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Tilburg, Fontys Tournament 30 games US Championships 1998 26 games Cap D'Agde rapidplay 75 games Zonal 1.5 Panormo, Crete 250 games Najdorf Chess Festival 120 games Category IV- tournament in Trier 45 games Hampstead Internationals GM 45 games Hampstead Internationals IM 45 games 4NCL 45 games 24th Guernsey International 5 games
My thanks to Lost Boys, Europe Echecs, Shahcom, Rubén Casafús, Adrián Roldán, John Saunders, Peter Wilson, Hellas Chess Club, Stefan Muellenbruck, Net64 and all those who helped with this issue.
Viswanathan Anand is looking strong favourite to take the Tilburg Fontys tournament with only two rounds to go, his nearest rival, Peter Leko is a point behind. He's made it look almost easy in getting to this position. The US Championships have started in Denver, the Championships have a reputation for fighting chess and there should be some exciting struggles ahead. Karpov put some recent bad form behind him to take the Cap D'Agde rapidplay although in the end one second was all that seperated him and Boris Gelfand.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Tilburg Fontys tournament runs 23rd October - 4th November, Anand, Kramnik, Adams, Svidler, Topalov, Leko, Sadler, Zvjaginsev, Van Wely, Korchnoi, Lautier, Piket. There is daily coverage on the twic pages. After nine round Viswanathan Anand leads with 6.5 points from Peter Leko on 5.5 points. Anand made good use of the white pieces in the second week beating Korchnoi and Adams. With black he's contented himself with reasonably short draws. Leko moved into contention beating Kramnik in round 6 (with a very creative use of the black pieces) and Veselin Topalov in round 8 who lost three games in succession in rounds 7-9). In joint third place are Sadler and Zvjaginsev (both undefeated but with just one win each), Piket and Adams (who has won three and lost two). Kramnik and Svidler have both disappointed and are on 50% with two wins and two losses each. The tournament hasn't quite caught fire just yet but hopefully there will be some good chess in the final two rounds.
Official coverage at:
http://www.fontyschess.nl/
Round 5 (1998.10.28)
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 25 C82 Ruy Lopez
Piket, Jeroen - Lautier, Joel 1-0 23 E21 Nimzo indian
Adams, Michael - Svidler, Peter 1-0 44 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Van Wely, Loek - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 67 D20 QGA;
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 46 C42 Petroff defence
Korchnoi, Viktor - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 28 D58 QGD;
Round 6 (1998.10.29)
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1-0 32 E32 Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 47 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Sadler, Matthew - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 21 E52 Nimzo indian
Svidler, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 60 B31 Sicilian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 0-1 45 E60 Kings indian
Lautier, Joel - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 0-1 59 D47 Semi-Slav
Round 7 (1998.10.30)
Leko, Peter - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 27 C42 Petroff defence
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 39 B52 Sicilian
Adams, Michael - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 20 C24 1.e4 e5
Van Wely, Loek - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 27 E13 Nimzo indian
Topalov, Veselin - Lautier, Joel 0-1 34 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Korchnoi, Viktor - Svidler, Peter 1/2 40 D71 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Round 8 (1998.10.31)
Anand, Viswanathan - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 19 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Piket, Jeroen - Adams, Michael 1/2 17 E12 Nimzo indian
Svidler, Peter - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 17 B54 Sicilian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 30 D17 Slav defence
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 0-1 48 B19 Caro-Kann
Lautier, Joel - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 20 B87 Sicilian
Round 9 (1998.11.02)
Leko, Peter - Lautier, Joel 1/2 18 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Sadler, Matthew - Svidler, Peter 1/2 29 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 21 D46 Semi-Slav
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 61 B43 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 38 E54 Nimzo indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 31 D43 Semi-Slav
Tilburg NED (NED), X-XI 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2795 * = = . = 1 . 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2832
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2665 = * = = = . = 1 . 1 = = 5.5 2763
3 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2605 = = * = . = 0 = 1 = 1 . 5.0 2741
4 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2660 . = = * = 1 = . = = = = 5.0 2701
5 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2650 = = . = * = = . = = 1 = 5.0 2724
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 0 . = 0 = * 1 = = 1 . 1 5.0 2727
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2710 . = 1 = = 0 * = 1 0 . = 4.5 2670
8 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2780 0 0 = . . = = * = = 1 1 4.5 2675
9 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2635 = . 0 = = = 0 = * . = 1 4.0 2642
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 = 0 = = = 0 1 = . * 0 . 3.5 2609
11 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2625 0 = 0 = 0 . . 0 = 1 * = 3.0 2554
12 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2625 0 = . = = 0 = 0 0 . = * 2.5 2526
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The 1998 U.S. Interplay Championship (prize fund $100,000) started in Denver, Colorado Saturday, October 31st. It runs until Wednesday, November 18th. All the top US players are taking part. The Men's event consists of two 8 player all play all events which will produce two qualifiers each for a later knockout phase. The first part is a relatively short duration all-play-all event so Seirawan's second round loss could make life quite hard for him. The event should provide some exciting fighting chess. There will be full daily coverage on the main twic pages.
Other internet coverage:
http://www.uschess.org/news/uschamp98/
http://www.cca-chess.org/
US Championships Group A
Round 1 (1998.10.31)
DeFirmian, Nick E - Shabalov, Alexander 1-0 56 B32 Sicilian
Dzindzichashvili, Roman - Ivanov, Igor V 1/2 15 C14 French; Classical
Christiansen, Larry M - Kudrin, Sergey 1/2 74 D89 Gruenfeld indian
Seirawan, Yasser - Gurevich, Dmitry 1/2 14 D20 QGA;
Round 2 (1998.11.01)
Kudrin, Sergey - Seirawan, Yasser 1-0 34 B17 Caro-Kann
Ivanov, Igor V - DeFirmian, Nick E 1/2 19 A37 English; 1.c4 c5
Gurevich, Dmitry - Dzindzichashvili, Roman 1/2 27 E11 Bogo indian
Shabalov, Alexander - Christiansen, Larry M 1-0 31 D63 QGD;
Denver USA (USA), X-XI 1998 cat. XIII (2573)
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1 DeFirmian, Nick E g USA 2605 * . = . . 1 . . 1.5 2768
2 Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2540 . * . . . . = 1 1.5 2813
3 Ivanov, Igor V m USA 2505 = . * = . . . . 1.0 2575
4 Dzindzichashvili, Roman g USA 2545 . . = * = . . . 1.0 2505
5 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2505 . . . = * . . = 1.0 2587
6 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2645 0 . . . . * 1 . 1.0 2607
7 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2610 . = . . . 0 * . 0.5 2399
8 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2630 . 0 . . = . . * 0.5 2329
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US Championships Group B
Round 1 (1998.10.31)
Yermolinsky, Alex - Kaidanov, Gregory S 1/2 38 D26 QGA;
Shaked, Tal - Browne, Walter S 1-0 36 A27 English; 1.c4 e5
Fedorowicz, John P - Gulko, Boris F 1/2 22 B30 Sicilian
Benjamin, Joel - Sokolin, Leonid M 1/2 18 C24 1.e4 e5
Round 2 (1998.11.01)
Kaidanov, Gregory S - Benjamin, Joel 1-0
Gulko, Boris F - Shaked, Tal 1/2 18 A37 English; 1.c4 c5
Sokolin, Leonid M - Fedorowicz, John P 1/2 31 B50 Sicilian
Browne, Walter S - Yermolinsky, Alex 0-1 60 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Denver USA (USA), X-XI 1998 cat. XIII (2561)
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1 Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2625 * = . . . . 1 . 1.5 2803
2 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2625 = * . . . . . 1 1.5 2763
3 Shaked, Tal g USA 2490 . . * = . . . 1 1.5 2743
4 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2585 . . = * = . . . 1.0 2515
5 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2540 . . . = * = . . 1.0 2550
6 Sokolin, Leonid M m USA 2515 . . . . = * = . 1.0 2567
7 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2595 0 . . . . = * . 0.5 2377
8 Browne, Walter S g USA 2515 . 0 0 . . . . * 0.0
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US Championships (women)
Round 1 (1998.10.31)
Epstein, Esther - Belakovskaia, Anjelina 1-0 40 C26 1.e4 e5
Krush, Irina - Burtman, Sharon 1-0 39 A81 Dutch defence
Khan, Anna - Frenklakh, Jennie 1-0 40 D45 Semi-Slav
Sagalchik, Olga - Shahade, Jennifer 0-1 48 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Zitserman, Tatyana - Jezierska, Ivona 0-1 57 E69 Kings indian
Round 2 (1998.11.01)
Shahade, Jennifer - Khan, Anna 1-0 39 B30 Sicilian
Belakovskaia, Anjelina - Sagalchik, Olga 1-0 33 A53 Benoni
Burtman, Sharon - Zitserman, Tatyana 1-0 52 E09 Nimzo indian
Jezierska, Ivona - Epstein, Esther 0-1 30 C00 French
Frenklakh, Jennie - Krush, Irina 0-1 28 D02 Queen's pawn
Denver USA (USA), X-XI 1998
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1 Epstein, Esther wm USA 2250 * . . 1 . 1 . . . . 2.0
2 Krush, Irina USA 2275 . * . . 1 . . 1 . . 2.0
3 Shahade, Jennifer USA 2185 . . * . . . 1 . 1 . 2.0
4 Belakovskaia, Anjelina wg USA 2380 0 . . * . . . . 1 . 1.0 2195
5 Burtman, Sharon wm USA 2090 . 0 . . * . . . . 1 1.0 2167
6 Jezierska, Ivona wf USA 2100 0 . . . . * . . . 1 1.0 2155
7 Khan, Anna wm USA 2265 . . 0 . . . * 1 . . 1.0 2147
8 Frenklakh, Jennie USA 2110 . 0 . . . . 0 * . . 0.0
9 Sagalchik, Olga USA 2140 . . 0 0 . . . . * . 0.0
10 Zitserman, Tatyana USA 2060 . . . . 0 0 . . . * 0.0
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Anatoly Karpov took the 100,000 Francs first prize after a fourth five minute blitz game against Boris Gelfand. Gelfand took the second prize of 50,000 Francs in spite of having a winning position on the board against Karpov in the final game. Karpov had one second left when Gelfand ran out of time. Most of the games were played at the time rate of 25 minutes per side and 10 seconds per move (except for playoff games in the Karpov-Adianto match and theKarpov-Gelfand match which were played at 5 minutes per side with no increment). The event ran October 25th - November 1st and started with two groups of eight players competing in a round robin. This part saw the surprise elimination of Judit Polgar. In another exhibition event Virtual Chess 2 beat Etienne Bacrot 1.5-0.5
Internet coverage was at: http://www.europe-echecs.com
and http://www.ruschess.com/
Group A
Round 1 (1998.10.25)
Rogers, Ian - Hamdouchi, Hichem 1-0 58 C07 French; Tarrasch
Polgar, Judit - Kobese, Watu 0-1 56 C97 Ruy Lopez
Vescovi, Giovanni - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 31 E12 Nimzo indian
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Dorfman, Josif D 1/2 34 D10 Slav defence
Round 2 (1998.10.25)
Karpov, Anatoly - Rogers, Ian 1-0 36 E10 Nimzo indian
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1-0 35 B06 Modern defence
Polgar, Judit - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 84 B47 Sicilian
Kobese, Watu - Dorfman, Josif D 0-1 48 B42 Sicilian
Round 3 (1998.10.26)
Rogers, Ian - Polgar, Judit 1-0 38 B96 Sicilian; Najdorf
Dorfman, Josif D - Hamdouchi, Hichem 1/2 15 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Vescovi, Giovanni - Kobese, Watu 1-0 68 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 0 A00 Irregular
Round 4 (1998.10.26)
Karpov, Anatoly - Dorfman, Josif D 1/2 13 D11 Slav defence
Polgar, Judit - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1-0 45 B06 Modern defence
Vescovi, Giovanni - Rogers, Ian 1-0 55 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Kobese, Watu - Hamdouchi, Hichem 0-1 39 C16 French; Winawer
Round 5 (1998.10.26)
Rogers, Ian - Kobese, Watu 1-0 35 C55 Two knights
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 17 B12 Caro-Kann
Dorfman, Josif D - Polgar, Judit 1/2 13 A48 Queen's pawn
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 38 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 6 (1998.10.27)
Rogers, Ian - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1-0 41 A42 Queen's pawn
Polgar, Judit - Hamdouchi, Hichem 1/2 54 C11 French; Classical
Vescovi, Giovanni - Dorfman, Josif D 1/2 15 A22 English; 1.c4 e5
Kobese, Watu - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 42 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 7 (1998.10.27)
Karpov, Anatoly - Polgar, Judit 1-0 87 A49 Queen's pawn
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Vescovi, Giovanni 1-0 18 C00 French
Dorfman, Josif D - Rogers, Ian 1/2 9 D02 Queen's pawn
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Kobese, Watu 1-0 35 A88 Dutch defence
Cap D'Agde FRA (FRA), X 1998 cat. XIV (2591)
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1 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2725 * 1 = = 1 = = 1 5.0 2730
2 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2605 0 * 1 = 1 0 1 1 4.5 2691
3 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2555 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 4.5 2698
4 Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2585 = = = * = = = 1 4.0 2642
5 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2665 0 0 = = * 1 1 0 3.0 2530
6 Vescovi, Giovanni m BRA 2525 = 1 0 = 0 * 0 1 3.0 2550
7 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2655 = 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 3.0 2532
8 Kobese, Watu m RSA 2415 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1.0 2307
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Group B
Round 1 (1998.10.25)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 43 C45 Scottish
Gelfand, Boris - Dao Thien Hai 1-0 47 C24 1.e4 e5
Bacrot, Etienne - Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib 1-0 39 B64 Sicilian
Adianto, Utut - Arencibia, Walter 1/2 33 D07 Chigorin
Round 2 (1998.10.25)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Adianto, Utut 1-0 60 E12 Nimzo indian
Arencibia, Walter - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 71 D70 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 55 E32 Nimzo indian
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Dao Thien Hai 1/2 27 C42 Petroff defence
Round 3 (1998.10.26)
Gelfand, Boris - Arencibia, Walter 1-0 69 D28 QGA;
Bacrot, Etienne - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 36 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Adianto, Utut - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1-0 48 D19 Slav defence
Dao Thien Hai - Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib 1-0 61 E73 Kings indian
Round 4 (1998.10.26)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 51 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Adianto, Utut - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 38 D73 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Arencibia, Walter - Dao Thien Hai 0-1 71 D30 Queen's gambit
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib 1-0 39 B57 Sicilian
Round 5 (1998.10.26)
Gelfand, Boris - Adianto, Utut 1-0 36 D26 QGA;
Bacrot, Etienne - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1-0 42 D17 Slav defence
Dao Thien Hai - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 43 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib - Arencibia, Walter 1-0 26 D37 Queen's gambit
Round 6 (1998.10.27)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib 1-0 27 B57 Sicilian
Bacrot, Etienne - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 19 E12 Nimzo indian
Adianto, Utut - Dao Thien Hai 1-0 31 A70 Modern Benoni
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Arencibia, Walter 0-1 53 C98 Ruy Lopez
Round 7 (1998.10.27)
Gelfand, Boris - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1-0 40 D19 Slav defence
Dao Thien Hai - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 30 D45 Semi-Slav
Arencibia, Walter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 42 A57 Benko gambit
Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib - Adianto, Utut 1/2 21 D45 Semi-Slav
Cap D'Agde FRA (FRA), X 1998 cat. XIV (2595)
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2730 * = 1 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2805
2 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2675 = * = 1 1 1 = 1 5.5 2813
3 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2555 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 4.5 2702
4 Adianto, Utut g INA 2610 0 0 1 * 1 = = 1 4.0 2642
5 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2580 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 = 2.5 2495
6 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2550 = 0 0 = 0 * 0 1 2.0 2443
7 Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib m EGY 2455 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 0 2.0 2457
8 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2605 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 2.0 2435
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Knockout stages
Round 1 (1998.10.28)
Karpov, Anatoly - Adianto, Utut 2.5 - 1.5
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Gelfand, Boris 0.5 - 1.5
Dorfman, Josif D - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-2
Rogers, Ian - Bacrot, Etienne 0-2
Round 2 (1998.10.29)
Karpov, Anatoly - Bacrot, Etienne 1.5 - 0.5
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 2-0
Round 3 (1998.10.30)
Gelfand, Boris - Karpov, Anatoly 2.5 - 3.5
Exhibition Match
VCHESS2 - Bacrot, Etienne 1.5 - 0.5
Vasilios Kotronias leads with six points after seven of the nine rounds of the Zonal tournament in Panormo, Crete. He is half a point clear of Altin Cela and Stefan Djuric. Eight players share fourth place on five points including Rafael Vaganian (who lost to Kotronias with white in round 7) and Giorgi Giorgadze. Zurab Sturua and Artashes Minasian are half a point further behind.
Coverage by the Hellas Chess Club at: http://www.chess.gr
Panormo GRE (GRE), X-XI 1998
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1 Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2555 +52 +20 =44 +23 +12 =13 + 4 . . 6.0 /7 2809
2 Cela, Altin m ALB 2450 +70 =23 = 8 +30 = 5 +18 +13 . . 5.5 /7 2738
3 Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2500 +57 +53 +35 = 4 = 6 +12 = 5 . . 5.5 /7 2723
4 Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2630 +15 +17 = 6 = 3 +16 +21 - 1 . . 5.0 /7 2653
5 Giorgadze, Giorgi g GEO 2610 =36 =32 +28 +24 = 2 +34 = 3 . . 5.0 /7 2594
6 Velimirovic, Dragoljub g YUG 2535 +54 +46 = 4 +29 = 3 = 9 = 7 . . 5.0 /7 2662
7 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2560 +42 +41 +22 -12 =15 +23 = 6 . . 5.0 /7 2635
8 Papaioannou, Ioannis m GRE 2520 +55 =11 = 2 -21 +52 +32 +29 . . 5.0 /7 2560
9 Bagaturov, Giorgi m GEO 2540 +51 =47 =26 +41 +44 = 6 =12 . . 5.0 /7 2618
10 Drasko, Milan g YUG 2515 =25 +39 =45 -15 +62 +22 +21 . . 5.0 /7 2535
11 Tzermiadianos, Andreas m GRE 2465 +72 = 8 -23 +67 =17 +39 +27 . . 5.0 /7 2577
12 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2585 +40 +34 +21 + 7 - 1 - 3 = 9 . . 4.5 /7 2596
13 Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2600 +31 =26 +47 =44 +22 = 1 - 2 . . 4.5 /7 2552
14 Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2620 =28 -44 =38 +65 +42 +15 =17 . . 4.5 /7 2481
15 Solak, Dragan YUG 2425 - 4 +60 +59 +10 = 7 -14 +33 . . 4.5 /7 2562
16 Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2530 +66 -22 +42 +20 - 4 =24 +36 . . 4.5 /7 2547
17 Gligoric, Svetozar g YUG 2495 +60 - 4 +32 =55 =11 +45 =14 . . 4.5 /7 2502
18 Tosic, Miroslav g YUG 2525 =32 +36 -24 +47 +46 - 2 +38 . . 4.5 /7 2517
19 Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2520 -45 +57 +52 -22 +51 =37 +35 . . 4.5 /7 2482
20 Vouldis, Angelos m GRE 2475 +69 - 1 +49 -16 +25 =33 +34 . . 4.5 /7 2497
21 Dervishi, Erald m ALB 2430 +64 +30 -12 + 8 +35 - 4 -10 . . 4.0 /7 2561
22 Minasian, Ara m ARM 2450 +59 +16 - 7 +19 -13 -10 +45 . . 4.0 /7 2505
23 Gelashvili, Tamaz m GEO 2510 +65 = 2 +11 - 1 +55 - 7 =24 . . 4.0 /7 2491
24 Banikas, Hristos m GRE 2490 +67 =33 +18 - 5 =27 =16 =23 . . 4.0 /7 2539
25 Sargissian, Gabriel f ARM 2290 =10 =28 =36 =39 -20 +48 +46 . . 4.0 /7 2498
26 Janjgava, Lasha g GEO 2490 +56 =13 = 9 =35 =33 -27 +44 . . 4.0 /7 2530
27 Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2555 -44 +58 +40 =46 =24 +26 -11 . . 4.0 /7 2451
28 Nadanian, Ashot m ARM 2415 =14 =25 - 5 -62 +56 +65 +49 . . 4.0 /7 2390
29 Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2505 +62 =45 +33 - 6 =37 +44 - 8 . . 4.0 /7 2470
30 Zaichik, Gennadi g GEO 2505 +49 -21 +54 - 2 -32 +66 +37 . . 4.0 /7 2401
31 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil f GEO 2390 -13 =56 +58 +48 -34 =46 +53 . . 4.0 /7 2371
32 Edzgveradze, Natalia wm GEO 2310 =18 = 5 -17 +53 +30 - 8 =41 . . 3.5 /7 2464
33 Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2555 +38 =24 -29 +45 =26 =20 -15 . . 3.5 /7 2432
34 Supatashvili, Khvicha m GEO 2495 +43 -12 +51 =37 +31 - 5 -20 . . 3.5 /7 2420
35 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2615 +37 +48 - 3 =26 -21 +40 -19 . . 3.5 /7 2443
36 Seitaj, Ilir m ALB 2395 = 5 -18 =25 =57 +43 +55 -16 . . 3.5 /7 2373
37 Chibukhchian, Artur ARM 2415 -35 +50 +61 =34 =29 =19 -30 . . 3.5 /7 2408
38 Nikolaidis, Konstantinos f GRE 2335 -33 =67 =14 =43 +50 +47 -18 . . 3.5 /7 2370
39 Kovacevic, Aleksandar m YUG 2495 =58 -10 +56 =25 +54 -11 =42 . . 3.5 /7 2320
40 Kofidis, Andreas m GRE 2380 -12 +43 -27 =50 +67 -35 +57 . . 3.5 /7 2342
41 Ivanisevic, Ivan m YUG 2475 +63 - 7 +65 - 9 -45 +54 =32 . . 3.5 /7 2343
42 Karayannis, Athanasios f GRE 2365 - 7 +63 -16 +49 -14 +62 =39 . . 3.5 /7 2396
43 Tsichlis, Georgios GRE 2145 -34 -40 +68 =38 -36 +59 +55 . . 3.5 /7 2234
44 Borg, Geoffrey f MLT 2360 +27 +14 = 1 =13 - 9 -29 -26 . . 3.0 /7 2502
45 Shengelia, Davit GEO 2310 +19 =29 =10 -33 +41 -17 -22 . . 3.0 /7 2452
46 Moutousis, Konstantinos m GRE 2475 +71 - 6 +53 =27 -18 =31 -25 . . 3.0 /7 2272
47 Lobzhanidze, Davit m GEO 2455 +68 = 9 -13 -18 +57 -38 =50 . . 3.0 /7 2268
48 Khachian, Melikset ARM 2370 +50 -35 -55 -31 +58 -25 +66 . . 3.0 /7 2267
49 Karadeniz, Emre TUR 2220 -30 +64 -20 -42 +70 +51 -28 . . 3.0 /7 2177
50 Psomiadis, Stavros GRE 2155 -48 -37 +70 =40 -38 +67 =47 . . 3.0 /7 2224
51 Karatekin, Tamer TUR 2325 - 9 +68 -34 +59 -19 -49 +65 . . 3.0 /7 2167
52 Olcayoz, Alper f TUR 2345 - 1 +69 -19 +60 - 8 -53 +62 . . 3.0 /7 2327
53 Soultatis,K ---- +73 - 3 -46 -32 +60 +52 -31 . . 3.0 /7 2237
54 Stefanopoulos, Orestis GRE 2320 - 6 +71 -30 +61 -39 -41 +64 . . 3.0 /7 2180
55 Simeonidis, Ioannis GRE 2310 - 8 +72 +48 =17 -23 -36 -43 . . 2.5 /7 2212
56 Kagas, Konstantinos GRE 2140 -26 =31 -39 +64 -28 -57 +63 . . 2.5 /7 2157
57 Chilov, Alexandros GRE 2205 - 3 -19 +69 =36 -47 +56 -40 . . 2.5 /7 2205
58 Borg, A MLT 2150 =39 -27 -31 =63 -48 =68 +69 . . 2.5 /7 2143
59 Prassas,G ---- -22 +66 -15 -51 =68 -43 +67 . . 2.5 /7 2175
60 Pappas, Konstantinos GRE 2155 -17 -15 +72 -52 -53 =64 +71 . . 2.5 /7 2145
61 Raka,R ---- . +62 -37 -54 -65 -69 +68 . . 2.0 /6 2117
62 Karapanos, Nikolaos GRE 2245 -29 -61 +71 +28 -10 -42 -52 . . 2.0 /7 2247
63 Bras, Emanouel GRE 2105 -41 -42 =64 =58 -66 +70 -56 . . 2.0 /7 1923
64 Roussakis,I ---- -21 -49 =63 -56 +71 =60 -54 . . 2.0 /7 2050
65 Gogolis, Alexandros GRE 2260 -23 +70 -41 -14 +61 -28 -51 . . 2.0 /7
66 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios f GRE 2315 -16 -59 -67 +72 +63 -30 -48 . . 2.0 /7 2090
67 Raptis, Georgios GRE 2140 -24 =38 +66 -11 -40 -50 -59 . . 1.5 /7 2163
68 Mourtzouni,M ---- -47 -51 -43 =71 =59 =58 -61 . . 1.5 /7 1993
69 Go,E ---- -20 -52 -57 -70 =72 +61 -58 . . 1.5 /7
70 Papamattheou,H ---- - 2 -65 -50 +69 -49 -63 =72 . . 1.5 /7
71 Petsetidi, Maria GRE 2090 -46 -54 -62 =68 -64 +72 -60 . . 1.5 /7
72 Karagiannis,D ---- -11 -55 -60 -66 =69 -71 =70 . . 1.0 /7
73 Default ---- -53 . . . . . . . . 0.0 /1
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The Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival ran October 24th - November 1st.
Michael Krasenkow took first on tie-break in the event ahead of Alexander
Wojkiewicz, Pablo Ricardi, C Garcia Palermo and Bent Larsen. Pablo Ricardi
took the place available for the FIDE knockout championships.
Detailed coverage: http://www.adrian-roldan.com
Leading final standings 1. KRASENKOW Michael GM 7.5 56.0 45.50 2. WOJTKIEWICZ Aleksand GM 7.5 55.5 43.00 3. RICARDI Pablo GM 7.5 53.5 41.00 4. GARCIA PALERMO C. GM 7.5 51.0 40.00 5. LARSEN Bent GM 7.5 48.5 38.50 6. TREGUBOV Pavel GM 7.0 55.0 42.50 7. POLULJAHOV Aleksandr GM 7.0 53.5 41.00 8. ANDERSSON Ulf GM 7.0 52.0 40.50 9. SORIN Ariel GM 7.0 51.0 40.50 10. HOFFMAN Alejandro GM 7.0 50.5 39.00 11. HERNANDEZ Gilberto GM 7.0 49.5 39.50 12. BLATNY Pavel GM 6.5 55.5 44.00 13. RUBINETTI Jorge MI 6.5 53.5 42.00 14. RODRIGUEZ Andres GM 6.5 53.5 41.00 15. ROEDER Mathias MI 6.5 52.5 40.50 16. LLANOS Guillermo MI 6.5 52.5 40.50 17. SPANGENBERG Hugo GM 6.5 51.5 40.00 18. MILOS Gilberto GM 6.5 51.0 42.00 19. PERALTA Fernando MI 6.5 50.5 40.00 20. URDAY Henry GM 6.5 50.0 39.50 21. PIERROT Facundo MI 6.5 50.0 38.50 22. SLIPAK Sergio MI 6.5 50.0 38.50 23. SOPPE Guillermo MI 6.5 49.5 39.50 24. MALBRAN Guillermo MF 6.5 49.5 38.00 25. SUNYE NETO Jaime GM 6.5 48.0 37.50 26. MONIER Raul MF 6.5 47.5 37.50 27. ANDRES Miguel MI 6.5 47.5 36.00 28. GIACCIO Alfredo MI 6.5 46.5 37.00 29. FIORITO Fabian MI 6.5 46.0 36.50 30. BERTONA Fernando MF 6.5 46.0 36.00 31. PEREZ PIETRONAVE C. 2201 A 2300 6.5 43.5 36.50 32. BESHUKOV Sergei GM 6.0 52.5 41.50 33. SCHWEBER Samuel MI 6.0 52.0 40.50 34. JULIA Ernesto MF 6.0 51.5 41.00 35. GOMEZ BAILLO Jorge MI 6.0 51.0 39.50 36. ZARNICKI Pablo GM 6.0 50.5 39.50 37. ZAPATA Alonso GM 6.0 50.5 38.50 38. GIARDELLI Sergio MI 6.0 49.0 38.00 39. REIDES Marcelo MF 6.0 48.0 38.50 40. PEREYRA ARCIJA Diego MI 6.0 48.0 36.50 41. CATIVELLI Gerardo 2201 A 2300 6.0 47.0 37.50 42. ALONSO Salvador 6.0 47.0 37.00 43. SZMETAN Jorge MI 6.0 47.0 36.50 44. LOITERSTEIN Mariano 2201 A 2300 6.0 46.5 37.00 45. SEMINARA Juan Pablo MF 6.0 46.0 35.50 46. ALTAMIRANO Benjamin 2201 A 2300 6.0 45.5 36.00 47. AUCIELLO Sergio MF 6.0 45.5 36.00 48. IGLESIAS Alejandro 2201 A 2300 6.0 44.5 35.00 49. VASTA Eduardo MF 6.0 44.5 35.00 50. BRAGA Fernando MI 6.0 44.0 37.50 51. AMURA Claudia GMF 6.0 44.0 34.00 52. GARCIA Raimundo MI 6.0 43.5 33.50 53. NEDILSKY Diego MF 6.0 42.5 32.50 54. DE SOUZA HARO Paulo 6.0 42.0 32.50 55. FAIG Cristian 2101 A 2200 6.0 41.5 35.00 56. ALONSO Rodolfo 2101 A 2200 6.0 41.5 34.00 57. ALBARRAN Gustavo 2101 A 2200 6.0 39.0 29.50 58. BIANCHI Guillermo MI 6.0 36.0 29.50 59. SUSTAK Marco NR EXTRANJERO 6.0 35.0 28.50 60. BARQUIN Juan Felipe <1901 Y NR ARG 6.0 30.0 25.00 314 players
The University of Trier CC organized an IM-tournament (category IV). in Trier from Oct. 19 - 27 reports Stefan Muellenbruck. The event was very competitive with a high percentage of exciting and decisive games. Some of the highest rated players had a tough time e.g. IM T. Horvath (2430) who finished with 50 percent and IM S. Koutsin (2415) who finished still worse. The winner of the tournament was M. Bakalarz (2290), who works as a chess trainer at the Trier club. His result of 6/9 was good enough for an IM norm.
Official webpage: http://www.uni-trier.de/infos/schach/turn98.htm
Trier GER (GER), X 1998 cat. IV (2328)
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1 Bakalarz, Mieczyslaw GER 2290 * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2457
2 Hartvig, Ove Weiss f DEN 2270 = * 1 0 1 0 = 1 = 1 5.5 2414
3 Becker, Marc f GER 2420 = 0 * 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2397
4 Krizsany, Laszlo m HUN 2405 = 1 0 * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2399
5 Koerholz, Ludger GER 2295 = 0 0 = * 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2411
6 Horvath, Tamas m HUN 2430 0 1 = = 0 * = 1 = = 4.5 2316
7 Koutsin, Sergey m UKR 2415 = = 1 = 0 = * 0 0 1 4.0 2275
8 Spisak, Czeslaw POL 2335 = 0 = = = 0 1 * 1 0 4.0 2284
9 Koch, Hans Juergen GER 2165 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * = 2.5 2180
10 Sawadkuhi, Massoud Amir GER 2255 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * 2.0 2116
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The IV Hampstead international took place 26th October - 1st November 1998 and was organised by Adam Raoof. There was a GM event, where no-one scored the 7 points needed for a GM norm. In the IM event John Pigott scored an IM norm and Arpi Shah a women's IM norm.
Internet coverage by John Saunders on the 4NCL pages at:
http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
GM Tournament
Hampstead ENG (ENG), X-XI 1998 cat. VII (2412)
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1 Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2505 * 1 = = = = = = 1 = 5.5 2481
2 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2415 0 * = = = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2491
3 Ippolito, Dean f USA 2430 = = * = = = = 1 0 1 5.0 2453
4 Kreiman, Boris m USA 2455 = = = * = 1 = 1 0 0 4.5 2407
5 Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2455 = = = = * = 1 = = 0 4.5 2407
6 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2400 = = = 0 = * = = = 1 4.5 2413
7 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2445 = = = = 0 = * 0 1 1 4.5 2408
8 Mittelman, Gur m ISR 2410 = 0 0 0 = = 1 * 1 1 4.5 2412
9 Wall, Tim f ENG 2370 0 0 1 1 = = 0 0 * 1 4.0 2373
10 Harari, Zaki USA 2235 = 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 * 2.5 2265
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Hampstead ENG (ENG), X-XI 1998 cat. III (2307)
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1 Videki, Sandor m HUN 2420 * = 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2514
2 Pigott, John C f ENG 2370 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2466
3 Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2410 0 = * 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2461
4 Varga, Peter m HUN 2445 = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2416
5 Richardson, John R f ENG 2330 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 5.0 2347
6 Corkett, Anthony f ENG 2240 0 = 1 = 0 * 0 = 1 1 4.5 2314
7 Shah, Arpi IND 2030 0 0 0 0 0 1 * = 1 1 3.5 2257
8 Webb, Richard M f ENG 2340 = 0 0 0 0 = = * = 1 3.0 2178
9 Christensen, Thomas DEN 2290 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * = 2.0 2088
10 Gavriel, Tryfon ENG 2195 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 1968
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The 4 Nations Chess League got underway in Warwick, on October 24th-25th. This is a league for British Chess teams. Round 2 results and games available. For full details of the league go to the official web-site.
Full internet coverage by John Saunders on the official 4NCL pages at:
http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
4NCL 1998/9 - Round 2 Invicta Knights 1 3-5 Barbican 1 British Chess Magazine 2½-5½ Wood Green 1 Bigwood 1 2½-5½ Slough 1 Barbican 2 2-6 Bristol 1 Home House 3½-4½ Richmond North West Eagles 2½-4½ Wessex Standings after 2 rounds 1 Slough 1st 13.5 4 2 Barbican 1st 10.0 4 3 Richmond 9.5 4 4 Bristol 1st 10.0 3 5 Wood Green 1st 9.5 3 6 Bigwood 1st 9.5 2 7 Wessex 5.5 2 8 Home House 7.5 1 9 Invicta Knights 1st 7.0 1 10 BCM 3 5.5 0 11 Barbican 2nds 5.0 0 12 NW Eagles 3.5 0
The Avon Insurance Guernsey Open Chess Championships ended in a tie between GM Jim Plaskett and IM Alexander Krayz of Israel. Both players scored 6/7 and finished undefeated and took £900 each. Krayz took the Avon Insurance Trophy on tie-break. Information from Peter Wilson.
The 70th German Championship will take place from 11/6/98 - 11/14/98 in Bremen, with Jussupow, Dautov, Wahls, Lutz, Hübner, Slobodjan, Luther, Knaak, Gabriel, Hertneck, Bischoff, Müller, Kindermann, Hickl, Lobron etc.
Internet coverage at: http://chat.wol.de/werder-schach/dem/index_e.html
Starting November 3rd. The 5th Internacional Young Masters begin tomorrow in Loures Portugal. Daily information on: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018 Participants: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/5mjlrs.htm
FIRST SATURDAY chess tournaments in Budapest for the IM-norm and the FIDE ELO-rating. Starting date 7th of November, Saturday. Three types of tournaments: 1. IM-closed round robin, category II-III, 10-14 participants, for the International master norm, 2. ELO-closed tmt, average about 2100, 10-14 participants, for the ELO rising, 3. Scheveningen system tmt, 9 games with 9 rated in 9 days, for the ELO reaching. Info: Nagy, Laszlo e-mail: 100263.1700@compuserve.com tel-fax: /361/-263-2859 daily from 10:00 until 18:00 hours Central European Time
The World Youth Chess Championships for players of 10-18 years of age
are taking place in Oropesa del Mar - Marina D'Or (Castellon, Spain).
There are around 1500 participants from 60 countries. The tourmanent is a
Swiss System of 11 rounds running 25th October - 7th November. Live
coverage is available at: http://chess.net64.es/marinador98/
http://www1.elpais.es/torneos/marinador98/