THE WEEK IN CHESS 248 - 9th August 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Contents 1) Introduction
2) FIDE World Chess Championships
3) Women's World Chess Championships
4) The Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships,
Scarborough 1999
5) VISA Nordic Grand Prix Final 1999
6) Lost Boys Open, Antwerp
7) Scandic Hotels Chess Cup, Stockholm
8) North Bay Open
9) Quebec Open
10) First Saturday, August
11) Recklinghäuser Schachtage 1999
12) Ikaria island, Greece
13) 3rd Int Open Korinthos
14) VI Aceimar open
15) US Junior Chess Championships
16) Garry Kasparov vs the World
17) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
FIDE World Chess Championships 247 games
Women's World Chess Championships 8 games
British Chess Championships 233 games
VISA Nordic Grand Prix Final 1999 20 games
Lost Boys Open, Antwerp 118 games
Scandic Hotels Chess Cup, Stockholm 45 games
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First Saturday, August GM 14 games
First Saturday, August GM 14 games
3rd Int Open Korinthos 174 games
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US Junior Chess Championships 45 games
Total 1255 games
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Jonathan Berry, Hugh Brodie, Laszlo Nagy, Kefalos Kosmas, Argiris Kotsis,
Zenón Franco, Christopher Morgan, Ole and Carlos Penin, and all those
who helped with this issue.
At last after nine days of exhausting chess (that's just for this
journalist!) the FIDE Championships have reached the quarter finals, a time
where we can absorb the chess. The pairings are intriguing. Kramnik, Gelfand
and Shirov are the top seeds in their quarters favourites (by no means
certainties) to reach the semi-finals, but intreguingly one of Federov,
Movsesian, Kiril Georgiev and Akopian will be a semi-finalist. Round 4 that
starts tonight see's Topalov-Kramnik and Shirov-Short as its headline matches.
The key stages of the Championships are approaching. I'm looking forward to it.
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 FIDE Championships have reached the quarter final stages. The round 4
pairings are: Kramnik-Topalov, Adams-Dreev, Federov-Movsesian,
Georgiev-Akopian, Polgar-Zvjaginsev, Gelfand-Khalifman, Nisipeanu-Ivanchuk and
Short-Shirov.
Whilst the sheer volume of games has made it hard to follow the
Championships, this stage will concentrate attention on just a few people. The
top seeds Shirov and Kramnik have not as easier time of it as they might have
expected. This is partially due to the draw having a "soft centre"
due to the late withdrawal of Morozevich and Karpov (perhaps Tiviakov's call
for the whole draw to be redone should have been heeded). Kramnik has to play
Topalov, and although he has looked comfortable so far and is the favourite for
this tie, this is not an easy match for him. Shirov has had to go to the
tie-breaks both times (running out comfortable winner both times) but he again
has a tough draw against Short (who has again got into top form for this KO
event). If Kramnik will have to play the winner of Adams-Dreev whilst Shirov
has to play the winner of Nisipeanu-Ivanchuk. Again both potentially difficult
ties. In the middle of the draw there are a number of unsung players, Kiril
Georgiev forced himself to this stage by upsetting Peter Svidler, the
underrated Akopian took out Evgeny Bareev. Only Gelfand remains of the top
seeds of the event (and he has the rather tough Khalifman as an opponent). One
of Federov, Movsesian, Kiril Georgiev and Akopian will reach the semi-finals,
none of the four would be regarded as pre-tournament favourites.
FIDE Round 1 Review
Day three highlights Tivakov beat Gurevich after two sudden death games,
Nielsen beat Benjamin by winning their first sudden death game, Shaked beat
Babula in the tie break. Other players who went through on tie-break were
Tiviakov, Dolmatov, Psakhis, Yermolinsky, Dreev, Miles, Asrian, Khalifman and
Stefansson. Milov lost his second game against Macieja and the playoff on the
morning of the first game of the second round.
Stars (*) indicate the winner of the tie. First named player was white in
game one.
Slow time rate games 40 moves in 100 minutes, followed by 20 moves in
50 minutes, followed by all moves in 10 minutes. In addition there is a time
increment of 30 seconds per move added to the players time after the completion
of every move.
Rapid-play tie-break games The first series of two games will be
played at 25 minutes per player + 10 seconds time increment. If required a
second series of two games played at 15 minutes per player + 10 seconds time
increment. If the match is still tied a series of sudden death games will be
played. The first player to win goes through. White starts with 4 minutes and
Black five minutes + 10 seconds time increment. If the match carries on too
long in this mode (to be decided by the arbiter) then a single decisive game
will be played. White receives 6 minutes and black 5 minutes (no increment,
black goes through in the event of a draw).
FIDE World Championships Las Vegas (USA), 31 vii-21 viii 1999
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Round 1 (July 31-August 2nd, 1999)
[Playoff 10am Aug 3rd, timerate 15 mins + secs a move]
Playoff
Macieja, Bartlomiej * - Milov, Vadim 1-0 0-1 1/2 1-0
Games that went to playoffs
Playoff
Dolmatov, Sergey * - Kotsur, Pavel 0-1 1-0 1-0 1/2
Psakhis, Lev * - Zapata, Alonso 1/2 1/2 1-0 1/2
Spraggett, Kevin - Yermolinsky, Alex * 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Shaked, Tal * - Babula, Vlastimil 1-0 0-1 1/2 1-0
Akesson, Ralf - Miles, Anthony J * 1-0 0-1 0-1 1/2
Asrian, Karen * - Rodriguez, Andres 0-1 1-0 1-0 1/2
Dreev, Alexey * - Zelcic, Robert 1/2 1/2 1-0 1/2
Zubarev, Alexander1 - Stefansson, Hannes * 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Barua, Dibyendu - Khalifman, Alexander * 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1/2 0-1
Nielsen, Peter Heine * - Benjamin, Joel * 1/2 1/2 0-1 1-0 1/2 1/2 1-0
Gurevich, Dmitry - Tiviakov, Sergei * 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1 1-0 1/2 0-1
Completed ties [without playoff]
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
FIDE Round 2 Review
Below are the results for round two of the FIDE Championships, the stage at
which the strongest players in the event enter.
ROUND 2 DAY 1
The highest rated players in the competition entered in round two and the first
days play left some of them in danger of not surviving their first tie. Alexei
Shirov engaged in a sharp fight against Ivan Sokolov and lost. Rising star
Ruslan Ponomariov defeated Veselin Topalov. There was interest too in Gata
Kamsky. He was playing his first game in two years after giving up chess and
becoming a medical student It started well, he had a smooth win against
Khalifman.
Some other interesting results: Judit Polgar beat Peter Nielsen, Krasenkow
lost to Tony Miles, Korchnoi beat Dolmatov, Asrian beat Sadler, Ivanchuk beat
Wahls, Gelfand beat Speelman, Tiviakov drew against Kramnik, Short beat Fridman
and Milos beat Salov.
First named player is white in game one.
Slow time rate games 40 moves in 100 minutes, followed by 20 moves in
50 minutes, followed by all moves in 10 minutes. In addition there is a time
increment of 30 seconds per move added to the players time after the completion
of every move.
ROUND 2 DAY TWO
Tough play from the top players in trouble and a Kamsky protest are the
highlights from day 2.
Alexei Shirov levelled his match against Ivan Sokolov in only 24 moves with
black. An unfashionable variation of the Kings Indian Defence was chosen by
Shirov and he seemed to stand well quite quickly. Michal Krasenkow was another
seed in need of a win with black. He managed to persuade Miles into a position
where it was a race between Miles' Kingside attack and Krasenkow's Queenside
attack which arrived first after Miles became bogged down. Topalov got a big
opening advantage against Ponomariov and used it to win pawns and eventually
the game.
Gata Kamsky lost a difficult to understand, game to Alexander Khalifman and
launched a protest about the behaviour of players surrounding his game.
"This letter is to make a request regarding the rules of play.
During the game of Khalifman-Kamsky, certain players, Sakaev, (who resides at
the same city as Mr. Khalifman) Yermolinsky and Smirin disturbed me greatly.
After these players finished their games, (during the first half-hour!), they
then proceeded to analyze the positions in the hallway. After their
discussions, they would visit my table, making gestures and pulling faces. I
felt that their actions were clearly helpful to my opponent, Mr. Khalifman.
In the Olympiad there is a very clear rule that after the players finish
their games they are not allowed back into the playing area. This rule is to
prevent collusion amongst the players. I believe that this sensible rule should
be applied to the World Championship as well. In short, when the players finish
their games, they should act as spectators and remain in the spectator area,
not the area of play.
In particular, I request that the
above-mentioned players be given notice, to stay out of the playing area, after
they have finished their games. After all, this is a World Chess Championship
and not just a St.Petersburg Championship."
Dolmatov beat Korchnoi to save his match and take it to a tie-break as did
Zoltan Almasi against Peng.
GONE
Those eliminated in the second round
were, Wahls, Aleksandrov, Ehlvest, Bauer, Tiviakov, Speelman, Aronian, Fridman,
Kotronias, Salov, Sadler, Dizdar, Shaked, Hamdouchi, Macieja. Gulko, and
Kobalija. They were joined by Azmaiparashvili (who had a terrible time against
Nisipeanu having only one decent position out of the opening, the one he lost
by overreaching in game 4), Ponomariov, Sakaev, Smirin, Antonio, Peng, Kamsky,
Ivan Sokolov, Tkachiev, Dolmatov, Stefansson, Miles and Yermolinsky.
THROUGH
Players now through to round 3: Adams, Georgiev, Ivanchuk, Milos, Movsesian,
Asrian, Beliavsky, Dreev, Gelfand, Leitao, Short, Timman, Judit Polgar, Bareev,
Fedorov, Kramnik, Peters Leko and Svidler.
Nisipeanu, Topalov, Lautier, Zvjaginsev, Psakhis, Akopian, Almasi,
Khalifman, Shirov, Magem, Korchnoi, Shipov, Krasenkow and Rublevsky went
through after playoffs.
FIDE World Championships Las Vegas (USA), 31 vii-21 viii 1999
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Round 2 (August 3rd-5th, 1999)
Matches going to playoffs
-------------------------
Playoffs
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter * 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Topalov, Veselin * 1-0 0-1 1/2 1/2 0-1 0-1
Lautier, Joel * - Sakaev, Konstantin 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Andersson, Ulf - Zvjaginsev, Vadim * 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Smirin, Ilia - Psakhis, Lev * 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Akopian, Vladimir * - Antonio, Rogelio jr 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Almasi, Zoltan * - Peng Xiaomin 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0
Kamsky, Gata - Khalifman, Alexander * 1-0 0-1 0-1 1/2
Shirov, Alexei * - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 1-0 1/2 1-0
Magem Badals, Jordi * - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 1/2 1-0 1-0
Korchnoi, Viktor * - Dolmatov, Sergey 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0
Stefansson, Hannes - Shipov, Sergei * 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Krasenkow, Michal * - Miles, Anthony J 0-1 1-0 1-0 1/2
Yermolinsky, Alex - Rublevsky, Sergei * 1/2 1/2 0-1 0-1
Matches Concluded after two games
---------------------------------
Ivanchuk, Vassily * - Wahls, Matthias 1-0 1-0
Aleksandrov, Aleksej - Svidler, Peter * 1/2 0-1
Ehlvest, Jaan - Bareev, Evgeny * 1/2 0-1
Bauer, Christian - Leko, Peter * 1/2 0-1
Tiviakov, Sergei - Kramnik, Vladimir * 1/2 0-1
Gelfand, Boris * - Speelman, Jonathan S 1-0 1/2
Timman, Jan H * - Aronian, Levon 1-0 1/2
Short, Nigel D * - Fridman, Daniel 1-0 1/2
Dreev, Alexey * - Kotronias, Vasilios 1-0 1/2
Milos, Gilberto * - Salov, Valery 1-0 1-0
Asrian, Karen * - Sadler, Matthew 1-0 1/2
Movsesian, Sergei * - Dizdar, Goran 1-0 1-0
Georgiev, Kiril * - Shaked, Tal 1-0 1-0
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Beliavsky, Alexander G * 0-1 1/2
Leitao, Rafael * - Macieja, Bartlomiej 1-0 1/2
Gulko, Boris F - Fedorov, Alexei * 1/2 0-1
Kobalija, Mihail - Adams, Michael * 0-1 0-1
Polgar, Judit * - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 1/2
FIDE Round 3 Review
Below are the results for round three day one.
Round 3 day 1. The surprise result of the night was Kiril Georgiev's victory
over Peter Svidler. Shirov and Topalov both started with wins this time in
their matches. Fedorov, Short, Zvjaginsev and Ivanchuk were the other winners.
ROUND 3 DAY 2
There were two surprise results on day two of round three. Firstly the
elimination of one of the pre-event favourites Peter Svidler. He had a hard tie
against Kiril Georgiev and after losing game one, he could only draw in game
two. Alexei Shirov won his first game against Milos but was defeated in game
two to take the match into overtime. Playoff matches tomorrow are Shirov-Milos,
Gelfand-Lautier, Leko-Movsesian, Bareev-Akopian and Leitao-Nisipeanu.
ROUND 3 DAY 3
ROUND THREE DAY THREE
There were two surprises in the playoff matches in round three. The in form
Peter Leko was eliminated by Sergei Movsesian and Evgeny Bareev lost to
Vladimir Akopian. Shirov won both his games against Milos and after two draws
Gelfand won both 15/10 games against Lautier.
GONE
Eliminated in this round after two games were: Asrian, Shipov, Krasenkow,
Magem, Svidler, Timman, Rublevsky, Almasi, Psakhis, Beliavsky and Korchnoi.
Leko, Bareev, Milos and Lautier followed in the playoffs.
THROUGH
Through after two games were: Khalifman, Ivanchuk, Zvjaginsev, Judit
Polgar, Kiril Georgiev, Fedorov, Dreev, Adams, Short, Topalov and Kramnik.
Movsesian, Akopian, Gelfand and Shirov got through in the tie-breaks.
FIDE World Championships Las Vegas (USA), 31 vii-28 viii 1999
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Round 3 (August 6, 1999)
Playoffs
Bareev, Evgeny - Akopian, Vladimir * 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Lautier, Joel - Gelfand, Boris * 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1 0-1
Shirov, Alexei * - Milos, Gilberto 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0
Leko, Peter - Movsesian, Sergei * 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Leitao, Rafael - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter * 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Ties completed after two games
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Short, Nigel D * 0-1 1/2
Khalifman, Alexander * - Asrian, Karen 1/2 1-0
Ivanchuk, Vassily * - Shipov, Sergei 1-0 1-0
Krasenkow, Michal - Zvjaginsev, Vadim * 0-1 1/2
Magem Badals, Jordi - Polgar, Judit * 1/2 0-1
Georgiev, Kiril * - Svidler, Peter 1-0 1/2
Timman, Jan H - Fedorov, Alexei * 0-1 1/2
Rublevsky, Sergei - Dreev, Alexey * 1/2 0-1
Almasi, Zoltan - Adams, Michael * 1/2 0-1
Topalov, Veselin * - Psakhis, Lev 1-0 1/2
Korchnoi, Viktor - Kramnik, Vladimir * 1/2 0-1
FIDE Pairings
Below the draw is split into quarters, the arrangement shows the grouping of
the players in the draw.
Top Quarter
-----------
Tiviakov
Kramnik ----------------
¦ Kramnik
----------------
Korchnoi ¦ Korchnoi
Dolmatov----------------- Kramnik
¦----------------
Ponomariov Topalov
Topalov ----------------
¦ Topalov
----------------
Smirin ¦ Psakhis
Psakhis ----------------
¦-------------
Kobalija
Adams ------------------
¦ Adams
----------------
Almasi ¦ Almasi
Peng -------------------- Adams
¦----------------
Yermolinsky Dreev
Rublevsky --------------
¦ Rublevsky
----------------
Dreev ¦ Dreev
Kotronias --------------
2nd Quarter
-----------
Gulko
Federov ----------------
¦ Federov
----------------
Timman ¦ Timman
Aronian ----------------- Federov
¦----------------
Bauer Movsesian
Leko -------------------
¦ Leko
----------------
Movsesian ¦ Movsesian
Dizdar -----------------
¦-------------
Aleksandrov
Svidler ----------------
¦ Svidler
----------------
Georgiev (Kiril) ¦ Georgiev
Shaked ------------------ Georgiev
¦----------------
Ehlvest Akopian
Bareev -----------------
¦ Bareev
----------------
Akopian ¦ Akopian
Antonio ----------------
3rd Quarter
----------
Tkachiev
Magem ------------------
¦ Magem
----------------
Judit Polgar ¦ Polgar
PH Nielsen -------------- Polgar
¦----------------
Andersson Zvjaginsev
Zvjaginsev -------------
¦ Zvjaginsev
----------------
Krasenkow ¦ Krasenkow
Miles ------------------
¦-------------
Lautier
Sakaev -----------------
¦ Lautier
----------------
Gelfand ¦ Gelfand
Speelman ---------------- Gelfand
¦----------------
Asrian Khalifman
Sadler -----------------
¦ Asrian
----------------
Kamsky ¦ Khalifman
Khalifman --------------
Bottom Quarter
--------------
Leitao
Macieja ----------------
¦ Leitao
----------------
Azmaiparashvili ¦ Nisipeanu
Nisipeanu --------------- Nisipeanu
¦----------------
Stefansson Ivanchuk
Shipov -----------------
¦ Shipov
----------------
Ivanchuk ¦ Ivanchuk
Wahls ------------------
¦-------------
Hamdouchi
Beliavsky --------------
¦ Beliavsky
----------------
Short ¦ Short
Fridman ---------------- Short
¦----------------
Milos Shirov
Salov ------------------
¦ Milos
----------------
Shirov ¦ Shirov
Sokolov ----------------
A fun part of the event is following the odds of the players in the
Championships. I'm sure that like me, you think some of the odds are wrong!
LATEST ODDS
The latest odds on the players winning the event according to the
championships official bookmakers Victor Chandler
{Updated 23.30hrs pacific,Sunday August 8th ,(08.30CET Monday),}
3-1 VLADIMIR KRAMNIK (Russia) ; 4-1 ALEXEI SHIROV (Spain) ; 6-1 MICHAEL
ADAMS (England) ; 8-1 NIGEL SHORT (England) ; 8-1 VASSILY IVANCHUK (Ukraine) ;
9-1 BORIS GELFAND (Israel) ; 16-1 VESELIN TOPALOV (Bulgaria) ; 16-1 KIRIL
GEORGIEV (Bulgaria) ; 16-1 SERGEI MOVSESIAN (Czech) ; 25-1 ALEXANDER KHALIFMAN
(Russia) ; 25-1 JUDIT POLGAR (Hungary) ; 25-1 ALEXEI FEDOROV (Belarus) ; 33-1
VADIM ZVJAGINSEV (Russia) ; 33-1 ALEKSEY DREEV (Russia) ; 40-1 VLADIMIR AKOPIAN
(Armenia) ; 66-1 LIVIU NISIPEANU (Romania)
EACH WAY 1/3 ODDS A PLACE TO REACH THE FINAL
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. The first half of the
match took place in Kazan, Tartarstan and finished in a 4-4 tie. The second
half in Shenyang, China will now prove decisive.
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.
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 B65 Sicilian
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Xie Jun 0-1 60 C96 Ruy Lopez
Xie Jun - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 0-1 48 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Xie Jun 1/2 36 C93 Ruy Lopez
Xie Jun - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 1/2 77 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Women's World Chess Championships Kazan & Shenyang (RUS), 5 vii-15 viii 1999
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The Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships, Scarborough 1999
will take place Monday 2nd August - Saturday 14th August 1999. GM entries
include Arkell, Baburin, Conquest, Davies, Emms, Gallagher, Hebden, Hodgson,
Kosten, Lalic, Summerscale, Ward and Wells. Julian Hodgson started with 5.5/6.
My thanks to John Henderson for the games.
Full coverage at:http://wwwchess.co.uk/
1 HODGSON,Julian M......... ENG g 2605 5½
2 GORMALLY,Daniel.......... ENG m 2476 5
3 LALIC,Bogdan............. ENG g 2550 5
4 WELLS,Peter.............. ENG g 2476 5
5 BABURIN,Alexander........ IRL g 2593 4½
6 GALLAGHER,Joseph G....... SUI g 2521 4½
7 RAHMAN,Ziaur............. BAN m 2461 4½
8 ROWSON,Jonathan.......... SCO m 2490 4½
9 TURNER,Matthew J......... ENG m 2478 4½
10 WARD,Chris G............. ENG g 2473 4½
11 AL-RAKIB,Abdullah........ BAN m 2367 4
12 CONQUEST,Stuart.......... ENG g 2555 4
13 EMMS,John M.............. ENG g 2586 4
14 HEBDEN,Mark.............. ENG g 2510 4
15 HEIDENFELD,Mark.......... IRL m 2368 4
16 HUNT,Harriet............. ENG wg 2420 4
17 KOSTEN,Anthony C......... ENG g 2515 4
18 LANE,Gary................ ENG m 2409 4
19 SASIKIRAN,Krishnan....... IND m 2536 4
20 SATTAR,Reefat Bin........ BAN m 2377 4
21 THIPSAY,Praveen M........ IND g 2492 4
95 players
The VISA Nordic Grand Prix Final 1999 is taking place in Gentofte, Denmark
August 5th – 20th 1999. The event is a 14 player all-play-all event with
Sune-Berg Hansen, Torbjorn R. Hansen , Helgi Ass Gretarsson, Heikki Westerinen,
Simen Agdestein, Heini Olsen, Jon Viktor Gunnarsson, Ralf Akesson, Tiger
Hillarp Persson, Helgi Olafsson, Jonny Hector, Nikolaj Borge, Lars Schandorff
and Einar Gausel.
Coverage at: http://www.vks.is/skak/ngp99u3.html
and http://www.dsu.dk/nmny/nsfnyind.htm
Standings after 3 rounds:
VISA Nordic GP Final Gentofte DEN (DEN), 5-15 viii 1999 cat. IX (2463)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2558 * 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . = . 2.5 / 3 2694
2 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2580 0 * . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 2.0 / 3 2576
3 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2521 . . * . . = . . . . = . 1 . 2.0 / 3 2480
4 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor m ISL 2411 . . . * . . . . = . . 1 . = 2.0 / 3 2569
5 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2507 . . . . * . . . . = . = . 1 2.0 / 3 2565
6 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2382 . . = . . * = = . . . . . . 1.5 / 3 2511
7 Gausel, Einar g NOR 2500 . . . . . = * = . . = . . . 1.5 / 3 2385
8 Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2514 . . . . . = = * . = . . . . 1.5 / 3 2458
9 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 . 0 . = . . . . * . . . 1 . 1.5 / 3 2472
10 Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2494 . . . . = . . = . * . . . . 1.0 / 2 2510
11 Hansen, Torbjorn R NOR 2259 0 . = . . . = . . . * . . . 1.0 / 3 2401
12 Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2535 . . . 0 = . . . . . . * . . 0.5 / 2 2266
13 Borge, Nikolaj m DEN 2426 = . 0 . . . . . 0 . . . * . 0.5 / 3 2255
14 Olsen, Heini FAI 2292 . 0 . = 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.5 / 3 2226
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The Lost Boys Chess Open Tournament in Antwerp 30 July - August 8th was won
by Boris Avrukh with 7/9. He won on tie-break from Alexandre Dgebuadze, Mikhail
Gurevich, and Victor Mikhalevski who also scored 7. Avrukh's win in the Antwerp
Open qualifies him to play in the Lost Boys Amsterdam all-play-all event.
Jeroen Piket has received a 'wildcard' invitation from the organisation. These
two players join Ivan Sokolov, Predrag Nikolic, Jan Timman, Dmitri Reinderman,
Paul Van der Sterren and Ljubomir Ljubojevic. The 1st round is Friday August 13
and runs until August 20th. The playing venue is the 'Vondelkerk' in Amsterdam.
Internet coverage: http://chess2.lostcity.nl/antwerp99/default.cfm
Lost Boys Open 1999, Antwerp0
July 30th - August 8th
1 Avrukh Boris 7 2702
2 Dgebuadze Alexandre 7 2686
3 Gurevich Michael 7 2672
4 Mikhalevski Victor 7 2608
5 Golod Vitali 6½ 2594
6 van der Wiel John 6½ 2578
7 Savchenko Stanislav 6½ 2577
8 Barsov Alexei 6½ 2575
9 Seul Georg 6½ 2570
10 Mittelman Gur 6½ 2535
11 Safin Shukhrat 6½ 2532
12 van den Doel Erik 6½ 2515
13 Meijers Viesturs 6½ 2508
14 Gershon Alik 6 2581
15 Shchekachev Andrei 6 2555
16 Zoler Dan 6 2539
17 Baklan Vladimir 6 2517
18 Dutreeuw Marc 6 2486
19 Kobrin Michael 6 2481
20 Roeder Mathias 6 2477
21 Chuchelov Vladimir 6 2468
22 van der Sterren Paul 6 2465
23 Jonkman Harmen 6 2434
24 Cuijpers Frans 6 2432
25 de Vreugt Dennis 5½ 2535
26 Ribshtein Nati 5½ 2493
27 Blees Albert 5½ 2474
28 Bekker-Jensen Simon 5½ 2458
29 Winants Luc 5½ 2452
30 David Alberto 5½ 2440
31 Vink Nico 5½ 2436
32 Rabinovich Alex 5½ 2431
33 Söderberg Per 5½ 2418
34 van Kooten Luuk 5½ 2405
35 Vovsha Eli 5½ 2404
36 Van Beek Lucien 5½ 2399
37 Claesen Pieter 5½ 2398
38 Helm Patrick 5½ 2394
39 Bosboom Manuel 5½ 2362
40 Buchnicek Petr 5½ 2351
139 players.
Lennarth Eriksson reports: The Scandic Hotels Chess Cup, took place in
Stockholm 31 July to 8 August. There were two main events. A Cat IX GM event
that was won by Tom Wedberg on 6.5/9 half a point clear of Evgenij Agrest.
There was also the Scandic Hotels Chess Cup (Swedish Ladies International)
which was won by Masha Klinovaand Ilze Rubene on 6/9.
Internet coverage at:
http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/index1999.html
Scandic Hotels Chess Cup
Scandic Hotels Chess Cup Stockholm SWE (SWE), 31 vii-8 viii 1999cat. IX (2453)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Wedberg, Tom g SWE 2487 * = 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2614
2 Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2554 = * = = = = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2566
3 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2488 0 = * 1 1 = = = = = 5.0 2491
4 Tella, Jussi m FIN 2434 = = 0 * = = = = 1 1 5.0 2497
5 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2592 0 = 0 = * 1 1 0 1 = 4.5 2437
6 Anka, Emil m HUN 2487 = = = = 0 * 1 = = 0 4.0 2405
7 Ahlander, Bjorn f SWE 2436 1 0 = = 0 0 * 1 0 1 4.0 2411
8 Kallio, Heikki f FIN 2360 0 0 = = 1 = 0 * = = 3.5 2382
9 Sjoberg, Mats m SWE 2348 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * 1 3.5 2384
10 Engqvist, Thomas m SWE 2340 0 = = 0 = 1 0 = 0 * 3.0 2340
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Scandic Hotels Chess Cup (Swedish Ladies International)
Scandic Hotels Chess Cup Stockholm SWE (SWE), 31 vii-8 viii 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Klinova, Masha wg ISR 2359 * 1 = 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2324
2 Rubene, Ilze wm LAT 2187 0 * 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2343
3 Vuksanovic, Sanja wg YUG 2331 = 0 * 1 = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2282
4 Paasikangas, Johanna wm FIN 2249 1 1 0 * = 1 0 0 1 = 5.0 2254
5 Dubinka, Inna wg UKR 2295 1 = = = * = 0 = 1 = 5.0 2249
6 Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2229 = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 0 1 4.5 2213
7 Shour, Janna wf RUS 2234 0 = 0 1 1 0 * = = = 4.0 2169
8 Agrest, Svetlana wm SWE 2204 0 0 = 1 = 0 = * = 1 4.0 2173
9 Ericsson,S ---- 0 0 = 0 0 1 = = * = 3.0 2113
10 Berg, Susanne wf SWE 2062 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = * 2.0 2012
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Jonathan Berry reports: Six players tied for top spot in the 6th annual
Financial Concept Group International Open at North Bay, Ontario, Canada,
August 4th-8th 1999. A raccoon sacrificed itself to the mighty god Transformer,
resulting in a 5-hour power outage in much of North Bay, and forcing the
suspension of eleven games from the fifth round until the next morning. The big
excitement, not counting the close to psychotic pairings of the last round by
yours truly, was the IM Norm achieved by 15-year-old Mark Paragua of the
Philippines, with half a point to spare. A lot of exciting chess was played at
North Bay, not the least the final game to finish, between Mark Paragua and
Latvian grandmaster Normunds Miezis. A complex minor piece ending went right
down to the final two minutes before Mr. Miezis took Mr. Paragua's knight,
leaving a totally drawn position.
Name rtng r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6 r 7 r 8 r 9
TOT
1 Nogueiras, Jesus gm...2609 W17 W 8 W11 D12 D 2 W 7 D 3 D13 D 5 6.5
2 Miezis, Normunds gm...2574 W41 W67 W24 W46 D 1 L12 D10 W16 D11 6.5
3 Lazarev, Vladimir im..2551 W57 W15 L46 W27 D 9 W19 D 1 W12 D 6 6.5
4 Kalinin, Alexander im.2475 D10 D19 L52 W61 W44 W29 D17 W18 W13 6.5
5 Burnett, Ronald im....2473 H-- W23 W53 L 7 D46 W42 W28 W10 D 1 6.5
6 Day, Lawrence im......2421 W32 L12 W60 W56 D13 D27 W 8 W20 D 3 6.5
7 Hebert, Jean im.......2517 W28 D29 W35 W 5 D12 L 1 D24 D11 W20 6.0
8 Mulyar, Michael fm....2480 W40 L 1 W55 W44 L24 W57 L 6 W27 W12 6.0
9 Zugic, Igor fm........2456 D23 W10 W26 D14 D 3 L11 W46 D24 W21 6.0
10 Goldenberg, Danny fm..2353 D 4 L 9 W64 W37 W47 W14 D 2 L 5 W22 6.0
11 Paragua, Mark.........2318 W48 W17 L 1 W52 D14 W 9 D20 D 7 D 2 6.0
12 Tyomkin, Dimitri im...2545 W20 W 6 W38 D 1 D 7 W 2 D13 L 3 L 8 5.5
13 Nickoloff, Bryon im...2534 D18 W31 D44 W34 D 6 W24 D12 D 1 L 4 5.5
14 Hergott, Deen im......2494 D19 W18 W45 D 9 D11 L10 W40 D17 D16 5.5
15 Chiong, Luis im.......2437 W30 L 3 W25 D38 D42 L28 W39 W31 D17 5.5
16 Mikanovic, Goran fm...2430 L31 W52 D54 W45 D29 W30 W27 L 2 D14 5.5
17 Charbonneau, Pascal...2389 L 1 L11 W63 W49 W52 W38 D 4 D14 D15 5.5
18 Rajlich, Vasik........2369 D13 L14 W50 L35 W53 W39 W47 L 4 W24 5.5
19 Taylor, Gordon fm.....2363 D14 D 4 D51 W26 W35 L 3 D31 D23 W36 5.5
20 Hummel, Patrick.......2455 L12 D34 W66 W51 W23 W46 D11 L 6 L 7 5.0
21 Duong, Thanh Nha......2449 L29 D44 W33 W31 L27 W37 D23 W30 L 9 5.0
22 Pushkedra, Frank fm...2395 L27 D26 L23 W66 W54 D32 W42 W29 L10 5.0
23 Filipovich, David.....2352 D 9 L 5 W22 W54 L20 W36 D21 D19 D25 5.0
24 Safranska, Anda.......2317 W63 W48 L 2 W39 W 8 L13 D 7 D 9 L18 5.0
25 Yee, Lorne............2271 D55 D54 L15 L40 W48 W52 W57 D28 D23 5.0
26 Voloaca, Mihnea.......2223 W42 D22 L 9 L19 L31 W53 W49 D35 W40 5.0
27 Peredun, Andrew.......2222 W22 D28 W29 L 3 W21 D 6 L16 L 8 W41 5.0
28 Olszewski, Piotr......2368 L 7 D27 W62 D36 W55 W15 L 5 D25 U-- 4.5
29 Djerkovic, Miladin....2351 W21 D 7 L27 W59 D16 L 4 W38 L22 D33 4.5
30 Glinert, Stephen......2336 L15 W59 D36 D55 W60 L16 W34 L21 D35 4.5
31 Dougherty, Michael....2335 W16 L13 D37 L21 W26 W56 D19 L15 D39 4.5
32 Betaneli, Alex........2331 L 6 W47 L39 W67 D36 D22 D33 D46 D37 4.5
33 Saleh, Maher..........2318 L67 D53 L21 D50 W64 D59 D32 W47 D29 4.5
34 Steigman, A.J.........2276 W37 D20 D56 L13 L39 W60 L30 D45 W54 4.5
35 Nakamura, Hikaru......2254 W65 D57 L 7 W18 L19 L40 W54 D26 D30 4.5
36 Wenaas, Eric..........2248 L47 W58 D30 D28 D32 L23 W56 W44 L19 4.5
37 Fernandez, Daniel.....2212 L34 W65 D31 L10 W51 L21 W50 D40 D32 4.5
38 St-Amand, Paul........2210 W58 W41 L12 D15 D57 L17 L29 W42 D43 4.5
39 Divljan, Igor.........2165 L44 W49 W32 L24 W34 L18 L15 W60 D31 4.5
40 Baragar, Fletcher fm..2355 L 8 L46 W58 W25 D56 W35 L14 D37 L26 4.0
41 Del Pilar, Reynaldo F.2341 L 2 L38 W65 L60 W62 L47 W64 W55 L27 4.0
42 Weeramantry, Sunil fm.2302 L26 W64 W61 D47 D15 L 5 L22 L38 W59 4.0
43 Ademi, Sami...........2300 H-- L45 L57 D62 D65 L54 W58 W63 D38 4.0
44 Seawald, Dennis.......2256 W39 D21 D13 L 8 L 4 D55 W59 L36 D45 4.0
45 Morrell, Gord.........2250 D56 W43 L14 L16 D59 D49 D55 D34 D44 4.0
46 Chatzilias, Alexis....2216 W49 W40 W 3 L 2 D 5 L20 L 9 D32 U-- 4.0
47 Ottosen, David........2139 W36 L32 W67 D42 L10 W41 L18 L33 D50 4.0
48 Ochkoos, Youri........2408 L11 L24 L49 W58 L25 W66 L60 D61 W63 3.5
49 Ellis, James..........2289 L46 L39 W48 L17 W61 D45 L26 L54 W66 3.5
50 Campbell, Brett.......2283 D54 L55 L18 D33 D66 W65 L37 D56 D47 3.5
51 Beckwith, Paul H......2258 D64 D60 D19 L20 L37 H-- D52 D53 D55 3.5
52 Ciaffone, Bob.........2238 W61 L16 W 4 L11 L17 L25 D51 D59 D62 3.5
53 Palsson, Halldor Peter2232 W66 D33 L 5 L57 L18 L26 W65 D51 D56 3.5
54 Stroud, Mike..........2215 D50 D25 D16 L23 L22 W43 L35 W49 L34 3.5
55 Nakamura, Asuka.......2207 D25 W50 L 8 D30 L28 D44 D45 L41 D51 3.5
56 Boehmer, Kris.........2154 D45 W62 D34 L 6 D40 L31 L36 D50 D53 3.5
57 Paschall, Bill fm.....2382 L 3 D35 W43 W53 D38 L 8 L25 U-- U-- 3.0
58 Zambo, Viktor.........2202 L38 L36 L40 L48 W63 W61 L43 W64 U-- 3.0
59 Olson, David..........2177 B-- L30 H-- L29 D45 D33 L44 D52 L42 3.0
60 Charest, Johanne......2173 D62 D51 L 6 W41 L30 L34 W48 L39 L65 3.0
61 Xu, Sheng-Jun.........2119 L52 W63 L42 L 4 L49 L58 W62 D48 D64 3.0
62 Hum, Peter............2265 D60 L56 L28 D43 L41 L64 L61 B-- D52 2.5
63 O'Donnell, Robert.....2226 L24 L61 L17 D64 L58 B-- W66 L43 L48 2.5
64 Kuczaj, Chris.........2171 D51 L42 L10 D63 L33 W62 L41 L58 D61 2.5
65 McKay, Geoff..........2159 L35 L37 L41 B-- D43 L50 L53 L66 W60 2.5
66 Dutton, Warren........2108 L53 B-- L20 L22 D50 L48 L63 W65 L49 2.5
67 Mark, Eddie...........2410 W33 L 2 L47 L32 U-- U-- U-- U-- U-- 1.0
Hugh Brodie reports: The Quebec Open was held in Montreal July 24-31. FM
Oleg Linskiy of Montreal finished a whole point ahead of the field (including 3
GM's and 3 IM's) of 75 players in the Open section. This should be Linskiy's
second IM norm. A excellent performance after not having played any tournament
chess for six months. [115 games with spelling corrections made at:
http://132.206.45.67/chess/games/99coq.zip
[crosstables at: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/coq1999.htm
[list of previous winners at: http://132.206.45.67/chess/wincoq1.htm
Leading final standings:
1 LINSKIY Oleg MF 2430 67702 7½
2 NOGUEIRAS Jesus GM 2591 15917 6½
3 MIEZIS Normunds GM 2524 6½
4 LAZAREV Vladimir GM 2501 72450 6½
5 HEBERT Jean MI 2463 10495 6½
6 KALININ Alexandre MI 2425 72461 6½
7 DUONG Thanh Nha M 2449 70424 6
8 ZUGIC Igor MF 2405 70795 6
9 MIKANOVIC Goran MF 2355 65755 6
10 HUA Lefong M 2308 83261 6
11 GHANNOUM Marc M 2288 67847 6
12 SAFRANSKA Anda MIF 2267 72448 6
13 SCHLEIFER Michael MF 2432 27088 5½
14 KHASSANOV Marat M 2406 17651 5½
15 GLINERT Steven M 2347 72393 5½
16 BAIGUILDINE Ilias M 2331 5½
17 WENAAS Eric 2276 67937 5½
18 REEVE Jeff M 2264 91642 5½
19 BOLDUC Steve M 2172 40443 5½
20 POULIN Maurice 2018 14354 5½
21 MOSKVITCH Andrei 2011 55091 5½
34 players
Laszlo Nagy reports: The First Saturday tournaments for August are underway.
They take place 7th-19th of August 1999. The main events are a closed GM-tmt,
cat.VII and a closed IM-tmt, cat.III. There have been two rounds so far.
More info: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@elender.hu
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-263-2859
First Saturday GM
Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-15 viii 1999 cat. VII (2403)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Bokros, Albert f HUN 2405 * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . 2.0
2 Skytte, Rasmus f DEN 2338 . * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 2.0
3 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2275 . . * . . = 1 . . . . . . . 1.5 2604
4 Blauert, Joerg m GER 2386 . . . * . . . . 1 = . . . . 1.5 2577
5 Jelen, Igor m SLO 2395 . . . . * . . . = . . . . 1 1.5 2542
6 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2475 . . = . . * . . . . = . . . 1.0 2408
7 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2348 . . 0 . . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0 2379
8 Llanos, Guillermo m ARG 2437 0 . . . . . . * . . 1 . . . 1.0 2473
9 Arnold, Lothar f GER 2362 . . . 0 = . . . * . . . . . 0.5 2197
10 Pilgaard, Kim DEN 2406 0 . . = . . . . . * . . . . 0.5 2202
11 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2541 . . . . . = . 0 . . * . . . 0.5 2263
12 Hoang Thanh Trang wg VIE 2453 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * = . 0.5 2218
13 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2484 . . . . . . 0 . . . . = * . 0.5 2207
14 Markus, Robert YUG 2336 . 0 . . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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FS IM Aug rounds 1-2
Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-15 viii 1999 cat. III (2323)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Belichev, Nikolai UKR 2387 * . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . 2.0
2 Ruiz Gonzalez, Guillermo f MEX 2309 . * . . = . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2425
3 Schneider, Attila m HUN 2395 . . * . . = . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2593
4 Marinkovic, Milan f YUG 2360 . . . * . . . . . . = . . 1 1.5 2495
5 Serrer, Christoph f GER 2257 . = . . * . = . . . . . . . 1.0 2345
6 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2440 . . = . . * = . . . . . . . 1.0 2388
7 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2381 . . . . = = * . . . . . . . 1.0 2348
8 Pinter, Gabor HUN 2332 0 . . . . . . * 1 . . . . . 1.0 2352
9 Kotan, Ladislav f SVK 2317 . . . . . . . 0 * . 1 . . . 1.0 2288
10 Tuturin, Sergey RUS 2268 0 . . . . . . . . * . . 1 . 1.0 2328
11 Dembo, Yelena ISR 2244 . . . = . . . . 0 . * . . . 0.5 2145
12 Bottino, Alexiei ITA 2207 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * = . 0.5 2096
13 Williams, Paul CAN 2270 . . . . . . . . . 0 . = * . 0.5 2044
14 Boe, Mads f DEN 2361 . . 0 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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As reported last week 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 official site was: http://www.schach.server.de [compiled
by Frank Baumann and Christian Becker]
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
Eight GMs and other strong players took part in the Ikaros Chess Festival,
10-23 of July, Ikaria island, Greece. Kefalos Kosmas reports. The event was won
by FM Aleksandar Savanovic of Yugoslavia with 7.5/9. GM Milko Popchev
(Bulgaria), Dusan Lekic and Bojan Vuckovic (both Yugoslavia) all scored 7/9.
Favourite Igor Novikov only scored 6/9 and finished 8th=.
Web site: http://www.chess.gr/tourn/1999/ikaros99.html
Argiris Kotsis reports: The 3rd International Open in Korinthos took place
July 24th-August 1st 1999. (9th Open Championship of Greece) The event was won
by Igor Novikov (who recovered from a bad result on Ikaria Island that finished
the day before) with 8/9 half a point clear of Dragan Solak.
Internet coverage: http://www.chess.gr/
1. NOVIKOV IGOR GM UKR 8.0 43.5 7.00
2. SOLAK DRAGAN YUG 7.5 39.5 7.00
3. PAPAIOANNOU IOANNIS GM GRE 7.0 43.0 5.00
4. BANIKAS HRISTOS IM GRE 7.0 42.5 5.00
5. MARJANOVIC SLAVOLJU GM YUG 7.0 38.0 6.00
6. MILADINOVIC IGOR GM GRE 6.5 44.5 6.00
7. VOULDIS AGELOS IM GRE 6.5 43.5 5.00
8. GELASHVILI TAMAZ IM GEO 6.5 42.0 4.00
9. TZERMIADIANOS ANDRE IM GRE 6.5 41.5 4.00
10. NIKOLAIDIS IOANNIS GM GRE 6.5 40.5 4.00
11. LEKIC DUSAN YUG 6.5 40.0 6.00
12. SAVANOVIC ALEKSANDA FM YUG 6.5 39.0 4.00
13. VELICKOVIC SASA IM YUG 6.5 38.5 6.00
14. MARKIDIS KONSTANTIN GRE 6.5 38.5 6.00
15. KOURKOUNAKIS ILIAS IM GRE 6.5 38.0 5.00
16. CVETKOVIC SRDJAN IM YUG 6.5 36.0 5.00
17. STEFANOPOULOS OREST FM GRE 6.5 35.5 5.00
18. NENASHEV ALEXANDER GM UZB 6.0 43.5 6.00
19. SOULEIDIS GEORGIOS GER 6.0 38.5 5.00
20. POPOV VENCI FM FRM 6.0 38.0 6.00
21. MASTROVASILIS DIMIT GRE 6.0 36.5 5.00
22. DRAZIC SINISA IM YUG 6.0 35.0 6.00
23. VUCKOVIC BOJAN YUG 6.0 34.0 5.00
24. MASTROVASILIS ATHAN FM GRE 6.0 33.5 6.00
25. MAMEDOVA RENA WIM UZB 6.0 33.5 6.00
26. MAKKA IOULIA GRE 6.0 33.5 5.00
27. NANOPOULOS STAVROS GRE 6.0 33.5 5.00
28. RADOVANOVIC DUSAN YUG 6.0 33.0 5.00
29. DALAKLIS GEORGIOS GRE 6.0 33.0 5.00
30. CHILOV ALEXANDROS GRE 6.0 32.5 6.00
31. KOSANOVIC GORAN GM YUG 6.0 31.0 6.00
168 games
Zenón Franco reports: The VI Aceimar open was held 27th July to 4
August 1999. 22 titled players [8 GM + 3 (GM elect) Francisco Vallejo Pons,
Jesus De la Villla Garcia and Vladimir Georgiev, will be GMs at the next FIDE
congress). It was organised by "Colegios Marcote". The venue was the
"International School CEMAR" in Mondariz Balneario (Provincia de
Pontevedra) España. There was a four way tie for first between Oleg
Korneev, Giorgi Giorgadze, Javier Moreno and Mihai Suba. Korneev was first on
Sonnen-Berger tie-break.
1-4 Korneev, Oleg RUS 2615 2635 7 55.0 43.0 37.0
Giorgadze, Giorgi GEO 2602 7 51.5 40.5 37.0
Moreno, Javier ESP 2474 2478 7 49.5 38.5 35.0
Suba, Mihai RUM 2509 2539 7 49.0 38.0 35.5
5-11 Georgiev, Vladimir BUL 2519 6.5 52.0 41.0 36.5
Strikovic, Aleksa YUG 2518 2552 6.5 50.5 39.0 35.0
Gaprindashvili, Valerian GEO 2390 6.5 50.0 40.0 33.0
Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 2444 6.5 50.0 38.5 34.0
Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2519 2475 6.5 48.0 37.5 33.0
Andres Gonzalez, Alberto ESP 2304 2302 6.5 43.5 33.5 32.0
Pogorelov, Ruslan UKR 2489 2435 6.5 43.0 33.5 32.5
12-18 Baron Rodriguez, Jesus ESP 2409 2377 6 53.5 42.0 37.5
De la Villa Garcia, Jesus M. ESP 2473 2473 6 52.0 40.5 33.5
Rocha, Sergio POR 2427 6 49.5 39.0 32.5
Mitkov, Nicola FRM 2509 6 46.5 36.5 33.5
Hernandez, Román CUB 2425 6 46.0 36.0 32.5
Reinaldo Castiñeira, Roi ESP 2325 2324 6 44.5 34.0 31.5
Saldaño, Horacio ARG 2321 6 40.5 32.5 29.0
19-28 Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario ESP 2476 2489 5.5 55.0 43.5 36.5
Lopez Martinez, Jose M. ESP 2378 2387 5.5 52.0 40.5 30.0
Fluvia Poyatos, Joan ESP 2335 2321 5.5 48.5 38.5 32.0
Franco Alonso, Alejandro ESP 2204 2257 5.5 48.0 37.5 30.0
Fernando, Diogo POR 2221 5.5 47.0 36.5 28.0
Martinez Martin, David ESP 2390 2350 5.5 46.5 37.0 29.5
Perez Candelario, Manuel ESP 2236 2307 5.5 46.5 36.5 28.0
Rivera Kuzawka, Daniel URU 2364 2369 5.5 45.5 35.5 28.5
Cruz-Lopez Claret, Carlos ESP 2301 2279 5.5 42.5 33.5 29.0
Dias, Paulo POR 2207 5.5 42.0 32.5 27.0
29-41 Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael ESP 2326 2314 5 48.5 38.0 29.0
Hernandez Estevez, Yudania ESP 2231 2227 5 44.0 34.0 24.0
Hernando Rodrigo, Jose María ESP 2357 2359 5 43.5 33.0 27.0
Delgado Palomeque, Marco A. ESP 2106 2171 5 43.0 33.5 25.0
Martinez Rodriguez, Pablo ESP 2249 2322 5 43.0 33.0 25.5
Rodriguez Boado, Martin ESP 2167 2146 5 42.0 33.5 25.5
Ruiz de la Cuesta, Ramon ESP 2158 2199 5 41.0 32.0 25.0
Andrade, Leonardo POR 2183 5 41.0 31.5 26.0
Masip Rodriguez, Nuria ESP 2076 5 41.0 31.0 20.0
Bondar, Anatoly RUS 2250 5 40.5 33.0 26.5
Fernandez Ramos, Andres ESP 2158 2025 5 40.5 31.0 26.0
Valero Fernandez, Martin ESP 1955 5 38.0 29.0 21.0
Arroyo Salido, Marcelino ESP 2125 2185 5 35.0 26.5 23.5
102 players
The US Junior Chess Championships took place in the Mechanics Institute in
San Francisco July 27th - August 5th 1999 reports Christopher Morgan. The event
was won by Marcel Martinez on 6/9 ahead of several more highly rated and well
known juniors. Irina Krush and Vinay Bhat were half a point behind on 5.5.
Further details at the Mechanics Institute Library:
http://www.milibrary.org/chess/
US Junior Championships (USA), 27 vii-5 viii 1999 cat. IV (2340)
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1 Martinez, Marcel f USA 2327 * 1 = = 0 0 1 1 1 1 6.0 2466
2 Bhat, Vinay S USA 2388 0 * 1 0 1 1 0 = 1 1 5.5 2414
3 Krush, Irina wm USA 2432 = 0 * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2409
4 Perelshteyn, Eugene f USA 2416 = 1 1 * 1 = = 0 0 = 5.0 2374
5 Schneider, Dmitry f USA 2358 1 0 0 0 * 1 = = = 1 4.5 2338
6 Akopyan, Harutyun f USA 2269 1 0 0 = 0 * 1 = = 1 4.5 2347
7 Shahade, Jennifer m USA 2290 0 1 1 = = 0 * 0 = 0 3.5 2265
8 Braylovsky, Gregory USA 2271 0 = 0 1 = = 1 * 0 0 3.5 2267
9 Zilberstein, Dmitry USA 2313 0 0 0 1 = = = 1 * 0 3.5 2263
10 Zaremba, Andrie USA 2336 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 1 * 3.5 2260
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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
Rxa4 22.Rxa4 Qxa4 23.Qxh7 Bxb2 24.Qxg6 Qe4 25.Qf7 Bd4 ...
Jules Ehrat-Memorial (13th-22nd August 1999)
The Jules Ehrat Memorial takes place 13th-22nd August 1999 in Zurich [Jules
Ehrat (1905-1997)]. Two selected teams from Switzerland and Germany will play
together in the Hotel Hilton Airport Zurich as well about 100 chessplayers in
the first Hilton-Chessopen. The star of the event will be Victor Korchnoi who
will lead the Swiss team.
Team Germany: 1. GM Christopher Lutz (Elo 2591) 2. GM Christian Gabriel
(2578) 3. GM Raj Tischbierek (2544) 4. GM Vlastimil Hort (2535) 5.GM Lothar
Vogt (2485);
Team Switzerland: 1. GM Victor Kortchnoj (2676) 2. IM Yannick Pelletier
(2479) 3. IM Werner Hug (2473) 4. IM Beat Züger (2434) 5. FM Florian Jenni
(2399).
Schedule: The first round of the memorial will be played in the local
Zurich Chess Club local in Mainaustrasse 54 in Zurich. All other rounds in the
Memorial and the open are held in the Hotel Hilton Zürich-Airport
(Hohenbühlstr. 10, 8058 Zürich-Flughafen)
The First Hilton Chessopen in Zurich starts August 14th open to all
chessplayers. GMs, IMs and juniors (under 20) have free entry fee. The top
players are: GM Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) IMs Nedeliko Kelecevic (Bosnia), Ali
Habibi (Germany) and Sinisa Joksic (Yugoslavia). Organisation: OV BEOCHESS,
Robert Spörri, Breite 85, 3306 Etzelkofen; Tel 0041-31-768 01 60; Fax
0041-31-768 01 61; E-Mail: info@beochess.ch
Information for the media: During the tournaments in Zurich you can use the
following numbers: Telephone: 0041-79-680 64 75; Fax: 0041-1-828 51 51 E-Mail:
info@beochess.ch
Information can be sent by fax, e-Mail or by phone. Contact until August
10th by e-mail info@beochess.ch or fax 0041-31-768 01 61. Also www page:
http://www.beochess.ch
Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament, Vlissingen
The Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament, Vlissingen starts Monday 9th August 1999.
The competing GM's are: M. Gurevich, R. Vaganian, V. Baklan, S. Savchenko, V.
Golod, A. David, J. van der Wiel, V. Chuchelov, V. Mikhalevski and I. Rausis.
On August 8 GM Rafael Vaganian gave the traditional opening simul.
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.
MK Cafe Cup
The MK Cafe Cup in Koszalin, Poland runs August 3rd-14th. An Open with
Epishin, Onischuk, Khenkin, Hracek, Bologan, Novikov and a total of 74 players
with an average rating of 2542 compete.
Coverage at: http://www.mkcafecup.icmax.com.pl/a_index.html
British Rapidplay Chess Championships
The British Rapidplay Chess Championships take place in Leeds, 16/17 October
1999. Further details http://www.leedschess.freeserve.co.uk/rapid