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1) Introduction
2) Vam Tournament Hoogeveen
3) Visa Nordic Final Grand Prix 1997
4) Dutch Championships Playoff
5) Baburin wins the 6th Monarch Assurance Open
6) Reg Gillman 1928 - 1997
7) Owens Corning Wrexham Wales
8) Cup Russia Grand Prix Final
9) 62nd Spanish Championships 1997
10) First Saturday Tournament October
11) London International GM Tournament
12) Brazil Open
13) News from France
14) Hastings International Chess Congress
Games section
VAM Hoogeveen NED 6 games Open Hoogeveen NED 85 games VISA Nordic Grand Prix 35 games Dutch Championships playoff 1 game Monarch Assurance Open 99 games Owens Corning 30 games Cup Russia 25 games Spanish Championships 184 games London International 20 games Brazil open 70 games
My thanks to Anjo Anjewierden, Anne de Jonge, Dadi Jonsson and his Chess in Iceland page, Chess Assistant, Lost Boys, John Henderson, Alan Rawlings, Derek Jones, Angel Martin and Fdo. Jesús . Boyero, John Saunders, Emmanuel Santos, Stephane Laborde, Stewart Reuben and all those who helped with this issue.
A very busy week with many interesting events. The VAM tournament saw Emil Sutovskij enhance his reputation as an improving player, the VISA Grand Prix heads towards its conclusion in Reykjavic, Jan Timman and Predrag Nikolic play a short match for the Dutch title and numerous other events are in progress. Plenty for people to get their teeth into, in fact a number of other events have been held over until next week due to lack of time.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The first VAM tournament took place in Hoogeveen in the Netherlands. It was a four player double round all-play-all event. 76 year old ex-World Champion Vassily Smyslov was 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.
The event was won by Emil Sutovskij who looks likely to progress further in the near future. The Israeli player beat Judit Polgar in the first half of the event and did not lose a game.
WWW coverage is available at: www page for the event It provides further details on the event.
Round 4 (1997.10.15)
Van Wely, Loek - Sutovskij, Emil 1/2 68 D20 QGA;
Smyslov, Vassily - Polgar, Judit 1/2 35 D03 Queen's pawn
Round 5 (1997.10.16)
Sutovskij, Emil - Smyslov, Vassily 1/2 41 C60 Ruy Lopez
Van Wely, Loek - Polgar, Judit 0-1 30 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 6 (1997.10.17)
Polgar, Judit - Sutovskij, Emil 1/2 36 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Smyslov, Vassily - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 50 B73 Sicilian; Dragon
Hoogeveen NED (NED), X 1997 cat. XIV (2599)
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1 Sutovskij, Emil g ISR 2590 ** 1= 1= == 4.0 2726
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2670 0= ** =1 == 3.0 2575
3 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 0= =0 ** 11 3.0 2580
4 Smyslov, Vassily g RUS 2480 == == 00 ** 2.0 2513
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There was a Swiss system event. Lev Psakhis, Lembit Oll and Ian Rogers finished with 6.5/9
Hoogeveen NED (NED), X 1997
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1 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2565 +17 +20 + 8 + 6 = 3 =12 = 9 = 4 = 2 6.5 /9 2627
2 Oll, Lembit g EST 2645 +24 = 5 = 4 +20 = 9 +23 = 3 +12 = 1 6.5 /9 2577
3 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2570 +21 =12 +33 + 5 = 1 + 4 = 2 = 9 =10 6.5 /9 2626
4 Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2475 +26 +22 = 2 =12 +10 - 3 +15 = 1 = 5 6.0 /9 2567
5 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2445 +23 = 2 + 7 - 3 = 8 +28 =10 +21 = 4 6.0 /9 2545
6 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2605 +28 +11 +10 - 1 -12 - 7 +17 +23 + 9 6.0 /9 2503
7 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2375 =16 +15 - 5 +29 =20 + 6 =12 =10 +17 6.0 /9 2512
8 Ligterink, Gert m NED 2450 +25 +19 - 1 +21 = 5 - 9 +23 =16 +12 6.0 /9 2460
9 Bronstein, David I g RUS 2420 -19 +25 +17 +28 = 2 + 8 = 1 = 3 - 6 5.5 /9 2498
10 Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2540 +14 +13 - 6 +19 - 4 +21 = 5 = 7 = 3 5.5 /9 2468
11 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2430 +18 - 6 -12 +25 -21 +24 =14 +15 +16 5.5 /9 2357
12 Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2405 +27 = 3 +11 = 4 + 6 = 1 = 7 - 2 - 8 5.0 /9 2516
13 Van Haastert, Edwin NED 2345 +32 -10 =23 -15 =29 =19 =20 +26 +22 5.0 /9 2309
14 Van Rijn, Wouter NED 2235 -10 +32 -20 +30 +22 -17 =11 =28 +21 5.0 /9 2290
15 De Vreugt, Dennis NED 2295 =30 - 7 +26 +13 -23 +20 - 4 -11 +28 4.5 /9 2400
16 Remmel, Tim NED ---- = 7 =31 -28 -17 +26 +32 +22 = 8 -11 4.5 /9 2258
17 Vedder, Richard NED 2255 - 1 +34 - 9 +16 =24 +14 - 6 +18 - 7 4.5 /9 2280
18 Tindall, Brett AUS 2190 -11 -28 +32 -22 +30 =29 +19 -17 +20 4.5 /9 2166
19 Jap Tjoen San, Linda NED 2175 + 9 - 8 +22 -10 -28 =13 -18 +29 =23 4.0 /9 2256
20 De Jong, Migchiel NED 2325 +34 - 1 +14 - 2 = 7 -15 =13 +25 -18 4.0 /9 2273
21 Ernst, Sipke NED 2270 - 3 +27 +31 - 8 +11 -10 +28 - 5 -14 4.0 /9 2313
22 De Boer, Sybolt NED 2290 +29 - 4 -19 +18 -14 +25 -16 +24 -13 4.0 /9 2226
23 Ludden, Gert-Jan NED ---- - 5 +24 =13 +33 +15 - 2 - 8 - 6 =19 4.0 /9 2359
24 Vogel, Jaap f NED 2285 - 2 -23 +27 +31 =17 -11 =29 -22 +34 4.0 /9 2256
25 Hofman, Ron NED 2230 - 8 - 9 +34 -11 +31 -22 +27 -20 +32 4.0 /9 2152
26 Bednar, Jaromir SVK 2230 - 4 -29 -15 +34 -16 +31 +32 -13 +30 4.0 /9 2113
27 Pel, Bonno NED 2150 -12 -21 -24 -32 +35 +30 -25 +31 +29 4.0 /9 2020
28 Lanchava, Tea wm NED 2275 - 6 +18 +16 - 9 +19 - 5 -21 =14 -15 3.5 /9 2188
29 Weeks, Manuel AUS ---- -22 +26 =30 - 7 =13 =18 =24 -19 -27 3.0 /9 2114
30 Hendriks, Richard NED ---- =15 -33 =29 -14 -18 -27 +35 +34 -26 3.0 /9 1845
31 Azadmanesh, Moosa NED 2110 =33 =16 -21 -24 -25 -26 +34 -27 +35 3.0 /9 1856
32 Van der Veen, Jan NED ---- -13 -14 -18 +27 =34 -16 -26 +35 -25 2.5 /9 1957
33 Visser, Yge f NED 2380 =31 +30 - 3 -23 . . . . . 1.5 /4 2147
34 Fongers, Joyce NED ---- -20 -17 -25 -26 =32 +35 -31 -30 -24 1.5 /9
35 Bye ---- . . . . -27 -34 -30 -32 -31 0.0 /5
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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. With only three rounds to go Johann Hjartarson and Jonny Hector fight it out for the lead. Aswell as being the conclusion to the VISA Nordic Grand Prix it is also the Nordic Championships. A Category 10 event showing off the strength of Nordic Chess.
Chess in Iceland is covering the event at:News of the event the event has been the most successful in the pages history. Dadi Jonsson has covered Icelandic and Nordic chess for some time and his pages are a model for others to follow. An exciting last few rounds are likely.
Round 6 (1997.10.14)
Hjartarson, Johann - Tisdall, Jonathan D 1/2 63 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Gausel, Einar - Schandorff, Lars 1-0 31 D27 QGA;
Djurhuus, Rune - Hansen, Curt 1-0 36 E41 Nimzo indian
Stefansson, Hannes - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1-0 24 A13 English; 1.c4
Westerinen, Heikki M.J - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1/2 42 C41 Philidor defence
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Akesson, Ralf 0-1 36 E46 Nimzo indian
Nilssen, John Arni - Hector, Jonny 0-1 34 D12 Slav defence
Round 7 (1997.10.15)
Hector, Jonny - Hjartarson, Johann 1/2 65 B48 Sicilian
Schandorff, Lars - Nilssen, John Arni 1-0 68 A81 Dutch defence
Hansen, Curt - Gausel, Einar 1/2 19 C78 Ruy Lopez
Akesson, Ralf - Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 41 E05 Nimzo indian
Tisdall, Jonathan D - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1/2 25 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Westerinen, Heikki M.J 1-0 47 B01 Scandinavian
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Djurhuus, Rune 0-1 30 E61 Kings indian
Round 8 (1997.10.16)
Hjartarson, Johann - Schandorff, Lars 1-0 39 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Gausel, Einar - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1/2 62 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Djurhuus, Rune - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1-0 45 D45 Semi-Slav
Stefansson, Hannes - Westerinen, Heikki M.J 0-1 58 B03 Alekhine defence
Akesson, Ralf - Tisdall, Jonathan D 1-0 40 D48 Meran Variation
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Hector, Jonny 0-1 37 D17 Slav defence
Nilssen, John Arni - Hansen, Curt 0-1 23 A46 Queen's pawn
Round 9 (1997.10.17)
Hector, Jonny - Akesson, Ralf 1-0 41 C16 French; Winawer
Schandorff, Lars - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1-0 30 E73 Kings indian
Hansen, Curt - Hjartarson, Johann 0-1 45 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Tisdall, Jonathan D - Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 18 E17 Nimzo indian
Westerinen, Heikki M.J - Djurhuus, Rune 0-1 43 B50 Sicilian
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Gausel, Einar 0-1 66 B02 Alekhine defence
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Nilssen, John Arni 1-0 27 A80 Dutch defence
Round 10 (1997.10.18)
Hjartarson, Johann - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1-0 37 C41 Philidor defence
Gausel, Einar - Westerinen, Heikki M.J 1-0 73 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Stefansson, Hannes - Djurhuus, Rune 1-0 49 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Akesson, Ralf - Schandorff, Lars 1/2 41 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Tisdall, Jonathan D - Hector, Jonny 0-1 23 D17 Slav defence
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Hansen, Curt 1/2 39 D43 Semi-Slav
Nilssen, John Arni - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1/2 51 A58 Benko gambit
Reykjavic ISL (ISL), X 1997 cat. X (2496)
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1 Hjartarson, Johann g ISL 2605 * = 1 1 . 1 1 = = . . 1 1 1 8.5 2785
2 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2470 = * = . 1 . . 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2778
3 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2540 0 = * 1 . = . = = 1 1 = = . 6.0 2574
4 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2505 0 . 0 * 1 = . = . 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2566
5 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2525 . 0 . 0 * 1 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 . 5.5 2532
6 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2600 0 . = = 0 * 1 . . = 1 = = 1 5.5 2523
7 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2545 0 . . . 1 0 * = = 0 1 1 = 1 5.5 2524
8 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2520 = 0 = = = . = * 1 0 . . 1 = 5.0 2484
9 Tisdall, Jonathan D g NOR 2480 = 0 = . 1 . = 0 * = = . = = 4.5 2452
10 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2410 . 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 = * 0 = . . 3.5 2407
11 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2510 . = 0 = 0 0 0 . = 1 * = . = 3.5 2376
12 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2475 0 0 = = 0 = 0 . . = = * . 1 3.5 2392
13 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2445 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = . . . * 1 3.0 2361
14 Nilssen, John Arni FAI 2315 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 = = . = 0 0 * 1.5 2219
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A four game match between Jan Timman and Predrag Nikolic will settle the title of Dutch Champion. The match is in Rotterdam in the offices of the sponsor, 'Broekhuis Training' coverage at the Lost Boys site. The first game ended in a draw after 58 moves.
http://www.lostcity.nl/chess/nk97/
Timman, Jan H - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 58 A90 Dutch defence
Rotterdam NED (NED), X 1997
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Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2630 = . . . 0.5 2625
Timman, Jan H g NED 2625 = . . . 0.5 2630
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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.
Monarch Assurance Open, Isle of Man. John Henderson reports:
"IT'S THE way I play them", joked Russian-Irish GM Alex Baburin, after his dazzling display in the Monarch Assurance Open, that saw him being crowned the 1997 "Manx Monarch King", as winner of the 6th Monarch Assurance Congress, 4-12 Oct, at The Cherry Orchard Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man.
Leaving nothing to chance, Baburin, dominated from start to finish, winning first prize with a round to spare among a strong international field, more than half of which were GMs and IMs. He blew the field apart, conceding just two draws, scoring 8/9 - a clear two points ahead of his nearest rivals - and in the process, taking home the first prize of 1,800 (sterling).
Now resident in Dublin with his family for over two years, Baburin has declared that he wishes to play under the Irish flag for international tournaments and has made himself available to play in the Irish national squad. Unfortunately, some Irish players objected to Baburin change of allegiance, wishing it to be revoked and that the Irish team should consist of only Irish nationalists - a policy that doesn't square well with the legendary selection process of the former successful Irish football boss Jackie Charlton: "Have you ever drunk Guinness, son?".
In reality, Baburin has proved to be a great asset to the game in Ireland. Not only has he placed the country firmly on the chess map with numerous tournament victories across the globe, he's also proving to be an influential coach to a large number of Irish youngsters, who are benefiting from his vast experience in the game.
Final results
Port Erin Open Isle of Man (ENG), X 1997 1 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2570 8.0 /11 2 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2575 6.0 3 Liss, Eran g ISR 2540 6.0 4 David, Alberto m LUX 2460 5.5 5 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2525 5.5 6 Ledger, Andrew m ENG 2415 5.5 7 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2490 5.5 8 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2665 5.5 9 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2485 5.5 10 Agnos, Dimitri g GRE 2515 5.0 11 Emms, John M g ENG 2530 5.0 12 Kosten, Anthony C g ENG 2530 5.0 13 Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2600 5.0 14 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2440 5.0 15 Donaldson, John W m USA 2430 4.5 16 McLean, John SCO 2120 4.5 17 Rice, Christopher ENG 2095 4.5 18 Thompson, Ian D f ENG 2260 4.5 19 Baum, Bernd f GER 2270 4.0 20 Buckley, Graeme m ENG 2380 4.0 21 Coleman, David ENG 2230 4.0 22 Sindik, Ervin m CRO 2355 4.0 23 Coathup, Roger ENG 2120 3.5 24 Cooper, Lawrence f ENG 2330 3.5 25 Campbell, Eoin SCO 2050 3.0 26 Spanton, Timothy ENG 2065 2.0 27 Benson, Paul J ENG 2010 1.5 28 Maggs, Steven ENG 2085 1.5 29 Nicholson, John IRL 2045 0.5 / 2 30 Sedgwick, David ENG 2125 0.0 / 1
Major - 1 D Sedgwick (Insurance) 6/7; 2 R Almond (Hastings) 5.5; 3-6 M Cutmore, M Kobylka, D Cutmore (all Wood Green) & R Kirkwood (Llandudno) 4.5
Minor - 1 P Cheshire (Earl of Arundel) 4.5/5; 2 D Curtis (Fordsham) 4; 3-4 M Roberts (Radbourke Hall) & A Bloom (Willsden) 3.5.
Reg Gillman † 24.8.1928 - 9.10.1997 a tribute by Alan Rawlings
Reg Gillman died very suddenly on October 9 while out walking. He was 69. Though his family origins were in the Cheltenham area, he regarded himself as a West London man through and through, and during the thirty years that I knew him he lived in the same Hanwell house with his wife Jean. It was here that they brought up their two sons; it was here that his cat Zoë rose to fame in the correspondence chess world. His working life was spent with the railways, not on the line but in the back rooms; when he retired he was manager of the printing operation for a substantial part of our national network.
Reg had been President of the British Postal Chess Federation since 1992, and had previously served the Federation as Treasurer and Secretary, and for many years as International Secretary and ICCF Delegate. As far as I can trace, Reg's involvement with correspondence chess began in 1962 when he joined the National Correspondence Chess Club. Within months he was on the club's committee, and remained on the committee almost without break till his death. When I first joined the club in 1967 he was well-established as editor of Natcor's magazine 'En Passant', and had the happy knack of blending serious chess writing - both opinions and games - with humour.
Reg was also involved for very many years with the British Correspondence Chess Society as editor of their excellent bi-monthly magazine 'Chess Post'. It was in 'Chess Post' that Zoë the cat came to fame as editorial writer, her work supervised in print by a caricature of Reg as some dominant figure from ancient mythology. It's a measure of his success that the print run is now so large that professional editing and distribution seems the only way to emulate his voluntary efforts.
Reg became involved with BPCF soon after its foundation and remained actively involved right up to his death. His biggest influence was on international matters. As British delegate to the International Correspondence Chess Federation and as our representative at many ICCF Congresses he set standards of effectiveness that those following find hard to match. He was Tournament Director for BPCF's first very successful venture into international tournament organisation, the memorial to former BPCF Secretary Bob Potter, and edited the subsequent tournament book (out of print, but obtainable from BPCF). He also served ICCF for several years as Tournament Secretary for the World Championship tournaments, running semi-finals, three-quarter-finals and finals, and was awarded ICCF's International Arbiter title in 1981.
His special interest, though, was in rules. He served ICCF first as a member of the Rules Commission, then as Vice-Chairman and latterly as Chairman. During this time Reg developed what will be his legacy to correspondence chess worldwide: the new Playing Rules that were adopted in 1996. His retirement from this work was marked in 1996 by ICCF by the award of Honorary Membership - a singular accolade that he did not know was coming and left him stuck for words for once - and by BPCF by his election as an Honorary Life Vice-President, a distinction hitherto reserved for Grandmasters.
Reg was a sociable man, but a private man too. He understood the need for effective communication and felt a little handicapped when he first attended ICCF Congresses because the predominant language was then German. His answer to that was to sign up at the Goethe Institute in London for a course in conversational German, and by the time I first went to Congress with him it was sometimes difficult to get him talking English! He made many friends internationally, and there are many 'Reg' stories. I particularly like one told me by Gian-Maria Tani about Reg's final Congress in 1996. He and Gian-Maria were sitting together at the opening banquet, and the conversation turned to food... to pasta. "Yes," said Reg, who knew a bit about cooking, "I like spaghetti. I only cook it for 20 minutes..." to which the reply came from the Italian "So you like eating poster glue?" Reg laughed... and laughed... and laughed....
Reg was not just a correspondence player, though. In earlier years he played over the board for Railways, and in retirement he took advantage of his railway pensioner's travel concession to journey the length and breadth of the country playing in weekend congresses. My daughters still remember meeting him towards the end of one of these, playing a blind man and producing a clever sacrificial attack to win a last round game that only counted for pride. As he grew older Reg was conscious of a loss of sharpness, which he put down to a lack of fitness - as a diabetic, his diet was already well under control. He started walking more, and ironically it was on one of these extended morning walks that his fatal heart attack happened.
Correspondence chess players in Britain and indeed the world over owe a great deal to Reg. We shall miss him.
The 'Reg Gillman Memorial Fund' has been established with the general goal of furthering BPCF activity in international correspondence chess, and it is likely that a memorial tournament will be staged. Any donations should be sent to:
Alan Rawlings
BPCF International Secretary
11 Horwood Close
Headington
Oxford OX3 7RF
The Owens Corning event which is organised by Nigel Davies is underway in Wrexham in North Wales. My thanks to Derek Jones for the games and news. Andrew Kinsman leads after 6 rounds. Further updates day by day on my web pages.
Round 1 (1997.10.14)
Van den Doel, Erik - Jansa, Vlastimil 0-1 35 B46 Sicilian
Nielsen, Tommy - Taimanov, Mark E 1/2 45 B46 Sicilian
Sahu, Sekhar Chandra - Davies, Nigel R 0-1 34 A13 English; 1.c4
Lane, Gary W - Donaldson, John W 1/2 33 B36 Sicilian
Bellin, Robert - Kinsman, Andrew P.H 0-1 29 C05 French; Tarrasch
Round 2 (1997.10.15)
Kinsman, Andrew P.H - Nielsen, Tommy 1-0 51 D00 Queen's pawn
Davies, Nigel R - Van den Doel, Erik 1/2 18 A39 English; 1.c4 c5
Jansa, Vlastimil - Bellin, Robert 1-0 69 C96 Ruy Lopez
Donaldson, John W - Taimanov, Mark E 0-1 55 E11 Bogo indian
Lane, Gary W - Sahu, Sekhar Chandra 0-1 59 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 3 (1997.10.16)
Taimanov, Mark E - Kinsman, Andrew P.H 1/2 13 A06 Reti (1.Nf3)
Van den Doel, Erik - Lane, Gary W 1-0 40 C78 Ruy Lopez
Nielsen, Tommy - Jansa, Vlastimil 1/2 27 B80 Sicilian
Sahu, Sekhar Chandra - Donaldson, John W 0-1 28 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Bellin, Robert - Davies, Nigel R 0-1 39 B54 Sicilian
Round 4 (1997.10.17)
Davies, Nigel R - Nielsen, Tommy 1/2 53 A39 English; 1.c4 c5
Jansa, Vlastimil - Taimanov, Mark E 1/2 50 B40 Sicilian
Donaldson, John W - Kinsman, Andrew P.H 1/2 22 A09 Reti (1.Nf3)
Sahu, Sekhar Chandra - Van den Doel, Erik 1/2 66 B53 Sicilian
Lane, Gary W - Bellin, Robert 1/2 31 B56 Sicilian
Round 5 (1997.10.18)
Kinsman, Andrew P.H - Jansa, Vlastimil 1-0 55 C41 Philidor defence
Taimanov, Mark E - Davies, Nigel R 1/2 31 B07 Pirc
Van den Doel, Erik - Donaldson, John W 1-0 78 B31 Sicilian
Nielsen, Tommy - Lane, Gary W 1/2 30 C47 Four knights
Bellin, Robert - Sahu, Sekhar Chandra 1/2 38 B30 Sicilian
Round 6 (1997.10.19)
Davies, Nigel R - Kinsman, Andrew P.H 1/2 41 D75 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Van den Doel, Erik - Bellin, Robert 1-0 30 B60 Sicilian
Donaldson, John W - Jansa, Vlastimil 1/2 16 E62 Kings indian
Sahu, Sekhar Chandra - Nielsen, Tommy 1/2 55 B01 Scandinavian
Lane, Gary W - Taimanov, Mark E 0-1 32 B47 Sicilian
Wrexham WLS (WLS), X 1997 cat. VII (2401)
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1 Kinsman, Andrew P.H m ENG 2395 * = = . 1 1 = . . 1 4.5 2603
2 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2425 = * = . = = 1 . 1 . 4.0 2534
3 Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2505 = = * = . = . 1 . 1 4.0 2486
4 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2440 . . = * 0 . 1 = 1 1 4.0 2545
5 Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2480 0 = . 1 * = = . . 1 3.5 2442
6 Nielsen, Tommy DEN 2225 0 = = . = * . = = . 2.5 2361
7 Donaldson, John W m USA 2430 = 0 . 0 = . * 1 = . 2.5 2350
8 Sahu, Sekhar Chandra m IND 2285 . . 0 = . = 0 * 1 = 2.5 2346
9 Lane, Gary W m ENG 2420 . 0 . 0 . = = 0 * = 1.5 2174
10 Bellin, Robert m ENG 2400 0 . 0 0 0 . . = = * 1.0 2147
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The final event of the Cup Russia Grand Prix was an all play all event of 12 qualifiers from the Swiss events. A closely matched event saw ELO favourite Vladimir Malaniuk take first place by half a point from Valery Filippov and Andrei Kharitonov.
My thanks to ChessAssistant (Konstantin Kodinets) for a selection of games and results.
Russian Page (also ChessAssistant Page
Sochi RUS (RUS), IX 1997 cat. XIII (2565)
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1 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2615 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = = = 7.5 2693
2 Kharitonov, Andrei Y g RUS 2540 = * = = 1 0 = 1 1 0 = 1 6.5 2631
3 Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2535 0 = * 0 = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2632
4 Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2500 = = 1 * = 1 = 0 0 1 = = 6.0 2606
5 Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2660 = 0 = = * 1 = 0 = 1 = = 5.5 2555
6 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2610 0 1 1 0 0 * = = = 1 = = 5.5 2560
7 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2540 = = 0 = = = * = 1 0 = = 5.0 2530
8 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav m RUS 2480 0 0 0 1 1 = = * 0 = 1 = 5.0 2536
9 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2600 0 0 0 1 = = 0 1 * 1 = = 5.0 2525
10 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2585 = 1 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 * = = 4.5 2497
11 Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2530 = = 0 = = = = 0 = = * = 4.5 2502
12 Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2580 = 0 0 = = = = = = = = * 4.5 2498
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Pablo San Segundo won the 1997 Spanish Championships which were played in Torrevieja (Alicante) 29th Sept - 6th Oct 1997. Segundo took 1.000.000 pesetas ($6.700) Magem took 500.000 pesetas ($3.350)
My thanks to Angel Martin and Fdo. Jesús . Boyero (JAQUEXXI, net64.es) for news of this event.
Torrevieja ESP (ESP), IX-X 1997 1 San Segundo, Pablo g ESP 2495 7.5 2 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2550 7.0 55.5 3 Comas Fabrego, Luis m ESP 2475 7.0 51.5 4 Romero Holmes, Alfonso g ESP 2465 7.0 51.5 5 Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2450 7.0 50 6 Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario m ESP 2490 7.0 48 7 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis ESP 2470 7.0 47 8 Sanz Alonso, Francisco J m ESP 2425 7.0 45 9 Garcia Ilundain, David g ESP 2495 6.5 53.5 10 De la Riva, Oscar m ESP 2460 6.5 52.5 11 Gonzalez Velez, Fermin ESP 2395 6.5 12 Moreno Ruiz, Javier f ESP 2375 6.5 13 Del Rio, Salvador Gabriel ESP 2375 6.5 14 Izeta Txabarri, Felix g ESP 2525 6.0 15 Mellado, Juan m ESP 2430 6.0 16 Bernal Moro, Luis Javier m ESP 2430 6.0 17 Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2430 6.0 18 Sanchez Guirado, Francisco m ESP 2380 6.0 19 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2485 5.5 20 Garbisu, Unai ESP 2380 5.5 21 Gamundi, Antonio m ESP 2455 5.5 22 Brito, Alfredo m ESP 2405 5.5 154 Players
Laszlo Nagy sends news and games from the October First Saturday Tournament.
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/
which includes the latest issue of his newsletter about Hungarian events.
The First Saturday tournament in October was won by Feliz Levin of the Ukraine. The winner made a GM norm by scoring 10 points from 13. 39 year old Levin was the long time coach of Vassily Ivanchuk and now lives in Sschwerin in Germany. This is his third and final norm.
In the IM event 39 year old fm Lenar Murzin scored his 2nd IM norm. He is from Tatarstan in Russia.
Further coverage and games in the next couple of weeks.
Round 9 (1997.10.13)
Waitzkin, Joshua - Levin, Felix 0-1
Mikhalevski, Alexander - Cao, Sang 1/2
Stocek, Jiri - Gorbatow, Alexej 1-0
Afek, Yochanan - Ashley, Maurice 0-1
Lengyel, Levente - Hoang Thang Trang 1/2
Held, Markus - Bilek, Istvan 1/2
Vadasz, Laszlo - Kogan, Artur 0-1
Round 10 (1997.10.14)
Levin, Felix - Mikhalevski, Alexander 1-0
Kogan, Artur - Lengyel, Levente 1/2
Ashley, Maurice - Vadasz, Laszlo 1-0
Gorbatow, Alexej - Hoang Thang Trang 1-0
Stocek, Jiri - Held, Markus 1-0
Cao, Sang - Afek, Yochanan 1-0
Bilek, Istvan - Waitzkin, Joshua 1-0
Round 11 (1997.10.15)
Waitzkin, Joshua - Stocek, Jiri 1-0
Hoang Thang Trang - Kogan, Artur 1/2
Mikhalevski, Alexander - Bilek, Istvan 1-0
Afek, Yochanan - Levin, Felix 1/2
Lengyel, Levente - Ashley, Maurice 0-1
Held, Markus - Gorbatow, Alexej 0-1
Vadasz, Laszlo - Cao, Sang 0-1
Round 12 (1997.10.16)
Levin, Felix - Vadasz, Laszlo 1-0
Ashley, Maurice - Hoang Thang Trang 0-1
Gorbatow, Alexej - Kogan, Artur 1/2
Stocek, Jiri - Mikhalevski, Alexander 1/2
Cao, Sang - Lengyel, Levente 1-0
Bilek, Istvan - Afek, Yochanan 1/2
Held, Markus - Waitzkin, Joshua 0-1
Round 13 (1997.10.17)
Waitzkin, Joshua - Gorbatow, Alexej 1/2
Hoang Thang Trang - Cao, Sang 1/2
Kogan, Artur - Ashley, Maurice 1-0
Mikhalevski, Alexander - Held, Markus 1-0
Afek, Yochanan - Stocek, Jiri 1/2
Lengyel, Levente - Levin, Felix 1/2
Vadasz, Laszlo - Bilek, Istvan 1/2
Budapest HUN (HUN), X 1997 cat. VII (2414)
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1 Levin, Felix m UKR 2475 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 = = 1 1 10.0 2620
2 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2435 0 * = 1 = = = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 8.5 2522
3 Hoang Thang Trang m VIE 2350 = = * = 1 0 = 1 = = = = 1 1 8.0 2506
4 Kogan, Artur m ISR 2500 0 0 = * 1 = 1 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 8.0 2494
5 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2445 = = 0 0 * 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2498
6 Gorbatow, Alexej m RUS 2420 0 = 1 = 0 * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2500
7 Mikhalevski, Alexander m ISR 2470 0 = = 0 1 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2467
8 Stocek, Jiri m CZE 2470 1 0 0 0 1 1 = * 0 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2439
9 Cao, Sang m VIE 2515 0 = = 0 0 = = 1 * = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2435
10 Bilek, Istvan g HUN 2370 0 1 = = 0 = 0 1 = * = = = = 6.0 2388
11 Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2380 = 0 = 1 0 0 = = 0 = * = 1 = 5.5 2359
12 Lengyel, Levente g HUN 2335 = 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 = = * = = 3.5 2245
13 Held, Markus GER 2315 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * = 2.0 2125
14 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2320 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = * 2.0 2125
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Adam Raoof has organised three tournaments in London. A GM, IM and rating event. Adam has just been awarded the title of FIDE International organizer a much deserved award for someone who has, since June 1996 organised: 7 IM norm tournaments (1 cat 3, 5 cat 4 and 1 cat 6) 1 GM tournament (cat 10) 2 Challenge Matches 1 team event (London vs Beijing) 2 swisses and 4 FIDE rating tournaments. Great stuff.
The current series of events in London take place October 18th-24th at the University College School, Frognal, Hampstead NW3.
There is full coverage on the 4 Nations Chess League pages edited by John Saunders.
http://www.cableinet.co.uk/users/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
After 4 rounds in the GM event.
London ENG (ENG), X 1997 cat. X (2479)
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1 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2455 * = = . = 1 . . . . 2.5 2590
2 Shaked, Tal m USA 2500 = * . 1 = . . = . . 2.5 2546
3 Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2600 = . * . 1 . . . = = 2.5 2555
4 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2490 . 0 . * . = 1 . . 1 2.5 2558
5 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2435 = = 0 . * . . 1 . . 2.0 2495
6 Turner, Matthew m ENG 2445 0 . . = . * . = 1 . 2.0 2475
7 McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2490 . . . 0 . . * = = 1 2.0 2466
8 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2425 . = . . 0 = = * . . 1.5 2380
9 Wells, Peter K g ENG 2530 . . = . . 0 = . * = 1.5 2401
10 Dunnington, Angus J m ENG 2420 . . = 0 . . 0 . = * 1.0 2334
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Emmanuel Santos sends the games and results from the Brazilian Open covered on the Belo Horizonte Chess Club Home Page. http://netpage.em.com.br/xadrez/
The 7 round Swiss event was finished in a 5 way tie with Everaldo Matsuura first on tie-break from favourite Giovanni Vescovi.
Brazil Open -Pouso Alegre- 02 to 05 october 1997
1. 3 Everaldo Matsuura 2390 MI 6.0
1 Giovanni Vescovi 2480 MI 6.0
4 Edson Tsuboi 2345 MF 6.0
2 Mauro Guimaraes de Souza 2405 MI 6.0
12 Wellington Rocha 2290 6.0
6. 7 Gerardo Lebredo 2320 MI 5.5
9 Alexandru Segal 2310 MI 5.5
14 Haroldo Cunha 2270 5.5
17 Leomar Borges 2255 5.5
10 Sadi Dumont 2305 MF 5.5
26 Francisco dos Santos 2165 5.5
12. 23 Andre Cajal 2180 5.0
5 Hilton Rios 2340 5.0
15 Wellington de Souza 2265 5.0
11 Adriano Rodrigues 2300 5.0
43 Eduardo Capatti 5.0
21 Silvio Cunha Pereira 2235 5.0
29 Joao Carlos Dianda 2110 5.0
40 Stefan Morgado Dias 5.0
13 Rodrigo Fernandez 2275 5.0
20 Emmanuel dos Santos 2250 5.0
38 Francisco Majer 5.0
27 Carlos de Carvalho 2135 5.0
19 Dirk Van Riemsdijk 2255 5.0
52 Joao Vitor leal 5.0
173 players
Stephane Laborde reports on a number of recent French events including a Karpov simultaneous exhibition event, and of recent wins of 15 year old Fressinet on his www page:
http://www.worldnet.net/Activ-Echecs
The Hastings Premier will run from December 29th 1997 - January 7th 1998. The list of participants has been finalised.
Mark Hebden (ENG), John Nunn (ENG), Eduardas Rozentalis (LIT) [1st = in the last premier] Igor Rausis(LAT), Jim Plaskett (ENG) [Winner and runner up in the last Challengers], Matthew Sadler (ENG), Vladislav Tkachiev (KAZ) [Sadler, Tkachiev and Rozentalis are all playing in the FIDE World Knockout Championships and their participation is dependent on them not reaching the final stages of those championships.], Chris Ward (ENG), Eloi Relange (FRA) and Luke McShane (ENG). Category 13 GM Norm 5/9.
The Hastings Challengers and World Amateur Championships run December 29th 1997 - 8th January 1998 and will be held in the Hastings YMCA. Also additional shorter events including the Hastings open 9th-11th January 1998.
Details Con Power 418 Harold Road, Hastings TN35 5HG. Tel/Fax: 44-(0)1424 431 970
E-Mail Stewart Reuben 106677.1465@compuserve.com