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1) Introduction
2) 7th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament
3) New York Open
4) XVIII Reykjavik International
5) Golden Cleopatra Festival
6) Chucholov wins Computerij weekend tournament in
Zwolle
7) First Saturday Tournament March
8) Torneo Magistral Internacional Esucomex
9) Polish Championships
10) Belgrade 53rd Yugoslav Championships
11) Golden Jubilee International Chess tournament
12) Upcoming Events
Games section
7th Amber 72 games New York Open 214 games Reykjavik Open 127 games Golden Cleopatra Festival 70 games Cairo Open 135 games Zwolle 18 games First Saturday 12 games Esucomex 231 games Polish Championships 72 games Belgrade 53rd Yugoslav Ch 48 games
My thanks to Carol Jarecki, Sinisa Joksic, Laszlo Nagy, Jeroen van den Berg, Eric van der Schilden (and TASC), Daði Örn Jónsson's Chess in Iceland pages, Hassan Khaled, Michael Atkins, Henri Spijkerman, Pablo Rodriguez, Artur Zaremba, V Krishnaswamy, H.-W. Schmitt and all those who helped with this issue.
More Amber, the New York Open, Hungarian and Polish Championships, Reykjavik, sometimes its a wonder there are enough players to go round. Also news of Frankfurt's Chess Classic which will see Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Karpov meet in rapidchess in June. Its been a busy week.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The "Seventh Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament" will be held at the Metropole Palace hotel at the casino square in Monaco, from March 12 until March 27 1998.
There is full coverage at:
http://www.tasc.nl/amber7
the games will also be available on twic's pages.
Play started on March 13. The play starts at 1 p.m. until approximately 8 p.m. Rest days, March 16, 20 and 24. The 11th and last round is on March 26. The players will play one rapid game and one blindfold game with reversed colours against the same opponent. An incremental time rate will be used.
After nine of the eleven rounds Vladimir Kramnik heads the over all standings by a point from Shirov and Ivanchuk. Kramnik also leads the blindfold event with 7 points above Anand and Topalov. The rapidplay event is lead by Alexei Shirov and Vassily Ivanchuk just above Karpov and Kramnik. Ljubojevic also has has some excellent results and has the two back markers to come.
Mostly the most interesting chess was in the rapid event. In round 4 Anand's double piece sacrifice against Lautier proved only enough to draw. Matthew Sadler played a nice combination to finish off Loek Van Wely. Round 5 saw Shirov unleash a genuine novelty against Anand with 16. Qe3 in a Sicilian and Anand resigned on move 20. Round 6 saw Anand beat in form Matthew Sadler after getting a nice bind with 15. d6. Round 7 saw a high quality game between Kramnik and Ivanchuk. Anand lost to Van Wely when the Dutchman launch a fine late attack. Round 8 saw Karpov beat Vladimir Kramnik in a satisfying game, Shirov-Topalov was also a good struggle, Ljubojevic found a creative way to beat Van Wely. Kramnik moved back into form in round 9 beating Ljubojevic 2-0. Piket won a quite brutal game starting with his unusual 5. h4. In the blindfold Sadler after scoring his first draw the previous day scored a full point against Karpov who just blundered away his Queen.
Amber Rapidplay
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Round 4 (1998.03.17)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 67 B12 Caro-Kann
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 29 D15 Slav defence
Sadler, Matthew - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 38 D43 Semi-Slav
Piket, Jeroen - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 67 D37 Queen's gambit
Anand, Viswanathan - Lautier, Joel 1/2 22 B49 Sicilian
Topalov, Veselin - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 44 E11 Bogo indian
Round 5 (1998.03.18)
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 20 B65 Sicilian
Karpov, Anatoly - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 51 E35 Nimzo indian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 55 D34 Queen's gambit
Van Wely, Loek - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 41 D32 Queen's gambit
Lautier, Joel - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 63 D82 Gruenfeld indian
Nikolic, Predrag - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 40 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Round 6 (1998.03.19)
Shirov, Alexei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 35 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 59 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Karpov, Anatoly - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 61 D20 QGA;
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 53 A47 Queen's pawn
Anand, Viswanathan - Sadler, Matthew 1-0 47 A40 Queen's pawn
Lautier, Joel - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 38 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Round 7 (1998.03.21)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 33 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Sadler, Matthew - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 0-1 57 D58 QGD;
Van Wely, Loek - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 40 E66 Kings indian
Piket, Jeroen - Lautier, Joel 1/2 22 D32 Queen's gambit
Topalov, Veselin - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 43 D37 Queen's gambit
Nikolic, Predrag - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 45 E63 Kings indian
Round 8 (1998.03.22)
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 71 B81 Sicilian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 46 C07 French; Tarrasch
Karpov, Anatoly - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 29 D46 Semi-Slav
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 34 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Anand, Viswanathan - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 35 C78 Ruy Lopez
Lautier, Joel - Sadler, Matthew 1-0 46 B24 Sicilian; Closed
Round 9 (1998.03.23)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 41 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Sadler, Matthew - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 34 E42 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 62 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Piket, Jeroen - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 22 A16 English; 1.c4
Topalov, Veselin - Lautier, Joel 1/2 37 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Nikolic, Predrag - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 42 D43 Semi-Slav
Monte Carlo MON (MON), III 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 * 1 1 = = . . 0 1 = 1 = 6.0 2813
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 0 * 0 = 1 . 1 . = 1 1 1 6.0 2813
3 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 0 1 * 1 1 = . . = = 0 1 5.5 2773
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 . . = = 5.5 2741
5 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2565 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 . . 5.0 2734
6 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 . . = = 0 * 1 1 0 0 = 1 4.5 2673
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 . 0 . 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 4.5 2678
8 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 1 . . 0 = 0 0 * = = 1 = 4.0 2635
9 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 0 = = . 0 1 0 = * = . 1 4.0 2608
10 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 = 0 = . 0 1 0 = = * = . 3.5 2596
11 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 0 0 1 = . = = 0 . = * = 3.5 2596
12 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 = 0 0 = . 0 0 = 0 . = * 2.0 2481
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Amber Blindfold
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Round 4 (1998.03.17)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 55 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Shirov, Alexei - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 63 C10 French
Lautier, Joel - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 29 E55 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Sadler, Matthew 1-0 33 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Karpov, Anatoly - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 58 D02 Queen's pawn
Nikolic, Predrag - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 69 A41 Queen's pawn
Round 5 (1998.03.18)
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 56 C67 Ruy Lopez
Topalov, Veselin - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 46 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Lautier, Joel 1-0 53 B44 Sicilian
Piket, Jeroen - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 28 D24 QGA;
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 24 B17 Caro-Kann
Sadler, Matthew - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 35 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 6 (1998.03.19)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 46 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 26 B56 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Lautier, Joel 1-0 34 B13 Caro-Kann
Piket, Jeroen - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 43 D37 Queen's gambit
Nikolic, Predrag - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 27 E15 Nimzo indian
Sadler, Matthew - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 40 E60 Kings indian
Round 7 (1998.03.21)
Anand, Viswanathan - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 36 B85 Sicilian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 29 E06 Nimzo indian
Shirov, Alexei - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 38 C19 French; Winawer
Lautier, Joel - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 58 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Karpov, Anatoly - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 55 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Sadler, Matthew 1-0 55 A06 Reti (1.Nf3)
Round 8 (1998.03.22)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 56 D37 Queen's gambit
Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 66 B80 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 90 E12 Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 60 D87 Gruenfeld indian
Nikolic, Predrag - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 51 D45 Semi-Slav
Sadler, Matthew - Lautier, Joel 1/2 34 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Round 9 (1998.03.23)
Anand, Viswanathan - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 31 E00 Nimzo indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 41 E17 Nimzo indian
Shirov, Alexei - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 49 C67 Ruy Lopez
Lautier, Joel - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 64 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Karpov, Anatoly - Sadler, Matthew 0-1 13 D02 Queen's pawn
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 49 B57 Sicilian
Monte Carlo MON (MON), III 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 * . 1 0 = . 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2881
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 . * . 1 = = 1 0 = = 1 1 6.0 2776
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 0 . * 1 0 1 1 1 0 . 1 1 6.0 2801
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 1 0 0 * 1 1 = . = = 1 . 5.5 2768
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 = = 1 0 * 0 . 1 1 = 1 . 5.5 2768
6 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 . = 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 1 . = 4.5 2676
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 0 0 0 = . 1 * 1 . = = 1 4.5 2678
8 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 0 1 0 . 0 = 0 * . 1 = 1 4.0 2635
9 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 = = 1 = 0 0 . . * = = 0 3.5 2613
10 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2565 0 = . = = 0 = 0 = * . 1 3.5 2611
11 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 0 0 0 0 0 . = = = . * 1 2.5 2535
12 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 0 0 0 . . = 0 0 1 0 0 * 1.5 2400
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Overall Standings
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Monte Carlo MON (MON), III 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 ** == =0 .. =1 0= 11 11 .. 11 =1 =1 12.5 2802
2 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 == ** 10 1= 11 11 .. == =0 01 .. =1 11.5 2790
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 =1 01 ** =0 10 0= 1= 1= 11 .. .. 11 11.5 2790
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 .. 0= =1 ** .. == 01 0= == =0 11 11 10.0 2694
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 =0 00 01 .. ** 10 =1 .. =1 01 =1 =1 9.5 2697
6 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 1= 00 1= == 01 ** .. 1= =0 .. =0 1= 9.0 2693
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 00 .. 0= 10 =0 .. ** 0= 11 11 01 1= 9.0 2678
8 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2565 00 == 0= 1= .. 0= 1= ** 10 =0 11 .. 8.5 2670
9 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 .. =1 00 == =0 =1 00 01 ** == 1= .. 8.0 2633
10 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 00 10 .. =1 10 .. 00 =1 == ** 01 == 8.0 2635
11 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 =0 .. .. 00 =0 =1 10 00 0= 10 ** 10 6.0 2548
12 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 =0 =0 00 00 =0 0= 0= .. .. == 01 ** 4.5 2508
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The New York Open started on Monday 16th March finishing March 22nd. There were 65 GMs and Michael Atkins covered the event on the internet.
Artashes Minasian the 31st seed for the event won the New York Open after scoring 6 consecutive wins to round up the event. In fact the whole event looked like a victory for Armenian chess with Lputian taking clear second and Akopian a share of 3rd. Prizes started at 1st $14,000 (+ another $1000 for being clear winner) and dive to 2nd $7,000, etc.) also the winner took a porcelan chess set with a beautiful inlaid wooden board valued at $2000. In the final half Minasian took out Ziatdinov in round 5, Alexsandrov in round 6, Shabalov in round 7, Mikhail Gurevich in round 8 and Kiril Georgiev in the final round for a performance of 2837.
The American presence was weakened by the absense of DeFirmian and Christiansen in Reykjavic with Shabalov putting up their best performance. Evgeny Bareev was undefeated but never got into the kind of win mode to win this style of event.
George Sikharulidze, of Georgia, gained an IM norm with a defeat of IM Lugo Blas in the final round, Yurij Lapshun (USA), Jorge Clavijo (COL), Emory Tate (USA) and Ilye Figler (USA) also scored norms
Statistics: Total players for all sections in the tournament was 804. 146 titled players participated including 64 grandmasters, 40 international masters, 42 FIDE masters and 1 WGM. 42 Federations were represented in the International Open section alone, this certainly being a new record. A large contingent came from Spain, a group from Romania included the youngest player, 10-year-old Traian Tasu.
(Much of the above based on the report by Arbiter Carol Jarecki, my thanks to her.)
Full coverage, reports and pictures at: http://w-w-w.com/nyopen/results.htm
Final Standings New York USA (USA), III 1998 ------------------------------------------- 1 Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2570 8.0 2 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2610 7.5 3 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2660 7.0 4 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2590 7.0 5 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2675 6.5 6 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2675 6.5 7 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2635 6.5 8 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2635 6.5 9 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2630 6.5 10 Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2615 6.5 11 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2615 6.5 12 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2610 6.5 13 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2610 6.5 14 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2595 6.5 15 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2590 6.5 16 Comas Fabrego, Luis m ESP 2520 6.5 17 Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2485 6.5 18 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2645 6.0 19 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2640 6.0 20 Nenashev, Alexander g UZB 2625 6.0 21 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 6.0 22 Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2595 6.0 23 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2595 6.0 24 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2590 6.0 25 Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2575 6.0 26 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2570 6.0 27 Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2565 6.0 28 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2560 6.0 29 Schmaltz, Roland m GER 2470 6.0 30 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2660 5.5 31 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2660 5.5 32 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2595 5.5 33 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2595 5.5 34 Vaisser, Anatoli g FRA 2595 5.5 35 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2585 5.5 36 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2580 5.5 37 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2570 5.5 38 Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2565 5.5 39 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2560 5.5 40 Asrian, Karen m ARM 2555 5.5 41 Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2550 5.5 42 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2545 5.5 43 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2540 5.5 44 Serper, Grigory g USA 2540 5.5 45 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2540 5.5 46 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2535 5.5 47 Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2525 5.5 48 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2520 5.5 49 Fishbein, Alexander g USA 2510 5.5 50 San Segundo, Pablo g ESP 2505 5.5 51 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2505 5.5 52 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2495 5.5 53 Arizmendi Martinez, J ESP 2480 5.5 54 Stripunsky, Alexander m UKR 2475 5.5 55 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2465 5.5 56 Kreiman, Boris m USA 2445 5.5 57 Shliperman, Igor m USA 2425 5.5 58 Kaufman, Larry C m USA 2410 5.5 59 Delaune, Richard K m USA 2365 5.5 60 Assmann, Thomas f GER 2345 5.5 61 Jimenez, Paco 5.5 62 Sikharulidze, George 5.5 194 players
The XVIII Reykjavik International which is part of the VISA Nordic Grand Prix 1998-9 is took place March 10th-18th. Larry Christiansen took the XVIII Reykjavik International with 7.5/9 half a point from American compatriot Nick DeFirmian. He in turn was half a point clear from the top Nordic player Curt Hansen.
Full coverage can be found on Daði Örn Jónsson's excellent Chess in Iceland pages: http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html
Reykjavik ISL (ISL), III 1998
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1 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2575 +38 +10 +16 +25 = 2 +18 + 3 = 8 = 4 7.5 /9 2785
2 De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2590 +41 + 8 =13 +22 = 1 + 4 =11 +15 = 5 7.0 /9 2702
3 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2595 =24 =39 +55 +20 = 8 +16 - 1 +18 +11 6.5 /9 2582
4 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2625 +33 =18 -14 +24 +29 - 2 +21 +17 = 1 6.0 /9 2592
5 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2520 +37 =32 +19 =18 =11 =14 =20 +30 = 2 6.0 /9 2544
6 Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2515 +59 =30 -22 +27 +34 =17 =10 +20 = 7 6.0 /9 2524
7 Hall, Jesper m SWE 2460 =44 =24 +63 =15 +25 =23 +12 =11 = 6 6.0 /9 2538
8 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2505 +61 - 2 +50 +39 = 3 =15 +22 = 1 =10 6.0 /9 2553
9 Kindermann, Stefan g GER 2565 =40 +42 =17 =30 =22 -27 +34 +32 +24 6.0 /9 2465
10 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2480 +63 - 1 +36 -12 +40 +32 = 6 +23 = 8 6.0 /9 2535
11 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2410 +43 +15 =31 =13 = 5 +21 = 2 = 7 - 3 5.5 /9 2581
12 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2595 =34 =28 +46 +10 =16 =13 - 7 +22 =14 5.5 /9 2491
13 Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2505 +35 +57 = 2 =11 =14 =12 =17 =27 =19 5.5 /9 2482
14 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2480 +48 =25 + 4 =31 =13 = 5 -15 +40 =12 5.5 /9 2553
15 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2570 +50 -11 +37 = 7 +33 = 8 +14 - 2 =16 5.5 /9 2482
16 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 +45 +27 - 1 +32 =12 - 3 +33 =19 =15 5.5 /9 2526
17 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2450 =51 +54 = 9 +26 =23 = 6 =13 - 4 +31 5.5 /9 2519
18 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2490 +62 = 4 +34 = 5 +31 - 1 =19 - 3 +30 5.5 /9 2535
19 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor ISL 2390 +56 =21 - 5 =51 +36 +31 =18 =16 =13 5.5 /9 2464
20 Cicak, Slavko m SWE 2480 -57 +61 +35 - 3 +42 +56 = 5 - 6 +33 5.5 /9 2370
21 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2555 +47 =19 =32 =33 +30 -11 - 4 +67 +27 5.5 /9 2441
22 Jonsson, Bjorgvin m ISL 2380 =49 +44 + 6 - 2 = 9 +26 - 8 -12 +47 5.0 /9 2492
23 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2540 =42 +40 =30 +28 =17 = 7 =27 -10 =29 5.0 /9 2435
24 Olsen, Heini FAI 2270 = 3 = 7 =59 - 4 =45 +37 +56 +26 - 9 5.0 /9 2408
25 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2580 +55 =14 +29 - 1 - 7 +52 -30 =39 +40 5.0 /9 2413
26 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2510 =58 +52 =28 -17 +38 -22 +42 -24 +39 5.0 /9 2323
27 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2410 +66 -16 +57 - 6 +37 + 9 =23 =13 -21 5.0 /9 2426
28 Bradbury, Neil H m ENG 2360 +60 =12 =26 -23 =52 =51 -40 +54 +42 5.0 /9 2304
29 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2480 =54 +58 -25 +59 - 4 -34 +43 +51 =23 5.0 /9 2327
30 Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2440 +64 = 6 =23 = 9 -21 +46 +25 - 5 -18 4.5 /9 2453
31 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2510 +36 +46 =11 =14 -18 -19 =50 +52 -17 4.5 /9 2340
32 Vidarsson, Jon G f ISL 2380 +53 = 5 =21 -16 +62 -10 +38 - 9 =37 4.5 /9 2349
33 Richardson, John R f ENG 2315 - 4 +51 +38 =21 -15 +53 -16 +34 -20 4.5 /9 2375
34 Halldorsson, Bragi ISL 2285 =12 +49 -18 +60 - 6 +29 - 9 -33 +52 4.5 /9 2343
35 Halldorsson, Jon Arni ISL 2185 -13 +53 -20 -56 =54 +57 =46 =38 +51 4.5 /9 2252
36 Edvardsson, Kristjan ISL 2205 -31 +65 -10 +43 -19 =41 =53 =46 +54 4.5 /9 2205
37 Rasmussen, Rogvi W FAI 2115 - 5 +56 -15 +54 -27 -24 +60 +58 =32 4.5 /9 2247
38 Gunnarsson, Arinbjorn ISL 2240 - 1 +64 -33 +63 -26 +44 -32 =35 +53 4.5 /9 2241
39 Karason, Askell O ISL 2260 =52 = 3 +43 - 8 -56 +59 =51 =25 -26 4.0 /9 2327
40 Bjornsson, Tomas f ISL 2235 = 9 -23 =60 +57 -10 +62 +28 -14 -25 4.0 /9 2366
41 Kristjansson, Stefan ISL 2255 - 2 -63 =54 +48 =44 =36 -52 =53 +57 4.0 /9 2147
42 Fridjonsson, Julius ISL 2215 =23 - 9 =44 +49 -20 +60 -26 +56 -28 4.0 /9 2152
43 Olafsson,Thorvardur F ---- -11 +47 -39 -36 =61 +49 -29 =45 +59 4.0 /9 2179
44 Kjartansson, David ISL 2100 = 7 -22 =42 =45 =41 -38 -59 +64 +58 4.0 /9 2202
45 Briem, Stefan ISL 2185 -16 -60 +64 =44 =24 -50 =55 =43 +56 4.0 /9 2182
46 Dewenter, Ulf GER 2245 +65 -31 -12 +61 =51 -30 =35 =36 =48 4.0 /9 2201
47 Finnlaugsson, Gunnar SWE 2215 -21 -43 -56 +66 =57 +48 =58 +59 -22 4.0 /9 2262
48 Petermann, Hubert GER 2125 -14 -50 =53 -41 +64 -47 +65 +55 =46 4.0 /9 2148
49 Jonatansson,Helgi E ---- =22 -34 =52 -42 -58 -43 +66 +65 +62 4.0 /9 2106
50 Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr ISL 2240 -15 +48 - 8 -62 +63 +45 =31 . . 3.5 /7 2313
51 Einarsson, Einar Kristinn ISL 2085 =17 -33 +58 =19 =46 =28 =39 -29 -35 3.5 /9 2240
52 Schmied, Andreas GER 2155 =39 -26 =49 +55 =28 -25 +41 -31 -34 3.5 /9 2289
53 Baldursson,Hrannar ---- -32 -35 =48 +58 +55 -33 =36 =41 -38 3.5 /9 2158
54 Thorfinnsson, Bjorn ISL 2100 =29 -17 =41 -37 =35 +61 +62 -28 -36 3.5 /9 2183
55 Lehikoinen, Pertti Ilari FIN 2250 -25 +62 - 3 -52 -53 +63 =45 -48 +60 3.5 /9 2175
56 Palsson,Halldor ---- -19 -37 +47 +35 +39 -20 -24 -42 -45 3.0 /9 2132
57 Ragnarsson, Johann ISL 2110 +20 -13 -27 -40 =47 -35 +64 =61 -41 3.0 /9 2155
58 Gunnarsson, Arnar ISL 2195 =26 -29 -51 -53 +49 +65 =47 -37 -44 3.0 /9 1977
59 Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn ISL 2210 - 6 +66 =24 -29 =60 -39 +44 -47 -43 3.0 /9 2113
60 Steindorsson,Sigurdur P ---- -28 +45 =40 -34 =59 -42 -37 +66 -55 3.0 /9 2038
61 Wiese, Hans-Joachim GER 2165 - 8 -20 +65 -46 =43 -54 =63 =57 =64 3.0 /9 2005
62 Leosson, Torfi ISL 2160 -18 -55 +66 +50 -32 -40 -54 +63 -49 3.0 /9 2104
63 Asgeirsson, Heimir ISL 2140 -10 +41 - 7 -38 -50 -55 =61 -62 +65 2.5 /9 2030
64 Schubert, Hans-Joach AUT 2070 -30 -38 -45 =65 -48 +66 -57 -44 =61 2.0 /9 1773
65 Omarsson,Hjalti Runar ---- -46 -36 -61 =64 +66 -58 -48 -49 -63 1.5 /9 1741
66 Valgardsson,Gudjon H ---- -27 -59 -62 -47 -65 -64 -49 -60 +67 1.0 /9
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Hassan Khaled sends a report from an event which has just finshed in Egypt.
The Egyptian Chess Federation organized the Golden Cleopatra Festival , sponsored by Eastern Company Club in Cairo. The event is underway and runs 11-22-March 1998.
The main event was a Scheveningen System Event where two groups of ten played each other. Group A consisted of 10 top Egyptian players with an average rating of 2339. They played against Group B which has ten players from a number of countries (Ukraine, Hungary, Rumania and Mexico) with an average rating of 2432. There were 3 GMs Sax, Csom and Ghitescu. This made it a Category 8 event for the Egyptions with a GM norm set at 7.5 and an IM norm at 5.5. In the end the top score for the Egyptian players was 5 points achieved by 3 players who are already IMs. Maher Himdan, Sayed Barakat Hassan, and Walaa Sarwat. Sergei Ovsejevitsch scored 8.5/10 for the foreign players for a performance of 2635. Alexander Goloshchapov and Isvan Csom, on 7.5 both too scored excellent results. Less good was Gyula Sax's 6.5.
In addition there was a second event an Open Swiss System tournament, also of 10 Rounds. There were 106 players (32 Fide Rated players ) most of whom were from Egypt except for Vaysman,A (2345) from the Ukraine and Najjar,A (2265) from LIB and also 3 unrated players from LIB. The event was won by Ramadan Abdel Aziem of Egypt with 8.5/10.
Final Standings
Scheveningen System Event
Cairo EGY (EGY), III 1998
Group A
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1 Himdan, Maher m EGY 2300 5.0 2431
2 Hassan, Sayed Barakat m EGY 2325 5.0 2431
3 Sarwat, Walaa m EGY 2310 5.0 2431
4 Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib m EGY 2485 4.5 2395
5 Labib, Ibrahim Hasan f EGY 2305 4.0 2359
6 Hamed, Ahmed m EGY 2320 3.5 2321
7 Yasseen, Aly m EGY 2325 2.5 2238
8 El Ghazali, Youssef M m EGY 2385 2.5 2238
9 Afifi, Assem m EGY 2345 1.5 2135
10 Mohamed, Farag Amrou f EGY 2290 1.5 2135
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Group B
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1 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei m UKR 2475 8.5 2635
2 Goloshchapov, Alexander m UKR 2400 7.5 2532
3 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2460 7.5 2532
4 Surjadnji, Aleksei m UKR 2420 7.0 2488
5 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2535 6.5 2449
6 Cherevatenko, Roman m UKR 2385 6.5 2449
7 Khmelnitsky, Sergei UKR 2420 6.5 2449
8 Ghitescu, Theodor g ROM 2355 5.5 2375
9 Estrada Nieto, Julian m MEX 2395 5.0 2339
10 Stoockalov, Vladimir L m UKR 2470 4.5 2303
Cairo EGY (EGY), III 1998
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1 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei m UKR 2475 +18 +11 +20 =17 +16 = 9 +10 +15 =13 +19 8.5 2635
2 Goloshchapov, Alexander m UKR 2400 = 9 -18 +17 +11 +19 +20 =16 +10 =15 +13 7.5 2532
3 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2460 -13 =15 +16 =10 +20 +19 +17 +11 +18 = 9 7.5 2532
4 Surjadnji, Aleksei m UKR 2420 -11 +17 + 9 +20 -10 +18 +15 =13 +19 =16 7.0 2488
5 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2535 =10 -16 +13 =19 =11 +15 +18 + 9 +20 -17 6.5 2449
6 Cherevatenko, Roman m UKR 2385 =16 +19 =15 =13 +18 +10 = 9 =20 +17 -11 6.5 2449
7 Khmelnitsky, Sergei UKR 2420 +20 - 9 +11 =18 -13 +17 +19 +16 -10 +15 6.5 2449
8 Ghitescu, Theodor g ROM 2355 =19 +13 =10 -15 = 9 =16 +20 =17 -11 +18 5.5 2375
9 Himdan, Maher m EGY 2300 = 2 + 7 - 4 =12 = 8 = 1 = 6 - 5 +14 = 3 5.0 2431
10 Hassan, Sayed Barakat m EGY 2325 = 5 +14 = 8 = 3 + 4 - 6 - 1 - 2 + 7 =12 5.0 2431
11 Sarwat, Walaa m EGY 2310 + 4 - 1 - 7 - 2 = 5 +12 =14 - 3 + 8 + 6 5.0 2431
12 Estrada Nieto, Julian m MEX 2395 +17 =20 =18 = 9 =15 -11 -13 +19 =16 =10 5.0 2339
13 Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib m EGY 2485 + 3 - 8 - 5 = 6 + 7 -14 +12 = 4 = 1 - 2 4.5 2395
14 Stoockalov, Vladimir L m UKR 2470 -15 -10 =19 +16 =17 +13 =11 =18 - 9 =20 4.5 2303
15 Labib, Ibrahim Hasan f EGY 2305 +14 = 3 = 6 + 8 =12 - 5 - 4 - 1 = 2 - 7 4.0 2359
16 Hamed, Ahmed m EGY 2320 = 6 + 5 - 3 -14 - 1 = 8 = 2 - 7 =12 = 4 3.5 2321
17 Yasseen, Aly m EGY 2325 -12 - 4 - 2 = 1 =14 - 7 - 3 = 8 - 6 + 5 2.5 2238
18 El Ghazali, Youssef M m EGY 2385 - 1 + 2 =12 = 7 - 6 - 4 - 5 =14 - 3 - 8 2.5 2238
19 Afifi, Assem m EGY 2345 = 8 - 6 =14 = 5 - 2 - 3 - 7 -12 - 4 - 1 1.5 2135
20 Mohamed, Farag Amrou f EGY 2290 - 7 =12 - 1 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 8 = 6 - 5 =14 1.5 2135
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Open
Rating Results Table after round 10 of Golden
nr Name nat T rating Rat-ID tot Rc N W W-We
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1 Abdel Aziem,Ramadan EGY 2155 10600485 8.5 2200 6 4.5 +1.86
2 Tahan,Sabri EGY 2200 10600701 8.0 2227 5 4 +1.70
3 Abdel Fadil,Mohamed EGY 2190 10600965 7.5 2242 5 3 +0.85
4 Vaysman,Aleksander UKR 2345 14101408 7.5 2178 4 3 +0.12
5 Mokhtar,Ahmed EGY 2180 10600698 7.5 2224 4 1.5 -0.26
6 Hamed,Mohamed EGY 0000 7.5 2254 7 4.5 +1.00
7 Ezat,Mohamed EGY 0000 7.5 2223 6 3.5 +0.50
8 Elsayed,Moustafa EGY 2230 10600434 7.0 2173 5 2.5 -0.40
9 Mousa,Ahmed EGY 0000 7.0 2221 8 5 +1.00
10 Ahmed,Ehab EGY 2285 10600337 7.0 2170 4 2 -0.64
11 Taher,Yusri EGY 0000 10600671 7.0 2226 5 2 2154
12 Amin,Ashraf EGY 2250 10600418 7.0 2140 1 0.5 -0.15
13 Abdel Razek,Khaled EGY 0000 6.5 2229 8 4.5 +0.50
14 Abo Elnasr,Mohamed EGY 2165 10600540 6.5 2199 4 1.5 -0.30
15 Abo Nar,Mohamed EGY 2210 10600400 6.5 2211 4 2.5 +0.50
16 Hamam,Reda EGY 2215 10600493 6.5 2212 5 1.5 -1.00
17 Zayan,Osama EGY 0000 6.5 2243 6 2.5 2186
18 Mohamed Ahmed,Esam EGY 0000 6.5 2234 4 1 2041
19 Georg,Magdy EGY 2330 10600230 6.5 2040 1 1 +0.16
20 Abdel Samee,Mohamed EGY 2185 10600957 6.0 2183 4 2 +0.00
21 Lotfy,Abdel Rahman EGY 0000 6.0 2286 7 5 +1.50
22 Tork,Mohamed EGY 2150 10600574 6.0 2220 5 2.5 +0.50
23 Yusry,Salah EGY 0000 6.0 2229 4 2 2229
24 Abdelrahman,A.K. EGY 2140 10600515 6.0 2293 3 0.5 -0.40
25 Sameeh,Hany EGY 2255 10600876 6.0 2203 2 1 -0.14
26 Yousry,Mohamed EGY 2265 10600353 6.0 2145 1 0 -0.66
27 Ibrahim,Hatim EGY 0000 6.0 2211 4 1 2018
28 Fatehi,Ahmed EGY 2145 10600566 6.0 2200 2 1.5 +0.66
29 Abdel Fatah,Mohamed EGY 0000 6.0 2214 4 1 2021
30 Moustafa,Talaat EGY 2265 10600825 6.0 0 0 0 +0.00
31 Elgabry,Mohsen EGY 2280 10600531 6.0 2150 1 0.5 -0.18
32 Naby,Saii A. EGY 2170 10600850 6.0 2255 1 0.5 +0.12
33 Abdel Bary,Khaled EGY 0000 6.0 2235 6 3 2235
106 players
Henri Spijkerman reports on the 7th annual Computerij-weekendtournament in Zwolle was won by IGM Vladimir Chuchelov with 5.5 points out of six games. Dutch IM Erik van den Doel came in as unshared second with 5 points. Chuchalov and Van den Doel were the players with the highest elo and considering this fact it was no coincidence that both met in the last round to battle for first prize. Although Van den Doel did his best to win the game Chuchalov managed to draw in an relatively easy manner.
Zwolle NED (NED), III 1998 ------------------------------------------- 1 Chuchelov, Vladimir g BEL 2545 5.5 /6 2 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2485 5.0 3 De Waal, Mark NED 2245 4.5 Ernst, Sipke NED 2300 4.5 De Niet, Gert Michiel NED 2210 4.5 6 Van Wessel, Rudy f NED 2315 4.0 Pel, Bonno NED 2140 4.0 42 players
This months First Saturday Tournament started on the 7th of March in the tournament halls of the Hungarian Chess Federation. It ran until March 17th. This was a category II. event with an average rating of 2299 and an IM-norm set at 8 points. There was also a Scheveningen system tournament. The event saw Todor Todorov score his first IM norm.
Between 4th-17th of April there will be a cat.VII. GM-event, a Cat. II IM event and a Scheveningen system tournament. Contact Laszlo Nagy for more details: Tel-fax: int-(361)-263-28-59 or 100263.1700@compuserve.com
Round 9 (Postponed game)
Karatorossian, David - Ferencz, Istvan 1-0 49 A15 English; 1.c4
Round 10 (1998.03.16)
Senff, Martin - Dudas, Janos 0-1 38 B80 Sicilian
De Gleria, Francesco - Farago, Sandor 0-1 40 B04 Alekhine defence
Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael - Todorov, Todor 0-1 34 C41 Philidor defence
Grabics, Monika - Ferencz, Istvan 1/2 52 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Goczo, Melinda - Karatorossian, David 1-0 42 E62 Kings indian
Bordas, Gyula - Kahn, Evarth 1/2 41 B79 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 11 (1998.03.17)
Todorov, Todor - Senff, Martin 1/2 13 C55 Two knights
Karatorossian, David - Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael 0-1 48 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Dudas, Janos - De Gleria, Francesco 1/2 12 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Farago, Sandor - Bordas, Gyula 1/2 0
Kahn, Evarth - Grabics, Monika 1/2 14 A38 English; 1.c4 c5
Ferencz, Istvan - Goczo, Melinda 1/2 20 C02 French; Advance
Budapest HUN (HUN), III 1998 cat. II (2299)
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1 Todorov, Todor BUL 2405 * = 0 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2464
2 Senff, Martin GER 2430 = * = = 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2388
3 Karatorossian, David ARM 2375 1 = * 1 = 0 = 1 0 0 1 1 6.5 2356
4 De Gleria, Francesco GER 2245 1 = 0 * = 0 0 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2368
5 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2405 0 1 = = * 0 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2354
6 Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael f ESP 2285 0 = 1 1 1 * 0 0 = = 1 = 6.0 2336
7 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2285 0 = = 1 = 1 * = = 0 = 1 6.0 2336
8 Grabics, Monika wm HUN 2345 = 0 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 1 = 5.5 2294
9 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2330 0 0 1 0 = = = = * = = 1 5.0 2259
10 Goczo, Melinda HUN 2170 0 = 1 0 0 = 1 0 = * 0 = 4.0 2208
11 Bordas, Gyula HUN 2165 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 3.5 2177
12 Ferencz, Istvan HUN 2145 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.5 2003
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Pablo Rodriguez reports from Santiago, Chile. The XIV "Torneo Magistral Internacional Esucomex" was held in Santiago, Chile, February 27th - March 8th. This is the most important open tournament played in Chile and this year included two IMs from Argentina and three strong bolivian masters. The winner was the argentinian IM Guillermo Llanos with a score of 8 point on 9 rounds. Llanos only defeat was on round 6 against chilean FM Daniel Barria who from then on allowed three draws finishing in an undefeated second place shared with IM Rodrigo Vasquez. Vasquez, the winner of the two previous versions, scored 7.5, the same as before, but it was not enough this time. Fourth place was shared by argentinian IM Claudio Minzer and chilean FMs Christian Michel, Marcelo Duarte, Julio Cortes and Cristhian Montero. There were also prizes for the best senior, David Godoy, best lady, WIM Giovanna Arbunic and best under 14, Miguel Lobos. The brillancy prize was awarded to young Rodrigo Retamal for his game against Fernando Rosa. The 2nd National Blitz was played on the "rest" day and was clearly won by Rodrigo Vasquez (8.5/9), a full point ahead of GM Roberto Cifuentes (who did not play the open) and FM Marcelo Duarte. The tournament was organized and directed by Mr. Carlos Molina with IA Lorenginis Berti as Chief Arbiter.
MAGISTRAL INTERNACIONAL ESUCOMEX 1998 Final Standings 1. LLANOS GUILLERMO ARGENTINA 8.0 51.5 2. BARRIA DANIEL SANTIAGO 7.5 52.0 3. VASQUEZ RODRIGO SANTIAGO 7.5 49.0 4. MINZER CLAUDIO ARGENTINA 7.0 51.5 5. MICHEL CHRISTIAN SANTIAGO 7.0 51.5 6. DUARTE MARCELO SANTIAGO 7.0 50.5 7. CORTES JULIO SANTIAGO 7.0 45.5 8. MONTERO CRISTHIAN SANTIAGO 7.0 43.0 9. ROJAS LUIS SANTIAGO 6.5 59.5 10. FLORES PATRICIO ARICA 6.5 51.5 11. ARANCIBIA EDUARDO SANTIAGO 6.5 50.5 12. BARBOSA MANUEL SANTIAGO 6.5 49.5 13. ARAYA RICARDO ILLAPEL 6.5 48.0 14. SEPULVEDA ANDRES SANTIAGO 6.5 45.5 15. GODOY DAVID SANTIAGO 6.5 44.5 16. LLORENS MARCELO SANTIAGO 6.5 44.5 17. GUERB LEONID RUSIA 6.5 43.0 18. SCHWEITZER JUAN P. SANTIAGO 6.5 39.5 19. VELASQUEZ CESAR SANTIAGO 6.0 52.5 20. LOBOS MIGUEL SANTIAGO 6.0 51.5 21. TOLOZA PABLO CORONEL 6.0 50.5 22. BOMBARDIERE EDUARDO SANTIAGO 6.0 47.5 23. ATENAS PEDRO SANTIAGO 6.0 46.0 24. BACCELLIERE MARIO SANTIAGO 6.0 46.0 25. DUMAS ALEJANDRO SANTIAGO 6.0 45.0 26. QUEIROLO MANUEL SANTIAGO 6.0 44.0 27. BODY JUAN SANTIAGO 6.0 44.0 28. MORALES HUGO SANTIAGO 6.0 40.0 29. VALLEJOS JOSE BOLIVIA 6.0 36.0 30. ALFARO VICTOR ANTOFAGASTA 6.0 35.5 31. CUETO JOHNNY BOLIVIA 5.5 52.5 32. FUENTES CARLOS OVALLE 5.5 51.5 33. RETAMAL RODRIGO GRANEROS 5.5 49.5 34. ARAYA GONZALO SANTIAGO 5.5 48.5 35. JORQUERA MARCELO SANTIAGO 5.5 47.0 36. ARIAS ELADIO ANTOFAGASTA 5.5 47.0 37. PESCIO SERGIO SANTIAGO 5.5 46.0 38. RIOSECO JOSE VINA DEL MAR 5.5 44.5 39. BALTAZAR SAMUEL SANTIAGO 5.5 44.0 40. SEPULVEDA NORMAN SANTIAGO 5.5 43.5 41. HERNANDEZ JUAN PUERTO MONTT 5.5 43.0 42. MIRANDA DANIEL SANTIAGO 5.5 42.5 43. ARBUNIC GIOVANNA SANTIAGO 5.5 42.0 44. VERA SERGIO OSORNO 5.5 42.0 45. BRITO JAIME SANTIAGO 5.5 41.5 46. RIOSECO FERNAN VINA DEL MAR 5.5 41.0 47. RODRIGUEZ PABLO SANTIAGO 5.5 39.5 48. CARMONA JOSE LUIS TEMUCO 5.5 37.0 49. CANTUARIAS CARLOS SANTIAGO 5.5 37.0 Total: 160 players.
Artur Zaremba sends news of the Polish Championships 11-25th March 1998 underway in Ksiaz which is being led by Robert Kempinski and Bartlomiej Macieja after 11 of the 13 rounds.
Round 1 (1998.03.12)
Markowski, Tomasz - Kempinski, Robert 0-1 39 A16 English; 1.c4
Gdanski, Jacek - Kuczynski, Robert 1/2 16 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Sosnicki, Michal - Palus, Ryszard 1-0 38 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Urban, Klaudiusz - Hnydiuk, Aleksander 1-0 38 E05 Nimzo indian
Sapis, Witalis - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 16 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Kaminski, Marcin 1/2 14 A48 Queen's pawn
Cyborowski, Lukasz - Grabarczyk, Bogdan 1/2 49 A27 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 2 (1998.03.13)
Kempinski, Robert - Hnydiuk, Aleksander 1/2 74 D28 QGA;
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Cyborowski, Lukasz 1-0 36 B17 Caro-Kann
Markowski, Tomasz - Gdanski, Jacek 0-1 47 A09 Reti (1.Nf3)
Kaminski, Marcin - Urban, Klaudiusz 1/2 22 C47 Four knights
Kuczynski, Robert - Sapis, Witalis 1/2 44 B01 Scandinavian
Grabarczyk, Bogdan - Sosnicki, Michal 1/2 54 C33 Kings gambit
Palus, Ryszard - Grabarczyk, Miroslaw 1-0 39 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 3 (1998.03.14)
Gdanski, Jacek - Kempinski, Robert 1/2 37 B85 Sicilian
Sosnicki, Michal - Macieja, Bartlomiej 0-1 32 E42 Nimzo indian
Urban, Klaudiusz - Palus, Ryszard 1/2 23 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Sapis, Witalis - Markowski, Tomasz 1/2 48 E63 Kings indian
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Grabarczyk, Bogdan 1/2 10 D36 Queen's gambit
Cyborowski, Lukasz - Kuczynski, Robert 0-1 33 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence.
Hnydiuk, Aleksander - Kaminski, Marcin 1/2 78 C18 French; Winawer
Round 4 (1998.03.15)
Kempinski, Robert - Kaminski, Marcin 1/2 10 A39 English; 1.c4 c5
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Grabarczyk, Miroslaw 1-0 44 C69 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Markowski, Tomasz - Cyborowski, Lukasz 1-0 30 B20 Sicilian
Gdanski, Jacek - Sapis, Witalis 1/2 14 B01 Scandinavian
Kuczynski, Robert - Sosnicki, Michal 1/2 20 C10 French
Grabarczyk, Bogdan - Urban, Klaudiusz 1/2 50 C41 Philidor defence
Palus, Ryszard - Hnydiuk, Aleksander 1-0 46 A80 Dutch defence
Round 5 (1998.03.16)
Sosnicki, Michal - Markowski, Tomasz 0-1 56 A44 Queen's pawn
Urban, Klaudiusz - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 57 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Kaminski, Marcin - Palus, Ryszard 1-0 31 B84 Sicilian
Sapis, Witalis - Kempinski, Robert 0-1 40 E67 Kings indian
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Kuczynski, Robert 1/2 53 D45 Semi-Slav
Cyborowski, Lukasz - Gdanski, Jacek 1/2 38 A40 Queen's pawn
Hnydiuk, Aleksander - Grabarczyk, Bogdan 0-1 51 B51 Sicilian
Round 6 (1998.03.18)
Kempinski, Robert - Palus, Ryszard 1-0 35 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Hnydiuk, Aleksander 1-0 57 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Markowski, Tomasz - Grabarczyk, Miroslaw 1/2 47 E08 Nimzo indian
Gdanski, Jacek - Sosnicki, Michal 1/2 21 C02 French; Advance
Sapis, Witalis - Cyborowski, Lukasz 1/2 8 E70 Kings indian
Kuczynski, Robert - Urban, Klaudiusz 1/2 12 B08 Pirc; Classical
Grabarczyk, Bogdan - Kaminski, Marcin 1/2 13 B03 Alekhine defence
Round 7 (1998.03.19)
Sosnicki, Michal - Sapis, Witalis 1/2 50 D16 Slav defence
Urban, Klaudiusz - Markowski, Tomasz 1/2 24 B07 Pirc
Kaminski, Marcin - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 55 B47 Sicilian
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Gdanski, Jacek 1-0 48 A90 Dutch defence
Palus, Ryszard - Grabarczyk, Bogdan 1-0 58 A80 Dutch defence
Cyborowski, Lukasz - Kempinski, Robert 1/2 23 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Hnydiuk, Aleksander - Kuczynski, Robert 0-1 71 B91 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 8 (1998.03.20)
Kempinski, Robert - Grabarczyk, Bogdan 1-0 49 D20 QGA;
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Palus, Ryszard 1/2 57 A16 English; 1.c4
Markowski, Tomasz - Hnydiuk, Aleksander 1-0 36 A81 Dutch defence
Gdanski, Jacek - Urban, Klaudiusz 1/2 21 C60 Ruy Lopez
Sapis, Witalis - Grabarczyk, Miroslaw 1/2 41 E32 Nimzo indian
Kuczynski, Robert - Kaminski, Marcin 1/2 18 B01 Scandinavian
Cyborowski, Lukasz - Sosnicki, Michal 0-1 24 C46 Unknown
Round 9 (1998.03.21)
Sosnicki, Michal - Kempinski, Robert 1-0 72 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Urban, Klaudiusz - Sapis, Witalis 1/2 75 A11 English; 1.c4
Kaminski, Marcin - Markowski, Tomasz 1/2 17 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Cyborowski, Lukasz 1/2 36 D78 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Grabarczyk, Bogdan - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 53 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Palus, Ryszard - Kuczynski, Robert 1/2 18 A88 Dutch defence
Hnydiuk, Aleksander - Gdanski, Jacek 1/2 34 C18 French; Winawer
Round 10 (1998.03.22)
Kempinski, Robert - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1-0
Markowski, Tomasz - Palus, Ryszard 1-0
Gdanski, Jacek - Kaminski, Marcin 1/2
Sosnicki, Michal - Grabarczyk, Miroslaw 1/2
Sapis, Witalis - Hnydiuk, Aleksander 1/2
Kuczynski, Robert - Grabarczyk, Bogdan 0-1
Cyborowski, Lukasz - Urban, Klaudiusz 1/2
Round 11 (1998.03.24)
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Kuczynski, Robert 1-0
Urban, Klaudiusz - Sosnicki, Michal 1/2
Kaminski, Marcin - Sapis, Witalis 0-1
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Kempinski, Robert 1/2
Grabarczyk, Bogdan - Markowski, Tomasz 0-1
Palus, Ryszard - Gdanski, Jacek 0-1
Hnydiuk, Aleksander - Cyborowski, Lukasz 1-0
Ksiaz POL (POL), III 1998 cat. IX (2456)
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1 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2520 * 1 1 = 0 . = 1 . = 1 1 = = 7.5 2578
2 Macieja, Bartlomiej m POL 2485 0 * . . 1 = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2576
3 Markowski, Tomasz m POL 2505 0 . * 0 1 = = = . = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2548
4 Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2520 = . 1 * = = = = = 0 . 1 = = 6.0 2486
5 Sosnicki, Michal POL 2385 1 0 0 = * = . = = = = 1 1 . 6.0 2500
6 Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2480 . = = = = * = = = . = = = 1 6.0 2479
7 Kaminski, Marcin g POL 2535 = = = = . = * 0 = = = 1 . = 5.5 2458
8 Sapis, Witalis m POL 2375 0 = = = = = 1 * = = . . = = 5.5 2472
9 Kuczynski, Robert g POL 2485 . 0 . = = = = = * = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2443
10 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2505 = 0 = 1 = . = = = * = 0 = . 5.0 2422
11 Grabarczyk, Bogdan f POL 2425 0 = 0 . = = = . 1 = * 0 = 1 5.0 2424
12 Palus, Ryszard POL 2385 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 . = 1 1 * . 1 4.5 2407
13 Cyborowski, Lukasz m POL 2425 = 0 0 = 0 = . = 0 = = . * 0 3.0 2283
14 Hnydiuk, Aleksander POL 2355 = 0 0 = . 0 = = 0 . 0 0 1 * 3.0 2292
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Sinisa Joksic reports. The 53th Yugoslav Championship take place in Belgrade in the hotel "Jugoslavija" from March 14.-30. Tournament is 10th cat. (2495). Norms g=10, m=7. Mirislav Markovic a 25 years old, international master continues with his excellent results. He has made the fantastic score of 8 out of 9 - 89 percent! He needs only 2 points from 6 for a GM norm. Markovic is the only undefeated player. Djuric and Ilincic follow the leader at a distance of two points. Ilincic hasn't yet drawn. Gligoric, Velimirovic and Ivanisevic scored some nice wins.
Round 3 (1998.03.16)
Markovic, Miroslav - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 1-0 40 B31 Sicilian
Djuric, Stefan - Tosic, Miroslav 1-0 58 D72 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Ilincic, Zlatko - Knezevic, Bojan 1-0 36 E15 Nimzo indian
Gligoric, Svetozar - Drasko, Milan 1/2 23 D27 QGA;
Popovic, Petar - Kontic, Djordje 1/2 46 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 9 E95 Kings indian; Classical
Barlov, Dragan - Kovacevic, Aleksandar 1-0 55 B50 Sicilian
Pavlovic, Milos - Petronic, Jovan 1/2 49 B14 Caro-Kann
Round 4 (1998.03.17)
Damljanovic, Branko - Pavlovic, Milos 1/2 22 D02 Queen's pawn
Velimirovic, Dragoljub - Ivanisevic, Ivan 1-0 84 B14 Caro-Kann
Kovacevic, Aleksandar - Knezevic, Bojan 1/2 35 B57 Sicilian
Barlov, Dragan - Gligoric, Svetozar 1/2 35 E12 Nimzo indian
Drasko, Milan - Popovic, Petar 1/2 13 D78 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Tosic, Miroslav - Ilincic, Zlatko 0-1 39 B95 Sicilian; Najdorf
Petronic, Jovan - Djuric, Stefan 0-1 40 B07 Pirc
Kontic, Djordje - Markovic, Miroslav 0-1 29 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 5 (1998.03.18)
Markovic, Miroslav - Drasko, Milan 1-0 26 C18 French; Winawer
Djuric, Stefan - Damljanovic, Branko 1-0 61 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Ilincic, Zlatko - Petronic, Jovan 1-0 38 A50 Benoni
Gligoric, Svetozar - Kovacevic, Aleksandar 1/2 29 A70 Modern Benoni
Popovic, Petar - Barlov, Dragan 1-0 33 B84 Sicilian
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Kontic, Djordje 1/2 37 A40 Queen's pawn
Knezevic, Bojan - Tosic, Miroslav 0-1 39 B42 Sicilian
Pavlovic, Milos - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 1-0 42 A65 Modern Benoni
Round 6 (1998.03.19)
Damljanovic, Branko - Ilincic, Zlatko 1-0 65 E95 Kings indian; Classical
Velimirovic, Dragoljub - Djuric, Stefan 1/2 46 B43 Sicilian
Gligoric, Svetozar - Popovic, Petar 1/2 72 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Kovacevic, Aleksandar - Tosic, Miroslav 1-0 47 C67 Ruy Lopez
Barlov, Dragan - Markovic, Miroslav 0-1 37 A49 Queen's pawn
Drasko, Milan - Ivanisevic, Ivan 1-0 59 D02 Queen's pawn
Petronic, Jovan - Knezevic, Bojan 1/2 15 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence.
Kontic, Djordje - Pavlovic, Milos 0-1 79 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 7 (1998.03.20)
Markovic, Miroslav - Gligoric, Svetozar 1/2 32 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Djuric, Stefan - Kontic, Djordje 1-0 21 B40 Sicilian
Ilincic, Zlatko - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 0-1 39 A63 Modern Benoni
Popovic, Petar - Kovacevic, Aleksandar 1/2 11 B72 Sicilian; Dragon
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Barlov, Dragan 1-0 44 E10 Nimzo indian
Tosic, Miroslav - Petronic, Jovan 1-0 60 A46 Queen's pawn
Knezevic, Bojan - Damljanovic, Branko 1/2 43 B57 Sicilian
Pavlovic, Milos - Drasko, Milan 1/2 32 D29 QGA;
Round 8 (1998.03.21)
Damljanovic, Branko - Tosic, Miroslav 1-0 42 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Velimirovic, Dragoljub - Knezevic, Bojan 1-0 55 B89 Sicilian
Gligoric, Svetozar - Ivanisevic, Ivan 0-1 37 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Kovacevic, Aleksandar - Petronic, Jovan 1/2 72 B14 Caro-Kann
Popovic, Petar - Markovic, Miroslav 0-1 30 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Barlov, Dragan - Pavlovic, Milos 1-0 38 B17 Caro-Kann
Drasko, Milan - Djuric, Stefan 1/2 8 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Kontic, Djordje - Ilincic, Zlatko 0-1 52 B20 Sicilian
Round 9 (1998.03.22)
Markovic, Miroslav - Kovacevic, Aleksandar 1-0 58 Sicilian
Djuric, Stefan - Barlov, Dragan 1/2 50 Sicilian
Ilincic, Zlatko - Drasko, Milan 1-0 36 QGA
Ivanisevic, Ivan - Popovic, Petar 1/2 45 KID
Tosic, Miroslav - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 1/2 44 Pirc
Knezevic, Bojan - Kontic, Djordje 1/2 40 Sicilian
Pavlovic, Milos - Gligoric, Svetozar 0-1 42 Queens Indian
Petronic, Jovan - Damljanovic, Branko 0-1 39 Sicilian
Belgrade YUG (YUG), III 1998 cat. IX (2474)
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1 Markovic, Miroslav m YUG 2540 *..=1=11.11...11 8.0 2837
2 Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2520 .*01=....==1=.11 6.0 2608
3 Ilincic, Zlatko g YUG 2565 .1*00.0...111.11 6.0 2606
4 Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2540 =01*...==..1==1. 5.5 2543
5 Velimirovic, Dragoljub g YUG 2535 0=1.*=.=1..=10.. 5.0 2510
6 Gligoric, Svetozar g YUG 2480 =...=*==0==..1.1 5.0 2498
7 Kovacevic, Aleksandar m YUG 2515 0.1..=*=.0=1=.=. 4.5 2498
8 Popovic, Petar g YUG 2525 0..====*=1=....= 4.5 2489
9 Ivanisevic, Ivan m YUG 2460 ...=01.=*10=..== 4.5 2485
10 Barlov, Dragan g YUG 2490 0=...=100*=..1.1 4.5 2452
11 Drasko, Milan g YUG 2515 0=0..===1=*..=.. 4.0 2433
12 Tosic, Miroslav m YUG 2505 .000=.0.=..*111. 4.0 2423
13 Knezevic, Bojan f YUG 2420 .=0=0.=....0*1== 3.5 2381
14 Pavlovic, Milos YUG 2190 ...=10...0=00*=1 3.5 2393
15 Petronic, Jovan m YUG 2450 0000..=.=..0==*. 2.0 2252
16 Kontic, Djordje m YUG 2330 000..0.==0..=0.* 1.5 2192
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V Krishnaswamy reports on the Category 10 Golden Jubilee International Chess tournament in Kozhikode, Kerala (India). There are five GMs and seven IMs GM norm is set at 7.5/11. You can contact him at: swamy@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in
Category 10 Golden Jubilee International Chess tournament
Venue: Kozhikode, Kerala (India)
Dates: March 5 -16, 1998 (rest day March 11)
Play time: 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.;
Final round: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Round 5
Moldovan Grandmaster Viktor Komliakov went into sole lead with four points after five rounds of the Indian Independence Golden Jubilee Grandmaster chess tournament. India's Abhijit Kunte and K.Sasikiran were still in with the chance of making Grandmaster norms by drawing their games. They have 3.5 points each and need four points from remaining six games. Komliakov defeated D.V.Prasad using the Rossolimo attack against the Sicilian defence.
Round 6
Abhijit Kunte beat Viktor Komliakov to take sole lead after six rounds. All the three foreign grandmasters lost their games. Pravin Thipsay, who is having a bad tournament defeated Kirgystan GM Leonid Yurtayev and Bangladesh IM Ziaur Rahman triumphed over Indonesian GM Utut Adianto. Dibyendu Barua escaped defeat by P.Konguvel. Kunte now has 4.5 points and needs three points from the remaining five games to achieve his GM norm. Sasikiran was held to a draw by Murugan. Sasi shares the second spot with Komliakov. They have four points each. Kunte played a fine game to beat Viktor Komliakov. Kunte played for the exchange of queens on the fifth move of a Pirc Defence. Komliakov had isolated, doubled pawns on e6 and e5. Kunte gradually won two pawns. Kunte slowly but steadily outplayed Komliakov with a mature performance. Indonesian Utut Adianto went down to Bangladesh IM Ziaur Rahman. Utut sacrificed a bishop on the 28th move feeling he had a winning counter-attack. He followed up the sacrifice with a rook offer. Zia did not accept the rook, took back his queen and kept his extra bishop. Gradually Utut's queen was trapped. Zia kept out of traps and finally had Utut resign on the 41 st move. Pravin Thipsay comprehensively outplayed Yurtayev with the Ruy Lopez in 58 moves.
Round 7
Abhijit Kunte and K Sasikiran's GM norm chances suffered a setbacks as both lost their seventh round games. But Dibyendu Barua held Zia ur Rahman with a bishop against a queen. Despite the loss, Kunte leads by half a point. He has 4.5 points. There are six players tied for the second spot, just half a point behind Kunte. It was Barua's escape against Zia that was the highlight. With black pieces, Barua played poorly in an English Opening. Barua gave up his queen for a bishop. Barua still fought on. He had a rook and bishop for Zia's rook and queen. But the Indian GM used his pawn at h2 to engineer defensive threats and stay on. After 67 moves, Barua even gave glimpses of achieving an incredible win when Zia through perpetual took a draw. Lanka Ravi played his best game of this tournament to topple Kunte. It was a Queens Indian Defence. Kunte gave up on the 30th move. P. Konguvel played a great game to score over K. Sasikiran. Against Sasikiran's Sicilian Defence, Konguvel won in 49 moves.
Round 8
Abhijit Kunte hit back with a fine victory over Kirgystan GM Leonid Yurtayev. Kunte leads the field 5.5 points and now needs only two points from three games for his second GM norm. Half a point behind Kunte are GM Adianto of Indonesia and Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh. Against Kunte's Ruy Lopez Yurtayev played the Archangelsk Variation When the position looked level Kunte offered a draw but Yurtayev rejected the offer and carried on. Kunte turned the tide in his favour after cleaning out Yurtayev's connected passed pawns on e3 and f4. With a superb end game Kunte won a pawn and went on to win. Teenager Sasikiran was held to a draw by GM Dibyendu Barua. Barua played the Panov Botwinnik Attack against the Caro Kann which transposed it to a position in the Queens Gambit Declined. Barua, who has won just one games is only undefeated player. Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh played a good draw against Komliakov.
Round 9
Abhijit Kunte took a quick 10-move draw with K Murugan and assured himself a nine-round Swiss norm. After nine rounds Kunte continues to lead with 6 points. He is followed half a point behind by Sasikiran and Ziaur Rahman both of whom must win their remaining games to make Grandmaster norms. Kunte's norm is a nine-game Swiss norm. He still has a chance for a 11-game round robin norm if he scores 1.5 points in the last two rounds. The Swiss norm can be calculated by finding the average rating of the players the player has played and finding the appropriate category. If Kunte loses next game or cannot get 1.5 points in two rounds, his Swiss norm will be held valid. This is Kunte's second norm. He got one from winning the Asian Junior Championship in Jaipur in October, 1997. Sasikiran had a win over Pravin Thipsay and must now win his last two rounds against D.V.Prasad and Kunte for a GM norm. Sasi won in 45 moves. Komliakov after three rounds finally won against Dibyendu Barua. This was Barua's first defeat. Ziaur Rahman missed a win against IM Lanka Ravi and drew the game. Yurtayev inflicted on Utut Adianto, the highest rated player, his second defeat in the tournament.
Round 10
Abhijit Kunte, with a Swiss norm secure went further ahead as he increased his lead. But the 17-year-old K Sasikiran lost his chances for a GM norm. Sasikiran was held to a draw by former national champion D.V. Prasad and Zia shared the point with GM Leonid Yurtayev. Kunte defeated P. Konguvel to reach seven points. This win now means he has a 10-game Swiss norm. A win or even a draw in last round will give him a 11-game round robin norm. Kunte and Konguvel began with a Sicilian Alapin, but it transposed to a French Defence. Konguvel gave up his queen and lost on the 33rd move.
Round 11
Title and GM norm for Abhijit Kunte Indian national and Asian junior champion, Abhijit Kunte scored his best title win with a last round draw against another promising Indian K Sasikiran in Golden Jubilee Grandmaster tournament Kunte and Sasikiran drew in Kunte finished with 7.5 points in the category 10 Tournament. This gave him a 11-game round robin norm. He already has a a nine-game Swiss norm From the Asian juniors at Jaipur. One more GM norm will make him India's fourth Grandmaster after Vishy Anand, Dibyendu Barua and Pravin Thipsay. In the last game the 21-year-old Kunte played the Nimzo-Indian and was content to draw by repetition of moves. Sasikiran seemed upset with his endgame. The win gave Kunte the first prize of Rs. 80,000 (approximately 2,000 US dollars). Ziaur Rahman won a surprising last round though Murugan had the edge after a good knight sacrifice which Zia could not accept. Zia came up with a mating combination and won. He finished with seven points and was second to win Rs. 48,000 (approximately 1,200 US dollars). Yurtayev and Sasikiran tied for third and got Rs. 28,000 (US dollars 700 each).
Round 5 (1998.03.10)
Rahman, Ziaur - Kunte, Abhijit 1/2
Yurtaev, Leonid - Sashikiran, Krishnan 1/2
Adianto, Utut - Barua, Dibyendu 1/2
Ravi, Lanka - Thipsay, Praveen M 1-0
Komliakov, Viktor - Prasad, Devaki V 1-0
Murugan, Krishnamoorthy - Konguvel, Ponnuswamy 1/2
Round 6 (1998.03.11)
Kunte, Abhijit - Komliakov, Viktor 1-0
Sashikiran, Krishnan - Murugan, Krishnamoorthy 1/2
Barua, Dibyendu - Konguvel, Ponnuswamy 1/2
Adianto, Utut - Rahman, Ziaur 0-1
Prasad, Devaki V - Ravi, Lanka 1/2
Thipsay, Praveen M - Yurtaev, Leonid 1-0
Round 7 (1998.03.12)
Rahman, Ziaur - Barua, Dibyendu 1/2
Yurtaev, Leonid - Prasad, Devaki V 1-0
Konguvel, Ponnuswamy - Sashikiran, Krishnan 1-0
Ravi, Lanka - Kunte, Abhijit 1-0
Komliakov, Viktor - Adianto, Utut 0-1
Murugan, Krishnamoorthy - Thipsay, Praveen M 1/2
Round 8 (1998.03.13)
Kunte, Abhijit - Yurtaev, Leonid 1-0
Rahman, Ziaur - Komliakov, Viktor 1-0
Barua, Dibyendu - Sashikiran, Krishnan 1/2
Adianto, Utut - Ravi, Lanka 1-0
Prasad, Devaki V - Murugan, Krishnamoorthy 0-1
Thipsay, Praveen M - Konguvel, Ponnuswamy 1-0
Round 9 (1998.03.14)
Sashikiran, Krishnan - Thipsay, Praveen M 1-0
Yurtaev, Leonid - Adianto, Utut 1-0
Konguvel, Ponnuswamy - Prasad, Devaki V 1/2
Ravi, Lanka - Rahman, Ziaur 1/2
Komliakov, Viktor - Barua, Dibyendu 1-0
Murugan, Krishnamoorthy - Kunte, Abhijit 1/2
Round 10 (1998.03.15)
Kunte, Abhijit - Konguvel, Ponnuswamy 1-0
Rahman, Ziaur - Yurtaev, Leonid 1/2
Barua, Dibyendu - Thipsay, Praveen M 1/2
Adianto, Utut - Murugan, Krishnamoorthy 1-0
Komliakov, Viktor - Ravi, Lanka 0-1
Prasad, Devaki V - Sashikiran, Krishnan 1/2
Round 11 (1998.03.16)
Sashikiran, Krishnan - Kunte, Abhijit 1/2
Yurtaev, Leonid - Komliakov, Viktor 1-0
Konguvel, Ponnuswamy - Adianto, Utut 1-0
Ravi, Lanka - Barua, Dibyendu 0-1
Thipsay, Praveen M - Prasad, Devaki V 1/2
Murugan, Krishnamoorthy - Rahman, Ziaur 0-1
Kozhikode IND (IND), III 1998 cat. X (2478)
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1 Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2460 * = = 1 = 1 1 0 1 = 1 = 7.5 2613
2 Rahman, Ziaur m BAN 2485 = * 0 = = 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 7.0 2579
3 Sashikiran, Krishnan f IND 2470 = 1 * = = = 0 1 = = 1 = 6.5 2544
4 Yurtaev, Leonid g KGZ 2520 0 = = * = 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6.5 2539
5 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2520 = = = = * = = 1 0 = = 1 6.0 2510
6 Adianto, Utut g INA 2615 0 0 = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2501
7 Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2430 0 0 1 1 = 1 * = 0 = 0 = 5.0 2446
8 Ravi, Lanka m IND 2405 1 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1 = 1 = 5.0 2449
9 Komliakov, Viktor g MDA 2510 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 5.0 2439
10 Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2400 = 1 = 0 = 0 = = 0 * = 0 4.0 2383
11 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2515 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 0 = = * = 4.0 2373
12 Murugan, Krishnamoorthy m IND 2410 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = * 3.5 2351
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The speed chess event of the year. 17.-21. June in the1998 Stadthalle Frankfurt-Zeilsheim. On the 17th-19th there will be two exceptionally strong speed events. The Giants event will have Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Karpov playing. The Masters is also very strong with Timman, Korchnoi, Yusupov, Portisch, Hubner, Beim, Smyslov and Adorjan. Following this on the 20th and 21st the ORDIX open will be held along with a Leko simul. More details H.-W. Schmitt, Alte Ziegelei 5, 65 812 Bad Soden, Tel.: 06196/22726 Fax: 22796
The next First Saturday tournament in Budapest will run 4th-17th of April with a GM and an IM event. In addition from 4th-12th of April there will be a Scheveningen system tournament. At the moment the lineup for the GM event looks like this:
IGM GLEK (RUS, 2565), IGM CSOM (HUN, 2460), IGM SHERZER (USA,2490) IM MIKHALETZ (UKR,2435), IM ESTRADA (MEX, 2395), IM SCHEBLER (GER,2450), IM FOGARASI (HUN, 2440), BUNZMAN (GER,2390), IM CLADOURAS (GER,2355), ACS (HUN, 2450), WGM HOANG,T. (VIE,2350), IM RUCK, R. (HUN,2450) NAIDITSCH,A. (GER,2255). with an average rating of 2422, category VII.
There may be changes to the lineup and one more player is required: rated about 2350 or above it is an opportunity to reach a GM or IM-title or rise his/her rating.
The participant list of the FIRST SATURDAY 4th-17th of April IM-tournament: IM Kahn, Evarth (HUN, 2330),IM Eperjesi, László (HUN, 2345), IM Dudás,János (HUN, 2405),Belotelov, Dmitri (RUS, 2305), FM Rodriguez, Rafael (ESP, 2270),FM Murzin,Lenar (RUS, 2240), Karatorossian,David (ARM, 2375),Hera,Imre jr. (HUN, 2245), Breier,Andreas (GER, 2195),Dolgener, Tobias (GER, 2270), Mensch,Etienne (FRA, 2225),Handke, Florian (GER,2260), Gara,Anita (HUN, 2285).
Again there are 13 players currently averaging ELO 2288 now, category II. There is a place for a 2200 or above rating player.
Drawing ceremony and first round: at 2:00 p.m. at 4th of April in the Hungarian Chess Federation, Budapest, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor.
For the SCHEVENINGEN system event the ELO-average is about 2150, who wish to get guaranteed 9 games with 9 ELO-rated players to reach his first rating or rise the existing one, welcome. More info: Nagy, Laszlo e-mail: chess_first_saturday_hu@compuserve.com webpage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
VI INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL "MINSK-1998" "Zepter World - open" (April,25 - May,3)
The Ministry of sport and tourism of the Republic of Belarus, Belarus Chess Federation, General Sponsor "Zepter International" in the Republic of Belarus invite you to open-tournament, Swiss system, 9 rounds; April,25 - arrival, opening ceremony 1st and 2nd rounds - April,26 10.00-14.00 and 17.00-21.00 (2 hours each player per game). 3rd - 8th rounds - every day 15.00-21.00, 9th round - 9.00-16.00 (2 hours - 40 moves + 1 hour for the rest of the game). Closing ceremony - May,3 at 17.30. Place of games is National Center of Chess and Draugts (K.Marks str.,10). Accomodation - "Yunost" hotel complex - 22$ per person per day, single room with TV, WC, shower + three-times food (full pansion + sighting). For kids under 12 years - 50% discount.
Entry fees: international grandmasters (ELO > 2525) - no entry fee, organizers provide board and lodging (if agreed upon); rest grandmasters and international masters (ELO > 2475) - no entry fee, organizers provide lodging (if agreed upon); international masters and chess-players (ELO > 2400)- no entry fee, organizers provide board and lodging with special prizes for citizens of Belarus (if agreed upon), chess-players (ELO 2350-2400) - 20$, ELO 2275-2345 - 30$, ELO 2200-2270 - 40$, ELO < 2200 and unrated - 50$; women, seniors (elder 60 years), boys and girls under 18 - 50% of entry fee. PRIZE FOUND - 10,000 $! 1 - 2000$, 2 - 1500$, 3 - 1000$, 4 - 800$, 5 - 700$, 6 - 600$, 7 - 500$, 8 - 400$, 9 - 300$, 10 - 200$, 11-15 - 100$, 16-20 - 50$. Special prizes - 800$: for women, girls and boys under 18 years, seniors (elder 60 years), unrated: 1-200$, 2-150$, 3-100$.
For player who will take last place - surprise! All prizes are guaranteed! For players with same points (1-20 places) all prizes are divided by Hort system. Special prizes are added to main prizes. Application forms for "ZEPTER WORLD - OPEN" should be send to Belarus Chess Federation, 220050, Minsk,K.Marks str., 10. Tel/fax 375-172-274788 Mochalov Evgeny (State trainer), Strelets Igor (chief trainer), Poley Vladimir (President of Belarus Chess Federation) - tel 375-172-201017 (from 10 till 22h.),fax 375-172-272258.
Application forms should be received latest April,10. Please, use fax or tel. In the application write name, surname, ELO-rating, federation, do You need hotel reservation, until which date. Players which haven't confirmed us about participation before April,10 should pay 10$ extra. Only 200 players can take part in our tournament.