THE WEEK IN CHESS 266 13th December 1999 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Adam Raoof, Ian Rogers, Wybe Koopmans, Laszlo Nagy, GM
Schach, FIDE Website, Ralf Akesson, Jon Speelman, Richard Goldenberg, Peter
Heine Nielsen, Anton Gubanov, and Ales Drinovec and all those who helped with
this issue.
The European Team Championships concluded in Batumi, Georgia with a fine
victory for Armenia. However the wholly inadequate FIDE coverage has made the
event one of the worst to cover in recent memory. There are a number of nice GM
all-play-all tournaments taking place now so there should be plenty to keep us
entertained this week.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The European Team Championships took place in Batumi, Georgia November
27th-December 8th 1999. The teams consisted 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. Armenia took gold with an outstanding performance scoring 22.5
points. The result was especially good considering that Akopian and Vaganian
did not play. They led almost throughout the event and were fully deserved
winners. Hungary finished second with stellar performances by Peter Leko on
board one and Judit Polgar on two. Germany finished third on 21 points half a
point clear of five teams on 20.5. The surprise winners of the women's event
were Slovakia on 12.5 points. In 2nd I believe were Yugoslavia on 12 points
(the FIDE site didn't seek to clarify this point) and 3rd were Romania on 12.
My thanks to Jon Speelman for providing the names of the Gold, Silver and
Bronze winners on each board.
I have reworked the games section and have made a number of corrections
and guesses (dozens at the suggestion of Anton Gubanov, Webmaster of
http://www.ruschess.com but the fact is
that for many of the games there were extranious or just plain wrong moves,
either introduced by the electronic boards or by sloppy entering and it isn't
possible to know if these games (and others) are really correct, sadly.
Aleksandrov-Smirin, Markowski-Nevednichy, Izeta-Ponomariov and
Movsesian-Sokolov are amongst the games which are probably not correct. Ralf
Akesson provided the correct ending to his win against Lautier. All in all the
FIDE site failed to provide a site of remotely acceptable quality not only was
the games section strewn with errors they left important questions as to the
teams and players who won the prizes left unanswered.
Round 9 [Final]
The leaders Armenia drew against
Germany in the final round to secure gold (Lputian 1/2 Jussupow [See
Jussupow's brave attempt to win this game in the pgn section], Dautov 1/2
Art Minasian, Anastasian 1/2 Lutz, Gabriel 1/2 Aronian). Second placed
Hungary won 2.5-1.5 against Belarus but Polgar lost her first
game, however she still took the gold medal for board 2 (Leko 1-0 Fedorov,
Aleksandrov 1-0 Polgar, Almasi 1-0 Kovalov, Dydyshko 1/2 Chernin).
Israel drew 2-2 against Bulgaria (Gelfand 1/2 Topalov, Kir
Georgiev 1/2 Smirin, Avrukh 0-1 Delchev, Vl Georgiev 0-1 Psakhis).
Ukraine drew 2-2 against Slovenia (Ivanchuk 1/2 Beliavsky,
Mikhalchishin 1/2 Onischuk, Ponomariov 1/2 Pavasovic, Mohr 1/2 Malaniuk) The
Netherlands and England drew 2-2 (Piket 0-1 Short, Speelman 1/2 Van
Wely, Van der Wiel 1-0 Conquest, Chandler 1/2 Reinderman)
Men's Results
Armenia 2 - 2 Germany
Austria 1 - 3 Fyrom
Belgium 2.5 - 1.5 Scotland
Czech Rep. 2.5 - 1.5 Sweden
Georgia-2 3.5 - 0.5 Finland
Hungary 2.5 - 1.5 Belarus
Ireland 0 - 4 Latvia
Israel 2 - 2 Bulgaria
Italy 1.5 - 2.5 Bosnia&Herz.
Lithuania 2.5 - 1.5 Yugoslavia
Netherlands 2 - 2 England
Poland 1 - 3 Russia
Portugal 1.5 - 2.5 Azerbaijan
Romania 2.5 - 1.5 France
Slovakia 1 - 3 Spain
Switzerland 3.5 - 0.5 Georgia
Turkey 0.5 - 3.5 Croatia
Ukraine 2 - 2 Slovenia
Women's Results
Armenia 2 - 0 Bosnia&Herzegov;
Bulgaria 1 - 1 Russia
Croatia 1 - 1 Poland
Czech Rep. 1.5 - 0.5 Scotland
England 1.5 - 0.5 Switzerland
Finland 0.5 - 1.5 Estonia
Georgia-2 0.5 - 1.5 Azerbaijan
Georgia-3 1.5 - 0.5 Germany
Hungary 1.5 - 0.5 France
Israel 2 - 0 Greece
Netherlands 0.5 - 1.5 Lithuania
Portugal 1.5 - 0.5 Italy
Slovakia 0.5 - 1.5 Romania
Slovenia 0 - 2 Latvia
Sweden 1 - 1 Austria
Turkey 0 - 2 Fyrom
Ukraine 2 - 0 Georgia
Yugoslavia 1.5 - 0.5 Spain
Final Standings Men
1 Armenia 22.5
2 Hungary 22.0
3 Germany 21.0
4 Bulgaria 20.5
5 Russia 20.5
6 Ukraine 20.5
7 Israel 20.5
8 Slovenia 20.5
9 Belarus 20.0
10 England 19.5
11 Netherlands 19.5
12 Czech Rep. 19.5
13 BIH 19.5
14 Switzerland 19.5
15 Spain 19.5
16 Poland 19.0
17 Latvia 19.0
18 Sweden 18.5
19 Italy 18.5
20 Croatia 18.5
21 Georgia 2 18.5
22 Romania 18.5
23 Azerbaijan 18.0
24 Lithuania 18.0
25 FYROMacedonia 18.0
26 France 17.5
27 Yugoslavia 17.0
28 Slovakia 17.0
29 Georgia 16.5
30 Portugal 16.5
31 Austria 16.0
32 Finland 15.5
33 Belgium 15.5
34 Turkey 15.0
35 Scotland 6.5
36 Ireland 5.5
Final Standings Women
1 Slovakia 12.5
2 Yugoslavia 12.0
3 Romania 12.0
4 Ukraine 11.5
5 Armenia 11.0
6 Bulgaria 10.5
7 England 10.5
8 Russia 10.5
9 Spain 10.5
10 Georgia 10.0
11 Hungary 10.0
12 Georgia 3 10.0
13 Israel 10.0
14 Azerbaijan 10.0
15 Switzerland 9.5
16 Poland 9.0
17 Georgia 2 9.0
18 BIH 9.0
19 Germany 9.0
20 France 9.0
21 Czech Rep. 9.0
22 Croatia 9.0
23 Latvia 9.0
24 Lithuania 9.0
25 Greece 8.5
26 Scotland 8.0
27 Finland 7.5
28 Netherlands 7.5
29 Estonia 7.5
30 Sweden 7.5
31 Portugal 7.5
32 Slovenia 7.0
33 FYROMacedonia 7.0
34 Austria 6.5
35 Turkey 5.0
36 Italy 3.0
Board Prizes
Board 1
1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2734 6.0/8 75% 2741
2 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2647 6.5/9 72% 2772
3 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2598 5.5/8 69% 2628
There were also strong performances from Veselin Topalov,
Peter Leko, Victor Korchnoi, Alexei Fedorov, Alexander
Beliavsky (all of whom performed to above 2700) and
Antonio Fernandes, all scoring 6.0/9 or 67%. Nigel Short of England
scored 5.0/8 or 63% for a 2720 performance.
Board 2
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2671 6.5/9 72% 2760
2 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2650 6.5/9 72% 2762
3 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2610 6.5/9 72% 2688
Board 3
1 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2545 6.5/9 72% 2714
2 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2524 6.5/9 72% 2621
3 Yrjola, Jouni g FIN 2412 5.0/7 71% 2550
Board 4
1 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2581 5.5/7 79% 2743
2 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2549 5.0/7 71% 2664
3 Oral, Tomas m CZE 2541 5.0/7 71% 2651
Board 5
1 Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2525 6.0/8 75% 2674
2 Erdogan, Hakan TUR 2263 4.5/6 75%
3 Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2505 5.0/7 71% 2704
Women's Results
Board 1
1 Hunt, Harriet wg ENG 2420 7.0/9 78% 2560
2 Khurtsidze, Nino wg GEO 2472 6.0/8 75%
3 Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2435 6.5/9 72%
Board 2
1 Cosma, Elena Luminita wg ROM 2388 6.0/7 86% 2614
2 Zatonskih, Anna wm UKR 2414 5.5/7 79% 2569
3 Pokorna, Regina wm SVK 2198 6.0/8 75% 2481
Board 3
1 Charkhalashvili, Inga GEO 2205 4.0/5 80% 2494
2 Borsuk, Angela wg UKR 2288 5.5/9 61% 2340
3 Krivec, Jana wf SLO 2177 3.5/7 50%
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.
Croatian Chess has pages of statistics from the event
http://sah.posluh.hr and
Austrian coverage at: http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/int99/emm.htm
A Category 15 tournament is taking place in Belfort France, December
13th-22nd 1999. The players are: Fedorov, Bologan, Zvjaginsev, Ye Jiangchuan,
Mikhail Gurevich and Arnaund Hauchard.
Coverage at: http://www.belfort-echecs.asso.fr Games live each day
16-00-22-00 CET.
Round 1 (December 13, 1999)
Fedorov, Alexei - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 28 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Ye Jiangchuan - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1-0 40 B80 Sicilian
Hauchard, Arnaud - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 12 D10 Slav defence
4th Comtois Tournament, Belfort (FRA), 13-22 xii 1999cat. XV (2614)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2659 ** .. .. .. 1. .. 1.0
2 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2593 .. ** .. .. .. 1. 1.0
3 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2643 .. .. ** =. .. .. 0.5 2518
4 Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2518 .. .. =. ** .. .. 0.5 2643
5 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2620 0. .. .. .. ** .. 0.0
6 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2652 .. 0. .. .. .. ** 0.0
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The York Viking International chess festival takes place at Lady Anne
Middleton's Hotel, York, 13th-22nd December 1999. Adam Raoof organises.
Internet coverage at: http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/
Vikings:
Round 1 (December 13, 1999)
Barsov, Alexei - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 36 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Hector, Jonny - Rowson, Jonathan 1/2 39 C17 French; Winawer
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Hodgson, Julian M 1/2 42 D15 Slav defence
Vikings GM York ENG (ENG), 13-22 xii 1999 cat. XII (2539)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2539 ** .. .. .. .. 1. 1.0
2 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 .. ** .. .. =. .. 0.5 2490
3 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2507 .. .. ** =. .. .. 0.5 2605
4 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2605 .. .. =. ** .. .. 0.5 2507
5 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2490 .. =. .. .. ** .. 0.5 2505
6 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2587 0. .. .. .. .. ** 0.0
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Challengers
Round 1 (December 13, 1999)
Arkell, Keith C - Summerscale, Aaron 1/2 12 C42 Petroff defence
Meister, Peter - Quinn, Mark 1/2 29 E11 Bogo indian
Paschall, William M - Seul, Georg 1/2 14 E11 Bogo indian
Gormally, Daniel - Aikhoje, Odion * 0
Krush, Irina - McNab, Colin A * 0
Vikings GMB York ENG (ENG), 13-22 xii 1999 cat. VII (2415)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2462 * . . = . . . . . . 0.5 /1 2423
2 Meister, Peter m GER 2417 . * . . . = . . . . 0.5 /1 2377
3 Seul, Georg m GER 2445 . . * . = . . . . . 0.5 /1 2332
4 Summerscale, Aaron g ENG 2423 = . . * . . . . . . 0.5 /1 2462
5 Paschall, William M f USA 2332 . . = . * . . . . . 0.5 /1 2445
6 Quinn, Mark f IRL 2377 . = . . . * . . . . 0.5 /1 2417
7 Aikhoje, Odion m NGR 2341 . . . . . . * . . . 0.0 /0
8 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2476 . . . . . . . * . . 0.0 /0
9 Krush, Irina wm USA 2432 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0 /0
10 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2445 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0 /0
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Masters
Round 1 (December 13, 1999)
Hanley, Craig - Bree, Thomas 1-0 59 E65 Kings indian
Marusenko, Petr - Resika, Nathan A 1-0 24 B08 Pirc; Classical
Bhat, Vinay S - Cooper, Lawrence 1/2 16 C54 Italian game
Phillips, Roy - Bates, Richard 1/2 35 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Neiman, Emmanuel - Krutti, Valer 0-1 48 E42 Nimzo indian
Vikings Masters York ENG (ENG), 13-22 xii 1999 cat. III (2319)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Hanley, Craig ENG 2178 * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
2 Krutti, Valer m HUN 2357 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3 Marusenko, Petr m UKR 2406 . . * . . . . . . 1 1.0
4 Bates, Richard m ENG 2376 . . . * . . = . . . 0.5 2257
5 Bhat, Vinay S USA 2388 . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2350
6 Cooper, Lawrence f ENG 2350 . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2388
7 Phillips, Roy ENG 2257 . . . = . . * . . . 0.5 2376
8 Bree, Thomas GER 2272 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
9 Neiman, Emmanuel f FRA 2353 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Resika, Nathan A USA 2251 . . 0 . . . . . . * 0.0
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The 7th international Solana Tournament takes place in Solin (CRO)
10th-18th December 1999. A Category 13 event with Smirnin, Tkachiev, Kozul,
Morovic, Tukmakov, Kurajica, Dizdarevic, Kovacevic, Nikolac, Cebalo.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.solin.hr/salona99 and
http://sah.posluh.hr/
Round 1 (December 10, 1999)
Nikolac, Juraj - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0 69 B06 Modern defence
Kurajica, Bojan - Dizdarevic, Emir * 0
Kovacevic, Vlatko - Smirin, Ilia 1/2 63 A48 Queen's pawn
Cebalo, Miso - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 19 D43 Semi-Slav
Kozul, Zdenko - Tukmakov, Vladimir B 0-1 48 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Round 2 (December 11, 1999)
Nikolac, Juraj - Kovacevic, Vlatko 1/2 68 D31 Queen's gambit
Tukmakov, Vladimir B - Cebalo, Miso 1/2 19 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Smirin, Ilia - Kozul, Zdenko 1/2 56 B67 Sicilian
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Dizdarevic, Emir 1-0 56 E61 Kings indian
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Kurajica, Bojan 0-1 34 E00 Nimzo indian
7th Solana International Solin CRO (CRO), 10-18 xii 1999cat. XIII (2558)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Nikolac, Juraj g CRO 2475 * . . = . . 1 . . . 1.5 /2 2763
2 Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2557 . * . . = . . 1 . . 1.5 /2 2725
3 Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2541 . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0 /1
4 Kovacevic, Vlatko g CRO 2492 = . . * . = . . . . 1.0 /2 2573
5 Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2453 . = . . * . . . = . 1.0 /2 2582
6 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2671 . . . = . * . = . . 1.0 /2 2552
7 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2648 0 . . . . . * . . 1 1.0 /2 2501
8 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2612 . 0 . . . = . * . . 0.5 /2 2421
9 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2608 . . 0 . = . . . * . 0.5 /2 2304
10 Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2527 . . . . . . 0 . . * 0.0 /1
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The 8th Sonnevanck Tournament ran November 30th-December 7th. The event
saw 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. Two of the
matches were extremely one sided with Manuel Bosboom winning 5.5-0.5 against
Tom Middleburg and Rustam Kasimdzhanov beat Harmen Jonkman 5-1 to record
performances of around 2700. The final match was much closer with Alexei Barsov
edging out Erwin L'Ami 3.5-2.5 with L'Ami scoring the only win for the young
Dutch players.
Internet site:
http://chess.lostcity.nl/sonnevanck/
Round 5 (December 6, 1999)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Jonkman, Harmen 1-0 56 D20 QGA;
L'Ami, Erwin - Barsov, Alexei 1-0 40 C12 French; Macutcheon
Middelburg, Tom - Bosboom, Manuel 0-1 45 B06 Modern defence
Round 6 (December 7, 1999)
Barsov, Alexei - L'Ami, Erwin 1/2 25 D46 Semi-Slav
Jonkman, Harmen - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 30 C07 French; Tarrasch
Bosboom, Manuel - Middelburg, Tom 1-0 69 A00 Irregular
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 = 1 1 5.5 2727
2 Middelburg, Tom NED 2326 0 0 0 = 0 0 0.5 2075
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1 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2603 = 1 1 1 1 = 5.0 2694
2 Jonkman, Harmen f NED 2421 = 0 0 0 0 = 1.0 2330
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1 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2539 = 1 = 1 0 = 3.5 2057
2 L'Ami, Erwin NED ---- = 0 = 0 1 = 2.5 2482
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The 3rd Double round of the German Bundesliga took place last weekend,
December 11th-12th 1999. You can download games (more will be added during the
week) from the official site for the competition:
http://www.gm-schach.de/
Results:
Venue: SV Castrop Rauxel
Sat 11th Dec 1999 Castrop Rauxel Dresden 5½-2½
Godesberg Plauen 6-2
Sun 12th Dec 1999 Dresden Godesberg 3½-4½
Plauen Castrop-Rauxel 2½-5½
Venue: SV Werder Bremen
Sat 11th Dec 1999 Werder Bremen SG Porz 3½-4½
Delmenhorster SK Duisburg 4½-3½
Sun 12th Dec 1999 SG Porz Delmenhorster Sk 4-4
PSV Duisburg Werder Bremen 3½-4½
Venue: Hamburger SK
Sat 11th Dec 1999 Hamburger SK SG Solingen 2½-5½
Lübecker SV SV Wattenscheid 3½-4½
Sun 12th Dec 1999 SG Solingen Lübecker SV 5½-2½
SV Wattenscheid Hamburger SK 4½-3½
Venue: SV Tegernsee
Sat 11th Dec 1999 SV Tegernsee SF Neukölln 4½-3½
SK Passau USC Magdeburg 4-4
Sun 12th Dec 1999 SF Neukölln SK Passau 2-6
USC Magdeburg SV Tegernsee 4-4
Round 6 Standings:
1. SG Porz 32:16 11:1
2. Solinger SG 30:18 11:1
3. SK Delmenhorst 27,5:20,5 11:1
4. Godesberger SK 26:22 9:3
5. SV Tegernsee 24:24 6:6
6. SV Castrop Rauxel 21,5:26,5 6:6
7. SK Passau 24,5:23,5 5:7
8. USC Magdeburg 23,5:24,5 5:7
9. Dresdner SC 22,5:25,5 5:7
10. SV Werder Bremen 22,5:25,5 5:7
11. SV Wattenscheid 21:27 5:7
12. SK König Plauen 20,5:27,5 5:7
13. Hamburger SK 24:24 4:8
14. SFR Neukölln 21:27 4:8
15. Lübecker SV 22,5:25,5 3:9
16. PSV Duisburg 21:27 1:11
Following on from the story in TWIC last week on the last interim FIDE
rating list before the important official January one Ian Rogers has a number
of comments on the list.
He says about Htun Htun that [his] "rating increase is based on only 17
games, meaning that he had to beat a 2600 player in all 17 games to achieve
that rating increase! Also Baklan at number 12 is a serious error" He was about
100 points lower than FIDE's claimed 2697 on the last list, so if his results
against others are based on the false 2697 rating [it] throws the ratings of
all his opponents into doubt as well. (Incidentally, Baklan has only five games
in the system, yet he played 9 alongside me in the Wichern Open in
Hamburg.)"
Full list: http://www.worldfide.com/fide/html/top100men.html
Wybe Koopmans reports: The 6th in a series of GM Challenge games
involving REBEL Century took place on December 4th. GM Alexander Baburin drew
in 65 moves at normal time controls in a game live on ICC. More information
http://www.rebel.nl/gm07.htm
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 1 = 1 1 7.0 2633
2 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2475 = * = = . = . . 1 = 1 . 1 1 6.5 2589
3 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2472 = = * . 1 = = 1 . = . 1 = . 6.0 2522
4 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2509 = = . * 1 = = . 1 = = . . = 5.5 2505
5 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2484 . . 0 0 * . = 0 1 . 1 1 1 1 5.5 2495
6 Li Wenliang m CHN 2381 . = = = . * . . = 1 = = 0 1 5.0 2463
7 Wang Rui m CHN 2396 . . = = = . * = . 0 = 1 1 = 5.0 2457
8 Ni Hua f CHN 2369 0 . 0 . 1 . = * = . = = 1 1 5.0 2465
9 Yu Shaoteng m CHN 2435 . 0 . 0 0 = . = * 1 = = 1 . 4.0 2368
10 Lipinsky, Fabian m GER 2331 0 = = = . 0 1 . 0 * = . . = 3.5 2363
11 Zhang Pengxiang m CHN 2462 0 0 . = 0 = = = = = * . . . 3.0 2300
12 Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2332 = . 0 . 0 = 0 = = . . * = = 3.0 2292
13 Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2357 0 0 = . 0 1 0 0 0 . . = * . 2.0 2201
14 Richter, Michael GER 2410 0 0 . = 0 0 = 0 . = . = . * 2.0 2194
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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 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2414 * = . 1 1 1 . . . 1 = 1 1 7.0 / 8 2660
2 Keatinge-Clay, Adrian USA 2278 = * . 1 = 0 . 1 . 1 1 . 1 6.0 / 8 2523
3 Khamatgaleev, Alexej f RUS 2435 . . * 0 = = = 1 1 1 . = . 5.0 / 8 2406
4 Jurkovic, Ante CRO 2339 0 0 1 * 0 . 1 1 1 . . 1 . 5.0 / 8 2427
5 Orso, Miklos m HUN 2339 0 = = 1 * . = = 1 . . = = 5.0 / 9 2380
6 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2357 0 1 = . . * = = 0 . 1 . 1 4.5 / 8 2381
7 Petran, Pal m HUN 2371 . . = 0 = = * . 0 1 = = = 4.0 / 9 2292
8 Bognar, Csaba HUN 2237 . 0 0 0 = = . * . 1 1 1 0 4.0 / 9 2293
9 Struk, Jerzy POL 2270 . . 0 0 0 1 1 . * 0 = 1 . 3.5 / 8 2300
10 Philippe, Christophe FRA 2260 0 0 0 . . . 0 0 1 * 1 = 1 3.5 / 9 2256
11 Galianina-Ryjanova, Julia wm RUS 2325 = 0 . . . 0 = 0 = 0 * . 1 2.5 / 8 2179
12 Yu Mingyuan CHN 2319 0 . = 0 = . = 0 0 = . * . 2.0 / 8 2140
13 Hu Yi CHN 2375 0 0 . . = 0 = 1 . 0 0 . * 2.0 / 8 2129
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FSIMB
FSIMB December Budapest HUN (HUN), 4-16 xii 1999 cat. II (2294)
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1 Spielmann, Alain FRA 2241 * 1 1 0 0 . 1 1 . 1 = 5.5 / 8 2443
2 Balogh, Csaba HUN 2235 0 * . 1 = 0 . 1 1 1 1 5.5 / 8 2445
3 Sedlak, Nikola f YUG 2284 0 . * 0 . 1 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 / 8 2430
4 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2381 1 0 1 * = 1 = . = 0 . 4.5 / 8 2331
5 Weglarz, Leszek f POL 2400 1 = . = * = = 0 = 1 . 4.5 / 8 2324
6 Gottschlich, Carsten GER 2246 . 1 0 0 = * . 1 1 1 0 4.5 / 8 2351
7 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2275 0 . 0 = = . * = = 1 = 3.5 / 8 2266
8 Cooke, Eric USA 2250 0 0 0 . 1 0 = * 1 0 1 3.5 / 9 2209
9 Jakab, Attila HUN 2328 . 0 = = = 0 = 0 * . 1 3.0 / 8 2208
10 Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2297 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 . * 1 3.0 / 9 2164
11 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2295 = 0 0 . . 1 = 0 0 0 * 2.0 / 8 2076
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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.
Internet coverage at: http://www.torneotorre99.com.mx/
The 5th Guðmundur Arason takes place in Hafnarfjörður,
Iceland, December 12th-20th 1999.. Round 1 standings: 1. Bosboom, Manuel m NED
2476 1.0; 2. Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2309 1.0; 3. Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr ISL
2250 1.0; 4. Edvardsson, Kristjan ISL 2209 0.5; 5. Karlsson, Agust S f ISL 2305
0.5; 6. Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2382 0.5; 7. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2408
0.5; 8. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2403 0.0; 9. Kristjansson, Stefan ISL 2278 0.0;
10. Olafsson, Thorvardur ISL 2059 0.0;
Internet coverage by Chess in Iceland at:
http://www.vks.is/skak/gudara99.html
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
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: Alexei Dreev,
Ivan Sokolov, Emil Sutovsky, Klaus Bischoff, Irina Krush, Jon Speelman, John
Emms, Bogdan Lalic, Murray Chandler and Luke 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
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.