THE WEEK IN CHESS 38 25/06/95 Mark Crowther
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Introduction
1) NEW YORK INTEL RAPIDPLAY GRAND PRIX by Vadim Kaminsky
2) JULY 1995 FIDE RATINGS
3) Netherlands Championships 1995
4) 44th Greek National Championships Glyfada by Panagis Sklavounos
5) MOROVIC WINS A PLACE FOR FIDE INTERZONAL -by Roberto Alvarez
6) MALAYSIAN ZONAL 3.2
7) Iscia Open
8) G7 Internet event
9) Pozarevac Yugoslavia
10) StaTWICtics by Anjo Anjewierden (anjo@swi.psy.uva.nl)
11) STUDIES by Wlodek Proskurowski
12) GAMES SECTION
Intel Grand Prix New York 36 games
Netherlands National Championships 18 games
Iscia International Open 2 games
Greek Women's National Championships 1 game
Greek National Championships Glyfada 36 games
Santiago Chile Zonal 2.5 Men 86 games
Introduction
My thanks to Vadim Kaminsky, Anjo Anjewierden, Bob Wade,
Walter, Panagis Sklavounos, Roberto Alvarez, Bosko Grove
and Wlodek Proskurowski.
Last week one nonpgn game Rausis-Kjeldsen Denmark International (round
5 ) Its a mystery to me how that happened. The only problem is that
0-0 instead of O-O was used.
A nice mixed issue of games and reports. The top July FIDE ratings
appear here too. (I stress I only have the ratings that appear
here so don't ask me for others please.)
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
1) NEW YORK INTEL RAPIDPLAY GRAND PRIX by Vadim Kaminsky
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My thanks to Vadim who worked incredibly hard to get the
games out quickly from New York.
Games were 25 minutes per players for the mini-match
of two games followed by a playoff of 5 minutes to
white and 4 to black with black getting draw odds
if required.
Probably the best performance was in Ivanchuk's victory over
Morozevich. There were a number of iffy games in this event.
Although it was nice to see Morozevich reach the semi's.
Morozevich------- 2 Morozevich
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Vyzmanavin------- 1 2 Morozevich
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Christiansen----- 1.5 Christiansen 1
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Yusupov---------- 0.5 0 Ivanchuk
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Ivanchuk--------- 2 Ivanchuk 2
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Hjartarson------- 1 2 Ivanchuk
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Speelman--------- 2 Speelman 0
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Korchnoi--------- 1 FINAL Kasparov WINS 2-0 against Ivanchuk
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Ehlvest---------- 1.5 Ehlvest
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Polgar----------- 0.5 0.5 Kramnik *
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Kramnik---------- 1.5 Kramnik 1.5
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Chernin---------- 0.5 1.5 Kasparov
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Kasparov--------- 2 Kasparov 1.5
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Adams------------ 0 1.5 Kasparov
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DeFirmian-------- 2 DeFirmian 0.5
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Smirin----------- 1
* Kasparov had black against Kramnik and thus went through.
2) JULY 1995 FIDE RATINGS
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My thanks to Bob Wade for the early faxing of this information.
It is the FULL information I have. So please don't ask for
further ratings, I don't have them.
A comparison with the PCA ratings I put in TWIC recently would
reveal some differences I believe. Its all very close at the
top, but intuitively I would have expected Anand higher.
Incidently Shay Bushinsky tells me the will be another new
GM for Israel: GM Eran Lies. Bringing the total number of
Israeli GMs to the incredible 24!
NOTES
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JANR is the January rating, JULR is the July (new) rating.
T is title, gm is the number of games available for rating.
These ratings were all typed in by me, so I hope there aren't
any typos. In addition I took the previous rating list as
a start so if someone has changed country I may not
have spotted it. (I changed one, Shirov which I knew about
and is changed to Spain on the new list.) Also I know of
a number of players who, by virtue of their rating on this
list, will get titles. These titles didn't appear on this list.
(I may have missed the odd change of title whilst typing in
but I did check a few that I knew of)
TOP 100 PLAYERS
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NAME NAT JANR T JULR gm Date of Birth
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Kasparov, Gary RUS 2805 g 2795 26 13.04.63
Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2765 g 2775 37 23.05.51
Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2700 g 2740 36 18.03.69
Kamsky, Gata USA 2710 g 2735 16 02.06.74
Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2715 g 2730 31 25.06.75
Anand, Viswanathan IND 2715 g 2725 10 11.12.69
Shirov, Alexei ESP 2710 g 2695 61 04.07.72
Gelfand, Boris BLR 2700 g 2685 29 24.06.68
Salov, Valery RUS 2715 g 2685 25 26.05.64
Yusupov, Artur GER 2660 g 2680 53 13.02.69
Dreev, Alexey RUS 2650 g 2670 35 30.01.69
Adams, Michael ENG 2655 g 2660 63 17.11.71
Tiviakov, Sergei RUS 2625 g 2655 53 14.02.73
Khalifman, Alexander RUS 2635 g 2655 31 18.01.66
Beliavsky, Alexander G UKR 2650 g 2650 41 17.12.53
Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2675 g 2650 37 21.11.66
Short, Nigel D. ENG 2655 g 2645 58 01.06.65
Lautier, Joel FRA 2655 g 2645 51 12.04.73
Vaganian, Rafael A ARM 2640 g 2645 45 15.10.51
Nikolic, Predrag BIH 2645 g 2645 26 11.09.60
Topalov, Veselin BUL 2630 g 2640 40 15.03.75
Epishin, Vladimir RUS 2635 g 2640 35 11.07.65
Korchnoi, Viktor SUI 2635 g 2635 57 23.03.31
Svidler, Peter RUS 2585 g 2635 54 17.06.76
Hracek, Zbynek CZE 2595 g 2635 53 09.09.70
Polgar, Judit (GM) HUN 2630 g 2635 31 23.07.76
Hansen, Curt DEN 2630 g 2635 22 18.09.64
Almasi, Zoltan HUN 2590 g 2630 90 29.08.76
Sokolov, Ivan BIH 2645 g 2630 69 13.06.68
Smirin, Ilia ISR 2630 g 2630 44 21.01.68
Yudasin, Leonid ISR 2615 g 2630 40 08.08.59
Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2615 g 2630 37 14.10.62
Huebner, Robert GER 2620 g 2630 35 06.11.48
Oll, Lembit EST 2610 g 2630 35 23.04.66
Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2605 g 2630 19 18.07.77
Andersson, Ulf SWE 2630 g 2630 15 27.06.51
Piket, Jeroen NED 2670 g 2625 49 27.01.69
Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2655 g 2625 46 07.12.71
Seirawan, Yasser USA 2600 g 2625 22 24.03.60
Gulko, Boris F USA 2595 g 2620 50 09.02.47
Illescas Cordoba,Miguel ESP 2595 g 2620 45 03.12.65
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab GEO 2610 g 2620 33 16.03.60
Speelman, Jonathan S ENG 2610 g 2620 19 02.10.56
Dautov, Rustem GER 2625 g 2620 11 28.11.65
Nunn, John D M ENG 2630 g 2615 33 16.03.60
Portisch, Lajos HUN 2585 g 2615 27 04.04.37
Dolmatov, Sergey RUS 2605 g 2615 11 20.02.59
Psakhis, Lev ISR 2625 g 2610 41 29.11.58
Rozentalis, Eduardas LTU 2600 g 2610 39 27.05.63
Korneev, Oleg RUS 2540 m 2605 84 25.07.69
DeFirmian, Nick E USA 2590 g 2605 66 26.07.57
Tkachiev, Vladislav KAZ 2575 m 2605 55
Lerner, Konstantin Z UKR 2560 g 2605 47 28.02.50
Giorgadze, Giorgi GEO 2590 g 2605 46 10.10.64
Leko, Peter HUN 2555 g 2605 43 08.09.79
Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2625 g 2605 39 28.11.65
Granda Zuniga, Julio E PER 2620 g 2605 30 25.02.67
Gavrikov, Viktor SUI 2600 g 2605 09 29.07.57
Vyzmanavin, Alexey RUS 2605 g 2605 00 01.01.60
Miles, Anthony J ENG 2615 g 2600 58 23.04.55
Tukmakov, Vladimir B UKR 2585 g 2600 48 15.03.46
Chernin, Alexander HUN 2600 g 2600 42 06.03.60
Eingorn, Vereslav S UKR 2595 g 2600 36 23.11.56
Rogers, Ian AUS 2570 g 2600 36 24.06.60
Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 2585 g 2600 35 18.08.76
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir YUG 2580 g 2600 32 02.11.50
Alterman, Boris ISR 2575 g 2595 52 04.05.70
Kurajica, Bojan BIH 2585 g 2595 51 15.11.47
Lobron, Eric GER 2575 g 2595 38 07.05.60
Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2585 g 2595 09 15.10.74
Hodgson, Julian M. ENG 2615 g 2590 56 25.07.63
Lalic, Bogdan CRO 2590 g 2590 56 08.03.64
Kotronias, Vasilios GRE 2570 g 2590 50 25.08.64
Timman, Jan H NED 2635 g 2590 44 14.12.51
Krasenkov, Mikhail RUS 2575 g 2590 32 14.11.63
Adianto, Utut INA 2585 g 2590 25 16.03.65
Ribli, Zoltan HUN 2600 g 2590 24 06.09.51
Christiansen, Larry M USA 2570 g 2590 23 27.06.56
Savchenko, Stanislav UKR 2585 g 2590 21 21.01.67
Van Wely, Loek NED 2575 g 2585 59 07.10.72
Lputian, Smbat G ARM 2630 g 2585 41 14.02.58
Nenashev, Alexander UZB 2605 g 2585 40 25.08.62
Kaidanov, Grigory S USA 2605 g 2585 36 11.10.59
Razuvaev, Yuri S RUS 2580 g 2585 26 10.10.45
Sokolov, Andrei RUS 2575 g 2585 25 20.03.63
Goldin, Alexander RUS 2580 g 2585 24 27.02.65
Gurevich, Mikhail BEL 2605 g 2585 21 22.02.59
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan CHI 2575 g 2585 16 24.03.63
Agdestein, Simen NOR 2600 g 2585 11 15.05.67
Vladimirov, Evgeny KAZ 2580 g 2585 04 20.01.57
Hellers, Ferdinand SWE 2585 g 2585 00 28.01.69
Polugaevsky, Lev RUS 2585 g 2585 00 20.11.34
Ibragimov, Ildar RUS 2520 g 2580 74 16.08.67
Kozul, Zdenko CRO 2570 g 2580 71 21.05.66
Romanishin, Oleg M UKR 2595 g 2580 63 10.01.52
Malaniuk, Vladimir P UKR 2615 g 2580 59 21.07.57
Ftacnik, Lubomir SVK 2605 g 2580 58 30.10.57
Sveshnikov, Evgeny RUS 2560 g 2580 41 11.02.50
Glek, Igor V RUS 2590 g 2580 37 07.11.61
Novikov, Igor A UKR 2590 g 2580 30 23.05.62
Dvoirys, Semen I. RUS 2550 g 2580 29 02.11.58
Kosashvili, Yona ISR 2560 g 2580 22 03.07.70
Dorfman, Josif D FRA 2590 g 2580 14 01.05.53
Huzman, Alexander UKR 2590 g 2580 10 10.04.62
Dokhoian, Yury RUS 2580 g 2580 08 26.10.64
Pigusov, Evgeny RUS 2590 g 2580 08 31.03.61
TOP 20 JUNIORS (ALL)
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NAME NAT JANR T JULR gm Date of Birth
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Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2715 g 2730 31 25.06.75
Topalov, Veselin BUL 2630 g 2640 40 15.03.75
Svidler, Peter RUS 2585 g 2635 54 17.06.76
Polgar, Judit (GM) HUN 2630 g 2635 31 23.07.76
Almasi, Zoltan HUN 2590 g 2630 90 29.08.76
Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2605 g 2630 19 18.07.77
Leko, Peter HUN 2555 g 2605 43 08.09.79
Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 2585 g 2600 35 18.08.76
Dao, Thien Hai VIE 2480 m 2545 66 10.05.78
Sutovskij, Emil ISR 2530 m 2545 50 10.09.77
Shulman, Yuri BLR 2490 m 2540 53 29.04.75
Har-Zvi, Ronen ISR 2500 m 2535 38 13.10.76
Markowski, Tomasz POL 2470 m 2530 81 30.07.75
Gyimesi, Zoltan HUN 2500 m 2525 61 31.03.77
Krakops, Maris LAT 2475 m 2525 38 03.04.78
Dyachkov, Sergej RUS 2490 2520 29 06.11.76
Schwartzman, Gabriel ROM 2495 g 2520 27 23.10.76
Filippov, Valerij RUS 2455 2510 61 28.11.75
Istratescu, Andrei ROM 2505 g 2505 50 03.12.75
Yemelin, Vasily RUS 2515 g 2500 32 01.02.76
Kumaran, Dharshan ENG 2505 m 2500 09 07.06.75
WOMEN
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NAME NAT JANR T JULR gm Date of Birth
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Polgar, Judit (GM) HUN 2630 g 2635 31 23.07.76
Polgar, Zsuzsa (GM) HUN 2545 g 2565 21 19.04.69
Xie, Jun (GM) CHN 2555 g 2540 35 30.10.70
Cramling, Pia (GM) SWE 2520 g 2510 40 23.04.63
Chiburdanidze, Maia (GM) GEO 2520 g 2500 24 17.01.61
Polgar, Sofia (IM) HUN 2500 g 2485 48 02.11.74
Ioseliani, Nana (IM) GEO 2465 g 2475 11 12.02.62
Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa (IM) UKR 2475 g 2475 00 18.01.72
Maric, Alisa (IM) YUG 2415 g 2445 35 10.01.70
Matveeva, Svetlana RUS 2430 g 2440 31 04.07.69
Bojkovic, Natasa YUG 2430 g 2425 27 03.09.71
Arakhamia, Ketevan (IM) GEO 2400 g 2420 38 19.07.68
Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena USA 2415 g 2420 22 11.03.57
Levitina, Irina S USA 2420 g 2420 00 08.06.54
Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 2365 g 2415 50 19.04.79
Hoang Th., Trang VIE 2325 m 2405 61 25.04.80
Prudnikova, Svetlana RUS 2405 g 2405 09 18.03.67
Skripchenko, Almira MDA 2260 m 2400 57 17.02.76
Zhu, Chen CHN 2330 g 2390 31 16.03.76
Gaprindashvili, Nona (GM) GEO 2390 g 2390 00 03.05.41
Hunt, Harriet ENG 2265 m 2385 43 04.02.78
Manakova, M RUS 2385 2380 06
Madl, Ildiko (IM) HUN 2405 g 2375 39 05.11.69
Voiska, Margarita BUL 2390 g 2370 25 03.04.63
Qin, Kanying CHN 2375 g 2370 23 02.02.74
Borulia, Ekaterina GER 2340 g 2370 20
Gaponenko, Inna UKR 2390 m 2365 49 22.06.76
Zhukova, Natalia UKR 2260 m 2360 65
Eidelson, Rakhil BLR 2290 m 2360 56 14.11.58
Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino GER 2380 g 2360 42 11.09.71
Petek-Medic, Mirjana CRO 2350 m 2360 40 30.07.64
Zaitseva, Ludmila G RUS 2320 g 2360 34 10.02.56
Gurieli, Nino GEO 2370 g 2360 23 07.12.61
Velikhanli, Firuza AZE 2340 g 2355 40
Peng, Zhaoqin CHN 2395 g 2355 15 08.05.68
Wang, Pin CHN 2365 g 2355 06 01.12.74
Litinskaya, Marta I. UKR 2315 g 2350 48 25.03.49
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS 2370 m 2350 43
Sofieva, Ainur AZE 2370 g 2350 41 19.07.70
Sedina, Elena UKR 2340 m 2350 35 01.06.68
Alexandria, Nana GEO 2350 g 2350 00 13.10.49
Foisor, Christina Adela ROM 2375 g 2345 39 07.04.67
Shumiakina, Tatjana RUS 2350 g 2345 26 04.10.65
Belakovskaia, Anjelina USA 2340 g 2345 20 17.05.69
Demina, Julia RUS 2345 g 2345 00 03.02.69
Sakhatova, Elvira KAZ 2385 g 2340 38
Basagic, Vesna BIH 2360 g 2340 38
Peptan, Corina ROM 2295 m 2340 22 17.03.78
Segal, Anna ISR 2245 m 2335 42 13.09.75
Nutu-Gajic, Dana ROM 2320 g 2335 12 08.06.57
Lelchuk, Zoja UKR 2300 g 2335 11 01.01.61
JUNIORS WOMEN
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NAME NAT JANR T JULR gm Date of Birth
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Polgar, Judit (GM) HUN 2630 g 2635 31 23.07.76
Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 2365 g 2415 50 19.04.79
Skripchenko, Almira MDA 2260 m 2400 57 17.02.76
Zhu, Chen CHN 2330 g 2390 31 16.03.76
Hunt, Harriet ENG 2265 m 2385 43 04.02.78
Gaponenko, Inna UKR 2390 m 2365 49 22.06.76
Peptan, Corina ROM 2295 m 2340 22 17.03.78
Segal, Anna ISR 2245 m 2335 42 13.09.75
Repkova, Eva SVK 2250 m 2320 31 16.01.75
Edzgveradze, Natalia GEO 2265 m 2320 23 23.07.75
Roschina, Tatiana RUS 2190 2315 41 28.03.76
Velcheva, Maria BUL 2285 m 2315 22 14.10.76
Bobrowska, Monika POL 2310 m 2310 69 24.03.78
Kadimova, Ilaha AZE 2370 g 2305 29 05.11.75
Khurtsidze, Nino GEO 2300 g 2295 33 28.09.75
Lomineishvili, Maia GEO 2280 f 2295 08 11.11.77
Dworakowska, Joanna POL 2225 2290 23 21.10.78
Wang, Lei CHN 2280 f 2290 12 04.02.75
Lakos, Nikoletta HUN 2265 m 2275 32 14.12.78
SCOTLAND
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NAME NAT JANR T JULR gm
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Motwani, Paul SCO 2510 g 2505 12
McNab, Colin A SCO 2475 g 2440 27
Condie, Mark L SCO 2450 m 2450 00
Bryson, Douglas M SCO 2380 f 2405 20
WALES
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NAME NAT JANR T JULR gm
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Cooper, John G WLS 2380 m 2390 12
IRELAND
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NAME NAT JANR T JULR gm
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Quinn, Mark IRL 2340 2360 19
Orr, Mark J L IRL 2370 m 2370 07
ENGLAND
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NAME NAT JANR T JULR gm
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Arkell, Keith C ENG 2485 m 2505 32
Chandler, Murray G ENG 2535 g 2535 23
Davies, Nigel R ENG 2530 g 2505 36
Emms, John M ENG 2500 m 2485 45
Flear, Glenn C ENG 2480 g 2495 33
Hebden, Mark ENG 2550 g 2570 42
Hennigan, Michael ENG 2410 m 2465 25
Howell, James C ENG 2520 m 2525 88
King, Daniel J ENG 2500 g 2510 24
Kosten, Anthony C ENG 2540 g 2540 29
Kumaran, Dharshan ENG 2505 m 2500 09
Mestel, A Jonathan ENG 2520 g 2515 06
Norwood, David ENG 2545 g 2525 21
Plaskett, Jim ENG 2485 g 2465 07
Sadler, Matthew ENG 2575 g 2565 28
Summerscale, Aaron ENG 2435 m 2455 31
Ward, Christopher ENG 2485 m 2500 32
WOMEN
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NAME NAT JANR T JULR gm
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Hunt, Harriet ENG 2265 m 2385 43
Lalic, Susan ENG 2355 g 2313 30
3) Netherlands Championships 1995
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A close and tense finish saw Ivan Sokolov survive a tricky
game against Jeroen Piket in the final round (his closest
rival) in order to become Dutch Champion.
My thanks to Walter for some of the games from the final
rounds.
Dimitri Reindermann who scored a fine third place and a GM
norm first came to Workd notice when he gave Timman some
trouble in the last edition of Interpolis. Anjo Anjewierden
adds some information about him.
- Failed to qualify for the Dutch championships (through the semi-finals)
each time he tried.
- Was given a "surprise" wild-card by the organisation.
- He is a Psychology student at the University of Amsterdam (i.e. the
very same faculty where I work).
- Spends most of his time on one of the public Internet terminals
in the entrance of the University.
(so I suppose I should add "Hi Dimitri and well done!" Mark)
- Vegetarian.
Round 9 (1995.06.19)
Piket, Jeroen - Wiersma, Eelke 1-0 33
Van der Sterren, Paul - Nijboer, Friso 1/2 30
Brenninkmeijer, Joris - Sosonko, Gennadi 1/2 44
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 54
Riemersma, Liafbern - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 33
Van der Wiel, John - Reinderman, Dimitri 1/2 29
Round 10 (1995.06.21)
Sokolov, Ivan - Brenninkmeijer, Joris 1-0 23
Van Wely, Loek - Reinderman, Dimitri 1/2 24
Nijboer, Friso - Riemersma, Liafbern 1-0 53
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Van der Sterren, Paul 1/2 50
Sosonko, Gennadi - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 24
Wiersma, Eelke - Van der Wiel, John 1/2 37
Round 11 (1995.06.22)
Piket, Jeroen - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 81
Reinderman, Dimitri - Wiersma, Eelke 1/2 29
Van der Sterren, Paul - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 29
Brenninkmeijer, Joris - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 28
Riemersma, Liafbern - Cifuentes Parada, Roberto 1-0 36
Van der Wiel, John - Sosonko, Gennadi 1/2 19
Amsterdam (NED), VI 1995. cat. XI (2512)
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1 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2645 * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2808
2 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2670 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2708
3 Reinderman, Dimitri m NED 2440 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1 = = = 7.0 2620
4 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2575 0 = = * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2570
5 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2560 = = 0 = * = = = = 1 = = 5.5 2507
6 Brenninkmeijer, Joris m NED 2490 0 = = = = * 0 1 = = = = 5.0 2477
7 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2510 0 0 0 = = 1 * = 1 0 = 1 5.0 2475
8 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2535 = 0 0 1 = 0 = * 0 = = 1 4.5 2444
9 Riemersma, Liafbern m NED 2430 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 * = 1 1 4.5 2454
10 Van der Wiel, John g NED 2570 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = = * = = 4.0 2404
11 Sosonko, Gennadi g NED 2535 0 0 = 0 = = = = 0 = * = 3.5 2376
12 Wiersma, Eelke NED 2180 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = = * 2.5 2330
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4) 44th Greek National Championships Glyfada by Panagis Sklavounos
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I will post the entire event again. Ilias Kourkounakis only played
3 rounds and after not coming to play against Spyridon Skembris he
was defaulted from the event and was expunged after not completing
half his alotted games.
Moreover, the loss of Georgios Mastrokoukos against Spyridon Skembris
was without a real game (Mastrokoukos is student and was taking exams).
Round 1 (1995.06.14)
Skembris, Spyridon - Tzoumbas, Anastasios 1-0 38 E10 Nimzo indian
Haritakis, Theodoros - Nikolaidis, Ioannis 0-1 41 A56 Benoni
Mastrokoukos, Georgios - Nikolaidis, Konstantinos 0-1 37 E66 KID
Grivas, Efstratios - Kotronias, Vasilios 0-1 40 E90 KID; Classical
Round 2 (1995.06.15)
Kotronias, Vasilios - Mastrokoukos, Georgios 0-1 61 C96 Ruy Lopez
Nikolaidis, Ioannis - Nikolaidis, Konstantinos 1-0 48 A13 English; 1.c4
Kalesis, Nikolaos - Skembris, Spyridon 0-1 36 D36 Queen's gambit
Tzoumbas, Anastasios - Grivas, Efstratios 1-0 48 C77 Ruy Lopez
Round 3 (1995.06.16)
Skembris, Spyridon - Haritakis, Theodoros 1-0 54 E70 KID
Mastrokoukos, Georgios - Tzoumbas, Anastasios 1-0 41 A56 Benoni
Nikolaidis, Konstantinos - Kotronias, Vasilios 1/2 93 B67 Sicilian
Grivas, Efstratios - Kalesis, Nikolaos 0-1 40 A46 Queen's pawn
Round 4 (1995.06.17)
Nikolaidis, Ioannis - Kotronias, Vasilios 0-1 52 E70 KID
Haritakis, Theodoros - Grivas, Efstratios 1-0 40 A81 Dutch defence
Kalesis, Nikolaos - Mastrokoukos, Georgios 1/2 12 E94 KID; Classical
Tzoumbas, Anastasios - Nikolaidis, Konstantinos 1/2 44 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 5 (1995.06.19)
Kotronias, Vasilios - Tzoumbas, Anastasios 1-0 41 B99 Sicilian; Najdorf
Skembris, Spyridon - Nikolaidis, Ioannis 0-1 39 E70 KID
Mastrokoukos, Georgios - Haritakis, Theodoros 0-1 34 E05 Nimzo indian
Nikolaidis, Konstantinos - Kalesis, Nikolaos 1/2 49 E42 Nimzo indian
Round 6 (1995.06.20)
Nikolaidis, Ioannis - Tzoumbas, Anastasios 1/2 18 A13 English; 1.c4
Skembris, Spyridon - Grivas, Efstratios 1/2 1 C20 1.e4 e5
Haritakis, Theodoros - Nikolaidis, Konstantinos 1/2 14 C92 Ruy Lopez
Kalesis, Nikolaos - Kotronias, Vasilios 0-1 44 B63 Sicilian
Round 7 (1995.06.21)
Kotronias, Vasilios - Haritakis, Theodoros 1-0 48 C08 French; Tarrasch
Mastrokoukos, Georgios - Skembris, Spyridon 0-1 1 D00 Queen's pawn
Tzoumbas, Anastasios - Kalesis, Nikolaos 1/2 17 B52 Sicilian
Grivas, Efstratios - Nikolaidis, Ioannis 1/2 79 E90 KID; Classical
Round 8 (1995.06.22)
Nikolaidis, Ioannis - Kalesis, Nikolaos 1/2 80 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Skembris, Spyridon - Nikolaidis, Konstantinos 1-0 42 D45 Queen's gambit
Haritakis, Theodoros - Tzoumbas, Anastasios 1/2 42 E14 Nimzo indian
Grivas, Efstratios - Mastrokoukos, Georgios 1/2 20 E90 KID; Classical
Round 9 (1995.06.23)
Kotronias, Vasilios - Skembris, Spyridon 1-0 39 B09 Pirc; Austrian
Kalesis, Nikolaos - Haritakis, Theodoros 1/2 28 D56 Queen's gambit
Mastrokoukos, Georgios - Nikolaidis, Ioannis 0-1 37 A31 English; 1.c4 c5
Nikolaidis, Konstantinos - Grivas, Efstratios 0-1 30 B80 Sicilian
Glyfada (GRE), V 1995. cat. VII (2421)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2570 * 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 6.5 2652
2 Nikolaidis, Ioannis m GRE 2495 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 = = 5.5 2552
3 Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2525 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 = 5.5 2548
4 Haritakis, Theodoros f GRE 2250 0 0 0 * = 1 = = 1 3.5 2398
5 Kalesis, Nikolaos m GRE 2410 0 = 0 = * = = = 1 3.5 2378
6 Mastrokoukos, Georgios m GRE 2425 1 0 0 0 = * 0 1 = 3.0 2333
7 Nikolaidis, Konstantinos f GRE 2290 = 0 0 = = 1 * = 0 3.0 2349
8 Tzoumbas, Anastasios f GRE 2360 0 = 0 = = 0 = * 1 3.0 2341
9 Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2460 0 = = 0 0 = 1 0 * 2.5 2274
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The 17th Women's National Greek Championship finished, as well, yesterday,
in the same beautiful hall (the Atrium of "KTIMATIKI" bank), in
Glyfada.
Mrs Fakhirova, I think, was of Georgian origin and was naturalized Greek.
Players in places 1-4 of the table do not have international ELO ratings.
17th Women's Greek Championship Glyfada (GRE), 1995.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Fanouraki, Irini GRE * 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 /9
2 Garneli, Evagelia GRE 1 * = 1 0 1 0 0 0 = 4.0 /9
3 Giasta, Eleni GRE 0 = * = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 /9
4 Sarafoglou, Maria GRE = 0 = * 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 /9
5 Fakhirova, Ekaterina GRE 2090 1 1 1 1 * 1 1 = 1 0 7.5 /9
6 Hadzinikola, Eleni GRE 2080 1 0 1 1 0 * 0 0 0 0 3.0 /9
7 Papadopoulou, Triantafylia GRE 2025 1 1 1 1 0 1 * 0 0 0 5.0 /9
8 Makropoulou, Marina wg GRE 2270 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 * 1 = 8.0 /9
9 Petraki, Maria GRE 2130 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 * = 6.5 /9
10 Kondou, Eva wm GRE 2260 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = = * 7.5 /8
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In the games section is the decisive game of the final (last) round :
**************************************************************
5) MOROVIC WINS A PLACE FOR FIDE INTERZONAL -by Roberto Alvarez
**************************************************************
Even after an unexpected defeat in the round 3 (a loss to the Uruguayan
FM Daniel Izquierdo) the Chilean GM Ivan Morovic won the South American
Zonal (FIDE Zone 2.5 ) by wide margin. Held in the "Comuna de San
Joaquin" ,Santiago, Chile, from the 22nd of May to the 4th of June of 1995.
It deserves be underlined the absence of the better Argentine players (Zarnicki,
Campora, Sorin, Ricardi, Panno, Quinteros, etc), who refused to attend the event
due to the poor prizes on offer (the first prize was of about US$ 800).
This contrasts very unfavourably with the conditions offered during
the zonal held in Sao Paulo, Brazil (in the one which the winner
obtained U $S2500 and participated 5 IGM) and giving evidence of the lack
of interest of the directors of the zone of which FADA (Argentina Chess
Federation) is a member.
In the wake of this, no Argentine will participate of the next Interzonal
Tournament of FIDE.
The Argentine Masters Jorge Sanchez Almeyra and Diego Valerga (obtained the
IM title) represented Argentina, only losing their chance to qualify be
being defeated by the winner Ivan Morovic.
Countries that participated in this "zonal" were players from Argentina,
Chile,Paraguay and Uruguay.
A small number of games are missing in the games section. Hopefully
they'll appear next week.
Santiago (CHI), 1995. cat. VI (2376)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2575 * 1 1 = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 10.5 2611
2 Sanchez Almeyra, Jorge m ARG 2430 0 * = = 1 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 9.0 2512
3 Valerga, Diego f ARG 2465 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 2510
4 Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2445 = = = * = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 = 8.0 2457
5 Bianchi, Guillermo m ARG 2425 = 0 = = * = 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 7.5 2429
6 Izquierdo, Daniel f URU 2320 1 0 = = = * = 0 = 0 1 = 1 1 7.0 2409
7 Bauza, Alejandro URU 2265 0 = = 0 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2384
8 Cortes Moyano, Julio CHI 2345 0 = 0 = 1 1 = * 0 1 0 1 0 = 6.0 2349
9 Peralta, Eduardo f PAR 2275 0 0 0 = = = = 1 * = 1 = 0 = 5.5 2326
10 Valiente R, Cristobal f PAR 2335 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 = * = 1 1 = 5.5 2322
11 Arancibia, Eduardo CHI 2320 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 = * = 1 = 5.0 2293
12 Navarro, Nelson CHI 2270 = 0 = = = = 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 5.0 2297
13 Quiroga, Facundo ARG 2440 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 = * 1 3.5 2196
14 Godoy, David A CHI 2355 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = = = 0 0 * 3.0 2166
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6) MALAYSIAN ZONAL 3.2
-------------------
Utut Adianto has already qualified for the InterZonal with a very
efficient performance in Genting Highlands Malaysia. His aggressive
brand of chess impressed me when I saw him at Lloyds Bank last year.
More results and hopefully some games will follow in the next few
weeks along with the women's results.
My thanks for the help I received from Bob Wade in producing the
table that appears below.
Due to some uncertainty about the events strong players such as
Ian Rogers didn't play this time.
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|R1 |R2 |R3 |R4 |R5 |R6 |R7 |R8 |R9 |R10 |R11 |
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1. Adianto, Utut |W15 |B11 |W18 |B16 |W13 |B3 |W4 |B9 |W6 | | |
INA 2585 g |1 |1.5 |2.5 |3.5 |4 |4.5 |5.5 |6.5 |7.5 |8.5 | |
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2. Handoko, Edhi |B16 |W22 |B15 |W11 |B20 |B12 |W21 |W5 |B7 | | |
INA 2500 g | 0 |1 |1.5 |2 |2.5 |3 |4 |4.5 |4.5 | | |
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3. Antonio, Rogelio Jr |W17 |B6 |W11 |B13 |W4 |W1 |B9 |B14 |W15 | | |
PHI 2495 g |0.5 |1.5 |2.5 |3 |4 |4.5 |5 |5.5 |6.5 | | |
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4. Nguyen, Anh Dung |B18 |W23 |B26 |W10 |B3 |W16 |B1 |W17 |B22 | | |
VIE 2480 m |0 |1 |2 |3 |3 |4 |4 |4 |5 | | |
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5. Hsu, Li Yang |W19 |B12 |W8 |B14 |W16 |B6 |W28 |B2 |W18 | | |
SIN 2445 m |1 |1.5 |2 |2.5 |3 |3 |4 |4.5 |4.5 | | |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Irwanto |B20 |W3 |B27 |W24 |B28 |W5 |B15 |W13 |B1 | | |
INA 2375 |0.5 |0.5 |1 |2 |3 |4 |4.5 |5.5 |5.5 | | |
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7. Tu, Hoang Thong |W21 |B13 |W17 |B12 |W23 |B19 |W26 |B20 |W2 | | |
VIE 2430 m |1 |1 |1 |1 |2 |2 |3 |4 |5 | | |
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8. Yang, Xian |B22 |W16 |B5 |W18 |B9 |W20 |W13 |B21 |W12 | | |
HKG 2425 f |1 |1.5 |2 |2.5 |2.5 |3.5 |3.5 |4 |4 | | |
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9. Nadera, Barlo A. |W23 |B18 |W19 |B17 |W8 |B13 |W3 |W1 |B14 | | |
PHI 2405 |1 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |5.5 |5.5 |5.5 | | |
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10. Wohl, Aleksandar H. |B24 |W28 |W13 |B4 |B27 |W18 |W14 |B12 |W19 | | |
AUS 2400 m |1 |2 |2 |2 |2.5 |3.5 |3.5 |4 |4.5 | | |
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11. Kagan, Naum |W25 |W1 |B3 |W7 |W17 |B21 |W20 |B18 |B24 | | |
AUS 2395 f |1 |1.5 |1.5 |2 |2.5 |2.5 |3.5 |3.5 |4.5 | | |
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12. Ginting, Nasib |B26 |W5 |B16 |W7 |B15 |W2 |B17 |W10 |B8 | | |
INA 2390 m |1 |1.5 |1.5 |2.5 |3 |3.5 |4 |4.5 |5.5 | | |
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13. Garma, Chito |W27 |W7 |B10 |W3 |B1 |W9 |B8 |B6 |W17 | | |
PHI 2390 |1 |2 |3 |3.5 |4 |4 |5 |5 |6 | | |
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14. Donguines, Fernie |B28 |W24 |B20 |W5 |B18 |W15 |B10 |W3 |W9 | | |
PHI 2380 |0 |1 |2 |2.5 |3.5 |3.5 |4.5 |5 |6 | | |
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15. Sandler, Leonid |B1 |W25 |W2 |B21 |W12 |B14 |W6 |B16 |B3 | | |
AUS 2375 f |0 |1 |1.5 |2.5 |3 |4 |4.5 |5 |5 | | |
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16. Ker, Anthony F |W2 |B8 |W12 |W1 |B5 |B4 |W19 |W15 |B21 | | |
NZL 2335 f |1 |1.5 |2.5 |2.5 |3 |3 |4 |4.5 |5.5 | | |
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17. Toh, Terry |B3 |W20 |B7 |W9 |B11 |W27 |W12 |B4 |B13 | | |
SIN 2315 |0.5 |1 |2 |2 |2.5 |3.5 |4 |5 |5 | | |
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18. Nishimura, H. |W4 |W9 |B1 |B8 |W14 |B10 |B27 |W11 |B5 | | |
JPN 2285 |1 |2 |2 |2.5 |2.5 |2.5 |3.5 |4.5 |5.5 | | |
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19. Aung, Thant |B5 |W26 |B9 |W26 |B22 |W7 |B16 |W23 |B10 | | |
MYA 2215 |0 |1 |1 |1 |2 |3 |3 |4 |4.5 | | |
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20. Mohd,Kamal Abdullah |W6 |B17 |W14 |B23 |W2 |B8 |B11 |W7 |W26 | | |
MAS 2210 |0.5 |1 |1 |2 |2.5 |2.5 |2.5 |2.5 |2.5 | | |
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21. Mas, Hafizulhelmi |B7 |W27 |B22 |W15 |B24 |W11 |B2 |W8 |W16 | | |
MAS 2205 |0 |0.5 |1.5 |1.5 |2.5 |3.5 |3.5 |4 |4 | | |
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22. Tsang, Hon Ki |W8 |B2 |W21 |B26 |W19 |W25 |B24 |B28 |W4 | | |
HKG 2200 |0 |0 |0 |1 |1 |2 |3 |3.5 |3.5 | | |
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23. Norris, Damien |B9 |B4 |W26 |W20 |B7 |W28 |B25 |B19 |W25 | | |
FIJ 2170 |0 |0 |1 |1 |1 |1 |2D |2 |3 | | |
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24. Ho, Cheng Fai |W10 |B14 |B25 |B6 |W21 |B26 |W22 |B25 |W11 | | |
MAC |0 |0 |1* |1 |1 |1.5 |1.5 |2.5 |2.5 | | |
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25. Mohd, Salleh Hj Moktar |B11 |B15 |W24 |W27 |W26 |B22 |W23 |W24 |B23 | | |
BRU |0 |0 |0* |0 |0 |0 |0D |0 |0 | | |
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26. Thiraparkbpaisit,Wisuwat|W12 |B19 |B23 |W22 |B25 |W24 |B7 |W27 |B20 | | |
THA |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |1.5 |1.5 |1.5 |2.5 | | |
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27. Yong, Darren |B13 |B21 |W6 |B25 |W10 |B17 |W18 |B26 |W28 | | |
MAS |0 |0.5 |1 |2 |2.5 |2.5 |2.5 |3.5 |4.5 | | |
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28, Mohd Saprin Sabri |W14 |B10 |W4 |B19 |W6 |B23 |B5 |W22 |B27 | | |
MAS |1 |1 |1 |2 |2 |3 |3 |3.5 |3.5 | | |
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7) Iscia Open
-----------
Michael Adams scored a rating performance of 2935 in
a fine performance in this open event. He scored 8.5/9.
Adams, Michael ENG 2655 g 8.5
Palac, Mladen CRO 2545 g 6.5
Smirin, Ilia ISR 2630 g 6.5
Tiviakov, Sergei RUS 2625 g 6
Ortega, Lexy CUB 2435 m 6
Formanek, Edward W USA 2345 m 6
Godena, Michele ITA 2430 m 6
Howell, James C ENG 2520 m 5.5
etc...
8) G7 Internet event
------------------
For an internet event this doesn't seem to have been particularly
well publicised. I have no idea where all the games or even
results are. Here are some results I got from Die Schachwoche,
big question, anyone know where the results are!!!
ROUND 1
-------
Canada 0-2 Russia
Germany 1.5-0.5 France
USA 1.5-0.5 England
Italy 0.5-1.5 Japan
Semis
------
USA 0.5-1.5 Russia
Germany 2-0 Japan
Final
-----
Russia 2.5-1.5 Germany
Lautier, Lutz, Smagin and Bareev were big
names who played in teams of one man and one
woman. Its a shame that this wasn't really an
internet event that could have been followed live.
More next week hopefully.
9) Pozarevac Yugoslavia
---------------------
The best result in recent years for Gligoric.
FINAL STANDINGS
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Komliakov, Viktor MDA 2535 m 9.5 *
Sonntag, Hans-Hubert GER 2410 m 9.5
Gligoric, Svetozar YUG 2455 g 8
Peng, Xiaomin CHN 2480 m 7.5
Blagojevic, Dragisa YUG 2470 m 7
Ivkov, Borislav YUG 2460 g 6.5
Milanovic, Vojislav YUG 2375 m 6.5
Trifunovic, Miroljub YUG 2295 f 6.5
Dmitriev, Igor RUS 2435 m 6
Milovanovic, Rade BIH 2450 m 6
Velimirovic, Dragoljub YUG 2520 g 6
Matulovic, Milan YUG 2445 g 5
Mitrovic, Petar YUG 2390 4
Ristic, Nebojsa YUG 2370 m **
* I have Komjakov, this is the closest I can find.
** Didn't appear in the final standings.
10) StaTWICtics by Anjo Anjewierden (anjo@swi.psy.uva.nl)
=====================================================
This feature of TWIC covers statistics over a certain period. The first
installment covers 1995 up until May. The statistics are drawn from a
database containing about 6500 games from "important" tournaments. It is,
of course, possible that an important tournament was overlooked.
Suggestions and error reports to the author.
a) Best TPR's in 1995 so far.
Below are the highest TPRs (Tournament Performance Rating) of tournaments
played in 1995. My software is not yet capable of processing knock-out
tournaments, hence Wijk aan Zee matches is excluded. The biggest surprise
is that Viktor Korchnoi scored two 2700+ performances in the two
tournaments he participated in.
1 2861 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2700 7 10.0/13 Linares
2 2843 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2805 5 7.5/10 Riga PCA
3 2825 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2765 4 6.0/ 9 Sanghi Nagar FIDE sf m
4 2808 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2715 5 7.0/10 Riga PCA
5 2805 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2805 4 6.5/ 9 Novgorod PCA
6 2794 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 5 6.5/ 9 Madrid
7 2786 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2765 5 9.0/13 Linares
8 2775 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2715 3 6.5/11 Las Palmas PCA cf m
9 2771 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2700 3 6.5/10 Riga PCA
10 2763 Adams, Michael g ENG 2655 3 5.5/ 9 Dos Hermanas
11 2761 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2575 7 8.0/ 9 Nederland tt 9495
12 2757 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2710 3 5.5/ 9 Dos Hermanas
13 2751 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2765 3 5.5/ 9 Dos Hermanas
14 2750 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2615 2 5.5/ 9 Novgorod PCA
15 2748 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2630 3 5.5/ 9 Novgorod PCA
16 2746 Short, Nigel g ENG 2655 3 5.5/ 9 Novgorod PCA
17 2744 Salov, Valery g RUS 2715 3 6.0/ 9 Madrid
18 2742 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2630 6 8.0/13 Linares
19 2741 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2700 3 5.5/ 9 Novgorod PCA
20 2738 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2630 7 8.5/11 Reykjavik zt
21 2737 Short, Nigel g ENG 2655 3 6.0/10 Riga PCA
22 2736 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2710 3 8.0/13 Linares
23 2731 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2715 2 6.0/10 Riga PCA
24 2729 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2645 3 6.0/ 9 Wijk aan Zee open
2729 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2630 1 5.0/ 9 Dos Hermanas
26 2723 Adams, Michael g ENG 2655 3 5.5/ 9 Wijk aan Zee open
27 2721 Gelfand, Boris g RUS 2700 2 5.0/ 9 Dos Hermanas
28 2719 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 5 8.0/11 San Francisco
29 2712 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2635 4 7.5/13 Linares
30 2708 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2615 5 7.0/ 9 Bern open
31 2703 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2590 4 5.5/ 9 Wijk aan Zee open
32 2702 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2715 3 5.0/ 9 Novgorod PCA
The following tournament performances were achieved while playing less than
nine games or in rapid tournaments.
---- Kuijf, Marinus m NED 2465 8 8.0/ 8 Nederland tt 9495
3052 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2765 9 10.0/11 Monaco AMBER rapid
2945 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2710 4 5.5/ 7 Sanghi Nagar FIDE sf m
2910 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2625 5 6.0/ 7 Wijk aan Zee open
2848 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2715 6 8.0/11 Monaco AMBER blind
2826 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2655 2 4.0/ 6 Amsterdam VSB Euwe-mem
2808 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2700 6 7.5/11 Monaco AMBER rapid
2806 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2715 5 7.5/11 Monaco AMBER rapid
2775 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2715 4 7.0/11 Monaco AMBER blind
2750 Polgar, Zsuzsa g HUN 2545 4 5.5/ 7 St Petersburg Wcf m
2740 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2700 2 6.5/11 Monaco AMBER blind
2739 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2710 5 6.5/11 Monaco AMBER blind
2717 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2630 4 6.0/11 Monaco AMBER rapid
2710 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2710 3 6.0/11 Monaco AMBER rapid
2708 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2805 3 3.5/ 6 Amsterdam VSB Euwe-mem
2705 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2765 4 6.0/11 Monaco AMBER blind
b) Best TPR's over the entire year 1995 so far.
Below are the combined TPR's over tournaments in 1995. Rapid games have
been excluded and the minimum number of games was 15. The most active
player was Nigel Short (Wijk aan Zee, Linares, Riga, Madrid, Novgorod).
According to these statistics "it gets crowded at the top". Viktor
Korchnoi is in the top-10 and Judit Polgar is closing the gap.
1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2700 22.0/32 2797
Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2805 20.0/28 2797
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2715 13.5/21 2787
4 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2765 20.5/31 2785
5 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2710 15.5/27 2752
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2630 16.0/28 2721
7 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 15.5/22 2720
8 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2715 11.0/19 2716
9 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2625 15.0/25 2699
10 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2650 14.5/25 2691
11 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2590 22.0/32 2681
12 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2630 9.5/18 2678
Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 8.0/18 2678
14 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2645 20.5/34 2667
15 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2635 14.5/26 2662
16 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2590 18.0/24 2653
17 Adams, Michael g ENG 2655 19.5/34 2652
18 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2615 9.0/19 2649
19 Short, Nigel g ENG 2655 27.5/54 2647
20 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2655 13.0/28 2644
21 Dizdar, Goran g CRO 2510 11.5/17 2641
22 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2595 14.5/31 2639
23 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2585 19.0/28 2637
24 Beliavsky, Alexander g UKR 2650 17.5/32 2627
Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2615 12.0/17 2627
26 Kuijf, Marinus m NED 2465 13.0/16 2626
27 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2710 10.0/22 2624
28 Salov, Valery g RUS 2715 11.0/25 2622
29 Gulko, Boris g USA 2595 22.0/39 2618
30 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2635 8.5/17 2617
31 Spangenberg, Hugo m ARG 2500 12.0/19 2610
32 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2670 17.5/34 2602
Yusupov, Artur g GER 2660 12.0/28 2602
c) Strongest tournaments in 1995.
Organising a category XV+ tournament is still an achievement:
Amsterdam (NED) VSB Euwe-mem, V 1995. cat. XVIII (2690)
Dos Hermanas (ESP), IV-V 1995. cat. XVIII (2681)
Riga (RUS) PCA, IV 1995. cat. XVII (2665)
Novgorod (RUS) PCA, V-VI 1995. cat. XVII (2665)
Linares (ESP), III 1995. cat. XVII (2654)
Madrid (ESP), V 1995. cat. XVI (2629)
d) Opening move statistics.
Here are statistics according to the opening moves. Time to switch to 1.d4
if you believe the statistics! The following positions were reached at
least 1000 times:
All 6536 +2385 =2405 -1746 54.9%
1.e4 3117 +1147 =1062 -908 53.8%
1.e4 c5 1328 +464 =469 -415 52.6%
1.e4 ... 1789 +683 =593 -493 54.8%
1.d4 2384 +913 =904 -567 57.3%
1.d4 Nf6 1454 +539 =564 -351 56.5%
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 1004 +375 =399 -230 57.2%
11) STUDIES by Wlodek Proskurowski
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TWIC # 38
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| k | b | | | | | Q | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| + | | | | | | | | L.Mitrofanov, Mem.Rustaveli
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | + | + | | | | | | (after 5...Qxh5+, from TWIC #37)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| K | | | | | | | q | White to move and win
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | n | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Solution
6.Qg5!! Completely mind boggling, giving away wQ for nothing?
Qxg5+
7.Ka6 Not quite for nothing, now bQ cannot give checks, so
Bxa7 7...Qb5+ 8.Kxb5 Bxa7 9.c7 Kb7 10.ba and wins
8.c7!!
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| k | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| b | | + | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| K | + | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | q | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | n | | | |
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What a position! Two White pawns win against vastly dominating Black
forces, Queen+Bishop+Knight, and Black are to move!
The threats are 9.b7 mate and 9.c8Q+. After the only defense 8...Qd5
follows 9.c8Q+ Bb8 10.b7+. Fantastic.