 2365 +16 - 1 +22 +24 +15 - 2 +17 5.0 /7 2357 4 Pereira, Silvio C BRA 2210 +22 + 8 = 5 - 1 +24 + 7 = 2 5.0 /7 2439 5 Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2405 +23 + 6 = 4 = 9 = 2 +21 = 1 5.0 /7 2431 6 Ruppel, Luiz B BRA 2270 +20 - 5 +26 - 8 +11 = 9 +21 4.5 /7 2256 7 Nogueira, Ivan K BRA 2245 =17 =21 =14 =11 +23 - 4 +18 4.0 /7 2261 8 Rocha, Wellington Carlos BRA 2305 =15 - 4 +18 + 6 +17 - 1 = 9 4.0 /7 2281 9 Rodrigues, Adriano Pfull BRA 2270 =25 +11 +17 = 5 - 1 = 6 = 8 4.0 /7 2327 10 Faria, Paulo R.M BRA 2330 +27 . =16 =14 =12 =19 =13 3.5 /6 2241 11 Cajal,A ---- =24 - 9 +20 = 7 - 6 +22 =16 3.5 /7 2093 12 Calgado,A ---- =21 -17 =25 +13 =10 =16 =14 3.5 /7 2252 13 Chaves, Joara wm BRA 2040 - 2 =18 =19 -12 +26 +25 =10 3.5 /7 2201 14 Gerbelli,E ---- =19 =24 = 7 =10 -21 +23 =12 3.5 /7 2274 15 Haro,P ---- = 8 +19 +21 - 2 - 3 -17 +24 3.5 /7 2330 16 Ratcu, Tatiana wm BRA 2160 - 3 +25 =10 -17 +22 =12 =11 3.5 /7 2070 17 Souza, Adwilhans BRA 2335 = 7 +12 - 9 +16 - 8 +15 - 3 3.5 /7 2120 18 Anacleto,J ---- - 1 =13 - 8 +25 =19 +28 - 7 3.0 /7 2003 19 Dumont, Sadi Glasser f BRA 2305 =14 -15 =13 =22 =18 =10 =20 3.0 /7 2185 20 Leite,E ---- - 6 -23 -11 +28 +27 =24 =19 3.0 /7 2133 21 Martinez, Carlos Alejandro f BRA 2395 =12 = 7 -15 +27 +14 - 5 - 6 3.0 /7 2163 22 Blank,E ---- - 4 +27 - 3 =19 -16 -11 +28 2.5 /7 2075 23 Chaves, Jussara wm BRA 2105 - 5 +20 -24 +26 - 7 -14 =27 2.5 /7 1926 24 Dias, Anderson T BRA 2265 =11 =14 +23 - 3 - 4 =20 -15 2.5 /7 2101 25 Vinicius,M ---- = 9 -16 =12 -18 +28 -13 =26 2.5 /7 1883 26 Bussman,H ---- +28 - 2 - 6 -23 -13 =27 =25 2.0 /7 1802 27 Sady, Joao Jose BRA 2080 -10 -22 +28 -21 -20 =26 =23 2.0 /7 2003 28 BYE ---- -26 . -27 -20 -25 -18 -22 0.0 /6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15) Internet Chess Club: Computer defeats GM Gulko in Man versus Machine Match --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Peterson reports: The Internet Chess Club presented another in its series of Man versus Machine matches on Sunday, January 28. Grandmaster Boris Gulko (1994 US Champion) was defeated 2-0 by "Ferret", the World Microcomputer Amateur Champion. Time control for each game was Game in 30 minutes. Over 80 spectators watched the live match from around the world. The result was unexpected as GM Gulko scored 4-2 in the recent Harvard Cup against six computer programs. To login to the Internet Chess Club: telnet CHESS.LM.COM Web page: http://www.hydra.com/icc/ 16) Linklater Memorial Northern California's Invitational Championship ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There are a number of points to make clear after last week's posting on this event. 1. The Linklater memorial tournament is Northern California's Official Invitational Championship. We have an open champion and a closed champion. The winner of the Linklater is the Northern California Closed Champion. It is an official Californian tournament sponsored by the Mechanics' Institute and CalChess among others. The event is largely funded from the estate of Linklater. 2. The event should not be confused with the Open Championships which also is played for every year. This year Eric Schiller and Burt Izumikawa were officially Co-Open Champions of Northern California. For the purposes of who got the trophy that goes with the title a tie-break was applied which meant that Eric Schiller got the trophy. I'll try and round up the games and results next week. 17) Danny Mozes annotates Anand - Sokolov -------------------------------------- Danny has started a www site called ChessTreasure with the address: http://www.netvision.net.il/~ChessTreasure which is devoted to Chess Analysis. For now among diagrams and annotated games it will include daily analysis coverage of the on-going Women Championsip, games can be traced by a PGN viewer. [Event "It"] [Site "Hoogovens 1996, Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "1996.18.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand,V"] [Black "Sokolov,I"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2665"] [ECO "C88"] [LongECO "Spanish anti-Marshall Var."] [Annotator "Danny Mozes (ChessTreasure)"] 1. e4 {Anand, altough only 2nd place, had a 2730-peformance in this super tournament thus returning to his usual form. In the following game his play is daring, full of sacrifices, no dull moments, at one stage he erred and didn't find the winning line, then he was overcome by Sokolov's intensifying superiority} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Bg4 {Against Short in Linares '95 Sokolov,I played here 10.. .Be6 this time he choose 10...Bg4 instead, with his innovation on the next move} 11. Be3 d5 {novelty?} 12. Nbd2 h6 13. h3 d4 14. hxg4 dxe3 15. fxe3 Nxg4 16. Bd5 Qd7 17. Nc4 Bf6 18. Nfd2 h5 19. Rf1 Rad8 20. Rf5 g6 21. Qxg4 {!? impressive and inspiring continuation} 21... hxg4 22. Rxf6 Ne7 23. Bxf7+ (23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kg7 25. Nxe5 Qb5 26. Ndc4 b3 27. cxb3 g3 {0.90B}) 23... Kg7 (23... Rxf7 {?} 24. Rxf7 Qe6 (24... Kxf7 {?} 25. Nxe5+ {2.90W}) 25. Raf1 Qxf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Nxe5+ Ke6 28. d4 c5 29. c3 {1.75W}) 24. Raf1 Qb5 25. g3 Rd7 26. R1f2 Qc5 {? wrong square for the B-Queen} 27. Nb3 Qa7 { ? Black should return to b5} 28. Nxe5 { ? here Anand erred and couldn't find the way into a victory} (28. Rxa6 {!!} Qxa6 29.Nc5 Qc6 30. Ne6+ Qxe6 {only move} 31. Bxe6 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Rd8 33. Nxe5 {!} Kf6 34.Nf7 {?} Rf8 (34... Ra8 35. Bc4 Rxa5 36. e5+ Kg7 37. d4 Ra1 (37... Ra8 38. Ng5 Kh6 39. Ne6 c6 40. e4 g5 41. Ke3 Kg6 42. d5 {+-}) 38. Ng5 c6 39. Ne6+ Kh6 40. e4 g5 41. Nc7 Rb1 42. d5 {+-}) 35. Bc4 Rxf7 36. e5+ Kg7+ 37. Bxf7 Kxf7 38. a6 Nc8 39.d4 Ke6 40. e4 Na7 41. Ke3 c5 42. c3 bxc3 43. bxc3 g5 44. Kd3 cxd4 45. cxd4 Kd7 46. d5 {+-}) 28... Qxe3 29. Nxd7 Rh8 30. Kg2 Rh3 31. Bxg6 Nxg6 32. Kf1 Rh1+ 33. Kg2 Rd1 34. Rxg6+ Kxg6 35. Ne5+ Kg7 36. Nxg4 Qe1 37. Kf3 Qh1+ 38. Kf4 Rf1 {!} 39. Ke3 Qg1 {from here and on it's difficult to point at decisive mistake by White, but Black advantage grows from move to move} 40. Kf3 Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2 Qb1 42. Nd4 Qxb2 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Ne3 Qa2 45. d4 Qxa5 46. e5 Qa1 47. Ke4 a5 48. d5 a4 { no way to stop the a-pawn from being promoted} 0-1