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Geller Memorial 208 games II Malaga International Open 134 games Saint Vincent Open 160 games Geneva Open 210 games Mechanics Institute 45 games 10th Goodricke International Open 55 games 49th Hungarian Championships 1999 45 games 47th Hungarian Championships (women) 45 games First Saturday, February 42 games First Saturday, February 55 games French Team Championships 52 games
My thanks to Patrick Rasenberg, Club Kasparov, Javier Rubio and the Federación Malagueña de Ajedrez, Massimiliano Orsi, Giovanni Collareta, Alessandro Miotto, John Donaldson, The Hindu and ChessMate, Zoltan Blazsik, Peter Gubics, Laszlo Nagy, Europe Echecs and all those who helped with this issue.
Kasparov responded to Shirov's press release (see last issue) this week. A fourth (and fairly different) version of the FIDE rating list emerged, with enough changes to move the Hoogovens tournament in Wijk aan Zee from a Category 17 to a Category 18 event! There is plenty of chess to keep you going elsewhere too.
The TWIC CD is moving into the final stages of production and we're working hard now to get it completed. More news when we're finally finished!
Hope you enjoy this issue
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Alexei Shirov issued a press release (firstly at: http://www.schach-daniel.com/Shirov/shirov.html) on his position on the WCC match he is supposed to be playing against Garry Kasparov. Kasparov replied as follows on his own web-site at http://www.clubkasparov.ru/club/int3e.htm:
Kasparov's reply was as follows:
"I was ready to play Shirov and I did everything possible to facilitate that. However, I did not succeed in either Andalucia or California, who both potentially provided us with the opportunity of holding this match. However, my adversary considered the conditions offered to be insufficient. Indeed, the prize fund in the case of California just half that of Andalucia but we ended up in a similar position.
It is not only Shirov who has suffered. My material and moral losses can be compared with his. I spent six months preparing and I would also like to add that in September, I paid for preliminary work on organizing the match in California. This money has been lost.
The reality is that nobody wants to organize such a match. Potential sponsors are much more interested in a match between the number 1 and 2 chess players: Kasparov & Anand.
Alexei Shirov says that the Spanish province of Catalonia could organize the match, but as far as I know, the Catalonian Minister for Sports has only supported the idea of holding the match there and has not made a single practical move towards organizing it. Enrico Touret, a businessman from Barcelona, expressed interest but I have not received any offers from him for four months.
In order to compensate Shirov for his losses in some way, I have recently ceded to him the right to play a commercial match with Judith Polgar in the summer. The match is organized by Bessel Kok, has a prize fund of 200 thousand dollars, and will be held in Prague."
The Official and final rating list is not to be placed at the FIDE site but is now searchable at the Hellas Chess Club. This is an official FIDE decision. This is the fourth (and hopefully final version of the list). There are significant differences with Jan Timman moving up many places. This is due to the inclusion of the Dutch Championships. Joel Lautier's new rating is much lower than published before. It has also had the spinoff of changing the recent Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee tournament, won by Kasparov from a Category 17 to a Category 18 event.
New final table:
Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), i 1999 cat. XVIII (2678)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 * = = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2878
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2844
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 = = * = = 1 1 = = = = = 1 = 8.0 2758
4 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2624 1 = = * = 0 = 0 = = = 1 1 = 7.0 2710
5 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2619 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 = = = = 7.0 2711
6 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2726 0 = 0 1 = * = = = = = = 1 1 7.0 2702
7 Timman, Jan H g NED 2670 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 7.0 2707
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 = = = 1 0 = 0 * = = = = = 1 6.5 2674
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 0 = = = = = = = * = 1 = = = 6.5 2674
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = = * = 1 0 1 6.0 2646
11 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2606 0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 5.0 2596
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2632 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 4.5 2571
13 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2597 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 * = 4.0 2542
14 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2541 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 3.0 2477
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Searchable ratings: http://www.chess.gr/ratings/default.asp
Version 4 of the January 1999 FIDE ELO list: 1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2815 2812 6 2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2795 2781 20 3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2780 2751 29 4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720 2726 52 5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2625 2723 60 6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 2716 27 7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2730 2714 29 8 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2710 2713 59 9 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2725 2710 9 10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 2700 22 11 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2670 2697 48 12 Leko, Peter g HUN 2665 2694 29 13 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2675 2691 9 14 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2685 2684 38 15 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2655 2681 19 16 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2690 2679 28 17 Polgar, Judit (f) g HUN 2665 2677 6 18 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2625 2673 64 19 Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 2670 44 20 Salov, Valery g RUS 2670 2670 0 21 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2660 2667 34 22 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2650 2665 42 23 Shipov, Sergei g RUS 2635 2662 24 24 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2660 2659 41 25 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2650 2658 41 26 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2615 2652 33 27 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2645 2650 56 28 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2640 2650 50 29 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2635 2649 30 30 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2600 2648 51 31 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2630 2646 43 32 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2655 2643 49 33 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2630 2643 17 34 Khenkin, Igor g RUS 2600 2641 55 35 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2640 2641 39 36 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2655 2640 11 37 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2645 2639 50 38 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2645 2634 12 39 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2640 2633 33 40 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2640 2633 20 41 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2635 2632 67 42 Oll, Lembit g EST 2650 2630 29 43 Hjartarson, Johann g ISL 2630 2630 0 44 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2610 2627 31 45 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2655 2627 65 46 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2620 2624 52 47 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2645 2623 36 48 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2645 2620 54 49 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2585 2620 39 50 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2605 2619 63 51 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2605 2618 21 52 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2645 2616 59 53 Nenashev, Alexander g UZB 2625 2616 29 54 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2600 2616 19 55 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2615 2615 34 56 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2615 2614 41 57 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2605 2613 18 58 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2575 2612 35 59 DeFirmian, Nick E g USA 2605 2610 41 60 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2600 2610 25 61 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2590 2609 55 62 Giorgadze, Giorgi g GEO 2610 2609 49 63 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2565 2609 43 64 Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2595 2609 34 65 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2585 2609 32 66 Wahls, Matthias g GER 2605 2609 9 67 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2585 2608 57 68 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2610 2608 20 69 Adianto, Utut g INA 2610 2607 39 70 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2570 2606 37 71 Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2625 2606 34 72 Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2600 2605 46 73 Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2630 2605 26 74 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2605 2605 21 75 Magomedov, Magaram g TJK 2540 2604 51 76 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2610 2604 10 77 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2610 2602 47 78 Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2605 2602 21 79 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2600 2601 46 80 Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2545 2601 39 81 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2575 2600 20 82 Annakov, Babakuli g TKM 2600 2600 0 83 Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2600 2600 0 84 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2625 2598 32 85 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2625 2597 51 86 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2625 2596 75 87 Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2585 2596 40 88 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2575 2594 53 89 Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2620 2594 28 90 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2585 2593 87 91 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2620 2593 71 92 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2595 2593 42 93 Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2610 2592 42 94 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2595 2592 31 95 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2560 2589 49 96 Dolmatov, Sergey g RUS 2575 2589 11 97 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2570 2588 57 98 Markovic, Miroslav m YUG 2575 2587 47 99 Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2605 2587 42 100 Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2595 2587 18
The second in the series of the new Russian Cup is underway in Moscow Feb 2-10. The event was a memorial for the Russian great Efim Geller who died late last year. Alexander Rustemov and Mihail Kobalija finished on 7.5/9 with the former having the better tie-break.
Full daily coverage on the Club Kasparov site in Russia
Direct link to the English coverage of the Geller event: http://www.clubkasparov.ru/news/rcup2/main.htm
EFIM GELLER MEMORIAL
(Russian Cup series, 2nd tournament)
Moscow, February 2-10
Final standings
No. PNo. Name rat. Score WP SB
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1. 14 Rustemov, Alexander 2539 7.5 52.0 42.75
15 Kobalija, Mihail 2537 7.5 51.0 41.50
3. 26 Kalugin, Sergei 2497 7.0 48.0 36.75
32 Iljushin, Alexei 2484 7.0 48.5 36.75
43 Vokarev, Sergey 2462 7.0 47.0 35.75
6. 4 Poluljahov, Aleksandr 2566 6.5 51.5 34.25
5 Kiriakov, Petr 2564 6.5 52.0 36.50
6 Kharitonov, Andrei Y. 2562 6.5 43.5 31.25
7 Sherbakov, Ruslan 2559 6.5 45.5 32.75
18 Najer, Evgeniy 2522 6.5 47.0 33.00
23 Nikolenko, Oleg 2510 6.5 48.5 33.00
29 Iskusnyh, Sergei 2486 6.5 47.0 31.75
39 Polovodin, Igor A. 2468 6.5 49.5 32.50
45 Kholmov, Ratmir D. 2458 6.5 49.0 34.25
53 Korotylev, Alexey 2440 6.5 48.0 31.50
56 Belozerov, Andrei 2437 6.5 50.5 34.50
98 Nureev, Garun 2380 6.5 45.0 29.25
18. 2 Popov, Valeriy 2582 6.0 53.5 34.00
24 Motylev, Alexander 2505 6.0 52.5 33.00
27 Prokopchuk, Evgeny 2489 6.0 46.5 30.75
28 Rychagov, Andrey 2487 6.0 47.5 30.50
31 Dragomarezkij, Evgeny 2484 6.0 37.5 24.00
33 Arbakov, Valentin 2482 6.0 49.5 31.75
40 Akhmadeev, Vadim 2467 6.0 46.5 27.25
44 Gelman, Alexander 2460 6.0 43.5 27.25
60 Saulin, Dmitri 2427 6.0 46.5 28.75
82 Mchedishvili, Mikheil 2400 6.0 46.5 29.00
85 Ulko, Jaroslav 2397 6.0 52.0 32.00
123 Gavritenkov, Sergei 2312 6.0 45.5 27.50
30. 1 Volkov, Sergey 2587 5.5 46.0 26.50
12 Volzhin, Alexander 2543 5.5 43.5 25.00
13 Landa, Konstantin 2542 5.5 46.5 27.75
17 Zakharevich, Igor 2532 5.5 44.0 26.25
20 Beshukov, Sergei 2511 5.5 42.0 23.75
22 Ovetchkin, Roman 2511 5.5 46.5 27.50
30 Kuporosov, Viktor 2485 5.5 44.0 25.50
50 Solovjov, Sergey 2447 5.5 44.5 24.25
51 Goloshchapov, Alexande 2446 5.5 45.5 25.25
55 Nalbandian, Tigran 2439 5.5 46.5 24.75
57 Daschian, Nikolai V. 2435 5.5 46.5 27.00
58 Zakharov, Alexander S. 2430 5.5 44.0 24.25
64 Moiseenko, Alexander 2419 5.5 52.5 31.75
73 Virovlansky, Semen 2410 5.5 40.5 22.00
76 Kulikov, Aleksandr 2405 5.5 47.5 28.00
78 Odeev, Hanjar 2403 5.5 46.0 23.75
81 Maiorov, Oleg 2400 5.5 36.0 19.25
86 Feoktistov, Alexey A. 2390 5.5 43.0 25.00
89 Ivanov, Timur 2390 5.5 37.5 19.00
91 Kachar, Vladimir 2390 5.5 45.5 24.00
94 Riazantsev, Alexander 2387 5.5 44.0 23.25
105 Khamrakulov, Ibragim 2350 5.5 40.0 22.75
110 Zenin, Dmitri 2345 5.5 39.0 19.75
117 Strukov, Robert 2325 5.5 42.0 22.50
121 Grigoriants, Sergey 2313 5.5 43.5 26.50
55. 8 Lastin, Alexander 2558 5.0 48.0 25.50
10 Yemelin, Vasily 2550 5.0 41.5 21.00
21 Chekhov, Valery A. 2511 5.0 42.5 22.00
25 Kiselev, Sergey 2500 5.0 46.5 23.75
35 Tunik, Gennady 2474 5.0 43.0 21.25
37 Reprintsev, Alexander 2470 5.0 48.0 24.75
46 Bochkarev, Alexander 2457 5.0 41.5 21.00
49 Lobzhanidze, Davit 2452 5.0 41.5 20.00
52 Dokutchaev, Alexander 2443 5.0 44.0 24.25
59 Ivanov, Victor L. 2427 5.0 45.0 23.00
62 Skatchkov, Pavel 2420 5.0 36.5 19.50
67 Eljanov, Pavel 2418 5.0 45.5 23.50
70 Yuferov, Sergey N. 2415 5.0 45.0 23.25
72 Zaitsev, Vadim 2412 5.0 46.5 22.50
75 Matveeva, Svetlana 2405 5.0 39.0 19.00
84 Lopushnoy, Denis 2399 5.0 41.5 20.25
93 Chigvintsev, Andrei 2387 5.0 41.0 19.25
95 Bakhtadze, Giorgi 2384 5.0 41.5 19.75
96 Arkhangelsky, Boris 2382 5.0 46.0 21.50
97 Donchenko, Anatoly G. 2382 5.0 46.5 25.50
101 Kirusha, Andrey 2365 5.0 41.5 19.25
107 Losev, Dmitry 2345 5.0 38.5 19.75
108 Gutov, Andrei 2345 5.0 46.5 23.25
115 Evelev, Vladimir 2327 5.0 32.0 16.50
131 Bachin, Vitaly 2295 5.0 41.0 20.00
148 Dubinsky, Roman 2269 5.0 37.0 20.00
149 Ovod, Evgenija 2264 5.0 41.0 20.25
168 Chikovani, Vakhtang 2195 5.0 41.0 21.75
182 Shomoev, Anton 2105 5.0 35.5 19.00
84. 9 Voitsekhovsky, Stanisl 2558 4.5 43.0 18.75
19 Tosic, Mikoslav 2517 4.5 42.5 19.50
34 Vorobiov, Evgeny E. 2477 4.5 35.5 17.25
38 Kostenko, Petr 2468 4.5 39.5 19.25
42 Vorotnikov, Vladislav 2463 4.5 45.5 19.25
48 Vlassov, Nikolai 2454 4.5 39.0 18.00
54 Maljutin, Evgeni 2440 4.5 42.0 22.00
61 Mitenkov, Alexey 2425 4.5 40.5 18.50
63 Novichkov, Valery 2420 4.5 39.0 16.25
69 Frog, Ilya 2415 4.5 49.0 22.25
79 Chuprov, Dmitry 2400 4.5 43.0 19.00
88 Rodin, Mihail 2391 4.5 36.5 16.50
100 Korobov, Ilya 2372 4.5 40.5 14.25
104 Pres, Grigoriy 2352 4.5 39.0 17.50
106 Belov, Vladimir 2349 4.5 37.0 16.25
109 Kosarev, Andrei M. 2345 4.5 44.0 20.50
114 Kozlov, Vladimir N. 2327 4.5 36.5 13.75
120 Loginov, Anton 2320 4.5 44.5 20.25
124 Goletiani, Rusudan 2310 4.5 41.5 18.00
125 Zhelesny, Stanislav 2307 4.5 38.0 17.25
126 Pokrovski, Pavel 2305 4.5 38.0 16.25
129 Volodin, Alexey 2300 4.5 42.0 16.75
130 Lundin, Alexandr 2299 4.5 31.5 11.00
140 Deviatkin, Andrei 2284 4.5 43.5 21.25
142 Laptev, Dmitri 2280 4.5 40.5 18.50
147 Khruschiov, Alexey 2271 4.5 32.0 13.25
153 Kondenko, Alexey 2254 4.5 39.5 16.75
166 Pogosian, Georgy 2215 4.5 33.0 12.75
170 Grachev, Boris 2192 4.5 47.0 22.25
113. 3 Balashov, Yuri S. 2578 4.0 41.5 17.75
etc ...192 players
The II Open Internacion Malaga de Ajedrez took place 3-12 Feb and was won by Oleg Korneev who scored 7.5/9. He was half a point clear of Juan Mellado Trivino and Davor Komljenovic on 7. My thanks to Javier Rubio for the news, games and information.
Further information at the Federación Malagueña de Ajedrez website: http://personal.redestb.es/fjrd/
Malaga Open (ESP), ii 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2583 7.5 39.0 50.0 2 Mellado Trivino, Juan m ESP 2447 7.0 38.0 48.5 3 Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2499 7.0 32.0 42.5 4 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2600 6.5 39.5 51.5 5 Moreno, Javier ARG 2449 6.5 35.0 46.5 6 San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo g ESP 2483 6.5 35.0 48.5 7 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador Gabriel m ESP 2408 6.5 34.0 46.0 8 Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2420 6.5 32.5 44.0 9 Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2535 6.5 32.5 47.0 10 Herrera, Irisberto m CUB 2450 6.0 34.0 46.5 11 Vassallo, Mauricio ARG 2381 6.0 33.5 49.0 12 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2424 6.0 32.5 45.0 13 Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2527 6.0 32.0 45.0 14 Alonso, Salvador ARG 2339 6.0 30.5 43.5 15 Diez Gonzalez, Pedro ESP 2330 6.0 30.5 44.0 16 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2551 5.5 34.0 48.5 17 Sanchez Guirado, Francisco m ESP 2385 5.5 31.5 46.0 18 Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael m ESP 2295 5.5 30.5 42.0 19 Ridameya Tatche, Jose ESP 2143 5.5 29.5 42.5 20 Paz Ladron de Guevara, Daniel ESP 2308 5.5 29.5 44.0 21 Terron Elena, Francisco Miguel ESP 2252 5.5 29.0 39.0 22 Garcia Vicente, Nieves wm ESP 2263 5.5 28.5 43.5 23 Fernandez Romero, Ernesto ESP 2188 5.5 28.5 46.5 79 players
GM Nigel Davies won the Saint Vincent Open (7th International Open Valle d'Aosta) with 7/9 on tie break from Ennio Arlandi and Renzo Mantovani also on 7. Just behind on 6.5 were Jesus De la Villa Garcia and Robert Zelcic.
According to calculations from Massimiliano Orsi there should have been GM norms in Saint Vincent by Arlandi, Mantovani and De La Villa. (there needs to be some official confirmation however)
Saint Vincent is in northern Italy and the event was held 6-14th Feb 1999.
Official site: http://www.netvallee.it/scacchi/1999/risultati.htm (info Giovanni Collareta )
Saint Vincent Open (ITA), ii 1999 ------------------------------------------------------- 1 Davies, Nigel R g ENG 2515 7.0 47.0 2 Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2445 7.0 46.5 3 Mantovani, Renzo m ITA 2377 7.0 46.0 4 De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M m ESP 2463 6.5 45.5 5 Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2554 6.5 41.5 6 Drazic, Sinisa m YUG 2478 6.0 50.5 7 Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2601 6.0 48.5 8 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2494 6.0 47.0 9 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2547 6.0 46.5 10 Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2524 6.0 45.5 11 Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2532 6.0 44.5 3.5 12 Franco Ocampo, Zenon g ESP 2463 6.0 44.5 2.5 13 Drasko, Milan g YUG 2505 6.0 44.0 14 Sulava, Nenad m CRO 2466 6.0 40.0 15 Tomescu, Vlad m ROM 2436 5.5 43.5 16 Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2510 5.5 43.0 17 Sarno, Spartaco m ITA 2358 5.5 42.5 18 Sedina, Elena m UKR 2374 5.5 41.5 3.0 19 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2566 5.5 41.5 2.0 20 Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2493 5.5 40.0 66 players
Alessandro Miotto reports: The Geneva International Chess Open was played 23-31 Jan 1999. The event saw Ildar Ibragimov and Alexander Goldin scored 7/9 with Ibragimov being the winner on tie-break.Game now available.
Open International de Genève '99 : Tournoi des Maîtres
FINAL RANKING
T Nat Elo Code Pts BhzM Opp Pts Aver.
1 IBRAGIMOV Ildar GM RUS 2602 4102878 7 38½ 8 6½ 2464
2 GOLDIN Alexander GM RUS 2585 4100549 7 35½ 9 7 2437
3 MEIJERS Viesturs MI LAT 2418 11600314 6½ 41½ 9 6½ 2491
4 PALAC Mladen GM CRO 2589 14500116 6 40 9 6 2437
5 KOHLWEYER Bernd MI GER 2445 4600622 6 35 7 5 2460
6 GUREVICH Dmitry GM USA 2545 2000407 6 34 7 4½ 2408
7 LANDENBERGUE Claude MI SUI 2420 1300130 6 33½ 8 5 2365
8 OLIVIER Jean-Christop FRA 2417 601675 6 32½ 7 4½ 2309
9 EHLVEST Jaan GM EST 2593 4500016 5½ 37½ 9 5½ 2469
10 WOJTKIEWICZ Aleksander GM POL 2570 1100025 5½ 37 8 4½ 2467
11 DIZDAR Goran GM CRO 2563 14500124 5½ 35½ 9 5½ 2439
12 MIEZIS Normunds GM LAT 2525 11600136 5½ 35 8 4½ 2429
13 NENASHEV Alexander GM UZB 2616 14200074 5½ 34 9 5½ 2381
14 CHERNIAEV Alexander MI RUS 2466 4117301 5½ 33½ 9 5½ 2370
15 BARLE Janez MI SLO 2384 14600021 5½ 33 9 5½ 2333
53 players
The Koltanowski International Team Match took place at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Rooms February 2-10, 1999.
John Donaldson reports; The Koltanowski International, held February 2-10, was a norm-seeker's delight. The 18-player Scheveningen System event saw six players achieve norms--seven if we count tournament director Joan Arbil, who made the final leg of her International Arbiter title. Leading the norm parade was 40-year-old IM Rashid Ziatdinov. The former Uzbek, who now calls Phoenix, Arizona home, scored an undefeated 7-2 to win the event and make a GM norm.
Five players made IM norms. This was the final one for Angelo Young and Ron Cusi of the Philippines, who should receive their International Master titles at the FIDE Congress later this year. Teenagers Irina Krush of New York and Igor Zugic of Toronto made their first norms and impressed onlookers with their passion for the game.
[US Women's Champion Krushbeat (who is just 15) Walter Browne in the event whom she plays in a match this weekend.]
The real story of the event was 43-year-old Richard Lobo of San Francisco, who started the event with three losses, but then made an incredible comeback scoring 5.5 from his last six games. IM Jeremy Silman had a different fate. He beat Lobo in round one, then reeled off eight draws in a row.
The Koltanowski International was sponsored by the Mechanics' Institute, the oldest chess club in the United States. The Mechanics' plans to hold GM and IM norm events and FIDE Rating tournaments in late March and mid-July. Interested parties are welcome to contact John Donaldson at imwjd@aol.com.
Full coverage at their site: http://www.milibrary.org/chess/kolti.html
Koltanowski Team Match 1999
-------------------------- DeFirmian,N 2610 6.5/9
| ----------------------- Dzindzichashvili,R 2553 6.0/9
| | -------------------- Cusi,R 2375 5.5/9
| | | ----------------- Lobo,Ri 2277 5.5/9
| | | | -------------- Browne,W 2516 4.0/9
| | | | | ----------- O'Donnell,T 2357 3.5/9
| | | | | | -------- Cartagena,O 2440 3.0/9
| | | | | | | ----- Rey,G 2346 2.5/9
| | | | | | | | -- Pinto,Mark 2165 1.0/9
| | | | | | | | |
1 Ziatdinov,R 2511 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7.0/9
2 Krush,I 2375 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5.5/9
3 Zugic,I 2370 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 5.5/9
4 Young,A 2398 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.5/9
5 Silman,J 2375 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.0/9
6 Hergott,D 2390 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5.0/9
7 Bhat,V 2312 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 4.5/9
8 Vucic,M 2387 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 3.0/9
9 Berry,J 2315 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 2.5/9
The 10th Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament is taking place in Calcutta (Gorky Sadan) February 6th-16th. This is an 11 round Swiss event. With two rounds to go Alexei Fedorov (BLR) is leading by a point and a half with 8/9 (eight wins and one loss, to Victor Bologan). Maxim Sorokin and Sergey Dolmatov are in joint second place on 6.5 points.
Round 9 results: A. Fedorov (Blr) 8 bt A. Wojtkiewicz (Pol) 5.5, D. Rogozenko (Rom) 6 drew S. Dolmatov (Rus) 6.5, M. Sorokin (Arg) 6.5 bt V. Bologan (Mda) 5.5, R. Slobodjan (Ger) 6 drew D. Barua (Ind) 6, E. Gleizerov (Rus) 6 drew Y. Shulman (Blr) 6, J.S. Speelman (Eng) 6 bt S. Zagrebelny (Uzb) 5, J. Ehlvest (Est) 6 bt Shankar Roy (Ind) 5, M. Ulibin (Rus) 6 bt P. Mithrakanth (Ind) 5, Neelotpal Das (Ind) 5.5 bt K. Sasikiran (Ind) 4.5, M. Marin (Rom) 5 drew G.B. Prakash (Ind) 5, L. Chiong (Phi) 5 drew Z. Rahman (Ban) 5, V. Komliakov (Mda) 5.5 bt Sandipan Chanda (Ind) 4.5, V. Sareen (Ind) 4.5 lost to R.B. Ramesh (Ind) 5.5, Tejas Bakre (Ind) 5 drew V. Koshy (Ind) 5, G.P. Singh (Ind) 4.5 lost to R.R. Laxman (Ind) 5.5, D.K. Sharma (Ind) 4.5 lost to Reefat Bin-Sattar (Ban) 5, N. Sanjay (Ind) 4.5 drew P. Konguvel (Ind) 4.5, Abdullah Al-Rakib (Ban) 5 bt Nisha Mohota (Ind) 4, C.S. Gokhale (Ind) 4 lost to R. Szuhanek (Rom) 4.5, L. Ravi (Ind) 4.5 bt Yogesh Gore (Ind) 3.5, Prasenjit Datta (Ind) 3.5 lost to K. Murugan (Ind) 4.5, Saritha Reddy (Ind) 4 drew Sundararajan Kidambi (Ind) 4, S.S. Ganguly (Ind) 4.5 bt P.D.S. Girinath (Ind) 3.5, Suvrajit Saha (Ind) 4 drew T.S. Ravi (Ind) 4, K. Visweswaran (Ind) 3.5 lost to Sriram Jha (Ind) 4.5, Arghyadip Das (Ind) 4 drew Koneru Humpy (Ind) 4, A. Deshmukh (Ind) 3 lost to V. Goswami (Ind) 4, S. Vijayalakshmi (Ind) 4 bt T.K. Chandrasekhar (Ind) 3, R.M. Dongre (Ind) 3 lost to N. Neelakantan (Ind) 4, Kabir S. Ruhul (Ban) 3 drew Sai Meera (Ind) 3, Rahul Shetty (Ind) 3.5 bt P.M. Karmacharya (Nep) 2, Soham Das (Ind) 1.5 lost to Roktim Bandyopadyay (Ind) 3, Somak Palit (Ind) 2.5 bt Anupama Gokhale (Ind) 2
Leading standings (round 9) 1 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2648 8.0 2 Sorokin, Maxim g ARG 2551 6.5 3 Dolmatov, Sergey g RUS 2589 6.5 4 Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2552 6.0 5 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2593 6.0 6 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2601 6.0 7 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2518 6.0 8 Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2523 6.0 9 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2536 6.0 10 Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2557 6.0 11 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2538 6.0
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Zoltan Blazsik sends news of the 49th Hungarian Championships which took place in Lillafured, Hungary, 1-9th February. The Men's event (sponsor "Hungaropharma" ) was won by Zoltan Almasi with six points, half a point clear of Sax and Zoltan Varga. Almasi performed almost exactly to his expected rating. In the 47th Hungarian Women's event (sponsor "Procent" ) Nora Medvegy became the champion on tie break from Ildiko Madl. The games from the men's and women's events are available. The Hungarian Chess Federation invited the best players to these events, but the Polgar sisters, Peter Leko, Lajos Portisch and Zoltan Ribli did not compete.
Web coverage (Peter Gubics) at: http://www.procent.hu/sakk/index.html
Hungarian Championships (HUN), ii 1999 cat. XIII (2553)
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1 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2665 * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 6.0 2666
2 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2524 1 * 1 = = = = = = = 5.5 2636
3 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2518 0 0 * 1 = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2637
4 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2604 = = 0 * = 1 1 = = = 5.0 2590
5 Farago, Ivan g HUN 2533 = = = = * = = 0 = = 4.0 2512
6 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2524 0 = = 0 = * = 1 = = 4.0 2513
7 Tolnai, Tibor g HUN 2535 0 = = 0 = = * 1 = = 4.0 2512
8 Acs, Peter g HUN 2521 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2514
9 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2529 = = 0 = = = = 0 * = 3.5 2476
10 Pinter, Jozsef g HUN 2581 = = 0 = = = = 0 = * 3.5 2470
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Women's event
Hungarian Women's Championships (HUN), II 1999 cat. I (2261)
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1 Medvegy, Nora wm HUN 2294 * = = = 1 1 1 = = = 6.0 2381
2 Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2409 = * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2369
3 Gara, Anita wm HUN 2288 = = * 0 1 = 1 = 0 1 5.0 2300
4 Horvath, Julia wm HUN 2248 = 0 1 * 0 = = = 1 1 5.0 2305
5 Lakos, Nikoletta wm HUN 2346 0 = 0 1 * = = = 1 1 5.0 2294
6 Grabics, Monika wm HUN 2329 0 = = = = * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2296
7 Goczo, Melinda HUN 2172 0 = 0 = = 1 * = 1 = 4.5 2270
8 Gara, Ticia HUN 2240 = 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 4.0 2219
9 Decsey, Katalin HUN 2096 = = 1 0 0 0 0 = * 0 2.5 2112
10 Csoke, Adrienn wm HUN 2184 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 2.0 2049
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Laszlo Nagy reports on the February editions of his First Saturday tournments. If you wish to contact him his new E-Mail address is: firstsat@elender.hu
Three Junior World champions are playing in the February First Saturday tournaments: Hoang Trang VIE U20, Levente Vajda ROM U16 and Radjabov Teimour AZE U12. The events started on the 6th of February in the Hungarian Chess Federation, Budapest. Play each day from 3pm. There are players from: HUN, GER, VIE, RUS, SLO, UKR, AZE, JOR, IRQ, ROM, ESP altogether 13 countries. The GM closed tournament started with 12 participants (Konstantin Chernyshov seems to have withdrawn after four games). The GM-norm is 9/11, the IM- norm is 6 points. The IM closed tournament started with 14 participants and is category II, the IM-norm is 9,5/13. There is an ELO round robin tournament, with 10 participants. There are 26 players in 13 pairs in this Scheveningen system event for ELO-ratings points. Altogether there are 62 players in the event.
Standings after 8 rounds
First Saturday February GM
Budapest HUN (HUN), ii 1999 cat. VIII (2437)
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1 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2485 * . = = 1 = 1 1 = 0 . . 5.0 2552
2 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2467 . * = = = = = . . 1 = 1 5.0 2524
3 Hoang Thanh Trang wg VIE 2450 = = * 0 . = = . . 1 1 1 5.0 2538
4 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2455 = = 1 * 0 = . 1 = = . . 4.5 2501
5 Radjabov, Teimour f AZE 2395 0 = . 1 * . = 0 . 1 1 = 4.5 2483
6 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2524 = = = = . * . = = . 1 0 4.0 2419
7 Vajda, Levente m ROM 2484 0 = = . = . * 0 1 . 1 = 4.0 2412
8 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij m UKR 2500 0 . . 0 1 = 1 * = 0 . 1 4.0 2441
9 Boricsev, Oleg m HUN 2360 = . . = . = 0 = * = = = 3.5 2404
10 Chernyshov, Konstantin m RUS 2488 1 0 0 = 0 . . 1 = * 0 . 3.0 2339
11 Toth, Andras HUN 2301 . = 0 . 0 0 0 . = 1 * 1 3.0 2351
12 Vajda, Szidonia wg ROM 2340 . 0 0 . = 1 = 0 = . 0 * 2.5 2294
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FSIM February
Budapest HUN (HUN), ii 1999 cat. II (2295)
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1 Parkanyi, Attila f HUN 2362 * . . = 1 0 = . 1 . 1 . 1 1 6.0 / 8 2479
2 Pinter, Gabor HUN 2307 . * . 1 = = . . 1 1 = . . 1 5.5 / 7 2521
3 Paehtz, Elisabeth wm GER 2211 . . * = = 1 = . = . . = 1 1 5.5 / 8 2443
4 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2374 = 0 = * 1 . . 1 . 0 . 1 = . 4.5 / 8 2335
5 Belotelov, Denis f RUS 2262 0 = = 0 * . . 1 . 1 1 = . . 4.5 / 8 2354
6 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2314 1 = 0 . . * . 0 = = 1 . . 1 4.5 / 8 2319
7 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2300 = . = . . . * = = = = = . 1 4.5 / 8 2333
8 Jakab, Attila HUN 2244 . . . 0 0 1 = * . 1 . 1 1 0 4.5 / 8 2346
9 Serrer, Christoph f GER 2285 0 0 = . . = = . * . = . = 1 3.5 / 8 2238
10 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2294 . 0 . 1 0 = = 0 . * . 1 0 . 3.0 / 8 2220
11 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2287 0 = . . 0 0 = . = . * . = 1 3.0 / 8 2200
12 Szuk, Balazs f HUN 2415 . . = 0 = . = 0 . 0 . * 1 . 2.5 / 7 2173
13 Mohammed, A IRQ 2245 0 . 0 = . . . 0 = 1 = 0 * . 2.5 / 8 2168
14 Kjetzae, Johnny GER 2225 0 0 0 . . 0 0 1 0 . 0 . . * 1.0 / 8 1966
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The first three rounds of the French Team Championships took place over the weekend 5-7 Feb 1999. The games from group 1a which took place in Strasbourg are available. At this early stage Noyon lead group A and Monaco and Clichy group B all with 9 points.
Full coverage by Europe Echecs at:http://www.europe-echecs.com/
Dr. Tor Rønnow of Denmark has carried out a survey of chess
players. The purpose of the survey was to investigate, whether certain
profiles can be ascribed to strong players as opposed to weaker players -
then it might be clear, what the weaker players need to care about if they
want to improve their game. The survey results are out now:
http://www.delight.dk/chess/
http://www.delight.dk/chess/survey2.htm
http://www.delight.dk/chess/survey3.htm
http://www.delight.dk/chess/survey4.htm
17th-25th of March 1999
9 round Swiss system
The goal of the tournament: in the case of a good play to make the International master norm, to rise ELO-ratings, play chess and win the prizes.
Players: We plan minimally 1-3 IGM-s, 3-6 IM-s, minimally 50 % FIDE rated, 20 % from foreign countries.
Prizes: 30-20-15-10-5-4- 2x3 - 2x2.5- 2x2 thousand HUF /altogether 100 thousand HUF/. best unrated, best junior, best U-14, best senior, best lady prizes /3 thousand HUF/ in the case of minimal 5 players in the category. Prizes are guaranteed in the case of minimally 70 participants, if less, than proportionally decreases. Prize dividing Buchholz, then progressive.
Venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. near to the red metro station KOSSUTH square.
Registration: by phone, fax, e-mail, etc. until 21.00 at the 16th of March, then personally, if there remain some places, until 14:00 at the day of start, 17th of March. Opening ceremony: at 15:00 hours.
Schedule: first...-eighth day - 15:30 - 21:30, then the nineth day: 14:30 - 20:30, prizegiving: 21:00.
Thinking times: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 1 hour till the end, 6 hours thinking time.
Entry fees: nonrated 6 thousand HUF, under 2100 - 5 , 2105-2200 - 4, 2205 - 2250 - 3.5, 2255-2300 - 3, 2305-2350 - 2.5, 2355-2400 - 2, above 2405, GM, IM, WGM, WIM free.
Organizers: Mrs.Nagy, Borbély Ilona and Mr.Nagy, Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
fax: /361/-263-2859, 9:00 - 21:00 hours Central European time.
Dates: 19th-27th of February, 21st-29th of August, 16th-24th of October
The goal of the tournaments: in the case of a good play to make the International master norm, to rise ELO-ratings, play chess and win the prizes.
Players: We plan minimally 1-3 IGM-s, 3-6 IM-s, minimally 50 % FIDE rated, 20 % from foreign countries.
Prizes: 30-25-15-10-6-4 thousand HUF /altogether 100 thousand HUF/. best unrated, best junior, best senior, best lady prizes /5 thousand HUF/ in the case of minimal 5 players in the category. Prizes are guaranteed in the case of minimally 50 participants, if less, than proportionally decreases. Prize dividing - Hort system.
Venue: HOTEL ZUGLÓ, Budapest, XIV.Nagy Lajos Király Str.202.
Schedule: first...-eighth day - 15:00 - 21:00, then the nineth day: 11:00 - 17:00.
Thinking times: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 1 hour till the end, 6 hours thinking time.
Entry fees: nonrated 6 thosuand HUF, under 2205 - 5 , 2205-2295 - 4, 2300-2395 - 3, 2400 and above -2, GM, IM, WGM, WIM free.
Accommodation possibilities in the HOTEL ZUGLÓ /two star/
Single room: 26,-DM, double room: 22,-DM per person.
Organizers: Mrs.Nagy, Borbély Ilona and Mr.Nagy, Laszlo, e-mail: 100263.1700@compuserve.com, tel-fax: /361/-263-2859.