THE WEEK IN CHESS  23            12.03.95        Mark Crowther.
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1) Introduction
2) Intel World Chess Championship, Candidates Final (PCA)
3) 13th Linares SuperGM Tournament.
4) FIDE WOMEN'S CANDIDATES FINAL
5) REPORTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

        Cappelle Le Grande - France
        Israeli Chess League:			by Shay Bushinsky
	Macedonia Zonal Tournament		by Shay Bushinsky
	Croatian Championships Playoff 		by Bosco Grove
	50th Post-War Yugoslav Championships.	by Bosco Grove
	Bundesliga Round 9/10			by Norbert Friedrich
	Politiken Cup (Hillerod)		by Lars Zwisler
	City-Ch of Copenhagen Feb. 1995		by Lars Zwisler
	Toronto Closed Championships.		by Gordie Mazur

6) STUDIES by Wlodek Proskurowski 
7) Tournament calendar by Michael Niermann.
8) GAMES SECTION

	Intel World Chess Championship, Candidates Final 	 3 games
	Linares 1995 Rounds 1-9.				62 games
	FIDE Women's Candidates Final				 4 games
	Politiken Cup						 9 games
	Pan Pacific International Chess Tournament		 1 game
	Copenhagen City Championships				 1 game
	Toronto Closed Championships				47 games

1) Introduction
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Many thanks to Shay Bushinky, Luis Santos (from Jaque Magazine who
has provided full listing from the first 7 rounds of Linares typed from
the fax originals.) Otto Borik, Bosco Grove, Michael Niermann, Gordie Mazur,
Norbert Friedrich, Ralph Frisch, Lars Zwisler, Brian Stephenson, Horacio Neto,
Kevin O'Connell, Bob Wade and Wlodek Proskurowski for their help in the
preparation of this issue.

An exciting and important week. The Anand - Kamsky match has started
in dramatic fashion with a loss on time for Anand in game one and
then his equalisation in game 3. High quality games so far that in
my opinion question whether Karpov's standing as virtually unchallenged
(apart from one rating list a few years back) number 2 status is
under threat. The Women's World chess championships is a low profile
title but Xie Jun has made a very favourable impression as an embassador
for her country and the game. She is to be challenged by Zsuzsa Polgar
who made light work of the experienced Maia Chiburdanidze. Linares
hasn't quite got the status that it has had in recent years but many
of the World's best are there. It is turning out to be a close fight
between Ivanchuk, Topalov and Karpov at the end of the 9th round. I
have managed to check most of the gamescores so far and I present all
62 games played in the first 9 rounds (one round 9 game postponed)
this supercedes all previous versions. For those of you who lay at
wake at night wondering how Nunn saved his round 4 ending against
Christiansen in the recent Pan Pacific Open I have the complete
gamescore to finish my coverage of that event. So this week was action
packed and there is more to come! For those who can't wait for
Linares or Las Palmas news I will endevour (not promise) to keep my
www page up to date this week. These are often working notes for
TWIC so treat all gamescores as non-confirmed.
Address: (http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/chess.html  - that's tilda
mdcrowth not percent mdcrowth)

So ladies and gentlemen I present .... TWIC 23!

Mark Crowther  - M.D.Crowther@bradford.ac.uk

2) Intel World Chess Championship, Candidates Final (PCA)
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LAS PALMAS March 1995.               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 12  TOTAL
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Kamsky, Gata    	USA 2710 g   1  =  0
Anand, Viswanathan      IND 2715 g   0  =  1
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DATES: (All March) (1) 9th (2) 10th (3) 11th (4) 13th (5) 14th (6) 15th
(7) 17th (8) 18th (9) 19th (10) 21st (11) 22nd (12) 23rd

Venue: 			"Centro Insular de Cultura" in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain.

Playing Schedule: 	3 consecutive days play, followed by a rest day.

Timerate:		40 moves in 2 hours, 20 further moves in 1 hour,
			then 1/2 hour to finish the game.

PCA Code of Conduct Introduced.
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In a move against Rustam Kamsky the PCA has produced a code
of conduct based on that used by the Professional Tennis and
Golf associations. Players will be liable to large fines
if they or a member of their entourage contravene the code.

The games.
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This has to have been the most eagerly anticipated matches for many years.
The first three games have not been a disappointment.

GAME 1
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Ruy Lopez Zaitsev Variation. A real heavyweight game to start the match.
Both players ran short of time and then in a winning position (34. Bd4+
Nf6 35. Bxg6 wins for Anand) Anand lost on time for the first time in
his career. (See Kevin O'Connell's electronic timings below to see
where the time went.) Anand appeared to freeze with 20 seconds left
on his clock.

GAME 2
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Gruenfeld Defence - Exchange Variation. A large amount of theory
was played in this game. (Vaisser-Anand, Intel Grand Prix, Paris 1994
saw Anand play 23. ...Rfe8, a mistake. This time he improved with
23...Qd6. Neither player was in any time trouble at all. (Kamsky
used 1-34 mins and Anand 35 mins for the entire 45 move game.)
The position was level for most of the game. Kamsky revealed his
Fischer-like attitudes when asked why he didn't offer a draw
earlier in this stale position. He said: "I didn't feel like it."
Kamsky is obviously confident in not making any errors and
wants to test whether his opponent is equal up to the task.


GAME 3
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Ruy Lopez - Classical System. Is this the first example of blinking
in this match? In spite of winning in game one Kamsky can't have
been happy with the position he got. He revisits one of his finest
hours against Anand by trying the Ruy Lopez Classical system, which
has a slightly dubious reputation but which levelled his earlier
FIDE Candidates match in India. There Anand didn't want to take
risks and played passively, this time there was a complex tactical
struggle in which Anand came out on top. (In the game in India 7. d3
was played, this time 7. Re1 was Anand's choice). Kamsky was in time
pressure both at first time control and towards the end of the game.
(see below for timings.)

Prediction?
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Is going to be close, right now the initiative is with Anand.
Tomorrow Kamsky has white again, it will be interesting to
see how he chooses to exert pressure against Anand's Gruenfeld
if it is repeated.

Intelligent Chess Display system timings for games 1 and 3.
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Kevin O'Connell's company is providing the electronic displays
for the games. The timings are particularly informative from
game one. Anand is reported to have frozen with 20 seconds
left on his clock. (there is a slight problem with E-Mail
communication from Spain so there are a number of lines
missing from game 3)

 Anand-Kamsky (1)
  1. e4         00:00    00:00:00  e5         00:33   00:00:33
  2. Nf3        00:11    00:00:11  Nc6        00:20   00:00:53
  3. Bb5        00:13    00:00:24  a6         00:08   00:01:01
  4. Ba4        00:09    00:00:33  Nf6        00:49   00:01:50
  5. O-O        00:10    00:00:43  Be7        00:45   00:02:35
  6. Re1        00:30    00:01:13  b5         00:12   00:02:47
  7. Bb3        00:06    00:01:19  d6         00:23   00:03:10
  8. c3         00:42    00:02:01  O-O        00:21   00:03:31
  9. h3         00:49    00:02:50  Bb7        00:42   00:04:13
 10. d4         00:43    00:03:33  Re8        00:23   00:04:36
 11. Nbd2       00:27    00:04:00  Bf8        00:37   00:05:13
 12. a4         00:58    00:04:58  h6         02:41   00:07:54
 13. Bc2        00:34    00:05:32  exd4       01:14   00:09:08
 14. cxd4       00:12    00:05:44  Nb4        00:10   00:09:18
 15. Bb1        00:07    00:05:51  g6         00:15   00:09:33
 16. Ra3        10:16    00:16:07  Bg7        00:47   00:10:20
 17. e5         13:14    00:29:21  dxe5       05:31   00:15:51
 18. dxe5       00:10    00:29:31  Nh5        26:56   00:42:47
 19. axb5       17:09    00:46:40  axb5       05:21   00:48:08
 20. Qb3        12:51    00:59:31  c5         12:11   01:00:19
 21. Ne4        23:42    01:23:13  Bxe5       11:54   01:12:13
 22. Nxc5       08:47    01:32:00  Bxf3       08:10   01:20:23
 23. Qxf3       02:28    01:34:28  Rc8        11:13   01:31:36
 24. Ne4        01:45    01:36:13  Kg7        08:53   01:40:29
 25. Rd1        09:13    01:45:26  Qe7        02:48   01:43:17
 26. Be3        00:36    01:46:02  Red8       04:12   01:47:29
 27. Ra7        04:20    01:50:22  Qe6        06:44   01:54:13
 28. Nc5        05:00    01:55:22  Rxd1+      00:32   01:54:45
 29. Qxd1       00:04    01:55:26  Qd5        00:21   01:55:06
 30. Qg4        00:42    01:56:08  Rc7        01:39   01:56:45
 31. Rxc7       01:45    01:57:53  Bxc7       00:04   01:56:49
 32. g3         01:45    01:59:38  Qc4        01:31   01:58:20
 33.            00:22    02:00:00  0-1

Anand-Kamsky (3)
  1. e4         00:00    00:00:00  e5         00:09   00:00:09
  2. Nf3        00:05    00:00:05  Nc6        00:09   00:00:18
  3. Bb5        00:06    00:00:11  a6         00:09   00:00:27
  4. Ba4        00:05    00:00:16  Nf6        00:28   00:00:55
  5. O-O        00:07    00:00:23  b5         00:11   00:01:06
  6. Bb3        00:10    00:00:33  Bb7        00:04   00:01:10
  7. Re1        00:40    00:01:13  Bc5        00:13   00:01:23
  8. c3         00:14    00:01:27  d6         00:14   00:01:37
  9. d4         00:21    00:01:48  Bb6        00:08   00:01:45
 10. Be3        00:30    00:02:18  O-O        01:32   00:03:17
 11. Nbd2       00:17    00:02:35  h6         02:50   00:06:07
 12. h3         00:43    00:03:18  Qb8        02:56   00:09:03
 13. d5         07:39    00:10:57  Ne7        01:05   00:10:08
 14. Bxb6       00:12    00:11:09  cxb6
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Gap in E-Mail message.
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                                   f5         02:07   00:45:32
 19. exf5       01:50    00:58:00  Nxf5       00:08   00:45:40
 20. N3h2       01:56    00:59:56  Qf6        10:40   00:56:20
 21. Ng4        12:03    01:11:59  Qg7        00:12   00:56:32
 22. Nge3       01:44    01:13:43  Nxe3       15:22   01:11:54
 23. Nxe3       00:34    01:14:17  Rf4        01:59   01:13:53
 24. a4         09:29    01:23:46  Raf8       08:45   01:22:38
 25. axb5       00:56    01:24:42  a5         00:55   01:23:33
 26. Rf1        00:47    01:25:29  Bc8        01:36   01:25:09
 27. g3         05:43    01:31:12  R4f7       08:22   01:33:31
 28. b4         00:19    01:31:31  e4         03:10   01:36:41
 29. Bxe4       02:10    01:33:41  Ne5        01:14   01:37:55
 30. Bg2        03:12    01:36:53  axb4       05:27   01:43:22
 31. cxb4       00:09    01:37:02  Nf3+       03:27   01:46:49
 32. Bxf3       04:05    01:41:07  Rxf3       00:09   01:46:58
 33. Ra8        05:00    01:46:07  Bxh3       04:06   01:51:04
 34. Qxf3       00:49    01:46:56  Rxa8       00:06   01:51:10
 35. Rc1        00:59    01:47:55  Rf8        00:53   01:52:03
 36. Qe2        02:04    01:49:59  Bd7        02:28   01:54:31
 37. Rc7        00:56    01:50:55  Rf7        01:03   01:55:34
 38. Rb7        01:22    01:52:17  Qa1+       01:16   01:56:50
 39. Nf1        02:42    01:54:59  Kg7        02:39   01:59:29
 40. Rxb6       00:25    01:55:24  Qd4        00:14   01:59:43
 41. Rb8        04:35    01:59:59  Qxb4       14:55   02:14:38
 42. Ne3        02:44    02:02:43  h5         02:19   02:16:57
 43. b6         07:39    02:10:22  h4         17:30   02:34:27
 44. g4         03:15    02:13:37  Bb5        12:18   02:46:45
 45. Qd1        02:24    02:16:01  Qb2        01:16   02:48:01
 46. Nf5+       00:09    02:16:10  Rxf5       03:16   02:51:17
 47. gxf5       00:08    02:16:18  Be2        00:33   02:51:50
 48. Qa4        04:24    02:20:42  Bf3        01:45   02:53:35
 49. Qd7+       03:36    02:24:18  Kh6        00:15   02:53:50
 50. Qe6+       00:07    02:24:25  Kh5        00:07   02:53:57
 51. Qe8+       00:27    02:24:52  Kg4        00:18   02:54:15
 52. Qe1        00:10    02:25:02  Bxd5       04:19   02:58:34
 53. Re8        00:44    02:25:46  Bf3        00:30   02:59:04
 54. f6         02:46    02:28:32  Kh5        00:09   02:59:13
 55. f7         02:20    02:30:52  Qd4        00:02   02:59:15
 56. Re4        00:24    02:31:16  Qf6        00:06   02:59:21
 57. b7         00:31    02:31:47  Bxe4       00:07   02:59:28
 58. Qxe4       00:51    02:32:38  1-0


Game scores and timings by Intelligent Chess Display system.

3) 13th Linares SuperGM Tournament.
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Feb. 28th (Opening ceremony) Play 1st March - 18th March 1995.

Playing hours:	15-00 to 23-00 (CET = GMT+1)
There are no adjournments.

Dates: (All March) Round (1) 1st (2) 2nd (3) 3rd (4) 5th (5) 6th (6) 7th
(7) 8th (8) 10th (9) 11th (10) 13th (11) 14th (12) 16th (13) 17th

My thanks to Luis Santos and Jaque Magazine for providing me with
the games from rounds 1-7 complete. The gamescores in TWIC 23
supercede all previous versions both on my www page
(http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/chess.html  - that's tilda
mdcrowth not percent mdcrowth) TWIC 21 and elsewhere, I have
made a number of minor changes. I have typed in and left
at my www site a number of games daily from a number of sources
I have now checked these against Luis versions for the final version.
My thanks to Bob Wade for faxing me rounds 8 and 9 this week, I typed
them in this morning, but haven't any alternate source as yet to
check them against. I'm pretty confident they should be right this
week though.

My thanks to Anjo Anjewierden for a program that creates crosstables
and an .html page.

An exciting fight is developing between Karpov, Topalov and Ivanchuk.
However Karpov looks to have by far the easiest run in.

Linares 1995 - Category 17 - RESULTS
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Round 4 (1995.03.05)

Tiviakov, Sergei          -  Shirov, Alexei            1/2
Khalifman, Alexander      -  Topalov, Veselin          1/2
Short, Nigel              -  Ljubojevic, Ljubomir      1-0
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  -  Dreev, Alexey             1/2
Sokolov, Ivan             -  Beliavsky, Alexander      1/2
Lautier, Joel             -  Ivanchuk, Vassily         0-1
Akopian, Vladimir         -  Karpov, Anatoly           1/2

Round 5 (1995.03.06)

Ivanchuk, Vassily         -  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  1/2
Karpov, Anatoly           -  Short, Nigel              1-0
Topalov, Veselin          -  Lautier, Joel             1/2
Shirov, Alexei            -  Akopian, Vladimir         1-0
Dreev, Alexey             -  Tiviakov, Sergei          1/2
Beliavsky, Alexander      -  Khalifman, Alexander      0-1
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir      -  Sokolov, Ivan             0-1

Round 6 (1995.03.07)

Ivanchuk, Vassily         -  Topalov, Veselin          1-0
Khalifman, Alexander      -  Ljubojevic, Ljubomir      1/2
Short, Nigel              -  Shirov, Alexei            1/2
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  -  Tiviakov, Sergei          0-1
Sokolov, Ivan             -  Karpov, Anatoly           0-1
Lautier, Joel             -  Beliavsky, Alexander      0-1
Akopian, Vladimir         -  Dreev, Alexey             0-1

Round 7 (1995.03.08)

Karpov, Anatoly           -  Khalifman, Alexander      1-0
Topalov, Veselin          -  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  1-0
Shirov, Alexei            -  Sokolov, Ivan             1-0
Tiviakov, Sergei          -  Akopian, Vladimir         1/2
Dreev, Alexey             -  Short, Nigel              0-1
Beliavsky, Alexander      -  Ivanchuk, Vassily         0-1
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir      -  Lautier, Joel             1/2

Round 8 (1995.03.10)

Ivanchuk, Vassily         -  Ljubojevic, Ljubomir      1-0
Topalov, Veselin          -  Beliavsky, Alexander      1-0
Khalifman, Alexander      -  Shirov, Alexei            1/2
Short, Nigel              -  Tiviakov, Sergei          0-1
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  -  Akopian, Vladimir         1/2
Sokolov, Ivan             -  Dreev, Alexey             1/2
Lautier, Joel             -  Karpov, Anatoly           0-1

Round 9 (1995.03.11)

Karpov, Anatoly           -  Ivanchuk, Vassily         1/2
Shirov, Alexei            -  Lautier, Joel             1/2
Tiviakov, Sergei          -  Sokolov, Ivan             1/2
Dreev, Alexey             -  Khalifman, Alexander      1-0
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir      -  Topalov, Veselin          1/2
Akopian, Vladimir         -  Short, Nigel              1/2
Beliavsky, Alexander	  -  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  POSTPONED


LINARES 1995 - ROUND 9 STANDINGS.
######################################## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4  TOTAL
 1 Ivanchuk, Vassily        g  UKR 2700  * = 1 . . . 1 = = = = 1 1 .  6.5
 2 Karpov, Anatoly          g  RUS 2765  = * . = = = . 1 1 . 1 . 1 =  6.5
 3 Topalov, Veselin         g  BUL 2630  0 . * . . . 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1  6.5
 4 Shirov, Alexei           g  LAT 2710  . = . * = = . = = = 1 . = 1  5.5
 5 Tiviakov, Sergei         g  RUS 2625  . = . = * = 0 . 1 1 = = . =  5.0
 6 Dreev, Alexey            g  RUS 2650  . = . = = * . 1 0 = = = . 1  5.0
 7 Beliavsky, Alexander     g  UKR 2650  0 . 0 . 1 . * 0 1 . = . 1 1  4.5 /8 *
 8 Khalifman, Alexander     g  RUS 2635  = 0 = = . 0 1 * . = . = 1 .  4.5
 9 Short, Nigel             g  ENG 2655  = 0 0 = 0 1 0 . * . . 1 . =  3.5
10 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g  ESP 2595  = . 0 = 0 = . = . * . . 1 =  3.5 /8 *
11 Sokolov, Ivan            g  BIH 2645  = 0 0 0 = = = . . . * 1 0 .  3.0
12 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir     g  YUG 2580  0 . = . = = . = 0 . 0 * = =  3.0
13 Lautier, Joel            g  FRA 2655  0 0 = = . . 0 0 . 0 1 = * .  2.5
14 Akopian, Vladimir        g  ARM 2655  . = 0 0 = 0 0 . = = . = . *  2.5

* - 1 game postponed due to Illescas' illness. Will be played 12/3/95.

GAMES
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Please inform me of any possible errors in the gamescores.

Linares 1995 Pairings Table
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		  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14
                 KHA LAU IVA TOP BEL LJU KAR SHI DRE TIV AKO SHO SOK ILL

1  Khalifman	  X  2w  3b  4w  5b  6w  7b  8w  9b 10w 11b 12w 13b  1w

2  Lautier	 2b   X  4w  5b  6w  7b  8w  9b 10w 11b 12w 13b  1w  3w

3  Ivanchuk	 3w  4b   X  6w  7b  8w  9b 10w 11b 12w 13b  1w  2b  5w

4  Topalov	 4b  5w  6b   X  8w  9b 10w 11b 12w 13b  1w  2b  3w  7w

5  Beliavsky	 5w  6b  7w  8b   X 10w 11b 12w 13b  1w  2b  3w  4b  9w

6  Ljubojevic	 6b  7w  8b  9w 10b   X 12w 13b  1w  2b  3w  4b  5w 11w

7  Karpov	 7w  8b  9w 10b 11w 12b   X  1w  2b  3w  4b  5w  6b 13w

8  Shirov	 8b  9w 10b 11w 12b 13w  1b   X  3w  4b  5w  6b  7w  2b

9  Dreev	 9w 10b 11w 12b 13w  1b  2w  3b   X  5w  6b  7w  8b  4b

10 Tiviakov	10b 11w 12b 13w  1b  2w  3b  4w  5b   X  7w  8b  9w  6b

11 Akopian	11w 12b 13w  1b  2w  3b  4w  5b  6w  7b   X  9w 10b  8b

12 Short	12b 13w  1b  2w  3b  4w  5b  6w  7b  8w  9b   X 11w 10b

13 Sokolov	13w  1b  2w  3b  4w  5b  6w  7b  8w  9b 10w 11b   X 12b

14 Illescas	 1b  3b  5b  7b  9b 11b 13b  2w  4w  6w  8w 10w 12w   X



4) FIDE WOMEN'S CANDIDATES FINAL
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Women Candidates Final - St. Petersburg, Russia:

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Zsuzsa Polgar (Hungary) 5.5 - 1.5 Maya Chiburdanidze (Georgia)
==============================================================

Zsuzsa Polgar has qualified to challenge Xie Jun for the Women's World
Chess Championship.

Zsuzsa was accompanied by her husband, mother, her youngest sister Judit
(who acted as one of her seconds) and coach.
She feared a repeat of her renowned loss to Georgian Nana Joseliani who
came back from a 3 point deficit and beat Zsuzsa with a toss of a coin to
eliminate her from the previous world championship cycle.
(Information Shay Bushinsky.)

Saint Petersburg March 1995.    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  TOTAL
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Polgar, Zsuzsa      HUN 2545 g  =  =  1  1  =  1  1   5.5
Chiburdanidze, Maia GEO 2520 g  =  =  0  0  =  0  0   1.5
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Many thanks to Otto Borik for the game scores to the first four games.

5) REPORTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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Cappelle Le Grande - France
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FINAL STANDINGS (9 ROUNDS)
---------------------------

In an astonishing final round the top 13 pairings
were all drawn. (there can't have been too much money
for those on 4th equal.

Miles, Anthony J     ENG 2615 g	7
Hebden, Mark         ENG 2550 g 7
Sveshnikov, Evgeny   RUS 2560 g 7

Malaniuk, Vladimir P UKR 2615 g 6.5
Romanishin, Oleg M   UKR 2595 g 6.5
Novikov, Igor A      UKR 2590 g 6.5
Savchenko, Stanislav UKR 2585 g 6.5
Shabalov, Alexander  USA 2570 g 6.5
Gurevich, Dmitry     USA 2530 g 6.5
Giorgadze, Giorgi    GEO 2590 g 6.5
Smyslov, Vassily     RUS 2540 g 6.5
Arkhipov, Sergey     RUS 2515 g 6.5
Shipov, Sergei       RUS 2510 m 6.5
Dvoirys, Semen I.    RUS 2550 g 6.5
Lempert, Igor        UKR 2510 m 6.5
Shneider, Aleksandr  UKR 2530 g 6.5
Landa, Konstantin    RUS 2500 m 6.5
Smagin, Sergey       RUS 2540 g 6.5
Muhutdinov, Marat    RUS 2485 m 6.5
Yakovich, Yuri       RUS 2555 g 6.5
Rashkovsky, Nukhim N RUS 2550 g 6.5
Gofshtein, Leonid D  ISR 2465 g 6.5
Skembris, Spyridon   GRE 2525 g 6.5
Sokolov, Andrei      LAT 2520 m 6.5
Tkachiev, Vladislav  KAZ 2575 m 6.5
Stefansson, Hannes   ISL 2530 g 6.5
Cvitan, Ognjen       CRO 2520 g 6.5
Istratescu, Andrei   ROM 2505 g 6.5
Dumitrache, Dragos   ROM 2530 m 6.5

Shay Bushinsky reports:

Israeli Chess League:
---------------------
        In a major match in the Israeli chess league, Beer-Sheva
beat Rishon Le-Zion (reigning league champions) 3-2 and equalized
points with this result. Both teams have three rounds to go.
On the first board, Yudasin beat Alterman. Greenfeld drew with
Kosashvili, Huzman lost to Lees, Mikhalevsky beat Shmuter and
Tseitlin beat Serberyanik. (first players are from the host team
of Beer-Sheva). With a game less and a point behind stands the team
from Elizur featuring: Smirin, Psakhis, Murey, Milov, Gopstein and
Gruenfeld.

Macedonia Zonal Tournament:
---------------------------
        Three Israeli representatives: GMs Smirin, Alterman and Milov
will take part in the FIDE zonal to begin on the 16th in the
state of Macedonia. A fourth representative, Yudasin, is expected
to qualify directly to the Inter-Zonal due to his previous
cycle results.

Bosco Grove reports:

Croatian Championships Playoff March 1995
-------------------------------------------
Dizdar, Goran   CRO     2510    g	2.5
Kozul, Zdenko   CRO     2570    g	1.5
-------------------------------------------

The new Croatian champion is Goran Dizdar, he won a
playoff for the title.

50th Post-War Yugoslav Championships.
-------------------------------------

The event is a 16 player all-play-all.

STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 12.
------------------------

1. Kosic, Dragan          YUG 2500 m	7
   Drasko, Milan          YUG 2510 g   	7
3. Damljanovic, Branko    YUG 2575 g	6.5
   Popovic, Petar         YUG 2545 g	6.5
   Matulovic, Milan       YUG 2445 g	6.5
6. Simic, Radoslav        YUG 2485 g	6
   Petronic, Jovan        YUG 2450 m	6
   Ilincic, Zlatko        YUG 2565 g	6
9. Abramovic, Bosko       YUG 2520 g	5
   Velimirovic, Dragoljub YUG 2520 g	5

The other players who are competing but
for whom scores are unavailable are:

   Gligoric, Svetozar     YUG 2455 g
   Tosic, Miroslav        YUG 2420 m
   Ristic, Nenad          YUG 2395 m *
   Nikolic, Stanimir      YUG 2355 g
   Barlov, Dragan         YUG 2485 g
   Mozetic, Dejan         YUG 2540 m

* This may not be the right Ristic.

Norbert Friedrich reports:

Bundesliga Round 9/10
-----------------------

ROUND 9 March 4th 1995
------------------------
Zaehringen - Bayern Muenchen 	  3:5
Tuebingen - Muenchener SC  	2,5:5,5
Bochum - Solingen            	  5:3
Castrop Rauxel - Duisburg    	  6:2
Dresden - Werder Bremen    	5,5:2,5
Erfurt - Hamburger SK        	  2:6
Hofheim - Empor Berlin     	2,5:5,5

ROUND 10 March 5th 1995
------------------------
Bayern Muenchen - Tuebingen  	  5:3
Muenchener SC - Zaehringen   	  4:4
Solingen - Castrop Rauxel    	  4:4
Duisburg - Bochum          	4,5:2,5
Werder Bremen - Erfurt       	  5:3
Hambuger SK - Dresden        	  4:4
Empor Berlin - Porz        	3,5:4,5


Standings:
----------

1.  Porz 	19:1
2.  Bayern 	18:2
3.  Empor 	17:3
4.  MSC 	12:8
5.  Castrop 	12:10
6.  HSK 	11:11
7.  Dresden 	10:10
8.  Bochum 	10:10
9.  Solingen 	9:11
10. Bremen 	9:13
11. Tuebingen 	8:12
12. Zaehringen 	6:14
13. Duisburg 	6:14
14. Hofheim 	4:16
15. Erfurt 	3:17
16. (Stadthagen)-:- Withdrawn.

Lars Zwisler reports:

Politiken Cup (Hillerod)
--------------------------

A couple of corrections from TWIC 21 to the players and the
venue also he all the games from the first round.

Scheveningen System tournament. A team of IMs played a team
of 3 GMs and 6 FMs. (I'm one FM short in the second group.)
Four players (those tied on 7) all scored GM norms. It is
believed that John Emms` result means that he will become
a GM (dependant on rating).

Group 1 - IMs
-------------
Emms, John M    	ENG     2500    m	7
Hansen, Sune Berg       DEN     2460    m 	7
Schandorff, Lars        DEN     2450    m	7
Danielsen, Henrik       DEN     2430    m	7
Ward, Christopher       ENG     2485    m	6.5
Kristensen, Bjarke      DEN     2455    m	5.5
Gausel, Einar   	NOR     2490    m	5.5
Borge, Nikolaj  	DEN     2405    m	5.5
Brynell, Stellan        SWE     2435    m	5.5

Group 2  - GMs & FMs
---------------------
Jansa, Vlastimil        CZE     2525    g	5.5
Ahlander, Bjorn 	SWE     2400    f	4
Christensen, Tobias     DEN     2375    	3.5
Olafsson, Helgi 	ISL     2520    g	3
Karlsson, Lars  	SWE     2515    g	2.5
Olesen, Martin  	DEN     2340 		2
Ostergaard, Jens        DEN     2310    	1.5
Andersen, Jackie        DEN     2345		1

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

City-Ch of Copenhagen Feb. 1995
---------------------------------
E-mail: zwisler@coco.ihi.ku.dk or lazwisl@ibm.net

                                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  Pts.
----------------------------------------------------------------
 1. IM Kristiansen,Jens .......  -  =  1  1  =  =  1  1  =  1   7
 2. IM Hamann,Svend ...........  =  -  =  =  =  1  0  1  1  1   6
 3. IM Brinck-Claussen,Bjorn ..  0  =  -  =  1  =  1  =  =  1   5.5
 4. IM Hoi,Carsten ............  0  =  =  -  1  0  1  1  1  =   5.5
 5. IM Jakobsen,Ole ...........  =  =  0  0  -  =  1  =  1  1   5
 6.    Hvenekilde,Jorgen ......  =  0  =  1  =  -  0  1  =  1   5
 7.    Hove,Esben Kjems .......  0  1  0  0  0  1  -  =  0  =   3
 8. IM Bjerring,Kai ...........  0  0  =  0  =  0  =  -  =  1   3
 9.    Jakobsen,Peter .........  =  0  =  0  0  =  1  =  -  0   3
10.    Fuglsang,Flemming ......  0  0  0  =  0  0  =  0  1  -   2

Gordie Mazur (fyodor@interlog.com) reports:

Toronto Closed Championships.
-----------------------------

Here are the complete games & crosstable from the Toronto Closed.
Results of the 2 players who withdrew are not used in the final tallies.

+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+------+
| Toronto Closed - 1995     |  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  1  2  |points|
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+------+
| 1 Day,Lawrence    IM 2460 |  **  1  =  =  1  1  =  1  1  =  1    |  7.5 |
| 2 Nickoloff,Bryon IM 2486 |  0  **  0  1  1  1  1  1  1  =  1    |  7   |
| 3 Livshits,Ron    FM 2415 |  =  1  **  =  0  1  1  1  1     1    |  7   |
| 4 Milicevic,Goran NM 2345 |  =  0  =  **  1  0  =  1  1     1    |  5.5 |
| 5 Findlay,Ian     FM 2402 |  0  0  1  0  **  1  =  0  1     1    |  4.5 |
| 6 Southam,Todd    FM 2319 |  0  0  0  1  0  **  =  1  =     1    |  4   |
| 7 Ochkoos,Jura    NM 2328 |  =  0  0  =  =  =  **  0  =  =  1    |  3.5 |
| 8 Crisan,Ioan     NM 2276 |  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  **  1     =    |  3.5 |
| 9 Walker,Ben      NM 2287 |  0  0  0  0  0  =  =  0  **  1  1    |  2   |
|10 Alipayo,Rodulfo NM 2343 |  =  =              =     0  **     1 |  2.5 |
|11 Moffat,Andrei   NM 2237 |  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  =  0     **    |  0.5 |
|12 Koliada,Timour  FM 2418 |                             0     ** |  0   |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+------+

IM Lawrence Day took clear 1st. With a win over Ben Walker in the 11th round,
Nickoloff tied Livshits for 2nd.

The tournament was marred by two withdrawls, more than one forfeit, and a few
dubious draws. Despite all this, there was some very fine chess played. Check
out Findlay-Milicevic for an example. (See games section)

6) STUDIES by Wlodek Proskurowski 
-----------------------------------------------------------
				TWIC 23


 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | Q |
 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 | o |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   Botvinnik-Fischer, Varna 1962
 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |      Analysis
 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   W: Ke3,Qh8,Rh4,p.f2 (4)
 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | R |   B: Ka3,Qd1,Rb1,p.a7 (4)
 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 | k |   |   |   | K |   |   |   |   White to move
 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 |   |   |   |   |   | + |   |   |
 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
 |   | r |   | q |   |   |   |   |
 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

 Here is the analysis line found by then 13 years old Gary Kasparov:

 67.Rc4!  Rb3+

 68.Rc3   Qe1+

 69.Kd3   Qf1+

 70.Kd2			70.Ke3? Qh3+!

	  Qxf2+

 71.Kd3   draws

			* * *

Brian Stephenson <100447.2043@compuserve.com>, the organiser of
the British Chess Solving Championship kindly send me the study
he used in the final of the 1994/5 competition that took place
on 18th February.
Only the winner (FM David Friedgood) got the study totally right,
although GM Jonathan Mestel went as far as white's seventh.
Probably because he thought it was obvious from there!

Imagine yourself the participant of the competition.
You have 35 minutes to complete your task.

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| K | o |   |   |   |   |   |   |  + White pawn
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  o Black pawn
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   | N |   |   | R |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  White to move and win
| o | k |   | B |   |   | n |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| o |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| + |   | + |   |   | + |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   | q |   | n |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

The solution in the next issue of TWIC.

7) Tournament calendar by Michael Niermann.
--------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Many thanks to all who have sent us some tournament informations. But we
still need some help. If you want to support us, please send infos about
tournaments in your country to michael@emmy.mathematik.uni-dortmund.de.



March 18             Herne (GER), 14.00, 7xCH, 15min, 10DM
                       Tel +49 2323 61030

March 18             Haltern (GER), 13.15, 9xCH, 15min, 25DM
                       Tel +49 2364 7345

Mar 18-19       1ST INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CONGRESS: 229 Gt Portland St. W1
        A new London Congress which has the potential to become a permanent
        fixture on the  calendar.  Support this congress!
        One hundred entries guarantees the prize fund!
        J. Weightman, Flat 1, 225a Finchley Road, London NW3 6LP.
        (0171) 435 7205.

March 18-26          Saarbruecken (GER) Open + many one-day-tournaments
                        Tel/Fax +49 6851 70074

March 19             Gruendau (GER), 9.00, youth blitz
                       Tel +49 6051 2297

March 24             Bled (SLO) 9xCH, ELO, norms, 120DM (ELO tmt), 100DM (B tmt)
    -April 1            Fax +386 64 221 377

Mar 24-26       MIDLAND INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Derby Assembly Rooms,
        Bob Milner, 411 Cheadle Road, Cheddleton, Leek, Staffs ST13 7BH
        Tel: 0782 550112)

Mar 24-26       EAST DEVON CONGRESS: St Georges Hall, Exeter
        (E G Sparke, 12 Westbourne Terrace, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 6BR
        Tel: 0395 442585)

March 25             Offenbach (GER), U20, 4DM
                       Tel +49 69 842378

March 25/26          Jarny (FRA), 6xCH, 60min, 100F,
                       Tel +33 82334815

Mar 25  GOLDERS GREEN OPEN, plus Under 160, Under 120
        Adam Raoof, PO Box 1962, London NW4 4NF. (0181) 202 0982

Mar 26  ATHERTON RAPIDPLAY: Jubilee Hall, Atherton
        (G M Jones, 27 Clarke Street, Leigh, Lancashire WN7 4HU
        Tel: 0942 604262 or 0942 877269)

March 31 - April 2   Werther (GER), 5xCH, no ELO, 35DM
                       Tel +49 5203 6471

April 1-12           Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday"
                        GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev)
                        Tel/Fax +361 263 2859

April 1              Wolfen (GER), 9.45, blitz, 20DM
                       Tel +49 3494 25628

April 1-2            Gloucester (ENG), Spectrum Congress. Sections: U-180,
                       U-140, U-105 (BCF).
                       The New County Hotel, Southgate Street, Gloucester.
                       Tel: Les Day, +44 1803 212136.

Apr 2   LETCHWORTH RAPIDPLAY CONGRESS: Plinston Hall, Broadway, Letchworth
        Tim Thurstan, 33 Brampton Park Road, Hitchin (0462) 459873

April 7-9            Erlangen (GER), 5xCH, 55/45 DM, just for players with
                       DWZ/ELO < 2100
                       Tel +49 9131 60084
                       Fax +49 9131 60087

April 8/9            Eupen (BEL) 7xCH, no ELO, 30DM/600BEF
                       Tel +32 87 742587
                       Fax +32 87 552716

April 9              Chelles (FRA), 9.00, 7xCH, 30min
                       Tel +33 (1)64260997

April 10-13          Jena (GER), 7xCH, U21, 25DM,
                       Tel +49 3641 51892

April 10-16          Seiffen (GER), 7xCH, just for players with
                       DWZ/ELO < 2300
                       Tel +49 37362 8354

April 10-17          Kecskemet (Hun), 9xCH, 40/120+G/60, ELO, norms
                       110DM (no ELO) - free (GM/IM/>2345)
                       tel +76/474-728
                       email Stefan.A.Schmid@wirtschaft.uni-giessen.de
                       detailed info in TWIC 22

April 12-16          New York (USA),
                       Tel +1 2127194204

April 13-17          Fellbach-Schmiden (GER), 9xCH, ELO, norms?, 80DM,
                       Tel +49 711 586595
                        or +49 7191 82556

April 14-17          Passau (GER), 7xCH, ELO, no norms, 90DM
                        Tel +49 851 83811
                        Fax +49 851 81889

April 14-17          St.Germain-Lembron (FRA), 7xCH, 170F,
                       Tel +33 54878499

April 14-17          Sheffield (ENG), SHEFFIELD EASTER CHESS CONGRESS,
                       Sheffield Hallam University, 6xCH, 4 sections,
                       Details: B D Stephenson, 9 Roydfield Drive, Waterthorpe,
                                Sheffield, S19 6ND, England.
                       Tel   +??-114-2471579
                       email 100447.2043@compuserve.com

April 15-17          Blois (FRA), 6xCH, 200F,
                        Tel +33 73910285

April 17-23          Gausdal (NOR), Norwegian Open, 9xCH, elo/norms?
                       Tel +47 22679520
                       Fax +47 22679513

April 17-28          Jewpatoria (UKR), youth tmt, 9xCH, no entry fee
                       Tel +7 0652 277097

April 25-May 3       Gausdal (NOR), Arnold Cup 9xCH, elo/norms?
                       Tel +47 22679520
                       Fax +47 22679513

April 26-29          New York (US), New York Open, 9xCH
                       Tel +?-1-212-719-4204
                       Fax +?-1-212-719-4369

April 30 - May 10    Smolensk (RUS), Belavenets memorial
                       Tel +7(081) 00-24562
                        or +7(081) 00-32940

May 5-13             Gausdal (NOR), Skei Masters, 10 player GM and IM tmts,
                       round-robins
                       Tel +47 22679520
                       Fax +47 22679513

May 6-17             Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday"
                       GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev)
                       Tel/Fax +361 263 2859

May 10-20            Waikiki, Hawaii (US) 10x CH, ELO, norms
                       e-mail Eric Schiller, chesswks@netcom.com
                       more details in TWIC 16

May 13               SHEFFIELD RAPIDPLAY CHESS CONGRESS, Handsworth Parish
                       Centre, Handsworth Road, Sheffield, 6xCH, 4 sections,
                       entries limited,
                       Details: B D Stephenson, 9 Roydfield Drive, Waterthorpe,
                                Sheffield, S19 6ND, England.
                       Tel   +??-114-2471579
                       email 100447.2043@compuserve.com

May 19-22            Vancouver (CAN), 20th Annual Keres Memorial, open: 7xCH,
                       other sections: 6xCH, 40/120+G/60, entry 100 $can,
                       prizes 8000$can,
                       tel +?? (604) 686-8888
                       email rincewin@helix.net  (Wilson Yeung)
                       detailed info in TWIC 23

May 19-27            Schaan (LIE) 9xCH, ELO, 100sFr
                       Tel +41 75 2324940
                       Fax +41 75 2322986

May 23-31            Maria Alm (AUT) Open for Senior-Player, 9xCH
                       Tel +43 6582 2196

May 25-28            Erlangen (GER) 7xCH, no ELO, 90DM
                       Tel +49 9131 47703

May 25-28            Crailsheim (GER) 7xCH, ELO, no norms, 90DM
                       Tel +49 7951 6468

May 25-28            Erfurt (GER), 9xCH, 30min, 25DM,
                       Tel +49 361 6435132

May 25-28            Herne (GER), 7xCH, 70DM,
                       Tel +49 2323 18112

May 25-28            Jarny (FRA), 7xCH, 120F,
                       Tel +33 82334815

May 27-June 3        Mainz (GER) 9xCH, ELO,
                       Tel     +49 6131 223990 or
                       Tel/Fax +49 6131 85399

June 2-5             Jena (GER), 7xCH, 60DM,
                       Tel +49 3641 51892

June 3-10            Ischia (ITA) International Festival,
                       tel +39-81-668811 or +39-81-668875
                       fax +39-81-7612354 Mr. Fabio, Luca Orofino

June 3-14            Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday"
                        GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev)
                        Tel/Fax +361 263 2859

June 10-16           Bolzano (ITA), International Open,
                       tel  +39-471-921870

June 10-18           Bad Bevensen (GER), 9xCH, ELO, norms?, 120DM,
                       Tel +49 5821 41024

June 14-18           Giessen (GER),14th Open, 7xCH, ELO, no norms, 75 DM
                       Tel +49 6403 71213
                        or +49 641 53492
                       Room Verkehrsamt Giessen, Berliner Platz, D-35390 Giessen
                       detailed info in TWIC 21(German) and 22 (English)

June 17              Locarno (CH), 9th International Marathon Open-air,
                       blitz (5 min), 39 rounds !
                       three groups of 40 players, divided by strength,
                       MANY GM - IM - FM in the first group!
                       roberto@mecasoft.ch

June 17-18           Bad Bevensen (GER), 11xCH, 30min, 60DM,
                       Tel +49 5821 41024

June 17-19           Tartu (EST) 9xCH, 50DM (June 17+18)+ Blitz(June 19), no ELO
                        Tel +372 7 421281

June 17-24           Bolzano (ITA), Festival
                       tel  +39-471-921870

June 22-25           Milano (ITA), Robeccheto con Induno, International
                       Festival, 6rd
                       tel +39-2-9761580 Mr. Vito Grandieri, hours 15/21
                           +39-2-9746206 Mr. Flavio Polloni, hours 15/21

June 25-July 2       Telese (ITA), International Festival
                       tel +39-824-976980 Mr. Pancrazio Affinito

June 30-July 8       Velden (AUT)  9xCH, Elo, Norms, 750 oeS
                        Tel +43 4274 2103
                        Fax +43 4274 51078

July 1-12            Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday"
                        GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev)
                        Tel/Fax +361 263 2859

July 8-16            Toronto (CAN), Canadian Open

July 14              Canberra (AUS), Humans v Computers Match
                       Info: Shaun Press, 42 Mockridge Cres, Holt 2617,
                             Australia

July 15-16           Canberra (AUS), Australian National University Open
                       Venue: Old Canberra House, ANU, Canberra, Australia
                       Info: Shaun Press, 42 Mockridge Cres, Holt 2617,
                             Australia

July 21              Biel (SUI) 12 tournaments, Open: 9-11xCH, ELO, norms
       -August 5        30sFr (blitz)-250sFr
                        Tel +41 32 534040
                        Fax +41 32 228688 or
                            +41 32 535925

July 29              Gausdal (NOR), Peer Gynt International, 9xCH, elo/norms?
    -August 4           Tel +47 22679520
                        Fax +47 22679513

July 29              Montecatini Terme - Int. Festival, 9xCH, ELO, norms
    -August 6          tel +39-572-78177 Mr. Paganelli
                       fax +39-572-772307


August 5-16          Budapest (HUN), "First Saturday"
                       GM-tmt (13rd), IM-tmt (13rd), Elo-tmt (9rd Schev)
                       Tel/Fax +361 263 2859

August 6-13          Gausdal International (NOR), 9xCH, elo/norms?
                       Tel +47 22679520
                       Fax +47 22679513

August 21-29         Porto S. Giorgio - Int. Festival
                       tel +39-734-679745 or +39-734-675590

October 1-2          Greater Sydney Chess Festival,
                       Venue: The Huntley Hotel, Parramatta, Australia
                       Contact: Australian Chess Enterprises, PO Box 6301
                                Baulkham Hills, NSW 2153, Australia
                       Tel x61-2-838-1529
                       Fax x61-2-838-1614
                       Email ace@sydney.dializ.oz.au

October 14-15        Boston, MA (USA), Sixth Harvard Cup Human Versus Computer
                       Chess Challenge (participation by invitation only;
                       spectators welcome)
                       Computer Museum
                       tel 617-876-5759; fax 617-491-9570;
                       email cfc@isr.harvard.edu

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Date:   19th-22nd May 1995
Event:  20th Annual Keres Memorial
Note:   "Vancouver 1975" attracted 320 players, including 5 GMs, and
        awarded over $16,000 in prizes.  Paul Keres convincingly won
        the event.  He died a few days later in Helsinki, on his way
        back home to Tallinn.  Subsequent tournaments have been held
        annually in his honour.
Place:  Vancouver, BC Canada
        Sandman Inn, 180 W. Georgia Street
Mode:   OPEN: 7 rounds.  First round begins at 19:00 Friday
        other sections ( < 2000; < 1600) 6 rounds
        10:00, 18:00 Saturday, Sunday, Monday 40/2h, 1 h to the end;
Prizes: $can 8,000 based on 110 average entries.
Fee:    FIDE titled players receive free entry unless they win
        a cash prize.  Others: $100;  $85 postmarked before 31 Mar.
Info:   BC Chess Federation, Box 15548, Vancouver BC V6B 3Z8 Canada
        Telephone  Wilson Yeung (604) 686-8888, leave name & number.
E-Mail: rincewin@helix.net  (Wilson Yeung)