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1) Introduction
2) FIDE World Chess Championships
3) Groningen Open
4) Hastings and Reggio Emilia
5) 6th Raiffeisen Donau Open in Aschach/Donau
6) Eastern Open
7) Elgoibar Tournament Spain
8) Pamplona Tournament
Games section
FIDE World Championships 8 games Groningen Open 84 games Pamplona Spain 45 games Hastings 30 games Reggio Emilia 30 games Elgoibar Spain 45 games Eastern Open 33 games Aschach Open 139 games
My thanks to Chess Planet, Lost Boys, Harald Grafenhofer, Pam Thomas, Net64/El Pais, Groningen organisers, Carlo Mazzoni, Michael Atkins, Angel Martin and all those who helped with this issue.
Tension is now rising to boiling point in the FIDE World Championship knockout event with Viswanathan Anand and Anatoly Karpov level at 1.5 points apiece. Karpov dominated the early exchanges and could have been 2.5 - 0.5 ahead having missed a completely winning chance in game two. However Karpov has demonstrated that he is at least well prepared theoretically for the match. Anand is playing agressively on instinct and the final result is very hard to predict. The next game is tomorrow and in three or four days the new FIDE Champion will be known. Elsewhere chess has restarted after the players returned from Groningen, with a number of Christmas festivals throughout the World to give a quite nice variety of events.
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 and finished on the 30th with the first sudden death game between Anand and Adams. The result saw the ELO favourite for the Groningen leg (and indeed for the event as a whole go through) Viswanathan Anand go through. Then there followed a quick move to Switzerland by Anand and his team, which due to the lateness of the day (and the fact that the players had to book their own flights, flights which they weren't sure they needed) looked at one stage might have to be by train. In the end a flight was sorted out. Anand then was at the opening ceremony of the final match of the event on the 1st January 1997 in Lausanne Switzerland in the Olympic Museum. One consolation for all the players is that in spite of some very sceptical comments from the players David Jarrett is reported to have confirmed that all the prize money for the championships has arrived and the players will be paid.
A very tense playoff between Michael Adams and Viswanathan Anand took place on the last day of the Groningen event. Anand generally dominated the rapid playoffs without managing to put Adams away until the introduction of the blitz sudden death game. In the first he played aggresssively against Anand's Caro Cann but couldn't really call on a real advantage. The second game was Adam's best chance, his closed Sicilian came close to breaking through although Anand's huge advantage on the clock played a part. No concrete winning line has been found so perhaps there was nothing. The third game was again a Sicilian closed and after some correct play a draw was agreed. The fourth game was a fascinating struggle in the English but one that didn't leave a draw. The players passed to the blitz game where Anand quickly built up a time advantage in spite of having less at the start. 14. c5 lead to a huge advantage and to all appearances this lead directly to a win. However Anand 26. Rf3 was poor when 26. ...Qg5 27. Qe1 f5! might objectively turn the tables although the time advantage for Anand at this stage might have still given him the win. As it was Anand simply throttled Adams.
25 minutes + 10 seconds
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1/2 50 B14 Caro-Kann
Adams, Michael - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 39 B23 Sicilian; Closed
15 minutes + 10 seconds
Adams, Michael - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 44 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1/2 51 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
4 minutes to white, 5 to black
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1-0 65 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Groningen NED (NED), XII 1997 - XII 1998
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 = = = = 1 3.0 2752
Adams, Michael g ENG 2680 = = = = 0 2.0 2693
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Viswanathan Anand and Anatoly Karpov started their 6 game match on January 2nd 1998. Anand has a +6 -3 =15 career record against Karpov and had not lost to Karpov in anything other than fast chess since 1991. Karpov and Anand have played a World Championship qualifying match together before, in 1991, when Karpov emerged as the winner 4.5 - 3.5 even though Anand dominated much of the match. Only Nigel Short and Garry Kasparov have defeated Karpov in serious match play. Karpov is taking the match very seriously and has Alexander Onischuk, Vladimir Tukmakov,Mikhail Podgaets and Jaan Ehlvest working for him. Anand has long term second Elizbar Ubilava aswell as Peter Leko and Artur Jussupow. Ubilava has worked with Karpov in the past. The match could have effectively ended after two games when Karpov missed a chance to take a 2-0 lead.
Day 1 2nd January 1998
Karpov 1-0 Anand
The level of Anand's problems in playing a well prepared and rested
Anatoly Karpov were seen in the first game. Anatoly Karpov and his team
found a powerful knight sacrifice 17. Ndb5 which Anand found difficult to
handle. 22. ...Rc8 rather than grabbing the e pawn was the first decision
for Anand. Then his 19. ...Qd6 was played after some thought, probably
with the intention of playing a long forcing line in which Anand probably
overlooked 31. Qxg7 the following move he could have backed out taking an
inferior ending with 20. ..Qb8 but he probably already intended the sac
with Kf7. It is an interesting question to speculate how far Karpov's
preparation stretched but it is not inconceivable that it went all the way
to this move. The ending was slightly tricky but winning, Karpov took 108
moves to win it but didn't seem to hurry.
Day 2 3rd January 1998
Anand 1-0 Karpov
Anatoly Karpov surprised everyone by playing 5. ...Bc5 in a Ruy
Lopez. Anand seemed to be the first with a novelty. 14. Qe2 seems to be
new but not especially good. 18. d4 introduced interesting complications
and Karpov's 19. ...Rxf3 saccing the exchange was an interesting chance
offering Anand the chance of equality with dxc5 or risk with the
acceptance of the exchange. Anand fell behind on the clock and it seems he
became very nervous playing 31. Bb6 (which was actually a fingerslip)
instead of the better a6 which is complicated but might have promised an
advantage. 33. Be3 was perhaps better than 33. Rc1. In mutual time trouble
Karpov missed a chance to effectively finish the match in an instant.
Instead of 34. ...h6?? producing a losing position 34. ...Ne2+ 35. Kf1
Qe8 (a real computer move possibly Karpov saw only Qe6) was winning. Anand
made no mistake and Karpov was left to look at the ruins of his position
after first time control and to resign some time later.
Day 3 4th January 1998
Karpov 1/2 Anand
A Karpov novelty (14. Bb2) was followed by a 35 minute think by
Karpov on his 15th move before playing 15. Qc2, it is probable that Karpov
discovered something wrong with his intended continuation and after that
he steered the game firmly to a draw.
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 108 D48 Meran Variation
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 42 C60 Ruy Lopez
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 19 D48 Meran Variation
Lausanne SUI (SUI), XII 1997 - I 1998
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Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 0 1 = . . . 1.5 2745
Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2745 1 0 = . . . 1.5 2765
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The 36th Groningen International Open took place alongside the main FIDE event. Alexander Nenashev won the event with 9.5/11 from Ehlvest and Ibragimov. There were several title norms at the event. Petr Kiriakov of Russia scored 8/11 and Nikolaj Borge of Denmark with 7½/11 scored full GM norms, Klaudiusz Urban of Poland scored a 10 round norm with 7/10. There were quite a number of IM norms in the event, Jussi Tella (FIN) 7½/11, Corina Peptan (ROM) 7/11, Antti Pihlajasalo (FIN), 7/11 Almira Skripchenko-Lautier (MDA) 6½/11 Natalia Kiseleva (UKR) 6½/11 Zbigniew Pyda (POL) 6½/11, Sipke Ernst (NED) 6½/11, Jefferson Pelikian (BRA) 6/10, Rafal Lobejko (POL) 5½/9. Women's GM norm results Natalia Kiseleva (UKR) 6½/11 and women's IM results, Linda Jap Tjoen San (NED) 5½/11, Dalia Blimke (POL) 5½/11, Iweta Radziewicz (POL) 5½/11 and Jennifer Shahade (USA) 4½/9
There was coverage at the official site: http://www.noord.bart.nl/~ssg/
1 Nenashev, Alexander g UZB 2585 9.5
2 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 8.5
Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2585 8.5
4 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2600 8.0
Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2555 8.0
Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2590 8.0
Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2550 8.0
Kiriakov, Petr m RUS 2505 8.0
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam m UZB 2545 8.0
Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2595 8.0
11 Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2565 7.5
Borge, Nikolaj m DEN 2360 7.5
Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2490 7.5
Ye Rongguang g CHN 2500 7.5
Rytshagov, Mikhail m EST 2525 7.5
Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2540 7.5
Hansen, Sune Berg m DEN 2490 7.5
Tella, Jussi f FIN 2375 7.5
Zhu Chen wg CHN 2515 7.5
Kreiman, Boris m USA 2465 7.5
Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2440 7.5
Schlosser, Philipp g GER 2550 7.5
Lobzhanidze, Davit m GEO 2515 7.5
24 Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2550 7.0
Schebler, Gerhard m GER 2440 7.0
Atalik, Suat g TUR 2590 7.0
Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2500 7.0
Peptan, Corina wg ROM 2460 7.0
Pihlajasalo, Antti FIN 2245 7.0
Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2550 7.0
Kobese, Watu m RSA 2315 7.0
Thipsay, Praveen M m IND 2515 7.0
Roeder, Mathias m GER 2435 7.0
Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2515 7.0
Delemarre, Jop m NED 2395 7.0
Wang Lei wg CHN 2375 7.0
Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2435 7.0
Krakops, Maris m LAT 2530 7.0
Meins, Gerlef m GER 2460 7.0
Markowski, Tomasz m POL 2515 7.0
Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2510 7.0
Mirumian, Vigen m ARM 2490 7.0
Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2515 7.0
Schlecht, Daniel GER 2270 7.0
45 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2620 6.5
etc 235 players
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 5 (1997.12.30)
Komarov, Dimitri - Sarno, Spartaco 1-0 63 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Lputian, Smbat G - Bellini, Fabio 1-0 43 E05 Nimzo indian
Arlandi, Ennio - Yudasin, Leonid 1/2 17 E41 Nimzo indian
Romanishin, Oleg M - Tatai, Stefano 1/2 28 A49 Queen's pawn
Godena, Michele - Efimov, Igor 1-0 29 B16 Caro-Kann
Mantovani, Renzo - Belotti, Bruno 1/2 12 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Round 6 (1997.12.31)
Yudasin, Leonid - Mantovani, Renzo 1-0 81 B50 Sicilian
Efimov, Igor - Tatai, Stefano 1/2 41 E21 Nimzo indian
Godena, Michele - Arlandi, Ennio 1/2 62 B17 Caro-Kann
Bellini, Fabio - Komarov, Dimitri 1/2 42 C01 French; Exchange
Belotti, Bruno - Lputian, Smbat G 0-1 48 C00 French
Sarno, Spartaco - Romanishin, Oleg M 0-1 49 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 7 (1998.01.02)
Komarov, Dimitri - Belotti, Bruno 1-0 27 D67 QGD;
Lputian, Smbat G - Yudasin, Leonid 1/2 15 E12 Nimzo indian
Arlandi, Ennio - Efimov, Igor 1/2 52 A81 Dutch defence
Tatai, Stefano - Sarno, Spartaco 1/2 31 B08 Pirc; Classical
Romanishin, Oleg M - Bellini, Fabio 1/2 41 D63 QGD;
Mantovani, Renzo - Godena, Michele 1/2 18 B13 Caro-Kann
Round 8 (1998.01.03)
Yudasin, Leonid - Komarov, Dimitri 1/2 29 C00 French
Arlandi, Ennio - Mantovani, Renzo 1-0 42 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Efimov, Igor - Sarno, Spartaco 1-0 36 B07 Pirc
Godena, Michele - Lputian, Smbat G 0-1 30 C09 French; Tarrasch
Bellini, Fabio - Tatai, Stefano 0-1 47 B52 Sicilian
Belotti, Bruno - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 59 B46 Sicilian
Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), XII 1997 - I 1998 cat. X (2488)
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1 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2600 * = = . = = 1 . = 1 . 1 5.5 2627
2 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2610 = * = = 0 . . 1 1 1 1 . 5.5 2629
3 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2585 = = * . . = 0 1 1 1 . 1 5.5 2626
4 Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2470 . = . * = 1 . = = = 1 1 5.5 2597
5 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2540 = 1 . = * = = 0 . 1 . 1 5.0 2587
6 Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2385 = . = 0 = * = . 1 . 1 = 4.5 2534
7 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2550 0 . 1 . = = * . = = = 1 4.5 2506
8 Godena, Michele g ITA 2515 . 0 0 = 1 . . * = = = = 3.5 2432
9 Bellini, Fabio f ITA 2415 = 0 0 = . 0 = = * . 1 . 3.0 2424
10 Belotti, Bruno m ITA 2410 0 0 0 = 0 . = = . * = . 2.0 2337
11 Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2375 . 0 . 0 . 0 = = 0 = * = 2.0 2276
12 Sarno, Spartaco m ITA 2400 0 . 0 0 0 = 0 = . . = * 1.5 2251
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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. Matthew Sadler is running away with the event with 6/7 and Eloi Relange only needs a half from two games to get a GM norm. My thanks to Pam Thomas in the press room.
Round 2 (1997.12.30)
Sadler, Matthew - Ward, Christopher 1/2 39 E43 Nimzo indian
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0 45 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Rausis, Igors - McShane, Luke J 1-0 41 E76 Kings indian
Plaskett, Jim - Nunn, John D.M 1/2 21 B30 Sicilian
Hebden, Mark - Relange, Eloi 1/2 16 A90 Dutch defence
Round 3 (1997.12.31)
Relange, Eloi - Rausis, Igors 1/2 56 B10 Caro-Kann
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Sadler, Matthew 0-1 50 B50 Sicilian
Nunn, John D.M - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1/2 14 C24 1.e4 e5
Ward, Christopher - Hebden, Mark 1/2 44 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
McShane, Luke J - Plaskett, Jim 1-0 23 B44 Sicilian
Round 4 (1998.01.02)
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Sadler, Matthew 0-1 27 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Nunn, John D.M - McShane, Luke J 1/2 37 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Rausis, Igors - Ward, Christopher 1/2 53 B79 Sicilian; Dragon
Plaskett, Jim - Relange, Eloi 0-1 26 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Hebden, Mark - Tkachiev, Vladislav 0-1 29 D27 QGA;
Round 5 (1998.01.03)
Sadler, Matthew - Hebden, Mark 1-0 81 A49 Queen's pawn
Relange, Eloi - Nunn, John D.M 1-0 38 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Rausis, Igors 1-0 78 B01 Scandinavian
Ward, Christopher - Plaskett, Jim 0-1 45 E20 Nimzo indian
McShane, Luke J - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1/2 43 C08 French; Tarrasch
Round 6 (1998.01.04)
Rozentalis, Eduardas - Hebden, Mark 1-0 41 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Nunn, John D.M - Ward, Christopher 1-0 36 B79 Sicilian; Dragon
Rausis, Igors - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 41 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Plaskett, Jim - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 18 C78 Ruy Lopez
McShane, Luke J - Relange, Eloi 0-1 34 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 7 (1998.01.05)
Sadler, Matthew - Plaskett, Jim 1-0 40 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Relange, Eloi - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1/2 15 D36 Queen's gambit
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Nunn, John D.M 1/2 20 B40 Sicilian
Hebden, Mark - Rausis, Igors 1-0 41 D11 Slav defence
Ward, Christopher - McShane, Luke J 1/2 34 E86 Kings indian; Saemisch
Hastings ENG (ENG), XII 1997 - I 1998 cat. XIII (2553)
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1 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2665 * 1 1 1 . = 1 1 = . 6.0 2849
2 Relange, Eloi m FRA 2505 0 * = . 1 = 1 = . 1 4.5 2659
3 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2645 0 = * 1 = . 0 1 . = 3.5 2555
4 Tkachiev, Vladislav g KAZ 2615 0 . 0 * = 1 = 1 = . 3.5 2564
5 Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2620 . 0 = = * = = . 1 = 3.5 2523
6 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2490 = = . 0 = * . 0 = 1 3.0 2512
7 Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2450 0 0 1 = = . * . 1 0 3.0 2522
8 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2575 0 = 0 0 . 1 . * = 1 3.0 2504
9 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2505 = . . = 0 = 0 = * = 2.5 2450
10 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2455 . 0 = . = 0 1 0 = * 2.5 2439
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The 6th international tournament in Aschach/Donau December 26th - 31st December 1997. Aschach/Donau is a small village in Austria around 25km west of Linz. 243 players turned up for this 7 round Swiss system event. The A event had 5 GMs and 5 IMs in the 110 competitors. The event was won by Vladimir Epishin who scored 6/7. My thanks to Harald Grafenhofer for the results and games from the event.
There will be another event this time next year. Contact: Info: Guenter
Mitterhuemer, Seebach 19, A-4070 Eferding. Tel. + 72 72 43 98 FAX: + 72 73
63 36 15
Leading final standings 1 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2570 6.0 /7 2 Hertneck, Gerald g GER 2525 5.5 /7 3 Beim, Valery g ISR 2535 5.5 /7 4 Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2465 5.5 /7 5 Teske, Henrik g GER 2515 5.5 /7 6 Schmidt, Peter m GER 2410 5.5 /7 7 Rogulj, Branko m CRO 2415 5.0 /7 8 Brustman, Agnieszka wg POL 2380 5.0 /7 9 Balinov, Ilija BUL 2560 5.0 /7 10 Schneider-Zinner, Harald AUT 2265 5.0 /7
Michael Atkins reports that the 1997 Eastern Open finished in a 5-way tie at 6-2 among GMs Alex Yermolinsky, Dmitry Gurevich, Sergey Kudrin, John Fedorowicz and Alexander Ivanov. The event took place in Washington DC December 26th-29th 1997. 10 year old Robert Brady received the largest check at the event as the only clear section winner! The event was covered on the internet at the U.S. Chess Center's site http://www.chessctr.org/eastern.htm
Eastern Open OPEN section
Name rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 rd 6 rd 7 rd 8 TOT
1 Yermolinsky, Alex...2686 W 15 W 13 W 7 D 23 D 3 W 24 D 4 D 5 6.0
2 Gurevich, Dmitry....2643 W 29 W 12 L 10 W 20 W 9 D 3 W 23 D 4 6.0
3 Kudrin, Sergey......2633 W 30 W 14 W 18 W 10 D 1 D 2 D 5 D 7 6.0
4 Fedorowicz, John P..2608 W 35 W 19 D 20 W 11 D 23 W 7 D 1 D 2 6.0
5 Ivanov, Alexander...2595 W 36 L 20 W 29 W 14 W 10 W 23 D 3 D 1 6.0
6 Sherzer, Alex I.....2559 L 16 W 39 W 30 W 21 L 24 D 19 W 27 W 13 5.5
7 Shliperman, Igor....2518 W 37 W 34 L 1 W 22 W 12 L 4 W 11 D 3 5.5
8 Kaufman, Lawrence...2454 W 38 D 21 W 27 D 24 D 19 D 11 W 12 D 9 5.5
9 Delaune, Richard K..2396 W 46 D 27 D 21 W 35 L 2 W 22 W 24 D 8 5.5
10 Kagan, Frederick....2364 W 39 W 44 W 2 L 3 L 5 D 27 W 19 D 16 5.0
11 Gelman, Geoffrey....2361 W 40 D 16 W 45 L 4 W 31 D 8 L 7 W 29 5.0
12 Lanier, Nicholas....2330 W 32 L 2 W 37 W 46 L 7 W 31 L 8 W 23 5.0
13 Schneider, Dmitry...2285 W 42 L 1 H--- W 57 D 27 W 29 W 18 L 6 5.0
14 Ritvin, Stanislav...2281 W 33 L 3 W 49 L 5 D 30 W 51 W 35 D 15 5.0
15 Savage, Allan G.....2213 L 1 D 41 W 59 D 25 W 47 D 20 W 34 D 14 5.0
16 Santana, Joan E.....2175 W 6 D 11 L 24 W 26 D 20 D 21 W 25 D 10 5.0
17 Curdo, John A.......2409 L 31 W 40 L 35 D 49 W 41 H--- W 38 D 19 4.5
18 Martinovsky, Eugen..2381 W 49 W 22 L 3 L 31 W 38 W 44 L 13 D 21 4.5
19 Bengtson, Matthew...2284 W 51 L 4 W 56 W 33 D 8 D 6 L 10 D 17 4.5
20 Mac Intyre, Paul....2273 W 52 W 5 D 4 L 2 D 16 D 15 D 21 H--- 4.5
21 Mayer, Steven F.....2259 W 58 D 8 D 9 L 6 W 56 D 16 D 20 D 18 4.5
22 Grechikhin, Vladim..2254 W 54 L 18 W 50 L 7 W 46 L 9 D 31 W 37 4.5
23 Meyer, Eugene B.....2560 W 57 W 26 W 31 D 1 D 4 L 5 L 2 L 12 4.0
24 Treger, Yefim.......2352 D 50 W 53 W 16 D 8 W 6 L 1 L 9 F--- 4.0
25 Meyer, John C.......2339 W 41 L 31 D 57 D 15 L 29 W 56 L 16 W 40 4.0
26 Winer, Steven.......2277 W 43 L 23 D 38 L 16 H--- D 39 W 52 D 28 4.0
27 Henry, Ronald L.....2244 W 59 D 9 L 8 W 41 D 13 D 10 L 6 D 31 4.0
28 Strenzwilk, Denis...2236 D 55 D 50 D 47 L 38 D 42 D 52 W 51 D 26 4.0
29 Peters, David L.....2210 L 2 W 32 L 5 W 50 W 25 L 13 W 33 L 11 4.0
30 Barash, Dmitrij.....2206 L 3 W 42 L 6 W 32 D 14 D 33 W 47 F--- 4.0
31 Hamilton, Timothy...2130 W 17 W 25 L 23 W 18 L 11 L 12 D 22 D 27 4.0
32 Stancil, Kimani A...2059 L 12 L 29 X--- L 30 D 40 D 49 W 56 W 47 4.0
33 Hoekstra, Matthew...2027 L 14 W 36 W 44 L 19 D 45 D 30 L 29 W 46 4.0
60 players
Angel Martin sends news of the Elgoibar tournament played in Spain from 26th Nov-4th December 1997. The event was won by Oleg Korneev from ELO favourite Giorgi Giorgadze.
Elgoibar ESP (ESP), XI-XII 1997 cat. X (2495)
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1 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2565 * = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.0 2706
2 Giorgadze, Giorgi g GEO 2625 = * 1 0 = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2605
3 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2415 = 0 * = 1 = = 0 1 1 5.0 2546
4 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S m ECU 2470 0 1 = * 0 = = 1 = = 4.5 2497
5 Lima, Darcy m BRA 2475 0 = 0 1 * 0 = 1 = 1 4.5 2496
6 Sion Castro, Marcelino m ESP 2435 = = = = 1 * = 0 = 0 4.0 2458
7 Franco, Zenon g ESP 2480 0 = = = = = * 1 0 = 4.0 2453
8 Romero Holmes, Alfonso g ESP 2465 = 0 1 0 0 1 0 * 1 0 3.5 2417
9 Izeta Txabarri, Felix g ESP 2525 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 * 1 3.5 2411
10 Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario m ESP 2490 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 1 0 * 3.0 2370
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Net64 and El Pais are reporting on a Category 13 event in Pamplona Spain. Miguel Illescas and Ulf Andersson lead with 5.5/8 with one round to go. Further details http://www.elpais.es
Round 1 (1997.12.28)
Lutz, Christopher - Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis 1-0 40 C18 French; Winawer
Bacrot, Etienne - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 39 D85 Gruenfeld indian
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Strikovic, Aleksa 1-0 76 B06 Modern defence
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Andersson, Ulf 0-1 55 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Magem Badals, Jorge - San Segundo, Pablo 1-0 30 B06 Modern defence
Round 2 (1997.12.29)
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Magem Badals, Jorge 1/2 19 D27 QGA;
Andersson, Ulf - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 79 E05 Nimzo indian
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 0-1 39 B07 Pirc
Strikovic, Aleksa - San Segundo, Pablo 1/2 24 D02 Queen's pawn
Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 49 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 3 (1997.12.30)
Lutz, Christopher - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 0-1 45 C18 French; Winawer
Bacrot, Etienne - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 35 E11 Bogo indian
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Strikovic, Aleksa 1/2 50 C45 Scottish
Magem Badals, Jorge - Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis 1/2 20 B01 Scandinavian
San Segundo, Pablo - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 28 D17 Slav defence
Round 4 (1997.12.31)
Andersson, Ulf - Magem Badals, Jorge 1-0 50 D29 QGA;
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 62 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Lutz, Christopher 0-1 63 D31 Queen's gambit
Strikovic, Aleksa - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 0-1 42 C54 Italian game
Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis - San Segundo, Pablo 1/2 27 B30 Sicilian
Round 5 (1998.01.30)
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis 1-0 28 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Lutz, Christopher - Strikovic, Aleksa 1/2 22 C88 Ruy Lopez
Bacrot, Etienne - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 1/2 33 D20 QGA;
Magem Badals, Jorge - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1/2 16 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
San Segundo, Pablo - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 27 D00 Queen's pawn
Round 6 (1998.01.02)
Andersson, Ulf - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 0-1 68 E02 Nimzo indian
Lutz, Christopher - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 39 B83 Sicilian
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - San Segundo, Pablo 1/2 30 B07 Pirc
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Magem Badals, Jorge 0-1 39 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Strikovic, Aleksa - Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis 1-0 42 A12 English; 1.c4
Round 7 (1998.01.03)
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1-0 60 A58 Benko gambit
Bacrot, Etienne - Strikovic, Aleksa 1/2 53 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Magem Badals, Jorge - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 29 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
San Segundo, Pablo - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 0-1 31 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis - Andersson, Ulf 0-1 39 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 8 (1998.01.04)
Lutz, Christopher - San Segundo, Pablo 1/2 35 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Bacrot, Etienne - Magem Badals, Jorge 1-0 21 D39 Queen's gambit
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis 1-0 45 B01 Scandinavian
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 42 D46 Semi-Slav
Strikovic, Aleksa - Andersson, Ulf 0-1 55 B20 Sicilian
Pamplona ESP (ESP), XII 1997 - I 1998 cat. XIII (2555)
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1 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2585 * 1 . = 1 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2687
2 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2640 0 * = = . 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2693
3 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2590 . = * 1 0 1 = = = 1 5.0 2641
4 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2545 = = 0 * = = 1 . = 1 4.5 2606
5 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2485 0 . 1 = * 0 = = 1 1 4.5 2595
6 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2625 1 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 = . 4.0 2556
7 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2550 = 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 . = 4.0 2554
8 San Segundo, Pablo g ESP 2495 = = = . = 0 0 * = = 3.0 2476
9 Strikovic, Aleksa g YUG 2560 0 0 = = 0 = . = * 1 3.0 2467
10 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis ESP 2470 0 0 0 0 0 . = = 0 * 1.0 2234
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