E-Mail mdcrowth@netcomuk.co.uk www http://www.tcc.net/twic/twic.html Tel or fax 01274 882143 [Bradford England]
1) Introduction
2) Fontys Tournament Tilburg
3) Vam Tournament Hoogeveen
4) Visa Nordic Final Grand Prix 1997
5) Baburin wins the 6th Monarch Assurance Open
6) First Saturday Tournament October
7) 2nd Paks Cup chess Hungary
8) European Club Cup
9) Russian Women's Championships
10) World Boys and Girls Under 16, 18 Championships
11) Karpov to play in the 1998 US Amateur Teams
12) New PCA Ranking List
13) Brazil Open
Games section
Fontys Tilburg NED 1997 18 Visa Nordic Ch 1997 35 VAM Hoogeveen Tournament 6 Open Hoogeveen Tournament 67 European Club Cup 54 Russian Championships (women) 40
My thanks to Lost Boys, John Henderson, Laszlo Nagy, Argiris Kotsis and the Greek Chess Federation, Chess in Iceland, Chess Assistant, Ian Rogers, Emmanuel Santosand all those who helped with this issue.
A lively final few rounds saw Kasparov, Kramnik and Svidler share first at the Fontys tournament. Tournaments in the Netherlands and Reykjavic are underway and the European Club Cup group 6 saw a very strong Russian team qualify.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Tilburg tournament which concluded on Thursday saw a three way tie for first place. Gary Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik were the pre-event favourites, both performed at or above their own rating and were impressive in different ways. They were joined by the surprise package of the tournament, Peter Svidler.
Gary Kasparov looked likely to run away with the tournament. He started with 5.5/6 and was a little unlucky not to win against Onischuk also. His finely judged play against Shirov and his powerful understanding of his own opening repertoire against Leko were especially impressive. Only when he became over-ambitious against Peter Svidler did the wheels come off his tournament. That loss was followed by a crushing win against Jeroen Piket, another tribute to his opening knowledge. He then responded badly against another sideline in the Sicilian (Svidler avoided main-line also) and should probably have lost against Michael Adams who instead allowed 3 fold repetition. In the eagerly anticipated game against Vladimir Kramnik he outplayed his young rival in a Nimzo-Indian, he later claimed he was winning, before losing track of the position and allowing an easy draw. In the final round he survived a dodgy opening against Joel Lautier and agreed a draw in a simplified position. However Lautier's final move which accompanied the draw was a bad error which should have allowed Kasparov a big opportunity to try and win. He had already mentally attuned to the idea that the game was a draw. This allowed his opponents to catch up. A good performances which Kasparov believes could have been a lot better. The worrying thing for Kasparov was precisely the fact that he missed so many good opportunities, his result being almost entirely dependent on his huge command of his opening repertoire. Elsewhere he was probably a little ordinary looking like he lacked motivation once he lost a game.
I was most impressed by Kramnik's play in the tournament. He is developing as a well rounded positional player in the style perhaps most similar to Botvinnik. The modern "iron logician" played one classic game in the event, a game on the theme of the bad bishop against Joel Lautier in round 5. His finely judged games against Shirov (a theoretical battle) and Van Wely in the last round are also worthy of mention. Elsewhere he was frustrated by a number of players in games full of content, Adams, Polgar and especially Leko managed to hold games where he pressed simply by continuing to play, Piket was not so lucky and in the end could not solve the problems presented. His muscular positional play is very clear and is a joy to watch.
The most outstanding result of the Tilburg tournament was that obtained by 21 year old Peter Svidler. This result should lead on to more invitations. It also wipes out memories of his very average performance in this tournament last year (=9 -2). If Svidler was a western player he would have attracted far more attention by now. He has won the Russian Championships 3 times in the last 4 years (only missing last year when I believe it clashed with the Tilburg event) and that should have lead to more opportunities already. Part of the problem is that he is super-competent at many things rather than eye-catching in any particular part of his game. He has a wide repertoire, with black he played the Queens Gambit Accepted, Gruenfeld and Kings Indian Defence against d4 and couple of different variations within his Sicilian defence against e4. As white he plays 1.e4 but again varied the specific variations, including avoiding the main lines against Kasparov. He also started the tournament quietly, a draw from a better position against Leko, a win against Jeroen Piket where he gradually took the initiative and saw Piket self destruct in time trouble (Piket's score in the whole event was severely affected by his capacity to blunder and get short of time) a safe draw against Kramnik, a draw from a favourable position against Van Wely, and a win against Tal Shaked which arrived quite late in the game. He then played the two games that really made his tournament. He beat Alexei Shirov with black in the Paulson variation of the Sicilian in his finest game so far of the event. Against Kasparov he chose a sideline which gave the World number one the option of a safe draw or extreme risk to try to win. Kasparov who was on a roll in the tournament chose risk and paid for it, although he claims he had at least a draw later in the game. Then three draws and the impression from observers that he was tiring were rounded off with a win against Onischukin the final round, whose aggression left him with little alternative but to play for a win. That took him to joint first place.
Its dangerous on the evidence of just one tournament to assess a player but he is an improving talent who needs more events of this type or stronger. He has had an up and down year, and still draws a lot of games. Nevertheless with more experience and a development of his chess style he could go far. His victory in the Russian Championships earlier in the year suggests he has a chance in the FIDE knockout event at the end of the year, it was held under the same format.
Michael Adams and Peter Leko both had excellent performances. Adams was undefeated (along with Svidler and Kramnik) and used his rather off-beat but increasingly sound opening repertoire to keep his opponents off balance. Leko only lost one game, a theoretical one to Kasparov, and should have lost another to Piket (another one move blunder) but nevertheless he has found a way to progress again after a time of slow improvement after becoming a Grandmaster.
All the other players lost rating points. Shirov rather lost the plot in the middle of the tournament, but nevertheless could have scored more (Adams had a close escape), losses to Kramnik, Svidler and possibly Judit Polgar were due to his willingness to enter highly critical theoretical lines. Lautier, Van Wely and Onischuk will have all enjoyed the challenges of this tournament and probably not worry overly about the loss of a few ratings points. Jeroen Piket had a bitterly disappointing event. Time trouble and huge blunders cost him at least two if not more points. Tal Shaked obtained some respectability in the end by drawing three of his last four games after losing his first 7 rounds. Apart from his US Championships appearance last year (where a similar thing happened at the end of the tournament that occurred at the start here) he lacked any experience of this company. His low rating (2500) compared to the rest of the field meant that the others would automatically seek wins against him, but his willingness to keep going and eventually start to draw suggest that he will be able to take something from the event.
Fontys should be congratulated on organising a fine event. One of the most interesting of the year so far.
The event is covered on the internet by Lost Boys.http://www.lostcity.nl/chess/fontys/default.html
Daily reportage from Inside Chess
Commented games from ChessAssistant
Round 1 (1997.09.27)
Svidler, Peter - Leko, Peter 1/2 39 B81 Sicilian
Adams, Michael - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 31 C55 Two knights
Shirov, Alexei - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 33 C96 Ruy Lopez
Lautier, Joel - Polgar, Judit 1/2 17 A16 English; 1.c4
Van Wely, Loek - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 51 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Shaked, Tal - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 35 E46 Nimzo indian
Round 2 (1997.09.28)
Kasparov, Gary - Polgar, Judit 1-0 32 E26 Nimzo indian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 36 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 33 C89 Ruy Lopez
Van Wely, Loek - Shaked, Tal 1-0 28 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Onischuk, Alexander - Lautier, Joel 1-0 63 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Piket, Jeroen - Svidler, Peter 0-1 38 D27 QGA;
Round 3 (1997.09.29)
Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 26 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Adams, Michael - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 42 C90 Ruy Lopez
Polgar, Judit - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 107 C90 Ruy Lopez
Shirov, Alexei - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 35 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Lautier, Joel - Leko, Peter 0-1 37 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Shaked, Tal - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 20 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Round 4 (1997.09.30)
Kasparov, Gary - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 60 E13 Nimzo indian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Adams, Michael 1/2 48 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Leko, Peter - Polgar, Judit 1/2 48 B52 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Svidler, Peter 1/2 22 D82 Gruenfeld indian
Piket, Jeroen - Lautier, Joel 0-1 47 E15 Nimzo indian
Shaked, Tal - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 91 A57 Benko gambit
Round 5 (1997.10.02)
Svidler, Peter - Shaked, Tal 1-0 36 C19 French; Winawer
Adams, Michael - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 21 B54 Sicilian
Polgar, Judit - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 45 C92 Ruy Lopez
Shirov, Alexei - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 40 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Lautier, Joel - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 53 E58 Nimzo indian
Onischuk, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 59 B83 Sicilian
Round 6 (1997.10.03)
Kasparov, Gary - Leko, Peter 1-0 31 C45 Scottish
Kramnik, Vladimir - Polgar, Judit 1/2 48 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Shirov, Alexei - Svidler, Peter 0-1 35 B43 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Lautier, Joel 1/2 32 B48 Sicilian
Piket, Jeroen - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 23 E04 Nimzo indian
Shaked, Tal - Adams, Michael 0-1 56 E44 Nimzo indian
Round 7 (1997.10.04)
Svidler, Peter - Kasparov, Gary 1-0 37 B50 Sicilian
Adams, Michael - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 26 C33 Kings gambit
Leko, Peter - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 30 B39 Sicilian
Polgar, Judit - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 42 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Lautier, Joel - Shaked, Tal 1-0 35 E11 Bogo indian
Onischuk, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 41 C08 French; Tarrasch
Round 8 (1997.10.05)
Svidler, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 39 C45 Scottish
Kasparov, Gary - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 30 D27 QGA;
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 54 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Shirov, Alexei - Lautier, Joel 1/2 20 B35 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 114 E12 Nimzo indian
Shaked, Tal - Polgar, Judit 1/2 42 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 9 (1997.10.07)
Adams, Michael - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 27 B43 Sicilian
Leko, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 41 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Polgar, Judit - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 26 C78 Ruy Lopez
Lautier, Joel - Svidler, Peter 1/2 44 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Onischuk, Alexander - Shaked, Tal 1/2 48 C00 French
Piket, Jeroen - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 55 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Round 10 (1997.10.08)
Svidler, Peter - Polgar, Judit 1/2 29 B49 Sicilian
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 35 E39 Nimzo indian
Adams, Michael - Lautier, Joel 1-0 23 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Shirov, Alexei - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 50 E32 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 25 A13 English; 1.c4
Shaked, Tal - Leko, Peter 0-1 44 C20 1.e4 e5
Round 11 (1997.10.09)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 33 E17 Nimzo indian
Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 26 C78 Ruy Lopez
Polgar, Judit - Adams, Michael 1/2 64 C89 Ruy Lopez
Lautier, Joel - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 20 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Onischuk, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 0-1 38 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Piket, Jeroen - Shaked, Tal 1/2 57 E11 Bogo indian
Tilburg NED (NED), IX-X 1997 cat. XVII (2667)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2660 * 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2842
2 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2820 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2828
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 = = * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2832
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2680 = = = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2767
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2635 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2772
6 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2670 = 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 = = 6.0 2702
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2700 0 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2628
8 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2660 = = 0 0 0 = = * = 0 1 1 4.5 2602
9 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 4.5 2603
10 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2625 0 = = 0 = 0 0 1 = * = = 4.0 2568
11 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2630 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 = * = 2.5 2459
12 Shaked, Tal m USA 2500 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 2373
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The first VAM tournament is taking place in Hoogeveen in the Netherlands. It is a four player double round all-play-all event. 76 year old ex-World Champion Vassily Smyslov is joined by the 1996 World Junior champion Emil Sutovskij and two participants from the Tilburg tournament Loek Van Wely and Judit Polgar.
The tournament is played with glass chess pieces designed by Cees van Olst (my robust handling of the pieces makes this barely worth thinking about for me!).
According to the www page for the event "The FIDE has a number of special rules to determine the rating of a player. One of the rules is that if a player has participated in the candidates matches and is older than 55 his rating in a tournament is equal to the average rating of the opponents. For the VAM-tournament this means that the rating of Vassily Smyslov is 2638 (rather than his actual FIDE-rating of 2480)."
Round 1 (1997.10.11)
Sutovskij, Emil - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 43 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Polgar, Judit - Smyslov, Vassily 1/2 32 A00 Irregular
Round 2 (1997.10.12)
Sutovskij, Emil - Polgar, Judit 1-0 32 B47 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Smyslov, Vassily 1-0 40 D17 Slav defence
Round 3 (1997.10.13)
Smyslov, Vassily - Sutovskij, Emil 1/2 16 A48 Queen's pawn
Polgar, Judit - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 49 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Hoogeveen NED (NED), X 1997 cat. XIV (2599)
-----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4
-----------------------------------------------------
1 Sutovskij, Emil g ISR 2590 ** 1. =. 1. 2.5 2874
2 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 0. ** 1. =. 1.5 2580
3 Smyslov, Vassily g RUS 2480 =. 0. ** =. 1.0 2513
4 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2670 0. =. =. ** 1.0 2450
-----------------------------------------------------
There is a Swiss system event. Lev Psakhis leads with 4/4 ahead of Australian Ian Rogers.
Hoogeveen NED (NED), X 1997
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2565 +21 +17 + 9 + 3 . . . . . 4.0
2 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2570 +18 = 4 +23 +10 . . . . . 3.5 2711
3 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2605 +19 +16 + 7 - 1 . . . . . 3.0 2645
4 Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2405 +28 = 2 +16 = 5 . . . . . 3.0 2599
5 Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2475 +32 +15 = 6 = 4 . . . . . 3.0 2585
6 Oll, Lembit g EST 2645 +31 =10 = 5 +17 . . . . . 3.0 2575
7 Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2540 +20 +22 - 3 +14 . . . . . 3.0 2533
8 Bronstein, David I g RUS 2420 -14 +33 +21 +19 . . . . . 3.0 2426
9 Ligterink, Gert m NED 2450 +33 +14 - 1 +18 . . . . . 3.0 2503
10 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2445 +12 = 6 +11 - 2 . . . . . 2.5 2530
11 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2375 =26 +13 -10 +24 . . . . . 2.5 2450
12 Ludden, Gert-Jan NED ---- -10 +31 =22 +23 . . . . . 2.5 2458
13 De Vreugt, Dennis NED 2295 =25 -11 +32 +22 . . . . . 2.5 2441
14 Jap Tjoen San, Linda NED 2175 + 8 - 9 +15 - 7 . . . . . 2.0 2425
15 De Boer, Sybolt NED 2290 +24 - 5 -14 +29 . . . . . 2.0 2268
16 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2430 +29 - 3 - 4 +33 . . . . . 2.0 2357
17 De Jong, Migchiel NED 2325 +34 - 1 +20 - 6 . . . . . 2.0 2356
18 Ernst, Sipke NED 2270 - 2 +28 +27 - 9 . . . . . 2.0 2320
19 Lanchava, Tea wm NED 2275 - 3 +29 +26 - 8 . . . . . 2.0 2280
20 Van Rijn, Wouter NED 2235 - 7 +30 -17 +25 . . . . . 2.0
21 Vedder, Richard NED 2255 - 1 +34 - 8 +26 . . . . . 2.0
22 Van Haastert, Edwin NED 2345 +30 - 7 =12 -13 . . . . . 1.5
23 Visser, Yge f NED 2380 =27 +25 - 2 -12 . . . . . 1.5 2147
24 Weeks, M USA 2235 -15 +32 =25 -11 . . . . . 1.5 2173
25 Hendriks, Richard NED ---- =13 -23 =24 -20 . . . . . 1.0 2093
26 Remmel, Tim NED ---- =11 =27 -19 -21 . . . . . 1.0 2060
27 Azadmanesh, Moosa NED 2110 =23 =26 -18 -31 . . . . . 1.0 2038
28 Pel, Bonno NED 2150 - 4 -18 +31 -30 . . . . . 1.0 2195
29 Tindall, Brett AUS 2190 -16 -19 +30 -15 . . . . . 1.0
30 Van der Veen, Jan NED ---- -22 -20 -29 +28 . . . . . 1.0 2037
31 Vogel, Jaap f NED 2285 - 6 -12 -28 +27 . . . . . 1.0 2176
32 Bednar, Jaromir SVK 2230 - 5 -24 -13 +34 . . . . . 1.0
33 Hofman, Ron NED 2230 - 9 - 8 +34 -16 . . . . . 1.0
34 Fongers, Joyce NED ---- -17 -21 -33 -32 . . . . . 0.0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The centenary of the Nordic Championships and the final event of the Nordic Grand Prix 1996-7 is taking place in Reykjavic Iceland October 8th-22nd. The early rounds saw Johann Hjartarson take the lead with 4.5/5 closely followed by Jonny Hector, however the leaders have not yet played each other. A Category 10 event showing off the strength of Nordic Chess.
Round 1 (1997.10.08)
Hjartarson, Johann - Gausel, Einar 1-0 38 B12 Caro-Kann
Hector, Jonny - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1-0 35 B07 Pirc
Schandorff, Lars - Hansen, Curt 1/2 16 E32 Nimzo indian
Tisdall, Jonathan D - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1/2 24 D43 Semi-Slav
Akesson, Ralf - Westerinen, Heikki M.J 0-1 39 D21 QGA;
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Djurhuus, Rune 0-1 40 A57 Benko gambit
Nilssen, John Arni - Stefansson, Hannes 0-1 32 A14 English; 1.c4
Round 2 (1997.10.09)
Stefansson, Hannes - Hansen, Curt 0-1 52 B85 Sicilian
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Hector, Jonny 1/2 36 C45 Scottish
Gausel, Einar - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1/2 28 A48 Queen's pawn
Westerinen, Heikki M.J - Tisdall, Jonathan D 1/2 40 B53 Sicilian
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Schandorff, Lars 1/2 48 D02 Queen's pawn
Djurhuus, Rune - Akesson, Ralf 1/2 13 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Nilssen, John Arni - Hjartarson, Johann 0-1 60 E08 Nimzo indian
Round 3 (1997.10.10)
Hjartarson, Johann - Stefansson, Hannes 1-0 37 C78 Ruy Lopez
Hector, Jonny - Westerinen, Heikki M.J 1-0 41 B01 Scandinavian
Hansen, Curt - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1/2 21 C41 Philidor defence
Schandorff, Lars - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1/2 46 D26 QGA;
Tisdall, Jonathan D - Djurhuus, Rune 1-0 41 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Akesson, Ralf - Gausel, Einar 1/2 49 D30 Queen's gambit
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Nilssen, John Arni 1-0 22 A80 Dutch defence
Round 4 (1997.10.11)
Hjartarson, Johann - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1-0 32 E68 Kings indian
Stefansson, Hannes - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1-0 29 C41 Philidor defence
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Hansen, Curt 0-1 40 B46 Sicilian
Gausel, Einar - Tisdall, Jonathan D 1/2 19 A38 English; 1.c4 c5
Westerinen, Heikki M.J - Schandorff, Lars 0-1 48 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Djurhuus, Rune - Hector, Jonny 0-1 40 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Nilssen, John Arni - Akesson, Ralf 1/2 70 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 5 (1997.10.12)
Hector, Jonny - Gausel, Einar 1/2 23 B17 Caro-Kann
Hansen, Curt - Westerinen, Heikki M.J 1/2 51 C67 Ruy Lopez
Schandorff, Lars - Djurhuus, Rune 1-0 30 E73 Kings indian
Tisdall, Jonathan D - Nilssen, John Arni 1/2 61 A80 Dutch defence
Akesson, Ralf - Hjartarson, Johann 1/2 65 D65 QGD;
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 16 E32 Nimzo indian
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1/2 65 A13 English; 1.c4
Reykjavic ISL (ISL), X 1997 cat. X (2496)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Hjartarson, Johann g ISL 2605 * . . . . 1 . 1 . = 1 . . 1 4.5 2839
2 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2470 . * . . . . = = 1 . . 1 1 . 4.0 2732
3 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2600 . . * = . 1 1 . = . . = . . 3.5 2638
4 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2505 . . = * . . = . 1 . . = 1 . 3.5 2653
5 Tisdall, Jonathan D g NOR 2480 . . . . * . = = = . . . 1 = 3.0 2532
6 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2545 0 . 0 . . * . . . . = 1 . 1 2.5 2488
7 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2510 . = 0 = = . * . . . . = . . 2.0 2434
8 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2540 0 = . . = . . * . = = . . . 2.0 2432
9 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2410 . 0 = 0 = . . . * 1 . . . . 2.0 2443
10 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2520 = . . . . . . = 0 * . . = = 2.0 2407
11 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2445 0 . . . . = . = . . * . 0 1 2.0 2434
12 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2475 . 0 = = . 0 = . . . . * . . 1.5 2377
13 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2525 . 0 . 0 0 . . . . = 1 . * . 1.5 2335
14 Nilssen, John Arni FAI 2315 0 . . . = 0 . . . = 0 . . * 1.0 2279
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Cherry Orchard Hotel on the Isle of Man is again the venue for the Monarch Assurance open from 4-12 October, reports John Henderson.
Alexander Baburin took the Monarch Assurance conceding just two draws, two points clear of the field. Final results and games next week (possibly earlier on my www page.)
Laszlo Nagy sends news and games from the September First Saturday Tournament. After eight rounds Felix Levin and Josh Waitzkin lead.
The First Saturday Tournaments for October started on October 4th. It is a Category VII GM tournament.
You can contact Laszlo Nagy at the addresses below. There is also a www site where he has published the 14th issue of his Hungarian Chess electronic magazine.
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
Web
site:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
Round 3 (1997.10.07)
Levin, Felix - Ashley, Maurice 1/2
Waitzkin, Joshua - Vadasz, Laszlo 1-0
Mikhalevski, Alexander - Afek, Yochanan 1/2
Stocek, Jiri - Hoang Thang Trang 0-1
Bilek, Istvan - Kogan, Artur 1/2
Cao, Sang - Gorbatow, Alexej 1/2
Held, Markus - Lengyel, Levente 1/2
Round 4 (1997.10.08)
Hoang Thang Trang - Held, Markus 1-0
Ashley, Maurice - Bilek, Istvan 1-0
Gorbatow, Alexej - Afek, Yochanan 1-0
Kogan, Artur - Stocek, Jiri 1-0
Cao, Sang - Levin, Felix 0-1
Lengyel, Levente - Waitzkin, Joshua 0-1
Vadasz, Laszlo - Mikhalevski, Alexander 0-1
Round 5 (1997.10.09)
Levin, Felix - Gorbatow, Alexej 1-0
Waitzkin, Joshua - Hoang Thang Trang 1/2
Mikhalevski, Alexander - Lengyel, Levente 1-0
Stocek, Jiri - Ashley, Maurice 1-0
Afek, Yochanan - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2
Bilek, Istvan - Cao, Sang 1/2
Held, Markus - Kogan, Artur 0-1
Round 6 (1997.10.10)
Levin, Felix - Bilek, Istvan 1-0
Hoang Thang Trang - Mikhalevski, Alexander 1/2
Ashley, Maurice - Held, Markus 1-0
Gorbatow, Alexej - Vadasz, Laszlo 1-0
Kogan, Artur - Waitzkin, Joshua 0-1
Cao, Sang - Stocek, Jiri 1-0
Lengyel, Levente - Afek, Yochanan 1/2
Round 7 (1997.10.11)
Waitzkin, Joshua - Ashley, Maurice 1/2
Mikhalevski, Alexander - Kogan, Artur 0-1
Stocek, Jiri - Levin, Felix 1-0
Afek, Yochanan - Hoang Thang Trang 1/2
Bilek, Istvan - Gorbatow, Alexej 1/2
Vadasz, Laszlo - Lengyel, Levente 1/2
Held, Markus - Cao, Sang 1/2
Round 8 (1997.10.12)
Levin, Felix - Held, Markus 1-0
Hoang Thang Trang - Vadasz, Laszlo 1-0 17 D26 QGA;
Ashley, Maurice - Mikhalevski, Alexander 0-1
Gorbatow, Alexej - Lengyel, Levente 1-0 30 A32 English; 1.c4 c5
Kogan, Artur - Afek, Yochanan 0-1
Bilek, Istvan - Stocek, Jiri 1-0
Cao, Sang - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2
Budapest HUN (HUN), X 1997 cat. VII (2414)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Levin, Felix m UKR 2475 * . = = 1 . 1 0 . 1 1 . . 1 6.0 2616
2 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2435 . * = = . = 1 . 1 . = 1 1 . 6.0 2607
3 Hoang Thang Trang m VIE 2350 = = * . . = . 1 = = . . 1 1 5.5 2545
4 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2445 = = . * 1 0 . 0 . 1 1 . . 1 5.0 2528
5 Gorbatow, Alexej m RUS 2420 0 . . 0 * 1 . . 1 = = 1 1 . 5.0 2508
6 Mikhalevski, Alexander m ISR 2470 . = = 1 0 * 0 . = . . 1 1 . 4.5 2441
7 Kogan, Artur m ISR 2500 0 0 . . . 1 * 1 0 = 1 . . 1 4.5 2471
8 Stocek, Jiri m CZE 2470 1 . 0 1 . . 0 * . 0 0 1 1 . 4.0 2413
9 Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2380 . 0 = . 0 = 1 . * . . = = 1 4.0 2393
10 Bilek, Istvan g HUN 2370 0 . = 0 = . = 1 . * = = . . 3.5 2395
11 Cao, Sang m VIE 2515 0 = . 0 = . 0 1 . = * . . = 3.0 2341
12 Lengyel, Levente g HUN 2335 . 0 . . 0 0 . 0 = = . * = = 2.0 2204
13 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2320 . 0 0 . 0 0 . 0 = . . = * = 1.5 2145
14 Held, Markus GER 2315 0 . 0 0 . . 0 . 0 . = = = * 1.5 2164
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sandor Videki organised two closed tournaments in Paks 22nd September - 2nd October. The town is 100km South of Budapest and contains the Hungarian Atomic Plant. The main grandmaster event was won by Pieter Claesen. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy for sending the results.
Paks HUN (HUN), IX-X 1997 cat. VIII (2432)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Claesen, Pieter f BEL 2415 * 1 1 1 = = = = 1 = 1 0 7.5 2566
2 Kogan, Artur m ISR 2500 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 0 = = 7.0 2527
3 Batsanin, Dmitry f RUS 2360 0 = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 0 1 = 6.0 2474
4 Petronic, Jovan m YUG 2490 0 0 1 * = 1 = = = = 1 = 6.0 2462
5 Arkhipov, Sergey g RUS 2530 = 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 0 1 6.0 2459
6 Oral, Tomas m CZE 2435 = = = 0 0 * = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2431
7 Roeder, Mathias m GER 2435 = 0 0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2431
8 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2460 = 0 = = = = 1 * 0 = = = 5.0 2393
9 Arsovic, Zoran m YUG 2425 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 1 1 1 5.0 2396
10 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2320 = 1 1 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 0 = 4.5 2377
11 Gorbatow, Alexej m RUS 2420 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 = 0 1 * 1 4.5 2368
12 Molnar, Bela HUN 2395 1 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 3.5 2302
-------------------------------------------------------------------
6th Preliminary Group held in Herakio Crete, Greece October 10th-12th in the hotel Kaissa.The Russian team SC "LADIA" AZOV won the event. They had a very strong team of Evgeny Bareev (2.5/3), Peter Svidler (who drew against Grivas in the final of the event having travelled from Tilburg, Krasenkow (3/3), Vadim Zvjanginsev (3/3), Onischuk (2/3), Yakovich (3/3), Landa (2/2) and Pushkov (1/1) just about the strongest seen in the preliminaries. My thanks to Argiris Kotsis and the Greek Chess Federation for the games and results.
1st ROUND * 10.10.1997 MATCHES FOR POSITIONS 1 - 8 GRC/O.A.A. IRAKLIO SVK/RADEGAST DUNAJ BRATISLAVA 4.0 - 2.0 TRK/OYAK SIGORTA - SGM ISTANBUL FYR/CHESS CLUB ALKALOID SKOPJE 3.0 - 3.0 RUS/SC "LADIA" AZOV POR/GRUPO DESPORT. DLAVA EVORA 6.0 - 0.0 WLS/NIDUM LIBERALS CHESS CLUB HUN/HONVED MEDIFLORA BUDAPEST 1.0 - 5.0 2nd ROUND * 11.10.1997 MATCHES FOR POSITIONS 1 - 4 RUS/SC "LADIA" AZOV TRK/OYAK SIGORTA - SGM ISTANBUL 6.0 - 0.0 HUN/HONVED MEDIFLORA BUDAPEST GRC/O.A.A. IRAKLIO 3.0 - 3.0 MATCHES FOR POSITIONS 5 - 8 SVK/RADEGAST DUNAJ BRATISLAVA FYR/CHESS CLUB ALKALOID SKOPJE 1.5 - 4.5 WLS/NIDUM LIBERALS CHESS CLUB POR/GRUPO DESPORT. DLAVA EVORA 6.0 - 0.0 3rd ROUND * 12.10.1997 MATCHES FOR POSITIONS 1 - 2 GRC/O.A.A. IRAKLIO RUS/SC "LADIA" AZOV 1.0 - 5.0 MATCHES FOR POSITIONS 3 - 4 HUN/HONVED MEDIFLORA BUDAPEST TRK/OYAK SIGORTA - SGM ISTANBUL 6.0 - 0.0 MATCHES FOR POSITIONS 5 - 6 FYR/CHESS CLUB ALKALOID SKOPJE WLS/NIDUM LIBERALS CHESS CLUB 5.5 - 0.5 MATCHES FOR POSITIONS 7 - 8 POR/GRUPO DESPORT. DLAVA EVORA SVK/RADEGAST DUNAJ BRATISLAVA 0.0 - 6.0 ORGANISING STAFF MASTROKOUKOS GEORGIOS - TZERMIADIANOS AGELOS ARBITERS TSORBATZOGLOU THEODOROS - TZERMIADIANOS ANDREAS BULLETIN EDITOR GRIVAS EFSTRATIOS FINAL STANDINGS 01 RUSSIA SC "LADIA" AZOV 02 GREECE O.A.A. IRAKLIO 03 HUNGARY HONVED MEDIFLORA BUDAPEST 04 TURKEY OYAK SIGORTA - SGM ISTANBUL 05 FYROM CHESS CLUB ALKALOID SKOPJE 06 WALES NIDUM LIBERALS CHESS CLUB 07 SLOVAKIA RADEGAST DUNAJ BRATISLAVA 08 PORTUGAL GRUPO DESPORTIVO DLANA EVORA
Alisa Galliamova scored a crushing victory in the Russian Women's Championships with a score of 10/11 in the Championships held in Elista Russia September 18-29. She scored a performance rating of over 2700. My thanks to Chess Assistant for the games for the remaining games from the tournament.
Elista RUS (RUS), IX 1997
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa m RUS 2445 +13 + 9 +18 +10 + 4 + 2 = 3 + 5 +24 +11 = 7 10.0 2801
2 Prudnikova, Svetlana wg RUS 2385 +21 =29 = 4 = 9 + 7 - 1 +19 + 8 = 3 +14 +13 8.0 2451
3 Matveeva, Svetlana wg RUS 2470 -12 =15 +22 +19 +24 +18 = 1 + 6 = 2 = 4 = 5 7.5 2430
4 Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana wg RUS 2340 +26 +24 = 2 +16 - 1 - 5 + 9 +10 +13 = 3 = 6 7.5 2450
5 Umanskaya, Irina wg RUS 2315 +15 =12 = 8 =21 =29 + 4 +16 - 1 =10 = 6 = 3 6.5 2370
6 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wm RUS 2350 =20 +27 -10 + 8 =16 +24 = 7 - 3 + 9 = 5 = 4 6.5 2370
7 Shumiakina,Tatjana RUS 2385 =10 =16 =25 +20 - 2 +12 = 6 -13 +27 +24 = 1 6.5 2359
8 Shadrina, Tatiana RUS 2280 +32 =11 = 5 - 6 +17 = 9 +28 - 2 -14 +23 +21 6.5 2391
9 Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2310 +23 - 1 +12 = 2 =10 = 8 - 4 +21 - 6 +26 =11 6.0 2343
10 Lopatskaya, Elena P wm RUS 2255 = 7 +22 + 6 - 1 = 9 =28 +18 - 4 = 5 -13 +25 6.0 2325
11 Zaitseva, Ludmila G wg RUS 2360 +25 = 8 =29 -24 =12 =13 =21 +28 +22 - 1 = 9 6.0 2296
12 Galianina, Julia wf RUS 2270 + 3 = 5 - 9 =30 =11 - 7 =27 =20 +32 +18 =14 6.0 2366
13 Ruchieva, Natalia wg RUS 2260 - 1 -23 +32 =14 +20 =11 +17 + 7 - 4 +10 - 2 6.0 2274
14 Ershova,Svetlana RUS 2205 =17 =28 -21 =13 -22 +31 +33 +19 + 8 - 2 =12 6.0 2294
15 Polyakova, Natalia wf RUS 2205 - 5 = 3 =27 -28 +32 =25 =20 -17 +34 +30 +16 6.0 2250
16 Kozlovskaya, Valentina wg RUS 2195 +28 = 7 +17 - 4 = 6 +29 - 5 -24 +25 =19 -15 5.5 2293
17 Struchkova, Svetlana wm RUS 2315 =14 +20 -16 =25 - 8 +30 -13 +15 =26 -21 +29 5.5 2246
18 Manakova, Maria wm RUS 2345 +30 +19 - 1 =29 +21 - 3 -10 -22 +28 -12 +24 5.5 2345
19 Kosteniuk, Alexandra wf RUS 2275 +33 -18 =30 - 3 +26 +22 - 2 -14 +31 =16 =20 5.5 2199
20 Ovchinikova, Julia RUS 2240 = 6 -17 +31 - 7 -13 +34 =15 =12 =30 +22 =19 5.5 2171
21 Saunina, Ludmila wm RUS 2260 - 2 +34 +14 = 5 -18 =27 =11 - 9 +33 +17 - 8 5.5 2185
22 Bezgodova,Svetlana RUS 2180 =27 -10 - 3 +31 +14 -19 +34 +18 -11 -20 +28 5.5 2179
23 Malashenko, Alyona RUS 2200 - 9 +13 -24 -27 +33 =26 -25 +34 +29 - 8 +31 5.5 2135
24 Dorofeeva, A RUS 2275 +31 - 4 +23 +11 - 3 - 6 +29 +16 - 1 - 7 -18 5.0 2290
25 Minogina, Tanam wm RUS 2255 -11 +32 = 7 =17 -28 =15 +23 =27 -16 +33 -10 5.0 2127
26 Zhurina, Elizaveta RUS 2235 - 4 =31 =28 +33 -19 =23 +30 =29 =17 - 9 =32 5.0 2198
27 Strutinskaya, Galina N wm RUS 2305 =22 - 6 =15 +23 =30 =21 =12 =25 - 7 -31 =33 4.5 2254
28 Sirotkina, Nina wm RUS 2310 -16 =14 =26 +15 +25 =10 - 8 -11 -18 +34 -22 4.5 2179
29 Fatalibekova, Elena wg RUS 2295 +34 = 2 =11 =18 = 5 -16 -24 =26 -23 +32 -17 4.5 2125
30 Razumova, Tatiana RUS 2240 -18 +33 =19 =12 =27 -17 -26 +32 =20 -15 =34 4.5 2080
31 Yangel,Anna RUS ---- -24 =26 -20 -22 +34 -14 -32 +33 -19 +27 -23 3.5 2062
32 Gelashvili,Anna RUS ---- - 8 -25 -13 +34 -15 -33 +31 -30 -12 -29 =26 2.5 1811
33 Kharashkina,Bairta RUS ---- -19 -30 +34 -26 -23 +32 -14 -31 -21 -25 =27 2.5 1830
34 Dordzhieva,Nadezhda RUS ---- -29 -21 -33 -32 -31 -20 -22 -23 -15 -28 =30 0.5 1828
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The World Junior Championships for under 16 and 18 boys and girls took place in Armenia. My thanks to Ian Rogers for the final results.
Boys Under 18 Championships
The boys under 18 Championships were won by Ruslan Ponomariov of the Ukraine. Born in 1983 he is already an IM and has a rating of 2555. He scored 9/11 and ran away with the event. In second place Alexey Iljushin of Russia with 8/11 above Stelios Halkias of Greece on tie break. Karen Asrian (Armenia), Erald Dervishi (Albania), Alik Gershon (Israel), Hrvoje Stevic (Croatia) and Liang Chong were on 7.5.
Boys Under 16 Championships
Levente Vajda won the under 16 event with 9/11. He was just clear of Levon Aronian on 8 points and Alexander Kundin of Israel on 8.
Girls Under 18 Championship
Rusudan Goletiani of Georgia took the girls under 18 Championships with 8.5/11. She was ahead of Vo Hong Phuong of Vietnam on 8 points. Hoang Thanh Trang (Vietnam), Xiongj Junyan (China), Vajda Szidonia (Romania) were all on 7.5 points.
Girls Under 16 Championship
Xu Yuanyuan of China just pipped Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia on tie-break after they both finished on 8.5 points. Ekaterina Polovnikova was on 8 points.
Anatoly Karpov the current FIDE World Chess Championship is to play in the 1998 US Amateur Team
East tournament in Parsippany, NJ - February 1998 according to a joint press release from the www chess superstore and the New Jersey State Chess Federation (11 October 1997).
The World Wide Web Chess Superstore team will be comprised of:
BOARD 1 - FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov
BOARD 2 - IGM Ron Henley
BOARD 3 - NM Irina Krush
BOARD 4 - A player to be announced later.
The new PCA Ranking list includes results from the Tilburg tournament. The main changes see Svidler rise from 20th to 9th, Leko rise from 19th to 12th.
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2825 155
2. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2783 141
3. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2765 152
4. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2727 183
5. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2711 141
6. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2711 179
7. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181
8. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2677 137
9. Svidler,Peter RUS 2676 175
10. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2670 189
11. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2665 143
12. Leko,Peter HUN 2665 136
13. Salov,Valery RUS 2658 175
14. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2651 184
15. Adams,Michael ENG 2647 164
16. Short,Nigel D ENG 2645 190
17. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2642 156
18. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2642 140
19. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2641 178
20. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2640 182
21. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2636 164
22. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2635 150
23. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2634 178
24. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2633 203
25. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2631 154
26. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2631 136
27. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2629 156
28. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2625 189
29. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2625 160
30. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2623 155
31. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2622 142
32. Lautier,Joel FRA 2618 186
33. Timman,Jan H NED 2616 181
34. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2615 168
35. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2614 170
36. Malaniuk,Vladimir P UKR 2614 152
37. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2612 184
38. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
39. Yusupov,Artur GER 2609 136
40. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2607 157
41. Oll,Lembit EST 2606 168
42. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197
43. Nunn,John D M ENG 2604 169
44. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
45. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
46. Chernin,Alexander HUN 2602 134
47. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2601 183
48. Filippov,Valerij RUS 2600 195
49. Adianto,Utut INA 2600 177
50. Korneev,Oleg RUS 2599 162
51. Milov,Vadim SUI 2598 192
52. Georgadze,George GEO 2598 126
53. Fischer,Robert James USA 2594 197
54. Polgar,Zsuzsa (GM) HUN 2592 176
Tournaments processed for this list
USA Championship groups 1,2, semi-&final
CHN Beijing 3rd THN Cup
CHN Beijing open
DEN Copenhagen open
FRA Narbonne Championship
FRA Albert Korchnoi-Bacrot match
MNC Monaco Piket-Van Wely match
POL Polanica Zdroj Cat.16
RUS Sevastopol Cat.10
RUS Sochi Russia Cup final
NED Tilburg Cat.18
Emmanuel Santos writes that the games and results from the Brazilian Open will be placed on the Belo Horizonte Chess Club Home Page. http://netpage.em.com.br/xadrez/