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1) Introduction
2) 4th World Team Championships
3) Hungarian Superchampionships
4) Visa Nordic Final Grand Prix 1997
5) Hellir International, Reykjavic
6) Predrag Nikolic wins the Dutch Championships Playoff
7) Owens Corning Wrexham Wales
8) London International GM Tournament
9) 3rd Loures International Tournament
10) 15th WMCCC Championships Paris
11) News from Germany
12) COPA ITAÚ MERCOSUL
13) World Senior Championships
Games section
4th World Team Ch 60 ch-HUN Budapest 10 VISA ch-Nordic 21 Hellir Reykjavic 48 ch-NED playoff 3 Owens Corning 15 London GM 25 London Norm event 54 3rd Loures Tournament 36 4th Wichern Open 217 Bayer Open Leverkusen 108 Copa Itau Mercosul 174
My thanks to TASC, Dadi Jonsson and his Chess in Iceland page, Lost Boys, IM Gyula Feher, Janos Tompa, John Saunders, Zoltan Blazsik, Istvan Horvath, Laszlo Nagy, Derek Jones, Luis Santos, Chess in Portugal, Gerald Schendel, Rolf Sander, Thorsten Heedt, Antonio Bento, Gerhard Hund and all those who helped with this issue.
Apologies first for the late arrival of twic this week (although some might pick it up via ftp early) a major systems crash caused the www site to be down a few days. Some exciting chess at the World team Championships were the highlight of the week. Elsewhere there has been much of interest also.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The World Team Championships tries to bring together the best teams from the different continents. Its actually a very difficult event to qualify for with the Olympiad and various regional competitions providing the different teams. This does mean that some good teams do miss out, nevertheless there are many strong players here.
The favourites will be Russia, although without Kasparov, Karpov or Kramnik they are not as strong as they could be. Nevertheless their strength in depth is impressive. The US, England, Ukraine all ought to be in the shakeup at the end. Of interest in the early rounds were the two games of Peter Svidler and the play of Vassily Ivanchuk.
The early rounds suggest that the competition could be close. Russia were held by both Armenia and Switzerland, and the US and England are very close too. There is much to look forward to next week.
Internet coverage is live and the event can be followed round by round at: http://www.tasc.nl/lucerne97
Round 1. 25 October 1997 Croatia - England 1.0 - 3.0 Lalic,B - Short,N 1/2 Adams,M - Kozul,Z 1-0 Palac,M - Sadler,M 0-1 Speelman,J - Cvitan,O 1/2 Armenia - Switzerland 2.5 - 1.5 Akopian,V - Korchnoi,V 1/2 Gallagher,J - Lputian,S 0-1 Minasian,A - Pelletier,Y 1/2 Hug,W - Anastasian,A 1/2 USA - Ukraine 2.5 - 1.5 Yermolinsky,A - Ivanchuk,V 1/2 Onischuk,A - de Firmian,N 1/2 Kaidanov,G - Malaniuk,V 1-0 Romanishin,O - Christiansen,L 1/2 Georgia - Kazakhstan 2.5 - 1.5 Chiburdanidze,M - Kotsur,P 1-0 Irzhanov,R - Ioseliani,N 1/2 Arakhamia,K - Kazgalyev,M 1/2 Temirbaev,S - Gurieli,N 1/2 Cuba - Russia - 0.5 - 3.5 Arencibia,W - Bareev,E 0-1 Svidler,P - Rodriguez,A 1-0 Nogueiras,J - Khalifman,A 1/2 Rublevsky,S - Becerra,J 1-0 Round 2 Kazakhstan - Cuba 2.5 - 1.5 Kotsur,P (KAZ) - Arencibia,W (CUB) 1/2 Rodrigues (CUB) - Irzhanov,R (KAZ) 1/2 Kazgalyev,M (KAZ) - Becerra,J (CUB) 1-0 Borges,J (CUB) - Temirbaev,S (KAZ) 1/2 England - Switzerland 2.5 - 1.5 Short,N (ENG) - Korchnoi,V (SUI) 1/2 Pelletier,Y (SUI) - Adams,M (ENG) 1/2 Sadler,M (ENG) - Forster,R (SUI) 1-0 Ekstroem,R (SUI) - Speelman,J (ENG) 1/2 Russia - Armenia 2.0 - 2.0 Svidler,P (RUS) - Akopian,V (ARM) 1/2 Vaganian,R (ARM) - Khalifman,A (RUS) 1/2 Rublevsky,S (RUS) - Lputian,S (ARM) 1/2 Anastasian,A (ARM) - Dreev,A (RUS) 1/2 Ukraine - Georgia 3.5 - 0.5 Ivanchuk,V (UKR) - Chiburdanidze,M 1-0 Ioseliani,N (GEO) - Onischuk,A (UKR) 0-1 Savchenko,S (UKR) - Arakhamia,K (GEO) 1-0 Gurieli,N (GEO) - Novikov,I (UKR) 1/2 Croatia - USA 2.0 - 2.0 Lalic,B (CRO) - Yermolinsky,A (USA) 1/2 Benjamin,J (USA) - Kozul,Z (CRO) 0-1 Cvitan,O (CRO) - Gulko,B (USA) 1/2 Christiansen,L (USA)- Dizdar,G (CRO) 1-0 Round 3 Cuba - Ukraine 2.0-2.0 Arencibia,W (CUB) - Ivanchuk,V (UKR) 0-1 Malaniuk,V (UKR) - Rodriguez,A (CUB) 1/2 Nogueiras,J (CUB) - Romanishin,O (UKR) 1/2 Novikov,I (UKR) - Borges,J (CUB) 0-1 Switzerland - Russia 2.0-2.0 Korchnoi,V (SUI) - Bareev,E (RUS) 1/2 Khalifman,A (RUS) - Gallagher,J (SUI) 1/2 Pelletier,Y (SUI) - Rublevsky,S (RUS) 1-0 Zvjagintsev,V (RUS) - Ekstroem,R (SUI) 1-0 USA - England 2.5-1.5 Yermolinsky,A (USA) - Short,N (ENG) 1/2 Adams,M (ENG) - Benjaminn (USA) 1-0 Gulko,B (USA) - Sadler,M (ENG) 1-0 Hodgson,J (ENG) - Kaidanov,G (USA) 0-1 Georgia - Croatia 2.5-1.5 Chiburdanidze,M - Lalic,B (CRO) 1/2 Kozul,Z (CRO) - Ioseliani,N (GEO) 1/2 Arakhamia,K (GEO) - Palac,M (CRO) 1-0 Cvitan,O (CRO) - Gurieli,N (GEO) 1/2 Armenia - Kazakhstan 2.0-2.0 Akopian,V (ARM) - Kotsur,P (KAZ) 1-0 Irzhanov,R (KAZ) - Vaganian,R (ARM) 1-0 Lputian,S (ARM) - Kazgalyev,M (KAZ) 1/2 Temirbaev,S (KAZ) - Khachian,,M (ARM) 1/2
Budapest is the venue of the Hungarian Chess "super Championships". The first three rounds saw all the games were drawn except for the games of Lajos Portisch in rounds one and two. In round 4 there were two decisive games where favourites Almasi and Leko both won. These games have now been cancelled following Portisch's withdrawal from the event. His complaint (and by all accounts a justified one) is that there was a lot of noise from a nearby restaurant which started around the time of the first time control. Whilst it seems he was outplayed in the game against Leko, he believes he wrecked a winning position in the second game due to the noise. Portisch was justified in his complaint in some ways but his withdrawal seems precipitate before the organisers had chance to try and solve the problem. My thanks to IM Gyula Feher and Janos Tompa for the games and Zoltan Blazsik, Istvan Horvath and Laszlo Nagy for their help.
Janos Tompa who works for the Hungarian Chess Federation as a supervisor and trainer sends news of the Hungarian Super Championships. This year's Championships were called the super-championships because only the best rated players were invited. The last such Championships were organised in 1991 and was won by Judit Polgar in a performance that earned her the GM title. This year she was also invited but declined the invitation.
The main sponsors of the event are HUNGAROPHARMA Medicament Commercial Company and the Hotel HILTON Budapest which is the venue of the event as well. The prize fund is 4 million Hungarian Forints (appr. 20250 US Dollars) and the 1st prize is 1,25 million Hungarian Forints. The tournament started on the 21st October as a six player double round all-play-all tournament which will finish on 31st October.
In the first round Leko won against Portisch in an attractive positional game. Portisch chose a risky variation of the Sicilian and was met by a very strong new answer 12.Bc4 after that White had a clear advantage all game. Sax has got a pawn in the opening from Chernin, but later Chernin's counterplay was enough to complicate the position and the opponents agreed draw. Almasi tried to beat Pinter, but Black's Spanish was defendable.
The second round ended in a very unpleasant manner. Portisch, for the first time in his life, withdrew from the tournament. He had a very good position against Pinter but after the first time control he made some dubious moves which caused difficulties. He did not want to play for draw and Pinter's counterplay was successful. At the end Portisch blundered a rook and resigned. After having finished the game he declared his withdrawal. He explained his mistakes were due to the music which could be heard inside from the neighbouring restaurant. Telling the truth the troubling noise started just after the first time control. The organizers had no possibility to change the circumstances at that moment because the restaurant does not belong to the Hotel HILTON. The other games in the second round were relatively short draws although Leko played the sharp Keres Attack against Sax's Scheveningen. The results of Portisch were deleted of course and somebody will have a bye in each subsequent round.
The third round began with two games only and both ended draw. Almasi had great chances to beat Leko but he missed 21. b3 which conservates his good position with a pawn up. In a little time pressure Almasi blundered 24...Rg4. He was very disappointed and agreed draw.
The fourth round was very combative. Pinter played a bad variation and Leko won a brilliant endgame. Almasi was very agressive even with Black in his game against Sax. Sax thought too long in the opening and when he started to attack his opponent's King his sacrifice was not correct.
In the last round of the first part of the championship the players played two draws. The Chernin-Leko was an interesting Grunfeld maybe some novelties for the theory. Nobody knows who had better position when Leko proposed draw and Chernin accepted. The other game was draw as well between Pinter and Sax. Maybe Sax had a more comfortable game but he had only 19 minutes for the remaining moves.
Last update 25/10/97
Round 1 (1997.10.21)
Almasi, Zoltan - Pinter, Jozsef 1/2 28 C92 Ruy Lopez
Sax, Gyula - Chernin, Alexander 1/2 27 B42 Sicilian
[Leko, Peter - Portisch, Lajos 1-0]
Round 2 (1997.10.22)
Leko, Peter - Sax, Gyula 1/2 17 B81 Sicilian
Chernin, Alexander - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 17 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
[Portisch, Lajos - Pinter, Jozsef 0-1]
Round 3 (1997.10.23)
Almasi, Zoltan - Leko, Peter 1/2 25 B96 Sicilian; Najdorf
Pinter, Jozsef - Chernin, Alexander 1/2 21 D27 QGA;
Round 4 (1997.10.24)
Leko, Peter - Pinter, Jozsef 1-0 42 C92 Ruy Lopez
Sax, Gyula - Almasi, Zoltan 0-1 39 C77 Ruy Lopez
Round 5 (1997.10.25)
Chernin, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 20 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Pinter, Jozsef - Sax, Gyula 1/2 21 E12 Queens Indian
Budapest HUN (HUN), X 1997 cat. XV (2610)
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1 2 3 4 5
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1 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2615 ** =. =. =. 1. 2.5 2703
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2635 =. ** =. 1. =. 2.5 2698
3 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2640 =. =. ** =. =. 2.0 2602
4 Pinter, Jozsef g HUN 2590 =. 0. =. ** =. 1.5 2528
5 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2570 0. =. =. =. ** 1.5 2533
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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. The event was won by Johann Hjartarson who outlasted Jonny Hector to take the title. Hjartarson was undefeated and scored very heavily, not just against the tail enders either. Hector who has a violent chess style, at least in the past only came unstuck in the final round when he needed a win to catch Hjartarson, nevertheless this is one of his very best results. 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: http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html 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 11 (1997.10.20)
Hector, Jonny - Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 31 C47 Four knights
Hansen, Curt - Akesson, Ralf 1-0 42 B83 Sicilian
Schandorff, Lars - Tisdall, Jonathan D 1-0 34 D48 Meran Variation
Djurhuus, Rune - Gausel, Einar 0-1 45 D47 Semi-Slav
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Hjartarson, Johann 1/2 40 B06 Modern defence
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1-0 42 E76 Kings indian
Westerinen, Heikki M.J - Nilssen, John Arni 1/2 59 B32 Sicilian
Round 12 (1997.10.21)
Hjartarson, Johann - Westerinen, Heikki M.J 1-0 41 B03 Alekhine defence
Hector, Jonny - Schandorff, Lars 1/2 42 B30 Sicilian
Stefansson, Hannes - Gausel, Einar 1-0 46 C10 French
Akesson, Ralf - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1-0 40 D10 Slav defence
Tisdall, Jonathan D - Hansen, Curt 0-1 46 A46 Queen's pawn
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Thorhallsson, Throstur 0-1 36 D43 Semi-Slav
Nilssen, John Arni - Djurhuus, Rune 0-1 38 A00 Irregular
Round 13 (1997.10.22)
Hansen, Curt - Hector, Jonny 1-0 44 C88 Ruy Lopez
Schandorff, Lars - Stefansson, Hannes 1-0 49 E32 Nimzo indian
Gausel, Einar - Nilssen, John Arni 1/2 125 A87 Dutch defence
Djurhuus, Rune - Hjartarson, Johann 1/2 8 A45 Queen's pawn
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Akesson, Ralf 1/2 6 B48 Sicilian
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Tisdall, Jonathan D 1/2 12 D93 Gruenfeld indian
Westerinen, Heikki M.J - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1/2 28 B07 Pirc
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 1 10.5 2738
2 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2470 = * 0 = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2673
3 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2600 0 1 * = = 1 0 1 1 1 = = = 1 8.5 2598
4 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2505 0 = = * 0 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2605
5 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2540 0 = = 1 * 0 1 = 1 = = 1 = = 7.5 2549
6 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2545 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 = 1 0 = 1 7.0 2521
7 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2525 = 0 1 0 0 0 * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2522
8 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2520 = 0 0 = = = = * = 1 1 0 1 = 6.5 2494
9 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2510 = = 0 = 0 0 0 = * = = 1 1 = 5.5 2438
10 Tisdall, Jonathan D g NOR 2480 = 0 0 0 = = 1 0 = * = = = = 5.0 2410
11 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2475 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = = * = 1 1 5.0 2410
12 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2410 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 0 = = * = = 4.5 2392
13 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2445 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 3.5 2325
14 Nilssen, John Arni FAI 2315 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 * 2.5 2259
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Following on directly from the Nordic Grand Prix event was the Hellir International in Reykjavic.
After three rounds Ludger Keitlinghaus and Jonny Hector lead with 3/3, the latter continuing his excellent form from the Grand Prix.
Chess in Iceland is covering the event at: http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html
Reykjavic ICL (ICL), X-XI 1997
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Keitlinghaus, Ludger m GER 2525 +23 +13 +10 . . . . . . 3.0
2 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2470 +29 +24 + 6 . . . . . . 3.0
3 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2475 +19 +11 = 5 . . . . . . 2.5 2568
4 Bezold, Michael m GER 2490 +21 = 9 +16 . . . . . . 2.5 2643
5 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2410 +26 +20 = 3 . . . . . . 2.5 2483
6 Kristjansson, Stefan ISL ---- +14 +15 - 2 . . . . . . 2.0 2538
7 Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2505 =17 +18 = 9 . . . . . . 2.0 2405
8 Halldorsson, Bragi ISL 2270 +12 -10 +22 . . . . . . 2.0 2613
9 Engqvist, Thomas m SWE 2355 +30 = 4 = 7 . . . . . . 2.0 2497
10 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2455 +31 + 8 - 1 . . . . . . 2.0 2428
11 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor ISL 2315 +25 - 3 +20 . . . . . . 2.0 2290
12 Hickl, Joerg g GER 2565 - 8 +31 +24 . . . . . . 2.0 2355
13 Vidarsson, Jon G f ISL 2380 +27 - 1 +19 . . . . . . 2.0 2342
14 Schmidt-Schaeffer, Sebastian GER 2365 - 6 +32 +21 . . . . . . 2.0
15 Wilhelmi, Christian m GER 2405 +32 - 6 +23 . . . . . . 2.0
16 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2545 =18 +17 - 4 . . . . . . 1.5 2325
17 Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr ISL 2220 = 7 -16 +28 . . . . . . 1.5 2332
18 Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2265 =16 - 7 +29 . . . . . . 1.5 2393
19 Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2160 - 3 +25 -13 . . . . . . 1.0
20 Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2105 +22 - 5 -11 . . . . . . 1.0 2265
21 Edvardsson, Kristjan ISL 2210 - 4 +30 -14 . . . . . . 1.0
22 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2445 -20 +26 - 8 . . . . . . 1.0
23 Jensson, Einar Hjalti ISL 2225 - 1 +27 -15 . . . . . . 1.0
24 Karason, Askell O ISL 2305 +28 - 2 -12 . . . . . . 1.0
25 Steindorsson,S ---- -11 -19 +32 . . . . . . 1.0 2058
26 Fredericia,Lousie ---- - 5 -22 =30 . . . . . . 0.5
27 Gretarsdottir,G ---- -13 -23 =31 . . . . . . 0.5 1967
28 Ingibergsson,Valgard ---- -24 =29 -17 . . . . . . 0.5 1945
29 Kjartansson, David ISL 2130 - 2 =28 -18 . . . . . . 0.5
30 Kjartansson,Olafur ---- - 9 -21 =26 . . . . . . 0.5
31 Ragnarsson, Johann ISL 2115 -10 -12 =27 . . . . . . 0.5
32 Mayers, Dan E USA 2075 -15 -14 -25 . . . . . . 0.0
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A four game match between Jan Timman and Predrag Nikolic ended with victory for Nikolic. The Bosnian from Sarajevo now lives in the Netherlands. The match was pretty close with game 3 being the only decisive game. Indeed at one stage it looked like Timman might win this game, but in time trouble he lost the thread. The match was in Rotterdam in the offices of the sponsor, 'Broekhuis Training' coverage was at the Lost Boys site.
http://www.lostcity.nl/chess/nk97/
Timman, Jan H - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 58 A90 Dutch defence
Nikolic, Predrag - Timman, Jan H 1/2 39 D93 Gruenfeld indian
Timman, Jan H - Nikolic, Predrag 0-1 39 A80 Dutch defence
Nikolic, Predrag - Timman, Jan H 1/2 27 D78 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Rotterdam NED (NED), X 1997
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Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2630 = = 1 = 2.5 2720
Timman, Jan H g NED 2625 = = 0 = 1.5 2543
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The Owens Corning event organised by Nigel Davies finished in Wrexham in North Wales last week. My thanks to Derek Jones for the games and news. Andrew Kinsman lead all the way and won the event by half a point from veteran Mark Taimanov who was also very impressive, I believe that Kinsman also scored a GM norm.
Round 7 (1997.10.20)
Kinsman, Andrew P.H - Lane, Gary W 1-0 21 D24 QGA;
Taimanov, Mark E - Sahu, Sekhar Chandra 1-0 62 A41 Queen's pawn
Jansa, Vlastimil - Davies, Nigel R 1/2 52 B40 Sicilian
Nielsen, Tommy - Van den Doel, Erik 0-1 35 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Bellin, Robert - Donaldson, John W 1/2 15 B36 Sicilian
Round 8 (1997.10.21)
Van den Doel, Erik - Taimanov, Mark E 0-1 47 B30 Sicilian
Donaldson, John W - Davies, Nigel R 1/2 14 E15 Nimzo indian
Lane, Gary W - Jansa, Vlastimil 1-0 57 B46 Sicilian
Bellin, Robert - Nielsen, Tommy 1/2 21 C81 Ruy Lopez
Sahu, Sekhar Chandra - Kinsman, Andrew P.H 0-1 38 B40 Sicilian
Round 9 (1997.10.22)
Kinsman, Andrew P.H - Van den Doel, Erik 1/2 44 E73 Kings indian
Taimanov, Mark E - Bellin, Robert 1/2 16 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Davies, Nigel R - Lane, Gary W 1/2 40 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Jansa, Vlastimil - Sahu, Sekhar Chandra 1-0 28 C67 Ruy Lopez
Nielsen, Tommy - Donaldson, John W 0-1 38 B38 Sicilian
Wrexham WLS (WLS), X 1997 cat. VII (2401)
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1 Kinsman, Andrew P.H m ENG 2395 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2621
2 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2425 = * = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2563
3 Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2505 = = * = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2468
4 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2440 = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 = 5.5 2476
5 Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2480 0 = = 1 * = 0 = 1 1 5.0 2434
6 Donaldson, John W m USA 2430 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2397
7 Lane, Gary W m ENG 2420 0 0 = 0 1 = * = = 0 3.0 2273
8 Nielsen, Tommy DEN 2225 0 = = 0 = 0 = * = = 3.0 2295
9 Bellin, Robert m ENG 2400 0 = 0 0 0 = = = * = 2.5 2234
10 Sahu, Sekhar Chandra m IND 2285 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = = * 2.5 2247
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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.
The event was won by Jonathan Rowson who also scored a GM norm. In joint second were GM Neil McDonald and young British star Luke McShane. Although Luke McShane missed the GM norm by half a point he is clearly improving as a player and the GM title isn't too far off.
There was a second event which was run under the Schiller System whose main point is to establish rating performances and norms. The highest point-scorer was Poland's Krystzof Panczyk who put in a most calm and assured performance. Richard Bates was also unbeaten and easily achieved his goal of boosting his grade past the 2400 figure. He already has a sufficiency of IM norms, but achieved another one anyway. Eirik Gullaksen of Norway also achieved an IM norm, with some comfort, though he lost in the penultimate round. Canada's Jonathan Berry fell short of a norm by one point, and may have rued the miss of a clear win towards the end of his epic against Miroslav Houska. (John Saunders from the 4NCL page.)
There was full coverage on the 4 Nations Chess League pages edited by John Saunders.
http://www.cableinet.co.uk/users/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
Final results in the GM event.
London ENG (ENG), X 1997 cat. X (2479)
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1 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2490 * 1 1 = 0 = = = 1 1 6.0 2602
2 McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2490 0 * 1 = 1 0 1 = = 1 5.5 2557
3 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2455 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2561
4 Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2600 = = = * = 1 1 = 0 = 5.0 2508
5 Shaked, Tal m USA 2500 1 0 = = * = = = = = 4.5 2476
6 Turner, Matthew m ENG 2445 = 1 0 0 = * = 1 = = 4.5 2482
7 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2435 = 0 = 0 = = * = 1 = 4.0 2440
8 Wells, Peter K g ENG 2530 = = 0 = = 0 = * = = 3.5 2393
9 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2425 0 = 0 1 = = 0 = * = 3.5 2405
10 Dunnington, Angus J m ENG 2420 0 0 0 = = = = = = * 3.0 2360
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Artur Kogan of Israel leads with 5.5/6 at the Loures Young masters in Portugal which takes place October 21st-31st. The event gives chances for experience for the younger Portuguese players.
Coverage on the internet both by Luis Santos and Chess in Portugal
Loures POR (POR), X 1997 cat. II (2278)
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1 Kogan, Artur m ISR 2500 * 1 . = . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 5.5 2685
2 Sanz Alonso, Francisco J m ESP 2425 0 * 1 = . . . . 1 . 1 1 4.5 2495
3 Santos, Carlos P f POR 2355 . 0 * . . = 1 . . 1 1 1 4.5 2460
4 Adla, Diego m ARG 2445 = = . * 1 = . 1 . = . . 4.0 2412
5 Dias, Paulo POR 2250 . . . 0 * . 0 . 1 1 1 1 4.0 2360
6 Glavina, Pablo m ARG 2395 . . = = . * 0 = 1 1 . . 3.5 2358
7 Leonardo, Joao POR 2320 0 . 0 . 1 1 * 0 . 1 . . 3.0 2398
8 Andrade,Leonardo POR ---- . . . 0 . = 1 * 0 0 . 1 2.5 2222
9 Peixoto, Antonio POR 2180 0 0 . . 0 0 . 1 * . 1 . 2.0 2100
10 Guerra, Victor POR 2130 . . 0 = 0 0 0 1 . * . . 1.5 1987
11 Carvalho, Alda POR 2130 0 0 0 . 0 . . . 0 . * 1 1.0 2046
12 Charneira, Hermenegildo POR 2205 0 0 0 . 0 . . 0 . . 0 * 0.0
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The 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championships are underway in Paris. Updates are a little hard to come by at the moment which is causing great controversy in the computer chess World. I'll add a link to my main pages when a source of hard news is available.
The Bundesliga kicked off this season on the 18th - 19th October 1997. It had one match which could settle the whole season as two of the strongest teams met in the first round. The match saw a convincing win for Solinger SG over Dresden.
Solinger SG 6 - 2 Dresdner SC 1 GM Adams 1 : 0 GM Shirov 1 2 GM Jussupow 1 : 0 GM Almasi 2 4 GM Piket 1 : 0 GM Bologan 3 5 GM Speelman ½ : ½ GM Boensch 5 6 GM Gabriel ½ : ½ GM Tischbierek 6 7 GM Huebner 1 : 0 GM Uhlmann 7 8 GM Chandler 0 : 1 IM Maiwald 8 9 GM Bischoff 1 : 0 IM Borriss 9
The full results are available at:
http://members.aol.com/SchachBL/BED/bl01ef.htm
below are the team results from the first two rounds and the current standings.
Bundesliga Round 1 (18th October) SV Empor Berlin 4 - 4 Castrop Rauxel SFR Neukoelln 4 - 4 SG Bochum SV Erfurt West 5 - 3 Turm Duisburg SK Passau 3½-4½ SG Koeln Porz Hamburger SK 5 - 3 SCA St. Ingbert SV Werder Bremen 4½-3½ SK Fr.Zaehringen SVg Plettenberg 6½-1½ USG Chemnitz Solinger SG 6 - 2 Dresdner SC Results round 2 (19 October): Castrop Rauxel 4½-3½ SFR Neukoelln SG Bochum 5 - 3 SV Empor Berlin Turm Duisburg 4 - 4 SK Passau SG Koeln Porz 6 - 2 SV Erfurt West SCA St. Ingbert 4 - 4 SV Werder Bremen SK Fr.Zaehringen 4 - 4 Hamburger SK USG Chemnitz ½ -7½ Solinger SG Dresdner SC 6 - 2 SVg Plettenberg 1. Solinger SG 2 13½: 2½ 4- 0 2. SG Koeln Porz 2 10½: 5½ 4- 0 3. SG Bochum 2 9 : 7 3- 1 4. Hamburger SK 2 9 : 7 3- 1 5. Castrop Rauxel 2 8½: 7½ 3- 1 6. SV Werder Bremen 2 8½: 7½ 3- 1 7. SVg Plettenberg 2 8½: 7½ 2- 2 8. Dresdner SC 2 8 : 8 2- 2 9. SV Erfurt West 2 7 : 9 2- 2 10. SK Fr.Zaehringen 2 7½: 8½ 1- 3 11. SK Passau 2 7½: 8½ 1- 3 12. SFR Neukoelln 2 7½: 8½ 1- 3 13. Turm Duisburg 2 7 : 9 1- 3 14. SCA St. Ingbert 2 7 : 9 1- 3 15. SV Empor Berlin 2 7 : 9 1- 3 16. USG Chemnitz 2 2 :14 0- 4
The 4th Wichern Open or Hamburg Chess Festival took place between October 2nd-10th. There was a strong entry in the main open section which was won by Sergei Movsesian with 8.5/9 ahead of GMs Yemelin, Korchnoi and IM Daniel Fridman. Full coverage of the event at:
http://members.aol.com/wichernop/e-index.html
My thanks to Rolf Sander for sending the results.
1. Movsesian, Sergei GM 2555E J Sfr. Neukölln CZE 8½ 52½ 2. Yemelin, Vasily GM 2480E RUS 7½ 51 3. Korchnoi, Viktor GM 2610E S SUI 7½ 50 4. Fridman, Daniel IM 2480E LAT 7½ 48½ 5. Lugovoi, Aleksei IM 2520E RUS 7 53 6. Zagorskis, Darius IM 2485E Mülheim LTU 7 50 7. Ruzele, Darius GM 2525E LTU 7 49½ 8. Polzin,Rainer IM 2445E SF Neukölln GER 7 46 9. Feigin, Mihail IM 2500E UKR 7 44 10. Van Der Sterren, P GM 2555E NED 6½ 49½ 11. Teske,Henrik GM 2515E SV Empor Erfurt GER 6½ 49 12. Ftacnik, Lubomir GM 2585E Hamburger SK V. 18 SVK 6½ 48½ 13. Mueller,Karsten IM 2505E Hamburger SK V. 18 GER 6½ 48 14. Movsziszian,Karen GM 2490E Hamburger SK V. 18 ARM 6½ 47 15. Hennig,Dirk IM 2435E SV Castrop-Rauxel GER 6½ 45½ 16. Mcdonald, Neil R. GM 2490E ENG 6½ 45½ 17. Grabliauskas, Virg IM 2445E LTU 6½ 45½ 18. Defirmian, Nick E GM 2570E USA 6½ 45½ 19. Buhr,Carl Christia 2340E Koenigsspr.SC.1984 GER 6½ 44 20. Belakovskaia, Anje WGM 2355E W USA 6½ 44 21. Mednis, Edmar J GM 2405E S USA 6½ 44 22. Meier,Volker FM 2285E Hamburger SG BUE V GER 6½ 43½ 23. Hegeler,Frank FM 2330E Hamburger SK V. 18 GER 6½ 41½ 24. Meyer,Falko 2335E Hamburger SK V. 18 GER 6½ 41 25. Rosen,Bernd FM 2330E SF Katernberg 1913 GER 6½ 40 26. Boehm,Juergen 2215E SVg Hannover GER 6½ 40 27. Chuchelov, Vladimi GM 2540E BEL 6 52½ 28. Epishin, Vladimir GM 2570E Empor Berlin RUS 6 50 29. Lauber,Arnd 2325E Delmenhorster SK V GER 6 48 304 players
Thorsten Heedt reports that October 2nd - October 5th saw an ELO-rated chess open take place in Leverkusen. The event was made possible by Hans-Dieter Mueller of the chess club 'SC Bayer Leverkusen'. There were about 100 participants and some very strong players (GM's Romuald Mainka, Bagirov and GM Christiansen, runner-up in the finals of the North American Championships). There were many international participants, including for example from Nigeria. The percentage of female participants was very high, too, for example played there strong German FIM Anke Koglin.
Results (top five): 1. Mainka,Romuald GM 2520 6.0 33.5 213.50 2. Christiansen, Larr GM 2550 6.0 33.0 204.50 3. Bagirov, Vladimir GM 2495 S 5.5 32.5 207.50 4. Grund,Holger 2325 J 5.5 30.5 198.00 5. Stillger,Bernhard FM 2310 5.5 30.5 190.00
Alejandro Hoffman outpaced a strong field in the Copa Itau Mercosul in Sao Paulo Brazil. My thanks to Antonio Bento for the games and results which can be seen in detail at:
http://www.xadreznet.com/itaumercosul/index.html
Final Standings
1. 9 HOFFMAN, ALEJANDRO 8.0
2. 6 SUNYE NETO, JAIME 7.0
3 LEITAO, RAFAEL 7.0
12 URDAY, HENRY 7.0
5 ZAPATA, ALONSO 7.0
2 SOROKIN, MAXIM 7.0
13 SOPPE, GUILLERMO 7.0
8. 11 PANNO, OSCAR 6.5
14 GIARDELLI, SERGIO 6.5
1 MILOS JR, GILBERTO 6.5
16 BRAGA, CICERO N 6.5
20 LIMP, EDUARDO T 6.5
17 DE SOUZA, MAURO G 6.5
31 SEGAL, ALEXANDRU 6.5
18 VAN RIEMSDIJK, H C 6.5
16. 7 RODRIGUEZ, ANDRES 6.0
19 MATSUURA, EVERALDO 6.0
8 VESCOVI, GIOVANNI 6.0
21 PELIKIAN, JEFFERSON 6.0
22 RAMON, VIVIAN 6.0
23 TSUBOI, EDSON K 6.0
26 LEBREDO, GERARDO 6.0
45 RATCU, TATIANA 6.0
39 SANTOS, HAROLDO C 6.0
25. 4 SLIPAK, SERGIO 5.5
29 TEIXEIRA, RICARDO 5.5
15 SZMETAN, JORGE 5.5
24 CAMARA, HELDER 5.5
36 CHEMIN VITORIO 5.5
32 DUMONT, SADI G 5.5
33 RODRIGUES, A PFUHL 5.5
30 COSTA, RENAN L 5.5
47 CALDEIRA, ADRIANO 5.5
37 NOGUEIRA, IVAN K 5.5
34 GONZALEZ, BOLIVAR 5.5
41 MARQUES, VINICIUS 5.5
69 HERNANDEZ, SABINA 5.5
35 ROCHA, WELLINGTON C 5.5
53 DE HARO, MARTIM A P 5.5
52 OLIVEIRA, P SERGIO 5.5
25 HARO, PAULO CEZAR S 5.5
48 CAJAL, ANDRE 5.5
28 SEGA, CARLOS ALBERTO 5.5
54 CUKIER, MARCELO 5.5
50 MELAO, HINDEMBURG 5.5
74 DA MATA, L CARLOS 5.5
57 FRARE, FERNANDO C 5.5
148 players
Gerhard Hund will report on the World Seniors Championships which are to be held 09.-23.11.1997 in Bad Wildbad, Germany.
There will be live coverage aswell as information prior to the event at: