THE WEEK IN CHESS 247 - 2nd August 1999 by Mark Crowther
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International Paris Chess Ch. 200 games
My thanks to Ian Rogers, John Henderson, Malcolm Pein, Bobby Ang, Sinisa
Joksic, Chiacs, Anjo Anjewierden, Lubo Ftacnik, Richard Palliser,
Europe-Echecs, Barbara Watson, John Donaldson, Ole and Carlos Penin, and all
those who helped with this issue.
A hectic week of international chess saw first and foremost the start of the
FIDE Championships in Las Vegas. There were few small controversies at the
early stages but nothing too major. It looks like settling into an exciting
event. The final stages of the first round will finish tonight and then the top
rated players. I will be covering the event daily on TWIC's pages.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The FIDE World Chess Championships opened on July 30th and run until August
29th 1999 in Las Vegas USA.
The opening ceremony where FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov declared the
event open on Friday night at a lavish opening ceremony which included welcome
messages from US President Bill Clinton and IOC President Juan Antonio
Samaranch. The IOC was represented by Vice President Anita de France who
welcomed FIDE into the IOC fold, a theme taken up by President Ilyumzhinov in
his address. President Ilyumzhinov expressed his pleasure that FIDE was running
an event under the IOC umbrella and at a press conference yesterday he said
that chess would be a demonstration sport at the Sydney Olympics. It also
emerged that Hong Kong is a possible venue for the next FIDE KO in 2000 and
President Ilyumzhinov confirmed that he will be holding a knockout event every
year. President Ilyumzhinov also took a swipe at what he called " the
ambitions of some of our leading players ". Both FIDE champions; Zsuzsa
Polgar and Anatoly Karpov have refused to play in Las Vegas and thrown their
respective championship cycles into chaos. Garry Kasparov and Vishy Anand are
also absent. While Ms Polgar can point to FIDE's inability to find a sponsor
for a women's title match for over a year and now her newly born child, Karpov
has simply held the organisation to ransom.
Ilyumzhinov optimism as to the prospects of chess appearing in the Sydney
Olympics is not borne out by the facts. Sydney will not be having any
demonstration events at all and chess will not be part of the event according
to organisers of the Sydney event contacted by Ian Rogers on August 2nd.
There was more controversy when the San Francisco Chronical and the Scotsman
reported comments from the controversial Shiloh Quinn Karpov's agent and
lawyer. "..he declared that it's a matter of where Karpov would now enter
the competition to defend his title." " "The only issue on the
table at the moment is that he will play only the challenger, he will not play
anyone other than the winner of this series," Quinn said. "That's
exactly the way they did before [in Lausanne, 1997] the winner of the series
got to play Karpov. This is the way it has always been in chess. FIDE is
supposed to find a challenger for the champion." In reply, FIDE's
executive director, Emanuel Omuku, stated that "Karpov has come to a
mutual understanding with FIDE that the issue will be put before the court of
arbitration for sports in Lausanne." "
Summing up the feelings of many in the chess world Ilyumzhinov said that
Karpov's reported stance was "a joke".
There was one more controversial point to settle before play got underway.
With two players missing from the second round Morozevich and Karpov, the
organisers had to decide who to replace them. They decided to put two reserves
(Milov and Dreev) straight into the second round which brought a protest from
Krasenkow (supported by Tiviakov) as he was the highest seeded player not in
the second round. At the players meeting this decision was changed with Milov
and Dreev going to the first round and Krasenkow and Federov to the second.
This left Milov high and dry, he was playing in Switzerland and planned to
arrive in time only for the second round. He was defaulted in round one game
one against Macieja as he was not there. Milov arrived in time for round one
game two and on appeal he won the right to play his round one day one game on
the day set aside for playoffs. The appeals committee apologised to Macieja but
said although the decision was somewhat unfair on him the greater injustice
would have been to forfeit Milov.
FIDE Round 1 Results
There were a number of upsets on day one of the FIDE Championships. Upsets
included: Kotsur over Dolmatov, Andres Rodriguez over Asrian, Daniel Fridman
over Adianto, Lev Aronian over Rozentalis, Tal Shaked over Babula, Ralf Akesson
over Miles, and Barua over Khalifman.
Day two saw Khalifman, Asrian, Rodriguez, Miles, Babula and Dolmatov recover
from losing their first round games to tie their matches. There were only a few
real surprise results. Key results included Fridman eliminating Adianto,
Kobalija beating DeFirmian and Aronian beating Rozenthalis. Through to the
second round are: Akopian, Sokolov, Milos, Fridman, Wahls, Nisipeanu, Speelman,
Lautier, Andersson, Tkachiev, Magem, Antonio, Ehlvest, Aleksandrov, Dizdar,
Bauer, Aronian, Gulko, Kotronias, Peng, Kobalija, Hamdouchi, Leitao and
Ponomariov. There are 12 ties to be resolved tomorrow including Milov's round
one default which he will be allowed to play tomorrow after the default went to
appeal. So there were just two no-shows in round one, Hakki and Bagheri.
Tonight will see the playoffs and completion of round one. Round 2, the
round of 64 see's the entry of the stronger players into the event.
There will be detailed coverage every day on TWIC's main pages.
Stars (*) indicate the winner of the tie. First named player was white in
game one.
FIDE World Championships Las Vegas (USA), 31 vii-21 viii 1999
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Round 1 (July 31-August 2nd, 1999)
Unresolved ties [playoff Aug 2nd]
Zubarev, Alexander1 - Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 1/2
Barua, Dibyendu - Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 0-1
Asrian, Karen - Rodriguez, Andres 0-1 1-0
Akesson, Ralf - Miles, Anthony J 1-0 0-1
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 1/2
Shaked, Tal - Babula, Vlastimil 1-0 0-1
Dreev, Alexey - Zelcic, Robert 1/2 1/2
Spraggett, Kevin - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 1/2
Psakhis, Lev - Zapata, Alonso 1/2 1/2
Dolmatov, Sergey - Kotsur, Pavel 0-1 1-0
Gurevich, Dmitry - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 1/2
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Milov, Vadim --- 0-1
[Game one to be played tomorrow]
Completed ties
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Akopian, Vladimir * 0-1 1/2
Sokolov, Ivan * - Kudrin, Sergey 1-0 1/2
Ivanov, Alexander - Milos, Gilberto * 0-1 1/2
Adianto, Utut - Fridman, Daniel * 0-1 0-1
Wahls, Matthias * - Cela, Altin 1-0 1/2
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter * - Djuric, Stefan 1-0 1-0
Ricardi, Pablo - Speelman, Jonathan S * 1/2 0-1
Lautier, Joel * - Kobese, Watu 1-0 1-0
Andersson, Ulf * - Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib 1-0 1-0
Tkachiev, Vladislav * - Hoffman, Alejandro 1-0 1-0
Feldman, Vladimir - Magem Badals, Jordi * 0-1 0-1
Antonio, Rogelio jr * - Kozak, Alexander 1-0 1-0
Ehlvest, Jaan * - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 1/2
Aleksandrov, Aleksej * - Becerra Rivero, Julio 1-0 1-0
Liang Chong - Dizdar, Goran * 1/2 0-1
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Bauer, Christian * 1/2 0-1
Aronian, Levon * - Rozentalis, Eduardas 1-0 1-0
Gulko, Boris F * - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 1/2
Bouaziz, Slim - Kotronias, Vasilios * 0-1 1/2
Peng Xiaomin * - Sadvakasov, Darmen 1-0 1/2
Kobalija, Mihail * - DeFirmian, Nick E 1/2 1-0
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad - Ponomariov, Ruslan * 1/2 0-1
Default wins
Hakki, Imad - Hamdouchi, Hichem * 0-1 0-1
Leitao, Rafael * - Bagheri, Amir 1-0 1-0
The Official FIDE site for the event is at:
http://www.worldfide.com/chess/index.html
Further coverage at: http://www.insidechess.com/
Ole Sports have official live coverage in Spanish, including the games live,
reports and chat at:
http://deportes.ole.com/espdep/ajedrez/portada.cfm
Check out. Fantasy Chess for the FIDE Championships in Las Vegas at
http://www.angelfire.com/hi/hdcachess/tourn5.html
. we will be running another Fantasy event after round 3 of the Championships.
The Women's World Championship Final Match between Xie Jun and Alisa
Galliamova is taking place from July 30th to August 23rd. For The first half of
the match takes place in Kazan, Tartarstan the latter half in Shenyang, China.
Game one was a draw (where Galliamova missed a probable win, Xie Jun took the
lead by winning game two, but Galliamova levelled by winning game three. Game 4
was a draw.
Coverage at: For the Kazan half of the match http://www.mi.ru/~chess/ For
the Chinese half of the match http://www.qingdaonews.com/64/xie/english.htm The
Women's World Championships were to have had a knockout championships to start
in September almost directly after the finish of the Xie Jun - Galliamova
match. This has now been cancelled.
Standings after 4 games:
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Xie Jun 1/2 66 C97 Ruy Lopez
Xie Jun - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 1-0 29 B66 Sicilian
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Xie Jun 1-0 40 C96 Ruy Lopez
Xie Jun - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 1/2 32 C97 Ruy Lopez
Women's World Chess Championships Kazan & Shenyang (RUS), 5 vii-23 viii 1999
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Xie Jun g CHN 2528 =10= 2.0 2556
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa m RUS 2556 =01= 2.0 2528
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The 32nd International Chess Festival in Biel ran July 17th-31st 1999. The
main event (running July 19th-30th) was a Category 14 10 round double round
robin featuring Onischuk, Piket, Bunzmann, Avrukh, Viktor Bologan, Pelletier.
Jeroen Piket won the event by beating Boris Avrukh (to complete a double over
the Israeli player) in round 9. Avrukh still finished clear second as both he
and Piket won in the final round.
After nine rounds the top four players in the MTO Open were taken out of the
competion to play for the top places. They played a semi-final and a final. In
the semi-finals Milov beat Bagirov and Gruenfeld beat Rashkovsky. Milov beat
Gruenfeld in the final and Rashkovsky took 3rd place. Volkov, Cherinaev and
Tyomkin all finished on 7.5/11 to finish 5th-7th.
Sergei Volkov scored 9 in the rapidplay event ahead of Greenfeld and Pavlos
on 8.5.
Full standings and internet coverage:
http://www.schachfestival-biel.ch
Round 8 (July 26, 1999)
Onischuk, Alexander - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 1-0 62 A40 Queen's pawn
Bologan, Viktor - Avrukh, Boris 1/2 45 B60 Sicilian
Pelletier, Yannick - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 29 D51 QGD;
Round 9 (July 27, 1999)
Piket, Jeroen - Avrukh, Boris 1-0 45 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Onischuk, Alexander - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 28 B88 Sicilian
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Pelletier, Yannick 0-1 57 D43 Semi-Slav
Round 10 (July 28, 1999)
Avrukh, Boris - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 1-0 48 E45 Nimzo indian
Bologan, Viktor - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 30 C65 Ruy Lopez
Pelletier, Yannick - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 49 E12 Nimzo indian
Biel SUI (SUI), 19-28 vii 1999 cat. XIV (2596)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2635 ** 11 =0 =1 == 11 7.0 2737
2 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2588 00 ** 11 1= =1 =1 6.5 2707
3 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2657 =1 00 ** == 11 =1 6.0 2655
4 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2620 =0 0= == ** 1= 1= 5.0 2591
5 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2479 == =0 00 0= ** =1 3.5 2509
6 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2596 00 =0 =0 0= =0 ** 2.0 2355
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MTO Open
1 MILOV VADIM (SUI) Winner of the Final
2 GRUENFELD YEHUDA Runner-up
(ISR)
3 RASHKOVSKY NUKIM Winner of 3rd-4th place playoff
(RUS)
4 BAGIROV RUFAT (AZE)
Name Titel Land Siege Remis Verlust Punkte Buchh. SumBu.
5 VOLKOV SERGEY GM RUS 6 3 2 7.5 70.5 672.5
6 CHERNIAEV ALEXANDER IM RUS 5 5 1 7.5 67.5 656
7 TYOMKIN DMITRY IM ISR 5 5 1 7.5 67 655
8 SHARIYAZDANOV ANDR. GM RUS 4 6 1 7 68.5 647
9 KLOVANS JANIS GM LAT 5 4 2 7 67 631
10 TUKMAKOV VLADIMIR GM UKR 3 8 0 7 66.5 646
11 GRISCHUK ALEXANDER IM RUS 5 4 2 7 66 640.5
12 GREENFELD ALON GM ISR 5 4 2 7 66 640
13 STURUA ZURAB GM GEO 3 8 0 7 65.5 640
14 MIKHALVEVSKI ALEX IM ISR 5 4 2 7 65.5 634.5
15 NATAF IGOR-ALEXAND. GM FRA 3 8 0 7 64 638
16 ARKHIPOV SERGEI GM RUS 4 6 1 7 64 613.5
17 CEBALO MISO GM CRO 5 4 2 7 63.5 632
18 RAETSKY ALEXANDER IM RUS 3 7 1 6.5 67.5 635
19 NEMET IVAN GM SUI 6 1 4 6.5 63.5 628
20 KRISHNAN SASIKIRAN IM IND 6 1 4 6.5 63 624
21 KVEINYS ALOYZAS GM LTU 4 5 2 6.5 62 608
22 RADJABOV TEIMOUR FM AZE 4 5 2 6.5 61 599
23 BYKHOVSKY ANATOLY IM RUS 4 5 2 6.5 60 587
24 GHEORGHIU FLORIN GM ROM 3 7 1 6.5 59 616
25 PRASAD D.V. IM IND 5 3 3 6.5 57 602
26 KUNTE ABHIJIT IM IND 3 7 1 6.5 56 603.5
27 PIKULA DEJAN IM YUG 5 3 3 6.5 53 584.5
28 PAVLOVIC MILOS GM YUG 5 2 4 6 64.5 611
29 KAENEL HANS-JOERG IM SUI 3 6 2 6 64.5 611
30 KIDAMBI SUNDARARAJAN IND 3 6 2 6 64.5 602
31 HANDKE FLORIAN GER 5 2 4 6 62 611.5
32 JOKSIC SINISA IM YUG 4 4 3 6 61.5 599.5
33 JENNI FLORIAN FM SUI 4 4 3 6 59 605.5
34 PEPTAN CORINA IM ROM 4 4 3 6 57.5 598.5
35 SARAVANAN VENKAT. IM IND 4 4 3 6 57 588.5
36 CVITAN OGNJEN GM CRO 3 6 2 6 57 576.5
37 CIRIC DRAGOLJUB GM YUG 4 4 3 6 56.5 607
38 THIPSAY PRAVEEN GM IND 3 6 2 6 56.5 588
39 KALINITSCHEW SERGEY GM GER 4 4 3 6 55 595.5
40 ABDUL MAJE UAE 4 4 3 6 54 551
41 LIEBERUM JENS GER 5 2 4 6 51 555.5
91 players
Anatoly Karpov and Miguel Illescas played a blitz chess match in Barcelona
in memory of the arbiter Carlos Falcon on Monday 26th July 1999. Karpov won the
match after he won the second game of the match.
Official site:
http://deportes.ole.com/espdep/ajedrez/karpov/portada.cfm.
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 47 C42 Petroff defence
Karpov, Anatoly - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 55 D46 Semi-Slav
Barcelona ESP (ESP), 26-26 vii 1999
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1 2
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Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2700 = 1 1.5 2793
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2600 = 0 0.5 2507
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Chiacs reports: The 5th Tan Chin Nam Cup took place in Shenyang, China, July
8th-17th 1999. The event saw a number of players compete who are now at the
FIDE Championships in Las Vegas. There was a tie for first between Chinese GM
Ye Jiangchuan and Russian Alexey Dreev. Michal Krasenkow and Peng Xiaomin were
a half point further back.
5th Tan Chin Nam Cup Shenyang CHN (CHN), 8-17 vii 1999cat. XIII (2561)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2593 * 1 = = = = 1 1 = = 6.0 2682
2 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2679 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2672
3 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2647 = = * 1 0 = 1 = = 1 5.5 2631
4 Peng Xiaomin g CHN 2574 = = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2639
5 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2541 = = 1 = * = 0 1 = = 5.0 2606
6 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2587 = = = = = * 0 0 1 1 4.5 2558
7 Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2465 0 0 0 0 1 1 * = = 1 4.0 2528
8 Wang Zili g CHN 2524 0 0 = = 0 1 = * = = 3.5 2485
9 Wu Shaobin g CHN 2496 = 0 = 0 = 0 = = * = 3.0 2443
10 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2503 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 2.0 2347
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The Dutch Open took place July 20-28th in the City of Dieren, the
Netherlands. Loek van Wely, won the event in spite of losing his final round
game to second placed Erik van den Doel. Eelke Wiersma , Jan Gustafsson and
Agnese Meijere scored IM norms, Dennis de Vreugt a GM norm. Official coverage
with games and results at:
http://www.schaakbond.nl/update/nieuws/dieren99/index.html
Final Standings
Dieren Open (NED), 20-28 vii 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2629 +43 +19 =12 +15 +23 + 3 + 5 +14 - 2 7.5 /9 2725
2 Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2528 -32 +65 +63 +20 +21 =10 = 3 +23 + 1 7.0 /9 2545
3 De Vreugt, Dennis m NED 2398 +57 = 4 + 8 + 6 +13 - 1 = 2 =10 +23 6.5 /9 2640
4 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2539 +63 = 3 +31 =33 =11 =15 =17 +22 +12 6.5 /9 2545
5 Golubev, Mihail g UKR 2532 +40 +41 =26 =11 +33 =12 - 1 +21 +16 6.5 /9 2573
6 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2476 +46 +56 =11 - 3 =34 +36 + 9 =13 +10 6.5 /9 2515
7 Hort, Vlastimil g GER 2535 +60 -11 +38 +51 -10 +40 =15 +44 +14 6.5 /9 2455
8 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2583 =34 +49 - 3 +55 +27 =16 =10 =15 +28 6.0 /9 2479
9 Ernst, Sipke m NED 2444 +35 =21 -51 +50 =22 +45 - 6 +39 +27 6.0 /9 2389
10 Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2434 +53 =27 +32 =13 + 7 = 2 = 8 = 3 - 6 5.5 /9 2475
11 Wiersma, Eelke NED 2362 +58 + 7 = 6 = 5 = 4 =23 =27 -16 +37 5.5 /9 2485
12 Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2468 +47 +30 = 1 =21 +37 = 5 -14 +24 - 4 5.5 /9 2425
13 Golod, Vitali g ISR 2568 +36 +22 =33 =10 - 3 +34 =16 = 6 =15 5.5 /9 2477
14 Meijers, Viesturs m LAT 2472 +42 =31 =20 =43 +44 +26 +12 - 1 - 7 5.5 /9 2467
15 Gustafsson, Jan GER 2436 +71 =20 +27 - 1 +43 = 4 = 7 = 8 =13 5.5 /9 2519
16 Janssen, Ruud NED 2448 =48 +67 =17 =29 +51 = 8 =13 +11 - 5 5.5 /9 2415
17 Hoeksema, Erik m NED 2404 +65 =32 =16 =44 =36 +38 = 4 -18 +40 5.5 /9 2375
18 Gershon, Alik m ISR 2492 -38 +64 -50 +60 +29 =21 =42 +17 =20 5.5 /9 2286
19 Solleveld, Maarten NED 2404 +37 - 1 =55 -49 =35 +65 +36 =40 +44 5.5 /9 2341
20 Van Beek, Lucien NED 2326 +69 =15 =14 - 2 -32 +66 +63 +50 =18 5.5 /9 2347
21 Willemze, Jeroen NED 2269 +61 = 9 +25 =12 - 2 =18 +34 - 5 =31 5.0 /9 2436
22 Delemarre, Jop m NED 2365 +52 -13 +42 =36 = 9 =37 +49 - 4 =24 5.0 /9 2345
23 Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2516 =55 +59 +34 +26 - 1 =11 +33 - 2 - 3 5.0 /9 2409
24 Lahaye, Rick NED 2184 -41 =57 +64 =39 =30 +43 +29 -12 =22 5.0 /9 2312
25 Lemmers, Oscar f NED 2406 +66 =51 -21 =40 -45 =35 +46 +47 =29 5.0 /9 2197
26 Rabinovich, Alexander m ISR 2413 +70 +50 = 5 -23 +49 -14 -44 +35 =30 5.0 /9 2357
27 Van Delft, Merijn NED 2323 +73 =10 -15 +48 - 8 +47 =11 +33 - 9 5.0 /9 2358
28 Ribshtein, Nati ISR 2349 -50 =35 -48 =72 +57 +52 +45 +42 - 8 5.0 /9 2216
29 Vink, Nico NED 2271 =59 =62 +61 =16 -18 +54 -24 +49 =25 5.0 /9 2252
30 Hartoch, Robert G m NED 2329 +68 -12 =54 =67 =24 =63 +38 =37 =26 5.0 /9 2242
31 Jonker, Marc NED 2335 +72 =14 - 4 =32 -42 =48 +51 +54 =21 5.0 /9 2246
32 Van der Elburg,Freddie ---- + 2 =17 -10 =31 +20 -33 -40 =56 +54 4.5 /9 2354
33 Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2433 +45 +38 =13 = 4 - 5 +32 -23 -27 =36 4.5 /9 2353
34 Odendahl, Reiner f GER 2332 = 8 +48 -23 +35 = 6 -13 -21 +63 =45 4.5 /9 2348
35 Meijere, Agnese LAT 2150 - 9 =28 +58 -34 =19 =25 +41 -26 +56 4.5 /9 2354
36 Ludden, Gert-Jan NED 2252 -13 +52 +62 =22 =17 - 6 -19 +48 =33 4.5 /9 2322
37 Markus, John Raymond NED 2156 -19 +69 +41 +56 -12 =22 =39 =30 -11 4.5 /9 2332
38 Wilgenhof, Otto NED 2235 +18 -33 - 7 +65 +50 -17 -30 +66 =39 4.5 /9 2321
39 De Jong, Migchiel NED 2317 =62 =55 =67 =24 =54 +46 =37 - 9 =38 4.5 /9 2150
40 Van Rijn, Wouter NED 2282 - 5 =58 +59 =25 +67 - 7 +32 =19 -17 4.5 /9 2272
41 Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2360 +24 - 5 -37 =54 +58 -49 -35 +67 +50 4.5 /9 2188
42 Van Wissen, Michiel NED 2201 -14 +72 -22 +61 +31 =56 =18 -28 =43 4.5 /9 2298
43 De Heer, Machiel NED 2316 - 1 +71 +68 =14 -15 -24 =48 +52 =42 4.5 /9 2257
44 Berkvens, Joost NED 2268 -67 +70 +73 =17 -14 +51 +26 - 7 -19 4.5 /9 2281
45 Werle, Jan NED 2216 -33 -54 +71 +68 +25 - 9 -28 +61 =34 4.5 /9 2243
46 De Ruyter, Luc NED ---- - 6 -61 +66 =62 +59 -39 -25 +68 +57 4.5 /9 2142
47 Roebers, Jan NED ---- -12 -68 =52 +69 +62 -27 +67 -25 +58 4.5 /9 2167
48 Bakker, Sven NED 2144 =16 -34 +28 -27 =55 =31 =43 -36 +61 4.0 /9 2241
49 Rapoport, Evgeny ISR 2267 =64 - 8 +57 +19 -26 +41 -22 -29 =51 4.0 /9 2235
50 Plasman, Hans NED 2152 +28 -26 +18 - 9 -38 +61 +56 -20 -41 4.0 /9 2287
51 Doggers, Peter NED 2114 +74 =25 + 9 - 7 -16 -44 -31 +55 =49 4.0 /9 2279
52 Bloemhard, Rudy NED 2112 -22 -36 =47 =70 +73 -28 +64 -43 +63 4.0 /9 2139
53 Etmans, Maarten D f NED 2152 -10 -73 =72 -57 -61 +71 =74 +59 +66 4.0 /9 2030
54 Van der Veen, Jan NED 2090 -56 +45 =30 =41 =39 -29 +55 -31 -32 3.5 /9 2184
55 Remmel, Tim NED 2201 =23 =39 =19 - 8 =48 =67 -54 -51 +69 3.5 /9 2168
56 Kobrin, Michael ISR 2355 +54 - 6 +60 -37 =63 =42 -50 =32 -35 3.5 /9 2079
57 L'Ami, Erwin NED ---- - 3 =24 -49 +53 -28 =64 =58 +65 -46 3.5 /9 2100
58 Verholt, Gerard NED 2126 -11 =40 -35 +64 -41 =59 =57 +62 -47 3.5 /9 2048
59 Muhren, Willem NED ---- =29 -23 -40 +71 -46 =58 =65 -53 +67 3.5 /9 2105
60 Zimmermann,Luc ---- - 7 +74 -56 -18 -66 +62 -61 =64 +73 3.5 /9 2083
61 Molinari, Gabriel NED ---- -21 +46 -29 -42 +53 -50 +60 -45 -48 3.0 /9 2031
62 Van Dongen, Cor NED ---- =39 =29 -36 =46 -47 -60 +73 -58 =65 3.0 /9 1998
63 Hopman, Pieter NED 2212 - 4 +66 - 2 +73 =56 =30 -20 -34 -52 3.0 /9 2164
64 Wolbers, Johan NED ---- =49 -18 -24 -58 +74 =57 -52 =60 =71 3.0 /9 2021
65 Hendriks, Richard NED 2145 -17 - 2 +74 -38 +68 -19 =59 -57 =62 3.0 /9 2049
66 Algera, Simon NED 2085 -25 -63 -46 +74 +60 -20 +72 -38 -53 3.0 /9 2022
67 Wilschut, Peter NED 2041 +44 -16 =39 =30 -40 =55 -47 -41 -59 2.5 /9 2079
68 Janse,Jan Jaap ---- -30 +47 -43 -45 -65 =72 +69 -46 -74 2.5 /9 1949
69 Belle, Erika wm NED 2029 -20 -37 =70 -47 =71 =73 -68 +72 -55 2.5 /9 1941
70 Azadmanesh, Moosa NED 2147 -26 -44 =69 =52 +72 . . . . 2.0 /5 2092
71 Tare, M ALB 2139 -15 -43 -45 -59 =69 -53 . +74 =64 2.0 /8 1950
72 Pietrow,Andrei ---- -31 -42 =53 =28 -70 =68 -66 -69 . 1.5 /8 1911
73 Kabanof,Nikolai ---- -27 +53 -44 -63 -52 =69 -62 . -60 1.5 /8 1886
74 Dekker, Teus NED ---- -51 -60 -65 -66 -64 . =53 -71 +68 1.5 /8 1828
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The Lippstadt GM-Tournament started July 22nd 1999. The event was a
category 9 tournament. There is an unusual form of scoring with three points
for a win and one for a draw (although to be rated the results will have to be
submitted normally). P ConNers was a computer program. The scores are given in
normal order with the alternate scores after (as last year the finishing order
came out correct using the normal scoring system). The event was won by Vigen
Mirumian on 21 points level with Roman Slobodjan, both had five wins and six
draws, Mirumian had the better SoBerg score.
There was internet coverage at :
http://www.dpl.net/schach/gm99.htm
GM Lippstadt GER (GER), 22 vii-2 viii 1999 cat. VIII (2427)
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1 Mirumian, Vigen m ARM 2506 * = = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 8.0 21 98.0 2594
2 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2550 = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 21 97.0 2590
3 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2567 = = * = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.5 19 94.0 2546
4 Naumann, Alexander GER 2478 = = = * = = = = = 1 1 = 6.5 15 84.0 2486
5 Mueller, Karsten g GER 2533 = 0 = = * = = = = 0 1 1 5.5 13 68.0 2416
6 P ConNers (comp) GER ---- 0 = = = = * 0 0 1 1 0 1 5.0 13 63.0 2429
7 Matthias, Heiner f GER 2399 0 = 0 = = 1 * 1 = 0 = = 5.0 12 63.5 2393
8 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2472 0 = 0 = = 1 0 * = = 1 = 5.0 12 61.0 2386
9 Brenke, Andreas GER 2301 = 0 0 = = 0 = = * 1 1 = 5.0 12 59.0 2401
10 Naiditsch, Arkadij f GER 2417 = 0 = 0 1 0 1 = 0 * = 0 4.0 10 55.5 2325
11 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2467 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 0 = * 1 3.5 9 40.5 2289
12 Wehmeier, Stefan m GER 2428 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 1 0 * 3.0 7 35.5 2251
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The Finnish Chess Club EtVaS Vantaa celebrated its 25th Anniversary by
organising the first GM tournament in Finland for almost 10 years in Myyrmanni
July 20-28th 1999.
The Category VIII GM group was won by Jacek Gdanski the top rated player in
the event, he scored 6/9 ahead of 2nd rathed Aleksei Lugovoi and top Finnish
player Tapani Sammalvuo. There was also a category IV IM group won by Tarvo
Seeman of Estonia.
Daily internet coverage at:
http://www.shakki.net/etvas25/index.html
Final Standings
EtVas Vantaa GM Myyrmanni FIN (FIN), 20-28 vii 1999 cat. VIII (2433)
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1 Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2512 * = = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2549
2 Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2509 = * 1 = = = 1 0 = 1 5.5 2504
3 Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2393 = 0 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2517
4 Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2500 1 = 0 * 0 = = 1 = = 4.5 2425
5 Sepp, Olav m EST 2404 0 = = 1 * 1 = = 0 = 4.5 2436
6 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2382 = = = = 0 * = 1 = = 4.5 2439
7 Tella, Jussi m FIN 2434 = 0 = = = = * 0 = 1 4.0 2390
8 Nouro, Mikael f FIN 2344 0 1 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 4.0 2400
9 Salmensuu, Olli m FIN 2443 0 = = = 1 = = 0 * 0 3.5 2352
10 Yrjola, Jouni g FIN 2412 0 0 0 = = = 0 = 1 * 3.0 2310
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1 Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2403 * 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2483
2 Agopov, Mikael f FIN 2409 0 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2441
3 Veingold, Aleksandr m EST 2460 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.0 2435
4 Maki-Uuro, Miikka f FIN 2363 = = = * 0 = 0 1 1 1 5.0 2364
5 Gamback, Bjorn SWE 2181 0 = 0 1 * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2384
6 Valkesalmi, Kimmo m FIN 2370 = = = = = * 1 1 0 0 4.5 2320
7 Holmsten, Aleksei f FIN 2380 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 0 1 1 4.0 2276
8 Leskiewicz, Maksymilian AUS 2206 = = 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 4.0 2296
9 Paasikangas, Johanna wm FIN 2249 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1 3.0 2209
10 Koskela, Niina wm FIN 2237 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1.0 1984
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Lubo Ftacnik reports: Irina Krush played yet another training match with
Lubomir Ftacnik during his stay in Kopec summer chess camp in Lawrenceville in
New Jersey. All previous matches with Bisguier, Browne, Fedorowicz and Shaked
Tal were held with normal time control of tournament chess. Due to the
preparation for the different time control that will be used at some women
competition sponsors of Irina R§D Publishing asked for time control of 25
min + 10 sek increments in a 4 game match. IM Kopec was ready to arrange the
match at his rented premises om 14.-15.7.1999 and some 70 campers made for a
good audience. The games were hard fought, but Krush failed to find an antidote
to the Gruenfeld opening knowledge of her senior oponent. In the third game
43...g5? was a real mistake, but both players have missed 44.Rh1! with enormous
problems for the defending party. The result 1:3 is a decent achievement
considering the ratings of both players.
Ftacnik, Lubomir - Krush, Irina 1/2 36 A11 English; 1.c4
Krush, Irina - Ftacnik, Lubomir 0-1 27 D98 Gruenfeld indian
Ftacnik, Lubomir - Krush, Irina 1/2 52 B50 Sicilian
Krush, Irina - Ftacnik, Lubomir 0-1 56 D99 Gruenfeld indian
Match g/25 Lawrencewille, NJ USA (USA), 14-16 vii 1999
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1 2 3 4
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Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2589 = 1 = 1 3.0 2625
Krush, Irina wm USA 2432 = 0 = 0 1.0 2396
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In addition Ftacnik played in the annual Continental open in Los Angeles
14.-18.7.99. Bill Goichberg from Continental Chess Association got 366 entries,
top section featured 15 GMs. 1.-4.Beliavsky, Miles, Atalik, Ftacnik 5,5/7
5.-15.Yermolinsky, Blatny, Chernin, Shabalov, Ehlvest, Wojtkiewicz, Finegold,
Hoffman, Lakdawala, Hummel, Paschall 5,0 etc + Browne, Gufeld na 4,5.
As reported last week rhe 1999 Scottish Championships took place 17-25th
July 1999 at George Heriot's School, Edinburgh. Jonathan Rowson took the title
and scored his 3rd (and what should be his final) GM norm. He shared first
place with Aaron Summerscale who was not eligible for the title but enabled
Rowson to have the chance of going for a GM norm. In 3rd place was Paul Motwani
on 6/9. Neil Berry produced the performance of his life to turn in his first IM
norm with a final score of 5.5/9. Round 9 games now available.
Internet coverage at: http://www.keyx.freeserve.co.uk/sch99.htm
106th Scottish Championships Edinburgh (SCO), 17-25 vii 1999
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1 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2490 +10 +11 = 2 + 4 = 8 + 3 + 9 = 5 = 7 7.0 2597
2 Summerscale, Aaron g ENG 2423 +13 +17 = 1 = 3 + 9 + 8 = 4 + 6 = 5 7.0 2581
3 Motwani, Paul g SCO 2465 +19 = 9 + 8 = 2 = 5 - 1 = 6 + 4 +10 6.0 2493
4 Berry, Neil SCO 2200 = 5 +16 + 6 - 1 + 7 =17 = 2 - 3 + 8 5.5 2462
5 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2431 = 4 - 6 +17 +11 = 3 - 9 +16 = 1 = 2 5.0 2395
6 Bryson, Douglas M m SCO 2369 =16 + 5 - 4 - 7 +10 +11 = 3 - 2 + 9 5.0 2385
7 Orr, Mark J L m IRL 2350 +12 - 8 -15 + 6 - 4 =16 +19 +14 = 1 5.0 2297
8 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2445 +18 + 7 - 3 +15 = 1 - 2 +17 = 9 - 4 5.0 2373
9 Mannion, Stephen R m SCO 2346 +15 = 3 =11 +18 - 2 + 5 - 1 = 8 - 6 4.5 2377
10 Morrison, Graham SCO f SCO 2325 - 1 =14 =12 +19 - 6 =15 +13 +11 - 3 4.5 2284
11 Shaw, John m SCO 2410 +14 - 1 = 9 - 5 +12 - 6 +15 -10 +20 4.5 2258
12 Beaton, Kenneth S SCO 2120 - 7 =18 =10 =13 -11 -14 +20 +16 +17 4.5 2236
13 Henderson, John B SCO 2174 - 2 =20 =14 =12 =19 =18 -10 +17 =16 4.0 2182
14 Minnican, Alan SCO 2145 -11 =10 =13 -17 -20 +12 +18 - 7 =19 3.5 2171
15 Buchanan, Walter F SCO 2101 - 9 +19 + 7 - 8 -17 =10 -11 +20 -18 3.5 2227
16 Stevenson, James SCO 2130 = 6 - 4 -19 +20 +18 = 7 - 5 -12 =13 3.5 2163
17 Norris, Alan J f SCO 2337 +20 - 2 - 5 +14 +15 = 4 - 8 -13 -12 3.5 2146
18 Grant, Jonathan SCO 2260 - 8 =12 +20 - 9 -16 =13 -14 =19 +15 3.5 2114
19 Bathie, Nicol SCO 2290 - 3 -15 +16 -10 =13 +20 - 7 =18 =14 3.5 2136
20 Rutherford,Elaine ---- -17 =13 -18 -16 +14 -19 -12 -15 -11 1.5 1945
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Richard Palliser sends the games and results from the 9th Smith &
Williamson Young Masters ran July 17th-24th 1999 at King Edward's School,
Witley (near Guildford). The format remained similar to last year with a 20
player, 9 round, IM Swiss; a FIDE-rated, 11-round, Open being the main event.
Final Scores: 1st=Karl Mah, Simon Williams 6½/9, 3rd Stewart Haslinger 6
(1st IM norm), 4-6th Richard Palliser, Karmi Zalkind (ISR), Guillaume Vallin
(FRA) 5½
9th Smith & Williamson Young Masters (ENG), 17-24 vii 1999
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1 Williams, Simon m ENG 2421 =12 =15 + 9 + 5 + 4 + 2 - 3 = 7 +11 6.5 2439
2 Mah, Karl f ENG 2316 + 9 +12 = 4 = 7 +15 - 1 + 8 + 3 = 6 6.5 2478
3 Haslinger, Stewart ENG 2267 +10 = 6 +17 - 4 = 7 +13 + 1 - 2 + 8 6.0 2459
4 Palliser, Richard ENG 2253 +20 +14 = 2 + 3 - 1 = 8 = 9 = 5 = 7 5.5 2409
5 Zalkind, Karmi ISR 2216 +11 = 7 = 6 - 1 =17 =10 +15 = 4 + 9 5.5 2403
6 Vallin, Guillaume FRA 2378 +18 = 3 = 5 =15 - 8 +17 = 7 +10 = 2 5.5 2385
7 Pert, Richard G ENG 2308 +13 = 5 + 8 = 2 = 3 - 9 = 6 = 1 = 4 5.0 2345
8 Bates, Richard m ENG 2376 +19 =17 - 7 +12 + 6 = 4 - 2 + 9 - 3 5.0 2332
9 Sarkar, Justin USA 2262 - 2 +16 - 1 +11 +20 + 7 = 4 - 8 - 5 4.5 2310
10 Pert, Nicholas f ENG 2425 - 3 +18 -15 =13 +11 = 5 =12 - 6 +17 4.5 2276
11 Hunt, Adam ENG 2288 - 5 =13 +14 - 9 -10 +18 +20 +15 - 1 4.5 2323
12 Bekker-Jensen, David DEN 2264 = 1 - 2 +19 - 8 -13 +16 =10 =18 =14 4.0 2288
13 Kustanovich, Michael ISR 2237 - 7 =11 =20 =10 +12 - 3 =16 =14 =19 4.0 2275
14 Bekker-Jensen, Simon DEN 2436 =15 - 4 -11 =16 =18 =20 +19 =13 =12 4.0 2230
15 Vigus, James f ENG 2285 =14 = 1 +10 = 6 - 2 +19 - 5 -11 -16 3.5 2252
16 Bisby, Daniel L ENG 2252 -17 - 9 =18 =14 -19 -12 =13 +20 +15 3.5 2216
17 Dearing, Eddie SCO 2295 +16 = 8 - 3 =20 = 5 - 6 -18 =19 -10 3.0 2186
18 Trifunovic, Aleksandar ENG 2262 - 6 -10 =16 -19 =14 -11 +17 =12 =20 3.0 2204
19 Moskovic, David M ENG 2260 - 8 -20 -12 +18 +16 -15 -14 =17 =13 3.0 2182
20 Houska, Miroslav m ENG 2364 - 4 +19 =13 =17 - 9 =14 -11 -16 =18 3.0 2157
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The Recklinghäuser Schachtage 1999 took place in Recklinghausen,
Germany 24th July - 1st August 1999. The event was won by Klaus Bischoff with
7.5/9 ahead on SoBerg tie-break of Konstantin Lerner who also finished on 7.5.
The event was covered fully by Gerhard Hund at:
http://TeleSchach.com/berichte/reckli99.htm
Leading final standings.
1. Bischoff,Klaus GM 2509 GER 7.5 51.0 42.00
2. Lerner,Konstantin GM 2588 UKR 7.5 49.0 40.00
3. Levin,Felix GM 2531 GER 7.0 52.5 39.00
4. Mainka,Romuald GM 2476 GER 7.0 49.0 37.50
5. Gutman,Lev GM 2471 GER 7.0 48.0 37.00
6. Gausel, Einar GM 2500 NOR 7.0 47.5 39.50
7. Visser,Yge FM 2378 NED 7.0 46.5 39.00
8. Muse,Mladen IM 2472 GER 7.0 45.0 36.50
9. Bagaturov, Giorgi IM 2532 GEO 6.5 51.0 37.25
10. Glek,Igor GM 2536 RUS 6.5 49.5 36.25
11. Zagrebelny, Sergey GM 2521 UZB 6.5 49.0 37.50
12. Kishnev,Sergei GM 2495 RUS 6.5 48.0 34.75
13. Saltaev,Michail GM 2480 UZB 6.5 47.0 35.00
14. Iuldachev, Saidali GM 2491 UZB 6.5 46.5 35.00
15. Hillarp Persson, Tiger IM 2507 SWE 6.5 45.0 33.75
16. Jirovsky,Petr FM 2351 CZE 6.5 44.0 32.25
17. Friedrichs,Klaus 2148 GER 6.5 40.0 28.00
18. Eingorn,Vereslav GM 2589 UKR 6.0 50.0 33.25
19. Torres Kuckel, Rafael 2238 GER 6.0 49.5 32.50
20. Klyuner,Vyacheslav 2334 6.0 48.5 32.25
21. Pribyl,Josef IM 2384 CZE 6.0 48.0 33.25
22. Bagirov,Vladimir GM 2471 LAT 6.0 47.5 30.25
23. Schmittdiel,Eckhard GM 2505 GER 6.0 46.5 31.75
24. Feigin, Mihail IM 2500 UKR 6.0 45.5 29.75
25. Kedziora,Claus 2266 GER 6.0 45.0 31.00
26. Bakhmatov,Eduard 2261 UKR 6.0 45.0 30.75
27. Beckmann,Klaus 2284 GER 6.0 45.0 29.50
28. Husari, Sate 2307 SYR 6.0 45.0 29.25
29. Galdunts,Sergey IM 2464 ARM 6.0 44.0 28.25
30. Wegener,Olaf 2313 GER 6.0 43.0 28.00
31. Rotshtein,Efim 2339 UKR 6.0 42.0 29.25
32. Madl,Ildiko WGM 2435 HUN 6.0 41.5 29.00
33. Kern,Guido IM 2390 GER 6.0 41.5 28.75
34. Wolter,Kai 2344 GER 6.0 41.5 28.00
35. Kuhn,Manfred 2240 GER 6.0 40.5 28.25
36. Genkin,Michael 2176 6.0 39.5 27.00
37. Woller,Rainer 2238 GER 6.0 39.0 26.50
38. Stolte,Alexander 2267 GER 6.0 36.5 27.25
The International Championships of Paris took place July 17-25th. The event
was open to all international players and Ashot Anastasian scored 8/9 ahead of
Pavel Tregubov and Vladimir Epishin on 7.5. Eloi Relange took the title of
"Champion of Paris" as the top finishing French player. He was in a
group of eight on 7 points.
More information and games from all sections from Europe-Echecs at:
http://www.europe-echecs.com/paris/paris.html
Final Standings
1 GMI ANASTASIAN ASHOT ARM S/M 2545 8 42.5 2814
2 GMI TREGUBOV PAVEL RUS S/M 2609 7.5 38.5 2674
3 GMI EPISCHIN VLADIMIR RUS S/M 2657 7.5 38 2703
4 GMI SOKOLOV ANDREI RUS S/M 2543 7 39 2632
5 GMI SOLOZHENKIN EVGENIY RUS S/M 2544 7 38.5 2614
6 GMI RELANGE ELOI FRA S/M 2452 7 37 2581
7 GMI SHCHEKACHEV ANDREI RUS S/M 2505 7 36.5 2520
8 GMI TIMOSHENKO GEORGY UKR S/M 2576 7 36 2565
9 GMI SHNEIDER ALEKSANDR UKR S/M 2551 7 35.5 2536
10 GMI RAUSIS IGORS LAT S/M 2496 7 35 2532
11 GMI SKRIPCHENKO LAU ALMIRA MDA S/F 2456 7 34.5 2473
12 GMI LEGKY NIKOLAY UKR S/M 2496 6.5 36.5 2557
13 GMI KRUPPA YURI UKR S/M 2603 6.5 36 2540
14 GMI KOMAROV DIMITRI UKR S/M 2582 6.5 35 2506
15 MI LUCE SEBASTIEN FRA S/M 2381 6.5 34 2422
16 MF GONZALEZ DE LA AMADOR ESP S/M 2356 6.5 32.5 2436
17 MI JONKMAN HARMEN NED S/M 2421 6.5 32.5 2434
18 MI PAYEN ARNAUD FRA S/M 2373 6.5 32 2479
19 CF AUREL LUC FRA S/M 2119 6.5 28.5 2428
20 GMI KAZHGALEYEV MURTAS KAZ S/M 2531 6 36 2479
21 GMI RADULOV IVAN BUL V/M 2388 6 35.5 2446
22 MI PIRA DAVOUD FRA S/M 2397 6 35 2435
23 MI SHIRAZI KAMRAM USA S/M 2391 6 34.5 2478
24 GMI BARCZAY LASZLO HUN V/M 2402 6 34.5 2457
25 MI BERGEZ LUC FRA S/M 2373 6 34 2396
26 CF MOHEBBI JAFFAR FRA S/M 2292 6 33.5 2472
27 GMI MUREY YAACOV ISR S/M 2475 6 33.5 2418
28 MI MARCELIN CYRIL FRA J/M 2395 6 33.5 2412
29 CF PAREDES GALAN ANGEL ESP S/M 2289 6 33 2434
30 CF LEROY DIDIER FRA S/M 2325 6 32.5 2412
31 CF ABERGEL THAL FRA C/M 2231 6 32 2468
32 MI TE-LALLEMAND ROZA FRA S/F 2330 6 32 2413
33 CF MENSCH ETIENNE FRA S/M 2281 6 31 2377
34 CF SUAREZ POUSA DIEGO ESP S/M 2315 6 30.5 2412
35 CF BERNARD (CH15) JACQUES FRA S/M 2176 6 30.5 2342
36 GMI SPIRIDONOV NIKOLA BUL V/M 2398 6 30 2305
37 MF NEIMAN EMMANUEL FRA S/M 2353 6 29.5 2307
38 CF MONTHEARD XAVIER FRA S/M 2241 6 29 2363
39 CF CLERY NICOLAS FRA J/M 2172 6 29 2347
40 CF SAHETCHIAN ARMAND FRA S/M 2172 6 28 2331
41 CF MASCLA JEAN FRA S/M 2246 6 27 2275
42 CF CALISTRI TRISTAN FRA S/M 2261 6 26.5 2317
43 CF BOULARD ERIC FRA S/M 2220 6 26.5 2308
225 players.
According to Barbara Watson, his sister, John Watson the IM and chess author
is slowly recovering from his stroke. He is out of the rehab hospital [as of
last week] and in an assisted living facility [still in Las Vegas, where he had
the stroke], so he's beginning to be more independent. He is still
significantly paralyzed on his right side although he has recovered some use of
some muscles. The chess community has been remakably generous. His fund is
almost $35,000, which includes a $10,000 donation from the US Chess Federation.
This fund will help defray hospital & doctors' bills and be used towards
ongoing physical therapy. Contributions to the John Watson Medical Fund should
be sent to Barbara Watson at 143 River Road, Gill, MA, 01376, USA.
The Garry Kasparov vs. the World chess tournament. The event continues, you
can follow the game at: http://zone.msn.com/. It allows players to
consult in choosing which move is played against Kasparov. Players can vote for
one of the suggested moves or for their own recommended move. The move with the
most votes will be chosen as the world team's move. There is a team of coaches
Etienne Bacrot, 16, Florin Felecan, 19, Irina Krush, 15, and Elisabeth
Pähtz, 14 who will aid the choice of moves and GM Danny King will act as
moderator during the match. Moves so far Kasparov,G (2812) - The World
[B52] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.0-0 g6
8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nde2 Qe6 11.Nd5 Qxe4 12.Nc7+ Kd7 13.Nxa8 Qxc4 14.Nb6+
axb6 15.Nc3 Ra8 16.a4 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Qb3 f5 19.Bg5 Qb4 20.Qf7 Be5 21.h3
...
The Professional World Chess Ranking Produced by the Program Ken Thompson,
New Jersey Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow Results up to August 1,
1999.
1 Kasparov,Garry RUS 2838 140
2 Shirov,Alexei ESP 2755 172
3 Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2731 120
4 Anand,Viswanathan IND 2720 119
5 Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2719 166
6 Leko,Peter HUN 2716 139
7 Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181
8 Gelfand,Boris ISR 2697 140
9 Adams,Michael ENG 2690 161
10 Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2677 160
11 Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2660 155
12 Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2658 132
13 Short,Nigel D ENG 2654 143
14 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2653 140
15 Seirawan,Yasser USA 2652 178
16 Dreev,Alexey RUS 2648 163
17 Svidler,Peter RUS 2635 157
18 Topalov,Veselin BUL 2632 172
19 Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2631 184
20 Salov,Valery RUS 2631 190
21 Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2630 167
22 Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2628 150
23 Sadler,Matthew ENG 2626 165
24 Movsesian,Sergei CZE 2626 156
25 Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2622 186
26 Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2621 165
27 Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2618 148
28 Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2618 157
29 Polgar,Judit HUN 2617 190
30 Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2616 165
31 Piket,Jeroen NED 2615 155
32 Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2615 164
33 Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2615 129
34 Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2615 141
35 Smirin,Ilia ISR 2614 167
36 Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2613 170
37 Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2610 146
38 Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
39 Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2602 202
40 Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2600 183
41 Lautier,Joel FRA 2599 155
42 Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2599 172
43 Yusupov,Artur GER 2598 152
44 Timman,Jan H NED 2598 190
45 Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2597 176
46 Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2595 184
47 Khenkin,Igor GER 2593 199
48 Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2593 165
49 Dolmatov,Sergey RUS 2593 126
50 Kobalija,Mikhael RUS 2592 168
51 Polgar,Zsuzsa HUN 2592 176
52 Hracek,Zbynek CZE 2590 157
53 Rohde,Michael A USA 2589 190
54 Psakhis,Lev ISR 2589 130
55 Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2588 198
56 Baklan,Vladimir UKR 2587 172
57 Avrukh,Boris ISR 2586 208
58 Hellers,Ferdinand SWE 2583 167
59 Ljubojevic,Ljubomir YUG 2583 150
60 Filippov,Valerij RUS 2582 198
INACTIVE PLAYERS
Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
Fischer,Robert James USA 2594 197
Dokhoian,Yury RUS 2577 162
Makarichev,Sergey RUS 2559 211
6th Hawaii International Chess Festival
The 6th Hawaii International Chess Festival takes place March 21-29 2000, at
the Outrigger Kauai Beach Hotel, 4 miles north of Lihue, Hawaii on the Island
of Kauai. $85 (pool view) or $99 (ocean view) for single/double. Kids 17 and
under stay free w/ parents if using existing bedding. Outrigger Kauai Beach
Hotel: reservations at 1-888-805-3843 (ask for the March Chess Tournament
rate). Must reserve by February 21, 2000, to be sure that rooms will be
available.341-room hotel located on 25 lushly landscaped acres on one of the
island's loveliest oceanfront settings. All guest rooms were completely
renovated in 1996. Three thrilling chess tournaments – something for
everyone! For the Masters and wannabe Masters:6th Hawaii International (open to
all FIDE rated and limited number of USCF 2000+). 9 Rd. SS, 2 schedules. 9-day
and 6-day schedules (begins March 24). GM & IM norms almost certainly
available (GM norm not available from 6-day schedule).
For everybody:
1. FIDE Rapid Tourney - March 22 & 23, 2000. Anyone can get a FIDE
rating now! Open to all. 10 Rd. SS
2. Outrigger Amateur Open - March 23-26, 2000. Open to all. 7 Rd. SS. 4-
& 3-day schedules.
See December/January Chess Life TLA's for more detail (including prize
fund). Also, check tournament web site at
http://members.xoom.com/hawaiichess/
(click on "Events" and then "Hawaii International") or
e-mail Larry Reifurth at lreifurth1981@alum.kellogg.nwu.edu for more
information.
3rd Mind Sports Olympiad
The prize fund for this year's Mind Sports Olympiad has been set at 100,000
pounds. There may also be some additional prizes to be announced later. In
addition to the cash prizes the leading players will also receive the
traditional MSO gold, silver and bronze medals. There will be additional medals
for the leading juniors in each tournament. The prize funds for some of the
games are listed below. All figures are in pounds sterling.
Chess £20,000; Bridge £10,000; Go £8,500; 10x10 Draughts
£8,000; Othello £7,000; Chinese Chess £6,000; Scrabble
£6,000; Shogi £5,000; Stratego £5,000; 8x8 Draughts £4,000;
Memory Skills £3,000; Cribbage £2,000; Dominoes £2,000;
Intelligence £2,000
Prize funds for other games will be announced in due course. The detailed
tournament schedule will be announced on their web site
http://www.mindsports.co.uk/ in
early June and printed entry forms will be available shortly thereafter.
Two Lost Boys Tournaments
There are two Lost Boys Chess Tournaments, Amsterdam '99 AND Antwerp Open
'99 taking place 30 July - 20 August. The Antwerp event is underway with
Mikhail Gurevich and Van Wely amongst the players. It is followed by an
all-play-all in Amsterdam.
More info at: http://chess2.lostcity.nl/antwerp99/default.cfm
Stockholm Tournament
There is a tournament in Stockholm the 31 July to 8 August. Agrest, Brynell,
Wedberg and Tella are amongst the players.
http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/index1999.html
The Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships, Scarborough 1999
The Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships, Scarborough 1999
will take place Monday 2nd August - Saturday 14th August 1999. Full coverage
here including live coverage, results and video reports from the venue. GM
entries include Arkell, Baburin, Conquest, Davies, Emms, Gallagher, Hebden,
Hodgson, Kosten, Lalic, Summerscale, Ward and Wells Website at:http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/TheBritish
First Saturday, August
FIRST SATURDAY chess tournaments Budapest, Hungary 7th-19th of August 1999
1. Closed GM-tmt, cat.VII-VIII. 2. Closed IM-tmt, cat.II-III. 3. ELO-closed
tmt, ELO-average about 2150, 4. Scheveningen system tmt 9 days, for the ELO
reaching. More info: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@elender.hu www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-263-2859
Youth Festival. Israel, Germany, Netherlands
Youth Festival. Israel, Germany, Netherlands. Yusupov and Dvoretsky are part
of the coaching team at the festival and there will be reports by Yochanan Afek
aswell as the games and some of the coaching at the website:
http://www.connection1.nl
North Bay International
The 6th Annual FINANCIAL CONCEPT GROUP INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT
Internet: http://www.chesscanada.ca
then click on Tournaments and Ontario.
Date: August 4th-8th 1999
Location: College Education Centre, 100 College Drive, North Bay, Ontario,
Canada
Prize Fund: $25,000.00 Guaranteed ($CDN=$0.68US)
OPEN 1st-$3,500 2nd-$2,000 3rd-$1,500 4th-$1,000 5th-$ 500 6th-$ 400 U2200
1st-$1,400 2nd-$800 3rd-$500 4th-$350 5th-$ 250 6th-$ 200 U2000 1st-$1,400
2nd-$800 3rd-$500 4th-$350 5th-$ 250 6th-$ 200 U1800 1st-$1,400 2nd-$800
3rd-$500 4th-$350 5th-$ 250 6th-$ 200 U1600 1st-$1,000 2nd-$600 3rd-$400
4th-$350 5th-$ 250 6th-$ 200 Unr 1st-$300 2nd-$200 3rd-$100 TOP U2400 - 1ST
$1,400 2ND $ 800 A FIDE AND CFC RATED EVENT Participants: GM Jesus Nogueiras,
IM Lawrence Day, IM Deen Hergott, IM
Jeremy Silman conducting Game Analysis 2 hours after each round begins
(this will be very enjoyable time for all chess enthusiasts)
Open section restricted to FIDE rated players or those with national
ratings above 2150
Style: Open: 9 Round Swiss, Aug 4-8th, IM Norms are possible. All other
sections: Aug 5-8th.
Rounds: Open: 5pm Aug 4th, all other rounds 10am and 5 pm.
Time Control: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 1 hour Sudden Death.
Registration: 10 AM to 11 PM AUG 3rd or 7 AM TO 4PM AUG 5th OR 7-9AM AUG
6th. Or in advance by Mail, or Telephone with VISA "No Cheques at the
site" No refunds after Aug 1st. Entry Fee: $90.00 if sent by June 1st,
$100.00 by Aug 1st, $125.00 at the door.
Re-Entry: NEW THIS YEAR Players may re-enter ($90.00) up to the 4th round
and receive ½ point byes for each round. Re-entry for only same section or
one section higher than rated section..
Unrated Players: $50.00 for adults and $25.00 Juniors, eligible for unrated
prize only.
Discount: 25% off for Juniors under 17 and senior citizens. 25% off IM
entry fees. Free entry for IGM's.
Byes: 1/2 point byes first 4 rounds if requested prior to first round.
Accom: Package 1 at the site: 5 nights, entry, parking, for ONLY $260.00
all taxes incl. by June 1st, $290.00 all taxes incl. by August 1st $310.00 all
taxes incl. at the door NOTE:
Reduced Prices, Breakfasts NOT included.
REGISTRATIONS: FCGIO, 51 LOVELL AVE., NORTH BAY, ON P1A 3R7 INFO: DERRICK
BESSETTE 1-705-495-0877 OR RON SMITH 1-705-476-4080 or hammer@efni.com WE ALSO
ACCEPT VISA add 4%
Ikaria island, Greece
Eight GMs and other strong players will participate in the Ikaros Chess
Festival, 10-23 of July, Ikaria island, Greece. Among them are: Igor Novikov
(GM, 2601, Ukr.), Normunds Miezis (GM Lat), Eygeni Ermenkov (GM Bulg.), Milko
Popchev (GM Bulg.), Krum Georgiev (GM Bulg.), Milos Pavlovic (GM Yugosl.),
Stanimr Nikolic (GM Yugosl.), Silvia Aleksieva (WGM, Bulg.), Karsten Rasmussen
(IM Denmark), Bojan Vuckovic (IM Yugosl.), Pavlos Gesos (IM Greece), Ruzka
Genova (WIM, Bulg.)
Seven tournaments will be held in Ikaria in this period. The main event is
the Aegian Championship, a 9 rounds swiss system international tournament. For
more details in English, French or Greek you can visit the site:
http://www.chess.gr/tourn/1999/ikaros99.html
TWIC CD is out NOW.