THE WEEK IN CHESS 265 6th December 1999 by Mark Crowther
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The European Team Championships are coming to a conclusion. It very much
looks like Armenia will take the title. They almost have their full team out
and it has always performed well in team competitions. Judit Polgar hasn't
always done well in team events but her performance in Batumi has been
excellent and with 6.5/8 is likely to be the best of the event. FIDE's new www
site is welcome, as is the publishing of interim rating reports before the next
list is released in time for January so that the results can be queried.
Burmese players Htun Htun Than (2595 up 99 points the maximum increase allowed)
and Zaw Win Lay (2591.50 up 26.50) appear in the December list, to a number of
observers, this does not look at all right.
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. With one round to go Armenia are a point clear and look odds on to
take Gold having led throughout the competition. In second are Hungary who were
the pre-event favourites. Judit Polgar has scored 6.5/8 undefeated for a
performance of around 2850 on board 2 for Hungary, by far the best of the
event.
In the games section the games Markowski-Nevednichy, Izeta-Ponomariov
and Movsesian-Sokolov go haywire at the end. As a general point the electronic
board is a marvelous thing but it is not sufficient, a good bulletin editor
(and team) is also required, I wonder how many games are lost due to belief
that they are always correct. The scoresheet is the record of the game and
should be checked against all gamescores, many, many games probably have
extraneous moves at the end, this does not just apply to recent FIDE
coverage.
Round 1
Armenia already set out their intentions with a 4-0 win against
Belgium.
Round 1 29-11-1999
Austria 1.5 - 2.5 Croatia
Azerbaijan 1 - 3 Russia
Belgium 0 - 4 Armenia
Bosnia&Herz 2.5 - 1.5 Georgia-2
Bulgaria 3.5 - 0.5 Lithuania
England 3 - 1 FYROM
France 1 - 3 Hungary
Georgia 3 - 1 Turkey
Germany 2.5 - 1.5 Slovakia
Israel 2 - 2 Slovenia
Italy 2 - 2 Spain
Latvia 1.5 - 2.5 Czech Republic.
Poland 4 - 0 Portugal
Romania 4 - 0 Ireland
Scotland 0.5 - 3.5 Belarus
Sweden 1.5 - 2.5 Netherlands
Switzerland 3.5 - 0.5 Finland
Yugoslavia 2 - 2 Ukraine
Women's Teams
Bulgaria 1 - 1 Spain
Croatia 0 - 2 Georgia
Czech Republic 1.5 - 0.5 Portugal
Finland 1 - 1 Russia
France 0 - 2 Ukraine
Georgia-2 2 - 0 Lithuania
Georgia-3 1 - 1 Estonia
Greece 1.5 - 0.5 Austria
Israel 0.5 - 1.5 FYROM
Italy 0 - 2 Bosnia&Herzegov
Latvia 0 - 2 Hungary
Poland 2 - 0 Azerbaijan
Romania 1.5 - 0.5 Netherlands
Scotland 0.5 - 1.5 England
Slovenia 0.5 - 1.5 Germany
Sweden 0.5 - 1.5 Armenia
Turkey 0.5 - 1.5 Switzerland
Yugoslavia 2 - 0 Slovakia
Round 2
Armenia narrowly beat Poland who turned out to be a little stronger than
their seeding. England lost to Russia 3-1 and Bulgarian were held by
Switzerland.
Men's Teams
Round 2 30 Nov 1999
Armenia 2.5 - 1.5 Poland
Belarus 1.5 - 2.5 Romania
Croatia 1.5 - 2.5 Israel
Czech Rep. 2 - 2 Germany
Finland 2 - 2 Belgium
Fyrom 1 - 3 Azerbaijan
Georgia-2 1 - 3 Latvia
Hungary 3 - 1 Georgia
Lithuania 4 - 0 Scotland
Netherlands 2.5 - 1.5 Bosnia&Herz.
Portugal 3 - 1 Ireland
Russia 3 - 1 England
Slovakia 2.5 - 1.5 Austria
Slovenia 3.5 - 0.5 Sweden
Spain 3.5 - 0.5 Yugoslavia
Switzerland 2 - 2 Bulgaria
Turkey 0.5 - 3.5 France
Ukraine 2.5 - 1.5 Italy
Women's Teams 30-11-1999
Armenia 1.5 - 0.5 Switzerland
Austria 1.5 - 0.5 Scotland
Azerbaijan 1 - 1 Croatia
BIH 0.5 - 1.5 Romania
England 1 - 1 Greece
Estonia 0.5 - 1.5 Israel
Fyrom 0.5 - 1.5 Bulgaria
Georgia 0.5 - 1.5 Poland
Germany 1.5 - 0.5 Czech Republic
Hungary 0.5 - 1.5 Georgia-2
Italy 0 - 2 France
Lithuania 0 - 2 Latvia
Netherlands 1 - 1 Sweden
Portugal 1 - 1 Slovenia
Russia 0.5 - 1.5 Georgia-3
Slovakia 2 - 0 Turkey
Spain 1.5 - 0.5 Finland
Ukraine 1 - 1 Yugoslavia
Round 3
Top seeds Hungary beat Russia 2.5-1.5 after three games were drawn and
Judit Polgar beat Sergei Volkov on the white side of a French Defence. Second
seeds Israel were defeated 2.5-1.5. There were three decisive games in the
match, all black wins on boards one, two and three, Gelfand lost with white on
one for the Israelis. Armenia beat Romania 3-1 to take a clear lead in this
early stage of the event. On the individual front Lautier beat Ivanchuk in
their game. Standings: 1. Armenia 9.5, 2. Hungary 8.5, 3. Bulgaria 8.0
4. Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Spain, Ukraine 7.5 13. England, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland 7.0 are the top
standings in the Men's event. In the women's event: Yugoslavia 5.0, Bulgaria,
Georgia, Georgia II and Poland 4.5.
Men's results 1st December 1999
Austria 1 - 3 Georgia-2
Belgium 2 - 2 Turkey
Bosnia&Herz. 1.5 - 2.5 Croatia
Bulgaria 2.5 - 1.5 Slovenia
England 3 - 1 Slovakia
France 1 - 3 Ukraine
Georgia 2 - 2 Azerbaijan
Germany 3 - 1 Latvia
Ireland 1 - 3 Scotland
Israel 1.5 - 2.5 Belarus
Italy 3.5 - 0.5 Portugal
Lithuania 1 - 3 Czech Rep.
Netherlands 2.5 - 1.5 Switzerland
Poland 2 - 2 Spain
Romania 1 - 3 Armenia
Russia 1.5 - 2.5 Hungary
Sweden 3 - 1 Fyrom
Yugoslavia 2.5 - 1.5 Finland
Women's Results
Bosnia&Herzegov 1 - 1 England
Bulgaria 2 - 0 Armenia
Croatia 1 - 1 Scotland
Czech Republic 1.5 - 0.5 Fyrom
Finland 0.5 - 1.5 Netherlands
France 0 - 2 Slovakia
Georgia-2 1 - 1 Poland
Georgia-3 0 - 2 Georgia
Greece 1 - 1 Hungary
Israel 1.5 - 0.5 Spain
Latvia 0 - 2 Russia
Lithuania 2 - 0 Italy
Romania 1 - 1 Ukraine
Slovenia 1 - 1 Estonia
Sweden 0.5 - 1.5 Portugal
Switzerland 2 - 0 Austria
Turkey 1 - 1 Azerbaijan
Yugoslavia 2 - 0 Germany
Round 4
Round 4 saw clear leaders Armenia draw against Hungary, so the one
point difference remains (results were: Lputian 1/2 Leko, Polgar 1-0 Minasian,
Anastasian 1/2 Almasi and Chernin 0-1 Aronian). Bulgaria just edged out Belarus
2.1-1.5 ( Federov-Topalov and Kiril Georgiev-Aleksandrov were drawn) and they
join Hungary on 10.5. Germany beat Spain (the board one clash Shirov-Jussupow
was drawn, Dautov won on board 3 against Luis Comas). England made up some
ground by beating Slovenia 3-1 (Beliavsky 1/2 Short, Speelman 1/2
Mikhalchishin, Pavasovic 0-1 Conquest, Chandler 1-0 Grosar. Switzerland were
3-1 winners against Italy and Poland beat Romania.
Leading Standings: 1 Armenia 11.5 2 Hungary 10.5
3 Bulgaria
10.5; 4 Russia 10.0; 5 Poland 10.0; 6 Switzerland 10.0; 7 Germany 10.0; 8
England 10.0; 9 Netherlands 9.5; 10 Czech Republic 9.5
In the women's event: 1 Yugoslavia 6.0; 2 Georgia 2 5.5; 3 Georgia 5.5;
4 Bulgaria 5.5; 5 Romania 5.5; 6 Slovakia 5.5; 7 Russia 5.5; 8 Switzerland 5.5;
Men's Results
Armenia 2 - 2 Hungary
Azerbaijan 1 - 3 Israel
Belarus 1.5 - 2.5 Bulgaria
Croatia 2 - 2 Georgia
Czech Rep. 2 - 2 Netherlands
Finland 1.5 - 2.5 Austria
Fyrom 3 - 1 Ireland
Georgia-2 2.5 - 1.5 France
Latvia 1.5 - 2.5 Bosnia&Herz.
Portugal 3 - 1 Belgium
Romania 1.5 - 2.5 Poland
Scotland 0 - 4 Turkey
Slovakia 2 - 2 Lithuania
Slovenia 1 - 3 England
Spain 1.5 - 2.5 Germany
Sweden 2 - 2 Yugoslavia
Switzerland 3 - 1 Italy
Ukraine 1.5 - 2.5 Russia
Women's Results
Armenia 2 - 0 Netherlands
Austria 0 - 2 Croatia
Azerbaijan 1 - 1 France
Bulgaria 1 - 1 Georgia-2
England 1 - 1 Israel
Estonia 0 - 2 Latvia
Fyrom 0.5 - 1.5 Slovenia
Georgia 1 - 1 Yugoslavia
Germany 1 - 1 Spain
Hungary 1.5 - 0.5 Czech Republic
Italy 0 - 2 Turkey
Poland 0.5 - 1.5 Romania
Portugal 0 - 2 Georgia-3
Russia 2 - 0 Greece
Scotland 0 - 2 Lithuania
Slovakia 1.5 - 0.5 Bosnia&Herzegov;
Sweden 0.5 - 1.5 Finland
Ukraine 0.5 - 1.5 Switzerland
Round 5
Round 5 saw leaders Armenia beat Bulgaria 2.5-1.5 (results: Topalov 1-0
Lputian, Art Minasian 1/2 Kir Georgiev, Delchev 0-1 Anastasian, Aronian 1-0 Vl
Georgiev). Second placed Hungary play England, Judit Polgar started with 4/4 on
board 2 but was held by Speelman this afternoon. (pairings: Leko 1/2 Short,
Speelman 1/2 Polgar, Almasi 1/2 Emms, Conquest 1/2 Pinter). Despite a weakened
squad Russia are still in touch and they play Germany (Huebner 1/2 Fillipov,
Volkov 1/2 Dautov, Lutz 1/2 Galkin, Grischuk 1/2 Gabriel). Poland beat
Switzerland (Krasenkow 1/2 Korchnoi and Milov 1/2 Macieja wins for Socko over
Gallagher and Kempinski over Pelletier), and Ukraine meet Spain (Ivanchuk 1/2
Shirov; Illescas 1/2 Onischuk, Romanishin 1-0 Magem, Izeta 1/2 Ponomariov).
Leading Standings: 1 Armenia 14.0 2 Poland 13.0 3 Hungary 12.5 4
Russia 12.0 5 Bulgaria 12.0 6 Netherlands 12.0 7 Germany 12.0 8 England 12.0 9
Israel 11.5 10 Ukraine 11.5 11 Switzerland 11.0 12 Czech Republic 11.0 13
Romania 11.0
Round 5 Results 3rd Dec 1999
Men's results
Austria 1.5 - 2.5 Latvia
Bulgaria 1.5 - 2.5 Armenia
Croatia 2 - 2 Romania
France 1.5 - 2.5 Sweden
Fyrom 2 - 2 Portugal
Georgia 1.5 - 2.5 Bosnia&Herz.
Georgia-2 1.5 - 2.5 Slovenia
Germany 2 - 2 Russia
Hungary 2 - 2 England
Ireland 0.5 - 3.5 Belgium
Israel 2.5 - 1.5 Czech Rep.
Italy 2 - 2 Lithuania
Netherlands 2.5 - 1.5 Belarus
Poland 3 - 1 Switzerland
Scotland 0 - 4 Finland
Turkey 1.5 - 2.5 Azerbaijan
Ukraine 2.5 - 1.5 Spain
Yugoslavia 2.5 - 1.5 Slovakia
Women's results
Austria 1.5 - 0.5 Italy
Azerbaijan 1.5 - 0.5 Sweden
Czech Republic 1 - 1 Bosnia&Herzegov
England 1 - 1 Ukraine
France 2 - 0 Fyrom
Georgia-2 0 - 2 Slovakia
Georgia-3 2 - 0 Croatia
Greece 2 - 0 Turkey
Israel 1 - 1 Hungary
Latvia 1 - 1 Finland
Lithuania 1 - 1 Germany
Netherlands 1 - 1 Portugal
Poland 0.5 - 1.5 Armenia
Romania 0.5 - 1.5 Bulgaria
Russia 0.5 - 1.5 Georgia
Scotland 1 - 1 Estonia
Spain 2 - 0 Slovenia
Switzerland 0 - 2 Yugoslavia
Round 6
The leaders Armenia met England in round 6 (Short 1/2
Lputian, Minasian 1/2 Speelman, Emms 1/2 Anastasian, Aronian 0-1 Chandler) and
lost 1.5-2.5. Two big results had lifted Poland into clear second above
Hungary but they lost here thanks in part to yet another win from Judit
Polgar (now +5=1). (Leko 1/2 Krasenkow, Macieja 0-1 Polgar, Almasi 1-0 Socko,
Kempinski 1-0 Pinter). Other matches: Bulgaria-Germany (Jussupow 1/2
Topalov, Kir Georgiev 1-0 Huebner, Dautov 1-0 V Georgiev, Genov 1/2 Lutz),
Russia-Netherlands (Filippov 0-1 Piket, Van Wely 1/2 Kobalija, Galkin
1/2 Tiviakov, Van der Wiel 1/2 Grischuk), Israel-Ukraine (Gelfand 0-1
Ivanchuk , Onischuk 1/2 Smirin, Avrukh 0-1 Ponomariov, Malaniuk 1/2 Psakhis).
Other games today included: Korchnoi 1-0 Istratescu, Shirov 1/2 Fedorov, Ivan
Sokolov 1/2 Beliavsky, Lanka 1/2 Atalik, Fernandes 1/2 Lautier.
Standings: 1 Armenia 15.5 2 Hungary 15.0 3 Netherlands 14.5 4
England 14.5 5 Poland 14.5 6 Ukraine 14.5 7 Bulgaria 14.0 8 Germany 14.0 9
Czech Repubic 14.0 10 Russia 13.5 11 Switzerland 13.5 12 Belarus 13.5 13 BIH
13.0
Men 4th December 1999
Belgium 1 - 3 Slovakia
Bosnia&Herz. 2.5 - 1.5 Slovenia
Czech Rep. 3 - 1 Croatia
England 2.5 - 1.5 Armenia
Finland 1.5 - 2.5 Georgia
Germany 2 - 2 Bulgaria
Hungary 2.5 - 1.5 Poland
Ireland 1.5 - 2.5 Austria
Israel 1 - 3 Ukraine
Latvia 3 - 1 Turkey
Lithuania 2.5 - 1.5 Azerbaijan
Portugal 1 - 3 France
Russia 1.5 - 2.5 Netherlands
Scotland 0.5 - 3.5 Fyrom
Spain 1 - 3 Belarus
Sweden 3 - 1 Italy
Switzerland 2.5 - 1.5 Romania
Yugoslavia 2 - 2 Georgia-2
Women
Armenia 1.5 - 0.5 Georgia-3
Bosnia&Herzegov 1.5 - 0.5 Latvia
Croatia 0.5 - 1.5 Czech Republic
Estonia 1 - 1 Austria
Finland 1.5 - 0.5 Azerbaijan
Fyrom 1.5 - 0.5 Italy
Germany 0.5 - 1.5 France
Hungary 1 - 1 Romania
Israel 1.5 - 0.5 Georgia-2
Lithuania 0.5 - 1.5 England
Slovakia 1.5 - 0.5 Georgia
Slovenia 1.5 - 0.5 Netherlands
Spain 1.5 - 0.5 Russia
Sweden 1 - 1 Scotland
Switzerland 1 - 1 Poland
Turkey 0.5 - 1.5 Portugal
Ukraine 1.5 - 0.5 Greece
Yugoslavia 1 - 1 Bulgaria
Round 7
The leaders Armenia beat 3rd placed Netherlands 3-1 in
round 7 (Lputian 1/2 Piket, Van Wely 0-1 Art Minasian, Anastasian 1-0 Tiviakov,
Reinderman 1/2 Aronian) to extend their lead with only two rounds to go. Second
placed Hungary drew quickly with the Ukraine 2-2, all games being
drawn (Ivanchuk 1/2 Leko, Polgar 1/2 Onischuk, Romanishin 1/2 Almasi, Pinter
1/2 Ponomariov (14 move draw). Fourth placed England played
Poland (Krasenkow 1-0 Speelman, Emms 1/2 Macieja, Socko 0-1 Conquest,
Chandler 0-1 Kempinski) and in spite of Conquest being the first winner Poland
won 2.5-1.5 with Krasenkow beating Speelman and Kempinski winning with black
against Chandler. Other pairings: Bulgaria beat the Czech Rep
3-1. (Topalov 1-0 Movsesian, Hracek 0-1 Kir Georgiev, Delchev 1-0 Babula, Oral
1-0 Genev), Belarus - Germany was a 2-2 draw. (Federov 1-0
Jussupow, Huebner 1/2 Aleksandrov, Dydyshko 1/2 Dautov, Gabriel 1-0 Kupreichik)
and Russia beat Switzerland 2.5-1.5 (Volkov 1/2 Korchnoi, Milov
0-1 Kobalija, Galkin 1/2 Gallagher, Pelletier 1/2 Grischuk)
Leading Standings: 1 Armenia 18.5 2 Hungary 17.0 3 Bulgaria 17.0
4 Poland 17.0 5 Ukraine 16.5 6 England 16.0 7 Russia 16.0 8 Germany 16.0 9
Slovenia 16.0 10 Israel 16.0 11 Netherlands 15.5 12 Belarus 15.5 13 Switzerland
15.0 14 Czech Republic 15.0 15 BIH 15.0 16 Italy 15.0
Men's Results
Armenia 3.0-1.0 Netherlands
Ukraine 2.0-2.0 Hungary
Poland 2.5-1.5 England
Bulgaria 3.0-1.0 Czech Rep.
Belarus 2.0-2.0 Germany
Russia 2.5-1.5 Switzerland
Bosnia&Herz 2.0-2.0 Sweden
Latvia 0.5-3.5 Israel
Romania 2.0-2.0 Georgia
Slovenia 4.0-0.0 Lithuania
Fyrom 2.0-2.0 Spain
Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5 Croatia
France 2.0-2.0 Yugoslavia
Slovakia 2.5-1.5 Georgia-2
Italy 4.0-0.0 Finland
Turkey 3.5-0.5 Ireland
Portugal 3.5-0.5 Scotland
Austria 1.0-3.0 Belgium
Women's Results
Yugoslavia 1.0-1.0 Armenia
Bulgaria 1.0-1.0 Slovakia
Georgia 1.0-1.0 Spain
Georgia 3 1.0-1.0 Ukraine
Romania 2.0-0.0 Israel
England 1.0-1.0 Hungary
France 1.0-1.0 Poland
Czech Rep. 0.0-2.0 Russia
BIH 1.0-1.0 Switzerland
Georgia-2 1.5-0.5 Finland
Greece 2.0-0.0 Latvia
Portugal 0.0-2.0 Germany
Slovenia 1.0-1.0 Lithuania
Azerbaijan 2.0-0.0 FYRO Macedonia
Croatia 2.0-0.0 Estonia
Netherlands 2.0-0.0 Austria
Scontaldn 2.0-0.0 Turkey
Italy 1.0-1.0 Sweden
Round 8
The leaders Armenia drew quickly against 5th placed
Ukraine in round 8 (Lputian 1/2 Ivanchuk, Onischuk 1/2 Minasian, Anastasian
1/2 Ponomariov, Malaniuk 1/2 Aronian) and now take a full point lead into the
final round which makes them very strong favourites to take gold. Second placed
Hungary beat 3rd placed Bulgaria 2.5-1.5 (Leko 1-0 Topalov, Kir
Georgiev 1/2 Polgar, Almasi 1/2 Delchev, Vl Georgiev 1/2 Chernin) to close by
just a half point on Armenia. 4th placed Poland lost to 8th placed
Germany 1-3. This moved Germany up into third place on 19 points ahead of a
group of five on 18.5 (Jussupow 1/2 Krasenkow, Macieja 1/2 Dautov, Lutz 1-0
Socko, Kempinski 0-1 Gabriel). 6th placed England lost to 10th placed
Israel 1.5-2.5 (Short 1/2 Gelfand, Smirin1 -0 Emms, Conquest 0-1 Avrukh,
Huzman 0-1 Chandler). Other pairings: Slovenia - Russia
(Beliavsky 1-0 Filippov, Volkov 1/2 Mikhalchishin, Pavasovic 1/2 Kobalija,
Grischuk 1/2 Grosar), Netherlands - Italy 2-2 (Piket 1/2 Godena,
Efimov 0-1 Van Wely, Tiviakov 0-1 Arlandi, Borgo 1/2 Reinderman) ,
Belarus - Switzerland 3-1 (Federov 1-0 Korchnoi, Milov 1/2
Aleksandrov, Kovalov 1-0 Gallagher, Pelletier 1/2 Dydyshko) , Czech Rep.
- Bosnia&Herz. drew 2-2 (Movsesian 1-0 Sokolov, Nikolic 1-0 Hracek,
Babula 1/2 Kurajica, Dizdarevic 1/2 Oral)
Men's Results Round 8
Armenia 2 - 2 Ukraine
Azerbaijan 2 - 2 Yugoslavia
Belarus 3 - 1 Switzerland
Belgium 0.5 - 3.5 Lithuania
Croatia 2 - 2 Latvia
Czech Rep. 2 - 2 Bosnia&Herz.
England 1.5 - 2.5 Israel
Finland 4 - 0 Ireland
France 2.5 - 1.5 Fyrom
Georgia 2 - 2 Slovakia
Georgia-2 2 - 2 Portugal
Germany 3 - 1 Poland
Hungary 2.5 - 1.5 Bulgaria
Netherlands 2 - 2 Italy
Scotland 0.5 - 3.5 Austria
Slovenia 2.5 - 1.5 Russia
Spain 3 - 1 Turkey
Sweden 2.5 - 1.5 Romania
Women's Results
Austria 1 - 1 Turkey
Azerbaijan 1.5 - 0.5 Slovenia
Estonia 1.5 - 0.5 Italy
Finland 0.5 - 1.5 Scotland
France 1 - 1 Georgia-2
Fyrom 0.5 - 1.5 Sweden
Georgia 1.5 - 0.5 Bulgaria
Germany 1 - 1 Israel
Latvia 1.5 - 0.5 Portugal
Lithuania 1 - 1 Czech Republic
Netherlands 0.5 - 1.5 Croatia
Poland 0.5 - 1.5 Bosnia&Herzegov
Romania 1.5 - 0.5 Yugoslavia
Russia 1 - 1 England
Slovakia 2 - 0 Armenia
Spain 1.5 - 0.5 Greece
Switzerland 1.5 - 0.5 Georgia-3
Ukraine 1.5 - 0.5 Hungary
Men's Standings:
1 Armenia 20.5
2 Hungary 19.5
3 Germany 19.0
4 Bulgaria 18.5
5 Ukraine 18.5
6 Slovenia 18.5
7 Israel 18.5
8 Belarus 18.5
9 Poland 18.0
10 England 17.5
11 Russia 17.5
12 Netherlands 17.5
13 Czech Rep 17.0
14 Sweden 17.0
15 BIH 17.0
16 Italy 17.0
17 Spain 16.5
18 Switzerland 16.0
19 France 16.0
20 Georgia 16.0
21 Slovakia 16.0
22 Romania 16.0
23 Yugoslavia 15.5
24 Azerbaijan 15.5
25 Lithuania 15.5
26 Latvia 15.0
27 Croatia 15.0
28 Georgia 2 15.0
29 FYRO Macedonia 15.0
30 Portugal 15.0
31 Finland 15.0
32 Austria 15.0
33 Turkey 14.5
34 Belgium 13.0
35 Ireland 5.5
36 Scotland 5.0
Women's Standings:
1 Slovakia 12.0
2 Yugoslavia 10.5
3 Romania 10.5
4 Georgia 10.0
5 Spain 10.0
6 Bulgaria 9.5
7 Ukraine 9.5
8 Russia 9.5
9 Armenia 9.0
10 England 9.0
11 BIH 9.0
12 Switzerland 9.0
13 Georgia 2 8.5
14 Hungary 8.5
15 Georgia 3 8.5
16 Germany 8.5
17 Greece 8.5
18 France 8.5
19 Azerbaijan 8.5
20 Poland 8.0
21 Israel 8.0
22 Croatia 8.0
23 Czech 7.5
24 Lithuania 7.5
25 Scotland 7.5
26 Finland 7.0
27 Latvia 7.0
28 Netherlands 7.0
29 Slovenia 7.0
30 Sweden 6.5
31 Portugal 6.0
32 Estonia 6.0
33 Austria 5.5
34 Turkey 5.0
35 FYRO Macedonia 5.0
36 Italy 2.5
Main internet coverage by FIDE at:
http://www.worldfide.com/batumi/
and the detailed results service of the Chess Federation of Slovenia at:
http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/9911/eu99chtm/ (men's) and
http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/9911/eu99chtw (women's) .
Other internet coverage: German related coverage is well served
with GM-Schach site has german coverage with reports from Christopher Lutz and
commented games by Stefan Kindermann at:
http://www.gm-schach.de/news/news.html and Schach magazine's
Raj Tischbierek (the coach of the German team) is reporting daily in German
athttp://www.zeitschriftschach.de/batumi.htm. Spanish
coverage by Terra Sports Web at:
http://195.235.97.120/BATUMI99/HTML/index.html (with daily
reports from Batumi (GM Izeta) and from Spain (Amador Rodríguez and IM
Michael Rahal). Irish team coverage at:
http://www.cns.ed.ac.uk/tica/teams/reports/batumi99.html.
The 8th Sonnevanck Tournament runs November 30th-December 7th. The
event sees a team of young dutch players Harmen Jonkman (24), Tom Middelburg
(19) and Erwin L'Ami (14) take on the experienced players Kasimdzhanov (UZB),
Manual Bosboom (NED) and Alexei Barsov (UZB) in three six game matches.
After Four games
Bosboom, Manuel 3.5-0.5 Middelburg, Tom
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
3.5-0.5 Jonkman, Harmen
Barsov, Alexei 3.0-1.0 L'Ami, Erwin
Internet site:
http://chess.lostcity.nl/sonnevanck/
Round 1 (November 30, 1999)
Middelburg, Tom - Bosboom, Manuel 0-1 53 B43 Sicilian
L'Ami, Erwin - Barsov, Alexei 1/2 31 C17 French; Winawer
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Jonkman, Harmen 1/2 26 D39 Queen's gambit
Round 2 (December 1, 1999)
Bosboom, Manuel - Middelburg, Tom 1-0 42 D15 Slav defence
Jonkman, Harmen - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 29 B19 Caro-Kann
Barsov, Alexei - L'Ami, Erwin 1-0 53 D27 QGA;
Round 3 (December 2, 1999)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Jonkman, Harmen 1-0 44 D36 Queen's gambit
Middelburg, Tom - Bosboom, Manuel 0-1 27 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
L'Ami, Erwin - Barsov, Alexei 1/2 34 C11 French; Classical
Round 4 (December 3, 1999)
Jonkman, Harmen - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 49 C02 French; Advance
Barsov, Alexei - L'Ami, Erwin 1-0 63 C01 French; Exchange
Bosboom, Manuel - Middelburg, Tom 1/2 33 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
8th Sonnevanck Tournament Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 6 xi-7 xii 1999
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2476 1 1 1 = . . 3.5 2662
2 Middelburg, Tom NED 2326 0 0 0 = . . 0.5 2154
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1 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2603 = 1 1 1 . . 3.5 2757
2 Jonkman, Harmen f NED 2421 = 0 0 0 . . 0.5 2281
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1 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2539 = 1 = 1 . . 3.0 2193
2 L'Ami, Erwin NED ---- = 0 = 0 . . 1.0 2346
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The LXXIII Argentine Championships (also the Najdorf mem) runs November
19th - December 5th 1999. Pablo Ricardi took first place with 10/13 2.5 points
clear of Alfredo Gioccio, Fabian Fiorito and Pablo Zarnicki.
Internet coverage at: http://roldan-casafus.com/ by
Rubén Casafús and Adrián Roldán and at
http://members.tripod.com/scalise.
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 = 1 1 10.0 2680
2 Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2505 = * = = 1 1 = 0 0 1 = 0 1 1 7.5 2523
3 Fiorito, Fabian m ARG 2440 = = * 0 = 1 = = = = 1 1 = = 7.5 2528
4 Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2497 0 = 1 * = 1 = = = = = = 1 = 7.5 2524
5 Panno, Oscar g ARG 2454 = 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 0 = 1 7.0 2499
6 Sorin, Ariel g ARG 2501 = 0 0 0 = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2496
7 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2543 0 = = = = 0 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 7.0 2493
8 Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2521 = 1 = = = = 0 * = = = = = = 6.5 2465
9 Spangenberg, Hugo g ARG 2531 0 1 = = = 1 = = * 0 0 1 0 = 6.0 2435
10 Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2448 0 0 = = 0 0 = = 1 * 1 = = 1 6.0 2442
11 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2524 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = 1 0 * 1 1 1 6.0 2436
12 Dolezal, Cristian f ARG 2282 = 1 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 = 0 * = 0 4.5 2374
13 Rubinetti, Jorge m ARG 2432 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = 1 = 0 = * = 4.5 2362
14 Tempone, Marcelo m ARG 2423 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 = * 4.0 2332
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José Mariano Acosta reports: The Mar del Plata City Championships
have reached their half way stage. It is an 8 player double round robin event
that is scheduled over several weeks. Fernando Braga leads.
Further info: http://www.geocities.com/gonzalez_6620/
ch-Mar del Plata ARG (ARG), 18 xi-25 xii 1999 cat. II (2295)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Braga, Fernando m ITA 2461 ** == =. =. 1. 1. =. 11 6.5 2440
2 Kanefsck, Gustavo m ARG 2391 == ** =. =. =1 =. 1. 1. 6.0 2424
3 Rosito, Jorge m ARG 2379 =. =. ** =1 =. =1 0. 1. 5.5 2361
4 Palermo, Vicente f ARG 2220 =. =. =0 ** =. 1. 1. =1 5.5 2380
5 Cristobal, Ruben ARG 2260 0. =0 =. =. ** =. 11 1. 5.0 2335
6 Corsi Ferrari, Nestor ARG 2330 0. =. =0 0. =. ** 11 1. 4.5 2283
7 Quatrini, Alejandro ARG 2140 =. 0. 1. 0. 00 00 ** 1. 2.5 2146
8 Fernandez, Jorge D ARG 2180 00 0. 0. =0 0. 0. 0. ** 0.5 1874
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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. A large selection of games is now available.
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
Luís Santos reports: The 7th Loures Young Masters took place
November 23rd-December 3rd 1999. Mauricio Vassallo from Argentina won the 7th
Loures Young Masters tournament and made his second IM norm (his first was in
the 6th tournament in 1998). But this is the first time that this has produced
two norms as João Leonardo also made a norm in 2nd place. Due to illness
the veteran João Mário Ribeiro only played in the first four
rounds. João Leonardo played with him and scored a norm with 8/11.
Vassallo made his with 7.5/10.
7th Young Masters Loures POR (POR), 23 xi-3 xii 1999 cat. II (2280)
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1 Vassallo, Mauricio ARG 2391 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2480
2 Leonardo, Joao f POR 2299 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2453
3 Kovacevic, Slobodan m YUG 2404 = = * = = = = = 1 1 1 = 7.0 2370
4 Damaso, Rui m POR 2399 = = = * = = 1 = = = = = 6.0 2305
5 Dantas, Carlos POR 2172 0 = = = * 1 = = = = = 1 6.0 2325
6 Galego, Luis m POR 2427 = = = = 0 * = = 0 1 1 1 6.0 2302
7 Vitor, Antonio POR 2310 0 = = 0 = = * 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2313
8 Teran Alvarez, Ismael f ESP 2419 = 0 = = = = 0 * = = 1 1 5.5 2267
9 Blalock, Rex USA 2150 0 0 0 = = 1 = = * 1 1 = 5.5 2291
10 Lima, Paulo POR 2051 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 * 1 1 4.0 2198
11 Conceicoa, Paul POR 2058 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 2.0 2038
12 Ribeiro, Joao-Mario POR 2280 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 1971
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Peter Kemner reports: As a preliminary to the Broekhuis Dutch
Championships 2000, a Knock-Out tournament is being played in Rotterdam over a
period of two weekends: 4-5 December 1999 (1st round) and 12-15 February 2000
(2nd and 3rd rounds). On Saturday December 4th and Sunday December 5th, 32
contestants started their bid for a ticket to the main event, to be held in
Rotterdam May 6-19 2000. Each round consisting of two games followed by a
rapid-game play-off in case of a tie. At the end of the knockout the last 4
players will qualify. Amongst the starting line-up were Friso Nijboer (GM
2559), Roberto Cifuentes Parada (GM 2505), Manuel Bosboom (IM 2476), and former
Dutch champion Rini Kuijf (IM 2455). Nijboer had a tough ride, beating Erik
Hoeksema (IM 2404) 1,5-0,5 in sudden-death blitz playoff, after both the normal
games and their two game rapid-play-off ended in 1-1. The only big surprise of
the first weekend was the defeat Jeroen Bosch (IM 2433) suffered at the hands
of Joost Hoogendoorn (FM 2281). Rini Kuijf played a spectacular first game
against European Youth champion Dennis de Vreugt. The game ended in perpetual
check. Kuijf failed to turn up for his second game though, putting the talented
youngster in the second round.
The tournament also has a website at:
http://www.schaakbond.nl/NK2000/
Round 1 results
1 2 Playoff
1. Erik Hoeksema - Friso Nijboer 1-0 0-1 1½-2½
2. Jeroen Bosch - Joost Hoogendoorn ½-½ 0-1
3. Ruud Janssen - Yge Visser 1-0 ½-½
4. Ad van den Berg - Edwin van Haastert 0-1 0-1
5. Jan van de Mortel - Manuel Bosboom 0-1 ½-½
6. Harmen Jonkman - Nathanael Spaan 1-0 ½-½
7. Karel van der Weide - Vincent Deegens 1-0 ½-½
8. Albert Blees - Martijn Dambacher ½-½ 0-1
9. Maarten Solleveld - Rob. Cifuentes Parada 0-1 ½-½
10. Joost Berkvens - Mark van der Werf ½-½ 0-1
11. Frank Kroeze - Sipke Ernst 1-0 ½-½
12. Herman Grooten - Horatio Vlam 1-0 0-1 2-0
13. Dennis de Vreugt - Rini Kuijf ½-½ 1-0 (Default)
14. Bruno Carlier - Peter Burlage 1-0 0-1 2-0
15. Henk van der Poel - Johan van Mil ½-½ ½-½ 1-2
16. Oscar Lemmers - Peter Doggers 1-0 ½-½
Round 2 pairings:
1. Friso Nijboer - Joost Hoogendoorn
2. Ruud Janssen - Edwin van Haastert
3. Manuel Bosboom - Harmen Jonkman
4. Karel van der Weide - Martijn Dambacher
5. Mark van der Werf - Roberto Cifuentes Parada
6. Herman Grooten - Frank Kroeze
7. Bruno Carlier - Dennis de Vreugt
8. Oscar Lemmers - Johan van Mil
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 now available.
Further info:
http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.chess96/4ncl/4n-m-idx.htm
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. My thanks to
Michael Atkins.
621 players, in 11 sections, played 1,605 games over Thanksgiving
weekend at the National Chess congress in Philadelphia. The tournament took
place at the Adams Mark, home of the World Open, and was organized and run by
Bill Goichberg's Continental Chess Association.
Nine Grandmasters were among the 84 players in the Open section. After
six rounds, the winners at 5-1 were GMS Joel Benjamin, Alexander Goldin,
Alexander Shabalov and Alexander Ivanov. The Alexanders were certainly great in
this tournament!
The final standings could have been a little different as there were
several protested pairings in the final round. The intial posted pairings by
the computer, had the #1 man (Goldin) in the three person group at 4.5/5
dropping instead of #2 or #3, and paired against Benjamin. The former US Champ
righfully complained and the pairings were fixed and the games began. GM
Kaidanov, arriving a few minutes late, then rightfully complained about his
pairing with GM Shabalov as it produced color allocation problems but since the
round had started, no changes could be made. He refused to play and GM
Shabalov, faced with the possibility of posting a forfeit win, chose to give
Kaidanov a draw which produced the 4-way tie. Had they played to a decisive
result, the standings would have been completely different: Kaidanov winning
would have swapped him with Shabalov in the tie, and Shablov winning or winning
on forfeit would have given him clear first at 5.5
Compete list of winners:
Open - Benjamin, Goldin, Shabalov,
Ivanov - 5-1, Kaiddanov, Wojtkiewicz, Stripunsky, and Palos 4.5.
Under
2400- Justin Sarkar, Ilye Figler and Richard Bauer - 4.5
Under
2200- Carl Brandon Boor and Peter Bierkens at 5.5
Under 2000-
Marcos Capistran Ocampo ,Harold Hohenberger and Brian Sherman at 5
Under
1800- Andrew Bridy (1597!) at 5.5
Under 1600- John Heiston and
Peter Moss at 5.5
Under 1400- Lorenzo Pasetes and Narkeeran
Narasimhan at 5.5
Under 1200- Matt Rubenstein at 5.5
Under
1000- Maurice Lake at 5.5
Under 800 - Alexander Listovnichy at 5
Under 600 - Chip Lebovitz and Andrei Ignat at 5
Unrated -
Yakov Bershadskay at 5
Complete standings, performance ratings, photos and games are available
at http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/ncc/ncc.htm
Leading final standings:
1 Benjamin, Joel..............2681 5.0
2 Goldin, Alexander...........2677 5.0
3 Shabalov, Alexande..........2617 5.0
4 Ivanov, Alexander...........2587 5.0
5 Kaidanov, Gregory...........2693 4.5
6 Wojtkiewicz, Alek...........2669 4.5
7 Stripunsky, Alexan..........2579 4.5
8 Palos, Osman................2440 4.5
9 Sarkar, Justin J............2361 4.5
10 Figler, Ilye................2300 4.5
11 Bauer, Richard N............2231 4.5
12 Sevillano, Enrico...........2569 4.0
13 Kaufman, Lawrence...........2445 4.0
14 Delaune, Richard K..........2412 4.0
15 Fleischer, Peter............2405 4.0
16 Rubenchik, Rodion...........2320 4.0
17 Baczynskyj, Boris...........2262 4.0
18 Smith, Bryan G..............2215 4.0
19 Lapshun, Yurij..............2442 3.5
20 Kriventsov, Stanislav.......2441 3.5
21 Schneider, Dmitry...........2426 3.5
22 Bonin, Jay R................2401 3.5
23 Gershov, Yegeniy............2366 3.5
24 Tate, Emory A...............2360 3.5
25 Fayvinov, Zakhar............2351 3.5
26 Karklins, Andrew............2338 3.5
27 Fink, Stanley W.............2204 3.5
28 Benen, Samson...............2166 3.5
29 Schadler, Peter.............2054 3.5
30 Ippolito, Dean..............2432 3.0
31 Formanek, Edward W..........2401 3.0
32 Shapiro, Daniel E...........2356 3.0
33 Furdzik, Rafael.............2351 3.0
34 Ritvin, Stan................2314 3.0
35 Andrews, Todd D.............2311 3.0
36 Privman, Boris..............2291 3.0
37 Shahade Jennifer............2286 3.0
38 Koenig, David E.............2258 3.0
39 Zelner, Alexander...........2216 3.0
40 Friedel, Joshua.............2104 3.0
41 Rouleau, John S.............1842 3.0
84 players
Laszlo Nagy reports: there is one GM and two IM events as part of the
First Saturday December tournaments in Budapest. The GM event is category
VII.
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
FSGM
FSGM December Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 xii 1999 cat. VII (2419)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Hoang Thanh Trang wg VIE 2453 * . . . . . = . 1 . . . . . 1.5 2596
2 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2509 . * . . . . . 1 . = . . . . 1.5 2633
3 Yu Shaoteng m CHN 2435 . . * . . = . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2562
4 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2472 . . . * . . . . . . = . 1 . 1.5 2537
5 Ni Hua f CHN 2369 . . . . * . . . . . . = . 1 1.5 2629
6 Li Wenliang m CHN 2381 . . = . . * = . . . . . . . 1.0 2455
7 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2475 = . . . . = * . . . . . . . 1.0 2417
8 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2484 . 0 . . . . . * . . . 1 . . 1.0 2485
9 Lipinsky, Fabian m GER 2331 0 . . . . . . . * 1 . . . . 1.0 2424
10 Wang Rui m CHN 2396 . = . . . . . . 0 * . . . . 0.5 2227
11 Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2357 . . 0 = . . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2260
12 Zhang Pengxiang m CHN 2462 . . . . = . . 0 . . . * . . 0.5 2233
13 Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2332 . . . 0 . . . . . . . . * = 0.5 2248
14 Richter, Michael GER 2410 . . . . 0 . . . . . . . = * 0.5 2157
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FSIMA
FSIMA December Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 xii 1999 cat. IV (2332)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
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1 Struk, Jerzy POL 2270 * . . . . = . . . 1 . . . 1.5 / 2 2534
2 Khamatgaleev, Alexej f RUS 2435 . * . . . . . . . = 1 . . 1.5 / 2 2501
3 Hu Yi CHN 2375 . . * . . . = . . . . . 1 1.5 / 2 2497
4 Orso, Miklos m HUN 2339 . . . * . . . = . . . 1 . 1.5 / 2 2522
5 Keatinge-Clay, Adrian USA 2278 . . . . * . . . = . . . 1 1.5 / 2 2518
6 Galianina-Ryjanova, Julia wm RUS 2325 = . . . . * = . . . . . . 1.0 / 2 2320
7 Petran, Pal m HUN 2371 . . = . . = * . . . . . . 1.0 / 2 2350
8 Yu Mingyuan CHN 2319 . . . = . . . * . . = . . 1.0 / 2 2299
9 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2414 . . . . = . . . * . . . . 0.5 / 1 2278
10 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2357 0 = . . . . . . . * . . . 0.5 / 2 2159
11 Philippe, Christophe FRA 2260 . 0 . . . . . = . . * . . 0.5 / 2 2184
12 Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2339 . . . 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0 / 1
13 Bognar, Csaba HUN 2237 . . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0 / 2
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FSIMB
FSIMB December Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 xii 1999 cat. II (2294)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1 Gottschlich, Carsten GER 2246 * . . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0 / 2
2 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2381 . * . = 1 . . . . . . 1.5 / 2 2472
3 Weglarz, Leszek f POL 2400 . . * = . 1 . . . . . 1.5 / 2 2451
4 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2275 . = = * . . . . . . . 1.0 / 2 2390
5 Sedlak, Nikola f YUG 2284 . 0 . . * . . 1 . . . 1.0 / 2 2315
6 Spielmann, Alain FRA 2241 . . 0 . . * 1 . . . . 1.0 / 2 2317
7 Balogh, Csaba HUN 2235 . . . . . 0 * . . . 1 1.0 / 2 2269
8 Cooke, Eric USA 2250 . . . . 0 . . * 1 . . 1.0 / 2 2289
9 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2295 . . . . . . . 0 * . . 0.0 / 1
10 Jakab, Attila HUN 2328 0 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0 / 1
11 Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2297 0 . . . . . 0 . . . * 0.0 / 2
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YORK VIKING CHESS FESTIVAL
Note there is one place left for the IM all-play-all of 10 players in
York from 13-22 Dec 1999, preferably an FM title holder.. 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/ and there is a new
website: http://www.torneotorre99.com.mx/
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/
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
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
Tapolca Open
There will be a big Open 9 rounds Swiss in Budapest called TAPOLCA Open,
from 7th until 15th of January. 80-100 participants, min.50 % ELO-rated.
Prizes: 30-20-15-10-5-4- etc. thousand HUF. Organizer: Parej, Jozsef, phone:
(36)-87-321-444 from 8:00 until 13:00, GMT+1 hour. More info: Nagy Laszlo,
e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
Zadar Open
Christmas chess tournament "Zadar'99" (Zadar open) will take place from
11.-19.12.1999. More info at
http://sites.netscape.net/mladen18/zadar/index.htm
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.