THE WEEK IN CHESS 10 20.11.94 Mark Crowther.
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1) Introduction
2) The Kamsky Letter and Bob Rice's response.
3) Campomanes may run for a new term
4) Olympiad Team News
5) PARIS INTEL PCA BLITZ. 8 games
6) Epishin Lecture in DC: 11/16 by Aaron Casser. 2 games
7) Illescas verses Topalov Match. Alcobendas (Spain) 1 game
8) Lautier- Karpov match. Linares Spain 4 games
9) Inter Chess 5 - Rishon Le Zion 2 games
10) INTERNATIONAL BLITZ TOURNAMENT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF IBM at Moshav Nir-Galim.
11 Russian Championships 1994 ELISTA. 11 games
12) 6th Leuven Open by Stef Renkens 5 games
13) Paris - London Match
14) Hastings Congress - Provisional lineup.
15) European Team Cup. Lyons France
16) BURGAS (Bulgaria) Category 15 Tournament. 19 games
17) Asian Active Chess Tournament held in Kuala Lumpur by Chua Yeow Hooi
18) Women verses Senior Grandmasters.
19) STUDIES by Wlodek Proskurowski
1) Introduction
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I apologise if there appear to be any loose ends in this issue, but I
appear to have flu so I am getting this issue out as fast as possible now.
Many thanks to all the contributers as normal.
2) The Kamsky Letter and Bob Rice's response.
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Eric Schiller posted an open letter to the chess World from Gata
Kamsky. It purely represents Kamsky's point of view and was unedited
by Eric.
Dated: 07.11.94
One and half months already passed since we started trying to get any answer
from Bob Rice. So far, our lawyers received only telephone answers. We
officially requested him in written form to allow PCA Candidates' finals
match between Kamsky and Anand to be held in Linares, starting December
15-20th. We also explained that it is a best time for both Kamsky and Anand,
since we both signed our contracts with Mr. Rentero concerning the Linares
tournament as well as Monaco and finally, Dos Hermanas. We also asked Bob
Rice to confirm the money guarantees for the CAndidates' finals and world
championship matches. Bob Rice does not give any written answer. Verbally, he
says that the match will be in Las Palmas at the end the March and the
beginning of April. We are filled with indignation, since Las Palmas didn't
make any contract with us. Bob Rice, also verbally, says that the PCA now has
no money, and the prize fund for the Anand-Kamsky match will be only $50,000
each, which is twice less than has been previously announced and confirmed
during the whole qualification cycle.
What we were fighting for? Bob Rice said that the PCA probably will not hold
the world championship match, or if it will than with the prize fund only of
2 or 1 million dollars. He explained it by saying that it was everybody's
imagination and nobody ever guaranteed the prize fund. We are almost
convinced that Bob Rice, Kasparov and Short are liars. They took their
commission fees, maybe like 50% of the seven million dollars.
Bob Rice refused to show their contract with Intel on our lawyers' requests.
When he was asked of why the final candidates' match will not be held in
Linares, he said that Rentero is working against the PCA, by organizing thie
match between Karpov and Lautier, calling it a poilitical move. If the PCA
will announce the match for the March instead of the December, both Gata and
Anand will not be able to play int he annual Linares and Monaco tournaments.
We ask you to forgiveus for this.
We ask you to pbulish this fax letter in different media publications of
Europe, for example: France, Spain, Germany, Netherlands and others.
Chess players, please do not trust Bob Rice and Kasparov. They decieve
everybody and they do not guive any written guarantees. Almost one and half
years was wasted for us. PCA, by using the name of all chess players, is
getting money fromt he sponsors, while making its own arrangements and not
amking any reports. Who is PCA? They are Bob Rice, Garry Kasparov, Nigel
Short and Blanc Shapira. It is fraud, lawlessness, dictatorship. Where are
their laws and rules - there are none. If they didn't get the money from
sponsors, they have to pay by their own money. They are rich people and they
have to be responsible. There is no other way. The whole cycle took almost
one and half years and there is nothing at the end!
They choose players fo the tournaments. They change the prizes to their own
discretion, not fulfilling promises from the side of the PCA. They are simply
mocking us.
Please send a letter to Intel from yourself, with a complaint about Bob Rice
and PCA. We also ask you to make an interview with newspapers, where you
should express your opinion.
Finally, if you have any documents or papers, where PCA announced its money
prizes and candidaters final match witht he prize fund of $200,000 and world
championship match witht he prize fund of three million dollars witht he
signature and interview of any one from PCA. Please send those papers to us
by fax or by mail.
Thank you very much,
/s/Gata Kamsky
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PCA Response to Kamsky. November 19, 1994.
Bob Rice's Reaction
We spoke to Bob Rice today over the phone about Gata Kamsky's Open Letter and
he made these comments. The fragments are presented more or less in the order
that I jotted them down. -- Larry Evans
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"The charges made by Gata Kamsky are patently absurd and have about the same
degree of validity as his earlier charge that people were poisoning his food."
"There is barely a single accuracy in it. It's off the wall."
"The PCA is holding its championship match in August or September of 1995.
We're close to a deal with two major European cities. We are hoping the prize
fund will be in $2 million range. We have made excellent TV arrangements."
"Kasparov vs. Anand or Kamsky will be at most a 20-game match. We'd like to
make it even faster. I don't know yet if the purse will be divided 50-50. I'm
not sure if the rules call for Kasparov to keep his title on a tie."
"The PCA is a 501c3 organization and must report to the strictest authority in
world -- the IRS. We set it up for that reason. We could have gone to some fly
by night country and set it up in some bizarre way, but we didn't."
"Will we publish our contract with Intel? No. The PGA does not do that. The
USTA does not do that. We are mot trying to get collective decision making. We
want to make our sponsors happy. The PCA is not about a bunch of players
sitting around and deciding how they're going to spend the sponsors money."
"Gata Kamsky is slitting the throat of chessplayers everywhere. The sponsors
have shown increasing ambivalence about chess because of his repeated false
charges. We expect a letter of retraction. I spoke to his new lawyer at length
last night and we're working out the language of a retraction letter. At some
point we have to cope with this kind of thing. We're not going to overreact to
ravings which are absurd on their face, and we realize that the Kamskys are
not very sophisticated about the workings of American business. But patience
has a limit. When someone makes absurdly false and derogatory statements which
people may think have an element of truth, then we have to take some action."
"Kamsky has fired off numerous letter to Intel over the last six months. We
can't disclose how much Intel has committed for this PCA cycle. We entered
into a commercial contract. We signed a confidentiality agreement. Every sport
operates in the same fashion. Everybody has to realize we're running this the
same way as golf or tennis."
"The business judgment of chessplayers has not proven to be of high quality in
the past. The GMA was a perfect example. You can't run any sport by committee.
You say that 'secrecy engenders suspicion.' But the PCA is run the same way as
any major sport is run. If chess wants to be different, then it won't have
commercial sponsors. The PGA, USTA, ATP, Virginia Slims, that's the model
we're operating on. The PCA has the same form of incorporation. Nobody
discloses their exact financials. We subjected ourselves to the most rigorous
scrutiny by the IRS. They examine our tax returns, which are confidential."
"We have responded to Kamsky and his lawyers in writing. Kamsky can play or
not play under the conditions offered by the PCA. That's his decision."
"If we can't operate the same way as tennis or golf, then we can't operate.
Lunatic charges don't change that. We either operate like a business or chess
will revert to its past -- with all the attendant secrecy and conspiracy
theories. It will become a medieval sport with a medieval mindset. If we want
to take chess into the 21st century and get it on TV, then we must operate
like tennis or golf."
"Kamsky doesn't control the way things operate. His charges are groundless.
How are we supposed to react? He's saying things which are false and dangerous
for chess. He's cost us at least one major corporate sponsor already. If
chessplayers don't wake up, they're gonna kill the golden goose."
Larry Evans. November 19, 1994
3) Campomanes may run for a new term
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The following news that originally appeared in the chess column
of the Times would have been totally unbelievable without the
implications of the above letter. Apparently last week Kasparov
gave a press conference in which he said he is to support Campomanes
as FIDE President. No official announcement as to Campomanes return
to the Presidential race has been made as far as I'm aware but I
gather it is possible for him to do so.
Kasparov says: "Campomanes has dictatorial methods but he is the
only Candidate who can guarantee an accord. The PCA now controls
elite chess while FIDE with its 153 member countries offers a
valuable infrastructure. I foresee a compomise whereby the Champion
of the PCA and the Champion of FIDE play a match to unify the titles.
Karpov who has just beaten Lautier 4-2 in a match said:
"I heard Campomanes would be FIDE President again. This would be
a disaster for FIDE. "The PCA is a disaster" he added.
I have thought of many ways to comment on the above three pieces
of information. I will simply limit myself to the comments that:
1) I don't think Campomanes is the right President for the future.
(I wasn't a supporter in the past either.)
2) The major question is why have the speed chess events secured such
a small amount of publicity. They have run a speed chess cycle that was
designed for television, without substantial television coverage and
they failed to secure any significant amount of media coverage
in New York, something they surely can't afford to do and keep
their sponsor INTEL happy.
3) Bob Rice appears to be unavailable most of the time, numerous interviews
with players attest to this. How, for instance did the PCA New York Candidates
matches originally get put in the middle of a busy shopping mall?
I await further developments, but the deal with Campomanes that Kasparov
appears to be ready to do, and the fact that there was clearly less
money around the Paris leg of the PCA Blitz (according to David Norwood)
suggests there is trouble somewhere.
4) Olympiad Team News
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It was confirmed on Friday that after a mamouth diplomatic effort
by Jonathan Speelman, Nigel Short is to play for England in the
Moscow Olympiad (1st Dec- 15th - 13 rounds.) The team is:
Short, Adams, Speelman, Nunn, Miles, Hodgson. One imagines that
Chandler is still non-playing captain. The other miracle is that
there have been non of the threatened walkouts by the other players.
(based on information in the Telegraph.).
The United States team will be GM Boris Gulko, GM Yasser Seirawan,
GM Yermolinsky, GM Joel Benjamin, GM Alexander Shabalov, and
GM Gregory Kaidanov. (info Aaron Casser)
5) PARIS INTEL PCA BLITZ.
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Kasparov won the Intel Grand Prix in Paris, defeating Kramnik in the
finals. However Kramnik has slightly better tie breakers, so can be said
to have won the Grand Prix. Thanks to Gabriel Sanchez for the games.
Top final standings in the Grand Prix.
Intel Grand Prix Standings:
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Kramnik 17 points $37,500 Grand Prix money
Kasparov 17 points $37,500 Grand Prix money
Anand 14 points $12,500 Grand Prix money
Ivanchuk 14 points $12,500 Grand Prix money
I will try and get a fuller set of standings for a future issue
of TWIC.
Here is a summary table of the results from the event. Hope it
is reasonably clear. I don't have unlimited width to a page
unfortunately so it is more squashed than is might like to be.
Nikolic,Predrag 1.5 NIKOLIC
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Tkachiev,Vladislav 0.5 2.0 NIKOLIC
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Ivanchuk,Vassily 1.0 SMIRIN 1.0
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Smirin,Ilya 2.0 1.5 NIKOLIC
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Milov,Vadim 2.0 MILOV 0.5
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Korchnoi,Victor 0.0 1.0 VAISSER
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Vaisser,Anatoly 2.0 VAISSER 2.0 FINAL WINNER
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Anand,Viswanathan 0.0 0.0 KASPAROV
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Vyzmanavin,Alexey 1.5 VYZMANAVIN 2.0
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Sadler,Matthew 0.5 1.0 KRAMNIK
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Polgar,Judit 1.0 KRAMNIK 2.0
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Kramnik,Vladimir 2.0 1.0 KASPAROV
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Hjartarsson,Johann 2.0 HJARTARSSON 2.0
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Adams,Michael 0.0 0.0 KASPAROV
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Arbakov,Valentin 0.0 KASPAROV 2.0
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Kasparov,Gary 2.0
[Event "Qualifier for the PCA INTEL Speed Chess Grand Prix"]
[Site "Megev FRA"]
[Date "1994.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 b5 6. Qf3 Qa5 7. g4 b4
8. Ne4 b3+ 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Ne2 Qxa2 11. Rc1 Qxb2 12. e4 Nf6 13. g5 e5
14. gxf6 exf4 15. Qxf4 Qa3 16. Qe3 b2 17. Rb1 Qa2 18. Kd1 Qb3+ 19. Kd2
Na6 20. fxg7 Rg8 21. Qh6 Be6 22. Bh3 Nc5 23. Qxh7 O-O-O 24. d5 cxd5
25. exd5 Na4 26. Ke1 Bxc3+ 27. Kf1 Rxg7 28. Bxe6+ fxe6 29. Qe4 exd5
30. Qe6+ Kb8 31. Ng3 Qc2 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Qxe4 dxe4 34. Rhd1 Rxd1
35. Rxd1 Be5 0-1
[Event "PCA Intel Speed Chess Grand Prix"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1994.11.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7
8. Ne5 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Qc2 g6 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Ndf3 Rc8
14. a4 a5 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Ba1 Ne4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. f3 Nf6
20. e3 c5 21. Qb2 Rfe8 22. Kh1 Rc7 23. Nd3 Rf8 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. exf4 c4
26. Rfe1 Qd6 27. Re3 Rfc8 28. Qe2 c3 29. Qc2 Qb4 30. Rc1 Qxd4 31. Rd3
Qb4 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Bxc3 Qa3 34. Qd1 d4 35. Ra1 Qd6 36. Qxd4 Qxd4
37. Bxd4 Nd5 38. Kg1 Rc2 39. Rd1 Kf7 40. Bf1 Kf8 41. Bd3 Ra2 42. Bc4
Nb4 43. Rf1 Nd5 44. Rf2 Rxf2 45. Kxf2 Ke7 46. Be5 Bc6 47. g4 Kd7 48.
Kg3 Ne3 49. Bg8 Nf1+ 50. Kg2 Nd2 51. gxf5 Nxf3 52. Kg3 Nxe5 53. fxe5
gxf5 54. Bxh7 Be4 55. Kf4 Ke6 56. Bg8+ Ke7 57. h4 Bc2 58. h5 Kf8 59.
Be6 Kg7 60. Kg5 Kh8 61. Bd5 Kg7 62. e6 Kf8 63. Kf6 Be4 64. e7+ 1-0
[Event "PCA Intel Speed Chess Grand Prix"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1994.11.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4
8. Bxc4 b6 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Be2
a6 14. c4 Nc6 15. Ba3 Ne4 16. Rfc1 f6 17. Rc2 Kf7 18. Ne1 Rac8 19. f3
Nd6 20. Rac1 Ne7 21. b5 axb5 22. cxb5 Ne8 23. e4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 g5 25.
Kf2 Ng6 26. Nd3 Rd7 27. Bc1 Rc7 28. Rxc7+ Nxc7 29. Nb4 Bc8 30. Be3 Bd7
31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. bxc6 Ne7 33. Bxb6 Na8 34. Bc5 Nxc6 35. Bb5 Ne5 36. Ke3
Nc7 37. Ba4 Ne8 38. Kd4 h5 39. Bb3 h4 40. Ke3 Ng7 41. g3 hxg3 42. hxg3
Nh5 43. g4 Nf4 44. Bd6 Nfg6 45. Bc7 Ke7 46. Ba5 Kf7 47. Bc3 Ke7 48. Bd1
Kf7 49. Kd4 Nh4 50. Ke3 Ng2+ 51. Kf2 Nf4 52. Bb3 Nfg6 53. Ke3 Nh4 54.
Bd1 Ng2+ 55. Kf2 Nf4 56. Bd4 Nc6 57. Bb6 Ne5 58. Bc7 Nfg6 59. Ke3 Ke7
60. Kd4 Kd7 61. Bb6 Nh4 1/2-1/2
[Event "PCA Intel Speed Chess Grand Prix"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1994.11.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kramnik, V. ."]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5
8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. a3
Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Rac1 Qc7 16. c4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Ne7
19. g4 Bg6 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. d5 b6 22. h4 f6 23. Nxg6 Nxg6 24. dxe6 Qe5
25. Qxe5 fxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. c5 Rc8 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. cxb6 axb6 30.
Rd7 Nf4 31. Bd3 Nxe6 32. Bxh7 Nf4 33. Be4 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rc3 35. f3 Rxa3
36. h5 Ne6 37. Rd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "PCA Intel Speed Chess Grand Prix"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1994.11.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4
8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bd2 Qe7
14. Rfc1 Rcd8 15. Qf3 Ne4 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4
1/2-1/2
[Event "PCA Intel Speed Chess Grand Prix"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1994.11.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4
8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. h3
Rad8 14. Bd2 e5 15. Be1 exd4 16. Rxd4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Rxd4 18. exd4 Re8
19. Qd3 Nbd5 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. a5 Qc7 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24.
Qxg6 Nd5 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qf3 Qd6 27. a6 b6 28. g3 Kg7 29. Rc1 Re7 30.
Kg2 Nb4 31. Qc3 Kg8 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Kf8 34. Qc3 Nxa6 35. Qc4 Qd5+
36. Qxd5 cxd5 37. Bxd5 Nb4 38. Bc4 Nc6 39. d5 Ne5 40. Bb5 f6 41. f4 Nf7
42. Kf3 Ke7 43. h4 f5 44. Ke3 Nd6 45. Be2 Ne4 46. g4 Nf6 47. gxf5 Nxd5+
48. Ke4 Nf6+ 49. Ke5 Nd7+ 50. Kd5 gxf5 51. h5 Kf6 52. Kc6 Nc5 53. Bc4
Ne4 54. Bd5 Ng3 55. Bf3 Ne4 56. Kb7 Nd6+ 57. Kxa7 Nc4 58. b4 Kg7 59.
Be2 Ne3 60. Kxb6 Nd5+ 61. Kc5 Nxf4 62. Bf3 Kf6 63. b5 Ne6+ 64. Kc4 Nd8
65. b6 Kg5 66. Kd5 Nb7 67. Kc6 Nd8+ 68. Kd7 Nf7 69. b7 Ne5+ 70. Kd6
Nxf3 71. b8=Q Kxh5 72. Qf8 Kg4 73. Qg7+ Kf4 74. Kd5 Ke3 75. Qg3 f4 76.
Qh3 Ke2 77. Qg4 Ke3 78. Qg6 Nh4 79. Qe4+ Kf2 80. Qxf4+ Ke2 81. Qxh4 Kd3
82. Qg3+ Ke2 83. Ke4 Kd2 84. Kd4 Ke2 85. Qg2+ Kd1 86. Kd3 1-0
[Event "PCA Intel Speed Chess Grand Prix"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1994.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4
Kf8 8. h4 Qc7 9. Qd1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qe4+ 13.
Be2 Nbc6 14. h5 Nxe5 15. h6 gxh6 16. Bxh6+ Kg8 17. Rb1 N7g6 18. Rb4
Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qe5 20. f4 Qc3+ 21. Kf1 f5 22. Rb3 Qf6 23. c4 b6 24.
cxd5 Bb7 25. Rd3 Re8 26. Rg1 b5 27. dxe6 Rxe6 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rd7+ Re7
30. Rxb7 1-0
[Event "PCA Intel Speed Chess Grand Prix"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1994.11.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d5 b5
8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bf5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2
Rxa6 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. e4 Qa8 16. a4 Rb8 17. Ra3 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Raxb6 19.
b3 Rb4 20. Re1 Qb7 21. a5 Qb5 22. Re2 Rxb3 23. Rxb3 Qxb3 24. Qxb3 Rxb3
25. Ra2 Rb8 26. Kf3 Kf8 27. Ke2 Ke8 28. Bd2 Bd4 29. Ra4 Kd7 30. a6 Ra8
31. f3 h5 32. h3 Kc8 33. Kd3 Kb8 34. Kc4 Ka7 35. Kb5 Rb8+ 36. Kc6 Rb3
37. g4 Rxf3 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Ba5 Rxh3 40. Bb6+ Ka8 41. Bd8 Be5 42.
Bxe7 Rg3 43. Ra5 Ka7 44. Rb5 Rg8 45. Rb3 c4 46. Ra3 c3 47. Ra2 c2 0-1
6) Epishin Lecture in DC: 11/16 by Aaron Casser.
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The D.C. Chess Center had the honour of hosting GM Vladimir Epishin
last night (Wednesday 11/16) for a while, and he gave a lecture that
lasted about two hours. He spoke entirely in Russian, his translator
providing us with the English version of his speech. The lecture
consisted of him analyzing one of his games for us (Epishin-Timman,
Dortmund 1994), answering questions for a while, and then with the
ten minutes he had left, he analyzed another of his games for us at
the request of the audience (Epishin-Ehlvest, Spain 1991). I will
include the games at the end of this posting.
Writer's Note: I took these notes all in rapid shorthand, as the
lecturing and Q+A went very quickly. There are some holes in my
notes, and more than a few in my game recall. -A.C.
(I have taken the gamescores from my database. MC.)
Anyway, on to the lecture. I will list the questions, and then
give the answers below without an answer mark. They are understood.
The first game shown, Epishin-Timman was a Gruenfeld Line prepared
by Epishin for Anatoly Karpov to play against Kasparov in 1993 if
they had met in the world championships (Karpov as white).
Q: Why is the King's Indian Defense preferred nowadays over the
Gruenfeld Defense? (reference to game Epishin-Timman)
The gist of the answer is that with the new ideas, particularly
the Exchange variation (4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4) it is not very good for
black. Also, there are several lines, particularly where black
plays Qd8-a5xa2 that are seen as no better than a draw for black.
Most of the current lines are seen as not complicated enough to
pose serious problems for white players at the top level.
Q: What about the Slav Defenses to the Queen's Gambit?
They are the most popular on the top level now.
Q: Why don't the top players play so many gambits anymore?
The game of chess is no longer in the Romantic Era. Gambits
always imply a risk for the person giving up the material, and top
players do not want to take risks like that. Also, open attacking
games are shunned for the same reason: it is too risky for the
players. Players prefer safe draws.
Q: If you (GM Epishin) were in a must-win situation against GM
Gata Kamsky, playing black, and Kamsky plays 1. d4, what do
you do?
Against Kamsky, the idea is to complicate the position if you are
in a must win situation, else Kamsky will play and draw. Of
course, you must not be worse when complicating.
Q: What do you think of the upcoming Viswanathan Anand- Gata Kamsky
match?
GM Anand is probably the stronger chess player, however Kamsky is
probably the chess world's best sportsman right now. Because of
this fact, and the fact that all the psychological problems are
Anand's, Kamsky will probably win the match.
At this point, someone asked about Rustam Kamsky being a psychological
problem for either player, and the crowd burst into laughter with
the Grandmaster.
There was then some general discussion about the recent Sicilian Thematic
played in Buenos Aires last month.
Q: What do you think of GM Anand's mindset?
Anand definitely has psychological problems, not only with a player like
Kamsky coming up, but in general. Epishin pointed to a Grand Prix match
against GM Garry Kasparov where Anand had a winning position and then
proceeded to lose it.
Q: How about GM Vassily Ivanchuk's mindset?
Ivanchuk has even more psychological problems than Anand.
Q: And GM Vladimir Krammnik?
Kramnik is a very hard worker, but one of his problems is that he
enjoys having fun, including a preference to drink.
Q: What does it take to get from being an International Master to
the world's Top Ten?
One must know a lot of typical positions, particularly in the lines
that one plays. Endgames are very important (stressed numerous times).
Don't worry about solving the "typical American" mate in "x" problems,
since those situations rarely if ever show up over the board. Make
sure you have a deep understanding of the middlegame. Only then should
you memorize theory (openings).
Q: How did Epishin go from IM to the Top Ten in the world in five years?
Epishin's rating was below his playing level five years ago, and as a
result did not reflect his true ability. He also got a lot of practice,
including playing in top flight tourneys against stronger competition.
He was the 1987 Leningrad Champion, beating out such names as Kamsky and
GM Alexander Yermolinsky.
Q: What should be the balance of studying your games as opposed to other
games in general?
One should spend about three times as much time on one's own games. There
are simply too many other games and too much information around nowadays
to study other people's games.
Q: How much time do you (Epishin) spend studying?
During top tourneys, it is often 4-5 hours a day, preparing for the next
opponent. Between tourneys, it goes up to 5-6 hours/day on the average,
and as much as 18 hours a day when working with Karpov, especially on games
that have been adjourned.
Q: What do you (Epishin) think of the elimination of adjournments?
It would be a good thing to play without adjournments. Often, the player
with the better computer will win, since his computer can trace out the
winning lines.
Q: What do you (Epishin) think of Karpov? (this was my question, now
that I had finally gotten up the courage to ask it :) Took a while
to be translated properly too)
As a person, Karpov has a very strong character. He is never lost in
any situation, or if he is he does a good job of disguising it. Karpov
is very hardworking, but he is quite capable of relaxing after matches,
although sometimes too much. His non-chess interests include bridge,
tennis, and stamp collecting.
As a chessplayer, Karpov is quite capable of winning the world title
back from Kasparov, but most likely only if a longer match (24, 30
games or more) where experience becomes more of a factor. Of course,
Karpov _always_ has a chance against anyone.
Q: What do you think of the upcoming Olympiad?
Epishin would like to play, but the battling Russian Chess Federations
are most likely going to prevent it. (I think Epishin is part of
Karpov's team, which is likely not to play). Kasparov's team is already
in, as well as a team of younger Russian GMs.
Kasparov does not want any competition from Russia, especially a Karpov
team that could take away his glory. Karpov's team is probably slightly
better than Kasparov's on the experience factors.
Q: What about the U.S. chances in the Olympiad?
The United States has no chance, because Kamsky is not playing. The U.S.
has not the political problems and such that Russia does, but they also
have no chance.
The United States team will be GM Boris Gulko, GM Yasser Seirawan,
GM Yermolinsky, GM Joel Benjamin, GM Alexander Shabalov, and
GM Gregory Kaidanov.
Q: What do you (Epishin) think of the upcoming FIDE semifinals?
Karpov definitely has the edge over Gelfand, while Salov and Kamsky
are pretty equal. The only problem is that health may become a factor
for the older players (Salov and Karpov) since the matches are being
held in India. In Epishin's opinion, Kamsky and Karpov will meet for
the FIDE world title.
Q: Does Karpov keep generally the same team of seconds?
Yes. The team is relatively stable, with Epishin and GM Ron Henley
(of Texas) being the cornerstones. On the other hand, Kasparov's
team is always in flux.
Q: Do you (Epishin) think anyone can beat Kasparov in the PCA?
Kasparov is always, and probably always will be the more prepared player,
and often wins based on that factor.
And now the games.
[Event "It, VII"]
[Site "Dortmund FRD"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5
8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rb1 a6 ?! {weakens the b6 square.} 10. Rc1 {This was the
system that Epishin helped prepare for a potential Karpov- Kasparov match
last year. The rook only moves a second time after the weakening move is
made (I don't understand this fully, being only a Class C player).} O-O ?!
{Better is cxd4, cutting down White's center} 11. d5 ! Nd7 12. Nf3 b5 13.
Bd3 {with the idea of h2-h4-h5 with a strong attack.} c4 14. Bb1 e5 ?!
{Intending to exchange knights, but it weakens the kingside and leaves an
isolani.} 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. h4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. h5 Qd8 {If 18...
Rd8?! then white gains a strong attack with the sequence 19. Qe2 Bxc3+ 20.
Kf1 Bd2 21. hxg6! Bxc1 22. Bxc1 hxg6 23. Qg4 +/-} 19. hxg6 ! Qxd2+ 20.
Kxd2 hxg6 21. Rh6 Kf7 22. Rh7+ Kg8? {The king has to try to flee to the
queenside, for the coming attack on the kingside is too strong} 23. Rch1
Rd8+ 24. Bd4 Rxd4+ !? {Saving the bishop for defense.} 25. cxd4 Bxd4 26.
f4 ! {With the idea of e5.} Bg7 27. e5 g5 28. R7h5 gxf4 29. Bh7+ Kf8 30.
Be4 Rb8 31. R1h4 Ke8 32. Rg4 Bf8 33. Rh8 {Black is in Zugzwang, with dual
threats of Rxf8+! Kxf8 Rxd7 winning two pieces for a rook, and Bg6+!
winning a piece outright.} 1-0
[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Tarrasa SPA"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Bd2 Bf6 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. h4 {This was the last time
this particular setup has been played at the top level, for it is quite
good for white. Previously, white would launch a queenside attack, but
with the kingside attack looming the system is considered good for white
and not so for black.} Nd7 13. Bh3 g6 14. e4 Bg7 ?! {Better was h5} 15. h5
! Nf6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Kg2 ! {White now has control over the h-file and
will double rooks and plant a knight on the g5-square in coordination with
the attack. White also has a pleasant spacial edge, making life for
Ehlvest miserable at best.} Qe7 18. Rh1 Rfe8 19. Rh2 Qf8 20. Rch1 Bh6 21.
Qe2 Qe7 22. Bd7 ! Qxd7 23. Rxh6 Kg7 24. Qd2 Rg8 25. Qg5 Qe7 {Trying to
exchange off Queens, but it doesn't work, since Epishin won't, and if
Ehlvest does then the knight jumps right into the attack.} 26. Nb5 ! {Into
the Queenside we go.} Qd8 27. Nh4 ! {Threat Nf5+ which picks off the
Queen.} Nxe4 {Note that 27... Bc8 fails to 28. Nxg6!! with a mating
attack. }28. Rh7+ Kf8 29. Nxg6+ Ke8 30. Qf5 Qd7 31. Qxe4 Rxg6 32. Nxc7+
Qxc7 33. Qxg6 Qe7 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Rh7 Rf8 37. Qe6+ Kd8 38.
Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Qxf7 b5 40. Qxb7 1-0
-- Aaron Casser
7) Illescas verses Topalov Match. Alcobendas (Spain)
----------------------------------------------------
This match was won by Topalov. It was part of the
Second International Chess Festival in Alcobendas.
1 2 3 4 5 TOTAL
Topalov 1 0 1 = 1 3.5
Illescas 0 1 0 = 0 1.5
[Event "II Festival International de Ajedrez"]
[Site "Alcobendas SPA"]
[Date "1994.11.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7
8. O-O Nf6 9. a4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. f4 Rc8 12. Nb3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5
14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. h3 h5 16. Kh2 Rc4 17. Qe2 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Bd2
Qxc2 20. Rfc1 Qb3 21. Rcb1 Qc2 22. Rxb7 e5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Qe3 Bxa4
25. Bc3 Bb5 26. Bxe5 Qc6 27. Rb8 Qe6 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Qd4 h4 30. Qd5
Qh6 31. Bf4 hxg3+ 32. Bxg3 Bg5 33. Ra3 Nf6 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. e5 Ng4+
36. Kh1 Ne3 37. Qe4+ g6 38. e6 Nxg2 39. Kxg2 fxe6 40. Rf3 Qg7 41. h4 Bh6
42. h5 Be8 43. Qxe6 Qg8 44. Qe4 Bg5 45. Bd6 Qa2+ 46. Rf2 Qg8 47. Bf8 Bd8
48. Qb7+ Kh8 49. Bh6 gxh5+ 50. Kh1 Bg5 1-0
8) Lautier- Karpov match. Ubeda Spain
---------------------------------------
This training match may have a much wider importance
in the near future than the match itself. Karpov
suggested to Rentero that he would like to play a
match against Lautier. He stated that the only free
dates he had were ones that clashed with the INTEL
rapidplay in Paris. Lautier decided that it would
be far more benificial to play a match against Karpov
than to play in the rapidplay. However as the best
player in France the PCA felt that they really needed
him to play in Paris. According to the Kamksy letter
there was a strong possibility that the Anand-Kamsky
match would be held in December in Linares. Kamsky
states:
"When he [Bob Rice] was asked of why the final candidates'
match will not be held in Linares, he said that Rentero is
working against the PCA, by organizing the match between Karpov
and Lautier, calling it a political move."
One can't help agreeing with Lautier that from his point
of view a match against Karpov would be more useful
for his future development than the rapidplay. But
certainly Karpov's and possibly Rentero's motivation
as to the choice of dates could, on the face of it
be questioned.
Anyway the match started with Karpov suffering from
flu and Lautier claiming the first game by default.
This was clearly not a good idea if he wanted to
get the best out of this training match and he agreed
to play game one. Karpov won the match 4-2 undefeated.
1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTAL
Karpov = 1 = = 1 = 4
Lautier = 0 = = 0 = 2
Thanks to Gary Suffield for game 2. Sorry I don't have game 3.
[Event "Training Match"]
[Site "Ubeda SPA"]
[Date "1994.11.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Ng3 Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nh5 e4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6
13. d3 O-O-O 14. dxe4 dxe4 15. Re1 f5 16. Kf1 Rde8 17. Bh6 Re6 18. Bg7
Rd8 19. Rad1 Be5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Ke2
Ke7 24. Ke3 Rb5 25. b3 Ra5 26. a4 Rd5 27. g4 Kf6 28. Rg1 a5 29. h4
h6 30. gxf5 Rxf5 31. Rg8 Rf3+ 32. Kxe4 Rc3 33. h5 Rxc2 34. Rg6+ Ke7
35. f4 c5 36. Rxh6 c4 37. bxc4 Rxc4+ 38. Kf5 Rxa4 39. Rc6 Rb4 40. h6
Kf8 41. Rf6+ Kg8 42. Kg6 Rb8 43. f5 Kh8 1-0
[Event "Training Match"]
[Site "Ubeda SPA"]
[Date "1994.11.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Bxf5 exf5 7. Qd3 g6
8. O-O Bg7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nbd7 13. Rfc1
Rad8 14. a4 a6 15. Rc2 Qa7 16. b4 Nb6 17. Qf1 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. b5
Rc8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Rac1 Qb7 22. Rb1 Qa7 23. Rcb2 c5 24. Rb7 Qa8
25. R7b6 Rdd8 26. Rxa6 Qd5 27. Ba5 Re8 28. dxc5 Qxc5 29. Bb4 Qc7 30. a5
Ne4 31. Rb6 Qc2 32. Be1 Nc5 33. Qb5 Nd3 34. Qb3 Qe2 35. Qd1 Qxd1
36. Rxd1 Nxe1 37. Nxe1 Re5 38. Ra6 Rb5 39. Ra7 Bc3 40. Rc1 Rcc5 41. a6
Bxe1 42. Rxe1 Ra5 43. h4 Rc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Training Match"]
[Site "Ubeda SPA"]
[Date "1994.11.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E02"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. Qxc4
Na5 8. Qd3 c5 9. O-O Bc6 10. Rd1 c4 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qa4+ Bc6 13. Qc2 Be4
14. Qd2 h6 15. Qe1 Nc6 16. Qf1 Bd5 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Ne5 O-O
20. Be3 Rc8 21. f4 b5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 a5 24. Raa1 Qb6 25. Bf2 Qb5
26. Bf3 a4 27. Qg2 c3 28. bxc3 Bxc3 29. Rac1 Bxd4 30. Nxc6 Bxf2+
31. Qxf2 Rxc6 32. Rb1 Qa6 33. Qd4 a3 34. Ra1 Rfc8 35. Kf2 Rc2 36. Qd3
Qa7+ 37. Qe3 Ra8 38. Qxa7 Rxa7 39. Ke1 Rc5 40. Ra2 g5 41. Rd3 Rca5
42. fxg5 hxg5 43. Rd4 Kf8 44. h4 g4 45. Bxg4 Ne4 46. Bf5 Nxg3 47. Bd3
Ke7 48. Rg4 Nh5 49. Kd2 Rc7 50. Rb4 Kd6 51. Rb3 Rca7 52. Rb4 Ng3 53. e3
f5 54. Kc3 Ne4+ 55. Bxe4 dxe4 56. Rb3 Rd5 57. Rb6+ Kc5 58. Rf6 Ra4 0-1
[Event "Training Match"]
[Site "Ubeda SPA"]
[Date "1994.11.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4
e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Rb8
14. a3 Ne7 15. Ncb4 Bb7 16. Be2 Ng6 17. g3 a5 18. Nc2 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Ne7
20. Qd3 d5 21. Rd1 g6 22. O-O dxe4 23. Qxe4 Qc7 24. Ne3 Bg7 25. Nd5 Nxd5
26. Rxd5 b4 27. cxb4 axb4 28. a4 b3 29. Rb1 Rfd8 30. Bb5 Qc2 31. Bd3 Qd2
32. a5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 e4 34. Bxe4 Qxd5 35. Bxd5 Rb5 36. Rd1 Rxa5 37. Bxb3
Bxb2 38. Rd7 Rf5 39. f4 h6 40. Kg2 g5 41. Kf3 gxf4 42. g4 Rf6 43. h4 Kf8
44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 Rf5 46. Kg4 Rb5 47. Bc4 Rc5 48. Rxf7+ Ke8 49. Be6
Re5 50. Ba2 Ra5 51. Bc4 Rc5 52. Rxf4 Rxg5+ 1/2-1/2
9) Inter Chess 5 - Rishon Le Zion
---------------------------------
There is an International Tournament in Rishon Le Zion, Israel at
the moment. Early in the event Nigel Davis leads. All play all event.
Thanks to Shay Bushinsky for the round 5 Standings of this Cat 11 tournament:
GM Daves Nigel (Israel/England) & Valeri Beim (IM) (Israel) 3.5
GM Alterman Boris (Israel) & GM Yehuda Grunfeld (Israel) & IM Leonid Shmuter (Ukraine + Israel) 3
GM Leonid Gopstein (Israel) & GM Alexander Chernin 2.5
others with less than %50: IM Eran Lees GM Yona Kosashvilli IM Boris Kanzler
,Zilberman, Kosashvili, Sutovski etc.
[Event "International Tournament"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "1994.11.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zilberman, Y"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h3 c5 7. g4 Nc6
8. gxf5 exf5 9. Rg1 g6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. c3
O-O-O 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 h6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qf3 Ba3
19. Rb1 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Qxc3+ 21. Rd2 d4 22. Bxa6 Rd7 23. Rxg6 Kd8
24. Qxf5 0-1
[Event "International Tournament"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "1994.11.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kanstler, Boris"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Na4 c4
14. Nc3 Bb4 15. Rf1 Re8 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nh4 c3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3
Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nxd4 21. Qxe4 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Rxe4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Bxe4 g6
25. Nf3 Qa6 26. Ra1 Nc3 27. Ba8 Qe2 0-1
10) INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF IBM at Moshav Nir-Galim.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My friend Shay Bushinsky has organised one of the strongest speed chess
tournament in Israel's history. It takes advantage of the presence
of the Polgar sisters in Israel for the marrage of Zsuzsa Polgar
to an Israeli called Kobi Shutzman on Tuesday. I know he has worked
extremely hard to get the sponsorship for this event.
INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF IBM
The special international chess tournament will be held Nov. 26, 1994,
(Saturday Evening) at Moshav Nir-Galim which is near Ashdod.
The main feature of this tournament will be the participation
of the renowned Polgar sisters from Hungary. The three sisters, who
are Jewish, have a special affinity for Israel. At the end of the
tournament they will represent their country in the chess olympiad
which will take place in Moscow. The Israel team, which is graded as
being one of the five best in the world, will participate in the
tournament.
Also participating in the tournament will be a special chess
computer program which was developed in Israel. The tournament will
be held in the House of the Communities, a building which was built
by Jews who came to Israel from Hungary. Its purpose is to
commemorate the glorious Jewish heritage which evolved in Hungary
and the fostering of cultural contact among those who came to Israel
from Hungary. Besides being a first-class international chess event,
the tournament will make a major contribution toward the advancement
of chess in Israel and its dissemination to the Ashdod region which
includes several development towns. We look forward to seeing you on
this occasion.
The following are details about the tournament and its participants:
International Bezak (Blitz) Tournament - Dedicated to the Heritage of
Hungarian Jewry Under the Auspices of IBM
TIME: 26.11.94 between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.
PLACE: House of the Communities, Moshav Nir-Galim, near Ashdod
FRAMEWORK: 14 Participants, 13 Rounds, League System
DURATION OF EACH ROUND: 10 Minutes (Five Minutes Allocated to Each
Player in Each Game)
Director of the Event: Yitzhak Meir, Chairman of the House of the
Communities, former Ambassador to Belgium and initiator of
the Chess Academy in Honor of Kasparov
Approximate Schedule:
7:00 P.M. Arrival and Opening Remarks
7:30 P.M. Start of Play
9:00 P.M. Half-Time Break
9:15 P.M. Resumption of Play
11:00 P.M. Distribution of Prizes
Plans have been made for the tournament to be broadcast on Internet
The 14 Participants:
1) Grandmaster Judit Polgar, age 18, ranked 20th in the world. Never ever
did a woman chess player reach Judit achievements in chess. Judit had
broken the myth that a woman could never be a world top chess player.
Judit became world famous for breaking the legendary Bobby Fischer record
becoming a grandmaster at age 15. Judit is currently the best woman
player in the world,
2) Grandmaster Sofia Polgar, age 20, had just become world's junior number 2
playing in the Junior World Championships in Brazil.
3) Grandmaster Zsuzsa Polgar, age 25, had just qualified to the world's
Candidates Final in the Womens World Championships cycle. Zsuzsa is ranked
at the top of the mens chess players as well.
The three Polgar sisters led the Hungarian team to win the gold medal in
the Womens Chess Olympics. In the coming Olympics Judit will lead the
Hungarian men team while Zsuzsa will lead the Hungarian womens team.
4) Grandmaster Alexander Chernin, age 34, well respected competitor
throughout the World. Has lived in Hungary for many years.
Israel National Chess Team:
5) Grandmaster Leonid Yudasin, age 36, Israel Chess Champion.
was twice one of the worlds top 16 in the Worlds Chess Championships.
For the past decade belongs to the very top of world chess.
6) Grandmaster Ilya Smirin, age 26, former 1993 Israel Chess Champion and
Israel active chess champion. Ilya is world's number 22.
7) Grandmaster Lev Psachis, age 35, Israel blitz chess champion.
Claimed world fame winning USSR championships (shared with Gary Kasparov).
Currently coaches the Polgar sisters.
8) Grandmaster Alon Greenfeld, age 30, has been a world top chess player
thru out his career winning numerous international tournaments. As Junior,
Alon reached second place in the European championships and is a former
Israeli chess champion.
9) Grandmaster Boris Alterman, age 24, former Ukraine state champion. Was
nominated worlds best achiever for his age group. Will represent Israel
in the coming Olympiad.
10) Grandmaster Vadim Milov, age 21, member of the Israeli national team.
11) Grandmaster Alexander Huzman, age 33, former Ukraine top chess player.
Had won second place in last Israeli blitz tournament. Well known over
Europe for his blitz chess performance.
12) Grandmaster Yona Kosashvilli, age 29, member of the Israeli national team.
13) Grandmaster Yehuda Grunfeld, age 36, former Israel chess champion,
and recently was third in the United States open championships.
14) International Master Ronen Har-Zvi, age 18, 1992 World Junior Champion
and considered to be one of Israel greatest chess playing talents.
15) Junior - a non commercial computer chess software developed by Amir Ban
with the assistance of Shay Bushinsky. Recently was fourth in a strong
tournament held in Kfar-Saba with the participation of several grandmasters.
---
For more information please contact:
Shay Bushinsky: shayb@amil.co.il (Shay Bushinsky)
(H) 972-3-635-3298 (O) 972-3-645-0277 (FAX) 972-3-645-0280
11 Russian Championships 1994 ELISTA.
-------------------------------------
The National Championships of Russia was held in the Southern
Russian town of Elista during late Spetember early October this year.
The format of the event was an 11 round Swiss system tournament.
There were 52 players including 23 GMs and 18 IMs. The event
was won by Peter Swidler with 8 points from 11.
Games were made available to me by Chess Inform the makers of
Chess Assistant. They have a site of material at ftp ldis.cs.msu.su.
LEADING FINAL STANDINGS.
------------------------
Peter Swindler 8
Ulibin 7.5
Burmakin, Jemelin, Ionov and Rublevsky 7
[Event "Ch Russia, IX-X"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e5 7. Nc3 Be7
8. Nd2 Bg6 9. Bf3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. d5 Qb6 12. e4 Nc5 13. Na4 Nxa4
14. Qxa4 cxd5 15. cxd5 Rfc8 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Be3 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4
19. Nd2 Rc2 20. Rab1 Rac8 21. Bd1 Nxd5 22. Bxc2 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxc2
24. Nf3 Bxe4 25. Rfc1 Rc6 26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. Kf2 f6 28. g4 Kf7 29. Rc1
Ke6 30. Ke2 Bd8 31. Rd1 g6 32. b3 Bb5 33. Kf2 Bb6 34. Re1 f5 35. gxf5
gxf5 36. Kg2 Bc6 37. a4 a5 38. h4 Kf6 39. Re2 Ke6 40. Re1 h6 41. Re2 Bc5
42. Re1 Bd5 43. h5 Bxb3 44. Nd4 Bxd4 45. exd4 Bxa4 46. dxe5 dxe5 47. Kf2
Be8 48. Rc1 a4 49. Rc8 Bxh5 50. Rb8 f4 51. Rxb7 Kf5 52. Rh7 e4 53. Rxh6
e3 54. Ke1 Bg4 0-1
[Event "Ch Russia, IX-X"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6
Bxf6 8. Qd2 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Nf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. Bf3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch Russia, IX-X"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4
8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4
Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxh7 Kxh7 17. Nxe6 Qf5 18. Nxf8 Qxf8
19. Qg5 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Bxf5 21. Rfe1 Kg6 22. f3 Kf6 23. Rad1 g5 24. g4 Bd7
25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Kg3 Ne7 27. Re5 Ng6 28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Rb5 Nf4 30. d5 Rh3
31. Kf2 Bxd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch Russia, IX-X"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 a6 7. d3 h6
8. e3 f5 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. O-O Nh5 12. b5 axb5 13. cxb5 Ne7
14. a4 Kh7 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Bb2 Qf7 17. Qc2 d5 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. a5 Rfc8
20. Bc3 Qd7 21. Qb2 Qd6 22. Ra1 Bd7 23. Bb4 Qe6 24. Qb3 Nf6 25. Nc3 e4
26. Bf1 c5 27. bxc6 Bxc6 28. d4 g5 29. Na4 Nd7 30. Bd2 Bf6 31. Nc5 Nxc5
32. Rxc5 f4 33. a6 f3 34. Qc2 bxa6 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36. Bxa6 Qh3 37. Bf1
Qd7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch Russia, IX-X"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6
8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bc4 Qb6 12. Nf3 Qc5 13. Bb3
O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. f5 Na5 16. Nd4 Nxb3 17. cxb3 h5 18. Rhf1 Be7
19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Rf3 h4 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Na4 Qa7 23. Qb4 a5 24. Qb6 Bxa4
25. Qxa7 Kxa7 26. bxa4 d5 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Nxe6 Rg8 29. Rf2 Bd6 30. Nc7
Bxc7 31. Rxc7 Rd1 32. Rc1 Rd4 33. b3 Rdg4 34. Rcc2 R8g5 35. Kc1 f5
36. Kd1 Ka6 37. Ke1 Re4 38. Rce2 b5 39. axb5 Kb6 40. a4 Rgg4 41. Rxe4
Rxe4 42. Kd2 f4 43. Rf3 1-0
[Event "Ch Russia, IX-X"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3
Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Be5
Qa5 14. c3 g5 15. Nxg5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Ke7 18. O-O-O Rad8
19. Rhe1 Bc8 20. Qh4 Rhg8 21. Re5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Qb4 c5 24. Qf4
Qc6 25. Be4 Qb6 26. Ne5 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Qxh6 Nxe4 29. Qh4 Nf6
30. Ng4 Kd6 31. Nxf6 Kc6 32. Qe4 Kb6 33. Qe5 Qd3 34. Ne4 Qd5 35. Qd6
Qxd6 36. Nxd6 Bd7 37. h4 Kc6 38. h5 1-0
[Event "Ch Russia, IX-X"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 h6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. h3 b5
8. Bd3 e5 9. Nf3 a6 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 exd4 13. Nexd4 c5
14. Nb3 Qc7 15. c4 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bg7 17. Na5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch Russia, IX-X"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nd2 e5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. Ngf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O
8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 a5 10. b3 b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Bc4 Nh5
14. Rfd1 h6 15. Bb5 Qc8 16. b4 Ba6 17. Bc6 Bb7 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bc6 Bb7
20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Qd3 Nhf6 23. Rab1 Qa6 24. Qxa6 Rxa6
25. Nb3 Rc6 26. Nxa5 Ra6 27. Nb3 Rxa4 28. Bb4 Rc8 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Nxa1
c5 31. Ba3 Nb6 32. Re1 Nc4 33. Nc2 Bf8 34. Bc1 Rd8 35. Kf1 Rd3 36. Ne3
Nxe3 37. Bxe3 Nxe4 38. Nxe5 Rd5 39. Nc6 Rd6 40. Bf4 Re6 41. Nd8 Re7
42. c4 Re8 43. Nc6 f5 44. f3 Nd6 45. Rxe8 Nxe8 46. Ke2 Kg7 47. Be3 Nc7
48. Kd3 Bd6 49. h3 Ne6 50. Na5 Bf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch Russia, IX-X"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4
Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Qg4
14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. b4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Rac1 Nxd4 18. h3 Ne5 19. Bxe5
dxe5 20. Rxc7 Ne6 21. Rc3 Nf4 22. Bc4 Be6 23. g3 Bxh3 24. Rg1 Ne6 25. g4
Nf4 26. Kh2 Rac8 27. Rxh3 Rfd8 28. Bd5 Rc2 29. Rd1 Nxh3 30. Kxh3 Kf8
31. Kg2 f6 32. Nf1 Rxa2 33. Rc1 Rb2 34. Rc7 Rxb4 35. Ne3 Rb6 36. Nf5 g6
37. Rf7 1-0
[Event "Ch Russia, IX-X"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emelin, V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Be2 d5 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 dxe4 7. Nxe4
Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. g3 e5 11. O-O Ne7 12. b3 f5 13. Ng5 Qd6
14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Qxf4 17. Ne6 Qe5 18. Rfe1 Qxe2
19. Rxe2 Kf7 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Ng5 Kf6 22. h4 Rae8 23. Rd6 Kg7 24. Ne6 Kf7
25. Ng5 Kg7 26. Ne6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch Russia, IX-X"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Be3 e5
8. Nf3 Ng4 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 exf4 11. Qxf4 Be6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Nd5
O-O 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Be2 Qa5 16. Bc4 Rfe8 17. Bb3 Qc5 18. Rd3 b5 19. Rhd1
Na5 20. Nxe7 Rxe7 21. Rxd6 Nxb3 22. Rd8 Re8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. axb3 h6
25. Rd4 Rc8 26. Qd2 Kh7 27. b4 Qc7 28. b3 Ra8 29. Rd6 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5
31. e5 Qa7 32. Qd4 Qa8 33. Qd3 g6 34. Qd4 Ra3 35. Rd8 Qa5 36. Re8 b4
37. Nd2 Qa6 38. Nc4 Ra2 39. Rb8 h5 40. Rxb4 Bf5 41. Ne3 1-0
12) 6th Leuven Open by Stef Renkens
-----------------------------------
Stef.Renkens@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
Last weekend (10/11 - 13/11)the 6th Leuven Open, a 7-round
swiss tournament (2 hours for 40 moves + 15' KO) took place.
(as you most probably know, Leuven is a (famous) university
town in Belgium).
Final standings :
1. Ralf Akesson [SWE - IM - 2460] 6.5
2. Raset Ziatdinov [UZB - IM - 2410] 6.0
3. Fred Berend [LUX - IM - 2400] 6.0
4. Viesturs Meyers [LAT - IM - 2375] 5.5
5. Richard Polaczek [BEL - IM - 2415] 5.5
6. Pieter Claesen [BEL - - 2383] 5.0
7. Mihail Golubew [UKR - IM - 2545] 5.0
8. Ekrem Cekro [BIH - - 2451] 5.0
9. Marc Durtreeuw [BEL - FM - 2419] 5.0
10. Thierry Penson [BEL - - 2337] 5.0
11. Eddy Van Beers [BEL - - 2273] 5.0
12. Serge Vanderwaeren [BEL - FM - 2400] 5.0
13. Alexander Cherniaev [RUS - IM - 2415] 5.0
14. Michel Osman [FRA - - 2226] 5.0
15. Normunds Miezis [LAT - IM - 2445] 4.5
16. Jeroen Claesen [BEL - - 2265] 4.5
17. Jan Van Mechelen [NED - - 2153] 4.5
18. Philippe Uhoda [BEL - - 2157] 4.5
19. Hubert Mossong [LUX - - 2257] 4.5
20. Shahin Mohandessi [BEL - - 2378] 4.5
21. Eddy Van Espen [BEL - - 2134] 4.5
22. Thierry Waterschoot [BEL - - 1989] 4.5
(92 participants)
The tournament took place in a very good atmosphere, and was anyhow
a success (especially taking into account that the tournament was
not sponsored and that it had already been six years since the
previous tournament was organized). Anyhow, we will do everything
to re-establish the tradition of an annual swiss tournament in
Leuven.
Some results :
1st round
Golubew - Marc Weiler [BEL - 1941] 1-0
Dirk Voet [BEL - 1924] - Akesson 0-1
Miezis - Gerard Burnay [BEL - 1923] 1-0
Bert Vercammen [BEL - 1918] - Dutreeuw 0-1
Cherniaev - JJ De Jong [NED - 1918] 1-0
Bart Van Praag [BEL - 1898] - Ziatdinov 0-1
Vanderwaeren - Pascal De Kaey [BEL - 1879] 1-0
Walter Wilms [BEL - 1856] - Berend 0-1
P. Claesen - Jens Frederiksen [DEN - 1854] 1-0
Polaczek and Cekro forfeited and started the 2nd with 0.
2nd round
Van Mechelen - Golubew 1/2
Akesson - Uhoda 1-0
Geert Verbeek [BEL - 2136] - Miezis 0-1
Dutreeuw - Bruno Flamion [BEL - 2153] 1-0
Henri Winants [BEL - 2116] - Cherniaev 1/2
Ziatdinov - Van Espen 1-0
Berend - Matth. De Wachter [BEL - 2114]1-0
Stefan De Wachter [BEL - 2098] - Vanderwaeren 0-1
Wim Verhaegen [BEL - 2080] - P. Claesen 0-1
Cekro - Konstantin Lugansky [BEL - NC]1-0
Patrick Glowka [BEL - 1735] - Polaczek 0-1
3th round
Penson - Akesson 0-1
Miezis - Van Beers 1/2
Mossong - Dutreeuw 1/2
Osman - Ziatdinov 0-1
Werner Taelemans [BEL - 1962] - Berend 0-1
Vanderwaeren - Wim Maes [BEL - 2245] 1/2
P. Claesen - Wouter Janssens [BEL - 2213] 1-0
Meyers - Mohamed Benaissa [BEL - 2169] 1-0
Golubew - Raf Hoogstijns [BEL - 1949] 1-0
Cherniaev - Gert Rulle [BEL - 2004] 1-0
Dirk Voet [BEL - 1924] - Cekro 0-1
Polaczek - Marc Weiler [BEL - 1941] 1-0
4th round
Akesson - P. Claesen 1-0
Ziatdinov - Meyers 1-0
Berend - Miezis 0-1
Van Beers - Golubew 0-1
Dutreeuw - J. Claesen 1/2
Wim Maes [BEL - 2245] - Cherniaev 1-0
Henri Winants [BEL - 2116] - Vanderwaeren 0-1
Cekro - Matth. De Wachter [BEL - 2114]1-0
Polaczek - Kris Theunissen [BEL - 2085] 1-0
5th round
Ziatdinov - Akesson 0-1
Golubew - Mohandessi 1-0
Miezis - Wim Maes [BEL -2245] 1-0
Vanderwaeren - Cekro 0-1
Wouter Janssens [BEL - 2213] - Dutreeuw 0-1
Uhoda - Polaczek 0-1
Guido Steenhoudt [BEL - 1800] - Berend 0-1
P. Claesen - Mohamed Benaissa [BEL - 2169] 1-0
Meyers - Van Mechelen 1-0
Cherniaev - Bert Fuss [GER - 2004] 1/2
6th round
Akesson - Golubew 1/2
Durtreeuw - Miezis 1-0
Cekro - P. Claesen 0-1
Polaczek - Meyers 1/2
Penson - Ziatdinov 0-1
Berend - J. Claesen 1-0
Van Beers - Vanderwaeren 1/2
Eric Billaux [BEL - 2058] - Cherniaev 0-1
7th round
Dutreeuw - Akesson 0-1
Golubew - Berend 0-1
P. Claesen - Ziatdinov 0-1
Miezis - Meyers 0-1
Mossong - Polaczek 0-1
Wouter Janssens [BEL - 2213] - Cekro 0-1
Cherniaev - Jens Hohmeister [GER - 2190] 1-0
Vanderwaeren - Mohamed Benaissa [BEL - 2169] 1-0
[Event "6th Leuven Open"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "1994.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Penson, Thierry"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. Qe2 d6
8. c4 Nbd7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rae1 Ne5 13. f4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3
0-0 15. Kh1 Rfd8 16. f5 e5 17. Nc2 b5 18. Ne3 bxc4 19. Nxc4 a5 20. a4 Bc6
21. Na3 Qb7 22. Nab5 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Qg3 f6 0-1
[Event "6th Leuven Open"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "1994.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Claesen, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. 0-0 Rb8 7. e3 0-0
8. d4 d6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd2 a6 11. Qc2 b5 12. b3 Ng4 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bb2
f5 15. f4 Bf6 16. Nd1 Qe8 17. Bc3 Nb7 18. Nf2 Nd8 19. Rae1 Rb7 20. e4 b4
21. Bb2 exf4 22. exf5 Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. g4 Nhf7 26. Nd3
Re8 27. Nxf4 Re3 28. Ne6 Ng5 29. Nxg5 Qxg5 30. Ne4 Qh6 31. Qd2 Rxh3 32. Qxh6
Rxh6 33. g5 Rh5 34. Nxd6 Bd7 35. Ne4 Bc8 36. Nxc5 Rxg5 37. Ne6 Bxe6 38. fxe6
Re5 39. c5 1-0
[Event "6th Leuven Open"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "1994.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berend, Fred"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bf4 d5
8. e5 Nd7 9. h4 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Nc3 e5 12. Bg5 Nb6 13. a4 Bxg5 14. a5
Bg4 15. axb6 Bh6 16. bxa7 Kh8 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. c4 dxc4 19. dxc4 e4 20. Qd6
exf3 21. Qxf8+ Rxf8 22. a8Q g6 23. Rfe1 fxg2 24. Re8 Kg8 25. Rae1 Bd7
26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Kxg2 Nd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Qa2 Qc6+ 30. Kh2 Qf3 31. b4
Bc6 32. Ra1 Bxb4 33. c5+ Bd5 34. Qb2 Bxc5 35. Qc2 b6 {There may be an
error towards the end of this game, either that or a major oversight
by both players.} 0-1
[Event "6th Leuven Open"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "1994.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maes, Wim"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. e3 Bh6 7. c4 f4
8. exf4 Bxf4 9. Qxf4 Qxb2 10. Ne2 Qxa1 11. Nec3 Qb2 12. d6 Nc6 13. Bd3
e6 14. 0-0 f5 15. Qh6 b6 16. Be2 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Bb7 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19. Qh6+
Kf7 20. Qh5+ Kf6 21. Nbc3 Rag8 22. f3 Kg7 23. Nf4 Kf8 1-0
[Event "6th Leuven Open"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "1994.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. Qe2 d6
8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rac1 h6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. b3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3
0-0 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. f3 Rac8 17. Be3 Be8 18. Qe2 Qb8 19. a4 Bf8 20. f4
b6 21. Qf3 Qb7 22. f5 e5 23. Nde2 Bc6 24. Ng3 Be7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5
b5 27. a5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Qd1 b4 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qd2 Ng4 32. Bb6
Bg5 33. Qe2 Nf6 34. Nf1 Nd7 35. Bf2 Qb7 36. Qc4 Bd8 37. Ne3 Bxa5 38. Nc2
Bb6 39. Nxb4 Bxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Nc5 41. Nc6 0-1
13) Paris - London Match
------------------------
This event which was held in Paris to comemorate the 1851 Paris-London
match has been organised by the Association Diagonale. It is being
run on a Scheveningen system, ie everyone on one team plays everyone
on the opposing team. The teams alternate colours from round to round
(in the fifth round London had all whites.)
FINAL Results. (Category VI)
----------------------------
London : 39
-----------
1. Emms, Agnos 6
3. McDonald 5.5
4. Ward, Duncan 5
6. Kinsman 4.5
7. Britton 3.5
8. Kenworthy 2
9. Houska 1.5
Paris : 42
----------
1. Prie 6.5
2. Nataf 6
3. Wagner, Payen 5
5. Boudre, Relange, Chomet 4.5
8. Vareille 3.5
9. Demarre 2.5
14) Hastings Congress - Provisional lineup.
-------------------------------------------
This years congress will comemorate the anniversary of the death
of the greatest pre-war womens player Vera Menchik. She lived
in Hastings for a number of years and so this seems quite
appropriate. The congress will have 5 men and 5 women. It is
still unsponsored, one would hope that the Centenary of the
Hastings Congress can get a major sponsor to stage a tournament
worthy of the first in 1895.
Men: James Howell, John Nunn, Colin McNab, Thomas Luther and Miron Sher.
Women : Susan Lalic, Ketin Kakhiani-Gersonska, Alisa Maric,
Ketevan Arakhamia, Alicia Galliamova.
15) European Team Cup. Lyons France
-----------------------------------
This event started in Lyons in France earlier this week. I don't
have any information as to how it is going, hopefully next week.
Some teams:
Lyons: Anand, Bareev, Kramnik, Salov, Lautier, Dorfmann, Vaisser and Sharif.
Sarajevo: Kasparov, Nikolic, Ivan Sokolov ....
Kaise (Lithuania): Eduard Rosenthalis .....
Donbass (Ukraine) Ivanchuk ....
Honved (Hungary) Zoltan Almasi .....
Beer Sheva (Israel) Yudasin, Greenfeld ....
Reykjavik (Iceland) Helgi Olafsson.
Novosibirsk (Siberia) Dreev, Dolmatov ...
(according to Malcolm Pein in the Telegraph this team has the
highest average rating, something I find very, very difficult to
believe when looking at the Lyons team)
16) BURGAS (Bulgaria) Category 15 Tournament.
---------------------------------------------
Burgas - October 1994
-----------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 TOTAL
1. Smirin # = = 1 0 1 1 = 1 0 5.5
2. Khalifmann = # = 1 = = = = = 1 5.5
3. Epishin = = # = 1 = 0 1 = 1 5.5
4. Topalov 0 0 = # = 1 = 1 1 1 5.5
5. Azmaiparashvili 1 = 0 = # 0 1 = = 1 5.0
6. Vizmanavin 0 = = 0 1 # = = = 1 4.5
7. Georgiev, Kiril 0 = 1 = 0 = # 1 0 = 4.0
8. Gurevich, Mikhail = = 0 0 = = 0 # 1 1 4.0
9. Greenfeld 0 = = 0 = = 1 0 # 1 4.0
10. Ermenkov 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 # 1.5
As reported in TWIC 5 15.10.94. This selection comes from a disk
provided by Chess Assistant.
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epishin Vladimir"]
[Black "Gurevich Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nh3 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6
8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c5 10. e4 Nbd7 11. exf5 gxf5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rae1 Qf7
14. Bh6 Nb6 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16. f4 e4 17. b3 Bd7 18. Nf2 Nc8 19. Kh1 Ne7
20. Rg1 Rae8 21. Ncd1 Kh8 22. Ne3 a6 23. Bf1 Rb8 24. Be2 Rfc8 25. g4
fxg4 26. Nexg4 Bf5 27. Ne3 Qf7 28. Qc3 h6 29. Bg4 Bxg4 30. Nexg4 Ng8
31. Nxe4 Rf8 32. Nexf6 1-0
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov Veselin"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d5
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bf4 Ndf6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Nxe4
dxe4 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. b5 Bc5 17. Nc6 Qd5 18. Rad1 Qf5
19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Rc1 Qh5 22. Qc4 Bc8 23. Rfe1 Be6 24. Qa4
h6 25. a3 Bh3 26. Qc4 Be6 27. Qb4 a6 28. bxa6 Rxa6 29. Bxe4 Nxe4
30. Qxe4 Rxa3 31. Nd4 Ra2 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rc7 Qd5 34. Qg6 1-0
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov Veselin"]
[Black "Smirin Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3
e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 11. g4 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nb5 Qb8
14. g5 a6 15. N5d4 Qc7 16. Qf3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4+ 18. Kf2 Be7 19. h4 Nc5
20. Kg1 Bd7 21. Rh2 h6 22. c4 dxc4 23. Rc2 hxg5 24. hxg5 f6 25. exf6
gxf6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Rxc4 Qd6 28. b4 Na4 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Qxb7 Nb6
31. Nf3 Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Qc6 33. Qxc6 Bxc6 34. Rf1 Bb5 35. Ng5+ Kg6 36. f5+
Kh5 37. Bxb5 axb5 38. Ne4 Bh4 39. f6 Rag8+ 40. Kh2 Rg4 41. f7 Be7
42. Bd4 Rf8 43. Bc5 Kg6 44. Kh3 Rh4+ 45. Kg3 Rxe4 0-1
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Ng4 9. e3 d6 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Nxd4 12. exd4 Rb8 13. a4 Nh6
14. Nd5 Nf5 15. a5 b5 16. Nb6 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rxb6 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Rb1
Nxd4 20. Qd3 Bf5 21. Be4 Qc6 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxc6 Bxb1 24. Bxd4 Bd3
25. Re1 e6 26. Bf6 Bxc4 27. Rd1 d5 28. Rb1 h6 29. h4 Kh7 30. f3 g5
31. h5 g4 32. f4 1-0
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirin Ilia"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. O-O Ne7
8. c4 dxc4 9. Na3 Nd5 10. Bg5 Qb8 11. Bxc4 h6 12. Bh4 N7b6 13. Rc1 a6
14. Re1 Be7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 cxd4 18. Nc4 Nxc4
19. Rxc4 Rc8 20. Rxd4 Qc7 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. h4 Rac8 23. h5 Nb6 24. Qh7
Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Rc4 27. Rxc4 Nxc4 28. Qe4 b5 29. Qb7+ Ke8
30. Qc6+ 1-0
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Epishin Vladimir"]
[Black "Georgiev Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. a3 b6 11. e4 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5 Bb7
14. Bg5 dxe4 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. dxe5 exf3 17. exd6 Qe6 18. Qa4 Red8
19. Qf4 fxg2 20. Rd4 Rac8 21. Rad1 Rc5 22. Bc4 Qe5 23. Qd2 h6 24. Re1
Qh5 25. Re7 Qxh2+ 0-1
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov Veselin"]
[Black "Ermenkov Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxb4 7. Nb5 Nc6
8. axb4 Bxb4+ 9. c3 Be7 10. Ba3 Nh6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Bb5
f5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Rb1 Nf7 17. Qa3 Nd8 18. Ne2 h6 19. Nf4
Be8 20. Nd3 Kg8 21. O-O Kh7 22. Rb2 Rf8 23. f4 Bh5 24. Nc5 Kg8 25. Qa6
Qc7 26. Rfb1 Bf7 27. g3 Qe7 28. Ndb7 Rb8 29. Qxa7 Nxb7 30. Rxb7 Rxb7
31. Rxb7 Qe8 32. Nd7 Bh5 33. Nf6+ 1-0
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich Mikhail"]
[Black "Greenfeld Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3
Be6 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. Nf3 O-O-O 10. O-O Nb4 11. Be2 f5 12. a3 N4d5 13. a4
Nxc3 14. bxc3 h6 15. a5 Nc4 16. Bc1 a6 17. Qc2 Bd5 18. Ra4 Qc6 19. Qxf5+
e6 20. Qc2 Be7 21. Ra1 g5 22. Qa4 Qb5 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Bxb5 axb5
25. Qxb5 Bc4 26. Qa4 Bb3 27. Bxd2 Bxa4 28. Rxa4 1-0
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ermenkov Evgenij"]
[Black "Smirin Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nc6 7. f4 Ng4
8. Nf3 f6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Qd2 f5 11. h3 Nf6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bd3 O-O
14. O-O-O Na6 15. Nd4 Nh5 16. Be2 Nf6 17. g4 fxg4 18. hxg4 Nc5 19. f5 c6
20. Bf3 cxd5 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Bxd5+ Kh7 23. g5 Rxf5 24. g6+ 1-0
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili Zurab"]
[Black "Georgiev Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Ng4
8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 g5 13. Bf2 f5 14. h3
Ng6 15. g4 fxg4 16. hxg4 Nf4 17. Rh2 Nf7 18. Nf1 h5 19. Ne3 h4 20. Bf1
c5 21. a3 Bf6 22. b4 b6 23. Bg1 Re8 24. Rb2 Re7 25. a4 Rb7 26. Qb1 Rab8
27. Ra3 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Rb5 Qc7 30. Rab3 Bd8 31. Nf5 Rb6 32. Rxb6
Rxb6 33. Rxb6 Qxb6 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Qxb6 Bxb6 36. Nxc8 Bc7 37. Nb5 Bb8
38. Be3 h3 39. Bg1 Ke8 40. Kf2 Kd8 41. Nca7 Bxa7 42. Nxa7 Nh8 43. Kg3
Nhg6 44. Nc6+ Kc7 45. Nxa5 Nh4 46. Nc6 Nhg2 47. Bxg2 hxg2 48. Be3 1-0
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman Alexander"]
[Black "Ermenkov Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6
8. Bf4 Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Re1 a6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Rb8 13. Qd3 f6
14. Rab1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Qxa6 b5
19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Ra8 21. Qb7 Rb8 22. Qa6 Ra8 23. Qc6 Rc8 24. b4
Rxc6 25. dxc6 e6 26. Red1 Qb8 27. bxc5 d5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Qe8
30. c7 Qf7 31. b6 Qxd5 32. b7 1-0
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov Veselin"]
[Black "Gurevich Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. h4 h5
8. a4 b4 9. Nd1 a5 10. Nf2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. O-O c5
14. Rad1 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. b3 Nac5 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Nh3
Rc8 20. Rfe1 Ncd7 21. Nf4 Rc5 22. Nd3 Rc8 23. Nb2 Qc5 24. Nc4 Ne5
25. Ne3 O-O 26. Qf2 Nc6 27. Ne2 e6 28. Nf4 Ne5 29. Rd2 Rc6 30. Red1 Rfc8
31. Ne2 Qb6 32. Nd4 Rc3 33. Re1 R3c7 34. Nb5 Rc6 35. Qg3 Qc5 36. Qg5 Kg7
37. Red1 Nh7 38. Qf4 g5 39. Nf5+ exf5 40. Qxf5 Ng6 41. hxg5 Ne7 42. Qxc5
Rxc5 43. Nxd6 R8c6 44. f4 Rxc2 45. Ne8+ Kf8 46. Rd8 Rc1 47. Nd6+ Kg7
48. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 49. Kh2 Rc6 50. e5 Rc5 51. Rd7 Ng6 52. e6 Rc6 53. Nf5+
Kg8 54. e7 Re6 55. Rd8+ Nhf8 56. e8=Q Rxe8 57. Rxe8 Nxf4 58. Ra8 Nd3
59. Rxa5 Ne6 1-0
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ermenkov Evgenij"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb3 d6 11. a5 Ne5 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. f4 Ng6
14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Bb6 Qc8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5
Bf6 20. Nc5 Rxe5 21. Qd3 Rxd5 22. Qxd5 Bc6 23. Qd2 Qg4 24. Rxf6 gxf6
25. Rf1 Ne5 26. Rxf6 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qxf3 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Ne4 Qxe4
30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Qg6 0-1
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Georgiev Kiril"]
[Black "Greenfeld Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3
Be6 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. Nf3 O-O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a3 e6 13. Rc1 Kb8
14. b4 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Qg7 17. Re1 Rg8 18. Bf1 Ne5 19. Ned2 Nd3
20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Bxd3 Nd5 22. Qb3 Bd6 23. Bf1 Rc8 24. Kh1 Qg7 25. Qb1
Bg6 26. Qd1 Bc2 27. Qa1 Rc3 28. Rc1 Bd3 29. Rxc3 Nxc3 30. Ne1 Bxf1
31. Nxf1 Nd5 32. Bd2 Qg6 33. Ne3 Nf4 34. Qa2 Qh5 35. Ng4 Nxh3 36. Nxf6
Nxf2+ 37. Kg1 Nh3+ 38. Kh1 Qe2 0-1
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ermenkov Evgenij"]
[Black "Epishin Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 13. exd5
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Rxd5 exd5 16. g4 Ne5 17. Kb1 Nc4 18. Bd4 a5
19. Bd3 a4 20. Nc1 Bd7 21. h4 Bb5 22. Re1 Bb4 23. c3 Bd6 24. Qc2 h6
25. g5 Bf4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. g6 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Ne2 Bd6 30. h5
fxg6 31. hxg6 Qe7 32. f4 Bc6 33. Kc1 Qe4 34. Qd2 a3 35. Be3 Ba4 36. Ng3
Qxg6 37. Qd5+ Kh7 38. Ne4 Bxf4 39. Bxf4 Qg1+ 40. Kd2 Qd1+ 0-1
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov Veselin"]
[Black "Georgiev Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3
Bh6+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxe7 Be6 17. Qf6 Bxa2 18. b3 Bxb3
19. cxb3 Qxb3 20. Rd3 Qb6 21. Qb2 Rfe8 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rd1 Ra1+
24. Kc2 Ra2+ 25. Kb3 Rea8 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Kxa2 Rd1 28. g3 g5 29. Kb3
Rd2 30. h4 1/2-1/2
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin Ilia"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qb6 7. Nb3 Nc6
8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nb3 b6 13. Be3 exf4
14. Bxb6 Nb7 15. O-O-O Be7 16. Re1 Kf8 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. Nc6 Bf5 19. b4 g6
20. Bd4 Kg7 21. Kb2 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Rhe8 24. Bb5 Be4 25. Bxf6+
Kxf6 26. Nd4 Re5 27. Nf3 Bxd5 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. c4 Bxg2 30. Rhg1 Bh3
31. Ra1 Rc8 32. Ra6+ Be6 33. Re1 g5 34. Rb6 Rc7 35. Kc3 g4 36. Rc6 Re7
37. c5 h5 38. Bc4 h4 39. b5 f3 40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Rc8 f2 42. Rf1 g3
43. hxg3 hxg3 44. b6 Kg6 45. Rf8 Nxc5 46. Kc4 Ne4 0-1
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Greenfeld Alon"]
[Black "Topalov Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. Bxg4 Be5
14. Bf3 Qa5 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. g3 Rad8 17. Rc1 Rfe8 18. Na4 b5 19. Bxe5
Nxe5 20. Qe2 Qa7 21. Nc5 d4 22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxe1+
25. Rxe1 Qxc5 0-1
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgiev Kiril"]
[Black "Smirin Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nge2 a6 7. Bg5 Rb8
8. Rc1 Bd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. h4 O-O 11. Nd5 b5 12. c5 Re8 13. g3 a5 14. cxd6
cxd6 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Be3 f5 17. Bg2 fxe4 18. fxe4 f5 19. exf5 Rc8
20. O-O Qe7 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Rf3 Nb4 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Nf4 Bxf5 25. Be6
Qb7 26. Qg2 Be4 27. Kf2 Nd3+ 28. Nxd3 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Rxe6
31. Nf4 Rf6 32. Ke4 Kg8 33. b3 Bh6 34. a4 bxa4 35. bxa4 Kf7 36. d5 Bxf4
37. Bxf4 Ke8 38. Kd4 Kd7 39. Kc4 Rf5 40. Kd4 Rf8 41. Kd3 Rb8 0-1
[Event "It (cat.15), X"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich Mikhail"]
[Black "Ermenkov Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Na3 Bg7
8. Ne2 axb5 9. Nxb5 O-O 10. Nec3 Na6 11. Be2 Nc7 12. Nxc7 Qxc7 13. Bg5
Qb6 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Rc1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 h6 17. Be3 Rfb8 18. Rc2 Nd7
19. O-O Qb4 20. Kh1 Kh7 21. Bc1 Rb7 22. f4 Bd4 23. Qd3 Bg7 24. Re2 Qd4
25. Qf3 Qc4 26. e5 Qa6 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Rf8 29. Rd1 Rf7 30. Rxg6
Bxc3 31. Qe4 Rb4 32. Qc2 Qc4 33. Rxd6+ Qe4 34. Qxe4+ Rxe4 35. Rxd7 Bd4
36. d6 Kg6 37. dxe7 Rfxe7 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. h3 Re2 40. b4 Rxa2 41. bxc5
Bxc5 42. Rd5 Bf2 43. Rd2 Ra1 44. Rxf2 Rxc1+ 45. Kh2 h5 46. Kg3 Kf5
47. Kh4 Rc8 48. g3 Ke4 49. f5 Ke5 50. f6 1-0
17) Asian Active Chess Tournament held in Kuala Lumpur by Chua Yeow Hooi
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Slightly delayed new. Here are the results of the Asian Active Chess
Tournament held in Kuala Lumpur at the end of June. It was a 13 round
allegro Swiss system tournament. 80 participants.
The top 12 finishers:
1. GM Rogelio ANTONIO (Phi) 10 pts (tie-break winner)
2. IM Leonid YURTAEV (Kyr) 10 pts
3. GM Utut ADIANTO (Ina) 9.5
4. Saidali IULDASHEV (Uzb) 9.5
5. IM Cerdas BARUS (Ina) 9.5
6. Alexsander KARPOV (Uzb) 9
7. GM Alexsander NENASHEV (Uzb) 8.5
8. IM Pravin THIPSAY (Ind) 8.5
9. IM Rogelio BARCENILLA (Phi) 8.5
10. IM Enrico SEVILLANO (Phi) 8.5
11. IM Nasib GINTING (Ina) 8.5
12. Jianquan WANG (Chn) 8.5
Top ladies finisher: Zhu Chen (Chn) 7.5 pts (she also won the Asian
juniors tournament and had received an IM norm !)
18) Women verses Senior Grandmasters.
-------------------------------------
The next match between the worlds best womens players and senior
(over 50 years) grandmasters will be held in the begin of July
1995 in Prague. There will probably play: Spassky, Smyslov, Korchnoi,
Portisch and Hort for the seniors, Judit & Zsuzsa Polgar, Xie Jun,
Cramling and Ioselini for the women.
Incidently, Ioseliani has left Georgia and is living in Prague since the
summer 1994. She has a 10 year old doughter, who is being educated at an
English speaking school in Prague.
(News from Otto Borik editor of SCHACH 64 MAGAZIN/ Schach-Echo a very
nice fortnightly German Magazine.)
19) STUDIES by Wlodek Proskurowski
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TWIC # 10
In our previous column (see TWIC #9) we saw a study by Noam Elkies
where castling was integrally connected with the solution process,
a rather unique feature.
Although castling in studies can be traced back as far as 1921
(A.Selesnev), it was mostly used as an illustration of the `to castle
or not to castle' question.
Here is an early example.
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | k | | | r |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | o | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | + | + | | | | o | | J.Selman, KNSB, 1938
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | + | | W: Kh2,p.b6,c6,g5 (4)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | | B: Ke8,Rh8,p.g2,g6,g7,h3 (6)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | o | White to move and win
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | o | K |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
In problems, castling appeared even earlier.
Here follows an early example by the prolific Rumanian composer
Wolfgang Pauly (1876-1934) author of about 5,000 problems.
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | k | | | r |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | o | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | K | | | o | W.Pauly, 1910
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | Q | | | W: Ke6,Qf5 (2)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | | B: Ke8,Rh8,Be1,p.e7,h6 (5)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | | Mate in 4
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | b | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
One should note that this idea was later doubled to two possible
castlings in which both Rooks are forced to move (N.Petrovic,
Problem, 1959; 8x).
Try to solve these positions using your favorite computer/program.
How well they handle castlings? I guess very poorly.
Mine, MChess Pro 3.10, complains that it is illegal to castle.
Solution to #10.1
It looks like an easy win. Is it?
1.b7 1.c7? Kd7 even wins for Black
0-0 1...Ke7 is insufficient as 2.c7 wins
2.c7 Kh7! A clever stalemate trap
3.c8Q 3.b8Q? g1Q+ 4.Kxg1 h2+ 5.Kh1 Rf1+, draws as bR
becomes a desperado on the f-file.
Rxc8
6.cb8B! wins A promotion to Q or R creates a stalemate, and N
is too slow (4.bc8N? Kg8 5.Nd6 Kf8 6.Nb5 Ke7
7.Nd4 Kd6 8.Nf3 Ke6 9.Kxh3 Kf5 10.Kxg2 Kg4 draws).
As you see castling is here of peripheral importance, in contrast
to Elkies' study, see TWIC #9. It gives an opportunity, though,
to an unexpected stalemate trap and a minor promotion.
Solution to #10.2
Try 1.Qe5 fails because of 0-0! Therefore, first one must force
Black to move its King (or Rook).
1.Qb5+ Kf8 2.Qf5+ Ke8, and only now 3.Qe5 with a mate in 1.
by Wlodek Proskurowski
[Comments and contributions are welcome. My e-mail address is:
proskuro@mathn.usc.edu]
MARK CROWTHER M.D.Crowther@bradford.ac.uk END
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