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1) Introduction
2) FIDE World Chess Championships
3) FIDE Women's Candidates
4) International Tournament Bar, Yugoslavia
5) Groningen Open
6) Hastings and Reggio Emilia
7) Rowson vs Hillarp Persson
8) International Open Zadar Croatia 1997
9) PCA Rating List
10) Upcoming events
Games section
FIDE World Chess Championships 13 games Women's Candidates 24 games Bar Tournament 30 games Groningen Open 236 games Reggio Emilia 24 games Premier League 5 games Challenge Match 6 games Open Zadar Croatia 144 games Open Zadar (Women) 24 games
My thanks to Chess Planet, Lost Boys, Ian Rogers, Europe Echecs, Sinisa Joksic, Laszlo Nagy, John Saunders, Chess in Croatia and all those who helped with this issue.
Tomorrow will see Adams and Anand go into the final playoffs of the Groningen leg of the FIDE World Chess Championships. I'm feeling tired processing all the games so goodness knows how they feel. They are certainly showing signs of tiredness yet they have to then fly to Lausanne to play a 6 game match with Karpov after this. Whoever wins I wish them good luck but I suspect they will be hard pushed to keep going for another week. This week saw a fantastic match between Short and Adams which ended in the first sudden death game with victory for Adams, both players have contributed much to the Championships. Anand's passage was a little easier when he beat Gelfand after he blundered in the opening. The final so far has seen 4 draws but full of content and although Anand has had something of the better of it it has been a very interesting match. One hopes they will be able to find a suitable finish tomorrow. I have been quite pushed for time this week so a roundup of the final games in Groningen will take place next week.
Happy New Year
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The opening ceremony for the FIDE World Chess Championships took place on December 8th 1997 in Groningen in the Netherlands. The event is now entering its final phase in the Netherlands with Adams playing Short and Gelfand playing Anand. The winners of these matches will play a four game match to decide who will play a six game match with Karpov in Lausanne.
A full round up of the matches will take place on my pages at the conclusion of the Groningen leg and in twic next week. Anand got past Gelfand after Gelfand didn't make any headway with white after playing the wrong variation in game one. In game two in an interesting position Gelfand blundered and was forced to sacrifice a piece almost straight out of the opening and lost. Short and Adams shared two fine wins in the normal timerate games before playing four fluctuating draws in the rapidplay games. Adams impressed winning in the first sudden death game to go through.
Gm1 Gm2 P/O Qualifier
Gelfand, B......BLR 2695 - Anand, V........IND 2765 .. 1/2 0-1 Anand
Adams, M........ENG 2680 - Short, N........ENG 2660 .. 1-0 0-1 YES Adams
Playoff
Gm1 Gm2 Gm3 Gm4 S/D Qualifier
Short, N........ENG 2660 - Adams, M........ENG 2680 .. 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 YES Adams
Four draws in the normal time rate games take Adams and Anand into the playoffs tomorrow. Adams had very strong pressure in the first game but after that he has given the impression of hanging on. Anand looked better in game two without generating anything really concrete in game 2. In game 3 he is thought to have missed 29. ...Bd4 with a winning position before allowing Adams to squirm out. In game four Adams played the Marshall and perhaps should have taken the a6 pawn with his queen rather than the d5 pawn but this hasn't been analysed fully. The players are reported to be very tired and the playoffs make it even more probable that Karpov will play an opponent totally burnt out by a punishing schedule.
Adams, Michael - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 55 B52 Sicilian
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1/2 48 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Adams, Michael - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 35 B31 Sicilian
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1/2 46 C89 Ruy Lopez
Groningen NED (NED), XII 1997 - XII 1998
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Adams, Michael g ENG 2680 = = = = 2.0 2765
Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 = = = = 2.0 2680
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Alongside the FIDE Championships in Groningen was the women's Candidates tournament. The ten player double round robin,was won by Alisa Galliamova of Russia who dominated the event. The battle for second place was between Chiburdanidze, Xie Jun and Ioseliani all of who could have qualified for the important second place which entitles them to play Galliamova in a match for the right to meet Zsuzsa Polgar. The top players all met. Galliamova demolishing Chiburdinadze and Xie Jun dominating against Ioseliani. Just when everything was in her favour, she was up on the clock and had a huge position, Xie Jun almost wrecked her chances. 37. ...Qxa4 was a huge chance which as likely as not would have led to Ioseliani winning and taking second place. However once she missed this chance Xie Jun brought home the point easily.
Round 13 (1997.12.23)
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Peng Zhaoqin 1-0 53 D21 QGA;
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Cramling, Pia 1/2 47 A40 Queen's pawn
Ioseliani, Nana - Gurieli, Nino 1-0 40 B14 Caro-Kann
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - Xie Jun 0-1 71 C26 1.e4 e5
Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino - Maric, Alisa 0-1
Round 14 (1997.12.24)
Xie Jun - Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 1-0
Cramling, Pia - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 1-0 42 E61 Kings indian
Maric, Alisa - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 1/2 39 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Peng Zhaoqin - Ioseliani, Nana 0-1 40 D30 Queen's gambit
Gurieli, Nino - Chiburdanidze, Maia 0-1 25 E54 Nimzo indian
Round 15 (1997.12.26)
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 1-0
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Peng Zhaoqin 1/2 35 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Ioseliani, Nana - Maric, Alisa 1/2 38 A14 English; 1.c4
Cramling, Pia - Xie Jun 1/2 54 D00 Queen's pawn
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - Gurieli, Nino 1-0 77 C47 Four knights
Round 16 (1997.12.27)
Xie Jun - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 1/2 27 B67 Sicilian
Peng Zhaoqin - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 1-0 54 D91 Gruenfeld indian
Maric, Alisa - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1/2 21 E15 Nimzo indian
Gurieli, Nino - Cramling, Pia 1-0 42 C01 French; Exchange
Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino - Ioseliani, Nana 0-1
Round 17 (1997.12.28)
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 1-0
Ioseliani, Nana - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 1-0 36 B67 Sicilian
Cramling, Pia - Peng Zhaoqin 1/2 19 D26 QGA;
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - Maric, Alisa 1/2 66 C26 1.e4 e5
Gurieli, Nino - Xie Jun 0-1 51 D78 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Round 18 (1997.12.29)
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1-0 37 A42 Queen's pawn
Xie Jun - Ioseliani, Nana 1-0 48 B32 Sicilian
Peng Zhaoqin - Gurieli, Nino 1-0 40 D56 QGD;
Maric, Alisa - Cramling, Pia 1-0 30 A40 Queen's pawn
Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 0-1
Groningen NED (NED), XII 1997 cat. IX (2458)
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1 Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa m RUS 2445 ** 0= =1 10 11 1= =1 =1 11 1+ 13.5 2646
2 Xie Jun g CHN 2495 1= ** 0= =1 =0 =1 11 == 11 1+ 12.5 2594
3 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2525 =0 1= ** == == 1= =0 == 11 1+ 11.0 2517
4 Ioseliani, Nana m GEO 2520 01 =0 == ** =1 1= 0= 10 11 1+ 11.0 2518
5 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2400 00 =1 == =0 ** =0 =1 == =1 =+ 9.0 2446
6 Maric, Alisa m YUG 2460 0= =0 0= 0= =1 ** == =1 1= =+ 9.0 2439
7 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2430 =0 00 =1 1= =0 == ** 00 11 1+ 9.0 2442
8 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2520 =0 == == 01 == =0 11 ** 00 =1 8.5 2430
9 Gurieli, Nino wg GEO 2370 00 00 00 00 =0 0= 00 11 ** 1+ 5.0 2268
10 Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino wg GER 2415 0- 0- 0- 0- =- =- 0- =0 0- ** 1.5 2161
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Due to ill health Kachiani played just one game in the second
half losing to Pia Cramling.
The international tournament in Bar, Yugoslavia in late November was
demolished by Ulf Andersson reports Sinisa Joksic. He held the lead
throughout and was well clear at the end.
Bar YUG (YUG), XI 1997 cat. XII (2543)
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1 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2640 ** 1= =0 =1 11 11 7.5 2716
2 Popovic, Petar g YUG 2545 0= ** == == 1= =1 5.5 2578
3 Sokolov, Andrei g RUS 2585 =1 == ** == == =0 5.0 2534
4 Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2470 =0 == == ** =0 11 5.0 2557
5 Ivanovic, Bozidar g YUG 2500 00 0= == =1 ** == 4.0 2479
6 Velimirovic, Dragoljub g YUG 2515 00 =0 =1 00 == ** 3.0 2399
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The 36th Groningen International Open is taking place alongside the main FIDE event. Alexander has scored an amazing 9/10 but still can be caught by two players on 8 Ehlvest and Ibragimov with one round to go. There is coverage at the official site: http://www.noord.bart.nl/~ssg/
1 Nenashev, Alexander g UZB 2585 9.0 2 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 8.0 3 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2585 8.0 4 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2555 7.5 5 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2600 7.5 6 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2590 7.5 7 Borge, Nikolaj m DEN 2360 7.0 8 Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2550 7.0 9 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2540 7.0 10 Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2565 7.0 11 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam m UZB 2545 7.0 12 Kiriakov, Petr m RUS 2505 7.0 13 Krakops, Maris m LAT 2530 7.0 14 Lobzhanidze, Davit m GEO 2515 7.0 15 Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2550 7.0 16 Markowski, Tomasz m POL 2515 7.0 17 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2595 7.0 18 Thipsay, Praveen M m IND 2515 7.0 19 Schebler, Gerhard m GER 2440 7.0 20 Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2490 7.0
Two festivals which have occupied this place in the calendar for many years.
Carlo Mazzoni reports on the 40th Reggio Emilia tournament. ("Capodanno" of Reggio Emilia (Italy)) It is also the 57th Italian Championships with the eight Italians being eligible to win the title. The event is Category 10 and will finish on January 6th 1998.
The Reggio Emilia is coveraged on the www at: http://www.infcom.it/fsi/9798reggio.html
Round 1 (1997.12.26)
Arlandi, Ennio - Tatai, Stefano 1-0 41 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Yudasin, Leonid - Bellini, Fabio 1-0 31 C48 Four knights
Lputian, Smbat G - Komarov, Dimitri 1/2 40 D26 QGA;
Godena, Michele - Sarno, Spartaco 1/2 26 B08 Pirc; Classical
Belotti, Bruno - Efimov, Igor 0-1 55 B56 Sicilian
Mantovani, Renzo - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 28 B47 Sicilian
Round 2 (1997.12.27)
Efimov, Igor - Komarov, Dimitri 1/2 18 D45 Semi-Slav
Romanishin, Oleg M - Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 43 D58 QGD;
Bellini, Fabio - Godena, Michele 1/2 10 C49 Four knights
Tatai, Stefano - Mantovani, Renzo 1-0 58 B44 Sicilian
Belotti, Bruno - Yudasin, Leonid 0-1 37 B84 Sicilian
Sarno, Spartaco - Arlandi, Ennio 0-1 50 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 3 (1997.12.28)
Arlandi, Ennio - Bellini, Fabio 1/2 41 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Yudasin, Leonid - Efimov, Igor 0-1 49 C55 Two knights
Komarov, Dimitri - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 32 D16 Slav defence
Lputian, Smbat G - Tatai, Stefano 1/2 24 D00 Queen's pawn
Godena, Michele - Belotti, Bruno 1/2 33 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Mantovani, Renzo - Sarno, Spartaco 1/2 20 B08 Pirc; Classical
Round 4 (1997.12.29)
Efimov, Igor - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 11 E15 Nimzo indian
Yudasin, Leonid - Godena, Michele 1-0 33 C55 Two knights
Bellini, Fabio - Mantovani, Renzo 1-0 27 B31 Sicilian
Tatai, Stefano - Komarov, Dimitri 1/2 17 B30 Sicilian
Belotti, Bruno - Arlandi, Ennio 1/2 22 E08 Nimzo indian
Sarno, Spartaco - Lputian, Smbat G 0-1 51 A13 English; 1.c4
Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), XII 1997 - I 1998 cat. X (2488)
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1 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2540 * . 1 = = . . . . 1 . . 3.0 2735
2 Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2470 . * . . . = . 1 . = . 1 3.0 2595
3 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2610 0 . * . . 1 . . 1 1 . . 3.0 2663
4 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2600 = . . * 1 . = = . . . . 2.5 2610
5 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2550 = . . 0 * . 1 . . . = . 2.0 2525
6 Bellini, Fabio f ITA 2415 . = 0 . . * . . = . 1 . 2.0 2492
7 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2585 . . . = 0 . * = . . . 1 2.0 2483
8 Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2385 . 0 . = . . = * . . 1 . 2.0 2507
9 Godena, Michele g ITA 2515 . . 0 . . = . . * = . = 1.5 2371
10 Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2410 0 = 0 . . . . . = * . . 1.0 2340
11 Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2375 . . . . = 0 . 0 . . * = 1.0 2244
12 Sarno, Spartaco m ITA 2400 . 0 . . . . 0 . = . = * 1.0 2293
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The 73rd Hastings Chess Congress is taking place between December 29th 1997 and January 11th 1998. The 10 player Category 13 Premier event will take place in the Cinque Ports Hotel. My thanks to Pam Thomas in the press room.
Round 1 (1997.12.29)
Plaskett, Jim - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1-0 46 A18 English; 1.c4
Nunn, John D.M - Rausis, Igors 1/2 20 B01 Scandinavian
Ward, Christopher - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 14 C02 French; Advance
McShane, Luke J - Hebden, Mark 0-1 35 C91 Ruy Lopez
Relange, Eloi - Sadler, Matthew 0-1 34 B99 Sicilian; Najdorf
Hastings ENG (ENG), XII 1997 - I 1998 cat. XIII (2551)
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1 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2575 * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
2 Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2450 . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2665 . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0
4 Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2620 . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2490
5 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2490 . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2620
6 Tkachiev, Vladislav g KAZ 2615 . . . . . * = . . . 0.5 2485
7 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2505 . . . . . = * . . . 0.5 2615
8 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2455 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
9 Relange, Eloi m FRA 2505 . . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2645 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Jonathan Rowson took on Swedish talent Tiger Hillarp Persson in a challenge match in Edinburgh Scotland 14th-19th December. Rowson has previously played two of these matches which were organised by Adam Raoof, winning against Keith Arkell and losing to Julian Hodgson. This time he comfortably won the match 4.5 - 1.5 to take the main prize in this 5000 pound challenge match.
Rowson, Jonathan - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1-0 40 B40 Sicilian
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Rowson, Jonathan 0-1 40 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Rowson, Jonathan - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 0-1 50 B40 Sicilian
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Rowson, Jonathan 0-1 43 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Rowson, Jonathan - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 1-0 20 B84 Sicilian
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Rowson, Jonathan 1/2 14 A00 Irregular
Edinburgh SCO (SCO), XII 1997
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Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2490 1 1 0 1 1 = 4.5 2638
Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2445 0 0 1 0 0 = 1.5 2297
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The International Open in Zadar Croatia was held 13th - 21st December 1997. There were two main events. A men's open with 6 GMs and 14 IMs and a women's event with 2 WIMs. The event was won by IM Milan Franic with 7/9, the women's event by Mirjana Medic. There was full coverage on the internet at: http://pubwww.srce.hr/cro_chess which are the Croatian Chess pages.
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-4 FRANIC, Milan CRO 2425 2408 7 44.0 54.5 38.0
DELCHEV, Aleksander BUL 2525 2525 7 41.0 52.0 36.0
PALAC, Mladen CRO 2575 2565 7 40.5 51.5 36.0
KLARIC, Zlatko CRO 2420 2419 7 35.0 45.5 33.5
5-7 FERCEC, Nenad CRO 2450 2429 6.5 43.0 54.5 36.0
LALIC, Bogdan CRO 2600 2572 6.5 41.5 53.5 35.0
CEBALO, Miso CRO 2485 2477 6.5 39.5 51.5 35.0
8-13 ZAJA, Ivan CRO 2440 2437 6 40.5 52.5 32.5
TUKMAKOV, Vladimir UKR 2575 2575 6 40.0 51.0 32.5
BISTRIC, Faruk BIH 2430 2430 6 38.5 49.0 32.0
LONCAR, Robert CRO 2385 2322 6 35.0 46.0 28.5
BOZINOVIC, Bogdan CRO 2255 2246 6 34.5 42.5 28.5
KUTUZOVIC, Branko CRO 2420 2417 6 33.0 43.5 29.5
14-19 NIKOLAC, Juraj CRO 2470 2460 5.5 40.0 51.0 34.0
MESTROVIC, Zvonimir SLO 2430 2430 5.5 38.0 48.5 30.5
LJUBICIC, Filip CRO 2395 2361 5.5 37.5 47.5 29.5
ROGULJ, Branko CRO 2415 2408 5.5 35.5 45.5 30.5
POPOVIC, Ivo CRO 2195 2178 5.5 32.5 39.5 27.5
ZELIC, Mladen CRO 2360 2309 5.5 31.0 38.0 25.0
20-35 SOLDO, Josip CRO 2119 5 37.0 47.0 26.0
BILISKOV, Vjekoslav CRO 2320 2283 5 36.5 46.5 26.5
ASCIC, Pero CRO 2335 2301 5 36.5 46.0 28.0
VADLA, Zeljko CRO 2240 2243 5 36.5 45.5 26.0
JOVANIC, Ognjen CRO 2260 2239 5 36.0 46.5 28.0
MEDANCIC, Rikard CRO 2320 2310 5 35.0 44.5 26.5
REZAN, Sasa CRO 2250 2184 5 34.0 43.5 26.5
BATARELO, Zlatko CRO 2017 5 33.5 42.5 24.0
BILOBRK, Franjo CRO 2350 2345 5 32.5 39.5 29.5
RADOSAVLJEVIC, Petar CRO 2170 2105 5 32.0 41.5 22.0
BURSIC, Elvis CRO 2070 2057 5 31.5 40.5 21.0
BRADARIC, Ratomir CRO 2190 2177 5 31.0 40.0 25.5
KRISTOVIC, Marijan CRO 2310 2306 5 31.0 40.0 23.5
MAROJA, Stanislav CRO 2230 2119 5 30.5 40.5 24.5
JAKIC, Ivan CRO 2280 2128 5 30.5 40.0 23.0
IKICA, Ante CRO 2030 2036 5 30.0 37.5 22.0
36-39 HECIMOVIC, Ivan CRO 2230 2167 4.5 33.0 41.0 24.5
SALE, Srdan CRO 2425 2400 4.5 30.5 40.0 24.0
LACMANOVIC, Stipe CRO 2195 2163 4.5 29.5 37.5 24.5
BUGARIJA, Zdravko CRO 2106 4.5 28.0 37.0 17.0
40-50 RIBICIC, Mate CRO 2185 2108 4 35.5 45.5 25.0
DEVIDE, Zoran CRO 2245 2237 4 33.5 44.0 23.5
ZEZELJ, Vladislav CRO 2150 2083 4 31.5 40.0 20.5
JURICIC, Tomislav CRO 1600 4 31.0 40.0 22.0
ORENDA, Omar CRO 2170 2159 4 30.0 39.0 19.0
RYZNAR, Vladimir CRO 2210 2140 4 30.0 38.0 21.0
VUKUSIC, Marin CRO 1846 4 30.0 38.0 18.0
BENDER, Ivan CRO 2190 2166 4 29.0 36.0 19.0
STIPIC, Marko CRO 2082 4 25.5 35.5 16.5
TROSKOT, Neven CRO 1900 4 25.0 32.5 14.0
PETKOVIC, Nenad CRO 1600 4 19.0 23.0 15.0
51-57 DRCA, Mirko CRO 2061 3.5 33.0 42.0 19.5
MILEUSNIC, Slobodan CRO 1926 3.5 28.5 36.5 16.5
PERIC, Mijo NED 2100 3.5 28.0 35.5 18.5
TROSELJ, Teo CRO 1951 3.5 26.5 33.0 13.5
BOSKOVIC, Ante BIH 2100 3.5 25.5 33.5 13.0
VIDOVIC, Ante CRO 1954 3.5 25.5 32.5 16.5
MRGAN, Franjo CRO 1823 3.5 22.5 29.0 13.0
58-63 MAROJA, Slobodan CRO 1951 3 30.5 38.5 16.0
STIMAC, Josip CRO 1964 3 30.5 38.0 16.0
LASIC, Vitomir CRO 1961 3 29.5 35.5 15.0
LUKIC, Tomislav CRO 2041 3 27.5 35.5 15.0
STUPIN, Ante CRO 2019 3 25.5 32.0 12.0
KOLEGA, Marin CRO 1654 3 20.5 25.5 11.0
64-66 RADIC, Danijel CRO 1993 2.5 24.0 29.0 9.0
DUNATOV, Kresimir CRO 1664 2.5 21.5 28.5 12.0
SAGI, Franko CRO 1734 2.5 20.5 25.5 9.0
67 TOMIC, Jurica CRO 2004 2 24.5 31.0 11.0
68 RASPOVIC, Sime CRO 1931 1.5 22.0 28.0 4.0
69-70 STOJIC, Ante CRO 1844 1 17.5 22.0 3.0
JURIC, Boris CRO 2007 1 14.5 24.0 5.0
WOMEN Final standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 MEDIC, Mirjana (2) CRO 2260 2262 8.5 34.5 46.0 42.0
2 VELCHEVA, Maria (1) BUL 2270 2330 8 32.5 43.0 38.0
3 MIHALINCIC, Irena (4) CRO 2075 2090 7 34.5 45.0 32.0
4 PARAMINSKI, Albina (3) CRO 2170 2140 6.5 34.0 42.5 30.0
5-7 SULC, Gordana (5) CRO 2070 2010 4.5 38.0 49.0 23.5
ZELIC, Marina (7) CRO 1912 4.5 36.5 45.0 23.5
SORIC, Jelena (9) CRO 1685 4.5 30.5 41.0 20.5
8 SISKO, Dragica (10) CRO 1670 4 28.0 36.5 16.0
9-10 SARIC, Ankica (6) CRO 1922 3.5 32.0 40.5 21.0
VEGAR, Ivana (14) CRO 1600 3.5 22.0 30.5 17.0
11 JELENIC, Marina (12) CRO 1623 3 25.0 32.0 15.0
12 SARIC, Martina (8) CRO 1693 2.5 28.5 36.5 14.5
13 LONCAR, Branka (13) CRO 1600 2 24.5 32.5 13.0
14 KALAPAC, Petra (11) CRO 1633 0 23.0 29.5 0.0
List up to 1st January 1998.
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2825 155
2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2775 153
3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2758 147
4. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2714 166
5. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2712 189
6. Kamsky,Gata USA 2700 180
7. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2698 147
8. Svidler,Peter RUS 2689 170
9. Adams,Michael ENG 2676 159
10. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2671 164
11. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2669 129
12. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2666 181
13. Short,Nigel D ENG 2659 186
14. Leko,Peter HUN 2658 141
15. Salov,Valery RUS 2655 172
16. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2651 142
17. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2648 182
18. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2646 165
19. Lautier,Joel FRA 2638 181
20. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2637 177
21. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2637 154
22. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2634 130
23. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2634 150
24. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2633 173
25. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2633 160
26. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2631 184
27. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2629 188
28. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2626 136
29. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2626 152
30. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2625 171
31. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2624 204
32. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2621 143
33. Adianto,Utut INA 2620 179
34. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2617 145
35. Oll,Lembit EST 2615 146
36. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
37. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2609 163
38. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2609 162
39. Yusupov,Artur GER 2609 142
40. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2609 184
41. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197
42. Chernin,Alexander HUN 2605 129
43. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
44. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2604 156
45. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
46. Tkachev,Vladislav KAZ 2601 147
47. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2601 154
48. Filippov,Valerij RUS 2600 195
49. Korneev,Oleg RUS 2599 162
50. Alterman,Boris ISR 2598 149
Tournaments processed for this list
GER Bad Wiessee open
GER Bundesliga Round 5/6
NOR Asker Cat.10
UKR Kiev Cat.10
USA Merrillvill Cat.15
NED Leemwarden open
NED Groningen World Champ.FIDE (after 2 game Round 7)
NED Groningen Womens' Candidates Tournament (after 16th)
NED Groningen open (after 7 Rounds)
"TAPOLCA" 9 rounds Swiss Open chess tournament in Budapest, from 9th until 17th of January Venue: Hungarian Chess Federation Prizes: 30 - 20 - 15 - 10 - 5 - 4 - 2x3 - 2x2 - 2x1.5 thousand HUF. (1 USD = 198 HUF) Prizes for best youth, woman, nonrated, senior players - 3 thousand HUF
Entry fees: According to the 97 July FIDE list.
unrated (4000,- HUF), ELO 2000 - 2200 (3500), ELO 2205 - 2250 (3000), ELO 2255 - 2300 (2500), ELO 2305 - 2350 (2000), ELO 2355 - 2400 (1500), GM, IM and above 2405 free. (Only in the case of a previous registration).
Registration until: 9th of January 2:00 p.m. Opening ceremony: 3:00 p.m. Organizer: PAREJ, Jozsef, tel: Intl.-/36/ - 87 - 321 - 444 8:00 - 15:00 tel: Intl: /36/ - 87 - 321 - 950 19:00 - 21:00 Accommodation and other info in the internet /E-MAIL/: 100263.1700@compuserve.com Or: tel-fax: Intl. - /361/ - 263 - 28 - 59 co Nagy Laszlo