THE WEEK IN CHESS 236 - 17th May 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Contents 1) Introduction
2) Category 19 in Sarajevo
3) Category 14 in Israel
4) Lausanne Young Masters
5) Capablanca Memorial
6) Junior Exhibition game in Israel
7) Dutch Team Championship playoff
8) Dubai Open
9) Israeli League
10) First Saturday, May
11) Forthcoming Events
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Games section
Category 19 in Sarajevo 5 games
Category 14 in Israel 30 games
Lausanne Young Masters 25 games
Capablanca Memorial Elite 21 games
Capablanca Memorial Premier 1 21 games
Capablanca Memorial Premier 2 21 games
Capablanca Memorial Mixto 21 games
Junior Exhibition game in Israel 9 games
Dutch Team Championship playoff 40 games
Dubai Open 182 games
Israeli League 250 games
First Saturday, IM May 91 games
First Saturday, IM May 30 games
My thanks to Stéphane Mouchel of Europe Echecs, Dmitry Tyomkin,
Robert Klomp, Rolf Sander, Francisco Acosta of the Cuban Chess Federation and
all those who helped with this issue.
The Sarajevo tournament has started and got off to a cracking start with 4
of the 5 games being decisive. Ironically the favourite for the event Kasparov
was held to a draw by Bareev. This week there is a lot of high quality and
category chess, from Israel, Cuba, and Switzerland aswell as the Sarajevo
event. On a sad note it is reported today that Estonian GM Lembit Oll has
committed suicide. I find this especially shocking news as Oll was only a few
months older than myself being born in April 1966. A very fine chess player he
will be missed.
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There has been a very lively start to the Category 19 tournament in
Sarajevo starting Monday 17th May. The players include Kasparov, Short, Shirov,
Morozevich, Adams, Topalov, Leko, Bareev, Timman and Sokolov. Although Kramnik
withdrew (for, it is said, "political reasons") to be replaced by
Short the event promises to be one of the highlights of the year. The decisive
start to the event with Bareev-Kasparov being the only draw shows this.
Alexander Morozevich having missed out on playing in Wijk aan Zee due to
illness got off to a winning start in his return to top flight tournament play.
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.
Round 1 (May 17, 1999)
Adams, Michael - Short, Nigel D 1-0 39 C03 French; Tarrasch
Morozevich, Alexander - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 41 C58 Two knights
Bareev, Evgeny - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 21 D80 Gruenfeld indian
Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 44 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Timman, Jan H - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 37 D15 Slav defence
Sarajevo BIH (BIH), v 1999 cat. XIX (2704)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2723 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2726 . . * . . . 1 . . . 1.0
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 . . . * . . . . . 1 1.0
5 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2679 . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2812
6 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2679
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2694 . . 0 . . . * . . . 0.0
8 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2697 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
9 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2624 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Timman, Jan H g NED 2670 . . . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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IM Dmitry Tyomkin reports: The 1st Israeli Supertournament is underway. The
event is organized by the Israeli Chess Federation and is taking place in the
Sol and Sisi Mark Center and Garry Kasparov Chess Academy building in Tel Aviv
10th-19th of May. The participants are the ten top Israeli grandmasters. 5 of
them qualifed to play the event by rating, (Gelfand, Smirin, Alterman, Sutovsky
and Avrukh) four (Mark Tseitlin, Huzman, Psahis, Zilberman) by their results in
the Israeli Open Championship that was held in April this year, and finally the
Champion of Israel in 1998 Liss was also invited.
The idea and a major part of the organization was down to GM Boris Alterman.
The event is a 9 round single round robin tournament. The time control is 100
minutes for first the 40 moves, then 50 minutes for next 20 moves, and 10
minutes for the rest to each player. There is a 30 second increment for each
move played. This time control is equivalent to the old 2h/40,1h/20,1/2h. 9
players in the event were born in former Soviet Union. This is the debute of
Boris Gelfand in a serious closed event in Israel as an Israeli citizen.
Round by round
After three rounds Boris Gelfand (ranked 1st in the event) and Psakhis
(twice former champion of Soviet Union!) share first. Gelfand beat the underdog
Zilberman in the first round by exploiting the odd opening setup chosen by
Zilberman in Queens Gambit Accepted. In his second game he outplayed the
biggest Israeli hope Avrukh with black pieces in his favorite Meran. The main
surprise of the tournament was his draw with white pieces against Liss (Boris
actually got a little present from Liss who gave perpetual in the position
where Liss had significient advantage!). Psakhis has outplayed Tseitlin and
Zilberman, who are the lowest rated in the event, and has drawn against
Alterman in solid style with black. 3rd place is shared by one of main
favorites Smirin, and the only player who is not a professional (also he is the
only Israeli native), Eran Liss, who produced a very interesting opening
novelty in Sicilian-B35 in beating Emil Sutovsky in round 2. Emil Sutovsky who
is known for his sharp uncompromising style,so far is the only player in the
tournament, without a single draw. The Olympiad gold medalist Boris Avrukh has
had a disappointing perfomance so far and is sharing the last place.
Round 4, comments by GM Arthur Kogan and Dima Tyomkin.
There were 3 decisive games in the fourth round. The main fight was between
Lev (the Lion!) Psakhis and Boris Avrukh. Avrukh tried to score his first win
with a pawn sacrifice in King's Indian Samisch. He failed at the experienced
hands of the "Lion". Israeli Champion Liss continued his successful
start crushing Zilberman with some original aggressive play against the
Alekhine Defence. Mark Tseitlin, the most experienced player (the oldest guy in
the group-he is 55 years old!) recalled his youth in killing Sutovsky's King by
straightforward attack. Smirin and Alterman didn't show too much today with the
white pieces against Gelfand and Huzman and were satisfied with draws. [Dima
Tyomkin also gives his best wishes to his friends around the World and hopes
for more comments from Arthur Kogan tomorrow]
Round 5 Today there was really exciting round! 4 out of 5 games in
this category 14 event were decided in round 5. Psakhis kept his leading place
in the field with careful draw with black. Boris Gelfand joined the leader
craushing Mark Tseitlin in high-level game in the Gruenfeld. He produced a
theoretical improvement in the game between his second Huzman and Tseitlin from
the 3rd round, and after 16..f6? he easily won. He is real pro! But the
discussion of this variation is still open-16…Nc4! Would have kept black
alive there. Smirin has a good tournament and beat Zilberman in Smirin's
favorite King's Indian and he is certainly in the battle for first place!
Another hero of the round was Boris Avrukh! He proved that he is still fighting
in the tournament, and beat Liss in his best game from the event until now. As
Avrukh's second it brought me some hopes for the rest of the tournament.
Tomorrow Smirin will play white against Avrukh. It has to be top game of the
round. Sutovsky is continuing his decisive series of games and beat Alterman in
a fantastic ending with opposite bishops.This game was over after a seven hour
fight and I had no time to collect analyses from players. The tournament has
just passed the half way stage, some players are in good shape, some are not,
but anyway the finish promises to be very interesting.
Round 6 Round 6 was a much quieter round than round 5. Two games
were drawn immediately after the opening phase. Psakhis had worked hard on his
home-preparation for his game against Liss. But some how he made the wrong
first (!) move, 1.c4 (instead of the prepared 1.Nf3) and then was satisfied
with the draw. His challenger-Boris Gelfand produced a new idea with black
against Alterman and equalized. As expected, the most interesting game was the
game Smirin-Avrukh. Smirin played 1.c4 on the first move instead of his usual
1.e4 and he achieved a big advantage from the opening. He then became confused
and in time-trouble Avrukh missed a way of gaining the advantage. Neither
player was good enough in this game to get a whole point! There was a crucial
game between the "quiet" Huzman and "brave" Sutovsky. One
has had all draws in this event, the other all decisive! One of them had to
break the sequence! Alexander Huzman had the better knowledge in a sharp
variation of Gruenfeld then Sutovsky, and got a winning position out of the
opening which turned into the point in the table. Mark Tseitlin like Smirin
opened unusually for him with 1.Nf3 and found a very useful setup without
playing d2-d4 against the Stonewall. In the middlegame he crushed Yakob
Zilberman with active play, who finds himself rooted to the bottom of the
table. My guess for tomorrow's top game is that between Liss (with the white
pieces) against Smirin. Only the winner will continue to challenge for first
place!
Round 1 (May 11, 1999)
Gelfand, Boris - Zilberman, Yaacov 1-0 27 D25 QGA;
Huzman, Alexander - Liss, Eran 1/2 16 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Tseitlin, Mark D - Psakhis, Lev 0-1 35 B97 Sicilian; Najdorf
Alterman, Boris - Smirin, Ilia 1/2 40 E71 Kings indian
Sutovsky, Emil - Avrukh, Boris 1-0 25 B63 Sicilian
Round 2 (May 12, 1999)
Psakhis, Lev - Zilberman, Yaacov 1-0 42 A92 Dutch defence
Smirin, Ilia - Huzman, Alexander 1/2 34 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Liss, Eran - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 33 B35 Sicilian
Tseitlin, Mark D - Alterman, Boris 1/2 99 B19 Caro-Kann
Avrukh, Boris - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 57 D48 Meran Variation
Round 3 (May 13, 1999)
Gelfand, Boris - Liss, Eran 1/2 26 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Huzman, Alexander - Tseitlin, Mark D 1/2 19 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Alterman, Boris - Psakhis, Lev 1/2 39 E21 Nimzo indian
Sutovsky, Emil - Smirin, Ilia 0-1 57 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Zilberman, Yaacov - Avrukh, Boris 1/2 36 B08 Pirc; Classical
Round 4 (May 14, 1999)
Psakhis, Lev - Avrukh, Boris 1-0 40 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Smirin, Ilia - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 25 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Liss, Eran - Zilberman, Yaacov 1-0 34 B04 Alekhine defence
Tseitlin, Mark D - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 35 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Alterman, Boris - Huzman, Alexander 1/2 20 E20 Nimzo indian
Round 5 (May 15, 1999)
Gelfand, Boris - Tseitlin, Mark D 1-0 31 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Huzman, Alexander - Psakhis, Lev 1/2 15 E15 Nimzo indian
Avrukh, Boris - Liss, Eran 1-0 38 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Sutovsky, Emil - Alterman, Boris 1-0 66 C21 1.e4 e5
Zilberman, Yaacov - Smirin, Ilia 0-1 36 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Round 6 (May 16, 1999)
Psakhis, Lev - Liss, Eran 1/2 19 A37 English; 1.c4 c5
Smirin, Ilia - Avrukh, Boris 1/2 38 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Huzman, Alexander - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 39 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Tseitlin, Mark D - Zilberman, Yaacov 1-0 45 A10 English; 1.c4
Alterman, Boris - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 14 E21 Nimzo indian
Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), v 1999 cat. XIV (2583)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2691 * . = . = 1 = 1 . 1 4.5 2758
2 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2564 . * . = = 1 = 1 . 1 4.5 2745
3 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2652 = . * = . . = = 1 1 4.0 2727
4 Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2575 . = = * = = = . 1 . 3.5 2631
5 Liss, Eran g ISR 2512 = = . = * . . 0 1 1 3.5 2651
6 Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2490 0 0 . = . * = . 1 1 3.0 2595
7 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2616 = = = = . = * . 0 . 2.5 2540
8 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2609 0 0 = . 1 . . * 0 = 2.0 2465
9 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2612 . . 0 0 0 0 1 1 * . 2.0 2450
10 Zilberman, Yaacov g ISR 2513 0 0 0 . 0 0 . = . * 0.5 2185
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The Lausanne Young Masters took place 12-16 May. Etienne Bacrot (Elo 2561)
of France beat the young star Ruslan Ponomariov (Elo 2609) in the final to win
the event. Both players ironically failed in the first part of the event. They
both finished bottom of the pools that decided their quarter final pairings of
the knockout part of the competition. At first (and in all the pool games) the
time-rate was 40 moves in 1 hour 40 minutes + 30 seconds per move. If the game
was drawn in the knockout stages of the event then two active games of 25
minutes per side were played, after that two blitz games were played.
Further details: http://euroipo.ch/ess
Pool A
Lausanne SUI (SUI), v 1999 cat. XIII (2553)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2487 * 0 1 1 2.0 2700
2 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2555 1 * 0 = 1.5 2552
3 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2609 0 1 * = 1.5 2534
4 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2561 0 = = * 1.0 2425
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Pool B
Lausanne SUI (SUI), v 1999 cat. XIII (2556)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Asrian, Karen g ARM 2576 * = 1 1 2.5 2822
2 Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2559 = * = 1 2.0 2680
3 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2483 0 = * = 1.0 2455
4 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2606 0 0 = * 0.5 2266
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After this first stage the positions in the pools
were used to establish the quarter final pairings.
Quarter Finals
Sadvakasov - Kasimdzhanov 1/2
Tie-break
Sadvakasov - Kasimdzhanov 1-0
Kasimdzhanov - Sadvakasov 1/2
Bunzmann - Pelletier 0-1
Asrian - Bacrot 0-1
Leitao - Ponomariov 0-1
Semi-Finals
Ponomariov - Sadvakasov 1-0
Bacrot - Pelletier 1/2
Tie Break
Pelletier - Bacrot 1-0
Bacrot - Pelletier 1-0
Blitz
Pelletier - Bacrot 0-1
Bacrot - Pelletier 1-0
Final
Ponomariov - Bacrot 0-1
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. After 8 rounds
the Elite Group is being led by Tony Miles of England, with 5.5 points, half a
point ahead of local GM Walter Arencibia and Suat Atalik of Turkey.
Coverage at: http://www2.cuba.cu/capablanca/
Capablanca Memorial - Elite Group
Round 4 (May 10, 1999)
Miles, Anthony J - Godena, Michele 1-0 39 A06 Reti (1.Nf3)
Arencibia, Walter - Hoffman, Alejandro 1/2 42 A01 Larsen (1.b3)
Atalik, Suat - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 19 D56 QGD;
Baburin, Alexander - Vera, Reynaldo 1-0 36 D51 QGD;
Slobodjan, Roman - De la Paz, Frank 1-0 45 C54 Italian game
Bruzon, Lazaro - Becerra Rivero, Julio 1-0 65 B07 Pirc
Comas Fabrego, Luis - Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 28 E09 Nimzo indian
Round 5 (May 12, 1999)
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 28 D58 QGD;
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Comas Fabrego, Luis 1/2 22 B44 Sicilian
Vera, Reynaldo - Arencibia, Walter 1/2 24 D07 Chigorin
Nogueiras, Jesus - Miles, Anthony J 1/2 9 A31 English; 1.c4 c5
Hoffman, Alejandro - Atalik, Suat 1/2 48 A48 Queen's pawn
De la Paz, Frank - Baburin, Alexander 0-1 38 B04 Alekhine defence
Godena, Michele - Slobodjan, Roman 1/2 46 B07 Pirc
Round 6 (May 13, 1999)
Miles, Anthony J - Becerra Rivero, Julio 1-0 34 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Arencibia, Walter - Atalik, Suat 1/2 16 B21 Sicilian; English attack
Baburin, Alexander - Godena, Michele 1-0 30 D27 QGA;
Slobodjan, Roman - Nogueiras, Jesus 1-0 39 B05 Alekhine defence
Vera, Reynaldo - De la Paz, Frank 1-0 43 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Bruzon, Lazaro - Hoffman, Alejandro 0-1 63 C41 Philidor defence
Comas Fabrego, Luis - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 0-1 21 C47 Four knights
Round 7 (May 14, 1999)
Atalik, Suat - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 47 D58 QGD;
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Miles, Anthony J 1/2 16 E15 Nimzo indian
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Slobodjan, Roman 1/2 26 E83 Kings indian; Saemisch
Nogueiras, Jesus - Baburin, Alexander 1/2 16 D27 QGA;
Hoffman, Alejandro - Comas Fabrego, Luis 0-1 41 C00 French
De la Paz, Frank - Arencibia, Walter 0-1 22 B99 Sicilian; Najdorf
Godena, Michele - Vera, Reynaldo 1/2 16 B50 Sicilian
Round 8 (May 15, 1999)
Miles, Anthony J - Hoffman, Alejandro 1/2 21 A46 Queen's pawn
Arencibia, Walter - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 57 D80 Gruenfeld indian
Baburin, Alexander - Becerra Rivero, Julio 0-1 61 E62 Kings indian
Slobodjan, Roman - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 7 D03 Queen's pawn
Vera, Reynaldo - Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 7 D11 Slav defence
Comas Fabrego, Luis - Atalik, Suat 1/2 21 E60 Kings indian
De la Paz, Frank - Godena, Michele 1/2 45 C55 Two knights
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 = . 1 = . = . = = 1 5.5 2692
2 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2520 . * = 0 1 1 . = = . . = 1 . 5.0 2645
3 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2593 . = * . = . = . 1 = = = . 1 5.0 2637
4 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2586 0 1 . * . = 0 1 . = . . 1 1 5.0 2636
5 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2613 = 0 = . * = = . = . 1 1 . . 4.5 2589
6 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2536 . 0 . = = * = = . 1 . . 1 = 4.5 2591
7 Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2535 0 . = 1 = = * . 0 . = 1 . . 4.0 2564
8 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2547 = = . 0 . = . * . = = . 1 = 4.0 2547
9 Bruzon, Lazaro f CUB 2488 . = 0 . = . 1 . * = . 0 = 1 4.0 2549
10 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2540 = . = = . 0 . = = * = = . . 3.5 2512
11 Comas Fabrego, Luis m ESP 2541 . . = . 0 . = = . = * 1 0 = 3.5 2509
12 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2547 = = = . 0 . 0 . 1 = 0 * . . 3.0 2467
13 De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2495 = 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 = . 1 . * = 2.5 2406
14 Godena, Michele g ITA 2552 0 . 0 0 . = . = 0 . = . = * 2.0 2356
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Capablanca Memorial - Premier Group 1
Round 3 (May 9, 1999)
Vilela, Jose Luis - Rivera, Alberto 1/2 15 E43 Nimzo indian
Round 4 (May 10, 1999)
Podgaets, Mikhail - Otero, Diasmany 1-0 30 D67 QGD;
Hernandez, Roman - Szekely, Peter 1/2 12 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Rivera, Alberto - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 40 D24 QGA;
Herrera, Irisberto - Franco Ocampo, Zenon 1/2 19 B49 Sicilian
Roeder, Mathias - Delgado, Neuris 1/2 32 D26 QGA;
Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto - Matamoros Franco, Carlos S 0-1 31 A57 Benko gambit
Vilela, Jose Luis - Abreu, Aryam 1/2 14 D14 Slav defence
Round 5 (May 12, 1999)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Roeder, Mathias 1-0 33 B54 Sicilian
Abreu, Aryam - Rivera, Alberto 1-0 51 C97 Ruy Lopez
Franco Ocampo, Zenon - Podgaets, Mikhail 1/2 16 D46 Semi-Slav
Matamoros Franco, Carlos S - Hernandez, Roman 0-1 36 E11 Bogo indian
Szekely, Peter - Herrera, Irisberto 1/2 9 D76 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Delgado, Neuris - Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto 1-0 31 C00 French
Otero, Diasmany - Vilela, Jose Luis 1-0 42 B42 Sicilian
Round 6 (May 13, 1999)
Podgaets, Mikhail - Szekely, Peter 1-0 29 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Abreu, Aryam - Otero, Diasmany 1-0 20 C60 Ruy Lopez
Hernandez, Roman - Delgado, Neuris 1/2 15 D28 QGA;
Rivera, Alberto - Roeder, Mathias 1-0 56 B52 Sicilian
Herrera, Irisberto - Matamoros Franco, Carlos S 0-1 32 B01 Scandinavian
Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 42 D11 Slav defence
Vilela, Jose Luis - Franco Ocampo, Zenon 1/2 10 E43 Nimzo indian
Round 7 (May 14, 1999)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Hernandez, Roman 1-0 30 C59 Two knights
Franco Ocampo, Zenon - Abreu, Aryam 1/2 40 A22 English; 1.c4 e5
Matamoros Franco, Carlos S - Podgaets, Mikhail 1/2 16 E12 Nimzo indian
Szekely, Peter - Vilela, Jose Luis 1/2 8 D26 QGA;
Delgado, Neuris - Herrera, Irisberto 0-1 60 B50 Sicilian
Roeder, Mathias - Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto 1/2 13 D55 QGD;
Otero, Diasmany - Rivera, Alberto 0-1 36 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 8 (May 15, 1999)
Podgaets, Mikhail - Delgado, Neuris 1-0 40 D53 QGD;
Abreu, Aryam - Szekely, Peter 1/2 25 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Hernandez, Roman - Roeder, Mathias 1/2 8 E15 Nimzo indian
Rivera, Alberto - Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto 1/2 11 A88 Dutch defence
Herrera, Irisberto - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 52 C11 French; Classical
Otero, Diasmany - Franco Ocampo, Zenon 1/2 18 B48 Sicilian
Vilela, Jose Luis - Matamoros Franco, Carlos S 1/2 45 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
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 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2494 * . . 1 . 1 1 = 1 = 1 . = . 6.5 2683
2 Podgaets, Mikhail m UKR 2484 . * 0 . = = 1 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 6.0 2615
3 Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2410 . 1 * 0 = . 1 = 1 . . 1 . = 5.5 2572
4 Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2419 0 . 1 * = 1 . = . = = 1 . . 5.0 2537
5 Franco Ocampo, Zenon g ESP 2463 . = = = * . . . = . = = = = 4.0 2430
6 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S m ECU 2458 0 = . 0 . * . . 1 = = . 1 = 4.0 2442
7 Rivera, Alberto m CUB 2392 0 0 0 . . . * . . 1 1 1 = = 4.0 2435
8 Szekely, Peter g HUN 2444 = 0 = = . . . * = . = . = = 3.5 2398
9 Herrera, Irisberto m CUB 2450 0 . 0 . = 0 . = * 1 . = . 1 3.5 2392
10 Delgado, Neuris f CUB 2417 = 0 . = . = 0 . 0 * = . 1 . 3.0 2359
11 Roeder, Mathias m GER 2448 0 . . = = = 0 = . = * . = . 3.0 2352
12 Otero, Diasmany f CUB 2403 . 0 0 0 = . 0 . = . . * 1 1 3.0 2343
13 Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto m CUB 2430 = . . . = 0 = = . 0 = 0 * . 2.5 2298
14 Vilela, Jose Luis m CUB 2396 . 0 = . = = = = 0 . . 0 . * 2.5 2297
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Capablanca Memorial - Premier Group 2
Round 4 (May 10, 1999)
Garbisu de Goni, Unai - Gongora, Maikel 1-0 45 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Vazquez, Renier - Perez, Rodney 1/2 17 C42 Petroff defence
Garcia Martinez, Silvino - Gonzalez, Renier 1/2 32 B15 Caro-Kann
Narciso Dublan, Marc - Perez, Luis Manuel 1/2 25 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Gomez, Felix - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 41 D12 Slav defence
Schussler, Harry - Gonzalez, Yuri 1/2 11 E61 Kings indian
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Lesiege, Alexandre 0-1 40 D61 QGD;
Round 5 (May 12, 1999)
Perez, Luis Manuel - Vazquez, Renier 1-0 21 B01 Scandinavian
Perez, Rodney - Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel 1-0 36 B15 Caro-Kann
Gonzalez, Renier - Garbisu de Goni, Unai 1-0 50 C47 Four knights
Lesiege, Alexandre - Schussler, Harry 1-0 37 E11 Bogo indian
Gonzalez, Yuri - Gomez, Felix 0-1 40 A16 English; 1.c4
Dominguez, Lenier - Garcia Martinez, Silvino 1/2 24 B47 Sicilian
Gongora, Maikel - Narciso Dublan, Marc 0-1 43 B01 Scandinavian
Round 6 (May 13, 1999)
Garbisu de Goni, Unai - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 29 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Lesiege, Alexandre - Perez, Rodney 0-1 33 D11 Slav defence
Vazquez, Renier - Gongora, Maikel 1-0 34 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Garcia Martinez, Silvino - Gonzalez, Yuri 1/2 18 B50 Sicilian
Narciso Dublan, Marc - Gonzalez, Renier 1/2 13 A41 Queen's pawn
Schussler, Harry - Gomez, Felix 1/2 1 B00 1.e4
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Perez, Luis Manuel 0-1 27 D44 QGD; Botwinnik
Round 7 (May 14, 1999)
Perez, Luis Manuel - Lesiege, Alexandre 1-0 32 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Perez, Rodney - Schussler, Harry 1/2 20 C15 French; Winawer
Gonzalez, Renier - Vazquez, Renier 1-0 60 B80 Sicilian
Gonzalez, Yuri - Garbisu de Goni, Unai 1-0 34 C77 Ruy Lopez
Gomez, Felix - Garcia Martinez, Silvino 1/2 1 B00 1.e4
Dominguez, Lenier - Narciso Dublan, Marc 1/2 54 B01 Scandinavian
Gongora, Maikel - Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel 1/2 52 B40 Sicilian
Round 8 (May 15, 1999)
Perez, Rodney - Perez, Luis Manuel 1/2 19 A37 English; 1.c4 c5
Garbisu de Goni, Unai - Gomez, Felix 1-0 18 C63 Ruy Lopez
Lesiege, Alexandre - Gongora, Maikel 1-0 37 A67 Modern Benoni
Vazquez, Renier - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 29 B50 Sicilian
Narciso Dublan, Marc - Gonzalez, Yuri 1/2 26 B26 Sicilian; Closed
Schussler, Harry - Garcia Martinez, Silvino 1/2 8 E63 Kings indian
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Gonzalez, Renier 1-0 38 A42 Queen's pawn
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 Perez, Luis Manuel f CUB 2402 * = . = 1 1 = = . 1 . . 1 . 6.0 2636
2 Perez, Rodney m CUB 2406 = * . 0 1 = = 1 . . = . 1 . 5.0 2537
3 Gonzalez, Renier m CUB 2408 . . * 1 . 1 = = 1 = . = 0 . 5.0 2530
4 Garbisu de Goni, Unai m ESP 2414 = 1 0 * = . . . 0 1 . 1 . 1 5.0 2531
5 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2521 0 0 . = * = . 1 . . 1 . 1 1 5.0 2523
6 Vazquez, Renier m CUB 2409 0 = 0 . = * . . . . = 1 1 1 4.5 2486
7 Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2420 = = = . . . * . = = = = . 0 3.5 2385
8 Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2469 = 0 = . 0 . . * = . . = = 1 3.5 2391
9 Gonzalez, Yuri f CUB 2386 . . 0 1 . . = = * 0 = 0 . 1 3.5 2398
10 Gomez, Felix f CUB 2463 0 . = 0 . . = . 1 * = 1 . 0 3.5 2380
11 Schussler, Harry g SWE 2455 . = . . 0 = = . = = * = 0 . 3.0 2354
12 Dominguez, Lenier m CUB 2479 . . = 0 . 0 = = 1 0 = * . . 3.0 2341
13 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2447 0 0 1 . 0 0 . = . . 1 . * = 3.0 2350
14 Gongora, Maikel f CUB 2427 . . . 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 . . = * 2.5 2300
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Capablanca Memorial - Mixto Group
Round 4 (May 10, 1999)
Martinez, Daniel - Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena 1-0 38 A40 Queen's pawn
Arribas, Maritza - Duarte, Tatiana 1-0 49 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Pina, Sulennis - Fandino, Roquelina 1-0 67 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Almeida, Omar - Pazos, Plinio 1/2 15 D38 Queen's gambit
Delgado Crespo, Mairelys - Frometa, Zirka 1/2 45 B06 Modern defence
Hernandez, Tania - Alvarez, Jose 0-1 37 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Sosa, L - Gonzalez, Jorge V 0-1 34 C44 Scottish
Round 5 (May 12, 1999)
Alvarez, Jose - Arribas, Maritza 1/2 42 A53 Benoni
Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena - Pina, Sulennis 0-1 43 B51 Sicilian
Gonzalez, Jorge V - Hernandez, Tania 1/2 42 A01 Larsen (1.b3)
Pazos, Plinio - Delgado Crespo, Mairelys 1-0 42 D53 QGD;
Duarte, Tatiana - Martinez, Daniel 0-1 46 C01 French; Exchange
Frometa, Zirka - Sosa, L 1/2 28 D02 Queen's pawn
Fandino, Roquelina - Almeida, Omar 0-1 54 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 6 (May 13, 1999)
Arribas, Maritza - Martinez, Daniel 1-0 40 A65 Modern Benoni
Alvarez, Jose - Gonzalez, Jorge V 1/2 27 E12 Nimzo indian
Pina, Sulennis - Duarte, Tatiana 1-0 51 B26 Sicilian; Closed
Almeida, Omar - Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena 0-1 47 A41 Queen's pawn
Delgado Crespo, Mairelys - Fandino, Roquelina 1/2 60 B08 Pirc; Classical
Hernandez, Tania - Frometa, Zirka 1/2 6 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Sosa, L - Pazos, Plinio 0-1 37 B29 Sicilian; Nimzowitsch
Round 7 (May 14, 1999)
Martinez, Daniel - Pina, Sulennis 1-0 35 A55 Benoni
Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena - Delgado Crespo, Mairelys 1/2 9 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Gonzalez, Jorge V - Arribas, Maritza 1/2 46 A03 Bird (1.f4)
Pazos, Plinio - Hernandez, Tania 1/2 43 B25 Sicilian; Closed
Duarte, Tatiana - Almeida, Omar 1/2 44 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Frometa, Zirka - Alvarez, Jose 0-1 40 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Fandino, Roquelina - Sosa, L 1-0 44 B01 Scandinavian
Round 8 (May 15, 1999)
Arribas, Maritza - Pina, Sulennis 1/2 28 A44 Queen's pawn
Alvarez, Jose - Pazos, Plinio 1/2 15 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Gonzalez, Jorge V - Frometa, Zirka 0-1 44 A21 English; 1.c4 e5
Almeida, Omar - Martinez, Daniel 1/2 47 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Delgado Crespo, Mairelys - Duarte, Tatiana 1-0 81 B20 Sicilian
Hernandez, Tania - Fandino, Roquelina 1/2 14 B85 Sicilian
Sosa, L - Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena 0-1 20 A43 Queen's pawn
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 * 0 . 1 1 . = 1 . 1 . 1 1 . 6.5 2507
2 Arribas, Maritza wm CUB 2322 1 * = = = = . . . 1 1 . . 1 6.0 2422
3 Alvarez, Jose m CUB 2368 . = * . . = 1 = = . 1 1 . 1 6.0 2453
4 Pina, Sulennis wm CUB 2241 0 = . * 1 0 . = . 1 . 1 1 . 5.0 2322
5 Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena wm ECU 2252 0 = . 0 * . 1 . = 1 . . 1 1 5.0 2351
6 Gonzalez, Jorge V CHI 2100 . = = 1 . * 0 . 1 . = 0 . 1 4.5 2321
7 Almeida, Omar f CUB 2344 = . 0 . 0 1 * = . = . 1 1 . 4.5 2276
8 Pazos, Plinio m ECU 2366 0 . = = . . = * 1 0 = . . 1 4.0 2265
9 Delgado Crespo, Mairelys wm CUB 2298 . . = . = 0 . 0 * 1 = = = . 3.5 2184
10 Duarte, Tatiana wf BRA 2146 0 0 . 0 0 . = 1 0 * . . 1 . 2.5 2142
11 Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2211 . 0 0 . . = . = = . * = = 0 2.5 2119
12 Frometa, Zirka wm CUB 2190 0 . 0 0 . 1 0 . = . = * . = 2.5 2118
13 Fandino, Roquelina wf CUB 2187 0 . . 0 0 . 0 . = 0 = . * 1 2.0 2057
14 Sosa, L PUR 2254 . 0 0 . 0 0 . 0 . . 1 = 0 * 1.5 1998
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Boris Gelfand who now represents Israel lost to 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 on Monday 10th
May in the Sol and Sisi Mark Center and Garry Kasparov Chess Academy building
in Tel Aviv. The time rate was be 30 minutes + 20 seconds increment per move
per player. The first game was drawn, the second won by Junior. In addition
Israeli Olympiad team members Alterman, Psakhis, Avrukh and Kosashvili played
games against Junior at 30 minutes for the entire game. Alterman and Psakhis
drew, Kosashvili won and Avrukh lost. Events started with a "Baby"
Junior game against Israeli Minister for Commerce and Industry Natan Sharansky,
which the computer won.
The event played a part in the Israeli Election campaign with Premier
Netanyahu visiting the event. General Ehud Barak the opposition leader also
appeared at a simultaneous the day before. Chess is very popular with the one
million Russian immigrants in Israel. Netanyahu, not really known as a chess
player, played very correctly against Sheransky before his game was declared a
draw after 45 minutes as his schedule was very busy.
Sheransky N. - "Baby Junior" 0-1
Israel Olympic team - Junior 2-2
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Alterman B. - Junior 0.5-0.5
Junior - Psakhis L. 0.5-0.5
Kosashvili Y. - Junior 1-0
Junior - Avrukh B. 1-0
Boris Gelfand - Deep Junior 0.5-1.5
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Gelfand B. - Deep Junior 0.5-0.5
Deep Junior - Gelfand B. 1-0
The Dutch Team Championship playoffs took place May 13th and 14th. The
favourites were Panfox and HSG with Magnus/BSG and ESGOO being the other two
teams.
On the first day Panfox beat ESGOO 8-2 and HSG beat Magnus/BSG 6-4. In the
final favourites Panfox beat HSG 6.5-3.5.
There was internet coverage by the hosts, Panfox at:
http://www.svpanfox.demon.nl
Semi-Finals May 13th
Panfox ESGOO 8.0-2.0
1 L.van Wely - M.Hoffmann 1-0
2 M.Adams - D.Hausrath 1/2
3 I.Sokolov - M.Beulen 1-0
4 J.Lautier - C.Sielecki 1-0
5 M.Gurevich - O.Lemmers 1-0
6 R.Vaganian - D.Hennig 1/2
7 I.Hodgson - K.Konson 1-0
8 J.vd Wiel - F.Kroeze 1/2
9 A.Blees - G.Schebler 1/2
10 E.vd Doel - M.van Wissen 1-0
HSG Magnus/BSG 6.0-4.0
1 J.Piket - D.Reinderman 1/2
2 L.Ljubojevic - J.Bosch 0-1
3 P.vd Sterren - I.Glek 1/2
4 J.Brenninkmeijer - A.Barsov 0-1
5 I.Rogers - H.Ree 1-0
6 F.Nijboer - K.Langeweg 1-0
7 S.Polgar - E.Rebers 1-0
8 Xie Jun - L.Riemersma 1-0
9 H.Vedder - H.vd Poel 1/2
10 R.Douven - A.vd Heijden 1/2
Finals 14th May
HSG Panfox 3.5-6.5
1 D.de Vreugt - M.Adams 0-1
2 J.Piket - L.van Wely 0-1
3 L.Ljubojevic - J.Timman 1/2
4 H.Vedder - J.Lautier 0-1
5 Xie Jun - I.Sokolov 0-1
6 P.vd Sterren - R.Vaganian 1/2
7 F.Nijboer - M.Gurevich 1-0
8 S.Polgar - E.vd Doel 1/2
9 I.Rogers - J.Hodgson 1/2
10 J.Brenninkmeijer - J.vd Wiel 1/2
3rd-4th playoff
Magnus/BSG ESGOO 4.5-5.5
1 I.Glek - M.Beulen 1-0
2 A.Barsov - F.Kroeze 1/2
3 D.Reinderman - G.Schebler 1/2
4 J.Bosch - M.Hoffmann 1/2
5 L.Riemersma - D.Hausrath 1/2
6 H.Ree - O.Lemmers 0-1
7 C.Langeweg - C.Sielecki 0-1
8 H.vd Poel - D.Hennig 1/2
9 A.vd Heijden - M.van Wissen 1/2
10 E.Rebers - K.Konson 1/2
The Dubai Open took place May 1st-9th 1999 reports Stéphane Mouchel
of Europe Echecs. The event saw
Vladimir Akopian and Alexey Kuzmin finish on 7 points ahead of a reasonably
strong field of 54 players (there were 54 players, 19 of whom were GMs
including Al Modiahki, Yurtaev, Miezis, Guseinov, Sadvakasov (Junior World
Champion), WGM Stefanova and Bouaziz all of whom finished outside the top
places.
Leading final standings
Dubai UAE (UAE), v 1999
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1 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2640 7.0
2 Kuzmin, Alexey g RUS 2559 7.0
3 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2529 6.5
4 Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2574 6.5
5 Arkhipov, Sergey g RUS 2518 6.5
6 Sharif, Mershad m FRA 2475 6.0
7 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2649 6.0
8 Magerramov, Elmar g AZE 2563 6.0
9 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2508 6.0
10 Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2517 5.5
11 Kaiumov, Dmitry D m UZB 2482 5.5
12 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2564 5.5
13 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2529 5.5
14 Abdennabi, Imed m EGY 2400 5.5
...54 players
Dmitry Tyomkin reports on the conclusion of the Israeli League. The
Champions are Elitzur Petach-Tikva. Their players are: Ilia Smirin, Leonid
Yudasin, Gadi Rechlis, Dmitry Tyomkin (captain), Michael Oratovsky, Alex
Finkel, Ela Pitem (women's board), Yakov Shteinboim (manager of the team). In
2nd place was the University Tel-Aviv and in 3rd Chess Club Beer-Sheva
(including 7GM's). Technion Haifa and Chess Club Beer-Sheva "B" were
relegated.
There were some novelties in rules of the League: This was the first
season,when the teams were allowed to use players without Israeli citizenship.
But there were not too many: Eduard Rozentalis played for Maccabi Afek in
almost all their games and Chess Club Beer-Sheva "B" used Dmitry
Gurevich (USA) and Genady Tunik (Russia) for just a few games.
There was a new bonus system which didn't make any sense. If we compare it
with the old one (see my calculations in "Standings") it didn't make
any difference. However without the women's board almost all the teams would
have taken different places!
The surprising team was University Tel-Aviv (lead by Kanstler, Har-Zvi,
Zoler and Liss). The new champions also were ranked 3rd by rating average. The
most disappointed team was Hapoel Rishon-Lezion lead by Gelfand, Alterman,
Kosashvili and Sofia Polgar on women's board. They finished at 4th place!
The other innovation was the possibility to put the players on the men's
boards in any order. The list of players for each round was passed to arbiters
by the captains only few minutes before the start of the round. It destroyed
home preparation by the players players. The event started in January and
finished in May. The games were on Fridays, and the most times it was in Sol
and Sisi Mark Center and Chess Academy of Kasparov in Tel-Aviv, where recently
most of the bit events in Israel take place.
The Israeli League 1999:
Final Standings : total +w,-b +b,-w -b,-w old b
1."Elitzur" Petach-Tikva 50.4 41.5 41.9 33.0 47.5
2.University Tel-Aviv 48.1 38.5 40.6 31.0 (2-4) 44.5
3.Chess Club Beer-Sheva "A" 46.5 37.0 40.5 31.0 (2-4) 43.0
4."Hapoel" Rishon-Lezion 44.2 35.0 (4-5) 35.7 (7) 26.5 (7) 39.0
5."Hapoel" Hertzlia 43.6 35.0 (4-5) 39.6 (4) 31.0 (2-4) 42.0
6."Hapoel" Kfar-Saba 43.2 34.0 38.2 (5) 29.0 (5-6) 38.0
7."Maccabi" Afek 39.5 32.0 (7-8) 38.0 (6) 29.0 (5-6) 37.0
8."Bikurei Haitim" Tel-Aviv 35.5 32.0 (7-8) 28.0 (11) 24.5 (10) 34.0
9."Hapoel" Petach-Tikva 35.0 30.5 30.5 (9) 26.0 (8-9) 33.5
10."Elitzur" Jerusalem 34.8 30.0 28.3 (10) 23.5 (11) 31.0
11.Chess Club Beer-Sheva "B" 34.0 29.0 31.0 (8) 26.0 (8-9) 32.0
12.Technion Haifa 25.6 20.5 22.6 (12) 18.5 (12) 20.5
Notes: The 1st column has the actual results
The 2nd column has the standings without bonus (a team gets a bonus for wins on
men’s boards: on the 1st-0.6; 2nd- 0.5;3rd-0.4;4rd-0.3;5th-0.2)
3rd is without women’s board
4th is without bonus and women
5th is the old bonus system 1point for each win on the men’s boards.
( )- are the standings after the change.
Best player results in each of the teams:
1.Elitzur Petach--Tikva-Smirin-7.5/10 Pitem[w]-8.5/11
2.University Tel-Aviv--Kanstler-8/10,Botvinnik,I[w]-7.5/11
Har-Zvi-7/11
3.Chess Club Beer-Sheva "A"--Huzman-7/11,Golod-8/10
4.Hapoel Rishon-Lezion--Gelfand-5.5/6;Polgar,S[w]-8.5/11
5.Hapoel Hertzlia--Zifroni-6/10
6.Hapoel Kfar-Saba--Shachar,E-3.5/5
7.Maccabi Afek--Stisis-6.5/9,Rozentalis-6/9
8.Bikurei-Haitim Tel-Aviv--Segal,A[w]-7/9
9.Hapoel Petach-Tikva--Ravia-6/8
10.Elitzur Jerusalem--Gruenfeld,Y 6.5/10;Tsesarsky-7/11
11.Chess Club Beer-Sheva "B"-- Shevelev,A 5.5/10
12.Technion Haifa--Uritzky-6/11
Laszlo Nagy reports: The main May First Saturday tournament was a FIDE
Category II. IM-closed, with 14 participants. The IM norm from 13 games was
9½ points, + 6. The events started May 1st. Blazimir Kovacevic scored a 13
round norm on the way to winning the event. Robert Markus scored a 9 round norm
and Yelena Dembo scored her 2nd WIM norm from 10 games.
The next First Saturday events start 5th of June. My thanks to Mrs. Nadezhda
Fokina for entering the games.
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 Kovacevic, Blazimir f CRO 2429 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 10.0 2496
2 Markus, Robert YUG 2302 = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 = = = = 1 1 8.5 2405
3 Krutti, Valer m HUN 2354 0 1 * = = 0 = 1 = = 1 = 1 = 7.5 2348
4 Gladyszev, Oleg m RUS 2388 = 0 = * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 0 0 7.0 2318
5 Bromann, Thorbjorn DEN 2250 = = = = * 0 = = = 1 = = 1 = 7.0 2328
6 Brumen, Dinko f CRO 2309 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 0 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 2324
7 Hera, Imre jr HUN 2272 0 = = 0 = 1 * = = = 1 = 0 1 6.5 2298
8 Vukovic, Ivo f CRO 2295 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2296
9 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2287 = = = = = = = = * = 0 = = = 6.0 2267
10 Dembo, Yelena ISR 2180 0 = = = 0 = = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 6.0 2276
11 Sedlak, Nikola f YUG 2349 = = 0 0 = = 0 = 1 1 * = = 0 5.5 2235
12 Carstensen, Jacob DEN 2157 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 5.0 2219
13 Olszewski, Piotr CAN 2349 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 = = 0 = = * = 4.5 2182
14 Kjetzae, Johnny GER 2225 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = * 4.0 2160
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FSELO Closed
Budapest HUN (HUN), v 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Balogh, Csaba HUN 2135 ** =1 1= =1 1= 11 8.0 2384
2 Berces, Csaba HUN 2146 =0 ** 1= 1= 11 11 7.5 2335
3 Stupar, Slavoljub CRO 2200 0= 0= ** == 1= 11 5.5 2167
4 Travaglini, Alberto ITA 2196 =0 0= == ** =1 =1 5.0 2132
5 Hegedus, Istvan HUN 2108 0= 00 0= =0 ** 10 2.5 1957
6 Pongo, Istvan HUN 2074 00 00 00 =0 01 ** 1.5 1861
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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
Russian Club Championships
The Russian Club Championships have started in St. Petersburg. GMs such as
Rublevsky, Kharlov, Dreev, Malaniuk, Khalifman, Sakaev, Zvjaginsev, Pigusov
will play in the event.
Further information at: http://www.gmchess.spb.ru
Hamburg City Championships
Rolf Sander reports: This year's Hamburg City Chess Championships will see a
nine round swiss system tournament from 22th of May to 30th of May.. Several
invited Masters (among them GM Nisipeanu, GM Ftacnik, GM Rogozenko, GM
Kempinski, IM V. Georgiev) are competing with most of the top players from
Hamburg. 30 players in all will play. There may be some internet coverage at
the site of the Hamburg Chess association:
http://members.aol.com/HHSchV/index.htm
Dutch Junior Championships
Coverage of the Dutch Junior championships has finished now results and
games are available at http://www.schaakbond.nl full coverage in
twic next week.