THE WEEK IN CHESS 260 1st November 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Contents 1) Introduction
2) European Club Cup Final
3) Flamenco: Veterans vs Ladies
4) Armenian Chess Championships
5) Marshall Chess Club Fall Futurity
6) 21st Festival Internazionale Arco
7) 9th Abihome Open
8) 3rd OIMB Open
9) Aars Chess Tournament
10) World Congress of Problem Solving
11) European Youth Corrections
12) World Juniors
13) Bu Xiangzhi norm in Qingdao
14) Professional World Chess Rankings
15) Forthcoming Events and Links
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Games section
European Club Cup Final 72 games
Flamenco: Veterans vs Ladies 30 games
Armenian Chess Championships 66 games
Marshall Chess Club Fall Futurity 44 games
21st Festival Internazionale Arco 275 games
Aars Chess Tournament 45 games
European Youth Corrections 2 games
World Juniors 52 games
Qingdao 4 games
Total 590 games
My thanks to Robert Klomp, Lost Boys, Artak Manukian, Steve Immitt, Larry
Tamarkin, Thomas Leckner, Allan Boye Nielsen, Michael McDowell, Anton Gubanov,
Osvaldo Oro, Albert Jiang, Ji Yun-qi, Leontxo Garcia, Laszlo Nagy and all those
who helped with this issue.
The European Club Cup headlines. What a sorry history this event has.
Important as a source of income for many middle-ranking professionals and the
event also sees a smattering of top players compete. However mean-spirited and
petty behaviour, rule bending and close on cheating continues to a background
of maladministration. Either sort this event out or cancel it. Elsewhere the
Ladies lost heavily to the veterans in the latest of their annual series of
matches.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The European Club Cup Finals took place in Bugojno October 29th-31st 1999.
The home team Bosnia were the surprise winners when they defeated the
favourites Agrouniverzal in the final.
Results in summary
Day 1 29th October 1999 Results: SIBIRIA 2 : 4 KISELJAK; BEER SHEVA
3,5 : 2,5 SANKT PETERSBURG; BOSNA 4,5 : 1,5 PANFOX ; ELITZUR 2,5 : 3,5
AGROUNIVERZAL.
The first day of the European Club Cup finals saw a surprise when Sankt
Petersburg was defeated by Beer Sheva. The key result was on top board when
FIDE Champion Alexander Khalifman was defeated by Huzman. Alexander
Morozevich's team Siberia lost against Kiseljak. Elitzur managed to hold
Agrouniverzal to a minimal 3.5-2.5 defeat dispite being outrated on all boards
(see below as to how this result may have been even closer!). Kramnik was the
only winner for the Yugoslav side. The strong Bosnian side beat Panfox 4.5-1.5
with Bareev beating Van Wely on the top board and then taking advantage of
their strength on the bottom two boards. Garry Kasparov almost played in the
event for Siberia Tomsk (which would have been great for the chess fan). The
background to this is that the event should have been held in November but
instead was held in the last weekend in October, this caused chaos as some
players were committed elsewhere. A few days before the tournament referee Mr
De Ridder allowed teams to find two substitutes and Nigel Short for instance
played for Agrouniverzal. Panfox wanted the event postponed as they only had
three days to find substitutes. Siberia wanted Kasparov in their team at the
last minute (having effectively changed the rules its not clear why he was
ruled out).
Day 2 30th October 1999 Results: KISELJAK 2 : 4 AGROUNIVERZAL, BOSNA
4 : 2 BEER SHEVA, SANKT PETERSBURG 2,5 : 3,5 PANFOX, ELITZUR0 : 6 *SIBIRIA.
The two favourites, Agrouniverzal and Bosnia won through to play each other
in the final of the European Club Cup. Agrouniverzal beat Kiseljak 4-2 with
victories by Gelfand over Nikolic, Beliavsky over Bacrot and Damljanovic over
Kobalija. This was only answered by Sturua over Tiviakov. Bosnia beat Beer
Shiva 4-2 with all the games being decisive. Elitzur defaulted on day two due
to unresolved problems over the Jewish Sabbath (see below for the fuller
story). The Sankt Petersburg team did not submit their team list in time and
had then had to select their declared first team. This included Victor Korchnoi
who was not present in Bugojno (he was in Marbella playing in the Flamenco
event). The reason Korchnoi was in the team was absurd. The seedings of the
event were made by averaging the ELO ratings of the players. Korchnoi was
included in the team roster to boost the seeding of the St. Petersburg team.
One can't feel too sorry for them when this backfired and they lost the match
narrowly. However this fix should not have been allowed in the first place.
Finally Topalov had an extremely lucky escape when a lamp hanging above him
broke and came down for half a meter only to hang by its electric wire.
Final Round 3 31st October 1999 AGROUNIVERZAL 2,5 : 3,5 BOSNA;
KISELJAK 3,5 : 2,5 BEER SHEVA; PANFOX 3,5 : 2,5 SIBIRIA; SANKT PETERSBURG 6 : 0
*ELITZUR
There was a surprise in the European Club Cup finals when Bosnia Sarajevo
turned over Agrouniverzal of Belgrade in the final by 3.5-2.5. The match saw
three games drawn with all decisive results occurring on boards 2-4. Bosnia won
on boards 2 and 4 when Topalov beat Gelfand and Piket beat Beliavsky. Nigel
Short beat Ivan Sokolov for the Belgrade team. Elitzur defaulted their match
against Sankt Petersburg after their problems over the weekend.
Yet again the European Club Cup ended in bitterness over broken and bent
rules, and Elitzur defaulting matches 6-0. Will be able to reuse the previous
sentence next year? Don't bet against it. The event brings out the very worst
in almost everyone involved and chess ends up the loser. Elitzur have a
religious Jew as their owner. They make it perfectly clear every year they
can't play during the Jewish Sabbath. Surely by now the organisers have to
decide whether they can play in the event or not (and as an international
organisation one presumes they are interested in them playing). The events
organisers were requested on July 1st that the finals not take place on Friday
and Saturday and indeed the group 6 qualifier took place on Monday-Wednesday.
However for whatever reason the finals took place over the weekend of
Friday-Sunday (indeed the event was supposed to take place in November in the
regulations, Monday-Wednesday would have even stayed within the rules.
Opposing teams (or their owners) seem to take peculiar pleasure in getting
wins by default against them. According to Robert Klomp of Panfox an agreement
was made between Agrouniverzal and Elitzur to play for 6 hours from 12 to 6
(the point of the Jewish Sabbath) but that the agreement was reversed by the
team owners who insisted on a seven hour session starting at 12-30. Oratovsky
had to offer a draw in winning position against Beliavsky. The following day
things were even worse.
Robert Klomp reports: Tomsk had to play Elitzur and they said there would be
no problems with play starting at 18.00. However during the evening Tomsk
changed their opinion and now wanted to play at 14.30. De Ridder decided that
the games should start at 14.30 and for some reason was not able to contact the
Israeli team even though they were in the same hotel. (Claiming the phone
didn't work) Tomsk started at 14.30 and claimed the match at 15.30. The Elitzur
came in at 18.00 and started at 18.15 the game (at the end of the Sabbath).
After one half hour Mr De ridder told them that they had lost on a no show.
They protested against this. But Tomsk nevertheless played Panfox in the final
round and Elitzur defaulted their final round.
Its not just this year, its every year. The competitors and team owners
should grow up and the officials should start doing their job and organising
the event, not allowing the same problems year after year. It was either last
year or the year before I called for this event to be cancelled in the calendar
because it always ends in a farce. Something has to be done this time surely
either that or cancel it.
Round 1 Friday October 29th 1999
SIBIRIA 2 : 4 KISELJAK
Morozevich 2758 1/2 2681 Azmaiparashvili
Pigusov 2609 1/2 2641 Nikolic
Filippov 2605 0-1 2602 Giorgadze
Landa 2591 1/2 2592 Bacrot
Fominyh 2552 1/2 2602 Sturua
Khasin 2554 0-1 2573 Kobalia
BEER SHEVA 3,5 : 2,5 SANKT PETERSBURG
Huzman 2581 1-0 2628 Khalifman
Golod 2568 0-1 2684 Svidler
Avrukh 2588 1-0 2648 Sakaev
Greenfeld 2538 1-0 2538 Ivanov
Mikhalevski 2516 0-1 2500 Yemelin
Tseitlin 2496 1/2 2544 Solozhenkin
BOSNA 4,5 : 1,5 PANFOX
Bareev 2698 1-0 2629 Van Wely
Topalov 2690 1/2 2650 Timman
Sokolov 2656 1/2 2643 Gurevich
Piket 2625 1/2 2617 Vaganian
Kozul 2612 1-0 2544 Van der Wiel
Kurajica 2541 1-0 2528 Van den Doel
ELITZUR 2,5 : 3,5 AGROUNIVERZAL
Smirin 2671 0-1 2760 Kramnik
Yudasin 2552 1/2 2713 Gelfand
Sutovsky 2587 1/2 2675 Short
Oratovsky 2481 1/2 2618 Beliavsky
Tyomkin 2495 1/2 2611 Tiviakov
Finkel 2476 1/2 2554 Damljanovic
ROUND TWO RESULTS Saturday October 30th 1999
KISELJAK 2 : 4 AGROUNIVERZAL
Azmaiparashvili 2681 1/2 2760 Kramnik
Nikolic 2641 0-1 2713 Gelfand
Giorgadze 2602 1/2 2675 Short
Bacrot 2592 0-1 2618 Beliavsky
Sturua 2602 1-0 2611 Tiviakov
Kobalia 2573 0-1 2554 Damljanovic
BOSNA 4 : 2 BEER SHEVA
Bareev 2698 1-0 2581 Huzman
Topalov 2690 1-0 2568 Golod
Sokolov 2656 0-1 2588 Avrukh
Piket 2625 0-1 2538 Greenfeld
Kozul 2612 1-0 2516 Mikhalevski
Kurajica 2541 1-0 2496 Tseitlin
SANKT PETERSBURG 2,5 : 3,5 PANFOX
Khalifman 2628 1/2 2629 Van Wely
Svidler 2684 0-1 2650 Timman
Korchnoi 2676 0-1 2643 Gurevich *
Odd as Korchnoi is playing in Spain!
Sakaev 2648 0-1 2617 Vaganian
Ivanov 2538 1-0 2544 Van der Wiel
Yemelin 2500 1-0 2528 Van den Doel
ELITZUR0 : 6 *SIBIRIA
Smirin 2671 0-1 *2758 Morozevich
Yudasin 2552 0-1 *2609 Pigusov
Sutovsky 2587 0-1 *2591 Landa
Oratovsky 2481 0-1 *2552 Fominyh
Tyomkin 2495 0-1 *2386 Nikitin
Finkel 2476 0-1 *2359Loskutov
Round 3 October 31st 1999
AGROUNIVERZAL 2,5 : 3,5 BOSNA
Kramnik 2760 1/2 2698 Bareev
Gelfand 2713 0-1 2690 Topalov
Short 2675 1-0 2656 Sokolov
Beliavsky 2618 0-1 2625 Piket
Tiviakov 2611 1/2 2612 Kozul
Damljanovic 2554 1/2 2541 Kurajica
KISELJAK 3,5 : 2,5 BEER SHEVA
Azmaiparashvili 2681 1/2 2581 Huzman
Nikolic 2641 1/2 2568 Golod
Giorgadze 2602 1/2 2588 Avrukh
Bacrot 2592 1/2 2538 Greenfeld
Sturua 2602 1-0 2516 Mikhalevski
Kobalia 2573 1/2 2496 Tseitlin
PANFOX 3,5 : 2,5 SIBIRIA
Van Wely 2629 0-1 2758 Morozevich
Timman 2650 1-0 2609 Pigusov
Gurevich 2643 1-0 2591 Filippov
Vaganian 2617 1/2 2552 Landa
Van der Wiel 2544 1/2 2386 Fominyh
Van den Doel 2528 1/2 2359 Nikitin
SANKT PETERSBURG 6 : 0 *ELITZUR
Khalifman 2628 1-0 *2671 Smirin
Svidler 2684 1-0 *2552 Yudasin
Korchnoi 2676 1-0 *2587 Sutovsky
Sakaev 2648 1-0 *2481 Oratovsky
Ivanov 2538 1-0 *2495 Tyomkin
Yemelin 2500 1-0 *2476 Finkel
Final Standings:
1. BOSNA SARAJEVO - BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA
2. AGROUNIVERZAL BEOGRAD - YUGOSLAVIA
3. KISELJAK KISELJAK - BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA
4. BEER SHEVA - ISRAEL
5. PANFOX BREDA - NETHERLAND
6. SIBIRIA TOMSK - RUSSIA
7. SANKT PETERSBURG - RUSSIA
8. ELITZUR PETACH TIKVA - ISRAEL
The Association Max Euwe sponsored the annual Veterans vs Ladies tournament
which ran Thursday October 21st - Monday November 1st 1999. The event took
place in Marbella, Spain and was named after the Flamenco Dance. The result was
a big victory for the Veterans. The expected margin of victory was 27-23 (on
ELO rating) but the Veterans secured a 30.5-19.5 victory. Korchnoi scored
7.5/10 to lead the scoring and his score included one loss. The result is a
surprise as last year there was a 36-36 tie in the Can-Can event in Roquebrune.
The score over the 8 events is 250-238 to the Veterans (before this event it
was 218.5-219.5). The previous worst hammering was the Walzer tournament in
1993 won by the Ladies 40.5-31.5.
Internet coverage was by Lost Boys at:
http://chess.lostcity.nl/marbella/
In round five the men had the white pieces on all boards and the day
turned out to be a complete rout for the Ladies. After a quick draw between
Spassky and Xie Jun, Hort (who is having a fine event) beat Zhu Chen, Portisch
beat Chiburdinadze, then in the battle of the two strugglers of the teams,
Smyslov beat Galliamova. Korchnoi eventually converted a two pawn advantage to
complete a terrible day for the ladies. This left the score at 16-9 to the
veterans.
In round six the ladies had the white pieces on all boards but they
still fell further behind in the increasingly one sided contest. Zhu Chen was
the only winner for them when she beat out of form Smyslov. Cramling-Spassky
and Chiburdanidze-Hort were drawn. Korchnoi beat the ladies team weak link
Galliamova (who one would have expected to do well but has scoring terribly for
some reason) and Xie Jun lost to Portisch. The round finished 3-2 to the
veterans. The score moved to 19-11 to the veterans.
In round seven the veterans team had the white pieces on all boards
but the ladies managed to somewhat stem the tide. The round finished 2.5-2.5
with a victory for Korchnoi over Zhu Chen being balanced by Xie Jun's
inflicting Hort's first loss of the event. The other three games were drawn
(Spassky-Galliamova, Smyslov- Chiburdanidze and Portisch-Cramling. This left
the score at 21.5-13.5 to the veterans.
In round eight the ladies team had the white pieces on all boards
but fell even further behind when Spassky beat Zhu Chen and Smyslov beat Xie
Jun. The other games were drawn. Score: 25-15 to the veterans.
In round nine the veterans team had the white pieces on all boards
and slightly extended their lead when Korchnoi beat Xie Jun in the only
substantial game of the day.
Final Round the Ladies team had the white pieces on all boards in the
final round, all games were drawn by move 33. The veterans had already secured
a very convincing victory and there was little left to play for. Final result
Veterans 30.5 against the Ladies 19.5.
Round 5 (October 26, 1999)
Hort, Vlastimil - Zhu Chen 1-0 45 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Smyslov, Vassily - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 1-0 74 A80 Dutch defence
Portisch, Lajos - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1-0 47 D56 QGD;
Korchnoi, Viktor - Cramling, Pia 1-0 72 A59 Benko gambit
Spassky, Boris V - Xie Jun 1/2 14 C48 Four knights
Round 6 (October 27, 1999)
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 29 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Zhu Chen - Smyslov, Vassily 1-0 91 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Xie Jun - Portisch, Lajos 0-1 39 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 39 E12 Nimzo indian
Cramling, Pia - Spassky, Boris V 1/2 29 D53 QGD;
Round 7 (October 29, 1999)
Hort, Vlastimil - Xie Jun 0-1 44 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Spassky, Boris V - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 1/2 40 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Smyslov, Vassily - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1/2 27 E21 Nimzo indian
Portisch, Lajos - Cramling, Pia 1/2 48 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Korchnoi, Viktor - Zhu Chen 1-0 38 D48 Meran Variation
Round 8 (October 30, 1999)
Zhu Chen - Spassky, Boris V 0-1 26 D35 Queen's gambit
Xie Jun - Smyslov, Vassily 0-1 43 C76 Ruy Lopez
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 45 B40 Sicilian
Cramling, Pia - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 23 D58 QGD;
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 52 E14 Nimzo indian
Round 9 (October 31, 1999)
Smyslov, Vassily - Cramling, Pia 1/2 29 D03 Queen's pawn
Spassky, Boris V - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1/2 16 B18 Caro-Kann
Portisch, Lajos - Zhu Chen 1/2 22 D14 Slav defence
Korchnoi, Viktor - Xie Jun 1-0 51 E99 Kings indian; Main line
Hort, Vlastimil - Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa 1/2 24 D78 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Round 10 (November 1, 1999)
Zhu Chen - Hort, Vlastimil 1/2 23 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Xie Jun - Spassky, Boris V 1/2 30 C07 French; Tarrasch
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa - Smyslov, Vassily 1/2 33 C43 Petroff defence
Cramling, Pia - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 23 E32 Nimzo indian
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 21 D58 QGD;
Flamenco Veterans vs Ladies Marbella ESP (ESP), 21 x-1 xi 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2676 +10 + 9 = 6 - 5 + 8 +10 + 9 = 6 + 5 = 8 7.5 2721
2 Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2552 = 5 = 8 +10 = 9 + 6 + 5 = 8 =10 = 9 = 6 6.5 2638
3 Hort, Vlastimil g GER 2535 + 6 = 5 + 8 +10 + 9 = 6 - 5 = 8 =10 = 9 6.5 2638
4 Spassky, Boris V g FRA 2549 = 8 =10 = 9 = 6 = 5 = 8 =10 + 9 = 6 = 5 5.5 2564
5 Xie Jun g CHN 2528 = 2 = 3 = 7 + 1 = 4 - 2 + 3 - 7 - 1 = 4 4.5 2523
6 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2551 - 3 + 7 = 1 = 4 - 2 = 3 = 7 = 1 = 4 = 2 4.5 2523
7 Smyslov, Vassily g RUS 2485 - 9 - 6 = 5 = 8 +10 - 9 = 6 + 5 = 8 =10 4.5 2492
8 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2504 = 4 = 2 - 3 = 7 - 1 = 4 = 2 = 3 = 7 = 1 4.0 2487
9 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2503 + 7 - 1 = 4 = 2 - 3 + 7 - 1 - 4 = 2 = 3 4.0 2487
10 Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa m RUS 2556 - 1 = 4 - 2 - 3 - 7 - 1 = 4 = 2 = 3 = 7 2.5 2366
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Previous results:
Results of the Dance Tournaments
Ed. Year Name Location Ladies - Veterans
I 1992 Tumba Tournament Aruba 33.0 - 39.0
II 1993 Walzer Tournament Vienna 40.5 - 31.5
III 1994 Palladienne Tournament Monaco 37.0 - 35.0
IV 1995 Polka Tournament Prague 26.5 - 23.5
V 1996 Foxtrot Tournament London 22.5 - 27.5
VI 1997 Høstdans Tournament Copenhagen 23.0 - 27.0
VII 1998 Can Can Tournament Roquebrune 36.0 - 36.0
VIII 1999 Flamenco Tournament Marbella 19.5 - 30.5
Total 238.0 - 250.0
Artak Manukian reports: The 59th Armenian Chess Championships was won by
Karen Asrian who scored 7.5/11. He took first place on tie-break ( Asrian
finished first because, according to the tournament regulations when players
got the same number of points the player who had the smallest number of points
in his games with the winners was then not counted. Matikozian was last,
Aronian and Asrian both beat him, but Khacian lost to Aronian and Asrian drew
with him this made Asrian become champion. ) from Levon Aronian who also scored
7.5/11, the result was good enough to give Aronian his third and subject to
confirmation, final GM norm. The GM norm was 7.5/11, IM 5.5/11.
ch-ARM Yerevan ARM (ARM), 16-26 x 1999 cat. X (2494)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Aronian, Levon m ARM 2518 * = 1 1 0 = 1 1 = 0 1 1 7.5 2624
2 Asrian, Karen g ARM 2575 = * 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2619
3 Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2600 0 1 * 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.0 2586
4 Yegiazarian, Arsen m ARM 2504 0 = 1 * 1 1 = = = 1 = 0 6.5 2557
5 Sargissian, Gabriel f ARM 2470 1 = 1 0 * 1 = 0 0 1 = = 6.0 2531
6 Minasian, Ara m ARM 2483 = 0 = 0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2494
7 Nalbandian, Tigran m ARM 2445 0 0 0 = = = * 1 1 0 = 1 5.0 2462
8 Nadanian, Ashot m ARM 2410 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 1 0 1 1 5.0 2465
9 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2625 = = 0 = 1 = 0 0 * = 1 0 4.5 2416
10 Akobian, Varuzhan ARM 2387 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 = * = = 4.5 2438
11 Khachian, Melikset m ARM 2480 0 = = = = 0 = 0 0 = * = 3.5 2361
12 Matikozian, Andranik ARM 2427 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 1 = = * 3.5 2366
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The 10th Annual Marshall Chess Club Fall Fururity took place in New York
concluding on October 22nd-24th 1999. There was a 3-day, 4-day and 5-day
schedule, so that player's who would not otherwise be able to fit their
schedule, could merge into the main 5-day event. The five day schedule saw
players completing their early rounds on the weekend of October 17th-18th.
Steve Immitt reports (thanks also to Larry Tamarkin) : A summary of the
event follows.... Two familiar faces on the New York City tournament circuit,
former Polish National Champion Grandmaster Alex Wojtkiewicz and former U.S.
National High School Champion Gregory Shahade, of Brooklyn, NY, both finished
with 7 points to tie for first in the 10th edition of the annual New York Fall
Futurity, a nine-round Masters' tournament held October 15-24, 1999 at New York
City's historic Marshall Chess Club. The playing field featured 21 masters,
including 2 Grandmasters and 2 International Masters, amongst the 41
participants. International Masters Ronald Burnett and Dean Ippolito tied for
3rd-6th at 6-3, along with Yevgeniy Gershov and Ilye Figler. The tournament was
a success for four of the lower-rated players as well. Yevgeniy Feldman,
Stephen Crossen, Jeff Mitchell and 13-year-old Aaron Pixton all achieved
FIDE-rateable performances in the tournament of 2236, 2168, 2006 and 2273,
respectively. As Pixton's performance was over the course of nine games, he
apparently has thus fulfilled the requirements to receive his FIDE rating as
well.
The New York Fall Futurity, now in its tenth year, has traditionally been
an important proving ground for American players and foreign masters (GM Alex
Yermolinsky made his American debut in the first New York Fall Futurity in
1989, while Grandmasters John Fedorowicz and Nick DeFirmian, along with
International Masters Kamran Shirazi, Jay Bonin and Mladen Vucic are some of
the previous winners). It is one of only a few FIDE-rated swiss-system
tournaments of at least nine rounds, providing aspiring players with the
opportunity to earn international ratings, in the U.S. Steve Immitt directed
the 20 Grand Prix Point tournament for the Chess Center of New York, the
tournament sponsor.
Games from rounds 8 and 9 should become available.
Final Standings:
1 Wojtkiewicz, Alek...........2669 12528454 W37 D17 W 3 W31 D18 W 2 W14 L 4 W 8 7.0
2 Shahade, Gregory............2482 20013106 W32 W13 W 7 D 4 W 8 L 1 W17 W 3 D 5 7.0
3 Burnett, Ronald W...........2473 12093120 H-- W18 L 1 D17 W41 W 9 W12 L 2 W10 6.0
4 Ippolito, Dean..............2432 12445752 D16 W26 W30 D 2 D 7 L17 W 9 W 1 D 6 6.0
5 Gershov, Yegeniy............2366 12769011 W38 D33 D 6 L 8 D21 W25 W23 W12 D 2 6.0
6 Figler, Ilye................2300 12713319 W23 W35 D 5 F-- W13 H-- D 8 W14 D 4 6.0
7 Lapshun, Yurij..............2442 12548533 W20 W 9 L 2 X-- D 4 L12 D19 D21 W16 5.5
8 Eisen, Lewis................2289 20008213 D40 W29 D11 W 5 L 2 W33 D 6 W18 L 1 5.5
9 Treger, Yefim...............2242 12656884 W34 L 7 W35 D11 W16 L 3 L 4 W23 W21 5.5
10 Shapiro, Daniel E...........2356 10094879 D21 W25 H-- L14 D15 W35 D16 W19 L 3 5.0
11 Feldman, Boris..............2343 12452248 H-- W19 D 8 D 9 L14 L21 W27 W25 D13 5.0
12 Privman, Boris..............2291 12407354 D25 W21 D33 D16 W24 W 7 L 3 L 5 D14 5.0
13 Santana, Joan E.............2235 12580897 W42 L 2 W23 H-- L 6 W15 W32 U-- D11 5.0
14 Lewis, James E..............2230 12503837 L35 W42 W40 W10 W11 H-- L 1 L 6 D12 5.0
15 Bierkens, Peter.............2154 12648048 H-- L30 D20 W40 D10 L13 W29 H-- W24 5.0
16 Grechikhin, Vladimir........2150 12613557 D 4 D40 W32 D12 L 9 W24 D10 W20 L 7 5.0
17 Stripunsky, Alexander.......2579 12715435 W41 D 1 D18 D 3 W37 W 4 L 2 U-- U-- 4.5
18 Bonin, Jay R................2401 10098327 W31 L 3 D17 W28 D 1 D23 D21 L 8 D19 4.5
19 Feldman, Yevgeny............2232 12547561 D26 L11 L25 W29 W36 W22 D 7 L10 D18 4.5
20 Crossen, Stephen F..........2157 10074568 L 7 D34 D15 L35 W42 W26 D22 L16 W30 4.5
21 Pixton, Aaron...............2136 12565369 D10 L12 W26 D22 D 5 W11 D18 D 7 L 9 4.5
22 Fitzko, Mitchell............2000 10105544 H-- H-- H-- D21 W32 L19 D20 H-- D23 4.5
23 Mitchell, Jeffrey...........2131 12395588 L 6 W43 L13 W34 W39 D18 L 5 L 9 D22 4.0
24 Zemanian, Lewis W...........2086 12437929 H-- H-- H-- X-- L12 L16 W36 D27 L15 4.0
25 Olsen, Robert...............2127 11375219 D12 L10 W19 D39 H-- L 5 W35 L11 U-- 3.5
26 Burrows, Brandon............2079 12635863 D19 L 4 L21 L38 W43 L20 L34 W29 W27 3.5
27 Fernandez, J: RE-ENTRY!....2014 12633862 U-- H-- H-- H-- H-- W38 L11 D24 L26 3.5
28 Watson, Brian D.............2012 20094779 H-- L37 W41 L18 L31 U-- U-- B-- W34 3.5
29 Eng, Kenneth................1942 10073669 H-- L 8 D36 L19 D34 W40 L15 L26 B-- 3.5
30 Koltunov, Eugene............1876 12673443 H-- W15 L 4 F-- H-- L32 W41 D34 L20 3.5
31 Privman, B: RE-ENTRY.......2291 12407354 L18 W41 W37 L 1 W28 U-- U-- U-- U-- 3.0
32 Cadman, Chuck...............2218 12543501 L 2 W38 L16 W36 L22 W30 L13 U-- U-- 3.0
33 Sena, Juan..................2205 12485831 W43 D 5 D12 H-- H-- L 8 U-- U-- U-- 3.0
34 Vicary, Elizabeth...........1959 12477355 L 9 D20 D42 L23 D29 L41 W26 D30 L28 3.0
35 Widmaier, Marc..............1826 12618946 W14 L 6 L 9 W20 H-- L10 L25 U-- U-- 2.5
36 Dorosin, Neil S.............1447 12682743 H-- H-- D29 L32 L19 W43 L24 U-- U-- 2.5
37 Furdzik, Rafael.............2351 12655955 L 1 W28 L31 W41 L17 U-- U-- U-- U-- 2.0
38 Grogan, Richard J...........1979 10091616 L 5 L32 D43 W26 H-- L27 U-- U-- U-- 2.0
39 Rade, Danny.................1619 12588242 H-- H-- H-- D25 L23 U-- U-- U-- U-- 2.0
40 Murphy, Richard.............1999 10108560 D 8 D16 L14 L15 H-- L29 U-- U-- U-- 1.5
41 Gelman, Geoffrey............2299 12546276 L17 L31 L28 L37 L 3 W34 L30 U-- U-- 1.0
42 Fernandez, John C...........2014 12633862 L13 L14 D34 D43 L20 U-- U-- U-- U-- 1.0
43 Sanchez, Juan C.............1743 12561749 L33 L23 D38 D42 L26 L36 U-- U-- U-- 1.0
A large open took place in Arco, Italy, the event ran October 23rd-31st. The
event was won by Mikhail Rytshagov with 7/9 half a point clear of Milan Drasko
and Vladimir Epishin.
Internet coverage: http://www.infcom.it/fsi/
21st Festival Arco ITA (ITA), 23-31 x 1999
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1 Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2539 7.0 42.5
2 Drasko, Milan g YUG 2509 6.5 47.0
3 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2657 6.5 43.0
4 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2550 6.0 48.0
5 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2567 6.0 47.5
6 Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2489 6.0 45.5 3.5
7 Efimov, Igor g ITA 2445 6.0 45.5 3.0
8 Rossi, Carlo f ITA 2361 6.0 43.5
9 Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2465 6.0 43.0
10 Sulava, Nenad m CRO 2467 6.0 41.5 3.5 5 15'
11 Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2444 6.0 41.5 3.5 5 19'
12 Haag, Martin GER 2292 6.0 40.5 2.5
13 Gorbatow, Alexej m RUS 2353 6.0 40.5
14 Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2477 5.5 45.0
15 Lazarev, Vladimir m RUS 2501 5.5 42.0
16 Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2476 5.5 40.0
17 Ortega, Lexy m CUB 2499 5.0 44.0
18 Rotstein, Arkadij g GER 2460 5.0 43.5
19 Timoscenko, Genadij g SVK 2536 5.0 42.5
20 Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2357 5.0 41.0
21 Burchert, Wolfgang GER 2187 5.0 40.5
22 Bellia, Fabrizio f ITA 2333 5.0 39.0
23 Kloster, Josef GER 2145 5.0 36.0
24 Prang, Edgar f GER 2249 5.0 35.0
63 players
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The "Cercle Royal des Echecs de Bruxelles" in Belgium organised a
stong international chess open for juniors called "ABIHOME". The
dates were : 23rd-24th October 1999. This was the ninth edition. In the past
players such as Etienne Bacrot, Peter Svidler, Tal Shaked and Vladimir Baklan
(the last winner) have played. Ilja Zaragatski won the main event with 9/11.
Further coverage:
http://users.regio.be/regio0065/ABIHOME/Abiho.htm
Group A . (19 players)
1 . Ilja Zaragatski (2154 GER) 9/11
2. Jakub Filipek (2401 POL) 8,5/11
3. Stéphane Hautot (2276 BEL) 7,5/11
Group B. (75 players)
1. Christophe Grégoire (2042 BEL) 9,5/11
2. Steven Geirnaert (2047 BEL) 8,5/11
3. Hervé Hansen (1765 LUX) 8,5/11
Thomas Leckner reports: The 3rd OIMB Open took place 23rd-31st October 1999.
Sponsored by Bank Hofmann the event took place in Bad Wiessee. The event
organised by Horst Leckner had a big entry of 379 players. 65 players with
FIDE-titles entered, more than 30 of them were grandmasters. Many players
played in Bad Wiessee for the first time, including the highest rated player in
the event, Michal Krasenkow (ELO:2647) from Poland. With one round to go
Alexander Shabalov led with 7.5/8 ahead of Yuri Yakovich (who plays Shabalov in
the final round) and Ildar Ibragimov on 7. There were nine players on 6.5.
A full report on the final result and also games follows next week. You can
find the final result at:
http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/oib1999/e.htm
As reported last week there were two tournaments (GM and IM events) that
took place in Aars in Denmark (Oct. 16th-24th) These get2net sponsored events
saw Alexei Federov win the GM event with 7.5/9 ahead of Peter Heine Nielsen and
Steffen Pedersen. Last week I reported on Igor Yagupov's win in the IM event
this week I have mosts of the games from the IM event. He scored 8.5/9 for a
2730 performance. My thanks to Allan Boye Nielsen for his help.
Internet coverage at: http://www.skak.get2net.dk
get2net Cup IM Aars DEN (DEN), 18-24 x 1999 cat. III (2303)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Yagupov, Igor m RUS 2449 * 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2730
2 Bezgodov, Alexei m RUS 2576 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2492
3 Hedman, Erik f SWE 2348 0 0 * 1 = 1 = = 1 = 5.0 2341
4 Nilssen, John Arni FAI 2326 0 = 0 * = 1 1 0 1 1 5.0 2343
5 Hellegaard, Carsten DEN 2267 0 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 4.5 2307
6 Poley, Vladimir m BLR 2377 = 0 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 4.0 2251
7 Bekker-Jensen, David DEN 2264 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2264
8 Christensen, Bent DEN 2113 0 0 = 1 = = 0 * = = 3.5 2244
9 Andersen,Jimmy DEN ---- 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * = 2.0 2116
10 Kristensen, Jorgen Juul DEN 2310 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.5 2029
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Michael McDowell reports on the British participation in the 42nd World
Congress of Chess Composition, Netanya 23rd-30th October 1999.
The 42nd World Congress of Chess Composition was held at Netanya, Israel,
from 23rd to 30th October. The highlight of the week's program was the 23rd
World Chess Solving Championship, which took place on 26th and 27th October.
The event consists of six timed rounds, each featuring a different type of
composition. Three problems must be solved in each round, and all variations
must be given for each problem in order to score maximum points. Teams of three
compete, with the two highest scores for each round being combined to make the
team total. All scores count for the individual title. The Great Britain team,
consisting of the current British solving champion and 1997 World Champion
Jonathan Mestel, and former British champions Graham Lee and Michael McDowell,
emulated their performance at St.Petersburg 1998 by finishing 6th out of the 21
participating countries. Russia won the team title, ahead of Germany and
Israel, who had won the previous three competitions. The title of World Solving
Champion was won by Israeli solver Ofer Comay. Jonathan Mestel finished 13th,
Michael McDowell 19th, and Graham Lee 32nd. The problems, most of which had
been specially composed by the event director Bo Lindgren, proved a difficult
set, and the standard of the British performance can be gauged from the fact
that the 1996 World Champion Noam Elkies finished 27th. (The 1998 champion,
Georgy Evseev of Russia, did not compete.) In addition to the WCSC, various
problem composing tourneys were held. Britain's leading composer John Rice
picked up six awards in total, including the top two prizes in a tourney
organized by the Ukranian participants, whilst other awards were won by Colin
Sydenham, Tony Lewis, John Roycroft, Michael McDowell and Graham Lee. An
entertaining "End of Millenium" Solving Show was organized, a speed
solving knockout competition restricted to the top performers in the WCSC, in
which two-movers are flashed on to a screen and first on the buzzer has a
chance to offer the correct key move. In this event Jonathan Mestel battled
through three rounds to reach the final, finishing runner-up to Arno Zude of
Germany.
A problem from round 2 of the World Chess Solving Championship:
Q1B3b1/5p2/3P3K/S2r4/pR1bk3/3Ssp2/2P2P2/3sR3 White to play and mate in 3
moves (by Bo Lindgren, Dagens Nyheter 1997)
The key move 1.Bh3! clears the rank for the queen to threaten 2.Qe8+ Re5
3.Qxe5 mate. Black can defend by moving the f7 pawn to allow the bishop to
interpose at e6. If 1...f6, White continues with 2.Nc4, and 3.Nd2 mate cannot
be prevented, because the unpinned bishop at d4 no longer has the possibility
of checking at g7. The variation 1...f5 shows similar strategy, White
continuing 2.Nb7 and 3.Nc5 mate, because the unpinned rook cannot check at h5.
Some solvers fell for the trap 1.Bd7?, which fails because after 1...f6 2.Nc4
Black can play 2...Be6! and White cannot guard f5. 1.Bg4? fails because of
1...f5 2.Nb7 fxg4!.
Top scores from the WCSC:
Team event:
1st. Russia 148 /180
2nd. Germany 146.5
3rd. Israel 143
4th. Yugoslavia 135.5
5th. Finland 130.5
6th Great Britain 129
(21 teams participated)
Individual event:
1st. Ofer Comay (Israel) 76/90
2nd. Sergey Rumyantsev (Russia) 75
3rd. Jorma Paavilainen (Finland) 73
13th. Jonathan Mestel (GB) 60.5
19th. Michael McDowell (GB) 58.5
32nd. Graham Lee (GB) 46.5
(68 solvers participated)
Anton Gubanov, Webmaster for the "Russian Chess", sends
corrections to two games from this recently finished event.
Osvaldo Oro sends the final round games from the World Junior Championships,
which were missing from the coverage at the time.
Further to Bu Xiangzhi's GM norm in the Qingdao Daily Cup Albert Jiang
reports that the event took place Oct 17th-23rd 1999 due to the fact that some
of the foreign players returned home early. The first round took place late on
October 17th finishing in the early hours of the 18th. Round 2 was on October
18th, rounds 3-4 on October 19th, round 5-6 October 20th, and round 7 on
October 21st, round 8 on October 22nd and the final round 9 on October 23rd
which would allow the norm within the rules.
Ji Yun-qi has sent all the games Bu has played since July. I include his
missing games from the Qingdao Daily Cup (4 games). Bu has played in the 5th
Tan Chin Nam Cup (9 games), the MK Cafe Cup in Koszalin (10 games), the Paks GM
tournament (1 norm) and the 2nd Kluger Cup in Budapest (second norm, both norms
9 games) aswell as the Qingdao event.
Qingdao Daily Cup CHN (CHN), 18-23 x 1999 cat. X (2483)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2543 * = 1 = = = = = 1 1 6.0 2601
2 Peng Xiaomin g CHN 2574 = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2597
3 Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2465 0 = * 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2609
4 Wu Wenjin m CHN 2435 = = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2613
5 Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2491 = = = = * = = = 1 1 5.5 2561
6 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2593 = = 0 = = * = = 1 1 5.0 2513
7 Isaev, Jamshed TJK 2411 = 0 1 0 = = * = = 1 4.5 2490
8 Nazarov, Anvar m TJK 2493 = = 0 0 = = = * = = 3.5 2401
9 Wang Shuo CHN 2411 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * = 1.5 2217
10 Liang Shuai CHN 2411 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = * 1.0 2139
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Professional World Chess Rankings. Produced by the Program Ken Thompson, New
Jersey Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow Results up to November 1, 1999
.
1 Kasparov,Garry RUS 2838 140
2 Shirov,Alexei ESP 2731 192
3 Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2730 114
4 Anand,Viswanathan IND 2722 118
5 Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2700 181
6 Kamsky,Gata USA 2696 184
7 Leko,Peter HUN 2694 139
8 Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2680 154
9 Gelfand,Boris ISR 2680 143
10 Adams,Michael ENG 2674 172
11 Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2673 153
12 Short,Nigel D ENG 2654 141
13 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2650 134
14 Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2646 134
15 Dreev,Alexey RUS 2645 155
16 Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2642 165
17 Topalov,Veselin BUL 2640 171
18 Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2638 171
19 Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2636 170
20 Movsesian,Sergei CZE 2636 152
21 Svidler,Peter RUS 2631 157
22 Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2630 163
23 Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2629 161
24 Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2626 158
25 Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2624 138
26 Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2622 152
27 Seirawan,Yasser USA 2621 170
28 Yusupov,Artur GER 2620 154
29 Lautier,Joel FRA 2619 145
30 Smirin,Ilia ISR 2618 160
31 Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2616 141
32 Sadler,Matthew ENG 2615 181
33 Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2615 128
34 Salov,Valery RUS 2612 199
35 Gulko,Boris F USA 2610 163
36 Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2608 190
37 Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2608 168
38 Piket,Jeroen NED 2607 144
39 Timman,Jan H NED 2605 196
40 Polgar,Judit HUN 2604 178
41 Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2604 175
42 Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2603 169
43 Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2602 199
44 Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2602 202
45 Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2602 171
46 Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
47 Hansen,Curt DEN 2602 162
48 Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2600 183
49 Fedorov,Alexey BLR 2599 176
50 Van Wely,Loek NED 2596 186
51 Kobalija,Mikhael RUS 2595 172
Tournaments including this list
GER Bundesliga Rounds 1&2
BEL Eupen Europian Club Cup Group 4
CRO Pula Europian Club Cup Group 5
HUN Budapest Europian Club Cup Group 6
CHN Qingdao Daily Cup Cat.10
GRE Corfu match GER-GRE
GER Hamburg match Leko-Bunzmann
FRA Cannes match Tkachev-David
NED Hoogeveen Cat.15
NED Hoogeveen open
GER Hamburg 5th Wichern open
DEN Helsingor Cat.13
DEN Aars Cup GM Cat.9
Hastings Premier and Challengers
The line-up for the Hastings Premier 4-12 January 2000 is: Dreev, I Sokolov,
Sutovsky, Bischoff, Krush, Speelman, Emms, B Lalic, Chandler, McShane. The
likely category is 13 with a gm norm of 5.
The Challengers and World Amateur Championship run 29 December 1999-6
January 2000. There are also many,many other shorter events until 12 January.
Those wishing to play can get further details from Con Power. E-Mail:
power@hicc.demon.co.uk
GM Challenge
About.com Chess http://chess.about.com
and The Internet Chess Club http://www.chessclub.com are are organising
their first Grandmaster Challenge. On Saturday, November 6, 1999 at 3pm Eastern
(8pm GMT), World number 4 Grandmaster Alexander Morozevich (ICC handle
A-Morozevich) and World #13 Grandmaster Peter Svidler (ICC handle p-svidler)
will play two games at a time control of "30 0" -- thirty minutes
each, sudden-death. The winner will receive $300 from About.com, with the loser
netting $100. In case of a tie, the prize fund will be split at $200 each.
The organizer and arbiter for the match is John Fernandez, to whom you may
send any questions at jfernandez@chessclub.com.
World Seniors and German Championships
The World Seniors take place in in Gladenbach, Germany 7-20th November 1999.
Players include previous champions: GM Mark Taimanov (champion 1993, 1994), GM
Alexej Suetin (1996), GM Janis Klovans (1997) and GM Vladimir Bagirov (1998).
GM Ludek Pachmann will play for the first time.
Gerhard Hund will cover the event at his teleschach site.
http://TeleSchach.de/swm-1999/
In addition: The 71st championships of Germany take place in Altenkirchen
this year, 11th-20th November 1999. Players include: GMs Artur Jussupow, Dr.
Robert Huebner, Christopher Lutz, Joerg Hickl (title-holder), Karsten Mueller,
Stefan Kindermann, Sergey Kalinitschew, Klaus Bischoff and Lev Gutman. The
championships are 9 round swiss-system event (Round 1 12th November). Coverage
at: http://TeleSchach.de/dem-1999/
First Saturday Tournaments
The next First Saturday events will take place 6th-18th of November 1999.
The main event will be an IM-tournament and the organisers need a player above
2300 ELO or with an IM or FM title. Contact: Nagy, Laszlo, chess organizer
e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat
http://www.illawarra.net.au/chesscentral/ http://www.planet2000.com/firstsat/
Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59 Mobile: (36)-30-230-1914 ICQ # 44805877
Perenyi Memorial
There will be a Cat.VII-VIII in Gyula (Hungary) in the Hotal Agro 24th
Jan-3rd Feb 2000 which will finish just before the February edition of the
First Saturday tournaments.
Those interested in playing should contact: Emil Anka
Tel-fax:00-36-1-2212328 or Email:emilanka@freemail.hu
Colorado Quick Chess Championships
Nov. 20th-21st 1999 (USCF rated Quick Chess) COLORADO QUICK CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP G/15. Saturday: 7 rnd SWISS qualifier tnmt (and play-offs as
needed on Saturday evening) to determine the top 16 for finals.
Championship Sunday: Double Elimination Knockout tournament MATCHES (w/ 6-5
unrated tiebreak games if necessary), AND Sunday consolation SWISS tnmt (for
all but the top 16 as determined by Saturday's play). WHERE: Radisson Inn, 8110
N. Academy Blvd (I-25 & N. Academy), Colorado Springs, Colorado. ENTRY FEE:
$30 in advance, $35 at site. IMs, GMs (men or women) FREE! Colorado State Chess
Association membership ($12, $6 for jrs, srs) required, but other U.S. states'
memberships are accepted (this is waived for IMs and GMs).
PRIZES: Based on entries (including generous class prizes). Last year, 1st:
$750, 2nd: $350, 3rd: $245. Prizes are also awarded for performances in
Saturday and Sunday SWISS tnmt.
WHEN: Registration: 9:30-10:30am Saturday. Rd 1: 11am Saturday, 9am Sunday
(for both Championship and consolation swiss tnmt). Day's play should be over
by 6:30 pm (extra activities will be scheduled for Saturday evening)! Hotel
Rates: $69 sgl/dbl, includes breakfast for two. tel. (719) 598-5770 (Ask for
chess rates).
CHECKS payable to: CSCA. info: email buckpeace@pcisys.net or phone (719)
685-1984. Mail Entries to: Richard Buchanan, 308 Ruxton Ave, Manitou Springs,
CO 80829. NS, NC, W
World Youth Championships
The World Youth Championships Oropesa del Mar, Spain from the 23th October
to the 6th November 1999. There are sections for u18, u16, u14, u12 and u10
boys and girls. Coverage at:
http://www.feda.org/torneos/fide/oropesa99/index.cfm
and http://195.235.97.120/oropesa99/html/index.html.
IV Lisbon Chess Festival
IV Festival de Xadrez dos Jogos de Lisboa Pavilhão Carlos Lopes
Lisboa, 13th-21st November 1999. The event includes the Portuguese
Championships, the V Lisbon open, and visits, lectures, simuls and press
conferences from Garry Kasparov, Boris Spassky and Mark Dvoretsky. Web site:
http://cmlxadrez.esoterica.pt/
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
XXIX Rilton Cup
Those interested in playing in the Rilton Cup in Stockholm. The event takes
place December 27th 1999- January 6th 2000.
Details: http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/stock.html