THE WEEK IN CHESS 271 17th January 2000 by Mark Crowther
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Corus Wijk aan Zee 14 games
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Pulvermuele International 15 games
World Blitz Cup 2 games
Linares "Anibal" Open 186 games
Kasparov Cadet Grand Prix 14 games
Gausdal Troll Masters 113 games
Croatian Championships 70 games
6th Bosnjaci Open 45 games
583 games
My thanks to Pam Thomas, Feng-hsiung Hsu, Stewart Reuben and Rod
McShane, Lost Boys, Anand, John Henderson, Maximiliano Alvarez, Allan Bennett,
Owen Williams, Feng-hsiung Hsu, Mig, Laszlo Nagy, Enrique Irazoqui and all
those who helped with this issue.
The first great chess tournament of the year is underway in Wijk aan
Zee. A Category 18 field with a great mix of players including Kasparov, Anand
and Kramnik. TWIC has coverage from the venue every day including some great
pictures. If you picked up TWIC last week without the games from the Hastings
Premier it would be worth downloading TWIC 170 again, there were a number of
alterations to the games file.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
The first major tournament of 2000 has started in Wijk aan Zee. The
Corus Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee runs 14th-30th January 2000 in the De
Moriaan Community Centre. The event sees the top three players in the World
Kasparov, Anand and Kramnik and altogether six of the top ten (Morozevich, Leko
and Adams also) in this very strong 14 player field which is just shy of
Category 19. After two rounds Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Piket and Timman all
have 1.5/3.
At the pre-event press conference Kasparov said that there were still
plans for a match against Anand "The second half of the year had been
deliberately left open for such an encounter". Although there is no sponsor at
the moment. Kasparov talked about the Deep Blue controversy (he added nothing
to Owen Williams statement below) but did say he would not play in the
Frankfurt Chess Classic if Fritz 6 participated. You can read John Henderson's
coverage of the Corus Wijk aan Zee tournament daily on TWIC's pages.
In the first round Kasparov ground down Korchnoi, although not without a
few inaccuracies. Kramnik gradually outplayed Adams and Piket played the
spectators game of the round against Lputian, the other games were drawn.
In round 2 Kasparov had an advantage with black after a move 10 novelty
against Piket. Later he blew it after miscalculating with his 27. ...a6 idea.
Kasparov was lost for a couple of moves before Piket's dire time trouble
allowed him to draw. Anand walked over Nikolic's Stonewall in the game of the
round, Van Wely paid the price for overpressing against Korchnoi and Lputian
survived time trouble only to blunder on move 46 against Timman.
Its been an interesting start and the question as to whether Kasparov is
rusty or ready to take up where he left off at the start of 1999 will no doubt
be answered this week.
Round 1 (January 15, 2000)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Adams, Michael 1-0 49 E11 Bogo indian
Timman, Jan H - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 42 E42 Nimzo indian
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 31 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Polgar, Judit - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 42 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Korchnoi, Viktor - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 54 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Nikolic, Predrag - Short, Nigel D 1/2 35 D58 QGD;
Lputian, Smbat G - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 46 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Round 2 (January 16, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 40 A90 Dutch defence
Piket, Jeroen - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 41 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Morozevich, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 16 C42 Petroff defence
Short, Nigel D - Leko, Peter 1/2 41 B26 Sicilian; Closed
Van Wely, Loek - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 55 D20 QGA;
Adams, Michael - Polgar, Judit 1/2 27 B47 Sicilian
Lputian, Smbat G - Timman, Jan H 0-1 61 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-30 i 2000 cat. XVIII (2697)
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2851 * . . = . . . . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2839
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 . * . . = . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2850
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2758 . . * . . = . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2924
4 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2633 = . . * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2921
5 Timman, Jan H g NED 2655 . = . . * . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2880
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2748 . . = . . * = . . . . . . . 1.0 2741
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2725 . . . . . = * = . . . . . . 1.0 2715
8 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2683 . . . . . . = * . . . = . . 1.0 2692
9 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2658 . . . . . . . . * . = . = . 1.0 2680
10 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2659 0 . . . . . . . . * 1 . . . 1.0 2748
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2646 . . . . . . . . = 0 * . . . 0.5 2465
12 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2659 . 0 . . . . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2533
13 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 . . 0 . . . . . = . . . * . 0.5 2515
14 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2605 . . . 0 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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The Hastings Premier took place 4th-12th January 2000. Emil Sutovsky
took clear first place with 6.5/9 after a last round win against Murray
Chandler. At the start of the round he shared the lead with Jon Speelman and
Alexei Dreev both of whom drew. My thanks to Stewart Reuben and Rod McShane for
the games.
Round 7 (January 10, 2000)
Sutovsky, Emil - McShane, Luke J 1/2 71 B54 Sicilian
Dreev, Alexey - Chandler, Murray G 1-0 49 D37 Queen's gambit
Bischoff, Klaus - Krush, Irina 1-0 62 D38 Queen's gambit
Emms, John M - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 61 C24 1.e4 e5
Lalic, Bogdan - Speelman, Jonathan S 0-1 29 C11 French; Classical
Round 8 (January 11, 2000)
Speelman, Jonathan S - McShane, Luke J 1-0 30 A48 Queen's pawn
Lalic, Bogdan - Bischoff, Klaus 1/2 26 B32 Sicilian
Chandler, Murray G - Emms, John M 1/2 61 B44 Sicilian
Sokolov, Ivan - Sutovsky, Emil 0-1 38 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Krush, Irina - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 51 D45 Semi-Slav
Round 9 (January 12, 2000)
Sutovsky, Emil - Chandler, Murray G 1-0 42 B31 Sicilian
Dreev, Alexey - Lalic, Bogdan 1-0 31 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Bischoff, Klaus - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 12 A46 Queen's pawn
Emms, John M - Krush, Irina 1-0 33 B86 Sicilian
McShane, Luke J - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 7 C65 Ruy Lopez
Hastings Premier ENG (ENG), 4-12 i 2000 cat. XIII (2552)
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1 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2597 * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 = 6.5 2713
2 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2680 = * = = 1 0 1 1 1 = 6.0 2662
3 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2604 = = * = = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2671
4 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2544 0 = = * 1 0 = 1 = 1 5.0 2595
5 Emms, John M g ENG 2546 0 0 = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 4.5 2552
6 McShane, Luke J m ENG 2438 = 1 0 1 0 * = = = 0 4.0 2521
7 Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2548 = 0 0 = = = * 0 = 1 3.5 2472
8 Chandler, Murray G g ENG 2527 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * = = 3.5 2474
9 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2637 0 0 = = 0 = = = * 1 3.5 2462
10 Krush, Irina wm USA 2399 = = 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 * 2.5 2403
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The Pulvermuele International takes place January 3rd - February 10th
2000. After four rounds of this Category 11 event the standings were: 1.
Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2520 3.0; 2. Bezold, Michael g GER 2508 2.5; 3.
Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2554 2.5; 4. Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2476 2.5; 5. Stefanova,
Antoaneta m BUL 2444 2.0; 6. Zhu Chen wg CHN 2503 2.0; 7. Bischoff, Klaus g GER
2509 1.5; 8. Naiditsch, Arkadij f GER 2417 1.5; 9. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2476
1.5; 10. Gabriel, Christian g GER 2578 1.0;
Internet coverage at: http://www.pulvermuehle.de/schach.html
Round 1 (January 12, 2000)
Ibragimov, Ildar - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 47 C00 French
Blatny, Pavel - Bischoff, Klaus 1/2 59 B52 Sicilian
Zhu Chen - Bezold, Michael 0-1 54 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Hamdouchi, Hichem 0-1 41 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Gabriel, Christian - Wells, Peter K 1/2 22 E32 Nimzo indian
Round 2 (January 13, 2000)
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Ibragimov, Ildar 1-0 79 C45 Scottish
Bezold, Michael - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 46 A03 Bird (1.f4)
Blatny, Pavel - Gabriel, Christian 1-0 30 B06 Modern defence
Bischoff, Klaus - Stefanova, Antoaneta 0-1 40 A11 English; 1.c4
Wells, Peter K - Zhu Chen 1-0 31 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Round 3 (January 14, 2000)
Ibragimov, Ildar - Bezold, Michael 1/2 43 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Hamdouchi, Hichem 1/2 15 C12 French; Macutcheon
Zhu Chen - Blatny, Pavel 1-0 46 D30 Queen's gambit
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Wells, Peter K 1-0 42 B66 Sicilian
Gabriel, Christian - Bischoff, Klaus 1/2 57 E38 Nimzo indian
Round 4 (January 16, 2000)
Bezold, Michael - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 22 D02 Queen's pawn
Blatny, Pavel - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 48 B50 Sicilian
Bischoff, Klaus - Hamdouchi, Hichem 1/2 32 A11 English; 1.c4
Wells, Peter K - Ibragimov, Ildar 0-1 38 C45 Scottish
Gabriel, Christian - Zhu Chen 0-1 25 D16 Slav defence
1st Fraenkische GM Pulvermuele GER (GER), 12-22 i 2000cat. X (2499)
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1 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2520 * . 1 . = . = 1 . . 3.0 2674
2 Bezold, Michael g GER 2508 . * = . = 1 . = . . 2.5 2574
3 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2554 0 = * . 1 . . . 1 . 2.5 2582
4 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2476 . . . * . 0 = 1 . 1 2.5 2596
5 Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2444 = = 0 . * . 1 . . . 2.0 2522
6 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2503 . 0 . 1 . * . . 0 1 2.0 2509
7 Bischoff, Klaus g GER 2509 = . . = 0 . * . . = 1.5 2417
8 Naiditsch, Arkadij f GER 2417 0 = . 0 . . . * 1 . 1.5 2408
9 Wells, Peter K g ENG 2476 . . 0 . . 1 . 0 * = 1.5 2426
10 Gabriel, Christian g GER 2578 . . . 0 . 0 = . = * 1.0 2298
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As reported last week the Plus GSM World Blitz Cup took place in the
Warsaw Polonia Chess Club on Sunday 9th January. Many of the World's best
players are competed. Anand took first prize ($10.000 + Plus GSM Cup) above
Gelfand in second place (5.000 + Nokia Communicator) and Karpov in third.
Viswanathan Anand is the source of a couple of games from the event they are
now in the pgn file.
More information at:
https://www.polkomtel.com.pl/turniej/english/index.asp
The VII Anibal Open took place in Linares 7th - 16th Jan 2000. The
Russian Grandmaster Sergey Dolmatov (2615) finished unbeaten in winning the VII
Open International Anibal in Linares.(Spain). Dolmatov scored 8/10 points
(+6=4) and took the title on tie-break. Lajos Portisch also scored 8 points
(+7=2 -1) and he finished second. The event was a tough one further down the
field was GM Oleg Korneev (2619) who finished 25th and GM Artashes Minasian
(2598) 26th.
Coverage at:
http://www.ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez
1 Dolmatov, Sergey RUS 2615 8 58.0 44.0 50.00
2 Portisch, Lajos HUN 2564 8 56.5 43.5 49.25
3 Sulskis, Sarunas LTU 2499 7.5 55.5 42.5 43.75
4 Dzhumaev, Marat UZB 2483 7.5 53.5 40.0 43.50
5 Iordachescu, Viorel MDA 2560 7 63.0 47.0 44.50
6 Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 2641 7 61.0 44.0 44.25
7 Sorokin, Maxim ARG 2572 7 56.5 40.0 41.25
8 Yandemirov, Valeri RUS 2472 7 56.0 39.5 40.00
9 Svetushkin, Dmitry MDA 2486 7 55.5 39.0 38.25
10 Sargissian, Gabriel ARM 2442 7 55.0 41.5 39.25
11 Yagupov, Igor RUS 2482 7 55.0 41.0 39.50
12 Jonkman, Harmen NED 2446 7 55.0 40.0 38.75
13 Kalantarian, Norik ARM 2474 7 52.0 37.0 38.50
14 Mirzoev, Azer AZE 2438 7 51.5 36.5 37.25
15 Motylev, Alexander RUS 2552 6.5 61.5 41.0 41.75
16 Campos Moreno, Javier B CHI 2512 6.5 57.0 40.5 37.75
17 Shabalov, Alexander USA 2592 6.5 55.0 40.0 35.75
18 Delchev, Aleksander BUL 2560 6.5 54.0 37.5 37.75
19 Anastasian, Ashot ARM 2606 6.5 53.5 36.0 35.00
20 Hauchard, Arnaud FRA 2513 6.5 53.0 40.5 35.25
21 Paragua, Mark PHI 2368 6.5 52.5 35.0 30.75
22 Wohl, Aleksandar H AUS 2438 6.5 51.0 36.5 29.75
23 Aronian, Levon ARM 2587 6.5 49.5 32.5 31.75
24 Reinaldo Castineira, Roi ESP 2345 6.5 49.5 32.5 27.50
25 Korneev, Oleg RUS 2619 6 59.5 39.0 36.25
26 Minasian, Artashes ARM 2598 6 58.5 40.5 36.25
27 Vokarev, Sergey RUS 2452 6 56.5 39.0 32.75
28 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N RUS 2523 6 54.5 38.0 32.75
29 Estremera Panos, Sergio ESP 2353 6 54.5 34.5 33.00
30 Karatorossian, David ARM 2345 6 51.5 34.0 27.00
31 Ravi, Lanka IND 2391 6 48.0 30.5 29.25
32 Holmsten, Aleksei FIN 2364 6 47.5 31.5 27.50
33 Skembris, Spyridon GRE 2481 6 45.5 30.5 28.50
34 Ippolito, Dean USA 2373 5.5 57.5 35.5 29.00
35 Sharma, Dinesh K IND 2337 5.5 55.5 33.5 30.75
36 Turov, Maxim RUS 2526 5.5 53.0 37.5 29.25
37 Halkias, Stelios GRE 2482 5.5 52.5 35.5 28.75
38 Maherramzade, Javad AZE 2423 5.5 52.5 34.5 30.00
39 Zakharov, Alexander RUS 2426 5.5 52.5 34.5 27.75
40 Vasilev, Milen BUL 2312 5.5 52.5 32.5 27.75
41 Piankov, Evgenij UKR 2375 5.5 52.0 34.5 24.50
42 Estrada Nieto, Julian MEX 2368 5.5 52.0 34.0 27.00
43 Fernandez Barrera, Francisco J ESP 2344 5.5 52.0 32.0 27.75
44 Manolov, Ivan BUL 2327 5.5 50.5 32.0 26.25
45 Touzane, Olivier FRA 2384 5.5 50.0 31.5 26.00
46 Hovhanisian, Mher ARM 2361 5.5 49.5 30.0 25.25
47 Baron Rodriguez, Jesus ESP 2392 5.5 48.5 32.5 24.00
48 Perez Candelario, Manuel ESP 2264 5.5 48.5 29.5 23.25
49 Kobese, Watu RSA 2392 5.5 46.5 31.0 25.00
50 Bick, John D USA 2266 5.5 46.5 29.5 21.00
51 Salmensuu, Olli FIN 2418 5.5 46.0 30.5 20.25
52 Kovacevic, Slobodan YUG 2415 5.5 45.5 30.0 23.75
53 Kristensen, Leif FAI 2375 5.5 44.5 26.5 21.75
54 Pinheiro, Jose POR 2272 5.5 44.0 27.0 18.25
55 Galego, Luis POR 2451 5.5 43.0 26.5 22.75
56 Trabert, Bettina GER 2273 5.5 42.5 27.0 21.50
57 Bjerring, Kai DEN 2276 5.5 40.5 25.5 22.00
123 players
Feng-hsiung Hsu one of the three major programmers of Deep Blue
released an open letter (in TWIC last week). Owen Williams replied later in the
week and there is a quick response from Feng-hsiung Hsu.
Here is Owen William's response to Mr. Hsu: [Date 13 January 2000]
Feng Hsiung Hsu's open letter is extraordinarily misleading and he
demonstrates a troubling ability to ignore certain responses and to take items
out of context or make them up and put them in his letter as facts. In his Open
Letter he says:
"...Owen never said a straight yes or no to my question of whether
Kasparov was interested in a match. "
If you read the next paragraph, you will see his inability to read
plain English. On Nov. 30th, I had responded as follows:
"With regard to a match against a computer, Garry would be happy to
consider a Challenge under the right circumstances with the rules carefully
laid out."
I went on to explain to Mr. Hsu that for Garry to consider a match, the
prizemoney would have to be substantial, that putting his World Title on the
line with an untried and untested opponent did not make any sense at all and
suggested politely but firmly that Mr. Hsu would have to get his program up and
running on his own or with a backer and then play many games including other
computer programs and to establish himself as THE CONTENDER.
Obviously, Mr. Hsu did not like my answers very much, became
belligerent and made threats and even grandly imposed deadlines.
On Dec. 3rd, amongst other things, I repeated to him:
"Your tone is quite hostile and with angry people, I like to keep my
responses simple. Garry remains ready, willing and able to play a serious match
against a computer - under the right conditions."
So persistent did Mr. Hsu become that on Dec. 21s I wrote to him:
"He (Kasparov) will not be associated with an open letter like this. It
is not the way he does business and it would run counter to discussions he is
having with others."
The next day Mr. Hsu sent a draft letter intended to go out openly
soliciting sponsors on his and Garry's behalf!
On Dec. 23rd, I replied as follows:
"I think that maybe I am not expressing myself very clearly. Mr.
Kasparov does not authorize you to say anything at all. I hope this is very
clear."
Incredibly, Mr. Hsu wrote once again, wanting Garry's authorization for
another letter.
My last e-mail (in exasperation) was:
"You continue making statements which are your words and not Garry's.
Please read what I have sent you very carefully."
Effectively, Mr. Hsu had many strikes against him:
He behaved as if he was Deep Blue and we know he is not.
- All he had was a computer chip with no organization or sponsor
behind him.
- Garry made it very clear that he was not going to give him time just
to go on a "fishing trip" for a year or two to try and attract sponsors or
money.
- His entire presentation was speculative and without substance.
- He began almost immediately to make threats and he seemed to think,
like many before him, that all he had to do to get Garry to do his bidding, was
to threaten "exposure."
- To summarize, he had no sponsor, no money, no entity and was
entirely lacking in any seriousness or credibility from a business point of
view.
Ironically, Mr. Hsu waited until two and a half years after the match
to set up a flurry of e-mails which almost from the beginning were threatening
in nature. On reflection, I firmly believe that he knew his offer had no
credibility and he was looking for a little publicity and some notoriety.
For any of you who still think Mr. Hsu was above-board, just put
yourself in his position. Would you not have called up and said,
"Hsu here. Let's put our heads together and see if we can make this
thing work."
That's not a good idea if all you want out of this is to have a go at
THE WORLD CHAMPION!
Owen Williams
Feng-hsiung Hsu's reply to Owen Williams
This will be my last message on the subject and I will keep it short.
I found the initial conditions listed by Owen reasonable, but there
were some details that needed to be worked out. One issue was whether the match
would be a title match or not. Personally, I prefer a non-title match, but the
potential sponsors I knew seemed to be only interested in a title match. My
subsequent mails were mainly trying to resolve this issue. At one point, I
decided to write an open letter and see whether there were sponsors who would
settle for a non-title match. Owen might have misunderstood my intent.
Eventually, Owen said what appeared to be a definitive no to my simple question
of whether Mr. Kasparov was still interested in a new match.
I did state a deadline in a message to Owen. The deadline was my
self-imposed time limit of when I should move on if I could not reach a mutual
understanding with Mr. Kasparov. It was given as an FYI. However, in
retrospect, it was a mistake that I mentioned the deadline as it could easily
be misinterpreted.
I will not defend whether I was serious about the match proposal. I
will just state the following facts. I spent over a year and some of my own
money to get the right to the chess chip, and I was prepared to spend another
year and half of my life working furiously to make the match happen. Finally, I
would like to point out that I have all the resources to build a machine
without further funding if need be. It was the necessary condition before IBM
management would even consider granting me the chess chip license.
The Kasparovchess Cadet Grand Prix took place over the internet January
11th, 13th and 14th. The event was held over the internet on Kasparov's new
site. The players were: Radjabov, Teimour (f AZE 2459 born 1987) Bu Xiangzhi
(CHN 2565 born 1985) Belov, Vladimir (RUS 2389 born 1984) Efimenko, Zahar (UKR
2332 born 1985) Thiruchelvam, Thirumurugan (ENG 2235 born 1988) Rodshtein,Maxim
(ISR unrated) Nakamura, Hikaru (USA 2261) Alcazar Jimenez, Jesus (ESP 2143 born
1984) and they played in a KO format. The winner was the young Azerbaijani
Teimour Radjabov who is one of the World's best junior talents. In the final he
beat Bu Xiangzhi the Chinese player who may have broken the record for the
youngest ever GM (subject to confirmation). Radjabov claimed a draw and was
granted one, in the first game of the final that progress was not possible by
normal means and this was granted after his flag fell. In the second game he
played a nice game to take the competition. The games were 60 minutes per
player per game, no blitz tie-breakers were required.
Further coverage at: http://www.kasparovchess.com/
Round 1 (January 11, 2000)
Alcazar Jimenez, Jesus - Belov, Vladimir 0-1 0-1 Belov
Bu Xiangzhi - Rodshtein,Maxim 1-0 1/2 Bu
Efimenko, Zahar - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 1/2 Efimenko
Thiruchelvam, Thirumurugan - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 1/2 Radjabov
Round 2 (January 13, 2000)
Efimenko, Zahar - Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 0-1 Bu
Radjabov, Teimour - Belov, Vladimir 1-0 1/2 Radjabov
Round 3 (January 14, 2000)
Bu Xiangzhi - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 0-1 Radjabov
The Tapolca Open took place in Budapest 7th - 15th of January 2000.
There were 95 participants, 10 title holders (4 IMs + 6 FMs) from 7
countries.
TAPOLCA Open
Budapest, 7th-15th of January 2000
Leading final results:
1. IM Wang, Rui (CHN) 2496 8,5 points
2. FM Ni, Hua (CHN) 2390 8,5 points
3. Szilagyi Zsolt (HUN) 2177 7
4. IM Galyas Miklos (HUN) 2440 6,5
5. Antal Gergely (HUN) 2339 6,5
6. Pinter Gabor (HUN) 2378 6
7. Wukits Rene (AUT) 2320 6
8 Molnar Laszlo (HUN) 2254 6
9. Papp Gellert (HUN) 2234 6
10. Bencze Laszlo (HUN) 2305 6
The Gausdal Troll Masters took place 10-16th January 2000. The event was
won by 21 year old Maris Krakops from Latvia. with 7.5/9 Krakops beat IM
Steffen Pedersen in just 18 moves in the final round. In second place was Igors
Rausis who also scored 7.5 but lost out on tie-break.
Internet coverage: http://home.sol.no/~skak/Troll2000/
Gausdal Troll Masters NOR (NOR), 10-16 i 2000
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1 Krakops, Maris g LAT 2530 +13 = 5 = 7 +45 +16 + 8 = 2 = 3 + 9 7.0 2563
2 Rausis, Igors g LAT 2496 +24 =11 +29 +16 +30 = 3 = 1 = 4 +10 7.0 2505
3 Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2524 +35 +12 =30 = 9 +28 = 2 + 5 = 1 = 4 6.5 2521
4 Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2539 =25 +44 =28 +21 = 5 + 9 +10 = 2 = 3 6.5 2514
5 Westerinen, Heikki M.J g FIN 2382 +43 = 1 +10 = 7 = 4 +30 - 3 +23 +19 6.5 2484
6 Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2478 +19 =10 =12 +26 - 8 =20 +27 =16 +15 6.0 2381
7 Lobzhanidze, Davit m GEO 2444 +44 +25 = 1 = 5 = 9 -10 +20 =12 +16 6.0 2449
8 Gabrielsen, Stig NOR 2295 +18 =29 =22 +24 + 6 - 1 - 9 +31 +20 6.0 2389
9 Pedersen, Steffen m DEN 2427 =15 +23 +11 = 3 = 7 - 4 + 8 +24 - 1 5.5 2441
10 Johannessen, Leif Erlend f NOR 2356 +33 = 6 - 5 +18 +22 + 7 - 4 +11 - 2 5.5 2414
11 Leskiewicz, Maksymilian AUS 2206 +27 = 2 - 9 +36 =20 +17 =14 -10 +21 5.5 2351
12 Bellin, Robert m ENG 2351 +20 - 3 = 6 =29 +41 =24 =22 = 7 +23 5.5 2338
13 Leer-Salvesen, Bjarte NOR 2261 - 1 +43 +39 -28 =21 +35 =17 =26 +24 5.5 2292
14 Skytte, Rasmus f DEN 2338 -23 =31 +37 -20 +42 =18 =11 =22 +26 5.0 2189
15 Royset, Paal NOR 2249 = 9 =36 -21 =32 +38 +25 =30 +27 - 6 5.0 2236
16 Bellin, Jana wg ENG 2163 +42 +48 +17 - 2 - 1 +19 =23 = 6 - 7 5.0 2331
17 Hersvik, Daniel NOR 2165 +37 +40 -16 -22 +31 -11 =13 =25 +29 5.0 2170
18 Tonning, Erik NOR 2217 - 8 +35 =38 -10 +32 =14 -19 +40 +30 5.0 2225
19 Royset, Jon K NOR 2258 - 6 -20 +33 +47 +45 -16 +18 +30 - 5 5.0 2241
20 Lie, Kjetil A NOR 2206 -12 +19 =36 +14 =11 = 6 - 7 +34 - 8 4.5 2263
21 Anderton, David W ENG 2228 =31 =38 +15 - 4 =13 +34 -24 +28 -11 4.5 2230
22 Tallaksen, Geir ---- =28 +47 = 8 +17 -10 -27 =12 =14 =25 4.5 2244
23 Bae, Torstein NOR 2218 +14 - 9 +32 -30 +39 +28 =16 - 5 -12 4.5 2224
24 Putka, Verner LAT 2250 - 2 +27 +48 - 8 +26 =12 +21 - 9 -13 4.5 2276
25 Hole, Oystein NOR 2242 = 4 - 7 =41 =42 +37 -15 +45 =17 =22 4.5 2189
26 Romsdal, Trond NOR 2204 -29 +33 +31 - 6 -24 +45 +41 =13 -14 4.5 2238
27 Snarheim, Dagfinn NOR 2227 -11 -24 +44 +48 +29 +22 - 6 -15 =31 4.5 2190
28 Christenson, Flemming NOR 2223 =22 +41 = 4 +13 - 3 -23 =31 -21 =33 4.0 2234
29 Borchgrevink, Harald ---- +26 = 8 - 2 =12 -27 +41 -34 +38 -17 4.0 2181
30 Berg Jensen,Joachim ---- +45 +32 = 3 +23 - 2 - 5 =15 -19 -18 4.0 2236
31 Hagesaether, Paal Vegard NOR 2271 =21 =14 -26 +38 -17 +39 =28 - 8 =27 4.0 2159
32 Ferkingstad, Sjur NOR 2068 +34 -30 -23 =15 -18 =42 -40 +47 +39 4.0 2040
33 Rasmussen, Peter DEN 2245 -10 -26 -19 =43 +40 =38 =39 +44 =28 4.0 2117
34 Sterk, Karoly HUN ---- -32 =37 +47 -39 +36 -21 +29 -20 =35 4.0 2047
35 Rause, Olita wg LAT 2249 - 3 -18 +46 -37 +48 -13 =36 +42 =34 4.0 2068
36 Hammerstad,Asmund ---- =41 =15 =20 -11 -34 =43 =35 =37 =38 3.5 2052
37 Svendsen, Bertil ---- -17 =34 -14 +35 -25 =44 =43 =36 =40 3.5 2059
38 Bekker-Jensen, Anne DEN 2074 =47 =21 =18 -31 -15 =33 +46 -29 =36 3.5 2054
39 Fant, Goran SWE 2066 -40 +46 -13 +34 -23 -31 =33 +43 -32 3.5 2038
40 Hansen, Victor ---- +39 -17 -45 -41 -33 +48 +32 -18 =37 3.5 2039
41 Mellem, Nicolas A NOR 2208 =36 -28 =25 +40 -12 -29 -26 =48 +46 3.5 2033
42 Flaata, Alexander ---- -16 -45 +43 =25 -14 =32 =44 -35 +48 3.5 2077
43 Ornstein, Petra SWE ---- - 5 -13 -42 =33 +46 =36 =37 -39 =44 3.0 2009
44 Hansen, Torbjorn R NOR 2259 - 7 - 4 -27 =46 +47 =37 =42 -33 =43 3.0 2036
45 Johansson, Per SWE 2099 -30 +42 +40 - 1 -19 -26 -25 -46 =47 2.5 1971
46 Svensen,Tarjei ---- -48 -39 -35 =44 -43 +47 -38 +45 -41 2.5 1940
47 Bru,Stein Kristian ---- =38 -22 -34 -19 -44 -46 +48 -32 =45 2.0 1864
48 Horn, Emilia SWE 2003 +46 -16 -24 -27 -35 -40 -47 =41 -42 1.5 1848
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The 8th Croatian closed championships are taking place in Pula 07th -
19th January 2000. Palac, Zelcic, Rogic, Hulak, Kutuzovic, Zaja, Fercec,
Feletar, Novak, Stevic, Golubovic, Krstic, Kovacevic B, Rezan compete.
Coverage at: http://sah.posluh.hr and
http://www.crochess.com/turniri/pula/prvhrzat/prvhrzat.html
ch-CRO Pula (CRO), 7-19 i 2000 cat. VIII (2448)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Hulak, Krunoslav g CRO 2493 * 0 1 = . . = 1 1 1 = 1 . 1 7.5 2603
2 Kutuzovic, Branko m CRO 2480 1 * . . 0 = = . 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 2597
3 Zaja, Ivan m CRO 2446 0 . * = = 1 = . 0 1 1 . 1 1 6.5 2579
4 Golubovic, Boris m CRO 2457 = . = * = = . 1 = = 1 0 1 . 6.0 2527
5 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2610 . 1 = = * = 1 0 0 . . 1 = 1 6.0 2505
6 Rogic, Davor m CRO 2505 . = 0 = = * = = 1 = . . = 1 5.5 2502
7 Fercec, Nenad m CRO 2476 = = = . 0 = * = 0 . = 1 1 . 5.0 2456
8 Feletar, Darko CRO 2411 0 . . 0 1 = = * . 1 1 = = 0 5.0 2449
9 Kovacevic, Blazimir f CRO 2447 0 0 1 = 1 0 1 . * 0 . . = = 4.5 2444
10 Stevic, Hrvoje m CRO 2470 0 = 0 = . = . 0 1 * 0 1 . = 4.0 2344
11 Novak, Danijel CRO 2365 = = 0 0 . . = 0 . 1 * 0 = 1 4.0 2363
12 Rezan, Sasa CRO 2248 0 0 . 1 0 . 0 = . 0 1 * = = 3.5 2353
13 Zelcic, Robert g CRO 2561 . 0 0 0 = = 0 = = . = = * . 3.0 2295
14 Krstic, Uros CRO 2308 0 0 0 . 0 0 . 1 = = 0 = . * 2.5 2254
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The 6th Open Bosnjaci took place January 3rd-9th 2000. The event was won
by Esad Goric with 8/9.
Coverage at: http://sah.posluh.hr/bosnjaci.htm
Final Standings: 1. Goric, Esad BIH 2354 8/9; 2. Jankovic,
Alojzije CRO 2313 7.5; 3. Dabo-Peranic, Robert CRO 2282 7.5; 4. Jusic, Zdenko f
CRO 2387 6.5; 5. Ascic, Pero CRO 2344 6.5; 6. Biti, Ozren CRO 2261 6.5; 7.
Djukic, Zeljko CRO CRO 2246 6.5; 8. Tarakcija,Hazim CRO 6.5; 9. Leventic, Ivan
m CRO 2390 6.0; 10. Oreskovic, Pero 6.0; 11. Medic, Mirjana wm CRO 6.0; 12.
Martic, Zlatko f CRO 2302 6.0; 13. Licina, Zoran YUG 2339 6.0; 14. Filipovic,
Marko CRO 2241 6.0; 15. Zivkovic, Vjekoslav CRO 2294 6.0; 16. Sentic, Pero CRO
2260 6.0; 17. Hodak, Stevo CRO 2241 6.0; 18. Ljikar, Zoran 6.0; 19. Ascic, Anto
f CRO 2257 6.0; 20. Djermic, Ivan CRO 2177 6.0
The Cadaqués computer tournament is being held in Spain and is
hosted by Prof. Enrique Irazoqui and CSS. Computers are runniing on two
PIII-500 with 256 MB RAM. Time controls are 40 moves in 40 minutes, each
participants play 20 game matches against all other participants, total 420
games. Competitors: Rebel Century (Ed Schröder Rebel B.v.), Fritz 6a
(Frans Morsch ChessBase), Hiarcs 7.32 (Mark Uniacke ChessBase), Junior 6 (Amir
Ban ChessBase), Nimzo 7.32 (Chrilly Donninger ChessBase), Rebel Tiger
(Christophe Théron Rebel B.v.) and Shredder 4 (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Millennium). Event runs January 3rd - February 10th 2000.
Internet coverage at:
http://www.computerschach.de/tourn/
New York Open
Michael Atkins reports: The New York Open is back!! Long, the strongest
Open tournament in the U.S., the NY Open is scheduled over the period of May
6-14, 2000. The Two Weekend schedule will start May 6-7, and the main Open
section will play May 8-14. The class sections will play May 10-14. Playing at
the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan, the same site as the last two NYO's, the
Open section will feature $50,000 in prizes which is about $10,000 more than in
the open section in 1998. All other details will be announced in late January.
For more details contact tournament organizer Mr. Jose Cuchi later in the month
Stay tuned for upcoming announcements and full details in late January on the
New York Open website http://w-w-w.com/nyopen/
First Saturday February
The First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments for February take
place in Budapest, 5th-17th February. Contact: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@elender.hu
if you wish to play as there are some vacancies.
The participants registered so far:
FIRST SATURDAY GM-tournament: IGM VOLZHIN, A. (RUS), IGM HORVATH, Csaba
(HUN), IGM CSOM, Istvan (HUN), JAKAB, Attila (HUN), SZABO, Zsolt, Jozsef (HUN),
IM FOGARASI, Tibor (HUN), RIBSHTEIN, Nati (ISR), IM NGUYEN, Anh Dung (VIE), WGM
HOANG, Th, Trang (VIE), IM WANG Rui (CHN), FM NI, Hua (CHN), IM LI, Wenliang
(CHN), IM YU, Shao Teng (CHN), ZHANG, Pengxiang (CHN). Reserves: IM GINSBURG,
Mark (USA), IM VILLAMAYOR, Bong (PHI), IM BURNETT, Ronald (USA), IM VAJDA,
Levente (ROM), IM VAJDA, Albert (ROM).
2000 FIRST SATURDAY IM-tournament: IM KAPOSZTAS, Miklos (HUN), IM
ZIMMERMAN, Yuri (RUS), IM SINKOVICS, Peter (HUN), IM KAHN, Evarth (HUN), IM
SERES, Lajos,(HUN), IM EPERJESI, Laszlo (HUN), JUNGER, Kai (GER), MARXEN, Peter
(GER), WOOLRIDGE, Leon (ENG), FM BELOTELOV, Dmitri (RUS), RESIKA, Nathan,
(USA), DEMBO, Yelena (ISR), WIM GARA, Anita (HUN), SZEBERENYI, Adam (HUN),
WONG, Zi Ling (MAS), ANTAL, Gergely (HUN), IM NEMETH, Zoltan (HUN), GOCZO,
Melinda (HUN), WGM VAJDA, Szidonia (ROM) FM PARKANYI, Attila (HUN), COOKE, Eric
(USA), YU, Ming Yuan (CHN), FM MURZIN, Lenar (RUS), IM NEMETH. Zoltan (HUN).
Reserves: BOGNAR, Csaba (HUN), BALOGH, Csaba (HUN). Planned 2 groups... (10-14
participants each...)
9th Aurec Rapid tournament
The 9th Aurec Rapid tournament takes place Feb 26th - 27th in Aurec,
France. There are 2 tournaments 7 rounds/ 20mins per game. More than FF 45 000
in prizes Invitations for GMs and IMs. Further info: Olivier Deville -
Côtevière - F-43110 Aurec Tél. : 0033 4 77 35 41 21 Fax :
0033 4 77 35 23 76 E-mail : odeville@netcourrier.com
12 Hour Brussels Blitz
The 12 Hour Brussels Blitz takes place Feb 26th 2000. Salle Sippelberg
Avenue Sippelberg, 3 (Metro Osseghem) 70.000 frs in prizes, 1st prize 15.000
frs. Entry: Senior - 400frs, Junior<18 - 250frs Timerate: 5 minutes. Info: B
Asman tel 512.48.43 e-mail: asmanbenny@skynet.be M. Grede tel 538.35.75 Chess
Club Anderlecht Caïssa Woluwé C.R.E.B. Les Fous du Roy
Brazilian Events
The 66th Brazilian Chess Championship takes place in Brasilia-DF,
Brasil, (Torre Palace Hotel) January 19th - 25th 2000. 26 players will compete
in a 9 rounds swiss tournament
Coverage at: http://www.cbx.org.br
This is followed by the BCX 2000 Brazilian Chess Open which takes place
in Brasilia-DF, Brasil (Naoum Plaza Hotel) January 27th - 30th 2000. The event
is a 7 rounds swiss tournament
Further details: http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx/abindice.htm
Players required for York
The York IM Closed tournament that takes place January 24th - Febuary
1st 2000 requires two players. The venue is the Lady Anne Middleton Hotel. The
entry fee is £100. Contact Angus Dunnington
angus@dunningtona.freeserve.co.uk or tel: ++44 (0)1977 554032
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.
19th Reykjavik International Open
The 19th Reykjavik International Chess Tournament takes place in the
Reykjavík City Hall 5th-13th April 2000.
Minimum Prize fund: USD 15.000 1. prize USD 5.000 2. prize USD 3.000 3.
prize USD 2.000 4. prize USD 1.500 5. prize USD 1.000 Under 2450 .USD 1.500
Under 2300 .USD 1.000.
9 rounds, Swiss System, Time Limit: 40 moves in 2 hours, 20 moves in 1
hour, and 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Registration: Please contact the ICELANDIC CHESS FEDERATION, P.O. Box
8354, 128 Reykjavík, Iceland, before Feb. 1st 2000. Tel.: 354 568 9141
Fax: 354 568 9116 Email: siks@itn.is Conditions for titled players please
contact ICF office. Eligible: All players rated 2000 or more (FIDE rating
list). No entrance fee for foreign players.
V Ubeda Open
The V Ciudad de Ubeda takes place January 19th - 28th, 2000 (10
Rounds).
PRIZES 1º 500.000 pts. 16º-50º 50.000 pts. 2º
250.000 pts. 1st Woman Chessplayer 50.000 pts. 3º 150.000 pts. 1st
Chessplayer under 2600 elo 50.000 pts. 4º 125.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer
under 2475 elo 50.000 pts. 5º 100.000 pts. 1st Chessplayer under 2350 elo
50.000 pts. 6º-15º 75.000 pts.
Conditions for the events
Chessplayers with 2600 Elo: free full board in a single room and free
fixed fee. G.M. and I.M. lodging free. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are $10 per
person / day in a double room, (single supplement $20). For other players
lodging in a three stars hotel is $24 per person / day in a double room,
(single supplement $20). Breakfast, lunch and dinner are $10 per person / day.
FIXED FEE PER TOURNAMENT Since January 1st, 2000 10.000 pts. Bank details:
Banco de Andalucía, account nº 0004 3270 84 0601005803 Prizes will
be subject to 25% tax. VII Open "Anibal" Tel. 34 953 650400, fax 34 953 652204
(Miss Flori). V Open "Ciudad de Ubeda" Tel. 34 953 791011, fax 34 953 791012
(Miss Tana).
Official details on the internet:
http://www.ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez
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.
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.
Website: http://cappelle.free.fr/
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
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
