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1) Introduction
2) Biel Chess Festival
3) The Politiken Cup
4) Mechanics' Grandmaster Invitational
5) First Saturday, July
6) Swedish Chess Championships
7) Besancon Tournament
8) The 1998 Southern California Championships
9) Geelong Open
10) European Youth Chess Championship 1998
11) Nizhnij Novgorod Open
12) The Dutch Ladies Championships
13) Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament, Vlissingen
14) Forthcoming Events
15) London Chess Center TWIC offers
Games section
Biel Chess Festival 11 games Politiken Cup 137 games Mechanics GM 25 games FSIM A July 21 games FSIM B July 21 games FSELO July 6 games Swedish Championships 43 games Besancon International 45 games ch Southern California 28 games Geelong Open 11 games European Youth games 1202 games Russian Cup Novgorod 100 games Dutch Women's Championships 25 games HZ Open Vlissingen 289 games
My thanks James Eade, Tomas Micanek, Laszlo Nagy, Europe Echecs, Gary Bekker, Chess Assistant, Jack Peters, Hans Groffen, Jan Ooteman and all those who helped with this issue.
The start of the Biel Chess Festival and Hodgson's win in California are amongst the bigger events this week. Again a large crop of games. The British Chess Championships start next Saturday with the first appearance by Nigel Short for many years, although he will not be joined by Michael Adams who played last year. A note on the ratings used in this issue. I haven't yet got a copy of the full new ELO rating list for July so January ratings are used throughout the games sections.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland runs July 18th - 1st August. The main event is a Category 9 all-play-all. Alongside this event is an open with amongst others: Vadim Milov (SUI), Utut Adianto (IND), Vladimir Tukmakov (UKR), Zurab Sturua (GEO) und Lajos Portisch (HUN) which starts tomorrow. The round one game between Bagirov and Pelletier was postponed because of the latter's illness.
There is a www site at;
http://www.bielnews.ch/chessplanet/home.html
Round 1 (1998.07.19)
Hickl, Joerg - Gallagher, Joseph G 1/2 17 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Mittelman, Gur - Palac, Mladen 1/2 13 D02 Queen's pawn
Zueger, Beat - Marciano, David 1/2 18 E04 Nimzo indian
Jenni, Florian - Landenbergue, Claude 1/2 42 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Peptan, Corina - Ekstroem, Roland 0-1 40 B18 Caro-Kann
Round 2 (1998.07.20)
Ekstroem, Roland - Zueger, Beat 1/2 42 A00 Irregular
Palac, Mladen - Marciano, David 1-0 30 C45 Scottish
Gallagher, Joseph G - Jenni, Florian 1/2 63 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Mittelman, Gur - Bagirov, Rufat 1/2 57 D73 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Landenbergue, Claude - Peptan, Corina 0-1 44 E46 Nimzo indian
Pelletier, Yannick - Hickl, Joerg 0-1 45 A56 Benoni
Biel SUI (SUI), VII-VIII 1998 cat. IX (2459)
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1 Ekstroem, Roland m SUI 2490 * . . . . = . 1 . . . . 1.5 / 2 2620
2 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2545 . * . . = . . . . . 1 . 1.5 / 2 2643
3 Hickl, Joerg g GER 2555 . . * = . . . . . . . 1 1.5 / 2 2695
4 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2490 . . = * . . = . . . . . 1.0 / 2 2485
5 Mittelman, Gur m ISR 2415 . = . . * . . . = . . . 1.0 / 2 2435
6 Zueger, Beat m SUI 2445 = . . . . * . . . . = . 1.0 / 2 2487
7 Jenni, Florian f SUI 2415 . . . = . . * . . = . . 1.0 / 2 2455
8 Peptan, Corina wg ROM 2410 0 . . . . . . * . 1 . . 1.0 / 2 2455
9 Bagirov, Rufat AZE 2325 . . . . = . . . * . . . 0.5 / 1 2415
10 Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2420 . . . . . . = 0 . * . . 0.5 / 2 2219
11 Marciano, David m FRA 2485 . 0 . . . = . . . . * . 0.5 / 2 2302
12 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2515 . . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0 / 1
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The Politiken Cup ran 4-15th July 1998 in Copenhagen Denmark. Hannes Stefansson finished first on tie-break of a group of five players who scored 8.5/11, Daniel Gormally, Tiger Hillarp Persson, Lars Schandorff and Nikolaj Borge were the other players. 138 players competed.
Daily coverage on the event was at
http://inet.uni2.dk/~kbhsu/index.htm
Leading final scores Copenhagen DEN (DEN), VII 1998 1 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2540 8.5 /11 2567 2 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2415 8.5 /11 2574 3 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2410 8.5 /11 2600 4 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2525 8.5 /11 2567 5 Borge, Nikolaj m DEN 2390 8.5 /11 2493 6 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2505 8.0 /11 2552 7 Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2395 8.0 /11 2420 8 Zagorskis, Darius m LTU 2515 7.5 /11 2455 9 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 7.5 /11 2474 10 Adamski, Jan m POL 2345 7.5 /11 2497 11 Lyrberg, Patrik m SWE 2430 7.5 /11 2454 12 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2480 7.5 /11 2410 13 Naes, Flovin Tor FAI 2125 7.5 /11 2492 14 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2480 7.5 /11 2394 15 Hoi, Carsten m DEN 2430 7.5 /11 2360 16 Grabliauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2465 7.5 /11 2328 17 Edvardsson, Kristjan ISL 2205 7.5 /11 2408 18 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2490 7.0 /11 2425 19 Sandstrom, Ludvig SWE 2325 7.0 /11 2480 20 Greger, Roland DEN 2340 7.0 /11 2452 21 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2415 7.0 /11 2386 22 Holst, Allan DEN 2365 7.0 /11 2448 23 Hansen, Sune Berg m DEN 2480 7.0 /11 2396 24 Koskinen, Henri f FIN 2310 7.0 /11 2311 25 Johansson, Thomas SWE 2120 7.0 /11 2404 26 Sylvan, Jacob DEN 2290 7.0 /11 2269 27 Matthiesen, Martin DEN 2265 6.5 /11 2321 28 Holm, Sejer DEN 2355 6.5 /11 2276 29 Bekker-Jensen, Simon DEN 2300 6.5 /11 2383 30 Lindberg, Bengt f SWE 2305 6.5 /11 2307 31 Furhoff, Johan f SWE 2320 6.5 /11 2248 32 Nilssen, John Arni FAI 2305 6.5 /11 2255 33 Olsen, Heini FAI 2270 6.5 /11 2240 34 Coleman, David ENG 2240 6.5 /11 2265 35 Lahlum, Hans Olav NOR 2215 6.5 /11 2294 36 Fuglsang, Flemming DEN 2280 6.5 /11 2234 37 Larsen, Karsten DEN 2245 6.5 /11 2264 38 Larsen, Peter DEN 2275 6.5 /11 2238 39 Bjarnehag, Peter SWE 2290 6.5 /11 2268 40 Mortensen, Erling m DEN 2510 6.5 /11 2319 41 Koskela, Niina wm FIN 2190 6.5 /11 2125 42 Bekker-Jensen, David DEN 2200 6.5 /11 2117 43 Nilsson, Nils S DEN 2160 6.5 /11 2162 44 Vihinen, Teemu FIN 2155 6.5 /11 2198 ... 140 players
James Eade reports on the category 10 3rd Mechanics Institute GM invitational in San Francisco.
The 3rd Annual Mechanics' Institute GM Invitational was won in fine fashion by Julian Hodgson with an impressive 7/9 score. Julian won $1,500 in prize money and an additional $624 in point money. His last round draw with Benjamin clinched first place. Shortly after their draw was agreed upon Fedorowicz- Lobo was agreed drawn, which clinched at least a share of second for Fedorowicz.
Hours later Chrisitansen drew into a tie for second by defeating IM Guillermo Rey in a long major piece ending. Christiansen and Fedorowicz finished with 6/9 and split $1,500 in prize money. Christiansen earned $520 in point money and Fedorowicz $416.
(One bulletin demoted Fedorowicz to an IM by mistake, and we took great pleasure in congratulating John on earning a GM norm.)
Benjamin and Atalik tied for fourth with 5.5/9 and shared $750 in prize money.
Special thanks go to the Mechanics' Institute for its continued generousity in sponsoring elite events. The Institute's President, Mark Pinto, and the organizer, Jim Eade, also deserve mention for their financial assistance.
Hodgson is obviously liked by his peers and may be one of the most pleasant people in chess to be around. His win was acknowledged as deserving by all the competitors, and he has earned his place in the hearts of the San Francisco chess community.
He also continued the dominance of the British Isles in July events in San Francisco. Last year Irish GM Alexander O'Baburin (sic) took clear first in the Universe Open (held over the July Fourth weekend,) and clear first in the 2nd Mechanics' GM Invitational. Hodgson duplicated the feat this year. Perhaps the similarity in climate is the explanation. In any case, if I were a titled player from Scotland, I know where I would be next July!
Round 4 (1998.07.13)
Fedorowicz, John P - Kobese, Watu 0-1 53 C47 Four knights
Christiansen, Larry M - Hodgson, Julian M 0-1 50 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Atalik, Suat - Soltis, Andrew E 1/2 18 A53 Benoni
Gurevich, Dmitry - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 27 A41 Queen's pawn
Lobo, Richard - Rey, Guillermo 1/2 9 E18 Nimzo indian
Round 5 (1998.07.14)
Hodgson, Julian M - Atalik, Suat 1-0 27 A06 Reti (1.Nf3)
Christiansen, Larry M - Lobo, Richard 1-0 59 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Benjamin, Joel - Rey, Guillermo 1-0 35 C02 French; Advance
Soltis, Andrew E - Fedorowicz, John P 0-1 51 B31 Sicilian
Kobese, Watu - Gurevich, Dmitry 0-1 39 B88 Sicilian
Round 6 (1998.07.15)
Fedorowicz, John P - Hodgson, Julian M 1-0 51 B08 Pirc; Classical
Atalik, Suat - Christiansen, Larry M 0-1 41 E32 Nimzo indian
Gurevich, Dmitry - Soltis, Andrew E 1-0 30 D25 QGA;
Rey, Guillermo - Kobese, Watu 1/2 45 A86 Dutch defence
Lobo, Richard - Benjamin, Joel 0-1 40 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 7 (1998.07.16)
Hodgson, Julian M - Gurevich, Dmitry 1/2 13 A45 Queen's pawn
Christiansen, Larry M - Fedorowicz, John P 0-1 57 B52 Sicilian
Atalik, Suat - Lobo, Richard 1-0 34 D46 Semi-Slav
Soltis, Andrew E - Rey, Guillermo 1/2 16 B30 Sicilian
Kobese, Watu - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 41 B06 Modern defence
Round 8 (1998.07.17)
Fedorowicz, John P - Atalik, Suat 1/2 9 D13 Slav defence
Benjamin, Joel - Soltis, Andrew E 1-0 35 C61 Ruy Lopez
Gurevich, Dmitry - Christiansen, Larry M 1/2 50 E06 Nimzo indian
Rey, Guillermo - Hodgson, Julian M 0-1 35 A41 Queen's pawn
Lobo, Richard - Kobese, Watu 1/2 39 E11 Bogo indian
Round 9 (1998.07.18)
Hodgson, Julian M - Benjamin, Joel 1/2
Fedorowicz, John P - Lobo, Richard 1/2
Christiansen, Larry M - Rey, Guillermo 1-0
Atalik, Suat - Gurevich, Dmitry 1-0
Soltis, Andrew E - Kobese, Watu 1-0
San Francisco USA (USA), VII 1998 cat. X (2476)
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1 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2575 * 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2685
2 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2495 1 * 1 = = = 1 0 1 = 6.0 2598
3 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2575 0 0 * 1 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2590
4 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2595 = = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2542
5 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2595 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2542
6 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2540 = = = = 0 * 1 1 0 1 5.0 2511
7 Soltis, Andrew E g USA 2410 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 3.5 2403
8 Kobese, Watu m RSA 2330 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 * = = 2.5 2326
9 Rey, Guillermo m USA 2335 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = * = 2.5 2325
10 Lobo, Richard ENG 2310 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 2221
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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. In the IM A event 21 year old Zoltan Medvegy Zoltan of Hungary won the event and made his first IM-norm. The 20 year old Vietnamese player Pham Minh Hoang living in Budapest made his first IM-norm. He had no FIDE-rating in the last FIDE-list yet. He is the member of the chess school created by the Vietnamese businessman, Mr. Hoang in Budapest. Other players include WGM Hoang Trang and IGM Dao Thien Hai.
The next events for GM-IM-norms and FIDE ratings, takes place 1st-9th or 13th August in Budapest, Hungary. There will be a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 13 rounds. There are still vacancies for some of the events.
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 9 (1998.07.12)
Medvegy, Zoltan - Skytte, Rasmus 1/2 16 B44 Sicilian
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Paschall, William M 1/2 10 E18 Nimzo indian
Hera, Imre jr - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2 9 B07 Pirc
Kaid, Almar - Kaczorowski, Piotr 1-0 43 A49 Queen's pawn
Nguyen Thi Thanh An - Farago, Sandor 1/2 12 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Bors, Tamas - Barvin, Konstanten 0-1 52 A12 English; 1.c4
Round 10 (1998.07.13)
Medvegy, Zoltan - Nguyen Thi Thanh An 1-0 57 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Skytte, Rasmus - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2 8 B15 Caro-Kann
Farago, Sandor - Kaid, Almar 1-0 40 C11 French; Classical
Paschall, William M - Bors, Tamas 1-0 33 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Barvin, Konstanten - Hera, Imre jr 1/2 24 A46 Queen's pawn
Kaczorowski, Piotr - Eperjesi, Laszlo 0-1 101 E54 Nimzo indian
Round 11 (1998.07.14)
Vadasz, Laszlo - Barvin, Konstanten 1/2 7 D13 Slav defence
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Farago, Sandor 1/2 13 C96 Ruy Lopez
Hera, Imre jr - Paschall, William M 1/2 33 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Kaid, Almar - Medvegy, Zoltan 1/2 10 E18 Nimzo indian
Nguyen Thi Thanh An - Skytte, Rasmus 1/2 29 A46 Queen's pawn
Bors, Tamas - Kaczorowski, Piotr 1/2 14 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Budapest HUN (HUN), VII 1998 cat. I (2274)
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1 Medvegy, Zoltan HUN 2350 * = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 0 8.0 2441
2 Skytte, Rasmus DEN 2205 = * = = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2382
3 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2380 = = * = = = = = 1 = = 1 6.5 2329
4 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2285 0 = = * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2337
5 Paschall, William M f USA 2375 0 = = 1 * = = 0 0 1 1 1 6.0 2300
6 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2365 0 = = = = * = = = = 1 1 6.0 2301
7 Hera, Imre jr HUN 2245 0 = = = = = * = 1 = 0 0 4.5 2211
8 Kaid, Almar GER 2210 = 0 = 0 1 = = * 0 0 1 = 4.5 2214
9 Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2095 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 1 * = 0 = 4.5 2225
10 Barvin, Konstanten RUS 2315 = 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = * 0 1 4.5 2205
11 Kaczorowski, Piotr POL 2200 0 = = 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 * = 4.5 2215
12 Bors, Tamas HUN 2260 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 = * 3.5 2142
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First Saturday IM B
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Round 9 (1998.07.12)
Boe, Mads - Kiss, Gedeon 1-0 47 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Toth, Andras - Kahn, Evarth 1-0 48 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Andrijevic, Milan - Dudas, Janos 1/2 65 B84 Sicilian
Moise, Adrian - Alienkin, Aleksander 1/2 29 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Ishbulatov, Sagit - Kolbus, Dietmar 0-1 51 D93 Gruenfeld indian
Round 10 (1998.07.13)
Pham Minh Hoang - Moise, Adrian 1-0 60 D36 Queen's gambit
Alienkin, Aleksander - Ishbulatov, Sagit 1-0 45 A57 Benko gambit
Kolbus, Dietmar - Toth, Andras 1/2 19 E66 Kings indian
Dudas, Janos - Boe, Mads 1/2 21 A81 Dutch defence
Kahn, Evarth - Andrijevic, Milan 1-0 53 A68 Modern Benoni
Round 11 (1998.07.14)
Boe, Mads - Kahn, Evarth 1/2 10 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Toth, Andras - Alienkin, Aleksander 0-1 10 C11 French; Classical
Andrijevic, Milan - Kolbus, Dietmar 1-0 39 B85 Sicilian
Kiss, Gedeon - Dudas, Janos 1/2 9 B07 Pirc
Ishbulatov, Sagit - Pham Minh Hoang 1/2 19 A46 Queen's pawn
Budapest HUN (HUN), VII 1998 cat. II (2292)
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1 Pham Minh Hoang VIE 2170 * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 = 7.0 2470
2 Alienkin, Aleksander RUS 2415 1 * = 1 0 = 1 = = = 1 6.5 2391
3 Boe, Mads f DEN 2345 0 = * = 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 6.0 2443
4 Toth, Andras HUN 2325 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2446
5 Kolbus, Dietmar GER 2320 1 1 0 = * 0 0 = 1 = 1 5.5 2321
6 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2405 0 = = = 1 * = = = = = 5.0 2355
7 Andrijevic, Milan m YUG 2345 0 0 1 0 1 = * = 0 1 1 5.0 2361
8 Kiss, Gedeon HUN 2235 0 = 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 4.5 2331
9 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2330 = = = 0 0 = 1 = * 0 = 4.0 2240
10 Moise, Adrian GER 2245 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 1 * 1 4.0 2287
11 Ishbulatov, Sagit RUS 2250 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1.5 1978
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ELO All play all
Round 9 (1998.07.12)
Bock, Juergen - Aird, Jan 1/2 8 D17 Slav defence
Lukasovics, Laszlo - Kammer, Roland 0-1 31 B40 Sicilian
Zentai, Gyorgy - Hegedus, Istvan 1-0 41 C01 French; Exchange
Round 10 (1998.07.13)
Aird, Jan - Lukasovics, Laszlo 1/2 63 B50 Sicilian
Kammer, Roland - Zentai, Gyorgy 1-0 35 C14 French; Classical
Hegedus, Istvan - Bock, Juergen 1/2 43 C12 French; Macutcheon
Budapest HUN (HUN), VII 1998
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1 Bock, Juergen GER 2210 ** 1= == == 11 == 6.5 2234
2 Aird, Jan SCO 2150 0= ** =1 11 0= =1 6.0 2208
3 Kammer, Roland GER 2105 == =0 ** == 01 11 5.5 2181
4 Hegedus, Istvan HUN 2105 == 00 == ** 1= 10 4.5 2109
5 Lukasovics, Laszlo HUN 2140 00 1= 10 0= ** == 4.0 2066
6 Zentai, Gyorgy HUN 2120 == =0 00 01 == ** 3.5 2032
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The Swedish Chess Championships were held in Ronneby, Sweden 4-19 July, and were relayed by SICS (Swedish International Chess Server) chess.mds.mdh.se 5000. The 14 strongest players in Sweden played a round robin event. starting on the 5th. The event was won by ELO favourite GM Evgenij Agrest who scored 9.5/13 and who was undefeated. GM Ralf Akesson took second place with 8.5 half a point clear of Brynell, Hall and Hellsten.
The homepage was at:
http://chess.mds.mdh.se/sm/eng/
Ronneby SWE (SWE), VII 1998 cat. VII (2420)
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1 Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2525 * = = = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.5 2586
2 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2505 = * = = 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 8.5 2523
3 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2475 = = * = 1 = = = 1 0 0 1 1 1 8.0 2502
4 Hall, Jesper m SWE 2460 = = = * = 1 0 = = 1 = = 1 1 8.0 2503
5 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2460 = 0 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2503
6 Astrom, Robert m SWE 2460 = = = 0 0 * 1 1 = = 1 = = 1 7.5 2473
7 Ernst, Thomas g SWE 2410 = = = 1 = 0 * = = = = = = 1 7.0 2449
8 Degerman, Lars m SWE 2490 0 1 = = = 0 = * = 1 0 1 = 1 7.0 2443
9 Hedman, Erik f SWE 2310 0 0 0 = = = = = * = 1 = = = 5.5 2371
10 Eriksson, Johan f SWE 2380 0 = 1 0 = = = 0 = * = 0 = = 5.0 2336
11 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2390 0 0 1 = 0 0 = 1 0 = * = = = 5.0 2335
12 Lejlic, Samir m SWE 2415 = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 1 = * 0 1 5.0 2333
13 Wahlbom, Magnus SWE 2310 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = = = 1 * 1 5.0 2341
14 Akesson, Joel SWE 2290 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 * 2.0 2134
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There was an international all-play-all tournament in Besancon, France July 4-12. The event was won by Nikolay Legky. Markus Loeffler finished with 4/4 to score an IM norm.
Further reports from the Europe Echecs website at:
Besancon FRA (FRA), VII 1998 cat. IV (2331)
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1 Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2480 * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2534
2 Lupu, Mircea-Sergiu g ROM 2505 0 * 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2477
3 Loeffler, Markus GER 2350 1 0 * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2453
4 Marzolo, Cyril FRA 2355 = 0 1 * = = = 1 = = 5.0 2371
5 Berend, Fred m LUX 2350 = 0 1 = * 0 = = = 1 4.5 2328
6 Claverie, Christophe FRA 2275 0 = 0 = 1 * = 1 = = 4.5 2337
7 Roser, Kevin FRA 2255 0 = 0 = = = * = 1 = 4.0 2296
8 Vincent, Damien FRA 2120 0 = 0 0 = 0 = * = = 2.5 2188
9 Guyot, Philippe f FRA 2290 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * = 2.5 2169
10 Sermier, Guillaume f FRA 2330 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = * 2.5 2165
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Jack Peters reports:
The 1998 Southern California Championship, an eight-player round robin conducted by the Southern California Chess Federation (SCCF) ended in a three-way tie for first place among Levon Altounian, Cyrus Lakdawala, and Jack Peters. Each scored 5-2 in the invitational event, held July 11-12 and July 18-19 in Irvine, California. Next were Valdis Saulespurens, 4-3; William Longren, 3-4; Charles Van Buskirk, 2.5-4.5; Ron Hermansen, 2-5; and Steven Jones, 1.5-5.5. The Southern California Championship is one of two annual state championships run by the SCCF. The second, the Southern California Open, will be held September 5-7 (Labor Day weekend) in Los Angeles. Lakdawala, the 1997 champion, blundered horribly in losses to Jones and Saulespurens in Rounds One and Three. However, he won his last four games and inflicted defeats on both of his co-winners. Altounian played steadiest until he lost in the final round to Lakdawala.
Irvine USA (USA), VII 1998 cat. IV (2341)
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1 Lakdawala, Cyrus f USA 2425 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 5.0 2487
2 Peters, John A m USA 2470 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 5.0 2480
3 Altounian, Levon f USA 2430 0 = * 1 = 1 1 1 5.0 2486
4 Saulespurens, Valdis USA 2330 1 0 0 * 1 = = 1 4.0 2392
5 Longren, William B f USA 2320 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 3.0 2294
6 Van Buskirk, Charles f USA 2265 0 = 0 = = * 0 1 2.5 2250
7 Hermansen, Ron USA 2205 0 0 0 = 0 1 * = 2.0 2202
8 Jones, Stephen L f USA 2285 1 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1.5 2119
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The Geelong Open took place 11-12 July 1998. Report by Gary Bekker.
The Geelong Open attracted only 35 entants this year. It appears that players were concerned about the scheduling of four 3-hour games on the Saturday and the clash with the World Cup Soccer finals. Despite this the top end of the field was very strong. Both of Australia's Grandmasters took part and nearly one quarter of the field was rated over 2000! Right from the start of the tournament, several promising juniors made it clear that they would make their presence felt throughout the tournament. These were Sam Chow, Matthew Doidge, and Gordon Lindberg who played very well throughout the weekend, collecting many high-rated scalps between them along the way. Higher up in the field, some of the big names in the tournament played each other as early as round three. Rogers, Johansen and Booth defeated Chapman, Depasquale and M.Kagan respectively to take the early lead, while Gluzman was lucky to escape with a draw against Rujevic. In round four Rogers defeated Johansen, in a tough game which Darryl misplayed in time trouble, while Booth lost to Gluzman. This gave Ian Rogers the outright lead, with Gluzman half a point behind him. In the following round Rogers beat Gluzman to secure a full one point lead ahead of Johansen, Chapman, Depasquale and Rujevic who had also won their games. In the final round Rogers drew with Rujevic, the only person to have beaten Rogers here in Australia for more than a year, to secure first place. Chapman defeated Johansen in another intense struggle, and Depasquale and Gluzman won their games against lower rated opponents. This gave Chapman and Depasquale equal second, and Rujevic and Gluzman equal third. Rating group prize winners were women's Olympiad team member, Natalie Guy, Dimitry Partsi, Shumsheer Ghumman, and Terry Feduniw. Gordon Lindberg won the best junior prize while Ian Boasman collected the prize for best Geelong player.
Final standings table:
1998 GEELONG OPEN
Standings
Name rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 rd 6 TOT
1 Rogers Ian........2673 + 14 + 11 + 2 + 6 + 4 = 5 5.5
2 Chapman Mark......2148 + 28 + 17 - 1 + 12 + 8 + 6 5.0
3 Depasquale Chris..2114 + 20 + 12 - 6 + 17 + 9 + 11 5.0
4 Gluzman Mikhail...2335 + 9 + 16 = 5 + 7 - 1 + 14 4.5
5 Rujevic Mirko.....2112 + 21 + 18 = 4 = 8 + 23 = 1 4.5
6 Johansen Darryl...2409 + 19 + 24 + 3 - 1 + 7 - 2 4.0
7 Booth Stewart.....2067 + 22 + 25 + 10 - 4 - 6 + 16 4.0
8 Guy Natalie.......1746 = 27 + 32 + 26 = 5 - 2 + 19 4.0
9 Partsi Dimitry....1557 - 4 + 34 + 24 + 15 - 3 + 17 4.0
10 Kagan Michael.....2053 + 29 = 26 - 7 + 27 - 14 + 23 3.5
11 Craske Noel.......1889 + 30 - 1 + 27 = 14 + 26 - 3 3.5
12 Boasman Ian.......1632 + 35 - 3 + 31 - 2 = 24 + 27 3.5
13 Roberts Mark......1606 H--- - 27 + 32 - 26 + 20 + 24 3.5
14 Blick Tony........1580 - 1 + 29 + 33 = 11 + 10 - 4 3.5
15 Anderson Alistair.1787 - 26 + 22 + 25 - 9 - 19 + 29 3.0
16 Fletcher Steven...1707 + 34 - 4 + 20 - 23 + 18 - 7 3.0
17 Ali Mosaddeque....1688 + 31 - 2 + 30 - 3 + 28 - 9 3.0
18 Mckenzie Colin....1591 + 33 - 5 - 23 + 30 - 16 + 26 3.0
19 Grigoryan Oleg....1569 - 6 - 30 + 22 + 31 + 15 - 8 3.0
20 Krmpotic Dejan....1487 - 3 + 35 - 16 + 32 - 13 + 30 3.0
21 Ghumman Shumsheer.1444 - 5 - 33 + 35 - 24 + 34 + 31 3.0
22 Feduniw Terry.....1418 - 7 - 15 - 19 + 35 + 33 + 28 3.0
23 Lindberg Gordon...1303 - 24 + 28 + 18 + 16 - 5 - 10 3.0
24 Rout Ian..........1824 + 23 - 6 - 9 + 21 = 12 - 13 2.5
25 Nemaric Tom.......1502 X--- - 7 - 15 = 33 - 27 + 34 2.5
26 Chow Samuel.......1274 + 15 = 10 - 8 + 13 - 11 - 18 2.5
27 Doidge Matthew....1260 = 8 + 13 - 11 - 10 + 25 - 12 2.5
28 Szuveges Narelle..1554 - 2 - 23 + 29 + 34 - 17 - 22 2.0
29 Lindberg Eric.....1397 - 10 - 14 - 28 B--- + 32 - 15 2.0
30 Morris Greg.......1349 - 11 + 19 - 17 - 18 B--- - 20 2.0
31 Bekker Joshua..... 920 - 17 B--- - 12 - 19 + 35 - 21 2.0
32 Lindberg Douglas.. 907 B--- - 8 - 13 - 20 - 29 + 33 2.0
33 Nissen Amir.......unr. - 18 + 21 - 14 = 25 - 22 - 32 1.5
34 Lugo Ruperto...... 972 - 16 - 9 B--- - 28 - 21 - 25 1.0
35 Casey Tim.........unr. - 12 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 31 B--- 1.0
36 Szuveges Grant ...1864 F--- (Withdrawn after round 1) 0.0
H indicates a half point bye.
The European Youth Chess Championships took place in Mureck, Austria 8-17 July 1998. The Championships had Under-18, Under-16, Under-14, Under-12 and Under-10 sections for both boys and girls. Dennis De Vreugt took the Boys under 18 title.
Full results and games are available at the official site
Boys Under 18 Mureck AUT (AUT), VII 1998 --------------------------- 1 De Vreugt, Dennis NED 2350 7.5 /9 2 Moiseenko, Alexander UKR 2405 6.5 /9 3 Iljushin, Alexei m RUS 2470 6.5 /9 4 Gershon, Alik m ISR 2460 6.5 /9 5 Doettling, Fabian f GER 2360 6.5 /9 6 Antoniewski, Rafal POL 2430 6.0 /9 7 Postny, Evgeny ISR 2260 5.5 /9 8 Halkias, Stelios f GRE 2435 5.5 /9 9 Blehm, Pawel m POL 2420 5.5 /9 10 Dovliatov, Sanan AZE 2285 5.5 /9 11 Zakharov, Alexander S RUS 2375 5.5 /9 12 Deseatnicov, Ivan MDA 2185 5.5 /9 13 Lopez Martinez, J.M ESP 2350 5.5 /9 14 Bitansky, Igor ISR 2325 5.5 /9 15 Kavcic, Uros SLO 2245 5.5 /9 16 Sandhu, Mario AUT 2190 5.5 /9 52 players Boys Under 16 Mureck AUT (AUT), VII 1998 ---------------------------- 1 Sargissian, Gabriel f ARM 2290 7.5 2 Jirka, Jiri CZE 2195 7.0 3 Kovchan, Alexander f UKR 2330 6.5 4 Lurie, Michael ISR 2160 6.5 5 Jakupovic, Neven BIH 2260 6.0 6 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2280 6.0 7 Asauskas, Henrikas LTU 2190 6.0 8 Jirkvalishvili, Otar GEO 2170 6.0 9 Bar, Roman ISR 2255 6.0 10 Szymanski, Marcin POL 2295 6.0 63 players Boys Under 14 Mureck AUT (AUT), VII 1998 ----------------------------------- 1 Riazantsev, Alexander RUS 2235 7.0 2 Izoria, Zviad GEO 2250 7.0 3 Lupulescu, Constantin ROM 2205 6.5 4 Gagunashvili, Merab GEO 2205 6.5 5 Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2330 6.5 6 Drozdovskij, Yuri f UKR 2295 6.0 7 Miton, Kamil f POL 2415 6.0 8 Petrosian,Davit ARM 2245 6.0 9 Stojanovski, Dejan FRM 2235 6.0 10 Jakab, Attila HUN 2210 6.0 11 Acher,Mathieu FRA 2205 6.0 12 Shkuran, Daniil UKR 2245 6.0 13 Zawadzki, Stanislaw POL 2245 6.0 62 players Boys Under 12 FMs Teimour Radjabov (2325 AZE) and Vugar Gashimov (2270 AZE) both scored 8/9 ahead of the rest of the pack starting on 6.5. 56 players Boys Under 10 Dmytro Tishyn of the Ukraine scored 7.5 points ahead of Davit Baramidze of Georgia and Michael Metzger of Germany on 7.0. 52 players competed. Girls Under 18 Mureck AUT (AUT), VII 1998 --------------------------- 1 Reizniece, Dana wf LAT 2170 7.0 2 Zozulia, Anna wm UKR 2315 7.0 3 Kucypera, Anna POL 2130 7.0 4 Ionica, Iulia wf ROM 2195 6.0 5 Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2425 6.0 6 Pokorna,Regina SVK 2170 6.0 7 Virnik, Elena GER 2160 6.0 44 players Girls Under 16 Mureck AUT (AUT), VII 1998 -------------------------- 1 Matnadze, Ana wf GEO 2280 7.0 2 Moser, Eva AUT 2190 7.0 3 Charkhalashvili, Inga GEO 2075 6.5 4 Goczo, Melinda HUN 2185 6.5 5 Polovnikova, Ekaterina wf RUS 2325 6.5 49 players Girls Under 14 Lela Javakhishvili (2130 GEO) scored 7.5 points above Ticia Gara (2245 HUN) who scored 7. Girls under 12 Marie Sebag (unrated) of France took the title on tiebreak from FM Tatiana Kasintseva (2120 RUS) both scored 8 a point clear of FM Maria Kursova (2070 RUS) on 7.0 50 players. Girls under 10 Anna Muzychuk of the Ukraine took the under 10 title with 7 points ahead of 5 on 6.5 points. 38 players.
Stage 6 of the Russian Cup took place in Nizhnij Novgorod 29 June - 7th July 1998. The event ended with five players scoring 6.5/9. Valerij Filippov took the event on tie break from Balashov, Voitsekhovsky, Kharlov and Turov.
Fuller information at the Chess Assistant site:
http://www.chessassistant.com/
Leading final Standings Nizhnij Novgorod RUS (RUS), VI-VII 1998 -------------------------------------------- 1 Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2595 6.5 2 Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2555 6.5 3 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav m RUS 2540 6.5 4 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2560 6.5 5 Turov, Maxim m RUS 2445 6.5 6 Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2545 6.0 7 Volkov, Sergey m RUS 2545 6.0 8 Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2585 6.0 9 Aseev, Konstantin N g RUS 2565 6.0 10 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N g RUS 2505 6.0 11 Yevseev, Denis RUS 2455 6.0 12 Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2535 6.0 13 Ulko, Jaroslav RUS 2420 6.0 14 Komliakov, Viktor g MDA 2510 6.0 15 Shariyazdanov, Andrey m RUS 2495 6.0 16 Popov, Valerij m RUS 2505 5.5 17 Irzhanov, Ruslan m KAZ 2535 5.5 18 Grischuk, Alexander f RUS 2395 5.5 19 Grebionkin, Vladimir RUS 2415 5.5 20 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2590 5.5 21 Shchekachev, Andrei g RUS 2565 5.5 22 Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2480 5.5
The Dutch Ladies Championships took place 8-17 July in Rheden, the Netherlands. The event was won by ELO favourite Erika Sziva who won the event with 7/9 a point clear of Tea Lanchava.
Internet coverage at; http://www.schaakbond.nl/update/nieuws/nkdames/nkdames.htm
Rheden NED (NED), VII 1998
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1 Sziva, Erika wm NED 2310 * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2313
2 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wm NED 2260 1 * 0 = 1 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2264
3 Jap Tjoen San, Linda NED 2195 0 1 * = = 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 2329
4 Bos-Swiecik, Iwona wm NED 2125 = = = * = 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2181
5 Borek, Jutta wf AUT 2070 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 5.0 2139
6 Benschop, Anne Marie wm NED 2150 0 = 0 1 = * = 1 = = 4.5 2127
7 Wuts, Helene wf NED 2095 0 = 0 = = = * = = 1 4.0 2135
8 Fongers, Joyce NED ---- 0 0 1 0 0 0 = * 1 = 3.0 1981
9 Pater, Evelien NED ---- 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 * = 2.0 1981
10 De Kleuver, Esther wm NED 2190 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.0 1863
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The Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament took place in Vlissingen, NED July 11 to July 17. The event was a FIDE rated Swiss system event. Van Wely and Glek took byes in the first round. Mikhail Gurevich won the event on tie break from Victor Mikhalevski and Shukhrat Safin all of whom scored 6/7.
My thanks to Hans Groffen.
Internet coverage at;
http://www.HZeeland.nl/hzhome-ned.html
Leadings final standings
Vlissingen NED (NED), VII 1998
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2635 + 63 + 61 + 24 = 4 + 7 + 2 = 5 6.0 /7 2715
2 Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2545 + 27 + 35 + 22 + 11 + 9 - 1 + 13 6.0 /7 2685
3 Safin, Shukhrat m UZB 2510 + 93 = 20 = 30 + 57 + 61 + 72 + 28 6.0 /7
4 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2450 + 66 + 17 + 23 = 1 = 10 = 9 + 36 5.5 /7 2617
5 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2520 + 75 + 29 = 34 = 15 + 14 + 12 = 1 5.5 /7 2498
6 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2525 + 40 + 33 = 12 = 34 + 38 + 36 = 10 5.5 /7 2468
7 Chuchelov, Vladimir g BEL 2545 + 58 + 37 + 21 = 18 - 1 + 23 + 19 5.5 /7 2513
8 Golod, Vitali g ISR 2535 + 90 + 38 = 15 + 16 = 12 = 19 + 22 5.5 /7 2388
9 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav m RUS 2550 + 62 + 25 + 72 + 19 - 2 = 4 + 18 5.5 /7 2545
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 =106 + 89 + 43 + 39 = 4 + 28 = 6 5.5 /7 2641
11 Ernst, Sipke NED 2300 + 44 + 60 + 26 - 2 + 29 - 13 + 38 5.0 /7 2290
12 Van Delft, Merijn NED 2240 + 79 + 65 = 6 + 24 = 8 - 5 + 42 5.0 /7 2462
13 Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2515 + 59 - 52 + 62 + 42 + 34 + 11 - 2 5.0 /7 2501
14 Van den Berg, A.M.J NED 2245 + 49 - 45 + 27 + 31 - 5 + 78 + 48 5.0 /7
15 Willemze, Jeroen NED 2290 + 84 + 64 = 8 = 5 = 35 = 20 + 43 5.0 /7 2550
16 Peek,M ---- +103 =106 + 20 - 8 + 41 = 26 + 37 5.0 /7 2167
17 Rosmuller,A ---- + 51 - 4 + 84 = 22 + 39 = 34 + 72 5.0 /7 2369
18 Janssen, Ruud NED 2290 + 48 + 47 + 52 = 7 - 28 + 21 - 9 4.5 /7 2388
19 Delemarre, Jop m NED 2420 +101 + 42 + 32 - 9 + 37 = 8 - 7 4.5 /7 2334
20 Strothotte, Sjonnie NED ---- + 91 = 3 - 16 + 83 + 56 = 15 = 21 4.5 /7 2346
21 Roobol, Martin NED 2240 + 74 + 41 - 7 + 78 + 52 - 18 = 20 4.5 /7
22 Maes, Wim BEL 2225 + 88 + 55 - 2 = 17 + 68 + 35 - 8 4.5 /7
23 Middelburg, Tom NED 2235 + 80 + 50 - 4 = 41 + 69 - 7 + 52 4.5 /7
24 De Heer, Machiel NED 2315 + 99 + 68 - 1 - 12 + 50 + 47 = 26 4.5 /7 2250
25 Haak, Eelco NED 2180 + 94 - 9 + 75 + 50 - 36 = 55 + 65 4.5 /7
26 De Wolf, Johan NED 2185 + 76 +102 - 11 = 65 + 74 = 16 = 24 4.5 /7 2114
27 Friesen, Kim NED ---- - 2 + 77 - 14 +110 + 33 + 54 = 34 4.5 /7 2102
28 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2565 =106 +116 + 46 + 36 + 18 - 10 - 3 4.5 /7 2430
29 Jansen, Chris DW NED ---- + 92 - 5 +101 + 45 - 11 = 30 + 69 4.5 /7
30 Welten,H ---- + 98 = 39 = 3 - 37 +108 = 29 + 68 4.5 /7 2377
31 Van Driel,E ---- -113 + 80 + 97 - 14 + 88 = 32 + 61 4.5 /7
32 Tiggelman, Rene NED ---- + 85 +113 - 19 - 60 + 62 = 31 + 55 4.5 /7
33 De Wolf,C ---- + 87 - 6 + 95 + 72 - 27 +105 = 63 4.5 /7 2377
120 players
Viswanathan Anand will play the computer program REBEL, July 21-23 1998 on the island of Ischia (Italy). There will be 8 games.
The Schedule
July-21 4 blitz games (5 minutes) and 2 semi-blitz games (15 minutes) July-22 1 tournament game (40/2:00, 1 hour) July-23 1 tournament game (40/2:00, 1 hour)
Info at:
http://www.rebel.nl/edindex.htm
The Saitek US Masters starts on Tuesday, July 21 at the Hawaiian Monarch Hotel in Waikiki, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Information at:
Here is the advance entry list. CM is Candidate Master. All ratings from July 1998 list. 2000 indicates unrated. The Cardoza US Open starts August 1 in Kona, featuring Judit Polgar and most of the participants from the Masters.
| Firstname | Lastname | Title | Federation | FIDE Rating |
| Ian | Rogers | GM | AUS | 2605 |
| Joel | Benjamin | GM | USA | 2595 |
| Boris | Gulko | GM | USA | 2585 |
| Patrick | Wolff | GM | USA | 2575 |
| Julian | Hodgson | GM | ENG | 2575 |
| Rogelio | Antonio | GM | PHI | 2540 |
| Pavel | Blatny | GM | CZE | 2520 |
| Tal | Shaked | GM | USA | 2490 |
| Maurice | Ashley | IM | USA | 2490 |
| Eduard | Gufeld | GM | USA | 2465 |
| Dean | Ippolito | FM | USA | 2430 |
| Nikolay | Andrianov | IM | RUS | 2425 |
| Ben | Deng | IM | USA | 2415 |
| Watu | Kobese | IM | RSA | 2415 |
| Jay | Whitehead | IM | USA | 2410 |
| William | Kelleher | FM | USA | 2400 |
| Ron | Burnett | IM | USA | 2395 |
| Leonid | Shamkovich | GM | USA | 2380 |
| Anthony | Saidy | IM | USA | 2380 |
| John | Watson | IM | USA | 2365 |
| Eugene | Martinovsky | FM | USA | 2365 |
| Greg | Shahade | FM | USA | 2355 |
| Miles | Ardaman | FM | USA | 2355 |
| Gerd | Welling | IM | NED | 2350 |
| Idelfonso | Datu | NM | PHI | 2335 |
| Lewis | Eisen | FM | USA | 2325 |
| Earl | Pruner | NM | USA | 2290 |
| Jeff | Ashton | CM | USA | 2285 |
| Irina | Krush | NM | USA | 2275 |
| Joel | Salman | NM | USA | 2250 |
| Ron | Gross | NM | USA | 2250 |
| Andre | Zaremba | NM | USA | 2245 |
| Patrick | Hummel | NM | USA | 2240 |
| Oliver | Chernin | NM | USA | 2240 |
| Vinay | Bhat | FM | USA | 2235 |
| Kari | Heinola | NM | FIN | 2235 |
| Reynolds | Takata | NM | USA | 2235 |
| Wilmer | Chavira | NM | USA | 2230 |
| Sunil | Weeramantry | FM | SRI | 2215 |
| Emanuel | Ballo | NM | GER | 2200 |
| Denis | Strenzwilk | NM | USA | 2195 |
| Eric | Schiller | NM | USA | 2190 |
| Tom | Crispin | NM | USA | 2190 |
| Eugene | Levin | NM | USA | 2190 |
| Todd | Andrews | CM | USA | 2185 |
| Jennifer | Shahade | NM | USA | 2185 |
| Harold | Stenzel | CM | USA | 2165 |
| Jordy | Mont-Reynaud | NM | USA | 2125 |
| David | Rupel | CM | USA | 2115 |
| Cornelius | Rubsamen | CM | GER | 2110 |
| Eric | Johnson | CM | USA | 2105 |
| Gabe | Kahane | CM | USA | 2100 |
| Clyde | Nakamura | CM | USA | 2090 |
| Arianne | Caoili | CM | PHI | 2050 |
| Dexter | Nakamoto | CM | USA | 2030 |
| Ben Dean | Kawamura | CM | USA | 2000 |
| Chip | Chapin | CM | USA | 2000 |
| Kimo | Boissoniere | CM | FRA | 2000 |
| George | Kramer | NM | USA | 2000 |
| Scott | Roods | NM | USA | 2000 |
| Paul | Smith | CM | USA | 2000 |
| Dana | Woods | NM | USA | 2000 |
| Alan | Kobernat | NM | USA | 2000 |
| Marcel | Martinez | NM | USA | 2000 |
| Buenaventura | Villamayor | NM | PHI | 2000 |
| Ira | Pohl | CM | USA | 2000 |
10-26 July 1998 sees the various events in the Czech Open Chess Festival. Further details:
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