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Shirov-Hracek Match 6 games US Championships 1998 3 games First Saturday November IMA 55 games First Saturday November IMB 55 games Owens Corning Tournament 25 games 8th World Senior Championships 130 games Polish Team Championships 215 games Israeli Championships 87 games 4NCL 95 games Chivilcoy Active Open 7 games Zonal 1.9 Ukraine 176 games Zonal 2.3 135 games Some Geller games 60 games
My thanks to Rodolfo Arias and Alexis Murillo Tsijli, Mikhail Golubev, Julio Alberto Gonzalez, John Saunders, Amatzia Avni, Aleksander Czerwoñski, Przemek Jahr, Harald Grafenhofer, Derek Jones, Laszlo Nagy, Bretislav Modr, Bob Wade, Jimmy Adams, Gerhard Hund, and all those who helped with this issue.
The 1950's can possibly lay claim to the richest concentration of talent of any era. Its certainly the period of chess I regard most highly. Yefim Geller emerged as a Candidate then and was not far short of players such as Petrosian, Spassky, Korchnoi, Fischer and the older generation such as Smyslov, Keres, Bronstein, Botvinnik who were perhaps at their best then too. His is the passing of a great chess talent, both practically and perhaps even more impressively as a theoretician. Perhaps only the war which prevented the natural timing of his career prevented him taking the title itself. His +3 record against Botvinnik suggests that if he had managed to secure an extra point in the Curacao Candidates he may very well have become World Champion. Although a Soviet player he was a Ukranian, and the zonal there this month has seen perhaps the decisive step in the emergence of a new talent from that region in Ruslan Ponomariov, a 15 year old who definitely seems to be going place and who won the event.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Yefim Geller was born in Odessa, in the Ukraine, on March 2nd 1925 (according to Jeremy Gaige one article in 64 Magazine gives 8th March) and died on Tuesday 17th November 1998 at the age of 73. One of the top ten players in the World for a period of twenty years he was rightfully regarded as one of the greatest opening theoreticians and a fine all round player with an emphasis on tactical play, especially early in his career. A six time Candidate between 1953 and 1971 he only missed out on playing in the 1959 Candidates by failing to qualify from an exceptionally tough Soviet Championships in 1958 (from which Boris Spassky too failed to qualify).
Geller developed into a strong player relatively late after the war intervened in his chess development. He was a first Category player in 1946 and his early play was based on a cavalier attacking style. Only later did he become a more rounded technical player. He was a true student of the game "I personally gain the most satisfaction from chess when, like Botvinnik, I am engaged in studying the secrets of this ancient and eternally youthful game". According to Tal he made more one move mistakes than most players of his strength (due to his comparative late start he thought) and was quite a slow player frequently getting into time trouble. Another source of errors was undoubtably his uncompromising style which is pretty much bound to lead to errors on occasion. Later being such a student of the game he developed the ability to play a more conservative style, quite necessary as on trips to foreign countries Soviet players were expected to take first place before anything else.
He exploded on the chess scene in 1949 when he tied for third-fourth place in the 17th Russian Chess Championships (+10=5-4). He followed this up with second equal in 1951 (+10=3-4) and third in 1952 (+8=8-3). In 1952 he finished second behind Keres in his first major international tournament in Budapest (+8=8-1) ahead of Botvinnik, Smyslov, Petrosian and Szabo amongst others). He was awarded the IM title in 1951 and the GM title in 1952. He solidly qualified for the Candidates by finishing fourth in the interzonal in Stockholm. He also played for the Soviet Union in the Olympiad for the first time (10.5/14). He was to play in seven Olympiads (the last in 1980 after a gap of ten years) for the Soviets.
One of the measures of a player is how they did in the World Championship cycles. He finished in a very respectable tie for 6th with Najdorf in the Candidates tournament in Neuhausen-Zurich August-October 1953. In the next cycle he qualified with a tie for 5th-6th place from the interzonal in Gothenburg 1955 (although in a deal of trouble at one point scoring only 4 points from 11 needing probably 7-8/10 to qualify, which he did). In the 1956 Candidates in Amsterdam he was leading at the half way stage with 6/9 but a poor second half of 3.5/9 dropped him into a tie for 3-7th places behind Smyslov and Keres. He was pretty influential in Smyslov's win in the event as he lost twice to him.
A normally successful competitor in the Russian Championships (taking the title in 1955 after a playoff with Smyslov, and in 1979 at the age of 55 (his last appearance was in 1995 in Elista) he either took or shared 2nd or 3rd place on another seven occasions. However in 1958 there took place probably one of the most dramatic and tense Soviet Championships. This was partially because of the ridiculously few qualifying places for the interzonal available from the event which doubled as a zonal. In the end Tal, Petrosian, Bronstein and Averbakh took the places leaving Polugaevsky, Spassky, and Geller amongst others at home. This was a pretty unfortunate time to miss out as he would have had a very good chance in the Candidates. Instead he had to wait until 1962 to resume his World Championship career. He finished in a tie for 2nd-3rd in Stockholm to qualify for perhaps the most controversial Candidates event. It took place in Curacao and saw Tigran Petrosian emerge in first place by only half a point from Keres and Geller. Fischer's accusations of a drawing agreement between Geller, Keres and Petrosian are well known. But the main benificiary was probably Petrosian himself if such an agreement was in place. It does have to be said that Curacao was a lousy venue for chess, 28-29 degrees on a cool day didn't aid good chess and Tal had to withdraw due to ill health after the 3rd cycle. Key to Geller's chase for the qualification was his loss to Fischer in round 23. He then drew shortly against Petrosian in round 24. Round 25 he needed to beat Filip as black (probably his last opportunity in the event to reach the tie for first with so many draws going on) but didn't, drew against Keres briefly, had the bye in round 27 caused by Tal's withdrawal and then won on time in a lost position against Benko in the final round to get a tie for second with Keres. So although he was half a point shy at the finish, qualification was perhaps not that near a thing for Geller. He subsequently lost a match with Keres to decide who finished second.
Having failed to qualify via the Zonal where he finished bottom (with only one place) he then was seeded into the Candidates along with Keres after Botvinnik did not take the place allocated to him. He beat Smyslov 5.5-2.5 in the Quarter-finals. He then lost the first of two very one-sided matches against Spassky in the Candidates. Both times by 5.5-2.5, in both he struggled against Spassky's 1.e4 openings. He lost a playoff to Larsen for 3rd place but qualified in 2nd-4th place from the Souse interzonal in 1967 before losing to Spassky again in 1968. In 1970 he was again 2nd-4th and this time lost 2.5-5.5 to Viktor Korchnoi in the semi-finals. This was the last time as a Candidate although he came quite close in 1973 when he finished in a tie for a qualification place with Portisch and Polugaevsky but came bottom in the playoff and in 1982 where he shared 5th-6th.
Some other wins from his career were Kislovodsk 1966 (+6=5) ahead of Stein, Wijk aan Zee 1969 (+7=7-1) equal with Botvinnik, ahead of Keres, Budapest 1973 (+6=9), Hilversum 1973 (cat 12) equal with Szabo, (+6=7-1) Teeside 1975 (Category 12) (+5=9), Moscow 1975 (+6=9) ahead of Spassky, Korchnoi and Petrosian, Wijk aan Zee 1977 (+6=4-1) level with Smyslov, Las Palmas 1980 8.5/11 tied for first. He won the World Seniors in Bad Worishofen in 1992 half a point clear of Lein, Benko, Nikolak, Taimanov and Suetin. His last events seem to have been in 1995 before he became ill with what according to Eduard Gufeld was prostate cancer.
As a leading theoretical expert he was a second during the Fischer-Spassky match in 1972 and then went on to be a second for Karpov. His analytical abilities were not restricted to the openings, it was he who found some of the key analysis that allowed Botvinnik to draw his famous game against Bobby Fischer during the Varna Olympiad of 1962. Most thought the adjourned position lost for Botvinnik.
An ox of a man he was very still and calm at the board (apart from his chain smoking) and he certainly had a calm confidence in his own abilities. He was rarely flustered except in the famous rook and pawn ending against Fischer from the 1970 interzonal where he apparently became momentarily became confused as to which way the pawns were moving after a long defence.
Those who knew him say that he was a nice man although fairly reserved. His life pretty much seemed to be chess and he enjoyed the analysis and his books contained a lot of hard work.
One story he tells in his autobiography (Grandmaster Geller at the Chessboard, translated by B Cafferty 1969) is of playing in Belgrade for the Soviets against Yugoslavia. He complained that the Soviets didn't get any applause or credit for their games but in one game he was trying to find his matches in his pocket but couldn't. After a little while it became obvious to the audience what his problem was and out of the audience flew a box of matches, which he caught. That was the best applause he got.
In his games collection (The Application of Chess Theory, Pergamon 1984) he justly highlights his excellent record against the World Champions. Although some of the records changed a little after (he lost a game to Karpov to get a negative record but made up for this by levelling his lifetime score against Tal with two late wins, and of course Kasparov wasn't World Champion at that time) the book came out. As far as I can work out his lifetime scores were:
+4 -1 against Botvinnik, +10-7 against Smyslov, +4-2 against Petrosian, +5-3 record against Fischer. A level record against Euwe (+1-1) and against Tal (+6-6) and a negative record against Spassky (+6-9), Karpov -2 +1 and Kasparov -1 =3.
I've put a selection of games from his career in the games section.
Alexei Shirov won a quite brutal match against Zbynek Hracek, Ostrava in the Czech Republic by five games to won. There were no draws. The match took place 14.-19 November 1998. Thanks to Bretislav Modr for news and the games from this match.
Hracek, Zbynek - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 27 B81 Sicilian
Shirov, Alexei - Hracek, Zbynek 1-0 24 B12 Caro-Kann
Hracek, Zbynek - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 32 B81 Sicilian
Shirov, Alexei - Hracek, Zbynek 1-0 46 B12 Caro-Kann
Hracek, Zbynek - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 60 B81 Sicilian
Shirov, Alexei - Hracek, Zbynek 1-0 38 B83 Sicilian
Ostrava CZE (CZE), XI 1998
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Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720 1 1 1 1 0 1 5.0 2888
Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2615 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 2447
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The 1998 U.S. Interplay Championship (prize fund $100,000) took place in Denver, Colorado Saturday, October 31st. until Wednesday, November 18th. See the last two issue for the earlier rounds. In the final DeFirmian beat defending champion Joel Benjamin with black in the first game of the final and then drew the match out to take the title for 1998.
Other internet coverage:
http://www.uschess.org/news/uschamp98/
http://www.cca-chess.org/
Final
Benjamin, Joel - DeFirmian, Nick E 0-1 37 B50 Sicilian
DeFirmian, Nick E - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 45 B06 Modern defence
Benjamin, Joel - DeFirmian, Nick E 1/2 24 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
DeFirmian, Nick E - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 48 B06 Modern defence
Denver USA (USA), XI 1998
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DeFirmian, Nick E g USA 2605 1 = = = 2.5 2690
Benjamin, Joel g USA 2595 0 = = = 1.5 2518
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The First Saturday tournaments for November ran 7-18th of November in Budapest reports Laszlo Nagy. There were two main IM events of 11 players each. In addition there was an ELO tournament and a Scheveningen event. David Gross GER, Leszek Ostrowsi POL Gagik Khechumjan ARM reached the IM-Norm.
The next event will be starting 5th of December 1998 in Budapest for the GM, IM-norms, and ELO-rating. Organizer and info: Nagy, Laszlo E-mail: 100263.1700@compuserve.com Webpage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/ Tel-fax: /361/-263-2859
Final Standings
FS IM A
Budapest HUN (HUN), XI 1998 cat. II (2295)
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1 Ostrowski, Leszek f POL 2340 * 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 8.5 2587
2 Grund, Holger GER 2345 0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2530
3 Belotelov, Denis f RUS 2245 = 0 * 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2410
4 Kraai, Jesse f USA 2385 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2396
5 Karatorossian, David ARM 2395 0 = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2357
6 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2335 0 0 1 = 0 * 1 0 = = 1 4.5 2255
7 Tindall, Brett AUS 2275 = 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 0 1 = 3.5 2187
8 Molnar, Laszlo HUN 2330 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 0 1 3.5 2182
9 Vikulov, Alexander RUS 2160 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 * = = 3.0 2160
10 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2325 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = * = 3.0 2143
11 Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2115 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 2.0 2073
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FS IM B
Budapest HUN (HUN), XI 1998 cat. II (2291)
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1 Gross, David m CZE 2435 * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2469
2 Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2320 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2481
3 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2310 0 1 * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 6.5 2399
4 Wunnink, Michael NED 2105 = = 1 * 0 1 0 = = = 1 5.5 2345
5 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2350 = 0 = 1 * = = = = = = 5.0 2285
6 Dudas, Janos m HUN 2340 = 0 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 5.0 2286
7 Pham Minh Hoang VIE 2245 0 0 0 1 = 0 * = 1 = 1 4.5 2259
8 Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2385 0 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 4.0 2209
9 Csonkics, Tunde wg HUN 2225 0 = = = = = 0 = * = 0 3.5 2187
10 Rimawi, B. T f JOR 2250 0 0 0 = = 0 = = = * 1 3.5 2185
11 Sulskis, Giedrius LTU 2235 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 * 2.5 2103
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The Owens Corning Chess International taking place 18-26 November 1998 in Wrexham, Wales. Sponsors :Owens Corning Fibreglass, Wrexham County Borough Council and the British Chess Federation Organisers : Wrexham Chess Club. My thanks to John Saunders and to Derek Jones for the games. There have been 5 rounds so far.
http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
Wrexham WLS (WLS), XI 1998 cat. VII (2421)
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1 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2505 * = . . = 1 . 1 1 . 4.0 2635
2 Thorhallsson, Throstur g ISL 2495 = * = . . . 1 1 1 . 4.0 2644
3 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2485 . = * 1 0 . 1 . . 1 3.5 2579
4 Jansa, Vlastimil g CZE 2490 . . 0 * . . = 1 1 1 3.5 2525
5 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2415 = . 1 . * = . 0 1 . 3.0 2483
6 Webster, Andrew m ENG 2420 0 . . . = * 1 . 0 1 2.5 2408
7 Kinsman, Andrew P.H m ENG 2385 . 0 0 = . 0 * . . 1 1.5 2302
8 Dineley, Richard WLS 2275 0 0 . 0 1 . . * . 0 1.0 2214
9 Wall, Tim f ENG 2370 0 0 . 0 0 1 . . * . 1.0 2225
10 Martinovsky, Eugene f USA 2365 . . 0 0 . 0 0 1 . * 1.0 2171
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The 8th World Senior Championships are took place 9th - 23th November 1997 in Grieskirchen / Austria. The Men's Championships were won by Vladimir Bagirov of Latvia who just pipped Wolfgang Uhlman on tie-break after both players scored 8.5 points. Former Candidates Taimanov and Ivkov were amongst those on 8 points.
They were covered by Gerhard Hund at http://teleschach.com/berichte/swm98-01.html and Harald Grafenhofer http://www.schach.at/seniorenwm/senioren.htm live from Grieskirchen.
Final Standings
1 (1) GM BAGIROV Vladimir LAT 2480 8½ 55
2 (4) GM UHLMANN Wolfgang GER SK Voest Linz 2460 8½ 51½
3 (7) GM IVKOV Borislav YUG 2440 8 54
4 (9) IM CHERNIKOV Oleg RUS 2405 8 52½
5 (13) GM KRAIDMAN Yair ISR 2335 8 52
6 (3) GM LEIN Anatoly USA 2460 8 52
7 (2) GM KLOVANS Janis LAT 2465 8 51
8 (5) GM TAIMANOV Mark E RUS 2455 8 51
9 (8) SHESTOPEROV Aleksej RUS 2415 8 50
10 (21) FM ZOLTEK Tadeusz POL 2285 8 49
11 (10) GM SUETIN Alexey S RUS 2400 8 48½
12 (26) DORNIEDEN Manfred Dr. GER 2270 8 47
13 (19) FM GOLYAK Isay USA 2290 7½ 50
14 (34) FM LIEB Harald GER 2230 7½ 48½
15 (29) GRUZMANN Boris RUS 2260 7½ 48½
16 (11) IM ARKHANGELSKY Boris RUS 2400 7½ 47
17 (37) LAINBURG Victor GER 2230 7½ 46½
18 (42) KAMINIK Aleksandar UKR 2200 7½ 45
19 (14) FM BRAUN Gottfried Dr. GER 2325 7 48
20 (44) WINIWARTER Felix Dr. AUT SK Voest Linz 2200 7 48
21 (24) SEMASEV Kim LAT 2275 7 47½
22 (16) LAPIENIS Donatas LTU 2305 7 47½
23 (22) FM REICHENBACH Werner GER 2280 7 47
24 (25) FM SCHEIPL Ralf GER 2270 7 46½
25 (27) JUGOW Alexander GER 2265 7 44½
26 (54) FM PANTALEEV Dimitar BUL 2165 7 44½
27 (33) FM CAFFERTY Bernard ENG 2240 7 44
28 (57) BADESTEIN Hartmut Dr. GER 2155 7 43
29 (94) TSCHERNE Josef AUT SC Hoersching 2025 7 43
30 (92) REER Erdmann GER COBURGER Sv V. 1872 E. 2029 7 41
31 (23) ROST Van Tonningen Otto NED 2280 7 41
32 (63) FRANCK Rudolf GER SF Katernberg 1913 E.v 2137 7 40½
33 (69) BERNHOEFT Erhard GER 2115 7 39½
34 (32) UEKSTI Enn EST 2241 7 37½
35 (18) ROSEN Willy GER 2300 6½ 45½
36 (17) FM BAUMGARTNER Heinz AUT SK Voest Linz 2300 6½ 45
37 (39) HOCEVAR Nikola SLO 2220 6½ 43½
38 (35) FM SOMOGYI Istvan HUN 2230 6½ 42½
39 (65) HUGUET Bernard FRA 2135 6½ 42½
40 (49) MAYERS Dan E. USA 2190 6½ 42½
41 (53) HANKS John AUS 2175 6½ 42½
42 (61) BOEVEN Manfred GER 2140 6½ 42
43 (60) LIPINIKS Leonardo PAR 2155 6½ 42
44 (38) SAMUELSSON Sven-Gunnar SWE 2230 6½ 42
45 (76) SECULA Victor GER 2080 6½ 41½
46 (55) CASTILLO Escudero Andres ESP 2160 6½ 41½
47 (48) DAVYDOV Mikhail RUS 2190 6½ 41½
48 (36) BREUSTEDT Werner GER 2230 6½ 40½
49 (31) NIEBLING Ferdinand GER 2250 6½ 39½
50 (74) KRENNMAIR Rudolf AUT WELSER Sc - Hertha 2087 6½ 39
51 (104) FISCHER Ernst GER SCHACHKLUB Weiden 1907 2003 6½ 38½
52 (99) SCHWERTEL Hans GER 2015 6½ 38½
53 (198) BERE Filho Romulo Fernando BRA ---- 6½ 38½
54 (51) VINER Phillip AUS 2185 6½ 38½
55 (64) HOBUSCH Werner GER 2135 6½ 37½
56 (109) WILKE Dieter Dr. GER 1992 6½ 37
57 (56) KOLLER Hubert AUT SK Ybbs 2160 6½ 37
58 (43) KRASINSKI Jerzy POL 2200 6½ 36
59 (106) ZINGLER Max GER 2001 6½ 32½
60 (140) GRUENIG Siegfried GER GÖRLITZ 1805 6½ 32
61 (40) LJUBOSHITZ Alexander Dr. BLR 2210 6 41½
62 (28) FM KRISTIANSEN Erling NOR 2260 6 40
63 (75) HOESCHELE Hans-Ulrich GER SC Ostfildern 1952 E.v 2084 6 39½
64 (58) KRAMER Gerhard AUT SV Sedda Bad Schallerb 2155 6 39½
65 (12) BORISENKO Georgy K UZB 2375 6 39
66 (84) DOEHNER Hans Juergen GER 2058 6 39
67 (90) BIBERGER Hans GER TSV Unterhaching 1910 2036 6 39
68 (89) SONDORS Peteris GER 2042 6 39
69 (70) BESZTERCZEY Laszlo HUN 2115 6 38½
70 (52) PAPAPOSTOLOU Christ. GRE 2180 6 38½
71 (62) OUD Niek NED 2140 6 38½
72 (47) FM WALLER Helmut AUT DONAU Wien 2190 6 38½
73 (88) SPRINGER Karl AUT WIEN-BREITENSEE 2050 6 37½
74 (101) ROBITSCH Hermann AUT WIEN-DONAUSTADT 2010 6 37
75 (45) SCHLAG Franz GER 2195 6 37
76 (68) RICHTER Kurt GER 2120 6 37
77 (30) FM USACHYI Mark UKR 1. Wiener Neustaedter 2255 6 36½
78 (91) BRAUNER Rudolf Dr. GER 2035 6 36½
79 (20) WEIGEL Herbert GER 2240 6 36½
80 (59) KRIPP Wolfgang GER 2155 6 35½
81 (87) OLDACH Ehrenfried GER SFO Warnemünde 2050 6 35½
82 (79) TRIFUNOVIC Dusan YUG 2075 6 35½
83 (81) PETERS Paul LUX 2070 6 34
84 (71) WEGENER Hans Karl GER 2115 6 33½
85 (108) JAHR Dieter GER SCHACHCLUB Schwedt E.v 1996 6 33
86 (127) PERK Egbert GER SVG Hannover 1883 6 32
87 (117) OLSEN Willy L. NOR 1933 6 30½
88 (96) TITZ Herbert AUT AUSTRIA Wien 2022 5½ 40
89 (50) OFSTAD Per NOR 2185 5½ 38
90 (97) SCHUELER Wolfgang GER 2021 5½ 37
91 (98) DRYZEK Tadeusz POL 2015 5½ 36½
92 (100) STUMPF Walter GER SK 1858 Giessen 2011 5½ 35½
93 (78) TOCHTERMANN Georg Dr. GER 2075 5½ 35
94 (82) PORUBSZKI Georg GER 2070 5½ 34½
95 (80) LIM Kok Ann Dr. SIN 2070 5½ 34½
96 (118) MOECKEL Edgar Dr. GER 1930 5½ 34
97 (119) BONNAIRE Rudolf GER SC Frankfurt-West 1920 5½ 34
98 (105) DORAWA Bernhard GER ESV Lok Sömmerda 2001 5½ 34
99 (143) FRANTZKE Helmut GER 1792 5½ 34
100 (124) GRADINGER Alois AUT SC Boeheimkirchen 1897 5½ 33½
101 (46) ZYLA Winfried GER 2195 5½ 33
102 (113) RETTLER Karl-Heinz GER 1960 5½ 32½
103 (114) KNOL Walter Dr. NED 1950 5½ 31½
104 (102) SCHUBERT Hans-Joach AUT 2010 5½ 31½
105 (131) GRABARA Manfred GER 1853 5½ 31½
106 (67) MONEDERO Gonzalez Josep ESP 2120 5½ 31½
107 (115) KOKSCH Guenther GER 1942 5½ 31
108 (122) KNEBEL Willi GER SF Katernberg 1913 E.v 1909 5½ 31
109 (72) PITRO Erwin AUT ASVOE Lackenbach 2100 5½ 31
110 (123) HEMMERS Johann-Gerhard GER SK Meerbusch 1983 E.v. 1901 5½ 30½
111 (121) SCHULER Georg GER SV Balingen 1914 5½ 30
112 (111) FREDER Heinrich GER 1965 5½ 29½
113 (136) PUKROPSKI Walter GER SC Waiblingen 1921 1815 5½ 29½
114 (134) ZIEGLER Alfons AUT TSU Neuhofen/Krems 1823 5½ 29
115 (146) LUNEAU Gilles FRA 1770 5½ 27
116 (73) LEHNER Erich AUT SPG Eichgraben - Press 2090 5½ 26½
117 (86) CANTWELL Richard Dr. USA 2050 5 35
118 (93) HUND Gerhard GER 2027 5 34½
119 (120) DENDA Ronald GER SC Koblenz 1917 5 32½
120 (126) RUTH Walter GER 1885 5 32
121 (112) BETZ Egon GER 1964 5 31½
122 (132) MUEHLBACH Johann AUT SC Traun 67 1841 5 31
123 (110) SCHREYER Werner GER 1972 5 31
124 (107) TAVCAR Rado SLO 1998 5 31
125 (135) TURBOUST Roger FRA 1820 5 30½
126 (129) BITZER Dieter GER 1872 5 30½
127 (83) WACHWEGER Albrecht GER 2060 5 30½
128 (116) EIDAM Horst GER 1937 5 30½
129 (133) LESCHHORN Heinrich GER 1835 5 29½
130 (178) OBERMAIER Josef AUT SV Ried Im Innkreis 1638 5 29
131 (152) FASSMANN Ewald Josef AUT SC Traun 67 1750 5 29
132 (158) FIEDLER Eduard GER SG Steele 1919 E.v. 1718 5 29
133 (177) STOCK Hugo GER 1640 5 29
134 (77) CASTELLUZZO Salvatore ITA 2075 5 28
135 (168) FRECH Josef AUT SPG. Westbahn-Spartak. 1668 5 28
136 (138) GOLACZ Josef AUT SK Neufeld-Steinbrunn 1811 5 27½
137 (147) KINZLINGER Georg AUT SV Raika Munderfing 1769 5 27½
138 (125) FELS Karl-Heinz GER SV Backnang 1893 5 27
139 (141) WIESENECKER Franz AUT SV Sedda Bad Schallerb 1802 5 27
140 (66) LOECHNER Friedrich GER 2135 5 27
141 (174) HOEHNE Peter GER 1650 5 26
142 (137) PATZER Joachim GER SK 1893 Schweinfurt E. 1813 5 26
143 (128) NERI Angelo ITA 1875 5 25½
144 (170) TRITSCHER Josef AUT RAIKA Schladming 1663 5 25
145 (185) HOLZINGER Rupert AUT SV Taufkirchen/Trattna 1561 5 23½
200 players
Women
1 (6) GM KHMIADASHVILI Tamari W GEO 2170 9½ 59½
2 (1) GM ERENSKA-RADZEWSKA Hanna W POL 2225 9 51½
3 (2) GM FATALIBEKOVA Elena W RUS 2215 8½ 48½
4 (7) GM ZATULOVSKAYA Tatiana W RUS 2170 8½ 47½
5 (4) FM SOROKINA Tamara W RUS 2180 7 43
6 (21) BLAGONADEJNAIA Ideja W RUS ---- 6½ 40½
7 (8) ABDIKASOVA Panno W KAZ 2080 6 39
8 (5) FM SHESTOPEROVA Aleksandra S. W RUS 2175 5½ 39
9 (12) DUER Maria W AUT VOELS 1748 5½ 35
10 (10) MALINICHEVA Lidia UZB 2020 5½ 34½
11 (3) GUMILEVSKAIA Galina W RUS 2195 5½ 33
12 (9) BOGNARNE Cinolter W HUN 2035 5½ 32
13 (20) ABOLINA Arija W LAT ---- 5½ 32
14 (15) ÖM KATTINGER Ingeborg Dr. W AUT HIETZING/FISCHER Wien 1593 5½ 31½
15 (11) WINTER Irene W GER 1863 5 32½
16 (13) HAUSNER Alfreda W AUT WIEN-FAVORITEN 1728 5 28½
17 (14) RICHTER Hildegard W GER SCHACHVEREIN Zwickau E 1644 4½ 23
18 (16) ANTUSCH Ingrid W GER 1550 3½ 22½
19 (18) GIROD Gudrun W GER POLIZEI Sc Hannover 1356 3½ 22
20 (22) BRAEU Emmi W GER ---- 3½ 21
21 (17) FRANZ Irma W GER SK Toeging 1465 3 16½
22 (19) POLK Maria W GER SF Uslar 1200 ½ 4½
23 (23) GROSOVSKAIA Galina W RUS ---- 0 0
(24) SCHUHMACHER Ursula W GER ---- 0 0
My thanks to Aleksander Czerwoñski of Agencja 64Plus and Przemek Jahr for news and games from the Polish Team Championships (Lubniewice, 1-9 November, 9 teams). The winner was Stilon Gorzow 35.5 pts (the last year's Champion), 2nd place for Polonia Warsaw 35 pts (both of them are this year's finalists of the Euro Club Cup), 3rd for Pocztowiec Poznan 27 pts, etc.
More details in Polish at: http://www.free.com.pl/agencja/
Team I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX Score 1 Stilon Gorzów W XXX 3.0 2.5 4.5 5.0 5.5 4.5 4.5 6.0 35.5 2 Polonia Warszawa 3.0 XXX 4.5 4.0 4.5 3.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 35.0 3 Pocztowiec Poznan 3.5 1.5 XXX 2.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.5 3.5 27.0 4 Drakon Lublin 1.5 2.0 4.0 XXX 3.0 2.5 3.0 4.5 4.5 25.0 5 Chrobry Glogów 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 XXX 3.5 3.5 5.5 3.5 23.5 6 Rymer Niedobczyce 0.5 3.0 2.0 3.5 2.5 XXX 4.5 4.0 3.0 23.0 7 Rzemioslo Racibórz 1.5 2.0 2.0 3.0 2.5 1.5 XXX 2.5 4.5 19.5 8 Entropia Warszawa 1.5 0.0 1.5 1.5 0.5 2.0 3.5 XXX 4.5 15.0 9 Zelmer Rzeszów 0.0 0.0 2.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 1.5 1.5 XXX 12.5 Board Results Board 1 1. E.Rozentalis 6.0/8 2. M.Krasenkow 5.5/8 3. O.Gricak 5.5/8 Board 2 1.I.Chenkin 6.0/8 2.Z.Ksieski 6.0/8 3.B.Macieja 5.5/8 Board 3 1.T.Markowski 6.5/8 2.B.Socko 6.5/8 3.P.Murdzia 5.0/8 Board 4 1.P.Jaracz 7.0/8 2.P.Skalik 5.0/8 3.T.Helis 4.5/8 Board 5 1.D.Pedzich 6.5/8 2.M.Szelag 4.5/6 3.J.Przewoznik 3.0/4 Board 6 1.A.Brustman 6.0/8 2.M.Bobrowska 5.5/6 3.I.Radziewicz 5.0/8
The Israeli Championships are taking place in the Sol & Sissy Mark Center (which is also the Kasparov Chess Center) in Ramat Aviv 8-24 November 1998. They have moved to a knockout format with 32 men and 16 women taking part in their respective contests. They are also using a rather experimental time control 100 minutes for 30 moves, with additional 30 seconds per move which had its first victim in round one when Lifshitz mishandled the clock, and overstepped the time-limit and had a more prominant casualty when Gruenfeld went out by making his move one move too late in his second game against Mikhalevsky. Also there was a highly unusual final position in the game Krayz - Greenfeld where the winner had seven pawns more than his opponent, although it did look very late to resign.
Whilst the first round saw no real surprises, the second round saw four Israeli ex-champions - Yudasin, Greenfeld, Rechlis and Grunfeld eliminated and reigning champion Psakhis lucky to survive. In the third round (Semi FinalsMikhalevsky - Psakhis ended 1:1 (2:2 in active-chess; 2.5:1.5 in 5-minutes chess) and Liss - Tyomkin 1:1 (2.5:1.5 in active-chess). Thus GMs Victor Mikhalevsky and Eran Liss will fight for the title of Israeli champion. In the women's event WGM Ella Pitem and WIM Irina Yudasina will fight for the title. My thanks to Amatzia Avni for news of the event.
My thanks to Amatzia Avni for the games and news.
Men's tournament: List of participants · GM Boris Avrukh 2565 · GM Lev Psakhis 2560 · GM Vitali Golod 2555 · GM Leonid Yudasin 2550 · GM Victor Mikhalevsky 2540 · GM Alon Greenfeld 2535 · IM Boris Kanstler 2535 · GM Gad Rechlis 2520 · GM Ram Soffer 2520 · GM Yacov Zilberman 2520 · GM Ilan Manor 2515 · GM Eran Liss 2505 · GM Yehuda Grunfeld 2475 · IM Dmitry Tyomkin 2465 · IM Alex Rabinovich 2460 · GM Avigdor Bykhovsky 2455 · IM Maxim Uritsky 2420 · IM Elik Vydeslaver 2405 · IM Arkadi Shevelev 2385 · SM Boris Maryasin 2380 · SM Ilia Botvinnik 2375 · IM Alex Krayz 2375 · IM Eduard Grinshpun 2365 · IM Uriel Zak 2355 · IM Dimitry Godes 2355 · NM Sergey Ernburg 2310 · NM Netanel Ribshtein 2290 · NM Yakov Mashian 2275 · SMC Ram Ofek 2245 · NM Pinhas Kantraji 2240 · SMC Michael Lurie 2160 · SMC Semion Karasik 2173 Tournament arbiters: IAYochanan Afek, IA Avi Dorner & Dan Kaspi. Appeals committee: IA Israel Gelfer, IA Amiram Kaplan & NA Alon Shulman. Bulletin editor: Amatzia Avni. ROUND 1 Avrukh - Uritsky - 1.5: 0.5 Liss - Mashian 2:0 Bykhovsky - Karasik 1.5:0.5 Greenfeld - Krayz 1.5:0.5 Grunfeld - Ofek 1.5:0.5 Kanstler - Grinshpun 2:0 Psakhis - Vydeslaver 1.5:0.5 Rabinovitch - Lurie 1.5:0.5 Rechlis - Zak 1.5:0.5 Zilberman - Ernburg 1.5:0.5 Yudasin - Maryasin 1.5:0.5 Soffer - Godes 1.5:0.5 Manor - Ribshtein 1.5:0.5 Golod - Shevelev 2:0 Tyomkin - Kantarji 1:1 (1.5:0.5 in the play-off) Mikhalevsky - Botvinnik 1:1 (2.5:1.5 in the play-off). ROUND 2 Liss - Yudasin 1.5:0.5 Avrukh - Soffer 1.5:0.5 Mikhalevsky - Grunfeld 1.5:0.5 Kanstler - Rabinovich 2:0 Bykhovsky - Rechlis 1.5:0.5 Tyomkin- Greenfeld 1.5:0.5 Golod - Manor 1:1 (2:0 in play-off) Psakhis - Zilberman 1:1 (3:1 in play-off) ROUND 3 (Quarter Finals) Liss - Golod 1:1 ( 2.5:1.5 in play-off) V. Mikhalevsky - Avrukh 1.5:0.5 Tyomkin - Bykhovsky 1.5:0.5 Psakhis - Kanstler 1.5:0.5 ROUND 4 (Semi-Finals) Mikhalevsky - Psakhis 1:1 (2:2 in active-chess; 2.5:1.5 in 5-minutes chess). Liss - Tyomkin 1:1 (2.5:1.5 in active-chess). GM Victor Mikhalevsky and GM Eran Liss contest the final. Women's Event Women's tournament: List of participants · WGM Ella Pitem 2330 · WGM Anna Segal 2245 · WIM Ludmila Tsefanskaya 2235 · Irina Botvinnik 2185 · Tatiana Yakovleva 2135 · Galina Srumin 2125 · WIM Irina Yudasina 2120 · Lisa Potikha 2105 · Janna Lifshitz · Lilia Kantor-Shapira 2035 · Margarita Memontov 2095 · Irina Lan 2091 · Macha Madivani 2058 · Saida Yusuphanova 1928 · Liat Miron 1912 · Victoria Sax 1785 ROUND 1 Botvinnik - Lan 1.5:0.5 Srumin - Yusuphanova 1.5:0.5 Pitem - Lifshitz 2:0 Memontov - Tsefanskaya 1.5:0.5 Potikha - Sax 2:0 Madivani - Yakovleva 1.5:0.5 Yudasina - Miron 1:1 (2:0 in play-off) Segal - Shapira 1:1 (2:0 in play-off) ROUND 2 (Quarter Finals) Pitem - Srumin 2:0 Botvinnik - Potikha 1:1 (2:0 in play-off) Yudasina - Madivani 1.5:0.5 Segal - Memontov 1.5:0.5 ROUND 3 (Semi-Finals) Pitem - Segal 2:0 Yudasina - Botvinnik 2:0 WGM Ella Pitem and WIM Irina Yudasina are in the final.
Saturday 21st November 1998 and Sunday 22nd saw rounds 3 and 4 of the 4NCL.
Full coverage by John Saunders on the 4NCL web site http://www.cableinet.co.uk/users/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
Round 3 (Saturday) Slough 7-1 Bristol, Bigwood 6½-1½ Richmond, Barbican1 5½-2½ Home House, Wood Green 5½-2½ NW Eagles, Invicta Kts 4½-3½ Wessex, Barbican2 5-3 BCM - Division 2 - Bristol2 5-3 Gwent, S Wales Dragons 5½-2½ Kings Head, Coulsdon 5½-2½ Nidum Kts, Guildford 6-2 Invicta Kts2, White Rose 5½-2½ Slough2, Wood Green2 5-3 BCCA, Witney 5½-2½ Bigwood2 Round 4 (Sunday) scores : Slough 6½-1½ Barbican1, Wood Green 4½-3½ Bigwood, Invicta 5½-2½ BCM, Bristol 4-4 Wessex, NW Eagles 4½-3½ Richmond, Barbican2 5½-2½ Home House - Division 2 - Coulsdon 4½-3½ Bigwood2, Witney 6½-1½ BCCA, Kings Head 5-3 Wood Green2, Bristol2 4½-3½ S Wales Dragons, White Rose 7-1 Gwent Dragons, Guildford 6½-1½ Slough2, Nidum Knights 4½-3½ Invicta2
The Chivilcoy Active Open was won by Argentin IM Juan Carlos Hase. This active chess tournament was the ninth open of Grand Prix Zone North and West of Buenos Aires Province. The event took place 21 November 1998, was a 9 round active chess (15 min per game), with 84 participants competed.
My thanks to Julio Alberto Gonzalez, Ajedrez de Chivilcoy: http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/dugout/1634/grandprix.htm/
Final Standings 1 Hase, Juan Carlos 2355 8.5/9 2 Roman, Facundo 2310 8,0 3 Recoulat, Eduardo 2175 7,0 4 Ipolitti, Horacio 2201 7,0 5 Stefano, Rafael 7,0 6 Pirotzky, Mario 2145 6,5 7 Albarran, Gustavo 2101 6,5 84 players
Information: Julio Alberto Gonzalez, Ajedrez de Chivilcoy: http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/dugout/1634/grandprix.htm/
Mikhail Golubev reports on the very strong Ukranian Zonal event (1.9) that took place in Donetsk. November 2-13,1998 Main sponsor AO 'DANKO' 11 rounds,32 players (20 GM's - all best Ukrainain players competed with the exception of Ivanchuk, Eingorn and Timoshenko)
The winner of the event was 15 year old Ruslan Ponomariov who is starting to confirm that he is a player of real talent but in second place on tie break was a probably even more surprising name Alexander Zubarov a 19 year old player without any international title.
Full coverage at: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/donetsk.htm
Donetsk UKR (UKR), XI 1998
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1 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2585 +31 +12 + 5 = 2 +14 -16 =15 = 4 =10 + 3 = 6 7.5 2663
2 Zubarev, Alexander UKR 2440 = 9 + 4 + 7 = 1 =16 +10 - 5 +15 - 3 +14 =11 7.0 2657
3 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2630 = 6 +26 -14 =17 =15 =19 +13 +16 + 2 - 1 + 4 7.0 2616
4 Shneider, Aleksandr g UKR 2540 =21 - 2 +19 +28 = 9 +14 +16 = 1 = 5 +10 - 3 7.0 2623
5 Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2545 +19 =14 - 1 +27 =24 +29 + 2 = 9 = 4 =11 =10 7.0 2626
6 Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2515 = 3 = 7 =23 =18 + 8 - 9 =14 =13 +19 +15 = 1 6.5 2618
7 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2600 =30 = 6 - 2 =25 =21 +20 =26 =11 +17 =12 +16 6.5 2558
8 Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2570 =20 =22 =30 =26 - 6 +21 =17 -12 +31 +24 +14 6.5 2575
9 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2555 = 2 =20 =22 +21 = 4 + 6 =11 = 5 -14 =16 =12 6.0 2542
10 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2570 =27 =25 =15 =11 +20 - 2 +28 +18 = 1 - 4 = 5 6.0 2528
11 Maksimenko, Andrei g UKR 2500 -14 =19 +32 =10 =26 +22 = 9 = 7 =15 = 5 = 2 6.0 2534
12 Golubev, Mihail g UKR 2515 +32 - 1 =21 -15 +27 =18 =23 + 8 =16 = 7 = 9 6.0 2553
13 Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2525 =28 =21 -20 =22 =25 +30 - 3 = 6 =29 +26 +23 6.0 2528
14 Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2605 +11 = 5 + 3 =24 - 1 - 4 = 6 +26 + 9 - 2 - 8 5.5 2542
15 Sulypa, Alexandre m UKR 2415 =17 =16 =10 +12 = 3 +24 = 1 - 2 =11 - 6 =22 5.5 2539
16 Kuzmin, Gennadi P g UKR 2560 =29 =15 +25 +20 = 2 + 1 - 4 - 3 =12 = 9 - 7 5.5 2515
17 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2540 =15 =29 =27 = 3 =18 =23 = 8 =19 - 7 =21 +31 5.5 2516
18 Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2580 =22 =30 =26 = 6 =17 =12 +29 -10 =24 =23 =19 5.5 2517
19 Malakhatko, Vadim m UKR 2435 - 5 =11 - 4 +32 +31 = 3 =24 =17 - 6 +22 =18 5.5 2523
20 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij UKR 2440 = 8 = 9 +13 -16 -10 - 7 +25 =28 =23 =31 =21 5.0 2488
21 Nosenko, Alexander UKR 2425 = 4 =13 =12 - 9 = 7 - 8 +32 =22 =26 =17 =20 5.0 2473
22 Milov, Leonid m UKR 2490 =18 = 8 = 9 =13 =23 -11 =30 =21 +28 -19 =15 5.0 2461
23 Baklan, Vladimir m UKR 2585 -26 +28 = 6 =30 =22 =17 =12 =24 =20 =18 -13 5.0 2470
24 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2590 =25 =27 +29 =14 = 5 -15 =19 =23 =18 - 8 =28 5.0 2469
25 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei m UKR 2500 =24 =10 -16 = 7 =13 -31 -20 +32 =27 =30 +29 5.0 2469
26 Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2495 +23 - 3 =18 = 8 =11 =28 = 7 -14 =21 -13 =32 4.5 2456
27 Moroz, Alexander m UKR 2490 =10 =24 =17 - 5 -12 -32 =31 +29 =25 =28 =30 4.5 2428
28 Kopylov, Mihail UKR 2385 =13 -23 +31 - 4 +32 =26 -10 =20 -22 =27 =24 4.5 2439
29 Berezin, Oleg m UKR 2455 =16 =17 -24 +31 +30 - 5 -18 -27 =13 =32 -25 4.0 2412
30 Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2500 = 7 =18 = 8 =23 -29 -13 =22 -31 -32 =25 =27 3.5 2377
31 Mikhaletz, Lubomir m UKR 2495 - 1 =32 -28 -29 -19 +25 =27 +30 - 8 =20 -17 3.5 2342
32 Nechaev, Andrei UKR 2330 -12 =31 -11 -19 -28 +27 -21 -25 +30 =29 =26 3.5 2339
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Rodolfo Arias and Alexis Murillo Tsijli report on the Zonal 2.3 event that took place in San Salvador, El Salvador, 5-15 November 1998. This zonal for Central America (México, Cuba, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela) and the Caribbean. Julio Becerra Rivero of Cuba qualified for Las Vegas directly by winning the event. Alonso Zapata won a two game rapidplay match against Walter Arencibia to take the second qualifying place. FIDE Master Alexis Murillo scored an IM norm.
San Salvador ESA (ESA), XI 1998
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1 Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2485 = 2 +26 = 3 +15 +12 = 4 +17 + 6 = 7 7.0 2598
2 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2550 = 1 + 9 +16 = 3 + 7 + 6 = 4 - 5 +11 6.5 2574
3 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2470 +21 +23 = 1 = 2 - 4 =13 + 7 + 9 +18 6.5 2526
4 Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2520 +18 +11 = 7 = 6 + 3 = 1 = 2 +12 - 5 6.0 2532
5 Murillo, Alexis f CRC 2420 +10 =12 =15 =14 - 6 +26 = 9 + 2 + 4 6.0 2447
6 Clavijo, Jorge COL 2400 = 9 +22 +20 = 4 + 5 - 2 +12 - 1 +13 6.0 2500
7 Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2510 + 8 +17 = 4 =12 - 2 +11 - 3 +15 = 1 5.5 2452
8 Reyes Najera, Carlos A GUA 2235 - 7 =28 +23 =16 =22 =10 +14 =11 +17 5.5 2384
9 Jimenez, Juan Leon CRC 2220 = 6 - 2 +27 =17 +15 =14 = 5 - 3 +24 5.0 2348
10 Sosa, L PUR 2225 - 5 =18 +28 -20 +19 = 8 =16 +14 =15 5.0 2237
11 Rohl, Juan m VEN 2330 +25 - 4 =17 +18 +20 - 7 =13 = 8 - 2 4.5 2351
12 Denny, Kevin f BAR 2260 +29 = 5 +13 = 7 - 1 +20 - 6 - 4 =16 4.5 2373
13 Minero, Sergio f ESA 2405 =26 +24 -12 +22 =14 = 3 =11 =17 - 6 4.5 2292
14 Ruiz Gonzalez, Guillermo f MEX 2310 -23 +25 +21 = 5 =13 = 9 - 8 -10 +27 4.5 2202
15 Guillen, Jose A MEX 2220 =30 +27 = 5 - 1 - 9 +25 +21 - 7 =10 4.5 2245
16 Soto Paez, Oliver VEN 2320 =24 +30 - 2 = 8 -21 =22 =10 +23 =12 4.5 2225
17 Valdes, Leonardo CRC 2285 +28 - 7 =11 = 9 +23 +21 - 1 =13 - 8 4.5 2268
18 Fierro Baquero, Martha wm ECU 2240 - 4 =10 +30 -11 -26 +28 +19 +20 - 3 4.5 2195
19 Sarat,Victor ---- =22 -20 +26 -21 -10 +30 -18 +29 +25 4.5 2160
20 Beltran, Carlos COL 2270 =27 +19 - 6 +10 -11 -12 +26 -18 =21 4.0 2165
21 Infante, Salvador f ESA 2225 - 3 +29 -14 +19 +16 -17 -15 =24 =20 4.0 2128
22 Pilarte, Rene f NCA 2250 =19 - 6 +24 -13 = 8 =16 =23 =25 -29 3.5 2196
23 Burgos, Carlos ESA 2085 +14 - 3 - 8 +29 -17 =24 =22 -16 =30 3.5 2117
24 Lorenzana, Wilson Estuardo GUA 2130 =16 -13 -22 +28 -25 =23 +27 =21 - 9 3.5 2006
25 Chavez, Ricardo Ernesto ESA 2150 -11 -14 -29 +27 +24 -15 +30 =22 -19 3.5 2161
26 Castillo, Otto GUA 2195 =13 - 1 -19 +30 +18 - 5 -20 -27 =28 3.0 2258
27 Arias,Lemmy ---- =20 -15 - 9 -25 =28 +29 -24 +26 -14 3.0 1983
28 Acevedo,Salmir ---- -17 = 8 -10 -24 =27 -18 =29 =30 =26 2.5 1967
29 Hernandez,Erick ---- -12 -21 +25 -23 -30 -27 =28 -19 +22 2.5 2048
30 Chavez, Hector Eduardo ESA 2070 =15 -16 -18 -26 +29 -19 -25 =28 =23 2.5 1928
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There is little current coverage on the internet of the World Junior Championships in Calicut, India. You can try http://www.webindia.com/chessmate/ for some round by round information and a small number of games.