THE WEEK IN CHESS 114 13/01/97 Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) Keres Memorial Rapidplay 1997.
3) All set for the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee tournament.
4) Three way tie in Pamplona.
5) Reggio Emilia
6) New Zealand Championships 1997.
7) Israeli League 1997 rounds 1-2 by Ram Soffer
8) German Bundesliga Round 7 by Gerald Schendel
9) Chess Oscars.
10) TAPOLCA Open, Budapest and First Saturday News by Laszlo Nagy
11) 8th International Open Chess Tournament "Ano Liosia '97"
12) VISA NORDIC CHESS GRAND PRIX 1996/97
13) International Open Chess Turnament "Pasanauri-97"
14) Theoretical Section
GAMES SECTION
It, Pamplona ESP 1996-7 45
It, Reggio Emilia ITA 1996-7 45
Challengers, Hastings ENG 1997 1
Tapolca, Budapest HUN 1997 2
Kalev Keres mem rapid, Tallinn EST 1997 45
ch-NZL, Auckland 1996-7 121
1) Introduction
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My thanks to Mart Tarmak, Lost Boys, Carlo Corradini, Maran Walter,
Jesus De la Villa, Jon Speelman, Michael Freeman, Ian Rogers, Ram
Soffer, Laszlo Nagy, Massimiliano Orsi , Richard Reich, Argiris Kotsis,
Gerald Schendel, Einar S. Einarsson, David Japaridze and Marco R.
Martini for their help this week.
A wide range of chess this week with a strong rapidplay commemorating
what would have been Paul Keres' 81st birthday and games from Pamplona
and Reggio Emilia (I did make them available earlier in the week in a
midweek column on my page. This will be an occasional column to try out
a few new ideas.) I have had some nice feedback this week, especially
about the review of the year and a few suggestions. A number of people
have suggested that I introduce a letters page. I certainly welcome
feedback but I would not want to get into the situation of people being
upset if I did not publish their letters and so forth. But if I do
receive letters of wider interest I will look at it again.
Next week sees the start of the 1997 super GM season. We will see in
short order Wijk aan Zee, Linares and Dos Hermanas (early this year)
should be great. If anyone is at the Linares open I would be interested
in results and then games from there.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
2) Keres Memorial Rapidplay 1997.
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Mart Tarmak reports on the Keres Memorial Rapidplay held in Tallinn this
weekend.
The Estonian sports society "Kalev" has organised the Paul Keres
Memorial Rapid tournament for seven consecutive years. Paul Keres was
born on January 7th 1916 and this tournament was devoted to his 81st
birthday. The organisers invited the third and the fourth best female
players (Pia Cramling and ex-world champion Maia Chiburdanidze) to this
years tournament. Other invitees to the main tournament were GMs Ulf
Andersson and Viktor Gavrikov. Also the Estonian GMs Jaan Ehlvest and
Lembit Oll were included into the final without qualification. The
thinking time in the event was 25 minutes per player.
The event started with the qualification tournament for 40 participants
on Friday, January 10. The highest rated player in both the
qualification event and the final was Ulf Andersson He wished to play
in the qualification tournament. He was amongst the 5 qualifiers: Riho
Liiva (EST), Oleg Krivonosov (LAT) 5,5, Ulf Andersson (SWE), Vidmantas
Malisauskas (LIT), Kalle Kiik (EST) 5. Both Estonian IMs were not the
members of the Olympic team in Yerevan but they continued to play well
also in the main tournament which was played on Saturday and Sunday,
January 11-12. Incidently the new amateur World Champion Olev Schults
also participated in the qualification event.
The best starter was Riho Liiva who has 3 out of 3. He had difficult
positions and time trouble againt leading Estonian chessplayers Ehlvest
and Oll but managed to win both games. In the third round Ulf Andersson
erred with his move order in the opening and had to resign immediately.
After that the clear leader was Viktor Gavrikov who had 5.5 points after
six rounds and it seemed that he would be an easy winner. But he did
have a few scares. After his draw with Krivonosov he lost to Oll and
probably had a lost position against Chiburdanidze in the last round
where he was the exchange down. He managed to draw the game and as his
nearest rival Liiva did the same he hung on to first place.
Kalev Keres Memorial Tallinn EST (blitz) 1997
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 Gavrikov,V 2590 (SUI) +85 * 1 = 1 1 = = 0 1 1 6.5/9
2 Liiva,R 2415 (EST) +203 0 * 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 5.5/9
3 Krivonosov,O 2420 (LAT) +161 = 1 * 0 = = = 1 = = 5.0/9 22.00
4 Ehlvest,J 2635 (EST) -78 0 0 1 * 1 1 = = 0 1 5.0/9 21.25
5 Kiik,K 2380 (EST) +206 0 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 5.0/9 19.50
6 Chiburdanidze,M 2535 (GEO) -3 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 = 1 4.5/9
7 Malisauskas,V 2530 (LIT) -33 = = = = = 0 * 1 = 0 4.0/9
8 Oll,L 2625 (EST) -175 1 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 = 3.5/9
9 Andersson,U 2655 (SWE) -246 0 0 = 1 0 = = 0 * = 3.0/9 13.25
10 Cramling,P 2545 (SWE) -124 0 = = 0 0 0 1 = = * 3.0/9 12.50
Average elo: 2533 <=> Category: 12
gm = 5.40 m = 3.60
Every participant had some nice games and the many spectators were satisfied
with the competitive and friendly spirit of the tournament. All the games of
the tournament are made available for the readers of TWIC by Jaan Narva.
3) All set for the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee tournament.
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There will be coverage of the event on the Lost Boy Pages
http://lostcity.nl/chess/hoogovens the event starts on the 17th of
January.
Igor Glek, Julio Granda Zuniga, Miguel Illescas, Alex Yermolinsky,
Victor Korchnoi, Joel Lautier, Predrag Nikolic, Jeroen Piket, Valery
Salov, Nigel Short, Ivan Sokolov, Jan Timman, Loek Van Wely and
Alexander Onischuk play.
In the end Vassily Ivanchuk has carried out his promise made at the end
of the Las Palmas tournament to withdraw from tournament play for a
while. He withdrew at the last minute from the Hoogovens event and also
from Linares which follows on almost directly from this event. He was
replaced in Wijk aan Zee by Alex Yermolinsky.
4) Three way tie in Pamplona.
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Spain rounded off a brilliant year for top class chess with a Category
12 event in Pamplona. Last year there were high profile events in
Madrid, Dos Hermanas, Leon and Las Palmas. This year will see the return
of the Linares tournament and Las Palmas is one of the possible venues
for the Kasparov-Karpov match.
Pamplona saw Zoltan Almasi, Jonathan Speelman and Zurab Azmaiparashvili
shared first place. The event was interesting for the participation of
Ruslan Ponomariov (an IM in the new ratin list). He was leading with
3.5/5 before losing to Almasi, Azmaiparashvili and Gulko in successive
rounds. Nevertheless he scored a good result, especially considering that
he is only 13 years of age.
My thanks to Jesus De la Villa and Jon Speelman for the games.
Pamplona (ESP), XII 1996 - I 1997 cat. XIII (2574)
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1 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2655 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 0 = 6.0 2690
2 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2625 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2693
3 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2670 = = * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2688
4 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2615 0 = = * = 0 1 1 = 1 5.0 2612
5 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2570 = = = = * = = = = = 4.5 2574
6 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2545 0 0 = 1 = * 1 = = = 4.5 2577
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2550 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2533
8 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2495 0 = = 0 = = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2502
9 Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario m ESP 2495 1 0 0 = = = 0 0 * = 3.0 2457
10 Garcia Ilundain, David g ESP 2520 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.5 2414
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5) Reggio Emilia
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My thanks to Carlo Corradini and Maran Walter for the games. Next year
there will be an official web site for the event.
Reggio Emelia (ITA), XII 1996 - I 1997 cat. XI (2511)
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1 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2605 * 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2720
2 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2600 0 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2667
3 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2595 = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2581
4 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2555 = 0 = * = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2586
5 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2510 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2591
6 Razuvaev, Yuri S g RUS 2560 = = 0 = = * = = 1 1 5.0 2548
7 Godena, Michele m ITA 2550 = = = 0 0 = * = = = 3.5 2426
8 Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2400 0 0 = 0 = = = * 0 = 2.5 2357
9 Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2375 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 2.5 2360
10 Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2360 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 1.5 2254
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6) New Zealand Championships 1997.
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There were 22 entries to the 104th New Zealand Championships held in
Auckland between 28th December 1996 and 9th January 1997. The tournament
was won by Grandmaster Ian Rogers of Australia. The title of New Zealand
Champion went to second placed Alex Kulashko who has recently qualified
after 12 months of residence in New Zealand.
International Master norms were achieved by Alex Kulashko and Paul
Garbutt. The event was an 11 round Swiss with 22 players. There were two
players from overseas, Ian Rogers and ZF Mohd from Malysia.
My thanks to Michael Freeman of NZ Chess
(http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/nzchess) and to Ian Rogers who
sent the results and games.
Auckland (NZL), XII 1996 - I 1997
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1 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2575 +20 + 7 = 4 + 6 = 2 = 3 + 5 +12 + 8 +11 +13 9.5 2584
2 Kulashko, Aleksey RUS 2380 =10 +18 = 3 +11 = 1 + 4 + 7 + 6 - 5 +16 +12 8.5 2565
3 Dive, Russell John m NZL 2435 +16 =13 = 2 + 4 + 5 = 1 = 6 + 8 = 7 +12 =11 8.0 2498
4 Garbett, Paul Anthony f NZL 2300 +17 + 9 = 1 - 3 +13 - 2 +15 +11 =12 + 6 + 5 8.0 2452
5 Ker, Anthony F f NZL 2315 = 8 +22 = 6 = 7 - 3 +13 - 1 +15 + 2 + 9 - 4 6.5 2334
6 Martin, Benjamin f NZL 2375 =18 +14 = 5 - 1 +19 + 8 = 3 - 2 +10 - 4 = 7 6.0 2295
7 Smith, Robert W NZL 2300 +21 - 1 +13 = 5 = 8 =10 - 2 +20 = 3 =19 = 6 6.0 2323
8 Wastney, Scott NZL 2100 = 5 =19 =11 +21 = 7 - 6 + 9 - 3 - 1 +20 =15 5.5 2292
9 Hawkes, Peter D NZL 2155 +11 - 4 =12 =19 -10 +18 - 8 =16 +15 - 5 +21 5.5 2225
10 Dowden,Anthony ---- = 2 =15 =19 =20 + 9 = 7 -12 =18 - 6 =14 =16 5.0 2219
11 McLaren,L ---- - 9 +17 = 8 - 2 +16 -15 +14 - 4 +22 - 1 = 3 5.0 2201
12 Green, Peter NZL 2265 -13 =16 = 9 =14 +21 +20 +10 - 1 = 4 - 3 - 2 5.0 2201
13 Krstev, Antonio FRM 2145 +12 = 3 - 7 +15 - 4 - 5 -18 +22 =19 +17 - 1 5.0 2231
14 Guthrie, David NZL 2100 =15 - 6 =16 =12 =18 =19 -11 =17 =20 =10 +22 5.0 2212
15 Mohd, Fairin Zakaria MAS 2220 =14 =10 =21 -13 +17 +11 - 4 - 5 - 9 +22 = 8 5.0 2030
16 Sarapu, Ortvin m NZL 2295 - 3 =12 =14 =18 -11 =17 +22 = 9 +21 - 2 =10 5.0 2187
17 Metge, J. Nigel NZL 2170 - 4 -11 -20 +22 -15 =16 +21 =14 +18 -13 +19 5.0 2163
18 Love, Anthony J f NZL 2250 = 6 - 2 =22 =16 =14 - 9 +13 =10 -17 =21 =20 4.5 2138
19 Barlow, Matthew NZL 2200 =22 = 8 =10 = 9 - 6 =14 -20 +21 =13 = 7 -17 4.5 2108
20 Sinclair, Mark NZL 2265 - 1 -21 +17 =10 +22 -12 +19 - 7 =14 - 8 =18 4.5 2102
21 Sutherland, John NZL 2085 - 7 +20 =15 - 8 -12 -22 -17 -19 -16 =18 - 9 2.0 1982
22 Spiller,Paul ---- =19 - 5 =18 -17 -20 +21 -16 -13 -11 -15 -14 2.0 1964
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7) Israeli League 1997 rounds 1-2 by Ram Soffer
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Ram Soffer sends the results from the Israeli league. He sends a note on
the scoring system employed.
Matches are played on 5 boards. The winning team gets a 1 point bonus.
No bonus in the case of a 2.5:2.5 tie.
Israel 1st League 1997
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Round 1 Results
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ELITZUR JERUSALEM - ELITZUR PETACH-TIKVA 2.5:2.5
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Rechlis,Gad - Yudasin,Leonid 1/2
Gruenfeld,Yehuda - Smirin,Ilia 1/2
Tsesarsky,Ilya - Goldin,Alexander 0-1
Alonkin,Alexander - Kogan,Artur 1-0
Gurevich,Grigory - Nisman,Boris 1/2
BEER-SHEVA I - BIKUREI HAITIM TEL-AVIV 2.5:2.5
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Greenfeld,Alon - Gofshtein,Leonid 1/2
Huzman,Alexander - Manor,Ilan 1/2
Mikhalevski,Victor - Shvidler,Eliahu 1/2
Avrukh,Boris - Kagan,Shimon 0-1
Tseitlin,Mark - Krays,Alexander 1-0
BEER-SHEVA II - ASA TEL-AVIV 2.5:2.5
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Finkel,Alexander - Har-Zvi,Ronen 1/2
Golod,Vitali - Zoler,Dan 1/2
Vydeslaver,Alik - Zalkind,Karmi 0-1
Tyomkin,Dimitri - Kraidman,Yair 1/2
Mittelman,Gur - Sorkin,Igor 1-0
ASA TECHNION HAIFA - HAPOEL HERZLIYA 4:2
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Bykhovsky,Avigdor - Psakhis,Lev 1/2
Uritzky,Maxim - Zilberman,Yaacov 0-1
Berkovich,Mark - Zifroni,Dov 1/2
Grinshpun,Eduard - Lev,Ronen 1-0
Blodstein,Arkady - Haimovich,Tal 1-0
MACCABI AFEK - ASHDOD 5.5:0.5
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Sutovskij,Emil - Maryasin,Boris 1/2
Murrey,Jacob - Oslon,Alexander 1-0
Kanstler,Boris - Chuvnik,Mordechai 1-0
Bruk,Ofer - Tsifanskaya,Ludmila 1-0
Stisis,Yaacov - Shkolnik,Boris 1-0
HAPOEL RIHON-LEZION - HAPOEL KFAR-SAVA 4.5:1.5
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Alterman,Boris - Milov,Vadim 1/2
Liss,Eran - Boim,Inon 1/2
Shmuter,Leonid - Nor,Igal 1-0
Kaspi,Alexander - Gershon,Alik 1-0
Karpman,Vadim - Rabinovich,Alexander 1/2
Round 2 Results
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Beer-Sheva I - Beer-Sheva II 4.5:1.5
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Greenfeld,Alon - Finkel,Alexander 1/2
Huzman,Alexander - Vydeslaver,Alik 1-0
Mikhalevski,Victor - Tyomkin,Dimitri 1/2
Avrukh,Boris - Mittleman,Gur 1/2
Tseitlin,Mark - Bolotnikov,Victor 1-0
Elitzur Petach Tikva - Bikurei Haitim TA 5:1
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Yudasin,Leonid - Gofshtein,Leonid 1/2
Smirin,Ilia - Manor,Ilan 1-0
Goldin,Alexander - Shvidler, Eliahu 1-0
Kogan,Artur - Krays,Alexander 1-0
Nisman,Boris - Tratatovici,Moise 1/2
Elitzur Jerusalem - Ashdod 4:2
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Rechlis,Gad - Maryasin,Boris 1-0
Gruenfeld,Yehuda - Oslon,Alexander 0-1
Tsesarsky,Eliahu - Chuvnik,Mordechai 1-0
Alonkin,Alexander - Tsifanskaya,Ludmila 1/2
Gurevich,Gregory - Shkolnik,Boris 1/2
Hapoel Herzliya - Maccabi Afek 4:2
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Psakhis,Lev - Sutovskij,Emil 1/2
Zilberman,Yaacov - Oratovsky,Michael 1-0
Zifroni,Dov - Murrey,Jacob 0-1
Lev,Ronen - Kanstler,Boris 1-0
Slutzky,Leonid - Bruk,Ofer 1/2
ASA Technion Haifa - Hapoel Kfar-Sava 4:2
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Bykhovsky,Avigdor - Milov,Vadim 1/2
Uritzky,Maxim - Nor,Igor 1-0
Berkovich,Mark - Gershon,Alik 1/2
Grinshpun,Eduard - Rabinovich,Alexander 1/2
Blodstein,Arkady - Rudrfer,Mark 1/2
Hapoel Rishon-Lezion - ASA Tel Aviv 5:1
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Alterman,Boris - Zoler,Dan 1/2
Kosashvili,Yona - Bleiman,Yaacov 1-0
Liss,Eran - Zalkind,Karmi 1/2
Shmuter,Leonid - Kraidman,Yair 1-0
Kaspi,Alexander - Sorkin,Igor 1-0
Standings after Round 2
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Rishon-Lezion 9.5
Haifa 8.0
Elitzur PT 7.5
Afek 7.5
Beer-Sheva I 7.0
Jerusalem 6.5
Herzliya 6.0
Beer-Shave II 4.0
Kfar-Sava 3.5
Bikurei Haitim TA 3.5
ASA TA 3.5
Ashdod 2.5
Round 3 matches
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16/1/96 Beer-Sheva II - Elitzur PT
Jerusalem - Herzliya
18/1/96 Bikurei Haitim TA - Ashdod
Afek - Kfar-Sava
Haifa - Rishon-Lezion
1/2/96 ASA TA - Beer-Sheva I
8) German Bundesliga Round 7 by Gerald Schendel
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Dresdner SC 4 - 4 SV Empor Berlin
SCA St. Ingbert 5 - 3 SC Eppingen
Hamburger SK 3.5-4.5 USC Magdeburg
Solinger SG 6 - 2 PSV Wuppertal
SV Werder Bremen 4.5-3.5 SK Delmenhorst
SG Koln Porz 4 - 4 Turm Duisburg
SG Bochum 5.5-2.5 Castrop Rauxel
SC Passau 3.5-4.5 SV Erfurt West
Dresdner SC 4 - 4 SV Empor Berlin
1 Almasi 0-1 Shirov 2
2 Bologan 1-0 Lobron 3
3 Teske 1/2 Illescas Cor 6
5 Uhlmann 1-0 Hickl 7
6 Maiwald 1/2 Boensch 8
7 Borriss 1/2 Tischbierek 9
8 Goldberg 0-1 Volke 11
9 Heinatz,T 1/2 Poldauf 12
SCA St. Ingbert 5 - 3 SC Eppingen
1 Dautov 1/2 Gyimesi 1
2 Martinovic 1/2 Arnold 3
3 Bauer 1-0 Miltner 4
5 Ristic 0-1 Mann 5
6 Kachiani-Ger 1-0 Donev 6
7 Werner 1-0 Bosbach 10
8 Gross 0-1 Dudek 12
9 Becker 1-0 Staiger 13
Hamburger SK 3.5-4.5 USC Magdeburg
1 Wahls 1/2 Onischuk 1
2 Ftacnik 1/2 Slobodjan 2
3 Mueller 0-1 Rogozenko 3
4 Movsziszian 1/2 Naumann 5
5 Michaelsen 1/2 Proehl 6
10 Heinemann 1/2 Stolz 7
11 Sievers 1/2 Kapischka 8
12 Wegner 1/2 Darnstaedt 9
Solinger SG 6 - 2 PSV Wuppertal
4 Piket 1-0 Schebler 6
5 Gabriel 1-0 Hausrath 7
7 Bischoff 1/2 Kern 12
9 Lau 0-1 Schiffer 13
10 Podzielny 1-0 Florath 15
11 Schaefer 1-0 Kistella 17
12 Reeh 1/2 Dresen 18
14 Norwood 1-0 Ritter 19
SV Werder Bremen 4.5-3.5 SK Delmenhorst
2 Kindermann 1/2 Stohl 2
3 Knaak 1-0 Hausner 3
4 Blatny 1-0 Breutigam 4
5 Meins 0-1 Beckemeyer 5
6 Heissler 0-1 Borik 6
9 Babula 1-0 Lauber 7
10 Hedke 1/2 Hermann 9
12 Meyer 1/2 Jugelt 10
SG Koln Porz 4 - 4 Turm Duisburg
2 Lutz 1/2 Unzicker 10
3 Huebner 0-1 Enders 11
5 Christiansen 1/2 Kraut 12
6 Vaganian 1-0 Thesing 13
7 Stangl 0-1 Pirrot 14
9 Vogt 1/2 Schmitz 16
10 Van Der Wiel + : - Brueggemann 18
19 Schmidt 1/2 Groth 20
SG Bochum 5.5-2.5 Castrop Rauxel
1 Glek 0-1 Van der Ster 1
2 Georgiev 1/2 King 3
4 Nijboer 1-0 Hoffmann 4
5 Schmittdiel 1-0 Appel 6
6 Bosch 1-0 Libeau 7
7 Reschke 1-0 Dinstuhl 10
9 Backwinkel 1/2 Hennig 12
10 Ellers 1/2 Sehner 13
SC Passau 3.5-4.5 SV Erfurt West
1 Ribli 1/2 Votava 2
2 Schlosser 0-1 Casper 3
3 Smejkal 1-0 Renner 4
4 Wells 0-1 Kuczynski 5
5 Schmidt 0-1 Voekler 6
6 Pichler 1-0 Mueller 8
7 Klebel 0-1 Brueggemann 11
11 Schlingensie 1-0 Fuhrmann 12
Tabelle:
1. Solinger SG 7 33.5 :22.5 14- 0
2. SV Empor Berlin 7 37.5 :18.5 12- 2
3. SG Koln Porz 7 35 :21 11- 3
4. Dresdner SC 7 30.5 :25.5 10- 4
5. Castrop Rauxel 7 28.5 :27.5 8- 6
6. SCA St. Ingbert 7 28.5 :27.5 8- 6
7. SG Bochum 7 27.5 :28.5 8- 6
8. SV Werder Bremen 7 29 :27 7- 7
9. Turm Duisburg 7 29 :27 7- 7
10. SV Erfurt West 7 25.5 :30.5 7- 7
11. Hamburger SK 7 28 :28 5- 9
12. SC Passau 7 26 :30 5- 9
13. SK Delmenhorst 7 24 :32 4-10
14. PSV Wuppertal 7 21 :35 4-10
15. USC Magdeburg 7 23.5 :32.5 2-12
16. SC Eppingen 7 21 :35 0-14
Source: http://members.aol.com/SchachBL/BED/bl07.htm
9) Chess Oscars.
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I had some nice reactions to the review of the year in last
week's TWIC. Some points came out of it, and next year I
might try and do something with the games of the year.
Possibly soliciting opinions on the best of 1997.
Massimiliano Orsi suggested I try and revive the Chess Oscars
but it seems that Alexandr Roshal is already trying to do this.
Below is a message sent to me this week via Vladimir Gaspariants
Dear chess friends!
Last year "64 Chess Review" has restored the Chess Oskar for The best
chess player of the year. That used to exist thanks to Jorje Puch. In
the discussion of the matter took part more than 120 chess journalists
and grandmasters from 35 countries. You are welcome to participate in
this discussion this year. You can offer your own choice to Mr. Roshal
personally or send a fax ((095) 202-0961 or E-mail chess@online.ru).
10-12 players of the year 1996 may be offered regardless of their
previous chess achievements. Thanks in advance and looking forward to
your cooperation. Alexandr Roshal Editor-in-Chief.
Sincerely yours,
Alexandr Roshal
Editor-in-Chief.
e-mail: chess@online.ru
10) TAPOLCA Open, Budapest and First Saturday News by Laszlo Nagy
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The TAPOLCA Open held in Budapest finished on the 11th January.
News from Laszlo Nagy <100263.1700@CompuServe.COM>
There is a First Saturday Homepage:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
The next First Saturday tournament will begin on February 1st in Budapest.
The GM tournament had 1-2 vacancies for players of about 2400 ELO-rating, contact the
organiser's address above to check if this is still the case..
TAPOLCA Open 3rd - 11th of January, Budapest, Hungary.
87 participants, 4 IM-s 7 FM-s 67 rated, 20 unrated from 7 countries.
The last, 9th round, 11th of January 9.00am until 16.00pm
1. IM Kustar, Sandor HUN, 7.5 - IM Portisch, Ferenc HUN, 6 draw,
2. FM Vukovic, Ivo CRO, 6 - Markus, Robert YUG, 6.5 0:1,
3. Kerek, Krisztian HUN, 6 - WIM Semenova, Irina RUS, 6 0:1,
4. Szabo, Zsolt HUN, 6 - Chetverik, Maksim RUS, 5 .5 0:1,
5. Nogradi, Vilmos HUN, 5 .5 - Parkanyi, Attila HUN, 5 .5 0:1,
6. IM Istvandi, Lajos HUN, 5 .5 - Fusthy, Zsolt dr. HUN, 5 .5 0:1,
7. Krivolopov, Konstantin UKR,5.5 - Shpiller, Nikolai UKR, 5 .5 draw
8. FM Szieberth, Adam HUN, 5 - Peredy, Ferenc HUN, 5 .5 1:0
The winner of the tournament with 8 points out of a possible 9 was IM
Kustar Sandor. He is a talented 30 year old IM from Hungary. In the
last couple of years for instance he has beaten GM Loginov (around 2550
rating)
1. IM Kustar Sandor 8
2. Markus, Robert /YUG, 7.5, 13 years old!!!/,
3. Semenova, Irina /RUS, 7/,
4.-7. Portisch, Ferenc /HUN/,
Chetverik, Maxim /RUS/,
Parkanyi, Attila HUN,
dr.Fusthy, Zsolt /HUN/ 6 .5,
8.-12. Szabo, Zsolt HUN
Pasztor, Ferenc /HUN/
Krivolopov, Konstantin UKR,
Vukovic, Ivo CRO
Kerek, Krisztian /HUN/,
Shpiller, Nikolai /UKR/ 6.0
11) 8th International Open Chess Tournament "Ano Liosia '97"
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The 11th-19th January 1997 sees an international open organised by the
Ano Liosia Chess Club in Athens Greece. Some of the games are being
covered live on the internet on the Hellas Chess Club page compiled by
Argiris Kotsis.
http://www.compulink.gr/chess/tourn/1997/ano_liosia_97/index.html
Demetrios Agnos, Ketevan, Altin Cela, Krum Georgiev, Pavlos Gesos,
Efstratios Grivas, Nikolaos Kalesis, Mihail Kobalija, Vasilios
Kotronias, Timotheos Lirindzakis, Thomas Luther, Igor Naumkin,
Konstantinos Nikolaidis, Panayotis Pandavos, Andrey Shariyazdanov,
Spyridon Skembris, Anastasios Tzoumbas, Mikhail Ulibin, Angelos Vouldis
and Zahari Zahariev are amongst the players on 2/2
12) VISA NORDIC CHESS GRAND PRIX 1996/97
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Einar S. Einarsson sends the standings for the VISA
Nordic Chess Grand Prix after the Rilton Cup in Stockholm.
The three best performances of a player count for qualification to the
Final Grand Prix Round Robin Tournament of 14 players later on. However
with one event to go standings can change quite a bit.
SCORE AND STANDINGS:
AFTER FOUR TOURNAMENTS OUT OF FIVE
1st REYKJAVIK OPEN, ICELAND, 2-10 MARCH 1996
2nd COPENHAGEN OPEN, DENMARK, 22 JUNE- 4 JULY 1996
3rd ARNOLD J. EIKREM MEMORIAL,GAUSDAL, NORWAY 3-11 AUGUST 1996
4th RILTON CUP, STOCKHOLM, 27 DECEMBER 1996 - 5 JANUARY 1997
PLAYER COUNTRY NGP-POINTS No. of T
1. GM JOHANN HJARTARSON ISL 57.17 4
2. GM CURT HANSEN DEN 53.79 3
3. IM TIGER HILLARP PERSSON SWE 43.00 3
4. GM MARGEIR PETURSSON ISL 42.50 3
5. GM EINAR GAUSEL NOR 39.96 4
6. GM RUNE DJURHUUS NOR 37.29 4
7. GM SIMEN AGDESTEIN NOR 35.50 2
8. GM JONATHAN TISDALL NOR 29.46 3
9. GM JONNY HECTOR SWE 24.63 3
10. GM HELGI ASS GRETARSON ISL 23.46 3
11. GM HELGI OLAFSSON ISL 22.00 2
12. GM HANNES H. STEFANSSON ISL 21.96 3
13. IM THROSTUR THORHALLSSON ISL 19.00 2
14. IM NIKOLAJ BORGE DEN 17.00 3
15. IM LARS DEGERMAN SWE 16.29 1
16. GM PETER HEINE NIELSEN DEN 15.67 2
17. GM FERDINAND HELLERS SWE 14.29 1
18. GM TOM WEDBERG SWE 13.29 1
19. - FREDE ELSNESS NOR 13.29 1
20. IM ERLING MORTENSEN DEN 13.17 1
21. GM RALF AKESSON SWE 12.50 2
22. GM LARS BO HANSEN DEN 12.17 1
23. FM JOHAN FURDOFF SWE 9.50 2
24. GM HEIKKI WESTERINEN FIN 7.00 1
25. GM LARS SCHANDORFF DEN 6.46 2
26. IM JOHAN HELLSTEN SWE 5.50 1
27. IM THOMAS ENGQUIST SWE 5.50 1
28. IM STEFFEN PEDERSEN DEN 4.00 1
29. IM SAMIR LEJLIC DEN 4.00 1
30. IM BERGE OSTENSTED NOR 3.50 1
31. - STIG GABRIELSEN NOR 2.50 1
32. - HELGE GUNDERSEN NOR 2.50 1
33. IM ROBERT ASTROM SWE 2.46 1
34. - BRAGI HALLDORSSON ISL 1.50 1
35. IM PATRICK LYRBERG SWE 1.50 1
36. - MAGNUS ORN ULFARSSON ISL 1.50 1
37-43. 7 PLAYERS WITH O.46 POINTS
The 5th VISA NORDIC GRAND PRIX TOURNAMENT will take place in Torshavn,
in the Faroe Islands, 7th -15th February 1997. Three best individual
results count for qualification to the FINAL NORDIC GRAND PRIX which is
to be held in Iceland or Norway in the autumn of 1997, sponsored by
VISA INTERNATIONAL EU
S.J.Mortensen, Superviser/ Einar S. Einarsson, Chief Administrative
Officer - 7 January 1997
4th VISA NORDIC GRAND PRIX
Rilton Cup in STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN,
27th December 1996 - 5th January 1997
FINAL RESULTS:
PLAYER: POINTS NGP-POINTS
1. GM JOHANN HJARTARSON ISL. 7.0 23.00
2. GM CURT HANSEN DEN 6.5 16.29
3. IM LARS DEGERMAN SWE 6.5 16.29
4. GM EINAR GAUSDAL NOR 6.5 16.29
5. GM FERDINAD HELLERS SWE 6.5 14.29
6. GM TOM WEDBERG SWE 6.5 13.29
7. GM RUNE DJURHUUS SWE 6.5 13.29
8. - FREDE ELSNESS NOR 6.5 13.29
9. IM JOHAN HELLSTEN SWE 6.0 5.50
10.FM JOHAN FURHOFF SWE 6.0 5.50
11.IM THOMAS ENGQUIST SWE 6.0 5.50
12.GM RALF AKESSON SWE 6.0 5.50
13.IM ROBERT ASTRÖM SWE 5.5 2.46
14.GM JONATHAN TISDAL NOR 5.5 0.46
15.GM HELGI ASS GRETARSON ISL 5.5 1.46
16.IM STELLAN BRYNELL SWE 5.5 0.46
17.IM JAN JOHANSSON SWE 5.5 0.46
18. - TERJE JOHANSEN NOR 5.5 0.46
19.GM HANNES H. STEFANSSON ISL 5.5 0.46
20.GM LARS SCHANDORFF DEN 5.5 0.46
21.IM KLAUS BERG DEN 5.5 0.46
22.IM JONNY HECTOR SWE 5.5 0.46
23.IM MIKKEL ANTONSEN DEN 5.5 0.46
24. - ANTTI NIEMELA FIN 5.5 0.46
25. - NICLAS SALIN SWE 5.5 0.46
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Steen Juul Mortensen, Superviser - Einar S. Einarsson, Chief Administrative Officer
13) International Open Chess Turnament "Pasanauri-97"
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David Japaridze of the Georgian Chess Federation
(VIAM@sun20.hepi.edu.ge) sends news of an International Open running
17th-26th January 1997. " Dedicated to Black Sea Countries Collaboration
1. The Tournament is hosted by younth professional chess club "Rising
Star" and by the Regional chess federation of Mtskheta-Mtianrti.
2. The Tournament is held in "INTURIST" Hotel in resort PASANAURI.
3. The Tournament is held under Swiss system 9 rounds under FIDE
regulations.
4. Time Control: 40 moves in 2 hours for each player and 1 hour until
game and including Save up time.
5. Draw: computer programme by V.Vepkhvishvili (The program enable
to count ELO-rating itself).
6. Definition of places: in case of equal scores, places are settled by
progress system. The prize is not vided.
7. Price fund (Prices).
Place Absolute Women up to 18 up to 14
over 2200
1. 1000 L 200 L 150 L 100 L
150 L
2. 500 L 100 L 100 L 50 L
100 L
3. 400 L 50 L 50 L chess book
50 L
4. 300 L
5. 200 L
6. 100 L
7-10. 50-50 L
8. Entry Fee:
Grandmasters and I/M 2401 and over free
Grandmasters and I/M (women) 2301 and over free
2301-2400 25 L
women 2201-2300 25 L
2201-2300 40 L
2200 and less 55 L
9. Programm:
Date Day Time Notes
17.01 Friday 10.00-21.00 Arriving and
registration
18.01 Saturday 11.00 opening ceremony
and drawing
18.01 Saturday 12.00-18.00 1 Round
19.01 Sunday 11.00-17.00 2 Round
20.01 Monday 11.00-17.00 3 Round
21.01 Tusday 11.00-17.00 4 Round
22.01 Wensday 11.00-17.00 5 Round
23.01 Thursday 11.00-17.00 6 Round
24.01 Friday 11.00-17.00 7 Round
25.01 Saturday 11.00-17.00 8 Round
26.01 Sunday 11.00-17.00 9 last round
26.01 Sunday 19.00 closing ceremony
10. Accomodation:
"INTURIST" hotel single room, shower +WC 15 L per
person,
double room, shower +WC 10 L per day
Motel "PASANAURI" double room, shower +WC 8 L
4 bed room, shower +WC 6
L
11. Meals:
3 time neals in the restorant of "INTOURIST" hotel 7 L per day
12. Transport:
The special buses will departure from Tbilisi Chess Palace
(Kostava Street 37, next to Philarmony building 17.01.97 at 12.00
and 15.00
Tbilisi airport is avialible for regular flights from: Amsterdam,
Frankfurt (Air Georgia),
Koln, Paris, Praha (ORBI), Moscow, St.Petersbourgh, Instambul,
Tel-Aviv, Dubai and enc.
1 U.S dollar=1,28 Georgian Lari
Executive Director and Organizer of Tournament
GEORGE KHOMERIKI FAX: 00995.32.93.52.94, 99.90.40
Contact phones: 00995.32.31.11.64, 96.01.99 31.60.31, 35.08.49
14) Theoretical Corner By Marco R. Martini (ITA)
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