THE WEEK IN CHESS 117 03/02/97 Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) Hoogovens Tournament Wijk aan Zee
3) Linares tournament
4) Anatoly Karpov in election battle in Tula
5) First Saturday Tournaments February.
6) II Ciudad de Ubeda
7) 13th Geneva Open Switzerland
8) Mermaid Beach Club International
9) Bundesliga Rounds 8+9
10) Credit Suiise to end chess sponsorship after 20 years.
11) Silvester-Open Feldbach (Austria) report by Erich Frosch
12) 4 Nations Chess League.
13) 8th International Open Chess Tournament "Ano Liosia '97"
14) PCA Ranking list Feb 1st
15) Hort vs Dutch Radio 1
16) Theoretical Corner By Marco R. Martini (ITA)
GAMES SECTION
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Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee NED 1997 34
Hoogovens B Wijk aan Zee NED 1997 36
Mermaid Beach Club Bermuda 1997 5
Radio Game Wijk aan Zee NED 1997 1
II Open Ubeda ESP 1997 193
Open Ano Liosia GRE 181
Open Geneva SUI 1997 272
Open Feldbach AUT 1997 199
1) Introduction
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My thanks to Gerald Schendel, Laszlo Nagy, Claudio Antonio Tonegutti,
the Chess Planet page, Erich Frosch, Guenther Thallinger, Nigel Johnson,
Martin Dlouhy, Rene van Alfen and Marco R. Martini.
The start of an interesting week. Plenty of games and news from this
week leads up to the start of the Linares Supertournament. There will be
daily coverage of the event on my chess pages. Kasparov, Kramnik,
Ivanchuk, Anand and Topalov go head to head again with some of the best
of the rest. Jeroen Piket takes the place that was reserved for Karpov.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
2) Hoogovens Tournament Wijk aan Zee
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Salov snatches victory from Piket in the final round
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The Hoogovens Tournament produced some fighting and exciting chess and
ended in a victory for Valery Salov. Salov was quietly effective only
losing to Piket. Piket had the opportunity to put further distance
between himself and the rest of the field earlier in the event, he
missed a win against Granda Zuniga for instance. Instead it came down to
the final round. Valery Salov managed to save a bad position against
Viktor Korchnoi whilst Alex Yermolinsky won a fine game against Jeroen
Piket and Ivan Sokolov drew with Predrag Nikolic.
Round 9 (1997.01.28)
Salov, Valery - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 28 A88 Dutch defence
Piket, Jeroen - Lautier, Joel 1/2 62 E05 Nimzo indian
Yermolinsky, Alex - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 67 E98 Kings indian; Main line
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 61 D20 QGA;
Timman, Jan H - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 29 B42 Sicilian
Nikolic, Predrag - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 86 D15 Slav defence
Glek, Igor V - Short, Nigel D 0-1 42 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 10 (1997.01.30)
Piket, Jeroen - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 1/2 50 E12 Nimzo indian
Onischuk, Alexander - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 31 C08 French; Tarrasch
Sokolov, Ivan - Glek, Igor V 1/2 40 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Korchnoi, Viktor - Timman, Jan H 1/2 65 D43 Semi-Slav
Lautier, Joel - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 23 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Short, Nigel D - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 82 B66 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Salov, Valery 0-1 69 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 11 (1997.01.31)
Salov, Valery - Short, Nigel D 1/2 37 D10 Slav defence
Yermolinsky, Alex - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 37 D43 Semi-Slav
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Lautier, Joel 1-0 88 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Timman, Jan H - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 22 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 39 E03 Nimzo indian
Nikolic, Predrag - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 23 D24 QGA;
Glek, Igor V - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 76 C47 Four knights
Round 12 (1997.02.01)
Piket, Jeroen - Glek, Igor V 1/2 56 B07 Pirc
Sokolov, Ivan - Salov, Valery 0-1 102 E12 Nimzo indian
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Timman, Jan H 0-1 41 E17 Nimzo indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 28 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Lautier, Joel - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 49 E12 Nimzo indian
Short, Nigel D - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 41 C33 Kings gambit
Van Wely, Loek - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 65 A81 Dutch defence
Round 13 (1997.02.02)
Salov, Valery - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 81 E03 Nimzo indian
Onischuk, Alexander - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 51 B82 Sicilian
Yermolinsky, Alex - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 42 E71 Kings indian
Timman, Jan H - Lautier, Joel 1/2 42 B51 Sicilian
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Short, Nigel D 1/2 44 E54 Nimzo indian
Nikolic, Predrag - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 51 A43 Queen's pawn
Glek, Igor V - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 1-0 41 C00 French
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), I-II 1997 cat. XVI (2635)
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1 Salov, Valery g RUS 2665 * 0 = 1 1 = = = = = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2742
2 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2640 1 * = = 0 = = = = 1 1 = 1 = 8.0 2721
3 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2580 = = * = 1 = = 0 1 1 1 0 = 1 8.0 2726
4 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2615 0 = = * = 1 1 1 = = = 1 = = 8.0 2723
5 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2630 0 1 0 = * 1 = = = = = 1 = = 7.0 2664
6 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2620 = = = 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.5 2636
7 Timman, Jan H g NED 2630 = = = 0 = 1 * = = = 0 1 0 1 6.5 2635
8 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 = = 1 0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 0 = 6.0 2606
9 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 = = 0 = = 0 = = * = 0 = 1 1 6.0 2606
10 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2690 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 6.0 2601
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2645 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = 1 0 * 1 = 1 6.0 2605
12 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 = = 1 0 0 1 0 = = = 0 * = = 5.5 2578
13 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2655 0 0 = = = 0 1 1 0 0 = = * = 5.0 2546
14 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2620 0 = 0 = = 1 0 = 0 0 0 = = * 4.0 2495
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B Tournament
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The B tournament was won by Friso Nijboer and Paul Van der Sterren who
both had fine second half to the events. Van der Sterren won his last
three games. Etienne Bacrot who had a brilliant start in the first six
rounds did not win again and lost in rounds 9 and 10 to score a good
result, but not the exceptional one that he had within his grasp.
Round 6 (1997.01.27)
Nijboer, Friso - David, Alberto 1-0 41 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Van der Sterren, Paul - Kalinin, Alexander 1/2 30 E05 Nimzo indian
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Atalik, Suat 1/2 40 C60 Ruy Lopez
Riemersma, Liafbern - Cifuentes Parada, Roberto 0-1 29 D26 QGA;
Peng Zhaoqin - Dao Thien Hai 0-1 35 A81 Dutch defence
Janssen, Ruud - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 53 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 7 (1997.01.28)
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 42 E76 Kings indian
Bacrot, Etienne - Van der Sterren, Paul 1/2 19 D27 QGA;
Atalik, Suat - Peng Zhaoqin 1-0 48 E71 Kings indian
Dao Thien Hai - Janssen, Ruud 0-1 54 D36 Queen's gambit
David, Alberto - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 23 B53 Sicilian
Kalinin, Alexander - Riemersma, Liafbern 1-0 38 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Round 8 (1997.01.30)
Nijboer, Friso - Kalinin, Alexander 1-0 116 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Van der Sterren, Paul - Dao Thien Hai 0-1 46 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Peng Zhaoqin 1/2 34 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
David, Alberto - Cifuentes Parada, Roberto 1/2 37 B61 Sicilian
Riemersma, Liafbern - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 30 B66 Sicilian
Janssen, Ruud - Atalik, Suat 1-0 62 B31 Sicilian
Round 9 (1997.01.31)
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 62 A32 English; 1.c4 c5
Bacrot, Etienne - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 39 E60 Kings indian
Atalik, Suat - Van der Sterren, Paul 0-1 48 E05 Nimzo indian
Dao Thien Hai - Riemersma, Liafbern 1/2 54 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Kalinin, Alexander - David, Alberto 0-1 31 E61 Kings indian
Peng Zhaoqin - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 16 E21 Nimzo indian
Round 10 (1997.02.01)
Nijboer, Friso - Dao Thien Hai 1/2 96 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Van der Sterren, Paul - Peng Zhaoqin 1-0 54 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Kalinin, Alexander 1-0 85 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 40 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
David, Alberto - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 37 B54 Sicilian
Riemersma, Liafbern - Atalik, Suat 0-1 40 D53 QGD;
Round 11 (1997.02.02)
Bacrot, Etienne - Cifuentes Parada, Roberto 1/2 60 D45 Semi-Slav
Atalik, Suat - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 36 E98 Kings indian; Main line
Dao Thien Hai - David, Alberto 1/2 36 E73 Kings indian
Kalinin, Alexander - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 20 D15 Slav defence
Peng Zhaoqin - Riemersma, Liafbern 1/2 42 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Janssen, Ruud - Van der Sterren, Paul 0-1 29 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), I-II 1997 cat. X (2482)
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1 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2555 * 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2608
2 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2515 1 * 0 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2612
3 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2515 = 1 * = 0 = = = 1 1 = = 6.5 2544
4 Bacrot, Etienne m FRA 2500 0 = = * 1 = 1 0 = = 1 1 6.5 2545
5 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2555 = 0 1 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 0 6.0 2511
6 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2555 = 1 = = = * 0 = = = 1 0 5.5 2475
7 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2555 0 = = 0 = 1 * = = = = 1 5.5 2475
8 David, Alberto m LUX 2455 0 0 = 1 0 = = * 1 = = 1 5.5 2484
9 Kalinin, Alexander m RUS 2425 0 = 0 = = = = 0 * 1 = 1 5.0 2451
10 Riemersma, Liafbern m NED 2435 = 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 * = 1 4.0 2384
11 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2370 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 4.0 2390
12 Janssen, Ruud NED 2350 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 2.5 2283
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3) Linares tournament
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The first round of the Linares tournament starts tomorrow. Coverage will
follow on my www page. Below is what appears to be the final listing for
the event. Piket replaces Karpov who is on the election trail.
Kasparov, Gary...................g RUS 2795 11
Anand, Viswanathan...............g IND 2765 9
Ivanchuk, Vassily................g UKR 2740 32
Nikolic, Predrag.................g BIH 2655 29
Adams, Michael...................g ENG 2660 38
Polgar, Judit (GM)...............g HUN 2645 58 w
Dreev, Alexey....................g RUS 2650 34
Gelfand, Boris...................g BLR 2700 52
Topalov, Veselin.................g BUL 2725 44
Kramnik, Vladimir................g RUS 2740 41
Shirov, Alexei...................g ESP 2690 49
Piket, Jeroen....................g NED 2640
4) Anatoly Karpov in election battle in Tula
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Anatoly Karpov is in an election battle for the parliamentary seat left
vacant by Alexander Lebed when he joined the Yeltsin Government.
Although Karpov believes that his ratings are improving he is not likely
to win the seat. His opponent is Alexander Korzhanov who rose to public
prominance as Yeltsin's bodyguard. At the start of the 1990's it became
known that he was also a confident of Yeltsin. He eventually had a very
public fall-out with Yeltsin and is now building his own career. He is
aligned with Alexander Lebed who many expect to succeed Yeltson. Lebed
has made strenuous attempts to moderate his image recruiting many well
known figures. Kasparov is said to be one of those who has been drawn
towards Lebed.
5) First Saturday Tournaments February.
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The first First Saturday Tournament of 1997 has started in Budapest
Hungary. The events takes place between the 1st and 13th Feb 1997.
Round 1.
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Peter,Amb - Somlai,Las 1-0
Wapner,Jon - Vadasz,Las 1/2
Lukacs,Pet - Farago,Iva 1/2
Siegel,Geo - Habibi,Ali Postponed
Nor,Iga - Tyomkin,D 1/2
Cao,S - Lingnau,C 1-0
Budapest HUN (HUN), I 1997 cat. VII (2407)
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1 Cao, Sang m VIE 2465 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0 / 1
2 Peter, Ambrus m HUN 2455 . * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0 / 1
3 Farago, Ivan g HUN 2440 . . * = . . . . . . . . 0.5 / 1 2470
4 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2470 . . = * . . . . . . . . 0.5 / 1 2440
5 Nor, Igal ISR 2365 . . . . * = . . . . . . 0.5 / 1 2450
6 Tyomkin, Dimitri m ISR 2450 . . . . = * . . . . . . 0.5 / 1 2365
7 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2365 . . . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 / 1 2290
8 Wapner, Jonathan ISR 2290 . . . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 / 1 2365
9 Habibi, Ali m GER 2345 . . . . . . . . * . . . 0.0 / 0
10 Siegel, Georg m GER 2480 . . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0 / 0
11 Lingnau, Carsten m GER 2395 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0 / 1
12 Somlai, Laszlo HUN 2360 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0 / 1
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Altogether 12 players. 9th of February is a day off because of the Hungarian
team championship held that day.
In the B-group there are 14 participants, category II., ELO average 2299 a
single IM round roubin tournament.
Information from the organiser Laszlo Nagy who can be contacted via E-Mail
<100263.1700@CompuServe.COM>
www page
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
6) II Ciudad de Ubeda
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As a nice taster for the later events in Ubeda and Linares this strong open
took place between January 20th-29th. A ten round event had a first prize
of half a million pts.
The event was won by young Russian talent Filippov ahead of Tony Miles, Andre
Kharlov, Alexander Khalifman and Ildar Ibragimov.
My thanks to Claudio Antonio Tonegutti for the results and games.
Surname T Elo Fed Sco Progr Ws Berger
1 FILIPPOV,V (23) g 2510 POL 8.0 45.0 7 48.75
2 MILES,A (12) g 2550 ENG 7.5 43.5 5 46.50
3 KHARLOV,A (8) g 2555 RUS 7.5 43.5 5 45.75
4 KHALIFMAN,A (1) g 2650 RUS 7.5 42.5 5 45.75
5 IBRAGIMOV,I (7) g 2555 RUS 7.5 41.5 6 42.00
6 PIGUSOV,E (4) g 2565 RUS 7.0 42.0 4 44.50
7 SHULMAN,Y (11) g 2555 BLR 7.0 41.5 5 41.50
8 KORNEEV,O (3) g 2590 RUS 7.0 41.0 5 42.00
9 BAGATUROV,G (40) m 2475 GEO 7.0 40.0 5 39.00
10 IZETA TXABARRI,F (32) g 2490 ESP 7.0 39.5 5 39.75
11 LIMA,D (64) m 2420 BRA 7.0 39.0 5 31.25
12 MIKHALEVSKI,V (15) g 2535 ISR 7.0 38.5 5 40.00
13 GIORGADZE,G (2) g 2595 GEO 7.0 37.5 4 42.25
14 ARENCIBIA,W (6) g 2560 CUB 7.0 37.0 6 37.50
15 KRAKOPS,M (53) m 2440 LAT 7.0 36.5 6 36.25
16 HANSEN,S (29) m 2505 DEN 7.0 36.0 6 35.50
17 ADLA,D (70) m 2410 ARG 6.5 40.0 6 37.50
18 ALLAHVERDIEV,A (75) . 2380 AZE 6.5 36.0 5 32.00
19 FRIDMAN,D (33) m 2490 LAT 6.5 36.0 4 33.50
20 RODRIGUEZ AMADOR, (9) g 2555 CUB 6.5 36.0 3 37.00
21 AVRUKH,B (18) m 2520 ISR 6.5 34.5 6 32.00
22 STOJANOVIC,M (52) m 2445 YUG 6.0 42.0 4 36.25
23 GARCIA,G (34) g 2485 COL 6.0 42.0 4 32.50
24 GOFSHTEIN,L (17) g 2530 ISR 6.0 41.0 6 32.50
25 ZAPATA,A (19) g 2515 COL 6.0 39.5 4 33.50
26 GERSHON,A (65) f 2420 ISR 6.0 37.0 5 31.25
27 RELANGE,E (39) m 2480 FRA 6.0 37.0 4 30.50
28 PAVLOVIC,M (28) g 2505 YUG 6.0 36.5 4 31.75
29 ROMANISHIN,O (10) g 2555 UKR 6.0 36.5 4 28.00
30 DELCHEV,A (20) m 2515 BUL 6.0 35.5 3 33.75
31 FINKEL,A (27) g 2505 ISR 6.0 35.5 3 32.50
32 DGEBUADZE,A (66) m 2415 GEO 6.0 35.5 3 29.75
33 NATAF,I (71) m 2410 FRA 6.0 35.0 4 28.00
34 NOGUEIRAS,J (13) g 2545 CUB 6.0 35.0 3 32.75
35 KOMLJENOVIC,D (47) g 2460 CRO 6.0 34.5 5 32.50
36 VOLZHIN,A (30) m 2505 RUS 6.0 34.5 4 32.50
HOFFMAN,A (37) m 2480 ARG 6.0 34.5 4 32.50
38 MARCIANO,D (35) m 2485 FRA 6.0 34.0 4 28.75
WOHL,A (61) m 2425 AUS 6.0 34.0 4 28.75
40 ESCOBAR,A (89) . 2330 COL 6.0 33.5 4 32.00
41 IVANOV,J (80) m 2365 BUL 6.0 33.5 4 31.50
42 BURMAKIN,V (16) g 2530 RUS 6.0 33.0 5 31.25
43 RODRIGUEZ ANDRES, (5) m 2565 URU 6.0 33.0 4 31.50
44 MATAMOROS FRANCO,C (38) m 2480 ECU 6.0 33.0 4 30.75
45 ARDELEANU,A (62) m 2420 ROM 6.0 33.0 4 29.75
46 GONZALEZ GARCIA,J (42) m 2475 MEX 6.0 32.5 5 28.25
47 VERA,R (24) g 2510 CUB 6.0 32.5 4 30.00
48 TYOMKIN,D (51) m 2450 ISR 6.0 32.5 4 27.75
49 CONQUEST,S (14) g 2540 ENG 6.0 32.0 4 31.50
50 BECERRA RIVERO,J (25) m 2510 CUB 6.0 31.5 4 29.75
51 DEL REY,D (91) f 2325 ESP 6.0 26.5 5 24.75
52 GEORGIEV,V (21) m 2515 BUL 5.5 36.0 4 31.50
53 VAKHIDOV,T (44) m 2470 UZB 5.5 35.5 4 30.00
54 PIANKOV,E (72) m 2410 UKR 5.5 34.5 4 25.25
55 SHEVELEV,A (68) f 2415 ISR 5.5 34.0 4 29.25
56 HERRERA,I (50) m 2450 CUB 5.5 33.5 3 29.75
57 BAGIROV,V (26) g 2505 LAT 5.5 33.5 2 28.00
58 GAMUNDI,A (54) m 2440 ESP 5.5 32.0 4 28.00
59 KOVACEVIC,S (63) m 2420 YUG 5.5 32.0 4 25.25
60 RABINOVICH,A (86) . 2350 ISR 5.5 31.5 4 28.50
61 MOLLOV,E (76) m 2375 BUL 5.5 31.5 2 22.75
62 KONGUVEEL,P (59) m 2425 IND 5.5 31.0 3 26.75
63 KHURTSIDZE,N (55) wg 2430 GEO 5.5 30.5 3 23.50
64 MAHERRAMZADE,J (56) m 2430 AZE 5.5 30.0 4 26.50
65 THIPSAY,P (49) m 2460 IND 5.5 29.5 3 24.25
66 LUGO,B (48) m 2460 USA 5.5 29.0 4 27.25
67 BUCKLEY,G (92) m 2320 ENG 5.5 28.0 5 22.50
68 GALEGO,L (41) m 2475 POR 5.5 28.0 4 21.25
69 MIRZOEV,A (58) m 2430 AZE 5.5 27.5 5 20.75
70 VILLAVICENCIO,A (99) f 2275 ESP 5.5 27.0 3 23.00
71 BELLIN,R (73) m 2400 ENG 5.5 26.5 4 21.00
72 ESLON,J (77) m 2370 SWE 5.5 26.5 3 24.75
73 ESTRADA NIETO,J (87) m 2340 MEX 5.5 26.0 4 21.50
74 KRIVOSHEY,S (60) m 2425 UKR 5.0 35.5 2 24.00
75 VOLKE,K (46) m 2465 GER 5.0 32.0 5 22.50
76 DE LA VILLA GARCIA,J (31) m 2495 ESP 5.0 32.0 4 26.75
77 DE LA RIVA,O (36) m 2480 ESP 5.0 31.5 3 23.75
78 ROHL,J (67) m 2415 VEN 5.0 31.0 4 23.00
79 MINZER,C (57) m 2430 ARG 5.0 31.0 2 20.00
80 RAUSIS,I (43) g 2470 LAT 5.0 30.5 2 23.75
81 STEFANOVA,A (69) wg 2410 BUL 5.0 30.0 2 19.75
82 PERDOMO,C (90) . 2330 COL 5.0 29.5 4 22.50
83 COLLAS,D (79) m 2365 FRA 5.0 28.0 4 22.00
84 POGORELOV,R (45) m 2465 UKR 5.0 28.0 4 21.50
85 NOR,I (82) . 2365 ISR 5.0 26.5 4 18.00
86 FURHMANN,D (97) . 2280 GER 5.0 26.0 5 21.00
87 RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ,R (81) f 2365 ESP 5.0 26.0 5 20.50
88 TOUZANE,O (84) m 2355 FRA 5.0 25.0 5 22.00
89 HERNANDEZ,Y (110) f 2200 MEX 5.0 24.5 4 21.50
90 TRABERT,B (105) wm 2250 GER 5.0 23.5 3 20.00
91 CALZETTA,M (109) wm 2200 ESP 5.0 22.5 2 18.75
152 players.
7) 13th Geneva Open Switzerland
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There was a five way tie on 6.5 at the end of the 13th Geneva
open in Switzerland. The winner on tie-break was Alexsander
Wojtkiewicz. The event was held between the 18th and 26th
of January 1997.
The story of the event however was that of 21 year old student
from Winterthur had a tough tournament and scored a sensational
GM norm. He beat Boris Gulko in round 3, Miron Sher in round 4,
and Vladimir Tukmakov in round 6 before drawing out the event
against the leaders.
There were many good players who had bad tournaments including the
aforementioned Gulko. The prizes went down only to 25th place so
Miron Sher and Jo Gallagher won nothing.
The 14th open will run between the 24th Jan and the 1st Feb 1998.
Source for the games: Chess Planet.
Geneva SUI (SUI), I 1997
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1 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2565 6.5
2 Forster, Richard f SUI 2365 6.5
3 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2580 6.5
4 Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2585 6.5
5 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2590 6.5
6 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2550 6.0
7 Renet, Olivier g FRA 2505 6.0
8 Lukasiewicz, Grzegorz m POL 2390 6.0
9 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2510 6.0
10 Markowski, Tomasz m POL 2510 6.0
11 Peng Xiaomin m CHN 2500 6.0
12 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2600 6.0
13 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2610 6.0
14 Wang Zili g CHN 2530 6.0
15 Cladouras, Panagiotis m GER 2390 6.0
16 Khenkin, Igor g ISR 2575 5.5
17 Tkachiev, Vladislav g KAZ 2630 5.5
18 Kohlweyer, Bernd m GER 2420 5.5
19 Ekstroem, Roland m SUI 2465 5.5
20 Hunt, Harriet wm ENG 2330 5.5
21 Lazarev, Vladimir m RUS 2450 5.5
22 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2595 5.0
23 Liardet, Fabrice SUI 2330 5.0
24 Preissmann, Emmanuel f SUI 2365 5.0
25 Hernando Pertierra, Jose C f ESP 2400 5.0
26 Lehtivaara, Petri f FIN 2365 5.0
27 Pinski, Jan POL 2245 5.0
28 Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2470 5.0
29 Fioramonti, Hung m SUI 2360 5.0
30 Sher, Miron N g RUS 2470 5.0
31 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2545 5.0
32 Barle, Janez m SLO 2450 5.0
33 Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2420 5.0
34 Hobuss, Udo GER 2410 5.0
35 Montavon, Gerard FRA 2090 5.0
36 Marchand, Francois FRA 2220 5.0
8) Mermaid Beach Club International
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Julian Hodgson leads with 3.5/4 after defeating Johann Hjartarson in round 4
of this invitational tournament. Hjartarsson is still on 3 points in second
place. I will try and get more news from the event for next week.
9) Bundesliga Rounds 8+9
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Gerald Schendal sends the results from last weekend's Bundesliga.
Bundesliga Round 8
SK Passau 2.5-5.5 SG Koln Porz
SV Erfurt West 3 - 5 Turm Duisburg
SG Bochum 4 - 4 SV Werder Bremen
Castrop Rauxel 6 - 2 SK Delmenhorst
Dresdner SC 2.5-5.5 Solinger SG
SV Empor Berlin 5 - 3 PSV Wuppertal
SCA St. Ingbert 4 - 4 Hamburger SK
SC Eppingen 3.5-4.5 USC Magdeburg
SK Passau 2.5-5.5 SG Koln Porz
2 Schlosser 1/2 Lutz 2
3 Smejkal 1/2 Huebner 3
4 Wells 1/2 Hort 4
6 Pichler 0 : 1 Christiansen 5
7 Klebel 0 : 1 Vaganian 6
8 Gross 0 : 1 Stangl 7
9 Baumhus 0 : 1 Vogt 9
11 Schlingensie 1 : 0 Brunner 11
SV Erfurt West 3 - 5 Turm Duisburg
2 Votava 1/2 Sax 8
3 Casper 1/2 Keitlinghaus 9
4 Renner 0 : 1 Enders 11
5 Kuczynski 1/2 Kraut 12
6 Voekler 0 : 1 Thesing 13
8 Mueller 1/2 Pirrot 14
10 Troyke 1/2 Prang 15
11 Brueggemann 1/2 Schmitz 16
SG Bochum 4 - 4 SV Werder Bremen
2 Georgiev 1/2 Hracek 1
3 Smagin 1/2 Kindermann 2
5 Schmittdiel 1/2 Knaak 3
6 Bosch 1 : 0 Blatny 4
7 Reschke 1/2 Meins 5
8 Ankerst 0 : 1 Heissler 6
9 Backwinkel 1/2 Hedke 10
10 Ellers 1/2 Meyer 12
Castrop Rauxel 6 - 2 SK Delmenhorst
2 Gallagher 1 : 0 Rogers 1
3 King 1/2 Stohl 2
4 Hoffmann 1/2 Breutigam 4
5 Watson 1 : 0 Beckemeyer 5
6 Appel 1 : 0 Borik 6
7 Libeau 1 : 0 Reefschlaege 8
10 Dinstuhl 1 : 0 Hermann 9
12 Hennig 0 : 1 Schlemermeye 11
Dresdner SC 2.5-5.5 Solinger SG
2 Bologan 0 : 1 Adams 1
3 Teske 1/2 Yusupov 2
4 Lanka 1/2 Speelmann 3
5 Uhlmann 1/2 Gabriel 5
7 Borriss 1/2 Chandler 6
9 Heinatz,T 1/2 Bischoff 7
18 Jordan 0 : 1 Lau 9
20 Schneider 0 : 1 Norwood 14
SV Empor Berlin 5 - 3 PSV Wuppertal
2 Shirov 1/2 Conquest 1
3 Lobron 0 : 1 Emms 2
7 Hickl 1/2 Schebler 6
8 Boensch 1/2 Hausrath 7
9 Tischbierek 1 : 0 Hetey 8
10 Luther 1/2 Kern 12
12 Poldauf 1 : 0 Schiffer 13
14 Chekhov 1 : 0 Kistella 17
SCA St. Ingbert 4 - 4 Hamburger SK
1 Dautov 1/2 Wahls 1
3 Bauer 1 : 0 Ftacnik 2
4 Kohlweyer 0 : 1 Mueller 3
6 Kachiani-Ger 0 : 1 Movsziszian 4
7 Werner 1 : 0 Michaelsen 5
8 Gross 1 : 0 Loeffler 7
9 Becker 1/2 Heinemann 10
10 Kummerow 0 : 1 Sievers 11
SC Eppingen 3.5-4.5 USC Magdeburg
1 Gyimesi 0 : 1 Slobodjan 2
2 Kabatianski 1/2 Rogozenko 3
4 Miltner 0 : 1 Nisipeanu 4
5 Mann 1/2 Naumann 5
10 Bosbach 0 : 1 Stolz 7
11 Reinhardt 1/2 Darnstaedt 9
12 Dudek 1 : 0 Hoffmeyer 10
13 Staiger 1 : 0 Schnabel 11
Bundesliga Round 9
SG Koln Porz 5.5-2.5 SV Erfurt West
Turm Duisburg 4 - 4 SK Passau
SV Werder Bremen 4.5-3.5 Castrop Rauxel
SK Delmenhorst 3.5-4.5 SG Bochum
Solinger SG 5 - 3 SV Empor Berlin
PSV Wuppertal 4.5-3.5 Dresdner SC
Hamburger SK 4 - 4 SC Eppingen
USC Magdeburg 3.5-4.5 SCA St. Ingbert
SG Koln Porz 5.5-2.5 SV Erfurt West
2 Lutz 1/2 Votava 2
3 Huebner 1/2 Casper 3
4 Hort 1 : 0 Renner 4
5 Christiansen 1 : 0 Kuczynski 5
6 Vaganian 1 : 0 Voekler 6
7 Stangl 1 : 0 Mueller 8
9 Vogt 1/2 Troyke 10
11 Brunner 0 : 1 Fuhrmann 12
Turm Duisburg 4 - 4 SK Passau
8 Sax 1/2 Schlosser 2
9 Keitlinghaus 1/2 Smejkal 3
11 Enders 1/2 Wells 4
12 Kraut 1/2 Pichler 6
13 Thesing 1/2 Klebel 7
14 Pirrot 1/2 Gross 8
15 Prang 1/2 Baumhus 9
16 Schmitz 1/2 Goetz 12
SV Werder Bremen 4.5-3.5 Castrop Rauxel
1 Hracek 1 : 0 Gallagher 2
2 Kindermann 1/2 King 3
3 Knaak 1 : 0 Hoffmann 4
4 Blatny 0 : 1 Watson 5
5 Meins 0 : 1 Appel 6
6 Heissler 1 : 0 Libeau 7
10 Hedke 0 : 1 Dinstuhl 10
12 Meyer 1 : 0 Sehner 13
SK Delmenhorst 3.5-4.5 SG Bochum
1 Rogers 0 : 1 Georgiev 2
2 Stohl 1/2 Smagin 3
4 Breutigam 1 : 0 Schmittdiel 5
5 Beckemeyer 1/2 Bosch 6
6 Borik 0 : 1 Reschke 7
8 Reefschlaege 1 : 0 Ankerst 8
9 Hermann 1/2 Backwinkel 9
11 Schlemermeye 0 : 1 Ellers 10
Solinger SG 5 - 3 SV Empor Berlin
1 Adams 1/2 Kramnik 1
2 Yusupov 1/2 Shirov 2
3 Speelmann 1 : 0 Lobron 3
5 Gabriel 1/2 Hickl 7
6 Chandler 1/2 Boensch 8
7 Bischoff 1 : 0 Tischbierek 9
9 Lau 0 : 1 Luther 10
14 Norwood 1 : 0 Chekhov 14
PSV Wuppertal 4.5-3.5 Dresdner SC
1 Conquest 1/2 Bologan 2
2 Emms 1/2 Teske 3
6 Schebler 1/2 Lanka 4
7 Hausrath 1/2 Uhlmann 5
8 Hetey 1/2 Borriss 7
12 Kern 1 : 0 Heinatz,T 9
13 Schiffer 1/2 Jordan 18
15 Florath 1/2 Schneider 20
Hamburger SK 4 - 4 SC Eppingen
1 Wahls 1/2 Gyimesi 1
2 Ftacnik 1 : 0 Arnold 3
3 Mueller 1/2 Miltner 4
4 Movsziszian 0 : 1 Mann 5
5 Michaelsen 0 : 1 Donev 6
7 Loeffler 1 : 0 Bosbach 10
10 Heinemann 1/2 Dudek 12
11 Sievers 1/2 Staiger 13
USC Magdeburg 3.5-4.5 SCA St. Ingbert
2 Slobodjan 1 : 0 Dautov 1
3 Rogozenko 1 : 0 Bauer 3
4 Nisipeanu 1/2 Kohlweyer 4
5 Naumann 0 : 1 Kachiani-Ger 6
7 Stolz 0 : 1 Werner 7
8 Kapischka 1/2 Gross 8
9 Darnstaedt 1/2 Becker 9
11 Schnabel 0 : 1 Kummerow 10
Tabelle:
1. Solinger SG 9 44 :28 18- 0
2. SG Koln Porz 9 46 :26 15- 3
3. SV Empor Berlin 9 45.5:26.5 14- 4
4. SCA St. Ingbert 9 37 :35 11- 7
5. SG Bochum 9 36 :36 11- 7
6. Turm Duisburg 9 38 :34 10- 8
7. Castrop Rauxel 9 38 :34 10- 8
8. SV Werder Bremen 9 37.5:34.5 10- 8
9. Dresdner SC 9 36.5:35.5 10- 8
10. Hamburger SK 9 36 :36 7-11
11. SV Erfurt West 9 31 :41 7-11
12. SK Passau 9 32.5:39.5 6-12
13. PSV Wuppertal 9 28.5:43.5 6-12
14. USC Magdeburg 9 31.5:40.5 4-14
15. SK Delmenhorst 9 29.5:42.5 4-14
16. SC Eppingen 9 28.5:43.5 1-17
10) Credit Suiise to end chess sponsorship after 20 years.
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Credit Suisse are to end their sponsorship of chess with the Biel
Chess Festival this summer. This will end nearly 20 years of sponsorship
of chess. The Credit Suisse Masters will not take place this year.
11) Silvester-Open Feldbach (Austria) report by Erich Frosch
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The Silvester (New Year) Open was an event to celebrate 40 years of the
Feldbach chess club.
46 players competed for prize-money of 100000.-
Austrian Schillings. On the starting list on could find the names of GMs
Chernin (2630), Sax, Palac ... .
Already in the second round favorite Chernin suffered defeat against
GM Barczay from Hungary. On his way to fifth place Barczay also beat GM Sax.
Despite of his loss Chernin still managed to get 6.5 points which was enough
to share 3rd place together with IM Stanec.
The tournament was won by IM Keitlinghaus. He scored 7 points which earned him
a GM-norm. Since IM Pavasovic's Buchholz was worse he became second.
1. IM Keitlinghaus L. GER 2515 7
2. IM Pavasovic D. SLO 2495 7
3. IM Stanec N. AUT 2505 6.5
4. GM Chernin A. HUN 2630 6.5
5. GM Barczay L. HUN 2380 6
6. IM Danner G. AUT 2370 6
7. IM Gross St. CZE 2330 5.5
8. IM Rogulj B. CRO 2420 5.5
9. IM Gross D. CZE 2360 5.5
10. IM Womacka M. GER 2465 5.5
11. FM Kragelj I. SLO 2215 5.5
12. Jazbinek S. SLO 2175 5.5
13. GM Sax G. HUN 2525 5.5
14. GM Palac M. CRO 2540 5
15. IM Tratar M. SLO 2420 5
12) 4 Nations Chess League.
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Nigel Johnson sends news of the 6th round of the Four Nations Chess
League played on Sunday 26th January 1997. Played at the Moat House
Hotel, Wigan.
The top tie was between the Invicta Knights and Wood Green. It
ended with victory by the Knights but Wood Green could still
have tied the match late on. Boards 2 and 3 continued into the
7th hour of play.
Invicta Knights Wood Green
1 w J. Nunn 2605 1-0 K.Arakhamia-Grant 2455
2 b N. McDonald 2460 0-1 Jon Levitt 2435
3 w C. Ward 2500 1/2 J. Emms 2500
4 b A.S. Ivanov 2430 1/2 P. Littlewood 2440
5 w D. Gormally 2300 1-0 A. Law 2370
6 b E.Sakhatova 2325 1-0 P. Sowray 2350
7 w L. Gurr 181 1/2 G. Lee 2375
8 b A.Harakis 2160 0-1 R.Pert 204
4.5-3.5
A big win for the Midland Monarchs came only after a number of players
in the BCM team ruined good positions.
B.C.M. Midland Monarchs
1 w M. Chandler 2550 0-1 M. Hebden 2530
2 b D. Norwood 2510 1-0 K. Arkell 2545
3 w J. Mestel 2520 0-1 J. Parker 2470
4 b S. Giddins 2345 1/2 M. Ferguson 2385
5 w B Cafferty 2240 0-1 A. Collinson 2380
6 b J. Bellin 2215 1/2 M. Barnes 2260
7 w D. Anderton 2200 1/2 Don Mason 2275
8 b J. Wareing 161 0-1 N. Regan 2155
2.5-5.5
With the other top four teams playing each other, Slough continued to
keep pace with the leaders.
Witney Slough
1 w S. Ansell 2420 1/2 B. Lalic 2565
2 b R. Haydon 2250 0-1 A. Kosten 2525
3 w T. Headlong 2220 0-1 A. Summscale 2500
4 b P. Cooksey 2150 1-0 S. Lalic 2365
5 w M. Truran 2255 1/2 Miroslav Houska 2265
6 b D. Hackett 175 0-1 A. P. Smith 2265
7 w S. Elliott 0-1 R. M. Webb 2290
8 b Ivana Houska 101 0-1 J. Houska 2115
2-6
Hertford's win was against the form book. But Chris Duncan's quick win
against Luke McShane gave them the perfect start to the match.
Hertford Richmond
1 w S. Knott 2335 1/2 S. Willams 2350
2 b C. Duncan 2265 1-0 L. McShane 2385
3 w S. Swanson 2265 1/2 A Trifunovic 2250
4 b D. Coleman 2280 0-1 R Bates 2315
5 w E. Dearing 2185 1-0 G Wall 2305
6 b B. Cheal 183 1/2 M. Franklin 2255
7 w J. Denton 176 0-1 B. Beake 189
8 b J. Badger 143 1-0 Ruth Bates 160
4.5-3.5
Another win for the Barbican, but with yet another default, 3 so far
this season, the Eagles could be their own worst enemy.
Barbican North West Eagles
1 w C. Crouch 2375 1-0 B. Lund 2260
2 b C. Pritchett 2310 1/2 J. Littlewood 2275
3 w A.Plueg 2325 1/2 G Quillan 2320
4 b J.Rogers 2300 1-0 D. Tebb 2320
5 w S.Dishman 2300 1-0 Default
6 b D. Sands 2260 1/2 R Sheldon 2230
7 w J. C. Moore 2155 0-1 A. A. Smith 2225
8 b H. Lang 2065 0-1 W. Giblin 2130
4.5-3.5
Bristol won this bottom of the table clash. The top boards were
the last to finish and provided the West Country Team with the win to
clinch the match.
Croydon 1859 Bristol
1 w J. Naylor 2265 0-1 C.Beaumont 2300
2 b J. Wilson 2265 1/2 C.Baker 2370
3 w A. Harley 2285 1/2 G. Copeland 2335
4 b S. Ledger 2250 1/2 K Mah 2245
5 w D. Rosen 2210 1/2 D. Collier 2225
6 b D. Gunter 2155 1-0 R. Phillips 2120
7 w J. McGrath 186 1/2 M. Buckley 2040
8 b S. Turvey 128 0-1 D. Grossiter
3.5-4.5
Yet another close match for the Vikings.
Na Fianna Northumbria Vikings
1 w D. King 2535 1-0 A. Ledger 2415
2 b C. O'Shaughnessy 2235 0-1 C. McNab 2465
3 w M. Lyell 2260 0-1 S Bell 2365
4 b R. McMichael 2200 0-1 T Wall 2320
5 w C. MacKenzie 187 0-1 D. Ledger 2235
6 b R. Pearce 185 1-0 C. Waters 2235
7 w S. Connelly 155 1/2 J. King 2115
8 b M. O'Siochru 160 1-0 L. Barnes 83
3.5-4.5
A second win against a team ahead of them in the table, completed a very
successful weekend for Guildford.
South Wales Dragons Guildford
1 w J Cooper 2370 0-1 A. Kinsman 2400
2 b C Morris 2260 1-0 N. Povah 2375
3 w David James 2270 0-1 C Kennaugh 2290
4 b S Zeidler 2265 1/2 R Abayasekera 2255
5 w J Saunders 2240 1/2 I. Thompson 2300
6 b J Smith 2200 0-1 R. Granat 202
7 w Andrew Dyce 2135 1/2 M. Anderton 2175
8 b A Cast (nee Dyce) 150 0-1 P. Nunn 2080
2.5-5.5
Wessex won the derby match between the two teams new to the league this
season.
Wessex Celtic Knights
1 w J. Poulton 2360 1-0 A. Borg
2 b A. Corkett 2295 1/2 C. Walsh 2180
3 w D. Neil 2285 1/2 J. Gilbert 2150
4 b M. Yeo 2205 0-1 A Musson 162
5 w I. Upton 2235 1-0 M. Adams 2100
6 b A. Brameld 199 1/2 A. Sheehan
7 w R. Noyce 2205 1-0 G. Synnett
8 b E. Howard 163 0-1 J. Wilson
4.5-3.5
Standing at the mid point of the season.
P W D L MP GP
Midland Monarchs 6 6 0 0 12 34.5
Invicta Knights 6 6 0 0 12 34.0
Slough 6 5 1 0 11 34.0
Wood Green 6 5 0 1 10 30.5
Barbican 6 4 1 1 9 29.0
Northumbria 6 3 2 1 8 27.0
BCM 6 4 0 2 8 25.5
Richmond 6 3 0 3 6 24.5
Guildford 6 3 0 3 6 22.0
South Wales Dragons 6 3 0 3 6 21.0
North West Eagles 6 2 0 4 4 22.5
Wessex 6 2 0 4 4 22.0
Na Fianna 6 2 0 4 4 20.5
Hertford 6 2 0 4 4 19.5
Witney 6 1 0 5 2 18.0
Bristol 6 1 0 5 2 16.0
Croydon 1859 6 0 0 6 0 15.5
Celtic Knights 6 0 0 6 0 14.0
13) 8th International Open Chess Tournament "Ano Liosia '97"
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The 11th-19th January 1997 saw an international open organised by the
Ano Liosia Chess Club in Athens Greece. Some games were covered live on
the internet on the Hellas Chess Club page compiled by Argiris Kotsis.
The event was won by Dmitri Agnos. Some games follow this week. My thanks
to Martin Dlouhy for sending them to me.
www coverage was on:
http://www.compulink.gr/chess/tourn/1997/ano_liosia_97/index.html
14) PCA Ranking list Feb 1st
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1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2809 148
2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2779 151
3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2742 155
4. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2731 185
5. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2725 160
6. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2710 147
7. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181
8. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2688 138
9. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2674 207
10. Short,Nigel D ENG 2669 183
11. Salov,Valery RUS 2663 184
12. Adams,Michael ENG 2658 166
13. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2658 170
14. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2652 127
15. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2652 144
16. Piket,Jeroen NED 2645 161
17. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2634 209
18. Svidler,Peter RUS 2631 139
19. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2630 140
20. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2630 151
21. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2628 182
22. Timman,Jan H NED 2628 192
23. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2627 152
24. Leko,Peter HUN 2625 159
25. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2622 192
26. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2621 156
27. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2621 172
28. Ehlvest,Jaan EST 2621 154
29. Illescas Cordoba,Miguel ESP 2620 177
30. Van Wely,Loek NED 2620 203
31. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2619 169
32. Nunn,John D M ENG 2614 173
33. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2614 180
34. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
35. Speelman,Jonathan S ENG 2610 149
36. Yusupov,Artur GER 2609 129
37. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2608 159
38. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197
39. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
40. Yakovich,Yuri RUS 2602 147
41. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2599 170
42. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2599 179
43. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2599 163
44. Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLR 2598 172
45. Lautier,Joel FRA 2596 203
46. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2596 168
47. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2595 184
48. Oll,Lembit EST 2595 186
49. Georgadze,George GEO 2594 141
50. Chernin,Alexander HUN 2594 145
Tournaments processed for this list
ENG Hastings Cat.13
ITA Reggio Emilia Cat.11
ESP Pamplona Cat.13
GER Bundesliga 7th Rounds
ISR 1st Liga for teams
ESP Linares open
SWE Goteborg Cat.9
SUI Geneva open
CHI Santiago match Adams-Morovic
NED Wijk ann Zee Cat.16 (after 12th Round)
15) Hort vs Dutch Radio 1
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Rene van Alfen sends news of a chess game between the listeners of Dutch Radio
1 and Vlastimil Hort. The game followed Timman-Sokolov until move 15. Timman
played 16. N1d2, the audience 16. Thg1. A very complicated game.
16) Theoretical Corner By Marco R. Martini (ITA)
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