THE WEEK IN CHESS 92 21/07/96 Mark Crowther
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E-Mail M.D.Crowther@Bradford.ac.uk
www http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/chess.html
Tel: 01274 882143
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1) Introduction
2) Novgorod 1996 International Tournament
3) Interplay United States Chess Championships
4) Karsten Kold Skak Cup by Per Rasmussen
5) Bad Homburg International Tournament by Otto Borik
6) 1996 Norwegian Championships by Rune Djurhuus
7) Dortmund 1996 Official results
8) News from Italy by Adolivio Capece.
9) Asian cities tournament by Khaled Chehab
10) Oberwart Open in Vienna by John Henderson.
11) 1996 Scottish Championships by John Henderson
12) Irish National championships by John Hurley
13) Vlissingen Open by Li Riemersma
14) VISA NORDIC GRAND PRIX
15) Randomization for Fischerandom Chess
16) Two Dutch Events by Rob Van Aurich
GAMES SECTION
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TWIC92.PGN
Novgorod International Chess Tournament 6 games
Interplay US Championships 35 games
USA Women's Championships 5 games
Bad Homberg International Tournament 5 games
Vienna Austria Open 2 games
National Championships Scotland 7 games
TWIC92EX.PGN
Karsten Kold Skak Cup 45 games
Norwegian Championships 72 games
TWIC92VL.PGN
Vlissingen Open 320 games
These 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/TWIC.html
(note this is tilda mdcrowth, some terminals display this
as a percent sign which won't work)
1) Introduction
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My thanks to Christophe Bouton, Per Rasmussen, State University
of Novgorod, USCF page, Otto Borik, Rune Djurhuus, Adolivio Capece
Khaled Chehab, John Henderson, John Hurley, Li Riemersma,
Einar Einarsson, Moshe Shaked and Rob Van Aurich and all others that helped out
with this issue.
Another hot day in the UK leaves me wanting to finish as soon as
possible so apologies for any raggedness this week. The Novgorod 1996
Tournament is clearly the most important tournament of the week with
the US Chess Championships not far behind in importance. I gather
that the announcement of the FIDE ticket for Europe is taking place
this afternoon and I will report on that on my www page along with
further news from Bad Homburg.
There was a report last week at the end of the Kamsky-Karpov match
of a reunification Kasparov-Karpov match. It was said that Kasparov
had given his agreement to Makarov.
Bill Hartston in an unsourced comment in his Independent Chess column
says that Kasparov hasn't agreed to any such match. He say that
Kasparov comments that FIDE need to sort their problems out first.
James Marfia quotes Kasparov from a recent 64 Magazine article
(prior to this news) that "he, Kasparov, would play a
multi-million-dollar title match in 1997, and would have no trouble
finding a sponsor - i.e., whether FIDE was involved or not, whether
Karpov was playing him or not."
I hope you enjoy this issue whilst I try and cool down.
Mark Crowther
2) Novgorod 1996 International Tournament
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This very strong tournament in Novgorod looks set to be very
competitive. Round two saw a victory for Topalov and for
Ivanchuk. Ivanchuk downing ELO favourite Vladimir Kramnik.
Novgorod State University is providing excellent live coverage.
Round 1 (1996.07.20)
Gelfand, Boris - Polgar, Judit 1/2 28
Short, Nigel D - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 26
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 45
Round 2 (1996.07.21)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 40
Gelfand, Boris - Short, Nigel D 1/2 36
Polgar, Judit - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 35
Novgorod (RUS), VII 1996. cat. XIX (2712)
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2730 ** .. .. =. 1. .. 1.5 2923
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2750 .. ** .. .. =. 1. 1.5 2908
3 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2665 .. .. ** =. .. =. 1.0 2680
4 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2695 =. .. =. ** .. .. 1.0 2697
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2765 0. =. .. .. ** .. 0.5 2547
6 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2665 .. 0. =. .. .. ** 0.5 2514
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Official Report before round 1 of Novgorod tournament
Live coverage each day:
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Lunch for reporters
Lunch for reporters, the first one within the history of the
super tournament, took place at Beresta Palace Hotel on July 19. The
reporters were greeted by Michail Skibar, the first vice-chairman of
the administartion of the city of Novgorod, Nikolai Semyonov, the
vice-chairman of the administration of Novgorod region, and Irina
Kibina, the director of the super tournament.
The guests exchanged opinions about traditional competitions with the
participation of the best grandmasters of the world. For example,
Viktor Troyanovsky, the authorized reporter for ITAR TASS, proposed
to establish some special prizes, such as to the youngest
participant, for the most attractive victory, for the wish to win.
Some words of Michail Skibar became "the chief news of the day". He
said that the city officials do not object against the organization
of a possible game between two great "K"s - Garry Kasparov and
Anatoly Karpov - on the banks of the Volkhov river.
Organizing the super tournament for the third time in a raw, Novgorod
has confirmed its ability to make the stay of the world best grandmasters
in the city of a high level.
V.Ivanchuk appeared at the end of the lunch. An unscheduled
press conference took place. The grandmaster was in his best moods.
Press conference and drawing of lots
The first press conference and drawing of lots of the participants took
place at Beresta Palace Hotel in the evening of July 19.
The following officials were present in the conference-hall: Michail
Skibar, the first vice-chairman of the city administration, Nikolai
Semyonov, the vice-chairman of the regional administration, Karsten
Bennika, the director of the joint-stock Company "Stimorol-Novgorod",
Irina Kibina, the director of the tournament.
The press conference lasted for 35 minutes. 14 questions were asked.
Last year only 7 questions were asked. The reporters working for the
first supertournament two years ago asked 16 questions - most of all.
A year ago only 4 grand masters out of 10 were interviewed. This time
all six grandmasters had to answer the questions. The charming Judit
Polgar had to answer 4 questions. Her mother, K.Polgar, and she got
luxurious flowers. This pleasant mission was done by Michael Skibar
and Nikolai Semyonov.
V.Ivanchuk was asked to evaluate in a nutshell the match between Anatoly Karpov
and Gata Kamsky for the title of the world champion according the FIDE versions.
The match has just been finished. The Ukranian grandmaster gave the
shortest answer in the a sense of humour: "The victory of boredom".
N.Short got the same 2nd order number at the draw as last year.
Though his favorite figure is 7.
V.Ivanchuk got the same 5th number as last year. In 1994 he had the
first number.
Another participant of the tournament, Vladimir Kramnik, drew number
3. Last year he had 9 and the year before - 6.
V.Topalov got number 4. Last year he had the last 10th number.
Two participants of the super tournament who came here for the first
time got "edge" numbers: B.Gelfand got the 1st, J.Polgar - the 6th.
Last year all the lots were put just into souvenir birch-bark shoes
("lapti"). This time they were placed into... the dolls, made by a
professional craftswoman Irina Orlyankina. All the dolls were
beatiful and each of them had a unique dress made according to the
Russian tradition. It was a perfect gift for the grandmasters
reminding them about the ancient city of Novgorod.
Sortition was an unusual one. Its leader Irina Kibina told a
well-known tale about Vasilisa the Beauty. Five grandmasters were
titled "brave fellows" for the first time in their lives. J.Polgar
was called "the beauty".
Ceremony of opening
The ceremony of the super tournament opening took place at 2:00
p.m. on July 20 at the Drama Theater. The grandmasters and the judges appeared
on a stage decreated with the adds of the point-stock company "Stimorol-Novgorod".
They were accompanied by elegant girls - photomodels from the
photoagency "Image"
3) Interplay United States Chess Championships
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A category 13 US Championships is taking place in Parsippany,
New Jersey. It is covered on the
http://www.websong.com/chess/uscf/
USCF Chess Page.
The United States Chess Championships are taking place in
Parsippany, New Jersey USA. The surprise leader at the half-way
stage is Tal Shaked the 18 year old 1995 US Junior Champion.
He was born in New Mexico USA and has lived in Tucson Arizona
during the last 15 years.
He was recently awarded the Samford Chess Fellowship (previous
receipients include Patrick Wolff, Joel Benjamin, and Gata
Kamsky). This fellowship is given annually, by the American
Chess Foundation, to a young US player to develop his/her talent.
Living in a relative chess desert, he has not, until recently,
worked extensively with any leading chess teacher. In the past,
occasionally, before or after an out-of-town chess tournament, he
has tried to get a lesson or two from a leading GM. Thus, for
example, he spent once a couple of hours with Michael Adams, and
a little more with Kaidanov, Yermolinsky, and D. Gurevich. Only
recently he started having serious chess studies with IM John
Watson (the French Defence authority) of San Diego.
His last tournament, about three weeks ago, was the 1996 US Junior.
It was not a successful one: he ended it with 4.5/11.
[Information from his father Moshe Shaked]
The field bunched after seven rounds when both Tal Shaked and his
closest rival Alex Yermolinsky both lost.
Round 1 (1996.07.13)
Shaked, Tal - Khmelnitsky, Igor N 1-0 37
Christiansen, Larry M - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 45
Gulko, Boris F - Alburt, Lev O 1-0 69
Shabalov, Alexander - Dzindzichashvili, Roman 1/2 19
Yermolinsky, Alex - De Firmian, Nick E 1-0 66
Kaidanov, Grigory S - Ivanov, Alexander 1/2 22
Ivanov, Igor V - Gurevich, Dmitry 1/2 35
Round 2 (1996.07.14)
Gurevich, Dmitry - Kaidanov, Grigory S 1/2 28
Shabalov, Alexander - Christiansen, Larry M 1-0 44
Benjamin, Joel - Yermolinsky, Alex 0-1 41
Dzindzichashvili, Roman - Khmelnitsky, Igor N 1/2 17
De Firmian, Nick E - Ivanov, Igor V 1-0 43
Alburt, Lev O - Shaked, Tal 1/2 49
Ivanov, Alexander - Gulko, Boris F 1/2 13
Round 3 (1996.07.15)
Shaked, Tal - Ivanov, Alexander 1-0 41
Christiansen, Larry M - Dzindzichashvili, Roman 1-0 20
Gulko, Boris F - Gurevich, Dmitry 0-1 59
Yermolinsky, Alex - Shabalov, Alexander 1/2 20
Kaidanov, Grigory S - De Firmian, Nick E 1/2 44
Ivanov, Igor V - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 36
Khmelnitsky, Igor N - Alburt, Lev O 1-0 25
Round 4 (1996.07.16)
Christiansen, Larry M - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 45
Gurevich, Dmitry - Shaked, Tal 0-1 32
Shabalov, Alexander - Ivanov, Igor V 1/2 21
Benjamin, Joel - Kaidanov, Grigory S 1-0 42
Dzindzichashvili, Roman - Alburt, Lev O 1-0 34
De Firmian, Nick E - Gulko, Boris F 0-1 37
Ivanov, Alexander - Khmelnitsky, Igor N 1-0 19
Round 5 (1996.07.17)
Shaked, Tal - De Firmian, Nick E 1/2 47
Gulko, Boris F - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 89
Yermolinsky, Alex - Dzindzichashvili, Roman 1/2 25
Kaidanov, Grigory S - Shabalov, Alexander 1-0 47
Ivanov, Igor V - Christiansen, Larry M 1/2 10
Khmelnitsky, Igor N - Gurevich, Dmitry 1/2 49
Alburt, Lev O - Ivanov, Alexander 1-0 51
Round 6 (1996.07.18)
Christiansen, Larry M - Kaidanov, Grigory S 1-0
Gurevich, Dmitry - Alburt, Lev O 1/2
Shabalov, Alexander - Gulko, Boris F 1/2
Yermolinsky, Alex - Ivanov, Igor V 1/2
Benjamin, Joel - Shaked, Tal 1/2
Dzindzichashvili, Roman - Ivanov, Alexander 1/2
De Firmian, Nick E - Khmelnitsky, Igor N 1/2
Round 7 (1996.07.29)
Shaked, Tal - Shabalov, Alexander 0-1
Gulko, Boris F - Christiansen, Larry M 1/2
Kaidanov, Grigory S - Yermolinsky, Alex 1-0
Ivanov, Igor V - Dzindzichashvili, Roman 1/2
Khmelnitsky, Igor N - Benjamin, Joel 1/2
Alburt, Lev O - De Firmian, Nick E 1/2
Ivanov, Alexander - Gurevich, Dmitry 0-1
Parsippany (USA), VII 1996. cat. XIII (2550)
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1 Shaked, Tal m USA 2440 * . . 1 0 . = . . = . 1 = 1 4.5 2656
2 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2555 . * = . 0 = = 1 1 . = . . . 4.0 2615
3 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2615 . = * 0 = . = . . 1 . . 1 = 4.0 2614
4 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2570 0 . 1 * . . . . = . = = = 1 4.0 2580
5 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2565 1 1 = . * = . = 0 . = . . . 4.0 2595
6 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2610 . = . . = * 1 = 0 1 = . . . 4.0 2601
7 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2565 = = = . . 0 * . 1 . = = . . 3.5 2537
8 Dzindzichashvili, Roman g USA 2545 . 0 . . = = . * . . = = 1 = 3.5 2544
9 Kaidanov, Grigory S g USA 2580 . 0 . = 1 1 0 . * = . . . = 3.5 2571
10 De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2575 = . 0 . . 0 . . = * 1 = = . 3.0 2487
11 Ivanov, Igor V m USA 2475 . = . = = = = = . 0 * . . . 3.0 2519
12 Khmelnitsky, Igor N m USA 2485 0 . . = . . = = . = . * 1 0 3.0 2495
13 Alburt, Lev O g USA 2560 = . 0 = . . . 0 . = . 0 * 1 2.5 2439
14 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2560 0 . = 0 . . . = = . . 1 0 * 2.5 2440
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The women's event is lead by Anjelina Belakovskaia. I believe Anna
Gulko has just returned to chess after many years and probably
has a lapsed ELO rating. (right at the back of my mind I seem to
remember that she was denied a place in the Women's Interzonal
whilst she was still in Russia after the Russians reversed the
result of one of her games) If I remember rightly then she used
to be one of the very best women's players.
Parsippany (USA), VII 1996.
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1 Belakovskaia, Anjelina wg USA 2350 * . . . . . = 1 . 1 2.5 2551
2 Gulko, Anna USA ---- . * . . = . . . 1 = 2.0 2316
3 Tsodikova, Natalia USA 2145 . . * = . = 1 . . . 2.0 2485
4 Zitserman,Tatyana USA ---- . . = * 1 . . . = . 2.0 2291
5 Epstein, Esther wm USA 2245 . = . 0 * . . 1 . . 1.5
6 Khan, Anna USA 2165 . . = . . * 0 . 1 . 1.5 2225
7 Levitina, Irina S wg USA 2420 = . 0 . . 1 * . . . 1.5 2220
8 Tverskaya, Julia wm USA 2195 0 . . . 0 . . * . 1 1.0 2146
9 Burtman, Sharon wm USA 2110 . 0 . = . 0 . . * . 0.5
10 Levitan, Yuliya wm USA 2220 0 = . . . . . 0 . * 0.5
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4) Karsten Kold Skak Cup by Per Rasmussen
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There has been at GM tournament in Denmark, The Karsten Kold Skak Cup
reports Per Rasmussen of Under Uret.
It held in the Gistrup ChessClub. Aleksandrov and the already reasonably
well known Filippov scored their final GM norms.
Gistrup (DEN), VII 1996. cat. X (2481)
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1 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2530 * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2695
2 Aleksandrov, Aleksej m BLR 2550 = * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2692 GM Norm
3 Filippov, Valerij m RUS 2565 0 = * 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2596 GM Norm
4 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2530 = = 0 * 1 0 0 1 = 1 4.5 2475
5 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2490 = 0 1 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 4.5 2479
6 Volzhin, Alexander m RUS 2485 = 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 1 4.5 2480
7 Schandorff, Lars m DEN 2495 0 0 = 1 0 1 * = = = 4.0 2435
8 Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2450 0 = 0 0 1 0 = * 1 1 4.0 2440
9 Rasmussen, Karsten m DEN 2435 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 * 1 3.0 2360
10 Meyer, Lars A DEN 2275 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 2059
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5) Bad Homburg International Tournament by Otto Borik
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July 20th till July 28th a grandmaster tournament (GMT) will be held in Bad
Homburg (Germany, near Frankfurt). It is a category 12 event with 10
participants (in the order of the Elo rating):
1.IM Movsesian (Georgia) 2635
2.GM Alterman (Israel) 2590
3.GM Stangl (Germany) 2565
4.IM Gabriel (Germany) 2565
5.GM Boensch (Germany) 2525
6.IM Slobodjan (Germany) 2520
7.IM Bezold (Germany) 2495
8.WGM/IM S.Polgar (Hungary) 2480
9.GM Unzicker (Germany) 2460
10.IM Hug (Switzerland) 2445
GM Unzicker is the "Grand Old Man" of german chess. This 71 years old judge
played more then 300 times for the german national team. No 8 in the list is
Sofia Polgar. Sergei Movsesian is just 17 years old and one of the "shooting
stars" in the new Elo rating list. He is a native Georgian, but he lives in
Czech Republic since three years.
I will put updates on the tournament on my www page
(http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/chess.html)
Round 1 (1996.07.20)
Polgar, Sofia - Stangl, Markus 1-0 49 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Boensch, Uwe - Unzicker, Wolfgang 1/2 22 D55 Queen's gambit
Gabriel, Christian - Slobodjan, Roman 1/2 41 D47 Queen's gambit
Hug, Werner - Bezold, Michael 1/2 40 A07 Reti (1.Pf3)
Movsesian, Sergei - Alterman, Boris 0-1 53 C16 French; Winawer
Homburg (GER), VII 1996. cat. XII (2528)
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1 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2590 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2 Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2480 . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3 Bezold, Michael m GER 2495 . . * . . = . . . . 0.5 2445
4 Boensch, Uwe g GER 2525 . . . * . . . = . . 0.5 2460
5 Gabriel, Christian m GER 2565 . . . . * . = . . . 0.5 2520
6 Hug, Werner m SUI 2445 . . = . . * . . . . 0.5 2495
7 Slobodjan, Roman m GER 2520 . . . . = . * . . . 0.5 2565
8 Unzicker, Wolfgang g GER 2460 . . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2525
9 Movsesian, Sergei m ARM 2635 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Stangl, Markus g GER 2565 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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6) 1996 Norwegian Championships by Rune Djurhuus
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Rune Djurhuus has a report in Norwegian on his www pages:
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~runed/sjakk.html
"The strongest ever Norwegian Championship (at least in the number of
GMs participating) was held 6-13. July 1996 in the town Alta in the
very north of Norway. 16 players played 9 round Swiss in the top group
while all together 299 chess players participated in 12 different
groups.
The top group faced a close race between the three GMs. GM Rune
Djurhuus got off to a flying start with four wins in a row, but in an
extremely well played 6th round game, GM Einar Gausel caught up with
the leader after Djurhuus had chosen an unfortunate variation when
confronted with Gausel's Alechin defence which he played for the first
time in his life (in a tournament game).
GM Gausel and last years winner GM Jonathan Tisdall had a half point
lead to GM Djurhuus before the 9th and last round. Djurhuus won quite
easily while Tisdall only got a draw from three-times former champion
Berge Ostenstad which wasn't in his best form this year.
Then all was up to Gausel who played the raising star, 16 year old
Leif Elrlend Johannessen. Gausel was up to the task and in
Johannessen's time trouble, 32 year old Gausel launched an attack on
Whites king which netted 3 pawns and soon after the game. So Gausel
had won his second Norwegian title, while Tisdall, undefeated, got the
silver medal on better Bucholtz, ahead of Djurhuus."
Alta (NOR), VII 1996.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SB BH
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1 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2520 +16 - 5 =10 +14 + 4 + 3 = 2 + 6 +11 7.0 2612
2 Tisdall, Jonathan D g NOR 2515 = 9 = 4 +15 +16 = 3 + 6 = 1 + 5 = 7 6.5 2585 38.0
3 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2505 +14 +15 + 6 +11 = 2 - 1 = 5 = 4 +10 6.5 2545 37.0
4 Heim, Sverre f NOR ---- =12 = 2 = 5 + 9 - 1 + 7 +11 = 3 = 6 5.5 2479
5 Fossan, Erik NOR 2360 =11 + 1 = 4 = 7 = 6 + 8 = 3 - 2 =13 5.0 2448 39.5 43.5
6 Dannevig, Oystein NOR 2300 + 7 + 8 - 3 +12 = 5 - 2 +13 - 1 = 4 5.0 2446 39.5 43.0
7 Ostenstad, Berge m NOR 2465 - 6 +10 = 8 = 5 +12 - 4 + 9 =11 = 2 5.0 2402 34.0
8 Fossan, Petter f NOR 2360 +10 - 6 = 7 =15 =11 - 5 +12 =13 -14 4.0 2243 30.0
9 Egeli, Per Ove NOR 2315 = 2 -12 +13 - 4 =10 =14 - 7 =16 +15 4.0 2354 31.5
10 Berg, Johan NOR ---- - 8 - 7 = 1 -13 = 9 +16 +14 +15 - 3 4.0 2334 33.5
11 Johannessen, Leif Erlend NOR 2345 = 5 +16 =12 - 3 = 8 +15 - 4 = 7 - 1 4.0 2394 36.5
12 Moen, Ole-Christian f NOR 2270 = 4 + 9 =11 - 6 - 7 =13 - 8 =14 =16 3.5 2246 31.0
13 Nilssen, Sven Wisloff NOR 2230 -15 =14 - 9 +10 =16 =12 - 6 = 8 = 5 3.5 2184 29.0
14 Gullaksen, Eirik T NOR 2325 - 3 =13 +16 - 1 -15 = 9 -10 =12 + 8 3.5 2316 32.5
15 Elsness, Frode NOR 2350 +13 - 3 - 2 = 8 +14 -11 =16 -10 - 9 3.0 2278
16 Madsen, Dag NOR 2325 - 1 -11 -14 - 2 =13 -10 =15 = 9 =12 2.0 2165
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(* Sverre Heim is an fm but doesn't appear to be in the latest rating lists.
Its possible he hasn't played for a while. Rune gives his rating as 2405
which would be right for an FM. Mark C)
7) Dortmund 1996 Official results
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Just for the record Kramnik was placed first on tie-break
in the Dortmund Tournament. Probably they used the Sonnen-Berger
system.
Dortmund GER (GER), VII 1996. cat. XVIII (2676)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2765 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2886
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2735 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2889
3 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2665 = = * = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2802
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2685 0 = = * 0 = 1 = = 1 4.5 2675
5 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2665 0 0 = 1 * = 1 0 1 = 4.5 2677
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2685 0 = 0 = = * = 1 0 1 4.0 2632
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2750 = 0 = 0 0 = * = 1 1 4.0 2624
8 Huebner, Robert g GER 2595 0 0 = = 1 0 = * = = 3.5 2605
9 Lobron, Eric g GER 2585 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = * = 2.5 2520
10 Leko, Peter g HUN 2630 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 2.0 2461
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8) News from Italy by Adolivio Capece.
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For the men's Olympiad Team: GM Igor Efimov will be the non-playing
captain.
Players involved are: IM Michele Godena, IM Carlo D'Amore, IM Ennio
Arlandi, IM Bruno Belotti, IM Tullio Marinelli, IM Stefano Tatai, IM
Spartaco Sarno and IM Giulio Borgo. The official decision about the "six"
will be made next week.
The women team will also play. Mr Nicola Palladino (Fide member) will be
either the reprensentative for Italy in the Fide Congress and the captain
of the women team.
Italy will make application for GM title for Michele Godena. Moreover our
Federation will try again to have the honorary GM title to Enrico Paoli,
the "father" of the famous Reggio Emilia Tournament; he is 88 years old
and we are sure that he deserve this acknowledgemnt.
I have not official position in the Italian Federation or in Fide, but I
hope that all the chessplayers reading this text will support the request
of the Italian Federation by contacting their own national federation.
Thanks in advance to everybody.
Last information: probably we will have a great event at the end of the
year (december, 1-20) in Turin; tournaments, exibitions, Internet links,
computer games etc. Details follow as soon as possible.
Adolivio Capece is editor of L'Italia Scacchistica.
L'Italia Scacchistica is one of the oldest chess magazine in Europe and
probably in the world: it is 85 years old! It is regularly printed since
1911; I am the editor since 1992, following Mr Giovanni Ferrantes. The
first editor was the chess Master Stefano Rosselli del Turco.
The magazine is printed monthly; it is printed in full colours. We cover
all the sections of chess: games (usually annotated; among our
regular contributors Mr Karpov and Mr Tiviakov); studies (by E.Paoli),
problems (direct and helpmate, with a yearly contest free to everibody),
history, correspondance section (with international open tournaments),
endgames, news and curiosity (for example: do you know that the rockstar
Sting is a good chessplayer? Sometimes we have articles and interwiew
with such VIP). The magazine is written in Italian, but every now and
then we publish some summary in English. The yearly subscription costs
Italian Lire 100.000 (about 70 US dollars or 100 DM) or It.Lire 150.000
(100 US dollars or 150 DM) for air-mail mailing.
Sometimes we have also the opportunity to have old books for sale; for
example now we have one copy each of three different editions of the
famous ancient book of Ponziani. But we can help people in finding old
books on request.
9) Asian cities tournament by Khaled Chehab
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The Asian cities tournament was very well financed and
the level of the participants was high. There is a great chess
boom happening in the Gulf. The Arab countries have a high degree
of interest and there are a lot af competitions. There are schools
are being started. These countries are importing international
trainers from all over the world and paying them incredible amounts
of money.
The famous Russian GM, Gennadi Kuzmin of Russia is today the personal
trainer of Mohamad Almodaihiki, IM 2445 and also the whole team of Qatar.
Also in the Emirates Kurajica and lately Mershad Sherif and a lot others
so you can notice a very big interest in the game with also very big
financial support.
The new under 20 arab champion, Taleb Moussa from Dubai got a reward of
100,000 dirham approx. $30,000 and the same amount for his club as well.
They are also preparing well for the next olympiad.
The time control was as follows:
Dubai cup,9 rounds 1hr for 1st 23 moves and then 1 hr k.o.
Then followed another tournament, Jotun cup 30 min /player
01-Tashkent Uzb final stand. 2nd ex-aeqo with Samarkand uzb
1-Nenashev Alex. gm 2595(he got a gold medal on board 1 with 91.7%)
2-Saltaev Mihail gm 2530
3-Zagrebelny Serg. gm 2500
4-Tuldachev Saidali im 2495
5-Kaiumov Dmitri im 2435
6-Kasimdzhanov Ruslan fm 2425
impressive isnt it?!!!
02-Pavlodar Kaz
1-Irzhanov R im 2500
2-Temirbaev S gm 2495
3-Kotsur P gm 2495
4-Egorov E 2380
5-Ibragimov A 2000
6-Odegov G 2000
3 Bandung Ina
1-Adianto Utut gm 2610
Highest Elo,very nice guy,he got his Gm title in Dubai 92
he was interviewd by a new in chess correspondant
this guy also distributed free samples and yearbooks!
but i think the emirates federation paid for it.
2-Handoko Edhi gm 2480
3-Sitanggang S im 2410
4-Wahono A 2325
5-Hamdani R 2320
6-Kosasih C 2000
4- Bishkek Kgz
1-Yurtaev leonid im 2490
Imanaliev fm 2395
Magay v 2500
Ilinsky 2335
Zilberman im 2410
Muaratbekov a 2000
5-Ashkabad Tkm
Kakageldyev im 2475
Annageldiev im 2485
Odeev im 2425
Ahundov 2405
none
none
Samarkand Uzb the winners
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Shukhrat s Im 2510
Vakhidov t Im 2410
Barsov a Im 2465
Dzumaev m 2365
Shodiev 2000
Nishanova 2000
and the last time winners outplayed by everybody but very
good in rapid.
Jakarta Indonesia
Barus im 2410
Gunawan fm 2425
Ardinsyah gm 2430
Ginting im 2400
Juswanto fm 2415
Darmawitamin 2000
8 Neyveli India with the famous Ravi Lanka..
9 Dushanbe Tjk
There were also alot of surprises like the very strong teams dhaka
bangladesh and especially Hochiminh-22! from vietnam who massacred
Samarkand in the 8th round 3.5 0.5
with only
1-Tu hoang thong Im 2475
2-Tu hoang thai (his brother!) 2000
3-Hoang nam thang 2000
4-Vo thanh phong fm 2000
10) Oberwart Open in Vienna by John Henderson.
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Top Seed, GM Matthew Sadler from Kent was the outright winner of the
Oberwart Open in Vienna with an impressive score of 8/9. Following
hard on the heels of his equal first place in the recent Ischia GM
tournament, Matthew's new FIDE rating is now 2645 and moves him into
the Super GM league.
Leading standings:
Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2615 36 8
Landa, Konstantin............... g RUS 2570 15 7
Eingorn, Vereslav S............. g UKR 2585 38 7
Dvoirys, Semen I................ g RUS 2570 28 7
Cvitan, Ognjen.................. g CRO 2535 87 7
Burmakin, Vladimir.............. g RUS 2505 56 6.5
Lerner, Konstantin Z............ g UKR 2580 33 6.5
Loginov, Valery A............... g RUS 2525 33 6.5
Gleizerov, Evgeny............... g RUS 2545 25 6.5
Ruck, Robert.................... m HUN 2465 40 6.5
Beim, Valery.................... g ISR 2570 2 6.5
Sziebert, Adam.................. f HUN 2300 55 6.5
.....etc
11) 1996 Scottish Championships by John Henderson
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International Master Douglas Bryson, 39, from Shettleston, Glasgow, is the
winner of the 1996 Scottish Championship played at the Corran Halls in Oban
with a score of 7/9. Needing to win in the last round against Paul Brown
from Edinburgh University, Bryson showed the form that he produced in the
first half of the tournament to win with ease. Bryson has been a regular
player in the championship since the late 70's and this has been the first
time he has won the event.
Second place was FM John Shaw from Kilmarnock who beat Jim Stevenson from
Finchley. Third place went to pre-tournament favourite, GM Colin McNab
from Dundee, with 6/9 after a last round draw with Jonathan Grant from
Edinburgh.
The Scottish Championship Trophy and first prize of L400 was presented
to Mr Bryson by local MP, Ray Michie, at the prize-giving ceremony at
the Corran Halls.
Oban ch-SCO, VII 1996.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Bryson, Douglas M m SCO 2380 + 6 + 3 = 2 + 5 + 4 + 7 =10 - 8 +12 7.0 2459
2 Shaw, John f SCO 2335 =11 +10 = 1 + 7 + 3 = 5 + 6 - 4 + 8 6.5 2428
3 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2465 +13 - 1 = 6 +12 - 2 +10 + 5 + 7 = 4 6.0 2364
4 Grant, Jonathan SCO 2265 = 8 + 9 = 7 =11 - 1 - 6 +13 + 2 = 3 5.0 2306
5 Upton, Timothy J f SCO 2285 =10 +12 +11 - 1 + 6 = 2 - 3 +14 - 9 5.0 2264
6 McEwan, Ken B SCO 2195 - 1 +13 = 3 +14 - 5 + 4 - 2 =12 +11 5.0 2341
7 Pritchett, Craig W m SCO 2325 = 9 + 8 = 4 - 2 +11 - 1 +12 - 3 +14 5.0 2268
8 Stevenson, James ENG 2110 = 4 - 7 =13 -10 = 9 +14 +11 + 1 - 2 4.5 2251
9 Weston, Richard SCO 2155 = 7 - 4 -12 -13 = 8 =11 =14 +10 + 5 4.0 2223
10 Buchanan, Walter F SCO 2150 = 5 - 2 =14 + 8 =12 - 3 = 1 - 9 =13 3.5 2188
11 Dearing, Eddie SCO 2185 = 2 +14 - 5 = 4 - 7 = 9 - 8 =13 - 6 3.0 2112
12 Brown,PG ---- =14 - 5 + 9 - 3 =10 =13 - 7 = 6 - 1 3.0 2144
13 Robertson, Ian C SCO 2220 - 3 - 6 = 8 + 9 -14 =12 - 4 =11 =10 3.0 2080
14 Beveridge, Allan SCO 2250 =12 -11 =10 - 6 +13 - 8 = 9 - 5 - 7 2.5 2010
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12) Irish National championships by John Hurley
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In the tightest finish for several years, three players tied for first at the
Morris Insulations Irish Senior championship in Dublin last weekend. Final
round wins by Tom Clarke (black against Mark Heidenfeld), Richard
O'Donovan (black against Gerry O'Connell) and Colm Daly (white against
overnight leader Mark Quinn) left the three victors on 6.5/9 half-a-point
clear of the field. On tiebreak, the official 1996 Irish champion is Richard
O'Donovan who had a remarkable tournament starting with five straight wins,
then losing two games in a row before recovering to post a draw and a win in
the concluding rounds. The surprise champion also picked up the best game prize
for his win against Heidenfeld. Tom Clarke opted for a different
route to shared first starting modestly but finishing with four straight wins.
His welcome return to form included an important novelty in the French Defence
Advance Variation used to victorious effect against this correspondent and a
fascinating endgame struggle in which he prevailed over co-winner O'Donovan.
Finally,and not before time, Colm Daly managed to get his name on the trophy
after a protracted bout of strategic attrition against number one seed Mark
Quinn in the last game of the tournament to finish. Nineteen-year-old
Quinn will undoubtedly have his day in years to come while Daly has gone a
long way to banishing the ghosts of previous years notably 1993 when the
title slipped out of his hands in the seventh hour.
RESULTS: Morris Insulations Irish Senior Championship, July 6-14, Dublin.
FIDE
Jt lst R.O'Donovan 2215
T.Clarke 2225
C.Daly 2295 6.5/9
3rd-4th M.Quinn 2350
S.Brady 2305 6
5th-6th M.Heidenfeld 2320
M.O'Cinneide 2265 5.5
7-11 A.Smith 2265
J.Hurley 2205 5
D.McMahon 2260
G.O'Connell 2145 5
12-13 J.Ryan 2265 4.5
13 C.O'Shau'nessy 2260 4.5
25 competed.
For further information on the tournament and on chess in Ireland
in general, see CHESS IRELAND, http://www.iol.ie/~jghurley.
13) Vlissingen Open by Li Riemersma
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This Open was strong at the top although it contained quite a few weaker
players at the bottom. It was played 6-12 July. Li Riemersma sent the
results and games.
Vlissingen (NED), VII 1996.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Kogan, Artur m ISR 2475 + 44 + 32 + 39 = 7 + 37 + 4 = 2 6.0 2666
2 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2660 + 46 + 12 + 18 + 9 = 4 = 3 = 1 5.5 2605
3 Hort, Vlastimil g GER 2545 + 33 + 19 + 17 = 16 = 7 = 2 + 13 5.5 2597
4 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2475 + 61 + 40 + 11 + 5 = 2 - 1 + 14 5.5 2563
5 Riemersma, Liafbern m NED 2435 + 27 + 22 + 29 - 4 + 10 = 15 + 20 5.5 2398
6 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav m RUS 2540 + 42 + 21 = 15 + 20 = 16 + 17 = 8 5.5 2503
7 Bagirov, Vladimir g LAT 2505 + 62 + 26 + 13 = 1 = 3 = 14 + 15 5.5 2536
8 Motwani, Paul g SCO 2490 + 50 + 58 = 20 = 15 + 11 + 16 = 6 5.5 2500
9 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam m UZB 2435 + 63 + 53 + 10 - 2 + 19 = 13 + 22 5.5 2415
10 Nieuwelink, Kees NED 2225 + 67 + 25 - 9 + 45 - 5 + 59 + 31 5.0 2233
11 Cools, Gorik BEL 2270 + 66 + 45 - 4 + 29 - 8 + 53 + 26 5.0
12 De Bruycker,B ---- + 79 - 2 + 52 + 23 - 13 + 41 + 29 5.0
13 Collas, Didier m FRA 2360 + 34 + 59 - 7 + 32 + 12 = 9 - 3 4.5 2222
14 De Waal, Mark NED 2280 + 65 - 29 + 35 + 24 + 21 = 7 - 4 4.5 2375
15 De Wolf, Johan NED 2275 + 51 + 47 = 6 = 8 + 53 = 5 - 7 4.5 2405
16 Hendriks, Willy NED 2430 + 55 + 38 + 28 = 3 = 6 - 8 = 19 4.5 2438
17 Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2285 + 48 + 31 - 3 + 40 + 26 - 6 = 21 4.5 2245
18 Vetemaa, Juri f EST 2350 + 36 + 23 - 2 - 26 = 45 + 46 + 52 4.5
19 Tiggelman, Rene NED ---- + 43 - 3 + 46 + 77 - 9 + 30 = 16 4.5 2197
20 Karadeniz, Emre TUR 2240 + 81 + 52 = 8 - 6 + 56 + 38 - 5 4.5 2215
21 Groffen, Hans NED 2145 + 75 - 6 + 62 + 31 - 14 + 55 = 17 4.5 2095
22 Jansen, Chris DW NED ---- + 78 - 5 = 55 + 61 + 35 + 37 - 9 4.5 2265
23 Van den Brekel,H ---- + 83 - 18 + 66 - 12 = 27 + 42 + 39 4.5 2270
24 Stange,W ---- - 68 + 75 + 81 - 14 + 36 = 28 + 38 4.5 2037
25 Holwijn,M ---- + 89 - 10 + 68 = 28 - 38 + 51 + 53 4.5 2208
26 Gommers, Ralf NED ---- + 69 - 7 + 33 + 18 - 17 + 54 - 11 4.0 2159
27 Van der Mark,W ---- - 5 + 60 - 53 + 72 = 23 + 45 = 28 4.0 2114
28 Riemens, Albert NED 2180 + 74 + 77 - 16 = 25 = 30 = 24 = 27 4.0
29 Westerweele,M ---- + 86 + 14 - 5 - 11 + 64 + 40 - 12 4.0 2271
30 Van Boven,D ---- + 70 - 37 = 64 + 48 = 28 - 19 + 61 4.0 2047
31 Willemze,T ---- + 54 - 17 + 74 - 21 + 65 + 58 - 10 4.0
32 Ljubojevich,M ---- + 73 - 1 + 63 - 13 - 55 + 64 + 62 4.0
33 Stange,S ---- - 3 + 73 - 26 + 81 = 40 = 56 + 59 4.0 2129
34 Van Sluijs,W ---- - 13 = 70 + 78 - 41 + 68 = 35 + 56 4.0
35 Van Hecke,E ---- = 91 + 87 - 14 + 49 - 22 = 34 + 54 4.0
36 Jonkheer,A ---- - 18 - 57 + 83 + 80 - 24 + 82 + 58 4.0
37 Abolianin, Arthur NED 2300 + 49 + 30 = 95 + 56 - 1 - 22 - - 3.5
38 Batenburg,P ---- + 82 - 16 = 49 + 50 + 25 - 20 - 24 3.5
39 Demirel, Tolga TUR 2190 + 64 + 68 - 1 - 53 = 42 + 48 - 23 3.5
40 Monte, Peter NED 2100 + 76 - 4 + 44 - 17 = 33 - 29 + 75 3.5
41 Reedijk,P ---- + 57 = 94 - 56 + 34 = 54 - 12 = 44 3.5
42 Van Driel,E ---- - 6 = 93 + 57 = 51 = 39 - 23 + 69 3.5 2172
43 Pluymert,M ---- - 19 - 62 = 60 + 87 = 61 + 63 = 47 3.5
44 De Jonge,F ---- - 1 + 84 - 40 = 79 = 69 + 60 = 41 3.5
45 Van der Borgt,P ---- + 88 - 11 + 79 - 10 = 18 - 27 + 55 3.5 2008
46 Lammens,Tim ---- - 2 + 72 - 19 = 69 + 74 - 18 + 73 3.5
47 Baete,G ---- + 80 - 15 - 77 - 54 + 84 + 65 = 43 3.5
48 Sanders,S ---- - 17 + 83 = 59 - 30 + 71 - 39 + 76 3.5
49 Van Eekhout,M ---- - 37 + 86 = 38 - 35 = 60 = 73 + 68 3.5
50 Gernaert,J ---- - 8 = 78 + 76 - 38 = 79 = 69 + 72 3.5
51 Koolhoven,M ---- - 15 = 54 + 87 = 42 = 92 - 25 + 70 3.5
52 Hamers,P ---- + 90 - 20 - 12 = 74 + 77 + 70 - 18 3.5
53 Veenstra,H ---- + 71 - 9 + 27 + 39 - 15 - 11 - 25 3.0 2099
54 Gommers,O ---- - 31 = 51 + 67 + 47 = 41 - 26 - 35 3.0
55 Friesen, Boris NED ---- - 16 + 82 = 22 = 58 + 32 - 21 - 45 3.0
56 Karstens, Bart NED ---- + 60 = 96 + 41 - 37 - 20 = 33 - 34 3.0
57 Van der Linde,P ---- - 41 + 36 - 42 - 63 = 72 = 67 + 81 3.0 2205
58 De Wolf,C ---- + 72 - 8 = 61 = 55 + 62 - 31 - 36 3.0
59 Clarisse,E ---- + 84 - 13 = 48 = 64 + 63 - 10 - 33 3.0
60 De Koeyer,F ---- - 56 - 27 = 43 + 76 = 49 - 44 + 79 3.0
61 Burgerhoff,R ---- - 4 + 69 = 58 - 22 = 43 + 77 - 30 3.0
62 Minaux,G ---- - 7 + 43 - 21 + 82 - 58 + 79 - 32 3.0
63 Van Dijke,P ---- - 9 + 71 - 32 + 57 - 59 - 43 + 77 3.0
64 Toetenel,M ---- - 39 + 85 = 30 = 59 - 29 - 32 + 80 3.0
65 Steijn,S ---- - 14 = 98 = 70 + 73 - 31 - 47 + 78 3.0
66 Saalheim,P ---- - 11 + 88 - 23 = 68 - 70 = 78 + 82 3.0
67 De Jager, Jaap NED 2205 - 10 = 97 - 54 - 71 + 80 = 57 + 83 3.0
68 Alders,R ---- + 24 - 39 - 25 = 66 - 34 + 74 - 49 2.5
69 Lammens,Tijs ---- - 26 - 61 + 86 = 46 = 44 = 50 - 42 2.5
70 Hollebrands,J ---- - 30 = 34 = 65 = 99 + 66 - 52 - 51 2.5
71 Cevaal,C ---- - 53 - 63 = 88 + 67 - 48 - 75 + 86 2.5
72 Van Houten,H ---- - 58 - 46 + 85 - 27 = 57 + 89 - 50 2.5
73 Wolters,D ---- - 32 - 33 + 90 - 65 + 83 = 49 - 46 2.5
74 De Bock,M ---- - 28 + 89 - 31 = 52 - 46 - 68 + 87 2.5 2200
75 Quakkelaar,A ---- - 21 - 24 - 80 + 88 = 86 + 71 - 40 2.5
76 Vermue,A ---- - 40 =100 - 50 - 60 + 88 + 86 - 48 2.5
77 Kabboord,K ---- + 85 - 28 + 47 - 19 - 52 - 61 - 63 2.0
78 Timmer, Jos NED ---- - 22 = 50 - 34 = 84 = 89 = 66 - 65 2.0 2220
79 Kalisvaart,P ---- - 12 + 90 - 45 = 44 = 50 - 62 - 60 2.0
80 Janse,P ---- - 47 - 81 + 75 - 36 - 67 + 84 - 64 2.0
81 Blakmoor,B ---- - 20 + 80 - 24 - 33 - 82 + 85 - 57 2.0
82 Westerweele,H ---- - 38 - 55 + 89 - 62 + 81 - 36 - 66 2.0
83 Van der Wilt,N ---- - 23 - 48 - 36 + 85 - 73 + 90 - 67 2.0
84 Schroevers,R ---- - 59 - 44 =101 = 78 - 47 - 80 + 89 2.0
85 Van der Heyden,S ---- - 77 - 64 - 72 - 83 +103 - 81 + 90 2.0
86 Culverhouse, Brian ENG ---- - 29 - 49 - 69 + 90 = 75 - 76 - 71 1.5
87 Koolhoven,J ---- =102 - 35 - 51 - 43 - 90 + 88 - 74 1.5
88 Rijkers,G ---- - 45 - 66 = 71 - 75 - 76 - 87 +105 1.5
89 Ibrahim, Anthony CAN 2220 - 25 - 74 - 82 +104 = 78 - 72 - 84 1.5
90 Lin,K ---- - 52 - 79 - 73 - 86 + 87 - 83 - 85 1.0
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14) VISA NORDIC GRAND PRIX
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SCORES AND STANDINGS AFTER TWO TOURNAMENTS OUT OF FIVE
1ST REYKJAVIK OPEN, ICELAND, 2-10 MARCH 1996
2ND COPENHAGEN OPEN, DENMARK, 22/6-4/7 1996
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POINTS
PLAYER: NATION NGP-1 NGP-2
TOTAL
1. GM CURT HANSEN DEN 13.00 24.50 37.50
2. GM SIMEN AGDESTEIN NOR 28.50 - 28.50
3. GM JONATHAN TISDALL NOR 26.50 26.50
4. GM JONNY HECTOR SWE 12.00 12.17 24.17
5. TIGER HILLARP PERSSON SWE 21.50 21.50
6. GM JOHANN HJARTARSON ISL 7.00 14.17 21.17
7. GM MARGEIR PETURSSON ISL 13.00 5.00 18.00
8-9.IM NIKOLAJ BORGE DEN 17.00 17.00
8-9.GM HANNES H. STEFANSSON ISL 17.00 - 17.00
10. GM EINAR GAUSEL NOR 4.50 12.17 16.67
11-12. IM ERLING MORTENSEN DEN - 13.17 13.17
11-12. GM PETER HEINE NIELSEN DEN - 13.17 13.17
13. GM LARS BO HANSEN DEN - 12.17 12.17
14. GM RUNE DJURHUUS NOR 7.00 4.00 11.00
15. GM HELGI ASS STEFANSSON ISL 9.00 - 9.00
16. GM HELGI OLAFSSON ISL 8.00 - 8.00
17. GM RALF AKESSON SWE - 7.00 7.00
18-19. IM LARS SCHANDORFF DEN - 6.00 6.00
18-19. IM TH. THORHALLSSON ISL 6.00 - 6.00
20-22 IM JOHAN FURDOFF SWE - 4.00 4.00
20-22. IM STEFFEN PEDERSEN DEN - 4.00 4.00
20-22. IM SAMIR LEJLICS SWE - 4.00 4.00
23-25. BRAGI HALLDORSSON ISL 1.50 - 1.50
23-25. IM PATRIK LYBERG SWE 1.50 - 1.50
23-25. MAGNUS ORN OLAFSSON ISL 1.50 - 1.50
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Individual results have been compiled and certified by Steen Juul Mortensen,
special supervisor of the competition, according to the formal regulation.
Players involved are asked to apologise that wrong NGP-points were published at
first due to the fact that draft version of the regulation had been used by
mistake earlier on. The correct regulation for the Nordic Grand Prix Tournament
Series is published on the "Chess in Iceland" WWW home page.
The 3rd VISA NORDIC GRAND PRIX tournament will be held in Norway as a part of
the Gausdal Chess Festival and Arnold J. Eikrem´s Memorial Tournament, 3-11
August, the 4th one in Sweden, as a part of The Rilton Cup in Stockholm, 27
Dec.´96 - 7. Jan. ´97 and the 5th one in the Faeroe Islands, as a part of the
Torshavn Open in February 1997.
The best results and individual performance from 3 out of 5 NGP tournaments
count for qualification to the Final Nordic Grand Prix, a Round Robin
tournament of 14 players with formidable prize fund, which is planned to be
held in Reykjavik, Iceland, in the autumn of 1997. In case of a tie results
from the fourth and if needed fifth tournament will count. Further tie will be
broken by lot. The 14 and last seat will be filled by special invitation.
Reykjavik, 18 July 1996 - Einar S. Einarsson, Chief Administrative Officer of
the NGP
15) Randomization for Fischerandom Chess
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See my www page for Ib Skovgaard's method of generating
a start position for Fischerandom Chess (Ib_Skovgaard@dk-online.dk)
In addition FurneM@aol.com has written a program for generating
the positions.
16) Two Dutch Events by Rob Van Aurich
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DONNER MEMORIAL
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International Chess Tournament and Dutch Open Championships
Amsterdam 17-29 August 1996
Playing hall: RAI Deltahal
Invitationgroup: 12 players only upon invitation
Three Opens: (The winner of group A will receive an invation for 1997)
Each group ten prizes: (In Dutch Florins)
Group A (>2100): 1=5000 2=3000 3=1750 4=1500 5=1000
6=750 7=500 8=400 9=300 10=150
Group B (2100-1800): 1=1500 2=1000 3=750 4=500 5=400
6=300 7=200 8=150 9=100 10=50
Group C (<1800): 1=1250 2=750 3=500 4=400 5=300
6=200 7=100 8=75 9=50 10=50
Rate of play: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 20 in 1 hour, and
finished by quick play (30 minutes added).
Thus maximum of 7 hours.
Registrations 17th August 09-12 h.
Playing scedule: 1: Saturday 17/08 13:00-20:00
2: Sunday 18/08 13:00-20:00
3: Monday 19/08 13:00-20:00
4: Tuesday 20/08 13:00-20:00
Wednesday 21/08 Blitztournament
5: Thursday 22/08 13:00-20:00
6: Friday 23/08 13:00-20:00
7: Saturday 24/08 13:00-20:00
8: Sunday 25/08 13:00-20:00
Monday 26/08 Free
9: Tuesday 27/08 13:00-20:00
10: Wednesday 28/08 13:00-20:00
11: Thursday 29/08 11:00-18:00
Prizegiving 29/08 18:00 h
Smoking is not permitted in the playing hall
You will have to subscribe before 26th July 1996.
Adresses: Stichting Bevordering Schaaksport Nederland
PO-box 501, NL-8901BH LEEUWARDEN (Netherlands)
Telephone: +31.58.212 21 23
Telefax : +31.58.212 78 71
Entry Fees: group A: NLG 115 (IGM/IM no charge; FM NLG 57.50)
group B: NLG 80
group C: NLG 60
I won't participate, so if any members of your club want to, please,
contact Mr.Bert Breuker in Leeuwarden. (Phone and fax mentioned above).
Tournament of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation ("BONDSWEDSTRIJDEN")
Date: Monday 22th July - Thursday 1st August
Place: Sportscentre Theothorne, Dieren (municipality Rheden), near Arnhem.
Main tournament: 4 groups.
Maingroup: >2000 elo
Group A: less than 2000
Group B: less than 1800
Group C: less than 1650
Nine rounds according to swiss system. Free round at Sunday 28th July.
Rate of play: main group: 40/2 + 20/1 + 30 mins quick finish
groups A-C: 40/2 + 1 h quick finish.
Rounds 1-8 will start at 12:30
Round 9 will start at 10:00 !!
There are also subtournaments like 6-round swiss, rapid (25 mins per game),
and a eveningstournament of 3 rounds (groups of 4 round robin).
Prizes: Main group 12 prizes (NLG 3000 - NLG 100) Non-winners will receive
NLG 15 per scored point.
Groups A-C: 14 prizes (A: NLG 750-50, B: NLG 400-50, C: NLG 300-50)
Other activities during the tournament: simultanious chess and checkers,
bridgedrive, blitztournament, chessbrunch on Sunday 28Th July, soccergame
against public servants of the municipality of Rheden.
Smoking is not permitted in the playing hall.
Informations and subscribing: Royal Dutch Chess Federation,
Frans Halsplein 5, NL-2021DL Haarlem. Phone: +31.23.525 40 25;
fax: +31.23.525 54 353.
There will be a special chessplayerscampingsite. Bring your own campinggear.
Informations about hotels, B&B addresses, and so on: +31.313.42 26 60
(8:30-11:30 h and 12:30-17:00 h local time)
Entry fees: Maingroup NLG 135 (FM: 85; IGM/IM free)
Group A: 85, B: 65, C: 50
6-round swiss: 30, rapid: 10, 4-groups: 10
Blitz: 7.50, Bridgedrive: 12 per couple.
Maybe I will partcipate in the evening, because (1) I'm playing the
Gent-tournament in Belgium (20-24 July) and (2) I have much work to
do at my office as of 25 July.
Greetings from
Rob van Aurich
(Member of the Board of the
Royal Dutch Chess Federation)
SCCU INTERNATIONAL by Adam Raoof
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4th Southern Counties Chess Union International
A 9 round swiss
FIDE RATED - IM NORM OPPORTUNITIES
Monday 19th August to Tuesday 27 August 1996
Golders Green Church Hall, West Heath Drive
London NW11.
Info: David Sedgwick 44 181 656 7682