THE WEEK IN CHESS 233 - 26th April 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Contents 1) Introduction
2) Anand "still considering" match offer
3) 1st Gonfreville International
4) Bucharest Spring Festival
5) 3rd Golden Cleopatra
6) Indian National Championships
7) Gelsenkirchen Masters
8) Skellefteå Kraft Grandmaster Chess Cup 1999
9) Czech Extraleague 1998-9
10) Belgian Interteams
11) Polish Chess Championships
12) Oceanic Zonal
13) Zonal playoff in Sao Paulo
14) Salmensuu - Horvath Match in Budapest
15) Oberlin Open
16) Ortvin Sarapu
17) WCC Chess Rankings, May
18) Forthcoming Events
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Games section
TIT Festival 105 games
TIT Festival (women)105 games
MI Festival 66 games
MI Festival GM 91 games
3rd Golden Cleopatra 38 games
Indian Championships 9 games
Gelsenkirchen Opens 27 games
Kraft GM Chess Cup 15 games
Czech Extraleague 336 games
Belgian Interteams 288 games
Polish Championships 14 games
Zone 3.2 117 games
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Zone 2.4 playoff 1 game
Match Budapest 2 games
Oberlin Open 17 games
My thanks to Mihai Panait, Hassan Khaled, Venkatachalam Saravanan, Rod
McShane, Tobias Pettersson, Jakub Fuksik, Alain Talon, Aleksander Czerwonski,
Gary Bekker, Antonio Bento, Laszlo Nagy, William Wright, Michael Freeman,
Kolachala Kalyan, Stewart Reuben and all those who helped with this issue.
Not a big week for top chess but there is a lot of chess in this issue
non-the-less. The big story is the situation over the Kasparov-Anand match. The
next move is in the hands of Bessel Kok and Serge Grimaux in the light of
Anand's wish to have the match later than they envisaged.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Businessman and chess fan Bessel Kok has been in negotiations with Kasparov
and Anand since March 12th to try and bring them together for a match for
"The Ultimate World Chess Championship" in October this year. Kok has
brought in Canadian entrepreneur Serge Grimaux to promote and organise the
event and also GM Fridrik Olafsson (former FIDE President) and Dr. William
Wirth. Kasparov has accepted their proposals for the match with a prize fund of
US$3,000,000: US$2,000,000 for the winner and US$1,000,000 to the loser and to
put on the line the title of World Chess Champion he holds. However in a press
release from the promoters on Sunday it was made clear that Anand had not
accepted yet and that there was a deadline of Friday, April 23, 1999.
In an interview with the Indian paper, Indian Express
http://www.indian-express.com/ie/daily/19990425/isp25004.html
he said he was unconcerned about his bad result at Dos Hermanas saying that he
had simply played too much in the last few months. He commented that he had
been approached by Bessel Kok about a match with Kasparov and was "still
considering it". On the deadline that has just passed he said "I
can't really make a comment on that" but asked about a match against
Kasparov he said "You will get to know it soon." His crowded schedule
for the rest of the year was mentioned and he was asked again about the match
and he said "Maybe towards the end of the year".
Bessel Kok now needs to decide whether the offer remains on the table.
The First Gonfreville International was a 14 player all-play-all and turned
out to be a battle for first between Normunds Miezis and Alexandre Lesiege.
Miezis beat Lesiege with black in round 9 and he finished half a point ahead of
the French Canadian. There are currently no games for the later rounds.
Coverage at: http://www.chez.com/notzai/actu/gonfreville.html.
Gonfreville FRA (FRA), iv 1999 cat. VIII (2427)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2525 * 1 = = 1 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2630
2 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2521 0 * = 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2595
3 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2508 = = * = = = = = = = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2508
4 Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2524 = 0 = * = 1 = = = 1 0 1 1 = 7.5 2476
5 Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2415 0 1 = = * = = = = 0 1 = 1 = 7.0 2457
6 Godard, Maxence FRA 2404 1 0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 0 1 = 1 7.0 2458
7 Fontaine, Robert m FRA 2369 0 = = = = = * = 1 = = 0 1 1 7.0 2460
8 Lepelletier, Benoit m FRA 2456 = 0 = = = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2454
9 Nikcevic, Nebojsa g YUG 2472 = = = = = = 0 = * = = 1 = = 6.5 2423
10 Sulypa, Alexandre m UKR 2424 0 0 = 0 1 = = 0 = * 1 0 1 1 6.0 2398
11 Sulava, Nenad m CRO 2466 0 0 0 1 0 1 = = = 0 * 0 1 1 5.5 2367
12 Berthelot, Yannick f FRA 2327 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 1 1 * 0 1 5.0 2348
13 Karr, Jean-Philipp FRA 2347 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 3.5 2258
14 Pecot, Laurent FRA 2225 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 2106
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Mihai Panait (mpanait@fx.ro) organised a number of all-play-all events in
Bucharest as part of a Spring Festival between March 1st and April 3rd. The
next events start on May 15th (see the forthcoming events section). The top
event was a cat.VIII event (20.03–02.04.1999 ) won by fm Mihai Grunberg of
Romania.
Turneul International masculin Festivalul de
Prima-vara 01.03-15.03.1999
Bucharest ROM (ROM), iii 1999 cat. III (2308)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
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1 Vasiesiu, Dan m ROM 2388 * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2532
2 Lupulescu, Constantin ROM 2261 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 10.0 2469
3 Slovineanu, Viacheslav m MDA 2447 = = * = = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 1 9.5 2430
4 Berescu, Alin f ROM 2392 = = = * = = 1 1 = = 0 1 1 = 1 9.0 2403
5 Tikhomirov, Sergei m MDA 2417 = = = = * = = 1 1 1 = = 1 = 0 8.5 2379
6 Ardelean, George Catalin ROM 2338 0 = = = = * = = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2385
7 Ilic, Slobodan YUG 2199 = 0 0 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 = = 1 7.0 2315
8 Raceanu, Valentin ROM 2234 0 = = 0 0 = = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2313
9 Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel ROM 2316 = 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 * 0 = 1 = 0 = 5.5 2227
10 Chirila, Radu Catalin f ROM 2238 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 1 * = 0 = = 1 5.5 2232
11 Solcanean, Serghei MDA 2260 0 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 = = * 0 0 = 1 5.0 2209
12 Brajovic, Radovan f YUG 2364 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 5.0 2201
13 Ionescu, Doru Alexandru f ROM 2324 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 1 1 * 0 1 5.0 2204
14 Veneteanu, Ion Cristian ROM 2245 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 = = 0 1 * 0 4.5 2179
15 Kutnik, Alexandru ROM 2193 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 * 4.0 2157
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Turneul International feminin Festivalul de
Primavara 04.03-18.03.1999
Bucharest ROM (ROM), iii 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
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1 Bogza, Adina ROM 2190 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 10.5 2347
2 Petrenko, Svetlana wm MDA 2262 = * = = 1 1 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 10.5 2342
3 Ionica, Iulia wf ROM 2197 1 = * = = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 9.0 2256
4 Vasiesiu, Cristina wm ROM 2180 = = = * 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2235
5 Voicu, Carmen wf ROM 2156 0 0 = 1 * 0 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 8.0 2207
6 Grigorieva, Angela ROM 2115 0 0 = = 1 * 1 = = 0 1 1 = = 1 8.0 2210
7 Partac, Elena MDA 2088 0 0 = 1 1 0 * 1 = 1 = = 0 = 1 7.5 2191
8 Andreescu, Nicoleta Aurora wf ROM 2118 0 = = 1 0 = 0 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2188
9 Osman, Mihai FRA 2218 = = = = = = = = * = = = = = = 7.0 2152
10 Calotescu, Cristina ROM 2120 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 = * 1 0 1 1 1 7.0 2159
11 Smokina, Karolina wf MDA 2176 = = = 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 = = 1 6.0 2105
12 Barasiant, Mariana MDA 2057 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 1 5.5 2084
13 Marin, Luiza wm ROM 2165 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 1 5.5 2076
14 Duminica, Mariana wf ROM 2162 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1 3.0 1926
15 Bogza, Oana ROM 2153 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 1806
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Turneul International MI Festivalul de Primavara 20.03-30.03.1999
Bucharest ROM (ROM), iii 1999 cat. II (2298)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Velcheva, Maria wm BUL 2283 * = 1 = 1 = 1 = 0 = 1 1 7.5 2432
2 Covlea, Vlad ROM 2293 = * 1 = = = 1 0 = 1 0 1 6.5 2363
3 Vajda, Albert m ROM 2353 0 0 * 1 1 = = = = 1 1 = 6.5 2358
4 Glodeanu, Ion m ROM 2336 = = 0 * = = = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2330
5 Breahna, Radu f ROM 2281 0 = 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2335
6 Kostic, Nebojsa m YUG 2341 = = = = = * = = = = = = 5.5 2294
7 Florescu, Codrut m ROM 2312 0 0 = = = = * = 1 1 = = 5.5 2296
8 Istrate, Bogdan ROM 2333 = 1 = = = = = * 0 0 = = 5.0 2258
9 Solcanean, Serghei MDA 2260 1 = = = 0 = 0 1 * 0 = = 5.0 2265
10 Grigore, Nicolae Petre ROM 2285 = 0 0 0 = = 0 1 1 * = 1 5.0 2263
11 Ionescu-Brandis, Irina wm ROM 2281 0 1 0 = 0 = = = = = * = 4.5 2234
12 Kostic, Misa YUG 2218 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 3.0 2130
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GM Tournament 20.03–02.04.1999. Cat.VIII.
GM norm 9.5/13
Bucharest ROM (ROM), iii 1999 cat. VIII (2432)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Grunberg, Mihai f ROM 2375 * 1 = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2611
2 Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2549 0 * 1 = = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2564
3 Vajda, Levente m ROM 2484 = 0 * 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2569
4 Cioara, Andrei Nestor ROM 2398 = = 0 * = 1 = 1 = = = 1 0 1 7.5 2492
5 Ionescu, Constantin g ROM 2482 = = = = * = = 1 = = 0 1 = 1 7.5 2485
6 Marjanovic, Slavoljub g YUG 2451 = 1 = 0 = * 0 = = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2488
7 Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2471 = 0 1 = = 1 * 0 0 = 1 = 1 = 7.0 2458
8 Nanu, Ciprian m ROM 2420 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2404
9 Miljanic, Boro m YUG 2432 = = = = = = 1 0 * = 0 0 = = 5.5 2375
10 Vukovic, Zdravko m YUG 2483 = = 0 = = = = = = * = 0 = = 5.5 2371
11 Mateuta, Gabriel m ROM 2397 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 1 = * = 1 1 5.5 2378
12 Vajda, Szidonia wg ROM 2340 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 1 = * 1 1 5.5 2382
13 Brajovic, Radovan f YUG 2364 0 0 0 1 = = 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 4.0 2296
14 Moraru, Marius ROM 2408 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = 0 0 0 * 2.0 2138
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Hassan Khaled reports: The 3rd Golden Cleopatra took place in Cairo April
11-19th. Yuri Yakovich won the event with 7/9.
Cairo EGY (EGY), iv 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2565 +32 =14 + 6 +20 + 9 = 5 + 3 = 2 = 4 7.0 /9 2654
2 Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2484 +30 +18 =16 = 3 = 4 + 7 +14 = 1 = 6 6.5 /9 2561
3 Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2532 +24 =19 +14 = 2 = 5 + 9 - 1 +18 +15 6.5 /9 2562
4 Djurhuus, Rune g NOR 2478 =17 +37 =22 +19 = 2 + 6 +16 = 5 = 1 6.5 /9 2547
5 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2548 -16 +28 +13 +18 = 3 = 1 +19 = 4 = 7 6.0 /9 2487
6 El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2468 +35 +27 - 1 +16 =20 - 4 +13 + 8 = 2 6.0 /9 2478
7 Ahmed, Esam Aly m EGY 2337 = 8 +26 -19 +24 +17 - 2 +22 +16 = 5 6.0 /9 2452
8 Tahan, Sabri EGY 2253 = 7 +15 -11 +12 =14 =18 + 9 - 6 +17 5.5 /9 2442
9 Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib m EGY 2458 +10 =20 +17 +11 - 1 - 3 - 8 +22 +18 5.5 /9 2429
10 Ezat, Mohamed EGY 2270 - 9 =32 =21 -23 =35 +29 +26 +25 +20 5.5 /9 2389
11 Abou el Zein, Eid Mahmoud m EGY 2324 +38 =22 + 8 - 9 -16 =15 +31 +19 =14 5.5 /9 2387
12 Labib, Ibrahim Hasan f EGY 2405 =37 -17 +26 - 8 +33 =31 +27 =14 +16 5.5 /9 2361
13 Abdel Aziem, Ramadan EGY 2189 +28 =29 - 5 +21 =19 +23 - 6 -15 +24 5.0 /9 2392
14 Afifi, Assem m EGY 2311 +39 = 1 - 3 +29 = 8 +20 - 2 =12 =11 5.0 /9 2417
15 Hamed, Ahmed m EGY 2349 =26 - 8 +37 -17 +29 =11 +28 +13 - 3 5.0 /9 2341
16 Tissir, Mohamed f MAR 2303 + 5 +31 = 2 - 6 +11 +22 - 4 - 7 -12 4.5 /9 2406
17 Elgabry, Mohsen EGY 2296 = 4 +12 - 9 +15 - 7 +26 -18 +23 - 8 4.5 /9 2363
18 El Ghazali, Youssef M m EGY 2312 +25 - 2 +35 - 5 +24 = 8 +17 - 3 - 9 4.5 /9 2375
19 Mohamed, Farag Amrou f EGY 2240 +40 = 3 + 7 - 4 =13 +27 - 5 -11 =28 4.5 /9 2371
20 Abdul Wahab, A. Rasheed f IRQ 2326 +34 = 9 +29 - 1 = 6 -14 =25 +36 -10 4.5 /9 2357
21 Amin, Ashraf EGY 2253 -31 +25 =10 -13 -26 +37 -23 +33 +32 4.5 /9 2275
22 Sorial, Hanna EGY 2266 +23 =11 = 4 =31 +32 -16 - 7 - 9 =29 4.0 /9 2316
23 Hakki, Imad m SYR 2423 -22 +36 -24 +10 =31 -13 +21 -17 =25 4.0 /9 2240
24 Sarwat, Walaa m EGY 2300 - 3 +30 +23 - 7 -18 +33 -36 +27 -13 4.0 /9 2284
25 Benhadi, Aziz Madani m ALG 2235 -18 -21 -28 +30 +37 +32 =20 -10 =23 4.0 /9 2258
26 Ahmed, Ehab EGY 2255 =15 - 7 -12 +36 +21 -17 -10 =34 +35 4.0 /9 2271
27 Rahman, Yehya m EGY 2310 +33 - 6 =31 =32 +34 -19 -12 -24 +36 4.0 /9 2279
28 Georg, Magdy EGY 2308 -13 - 5 +25 -33 +38 +34 -15 =32 =19 4.0 /9 2241
29 Sameeh, Hany EGY 2260 +36 =13 -20 -14 -15 -10 +37 +31 =22 4.0 /9 2258
30 Beshara, Nadi EGY 2249 - 2 -24 -33 -25 +36 +38 +41 -35 +37 4.0 /9 2223
31 Hassan, Sayed Barakat m EGY 2345 +21 -16 =27 =22 =23 =12 -11 -29 =34 3.5 /9 2230
32 Abdulla, A f IRQ 2304 - 1 =10 +38 =27 -22 -25 +35 =28 -21 3.5 /9 2222
33 Abo Nar, Mohamed EGY 2196 -27 -35 +30 +28 -12 -24 =34 -21 +41 3.5 /9 2181
34 Frhat, Ali EGY 2251 -20 =38 =36 +35 -27 -28 =33 =26 =31 3.5 /9 2214
35 Kamel, Nabil EGY 2275 - 6 +33 -18 -34 =10 -36 -32 +30 -26 2.5 /9 2134
36 Himdan, Maher m EGY 2395 -29 -23 =34 -26 -30 +35 +24 -20 -27 2.5 /9 2128
37 Moustafa, Talaat EGY 2265 =12 - 4 -15 =38 -25 -21 -29 +41 -30 2.0 /9 2054
38 Aboudi, M JOR 2244 -11 =34 -32 =37 -28 -30 . . . 1.0 /6 2010
39 Abdulghafour, Yousef QAT 2220 -14 . . . . . . . . 0.0 /1
40 Mohsen, Khaled EGY 2318 -19 . . . . . . . . 0.0 /1
41 BYE ---- . . . . . . -30 -37 -33 0.0 /3
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Venkatachalam Saravanan reports: The National A Championships was held March
22-April 11, in Nagpur, central India. The participants included all of India's
top players except Anand and Barua. There was an official website at:
http://www.bpclnationalchess.findhere.com
Krishnan Sashikiran won the event 13/17 a point clear of GM Praveen Thipsay
in this massive 18 player all-play-all. The final round games are now
available.
Indian Championships (IND), iii-iv 1999 cat. VII (2404)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Sashikiran, Krishnan m IND 2525 * 1 0 = = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 13.0 2598
2 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2467 0 * 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 12.0 2558
3 Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2455 1 0 * = = = 1 = 0 = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 11.0 2510
4 Prakash, G B IND 2403 = 0 = * = = = 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 11.0 2513
5 Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2435 = = = = * 0 = = = 1 1 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 10.5 2489
6 Ramesh, R.B m IND 2391 = 1 = = 1 * 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 10.0 2469
7 Konguvel, Ponnuswamy m IND 2436 1 0 0 = = 1 * = = 1 0 = = = = 1 1 1 10.0 2466
8 Saravanan, V IND 2393 0 = = 0 = 1 = * 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 = 1 = 10.0 2469
9 Neelotpal, Das IND 2436 0 0 1 = = = = 0 * 0 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2401
10 Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam f IND 2336 0 1 = = 0 = 0 0 1 * = 0 = = = 1 0 = 7.0 2342
11 Suvrajit, Saha IND 2335 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 1 = * = 0 = 0 = 1 = 7.0 2342
12 Mishra, Neeraj-Kumar m IND 2363 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = * 1 0 = = = 1 7.0 2341
13 Deshmukh, Anup IND 2430 0 0 = = 1 0 = 1 0 = 1 0 * = 1 0 0 0 6.5 2315
14 Hegde, Ravi Gopal m IND 2397 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = = = 1 = * = = 0 1 6.5 2317
15 Bakre, Tejas m IND 2333 0 0 0 = = = = 1 0 = 1 = 0 = * = 0 0 6.0 2298
16 Koshy, Varugeese m IND 2368 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 1 = = * = = 6.0 2295
17 Shankar, Roy IND 2394 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 = * 0 6.0 2294
18 Rathore, S.K IND 2372 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 1 = 1 * 5.0 2247
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Rod McShane reports: Gelsenkirchen Masters 28 March - 4 April. This was won
on tiebreak by German IM Georg Seul ahead of IM Gennadi Fish and GM Savchenko.
Leading scores:
1. IM Seul 7.5/10
2. IM Fish 7.5
3. GM Savchenko 7.5
4. GM A Petrosian 7
5. GM L Nisipeanu 7
6. IM S Galdnunts 7
7. IM P Velicka 7
etc.
23-year old Estonian IM Kaido Kulaots achieved his first GM norm with 6.5
after nine rounds but lost to Seul in the final round.
Gelsenkirchen Open 5 - 10 April 1999
The affable Lithuanian GM Darius Ruzele won the Open with a whopping 8/9
Leading scores were
1. GM Ruzele 8 /9
2. IM Kulaots 7.5
3. IM V Nedela 7
4. IM H Grooten 6.5
5. FM Yuri Boidman 6.5
6. Georgios Souleidis 6.5
Boidman, Souleidis and 19-year old German Bjorn Roeber all achieved IM
norms. This was the final norm required by Souleidis for his title and Roeber's
second norm.
Rod McShane, the father of IM Luke McShane, who was the chief arbiter for
both events, has now completed requirements for his application to FIDE for the
title of International Arbiter.
Tobias Pettersson reports on the strongest ever all Swedish event: The
Skellefteå Kraft Grandmaster Chess Cup 1999 was won by GM Evgenij Agrest.
He played five draws against IGM Ulf Andersson in the final. Two 7 hour-games
Two 2x30 min games. And a knock-out blitz there Andersson was white (by
lottery). White had 6 minutes and black five. White had to win. (not all the
games from the final are available). The event took place March 30th - April
4th.
3rd place: IGM Jonny Hector 4th place: IGM Ralf Akesson
The four other players: IGM Tom Wedberg IGM Lars Karlsson IGM Thomas Ernst
and IM Stellan Brynell was knocked out in the first round. (in the eight-final)
There was an open won by IGM Andrei Kharlov (more later).
Information and games at: http://members.tripod.com/schackinorr
and http://surf.to/schackinorr
Jakub Fuksik of Agentura 64 reports: The Czech Extraleague (the Czech team
Championships) for 1998-9 has concluded. The event that ran 31 October 1998
until 28th March 1999 in venues such as Olomouc, Praha, Ostrava, Zlin and
Pardubice. DA Praha won the event winning eight of its matches, losing one and
drawing two.
Further detailed reports at: http://www.chess.cz/extraliga/ and
at: http://www.proclient.cz/a64
Final results:
1.DA Praha 11 8 2 1 53.0 18
2.Infinity Pardubice11 7 0 4 52.5 14
3.H-Fuchs Ostrava 11 6 1 4 47.0 13
4.NH Ostrava 11 6 1 4 46.5 13
5.A64 MILO Olomouc 11 5 3 3 46.0 13
6.Sokol Vysehrad 11 5 2 4 48.5 12
7.Sokol Kolin 11 5 2 4 47.0 12
8.Zlin 11 3 3 5 43.0 9
9.DP Mladi Praha 11 3 3 5 40.0 9
10.TZ Trinec 11 3 2 6 38.0 8
11.Transporta Chrudim11 2 2 7 29.0 6
12.Bohemians Praha 11 1 3 7 37.5 5
The Belgian interteam championships finished recently reports Alain Talon.
Rochade won the title again. Rochade I were first and Boitsfort 1 and Ans 1
relegated. There were 11 rounds.
Team Pts Place
Ans 1 33 11 12
Rochade 1 61.5 11 1
KGSRL 1 55 11 2
Jean Jaures 1 44.5 11 4
CREB 1 44.5 11 4
Deurne 1 38.5 11 10
Eupen 1 47 11 3
Anderlecht 1 42.5 11 7
KASK 1 40.5 11 9
KGSRL 2 41 11 8
Leuven 1 44 11 6
Boitsfort 1 37 11 11
IM Aleksander Czerwonski reports: The Polish Chess Championships are
underway in Polanica Zdroj. They run April 23rd- May 6th 1999. Below are the
standings after two rounds.
Polanica Zdroj (POL), iv 1999 cat. VIII (2445)
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1 Socko, Bartosz m POL 2497 * . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . 2.0
2 Grabarczyk, Bogdan m POL 2380 . * = . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2634
3 Jakubiec, Artur POL 2428 . = * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2551
4 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2549 . . . * . . . . . = . 1 . . 1.5 2551
5 Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2444 . . . . * . = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2534
6 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2462 0 . . . . * . . 1 . . . . . 1.0 2525
7 Pinski, Jan POL 2346 . . . . = . * . . . = . . . 1.0 2488
8 Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2530 . . . . . . . * . . . = = . 1.0 2442
9 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2553 . . . . . 0 . . * . 1 . . . 1.0 2497
10 Sosnicki, Michal POL 2286 0 . . = . . . . . * . . . . 0.5 2330
11 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2533 . . . . . . = . 0 . * . . . 0.5 2256
12 Kuczynski, Robert g POL 2430 . . . 0 . . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2346
13 Staniszewski, Piotr m POL 2454 . 0 . . . . . = . . . . * . 0.5 2262
14 Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech f POL 2337 . . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Gary Bekker reports: Zone 3.2b (Oceanic Zonal) concluded on Wednesday 21st
April.
Oceania Zonal - Final results: In a tense final round in the Oceanic Zonal
Chess Championships, Sydney's Vladimir Feldman defeated IM Alex Wohl to win the
event with 7/9. He earned the International Master title during the tournament
and he will now represent the Oceania Zone at the World Chess Championships to
be held in Las Vegas in two months time.
His wife, Irina, and 14 year-old David Smerdon came equal second with IM
Russell Dive, of New Zealand, on 6/9 and also earned the IM title.
Sensationally GM Darryl Johansen let Dive have a gift checkmate in one, after
being distracted by the result on board one. Numerous others scored 50% or more
and gained the FIDE Master title.
Laura Moylan won the women's event and has been asked to play in the World
Women's Ch's in Kishinev, Moldova. The ACF hopes that Laura will be awarded the
WIM title, depite concerns raised about the smaller than usual turnout for the
women's event.
Leading scores in the Men's event, shown in correct count-back order, are:
7.0 WFM Vladimir Feldman 6.0 David Smerdon IM Russell Dive (NZL) WIM Irina
Berezina 5.5 GM Darryl Johansen IM Alex Wohl FM Chris Depasquale Alex Kulashko
(NZL)
Final scores in the Women's event are: 7.5 Laura Moylan 6.0 Geraldine
Johns-Putra WFM Veronica Klimenko 5.0 Narelle Szuveges 3.0 Catherine Lip 2.5
Andrea Constantinou
My thanks to Ian Rogers for the games.
Coverage at: http://www.somerset.qld.edu.au/chess/
Gold Coast AUS (AUS), iv 1999
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1 Feldman, Vladimir f AUS 2330 +23 = 2 +14 = 3 + 9 = 5 = 4 + 6 + 7 7.0 2492
2 Berezina, Irina wm AUS 2230 + 4 = 1 =10 - 5 =15 +16 +14 = 3 + 9 6.0 2401
3 Smerdon, David AUS 2173 =12 + 6 +21 = 1 - 5 +11 = 7 = 2 +10 6.0 2468
4 Dive, Russell John m NZL 2440 - 2 +23 +19 =12 +17 = 9 = 1 =15 + 5 6.0 2398
5 Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2490 +17 =22 = 9 + 2 + 3 = 1 +10 - 7 - 4 5.5 2377
6 Depasquale, Chris f AUS 2302 =20 - 3 +11 =15 =13 + 8 + 9 - 1 +21 5.5 2311
7 Wohl, Aleksandar H m AUS 2440 =13 +18 +22 - 9 =12 +14 = 3 + 5 - 1 5.5 2288
8 Kulashko, Aleksei NZL 2396 +19 - 9 =17 -14 +20 - 6 +25 +18 +15 5.5 2222
9 Reilly, Tim AUS 2258 +26 + 8 = 5 + 7 - 1 = 4 - 6 +12 - 2 5.0 2375
10 Laird, Craig f AUS 2300 +24 =14 = 2 -21 +18 +12 - 5 +17 - 3 5.0 2257
11 Saw, Geoffrey AUS 2205 =21 =12 - 6 +23 +16 - 3 =17 +20 =13 5.0 2256
12 Wallace, John Paul m AUS 2360 = 3 =11 +18 = 4 = 7 -10 +21 - 9 =19 4.5 2270
13 Weeks, Manuel AUS ---- = 7 -21 +20 =16 = 6 =17 =18 =14 =11 4.5 2213
14 Zhao Zong Yuan AUS ---- +15 =10 - 1 + 8 +21 - 7 - 2 =13 =16 4.5 2291
15 Levi, Eddy f AUS 2245 -14 +24 =16 = 6 = 2 =21 +19 = 4 - 8 4.5 2248
16 Tindall, Brett AUS 2250 -18 +20 =15 =13 -11 - 2 +26 +23 =14 4.5 2093
17 Reeves, Tristan AUS 2245 - 5 +25 = 8 +22 - 4 =13 =11 -10 +24 4.5 2232
18 Szuveges, Narelle AUS ---- +16 - 7 -12 +19 -10 +24 =13 - 8 +25 4.5 2214
19 Dwyer, Daniel AUS 2186 - 8 +26 - 4 -18 +22 +23 -15 +25 =12 4.5 2201
20 Stawski, Nikolai AUS 2045 = 6 -16 -13 +24 - 8 +25 +22 -11 +26 4.5 2157
21 Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2435 =11 +13 - 3 +10 -14 =15 -12 +26 - 6 4.0 2133
22 Allen, Andrew AUS 2261 +25 = 5 - 7 -17 -19 +26 -20 =24 +23 4.0 2126
23 Ilic, Ilija AUS 2115 - 1 - 4 +25 -11 +26 -19 +24 -16 -22 3.0 2060
24 Corker,Kerry AUS ---- -10 -15 =26 -20 +25 -18 -23 =22 -17 2.0 1914
25 Franks,Clifton AUS ---- -22 -17 -23 +26 -24 -20 - 8 -19 -18 1.0 1787
26 Parmeshwar,Rajnesh FIJ ---- - 9 -19 =24 -25 -23 -22 -16 -21 -20 0.5 1728
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Gold Coast AUS (AUS), iv 1999
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1 Moylan,Laura AUS ---- ** 0= 11 =1 1= 11 7.5 2213
2 Johns Putra,Geraldine AUS ---- 1= ** 0= 10 11 01 6.0 2092
3 Klimenko, Veronica wf AUS 2100 00 1= ** == 1= 11 6.0 2072
4 Szuveges, Narelle AUS ---- =0 01 == ** 10 =1 5.0 2020
5 Lip,Catherine AUS ---- 0= 00 0= 01 ** == 3.0 1871
6 Constantinou, A CYP ---- 00 10 00 =0 == ** 2.5 1827
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Antonio Bento reports: There is a playoff for two places in Las Vegas
amongst players who competed in zone 2.4. There are three players involved,
Gilberto Milos, Rafael Leitao and Jaime Sunye Neto. The event is a double round
robin taking place April 25th - 30th. The first game between Leitao and Milos
was drawn.
Coverage at: http://www.fpx.com.br and
games at: http://www.fpx.com.br/chesstutor/match.html
regulations for the Las Vegas event are available at:
http://www.fpx.com.br/diversos/vegas1.htm
Schedule:
Round 1 (April 25, 1999)
Leitao, Rafael - Milos, Gilberto 1/2 26 E32 Nimzo indian
Round 2 (April 26, 1999)
Sunye Neto, Jaime - Leitao, Rafael
Round 3 (April 27, 1999)
Milos, Gilberto - Sunye Neto, Jaime
Round 4 (April 28, 1999)
Milos, Gilberto - Leitao, Rafael
Round 5 (April 29, 1999)
Leitao, Rafael - Sunye Neto, Jaime
Round 6 (April 30, 1999)
Sunye Neto, Jaime - Milos, Gilberto
Zonal Playoff (BRA), iv 1999 cat. XIII (2564)
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1 2 3
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1 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2586 ** =. 0.5 2559
2 Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2559 =. ** 0.5 2586
3 Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2546 .. .. **
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Laszlo Nagy reports: There is a ten game match taking place in Budapest
between Csaba Horvath of Hungary and Olli Salmensuu of Finland. The sponsors
are: 1. www.kunnondata.fi 2. Finnish Chess Federation, 3. Hungarian Chess
Federation .
Results after two games
Budapest HUN (HUN), iv-v 1999
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Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2524 = 1 . . . . . . . . 1.5 2642
Salmensuu, Olli m FIN 2449 = 0 . . . . . . . . 0.5 2331
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William Wright reports: 88 players traveled to the small college town of
Oberlin OH just outside Cleveland on April 16-18 to contest a guaranteed prize
fund of $6000. I feel obligated to make a small commentary that many players
have voiced displeasure at the proliferation of tournaments with based-on
prizes. Poor support in tournaments such as this are the reason why. However,
the top section was well-represented with 4 GMs (Alexanfer Goldin, Alex
Woytkiewicz, Gregory Serper and Anatoly Lein), 2 IMs (Calvin Blocker and Enrico
Sevillano) as well as 8 other masters. Out of this field, IM Calvin Blocker
scored 4.5/5 to take clear first ahead of the higher rated players in the
event. This despite the added burden of having Black against the two GMs that
he faced. Prize winners and games below.
Open: Blocker (4.5/5, $1000); Goldin, Rajlich (4/5, $425); Serper (3.5/5,
$150)
Michael Freeman reports:
New Zealand's "Mr Chess", Ortvin Sarapu, has died in Auckland on
Tuesday 14th April 1999, of a heart attack, aged 75. Sarapu left Estonia during
the Second World War and in 1950 emigrated to NZ, where he began his domination
of the sport. He was New Zealand's second International Master (after Bob
Wade), winning that honour in 1966. From 1951 he went on to win the NZ title on
a record 20 occasions. He was awarded an MBE for his services to chess. Ortvin
competed in 10 Chess Olympiads and many other international events. These
included the 1967 Interzonal event.
WCC Chess Rankings, May. Produced by Ken Thomson , New Jersey Calculated by
Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow Results up to May 1, 1999
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2828 144
2. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2724 124
3. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2724 125
4. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2708 171
5. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2703 162
6. Leko,Peter HUN 2692 134
7. Gelfand,Boris ISR 2682 143
8. Adams,Michael ENG 2678 161
9. Short,Nigel D ENG 2674 140
10. Timman,Jan H NED 2660 194
11. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2660 155
12. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2657 161
13. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2653 140
14. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2652 178
15. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2651 138
16. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2650 156
17. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2650 159
18. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2643 191
19. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2640 180
20. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2639 122
21. Svidler,Peter RUS 2636 157
22. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2634 175
23. Salov,Valery RUS 2632 191
24. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2628 155
25. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2625 158
26. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2622 161
27. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2621 162
28. Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2620 163
29. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2619 157
30. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2618 189
31. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2618 148
32. Movsesian,Sergei CZE 2613 168
33. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2613 152
34. Piket,Jeroen NED 2607 150
35. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2606 144
36. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2602 202
37. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
38. Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2601 177
39. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2601 161
40. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2597 176
41. Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2595 184
42. Kasimdzhanov,Rustam UZB 2593 178
43. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2593 165
44. Polgar,Zsuzsa (GM) HUN 2592 176
45. Dolmatov,Sergey RUS 2592 126
46. Khenkin,Igor RUS 2592 194
47. Kobalija,Mikhael RUS 2592 168
48. Lautier,Joel FRA 2592 169
49. Rohde,Michael A USA 2589 190
INACTIVE PLAYERS
Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181
Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
Fischer,Robert James USA 2594 197
Makarichev,Sergey RUS 2559 211
Comune di Cutro
The Category 10 Comune di Cutro starts today. Daily news at:
http://www.labnet.it/consuld/cutro
Politiken Cup Copenhagen
Details on this event in Copenhagen are available on-line at:
http://inet.uni-c.dk/~kbhsu/InvitationPol99eng.html
S.C. LASKER S.R.L. (Bucharest)
S.C. Lasker S.R.L. in Bucharest (Romania) has events starting 15 May.
A. Closed international chess turnament for GM norm, 8 th - 9 th category,
14 - 16 players. Entry fees: - <=2300 - 400 DM - 2301 - 2350 - 350 DM - 2351
- 2400 - 300 DM - 2401 - 2450 - 250 DM - 2451 - 2500 - 200 DM - > 2500 - 150
DM
B. Closed international chess tournament for IM norm, 2 th - 4 th category,
14 - 16 players. Entry fee: - <=2100 - 300 DM - 2101 - 2200 - 250 DM - 2201
- 2300 - 200 DM - 2301 - 2350 - 175 DM - 2351 - 2400 - 150 DM - > 2401 - 100
DM Accomodation 100 - 150 DM in private rooms or apartments for all the
tournament.
Starting date: 15 May, opening ceremony 14.00. Time limits: 40 moves/
2hours, then 1 hour KO for each player. The games will be played every day from
15.00 to 21.00 Prizes: declared before the 3rd round. Tournament hall: RATB
chess club, Lipscani Street, nr. 21, phone 313.76.35. Utility addresses in
Bucharest: Romanian Chess Federation, Ion Campineanu Street, nr. 20, phone:
312.55.25 or 312.70.56 , fax: 312.19.44 Central Chess Club: Otetari Street, nr.
2 , phone 314.68.13. Organizer: FIDE Master Emil Pessi phone 240.07.00 (if
contacted he assures the reception of the players). E-mail: mpanait@mail.fx.ro
Chess Organizer FIDE Master EMIL PESSI