THE WEEK IN CHESS 227 - 15th March 1999 by Mark Crowther
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XVI Ciudad de Linares 12 games
Category 15: Enghien les Bains 20 games
Manhattan Chess Club March International 24 games
First Saturday, March 48 games
Bad Woerishofen open 11 games
Dyfed Open 2 games
My thanks to Club Kasparov, Europe Echecs, Paul Orton, Laszlo Nagy, El Pais,
net64, John Fernandez, Gerhard Hund, Sergey Kishkurno, Gerardo Fernández
and all those who helped with this issue.
A quiet week saw the finish of Linares (almost everything had been decided
by last week) and a gain of over 110 points for Kasparov on the event. He'll be
next seen in the Sarajevo tournament that starts on May 16th. Second placed
Anand and Kramnik (and a number of others from Linares) play in one or both of
the Amber tournament and Dos Hermanas that will give us our diet of top chess
over the coming weeks.
I have not yet heard any reports from the FIDE meeting of the 14th when the
final details of their World Championships were set to be decided. A dispute
between Kasparov and the organisers of the Advanced Chess match in Leon has
meant that Kasparov will not be playing, a replacement is being looked for and
they will play Anand in this four game exhibition event.
I hope for a few more games for next week's issue of TWIC.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Category 20 XVI Ciudad de Linares will run February 21-March 10th. This
Category 20 event is likely to be the strongest of the year.
Garry Kasparov finished the Linares tournament with two draws. He chose the
less critical 6. ...e5 against Leko to draw in round 13 and 1. Nf3 against
Topalov in the final round (a decision he said he took just five minutes before
play) although he got reasonable winning chances in this game. He had in any
case demonstrated his clear number one status already, added to the evidence of
Wijk aan Zee he obviously regarded his mission for these two events as being
accomplished.
Anand and Kramnik tied for second after the Indian defeated Michael Adams in
the final round. Neither Kramnik nor Anand seemed in top form yet Kramnik
gained rating points and Anand held his rating. Their next outings are the
Amber rapidplay starting tomorrow and the Dos Hermanas tournament at the start
of April.
The top three were the only players to end on plus scores in the event.
Peter Leko gained a few rating points in finishing 4th on 6.5 points. Both
Topalov and Ivanchuk had rocky events and only losing a few points can be
regarded as reasonably satisfactory in the end. Peter Svidler just leaked
losses throughout the event in a very subdued performance and Adams went from
top to bottom in an event he'll want to forget.
Official site: http://linares.teleline.es/default.htm
OR http://194.224.53.74/default.htm
Round 13 (March 9, 1999)
Leko, Peter - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 28 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 25 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 B85 Sicilian
Adams, Michael - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 61 C48 Four knights
Round 14 (March 10, 1999)
Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 68 E68 Kings indian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 42 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1-0 45 A17 English; 1.c4
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Svidler, Peter 1/2 69 C48 Four knights
XVI Ciudad de Linares (ESP), ii-iii 1999 cat. XX (2735)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 ** == =1 == 1= 11 =1 11 10.5 2917
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 == ** == == == == =1 1= 8.0 2782
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 =0 == ** == =1 == 1= =1 8.0 2778
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2694 == == == ** == 1= 0= 0= 6.5 2712
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0= == =0 == ** =0 =1 == 6.0 2690
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 00 == == 0= =1 ** 1= 0= 6.0 2688
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 =0 =0 0= 1= =0 0= ** =1 5.5 2658
8 Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 00 0= =0 1= == 1= =0 ** 5.5 2657
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There was no news at press of the FIDE meeting on 14th March where the final
details of the FIDE World Championships in Caesar's Palace Casino, Las Vegas
were to be discussed. The dates are said to be be July 26 - August 28. However
according to FIDE the prizemoney has been confirmed at the announced $2.4m
(that is $3m less 20% or $600,000 which is FIDE's share).
Garry Kasparov has cancelled his scheduled "Advanced Chess" [a
combination of man and machine, tested out with Topalov last year] match with
Anand in Spain. The event was due to take place in Leon 11-14th June. The
organisers have already said they will attempt to find a top flight replacement
for the match which will still go ahead with a different opponent for Anand.
Kasparov announced the cancellation at his final press conference of
Linares on Wednesday.
Kasparov said "I want to teach the organisers a lesson on how to treat
the World Champion" he said adding correspondence received by his
representative Owen Williams on the subject of the match was
"deplorable".
The heart of the matter was a contractual dispute. Kasparov had asked for
compensation in the event of the match being cancelled and the organisers had
not accepted his conditions. In addition Kasparov objected to the
"offensive language" of the communiations to him. However Spaniards
who have seen the communication blame the translation of the document into
English for causing the problem. They say it has both errors of fact and of
tone.
Both the organisers and Kasparov had been in frequent communication since
November 20th when Owen Williams confirmed Kasparov's participation. However it
was in the drawing up of the final contracts that the dispute occurred.
The organisers believe that Kasparov proposed that in the event the match
didn't take place he would have to return only the money paid to him until
then. As he was due only to be paid anything two days before the match the
organisers objected as there wouldn't be any compensation for their
organisational costs.
They replied to the proposal that the conditions were "completely
unacceptable" which caused Kasparov offense. However Spaniards claim this
is quite a weak expression in Spanish, but is obviously very strong in English.
In spite of a number of communications between the organisers and Kasparov
trying to clarify the situation including the provision of the original
documents in Spanish the answer has remained no.
The Enghien les Bains tournament ran March 3rd-12th 1999. The category 15
was won by Joel Lautier with his best result for many years. The tournament was
a battle between Lautier and Victor Bologan who started with 6/7 before going
down to a drastic 10 move loss to Lautier in round 8 and he put in a pretty
shallow performance in the last round to lost to Ponomariov. Nevertheless both
Bologan and Lautier gained a lot of rating points in this Category 15 event.
Bologan didn't draw a single game in the event, winning 6 and losing 3. ELO
favourites Valery Salov, who hasn't played for some time, and Matthew Sadler
scored 4 and 3.5 respectively for poor results.
Official site: http://www.citeweb.net/enghien
Further coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com, and
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/frederic.catherine.elise/echecs/
Round 6 (March 9, 1999)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Salov, Valery 1/2 55 B48 Sicilian
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Lautier, Joel 1/2 88 E12 Nimzo indian
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Bauer, Christian 1/2 38 D20 QGA;
Rausis, Igors - Bologan, Viktor 0-1 84 E63 Kings indian
Sadler, Matthew - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 35 A26 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 7 (March 10, 1999)
Lautier, Joel - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 34 A43 Queen's pawn
Bologan, Viktor - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0 39 C78 Ruy Lopez
Bacrot, Etienne - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1-0 43 E12 Nimzo indian
Salov, Valery - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 36 D20 QGA;
Bauer, Christian - Rausis, Igors 0-1 50 C10 French
Round 8 (March 11, 1999)
Lautier, Joel - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 10 B10 Caro-Kann
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 44 B48 Sicilian
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Bauer, Christian 1/2 124 A60 Modern Benoni
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Salov, Valery 1/2 71 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Rausis, Igors - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 40 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Round 9 (March 12, 1999)
Bologan, Viktor - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 35 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Bacrot, Etienne - Tkachiev, Vladislav 0-1 45 A41 Queen's pawn
Salov, Valery - Rausis, Igors 0-1 36 D17 Slav defence
Sadler, Matthew - Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2 32 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Bauer, Christian - Lautier, Joel 1/2 29 E02 Nimzo indian
Enghien-les-Bains FRA (FRA), iii 1999 cat. XV (2603)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2596 * 1 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 = 6.5 2769
2 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2608 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2727
3 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2609 0 1 * = = = 1 = = = 5.0 2645
4 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2634 = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 = 5.0 2642
5 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2561 0 1 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 5.0 2650
6 Salov, Valery g RUS 2670 1 0 = = = * = 0 = = 4.0 2552
7 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2650 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 3.5 2517
8 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2508 0 0 = = = 1 0 * 0 1 3.5 2533
9 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2667 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 * = 3.5 2516
10 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2528 = 0 = = 0 = = 0 = * 3.0 2486
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John Fernandez reports: The Manhattan Chess Club March International started
March 5th and is a Category 10 event being covered live by ICC. Maurice Ashley
defeated IM Adrian Negulescu in round 8 to score 6/8 and get his 3rd and final
GM norm. Also, FM Greg Shahade defeated IM Joshua Waitzkin to move to 4/8, he
needs a final round draw against GM John Fedorowicz to get himself an IM norm.
GM Timoshenko who has dominated the event leads by a point but will play
Ashley, who is the only player who can catch him in the final round.
Round 4 (March 9, 1999)
Timoshenko, Georgy - Kacheishvili, Giorgi 1-0 36 B17 Caro-Kann
Ashley, Maurice - Burnett, Ronald 1-0 31 A42 Queen's pawn
Fedorowicz, John P - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 12 B01 Scandinavian
Shahade, Gregory - Shliperman, Igor 1-0 33 C54 Italian game
Negulescu, Adrian - Ady, Jonathan J 1/2 25 A45 Queen's pawn
Round 5 (March 10, 1999)
Waitzkin, Joshua - Ashley, Maurice 1/2 11 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Negulescu, Adrian - Shahade, Gregory 1-0 49 D02 Queen's pawn
Ady, Jonathan J - Timoshenko, Georgy 0-1 37 C16 French; Winawer
Kacheishvili, Giorgi - Fedorowicz, John P 0-1 49 E99 Kings indian; Main line
Round 6 (March 11, 1999)
Timoshenko, Georgy - Negulescu, Adrian 1-0 63 B15 Caro-Kann
Ashley, Maurice - Kacheishvili, Giorgi 1-0 49 D38 Queen's gambit
Fedorowicz, John P - Ady, Jonathan J 1/2 12 A37 English; 1.c4 c5
Shahade, Gregory - Burnett, Ronald 1/2 32 B66 Sicilian
Shliperman, Igor - Waitzkin, Joshua 1-0 43 B51 Sicilian
Round 7 (March 13, 1999)
Timoshenko, Georgy - Shahade, Gregory 1-0 67 B78 Sicilian; Dragon
Waitzkin, Joshua - Burnett, Ronald 1-0 38 B17 Caro-Kann
Negulescu, Adrian - Fedorowicz, John P 1/2 10 A49 Queen's pawn
Ady, Jonathan J - Ashley, Maurice 0-1 29 B12 Caro-Kann
Kacheishvili, Giorgi - Shliperman, Igor 1/2 14 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Round 8 (March 14, 1999)
Ashley, Maurice - Negulescu, Adrian 1-0 32 B12 Caro-Kann
Fedorowicz, John P - Timoshenko, Georgy 1/2 11 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Shahade, Gregory - Waitzkin, Joshua 1-0 52 B43 Sicilian
Burnett, Ronald - Kacheishvili, Giorgi 1/2 27 C41 Philidor defence
Shliperman, Igor - Ady, Jonathan J 1-0 36 D80 Gruenfeld indian
New York USA (USA), iii 1999 cat. X (2479)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2592 * . = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 / 8 2801
2 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2473 . * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 / 8 2658
3 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2574 = = * . = = = 1 = 1 5.0 / 8 2573
4 Shahade, Gregory f USA 2386 0 1 . * 1 0 = 1 0 = 4.0 / 8 2478
5 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2467 = = = 0 * 0 1 0 1 . 3.5 / 8 2425
6 Negulescu, Adrian m ROM 2452 0 0 = 1 1 * 0 . = = 3.5 / 8 2443
7 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2420 0 0 = = 0 1 * . . = 2.5 / 7 2400
8 Shliperman, Igor m USA 2442 0 0 0 0 1 . . * 1 = 2.5 / 7 2394
9 Ady, Jonathan J f HKG 2412 0 0 = 1 0 = . 0 * = 2.5 / 8 2353
10 Kacheishvili, Giorgi g GEO 2570 0 0 0 = . = = = = * 2.5 / 8 2327
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Laszlo Nagy reports on the March edition of his First Saturday tournaments.
If you wish to contact him his new E-Mail address is: firstsat@elender.hu, his
new website is at: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat .
Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59
The main event is a category III. International master round robin
tournament, with 14 participants /ELO-average 2306/. The IM-norm is 9 and a
half points out of 13 games. The Chinese U-14 boy world champion Bu Xiangzhi is
playing and he plans to be in Budapest for 6 months. IM Yuri Zimmerman and
Gagik Khechumyan lead with 6.5/9.
Round 9 standings
Budapest HUN (HUN), iii 1999 cat. III (2302)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2372 * = . = 1 1 0 1 . . = . 1 1 6.5 2449
2 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2374 = * 1 1 . . = 0 . = 1 1 1 . 6.5 2464
3 Pham Minh Hoang VIE 2357 . 0 * 1 0 = . 1 = . . 1 1 1 6.0 2416
4 Hrvacic, Pavle CRO 2235 = 0 0 * . . . 1 1 = 1 1 1 . 6.0 2444
5 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2329 0 . 1 . * = = . = = = 1 . 1 5.5 2384
6 Kiss, Gedeon HUN 2259 0 . = . = * . 0 1 1 . = 1 1 5.5 2389
7 Turzo, Attila m HUN 2314 1 = . . = . * 1 0 1 . = 0 0 4.5 2311
8 Serrer, Christoph f GER 2285 0 1 0 0 . 1 0 * . = 1 . 1 . 4.5 2305
9 Bu Xiangzhi CHI 2365 . . = 0 = 0 1 . * 0 = 1 . 1 4.5 2284
10 Toth, Andras HUN 2301 . = . = = 0 0 = 1 * 0 . . 1 4.0 2250
11 Malada, Vinko CRO 2265 = 0 . 0 = . . 0 = 1 * 0 = . 3.0 2188
12 Gara, Anita wm HUN 2287 . 0 0 0 0 = = . 0 . 1 * . = 2.5 2135
13 Jamrich, Gyorgy HUN 2273 0 0 0 0 . 0 1 0 . . = . * = 2.0 2077
14 Gara, Ticia HUN 2216 0 . 0 . 0 0 1 . 0 0 . = = * 2.0 2097
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Gerhard Hund has reported on the 15th Schachfestival in Bad Woerishofen.
There were 326 participants (217 in the open and 109 in the Senior tournament).
The event took place 5-14th March 1999. There was a five way tie between
Konstantin Lerner (who had the best tie-break), Eingorn, Epishin, Vladimir
Georgiev and Slobodjan. The player who attracted the most attention in the open
was the lowly rated Clemens Allwermann. He has been the subject of numerous
accusations in the German media and elsewhere after his fantastic results in
the Böblinger Tournament of late last year. Nothing has been proven but
his results from that event, are I understand, to be investigated to establish
whether he had outside help during his games. There are a number of games
available of his from Bad Woerishofen as his board attracted a lot of
spectators.
Coverage at http://teleschach.com/berichte/woeris99.htm
Leading final standings
1. Lerner Konstantin GM Ukraine 7.5 56.0 446.00
2. Eingorn Vereslav GM Ukraine 7.5 55.5 458.50
3. Epishin Vladimir GM Wismar 7.5 54.5 447.50
4. Georgiev Vladimir IM Magdeburg 7.5 53.5 455.50
5. Slobodjan Roman GM Magdeburg 7.5 51.0 421.00
6. Miezis Normunds GM Bad Godesberg 7.0 54.0 452.00
7. Enders Peter GM Erfurt 7.0 54.0 434.00
8. Pirrot Dieter IM Duisburg 7.0 53.0 431.50
9. Rahls Peter Zehlendorf Berlin 7.0 45.5 405.50
Sergey Kishkurno reports: the 65th Belarussian Men's Championship ran 18th -
28th February, 1999. There was a victory for Vyacheslav Dydyshko (his tenth in
26 attempts) in national championships. Dydyshko scored a clear first with
7,5/11, a point clear of Sergey Kasparov (no relation with Garry), German
Kochetkov and Viktor Kupreychik with 6,5/11.
Belarussian Championship 1999, II (18th-28th Feb)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1 Dydyshko,V g 2497 * = 1 = = = = 1 1 0 1 1 7.5/11
2 Kasparov,S m 2427 = * = 1 = 0 = 1 = = 1 = 6.5/11 35.00
3 Kochetkov,G im 2345 0 = * 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6.5/11 34.75
4 Kuprejchik,V g 2457 = 0 0 * = 1 1 = = = 1 1 6.5/11 32.50
5 Rustemov,A g 2539 = = 1 = * 1 = 0 = = = = 6.0/11
6 Azarov,S m 2413 = 1 0 0 0 * 1 = = 1 0 1 5.5/11 28.50
7 Smetankin,S im 2376 = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 5.5/11 27.00
8 Kolesnik,E 2330 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 1 1 1 = 5.5/11 26.75
9 Taladaev,S 2420 0 = 0 = = = 1 0 * 1 1 0 5.0/11
10 Chernushevich,A im 2410 1 = 1 = = 0 0 0 0 * = 0 4.0/11 25.50
11 Smirnov,V im 2418 0 0 1 0 = 1 0 0 0 = * 1 4.0/11 20.50
12 Tichonov,Y f 2408 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 0 * 3.5/11
Average elo: 2424
Category: 7
IGM = 8.5 IM = 6.5
The Lugano International Open is underway and is taking place in the Hotel
de la Paix as part of the Swiss Chess Tour 1999.
Round 2 results
FM Rene Wendt (GER) - GM Ian Rogers (AUS) 0:1, GM Vladimir Tukmakov (UKR) -
FM Fernando Scavo (ITA) 1:0, Roger Moor (Neuheim) - GM Ognjen Cvitan (KRO) 1/2,
GM Josef Gallagher (Neuchatel) - IM Sinisa Joksic (YUG) 1:0, FM Alec Salvetti -
IM Yannick Pelletier (Biel) 1/2, GM Alisa Maric (YUG) - Avni Ermeni (KOS) 1/2,
GM Mauricio Caposciutti (ITA) - GM Gerardo Barbero (ARG) 1/2, IM Laszlo
Kriszany (HUN) - Alberto Profumo (ITA) 1:0, Augusto Caruso (ITA) - GM Florin
Gheorghiu (ROM) 0:1, IM Peter Varga (HUN) - FM Edgar Prang (GER) 1:0, FM
Wolfgang Schmid (GER) - IM Attila Czebe (HUN) 0:1, IM Peter Horvath (HUN) - FM
Vitomir Malesevic (Lugano) 1:0, Corrado Astengo (ITA) - IM Gabriel Del Rio
(ESP) 0:1, IM Michael Hoffmann (GER) - Anton Negele (GER) 1:0, Peter Isler
(Zürich) - IM Renzo Mantovani (ITA) 1/2, GM Elena Sedina (UKR) - Renato
Neyer (Embrach) 1:0 etc.
Round 3 results
GM Ian Rogers (AUS) - IM Peter Horvath (HUN) 1/2, IM Attila Czebe (HUN) -
GM Vladimir Tukmakov (UKR) 1/2, IM Gabriel Del Rio (ESP) - GM Josef Gallagher
(Neuchâtel) 0:1, Daniel Borner (Zürich) - IM Laszlo Kriszany (HUN)
0:1, GM Florin Gheorghiu (ROM) - IM Michael Hoffmann (GER) 1/2, Claudio
Cucchiani (Pregassona) - IM Peter Varga (HUN) 0:1, GM Ognjen Cvitan (KRO) - GM
Elena Sedina (UKR) 1/2, IM Yannick Pelletier (Biel) - FM Afrim Fejzullahu
(Ostermundigen) 1:0, FM Alec Salvetti (ITA) - GM Alisa Maric (YUG) 1:0, GM
Gerardo Barbero (ARG) - FM Markus Held (GER) 1:0, IM Renzo Mantovani (ITA) - FM
Mauricio Caposciutti (ITA) 1/2 etc.
Round 3 standings: 1. - 3. Varga, Gallagher, Kriszany 3 aus 3, 4. - 14.
Tukmakov, Gheorghiu, Horvath, Hoffmann, Rogers, Pelletier, Sedina, Salveti,
Barbero, Czebe, Moor je 2,5 etc. (80 Teilnehmer)
Gerardo Fernández sends the final standings from the Villa de Durango
active chess one day open tournament that too place on March 14 in Durango
(near Bilbao, in Basque Country of northern Spain). The eight round event saw
IM Pablo Glavina of Argentina edge out Mario Gomez, Felix Izeta and Alejandro
Ruiz (all of whom scored 7 points) on tie break.
VII OPEN INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ ACTIVO VILLA DE DURANGO
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Durango, 14.3.99
8 rounds, 25 minutes
Final Standings
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Rating Points Bucholz
1. IM Pablo Glavina (Argentina) 2421 7 35.5
2. IM Mario Gomez (Euskadi) 2479 7 35.0
3. GM Felix Izeta (Euskadi) 2513 7 33.5
4. Alejandro Ruiz (Cantabria) 2341 7 32.5
5. IM Unai Garbisu (Navarra) 2414 6.5 33.0
6. Jesus Baron (Zaragoza) 2413 6.5 32.0
7. IM Rafael Alvarez (Euskadi) 2391 6.5 31.5
8. Francisco Miguel (Euskadi) 2240 6.5 31.5
9. Juan Carlos Fernandez (Euskadi) 6.5 30.0
10. FM Jose Carlos Hernando (Madrid) 2403 6 30.5
11. GM Mikhail Suba (Romania) 2531 6 30.0
12. Juan Jesus Mindegia (Navarra) 2175 6 29.5
13. GM Ruslan Pogorelov (Ukrania) 2507 6 29.0
14. Cristobal Limeres (Euskadi) 2284 6 28.5
15. Gavril Draghici (Romania) 2223 6 26.5
16. Fco. J. Gonzalez (Euskadi) 6 24.5
17. FM Diego del Rey (Argentina) 2371 5.5
18. IM Diego Adla (Argentina) 2467 5.5
19. Carlos Nava (Euskadi) 2335 5.5
20. Carlos Varas (Chile) 2289 5.5
21. Santiago Gonzalez (Euskadi) 2163 5.5
22. Carlos Mate (Cantabria) 2195 5.5
23. Luis Olaizola (Euskadi) 2278 5.5
24. IM Luis Javier Bernal (Cantabria) 2396 5.5
25. Antonio Miguel (Euskadi) 5.5
26. Gerardo Fernandez (Euskadi) 2138 5.5
27. Fco. Javier Alberdi (Euskadi) 2170 5.5
28. Eleazar Ortiz (Euskadi) 5.5
29. Alberto Garcia (Euskadi) 2200 5.5
30. David Diez (Euskadi) 5.5
31. Ibon Martin (Euskadi) 2215 5
...
166 players
The Dyfed Open ran 26-28 Feb 1999 reports Paul Orton.
Final Scores (Open) : 1-2nd Andrew P Smith, Danny Gormally 4½/5, 3-6th
Max Devereaux, Simon Williams, John Trevelyan & John Fletcher 4
Major (U-1800)=1st S Williams (Cwmbran) & PJ Kelly (ISH, London)
4½/5=3rd P Parkes (Neath), C Owen (Cardigan), C Woolcock (Barry) 4/5
Minor (U-1500)=1st S Alcock (Abergavenny) & Miss O Smith (Cardiff)
4½/5 3rd R Chadzy (Newcastle Emlyn) 4
The Eighth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament
The Eighth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament takes place in the
Metropole Palace hotel at the casino square in Monaco, from March 16 until
March 28 1999. Round one is on March 16, play taking place from 1 pm until
approximately 8 pm, and continues daily except for March 20 and 25. The 11th
and last round is on March 28.
There are twelve players: Anatoly Karpov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Loek Van Wely,
Vladimir Kramnik, Lubomir Ljubojevic, Viswanathan Anand, Jeroen Piket, Veselin
Topalov, Alexei Shirov, Joel Lautier, Predrag Nikolic and Boris Gelfand.
The players will play one rapid game and one blindfold game with reversed
colours against the same opponent each day. The Fischer time registration
method will be used. The time control is set at 25 min per game plus 10 sec
(rapid) or 20 sec (blindfold) per move.
The tournament is sponsored by the well-known chess patron Mr. J.J. van
Oosterom and has a prize fund of US$ 137,250 which will be distributed for
standings in the individual blindfold and rapid events aswell as the overall
standings.
The official coverage is by TASC at: http://www.tasc.nl/amber8
Dos Hermanas, Spain
The Dos Hermanas tournament in Spain runs April 5-18. There is a strong
field headed by Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. The event see's
Alexander Morozevich's first top class invitation since he exploded into the
top ten this time. Anatoly Karpov and Judit Polgar play their first major
events for some time. Adams, Illescas, Korchnoi, Svidler and Topalov make up
the rest of the field.
30. Open Norwegian Ch. 1999
30. Open Norwegian Ch. 1999 April 5th - 11th 1999 Gausdal
Høifjellshotel
We welcome all chess players to this tournament which is dedicated to the
memory of Arnold J. Eikrem, who created and organized this event and many many
others at the popular skiing resort Gausdal Høifjellshotel.
* GM- and IM norms available. 9 round Nordic monrad tournament. FIDE rules.
* 2h/40 moves and 1hour to the rest (max. 6 hours in all).
* 1st round Saturday January 9th at 19:30. 9th and last round Friday the 15th
at 9:00.
* The championship starts on Monday April 5th (registration until 17:30) with
the first round beginning at 19:30. The 9th and last round starts on Sunday
April 11th at 9:00.
* Open to all with FIDE-rating and a limi-ted number of non-FIDE-rated players.
* Several strong GMs and IMs are invited
* Starting fee: Senior NOK 400,-, junior NOK250
* Prizes: (total prizefund NOK +20.000): 1st: 5.000 plus free stay at Gausdal
Høifjellshotel at next years event. 2nd: 3.500; 3rd: 2.000; 4th: 1.500;
5th: 1.000; 6th: 500. Rating prizes (NOK): 1st: 1,500 and 2nd 500 in each of
the classes 1,2,3 and 4. Many additional book prizes.
* Excellent chances to score titlenorms or gain your first international ELO
rating.
* For further Informasjonl: Kai S. Eikrem, "Sjakkutsalget",
Jomfrubråtveien 46a, 1179 Oslo tel. +47 22 67 95 20, telefax +47 22 67 95
13 between 19:00-22:00 tel. +47 22 67 94 84. e-mail: kseikrem@online.no
http://home.sol.no/~skak/open99nm/
Three Hungarian Events
1. 22nd of May-2nd of June ELEKES memorial, cat.VII-VIII. Budapest,
organizer: IM Zsinka, Laszlo, Tel: (361)-4046272
2. 5th-17th of June, FIRST SATURDAY GM closed, cat VII-VIII. Organizer:
Nagy, Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
3. 23rd of June - 2nd of July, GM closed, Koszeg /250 km West from
Budapest/, Organizer: Tomcsanyi, Peter, e-mail: primerat@mail.matav.hu
Alexander Baburin website
Alexander Baburin has set up a regular newsletter than can be read on the
internet at:http://correspondencechess.com/marconi/cbc1.htm
http://correspondencechess.com/marconi/cbc2.htm
http://correspondencechess.com/marconi/cbc3.htm
He can be contacted at ababurin@iol.ie
TWIC CD is scheduled for the 3rd week of March.