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1) Introduction
2) 60th Hoogovens Tournament , Wijk aan Zee
3) Linares Open Tournament
4) Black Opal Tournament of Champions
5) 4NCL
6) 105th New Zealand Chess Championship
7) 1998 Virginia Open
8) Ongoing events
9) Upcoming Events
Games section
Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 42 games Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee B 36 games Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Blitz 66 games Anibal Open Linares 164 games Black Opal Melbourne 45 games Viginia Open 11 games 4NCL 45 games
My thanks to Nigel Freeman, John Saunders, Michael Atkins, Michael Freeman, Guillermo Baches Garcia, Lost Boys, Chess Assistant, Antonio Bento and all those who helped with this issue.
The 60th Hoogovens tournament is heading for a close finish in the final 4 rounds. Anand leads but only by half a point from Kramnik, Polgar, Timman and Shirov. It emerged this week that Kasparov's wish is to see a match between Kramnik and Anand for the right to face him in a match. He believes they are the only players that can prove a challenge. It remains to be seen whether they want to play such a match and oblige Kasparov, it may turn on the kind of sponsorship that can be arranged for such a match. Kasparov also says that it is pointless to play a match against Karpov as he is now too weak to provide a challenge. I have to say that although I somewhat subscribe to this view the performance of Karpov at Wijk aan Zee came as a surprise to me. I expected him to struggle to win the event, not to struggle to avoid finishing in the bottom half of the table. Its actually a pretty sad spectacle to me. I know Karpov will fight to finish on at least 50% so the last games against Polgar, Piket, Van der Sterren and Kramnik should be interesting.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The 60th Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee got underway on January 16th.
After nine rounds of the A group Viswanathan Anand has 6 points ahead of a group of four players Polgar, Timman, Kramnik and Shirov on 5.5 and Gelfand and Topalov are on 5 points. FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov is in the tie for 9-13 on 3.5/9.
Karpov has looked completely out of form throughout the event. He hasn't generated a single position which has even looked promising. Indeed he ought to have lost against Anand too. The grudge match between Karpov and Anand took place in the 8th round. Karpov as white played a relatively conservative setup against Anand's Semi-Slav playing for a minor edge. He then closed the position up bringing about a double stonewall formation. This has drawish tendencies but if one side can get a break in they are likely to gain the advantage. Anand set up the g5 break and double rooks behind it. Coming up to the first time control there was some very complex play. Anand had to be careful not to end up in a good knight versus bad bishop ending. Anand instead made time control and then after some thought played for the win with 41. ...d4+. Watching the game on the internet it was hard to judge the sacrifice, in particular the consequences of 44. Ng1. 44. Rf2 seems to lead directly to a loss. After 46. Kc3 everyone expected 46. ...e3 followed by Karpov's resignation. Instead Anand chose 46. ...Ra2. This led to a Queen and pawn ending which was probably winning but Karpov defended resourcefully. However even at the end 53. ...Qd2+ would have won for the Indian.
The nineth round saw pre-tournament favourites Anand and Kramnik meet. They played a highly sharp sicilian where Kramnik sacrificed two pawns for very strong pressure on the center and Kingside. Anand had to act very cirumspectly to stear the position to a draw.
Anand's week has had its ups and downs generally. A quick draw against Piket was followed by a crushing win against Topalov where the Bulgarian played 22. ...Ne7 which walked into a huge bind and subsequent 26. Nxg7! winning. 22. ...Rb8 was suggested as better afterwards. He followed this up with his first loss to Judit Polgar since 1991. Anand won a very similar game strategically to this as white against Gelfand recently. He ended up having to defend some ropey pawns and with a bad bishop against Polgar's good knight. Anand probably erred in not playing h5 the move before Judit did. Polgar slowly strangled Anand before finding a quite attractive combination sacrificing first her queen and then her rook in order to win all of Anand's pieces in return. He beat Van der Sterren in a slow manoevering game which wasn't really convincing.
Kramnik started the week the way he finished the last. He beat Boris Gelfand, although even in this game there were signs that perhaps he wasn't in top form in spite of his 100% score. Gelfand played 2. ...Bf5 a variation that looks very poor. He quickly built up a winning position before going quite wrong. 20. h5 was believed to win after the game instead his 20. Rc1 was poor. However Gelfand returned the favour with 21. ...Rb8 instead of 21. ...Rd8 and Kramnik made no more mistakes. However his luck didn't last much longer. Alexei Shirov took him on in a sharp variation where Kramnik sacrificed the exchange with 16. ...Rc3 however black has to play extremely accurately to justify this and 22. ...Rb8+ was just wrong. Shirov believed that 22. ...Bxa3 might have held the balance. Shirov played very accurately after this to bring home the point. Kramnik drew his next game against Timman when he miscalculated with his final move and a draw was agreed. Eager to pick up the pace in the following round he went for Van Wely with black. He followed a suggestion of Boris Gelfand's which did not work out too well as the Dutchman defended extremely accurately. He drew against Salov in round 8 and Anand in round 9.
Shirov with wins against Kramnik, Adams and Piket moved from the bottom half of the field to near the top. Also there is Jan Timman who is the only undefeated player. Wins against Adams and Van der Sterren also left him on 5.5 points. Judit Polgar playing some very solid and sensible chess completes the group half a points off the lead.
The final rounds promise to be fascinating.
Daily coverage on my pages and live coverage by Lost Boys at: http://208.28.202.73/hoogovens98/
Round 4 (1998.01.20)
Polgar, Judit - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 42 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 40 D11 Slav defence
Topalov, Veselin - Salov, Valery 1-0 57 B96 Sicilian; Najdorf
Piket, Jeroen - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 18 D47 Semi-Slav
Karpov, Anatoly - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 45 E63 Kings indian
Van der Sterren, Paul - Timman, Jan H 0-1 29 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Nijboer, Friso - Adams, Michael 0-1 38 C88 Ruy Lopez
Round 5 (1998.01.21)
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 29 C78 Ruy Lopez
Timman, Jan H - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 27 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence.
Shirov, Alexei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 52 B66 Sicilian
Gelfand, Boris - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 57 E99 Kings indian; Main line
Adams, Michael - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 25 C26 1.e4 e5
Salov, Valery - Polgar, Judit 1/2 13 A45 Queen's pawn
Van Wely, Loek - Van der Sterren, Paul 0-1 44 D37 Queen's gambit
Round 6 (1998.01.22)
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 56 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Kramnik, Vladimir - Timman, Jan H 1/2 30 B07 Pirc
Adams, Michael - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 19 B50 Sicilian
Piket, Jeroen - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 40 A32 English; 1.c4 c5
Karpov, Anatoly - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 29 E54 Nimzo indian
Van der Sterren, Paul - Salov, Valery 1-0 49 E17 Nimzo indian
Nijboer, Friso - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 48 C78 Ruy Lopez
Round 7 (1998.01.24)
Anand, Viswanathan - Van der Sterren, Paul 1-0 51 C95 Ruy Lopez
Timman, Jan H - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 45 B40 Sicilian
Shirov, Alexei - Adams, Michael 1-0 40 C88 Ruy Lopez
Gelfand, Boris - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 31 D36 Queen's gambit
Topalov, Veselin - Polgar, Judit 1/2 38 D39 Queen's gambit
Salov, Valery - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 32 E15 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 47 D37 Queen's gambit
Round 8 (1998.01.25)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Salov, Valery 1/2 24 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Gelfand, Boris - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 21 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Adams, Michael - Timman, Jan H 0-1 56 C26 1.e4 e5
Piket, Jeroen - Polgar, Judit 1/2 29 D86 Gruenfeld indian
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 60 D43 Semi-Slav
Van der Sterren, Paul - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 31 A59 Benko gambit
Nijboer, Friso - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 35 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 9 (1998.01.26)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 30 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Polgar, Judit - Van der Sterren, Paul 1-0 34 C43 Petroff defence
Timman, Jan H - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 33 E15 Nimzo indian
Shirov, Alexei - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 41 C97 Ruy Lopez
Topalov, Veselin - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 50 D31 Queen's gambit
Salov, Valery - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 19 B43 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Adams, Michael 0-1 37 E12 Nimzo indian
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), I-II 1998 cat. XVII (2671)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 * 0 = = . . 1 . = = 1 . 1 1 6.0 2788
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2670 1 * = . 1 0 = . = . 1 . = = 5.5 2739
3 Timman, Jan H g NED 2620 = = * = . = = 1 . = 1 = . . 5.5 2768
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 = . = * 0 1 . 1 1 . . 1 = 0 5.5 2735
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 . 0 . 1 * = = 1 1 = = = . . 5.5 2747
6 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2675 . 1 = 0 = * . = = = = 1 . . 5.0 2700
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 0 = = . = . * . 0 1 = . 1 1 5.0 2701
8 Adams, Michael g ENG 2670 . . 0 0 0 = . * = = 1 1 . 1 4.5 2651
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2580 = = . 0 0 = 1 = * . . 0 = . 3.5 2619
10 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 = . = . = = 0 = . * . = 0 = 3.5 2593
11 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2555 0 0 0 . = = = 0 . . * . 1 1 3.5 2602
12 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2590 . . = 0 = 0 . 0 1 = . * = = 3.5 2593
13 Salov, Valery g RUS 2680 0 = . = . . 0 . = 1 0 = * = 3.5 2590
14 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 0 = . 1 . . 0 0 . = 0 = = * 3.0 2563
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The B event Rustam Kasimdzhanov leads with 6/6. A very provocative style has netted him a 100% score. Most of the games have seen his opponent go for him and find themselves somewhat lacking in material in the end.
Round 1 (1998.01.20)
Van den Doel, Erik - Alterman, Boris 1/2 29 C09 French; Tarrasch
Reinderman, Dimitri - Cherniaev, Alexander 1/2 43 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Blees, Albert 1-0 34 C08 French; Tarrasch
Shaked, Tal - Kobalija, Mihail 0-1 38 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Xie Jun - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 21 B08 Pirc; Classical
Bosboom, Manuel - Kuijf, Marinus 1-0 33 A11 English; 1.c4
Round 2 (1998.01.21)
Shaked, Tal - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 63 A57 Benko gambit
Kobalija, Mihail - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 35 C07 French; Tarrasch
Alterman, Boris - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 23 D48 Meran Variation
Cherniaev, Alexander - Xie Jun 1-0 38 E76 Kings indian
Kuijf, Marinus - Van den Doel, Erik 1/2 18 B52 Sicilian
Blees, Albert - Reinderman, Dimitri 1/2 62 C41 Philidor defence
Round 3 (1998.01.22)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Cherniaev, Alexander 1-0 15 D77 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Van den Doel, Erik - Shaked, Tal 0-1 69 B42 Sicilian
Reinderman, Dimitri - Alterman, Boris 1/2 41 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Kuijf, Marinus 1/2 21 C02 French; Advance
Xie Jun - Blees, Albert 1-0 29 B42 Sicilian
Bosboom, Manuel - Kobalija, Mihail 0-1 44 A42 Queen's pawn
Round 4 (1998.01.23)
Shaked, Tal - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 16 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Kobalija, Mihail - Cherniaev, Alexander 1/2 54 E61 Kings indian
Alterman, Boris - Xie Jun 0-1 46 A48 Queen's pawn
Kuijf, Marinus - Reinderman, Dimitri 0-1 29 B01 Scandinavian
Blees, Albert - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 36 A62 Modern Benoni
Bosboom, Manuel - Van den Doel, Erik 0-1 37 E61 Kings indian
Round 5 (1998.01.24)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Alterman, Boris 1-0 52 A17 English; 1.c4
Van den Doel, Erik - Kobalija, Mihail 1-0 97 B06 Modern defence
Reinderman, Dimitri - Shaked, Tal 1-0 36 B20 Sicilian
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 38 B85 Sicilian
Xie Jun - Kuijf, Marinus 1/2 22 C06 French; Tarrasch
Cherniaev, Alexander - Blees, Albert 1/2 41 C02 French; Advance
Round 6 (1998.01.26)
Van den Doel, Erik - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1-0 30 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Shaked, Tal - Xie Jun 1/2 33 E76 Kings indian
Kobalija, Mihail - Blees, Albert 1/2 60 C08 French; Tarrasch
Alterman, Boris - Cherniaev, Alexander 1-0 35 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Kuijf, Marinus - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 40 B08 Pirc; Classical
Bosboom, Manuel - Reinderman, Dimitri 1/2 26 B06 Modern defence
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), I 1998 cat. XI (2502)
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1 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam m UZB 2565 * . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 6.0
2 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2485 . * . 1 0 1 . = . = . 1 4.0 2640
3 Reinderman, Dimitri m NED 2480 . . * . 1 . . = = 1 = = 4.0 2624
4 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2515 . 0 . * = . . = . = 1 1 3.5 2559
5 Shaked, Tal g USA 2535 . 1 0 = * 0 = . . . . 1 3.0 2489
6 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2500 0 0 . . 1 * . . = . = 1 3.0 2495
7 Xie Jun g CHN 2485 0 . . . = . * 1 0 = 1 . 3.0 2515
8 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2615 0 = = = . . 0 * 1 . . . 2.5 2442
9 Cherniaev, Alexander m RUS 2465 0 . = . . = 1 0 * . = . 2.5 2459
10 Kuijf, Marinus m NED 2455 0 = 0 = . . = . . * . 0 1.5 2307
11 Blees, Albert m NED 2455 0 . = 0 . = 0 . = . * . 1.5 2308
12 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2470 . 0 = 0 0 0 . . . 1 . * 1.5 2302
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The first rest day on the 19th saw the traditional blitz tournament. Only Anand and Van der Sterren didn't play. First place was shared by Anatoly Karpov and Boris Gelfand. Karpov being undefeated.
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), I 1998 cat. XVII (2672)
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1 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 * = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2841
2 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2675 = * = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2846
3 Adams, Michael g ENG 2670 = = * 1 1 0 1 1 = = = 1 7.5 2805
4 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2580 0 1 0 * 1 = = 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2782
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 = = 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2763
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 = = 1 = = * = 0 0 1 = = 5.5 2668
7 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2670 0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 1 0 = 5.0 2636
8 Timman, Jan H g NED 2620 = 0 0 1 0 1 0 * = 0 1 1 5.0 2640
9 Salov, Valery g RUS 2680 = 0 = 0 0 1 0 = * = = 1 4.5 2606
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 1 4.0 2563
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 * 1 3.5 2545
12 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2590 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 2296
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A strong international open took place in Linares Spain. Sergei Tiviakov
took clear first with 8/9 ahead of Tony Miles, Stanislav Savchenko, Karen
Movsziszian, Georgy Timoshenko, Karen Asrian, Rustam Kasimdzhanov and
Gennady Kuzmin on 7.5. The field also included Viktor Korchnoi, Vladimir
Epishin and Valeri Filippov in the 186 participants. Korchnoi finished the
event, at one stage it looked as though he might withdraw after a most
distressing loss in round four where it look as if Korchnoi became
distracted at his opponents unwillingness to resign and contrived to lose.
Coverage including full results on the internet at:
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Loge/2708/index.html
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My thanks to Guillermo Baches Garcia for the info.
Anibal Open 1998 Linares Spain Final results after 10 rounds Player Points B(1) B(0) Prog 1 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2640 8.0 51.0 54.5 39.0 2 Miles, Anthony J. g ENG 2595 7.5 63.0 68.5 48.0 3 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2595 7.5 58.5 64.0 45.0 4 Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2500 7.5 58.5 63.0 44.5 5 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2560 7.5 57.5 62.0 43.5 6 Asrian, Karen m ARM 2555 7.5 56.5 61.5 43.5 7 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2565 7.5 53.5 58.5 41.0 8 Kuzmin, Gennadi P g UKR 2580 7.5 51.5 54.5 37.0 9 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2590 7.0 59.5 64.5 43.5 10 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2560 7.0 59.0 64.0 44.0 11 Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2595 7.0 57.5 62.5 41.5 12 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2630 7.0 55.5 59.5 39.0 13 Shneider, Aleksandr g UKR 2560 7.0 54.5 57.5 38.0 14 Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2545 7.0 53.0 57.5 38.5 15 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2520 7.0 52.5 57.0 39.5 16 Luther, Thomas g GER 2510 7.0 51.0 54.5 39.0 17 Pogorelov, Ruslan m UKR 2465 7.0 50.5 54.0 36.0 18 Wang, Pin (w) g CHN 2360 7.0 41.0 41.0 33.0 19 Yegiazarian, Arsen m ARM 2455 6.5 61.5 64.5 41.5 20 Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2450 6.5 57.0 61.5 40.0 21 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad m QAT 2425 6.5 56.5 61.0 39.0 22 Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2540 6.5 56.0 61.0 38.5 23 Zhu, Chen (w) g CHN 2490 6.5 55.5 60.5 39.0 24 Xu, Jun g CHN 2520 6.5 55.0 60.0 40.0 25 Agnos, Dimitri g GRE 2475 6.5 55.0 60.0 39.0 26 Aronian, Levon m ARM 2455 6.5 54.5 59.0 38.0 27 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre m FRA 2485 6.5 54.0 58.0 36.0 28 Degraeve, Jean-Marc m FRA 2525 6.5 53.0 57.5 38.5 29 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2535 6.5 52.0 56.0 37.5 30 Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2575 6.5 50.5 55.0 34.0 31 Comas Fabrego, Luis m ESP 2520 6.5 49.5 52.5 32.5 32 Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael f ESP 2285 6.5 48.5 51.5 32.5 33 Bagaturov, Giorgi m GEO 2535 6.5 47.0 50.5 32.5 34 Subbaraman, Vijayalakshmi (w) m IND 2325 6.5 43.0 46.0 27.5 186 players
Ian Rogers won the Black Opal Tournament of Champions in mid January. The first prize was $A1,200 plus a black opal pendant. The ratings I used below are the old July 1997 ones.
Melbourne AUS (AUS) I 1998 cat. IV (2327)
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1 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2570 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2744
2 Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2500 = * 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2527
3 Canfell, Gregory AUS 2250 0 0 * 1 1 = = = 1 1 5.5 2415
4 West, Guy m AUS 2425 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 = = 4.5 2316
5 Leskiewicz, Maksymilian AUS 2145 0 = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 = 4.5 2347
6 Speck, Nick AUS 2185 0 = = = 1 * = 0 = = 4.0 2299
7 Reilly, Tim AUS 2330 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 1 1 4.0 2283
8 Byrne, Stewart AUS 2280 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 2.5 2166
9 Kagan, Naum f AUS 2280 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * = 2.5 2166
10 Rutherford, Simon f AUS 2305 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 = * 2.0 2109
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In the Four Nations Chess League (for British Teams) the Midland Monarchs kept their 100% record by beating a strengthened Slough team. Invicta Knights are 2 points behind. The 5th and 6th rounds took place in Birmingham (round 6 results next week) 24th-25th January 1998. My thanks to John Saunders for the games. The 4NCL site is at; http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
Midland Monarchs Slough
1 w M Hebden 2585 1/2 M Gurevich 2640
2 b J Parker 2515 1/2 AJ Miles 2595
3 w J Rowson 2485 1/2 S Conquest 2470
4 b M Ferguson 2410 1-0 A Kosten 2535
5 w K Arkell 2455 1/2 A Summerscale 2440
6 b A Webster 2420 1/2 Susan Lalic 2370
7 w M Turner 2470 1-0 Mi Houska 2385
8 b Harriet Hunt 2390 0-1 AP Smith 2280
4.5-3.5
Wood Green Invicta Knights
1 w J Emms 2560 1/2 M Sadler 2650
2 b C Ward 2480 0-1 J Nunn 2610
3 w K Arakhamia 2440 0-1 J Speelman 2605
4 b J Levitt 2425 1/2 N McDonald 2485
5 w P Littlewood 2435 0-1 G Flear 2445
6 b J Poulton 2365 1/2 N Dickenson 2320
7 w A Law 2325 1-0 F Berend 2350
8 b P Sowray 2350 1-0 E Sakh'va-Berend2345
3.5-4.5
Northumbria Vikings Barbican
1 w N Pert 2325 1-0 P Lehtivaara 2370
2 b J Richardson 2315 0-1 C Crouch 2410
3 w R Pert 2235 1-0 S Dishman 2325
4 b D Ledger 2255 1-0 C Duncan 2290
5 w S Ledger 2225 1-0 K Bowden 2355
6 b S Dighton 191 1-0 G Kenworthy 2265
7 w Default 0d D Sands 2255
8 b Elise Ford 138 0-1 I Lauterbach 2160
5-3
Guildford 1 Richmond
1 w A Kinsman 2430 1/2 L McShane 2490
2 b N Povah 2335 1/2 R Bates 2430
3 w R Webb 2315 1-0 S Williams 2315
4 b C Kennaugh 2295 0-1 G Wall 2320
5 w M Anderton 2260 1/2 R Phillips 2230
6 b I Thompson 2275 0-1 T Hinks-Edwards 2260
7 w R Abayasekera 2230 0-1 M Franklin 2195
8 b Anne-Marie Ashby2115 1-0 Dinah Norman 147
3.5-4.5
Bristol 1 BCM
1 w S Ansell 2380 0-1 J Mestel 2480
2 b CW Baker 2340 1/2 M Chandler 2555
3 w G Buckley 2315 0-1 T Wall 2375
4 b K Mah 2340 0-1 D Friedgood 2240
5 w C Beaumont 2335 1-0 M Lyell 2235
6 b G Copeland 2330 1/2 Jana Bellin 2175
7 w C Cobb 2300 1/2 D Anderton 2200
8 b Melanie Buckley 2010 1/2 J Wareing 167
3-5
North West Eagles South Wales Dragons
1 w J Littlewood 2290 1/2 D Cummings 2365
2 b G Quillan 2320 1-0 J Cooper 2335
3 w B Lund 2255 1-0 R Dineley 2270
4 b D Tebb 2260 1-0 C Morris 2245
5 w J Merriman 2255 0-1 An Dyce 2230
6 b S Clarke 2285 1-0 D James 2255
7 w W Giblin 2160 1-0 A Spice 2190
8 b Default 0-1 Jane Richmond 2175
5.5-2.5
Division 1 after Rd 5 P MP GP
Midland Monarchs 5 10 28.5
Invicta Knights 1 5 8 23.5
Wood Green 5 6 23.5
Slough 5 6 23.0
Barbican 1 5 6 21.0
Richmond 5 6 19.0
BCM 5 4 20.0
North West Eagles 5 4 20.0
Guildford 1 5 4 19.0
Northumbria 5 3 12.0
Bristol 1 5 2 16.5
South Wales Dragons 5 1 14.0
Michael Freeman reports that the 105th NZ Chess Champion is Alexei Kulashko of Auckland.The event, held in Hamilton from 28th Dec to 9th Jan saw 18 players compete over a 11 round swiss format.
Final scores- A. Kulashko 8.5 A. Ker 8 R. Smith 7.5 M Sinclair 7.5 S Lukey 6.5 P Green 6.5 S Wastney 6 T Hare 5.5 A Krstev 5.5 B Walsh 5 D Guthrie 4.5 M Barlow 4.5 P Hawkes 4.5 D Cooper 4.5 G Spain 4 G Marner 4 R Gibbons 3.5 H Bennett 3
Michael Atkins reports that IM Larry Kaufman and FM Emory Tate took the top honors in the 1998 Virginia Open, held over the Jan 16-18 weekend in Fredericksburg. The rating system held true to form as Kaufman and Tate, #'s 1 and 2 respectively finished with 4.5, Leonid Filatov (#3 ranked) scored 4-1 to take third and Charles Bouzoukis and Steve Greanias (#'s 4 + 5) tied for fourth. 36 players competed in the Open Section. In the 113 player Amateur section, Ransom Carter scored a perfect 6-0 for clear first. Full details at http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/98open.htm
Nigel Freeman sends news of the Mermaid Beach Club event which started on Sunday. There will be coverage at: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
Round 1 result Europe 6.5 Americas 3.5 Shabalov 0:1 Vl. Georgiev Relange 1:0 Lesiege Hodgson 0:1 Vescovi Leitao 0:1 Bezold Ippolito = Gormally D.Gurevich 0:1 Plaskett Peptan 0:1 Ashley Waitzkin 0:1 Baburin K.Mueller = Zamora D.Fridman = J.Benjamin Ratings: Faulks 0:1 Resika Elbilia = Saint Amand Manouck 0:1 Moffat
Antonio Bento sends news of a 7 round event being led by Sunye Neto after 5 rounds. Coverage at:
http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx/
The Ubeda 10 round open is underway. After 7 rounds Georgy Timoshenko leads with 6/7 ahead of Pelletier, Lalic, Zhu Chen, Reynoldo Vera, Dibyendu Barua, Yuri Kruppa, Walter Arencibia and Ara Miasian on 5.5. 20 - 29 January 1998
Coverage on the internet at: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Loge/2708/index.html
Chess Assistant have the results and some games from the ongoing Moscow part of the Russian Cup. 21-29 January. At: http://www.chessassistant.com
7th - 19th of February Budapest tournament, category VIII. 14 participants in the GM closed event. Contact the organiser Laszlo Nagy at chess_first_saturday_hu@compuserve.com
IGM ATALIK,(TRK), IGM VARGA (HUN), IGM GLEK, (RUS) Reserve GM-s: LUKACS (HUN), BILEK (HUN), IM CZEBE (HUN), IM ACS, P. (HUN), IM KEITLINGHAUS (GER), IM FOGARASI T. (HUN), IM MIKHALETZ, L. (UKR), IM BOROCZ (HUN), IM BLAUERT, J. (GER), WGM TRANG, HOANG (VIE), IM HODJKO,V. (RUS), NAIDITSCH, A. (GER) , IM VEGH, Endre (HUN) Reserves: KARATOROSSIAN, D. (ARM), IM KOGAN, Arthur (ISR) Prizes: 600-500-400 USD.
There is a vacancy for a FM or 2300 above player in the B-event (IM-closed, cat.II.)
Details:BUNRATTY CHESS FESTIVAL 20th 22nd February 1998 Venue: Fitzpatricks Bunratty Hotel Bunratty, Co. Clare Phone +353-61-361177 6 Round Swiss, round 1 Friday 20th at 8.00pm. Masters (over) 1900 (163 BCF) Entry Fee #20 (all players) Major 1500 1899 (113-162 BCF) Entry Fee #15 (#10 under 18 years) Minor under 1500 (112) Entry Fee #15(#10 under 18 years) Further details and entry to: Gerry Graham 19 Woodview Close, Woodview Park, Limerick. Tel:+353-61-327946 http://members.aol.com/bunratty01/ e-mail: bunratty01@aol.com
Confirmed Entry in Masters: J Nunn G.M. J Speelman G.M. A. Baburin G.M. D. King G.M. J.Rowson I.M. L. McShane I.M. M. Orr I.M.
Internet coverage; http://members.aol.com/bunratty01/
21th INTERNATIONAL OPEN OF CHESS IN PARIS (14/02/98 to 22/02/98 ) Organized by APSAP PARIS CHESS CLUB Mr CLAUZEL Chess Président In....Gymnase Parmentier 155, avenue Parmentier 75 010 Paris parisian underground : Goncourt 40 moves / 2 hours and 1 hour ko Last entries 14/02/98 14h15 All the rounds are at 15h, except the sunday's rounds ( 2 and 9 ) Senior Players 320 FF Youngs - 20 160 FF MI, GMI gratis if they write or phone 48h before... Many prizes and a good chess atmosphere in a popular parisian chess club.... 1 6 000 FF 2 5 000 FF 3 4 000 FF 4 3 000 FF 5 2 000 FF Others prizes... categories ( 1 to 5 eventually ) 1 000 FF, 600 FF women 500 FF youngs 500 FF olds 500 FF club 500 FF If 200 players, more prices of course...... Contact snail post : Mr André CLAUZEL 1612, allée du Vieux Pont de Sévres 92 100 BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT phone : 01 46 20 13 14 e mail: dreams@pratique.fr