THE WEEK IN CHESS 258 - 18th October 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Contents 1) Introduction
2) VAM Chess Tournament
3) Leko - Bunzmann match
4) Tkachiev-David Match
5) Lautier vs Computers
6) European Club Cup Qualifiers
7) European Juniors
8) Grecotel Chess Match
9) The 1st Seeburg open
10) Tatry Open
11) 3rd Itaú Mercosul Cup
12) First Saturday, 2nd Kluger Memorial
13) Hotel Zuglo Open
14) Asian Teams
15) John Watson wins BCF Book of the Year
16) 4NCL
17) Kasparov vs the World virtually over
18) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
VAM Chess Tournament 4 games
VAM Open 78 ganes
Leko - Bunzmann match 3 games
Tkachiev-David Match 3 games
Lautier vs Computers 4 games
European Juniors 143 games
European Juniors Girls 120 games
Grecotel Chess Match 40 games
The 1st Seeburg open 86 games
Tatry Open 450 games
3rd Itaú Mercosul Cup 25 games
2nd Kluger Memorial 66 games
FSIM October 66 games
Hotel Zuglo Open 12 games
4NCL 33 games
Total 1138 games
My thanks to Anjo Anjewierden, Wilhelm Graffenberger, Europe-Echecs, Sinisa
Joksic, Argiris Kotsis, Jan Vavrak, Marius van Riemsdijk, Laszlo Nagy, Bob
Banta, Thomas Ewers and all those who helped with this issue.
The VAM Chess Tournament, Leko-Bunzmann and the Tkachiev-David head the
over-the-board news. The Kasparov vs The World match which I believe to have
been generally a great success has come towards a controversial close with a
winning position for Kasparov.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The VAM Chess Tournament got underway in Hoogeveen (NED) on October 15th.
Judit Polgar, Anatoly Karpov, Darmen Sadvakasov and Jan Timman play a six round
double round robin event which started on October 17th 1999. This invitational
event is alongside a 9 round Open tournament that started on October 15th.
Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman were winners on day one of the invitational. All
the games were drawn on day two.
http://www.hoogeveen.nl/vam-chess
Round 1 (October 17, 1999)
Timman, Jan H - Polgar, Judit 1-0 51 A33 English; 1.c4 c5
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 65 B17 Caro-Kann
Round 2 (October 18, 1999)
Karpov, Anatoly - Polgar, Judit 1/2 39 E32 Nimzo indian
Sadvakasov, Darmen - Timman, Jan H 1/2 19 C42 Petroff defence
VAM Invitational Hoogeveen NED (NED), 15-23 x 1999cat. XV (2622)
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1 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2700 ** .. =. 1. 1.5 2762
2 Timman, Jan H g NED 2650 .. ** 1. =. 1.5 2762
3 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2671 =. 0. ** .. 0.5 2482
4 Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2468 0. =. .. ** 0.5 2482
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Round 3 (of 9) standings:
VAM Open Hoogeveen NED (NED), 15-23 x 1999
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1 2 3
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1 Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2528 +35 +30 +14 3.0
2 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2643 +50 +15 +13 3.0
3 Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2468 =22 +29 +34 2.5 2616
4 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2539 +46 +23 = 9 2.5 2641
5 Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2512 +39 +37 = 6 2.5 2635
6 Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2549 +48 +28 = 5 2.5 2661
7 Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2434 +40 +38 =11 2.5 2534
8 Werle, Jan NED 2216 =10 +45 +18 2.5 2581
9 Gofshtein, Leonid D g ISR 2507 +52 +36 = 4 2.5 2585
10 Goloshchapov, Alexander m UKR 2519 = 8 +24 =12 2.0 2337
11 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2611 +25 =12 = 7 2.0 2515
12 Jonkman, Harmen f NED 2421 +32 =11 =10 2.0 2552
13 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2525 +31 +26 - 2 2.0 2540
14 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2476 +42 +19 - 1 2.0 2416
15 Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2433 +27 - 2 +36 2.0 2456
16 Blees, Albert m NED 2410 -19 +52 +40 2.0 2300
17 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2603 -18 +51 +37 2.0 2407
18 Jens, Jelmer NED 2316 +17 =34 - 8 1.5 2441
19 Porrasmaa, Timo FIN 2152 +16 -14 =30 1.5 2421
20 Podgaets, Mikhail m UKR 2490 -36 +22 =21 1.5 2249
21 Klinova, Masha wg ISR 2359 -38 +42 =20 1.5 2228
22 Smeets, Jan NED 2193 = 3 -20 +44 1.5 2367
23 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2382 +41 - 4 =27 1.5 2231
24 Van Harreveld,Frenk ---- +43 -10 =26 1.5 2418
25 De Jong, Migchiel NED 2317 -11 =32 +47 1.5 2303
26 Hendriks, Willy NED 2378 +49 -13 =24 1.5 2221
27 Markus, John Raymond NED 2156 -15 +50 =23 1.5 2379
28 Solleveld, Maarten NED 2404 +47 - 6 =31 1.5 2306
29 Tikkanen, Kari f FIN 2332 =45 - 3 +38 1.5 2186
30 Visser, Yge f NED 2378 +44 - 1 =19 1.5 2275
31 Pel, Bonno NED 2224 -13 +49 =28 1.5 2356
32 Plasman, Hans NED 2152 -12 =25 +48 1.5 2329
33 Erwich, Marc NED 2059 -37 =39 +46 1.5 2251
34 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2506 +51 =18 - 3 1.5 2327
35 Vedder, Richard NED 2234 - 1 =44 +45 1.5 2254
36 Erwich, Frank NED 2196 +20 - 9 -15 1.0 2351
37 Van Kooten, Luuk NED 2331 +33 - 5 -17 1.0 2266
38 Rooda, Kai NED ---- +21 - 7 -29 1.0 2250
39 Van der Erf, Remco NED 2206 - 5 =33 =41 1.0 2065
40 Moll, Arne NED 2172 - 7 +43 -16 1.0 2275
41 L'Ami, Erwin NED ---- -23 =46 =39 1.0 2143
42 Hulshof, Peter NED 2195 -14 -21 +52 1.0 2220
43 Rantanen, Yrjo A g FIN 2358 -24 -40 +51 1.0 1998
44 Hendriks, Richard NED 2145 -30 =35 -22 0.5 1995
45 Van der Veen, Jan NED 2090 =29 - 8 -35 0.5 1987
46 Amesz, Jaap NED 2217 - 4 =41 -33 0.5 1926
47 Azadmanesh, Moosa NED 2147 -28 =48 -25 0.5 2050
48 Nicholson, John G f ENG 2249 - 6 =47 -32 0.5 2009
49 Tare, M ALB 2139 -26 -31 =50 0.5 2035
50 Van Delft, Merijn NED 2323 - 2 -27 =49 0.5 2039
51 Vistisen, Lars DEN 2199 -34 -17 -43 0.0
52 Remmel, Tim NED 2201 - 9 -16 -42 0.0
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There is 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. The first three games have been drawn.
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 players which takes place
October 15th-22nd October 1999. After four rounds Igor Novikov, Eduard
Rozentalis and Alexander Shabalov all have 4/4.
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Leko, Peter 1/2 30 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Leko, Peter - Bunzmann, Dimitrij 1/2 31 C11 French; Classical
Bunzmann, Dimitrij - Leko, Peter 1/2 51 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Bunzmann-Leko Match, Hamburg GER (GER), 16-21 x 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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Bunzmann, Dimitrij GER 2596 = = = . . . 1.5 2701
Leko, Peter g HUN 2701 = = = . . . 1.5 2596
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Cannes is the venue for an 8 game match between Vladislav Tkachiev and
Alberto David. The match runs October 15th-23rd 1999. Already in the first
three games there has been lively play. Tkachiev won in 42 moves in the first
game of the match. The second game was drawn after Alberto David failed to
convert a superior position. The third game saw Tkachiev win after David
resigned after only 20 moves in a horrid but possibly still playable position.
Coverage at: http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and
http://www.cannes-echecs.org/
Tkachiev, Vladislav - David, Alberto 1-0 42 E63 Kings indian
David, Alberto - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1/2 72 C78 Ruy Lopez
Tkachiev, Vladislav - David, Alberto 1-0 20 D72 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Match Cannes FRA (FRA), 15-23 x 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2648 1 = 1 . . . . . 2.5 2817
David, Alberto g LUX 2544 0 = 0 . . . . . 0.5 2375
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Clichy was the venue for the Man-Machine "trophée ITRAS",
October 9th-10th 1999. There was a rapidplay man-machine event won by Manuel
Apicella. Joel Lautier (Lautier had 2h30 whilst the programs had 1h30 each)
played a 4 board clock simul on October 9th 1999 against for chess playing
computers (Chess Tiger, ZChess, Anmon and Capture). The event finished 2-2.
Further details http://www.europe-echecs.com/
including the games annotated and full results.
ANMON - Lautier, Joel 1-0 31 E32 Nimzo indian
Lautier, Joel - ZCHESS 1-0 33 D31 Queen's gambit
CHESS TIGER - Lautier, Joel 1-0 58 B51 Sicilian
Lautier, Joel - CAPTURE 1-0 72 A45 Queen's pawn
News of preliminary group 6 in Budapest hasn't been forthcoming. Does anyone
have any news?
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]
The European Juniors and Girls Chess Championships 1999 are taking place in
Patras, Greece 5th-18th October 1999. 96 players compete. With one round to go
it seems that Dennis De Vreught and Regina Pokorna look likely to take the
titles. Note that last week I had the wrong Pokorna in the tables and games.
Internet coverage at: http://users.otenet.gr/~panos/welcome.html
Leading standings after round 12 (of 13)
European Youth Boys-u20 Patras GRE HUN (GRE), 2-12 x 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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1 De Vreugt, Dennis m NED 2398 +39 +30 = 7 - 2 +10 =11 +26 +28 +17 + 3 + 9 = 4 . 9.5 2590
2 Iljushin, Alexei m RUS 2527 +22 +32 = 5 + 1 = 3 = 7 = 6 + 9 = 4 = 8 =13 +11 . 8.5 2542
3 Halkias, Stelios m GRE 2406 +43 +16 + 4 = 5 = 2 + 6 =17 - 7 +12 - 1 = 8 +13 . 8.0 2520
4 Stryjecki, Marek POL 2448 +37 +29 - 3 =11 =26 +24 +12 =17 = 2 = 5 + 7 = 1 . 8.0 2517
5 Fontaine, Robert m FRA 2408 +25 +20 = 2 = 3 =11 -17 +10 +26 = 7 = 4 = 6 =14 . 7.5 2492
6 Doettling, Fabian f GER 2475 =15 +33 =13 +34 + 9 - 3 = 2 =20 +11 = 7 = 5 =12 . 7.5 2462
7 Solak, Dragan YUG 2457 +42 +34 = 1 = 9 +32 = 2 =28 + 3 = 5 = 6 - 4 = 8 . 7.5 2473
8 Medvegy, Zoltan HUN 2397 -19 +31 =25 +29 +20 -12 +30 =13 +32 = 2 = 3 = 7 . 7.5 2442
9 Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel ESP 2378 +31 =13 +17 = 7 - 6 +34 +11 - 2 +28 =20 - 1 +21 . 7.5 2442
10 Kallio, Heikki f FIN 2360 =28 +15 =19 =13 - 1 +23 - 5 +21 -18 +34 +32 +20 . 7.5 2418
11 Hunt, Adam ENG 2288 =18 +12 +24 = 4 = 5 = 1 - 9 +22 - 6 +19 +23 - 2 . 7.0 2453
12 Blehm, Pawel m POL 2479 =21 -11 +16 +22 =13 + 8 - 4 +33 - 3 =32 +19 = 6 . 7.0 2379
13 Jovanovic, Zoran CRO CRO 2310 +46 = 9 = 6 =10 =12 =14 +29 = 8 =20 +17 = 2 - 3 . 7.0 2437
14 Cvek, Robert CZE 2444 -16 =28 +35 =15 =19 =13 =21 =23 +22 +18 =20 = 5 . 7.0 2350
15 Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz GEO 2289 = 6 -10 +40 =14 -29 +46 =24 =37 =31 +30 +17 =22 . 7.0 2356
16 Bohnenblust, Simon SUI 2239 +14 - 3 -12 =45 +38 -29 -31 +43 +48 =37 +39 +41 . 7.0 2276
17 Mateuta, Gabriel m ROM 2398 +35 +27 - 9 +19 =18 + 5 = 3 = 4 - 1 -13 -15 +32 . 6.5 2348
18 Bagirov, Rufat m AZE 2471 =11 =38 +37 +21 =17 -28 -20 =30 +10 -14 =25 +24 . 6.5 2317
19 Haznedaroglu, Kivanc TUR 2187 + 8 =24 =10 -17 =14 -30 +38 +29 +25 -11 -12 +31 . 6.5 2348
20 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios f GRE 2345 +44 - 5 +33 =28 - 8 +42 +18 = 6 =13 = 9 =14 -10 . 6.5 2349
21 Markidis, Konstantinos GRE 2295 =12 =23 +27 -18 -28 +41 =14 -10 +39 +26 +31 - 9 . 6.5 2320
22 Petrik, Tomas SVK 2296 - 2 =40 +47 -12 +45 =25 +39 -11 -14 +41 +35 =15 . 6.5 2271
23 Jedryczka, Krystian POL 2334 =38 =21 -46 +31 =25 -10 +41 =14 =26 +29 -11 =30 . 6.0 2250
24 Johannessen, Leif Erlend f NOR 2356 +40 =19 -11 =25 +37 - 4 =15 =31 =30 =35 +28 -18 . 6.0 2264
25 Molander, Riku FIN 2234 - 5 +44 = 8 =24 =23 =22 +42 -32 -19 +33 =18 =27 . 6.0 2270
26 Berescu, Alin f ROM 2386 -33 =35 +43 +42 = 4 +32 - 1 - 5 =23 -21 =27 +38 . 6.0 2256
27 Zouaghi, Nouri BEL ---- +48 -17 -21 -37 +40 -39 +46 -35 +36 +43 =26 =25 . 6.0 2200
28 Anchev, Nikolaj BUL 2155 =10 =14 +30 =20 +21 +18 = 7 - 1 - 9 -31 -24 =29 . 5.5 2335
29 Kobrin, Michael ISR 2355 +41 - 4 =42 - 8 +15 +16 -13 -19 +33 -23 =38 =28 . 5.5 2215
30 Skytte, Rasmus f DEN 2338 +45 - 1 -28 =33 +35 +19 - 8 =18 =24 -15 =34 =23 . 5.5 2245
31 Karner, Christoph AUT 2181 - 9 - 8 +44 -23 =41 +45 +16 =24 =15 +28 -21 -19 . 5.5 2200
32 Ribshtein, Nati ISR 2349 +36 - 2 +39 +46 - 7 -26 +37 +25 - 8 =12 -10 -17 . 5.5 2286
33 Guid, Matej SLO 2185 +26 - 6 -20 =30 =39 +47 +34 -12 -29 -25 =43 +40 . 5.5 2262
34 Dovliatov, Sanan AZE 2339 +47 - 7 +38 - 6 +46 - 9 -33 =39 +37 -10 =30 =35 . 5.5 2205
35 Eriksson, Jonas SWE 2188 -17 =26 -14 +40 -30 -38 +48 +27 +42 =24 -22 =34 . 5.5 2218
36 Touloumis, Anestis GRE 2111 -32 -42 -41 +48 +43 -37 =44 =40 -27 +46 =45 +47 . 5.5 2082
37 Perunovic, Miodrag YUG 2247 - 4 +41 -18 +27 -24 +36 -32 =15 -34 =16 -40 +46 . 5.0 2182
38 Tomic, Bosko BIH ---- =23 =18 -34 =43 -16 +35 -19 -42 +47 +48 =29 -26 . 5.0 2190
39 Nikolchovski, Toni BUL 2190 - 1 +45 -32 =41 =33 +27 -22 =34 -21 =42 -16 +48 . 5.0 2150
40 Erturan, Yakup TUR 2148 -24 =22 -15 -35 -27 +48 +47 =36 -43 +44 +37 -33 . 5.0 2099
41 Lelumees, Brait EST 2121 -29 -37 +36 =39 =31 -21 -23 +45 +44 -22 +48 -16 . 5.0 2130
42 Streikus, Simonas LTU 2267 - 7 +36 =29 -26 +47 -20 -25 +38 -35 =39 =44 -43 . 4.5 2119
43 Crut, Aurelien FRA 2207 - 3 =47 -26 =38 -36 =44 =45 -16 +40 -27 =33 +42 . 4.5 2058
44 Kanellopoulos, Georgios GRE ---- -20 -25 -31 -47 +48 =43 =36 +46 -41 -40 =42 =45 . 4.0 2009
45 Siempos, Konstantinos GRE ---- -30 -39 +48 =16 -22 -31 =43 -41 -46 =47 =36 =44 . 3.5 1982
46 Vulic,Vanja BIH ---- -13 +48 +23 -32 -34 -15 -27 -44 +45 -36 =47 -37 . 3.5 2006
47 Papaioannou, Hristos GRE ---- -34 =43 -22 +44 -42 -33 -40 +48 -38 =45 =46 -36 . 3.5 1971
48 BYE ---- -27 -46 -45 -36 -44 -40 -35 -47 -16 -38 -41 -39 . 0.0
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European Youth Girls-u20 Patras GRE HUN (GRE), 2-12 x 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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1 Pokorna, Regina wm SVK 2198 +35 + 3 = 6 +12 = 4 + 2 = 5 + 9 + 8 = 7 +19 =10 . 9.5 2472
2 Tkeshelashvili, Sopio wm GEO 2284 =27 +26 +19 = 4 + 6 - 1 = 8 = 3 + 5 +15 + 9 = 7 . 8.5 2388
3 Radziewicz, Iweta wg POL 2395 +11 - 1 +18 -15 +19 +28 = 4 = 2 +12 = 6 = 5 + 8 . 8.0 2358
4 Matnadze, Ana wf GEO 2280 +29 +28 +13 = 2 = 1 + 8 = 3 = 5 - 6 - 9 +21 +20 . 8.0 2352
5 Polovnikova, Ekaterina wm RUS 2299 =19 +27 =14 + 7 =15 +12 = 1 = 4 - 2 +16 = 3 = 6 . 7.5 2308
6 Zozulia, Anna wm UKR 2353 +36 +15 = 1 =30 - 2 +29 =14 =12 + 4 = 3 = 7 = 5 . 7.5 2299
7 Krivec, Jana wf SLO 2177 +34 + 8 =12 - 5 +30 =15 - 9 +14 +28 = 1 = 6 = 2 . 7.5 2310
8 Goletiani, Rusudan wm GEO 2386 +10 - 7 +33 +13 +14 - 4 = 2 +15 - 1 =21 +20 - 3 . 7.0 2238
9 Reizniece, Dana wf LAT 2294 +31 -13 -28 +35 +25 +30 + 7 - 1 +26 + 4 - 2 -11 . 7.0 2196
10 Batyte, Daiva LTU 2107 - 8 +35 =21 -32 =23 +24 +30 =13 -15 +26 +16 = 1 . 7.0 2174
11 Sperdokli, Elli GRE 2124 - 3 -33 -36 +38 -22 +35 -18 +37 +23 +29 +32 + 9 . 7.0 2167
12 Kalinina, Vladislava wf UKR 2239 +17 +21 = 7 - 1 +32 - 5 +16 = 6 - 3 -20 +15 =13 . 6.5 2219
13 Nill, Jessica wf GER 2168 +22 + 9 - 4 - 8 -29 =27 +17 =10 -20 +30 +18 =12 . 6.5 2174
14 Bogza, Adina ROM 2210 +33 =30 = 5 +28 - 8 +20 = 6 - 7 =21 -19 =17 +27 . 6.5 2175
15 Iwaniuk, Dorota wf POL 2189 +23 - 6 +37 + 3 = 5 = 7 =32 - 8 +10 - 2 -12 +26 . 6.5 2236
16 Potikha, Liza ISR 2061 =32 -19 =20 +26 =21 +17 -12 +31 +29 - 5 -10 +25 . 6.5 2159
17 Redondo Arguelles, Graciela ESP 2067 -12 =34 +22 -25 +35 -16 -13 +38 +24 =18 =14 +19 . 6.5 2129
18 Kucypera, Anna POL 2218 =26 +24 - 3 =19 -20 -21 +11 +23 =27 =17 -13 +33 . 6.0 2093
19 Makka, Ioulia GRE 2099 = 5 +16 - 2 =18 - 3 =23 +34 =27 +32 +14 - 1 -17 . 6.0 2169
20 Shabanaj,Eglantina ALB ---- -28 =29 =16 +31 +18 -14 -27 +36 +13 +12 - 8 - 4 . 6.0 2168
21 Virnik, Elena GER 2154 +37 -12 =10 =29 =16 +18 =26 =28 =14 = 8 - 4 =22 . 6.0 2144
22 Horn, Emilia SWE 2003 -13 =31 -17 =24 +11 =36 =23 -29 +38 =25 +28 =21 . 6.0 2092
23 Hari, Veronica SLO ---- -15 +36 -25 =33 =10 =19 =22 -18 -11 +38 +37 +34 . 6.0 2089
24 Cavusoglu,Vildiz TUR ---- =25 -18 -29 =22 +37 -10 =33 +35 -17 =34 +38 +32 . 6.0 2076
25 Hitzgerova, Gabriela CZE 2208 =24 -32 +23 +17 - 9 -26 -31 +34 =30 =22 +33 -16 . 5.5 2035
26 Mladenovic, Jelena YUG 2023 =18 - 2 +31 -16 +34 +25 =21 +32 - 9 -10 =27 -15 . 5.5 2128
27 Buckley, Melanie ENG 2075 = 2 - 5 =34 +37 -28 =13 +20 =19 =18 =33 =26 -14 . 5.5 2091
28 Dacalor, Aurelie FRA 2131 +20 - 4 + 9 -14 +27 - 3 +29 =21 - 7 -32 -22 +37 . 5.5 2128
29 Palotai, Piroska HUN 2072 - 4 =20 +24 =21 +13 - 6 -28 +22 -16 -11 =31 +38 . 5.5 2083
30 Stevandic, Drinka BIH ---- +38 =14 +32 = 6 - 7 - 9 -10 =33 =25 -13 +36 =35 . 5.5 2126
31 Gurbanova Kemala AZE 2078 - 9 =22 -26 -20 +38 +37 +25 -16 -33 =35 =29 +36 . 5.5 2036
32 Jurkiewicz, Katarzyna POL 2225 =16 +25 -30 +10 -12 +33 =15 -26 -19 +28 -11 -24 . 5.0 2042
33 Henriques, Sofia POR 2018 -14 +11 - 8 =23 +36 -32 =24 =30 +31 =27 -25 -18 . 5.0 2078
34 Hasurdzic, Mirna BIH ---- - 7 =17 =27 =36 -26 +38 -19 -25 +37 =24 =35 -23 . 4.5 1975
35 Feuvrier, Stephanie FRA ---- - 1 -10 +38 - 9 -17 -11 +37 -24 +36 =31 =34 =30 . 4.5 1994
36 Rezek, Anet CRO 2105 - 6 -23 +11 =34 -33 =22 +38 -20 -35 =37 -30 -31 . 3.5 1890
37 Matosevic, Mijana BIH ---- -21 +38 -15 -27 -24 -31 -35 -11 -34 =36 -23 -28 . 1.5 1749
38 BYE ---- -30 -37 -35 -11 -31 -34 -36 -17 -22 -23 -24 -29 . 0.0
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Argiris Kotsis reports: A team event involving Greece, Bulgaria and Germany
in Corfu. It runs October 11th-18th 1999. There are two matches. A Germany vs
Greece Men's match and a Bulgaria vs Greece women's match. The Bulgaria-Greece
women's match finished in an 8-8 tie after the two teams of four played each
other once. The men's match has one round to go (today) but Germany will win as
they lead 16-9. The event takes place in the Hotel Imperial Corfu and organised
by the Corfu Chess Club.
Coverage at: http://www.chess.gr/enter.html
Germany-Greece
Round 1 (October 12, 1999)
Naumann, Alexander - Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 1-0 24 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Jussupow, Artur - Grivas, Efstratios 1-0 38 E60 Kings indian
Gabriel, Christian - Banikas, Hristos 1-0 36 E71 Kings indian
Huebner, Robert - Nikolaidis, Ioannis 1-0 25 A42 Queen's pawn
Lutz, Christopher - Miladinovic, Igor 1/2 31 B49 Sicilian
Round 2 (October 13, 1999)
Nikolaidis, Ioannis - Gabriel, Christian 1/2 10 D14 Slav defence
Grivas, Efstratios - Naumann, Alexander 1-0 96 A16 English; 1.c4
Miladinovic, Igor - Huebner, Robert 1/2 22 E20 Nimzo indian
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios - Lutz, Christopher 0-1 35 B80 Sicilian
Banikas, Hristos - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 53 D58 QGD;
Round 3 (October 14, 1999)
Lutz, Christopher - Grivas, Efstratios 1/2 41 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Jussupow, Artur - Nikolaidis, Ioannis 1-0 51 A40 Queen's pawn
Gabriel, Christian - Miladinovic, Igor 0-1 41 E61 Kings indian
Huebner, Robert - Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 1-0 41 D19 Slav defence
Naumann, Alexander - Banikas, Hristos 1/2 23 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 4 (October 15, 1999)
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios - Gabriel, Christian 1-0 62 C44 Scottish
Banikas, Hristos - Lutz, Christopher 0-1 35 D58 QGD;
Miladinovic, Igor - Jussupow, Artur 0-1 50 D36 Queen's gambit
Nikolaidis, Ioannis - Naumann, Alexander 1/2 51 D91 Gruenfeld indian
Grivas, Efstratios - Huebner, Robert 1/2 65 A13 English; 1.c4
Round 5 (October 16, 1999)
Naumann, Alexander - Miladinovic, Igor 1/2 23 B30 Sicilian
Nikolaidis, Ioannis - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 16 D53 QGD;
Gabriel, Christian - Grivas, Efstratios 1-0 32 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Banikas, Hristos - Huebner, Robert 1/2 50 E15 Nimzo indian
Jussupow, Artur - Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 1-0 68 D46 Semi-Slav
Germany-Greece Match Corfu GRE (GRE), 12-17 x 1999
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1 2 3 4 5
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1 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2636 + 8 - 7 + 9 + 4 +10 4.0 2727
2 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2591 = 4 +10 = 8 + 7 = 9 3.5 2636
3 Huebner, Robert g GER 2599 + 9 = 4 +10 = 8 = 7 3.5 2636
4 Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2526 = 2 = 3 + 5 - 1 = 6 2.5 2576
5 Gabriel, Christian g GER 2578 + 7 = 9 - 4 -10 + 8 2.5 2487
6 Naumann, Alexander GER 2478 +10 - 8 = 7 = 9 = 4 2.5 2487
7 Banikas, Hristos m GRE 2507 - 5 + 1 = 6 - 2 = 3 2.0 2504
8 Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2514 - 1 + 6 = 2 = 3 - 5 2.0 2504
9 Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2505 - 3 = 5 - 1 = 6 = 2 1.5 2427
10 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2384 - 6 - 2 - 3 + 5 - 1 1.0 2336
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Bulgaria-Greece
Round 1 (October 12, 1999)
Genova, Ruzka - Papadopoulou, Triantafilia 1-0 30 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Fakhiridou, Ekaterini - Djingarova, Emilia 1-0 40 B25 Sicilian; Closed
Velcheva, Maria - Botsari-Miladinovic, Anna-Maria 1/2 38 B49 Sicilian
Makropoulou, Marina - Voiska, Margarita 1/2 60 B01 Scandinavian
Round 2 (October 13, 1999)
Botsari-Miladinovic, Anna-Maria - Genova, Ruzka 1-0 70 A45 Queen's pawn
Papadopoulou, Triantafilia - Velcheva, Maria 0-1 47 D02 Queen's pawn
Voiska, Margarita - Fakhiridou, Ekaterini 1/2 33 E09 Nimzo indian
Djingarova, Emilia - Makropoulou, Marina 1/2 68 C78 Ruy Lopez
Round 3 (October 14, 1999)
Botsari-Miladinovic, Anna-Maria - Djingarova, Emilia 1/2 40 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Velcheva, Maria - Fakhiridou, Ekaterini 1-0 36 B32 Sicilian
Papadopoulou, Triantafilia - Voiska, Margarita 1/2 19 A40 Queen's pawn
Genova, Ruzka - Makropoulou, Marina 1/2 60 D46 Semi-Slav
Round 4 (October 15, 1999)
Makropoulou, Marina - Velcheva, Maria 1-0 17 B85 Sicilian
Voiska, Margarita - Botsari-Miladinovic, Anna-Maria 1/2 13 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Djingarova, Emilia - Papadopoulou, Triantafilia 1/2 12 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Fakhiridou, Ekaterini - Genova, Ruzka 1/2 24 B20 Sicilian
Bulgaria-Greece Match (women) Corfu GRE (GRE), 12-17 x 1999
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1 2 3 4
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1 Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2276 =4 =7 =6 +3 2.5 2360
2 Botsari-Miladinovic, Anna-Maria wg GRE 2309 =3 +6 =7 =4 2.5 2360
3 Velcheva, Maria wm BUL 2305 =2 +8 +5 -1 2.5 2354
4 Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2369 =1 =5 =8 =2 2.0 2259
5 Fakhiridou, Ekaterini wm GRE 2262 +7 =4 -3 =6 2.0 2265
6 Genova, Ruzka wm BUL 2240 +8 -2 =1 =5 2.0 2259
7 Djingarova, Emilia BUL 2146 -5 =1 =2 =8 1.5 2172
8 Papadopoulou, Triantafilia GRE 2191 -6 -3 =4 =7 1.0 2072
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Sinisa Joksic reports: There was a surprise winner of the 1st Seeburg Open
when Enrique Almada took first place on tie-break.
Enrique Almada is a 36 year old FIDE master from Uruguay, who has lived for
many years in Lucern was the unexpected winner of the 1st Seeburg open
tournament. Almada (who started as number 8 seed) won what turned out to be the
decisive game, against Ian Rogers in the 4th round. Rogers, the GM from Sidney
(Australia), was number 1 seed. Almada took first prize on "Buholz"
tie-break. He had the same number of points, 5.5, as four other players:
Rogers, Djuric, Zueger and Sedina but the best "Buholz".
Interestingly all five players had the same number of points going into the
last round (all drawing their games) but their "Buholz" tie-breaks
changed. Before the last round the standings by "Buholz" were:
Djuric, Almada, Zueger, Rogers and Sedina. After the 7th round there arose new
standings: Almada, Rogers, Djuric, Zueger and Sedina. The first ten players won
money prize.
Special prizes won: best Lady Elena Sedina (UKR), best junior Veronika
Klimenko (AUT), best schoolboy Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS), best senior Hans Speck
(SUI), best Swiss and best Lucerner Enrique Almada (SUI). The Hotel Seeburg was
the venue for the event which took place October 8th-12th. It was the part of
"SWISS CHESS TOUR 1999".
The next "SWISS CHESS TOUR 1999" event will be in Mendrisio,
October 30th-November 2nd. Other events are the "Ambassador open",
Bern, December 26th-30th; the 2nd "Hilton open", Basel, January
1st-5th. Further information at: http://www.beochess.ch
Leading final standings of the 1st Seeburg open:
1. Almada Enrique FM 2323 Luzern SUI 4 3 0 5½ 29½ 160½
2. Rogers Ian GM 2574 Sidney AUS 5 1 1 5½ 29 158½
3. Djuric Stefan GM 2504 YUG 4 3 0 5½ 28½ 163½
4. Zueger Beat IM 2434 Siebnen SUI 4 3 0 5½ 27 161
5. Sedina Yelena GM 2398 W Carmagnola UKR 4 3 0 5½ 26½ 156
6. Froehlich Peter 2315 Augsburg GER 4 2 1 5 28½ 162½
7. Farago Ivan GM 2512 Budapest HUN 4 2 1 5 28½ 158½
8. Kraehenbuehl Gary 2258 Wilen SUI 4 2 1 5 27½ 156
9. Habibi Ali IM 2343 Linden GER 4 2 1 5 24 155½
10. Klimenko Veronika FM 2110 W AUT 4 2 1 5 24 151
11. Loetscher Pirmin 2085 J Werthenstein SUI 4 2 1 5 23½ 148
12. Sofrigin Alexei FM 2308 Moskau RUS 5 0 2 5 23 146½
13. Koestinger Daniel 2259 Cham SUI 4 1 2 4½ 27 146½
14. Gheorghiu Florin GM 2450 Bukarest ROM 3 3 1 4½ 26 156
15. Pernutz Hans-Gerhard 2204 Brühl GER 4 1 2 4½ 24 157
16. Zhao Zong Yuan 2300 S AUS 4 1 2 4½ 24 149½
17. Koganov Michael 2119 Zürich SUI 3 3 1 4½ 23½ 143½
18. Leutwyler Martin 2157 Winterthur SUI 4 1 2 4½ 22 148½
19. Muehlebach Fritz 2224 Luzern SUI 3 2 2 4 28½ 157
20. Roelli Raphael 2089 J Emmenbrücke SUI 4 0 3 4 26 149
21. Georges Sacha FM 2245 Zürich SUI 3 2 2 4 26 142
22. Weeks Manuel FM 2245 AUT 3 2 2 4 25½ 150
23. Joller Hans 1924 Lauerz SUI 4 0 3 4 24½ 145
24. Gojani Gjon 1950 Emmenbrücke SUI 4 0 3 4 23½ 136
25. Spanton Tim 2147 London GBR 3 2 2 4 23 143
26. Osmani Xhevdet Zürich SUI 4 0 3 4 20 141½
27. Gojani Kolo Ebikon SUI 3 2 2 4 20 137
28. Hubschmid Stefan 2154 Spiegel b Bern SUI 2 4 1 4 19½ 140½
72 players
Jan Vavrak reports: The Tatry Open took place in Tatranská Lomnica in
the Slovak Republic, 2nd-9th October 1999. There was an eight way tie for first
between Ladislav Salai, Mikulas Manik, Pavel Karnik, Vladimir Sergeev,
Vitezslav Priehoda, Serguei Vesselovsky, Andrei Kovalev and Sergey Koutsin all
scoring 7/9. Details at:
http://www.vadium.sk/chess/news/1999/10/tatry/index.html
Leading final Standings:
1-8 Salai, Ladislav (6) 2409 7 54.5 5 40.0
Manik, Mikulas (3) 2447 7 54.5 5 38.0
Karnik, Pavel (28) CZE 2275 7 53.5 5 40.0
Sergeev, Vladimir (1) UKR 2461 7 53.0 5 36.5
Priehoda, Vitezslav (12) 2369 7 52.0 5 36.5
Vesselovsky, Serguei (4) CZE 2420 7 51.0 5 36.5
Kovalev, Andrei (8) BLR 2400 7 50.0 7 37.0
Koutsin, Sergey (5) UKR 2415 7 48.5 5 34.5
9-13 Balogh, Tomas (2) 2447 6.5 55.5 4 36.0
Likavsky, Tomas (13) 2366 6.5 50.0 6 34.5
Langner, Ladislav (14) CZE 2355 6.5 48.0 4 31.0
Dobrovolsky, Ladislav (9) CZE 2396 6.5 47.0 5 31.5
Hagara, Eduard (17) 2329 6.5 46.5 5 33.0
14-29 Bombek, Peter (30) 2270 6 50.5 4 34.0
Walek, Milan (15) CZE 2343 6 50.0 5 33.5
Ramik, Zdenek (20) CZE 2304 6 49.0 5 33.0
Belunek, Vladimir (37) CZE 2233 6 49.0 3 32.5
Vojtek, Vladimir (10) 2386 6 47.5 5 33.0
Petran, Peter (7) 2407 6 47.0 4 30.5
Taborsky, Rostislav (43) CZE 2207 6 46.5 5 29.5
Sikora-Lerch, Jan (11) CZE 2382 6 46.0 4 31.5
Karlik, Vladimir (18) CZE 2324 6 45.5 3 31.5
Mlynek, Petr (46) CZE 2199 6 45.0 4 29.5
Volodin, Viktor (22) RUS 2296 6 44.5 4 31.0
Hlinka, Michal (42) 2207 6 44.5 4 28.0
Navratil, Frantisek (65) CZE 2160 6 44.0 5 27.5
Jasny, Stanislav (26) CZE 2283 6 44.0 4 28.0
Kantorik, Marian (21) 2301 6 42.5 5 27.5
Chrenko, Peter (96) 2042 6 42.5 5 26.5
191 players
Marius van Riemsdijk reports: The São Paulo Chess Club (Clube de
Xadrez São Paulo) is running the third edition of the Itaú
Mercosul Cup October 16th-22nd 1999, with about US$12,500.00 in prizes. The
Itaú Bank is one of the biggest financial corporations in Brazil and has
supported chess for over 10 years. The Cup is a nine round swiss system event
with 185 players from 7 countries, including 4 GMs, several masters, and 58
Fide rated players. After the fourth round, five players leads with perfect
score: GMs G. Milos and G. Vescovi, with E. Limp, W. Rocha and L. Loureiro (all
of them Brazilian).
The official page is:
http://hipernet.com.br/cxsp/ItauMercosul1999.htm
Information will also be available at HiperChess:
http://hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/
Standings after round 4 of Copa Itau Mercosul 1999
1. 1 Milos Jr, Gilberto 4.0
3 Vescovi, Giovanni Portilho 4.0
5 Limp, Eduardo Thelio 4.0
11 Loureiro, Luiz de V. R. 4.0
12 Rocha, Wellington Carlos 4.0
6. 2 Leitao, Rafael Duailibe 3.5
9 Dumont, Sadi Glasser 3.5
10 Toth, Christian Endre Rego 3.5
16 Segal, Alexandru Sorin 3.5
18 Haro, Paulo Cezar de Souza 3.5
25 Elissalt Cardenas, Hector 3.5
12. 6 Matsuura, Everaldo 3.0
7 Braga, Cicero Nogueira 3.0
8 Pelikian, Jefferson 3.0
13 Souza, Mauro Guimaraes de 3.0
14 Camara, Helder 3.0
15 Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo 3.0
17 Tsuboi, Edson Kenji 3.0
20 Man Yee, Chow 3.0
21 Nogueira, Ivan Kuhlmann 3.0
23 Sega, Carlos Alberto 3.0
27 Caldeira, Adriano 3.0
29 D'Israel, Davy Maurice 3.0
33 Carvalho, Herbert 3.0
34 Crosa, Martin 3.0
35 Hadad, Damaris 3.0
36 Valle de Sousa, Adriano 3.0
37 Maia, Luciano Malta 3.0
38 Malbran, Emilio 3.0
39 Santos, Marcus Vinicius M. 3.0
42 Dianda, Joao Carlos 3.0
44 Molina, Jorge Luis 3.0
46 Wafte, Rodrigo Hudson 3.0
48 Leal, Joao Vitor Nunes 3.0
49 Lima, Diniz Neves de 3.0
54 Blank, Goncalves, Eduardo 3.0
55 Achutti, Andre 3.0
61 Paula, Guilherme Bueno de 3.0
63 Fontana, Rodrigo Dal Bosco 3.0
71 Freitas, Romeo Salvador 3.0
101 Schleder, Adriana 3.0
186 players
Laszlo Nagy reports: The 2nd KLUGER memorial (part of the First Saturday
series of tournaments took place in Budapest, 2nd-13th October 1999. The events
took place in the tournament halls of the HOTEL ZUGLO. The main event was the
2nd Kluger Memorial Chess Tournament, a category VII event with 12
participants, with an ELO average of 2401. The winner was a 13 years old (born
10.12.1985) Chinese boy called Bu Xiangzhi. He made his 2nd GM-norm in the
event with 8.5 points out of 11 games. He has scored a GM-norm in Paks
(Hungary) in a cat. X event with 6 out of 9 games. With these performances he
is on the way to be the youngest GM of the world, he needs just one more norm.
In November he will play in a GM-event in Qingdao (China). Laszlo Eperjesi won
the IM event.
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
14 year old Bu Xiangzhi is on his way to becoming the youngest GM in the
World.
More info: Laszlo Nagy, firstsat@elender.hu
http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-263-2859
FSGM October Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-12 x 1999 cat. VII (2401)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2465 * 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 8.5 2605
2 Soffer, Ram g ISR 2508 0 * = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 8.0 2566
3 Vaulin, Alexander g RUS 2492 = = * 1 = = = = 1 = = = 6.5 2457
4 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2476 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 0 1 1 = 6.0 2429
5 Vovsha, Eli ISR 2289 = 0 = = * = 0 = = = 1 1 5.5 2410
6 Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2447 0 = = 0 = * 1 = = = = 1 5.5 2396
7 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2414 = = = 0 1 0 * = = = = = 5.0 2363
8 Forintos, Gyozo V g HUN 2343 = 0 = 0 = = = * = = = = 4.5 2341
9 Senff, Martin GER 2346 0 0 0 1 = = = = * = = = 4.5 2340
10 Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2420 0 0 = 0 = = = = = * = 1 4.5 2334
11 Lengyel, Levente g HUN 2312 0 = = 0 0 = = = = = * = 4.0 2306
12 Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2297 = 0 = = 0 0 = = = 0 = * 3.5 2277
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FSIM October Budapest HUN (HUN), 2-12 x 1999 cat. II (2283)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2381 * 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 2535
2 Jakab, Attila HUN 2328 0 * = = 1 1 0 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2380
3 Trabert, Bettina wm GER 2301 1 = * 0 = 0 = = = 1 = 1 6.0 2317
4 Gara, Anita wm HUN 2260 0 = 1 * 0 = 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 2320
5 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2440 = 0 = 1 * = = 0 = = 1 1 6.0 2304
6 Gara, Ticia HUN 2233 0 0 1 = = * = = = = 1 1 6.0 2323
7 Naes, Flovin Tor FAI 2222 0 1 = 0 = = * 0 = 1 = 1 5.5 2288
8 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2357 0 0 = 0 1 = 1 * 0 1 = = 5.0 2240
9 Friedrichs, Klaus GER 2148 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 * = = 1 5.0 2259
10 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2275 = = 0 1 = = 0 0 = * 0 = 4.0 2181
11 Resika, Nathan A USA 2251 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 0 3.5 2152
12 Muehlbach, Peter GER 2198 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 3.0 2115
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Laszlo Nagy reports: There was disappointment in the entry for the Hotel
Zuglo Open as there were only 12 players. I was very sad to start this type of
tournament. We have 9 FIDE rated players, 3 nonrated. We had only 4 Hungarian
players amongst the participants. I have to think about it, especially as to
why there were so few Hungarians - maybe for them there are so many chess
tournaments, that they took a rest now..
Round 2 standings:
Hotel Zuglo Open Budapest HUN (HUN), 16-23 x 1999
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1 2
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1 Husari, Sate SYR 2307 + 7 = 2 1.5 2359
2 Naes, Flovin Tor FAI 2222 + 9 = 1 1.5 2346
3 Yu Mingyuan CHN 2319 + 8 = 4 1.5 2386
4 Resika, Nathan A USA 2251 +12 = 3 1.5 2352
5 Schreiber, Bela HUN 2195 +11 = 6 1.5 2344
6 Wiley, Tom E ENG 2302 =10 = 5 1.0 2123
7 Bordas, Gyula HUN 2111 - 1 +10 1.0 2179
8 Constantino, Rosario GER 2135 - 3 +11 1.0 2159
9 Tian Tian CHN ---- - 2 +12 1.0 2111
10 Kovacs, Robert HUN 2051 = 6 - 7 0.5 2013
11 Tong Li Da CHN ---- - 5 - 8 0.0
12 Koczo,Kristof HUN ---- - 4 - 9 0.0
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16 Teams contested the Asian Team Chess Championships 1999 in Shenyang,
China, between 4th-9th Oct 1999. Uzbekistan took the title by half a board
point from Kazakstan, India and the Philippines in an extremely close contest.
I'm trying to get games from the two events (Asian Teams and World Cities) that
took place in Shenyang.
The Asian Team Chess Championships coverage at:
http://www.syonline.net.cn/asiachess/
Asian Team Chess Championships 1999
Final Standings (9 rounds):
FINAL STANDINGS
1 UZBEKISTAN 23
2 KAZAKSTAN 22.5 186.5
3 INDIA 22.5 186
4 PHILIPPINES 22.5 182.5
5 CHINA A 22 186
6 CHINA B 22 154
7 CHINA C 21.5
8 INDONESIA 20.5 175
9 IRAN 20.5 162.5
10 VIETNAM 19
11 SINGAPORE 17.5 144
12 MONGOLIA 17.5 144
13 TAJIKISTAN 16
14 MALAYSIA 12.5
15 NEWZEALAND 6
16 MACAU 2.5
John Watson wins BCF Book of the Year Ray Edwards, Chairman of the BCF
panel, writes: Despite the excellence of the three other volumes on the short
list this year, Mike Fox, John Toothill and I were unanimous in our choice of
the book of the year. It is Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy - Advances since
Nimzowitsch by John Watson, published by Gambit at £19.99. The sub-title
really describes the book. Watson starts by looking critically at what the
great Russian/Danish writer expounded in his classic volume My System in the
1930's and then goes on to explore how chess theory and practice has evolved in
the 60 years since then - a great subject requiring immense knowledge if it is
to be treated satisfactorily. Watson's erudition is however vast and he covers
a large number of important issues, arriving at the conclusion that today's
chess is complex, dynamic and still rapidly evolving. It contains much superb
chess which can simply be enjoyed by players of all classes. A very worthy BCF
Book of the Year.
The British 4 Nations Chess League 1999-2000 got underway in Birmingham's
Moat House Hotel over the weekend of October 9th-10th 1999. After two rounds of
Division 1 only Wood Green 1 and Slough 1 have a played 2 won 2 record.
Birmingham Moat House
Division 1
Day 1
WOOD GREEN 2 WOOD GREEN 1
1 w Graham Lee 2328 0-1 John Emms 2586
2 b Richard Pert 2308 0-1 Alexander Baburin 2593
3 w James Poulton 2372 ½-½ Chris Ward 2473
4 b Andrew Law 2304 0-1 Jonathan Levitt 2433
5 w Alexander Yastrebov 2178 0-1 Malcolm Pein 2436
6 b Desmond Tan 2182 0-1 Paul Littlewood 2411
7 w John Henderson 2174 ½-½ Peter Sowray 2358
8 b Zhanna Lazhevskaya 2051 ½-½ Sheila Jackson (F) 2186
1½-6½
GUILDFORD-ADC BIGWOOD 1
1 w James Plaskett 2513 ½-½ Jonathan Parker 2523
2 b Daniel King 2501 ½-½ Andrew Webster 2427
3 w Jonathan Rowson 2490 1-0 Brian Kelly 2417
4 b Andrew Kinsman 2399 1-0 Keith Arkell 2462
5 w Nigel Povah 2360 ½-½ Mark Ferguson 2371
6 b Richard Webb 2351 0-1 Chris Baker 2357
7 w Ian Thompson 2261 0-1 Harriet Hunt (F) 2420
8 b Maria Yurenok (F) 1912 0-1 Paul Georghiou 2243
3½-4½
BRISTOL 1 N. W. EAGLES
1 w Simon Ansell 2373 1-0 Gary Quillan 2349
2 b Chris Beaumont 2295 0-1 John Littlewood 2303
3 w Charles Cobb 2274 0-1 Brett Lund 2291
4 b Simon Buckley 2216 1-0 Charles Kennaugh 2290
5 w David Ledger 2240 1-0 David Tebb 2272
6 b Robert McFarland 2267 1-0 Ben Hague 2240
7 w Nicholas Jakubovics 2238 0-1 Dale James 2239
8 b Sophie Tidman (F) 2073 1-0 Default
5-3
I.K.H.H. 1 RICHMOND
1 w Michael Hennigan 2456 ½-½ Simon Williams 2421
2 b Neil McDonald 2429 ½-½ Richard Bates 2376
3 w Barry Martin (Res) 2006 0-1 Gavin Wall 2353
4 b Richard Black 2254 0-1 Mark Quinn 2377
5 w Demis Hassabis 2235 ½-½ Tom Hinks-Edwards 2291
6 b Bob Wade 2204 ½-½ Laurence Webb 2213
7 w Andrew Cooper 2151 1-0 Roy Phillips 2257
8 b Heather Richards (F)2117 1-0 Arpi Shah (F) 2079
4-4
SLOUGH 1 SILVINE WHITE ROSE
1 w Mark Hebden 2510 1-0 Nigel Davies 2518
2 b Tony Miles 2588 1-0 Angus Dunnington 2366
3 w Colin McNab 2445 1-0 Alan Potts 2288
4 b Tony Kosten 2515 ½-½ Peter Gayson 2255
5 w Aaron Summerscale 2423 1-0 Steve Barrett 2234
6 b Graeme Buckley * 2320 0-1 Paul Townsend 2224
7 w Susan Lalic (F) 2318 ½-½ Jim Burnett 2215
8 b Andrew P Smith 2275 1-0 Cathy Forbes (F) 2094
6-2
A.D.s BARBICAN 1
1 w Jonathan Mestel 2479 ½-½ Nicholas Pert 2425
2 b John Richardson 2315 ½-½ Colin Crouch 2423
3 w David Friedgood 2244 0-1 Adam Collinson 2405
4 b Mark Lyell 2238 ½-½ Carsten Hansen 2313
5 w Bernard Cafferty 2197 0-1 Simon Knott 2348
6 b Jana Bellin (F) 2163 0-1 Stephen Dishman 2364
7 w David Anderton 2228 ½-½ Petri Lehtivaara 2336
8 b Raymond Edwards 2064 0-1 Ingrid Lauterbach (F) 2194
2-6
Day 2
WOOD GREEN 1 The AD's
1 w John Emms 2586 0-1 Jonathan Mestel 2479
2 b Alexander Baburin 2593 1-0 John Richardson 2315
3 w Chris Ward 2473 1-0 David Friedgood 2244
4 b Jonathan Levitt 2433 1-0 Mark Lyell 2238
5 w Malcolm Pein 2436 ½-½ Bernard Cafferty 2197
6 b Paul Littlewood 2411 ½-½ Jana Bellin (F) 2163
7 w Graham Lee 2328 ½-½ David Anderton 2228
8 b Sheila Jackson (F) 2186 ½-½ Raymond Edwards 2064
5-3
BIGWOOD 1 SLOUGH 1
1 w Jonathan Parker 2523 1-0 Mark Hebden 2510
2 b Andrew Webster 2427 ½-½ Tony Miles 2588
3 w Keith Arkell 2462 ½-½ Colin McNab 2445
4 b Lawrence Cooper 2350 0-1 Tony Kosten 2515
5 w Harriet Hunt (F) 2420 0-1 Aaron Summerscale 2423
6 b Brian Kelly 2417 ½-½ Graeme Buckley * 2320
7 w Chris Baker 2359 ½-½ Susan Lalic (F) 2318
8 b Mark Ferguson 2371 0-1 Andrew P Smith 2275
3-5
N. W. EAGLES I.K.H.H. 1
1 w John Littlewood 2295 ½-½ Michael Hennigan 2456
2 b Gary Quillan 2349 0-1 Neil McDonald 2429
3 w Brett Lund 2291 1-0 Demis Hassabis 2235
4 b Charles Kennaugh 2290 0-1 Richard Black 2254
5 w David Tebb 2272 1-0 Bob Wade 2204
6 b Ben Hague 2240 1-0 Heather Richards (F) 2117
7 w Dale James 2239 0-1 Andrew Cooper 2151
8 b S Chevannes (F) 1488 0-1 Chris Howell 2160
3½-4½
RICHMOND BRISTOL 1
1 w Simon Williams 2421 ½-½ Simon Ansell 2373
2 b Richard Bates 2376 ½-½ Chris Beaumont 2295
3 w Gavin Wall 2353 1-0 David Ledger 2240
4 b Mark Quinn 2377 1-0 Simon Buckley 2216
5 w Tom Hinks-Edwards 2291 1-0 Charles Cobb 2274
6 b Laurence Webb 2213 ½-½ Robert McFarland 2267
7 w Roy Phillips 2257 ½-½ Nicholas Jakubovics 2238
8 b Arpi Shah (F) 2079 1-0 Sophie Tidman (F) 2073
6-2
SILVINE WHITE ROSE GUILDFORD-ADC
1 w Nigel Davies 2518 0-1 Jonathan Rowson 2490
2 b Angus Dunnington 2366 ½-½ James Plaskett 2513
3 w Alan Potts 2288 0-1 Daniel King 2501
4 b Peter Gayson 2255 1-0 Andrew Kinsman 2399
5 w Steve Barrett 2234 ½-½ Nigel Povah 2360
6 b Paul Townsend 2224 0-1 Richard Webb 2351
7 w Jim Burnett 2215 0-1 Ian Thompson 2261
8 b Cathy Forbes (F) 2094 1-0 Maria Yurenok (F) 1912
3-5
BARBICAN 1 WOOD GREEN 2
1 w Simon Knott 2348 ½-½ James Poulton 2372
2 b Colin Crouch 2423 ½-½ Peter Sowray 2358
3 w Nicholas Pert 2425 ½-½ Andrew Law 2304
4 b Adam Collinson 2405 ½-½ Richard Pert 2308
5 w Petri Lehtivaara 2336 ½-½ John Henderson 2174
6 b Carsten Hansen 2313 0-1 Desmond Tan 2182
7 w Stephen Dishman 2364 1-0 Alexander Yastrebov 2178
8 b Ingrid Lauterbach 2194 ½-½ Z Lazhevskaya (F) 2051
4-4
Division 1 P W D L MP GP
Wood Green 1 2 2 0 0 4 11.5
Slough 1 2 2 0 0 4 11.0
Barbican 1 2 1 1 0 3 10.0
Richmond 2 1 1 0 3 10.0
I.K.H.H. 1 2 1 1 0 3 8.5
Guildford-ADC 2 1 0 1 2 8.5
Bigwood 1 2 1 0 1 2 7.5
Bristol 1 2 1 0 1 2 7.0
Wood Green 2 2 0 1 1 1 5.5
NWEagles 2 0 0 2 0 6.5
Silvine White Rose 2 0 0 2 0 5.0
The AD's 2 0 0 2 0 5.0
The Garry Kasparov vs. the World chess tournament on the Zone part of the
Microsoft Network. The event allowed ordinary players to consult in choosing
which move is played against Kasparov. Players could vote for one of the
suggested moves or for their own recommended move. The move with the most votes
were chosen as the world team's move. There was 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 acted as moderator during
the match.
The experiment of this mass participation match has been a success producing
a game of real complexity and interest. Kasparov and his team of helpers has
put a lot of effort into the game and this has been matched by the coaches or
at least one, Irina Krush. Krush has produced analysis of much greater depth
than any of the other coaches and She was aided by several grandmasters, the St
Petersburg Grandmaster Chess School, and most of all by the World Team Strategy
Bulletin Board http://bbs.msnbc.com/bbs/kasparov-team/
which is part of the official site. Krush became the unofficial team leader,
and of the first 57 moves, her recommendation was played 53 times by "The
World" (the exceptions were moves 3, 6, 51 and 52). Early in the game
thanks to a fine novelty The World threatened to gain an advantage, but in
recent weeks it has been clear that only Kasparov could win and The World was
fighting for a draw.
With so much effort being put in, its not really surprising that there is
some bitterness and recrimination when the suggestions of the majority of the
regular participants seem not to have been followed and as a result the game is
now (according to everyone involved) a win for Kasparov. There will always be
those who want to sabotage such events and this is what is claimed happened on
moves 51, 53 and to a lesser extent on move 58. It seems that Jose Unodos a BBS
member claimed (http://www.maths.uq.edu.au/~rwb/kas/76220.txt)
that he rigged the vote for move 51... b7-b5 (the recommendation of Elisabeth
Paehtz) instead of Kb1-a1 that Krush and most others thought the best move. A
claim tested by Martin Sims, who created multiple Zone IDs to vote about 250
times on move 53 for a move that no-one else would play - 53... Qd1-e2, giving
the Black Queen away for nothing with check, which would never be played by a
sane player. This move made it into the top five votes. Tempers were getting
frayed at this time against the MSN's claims that vote rigging wasn't possible.
When a definitely fatal mistake was made on move 58 of 58. ...Qe4 instead of
58. ...Qf5 (although it should be pointed out that it is reported that Kasparov
has privately demonstrated a win against this try too) after Krush's suggestion
was not posted due to an unavoidable delay on her part (although it should have
been posted just a little later but wasn't) anger boiled over on the BBS
(incidently two of the coaches suggested the losing 58. Qe4 showing the level
of committment from them was not very high). As a protest many of the the BBS
members agreed to post the absolutely losing and stupid 59... Qe1. As one said
"In protest, many on the BBS voted ...Qe1, as a way of indicating that the
game had gone very wrong. We do not want this former "greatest game in the
history of chess" to go down in the books as another simple 1-0 for
Kasparov. After move 51, maybe earlier, Kasparov was no longer playing the same
opponent as before. " Microsoft deleted all the votes for 59.... Qe1 and
the game has continued. Effectively I believe the regular players were saying
we resign.
I think its a bit sad the game has had to end this way. I do wonder what
people like "Jose Unodos" get out of it. I can certainly sympathise
with Microsoft in that they have organised a great event and are always the
target of such juvenile attacks on their systems. It is a shame that if indeed
move 51 was effectively played by the intervention of one player. Nevertheless
many players have had an introduction to analysis and the complexity of chess
that they would never have had any other way. So whatever the final controversy
the event has been quite a success.
Further info: http://slashdot.org/features/99/10/18/087247.shtml
Further sources:
http://bbs.msnbc.com/bbs/kasparov-team/posts/dh/92797.asp
and http://bbs.msnbc.com/bbs/kasparov-team/posts/si/92162.asp
Since move
Site:http://www.zone.com/kasparov/Home.asp
Download Kasparov's
interview in London
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+ Ka1 54. Qf4 b4 55. Qxb4 Qf3+ 56. Kg7 d5
57. Qd4+ Kb1 58. g6 Qe4 59. Qg1+ Kb2 60. Qf2+ Kc1 [last update 18/10/99]...
continues.
TWIC TV November 3rd-4th Live Match
The Bacrot- Polgar match will be transmitted live with video and sound. The
match in BASTIA (Corse) with 80 000 F worth of prizes. Official site for the
match: http://www.opencorsica.com and
TWIC TV broadcast at: http://www.canalweb.net/vers/diagonal4.asp
Tournament of the Future
The "Tournament of the Future" will be held in Koning Willem I
College, Hertogenbosch (NED) 18th-27th November 1999. Players: Jeroen Bosch
(geb. 1972; IM NED 2433) ; Stefan Bücker (geb. 1959; FM GER 2341) ; John
Donaldson (geb. 1958; IM USA 2419) ; Deen Hergott (geb. 1962; IM CAN 2396) ;
Friso Nijboer (geb. 1965; IGM NED 2559); Ian Rogers (geb. 1960; IGM AUS 2574) ;
Paul Span (geb. 1979; - NED 2226) ; Paul van der Sterren (geb. 1956; IGM NED
2535) ; Raymond Stone (geb. 1953; FM CAN 2340) ; Gerard Welling (geb. 1959; IM
NED 2368) . FIDE-categorie: 7 (gem. 2419,1) IGM norm: 76% 6,84=7 punten IM
norm: 57% 5,13=5½ punt Arbiter: Cathy Rogers Assistent arbiter: Leon Muys.
Website: http://www.kw1c.nl/chess
Rilton Cup
Those interested in playing in the Rilton Cup in Stockholm. Details:
http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/stock.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