THE WEEK IN CHESS 268 27th December 1999 by Mark Crowther
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4th Comtois tournament 9 games
York Viking International 6 games
York Viking GM B 45 games
York Viking Masters 45 games
Russian Chess Championships 18 games
Groningen Chess WGM 18 games
Groningen Chess YM 42 games
Groningen Chess Open 188 games
Belgian Interteams 218 games
Mar del Plata City Championships 20 games
5th Guðmundur Arason 10 games
Carlos Torre Memorial in Yucatan 71 games
601 games
My thanks to Adam Raoof, Anton Gubanov, Club Kasparov and RusChess,
Alain Talon, José Mariano Acosta, Leontxo García, Hrannar
Baldursson, Maximiliano Alvarez, Willy Iclicki, Michael Gosselin and all those
who helped with this issue.
A couple of days after the Christmas period is not an ideal time to be
writing a magazine so this week is a quick dash through the events. Next week
will see the start of many of the New Year Chess tournaments and we should have
a feast of chess. I've enjoyed the many replies to the poll of your favourite
chess player of the Millenium, if you have sent your top five you can do so
until next Friday. I hope everyone has an excellent New Year's celebration and
Y2K permitting I'll be back for the first issue of the year 2000.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
A Category 15 tournament took place in Belfort France, December
13th-22nd 1999. Viktor Bologan won the event with 6.5/10 a point clear of
Alexei Fedorov and Ye Jiangchuan on 5.5.
Coverage at: http://www.belfort-echecs.asso.fr Games live each day
16-00-22-00 CET.
Round 8 (December 20, 1999)
Gurevich, Mikhail - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 34 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 73 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Hauchard, Arnaud - Fedorov, Alexei 1-0 38 A45 Queen's pawn
Round 9 (December 21, 1999)
Bologan, Viktor - Hauchard, Arnaud 1-0 39 B01 Scandinavian
Fedorov, Alexei - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2 24 B20 Sicilian
Zvjaginsev, Vadim - Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2 37 B07 Pirc
Round 10 (December 22, 1999)
Ye Jiangchuan - Bologan, Viktor 1/2 79 B08 Pirc; Classical
Gurevich, Mikhail - Fedorov, Alexei 0-1 58 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Hauchard, Arnaud - Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2 57 A40 Queen's pawn
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 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2620 ** 0= 1= == 1= 11 6.5 2723
2 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2659 1= ** 1= =1 == 00 5.5 2641
3 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2593 0= 0= ** == 1= 11 5.5 2654
4 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2643 == =0 == ** == == 4.5 2572
5 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2652 0= == 0= == ** == 4.0 2534
6 Hauchard, Arnaud m FRA 2518 00 11 00 == == ** 4.0 2561
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The York Viking International chess festival took place at Lady Anne
Middleton's Hotel, York, 13th-22nd December 1999. Tiger Hillarp Persson took
first place with 6/10 on tie-break from Julian Hodgson and long term leader
Alexei Barsov. Persson beat Julian Hodgson with black in the final round and
Alexei Barsov who had already secured his final GM norm with a draw in round 9
against Jonathan Rowson. Danny Gormally won the GM B event and Valer Krutti the
Masters. Adam Raoof organised.
Internet coverage at: http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/
Vikings:
Round 9 (December 21, 1999)
Barsov, Alexei - Rowson, Jonathan 1/2 27 E20 Nimzo indian
Sutovsky, Emil - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 0-1 37 C18 French; Winawer
Hector, Jonny - Hodgson, Julian M 0-1 49 B06 Modern defence
Round 10 (December 22, 1999)
Hodgson, Julian M - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 0-1 64 E14 Nimzo indian
Sutovsky, Emil - Barsov, Alexei 1-0 65 B40 Sicilian
Rowson, Jonathan - Hector, Jonny 0-1 53 D12 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 Hillarp Persson, Tiger m SWE 2507 ** == =1 01 10 1= 6.0 2617
2 Barsov, Alexei m UZB 2539 == ** 1= 10 0= 11 6.0 2610
3 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2605 =0 0= ** =1 =1 11 6.0 2597
4 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2587 10 01 =0 ** 1= 01 5.0 2529
5 Rowson, Jonathan m SCO 2490 01 1= =0 0= ** =0 4.0 2476
6 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2505 0= 00 00 10 =1 ** 3.0 2396
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Vikings Challengers York ENG (ENG), 13-22 xii 1999 cat. VI (2398)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2476 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2555
2 Summerscale, Aaron g ENG 2423 = * 0 1 = 1 1 = = = 5.5 2475
3 Seul, Georg m GER 2445 = 1 * = = 0 0 1 1 1 5.5 2473
4 Paschall, William M f USA 2332 = 0 = * 0 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2485
5 Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2462 = = = 1 * = 0 = = 1 5.0 2434
6 Quinn, Mark f IRL 2377 = 0 1 0 = * 1 = 0 = 4.0 2357
7 Krush, Irina wm USA 2432 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 = = 4.0 2351
8 Meister, Peter m GER 2417 0 = 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2316
9 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2445 0 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 1 3.5 2313
10 Lamb, Harry ENG 2173 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 2.0 2203
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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 Krutti, Valer m HUN 2357 * 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2480
2 Marusenko, Petr m UKR 2406 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 2434
3 Bhat, Vinay S USA 2388 1 = * = = 0 1 1 1 0 5.5 2391
4 Cooper, Lawrence f ENG 2350 = = = * 0 = = = 1 1 5.0 2358
5 Bates, Richard m ENG 2376 = = = 1 * = = = 0 = 4.5 2312
6 Hanley, Craig ENG 2178 0 0 1 = = * = = = 1 4.5 2334
7 Phillips, Roy ENG 2257 0 = 0 = = = * = 1 1 4.5 2325
8 Resika, Nathan A USA 2251 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 1 4.0 2283
9 Neiman, Emmanuel f FRA 2353 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 * 1 2.5 2149
10 Bree, Thomas GER 2272 = 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 0 * 2.0 2104
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The 52nd Russian Chess Championships coming to a finish in Moscow,
Russia December 15th-28th 1999. The event is a knockout and after three of the
four game final it looks as if top rated Konstantin Sakaev will take the event
(he only needs a draw with white) against the surprise finalist Alexei
Bezgodov.
Coverage at: http://www.clubkasparov.ru/index0e.htm
and http://www.ruschess.com/
Round 4 results: Quarterfinals
Sakaev, K 2648 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0 2554 Ibragimov, I
Lastin, A 2552 1-0 1-0 2590 Dvoirys, S
Bezgodov, A 2576 1-0 1/2 2549 Grischuk, A
Sveshnikov, E 2541 1/2 0-1 2573 Kobalia, M
Round 5 results: Semifinals
Sakaev, K 2648 1-0 1/2 2573 Kobalija, M
Lastin, A 2552 1/2 1/2 1-0 0-1 0-1 2576 Bezgodov, A
Round 6 results: Final
Bezgodov, A 2576 1/2 1/2 0-1 2648 Sakaev, K
The 38th International Chess Tournament takes place December 19th up to
and including December 31st 1999. There are three major events, a Women's GM
tournament, a Young Masters event and a GM open.
Further information on the event is to be found at:
http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~johan-z/.
More news next week.
38th Festival WGM Groningen NED (NED), 19-31 xii 1999cat. VIII (2446)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2444 ** 1. 0. 01 1. 1. 4.0 2573
2 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2503 0. ** =. 1. =. 11 4.0 2536
3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina wg RUS 2497 1. =. ** 0. 01 1. 3.5 2498
4 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2462 10 0. 1. ** 1. 0. 3.0 2442
5 Khurtsidze, Nino wg GEO 2472 0. =. 10 0. ** 1. 2.5 2393
6 Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wm NED 2297 0. 00 0. 1. 0. ** 1.0 2207
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38th Festival Young Masters Groningen NED (NED), 19-30 xii 1999cat. IV (2337)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Bokros, Albert f HUN 2405 * . 1 . . . 1 = 1 1 1 0 5.5 2549
2 Matnadze, Ana wf GEO 2280 . * . 1 1 = 0 . = = . 1 4.5 2437
3 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2384 0 . * = = . . 1 1 1 = . 4.5 2448
4 Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2307 . 0 = * . 1 = = . . 1 1 4.5 2423
5 Navara, David CZE 2406 . 0 = . * . = . 1 0 1 = 3.5 2323
6 Horvath, Adam m HUN 2412 . = . 0 . * 1 . 0 1 0 1 3.5 2312
7 Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2332 0 1 . = = 0 * = . . . = 3.0 2275
8 Stellwagen, Daniel NED 2254 = . 0 = . . = * = 0 1 . 3.0 2304
9 Zhao Xue CHN 2374 0 = 0 . 0 1 . = * . . 1 3.0 2286
10 Ovod, Evgenija wm RUS 2303 0 = 0 . 1 0 . 1 . * 0 . 2.5 2257
11 Ma Yu CHN 2375 0 . = 0 0 1 . 0 . 1 * . 2.5 2251
12 Werle, Jan NED 2216 1 0 . 0 = 0 = . 0 . . * 2.0 2201
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Groningen GM Open Round 7 Standings:
1 S. Tiviakov 5.5 1 29.5 2611 2464.4
2 E. Najer 5.5 -1 30.0 2562 2388.1
3 F. Levin 5.5 1 27.5 2531 2480.9
4 E. van den Doel 5.5 0 28.0 2528 2409.0
5 K. van der Weide 5.5 1 28.0 2434 2415.3
6 R. Kasimdzhanov 5.0 -1 31.0 2603 2486.3
7 A. Nenashev 5.0 -1 33.0 2584 2452.9
8 B. Lalic 5.0 1 22.0 2550 2271.9
9 Z. Gyimesi 5.0 1 29.0 2531 2381.0
10 S. Ernst 5.0 -1 24.5 2444 2270.9
11 O. Salmensuu 5.0 -1 28.0 2443 2434.0
12 T. Radjabov 5.0 -1 25.0 2438 2275.0
13 M. Solleveld 5.0 -1 31.0 2404 2459.4
14 R.A. Vaganian 4.5 -1 32.5 2617 2410.6
15 S. Atalik 4.5 1 28.5 2598 2393.0
16 G. Timoshenko 4.5 2 30.0 2576 2406.8
17 M. Al-Modiahki 4.5 1 28.0 2553 2362.0
18 R. Burnett 4.5 0 27.0 2423 2277.8
19 A. Holmsten 4.5 1 20.5 2380 2246.6
20 Y. Visser 4.5 1 22.0 2378 2298.4
21 E. Wiersma 4.5 -1 26.0 2362 2348.9
22 T. Middelburg 4.5 1 28.0 2326 2352.9
23 A. Everet 4.5 1 23.5 2294 2339.1
24 P. Florath 4.5 1 27.0 2284 2385.9
25 J.R. Markus 4.5 -1 24.5 2156 2301.6
100 players
The 10th City of Pamplona Tournament has started. The players are: Boris
Gelfand, Judit Polgar, Nigel Short, Zoltan Almasi, Jan Timman, Joel Lautier,
Miguel Illescas, Jordi Magem and Paco Vallejo. The event finishes Jan 5th 2000.
I still need an internet address for coverage.
The executive board of the United States Chess Federation has
unanimously voted to cancel the year 2000 US Chess Championships . Although
this could be reversed if a suitable sponsor can be found. The decision was
taken by the board due to financial problems and follows the dismissal of
Michael Cavallo the USCF executive director and the subsequent changes in
financial policy.
Alain Talon reports: The Belgian interteam championships 1999-2000 have
started. The first five rounds took place in October and November. After five
rounds Rochade I lead on 23.5 ahead of Borgerhout 1 on 22.
Interteam results and standings after round 5
ROUND 1
Jean Jaurès 1 Rochade 1 2,5 - 5,5
KGSRL 1 KGSRL 2 4 - 4
Liège 1 Anderlecht 1 4 - 4
Borgerhout 1 Leuven 1 5 - 3
CREB 1 KASK 1 4,5 - 3,5
Deurne 1 Eupen 1 3,5 - 4,5
ROUND 2
Rochade 1 Eupen 1 6 - 2
KASK 1 Deurne 1 1 - 7
Leuven 1 CREB 1 4 - 4
Anderlecht 1 Borgerhout 1 4,5 - 3,5
KGSRL 2 Liège 1 4,5 - 3,5
Jean Jaurès 1 KGSRL 1 4 - 4
ROUND 3
KGSRL 1 Rochade 1 1,5 - 6,5
Liège 1 Jean Jaurès 1 4,5 - 3,5
Borgerhout 1 KGSRL 2 6 - 2
CREB 1 Anderlecht 1 4 - 4
Deurne 1 Leuven 1 5 - 3
Eupen 1 KASK 1 6,5 - 1,5
ROUND 4
Rochade 1 KASK 1 -
Leuven 1 Eupen 1 4,5 - 3,5
Anderlecht 1 Deurne 1 4 - 4
KGSRL 2 CREB 1 5 - 3
Jean Jaurès 1 Borgerhout 1 5 - 3
KGSRL 1 Liège 1 6,5 - 1,5
ROUND 5
Liège 1 Rochade 1 2,5 - 5,5
Borgerhout 1 KGSRL 1 4,5 - 3,5
CREB 1 Jean Jaurès 1 4,5 - 3,5
Deurne 1 KGSRL 2 4 - 4
Eupen 1 Anderlecht 1 4,5 - 3,5
KASK 1 Leuven 1 -
Standings after round 5
Rochade 1 23,5
Borgerhout 1 22
Anderlecht 1 20
KGSRL 2 19,5
KGSRL 1 19,5
Jean Jaurès 1 18,5
Deurne 1 16,5
Liège 1 16
CREB 1 15,5
Eupen 1 14,5
Leuven 1 14,5
KASK 1 0
José Mariano Acosta reports: The Mar del Plata City Championships
took place November 18th-December 10th 1999. Fernando Braga won this double
round robin event with 10.5/14 a point clear of Ruben Cristobal.
Further info: http://geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/9356/
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 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 entry of 60 for the
Challengers includes: GMs Annakov, Zagrenbelny, Plaskett, Hebden,
Beshukov,Safin, Iuldashev, Palatnik, Arkell, McDonald and IMs, Cherniaev, Pert,
Williams, Marusenko.
The Rilton Cup in Stockholm. The event takes place December 27th 1999-
January 6th 2000. Details:
http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-21958/stock.html
Who are your favourite players of the Millenium?
E-Mail (at: mdcrowth@netcomuk.co.uk)
me with your top five players for a poll which I will publish on New Years
Day. I've had a good response so far and it has been enjoyable to see your
choices.
You can read my
nominations here.
After doubts for much of 1999 the Linares 2000 supertournament will go
ahead. Kasparov, Anand, Shirov, Kramnik, Morosevich and Leko will play in the
double round robin event. It will take place February 28th - March 10th. All
the players are confirmed.
A category XI tournament is underway in Oporto. Competitors include GMs
Kevin Spraggett, Aleksa Strikovic and Nikola Mitkov, and IM Vladimir Georgiev.
(3 GMs and 7 IMs in total)
Coverage at: http://www.infoxadrez.com
The Francesc Alsina Memorial is taking place in Barcelona December 26th
1999-January 5th 2000. Group A Players: GM 2510 García Ilundáin,
David GM 2477 Skembris, Spyridon GM 2471 Moskalenko, Victor MI 2447 Narciso
Dublan, Marc MC 2433 Gual Pascual, Antonio MI 2424 Vidarte Morales, Arturo MI
2412 Oms Pallise, Josep MI 2397 Anthony Rahal, Michael MI 2389 Vehí
Bach, Víctor M. MC 2378 López Martínez, José
Manuel. Group B players Category IV, GM 2501 Movsziszian, Karen MI 2484 Campos
Moreno, Javier MF 2358 Granados Gómez, Manel MC 2353 Jerez Pérez,
Alfonso MC 2335 Fluvià Poyatos, Joan MI 2314 González
Rodríguez, Jorge MIF 2301 Trabert, Bettina MC 2285 Baches García,
Guillem MC 2266 Hernando Rodrigo, Julio MC 2162 Piñero Fernández,
Javier
Coverage at: http://ajedrez.itgo.com/home.htm
Carlo Mazzoni reports: The 42nd Reggio Emilia Tournament will run
December, 27th 1999-January 5th 2000 in the Grand Hotel Astoria. Players
include Evgenj Solozenchin, Oleg Romanishin, Leonid Yudashin, Igor Khenkhin
(possibly) and the Italians Igor Efimov, Costantino Aldrovandi, Daniele
Genocchio, Paolo Vezzosi, Andrea Drei (2 IM norm) and possibly Vittorio
Anceschi, Carlo Rossi or Federico Manca) Coverage at
http://www.cronaca.it/ippogrifo
The 5th Guðmundur Arason took place in Hafnarfjörður,
Iceland, December 12th-20th 1999. The event was won by IM Saevar Bjarnason with
6.5/9, ahead of Manuel Bosboom and Kristjan Edvardsson on 6/9.
Internet coverage by Chess in Iceland at:
http://www.vks.is/skak/gudara99.html
Gudmundur Arason Tournament, Hafnarfjordur ISL (ISL), 12-20 xii 1999cat. III (2308)
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1 Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2309 * 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2473
2 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2476 1 * 0 1 = = 0 1 1 1 6.0 2414
3 Edvardsson, Kristjan ISL 2209 = 1 * 0 = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2443
4 Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2403 0 0 1 * = 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2377
5 Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2408 = = = = * 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2376
6 Karlsson, Agust S f ISL 2305 0 = = 0 1 * 1 = 1 1 5.5 2388
7 Kristjansson, Stefan ISL 2278 0 1 = 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 4.5 2311
8 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2382 = 0 0 = = = 0 * = 1 3.5 2219
9 Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr ISL 2250 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1 2.0 2094
10 Olafsson, Thorvardur ISL 2059 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0
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The Carlos Torre Memorial in Yucatan, Mexico took place 14th-21st
December 1999. GM Anthony Miles (England - 2588) took the first prize (4500
USD) with 7/9 . He is the first European to ever win this tournament. Also on 7
points but with lower tie-breaks were GM Gilberto Hernandez (Mexico - 2568), GM
Reynaldo Vera (Cuba - 2538) and GM Francisco Vallejo (Spain - 2519). Hopefully
detailed standings and more games will become available. My thanks to Hrannar
Baldursson.
Internet coverage at: http://www.torneotorre99.com.mx/
Maximiliano Alvarez reports: IM Juan Rohl won Final Venezuela
Championship (round robin tournament) (+4 =7) Second was IM Julio Ostos. WIM
Sarai Sanchez won Venezuela Women Championship (+6 =3 -1) with same points
Aleidi Martinez and Arilis Sanchez. Of course since then Venezuela has suffered
a great natural catastrophe with 100.000 people dead. The Panamerican Team
Tournament in January has obviously been cancelled.
Men's Championships
Place Name Rtg Loc Score Berg.
1 Rohl, Juan 2343 7.5 38.50
2-4 Ostos, Julio 2329 7 36.00
Blanco, Cristobal 2172 7 35.75
Gallegos, Carlos 7 34.75
5 Alvarez, Johann 2204 6 34.00
6-7 Prasca, Rafael 2213 5.5 27.75
Sequera, Jose 2340 5.5 27.25
8 Hernandez, Alexander 2229 5 24.50
9 Aponte, Argimiro 2225 4.5 23.75
10 Boada, Winston 2165 4 22.50
11-12 Sequeda, Pablo 3.5 19.75
Ordoñez, Francisco 2295 3.5 16.00
Women's championships
Place Name Rtg Loc Score Berg.
1-3 Sanchez, Sarai 2085 7.5 34.00
Martinez, Aleidi 2181 7.5 30.50
4 Sanchez, Aliris 7.5 32.00
Blanco, María C. 2030 6.5 35.00
5 Ubaldo, Maria 2142 6.0 22.00
6 Diaz, Milagros 2060 5.0 16.75
7 Sequeda, Nancy 2065 4.0 13.75
8 Castañeda, Katiuska 3.5 12.75
9 La Rosa, Edelmira 2005 3.0 12.25
10 Villamon, Silvana 2.5 12.75
11 Duran, Luisa 2.0 8.75
Willy Iclicki reports: The second FIDE Rapid rating list has been
released. The list included 23 events and more than 600 players.
FIDE Rapid Rating List (top 150)
No Player ID Surname First Name Title Country name
Elo Elo date
1 RUS 00012 Kasparov Gary Russia 284 25-Dec-99
2 IND 00001 Anand Vichy India 282 25-Dec-99
3 RUS 00002 Kramnik Vladimir Russia 276 25-Dec-99
4 ESP 00001 Shirov Alexis Spain 274 25-Dec-99
5 ISR 00001 Gelfand Boris Israel 272 25-Dec-99
6 RUS 00003 Karpov Anatoly Russia 270 25-Dec-99
7 USA 00008 Kamsky Gata USA 270 25-Dec-99
8 BUL 00001 Topalov Veselin Bulgaria 269 25-Dec-99
9 ARM 00004 Akopian Vladimir Armenia 269 25-Dec-99
10 SUI 00001 Korchnoi Viktor Switzerland 269 25-Dec-99
11 RUS 00020 Rublevsky Sergei Russia 268 25-Dec-99
12 NED 00001 Van Wely Loek Netherlands 268 25-Dec-99
13 CZE 00001 Movsesian Sergei Czech Republic 268 25-Dec-99
14 RUS 00015 Khalifman Alexander Russia 268 25-Dec-99
15 HUN 00005 Leko Peter Hungary 268 25-Dec-99
16 UKR 00001 Ivanchuk Vassily Ukraine 267 25-Dec-99
17 RUS 00019 Shipov Sergei Russia 267 25-Dec-99
18 RUS 00013 Dreev Alexey Russia 266 25-Dec-99
19 HUN 00006 Almasi Zoltan Hungary 266 28-Sep-99
21 RUS 00022 Bareev Evgeny Russia 266 25-Dec-99
22 SUI 00002 Milov Vadim Switzerland 265 25-Dec-99
23 BLR 00001 Fedorov Alexei Belarus 265 25-Dec-99
24 BIH 00002 Sokolov Ivan BIH 265 25-Dec-99
25 RUS 00023 Salov Valery Russia 265 01-Nov-99
26 RUS 00014 Zvjaginsev Vadim Russia 264 25-Dec-99
27 GEO 00004 Giorgadze Giorgi Georgia 264 25-Dec-99
28 POL 00004 Krasenkow Michael Poland 264 25-Dec-99
29 YUG 00001 Ljubojevic Ljubomir Yugoslavia 263 01-Jun-99
30 INA 00001 Adianto Utut Indonesia 263 01-Jun-99
31 NED 00002 Piket Jeroen Netherlands 263 01-Jun-99
32 RUS 00018 Sakaev Konstantin Russia 263 25-Dec-99
33 GER 00126 Jussupov Artur Germany 263 25-Dec-99
34 ARM 00001 Vaganian Raphael Armenia 262 25-Dec-99
35 ENG 00002 Adams Michael England 262 25-Dec-99
36 USA 00003 Seirawan Yasser USA 262 01-Jun-99
37 SWE 00001 Andersson Ulf Sweden 262 25-Dec-99
38 FRA 00008 Tkachiev Vladislav France 262 25-Dec-99
39 GER 00133 Seul Georg Germany 262 25-Dec-99
40 RUS 00016 Tiviakov Sergei Russia 262 25-Dec-99
41 FRA 00002 Bacrot Etienne France 262 01-Jun-99
42 FRA 00001 Lautier Joel France 262 25-Dec-99
43 RUS 00024 Ulibin Mikhail Russia 261 25-Dec-99
44 RUS 00005 Epishin Vladimir Russia 261 25-Dec-99
45 ISR 00007 Khengin Igor Israel 261 01-Jun-99
46 RUS 00025 Volkov Sergei Russia 261 25-Dec-99
47 ROM 00003 Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter Romania 261 25-Dec-99
48 ISR 00009 Psakhis Lev Israel 260 25-Dec-99
49 AUS 00001 Rogers Ian Austalia 260 01-Jun-99
50 RUS 00017 Dolmatov Sergey Russia 260 25-Dec-99
51 GER 00153 Khenkin Igor Germany 260 25-Dec-99
52 UKR 00008 Ponomariov Ruslan Ukraine 260 25-Dec-99
53 CRO 00007 Kozul Zdenko Croatia 260 25-Dec-99
54 GEO 00001 Azmaiparashvili Zurab Georgia 260 25-Dec-99
55 SVK 00001 Ftacnik Lubomir Slovakia 260 01-Jun-99
56 ENG 00003 Miles Antony, J. England 259 25-Dec-99
57 USA 00001 Gurevich Ilya USA 259 01-Jun-99
58 HUN 00012 Ribli Zoltan Hungary 259 25-Dec-99
59 EST 00001 Ehlvest Jan Estonia 258 01-Jun-99
60 MAR 00001 Hamdouchi Hichem Marocco 258 01-Jun-99
61 BIH 00001 Nikolic Pedrag BIH 258 25-Dec-99
62 ARM 00003 Asrian Levon Armenia 258 25-Dec-99
63 DEN 00001 Nielsen Peter Heine Denmark 258 25-Dec-99
64 BRA 00003 Leitao Rafael Brazil 258 25-Dec-99
65 FRA 00003 Dorfman Iossif France 258 01-Jun-99
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Eastern Open
The 26th Annual Eastern Open takes place in Washington DC December
26th-29th the event usually has 200+ players including a few GMs and IMs.
Coverage at: http://www.chessctr.org/eastern.htm
13th Ciudad de León Tournament
The 13th Ciudad de León Tournament will again use the "advanced
chess" format (players will be allowed to use a computer for databases and a
playing program). The competitors will be Anand, Shirov, Judith Polgar and
Illescas. The event will run June 1st-5th 2000 (playing days: June 2nd
Shirov-Illescas 2 game match, June 3rd Anand-Polgar 2 game match, June 3rd,
final. The venue is the Junta de León” building, with the opening
ceremony in the Conde Luna Hotel and the closing ceremony and Judit Polgar
simul at the University.
Leko Khalifman match
FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman has agreed to play Hungarian
Peter Leko in a six game match in Budapest. This is Khalifman's first
committment agreed to after he became World Champion. The match will run
3rd-9th Jan 2000 (restday 6th) in Budapest . Time control will be 40moves in 2
hours then 20 in 1 and the rest 30 minutes. The match will be held in the
Ballsaal of Hotel Kempinski in Budapest. The main sponsor of the event is the
company Westfälische Ferngas AG (Dortmund, Germany), who also sponsor
Peter Leko. Internet coverage is by net64 at:
http://www.terra.es/deportes/ajedrez/portada.htm
and http://195.235.97.120/khalifman-leko/html/index.html
Budapest Spring Festival
The 16th Budapest Spring Festival is a 9 round Swiss Open chess
tournament, the event runs 17th-25th of March 2000, Budapest. The planned
maximum is 100 participants, 1-3 GM-s, 6-8 IM-s, more, than 50 % ELO-rated,
min. 20 % foreigners. Info: Nagy, Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@elender.hu
www.elender.hu/~firstsat Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59 Mobile: (36)-30-230-1914 ICQ
# 44805877.
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
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
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