THE WEEK IN CHESS 238 - 31st May 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Contents 1) Introduction
2) Category 19 in Sarajevo
3) Third Broekhuis Tournament
4) Bulgarian Championships
5) "Kastav '99"
6) Croatian Cup
7) Women's Zonal Tournaments
8) SK Turm Kleve Jubilee Open Tournament
9) Hamburg City Championships
10) 24th Keres Memorial in Vancouver BC
11) 4th Rapid-play tournament in Essen
12) Linares Open in Chile
13) WCC World Chess Rankings, June 1st
14) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
Sarajevo 10 games
Third Broekhuis Tournament 18 games
Bulgarian Championships 91 games
"Kastav '99" 66 games
Croatian Team Championships 160 games
Croatian Team Championships (women) 30 games
Women's Zonal Tournament 80 games
SK Turm Kleve Jubilee Open 390 games
Hamburg City Championships 104 games
24th Keres Memorial in Vancouver BC 160 games
My thanks to Nikolai Ninov and Bohos Rupenian, TASC, Eric Van der Schilden,
Eduard Piacun, Hans-Dieter Müller, Rolf Sander, Lyle Craver, Bernd Rosen,
Andrés Molina Rodríguez and all those who helped with this issue.
Kasparov duly won the Sarajevo tournament completing a hatch trick of
victories for him this year of the highest calibre. He didn't play with his
usual intensity but the result ended up being the same. His lead in the ratings
list is going to be huge again.
This week is another D-Day week for FIDE and a possible World Title Match
for Kasparov. The deadline for signing the contracts for the FIDE World
Championships was today so a full list of competitors will be available soon.
England could have been without representation as the British Chess Federation
only thought to send on the contracts to the players late last week. All
players were eventually contacted. I would hope that the finalisation of the
line-up will also bring with it more announcements as to the details of the
FIDE event. The organisers of the potential Anand-Kasparov match are expected
to make an announcement this week. Its not clear what they are to announce
however.
There was sad news of TWIC contributer John Watson. He suffered a stroke in
Las Vegas and is partially paralysed on his right side. He can speak, and he
has begun a rehabilitation program. I wish him well as I guess does all the
chess community.
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Garry Kasparov scored yet another high scoring result to win the Category 19
tournament in Sarajevo. He scored 3/3 in the final rounds to score 7/9. Another
huge result in this the seventh strongest event of all time by ELO (although
the ratings are inflated making these measures slightly false) Kasparov didn't
seem to play with the intensity with which he won the "point proving"
events of Wijk aan Zee and Linares. In fact in some ways this makes this result
perhaps just as impressive. It is also said that an announcement about a World
Title match involving Kasparov later in the year is due imminently.
In second place tied on 6 points were Alexei Shirov and Evgeny Bareev. For
Shirov this picks up his good form which took him to victory over Kramnik last
year which has slightly deserted him recently (his aborted match against
Kasparov had clearly disturbed both his invitations and form) and Evgeny
Bareev. Bareev has been on occasion a class performer who has proved himself at
this level before. Only a slightly nervous temperment at times has affected his
results. Morozevich has showed his wild style has matured enough to cope at
this level, he lost to Kasparov and Bareev but generated four wins to give him
4th place on 5.5. Michael Adams of England looked to carry on some good recent
form and although he gained points by finishing on 5 he will be disappointed
with his result. Leko and Topalov had pretty average results, gaining and
losing a few points. Short and especially Sokolov and Timman had miserable
tournaments.
Round 8 (May 25, 1999)
Shirov, Alexei - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 54 C67 Ruy Lopez
Morozevich, Alexander - Short, Nigel D 1-0 42 B80 Sicilian
Adams, Michael - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 35 C00 French
Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 59 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Timman, Jan H - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 60 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Round 9 (May 26, 1999)
Kasparov, Gary - Adams, Michael 1-0 31 C45 Scottish
Bareev, Evgeny - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 36 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Topalov, Veselin - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 31 C11 French; Classical
Short, Nigel D - Timman, Jan H 1/2 19 C42 Petroff defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Leko, Peter 1/2 26 D85 Gruenfeld indian
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 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2912
2 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2679 = * = 1 = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2831
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2726 = = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2826
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2723 0 0 1 * = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2782
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 0 = = = * = 0 1 1 1 5.0 2745
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2694 = = 0 = = * = 1 = = 4.5 2705
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 = 0 0 0 1 = * = = 1 4.0 2661
8 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2697 0 = = 0 0 0 = * 1 = 3.0 2579
9 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2624 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1 2.5 2547
10 Timman, Jan H g NED 2670 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1.5 2434
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Although Jan Timman has decided not to play this tournament, there are ten
Grandmasters who all have played in the tournament before: Cifuentes, Van den
Doel, Nijboer, Nikolic, Piket, Reinderman, Sokolov, Van der Sterren, Van Wely
and Van der Wiel. Increased sponsorship from Broekhuis has made the Dutch
Championships very competitive in recent years. For the third consecutive time
Rotterdam will be hosting the event. The event takes place May 29 until June
10. Defending Champion Ivan Sokolov has had a very slow start after travelling
back from a miserable result in Sarajevo, losing to Dimitri Reinderman in round
1 and drawing his next two. Predrag Nikolic leads with 3/3. This year is the
last these two Bosnian players will be able to compete without making
themselves available for the Dutch Olympiad team.
Internet coverage:http://www.nkschaken.nl
Round 1 (May 29, 1999)
Nikolic, Predrag - Van der Sterren, Paul 1-0 39 D55 QGD;
Piket, Jeroen - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 41 E99 Kings indian; Main line
Van den Doel, Erik - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 40 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Peng Zhaoqin - Van der Wiel, John 0-1 39 D15 Slav defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Reinderman, Dimitri 0-1 65 B37 Sicilian
Janssen, Ruud - Cifuentes Parada, Roberto 0-1 45 D43 Semi-Slav
Round 2 (May 30, 1999)
Piket, Jeroen - Van den Doel, Erik 1/2 33 E12 Nimzo indian
Van Wely, Loek - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 61 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Reinderman, Dimitri - Peng Zhaoqin 0-1 77 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Van der Sterren, Paul - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 41 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Nikolic, Predrag 0-1 85 A90 Dutch defence
Nijboer, Friso - Van der Wiel, John 1-0 23 B08 Pirc; Classical
Round 3 (May 31, 1999)
Nikolic, Predrag - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 36 D10 Slav defence
Van den Doel, Erik - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 36 B85 Sicilian
Van der Wiel, John - Reinderman, Dimitri 1/2 23 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Peng Zhaoqin - Van der Sterren, Paul 0-1 40 E32 Nimzo indian
Sokolov, Ivan - Cifuentes Parada, Roberto 1/2 63 D27 QGA;
Janssen, Ruud - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 38 E04 Nimzo indian
Rotterdam NED (NED), v-vi 1999 cat. XII (2549)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2633 * . 1 . . . 1 1 . . . . 3.0
2 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2619 . * . = . . . . 1 . . 1 2.5 2771
3 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2632 0 . * 1 . . . . . . . 1 2.0 2662
4 Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2535 . = 0 * . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2588
5 Van der Wiel, John g NED 2526 . . . . * = . . 0 1 . . 1.5 2502
6 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2541 . . . . = * . . . 0 1 . 1.5 2534
7 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2535 0 . . . . . * . . 1 = . 1.5 2569
8 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2529 0 . . . . . . * . . = 1 1.5 2567
9 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2515 . 0 . 0 1 . . . * . . . 1.0 2435
10 Peng Zhaoqin m NED 2452 . . . . 0 1 0 . . * . . 1.0 2409
11 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2624 . . . . . 0 = = . . * . 1.0 2410
12 Janssen, Ruud NED 2445 . 0 0 . . . . 0 . . . * 0.0
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IM Nikolai Ninov and Bohos Rupenian report: The 63rd Bulgarian championship
took place in Plovdiv 12th-24th May. It was a round-robin tournament with 14
participants, 9 of them qualifying from the semi-finals and the rest earned
their right to play by ELO. Marholev and Serafimov replaced the GMs Delchev and
Ermenkov, who both withdrew at the last moment. IM Petar Genov won the title on
tie-break from IM Vladimir Georgiev and GM Vasil Spasov. He has also achieved
his first GM-norm by scoring 9 points from the first 11 rounds. Probably the
fact the championships was held in his native town encouraged him to beat
Vladimir Georgiev and GM Boris Chatalbashev in two consecutive games as Black
in rounds 6 and 8 respectively. These wins assured Genov of his second (he had
also won the 1993 championship at the age of 23) title.
Plovdiv BUL (BUL), v 1999 cat. VI (2398)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Genov, Petar m BUL 2410 * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 10.0 2607
2 Georgiev, Vladimir m BUL 2508 0 * 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2600
3 Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2587 = 0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2593
4 Todorov, Todor BUL 2480 = = = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2532
5 Popchev, Milko g BUL 2513 0 = = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2529
6 Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2524 0 = = = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2497
7 Radulski, Julian BUL 2410 = = 0 = = = * 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 7.5 2453
8 Dragiev, Veselin BUL 2370 0 0 0 = = = 0 * = 1 = 0 1 1 5.5 2342
9 Drenchev, Petar BUL 2371 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2342
10 Stojanov, Svetlin BUL 2334 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 = = 5.0 2315
11 Serafimov, Tervel BUL 2282 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 0 = 3.5 2231
12 Marholev, Dimitar BUL 2307 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * = 1 3.0 2193
13 Manolov, Ivan m BUL 2315 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * = 3.0 2192
14 Vaklinov, Atanas BUL 2154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * 1.5 2080
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Eduard Piacun reports: "Kastav '99" Opatija, Croatia took place
24th April-2nd May 1999. The event was won by Nedzad Jakubovic with 8.5/11.
Further coverage at: http://www.crochess.com/
Kastav CRO (CRO), iv-v 1999 cat. IV (2336)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Jakubovic, Nedzad BIH 2250 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 8.5 2554
2 Jelen, Igor m SLO 2389 0 * = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2464
3 Petrov, Jole CRO 2421 = = * 1 = = 1 = 1 = = = 7.0 2430
4 Ljubicic, Filip f CRO 2396 = 1 0 * 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2395
5 Zelenika, Srdjan CRO 2266 0 0 = 1 * = = = 1 0 1 = 5.5 2342
6 Jovanic, Ognjen CRO 2269 0 = = 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 5.5 2341
7 Tratar, Marko m SLO 2450 = = 0 1 = 0 * = = 1 0 = 5.0 2289
8 Lovric, Branko CRO 2316 = 0 = 0 = = = * 1 0 = = 4.5 2272
9 Nurkic, Sahbaz m BIH 2440 0 0 0 1 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 4.5 2261
10 Muhvic, Damir CRO 2236 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 1 = * 0 = 4.0 2242
11 Drei, Andrea f ITA 2349 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 * = 4.0 2232
12 Cucancic, Sinisa CRO 2248 = 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 = = * 3.5 2210
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The Croatian Cup took place in Pula 23-29 May 1999. Mravince D.C. won the
title again winning by a point from Slavonska Banka. Full details at:
http://www.crochess.com/
Final Results (Men)
1 Mravince D.C. 14
2 Slavonska Banka 13
3 Polega 12 58
4 Gradac 12 52,5
5 Mursa 12 54,5
6 Pula 12 53,5
7 Maestral 11 55
8 Kastav 11 52,5
9 Gjuro Pilar 11 41,5
10 Bilokalnik 11 50,5
11 Slavonac 10 47,5
12 Casino Internac. 8,5 47,5
13 Goranka Kenda 8,5 42
14 HPT TKC Split 8
15 Meðimurje 7
16 Sljeme 3
Final results (Women)
1 Belisæe Metalis 8,5
2 Mravince D.C. 8
3 Slavonska Banka 7
4 Bilokalnik 3,5
5 Goranka Kenda 3
Saint-Vincent women's Zonal
The Saint-Vincent women's Zonal tournament Zone 1.1 with players from the
UK, France, Spain, Holland, Portugal, Luxemburg and Italy took place May
19th-27th. There were two qualification places available from the event. First
place alone was taken by Monica Calzetta of Spain, this left Maria
Nepeina-Leconte and Jovanka Houska to contest a playoff for the second place.
Jovanka Houska qualified after a tie-break match, winning 2.5 to 1.5.
Coverage at:
http://www.netvallee.it/scacchi/women/1999/Default.htm
and at http://www.infcom.it/fsi
Saint Vincent ITA (ITA), v 1999
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1 Calzetta, Monica wm ESP 2158 - 4 +17 + 9 - 2 + 5 +10 = 7 +11 + 3 6.5 2376
2 Nepeina-Leconte, Maria wm FRA 2315 =13 = 8 +10 + 1 - 7 + 9 = 4 = 3 + 6 6.0 2333
3 Houska, Jovanka wm ENG 2286 +16 =10 +11 = 8 = 4 + 7 + 6 = 2 - 1 6.0 2322
4 Sziva, Erika wm NED 2332 + 1 +14 +12 = 7 = 3 - 6 = 2 +10 - 5 5.5 2309
5 Lauterbach, Ingrid wm ENG 2171 + 6 =12 - 7 =11 - 1 +16 = 9 +14 + 4 5.5 2314
6 Berend, Elvira S wg LUX 2340 - 5 =16 +18 +13 + 8 + 4 - 3 + 7 - 2 5.5 2264
7 Nicoara, Malina wm FRA 2245 = 8 +18 + 5 = 4 + 2 - 3 = 1 - 6 =10 5.0 2232
8 Sebag, Marie FRA 2053 = 7 = 2 +14 = 3 - 6 +13 -11 +15 = 9 5.0 2268
9 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wm NED 2261 -10 +15 - 1 +14 +12 - 2 = 5 +17 = 8 5.0 2190
10 Milligan, Helen SCO 2054 + 9 = 3 - 2 =12 +11 - 1 +13 - 4 = 7 4.5 2242
11 Vilar Lopez, Monica wf ESP 2175 =18 +13 - 3 = 5 -10 +15 + 8 - 1 =17 4.5 2106
12 Garcia Vicente, Nieves wm ESP 2263 +17 = 5 - 4 =10 - 9 =14 -15 +16 +18 4.5 2137
13 Regan, Natasha wf ENG 2151 = 2 -11 +16 - 6 +17 - 8 -10 +18 =15 4.0 2081
14 Jap Tjoen San, Linda NED 2233 +15 - 4 - 8 - 9 +18 =12 +17 - 5 =16 4.0 2097
15 Agosto, Erika ITA 2024 -14 - 9 -17 =18 +16 -11 +12 - 8 =13 3.0 2019
16 Carvalho, Alda wf POR 2104 - 3 = 6 -13 +17 -15 - 5 =18 -12 =14 2.5 2003
17 Fittante, Giuliana wf ITA 2059 -12 - 1 +15 -16 -13 =18 -14 - 9 =11 2.0 1932
18 Sirletti,Sonia ---- =11 - 7 - 6 =15 -14 =17 =16 -13 -12 2.0 1957
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The Zonal tournament 1.4. (POL, CZE, SVK, HUN, BUL, ROM) ran 22nd-30th May
1999 in Ostrava (CZE). Games and details follow but Corina Peptan won with
6.5/9. There was a playoff between four players on 6 points for three further
places. Nikoletta Lakos won the playoff with Marta Zielinska and Joanna
Dworakowska also qualifying, Margarita Voiska missed out.
Details at:
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/1672/w14zone99/index.htm
Hans-Dieter Müller reports: The SK Turm Kleve Jubilee Open Tournament
took place May 13-16 in Kleve (Germany), a small town only a few kilometers
from the dutch border. GM Romuald Mainka and Karl Heinz Podzielny won the event
with 6/7 ahead of Lev Gutman, Daniel Fridman and Mikhail Tseitlin.
Leading final standings:
Kleve GER (GER), v 1999
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1 Mainka, Romuald g GER 2485 6.0 /7 2545
2 Podzielny, Karl-Heinz m GER 2499 6.0 /7 2581
3 Gutman, Lev g GER 2470 5.5 /7 2522
4 Fridman, Daniel m LAT 2529 5.5 /7 2568
5 Tseitlin, Mikhail S g GER 2455 5.5 /7 2426
6 Schulz, Klaus-Juergen m GER 2400 5.5 /7 2347
7 Mainka, Gregor GER 2342 5.5 /7 2313
8 Koscielski, Janusch GER 2344 5.5 /7 2404
... 114 games
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Rolf Sander reports: The Hamburg Chess Championships ran 22nd-30th May. This
year's Hamburg Championship was won by GM Sune Berg Hansen, who managed to be
undefeated throughout the tournament. He won his game against GM Ftacnik on
time in a worse position. His short draw (one of very few) in the last round
was enough to win the tournament, because co-leader GM Kempinski lost against
GM Rogozenko. There were IM norms: FM Frank Lamprecht scored his third norm.
His rating will be over 2400 in the next Elo-list, so that he will be awarded
the title. FM Matthias Bach scored his second norm, but his first norm was ten
years ago. The German Championships qualification place was taken by IM Thies
Heinemann (The best placed German player, who plays for a Club in Hamburg). The
tournament saw a lot fighting chess: Of the 135 games only 51 ended in a draw.
There may be some internet coverage at the site of the Hamburg Chess
association: http://members.aol.com/HHSchV/index.htm
Hamburg GER (GER), v 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2499 =21 +16 +14 +10 = 2 = 6 + 3 + 9 = 7 7.0 2652
2 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2533 +20 +17 + 7 + 9 = 1 - 3 +12 + 8 - 4 6.5 2620
3 Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2585 +25 - 9 + 5 =12 +26 + 2 - 1 +17 = 6 6.0 2532
4 Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2557 =19 +21 - 9 -26 +25 =13 +18 +12 + 2 6.0 2500
5 Bekker-Jensen, Simon DEN 2360 +29 = 6 - 3 =14 +23 = 8 =15 +20 +10 6.0 2502
6 Heinemann, Thies m GER 2483 +22 = 5 =12 +20 = 9 = 1 =17 = 7 = 3 5.5 2485
7 Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2444 +24 +23 - 2 + 8 =17 =12 = 9 = 6 = 1 5.5 2491
8 Mueller, Karsten g GER 2558 =12 =15 +24 - 7 +20 = 5 +22 - 2 +17 5.5 2442
9 Lamprecht, Frank f GER 2399 +28 + 3 + 4 - 2 = 6 =17 = 7 - 1 =11 5.0 2483
10 Kopylov, Mihail UKR 2421 =16 +19 +26 - 1 -12 =18 +23 +15 - 5 5.0 2372
11 Voigt, Martin f GER 2257 -14 =27 +19 -13 -18 +30 +25 +22 = 9 5.0 2405
12 Bach, Matthias f GER 2337 = 8 +13 = 6 = 3 +10 = 7 - 2 - 4 =16 4.5 2477
13 Reeh, Oliver m GER 2420 =15 -12 =16 +11 =22 = 4 -20 =21 +26 4.5 2331
14 Joecks, Christian m GER 2415 +11 =26 - 1 = 5 =15 -22 +28 =19 =20 4.5 2321
15 Bekker-Jensen, David DEN 2263 =13 = 8 -17 +27 =14 +26 = 5 -10 =21 4.5 2404
16 Pajeken, Wolfgang GER 2293 =10 - 1 =13 =18 =21 -25 +24 +23 =12 4.5 2358
17 Loeffler, Stefan m GER 2385 +30 - 2 +15 +23 = 7 = 9 = 6 - 3 - 8 4.5 2408
18 Reddmann, Hauke f GER 2368 -23 -24 +30 =16 +11 =10 - 4 +28 =19 4.5 2310
19 Hochgraefe, Markus GER 2329 = 4 -10 -11 =29 =24 +27 +26 =14 =18 4.5 2358
20 Heyken, Enno m GER 2325 - 2 +30 +28 - 6 - 8 +21 +13 - 5 =14 4.5 2391
21 Buhr, Carl Christian GER 2320 = 1 - 4 =27 =24 =16 -20 +29 =13 =15 4.0 2318
22 Trisic, Alexandar GER 2317 - 6 +29 -23 +28 =13 +14 - 8 -11 =24 4.0 2291
23 Maahs, Erich GER 2203 +18 - 7 +22 -17 - 5 +24 -10 -16 =29 3.5 2257
24 Lindinger, Markus GER 2302 - 7 +18 - 8 =21 =19 -23 -16 +30 =22 3.5 2258
25 Hegeler, Frank f GER 2356 - 3 -28 =29 +30 - 4 +16 -11 =26 =27 3.5 2257
26 Stanke, Juergen GER 2315 +27 =14 -10 + 4 - 3 -15 -19 =25 -13 3.0 2296
27 Wilhelmi, Christian m GER 2446 -26 =11 =21 -15 =28 -19 -30 +29 =25 3.0 2144
28 Bathke, Joerg GER 2225 - 9 +25 -20 -22 =27 +29 -14 -18 =30 3.0 2206
29 Sass, Andreas GER 2146 - 5 -22 =25 =19 =30 -28 -21 -27 =23 2.0 2087
30 Engelbert, Christoph GER 2211 -17 -20 -18 -25 =29 -11 +27 -24 =28 2.0 2092
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Lyle Craver reports: The 24th Paul Keres Memorial tournament was held in
Vancouver, BC May 21st-24th. IM's Georgi Orlov and Yan Teplitsky plus Jack Yoos
shared first at 6-1 with 105 players in three sections. Herder, Sommerfeld,
Hallam at 5-2, correspondence GM Berry, Milicevic, FM Zuk, Pupols, Martinovsky,
and BC Cadet champion Wong at 4.5-2.5. The Keres Memorial was started following
the 1975 Vancouver International which was both Paul Keres last tournament and
last tournament victory. The organizers are already starting on the 25th
tournament and are particularly keen on seeing as many past winners as possible
for our Silver Anniversary tournament in May 2000. Watch the BC Chess
Federation's page at http://www.chess.bc.ca over the coming weeks
for details.
Leading final standings:
Vancouver BC CAN (CAN), v 1999
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1 Teplitsky, Yan m CAN 2453 6.0
2 Orlov, Georgi m USA 2495 6.0
3 Yoos, John C CAN 2291 6.0
4 Herder, David A CAN 2275 5.0
5 Sommerfeld,Gilbert CAN ---- 5.0
6 Hallam,John CAN ---- 5.0
7 Berry, Jonathan f CAN 2315 4.5
8 Milicevic, Dragoljub CAN 2226 4.5
9 Zuk, Robert D f CAN 2305 4.5
10 Pupols, Viktors USA 2254 4.5
11 Martinovsky,Ian CAN ---- 4.5
12 Wong,Samuel CAN ---- 4.5
52 players
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Bernd Rosen reports: On May 29th there was a strong rapid-play tournament in
Essen. The 4th Essener Schnellschachopen had 117 participants, among them 7 GM,
1 WGM, 9 IM and 5 FM. Final standings after 11 rounds: 1. GM Epischin 9, 2. GM
Bischoff 9, 3. IM D.Fridman 8.5, 4. IM Feygin 8.5, 5.Orlov 8.5, 6. IM Podzielny
8, 7. FM B.Rosen 8, 8. IM Henrichs 8, 9. M.Zaitsev 7.5, 10. IM Meins 7.5, 11.
R.Fridman 7.5, 12. Wessendorf 7.5, 13. GM Klovans 7.5, 14. GM Kalinichev 7.5,
15. GM Petrosian 7.5, 16. Wengenroth 7.5. For more information see:
http://home.t-online.de/home/LuckyBaer/
Andrés Molina Rodríguez reports on the Linares International
Open, in Chile. This was the strongest tournament ever played in Chile with 5
GMs and 14 IMs. There were more than 30 players over 2200 FIDE Elo. There was a
Record of 205 players in an open tournament in Chile and more than US$6000
total prizes. GM Gilberto Hernandez from México and IM Rodrigo Vasquez
from Chile tied for first place. Both had six wins and three draws. The
tie-break method made GM Hernandez champion. GM Jordi Magem and IM Oscar De la
Riva from Spain, and IM Julian Estrada from Hungary, made the long trip to
Chile.
Further information at: http://i.am/linach
Leading final standings.
1 HERNANDEZ,Gilberto (1) g 2558 MEXICO 7.5 47.75 40.0 46.5
2 VASQUEZ,Rodrigo (10) m 2433 SANTIAGO 7.5 43.25 40.0 42.5
3 ZARNICKI,Pablo (4) g 2497 ARGENTINA 7.0 43.75 40.0 44.5
4 SLIPAK,Sergio (3) m 2521 ARGENTINA 7.0 43.00 39.0 44.5
5 MAGEM,Jordi (2) g 2557 ESPANA 7.0 42.25 38.5 43.5
6 DE LA RIVA,Oscar (5) m 2495 ESPANA 7.0 39.25 38.0 42.0
7 ESTRADA,Julian (18) m 2375 MEXICO 7.0 38.25 35.0 40.0
8 VALENZUELA,Luis (12) m 2419 CONCEPCION 7.0 38.00 38.5 42.0
9 LLORENS,Marcelo (23) f 2345 SAN BERNARDO 7.0 38.00 35.0 40.5
10 SZMETAN,Jorge (13) m 2405 ARGENTINA 7.0 37.50 36.5 40.0
11 EGGER,Jorge (11) m 2420 SANTIAGO 7.0 37.00 37.0 41.5
12 SILVA,Jose (15) f 2400 TALCA 7.0 35.75 37.0 39.0
13 TOLOZA,Pablo (22) m 2345 CORONEL 7.0 35.50 37.0 40.5
14 SALEGERO,Francisco (25) . 2300 ARGENTINA 7.0 34.50 34.5 37.5
15 MONIER,Raul (14) f 2405 ARGENTINA 6.5 34.75 33.5 39.0
16 SOPPE,Guillermo (8) m 2448 ARGENTINA 6.5 33.75 35.5 40.0
17 URDAY,Henry (6) g 2486 PERU 6.5 33.25 33.5 37.0
18 LENOIR,Gabriel (120) . COQUIMBO 6.5 33.25 28.0 37.0
19 VALIENTE,Cristobal (16) m 2385 PARAGUAY 6.5 32.25 34.5 37.5
20 MARDONEZ,Tito (126) . PUERTO MONTT 6.5 30.00 30.0 34.5
21 ZAPATA,Alonso (7) g 2454 COLOMBIA 6.0 32.75 35.5 42.0
22 ARANCIBIA,Eduardo (17) f 2379 SANTIAGO 6.0 31.50 34.0 40.0
23 SALAS,Christian (180) . 2240 SANTIAGO 6.0 31.25 32.0 39.0
24 ROMERO,Luis (174) . CHILLAN 6.0 31.00 35.0 40.5
25 LOBOS,Miguel (31) f 2229 SANTIAGO 6.0 30.75 33.0 38.0
26 GODOY,David (20) f 2355 SANTIAGO 6.0 30.00 33.5 38.0
27 BASUALTO,Pedro (46) . 2085 VINA DEL MAR 6.0 29.50 32.0 40.5
28 LLANOS,Guillermo (9) m 2437 ARGENTINA 6.0 29.25 33.5 37.5
29 SAEZ,Carlos (176) . CONCEPCION 6.0 29.00 29.5 36.0
30 QUEIROLO,Manuel (44) . 2095 SANTIAGO 6.0 28.50 30.0 33.0
31 CASTRO,Oscar (19) m 2360 Colombia 6.0 28.25 37.5 42.0
32 FUENTES,Carlos (34) . 2195 OVALLE 6.0 28.25 32.5 39.0
33 SALGADO,Heraldo (48) . 2080 ALCIA LTDA. CORONEL 6.0 28.25 29.5 36.0
34 CARMONA,Jose (36) . 2188 TEMUCO 6.0 28.00 28.5 35.0
35 HENRIQUEZ,Arturo (42) . 2115 SANTIAGO 6.0 28.00 26.5 35.0
36 FERNANDEZ,Jorge (27) . 2265 ARGENTINA 6.0 27.50 33.0 38.5
37 ZARZURI,Rodrigo (204) . CHILLAN 6.0 27.50 30.0 35.0
38 UTMAN,Carlos (45) . 2086 PERALILLO 6.0 27.25 30.0 35.5
39 POLLIO,Carlos (157) . ARGENTINA 6.0 27.00 31.5 37.5
40 MUNOZ,Jaime (142) . CONCEPCION 6.0 26.75 28.0 35.0
41 ESTAY,Oscar (28) . 2255 CONCEPCION 6.0 26.00 32.0 35.5
42 CACERES,David (71) . LINARES 6.0 24.50 25.0 32.0
204 players
The WCC World Chess Rankings for June 1st pProduced by Ken Thomson of New
Jersey and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich in Moscow have been released.
Alexei Shirov has moved into second place as Kasparov moves far clear of the
rest in first.
Top 30
Results up to June 1, 1999
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2838 140
2. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2727 171
3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2724 124
4. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2724 125
5. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2719 166
6. Leko,Peter HUN 2699 138
7. Gelfand,Boris ISR 2687 139
8. Adams,Michael ENG 2686 162
9. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2677 160
10. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2660 155
11. Short,Nigel D ENG 2654 143
12. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2653 140
13. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2652 178
14. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2651 138
15. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2649 168
16. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2648 163
17. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2643 191
18. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2640 180
19. Svidler,Peter RUS 2636 157
20. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2634 117
21. Salov,Valery RUS 2631 190
22. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2630 167
23. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2628 155
24. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2626 164
25. Timman,Jan H NED 2623 193
26. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2622 186
27. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2622 162
28. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2621 166
29. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2620 171
30. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2619 157
Karpov speaks out
In an interview in German with the German Chess Magazine Schach, Karpov
speaks out against FIDE. You can see the article at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Redaktion_Schach/karpow.htm
13th Open in Pula
The 13th Open in Pula is taking place May 29th - June 8th 1999. Palac,
Kozul, Tukmakov, Romanishin and Sax are amongst the players. Daily information
at: http://www.gradpula.com/sport/chess
Brazilian Junior Championships
The Brazilian Junior Championships (sub-20 boys and girls) took place 20-23
May, in Brasilia Chess Club - Brasilia - Brasil. The favourites won: - f
Ricardo Benares won Absolut sub-20 (there were 43 players) - f Barbara Farhat
won Girls sub-20 (there were 10 players) Results and games are available at:
http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx.index2.htm
World Computer Chess Championships
Heiner Matthias reports: The next World Computer Chess Championships are to
be held in Paderborn, Germany, 14-20. June 1999. Participants are all top
commercial progams including Fritz, Hiarcs, Rebel etc. and in addition a few
programs like Cilkchess or ZUGZWANG running on multi-processor-systems. On the
last day (20.06.99) there will be a man-machine contest, where the top 4
programs of the World Championship will be matched against 4 invited GM's
(Christopher Lutz, Loek van Wely, Raphael Waganian and Ivan Sokolov). All the
games are relayed live on the net. For further information, the address of our
web site is: http://www.uni-paderborn.de/~wccc99/
Diagonale Broadcast 28th May
There is another broadcast of the Diagonale chess program on the 28th May.
There was coverage of the finish to Sarajevo. You can listen to this and indeed
the previous editions, check out the web site at:
http://www.tactiquenet.com
Olomouc, Czech Republic
The Olomouc Festival take place on August 7th-15th, 1999 in Olomouc, Czech
Republic. There will be organized several tournaments: 1) GM round robin
tournament 10th category FIDE (10-12 players) 2) IM round robin tournament 4th
category FIDE (10-12 players) 3) national open - 9 rounds, 2/40+1 (note - not
rated for FIDE) They are looking for players for both round robin tournaments!
(and the national open as well :-)) Last year there were GM or IM norms in each
of the tournament organized in Olomouc. In 1997 there was one GM norm (there
was only GM event) and in 1998 one GM norm and three IM norms! If you are
interesting in attending the event, please contact Jakub Fuksik of Agentura 64.
Complete information about festival is also published
http://www.proclient.cz/a64
Contact info: Agentura 64 783 73 Grygov 337 Czech Republic tel/fax:
++420-68-5393327 or http://www.proclient.cz/a64 or
e-mail: a64@proclient.cz Internet Chess Journal
http://www.chessjournal.cz