THE WEEK IN CHESS 52 08/10/95 Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) INTEL WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
3) THE BEST IN THE NETHERLANDS MATCH
4) ARTASHES MINASIAN WINS AT ARMENIAN CHAMPIONSHIP by Roberto Alvarez
5) LATEST NEWS ON YEREVAN OLYMPIAD by Roberto Alvarez
6) Kaidanov Chess Festival by Jim Bach.
7) Beer-Sheba Qualifies for the European Club Team Championships
8) Czech Chess Union Championship.
9) FIRST SATURDAY TOURNAMENTS - September 1995
10) 1995 Centenary Queensland Championship (AUS)
11) Greater Sydney Chess Festival
12) Bacrot - Aronian Match by Mikal Ziane.
13) A PHISH STORY by Eric Schiller
GAMES SECTION
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Anand Kasparov INTEL World Championship 4 games
Piket - Timman Match 4 games
Kaidanov Chess Festival Game 30 minutes tournament. 11 games
Armenian Championships Erevan 62 games
First Saturday GM Tournament. September 43 games
FIRST SATURDAY IM A TOURNAMENT September 66 games
First Saturday IM B Tournament September 66 games
Queensland Championships Brisbane Australia 66 games
1) Introduction
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My thanks to Chistoph Pfrommer, Roberto Alvarez, Jim Bach, Shay Bushinsky,
Martin Pribyl, Joerg Harm, Ian Murray, Brian Jones, Mikal Ziane, and
Eric Schiller for their help with this issue.
This was a sad week in which Kasparov effectively retained his World
Title in his match against Anand. After holding Kasparov, and even
slightly having the initiative over the first 8 games, last week
Kasparov took control. The situation was not at that point totally
clear. However Anand went down to a dreadful defeat on Monday and
then on Tuesday produced a magnificant fighting game which was
however rewarded with a loss. Much of the key moments of this game
being ruined by crowd noise penetrating the "soundproof" booth in
which the players conduct the match. Having heard this noise on
TV, I can only express astonishment that the match was effectively
concluded in what can best be described as "aircraft noise".
Anyhow I hope that you enjoy this issue.
Mark
2) INTEL WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
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New York (USA), IX 1995.
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Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2795 = = = = = = = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 = = 9.5 2790
Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2725 = = = = = = = = 1 0 0 = 0 0 = = 6.5 2730
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A week that started with Kasparov on top, finished with him virtually
assured of retaining his title. The reason was two contrasting victories
in games 13 and 14. It ended with Kasparov handing out all sorts of
advice to his opponent about how Anand and his team should have conducted
the match (admittedly in response to press questioning) something which
is quite tactless. The winner happens always to be correct these days
it appears.
Game 13 was just a dreadful game from Anand, he made a large number of
second best choices and went down in the shortest white loss this century
in a World Championship match. He was at a loss to explain such a game
later in the week.
In the 14th game, the best game of the match, he played the Centre Counter
and both players balanced on the edge for a long period. Kasparov had
never faced this game in a serious contest before and he said that
his play suffered for it. 15. ...Nd5 was one key point of the game.
Kasparov, and other commentators felt that 15. ...c5 was a try for
a larger advantage than Anand obtained in the game. With 16. Nxd5
Kasparov offered a draw, to test out his opponent. He felt that Anand
should have declined the draw immediately and read into it that he
had lost his nerve. However we can read into it what we like, probably
after not responding immediately Anand should have just not responded
to the draw offer at all, merely declining by playing a move. As
it was he had a choice, 16. ...ed which he played and the much more
ambitious 16. ...cd (well at least according to Kasparov). Both
players had around 45 minutes for the rest of the game at this point.
Clearly unhappy with his position he played 27. Ne5 which is probably
his best choice here. The game now became extremely complicated,
Anand should probably have played 27...fe 28 fe Ne4 29 Bxd8 Rxd8
according to Kasparov, After 27. ...Qe6 the position became increasingly
unclear. After 29. ...Bg7 each player had less than ten minutes left.
Around this time the noise from the audience started to reach the
players. Evidently, although Anand hadn't complained about it,
he had already been worried by the noise from the crowd and the commentators
penetrating the supposedly soundproof box earlier in the match.
On BBC TV they showed some footage from the game. It was absolutely horrendous,
completely unacceptable. Kasparov, whose turn it was to move, was clearly seen
to mouth "Madness" before putting his hand over his ears.
Clearly if Anand could have won this game then the match, would have been,
very much alive, as it was, under a wall of sound, and in great mutual
timepressure Anand went under, effectively ending the match. After
the game Kasparov appeared unhappy according to reports and he said
that the noise would have affected Anand more than himself (at the point
at which it became really bad) as he had just mananged to turn round a
poor position and Anand had to readjust to the new situation. It
was an extremely unsatisfactory for the match to be brought to an
end (in all but name). As to the game itself it will take quite some time
to understand the game as a whole, probably both players will need to analyse
it.
There were further problems on Thursday when the air conditioning in the
soundproof box malfunctioned and the temperatures were very high.
Game 16 was delayed for two hours before starting.
There were two prefunctary draws in games 15 and 16 with the points of
interest being that 16. ...Ne3 was the only new move in game 15 (the
point where the draw was agreed.) and that Anand was prepared to play
a variation of the Scheveningen that Kasparov has given up in this match
(the only game references were for their earlier games in this match)
Here are some light notes to the first two games, and some game references
for the last two games of the week. Both games 13 and 14 need to be analysed
in detail.
Anand, V (2725) - Kasparov, G (2795)
PCA wc final New York (13), 1995
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.f3
0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.Nxc6 bxc6
This received a hail of criticism. But as Jon Speelman points out
the entire team had spotted both the merits and demerits of this
move.
13.Bh6 c5
[13...Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Qg5 Qe8 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.0-0-0 e5 18.g4 Qf7 19.
Rdg1 Kh7 20.b3 Ne8 1/2-1/2 Blondet Luis-Andrade Anibal/Ch World (team)
(under 26) Mendoza (Argentina) (12) 1985]
14.Bc4
[14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Bc4 Rb8 17.0-0-0 Rb4 18.b3 Be6 19.Bxe6 fxe6
20.a3 Rd4 21.Nb5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Qa5 23.e5 dxe5 24.Kb2 Rc8 25.g4 e4 26.g5
Nd5 27.Qxe4 Kf7 28.c4 Nc7 29.Nc3 Ne8 30.Ne2 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Qxd8 32.Kc2 Nd6
33.Qe5 Nf5 34.Qxc5 Qb8 35.f4 Qb7 36.Qe5 Qf3 37.c5 Ne3+ 38.Kd2 Nf5 39.
Qc3 Qd5+ 40.Kc2 Qe4+ 41.Qd3 Qc6 42.b4 a5 43.Kc3 axb4+ 44.axb4 Qa4 45.
Qc4 Qa1+ 46.Kb3 Ne3 47.Qc1 1-0 Madl Ildiko-Farago Sandor/It (open), III
Budapest (Hungary) 1989]
14...Qb6
[14...Rb8 15.0-0-0 Rb4 16.Bb3 Qc7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.a3 Rd4 19.Qe2 Rb8 20.
Rhe1 e5 21.Nd5 Qb7 22.Rxd4 cxd4 23.Nxf6 Kxf6 24.f4 Be6 25.fxe5+ dxe5 26.
Qf3+ Kg7 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Rf1 Qe7 29.Qg3 Rb5 30.Qg5 Qxg5+ 31.hxg5 Rb7 32.
Rf6 Rf7 33.Rxf7+ Kxf7 34.c3 Ke7 35.Kd2 Kd6 36.Kd3 Kc5 37.b4+ Kb5 38.
cxd4 exd4 39.Kxd4 Ka4 40.Kc5 Kxa3 41.e5 a6 42.b5 1-0 Tolnai Tibor-
Watson William N/It (cat.10), X-XI Kecskemet (Hungary) (3) 1988]
15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.b3
[Given as irresolute by Speelman, better is 16. 0-0-0 with
16. ...Be6 17. Nd5 and 16. ...Rb8 17. b3 Qb4 with interesting play]
Be6 17.Nd5?
[17. O-O Bxc4 18. bc leaves white active in return for his pawn structure.]
Bxd5 18.exd5 e5 19.dxe6?
[Anand takes a very big risk, 19. O-O-O was playable.]
d5 20.Be2 c4 21.c3?
[But this is the losing error 21. Rd1 had to be played when white is
uncomfortable but still in the game. 21. ..c3 was Kasparov's suggestion
in response to this move.]
Rce8 22.bxc4 Rxe6 23.Kf1 Rfe8 24.Bd3 dxc4 25.Bxc4 Ne4 0-1
Kasparov, G - Anand, V
PCA wc final New York (14), 1995
(Based on notes by Christoph Pfrommer from move 23)
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Be6 7.Bd3 Nbd7
[7...g6 8.0-0 Bg7 (8...Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg7 10.Bc4 Bxc4 11.Nxc4 Qc7 12.Qf3 0-0
13.Be3 Qd8 14.Rad1 Nb6 15.Na5 Nbd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bd2 Qd7 18.c4 Nb6 19.
Be3 Rad8 20.b4 e6 21.b5 cxb5 22.Nxb7 Rde8 23.Nc5 Qc8 24.d5 bxc4 25.d6
c3 26.d7 1-0 Minasian Ara-Soppe Guillermo/Olympiad, VI Manila
(Philippines) (3) 1992) 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.Bf4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Qd7 13.
c3 0-0 14.Ng3 c5 15.dxc5 Rad8 16.Bd4 Qc7 17.Qc2 Ng4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.b4
h5 20.Rfe1 Qf4 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Rxe6 Qxf2+ 23.Qxf2 Rxf2 24.Rxe7+ Kh6 25.
Nf1 Rc2 26.h3 Nf6 27.Rxb7 Re8 28.Rf7 Nd5 29.Rd1 Nxc3 30.Rdd7 h4 31.Nd2
1-0 Fedorowicz John P-Ricardi Pablo/It Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1991]
8.f4
[8.Nxd7 Bxd7 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Ne2 e6 11.c3 Bd6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Re1
Bg6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 gxf6 18.Qf3 f5 19.c4 0-0-0 20.d5 Be5
21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Nc3 Rhe8 23.Rac1 Qg7 24.Rc2 Qf6 25.b4 Bd4 26.Ne2 e5 27.
Nxd4 exd4 28.Rxe8 Rxe8 29.Re2 Rxe2 30.Qxe2 1/2-1/2 Kaminski Marcin-Van Der
Werf Mark/It (open) Groningen (Netherlands) 1992]
8...g6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Kh1 Bf5 11.Bc4 e6 12.Be2 h5 13.Be3 Rd8 14.Bg1 0-0 15.
Bf3 Nd5
[15. ...c5 is a better move according to Kasparov]
16.Nxd5
[Psychological draw offer from Kasparov, of course Anand can't accept.
However maybe it was to distract him from the key decision. cxd5 is
a key alternative. Anand should have declined by simply making his
next move not by pausing before answering, at least if you are to
believe Kasparov that it was a pure psychological play. Answering
"Of course not" has been known to lose for many years since Fischer
used it in one of the Olympiads.]
exd5 17.Bf2 Qc7 18.Rc1 f6 19.Nd3 Rfe8 20.b3 Nb6 21.a4 Nc8
22.c4 Qf7 23.a5 Bf8
[23...Nd6 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Re1 Be4 Black still holds a slight
advantage.]
24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Bh4 Nd6 26.a6 b6
[26...bxa6 27.Rc6 Be4 should work better for Anand.]
27.Ne5 Qe6
[27...fxe5! The complications after taking the knight seem to me to
favour Black:
28.Bxd8 e4! 29.Bxh5 Rxd8 30.Be2 Bg7 31.g4 Bc8 with a clear plus for
Black or
28.fxe5 Ne4 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 or
28.dxe5 Ne4 29. Bxd8 Rxd8.]
28.g4 hxg4
29.Nxg4 Bg7
[29...Ne4 30.Rc7 (30.Rg1? Rd7 31.Ne3 Rh7 Black is better.) 30...Re7
31.Rxe7 Qxe7= This variation avoids the seventh rank problems Anand is
facing in the game.]
30.Rc7!
This comes along with the unpleasant threat of Rxg7 followed by Bxf6.
Now Kasparov has the advantadge.
Ne4 31.Ne3! Bh3
[31...Rd7 32.Rxd7 Qxd7 33.Nxf5 gxf5 (33...Qxf5? 34.Bg4+-) 34.Bh5
Rc8 35.Bg6 Rc3 36.Qh5 with excellent attacking chances.]
32.Rg1 g5 33.Bg4!
White gets control of the White coloured squares like g4, f5 and has
a clearly superior position.
Bxg4 34.Qxg4 Qxg4 35.Rxg4 Nd6 36.Bf2 Nb5 37.Rb7 Re4 38.f5 Rxg4?!
[38...Rxd4 isn't sufficient either: 39.Rxd4 Nxd4 40.Rxa7 Nxb3
41.Rb7 Nc5 42.Rxb6 d4 (42...Rd7 43.Nxd5 Nxa6 44.Nxf6+ Bxf6 45.Rxf6 Nb4
46.Be3+-) 43. Ng4 d3 44.Bxc5 d2 45.Ne3+-]
39.Nxg4 Rc8 40.Rd7 Rc2 41.Rxd5 1-0
Anand, V - Kasparov, G
PCA wc final New York (15), 1995
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2
Nc6 9.g4 Be6 10.0-0-0 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.Kb1 Rfc8
[12...Rfb8 13.h4 b5 14.Bxf6 b4 15.Bxg7 bxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxa2+ 17.Kc1 Rc8 18.
Qd4 Bb3 19.Bd3 e5 20.Qxd6 Rxc2+ 21.Bxc2 Rc8 22.Kd2 Rxc2+ 23.Ke3 Kxg7 24.
Qxe5+ f6 25.Rd7+ Bf7 26.Qd5 Qxd5 27.exd5 Rxb2 28.Rc1 Rb3+ 29.Kf2 Rb2+
30.Kg3 Rb8 31.Rcc7 Rf8 32.Rxa7 1-0 Ricardi Pablo-Alvarez R/Buenos Aires
(Argentina) 1988;
12...Rac8 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxf6 exf6 16.Bb5 Qb6 17.Ba4 Rfd8
18.Bb3 Qc5 19.c3 a5 20.Bd5 b5 21.Qd4 Kg7 22.Rd2 Rb8 23.Rhd1 b4 24.Bxe6
bxc3 25.Qxc5 dxc5 26.Rxd8 Rxb2+ 27.Ka1 fxe6 28.R8d3 Rc2 29.h4 g5 30.
hxg5 fxg5 31.a3 c4 32.Re3 Rd2 33.Rc1 c2 34.Rc3 Kf6 35.R1xc2 Rd3 36.Rxd3
cxd3 37.Rd2 Ke5 38.Rxd3 Kf4 39.Kb2 Kg3 40.Kc3 Kh4 41.Kd4 h5 42.gxh5
Kxh5 43.Ke5 1-0 Spiel Marianne-Mosler Ch/Tournament (w) Ingolstadt
(Germany) 1991]
13.a3
[13.Nd5 Qxd2 14.Rxd2 Bxd5 (14...Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Nb4 16.Bc3 Nxa2 17.Bd4 Nb4
18.b3 Rc7 19.Kb2 Nc6 20.Be3 Ne5 21.Be2 b6 22.Rg1 Bc8 23.h4 Bb7 24.h5
Rac8 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rh1 Nxg4 27.fxg4 Rxc2+ 28.Ka3 Bxe4 29.Rxc2 Rxc2 30.
Re1 Bd5 31.Bd4 e5 32.Bb2 Be6 33.g5 Kf8 34.Bf3 Rd2 35.Re3 Bf5 36.Be2 Ke7
37.Bc3 Rc2 38.Bb4 Ke6 39.Bc3 Epstein Esther-Kondou Eva/Olympiad Novi
Sad (Yugoslavia) 1990/0-1 (59)) 15.exd5 Bh6 16.Rd1 Nxd5 17.h4 Bf4 18.Bh3
Rc7 19.h5 g5 20.Rhe1 e6 21.Bf1 h6 22.c4 Nb4 23.b3 Nc6 24.Bb2 Rd8 25.Bd3
Be5 26.Ba3 Rcd7 27.Be4 Kg7 28.Re2 f6 29.Red2 a5 30.Rd3 Ne7 31.Re3 Kf7
32.Re2 d5 33.Red2 Bf4 34.Rd3 Bd6 35.Kb2 dxe4 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Bxd6 Nc8
Olzem Lothar-Polster Wolfgang/Bundesliga 1984/85 Germany 1985/0-1 (50);
13.g5 Nh5 14.Nd5 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nf4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rd4 e5
19.dxe6 Nxe6 20.Rg4 Rc5 21.h4 Re5 22.Bd3 Nc5 23.Rd4 Rae8 24.Rd1 Nxd3 25.
R4xd3 Re3 26.Rxd6 Rxf3 27.Rd7 1/2-1/2 Drewes Mariette-Warbruck A/Bundesliga
1987/88 Germany 1988;
13.h4
A) 13...Rxc3 14.Qxc3 Qxa2+ 15.Kc1 Bxg4
A1) 16.fxg4 Qa1+ 17.Kd2 Nxe4+ 18.Ke1 Nxc3 19.Rxa1 Bxd4 20.Bg2 Nb5 21.
c3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Bxc3+ 23.Ke2 (23.Kf2 Bxa1 24.Rxa1 a5 25.Bxb7 Ra7
0-1 Althausen-Simagin Vladimir/Ch URS Moscow (Russia) 1943) 23...
Bxa1 24.Rxa1 a5 25.Bxb7 Ra7 26.Bf3 e6 27.Ke3 Kf8 28.g5 Ke7 29.h5
gxh5 30.Bxh5 a4 31.Bd1 Ra5 32.Kf4 Rf5+ 33.Ke3 Rxg5 34.Rxa4 Re5+
35.Kf3 d5 36.Rh4 h5 37.Kf2 Kf6 38.Bxh5 Kg5 39.Rh1 Rf5+ 40.Ke3 e5
41.Bd1 Rf4 42.Rh5+ Kf6 43.Rh6+ 1/2-1/2 Luther Thomas-Petrone Omar/It
Groningen (Netherlands) 1989;
A2) 16.Bg2 Bh6+ 17.Be3 Rc8 18.Qd3 Bxe3+ 19.Qxe3 Qa1+ 20.Kd2 Qxb2 21.
Qd3 Be6 22.Rb1 Qe5 23.Rxb7 Nh5 24.Bf1 Ng3 25.Rg1 Bc4 26.Rb8 Qf4+
27.Kc3 Rxb8 28.Kxc4 Qe5 29.Qd5 Rc8+ 30.Kb4 Qc3+ 0-1 Luijpen
Michiel-Olthof Rene A J A/Denmark 1983;
A3) 16.Qe3 e5 17.fxg4 Nxg4 0-1 Sebastianelli-Hugony Fabrizio/It
(open) San Benedetto del Tronto (Italy) 1989;
A4) 16.Kd2 16...Rc8 17.Qe3 Nxe4+ 18.Qxe4 Bf5 19.Qe3 Rxc2+ 20.Ke1 Qa5+
21.Bc3 Bxc3+ 22.bxc3 Rxc3 23.Qd2 Qe5+ 24.Be2 Rc2 0-1 Dorenberg
Gaston-Riemersma Liafbern/Ch Netherlands (select) Enschede
(Netherlands) 1992;
B) 13...Rab8 14.Nd5 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bxd4 17.Rxd4 1/2-1/2 Polgar
Judit-Polgar Zsuzsa/It (open) \ Farum (Denmark) (11) 1989;
C) 13...b5 14.Nd5 Qa6 15.Bxf6 Bxd5 16.Qxd5 Bxf6 17.h5 e6 18.Qxd6 Rd8 19.
Bxb5 Qxd6 0-1 Van Wessel R-Olthof Rene A J A/Ch Netherlands (team)
Netherlands 1988;
D) 13...Rc6 14.a3 Rac8 15.h5 a6 16.h6 Bh8 17.Rh2 Nd7 18.Nd5 Qxd2 19.
Rdxd2 Re8 20.f4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Bxg4 22.Ne3 e5 23.Rb4 Bf3 24.fxe5 Nc5
25.Nd5 Rxe5 26.Nf6+ Kf8 27.Nxh7+ Ke7 28.Bd3 Bxe4 29.Bxe4 Rxe4 30.Ng5
Re1+ 31.Ka2 Rc8 32.Rb6 Re5 33.Nf3 Rh5 34.Re2+ Kd7 35.b4 Na4 36.Rxb7+
Kc6 37.Ree7 Rxh6 38.c4 Nb6 39.Nd4# 1-0 Galdunts Sergey-Behnk Rolf/It
(open) Strasbourg/Auxerre (France) (9) 1991]
13...Rab8 14.Nd5
[14.h4 b5 15.Nd5 Qxd2 16.Rxd2 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.f4 b4 20.
Rh3 Rc5 21.g5 Nb6 22.axb4 Rxd5 23.Bd3 Rd4 24.h5 Rxf4 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.
Rdh2 Rh8 27.Rh6 Rff8 1/2-1/2 Kovchan A-Shavtvaladze N/Ch Europe (cadets)
(under 12), VIII Baile Herculane (Romania) 1994;
14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Qxd2 16.Nxf6+ Kg7 17.Ne8+ Rxe8 18.Rxd2 g5 19.f4
gxf4 20.Rf2 b5 21.Rxf4 b4 22.a4 Rec8 23.Bb5 Rc5 24.Rhf1 Rbc8 25.R1f2 f6
26.Ba6 R8c7 27.b3 Re5 28.Kb2 Bf7 29.h4 Bg6 30.Bd3 h6 31.Rg2 a5 32.Rg3
Rc3 33.Rff3 Rc8 34.Rf4 Rcc5 35.Rh3 Kf7 36.Bc4+ Ke8 37.Bd5 Bh7 38.g5 e6
Brdicko Petr-Gerber Richard/It Prague (Czech Republic) 1988/1/2-1/2 (71);
14.g5 Nh5 15.Nd5 Qxd2 16.Rxd2 Bxd5 17.exd5 a6 18.Rg1 b5 19.c3 a5 20.Ba7
Rb7 21.Be3 Be5 22.Ka2 Rcc7 23.Kb3 Rb8 24.Bd3 Nf4 25.Be4 f5 26.gxf6 exf6
27.Rg4 g5 28.Rg1 Nh3 29.Re1 Bf4 30.Bf5 Bxe3 31.Rxe3 Nf4 32.Ka2 Kf8 33.
b4 h6 34.Kb2 Re7 35.Rxe7 Kxe7 36.Kb3 Ra8 37.c4 axb4 38.axb4 bxc4+ 39.
Kxc4 Karpov Anatoly-Dueball Juergen/Olympiad Skopje (Yugoslavia) 1972/
1-0 (64)]
14...Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Nxd5 16.Bxg7 Ne3
[16...Kxg7 17.exd5 Bd7 18.Rd4 b5 19.Bd3 Rc7 20.Re1 Kf8 21.g5 Bc8 22.b4
Kg7 23.Kb2 Bf5 24.Re2 Rbc8 25.h4 Bxd3 26.Rxd3 Rc4 27.Rde3 Kf8 28.Rxe7
Rxc2+ 29.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 30.Kxc2 Kxe7 1/2-1/2 Westerinen Heikki M J-Sehner
Norbert/It (cat.7) Elberfeld (Germany) 1986]
1/2-1/2
Kasparov, G - Anand, V
PCA wc final New York (16), 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.Bb6
[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 27.
Nxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2 Anand Viswanathan-Kasparov Gary/New York USA (5) 1995]
15...Qb8 16.Bd4
[16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nfd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Re1 h6 20.c3 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Line
Anand Viswanathan-Kasparov Gary/New York USA (7) 1995]
16...Bc6 17.Qd2 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Nd7 19.Bg1 Qc7 20.Nd4 1/2-1/2
3) THE BEST IN THE NETHERLANDS MATCH
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Amsterdam (NED), IX-X 1995.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Timman, Jan H g NED 2590 = 1 = 1 0 1 = = = = 6.0 2697
Piket, Jeroen g NED 2625 = 0 = 0 1 0 = = = = 4.0 2518
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Jan Timman comfortably won the match to decide the strongest player in the
Netherlands against Jeroen Piket. This was a good victory for Timman in
a year which, at best could be described as patchy for him.
4) ARTASHES MINASIAN WINS AT ARMENIAN CHAMPIONSHIP by Roberto Alvarez
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IGM Artashes Minasian finished one complete point ahead IGM Vladimir Akopian
at the Armenian Chess Championship, Higher Ligue, held on Erevan (Armenian
Capital City, in which will take place the next FIDE Chess Olympiad 1996).
The winner finished unbeated (Akopian too !), with 6 wins and 5 draws, with
a high-fight chess. Third was IGM Smbat Lputian, who only lost against Arsen
Egiazarjan.
The tournament was FIDE Category X (average rating 2478), played at 40 moves
/2 hs, then 20 moves in 1 hs. Melik Hachian and Vigen Mirumian get an IM
norm (5,5 pts).
Many thanks to Gaguik Oganessian for submitting by fax the crosstable and
games (there are 4 missing games due to a mistaken fax transmission).
Erevan (ARM), IX-X 1995. cat. X (2478)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Minasian, Artashes g ARM 2565 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 8.5 2681
2 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2625 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 7.5 2597
3 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2585 = = * 1 = = 1 1 0 = = 1 7.0 2570
4 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2520 = = 0 * = = 0 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2510
5 Nalbandian, Tigran m ARM 2460 0 = = = * = = 1 1 = 0 1 6.0 2515
6 Hachian, Melik ARM 2420 0 0 = = = * = 1 0 1 1 = 5.5 2483
7 Mirumian, Vigen f ARM 2415 0 0 0 1 = = * 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2483
8 Petrosian, Arshak B g ARM 2435 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 = 5.5 2481
9 Yegiazarian, Arsen f ARM 2460 = 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 * = = 1 4.5 2414
10 Kalantarian, Norik ARM 2495 0 = = 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 4.0 2374
11 Minasian, Ara ARM 2425 0 0 = = 1 0 0 0 = = * 1 4.0 2380
12 Asrian, Karen ARM 2330 = = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 * 2.0 2229
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5) LATEST NEWS ON YEREVAN OLYMPIAD by Roberto Alvarez
-------------------------------
At the Manila Congress 1992 Armenia first made and offer for the proposed
32nd World Chess Olympiad and 67th FIDE Congress of 1996 to be held in
Yerevan. At the beginning five other countries, USA, France, Hungary,
Indonesia, and Qatar also expressed the same wish. Later, only Armenia
confirmed its own suggestion during all sessions and FIDE Congresses.
Levon Tel-Petrosian, Presidente of the Republic of Armenia, who is a great
chess admirer, in his appeal to FIDE declared that the authorities of the
country amd he himself confirmed the offer of the Armenian Chess Federation
and would support it in every way, so that the World Chess Olympiad will be
held in Armenia. The President assured FIDE that Armenia will receive with
great pleasure all chess players from different parts of the world whatever
their national, political and religions differences and guaranteed their
safety.
To get acquainted with the facilities of Yerevan some members of the FIDE
Presidential Council and President Florencio Campomanes himself visited
Armenia.
Finally, in December 1994 the 65th FIDE Congress in Moscow decided that the
32nd World Chess Olympiad and 67th Congress would be in Yerevan, capital
city of Armenia.
The World Chess Olympiad will be held between September 15 - October 2, 1996.
FIDE Congress will start its work from September 24.
According to FIDE rules, as a guarantee for the Olumpiad to be held in
Armenia, one million Swiss Francs were transfered to FIDE Bank which will
be returned at the start of the Olympiad.
By the order of Levon Ter Petrosian, President of the Republic of Armenia,
a Trustee Council to support the Olympiad and Congress has been formed. The
Trustee Council comprises the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs,
Finance, Communications, Culture and Sport as well as the Mayor of the City
of Yerevan.
According to the same order, the Govermment of the Republic of Armenia has
created an Organizing Committee to prepare and hold the Olympiad and the
Congress.
Mr.Vanik Zakarian, Armenian Chess Federation President has been appointed
Organizing Committee Chairman. Mr. Gaguik Oganessian, President of FIDE
Zone 1.5 has been appointed Organizing Committee General Secretary.
The 32nd World Chess Olympiad and 67th FIDE Congress will be held in the
Sport and Concert Complex located in one of the most beautiful places of
Yerevan. This beautiful, comfortable and huge building with its ample space
has all the facilities to hold such great tournaments, meetings and
festivals. It is the opinion of several chess specialists that no Olympiad
has ever been held in such a wonderful construction.
Both the Men's and Women's team tournament will be heldin the same hall.
Several thousand spectators will have a chance not only to pass through
the corridors dividing the playing boards and closely watch the flow of
the competition struggle but also sitting to follow a game of chess from
the stands with the help of computers.
The opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympiad and the FIDE Congress
General Assembly will be held in the second hall, the capacity of which
us up to 2500 persons.
70 more small halls will be at the disposal of the Olympiad participants,
arbiters, journalist, guest, Congress delegates, as well as the audience.
And the large auditorium has the best facilities for chess and cultural
mass events. Participants will stay at the best hotels in Yerevan:
"Armenia", "Dvin", "Ani" 'Erebouni" and "Shirak". All the hotels are in
the centre of the city and it takes only 8-10 minutes to get to the Sport
and Concert Complex by vehicle. By the decision of the Armenian Government
the Sport and Concert Complex and all the hotels are being repaired for
the Olympiad right now.
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Information submitted by Gaguik Oganessian
Fax (374) 2- 151758, (374) 2- 272418
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6) Kaidanov Chess Festival by Jim Bach.
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This past weekend (23 Sept-24 Sept) the Kaidanov Chess Festival was
held in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. The highlight of the festival was
a four player double round robin game 30 mins tournament. The results
were:
Lexington (USA), IX 1995. cat. XIII (2556)
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1 2 3 4
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1 De Firmian, Nick g USA 2605 ** =0 11 10 3.5 2597
2 Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2510 =1 ** 10 0= 3.0 2571
3 Kaidanov, Grigory S g USA 2585 00 01 ** 11 3.0 2546
4 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2525 01 1= 00 ** 2.5 2509
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Tournament director, Billy Woodward.
7) Beer-Sheba Qualifies for the European Club Team Championships
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Shay Bushinsky reports:
The Beer-Sheba team qualified for the second year successively to the
Euro team final to be held late November in Lubliana. 7 of the 8 teams
that qualified are:
1 Sarjevo (cup holders)
2 Beer-Sheba
3 Yeravan (the Armenian national team practically)
4 Zemon (with Karpov) of Serbia
5 A Croatian club (Epishin Romanishin Kozul Cebalo)
6 Hunbad Budabest
7 Chelbinsk (Russia)
In matches held in Vilnius Beer-Sheba won against a Ukranian team 4-2
Then against the strong team of Novosibirsk 3.5-2.5:
Yudasin - Halifman 1/2
Smirin - A. Greenfeld 1/2
Vymanavin-Huzman 1/2
Tseitlin-Goldin 1-0
Rublevski-V. Mikhalevsky 1/2
Avruch-Makarov 1/2
(note that both Smirin & Goldin are registered Israeli players but
play for Novo)
Then in the final, Beer-Sheba drew the Lithuanian team (practically
the national team) after trailing two games behind Yudasin & Greenfeld
came with the big scores to decide the match:
Yudasin - Rozentelis 1-0
Greenfeld - Zagurskis 1-0
Huzman - Kevinas 0-1
Tseitlin - Malishauskas 0-1
Mikhalevsky-Rosele 1/2
Avruch-Gribelauskas 1/2
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8) Czech Chess Union Championship.
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First three players qualified for the Championship of the Czech Republic 1996 (closed
tournament, 12 players: GM Hracek, IM Babula, GM Blatny, GM Mokry, IM Vokac,
GM Jansa, 3 players from this tournament, 3 players from Moravia).
Regular TWIC Contributer Martin Pribyl qualified for the 1996 Czech Republic Championship.
Final standings:
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Tit. Name ELO Pts. Aver.
=============================================
1. FM Pribyl, Martin 2390 7.0 2291 qualif.
2. IM Orsag, Milan 2415 7.0 2276 for the
3. GM Meduna, Eduard 2445 7.0 2270 Ch Czech Rep. 1996
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4. Seleljo, Daniel (2307) 6.5 2278
5. IM Freisler, Pavel 2345 6.5 2250
6. IM Votava, Jan 2440 6.5 2245
7. Jirovsky, Petr 2255 6.5 2199
8. IM Hausner, Ivan 2455 6.0 2293
9. Taborsky, Rostislav 2105 6.0 2268
10. Jirovsky, Pavel 2315 6.0 2240
11. Pokorny, Tomas (2171) 6.0 2237
12. Kacirek, Petr 2250 6.0 2225
13. Neuman, Petr 2155 6.0 2206
14. Chloupek, Stanislav 2305 6.0 2202
15. Inneman, Martin (2249) 5.5 2255
16. Suran, Jan 2215 5.5 2230
17. Turner, Jan 2250 5.5 2213
18. IM Gross, Stefan 2350 5.5 2195
19. Gross, David 2385 5.5 2185
20. FM Kubikova, Hana 2145 5.5 2161
21. Vavra, Radim (1959) 5.5 2159
22. Pallova, Martina 2030 5.5 2158
23. Belaska, Premysl 2230 5.5 2137
24. Rehak, Martin 2170 5.5 2135
25. Pilar, Miloslav 2330 5.5 2132
26. Malivanek, Jiri 2155 5.5 2125
27. Polak, Petr (2057) 5.5 2119
28. Spesny, Jan 2295 5.5 2112
29. IM Pribyl, Josef 2405 5.5 2109
(due to illness did not play 2 rounds)
30. Pakosta, Stanislav 2235 5.0 2275
31. Cech, Pavel 2360 5.0 2226
etc. 98 players, 9 rounds
9) FIRST SATURDAY TOURNAMENTS - September 1995
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GM Tournaments
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Budapest (HUN), IX 1995. cat. VI (2393)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Votava, Jan m CZE 2440 ** 1= 1= 0= 11 11 11 9.5 2615 GM NORM
2 Acs, Peter f HUN 2370 0= ** 0= 11 0= 11 == 6.5 2425
3 Lengyel, Levente g HUN 2365 0= 1= ** == == == 1= 6.5 2426
4 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2480 1= 00 == ** == == == 5.5 2349
5 Cao, Sang VIE 2420 00 1= == == ** 0= 10 5.0 2331
6 Barczay, Laszlo g HUN 2425 00 00 == == 1= ** == 4.5 2300
7 Touzane, Olivier m FRA 2250 00 == 0= == 01 == ** 4.5 2329
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Peter Enders drew his round 1 game against Sang Cao and then
withdrew. GM norm was 9.5 points and IM norm 7.0 points. 21
year old Jan Votava scored a GM norm and 14 year old Peter
Acs was just short of the IM norm. (Games posted to the internet
Joerg Harm.)
IM Events
-----------
Ambros Peter scored an IM norm in the IM B Tournament.
Arbiter: Irtel Endre
IM A TOURNAMENT SEPTEMBER
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Budapest (HUN), IX 1995. IM Norm 8 points cat. III (2305)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2280 * 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2517
2 Borocz, Istvan m HUN 2410 0 * 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2397
3 Giddins, Stephen f ENG 2345 = 1 * 0 = = 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2402
4 Hedman, Erik SWE 2320 0 = 1 * 0 1 = = 1 1 1 0 6.5 2368
5 Stillger, Bernhard f GER 2285 0 0 = 1 * 1 = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2371
6 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2340 = = = 0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2337
7 Szabo, Zsolt HUN 2355 = 0 0 = = = * = = 1 1 1 6.0 2336
8 Peredy, Ferenc HUN 2235 = = = = = = = * = = = = 5.5 2310
9 Held, Markus GER 2210 0 0 = 0 = = = = * 0 = 1 4.0 2211
10 Horvath, Gabor HUN 2325 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 4.0 2200
11 Cerneanu, Norbert GER 2270 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = = * 0 2.5 2096
12 Kecskes, Gabor HUN 2280 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 2.5 2095
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IM B TOURNAMENT SEPTEMBER
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Budapest (HUN), IX 1995. IM Norm 6.5 points cat. III (2320)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Peter, Ambrus HUN 2410 * 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2476 IM Norm
2 Honfi, Karoly m HUN 2390 0 * = 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2437
3 Egedi, Istvan f HUN 2290 0 = * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2403
4 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2360 = 0 = * = 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2395
5 Thallinger, Harald AUT 2280 1 0 1 = * 0 = 1 = 1 5.5 2404
6 Vonthron, Horst GER 2355 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 1 5.5 2396
7 Dolgener, Tobias GER 2260 = 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 4.0 2283
8 Galyas, Miklos f HUN 2310 0 1 = = 0 0 0 * 1 = 3.5 2241
9 Navarovszky, Laszlo m HUN 2295 = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 * 1 2.5 2156
10 Ottstadt, Ralf GER 2250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 0.5 1883
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10) 1995 Centenary Queensland Championship (AUS)
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Brisbane 16.9.95 - 24.9.95
Ian Murray reports:
Brisbane (AUS), IX 1995.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2400 * 1 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 = 8.5 2321
2 Laird, Craig f AUS 2315 0 * 1 = 1 0 1 1 = = 1 = 7.0 2277
3 Stephson, David AUS 2170 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 2196
4 Pizzato,Charles ---- = = 0 * = = 1 0 1 1 = = 6.0 2193
5 Leskiewicz, Maksymilian AUS 2155 0 0 1 = * = 0 1 = 0 1 1 5.5 2198
6 Meldrum, Andrew AUS 2120 = 1 0 = = * 1 0 = 0 = = 5.0 2253
7 Myers, John AUS 2055 1 0 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 0 1 5.0 2162
8 Pardoen,Alain ---- 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 * 0 1 1 0 5.0 2106
9 Campbell,Murray ---- 0 = = 0 = = 0 1 * = = = 4.5 2106
10 Truscott,Tony ---- 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 0 = * 1 = 4.5 2193
11 Allen, Andrew AUS 2250 0 0 = = 0 = 1 0 = 0 * 1 4.0 2135
12 Corner, Michael J AUS 2080 = = 0 = 0 = 0 1 = = 0 * 4.0 1979
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11) Greater Sydney Chess Festival
-----------------------------
Brian Jones
Australian Chess Enterprises
ace@sydney.dialix.oz.au
http://sydney.dialix.oz.au/~ace
He reports that:
1-2 October 1995
The Huntley Parramatta, Sydney, Australia
Organised by Australian Chess Enterprises
102 players
Open (G60)
1= FM Sandler, FM Gedevani 5/6
3= Reilly, Samar 4.5
Knockout Blitz (G5)
1 FM Sandler
2 FM Gedevani
3= IM Solomon, Sayers
12) Bacrot - Aronian Match by Mikal Ziane.
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Match played 25th-30th September in France.
Levon Aronian fm Armenia 2355 born 6/10/82 1 IM norm, WC under 12 in 1994)
Etienne Bacrot fm France 2395 born 22/1/83 2 IM norms, WC under 10 in 1993)
Etienne defeated the 1994 world champion under 12 (Etienne was 1993 WC under 10)
in a 6-game match: 3.5-2.5. Etienne lead 3-1 after 4 games but blundered in the
fifth to draw the sixth and win the match.
13) A PHISH STORY by Eric Schiller
------------------------------
Television seems filled with strange tales these days. My real-life
experience yesterday (September 30) might qualify in that category.
I have been participating in the San Mateo International Futurity, an
internationally ranked chess tournament featuring local masters and
masters from Finland and Spain as well as the most promising young
stars from Northern California.
With two tough games scheduled for Sunday, a night off at Shoreline
Amphitheater listening to the brilliant and innovative group Phish
seemed just the right thing to do to relax before the difficult
confrontation against the runner-up in this years Denker Tournament of
High School Champions. Adrian Keating-Clay, now at Stanford, is a
rising star whose national ranking is almost identical to my own.
Since the pressure was on him to earn his international ranking, which
I already have, I wanted to relax. Chess was far from my mind as I
entered the lawn to enjoy my first live Phish show.
What greeted me was a strange sight indeed. On the left side of the
stage, there was a huge chessboard, with all the pieces in their
proper places. I had no idea what was going on, but escaping from
chess might prove impossible.
The show began with a rousing rendition of My Friend, followed by an
instrumental piece which was new to me. Then the band explained what
was going on. They are all big fans of the Royal Game and spend a lot
of time on the road doing battle at the chessboard. They would be
challenging the audience to a game of chess on this national tour,
with one move played at each concert.
To get things going, they played a couple of moves. The game began
with keyboardist and vocalist Page McConnell using the normal move
1.e4 (1.P-K4) and a fan by the name of Pooh (I am not sure about the
spelling) responded sensibly with 1...e5 (1...P-K4). Then Page played
his pet move 2.Bb5!? (2.B-N5) which is the unorthodox opening known as
the Portuguese Opening. Poo took no chances, but slid the game into
more orthodox paths with 2...Nc6 (2...N-Qb3), and Page responded 3.Nf3
(3.N-KB3), with the game now in the familiar Ruy Lopez Opening
(Spanish Game). These moves were made to the accompaniment of White
Rabbit. The music continued with Reba, Uncle Penn a touch of Antelope,
and then an acoustic rendition of Blue and Lonesome in memory of Jerry
Garcia, who Phish had last heard here at Shoreline. The set closed
with an exciting performance of Sample in a Jar.
During the set break, people were invited to gather at the Greenpeace
booth and vote on the audience move. Of course I headed there, and
introduced myself as a professional and current champion of Northern
California. Many moves were suggested by the public (for the record:
3...a6, 3...Nf6, 3...Bc5, 3...f5, 3...f6, 3...Qf6, 3...Nge7 and, with
some fervor, 3...d5.) I explained why I felt that the choice should be
between 3...a6 (which has been seen in half the games of the
Intel-sponsored PCA World Championship now underway in New York), and
3...Nf6. Eventually 3...a6 (3...P-QR3) was selected by vote.
I was then asked to make the move on the stage, which sounded like
fun, so I readily agreed. I was escorted backstage where I met Page,
Mike Gordon, Trey Anastasio and Jon Fishman, who are the members of
Phish. They are really into chess, and I was very happy to discover
this, because chess does suffer from such a geeky image that to find
brilliant and imaginative alternative music performers with a love for
the game is really rewarding.
They practice against each other, and sometimes against the computer
program Chessmaster 3000. Of course they weren't too confident, being
a bit surprised to face professional opposition, but I encouraged them
by explaining that so far the position was the one that reigning World
Champion Garry Kasparov has been using as White against challenger
Viswanathan Anand in the match, and I was following Anand's moves
(which also happen to be my personal preference). Just before the
second set began, I walked on stage alone to make the chosen move
before at least 15,000 screaming fans. That might be a record for
people in attendance at a chess game! I made the move and exited, and
the second set got underway with Runaway Jim and, appropriately, the
Fog that Surrounds.
I'll leave the reviews to more qualified residents of rec.music.phish.
I was very impressed and had a great time. Page and company have two
days to choose their next move, which will be unveiled at their
concert in Seattle. I'll be providing continuing coverage on the
internet in rec.games.chess.misc and rec.music.phish and on the
Internet Chess Server. You can play chess on the server by logging in
as a guest.
I can't be at the remaining concerts, because I am moderating the
World Championship coverage on the Internet Chess Server, but I hope
some of the serious journalists covering that event will take note of
this national tour exhibition chess game too.
To see the current position in the Phish vs. Audience game
http://www.chessworks.com/phish.htm
or
http://www.best.com/~schiller/phish.htm
On Sunday, I played truly inspired chess to win my match, creating one
of my most satisfying games. It involved a huge, long sacrifice that
required 15 moves by each player to resolve itself, and I think it is
fair to say that my experience at the show played a large part in
putting me in the all-important frame of mind necessary to creative
play. At the point in the game just before I delivered the decisive
sacrifice, I had that same feeling that many of us get when absorbed
in great music, whether it is Bach's Musical Offering, the Dead's Dark
Star, or Phish's Stash (some of my favorites, your mileage will vary
of course). There is the fantastic Zen-like feeling that everything
makes sense, that all truth is suddenly revealed even if it cannot be
articulated. For those of us who love chess, it is this, not the mere
defeating of an opponent, that matters. This is why we play, why we
devote countless hours to studying the mysteries of the game, which
even after 1500 years or so have not been worked out by man or
machine.
For those of you who play chess, here is the game with some light
notes. More information on Page McConnell's unusual opening strategy
can be found in The Big Book of Busts by John Watson and Eric
Schiller, Hypermodern Press, 1995.