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1) Introduction
2) 60th Hoogovens Tournament, Wijk aan Zee
3) FIDE Rating List
4) 4NCL
5) Bundesliga Rounds 7-9
6) Mermaid Beach Club
7) Brasilia City Open
8) Ubeda Open
9) Moscow Russian Cup
10) Montecatini Terme
11) Pobeskydi tournament
12) PCA Ranking List
13) Upcoming Events
Games section
Hoogovens Tournament 91 games Hoogovens B Tournament 66 games 4NCL 47 games Europe vs Americas 70 games Open Brasilia 49 games Russian Cup Moscow 90 games Montecatini 45 games Pobeskydi CZE 45 games
My thanks to John Saunders, Chess Assistant, Nigel Freeman, Patrick Wolff, Gerald Schendel, Patrick Rasenberg, Massimiliano Orsi, Jan Vavrak, Guillermo Baches Garcia, Lost Boys, Antonio Bento and all those who helped with this issue.
The 60th Hoogovens tournament finished with Kramnik and Anand tied for first place. Neither looked at the very top of their form, indeed Kramnik played below his rating and Anand only around it. Nevertheless both looked like they had a lot to spare and they did in the end win the event. They both will be involved in the Linares tournament which has all the top players in the World apart from Karpov and Adams, the former at least had a very public falling out with the organiser last year. Kasparov heads the lineup. Linares starts around the 21st of this month.
In the next month there should be some concrete news about Kasparov's plans for the year which will include a defence of the World Title he holds. His claim is to the historical title running back to Steinitz. Patrick Wolff below supports his case. FIDE have upped the stakes a little. Although their initial plans were to have a championships every year it was thought impossible to finance it that frequently and a two year cycle was planned. Kirsan Iljumzhinov announced on the Chess Planet pages a reversion to the annual plan and that the next one will be held in 1998 in Las Vegas. In my opinion these are really non-competing championships, one classical chess, the other more of a brutal fight but if both take place this can be only good news for chess. I hope though that the FIDE Championships don't damage the traditional Hastings, Groningen and Wijk aan Zee tournaments all of which are events to be cherished. The loss of classical matches to determine the best player in the World would be a tragedy, but the contrasting FIDE event also determines something and if it can run annually and get public interest it will also build a tradition of its own. Kirsan Iljunzhinov also mounted a robust defence of the source of funding for the FIDE knockout in Groningen saying he can supply details as to the sponsors of the event and that FIDE has its own financial commission to monitor these things. This is something worth pursuing. FIDE are going to re-examine the regulations for their Championships. Eric Schiller is putting together proposals for double elimination, a concept similar to the repechage in rowing which would give a second chance to those eliminated in early rounds (think of Khalifman who was extremely unlucky to lose out to Anand this time).
All in all the prospects for 1998 look to be better by miles than 1997 and in the end for the chess fan that is what matters most. With some good promotion this may be a breakthrough year for chess in the mass media. Everyone should work for that.
In the games section I have republished all the games from the earlier rounds from Hoogovens as the ratings of a number of players have been corrected by FIDE.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The 60th Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee finished on February 1st and ended in a tie between Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand. The two pre-tournament favourites were a point clear of Shirov, Timman and Adams. On 50% were Karpov, Polgar, Gelfand, Piket and Topalov.
Although its very dangerous to read anything into a single result, it does seem to confirm the impression of more than a year now that behind Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand are the best players. As I mentioned last week Kasparov seems to have let it be known that he would like to see a match between Anand and Kramnik to decide a challenger to play him in a match later this year. This brought an interesting response from Patrick Wolff who asked that if possible his comments be published.
"First, I think it is terribly funny that we seem to have gone back to the nineteenth century way of doing things, where the person acknowledged as World Champion simply by dint of being the best player in the world accepts challenges from those deemed to be worthy. I mean, after all, Kasparov is the PCA World Champion, which is fine except that as far as I can tell there is no PCA anymore.
Second, biting comments aside, I think Kasparov is absolutely right, and it's about time somebody says what is obviously true. It's been obvious to me for awhile that there are three people in the world right now who can really play chess: Kasparov, Kramnik, and Anand. Surely this is obvious to everyone else as well? Karpov was a truly great player, but he is no longer in the upper-upper elite. Ivanchuk is terrific, but not quite at the highest level, perhaps because of his nerves more than anything else. Topalov has great talent, but has not yet reached the stratosphere. Shirov is obviously brilliant, but too erratic and usually not capable of facing the big three. Who else is there? Isn't it just obvious to everyone in the world who knows anything about chess that Anand and Kramnik are extremely close together, and that only one of them would be a worthy challenger to Kasparov? Ask yourself: Wouldn't you see the winner of a match between the two of them as clearly the most legitimate challenger to Kasparov?"
Kramnik got the show back on the road in the final rounds by getting +2. His four win start was probably a little unfortunate for him and once he lost in the fifth round he had trouble getting his tournament back on track. He drew against Topalov in round 10, even having to be a little careful with white. In round 11 he had black against Judit Polgar against whom he has a tremendous record. After the game seemed to be heading for a draw he found some truly wicked endgame ideas which place Polgar under extreme pressure, indeed she could not solve the problems in the end. He needed to win against Van der Sterren who was in poor form in the event. It looked like he might not do this after losing the opening battle. But Van der Sterren struggled to find a plan in the favourable position and got into trouble again. He almost set up the combination that he walked into in the end. In the final round there was the showdown between Karpov and Kramnik. It turned into a bit of a damp squib. Karpov played for a minor edge and Kramnik wasn't taking any stupid risks. The result a position which was sterile and agreed drawn.
Anand finished the event with a win and three draws. He beat tail ender Nijboer in classic style. A sharp opening, well prepared and after fending off the Dutchman's attacking efforts he simply had a winning position. A smooth game. He drew games against Adams in Gelfand which were well played by both sides. In the final round he drew a fluctuating struggle against Shirov. Shirov's speciality variation of the Ruy Lopez with 6. ...Bc5 (called maybe the Arkangel Variation?) has become very popular recently. Here he got an edge in the early middlegame. However after not playing 20. ...Nc6 Anand was better again. However Shirov put the breaks on and found just a level position where the draw was agreed.
Shirov was pretty unlucky not to finish higher. A very solid result in Wijk aan Zee was spoiled a bit by not being able to convert in round 11 against Van Wely (and earlier against Karpov where he stood very well) and then a near mugging from Salov where a good position went sour very quickly. In the final round he had his chances against Anand too.
Timman scored one of his best results in a super-tournament for quite some time. Whilst I'd be reluctant to suggest this for every chess player he clearly benifitted from a lack of ambition here. Timman's problem in recent years has been to take on very sharp positions and then blunder them away. Here he took the draws when they were there and used excellent technique to win the favourable positions. A final round win against Salov rounded off a good event.
Michael Adams also has a solid reputation. Here he lost to Kramnik, Shirov and Timman at the top but beat the bottom 5 finishers. He drew against the rest.
Karpov was one of five on 50%. With four rounds to go Karpov could go one of two ways, down to disaster or start doing something. He restored some respectibility by beating Polgar with a well chosen variation of the Grunfeld. Then he took a point off the struggling Van der Sterren. This had to do as he drew against Piket and Kramnik in the final two rounds. Karpov's problem is that he can't get enough of the positions such as he had against Polgar and is capable of overlooking tactics such as he fell to against Salov and Topalov.
Judit Polgar's rating has been 2670 for two consecutive lists now and that's the performance she scored here. It could have been better if she could have held on against Karpov and Kramnik. Nevertheless there was the compensation of beating Anand for the first time since 1991. Elsewhere she was solid without being spectacular.
Gelfand too had a stable tournament without really generating too many chances even against the tail enders.
Rated at 2575 in the latest rating list Jeroen Piket really needed a good result here. He got a solid performance which should do his confidence some good.
The reverse was true of Topalov who had a wildly fluctuating event. He hasn't really recovered his best form of 1996 where he was definitely the player of the year. He's tried to broaden his repertoire but hasn't got all of it to gell. In particular his advocacy of the Modern Benoni seems perverse. After a good start his tournament got derailed by consecutive losses to Anand and Piket. He got away with some very sharp play to beat Karpov but missed Adams Bf1 in round 12 to sink back to 50%.
Salov played some very creative chess throughout the event but struggled to recover from -3 after 6 rounds. Wins against Karpov, Gelfand and Shirov showed that his result should have been better. A lack of invitations is probably the problem.
Nijboer actually scored a result just above his rating. He lost four games against the top half and beat Piket drawing the rest of his games.
Van Wely beat Kramnik but otherwise had a terrible tournament. Van der Sterren could have done much better but somehow his confidence seemed low. He didn't perform much below his current rating but his understanding of the game should make him better than that.
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Round 10 (1998.01.27)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 25 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Shirov, Alexei - Timman, Jan H 1-0 52 C43 Petroff defence
Adams, Michael - Salov, Valery 1-0 39 B42 Sicilian
Karpov, Anatoly - Polgar, Judit 1-0 32 D77 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Gelfand, Boris - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 37 B14 Caro-Kann
Piket, Jeroen - Van der Sterren, Paul 1-0 34 D35 Queen's gambit
Nijboer, Friso - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 36 B65 Sicilian
Round 11 (1998.01.29)
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1/2 22 E15 Nimzo indian
Timman, Jan H - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 38 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Polgar, Judit - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 46 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Topalov, Veselin - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 43 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Salov, Valery - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 68 B85 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 36 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Van der Sterren, Paul - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 26 E15 Nimzo indian
Round 12 (1998.01.30)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van der Sterren, Paul 1-0 32 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Salov, Valery 0-1 36 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Timman, Jan H - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 14 B50 Sicilian
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 39 B53 Sicilian
Gelfand, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 30 D47 Semi-Slav
Piket, Jeroen - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 17 E15 Nimzo indian
Nijboer, Friso - Polgar, Judit 1/2 44 B47 Sicilian
Round 13 (1998.02.01)
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 30 C78 Ruy Lopez
Karpov, Anatoly - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 21 E04 Nimzo indian
Polgar, Judit - Adams, Michael 1/2 38 C88 Ruy Lopez
Topalov, Veselin - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 30 B97 Sicilian; Najdorf
Salov, Valery - Timman, Jan H 0-1 39 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Van Wely, Loek - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 58 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Van der Sterren, Paul - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 44 E63 Kings indian
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), I-II 1998 cat. XVII (2671)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1 0 1 8.5 2771
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 = * = = = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2773
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 1 = * 1 1 = 0 = 1 = 0 = = = 7.5 2724
4 Timman, Jan H g NED 2635 = = 0 * 1 = = = = = 1 = = 1 7.5 2730
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2670 0 = 0 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2727
6 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 = = = = = * 1 = = 0 0 = = 1 6.5 2665
7 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2670 0 1 1 = = 0 * 0 = = = = = 1 6.5 2670
8 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2675 0 = = = = = 1 * = = 0 1 = = 6.5 2670
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 0 = 0 = = = = = * 1 = 0 1 1 6.5 2678
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 = 0 = = 0 1 = = 0 * 1 = 1 = 6.5 2665
11 Salov, Valery g RUS 2680 = 0 1 0 0 1 = 1 = 0 * = = 0 5.5 2613
12 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2580 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 1 = = * = = 5.0 2590
13 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 1 0 = = 0 = = = 0 0 = = * 0 4.5 2565
14 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2555 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = 1 * 4.0 2538
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The B event Rustam Kasimdzhanov seemed destined to win the event without problems. However his huge 9/11 score was equalled by Dimitri Reinderman. Reinderman achieved this by taking some large risks in his final round game against Kasimdzhanov. They both scored performances around 2750 and were 3! points clear of the rest of the field.
Round 7 (1998.01.27)
Reinderman, Dimitri - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 33 A40 Queen's pawn
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Shaked, Tal 1/2 90 B07 Pirc
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Kobalija, Mihail 1/2 45 B47 Sicilian
Xie Jun - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 76 B80 Sicilian
Blees, Albert - Alterman, Boris 1-0 61 C47 Four knights
Cherniaev, Alexander - Kuijf, Marinus 0-1 41 C00 French
Round 8 (1998.01.28)
Shaked, Tal - Cherniaev, Alexander 1-0 42 E70 Kings indian
Kobalija, Mihail - Alterman, Boris 1-0 57 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Reinderman, Dimitri 0-1 32 B00 1.e4
Van den Doel, Erik - Xie Jun 1/2 59 C93 Ruy Lopez
Kuijf, Marinus - Blees, Albert 1-0 33 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Bosboom, Manuel - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 64 E11 Bogo indian
Round 9 (1998.01.29)
Reinderman, Dimitri - Kobalija, Mihail 1-0 41 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 41 E64 Kings indian
Xie Jun - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 20 B32 Sicilian
Alterman, Boris - Kuijf, Marinus 1-0 49 D48 Meran Variation
Blees, Albert - Shaked, Tal 0-1 38 C05 French; Tarrasch
Cherniaev, Alexander - Bosboom, Manuel 0-1 37 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 10 (1998.01.30)
Reinderman, Dimitri - Xie Jun 1-0 42 E70 Kings indian
Shaked, Tal - Alterman, Boris 1/2 25 B52 Sicilian
Kobalija, Mihail - Kuijf, Marinus 1-0 29 D30 Queen's gambit
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 42 C07 French; Tarrasch
Van den Doel, Erik - Cherniaev, Alexander 1-0 37 B30 Sicilian
Bosboom, Manuel - Blees, Albert 1/2 9 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Round 11 (1998.01.31)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Reinderman, Dimitri 0-1 37 B40 Sicilian
Xie Jun - Kobalija, Mihail 1/2 26 B47 Sicilian
Alterman, Boris - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 48 E73 Kings indian
Kuijf, Marinus - Shaked, Tal 1-0 23 B20 Sicilian
Blees, Albert - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 72 A58 Benko gambit
Cherniaev, Alexander - Van der Wiel, John T.H 0-1 31 B07 Pirc
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), I 1998 cat. XI (2501)
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1 Reinderman, Dimitri m NED 2480 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 = = = 9.0 2764
2 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam m UZB 2565 0 * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2757
3 Shaked, Tal g USA 2535 0 = * 0 = = 1 = 0 1 1 1 6.0 2533
4 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2500 0 0 1 * = = 0 1 1 = 1 = 6.0 2536
5 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2525 0 = = = * = 0 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2534
6 Xie Jun g CHN 2485 0 0 = = = * = 1 = 1 1 0 5.5 2502
7 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2485 0 0 0 1 1 = * = = 0 1 1 5.5 2502
8 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2615 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 0 1 1 5.0 2454
9 Kuijf, Marinus m NED 2460 0 0 1 0 = = = 0 * 1 0 1 4.5 2439
10 Blees, Albert m NED 2445 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 * = = 4.0 2403
11 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2450 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1 3.0 2330
12 Cherniaev, Alexander m RUS 2465 = 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 * 2.5 2293
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Whether this will be the final 1998 top 100 FIDE list I'm not sure. A number of Federations have now paid FIDE and will have their players reintroduced so Tkachiev may very well be back. The changes which produced the list below involve a Dutch Team event which was rated in July and again in January. The main benificiary is Timman whose rating rises. Players like Oll, Korchnoi and Vaganian were effected and finally the changes mean that Nijboer is no longer in the top 100.
Rank Player Title NAT Ju97 Ja98 Gms Date of B
1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2820 2825 21 13.04.63
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 2790 39 25.06.75
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2765 2770 28 11.12.69
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2725 2740 26 18.03.69
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2745 2740 26 15.03.75
6 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2745 2735 19 23.05.51
7 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2720 2720 0 02.06.74
8 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2700 2710 25 04.07.72
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2660 2690 49 17.06.76
10 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2710 2690 29 17.12.53
11 Salov, Valery g RUS 2680 2680 11 26.05.64
12 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2695 2675 53 24.06.68
13 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2670 2675 37 21.11.66
14 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2670 2675 34 28.11.65
15 Adams, Michael g ENG 2680 2670 51 17.11.71
16 Leko, Peter g HUN 2635 2670 36 08.09.79
17 Polgar, Judit (GM) g HUN 2670 2670 26 23.07.76 w
18 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2650 2665 26 15.10.74
19 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2655 2660 71 18.01.66
20 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2645 2660 41 14.11.63
21 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2650 2660 39 11.04.58
22 Short, Nigel D. g ENG 2660 2660 27 01.06.65
23 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2660 2660 23 07.12.71
24 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2635 2655 23 18.08.76
25 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2665 2650 30 15.05.74
26 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2645 2650 10 16.03.60
27 Oll, Lembit g EST 2645 2645 61 23.04.66
28 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2660 2645 40 12.04.73
29 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2640 2645 31 06.03.60
30 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2590 2640 45 14.02.73
31 Crisan, Alexandru g ROM 2530 2635 50 31.07.62
32 Timman, Jan H g NED 2625 2635 43 14.12.51
33 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2620 2635 29 22.02.59
34 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2635 2635 19 01.08.72
35 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2640 2635 17 27.06.51
36 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2630 2635 15 11.09.60
37 Hjartarson, Johann g ISL 2605 2630 45 08.02.63
38 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2625 2630 38 25.02.67
39 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2615 2630 33 29.08.76
40 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2640 2630 15 30.01.69
41 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2640 2630 14 13.02.60
42 Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2640 2630 10 15.10.51
43 Nenashev, Alexander g UZB 2585 2625 65 25.08.62
44 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2610 2625 50 23.03.31
45 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2635 2625 48 13.06.68
46 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2630 2625 16 24.03.60
47 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2590 2620 51 13.04.74
48 Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2575 2620 48 17.04.66
49 Kaidanov, Grigory S g USA 2600 2620 25 11.10.59
50 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2585 2615 52 12.09.67
51 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2615 2615 42 04.05.70
52 Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2660 2615 37 11.05.73
53 Adianto, Utut g INA 2610 2615 11 16.03.65
54 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2645 2610 50 27.05.63
55 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2600 2610 42 01.08.76
56 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2625 2610 40 03.09.75
57 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 2610 39 14.10.62
58 Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2575 2610 35 15.03.46
59 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2585 2610 34 14.02.58
60 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2605 2610 15 09.09.70
61 Nunn, John D.M. g ENG 2620 2610 11 25.04.55
62 Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2610 2610 3 10.04.62
63 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 2605 75 07.10.72
64 Speelman, Jonathan S. g ENG 2630 2605 40 02.10.56
65 Giorgadze, Giorgi g GEO 2625 2605 39 10.10.64
66 Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2590 2605 37 23.11.56
67 Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2600 2605 34 17.02.71
68 Hellers, Ferdinand g SWE 2585 2605 18 28.01.69
69 Wahls, Matthias g GER 2595 2605 9 25.01.68
70 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2615 2600 82 21.07.57
71 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2595 2600 43 28.11.65
72 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2570 2600 29 19.02.67
73 Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2610 2600 21 04.04.37
74 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2585 2600 9 03.12.65
75 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2600 2600 9 24.03.63
76 Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2600 2600 0 01.05.53
77 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2595 2595 83 23.04.55
78 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2590 2595 67 10.10.64
79 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2555 2595 60 03.11.78
80 Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2535 2595 56 28.11.75
81 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2565 2595 49 21.01.67
82 Sveshnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2570 2595 44 11.02.50
83 Vaisser, Anatoli g FRA 2575 2595 40 05.03.49
84 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2600 2595 38 27.09.72
85 Sutovskij, Emil g ISR 2590 2595 35 19.09.77
86 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2600 2595 31 18.09.64
87 Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2585 2595 30 08.06.59
88 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2580 2595 22 11.03.64
89 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2590 2595 18 24.02.71
90 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2570 2590 64 11.07.65
91 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2585 2590 64 16.08.67
92 Goldin, Alexander g RUS 2595 2590 54 27.02.65
93 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2590 2590 47 18.07.77
94 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2600 2590 47 21.01.68
95 DeFirmian, Nick E g USA 2570 2590 40 26.07.57
96 Pinter, Jozsef g HUN 2590 2590 25 09.11.53
97 Annakov, Babakuli m TKM 2380 2585 212 29.05.72
98 Kharitonov, Andrei Y g RUS 2540 2585 69 04.04.59
99 Dvoirys, Semen I. g RUS 2615 2585 41 02.11.58
100 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2605 2585 39 21.05.66
101 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2580 2585 29 09.02.47
102 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2575 2585 29 15.02.58
In the Four Nations Chess League (for British Teams) the Midland Monarchs kept their 100% record by beating a strengthened Slough team, however in the sixth round it was held for the first time by Richmond. 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
Division 1
Guildford 1 Wood Green
1 w A Kinsman 2430 1/2 J Emms 2560
2 b N Povah 2335 1/2 C Ward 2480
3 w R Webb 2315 1-0 K Arakhamia (F) 2440
4 b C Kennaugh 2295 0-1 J Levitt 2425
5 w M Anderton 2260 1-0 P Littlewood 2435
6 b I Thompson 2275 0-1 A Sowray 2350
7 w R Abayasekera 2230 1/2 A Law 2325
8 b A Ashby (F) 2115 0-1 J Poulton 2365
3-4
Barbican 1 B. C. M.
1 w P Lehtivaara 2370 0-1 M Chandler 2555
2 b C Crouch 2410 1/2 J Mestel 2480
3 w S Knott 2350 1/2 T Wall 2375
4 b J Rogers 2335 1-0 M Lyell 2235
5 w K Bowden 2355 1/2 D Friedgood 2240
6 b C Duncan 2290 1/2 J Bellin (F) 2175
7 w S Dishman 2325 1-0 D Anderton 2200
8 b I Lauterbach (F)2160 1/2 J Wareing 167
4-3
Bristol 1 Slough
1 w S Ansell 2380 0-1 A Kosten 2535
2 b G Buckley 2315 0-1 A J Miles 2595
3 w C Baker 2340 1/2 S Conquest 2470
4 b C Beaumont 2335 1/2 A Summerscale 2440
5 w K Mah 2340 1-0 M Houska 2385
6 b G Copeland 2330 0-1 S Lalic (F) 2370
7 w C Cobb 2300 1/2 A P Smith 2280
8 b M Buckley (F) 2010 1/2 J Houska 2185
3-5
Richmond Midland Monarchs
1 w L McShane 2490 1-0 M Hebden 2585
2 b R Bates 2430 0-1 J Rowson 2485
3 w S Williams 2315 1/2 K Arkell 2455
4 b G Wall 2320 1/2 J Parker 2515
5 w R Phillips 2230 0-1 M Turner 2470
6 b T Hinks-Edwards 2260 1-0 M Ferguson 2410
7 w M Franklin 2195 1-0 A Webster 2420
8 b D Norman (F) 0-1 N Regan (F) 2160
4-4
South Wales Dragons Invicta Knights 1
1 w D Cummings 2365 0-1 J Speelman 2605
2 b J Cooper 2335 0-1 M Sadler 2650
3 w R Dineley 2270 0-1 J Nunn 2610
4 b C Morris 2245 0-1 G Flear 2445
5 w A Dyce 2230 0-1 N McDonald 2485
6 b D James 2255 0-1 F Berend 2350
7 w A Spice 2190 0-1 E Berend (F) 2345
8 b J Richmond (F) 2175 - J Vigus 2260
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North West Eagles Northumbria Vikings
1 w G Quillan 2320 1-0 G Lawton 2395
2 b J Littlewood 2290 1/2 J Richardson 2315
3 w D Tebb 2260 1/2 N Pert 2325
4 b B Lund 2255 1-0 D Ledger 2255
5 w J Merriman 2255 1/2 R Pert 2235
6 b W Giblin 2160 1/2 S Ledger 2225
7 w S Clarke * 2285 1/2 S Dighton 191
8 b S Richards (F) 0-1 E Ford (F) 138
* 0-1 out of board order 4-4
P W D L MP GP
MMonarchs 6 5 1 0 11 32.5
Invicta Knights 6 4 0 1 10 31.0
Wood Green 6 4 0 2 8 28.0
Slough 6 4 0 2 8 28.0
Barbican 6 4 0 2 8 25.5
Richmond 6 3 1 2 7 23.0
NWEagles 6 2 1 3 5 24.0
BCM 6 2 0 4 4 23.5
Guildford 6 2 0 4 4 22.5
Northumbria 6 1 2 3 4 16.0
Bristol 6 1 0 5 2 19.5
SWDragons 6 0 1 4 1 14.5
Gerald Schendel sends news of rounds 7-9 of the Bundesliga. A full Bundesliga results service can be found at:
http://members.aol.com/SchachBL/BED/bl07ef.htm
Bundesliga Round 7 Saturday 10th January 1998 SVg Plettenberg 1½-6½ Solinger SG USG Chemnitz 2 - 6 Dresdner SC Hamburger SK 4½-3½ SV Werder Bremen SV Erfurt West 3½-4½ SK Passau SV Empor Berlin 2 - 6 SFR Neukoelln Turm Duisburg 3 - 5 SG Koeln Porz SCA St. Ingbert 4½-3½ SK Fr.Zaehringen Castrop Rauxel 4 - 4 SG Bochum SVg Plettenberg 1½-6½ Solinger SG 1 Balashov 0 : 1 Jussupow 2 2 Kupreichik 0 : 1 Piket 4 5 Baumegger 0 : 1 Gabriel 6 6 Luecke 1 : 0 Huebner 7 7 Schroll 0 : 1 Chandler 8 9 Luethgens 0 : 1 Bischoff 9 11 Oswald 0 : 1 Podzielny 11 13 Schlecht ½ : ½ Schaefer 14 USG Chemnitz 2 - 6 Dresdner SC 1 Womacka 0 : 1 Shirov 1 2 Roesch ½ : ½ Almasi 2 3 Kunze 0 : 1 Lanka 4 4 Lorenz ½ : ½ Boensch 5 5 Kyas 0 : 1 Tischbierek 6 6 Mirschinka ½ : ½ Uhlmann 7 7 Helbig,U 0 : 1 Maiwald 8 8 Ahner ½ : ½ Borriss 9 Hamburger SK 4½-3½ SV Werder Bremen 1 Ftacnik ½ : ½ Hracek 1 2 Wahls 0 : 1 Kindermann 2 3 Kempinski 1 : 0 Knaak 3 4 Mueller 0 : 1 Babula 4 5 Heinemann 1 : 0 Meins 5 7 Michaelsen ½ : ½ Heissler 6 8 Wilhelmi 1 : 0 Floegel 10 11 Gustafsson ½ : ½ Meyer 11 SV Erfurt West 3½-4½ SK Passau 2 Votava 0 : 1 Schlosser 2 3 Casper ½ : ½ Ribli 3 4 Kuczynski ½ : ½ Smejkal 4 5 Mueller 0 : 1 Wells 5 6 Renner ½ : ½ Pichler 6 7 Troyke 1 : 0 Klebel 7 8 Fuhrmann 0 : 1 Schmidt 8 14 Voekler 1 : 0 Schlingensiepen 9 SV Empor Berlin 2 - 6 SFR Neukoelln 3 Muse 0 : 1 Stohl 2 4 Poldauf ½ : ½ Hellsten 4 5 Volke 1 : 0 Polzin 5 6 Hetey ½ : ½ Bunzmann 6 7 Thinius 0 : 1 Schoene 7 8 Richter 0 : 1 Berndt 8 10 Apel 0 : 1 Thiede 9 11 Welz 0 : 1 Rudolf 11 Turm Duisburg 3 - 5 SG Koeln Porz (played in Porz) 1 Eingorn ½ : ½ Lutz 1 4 Lerner ½ : ½ Wely 2 6 Kraut ½ : ½ Sokolov 5 7 Unzicker ½ : ½ Vaganian 6 8 Thesing ½ : ½ Nijboer 7 9 Pirrot ½ : ½ Stangl 9 10 Zude 0 : 1 Vogt 10 13 Groth 0 : 1 Wiel 11 SCA St. Ingbert 4½-3½ SK Fr.Zaehringen 1 Dautov 1 : 0 Siegel 3 2 Giorgadze ½ : ½ Baklan 4 3 Bauer ½ : ½ Roos,D 5 6 Kachiani-Gersinska 1 : 0 Toth 6 7 Werner 0 : 1 Maier 7 9 Becker ½ : ½ Raupp 9 10 Gross 1 : 0 Roos,J 11 11 Kummerow 0 : 1 Vatter 14 Castrop Rauxel 4 - 4 SG Bochum 2 Sterren 0 : 1 Krasenkow 2 3 Conquest 0 : 1 Keitlinghaus 4 5 King ½ : ½ Reschke 5 6 Hoffmann ½ : ½ Schmittdiel 6 7 Watson ½ : ½ Bosch 7 8 Appel 1 : 0 Backwinkel 9 9 Dinstuhl ½ : ½ De Gleria 13 11 Hennig 1 : 0 Senff 14 Bundesliga Round 8 (31 January) Hamburger SK 4 - 4 Castrop Rauxel SV Werder Bremen 5 - 3 SG Bochum USG Chemnitz 3 - 5 SV Erfurt West Dresdner SC 5 - 3 SK Passau SVg Plettenberg 4½-3½ SV Empor Berlin Solinger SG 5 - 3 SFR Neukoelln Turm Duisburg 3 - 5 SCA St. Ingbert SG Koeln Porz 6 - 2 SK Fr.Zaehringen Hamburger SK 4 - 4 Castrop Rauxel 1 Ftacnik ½ : ½ Rozentalis 1 2 Wahls 1 : 0 Conquest 3 3 Kempinski ½ : ½ Gallagher 4 5 Heinemann ½ : ½ Watson 7 7 Michaelsen ½ : ½ Appel 8 8 Wilhelmi ½ : ½ Dinstuhl 9 9 Loeffler ½ : ½ Brendel 10 10 Sievers 0 : 1 Hennig 11 SV Werder Bremen 5 - 3 SG Bochum 1 Hracek ½ : ½ Georgiev 1 2 Kindermann ½ : ½ Krasenkow 2 3 Knaak 1 : 0 Keitlinghaus 4 4 Babula 1 : 0 Reschke 5 5 Meins ½ : ½ Schmittdiel 6 6 Heissler 1 : 0 Bosch 7 10 Floegel ½ : ½ Backwinkel 9 11 Meyer 0 : 1 Kitte 12 USG Chemnitz 3 - 5 SV Erfurt West 1 Womacka ½ : ½ McShane 1 2 Roesch 0 : 1 Votava 2 3 Kunze ½ : ½ Casper 3 4 Lorenz 1 : 0 Kuczynski 4 5 Kyas ½ : ½ Mueller 5 6 Mirschinka 0 : 1 Troyke 7 7 Helbig,U 0 : 1 Fuhrmann 8 8 Ahner ½ : ½ Voekler 14 Dresdner SC 5 - 3 SK Passau 2 Almasi ½ : ½ Gavrikov 1 4 Lanka ½ : ½ Schlosser 2 5 Boensch 0 : 1 Smejkal 4 6 Tischbierek 1 : 0 Wells 5 7 Uhlmann 1 : 0 Pichler 6 8 Maiwald ½ : ½ Klebel 7 9 Borriss ½ : ½ Schmidt 8 11 Gauglitz 1 : 0 Schlingensie 9 SVg Plettenberg 4½-3½ SV Empor Berlin 1 Balashov ½ : ½ Epishin 1 2 Kupreichik 1 : 0 Muse 3 4 Danner ½ : ½ Poldauf 4 6 Luecke ½ : ½ Volke 5 7 Schroll ½ : ½ Thinius 7 8 Thiel 0 : 1 Richter 8 9 Luethgens ½ : ½ Deev 9 13 Schlecht 1 : 0 Apel 10 Solinger SG 5 - 3 SFR Neukoelln 2 Jussupow ½ : ½ Movsesian 1 3 Sadler 1 : 0 Stohl 2 5 Speelman 0 : 1 Polzin 5 6 Gabriel ½ : ½ Bunzmann 6 7 Huebner ½ : ½ Berndt 8 9 Bischoff 1 : 0 Thiede 9 10 Lau 1 : 0 Schlemermeyer 10 13 Reeh ½ : ½ Rudolf 11 Turm Duisburg 3 - 5 SCA St. Ingbert 3 Sax 0 : 1 Dautov 1 5 Enders 0 : 1 Giorgadze 2 6 Kraut ½ : ½ Bauer 3 7 Unzicker 0 : 1 Degraeve 4 8 Thesing ½ : ½ Kachiani-Gersinska 6 9 Pirrot 1 : 0 Werner 7 10 Zude 1 : 0 Ristic 8 11 Prang 0 : 1 Kummerow 11 SG Koeln Porz 6 - 2 SK Fr.Zaehringen 1 Lutz ½ : ½ Baklan 4 3 Khalifman 1 : 0 Roos,D 5 6 Vaganian 1 : 0 Toth 6 8 Hansen 1 : 0 Maier 7 9 Stangl 1 : 0 Gruenenwald 10 10 Vogt 0 : 1 Roos,J 11 12 Hort 1 : 0 Schuh 12 14 Holzke ½ : ½ Vatter 14 Bundesliga Round 9 (1 February) Castrop Rauxel 4 - 4 SV Werder Bremen SG Bochum 4½-3½ Hamburger SK SV Erfurt West 3 - 5 Dresdner SC SK Passau 6 - 2 USG Chemnitz SV Empor Berlin 2 - 6 Solinger SG SFR Neukoelln 4 - 4 SVg Plettenberg SCA St. Ingbert 4 - 4 SG Koeln Porz SK Fr.Zaehringen 2½-5½ Turm Duisburg Castrop Rauxel 4 - 4 SV Werder Bremen 1 Rozentalis ½ : ½ Hracek 1 3 Conquest 1 : 0 Kindermann 2 4 Gallagher 0 : 1 Knaak 3 7 Watson 0 : 1 Babula 4 8 Appel ½ : ½ Meins 5 9 Dinstuhl ½ : ½ Heissler 6 10 Brendel 1 : 0 Floegel 10 13 Hermesmann ½ : ½ Meyer 11 SG Bochum 4½-3½ Hamburger SK 1 Georgiev ½ : ½ Ftacnik 1 2 Krasenkow 1 : 0 Wahls 2 4 Keitlinghaus ½ : ½ Kempinski 3 5 Reschke 0 : 1 Heinemann 5 6 Schmittdiel 1 : 0 Michaelsen 7 7 Bosch ½ : ½ Wilhelmi 8 9 Backwinkel ½ : ½ Loeffler 9 12 Kitte ½ : ½ Sievers 10 SV Erfurt West 3 - 5 Dresdner SC 1 McShane 0 : 1 Almasi 2 2 Votava ½ : ½ Lanka 4 3 Casper 1 : 0 Boensch 5 4 Kuczynski ½ : ½ Tischbierek 6 5 Mueller ½ : ½ Uhlmann 7 7 Troyke ½ : ½ Maiwald 8 8 Fuhrmann 0 : 1 Borriss 9 14 Voekler 0 : 1 Gauglitz 11 SK Passau 6 - 2 USG Chemnitz 1 Gavrikov ½ : ½ Womacka 1 2 Schlosser 1 : 0 Roesch 2 4 Smejkal ½ : ½ Kunze 3 5 Wells 1 : 0 Lorenz 4 6 Pichler 1 : 0 Kyas 5 7 Klebel 1 : 0 Mirschinka 6 8 Schmidt 0 : 1 Helbig,U 7 9 Schlingensiepen 1 : 0 Ahner 8 SV Empor Berlin 2 - 6 Solinger SG 1 Epishin ½ : ½ Jussupow 2 3 Muse 0 : 1 Sadler 3 4 Poldauf 0 : 1 Speelman 5 5 Volke 0 : 1 Gabriel 6 7 Thinius 0 : 1 Huebner 7 8 Richter 0 : 1 Bischoff 9 9 Deev 1 : 0 Lau 10 10 Apel ½ : ½ Reeh 13 SFR Neukoelln 4 - 4 SVg Plettenberg 1 Movsesian 0 : 1 Balashov 1 2 Stohl ½ : ½ Kupreichik 2 5 Polzin 1 : 0 Danner 4 6 Bunzmann ½ : ½ Luecke 6 7 Schoene ½ : ½ Schroll 7 8 Berndt 1 : 0 Thiel 8 10 Schlemermeyer 0 : 1 Luethgens 9 11 Rudolf ½ : ½ Schlecht 13 SCA St. Ingbert 4 - 4 SG Koeln Porz 1 Dautov 1 : 0 Lutz 1 2 Giorgadze 1 : 0 Khalifman 3 3 Bauer ½ : ½ Vaganian 6 4 Degraeve 1 : 0 Hansen 8 6 Kachiani-Gersinska 0 : 1 Stangl 9 7 Werner 0 : 1 Vogt 10 8 Ristic 0 : 1 Hort 12 9 Becker ½ : ½ Holzke 14 SK Fr.Zaehringen 2½-5½ Turm Duisburg 4 Baklan 0 : 1 Sax 3 5 Roos,D ½ : ½ Enders 5 6 Toth ½ : ½ Kraut 6 7 Maier 0 : 1 Unzicker 7 10 Gruenenwald ½ : ½ Thesing 8 11 Roos,J 0 : 1 Pirrot 9 13 Herbrechtsmeier 0 : 1 Zude 10 14 Vatter 1 : 0 Prang 11 Table 1. SG Koeln Porz 9 47½:24½ 17- 1 2. Solinger SG 9 48 :24 15- 3 3. SCA St. Ingbert 9 39 :33 13- 5 4. SV Werder Bremen 9 40 :32 12- 6 5. SG Bochum 9 36½:35½ 11- 7 6. Castrop Rauxel 9 39½:32½ 10- 8 7. Dresdner SC 9 38½:33½ 10- 8 8. Hamburger SK 9 37½:34½ 10- 8 9. SK Passau 9 37 :35 9- 9 10. Turm Duisburg 9 36½:35½ 9- 9 11. SV Erfurt West 9 36 :36 9- 9 12. SFR Neukoelln 9 35½:36½ 8-10 13. SVg Plettenberg 9 30½:41½ 6-12 14. SK Fr.Zaehringen 9 31 :41 4-14 15. SV Empor Berlin 9 26 :46 1-17 16. USG Chemnitz 9 17 :55 0-18
Nigel Freeman sends news of the Mermaid Beach Club event which started on Sunday. There will be coverage at: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess which includes round by round summaries, annotations by Tony Miles and news of the rating tournament. The main event is a Scheveningen event between European and players from the Americas. After seven of the ten rounds the Americas enjoy a three point lead lead.
After seven of the ten rounds:
Europe 33.5 Americas 36.5 Americas 1 Leitao, Rafael m BRA 2515 5.5 2746 2 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2615 5.5 2737 3 Vescovi, Giovanni m BRA 2480 5.0 2673 4 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2500 4.0 2554 5 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2465 3.5 2500 6 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2595 3.0 2460 7 Lesiege, Alexandre m CAN 2535 3.0 2432 8 Ippolito, Dean f USA 2435 3.0 2437 9 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2540 2.5 2400 10 Zamora, Jorge USA 2370 1.5 2273 Europe 1 Georgiev, Vladimir m BUL 2565 5.0 2663 2 Relange, Eloi m FRA 2490 4.5 2595 3 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2600 4.0 2557 4 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2580 4.0 2544 5 Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2445 3.5 2496 6 Mueller, Karsten m GER 2515 3.0 2469 7 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2415 2.5 2413 8 Fridman, Daniel m LAT 2520 2.5 2413 9 Peptan, Corina wg ROM 2410 2.5 2380 10 Bezold, Michael m GER 2490 2.0 2362
Antonio Bento sends news of a 7 round event which was won by Sunye Neto. "The Brazilian Enrotril Chess Open", was played in Brasilia, Brasil, from 22nd to 25th January (Naoum Plaza Hotel). Further coverage at:
http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx/
Final Standings Brasilia BRA (BRA), I 1998 1 Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2515 6.5 2 Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2375 6.0 3 Lima, Darcy m BRA 2475 6.0 4 Trindade, Sandro m BRA 2365 5.5 5 Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2405 5.5 6 Trois, Francisco R.T m BRA 2345 5.5 7 Silveira, Marcos BRA 2180 5.5 8 Martinez, Carlos Alejandro f BRA 2440 5.5 9 Miguel, Gabriel BRA ---- 5.5 10 Sega, Carlos Alberto BRA 2280 5.0 11 Souza, Ivan BRA 2325 5.0 12 Schutt, Ricardo BRA 2160 5.0 13 Cukier, Marcelo BRA 2150 5.0 14 Batista, Gerson P BRA 2165 5.0 15 Damasceno, Marlos A BRA 2125 5.0 16 Van Riemsdijk, Dirk D BRA 2250 5.0 17 D'Israel, Davy ARG 2270 5.0 18 Leitao, Nicolau BRA ---- 5.0 19 De Carvalho, Tarcisio BRA ---- 5.0 20 Domingues, Jair BRA ---- 5.0 123 players
The Ubeda took place 20th - 29th January 1998. The event was won by Geory Timoshenko on tie break from Walter Arencibia, Dibyendu Barua and Karen Movsziszian. 145 players competed. Games will follow next week.
Full results and coverage on the internet at: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Loge/2708/index.html
My thanks to Guillermo Baches Garcia for the info.
Final results Ubeda 1998 1. TIMOSHENKO GEORGY 7.5 59.0 63.5 44.0 2. ARENCIBIA WALTER 7.5 59.0 63.0 45.0 3. BARUA DIBYENDU 7.5 58.5 63.0 45.0 4. MOVSZISZIAN KAREN 7.5 55.5 59.5 41.0 5. PELLETIER YANNICK 7.0 60.0 65.0 44.5 6. KRUPPA YURI 7.0 57.5 61.5 42.0 7. VERA REYNALDO 7.0 57.0 61.0 42.5 8. ASRIAN KAREN 7.0 56.5 60.5 41.0 9. KUNTE ABHIJIT 7.0 56.0 60.5 38.5 10. ROEDER MATHIAS 7.0 56.0 60.0 39.5 11. GIORGADZE GIORGI 7.0 54.5 58.5 39.5 12. TIVIAKOV SERGEI 7.0 54.0 58.5 38.0 13. ARONIAN LEVON 7.0 53.5 57.0 37.5 14. MINASIAN ARA 7.0 53.0 56.5 40.0 15. FILIPPOV VALERIJ 7.0 52.0 57.0 36.5 16. LALIC BOGDAN 6.5 58.0 58.0 42.5 17. XU JUN 6.5 56.0 61.0 40.5 18. DGEBUADZE ALEXANDRE 6.5 55.5 59.5 38.5 19. NOGUEIRAS JESUS 6.5 55.0 59.0 38.5 20. ZHU CHEN 6.5 54.5 58.5 39.0 21. LUTHER THOMAS 6.5 53.5 57.5 37.5 22. YEGIAZARIAN ARSEN 6.5 53.0 57.0 36.0 23. GONZALEZ GARCIA JOSE 6.5 50.0 50.0 37.0 24. MIRUMIAN VIGEN 6.5 48.5 52.5 33.5 25. DE LA RIVA OSCAR 6.0 60.0 65.5 40.5 26. KUZMIN GENNADY 6.0 54.5 59.0 37.0 27. ILJUSHIN ALEXEI 6.0 54.0 58.0 36.5 28. LOBZHANIDZE DAVIT 6.0 54.0 54.0 37.0 29. PRASAD DEVAKI 6.0 53.5 56.0 34.0 30. BECERRA JULIO 6.0 53.0 58.0 35.0 31. RODRIGUEZ AMADOR 6.0 53.0 57.0 37.0 32. IZETA FELIX 6.0 53.0 57.0 37.0 33. YAGUPOV IGOR 6.0 52.5 56.5 37.5 34. STOCEK JIRI 6.0 52.5 56.5 35.5 35. DE LA VILLA JESUS 6.0 51.5 55.5 36.0 36. EPISHIN VLADIMIR 6.0 51.5 54.0 33.0 37. SKOMOROKHIN ROMAN 6.0 50.5 54.5 32.0 38. PERALTA FERNANDO 6.0 50.5 53.0 34.0 39. KREIMAN BORIS 6.0 50.5 52.5 34.5 40. AGNOS DIMITRI 6.0 49.0 53.0 33.5 41. KHURTSIDZE NINO 6.0 49.0 52.0 31.0 42. AL-MODIAHKI MOHAMAD 6.0 49.0 51.5 33.5 43. DEGRAEVE JEAN-MARC 6.0 48.0 52.0 32.0 44. MARTINOVSKY EUGENE 6.0 47.0 49.0 29.0 45. BORGE NIKOLAJ 6.0 47.0 48.5 31.5 46. DANIELIAN ELINA 6.0 46.0 49.5 28.0 47. GARCIA GILDARDO 6.0 44.5 48.5 29.5 145 players
Chess Assistant have published the results and some games from the Moscow part of the Russian Cup, a grand prix competition, 21-29 January with 30 GMs and 43 IMs . The event saw a 7 way tie for first with Alexei Fedorov taking the event on tie-break. Coverage at: http://www.chessassistant.com
Leading final standings Moscow RUS (RUS), I 1998 1 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2595 7.0 53.5 2699 +1.06 2 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2620 7.0 53.0 2713 +0.97 3 Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2555 7.0 53.0 2694 +1.51 4 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2560 7.0 51.5 2707 +1.60 5 Kiselev, Sergey m RUS 2510 7.0 51.0 2679 +1.87 6 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2505 7.0 45.0 2652 +1.60 7 Volkov, Sergey m RUS 2545 7.0 43.0 2618 +0.70 8 Rustemov, Alexander m RUS 2575 6.5 53.0 2658 +1.01 9 Bezgodov, Alexei m RUS 2520 6.5 50.5 2627 +1.28 10 Dolmatov, Sergey g RUS 2570 6.5 49.0 2628 +0.65 11 Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2550 6.5 48.0 2620 +0.83 12 Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2535 6.5 47.5 2599 +0.74 13 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2565 6.5 46.5 2586 +0.29 14 Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2540 6.5 46.0 2579 +0.47 15 Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2500 6.5 42.0 2558 +0.62 16 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2590 6.0 53.0 2612 +0.24 17 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2580 6.0 51.5 2608 +0.33 18 Zhelnin, Vladimir V m RUS 2490 6.0 49.0 2584 +1.14 19 Zakharevich, Igor m RUS 2530 6.0 48.5 2528 -0.03 20 Shinkevich, V RUS 2395 6.0 48.0 2556 +1.95 21 Saltaev, Mihail g UZB 2510 6.0 46.5 2505 -0.12 22 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2590 6.0 46.0 2566 -0.30 23 Obukhov, Alexander m RUS 2430 6.0 45.5 2492 +0.69 24 Grischuk, Alexander f RUS 2395 6.0 45.5 2578 +1.77 25 Chekhov, Valery A g RUS 2520 6.0 45.0 2551 +0.33 26 Kharitonov, Andrei Y g RUS 2585 6.0 43.0 2570 -0.18 27 Tosic, Miroslav m YUG 2505 6.0 43.0 2530 +0.24 28 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav m RUS 2540 6.0 42.0 2494 -0.57 29 Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2485 6.0 39.5 2453 -0.39 188 players
My thanks to the official web site and Massimiliano Orsi for news of the international tournament in Montecatini Terme, Hotel Buonamici in Italy. 24th Jan to 1st Feb 1998 organised by C.S. Surya. The event was won impressively by Igor Miladinovic with 9/11 a point and a half clear of Igor Efimov.
Web site: http://www.infcom.it/fsi/98monte.html
Montecatini ITA (ITA), I-II 1998 cat. III (2303)
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1 Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2565 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2643
2 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2525 = * = 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 7.5 2474
3 Caposciutti, Maurizio f ITA 2310 0 = * 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2451
4 Drei, Andrea f ITA 2320 0 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2337
5 Botsari-Miladinovic, Anna-Maria wg GRE 2325 = 0 0 1 * = = = = = = 4.5 2265
6 Iotti, Pierluigi f ITA 2325 0 = = 0 = * = 1 = 0 1 4.5 2265
7 Vezzosi, Paolo f ITA 2275 0 0 1 0 = = * = = = 1 4.5 2270
8 Genocchio, Daniele ITA 2155 0 1 0 0 = 0 = * 0 1 1 4.0 2246
9 Wagman, Stuart f USA 2180 0 0 0 = = = = 1 * = = 4.0 2243
10 Boschetti, Claudio SUI 2150 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 = * 1 3.5 2208
11 Beggi, Pierluigi ITA 2205 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 1947
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Jan Vavrak sends news of the IV. cat. "Pobeskydi" tournament in Frydek Mistek in the Czech Republic in January. The event was won by Richard Biolek.
Frydek Mistek CZE (CZE), I 1998 cat. IV (2339)
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1 Biolek, Richard m CZE 2425 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2453
2 Vavrak, Peter SVK 2210 1 * = = = = 0 = = 1 5.0 2395
3 Veselovsky, Sergey m RUS 2435 = = * 0 = 1 1 1 0 = 5.0 2370
4 Neumann, Peter CZE 2365 = = 1 * 0 = 0 1 = 1 5.0 2378
5 Splosnov, Sergei BLR 2335 0 = = 1 * = = = 1 = 5.0 2381
6 Obsivac, Josef CZE 2345 = = 0 = = * = = 1 = 4.5 2337
7 Kubala, Petr CZE 2315 0 1 0 1 = = * 0 0 1 4.0 2298
8 Pastor, Karel jr CZE 2240 0 = 0 0 = = 1 * 1 = 4.0 2306
9 Berezjuk, Sergej m BLR 2405 = = 1 = 0 0 1 0 * 0 3.5 2251
10 Kubala, Martin CZE 2310 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 1 * 3.0 2216
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The February 1st ranking list has been released. The top 50 are:
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2825 155
2. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2757 156
3. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2755 158
4. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2715 166
5. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181
6. Svidler,Peter RUS 2688 170
7. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2688 185
8. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2687 151
9. Adams,Michael ENG 2681 167
10. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2674 179
11. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2671 164
12. Salov,Valery RUS 2667 185
13. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2661 125
14. Short,Nigel D ENG 2659 185
15. Leko,Peter HUN 2658 142
16. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2651 142
17. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2648 182
18. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2646 165
19. Lautier,Joel FRA 2639 181
20. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2637 177
21. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2636 154
22. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2635 184
23. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2634 130
24. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2633 160
25. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2633 155
26. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2633 173
27. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2629 188
28. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2628 182
29. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2627 152
30. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2627 171
31. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2626 136
32. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2621 143
33. Adianto,Utut INA 2620 179
34. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2619 149
35. Timman,Jan H NED 2617 182
36. Oll,Lembit EST 2615 146
37. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2615 211
38. Korneev,Oleg RUS 2614 156
39. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
40. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2609 162
41. Yusupov,Artur GER 2609 142
42. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2609 163
43. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197
44. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2605 156
45. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
46. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2602 155
47. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
48. Filippov,Valerij RUS 2600 195
49. Alterman,Boris ISR 2598 149
50. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2597 176
Tournaments processed for this list
AUT Aschach/Donau open
AUT Gratz open
YUG Bar Cat.12
CRO Zadar open
USA Washington Easten open
SUI Lousanne Karpov-Anand FIDE WCh match
ENG Hastings Cat.13
ENG Hastings open
ITA Reggio Emilia Cat.10
ESP Elgoibar Cat.10
ESP Pamplona Cat.13
SWE Gothenburg Excelsior Cup
NED Wijk aan Zee Cat.17
7th Rapid Open in Aurec by Olivier Deville There are two rapidplay swiss system tournaments (7 rounds), the first on Feb. 14 and the second on Feb. 15. The time control is 20 minutes per player. No fees and free lodging for IGM and IM. Total prizes are 30.000 FF. The place of the tournament is : College de Chazournes, 43110 AUREC. Aurec is a little town (5000 inh.) near Saint-Etienne.
The following players will take part : • GM Andrei SOKOLOV (Russia, 2580 Elo) • GM Dimitri KOMAROV (Ukraine, 2580 Elo) • IM Vladimir GEORGIEV (Bulgaria, 2565 Elo) • GM Mircea-Sergiu LUPU (Rumania, 2505 Elo) • IM Vladimir LAZAREV (Russia, 2490 Elo) • GM Nikolai LEGKY (Ukraine, 2480 Elo) • IM Jean-Luc CHABANON (France, 2465 Elo) • GM Glenn FLEAR (England, 2445 Elo) • IM Vladimir HRESC (Croatia, 2425 Elo) • IM Jordan IVANOV (Bulgaria, 2410 Elo) • IM Slim BELKHODJA (France, 2405 Elo) • IM Elin MOLLOV (Bulgaria, 2380 Elo) • IM Jean-Pierre BOUDRE (France, 2380 Elo) • IM Didier COLLAS (France, 2355 Elo) • FM Pierre MEINSOHN (France, 2355 Elo) • FIM Silvia ALEKSIEVA (Bulgaria, 2345 Elo) • FIM Christine FLEAR (France, 2240 Elo)
Further information by e-mail (odeville@avo.net), phone (+33 477 35 41 21), fax (+33 477 35 23 76) or mail (Olivier Deville, MJC, 43110 AUREC, France)
GREEK CHESS FEDERATION 25 Sygrou Ave., 117 43 - Athens Tel.: +30 1 9221465 Fax: +30 1 9221620 E-mail : eso@compulink.gr The Greek Chess Federation announces the 1998 Porto Carras open (April 11-15) in the luxurious resort hotel-casino SITHONIA BEACH. Total guaranteed prize fund : 6.500 DM 1st prize : 2.000 DM. Special prizes & offers. Visit the tournament s web-site for more information: