THE WEEK IN CHESS 59 26/11/95 Mark Crowther --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Introduction 2) Campomanes ousted as FIDE President. 3) Investabank Tournament Belgrade Yugoslavia 4) United States National Championships - Modesto California. 5) Icelandic National Championships by Einar Karlsson 6) Las Palmas Open November 15-23 by Ian Rogers 7) Western European Zonal Tournment Linares Spain 8) 5th World Senior Championships 1995 9) Clarin Grand Prix last two events by Roberto Alvarez 10) VIENNA MASTERS 1995 "Wilhelm Steinitz Gedenkturnier" by Damir Medak 11) CAPPS MEMORIAL San Francisco by Sam Sloan 12) Dutch Championships Semi-finals by Anjo Anjewierden. 13) Michael Niermann's Chess Tournament Calendar GAMES SECTION ------------- Belgrade International Tournament 14 games US National Championships 41 games National Championships of Iceland 36 games Final Paris INTEL Corrections 2 games Vienna Masters 4 games Rethimno Open Crete 6 games Zonal Tournament - Linares Spain 4 games Capps Memorial Tournament 19 games Clarin Grand Prix - Event 5 La Carlota ARG 72 games Clarin Grand Prix Event 6 Salta ARG 88 games Dutch Championships Semi-Finals Enschede. 135 games 1) Introduction -------------- My thanks to Larry Parr, Bjarke Kristensen, Adan Bonilla , Damir Medak Rachel Lieberman, Donald Schultz, Ian Rogers, Jon Speelman Otto Borik, Bob Wade, Tom Crain, ICC, Einar Karlsson Sam Sloan, Anjo Anjewierden and Shay Bushinsky. This has to be the absolutely maddest issue of all time. The top 4 or 5 items would have lead in a normal week. The removal of Campomanes as FIDE President is obviously the top news story however. Right up until the deadline I was still receiving material (Shay tells me that GM Victor Korchnoi and Alon Greenfeld are playing in Beer-Sheba (1.5 each) and has sent some games from his Blitz tournament reported in a previous TWIC, Ian Rogers also sent me games on the deadline.) There is the US and Icelandic Champs, Zonal Tournaments and a whole host of other strong event. Normally the Belgrade tournament would be tops, please I need the games, so if anyone is getting the, pass them on, but the 14 presented here give the impression that this is probably one of the all time great events. There are some stupendous games. What do I think about Campomanes going? It was a combination of "Where were you when Kennedy died" and just the simple "YES!". Its been my belief that until Campomanes went FIDE would simply decline at an increasingly rapid rate. The first and correct step has been taken. It does not guarantee that things will get better, but it does mean that there is a chance. Stories coming out of Paris only reinforce this belief. (see below). The new president is an unknown quantity I have provided some information about him. There is no telling the future, the next year is going to be exciting and unpredictable I think. As to the now dead FIDE PCA agreement. I was going to do a long piece, including about what happens to the PCA (there is a really very concerning story about how the PCA operates with money told by Shirov in the latest NIC) and I shall return to this issue hopefully. The FIDE rejection of the deal on the table is correct. So a little hurried issue (hopefully not noticably so) with an amazing amount of news. I hope you enjoy this issue. Mark 2) Campomanes ousted as FIDE President. ------------------------------------ [News based on postings by Larry Parr, Bjarke Kristensen Rachel Lieberman and Donald Schultz amongst others.] CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING PARIS -------------------------------- On Sunday 19th of November at a FIDE Central Committee meeting in Paris, A motion of no confidence in FIDE President Florencio Campomanes and his whole team was passed 14 votes to 12. The motion was proposed by Phil Haley of Canada and backed by Fanueil Adams of the United States and Egon Ditt of Germany. Although the vote seemed close Campomanes and the other five members of his team all had votes and of course backed themselves. The case against Campomanes was backed up with evidence from a Filipino Government investigation of the Manila Olympiad. It appears that Campomanes signed checks for various Olympiad expenses against undenominated funds. (this evidence was presented by Norwegian lawyer Norwegian lawyer Morten Sand) Also Kurt Jungwirth presented a "devastating" (according to one observer) report about election irregularities during the 1994 Moscow Olympiad. In one particularly glaring case Campomanes used the Philippine vote himself voted and the Brunei proxy (which was given to the Philippine delegate not Campomanes) he was not entitled to do either of these things. This, of course was enough for him to get through the crucial vote allowing him to stand. An immediate attempt to declare the decision illegal was made by Filipino Casto Abundo. This lead to a walkout from the meeting by the US and some other countries. After an hour the meeting reconvened and the decision stood. The decision could now only be reversed by the FIDE General Assembly which took place the following day. FIDE GENERAL ASSEMBLY --------------------- Campomanes chaired the assembly but indicated his intension to resign at the end of the General Assembly. On day two there was further FIDE News. It appears that FIDE only has 150,000 Swiss francs in its coffers (about $135,000). Furthermore last June as part of a pensions deal Campomanes was paid nearly 200,000 Swiss francs and G. Makropoulos 30,000. The calcuations that produced this payout mean that rough calculations mean that Campomanes was paid over $100,000 a year. This does not include the expenses which according to some sources even exceeded this payment. 63 Nations are said to have threatened to withdraw from FIDE unless full democracy is returned. Vice President Ghobash stated that he believed that he should be next in line if Campomanes does carry out his threat to resign. It is dismissed by the supporters of Kouatly who now appear to have near control of FIDE. The US had already made it clear that they wanted FIDE Presidential elections next year rather than 1998. It is unclear who now runs FIDE until then. The FIDE General Assembly upheld the recommendation of the Central Committee to reject the PCA-FIDE agreement as it stands. The Central Committee recommendation is as follows: Following the Moscow Congress, good will and a lot of effort by FIDE's officers have been put into trying to achieve agreement with the PCA. It is regretted that the current state of negotiations, represented by the draft set of regulations sent to FIDE by the PCA on 19.11.95 is unsatisfactory. Beside some general points, which might be resolved, there are two principal difficulties: 1) The proposed match regulations are not equal for both players and therefore unacceptable; 2) FIDE would be renouncing sovereignty over the World Championship. Therefore therefore the Central Committee recommends that the General Assembly reject the agreement as it stands. Willie ICKLICKI - Egon DITT - Jaime SUNYE NETO - Morten SAND This recommendation was accepted by the FIDE assembly. New Presidential Team --------------------- FIDE held elections in the early hours of November 24th. They elected the following team until the end of 1996. The assmembly vote was 95-3 and they set up the elections for late next year. New FIDE President: Krisan Iljumzhinov Deputy-presidents: Kouatly (France) and Gorbash (Arabian Emirates) Vice-president Morten Sand Chairman of the Presidential Board: Florencio Campomanes [An official list should be available somewhere, these need confirmation especially the vice/deputy presidents] The new post created for Campomanes was at his suggestion and seems to have no status or money attached to it. I presume that it is there so he can say they didn't just throw him out. The Russian Chess Federation, in spite of Kasparov's known dealings with Iljumzhinov spoke against him. They however disappeared during the voting, presumably they need to know whose side they are on. Andrei Makarov and Iljumzhinov are reported not to get on. A letter from President Yeltsin in support of Iljumzhinov seemed to settle the matter. "The Karpov-Kamsky match has a sponsor in Montreal and apparently will take place in 1996. FIDE formed a Unity Commission with the following members: Ralf Liniger (Swiss), John Warlick (U.S. Virgin Islands), S. Garcia (Cuba), Omuku (Nigeria), Israel Gelfer (Israel), Giorgios Makropoulos (Greece), Morten Sand (Norway) and E. Steven Doyle (USA). The purpose of this commission is to arrange a unification match in 1996 between the winner of Karpov- Kamsky and Kasparov." [Larry Parr] The FIDE verification committee reported on Campomanes' pension payments. It seems that they were over half the amount in the FIDE treasury. They seemed to regard them as unconstitutional and the large expenses he has claimed my even be illegal. FIDE treasurer Willy Iclicki (there will be new elections for this post late next year) believes them to be constitutional. The conclusion of the committe is that probable overpayment has occured and that money should be returned. New FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ------------------------------------- So we have a new FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. He is not a man totally unknown to me. There was an article in Sputnik (a Russian Media Digest) in March 1993. The article was called "The Kalmyk who bought Kasparov's crown" and it describes both his life and how he came to buy the Korloff Trophy which was the trophy from the World Championships of 1990. This was sold by Kasparov to aid those who were damaged by the unrest in Baku. Families of the dead received 3000 roubles each. Ilyumzhinov transfered 10 Million Roubles for the trophy to the fund. The article says that Ilyumzhinov is a good chess player. "I remember how Garry and I sat in a suite of the Savoy Hotel with one and a half kilograms of gold in front of us on the bed ... counting the diamonds. We counted them again and again, very carefully. It turned out that instead of the 1,017 stones there were five more - 1,022 in all .... I presume that this was a special gift of the jewellers to the World Champion" Larry Parr adds this week: "The new president was known earlier as the person who purchased Kasparov's jewel incrusted title trophy in 1990. Readers may recall that a dispute over the value of the trophy led to public discord between Kasparov and Kouatly. According to the PCA world champion, GM Kouatly listed a value far in excess of the amount ultimately paid for it. Apparently Kouatly stated its value at a million dollars, although it fetched only about $250,000 in the marketplace. Since the trophy was part of the winner's purse in 1990, its lower value meant a smaller payday than Kasparov had expected. He reportedly donated the proceeds from its sale for purposes of war relief." The article says that Kirsan was expelled from the CPSU (Communist Party) in 1988. There were 12 charges: "they tried to frame me as a drug addict, a pimp, an alcoholic, a foreign currency dealer, an agent of the Afghan intelligence service ..." He had reason to be afraid as some of the charges actually had the death penalty attached to them. In the Autumn of 1992 he was invited to run for the President of Kalmykia, he was already a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. He won against 21 Candidates. He believes that rich people should be the representatives in Parliament as it is a guard against corruption. The State is Oil rich. About his fortune at that time: "When I studied at the Institute [as a student] I thought that one million was big money, not to mention 100 million. Now I have in circulation sums many hundreds of times bigger and I have lost interest in this arithmatic." His friends and business: The Oppenheimers in the US, Christian Petrosian (the French Caviar "King" with whom he does business), the Duponts from the States, Chuon Ruyen (from Korea one of the ten richest people in the World and with whom he has contracts for oil refining and production in Kalmykia) He mentions selling perfume and cartoons, both with connections in France. This was all 3 years ago. Quite where he stands now I don't know. We do know that Karpov was close to him during the elections and the above suggest he knows Kasparov reasonably well too. 3) Investabank Tournament Belgrade Yugoslavia ------------------------------------------- This tournament has had some of the outstanding games of the year, judging just from the very few that I have managed to get hold of. I would be very greatful if someone can some up with all the games. Gelfand, Kramnik (who has played some mindblowing stuff. Contempt would not be a strong enough word to describe his treatment of Adams. Just like Spassky at his best. Look out too for a brutal game against Topalov.) and Shirov are contenders for the first place with one round to go. Round 1 (1995.11.14) Kramnik, Vladimir - Timman, Jan H 1-0 34 D35 Queen's gambit Shirov, Alexei - Miladinovic, Igor 1-0 37 B49 Sicilian Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 Topalov, Veselin - Beliavsky, Alexander 1-0 40 C92 Ruy Lopez Lautier, Joel - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 Round 2 (1995.11.15) Gelfand, Boris - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 Adams, Michael - Lautier, Joel 1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 Beliavsky, Alexander - Timman, Jan H 1-0 69 A32 English; 1.c4 c5 Miladinovic, Igor - Leko, Peter 1/2 Round 3 (1995.11.16) Kramnik, Vladimir - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 Shirov, Alexei - Beliavsky, Alexander 1-0 41 D58 Queen's gambit Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 58 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf Timman, Jan H - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 Lautier, Joel - Miladinovic, Igor 0-1 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Adams, Michael 1/2 26 B13 Caro-Kann Round 4 (1995.11.18) Shirov, Alexei - Leko, Peter 1-0 33 C92 Ruy Lopez Topalov, Veselin - Lautier, Joel 0-1 Adams, Michael - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 29 B56 Sicilian Ivanchuk, Vassily - Timman, Jan H 1/2 Beliavsky, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 Miladinovic, Igor - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 Round 5 (1995.11.19) Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Kramnik, Vladimir - Miladinovic, Igor 1/2 Leko, Peter - Beliavsky, Alexander 1/2 Timman, Jan H - Adams, Michael 1-0 36 C69 Ruy Lopez; Exchange Lautier, Joel - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 41 E92 Kings indian; Classical Round 6 (1995.11.20) Shirov, Alexei - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 Leko, Peter - Lautier, Joel 1/2 Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 40 B57 Sicilian Adams, Michael - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 Beliavsky, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 29 A32 English; 1.c4 c5 Miladinovic, Igor - Timman, Jan H 0-1 Round 7 (1995.11.22) Gelfand, Boris - Miladinovic, Igor 1/2 Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 58 D45 Queen's gambit Timman, Jan H - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Adams, Michael 1/2 Lautier, Joel - Beliavsky, Alexander 1/2 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Leko, Peter 1/2 Round 8 (1995.11.23) Shirov, Alexei - Timman, Jan H 1-0 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 Topalov, Veselin - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 Beliavsky, Alexander - Adams, Michael 0-1 Lautier, Joel - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1/2 Miladinovic, Igor - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 Round 9 (1995.11.24) Gelfand, Boris - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 Kramnik, Vladimir - Lautier, Joel 1-0 Timman, Jan H - Leko, Peter 1/2 Adams, Michael - Miladinovic, Igor 1-0 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Beliavsky, Alexander 1/2 Round 10 (1995.11.25) Shirov, Alexei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 Leko, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 Topalov, Veselin - Adams, Michael 1/2 Beliavsky, Alexander - Miladinovic, Igor 1-0 Lautier, Joel - Timman, Jan H 0-1 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 Belgrade (YUG), XI 1995. cat. 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The US Championship appears not to be using the standard form of pairings for this years Championships, anyone know why, or what method they are using? Round 1 (1995.11.19) Yermolinsky, Alexey - Kudrin, Sergey 1/2 63 A34 English; 1.c4 c5 Dzindzichashvili, Roman - Ivanov, Alexander V 1/2 15 A26 English; 1.c4 e5 Wolff, Patrick G - Browne, Walter S 1-0 57 B23 Sicilian; Closed Orlov, Georgy - Gulko, Boris F 1/2 17 C01 French; Exchange Waitzkin, Joshua - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 43 B07 Pirc Khmelnitsky, Igor N - Kaidanov, Grigory S 1/2 12 C01 French; Exchange Gurevich, Dmitry - De Firmian, Nick 1/2 38 A33 English; 1.c4 c5 Round 2 (1995.11.20) De Firmian, Nick - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 58 B01 Scandinavian Kudrin, Sergey - Dzindzichashvili, Roman 1/2 45 B36 Sicilian Gulko, Boris F - Wolff, Patrick G 1/2 24 A29 English; 1.c4 e5 Ivanov, Alexander V - Orlov, Georgy 0-1 38 B17 Caro-Kann Benjamin, Joel - Khmelnitsky, Igor N 1/2 38 A21 English; 1.c4 e5 Browne, Walter S - Gurevich, Dmitry 1/2 21 D46 Queen's gambit Kaidanov, Grigory S - Yermolinsky, Alexey 1/2 18 B14 Caro-Kann Round 3 (1995.11.21) Yermolinsky, Alexey - Khmelnitsky, Igor N 1-0 40 A43 Queen's pawn De Firmian, Nick - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 22 B47 Sicilian Dzindzichashvili, Roman - Kaidanov, Grigory S 1-0 41 D30 Queen's gambit Wolff, Patrick G - Ivanov, Alexander V 1/2 38 C92 Ruy Lopez Orlov, Georgy - Kudrin, Sergey 0-1 58 A34 English; 1.c4 c5 Waitzkin, Joshua - Browne, Walter S 1-0 45 B50 Sicilian Gurevich, Dmitry - Gulko, Boris F 1/2 46 D27 Queen's gambit; Exchange Round 4 (1995.11.22) Kudrin, Sergey - Wolff, Patrick G 1/2 47 B01 Scandinavian Gulko, Boris F - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 34 A29 English; 1.c4 e5 Ivanov, Alexander V - Gurevich, Dmitry 1-0 45 B64 Sicilian Benjamin, Joel - Yermolinsky, Alexey 1/2 27 A45 Queen's pawn Browne, Walter S - De Firmian, Nick 1/2 31 E15 Nimzo indian Kaidanov, Grigory S - Orlov, Georgy 0-1 45 B14 Caro-Kann Khmelnitsky, Igor N - Dzindzichashvili, Roman 1/2 9 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Round 5 (1995.11.24) De Firmian, Nick - Gulko, Boris F 1/2 14 B17 Caro-Kann Dzindzichashvili, Roman - Yermolinsky, Alexey 1/2 9 D76 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6 Wolff, Patrick G - Kaidanov, Grigory S 1/2 23 C06 French; Tarrasch Orlov, Georgy - Khmelnitsky, Igor N 1/2 43 Waitzkin, Joshua - Ivanov, Alexander V 0-1 50 B06 Modern defence Browne, Walter S - Benjamin, Joel 1-0 49 B07 Pirc Gurevich, Dmitry - Kudrin, Sergey 1/2 26 A13 English; 1.c4 Round 6 (1995.11.25) Yermolinsky, Alexey - Orlov, Georgy 1-0 50 D67 Queen's gambit Kudrin, Sergey - Waitzkin, Joshua 1/2 42 B01 Scandinavian Gulko, Boris F - Browne, Walter S 1/2 41 A14 English; 1.c4 Ivanov, Alexander V - De Firmian, Nick 0-1 37 B47 Sicilian Benjamin, Joel - Dzindzichashvili, Roman 1/2 28 E11 Bogo indian Kaidanov, Grigory S - Gurevich, Dmitry 1-0 60 B53 Sicilian Khmelnitsy-Wolff Round 6 postponed until Nov 28 Modesto (USA), X 1995. cat. XII (2542) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Yermolinsky, Alexey g USA 2560 * . = = . . . 1 . = . = 1 . 4.0 / 6 2655 2 De Firmian, Nick g USA 2605 . * . . . = 1 . = = = . . = 3.5 / 6 2598 3 Dzindzichashvili, Roman g USA 2545 = . * = . . = . . = . 1 = . 3.5 / 6 2601 4 Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2525 = . = * = . . 1 = . . . . = 3.5 / 6 2573 5 Wolff, Patrick G g USA 2565 . . . = * = = . . . 1 = . . 3.0 / 5 2636 6 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2620 . = . . = * . = = . = . . = 3.0 / 6 2526 7 Ivanov, Alexander V g USA 2530 . 0 = . = . * 0 1 . . . . 1 3.0 / 6 2524 8 Orlov, Georgy m RUS 2465 0 . . 0 . = 1 * . . . 1 = . 3.0 / 6 2551 9 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2440 . = . = . = 0 . * = 1 . . . 3.0 / 6 2569 10 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2575 = = = . . . . . = * 0 . = . 2.5 / 6 2476 11 Browne, Walter S g USA 2560 . = . . 0 = . . 0 1 * . . = 2.5 / 6 2498 12 Kaidanov, Grigory S g USA 2585 = . 0 . = . . 0 . . . * = 1 2.5 / 6 2468 13 Khmelnitsky, Igor N m RUS 2490 0 . = . . . . = . = . = * . 2.0 / 5 2474 14 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2525 . = . = . = 0 . . . = 0 . * 2.0 / 6 2445 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Icelandic National Championships by Einar Karlsson --------------------------------------------------- This is written before the last round has been played in the 1995 Icelandic Championship 1995. Stefansson leads by 1 point and needs only a draw against Hjartarson to secure the title for the first time. I asume that Hjartarson will do everything in his power to win the game and therefore force a match for the title. Hjartarson had the flu earlier this week and has not recovered fully from it. He had to adjorn his round 6 game because of the illness and only managed a draw against Karlsson, Agust S when it was played on Wednisday, the second tournament holiday. Since the last round starts at 17:00 GMT today (25. November) it will probably not make it into TWIC this week but if there is an early result in the main game between Hjartarson and Stefansson I will post it to Mark and we will see what he can do. Last round results and game will appear on http://www.vks.is/skak sometime on Monday. Round 1 (1995.11.14) Stefansson, Hannes - Bjarnason, Saevar 1-0 79 B12 Caro-Kann Vidarsson, Jon G - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1/2 73 C77 Ruy Lopez Ornolfsson, Magnus P - Hjartarson, Johann 1/2 51 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Sigurpalsson, Runar - Fridjonsson, Julius 1/2 43 D02 Queen's pawn Jonasson, Benedikt - Edvardsson, Kristjan 1-0 61 E92 Kings indian; Classical Karason, Askell O - Karlsson, Agust S 1/2 68 D35 Queen's gambit Round 2 (1995.11.15) Vidarsson, Jon G - Karason, Askell O 1-0 27 B76 Sicilian; Dragon Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Hjartarson, Johann 0-1 58 E21 Nimzo indian Karlsson, Agust S - Jonasson, Benedikt 1-0 44 B30 Sicilian Bjarnason, Saevar - Ornolfsson, Magnus P 1-0 30 E91 Kings indian; Classical Edvardsson, Kristjan - Sigurpalsson, Runar 1-0 40 A70 Modern Benoni Fridjonsson, Julius - Stefansson, Hannes 0-1 43 E67 Kings indian Round 3 (1995.11.16) Stefansson, Hannes - Edvardsson, Kristjan 1-0 40 C55 Two knights Hjartarson, Johann - Bjarnason, Saevar 1/2 63 D43 Queen's gambit Ornolfsson, Magnus P - Fridjonsson, Julius 1-0 25 B14 Caro-Kann Sigurpalsson, Runar - Karlsson, Agust S 0-1 33 A42 Queen's pawn Jonasson, Benedikt - Vidarsson, Jon G 0-1 46 B42 Sicilian Karason, Askell O - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1/2 45 D94 Gruenfeld indian Round 4 (1995.11.17) Vidarsson, Jon G - Sigurpalsson, Runar 0-1 65 C29 1.e4 e5 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Bjarnason, Saevar 1-0 33 A56 Benoni Karlsson, Agust S - Stefansson, Hannes 0-1 20 E15 Nimzo indian Edvardsson, Kristjan - Ornolfsson, Magnus P 1-0 39 A56 Benoni Karason, Askell O - Jonasson, Benedikt 1-0 37 E74 Kings indian Fridjonsson, Julius - Hjartarson, Johann 0-1 31 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange Round 5 (1995.11.19) Stefansson, Hannes - Vidarsson, Jon G 0-1 52 B42 Sicilian Hjartarson, Johann - Edvardsson, Kristjan 1-0 29 E94 Kings indian; Classical Bjarnason, Saevar - Fridjonsson, Julius 1-0 36 C42 Petroff defence Ornolfsson, Magnus P - Karlsson, Agust S 1-0 41 B08 Pirc; Classical Sigurpalsson, Runar - Karason, Askell O 1-0 80 E11 Bogo indian Jonasson, Benedikt - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1-0 31 A11 English; 1.c4 Round 6 (1995.11.20) Vidarsson, Jon G - Ornolfsson, Magnus P 1-0 36 B12 Caro-Kann Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Fridjonsson, Julius 1-0 54 D17 Slav defence Karlsson, Agust S - Hjartarson, Johann 1/2 46 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Edvardsson, Kristjan - Bjarnason, Saevar 0-1 82 E34 Nimzo indian Jonasson, Benedikt - Sigurpalsson, Runar 0-1 37 B02 Alekhine defence Karason, Askell O - Stefansson, Hannes 0-1 36 A32 English; 1.c4 c5 Round 7 (1995.11.21) Stefansson, Hannes - Jonasson, Benedikt 1-0 21 B38 Sicilian Hjartarson, Johann - Vidarsson, Jon G 1-0 24 E11 Bogo indian Bjarnason, Saevar - Karlsson, Agust S 0-1 41 C11 French; Classical Ornolfsson, Magnus P - Karason, Askell O 1-0 42 B50 Sicilian Sigurpalsson, Runar - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 0-1 38 E02 Nimzo indian Fridjonsson, Julius - Edvardsson, Kristjan 1-0 39 A00 Irregular Round 8 (1995.11.22) Vidarsson, Jon G - Bjarnason, Saevar 1-0 39 B10 Caro-Kann Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Edvardsson, Kristjan 1-0 44 A01 Larsen (1.b3) Karlsson, Agust S - Fridjonsson, Julius 1-0 16 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Sigurpalsson, Runar - Stefansson, Hannes 0-1 55 B53 Sicilian Jonasson, Benedikt - Ornolfsson, Magnus P 1-0 34 B13 Caro-Kann Karason, Askell O - Hjartarson, Johann 1/2 32 E20 Nimzo indian Round 9 (1995.11.24) Stefansson, Hannes - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1-0 57 A10 English; 1.c4 Hjartarson, Johann - Jonasson, Benedikt 1-0 36 E90 Kings indian; Classical Bjarnason, Saevar - Karason, Askell O 1/2 44 E24 Nimzo indian Ornolfsson, Magnus P - Sigurpalsson, Runar 1/2 24 C02 French; Advance Edvardsson, Kristjan - Karlsson, Agust S 1-0 75 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6 Fridjonsson, Julius - Vidarsson, Jon G 1-0 58 A29 English; 1.c4 e5 Reykjavik (ICL), XI 1995. cat. III (2324) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2520 * . 0 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2641 2 Hjartarson, Johann g ISL 2570 . * 1 1 = = = . 1 1 = 1 7.0 2498 3 Vidarsson, Jon G f ISL 2325 1 0 * = . 1 1 0 . 1 1 0 5.5 2417 4 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2440 0 0 = * . 1 . 1 1 0 = 1 5.0 2370 5 Karlsson, Agust S ISL 2315 0 = . . * 1 0 1 0 1 = 1 5.0 2354 6 Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2295 0 = 0 0 0 * 1 . 1 . = 1 4.0 2290 7 Ornolfsson, Magnus P ISL 2180 . = 0 . 1 0 * = 0 0 1 1 4.0 2262 8 Sigurpalsson, Runar ISL 2285 0 . 1 0 0 . = * 0 1 1 = 4.0 2260 9 Edvardsson, Kristjan ISL 2210 0 0 . 0 1 0 1 1 * 0 . 0 3.0 2221 10 Jonasson, Benedikt f ISL 2300 0 0 0 1 0 . 1 0 1 * 0 . 3.0 2217 11 Karason, Askell O ISL 2235 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 . 1 * . 3.0 2233 12 Fridjonsson, Julius ISL 2210 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 1 . . * 2.5 2182 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Las Palmas Open November 15-23 by Ian Rogers ------------------------------------------------- 9 rounds, 86 players =1.Morovic(CHL), Rausis(LAT), P.Cramling(SWE) 7/9 =4.Hernandez(MEX), Vaisser(FRA), Matamoros(ECU), Miezes(LAT),Izeta(SPA) 6.5 =9.Rogers(AUS), Suba(ROM), Roeder(GER), Kurajica(BOS), S.Kovacevic(YUG), Brito(SPA), Todorcevic(YUG), Garcia Nieves(SPA) 6 In an already bulging issue the games are held over for next week. My thanks to Ian Rogers. 7) Western European Zonal Tournment Linares Spain --------------------------------------------- 38 players are contesting the Western Zonal Tournament in Linares. The event started on November 12th. 5 Interzonal places were available. My thanks to Carlos Adan Bonillafor reporting the results and some games. ROUND 6 - 17/11/95 ------- Miles, Anthony J g ENG 1-0 Van Der Sterren, Paul g NED Piket, Jeroen g NED 1/2 Sadler, Matthew g ENG Renet, Olivier g FRA 1/2 Godena, Michele m ITA Sosonko, Gennadi g NED 0-1 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 1-0 Garcia Ilundain, David m ESP San Segundo, Pablo m ESP 1/2 Van Der Wiel, John T.H g NED Fernandez Garcia, Jose L g ESP 1/2 Fernandes, Antonio m POR 2380 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 1/2 Antunes, Antonio g POR Cacho, Sergio ESP 2400 1-0 Marinelli, Tullio m ITA 2440 Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario m ESP 1-0 Gentilleau, Jean-Philippe MNC 2225 David, Alberto m LUX 2465 1/2 Hebden, Mark g ENG ROUND 7 19/11/95 ---------------- Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 1-0 Miles, Anthony J g ENG Godena, Michele m ITA 1/2 Piket, Jeroen g NED Sadler, Matthew g ENG 1/2 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 0-1 Renet, Olivier g FRA Antunes, Antonio g POR 1-0 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2585 Van Der Wiel, John T.H g NED 1/2 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP Hebden, Mark g ENG 1/2 San Segundo, Pablo m ESP Garcia Ilundain, David m ESP 1/2 Fernandez Garcia, Jose L g ESP Daly, Colm IRL 2280 0-1 Cacho, Sergio ESP 2400 Arlandi, Ennio m ITA 2455 0-1 Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario m ESP Fernandes, Antonio m POR 2380 1/2 Sosonko, Gennadi g NED Van Der Sterren, Paul g NED 1/2 Wells, Peter K g ENG Nijboer, Friso g NED 1-0 Prie, Eric m FRA 2480 ROUND 8 20/11/95 ---------------- Piket, Jeroen g NED 1-0 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL Cacho, Sergio ESP 2400 1/2 Nijboer, Friso g NED San Segundo, Pablo m ESP 1/2 Van Der Sterren, Paul g NED Renet, Olivier g FRA 1/2 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP Sosonko, Gennadi g NED 1-0 Fernandez Garcia, Jose L g ESP Van Wely, Loek g NED 2585 1-0 Garcia Ilundain, David m ESP Wells, Peter K g ENG 2545 1/2 Van Der Wiel, John T.H g NED Miles, Anthony J g ENG 1/2 Antunes, Antonio g POR ROUND 9 21/11/95 ---------------- Piket, Jeroen g NED 0-1 Miles, Anthony J g ENG Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 1-0 Godena, Michele m ITA Antunes, Antonio g POR 2530 0-1 Renet, Olivier g FRA Nijboer, Friso g NED 1/2 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP Apicella, Manuel m FRA 2555 1/2 San Segundo, Pablo m ESP Van Der Sterren, Paul g NED 1/2 Cacho, Sergio ESP 2400 Garcia Ilundain, David m ESP 1/2 Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario m ESP 2425 Fernandez Garcia, Jose L g ESP 1/2 Sharif, Mershad m FRA 2465 ROUND 10 22/11/95 ---------------- Miles, Anthony J g ENG 0-1 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2585 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 1-0 Piket, Jeroen g NED Renet, Olivier g FRA 1/2 Van Der Wiel, John T.H g NED Sadler, Matthew g ENG 0-1 Van Der Sterren, Paul g NED Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 1-0 San Segundo, Pablo m ESP Galego, Luis m POR 2430 1/2 Hodgson, Julian M. g ENG 2590 Cacho, Sergio ESP 2400 1-0 Apicella, Manuel m FRA 2555 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 1-0 Nijboer, Friso g NED Godena, Michele m ITA 1-0 Hebden, Mark g ENG ROUND 11 23/11/95 ---------------- Van Wely, Loek g NED 2585 1/2 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP Apicella, Manuel m FRA 2555 1-0 Miles, Anthony J g ENG Van Der Sterren, Paul g NED 1-0 Renet, Olivier g FRA Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario m ESP 1-0 Santo-Roman, Marc m FRA 2485 Nijboer, Friso g NED 1-0 Fernandez Garcia, Jose L g ESP Ribeiro, Fernando POR 2305 1/2 Garcia Ilundain, David m ESP Wells, Peter K g ENG 2545 1-0 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP Van Der Wiel, John T.H g NED 1-0 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL Hodgson, Julian M. g ENG 2590 1-0 Godena, Michele m ITA Final results: Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2620 45 03.12.65 M 8.0 /11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2585 59 07.10.72 M 7.0 Apicella, Manuel m FRA 2555 57 19.04.70 M 7.0 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2600 58 23.04.55 M 7.0 Renet, Olivier g FRA 2520 57 21.12.64 M 7.0 Van Der Sterren, Paul g NED 2545 40 17.03.56 M 7.0 Wells, Peter K g ENG 2545 62 17.04.65 M 7.0 Van Der Wiel, John T.H. g NED 2545 35 09.08.59 M 7.0 So after weakening at the end. Tony Miles fell into a tie for the final 4 places of the Interzonal. Illescas won with a little to spare after a bad start. Jeroen Piket, Julian Hodgson, Mijail Gurevich, Matthew Sadler, Mark Hebden, Jordi Magem, etc have been knocked out. Playoffs. --------- Played the following day, a series of rapid transit games produced the final four qualifiers: Van Wely, Loek g NED 2585 59 07.10.72 M 4.5 Van Der Wiel, John T.H. g NED 2545 35 09.08.59 M 4.5 Van Der Sterren, Paul g NED 2545 40 17.03.56 M 3.0 Wells, Peter K g ENG 2545 62 17.04.65 M 2.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Eliminated: Apicella, Manuel m FRA 2555 57 19.04.70 M 2.5 Renet, Olivier g FRA 2520 57 21.12.64 M 2.0 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2600 58 23.04.55 M 2.0 8) 5th World Senior Championships 1995 ------------------------------------ Organised in Bad Liebenzell 12.11.95 - 26.11.95 by ChessOrg. My thanks to Bob Wade and Jon Speelman for the results. Hopefully I might get some games (I didn't have time to organise or type these in this time) for a future TWIC. I notice that Boris Gruzmann, the only Russian I have ever played competed. Clear winner was Evgeni Vasiukov. The women's event was won by Gaprindashvili. 5th World Senior Championships 1995 ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------- Vasiukov, Evgeni g RUS 2515 20 05.03.33 M 9.0 / 11 Katalymov, Boris N KAZ 2460 20 . . M 8.5 Baumgartner, Heinz f AUT 2295 12 02.09.32 M 8.5 Khasin, Abram m RUS 2400 0 15.02.23 M 8.0 Taimanov, Mark E g RUS 2510 31 07.02.26 M 8.0 Suetin, Alexey S g RUS 2445 14 16.11.26 M 8.0 Lein, Anatoly g USA 2470 0 28.03.31 M 8.0 Gurgenidze, Bukhuti g GEO 2375 0 13.11.33 M 8.0 Mukhin, Evgeny UZB M 8.0 Unzicker, Wolfgang g GER 2450 16 26.06.25 M 7.5 Arkhangelsky, Boris f RUS 2375 0 . . M 7.5 Karaklajic, Nikola m YUG 2380 4 24.02.26 M 7.5 Semasev, Kim LAT 2330 17 19.02.32 M 7.5 Krogius, Nikolai V g RUS 2485 8 22.07.30 M 7.5 Braun, Gottfried f GER 2330 9 30.06.33 M 7.5 Wade, Robert G m ENG 2265 8 10.04.21 M 7.5 Lieb, Harald f GER 2255 6 25.12.34 M 7.5 Usachyi, Mark f UKR 2290 11 06.02.21 M 7.5 Schlag, Franz GER M 7.5 Stoliar, Efim Samoilovich RUS 2380 0 10.03.23 M 7.0 Gruzmann, B. RUS 2260 0 . . M 7.0 Rosen, Wlli GER 2270 4 25.03.33 M 7.0 Krueger, Erich GER 2195 4 19.06.32 M 7.0 Breustedt, Werner GER 2230 0 19.04.31 M 7.0 Vatnikov, Josif E m RUS 2350 0 16.02.23 M 7.0 Winiwarter, Felix AUT 2175 8 21.03.30 M 7.0 Ofstad, Per NOR 2205 9 27.11.34 M 7.0 Sarapu, Ortvin m NZL 2300 0 22.01.24 M 7.0 etc ... 5th World Senior Women's Championships 1995 -------------------------------------------- Leading scores: Gaprindashvili, Nona (GM) g GEO 2390 0 03.05.41 F 10.5 Khmiadashvili, Tamari m GEO 2180 0 27.11.44 F 8.0 Kozlovskaya, Valentina g RUS 2225 4 18.04.38 F 8.0 Ankerst, Milka m SLO 2095 4 06.04.42 F 7.5 Zatulovskaya, Tatiana g RUS 2160 2 08.12.35 F 7.5 Muslimova, Aida E KAZ 2195 4 24.07.39 F 7.0 etc ... 9) Clarin Grand Prix last two events by Roberto Alvarez ------------------------------------------------------ RICARDI WON CLARIN V ==================== From October 21st to October 29th took place the fifth step of "Gran Prix Clarin" (the main Argentina's newspaper) in La Carlota, an small city in Cordoba state, Argentina. Only 38 players at the open tournament, but very strongs ones ! This event ,swiss system, 9 rounds, was played at the "Big Burger" fastfood shop. The fight was very hard during all the tournament. At the first 4 rounds, IGM Garcia Palermo and FM Facundo Quiroga (3,5 /4) were on top, but after the 5th round, former Argentina's Chess Champion, IM Pablo Ricardi got the first place thanks to a victory against Garcia Palermo. Ricardi won with 7 /9, half point ahead IM Andres Rodriguez (Uruguay) and IM Alejandro Hoffman. One of the best games of the event was Bronstein against Andres Rodriguez (4th round). Final Standings : 1. P.Ricardi ARG M 7,0 2. A.Rodriguez URU M 6,5 3. A.Hoffman ARG M 6,5 4. J.Gomez Baillo ARG M 6,0 5. M.Tempone ARG M 6,0 6. S.Slipak ARG M 6,0 7. H.Spangenberg ARG M 6,0 8. L.Bronstein ARG M 5,5 9. F.Fiorito ARG M 5,5 10.D.Pereyra Arcija ARG F 5,5 11.D.Herman ARG 5,0 12.C.Minzer ARG F 5,0 13.R.Servat ARG M 5,0 14.C.Garcia Palermo ARG G 5,0 15.A.Giaccio ARG F 5,0 16.G.Soppe ARG M 5,0 17.S.Quiroga ARG 5,0 18.D.Pereyra Arcija ARG F 5,0 19.J.Emma ARG M 4,5 20.D.Valerga ARG M 4,5 21.M.Ginzburg ARG M 4,5 22.G.Malbron ARG F 4,5 23.F.Pierrot ARG F 4,5 24.M.Leskovar ARG M 4,5 25.J.Rodriguez ARG F 4,5 26.M.Andreas CUB M 4,5 ANDRES RODRIGUEZ WINS THE LAST TOURNAMENT OF "CLARIN GRAN PRIX" ============================================================== by Roberto Alvarez From November 4 to 12 took place the last open tournament of "Gran Prix Clarin", held on Salta city, near 1800 Km !! north from Buenos Aires. The event was organized by the woman President of Salta Chess Federation, Mrs.Gloria Liendro,and the main arbiter was AI Blas Pingas. After 9 rounds, uruguayan IM Andres Rodriguez won with 7 points (9 rounds) ahead russian IGM Maxim Sorokin, IGM Ariel Sorin, IM G.Soppe and several strong masters. Final Standings =============== 1. A.Rodriguez URU M 7,0 2. M.Sorokin RUS G 6,5 3. A.Sorin ARG M 6,5 4. G.Soppe ARG M 6,5 5. S.Slipak ARG M 6,0 6. A.Hoffman ARG M 6,0 7. C.Minzer ARG F 6,0 8. T.Acosta ARG 6,0 9. M.Tempone ARG M 5,5 10.G.Milos BRA G 5,5 11.M.Ginzburg ARG M 5,5 12.A.Aparicio ARG F 5,5 13.A.Giaccio ARG F 5,5 14.F.Quiroga ARG 5,5 15.M.Belmonte ARG 5,5 16.J.Gomez Baillo ARG M 5,5 17.A.Bass ARG 5,0 18.L.Lafuente ARG 5,0 19.E.Dib Ashur ARG 5,0 20.M.Saldano ARG 5,0 21.I.Fernandez ARG 5,0 22.L.Lopez ARG 5,0 23.J.Endrizzi ARG 5,0 24.D.Belmonte ARG 4,5 25.J.Belmonte ARG 4,5 10) VIENNA MASTERS 1995 "Wilhelm Steinitz Gedenkturnier" by Damir Medak ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilhelm Steinitz memorial active chess tournament, organized by Jewish Comunity of Vienna, took place in Vienna, 19-20 Nov 1995. It was a nice chance for the best Austrian masters to face up with the prominent european grandmasters. The whole event attracted a lot of visitors, as well as TV and newspaper interest. In few days there were simultaneous of Sofia Polgar, Night Blitz tournament, presentation of computer program, and contest in solving simple chess problems for visitors. After 9 rounds (25' per player) of hard fighting Eric Lobron and Ivan Sokolov shared 1st and 2nd place. Tournament rules demanded additional 5' match. Ivan Sokolov won 2:0 and took 1st prize of 5000 US$. Unfortunately, games were not officially recorded. But there are four games in the games section. Name T Cou Rat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts 01 Lobron, Eric g GER 2595 +24 +26 +03 +05 +06 =04 =07 -02 +11 7.0 02 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2630 + =06 +31 =13 -04 +22 +17 +01 +03 7.0 03 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2600 +27 +14 -01 +15 =13 +31 +05 +04 -02 6.5 04 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 -18 +34 +09 +14 +02 =01 +06 -03 =05 6.0 05 Hertneck, Gerald g GER 2570 +34 +15 =13 -01 +09 +10 -03 +18 =04 6.0 06 Har-Zvi, Ronen m ISR 2535 +36 =02 +17 +08 -01 +13 -04 =07 +14 6.0 07 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2630 =21 =16 +18 =19 =17 +14 =01 =06 =10 5.5 08 Polgar, Sofia (IM) g HUN 2485 =32 +23 +12 -06 -10 -11 +21 +31 +20 5.5 09 Sommerbauer, Norbert f AUT 2385 =10 +25 -04 +33 -05 =21 +23 =20 +19 5.5 10 Razuvaev, Yuri S g RUS 2585 =09 =32 =36 +27 +08 -05 =18 +22 =07 5.5 11 Fauland, Alexander m AUT 2430 -13 =30 =23 =36 +28 +08 +31 +17 -01 5.5 12 Nunn, John D M g ENG 2615 +33 =17 -08 -25 +30 =20 +29 =19 +18 5.5 13 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2645 +11 +19 =05 =02 =03 -06 =20 -14 +25 5.0 14 Rechlis, Gad g ISR 2490 +37 -03 +21 -04 +36 -07 +24 +13 -06 5.0 15 Klinger, Josef g AUT 2430 +35 -05 +16 -03 -20 -23 +34 +32 +28 5.0 16 Schroll, Gerhard m AUT 2380 =28 =07 -15 -23 -32 +35 +26 +27 +24 5.0 17 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2510 +20 =12 -06 +28 =07 +24 -02 -11 =22 4.5 18 Mahdy, Khaled m EGY 2425 +04 -31 -07 +26 +23 +19 =10 -05 -12 4.5 19 Popovic, Petar g YUG 2555 +30 -13 +32 =07 =24 -18 +27 =12 -09 4.5 20 Herndl, Harald f AUT 2350 -17 -33 +29 +35 +15 =12 =13 =09 -08 4.5 21 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2415 =07 =28 -14 +32 -22 =09 -08 +37 +31 4.5 22 Manor, Ilan m ISR 2480 -26 +29 -24 +37 +21 -02 +25 -10 =17 4.5 23 Moser, Guenter f AUT 2320 =25 -08 =11 +16 -18 +15 -09 -24 + 4.0 24 Lendwai, Reinhard m AUT 2385 -01 +35 +22 =31 =19 -17 -14 +23 -16 4.0 25 Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2480 =23 -09 +30 +12 -31 =27 -22 +29 -13 4.0 26 Casagrande, Harald m AUT 2340 +22 -01 -27 -18 -29 + -16 +36 +37 4.0 27 Weinzettl, Ernst f AUT 2390 -03 =37 +26 -10 +33 =25 -19 -16 +32 4.0 28 Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2570 =16 =21 =33 -17 -11 =34 +36 +30 -15 4.0 29 Palos, Osman m BIH 2355 -31 -22 -20 + +26 +36 -12 -25 +34 4.0 30 Balinov, Ilija BUL 2355 -19 =11 -25 +34 -12 +37 =32 -28 +33 4.0 31 Kindermann, Stefan g GER 2565 +29 +18 -02 =24 +25 -03 -11 -08 -21 3.5 32 Dueckstein, Andreas m AUT 2345 =08 =10 -19 -21 +16 =33 =30 -15 -27 3.0 33 Hoelzl, Franz m AUT 2390 -12 +20 =28 -09 -27 =32 -35 + -30 3.0 34 Rolletschek,Heinrich f AUT 2360 -05 -04 =37 -30 + =28 -15 +35 -29 3.0 35 Sinowjew, Juri f AUT 2320 -15 -24 + -20 =37 -16 +33 -34 =36 3.0 36 Bawart, Markus AUT 2355 -06 + =10 =11 -14 -29 -28 -26 =35 2.5 37 Miniboeck, Guenter f AUT 2350 -14 =27 =34 -22 =35 -30 + -21 -26 2.5 38 Robovic, Saudin m BIH 2410 - - - - - - - - - 0.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final match (5') ---------------------------------------------------- 01 Lobron, Eric g GER 2595 0 0 0.0 02 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2630 1 1 2.0 ---------------------------------------------------- 11) CAPPS MEMORIAL San Francisco by Sam Sloan ----------------------------------------- The Carroll M. Capps Memorial Tournament, which was held November 10-12, 1995 at the Mechanics Institute Chess Club in San Francisco, was won by International Master Enrico Sevillano and Joe Weber, who tied for first prize with perfect scores of 5-0. The expert prize was won by Boris Orlov from Russia, who finished third with 4 1/2 - 1/2 and won $200. Tied for fourth were Victor Baja, Renard Anderson, Natalya Tsodikova, Peter Grey, Jonathan Baker, Arthur Ibragimov and Michael Gene Anderson. The best Class A player was Gennady Reznikov from Russia with 3 1/2 - 1 1/2. The Best Class B was Igor Bagrov from Russia, also with 3 1/2 - 1 1/2. The Best Class C was Sinde Era with 3-2 and the best unrated was Norman Rochau with 2 1/2 - 2 1/2. Mike Goodall directed. 12) Dutch Championships Semi-finals by Anjo Anjewierden. ---------------------------------------------------- Round 1 (1995.11.03) Hoogendoorn, Joost - Langeweg, Kick 0-1 42 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Riemersma, Liafbern - Van der Poel, Henk 1-0 35 B88 Sicilian Hoeksema, Erik - Legemaat, Gert 1-0 57 E99 Kings indian; Main line Bosboom, Manuel - Hartoch, Robert G 1-0 36 A21 English; 1.c4 e5 Delemarre, Jop - Van der Weide, Karel 0-1 37 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch Hommeles, Theo - Ernst, Sipke 0-1 36 B83 Sicilian Wuts, Frank - Klip, Hans 1-0 60 A80 Dutch defence Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur - Perez Garcia, Hebert 1-0 47 B19 Caro-Kann Borst, Johan - Lemmers, Oscar 1/2 39 E61 Kings indian Strating, Sybolt - Hendriks, Willy 1/2 49 E67 Kings indian Van Voorthuijsen, PW - Zagema, Wieb 1-0 85 D34 Queen's gambit Valens, Vincent - Kroeze, Frank M 0-1 33 A44 Old-Benoni Van Doeland, Julius H - Douven, Rudy C 0-1 60 E18 Queen's indian Ellenbroek, Ton - Knoppert, Erik G J 0-1 56 A59 Wolga gambit Van der Burght, Remco - Van Mil, Johannes 1/2 26 B44 Sicilian Round 2 (1995.11.04) Hendriks, Willy - Van der Burght, Remco 1-0 35 C24 1.e4 e5 Lemmers, Oscar - Bosch, Jeroen 0-1 54 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Ernst, Sipke - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 39 B53 Sicilian Van Mil, Johannes - Borst, Johan 1/2 41 B15 Caro-Kann Knoppert, Erik G J - Van Voorthuijsen, PW 1/2 34 B09 Pirc; Austrian Kroeze, Frank M - Hoeksema, Erik 1-0 43 C68 Ruy Lopez; Exchange Langeweg, Kick - Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur 1/2 23 D11 Slav defence Van der Weide, Karel - Riemersma, Liafbern 0-1 60 A04 Reti (1.Nf3) Legemaat, Gert - Hommeles, Theo 0-1 36 A42 Queen's pawn Hartoch, Robert G - Hoogendoorn, Joost 1/2 76 A11 English; 1.c4 Klip, Hans - Ellenbroek, Ton 1-0 24 C55 Two knights Van der Poel, Henk - Van Doeland, Julius H 1/2 59 B66 Sicilian Oei, Hway Ik - Strating, Sybolt 0-1 35 B14 Caro-Kann Perez Garcia, Hebert - Delemarre, Jop 0-1 38 D04 Queen's pawn Zagema, Wieb - Valens, Vincent 1-0 43 A04 Reti (1.Nf3) Round 3 (1995.11.05) Bosch, Jeroen - Langeweg, Kick 1/2 27 B80 Sicilian Riemersma, Liafbern - Douven, Rudy C 1-0 25 B14 Caro-Kann Hoeksema, Erik - Van Mil, Johannes 1-0 39 A42 Queen's pawn Bosboom, Manuel - Klip, Hans 1-0 54 A26 English; 1.c4 e5 Hommeles, Theo - Zagema, Wieb 1-0 34 C41 Philidor defence Wuts, Frank - Hartoch, Robert G 1/2 41 B07 Pirc Kroeze, Frank M - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 36 D13 Slav defence Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur - Hendriks, Willy 1/2 22 B06 Modern defence Borst, Johan - Van der Weide, Karel 1-0 34 D01 Queen's pawn Strating, Sybolt - Knoppert, Erik G J 1/2 48 A37 English; 1.c4 c5 Van Voorthuijsen, PW - Delemarre, Jop 1/2 20 D45 Queen's gambit Valens, Vincent - Legemaat, Gert 0-1 35 E66 Kings indian Van Doeland, Julius H - Lemmers, Oscar 1/2 43 A30 English; 1.c4 c5 Ellenbroek, Ton - Perez Garcia, Hebert 1-0 41 A40 Queen's pawn Van der Burght, Remco - Van der Poel, Henk 0-1 44 B52 Sicilian Round 4 (1995.11.06) Hendriks, Willy - Hommeles, Theo 1-0 23 B00 1.e4 Douven, Rudy C - Bosch, Jeroen 1/2 31 A52 Benoni Ernst, Sipke - Riemersma, Liafbern 0-1 46 B77 Sicilian; Dragon Hoeksema, Erik - Strating, Sybolt 1-0 50 D45 Queen's gambit Van Mil, Johannes - Van Doeland, Julius H 1/2 67 C10 French Delemarre, Jop - Hoogendoorn, Joost 0-1 40 D12 Slav defence Knoppert, Erik G J - Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur 1-0 63 D02 Queen's pawn Langeweg, Kick - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 46 A48 Queen's pawn Van der Weide, Karel - Ellenbroek, Ton 1-0 40 C47 Four knights Borst, Johan - Kroeze, Frank M 1/2 26 D01 Queen's pawn Legemaat, Gert - Wuts, Frank 0-1 48 A06 Reti (1.Nf3) Hartoch, Robert G - Zagema, Wieb 1/2 58 A37 English; 1.c4 c5 Van der Poel, Henk - Van Voorthuijsen, PW 1/2 31 B06 Modern defence Oei, Hway Ik - Van der Burght, Remco 1/2 41 A36 English; 1.c4 c5 Perez Garcia, Hebert - Valens, Vincent 1/2 20 B23 Sicilian; Closed Round 5 (1995.11.07) Bosch, Jeroen - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 44 B30 Sicilian Hoogendoorn, Joost - Douven, Rudy C 1-0 60 B12 Caro-Kann Hommeles, Theo - Van der Poel, Henk 1-0 40 B63 Sicilian Wuts, Frank - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 51 D02 Queen's pawn Kroeze, Frank M - Knoppert, Erik G J 1/2 61 B06 Modern defence Langeweg, Kick - Hoeksema, Erik 1/2 23 A80 Dutch defence Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur - Van der Weide, Karel 1/2 14 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Strating, Sybolt - Lemmers, Oscar 0-1 32 A68 Modern Benoni Van Voorthuijsen, PW - Borst, Johan 1/2 28 B13 Caro-Kann Klip, Hans - Legemaat, Gert 0-1 39 C10 French Valens, Vincent - Oei, Hway Ik 0-1 40 E12 Queen's indian Van Doeland, Julius H - Delemarre, Jop 1/2 22 A11 English; 1.c4 Ellenbroek, Ton - Hartoch, Robert G 0-1 59 E80 Kings indian; Saemisch Zagema, Wieb - Van Mil, Johannes 0-1 47 A08 Reti (1.Nf3) Van der Burght, Remco - Perez Garcia, Hebert 0-1 26 B10 Caro-Kann Round 6 (1995.11.09) Hendriks, Willy - Hoogendoorn, Joost 1-0 102 B01 Scandinavian Douven, Rudy C - Oei, Hway Ik 1-0 40 E17 Queen's indian Lemmers, Oscar - Hommeles, Theo 1-0 29 B06 Modern defence Hoeksema, Erik - Bosch, Jeroen 1/2 50 B40 Sicilian Van Mil, Johannes - Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur 1-0 32 A03 Bird (1.f4) Bosboom, Manuel - Van Doeland, Julius H 1-0 22 A28 English; 1.c4 e5 Delemarre, Jop - Van der Poel, Henk 1-0 25 D44 QGD; Botvinnik system Knoppert, Erik G J - Riemersma, Liafbern 0-1 39 D00 Queen's pawn Kroeze, Frank M - Langeweg, Kick 1/2 38 A00 Irregular Van der Weide, Karel - Hartoch, Robert G 1-0 41 B06 Modern defence Borst, Johan - Wuts, Frank 0-1 65 B27 Sicilian; Closed Legemaat, Gert - Strating, Sybolt 1/2 42 A15 English; 1.c4 Klip, Hans - Van der Burght, Remco 1-0 39 C90 Ruy Lopez Valens, Vincent - Ellenbroek, Ton 1/2 41 D31 Queen's gambit Perez Garcia, Hebert - Zagema, Wieb 1-0 25 B00 1.e4 Round 7 (1995.11.10) Bosch, Jeroen - Kroeze, Frank M 1-0 30 D30 Queen's gambit Hoogendoorn, Joost - Knoppert, Erik G J 1/2 81 B13 Caro-Kann Riemersma, Liafbern - Lemmers, Oscar 0-1 68 A70 Modern Benoni Van Mil, Johannes - Ernst, Sipke 0-1 66 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Hommeles, Theo - Delemarre, Jop 0-1 37 B08 Pirc; Classical Wuts, Frank - Hoeksema, Erik 1-0 21 B23 Sicilian; Closed Langeweg, Kick - Hendriks, Willy 0-1 34 B07 Pirc Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur - Legemaat, Gert 1-0 27 C47 Four knights Van der Weide, Karel - Douven, Rudy C 0-1 49 B10 Caro-Kann Strating, Sybolt - Perez Garcia, Hebert 1-0 99 A81 Dutch defence Van Voorthuijsen, PW - Bosboom, Manuel 0-1 49 A58 Wolga gambit Hartoch, Robert G - Borst, Johan 0-1 25 A07 Reti (1.Nf3) Van der Poel, Henk - Klip, Hans 1/2 41 C77 Ruy Lopez Oei, Hway Ik - Van Doeland, Julius H 1/2 66 A25 English; 1.c4 e5 Zagema, Wieb - Ellenbroek, Ton 1-0 39 A25 English; 1.c4 e5 Van der Burght, Remco - Valens, Vincent 0-1 37 B48 Sicilian Round 8 (1995.11.11) Hendriks, Willy - Wuts, Frank 1-0 34 B00 1.e4 Bosch, Jeroen - Riemersma, Liafbern 1-0 45 B55 Sicilian Douven, Rudy C - Borst, Johan 1-0 26 D94 Gruenfeld indian Ernst, Sipke - Lemmers, Oscar 0-1 32 A01 Larsen (1.b3) Bosboom, Manuel - Hoogendoorn, Joost 0-1 40 A11 English; 1.c4 Delemarre, Jop - Langeweg, Kick 1-0 58 E12 Queen's indian Knoppert, Erik G J - Hoeksema, Erik 0-1 28 D32 Queen's gambit Kroeze, Frank M - Van Mil, Johannes 0-1 43 B15 Caro-Kann Legemaat, Gert - Van der Poel, Henk 1/2 23 B26 Sicilian; Closed Strating, Sybolt - Van der Weide, Karel 1/2 67 E68 Kings indian Van Voorthuijsen, PW - Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur 1-0 41 D45 Queen's gambit Hartoch, Robert G - Valens, Vincent 1/2 17 A04 Reti (1.Nf3) Klip, Hans - Oei, Hway Ik 1-0 23 B12 Caro-Kann Van Doeland, Julius H - Zagema, Wieb 1-0 31 A37 English; 1.c4 c5 Perez Garcia, Hebert - Hommeles, Theo 0-1 60 B06 Modern defence Ellenbroek, Ton - Van der Burght, Remco 1-0 72 D45 Queen's gambit Round 9 (1995.11.12) Hendriks, Willy - Bosch, Jeroen 1/2 39 B05 Alekhine defence Lemmers, Oscar - Douven, Rudy C 0-1 62 B15 Caro-Kann Riemersma, Liafbern - Delemarre, Jop 1-0 30 D60 Queen's gambit Hoeksema, Erik - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 41 B45 Sicilian Van Mil, Johannes - Van Voorthuijsen, PW 1-0 41 B08 Pirc; Classical Hommeles, Theo - Strating, Sybolt 1-0 48 B79 Sicilian; Dragon Wuts, Frank - Hoogendoorn, Joost 0-1 41 B17 Caro-Kann Langeweg, Kick - Knoppert, Erik G J 1/2 60 A43 Queen's pawn Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur - Klip, Hans 1-0 40 C78 Ruy Lopez Van der Weide, Karel - Kroeze, Frank M 1/2 7 A07 Reti (1.Nf3) Borst, Johan - Bosboom, Manuel 0-1 27 D01 Queen's pawn Valens, Vincent - Van Doeland, Julius H 1-0 35 E12 Queen's indian Van der Poel, Henk - Hartoch, Robert G 1/2 10 B07 Pirc Oei, Hway Ik - Perez Garcia, Hebert 1/2 50 C09 French; Tarrasch Ellenbroek, Ton - Legemaat, Gert 0-1 40 A69 Modern Benoni Zagema, Wieb - Van der Burght, Remco 0-1 51 C22 1.e4 e5 Enschede (NED) ch-NED sf, XI 1995. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Hendriks, Willy NED 2395 =21 +32 =17 +12 + 6 + 4 +16 +13 = 2 7.5 2585 2 Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2425 =28 + 5 =16 = 3 +10 = 8 +15 + 6 = 1 6.5 2548 3 Douven, Rudy C m NED 2410 +26 +13 - 6 = 2 - 4 +28 +18 +19 + 5 6.5 2588 4 Hoogendoorn, Joost NED ---- -16 =23 +28 +11 + 3 - 1 =14 +10 +13 6.0 2487 5 Lemmers, Oscar f NED 2355 =19 - 2 =26 +24 +21 +12 + 6 + 7 - 3 6.0 2443 6 Riemersma, Liafbern m NED 2415 +27 +18 + 3 + 7 - 1 +14 - 5 - 2 +11 6.0 2468 7 Ernst, Sipke NED ---- +12 +10 =15 - 6 =13 +22 + 9 - 5 = 8 5.5 2454 8 Hoeksema, Erik m NED 2410 +20 -15 + 9 +21 =16 = 2 -13 +14 = 7 5.5 2432 9 Van Mil, Johannes m NED 2435 =32 =19 - 8 =26 +31 +17 - 7 +15 +22 5.5 2509 10 Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2450 +23 - 7 +24 -16 - 2 +26 +22 - 4 +19 5.0 2499 11 Delemarre, Jop NED 2320 -18 +29 =22 - 4 =26 +27 +12 +16 - 6 5.0 2416 12 Hommeles, Theo NED 2275 - 7 +20 +31 - 1 +27 - 5 -11 +29 +21 5.0 2388 13 Wuts, Frank NED 2335 +24 - 3 =23 +20 = 7 +19 + 8 - 1 - 4 5.0 2426 14 Knoppert, Erik G J f NED 2400 +30 =22 =21 +17 =15 - 6 = 4 - 8 =16 4.5 2334 15 Kroeze, Frank M f NED 2395 +25 + 8 = 7 =19 =14 =16 - 2 - 9 =18 4.5 2334 16 Langeweg, Kick m NED 2375 + 4 =17 = 2 +10 = 8 =15 - 1 -11 =14 4.5 2350 17 Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur f NED 2350 +29 =16 = 1 -14 =18 - 9 +20 -22 +24 4.5 2308 18 Van der Weide, Karel f NED 2325 +11 - 6 -19 +30 =17 +23 - 3 =21 =15 4.5 2331 19 Borst, Johan NED 2320 = 5 = 9 +18 =15 =22 -13 +23 - 3 -10 4.0 2328 20 Legemaat, Gert NED ---- - 8 -12 +25 -13 +24 =21 -17 =27 +30 4.0 2224 21 Strating, Sybolt f NED 2310 = 1 +28 =14 - 8 - 5 =20 +29 =18 -12 4.0 2286 22 Van Voorthuijsen, PW f NED 2300 +31 =14 =11 =27 =19 - 7 -10 +17 - 9 4.0 2378 23 Hartoch, Robert G m NED 2340 -10 = 4 =13 =31 +30 -18 -19 =25 =27 3.5 2226 24 Klip, Hans f NED 2340 -13 +30 -10 - 5 -20 +32 =27 +28 -17 3.5 2212 25 Valens, Vincent NED ---- -15 -31 -20 =29 -28 =30 +32 =23 +26 3.5 2185 26 Van Doeland, Julius H f NED 2290 - 3 =27 = 5 = 9 =11 -10 =28 +31 -25 3.5 2326 27 Van der Poel, Henk f NED 2355 - 6 =26 +32 =22 -12 -11 =24 =20 =23 3.5 2167 28 Oei, Hway Ik NED 2235 = 2 -21 - 4 =32 +25 - 3 =26 -24 =29 3.0 2142 29 Perez Garcia, Hebert NED 2240 -17 -11 -30 =25 +32 +31 -21 -12 =28 3.0 2056 30 Ellenbroek, Ton NED 2120 -14 -24 +29 -18 -23 =25 -31 +32 -20 2.5 2067 31 Zagema, Wieb f NED 2395 -22 +25 -12 =23 - 9 -29 +30 -26 -32 2.5 2055 32 Van der Burght, Remco NED ---- = 9 - 1 -27 =28 -29 -24 -25 -30 +31 2.0 2121 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13) Michael Niermann's Chess Tournament Calendar -------------------------------------------- Many thanks to all who have sent us some tournament informations, but we still need some help. If you want to support us, please send infos about tournaments in your country to niermann@math.uni-dortmund.de. Comments are also welcome (e.g. wrong links in the calendar). To the organizers of tournaments: It would be much easier for me, if you could send me in addition to the announcement a short description in the format below. If you give an email, ftp, telnet or WWW address, it would also be nice to include a link in HTML format, if you are able to do so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- November 24-26 Kilkenny,Ireland "Kilkenny Masters" 6 round weekender, All moves 1 3/4 hours 3 Sections Masters,Major,Junior (Part of the Leigh Grand Prix Circuit) G.M./I.M. Free Entry Entry fee £20-Masters,£15 Major 1st prize £500!! Tel Irl 056 22221 Jack Lowry E-mail mbuckley@iol.ie November 25-26 Dawson Creek, BC (CAN), Golden Harvest Open, 4xCH, 45/120+30/1, entry fee $20, prizes: all entry fees, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(604) 782-5637 Jim Kanester November 25-26 Calgary, AB (CAN), Southern Alberta Open, Alberta Closed Qualifier, 5xCH, 40/110+15/30, entry fee $20/$15 Jr, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-282-0419 Paul Usselman November 26 Ridgetown, ON (CAN), Ridgetown November One Day, 3xCH, G/60, entry fee $35(+$5 at site), prizes $100,$75,$35, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(519) 674-0315 H.J.Atkinson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 1-11 Mondariz Balneario (ESP), International Chess Festival "ACEIMAR", Site: International School CEMAR, round robin, IM norms possible, full board 5000 pts, entry fee 15000 pts, more details below, Tel: +34-86-873431 FM Sergio Estremera +34-48-150049 IA Antonio Juano Fax: +34-86-662430 Email: antonio@si.upna.es (Subject: CEMAR Tournament) December 7-10 Milano (ITA), Torneo Internazionale 'Edoardo Crespi', 7xCH, 40/120+G/60, no ELO, entry fee Lit 70.000 (free for ELO(FIDE)>2250, under 16: Lit 50.000), 4 classes, prizes (master's class): 12/8/5/3/2/0.99 x Lit 100.000, 3 youth prizes Tel +39-2-8692171 (15-18) or +39-2-4585295 (evening) or +39-2-4237404 (evening) December 9 Thunder Bay, ON (CAN), Country Seed Planters' Active, Qualifier to NWO Closed, 5xCH, entry fee $20, sections Open, U1400, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(807)622-6773 John Rutherford December 9 Kamloops, BC (CAN), Dec. Kamloops Open Tornado, 4xCH, 30/65+G/30, entry fee $15, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(604) 376-8776 G. Hara December 9-10 Worldwide (Conducted Online by the Internet Chess Club), Internet World Student Chess Championship, 3 rounds each day, G/30, 12-2-4 p.m. EST (5-7-9 p.m. GMT), Prizes: $500 first + Internet World Champion Trophy, Thousands of dollars of gifts and other prizes awarded, Entry Fee: US $20, deadline December 1, 1995, details below, Tel: 1-212-580-6920 for entry form; 1-412-362-6334 for more info Telnet to: CHESS.LM.COM Email: isgv@gramercy.ios.com for entry form; icc@chess.lm.com for tournament rules and details Web: http://www.hydra.com/icc/ December 16-17 Edmonton, AB (CAN), 5xCH, 40/110+15/30, entry fee $20/$15 Jr, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-481-6474 Ford Wong December 17 Ridgetown, ON (CAN), Ridgetown December One Day, 3xCH, G/60, entry fee $35(+$5 at site), prizes $100,$75,$35, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(519) 674-0315 H.J.Atkinson December 18-30 Groningen (NED), Koop Tjuchem Toornoi, I. closed GM tmt, cat XVI, 11xRR, 19.12-30.12. II. open GM tmt, 11xCH, just players > 2200 or female players > 2100, 40/120+20/60+G/30, prize fund dfl 22500 (1st dfl 6000), 19.12-30.12. entry fee dfl160 (GM,IM <2400 dfl 100,GM,IM >2400 free) III. 2 open tournaments (1800-2200, <1800), 9xCH, 40/120+20/60+G/30, prizes dfl 5500/4000, (1st dfl 1500/1000), entry fee dfl 110/85 20.12.-29.12. IV. mini tournaments (5xCH) for <2300, 20.12-24.12 and 26.12-30.12. V. closed rapidtoornoi 22./23. 12. Tel +31-50-222637 Fax +31-50-250155 December 26-29 New York,NY (USA), Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, Site: Manhattan Conference Center, Fiterman Hall, 30 West Broadway, prize fund $3000, 4 player teams of college/university students of the same school, more details below (wrong dates in TWIC47 !), Tel: 212-580-6920 Fax: 212-496-2464 Email: isgv@gramercy.ios.com Pan-Am Web Homepage: http://www.redweb.com/panam/ December 26-30 Brugge (BEL), 9xCH, prizes 210.000 bef, entry fee 1.250bef, GM,IM,FM free, many Youth + Senior tournaments, Tel +32 (050)358932 Mr Barzeele or +32 (09)2233811 December 26-30 Toronto, ON (CAN), Santa Claus Open, 6xCH, 40/120+G/60, entry fee $60, $20 late fee after Dec. 21, $20 discount for Jrs,Srs,Women and over 2400, prizes $5000, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(416) 467-9715 Mark S. Dutton December 26- Strasbourg (FRA), 6th Strasbourg International Open, January 2 site: Salle de sport, 10 Rue de Palerme,67084 Strasbourg, 9xCH, 40/120+20/60+G/30, entry fee: 350ff (175ff under 20, GM/IM free), Prizes: 75% of the entry fees, many details below Tel: +33-88 69 12 96 Email: 72660.661@compuserve.com December 27-31 Unna (GER), 9xCH, no ELO, 40/120+G/60, entry fee 50 DM (youth players 30 DM, after Dec 15 +20DM), no conditions for GM, no smoking Tel +49-2303-50505 December 29-30 Kamloops, BC (CAN), 1995 BC Amateur Chp. Open, 5xCH, 40/90+G/60, entry fee $35, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(604) 376-8776 G. Hara ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 3-13 Mondariz Balneario (ESP), International Chess Festival "ACEIMAR", Site: International School CEMAR, round robin, IM norms possible, full board 5000 pts, entry fee 15000 pts, more details below, Tel: +34-86-873431 FM Sergio Estremera +34-48-150049 IA Antonio Juano Fax: +34-86-662430 Email: antonio@si.upna.es (Subject: CEMAR Tournament) January 6 Thunder Bay, ON (CAN), Kamloops Grand Prix, 5xCH, entry fee $5, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(807)622-6773 John Rutherford January 10 - Toronto, ON (CAN), 3rd Parliament CC Chp., 40/120+G/60, February 14 entry fee $25, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-762-8581 Ignac Vucko January 12-21 Oberstdorf (GER), 22. Alpenpokal, 9xCH, 40/120+G/30, no ELO, no money prizes, but worthful prizes for all players, just in connection with a hotel booking and half pension Tel +49-6898/62022 ChessOrg Fax +49-6898/62858 January 13 Thunder Bay, ON (CAN), Nor'Wester Active Open, 5xCH, entry fee $5, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(807)622-6773 John Rutherford January 13-14 Ottawa, ON (CAN), RA Winter Open, 5xCH, 30/80+G/60, entry fee $50, more details at the CFC homepage, info: Terry Fleming, 2 Qualicum St., Nepean, ON, K2H 7G8 January 14 Ridgetown, ON (CAN), Ridgetown January One Day, 3xCH, G/60, entry fee $35(+$5 at site), prizes $100,$75,$35, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(519) 674-0315 H.J.Atkinson January 20-28 Geneva (SUI), 12th Geneva Open 9xCH, 40/120+20/60+G/30, Entry fee CHF 120 (GM IM free) Masters tourneament (>2000) Prizes CHF 5000, 4000, 3000, 2000, 6x1000, 5x500, 5x250, 5x150 General tournament (<2000) Prizes CHF 1500, 1000, 750, 500, 3x250, 4x150, 4x100 Tel +41-22-3292816 (Federation Genevoise d'Echecs) Fax +41-22-3292809 E-mail : alessandro.miotto@cern.ch January 27 Kamloops, BC (CAN), Jan. Kamloops Open Tornado, 4xCH, 30/65+G/30, entry fee $15, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(604) 376-8776 G. Hara January 27 Thunder Bay, ON (CAN), Mr. Submarine's Active Open, 5xCH, entry fee $5, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(807)622-6773 John Rutherford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 1-11 Mondariz Balneario (ESP), International Chess Festival "ACEIMAR", Site: International School CEMAR, round robin, IM norms possible, full board 5000 pts, entry fee 15000 pts, more details below, Tel: +34-86-873431 FM Sergio Estremera +34-48-150049 IA Antonio Juano Fax: +34-86-662430 Email: antonio@si.upna.es (Subject: CEMAR Tournament) February 3 Thunder Bay, ON (CAN), TACO TIME Active Open, 5xCH, entry fee $5, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(807)622-6773 John Rutherford February 17 Thunder Bay, ON (CAN), McDonald's Active Open, 5xCH, entry fee $5, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(807)622-6773 John Rutherford February 17 Kamloops, BC (CAN), Feb. Kamloops Open Tornado, 4xCH, 30/65+G/30, entry fee $15, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(604) 376-8776 G. Hara February 24 Thunder Bay, ON (CAN), Black Knight Open, 5xCH, entry fee $5, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(807)622-6773 John Rutherford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 3-13 Mondariz Balneario (ESP), International Chess Festival "ACEIMAR", Site: International School CEMAR, round robin, IM norms possible, full board 5000 pts, entry fee 15000 pts, more details below, Tel: +34-86-873431 FM Sergio Estremera +34-48-150049 IA Antonio Juano Fax: +34-86-662430 Email: antonio@si.upna.es (Subject: CEMAR Tournament) March 8-16 Bad Wörishofen (GER), 12. International Chess Festival, 9xCH, 40/120+G/60, ELO/norms, also seniors and women tournaments (same conditions), entry fee 130DM, prizes: open: 40/35/30/20/15/10/8/7/5/3/2 x 100DM, 9 rating prizes (guaranteed with 200 players), women: 10/8/6/4/3/2 x100DM Tel +49-6898/62022 ChessOrg Fax +49-6898/62858 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 4 - 14 Mondariz Balneario (ESP), International Chess Festival "ACEIMAR", Site: International School CEMAR, round robin, IM norms possible, full board 5000 pts, entry fee 15000 pts, more details below, Tel: +34-86-873431 FM Sergio Estremera +34-48-150049 IA Antonio Juano Fax: +34-86-662430 Email: antonio@si.upna.es (Subject: CEMAR Tournament) April 5-6 Kamloops, BC (CAN), Easter Open, 5xCH, 40/90+G/60, entry fee $35, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(604) 376-8776 G. Hara ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 2-3 Kamloops, BC (CAN), 1996 BC Interior Chp. Open, 5xCH, 40/90+G/60, entry fee $40, more details at the CFC homepage, Tel +?-(604) 376-8776 G. Hara ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: International Chess Festival "ACEIMAR" Date: December 1 - 11, 1995 City, State: Mondariz Balneario (Pontevedra) Country: Spain Tournament Site: International School CEMAR Description: Round Robin Tournaments for International Master Norms 1st: November 4 - 12, 1995 2nd: December 1 - 11, 1995 3rd: January 3 - 13, 1996 4th: February 1 - 11, 1996 5th: March 3 - 13, 1996 6th: April 4 - 14, 1996 Full board: 5000 pts. Entry fee: 15000 pts. Tournament Organizers: FM Sergio Estremera IA Antonio Juano Phone: 34-86-873431 34-48-150049 Fax: 34-86-662430 Email: antonio@si.upna.es (Subject: CEMAR Tournament) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************INTERNET WORLD STUDENT CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP**************** An individual (not team) event * Six rounds, G/30, December 9-10, 1995 Conducted Online by the Internet Chess Club (ICC) Produced and Sponsored by International Sports & Games First Prize: $500, free hotel if you play in the Pan-Am this December, plus Internet World Champion Trophy! Additional Prizes: Top four each win $200 worth of chess software Plus free entry to the Pan-Am for you and your team! SPECIAL BONUS: All participants receive 2 months free ICC membership! Who Can Play: Open to all students worldwide. Participants must be able to telnet and should try out the ICC before the competition. Neither ICC nor national chess federation membership is required. Entry Fee: US $20 per person, payable to International Sports & Games, P.O. Box 20131, NY, NY 10025 USA. Entries must be received by December 1, 1995. For an official flier and entry form, send email to icc@chess.lm.com. Include your postal address and the name of your school. Schedule: Three rounds each day, at 12 noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (9 a.m., 11 am, and 1 p.m. Pacific Standard Time; 5 p.m., 7 p.m., and 9 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time). Time limit: G/30 (30 minutes per side per game). For Complete Tournament Details and Rules: Telnet to CHESS.LM.COM, send email to icc@chess.lm.com, call 1-412-362-6334, or visit http://www.hydra.com/icc/ on the World Wide Web. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship Date: December 26-29, 1995 City, State: New York, NY Country: USA Tournament Site: Manhattan Conference Center, Fiterman Hall, 30 West Broadway (site of the 1995 New York Intel Grand Prix Qualifier) Description: The Pan-Am is open to college/university students in degree-granting programs. Players compete on four-person teams; all team members must attend the same school. A total prize fund of $3000 is guaranteed. Excellent hotel accomodations have been arranged for all participants. Contact Dan Edelman below for entry and hotel information. History: The Pan-Am celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and is the most prestigious collegiate chess event in the world. Teams from North, South, and Central America will compete although all university teams from around the world are invited. Tournament Organizer: IM Dan Edelman Contact: International Sports & Games P.O. Box 20131 NY, NY 10025 USA Phone: 212-580-6920 Fax: 212-496-2464 Email: isgv@gramercy.ios.com Pan-Am Web Homepage: http://www.redweb.com/panam/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cercle des Echecs de Strasbourg 6th Strasbourg International Open Dates: 26 December 1995 to 2 January 1996 Place: Salle de sport Paul Collomp Cite U. Paul Appel 10 Rue de Palerme, 67084 Strasbourg Time: 9 rounds swiss, 40 moves in 2h then 20 moves in 1 hour then 1/2 hour KO Inscription: Contact M. Alles Pierre 38 rue Louis Pasteur, 67117 ITTENHEIM. Tel: 88 69 12 96 or between 9 and 11 O'clock on the 26th December at the tournament venue. Additional details and a list of hotels in strasbourg also available from the above address. Cost: under 20 on 1.12.95 175 French francs others 350 French francs GMI and MI free. Prizes: 75% of inscription fees redistributed as prizes. Info via Email: 72660.661@compuserve.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last updated on Nov 20, 1995