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1) Introduction
2) EuroTel Trophy Chess Match
3) Cancan Tournament, Roquebrune, France
4) Russian Cup
5) Spanish Team Championships
6) European Club Cup
7) Politiken Nordic Zonal
8) Zone 2.4 in Sao Paulo
9) South American Zonal Tournament
10) First Saturday September
11) 120th New York State Championships
12) Southern California Open
13) Krynica Zonal Tournament 1.4
14) Zifroni vs Junior 5.0
15) Sinisa Joksic on the Olympiad
16) COPYRIGHT ON CHESS GAMES
17) Upcoming events
18) London Chess Center TWIC offers
Games section
EuroTel Trophy Chess Match 4 games Cancan Tournament, Roquebrune, France 36 games Russian Cup 18 games Spanish Team Championships 158 games European Club Cup 71 games Politiken Nordic Zonal 42 games Zone 2.4 in Sao Paulo 42 games South American Zonal Tournament 66 games First Saturday September IM A 36 games First Saturday September IM B 30 games 120th New York State Championships 93 games Southern California Open 21 games Zifroni vs Junior 5.0 2 games
My thanks to Lost Boys, Francis Schmit, Vinicius van Riemsdijk, Ruben Casafus and Adrian Roldan (AJEDREZ ARGENTINO MultiWeb), Laszlo Nagy, Bill Townsend, Jack Peters, Przemek Jahr, Shay Bushinsky, Stewart Reuben and all those who helped with this issue.
My thanks to all those who wrote to me during the week about the 200th issue. Its nice to hear from people from all over the World.
Kasparov duly beat Timman in Prague after winning the second and third games for the match. Alexander Morozevich took the Russian Cup final tournament. This week sees many of the qualification tournaments for the FIDE World Championships at the end of the year. The Olympiad starts in a fortnight but as Sinisa Joksic points out the progress of the building of the Olympic village is still unclear. One supposes that at this stage the event will definitely go ahead but FIDE should show how the site is progressing. Stewart Reuben writes on the copyright of chess games, which will be discussed at the FIDE Congress during the Olympiad.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Gary Kasparov won the EuroTel Trophy Chess Match by 4-2 after winning the second and third games of the match. All the other games were drawn. With a performance rating of 2690 Timman did slightly better in the match than his rating might have predicted. The match took place 6-13 September, Prague. All games were played at the Archa Theater in the center of Prague. The rate of play was 40 moves in 2 hours each, followed by 20 moves in 1 hour each followed by the rest of the game in an additional 30 minutes each. The games were played on September 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13. The total prize fund for the match is $100,000 with the winner receiving $65,000 and the EuroTel trophy. The match is being sponsored by EuroTel, Siemens, Patria, Internet on Line, CzechMate, Opel,Hotel Renaissance, Archa, Casio Phonemate, sLidove Noviny and Frekvence 1.
Kasparov was favourite to win the match by a clear margin as his career record against Timman 18 wins, 22 draws and only 3 losses.
Kasparov was only really in any trouble in the first game of the match when Timman escaped positional pressure to be a pawn up in the ending. The second and third games of the match were the only decisive ones. Kasparov played a sharp line in the Slav as black and obtained a big position from the opening which he converted with ease. In the third game Timman was lost after probably only 13 moves. His position was precarious before he played 13. ...Rd8 (possibly 13. ...Qd8 was the only way) and a series of tactical blows led to him resigning on move 26. The rest of the match was marked by correct chess with Kasparov not managing to press a series of slight advantages. The result was slightly better for Timman than might have been expected by their relative ratings.
Internet coverage was by Lost Boys at: http://chess.lostcity.nl/
Kasparov, Gary - Timman, Jan H 1/2 57 D24 QGA;
Timman, Jan H - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 30 D15 Slav defence
Kasparov, Gary - Timman, Jan H 1-0 26 E32 Nimzo indian
Timman, Jan H - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 40 D58 QGD;
Kasparov, Gary - Timman, Jan H 1/2 28 E32 Nimzo indian
Timman, Jan H - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 31 D52 QGD; Cambridge Springs
Prague CZE (CZE), IX 1998
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Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2815 = 1 1 = = = 4.0 2780
Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 = 0 0 = = = 2.0 2690
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The Can Can tournament in Roquebrune, France started 7th September 1998. This, the latest in a series of Veterans vs Ladies events organised by Mr. J.J. van Oosterom "Association Max Euwe" based in Monaco. The event will run 7th-20th September 1998. At the half way stage the veterans and ladies were tied at 18-18. The seventh round saw the men go 22-20 7 up, however they had white on all boards.
http://chess.lostcity.nl/cancan/default.cfm
Rounds 1-6
Cancan, Roquebrune FRA 1998
----------------- Korchnoi,V 2625 5.0/6
| -------------- Spassky,B 2545 4.0/6
| | ----------- Hort,V 2525 3.5/6
| | | -------- Smyslov,V 2500 2.5/6
| | | | ----- Portisch,L 2595 2.0/6
| | | | | -- Taimanov,M 2455 1.0/6
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1 Chiburdanidze,M 2525 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 4.5/6
2 Zhu Chen 2480 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 3.5/6
3 Xie Jun 2510 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3.0/6
4 Ioseliani,N 2495 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 2.5/6
5 Cramling,P 2505 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 2.5/6
6 Arakhamia,K 2420 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2.0/6
Round 7 (1998.09.14)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Zhu Chen 1/2 24 D17 Slav defence
Hort, Vlastimil - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1-0 57 B19 Caro-Kann
Spassky, Boris V - Ioseliani, Nana 1/2 17 B44 Sicilian
Smyslov, Vassily - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 1-0 25 B30 Sicilian
Portisch, Lajos - Cramling, Pia 1/2 31 A40 Queen's pawn
Taimanov, Mark E - Xie Jun 1/2 45 A24 English; 1.c4 e5
The final event of the Russian Cup took place in Samara and bringing together the players with the best results in the opens that made up the Russian Cup Grand Prix. The event was won by Alexander Morozevich who tied for first place with Vadim Zvjaginsev but according to the website below won the event on tie-break. Both scored 7/11. In clear third was Valerij Filippov on 6.5. In joint 4th were Yuri Balashov and Alexander Khalifman, the latter seemed to be heading for a much better result until losing two of his last three games. The final round games are unavailable.
Daily internet coverage was at:
http://www.risotec.com/Chess/chess_russia_cup_98_copy_ENGL.htm
Round 9 (1998.09.07)
Morozevich, Alexander - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 37 B52 Sicilian
Balashov, Yuri S - Yakovich, Yuri 1/2 14 B35 Sicilian
Dreev, Alexey - Volkov, Sergey 0-1 24 D15 Slav defence
Malaniuk, Vladimir P - Fedorov, Alexei 1/2 19 E63 Kings indian
Dvoirys, Semen I - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 38 B88 Sicilian
Landa, Konstantin - Filippov, Valerij 1/2 28 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Round 10 (1998.09.08)
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 11 A15 English; 1.c4
Filippov, Valerij - Yakovich, Yuri 1/2 32 D27 QGA;
Khalifman, Alexander - Malaniuk, Vladimir P 1/2 16 C65 Ruy Lopez
Fedorov, Alexei - Balashov, Yuri S 1/2 29 B20 Sicilian
Volkov, Sergey - Dvoirys, Semen I 1-0 33 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Landa, Konstantin - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 48 D31 Queen's gambit
Round 11 (1998.09.09)
Morozevich, Alexander - Volkov, Sergey 1-0
Balashov, Yuri S - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0
Dreev, Alexey - Filippov, Valerij 0-1
Yakovich, Yuri - Fedorov, Alexei 1/2
Malaniuk, Vladimir P - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2
Dvoirys, Semen I - Landa, Konstantin 1/2
Samara RUS (RUS), VIII-IX 1998 cat. XIV (2600)
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1 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2650 * = 1 = = = = = 1 1 = = 7.0 2697
2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2625 = * 0 1 1 = 1 = 0 1 = 1 7.0 2699
3 Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2595 0 1 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 = = = 6.5 2665
4 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2645 = 0 1 * 0 = = = = 1 1 = 6.0 2631
5 Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2580 = 0 = 1 * 0 = = = = 1 1 6.0 2637
6 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2645 = = 0 = 1 * = = 1 0 = = 5.5 2595
7 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2560 = 0 = = = = * = = 1 = = 5.5 2603
8 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2590 = = 0 = = = = * = = = = 5.0 2564
9 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2600 0 1 0 = = 0 = = * = = 1 5.0 2564
10 Volkov, Sergey m RUS 2605 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 = = * 1 = 4.5 2534
11 Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2585 = = = 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 4.0 2499
12 Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2520 = 0 = = 0 = = = 0 = = * 4.0 2505
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The Spanish Team Championships are being played in Salamanca, Spain. Many strong players including Alexei Shirov, Joel Lautier, Jon Speelman, Ian Rogers, Miguel Illescas. Full coverage next week. The winners were Epic Barcino (Shirov, Movsisian, Ilundain, Mellado etc) ahead of Unio Gracienca (Illescas, Magem etc). C.A. Labradores won the second division event.
Internet coverage was at: http://www.chessnet64.com/torneos_online/equipos98/index.htm
Final Standings. 1st Division Group 1 EPIC- BARCINO 24,0 2 UNIO GRACIENCA 22,5 3 FOMENT MARTINENC 21,0 4 C.A. MARCOTE 21,0 5 CAJA INSULAR 18,5 6 C.E. TERRASSA 17,5 7 C.A. ENDESA 17,0 8 VULCA - SPEED SOUND 14,0 9 E.M. EL OLIVAR 13,0 10 GOYA-VILLA TEROR 10,5
The chess club Gambit Bonnevoie (Luxemburg) organised the preliminary group 2 of the European Club Cup, September 11-13 reports Francis Schmit. The Israeli Club Beer Sheva won the event beating the Belgian Club SK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis 4.5-1.5. SK Universitet Maikop withdrew to be replaced by Belvaux the second placed team in the Luxemburg league.
Day 1 ENG/Slough Chess Club - BEL/Schachklub Eupen-Kelmis 1-5 1 HOUSKA Miroslav - 1 GLEK Igor 1/2 2 De COVERLY Roger - 2 CHUCHELOV Vladimir 0-1 3 ARMSTRONG Malcolm - 5 WINANTS Luc 0-1 4 JOHNSON Nigel - 7 MEESSEN Rudolf 0-1 5 CHRIGHTON Martin - 8 COENEN Norbert 0-1 6 LAURENCE Adrien - 10 PLUMANS Dieter 1/2 SWE/SK Rockaden Stockholm - FIN/Helsinki Chess Club 3,5-2,5 3 EKSTROEM Roland - 1 NORRI Joose 1/2 4 LYRBERG Patrik - 2 MANNINEN Marko 1-0 6 BJORK Carl-Magnus - 3 SORRI Juhani 1-0 7 BATOR Robert - 4 HARTIKAINEN Merkku 1/2 8 SJOBERG Mats - 5 KYTONIEMI Jyrki 1/2 9 HARTMAN Christer - 7 KANKO Ilkka 0-1 LUX/CC Gambit Bonnevoie - LUX/Tour et Cavalier Belvaux 4-2 1 BEREND Fred - 2 MERTENS Marc 1/2 2 WIEDENKELLER Michael - 3 DERGATSCHOWA Anna 1-0 3 PAEHTZ Thomas - 4 DAUS Peter 1-0 6 HAAS Georges - 6 GOELFF Claude 1/2 9 RASMUSSEN Lars-Bo - 7 SCHOCKMEL Jean-Marie 1/2 10 HUBERTY Marc - 8 KLEIN Jean-Paul 1/2 SUI/Club d'Echecs de Genève - ISR/Chess Club Beer Sheva 2-4 2 MIRALLES Gilles - 1 HUZMAN Alexander 1-0 4 GUREVICH Dmitry - 2 GOLOD Vitali 0-1 6 FIORAMONTI Hung - 3 AVRUKH Boris 1/2 8 GERBER Richard - 4 GREENFELD Alon 1/2 9 HORN Pascal - 5 MIKHALEVSKI Victor 0-1 11 GEISER Laurent - 6 TSEITLIN Mark D. 0-1 Day 2 ISR/Chess Club Beer Sheva - LUX/CC Gambit Bonnevoie 5,5 - 0,5 1 HUZMAN Alexander - 1 BEREND Fred 1-0 2 GOLOD Vitali - 2 WIEDENKELLER Michael 1/2 3 AVRUKH Boris - 3 PAEHTZ Thomas 1-0 4 GREENFELD Alon - 5 UPTON Tim 1-0 5 MIKHALEVSKI Victor - 6 HAAS Georges 1-0 6 TSEITLIN Mark D. - 8 BAUDOT Denis 1-0 BEL/Schachklub Eupen-Kelmis - SWE/SK Rockaden Stockholm 3,5-2,5 1 GLEK Igor - 3 EKSTROEM Roland 1/2 2 CHUCHELOV Vladimir - 4 LYRBERG Patrik 1/2 5 WINANTS Luc - 6 BJORK Carl-Magnus 1-0 7 MEESSEN Rudolf - 7 BATOR Robert 1/2 9 AHN Martin - 8 SJOBERG Mats 1-0 12 ROESSLER Eckhard - 11 HJELM Niclas 0-1 FIN/Helsinki Chess Club - ENG/Slough Chess Club 5,5 - 0,5 1 NORRI Joose - 1 HOUSKA Miroslav 1-0 2 MANNINEN Marko - 2 De COVERLY Roger 1-0 3 SORRI Juhani - 3 ARMSTRONG Malcolm 1-0 4 HARTIKAINEN Merkku - 4 JOHNSON Nigel 1-0 5 KYTONIEMI Jyrki - 5 CHRICHTON Martin 1/2 6 BINHAM Timothy - 6 LAURENCE Adrien 1-0 LUX/Tour et Cavalier Belvaux - SUI/Club d'Echecs de Geneve 0-6 3 DERGATSCHOWA Anna - 2 MIRALLES Gilles 0-1 6 GOELFF Claude - 4 GUREVICH Dmitry 0-1 7 SCHOCKMEL Jean-Marie - 6 FIORAMONTI Hung 0-1 10 PHILIPPY Jean-Marc - 8 GERBER Richard 0-1 11 KOHNEN MARC - 9 HORN Pascal 0-1 12 THILL Gerard - 11 GEISER Laurent 0-1 Day 3 Final : BEL/SK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis - ISR/Beer Sheva Chess Club 1,5 - 4,5 Glek - Huzman 0-1 Chuchelov - Golod 1/2 Winants - Avrukh 1/2 Coenen - Greenfeld 0-1 Ahn - Mikhalevski 1/2 Plumans - Tseitlin 0-1 3d place : LUX/Bonnevoie - SWE/Stockholm 1,5 - 4,5 Berend - Ekstroem 1-0 Wiedenkeller - Lyrberg 1/2 Upton - Bjork 0-1 Baudot - Bator 0-1 Monaville - Sjoeberg 0-1 Roll - Hartman 0-1 5th place : FIN/Helsinki - SUI/Geneve 2-4 Norri - Miralles 1/2 Manninen - Gurevich 0-1 Hartikainen - Fioramonti 0-1 Kytoniemi - Gerber 0-1 Binham - Horn 1-0 Kanko - Geiser 1/2 7th place : ENG/Slough - LUX/Belvaux 3-3 Houska - Bakalarz 1-0 De Coverly - Mertens 0-1 Armstrong - Dergatschowa 1/2 Johnson - Schockmel 1-0 Crichton - Schuller 0-1 Laurence - Kohnen 1/2 Final standings: 1. Beer Sheva 2. Eupen-Kelmis 3. Stockholm 4. Bonnevoie 5. Geneve 6. Helsinki 7. Slough 8. Belvaux
The Politiken Nordic Zonal will be played in the city of Munkebo, Denmark running September 10th-19th. The event is being run as a knockout event. The major casualty of the first round was top seed Curt Hansen who lost 2-0 toRune Djurhuus. After losing his first game against Ralf Akesson second favourite Margeir Petursson is in trouble in the second round. However he survived a loss with white in the first game of his round one match against Throstur Thorhallsson.
http://www.dsu.dk/zone/n146.htm
Round 1 (1998.09.10-12) Djurhuus, Rune * - Hansen, Curt 1-0 1-0 Petursson, Margeir * - Thorhallsson, Throstur 0-1 1-0 2-0 Brynell, Stellan * - Agrest, Evgenij 1-0 1/2 Gausel, Einar * - Hall, Jesper 1-0 1/2 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - * Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 0-1 Schandorff, Lars - * Wedberg, Tom 1/2 1/2 1.5-2.5 Ostenstad, Berge - * Hansen, Sune Berg 1/2 0-1 Nielsen, Peter Heine * - Pihlajasalo, Antti 1-0 1/2 Salmensuu, Olli - * Danielsen, Henrik 1-0 0-1 1.5-2.5 Akesson, Ralf * - Sammalvuo, Tapani 1-0 1-0 Fyllingen, Roy Harald - * Hector, Jonny 0-1 1/2 Olafsson, Helgi * - Rodgaard, John 1-0 0-1 1.5-0.5 * = a qualifier. Round 2 (1998.09.13) Akesson, Ralf - Petursson, Margeir 1-0 Gausel, Einar - Hector, Jonny 1-0 Olafsson, Helgi - Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 Hansen, Sune Berg - Djurhuus, Rune 1/2 Brynell, Stellan - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 Danielsen, Henrik - Wedberg, Tom 0-1
Zone 2.4 is underway in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Peru, Bolivia and Brazil all have players involved. The event runs 8-16 September and is a Swiss Open event of nine rounds. After six rounds Gilberto Milos leads with 5/6 from Rafael Leitao and Jaime Sunye Neto who have 4 points. My thanks to Vinicius van Riemsdijk for the news.
Internet coverage at: http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/ which also covers the 2nd Itau Mercosul Cup.
Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), IX 1998
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1 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2575 +10 = 3 = 2 +11 + 4 +12 . . . 5.0 2736
2 Leitao, Rafael m BRA 2550 + 9 =11 = 1 - 4 + 5 + 3 . . . 4.0 2571
3 Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2520 +13 = 1 = 4 + 7 + 6 - 2 . . . 4.0 2582
4 Urday, Henry g PER 2475 = 5 +12 = 3 + 2 - 1 = 7 . . . 3.5 2538
5 Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2300 = 4 = 7 = 9 +10 - 2 +11 . . . 3.5 2517
6 Rocha, Wellington Carlos BRA 2315 = 7 = 8 =11 +12 - 3 +13 . . . 3.5 2466
7 Vescovi, Giovanni m BRA 2525 = 6 = 5 = 8 - 3 +13 = 4 . . . 3.0 2365
8 Berrocal, Jorge f BOL 2275 =12 = 6 = 7 = 9 -10 +14 . . . 3.0 2378
9 Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2400 - 2 +14 = 5 = 8 =11 =10 . . . 3.0 2357
10 Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2405 - 1 =13 +14 - 5 + 8 = 9 . . . 3.0 2343
11 Limp, Eduardo BRA 2410 +14 = 2 = 6 - 1 = 9 - 5 . . . 2.5 2333
12 Oblitas, Carlomagno m PER 2420 = 8 - 4 +13 - 6 +14 - 1 . . . 2.5 2301
13 Martins, Carlos BRA 2305 - 3 =10 -12 +14 - 7 - 6 . . . 1.5 2205
14 Saavedra, Carlos BOL 2205 -11 - 9 -10 -13 -12 - 8 . . . 0.0
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The Zone 2.5 (South American Zone) took place in Cordoba Argentina, 29th August - 9th. September 1998. Andres Rodriguez won the event ahead of Alejandro Hoffman, these two players qualify for the FIDE World Championships at the end of the year.
Internet coverage by Ruben Casafus and Adrian Roldan (AJEDREZ ARGENTINO MultiWeb) at: http://www.adrian-roldan.com/
Cordoba ARG (ARG), VIII-IX 1998 cat. VII (2409)
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1 Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2490 * = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8.0 2576
2 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2525 = * 1 0 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2531
3 Silva Sanchez, Carlos f CHI 2395 = 0 * = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2512
4 Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2545 1 1 = * 0 1 = 0 0 1 = = 6.0 2432
5 Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2460 0 = 0 1 * = 1 0 = = 1 1 6.0 2440
6 Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2455 0 = = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2404
7 Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2385 0 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2410
8 Toloza, Pablo m CHI 2350 0 0 = 1 1 = = * 0 = 1 0 5.0 2378
9 Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2400 0 = = 1 = 0 0 1 * = = = 5.0 2373
10 Barria, Daniel f CHI 2305 0 = = 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 4.5 2353
11 Malbran, Guillermo f ARG 2430 1 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 3.5 2273
12 Cubas, Jose Fernando f PAR 2165 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = 0 0 * 2.5 2219
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Laszlo Nagy reports on up to round 9 of the First Saturday events which started September 7th. The two main events are IM events, although there is also an ELO rated event.
IMA event
Round 1 (1998.09.05)
Dumpor, Atif - Balogh, Csaba 1-0 31 A58 Benko gambit
Czebe, Attila - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2 16 E54 Nimzo indian
Paschall, William M - Nguyen Thi Thanh An 1/2 28 D90 Gruenfeld indian
Gara, Ticia - Szeberenyi, Adam 1/2 60 B87 Sicilian
Jamrich, Gyorgy - Lengyel, Bela 1/2 42 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Jagodzinski, Andreas - Husari, Sate 0-1 38 D30 Queen's gambit
Round 2 (1998.09.06)
Vadasz, Laszlo - Balogh, Csaba 1-0 39 B36 Sicilian
Lengyel, Bela - Jagodzinski, Andreas 1-0 41 B85 Sicilian
Czebe, Attila - Jamrich, Gyorgy 1/2 28 D17 Slav defence
Husari, Sate - Gara, Ticia 1/2 60 A40 Queen's pawn
Szeberenyi, Adam - Paschall, William M 1/2 50 E12 Nimzo indian
Nguyen Thi Thanh An - Dumpor, Atif 1/2 74 A53 Benoni
Round 3 (1998.09.07)
Dumpor, Atif - Szeberenyi, Adam 1/2 63 B25 Sicilian; Closed
Paschall, William M - Husari, Sate 1-0 58 A43 Queen's pawn
Gara, Ticia - Lengyel, Bela 1/2 11 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Jamrich, Gyorgy - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2 11 B12 Caro-Kann
Balogh, Csaba - Nguyen Thi Thanh An 1-0 83 B15 Caro-Kann
Jagodzinski, Andreas - Czebe, Attila 0-1 25 B06 Modern defence
Round 4 (1998.09.08)
Vadasz, Laszlo - Nguyen Thi Thanh An 1-0 46 A12 English; 1.c4
Lengyel, Bela - Paschall, William M 1/2 16 B74 Sicilian; Dragon
Czebe, Attila - Gara, Ticia 1/2 20 E73 Kings indian
Husari, Sate - Dumpor, Atif 1/2 58 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Jamrich, Gyorgy - Jagodzinski, Andreas 1-0 21 C02 French; Advance
Szeberenyi, Adam - Balogh, Csaba 1/2 40 A59 Benko gambit
Round 5 (1998.09.09)
Dumpor, Atif - Lengyel, Bela 1/2 62 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Paschall, William M - Czebe, Attila 0-1 35 A40 Queen's pawn
Gara, Ticia - Jamrich, Gyorgy 1/2 37 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Balogh, Csaba - Husari, Sate 1/2 60 C48 Four knights
Nguyen Thi Thanh An - Szeberenyi, Adam 1/2 27 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Jagodzinski, Andreas - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2 12 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Round 6 (1998.09.10)
Vadasz, Laszlo - Szeberenyi, Adam 1-0 37 A49 Queen's pawn
Lengyel, Bela - Balogh, Csaba 1-0 60 B74 Sicilian; Dragon
Czebe, Attila - Dumpor, Atif 0-1 55 C44 Scottish
Husari, Sate - Nguyen Thi Thanh An 1-0 32 D02 Queen's pawn
Jamrich, Gyorgy - Paschall, William M 0-1 36 B25 Sicilian; Closed
Jagodzinski, Andreas - Gara, Ticia 1/2 38 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 7 (1998.09.11)
Dumpor, Atif - Jamrich, Gyorgy 1-0 50 A10 English; 1.c4
Paschall, William M - Jagodzinski, Andreas 1-0 34 E29 Nimzo indian
Gara, Ticia - Vadasz, Laszlo 0-1 32 E54 Nimzo indian
Szeberenyi, Adam - Husari, Sate 0-1 37 E61 Kings indian
Balogh, Csaba - Czebe, Attila 1/2 54 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Nguyen Thi Thanh An - Lengyel, Bela 0-1 39 D45 Semi-Slav
Round 8 (1998.09.12)
Vadasz, Laszlo - Husari, Sate 1/2 12 D13 Slav defence
Lengyel, Bela - Szeberenyi, Adam 1/2 10 D13 Slav defence
Czebe, Attila - Nguyen Thi Thanh An 1-0 23 B12 Caro-Kann
Gara, Ticia - Paschall, William M 1/2 38 B38 Sicilian
Jamrich, Gyorgy - Balogh, Csaba 1-0 40 B50 Sicilian
Jagodzinski, Andreas - Dumpor, Atif 0-1 38 A52 Benoni
Round 9 (1998.09.13)
Dumpor, Atif - Gara, Ticia 0-1
Paschall, William M - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2
Husari, Sate - Lengyel, Bela 0-1
Szeberenyi, Adam - Czebe, Attila 0-1
Balogh, Csaba - Jagodzinski, Andreas 1/2
Nguyen Thi Thanh An - Jamrich, Gyorgy 1-0
Budapest HUN (HUN), IX 1998 cat. II (2284)
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1 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2350 * . . = = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2430
2 Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2385 . * = . = 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2412
3 Dumpor, Atif f BIH 2295 . = * 1 . = 0 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2391
4 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2455 = . 0 * 1 . = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2378
5 Paschall, William M f USA 2365 = = . 0 * 1 = 1 = . = 1 5.5 2368
6 Husari, Sate SYR 2290 = 0 = . 0 * = . 1 = 1 1 5.0 2304
7 Gara, Ticia HUN 2245 0 = 1 = = = * = = . . = 4.5 2321
8 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2310 = = 0 = 0 . = * . 1 0 1 4.0 2243
9 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2230 0 = = 0 = 0 = . * = = . 3.0 2170
10 Balogh, Csaba HUN 2155 0 0 0 = . = . 0 = * 1 = 3.0 2168
11 Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2115 0 0 = 0 = 0 . 1 = 0 * . 2.5 2149
12 Jagodzinski, Andreas GER 2215 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 . = . * 1.5 2043
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IMB Event
Round 1 (1998.09.05)
Galyas, Miklos - Gara, Anita 1-0 43 A43 Queen's pawn
Fang, Joseph - Deak, Ferenc 1/2 56 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Farago, Sandor 1/2 11 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Pham Minh Hoang - Bergstrom, Rolf 1/2 40 B44 Sicilian
Bordas, Gyula - Dudas, Janos 0-1 30 D31 Queen's gambit
Round 2 (1998.09.06)
Dudas, Janos - Galyas, Miklos 1/2 1 A40 Queen's pawn
Gara, Anita - Fang, Joseph 1-0 34 B42 Sicilian
Bergstrom, Rolf - Eperjesi, Laszlo 1/2 34 B14 Caro-Kann
Senff, Martin - Bordas, Gyula 1-0 37 C92 Ruy Lopez
Deak, Ferenc - Pham Minh Hoang 1/2 52 A67 Modern Benoni
Round 3 (1998.09.07)
Galyas, Miklos - Senff, Martin 1/2 9 C01 French; Exchange
Fang, Joseph - Dudas, Janos 0-1 35 A52 Benoni
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Deak, Ferenc 1/2 46 A58 Benko gambit
Pham Minh Hoang - Gara, Anita 0-1 37 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Farago, Sandor - Bergstrom, Rolf 1/2 34 C41 Philidor defence
Round 4 (1998.09.08)
Dudas, Janos - Pham Minh Hoang 0-1 47 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Gara, Anita - Eperjesi, Laszlo 0-1 53 E54 Nimzo indian
Senff, Martin - Fang, Joseph 0-1 31 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Deak, Ferenc - Farago, Sandor 1/2 13 D15 Slav defence
Bordas, Gyula - Galyas, Miklos 0-1 35 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 5 (1998.09.09)
Fang, Joseph - Bordas, Gyula 1-0 33 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Dudas, Janos 1/2 15 D13 Slav defence
Pham Minh Hoang - Senff, Martin 1-0 29 E62 Kings indian
Bergstrom, Rolf - Deak, Ferenc 1-0 35 C02 French; Advance
Farago, Sandor - Gara, Anita 0-1 33 B52 Sicilian
Round 6 (1998.09.10)
Galyas, Miklos - Fang, Joseph 0-1 33 C02 French; Advance
Dudas, Janos - Farago, Sandor 1/2 11 D18 Slav defence
Gara, Anita - Bergstrom, Rolf 1/2 67 C41 Philidor defence
Senff, Martin - Eperjesi, Laszlo 1/2 6 B17 Caro-Kann
Bordas, Gyula - Pham Minh Hoang 0-1 44 A37 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 7 (1998.09.11)
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Bordas, Gyula 1-0 31 A60 Modern Benoni
Pham Minh Hoang - Galyas, Miklos 1/2 33 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Bergstrom, Rolf - Dudas, Janos 0-1 26 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Farago, Sandor - Senff, Martin 1/2 11 C10 French
Deak, Ferenc - Gara, Anita 0-1 39 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Round 8 (1998.09.12)
Galyas, Miklos - Eperjesi, Laszlo 1-0 39 B18 Caro-Kann
Dudas, Janos - Deak, Ferenc 1/2 12 D13 Slav defence
Fang, Joseph - Pham Minh Hoang 1-0 50 B38 Sicilian
Senff, Martin - Bergstrom, Rolf 1/2 15 C41 Philidor defence
Bordas, Gyula - Farago, Sandor 1-0 66 A27 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 9 (1998.09.13)
Eperjesi, Laszlo - Fang, Joseph 1/2
Gara, Anita - Dudas, Janos *
Bergstrom, Rolf - Bordas, Gyula 1-0
Farago, Sandor - Galyas, Miklos 1/2
Deak, Ferenc - Senff, Martin 0-1
Budapest HUN (HUN), IX 1998 cat. III (2304)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1 Galyas, Miklos f HUN 2440 * = 0 1 1 = . = = . 1 5.0 / 8 2393
2 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2340 = * 1 = . 0 1 . = = 1 5.0 / 8 2385
3 Fang, Joseph f USA 2315 1 0 * = 0 1 . 1 . = 1 5.0 / 8 2395
4 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2305 0 = = * 1 . = = = = 1 5.0 / 9 2353
5 Gara, Anita wm HUN 2290 0 . 1 0 * 1 = . 1 1 . 4.5 / 7 2409
6 Pham Minh Hoang VIE 2245 = 1 0 . 0 * = 1 . = 1 4.5 / 8 2350
7 Bergstrom, Rolf f SWE 2295 . 0 . = = = * = = 1 1 4.5 / 8 2329
8 Senff, Martin GER 2395 = . 0 = . 0 = * = 1 1 4.0 / 8 2290
9 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2335 = = . = 0 . = = * = 0 3.0 / 8 2219
10 Deak, Ferenc HUN 2220 . = = = 0 = 0 0 = * . 2.5 / 8 2174
11 Bordas, Gyula HUN 2165 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 . * 1.0 / 8 2011
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Bill Townsend reports on the 120th New York State Championships.
FM Ron Burnett was the sole winner of the 120th New York State Championship, played Labor Day weekend in Saratoga Springs. This is the first time that FM Burnett has won the championship outright: he was co-champion with GM Michael Rohde in 1996.
The event didn't start auspiciously for Burnett: he lost his second round game to NM Igor Nikolayev. However, he re-entered on the two-day schedule and at the end of round 4 had a perfect 4-0 score. He faced the only other 4-0, defending champion IM Jay Bonin, in round 5 and the result was a short draw.
In the sixth and final round, Bonin faced IM Daniel Edelman while Burnett played Justin Sarkar. Burnett won his game, but Bonin lost, relegating him to a tie for fourth place.
Tied for second with 5-1 were Edelman and Konstantin Dolgitser. Both players were undefeated, but they gave up two draws each. Edelman drew with Asuka Nakamura and Philip Dorsey, while Dolgitser drew with Clifton Kharroubi and Joseph Felber.
Tied for fourth with Bonin at 4 1/2-1 1/2 were Yurij Lapshun (the event's highest rated player at 2,530 USCF), Hikaru Nakamura (only 10 years old; America's youngest master ever) and local expert Gary Farrell. Farrell had an outstanding tournament and easily won the top Expert prize.
The event was notable for the number of strong Juniors present. Besides Hikaru Nakamura and his brother Asuka (3-3), there was Dmitry Schneider (4-2), the 1998 U.S. Cadet Champion; Justin Sarkar (4-2), the 1997 U.S. Cadet Champion and Pavel Polyak (3-3), the 1998 National Junior High School Champion.
The New York State Championship stretches back to 1878, making it the longest-running annual tournament in the United States, and perhaps the world. Its past champions include at least one World Champion (Jose R. Capablanca and possibly Emmanuel Lasker) and many of the starts of American Chess, past and present. Former winners include Frank Marshall, Reuben Fine, Isaac Kashdan, Arnold Denker and Anthony Santasiere. More recent champions include Leonid Shamkovich, Robert Byrne, and Roman Dzindzichashvili.
....Name.................USCF.Rating...1....2....3....4....5....6....Total 1. Burnett, Ron.(R/E)..........2442..W32..E35..W42..W06..D05..W09....5.5 2. Edelman, Dan................2462..D33..W45..D30..W15..W12..W05....5 3. Dolgitser, Konstantin.......2348..W73..D31..D17..W30..W13..W16....5 4. Lapshun, Yurij..............2530..D17..W50..W62..L12..W40..W18....4.5 5. Bonin, Jay..................2479..W22..W29..W11..W27..D01..L02....4.5 6. Nakamura, Hikaru............2226..W59..W69..W09..L01..W17..D07....4.5 7. Farrell, Gary E.............2099..L25..W58..W54..W39..W11..D06....4.5 8. Schneider, Dmitry...........2365..W55..D30..D31..B-5..W41..D12....4 9. Sarkar, Justin..............2331..W43..W16..L06..W31..W19..L01....4 10. Winer, Steven...............2325..W54..D24..D39..D41..D22..W32....4 11. Weeramantry, Sunil..........2259..W58..W36..L05..W21..L07..W31....4 12. Nikolayev, Igor A...........2204..W49..W66..D18..W04..L02..D08....4 13. Dean-Kawamra, Ben...........2204..L36..W55..W50..W32..L03..W33....4 14. Beltre, Alexander...........2151..W74..D20..B-5..L17..W44..W34....4 15. Ware, Ahmoad................2145..W63..L18..W47..L02..W57..W26....4 16. Hirsch, Yakov...............2106..W65..L09..W64..W20..W27..L03....4 17. Felber, Joseph..............2097..D04..W51..D03..W14..L06..W30....4 18. Spraggett, Grant............2425..W23..W15..D12..D19..B-5..L04....3.5 19. Sena, Juan..................2200..D37..W57..W24..D18..L09..D22....3.5 20. Levine, Viktor..............2189..D42..D14..W48..L16..W53..D21....3.5 21. Ying, Victor................2115..W38..W26..L27..L11..W49..D20....3.5 22. Garcia, Martin..............2088..L05..W59..D28..W25..D10..D19....3.5 23. Scher, Edward...............2056..L18..D38..W65..W61..D29..B-5....3.5 24. Lawson, Brian...............2034..W61..D10..L19..W62..D28..B-5....3.5 25. Polyak, Nonna................UNR..W07..L27..D29..L22..W58..W43....3.5 26. Bauer, Richard N............2331..W44..L21..D53..W42..D33..L15....3 27. Davis, Lionel L.............2316..W56..W25..W21..L05..L15..B-0....3 28. Golyak, Isay................2310..D57..D33..D22..D44..D24..D35....3 29. Jackson, Rich...............2218..W70..L05..D25..W63..D23..B-0....3 30. Dorsey, Philip A............2146..W47..D08..D02..L03..B-1..L17....3 31. Kharroubi, Clifton..........2132..W68..D03..D08..L09..W46..L11....3 32. Mohammad-Pour, Dar..........2114..L01..B-1..W35..L13..W37..L10....3 33. Nakamura, Asuka.............2088..D02..D26..B-1..D40..D26..L13....3 34. Polyak, Pavel...............2087..L66..D63..W69..D37..W39..L14....3 35. Harman, Matthew.............1635..B-1..L01..L32..W68..D42..D28....3 36. Townsend, William...........1970..W13..L11..L40..L56..W67..W57....3 37. Free, Graham................1961..D19..L62..W45..D34..L32..W54....3 38. Le Cours, Alan..............1874..L21..D23..D57..D58..W63..D42....3 39. Altschuler, Bruce...........2164..D46..W60..D10..L07..L34..H-5....2.5 40. Ross, Philip E..............2150..L50..W56..W36..D33..L04..B-0....2.5 41. Mark, Eddie E...............2125..D51..D64..W68..D10..L08..B-0....2.5 42. Adamec, Carl.(R/E)..........2068..D20..W74..L01..L26..d35..D38....2.5 43. Waxman, Marian..............2066..L09..L49..D67..W65..W64..L25....2.5 44. Chipkin, Leonard B..........2066..L26..D70..W60..D28..L14..D49....2.5 45. Tkach, Leonid...............2032..B-5..L02..L37..D60..W68..B-5....2.5 46. Kalfas, Richard.............2030..D39..D53..B-5..D52..L31..D50....2.5 47. Salts, Michael..............2029..L30..W73..L15..W67..B-5..B-5....2.5 48. Graham, Jeremy (R/E)........2021..B-5..B-5..L20..W69..B-5..B-0....2.5 49. Amori, Michael..............2014..L12..W43..D52..D53..L21..D44....2.5 50. Henner, Peter...............1939..W40..L04..L13..L57..B-1..D46....2.5 51. Clague, James...............1892..D41..L17..L63..W55..D54..D59....2.5 52. Michelman, peter............2129..D60..B-5..D49..D46..............2 53. Kantor, Alan................2095..B-5..D46..D26..D49..L20.........2 54. McBride, Kenneth............2052..L10..B-1..L07..D64..D51..L37....2 55. Battes, Lee T...............2050..L08..L13..L58..L51..W65..W67....2 56. Averbukh, Alex..............2046..L27..L40..W59..W36..............2 57. Stenzel, Harold G...........2045..D28..L19..D38..W50..L15..L36....2 58. Frumkin, Edward A...........2036..L11..L07..W55..D38..L25..D60....2 59. Zemanian, Lewis W...........2034..L06..L22..L56..B-1..D60..D51....2 60. Lack, Jonathan M............1902..D52..L39..L44..D45..D59..D58....2 61. Simon, Jerry C..............2243..L24..W67..B-5..L23..............1.5 62. Benen, Samson...............2149..D64..W37..L04..L24..............1.5 63. Arluck, William S...........2028..L15..D34..W51..L29..L38.........1.5 64. Harris, Frederic K..........1937..D62..D41..L16..D54..L43.........1.5 65. Best, Jorge H...............1700..L16..B-5..L23..L43..L55..B-1....1.5 66. Burnett, Ronald.............2442..W34..L12........................1 67. Clawson, Robert L...........1627..D71..L61..D43..L47..L36..L55....1 68. James Sr., Louis WW.........1185..L31..B-1..L41..L35..L45.........1 69. Mendoza, Raul................UNR..W76..L06..L34..L48..............1 70. Graham, Jeremy..............2021..L29..D44........................1/2 71. Stolz, Daniel...............1541..D67.............................1/2 72. Byrne, Robert E.............2493..................................0 73. Adamec, Carl................2068..L03..L47........................0 74. Graham, Jeremy.(R/E)........2021..L14..L42........................0 75. Lohrman, Ronald E...........2007..................................0 76. Ware, James E...............1517..L69.............................0
Jack Peters reports on the Southern California Open.
The Southern California Chess Federation held the Southern California Open, one of the SCCF's two annual state championships, on the Labor Day weekend, Sept. 5-7, in Los Angeles. Jayson Gonzales, a Philippine master ranked only 15th in the field of 42 entrants, defeated four opponents rated more than 200 points higher to take first prize. Armen Ambartsoumian, the former trainer of the Armenian Olympiad team and now a Southern California resident, finished second at 5-1, losing only to Gonzales. Ambartsoumian receives the title of state champion.
None of the three winners of the SCCF's recent invitational state championship (Levon Altounian, Cyrus Lakdawala, and Jack Peters) managed to win a significant prize. Each suffered a loss to Gonzales or Ambartsoumian.
Jayson Gonzales (2345) 5.5-0.5 Armen Ambartsoumian (2320) 5-1 Steve Ramos (2235) 4.5-1.5 Enkhbat Tegshsuren (2285) 4.5-1.5 Tom Dorsch (2140) 4-2 Cyrus Lakdawala (2430) 4-2 Jack Peters (2475) 4-2 Tal Shaked (2490) 4-2
Przemek Jahr sends the results of the Zone 1.4 zonal tournament.
The final results of Zonal 1.4 Tournament in Krynica (02-10.09.98, 28 participants, 9 rounds): 1-4 Babula, Nisipeanu, Almasi, Macieja -6 pts, 5-6 Kempinski, Hracek - 5,5 pts, 7-12 Ftacnik, Acs, Istratescu, Spasov, Stefanova, Markowski - 5 pts, etc. Places 1-4 qualified to World Champ in Las Vegas.
Shay Bushinsky reports on a match between Junior 5 and Dov Zifroni.
Junior 5.0 scored today (Sep. 8th 1998) a 1.5-0.5 victory in a two game exhibition match against Israel's Dov Zifroni.
The match took place in the "Sharon" hotel, located in the city of Herzelia (near Tel-Aviv) and was part of the Herzelia International Chess Festival.
The opponent, International Master Dov Zifroni (FIDE 2505), is considered to be one of Israel's emerging chess talents. Dov, who is now a full time Economics and Law student at the Tel-Aviv university, had recently won the Czerniak Memorial International tournament (FIDE Cat. 10) earning a second grandmaster norm. He had also been the best performing player in the last European team championship (held in Belgium) scoring 100%.
The match included two games and the time control was one hour per player per game. Junior 5.0 was a slightly modified version of the one that recently played grandmaster Yudasin. It was operated on a PII/333Mhz using 40MB for hash. Following are some first hand comments from the games.
Game 1
In game one, Junior had the white pieces and played the English opening. At move 9, Junior had a "hard time" preferring d5 over dxe5 - unconventionally closing the position. This decision had turned out to be in favor of black; While white made some lifeless pawn moves on the queen side, Zifroni mounted his pieces against the castled white king playing: . Ng6, Bh3 and Qg4.
After black had exchanged white's fianchetoed bishop followed by Nh5 (threatening f5) it looked as if black has a dangerous attack against white's king. Yet Junior found 18. Ne2 and after the foreseen 18...f5 Junior answered 19. h3! forcing the liquidation of black's attacking pieces. Interesting to see that if black would of replied with 19. fxe4 the forced line: 20. hxg4 exd3 21. gxh5 dxe2 22. Rfe1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Ne7 22. Rxe2 would of ended in a similar "drawish" position.
Game 2
Game two was well known theory until about move 18 when Junior chose to exchange rooks rather than to play rd8 to exert more pressure on the isolated center pawn. Just when the game looked like it is heading to another draw, Zifroni tried to "push things a bit" with 26. Qe4?! permitting the strong reply 26... b4! taking the advantage. By move 28. white had tactical problems trying to defend the pawns on d4 and on b2. White erred playing 28. Qc2?
Junior expected either: 28. Qe2 Bxd4 29. Qa6! (threatening Qa8+) g6 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Qe8 Nd5 and white is not worse or: 28. Qd3 (same idea) g6 29. Qa6 and if Qxb2 30. Qxa4 Qc3 31. Qb3 with an equal evaluation or 29... Kg7 30. Qa8 Nf5 31. Qe8 and black is slightly better another option for white is: 29. Qa3 Qxa3 30. bxa3 Nd5 and black is better.
Zifroni missed the powerful 33... Nf5! threatening Nd6 forcing the push of the extra C pawn and thus felt obligated to walk into a queens endgame striving to stop the passing extra C pawn But Junior showed good technique using white's king checks to bring its king to the aid of the C pawn thus deciding the game.
Never the less, a quick Junior home analysis shows that white may have missed a draw. Instead of 47. Qb5+? better must be: 47. Qd8+! and if 47... Kc5 48. Qa5+ Kd4 49. Qa1+ c3 50. Qa4+ and now if Kd3 51. Qd1+ draws. If instead 47... Ke5 then 48. Qh8+ and the pawn becomes beyond the black king's reach.
Zifroni's comments after the match were extremely positive:
"I enjoyed playing Junior - It was my first experience playing it and I found it interesting - I will be looking for more opportunities to do so in the future!"
Amir felt that the games were "clean" and that Junior performed well.
As a closing comment I would like to thank the Herzelia municipality for sponsoring the event, especially Dr. Shlomo Kandelstein the chief organizer and of course our opponent Dov Zifroni. Thanks to Packard Bell for providing the hardware for the match.
Sinisa Joksic comments on the Yugoslav team for the upcoming Olympiad and the Olympiad itself.
Yugoslav teams for Elista Olympiad
men: Ljubomir Ljubojevic, g
Branko Damljanovic, g
Zlatko Ilincic, g
Miroslav Markovic, m
Aleksa Strikovic, g
Ivan Ivanisevic, m
women: Alisa Maric, wg
Natasa Bojkovic, wg
Sanja Vuksanovic, wm
Maria Manakova, wg
The coaches are Bosko Abramovic (men) and Gordana Markovic (women). Official Yugoslav delegation has 16 people, including Mr. Zoran Lilic President of Yugoslav Chess Federation. Svetozar Gligoric has been offered to the guest of honor but he declined. Joining the delegation there will be about 10 more people. Surprisingly enough Vladimir Sakotic a person known to have created non-existent chess tournaments, which granted grandmaster titles will make part of the Yugoslav chess delegation.
Though in less than two weeks the 69th Olympiad is to start - opening on September 26th; the first round on September 27th - a lot of things have not been made clear yet.
According to the news from Elista, City Chess will still be in course when Olympiad starts and therefore the Olympiad will probably not be held in the City Chess Palace. That magnificent building needs some preparation and it would take time.
Concerning the accommodation of the participants and spectators, only 40 to 50% of the planned residential area is ready for use. The luxurious pre Olympiad Bulletin features only models and one of the City Chess houses - finished last year.
Until a couple of weeks ago FIDE officials and Olympiad organizers stated that everything was going to be ready in time. There has been no new information since then. Nobody is mentioning any more the possibility of moving the Olympiad to St Petersburg in case the City Chess is still on.
Postponing of the Olympiad would probably mean the postponing of the World Championship in Las Vegas as well. The Olympiad can still be held in Elista but both the old hall, and the accommodation area need some renovation.
We are eager to hear next organizers' statement now. During the Olympiad the FIDE Congress will be held and, the new president of FIDE elected. The election of the president depends a lot on the success of the Olympiad. If Kirsan Iljumzimov does not obtain the nomination again it is obvious, then, that the World Championship in Las Vegas in November will not take place. Undoubtedly, Iljumzimov's successor will not be able to grant a 5 million (or 3 million) dollar prize fund.
If the World Championship does not take place above all, chess players will be the losers. Anyway, the President of FIDE is not elected by the chessplayers but by their representatives (or delegates) who, sometimes, have little to do with chess.
Questions remain to be answered and we all await the next move: FIDE's, the Olympiad organizers' and President Iljumzimov's.
By Stewart Reuben, Chairman of the FIDE Organizers Committee. 11 September 1998.
At the FIDE Congress in Elista next month, the General Secretary, Noureddine Tabbane, will present proposals on intellectual property rights on Chess game scores. We do not know what these proposals are, but we can assume they are in favour of copyrighting games. Evgeny Sveshnikov has passed his considered views on the matter to FIDE and these can be found in the September issue of Chess Magazine. Mark Crowther has expressed his vehement objections to such proposals in the past.
I am unconcerned here as to whether it is legally possible to exercise copyright on chess games, or whether the logistical problems of collecting fees levied on the publication of games can be overcome.
I am against levying fees on games because it is against the interests of chess. One of the main ways in which professional chess is publicised is the games. These go all over the world. Sponsors need publicity in return for their financial support. That games from their event may appear in other countries is attractive to them. Databases are of interest to a wide body of players and we want to encourage them.
Sveshnikov highlights the financial problems of the professional player. There has been a tremendous explosion in the number of strong players in the last 15 years. This has been caused by the growth in international events, better chess information and the greater ease with which players, particularly from the ex-Soviet bloc, can travel.
We organizers can now attract strong players to our events for very small sums. The professionals will never organize themselves into a chess union - or not at least until they recognise that the work must be done by non-professional players on their behalf.
FIDE should be encouraging organizers to provide better financial conditions. It may be possible to do so by introducing regulations. Thus tournaments for the grandmaster norm might only be eligible if they had a certain minimum prize + appearance fee fund. This minimum could depend on the Category and possibly also the location.
Willy Iclicki obtained sponsorship for a World Chess Tour, another name for a word-wide Grand Prix. He and I devised regulations for this. The scheme was rejected by FIDE as the sum involved was thought by the President to be insufficiently high. Such a tour would provide valuable income to the second string professionals, as the Onyx Grand Prix does in the British Isles. It would be easy to tweak the regulations to require minimum conditions for the players. There is no simple panacea to solve the problems of the professional. To go down the route of a monstrous bureaucracy to collect a small sum of money and discourage chess publicity is, however, no answer.
Stewart Reuben
Emil Pessi organises events in Bucharest, Romania.
A: 1 -15 October
a) closed international tournament men, IM norm, category III-IV,
15-16 participants;
b) closed international tournament women, IM norm, category IV-V,
15-16 participants.
B: 20 October - 2 November
a) closed international tournament, men, GM norm, category VIII-IX,
15-16 participants;
b) closed international tournament women, GM norm, category VIII-IX.
C: 5 - 18 December
a) closed international tournament men, GM norm, category VII-VIII,
15-16 participants;
b) closed international tournament men, IM norm, category III-IV,
15-16 participants.
Conditions: Accommodation 150 DM (for all period) in hotel, 100 DM (for
all period) in private.
Entry fee 200-300 DM (depend from the rating of the participants)
The players how want to participate in this tournament have the
possibility to contact me:
- by mail: PESSI EMIL Of. Post.38-C.P.80, 72250 Bucharest, Romania;
- by phone (I speak good French and Italian and little Spanish and
English): 0040-1-240.07.00;
- by fax: 0040-1-210.16.09 (The National Chess Review);
- by E-mail: mpanait@fx.ro (The National Chess Review, to Mr. Pessi
Emil).
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