THE WEEK IN CHESS 274 7th February 2000 by Mark Crowther
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Wydra Rapidplay in Haifa 56 games
Perenyi Memorial 35 games
Whiteley beats Howell 4 games
George Koltanowski 1903-2000 6 games
First Saturday February GM 14 games
First Saturday February IMA 14 games
First Saturday February IMB 12 games
2nd White Rose International 45 games
2nd Novak Nikolic Memorial 18 games
El Salvador National Team 1 game
Corus Correction 1 game
206 games
My thanks to Hans Ree, John Henderson, San Francisco Chronicle, Nagy
Laszlo, Angus Dunnington, Europe Echecs, Sinisa Joksic, Michael Gosselin, Ruddy
Lantang, Alexis Murillo, Narayanamoorthy Ganapathi, Antonio Bento, Anton
Gubanov, Webmaster of Russian Chess and all those who helped with this
issue.
The sad news of the death of George Koltanowski headlines this week. A
great publicist for the game, especially in his adopted home of the United
States, he was most famous for his great skills in blindfold chess. Elsewhere
Viswanathan Anand won the Wydra Rapidplay to retain the title he won last
year.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Viswanathan Anand retained the Wydra Rapidplay in Haifa. A comfortable
winner last year here he had to catch up with Peter Svidler who led by a point
going into the final day. However he caught up in one round, with Svidler
losing to Psakhis and Anand beating Avrukh in round 10. In the end Anand won by
half a point from Peter Svidler and Boris Gelfand. The event took place
February 3rd-5th 2000 and was sponsored by the shipping company ZIM.
Official site:http://www.kasparovchess.com/
Round 1 (February 3, 2000)
Gelfand, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 D18 Slav defence
Huzman, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1/2 20 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Avrukh, Boris - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 21 D15 Slav defence
Greenfeld, Alon - Psakhis, Lev 1-0 51 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 2 (February 3, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter 0-1 41 C92 Ruy Lopez
Gelfand, Boris - Avrukh, Boris 1-0 51 A31 English; 1.c4 c5
Psakhis, Lev - Huzman, Alexander 1-0 52 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Bareev, Evgeny - Greenfeld, Alon 0-1 32 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Round 3 (February 3, 2000)
Svidler, Peter - Psakhis, Lev 1-0 30 C18 French; Winawer
Huzman, Alexander - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 38 D10 Slav defence
Avrukh, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 34 E12 Nimzo indian
Greenfeld, Alon - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 17 D17 Slav defence
Round 4 (February 3, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Psakhis, Lev 1-0 67 E32 Nimzo indian
Gelfand, Boris - Huzman, Alexander 1/2 43 A49 Queen's pawn
Avrukh, Boris - Greenfeld, Alon 1-0 31 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Bareev, Evgeny - Svidler, Peter 0-1 38 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 5 (February 3, 2000)
Svidler, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 49 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Psakhis, Lev - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 45 C08 French; Tarrasch
Huzman, Alexander - Avrukh, Boris 1-0 55 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Greenfeld, Alon - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 35 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 6 (February 4, 2000)
Svidler, Peter - Greenfeld, Alon 1-0
Psakhis, Lev - Avrukh, Boris 0-1 59 B51 Sicilian
Huzman, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 29 D19 Slav defence
Bareev, Evgeny - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 48 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Round 7 (February 4, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0
Gelfand, Boris - Psakhis, Lev 1-0 37 E15 Nimzo indian
Avrukh, Boris - Svidler, Peter 0-1 48 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Greenfeld, Alon - Huzman, Alexander 1/2
Round 8 (February 4, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 45 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Svidler, Peter - Huzman, Alexander 1/2 33 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Psakhis, Lev - Greenfeld, Alon 1-0
Bareev, Evgeny - Avrukh, Boris 0-1
Round 9 (February 4, 2000)
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2
Huzman, Alexander - Psakhis, Lev 0-1 39 D41 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Avrukh, Boris - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 34 D45 Semi-Slav
Greenfeld, Alon - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 48 D17 Slav defence
Round 10 (February 5, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Avrukh, Boris 1-0 32 B63 Sicilian
Gelfand, Boris - Greenfeld, Alon 1-0 45 D38 Queen's gambit
Psakhis, Lev - Svidler, Peter 1-0 28 A11 English; 1.c4
Bareev, Evgeny - Huzman, Alexander 0-1 44 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 11 (February 5, 2000)
Svidler, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 50 C11 French; Classical
Psakhis, Lev - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 16 B51 Sicilian
Huzman, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 10 E21 Nimzo indian
Greenfeld, Alon - Avrukh, Boris 0-1 26 B66 Sicilian
Round 12 (February 5, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Greenfeld, Alon 1/2 54 C83 Ruy Lopez
Gelfand, Boris - Svidler, Peter 1-0 55 A16 English; 1.c4
Avrukh, Boris - Huzman, Alexander 1/2 25 D27 QGA;
Bareev, Evgeny - Psakhis, Lev 0-1
Round 13 (February 5, 2000)
Anand, Viswanathan - Huzman, Alexander 1-0
Gelfand, Boris - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1
Avrukh, Boris - Psakhis, Lev 1/2 60 E17 Nimzo indian
Greenfeld, Alon - Svidler, Peter 1/2 23 D92 Gruenfeld indian
Round 14 (February 5, 2000)
Svidler, Peter - Avrukh, Boris 1-0
Psakhis, Lev - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 46 D10 Slav defence
Huzman, Alexander - Greenfeld, Alon 1/2 19 E60 Kings indian
Bareev, Evgeny - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Wydra Memorial Rapidplay Haifa ISR (ISR), 3-5 ii 2000cat. XVI (2650)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2769 ** =1 0= 1= =1 11 == 1= 9.5 2765
2 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2692 =0 ** =1 11 == 1= =1 10 9.0 2745
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2672 1= =0 ** 10 == 11 1= 1= 9.0 2748
4 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2599 0= 00 01 ** 11 0= 01 11 7.0 2657
5 Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2574 =0 == == 00 ** 1= == =1 6.5 2631
6 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2620 00 0= 00 1= 0= ** 11 01 5.5 2574
7 Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2563 == =0 0= 10 == 00 ** 10 5.0 2560
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 0= 01 0= 00 =0 10 01 ** 4.5 2508
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Emil Anka reports: The Perenyi Memorial took place in Gyula (Hungary) in
the Hotal Agro 24th Jan-3rd Feb 2000. The Chinese IM Zhang Pengxiang won the
event and scored a GM morm. Ni Hua who finished in second is a Chinese FM and
scored two points more than required for an IM norm.
Final Standings
Perenyi Memorial Gyula HUN (HUN), 24 i-4 ii 2000 cat. IX (2464)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Zhang Pengxiang m CHN 2562 * 1 = = = 1 = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2631
2 Ni Hua f CHN 2390 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = = 8.5 2579
3 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2548 = = * = 1 = = = = = 1 = = 1 8.0 2544
4 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2519 = = = * = = = 1 = = = = 1 1 8.0 2547
5 Ruck, Robert m HUN 2472 = 0 0 = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.5 2520
6 Yu Shaoteng m CHN 2535 0 = = = = * = = 1 = = 1 = = 7.0 2487
7 Wang Rui m CHN 2496 = 0 = = = = * = = 0 1 1 1 0 6.5 2461
8 Li Wenliang m CHN 2444 = = = 0 0 = = * = 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2465
9 Lauber, Arnd m GER 2416 1 0 = = = 0 = = * 1 = 0 0 = 5.5 2410
10 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2437 0 0 = = = = 1 1 0 * 0 = 0 1 5.5 2409
11 Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2470 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = 1 * = = = 5.5 2406
12 Danner, Georg m AUT 2443 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 1 = = * 1 1 5.0 2378
13 Vajda, Levente m ROM 2459 0 = = 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 = 0 * = 4.5 2354
14 Dittmar, Peter f GER 2308 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 = 0 = * 3.5 2301
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IM Andrew Whiteley beat 9 year old David Howell 4-0 in a rapidplay
match at the London Chess Center on Sunday 6th Feb 2000. There were 4 rapidplay
games. They played for the Gameplay Trophy. (http://www.gameplay.com) Howell had chances in a couple of the
games. David Howell had just become the youngest player to qualify for a
National Championship at the age of 9 years 2 months. He scored 3.5/5 at the
Redcar open Jan 28th-30th 2000 and this has qualified him to play in the Smith
& Williamson British Championship at Millfield School in August.
Howell,David - Whiteley, Andrew J 0-1 49 C02 French; Advance
Whiteley, Andrew J - Howell,David 1-0 46 D74 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Howell,David - Whiteley, Andrew J 0-1 32 C02 French; Advance
Whiteley, Andrew J - Howell,David 1-0 71 D76 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Gameplay Trophy Rapidplay m London ENG (ENG), 6-6 ii 2000
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1 2 3 4
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Whiteley, Andrew J m ENG 2228 1 1 1 1 4.0
Howell,David ---- 0 0 0 0 0.0
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George Koltanowski 17th September 1903 - 5th February 2000.
George Koltanowski famous for his chess exhibitions (especially
blindfold chess and the knight's tour) and chess journalism has died at the age
of 96 in San Francisco USA.
Georges Koltanowski was born September 17th 1903 in Antwerp (he later
shortened his first name to George). Rather confusingly the booklet "50
Shortcuts to Chess Victory" by him says he was born in Eastern Europe but he
himself corrected this mistake, although it seems likely his parents were. In
Chessnicdotes he says that "I was born at No. 42 Loos Straat in Antwerp,
Belgium." Then he writes that he learned Flemish and French at school, so
apparently these languages were not spoken at home. However in later years he
frequently emphasized that he considered himself first and foremost to be an
American.
He learned chess at the age of 14 and was the top Belgian player after
the death of Edgar Colle in 1932. His international career that started at the
age of 21 when he played in the Meran 1924 tournament. There he played and drew
against Siegbert Tarrasch. It finished nearly 30 years later with an Olympiad
appearance for the USA in 1952 and a match against Grob the following year. In
truth he played little internationally after moving to the States and his main
active period was in the 1930s. His style is hard to categorise and against
strong opponents it seems he usually played queen pawn openings with white such
as the Colle in the hope of hanging on. He did get an excellent position
against Alekhine at Hastings 1936-7 with the opening and was a pawn up when the
draw was agreed. He beat Akiba Rubinstein in a Scheveningen event in Antwerp
1931 which was organised to compensate the Belgian players who couldn't travel
to the Olympiad of that year. His best results were wins in Antwerp 1932, and
Barcelona 1934 and 1935. He competed in strong events such as Ramsgate 1929,
London 1932, Hastings 1935-6 and Hastings 1936-7 and Ostend 1937. He was
Belgian Chess Champion 1923, 1927, 1930 and 1936. He was awarded the title of
IM in 1950 on the basis of his pre-war results. In 1988 he was given an
honorary GM title by FIDE. He was awarded the title of International Arbiter in
1960.
He held various records for simultaneous blindfold play at which he was
highly skilled. In Edinburgh 1937 he played 34 boards scoring +24 =10 in 13.5
hours. This record is still recognised by many as the official record because
strict monitoring of the effort was made which was not the case in other
efforts such as that by Najdorf a few years later. In San Francisco, December
1960, he played 56 blindfold games sequentially at 10 seconds a move in 9 hours
scoring +50 =6. He also gave huge simultaneous displays with site of the board,
playing 271 games in 1949 and 110 in 1955.
Koltanowski's speciality was to conduct a blindfold knight's tour (hard
enough in itself) by calling out telephone numbers or cities placed on the 64
squares of the board by the audience. He would study these for a few moments
before embarking on his blindfold exhibition. He expanded this later to 192
squares by putting three boards together and jumping to the next board on the
completion of each board. He attributed this skill to his study of memory games
whilst he was very ill for a couple of years as a child and confined to bed for
much of this time.
At the outbreak of war he found himself in Guatemala staying in Central
America until towards the end of the war when he moved to the States.
Afterwards he turned to touring, teaching and writing books and articles. He
was a very active tournament director and was one of the three original
inductees into the US Chess Hall of Fame. The USCF also gave him the title of
"The Dean of American Chess." The previous "Dean of American Chess" was Hermann
Helms who himself lived into his 90s. He was President of the USCF 1975-78.
He was still active into his 90s and a reader of TWIC into the year
2000 (he certainly followed the Hastings Premier this year). I received a
lovely booklet from him celebrating 50 years editing the daily chess column in
the San Francisco Chronicle in May 1997. In the end after 52 uninterupted years
he had written over 19,000 columns for the paper. There is a lengthy obituary
in the issue of Monday, February 7, 2000. Their website is:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/. His
column was syndicated to other newspapers also.
Tom Dorsch reports that Koltanowski died of complications resulting
from congestive heart failure. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Leah
Koltanowksi who is 93. The met on a blind date in 1944 in New York. They moved
to the Bay Area in 1947.
Books in English include Colle System, Chess Chats, With the Chess
Masters, Blindfold Chess Genius, Practical Chess, My Castles in Spain,
Chessnicdotes-I and II, TV Chess, En Passant, In the Dark, Chess Annual,
Adventures of a Chess Master, Practical Play of the Max Lange Attack, San
Antonio (1972 international tournament) and Checkmate. He also wrote books in
Flemish, French and Spanish. In addition he made radio broadcasts and films on
the game. His books showed an enthusiasm for the game, however sometimes
historical accuracy was not allowed to get in the way of a good tale. His
priority was always to enthuse others about the game with his exhibitions,
stories and books.
Finally a tribute to him in the form of an acrostic in honour of him by
one of his friends:
GEORGES KOLTANOWSKI (1903-2000)
Gems played o'er
Caissa's board
E'er remembered, ne're ignored;
O'erlooked by a few who still await
Regal lines with chessic
bait.
Great displays of brilliant mind
Earn one's game
a lesson kind.
Sans voir skill you'll seldom find.
Kingly play and Knightly tour
Of entertainment, one was
sure;
Listening to those stories spun
The games lost
and the games won.
And his interest in the day's young
Ne're forgetful that skills sprung
O'er the board of thrill
and strife
Would apply as well to daily life.
So our
memories will fore'er remain
Kolty's magical displays of brain
In a style we may ne'er see again.
-J
International Career Record
[those events I could find]
1924 Meran 11th place 5 points
[1st Grunfeld 10.5. Speelman, Rubinstein, Colle and Tarrasch played.]
1924 Paris 4-7th place 8 points
1925 Antwerp Match Colle +0 -4 =3
1926 Spa 9th 4.5 points
[Samisch and George Thomas 1st=]
1927 London Team Tournament 8.5 points
1928 Hague Team Tournament 9.5 points
1928/9 Hastings 4th 5.5 points
[1st= Colle, Marshall, Takacs 6 points. Ahead of all the Brits.]
1929 Ramsgate 4-5th 4.5 points
[1st Capablanca 5.5; 2nd= Rubinstein, Menchik 5; Level with Maroczy]
1930 Antwerp 5-6th 1.5 points
1932 Antwerp 1st 4.5 points
[Above Flohr]
1932 London 7th 5 points
[Alekhine 9; Flohr 8. Behind Kashdan, Sultan Khan, Maroczy and
Tartakower.]
1934 Sitges 3-4th 9.5 points
[1st Lilienthal 10.5. 2nd Rey. Level with Tartakower above Spielmann
and Prins.]
1934 Barcelona 1st-3rd 6 points
[Shared with Lilienthal and Tartakower]
1935 Barcelona 1st-2nd 8 points
[Level with Flohr above Grob and Thomas]
1935 Mollet 1st-2nd 8 points
1935 Rosas 2nd 7.5 points
[Behind Flohr above Grob.]
1935/6 Hastings 4th 5.5 points
[1st Fine 7.5 2nd Flohr 6.5 3rd Tartakower 6 above all the British
players]
1936/7 Hastings 8th 3 points
[1st Alekhine Behind Fine, Eliskases, Feigin, Vidmar,
Tylor and Winter. Above Menchik, Thomas.]
1937 Birmingham 4th 6.5 points
[Behind Eliskases, Prins, Winter.]
1937 Ostend 6th 4.5 points
[Behind Fine, Grob, Keres, Landau, List ahead of Tartakower.]
1937 Zurich Match Grob +1 -1 =2
1952 Olympiad Helsinki [He played at least two games for the US
including a draws against Kotov and Florian.]
1953 Zurich Match Grob +2 =3
Nagy Laszlo reports: The First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments
for February are underway in Budapest, 5th-17th February.
Round 2 standings:
FSGM January Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 ii 2000 cat. IX (2469)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Ni Hua f CHN 2390 * . . . . = 1 . . . . . . . 1.5 2691
2 Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2429 . * = . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2700
3 Horvath, Csaba g HUN 2519 . = * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2675
4 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2464 . . . * . . . = . . 1 . . . 1.5 2663
5 Burnett, Ronald m USA 2437 . . . . * . . . . . = . . 1 1.5 2655
6 Volzhin, Alexander g RUS 2548 = . . . . * . . = . . . . . 1.0 2476
7 Hoang Thanh Trang m VIE 2448 0 . . . . . * . . 1 . . . . 1.0 2376
8 Li Wenliang m CHN 2444 . . . = . . . * . . . = . . 1.0 2480
9 Zhang Pengxiang m CHN 2562 . . . . . = . . * . . . = . 1.0 2541
10 Ribshtein, Nati ISR 2362 . . . . . . 0 . . * . . . 1 1.0 2438
11 Wang Rui m CHN 2496 . . . 0 = . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2257
12 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2496 . 0 . . . . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2243
13 Yu Shaoteng m CHN 2535 . . 0 . . . . . = . . . * . 0.5 2347
14 Szabo, Zsolt Jozsef m HUN 2429 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . * 0.0
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FSIMA January Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 ii 2000 cat. III (2301)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Dembo, Yelena ISR 2269 * . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 2.0
2 Resika, Nathan A USA 2190 . * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0
3 Parkanyi, Attila f HUN 2362 . . * = . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2509
4 Froehlich, Peter f GER 2375 . . = * . . . . . . . . . 1 1.5 2466
5 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2365 . . . . * = . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2498
6 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2301 . . . . = * . = . . . . . . 1.0 2360
7 Khechumyan, Gagik ARM 2236 0 . . . . . * . 1 . . . . . 1.0 2344
8 Balogh, Csaba HUN 2356 . . . . . = . * . = . . . . 1.0 2316
9 Yu Mingyuan CHN 2419 . . . . . . 0 . * 1 . . . . 1.0 2283
10 Sinkovics, Peter m HUN 2331 . . . . . . . = 0 * . . . . 0.5 2194
11 Gara, Anita wm HUN 2257 0 . . . . . . . . . * = . . 0.5 2070
12 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2257 . . 0 . . . . . . . = * . . 0.5 2116
13 Rajlich, Vasik G USA 2309 . 0 . . 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14 Woolridge, Leon M ENG 2185 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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FSIMB January Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 ii 2000 cat. IV (2331)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Cooke, Eric USA 2266 * . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . 2.0
2 Antal, Gergely HUN 2339 . * = . . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2527
3 Seres, Lajos m HUN 2394 . = * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2502
4 Goczo, Melinda HUN 2250 . . . * . . . . = . . 1 1.5 2529
5 Karatorossian, David ARM 2345 0 . . . * . 1 . . . . . 1.0 2322
6 Sikula, Vaszilij UKR 2346 . . . . . * 0 1 . . . . 1.0 2351
7 Nemeth, Zoltan m HUN 2379 . . . . 0 1 * . . . . . 1.0 2345
8 Wong Zi Jing f MAS 2324 . . . . . 0 . * . . . 1 1.0 2371
9 Medvegy, Nora wm HUN 2275 . 0 . = . . . . * . . . 0.5 2101
10 Belotelov, Denis f RUS 2280 . . 0 . . . . . . * = . 0.5 2195
11 Vajda, Szidonia wg ROM 2382 0 . . . . . . . . = * . 0.5 2080
12 Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2397 . . . 0 . . . 0 . . . * 0.0
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The 2nd White Rose International IM Closed tournament took place January
24th - Febuary 1st 2000. The venue was the Lady Anne Middleton Hotel in York.
The winner was IM Andrew Kinsman scoring 8/9. Harmen Jonkman is down as an FM
on the ELO list but I understand already has the IM title.
2nd White Rose International (ENG), 24 i-1 ii 2000 cat. I (2261)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Kinsman, Andrew P.H m ENG 2399 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2596
2 Jonkman, Harmen f NED 2446 = * = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2513
3 Dunnington, Angus J m ENG 2372 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2414
4 Benitah, Yohan FRA 2397 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 = 1 5.0 2288
5 Jamieson, Peter M f SCO 2295 0 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 4.5 2256
6 Frost, Nicholas ENG 2109 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 1 4.5 2277
7 Saunders, John C WLS 2200 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 1 = 4.0 2224
8 Fantin, Ludwig FRA 2114 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 2.5 2110
9 Woolridge, Leon M ENG 2185 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1 2.0 2049
10 Forbes, Cathy wm ENG 2089 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 1835
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Krum Georgiev and Andrei Shchekachev both scored 9.5/10 at the 25th
Aubervilliers Rapidplay that took place that took place January 29th-30th 2000.
Games follow next week. Further information:
http://www.europechecs.com/
Sinisa Joksic reports: The 2nd Novak Nikolic Memorial runs February
3rd-13th 2000 in Belgrade. . Novak Nikolic was a chess enthusiast, worked all
his life for the Belgrade's town transportation as the transportation engineer.
The event is category 9 (ave. 2501).
Round 1 (February 2, 2000)
Damljanovic, Branko - Pikula, Dejan 1-0 34 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Vuckovic, Bojan - Solak, Dragan 1/2 24 C05 French; Tarrasch
Zontakh, Andrey - Martinovic, Slobodan 1-0 26 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Zhukova, Natalia - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 1-0 42 A43 Queen's pawn
Govedarica, Radovan - Sherbakov, Ruslan 1/2 22 B65 Sicilian
Popchev, Milko - Kovacevic, Aleksandar 0-1 38 A48 Queen's pawn
Round 2 (February 4, 2000)
Solak, Dragan - Kovacevic, Aleksandar 1-0 77 A68 Modern Benoni
Vuckovic, Bojan - Govedarica, Radovan 1-0 32 C42 Petroff defence
Sherbakov, Ruslan - Zontakh, Andrey 1/2 38 D18 Slav defence
Martinovic, Slobodan - Zhukova, Natalia 1/2 44 A12 English; 1.c4
Pikula, Dejan - Popchev, Milko 1-0 49 B08 Pirc; Classical
Velimirovic, Dragoljub - Damljanovic, Branko 0-1 33 B57 Sicilian
Round 3 (February 5, 2000)
Damljanovic, Branko - Martinovic, Slobodan 1/2 52 E91 Kings indian; Classical
Zontakh, Andrey - Vuckovic, Bojan 1/2 39 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Zhukova, Natalia - Sherbakov, Ruslan 1/2 25 E14 Nimzo indian
Kovacevic, Aleksandar - Pikula, Dejan 1-0 42 B41 Sicilian
Govedarica, Radovan - Solak, Dragan 0-1 44 B66 Sicilian
Popchev, Milko - Velimirovic, Dragoljub 1/2 17 B07 Pirc
2nd Novak Nikolic mem Belgrade YUG (YUG), 2-13 ii 2000 cat. XI (2501)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Solak, Dragan m YUG 2515 * . = . . 1 . . . 1 . . 2.5 2730
2 Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2534 . * . . . . . = 1 . 1 . 2.5 2767
3 Vuckovic, Bojan m YUG 2427 = . * = . . . . . 1 . . 2.0 2649
4 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2576 . . = * . . = 1 . . . . 2.0 2600
5 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2471 . . . . * . = = . . 1 . 2.0 2644
6 Kovacevic, Aleksandar m YUG 2462 0 . . . . * . . 1 . . 1 2.0 2625
7 Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2552 . . . = = . * . . = . . 1.5 2510
8 Martinovic, Slobodan g YUG 2448 . = . 0 = . . * . . . . 1.0 2402
9 Pikula, Dejan m YUG 2476 . 0 . . . 0 . . * . . 1 1.0 2377
10 Govedarica, Radovan m YUG 2483 0 . 0 . . . = . . * . . 0.5 2225
11 Velimirovic, Dragoljub g YUG 2558 . 0 . . 0 . . . . . * = 0.5 2232
12 Popchev, Milko g BUL 2510 . . . . . 0 . . 0 . = * 0.5 2225
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Michael Gosselin reports: Twenty-seven players competed in the
FIDE-rated top section of the Third Harry Lyman Open, held 28-30 Jan 2000 in
Needham, MA. GM Alexander Ivanov won the tournament for the third time, but
unlike the last two years, he had to share the title. Also finishing first were
GMs Larry Christiansen and Sergey Kudrin, and FM Igor Foygel. All four players,
the highest rated active players in Massachusetts, finished with 4-1 scores.
Finishing tied for fifth were GM Alexander Stripunsky of New Jersey and Bryan
Smith of Alaska with 3.5-1.5 scores each. Games and further details next
week.
Ruddy Lantang reports: The Jakarta Invitational takes place February
21-27 2000. Players: 1. Ardiansyah GM 2. Ivan Situru IM 3. Deny Yuswanto IM 4.
Cerdas Barus IM 5. Dede Liu IM 6. Sukirman Teddy FM 7. Syarif Mahmud FM 8.
Johny Jurmansyah National Master 9. Jacobus Sampouw National Master 10.Sugeng
Prayitno National Master 11.Susanto Mergaranto National Master 12.Ruddy Lantang
National Master 13.Fabian Lumentut National Master 14.Fritz 6.
IM Alexis Murillo reports: The National Team Championships of El
Salvador was held in San Salvador between November 1999 and January 2000. For
the first time in the history of this small Central American country, the team
of "Banco Agricola Comercial" won the event, three points ahead of it nearest
rival, and former champions, "Ceramicas del Pacifico".
For the first time in Central America, foreign professional chess
players played for several of the teams. Cuban International Master Hector
Leiva Paneque and Honduras's young Champion Lemmys Arias played from the very
beginning of the tournament.
IM Alexis Murillo, from Costa Rica, played for the winners Banco
Agricola Comercial arrived later in the event but scored 3/3 for the winners.
The best player of El Salvador, 20 year old International Master Carlos Burgos
was also succesful playing in the First Board of Banco Agricola Comercial.
Leading final Standings: Banco Agrícola Comercial 30 points.
Cerámicas de Pacifico 27 points. Pumas 22 points
Players Banco Agrícola Comercial FM Ricardo Chavez IM Alexis
Murillo (CRA) Humberto Enríquez José Félix Mira Salvador
Ríos. Joaquín Aguilar. Suplente Tableros 1 y 2 IM Carlos Burgos.
Suplente Tableros 3 y 4 David Castillo. Suplente Tableros 5 y 6 Eduardo Burgos.
Cerámicas del Pacífico IM Hector Leyva Paneque (CUB) FM
Marvin Guevara Jorge Tobar David Blanco Efraín Segura Nayda Avalos
Suplente Tableros 1 y 2 FM Boris Pineda Suplente Tableros 3 y 4 Luis
Liévano Suplente Tableros 5 y 6 Jorge Ferrer
Best Boards 1º IM Hector Leyva (Cerámicas del
Pacífico) 2º Virgilio Hernández (Pumas) 3º Javier
Segura (Team Barrera I) 4º Manuel Renderos (Pumas) 5º Salvador
Ríos (Banco Agrícola Comercial) 6º Nayda Avalos
(Cerámicas del Pacífico) Suplente 1 Boris Pineda
(Cerámicas del Pacífico) Suplente 2 David Castillo (Banco
Agrícola Comercial) Suplente 3 Eduardo Burgos (Banco Agrícola
Comercial)
Others titled players Lorena Zepeda FM y WIM ( Team Barrera II) Sonia
Zepeda FM (Team Barrera II) Lorena Osorio WFM (Team Barrera II) Tanya Pastor
WFM (Team Barrera II) Nayda Avalos WFM (Cerámicas del Pacífico)
Narayanamoorthy Ganapathi reports: The Goodricke International takes
place in Calcutta February 6th-17th 2000. Players include Akopian, Korchnoi,
Peng Xiaomin, Ildar Ibragimov, Gregory Kaidanov, Evgeny Vladimirov, Maxim
Sorokin, Alexander Goloshchapov, Viorel Iordachescu, Jozsef Horvath, Dao Thien
Hai, Bogdan Lalic etc 74 players complete.
Internet coverage: http://www.goodrickechess.freeservers.com/
GM Giovanni Vescovi won the BRAZILIAN CHESS OPEN BCX 2000 played in
Naoum Plaza Hotel, Brasilia, Brasil, in 9 rounds swiss tournament from 27th-30
january (127 players) Vescovi scored 6,5/7, unbeaten, only a draw with GM Darcy
Lima. Internet Coverage at
http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx/abindice.htm
[No games available]
The Brazilian women's Chess Championships take place in Batais-SP,
Brasil Feb 5th -12th 2000. There are 8 players in a round robin tournament
Participants: IM Regina Ribeiro, IM Joara Chaves, Regina Bonfim, Tais Juliao,
FM Paula Delai, Jainy Gomes and IM Tatiana Ratcu and Suzana Chang. Coverage at
http://www.cbx.org.br
GM Ariel Sorin will play against the World from January 31st 2000. The
game will start at 17:00 (-03:00GMT). To play it is free. IM Guillermo Llanos
will suggest some moves, and the people will choose one of them. GM Ariel Sorin
will play: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. World will play: Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday. Sunday will be a rest day. However, there will be an analysis of
the position and the moves of the week.
Website: http://chessok.virtualave.net
The 5th HIT Nova Gorica Open is taking place in Slovenia 1st-9th
February 2000. 18 GMs including Sergei Movsesian (2668), Vladimir Epishin
(2667) and Aleksander Beliavsky (2640), etc
http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0002/ng2000/
The game Lputian-Short had one extra move given last week.
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 and Shay Bushinsky 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/
Bergen NOR
Tournament name : Bergen Chess International Site: Bergen, Norway. Date:
21-29th July 2000 Prize Fund : NOK 10000/6000/4000/2000/1000 + rating prizes
The prize fund is garanteed. Entry fee : No entry fee for foreigners with
FIDE-ELO Conditions : May be offered to a limited number of IMs/GMs. Number of
rounds : 9 System : Modifed Swiss Rate of play : 2 hours/40 moves, 1 hour/20
moves, 0.5 hour/rest Side events : Rapid tournaments, GM-simuls, blitz etc
Home page : http://home.sol.no/~eirikgu/bi2000.htm
40-50 participants are expected of which there will be 5-6 GMs and 6-8
IMs. Only 6 unrated players will take part. Confirmed titled players: GM
Yakovich (2580), GM Volzhin (2548), GM Gausel (2492), GM Djurhuus (2484), IM L.
Johannessen (2431), IM Fyllingen (2408), IM Bern (2379) and IM Gullaksen
(2353).
Yately Manor International
February 4th-6th and 19th-20th Yateley Manor International (Open FIDE
and GP event, 9 rounds over 2 weekends All Play Alls and Swiss) . £1,000
+ prize fund (subject to entry). Some free accommodation for titled players.
Ray Clark, High Cedars, Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks. SL9 8DA (0802
306210 and ray.clark@kpmg.co.uk)
More
details
GM Ariel Sorin vs. World
GM Ariel Sorin will play against the World from January 31st 2000. The
game will start at 17:00 (-03:00GMT). To play it is free. IM Guillermo Llanos
will suggest some moves, and the people will choose one of them. GM Ariel Sorin
will play: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. World will play: Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday. Sunday will be a rest day. However, there will be an analysis of
the position and the moves of the week.
Website: http://chessok.virtualave.net
Millennium Chess Festival
THE TOURNAMENT
MARCH 4-5, 2000 - PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. 120 Grand Prix Points
$8,350 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND!
5-Round Swiss System Tournament, in Two Sections "Open' (Open to all)
"Reserve" (Open to players under 1800) PRIZES OPEN: $$2,000-1,200-800-400,
U2400/Unr. $400-200, U2200 $400, U2000 $200, "SWEEP PRIZE" $400 (bonus for
winning all 5 games in Open section, to all players who do it!) RESERVE: First
Place $1,000, Top B $250-100, Top C $250, Top D $250, Top E/Below $250, Top Unr
$250 (Unrated not eligible for 1st in Reserve) Top Jr. = Trophy
TIME CONTROL
Game / 2 hours (USCF and FIDE Rated)
ROUNDS
Round 1 Saturday, March 4: 10:00am Round 2 Saturday, March 4: 2:30pm
Round 3 Saturday, March 4: 7:00pm Round 4 Sunday, March 4: 10:00am Round 5
Sunday, March 4: 2:30pm
1/2-point Byes are available Must commit rounds 4-5 before round 2.
ADVANCE ENTRY FEE
Only $50!(Must be received by February 19, 2000)
Contact: E. Rodney Flores Address: 4 Witch Hazel 0. Portsmouth, VA
23703 Phone: 757-686-0822 Email: ergfjr@erols.com
AT-SITE ENTRY FEES
Registration Time: Saturday, March 4, 8:00am to 9:30arn Entry Fee $65
Cash only Please -- No checks or credit cards at site.
SITE: Olde Towne Holiday Inn -8 Crawford Pkwy, Portsmouth VA 23704 A
beautiful site right on the Elizabeth River overlooking downtown Norfolk! Large
well-lit playing Hall. FREE PARKING!
GM Rohde Lecture and Simultaneous Exhibition Friday, MARCH 3, 2000 A
rare opportunity to play against one of America's most talented Grand Masters!
He will give a lecture, and then take on a limited number of players. WHERE:
Olde Towne Holiday Inn, Portsmouth (Driving Instructions) REGISTER: Between
5:30pm and 6:30pm. START TIME: 6:30pm FEES: Lecture is FREE - Open to all!
Simul is $20 per player.
The number of players in the Simul may be limited, taken, on a
first-come, first-served basis. Bring your own set and board-Spectators
welcome. Inquiries: Rodney Flores 757 686-0822
The Tournament Directors Michael Atkins (Associate National TD) and
David Pelleteir(Senior TD and member USCF Tournament Director Certification
Committee)
WBCA BLITZ-CHESS TOURNAMENT $750 Guaranteed Prize Fund (More per
Entries) Saturday Night, March 4 6-Round, Double Swiss (12 games total)
5-Minute Speed Chess WHERE: Olde Towne Holiday Inn, Portsmouth (Driving
Instructions) REGISTER: Anytime until 10:00pm START TIME: About 10:30pm PRIZES:
1st Place $300 2nd Place $150 Top 1900-2099 $100 Top 1600-1899 $100 Top
1300-1599 $75 Top Under 1300 $50 First-round byes will be available for those
whose 3rd round tournament games run late. Inquiries: Rodney Flores,
757-686-0822
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
Politiken Cup 2000
The Politiken Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark takes place 17th-28th July
2000. There is a new venue at the Nørrebrohallen with room for 500-700
players.
Further information: http://www.kbhsu.dk
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.
Coverage at:http://www.simnet.is/hellir/Reykopen00.htm
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
