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1) Introduction
2) Dortmund International Chess Tournament
3) Keres Memorial 1998
4) The Broekhuis Dutch Championships
5) The World Open
6) Cup Russia. Perm
7) 2nd CHESS FESTIVAL "VORONEZH-98"
8) KS tournament, Copenhagen
9) "White Nights" tournament. St Petersburg.
10) First Saturday, July
11) Norwegian Championships
12) Swedish Chess Championships
13) Newport International 6-10 July
14) Gold Coast Open
15) Scottish Championships
16) London Chess Center TWIC offers
Games section
Dortmund International 25 games Keres Mem 20 games Dutch Championships 24 games World Open 205 games Voronezh Open 125 games KS Open Copehagen 44 games White Nights 45 games White Nights Open 245 games FSIM A July 12 games FSIM B July 7 games FSELO July 6 games Norwegian Championships 22 games Gold Coast Open 7 games ch-SCO 14 games
My thanks Bob Wade, Mart Tarmak, TASC, Gary Bekker, World Open www site, Konstantin Kodinets of Chess Assistant, Dmitri Borissenkov, Shahcom, Laszlo Nagy, John Henderson and all those who helped with this issue.
Another week of interesting chess. From the British point of view the victory of Short in Estonia and Adams 1st= in Dortmund bodes well for the Olympiad later in the year. Anand's relative failure in Dortmund is probably a blip after a year of success. Shirov's dismall showing is a little more worrying, although his thoughts will already be on the Kasparov match and perhaps shouldn't be taken that seriously. Such indifferent or poor showings prior to a match are in fact quite common.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting '98 finished on July 5th with a three way tie for first between Vladimir Kramnik, Michael Adams and Peter Svidler. Kramnik took the title on a tie-break. In a low key event with many draws Kramnik and Adams won three without loss. Svidler caught them in the final round with a win in a Marshall against Leko. The event was a disappointment for Anand (for whom it may be the first tournament he has failed to win since this event last year) he did not win a game and lost one to Michael Adams. Even more so for Alexei Shirov, his mind may be on playing Kasparov later in the year but his four losses and no wins was a dreadful result. He had several promising positions but wrecked them with some terrible blunders.
There was additional coverage at:
http://teleschach.com/berichte/dortmd98.html
Round 5 (1998.07.01)
Adams, Michael - Svidler, Peter 1/2 27 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Leko, Peter 1/2 21 D90 Gruenfeld indian
Jussupow, Artur - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 21 E49 Nimzo indian
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 31 E04 Nimzo indian
Shirov, Alexei - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 64 E46 Nimzo indian
Round 6 (1998.07.02)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 37 D58 QGD;
Svidler, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 41 C67 Ruy Lopez
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 30 B12 Caro-Kann
Almasi, Zoltan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 20 B80 Sicilian
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Adams, Michael 0-1 40 A32 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 7 (1998.07.03)
Adams, Michael - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 57 B26 Sicilian; Closed
Leko, Peter - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 41 C92 Ruy Lopez
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 17 C42 Petroff defence
Jussupow, Artur - Svidler, Peter 1/2 18 D87 Gruenfeld indian
Shirov, Alexei - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 47 C95 Ruy Lopez
Round 8 (1998.07.04)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 52 A57 Benko gambit
Adams, Michael - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 33 C42 Petroff defence
Svidler, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 33 C92 Ruy Lopez
Anand, Viswanathan - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 30 E12 Nimzo indian
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Jussupow, Artur 0-1 45 D37 Queen's gambit
Round 9 (1998.07.05)
Leko, Peter - Svidler, Peter 0-1 35 C89 Ruy Lopez
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 25 C59 Two knights
Jussupow, Artur - Adams, Michael 1/2 28 E14 Nimzo indian
Almasi, Zoltan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 23 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 45 B18 Caro-Kann
Dortmund GER (GER), VI-VII 1998 cat. XVIII (2699)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 * = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2813
2 Adams, Michael g ENG 2670 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 2827
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 0 = * 1 1 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2825
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2670 = = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 5.0 2745
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 = = 0 = * = = = = 1 4.5 2694
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 = 0 = = = * = = = = 4.0 2648
7 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2630 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 = 4.0 2663
8 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2630 = 0 0 = = = = * 1 = 4.0 2663
9 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2690 = 0 = = = = 0 0 * = 3.0 2575
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 0 = 0 0 0 = = = = * 2.5 2531
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Tallinn and Parnu are the venues for the 1998 Keres Memorial reports Mart Tarmak. Nigel Short scored a convincing victory in the A event scoring 7/9 and finishing two points clear of Adianto and Khalifman. This was a fine result which could have been even better as he probably missed chances to win at least two more games.
After the event he talked about his final round game against Andersson to Malcolm Pein in London. Short played 1.d4 as a surprise against Andersson, but the Swede did not play his normal 2. ...e6 but instead played 2. ...c6. Short, playing confidently (as you have to do even when things aren't going to plan) continued by offering a real fight with the Botvinnik Defence. This was declined and Ulf chose 6. ...Qa5, Short again chose the critical continuation with 7.cxd5 and after Ulf again didn't play the critical continuation Short found himself three tempi up in a Queens Gambit with a near winning position.
My thanks to Mart Tarmak for the games from the event.
Round 6 (1998.06.26)
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Oll, Lembit 1/2 20 D35 Queen's gambit
Yermolinsky, Alex - Short, Nigel D 1/2 71 D58 QGD;
Lautier, Joel - Adianto, Utut 1/2 38 E11 Bogo indian
Andersson, Ulf - Seeman, Tarvo 1-0 48 B07 Pirc
Ehlvest, Jaan - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 17 B57 Sicilian
Round 7 (1998.06.27)
Short, Nigel D - Ehlvest, Jaan 1-0 66 B13 Caro-Kann
Adianto, Utut - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 47 D77 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Khalifman, Alexander - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 30 D43 Semi-Slav
Oll, Lembit - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 19 C09 French; Tarrasch
Seeman, Tarvo - Lautier, Joel 1/2 35 B51 Sicilian
Round 8 (1998.06.28)
Adianto, Utut - Seeman, Tarvo 1-0 39 E69 Kings indian
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Short, Nigel D 1/2 50 D58 QGD;
Yermolinsky, Alex - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 71 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Lautier, Joel - Oll, Lembit 1-0 43 D36 Queen's gambit
Andersson, Ulf - Khalifman, Alexander 1/2 10 E14 Nimzo indian
Round 9 (1998.06.29)
Short, Nigel D - Andersson, Ulf 1-0 43 D52 QGD; Cambridge Springs
Khalifman, Alexander - Lautier, Joel 1/2 23 B44 Sicilian
Oll, Lembit - Adianto, Utut 1/2 25 B14 Caro-Kann
Ehlvest, Jaan - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2
Seeman, Tarvo - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 31 B86 Sicilian
Tallin / Parnu EST (EST), VI 1998 cat. XV (2617)
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1 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2660 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2831
2 Adianto, Utut g INA 2615 = * = = = = = = = 1 5.0 2659
3 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2660 = = * = = = = = = 1 5.0 2654
4 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2600 = = = * = = = = = 1 5.0 2661
5 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2660 = = = = * = = = = = 4.5 2611
6 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 0 = = = = * = 1 = = 4.5 2613
7 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2635 0 = = = = = * = = 1 4.5 2614
8 Oll, Lembit g EST 2645 0 = = = = 0 = * 1 = 4.0 2570
9 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 0 = = = = = = 0 * 1 4.0 2574
10 Seeman, Tarvo EST 2435 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1.5 2363
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The Broekhuis Dutch Championships are taking place in Rotterdam in the Netherlands 20 June-3rd July 1998. The new sponsors mean that the Championships have all the top Dutch players. The last two years have seen a tie for first place. This year Ivan Sokolov won the event alone with 9/11 drawing against his four closest rivals and then beating all the other players in the field. His agressive style won him the tournament by a clear point from Jan Timman.
Coverage by TASC at http://www.nkschaken.nl/
Round 8 (1998.06.30)
Sokolov, Ivan - Van der Sterren, Paul 1-0 39 D53 QGD;
Timman, Jan H - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 48 D93 Gruenfeld indian
Piket, Jeroen - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 27 A17 English; 1.c4
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Sosonko, Gennadi 1-0 25 B89 Sicilian
Ernst, Sipke - Van der Weide, Karel 1-0 46 E65 Kings indian
Reinderman, Dimitri - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 78 B34 Sicilian
Round 9 (1998.07.01)
Nikolic, Predrag - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 43 A64 Modern Benoni
Van Wely, Loek - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1-0 24 E32 Nimzo indian
Nijboer, Friso - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 40 C67 Ruy Lopez
Sosonko, Gennadi - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 27 D15 Slav defence
Van der Sterren, Paul - Timman, Jan H 0-1 42 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Van der Weide, Karel - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 59 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Round 10 (1998.07.02)
Sokolov, Ivan - Sosonko, Gennadi 1-0 42 D38 Queen's gambit
Timman, Jan H - Van der Weide, Karel 1-0 54 A48 Queen's pawn
Nikolic, Predrag - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 38 D76 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Piket, Jeroen - Van der Sterren, Paul 1-0 26 D27 QGA;
Ernst, Sipke - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 52 A13 English; 1.c4
Reinderman, Dimitri - Van der Wiel, John T.H 1/2 17 B53 Sicilian
Round 11 (1998.07.03)
Van Wely, Loek - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 48 D17 Slav defence
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Ernst, Sipke 1-0 45 C45 Scottish
Nijboer, Friso - Reinderman, Dimitri 0-1 52 B43 Sicilian
Sosonko, Gennadi - Timman, Jan H 0-1 40 D02 Queen's pawn
Van der Sterren, Paul - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 35 E41 Nimzo indian
Van der Weide, Karel - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 24 B06 Modern defence
Rotterdam NED (NED), VI-VII 1998 cat. XII (2540)
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1 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2625 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2794
2 Timman, Jan H g NED 2635 = * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2706
3 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 = = * 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2664
4 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 = 1 0 * = 1 0 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2636
5 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 = = 1 = * = 0 = = 1 1 0 6.0 2572
6 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2525 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 = = = 5.0 2505
7 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2580 0 0 0 1 1 = * = 1 = 0 0 4.5 2471
8 Sosonko, Gennadi g NED 2520 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2476
9 Ernst, Sipke NED 2300 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * = 1 1 4.0 2459
10 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2550 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = * 0 1 3.5 2406
11 Reinderman, Dimitri m NED 2480 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 * 0 3.5 2412
12 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2450 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 0 0 1 * 3.5 2415
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The 26th annual World Open ran 27th June - 5th July in Philadelphia . Alexander Goldin scored a fine victory in the tournament scoring 8.5/9. He only drew against Ilia Smirin, beating Kaidanov, Shabalov and Wojtkiewicz amongst others. In clear second was Ilia Smirin a half a point clear of the main pack on 7 points.
Official site with interviews, full standings and more games at:
http://www.worldopen.com
Philadelphia USA (USA), VI-VII 1998 1 Goldin, Alexander g RUS 2590 8.5 2 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2590 7.5 3 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander g POL 2535 7.0 4 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2590 7.0 5 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2575 7.0 6 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2595 7.0 7 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2540 7.0 8 Stripunsky, Alexander m UKR 2475 7.0 9 Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2525 7.0 10 Kaidanov, Grigory S g USA 2620 6.5 11 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2660 6.5 12 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2560 6.5 13 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2645 6.5 14 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2495 6.5 15 Kreiman, Boris m USA 2445 6.5 16 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2500 6.5 17 Young, Angelo PHI 2395 6.5 18 Delaune, Richard K m USA 2365 6.5 19 Belakovskaia, Anjelina wg USA 2385 6.5 20 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2615 6.0 21 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2585 6.0 22 Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2565 6.0 23 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2545 6.0 24 Blocker, Calvin m USA 2380 6.0 25 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2465 6.0 26 Bonin, Jay R m USA 2390 6.0 27 Lein, Anatoly g USA 2465 6.0 28 Perelshteyn, Eugene f USA 2375 6.0 29 Byrne, Robert E g USA 2440 6.0 30 Ardaman, Miles f USA 2350 6.0 31 Edelman, Daniel m USA 2370 6.0 32 Ariel, Donny USA 2290 6.0 33 Watson, John L m USA 2370 6.0 34 Shahade, Gregory f USA 2320 6.0 35 Morrison, William USA 2390 6.0 36 MacIntyre, Paul USA 2285 6.0 37 Fang, Joseph f USA 2320 6.0 38 Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2265 6.0 39 Sherzer, Alex g USA 2490 5.5 40 Shaked, Tal g USA 2535 5.5 41 Ziatdinov, Raset m UZB 2515 5.5 42 Lapshun, Yury f USA 2350 5.5 43 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2400 5.5 44 Van de Mortel, Jan f NED 2335 5.5 45 Kobese, Watu m RSA 2330 5.5 46 Krush, Irina USA 2260 5.5 47 Bauer, Richard N USA 2275 5.5 48 Karklins, Andrew f USA 2350 5.5 49 Rubenchik, Rodion USA 2285 5.5 50 Dandridge, Marvin USA 2205 5.5 51 Furdzik, Rafal POL 2245 5.5 52 Figler, Ilye USA ---- 5.5 53 Nagle, Sean USA 2145 5.5 54 Ruiz, Mauricio USA 2185 5.5 55 Ruiz Gonzalez, Guillermo f MEX 2280 5.5 56 Yakobashvili, Rola USA 2200 5.5 57 Shahade, Jennifer USA 2130 5.5 221 entries
Konstantin Kodinets of Chess Assistant ( http://www.chessassistant.com/ ) sends the results of the 5th stage of the Cup Russia competition in Perm, 23-31.05.98. There were 20 GMs and 12 IMs in the field of 81 players. Alexander Morozevich, continuing his good current form won the event alone with 7/9.
1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2590 7 2. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2505 6.5 3. Fominyh, Alexander g RUS 2530 6.5 4. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2570 6.5 5. Dvoirys, Semen I. g RUS 2585 6.5 6. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2600 6.5 7. Kiriakov, Petr m RUS 2495 6.5 8. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2535 6.0 9. Iskusnyh, Sergei m RUS 2455 6.0 10. Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2555 6.0 11. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2575 6.0 12. Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2505 6.0 13. Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2535 6.0 14. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2550 5.5 15. Temirbaev RUS 5.5 * 16. Karpeshov, O RUS 2420 5.5 17. Bykov, Valery RUS 2300 5.5 18. Kholmov, Ratmir D g RUS 2475 5.5 19. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2545 5.5 20. Vokarev, Sergey m RUS 2485 5.5 21. Shurygin, Sergey RUS 2305 5.5 22. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav m RUS 2550 5.5 23. Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2555 5.5 24. Kukharev, Nikolay RUS 2295 5.5 * 25. Kalin, Viktor L. RUS 2355 5.5 26. Skatchkov, Alexander RUS 2315 5.5 * Not clear if Temirbaev has a rating. Kukharev is the only name I can find close to Chuharev who may be unrated.
12th - 20th June saw the 2nd Chess Festival in Voronezh. Igor Lutsko and Alexander Lukovnikov both finished on 7/9 ahead of players such as Alexander Lastin and ELO favourite Suat Atalik. Games and results from Dmitri Borissenkov. Results are not given in tie-break order.
1 Lutsko,Igor 2410 IM BLR 7
Lukovnikov,Alexander 2295 NM * RUS 7
3 Lastin,Alexander 2535 GM RUS 6.5
Chernyshov,Konstantin 2485 IM RUS 6.5
Kalugin,Sergey 2470 IM RUS 6.5
Ulko,Jaroslav 2420 IM RUS 6.5
Koziak,Vitali 2415 IM UKR 6.5
Sergienko,Sergey 2405 IM RUS 6.5
Czerwonski,Aleksander 2380 IM POL 6.5
Kostin,Alexey 2355 RUS 6.5
11 Belikov,Vladimir 2520 IM RUS 6
Terentiev,Vitaly G 2410 NM * RUS 6
Kekov,Alexander 2320 RUS 6
Manelis,Vladimir 2235 RUS 6
15 Atalik,Suat 2595 GM TUR 5.5
Sotnikov,Igor 2455 IM RUS 5.5
Dmitriev,Igor 2405 IM RUS 5.5
Feoktistov,Alexey 2395 RUS 5.5
Goryachkin,Vyacheslav 2375 UKR 5.5
Rodin,Dmitrij 2260 RUS 5.5
Gulkov,Igor 2230 RUS 5.5
Safaev,Alexander 2200 RUS 5.5
Filippov,Vladimir 0 RUS 5.5
Provkin,Vladimir 0 RUS 5.5
25 Shestoperov,Aleksej 2415 IM RUS 5
Pogorelov,Ruslan 2465 IM UKR 5
Panchenko,Alexandar G 2445 IM UKR 5
Shurygin,Sergey 2305 RUS 5
Shipunov,Vladimir 2230 RUS 5
Koshil,Tikhon 2190 NM * RUS 5
Korobov,Anton 2165 UKR 5
Grishchenko,Vladimir 0 RUS 5
Korovin,Viktor 0 RUS 5
Lukjanenko,Alexander 0 RUS 5
35 Abashev,Denis 2365 RUS 4.5
Kislov,Sergey 2360 FM RUS 4.5
Chuprikov,Dmitry 2355 RUS 4.5
Kopjonkin,Gennady 2335 IM RUS 4.5
Kravets,Ivan 2330 UKR 4.5
Kozlova,Olga 2255 RUS 4.5
Anokhine,Alexey 2215 RUS 4.5
Kazmin,Alexander 2205 RUS 4.5
Shestoperova,Aleksandra 2175 WFM RUS 4.5
Malashenko,Alyona 2150 RUS 4.5
Minakova,Olga 2020 RUS 4.5
Axionov,Dmitry 0 RUS 4.5
Dorokhin,Mikhail 0 RUS 4.5
Igla,Bella 0 RUS 4.5
Kopytin,Vladimir 0 RUS 4.5
Kuznetsov,Viktor 0 RUS 4.5
81 players
There was a GM open in Copenhagen, Denmark June 21st- July 1st at the Grundtvigskolen, Hovmestervej 19, 2400 Copenhagen NV. Jonny Hector and Darius Zagorskis finished first equal on 7.5/10 ahead of Ole Jakobsen on 7/10.
Daily coverage at: http://www.danbbs.dk/~kbhskak/sommersk.htm
Copenhagen DEN (DEN), VI-VII 1998
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1 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 +17 =20 + 8 =14 + 2 + 7 - 3 + 5 = 4 +10 7.5 2636
2 Zagorskis, Darius m LTU 2515 =11 +26 +21 = 7 - 1 +20 +16 + 3 + 8 = 4 7.5 2586
3 Jakobsen, Ole m DEN 2345 +28 =18 = 5 + 8 = 7 +10 + 1 - 2 +17 = 6 7.0 2552
4 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2525 +16 -13 =20 - 6 +25 +11 +15 +10 = 1 = 2 6.5 2496
5 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2480 +19 =15 = 3 =13 =20 + 9 + 7 - 1 - 6 +17 6.0 2446
6 Schneider, Stefan SWE 2305 -14 +24 =22 + 4 =11 = 8 -10 +27 + 5 = 3 6.0 2446
7 Grabliauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2465 +27 + 9 +13 = 2 = 3 - 1 - 5 -17 +24 +14 6.0 2462
8 Antonsen, Mikkel m DEN 2405 +24 +14 - 1 - 3 +26 = 6 =13 +16 - 2 +15 6.0 2450
9 Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove m DEN 2395 +23 - 7 =26 =11 +27 - 5 +19 =14 =15 =13 5.5 2387
10 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2510 -26 +30 +19 =15 +13 - 3 + 6 - 4 +12 - 1 5.5 2373
11 Maki-Uuro, Miikka f FIN 2315 = 2 -21 +30 = 9 = 6 - 4 -24 +28 +26 +20 5.5 2361
12 Bekker-Jensen, David DEN 2200 -13 -16 +23 =29 =17 +30 +20 =15 -10 +24 5.5 2334
13 Lyrberg, Patrik m SWE 2430 +12 + 4 - 7 = 5 -10 =14 = 8 =24 =16 = 9 5.0 2403
14 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2510 + 6 - 8 +17 = 1 -15 =13 =26 = 9 +18 - 7 5.0 2385
15 Adamski, Jan m POL 2345 +29 = 5 =18 =10 +14 =16 - 4 =12 = 9 - 8 5.0 2396
16 Gullaksen, Eirik T NOR 2345 - 4 +12 =27 +22 +18 =15 - 2 - 8 =13 =19 5.0 2358
17 El-Kher, Henrik DEN 2285 - 1 +25 -14 =27 =12 +23 +18 + 7 - 3 - 5 5.0 2353
18 Hoi, Carsten m DEN 2430 +22 = 3 =15 =20 -16 =19 -17 +26 -14 +27 5.0 2324
19 Olsen, Heini FAI 2270 - 5 +29 -10 =25 +21 =18 - 9 =22 +30 =16 5.0 2323
20 Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2395 +25 = 1 = 4 =18 = 5 - 2 -12 =21 +29 -11 4.5 2331
21 Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn m DEN 2345 =30 +11 - 2 =26 -19 =27 =22 =20 =25 =23 4.5 2239
22 Lahlum, Hans Olav NOR 2215 -18 +28 = 6 -16 =29 =25 =21 =19 -23 +30 4.5 2213
23 Dongart, Dennis DEN 2160 - 9 -27 -12 +28 -24 -17 +30 +29 +22 =21 4.5 2196
24 Lonborg, Morten DEN 2195 - 8 - 6 -29 +30 +23 =28 +11 =13 - 7 -12 4.0 2200
25 Petersen, Peter Birk DEN 2195 -20 -17 +28 =19 - 4 =22 -27 +30 =21 =29 4.0 2200
26 Carlsson, Daniel SWE 2290 +10 - 2 = 9 =21 - 8 +29 =14 -18 -11 -28 3.5 2261
27 Larsen, Karsten DEN 2245 - 7 +23 =16 =17 - 9 =21 +25 - 6 -28 -18 3.5 2195
28 Petersen, Steen DEN 2130 - 3 -22 -25 -23 =30 =24 =29 -11 +27 +26 3.5 2117
29 Guindy, Esmat DEN 2160 -15 -19 +24 =12 =22 -26 =28 -23 -20 =25 3.0 2090
30 Lilja, Richard DEN 2155 =21 -10 -11 -24 =28 -12 -23 -25 -19 -22 1.0 1887
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The international "white nights" chess festival took place in St Petersburg 20-28th June 1998. The main event was a Category VIII event won by veteran and former candidate Mark Taimanov on tie break from Shaposhnikov, Yudasin and Valerij Popov all of who scored 6/9. The GM open was won by Vassily Yemelin on tie break from Yuri Shabanov both of whom scored 7.5/9.
Internet coverage on the Russian Chess (Shahcom) pages:
http://www.ruschess.com who are also going to cover the Russian Championships, which starts on 27 July in St Petersburg.
St Petersburg (RUS), VI 1998 cat. VIII (2431)
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1 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2490 * = = 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 6.0 2548
2 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny f RUS 2415 = * = = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2557
3 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2540 = = * = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2543
4 Popov, Valerij m RUS 2505 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2547
5 Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2540 = = = 0 * = = 1 1 1 5.5 2498
6 Petkevich, Jusefs m LAT 2460 0 = = = = * = = = = 4.0 2384
7 Milton, Sergei RUS 2315 = 0 0 0 = = * = 1 1 4.0 2400
8 Petrov, Anton f RUS 2360 1 0 0 = 0 = = * = = 3.5 2358
9 Solovjov, Sergey RUS 2450 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 3.0 2303
10 Samuelsson, Sven-Gunnar SWE 2230 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.0 2101
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St Petersburg (RUS), VI 1998 White Nights GM Open
1 Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2485 7.5 2711
2 Shabanov, Yuri m RUS 2495 7.5 2611
3 Potkin, Vladimir RUS 2295 6.5 2512
4 Sivokho, Sergey RUS 2425 6.5 2518
5 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2500 6.0 2504
6 Bochkarev,A RUS ---- 6.0 2517
7 Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2370 6.0 2487
8 Zaitsev, Vadim f RUS 2425 6.0 2440
9 Doronenkov, Andrey RUS 2155 6.0 2477
10 Grishanovich, Stanislav RUS 2295 6.0 2476
56 players
The July First Saturday tournaments started July 4th in Budapest reports Laszlo Nagy. There is a 12 player IM A event and an 11 player IM B event. Also an ELO rated tournament. Two rounds have been played so far.
Info: Laszlo Nagy, e-mail: 100263.1700@compuserve.com Tel-fax: /361/-263-28-59
Webpage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
First Saturday IM A event
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Round 1 (1998.07.04)
Kaczorowski, Piotr - Hera, Imre jr 1-0 24 E41 Nimzo indian
Farago, Sandor - Bors, Tamas 1-0 27 B87 Sicilian
Paschall, William M - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2 14 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Nguyen Thi Thanh An - Kaid, Almar 1-0 46 A90 Dutch defence
Medvegy, Zoltan - Eperjesi, Laszlo 1-0 34 B11 Caro-Kann
Barvin, Konstanten - Skytte, Rasmus 0-1 33 A57 Benko gambit
Round 2 (1998.07.05)
Skytte, Rasmus - Kaid, Almar 1-0 48 A40 Queen's pawn
Vadasz, Laszlo - Kaczorowski, Piotr 1/2 48 D30 Queen's gambit
Bors, Tamas - Medvegy, Zoltan 1-0 74 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Nguyen Thi Thanh An 1/2 20 D70 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Hera, Imre jr - Farago, Sandor 1/2 75 B52 Sicilian
Barvin, Konstanten - Paschall, William M 0-1 37 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Round 3 (1998.07.06)
Kaczorowski, Piotr - Barvin, Konstanten 1-0
Farago, Sandor - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2
Paschall, William M - Skytte, Rasmus 1/2
Nguyen Thi Thanh An - Bors, Tamas 1/2
Medvegy, Zoltan - Hera, Imre jr 1-0
Kaid, Almar - Eperjesi, Laszlo 1/2
Budapest HUN (HUN), VII 1998 cat. I (2274)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Skytte, Rasmus DEN 2205 * . . = . . . . . . 1 1 2.5 2573
2 Kaczorowski, Piotr POL 2200 . * . . . . = . . 1 . 1 2.5 2586
3 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2285 . . * . . . = 1 . = . . 2.0 2420
4 Paschall, William M f USA 2375 = . . * . . = . . . . 1 2.0 2425
5 Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2095 . . . . * . . = = . 1 . 2.0 2403
6 Medvegy, Zoltan HUN 2350 . . . . . * . 0 1 1 . . 2.0 2415
7 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2380 . = = = . . * . . . . . 1.5 2286
8 Bors, Tamas HUN 2260 . . 0 . = 1 . * . . . . 1.5 2243
9 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2365 . . . . = 0 . . * . = . 1.0 2093
10 Hera, Imre jr HUN 2245 . 0 = . . 0 . . . * . . 0.5 2005
11 Kaid, Almar GER 2210 0 . . . 0 . . . = . * . 0.5 1948
12 Barvin, Konstanten RUS 2315 0 0 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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First Saturday IM B
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Round 1 (1998.07.04)
Pham Minh Hoang - Toth, Andras 1-0 29 A26 English; 1.c4 e5
Alienkin, Aleksander - Andrijevic, Milan 1-0 64 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Moise, Adrian - Ishbulatov, Sagit 1-0 51 A37 English; 1.c4 c5
Kahn, Evarth - Kiss, Gedeon 1/2 11 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Kolbus, Dietmar - Boe, Mads 0-1 37 A95 Dutch defence
Round 2 (1998.07.05)
Dudas, Janos - Kahn, Evarth 1/2
Kiss, Gedeon - Kolbus, Dietmar 1/2
Boe, Mads - Alienkin, Aleksander 1/2 13 C02 French; Advance
Toth, Andras - Moise, Adrian 1/2 57 B01 Scandinavian
Andrijevic, Milan - Pham Minh Hoang 0-1
Round 3 (1998.07.06)
Pham Minh Hoang - Boe, Mads 1-0
Alienkin, Aleksander - Kiss, Gedeon 1/2
Moise, Adrian - Andrijevic, Milan 0-1
Kolbus, Dietmar - Dudas, Janos 0-1
Ishbulatov, Sagit - Toth, Andras 0-1
Budapest HUN (HUN), VII 1998 cat. II (2292)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1 Pham Minh Hoang ---- * . . . 1 . 1 . 1 . . 3.0 / 3
2 Alienkin, Aleksander RUS 2415 . * . = = . . . 1 . . 2.0 / 3 2433
3 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2405 . . * . . . . = . 1 . 1.5 / 2 2518
4 Kiss, Gedeon HUN 2235 . = . * . . . = . = . 1.5 / 3 2355
5 Boe, Mads f DEN 2345 0 = . . * . . . . 1 . 1.5 / 3 2560
6 Moise, Adrian GER 2245 . . . . . * = . 0 . 1 1.5 / 3 2306
7 Toth, Andras HUN 2325 0 . . . . = * . . . 1 1.5 / 3 2440
8 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2330 . . = = . . . * . . . 1.0 / 2 2320
9 Andrijevic, Milan m YUG 2345 0 0 . . . 1 . . * . . 1.0 / 3 2330
10 Kolbus, Dietmar GER 2320 . . 0 = 0 . . . . * . 0.5 / 3 2055
11 Ishbulatov, Sagit RUS 2250 . . . . . 0 0 . . . * 0.0 / 2
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ELO All play all
Round 1 (1998.07.04)
Kammer, Roland - Bock, Juergen 1/2 32 C11 French; Classical
Hegedus, Istvan - Aird, Jan 0-1 24 C45 Scottish
Lukasovics, Laszlo - Zentai, Gyorgy 1/2 45 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Round 2 (1998.07.05)
Aird, Jan - Zentai, Gyorgy 1/2 21 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Bock, Juergen - Lukasovics, Laszlo 1-0 33 A70 Modern Benoni
Hegedus, Istvan - Kammer, Roland 1/2 29 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Round 3 (1998.07.06)
Kammer, Roland - Aird, Jan 1/2
Zentai, Gyorgy - Bock, Juergen 1/2
Lukasovics, Laszlo - Hegedus, Istvan 0-1
Budapest HUN (HUN), VII 1998
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Aird, Jan SCO 2150 ** .. =. =. 1. .. 2.0 2235
2 Bock, Juergen GER 2210 .. ** =. =. .. 1. 2.0 2246
3 Kammer, Roland GER 2105 =. =. ** .. =. .. 1.5 2155
4 Zentai, Gyorgy HUN 2120 =. =. .. ** .. =. 1.5 2166
5 Hegedus, Istvan HUN 2105 0. .. =. .. ** 1. 1.5 2131
6 Lukasovics, Laszlo HUN 2140 .. 0. .. =. 0. ** 0.5 1872
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The Norwegian chess championships are taking place in Oslo 4-11th July 1998. Simen Agdestein leads with 2/2. GMs Rune Djurhuus and Einar Gausel also play.
http://home.sol.no/~sjakkfor/oslo98/oslo98_res.html
Oslo NOR (NOR), VII 1998
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1 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2570 +15 +17 . . . . . . . 2.0
2 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2510 +14 = 6 . . . . . . . 1.5 2518
3 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2555 +16 = 5 . . . . . . . 1.5 2488
4 Trygstad, Kristian NOR 2205 = 8 +18 . . . . . . . 1.5 2538
5 Egeli, Per Ove NOR 2330 +21 = 3 . . . . . . . 1.5 2700
6 Gullaksen, Eirik T NOR 2345 +22 = 2 . . . . . . . 1.5 2590
7 Ogaard, Leif m NOR 2440 =18 +19 . . . . . . . 1.5 2275
8 Heim, Sverre f NOR 2415 = 4 =13 . . . . . . . 1.0 2207
9 Fossan, Erik m NOR 2395 =11 =10 . . . . . . . 1.0 2332
10 Fyllingen, Roy Harald m NOR 2390 =12 = 9 . . . . . . . 1.0 2350
11 Johannessen, Svein m NOR 2275 = 9 =12 . . . . . . . 1.0 2350
12 Mork, Kjell-Arne NOR 2305 =10 =11 . . . . . . . 1.0 2332
13 Christenson, Flemming NOR 2210 =19 = 8 . . . . . . . 1.0 2415
14 Gabrielsen, Stig NOR 2305 - 2 +22 . . . . . . . 1.0 2397
15 Gudbrandsen, Gustav NOR ---- - 1 +20 . . . . . . . 1.0 2447
16 Johansen, Terje NOR 2260 - 3 +21 . . . . . . . 1.0 2507
17 Tjomsland, Stig NOR 2255 +20 - 1 . . . . . . . 1.0 2447
18 Madsen, Dag f NOR 2275 = 7 - 4 . . . . . . . 0.5 2129
19 Andersen, Lars E NOR ---- =13 - 7 . . . . . . . 0.5 2132
20 Dannevig, Oystein NOR 2325 -17 -15 . . . . . . . 0.0
21 Ostenstad, Berge m NOR 2460 - 5 -16 . . . . . . . 0.0
22 Parr, Erik NOR 2285 - 6 -14 . . . . . . . 0.0
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The Swedish Chess Championships is held in Ronneby, Sweden during 4-19 July, and it will be relayed at SICS (Swedish International Chess Server) chess.mds.mdh.se 5000. The 14 strongest players play 13 rounds round robin starting on the 5th. There is a homepage:
http://chess.mds.mdh.se/sm/eng/
The Newport International, takes place 6-10 July.
http://www.cableinet.co.uk/users/jsaunders/newport.htm
Gold Coast Open 20-21 June 1998. Report by Gary Bekker
This year's Gold Coast Open attracted almost 100 entrants, including several FIDE titled players. Amongst these were the New Zealand FM John Sarfati and the Czech Husband and wife team, Brestislav Modr and WFM Hanna Modrova. The tournament got off to late start, due to a number of late entries, but an enjoyable time was had by all.
Solomon was a little lucky to win his round one game when Phachara Wongwichit misplayed a potentially drawn ending. This didn't bode well for Solomon's chances in this tournament, nor for his forthcoming Australian Championship title play-off match against Rogers.
In round three, Tony Weller and Paul Richards muscled their way towards the top of the field with upset wins over Casey and Lovejoy respectively. There was also considerable interest from spectators in Keven Duncan's upset "win" over Rogers until it was discovered that Keven had written the result incorrectly on his scoresheet.
In the fourth round Paul Richards continued his winning way, defeating Alex Davidovici of Sydney, to end up joint leader with Rogers, Solomon, Wohl, Modr, and Sarfati at the end of the first day of play.
In round five, Rogers drew with Modr, allowing Solomon and Wohl to take a half point lead by defeating FM Sarfati (NZL) and Paul Richards respectively.
The critical game in the following round, between Alex Wohl and Stephen Solomon, resulted in a win for Wohl using the black pieces. Wohl introduced something of a novelty in the Portugese Variation with 6...c5!? giving Black some interesting play. Shortly afterwards, Solomon played 9.g4?! and then sacrificed his queen for a rook and piece, only to see his position deteriorate. Solomon went on to lose the game, giving Wohl the sole lead, half a point ahead of Rogers and Modr, going into the last round.
Any hopes that Ian Rogers had of catching up to Wohl, to finish equal first, were dashed in their exciting final round clash that went right down to the wire. Wohl defended against a good start by Rogers and in the final position decided to force a draw by perpetual check rather than enter a potentially tricky piece vs two pawns ending. The draw secured Alex Wohl outright first in the tournament.
Meanwhile, Solomon, Stephson and Smerdon won their games against Modr, Myers, and Pardoen respectively to finish equal second with Rogers. Modr finished half a point behind them on 5.5 points. Andrew Allen was the highest place Gold Coast resident, finishing half a point behind Modr, with several others.
Winners of the 'A' group ratings prize were Michael Lip, Paul Summers, Paul Richards and Mark Stokes. Rhys Rakauskas, who finished very high in the final standings, won group 'B' outright. Eric Faccer, Anthony Lam, Chatpong Wongwichit, Michelle Mowles, Terry Munro and Geoff Hartley shared first prizes in the remaining ratings divisions. WFM Hanna Modrova (CZE) won the women's prize and Chris Page and Catherine Lip won the primary school student's prizes.
Many thanks to to Australian Chess Enterprises for supplying DGT clocks, Graeme Gardiner for organising the tournament, and Andrew Allen for his enormous efforts to help me run the tournament. I would also like to the Carey family for their hospitality.
Name rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 rd 6 rd 7 TOT 1 Wohl Aleksander H...2233 + 42 + 46 + 12 + 5 + 15 + 3 = 2 6.5 2 Rogers Ian..........2673 + 57 + 28 + 18 + 8 = 6 + 7 = 1 6.0 3 Solomon Stephen J...2462 + 51 + 16 + 19 + 4 + 7 - 1 + 6 6.0 4 Stephson David J....2121 + 52 + 47 + 14 - 3 + 27 + 15 + 12 6.0 5 Smerdon David C.....1912 + 62 + 34 + 23 - 1 + 29 + 19 + 10 6.0 6 Modr Bretislav......2225 + 43 + 29 + 20 + 10 = 2 + 8 - 3 5.5 7 Sarfati Jonathan....2158 + 74 + 30 + 26 + 27 - 3 - 2 + 33 5.0 8 Allen Andrew P......2135 + 58 + 48 + 13 - 2 + 20 - 6 + 18 5.0 9 Lovejoy David.......2012 + 61 + 31 - 15 + 32 - 23 + 36 + 30 5.0 10 Pardoen Alain.......1898 + 53 + 33 + 37 - 6 + 47 + 23 - 5 5.0 11 Modrova Hanna.......1850 + 64 - 37 = 51 + 62 + 57 = 35 + 32 5.0 12 Myers John..........1849 + 65 + 24 - 1 + 38 + 40 + 13 - 4 5.0 13 Lip Michael.........1691 + 67 + 49 - 8 + 36 + 25 - 12 + 35 5.0 14 Summers Paul G......1639 + 54 + 17 - 4 - 40 + 43 + 38 + 42 5.0 15 Richards Paul.......1594 + 55 + 41 + 9 + 21 - 1 - 4 + 40 5.0 16 Stokes Mark C.......1529 + 68 - 3 + 42 - 17 + 58 + 49 + 25 5.0 17 Rakauskas Rhys......1218 + 96 - 14 + 77 + 16 - 19 + 29 + 27 5.0 18 Duncan Keven........1871 + 63 + 35 - 2 + 34 = 48 + 26 - 8 4.5 19 Dizdarevic M........1845 + 66 + 39 - 3 + 37 + 17 - 5 = 23 4.5 20 Edwards Jacob A.....1733 + 80 + 38 - 6 + 39 - 8 = 24 + 47 4.5 21 Davidovici Alex.....1615 + 82 = 73 + 50 - 15 - 35 + 60 + 48 4.5 22 Cronin Peter........1586 + 75 = 50 + 73 - 25 = 24 = 39 + 51 4.5 23 Rogers Cathy L......1575 + 90 + 59 - 5 + 49 + 9 - 10 = 19 4.5 24 Page Christopher J..1325 + 85 - 12 + 81 = 26 = 22 = 20 + 46 4.5 97 players H indicates a half point bye.
The Scottish Championships take place July 5-12th in Largs. My thanks to John Henderson for the games. After two rounds the favourites Jonathan Rowson and Douglas Bryson lead on 2/2.
Round 1 (1998.07.04)
Shaw, John - Grant, Alan 1/2 64 C01 French; Exchange
Upton, Timothy J - Campbell, Eoin 1-0 22 B13 Caro-Kann
Mannion, Stephen R - Stevenson, James 1-0 35 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Hopper,P - Grant, Jonathan 1/2 61 B19 Caro-Kann
Robertson, Ian C - Rowson, Jonathan 0-1 38 B21 Sicilian; English attack
Nolan, Graeme - Norris, Alan J 0-1 39 B36 Sicilian
Buchanan, Walter F - Bryson, Douglas M 0-1 36 B01 Scandinavian
Round 2 (1998.07.05)
Rowson, Jonathan - Mannion, Stephen R 1-0 69 A57 Benko gambit
Bryson, Douglas M - Upton, Timothy J 1-0 33 C75 Ruy Lopez
Norris, Alan J - Shaw, John 1/2 18 D19 Slav defence
Grant, Jonathan - Robertson, Ian C 1/2 78 A16 English; 1.c4
Campbell, Eoin - Buchanan, Walter F 1-0 25 A15 English; 1.c4
Stevenson, James - Nolan, Graeme 1/2 21 C14 French; Classical
Largs SCO (SCO), VII 1998
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1 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2485 +11 + 8 . . . . . . . 2.0
2 Bryson, Douglas M m SCO 2385 +14 + 6 . . . . . . . 2.0
3 Grant, Alan SCO 2185 = 5 +10 . . . . . . . 1.5 2380
4 Norris, Alan J SCO 2320 +12 = 5 . . . . . . . 1.5 2410
5 Shaw, John f SCO 2380 = 3 = 4 . . . . . . . 1.0 2252
6 Upton, Timothy J f SCO 2270 + 9 - 2 . . . . . . . 1.0 2210
7 Grant, Jonathan SCO 2275 =10 =11 . . . . . . . 1.0 2215
8 Mannion, Stephen R m SCO 2370 +13 - 1 . . . . . . . 1.0 2310
9 Campbell, Eoin SCO 2035 - 6 +14 . . . . . . . 1.0 2202
10 Hopper,P ---- = 7 - 3 . . . . . . . 0.5 2037
11 Robertson, Ian C SCO 2215 - 1 = 7 . . . . . . . 0.5 2187
12 Nolan, Graeme SCO 2055 - 4 =13 . . . . . . . 0.5 2034
13 Stevenson, James SCO 2135 - 8 =12 . . . . . . . 0.5 2019
14 Buchanan, Walter F SCO 2135 - 2 - 9 . . . . . . . 0.0
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