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1) Introduction
2) Novgorod Tournament has exciting start
3) Leon Tournament and Anand match
4) New FIDE rating list
5) Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 1997
6) Villa Martelli Masters by Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk
7) First Saturday June
8) José González vs Claudia Amura match
9) International Open 92nd anniversary of Club
Atletico Boca Juniors"
10) Morovic to play in Colombia II by Pablo Rodriguez
11) Upcoming Events
12) Theoretical Corner by Marco R. Martini (ITA)
It Novgorod RUS 1997 15 Match Leon ESP 1997 4 It Leon ESP 1997 25 Sigeman and Co Malmoe SWE 1997 34 It Villa Martelli ARG 1997 17 FSGM June Budapest HUN 1997 28 Match Mexico City MEX 1997 5 Clarin GP 1997 128
My thanks to Novgorod University, Net64/El Pais, Johan Sigeman, Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk, IM Alejandro Hoffman, Alexei Shirov, Laszlo Nagy, Manuel Lopez Michelone, Guil Russek, Roberto Alvarez, Pablo Rodriguez, Marco R. Martini and all those who helped with this issue.
The Novgorod Tournament now a fixture on the International tournament scene has assembled a Category 19 field which is producing some fascinating chess. As the first appearance of Gary Kasparov since his disastrous match against IBM's computer in New York it was of course of interest. Kasparov started well playing along with Vladimir Kramnik the most convincing chess. Kramnik's victory over Kasparov opened the event up a little and the second half promises to be a treat.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Novogorod Tournament in Russia has reached its half way stage with Vladimir Kramnik leading by half a point from Gary Kasparov. These two have played the most impressive chess so far and I expect that the winner will come from one of these two. In the fifth round Kramnik who had white won against Kasparov in quite drastic style. He found a combination which exploited Kasparov's weak kings position an introduced his final inactive piece into the game it brought about Kasparov's almost instant resignation. For the tournament itself it is a good result it may mean that Kasparov will need to win against Kramnik in the final game of the event where he has white.
The event is testing a 3 point for a win 1 point for a draw. This is an alternate system which they are using. I'm unclear how it will be used in the distribution of prizes. The normal system of scoring will be used as the official result of the tournament. At the moment in one way it has made little difference as the ranking of the players remains unaltered. It is unclear whether the rather bloodthirsty play is down to this or the natural aggression of the players.
The event started with three wins for white. Kramnik's win over Topalov initially caught my eye as the game of the round. 29. …Bg7 is a suggestion of a clubmate which might be an improvement over the game. Kasparov's win against Gelfand initially looked less impressive because of Gelfand's rather desperate 22. …Rc3 however on looking at the game again it was a fine performance by Kasparov which left Gelfand in an absolutely desperate position by this stage. Round 2 was a poorer round with Short the only winner. Round 3 was another 100% result for white. Gelfand's very fine positional play being crowned by a vicious attack with reduced attacking forces. Kasparov against Bareev was a fascinating struggle in all phases. Bareev appeared busted but continued to find resources. The ending of two rooks vs rook and knight was probably drawn but at the end of such a long game it is no surprise he blundered then. Short should probably have drawn against Kramnik even when he was hit by a tactic winning the exchange, the pressure of maintaining his position eventually proved too much and Kramnik made a decisive reorganisation of pieces. Topalov recovered from a poor start with wins against Bareev and Short in rounds 4 and 5 and perhaps will do better in the second half of the event. Gelfand has performed to around his grade in the first half of the event his two losses with rather odd exchange sacrifices in the first two rounds were with black, meaning he will have white for the second half. Bareev is the lowest rated and a dangerous player. He has performed to his rating and may do better in the second half. Short has shown a mixture of bad openings and bad form so far. For some time it has been obvious that some hard work on his opening repertoire has been necessary, especially if he wishes to compete at this level.
There is a live web site. http://chess.novgorod.ru
Round 1 (1997.06.11)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 41 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Kasparov, Gary - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 37 E15 Nimzo indian
Bareev, Evgeny - Short, Nigel D 1-0 39 D10 Slav defence
Round 2 (1997.06.12)
Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 29 B97 Sicilian; Najdorf
Bareev, Evgeny - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 23 E32 Nimzo indian
Short, Nigel D - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 39 B91 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 3 (1997.06.13)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Short, Nigel D 1-0 58 D02 Queen's pawn
Kasparov, Gary - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 73 C11 French; Classical
Gelfand, Boris - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 42 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 4 (1997.06.15)
Kasparov, Gary - Short, Nigel D 1-0 31 C18 French; Winawer
Topalov, Veselin - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 37 C02 French; Advance
Gelfand, Boris - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 17 D37 Queen's gambit
Round 5 (1997.06.16)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1-0 32 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Bareev, Evgeny - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 30 E34 Nimzo indian
Short, Nigel D - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 45 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Novgorod RUS (RUS), VI 1997 cat. XIX (2719)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 ** 1. 1. =. =. 1. 4.0 2955
2 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2795 0. ** =. 1. 1. 1. 3.5 2853
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 0. =. ** 0. 1. 1. 2.5 2718
4 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 =. 0. 1. ** =. 0. 2.0 2651
5 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2665 =. 0. 0. =. ** 1. 2.0 2658
6 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2690 0. 0. 0. 1. 0. ** 1.0 2485
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Alternate system
Novgorod RUS (RUS), VI 1997 cat. XIX (2719)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2740 ** 1. 1. =. =. 1. 11.0 2955
2 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2795 0. ** =. 1. 1. 1. 10.0 2853
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2725 0. =. ** 0. 1. 1. 7.0 2718
4 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 =. 0. 1. ** =. 0. 5.0 2651
5 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2665 =. 0. 0. =. ** 1. 5.0 2658
6 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2690 0. 0. 0. 1. 0. ** 3.0 2485
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Viswanathan Anand duly completed a comfortable win against Spain's top home grown player by 4.5-1.5 His wins in games two and three established control of the match and he finished the match off with a calm refutation of Illescas' play.
Net 64/ El Pais covered the event on the internet.
Anand, Viswanathan - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 43 E11 Bogo indian
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 21 D27 QGA;
Anand, Viswanathan - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 43 A75 Modern Benoni
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 24 D27 QGA;
Anand, Viswanathan - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 55 D63 QGD;
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 37 D27 QGA;
Leon ESP (ESP), VI 1997
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 = 1 1 = = 1 4.5 2828
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 = 0 0 = = 0 1.5 2572
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Granda Zuniga won the Category ten event with 6.5/9. The event was not generally a good one for the top seeds. Granda Zuniga only gained a few rating points for winning the event and only a late rally retrieved some rating points for second placed John Nunn. Daniel Campora of Argentina lost over 100 points as the majority of the players who were in the 2400's in terms of rating almost all overperformed.
Round 5 (1997.06.09)
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1-0 30 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Izeta Txabarri, Felix - Lima, Darcy 1/2 33 D16 Slav defence
Sion Castro, Marcelino - Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel 1/2 17 C18 French; Winawer
Campora, Daniel H - Nunn, John DM 1/2 20 B45 Sicilian
Estremera Panos, Sergio - Mellado, Juan 1/2 25 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 6 (1997.06.10)
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Estremera Panos, Sergio 1-0 33 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel - Campora, Daniel H 1-0 41 C47 Four knights
Mellado, Juan - Izeta Txabarri, Felix 1/2 75 B07 Pirc
Lima, Darcy - Sion Castro, Marcelino 1/2 32 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Nunn, John DM 0-1 64 B45 Sicilian
Round 7 (1997.06.11)
Nunn, John DM - Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel 1/2 50 C19 French; Winawer
Izeta Txabarri, Felix - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 1-0 34 A47 Queen's pawn
Sion Castro, Marcelino - Mellado, Juan 1/2 34 C13 French; Classical
Campora, Daniel H - Lima, Darcy 1/2 23 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Estremera Panos, Sergio - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1-0 46 A89 Dutch defence
Round 8 (1997.06.12)
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Sion Castro, Marcelino 1/2 33 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Estremera Panos, Sergio - Izeta Txabarri, Felix 1-0 48 B14 Caro-Kann
Mellado, Juan - Campora, Daniel H 1/2 33 B07 Pirc
Lima, Darcy - Nunn, John DM 0-1 67 B45 Sicilian
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel 1/2 24 C08 French; Tarrasch
Round 9 (1997.06.13)
Nunn, John DM - Mellado, Juan 1-0 40 C02 French; Advance
Izeta Txabarri, Felix - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1/2 43 E60 Kings indian
Sion Castro, Marcelino - Estremera Panos, Sergio 1/2 34 B89 Sicilian
Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel - Lima, Darcy 1/2 11 C47 Four knights
Campora, Daniel H - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 1/2 29 B06 Modern defence
Leon ESP (ESP), VI 1997 cat. X (2489)
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1 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2620 * 1 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2639
2 Nunn, John DM g ENG 2605 0 * = = = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2555
3 Izeta Txabarri, Felix g ESP 2490 1 = * = 1 = 0 = = = 5.0 2531
4 Sion Castro, Marcelino m ESP 2440 = = = * = 1 = = = = 5.0 2536
5 Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel ESP 2400 = = 0 = * 1 = = = = 4.5 2498
6 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2555 = = = 0 0 * 1 = = = 4.0 2438
7 Estremera Panos, Sergio f ESP 2430 0 = 1 = = 0 * = 0 1 4.0 2452
8 Mellado, Juan m ESP 2430 0 0 = = = = = * 1 = 4.0 2452
9 Lima, Darcy m BRA 2420 0 0 = = = = 1 0 * = 3.5 2416
10 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2495 0 0 = = = = 0 = = * 3.0 2362
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The new rating list for July is expected in the next week Gary Kasparov will be top with a rating of 2815 but there could be a number of surprises. Kramnik is likely to gain rating points and Anand lose them. To show a little national bias the English in the list will be very interesting. According to some the excellent performance of Matthew Sadler in the European Team Championships should take him to a rating of over 2700 and remove Short as our number one. Closely behind is expected to be Michael Adams, again over 2700.
The Sigeman & Co chess tournament in Malmoe Sweden is underway. Online results and games available online at: http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-18393/limhamn The event has been Sweden's regular top all play all event for the last few years and this year it is a Category 13 event. The event is an attractive one with uncompromising players such as Jan Timman, Eduardas Rozentalis and Ivan Sokolov. A couple of games to look at might be Ferdinand Hellers attractive finish against Curt Hansen and Sokolov's finish against Timman.
Round 1 (1997.06.10)
Hellers, Ferdinand - Hector, Jonny 1/2 36 C88 Ruy Lopez
Hansen, Curt - Hellsten, Johan 1/2 32 B42 Sicilian
Smyslov, Vassily - Akesson, Ralf 1/2 26 D02 Queen's pawn
Sokolov, Ivan - Cramling, Pia 0-1 66 A57 Benko gambit
Timman, Jan H - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1/2 44 A47 Queen's pawn
Round 2 (1997.06.11)
Hansen, Curt - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 40 C80 Ruy Lopez
Cramling, Pia - Hellers, Ferdinand 1/2 31 D89 Gruenfeld indian
Hellsten, Johan - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1/2 23 E14 Nimzo indian
Akesson, Ralf - Timman, Jan H 0-1 35 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Hector, Jonny - Smyslov, Vassily 0-1 55 C30 Kings gambit
Round 3 (1997.06.12)
Hellers, Ferdinand - Hansen, Curt 1/2 25 C19 French; Winawer
Smyslov, Vassily - Cramling, Pia 1/2 32 D03 Queen's pawn
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Akesson, Ralf 1-0 41 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Sokolov, Ivan - Hellsten, Johan 1/2 52 E11 Bogo indian
Timman, Jan H - Hector, Jonny 1-0 33 C88 Ruy Lopez
Round 4 (1997.06.13)
Hansen, Curt - Smyslov, Vassily 1/2 21 C67 Ruy Lopez
Cramling, Pia - Timman, Jan H 1/2 41 E11 Bogo indian
Sokolov, Ivan - Hellers, Ferdinand 0-1 45 A45 Queen's pawn
Hellsten, Johan - Akesson, Ralf 1/2 41 B50 Sicilian
Hector, Jonny - Rozentalis, Eduardas 0-1 62 C10 French
Round 5 (1997.06.14)
Hellers, Ferdinand - Hellsten, Johan 1/2 21 B43 Sicilian
Smyslov, Vassily - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 42 B54 Sicilian
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Cramling, Pia 1-0 36 B40 Sicilian
Timman, Jan H - Hansen, Curt 1/2 40 D43 Semi-Slav
Akesson, Ralf - Hector, Jonny 1-0 29 D48 Meran Variation
Round 6 (1997.06.15)
Hellers, Ferdinand - Smyslov, Vassily 1/2 26 C60 Ruy Lopez
Hansen, Curt - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1-0 43 C43 Petroff defence
Cramling, Pia - Akesson, Ralf 1/2 21 E12 Nimzo indian
Sokolov, Ivan - Timman, Jan H 1-0 28 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Hellsten, Johan - Hector, Jonny 0-1 46 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Round 7 (1997.06.16)
Smyslov, Vassily - Hellsten, Johan 1/2 45 B40 Sicilian
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 52 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Timman, Jan H - Hellers, Ferdinand 0-1 0
Akesson, Ralf - Hansen, Curt 1/2 24 D45 Semi-Slav
Hector, Jonny - Cramling, Pia 0-1 40 B48 Sicilian
Malmoe SWE (SWE), VI 1997 cat. XIII (2563)
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1 Hellers, Ferdinand g SWE 2585 * = = = . 1 1 = . = 4.5 2656
2 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2605 = * . = 1 = = = = . 4.0 2618
3 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2545 = . * = 0 1 = . = 1 4.0 2620
4 Smyslov, Vassily g RUS 2500 = = = * . = . = = 1 4.0 2600
5 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2650 . 0 1 . * 0 = = 1 1 4.0 2606
6 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2615 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 = . . 3.5 2571
7 Timman, Jan H g NED 2630 0 = = . = 0 * . 1 1 3.5 2573
8 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2485 = = . = = = . * = 0 3.0 2517
9 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2515 . = = = 0 . 0 = * 1 3.0 2509
10 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2500 = . 0 0 0 . 0 1 0 * 1.5 2328
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Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk and IM Alejandro Hoffman reports on this all-play-all in Argentina. (http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/) Young untitled player Gustavo Germán from Argentina needs only one point out of 3 to get his first gm result.
Kazakhstan's Vladislav Tkachiev and Estonian Jaan Ehlvest won the Villa Martelli Masters in Argentina. In the last round Ehlvest got the better of it against Slipak while Tkachiev drew against Sorokin. Uruguyan Andrés Rodríguez got his final norm for the GM title drewing against Brazilian Milos in the last round. As he has been rated more than for a long time, he should get his GM title in next Fide Congress.
Argentinian Gustavo Germán didn't make the 6,5 points, but had registered a GM norm after round 9. He made a so called 'short norm'.
Round 8 (1997.06.08)
Sutovskij, Emil - Hoffman, Alejandro 1-0 29 C11 French; Classical
Rodriguez, Andres - Ginzburg, Maximiliano 1/2 47 C43 Petroff defence
German, Gustavo - Milos, Gilberto 1/2 43 B05 Alekhine defence
Sorokin, Maxim - Slipak, Sergio 1-0 56 A14 English; 1.c4
Ricardi, Pablo - Ehlvest, Jaan 0-1 40 B89 Sicilian
Spangenberg, Hugo - Tkachiev, Vladislav 0-1 12 C48 Four knights
Round 9 (1997.06.09)
Ehlvest, Jaan - German, Gustavo 1-0 74 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Ricardi, Pablo 1/2 64 B01 Scandinavian
Milos, Gilberto - Sorokin, Maxim 1/2 22 B89 Sicilian
Hoffman, Alejandro - Spangenberg, Hugo 1-0 32 A42 Queen's pawn
Slipak, Sergio - Rodriguez, Andres 0-1 0 A00 Irregular
Ginzburg, Maximiliano - Sutovskij, Emil 0-1 48 B91 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 10 (1997.06.10)
Rodriguez, Andres - Sutovskij, Emil 1/2 35 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
German, Gustavo - Tkachiev, Vladislav 0-1 36 B06 Modern defence
Sorokin, Maxim - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 23 D17 Slav defence
Ricardi, Pablo - Hoffman, Alejandro 0-1 56 B51 Sicilian
Slipak, Sergio - Milos, Gilberto 1/2 17 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Spangenberg, Hugo - Ginzburg, Maximiliano 1/2 82 C43 Petroff defence
Round 11 (1997.06.11)
Ehlvest, Jaan - Slipak, Sergio 1-0
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Sorokin, Maxim 1/2
Sutovskij, Emil - Spangenberg, Hugo 1/2
Milos, Gilberto - Rodriguez, Andres 1/2
Hoffman, Alejandro - German, Gustavo 1/2
Ginzburg, Maximiliano - Ricardi, Pablo 0-1
Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), VI 1997 cat. XIII (2551)
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1 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2635 * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 8.0 2718
2 Tkachiev, Vladislav g KAZ 2630 = * = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2719
3 Sutovskij, Emil g ISR 2560 = = * = = 0 1 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2652
4 Rodriguez, Andres m URU 2565 = = = * = = = 0 1 1 1 = 6.5 2615
5 German, Gustavo ARG 2500 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 0 6.0 2591
6 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2605 0 0 1 = = * = 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2546
7 Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2560 = = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 = = 5.0 2514
8 Ricardi, Pablo m ARG 2575 0 = 0 1 0 1 = * 0 = 0 1 4.5 2484
9 Hoffman, Alejandro m ARG 2480 = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * = 1 0 4.5 2492
10 Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2505 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = = * = 1 4.0 2453
11 Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2550 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * = 3.5 2418
12 Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2450 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 1 0 = * 3.5 2427
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Laszlo Nagy reports on the First Saturday Tournament in June. The GM event is a close tussle but it seems unlikely that anyone will score the required 10/13. To clarify Tal Shaked's position he requires one more norm of any sort aswell as a higher rating to get the GM title. As it is he is in a battle for first place with a number of the players and the final rounds should be interesting.
Ludger Keitlinghaus withdrew from the event after playing his round 8 game.
Balazs Szuk leads the IM event.
First Saturday Web Page Organiser Laszlo Nagy has started a news page for Hungarian Chess. It will be updated at least once a week on a Saturday and possibly more frequently. The news will be available at his web site: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/ You can contact Laszlo Nagy in the following ways: Postal address: H-1101 Budapest, Hungaria krt. 5.-7. XI.ep.I.em.7. Tel-fax: int-(361)-263-28-59 E-mail address: chess_first_saturday_hu@compuserve.com or 100263.1700@compuserve.com
Budapest HUN (HUN), VII 1997 cat. VII (2416)
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1 Shaked, Tal m USA 2445 * = = 1 . . 1 = . 1 1 = . = 6.5 / 9 2588
2 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2555 = * = 1 = . . . 1 = 1 = . 1 6.5 / 9 2582
3 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2440 = = * 1 . . . = = = 1 1 . = 6.0 / 9 2542
4 Acs, Peter f HUN 2420 0 0 0 * = . . . = 1 + 1 1 1 6.0 /10 2496
5 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2460 . = . = * = = 1 = . = . = 1 5.5 / 9 2495
6 Videki, Sandor m HUN 2375 . . . . = * = = 1 = + = = = 5.5 / 9 2479
7 Krizsany, Laszlo m HUN 2435 0 . . . = = * = 0 = + 0 1 1 5.0 /10 2398
8 Hoang Thang Trang m VIE 2355 = . = . 0 = = * = = + = 0 . 4.5 /10 2381
9 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2385 . 0 = = = 0 1 = * . 0 . 1 . 4.0 / 9 2392
10 Borocz, Istvan m HUN 2420 0 = = 0 . = = = . * = . 1 . 4.0 / 9 2390
11 Keitlinghaus, Ludger m GER 2515 0 0 0 - = - - - 1 = * 1 1 - 4.0 /13 2267
12 Kolbus, Dietmar GER 2330 = = 0 0 . = 1 = . . 0 * . = 3.5 / 9 2350
13 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2365 . . . 0 = = 0 1 0 0 0 . * 1 3.0 / 9 2285
14 Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2330 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 . . . + = 0 * 3.0 /10 2285
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IM Event
FIRST SATURDAY IM-tournament 7th-17th of June 1997
1 1 1
Name des Spielers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Pkte SB_I
1 Szuk,Balazs * = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 27.25
2 Czebe,Attila = * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 6.5 28.50
3 Senff, Martin 0 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 20.00
4 Kahn, Evarth = = * = = = 1 = = = 5.0 21.25
5 Aumann, Welf 1 0 = = * 0 0 1 = 1 4.5 19.50
6 Farago, Sandor = = 1 * 0 1 = 0 = = 4.5 18.50
7 Erdei,Andras 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 0 1 = 4.0 14.50
8 Horvath,Gabor 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 1 4.0 14.50
9 Peredy, Ferenc 0 = = 0 = 0 1 * 1 3.5 14.50
10 Schlusnik,Nandor 0 0 = = 1 1 0 * 0 3.0 13.25
11 Salinnikov,Denis 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 * 1 3.0 9.75
12 Strausz,Janos 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 * 2.0 10.00
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In a match styled as "the battle of the sexes Argentinian Claudia Amura took on 1996 Mexican Champion José González between 10th - 16th of June in a six game match. Online results. at http://198.139.1.20/match01.htm
FM Guil Russek reports that Claudia Amura is South America's strongest woman player and José González has returned to Mexico after a year in Hungary and Spain.
The first game started with a normal Queens Gambit however Claudia chose a dubius plan, intending the exchange of pieces with 13...Nc3 and 14...Nd7 but she got a very passive game. After 18...Ne5 the capture 19.Re5 was strong but the choice of José gave him a positionally won game and the sacrifices against black king were inevitable and decisive.
The second game was drawn and the third seemed to be a case of Amura trying too hard to get back in to the match, she eventually lost a rook and pawn ending. The fourth game was drawn and Gonzalez won the match with a draw in the 5th game in which he missed a direct win with 33. Rf3!. After 33. Bc3 Claudia found an impressive resourse (33... Be5!!) and saved the game, but anyway lost the match. They will play the last game today.
My thanks to Manuel Lopez Michelone and Guil Russek.
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose - Amura, Claudia N 1-0 31 D60 QGD;
Amura, Claudia N - Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 1/2 43 D00 Queen's pawn
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose - Amura, Claudia N 1-0 64 E10 Nimzo indian
Amura, Claudia N - Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 1/2 40 D20 QGA;
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose - Amura, Claudia N 1/2 40 D66 QGD;
Mexico City MEX (MEX), VI 1997
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Gonzalez Garcia, Jose m MEX 2475 1 = 1 = = . 3.5 2509
Amura, Claudia N wm ARG 2360 0 = 0 = = . 1.5 2326
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IGM Pablo Ricardi took a very serious approach for his "comeback" to "open" tournaments finishing 1st (amongst 136 players including 7 IGM) in the first leg of "CLARIN Newspaper" Grand Prix, held between 26th April and 1st of May in a historic place: Club Atletico Boca Juniors.
Boca Juniors are the most popular soccer club in Argentina. In whose teams emerged the best soccer player in the history (sorry brasilian friends:-) ) Diego Maradona, who is now training for another 'comeback'. This club organised a very good chess event, which promise to be a "classic" encounter in future years.
1. RICARDI Pablo GM 7.5 50.0 43.00 2. SOROKIN Maxim GM 7.0 49.5 42.0 3. RODRIGUEZ Andrés MI 7.0 47.0 39.50 4. SPANGENBERG Hugo GM 7.0 46.5 40.00 5. CATIVELLI Gerardo 2000 A 2199 SNG 7.0 46.5 39.00 6. GERMAN Gustavo 7.0 45.0 38.00 7. SLIPAK Sergio MI 6.5 49.0 41.50 8. HOFFMAN Alejandro MI 6.5 48.0 41.00 9. ZARNICKI Pablo GM 6.5 48.0 41.00 10. PIERROT Facundo MI 6.5 47.0 40.00 11. GIACCIO Alfredo MI 6.5 47.0 39.50 12. GINZBURG Maximiliano MI 6.5 45.0 38.00 13. SZMETAN Jorge MI 6.5 43.0 36.00 14. SERVAT Roberto MI 6.5 39.0 33.50 15. FIORITO Fabian MI 6.0 50.0 43.00 16. MINZER Claudio MI 6.0 49.0 42.00 17. TEMPONE Marcelo MI 6.0 43.5 36.50 18. BARRIA Daniel 6.0 43.0 36.00 19. SCARELLA Enrique MF 6.0 43.0 36.00 20. SORIN Ariel GM 6.0 42.5 35.00 21. ROSETTO Hector GM 6.0 40.5 33.50 22. PANNO Oscar GM 6.0 39.0 33.50 23. MAURIÑO Lucio 1800 A 1999 SNG 6.0 37.5 31.50 24. RODRIGUEZ Jorge MF 5.5 47.5 40.50 25. MORENO Javier 5.5 46.5 39.50 26. LABOLLITA Martin MF 2000 A 2199 SNG 5.5 44.5 38.00 27. MADINA Martin 2000 A 2199 SNG 5.5 44.0 37.50 28. VARELA Gaston 2000 A 2199 SNG 5.5 44.0 37.00 29. PEREYRA ARCIJA Diego MI 5.5 44.0 37.00 30. ALONSO Salvador 5.5 43.5 37.00 31. SCHWEBER Samuel MI 5.5 43.0 36.50 32. BERMEJO Julian 5.5 42.0 36.00 33. SOPPE Guillermo MI 5.5 41.5 35.00 34. DE LAS HERAS Juan C. 2000 A 2199 SNG 5.5 41.5 34.00 35. BERNARDO Walter MF 2000 A 2199 SNG 5.5 41.0 34.00 36. GIARDELLI Sergio MI 5.5 40.5 33.50 37. PODESTA Dardo 2000 A 2199 SNG 5.5 39.0 32.50 38. VAN RIEMSDIJK Herman MI 5.5 39.0 32.00 39. FERRARA Alexis 1800 A 1999 SNG 5.5 38.5 32.00 40. JUAREZ Alberto MF 2000 A 2199 SNG 5.5 36.5 30.00 41. NIEGOVICH Jorge 1800 A 1999 SNG 5.5 36.0 30.00 42. CIANNI Pablo 2000 A 2199 SNG 5.5 33.5 27.00 136 players
Pablo Rodriguez adds to the report from the Chilean newspaper "El Mercurio" which said that
GM Ivan Morovic was play in a cat. XIV tournament in Colombia, June 20th to July 4th. Shirov pointed out that the participation of Short and Adams was unlikely as they were committed elsewhere and Pablo Rodriguez checked with Morovic who said he had been informed that they weren't playing and that the conditions had somewhat changed so his participation was under review.
From August, 1st to August, 9th the VI° International Chess Festival will take place in Montecatini Terme, Italy.
The prize money will be more than Lit. 22.000.000.
Many GM and IM have been invited by organization staff.
Last year three IMs obtained the GM norm in the tournament A
(open ELO > 2000)
For more informations
Dr.Wolfgang Gabriel (WGabriel@compuserve.com) sends news of the Frankfurt West Chess Classic. (incidentally there is a good chance I will be there.)
What: 4th tournament of Chess Classic (Open tournament 11 rounds active chess,Masters and Simultan)
with: WM Anatoli Karpow ELO 2760 World Champion FIDE
GM Viswanathan Anand ELO 2765 Vize World Champion PCA
GM Veselin Topalov ELO 2725 Number 6 of World Champion List
GM Eric Lobron ELO 2570 One of the best german Players
24 Grandmasters will be awaited so far!!
*** Masters tournament with: Karpov, Anand, Topalov, Lobron
*** Simultaneous with: GM Topalov ( 40 chessbords, all opponents will have black )
CHESS CLASSICS Open tournament 1997: with many Grandmasters from all over the world!
*** Special guest: Chess program FRITZ4 will fight against Grandmasters! ***
*** Special price: Each opponent of FRITZ will get a version of FRITZ4! ***
Winners of the last CHESS CLASSICs Open in Frankfurt:
1996: 1. GM Lobron, 2. GM Lutz, 3. GM Djuric ( 264 chess players were playing!)
1995: 1. GM Lalic, 2. GM Christiansen, 3. GM Chernin
1994: 1. GM Chernin, 2. GM Gutman, 3. GM Khenkhin
When: June 26th - 29th. 1997
Where: Germany, Frankfurt/Main - Zeilsheim, Stadthalle Zeilsheim
Prices: There are a lot of very attractive rating prices! More than 25000 DM !
1st price: 2500 DM 2nd: 1800 DM 3rd: 1500 DM 4th: 1300 DM and so on!
Many special prices for women, seniors and juniors!
*** Who is the manager of CHESS CLASSIC 1997: Hans-Walter Schmitt
*** Showmaster of CHESS CLASSIC 1997: Dr. Helmut Pfleger (well known from TV)
Registration/Contact: Hans-Walter Schmitt, Alte Ziegelei 5, D-65812 Bad Soden,
Phone: 06196/22726 FAX: 06196/22796
Registration Fee: 50 DM ( for GM and IM free! )
All chess players can stay in a very good hotel near the Stadthalle Zeilsheim!
Hotel Holiday Inn at Main-Taunus-Zentrum (Single room: 120 DM, Double room: 90 DM)
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