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1) Introduction
2) 1st Hoogovens USA Chess Festival
3) Leeuwarden Open
4) Matthias Wahls wins the German Championships
5) Larsen holds on to win in La Plata
6) First Saturday News
7) Ontario Closed 1997
8) 1st Bavarian Masters
9) Asker Schakklubbs 75th Anniversary Tournament
10) Open international de Corse
11) XII Capablana Memorial
12) PCA Ranking List December
13) Karpov Simul
14) Kasparov Simul Controversy
15) Upcoming events
Games section
Hoogovens USA 15 games Leeuwarden Open 179 games German Championships 168 games La Plata 45 games FSIMA November 66 games FSIMB November 66 games Ontario Canada 45 games 1st Bavarian Open 40 games Asker Chess Club 75th 45 games Corsica Rapid 134 games Capablanca mem 63 games Karpov simul 4 games
My thanks to Telmo Escobar, Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk, Yvette Nagel Seirawan, Inside Chess, Lost Boys, Petra Schuurman, Juergen Daniel, Egon Ditt, Frank Zimmermann, Vojin Vujosevic, Laszlo Nagy, Thomas Leckner, Torstein Hall, Marius van Riemsdijk, Pascal Rossi, Europe Echecs, Junior Tay Editor of the Singapore Chess Digest, Dr. Ross F. Amann, Luis Santos and all those who helped with this issue.
Lots of chess this week in events which often were effectively preparation for the FIDE World Championships event that starts next week. It seems to have been confirmed that Kramnik has withdrawn from the event with Malcolm Pein in the Telegraph saying that he had been threatened by legal action over this action. Kramnik seems to be the only last minute withdrawal. We now await the event with interest, in particular how the events new format which is aimed at media coverage works. More on the runup to the event on my pages next week.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The 1st Hoogovens USA Chess Festival took place over the weekend November 28th - 30th. Hoogovens is well known for its involvement in the tournaments in Wijk aan Zee but it is less well known that it has a US part aswell. Mr. Reg Groves the manager of the Hoogovens Technical Services office in Merrillville, Indiana opened the event. There were 6 Grandmasters, who played in a Netherlands vs USA event. In addition there were 60 amateur players in other events. There were two games a day for rounds 1-4 in the main section one starting in the morning the other in the afternoon. It was a tough schedule but there were only five rounds. The final round saw Loek Van Wely catch the leader Jan Timman to share first place. Timman was disappointed not to win the event alone after pressing hard against Yermolinsky. Going into the final round four out of the six players had some chance of taking first place and the prize of $5000.
Coverage on the internet was by Lost Boys at:
http://www.lostcity.nl/chess/hts
and
Inside Chess at:
http://www.tcc.net/chess/chess.html
Round 1 (1997.11.28)
Van Wely, Loek - Timman, Jan H 0-1 71 E32 Nimzo indian
Yermolinsky, Alex - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 22 D38 Queen's gambit
Seirawan, Yasser - Shaked, Tal 1-0 39 E35 Nimzo indian
Round 2 (1997.11.28)
Yermolinsky, Alex - Seirawan, Yasser 1-0 37 C10 French
Piket, Jeroen - Timman, Jan H 1/2 27 D03 Queen's pawn
Shaked, Tal - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 44 A57 Benko gambit
Round 3 (1997.11.29)
Timman, Jan H - Shaked, Tal 1-0 41 C18 French; Winawer
Van Wely, Loek - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 68 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Seirawan, Yasser - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 51 D34 Queen's gambit
Round 4 (1997.11.29)
Yermolinsky, Alex - Timman, Jan H 1/2 13 A17 English; 1.c4
Seirawan, Yasser - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 60 A57 Benko gambit
Piket, Jeroen - Shaked, Tal 1/2 37 A45 Queen's pawn
Round 5 (1997.11.30)
Timman, Jan H - Seirawan, Yasser 1/2 59 D63 QGD;
Van Wely, Loek - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 32 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Shaked, Tal - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 24 E46 Nimzo indian
Merrillville USA (USA), XI 1997 cat. XV (2615)
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1 Timman, Jan H g NED 2625 * 1 = = = 1 3.5 2762
2 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 0 * = 1 1 1 3.5 2756
3 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2650 = = * 1 = = 3.0 2680
4 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2630 = 0 0 * 1 1 2.5 2612
5 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2630 = 0 = 0 * = 1.5 2463
6 Shaked, Tal m USA 2500 0 0 = 0 = * 1.0 2398
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Petra Schuurman sends the news and results from the FRIGEM / PHILIDOR 150, Leeuwarden open 1997. It took place November 7th - 16th. There were 40 participants, 14 of them were international grandmasters (among others Van Wely, Sokolov and Speelman) and 13 of them were international masters. The event finished in a two way tie for first between Ivan Sokolov and Evgeny Gleizerov.
Leeuwarden NED (NED), XI 1997
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1 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2635 +19 +12 +10 + 4 -14 =17 + 7 = 2 = 3 6.5 2683
2 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2560 =31 +38 =22 +21 = 7 + 9 +14 = 1 = 4 6.5 2614
3 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2630 =16 =20 =19 +24 =25 = 7 +12 + 4 = 1 6.0 2595
4 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2430 +39 +13 + 7 - 1 + 5 =14 +17 - 3 = 2 6.0 2677
5 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 -21 +33 +28 =25 - 4 +22 =10 +18 +13 6.0 2570
6 Lobron, Eric g GER 2540 -20 =27 +33 +26 - 9 +30 +19 =11 +17 6.0 2529
7 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2610 +24 +23 - 4 + 9 = 2 = 3 - 1 +19 = 8 5.5 2578
8 Kharitonov, Andrei Y g RUS 2540 +32 =18 =16 =22 =12 =25 = 9 +14 = 7 5.5 2526
9 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2440 =38 +31 +18 - 7 + 6 - 2 = 8 =25 +21 5.5 2552
10 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2535 +34 +30 - 1 +20 -17 =16 = 5 +15 =11 5.5 2575
11 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2565 =26 -16 +34 =18 +21 =12 +25 = 6 =10 5.5 2522
12 Reinderman, Dimitri m NED 2475 +29 - 1 =26 +30 = 8 =11 - 3 +33 +24 5.5 2524
13 Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2560 +36 - 4 =24 =19 =20 +26 +23 +17 - 5 5.5 2527
14 Delemarre, Jop m NED 2395 -17 +40 +15 +23 + 1 = 4 - 2 - 8 =19 5.0 2534
15 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2605 -18 +32 -14 +38 -16 +35 +20 -10 +25 5.0 2448
16 Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2405 = 3 +11 = 8 -17 +15 =10 -18 =23 =26 4.5 2521
17 Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2615 +14 =22 =21 +16 +10 = 1 - 4 -13 - 6 4.5 2483
18 Kroeze, Frank M f NED 2380 +15 = 8 - 9 =11 +29 -19 +16 - 5 =23 4.5 2485
19 Van der Werf, Mark m NED 2410 - 1 +29 = 3 =13 +22 +18 - 6 - 7 =14 4.5 2497
20 Peelen, Piet f NED 2350 + 6 = 3 =25 -10 =13 =28 -15 =27 +37 4.5 2494
21 Van Mil, Johannes A. J m NED 2420 + 5 =25 =17 - 2 -11 =29 +37 +35 - 9 4.5 2482
22 Ree, Hans g NED 2435 +40 =17 = 2 = 8 -19 - 5 =27 =26 +33 4.5 2435
23 Blees, Albert m NED 2450 +37 - 7 =30 -14 +32 +34 -13 =16 =18 4.5 2401
24 Grooten, Herman m NED 2390 - 7 +37 =13 - 3 -34 +31 +38 +28 -12 4.5 2446
25 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2525 +27 =21 =20 = 5 = 3 = 8 -11 = 9 -15 4.0 2459
26 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2375 =11 =28 =12 - 6 +39 -13 =29 =22 =16 4.0 2378
27 Hartoch, Robert G m NED 2315 -25 = 6 =31 =36 =28 =38 =22 =20 =29 4.0 2359
28 Ligterink, Gert m NED 2450 =33 =26 - 5 =34 =27 =20 +30 -24 =32 4.0 2327
29 De Vreugt, Dennis NED 2295 -12 -19 +37 +31 -18 =21 =26 =30 =27 4.0 2327
30 Wiersma, Eelke NED 2300 +35 -10 =23 -12 +31 - 6 -28 =29 +39 4.0 2351
31 Jonkman, Harmen f NED 2365 = 2 - 9 =27 -29 -30 -24 +40 +36 +35 4.0 2315
32 Boersma, Paulus A m NED 2350 - 8 -15 +40 =35 -23 -33 +39 +38 =28 4.0 2312
33 Ernst, Sipke NED 2270 =28 - 5 - 6 -39 +40 +32 +34 -12 -22 3.5 2382
34 De Jong, Migchiel NED 2325 -10 +35 -11 =28 +24 -23 -33 =37 -36 3.0 2286
35 Taha, Mohamad f IRQ 2395 -30 -34 +39 =32 =38 -15 +36 -21 -31 3.0 2185
36 Welling, Gerard m NED 2355 -13 =39 -38 =27 -37 +40 -35 -31 +34 3.0 2200
37 De Boer, Sybolt NED 2290 -23 -24 -29 +40 +36 =39 -21 =34 -20 3.0 2204
38 Baljon, Christofoor NED 2310 = 9 - 2 +36 -15 =35 =27 -24 -32 -40 2.5 2232
39 Werle, Jan NED ---- - 4 =36 -35 +33 -26 =37 -32 =40 -30 2.5 2160
40 Etmans, Maarten D f NED 2175 -22 -14 -32 -37 -33 -36 -31 =39 +38 1.5 2024
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Juergen Daniel reports that the 1997 German Champion is Matthias Wahls. Wahls won the event with 7/9 ahead of GM Christopher Lutz, who finished second with 6,5/9 with IM Karsten Müller. 10 GMs took part. There was an increased prize-fund with a CITROEN car for the winner. Wahls, has to wait a little bit to drive the car as he has no driving license. He was satisfied with his play, especially after considering, that apart from the Bundesliga, he hasn´t played for 11 months. Just before the championship he finished a book on the Scandinavian, which will be out in December. My thanks to Egon Ditt and Frank Zimmermann for the games from the event.
Gladenbach GER (GER), XI 1997
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1 Wahls, Matthias g GER 2595 +15 = 5 = 2 +28 +11 + 3 = 9 +13 = 4 7.0 /9 2698
2 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2590 +22 +21 = 1 = 9 = 3 = 4 +10 +14 = 6 6.5 /9 2657
3 Mueller, Karsten m GER 2505 =32 +34 +12 + 5 = 2 - 1 = 4 + 9 +11 6.5 /9 2634
4 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2535 =25 =24 +32 +18 = 9 = 2 = 3 +16 = 1 6.0 /9 2572
5 Schmaltz, Roland m GER 2445 +37 = 1 + 7 - 3 -10 +24 + 8 =11 + 9 6.0 /9 2612
6 Keitlinghaus, Ludger m GER 2525 =34 =32 =24 +23 =12 =13 =16 +18 = 2 5.5 /9 2480
7 Teske, Henrik g GER 2515 =30 +17 - 5 =24 +27 =14 =12 +19 =10 5.5 /9 2465
8 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2550 +20 =18 =14 =27 +19 - 9 - 5 +25 +16 5.5 /9 2467
9 Gutman, Lev g GER 2475 +23 =12 +26 = 2 = 4 + 8 = 1 - 3 - 5 5.0 /9 2515
10 Kindermann, Stefan g GER 2570 =24 =25 =15 +30 + 5 =16 - 2 =12 = 7 5.0 /9 2464
11 Luther, Thomas g GER 2525 =17 +27 =16 +14 - 1 =12 +21 = 5 - 3 5.0 /9 2473
12 Gisbrecht, Ewgeni GER 2400 +35 = 9 - 3 +22 = 6 =11 = 7 =10 =21 5.0 /9 2494
13 Schmittdiel, Eckhard g GER 2450 =33 +30 -18 =16 +25 = 6 +20 - 1 =14 5.0 /9 2470
14 Heinemann, Thies m GER 2450 +29 =26 = 8 -11 +33 = 7 +31 - 2 =13 5.0 /9 2467
15 Bastian, Herbert f GER 2375 - 1 +37 =10 -19 =32 -17 +35 +30 +29 5.0 /9 2401
16 Maiwald, Jens-Uwe m GER 2450 =19 +33 =11 =13 +18 =10 = 6 - 4 - 8 4.5 /9 2438
17 Kersten, Uwe f GER 2330 =11 - 7 -33 =29 +36 +15 =18 =21 =22 4.5 /9 2419
18 Zude, Arno m GER 2395 +36 = 8 +13 - 4 -16 +27 =17 - 6 =20 4.5 /9 2401
19 Gietl, Thomas f GER 2300 =16 -31 +34 +15 - 8 =32 +28 - 7 =23 4.5 /9 2417
20 Buhr, Carl Christian GER 2340 - 8 -36 +37 =26 +29 +28 -13 =23 =18 4.5 /9 2352
21 Bode, Wilfried GER 2400 +38 - 2 =23 =33 =24 +26 -11 =17 =12 4.5 /9 2387
22 Zude, Erik f GER 2365 - 2 =38 +36 -12 +23 -31 =29 +32 =17 4.5 /9 2350
23 Schwing, Hans-Elmar GER 2315 - 9 +35 =21 - 6 -22 +39 +34 =20 =19 4.5 /9 2321
24 Holzhaeuer, Mathias f GER 2355 =10 = 4 = 6 = 7 =21 - 5 =32 -29 +33 4.0 /9 2364
25 Seger, Ruediger f GER 2340 = 4 =10 -28 +36 -13 =34 +26 - 8 =27 4.0 /9 2355
26 Schaller, Sven GER 2315 +31 =14 - 9 =20 =28 -21 -25 +34 =32 4.0 /9 2352
27 Lampe, Dirk GER 2295 +28 -11 +31 = 8 - 7 -18 -30 +36 =25 4.0 /9 2366
28 Miltner, Arndt f GER 2410 -27 +29 +25 - 1 =26 -20 -19 +37 =30 4.0 /9 2303
29 Walter, Guenter GER 2305 -14 -28 +35 =17 -20 +37 =22 +24 -15 4.0 /9 2302
30 Dittmar, Peter f GER 2325 = 7 -13 +38 -10 -31 +33 +27 -15 =28 4.0 /9 2334
31 Rabiega, Robert m GER 2490 -26 +19 -27 =32 +30 +22 -14 . . 3.5 /7 2338
32 Hennings, Artur m GER 2320 = 3 = 6 - 4 =31 =15 =19 =24 -22 =26 3.5 /9 2338
33 Darius, Harald GER ---- =13 -16 +17 =21 -14 -30 -37 +35 -24 3.0 /9 2235
34 Oswald, Hans-Joachim f GER 2330 = 6 - 3 -19 =37 +35 =25 -23 -26 =36 3.0 /9 2198
35 Dobierzin, Olaf GER 2180 -12 -23 -29 +39 -34 +36 -15 -33 +37 3.0 /9 2150
36 Paehtz, Thomas jr GER 2135 -18 +20 -22 -25 -17 -35 +39 -27 =34 2.5 /9 2070
37 Puth, Dieter f GER 2300 - 5 -15 -20 =34 +39 -29 +33 -28 -35 2.5 /9 1918
38 Menacher, Manfred f GER 2270 -21 =22 -30 . . . . . . 0.5 /3 2090
39 BYE ---- . . . -35 -37 -23 -36 . . 0.0 /4
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The 3rd AMEBS (Asociacion Mutual de Empleados de Bienestar Social) took place in La Plata Argentina November 16 - 27. La Plata is the capital of province Buenos Aires (Argentinians call the city Buenos Aires 'Capital Federal', something like Washington DC. It isn't part of Buenos Aires Province.) After starting with 6/6 Bent Larsen then lost his next two games and had to wait until the final round to secure the draw he needed to take the tournament. My thanks to Telmo Escobar and Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk who sent news of the event.
La Plata ARG (ARG), XI 1997 cat. VIII (2432)
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1 Larsen, Bent g DEN 2520 * = 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2587
2 Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2550 = * 1 = 1 = = 1 0 1 6.0 2543
3 Panno, Oscar g ARG 2450 1 0 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2554
4 Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2555 0 = = * = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2542
5 Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2565 0 0 1 = * 1 0 1 = 1 5.0 2459
6 Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ITA 2465 1 = = 0 0 * = 0 1 1 4.5 2427
7 Braga, Fernando m ITA 2465 0 = 0 = 1 = * = 1 = 4.5 2427
8 Bielicki, Carlos m ARG 2290 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 3.0 2322
9 Bibiloni, Jorge ARG 2170 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 0 * = 2.0 2240
10 Rossetto, Hector g ARG 2285 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = * 1.5 2174
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Laszlo Nagy reports on his tournaments in Budapest. He has updated his
www site at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
he can be contacted via the site if you are interested in particpating in
future events.
There are a number of events that run 6th-18th of December. One GM group cat.VII-VIII. and two IM-groups cat. II-III. also a Scheveningen-group for FIDE ratings. Players in December include: IGM Vadasz (HUN), IGM Varga Z. (HUN), IGM Barczay L. (HUN), IM Dudas J. (HUN), IM Kahn E. (HUN), IM Farago S. (HUN), IM Eperjesi L. (HUN), IM Izsak Gy. (HUN), IM Varga, Peter (HUN).
Vojin Vujosevic reports.
This year's edition of the Ontario Closed was weaker than expected as a number of strong players declined. Nineteen year old Eduardo Teodoro IV of Toronto, a.k.a. "King Eddie", took the first place with an apparent ease. That brought him $500 first prize, guaranteed participation in the next year's Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship and paid airfare to wherever that tournament will take place. In Canada where the distances and the airfare costs are gargantuan this means alot. The event was organized and directed by Alexander Knox, Shivaharan Thurairasah and yours truly Vojin Vujosevic. It took place from November 15 -23 at the downtown Toronto Best Western Primrose Hotel, the perennial site of major chess events and the site of the next year's Toronto International Open May 14 - 18, 1998 which features $26,000 in guaranteed prizes.
Ontario CAN (CAN), XI 1997 cat. I (2263)
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1 Teodoro, Eduardo f CAN 2350 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2535
2 Nickoloff, Bryon m CAN 2400 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2373
3 Zugic, Igor CAN 2320 = = * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2383
4 Dougherty, Michael CAN 2265 0 = 1 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2390
5 Jung, Hans Rudolf CAN 2240 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 1 = 1 5.0 2341
6 Day, Lawrence A m CAN 2400 = = = 0 1 * = 0 1 = 4.5 2235
7 McTavish, David CAN 2215 0 = = = 0 = * = = 0 3.0 2160
8 Ochkoos, Jura CAN 2255 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * = 1 3.0 2155
9 Teodoro, Roderick --- ---- 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = * = 2.0 2071
10 Kiviaho, Bob CAN 2180 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * 2.0 2054
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The 1st Bavarian Masters International open in Bad Wiessee took place
November 15 - 23. The event was won by Alexander Khalifman. US IM Maurice
Ashley and Yannick Pelletier scored GM norms. There were 274 participants
coming from 26 different nations, 121 with ELO rating. 21 GM, 17 IM, 14 FM
and 3 WIM took part in our event. The best female player was Ketino
Kachiani-Gersinska (GER), the best senior was Alexander Kamink (UZB) and
the best U20-player was Marcin Kaminski (POL). There is a selection of 40
games in the games section. My thanks to Thomas Leckner for the news and
results. Check out the web site for more information:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Thomas_Leckner/oib97.htm
LEADING FINAL STANDINGS 1 1 GM KHALIFMAN,ALEXANDER 2655 RUS SG PORZ 7.5 050.5 2 8 GM EPISHIN,VLADIMIR 2570 RUS 7.5 049.0 3 12 IM KASIMDZHANOV, RUSTAM 2545 UZB 7.0 051.5 4 28 IM PELLETIER,YANNICK 2465 SUI TSV SCHOTT MAINZ 7.0 051.0 5 2 GM ALTERMAN,BORIS 2615 ISR 7.0 050.5 6 3 GM NISIPEANU,LIVIU-DIETER 2600 ROM 7.0 050.0 7 29 IM ASHLEY,MAURICE 2445 USA 7.0 049.0 8 4 GM DAUTOV,RUSTEM 2595 GER SC ST.INGBERT 7.0 048.0 9 6 GM GABRIEL,CHRISTIAN 2575 GER SG SOLINGEN 7.0 047.0 10 13 GM KAMINSKI,MARCIN 2540 POL 7.0 045.0 11 16 GM ENDERS,PETER 2535 GER SGEM DUISBURG 7.0 044.5 11 31 IM WAITZKIN,JOSHUA 2435 USA 7.0 044.5 13 25 IM GRABARCZYK,MIROSLAW 2480 POL SV GRIESHEIM 7.0 042.5 14 17 GM KEMPINSKI,ROBERT 2530 POL 6.5 051.5 15 7 GM GAVRIKOV,VIKTOR 2575 SUI PASSAU 6.5 050.0 16 18 GM HERTNECK,GERALD 2525 GER MUENCHEN 1836 6.5 049.5 17 34 GM KACHIANI-GERSINSKA,KETINO 2415 GER SC ST. INGBERT 6.5 047.5 18 14 IM SIEGEL,GEORG 2540 GER 6.5 046.5 19 19 IM MARKOWSKI,TOMASZ 2515 POL 6.5 046.0 20 9 GM HICKL,JÖRG 2565 GER 6.5 044.0 20 38 IM REEFSCHLÄGER,HELMUT DR. 2345 GER DELMENHORSTER SK 6.5 044.0 22 15 GM BEIM,VALERY 2535 ISR TV TEGERNSEE 6.5 043.5 22 50 FM KRANZL,PETER 2265 AUT SC SIMBACH 6.5 043.5 22 53 FM NAIDITSCH,ARKADIJ 2247 LAT SF BRACKEL 6.5 043.5 25 62 TAUBER,MANFRED 2214 GER SF BLAUSTEIN 6.5 042.5 26 54 KAMINIK,ALEXANDER 2245 UKR 6.5 041.5 27 33 IM GORBATOW, ALEXEJ 2420 RUS 6.5 039.5 28 10 GM BLATNY,PAVEL 2555 CZE SABT WERDER BREME 6.0 051.0 28 20 IM IORDACHESCU, VIOREL 2500 MDA DRESDENER SC 6.0 051.0 30 22 GM ROGOZENKO,DORIAN 2490 MDA 6.0 049.5 31 36 IM KLUNDT,KLAUS 2360 GER TV TEGERNSEE 6.0 049.0 32 23 IM BEZOLD,MICHAEL 2490 GER 6.0 048.5 33 5 GM HUEBNER,ROBERT,DR. 2580 GER SG SOLINGEN 6.0 046.5 33 32 MESROPOV, KONSTANTIN 2430 RUS 6.0 046.5 35 273 TIMAGIN,PIOTR 0000 RUS 6.0 046.0 36 60 FM HELLMAYR,ALOIS 2220 AUT 6.0 045.5 37 11 GM SCHLOSSER,PHILIPP 2550 GER SK PASSAU 6.0 044.5 38 55 STOLL,FERDINAND 2240 GER SABT SINDELFINGEN 6.0 044.0 39 63 ROHRMÜLLER,ULRICH 2230 GER SC GRÖBENZELL 6.0 043.0 39 65 FM TÄGER,WINFRIED 2192 GER TV TEGERNSEE 6.0 043.0 39 89 DUPPEL,MATHIAS 2124 GER TSV DITZINGEN 6.0 043.0 42 88 HEIMRATH,RAINER 2125 GER SF FÜRTH 6.0 042.0 43 69 FM PHILDIUS,BERNHARD 2181 GER SC GRÖBENZELL 6.0 041.0 44 66 WIM KOGLIN,ANKE 2190 GER KREFELDER SV 6.0 039.0 45 49 FM LENTRODT,THOMAS 2280 GER MÜNCHEN 1836 6.0 037.5 46 97 JAEGER,GANJA 2095 GER SV HERMANNIA KASSE 6.0 036.0
The Asker Schakklubbs 75th Anniversary Tournament took place 22-30th November. A Category 10 event it was covered on the internet at: http://home.sol.no/~torshall/sjakkjubileum.html
The event ended in a three way tie between Peter Heine Nielsen, Einar Gausel and Mikhail Rytshagov. My thanks to Torstein Hall for news of the event.
Asker NOR (NOR), XI 1997 cat. X (2479)
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1 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2515 * = 1 = = 1 = = 1 = 6.0 2599
2 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2540 = * = = 1 = = 1 1 = 6.0 2596
3 Rytshagov, Mikhail m EST 2525 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2598
4 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2525 = = = * 1 0 = 1 0 1 5.0 2516
5 Kristensen, Bjarke m DEN 2430 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 = = = 4.5 2483
6 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2495 0 = 0 1 0 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2476
7 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre m FRA 2440 = = 0 = 0 = * 0 1 1 4.0 2439
8 Ostenstad, Berge m NOR 2465 = 0 = 0 = 0 1 * = 1 4.0 2437
9 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2520 0 0 0 1 = = 0 = * 1 3.5 2393
10 Johannessen, Leif Erlend NOR 2330 = = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 2222
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As reported last week by Europe Echecs reports that the "Open international de Corse" was won by Russian GM Pavel Tregubov from Krasnodar. Pascal Rossi sends a large selection of the games. The Bastia rapid open took place 9-12 November. Bastia is one of the 2 main towns in Corsica a French Island.
Final Standings
1 Tregubov (30 000 FF) 7,5/9
2-8 Smirin (15 071 FF) 7,0
Tiviakov (12571 FF)
Agrest (10 021 FF)
Filippov ( 9 071 FF)
Degraeve (8 571 FF + 6000 as 1st French player)
Prié (8 071)
Chtekachev A. (7 571)
9-20 Korneev (3932 FF), Dorfman (3932 FF), Salov (3682 FF),
Tkachev ((3182), Bacrot (4000 as first junior), Djuric (3182)
De la Riva (3182), Wojtkiewicz (3182), Kogan (3182) Santo Roman
(3182), G. Flear (3182), Kasimdjanov (1615 FF) all 6,5 pts
200 participants (25 GM, 14 IM, 4wim)
Cuba is not the only place to hold a Capablanca Memorial Tournament. Marius van Riemsdijk reports that his father won the 12th such event held in Fortaleza, capital of State Ceará in Brazil. Further reporting http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/eng_CapablancaCF.htm
Fortaleza BRA (BRA), XI 1997
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1 Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2400 +10 + 4 + 9 = 2 + 5 = 3 = 6 5.5 2503
2 Roofdhooft, Marcel f BEL 2300 +11 +17 = 3 = 1 +13 = 5 + 4 5.5 2399
3 Segal, Alexandru Sorin m BRA 2310 + 6 = 5 = 2 +13 = 4 = 1 + 9 5.0 2378
4 Martins, George BRA 2205 +14 - 1 +16 + 6 = 3 + 8 - 2 4.5 2216
5 Lucena, Lincoln BRA 2245 +12 = 3 + 8 + 9 - 1 = 2 - 7 4.0 2371
6 Frota,G BRA ---- - 3 +11 +17 - 4 = 9 +10 = 1 4.0 2176
7 Martins,Rom BRA ---- + 8 - 9 -13 =18 =10 +15 + 5 4.0 2219
8 Lucena, Silvio BRA 2205 - 7 +18 - 5 +14 +16 - 4 +12 4.0
9 Asfora, Marco f BRA 2280 +16 + 7 - 1 - 5 = 6 +11 - 3 3.5
10 Chaves, Joara wm BRA 2045 - 1 =14 +18 =11 = 7 - 6 +16 3.5
11 Memoria,A BRA ---- - 2 - 6 +12 =10 +18 - 9 =14 3.0 1935
12 Oliveira Filho,O BRA ---- - 5 -13 -11 +15 +14 +18 - 8 3.0 1969
13 Sales, Espedito BRA 2090 -17 +12 + 7 - 3 - 2 =16 -15 2.5
14 De Miranda Leao,LG BRA ---- - 4 =10 =15 - 8 -12 +17 =11 2.5 1948
15 Hajenius, Willem BEL 2110 -18 -16 =14 -12 +17 - 7 +13 2.5
16 Sales,N BRA ---- - 9 +15 - 4 +17 - 8 =13 -10 2.5 1962
17 Simonetti,S BRA ---- +13 - 2 - 6 -16 -15 -14 +18 2.0 2041
18 Souza,Fe BRA ---- +15 - 8 -10 = 7 -11 -12 -17 1.5 1995
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1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2825 155
2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2765 162
3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2759 147
4. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2727 183
5. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2727 162
6. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181
7. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2698 147
8. Svidler,Peter RUS 2682 175
9. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2680 136
10. Leko,Peter HUN 2672 133
11. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2667 160
12. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2667 185
13. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2662 157
14. Salov,Valery RUS 2658 175
15. Adams,Michael ENG 2652 164
16. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2643 180
17. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2639 183
18. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2638 156
19. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2637 182
20. Short,Nigel D ENG 2636 177
21. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2634 170
22. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2633 203
23. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2633 145
24. Lautier,Joel FRA 2632 186
25. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2631 154
26. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2631 136
27. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2630 147
28. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2628 148
29. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2628 147
30. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2625 171
31. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2625 189
32. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2622 142
33. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2620 165
34. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2618 187
35. Yusupov,Artur GER 2616 142
36. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2614 156
37. Adianto,Utut INA 2612 181
38. Chernin,Alexander HUN 2611 131
39. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
40. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197
41. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
42. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2604 169
43. Oll,Lembit EST 2603 148
44. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2602 155
45. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
46. Filippov,Valerij RUS 2600 195
Tournaments processed for this list
GER Bundesliga Rounds 1-4
HUN Szeged Cat.13
FRA Belfort Cat.13
YUG Belgrade Cat.18
INA Jakarta Karpov-Adianto match (2)
RUS St.Peterburg Tsigorin's Mem. open
RUS Kazan European Cup for Club Teams
Junior Tay Editor of the Singapore Chess Digest reports that FIDE World Champion, Anatoly Karpov was in Singapore from 26 - 28 November.
He met up witht the Minister of Education, Rear Admiral Teo Chee Hean and also held a press conference. When asked how Chess benefits oneself, he said that from chess he learns how to plan his moves in his political career. Karpov also proposed that the education authorities may induct Chess into the local school curriculum. On the 28th of November, Karpov held a simultaneous match against 25 opponents at the Singapore Intellectual Games Centre (Bishan). His opponents include some national players as well as the top local juniors. The fact that more than 200 spectators were present can attest to Karpov's popularity with the local chess players. Our local tournaments seldom hit the 100 participants mark...
Karpov Simul Sponsors: Singapore Pools (PTE) LTD
Organiser: Intchess Asia- IA Ignatius Leong, IA Tang Kum Foo
Chief Arbiter: IA Lin Feng (PRC)
Appeals: IA Sun Liang Zhi (PRC), GM Bachtiar Koautly (FRA)
Technical: IA Lim Chye Lye Karpov's manager: GM Bachtiar Koautly
(FRA)
Results Karpov won 21 and drew 4 games.
Draws were attained by: Woman Candidate Master Yip Fong Ling,
National Ladies Champion 1994, 1995
Candidate Master Lau Keng Boon, current National Champion
Candidate Master Foo Hsiang Ming, National Junior Champion 1995
James Long, National player.
Dr. Ross F. Amann who was the team captain in a game terminated by Kasparov due to suspected use of a computer has more to say on the controversy. He had previously strenuously denied the use of a computer. He was approached by Robert Astrom who believed the game was computer assisted. They worked together to look at the situation he takes up what they discovered:
1. One of my teammate's accounts on the ICC has been shown to have
played several games (mostly vs. computers) where the account's moves
matched those of Fritz 4.
2. My teammate denies being solely responsible for those games. He
claims some were played by another person; some by him with this other
person suggesting computer moves.
3. That he did not use a computer during the game with Kasparov.
It is clear that my teammate violated ICC policy in these computer-assisted games. Analyzing my teammate's suggested moves (as opposed to our team moves) for computer influence depends upon memory. A lot of effort has been spent on this, mostly by Mr. Astrom with assistance from myself and impartial observers. He makes a case for guilt; but it depends upon some assumptions - such as how much time my teammate spent deciding on Mr. Kasparov's next move before he asked the computer to analyze our best reply as well as inattention or network lag at one critical moment. In any event, my teammate was less than forthright in encouraging me to deny Mr. Kasparov's accusations without any warning. Without the assistance of Mr. Astrom I would have continued down this dangerous path.
The 4th Loures Young Masters a category II event will take place
December 3rd - 13th. News at:
http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018.