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Hastings 1998-9 30 games IX Ciudad de Pamplona 30 games Groningen 108 games 41st Reggio Emilia (Italy) 35 games ELO-Rated Event in Leverkusen/Germany 45 games Stavanger Chess International 62 games 6th AMBASSADOR OPEN - BERN 70 games HILTON OPEN - BASEL 19 games 15th International Boeblinger Open 8 games XXVII Rilton Cup 1998–1999 124 games Cairnhill Open 98 114 games Eastern Open 59 games
My thanks to Dave Flynn, John Saunders, Stewart Reuben, Leontxo Garcia, Jesus Mena, Sergei Movsesian, Carlo Mazzoni, Hans-Dieter Müller, Eirik Gullaksen, Sinisa Joksic, Daði Örn Jónsson, Kenny Chern, Michael Atkins, and all those who helped with this issue.
A Happy and Prosperous New Year to everybody. 1999 starts with the main events being the regular Hastings, Pamplona and Reggio events starring. I've followed Alexander Morozevich since he won the last Lloyds Bank tournament with a record score a few years ago. He had a fantastic 1998 with an 8/9 score in an all-play-all and the Russian Championships. In Pamplona he has started with 6/7, so he may be one to watch in '99 too.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The 74th Hastings International Congress, runs 29 Dec - 10 January 1999. The line-up for the Hastings Premier is : John Emms 2585, Laurent Fressinet 2455, Tony Miles 2590, Jim Plaskett 2455, Ruslan Ponomariov 2585, Matthew Sadler 2660, Mihail Saltaev 2525, Sergei Shipov 2635, Ivan Sokolov 2620 and Jon Speelman 2600.
The main event is the Hastings Premier. After 6 rounds the highly experienced Bosnian Ivan Sokolov leads with 4.5 points ahead of Sergei Shipov on 4 (two wins and two losses). Matthew Sadler is in third on 3.5 points after losing his round 6 game against Jim Plaskett.
Live coverage at: http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/Hastings/
Round 1 (1998.12.29)
Sokolov, Ivan - Emms, John M 1-0 30 E12 Nimzo indian
Speelman, Jonathan S - Shipov, Sergei 0-1 54 D78 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Plaskett, Jim 1-0 75 C45 Scottish
Miles, Anthony J - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 12 A26 English; 1.c4 e5
Fressinet, Laurent - Saltaev, Mihail 1/2 54 B82 Sicilian
Round 2 (1998.12.30)
Shipov, Sergei - Miles, Anthony J 1-0 24 D27 QGA;
Sadler, Matthew - Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 76 D48 Meran Variation
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 23 B17 Caro-Kann
Plaskett, Jim - Emms, John M 1/2 18 E14 Nimzo indian
Saltaev, Mihail - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 50 C77 Ruy Lopez
Round 3 (1998.12.31)
Sokolov, Ivan - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 20 D27 QGA;
Emms, John M - Saltaev, Mihail 1/2 48 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Speelman, Jonathan S - Plaskett, Jim 1-0 41 A48 Queen's pawn
Miles, Anthony J - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 18 A06 Reti (1.Nf3)
Fressinet, Laurent - Shipov, Sergei 0-1 60 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 4 (1999.01.02)
Shipov, Sergei - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 41 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Sadler, Matthew - Emms, John M 1/2 99 E54 Nimzo indian
Speelman, Jonathan S - Miles, Anthony J 1/2 43 A11 English; 1.c4
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Fressinet, Laurent 1/2 71 B48 Sicilian
Plaskett, Jim - Saltaev, Mihail 1/2 28 B30 Sicilian
Round 5 (1999.01.03)
Sokolov, Ivan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 71 A57 Benko gambit
Emms, John M - Shipov, Sergei 1-0 24 B86 Sicilian
Miles, Anthony J - Plaskett, Jim 1/2 19 A46 Queen's pawn
Saltaev, Mihail - Sadler, Matthew 0-1 42 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Fressinet, Laurent - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 27 B17 Caro-Kann
Round 6 (1999.01.04)
Shipov, Sergei - Saltaev, Mihail 1-0 52 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Speelman, Jonathan S - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 45 A11 English; 1.c4
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Emms, John M 1/2 72 B48 Sicilian
Plaskett, Jim - Sadler, Matthew 1-0 37 B52 Sicilian
Miles, Anthony J - Fressinet, Laurent 1/2 61 A06 Reti (1.Nf3)
Hastings ENG (ENG), XII 1998 - I 1999 cat. XIII (2571)
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1 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2620 * 1 = 1 = 1 . . = . 4.5 2791
2 Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2635 0 * . 0 1 . . 1 1 1 4.0 2687
3 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2660 = . * = . . 0 = 1 1 3.5 2595
4 Emms, John M g ENG 2585 0 1 = * . = = . = . 3.0 2580
5 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2600 = 0 . . * = 1 = . = 3.0 2556
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2585 0 . . = = * 1 = . = 3.0 2550
7 Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2455 . . 1 = 0 0 * = = . 2.5 2533
8 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2590 . 0 = . = = = * . = 2.5 2508
9 Saltaev, Mihail g UZB 2525 = 0 0 = . . = . * = 2.0 2443
10 Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2455 . 0 0 . = = . = = * 2.0 2474
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The "IX Ciudad de Pamplona" tournament (cat. XIII, Dec. 27-Jan.5th., free day Jan. 1st.) is underway reports Leontxo Garcia and Jesus Mena. The players are Alexander Morozevic, Xie Jun, Loek Van Wely, Emil Sutovsky, Michal Krasenkow, Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Luis Comas, Oscar de la Riva, Jesus de la Villa and Francisco Vallejo (who is 17 and the Spanish vice champion). Alexander Morozevich scorched to lead with 6/7 at the Pamplona tournament. He is a point and a half clear of Krasenkow and Van Wely. It is clear that the Russian Champion is now ready for another invitation to a superGM event after a period of poor form.
Daily reports in El País Digital http://www.elpais.es/ ("Deportes" section)
Official site: http://web.jet.es/mhernandez/
Round 2 (1998.12.28)
Morozevich, Alexander - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1/2 52 B30 Sicilian
Krasenkow, Michal - Xie Jun 1/2 34 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Comas Fabrego, Luis 1/2 18 C14 French; Classical
Sutovsky, Emil - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 43 C48 Four knights
De la Riva Aguado, Oscar - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 36 B35 Sicilian
Round 3 (1998.12.29)
Van Wely, Loek - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 31 D31 Queen's gambit
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 34 D10 Slav defence
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 25 C12 French; Macutcheon
Xie Jun - Sutovsky, Emil 0-1 46 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Comas Fabrego, Luis - De la Riva Aguado, Oscar 1/2 17 A39 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 4 (1998.12.30)
Morozevich, Alexander - Xie Jun 1-0 27 C45 Scottish
Krasenkow, Michal - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 30 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Van Wely, Loek - Comas Fabrego, Luis 1-0 23 A96 Dutch defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 21 C10 French
De la Riva Aguado, Oscar - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1/2 29 C06 French; Tarrasch
Round 5 (1998.12.31)
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - De la Riva Aguado, Oscar 1-0 39 A81 Dutch defence
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 32 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Xie Jun - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 45 C07 French; Tarrasch
Sutovsky, Emil - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 26 C11 French; Classical
Comas Fabrego, Luis - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 47 D31 Queen's gambit
Round 6 (1999.01.02)
Krasenkow, Michal - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 29 D10 Slav defence
Van Wely, Loek - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 15 D46 Semi-Slav
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 40 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Comas Fabrego, Luis - De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M 1/2 31 A11 English; 1.c4
De la Riva Aguado, Oscar - Xie Jun 0-1 35 C45 Scottish
Round 7 (1999.01.03)
Morozevich, Alexander - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 55 C12 French; Macutcheon
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Comas Fabrego, Luis 1/2 18 E68 Kings indian
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M - Krasenkow, Michal 0-1 41 B06 Modern defence
Xie Jun - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 30 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Sutovsky, Emil - De la Riva Aguado, Oscar 1-0 32 B31 Sicilian
Pamplona ESP (ESP), XII 1998 - I 1999 cat. XIII (2561)
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2625 * = . 1 1 = 1 1 1 . 6.0 2856
2 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2655 = * = . . 1 = 1 = = 4.5 2658
3 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2635 . = * = 0 1 1 . 1 = 4.5 2640
4 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2605 0 . = * = . = = = 1 3.5 2549
5 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2450 0 . 1 = * = 0 = = . 3.0 2520
6 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2500 = 0 0 . = * . 1 = = 3.0 2520
7 Xie Jun g CHN 2510 0 = 0 = 1 . * 0 . 1 3.0 2529
8 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2575 0 0 . = = 0 1 * . 1 3.0 2500
9 Comas Fabrego, Luis m ESP 2540 0 = 0 = = = . . * = 2.5 2466
10 De la Riva Aguado, Oscar m ESP 2510 . = = 0 . = 0 0 = * 2.0 2416
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The 37th International Chess Tournament in Groningen ran December 19-30th this year with 2 Invitational tournaments. One for men and one for women, both a double round robin events for 6 players. Sergei Tiviakov, Zoltan Almasi, Vadim Milov, Alex Yermolinsky, Jeroen Piket and Karen Asrian played in the men's event. Average 2629 Category XVI.
There was a new way of distributing the prizes: - Everyone started with prize money equal to their rating in Dutch Gulders - The winner of a game getting 10% of the money equal to the rating of the opponent, the loser losing that 10%. If the game finished in a draw, the one with the higher rating paid the difference.
The Men's invitational event saw Sergei Tiviakov and Vadim Milov finish on 6/10 ahead of Zoltan Almasi 5.5. The women's event was won by Natalia Zhukova on 7/10 just ahead of Antoaneta Stefanova on 6.5 and Peng Zhaoqin on 6.
The open event saw three players, Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Baklan and Vladimir Epishin all score 8.5/11. Movsesian won the event on tie-break, he had the only decisive game amongst these three leading players, he had beaten Baklan. Sarunas Sulskis finished in 4th on his own with 8 ahead of ten players on 7.5.
Coverage on the internet at: http://www.bart.nl/~ssg
Men's Invitational
Round 8 (1998.12.28)
Milov, Vadim - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 56 E30 Nimzo indian
Piket, Jeroen - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 32 E20 Nimzo indian
Asrian, Karen - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 31 B85 Sicilian
Round 9 (1998.12.29)
Tiviakov, Sergei - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 34 B80 Sicilian
Milov, Vadim - Asrian, Karen 1/2 35 D36 Queen's gambit
Almasi, Zoltan - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 18 C78 Ruy Lopez
Round 10 (1998.12.30)
Piket, Jeroen - Milov, Vadim 1/2 52 D38 Queen's gambit
Asrian, Karen - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 17 B36 Sicilian
Yermolinsky, Alex - Almasi, Zoltan 0-1 49 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Groningen NED (NED), XII 1998 cat. XVI (2629)
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1 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2655 ** == 1= == == 1= 6.0 2696
2 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2640 == ** == 1= 1= == 6.0 2699
3 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2650 0= == ** == 1= =1 5.5 2661
4 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2605 == 0= == ** == == 4.5 2598
5 Asrian, Karen g ARM 2600 == 0= 0= == ** == 4.0 2563
6 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2625 0= == =0 == == ** 4.0 2558
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Women's International
Round 8 (1998.12.28)
Peng Zhaoqin - Zhukova, Natalia 1/2 65 D17 Slav defence
Miroslawska, Monika - Zhu Chen 1/2 66 D36 Queen's gambit
Darchia, Diana - Stefanova, Antoaneta 0-1 43 B01 Scandinavian
Round 9 (1998.12.29)
Zhukova, Natalia - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 66 D10 Slav defence
Zhu Chen - Peng Zhaoqin 1/2 15 D13 Slav defence
Miroslawska, Monika - Darchia, Diana 1-0 35 B39 Sicilian
Round 10 (1998.12.30)
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Zhu Chen 1-0 55 D00 Queen's pawn
Peng Zhaoqin - Miroslawska, Monika 1-0 42 E76 Kings indian
Darchia, Diana - Zhukova, Natalia 0-1 56 B01 Scandinavian
Groningen NED (NED), XII 1998 cat. IX (2459)
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1 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2460 ** =1 == 10 1= 11 7.0 2608
2 Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2475 =0 ** 0= =1 11 11 6.5 2566
3 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2425 == 1= ** == 01 1= 6.0 2538
4 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2480 01 =0 == ** 0= 1= 4.5 2419
5 Miroslawska, Monika wg POL 2470 0= 00 10 1= ** =1 4.5 2421
6 Darchia, Diana wf GEO 2445 00 00 0= 0= =0 ** 1.5 2166
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Open
Groningen NED (NED), XII 1998
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1 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2640 8.5 76.5 58.00 2640 2696 +0.69
2 Baklan, Vladimir m UKR 2585 8.5 77.5 57.25 2585 2702 +1.57
3 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2585 8.5 74.5 56.25 2585 2654 +0.91
4 Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2555 8.0 70.5 51.25 2555 2553 -0.03
5 Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2600 7.5 78.0 51.75 2600 2576 -0.31
6 Socko, Bartosz m POL 2475 7.5 74.5 48.50 2475 2598 +1.89
7 Najer, Evgeniy m RUS 2535 7.5 74.5 47.25 2535 2575 +0.57
8 Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2420 7.5 73.0 47.25 2420 2532 +1.67
9 Ernst, Sipke NED 2420 7.5 72.5 47.00 2420 2524 +1.40
10 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2545 7.5 71.5 45.50 2545 2532 -0.20
11 Ye Rongguang g CHN 2535 7.5 70.0 46.00 2535 2494 -0.53
12 Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira wg MDA 2420 7.5 68.5 46.50 2420 2503 +1.23
13 Hoffmann, Michael m GER 2440 7.5 68.0 45.75 2440 2510 +1.01
14 Miton, Kamil f POL 2415 7.5 67.5 44.50 2415 2534 +1.60
15 Matlak, Marek m POL 2435 7.0 74.0 45.75 2435 2512 +1.17
16 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2585 7.0 73.0 44.00 2585 2517 -0.92
17 Van den Doel, Erik m NED 2480 7.0 73.0 42.75 2480 2502 +0.29
18 Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2485 7.0 72.5 44.50 2485 2496 +0.18
19 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2540 7.0 70.0 43.25 2540 2485 -0.81
20 Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2425 7.0 70.0 41.50 2425 2451 +0.40
21 Volkov, Sergey m RUS 2605 7.0 70.0 40.75 2605 2470 -1.70
22 Vehi Bach, Victor M m ESP 2390 7.0 69.0 40.50 2390 2514 +1.70
23 Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2555 7.0 67.5 41.50 2555 2442 -1.47
24 Yevseev, Denis RUS 2470 7.0 67.0 40.75 2470 2453 -0.26
25 Kreiman, Boris m USA 2455 7.0 66.5 41.50 2455 2497 +0.62
26 Almasi, Istvan m HUN 2450 7.0 62.0 33.75 2450 2364 -1.03
27 Luther, Thomas g GER 2560 6.5 74.5 41.25 2560 2492 -0.98
....151 players
Title Results
FED Norm Score
Najer, Evgeniy RUS GM 7½ (10)
Ernst, Sipke NED IM 7½ (11)
Handke, Florian GER IM 6½ (10)
Middelburg, Tom NED IM 6½ (11)
Wapner, Jonathan ISR IM 6 (10)
Radziewicz, Iweta POL IM 7 (11)
Jonker, Marc NED IM 6½ (10)
Kozlova, Olga RUS WIM 6 (11)
Shahade, Jennifer*) USA WIM 4½ (9)
41st Reggio Emilia (Italy) started December 29th reports Carlo Mazzoni. Category 9. Solozhenkin and Lputian with 5.5/7.
Internet coverage http://www.xall.com/ippogrifo/
Round 1 (1998.12.28)
Lputian, Smbat G - Komarov, Dimitri 0-1 61 E12 Nimzo indian
Aldrovandi, Costantino - Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 1/2 29 C69 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Borgo, Giulio - Efimov, Igor 1-0 29 B06 Modern defence
Tomescu, Vlad - Vezzosi, Paolo 1/2 21 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Anceschi, Vittorio - Drei, Andrea 1/2 29 B26 Sicilian; Closed
Round 2 (1998.12.29)
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy - Tomescu, Vlad 1-0 30 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Efimov, Igor - Komarov, Dimitri 1/2 16 D59 QGD;
Vezzosi, Paolo - Lputian, Smbat G 0-1 46 D31 Queen's gambit
Borgo, Giulio - Anceschi, Vittorio 1-0 36 C10 French
Drei, Andrea - Aldrovandi, Costantino 0-1 52 B99 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 3 (1998.12.30)
Lputian, Smbat G - Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 1/2 34 A45 Queen's pawn
Komarov, Dimitri - Vezzosi, Paolo 1/2 29 E11 Bogo indian
Aldrovandi, Costantino - Borgo, Giulio 1/2 26 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Tomescu, Vlad - Drei, Andrea 1/2 20 B48 Sicilian
Anceschi, Vittorio - Efimov, Igor 0-1 31 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Round 4 (1998.12.31)
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy - Komarov, Dimitri 1-0 45 D45 Semi-Slav
Efimov, Igor - Vezzosi, Paolo 1-0 40 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Borgo, Giulio - Tomescu, Vlad 0-1 44 B30 Sicilian
Anceschi, Vittorio - Aldrovandi, Costantino 1/2 38 A01 Larsen (1.b3)
Drei, Andrea - Lputian, Smbat G 0-1 34 C18 French; Winawer
Round 5 (1999.01.01)
Lputian, Smbat G - Borgo, Giulio 1-0 41 D46 Semi-Slav
Komarov, Dimitri - Drei, Andrea 1-0 35 A17 English; 1.c4
Aldrovandi, Costantino - Efimov, Igor 1/2 70 A14 English; 1.c4
Vezzosi, Paolo - Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 0-1 33 B02 Alekhine defence
Tomescu, Vlad - Anceschi, Vittorio 0-1 47 B07 Pirc
Round 6 (1999.01.02)
Efimov, Igor - Solozhenkin, Evgeniy 1/2 16 C95 Ruy Lopez
Aldrovandi, Costantino - Tomescu, Vlad 1-0 30 C69 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Borgo, Giulio - Komarov, Dimitri 0-1 33 C17 French; Winawer
Anceschi, Vittorio - Lputian, Smbat G 0-1 30 C00 French
Drei, Andrea - Vezzosi, Paolo 0-1 61 C16 French; Winawer
Round 7 (1999.01.03)
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy - Drei, Andrea 1-0 32 E13 Nimzo indian
Lputian, Smbat G - Aldrovandi, Costantino 1-0 36 A46 Queen's pawn
Komarov, Dimitri - Anceschi, Vittorio 1-0 41 D11 Slav defence
Vezzosi, Paolo - Borgo, Giulio 1-0 22 D46 Semi-Slav
Tomescu, Vlad - Efimov, Igor 1/2 50 B66 Sicilian
Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), XII 1998 - I 1999 cat. VIII (2435)
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1 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2535 * = 1 = = 1 . 1 . 1 5.5 2670
2 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2615 = * 0 . 1 1 1 . 1 1 5.5 2627
3 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2570 0 1 * = . = 1 . 1 1 5.0 2597
4 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2530 = . = * = 1 0 = 1 . 4.0 2459
5 Aldrovandi, Costantino ITA 2280 = 0 . = * . = 1 = 1 4.0 2503
6 Vezzosi, Paolo f ITA 2325 0 0 = 0 . * 1 = . 1 3.0 2444
7 Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2445 . 0 0 1 = 0 * 0 1 . 2.5 2330
8 Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2425 0 . . = 0 = 1 * 0 = 2.5 2289
9 Anceschi, Vittorio ITA 2285 . 0 0 0 = . 0 1 * = 2.0 2299
10 Drei, Andrea f ITA 2340 0 0 0 . 0 0 . = = * 1.0 2124
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Hans-Dieter Müller reports on the first ELO-rated event promoted by the Chess Club Bayer Leverkusen that took place in the City of Leverkusen near Cologne/Germany Dec.27 - Jan.3. FM Markus Balduan from Solingen won the tournament with the score of 7/9 in front of Alois Kocur with 6,5/9 and Dieter Mueller with 6/9. 12-year old Russian immigrant Dimitri Boutko (ELO 2140) and his 69-year old trainer Dr.Alexander Luboshitz of Minsk/BLR, now both playing for the Chess Club Bayer Leverkusen, competed in the tournament. Both fought well but a little unlucky and finished 7th and 8.
Leverkusen GER (GER), XII 1998 - I 1999
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1 Balduan, Markus f GER 2320 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2429
2 Kocur, Alois GER 2260 = * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 6.5 2437
3 Mueller, Dieter GER 2150 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2325
4 Thiel, Kuno f GER 2325 = = = * 0 = 1 = = 1 5.0 2198
5 Reinemer, Frank GER 2265 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 0 1 5.0 2157
6 Negele, M BRD ---- = = = = 0 * = 0 1 1 4.5 2171
7 Luboshitz, Alexander BLR 2210 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 1 = 3.5 2113
8 Boutko, Dimitri GER 2140 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 * = = 3.0 1995
9 Berberich, Christoph SUI 2045 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = * = 2.5 2080
10 Boehm,Stefan GER ---- 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = = * 2.0 2021
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Eirik Gullaksen reports that the Stavanger Chess International was played in Stavanger (Norway) 26th december 1998 to 1st january 1999 and was won rather easily by Slovenian GM Igor Stohl ahead of 3 IMs. The tournament was part of the 25th anniversary of the local club Randaberg SK. The full results may be found at http://home.sol.no/~eirikgu/si98_r9s.htm
Stavanger NOR (NOR), XII 1998 - I 1999
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1 Stohl, Igor g SVK 2540 + 7 = 4 +10 + 3 + 5 = 2 + 9 + 6 +11 8.0 2637
2 Kristensen, Bjarke m DEN 2425 =10 +14 = 3 =11 + 6 = 1 + 4 = 7 - 5 5.5 2349
3 Gullaksen, Eirik T NOR 2360 + 8 = 6 = 2 - 1 +13 = 4 +10 = 5 = 7 5.5 2358
4 Fossan, Erik m NOR 2400 +12 = 1 =13 = 6 + 8 = 3 - 2 = 9 +14 5.5 2342
5 Gronn, Alte NOR 2310 =11 +13 = 6 = 8 - 1 - 9 +12 = 3 + 2 5.0 2265
6 Egeli, Per Ove NOR 2330 +14 = 3 = 5 = 4 - 2 = 7 + 8 - 1 +12 5.0 2303
7 Harestad, Hans Krogh NOR 2235 - 1 - 8 +12 = 9 +11 = 6 +14 = 2 = 3 5.0 2265
8 Hersvik, Daniel NOR 2080 - 3 + 7 + 9 = 5 - 4 =10 - 6 =11 +13 4.5 2225
9 Harestad, Thor Geir f NOR 2235 -13 +12 - 8 = 7 +14 + 5 - 1 = 4 =10 4.5 2262
10 Johnsen, Sverre NOR 2200 = 2 +11 - 1 =13 =12 = 8 - 3 +14 = 9 4.5 2206
11 Berntsen, Sheila Barth wf NOR 2080 = 5 -10 +14 = 2 - 7 =12 =13 = 8 - 1 3.5 2108
12 Ferkingstad, Sjur NOR 2075 - 4 - 9 - 7 +14 =10 =11 - 5 +13 - 6 3.0 1946
13 Flaata, Alexander NOR ---- + 9 - 5 = 4 =10 - 3 -14 =11 -12 - 8 2.5 2076
14 Rimestad,Arild DEN ---- - 6 - 2 -11 -12 - 9 +13 - 7 -10 - 4 1.0
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Sinisa Joksic reports:
Petr Velicka a 32 year old IM from Czech Republic won the Christmas open, which was played for the sixth time in Bern's 4 star Hotel Ambassador. Velicka had only a half point better Bucholz, "chess tie-break", than Russian grandmaster Yuri Razuvaev (54). In the last round, they played each other in the decisive game of the event, it finished in a quick draw. Both of them beat last years winner Bologan. The Czech player was the number 6 seed for the event. Velicka and Razuvaev, along with another nine players finished undefeated. The Tournament had 144 participants (a new record!), 6 grandmasters and 13 IMs. Besides 10 cash and 10 trophy prizes were the special prizes. The best Swiss player was IM Hansjuerg Kaenel (who finish 6th), the lady's prize was won by Veronika Werner (who finished 10th!) from Karlsruhe, Germany, the best senior was fm Hans Karl (SUI-finished 14th), the best junior Rico Zenklusen (SUI- finished 23rd) and the best schoolboy Sascha Jost (SUI-finish-50th). Lots of nice, interesting things, happened during the tournament. Amongst the participants were both organizers of Biel, the old, Hans Suri and the new, Peter Burri. Suri had half a point more, what was expected according to experience. Suri has organized 30 and Burri only one festival. This years 32nd Biel Festival is on the SWISS TOUR.
ROUND 4 Varga - Bologan 0-1, Barbero Gerardo - Rausis 0-1, Landenbergue - Gofshtein 1/2, Velicka - Brendel 1-0, Kriszany - Delemarre 1/2, Kiss - Kaenel 1/2, Razuvaev - Kolly 1-0, Summermatter - Huss 0-1, Arnold - Meyer 1-0, Bischoff Peter - Oral 0-1, Wirthensohn - Barsi 1-0, Thaler - Ciric 0-1 etc. ROUND 5 Bologan Velicka 0-1, Rausis Kiss 1/2, Kaenel - Razuvaev 0-1, Gofshtein Kriszany 1/2, Delemarre Jop (NLD) FM Arnold Lothar (GER) 1/2, Karl Varga Peter 1-0, Kolly Barbero 1/2, Bucher - Wirthensohn 1/2, Ciric Deschenaux 1/2, Zenklusen Werner Clemens 1:0 etc. ROUND 6 Velicka - Rausis 1/2, Razuvaev - Bologan 1-0, Arnold - Gofshtein 0-1, Landenbergue - 7. Delemarre 1/2, Kiss - 17. Huss 1/2, Horvath Peter - Karl 1/2, Kriszany - Brendel 1/2, Barbero - Zenklusen 1-0, Barthel - Oral 0-1, Berset - Kaenel 0-1, Wirthensohn - Kolly 1-0, Bucher - Ciric 1/2 etc. ROUND 7 Velicka - Razuvaev 1/2, Rausis - Gofshtein 1/2, Oral - Wirthensohn 1-0, Delemarre - Herbrechtsmeier 1-0, Wendt - Kiss 0-1, Kaenel - Horvath Peter 1-0, Huss - Barbero 1/2, Karl - Landenbergue 1/2, Brendel - Werner Veronika 0-1, Werner Isabel - Kriszany 0-1, Bologan - Bucher 1-0, Vianin - Varga 0-1, Ciric - Barsi 1-0, Montavon - Summermatter 0-1 etc. FINAL STANDINGS 1. Velicka Petr IM 2465 CZE 6,0 (30,5), 2. Razuvaev Yuri G 2560 RUS 6,0 (30,0), 3. Rausis Igors G 2535 LAT 5,5 (30,5), 4. Gofshtein Leonid G 2500 ISR 5,5 (29,5), 4. Kiss Pal IM 2435 HUN 5,5 (29,5), 6. Kaenel Hansjuerg IM 2395 SUI 5,5 (28,5), 7. Delemarre Jop IM 2435 NED 5,5 (27,5), 8. Kriszany Laszlo IM 2405 HUN 5,5 (27,0), 9. Oral Tomas IM 2510 CZE 5,5 (26,0), 10. Werner Veronika 2245 GER 4 3 0 5½ 24 11. Landenbergue Claude IM 2410 SUI 5,0 (30,0), 11. Huss Andreas IM 2355 SUI 5 (30,0), 13. Bologan Viktor G 2585 MDA 5,0 (29,5), 14. Karl Hans F 2235 SUI 5,0 (28,0), 15. Barbero Gerardo G 2415 ARG 5,0 (27,5), 16. Varga Peter IM 2445 HUN 5,0 (27,0), 17. Moeschinger Markus 2200 SUI 5,0 (23,0), 18. Summermatter Daniel F 2315 SUI 5,0 (22,5), 19. Ciric Dragoljub G 2340 YUG 5,0 (22,5), 20. Meyer Bernhard 2220 SUI 5,0 (22,0), 21. Brendel Oliver F 2410 GER 4,5 (28,5), 22. Arnold Lothar F 2340 GER 4,5 (28,5), 23. Zenklusen Rico 2171 SUI 4,5 (28,0), 24. Horvath Peter IM 2425 HUN 4,5 (27,0), 24. Werner Isabel WIM 2195 GER 4,5 (27,0), 24. Bohnenblust Simon 2155 SUI 4,5 (27,0), 27. Wirthensohn Heinz IM 2390 SUI 4,5 (26,5), 27. Herbrechtsmeier Christof F 2305 GER 4,5 (26,5), 27. Berset Philippe 2185 SUI 4,5 (26,5), 27. Kolly Jacques 2185 SUI 4,5 (26,5), 27. Meyer Harvey 2145 SUI 4,5 (26,5) etc.
Sinisa Joksic reports: The Swiss Chess Tour has started with the Hilton open. A long time ago Basel organised few chess events, except for a few simultaneous exhibitions by Karpov. A strange situation for Basel with its great chess tradition. Nearby Alschwill was several times champion of Switzerland, during the time of Werner Hafner their famous president and owner of club. 116 participants played in the First New Year Open in the luxury Hilton Hotel. It takes place January 1-5 and is a seven round, Swiss system event. There are 38 titled players, 14 GMs, 17 IMs and 7 FIDE masters. After 4 rounds there is an unbelievable throng of players at the top, like in a bicylce race. There will be much to be decided in the three last rounds. Tukmakov came as the winner of Zurich Christmas tournament. Andrei Sokolov, can surprise and there are many experienced open players such as Cvitan, Gallagher, Bologan. The Ambassador's winners Velicka and Razuvaev have dropped points, and have drawn against each other.
Some important results Round 1 Tukmakov - Jaeggi 1-0, Burgermeister - Bologan 0-1, Sokolov Andrei - Zenkic 1-0, Bodmer - Razuvaev 0-1, Novikov - Hofrichter 1-0, Fiedler - Greenfeld 0-1, Cebalo - Fischer 1-0, Schmid Roland - Rausis 0-1, Cvitan - Ross Torsten 1-0, Kliment - Gallagher 0-1, Oral - Schmid Marcel 1-0, Balg - Ekstroem 0-1, Gofshtein - Mueller 1-0, Zanetti - Ruck 0-1, Velicka - Coste 1-0, Fleischmann - Peredy 1/2-1/2, Meier - Rukavina 0-1, Pikula - Schweizer 1-0, Rodic - Horvath Peter 0-1, Kelecevic - Richard 1-0, Goodwin - Barbero 0-1, Grunder - Nemet 0-1, Ciric - Steck 1-0 etc. ROUND 2 Berezovsky - Tukmakov 0-1, Bologan - Schmidt-Schaeffer 1-0, Loeffler - Sokolov Andrei 0-1, Razuvaev - Ciric 1/2-1/2, Arnold - Novikov 0-1, Greenfeld - Herb 1-0, Rausis - Bujupi 1-0, Wendt - Cebalo 1/2-1/2, Gallagher - Mikavica 1-0, Ekstroem - Wiley 1/2-1/2, Ammann - Oral 0-1, Schmid - Velicka 0-1, Czebe - Lurje 1-0, Rukavina - Staechelin 1-0, Speck - Pikula 0-1, Bohrer - Kelecevic 0-1, Barbero - Bojic 1-0, Izsak - Remeta 0-1, Nemet - Rozic 1-0, Vulevic - Cvitan 0-1 etc. ROUND 3 Tukmakov - Czebe 1-0, Varga Peter - Bologan 1-0, Sokolov Andrei - Kiss 1-0, Novikov - Rukavina 1/2-1/2, Pikula - Greenfeld 0-1, Kelecevic - Rausis 0-1, Cvitan - Horvath Peter 1-0, Kriszany - Gallagher 1/2-1/2, Oral - Barbero 1-0, Gofshtein - Nemet 1-0, Ingold - Ruck 0-1, Velicka - Costa 1/2-1/2, Remeta - Razuvaev 0-1, Cebalo - Wiley 1-0, Fleischmann - Ekstroem 0-1, Ciric - Wendt 1/2-1/2 etc. ROUND 4 Cvitan - Tukmakov 1/2-1/2, Ruck - Sokolov Andrei 1/2-1/2, Greenfeld - Oral 1/2-1/2, Rausis - Gofshtein 1/2-1/2, Gallagher - Varga Peter 1-0, Razuvaev - Velicka 1/2-1/2, Costa - Novikov 0-1, Rukavina - Cebalo 1-0, Ekstroem - Kriszany 1-0, Bologan - Ermeni 1-0, Czebe - Bujupi 1-0, Kiss - Mikavica 1-0, Vulevic - Pikula 1/2-1/2, Ammann - Kelecevic 1/2-1/2, Horvath - Meyer Bernhard 0-1, Barbero - Staechelin 1-0, Nemet - Terraz 1-0, Speck - Ciric 0-1 etc.
Standings after Round 4
1. Tukmakov g (UKR), Sokolov Andrei g (RUS), Oral IM (CZE), Novikov g (UKR), Greenfeld g, Gofshtein g (both ISR), Ruck IM (HUN), Rukavina IM, Cvitan g (both CRO), Rausis g (LAT), Gallagher g and Ekstroem IM (both SUI) all with 3,5 points, (12 players),
13. Varga Peter IM, Czebe IM (both HUN), Razuvaev g (RUS), Ciric g (YUG), Barbero g (ARG), Loeffler, Berezovsky f (both GER), Meyer Bernhard (SUI), Kiss IM (HUN), Velicka IM (CZE), Wendt f (GER), Bologan g (MDA), Arnold f (GER), Nueesch, Nemet g (both SUI), Herb f (FRA) and Fancsy IM (HUN) all with 3 points, (17 players) etc.
Gerhard Hund reports the final results of the 15th International Boeblinger Open 26th to 30th December in Boeblingen / Germany with 309 players. Darius Ruzele won the tournament with 7.5 points, Sergey Galdunts, Dimitrij Bunzmann, Clemens Allwermann and Yuri Balashov scored also 7.5 points out of 9 in this Swiss System event
Coverage at: Gerhard Hund's http://teleschach.com/berichte/boebl981.html .
1 Ruzele,Darius 66202-419 2490 - 31 7½/ 9 2262 6.585 2612 2509 - 32 2 Galdunts,Sergey 5A007-133 2402 - 54 7½/ 9 2203 6.463 2533 2423 - 55 3 Bunzmann,Dimitrij 30008-420 2449 - 55 7½/ 9 2304 5.833 2645 2483 - 56 4 Allwermann,Clemens 27403-085 1923 - 55 7½/ 9 2222 1.864 2658 2042 - 56 5 Balashov,Yuri 63507-168 2528 - 25 7½/ 9 2156 7.745 2489 2523 - 26 6 Ikonnikov,Viachesl 10205-142 2536 - 37 7 / 9 2258 7.132 2520 2533 - 38 7 Kuprejchik,Viktor 63507-157 2518 - 46 7 / 9 2140 7.912 2385 2499 - 47 8 Solomunovic,Igor 28233-150 2370 - 31 7 / 9 2103 7.236 2341 2365 - 32 9 Vuckovic,Aleksanda 27113-133 2282 - 91 7 / 9 2184 5.540 2441 2312 - 92 10 Lomineischvili,Maj 10422-448 2297 - 17 7 / 9 2126 6.270 2384 2312 - 18 11 Berezovsky,Igor C0521-565 2381 - 26 7 / 9 2066 7.454 2319 2372 - 27 12 Navara,David 25101-000 2237 - 8 6½/ 9 2185 5.019 2402 2267 - 9 13 Kalinitschew,Serge A0501-456 2531 -103 6½/ 9 2175 7.748 2370 2505 -104 14 Kekelidse,Michail 10422-402 2440 - 39 6½/ 9 2161 7.225 2355 2425 - 40 15 Schmidt-Schäffer,S 10232-106 2281 - 84 6½/ 9 2175 5.590 2382 2300 - 85 16 Forchert,Martin B0023-328 2313 - 71 6½/ 9 2142 6.289 2337 2317 - 72 17 Chuchelov,Vladimir 81101-080 2505 - 43 6½/ 9 2104 8.109 2291 2472 - 44 18 Schenk,Andreas 10606-089 2198 - 51 6½/ 9 2187 4.650 2417 2238 - 52 19 Stoll,Ferdinand C0519-416 2219 - 83 6½/ 9 2094 5.924 2281 2231 - 84 20 Solonar,Stephan 55007-085 2291 - 40 6½/ 9 2143 5.940 2363 2302 - 41 21 Friedrich,Norbert 10911-141 2233 - 58 6½/ 9 2126 5.579 2340 2252 - 59 22 Müller,Matthias-Mi 10301-102 2216 - 69 6½/ 9 2094 5.857 2287 2229 - 70 23 Bagaturov,Giorgi K0041-015 2515 - 13 6½/ 9 2072 8.174 2263 2481 - 14 24 Fahnenschmidt,Gerh C0519-209 2313 -126 6½/ 9 2100 6.829 2280 2306 -127 25 Tuncer,Ufuk C0637-804 2233 - 66 6½/ 9 2120 5.784 2312 2248 - 67 26 Vatter,Hans-Joachi 10808-220 2289 -169 6½/ 9 2043 7.196 2216 2275 -170 27 Gasthofer,Viktor 51004-180 2281 - 18 6½/ 9 2033 7.031 2223 2270 - 19 28 Hauke,Christian 10232-117 2221 - 94 6½/ 9 1939 7.452 2115 2201 - 95 309 players
The Rilton Cup is a strong open taking place in Stockholm, Sweden. 28.12.98–6.1.99. Gretarsson, Stefansson, Conquest, Nataf and Yakovich, Khenkin, Cramling, McShane, Ulibin, Hector, Taimanov, Hillarp Persson, Ehlvest etc play. Pia Cramling and Yuri Shulman lead with 4.5 points after five rounds.
Official coverage at: http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html
Stockholm SWE (SWE), XII 1998 - I 1999 ---------------------------------------------- 1 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2505 4.5 2 Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2520 4.5 3 Khenkin, Igor g RUS 2600 4.0 4 Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2545 4.0 5 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2535 4.0 6 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2485 4.0 7 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2480 4.0 8 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2555 4.0 9 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2510 4.0 10 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2535 4.0 11 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2515 4.0 12 Degerman, Lars m SWE 2500 4.0 13 Bezold, Michael m GER 2490 4.0 14 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2485 4.0 15 Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2475 4.0 16 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2510 4.0 17 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2620 4.0 18 Markovic, Miroslav m YUG 2575 4.0 156 players
The Cairnhill Open 1998 took place 19th-24th December 1998. It took place in the Cairnhill Community Club in Singapore, and was won by Ian Rogers. Kenny Chern sends 117 games from the event.
Information at: http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~chiacs/
1 Rogers, Ian 6.5 30.0 27.75 26.0 2605 2732 +0.50 3 Tu Hoang Thong 5.5 32.0 22.75 25.5 2480 2499 +0.12 2 Wu Shaobin 5.5 32.0 22.75 24.5 2505 2537 +0.24 49 Saifuddin, Fikrul 5.5 29.5 21.75 21.5 0000 2441 +1.50 36 Flores Jr., Ben 5.5 29.5 22.25 20.5 0000 2517 +1.50 10 Wong Meng Leong 5.5 26.0 15.75 19.5 2235 2248 +0.04 19 Tan Yeow Hiang, Kenneth 5.0 24.5 14.50 19.0 2100 2178 +0.28 8 Koh Kum Hong 5.0 25.0 15.50 19.0 2250 2425 +0.71 9 Chan Chee Keong, Mark 5.0 30.0 19.00 19.0 2240 2338 +0.26 4 Liu, Dede 4.5 34.0 21.25 22.0 2375 2322 -0.30 11 Lim Chuin Hoong, Ronnie 4.5 27.5 17.50 19.0 2225 2238 +0.04 5 Chia Chee Seng 4.5 30.5 18.25 17.0 2300 2870 +0.70 37 Goh Weiming 4.5 28.5 18.00 16.0 0000 2289 +1.00 35 Chue Kah Loong 4.5 24.5 15.75 15.5 0000 2170 0 6 Tu Hoang Thai 4.0 29.0 13.50 21.0 2300 2329 +0.16 14 Khegai, Angela 4.0 27.5 11.50 20.0 2195 2193 +0.01 59 Wong Chee Chung 4.0 30.5 15.25 19.5 0000 2322 2322 17 Molnar, Aurel 4.0 28.5 14.75 18.5 2190 2055 -0.43 12 Tan Chun Chuen, Malcolm 4.0 28.5 15.75 18.0 2205 1952 -0.66 13 Morrison, Chris 4.0 27.0 12.50 18.0 2200 1598 -0.80 7 Leong, Ignatius 4.0 29.0 12.50 18.0 2275 1928 -0.12 55 Tan Koh Boon, Mark 4.0 25.5 10.25 17.0 0000 1498 0 16 Tay Chong Cheow, Junior 4.0 27.5 12.75 16.0 2195 1776 -0.36 15 Foo Hsiang Ming 4.0 27.0 12.50 14.5 2195 1573 -0.42 23 Ananta, Bagas Prama 4.0 20.5 11.00 14.0 0000 1698 0 54 Tan Chor Chuan 3.5 25.0 11.50 18.0 0000 2085 0 45 Neudel, Bernd 3.5 28.5 13.25 16.0 0000 2189 2189 51 Sawalani, Navin 3.5 26.0 10.75 15.5 0000 1972 1972 60 Yee Kah Leong 3.5 26.0 9.75 14.5 0000 1952 1952 21 Long, James 3.5 24.0 10.50 14.5 2055 1828 -0.06 58 Wilman, Endey 3.5 23.0 10.50 13.5 0000 1518 0 27 Bunawan 3.5 25.0 11.25 13.5 0000 1611 0 32 Chia Luck Khng, Clement 3.5 23.5 9.00 13.0 0000 1546 0 42 Johnson, Nigel 3.5 23.0 9.75 12.5 0000 1939 0 56 Tang Kum Foo 3.5 23.5 12.25 9.0 0000 - 0 29 Cher Siyuan, David 3.0 25.0 9.00 14.0 0000 1581 0 24 Ang Jia Jun 3.0 24.5 7.00 14.0 0000 1571 0 31 Chia Keng San 3.0 23.0 7.75 13.5 0000 1546 0 26 Bersaba, Bernardo 3.0 20.0 6.50 12.0 0000 - 0 39 Gutierrez, Amor B. 3.0 22.0 8.25 11.5 0000 2014 2014 20 Lim Kok Ann 3.0 24.0 9.25 10.0 2070 - +0.00 43 Massie, Jopie 3.0 20.0 6.00 9.0 0000 1486 0 25 Azemia, Rita 3.0 18.5 5.00 8.0 0000 - 0 57 Tham Weng Fei 2.5 19.0 3.75 12.0 0000 1456 0 47 Nithiananthan 2.5 20.5 5.50 10.0 0000 1513 0 61 Yip Fong Ling 2.5 24.5 6.50 9.0 0000 2682 0 62 Zialor, Michel 2.5 22.0 4.75 9.0 0000 1803 0 53 Sonon, Benjamin 2.5 18.5 2.75 7.0 0000 - 0 34 Chua, Xavier 2.5 16.5 3.00 5.0 0000 1828 0 46 Ng, Jeffrey 2.0 24.0 4.50 11.0 0000 1505 0 30 Chew, Clement 2.0 23.0 6.00 9.0 0000 1558 0 52 Seet Cheng Bok 2.0 21.0 4.00 9.0 0000 1378 0 40 Hassan, Ali Amdan 2.0 19.0 4.00 7.0 0000 1451 0 38 Goh, Benjamin 2.0 20.5 2.50 7.0 0000 1521 0 22 Khoo Geak Chong 1.5 21.0 6.00 8.5 2005 - +0.00 18 Mooi Kok Onn, Osric 1.5 24.0 11.75 8.5 2125 - +0.00 33 Chong En Peng, Calvin 1.5 22.5 5.75 8.0 0000 1928 0 44 Naya, Elvis 1.5 19.0 3.25 5.0 0000 1518 0 41 Huang, Daniel 1.0 23.0 8.50 4.0 0000 1478 0 50 Saraswat, Rajiv 1.0 18.0 4.00 3.0 0000 1386 0 28 Charlot, Dynise 1.0 14.5 0.25 2.0 0000 - 0 48 Rahmat, Rahim 0.5 20.0 9.00 3.5 0000 - 0
Michael Atkins reports: 198 players came to chilly Washington DC this past weekend to compete in the Eastern Open. In an unusual, almost grandmasterless field, the only Grandmaster, Alex Ivanov, took clear first with a 7-1 score. He drew with runner up IM Larry Kaufman and NM Dmitry Schndeider. Schneider had a couple of impressive long endgame draws with the two highest rated players, Ivanov and IM Adrian Negulescu of Roumania and had a 2580 performance. One has to feel a little sorry for FM Nelson Castaneda as he was in clear first with 4-0 and managed only a draw in his last four games.
The winners were:
Open - 1st - GM Alex Ivanov 7-1
2nd - IM Larry Kaufman 6.5
3rd - IMs Adrian Negulescu, Calvin Blocker, + Osman Palos and FM
Emory Tate - 5.5
Top U 2400 - Dmitry Schneider - 6
Top U 2300 - Stanis Kriventsov - 5.5
Top U 2200 - Carl Boor - 4.5
Under 2200 - 1st = Vladimir Grechikhin 6.5
Under 1900 - 1st = Ruixin Yang 6.5
Under 1600 - 1st - Thomas Sifter 6.5
Under 1300 - ist - Denis Suprun 8-0
He additionally reports that the 1999 New York Open was cancelled due to problems with the hotel and unavailability of other venues in Manhattan. Really a shame for one of, if not THE strongest open tournament in the world to not happen next year. Future details available at http://w-w-w.com/nyopen/
This open ran December 26th - 31st. Nikolaus Stanec won the event alone with 6/7.
Daily information was at: http://www.schach.at/aschach.htm
Final standings Rg. SNr Tit Name des Spielers Elo Nat Verein Pkte RF BH 1 3 IM Stanec Nikolaus 2495 AUT MERKUR GRAZ 6 25.5 31.5 2 1 GM Hertneck Gerald 2555 GER MOZART SALZBURG 5.5 25 36 3 7 FM Weiss Christian 2370 AUT SV GMUNDEN 5.5 23.5 32.5 4 4 IM Rogulj Branko 2450 CRO 5.5 23.5 31.5 5 8 Ezsol Miklos 2370 HUN 5.5 23.5 31 6 2 GM Teske Henrik 2510 GER 5.5 22.5 31 7 17 Wege Jochen 2260 GER SC STEINBACH 5.5 21.5 31 8 24 MK Karner Christoph 2175 AUT ESV ATTNANG-PUCHHEIM 5 21 29 9 5 Balinov Ilia 2450 BUL 5 21 28.5 10 10 IM Danner Georg 2340 AUT 5 20 27.5 11 14 FM Kranzl Peter 2280 AUT SV GMUNDEN 5 19.5 27.5 12 6 IM Kaiser Wolfgang 2395 GER SV BAD SCHALLERBACH 5 18.5 25.5 13 9 IM Mahdy Khaled 2365 AUT 4.5 22 28.5 14 22 FM Moser Eva 2190 AUT ASKOE FINKENSTEIN 4.5 21.5 30 15 11 IM Kiss Attila 2340 HUN TSV HARTBERG 4.5 20.5 29 16 13 Koeller Oliver 2290 GER SC STEINBACH 4.5 19.5 29.5 17 25 Konrad Edmund 2170 AUT UNION HARTKIRCHEN 4.5 18.5 27 18 15 OEM Heimberger Reinhard Ing. 2280 AUT ASK ST. VALENTIN 4.5 18.5 24.5 19 21 MK Hebesberger Thomas 2195 AUT LEOBEN 4.5 18.5 24 20 12 MK Knoll Hermann 2325 AUT SV GMUNDEN 4.5 17 23.5 21 61 Lang Christian 1901 AUT ASKOE MUEHLTAL 4.5 14.5 23.5 86 players
A review of the key results and events of 1998.
January
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The year started with the conclusion of the FIDE Championships. Karpov
eventually beating Viswanathan Anand in a tense speed chess playoff
where Anand wrecked an extremely good position in game one after winning
the last game of normal timerate games. Over the year its clear that
no-one takes Karpov's victory and the FIDE title very seriously as the
advantages of being seeded to the final were so great.
Karpov did use the title to get the FIDE Championships which should now be just
finishing postponed until 1999, something that has done little for his reputation
amongst other players.
Full result
1) Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 108 D48 Meran Variation
2) Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 42 C60 Ruy Lopez
3) Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 19 D48 Meran Variation
4) Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 49 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence.
5) Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 55 D46 Semi-Slav
6) Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 42 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence.
Rapid Chess 25 minutes + 10 seconds
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 62 D46 Semi-Slav
Anand, Viswanathan - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 32 D00 Queen's pawn
Lausanne SUI (SUI), XII 1997 - I 1998
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Matthew Sadler won the Category 13 Hastings Premier and Illescas and Ulf Andersson
the Category 13 Pamplona event.
Hastings ENG (ENG), XII 1997 - I 1998 cat. XIII (2553)
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1 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2665 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 = = = 7.0 2760
2 Relange, Eloi m FRA 2505 0 * = = 1 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2637
3 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2645 0 = * 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2622
4 Tkachiev, Vladislav g KAZ 2615 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 5.0 2588
5 Plaskett, Jim g ENG 2450 0 0 1 = * = 1 = 0 1 4.5 2563
6 Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2620 = 0 = = = * 0 = = 1 4.0 2502
7 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2575 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 = 4.0 2507
8 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2490 = = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2479
9 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2455 = 0 = 0 1 = 0 0 * = 3.0 2438
10 Ward, Christopher g ENG 2505 = = 0 = 0 0 = = = * 3.0 2432
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1 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2585 * 1 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2717
2 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2640 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2711
3 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2625 1 0 * 0 0 = 1 1 = 1 5.0 2589
4 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2590 0 = 1 * = 1 0 = = 1 5.0 2593
5 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2550 = 0 1 = * 0 = 1 = = 4.5 2555
6 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2545 = = = 0 1 * = 0 = 1 4.5 2555
7 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2485 0 0 0 1 = = * = 1 1 4.5 2562
8 San Segundo, Pablo g ESP 2495 = = 0 = 0 1 = * = = 4.0 2518
9 Strikovic, Aleksa g YUG 2560 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 1 3.5 2473
10 Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis ESP 2470 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * 1.0 2212
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Tiviakov took the Anibal Open in Linares and the first big tournament of the
year brought together Anand and Karpov again. Kramnik and Anand duly shared
first with Karpov 6th= with Judit Polgar. The event finished in early Feb.
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), I-II 1998 cat. XVII (2671)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1 0 1 8.5 2771
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 = * = = = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2773
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 1 = * 1 1 = 0 = 1 = 0 = = = 7.5 2724
4 Timman, Jan H g NED 2635 = = 0 * 1 = = = = = 1 = = 1 7.5 2730
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2670 0 = 0 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2727
6 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 = = = = = * 1 = = 0 0 = = 1 6.5 2665
7 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2670 0 1 1 = = 0 * 0 = = = = = 1 6.5 2670
8 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2675 0 = = = = = 1 * = = 0 1 = = 6.5 2670
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 0 = 0 = = = = = * 1 = 0 1 1 6.5 2678
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 = 0 = = 0 1 = = 0 * 1 = 1 = 6.5 2665
11 Salov, Valery g RUS 2680 = 0 1 0 0 1 = 1 = 0 * = = 0 5.5 2613
12 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2580 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 1 = = * = = 5.0 2590
13 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 1 0 = = 0 = = = 0 0 = = * 0 4.5 2565
14 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2555 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = 1 * 4.0 2538
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February
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February 22nd saw the start of the strongest tournament of the year, Linares.
The event was a 7 player double round all-play-all, the organisers wanted to
keep the event as Category 21 after they failed to get Karpov to play. FIDE
announced they were going for gamescore copyright, by the time they had
reached the end of the year this had become so watered down as to be unenforcable
and we will no doubt not hear anymore of this.
Viswanathan Anand won the Linares tournament by half a point from Alexei
Shirov who led until his loss to Svidler in the penultimate round. He was
still second ahead of Kramnik and Kasparov in third. Off the board Kasparov
wanted a match between Anand and Kramnik to decide who should play him in
a World Championship match. Anand refused to take part, claiming a contractual
obligation to FIDE and by virtue of his second place Shirov became the player
to take on Kramnik.
Linares ESP (ESP), II-III 1998 cat. XXI (2752)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 ** 1= 0= == 1= =1 =1 7.5 2844
2 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 0= ** == =1 10 10 11 7.0 2816
3 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2825 1= == ** == == == == 6.5 2769
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 == =0 == ** =1 == 1= 6.5 2774
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 0= 01 == =0 ** 10 =1 5.5 2733
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 =0 01 == == 01 ** 0= 5.0 2697
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 =0 00 == 0= =0 1= ** 4.0 2629
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The 1st Veacheslav Chebanenco Memorial saw the start of a fantastic
run for Alexander Morozevich. He had a quiet Russian Cup in Moscow, January
but here he scored 8.5/9 in a Category 12 event.
Kishinev MDA (MDA), II 1998 cat. XII (2541)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2590 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2979
2 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2580 0 * = 1 = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2616
3 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2620 0 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2611
4 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2595 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 = 5.0 2577
5 Iordachescu, Viorel m MDA 2520 0 = 1 = * 0 = = = 1 4.5 2542
6 Chernov, Vadim m MDA 2405 = = 0 0 1 * 0 1 = = 4.0 2512
7 Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2615 0 0 0 = = 1 * = = = 3.5 2452
8 Lanka, Zigurds g LAT 2525 0 = = 0 = 0 = * = 1 3.5 2462
9 Itkis, Boris m ROM 2460 0 = 0 0 = = = = * = 3.0 2424
10 Rogozenko, Dorian g MDA 2495 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = * 2.0 2325
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March
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The very strong New York Open 16-22 March was won by Artashes
Minasian.
Final Standings
New York USA (USA), III 1998
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1 Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2570 8.0
2 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2610 7.5
3 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2660 7.0
4 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2590 7.0
5 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2675 6.5
6 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2675 6.5
7 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2635 6.5
8 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2635 6.5
9 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2630 6.5
10 Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2615 6.5
11 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2615 6.5
12 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2610 6.5
13 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2610 6.5
14 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2595 6.5
15 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2590 6.5
16 Comas Fabrego, Luis m ESP 2520 6.5
17 Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2485 6.5
7th The Amber blindfold and rapidplay tournament took place March 12-27.
Vladimir Kramnik and Alexei Shirov shared first place in the overall
standings of the 7th Amber tournament. Shirov and Ivanchuk shared first in
the rapidplay games part of the event and Kramnik won the blindfold event
clearly by a point and a half.
Amber Rapidplay
Monte Carlo MON (MON), III 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 * 1 1 = = 1 1 0 1 1 = = 8.0 2852
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 0 * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2849
3 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 0 1 * 1 1 0 = = = 1 = 1 7.0 2777
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 6.5 2735
5 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2565 = 0 0 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2726
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 0 0 1 = 1 * = 0 = = = = 5.0 2638
7 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 0 = 1 5.0 2635
8 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 1 0 = 0 = 1 = * 0 0 = = 4.5 2624
9 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 * 1 0 1 4.5 2617
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 * 1 1 4.5 2621
11 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 = 0 = = 0 = = = 1 0 * 0 4.0 2581
12 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 3.0 2509
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Amber Blindfold
Monte Carlo MON (MON), III 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 * = = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2881
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 = * = 1 = = 1 = = 0 1 1 7.0 2773
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 = = * 0 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2779
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 1 0 1 * 0 1 = = = 1 1 0 6.5 2739
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 0 = 0 1 * 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6.5 2739
6 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 0 = 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2683
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 0 0 0 = 0 1 * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2650
8 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 = = 0 = 1 0 = * = = = 0 4.5 2610
9 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2565 0 = = = 1 0 = = * 0 0 1 4.5 2625
10 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * = 1 4.5 2624
11 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = * 1 3.5 2551
12 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 * 3.0 2507
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Amber Combined Final Standings
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Monte Carlo MON (MON), III 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 ** == 10 1= 11 11 == =0 11 01 1= =1 15.0 2810
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 == ** =0 == 0= =1 11 =1 11 11 =1 =1 15.0 2803
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 01 =1 ** =0 0= 10 1= 11 1= 11 10 11 14.5 2791
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 0= == =1 ** == == 0= == 01 =0 11 11 12.0 2707
5 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 00 1= 1= == ** 01 1= =0 1= == =0 1= 11.5 2689
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 00 =0 01 == 10 ** 10 =1 =1 01 =1 =1 11.5 2688
7 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2565 == 00 0= 1= 0= 01 ** 10 1= =0 11 10 10.5 2676
8 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 =1 =0 00 == =1 =0 01 ** 00 == 1= 01 9.5 2633
9 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 00 00 0= 10 0= =0 0= 11 ** 11 01 1= 9.5 2636
10 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 10 00 00 =1 == 10 =1 == 00 ** 01 == 9.0 2624
11 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2650 0= =0 01 00 =1 =0 00 0= 10 10 ** 10 7.5 2565
12 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 =0 =0 00 00 0= =0 01 10 0= == 01 ** 6.5 2535
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April
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Evgeniy Solozhenkin won the St Petersburg Championships, and Hamdouchi the Dos
Hermanas Open, Michael Adams demolished Scottish player Jonathan Rowson
5-1 in a match in a quiet month for chess,
May
---
May was far more interesting, starting with Kasparov 4-0 win against Topalov
in a 25 minutes per side blitz match. Madrid, May 11th - 22nd and the extremely
strong Presidents Cup, in Elista (a replacement for the Russian Championships
which eventually took place later in the year) with its $100,000 in prizemoney got
underway. The start was marred by a serious road accident which led to fears
for Chiburdanidze's life. In the end she had a miraculous escape (although still
badly hurt in the accident) and she made a relatively speedy recovery later in the year.
Ivanchuk beat Khalifman in the final (Bareev was 3rd and Dreev 4th).
Loek Van Wely and Jan Timman drew a ten game match which brought the top two Dutch
players together. Van Wely won the speed playoffs.
Anand won the Category 17 Madrid tournament.
Madrid ESP (ESP), V 1998 cat. XVII (2655)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 * = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2807
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 = * = = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2730
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2670 = = * = = = = = 1 = 5.0 2695
4 San Segundo, Pablo g ESP 2505 = = = * 0 = = 1 1 = 5.0 2714
5 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2660 0 = = 1 * = = = = = 4.5 2653
6 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2600 0 = = = = * = 1 = = 4.5 2660
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2670 0 = = = = = * = = 1 4.5 2652
8 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2660 = = = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 4.0 2610
9 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2690 = 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 3.0 2525
10 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2630 0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 * 2.5 2491
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At the same time the Shirov-Kramnik match got underway. Huebner, Morovic
and Zilberman shared first in the Category 12 Capablanca Memorial. Kasparov
played a clock simul against the Israeli National Team winning 3-1 on May 19th
and 4-0 on May 21st.
June
----
Shirov beat Kramnik in their eliminator to play Garry Kasparov. The match
was organised by the World Chess Council, the main financing to be organised
by Luis Rentero (who later in the year had a very serious car accident). It
became clear to the players that the finance was not in place and Kramnik was
not paid in full for losing the match and Shirov was paid at all after the
financing of the match with Kasparov fell through. Kasparov claims that
Shirov later turned down a match for less money than originally planned and the
Shirov-Kasparov match is now in limbo. Nevertheless the 5.5-3.5 victory for Shirov
was a great result for him in a very tense match.
Cazorla ESP (ESP), V-VI 1998
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 = = = 1 = = = = 1 . 5.5 2870
Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 = = = 0 = = = = 0 . 3.5 2630
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Victor Korchnoi won a Category 15 event in Sarajevo that ran May 29th - June 6th.
Sarajevo BHG (BHG), V-VI 1998 cat. XV (2613)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2625 * = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2831
2 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2625 = * = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2777
3 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2675 = = * = = 1 1 = = = 5.5 2685
4 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2675 1 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 5.5 2685
5 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2610 0 1 = 0 * = = 0 1 = 4.0 2569
6 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 0 = 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 4.0 2567
7 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2585 0 0 0 = = 1 * = = 1 4.0 2572
8 Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2540 0 0 = = 1 0 = * = = 3.5 2540
9 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 0 0 = = 0 = = = * = 3.0 2491
10 Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2580 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = * 2.0 2396
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Kasparov defeated Topalov in an Advanced Chess Match in Leon (June 9-13).
This concept, one of Kasparov's, of a combination of computer and human
chess caused a lot of interest but the standard of the games didn't really
live up to the hype, the event will run again with Kasparov playing Anand
this year. Its not a concept I have any affection for.
Leon ESP (ESP), VI 1998
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2825 0 1 = 1 0 = 3.0 2740
Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 1 0 = 0 1 = 3.0 2825
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Pair of games at 5 minutes per side.
Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 65 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 50 E68 Kings indian
Games at 4 minutes for white, 5 to black, sudden death.
Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 35 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 52 A32 English; 1.c4 c5
At the same time Judit Polgar won a rapidplay match against Anatoly Karpov
in Budapest 5-3.
The only top event I attended this year was the Frankfurt Chess Classic
which was held in the Stadthalle Frankfurt-Zeilsheim June 17th - 21st 1998.
The event was extremely strong and split into two halves of rapidplay chess.
The first a double round all-play-all saw Kasparov miss out on a chance to
win the event by coming third in this first stage.
Final Standings in the Round Robin
Frankfurt GER (GER), VI 1998 cat. > XXI (2781)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 ** == 1= 1= 4.0 2903
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 == ** 1= == 3.5 2842
3 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2825 0= 0= ** 1= 2.5 2709
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 0= == 0= ** 2.0 2670
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In the final Anand defeated Kramnik after a blitz playoff game
and Kasparov won the first and drew the rest of his exciting
match with Ivanchuk. The event is a casualty of the moving of
the FIDE knockout to June (almost certainly) and the open
may be the only event to run this year.
The Sigeman Chess Tournament ran June 9th - 17th. Ex-World Champion Boris
Spassky made a rare tournament appearance. The event was won jointly by
Joel Lautier and Igor Miladinovic both with 6/9.
Malmoe SWE (SWE), VI 1998 cat. XIII (2561)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 * 0 = = 1 1 1 1 = = 6.0 2676
2 Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2565 1 * = = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2685
3 Degerman, Lars m SWE 2490 = = * = = = = = 1 = 5.0 2611
4 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2625 = = = * = = = = = 1 5.0 2596
5 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2595 0 = = = * = = = 1 1 5.0 2599
6 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2635 0 = = = = * = = = 1 4.5 2552
7 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2535 0 = = = = = * = = = 4.0 2520
8 Spassky, Boris V g FRA 2535 0 = = = = = = * = = 4.0 2520
9 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2475 = 0 0 = 0 = = = * = 3.0 2445
10 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = = * 2.5 2400
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The Russian Club Cup saw victory for SK SBERBANK-TATARSTAN Kazan
but the star was Alexander
Morozevich scored 9/10 on top board for his Tomsk Chessclub team for a 2890
performance that included a win against Peter Svidler and no losses.
On June 6th Journalist Larissa Udina, editor of "Sovetskaya Kalmykia Today" virtually
the only opposition journal in Kalmykia was brutally murdered. The event,
the investigation of which does not seem complete, dogged FIDE President Kirsan
Iljumzhinov for the rest of the year, he is the President of Kalmykia.
The July FIDE rating list was released.
1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2825 2815 12
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 2795 54
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 2780 28
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 2730 26
5 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2735 2725 19
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 2720 40
7 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2720 2720 0
8 Adams, Michael g ENG 2670 2715 55
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 2710 30
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2740 2700 27
11 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2675 2690 28
July
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Alexander Goldin scored a fine victory in the 26th annual World Open took place
27th June - 5th July in Philadelphia scoring 8.5/9.
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting '98 finished on July 5th with a three
way tie for first between Vladimir Kramnik, Michael Adams and Peter
Svidler. Kramnik took the title on a tie-break. In a low key event with
many draws Kramnik and Adams won three without loss. The event was a break
in Anand's fine recent tournament record.
Dortmund GER (GER), VI-VII 1998 cat. XVIII (2699)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 * = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2813
2 Adams, Michael g ENG 2670 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 2827
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 0 = * 1 1 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2825
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2670 = = 0 * = = 1 = = 1 5.0 2745
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 = = 0 = * = = = = 1 4.5 2694
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 = 0 = = = * = = = = 4.0 2648
7 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2630 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 = 4.0 2663
8 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2630 = 0 0 = = = = * 1 = 4.0 2663
9 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2690 = 0 = = = = 0 0 * = 3.0 2575
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2710 0 = 0 0 0 = = = = * 2.5 2531
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Nigel Short scored a convincing victory in the A event of the 1998 Keres Memorial
in Tallinn and Parnu scoring 7/9 and finishing two points clear of Adianto and Khalifman.
Tallin / Parnu EST (EST), VI 1998 cat. XV (2617)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2660 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2831
2 Adianto, Utut g INA 2615 = * = = = = = = = 1 5.0 2659
3 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2660 = = * = = = = = = 1 5.0 2654
4 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2600 = = = * = = = = = 1 5.0 2661
5 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2660 = = = = * = = = = = 4.5 2611
6 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2645 0 = = = = * = 1 = = 4.5 2613
7 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2635 0 = = = = = * = = 1 4.5 2614
8 Oll, Lembit g EST 2645 0 = = = = 0 = * 1 = 4.0 2570
9 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2610 0 = = = = = = 0 * 1 4.0 2574
10 Seeman, Tarvo EST 2435 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1.5 2363
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July
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Ivan Sokolov took the Dutch Title.
Rotterdam NED (NED), VI-VII 1998 cat. XII (2540)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2625 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2794
2 Timman, Jan H g NED 2635 = * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2706
3 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2635 = = * 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2664
4 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2605 = 1 0 * = 1 0 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2636
5 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2575 = = 1 = * = 0 = = 1 1 0 6.0 2572
6 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2525 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 = = = 5.0 2505
7 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2580 0 0 0 1 1 = * = 1 = 0 0 4.5 2471
8 Sosonko, Gennadi g NED 2520 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2476
9 Ernst, Sipke NED 2300 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * = 1 1 4.0 2459
10 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2550 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = * 0 1 3.5 2406
11 Reinderman, Dimitri m NED 2480 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 * 0 3.5 2412
12 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2450 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 0 0 1 * 3.5 2415
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Alexander Goldin scored a fine victory in the 26th annual World Open ran
27th June - 5th July in Philadelphia.
The 5th stage of the Cup Russia competition in Perm,
23-31.05.98. There were 20 GMs and 12 IMs in the field of 81 players.
Alexander Morozevich, continuing his good current form won the event alone
with 7/9.
The 3rd International Chess tournament took place in Bad Homburg 16-26th
July 1998. The event was won by veteran GM Viktor Korchnoi.
Bad Homburg GER (GER), VII 1998 cat. XIII (2572)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2625 * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 19.0 2785
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 6.0 15.0 2683
3 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2630 = = * = 1 = = = = 1 5.5 13.0 2645
4 Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2560 0 = = * = 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 13.0 2615
5 Larsen, Bent g DEN 2515 = = 0 = * 1 0 0 1 1 4.5 12.0 2577
6 Gabriel, Christian g GER 2555 = 0 = 1 0 * = 0 1 1 4.5 12.0 2573
7 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2600 0 = = 0 1 = * 1 0 0 3.5 9.0 2488
8 Hort, Vlastimil g GER 2510 0 0 = = 1 1 0 * = 0 3.5 9.0 2498
9 Lobron, Eric g GER 2540 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 3.0 8.0 2450
10 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2490 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 * 2.5 7.0 2414
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7th stage of the Russian Cup ended in another win for Alexander Morozevich
who also won the 5th stage.
The Smith and Williamson British Chess Championships in Torquay ran 27th July - August
8th. Nigel Short and Matthew Sadler finished on 8.5/11 and Short took the
title after a playoff.
August
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Alexander Morozevich became Russian Champion on tie-break July 27th - 8th August in
St. Petersburg.
1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2590 7.5 2674
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2690 7.5 2709
3 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2620 7.5 2713
4 Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2620 7.5 2690
60 players
Kramnik beat Adams on August 16th in the WDR chess challenge. Galliamova defaulted
against Xie Jun after a dispute about the venue. The default was ratified later
in the year.
The Category 17 Akiba Rubinstein Memorial tournament in Polanica Zdroj,
Poland ran 17th-26th August. Boris Gelfand was the impressive winner.
Karpov finished in the bottom half.
Polanica Zdroj POL (POL), VIII 1998 cat. XVII (2652)
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1 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2675 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2815
2 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720 0 * 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2724
3 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2655 = 0 * 1 = = 1 0 1 = 5.0 2694
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2730 = 1 0 * = = = = = 1 5.0 2686
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2665 = = = = * = = = = 1 5.0 2693
6 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2685 0 0 = = = * 1 1 = 1 5.0 2691
7 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2725 = = 0 = = 0 * 1 = = 4.0 2600
8 Macieja, Bartlomiej m POL 2490 0 = 1 = = 0 0 * = 1 4.0 2627
9 Oll, Lembit g EST 2650 = 0 0 = = = = = * = 3.5 2572
10 Markowski, Tomasz m POL 2525 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1.5 2393
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September
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TWIC had its 200th issue at the start of September.
Gary Kasparov won the EuroTel Trophy Chess Match by 4-2 after winning the
second and third games of the match against Jan Timman.
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 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 won the event on tie-break.
Both scored 7/11.
Samara RUS (RUS), VIII-IX 1998 cat. XIV (2600)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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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 Cancan tournament in Roquebrune, France ran 7-20 September 1998. This
was the latest in a series of Veterans vs Ladies events organised by Mr.
J.J. van Oosterom's "Association Max Euwe" based in Monaco. The event was
closely contested throughout with the teams tied at the halfway point and
also tied at the end, finishing 36-36.
Cancan Roquebrune FRA 1998
----------------------- Korchnoi,V 2625 9.0/12
| ------------------- Spassky,B 2545 7.5/12
| | --------------- Hort,V 2525 7.0/12
| | | ----------- Portisch,L 2595 5.0/12
| | | | ------- Smyslov,V 2500 5.0/12
| | | | | --- Taimanov,M 2455 2.5/12
| | | | | |
1 Chiburdanidze,M 2525 0½ ½½ 10 1½ 1½ 11 7.5/12
2 Zhu Chen 2480 ½½ 0½ ½½ 1½ ½½ 11 7.0/12
3 Cramling,P 2505 0½ ½½ 0½ ½½ ½1 11 6.5/12
4 Xie Jun 2510 0½ ½½ ½½ ½0 ½½ 1½ 5.5/12
5 Ioseliani,N 2495 ½0 ½½ 01 ½½ ½1 ½0 5.5/12
6 Arakhamia,K 2420 00 00 ½0 ½1 ½0 ½1 4.0/12
October
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The opening ceremony for the 33rd Chess Olympiad took place on Saturday
26th of September in the capital of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia.
The event started in chaos when the venue was not ready for the start.
However after only a few days delay the venue was completed. The event
ran relatively smoothly after that and many of the players enjoyed the
hospitality (although conditions varied with the better teams having
far better conditions). The event finished on October 12th with the Russian
first team taking the Gold Medal above the USA who took Silver in an
exciting battle which went to the final round.
Olympiad results
Medalists
Gold No 1 seeds Russia 1
Peter Svidler, Sergei Rublevsky, Evgeny Bareev, Alexander Morozevich, Vadim
Zvjaginsev and Konstantin Sakaev.
Silver No 4 seeds USA
Alex Yermolinsky, Yasser Seirawan, Alex Shabalov, Nick DeFirmian, Boris
Gulko and Gregory Kaidanov.
Bronze No 3 seeds Ukraine
Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Onischuk, Vladimir Malaniuk, Oleg Romanishin,
Stanislav Savchenko and Ruslan Ponomariov.
Medalists (Women)
Gold No 1 seeds China
Xie Jun, Zhu Chen, Wang Pin, Wang Lei
Silver No 3 seeds Russia I
Svetlana Matveeva, Tatiana Shumiakina, Tatiana Stepovaia-Dianchenko
Bronze No 2 seeds Georgia
Maia Chiburdanidze, Nana Ioseliani, Nino Khurtsidze, Ketevan
Arakhamia-Grant
Judit Polgar easily won the four player double round robin VAM tournament
in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands.
Hoogeveen NED (NED), X 1998 cat. XIV (2589)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2665 ** 1= 1= 11 5.0 2836
2 Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 0= ** == 11 3.5 2623
3 Spassky, Boris V g FRA 2545 0= == ** == 2.5 2546
4 Shaked, Tal g USA 2490 00 00 == ** 1.0 2348
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Anatoly Karpov took the 100,000 Francs first prize after a fourth five
minute blitz game against Boris Gelfand in the Cap D'Agde rapidplay tournament.
November
The Tilburg Fontys tournament ran 23rd October - 4th November.
Viswanathan Anand (on 7.5 points) won the event by half a point from Peter Leko.
Tilburg NED (NED), X-XI 1998 cat. XVIII (2680)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2795 * = = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 7.5 2803
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2665 = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 = = 7.0 2783
3 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2660 = = * = = = 1 = = = = = 6.0 2718
4 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2650 = = = * 0 1 = = = = 1 = 6.0 2719
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2780 0 0 = 1 * = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2707
6 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2605 = = = 0 = * = 0 1 = 1 = 5.5 2687
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 0 0 0 = = = * 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2677
8 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2710 = = = = = 1 0 * 1 0 0 = 5.0 2641
9 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2635 = = = = = 0 = 0 * = = 1 5.0 2648
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 = 0 = = = = 0 1 = * 0 = 4.5 2613
11 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2625 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 * = 4.5 2620
12 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2625 0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 = = * 3.5 2552
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The Zonal tournament for Western Europe took place in Andorra November
6th-15th. The event was a nine round swiss system event and finished in an
eight way tie for first with only six places available. After discussions
amongst the players that went on late into the evening before they had an
eight player all play all rapidplay event on Sunday 15th to eliminate two
players (a knockout was proposed.) Bauer and Speelman scored 4 Miles ,
Nijboer, Magem and Reinderman 3.5, these took the six qualifying places.
Dorfman and Van Wely scoring 3 were the ones to miss out.
Yefim Geller died on Tuesday 17th November 1998 at the age of 73.
Alexei Shirov won a quite brutal match against Zbynek Hracek, Ostrava in
the Czech Republic by five games to one.
Ostrava CZE (CZE), XI 1998
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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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.
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.
Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov drew a 24 game blitz (5 minute)
chess match held on November 27-28.
December
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The Category 13 (2563) event was held in Belfort December 14-23rd
and was won by Mikhail Gurevich with 7/9 ahead of new star
15 year old Ruslan Ponomariov (who also won the Ukranian Zonal
this year).
Belfort FRA (FRA), XII 1998 cat. XIII (2573)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2610 ** == 1= 1= == 11 7.0 2714
2 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2585 == ** 1= 1= 1= == 6.5 2680
3 Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2500 0= 0= ** 1= 1= == 5.0 2587
4 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2585 0= 0= 0= ** 1= 1= 4.5 2534
5 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2575 == 0= 0= 0= ** 1= 4.0 2500
6 Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2580 00 == == 0= 0= ** 3.0 2422
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The 34th Hallsberg Junior International Tournament starts on monday the 28 december 1998 and finishes 5 January 1999.
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