THE WEEK IN CHESS 50 24/09/95 Mark Crowther --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Introduction 2) INTEL World Chess Championships 3) FIDE Cancel all and start again. 4) Tesco Open. 5) 11th European Club Championships Qualifiers 6) Piket - Timman Match Amsterdam 7) German TV-Match: Piket - Anand 8) GAMES SECTION INTEL World Chess Championships 4 games Piket Timman Match 2 games WDR TV Cup Anand - Piket 1 game European Club in Tyniste nad Orlici 40 games 1) Introduction --------------- Well I reach an unbelievable 50th issue! Not a bumper issue I'm afraid. Most of the World's attention is focused on the Anand Kasparov match and news has been hard to come by. But the idea of TWIC is to be there to cover the events of the week (so far as they can be obtained.) and I don't have much material! I have got a number of helpers and I hope that when things get hard they will enable me to keep the quality of TWIC up over another year. I have completely revamped my www page, especially with the World Championships in mind. This can be accessesed http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/chess.html I hope you think it a big improvement. My thanks to Martin Pribyl, SS Quah, Steffen A. Jakob and Bob Wade for their help in preparing this issue. Anyhow I'm going home to nurse a cold I've had all week. Hope you enjoy this issue. Mark 2) INTEL World Chess Championships ------------------------------- Kasparov - Anand still tied after 8. ------------------------------------ Another week of short, but on the whole interesting draws was greeted with near hysteria by those who don't understand that the players are here to win the match. The previous record of seven consecutive draws at the start of a title match was held by Spassky and Petrosian. The current situation is very tense, one win will probably bring more soon afterwards. An interesting fact emerged this week about the prize money. The players are officially playing for a prize fund of $1.5 million to be split $1m to the winner and $0.5m to the loser (money to be shared 50-50 in the case of a tied match with Kasparov retaining the INTEL title.). Both players however have acquiesced to a donation of 10% of their prize money towards the running costs (especially TV coverage I believe) of the match. Kasparov spoke after game seven, admitting that he was not in top form yet, although he felt that is was quickly returning. He said that the rather odd match against Short two years ago, where there was a lot of aggressive chess played after Short was already effectively out of the match, was not good practice for this match. He said effectively he hadn't played a hard World Title match since 1990 and that he was having trouble adjusting. I have just started reading Bob Wade's excellent new edition of Fighting Chess. Here are some Kasparov quotes: First about his match against Korchnoi in 1983. "Indeed I fully expected that V. Kortschnoi would, with his experience, would dictate the match." "We put a lot of emphasis on psychological preparation which included patience and peace of mind at the board." "I was quite happy to play quiet postions until I regained my form [after losing game 1] I was not going to be lured into double edged positions." About his match with Smyslov: "A chessplayer's frame of mind depends on his play with black. If everything is going well with Black you can calmly attack with white." About his first match with Kasparov: "Only a few people understand what is actually meant by chess experience. Even I, before the match, had a quite unclear conception of what this might consist. There's ability, talent, apportioning one's strength and labours in the right way, how to find the critical moment of the game and then to maintain strong nerves." All of these are factors for the players at the moment. Finding their best form, feeling comfortable with what they are playing and getting the inner strength to start to take risks. Kasparov's strengths in match play not only lie with the strength of his play and preparation, but also in his match plan as a whole. He will have arrived in New York with a definite idea of when to use his best ideas and when to put his whole strength into the whole match. Anand, who is much less experienced, will also have such ideas. These factors more than anything else have meant that whilst they have both played some testing ideas, once they fail to land the Knock-out blow they are agreeing a draw. This situation will not pursist, I am certain. Anand has played the same Sicilian Variation in all his games. It is relatively quiet, something which fits in with his idea of how the early games should go. Kasparov has varied his openings, probably trying to find a weakness onto which he can set his analytical team onto. How these battles develop will be fascinating. THE GAMES --------- Just some brief comments. I'm not qualified to annotate these games in detail. Games 5 and 7 were again the B58 variation of the Sicilian that Anand has played throughout this match. Anand, Viswanathan - Kasparov, Gary [B85] INTEL World Champ. New York USA (5), 1995 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.a4 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.a5 Bd7 14.Nf3 Rac8 [14...Nxd3 15.cxd3 Bc6 16.Qe1 (16.Bb6 Qb8 17.Qe1 Nd7 18.Bd4 e5 19.Be3 b5 20.axb6 exf4 21.Nd4 Qxb6 22.Rxf4 Qb7 23.Qg3 Bf8 24.Raf1 f6 25.Nxc6 Qxc6 26.Nd5 Kh8 27.Rh4 Kg8 28.Qh3 h6 29.Bxh6 Ne5 30.Nxf6+ gxf6 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Rh7 Nf7 33.Qh5 Re7 34.Rh8+ 1-0 Kovalev, Andrei-Palac, Mladen/It (open) Munich (Germany) 1991) 16...Nd7 17.Bd4 (17.Qg3 Bf8 18.Nh4 f6 19.Qh3 g6 20.d4 Bg7 21.Nf3 f5 22.Ng5 Nf8 23.d5 exd5 24.Bb6 Qd7 25.exd5 Bb5 26. Rfc1 Rac8 27.Qg3 Bc4 28.h3 h6 29.Nf3 Qf7 30.Nd4 Bxd5 31.Nxd5 Qxd5 32. Rd1 Qf7 33.Qf3 Re4 34.Rd2 Nd7 35.Ne2 Nxb6 36.axb6 Rce8 37.Ng3 Re3 38. Qf2 d5 39.Rc1 Qe6 40.Nf1 Rb3 41.Rc7 Rxb6 42.Rxd5 Qxd5 43.Qxb6 Arakhamia, Ketevan-Bojkovic, Natasa/It \ Belgrade (Yugoslavia) (2) 1994/0-1 (80)) 17...Bf8 18.Qg3 e5 19.Be3 exf4 20.Bxf4 Ne5 21.Nd4 Ng6 22.Be3 Rad8 23. Nf5 Rd7 24.Bb6 Qb8 25.Ne3 Ne5 26.Ned5 Ng6 27.Bd4 Re6 28.Rf5 Qd8 29.Rh5 Re5 30.Bxe5 dxe5 31.Qh3 h6 32.Qg3 Bd6 33.Rf5 Kh7 34.h3 Nf4 35.Rxf4 exf4 36.Qg4 g6 37.d4 h5 38.Qe2 Bb8 39.b4 Georgiev, Kiril-Ehlvest, Jaan/It \ Brussels (Belgium) (1) 1992/1-0 (52); 14...Bc6 15.Bb6 (15.Qe1 Nd7 16.Bd4 e5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Qg3 Nxd3 19.cxd3 Bc5 20.Nh4 Qd8 21.Nf5 Qf6 22.Be3 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Nf8 24.Rf3 Kh8 25.Raf1 Qe6 26.d4 exd4 27.Nxd4 Qc4 28.Rxf7 Ng6 29.Nxc6 bxc6 30.h3 Ne5 31.R7f5 h6 32.Rd1 Rab8 33.Qg3 Qe6 34.Ne2 Qb3 35.Nc3 Qe6 36.Ne2 Qb3 37.Nc3 1/2-1/2 Arakhamia, Ketevan-Ye, Jiangchuan/It (open), IX Helsinki (Finland) (2) 1992) 15...Qd7 (15...Qc8 16.Qe1 Nd7 17.Bd4 Nc5 18.Qg3 f6 19.e5 Rf8 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Bc4 Bd5 22.Nxd5 exd5 23.Bb3 c4 24.Ba4 Nc6 25.c3 fxe5 26.Nxe5 Nxe5 27.fxe5 Qe6 28.Bc2 Rxf1+ 29.Rxf1 Rf8 30.Rxf8+ Bxf8 31.Qf4 g6 32. Bd1 Qf7 33.Qd4 Qf1+ 34.Qg1 Qxg1+ 35.Kxg1 Kf7 36.Bg4 b6 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan-Kasparov, Gary/New York USA (3) 1995) 16.Qe2 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Bd8 18.Bxd8 Raxd8 19.Nd4 Qc7 20.Qe3 Rc8 21.Qg3 Red8 22.Nxc6 Qxc6 23.e5 Ne8 24.Rae1 d5 25.f5 exf5 26.Rxf5 Nc7 27.Ref1 Rd7 28.Qf2 Rf8 29.Ne2 Ne6 30. Nf4 Nxf4 31.Qxf4 Re7 32.h3 h6 33.Rf3 Qe6 34.d4 Kh7 35.Rg3 Rc7 36.Kh2 Rg8 37.Rf3 Rf8 38.Rg3 Rg8 39.Rb3 Rd8 40.Rb6 Qe7 41.Rd6 Rdd7 42.Rh5 1-0 Lobron, Eric-Spraggett, Kevin/It Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1985] 15.Qe2 Bc6 16.Bb6 Qb8 17.Nd4 Nxd3 18.cxd3 d5! 19.Qf3 Nd7 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21. Na4 Qd6 22.Qe3 Qb4 23.Rfc1 c5 24.Qf3 Nf6 25.Nc3 Bd8 26.exd5 exd5? Kasparov believed after the game that 26. ... Bxb6 27. axb6 Qxb6 28. Na4 Qb5! that Black would have had winning chances. "After 28...Qd6? 29.dxe6 Rxe6 30.b4! White is better. With 28...Qb5! 29.dxe6 Rxe6 30.d4 c4 31.Nc5 Rd6 32.Qc3 Rcd8, I would be better." 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 Its dead drawn. 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan - Kasparov, Gary [B85] INTEL World Champ. New York USA (7), 1995 As above varying with 15. Bb6. 15. Bb6 Qb8 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nfd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Re1 h6 20.c3 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Bc5! I like this move. Its the one Black wants to make if he can get it to work. Very quickly the position again becomes level. 22.Qxd5 Be6 23.Qd2 Bxb6 24.axb6 Rc6 25.Ra4 Rxb6 1/2-1/2 Kasparov, Gary - Anand, Viswanathan [C80] INTEL World Champ. New York USA (6), 1995 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 So much for insider predictions. Leko said to me that Kasparov would never allow this line. However Kasparov does chose the potentially violent 11. Ng5 instead of normal lines. 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 First played by Karpov against Korchnoi in their 1978 World Title match. Said to be an idea of Tal's. Its not a good idea to take the knight (although not totally out of the question) dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 14. Nf3 Up to here all has been seen before. O-O-O Anand's new idea. It seems to place him in some trouble to me. 15. Qe1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb7 17. Be3 Be7 18. Bg5! h6 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd4 Rxd4 According to Speelman in today's Observer, absolutely forced. 21. cxd4 Qxb3 22. Qe3 Kasparov's big decision. The main alternative is 22. Qc1. 22. ...Qd5 and 22. .... Nd5 are losing. But 22. ...Qb4 a suggestion of Pal Benko's may keep Black on the board. Qxe3 23. fxe3 Nd5 24. Kf2 Kb6 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rf7 a4 27. Kd2 c5? Kasparov admitted that this was a mistake. 27. Rd8 puts far more pressure on Anand's position. 28. e4 Kasparov himself criticised his draw offer here. Kasparov believes that 28. ... Nb4 is the only move and even then Anand would have to play accurately. Kasparov is obviously not in confident mood at the moment. Speelman gives the following: 28. ...Nc7 29. Rd7 cxd4 (29. ...c4 is interesting) 30. Rc1 Na6 and White is much better. 28. ....Nb4 29. Re7 cxd4 30. Rxe6+ Ka5 31. Rd6 where Black must avoid 31. ... Rf8 as this loses to 32. e6 Rf2+ 33. Kd1 Rf1+ 34. Ke2 Ra1 35. e7 d3+ 36. Rxd3 Nxd3 37. Kxd3! 1/2-1/2 Kasparov, Gary - Anand, Viswanathan INTEL World Champ. New York USA (8), 1995 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5!? This is new. Normal choices are 9. ...Qh4 (does very well on my database) 9. ...g6 and 9. ...0-0-0 are both common.) The idea is to play the g6 lines with f4 prevented. Kasparov plays Ba3 which he has played against Karpov's g6. 10. Ba3 d6 11. exd6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 13. cxd5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Bxa1 Somewhere Kasparov has gone badly astray. After looking at the alternatives whilst the game was being played we found 15. Rc1 as being forced. 15. Rc1 O-O-O This is preparation still and was played quickly. The game has followed Kuksov-Aleksandrov from 1991 except that in that game 9. ...g6 had been played. 16. Rxc6 Rhe8+ 17. Kd3 Rd7 18. Nc3 This was played after a long thought and is an excellent move. Bxc3 19. Kxc3 Re5 20. Kc4 Re4+ If there is a try for a win then it is with 20. ...Kb7. That is for future analysis. I was told that Short for one was analysing the position and that the draw was expected. Kasparov is quoted as suggesting: 20...Re2 21 Bc5 Rxa2 22 b4, and white is absolutely fine. eg 22...Ra1, then 23 dc Rxc7 24 Rf6 and White would have: a strong Bishop on c5 well protected by the b4 pawn; a strong, passed d6-Pawn; an active Rook; and active play against the weak Black Pawns. 21. Kd3 Re5 22. Kc4 Re4+ 1/2-1/2 A natural result to a high quality game. This is why Kasparov is so hard to beat. 3) FIDE Cancel all and start again. -------------------------------- It appears that France has cancelled its proposal to hold an extraordinary General Assembly FIDE meeting next November. However this appears to be part of a deal in which Qatar will also announce the cancelation of the congress due to be held there. France will be then awarded the Congress. All very strange, but we'll have to see what happens. There will be further announcements this week (we are told) about the venues etc of the various events that FIDE hopes to hold. Including the long delayed Karpov - Kamsky match. (Of course the announcement may be that there is no announcement.) 4) Tesco Open. ----------- Martin Pribyl Reports the results from the Tesco Open. (Tesco is a computer corporation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.) directly from the Bojnice Castle. Bojnice Castle is one of the nicest castles in Slovakia. TESCO OPEN '95 --------------- pre 286 hracov, pre 11./11. kol, Time 03-Sep-95 15.29.02 Por No. Priezvisko,Meno St. TF EloF TN EloN Body Prgs -------------------------------------------------------- 1 19 Manik,Mikulas SVK .. 2380 K -2000 9.0 59.0 2 3 Vescovi,Giovann BRA IM 2465 .. -2000 9.0 56.0 3 16 Berezjuk,Sergej BLR IM 2385 .. -2000 9.0 55.5 4 22 Zpevak,Pavol CZK FM 2355 .. 2256 9.0 52.0 -------------------------------------------------------- 5 6 Polak,Tomas CZK IM 2450 .. 2424 8.5 57.0 6 1 Babula,Vlastimi CZK IM 2530 M 2522 8.5 55.0 7 5 Koutsin,Sergej RUS IM 2455 .. -2000 8.5 54.0 8 11 Oral,Tomas CZK IM 2410 .. 2428 8.5 53.0 9 9 Sergejev,Vladim UKR IM 2415 .. -2000 8.5 48.0 -------------------------------------------------------- 10 2 Movsesian,Serge GEO .. 2470 .. -2000 8.0 58.5 11 28 Sluka,Radek CZK .. 2310 M 2292 8.0 53.0 12 12 Pribyl_J,Josef CZK IM 2405 .. 2405 8.0 52.5 13 7 Okhotnik,Vladim UKR IM 2440 .. -2000 8.0 52.0 14 14 Mrva_M,Martin SVK IM 2400 .. -2000 8.0 52.0 15 51 Briestensky,Ras SVK .. 2235 K 2259 8.0 52.0 16 4 Hausner,Ivan CZK IM 2455 .. 2441 8.0 50.0 17 56 Bednar,Jaromir SVK .. 2220 K 2250 8.0 49.0 18 94 Silar,Lubomir CZK .. -2000 K 2173 8.0 49.0 19 88 Vojtek,Vladimir SVK .. -2000 K 2273 8.0 48.0 20 118 Doucha,Ludvik SVK .. -2000 K 2117 8.0 48.0 -------------------------------------------------------- 21 20 Banas_J,Jan SVK IM 2375 .. -2000 7.5 52.5 22 8 Krivoshey,Serge UKR IM 2420 .. -2000 7.5 50.0 23 10 Velicka,Petr CZK IM 2415 .. 2377 7.5 47.5 24 27 Martiska,Peter SVK .. 2315 K 2363 7.5 47.5 25 21 Petran,Peter SVK IM 2355 .. -2000 7.5 47.0 26 31 Cibulka_V,Vladi SVK IM 2290 M 2285 7.5 47.0 27 15 Pribyl_M,Martin CZK FM 2390 .. 2299 7.5 46.0 28 17 Gazik,Igor SVK IM 2385 M -2000 7.5 45.5 29 32 Certek,Pavel SVK .. 2285 M 2288 7.5 45.5 30 35 Likavsky,Tomas SVK .. 2275 K 2276 7.5 45.0 31 104 Helbich_J,Jan SVK .. -2000 K 2130 7.5 41.5 -------------------------------------------------------- 32 13 Tolstikh,Nikola RUS .. 2405 .. -2000 7.0 50.5 33 18 Cicak,Slavko SWE .. 2380 .. -2000 7.0 49.5 34 69 Jedlicka,Ales CZK .. 2185 K -2000 7.0 48.5 35 96 Kijac,Miroslav SVK .. -2000 K 2160 7.0 48.0 36 100 Juricek,Stanisl CZK .. -2000 K 2142 7.0 47.0 37 73 Zambor,Norbert SVK .. 2155 1 2172 7.0 46.5 38 33 Karnik,Pavel CZK .. 2280 K 2270 7.0 46.0 39 121 Giertli,Vladimi SVK .. -2000 1 2081 7.0 46.0 40 39 Kriz,Oliver SVK .. 2250 K 2272 7.0 45.5 41 24 Demeter,Peter SVK .. 2330 K 2262 7.0 45.0 42 49 Mokos,Jozef SVK .. 2240 1 2170 7.0 45.0 43 54 Castiglione,Mar SVK .. 2225 K 2254 7.0 45.0 44 62 Cimra,Jozef SVK .. 2195 K 2244 7.0 45.0 45 34 Hastik,Svatoplu CZK .. 2275 K 2185 7.0 44.5 46 48 Karlik,Vladimir CZK FM 2240 .. 2259 7.0 44.0 47 38 Klein_P,Peter SVK .. 2260 K 2214 7.0 43.0 48 63 Saljova,Silvia CZK IM 2195 M 2242 7.0 42.5 49 23 Mrva_V,Vladimir SVK .. 2350 K 2312 7.0 41.5 50 61 Blaho,Stefan SVK .. 2210 K 2120 7.0 40.5 51 80 Berza,Stefan SVK .. 2085 1 2051 7.0 40.5 52 124 Jurica,Peter SVK .. -2000 1 2080 7.0 40.5 53 57 Breja,Stanislav SVK .. 2220 K 2129 7.0 40.0 54 114 Velcko,Miroslav SVK .. -2000 1 2098 7.0 40.0 55 55 Minich,Peter SVK .. 2225 K 2262 7.0 39.5 56 37 Buchnicek,Petr CZK .. 2260 K 2248 7.0 39.0 57 83 Petrovicova,Ele SVK .. 2080 K 2077 7.0 38.5 58 44 Fabry,Robert SVK .. 2240 K 2219 7.0 38.0 59 129 Hecko,Dusan SVK .. -2000 1 2070 7.0 36.5 -------------------------------------------------------- .... 286 players 5) 11th European Club Championships Qualifiers -------------------------------------------- Obereo ------- Round 1 : SK Rockaden, Stockholm, Sweden - SK Kadyr, Cheliabinsk, Russia 3 - 3* SS Manhem, Goteborg, Sweden - Chess Club Paide, Estonia 1,5 - 4,5 Guilford Chess Club, England wo Donbass, Alchevsk, Ukraine wo *Cheliabinsk through on tie break. (11.5 - 9.5) Round 2 : Chess Club Paide, Estonia - SK Kadyr, Cheliabinsk, Russia 2,5 - 3,5 Guilford Chess Club, England - Donbass, Alchevsk, Ukraine 1 - 5 Final SK Kadyr, Cheliabinsk, Russia - Donbass, Alchevsk, Ukraine 3* - 3 (Tie break winners 11,5-9,5) Matches involving the other participants. ----------------------------------------- Guilford Chess Club, England - Chess Club Paide, Estonia 3 - 3* (Tie Break winners 10-11 ) SK Rockaden, Stockholm, Sweden - SS Manhem, Goteborg, Sweden 4 - 2 Tyniste nad Orlici ------------------ Martin Pribyl reports: Anatoly Karpov played this weekend in the Czech Republic in a small town Tyniste nad Orlici (about 130 km east of Prague) The event was the European Club Cup. Two of eight teams did not come (Lyon, France and the team from Reggio Emilia, Italy). Anatoly Karpov won an excellent endgame against Boris Alterman. The Yugoslavian team Agrouniverzal Zemun (Karpov, Gelfand, Beliavsky, Damljanovic, Abramovic, Vukic and Lazic) won the qualification event. In the last 3rd round they had defeated the Israelis (Rishon-le-Zion) (Alterman, Kosashvili, Gutman, Liss, Shmuter, Serebrjanik) 3,5 - 2,5. 6) Piket - Timman Match Amsterdam ------------------------------- A match has been arranged between the two leading Dutch players. Ten games, who is the true number one of Dutch Chess? After a draw in game one Timman won game two. 7) German TV-Match: Piket - Anand ------------------------------ This years' TV-match featured Vishy Anand and Jeroen Piket. The format was one hour sudden death. Piket had the white pieces but had to win. Anand won as Piket's position fell apart in time trouble. Thanks to Harald Hofmeister for the PGN-Notation 8) Asian cities invitational team championship -------------------------------------------- SS Quah reports: ASIAN CITIES INVITATIONAL TEAM TOURNAMENT - HONGKONG - AUGUST 1995 (Sponsored by BIC Club, Hongkong) ------------------------------------------------------------------ No Team Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------ 01 BANDUNG +08 +12 +03 +10 =02 +09 +04 =06 (Indonesia) 3.5 3.5 4.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 2.0 24.5 02 MANDALUYONG +18 +13 -10 +08 =01 +06 =03 +09 (Philippines) 4.0 2.5 1.0 3.5 2.0 2.5 2.0 4.0 21.5 03 MANILA +04 +14 -01 +13 -06 +10 =02 +12 (Philippines) 3.0 4.0 0.0 3.0 1.5 3.0 2.0 4.0 20.5 04 HO CHI MINH CITY -03 +17 +13 =12 -10 +07 -01 +15 (Vietnam) 1.0 4.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 4.0 0.5 4.0 19.5 05 HONG KONG -14 +11 =07 -06 -13 +17 +18 +10 (Hong Kong) 1.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 3.5 4.0 3.0 17.5 06 BEKASI =11 +09 -12 +05 +03 -02 -10 =01 (Indonesia) 2.0 3.0 1.0 4.0 2.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 17.5 07 DUBAI +17 -10 =05 +11 -09 -04 +16 +18 (UAE) 3.0 1.0 2.0 4.0 0.5 0.0 3.0 4.0 17.5 08 BANGKOK -01 +15 +16 -02 -12 +11 -13 +17 (Thailand) 0.5 3.0 4.0 0.5 1.5 3.0 1.5 3.0 17.0 09 YANGON -10 -06 +15 +14 +07 -01 +12 -02 (Myanmar) 1.5 1.0 3.0 4.0 3.5 1.0 3.0 0.0 17.0 10 NEYVELI +09 +07 +02 -01 +04 -03 +06 -05 (India) 2.5 3.0 3.0 1.0 2.5 1.0 2.5 1.0 16.5 11 PHUKET =06 -05 +14 -07 +18 -08 +15 -16 (Thailand) 2.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 4.0 1.0 3.5 1.5 16.0 12 NAGPUR +15 -01 +06 =04 +08 +13 -09 -03 (India) 3.5 0.5 3.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 1.0 0.0 15.5 13 SINGAPORE +16 -02 -04 -03 +05 -12 +08 -14 (Singapore) 4.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 3.0 1.0 2.5 0.5 15.0 14 KOWLOON +05 -03 -11 -09 -16 +18 +17 +13 (Hong Kong) 3.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 3.5 3.0 3.5 15.0 15 PENANG -12 -08 -09 +18 +17 +16 -11 -04 (Malaysia) 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.5 3.5 3.0 0.5 0.0 12.0 16 BIC CLUB -13 +18 -08 -17 +14 -15 -07 +11 (Hong Kong) 0.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 2.5 11.5 17 MACAU -07 -04 =18 +16 -15 -05 -14 -08 (Macau) 1.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 9.0 18 TAIPA -02 -16 =17 -15 -11 -14 -05 -07 (Macau) 0.0 1.0 2.0 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ THE THREE TOP TEAMS: BANDUNG GM Adianto, GM Handoko, Sitanggang, Wahono, Prihastomo MANDALUYONG IM de Guzman, IM Chiong, Nolte, Villamayor, Beltran MANILA GM Antonio, IM Barcenilla, Nadera, Garma, Odra ------------------------------------------------------------------