THE WEEK IN CHESS 264 29th November 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Hertogenbosch Tournament 30 games
Norkom Invitational Masters 5 games
Argentine Championships 35 games
German Bundesliga 128 games
Austrian Championships 120 games
Austrian Team Championships 180 games
498 games
My thanks to Tim Krabbé, Yury Polsky, Sinisa Joksic, Mitterhuemer
Günter, Michael Atkins, Nigel Johnson, Rubén Casafús and
Adrián Roldán, Maurice Buckley and Ted Jennings, Don Schultz,
Jürgen Daniel's "GM-Schach" site, Laszlo Nagy, Adam Raoof and
all those who helped with this issue.
The 75th Anniversary Celebration of FIDE took place last week in Paris. Its
pretty clear that if FIDE doesn't find the money it needs to pay its staff and
obligations for the FIDE Championships in Las Vegas there are going to be
serious consequences and possibly the meltdown of the entire organisation. We
await further developments. The European Team championships started today, I
don't have news of the first round, there should be much more over the next
week. I look forward to it.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The European Team Championships take place in Batumi, Georgia November
27th-December 8th 1999. The teams consist of 5 men (4 players and 1 reserve)
for the men's competition and 3 women (2 players and 1 reserve) for the women's
competition. The Ukranian and Hungarian teams looks the strongest and Russia
has fielded one of their weakest ever teams (only one player over 2600 unless
there are last minute changes) probably due to lack of sponsorship. Israel
(with Gelfand now on top board), Armenia, Hungary, England and Bulgaria look
likely to be in the fight for the medals. No news as yet on the website below,
the first round is today.
Internet coverage by FIDE at:
http://www.worldfide.com/fide/html/news/batumi.html
The "Tournament of the Future" was being held in Koning Willem I
College, Hertogenbosch (NED) 18th-27th November 1999. Friso Nijboer after
dominating the tournament and securing first place by his first draw in round
8, lost to Ian Rogers in the final round. Rogers shared second place with Paul
Van der Sterren.
Website: http://www.kw1c.nl/chess
Round 4 (November 21, 1999)
Rogers, Ian - Stone, Raymond 1/2 60 A00 Irregular
Welling, Gerard - Bosch, Jeroen 1/2 23 A80 Dutch defence
Hergott, Deen - Donaldson, John W 1/2 15 B39 Sicilian
Buecker, Stefan - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 73 B20 Sicilian
Span, Paul - Van der Sterren, Paul 1/2 40 C85 Ruy Lopez
Round 5 (November 22, 1999)
Nijboer, Friso - Hergott, Deen 1-0 29 C67 Ruy Lopez
Van der Sterren, Paul - Buecker, Stefan 1-0 32 A81 Dutch defence
Bosch, Jeroen - Rogers, Ian 1/2 52 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Donaldson, John W - Welling, Gerard 0-1 39 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Stone, Raymond - Span, Paul 0-1 37 E18 Nimzo indian
Round 6 (November 23, 1999)
Rogers, Ian - Span, Paul 1-0 38 A48 Queen's pawn
Bosch, Jeroen - Donaldson, John W 1-0 42 A40 Queen's pawn
Welling, Gerard - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 35 A01 Larsen (1.b3)
Hergott, Deen - Van der Sterren, Paul 0-1 43 D45 Semi-Slav
Buecker, Stefan - Stone, Raymond 1-0 34 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Round 7 (November 24, 1999)
Nijboer, Friso - Bosch, Jeroen 1-0 61 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Van der Sterren, Paul - Welling, Gerard 1-0 27 A12 English; 1.c4
Span, Paul - Buecker, Stefan 0-1 54 C02 French; Advance
Donaldson, John W - Rogers, Ian 0-1 43 B06 Modern defence
Stone, Raymond - Hergott, Deen 1/2 21 D19 Slav defence
Round 8 (November 25, 1999)
Rogers, Ian - Buecker, Stefan 1-0 32 C03 French; Tarrasch
Bosch, Jeroen - Van der Sterren, Paul 0-1 36 B08 Pirc; Classical
Welling, Gerard - Stone, Raymond 1/2 57 B20 Sicilian
Hergott, Deen - Span, Paul 1-0 38 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Donaldson, John W - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 20 A26 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 9 (November 26, 1999)
Nijboer, Friso - Rogers, Ian 0-1 35 B01 Scandinavian
Van der Sterren, Paul - Donaldson, John W 1-0 57 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Buecker, Stefan - Hergott, Deen 1/2 57 A03 Bird (1.f4)
Span, Paul - Welling, Gerard 1/2 23 B07 Pirc
Stone, Raymond - Bosch, Jeroen 0-1 29 A88 Dutch defence
Tournament of the Future Hertogenbosch NED (NED), 18-26 xi 1999cat. VII (2419)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2559 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2676
2 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2574 1 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2621
3 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2535 0 = * 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2626
4 Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2433 0 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 5.0 2460
5 Welling, Gerard m NED 2368 0 = 0 = * 0 1 = 1 = 4.0 2381
6 Hergott, Deen m CAN 2396 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = = 4.0 2378
7 Buecker, Stefan f GER 2341 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 3.5 2347
8 Span, Paul NED 2226 0 0 = = = 0 0 * = 1 3.0 2315
9 Donaldson, John W m USA 2419 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 2.5 2253
10 Stone, Raymond f CAN 2340 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1.5 2154
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FIDE had its 75th Anniversary Celebrations in Paris. There has been precious
little news from the event (although you can see interviews in English with
Khalifman and Xie Jun from there on TWIC TV
26th November. The only detailed account is a quite serious
one from American FIDE delegate and official Don Schultz at his own website at:
http://www.chessdon.com/new_page_2.htm
which includes an interview with Iljumzhinov and is definitely worth a read
(was anyone else there with a different point of view?). He says that
"FIDE’s 75th Anniversary Celebration held on November 20, 1999 in
Paris turned out to be a public relations nightmare. Plans that initially
included a parade through the streets of Paris and attendance by a wide range
of public celebrities were continually aborted or scaled down; there was no
parade, there were no celebrities."
Worse still was the report from Schultz himself and Gelfer that
""There is a large overdue loan from FIDE to the World Chess
Foundation for SF478,000. Failure by FIDE to collect this may not only have a
substantial impact on FIDE’s ability to continue to provide a full
complement of member services but could endanger FIDE’s very
existence." This and the non-payment of a number of the players from the
FIDE Championships aswell as the non-payment of FIDE staff in recent months
constitutes a very serious crisis for FIDE.
Schulzt quotes Iljumzhinov as saying "All the obligations will be paid
by the end of the year. The reasons for the delay have been the poor
coordination in bank transfers, delays in payments from sponsors, a large prize
fund and dates that kept changing." Khalifman at the moment seems prepared
to wait and accept these assurances, in his TWIC TV interview he said in answer
to whether the next championships will take place in November/December next
year "Yes, the President says it will take place next November and
December and yes we have to prepare .... Now there is no special reasons to
doubt. There were some complications with the prize money this year but I think
it was just a co-incidence, due to lack of organisation practice."
I don't think there can be any doubt that failure to meet this end of year
deadline by FIDE will have very severe consequences. There really isn't any
point on speculating on this, FIDE now will either pay up and sort their
finances or they won't, we await developments.
I don't know how to take the threat of Jan Timman made in a Dutch AT5 TV
interview with Max Pam to leave FIDE in response to drug testing. "I would
not comply, and because I do not want to give up chess for this nonsense, I
might create an alternative federation that has no ties with the IOC. I have
asked other top players, and generally, there is agreement about this. To
cooperate in this silliness as a concession to IOC would defy dignity."
[quote from Tim Krabbé's website at:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm]
The Norkom Invitational Masters tournament took place on the weekend of
November 26th-28th at the Club House Hotel & Butler House, Kilkenny,
Ireland. GMs Jan Timman, Michael Adams, Bogdan Lalic, Julian Hodgson, Mark
Hebden, Alexander Baburin and IMs Matthew Turner and Luke McShane were amongst
the participants.
The event was won by Bogdan Lalic and Julian Hodgson who both finished on
5/6. The pre-event favourite Michael Adams lost his final game to Lalic and was
relegated to a share of 6th place. My thanks to Maurice Buckley and Ted
Jennings for information events. There may be more details available next week.
Kilkenny Masters 1999 - Round 6
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total
1 Michael Adams GM [4] 0:1 Bogdan Lalic GM [4]
2 Julian Hodgson GM [4] 1:0 Matthew Turner IM [3.5]
3 Jan Timman GM [3.5] 1:0 Mark Fergusson IM [3.5]
4 Dharma Tjiam [3.5] 0:1 Mark Hebden GM [3.5]
5 Paul Delaney FM [3.5] 1:0 Mark Heidenfeld IM [3.5]
6 Bas Van Esch [3] 0:1 Alexander Baburin GM [3]
7 Mel O'Cinneide [3] 1/2 Luke McShane IM [3]
8 Uri Rochev [3] 1:0 Robert Bellin IM [3]
9 Paul Dempsey [2.5] 1/2 Stephen Brady FM [2.5]
10 Tom Clarke [2.5] 1:0 Jana Bellin WGM [2.5]
11 Carl Wustefeld [2] 1/2 Eric Dehaan [2.5]
12 Mark Quinn FM [2] 1:0 Ian Gooding [2]
13 Michael Neville [2] 1/2 Philip Short FM [2]
14 Peter Cafolla [2] 1/2 Daire McMahon [2]
15 Richard O'Donovan [1.5] 1/2 Anthony Fox [1.5]
16 Sam Collins [1.5] 0:1 Martin Landenberger [1.5]
17 Frank Vang [1] 1/2 Cormac Brady [1.5]
18 John Anderson [1] 1:0 Jim McCarthy [0]
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Berg.
1-2 Bogdan Lalic GM (5) 2550 5 15.0 21.0 17.25
Julian Hodgson GM (3) 2605 5 13.5 20.5 16.50
3-5 Mark Hebden GM (6) 2510 4.5 17.0 24.0 17.00
Jan Timman GM (2) 2650 4.5 14.5 23.0 16.25
Paul Delaney FM (15) 2305 4.5 12.0 18.5 12.50
6-8 Michael Adams GM (1) 2708 4 15.5 23.5 14.50
Alexander Baburin GM (4) 2593 4 14.0 21.0 12.75
Uri Rochev (17) 2290 4 11.5 18.0 10.50
9-15 Luke McShane IM (8) 2467 3.5 14.5 21.0 10.25
Mark Heidenfeld IM (11) 2368 3.5 14.5 19.0 8.75
Matthew Turner IM (7) 2478 3.5 14.0 21.5 11.25
Mark Fergusson IM (10) 2371 3.5 14.0 21.5 11.00
Dharma Tjiam (13) 2344 3.5 13.0 19.5 9.25
Mel O'Cinneide (19) 2252 3.5 13.0 19.0 8.75
Tom Clarke (20) 2204 3.5 11.5 16.0 6.50
16-21 Paul Dempsey (24) 2168 3 13.0 19.0 9.25
Robert Bellin IM (12) 2351 3 13.0 18.5 7.25
Stephen Brady FM (14) 2310 3 12.0 19.0 7.50
Bas Van Esch (25) 2166 3 12.0 17.5 7.50
Mark Quinn FM (9) 2377 3 10.5 16.5 6.50
Eric Dehaan (18) 2277 3 9.0 13.5 5.50
22-28 Jana Bellin WGM (26) 2163 2.5 13.5 20.5 6.25
Michael Neville (35) 2028 2.5 11.5 17.5 6.75
Daire McMahon (34) 2092 2.5 11.5 17.0 5.25
Peter Cafolla (30) 2108 2.5 11.0 17.0 6.25
Carl Wustefeld (21) 2202 2.5 10.5 17.0 5.50
Martin Landenberger (27) 2143 2.5 10.0 15.0 5.25
Philip Short FM (16) 2295 2.5 10.0 15.0 5.25
29-33 Ian Gooding (32) 2098 2 12.5 19.0 4.00
Cormac Brady (36) 2050 2 10.0 16.5 2.75
Richard O'Donovan (23) 2175 2 9.0 13.5 2.25
John Anderson (22) 2200 2 8.5 12.5 2.25
Anthony Fox (31) 2103 2 8.5 11.5 2.00
34-35 Sam Collins (33) 2097 1.5 11.0 17.0 4.00
Frank Vang (29) 2123 1.5 10.0 13.5 1.00
36 Jim McCarthy (28) 2135 0 9.5 14.5 0.00
The LXXIII Argentine Championships (also the Najdorf mem) runs November
19th - December 5th 1999. After eight rounds of this 13 round all-play-all
Pablo Ricardi leads on 6.5/8 ahead of Pablo Zarnicki and Alfredo Giaccio on
5.0.
Internet coverage at: http://roldan-casafus.com/ by
Rubén Casafús and Adrián Roldán.
ch-ARG Najdorf mem Buenos Aires ARG (ARG), 19 xi-5 xii 1999cat. IX (2470)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2474 * . . = . . = 1 . 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2698
2 Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2497 . * = . = = 1 = = 1 . . . = 5.0 2573
3 Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2505 . = * . = 0 1 1 1 . . 0 . 1 5.0 2584
4 Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2440 = . . * = = 1 = = . . = . = 4.5 2529
5 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2543 . = = = * 1 0 . = = . . . 1 4.5 2514
6 Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2521 . = 1 = 0 * = . = = = . . . 4.0 2487
7 Sorin, Ariel g ARG 2501 = 0 0 0 1 = * . . . 1 . 1 . 4.0 2473
8 Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2448 0 = 0 = . . . * . = 1 1 = . 4.0 2460
9 Panno, Oscar g ARG 2454 . = 0 = = = . . * = 1 . 0 . 3.5 2425
10 Rubinetti, Jorge m ARG 2432 0 0 . . = = . = = * . 1 = . 3.5 2425
11 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2524 0 . . . . = 0 0 0 . * 1 1 1 3.5 2411
12 Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2531 0 . 1 = . . . 0 . 0 0 * 1 = 3.0 2354
13 Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2282 = . . . . . 0 = 1 = 0 0 * 0 2.5 2332
14 Tempone, Marcelo m ARG 2423 0 = 0 = 0 . . . . . 0 = 1 * 2.5 2333
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The German Bundesliga rounds 3 and 4 took place over the weekend 6th-7th
November. There are two teams, SG Porz and SK Delmenhorst both have 8/8 match
points, Solinger SG have already drawn one match. The next matches will be
December 11th-12th 1999. A huge number of the World's best players compete in
this event.
There will be full coverage including all games are provided at the GM
Schach site: http://www.gm-schach.de/.
Further information is at the German Chess Federation site:
http://www.schachbund.de/
3.Runde 6.11.99
SK König Plauen - SK Passau 4,5:3,5
Dresdner SC - SV Tegernsee 4,0:4,0
SFR Neukölln - Solinger SG 3,0:5,0
USC Magdeburg - SV Wattenscheid 5,5:2,5
Lübecker SV - SK Delmenhorst 3,0:5,0
Hamburger SK - Werder Bremen 5,0:3,0
Castrop-Rauxel - SG Porz 2,0:6,0
Godesberger SKP - SV Duisburg 4,5:3,5
4.Runde 7.11.99
SK Passau - Dresdner SC 3,0:5,0
SV Tegernsee - SK König Plauen 2,0:6,0
SG Solingen - USC Magdeburg 5,5:2,5
SV Wattenscheid - SFR Neukölln 3,5:4,5
SK Delmenhorst - Hamburger SK 4,5:3,5
Werder Bremen - Lübecker SV 4,5:3,5
SG Porz - Godesberger SK 6,0:2,0
PSV Duisburg - Castrop-Rauxel 3,0:5,0
Round 4 Standings:
1. SG Porz 23,5: 8,5 8:0
2. SK Delmenhorst 19,0:13,0 8:0
3. SG Solingen 19,0:13,0 7:1
4. Dresdner SC 16,5:15,5 5:3
5. SK König Plauen 16,0:16,0 5:3
6. Godesberger SK 15,5:16,5 5:3
7. Hamburger SK 18,0:14,0 4:4
8. SFR Neukölln 15.5:16,5 4:4
9. Lübecker SV 16,5:15,5 3:5
10.USC Magdeburg 15,5:16,5 3:5
11.SV Tegernsee 15,5:16,5 3:5
12.SV Werder Bremen 14,5:17,5 3:5
13.SK Passau1 4,5:17,5 2:6
14.SV Castrop-Rauxel 10,5:21,5 2:6
15.PSV Duisburg 14,0:18,0 1:7
16.SV Wattenscheid 12,0:20,0 1:7
The 4NCL had its second weekend over November 21-22 1999. Only 1 Slough 1st
has a 100% match record ahead of Wood Green 1st and IKHH who have drawn one
match each. Games should be available next week.
Further info:
http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.chess96/4ncl/4n-m-idx.htm
Division 1 - Round 3
Richmond Slough 1
1 w Williams, Simon 2421 0-1 Turner, Matthew 2478
2 b Quinn, Mark 2377 0-1 Hebden, Mark 2510
3 w Bates, Richard 2376 ½-½ Kosten, Tony 2515
4 b Wall, Gavin 2353 ½-½ McNab, Colin 2445
5 w Delaney, Paul * 2305 0-1 Summerscale, Aaron 2423
6 b Webb, Laurence 2213 1-0 Buckley, Graeme 2320
7 w Trifunovic, Alex 2262 0-1 Lalic, Susan (F) 2318
8 b Shah, Arpi (F) 2079 0-1 Tucker, Alex 2213
2-6
Bigwood 1 Barbican 4NCL 1
1 w Parker, Jonathan 2523 0-1 Pert, Nicholas 2425
2 b McShane, Luke 2467 ½-½ Crouch, Colin 2423
3 w Webster, Andrew 2427 ½-½ Collinson, Adam 2405
4 b Arkell, Keith 2462 1-0 Knott, Simon 2348
5 w Kelly, Brian 2417 1-0 Dishman, Stephen 2364
6 b Baker, Chris 2357 1-0 Lehtivaara, Petri 2336
7 w Ferguson, Mark 2371 ½-½ Rogers, Jonathan 2340
8 b Regan, Natasha (F) 2184 1-0 Kieran, Rosalind (F) 2079
5½-2½
Silvine White Rose The AD's
1 w Davies, Nigel 2518 ½-½ Chandler, Murray 2505
2 b Marusenko, Petr * 2406 0-1 Mestel, Jonathan 2479
3 w Dunnington, Angus 2366 ½-½ Bellin, Robert 2351
4 b Dunworth, Chris 2308 ½-½ Richardson, John 2315
5 w Mah, Karl 2316 1-0 Lyell, Mark 2238
6 b Gayson, Peter 2255 0-1 Timmermans, Ivo 2213
7 w Barrett, Steve 2234 ½-½ Anderton, David 2228
8 b Barnes, Lara (F) 1640 0-1 Bellin, Jana (F) 2163
3-5
North West Eagles Guildford-ADC
1 w Quillan, Gary 2349 ½-½ Plaskett, James 2513
2 b Kennaugh, Charles 2290 1-0 King, Daniel 2501
3 w Lund, Brett 2291 1-0 Rowson, Jonathan 2490
4 b Hague, Ben 2240 ½-½ Webb, Richard 2351
5 w Tebb, David 2272 0-1 Povah, Nigel 2360
6 b Merriman, John 2250 1-0 Anderton, Matthew 2216
7 w James, Dale 2239 0-1 James, Russell 2204
8 b Chevannes, Sabrina 1488 ½-½ Yurenok, Maria (F) 1912
(F)
4½-3½
Bristol 1 Wood Green 1
1 w Ansell, Simon 2373 ½-½ Baburin, Alexander 2593
2 b Burgess, Graham 2300 0-1 Emms, John 2586
3 w Sherwin, James * 2358 0-1 Ward, Chris 2473
4 b Cobb, Charles 2274 0-1 Levitt, Jonathan 2433
5 w Ledger, David 2240 0-1 Pein, Malcolm 2436
6 b Collier, David 2215 ½-½ Littlewood, Paul 2411
7 w McFarland, Robert 2267 ½-½ Sowray, Peter 2358
8 b Buckley, Melanie (F) 2075 ½-½ Jackson, Sheila (F) 2186
2-6
I.K.H.H. 1 Wood Green 2
1 w Nunn, John 2598 1-0 Pert, Richard 2308
2 b Gallagher, Joe 2521 1-0 Law, Andrew 2304
3 w Norwood, David 2518 0-1 Norris, Alan 2337
4 b Stille, Alex (res) 1768 0-1 Wall, Tim 2347
5 w Ledger, Andrew 2431 1-0 Lee, Graham 2328
6 b Black, Richard 2254 0-1 Yastrebov, Alexander 2178
7 w Wade, Bob 2204 ½-½ Tan, Desmond 2182
8 b Richards, Heather 2117 1-0 Lazhevskaya, Zhanna 2051
(F) (F)
4½-3½
Division 1 - Round 4
Guildford-ADC Richmond
1 w Rowson, Jonathan 2490 0-1 Williams, Simon 2421
2 b King, Daniel 2501 0-1 Quinn, Mark 2377
3 w Plaskett, James 2513 1-0 Bates, Richard 2376
4 b Webb, Richard 2351 0-1 Wall, Gavin 2353
5 w Povah, Nigel 2360 ½-½ Delaney, Paul * 2305
6 b Anderton, Matthew 2216 ½-½ Webb, Laurence 2213
7 w James, Russell 2204 0-1 Johnstone, Paul 2293
8 b Yurenok, Maria (F) 1912 1-0 Shah, Arpi (F) 2079
3-5
Barbican 4NCL 1 Silvine White Rose
1 w Pert, Nicholas 2425 ½-½ Davies, Nigel 2518
2 b Crouch, Colin 2423 ½-½ Marusenko, Petr * 2406
3 w Lehtivaara, Petri 2336 ½-½ Mah, Karl 2316
4 b Knott, Simon 2348 ½-½ Dunnington, Angus 2366
5 w Collinson, Adam 2405 1-0 Barrett, Steve 2234
6 b Rogers, Jonathan 2340 0-1 Gayson, Peter 2255
7 w Dishman, Stephen 2364 ½-½ Dunworth, Chris 2308
8 b Kieran, Rosalind (F) 2079 0-1 Barnes, Lara (F) 1640
3½-4½
Wood Green 1 Bigwood 1
1 w Baburin, Alexander 2593 1-0 Parker, Jonathan 2523
2 b Emms, John 2586 0-1 McShane, Luke 2467
3 w Speelman, Jonathan 2597 1-0 Webster, Andrew 2427
4 b Ward, Chris 2473 ½-½ Arkell, Keith 2462
5 w Pein, Malcolm 2436 ½-½ Ferguson, Mark 2371
6 b Littlewood, Paul 2411 0-1 Kelly, Brian 2417
7 w Sowray, Peter 2358 ½-½ Baker, Chris 2357
8 b Jackson, Sheila (F) 2186 ½-½ Regan, Natasha (F) 2184
4-4
Wood Green 2 Bristol 1
1 w Levitt, Jonathan 2433 ½-½ Beaumont, Chris 2295
2 b Wall, Tim 2347 0-1 Ansell, Simon 2373
3 w Norris, Alan 2337 ½-½ Sherwin, James * 2358
4 b Law, Andrew 2304 ½-½ Burgess, Graham 2300
5 w Pert, Richard 2308 ½-½ Buckley, Simon 2216
6 b Yastrebov, Alexander 2178 0-1 Cobb, Charles 2274
7 w Tan, Desmond 2182 ½-½ Ledger, David 2240
8 b Lazhevskaya, Zhanna 2051 0-1 Buckley, Melanie (F) 2075
(F)
2½-5½
The AD's I.K.H.H. 1
1 w Chandler, Murray 2505 1-0 Nunn, John 2598
2 b Mestel, Jonathan 2479 0-1 Gallagher, Joe 2521
3 w Bellin, Robert 2351 0-1 Norwood, David 2518
4 b Richardson, John 2315 ½-½ Ledger, Andrew 2431
5 w Lyell, Mark 2238 ½-½ Farndon, David 2236
6 b Timmermans, Ivo 2213 0-1 Black, Richard 2254
7 w Anderton, David 2228 ½-½ Wade, Bob 2204
8 b Bellin, Jana (F) 2163 0-1 Richards, Heather 2117
(F)
2½-5½
Slough 1 North West Eagles
1 w Hebden, Mark 2510 ½-½ Tebb, David 2272
2 b Turner, Matthew 2478 1-0 Kennaugh, Charles 2290
3 w Kosten, Tony 2515 1-0 Lund, Brett 2291
4 b McNab, Colin 2445 1-0 Quillan. Gary 2349
5 w Summerscale, Aaron 2423 1-0 Hague, Ben 2240
6 b Buckley, Graeme 2320 ½-½ Merriman, John 2250
7 w Lalic, Susan (F) 2318 1-0 James, Dale 2239
8 b Tucker, Alex 2213 1-0 Chevannes, Sabrina 1488
(F)
7-1
Round 4 Standings:
4NCL Division 1 P W D L GP MP
1 Slough 1st 4 4 0 0 24 8
2 Wood Green 1st 4 3 1 0 21½ 7
3 IKHH 1st 4 3 1 0 18½ 7
4 Bigwood 1st 4 2 1 1 17 5
5 Richmond 4 2 1 1 17 5
6 Bristol 1st 4 2 0 2 14½ 4
7 Barbican 4NCL 1st 4 1 1 2 16 3
8 Guildford-ADC 1st 4 1 0 3 15 2
9 ADs 4 1 0 3 12½ 2
10 Silvine White Rose 4 1 0 3 12½ 2
11 NW Eagles 4 1 0 3 12 2
12 Wood Green 2nds 4 0 1 3 11½ 1
The National Chess Congress organised by the Continental Chess Association
took place in Philadelphia November 22nd-28th 1999. The event ended in a 4 way
tie for first place in the Open section. Joel Benjamin, Alexander Shabalov,
Alexander Goldin and Alexander Ivanov all scored 5-1. More details and games
next week. My thanks to Michael Atkins.
Further information http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/ncc/ncc.htm
Mitterhuemer Günter reports: The Austrian Championships took place in
Vienna in August. The winner was IM Nikolaus Stanec, who won his fifth title in
a row. Stanec finished on ten points, as did second placed Ernst Weinzettl who
Stanec beat in the 9th round. 17 year old Eva Moser was also in the field, she
is Austria's strongest women's player and she scored a WIM-Norm in this
category 5 event.
ch-AUT Vienna (AUT), 7-21 x 1999 cat. V (2364)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2477 * 1 = = = = = = = = 1 1 0 1 1 1 10.0 2481
2 Weinzettl, Ernst m AUT 2420 0 * = = 1 = = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2484
3 Sommerbauer, Norbert f AUT 2401 = = * = 0 = = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2456
4 Danner, Georg m AUT 2405 = = = * = 1 = 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 = = 9.0 2432
5 Mahdi, Khaled m AUT 2332 = 0 1 = * = = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 = 9.0 2437
6 Wach, Markus m AUT 2403 = = = 0 = * 0 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 9.0 2433
7 Lendwai, Reinhard m AUT 2371 = = = = = 1 * = = = = = = = 1 = 8.5 2413
8 Casagrande, Harald m AUT 2360 = 1 1 0 0 0 = * = 1 = = 0 1 1 1 8.5 2413
9 Weiss, Christian f AUT 2444 = = 0 = = = = = * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2408
10 Baumegger, Siegfried m AUT 2409 = 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 = = = = 7.5 2360
11 Kummer, Helmut f AUT 2321 0 = = = = = = = 1 0 * 0 = = = 1 7.0 2345
12 Moser, Eva wf AUT 2223 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = = 0 1 * 1 = = 1 7.0 2352
13 Hoelzl, Franz m AUT 2410 1 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1 7.0 2339
14 Kwatschewsky, Leo f AUT 2307 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 * = = 3.5 2156
15 Hansen, Kay AUT 2240 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * 1 3.5 2160
16 Stichlberger, Martin AUT 2296 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 * 2.5 2095
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Mitterhuemer Günter reports: The convent of Melk was the venue for the
first five rounds of the Austrian Staatsliga 1999-2000. These rounds took place
October 22nd-26th 1999. Perhaps even at this early stage the winner of the
league has been already established. The team of Merkur with five grandmasters
Joel Lautier, Alexander Chernin, Stefan Kindermann, Thomas Luther, Henrik Teske
and the Austrian champion IM Nikolaus Stanec is already dominating the
Staatsliga. They are especially strong on boards 4-6 where they scored 14.5/15.
Merkur only lost one game (Alexander Chernin lost against the Austrian IM
Oliver Lehner in 28 moves) in this first series of matches. 19 GMs and 17 IMs
took part.
Further details: http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/stlg99/
Rk Team + = - Pts MP
1 SK Merkur 5 0 0 24 10
2 1. Wr Neustädter SV 3 1 1 16½ 7
3 SK Hietzing/Fischer 3 0 2 16½ 6
4 SK Fürstenfeld 4 0 1 16 8
5 SV NÖ Melk-Wachau 2 2 1 15½ 6
6 SK Hohenems 2 1 2 15½ 5
7 SK Ottakring 2 0 3 13½ 4
8 Raika Zell/Zillertal 0 3 2 13½ 3
9 SK Mozart 1910 0 2 3 13½ 2
10 ESV Austria Graz 2 1 2 13 5
11 Gleisdorf 0 3 2 12 3
12 SK Die Klagenfurter 0 1 4 10½ 1
Just a repeat of the report as when first reported I forgot the final table.
Sinisa Joksic: Ivan Ivanisevic, a 22 year old IM from Belgrade won the
Category VIII tournament in Lazarevac and made his final GM norm. He missed a
short norm in 11 round by drawing with Colovic. In last two rounds Ivanisevic
beat Benkovic and Peev. Aleksandar Kovacevic, also was near a norm. He had
chances to win against Vuckovic in the 11th round. The event was played in
Lazarevac, a township of Belgrade, but 100 kilometers from the center. There
were about 20 spectators daily whereas in Belgrade a few hundred could have
been expected. Actually Belgrade's chess players had expected an Investbanka
Super Tournament this years as did many of the world's best players. It is
unclear who decided this event would be cancelled.
28th International Lazarevac YUG (YUG), 31 x-13 xi 1999 cat. VIII (2437)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Ivanisevic, Ivan m YUG 2447 * = 1 = 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 9.5 2610
2 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2535 = * = = 0 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 8.5 2538
3 Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2464 0 = * 1 = = 1 1 = 0 = = 1 1 8.0 2521
4 Kovacevic, Aleksandar m YUG 2478 = = 0 * = = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 8.0 2520
5 Ninov, Nikolai m BUL 2454 0 1 = = * 1 = = = = = = = 1 7.5 2492
6 Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2480 = 0 = = 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 7.0 2462
7 Govedarica, Radovan m YUG 2476 0 1 0 0 = 1 * = = 0 1 1 1 = 7.0 2462
8 Vuckovic, Bojan YUG 2433 1 0 0 = = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 6.5 2436
9 Rajkovic, Dusan g YUG 2474 = = = = = 0 = = * = = 1 0 = 6.0 2404
10 Solak, Dragan YUG 2457 0 0 1 = = = 1 = = * 0 = = 0 5.5 2377
11 Peev, Peicho m BUL 2343 0 0 = = = 0 0 = = 1 * 0 = = 4.5 2333
12 Benkovic, Petar YUG 2328 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 = 1 * = = 4.5 2334
13 Colovic, Aleksandar m FRM 2423 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = = = * 1 4.5 2327
14 Perunovic, Milos f YUG 2319 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = = 0 * 4.0 2304
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Emanuel Sztein July 17th 1934 - Oct 3rd 1999
Emanuel (Edward) Sztein passed away on October 3, 1999. Sztein was born to a
family of actors in Byelostok, Poland on July 17, 1934. During World War II he
lived in the Soviet Union. He was able to escape there with his family. Later
he was able to return to his native country, Poland. Eventually, Sztein
emigrated to the United States. He was a USCF chess master and a prolific chess
writer. Among more than a dozen books he authored were Literary Chess
Collisions:from Nabokov and Tal to Solzhetitsyn and Fischer published in 1993
and Mnemozina and Kaissa (the first anthology of Russian chess poetry)published
in 1973. Sztein's field of specialization included Polish and Russian poetry,
culture, literature and, of course, chess. After Edward was Korchnoi's eloquent
spokesman during championship match in 1981 in Merano (Italy,) he became known
to chess fans all over the world. The chess world will miss Edward dearly.
Yury Polsky Associate Professor West Chester University Pennsylvania, USA
Lodewijk Prins Jan 27th 1913 - 11 Nov 1999
Lodewijk Prins has died at the age of 86 in the Netherlands. He was a GM
(1982 awarded for retrospective achievements), International Arbiter, lecturer,
author and translator aswell as lecturing at a technical university. He won the
Dutch title in 1965 and played in 12 consecutive Olympiads for the Netherlands
between 1937 and 1968. As an author and translator he produced many works of
which probably most well known for his collaboration with Euwe " Het
Schaakphenomeen Capablanca" on Capablanca one of the best books on the
Cuban.
You can read more on Tim Krabbé's chess diary page:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm
The Professional Chess Rankings for December 1st have been released.
Produced by Ken Thomson , New Jersey Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2838 140
2. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2734 114
3. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2724 189
4. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2722 118
5. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2705 181
6. Kamsky,Gata USA 2696 184
7. Leko,Peter HUN 2694 139
8. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2685 151
9. Gelfand,Boris ISR 2675 148
10. Adams,Michael ENG 2674 172
11. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2673 153
12. Short,Nigel D ENG 2667 144
13. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2652 172
14. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2651 131
15. Movsesian,Sergei CZE 2650 155
16. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2646 134
17. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2645 155
18. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2638 171
19. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2638 159
20. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2630 167
21. Timman,Jan H NED 2629 198
22. Svidler,Peter RUS 2628 160
23. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2626 158
24. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2625 136
25. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2621 170
26. Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2620 150
27. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2620 174
28. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2617 164
29. Lautier,Joel FRA 2616 142
30. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2616 141
31. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2616 171
32. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2615 128
33. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2615 181
34. Smirin,Ilia ISR 2613 160
35. Salov,Valery RUS 2612 199
36. Gulko,Boris F USA 2610 163
37. Hansen,Curt DEN 2609 159
38. Piket,Jeroen NED 2608 152
39. Avrukh,Boris ISR 2608 206
40. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2608 190
41. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2607 198
42. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2604 175
43. Polgar,Judit HUN 2604 178
44. Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2603 169
45. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2602 186
46. Ponomariov,Ruslan UKR 2602 171
47. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2602 202
48. Yusupov,Artur GER 2602 150
49. Fedorov,Alexey BLR 2599 176
50. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2597 160
DEN Aars Cup GM Cat.9
CHN Qingdao Daily Cup Cat.10
GER Fuert open
UAE Abudhabi open
BIH Bugojno European Club Cup final
ESP Marbella Veterans vs Lady
ARM Yerevan Championship Cat.10
FRA Cannes Tkachev-van der Wiel
RUS St.Petersburg Russian Cup Stage 1
GER Altenkirchen Champijnship
ENG Port Erin, Monarch Assurance Int.
GER Bundesliga Rounds 3 and 4
YORK VIKING CHESS FESTIVAL
Note there are places for a GM norm and IM norm seekers, and three norm
seekers (including one FM) for the IM event.) There are tournaments for FIDE
ratings and an U150 event. Those interested should contact Adam Raoof at
adam@circuit.demon.co.uk
This is probably the strongest all-play-all ever held in Yorkshire and I'll
certainly be there for part of the time (Mark C).
Lady Anne Middleton's Hotel, York - 13th-22nd December 1999
Rooms only £17.50 a night at the hotel venue!
YORK VIKINGS
Julian Hodgson (2605 ENG) Jonny Hector (2505 SWE) Emil Sutovsky (2587 ISR)
Tiger Hillarp-Persson (2507 SWE) Jonathan Rowson (2490 SCO) Alexei Barsov (2539
UZB)
CHALLENGERS
Keith Arkell (2462g ENG) Aaron Summerscale (2423g ENG) Colin McNab (2445g
SCO) Danny Gormally (2476m ENG) Irina Krush (2432m USA) Odion Aikhoje (2341m
NGR) Georg Seul (2445m GER) William Paschall (2332f USA) Peter Meister (2417m
GER) Plus one other 2300+ to be announced.
YORK OPEN
A nine round FIDE rated tournament. Get a whole or part rating, complete
your rating, improve your rating here! Play in this tournament is from 2pm to
9pm daily and 11am to 5pm on the 22nd December. There is a rest day and Blitz
tournament (no rest day in the top event) on Saturday 18th December. Entry Fee
- £25 for rated players (on the July 1999 list), £40 for unrated
players. Juniors Under 16 at the beginning of the tournament may claim a
£10 discount when entering in advance.
MASTERS
IM Valer Krutti (2357 HUN) IM Peter Marusenko (2406 UKR) IM Richard Bates
(2376 ENG) Craig Hanley (2178 ENG) Thomas Bree (2272 GER) FM Lawrence Cooper
(2350 ENG) Vinay Bhat (2388 USA) Places for IM norm seekers 2250+ still
available.
MAJOR UNDER 150 CONGRESS
An U-150 only tournament graded by the BCF Six rounds over four days. Time
limit 30 moves in 1hr 15 minutes, then 15 minutes added to the clock for a
quickplay finish. Sunday 19th December - Round 1: 11am to 2pm, Round 2: 3pm to
6pm Monday 20th - Round 3: 3pm to 6pm Tuesday 21st - Round 4: 11am to 2pm,
Round 5: 3pm to 6pm Wednesday 22nd - Round 6: 11am to 2pm PRIZES will be based
on entries and will be announced before the start of Round 2. Entry Fee:
£25.00.
ONE-DAY BLITZ
Amsterdam System (at least fifteen games - not a knock-out) Time limit 5
minutes per player per game (FIDE Blitz Rules). Saturday 18th December - 11am
to 6pm PRIZES will be based on entries and will be announced before the start
of Round 2. Entry Fee: £5.00.
INFORMATION AND ENTRIES
Adam Raoof 21 Golderton Prince of Wales Close Hendon London NW4 4QZ
Tel/Fax; (0181) 202 0982 E-Mail; adam@circuit.demon.co.uk Web;
www.circuit.demon.co.uk ACCOMMODATION
Lady Anne Middleton's Hotel Skeldergate York YO1 1DS
Tel; (01904) 630 456 Fax; (01904) 613 043
Please quote the 'Viking Chess Festival' when booking your room!
Swiss Chess Tour 1999 and 2000
The "Swiss Chess Tour 99" will finish with the "Ambassador
Open" in Bern, December 26.-30. 1999 and the new "Swiss Chess Tour
2000" will start two days later with the "Hilton Open" in Basel,
January 1.-5. 2000. The "Ambassador open" is 6 years old, and is held
in the Hotel Ambassador. The "Hilton Open" is the second such event
in this venue, the first was last January, this new events shows that chess is
very popular in Basel.
The both tournament are 7 rounds, Swiss system. The games will last a
maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end).
Prize are the same in Bern and Basel: 2.000 SF, 1.500, 1.000, 800, 600,
500, 400, 300, 250 and 200 SF. From 11.- 20. places natural prizes. The special
prizes for best Lady, senior, junior, schoolboy and best local player.
Enter fee 130 SF, juniors 60 SF, at the door 10 SF more, GM and IM free.
Time table for "Ambassador Open":
December 26.: The last registration 11.00-12.15
Open ceremony 12.15-12.30
Round 1st 12.30-17.30
December 27.: Round 2nd 9.30-14.30
Round 3rd 15.30-20.30
December 28.: Round 4th 12.30
December 29.: Round 5th 9.30-14.30
Round 6th 15.30-20.30
December 30.: Round 7th 9.30-14.30
Closing ceremony 15.30
Time table for "Hilton Open":
January 1.: The last registration 10.00-11.15
Open ceremony 11.15-11.30
Round 1st 11.30-16.30
Round 2nd 17.30-22.30
January 2.: Round 3rd 10.30-15.30
Round 4th 16.30-21.30
January 3.: Round 5th 17.30-22.30
The first four play knock-out and the other continue
tournament.
January 4.: Round 6th 17.30-22.30 (The semi-final 16.00-21.00)
January 5.: Round 7th 13.30-18.30 (The final 12.00-19.00)
The closing ceremony 19.00-19.30
Last years winners were, surprising, IM Peter Velicka (CZE) in the
"Ambassador Open" and GM Andrei Sokolov (RUS) in "Hilton
Open".
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri
tel. +41+31+768-01-60
faf +41+31+768-01-61
E-mail beochess@swissonline.ch
http://www.beochess.ch
Carlos Torre Memorial in Yucatan, Mexico
The Carlos Torre Memorial in Yucatan, Mexico takes place 14th-21st December
1999. It is likely to be the strongest chess tournament ever held in Mexico.
Christiansen, Gulko, Miles, Hickl, Komarov, Hernandez, are to play. The event
is not an ordinary one. The players will travel to four different cities, some
of them are archeological treasures and experience the culture and food of the
Mayas. The media in Yucatan is very excited and many spectators are expected.
Interested players can still contact the president of the Yucatan Chess
Association at hcamaron@pibil.finred.com.mx
Further information: http://fi.uady.mx/aay/
Groningen Chess Festival
The 38th International Chess Tournament takes place December 19th up to and
including December 31st 1999. Further information on the event is to be found
at: http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~johan-z/
First Saturday December
1. GM-tournament, round robin, cat.VII. 9-13 games, for the GM-norms, 2.
IM-tmt, round robin, cat.II-III., 9-13 games, for the IM-norms, 3. FM-tmt,
round robin, ELO-average about 2100, 9-13 games, for the FM norms and for the
ELO-rating., 4. Scheveningen system tmt, for the FIDE-ELO, 9 games. There are
still vacancies.
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
XVIth Cappelle la Grande Open
The XVIth Cappelle la Grande Open takes place in the "Palais des Arts
et des Loisir" 19th-26th February 2000.
Entries: by cheque or money order to "l’Echiquier
Cappellois" to:
M. Michel GOUVART 2, Place de Flandre 59180 CAPPELLE LA GRANDE - FRANCE
Tél./Fax : 33/ 03 28 64 94 98
Adults : 220 F Juniors and over 60s: 110 F
Dates: Opening ceremony and round 1 19th February 2000 Closing ceremony
26th Feb 2000.
Prizefund: 80 000 F minimum. 1st prize: 10 000 F / 2e: 5000 F / 3e: 4000F /
4e: 3000F / 5e: 2000F / 6e: 1500F / 7e à 10e : 1000F Other prize
categories for Elo, Jeunes, Féminins, Vétérans
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
Zadar open
Christmas chess tournament "Zadar'99" (Zadar open) will take place
from 11.-19.12.1999. All informations on
http://sites.netscape.net/mladen18/zadar/index.htm
Those interested in playing should contact: Emil Anka
Tel-fax:00-36-1-2212328 or Email:emilanka@freemail.hu
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
TWIC CD is out NOW.