THE WEEK IN CHESS 256 - 4th October 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Contents 1) Introduction
2) Anand-Kasparov Match
3) European Club Cup Qualifiers
4) Playoffs for the Danish Championships
5) World Junior Championships
6) Paks IM and GM tournaments
7) Polish Team Championships
8) First Saturday, 2nd Kluger Memorial
9) Manhattan Chess Club Championship 1999
10) Najdorf Memorial, Buenos Aires
11) Children's Chess Olympiad
12) Hotel Irottko Tournaments
13) REBEL Century vs Ruslan Sherbakov
14) Vladimir Kramnik on Las Vegas
15) Professional Chess Rankings
16) Garry Kasparov vs the World
17) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
15th ECC Gp 3 42 games
Danish Championships playoff 1 game
World Junior Championships 375 games
World Junior Championships Girls 197 games
Paks GM tournament 45 games
Paks IM tournament 45 games
Polish Team Championships 330 games
Kluger Memorial (FSGM Oct) 6 games
FSIM October 6 games
Manhattan CC Champs 78 games
Najdorf Memorial, Buenos Aires 86 games
Children's Chess Olympiad 521 games
Hotel Irottko GM 66 games
REBEL Century vs Ruslan Sherbakov 1 game
Total 1799 games
My thanks to Luís Santos, Soren Bech Hansen, Anton Gubanov, Osvaldo
Orozco Mendez Barranquilla, Sandor Videki, Przemek Jahr, Laszlo Nagy, John
Fernandez, Adrian Roldan and Ruben Casafus, Mikhail Golubev, Chris Morrison,
Pal Kiss, Wybe Koopmans, Dirk Poldauf (editor of "Schach" Magazine),
Vladimir Kramnik, Sinisa Joksic and all those who helped with this issue.
Once again the European Club Cup qualifiers are the biggest event running.
Although the finish to the World Juniors also star. My thanks to Vladimir
Kramnik and Dirk Poldauf (editor of "Schach" Magazine) for an
interesting article on Kramnik's view on Las Vegas. Next week there are more
European Club Cup qualifiers and Sinisa Joksic reports that the Yugoslav team
of Agrouniverzal has a line-up of Anand, Kramnik, Gelfand, Damljanovic,
Ilincic, Drasko, Pavlovic, Vukic and Mikhalchischin potentially available for
the qualifier in Belgium.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
2) Serge Grimaux announcement on Anand-Kasparov
Serge Grimaux the promoter of the match has made an announcement on the
potential of an Anand-Kasparov match next year.
"After many months of negotiations with several major American
corporations in the field of information technology, which had given the
Committee and the event promoter, Serge Grimaux, strong indications to support
the Ultimate World Chess Championship, unfortunately no agreement was able to
be reached. Consequently contractual and logistic deadlines cannot be met and
the Committee will review with the players a possible date for the event in the
early part of 2000. In the meantime a major European city has offered to host
the match, providing all the necessary infrastructure in terms of logistic and
venue. Negotiations are currently taking place with alternative sponsors.
"
Group 3: Albufeira (Algarve), Portugal
Luís Santos reports: The European Club Cup, Group 3 took place in
Albufeira, Portugal 1st-3rd October 1999. There were only six teams taking part
with Gambit Bonnevoie (LUX) and S.C. Partizani (ALB) being unable to make the
trip. As expected the two best teams Beer-Sheva (ISR) and Clichy (FRA) reached
the final. The Israeli team scored a narrow win by 3.5-2.5 to reach the finals.
The organisers were Nucleo de Xadrez de Faro and Inatel Faro.
Coverage: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/
Summary of results
Group 3: Albufeira (Algarve - Portugal)
Round 1 01.10.99
ITA: CS Surya - LUX: Gambit Bonnevoie 6-0 (*forfeit)
ALB: S.C. Partizani - POR: Boavista FC 0-6 (*forfeit)
ISR: Beer-Sheva - POR: Nucleo de Xadrez de Faro 6-0
BEL: K Gentse SRL - FRA: CS Clichy 0,5-5,5
ITA: CS Surya - LUX: Gambit Bonnevoie 6-0(*)
GM LPUTIAN,Smbat (2625) - (forfeit informed) 1-0(*)
GM KOMAROV,Dimitri (2585) - (forfeit informed) 1-0(*)
GM ZELCIC,Robert (2561) - (forfeit informed) 1-0(*)
GM DJURIC,Stefan (2504) - (forfeit informed) 1-0(*)
GM EFIMOV,Igor (2445) - (forfeit informed) 1-0(*)
IM ARLANDI,Ennio (2465) - (forfeit informed) 1-0(*)
ALB: S.C. Partizani - POR: Boavista FC 0-6(*)
SEITI,I (----) - GM MITKOV,Nikola (2509) 0-1(*)
FM SULA,Zegir (2348) - IM GALEGO,Luís (2427) 0-1(*)
TARE,M (2139) - IM DÂMASO,Rui (2399) 0-1(*)
ZADRIMA,Aldo (2270) - IM SANTOS,Carlos P. (2383) 0-1(*)
FM KARKANAQUE,Ilir (2389) - FM SANTOS,José P. (2308) 0-1(*)
PACI,D (----) - FM RIBEIRO,Fernando (2217) 0-1(*)
ISR: Beer-Sheva - POR: Núcleo Xadrez de Faro 6-0
GM HUZMAN,Alexander (2581) - GOMES,Jorge (2109) 1-0
GM GOLOD,Vitali (2568) - LANIER,Nicholas (----) 1-0
GM AVRUKH,Boris (2588) - GALVÃO,Henrique (2218) 1-0
GM GREENFELD,Alon (2538) - LOPES,Armando (----) 1-0
GM MIKHALEVSKI,Victor (2516) - DIOGO,Vasco (----) 1-0
GM TSEITLIN,Mark (2496) - MACHADO,Manuel (----) 1-0
BEL: K Gentse SRL - FRA: CS Clichy 0,5-5,5
FM HOOGENDOORN,Joost (2281) - GM LAUTIER,Joel (2638) 0-1
FM VAN DER STRICHT,Geert (2347) - GM HEBDEN,Mark (2510) 0-1
FM DE WIT,Dick (2242) - GM APICELLA,Manuel (2501) 0,5-0,5
FM DE WIT,Michel (2330) - GM NATAF,Igor (2504) 0-1
SCHALKX,Johnny (2271) - GM CONQUEST,Stuart (2555) 0-1
FM MEULDERS,Richard (2275) - GM RENET,Olivier (2509) 0-1
Round 2 02.10.99
POR: Boavista FC - ISR: Beer-Sheva 1-5
FRA: CS Clichy - ITA: CS Surya 3,5-2,5
ALB: S.C. Partizani - BEL: K Gentse SRL 0-6 (*forfeit)
BYE: POR: Nucleo de Xadrez de Faro
POR: Boavista FC - ISR: Beer-Sheva 1-5
GM MITKOV,Nikola (2509) - GM HUZMAN,Alexander (2581) 0,5-0,5
IM GALEGO,Luís (2427) - GM GOLOD,Vitali (2568) 0-1
IM DÂMASO,Rui (2399) - GM AVRUKH,Boris (2588) 0-1
IM SANTOS,Carlos P. (2383) - GM GREENFELD,Alon (2538) 0-1
FM SANTOS,José P. (2308) - GM MIKHALEVSKI,Victor (2516) 0-1
IM SILVA, Fernando (2327) - GM TSEITLIN,Mark (2496) 0,5-0,5
FRA: CS Clichy - ITA: CS Surya 3,5-2,5
GM LAUTIER,Joel (2638) - GM LPUTIAN,Smbat (2625) 0,5-0,5
GM HEBDEN,Mark (2510) - GM KOMAROV,Dimitri (2585) 0-1
GM APICELLA,Manuel (2501) - GM ZELCIC,Robert (2561) 1-0
GM NATAF,Igor (2504) - GM DJURIC,Stefan (2504) 0,5-0,5
GM CONQUEST,Stuart (2555) - GM EFIMOV,Igor (2445) 1-0
GM RENET,Olivier (2509) - IM ARLANDI,Ennio (2465) 0,5-0,5
ALB: S.C. Partizani - BEL: K Gentse SRL 0-6(*)
SEITI,I (----) - FM HOOGENDOORN,Joost (2281) 0-1(*)
FM SULA,Zegir (2348) - FM V. D. STRICHT,Geert (2347)0-1(*)
TARE,M (2139) - FM DE WIT,Dick (2242) 0-1(*)
ZADRIMA,Aldo (2270) - FM DE WIT,Michel (2330) 0-1(*)
FM KARKANAQUE,Ilir (2389) - SCHALKX,Johnny (2271) 0-1(*)
PACI,D (----) - FM MEULDERS,Richard (2275) 0-1(*)
Round 3 03.10.99
FRA: CS Clichy - ISR: Beer-Sheva 2,5-3,5
POR: Boavista FC - ITA: CS Surya 1-5
BEL: K Gentse SRL - POR: Núcleo Xadrez de Faro 5,5-0,5
FINAL (1st and 2nd places)
FRA: CS Clichy - ISR: Beer-Sheva 2,5-3,5
GM LAUTIER,Joel (2638) - GM HUZMAN,Alexander (2581) 1-0
GM HEBDEN,Mark (2510) - GM GOLOD,Vitali (2568) 0-1
GM APICELLA,Manuel (2501) - GM AVRUKH,Boris (2588) 0,5-0,5
GM NATAF,Igor (2504) - GM GREENFELD,Alon (2538) 0,5-0,5
GM CONQUEST,Stuart (2555) - GM MIKHALEVSKI,Victor (2516) 0-1
GM RENET,Olivier (2509) - GM TSEITLIN,Mark (2496) 0,5-0,5
(3rd and 4th places)
POR: Boavista FC - ITA: CS Surya 1-5
GM MITKOV,Nikola (2509) - GM LPUTIAN,Smbat (2625) 1-0
IM DÂMASO,Rui (2399) - GM KOMAROV,Dimitri (2585) 0-1
IM SANTOS,Carlos P. (2383) - GM ZELCIC,Robert (2561) 0-1
IM SANTOS,José P. (2308) - GM DJURIC,Stefan (2504) 0-1
FM SILVA,Fernando (2327) - GM EFIMOV,Igor (2445) 0-1
IM CADILLON,João (----) - IM ARLANDI,Ennio (2465) 0-1
(5th and 6th places)
BEL: K Gentse SRL - POR: Núcleo Xadrez de Faro 5,5-0,5
FM HOOGENDOORN,Joost (2281) - GOMES,Jorge (2109) 1-0
FM VAN DER STRICHT,Geert (2347) - LANIER,Nicholas (----) 1-0
FM DE WIT,Dick (2242) - GALVÃO,Henrique (2218) 0,5-0,5
FM DE WIT,Michel (2330) - LOPES,Armando (----) 1-0
SCHALKX,Johnny (2271) - KRAVCHENKO,Igor (----) 1-0
FM MEULDERS,Richard (2275) - DIOGO,Vasco (----) 1-0
FINAL POSITIONS
1. ISR: Beer-Sheva
2. FRA: CS Clichy
3. ITA: CS Surya
4. POR: Boavista FC
5. BEL: K Gentse SRL
6. POR: Núcleo Xadrez de Faro
Remaining Groups
The remaining groups are taking place in the next few weeks. Here are a list
of the teams with some of the potential players (some of the stronger players
may not be contracted this year to teams they have played for previously,
source a list by Luis Santos on the above website). If people have websites for
the events please let me know.
Preliminary Group 4: Rochade Eupen: 8-10 October 1999. The expected teams
are: SK Hohenems (AUT) [1. GM J. Hickl 2. IM V. Atlas 3. GM M. Bezold]; Rochade
Eupen (BEL) [1. GM I. Glek 2. GM V. Chuchelov 3. GM R. Cifuentes 4. GM L.
Winants] ; Boksit Milici (BIH) [1. GM D. Velimerovic 2. GM A. Zontakh 3. GM M.
Tosic 4. GM M. Lazic] ; Miskolci Sakk Sport Club (HUN) [1. GM A. Chernin 2. GM
G. Sax 3. GM I. Novikov] ; Sprenger Echternach (LUX) [1. Y. Boidman 2. H.-H.
Sonntag ] ; Randaberg (NOR) ; Sberbank Tatarstan Kazan (RUS) [1. GM S.
Rublevsky 2. GM I. Ibragimov 3. GM A. Kharlov 4. GM A. Galliamova-Ivanchuk 5.
GM V. Yandemirov] ; Agrouniverzal Belgrade (YUG) [1. GM V. Anand 2. GM V.
Kramnik 3. GM B. Gelfand 4. GM A. Beliavsky 5. GM B. Damljanovic 6. GM Z.
Ilincic 7. GM A. Mikhalchishin ]
Preliminary Group 5: Pula: 8-10 October 1999. The expected teams are:
Kiseljak (BIH) [1. GM Z. Azmaiparashvili 2. GM P. Nikolic 3. GM G. Girogadze 4.
M. Palac 5. GM J. Nikolac] ; Pula (CRO) [1. GM S. Movsesian 2. GM S. Atalik 3.
GM Z. Hracek 4. GM V. Malaniuk 5. GM G. Dizdar] ; Csuti Antal Sportklub
Zalaegerszeg (HUN) [1. GM L. Portisch 2. GM J. Horvath 3. GM C. Horvath 4. GM
A. Groszpeter] ; Sibir Tomsk (RUS) [1. GM V. Zvjaginsev 2. GM E. Pigysov 3. V.
Filippov 4. GM K. Landa 5. GM A. Fominyh] ; TED Ankara (TUR) [1. IM C. Arduman
2. FM S. Soylu] ; Law Academy Kharkov (UKR) [1. A. Zubarev 2. GM V. Savon 3. O.
Budnikov 4. IM E. Sharapov 5. E. Andreev] ; Radonja Bojovic Niksic (YUG) [1. GM
Z. Almasi 2. GM A. Shchekachev 3. GM N. Nikcevic] ;
Preliminary Group 6: Budapest: 11-13 October 1999. The expected teams are:
Mravince Dalmacijacement (CRO) [1. GM V. Tkachiev 2. GM G. Girogadze 3. GM V.
Tukmakov 4. GM Z. Ribli 5. GM M. Cebalo 6. GM V. Kovacevic ] ; Stefa Balto
Struga (FRM) [1. GM B. Anakov 2. GM T. Najdoski 3. GM A. Lastin 4. GM A.
Rustemov 5. GM N. Mitkov] ; Honved Mediflora Budapest (HUN) [1. GM J. Pinter 2.
GM T. Tolnai 3. GM Z. Varga 4. GM P. Wells] ; Khimik Belorechensk (RUS) [1. GM
A. Dreev 2. GM A. Onishuk 3. GM P. Tregubov 4. GM V. Malaniuk 5. GM A.
Poluljahov] ; Slovan Bratislava (SVK) [1. GM Z. Hracek 2. GM L. Ftacnik 3. IM
P. Petran 4. IM L. Salai 5. IM R. Tibensky] ; Danko Donbass (UKR) [1. GM S.
Savchenko 2. GM R. Ponomariov 3. GM A. Shneider 4. GM G. Kuzmin 5. GM Y. Kruppa
6. GM G. Timoshenko] ; Montenegrobanka Podgorica (YUG) [1. GM S. Atalik 2. GM
B. Ivanovic 3. GM A. Yermolinsky 4. GM D. Kosic 5. IM V. Vujosevic]
Soren Bech Hansen reports: The rematch for the Danish Championships 1999
took place in the city of Roenne on the Danish island of Bornholm. Over Easter,
GM Sune Berg Hansen and GM Peter Heine Nielsen ended equal 1st in the
Championships. Peter Heine Nielsen won the title by drawing three of the four
games and winning game 2.
Web site for the match: http://www.8-hk.dk/dmomk.htm
Hansen, Sune Berg - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 31 C42 Petroff defence
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Hansen, Sune Berg 1-0 49 D12 Slav defence
Hansen, Sune Berg - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 24 C42 Petroff defence
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Hansen, Sune Berg 1/2 54 A43 Queen's pawn
ch-DEN (playoff) (DEN), 25-28 ix 1999
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1 2 3 4
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Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2560 = 1 = = 2.5 2653
Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2558 = 0 = = 1.5 2473
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The World Junior Championships took place in Yerevan, Armenia, September
18th-30th 1999.
Alexander Galkin won the event with 10.5/13 half a point clear of Rustem
Kasimdzhanov who took silver and Karen Asrian took Bronze on tie-break from Lev
Aronian (who scored a GM nor after 10 rounds), both of whom were on 9.5. Maria
Kouvatsou of Greece took Gold in the women's event ahead of Jana Jackova (CZE)
who took silver and Szidonia Vajda who took Bronze. These three and the unlucky
Irina Krush (who was the only one of the four not to get a medal) all scored
8.5/13 and medals were distributed according to some tie-breaking system
applied to their results.
My thanks to Anton Gubanov, Webmaster for the "Russian Chess",
for clarification of the names and to Osvaldo Orozco Mendez Barranquilla, for
the PGN for converted rounds 7 and 10 and Byes in all rounds. Games from rounds
1-11 are available.
JUNIORS
1. Galkin (RUS) - 10,5 2. Kasimdzanov (UZB) - 10 3-4. Asrian (ARM), Aronian
(ARM) - 9 5-8. Naumann (GER), Zhang (CHN), Blehm (POL), Svetushkin (MDA) - 8,5
9-12. Vajda (ROM), Perelshteyn (USA), Halkias (GRE), Bakhtadze (GEO) - 8 13-20.
Dervishi (ALB), Gershon (ISR), Mchedlishvili (GEO), Vuckovic (YUG), Pert (ENG),
Khamrakulov (UZB), Lopez (ESP), Lipinsky (GER) - 7,5 21-30. Iljushin (RUS),
Vallejo (ESP), Janssen (NED), Pinski (POL), Matikozian (ARM), Jenni (SUI), De
Vreugt (NED), Marcelin (FRA), Gaprindashvili (GEO), Smetankin (BLR) - 7 31-40.
Peralta (ARG), Williams (ENG), Chibukhchian (ARM), Starostits (LAT), Berg
(SWE), Kidambi (IND), Budnikov (UKR), Arutiunian (GEO), Mallahi (IRI),
Jakupovic (BIH) - 6,5 41-51. Bunzmann (GER), Sargissian (ARM), Akobian (ARM),
Charbonneau (CAN), Benkovic (YUG), Dovramadjiev (BUL), Bucinskas (LTU), Krejci
(CZE), Leskiewicz (AUS), Korstin (EST), Labollita (ARG) - 6 52-57. Rizouk
(ALG), Petrosian (ARM), Bognar (HUN), Brulic (CRO), Kose (TUR), Zhao (AUS) -
5,5 58-62. Hansen (NOR), Atakisi (TUR), Guid (SLO), Pinter (SVK), Aschenbrenner
(AUT) - 5 63-64. Kumin (SUI), Quintero (COL) - 4,5 65. Aranha (BRA) - 3,5
66-67. Fantin (FRA), Vanparys (BEL) - 2,5
GIRLS
1-4. Kouvatsou (GRE), Jackova (CZE), Vajda (ROM), Krush (USA) - 8,5 5-8.
Cmilyte (LTU), Tkeshelashvili (GEO), Goletiani (GEO), Shahade (USA) - 8 9-11.
Gritsayeva (UKR), Vo Hong (VIE), Mohota (IND) - 7,5 12-18. Mkrtchian (ARM),
Khukhashvili (GEO), Kuang (CHN), Aginian (ARM), Nill (GER), Sahakian (ARM),
Gasparian (ARM) - 7 19-22. Sheldon (ENG), Slavina (RUS), Zaksaite (LTU),
Ornstein (SWE) - 6,5 23-29. Sergeeva (KAZ), Sorokina (BLR), Matras (POL),
Tsitaishvili (GEO), Klimenko (AUS), Budylina (EST), Farhat (BRA) - 6 30-32.
Stajic (YUG), Navabi (IRI), Machalova (SVK) - 5,5 33. Redondo (ESP) - 5 34.
Hersvik (NOR) - 4 35. Aydin (TUR) - 1,5
Internet coverage: http://www.armchess.am/
Cross Tables:
World Junior Championships Yerevan ARM (ARM), 18-30 ix 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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1 Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2535 +46 =22 +38 = 3 +29 +25 + 5 + 2 = 4 = 6 = 7 +14 +12 10.5 /13 2704
2 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2603 +14 = 9 =32 =31 +26 +11 +41 - 1 +12 = 4 + 5 + 3 + 6 10.0 /13 2664
3 Asrian, Karen g ARM 2575 +35 +12 +31 = 1 = 5 +13 = 8 - 4 = 7 + 9 + 6 - 2 +18 9.0 /13 2606
4 Aronian, Levon m ARM 2518 =37 +36 + 9 =25 +30 - 5 +31 + 3 = 1 = 2 +21 - 6 + 7 9.0 /13 2601
5 Zhang Pengxiang m CHN 2462 =45 +37 +27 +32 = 3 + 4 - 1 + 8 - 6 +17 - 2 =13 +14 8.5 /13 2555
6 Naumann, Alexander GER 2478 =52 =43 +46 +34 =41 =24 +21 +13 + 5 = 1 - 3 + 4 - 2 8.5 /13 2570
7 Blehm, Pawel m POL 2479 +53 =26 =42 =24 +32 =31 =25 +23 = 3 +13 = 1 + 9 - 4 8.5 /13 2545
8 Svetushkin, Dmitry m MDA 2486 -34 +65 +52 +43 =42 + 9 = 3 - 5 +25 =21 -14 +22 +13 8.5 /13 2510
9 Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2406 +48 = 2 - 4 +19 +17 - 8 =16 +41 +10 - 3 +15 - 7 +28 8.0 /13 2556
10 Vajda, Levente m ROM 2462 =61 -52 +50 +20 -11 +37 =42 +26 - 9 -22 +46 +25 +16 8.0 /13 2442
11 Perelshteyn, Eugene f USA 2416 =68 =50 +63 =33 +10 - 2 -23 +20 =22 =26 =28 +44 +27 8.0 /13 2450
12 Bakhtadze, Giorgi m GEO 2403 +60 - 3 +54 -13 =43 +52 +29 +42 - 2 =28 +23 +30 - 1 8.0 /13 2509
13 Gershon, Alik m ISR 2492 -32 +58 +53 +12 +14 - 3 +30 - 6 +27 - 7 +16 = 5 - 8 7.5 /13 2471
14 Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel ESP 2378 - 2 +48 +57 +44 -13 =29 +18 =15 =23 +30 + 8 - 1 - 5 7.5 /13 2486
15 Dervishi, Erald g ALB 2496 =43 +20 =22 -42 +33 +38 =24 =14 =17 -16 - 9 +45 +35 7.5 /13 2424
16 Vuckovic, Bojan YUG 2433 -54 +49 -43 +50 +34 =22 = 9 =36 +37 +15 -13 +21 -10 7.5 /13 2422
17 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil m GEO 2441 +47 =34 -21 +52 - 9 +20 =22 +46 =15 - 5 =25 =19 +37 7.5 /13 2437
18 Pert, Nicholas f ENG 2425 =50 =63 -47 =51 +48 +33 -14 =53 +58 =27 +45 +31 - 3 7.5 /13 2359
19 Khamrakulov, Ibragim S UZB 2383 =69 -21 +37 - 9 +61 -23 +49 =47 -46 +60 +48 =17 +31 7.5 /13 2370
20 Lipinsky, Fabian m GER 2331 =23 -15 +58 -10 +65 -17 +60 -11 -45 +56 +53 +33 +44 7.5 /13 2396
21 Iljushin, Alexei m RUS 2527 =36 +19 +17 =30 -25 +28 - 6 +31 +24 = 8 - 4 -16 =26 7.0 /13 2455
22 Marcelin, Cyril m FRA 2395 +62 = 1 =15 -41 +64 =16 =17 =30 =11 +10 =31 - 8 =29 7.0 /13 2439
23 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2519 =20 +57 -25 +40 -31 +19 +11 - 7 =14 +24 -12 -27 +42 7.0 /13 2392
24 Gaprindashvili, Valerian m GEO 2390 -57 +51 +55 = 7 +39 = 6 =15 =25 -21 -23 +47 =42 =30 7.0 /13 2383
25 Jenni, Florian f SUI 2399 +66 =41 +23 = 4 +21 - 1 = 7 =24 - 8 =33 =17 -10 +48 7.0 /13 2459
26 De Vreugt, Dennis m NED 2398 +59 = 7 =44 =39 - 2 =47 +40 -10 +54 =11 =41 =29 =21 7.0 /13 2447
27 Smetankin, Stanislav m BLR 2385 +64 =30 - 5 =38 =47 =43 +34 +28 -13 =18 =44 +23 -11 7.0 /13 2411
28 Matikozian, Andranik ARM 2427 +65 -32 -33 +56 +36 -21 +43 -27 +35 =12 =11 +41 - 9 7.0 /13 2389
29 Janssen, Ruud NED 2448 =63 +61 =34 +47 - 1 =14 -12 =35 -33 +54 +42 =26 =22 7.0 /13 2368
30 Pinski, Jan POL 2444 +67 =27 +56 =21 - 4 +35 -13 =22 +42 -14 +33 -12 =24 7.0 /13 2383
31 Chibukhchian, Artur m ARM 2413 +51 +54 - 3 = 2 +23 = 7 - 4 -21 +36 +46 =22 -18 -19 6.5 /13 2425
32 Arutunian, Davit GEO 2318 +13 +28 = 2 - 5 - 7 =44 -46 =62 =49 +57 =35 -39 +55 6.5 /13 2339
33 Jakupovic, Neven BIH 2263 -44 +64 +28 =11 -15 -18 =56 +39 +29 =25 -30 -20 +46 6.5 /13 2365
34 Mallahi, A f IRI 2317 + 8 =17 =29 - 6 -16 +48 -27 =56 =59 -35 +64 +62 =38 6.5 /13 2314
35 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2348 - 3 =60 =61 +55 +44 -30 =47 =29 -28 +34 =32 +43 -15 6.5 /13 2347
36 Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2334 =21 - 4 =60 +57 -28 +63 +38 =16 -31 -45 =58 +53 =39 6.5 /13 2339
37 Budnikov, Oleg UKR 2331 = 4 - 5 -19 +58 +49 -10 +64 +40 -16 -41 +59 +55 -17 6.5 /13 2327
38 Williams, Simon m ENG 2421 +49 =56 - 1 =27 +53 -15 -36 =45 =60 -48 +57 +58 =34 6.5 /13 2275
39 Peralta, Fernando m ARG 2433 =58 +45 =41 =26 -24 -40 =53 -33 -48 +65 +60 +32 =36 6.5 /13 2313
40 Starostits, Ilmars LAT 2358 -41 =66 +45 -23 +51 +39 -26 -37 +62 -44 -55 +61 +58 6.5 /13 2311
41 Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2596 +40 =25 =39 +22 = 6 =42 - 2 - 9 =47 +37 =26 -28 . 6.0 /12 2405
42 Akobian, Varuzhan ARM 2387 +55 =44 = 7 +15 = 8 =41 =10 -12 -30 +53 -29 =24 -23 6.0 /13 2394
43 Benkovic, Petar YUG 2328 =15 = 6 +16 - 8 =12 =27 -28 -58 +56 =59 +49 -35 =45 6.0 /13 2312
44 Sargissian, Gabriel f ARM 2470 +33 =42 =26 -14 -35 =32 =45 +61 =53 +40 =27 -11 -20 6.0 /13 2310
45 Dovramadjiev, Tihomir BUL 2254 = 5 -39 -40 +66 =46 =60 =44 =38 +20 +36 -18 -15 =43 6.0 /13 2337
46 Charbonneau, Pascal CAN 2339 - 1 +62 - 6 =65 =45 +54 +32 -17 +19 -31 -10 +50 -33 6.0 /13 2309
47 Bucinskas, Valdas LTU 2248 -17 +67 +18 -29 =27 =26 =35 =19 =41 =58 -24 -48 +59 6.0 /13 2310
48 Labollita, Martin f ARG 2199 - 9 -14 +67 +63 -18 -34 -61 +50 +39 +38 -19 +47 -25 6.0 /13 2289
49 Leskiewicz, Maksymilian AUS 2206 -38 -16 +59 =61 -37 +50 -19 +64 =32 =55 -43 =52 +62 6.0 /13 2226
50 Krejci, Jakub CZE 2221 =18 =11 -10 -16 -55 -49 +76 -48 +65 +67 +54 -46 +63 6.0 /13 2217
51 Korstin, Maris EST 2201 -31 -24 +62 =18 -40 -58 +65 -59 -64 +80 =56 +66 +60 6.0 /13 2192
52 Petrosian, Davit Gevorgi ARM 2309 = 6 +10 - 8 -17 +56 -12 =58 -54 -55 +63 =62 =49 =57 5.5 /13 2210
53 Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2312 - 7 +59 -13 +60 -38 +55 =39 =18 =44 -42 -20 -36 +64 5.5 /13 2259
54 Bognar, Csaba HUN 2237 +16 -31 -12 -64 +67 -46 +55 +52 -26 -29 -50 =63 +66 5.5 /13 2204
55 Kose,Serkan TUR ---- -42 +71 -24 -35 +50 -53 -54 +63 +52 =49 +40 -37 -32 5.5 /13 2225
56 Brulic, Denis CRO 2121 +70 =38 -30 -28 -52 +65 =33 =34 -43 -20 =51 =59 +67 5.5 /13 2207
57 Zhao Zong Yuan AUS ---- +24 -23 -14 -36 -60 =59 =66 +67 +61 -32 -38 +81 =52 5.5 /13 2209
58 Atakisi, Umut TUR 2238 =39 -13 -20 -37 +66 +51 =52 +43 -18 =47 =36 -38 -40 5.0 /13 2251
59 Pinter, Erik SVK 2163 -26 -53 -49 +62 -63 =57 +67 +51 =34 =43 -37 =56 -47 5.0 /13 2134
60 Guid, Matej SLO 2185 -12 =35 =36 -53 +57 =45 -20 +66 =38 -19 -39 +65 -51 5.0 /13 2208
61 Hansen, Torbjorn R NOR 2259 =10 -29 =35 =49 -19 =64 +48 -44 -57 =66 +79 -40 =65 5.0 /13 2166
62 Aschenbrenner, Robert AUT 2160 -22 -46 -51 -59 +74 +67 +63 =32 -40 +64 =52 -34 -49 5.0 /13 2132
63 Kuemin, Simon SUI 2251 =29 =18 -11 -48 +59 -36 -62 -55 +78 -52 +66 =54 -50 4.5 /13 2128
64 Quintero,Jorge COL ---- -27 -33 +72 +54 -22 =61 -37 -49 +51 -62 -34 +67 -53 4.5 /13 2125
65 Aranha Filho, Alvaro Z BRA 2236 -28 - 8 +66 =46 -20 -56 -51 +77 -50 -39 =67 -60 =61 3.5 /13 2070
66 Fantin, Ludwig FRA 2184 -25 =40 -65 -45 -58 +75 =57 -60 -67 =61 -63 -51 -54 2.5 /13 1950
67 Vanparys,Philip BEL ---- -30 -47 -48 +73 -54 -62 -59 -57 +66 -50 =65 -64 -56 2.5 /13 1919
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No's 68-81 indicate BYES
World Junior Championships (Girls) Yerevan ARM (ARM), 18-30 ix 1999
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1 Kouvatsou, Maria wf GRE 2152 + 7 + 4 + 2 = 5 +14 =12 =20 + 6 = 3 + 9 =10 -11 - 8 8.5 /13 2406
2 Jackova, Jana wm CZE 2233 +16 + 3 - 1 +19 -12 +15 =13 = 9 +14 + 7 - 5 +10 = 6 8.5 /13 2360
3 Vajda, Szidonia wg ROM 2397 +25 - 2 +21 =10 + 9 - 5 +28 +20 = 1 +12 - 6 = 7 +11 8.5 /13 2339
4 Krush, Irina wm USA 2432 =18 - 1 +32 =25 -28 +26 -10 +33 +11 +15 = 7 +12 + 5 8.5 /13 2301
5 Cmilyte, Viktorija wm LTU 2354 =26 +31 +11 = 1 +24 + 3 -12 =14 - 9 =10 + 2 + 6 - 4 8.0 /13 2321
6 Tkeshelashvili, Sopio wm GEO 2284 +21 +10 =12 = 9 =13 = 7 =14 - 1 +25 +20 + 3 - 5 = 2 8.0 /13 2335
7 Goletiani, Rusudan wm GEO 2386 - 1 +32 =18 +17 +10 = 6 - 9 +24 +12 - 2 = 4 = 3 +19 8.0 /13 2320
8 Shahade, Jennifer m USA 2290 +34 -12 =16 =15 +31 =13 =19 -10 =17 +32 +20 = 9 + 1 8.0 /13 2248
9 Gritsayeva, Oksana UKR 2248 =30 +17 =24 = 6 - 3 +32 + 7 = 2 + 5 - 1 =12 = 8 =10 7.5 /13 2287
10 Mohota, Nisha wm IND 2198 +35 - 6 +29 = 3 - 7 =19 + 4 + 8 +13 = 5 = 1 - 2 = 9 7.5 /13 2311
11 Vo Hong Phuong wf VIE 2226 +33 =14 - 5 =18 -25 =16 +34 +26 - 4 +17 +13 + 1 - 3 7.5 /13 2252
12 Khukhashvili, Sopio GEO 2206 +29 + 8 = 6 =14 + 2 = 1 + 5 =13 - 7 - 3 = 9 - 4 =18 7.0 /13 2296
13 Kuang Yinghui wf CHN 2202 =31 +26 +20 =24 = 6 = 8 = 2 =12 -10 +14 -11 =19 =15 7.0 /13 2251
14 Mkrtchian, Lilit wg ARM 2295 +27 =11 +15 =12 - 1 +24 = 6 = 5 - 2 -13 =19 =29 +25 7.0 /13 2230
15 Aginian, Nelly ARM 2170 =32 +30 -14 = 8 +16 - 2 =25 =17 +24 - 4 =18 +22 =13 7.0 /13 2209
16 Gasparian, Mariana ARM 2075 - 2 +22 = 8 =26 -15 =11 +30 -19 +27 -24 =17 +23 +21 7.0 /13 2177
17 Sahakian, Nonna ARM 2093 =19 - 9 +34 - 7 =27 =31 +32 =15 = 8 -11 =16 +33 +24 7.0 /13 2198
18 Nill, Jessica wf GER 2168 = 4 =19 = 7 =11 -20 -33 =31 +42 +23 =25 =15 +24 =12 7.0 /13 2220
19 Slavina, Irina wf RUS 2295 =17 =18 =25 - 2 +29 =10 = 8 +16 -20 +26 =14 =13 - 7 6.5 /13 2199
20 Sheldon, Ruth wm ENG 2310 +28 -24 -13 +33 +18 +25 = 1 - 3 +19 - 6 - 8 -21 +35 6.5 /13 2188
21 Zaksaite, Salomeja LTU 2087 - 6 +35 - 3 =29 -26 -22 +41 =23 +33 =27 +32 +20 -16 6.5 /13 2117
22 Ornstein, Petra SWE ---- -24 -16 +37 -28 -33 +21 -23 +35 =30 +34 +27 -15 +29 6.5 /13 2073
23 Farhat,Barbara BRA ---- . =36 =26 -27 -34 +35 +22 =21 -18 =30 +31 -16 +33 6.0 /12 2062
24 Sergeeva, Maria wm KAZ 2208 +22 +20 = 9 =13 - 5 -14 +27 - 7 -15 +16 +25 -18 -17 6.0 /13 2168
25 Sorokina, Anastasia BLR 2162 - 3 +33 =19 = 4 +11 -20 =15 +28 - 6 =18 -24 +30 -14 6.0 /13 2207
26 Matras, Agnieszka POL 2146 = 5 -13 =23 =16 +21 - 4 +33 -11 +28 -19 -29 +34 =27 6.0 /13 2125
27 Klimenko, Veronica wf AUS 2100 -14 -29 +30 +23 =17 =28 -24 +31 -16 =21 -22 +35 =26 6.0 /13 2062
28 Tsitaishvili, Nino GEO 2142 -20 =34 =31 +22 + 4 =27 - 3 -25 -26 -29 +45 +32 =30 6.0 /13 2109
29 Budylina, Sofia EST 2032 -12 +27 -10 =21 -19 -30 +35 -32 +43 +28 +26 =14 -22 6.0 /13 2098
30 Stajic, Snezana YUG 2078 = 9 -15 -27 -31 +39 +29 -16 =34 =22 =23 +35 -25 =28 5.5 /13 2016
31 Navabi, Shirin wf IRI 2029 =13 - 5 =28 +30 - 8 =17 =18 -27 -32 +35 -23 +46 =34 5.5 /13 2061
32 Machalova, Veronika SVK 2115 =15 - 7 - 4 +34 +35 - 9 -17 +29 +31 - 8 -21 -28 +46 5.5 /13 2089
33 Redondo Arguelles, Graciela ESP 2067 -11 -25 +35 -20 +22 +18 -26 - 4 -21 +44 +34 -17 -23 5.0 /13 2037
34 Hersvik, Anita NOR ---- - 8 =28 -17 -32 +23 +40 -11 =30 =35 -22 -33 -26 =31 4.0 /13 1950
35 Aydin,Helin TUR ---- -10 -21 -33 +38 -32 -23 -29 -22 =34 -31 -30 -27 -20 1.5 /13 1742
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Nos 36-46 indicate BYES
The Paks (Hungary) IM and GM tournaments ran September 21st-29th 1999
reports Sandor Videki. Bu Xiangzhi won the GM event with 6/9 losing just one
game, to Attila Groszpeter, it was still sufficient for the Chinese player to
score a GM norm. In the IM event Andras Toth won with 7/9, and with it he
scored an IM norm.
Final standings:
Paks GM September (HUN), 21-29 ix 1999 cat. X (2481)
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1 Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2465 * 0 1 = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2607
2 Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2480 1 * = 1 = = = = = = 5.5 2561
3 Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2492 0 = * = 1 1 = = = = 5.0 2522
4 Ruck, Robert m HUN 2485 = 0 = * = = 1 = = 1 5.0 2523
5 Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2478 = = 0 = * = 1 = = = 4.5 2481
6 Rogic, Davor m CRO 2505 = = 0 = = * 0 1 1 = 4.5 2478
7 Videki, Sandor m HUN 2445 = = = 0 0 1 * = = 1 4.5 2485
8 Acs, Peter g HUN 2525 0 = = = = 0 = * 1 1 4.5 2476
9 Varga, Peter m HUN 2491 0 = = = = 0 = 0 * = 3.0 2354
10 Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2444 0 = = 0 = = 0 0 = * 2.5 2319
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Paks IM September (HUN), 21-29 ix 1999 cat. I (2271)
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1 Toth, Andras HUN 2297 * = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2487
2 Krutti, Valer m HUN 2357 = * = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 6.5 2427
3 Csonka, Attila HUN 2225 1 = * 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2400
4 Kritz, Leonid GER 2336 0 0 1 * 1 1 0 = = = 4.5 2263
5 Macsik, Tamas HUN 2184 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 = 1 = 4.5 2280
6 Farkas, Tibor m YUG 2288 0 = 0 0 1 * = = 1 = 4.0 2225
7 Susak, Zeljko CRO 2190 = 0 = 1 0 = * = 0 = 3.5 2199
8 Reiss, Tibor HUN 2180 0 0 0 = = = = * = 1 3.5 2200
9 Siklosi, Zoltan m HUN 2337 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = * = 3.0 2138
10 Brigljevic, Milan f CRO 2313 0 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 2.5 2100
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Przemek Jahr reports: The 55th Polish Championships took place in Suwalki
18th-28th September 1999. The winning team was POLONIA-ANIMEX of Warszawa (
1.M.Krasenkow (2647) 7.5; 2. E.Rozentalis (2586) 7.5; 3. B.Soæko (2543)
5.5 ; 4. B.Macieja (2542) 7.5; 5. R.Kuczyñski (2450) 7.5; and 6.
A.Brustman (2383) 6.5) was three points clear of their nearest rivals
GANT-HETMAN Wroclaw (1. A.Wojtkiewicz (2567) 6.5 2. E.Kengis (2573) 7.0 3.
M.Kamiñski (2523) 6.5 4. Z.Jaœnikowski (2407) 7.5 5. M.Buœ
(2369) 4/6 6. M.Perdek (2344) 0/3 7.G.Antkowiak (2199) 1/1 8.
M.Zieliñska (2356) 6.5). Further details in Polish:
http://www.suwalki.tpsa.pl/szachy/
Final Standings
55th Polish Championships Suwalki 18-28.09.1999
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total
1 Polonia-Animex Warszawa ### 3.0 4.0 2.5 3.5 4.5 4.5 5.5 5.0 5.5 4.0 42
2 Gant-Hetman Wroclaw 3.0 ### 4.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 5.0 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.5 39
3 Stilon Gorzów Wlkp. 2.0 2.0 ### 4.0 3.5 3.5 4.5 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.5 38
4 Pocztowiec TP SA Poznañ 3.5 3.0 2.0 ### 3.0 5.0 3.5 3.5 4.0 5.0 5.0 37.5
5 Drakon BDK-Daewoo Lublin 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 ### 2.5 1.5 4.0 5.0 5.5 6.0 35
6 MOSiR Budosak Zabrze 1.5 2.5 2.5 1.0 3.5 ### 4.0 3.5 3.5 4.0 5.0 31
7 Sido Cafe Hañcza Suwalki 1.5 1.0 1.5 2.5 4.5 2.0 ### 3.5 4.0 2.0 5.0 27.5
8 MOK-Chrobry Glogów 0.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 ### 3.5 2.0 5.5 25
9 Entropia NZS PW Warszawa 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.5 2.0 2.5 ### 4.5 4.0 22.5
10 Rzemioslo Racibórz 0.5 1.5 2.0 1.0 0.5 2.0 4.0 4.0 1.5 ### 3.5 20.5
11 Hetman Koszalin 2.0 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 2.0 2.5 ### 12
Best Board scores
Board 1
1. am M.Krasenkow (Polonia-Animex Warszawa) 7.5
2. am T.Markowski (Stilon Gorzów Wlkp.) 7.0
3. am A.Wojtkiewicz (Gant-Hetman Wroclaw) 6.5
Board 2
1. am E.Rozentalis (Polonia-Animex Warszawa) 7.5
2. am E.Kengis (Gant-Hetman Wroclaw) 7.0
3. am R.Kempiñski (Drakon BDK-Daewoo Lublin) 6.5
Board 3
1. mm P.Stempin (Pocztowiec TP SA Poznañ) 7.5
2. mm M.Matlak (Stilon Gorzów Wlkp.) 7.0
3. am M.Kamiñski (Gant-Hetman Wroclaw) 6.5
Board 4
1. am B.Macieja (Polonia-Animex Warszawa) 7.5
2. mm Z.Jaœnikowski (Gant-Hetman Wroclaw) 7.5
3. m A.Hnydiuk (MOSiR Budosak Zabrze) 6.5
Board 5
1. m M.Szelag (Pocztowiec TP SA Poznañ) 8.0
2. am R.Kuczyñski (Polonia-Animex Warszawa) 7.5
3. mf M.Dziuba (Drakon BDK-Daewoo Lublin) 7.5
Board 6
1. am M.Bobrowska (Pocztowiec TP SA Poznañ) 7.5
2. am A.Brustman (Polonia-Animex Warszawa) 6.5
3. im M.Zieliñska (Gant-Hetman Wroclaw) 6.5
Laszlo Nagy reports: The 2nd KLUGER memorial (part of the First Saturday
series of tournaments takes place in Budapest, 2nd-13th October 1999. The
events take place in the tournament halls of the HOTEL ZUGLO. There are players
are from 16 countries: HUN, GER, RUS, ISR, USA, CHN, ESP, AUS, FAI, SWZ, CZE.
The main event is the 2nd Kluger Memorial Chess Tournament, a category VII
event with 12 participants, with an ELO average of 2401. In addition there is
an IM closed event, with 12 participants (cat. II), an Elo-closed event with 6
players and a Scheveningen system tournament with 5 pairs of players. Gyula
Kluger (1914-94) was a Hungarian IM who played many times as a member of the
Hungarian Olympiad Team. This GM tournament is sponsored by his son, Gyula
Kluger jr. of SKYEX INC., USA
More info: Laszlo Nagy, firstsat@elender.hu
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-263-2859
Round 1 standings:
FSGM October Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-12 x 1999 cat. VII (2401)
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1 Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2465 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2 Vovsha, Eli ISR 2289 . * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2414 . . * . . . . . . = . . 0.5 2492
4 Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2420 . . . * . . . = . . . . 0.5 2346
5 Forintos, Gyozo V g HUN 2343 . . . . * . = . . . . . 0.5 2447
6 Lengyel, Levente g HUN 2312 . . . . . * . . = . . . 0.5 2508
7 Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2447 . . . . = . * . . . . . 0.5 2343
8 Senff, Martin GER 2346 . . . = . . . * . . . . 0.5 2420
9 Soffer, Ram g ISR 2508 . . . . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2312
10 Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2492 . . = . . . . . . * . . 0.5 2414
11 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2476 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12 Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2297 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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1 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2381 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2 Friedrichs, Klaus GER 2148 . * . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
3 Jakab, Attila HUN 2328 . . * . . . . 1 . . . . 1.0
4 Naes, Flovin Tor FAI 2222 . . . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
5 Trabert, Bettina wm GER 2301 . . . . * . . . 1 . . . 1.0
6 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2440 . . . . . * 1 . . . . . 1.0
7 Gara, Anita wm HUN 2260 . . . . . 0 * . . . . . 0.0
8 Gara, Ticia HUN 2233 . . 0 . . . . * . . . . 0.0
9 Muehlbach, Peter GER 2198 . . . . 0 . . . * . . . 0.0
10 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2357 . 0 . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2275 . . . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
12 Resika, Nathan A USA 2251 0 . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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John Fernandez reports on the Manhattan Chess Club Championships 1999 which
took place September 24th-26th 1999: GM Joel Benjamin is now Manhattan Chess
Club Champion, for the sixth time. In a very tightly contested tournament, GM
Benjamin won the title on tiebreak over GM John Fedorowicz and IM Ron Burnett,
all of whom scored four out of five games. At 3.5/5, tying for fourth place,
were GM Alexander Stripunsky, IM Esam Elgindy, Ylon Schwartz, and Andrei
Zaremba. The latter was the sensation of the tournament, as he drew all three
of his games against the three GMs in the tournament. IM-Elect Dean Ippolito
tried to also match Zaremba's feat of drawing all three of the GMs, but after
drawing Benjamin and Stripunsky, he was unable to perform the trifecta,
succumbing to GM Fedorowicz. In a very tough field (practically all the players
were masters), tense games could be found on all boards. The tournament was
directed by Nicholas Conticello, who kept the tournament free of any disputes
whatsoever.
Final Standings:
1 GM Benjamin, Joel 2662 W 14 D 6 W 7 D 11 W 5 4.0
2 GM Fedorowicz, John P 2634 D 17 W 32 D 6 W 14 W 11 4.0
3 IM Burnett, Ronald 2464 H--- D 18 W 21 W 15 W 12 4.0
4 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2617 W 15 W 13 D 11 D 12 D 6 3.5
5 IM Elgindy, Essam 2457 W 22 W 8 D 12 W 16 L 1 3.5
6 Zaremba, Andrei 2386 B--- D 1 D 2 W 22 D 4 3.5
7 Treger, Yefim 2331 D 35 W 19 L 1 W 27 W 17 3.5
8 Schwartz, Ylon 2327 W 30 L 5 W 33 W 20 D 9 3.5
9 FM Schneider, Dmitry 2460 D 18 W 28 L 16 W 26 D 8 3.0
10 IM Bonin, Jay 2457 D 27 D 21 L 22 W 24 W 26 3.0
11 FM Ippolito, Dean 2441 W 23 W 24 D 4 D 1 L 2 3.0
12 IM Robovic, Saudin 2428 W 33 W 26 D 5 D 4 L 3 3.0
13 Privman, Boris 2367 W 25 L 4 D 27 W 28 D 16 3.0
14 Feldman, Boris 2317 L 1 W 34 W 24 L 2 W 22 3.0
15 Rajlich, Vasik 2315 L 4 W 23 W 18 L 3 W 20 3.0
16 Nakamura, Hikaru 2289 H--- W 35 W 9 L 5 D 13 3.0
17 Cooke, Eric 2315 D 2 W 29 L 20 W 19 L 7 2.5
18 Lewis, James 2230 D 9 D 3 L 15 D 23 W 21 2.5
19 Ross, Philip E 2179 H--- L 7 W 35 L 17 W 27 2.5
20 FM Lapshun, Yurij 2531 D 21 D 27 W 17 L 8 L 15 2.0
21 FM Morris, Matthew 2242 D 20 D 10 L 3 W 34 L 18 2.0
22 Cadman, Chuck 2218 L 5 B--- W 10 L 6 L 14 2.0
23 Sena, Juan 2205 L 11 L 15 B--- D 18 D 25 2.0
24 Grechikhin, Vladimir 2181 W 31 L 11 L 14 L 10 W 29 2.0
25 Cimafranca, Edgar 2145 L 13 H--- L 28 W 35 D 23 2.0
26 Burrows, Brandon 2021 B--- L 12 W 32 L 9 L 10 2.0
27 Feldman, Yevgeny 2226 D 10 D 20 D 13 L 7 L 19 1.5
28 Kreitner, Ilan 2216 H--- L 9 W 25 L 13 U--- 1.5
29 Bierkens, Peter 2175 H--- L 17 D 34 D 32 L 24 1.5
30 Fernandez, John C 2026 L 8 H--- F--- B--- U--- 1.5
31 Eisen, Lewis 2289 L 24 L 33 X--- U--- U--- 1.0
32 Santana, Joan 2263 H--- L 2 L 26 D 29 U--- 1.0
33 Furdzik, Rafael 2201 L 12 W 31 L 8 U--- U--- 1.0
34 Frumkin, Edward A 2096 H--- L 14 D 29 L 21 U--- 1.0
35 Waxman, Marian 2100 D 7 L 16 L 19 L 25 U--- 0.5
The Najdorf Memorial Open tournament ran September 21st-30th in Buenos Aires
(which was also the Argentine Championship semi-finals). There was a four way
tie on 6.5/9, Marcelo Tempone, Guillermo Soppe, Alfredo Giaccio and Cristian
Dolezal. My thanks to Adrian Roldan and Ruben Casafus for the games and
results.
Coverage at: http://www.roldan-casafus.com
Final Standings (9 rounds)
1. TEMPONE Marcelo 6.5 49.5 38.50
2. SOPPE Guillermo 6.5 46.0 37.50
3. GIACCIO Alfredo 6.5 45.5 35.00
4. DOLEZAL Cristian 6.5 42.0 33.50
5. SORIN Ariel 6.0 52.0 41.00
6. RUBINETTI Jorge 6.0 48.5 39.00
7. FIORITO Fabian 6.0 48.5 39.00
8. ZARNICKI Pablo 6.0 47.5 37.00
9. ALONSO Salvador 6.0 47.0 36.50
10. GOMEZ BAILLO Jorge 6.0 45.0 35.00
11. FELGAER Ruben 5.5 49.0 38.50
12. KANEFSCK Gustavo 5.5 47.0 37.50
13. SLIPAK Sergio 5.5 44.0 34.50
14. FLORES Diego 5.5 43.5 35.00
15. MENDEZ Ernesto 5.5 42.5 33.50
16. FERNANDEZ MURGA Rob 5.5 40.5 31.50
17. CATIVELLI Gerardo 5.5 40.0 31.00
18. MALBRAN Guillermo 5.0 47.5 37.00
19. HOBAICA Juan Pablo 5.0 47.0 36.50
20. LLANOS Guillermo 5.0 45.5 35.50
21. PIERROT Facundo 5.0 44.5 34.50
22. SZMETAN Jorge 5.0 44.0 34.00
23. GIARDELLI Sergio 5.0 43.5 34.50
24. VARELA Gaston R 5.0 39.5 33.00
25. QUIROGA Facundo 5.0 39.5 30.00
26. IDIGORAS Alejandro 5.0 39.0 31.50
27. ALBARRAN Gustavo 5.0 34.0 26.50
28. JULIA Ernesto 4.5 49.5 39.00
29. GINZBURG Maximiliano 4.5 46.0 36.50
30. REIDES Marcelo 4.5 43.5 34.00
31. ROSITO Jorge 4.5 42.5 33.00
32. AYALA Marcelo 4.5 39.5 30.00
33. GASTIABURO Hernan R 4.5 37.5 31.00
34. BIBILONI Jorge 4.5 37.5 28.50
35. PATI¥O Alberto 4.5 36.0 27.00
36. MAURI¥O Lucio 4.5 33.5 27.00
37. NEDILSKY Diego 4.0 46.0 36.00
38. CARO Esteban 4.0 40.0 31.50
39. CASAFUS Ruben 4.0 39.0 30.00
40. BIELICKI Carlos 4.0 37.5 30.50
41. BENKO Francisco 4.0 37.5 29.00
42. SCALISE Luis 4.0 37.0 30.00
43. CASTELLI Raul 4.0 36.5 28.50
44. ROMERO Pablo 4.0 31.0 25.00
45. ALTAMIRANO Benjamin 3.5 40.0 31.50
46. VEGA Fabian 3.5 35.0 29.00
47. LOPEZ Sebastian 3.5 28.0 23.50
48. MOSCONI Ariel R 3.5 22.0 17.00
49. WALSH Hector 3.0 43.0 34.00
50. CURATOLA Clemente 3.0 37.5 29.50
51. LEONE Juliana 3.0 35.0 28.00
52. VILLANUEVA Matias 3.0 32.0 26.00
53. LIGATO Guillermo 3.0 29.0 24.50
54. KONIG Cesar 3.0 28.5 23.00
55. ROMERO Leandro R 3.0 24.5 20.00
56. SOBRERO Sebastian 2.5 37.0 30.50
57. MALLADA Gustavo 2.5 27.5 22.00
58. ROSELLI Leonardo 1.5 24.5 19.50
Mikhail Golubev reports: The 7th Children's Chess Olympiad took place in the
Artek (Ukraine) Children's center in the Crimea, 9-21st September 1999. Final
standings were: 1. Ukraine 1st Team 24.0 2.Georgia 23.0 3.China 22.0. Ruslan
Ponomariov scored 6.5/7 on board one to take the home team to first place. It
was a very close run thing with the Ukrainian second team looking like taking
first until a collapse in the final round, but the first team after losing to
China, Rumania, and Armenia in the middle rounds won well in the final round
against Azerbaijan to take Gold by a point from Georgia in second.
Further news at: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/artek99.htm
and a brief report from the paper "The Day" at:
http://www.day.kiev.ua/DIGEST/1999/36/sport/sp2.htm
Final Standings
1. UKRAINE-1 24,0 16.KYRGYZSTAN 17,5
2. GEORGIA 23,0 17.LITHUANIA 17,0
3. CHINA 22,5 KAZAHSTAN 17,0
4. BELARUS 22,0 SOUTH AFRICA 17,0
5. UKRAINE-2 21,5 RUSSIA-2 (KALMYKIA) 17,0
ROMANIA 21,5 UKRAINE-3 (CRIMEA) 17,0
ARMENIA 21,5 TURKEY 17,0
8. RUSSIA-1 20,0 23.YUGOSLAVIA 16,5
IRAN 20,0 24.UZBEKISTAN 16,0
10.AZERBAIJAN 19,0 25.BELGIUM 15,5
BULGARIA 19,0 26.TURKMENISTAN 15,0
12.MOLDOVA 18,5 27.JAPAN 12,5
POLAND 18,5 28.AUSTRALIA 11,5
14.HUNGARY 18,0 29.UZBEKISTAN-2 8,0
VIETNAM 18,0 30.TAJIKISTAN 6,5
As reported by Chris Morrison in TWIC 245 (19th July 1999) there were two
events in the Hotel Irottko June 23rd-July 3rd 1999. There were two
all-play-all events held in the Hotel Irottko, which is in Koszeg (Hungary) but
at the time there were no games from the GM event. The Category VIII (average
2440) GM event was won by Andrey Zontakh of the Ukraine on 8/11 ahead of Zoltan
Varga of Hungary on 7.5 points. Games are now available and below is the
crosstable. There is one missing game, a win for Csom against Weinzettl. Games
were entered by Hungarian IM Pal Kiss.
Hotel Irottko GM Koszeg HUN (HUN), 23 vi-3 vii 1999 cat. VIII (2440)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2530 * 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2607
2 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2518 1 * = = = 1 1 = 1 = = = 7.5 2566
3 Horvath, Adam m HUN 2437 = = * = = 1 1 = 0 1 0 1 6.5 2505
4 Schebler, Gerhard m GER 2439 = = = * = = 0 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2505
5 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2455 0 = = = * = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2474
6 Hoffmann, Michael m GER 2407 0 0 0 = = * = 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2479
7 Estrada Nieto, Julian m MEX 2370 = 0 0 1 = = * = = = = = 5.0 2410
8 Ruck, Robert m HUN 2492 0 = = = = 0 = * = = 1 = 5.0 2399
9 Llanos, Guillermo m ARG 2437 0 0 1 = = 0 = = * = = 1 5.0 2404
10 Kustar, Sandor m HUN 2434 = = 0 0 = 0 = = = * 1 1 5.0 2404
11 Weinzettl, Ernst m AUT 2420 0 = 1 0 0 = = 0 = 0 * 0 3.0 2267
12 Habibi, Ali m GER 2344 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 * 2.5 2238
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Wybe Koopmans reports on REBEL Century vs. Ruslan Sherbakov (Oct 2nd 1999):
The computer program Rebel played it's 6th game in a Monthly GM Challenge
cycle. The Monthly GM Challenge played at normal tournament time rates. The
match started at 16:00 Amsterdam time (10:00 New York time). The game was live
on ICC. REBEL played with a special and new gambit book with only sharp lines
and with the special Anti-GM option (first used in the match REBEL against
Anand) which tends towards making the game sharp. More info:
http://www.rebel.nl/gm05.htm
Dirk Poldauf editor of "Schach" Magazine reports: In the next
issue the German "Schach" Chess magazine - 10/99 - there is a broad
discussion amongst grandmasters (Karpov, Kramnik, Timman, Movsesian, Seirawan,
Tiviakov, Krasenkov and others) as to whether the so called "elite
grandmasters" are really stronger than players like Khalifman, Akopian,
Movsesian. This includes a big article by FIDE Champion Khalifman (partially
published on the "Schach" website at
http://www.zeitschriftschach.de).
The following article is by Vladimir Kramnik translated by Dirk Poldauf into
English for publication in TWIC.
Vladimir Kramnik writes:
After the Fide World Championship there were statements by several
grandmasters who do not belong to the top ten in the worlds ranking that they
were not worse than the so called "chess elite" (for example the open
letter by Movsesian which was published in The Week In Chess). Instead of
beginning to argue senselessly I would go straight to the statistics. I have
analysed the results of nine grandmasters who have had a rating between 2660
and 2851 from 1995 until today (the so called "elite"). I had a look
at their results against those players who had at the time of the game a rating
between 2550 and 2670 (the so called "suppressed class" who don't
have the same opportunities to prove they are not worse than the
"elite"). Perhaps there are some minimal inaccuracies in my
calculations due to missing games in my database (but this is not very likely
because my database contains more or less all important tournaments from 1995
to 1999).
1. Kasparov +41 - 4 = 33
2. Anand +47 - 6 = 40
3. Kramnik +59 - 7 = 70
4. Shirov +79 - 35 =108
5. Adams +71 - 31 =120
6. Ivanchuk +47 - 11 = 74
7. Karpov +30 - 7 = 58
8. Gelfand +38 - 11 =102
9. Topalov +65 - 25 = 71
Totals: +477 -137 =676
In my opinion these statistical facts do not need further comment. It seems
astonishing but even in Las Vegas - where the rating favourites did so badly -
they played a bit better than their colleagues of the "suppressed
class" (in classical chess). I want to prove that once more by the means
of the statistics. Due to the different number of played games and the
different average rating of the opponents the so called "Elo
performance" seems to be the only reasonable measure to compare the
players achievements.
Here are the results of my investigations of the results from Las Vegas:
Score Rating Average Performance
of opponents
1. Kramnik 5/8 2671 2758
2. Shirov 4/8 2625 2625
3. Adams 6/11 2664 2695
4. Ivanchuk 5/6 2608 2841 (!)
5. Topalov 3,5/6 2652 2710
6. Gelfand 3,5/6 2621 2679
This produces an average performance (without consideration of the number of
the games) of 2718.
In comparison let's take the most successful players of the second group:
Score Rating Average Performance
of opponents
1. Khalifman 11,5/20 2634 2690
2. Akopian 11/19 2636 2691
3. Nisipeanu 8,5/14 2637 2712
4. Movsesian 5/8 2639 2728
5. Dreev 5/8 2616 2704
6. Polgar 4,5/8 2592 2635
This produces an average performance (without consideration of the number of
the games) of 2693
Please do not misunderstand me - I do not list all these numbers in order to
depreciate the great achievements of Khalifman, Akopian and others (they are
not guilty for the imperfection of a system where a performance of 2841 is not
sufficient to go through to the quarter-finals). I just wanted to show that it
is not true that "elite grandmasters" in principle are not stronger
than others. At the end I want to speak to the huge army of grandmasters who
complain about the injustice. I do not like the division of grandmasters into
the "elite" and "middle class" (although I think that the
first ones are clearly better). But unfortunately this division existed and is
still existing in the mind of the chess community and the organisers of super
tournaments. I agree that getting into the elite tournaments is very difficult
and there are some players who have proved that they should be invited at least
sometimes. But they do not get invitations. But neither me nor you are guilty
for that and neither me nor you are able to change that situation. That's why I
suggest to everybody who wants to do it to go the same way I went for instance
myself as did Anand, Topalov or Morozevich: winning some open tournaments and
pushing your rating; then the organizers of big tournaments cannot ignore you
any more. The early you stop complaining and start your way the more chances
you will have. I really wish all of you success on that way. Vladimir
Kramnik
Professional Chess Rankings for players rated 2500 and higher Produced by
Ken Thomson , New Jersey Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow Results up
to October 1, 1999
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2838 140
2. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2730 114
3. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2729 195
4. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2720 119
5. Leko,Peter HUN 2711 136
6. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2700 181
7. Kamsky,Gata USA 2696 184
8. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2693 135
9. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2678 156
10. Adams,Michael ENG 2674 172
11. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2673 156
12. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2658 132
13. Short,Nigel D ENG 2654 141
14. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2648 137
15. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2647 157
16. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2640 171
17. Movsesian,Sergei CZE 2639 145
18. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2638 171
19. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2638 170
20. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2633 166
21. Svidler,Peter RUS 2631 157
22. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2630 163
23. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2629 161
24. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2627 141
25. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2626 158
26. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2621 170
27. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2620 129
28. Lautier,Joel FRA 2617 146
29. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2615 181
30. Smirin,Ilia ISR 2614 163
31. Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2613 171
32. Polgar,Judit HUN 2613 181
33. Salov,Valery RUS 2612 199
34. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2611 161
35. Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2611 166
36. Yusupov,Artur GER 2611 156
37. Gulko,Boris F USA 2610 163
38. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2608 190
39. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2607 140
40. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2605 202
41. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2604 175
The Garry Kasparov vs. the World chess tournament. The event continues, you
can follow the game at: http://www.zone.com/kasparov/Home.asp
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 have aided the choice of moves and GM
Danny King has acted as moderator during the match.
The Kasparov vs. the World chess tournament started June 21st. The event is
taking place on the MSN network. Kasparov gave a press conference in London on
September 2nd 1999.
Download this file to
hear the full interview. The file has dsslight (which needs installing) and the
full 45 minute Kasparov in (.dss format) MSN press conference zipped together
[1.7 Meg].
Garry Kasparov vs The
World Prize Quiz
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 26.Qb3 f4 27.Qf7 Be5 28.h4 b5 29.h5 Qc4
30.Qf5+ Qe6 31.Qxe6+ Kxe6 32.g3 fxg3 33.fxg3 b4 34.Bf4 Bd4+ 35.Kh1 b3 36.g4 Kd5
37.g5 e6 38.h6 Ne7 39.Rd1 e5 40.Be3 Kc4 41. Bxd4 exd4 42. Kg2 b2 43. Kf3 Kc3
44. h7 Ng6 45. Ke4 Kc2 46. Rh1 d3 47.Kf5 b1Q 48.Rxb1 Kxb1 49.Kxg6 d2 50. h8=Q
d1=Q 51. Qh7 b5 52. Kf6+ Kb2 53. Qh2+ [last update 20/9/99]... continues.
Things should clarify fairly soon with the World having to work hard. It is now
important to decide where the white King can best hide (possibly Ka1).
Leko - Bunzmann match
There will be a six game match between Peter Leko and Dimitrij Bunzmann
taking place 16th-22nd October 1999 in Hamburg, Germany. 20 year old Leko is
rated 2701 and is World number 9 and Bunzmann is a 17 year old German junior
rated 2596.
Further details at: http://www.wichern-open.de
The event is sponsored by Contrust-Capital, a company, which sponsors
Dimitrij Bunzmann. The match takes place alongside a big open tournament, the
5th Wichern-Open, with 30 grandmasters and 200- 00 players which takes place
October 15th-22nd October 1999.
European Juniors and Girls Chess Championships
The European Juniors and Girls Chess Championships 1999 are taking place in
Patras, Greece 5th-18th October 1999. 96 players compete. Some of the leading
competitors are: IM Alexander Moiseenko (UKR) 2501, IM Alexei Iljushin (RUS)
2527, IM Alexander Motylev (RUS) 2532, IM Robert Fontaine (FRA) 2408, FM Fabian
Doettling (GER) 2475, Robert Cvek (CZE) 2444, Alexander Zubarev (UKR) 2486,
Marek Stryjecki (POL) 2448, IM Pawel Blehm (POL) 2479, IM Rufat Bagirov (AZE)
2471, Dragan Solak (YUG) 2457 and Stelios Halkias (GRE) 2406.
Internet coverage at: http://users.otenet.gr/~panos/welcome.html
9th Slovenian Championships
The 9th Slovenian Championship for men and women is taking place in Kranj
(Slovenia)(2nd-10th October 1999). There are 28 players (ELO average=2280) and
12 women players (2111).
Results and games are available at:
http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/9910/si99ch
or http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/9910/si99chw
Lucern open tournament
"SWISS CHESS TOUR 1999" will organize "THE 1st SEEBURG
OPEN" October 8th-12th in Lucern. It will be the 1st International Open
Tournament in Lucern. Lucern is a chess town, well-known as the host of many
important chess event. The World Chess Championships (team), Olympiad 1982, two
zonal tournaments, the Candidate's matches, many national championship and
various International Chess Tournaments (except an open!). FIDE has had an
office in Lucern for many years. The Hotel SEEBURG and BEOCHESS organise.
Time table: Friday, October 8: 17.00-17.45 The last registration;
17.45-18.00 Open ceremony and 18.00-23.00 Round 1st, Saturday, October 9:
09.30-14.30 Round 2nd and 15.30-20.30 Round 3rd, Sunday, October 10:
09.30-14.30 Round 4th and 15.30-20.30 Round 5th Monday, October 11: 17.00-22.00
Round 6th, Tuesday, October 12: 12.30-17.30 Round 7th and 18.00 The closing
ceremony
The money prizes: 2000/1500/1000/800/600/500/400/300/250/200 SF (for more
then 100 players) The 10 natural prizes. The special prizes: the best Lady, the
best senior (1939), the best junior (1979-1982), the best schoolboy (1983), the
best player from Lucern. Entry fee: 130 SF (FM and juniors 60 SF) GM's and IM's
free At door 10 SF more.
Registration and more information http://www.beochess.ch or OV BEOCHESS, Robert
Spörri, Breite 85, CH-3306 Etzelkofen (Tel. 0041-31-7680160; Fax:
0041-31-7680161; E-Mail: info@beochess.ch.
Alexander Baburin
Alexander Baburin has a new website about himself, includes puzzles and
teachings and a regular "Coffee Break Magazine" which has reached no
16. Check out http://members.tripod.com/ababurin/index.htm
X Panamerican Youth Festival
The X Panamerican Youth Festival take place in Matinhos, Paraná,
Brazil, from Sept 30th to Oct 6th.
Organization: Brazilian Chess Federation - e-mail cbx@cbx.org.br -
phone 00 55 41 232 1828 - fax 00 55 41 2336101
Events: - X Panamerican Youth Championships (u-18/10 boys/girls) - Mercosur
Rapid Tournament (15') - Seminary for chess in schools - Arbiters Course -
Trainers Courses - Clinic for players
Support: City Hall of Matinhos (http://www.matinhos.com) Ministry of Sport
and Tourism of Brazil
Confirmed participants from the 10 federations of the Americas: Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Equador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela
Panamerican Program (in english) available at
http://www.cbx.org.br/panfolder.htm
Coverage at http://www.cbx.org.br
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