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1) Introduction
2) Linares 1998
3) FIDE aim to move on Chess Copyright
4) Deloitte & Touche Jersey Festival
5) US Amateur Team Championships; East
6) Bunratty Masters
7) Torre v Antonio Match
8) PCA World Rankings
9) Cappelle la Grande
10) Bundesliga rounds 10-11
11) Polgar Chess Center Blitz
12) Upcoming Events
Games section
Linares GM Tournament 18 games Bunratty Open 116 games Jersey Open 134 games Match 6 games US Amateur Teams East 132 games
My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, Net64, Chess Planet, John Henderson, Bobby Ang, Europe Echecs, Bill Townsend, Gerald Schendal and all those who helped with this issue.
The Linares tournament in Spain which started so brightly has got bogged down in a series of draws. However the tension and importance of the event is still there. Shirov leads and is playing extremely convincingly, behind him are Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand, an explosion should come soon and the final rounds should be fascinating.
FIDE's decision to press ahead with trying to copyright games from their next World Championships is an extremely worrying one. Legal cases trying to establish this in the past have all been lost. It is in effect a decision to launch legal action against those who publish the games. Chess journalists have two choices in my opinion. To publish in the belief that the law as has been understood for years is correct or not to publish at all, for fear of legal action. To pay would be to give in without any resolution of where people stood. It isn't in FIDE's power to decide this, if Linares threatened legal action tomorrow the situation would be the same, or indeed the Jersey tournament covered in this issue. It is simply a decision to challenge the law, not an ability to change it. Probably the worst situation of all, after all FIDE could probably afford to lose such an action and some could not even afford to win it.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Linares Tournament enters drawish stage
This years Linares SuperGrandmaster tournament is a 7 player Category 21 event with an ELO average of 2752. After eight rounds Alexei Shirov is leading with 4.5/8.
Round three proved to be the last bloodthirsty round so far. Three wins with white and all pretty convincing. Shirov sacrificing a pawn out of the opening in the Sicilian managed a magnificent performance of controlled aggression kicking Topalov's pieces around until the were almost all misplaced. A few hammerblows later he took the full point. Svidler got a nagging edge in the Sicilian against Ivanchuk, they both manoevered over long periods until Ivanchuk missed Svidler's plot and dropped his entire position. Anand's new defence is the Caro Kann, here Kasparov took a relatively modest approach but took advantage of Anand's weakened kingside to force a win.
Round 4. The first of the drawing rounds. Ivanchuk and Kasparov shared the points in an intricate Grunfeld that never seemed to leave level. Topalov should have scored his first win against Svidler in a Grunfeld. Having hit the Russian with some nice tactics he failed to complete the technical side of the win blundering an important pawn away just before time control. Kramnik never got quite enough against Shirov's kings indian and Shirov held the ending with ease.
Round 5. It was reported that the players signed a clause saying they wouldn't agree draws before move 40. This was the round where this ended. All games ending quite early. Svidler-Kramnik was a complex Sicilian Sveshnikov until all the pieces came off starting around move 25. Kasparov chose the rare 6. g3 against Topalov's Najdorf and didn't really get anything. In the end both sides settled for a repetition on move 22. Anand-Ivanchuk was an extremely irregular Sicilian Defence. Creative play took its toll on the clocks and with Ivanchuk down to around two minutes left on move 25 but with probably a superior position a draw was agreed to.
Round 6 saw Shirov move into the lead with the only decisive game of the round. Shirov using the English variation of the Sicilian got a comfortable edge from the opening against Svidler. Svidler then tried a plan involving the long march of his knight, away from the trouble area. Shirov dived in bouncing his bishop round to the kingside where it allowed Shirov an irresistable attack. Anand's Caro Kann held out better than against Kasparov. Here, although slightly worse he found a drawn ending. Kramnik-Kasparov was a huge chunk of theory from the Grunfeld followed by a couple of insipid moves from Kramnik and a draw was agreed.
Round 7. Shirov's 6. ...Bc5 against the Ruy Lopez is starting to look like the ultimate drawing line. Black gets a slightly worse position but so many pieces and pawns have left the board that a draw is possible. This time Kasparov made no headway at all. Another Sicilian Sveshnikov from Kramnik as black, he seemed to be doing just great against Anand, but slight time pressure and he decided to call it a day against Anand. Ivanchuk-Topalov was an interesting Sicilian with opposite sides castling. Then Ivanchuk lost the plot and ended up in a bad ending which was effectively wrapped up by Topalov.
Round 8 and the second half of the event was underway. For Anand-Shirov see Kasparov-Shirov round 7.Kasparov-Svidler was a main line Ruy Lopez. Svidler certainly varies his openings. Kasparov never looked like getting a King side attack to work and gradually Svidler took the initiative. I never saw anything to suggest he was winning however. Ivanchuk-Kramnik was an interesting tussle in the Sicilian. The ending of bishop and knight vs rook was drawish, and so it proved to be.
The dates of the event are: 21st Feb - Opening Ceremony, 22nd Feb. Round 1. Rest days 27th Feb and 5th March. Final round March 9th, closing ceremony March 10th.
Internet coverage at http://chess.net64.es/leon98/ and also my www pages.
Round 1 (1998.02.22)
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 55 B12 Caro-Kann
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 58 D02 Queen's pawn
Svidler, Peter - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 52 B85 Sicilian
Round 2 (1998.02.23)
Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter 1-0 42 B06 Modern defence
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 48 D58 QGD;
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 30 C54 Italian game
Round 3 (1998.02.24)
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 34 B42 Sicilian
Kasparov, Gary - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 35 B17 Caro-Kann
Svidler, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 49 B85 Sicilian
Round 4 (1998.02.25)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 46 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 1/2 42 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 50 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Round 5 (1998.02.26)
Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 22 B91 Sicilian; Najdorf
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 25 B53 Sicilian
Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 30 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Round 6 (1998.02.27)
Shirov, Alexei - Svidler, Peter 1-0 28 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 26 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 40 B17 Caro-Kann
Round 7 (1998.03.01)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 28 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Kasparov, Gary - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 22 C78 Ruy Lopez
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 52 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 8 (1998.03.02)
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 44 C78 Ruy Lopez
Kasparov, Gary - Svidler, Peter 1/2 64 C92 Ruy Lopez
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 74 B57 Sicilian
Linares ESP (ESP), II-III 1998 cat. XXI (2752)
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 ** 0= =. =. 1. 1. 1. 4.5 / 7 2862
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 1= ** 0. =. 1. =. =. 4.0 / 7 2793
3 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2825 =. 1. ** =. == =. =. 4.0 / 7 2782
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 =. =. =. ** =. 1. == 4.0 / 7 2795
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 0. 0. == =. ** =. 1. 3.0 / 7 2721
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 0. =. =. 0. =. ** 1. 2.5 / 6 2697
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 0. =. =. == 0. 0. ** 2.0 / 7 2601
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A report by Willy Iclicki on the Chess Planet pages http://www.chessweb.com/ says that FIDE have concluded their study into chess games copyright and aim to move forward. This move will inevitably end in legal action as no chess journalist or legal expert I have spoken to believes they have any case for this. There have been a number of legal cases in the past on this point, all have been lost by those trying to prove copyright. However legal action is going to be expensive for whoever FIDE choose to try and prove their point with. Quite what journalists are supposed to do is unclear, pay in case FIDE are right? Or proceed as usual on the basis of at least 100 years of precident. As chess becomes more technical and the use of databases and chess computers in preparation has taken much of the creativity out of the game and as FIDE have sought to emphasize the sporting aspects of the game there can have been no time in chess history when they have less justification for doing this. One comfort is that although FIDE seem to threaten quite frequently I can't remember the last time they actually did anything. The meeting was held in Manilla Feb 21-23 1998. Some suggestions as to the new World Championships format include that it will be 7 rounds, all players to enter in the first two rounds and that there will be 4 games from the 3rd round.
The Deloitte & Touche Jersey Chess Festival took place 22-28 February in the Hotel de Normandie, St. Helier. My thanks to John Henderson for reports, results and games.
Surprises included Alexander Cherniaev's round two loss to Martin Simons in a Scandinavian Defence. Chris Ward was a little lucky to beat Simon Peters in round 3. The story of the tournament was Jim Plaskett's visit to the hospital before round 4. He managed to drink some bleach left by a cleaner in a cup when he returned to prepare for his game. He still managed to draw with rival Chris Ward in the afternoon. Chris Ward took a lead into the final round when he won in a French in 78 moves against Alexander Cherniaev. He had to repel some agressive opening play and also convert a long technical ending to ensure his win. Jim Plaskett ended the event on a quiet note with draws in round 6 against Dave Farndon and in round 7 against Ja Vigus. That draw ensured first place alone for Chris Ward and a cheque for 1500 pounds. 29 year old Ward is a chess coach and did a blindfold exhibition to promote the event at its start.
Leading final standings St Helier (JER), II-III 1998 ---------------------------- 1 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2480 6.0 2 Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2445 5.5 3 Ballon, Guenther Jan f NED 2235 5.5 4 Cherniaev, Alexander m RUS 2465 5.0 5 Farrand, Tom --- ---- 5.0 6 Vigus, James ENG 2260 5.0 Major - 1 D Twitchell (Norfolk) 5/6 (300); 2-4 E Soh (Imperia), N Dennis (Henley) & K White (Imperia) 4. Minor - 1 P Kent (Huyton) 5.5/6 (300); 2 N Turner (Northants) 5; 3-4 J McKenna (Kent) & M Stanners (Atheneum) 4.5.
Bill Townsend reports on the U.S. Amateur Team East event Feb 14th-16th 1998.
The U.S. Amateur Team is a tradition that goes back more than a quarter of a century. In recent years, the tournament has grown so large that it now takes place in four locations around the U.S.: West, Mid-West, South and East. The East is where it all began, and so that is usually the largest of the four by far, usually having more teams than the other three added together. This year's Amateur Team East, played over the weekend of Feb. 14-16, had 268 four-player teams, adding up to over 1,100 individuals. Moreover, this wasn't the only team with grandmasters on the first two boards. One team boasted current U.S. Champion Joel Benjamin, backed up by John Fedorowicz on board two, while another team had the one-two punch of GMs Alex Fishbein and Michael Rohde. Grandmasters playing for other teams: Anatoly Lein, Larry Christiansen, Roman Dzindzichashvili, Sergey Kudrin, and Arthur Bisguier. Karpov's team finished with a perfect 6-0 score, as did Karpov himself, but they lost out on tiebreaks to a team called "Light Blue," consisting of Dylan McClain, Nathan Resika, Brian Hulse, and Alan Price. This actually wasn't that unexpected since more balanced teams tend to do better. "Light Blue" only had a rating difference of about 200 points between its first and fourth boards, as opposed to the 1,500 point gap on Karpov's team.
Attendees at this tournament got an added surprise when Women's World Champion Susan Polgar appeared to promote her chess studio in Queens, New York. Accompanying Ms. Polgar were her two sisters Sophia and Judit, who happened to be visiting from Hungary. The charming Polgar sisters did not play on a team, but they spent much of Saturday out in the hotel lobby chatting with chess fans. The games for this event were provided by organizer E. Steven Doyle, and I would also like to thank Paul Hodges and Ron Henley of the WWW. Chess Superstore for their help.
The Bunratty Masters tournament in Ireland took place over the weekend 21st-23rd February and saw a tie between John Nunn and 14 year old English youngster Luke McShane. McShane beat Nunn in a 5 minute blitz game to take the Tipperary Crystal trophy. GMs Jonathan Speelman and Alexander Barurin shared 3rd place.
Full internet coverage at: http://members.aol.com/bunratty01/
Leading final standings.
Bunratty IRL (IRL), II 1998
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1 Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2610 +25 +10 =13 + 7 = 3 + 8 5.0 /6 2678
2 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2490 +22 +12 - 3 +15 + 9 + 6 5.0 /6 2552
3 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2605 +23 + 9 + 2 = 8 = 1 = 4 4.5 /6 2642
4 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2600 =14 +18 +11 +13 = 8 = 3 4.5 /6 2529
5 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2485 +17 =11 = 7 +12 - 6 +13 4.0 /6 2384
6 Brady, Stephen f IRL 2345 +26 -13 +22 +14 + 5 - 2 4.0 /6 2403
7 Orr, Mark J L m IRL 2360 =28 +21 = 5 - 1 +24 +16 4.0 /6 2463
8 King, Daniel J g ENG 2530 +34 +15 +24 = 3 = 4 - 1 4.0 /6 2511
9 O'Cinneide, Mel IRL 2285 +20 - 3 +27 +24 - 2 +15 4.0 /6 2316
10 Heidenfeld, Mark f IRL 2325 +19 - 1 =28 +11 =13 =12 3.5 /6 2366
11 Ryan, Joseph IRL 2280 +31 = 5 - 4 -10 +17 +14 3.5 /6 2298
12 O'Connell, Gerard IRL 2160 +30 - 2 . - 5 +21 =10 3.5 /6 2160
34 players
Bobby Ang covered the match between Eugene Torre vs. Rogelio jr Rogelio. The "Centennial Duel" is a battle for supremacy in Philippine Chess took place over12 games and saw just one decisive game, giving victory to Rogelio.
Torre, Eugenio - Antonio, Rogelio jr 1/2 53 A46 Queen's pawn
Antonio, Rogelio jr - Torre, Eugenio 1-0 39 C78 Ruy Lopez
Torre, Eugenio - Antonio, Rogelio jr 1/2 43 A46 Queen's pawn
Antonio, Rogelio jr - Torre, Eugenio 1/2 43 C64 Ruy Lopez
Torre, Eugenio - Antonio, Rogelio jr 1/2 92 B31 Sicilian
Antonio, Rogelio jr - Torre, Eugenio 1/2 87 C67 Ruy Lopez
Torre, Eugenio - Antonio, Rogelio jr 1/2 31 B78 Sicilian; Dragon
Antonio, Rogelio jr - Torre, Eugenio 1/2 31 C67 Ruy Lopez
Torre, Eugenio - Antonio, Rogelio jr 1/2 30 C00 French
Antonio, Rogelio jr - Torre, Eugenio 1/2 37 C67 Ruy Lopez
Torre, Eugenio - Antonio, Rogelio jr 1/2 42 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Antonio, Rogelio jr - Torre, Eugenio 1/2 44 B42 Sicilian
Manilla PHI (PHI), II-III 1998
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Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2520 = 1 = = = = = = = = = = 6.5 2589
Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2560 = 0 = = = = = = = = = = 5.5 2491
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Internet coverage at; http://freeweb.webquest.com/~bobbype
The PCA World Chess Rankings produced by the World Chess Councel (Luis Rentero Sancez, Linares and Ken Thompson, New Jersey) Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow Results up to March 1,1998
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2825 155 2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2761 161 3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2757 156 4. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2715 166 5. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181 6. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2693 187 7. Svidler,Peter RUS 2688 170 8. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2687 151 9. Adams,Michael ENG 2681 167 10. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2676 178 11. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2671 164 12. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2661 125 13. Short,Nigel D ENG 2659 185 14. Leko,Peter HUN 2658 142 15. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2653 163 16. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2648 182 17. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2645 183 18. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2645 147 19. Salov,Valery RUS 2645 188 20. Lautier,Joel FRA 2639 181 21. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2637 177 22. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2635 180 23. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2634 130 24. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2633 160 25. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2633 155 26. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2633 150 27. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2632 171 28. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2631 166 29. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2629 188 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. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2615 211 37. Korneev,Oleg RUS 2615 152 38. Oll,Lembit EST 2615 146 39. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163 40. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2609 160 41. Yusupov,Artur GER 2609 142 42. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197 43. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2606 161 44. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2605 207 45. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2605 156 46. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188 47. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2603 165 48. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186 49. Filippov,Valerij RUS 2599 199 50. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2597 176 51. Fischer,Robert James USA 2594 197 52. Milov,Vadim SUI 2593 191 53. Polgar,Zsuzsa (GM) HUN 2592 176
Full coverage next week along with Cannes. Cappelle la Grande was won by Igor Glek with 7.5/9 above 7 players: Kruppa, Shipov, Minasian, Safin, Ibragimov, Slobodjan and Sulskis. There will be coverage at:
Europe Echecs will have coverage of these events and Karpov's simul also.
The German Bundesliga had its tenth and eleventh rounds this weekend. SG Koeln Porz maintain their stranglehold on the league after two wins this weekend and have dropped just one point so far this season. Solinger SG who have dropped three points stayed in the title race by recording two convincing wins this weekend also.
Rounds 12-13 are to be held March 28th and 29th. Detailed coverage of the Bundesliga is available at http://members.aol.com/SchachBL/BED/bl11ef.htm
Bundesliga Round 10 (28 February) Castrop Rauxel 5 - 3 SV Erfurt West SG Bochum 5 - 3 SK Passau Hamburger SK 5 - 3 SV Empor Berlin SV Werder Bremen 3½-4½ SFR Neukoelln PSV Duisburg 5½-2½ USG Chemnitz SG Koeln Porz 6 - 2 Dresdner SC SCA St. Ingbert 6 - 2 SVg Plettenberg SK Fr.Zaehringen 1 - 7 Solinger SG Detailed results Castrop Rauxel 5 - 3 SV Erfurt West 2 Sterren 1 : 0 McShane 1 5 King 0 : 1 Votava 2 7 Watson 1 : 0 Casper 3 8 Appel ½ : ½ Kuczynski 4 9 Dinstuhl ½ : ½ Mueller 5 10 Brendel 1 : 0 Renner 6 11 Hennig 1 : 0 Troyke 7 13 Hermesmann 0 : 1 Fuhrmann 8 SG Bochum 5 - 3 SK Passau 1 Georgiev ½ : ½ Schlosser 2 2 Krasenkow ½ : ½ Ribli 3 4 Keitlinghaus ½ : ½ Smejkal 4 6 Schmittdiel ½ : ½ Wells 5 7 Bosch ½ : ½ Pichler 6 8 Ellers 1 : 0 Schmidt 8 9 Backwinkel ½ : ½ Gross 10 10 Ankerst 1 : 0 Goetz 11 Hamburger SK 5 - 3 SV Empor Berlin 1 Ftacnik ½ : ½ Epishin 1 2 Wahls 1 : 0 Poldauf 4 4 Mueller 1 : 0 Volke 5 5 Heinemann 1 : 0 Hetey 6 7 Michaelsen ½ : ½ Thinius 7 8 Wilhelmi 1 : 0 Richter 8 10 Sievers 0 : 1 Apel 10 11 Gustafsson 0 : 1 Meissner 13 SV Werder Bremen 3½-4½ SFR Neukoelln 1 Hracek ½ : ½ Stohl 2 2 Kindermann ½ : ½ Baburin 3 3 Knaak ½ : ½ Hellsten 4 4 Babula 1 : 0 Polzin 5 5 Meins ½ : ½ Schoene 7 6 Heissler ½ : ½ Berndt 8 10 Floegel 0 : 1 Thiede 9 11 Meyer 0 : 1 Rudolf 11 PSV Duisburg 5½-2½ USG Chemnitz 1 Eingorn ½ : ½ Womacka 1 4 Lerner 1 : 0 Roesch 2 5 Enders 0 : 1 Kunze 3 6 Kraut ½ : ½ Lorenz 4 7 Unzicker ½ : ½ Kyas 5 8 Thesing 1 : 0 Helbig,U 7 9 Pirrot 1 : 0 Ahner 8 10 Zude 1 : 0 Pester 14 SG Koeln Porz 6 - 2 Dresdner SC 1 Lutz 0 : 1 Bologan 3 2 Wely 1 : 0 Lanka 4 3 Khalifman ½ : ½ Boensch 5 6 Vaganian 1 : 0 Tischbierek 6 8 Hansen 1 : 0 Uhlmann 7 9 Stangl 1 : 0 Maiwald 8 10 Vogt ½ : ½ Borriss 9 12 Hort 1 : 0 Gauglitz 11 SCA St. Ingbert 6 - 2 SVg Plettenberg 1 Dautov 1 : 0 Kupreichik 2 2 Giorgadze 1 : 0 Dydyshko 3 3 Bauer 1 : 0 Danner 4 5 Martinovic 1 : 0 Schroll 7 6 Kachiani-Gersinska ½ : ½ Luethgens 9 9 Becker ½ : ½ Meyer 10 10 Gross 0 : 1 Oswald 11 11 Kummerow 1 : 0 Michalczak 12 SK Fr.Zaehringen 1 - 7 Solinger SG 4 Baklan 1 : 0 Jussupow 2 5 Roos,D 0 : 1 Sadler 3 6 Toth 0 : 1 Piket 4 7 Maier 0 : 1 Gabriel 6 9 Raupp 0 : 1 Huebner 7 11 Roos,J 0 : 1 Chandler 8 12 Schuh 0 : 1 Bischoff 9 14 Vatter 0 : 1 Lau 10 Bundesliga Round 11 (March 1st) SV Erfurt West 3 - 5 SG Bochum SK Passau 5 - 3 Castrop Rauxel SV Empor Berlin 3 - 5 SV Werder Bremen SFR Neukoelln 2½-5½ Hamburger SK USG Chemnitz ½ -7½ SG Koeln Porz Dresdner SC 5 - 3 PSV Duisburg SVg Plettenberg 2 - 6 SK Fr.Zaehringen Solinger SG 4½-3½ SCA St. Ingbert Detailed results SV Erfurt West 3 - 5 SG Bochum 1 McShane 0 : 1 Georgiev 1 2 Votava 0 : 1 Krasenkow 2 3 Casper ½ : ½ Keitlinghaus 4 4 Kuczynski 1 : 0 Schmittdiel 6 5 Mueller ½ : ½ Bosch 7 6 Renner 0 : 1 Ellers 8 7 Troyke 1 : 0 Ankerst 10 8 Fuhrmann 0 : 1 Buenermann 11 SK Passau 5 - 3 Castrop Rauxel 2 Schlosser 0 : 1 Sterren 2 3 Ribli ½ : ½ King 5 4 Smejkal ½ : ½ Watson 7 5 Wells ½ : ½ Appel 8 6 Pichler 1 : 0 Dinstuhl 9 8 Schmidt ½ : ½ Brendel 10 10 Gross 1 : 0 Hennig 11 11 Goetz 1 : 0 Hermesmann 13 SV Empor Berlin 3 - 5 SV Werder Bremen 1 Epishin 1 : 0 Hracek 1 4 Poldauf ½ : ½ Kindermann 2 5 Volke 0 : 1 Knaak 3 6 Hetey 0 : 1 Babula 4 7 Thinius ½ : ½ Meins 5 8 Richter 0 : 1 Heissler 6 10 Apel 0 : 1 Floegel 10 13 Meissner 1 : 0 Meyer 11 SFR Neukoelln 2½-5½ Hamburger SK 2 Stohl ½ : ½ Ftacnik 1 3 Baburin 0 : 1 Wahls 2 4 Hellsten 1 : 0 Mueller 4 5 Polzin 0 : 1 Heinemann 5 6 Bunzmann 0 : 1 Michaelsen 7 7 Schoene 0 : 1 Wilhelmi 8 8 Berndt ½ : ½ Sievers 10 9 Thiede ½ : ½ Gustafsson 11 USG Chemnitz ½ -7½ SG Koeln Porz 1 Womacka 0 : 1 Lutz 1 2 Roesch 0 : 1 Wely 2 3 Kunze 0 : 1 Khalifman 3 4 Lorenz ½ : ½ Vaganian 6 5 Kyas 0 : 1 Hansen 8 7 Helbig,U 0 : 1 Stangl 9 8 Ahner 0 : 1 Vogt 10 14 Pester 0 : 1 Hort 12 Dresdner SC 5 - 3 PSV Duisburg 3 Bologan ½ : ½ Eingorn 1 4 Lanka 1 : 0 Lerner 4 5 Boensch ½ : ½ Enders 5 6 Tischbierek ½ : ½ Kraut 6 7 Uhlmann ½ : ½ Unzicker 7 8 Maiwald 0 : 1 Thesing 8 9 Borriss 1 : 0 Pirrot 9 11 Gauglitz 1 : 0 Zude 10 SVg Plettenberg 2 - 6 SK Fr.Zaehringen 2 Kupreichik 0 : 1 Hodgson 1 3 Dydyshko ½ : ½ Siegel 3 4 Danner 0 : 1 Baklan 4 7 Schroll 0 : 1 Roos,D 5 9 Luethgens 0 : 1 Maier 7 10 Meyer 1 : 0 Raupp 9 12 Michalczak 0 : 1 Schuh 12 13 Schlecht ½ : ½ Vatter 14 Solinger SG 4½-3½ SCA St. Ingbert 2 Jussupow 0 : 1 Dautov 1 3 Sadler ½ : ½ Giorgadze 2 4 Piket ½ : ½ Bauer 3 6 Gabriel 1 : 0 Martinovic 5 7 Huebner ½ : ½ Kachiani-Gersinska 6 8 Chandler ½ : ½ Becker 9 9 Bischoff 1 : 0 Gross 10 10 Lau ½ : ½ Kummerow 11 Standings: 1. SG Koeln Porz 11 61 :27 21- 1 2. Solinger SG 11 59½:28½ 19- 3 3. SCA St. Ingbert 11 48½:39½ 15- 7 4. SG Bochum 11 46½:41½ 15- 7 5. SV Werder Bremen 11 48½:39½ 14- 8 6. Hamburger SK 11 48 :40 14- 8 7. Castrop Rauxel 11 47½:40½ 12-10 8. Dresdner SC 11 45½:42½ 12-10 9. PSV Duisburg 11 45 :43 11-11 10. SK Passau 11 45 :43 11-11 11. SFR Neukoelln 11 42½:45½ 10-12 12. SV Erfurt West 11 42 :46 9-13 13. SK Fr.Zaehringen 11 38 :50 6-16 14. SVg Plettenberg 11 34½:53½ 6-16 15. SV Empor Berlin 11 32 :56 1-21 16. USG Chemnitz 11 20 :68 0-22
Thursday, February 19th the Polgar Chess Center in NY hosted a Blitz tournament with 5 GMs including the 2 best female chess players in the world and the US champion. Results:
1. Judit Polgar 8.5 2. Joel Benjamin 6.5 3. Max Dlugy 6.5 4. Susan Polgar 6 5. Boris Gulko 6
The complete list with report + photos can be seen at: http://polgarchess.com/superblz.html
Sunday 22nd of February, an impressive simul by Judit Polgar in New York. 36 players (some masters and many experts). Results: +30 =6 More than a hundred spectators, among them the Hungarian general council in NY, the organizer of the NY Open and more. More details and photos may be seen at: http://polgarchess.com/fjuditsr.html
The 14th International ChessOrg Chess Festival will take place in Bad Woerishofen. There will be an open aswell as a seniors championships. The previous winners were 1985: GM Smejkal, 1986: GM Kusmin, 1987: GM Meduna, 1988: GM Klinger, 1989:GM Kindermann, 1990: GM Miles, 1991: GM Dautov, 1992: GM Knaak, 1993: GM Magerramov, 1994:Magerramov, 1995: GM Boensch, 1996: GM Movsziszian and 1997: GM Kupreichik (see Gerhard Hund's report of 1997 on http://www.teleschach.de/aktuelles/woerishn.html) Details of the schedule, accommodation and announcements of the 1998 tournaments are available at: http://www.teleschach.de/werbung/w-c-org8.html Gerhard Hund will report on the event daily from the venue at http://www.teleschach.de/aktuelles/woeris98.html from 6.-15. March 98.
Full details of the event April 7-12. htpp://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/7578/ajedrez.htm or contact the organisers at: fenamac@netservice.com.mx
7th until 19th of March the forthcoming FIRST SATURDAY IM-tournament /category II-III., 10-14 participants/ in Budapest. The following players have registered: IM KAHN, E. /HUN/, IM DUDAS, J. /HUN/, IM FARAGÓ, S. /HUN/, WIM GRABICS, M., SENFF, M. /GER/, TODOROV, T. /BLG/, DEGLERIA /GER/, KARATOROSSIAN /ARM/, RODRIGUEZ, R. /ESP/, FRANCSICS /HUN/. There are some vacancies for the players above 2150 ELO-rating. First comes, first served method. Guaranteed p o s s i b i l i t y to make the IM- norms. Entry fee 150...300 DM, depending on the ELO-rating. Also in parallel with that event on 7th-15th of March there is a Scheveningen system ELO-tournament. 9 games, 9 days, ELO-average 2100-2150. With the possibility of making a FIDE-ELO in 9 days. Nonrated players are welcome. Entry fee 180,-DM. Organizer: Nagy Laszlo, tel-fax: /36-1/-263-28-59, e-mail: chess_first_saturday_hu@compuserve.com and: nagy_laszlo@writeme.com
quitax Open Debrecen (Hungary) 03-10 April 1998 Both computers and chessplayers can enter the competition Place: Grand Hotel Aranybika, H-4025 Debrecen (Hungary) 11-15. Piac Street. Tel: +36 52 416777. Fax: +36 52 421834. E-mail: civisrt@mail.datanet.hu System: 11 round, swiss system. Time: 30 moves/90 minutes +60 minutes till the end. Opening ceremony: Friday 16.00, 03. April 1998. Prizes: 40000, 35000, 30000, 25000, 20000, 15000, 10000, 5000 HUF. Entry fees: computers: 6000 HUF, players: 1500-3500 HUF. In the competition chess programs can also enter and can win prizes. Players must play with programs. The organisers can provide the hardware. (monitors, etc.) Other information: NAGY SANDOR, H-4026 Debrecen, Bethlen 36-38. II/12. Tel/Faxl: +36 52 416524 E-mail: player@drotposta.hu
2nd International Open in Korinthos will be held 20-28 july 1998. An accelerated swiss system 9 rounds and more than 200 players are expected. There will be live coverage on internet by Hellas Chess Club and ICC more info http://www.compulink.gr/chess
14th Budapest Spring Festival, 9 round Swiss Open chess tournament 13th-21st of March 1998 Venue: Russian Cultural Center, Budapest, Andrassy Str.120, close to the yellow metro station HOSOK TERE. Time schedule: 14:oo - 21:oo hours, last round 9:oo - 16:oo hours. Prize system: brutto, before taxes /1 USD = 204,-HUF, 1 DM = 113,-HUF/ 150-100-70-50-40-30-20-15-12-10-and ten times 5 thousand HUF. For the best lady, junior, senior /1930/ and nonrated: 10-10 thousand HUF. Entry fee system: FIDE 2205 - 2400 4000,-HUF 2000 - 2200 5000,-HUF nonrated 6000,-HUF GM and IM free. Organizer: WGM CSONKICS, Tunde, tel-fax: /361/-341-00-47 Registration: Hungarian Chess Federation, tel: /361/-3116-616 fax: /361/-331-97-38 Other info e-mail: 100263.1700@compuserve.com