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1) Introduction
2) Petrov Memorial, St. Petersburg
3) Mermaid Beach Club
4) Goodricke International Open by Aniek Paul
5) Croatian Championships
6) First Saturday Kluger Memorial
7) Linklater International
8) Aarhus Skakklub Masters
9) Brazilian Championships
10) Belgrade - Moscow match
11) Ubeda Open
12) 14th Tournoi Open international de Genève
13) 14th Portuguese Masters
14) Upcoming Events
Games section
Petrov Memorial 80 games Mermaid Beach 29 games Mermaid Beach Rated 30 games Goodricke Int. 5 games Croatian Champs 91 games Croatian Champs (women) 45 games 1st Kruger mem 6 games FSIM Feb 6 games Linlater Int. 24 games Aarhus Skaakclub 34 games Brazilian Championships 18 games Belgrade - Moscow 12 games Ubeda Open 57 games
My thanks to Nigel Freeman, James Eade, Aniek Paul, RISC, Laszlo Nagy, Villy Fink Isaksen, Albert Silver, Sinisa Joksic, Guillermo Baches Garcia, Alessandro Miotto, Luis Santos and all those who helped with this issue.
A variety of international events without any outstanding ones make up this week's issue. As a fully paid up member of the Bradford branch of the Vlatko Kovacevic fan club (well heh he plays the same openings as me and once beat Bobby Fischer) I followed the Croatian Championships with interest. Elsewhere the Goodricke International Open promises some interesting chess, India's premier open always has an attractive mix of players and this year is no exception.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
This year's addition of the annual Petrov Memorial in St Petersburg is taking place February 7th - 15th. Boris Spassky is the guest of honour. there are 15 GMs and 18 IMs are taking part. Bezgodov, Biriukov, Chehlov, Galkin, Vaulin, Volzhin, Kharlov, Najer, Skatchkov, Vorobiov, and Yemelin all are on 2/2.
Coverage on the internet by RISC. http://www.dux.ru/chess/
Standings after 2 of 9 rounds.
St Petersburg RUS (RUS), II 1998
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1 2 TOTAL
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1 Bezgodov, Alexei m RUS 2520 +44 +43 2.0
2 Biriukov, Oleg V RUS 2390 +40 +56 2.0
3 Chehlov, Aleksander LAT 2290 +49 +34 2.0
4 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2565 +48 +42 2.0
5 Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2535 +47 +28 2.0
6 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2510 +50 +54 2.0
7 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2560 +64 +53 2.0
8 Najer, Evgeniy m RUS 2500 +63 +39 2.0
9 Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2415 +74 +32 2.0
10 Vorobiov, Evgeny E m RUS 2475 +80 +33 2.0
11 Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2485 +71 +38 2.0
12 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2565 +45 =14 1.5 2598
13 Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2545 =25 +41 1.5 2443
14 Gelman, Alexander m RUS 2440 +69 =12 1.5 2580
15 Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2450 +70 =22 1.5 2505
16 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2570 +68 =19 1.5 2603
17 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2490 =26 +58 1.5 2500
18 Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2485 =24 +60 1.5 2448
19 Alavkin, Arseny RUS 2440 +76 =16 1.5 2580
20 Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2550 =58 +62 1.5 2523
21 Feoktistov, Alexey A RUS 2395 =59 +57 1.5 2060
22 Murashko, Vyacheslav L m UKR 2390 +73 =15 1.5 2450
23 Rusanov, Michail RUS 2410 =57 +61 1.5
24 Krasnov, Vasiliy G RUS 2250 =18 =35 1.0 2457
25 Virovlansky, Semen RUS 2345 =13 =30 1.0 2542
26 Zayac, Elena wg BLR 2265 =17 =37 1.0 2510
27 Andreev, Vladislav A RUS 2325 =30 =29 1.0 2535
28 Driamin, D RUS 2230 +55 - 5 1.0 2492
29 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2530 =31 =27 1.0 2320
30 Lugovoi, Aleksei m RUS 2540 =27 =25 1.0 2335
31 Milton, Sergei RUS 2315 =29 =36 1.0 2510
32 Popov, Valerij m RUS 2505 +46 - 9 1.0 2355
33 Razuvajeva, Juli RUS 2115 +52 -10 1.0 2442
34 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav m RUS 2540 +51 - 3 1.0 2310
35 Kochyev, Alexander g RUS 2430 =61 =24 1.0 2210
36 Totsky, Leonid m RUS 2490 =60 =31 1.0 2287
37 Zakharevich, Igor m RUS 2530 =62 =26 1.0 2287
38 Jobava, Baadur GEO 2190 +67 -11 1.0 2460
39 Kastanieda, Georgiy m RUS 2395 +66 - 8 1.0 2410
40 Rustemov, Alexander m RUS 2575 - 2 +59 1.0 2225
41 Sepman, Yelius RUS 2155 +65 -13 1.0 2485
42 Chepukaitis, Genrikh RUS 2420 +79 - 4 1.0 2342
43 Dokutchaev, A RUS 2425 +72 - 1 1.0 2322
44 Gerchikov, Alexandr RUS 2310 - 1 +73 1.0
45 Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2370 -12 +72 1.0 2345
46 Kashtanov, Ruslan RUS 2295 -32 +74 1.0
47 Kirusha, Andrey f RUS 2315 - 5 +79 1.0 2327
48 Klimov, Sergey RUS 2365 - 4 +78 1.0 2390
49 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2500 - 3 +71 1.0 2270
50 Malyshev, Igor RUS 2300 - 6 +75 1.0
51 Nikolaev, Nikita RUS 2330 -34 +76 1.0 2372
52 Orlov, Andrey RUS 2410 -33 +77 1.0 2137
53 Savon, Vladimir A g UKR 2425 +77 - 7 1.0 2360
54 Sinkevich, P RUS 2215 +75 - 6 1.0
55 Solovjov, Sergey RUS 2450 -28 +80 1.0 2235
56 Turov, Maxim m RUS 2445 +78 - 2 1.0 2302
57 Bochkarev,A ---- =23 -21 0.5 2209
58 Frolov, Denis f RUS 2350 =20 -17 0.5 2327
59 Komarov, Anatoly RUS 2060 =21 -40 0.5 2292
60 Glashev, Yusup RUS 2260 =36 -18 0.5 2294
61 Moskviitin, Valeri RUS 2170 =35 -23 0.5 2227
62 Vunder, A RUS 2310 =37 -20 0.5 2347
63 Baranov, G RUS 2280 - 8 =65 0.5 2269
64 Gladischev, Oleg m UKR 2355 - 7 =66 0.5 2247
65 Ivanov, Vladimir Ivanovich m RUS 2425 -41 =63 0.5 2024
66 Kazakov, Vladimir f RUS 2320 -39 =64 0.5 2182
67 Moiseenko, Alexander UKR 2435 -38 =69 0.5 2007
68 Panikarovsky, A RUS 2380 -16 =70 0.5 2209
69 Shour, J RUS 2210 -14 =67 0.5 2244
70 Ter-Minasjan, Dmitry RUS 2235 -15 =68 0.5 2222
71 Karalkin, Maksim RUS 2250 -11 -49 0.0
72 Kharitonov, Sergei RUS 2125 -43 -45 0.0
73 Lukinov,A ---- -22 -44 0.0
74 Malinin,V ---- - 9 -46 0.0
75 Pogosian,V ---- -54 -50 0.0
76 Polyakov, Dmitriy RUS 2205 -19 -51 0.0
77 Rakitskaja, M RUS 2160 -53 -52 0.0
78 Shakhov, Aleksandr E RUS 2215 -56 -48 0.0
79 Uchitel, Stas RUS 2120 -42 -47 0.0
80 Zvereva, Marija wm RUS 2240 -10 -55 0.0
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Nigel Freeman sends news of the Mermaid Beach Club events. There was be coverage at: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess which included round by round summaries, and comments by Tony Miles. The main event is a Scheveningen event between European and players from the Americas. The Americas won comfortably by 53.5 to Europe's 46.5. Alexander Shabalov starred with a score of 8/10. Paul Saint-Amand of Canada won the rated event. The event was particularly good for the Brazilians as 18 year-old Rafael Leitao got his third and final GM norm and Giovanni Vescovi his first..
Final results
Americas 53.5 Europe 46.5
Americas 53.5
1 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2615 8.0 2743
2 Leitao, Rafael m BRA 2515 7.5 2696
3 Vescovi, Giovanni m BRA 2480 7.5 2696
4 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2500 5.5 2539
5 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2595 5.5 2539
6 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2465 4.5 2467
7 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2540 4.0 2431
8 Lesiege, Alexandre m CAN 2535 4.0 2431
9 Zamora, Jorge USA 2370 3.5 2393
10 Ippolito, Dean f USA 2435 3.5 2393
Europe 46.5
1 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2600 6.0 2577
2 Georgiev, Vladimir m BUL 2565 5.5 2541
3 Relange, Eloi m FRA 2490 5.5 2541
4 Mueller, Karsten m GER 2515 5.5 2541
5 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2580 5.0 2505
6 Fridman, Daniel m LAT 2520 4.5 2469
7 Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2445 4.0 2433
8 Bezold, Michael m GER 2490 3.5 2395
9 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2415 3.5 2395
10 Peptan, Corina wg ROM 2410 3.5 2395
Rated event
Mermaid Beach BER (BER), I-II 1998
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Saint-Amand, Paul CAN 2200 ** == 0= =1 11 11 7.0 2302
2 Elbilia, Jacques f MAR 2360 == ** 0= 11 10 11 6.5 2308
3 Manouck, Thierry m FRA 2250 1= 1= ** =0 11 0= 6.0 2195
4 Resika, Nathan A USA 2170 =0 00 =1 ** 11 11 6.0 2215
5 Moffat, Andrei CAN ---- 00 01 00 00 ** 11 3.0 2057
6 Faulks, Nick BER 2050 00 00 1= 00 00 ** 1.5 1994
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Following the Beach Club event was an international open.
1-3 Daniel Fridman (LAT) IM 2520 4.5
Joel Benjamin (USA) GM 2595
Alexander Ivanov (USA) GM 2545
4-8 Anthony Miles (ENG) GM 2595 4.0
Alexander Shabalov (USA) GM 2615
Julian Hodgson (ENG) GM 2580
Alexander Baburin (IRE) GM 2600
John Meyer (USA) FM 2305
9-21 Karsten Mueller (GER) IM 2515 3.5
Daniel Gormally (ENG) IM 2415
Dmitry Gurevich (USA) GM 2540
John Curdo (USA) FM 2305
Dean Ippolito (USA) FM 2435
Jorge Zamora (USA) 2375
Arthur Bisguier (USA) GM 2370
Vladimir Georgiev (BUL) IM 2565
Vincent McCambridge (USA) IM 2460
Eugene Meyer (USA) IM 2475
Andrew Soltis (USA) GM 2410
Jerry Simon (USA)
Alexandre Lesiege (CAN) IM 2535
22-32 Jim Plaskett (ENG) GM 2445 3.0
Corina Peptan (RUM) WGM 2410
James Dill (BER) 2205
Joel Salman (USA) FM 2240
Maurice Ashley (USA) IM 2500
Andrei Moffat (CAN)
Gary McGowan (USA)
Charu Robinson (USA)
Ron Birnbaum (USA)
Denis Strenzwilk (USA) 2190
Paul Saint-Amand Jr (CAN) 2200
82 players
Aniek Paul reports on the Goodricke International Open which started in Calcutta on February 2nd. It is India's main annual international open.
Round 1 6/2/98
Some ten years ago, there used to be quite a few Grandmaster tournaments in India. But with passage of time, sponsorship has declined and today only one GM tournament is held regularly: the Goodricke International Open held every February in Calcutta. What makes it truly surprising is the fact that chess has gained in popularity in this country primarily due to Anand's phenomenal rise, which has also prompted the union government to put chess in the first category of its priority list, which means more grants for tournaments and more coverage in the national media. Yet there isn't a tournament in this country which is good enough for the country's best to play in; I can't remember exactly when Anand played last in India ... probably the 1991 Goodricke which he played immediately after his match against Dreev in Madras. Dreev too followed him here, supposedly with the vain hope of exacting some consolation revenge. But neither of them won the event, however; a lesser Grandmaster from Bangladesh, Niaz Murshed did.
The Goodricke, however, has had some strong Grandmasters (say a couple of 2600+ GMs) and some average Grandmasters within 2550, totalling say a dozen, every year. So what is the event all about? It is basically tailor made for the youngsters to pick up norms. Every year this tournament produces at least half dozen norms, and being the only such tournament in India, the organisers get reasonable coverage in the local newspapers and the sponsors have been encouraged to hold it with regularity, though these days the taxman's visit to their office is more frequent than ever before, and the share prices are not very encouraging.
Anyway, this edition of the tournament is graced Nigel Short. Being a former challenger and a player who has had at least been within sight of the world title, he is commonly considered to good for this tournament, and the English Grandmaster has had to explain his decision. The following are some of his explanations at the press conference: "I could not resist the temptation of seeing India," "I wanted to oblige Duncan Lawrie by playing here because they are my sponsors," etc. Along with him there are two other 2600+ Grandmasters in the tournament: Speelman and Jaan Ehlvest. Though technically speaking this isn't good enough even for their rating, they haven't had to explain things for they have been here before. There are 13 GMs total, three of them rated 2600+ and the rest between 2510 and 2535, excepting Jonathan Levitt rated rather lowly. That's what makes this meet little dicey for the 2600+ GMs. But anyway, they have their own reasons to play, and they do every year, albeit most of them end up with some points dropped actually.
Though Short with 2660 is outright favourite I for one will not put any money on him, for it is rare for the favourite to win this tournament. The only exception has been Tiviakov who won it twice in 1993 and 94. I guess the top guys get a little worried about saving their ratings later in the tournament and cannot fully concentrate on winning the event. The favourites got off to a good start more or less. Short won easily though had to play four hours, Speelman had it easy and even Ehlvest won, but came very close to losing in the opening. Eventually his opponent lost on time. The most shocking result of the day, however, was local GM Dibyendu Barua's loss to India's strongest WIM Vijayalakshmi, who says she is run for her second WGM-norm. She said Calcutta is always lucky for her and she has never lost the opening round in any tournament here. The Ravi-Ehlvest and Barua-Vijayalakshmi games will give you an idea what early rounds of this tournament is characterised by, upsets, upsets and upsets.
Results
Round 1 selected results Short, Nigel D. (g ENG 2660) 1-0 Ramesh, R.B. (m IND 2345) Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam (f IND 2345) 0-1 Ehlvest, Jaan (g EST 2610) Speelman, Jonathan S. (g ENG 2605) 1-0 Girinath, P.D.S. (IND 2340) Ranola, Yves (PHI 2340) 1-0 Horvath, Csaba (g HUN 2535) Lastin, Alexander (g RUS 2535) 1/2 Babu, N Sudhakar (m IND 2335) Roktim, Bandyopadhyay (IND 2330) 0-1 Dao, Thien Hai (g VIE 2530) Barua, Dibyendu (g IND 2520) 0-1 Subbaraman, Vijayalakshmi (wm IND 2325) Sareen, Vishal (IND 2320) 0-1 Yurtaev, Leonid (g KGZ 2520) Berelovich, Aleksandar (g UKR 2515) 1/2 Sharma, Dinesh K. (IND 2320) Soman, Satchidanand (IND 2320) 1/2 Thipsay, Praveen M (g IND 2515) Schlosser, Philipp (g GER 2515) 1-0 Tilak, Sharad S (m IND 2315) Shetty, Rahul (IND 2315) 0-1 Komliakov, Viktor (g MDA 2510) Nguyen, Anh Dung (m VIE 2500) 1-0 Sanjay, N. (IND 2310) Stefanova, Antoaneta (IM)(wg BUL 2480) 1/2 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND 2300) Yogesh, Gore (IND 2300) 0-1 Konguvel, Ponnuswamy (m IND 2430) Karim, Amer (PAK) 0-1 Prakash, G B (IND 2425) Goswami, Vedant (IND 2215) 1/2 Saravanan, V. (IND 2375) Das, Dipanjan (IND 2165) 1/2 Mithrakanth, Poorna Sharma (m IND 2370)
Round 2 7/2/98
Day 2 of the Goodricke International Chess produced more unfancied results as is the tradition with early rounds of the event. The most shocking result of the day was fifth seed Grandmaster Csaba Horvath's defeat in the hands of untitled N. Nelakantan, which clearly overcast the impressive performances of norm aspirant youngsters Suvrajit Saha and Neelotpal Das, who drew with Grandmasters Dao Thien Hai and Leonid Yurtaev respectively. The undisputed favourite of the meet, English Grandmaster Nigel Short, however, had no difficulty in beating G.B.Prakash, while compatriot Jonathan Speelman carved out a polished win against Shankar Roy. The second seed Alexander Nenashev of Uzbekistan who did not turn up for the first round arrived today and beat Jayant Gokhale. The third seed, Jan Ehlvest of Estonia on the other hand had to settle for draw after six hours' battle against lowly rated Philipino IM Ronald Bancod. Thus two of the four Super GMs (Short, Nenashev, Ehlvest and Speelman), Short and Speelman have clean sheets along with four others: Grandmasters Victor Kolmiakov, Jonathan Levitt and Phillip Schlosser, and untitled Yves Ranola. Neelakantan proved why inspite of his rather unintimidating rating (2240) he is considered to be a master tactician by displaying some entertaining fireworks. Playing white against the Hungarian GM rated nearly 300 points higher than himself, Neelakantan launched a desperate attack on his opponent's king, but would have met with little success unless if Horvath defended well. Missing a long tactical shot the latter lost in just 27 moves. Young Neelotpal Das seemed to have missed some winning chances and settled for a draw against the Yurtaev, while it was just the converse for Suvrajit Saha who fizzled out of a losing position with one pawn down to hold the GM to a draw. Sriram Jha, however, was most unfortunate to have lost what looked like a winning game right from the opening after he overstepped the time limit making just one move short of the stipulated 40. Barua who seems little tired after his European safari, two tournaments in Groningen (Holland) and Ubeda (Spain) respectively, continued to show poor form as he was held to draw by lowly rated Raqib Abdullah of Bangladesh. WIM Vijayalakshmi, who beat Barua yesterday, suffered defeat to GM Jonathan Levitt. Tomorrow promises to be an interesting round as the top players clash against each other: Short meets Kolmiakov, Speelman meets Levitt and Schlosser the weakest in the pack of leaders, Ranola.
Round 2 Prakash, G B (IND 2425) 0-1 Short, Nigel D. (g ENG 2660) Ehlvest, Jaan (g EST 2610) 1/2 Bancod, Ronald (m PHI 2400) Shankar, Roy (IND 2400) 0-1 Speelman, Jonathan S. (g ENG 2605) Dao, Thien Hai (g VIE 2530) 1/2 Suvrajit, Saha (IND 2375) Yurtaev, Leonid (g KGZ 2520) 1/2 Neelotpal, Das (IND 2370) Sriram, Jha (IND 2360) 0-1 Schlosser, Philipp (g GER 2515) Komliakov, Viktor (g MDA 2510) 1-0 Joshi, G B (IND 2355) Reefat, Bin-Sattar (m BAN 2350) 1/2 Nguyen, Anh Dung (m VIE 2500) Konguvel, Ponnuswamy (m IND 2430) 0-1 Ranola, Yves (PHI 2340) Subbaraman, Vijayalakshmi (wm IND 2325) 0-1 Levitt, Jonathan (g ENG 2425) Nenashev, Alexander (g UZB 2625) 1-0 Gokhale, Jayant Suresh (IND 2305) Sharma, Dinesh K. (IND 2320) 0-1 Lastin, Alexander (g RUS 2535) Babu, N Sudhakar (m IND 2335) 1/2 Berelovich, Aleksandar (g UKR 2515) Thipsay, Praveen M (g IND 2515) 1-0 Sandipan, Chanda (IND 2300) Singh, Gurpreetpal (IND 2300) 0-1 Stefanova, Antoaneta (IM)(wg BUL 2480) Sashikiran, Krishnan (f IND 2470) 1-0 Soman, Satchidanand (IND 2320) Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND 2300) 0-1 Kunte, Abhijit (m IND 2460) Mamedova, Rena (wf UZB 2185) 1/2 Gokhale, C.S. (IND 2380) Saravanan, V. (IND 2375) 1-0 Das, Dipanjan (IND 2165) Mithrakanth, Poorna Sharma (m IND 2370) 1-0 Goswami, Vedant (IND 2215) Abdulla, Al-Rakib (BAN 2285) 1/2 Barua, Dibyendu (g IND 2520) Ramesh, R.B. (m IND 2345) 1-0 Karim, Amer (PAK) Singh, Pritam (IND 2265) 0-1 Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam (f IND 2345) Harikrishna, P. (f IND 2195) 1-0 Roktim, Bandyopadhyay (IND 2330) Tilak, Sharad S (m IND 2315) 1-0 Safira, Shahnaz (f IND 2135)
Round 3 8/2/98
After an exciting third round, German Grandmaster Phillip Schlosser emerged as the sole leader with 3/3, leading by a slender margin of half point over a pack of ten others, including Nigel Short, Jan Ehlvest and Jonathan Speelman, with 2.5 points apiece . In today's round, Schlosser beat the weakest of the overnight leaders, Phlipino Yves Ranola, while the others with 2/2 at the beginning of the round split points among themselves. Top seed Nigel Short drew with Moldovan Grandmaster Victor Kolmiakov, and third seed Speelman drew with Grandmaster Jonathan Levitt. The two top board ties, Short-Kolmiakov and Speelman-Levitt were decently fought, the first running for 17 moves and the second 39, but senior IM Manuel Aaron felt otherwise. He said, "I don't believe in their earnestness. They were meant to be draws right from the beginning." Schlosser on the third board, had a very comfortable win. Playing the Modern Defence with black, his opponent Ranola ran out of plan in the middlegame, while the German Grandmaster regrouped his forces in the centre. Ranola probably out of frustration, decided to break open the centre but clearly chose the wrong moment for it. His forces were out-numbered and a simple tactical shot won material and the game for the German GM.
The day's most exciting games were produced yet again by the youngsters. 17-year old Krishnan Sasikiran who is considered widely as the new Anand, played a very imaginative game with white to hold second seed Uzbekh Grandmaster Alexander Nenashev to a draw , while Neelotpal Das, an upcoming youngster from Calcutta, beat Indian GM Pravin Thipsay, and World U-10 Champion P. Harikrishna drew with GM Dibyendu Barua. Playing white against the Nimzo-Indian, Sasikiran built a solid position which probably afforded neither player any winning chances. By move 25, a draw looked obvious: the position was cramped and neither player had any clear plan. But Nenashev was not content and pressed hard to initiate things, resulting in Sasikiran ceasing the edge with a brilliant combinative idea. Pushed against the wall, Nenashev defended well and managed to secure a draw. Sasikiran himself was not pleased; he said, "I think I missed something. It was not clear but looked better for me." Nenashev and Sasikiran have 2 apiece.
Neelotpal and Thipsay followed the Karpov-Kasparov, Moscow, 1985 games in Sicilian Najdorf, throughout the middlegame and looked as if the two had memorised the games. Thipsay with black equalised with the classical central pawn breaks, and in the endgame a draw looked most probable. But young Neelotpal chose a wrong plan and got his knight into a difficulty, giving Thipsay some winning chances. But in the second time control, Thipsay blunder an exchange and lost. Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua's poor form continued, as he failed to convert a stupendous edge in a simplified Queen & Pawn ending by allowing an one-move threat of stalemate. National champion Abhijit Kunte was rather unfortunate to have lost to Jan Ehlvest. In a double-edged position which offered more scope for the Indian youngster than his adversary, Abhijit blundered a piece and lost.
Round 3 Short, Nigel D. (g ENG 2660) 1/2 Komliakov, Viktor (g MDA 2510) Speelman, Jonathan S. (g ENG 2605) 1/2 Levitt, Jonathan (g ENG 2425) Schlosser, Philipp (g GER 2515) 1-0 Ranola, Yves (PHI 2340) Sashikiran, Krishnan (f IND 2470) 1/2 Nenashev, Alexander (g UZB 2625) Kunte, Abhijit (m IND 2460) 0-1 Ehlvest, Jaan (g EST 2610) Lastin, Alexander (g RUS 2535) 1/2 Saravanan, V. (IND 2375) Bancod, Ronald (m PHI 2400) 0-1 Dao, Thien Hai (g VIE 2530) Suvrajit, Saha (IND 2375) 0-1 Yurtaev, Leonid (g KGZ 2520) Neelotpal, Das (IND 2370) 1-0 Thipsay, Praveen M (g IND 2515) Nguyen, Anh Dung (m VIE 2500) 1-0 Mithrakanth, Poorna Sharma (m IND 2370) Stefanova, Antoaneta (IM)(wg BUL 2480) 0-1 Neelakantan, Narayanan (IND 2240) Berelovich, Aleksandar (g UKR 2515) 1-0 Reefat, Bin-Sattar (m BAN 2350) Girinath, P.D.S. (IND 2340) 1-0 Rahman, Ziaur (m BAN 2485) Babu, N Sudhakar (m IND 2335) 0-1 Konguvel, Ponnuswamy (m IND 2430) Subbaraman, Vijayalakshmi (wm IND 2325) 0-1 Prakash, G B (IND 2425) Sareen, Vishal (IND 2320) 1-0 Shankar, Roy (IND 2400) Gokhale, C.S. (IND 2380) 1/2 Tilak, Sharad S (m IND 2315) Shetty, Rahul (IND 2315) 1-0 Sriram, Jha (IND 2360) Joshi, G B (IND 2355) 1-0 Sanjay, N. (IND 2310) Gokhale, Jayant Suresh (IND 2305) 0-1 Ramesh, R.B. (m IND 2345) Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam (f IND 2345) 1/2 Mamedova, Rena (wf UZB 2185) Barua, Dibyendu (g IND 2520) 1/2 Harikrishna, P. (f IND 2195) Horvath, Csaba (g HUN 2535) 1/2 Dhar-Barua Saheli (wf IND 2240) Yogesh, Gore (IND 2300) 0-1 Safira, Shahnaz (f IND 2135)
Round 4 9/2/98
Three Grandmasters, Phillip Schlosser, Jonathan Speelman and Leonid Yurtaev share lead after an uneventful fourth round of the Goodricke International Open Chess tournament. The leaders have 3.5/4 apiece, followed by eight players, including the top three seeds Nigel Short, Alexander Nenashev and Jan Ehlvest with 3/4.
While overnight leader Phillip Schlosser settled for a 19-move draw against Ehlvest, Speelman beat untitled N. Neelakantan, and Yurtaev overcame Dung Anh Nguyen to join the leading the pack. None of these games were interesting, however.
The day's most exciting game was between top seed Nigel Short and the lowest rated GM in the fray, Jonathan Levitt, which ended in a draw after five hours' battle. It looks obvious that Short is going to drop some rating in this tournament; so he seems not very concerned about it. Rather, he appears to be trying to experiment some new openings and ideas instead.
He tried the irregular 'double fianchetto' against Levitt's 1.d4 today, and was clearly in trouble right from the beginning. While analysing the game, Levitt remarked about the position arising from the opening, "I'll play this position again on any day, but you won't, will you ?" Short clearly admitted that his position was "messy", and pointed out a number of ways Levitt could have gone way ahead of him in the game, but Levitt missed all of them, yet was visibly satisfied with the result.
Dark horse Neelakantan who has done very well for his standard till now lost to Speelman today. The latter playing the French Defence with black, got a slightly inferior position in the middlegame but Neelakantan could not find a way to improve. His indifferent play resulted in Speelman clawing his way back into the game. The most probable result still was a draw, but Neelakantan blundered a series of pawns in time trouble and lost.
Young Neelotpal Das enhanced his chances of an IM-norm with a comfortable draw against GM Dao Thien Hai which took his tally to 3/4. Dao, who happens to be one of the strongest Grandmasters in Asia, is in an indifferent form here. None of his games in this tournament has been convincing and in today's game he seemed reluctant to play with minor advantage in spite of the fact that his adversary was 160 points weaker by rating. He offered draw in a position that looked marginally favourable for him at stage where he even led by ten minutes on the clock, Neelotpal having 15 minutes to make as many moves. With this draw Neelotpal has scored 2/3 (1 win and 2 draws) against Grandmasters in just four rounds, which is exceptionally good for norm chances.
Round 4 Ehlvest, Jaan (g EST 2610) 1/2 Schlosser, Philipp (g GER 2515) Levitt, Jonathan (g ENG 2425) 1/2 Short, Nigel D. (g ENG 2660) Neelakantan, Narayanan (IND 2240) 0-1 Speelman, Jonathan S. (g ENG 2605) Dao, Thien Hai (g VIE 2530) 1/2 Neelotpal, Das (IND 2370) Yurtaev, Leonid (g KGZ 2520) 1-0 Nguyen, Anh Dung (m VIE 2500) Komliakov, Viktor (g MDA 2510) 1/2 Lastin, Alexander (g RUS 2535) Nenashev, Alexander (g UZB 2625) 1-0 Joshi, G B (IND 2355) Saravanan, V. (IND 2375) 1/2 Berelovich, Aleksandar (g UKR 2515) Ramesh, R.B. (m IND 2345) 0-1 Sashikiran, Krishnan (f IND 2470) Konguvel, Ponnuswamy (m IND 2430) 1/2 Sareen, Vishal (IND 2320) Prakash, G B (IND 2425) 1/2 Shetty, Rahul (IND 2315) Ranola, Yves (PHI 2340) 1/2 Stefanova, Antoaneta (IM)(wg BUL 2480) Thipsay, Praveen M (g IND 2515) 1-0 Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam (f IND 2345) 1. Speelman, Jonathan S. (g ENG 2605) 3.5 Yurtaev, Leonid (g KGZ 2520) 3.5 Schlosser, Philipp (g GER 2515) 3.5 4. Short, Nigel D. (g ENG 2660) 3.0 Ehlvest, Jaan (g EST 2610) 3.0 Levitt, Jonathan (g ENG 2425) 3.0 Komliakov, Viktor (g MDA 2510) 3.0 Dao, Thien Hai (g VIE 2530) 3.0 Neelotpal, Das (IND 2370) 3.0 Nenashev, Alexander (g UZB 2625) 3.0 Sashikiran, Krishnan (f IND 2470) 3.0
The 6th Croatian Championships took place in Pula, January 9th - 22nd 1998. There was a closed 14 player Category 9 event for the men and a 10 player women's Championships. The Men's Championships were won by Robert Zelcic by half a point from Goran Dizdar who was the only player to defeat him. Zorica Puljek-Salai won the women's event.
Information from the Chess in Croatia pages: http://pubwww.srce.hr/cro_chess
Pula CRO (CRO), I 1998 cat. IX (2474)
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1 Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2540 * 0 = = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2609
2 Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2530 1 * = = = = = = = = = 1 1 1 8.5 2579
3 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2560 = = * = = = = = 1 1 = = 1 = 8.0 2554
4 Rogulj, Branko m CRO 2430 = = = * 1 0 = = = 1 1 = = 1 8.0 2564
5 Rogic, Davor m CRO 2445 = = = 0 * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 0 7.5 2533
6 Zaja, Ivan m CRO 2450 0 = = 1 = * = = = 0 1 1 = 1 7.5 2532
7 Kovacevic, Vlatko g CRO 2520 = = = = 0 = * 1 1 0 1 0 1 = 7.0 2499
8 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2545 = = = = = = 0 * 1 0 0 1 = 1 6.5 2468
9 Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2455 = = 0 = = = 0 0 * 1 = = = 1 6.0 2446
10 Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2515 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 1 0 * 0 0 = 1 5.5 2413
11 Nikolac, Juraj g CRO 2435 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 * 1 0 1 5.5 2419
12 Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2415 0 0 = = 0 0 1 0 = 1 0 * 1 = 5.0 2391
13 Franic, Milan m CRO 2430 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = 1 0 * 1 4.5 2367
14 Levacic, Patrick f CRO 2365 0 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 2.5 2231
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Women's Championships
Pula CRO (CRO), I 1998
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1 Puljek-Salai, Zorica wm CRO 2195 * 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2449
2 Medic, Mirjana wm CRO 2275 1 * 1 1 = 1 = 1 0 1 7.0 2387
3 Djeno, Mara wm CRO 2180 0 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2258
4 Macek, Vlasta wm CRO 2255 0 0 1 * = 1 1 0 = 1 5.0 2213
5 Bazaj-Bockai, Snjezana wf CRO 2180 = = 0 = * 0 = = 1 1 4.5 2178
6 Paraminski, Albina CRO 2175 0 0 = 0 1 * = 1 0 = 3.5 2098
7 Dokmanovic, Nina CRO 2100 0 = 0 0 = = * = 1 = 3.5 2107
8 Trtanj, Tina CRO 2105 0 0 0 1 = 0 = * 1 = 3.5 2106
9 Belamaric, Tanja wm CRO 2220 0 1 0 = 0 1 0 0 * = 3.0 2048
10 Stadler, Brigita CRO 2100 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = * 2.0 1967
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Laszlo Nagy reports on the First Saturday tournaments of February. These events are organised as the 1st Kluger Memorial events. There are 58 players from 10 countries playing including the Scheveningen ELO groups. There are 14 players in the GM group making it a Category 8 event. Igor Glek is playing as is his pupil, Arkadij Naiditsch who is also the youngest player in the event.
GM Event
Round 1 (1998.02.07)
Acs, Peter - Borocz, Istvan 1-0 40 B67 Sicilian
Blauert, Joerg - Vegh, Endre 1-0 27 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Glek, Igor V - Czebe, Attila 1-0 23 C46 Unknown
Mikhaletz, Lubomir - Hoang Thang Trang 1-0 33 C02 French; Advance
Varga, Zoltan - Fogarasi, Tibor 1-0 37 B40 Sicilian
Atalik, Suat - Hodjko, Vjaceslav 1/2 20 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Naiditsch, Arkadjis - Keitlinghaus, Ludger 1/2 25 C67 Ruy Lopez
Budapest HUN (HUN), II 1998 cat. VIII (2438)
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1 Acs, Peter f HUN 2450 * . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1.0
2 Blauert, Joerg m GER 2395 . * . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2550 . . * . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
4 Mikhaletz, Lubomir m UKR 2435 . . . * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
5 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2520 . . . . * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
6 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2595 . . . . . * = . . . . . . . 0.5 2380
7 Hodjko, Vjaceslav m RUS 2380 . . . . . = * . . . . . . . 0.5 2595
8 Keitlinghaus, Ludger m GER 2500 . . . . . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2255
9 Naiditsch, Arkadjis f GER 2255 . . . . . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2500
10 Borocz, Istvan m HUN 2430 0 . . . . . . . . * . . . . 0.0
11 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2475 . . 0 . . . . . . . * . . . 0.0
12 Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2440 . . . . 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
13 Hoang Thang Trang m VIE 2350 . . . 0 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14 Vegh, Endre m HUN 2350 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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IM Event
Round 1 (1998.02.07)
Antal, Gergely - Kalousek, Vladimir 1-0 38 B53 Sicilian
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Gara, Ticia 1-0 37 A48 Queen's pawn
Karatorossian, David - Toth, Andras 1-0 27 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Gara, Anita - Dudas, Janos 1/2 40 B84 Sicilian
Kerek, Csaba - Franchini, Gabriele 1/2 24 A57 Benko gambit
Antal, Sebestyen jr - Brustkern, Juergen 0-1 0 A00 Irregular
Dolgener, Tobias - Farago, Sandor 0-1 48 B50 Sicilian
Budapest HUN (HUN), II 1998 cat. II (2284)
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1 Antal, Gergely HUN 2220 * . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2 Brustkern, Juergen GER 2230 . * . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1.0
3 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2365 . . * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
4 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2285 . . . * . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
5 Karatorossian, David ARM 2375 . . . . * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
6 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2405 . . . . . * . = . . . . . . 0.5 2285
7 Franchini, Gabriele ITA 2155 . . . . . . * . = . . . . . 0.5 2380
8 Gara, Anita wm HUN 2285 . . . . . = . * . . . . . . 0.5 2405
9 Kerek, Csaba HUN 2380 . . . . . . = . * . . . . . 0.5 2155
10 Antal, Sebestyen jr HUN 2330 . 0 . . . . . . . * . . . . 0.0
11 Dolgener, Tobias GER 2270 . . . 0 . . . . . . * . . . 0.0
12 Gara, Ticia HUN 2235 . . 0 . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
13 Kalousek, Vladimir CZE 2120 0 . . . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14 Toth, Andras HUN 2325 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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James Eade reports on a ten player single round-robin Category V tournament (6 points needed to earn an IM norm) in San Francisco. The event is sponsored by the Mechanics' Institute Library of San Francisco and it is named in memory of a long time Mechanics' member. After five rounds Thomas Wolski leads although Guillermo Rey and Ronald Cusi have their round 2 game still to play.
http://www.milibrary.org/chess/Chess.html
San Francisco USA (USA), II 1998 cat. V (2359)
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1 Wolski, Thomas f GER 2315 * . . 1 0 = 1 1 . . 3.5 /5 2525
2 Rey, Guillermo m USA 2335 . * . . . = = . 1 1 3.0 /4 2544
3 Cartagena, Omar PHI 2430 . . * = = 1 . = = . 3.0 /5 2425
4 Cusi, Ronald PHI 2375 0 . = * . . . . 1 1 2.5 /4 2438
5 Mar, Craig f USA 2420 1 . = . * = = 0 . . 2.5 /5 2366
6 Shipman, Walter m USA 2350 = = 0 . = * . . . 1 2.5 /5 2364
7 Grefe, John A m USA 2425 0 = . . = . * 1 = . 2.5 /5 2338
8 Lobo, Richard ENG 2310 0 . = . 1 . 0 * . 0 1.5 /5 2233
9 Zilberstein, Dmitry USA 2310 . 0 = 0 . . = . * = 1.5 /5 2228
10 Stein, Alex USA 2320 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 1 = * 1.5 /5 2187
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Villy Fink Isaksen sends news of the masters tournament run by the Aarhus Skakklub. A seven round swiss with 18 players it is covered on the internet at: http://www.cybernet.dk/users/tgvisaksen/klub/ . The event runs 5th - 15th February 1998. There are a couple of adjourned games whose result is yet to be decided. Standings after 4 rounds
Aarhus DEN (DEN), II 1998
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1 Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2395 +17 =13 = 3 + 2 . . . 3.0 /4 2488
2 Nielsen, Poul Erik DEN 2230 +16 +14 + 8 - 1 . . . 3.0 /4 2446
3 Jensen, Vagn DEN 2240 -13 +10 = 1 +11 . . . 2.5 /4 2550
4 Matthiesen, Arne DEN 2280 = 5 = 7 = 9 +13 . . . 2.5 /4 2250
5 Rasmussen, Casper DEN 2245 = 4 = 9 +15 = 6 . . . 2.5 /4 2310
6 Skytte, Rasmus DEN 2205 +18 - 8 +14 = 5 . . . 2.5 /4 2285
7 Rewitz, Poul DEN 2335 =10 = 4 . + 8 . . . 2.0 /3 2446
8 Holst, Allan DEN 2365 +11 + 6 - 2 - 7 . . . 2.0 /4 2131
9 Alkaersig, Ole DEN 2170 =15 = 5 = 4 =10 . . . 2.0 /4 2262
10 Rendboe, John f DEN 2320 = 7 - 3 +12 = 9 . . . 2.0 /4 2252
11 Lindfeldt,Magnus ---- - 8 +17 +16 - 3 . . . 2.0 /4 2246
12 Matthiesen, Martin DEN 2265 -14 +18 -10 +17 . . . 2.0 /4 2371
13 Ostersen, Kjeld DEN ---- + 3 = 1 . - 4 . . . 1.5 /3 2305
14 Poulsen,Michael ---- +12 - 2 - 6 . . . . 1.0 /3 2108
15 Windelboe, Werner DEN 2205 = 9 =16 - 5 . . . . 1.0 /3 2081
16 Pedersen, Bjarne DEN 2205 - 2 =15 -11 =18 . . . 1.0 /4 2101
17 Jensen, Jacob Bjerre DEN 2175 - 1 -11 +18 -12 . . . 1.0 /4 2176
18 Hansen, Bjarne DEN 2245 - 6 -12 -17 =16 . . . 0.5 /4 1890
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Albert Silver reports on the start of the Brazilian Championships in Rio de Janeiro. In what was announced to be a dream line-up (if one was to believe the flier being sent out) with top Brazilian players GM Gilberto Milos, GM Darcy Lima, and junior stars Rafael Leitao and Giovanni Vescovi, the 64th edition of the Brazilian Championship started on unsteady feet as the prize fund was suddenly cut in half almost at the last minute. In fact until the very day of the opening ceremony exactly what that line-up would be was unclear. The organisers were left biting their nails whilst hoping that it wouldn't have too drastic an effect on the turnout. Luckily, apart from Milos' no show, the rest of the field appeared as promised. After 3 rounds, the leaders are last year's champion, 18-year-old IM Rafael Leitao, and veteran IM Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk with 2.5/3 followed by GM Darcy Lima and IM Giovanni Vescovi on 2/3. The event ends on February 16th.
Round 1 (1998.02.06)
Van Riemsdijk, Herman C - Martins, Carlos 1-0 60 C63 Ruy Lopez
Vescovi, Giovanni - Leitao, Rafael 1/2 10 E05 Nimzo indian
Matsuura, Everaldo - Lima, Darcy 0-1 37 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Guimaraes, Wagner P - Rocha, Wellington Carlos 1/2 32 B30 Sicilian
De Souza Haro, Paulo Cezar - Limp, Eduardo 1/2 45 E02 Nimzo indian
Dos Santos, Francisco Jose - Tsuboi, Edson Kenji 0-1 55 A15 English; 1.c4
Round 2 (1998.02.07)
Leitao, Rafael - De Souza Haro, Paulo Cezar 1-0 52 D32 Queen's gambit
Lima, Darcy - Dos Santos, Francisco Jose 1-0 54 A03 Bird (1.f4)
Guimaraes, Wagner P - Matsuura, Everaldo 1/2 29 D44 QGD; Botwinnik
Tsuboi, Edson Kenji - Van Riemsdijk, Herman C 1/2 19 B08 Pirc; Classical
Rocha, Wellington Carlos - Limp, Eduardo 1-0 38 E04 Nimzo indian
Martins, Carlos - Vescovi, Giovanni 1/2 43 C41 Philidor defence
Round 3 (1998.02.08)
Van Riemsdijk, Herman C - Lima, Darcy 1-0 74 B00 1.e4
Vescovi, Giovanni - Tsuboi, Edson Kenji 1-0 56 D12 Slav defence
Matsuura, Everaldo - Rocha, Wellington Carlos 1-0 40 B66 Sicilian
De Souza Haro, Paulo Cezar - Martins, Carlos 1/2 57 A80 Dutch defence
Dos Santos, Francisco Jose - Guimaraes, Wagner P 1/2 46 A45 Queen's pawn
Limp, Eduardo - Leitao, Rafael 0-1 33 A46 Queen's pawn
Rio de Janeiro BRA (BRA), II 1998 cat. V (2366)
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1 Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2375 * . . 1 . . = . 1 . . . 2.5 2644
2 Leitao, Rafael m BRA 2515 . * = . . . . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2676
3 Vescovi, Giovanni m BRA 2480 . = * . . . 1 . = . . . 2.0 2510
4 Lima, Darcy m BRA 2475 0 . . * 1 . . . . . 1 . 2.0 2446
5 Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2405 . . . 0 * = . 1 . . . . 1.5 2353
6 Guimaraes, Wagner P BRA 2260 . . . . = * . = . . = . 1.5 2305
7 Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2345 = . 0 . . . * . . . 1 . 1.5 2346
8 Rocha, Wellington Carlos BRA 2325 . . . . 0 = . * . . . 1 1.5 2360
9 Martins, Carlos BRA 2295 0 . = . . . . . * = . . 1.0 2265
10 De Souza Haro, Paulo Cezar BRA 2315 . 0 . . . . . . = * . = 1.0 2283
11 Dos Santos, Francisco Jose BRA 2185 . . . 0 . = 0 . . . * . 0.5 2087
12 Limp, Eduardo BRA 2415 . 0 . . . . . 0 . = . * 0.5 2112
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Sinisa Joksic reports on the Moscow - Belgrade match held January 28th - 29th 1998. In friendly match to celebrate 40 years of The Belgrade Chess Federation Belgrade beat Moscow with 14:10 Belgrade won both rounds, the first 6,5:5,5 and the second 7,5:4,5.
Of course Moscow's captain Boris Postovski didn't bring the best team. The games weren't of the highest level but a few hundred spectators enjoyed, and had chance to see ex-world champion Vassily Smyslov (77) and the organisation was very good.
Round 1 - January 28th
Men: Sergei Shipov (g. 2620) 1/2 Dragoljub Velimirovic (g.2535)
Sergey Smagin (g. 2575) 1/2 Zlatko Ilincic (g. 2565)
Yury Piskov (g. 2455) 1/2 Branko Damljanovic (g. 2540)
Anatoly Machulsky (g. 2505) 1/2 Milos Pavlovic (g. 2535)
Seniors: Vassily Smyslov (g. 2515) 1/2 Svetozar Gligoric (g. 2480)
Nikolai Krogius (g. 2485) 1/2 Borislav Ivkov (g. 2440)
Genadij Movsovic 1/2 Milan Matulovic (g. 2420)
Liudmila Belavenets (m.2175w) 1/2 Milunka Lazarevic (g.2160w)
Boys: Lev Kuznetsov (2240) 1:0 Milos Perunovic (f. 2210)
Mikhail Berezovics 1:0 Nikola Sedlak (2230)
Girls: Eugenia Chasovnikova (f.2275w) 1/2 Slobodanka Masovic
Marina Viktorova (2090w) 1:0 Jelena Popovic
Round 2 January 29th
Men: Dragoljub Velimirovic (g.2535) 1/2 Sergei Shipov (g. 2620)
Zlatko Ilincic (g. 2565) 1:0 Sergey Smagin (g. 2575)
Branko Damljanovic (g. 2540) 1/2 Yury Piskov (g. 2455)
Milos Pavlovic (g. 2535) 0:1 Anatoly Machulsky (g. 2505)
Seniors: Svetozar Gligoric (g. 2480) 1/2 Vassily Smyslov (g. 2515)
Borislav Ivkov (g. 2440) 1/2 Nikolai Krogius (g. 2485)
Milan Matulovic (g. 2420) 1:0 Genadij Movsovic
Milunka Lazarevic (g.2160w) 1:0 Liudmila Belavenets (m.2175w)
Boys: Dusan Prelevic (2310) 0:1 Lev Kuznetsov (2240)
Aleksandar Danilovic (2310) 1:0 Mikhail Berezovics
Girls: Marija Stojanovic 1/2 Eugenia Chasovnikova (f. 2275w)
Aleksandra Dimitrijevic 1/2 Marina Viktorova (2090w)
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 now available.
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 games and 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
Alessandro Miotto sends the results of the 14th internation open in Geneva 24th January - 1st February. Leading final standings:
1 KHENKIN Igor GM RUS 2565 7 41½ 9 7 2472 2 GOLDIN Alexander GM RUS 2590 7 40 9 7 2452 3 SULSKIS Sarunas GM LTU 2485 7 39½ 9 7 2448 4 MALANIUK Vladimir P GM UKR 2600 6½ 39½ 9 6½ 2428 5 WOJTKIEWICZ Aleksander GM POL 2535 6½ 35½ 8 5½ 2379 6 BUCHER Denis SUI 2115 6½ 33 9 6½ 2335 7 MIEZIS Normunds GM LAT 2505 6 40 9 6 2452 8 GULKO Boris F GM USA 2585 6 40 9 6 2409 9 SOKOLOV Andrei GM RUS 2580 6 38 9 6 2404 10 NATAF Igor MI FRA 2485 6 38 9 6 2387 11 TUKMAKOV Vladimir B GM UKR 2610 6 37 9 6 2440 12 BERGEZ Luc FRA 2380 6 34½ 9 6 2288 13 GODENA Michele GM ITA 2500 5½ 39 9 5½ 2456 14 ARLANDI Ennio MI ITA 2425 5½ 38 9 5½ 2414 15 BORGO Giulio MI ITA 2430 5½ 36½ 8 4½ 2419 16 ROEMER Ulrich MF GER 2285 5½ 35 9 5½ 2369 17 GERBER Richard MF SUI 2330 5½ 35 9 5½ 2351 18 LESKI Marc MI FRA 2425 5½ 34 8 4½ 2369 19 FIORAMONTI Hung MI SUI 2365 5½ 33½ 8 4½ 2370 20 MASSEREY Yvan MF SUI 2320 5½ 30½ 8 4½ 2354 21 DWORAKOWSKA Joanna MI POL 2355 5 37 8 4 2443 67 players
Luis Santos is covering the 14th Portuguese Masters Tournament (organised by the Portuguese Chess Federation: it is not the Portuguese Championship but it is the strongest national tournament that also counts for qualifying the national team for the Olympiad):Venue: Caldas de Felgueira (PORTUGAL) from 7 - 15 February with 10 players (category 4, FIDE).
The Mexican Chess federation will hold the XLIV National Open Championship April 7-12. total prize fund are 111,000 pesos, about 13,000 usd, First prize 21000 pesos, about 2,500 usd. inscription fee 45 usd. further information will be sent. General information is available via fax 525-5383304 or e-mail address, fenamac@netservice.com.mx