THE WEEK IN CHESS 235 - 10th May 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Contents 1) Introduction
2) Sonsbeek SNS Chess Tournament
3) Category 19 in Sarajevo
4) Capablanca Memorial
5) 5th Comune di Cutro tournament
6) 1st Gonfreville International
7) Polish Chess Championships
8) 2nd Festival St-Quentin-en-Yvelines
9) Ftacnik on Znojmo
10) Salsomaggiore Terme
11) Events in France
12) First Saturday, May
13) 4NCL
14) Forthcoming Events
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Games section
Sonsbeek SNS Chess Tournament 8 games
Capablanca Memorial Elite 21 games
Capablanca Memorial Premier 1 21 games
Capablanca Memorial Premier 2 21 games
Capablanca Memorial Mixto 21 games
5th Comune di Cutro tournament 24 games
1st Gonfreville International 7 games
Polish Chess Championships 35 games
2nd Fest. St-Quentin-en-Yvelines 224 games
Ftacnik vs Rogers 4 games
Salsomaggiore Terme 90 games
Metz Open 40 games
Bois-Colombes IM tournament 45 games
French Team Championships 780 games
4NCL 96 games
My thanks to Geurt Gijssen, Aleksander Czerwonski, Yves Casaubon, Aleksander
Czerwonski, Laurent Verat, Lubomir Ftacnik, Carlo Mazzoni, Stéphane
Mouchel of Europe Echecs, John Saunders and all those who helped with this
issue.
The Sarajevo tournament looks set to go ahead with the first round on Monday
May 17th. After Kasparov's recent results and play expections of more great
chess from him will be very high. Vladimir Kramnik withdrew from the event to
be replaced by Nigel Short who hasn't had the invitations he deserves recently
in spite of the recent increase in his rating.
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The Sonsbeek SNS Chess Tournament took place in Arnhem (NED) May 2nd - 9th.
This was 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 and Matthew Sadler shared first place with 4/6, Korchnoi defeated
Sadler in round 4.
Official site at: http://www.introweb.nl/~asv
Round 3 (May 4, 1999)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Xie Jun 1-0 34 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Sadler, Matthew - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 34 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Round 4 (May 6, 1999)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Sadler, Matthew 1-0 49 D20 QGA;
Nijboer, Friso - Xie Jun 1-0 57 C97 Ruy Lopez
Round 5 (May 7, 1999)
Nijboer, Friso - Sadler, Matthew 1/2 113 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Xie Jun - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 37 C08 French; Tarrasch
Round 6 (May 8, 1999)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 51 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Sadler, Matthew - Xie Jun 1-0 40 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Arnhem NED (NED), v 1999 cat. XIV (2597)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2673 ** 01 11 10 4.0 2696
2 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2667 10 ** == 11 4.0 2698
3 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2515 00 == ** =1 2.5 2567
4 Xie Jun g CHN 2532 01 00 =0 ** 1.5 2425
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There will be a Category 19 tournament in Sarajevo starting Monday 17th
May. The players include Kasparov, Short, Shirov, Morozevich, Adams, Topalov,
Leko, Bareev, Timman and Sokolov. Full coverage on twic's pages during the
event. Note that Kramnik withdrew (for, it is said, "political
reasons") to be replaced by Short. This is Kasparov's last scheduled major
tournament (he hopes for a World Championship match towards the end of the
year) for this year. After his dominant performances at Wijk aan Zee and
Linares he will surely aim for a huge result here.
The 34th Capablana Memorial is underway. The event runs May 7th - 22nd
1999. In the Category 12 Elite group sees Ivan Morovic, Anthony Miles, Suat
Atalik, Alexander Baburin, Michele Godena, Alejandro Hoffman, Luis Comas, Roman
Slobodjan, Reinaldo Vera, Jesús Nogueiras, Julio Becerra, Walter
Arencibia, Frank de la Paz and Lázaro Bruzón play.
Coverage at: http://www2.cuba.cu/capablanca/
Capablanca Memorial - Elite Group
Round 1 (May 7, 1999)
De la Paz, Frank - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 80 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 43 B12 Caro-Kann
Baburin, Alexander - Miles, Anthony J 0-1 37 A40 Queen's pawn
Nogueiras, Jesus - Hoffman, Alejandro 1/2 18 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Vera, Reynaldo - Comas Fabrego, Luis 1/2 21 A56 Benoni
Slobodjan, Roman - Arencibia, Walter 0-1 38 B06 Modern defence
Godena, Michele - Atalik, Suat 0-1 45 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 2 (May 8, 1999)
Miles, Anthony J - Vera, Reynaldo 1/2 15 D45 Semi-Slav
Arencibia, Walter - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1-0 39 B10 Caro-Kann
Atalik, Suat - Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 63 D52 QGD; Cambridge Springs
Bruzon, Lazaro - Godena, Michele 1-0 41 C78 Ruy Lopez
Slobodjan, Roman - Baburin, Alexander 1/2 35 C44 Scottish
Comas Fabrego, Luis - De la Paz, Frank 0-1 25 A03 Bird (1.f4)
Hoffman, Alejandro - Becerra Rivero, Julio 0-1 44 E70 Kings indian
Round 3 (May 9, 1999)
De la Paz, Frank - Miles, Anthony J 1/2 13 B03 Alekhine defence
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Atalik, Suat 1/2 69 B52 Sicilian
Baburin, Alexander - Arencibia, Walter 1-0 46 E62 Kings indian
Nogueiras, Jesus - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 73 D36 Queen's gambit
Vera, Reynaldo - Slobodjan, Roman 1/2 55 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Hoffman, Alejandro 1-0 43 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Godena, Michele - Comas Fabrego, Luis 1/2 21 B07 Pirc
Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999 cat. XII (2550)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2609 * = . . . . 1 . = . . . . . 2.0 2667
2 De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2495 = * . . . = . . . . . 1 . . 2.0 2671
3 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2520 . . * . . . 0 . . 1 1 . . . 2.0 2703
4 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2593 . . . * = . . = . . . . . 1 2.0 2667
5 Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2535 . . . = * . . . . = . . 1 . 2.0 2709
6 Bruzon, Lazaro f CUB 2488 . = . . . * . = . . . . . 1 2.0 2654
7 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2586 0 . 1 . . . * . . . = . . . 1.5 2555
8 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2540 . . . = . = . * . . . . = . 1.5 2542
9 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2547 = . . . . . . . * . = = . . 1.5 2562
10 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2613 . . 0 . = . . . . * . . 1 . 1.5 2534
11 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2536 . . 0 . . . = . = . * . . . 1.0 2426
12 Comas Fabrego, Luis m ESP 2541 . 0 . . . . . . = . . * . = 1.0 2406
13 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2547 . . . . 0 . . = . 0 . . * . 0.5 2289
14 Godena, Michele g ITA 2552 . . . 0 . 0 . . . . . = . * 0.5 2267
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Capablanca Memorial - Premier Group 1
Round 1 (May 7, 1999)
Abreu, Aryam - Hernandez, Roman 0-1 46 B39 Sicilian
Podgaets, Mikhail - Rivera, Alberto 1-0 33 D39 Queen's gambit
Franco Ocampo, Zenon - Roeder, Mathias 1/2 28 E12 Nimzo indian
Szekely, Peter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 12 D26 QGA;
Otero, Diasmany - Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto 1-0 31 C02 French; Advance
Matamoros Franco, Carlos S - Delgado, Neuris 1/2 53 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Vilela, Jose Luis - Herrera, Irisberto 0-1 66 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Round 2 (May 8, 1999)
Hernandez, Roman - Otero, Diasmany 1-0 35 A89 Dutch defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Matamoros Franco, Carlos S 1-0 38 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Podgaets, Mikhail - Vilela, Jose Luis 1-0 30 E17 Nimzo indian
Roeder, Mathias - Szekely, Peter 1/2 9 D78 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Herrera, Irisberto - Abreu, Aryam 0-1 49 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Rivera, Alberto - Delgado, Neuris 1-0 41 A73 Modern Benoni
Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto - Franco Ocampo, Zenon 1/2 14 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 3 (May 9, 1999)
Abreu, Aryam - Podgaets, Mikhail 1-0 53 B12 Caro-Kann
Franco Ocampo, Zenon - Hernandez, Roman 1/2 12 D13 Slav defence
Szekely, Peter - Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto 1/2 9 E68 Kings indian
Otero, Diasmany - Herrera, Irisberto 1/2 44 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Delgado, Neuris - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 19 C07 French; Tarrasch
Matamoros Franco, Carlos S - Roeder, Mathias 1/2 21 E12 Nimzo indian
Vilela, Jose Luis - Rivera, Alberto * 1 B00 1.e4
Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999 cat. VIII (2436)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2419 * 1 . . = . . 1 . . . . . . 2.5 / 3 2698
2 Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2410 0 * . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . 2.0 / 3 2576
3 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2494 . . * . . = . . . . = . 1 . 2.0 / 3 2564
4 Podgaets, Mikhail m UKR 2484 . 0 . * . . . . . 1 . . . 1 2.0 / 3 2524
5 Franco Ocampo, Zenon g ESP 2463 = . . . * . = . . . . = . . 1.5 / 3 2432
6 Szekely, Peter g HUN 2444 . . = . . * = . . . . = . . 1.5 / 3 2457
7 Roeder, Mathias m GER 2448 . . . . = = * . . . . . = . 1.5 / 3 2455
8 Otero, Diasmany f CUB 2403 0 . . . . . . * = . . 1 . . 1.5 / 3 2433
9 Herrera, Irisberto m CUB 2450 . 0 . . . . . = * . . . . 1 1.5 / 3 2403
10 Rivera, Alberto m CUB 2392 . . . 0 . . . . . * 1 . . . 1.0 / 2 2450
11 Delgado, Neuris f CUB 2417 . . = . . . . . . 0 * . = . 1.0 / 3 2323
12 Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto m CUB 2430 . . . . = = . 0 . . . * . . 1.0 / 3 2311
13 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S m ECU 2458 . . 0 . . . = . . . = . * . 1.0 / 3 2328
14 Vilela, Jose Luis m CUB 2396 . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . * 0.0 / 2
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Capablanca Memorial - Premier Group 2
Round 1 (May 7, 1999)
Vazquez, Renier - Schussler, Harry 1/2 40 B08 Pirc; Classical
Lesiege, Alexandre - Garbisu de Goni, Unai 1/2 44 A86 Dutch defence
Gonzalez, Renier - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 45 B50 Sicilian
Perez, Luis Manuel - Gomez, Felix 1-0 40 C44 Scottish
Gongora, Maikel - Gonzalez, Yuri 0-1 60 B19 Caro-Kann
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Narciso Dublan, Marc 1/2 18 A01 Larsen (1.b3)
Perez, Rodney - Garcia Martinez, Silvino 1/2 32 B84 Sicilian
Round 2 (May 8, 1999)
Garbisu de Goni, Unai - Perez, Rodney 1-0 26 C43 Petroff defence
Vazquez, Renier - Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel 1-0 60 B15 Caro-Kann
Gonzalez, Yuri - Gonzalez, Renier 0-1 40 B12 Caro-Kann
Schussler, Harry - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 67 D23 QGA;
Garcia Martinez, Silvino - Perez, Luis Manuel 1/2 18 D45 Semi-Slav
Gomez, Felix - Gongora, Maikel 0-1 36 A72 Modern Benoni
Narciso Dublan, Marc - Lesiege, Alexandre 0-1 47 B85 Sicilian
Round 3 (May 9, 1999)
Dominguez, Lenier - Gonzalez, Yuri 1-0 75 B17 Caro-Kann
Lesiege, Alexandre - Vazquez, Renier 1/2 52 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Gonzalez, Renier - Gomez, Felix 1/2 67 C26 1.e4 e5
Perez, Luis Manuel - Garbisu de Goni, Unai 1/2 31 C44 Scottish
Gongora, Maikel - Garcia Martinez, Silvino 1-0 32 B42 Sicilian
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Schussler, Harry 1-0 75 A01 Larsen (1.b3)
Perez, Rodney - Narciso Dublan, Marc 1-0 35 C67 Ruy Lopez
Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999 cat. VIII (2436)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Garbisu de Goni, Unai m ESP 2414 * . . = . = . . 1 . . . . . 2.0 2568
2 Vazquez, Renier m CUB 2409 . * . = . . . 1 . . = . . . 2.0 2599
3 Dominguez, Lenier m CUB 2479 . . * . = . . . . 1 = . . . 2.0 2541
4 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2521 = = . * . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 2555
5 Gonzalez, Renier m CUB 2408 . . = . * . . . . 1 . . = . 2.0 2567
6 Perez, Luis Manuel f CUB 2402 = . . . . * . . . . . = 1 . 2.0 2557
7 Gongora, Maikel f CUB 2427 . . . . . . * . . 0 . 1 1 . 2.0 2548
8 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2447 . 0 . . . . . * . . 1 . . = 1.5 2444
9 Perez, Rodney m CUB 2406 0 . . . . . . . * . . = . 1 1.5 2434
10 Gonzalez, Yuri f CUB 2386 . . 0 . 0 . 1 . . * . . . . 1.0 2313
11 Schussler, Harry g SWE 2455 . = = . . . . 0 . . * . . . 1.0 2320
12 Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2420 . . . . . = 0 . = . . * . . 1.0 2286
13 Gomez, Felix f CUB 2463 . . . . = 0 0 . . . . . * . 0.5 2139
14 Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2469 . . . 0 . . . = 0 . . . . * 0.5 2185
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Capablanca Memorial - Mixto Group
Round 1 (May 7, 1999)
Alvarez, Jose - Almeida, Omar 1-0 54 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Gonzalez, Jorge V - Pina, Sulennis 1-0 74 A01 Larsen (1.b3)
Sosa, L - Arribas, Maritza 0-1 41 B06 Modern defence
Pazos, Plinio - Duarte, Tatiana 0-1 32 B72 Sicilian; Dragon
Hernandez, Tania - Delgado Crespo, Mairelys 1/2 26 C10 French
Fandino, Roquelina - Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena 0-1 33 B06 Modern defence
Frometa, Zirka - Martinez, Daniel 0-1 31 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Round 2 (May 8, 1999)
Martinez, Daniel - Pazos, Plinio 1-0 36 D51 QGD;
Arribas, Maritza - Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena 1/2 62 B01 Scandinavian
Almeida, Omar - Gonzalez, Jorge V 1-0 59 A56 Benoni
Duarte, Tatiana - Fandino, Roquelina 1-0 40 C41 Philidor defence
Pina, Sulennis - Frometa, Zirka 1-0 40 B15 Caro-Kann
Delgado Crespo, Mairelys - Alvarez, Jose 1/2 24 B40 Sicilian
Sosa, L - Hernandez, Tania 1-0 23 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Round 3 (May 9, 1999)
Alvarez, Jose - Sosa, L 1-0 42 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena - Duarte, Tatiana 1-0 25 B52 Sicilian
Gonzalez, Jorge V - Delgado Crespo, Mairelys 1-0 45 D45 Semi-Slav
Pazos, Plinio - Pina, Sulennis 1/2 50 A53 Benoni
Hernandez, Tania - Arribas, Maritza 0-1 32 C00 French
Fandino, Roquelina - Martinez, Daniel 0-1 65 A48 Queen's pawn
Frometa, Zirka - Almeida, Omar 0-1 37 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999 cat. I (2253)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Martinez, Daniel MEX 2260 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 1 3.0
2 Alvarez, Jose m CUB 2368 . * . . . 1 . . = 1 . . . . 2.5 2571
3 Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena wm ECU 2252 . . * = . . 1 . . . . . 1 . 2.5 2491
4 Arribas, Maritza wm CUB 2322 . . = * . . . . . 1 . 1 . . 2.5 2512
5 Gonzalez, Jorge V CHI 2100 . . . . * 0 . 1 1 . . . . . 2.0 2419
6 Almeida, Omar f CUB 2344 . 0 . . 1 * . . . . . . . 1 2.0 2344
7 Duarte, Tatiana wf BRA 2146 . . 0 . . . * . . . 1 . 1 . 2.0 2393
8 Pina, Sulennis wm CUB 2241 . . . . 0 . . * . . = . . 1 1.5 2218
9 Delgado Crespo, Mairelys wm CUB 2298 . = . . 0 . . . * . . = . . 1.0 2101
10 Sosa, L PUR 2254 . 0 . 0 . . . . . * . 1 . . 1.0 2175
11 Pazos, Plinio m ECU 2366 0 . . . . . 0 = . . * . . . 0.5 1942
12 Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2211 . . . 0 . . . . = 0 . * . . 0.5 2018
13 Fandino, Roquelina wf CUB 2187 0 . 0 . . . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
14 Frometa, Zirka wm CUB 2190 0 . . . . 0 . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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The Category 10 5th Comune di Cutro ran 23rd April to May 2nd. Mikhail
Krasenkow won with 8.5/11 half a point clear of Vladimir Epishin. They were a
long way clear of the rest of the field including Stefan Djuric who was
pressing at one stage for the lead.
Daily news at: http://www.labnet.it/consuld/cutro
Round 8 (April 29, 1999)
Epishin, Vladimir - Djuric, Stefan 1-0 48 A41 Queen's pawn
Skembris, Spyridon - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 52 E15 Nimzo indian
Zontakh, Andrey - Pegorari, Pietro 1-0 36 C78 Ruy Lopez
Efimov, Igor - Georgiev, Krum 1/2 9 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Borgo, Giulio - Chatalbashev, Boris 1-0 56 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Abatino, Maurizio - Krasenkow, Michal 0-1 28 D31 Queen's gambit
Round 9 (April 30, 1999)
Krasenkow, Michal - Efimov, Igor 1-0 29 D46 Semi-Slav
Chatalbashev, Boris - Zontakh, Andrey 1/2 6 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Romanishin, Oleg M - Borgo, Giulio 1-0 49 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Djuric, Stefan - Skembris, Spyridon 1/2 57 C26 1.e4 e5
Georgiev, Krum - Epishin, Vladimir 0-1 14 B11 Caro-Kann
Pegorari, Pietro - Abatino, Maurizio 1/2 3 A16 English; 1.c4
Round 10 (May 1, 1999)
Epishin, Vladimir - Krasenkow, Michal 1/2 27 D99 Gruenfeld indian
Skembris, Spyridon - Borgo, Giulio 1/2 13 D45 Semi-Slav
Djuric, Stefan - Georgiev, Krum 0-1 38 E62 Kings indian
Zontakh, Andrey - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 24 B46 Sicilian
Efimov, Igor - Pegorari, Pietro 1-0 40 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange
Abatino, Maurizio - Chatalbashev, Boris 0-1 24 A40 Queen's pawn
Round 11 (May 2, 1999)
Krasenkow, Michal - Djuric, Stefan 1/2 10 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Chatalbashev, Boris - Efimov, Igor 1-0 39 A40 Queen's pawn
Romanishin, Oleg M - Abatino, Maurizio 1-0 41 E18 Nimzo indian
Georgiev, Krum - Skembris, Spyridon 1/2 13 C95 Ruy Lopez
Borgo, Giulio - Zontakh, Andrey 0-1 40 B18 Caro-Kann
Pegorari, Pietro - Epishin, Vladimir 0-1 29 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
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 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2689
2 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2578 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8.0 2658
3 Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2524 0 = * 1 = 1 = = 1 0 = 1 6.5 2553
4 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2572 0 1 0 * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2549
5 Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2445 1 0 = = * = = = = = = 1 6.0 2532
6 Djuric, Stefan g YUG 2517 = 0 0 1 = * = 0 1 = 1 1 6.0 2525
7 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2530 0 = = = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 6.0 2524
8 Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2490 = 0 = 0 = 1 1 * = = 0 1 5.5 2491
9 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2494 0 = 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 1 5.0 2455
10 Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2448 0 0 1 0 = = 0 = = * 1 1 5.0 2459
11 Pegorari, Pietro f ITA 2385 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 * = 2.5 2290
12 Abatino, Maurizio f ITA 2275 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 2041
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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. The round 11 games are now available (two incomplete). 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 56th Polish Chess Championships took
place in Polanica Zdroj. They ran April 23rd- May 6th 1999. The first
championships were won in 1926 by David Przepiorka the well-known problemist
and organizer. Previous Polish champions include Akiba Rubinstein and Xawery
Tartakower. GM Wlodzimierz Schmidt held the high title as many as seven times,
GM B. Sliwa - six times. The current championships were organized by chess
monthly "Przegl d Szachowy" (Chess Review). More details on the
magazine at: http://www.free.com.pl/agencja or via
e-mail: agencja@free.com.pl
The event was won by Tomasz Markowski half a point clear of Robert
Kempinski, in spite of Kempinski winning their individual game in round 12.
Round 9 (May 2, 1999)
Markowski, Tomasz - Grabarczyk, Bogdan 1-0 45 A11 English; 1.c4
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Pinski, Jan 1/2 22 C55 Two knights
Socko, Bartosz - Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech 1/2 25 C55 Two knights
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Staniszewski, Piotr 1/2 51 E19 Nimzo indian
Gdanski, Jacek - Jakubiec, Artur 1/2 75 B00 1.e4
Kuczynski, Robert - Urban, Klaudiusz 1/2 26 B06 Modern defence
Sosnicki, Michal - Kempinski, Robert 1/2 44 E69 Kings indian
Round 10 (May 3, 1999)
Kempinski, Robert - Kuczynski, Robert 1/2 71 D45 Semi-Slav
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Sosnicki, Michal 1-0 51 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Staniszewski, Piotr - Pinski, Jan 1-0 83 C92 Ruy Lopez
Urban, Klaudiusz - Gdanski, Jacek 1/2 8 A49 Queen's pawn
Jakubiec, Artur - Markowski, Tomasz 0-1 40 C22 1.e4 e5
Grabarczyk, Bogdan - Socko, Bartosz 0-1 42 C02 French; Advance
Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech - Macieja, Bartlomiej 0-1 52 B19 Caro-Kann
Round 11 (May 4, 1999)
Markowski, Tomasz - Urban, Klaudiusz 1/2 52 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Grabarczyk, Bogdan 1-0 42 C16 French; Winawer
Socko, Bartosz - Jakubiec, Artur 1-0 60 B56 Sicilian
Gdanski, Jacek - Kempinski, Robert 0-1 35 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Kuczynski, Robert - Grabarczyk, Miroslaw 1/2 12 C67 Ruy Lopez
Pinski, Jan - Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech 1-0 24 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Sosnicki, Michal - Staniszewski, Piotr 1/2 16 E19 Nimzo indian
Round 12 (May 5, 1999)
Kempinski, Robert - Markowski, Tomasz 1-0 36 D31 Queen's gambit
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw - Gdanski, Jacek 1/2 30 E60 Kings indian
Staniszewski, Piotr - Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech 1/2 49 A57 Benko gambit
Urban, Klaudiusz - Socko, Bartosz 0-1 38 B07 Pirc
Jakubiec, Artur - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1/2 69 B20 Sicilian
Sosnicki, Michal - Kuczynski, Robert 1/2 58 D30 Queen's gambit
Grabarczyk, Bogdan - Pinski, Jan 0-1 24 C33 Kings gambit
Round 13 (May 6, 1999)
Markowski, Tomasz - Grabarczyk, Miroslaw 1/2 2 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Urban, Klaudiusz 1-0 38 B06 Modern defence
Socko, Bartosz - Kempinski, Robert 1/2 12 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Gdanski, Jacek - Sosnicki, Michal 1/2 24 E05 Nimzo indian
Kuczynski, Robert - Staniszewski, Piotr 1/2 25 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Pinski, Jan - Jakubiec, Artur 1/2 9 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech - Grabarczyk, Bogdan 0-1 60 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
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 * 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 9.5 2611
2 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2533 1 * 0 = = 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 9.0 2579
3 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2553 0 1 * 1 0 = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 8.5 2546
4 Socko, Bartosz m POL 2497 = = 0 * 1 = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2527
5 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw m POL 2462 = = 1 0 * = = = = = = 1 = = 7.0 2472
6 Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2530 = 0 = = = * = = = = = = 1 1 7.0 2467
7 Kuczynski, Robert g POL 2430 0 = = 1 = = * = = = = = = = 6.5 2446
8 Pinski, Jan POL 2346 0 = = = = = = * 0 = = = 1 1 6.5 2452
9 Staniszewski, Piotr m POL 2454 0 0 = = = = = 1 * = 1 = 0 = 6.0 2415
10 Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2444 = = 0 0 = = = = = * 0 1 = 1 6.0 2416
11 Jakubiec, Artur POL 2428 0 0 = 0 = = = = 0 1 * 0 = 1 5.0 2359
12 Sosnicki, Michal POL 2286 = = 0 0 0 = = = = 0 1 * = 0 4.5 2347
13 Grabarczyk, Bogdan m POL 2380 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = = = * 1 4.5 2339
14 Ehrenfeucht, Wojciech f POL 2337 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 3.0 2242
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The 2nd Festival St-Quentin-en-Yvelines in France took place 17-25th April
1999 reports Laurent Verat. This nine round Swiss system event was won by
Ukranian Vladimir Okhotnik with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Nikolay Legky and
Jacob Murey.
St Quentin FRA (FRA), iv 1999
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1 Okhotnik, Vladimir m UKR 2438 7.5 /9 2622
2 Legky, Nikolay A g UKR 2487 7.0 /9 2566
3 Murey, Jacob g ISR 2463 7.0 /9 2529
4 Pira, Davoud m FRA 2382 6.5 /9 2417
5 Lukov, Valentin g BUL 2439 6.0 /9 2497
6 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy g RUS 2545 6.0 /9 2479
7 Kovacevic, Slobodan m YUG 2437 6.0 /9 2407
8 Shirazi, Kamran m USA 2403 6.0 /9 2391
9 Daillet, Emmanuel f FRA 2279 6.0 /9 2394
10 Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2362 5.5 /9 2381
11 Te, Roza wm RUS 2280 5.5 /9 2371
12 Vujovic, Milorad m YUG 2306 5.5 /9 2370
13 Bergez, Luc m FRA 2378 5.5 /9 2335
14 Plantet, Sebastien FRA 2153 5.5 /9 2326
15 Royer, Sylvain FRA 2275 5.5 /9 2260
16 Bogdanov, Emil f FRA 2238 5.0 /8 2356
17 Midoux, Sebastien FRA 2225 5.0 /9 2344
18 Toulzac, Pierre-Yves f FRA 2250 5.0 /9 2319
19 Brochet, Philippe FRA 2351 5.0 /9 2315
20 Krivokapic, Ratko FRA 2216 5.0 /9 2216
21 Bakus, Michel FRA 2160 5.0 /9 2153
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.... 53 players
The "Queen of Znojmo"
Lubomir Ftacnik reports : The town of Znojmo has some 40.000 and inhabitants
has been the venue of an open tournament for women for the last 13 years. No
small feat given the change of regime, the split of Czechoslovakia and with all
the changes of the last few years. This year featured a small festival with six
different events centered around the international women's open Czech Rapid
Chess Championships for 1999. The top places were taken by three women IMs,
closely followed by a strong group of players from the Slovak republic. The
field was given international flair by the participation of Cynolter Bogarne of
Hungary sharing 21st place with 4,5 points and with Cathy Rogers of Australia
sharing 32nd place on 3,5 points. A new generation of young girls was competing
in the Princess of Znojmo, but for them the number of rounds was reduced to 7.
The evening of the first day is traditionally reserved for a blitz tournament,
where women and girls compete on equal terms with men. Their success was quite
respectable in the mixed field of 73 players where the players were mostly men.
On top of the regular program two matches were played as a side show. The local
heroes from Znojmo Zdenek Molik and Peter Adam played a 6 game rapid match,
whilst GMs Rogers,Ian and Ftacnik,Lubomir trusted their energy only for four
hard fought games. To be honest, they shared responsibility for a tandem simul
on 30 boards on the evening of Friday 7.5.99. It was a hard work with fighting
opponents and guessing each others ideas for 4 hours, in the end the opponents
have managed to secure three draws. In the show match itself all games were
decided on time with a special twist. Mutual time trouble with both flags down
in the first game prevented Ftacnik from realizing an advantage, games two and
three saw the losing side run out of time. The last one ended with a
gentlemanly draw, when Rogers accepted peace offer in completely lost endgame,
when his opponent had already run out of time. Unfortunatelly only these four
games are on offer from a huge creative output of a fine weekend 7.-9.5. for
chess in Znojmo.
Queen of Znojmo 13th
Czech-chW op rapid 1999
9 rounds, 44 players
1.Krupkova,Petra 7,5
2.Sikorova,Olga 7,0
3.Saljova,Silvie 6,5
4.Machalova,Veronika (SVK) 6,0
5.Pokorna,Regina (SVK) 6,0
6.Cedikova,Katerina 6,0
7.Bekiarisova,Alena (SVK) 6,0
8.Sycova,Miroslava (SVK) 6,0
9.Eretova,Jana 5,5
10.Jorakova, Dana 5,5
11.Pallova,Romana 5,5
12.Kisonova,Katarina (SVK) 5,5
13.Blazkova,Petra 5,0
14.Konigova,Petra 5,0
15.Timoschenko,Vera 5,0
16.Pirklova,Hana 5,0
17.Urbankova,Eva 5,0
18.Slepankova,Radka 5,0
19.Taborska,Veronika 5,0
20.Folkova,Martina 5,0 etc.
Princess of Znojmo
Junior women rapid
7 rounds, 37 players
1.Kulovana,Eva 6,0
2.Zavadilova,Jana 6,0
3.Nemcova,Katerina 6,0
etc
Blitz tournament
7 rounds, 73 players
1.Kalod,Radek 6,0
2.Pakosta,Miroslav 6,0
3.Adam,Petr 6,0
4.Vokac,Marek 5,5
5.Pisk,Petr 5,0
6.Kisova,Petra (W) 5,0
7.Koukolik,Alexand 5,0
8.Uher,Vladimir 5,0
9.Decka,Eliska (W) 5,0
10.Cadikova,Katerina (W) 5,0
11.Dobes,Oldrich 5,0
12.Machalova,Veronika (W) (SVK) 5,0
13.Micanek,Tomas 5,0
14.Sycova,Miroslava (W) (SVK) 4,5
15.Kisonova,Katarina (W) (SVK) 4,5
16.Riska,Lubomir 4,5
17.Sikorova,Olga (W) 4,5
18.Saljova,Silvie (W) 4,5
19.Horakova,Dana (W) 4,5
etc
Best local players m 30’ rapid
Molik,Zdenek 1 0 % % 1 1 4,0
Adam,Petr 0 1 % % 0 0 2,0
Guests GMs m 30’ rapid
Rogers,Ian (2618) % 1 0 % 2,0
Ftacnik,Lubomir (2585) % 0 1 % 2,0
Carlo Mazzoni reports: The Salsomaggiore Terme International Open took place
May 6th - 9th. This 9 round Swiss event held in Salsomaggiore Terme which is
close to Parma was won by GM Dimitri Komarov on tie-break from Daniele
Genocchio.
Final Standings
1 KOMAROV Dimitri UKR GM 5.0 21.0
2 GENOCCHIO Daniele ITA M 5.0 19.0
3 EVERET Alexandro ITA M 4.5 19.0 3.0
4 EFIMOV Igor ITA M 4.5 19.0 1.5
5 FERCEC Nenad CRO IM 4.5 18.0
6 CAPOSCIUTTI Maurizio ITA FM 4.0 21.5
7 MRDJA Milan CRO IM 4.0 16.5
8 DE-SANTIS Alessio ITA MF 3.5 18.5
9 PERIC Slavisa YUG IM 3.5 17.5
10 LAGUMINA Giulio ITA MF 3.0 17.5
11 SALAMI Marco ITA M 3.0 17.0 2.5
12 VOISKA Margareta BUL WG 3.0 17.0 1.5
13 LAPICCIRELLA Mattia ITA CM 3.0 16.0 2.0 3
14 VEZZOSI Paolo ITA FM 3.0 16.0 2.0 1
15 TIMPANI Nicola ITA CM 3.0 14.5
16 TENCATI Giuseppe ITA CM 3.0 14.0
17 BONETTI Marco ITA CM 3.0 13.0
18 BARBAFIERA Luigi ITA CM 3.0 12.5
25 players
Stéphane Mouchel (Europe Echecs
http://www.europe-echecs.com)
reports on a number of events in France.
Metz Open
The Metz Open in France took place 17-25th April 1999. There were three
players on 7.5 points. Stanislav Savchenko took first on tie break from Evgenij
Agrest and Jean-Marc Degraeve.
1 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2539 7.5 (41.0)
2 Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2533 7.5 (39.5)
3 Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2536 7.5 (39.0)
4 Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2568 7.0 (38.0)
5 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2600 7.0 (36.5)
6 Timoscenko, Genadij g SVK 2500 7.0 (35.5)
7 Magem Badals, Jordi g ESP 2557 6.5 (37,5)
8 Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2518 6.5 (37.0)
9 De la Riva Aguado, Oscar m ESP 2495 6.5 (36.0)
10 Guedon, Stephanne FRA 2313 6.5 (35.5) (2442)
.....148 players
Bois-Colombes IM tournament
The Bois-Colombes IM tournament took place 26 April - 2nd May 1999.
Ventzislav Inkiov won the event with 7/9 and Dominique Guigonis has achieved
his 2nd IM norm.
Bois-Colombes IM Tournament (FRA), iv 1999 cat. III (2316)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2466 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2519
2 Velikov, Petar g BUL 2492 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2462
3 Guigonis, Dominique FRA 2309 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2483
4 Zigura, Oleg m UKR 2430 = = 1 * 0 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2383
5 Grimberg, Gilbert f FRA 2261 0 0 0 1 * = 1 = = 1 4.5 2322
6 Dumitran, Octavian FRA 2278 = = 0 = = * 0 = = = 3.5 2240
7 Krivokapic, Ratko FRA 2216 = 0 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 = 3.5 2247
8 Gervasio, Ricardo BRA 2369 0 = 0 0 = = 1 * 0 = 3.0 2185
9 Sallen, Laurent FRA 2210 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 * = 3.0 2203
10 Plane, Boris FRA 2132 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = * 2.0 2116
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French Team Championships
Clichy won the French Team Championships for 1998-9. After beating Monaco
they were clear favourites for the title. (full details on the Europe-Echecs
www site).
Final Standings
Classement Poule Haute
Pl Equipe Pts D P J
1 Clichy 33 +43 54 11 2 Monaco 30 +29 49 11
3 Mulhouse 28 +12 31 11 4 Auxerre 25 +13 40 11
5 Gonfreville 24 - 1 34 11 6 Montpellier 22 + 3 36 11
7 Noyon 20 - 7 29 11 8 Cannes 19 + 1 30 11
Classement Poule Basse
Pl Equipe Pts D P J
1 Nancy 27 +20 42 11 2 Orange 24 + 6 35 11
3 Le Mans 23 +14 40 11 4 Drancy 18 - 9 23 11
5 Strasbourg 17 -16 24 11 6 Paris CAISSA 16 -26 22 11
7 Paris Chess XV 13 -15 14 11 8 Avignon 13 -29 8 11
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 8 standings
1 Krutti, Valer HUN 2354 5.5 # 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 1
2 Kovacevic, Blazimir CRO 2429 5 # = = 1 = = = = 1
3 Markus, Robert YUG 2302 5 0 = # 1 1 = = = 1
4 Brumen, Dinko CRO 2308 4.5 1 0 # 1 = = = 1 0
5 Bromann, Thorbjorn DEN 2250 4.5 = 0 # 1 = = 1 = =
6 Dembo, Yelena ISR 2180 4.5 = 0 0 # = 1 1 1 =
7 Gladyszev, Oleg RUS 2388 4 = 0 = # 1 0 0 1 1
8 Sedlak, Nikola YUG 2349 3.5 0 = = = = 0 # 1 =
9 Vadasz, Laszlo HUN 2300 3.5 = = = = 0 # = = =
10 Carstensen, Jakob DEN 2159 3.5 = = 0 = 0 # = 1 =
11 Olszewski, Piotr CAN 2315 3.5 0 0 0 1 = = # = 1
12 Kjetzae, Johnny GER 2225 3 = = 0 1 = 0 = # 0
13 Hera, Imre, jr. HUN 2272 3 = = = 0 = = 0 # =
14 Vukovic, Ivo CRO 2295 3 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 = #
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 took place over the weekend 1-3rd May
1999. Slough became the 1998-9 Champions in spite of losing to bottom club Home
House in round 9. My thanks to John Saunders who is to become the new editor of
British Chess Magazine, taking over from Murray Chandler.
Final results: Division 1 Champions : Slough, Runners-Up : Wood Green,
Relegated: Home House, Barbican2, Wessex
Division 2 Champions : White Rose; also promoted Wood Green2, Guildford
Coverage at: http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/jsaunders/nclindex.htm
Division 1
Round 9
Wessex 3-5 Slough
BCM 7½-½ NW Eagles (who defaulted 3 boards)
Richmond 4-4 Barbican 1
Home House 2½-5½ Bigwood
Wood Green 5½-2½ Bristol
Barbican 2 4-4 Invicta Knights
Round 10
Home House 4½-3½ Slough
BCM 4½-3½ Wessex
Barbican 1 3½-4½ Bristol
NW Eagles 6-2 Bigwood
Invicta Kts 4½-3½ Richmond
Barbican 2 2½-5½ Wood Green
Round 11
Bigwood 5-3 Barbican 1
Slough 4-4 BCM
Wood Green 6-2 Invicta Knights
Bristol 3-5 NW Eagles
Wessex 2-6 Home House
Richmond 5-3 Barbican 2
Final table
4NCL Division 1 P W D L GPts MPts
1998/9
1 Slough 11 9 1 1 63.0 19
2 Wood Green 11 8 2 1 57.0 18
3 Bigwood 11 6 2 3 51.0 14
4 Invicta Knights 11 5 3 3 43.0 13
5 NW Eagles 11 6 0 5 42.5 12
6 Barbican 1 11 5 1 5 41.0 11
7 Richmond 11 4 2 5 38.5 10
8 BCM 11 4 1 6 45.5 9
9 Bristol 11 2 4 5 38.0 8
10 Home House 11 3 1 7 37.0 7
11 Barbican 2 11 3 1 7 36.5 7
12 Wessex 11 1 2 8 35.0 4
Top Chess in Germany
Frankfurt Chess Classic
The Frankfurt Chess Classic 1999 (June 29- July 4th) with Kasparov, Anand,
Kramnik and Karpov playing in the elite event. Morozevich, Adams, Svidler,
Topalov, Leko, Lutz, Fritz 6 play in the masters in this rapidplay event.
Further information at:
http://www.schach-daniel.com/Turniere/Frankfurt/frankfurt.html
Dortmund Chess Tournament
The lineup for the Category 19 27th Dortmund Chess Days event has been
announced. Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Anatoly Karpov, Michael Adams,
Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Jan Timman and Ivan Sokolov play in the 8 player
single round robin event.
The Super Tournament will run 10th to 17th July (round robin) the other
events include a Master Tournament (cat. 9/10) and an Open from 9th to 18th
July. Venue the Main Opera House in Dortmund City Center. Those interested in
playing in the Open can contact (0049-231-2009265) for registration
information, there is a www site at: http://www.dortmund.de/chess
Boris Gelfand vs Junior
Boris Gelfand who now represents Israel is playing the top Israeli computer
program Junior (programmed by Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky and the 15th World
Micro Computer Chess Champion) in a two game exhibition match, today, Monday
10th May in the Sol and Sisi Mark Center and Garry Kasparov Chess Academy
building in Tel Aviv. The time rate will be 30 minutes + 20 seconds increment
per move per player. In addition Israeli Olympiad team members Alterman,
Psakhis, Avruch and Kosashvili will also play games against Junior at 30
minutes for the entire game. Events start at 8-30am GMT with a "Baby"
Junior game against Israeli Minister for Commerce and Industry Natan Sharansky,
13-00 for the Olympiad team exhibition and 15-30 for the Gelfand match. The
events are a prelude to the Israeli closed championships that start the
following day. Full news of the event next week.
Further information at:
http://www.junior.co.il/news/index.html
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
Irina Krush versus GM Lubomir Ftacnik
The 6th in a series of matches involving rising US Women's player Irina
Krush will take place July 14th-15th, 1999. Krush of Brooklyn, NY will meet GM
Lubomir Ftacnik of Slovakia in a four game Rapid Chess match held at the site
of the 1999 Kopec's Chess Camp in Lawrenceville, NJ. The games of the
(non-rated) match will have time controls of all moves in 25 minutes (with an
increment of 20 seconds a move). A complete schedule of this event will be
detailed later.
Dutch Junior Championships
Coverage of the Dutch Junior championships taking place now is available at
http://www.schaakbond.nl