THE WEEK IN CHESS 234 - 3rd May 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Contents 1) Introduction
2) Sonsbeek SNS Chess Tournament
3) Judit Polgar - Fritz 5.32
4) 5th Comune di Cutro tournament
5) 1st Gonfreville International
6) Polish Chess Championships
7) Zonal playoff in Sao Paulo
8) Salmensuu - Horvath Match in Budapest
9) First Saturday, May
10) 4NCL
11) Forthcoming Events
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Games section
Sonsbeek SNS Chess Tournament 4 games
Judit Polgar - Fritz 5.32 8 games
5th Comune di Cutro tournament 42 games
1st Gonfreville International 14 games
Polish Chess Championships 42 games
Zonal playoff in Sao Paulo 5 games
Salmensuu - Horvath Match 3 games
First Saturday, May 14 games
4NCL 47 games
My thanks to Geurt Gijssen, Frederic Friedel, Aleksander Czerwonski, Antonio
Bento and Herman van Riemsdijk, Laszlo Nagy, John Saunders and all those who
helped with this issue.
The big tournament of the week is the Sonsbeek SNS Chess Tournament with
Korchnoi, Sadler, Xie Jun and Nijboer, with 3 of the first four games being
decisive, it should be an interesting event. Judit Polgar lost heavily in a
rapidplay match against the latest version of Fritz 5.32 showing just how
difficult these matches are these days against the top PC programs.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The Sonsbeek SNS Chess Tournament is taking place in Arnhem (NED) May 2nd -
9th. This is a double round all play all event as part of the centennial
celebrations of the beautiful Park Sonsbeek in the city of Arnhem. Viktor
Korchnoi, Matthew Sadler, Xie Jun and Friso Nijboer will play each other in a
double, round robin tournament. In round 1 Xie Jun drew with Nijboer and Sadler
beat Korchnoi. Korchnoi beat Nijboer and Sadler beat Xie Jun in round two, both
winners had black. My thanks to Geurt Gijssen for the games.
Official site at: http://www.introweb.nl/~asv
Round 1 (May 2, 1999)
Sadler, Matthew - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 32 E43 Nimzo indian
Xie Jun - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 32 B42 Sicilian
Round 2 (May 3, 1999)
Nijboer, Friso - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 31 C11 French; Classical
Xie Jun - Sadler, Matthew 0-1 44 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Arnhem NED (NED), v 1999 cat. XIV (2597)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2667 ** 1. .. 1. 2.0
2 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2673 0. ** 1. .. 1.0 2591
3 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2515 .. 0. ** =. 0.5 2409
4 Xie Jun g CHN 2532 0. .. =. ** 0.5 2398
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Judit Polgar lost an eight game rapidplay (30 min) exhibition match 5.5-2.5
against Fritz 5.32 in Hungary April 27-30th.
There was official coverage at:
http://live.interware.hu/inddex.html
Fritz 5.32 specifications: the program was running on a Compaq DeskPro EN
6350 computer with a Pentium II, 350MHz processor and 128 MB RAM, of which 64
MB (65,536 KB) were used for hash table. The other parameters were normal. The
Nimzo99 openings book was being used. (information Frederic Friedel)
Polgar, Judit - Fritz5 1/2 41 B47 Sicilian
Fritz5 - Polgar, Judit 1/2 39 B40 Sicilian
Polgar, Judit - Fritz5 1/2 65 B42 Sicilian
Fritz5 - Polgar, Judit 1-0 31 B40 Sicilian
Polgar, Judit - Fritz5 0-1 26 B48 Sicilian
Fritz5 - Polgar, Judit 1-0 49 B16 Caro-Kann
Polgar, Judit - Fritz5 1-0 23 B83 Sicilian
Fritz5 - Polgar, Judit 1-0 47 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Budapest HUN (HUN), iv 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Fritz 5.32 ---- = = = 1 1 1 0 1 5.5 2818
Polgar, Judit g HUN 2677 = = = 0 0 0 1 0 2.5 1859
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The Category 10 5th Comune di Cutro runs 23rd April to May 2nd. Results are
available to round 7. Mikhail Krasenkow lead at that stage with 5.5/7 half a
point clear of Stefan Djuric.
Daily news at: http://www.labnet.it/consuld/cutro
Round 1 (April 23, 1999)
Djuric, Stefan - Pegorari, Pietro 1-0 18 C41 Philidor defence
Epishin, Vladimir - Chatalbashev, Boris 1/2 36 A41 Queen's pawn
Georgiev, Krum - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 56 B50 Sicilian
Efimov, Igor - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 35 D02 Queen's pawn
Zontakh, Andrey - Skembris, Spyridon 1/2 44 C80 Ruy Lopez
Abatino, Maurizio - Borgo, Giulio 0-1 31 D45 Semi-Slav
Round 2 (April 24, 1999)
Chatalbashev, Boris - Djuric, Stefan 1-0 51 D62 QGD;
Skembris, Spyridon - Krasenkow, Michal 1-0 42 A43 Queen's pawn
Romanishin, Oleg M - Epishin, Vladimir 1-0 67 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Borgo, Giulio - Efimov, Igor 1/2 16 C95 Ruy Lopez
Zontakh, Andrey - Abatino, Maurizio 1-0 33 C10 French
Pegorari, Pietro - Georgiev, Krum 1-0 31 A26 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 3 (April 25, 1999)
Krasenkow, Michal - Pegorari, Pietro 1-0 23 D45 Semi-Slav
Djuric, Stefan - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 44 A53 Benoni
Epishin, Vladimir - Borgo, Giulio 1-0 40 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Georgiev, Krum - Chatalbashev, Boris 1/2 12 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Efimov, Igor - Zontakh, Andrey 1/2 46 A12 English; 1.c4
Abatino, Maurizio - Skembris, Spyridon 0-1 20 D07 Chigorin
Round 4 (April 26, 1999)
Chatalbashev, Boris - Krasenkow, Michal 0-1 40 B15 Caro-Kann
Skembris, Spyridon - Pegorari, Pietro 1/2 17 D45 Semi-Slav
Romanishin, Oleg M - Georgiev, Krum 1-0 27 E62 Kings indian
Borgo, Giulio - Djuric, Stefan 1/2 45 B31 Sicilian
Zontakh, Andrey - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2 31 B19 Caro-Kann
Abatino, Maurizio - Efimov, Igor 0-1 34 A43 Queen's pawn
Round 5 (April 27, 1999)
Krasenkow, Michal - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 40 E61 Kings indian
Djuric, Stefan - Zontakh, Andrey 1/2 11 E21 Nimzo indian
Epishin, Vladimir - Abatino, Maurizio 1-0 32 E11 Bogo indian
Georgiev, Krum - Borgo, Giulio 1/2 9 B66 Sicilian
Efimov, Igor - Skembris, Spyridon 1/2 16 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Pegorari, Pietro - Chatalbashev, Boris 1/2 18 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 6 (April 28, 1999)
Skembris, Spyridon - Chatalbashev, Boris 1/2 10 A65 Modern Benoni
Romanishin, Oleg M - Pegorari, Pietro 1-0 24 D30 Queen's gambit
Efimov, Igor - Epishin, Vladimir 1/2 6 D14 Slav defence
Borgo, Giulio - Krasenkow, Michal 0-1 64 C46 Unknown
Zontakh, Andrey - Georgiev, Krum 0-1 30 B81 Sicilian
Abatino, Maurizio - Djuric, Stefan 0-1 46 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Round 7 (April 28, 1999)
Krasenkow, Michal - Zontakh, Andrey 1-0 64 D37 Queen's gambit
Djuric, Stefan - Efimov, Igor 1-0 40 D02 Queen's pawn
Epishin, Vladimir - Skembris, Spyridon 1-0 31 D46 Semi-Slav
Chatalbashev, Boris - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 69 D91 Gruenfeld indian
Georgiev, Krum - Abatino, Maurizio 1-0 21 C00 French
Pegorari, Pietro - Borgo, Giulio 0-1 40 A13 English; 1.c4
5th Cutro International (ITA), iv-v 1999 cat. X (2492)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2643 * . . 1 0 1 = . 1 1 1 . 5.5 2714
2 Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2517 . * . 0 . 1 . 1 = = 1 1 5.0 2619
3 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2578 . . * = 1 0 . = 1 = . 1 4.5 2571
4 Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2524 0 1 = * = 1 = . . . = . 4.0 2568
5 Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2445 1 . 0 = * . . = . = = 1 4.0 2539
6 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2572 0 0 1 0 . * 1 = . . 1 . 3.5 2518
7 Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2490 = . . = . 0 * . = 1 0 1 3.5 2482
8 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2494 . 0 = . = = . * = = . 1 3.5 2480
9 Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2448 0 = 0 . . . = = * . 1 1 3.5 2483
10 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2530 0 = = . = . 0 = . * . 1 3.0 2441
11 Pegorari, Pietro f ITA 2385 0 0 . = = 0 1 . 0 . * . 2.0 2361
12 Abatino, Maurizio f ITA 2275 . 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 0 0 . * 0.0
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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. More games are now available. My thanks to Yves Casaubon.
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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IM Aleksander Czerwonski reports: The Polish Chess Championships are
underway in Polanica Zdroj. They run April 23rd- May 6th 1999. Tomasz Markowski
leads with 6.5/8 a point clear of Robert Kempinski. The two leaders meet in
round 12.
Round 3 (April 25, 1999)
Kempinski, Robert - Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech 1-0 41 E18 Nimzo indian
Gdanski, Jacek - Markowski, Tomasz 1/2 45 D87 Gruenfeld indian
Urban, Klaudiusz - Grabarczyk, Bogdan 1/2 25 A81 Dutch defence
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Pinski, Jan 1/2 22 E15 Nimzo indian
Kuczynski, Robert - Socko, Bartosz 1-0 86 B31 Sicilian
Jakubiec, Artur - Staniszewski, Piotr 0-1 35 A03 Bird (1.f4)
Sosnicki, Michal - Macieja, Bartlomiej 0-1 30 C41 Philidor defence
Round 4 (April 26, 1999)
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Kuczynski, Robert 1/2 18 B35 Sicilian
Socko, Bartosz - Gdanski, Jacek 1/2 13 B36 Sicilian
Pinski, Jan - Sosnicki, Michal 1/2 35 C85 Ruy Lopez
Jakubiec, Artur - Urban, Klaudiusz 1-0 43 B06 Modern defence
Grabarczyk, Bogdan - Kempinski, Robert 0-1 40 B99 Sicilian; Najdorf
Staniszewski, Piotr - Markowski, Tomasz 0-1 59 A43 Queen's pawn
Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech - Grabarczyk, Miroslaw 1/2 53 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 5 (April 27, 1999)
Markowski, Tomasz - Socko, Bartosz 1/2 24 A43 Queen's pawn
Kempinski, Robert - Jakubiec, Artur 1-0 21 A80 Dutch defence
Gdanski, Jacek - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 56 C26 1.e4 e5
Urban, Klaudiusz - Staniszewski, Piotr 1/2 41 D76 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Grabarczyk, Bogdan 1/2 17 E68 Kings indian
Kuczynski, Robert - Pinski, Jan 1/2 13 C61 Ruy Lopez
Sosnicki, Michal - Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech 0-1 27 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Round 6 (April 28, 1999)
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Markowski, Tomasz 0-1 45 A40 Queen's pawn
Urban, Klaudiusz - Kempinski, Robert 1/2 11 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Pinski, Jan - Gdanski, Jacek 1/2 26 B45 Sicilian
Jakubiec, Artur - Grabarczyk, Miroslaw 1/2 23 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Grabarczyk, Bogdan - Sosnicki, Michal 1/2 67 C29 1.e4 e5
Staniszewski, Piotr - Socko, Bartosz 1/2 39 E68 Kings indian
Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech - Kuczynski, Robert 1/2 29 B51 Sicilian
Round 7 (April 29, 1999)
Markowski, Tomasz - Pinski, Jan 1-0 36 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Kempinski, Robert - Staniszewski, Piotr 1-0 36 A57 Benko gambit
Gdanski, Jacek - Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech 1-0 41 C93 Ruy Lopez
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Urban, Klaudiusz 1/2 14 D90 Gruenfeld indian
Socko, Bartosz - Macieja, Bartlomiej 0-1 44 B14 Caro-Kann
Kuczynski, Robert - Grabarczyk, Bogdan 1/2 11 B31 Sicilian
Sosnicki, Michal - Jakubiec, Artur 1-0 36 A54 Benoni
Round 8 (April 30, 1999)
Kempinski, Robert - Grabarczyk, Miroslaw 1/2 41 D17 Slav defence
Urban, Klaudiusz - Sosnicki, Michal 1-0 52 E00 Nimzo indian
Pinski, Jan - Socko, Bartosz 1/2 50 C90 Ruy Lopez
Jakubiec, Artur - Kuczynski, Robert 1/2 72 B96 Sicilian; Najdorf
Grabarczyk, Bogdan - Gdanski, Jacek 0-1 42 B34 Sicilian
Staniszewski, Piotr - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 41 E11 Bogo indian
Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech - Markowski, Tomasz 0-1 60 A43 Queen's pawn
Polanica Zdroj (POL), iv 1999 cat. VIII (2445)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2549 * . = 1 . . = 1 1 . . 1 = 1 6.5 2680
2 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2533 . * . 0 = = . . = 1 1 1 . 1 5.5 2566
3 Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2530 = . * = . . = = = . 1 = . 1 5.0 2538
4 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2553 0 1 = * . 0 1 = . . . = 1 . 4.5 2510
5 Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2444 . = . . * = . . = 0 = = 1 1 4.5 2446
6 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2462 . = . 1 = * 0 . = = = . . = 4.0 2439
7 Socko, Bartosz m POL 2497 = . = 0 . 1 * 0 = . . = 1 . 4.0 2451
8 Kuczynski, Robert g POL 2430 0 . = = . . 1 * = = = . . = 4.0 2452
9 Pinski, Jan POL 2346 0 = = . = = = = * . . . = . 3.5 2423
10 Jakubiec, Artur POL 2428 . 0 . . 1 = . = . * = 0 0 1 3.5 2372
11 Grabarczyk, Bogdan m POL 2380 . 0 0 . = = . = . = * 1 = . 3.5 2402
12 Staniszewski, Piotr m POL 2454 0 0 = = = . = . . 1 0 * . . 3.0 2402
13 Sosnicki, Michal POL 2286 = . . 0 0 . 0 . = 1 = . * 0 2.5 2300
14 Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech f POL 2337 0 0 0 . 0 = . = . 0 . . 1 * 2.0 2264
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Antonio Bento and Herman van Riemsdijk report: There was a playoff for two
places in Las Vegas amongst players who competed in zone 2.4. Gilberto Milos
and Rafael Leitao qualified for Las Vegas and Jaime Sunye Neto was eliminated.
The event was a double round robin taking place April 25th - 30th.
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
Further details at:
http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/Zonal2.4Desempate1999.htm
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 1-0 53 D65 QGD;
Round 3 (April 27, 1999)
Milos, Gilberto - Sunye Neto, Jaime 1-0 32 E15 Nimzo indian
Round 4 (April 28, 1999)
Milos, Gilberto - Leitao, Rafael 1/2 19 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 5 (April 29, 1999)
Leitao, Rafael - Sunye Neto, Jaime 1/2 53 A70 Modern Benoni
Round 6 (April 30, 1999)
Sunye Neto, Jaime - Milos, Gilberto 0-1 41 E95 Kings indian; Classical
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 ** == 11 3.0 2745
2 Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2559 == ** 0= 1.5 2479
3 Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2546 00 1= ** 1.5 2485
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Laszlo Nagy reports: Olli Salmensuu of Finland resigned his ten game match
against Csaba Horvath of Hungary after only five games. Horvath won games 2-5
to establish a practically winning lead. The sponsors were: 1.
www.kunnondata.fi 2. Finnish Chess Federation, 3. Hungarian Chess Federation .
Final results (Salmensuu resigned the match)
Salmensuu, Olli - Horvath, Csaba 1/2 18
Horvath, Csaba - Salmensuu, Olli 1-0 38
Salmensuu, Olli - Horvath, Csaba 0-1 71
Horvath, Csaba - Salmensuu, Olli 1-0 33
Salmensuu, Olli - Horvath, Csaba 0-1 12
Budapest HUN (HUN), iv-v 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2524 = 1 1 1 1 . . . . . 4.5 2815
Salmensuu, Olli m FIN 2449 = 0 0 0 0 . . . . . 0.5 2158
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Laszlo Nagy reports: The main May First Saturday tournament is a FIDE
Category II. IM-closed, with 14 participants. The IM norm from 13 games 9½
points, + 6. There have been two rounds so far. There is also a Scheveningen
system ELO tournament with 13 players in each group. The events started May
1st.
The next First Saturday events start 5th of June. My thanks to Mrs. Nadezhda
Fokina for entering the games.
Round 1 (May 1, 1999)
Olszewski, Piotr - Hera, Imre jr 1-0 62 E12 Nimzo indian
Kjetzae, Johnny - Krutti, Valer 1/2 33 E80 Kings indian; Saemisch
Gladyszev, Oleg - Vukovic, Ivo 1-0 40 A55 Benoni
Bromann, Thorbjorn - Sedlak, Nikola 1/2 55 B65 Sicilian
Carstensen, Jacob - Brumen, Dinko 0-1 28 D36 Queen's gambit
Vadasz, Laszlo - Markus, Robert 1/2 17 A87 Dutch defence
Dembo, Yelena - Kovacevic, Blazimir 0-1 40 C01 French; Exchange
Round 2 (May 2, 1999)
Brumen, Dinko - Bromann, Thorbjorn 1-0 34 D07 Chigorin
Markus, Robert - Gladyszev, Oleg 1-0 50 A65 Modern Benoni
Kovacevic, Blazimir - Carstensen, Jacob 1/2 63 A18 English; 1.c4
Sedlak, Nikola - Vadasz, Laszlo 1-0 20 B17 Caro-Kann
Krutti, Valer - Vukovic, Ivo 1-0 47 A55 Benoni
Kjetzae, Johnny - Olszewski, Piotr 1/2 23 B44 Sicilian
Hera, Imre jr - Dembo, Yelena 1/2 23 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Budapest HUN (HUN), v 1999 cat. II (2296)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Brumen, Dinko f CRO 2309 * . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . 2.0
2 Markus, Robert YUG 2302 . * . . . . . 1 . . = . . . 1.5 2530
3 Olszewski, Piotr CAN 2349 . . * . . . = . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2441
4 Kovacevic, Blazimir f CRO 2429 . . . * . . . . . = . 1 . . 1.5 2361
5 Sedlak, Nikola f YUG 2349 . . . . * . . . = . 1 . . . 1.5 2461
6 Krutti, Valer m HUN 2354 . . . . . * = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2453
7 Kjetzae, Johnny GER 2225 . . = . . = * . . . . . . . 1.0 2351
8 Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2388 . 0 . . . . . * . . . . . 1 1.0 2298
9 Bromann, Thorbjorn DEN 2250 0 . . . = . . . * . . . . . 0.5 2136
10 Carstensen, Jacob DEN 2157 0 . . = . . . . . * . . . . 0.5 2176
11 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2287 . = . . 0 . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2132
12 Dembo, Yelena ISR 2180 . . . 0 . . . . . . . * = . 0.5 2157
13 Hera, Imre jr HUN 2272 . . 0 . . . . . . . . = * . 0.5 2071
14 Vukovic, Ivo f CRO 2295 . . . . . 0 . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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You can contact Laszlo Nagy about his First Saturday events. E-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu webpages: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat and
http://www.illawarra.net.au/chesscentral/
Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59
The final rounds of the 4NCL have taken place this weekend. With one round
to go Slough became the 1998-9 Champions, this in spite of losing to bottom
club Home House in round 9. A full roundup of the weekends results next week.
My thanks to John Saunders who is to become the new editor of British Chess
Magazine, taking over from Murray Chandler.
Coverage at: http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
Lausanne Young Masters
The Lausanne Young Masters takes place 12-16 May. Etienne Bacrot (Elo 2561)
of France and Ruslan Ponomariov (Elo 2609) play. The event will be a knockout.
Other players will be Rafael Leitao (Elo 2545) from Brasil, Rustam Kasimdzhanov
(Elo 2595) from Uzbekistan, Dimitri Bunzmann (Elo 2555) from Germany, Karen
Asrian (Elo 2576) from Armenia and Yannick Pelletier. There will also be a
master open.
Further details: http://euroipo.ch/ess
Politiken Cup Copenhagen
Details on this event in Copenhagen are available on-line at:
http://inet.uni-c.dk/~kbhsu/InvitationPol99eng.html
Kiev junior tournament
The Sports Department in the Leningrad region in Kiev is organising the 8th
traditional "Cup of Kiev" within the framework of the celebration of
"Kiev Day". A Swiss system event with 9 rounds timerate 2 hours each.
Teams of 4 people born after 1986 can play although older players can play so
long as it doesn't effect the average age of the team. The event starts
24.05.99; opening and the first round is: 25.05.99 at 14:30; 9th round and
closing ceremony 31.05.99. Further details Ukraina 252170, Kiev, p.o.box 104
Lisenko Anatoly ; contact telephones: (044)475-14-45; 444-33-64. E-mail:
bekenev@materials.kiev.ua Conditions of acceptance is a donation of 10 griven
National Bank of Ukraine ($2,5) for each participant. Expenses on the journey,
feeding and appartements are the responsibility of the partipating
organizations. For delegations take on the conditions of exchange an
accomodation to the account of organizers.