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1) Introduction
2) St. Petersburg Championships
3) Dos Hermanas Open
4) 2nd Neckar Int. Open
5) Adams - Rowson Match
6) Korchnoi - Miton Rapid Chess Match
7) Estonian Team Championships
8) Asian Team Championships
9) Dutch Championships lineup finalised
10) Austria. Qualifier for Staatsliga A
11) 6th. Haering Drei-Fluesse-Open Passau 1998
12) 36th Doeberl Cup -Australia
13) First Saturday Tournament April
14) Argentine Championships
15) Upcoming Events
16) London Chess Center
Games section
St Petersburg Championships 43 games Dos Hermanas Open 56 games Neckar Open 244 games Rowson-Adams 5 games Korchnoi-Miton 6 games Estonian Teams 180 games Asian Championships 482 games Dutch Semi-Finals playoff 3 games Austrian Teams 35 games Passau Open 64 games Doeberl Cup 20 games First Saturday GM 26 games First Saturday IM 26 games Argentinian Championships 28 games
My thanks to Shahcom, Laszlo Nagy, Philipp Schlosser, Zoltan Blazsik, Adam Raoof, John Henderson, Milan Dezelin, and all those who helped with this issue.
Over 1000 games this week and a very international representation. Some good events in the offing too with Madrid in May and the Shirov - Kramnik match. The Olympiad will take place in the chess city in Kalmykia (in spite of some speculation to the contrary) as the invitations have gone out.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
After eleven rounds of the St Petersburg Championships Evgeny Solozhenkin and Valerij Popov are joint first on 8/11 Alexander Khalifman still has an outside chance of catching the leaders. He plays tail ender Mark Taimanov in the penultimate round and joint leader Popov in the final round and he really needs a couple of wins to save some rating points. His efforts have been sabotaged by losses with white in the first and eighth round (although I have to confess I don't really understand the conclusion of the eighth round game unless he lost on time or is losing to a breakthrough).
Internet coverage by Shahcom at: http://www.ruschess.com/News/SPB98/main.html
Round 3
Yemelin, Vasily - Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 0-1 39 C91 Ruy Lopez
Round 6 (1998.04.13)
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy - Shchukin, Dmitry 1-0 70 E10 Nimzo indian
Popov, Valerij - Lugovoi, Aleksei 1/2 20 E15 Nimzo indian
Khalifman, Alexander - Ivanov, Sergey 1-0 32 D24 QGA;
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny - Ionov, Sergey 1/2 15 B40 Sicilian
Yemelin, Vasily - Biriukov, Oleg V 1-0 26 B87 Sicilian
Kochyev, Alexander - Loginov, Valery A 1/2 14 B52 Sicilian
Taimanov, Mark E - Aseev, Konstantin N 1/2 48 A13 English; 1.c4
Round 7 (1998.04.14)
Ionov, Sergey - Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 0-1 64 E15 Nimzo indian
Loginov, Valery A - Taimanov, Mark E 1-0 41 A13 English; 1.c4
Ivanov, Sergey - Yemelin, Vasily 1-0 42 E37 Nimzo indian
Lugovoi, Aleksei - Shaposhnikov, Evgeny 1/2 45 E41 Nimzo indian
Aseev, Konstantin N - Popov, Valerij 0-1 33 D31 Queen's gambit
Biriukov, Oleg V - Kochyev, Alexander 1/2 18 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Shchukin, Dmitry - Khalifman, Alexander 0-1 35 A57 Benko gambit
Round 8 (1998.04.15)
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy - Lugovoi, Aleksei 1/2 42 E12 Nimzo indian
Popov, Valerij - Loginov, Valery A 1/2 15 E15 Nimzo indian
Khalifman, Alexander - Ionov, Sergey 0-1 51 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny - Aseev, Konstantin N 1/2 15 B58 Sicilian
Yemelin, Vasily - Shchukin, Dmitry 1-0 40 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Kochyev, Alexander - Taimanov, Mark E 1/2 12 E00 Nimzo indian
Biriukov, Oleg V - Ivanov, Sergey 1/2 51 D43 Semi-Slav
Round 9 (1998.04.16)
Ionov, Sergey - Yemelin, Vasily 1/2 24 A17 English; 1.c4
Loginov, Valery A - Shaposhnikov, Evgeny 1/2 25 A13 English; 1.c4
Ivanov, Sergey - Kochyev, Alexander 0-1 34 E95 Kings indian; Classical
Lugovoi, Aleksei - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 17 D43 Semi-Slav
Aseev, Konstantin N - Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 1/2 44 B36 Sicilian
Taimanov, Mark E - Popov, Valerij 0-1 42 A13 English; 1.c4
Shchukin, Dmitry - Biriukov, Oleg V 1/2 55 B77 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 10 (1998.04.17)
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy - Loginov, Valery A 1/2 11 E11 Bogo indian
Khalifman, Alexander - Aseev, Konstantin N 1-0 69 E12 Nimzo indian
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny - Taimanov, Mark E 1-0 36 B47 Sicilian
Ivanov, Sergey - Shchukin, Dmitry 1-0 58 A55 Benoni
Yemelin, Vasily - Lugovoi, Aleksei 1-0 37 C92 Ruy Lopez
Kochyev, Alexander - Popov, Valerij 1/2 11 D11 Slav defence
Biriukov, Oleg V - Ionov, Sergey 0-1 43 A41 Queen's pawn
Round 11 (1998.04.18)
Popov, Valerij - Shaposhnikov, Evgeny 1-0 41 D53 QGD;
Ionov, Sergey - Ivanov, Sergey 1/2 12 D27 QGA;
Loginov, Valery A - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 29 E62 Kings indian
Lugovoi, Aleksei - Biriukov, Oleg V 1/2 67 E54 Nimzo indian
Aseev, Konstantin N - Yemelin, Vasily 1/2 12 C92 Ruy Lopez
Taimanov, Mark E - Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 0-1 33 A39 English; 1.c4 c5
Shchukin, Dmitry - Kochyev, Alexander 1-0 61 E93 Kings indian; Classical
St Petersburg RUS (RUS), IV 1998 cat. X (2498)
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1 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2500 * . = 1 = . 1 1 = = = = 1 1 8.0 2679
2 Popov, Valerij m RUS 2505 . * . = = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 8.0 2657
3 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2660 = . * 0 = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 . 1 7.0 2585
4 Ionov, Sergey g RUS 2530 0 = 1 * 1 = = = = . = 1 = . 6.5 2575
5 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2500 = = = 0 * = = . 1 = = . 1 1 6.5 2573
6 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny f RUS 2415 . 0 1 = = * = = = . = = 1 1 6.5 2576
7 Ivanov, Sergey g RUS 2570 0 = 0 = = = * 1 . 0 . = 1 1 5.5 2481
8 Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2485 0 0 0 = . = 0 * 1 1 = 1 . 1 5.5 2499
9 Lugovoi, Aleksei m RUS 2540 = = = = 0 = . 0 * 1 = = 0 . 4.5 2432
10 Kochyev, Alexander g RUS 2430 = = = . = . 1 0 0 * = = = 0 4.5 2443
11 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2565 = 0 0 = = = . = = = * . = 0 4.0 2393
12 Biriukov, Oleg V RUS 2390 = = 0 0 . = = 0 = = . * = = 4.0 2399
13 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2490 0 0 . = 0 0 0 . 1 = = = * = 3.5 2352
14 Shchukin, Dmitry RUS 2390 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 1 1 = = * 3.0 2325
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The I Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Dos Hermanas is underway with146 players from 16 countries. Dos Hermanas is most well known for its superGM event which runs every two years. The Tournament takes place Friday 17 - Saturday 25 April, 1998. News and games from Jesús J. Boyero with additional results and material from:
El Pais and http://www.elpais.es/p/d/ajedrez3/1998/doshermanas98/index.html
Net64 http://www.chessnet64.com/torneos_offline/doshermanas98/index.html
Leading round 1 results Moran (Tenis Betis)- Ehlvest (Estonia) 0-1 Illescas (Barcelona)-Salvador Rodriguez Rincan (Enroque), 1-0 Montero (Claret)-Epishin (Rusia), 0-1 Spraggett (Canada)-Navarro (Brenes), 1-0 Ruiz Vinyals (Baleares)-Lalic (Croacia), 0-1 Ubilava (Georgia)-Garcia Cava(Aleph), 1-0 Jiminez Algora (Antonio Machado)-Yudasin (Israel),0-1 Cifuentes (Chile)-Pena (T. Coriano), 1-0 Jiminez Chacin(Becquer)-Hamdouchi (Marruecos), 0-1 Magem (Barcelona)-Palacios Siegenthale (Castellian), 1-0 Terin (Sevilla)-Martin Parra (Dos Hermanas), 1-0 Campora (Argentina)-Bengoa (Camas), 1-0 Dominguez Corrales (Tenis Betis), 1-0 Jorge Gonzalez (Colombia)- Ruiz Alcaide (Antonio Machado), 1-0 Ernesto Palacios (Sevilla)- Diaz Mariscal (Claret), 1-0 Leading Round 2 results Ehlvest (Estonia)-Carretero (España), 1/2 García Ferrer (España)-Illescas (España), 0-1 Epishin (Rusia)-Miguel Rojas (España), 1-0 Conchita Jover (España)-Spraggett (Canada), 1/2 Lalic (Croacia)-Fernando (Portugal), 1-0 Pérez García (España)-Ubilava (Georgia), 0-1 Yudasin (Israel)-Nuevo Pérez (España), 1-0 Benito Alba (España)-Cifuentes (Chile), 0-1 Hamdouchi (Marruecos)-Domínguez Matito (España), 1-0 Black (EE.UU)-Magem (España), 0-1 Wojtkiewicz (Polonia)-Ortega (España), 1-0 Pereira (España)-Cámpora (Argentina), 0-1 De la Riva (España)-Vázquez Rey (España), 1-0 Landero (España)-De la Villa (España), 0-1 Matamoros (Ecuador)-Larios (España), 1-0 Barrero (España)-Zenón Franco (España), 1/2 Moreno Fuentes (España)-Komljénovic (Croacia), 0-1 Vallejo (España)-Juan Castro (España), 1-0 Carrabeo (España)-Jorge González (Colombia), 0-1 Frois (Portugal)-Navarro Cardenas (España), 1-0 Ferrer Freyre (España)-Terán (España), 0-1 Diaz Luque (España)-Ernesto Palacios (España), 0-1 Leading round 3 results Vallejo (Spain)-Illescas (Spain), 0-1 Jorge Gonzalez (Colombia)-Epishin (Russia), 0-1 Terin (Sevilla)- Lalic (Croacia), 0-1 Ubilava (Georgia)- Frois (Portugal), 0-1 Coenen (Germany)- Yudasin (Israel), 0-1 Cifuentes (Chile)- Morejon (Venezuela), 1-0 Pinheiro (Portugal)- Hamdouchi (Marruecos) 1/2 Magem (Spain)- Tissir (Marruecos), 1/2 Rojas (Spain)- De la Riva (Spain), 0-1 Komljanovic (Croacia)- Durao (Portugal), 1-0 Palacios (Sevilla)- Wojtkiewicz (Polond), 0-1 Campora (Argentina)- Martin Martinez (Spain), 1/2 De la Villa (Spain)- Lorenzo (Spain), 1-0 Calderon (Oromana)- Romero (Spain), 1-0 Lopez Rodriguez (Spain)-Matamoros (Ecuador), 0-1 Coba (Spain)-Ehlvest (Estonia), 0-1 Leading standings after round 3 Dos Hermanas ESP (ESP), IV 1998 ------------------------------------------------- 1 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2600 3.0 2 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2590 3.0 3 Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2545 3.0 4 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2540 3.0 5 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2535 3.0 6 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2535 3.0 7 De la Riva, Oscar m ESP 2495 3.0 8 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2485 3.0 9 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S m ECU 2470 3.0 10 Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2425 3.0 11 Frois, Antonio m POR 2385 3.0 12 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2535 2.5 13 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2535 2.5 14 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2520 2.5 15 Tissir, Mohamed f MAR 2300 2.5 16 Pinheiro, Jose f POR 2265 2.5 17 Martinez Martin, David ESP 2235 2.5 18 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 2.5 19 Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2565 2.5 20 Franco, Zenon g ESP 2465 2.5 21 Dias, Paulo POR 2295 2.5 22 Barrero Garcia,C ESP ---- 2.5 23 Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael f ESP 2285 2.5 24 Calderon Suarez,A ESP ---- 2.5 25 Ubilava, Elizbar g GEO 2540 2.0 26 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2415 2.0 27 Gonzales, Jorge A m COL 2390 2.0 28 Teran Alvarez, Ismael f ESP 2375 2.0 29 Coenen, Norbert f GER 2335 2.0 30 Morejon, Eduardo VEN 2335 2.0 31 Palacios de la Prida, Ernesto f ESP 2220 2.0 32 Lorenzo, Marcos ESP 2210 2.0 33 Rojas, Nicolas ESP 2205 2.0 34 Durao, Joaquim m POR 2200 2.0 35 Lopez Rodriguez, Fernando ESP 2165 2.0 36 Insua Mellado, Jose Luis ESP 2160 2.0 37 Fernando, Diego POR 2125 2.0 38 Nuevo Perez, Antonio ESP 2100 2.0 39 Perez Garcia, Roberto ESP 2085 2.0 40 Dominguez Matito, Antonio ESP 2035 2.0 41 Blalock, Rex ESP ---- 2.0 42 Pereira Figueroa, Manuel ESP ---- 2.0 43 Landero Luna, Vicente ESP ---- 2.0 44 Larios Crespo, Manuel ESP ---- 2.0 45 Castro Valero, Juan ESP ---- 2.0 46 Carrabeo Garcia, Manuel ESP ---- 2.0 47 Martin Perez, Javier ESP ---- 2.0 48 Cebada Benitez, Fernando ESP ---- 2.0 49 Borondo Garcia, Raul ESP ---- 2.0 50 Linan Baena, Jeronimo ESP ---- 2.0 51 Moron Hernandez,C ESP ---- 2.0 52 Montero Campuzano,Rafael ESP ---- 2.0 53 Navarro Coloma, Antonio ESP ---- 2.0 54 Ruiz Vinyais,Matias ESP ---- 2.0 55 Jimenez Algora,Manuel ESP ---- 2.0 56 Jimenez Chacon,F ESP ---- 2.0 57 Sevillano Leal, Julio ESP ---- 2.0 ... 146 players -------------------------------------------------
The 2nd Neckar International Open took place in Deizisau Germany over the Easter period reports Johann Birmelin. The nine round event was won by Mikhail Ivanov with 7.5/9 ahead of a group of 8 players on 7 points. There were 8 GMs and a number of IMs playing also.
2. Internationales Neckaropen 1998
Deizisau GER (GER), IV 1998
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Pts Buch BuSum
1 Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2440 7.5 53.0 436.50
2 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2545 7.0 56.0 431.50
3 Kekelidze, Mikheil GEO 2405 7.0 55.5 444.50
4 Farago, Ivan g HUN 2475 7.0 54.0 457.00
5 Galdunts, Sergey m ARM 2445 7.0 53.5 425.00
6 Bagirov, Vladimir g LAT 2460 7.0 53.0 428.50
7 Loeffler, Markus GER 2350 7.0 52.0 428.00
8 Kupreichik, Viktor D g BLR 2505 7.0 51.5 437.00
9 Leito, Priit EST 2355 7.0 50.5 422.00
10 Berezovsky, Igor f GER 2375 6.5 49.0 430.00
11 Tuncer, Ufuk TUR 2240 6.5 53.0 421.50
12 Ginsburg, Gennadij m GER 2470 6.5 51.5 416.00
13 Gutman, Lev g GER 2475 6.5 51.0 402.50
14 Huber, Armin f GER 2330 6.5 49.5 415.00
15 Zeller, Frank GER 2455 6.5 48.5 416.50
16 Raud, Rainer EST 2385 6.5 44.5 416.00
17 Boehm, Martin GER 2285 6.5 51.5 416.00
18 Haba, Petr g CZE 2570 6.0 51.0 439.00
19 Gheng, Josef GER 2350 6.0 49.5 419.00
20 Margoline, Boris m GER 2385 6.0 47.5 425.00
21 Scherer, Max GER 2295 6.0 47.0 414.00
22 Gebhardt, Ulrich GER 2225 6.0 46.0 383.00
23 Duppel, Matthias GER 2315 6.0 45.0 397.00
24 Beyer,Christian GER ---- 6.0 44.5 399.50
25 Rieke, Theo GER 2215 6.0 43.5 388.00
26 Altenhof, Martin GER 2290 6.0 43.5 380.00
27 Voigt,Michael GER ---- 6.0 42.0 388.50
28 Haub, Thorsten-Michael m GER 2435 6.0 40.5 368.00
...163 Players
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Michael Adams and Jonathan Rowson play a six game challenge match running April 16th-21st in London. Internet coverage at: http://www.cableinet.co.uk/users/jsaunders/nclmajr.htm
Michael Adams secured victory in the match after only four games winning the first three and drawing the fourth.
Rowson has certainly not been without his chances but has blundered in critical positions. In the first game he set up a fine position before wrecking it with 32. Ra6 instead of the much better 32. Bd4. The second game was a convincing Adams win especially after the mistaken 16... d5 from Rowson. A finely played Ruy Lopez from Adams as black took advantage of some dubious early middlegame play (13. Bc4 and 14. Bxa6 looked wrong). Game four saw Rowson stand slightly better with black when he agreed a draw in 26 moves. The fifth game again saw a sharp position turn against Rowson he didn't believe he could play 25. Kg1 which was the best and perhaps forced continuation. Instead he came under a terrible attack and lost.
The final game takes place tomorrow. Rowson has been slightly unlucky in the match but the pressure of playing a far stronger opponent is always a difficult one to overcome.
Rowson, Jonathan - Adams, Michael 0-1 40 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Adams, Michael - Rowson, Jonathan 1-0 34 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Rowson, Jonathan - Adams, Michael 0-1 38 C78 Ruy Lopez
Adams, Michael - Rowson, Jonathan 1/2 26 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Rowson, Jonathan - Adams, Michael 0-1 29 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
London ENG (ENG), IV 1998
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Adams, Michael g ENG 2670 1 1 1 = 1 . 4.5 2851
Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2485 0 0 0 = 0 . 0.5 2304
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Przemek Jahr reports on a match between Victor Korchnoi and talented Polish junior Kamil Miton. They played 6 games (30 minutes+10 sec/move) in Krynica (March 18-20). Korchnoi won of course but match was very interesting. Miton prooved to be talented (he can be proud of 6th game) and he was praised by Korchnoi.
Miton, Kamil - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 79 E25 Nimzo indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Miton, Kamil 1-0 33 A85 Dutch defence
Miton, Kamil - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 61 D20 QGA;
Korchnoi, Viktor - Miton, Kamil 1-0 49 A85 Dutch defence
Miton, Kamil - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 53 E25 Nimzo indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Miton, Kamil 1-0 48 A81 Dutch defence
Krynica POL (POL), III 1998
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Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2625 = 1 0 1 1 1 4.5 2568
Miton, Kamil f POL 2375 = 0 1 0 0 0 1.5 2432
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The 1998 Estonian Club Championships managed to attract all the best Estonian players reports Mart Tarmak. The event was played over two weekends of five rounds each.
Amongst the 4 GM participants was Russian Viktor Gavrikov. Leading Estonian GMs Lembit Oll and Jaan Ehlvest have not played in the individual national championships since Tartu 1986 but both played this event. Also competing were veterans such as IM Iivo Nei (who shared first place with fellow Estonian Paul Keres in Beverwijk 1964 with 11,5 out of 15 in front of Portisch, Ivkov, Larsen etc) and WIM Maaja Ranniku Soviet champion in 1963.
The winner was Pärnu Chess Club – GM Jaan Ehlvest, IMs Kaido Külaots, Olav Sepp, Olegs Krivonosovs (Latvia) , Kalle Kiik, Leili Pärnpuu, Tatjana Fomina, and Tarvo Seeman (with one GM norm), Vallo Maidla, Ülar Lauk, Margit Brokko – 38 points. The second also with qualification to the European Cup was Narva Chess Club “Caissa” with 31,5. They had GM Viktor Gavrikov on the first board and also reigning Estonian champions Roman Sergejev and IM Monika Tsoganova in the team. Very close for the European qualification was Reval Sport from Tallinn (30,5) with only one titled player IM Riho Liiva on the first board. He was undefeated and also won the game against GM Lembit Oll. The fourth was Viljandi Chess Club and only the fifth Aksios from Tallinn with GMs Oll and Mikhail Rytshagov, IMs Aleksandr Veingold, Iivo Nei, Hillar Kärner, Tuulikki Laesson, and Belgian FM Jüri Vetemaa. In Estonian club championship was played on six boards included the women’s board.
April 8th - 16th 1998 sees the Asian Cities Team Championships in the Genting Highlands in Malaysia. The Resorts World Asian Cities Chess Championship is a team event where cities from all Asian countries are invited to participate. The winners will be given custody of the Dubai Cup until the next Asian cities event. The Dubai Chess & Culture Club is contributing US$25,000 as part of the costs for this tournament.
SS Quah sends the news and games from the Asian Cities Championships which concluded with victory for the Chinese team of Shijiazhuang ahead of Tashkent and Palembang of Indonesia. Shijiazhuang wins the Dubai Cup and US$3,000 prize money; Tashkent and Palembang were joint second and each won US$1,500. Tehran and Padang won US$250 each. The Asian women's championship conclude on Tuesday 21st.
Full internet coverage at: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Stadium/6485/ including the women's event also.
Final standings:
Shijiazhuang (China) 29
Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Palembang (Indonesia) 27.5
Tehran (Iran), Padang (Indonesia) 20
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Talesh (Iran) 19.5
Yangon (Myanmar) 19
Beirut (Lebanon), Doha (Qatar), Singapore, Mandalay (Myanmar) 18.5
Chrompet (India), Sydney (Australia), Shah Alam (Malaysia), Karachi
(Pakistan) 18
Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Auckland (New Zealand) 17.5
Johor Bahru (Malaysia) 17
Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Penang (Malaysia) 16
Pontianak (Indonesia) 15.5
Macau 11
Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) 9.5
Hong Kong (China) 1
Board prize winners:
Board 1 - G - Peng Xiaomin (Shijiazhuang) 8.0/9 88.9%
S - Mas hafizul (Kuala Lumpur) 7.5/9 83.3%
B - Mohd Al-Modiaki (Doha) 6.5/8 81.3%
Board 2 - G - Mark Chan (Singapore) 6.5/8 81.3%
S - Saidali Yuldachev (Tashkent) 7.0/9 77.8% ) two silvers
S - Zhang Zhong (Shijiazhuang) 7.0/9 77.8% )
Board 3 - G - Zaw Oo (Mandalay) 8.5/9 94.4%
S - Mihail Saltaev (Tashkent) 6.5/7 92.9%
B - Zhang Pengxiang (Shijiazhuang) 7.5/9 83.3%
Board 4 - G - Aung Thant Zin (Mandalay) 7.5/9 83.3% ) two golds
G - Zaw Win Lay (Yangon) 5.0/6 83.3% )
B - Cerdas Barus (Palembang) 6.0/8 75.0%
Board 5 - G - Denny Juswanto (Palembang) 8.5/9 94.4%
S - Vladimir Egin (Tashkent) 6.5/7 92.9%
B - Ahmad Maliki (Johor Bahru) 5.0/6 83.3%
Board 6 - G - Tariq Omran (Abu Dhabi) 4.0/4 100%
S - Sebastian Semanjuntak (Palembang) 3.5/4 87.5%
B - Tayeb Suhail (Dubai) 5.0/7 71.4%
Anjo Anjewierden sends news and the games from the Dutch Championship Semi-final playoffs. The lineup for the Dutch Championships which take place in Rotterdam in June has been finalised. The Dutch Championships semi-finals in Enschede in January produced a three way tie for two places in the finals. The playoff took place over the Easter weekend to eliminate one of these players. A single round robin event was played. The first to qualify was Sipke Ernst who drew both his games. This left Roberto Cifuentes Parada needing a draw with white against Karel Van der Wiede to qualify. However he overdid the caution and lost in 43 moves to be eliminated. The lineup in June for the final is Timman, Van Wely, Piket, Nijboer, Van der Wiel, Van der Sterren, Sosonko, Reinderman, Nikolic, Sokolov, Ernst and Van der Weide.
Round 1 (1998.04.10)
Ernst, Sipke - Cifuentes Parada, Roberto 1/2 23 D03 Queen's pawn
Round 2 (1998.04.11)
Van der Weide, Karel - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 38 C69 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Round 3 (1998.04.12)
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Van der Weide, Karel 0-1 43 A48 Queen's pawn
Enschede NED (NED), IV 1998 cat. VIII (2428)
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1 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2450 * = 1 1.5 2610
2 Ernst, Sipke NED 2300 = * = 1.0 2492
3 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2535 0 = * 0.5 2182
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Karlheinz Zoechling from Vienna reports on the the qualifying tournament for promotion to the Austrian Staatsliga A division played over the weekend 17-19. April 1998.
Final standings:
points/ team pt./ board pt./ Sonneborn
1 SK Loosdorf 9,5 4 803 15,75
2 SK Hypo Kufstein 9 3 736 13,5
3 Raika Gamlitz/Leutscha 9 3 724 13,583
4 ATSV Stein/Steyr 8,5 2 677 13
round table:
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1 SK Loosdorf = * 3 3.5 3 =
2 SK Hypo Kufstein = 3 * 3 3 =
3 Raika Gamlitz/Leutscha = 2.5 3 * 3.5 =
4 ATSV Stein/Steyr = 3 3 2.5 * =
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The tournament was a very close affair with Loosdorf (Artur Yusupov is part of their team) going through to the A league by only a half point ahead of two teams on 50 percent. Pre-tournament favorites Kufstein (GM Schlosser, GM Hort, GM Martinovic and IM Wach) were placed second only on a team points tiebreak ahead of outsiders Gamlitz. As two teams qualify to join the A league, Loosdorf and Kufstein are the qualifiers for next year's season. However this might not be the final result as there was a moment of controversy over the weekend.
Often in the final round of these events, maths ability is required almost more than chess ability. However calculations were made more complicated by an unresolved controversy in the match between Kufstein and Gamlitz on the first day.
It seemed that the Kufstein team would have to play with only four of their six players when GM Phillip Schlosser and Martin Grundherr could not make it in time for the scheduled start time. They used a mobile phone to explain they were stuck in a traffic jam. Indeed they were still not there with only five minutes to go to automatic forfeiture on time. At this point the Kufstein team and outsiders Gamlitz agreed to draw the match 3:3. They informed the arbiter of their agreement and he said it was within the rules and signed the results card with 6 draws.
Shortly afterwards the captains of Stein/Steyr and Loosdorf pointed out that there is a rule in Austrian chess that team captains can't agree to game results, only the players are allowed to (of course this is theoretical, because a team member won't refuse a draw request of his captain if he wants to be on the squad any longer). The other two captains' position was quite simple that when there is no player present to accept a draw offer, how could the games end in a draw? Stubenvoll (by the way member of the FIDE rules committee) seemed to realise his mistake as after a short discussion he decided to postpone the two missing games until 7 p.m. (official start was at 5 p.m.). If Schlosser and Grundherr were still absent then he would forfeit the games. The rule basis he gave was that the traffic jam qualifyied under the 'act of god' rule (in Austria, less pious, this rule reads 'subjects out of human control') giving him the right to postpone games. The final outcome was that Schlosser and Grundherr arrived at 6.45, played a few moves against their opponents and then agreed to the draws already filled in on the results sheet. The protest (which, when it goes through the usual stages is likely to find Stubenvoll again as member of the Austrian chess appeal court...) could result in a 4:2 victory for Gamlitz (which would mean that Gamlitz and Loosdorf qualify) when the 2 games are forfeited, or to a 2:2 (Steyr and Loosdorf in) in the worst case. So by the end of the event on Sunday it seems that only Loosdorf can be seen as definitely promoted to next year's Austrian Staatslig A division. Stein/Steyr have protested, not against the match result but against Stubenvoll's handling of the situation!
Results in detail:
1st round 17. 4. 1998
Raika Gamlitz/Leutschach 3 : 3 SK Hypo Kufstein
IM BRESTIAN Egon - 2440 0.5 : 0.5 GM SCHLOSSER Philipp - 2515
FM KWATSCHEWSKY Leo - 2230 0.5 : 0.5 GM HORT Vlastimil - 2510
BONSTINGL Georg - 2235 0.5 : 0.5 IM WACH Markus - 2410
SCHIGAN Manfred - 2290 0.5 : 0.5 GM MARTINOVIC Slobodan - 2470
IVANUSSA Bogumir - 2217 0.5 : 0.5 GRUNDHERR Martin - 2340
STEINER Bruno - 2170 0.5 : 0.5 KRANEWITTER Norbert - 2205
ATSV Stein/Steyr 3 : 3 SK Loosdorf
GM ROTSTEIN Arkadij - 2485 0 : 1 GM JUSSUPOV Artur - 2630
FM WEBER Gerold - 2360 0.5 : 0.5 FM LEHNER Oliver - 2420
FM HEIDENFELD Mark - 2320 0.5 : 0.5 IM VIDEKI Sandor - 2430
WUKITS Rene - 2250 0.5 : 0.5 BOEHSMUELLER Raimund - 2175
LENZ Alarich - 2220 1 : 0 GANAUS Hannes - 2245
WALLNER Alfred - 2215 0.5 : 0.5 RAUBAL Martin - 2235
2nd rond 18. 4. 1998
SK Hypo Kufstein 3 : 3 SK Loosdorf
GM SCHLOSSER Philipp - 2515 0.5 : 0.5 GM JUSSUPOV Artur - 2630
GM HORT Vlastimil - 2510 0.5 : 0.5 FM LEHNER Oliver - 2420
IM WACH Markus - 2410 0.5 : 0.5 IM VIDEKI Sandor - 2430
GM MARTINOVIC Slobodan - 2470 0.5 : 0.5 GANAUS Hannes - 2245
GRUNDHERR Martin - 2340 0.5 : 0.5 FM NEUMEIER Klaus - 2255
KRANEWITTER Norbert - 2205 0.5 : 0.5 WEISSENBECK Manuel - 2195
Raika Gamlitz/Leutschach 3,5 : 2,5 ATSV Stein/Steyr
IM BRESTIAN Egon - 2440 1 : 0 GM ROTSTEIN Arkadij - 2485
FM KWATSCHEWSKY Leo - 2230 0 : 1 FM WEBER Gerold - 2360
BONSTINGL Georg - 2235 0.5 : 0.5 FM HEIDENFELD Mark - 2320
SCHIGAN Manfred - 2290 1 : 0 WUKITS Rene - 2250
IVANUSSA Bogumir - 2217 0.5 : 0.5 LENZ Alarich - 2220
STEINER Bruno - 2170 0.5 : 0.5 WALLNER Alfred - 2215
3rd round 19. 4. 1998
ATSV Stein/Steyr 3 : 3 SK Hypo Kufstein
GM ROTSTEIN Arkadij - 2485 1 : 0 GM SCHLOSSER Philipp - 2515
FM WEBER Gerold - 2360 0 : 1 GM HORT Vlastimil - 2510
FM HEIDENFELD Mark - 2320 0 : 1 IM WACH Markus - 2410
WUKITS Rene - 2250 0.5 : 0.5 GM MARTINOVIC Slobodan - 2470
LENZ Alarich - 2220 0.5 : 0.5 GRUNDHERR Martin - 2340
WALLNER Alfred - 2215 1 : 0 KRANEWITTER Norbert - 2205
SK Loosdorf 3,5 : 2,5 Raika Gamlitz/Leutschach
GM JUSSUPOV Artur - 2630 1 : 0 IM BRESTIAN Egon - 2440
FM LEHNER Oliver - 2420 0.5 : 0.5 FM KWATSCHEWSKY Leo - 2230
IM VIDEKI Sandor - 2430 1 : 0 BONSTINGL Georg - 2235
FM NEUMEIER Klaus - 2255 0 : 1 SCHIGAN Manfred - 2290
WEISSENBECK Manuel - 2195 1 : 0 IVANUSSA Bogumir - 2217
RAUBAL Martin - 2235 0 : 1 STEINER Bruno - 2170
Philipp Schlosser adds to his short report on the 6th. Haering Drei-Fluesse-Open Passau 1998 of last week with fuller standings and some games.
For the last six years, SK Passau 1869 has organised the three Rivers Open - the Inn and the Ilz flow into the Donau in Passau - by the town's University. As McDonalds didn't prolong its sponsorship after three years of successful cooperation the Club's main sponsor filled the gap this year. The Haering company is one of the biggest companies in south-eastern Bavaria and has supported the Club's Bundesliga team for three years now. Though there were only 284 participants instead of 356, last year, the tournament was celebrated as a success as for the very first time the tournment it saw a German winner - GM Peter Enders from Erfurt playing for PSV Duisburg in German Bundesliga.
Final Standings after 7 rounds
Pts Buchholz
1. Enders Peter GM PSV Turm Duisburg 6.5 31.0 22.00
2. Tseitlin Mikhail GM Russland 6.0 30.5 22.50
3. Schmidt Peter IM SK Passau 1869 6.0 30.0 21.50
4. Euler Gerd FM SK Wetzlar 6.0 29.5 21.00
5. Kuczynski Robert GM SV Erfurt-West 90 5.5 34.0 25.00
6. Meduna Eduard GM Thallichtenberg 5.5 33.5 24.50
7. Schlingensiepen Chr. SK Passau 1869 5.5 33.5 24.00
8. Schmittdiel Eckhard GM SG Bochum 5.5 33.5 23.50
9. Beim Valery GM Tegernsee 5.5 33.0 24.00
10. Wells Peter K. GM SK Passau 1869 5.5 32.0 23.00
11. Gipslis Aivars GM Riga 5.5 31.5 23.00
12. Jansa Vlastimil GM SC Forchheim 5.5 31.0 21.50
13. Wach Markus IM SK Kufstein 5.5 30.0 22.00
14. Koutsin Sergey IM Ukraine 5.5 29.5 21.50
15. Mueller Matthias FM SV Erfurt-West 90 5.5 29.0 20.50
16. Sermek Drazen GM Slowenien 5.5 27.0 19.00
17. Hoennekes Klaus SK Haar 5.5 22.5 16.00
18. Schlosser Philipp GM SK Passau 1869 5.0 34.5 25.00
19. Martinovic Slobodan GM SC St. Ingbert 5.0 33.5 24.00
20. Schoene Ralf IM SK Neukoelln 5.0 32.0 23.50
21. Krivoshey Sergei IM Ukraine 5.0 32.0 22.50
22. Renner Christoph IM SV Erfurt-West 90 5.0 30.0 21.50
23. Assmann Thomas FM TV Marktheidenfeld 5.0 30.0 21.50
24. Skrivanek Jan Melnik 5.0 30.0 21.50
25. Deglmann Ludwig SC Pasing 5.0 30.0 21.00
26. Meissner B.-G. SF Karlsruhe 5.0 29.5 21.50
27. Wockenfuss Klaus IM TSV Milbertshofen 5.0 29.5 21.50
28. Hiermann Dietmar SK Passau 1869 5.0 29.0 21.00
29. Hoepfl Thomas USV Halle 5.0 28.5 20.50
30. Kuenzner Franz SK Trostberg 5.0 28.0 20.00
31. Kunz Konstantin SK Kitzingen 1905 5.0 28.0 19.50
32. Treffert Peter FM SC Lorsch 5.0 27.5 19.00
33. Schweiger Georg SK Ebersberg 5.0 26.5 19.00
34. Dunsbach Ralf SC Eschbach 5.0 26.0 19.50
35. Hamm Stefan SC Asperg 5.0 26.0 18.50
36. Michenka Jozef IM Tschechien 5.0 26.0 18.00
37. Barthel Ansgar SK Recklinghausen 5.0 25.5 18.00
....284 players
Sean Press and Milan Ninchich send the results and games from the 36th Doeberl Cup Tournament. The 204 player (a record entry) event held between 10-13 April 1998 in Canberra and was won by two players from Melbourne. Grandmaster Darryl Johansen and International Master Mikhail Gluzman both scored 6/7 with Gluzman losing a drastic game to Johansen. Gluzman won on the countback tiebreak. Gluzman is the first player since 1987 without a GM title to win the event.
Open Tournemant, 7 Round Swiss
Name rtng rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 rd6 rd7 TOT Brks
1 Gluzman, Michael....2335 +21 +16 + 5 - 2 +12 + 4 + 7 6.0 32.0
2 Johansen, Daryl.....2409 +30 +15 +19 + 1 + 3 = 7 = 6 6.0 31.5
3 Rujevic, Mirko......2112 +39 + 4 = 7 +13 - 2 +14 + 8 5.5 30.0
4 Solomon, Stephen....2462 +24 - 3 +35 +14 +19 - 1 +12 5.0 29.0
5 Champman, Mark......2153 +25 +20 - 1 +17 - 7 +28 +13 5.0 28.5
6 Wohl, Alex..........2233 -20 +46 +24 +10 +28 =12 = 2 5.0 25.5
7 Martin, Ben.........2388 +32 =14 = 3 +16 + 5 = 2 - 1 4.5 33.5
8 Canfell, Greg.......2144 +26 +22 =13 -12 +29 +19 - 3 4.5 27.0
9 Chow, Michael.......1980 =28 -29 +33 +25 =13 =22 +21 4.5 23.5
10 Weeks, Manuel.......1999 =29 =28 +40 - 6 =20 +37 +22 4.5 22.5
11 Saw, Geoff..........1952 =46 +34 -12 =22 +26 +15 =14 4.5 22.5
12 Morrison, Chris.....2200 =34 +18 +11 + 8 - 1 = 6 - 4 4.0 31.5
13 Davidovic, Alex.....2349 +35 +38 = 8 - 3 = 9 +17 - 5 4.0 28.5
14 Lovejoy, David......2012 +40 = 7 +29 - 4 +30 - 3 =11 4.0 27.5
15 Kagan, Michael......2053 +33 - 2 +21 -28 +37 -11 +30 4.0 25.5
16 Piscopo, Sam........2008 +41 - 1 +20 - 7 =21 =27 +28 4.0 25.5
17 Viner, Phil.........1962 +45 -19 +18 - 5 +31 -13 +32 4.0 25.0
18 Charles, Gareth.....1622 +36 -12 -17 -21 +39 +35 +38 4.0 21.0
19 Curtis, John........2207 +37 +17 - 2 +31 - 4 - 8 =27 3.5 28.5
20 Broekhuisse, Paul...1855 + 6 - 5 -16 +24 =10 =30 =23 3.5 28.5
21 Low, Sam............1863 - 1 +41 -15 +18 =16 +29 - 9 3.5 27.0
22 Tian, Kuan-Kuan.....1749 +44 - 8 =23 =11 +35 = 9 -10 3.5 25.0
23 Jones, Brian........1997 +31 -43 =22 -37 =25 +34 =20 3.5 23.0
24 Tredinnick, Malcolm.1925 - 4 +39 - 6 -20 +41 =26 +36 3.5 23.0
25 Rout, Ian...........1824 - 5 +44 =38 - 9 =23 =36 +37 3.5 21.5
26 Stawski, Nick.......1823 - 8 -36 +44 +32 -11 =24 +34 3.5 21.5
27 Wright, Ian.........1859 -43 -31 +42 =41 +33 =16 =19 3.5 21.0
28 Zhao, Zong-Yuan.....1642 = 9 =10 +34 +15 - 6 - 5 -16 3.0 29.5
29 Flitney, Adrian.....1747 =10 + 9 -14 +36 - 8 -21 =35 3.0 26.0
30 Chambers, Matthew...1884 - 2 =33 +45 +38 -14 =20 -15 3.0 25.5
31 Switzer, Tim........1725 -23 +27 +36 -19 -17 -32 +44 3.0 21.0
32 Safarian, Alex......1878 - 7 -40 +39 -26 +42 +31 -17 3.0 20.5
33 Mack, John..........1800 -15 =30 - 9 +46 -27 =44 +39 3.0 19.0
34 Moylan, Laura.......1828 =12 -11 -28 +45 +38 -23 -26 2.5 23.5
35 Szuveges, Grant.....1864 -13 +42 - 4 +40 -22 -18 =29 2.5 23.0
36 Reeves, Tristan.....1971 -18 +26 -31 -29 +40 =25 -24 2.5 22.5
37 Walsh, Michael......1842 -19 =45 +46 +23 -15 -10 -25 2.5 22.5
38 Uzel, Ali...........2010 +42 -13 =25 -30 -34 +41 -18 2.5 20.0
39 Ingram, Ben.........1808 - 3 -24 -32 +44 -18 +46 -33 2.0 21.0
40 Tsagarakis, Angelo..1786 -14 +32 -10 -35 -36 =42 =41 2.0 19.5
41 Coutts, Tama........1751 -16 -21 B-- =27 -24 -38 =40 2.0 19.0
42 Zdravkovic, Miodrag.1756 -38 -35 -27 B-- -32 =40 =46 2.0 14.5
43 Wallace, John-Paul..2255 +27 +23 --- --- --- --- --- 2.0 7.0
44 Tan, Peter..........2000 -22 -25 -26 -39 B-- =33 -31 1.5 18.5
45 Dibley, Shane.......1604 -17 =37 -30 -34 +46 --- --- 1.5 13.0
46 Szuveges, Narelle...1554 =11 - 6 -37 -33 -45 -39 =42 1.0 21.0
Major (58 players):
1= I.Pitt, A.Bliznyuk 6/7
3= Falchoni, Mazzieri 5.5 5=
Ali, R. Lopis, Tan 5
Minor (100 players)
1= C.Lane, A.Krawcheni, C.Cowling 6/7
The lightning (66 player) was won by G. Canfell.
Laszlo Nagy reports on his First Saturday April tournaments which started on April 4th ran until April 16th. The events took place in the Hungarian Chess Federation tournament halls. There were two main events, a category VII GM event (Average rating 2412, GM-norm 9.5 points, IM-norm 7.5 points) and a category II IM event. In addition there was a Scheveningen system event whose primary purpose is to allow players the chance to get an ELO rating. GM Alex Sherzer won the GM event with 9/13 a point clear of IM Lubomir Mikhaletz and FM Peter Acs. The real star performance was in the IM event where Imre Hera Jr, an 11.5 year old boy won with 9.5/13 and scored his first IM norm.
First Saturday April GM Tournament
Round 10 (1998.04.13)
Mikhaletz, Lubomir - Acs, Peter 1-0 82 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Csom, Istvan - Schebler, Gerhard 1/2 42 A06 Reti (1.Nf3)
Fogarasi, Tibor - Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael 1-0 38 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Naiditsch, Arkadjis - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 1-0 42 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Estrada Nieto, Julian - Ruck, Robert 1/2 47 B51 Sicilian
Cladouras, Panagiotis - Glek, Igor V 1/2 69 B30 Sicilian
Hoang Thang Trang - Sherzer, Alex 1/2 31 D13 Slav defence
Round 11 (1998.04.14)
Sherzer, Alex - Fogarasi, Tibor 1-0 59 B81 Sicilian
Acs, Peter - Hoang Thang Trang 1-0 63 C06 French; Tarrasch
Ruck, Robert - Csom, Istvan 1/2 7 D73 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Schebler, Gerhard - Mikhaletz, Lubomir 0-1 48 A41 Queen's pawn
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Estrada Nieto, Julian 0-1 38 A14 English; 1.c4
Glek, Igor V - Naiditsch, Arkadjis 1/2 11 C42 Petroff defence
Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael - Cladouras, Panagiotis 1/2 31 C99 Ruy Lopez
Round 12 (1998.04.15)
Sherzer, Alex - Acs, Peter 0-1 32 C96 Ruy Lopez
Mikhaletz, Lubomir - Ruck, Robert 0-1 53 B81 Sicilian
Csom, Istvan - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 1/2 15 E15 Nimzo indian
Fogarasi, Tibor - Cladouras, Panagiotis 1/2 19 A13 English; 1.c4
Naiditsch, Arkadjis - Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael 1-0 39 B31 Sicilian
Estrada Nieto, Julian - Glek, Igor V 1/2 15 C92 Ruy Lopez
Hoang Thang Trang - Schebler, Gerhard 1/2 36 E73 Kings indian
Round 13 (1998.04.16)
Acs, Peter - Fogarasi, Tibor 1/2 42 B44 Sicilian
Ruck, Robert - Hoang Thang Trang 1/2 22 A87 Dutch defence
Schebler, Gerhard - Sherzer, Alex 1/2 44 A11 English; 1.c4
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Mikhaletz, Lubomir 1/2 19 B07 Pirc
Glek, Igor V - Csom, Istvan 1/2 12 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Cladouras, Panagiotis - Naiditsch, Arkadjis 0-1 35 C11 French; Classical
Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael - Estrada Nieto, Julian 1/2 12 C18 French; Winawer
Budapest HUN (HUN), IV 1998 cat. VII (2412)
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1 Sherzer, Alex g USA 2490 * 1 0 1 1 1 0 = = 1 1 1 = = 9.0 2547
2 Mikhaletz, Lubomir m UKR 2435 0 * 1 = 0 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 = 8.0 2497
3 Acs, Peter f HUN 2450 1 0 * = 0 = = 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2496
4 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2460 0 = = * = = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 7.5 2465
5 Ruck, Robert m HUN 2450 0 1 1 = * 1 = 0 1 0 = 0 = 1 7.0 2438
6 Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2440 0 0 = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 7.0 2439
7 Naiditsch, Arkadjis f GER 2255 1 = = 0 = 0 * 0 1 = = 1 0 1 6.5 2424
8 Schebler, Gerhard m GER 2450 = 0 0 = 1 = 1 * = 0 1 1 = 0 6.5 2409
9 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2390 = = 1 = 0 0 0 = * 1 0 = 1 1 6.5 2413
10 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2565 0 = 0 = 1 0 = 1 0 * = = 1 1 6.5 2400
11 Estrada Nieto, Julian m MEX 2395 0 = = = = = = 0 1 = * 0 = = 5.5 2356
12 Cladouras, Panagiotis m GER 2355 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 = = 1 * 1 = 5.0 2329
13 Hoang Thang Trang m VIE 2350 = 0 0 = = = 1 = 0 0 = 0 * = 4.5 2306
14 Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael f ESP 2285 = = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = = = * 3.5 2246
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First Saturday April IM Tournament
Round 10 (1998.04.13)
Hera, Imre jr - Karatorossian, David 1/2 0
Gara, Anita - Mensch, Etienne 1-0 48 B36 Sicilian
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Senff, Martin 1/2 30 A48 Queen's pawn
Kahn, Evarth - Belotelov, Dmitri 1-0 0
Breier, Andreas - Cooke, Eric 1-0 27 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Murzin, Lenar - Mork, Kjell-Arne 1/2 13 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Hagesaether, Halvard - Dudas, Janos 1-0 40 C10 French
Round 11 (1998.04.14)
Senff, Martin - Breier, Andreas 1-0 66 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Mork, Kjell-Arne - Hagesaether, Halvard 1/2 14 B25 Sicilian; Closed
Karatorossian, David - Eperjesi, Laszlo 1/2 12 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Dudas, Janos - Hera, Imre jr 0-1 25 A00 Irregular
Mensch, Etienne - Murzin, Lenar 1-0 28 E26 Nimzo indian
Cooke, Eric - Kahn, Evarth 0-1 25 B77 Sicilian; Dragon
Belotelov, Dmitri - Gara, Anita 0-1 57 E61 Kings indian
Round 12 (1998.04.15)
Gara, Anita - Cooke, Eric 1-0 31 C18 French; Winawer
Mork, Kjell-Arne - Mensch, Etienne 1/2 61 C41 Philidor defence
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Dudas, Janos 1/2 12 D36 Queen's gambit
Kahn, Evarth - Senff, Martin 1/2 41 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Breier, Andreas - Karatorossian, David 1/2 77 E62 Kings indian
Murzin, Lenar - Belotelov, Dmitri 1/2 8 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Hagesaether, Halvard - Hera, Imre jr 0-1 49 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Round 13 (1998.04.16)
Hera, Imre jr - Eperjesi, Laszlo 1-0 35 B12 Caro-Kann
Senff, Martin - Gara, Anita 0-1 42 B56 Sicilian
Karatorossian, David - Kahn, Evarth 1/2 10 D13 Slav defence
Dudas, Janos - Breier, Andreas 1/2 11 D14 Slav defence
Mensch, Etienne - Hagesaether, Halvard 0-1 33 A50 Benoni
Cooke, Eric - Murzin, Lenar 1/2 7 C42 Petroff defence
Belotelov, Dmitri - Mork, Kjell-Arne 1/2 7 E61 Kings indian
Budapest HUN (HUN), IV 1998 cat. II (2299)
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1 Hera, Imre jr HUN 2245 * 1 1 0 1 = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2478
2 Gara, Anita wm HUN 2285 0 * 1 0 0 = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2410
3 Senff, Martin GER 2430 0 0 * 1 = = 1 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2375
4 Mork, Kjell-Arne NOR 2305 1 1 0 * = 1 1 = 0 = = = = = 7.5 2355
5 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2365 0 1 = = * = 0 = = = = 1 1 1 7.5 2350
6 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2330 = = = 0 = * = = = = 1 0 1 1 7.0 2325
7 Breier, Andreas GER 2195 1 0 0 0 1 = * = = = 1 0 1 = 6.5 2306
8 Murzin, Lenar f RUS 2240 = 0 1 = = = = * 1 = 0 0 = = 6.0 2274
9 Karatorossian, David ARM 2375 = = 0 1 = = = 0 * = 0 1 = = 6.0 2264
10 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2405 0 = = = = = = = = * 0 = 1 = 6.0 2261
11 Hagesaether, Halvard NOR 2215 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 1 1 * 1 0 1 6.0 2276
12 Mensch, Etienne FRA 2225 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 1 0 = 0 * 0 1 5.0 2217
13 Cooke, Eric USA 2265 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = = 0 1 1 * 0 4.0 2160
14 Belotelov, Dmitri RUS 2305 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = 0 0 1 * 3.5 2123
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Top seeds Pablo Ricardi and Hugo Spangenberg are the early leaders after 4 rounds in the 71st Championships of Argentina a Category 9 all play all event which started on April 15th in Buenos Aires.
Daily internet coverage by Adrian Rolden and Ruben Casafus at Ajedrez Argentino, address: http://www.adrian-roldan.com 15th April - May 1st 1998.
Round 1 (1998.04.15)
Ricardi, Pablo - Spangenberg, Hugo 1/2 14 D20 QGA;
Malbran, Guillermo - Seminara, Juan Pablo 1/2 20 B50 Sicilian
Sorokin, Maxim - Ginzburg, Maximiliano 1/2 24 A09 Reti (1.Nf3)
Giaccio, Alfredo - Soppe, Guillermo 1-0 41 C64 Ruy Lopez
Slipak, Sergio - Hoffman, Alejandro 1/2 55 A65 Modern Benoni
Alonso, Salvador - Zarnicki, Pablo 1/2 34 B66 Sicilian
Szmetan, Jorge - Gomez Baillo, Jorge H 0-1 76 D28 QGA;
Dolezal, Cristian - Fiorito, Fabian 0-1 31 B20 Sicilian
Round 2 (1998.04.16)
Ricardi, Pablo - Alonso, Salvador 1-0 53 A16 English; 1.c4
Spangenberg, Hugo - Ginzburg, Maximiliano 1-0 45 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Hoffman, Alejandro - Giaccio, Alfredo 1/2 58 D02 Queen's pawn
Fiorito, Fabian - Szmetan, Jorge 1/2 44 C24 1.e4 e5
Zarnicki, Pablo - Slipak, Sergio 1/2 37 C49 Four knights
Soppe, Guillermo - Dolezal, Cristian 1-0 28 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Gomez Baillo, Jorge H - Malbran, Guillermo 0-1 63 B15 Caro-Kann
Seminara, Juan Pablo - Sorokin, Maxim 0-1 34 C60 Ruy Lopez
Round 3 (1998.04.17)
Malbran, Guillermo - Fiorito, Fabian 1/2 54 B51 Sicilian
Sorokin, Maxim - Gomez Baillo, Jorge H 1/2 22 D27 QGA;
Giaccio, Alfredo - Zarnicki, Pablo 1/2 21 C42 Petroff defence
Slipak, Sergio - Ricardi, Pablo 1/2 38 D38 Queen's gambit
Alonso, Salvador - Spangenberg, Hugo 1/2 18 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Ginzburg, Maximiliano - Seminara, Juan Pablo 1/2 45 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Szmetan, Jorge - Soppe, Guillermo 0-1 35 D16 Slav defence
Dolezal, Cristian - Hoffman, Alejandro 0-1 47 B73 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 4 (1998.04.19)
Ricardi, Pablo - Giaccio, Alfredo 1-0 52 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Spangenberg, Hugo - Seminara, Juan Pablo 1-0 22 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Hoffman, Alejandro - Szmetan, Jorge 1-0 30 B07 Pirc
Fiorito, Fabian - Sorokin, Maxim 1/2 11 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Zarnicki, Pablo - Dolezal, Cristian 1-0 42 B40 Sicilian
Soppe, Guillermo - Malbran, Guillermo 1/2 26 A57 Benko gambit
Gomez Baillo, Jorge H - Ginzburg, Maximiliano 1/2 21 C47 Four knights
Alonso, Salvador - Slipak, Sergio 1/2 78 B19 Caro-Kann
Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), IV-V 1998 cat. IX (2453)
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1 Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2566 * = . . . . . . 1 = . 1 . . . . 3.0 2665
2 Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2530 = * . . . . . . . . . = 1 1 . . 3.0 2629
3 Hoffman, Alejandro m ARG 2510 . . * . . . . . = = . . . . 1 1 3.0 2615
4 Malbran, Guillermo f ARG 2355 . . . * . = . = . . 1 . . = . . 2.5 2512
5 Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2555 . . . . * = . . . . = . = 1 . . 2.5 2516
6 Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2455 . . . = = * . . . . . . . . = 1 2.5 2502
7 Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2515 . . . . . . * . = = . = . . . 1 2.5 2510
8 Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2455 . . . = . . . * 0 . . . . . 1 1 2.5 2478
9 Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2460 0 . = . . . = 1 * . . . . . . . 2.0 2511
10 Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2510 = . = . . . = . . * . = . . . . 2.0 2495
11 Gomez Baillo, Jorge H m ARG 2440 . . . 0 = . . . . . * . = . 1 . 2.0 2450
12 Alonso, Salvador ARG 2390 0 = . . . . = . . = . * . . . . 1.5 2443
13 Ginzburg, Maximiliano m ARG 2470 . 0 . . = . . . . . = . * = . . 1.5 2374
14 Seminara, Juan Pablo ARG 2320 . 0 . = 0 . . . . . . . = * . . 1.0 2284
15 Szmetan, Jorge m ARG 2420 . . 0 . . = . 0 . . 0 . . . * . 0.5 2143
16 Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2300 . . 0 . . 0 0 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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