THE WEEK IN CHESS 81 05/05/96 Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) Vladimir Kramnik wins the PCA Kremlin Stars '96 Tournament
3) European FIDE meeting in Utrecht. Official Report
4) Jan Timman for FIDE President? And other comments from Utrecht by Mark Crowther
ILJUMZHINOV'S Letter to the Federations
Gata Kamsky's appeal to delegates on the eve of the meeting
5) Iceland versus Israel Chess Match (annotated game by Margeir Petursson).
6) Tony Miles wins the Sakthi Finance Tournament in India
7) TIVIAKOV AND MAGEM TIED IN THE 7th NAJDORF
8) Piket vs Dreev in Monte Carlo
9) Estonian Women's Championship by Mart Tarmak
10) 27th International Chess Tournament in Mataruska Banja by Sinisa Joksic
11) First Saturday Tournaments March
12) AEGON GAME
13) Madrid Tournament www page.
14) Strong Credis GM Tournament in Nussloch in May
15) Open Norwegian Junior championships and the 1995 Junior Ch playoff
16) Ontario Closed 1996 by Vojin Vujosevic
17) National Open Las Vagas by Sam Sloan
18) The new PCA Rating List for May
19) BOOKS, BOOKS and more of then (08) by Bertrand Weegenaar
GAMES SECTIONS
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PCA Rapidplay Kremlin Stars Tournament 18 games
PCA Qualifier Moscow 22 games
AEGON GAME 1 game
Najdorf Tournament 45 games
Sakthi Tournament Madras 66 games
Mataruska Banja Tournament 18 games
EXTRA SECTIONS
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Najdorf Open Tournament 62 games
Open ch-NOR (Junior) 29 games
1995 NOR Junior play off 4 games
Estonian Women's Championships 45 games
Ontario Closed 1996 45 games
TWIC81BO.PGN
Book Section games. 75 games
TWIC81FS.PGN
First Saturday GM Tournament 91 games
First Saturday IM Tournament 91 games
Extra Sections available via ftp and from my www:
These extra sections are available at:
Pittsburgh ftp site. (ftp.pitt.edu, group/chess/NEWS)
(probably Monday)
and straight away at my www site -
http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/chess.html
(note this is tilda mdcrowth, some terminals display this
as a percent sign which won't work)
1) Introduction
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My thanks to Eugeni K. Grigorian, Patrick Rasenberg, Yvette Nagel,
Margeir Petursson, IM Manuel Aaron, Arvind Aaron, IM V.Saravanan,
Roberto Alvarez, Mart Tarmak, Sinisa Joksic, Szabo Zsolt, Javier
Portela, Norbert Friedrich, Gerald Schendal, Jonathan Tisdall, Ian
Rogers, Vojin Vujosevic, Sam Sloan, and Bertrand Weegenaar (I laughed
out loud at a joke in one of his reviews whilst editing it) for
their help in producing a gigantic issue. (and to any others
who helped out this week but that I forgot.)
I had forgotten about the Summer. As the sun comes out the chess
players retreat indoors and start playing massive numbers of
tournaments. In the next few weeks we are due a large number of
strong tournaments starting with Madrid on the 8th of May and
continuing on relentlessly for months. The highlight should
be the Armenian Olympiad. Probably we will see quite a representative
Olympiad and I certainly wouldn't rule out seeing Kasparov there.
Probably everyone should read the official account of the Utrecht
meeting. It marks out the battle lines for the coming months from
the European Federation's perspective. I have also contributed a
piece afterwards that pulls together other pieces of unofficial
information and speculation about what happens next. One thing
to emerge from the meeting is that Kirsan Ilyumzhinov intends the
FIDE Championship to start in Elista on June 1st which is about
four weeks away. He confirmed this on May 2nd in a letter to
the Federations. We will see what Gata Kamsky's and interested
Federations reactions will be to this letter.
There is an interesting possibility of Jan Timman being the European
Candidate for the FIDE Presidency. I believe he would make an
excellent choice if he decides he really wants to do it.
Aside from that its chess all the way from around the World. Kramnik
wins the PCA Kremlin Stars, Miles wins in India, Tiviakov and
Magem win in Argentina are just the highlights of another very
large issue.
Hope you enjoy it.
Mark
2) Vladimir Kramnik wins the PCA Kremlin Stars '96 Tournament
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In the first of a projected four PCA Rapiplay Tournaments Vladimir
Kramnik defeated Gary Kasparov in a blitz playoff in the final.
Thanks to Eugeni K. Grigorian for sending all the games from the
main Kremlin Stars event (of which we saw all the first round
games last week) and a selection of games from the qualifier.
The event was sponsored by Russian banking group Menatep.
The qualifier had five places in the main event Chernin, Rublevsky
Krasenkow, Vaganian and Dreev took those.
The Qualifier was extremely strong and amongst those who played were
Vladimir Tukmakov, Mikhail Gurevich, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich,
Alexander Onischuk, Sergei Dolmatov, Jaan Ehlvest, Boris Gulko, Vladimir
Epishin Sergei Tiviakov, Valaantin Arbakov (a previous qualifier)
Vadim Zvjaginsev and Zurab Azmaiparashvili all failed to progress.
The surprise of the quarter finals was Judit Polgar's victory against
Vassily Ivanchuk. Ivanchuk has been a highly successful competitor in
these events and Judit has only played once before. This didn't stop
her reaching the semi-finals for the first time where she was eliminated
by Vladimir Kramnik. She may have, by reaching the semi-finals, an
automatic invitation to the next leg of the event. In Moscow she was
invited by the organisers.
Alexander Dreev gave Kasparov an extremely hard time in the last quarter
final. Kasparov had to win with Black in the second game in order to
stay in the event. Kasparov defeated Anand in the other semi-final
to meet Kramnik.
In the last leg of the PCA event last year Kramnik lost in the final
to Kasparov to hand victory of the whole Grand Prix to him. The final
in common with all their PCA Rapidplay meetings was hard fought. In
this case Kramnik won the first 5 minute game and held Kasparov
in the second.
QUARTER FINALS 29/4/96 SEMI FINALS 30/4/96 FINAL WINNER
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V Ivanchuk = 0 0.5
--------------------------- J Polgar 0 = 0.5
J Polgar = 1 1.5
-------------------- V Kramnik = = 1 = 2.5
A Chernin = 0 0.5
---------------------------- V Kramnik 1 = 1.5
V Kramnik = 1 1.5
----------------------------- V Kramnik
S Rublevsky = = 0 1
---------------------------- V Anand 0 = 0.5
V Anand = = 1 2
-------------------- G Kasparov = = 0 = 1.5
A Dreev 1 0 0 1
---------------------------- G Kasparov 1 = 1.5
G Kasparov 0 1 1 2
In the event of a tied match the players play one game where
white gets 5 minutes and Black 4 minutes but Black only needs
a draw to go through.
The rules for the final were different in that in the event of a tied match after
two twenty-five minute games there would be two 5 minute games and only in the
event of this mini-match being tied would there be a 5'4' playoff.
3) European FIDE meeting in Utrecht. Official Report
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A report of the FIDE European Meeting in Utrecht, 27-28 April 1996
by Patrick Rasenberg (ROYAL DUTCH CHESS FEDERATION)
After the decision of the FIDE Leadership to grant the World Championship
to Baghdad the Royal Dutch Chess Federation convened, after consulting other
chess federations, a meeting of the European chess federations.
After the cancellation of the Baghdad match there was a general understanding
that the meeting should go on. There were enough FIDE and European
items to discuss. In total 25 federations were represented. Some federations
were represented by proxy. At the request of the US Chess federation Roustam
Kamsky was invited too.(see annex). The meeting took place in the
Dutch city of Utrecht, 27-28 April 1996 in the Hotel Holiday inn. The
meeting was presided by Herman Hamers (President of the Royal Dutch Chess
Federation, chairman), Roman Toran (President of the Spanish Chess Federa-
tion), Einar Einarsson (FIDE Delegate for the Icelandic Chess Federation)
and Marton Krajcovits (FIDE Delegate for the Hungarian Chess Federation).
The meeting was opened by the Mayor of Utrecht.
Match for the world championship Karpov - Kamsky
The discussion started with the situation concerning the match for the World
championship between Karpov and Kamsky. It was agreed that the World
Championship match never should have been granted to Iraq. The members of
the Presidential Board that in Utrecht declared that they were not consulted nor
informed before the decision was made public. They also said that
communication within the Presidential Board was very bad. After Baghdad was
cancelled, the World Championship match was granted to Elista. The Russian
chess federation stated that, because Elista is part of Russia, it should
have been consulted about this. The delegates agreed that FIDE should have
consulted with the Russian federation. There were also serious doubts that
the town of Elista is ready to host such an important FIDE-event. Kamsky
declared that he had asked for more information from Mr. Iljumzhinov about
the conditions and safety regulations in his letter of 21 April but has not
received an answer yet. Also, in contrary to what was stated by Mr. Iljumzhinov,
Kamsky already said to FIDE that he could not play in Baghdad before
the March 6 Paris press conference. The next day a motion was accepted which
stated that the World Championship match under no condition be held in
Baghdad and that FIDE Regulations for the organization of the World
Championship match be abided by. Kamsky and Karpov should be guaranteed playing
under fair and equal chances and conditions. Nobody should be banned from
FIDE-events for not playing the World Championship match.
World Championship cycle
The delegates were not in principle against the idea of a knock-out world
championship tournament, but they agreed that it is doubtful that US$
5,000,000 can be found on a regular basis.
GM Ian Rogers spoke as the former president of the Player's Council. He said
that the Player's Council had not been consulted beforehand about the idea,
although FIDE had stated that the Player's Council agreed with the new
format. This was why Rogers had resigned as chairman.
GM Timman said that he himself was against the new World Championship
tournament, but that he had talked to some players and he had found that
their opinions were mixed.
However, all those present agreed that the cycle should not have been
changed before it had concluded. The interruption of the cycle was
rejected by the delegates. A motion which was accepted the next day stated
also that the Interzonal Tournament, Candidates Tournament and World
Championship match must be organized.
FIDE Matters
There was general dissatisfaction about the way FIDE operates. The lack of
consultation, the inscrutability of the decision making, the lack of
consistency in the policy of FIDE, the lack of cooperation and communication
within the various sections branches of FIDE and the general financial
situation of FIDE were all of great concern to the delegates. One of the
goals of the present leadership was to reunite the chess world. However,
a reunification match now looks further away than ever, in spite of the
promises made at the Paris FIDE Congress.
Because of these concerns the delegates recommended that all federations
that were not satisfied with the services of FIDE withhold their payments
to FIDE with the exception of those services really received (e.g. for
titles). This motion was accepted. The Treasurer of FIDE, Willy Icliki,
stated that FIDE could only last 2 more months without bankdraught if no
income was received and he was afraid that this could mean that the FIDE
Office will have to be closed.
The meeting decided furthermore that a committee was formed which shall
make a proposal for a alternative presidential ticket before 1 June 1996.
The members of the committee will be E. Ditt, I. Gelfer and G. Loewenthal.
Although the meeting expressed its wish that FIDE be preserved, a committee
was appointed to evaluate alternatives to the present situation. This
committee will evaluate 3 options: changing the FIDE Statutes, creating
an organization within FIDE and creating a substitute organization for
FIDE. Members of the committee are F. Adams, E. Ditt, E. Einarsson, G.
Loewenthal, A. Makarov. The committee will present a report by 30 June 1996.
European Matters
- The German federation had proposed that in the future federations, instead
of organizers, pay for their own travel and living expenses of the players at
European Championships. Opinions differed on this. The proposal, in a more
detailed form will be discussed during the European meeting at the Yerevan
FIDE Congress.
- The meeting decided that the European team placed next to the three
highest placed men's teams in the Chess Olympiad 1996 should qualify
for the World Team Championship.
- The proposal about increasing the women's team for the European Team
championship from 3 to 4 (+1 reserve) will de discussed in Yerevan.
- The German federation has an offer for chartering a plane to Yerevan.
All federations who want to make use of this should contact the office
of the German federation.
- The meeting expressed its wish to hold an annual meeting like this one in
Utrecht.
- Prof. Jungwirth made some announcements concerning several European (youth)-
championships.
ROYAL DUTCH CHESS FEDERATION
ANNEX
AGENDA
1. Opening by the Mayor of Utrecht
2. Proposal for the presidium of the meeting
3. World Championship Match 1996
4. World Championship Cycle
5. FIDE-matters:
- Financial situation of FIDE
- Communication within FIDE
- Decisionmaking-process
6. Presidential elections 1996
7. European meetings:
- Organization and finances
- Topics for the agenda
- European Chess Union elections
8. European teamchampionship
9. European youth-championship
10. The 'Bosman'-case and its implications on chess
11. The Yerewan Olympiad (travel-arrangements)
12. Proposals for the Yerewan FIDE Congress
13. Resolutions
14. Closing
ANNEX 28/01/r
The meeting of European, US and Canadian Chess Federations convened by the
Royal Dutch Chess Federation, resolves that
1. the interruption during a cycle for the World Champion-ship is not all
owed by Regulations
2. therefore the Interzonal Tournament and Candidate Tournament and the
World Championship Match must be organized
3. changing of the formula for the organization of the World Champion-
ships for the next cycle might be an alternative, but cannot simply be
accepted since only a few details are known and there are reasonable
doubts that US$ 5,000,000 a year will be available on a structural
basis.
ANNEX 28/02/r
The meeting of European, US and Canadian Chess Federations convened by the
Royal Dutch Chess Federation, has established that
1. the match for the World Championship on no condition be held in
Baghdad
2. the Russian Chess Federation was not consulted on the organization
of the World Championship Match in Elista; therefore granting the
match to Elista is not according to FIDE Regulations
3. FIDE Regulations for organization of the match for the World Championship
should be abided by
4. the challenger has requested further reassurances and information on
the conditions and did not receive a reply and now is being threatened
to be excluded of all FIDE events.
The meeting demands that for both players of the World Championship match
the same rights and conditions should be guaranteed and that FIDE should
take proper steps to realise this.
If one of the two participants does not play in the match, he should not be
expelled from FIDE-events.
ANNEX 28/03/r2
The meeting of the European, US and Canadian Chess Federations convened by
the Royal Dutch Chess Federation, wishes:
1. to express their dissatisfaction about the inscrutability of the
decision making and the lack of consistency in the policy of FIDE
2. to express their great concern about the lack of cooperation and
communication within and between the various sections of FIDE
3. to express their great concern about the financial situation of FIDE
4. to express their great concern that the reunification match looks
further away than ever, in spite of the promises made in Paris
5. to recommend all federations not satisfied with the decisions, actions
and services of the FIDE administration and officers to withhold their
payments to FIDE with the exception of those payments for services
really received (e.g. for titles) or to maintain the membership rights.
This motion should be reconsidered latest at the Yerewan Congress. No
sanctions will be taken against federations following this recommen-
dation
and the meeting decides:
6. that in relation to the coming election of the Presidential Board a
nomination committee will be formed which shall make a proposal for a
presidential ticket before 1 June 1996. Members of the committee shall
be:
E. Ditt
I. Gelfer
G. Loewenthal
and the meeting wishes:
7. that FIDE be preserved; however, a committee is appointed to evaluate
alternatives to the present situation:
a. by significantly changing the FIDE Statutes and Regulations
to improve the performance of FIDE
b. by creating another organization which will operate within
FIDE to represent the interest of the chess federations which
choose to join
c. by creating a substitute organization for FIDE.
Members of the Committee are:
F. Adams
E. Ditt
E. Einarsson
G. Loewenthal
A. Makarov
The Committee shall make a report by 30 June 1996.
Utrecht, 28 April 1996
LIST OF COUNTRIES (RE)PRESENT(ED) - THE EUROPEAN MEETING / UTRECHT / THE
NETHERLANDS
AUSTRIA K. Jungwirth
BELARUS proxy/Makarov
BELGIUM D. de Ridder
CANADA P. Haley
DENMARK S.B. Hansen
ENGLAND D. Jarrett/D. Sedgwick
ESTONIA I. Nei
GERMANY E. Ditt/H. Metzing
GEORGIA proxy/Makarov
HUNGARY Z. Ambrus/M. Krajcovits
ICELAND E. Einarsson
ISRAEL A. Burstein/I. Gelfer
ITALY L. Bombelli
LATVIA proxy/Nei
LIECHTENSTEIN proxy/Liniger
NETHERLANDS G. Loewenthal
PORTUGAL J. Durao
RUSSIA A. Makarov
SCOTLAND J. Glendinning
SPAIN R. Toran
SWEDEN proxy/Hansen
SWITZERLAND R. Liniger
UKRAINE proxy/Makarov
USA F. Adams
WALES proxy/Jarrett
observers:
IGM Jan Timman
IGM Ian Rogers (former chairman of Player's Council)
Roustam Kamsky (father of Gata Kamsky)
W. Iclicki (FIDE Treasurer)
B. Kouatly (FIDE Deputy President)
4) Jan Timman for FIDE President? And other comments from Utrecht by Mark Crowther
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Patrick Rasenberg's official report about the meeting in Utrecht appears
above. This is the agreed report by the ROYAL DUTCH CHESS FEDERATION
and has obviously to be rather conservative. However there are a number
of pretty strong points made in it. It seems that there is a rather
veiled threat to the effect that if things don't change within FIDE
then many of the nations who attended the meeting may leave and form
their own organisation. This is clear from the report where it says that there
is a committee considering 3 options:
changing the FIDE Statutes,
creating an organization within FIDE
creating a substitute organization for FIDE.
Members of the committee are F. Adams, E. Ditt, E. Einarsson, G.
Loewenthal, A. Makarov. The committee will present a report by 30 June 1996.
The Europeans got their act together enough to threaten this kind of
withdrawal before. This lead to the removal of Campomanes as FIDE President.
However they were comprehensively outmanoevered on the rather hasty
appointment of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as the new President (Campo`s leaving
present) and do have to share some of the blame for that. It will be
no easier in Armenia to get changes made that will reconstitute FIDE
in a way that will return any credibility to the organisation. The spadework
of achieving agreement with as many Federations in FIDE as possible
needs to be done now as experienced FIDE Congress manipulators such as
Campomanes will be in Armenia. For this to happen the Europeans have
only a short period of time to formulate a clear strategy, campaign
for its support and listen and incorporate other views. There are many
fine organisers throughout the World. A dream ticket of influencial
FIDE organisers with a proven record of competence is required now.
I have learned from other sources some of the background to the report
above.
The meeting was dominated by Andrei Makarov. He made quite obvious that
he hates Ilyumzhinov and he did this by denigrating Elista at every
opportunity. Although it was the German Federation that proposed that
Federations withhold money to FIDE for services that they don't feel
they were receiving, it was Makarov who pushed hardest for it. Perhaps
he regarded the motion as one of the clearest ways of getting at
Ilyumzhinov.
Politically interesting is the European condemnation of Ilyumzhinov
in ANNEX 28/02/r for not consulting the home Federation when setting
up the match in Elista. There has been a political battle over who
controls the Russian Chess Federation for a number of years now.
Whilst this appeared to have been settled by the FIDE meeting
during the Moscow Olympiad which recognised the Russian Chess
Federation run by Andrei Makarov it appears that the alternate
Federation run by Bebchuk has not gone away. So whilst Makarov's
organisation is the one recognised by FIDE and in this meeting
by the European Federations, it seems that Ilyumzhinov is using
the Bebchuk Federation (one supported by Karpov and formally
by Botvinnik before his death) to legitimise the Elista match.
(although no mention at any stage was made of this organisation,
it seems everyone knows that Ilyumzhinov is trying to get round
dealing with Andrei Makarov and his Russian Federation by using
this method.)
Rustam Kamsky made a generally quiet and favourable impression to
the delegates. Most came away with the impression that Gata would
not play in Elista under any circumstances.
However it may be the case that Gata Kamsky will come under
serious pressure to play in Elista. It is reported that
Kamsky's conditions (guarantee's of both safety and the prize
fund) for playing in Elista have been met and even if he does
not believe that Kirsan can guarantee his safety he will have
to convince the Federations of this.
On May 2nd Gerald Schendal posted a letter from Kirsan to the
Federations on compuserve (see below). One must remember that
it is only 4 weeks away and that Gata Kamsky is still committed
to playing in Dos Hermanes on these dates.
Probably the most interesting development is the formation of a
European backed ticket for the Presidential elections in Armenia.
A European committee has been formed to produce such a ticket before
1 June 1996. The members of the committee will be E. Ditt, I. Gelfer
and G. Loewenthal. It now seems quite possible that Jan Timman will
be their Presidential Candidate. Jan Timman is a widely respected
man known for his honesty and a widely travelled top class GM for
over 20 years. He would have been my candidate for President four
or five years ago and he represents a strong choice. He was interviewed
for Dutch radio by Yvette Nagel. He said that if approached by the
European committee which is forming the ticket he would not say no.
Perhaps this means that he very much wants to do it.
At the weekend meeting he seemed very much in two minds. When speaking
about the possibility of running for FIDE President at some time
a few years ago he said that he wouldn't think about it until he
felt that he had no possibility of realising his ambitions in over
the board chess. Certainly on Saturday he spoke about the loss of
four years of over the board play. The later interview with Yvette
Nagel suggests that perhaps he can see a way of making a great
contribution by standing.
It is not clear whether the European Committe has Timman in mind
as their candidate or whether they were just sounding him out.
From where I see it there is no better Candidate however.
The elections themselves will present a problem. Officially only
the post of President comes up for re-election. (unless I missed
some announcement to the contrary) However the fudge and mudge
of the Moscow elections would mean that any reforming President
would have a difficult time with the Presidential board left
(who I think are to be officially re-elected in two years time).
The Europeans are going ahead on the assumption that there will
be a full election and so are going to produce a ticket not
just a Presidential Candidate but for all other Presidential
Board posts. This is because they are certain that there was an
agreement in Paris to have such an election. However the minutes from
Paris contain no such statement, so we would, I'm sure, all like
to know from each member of the Presidential Board whether they
intend to try and stay or whether they intend to fight an election.
ILJUMZHINOV'S Letter to the Federations
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Moscow, 2 May 1996
All National Chess Federations
Dear Chess Friends
I am aware and understand the concern of delegates who attended a meeting
held over the last weekend at Utrecht in The Netherlands.
Since my election as FIDE President, I have wanted to improve FIDE and the
FIDE administration. I have already authorized Deputy president Bachar
Kouatly with the responsibility to execute the necessary restructuring in
FIDE in order to achieve betterment in communication within FIDE and its
members.
I am also organizing the Karpov-Kamsky World Championship Match starting 1
June 1996 at Elista, in Kalmykia, with a prize fund of US$2,000,000.
I am always open to your invaluable input as I believe that in order to
achieve progress in FIDE, we should have more regular and intimate
communication.
With best regards
Yours sincerely
KIRSAN N. ILJUMZHINOV
FIDE President
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Gata Kamsky's appeal to delegates on the eve of the meeting
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To: Gunther Loewenthal, Royal Dutch Chess Federation
Special Meeting of the FIDE European Continent
From: Grandmaster Gata Kamsky
Challenger for the World Championship Title
April 25, 1996
Dear Delegates,
Thank you all for attending the Special Meeting and for trying to solve
the most crucial problems of FIDE. I know that you will understand me
as the official Challenger for the world championship title. I feel
that you are the only people who can stop overlong insult and discri-
mination against me by the Russian world champion, A. Karpov, former
FIDE champion G. Kasparov, and newly elected FIDE President Kirsan
Iljumzhinov.
Dear delegates, let me share with you some of the most painful
moments. You are all know too well about my fight in the PCA cycle.
At the end I was cheated of the prize fund during my match in Las
Palmas. You are aware of the fact, that the PCA scheduled its Match
in Las Palmas less than two weeks after the end of the FIDE Match
with Salov in India. Thus, I had no time to prepare for the PCA match
and no time to rest. No one, not even American Chess Federation,
said anything in my support.As the direct result, I lost the match to
Anand in the PCA cycle. However, most of you, living in civilized
countries, cannot even imagine what happened in Sanghi Nagar, India,
right after I won final match against GM Salov. I was kept under a
house arrest, I was forbidden to go to public places of the tournament;
indian newspapers printed openly that pressure on Kamsky in Sanghi
Nagar, India will help Anand to win in Las Palmas. Sure Kasparov was
afraid to meet with me in a fair fight. Then, the PCA invented a new
set of discriminatory rules just before the match in Las Palmas, this
outrageous action found great opposition of all chess players.
You know that there is an unsloved problem with rating calculation,
the issue passed on the new FIDE leadership from its former president
Campomanes. The rating of any chess player shows his strength, his
world class, and his private property. If calculated correctly, my
rating should have been number one in the world for more than a year.
It is like being a world champion!
Twice in my life I was blocked by the Russian champions: when I was 12
to 14 years old and now, when I became the challenger at 20. I was the
youngest challenger in the chess history. I was waiting for this Match for
1.5 year and all this time I did not play in tournaments. However, there
were no invitations, because tournaments are, as a matter of fact, also
divided between Kasparov's and Karpov's spheres of influence. In this
anticipation I am loding my chess professionalism, my sharp senses of the
game, and I am simply tired. I believe that all of these were done on purpose
because of I was the youngest to win against Kasparov in Dortmund at 16 and
against Karpov in Tilburg when I was 17 years old.
The World Championship cycle extended from 2 year cycle to almost 4
years. And it is not the same as when Karpov-Kasparov world championships
were played six times in a five year period. I can list more unjust things
but it will take whole book.
Dear delegates, the new idea for the organization of the world championship
match that came from the FIDE is to host it in Elista, Russia. Accounting
for my experience in Sanghi Nagar, I do not want to make a second mistake
and play the World Championship in Elista, the kingdom of Mr. Iljumzhinov.
It is the Russian territory, the territory of my opponent, and the country
I defected from because of the complete blockade of my chess career by the
Russain Champions. I will be in constant strain fearing for my own life,
the life of my father, and my seconds. On the other hand, I will not have
equal conditions with Mr. Karpov, by being forced to play against the
coalition with the unlimited number of Russian chess professionals.
In November 1995, when Iljumzhinov took over Campomanes, I had nothing
against him personally. But judge for yourself. The first choice for the
match fell on Iraq, kingdom of Saddam Hussein. Second, is Elista, hidden
in a depth of Russia, with the khan-president Mr. Iljumzhinov, Russian
World Champion, and Russian central Government.
To dictate, to discriminate, and to provoke are the ideas of the Russian
Champions which have no limits. Where are freedom and democracy? Who gave them
the right to disregard rights of a challenger? My match was delayed because
of them. They were always supported by the FIDE leadership. Former president
Campomanes all his life fought for their benefit, he, in turn, got illegally
elected in Moscow with Kasparov's help. Mr. Iljumzhinov bacame FIDE President
with help of another Russian Champion, A. Karpov and now is the time for the
new president to return a favour. Chess stopped being just chess a long time
ago. I believe that every other young chess player, from any country whose
representatives are here today, would have been in the same situation as I
am, if there was a real threat for a Russian Champion to lose his title. You
are able to change the chess world for the best and my plea is to you all.
Dear delegates, I plead to your conscienceness. The time to act is now!
You surprised me with united opposition to the Match in Iraq, I believe that
you will continue to support me with united opposition to the match in Elista.
My numerous attempts to get an official guarantees of my personal safety from
the FIDE president were unsuccesful. I feel that it is too dangerous for my
life to play the World Championship match in Elista. I refused to take such
a risk and refused to accept unfavorable for me conditions. Russian world
champion and Russian FIDE president are waiting for such a moment to forfeit
me without a fair game.
I believe that in the united motion, all Chess Federations represented here,
can gather the minimal prize fund for the match and host it in a neutral
country, on equal terms to both contenders. This will be my last hope for
the match. I waited for 1.5 years and can wait some more. But, please, do
not allow this match to be hosted in Iraq or Russia.
Thank you for your efforts and support,
Gata Kamsky,
Challenger for the World Championship Title
5) Iceland versus Israel Chess Match (annotated game by Margeir Petursson).
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One of the great www pages on the internet is Dadi Jonsson's "Chess in Iceland"
page. In fact it not only covers Icelandic chess but also Nordic chess in
general. It is updated quite regularly and contains annotated games and
articles by players such as Jon Tisdall and Margeir Petursson.
http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html
Margeir Petursson sends a key annotated game from the recent Iceland vs Israel
match for readers of TWIC to enjoy.
[Event "tt"]
[Site "Reykjavik ICE"]
[Date "1996.04.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petursson, M"]
[Black "Yudasin, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7.
exd4 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4
{This position often arises from the Caro-Kann or the Queen's
Gambit, but with the difference that then White's pawn is still
on a2. This seemingly slight difference can be quite important as
we will see later on in this game.
The Caro-Kann move order is: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4
Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3.
The Queen's Gambit move order is: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3.}
Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. h4!?
{This is a well known pawn sacrifice. As a compensation White
gets the advantage of the bishop pair and dangerous attacking
possibilities.}
Bxh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Re3 g6 17. Rg3 Qe7 18. Bh6
{The bishop on h6 is an important part of White's compensation
and will be a thorn in Black's side for a long time.}
Rfe8 19. Qh5 Qc7 20. Qh4 f5 21. Re1 Na5 22. Rge3 Qd8 23. Qg3 Qf6!
{The only move. After 23. ... Qd7? White would get a chance for a
brilliant finish: 24. Bxf5!! exf5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8
27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Qc7! and Black has no defense.
Yudasin actually had put his hand above the queen three times
seemingly with the intention of moving it to d7 before making the
correct move. I was of course waiting in suspense, but then again
perhaps Yudasin was just teasing me with these gestures.
Now White wins the exchange, but Black is not without
counterplay. Considering Black's compensation it is interesting
to note how much difference it makes that the white a-pawn stands
on a3 instead of a2. With the pawn on a2 White's position is much
more robust. From this we can draw the conclusion that the pawn
sacrifice 14. h4! (or 13. h4) is more promising with the pawn on
a2. I realized this over the board and had my mind set on playing
24. c4, but then I saw the reply 24. ... Nb3! 25. d5 Nc5 and
Black manages to hold the position.}
24. Bb5 Bd5 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Qd6 Qd8 27. Qf4 Nc4 28. Rg3 Qd6 29.
Qh4 Qe7 30. Bg5 Qxa3?
{Yudasin said that he had been playing for a win because he was
not all to happy about the way his teammates were playing the
lower boards. But here he falls into a very sneaky trap!}
31. Rh3 h5 32. Qg3!
{This is what Yudasin overlooked when he captured the pawn on a3.
White threatens both 33. Bc1 and 33. Rxh5!}
Kf7 33. Qc7+ Kg8!
{After 33. ... Re7 White would not grab the second exchange, but
rather play the winning move 34. Qd8! and the queen has managed
to enter the Black king's palace!}
34. Rg3 Qf8 35. Qxa7 Ra8 36. Qc7 Qf7 37. Qf4 Kh7 38. Rd3 Ra3 39.
Qg3 Qa7 40. Rdd1 b5 41. Bf4 Qe7 42. Bg5 Qb7 43. Rb1!
{White now threatens 44. Rxb5! Qxb5 45. Qc7+ Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kf7 47.
Qe7+ Kg8 48. Bf6 followed by checkmate.}
Ra5 44. Bc1 Qe7 45. Qf4 Qg7 46. Qg5 Qf8 47. Bf4 Nd6 48. f3 Nf7
49. Qf6 Qg7 50. Rxe6! Bxe6 51. Qxe6
{Black is lost. His pieces lack the coordination necessary to
hold out against White's initiative.}
Ra3 52. Rxb5 Rxc3 53. Rd5 g5 54. Rd7 Kg8 55. Be5 1-0
6) Tony Miles wins the Sakthi Finance Tournament in India
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Tony Miles won the Sakthi Finance GM Tournament in Madras India April 14-26.
My thanks to IM Manuel Aaron and his son Arvind for written material
on the tournament and to IM V.Saravanan for the games.
Tony Miles made an excellent impression on the observers of this tournament
with his highly professional approach and his willingness to analyse the
games afterwards for the benefit of both his opponent and the spectators.
Utut Adianto took second place behind Miles and he also had a good
rating performance.
What will please the Indian's most is the performance of IM Devaki Prasad
in coming 3rd and scoring a GM norm. Prasad is a very much improved
player. Although a feared attacking player in his youth he has now
strengthened his all round play and took a number of his points
with fine endgame play which was a weakness before. His games against
Konguvel, Tilak, Murshed and Babu all involved successful play in the
endgame. He did find time to demolish R.B.Ramesh, Koshy and Lovlu in
the middlegame.
In forth came India's second ever GM Dibyendu Barua. His loss against
RB Ramesh cost him quite dearly.
The prizes for the tournament were:
1) $2000 2) $1500 3) $1000 4) $700 5) $500 6) $300 7) $200 8) $100
The point of such tournaments is to give the Indian players chances
to make GM norms. Anand is absolutely unchallenged in strength amongst
the Indian players. Praven Thipsay was a big talent 12 years ago when
he scored a GM norm in London but here as so many times in the intervening
years he was in disappointing form.
Perhaps a name to watch for in the future is IM Sharad Tilak. He plays
inventive tactical chess his tournament was somewhat disturbed when he
twisted his ankle and had to conduct many of his games from a wheelchair.
The credit for this tournament and the success that went with it
goes to the far-sighted vision of Dr N.Mahalingam and to the
Sakthi Group of Companies for their solid backing. Dr
N.Mahalingam inaugurated the tournament and Mr M.Manickam Vice
Chairman, Sakthi Sugars gave away the prizes
Madras (IND), IV 1996. cat. IX (2455)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2635 * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 2700
2 Adianto, Utut g INA 2610 = * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2651
3 Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2445 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2630
4 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2520 = = = * = 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 7.5 2582
5 Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2510 0 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 6.5 2515
6 Babu, N Sudhakar m IND 2445 = = 0 0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2455
7 Tilak, Sharad S m IND 2385 0 = 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = = 5.0 2425
8 Thipsay, Praveen M m IND 2475 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 0 1 1 4.5 2388
9 Ramesh, R.B f IND 2415 0 0 0 1 = = 0 0 * 1 = = 4.0 2356
10 Ponnuswamy, Konguvel m IND 2395 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 * = 1 3.5 2327
11 Lovlu, Saifuddi BAN 2215 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 2.5 2265
12 Koshy, Varugeese m IND 2410 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 2150
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7) TIVIAKOV AND MAGEM TIED IN THE 7th NAJDORF
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by Roberto Alvarez
GMs Sergey Tiviakov won the first prize in the seventh "Miguel Najdorf"
tournament, held on Buenos Aires City, Argentina, from April 13rd to 21st.
The winner finished unbeated (3 wins, 6 draws) scoring 6 pts /9 games
tied for first with spanish GM Jordi Magem.
Three players finished at 3rd/5th place: peruvian GM Julio Granda, IM
Hugo Spangenberg (Argentina, 20 years !) and the ELO favorite GM Zoltan
Almasi (from Hungary), with 5,5 pts. Another remarkable tournament for
youngest IM Hugo Spangenberg, who obtained his third and definite IGM
norm (a few weeks ago he finished at first place tied with Ricardi in the
Villa Gesell tournament, cat.FIDE XI).
Spangenberg is the youngest argentine player who obtained the GM title
(before was GM Oscar Panno, in 1955).
The following table shows all the argentine chessplayers who obtained the
GM tittle and his age :
Year Player Age
1950 Miguel Najdorf 40
1952 Erich Eliskases 39
1952 Herman Pilnik 38
1955 Oscar Panno 20
1960 Carlos Guimard 47
1960 Hector Rossetto 38
1973 Miguel Quinteros 26
1977 Julio Bolbochan * 57
1982 Raoul Sanguinetti * 49
1985 Carlos Garcia Palermo 32
1986 Daniel Campora 29
1987 Gerardo Barbero 26
1994 Pablo Zarnicki 22
1995 Ariel Sorin 27
1996 Hugo Spangenberg 20
* honorary FIDE title
Buenos Aires (ARG), IV 1996. cat. XIII (2567)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2625 * = = = = 1 1 1 = = 6.0 2685 25.50
2 Magem Badals, Jorge g ESP 2565 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2692 23.25
3 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2600 = = * = 1 = = 1 0 1 5.5 2643 23.75
4 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2650 = = = * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2637 22.00
5 Spangenberg, Hugo m ARG 2505 = = 0 = * = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2653 22.00
6 Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG 2545 0 = = = = * 1 = = = 4.5 2569 19.50
7 Milov, Vadim g ISR 2585 0 = = = 0 0 * 1 1 1 4.5 2565 16.00
8 Sorin, Ariel g ARG 2505 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 3.0 2448
9 Slipak, Sergio m ARG 2535 = 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 * = 2.5 2404
10 Ricardi, Pablo m ARG 2555 = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = * 2.0 2348
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Average elo: 2567 <=> Category: 13
gm = 5.5 m = 3.5
The prizes for the main tournament, sponsored by "Jackson Insurance Company"
and Miguel Najdorf were:
1) U$S 3500, 2) U$S 2500, 3) U$S 2000, 4)U$S 1500, 5)U$S 1000, 6)to 10)
U$S 150 by each win and $ 50 by each draw.
From April 15th to 21st was played a big open tournament " Najdorf Open"
with 235 chessplayers including 9 IGM, 21 IM and 13 FM. This 9 rounds (in
7 days !!) tournament was played at a time control of 2 hours FINISH !!.
The young Gustavo German of Argentina made an IM result, but it seems for
me not a valid one (**), because the layout used in the tournament.
Surely the organizers could be choosed another control, like 1 h 23 moves
and then 1 hour to finish or another. No explanations for the present
selection... (** the official tournament bulletin shows that Gustavo German
obtained the IM norm however see the letter below.)
1)Gilberto Milos BRA GM 2565 7 pts /9
2)Alonso Zapata COL GM 2505 7
3)Alejandro Hoffman ARG IM 2410 7
4)Gustavo Germn ARG 2440 7
5)Pavel Tregubov RUS GM 2470 7
6)Carlos Garca Palermo ITA GM 2490 7
7)Fabin Fiorito ARG IM 2455 7
8)Marcelo Tempone ARG IM 2460 7
9)Daniel Cmpora ARG GM 2540 6,5
10)Fernando Peralta ARG 2300 6,5
1) U$S 3000, 2) U$S 2000, 3) U$S 1500, 4) U$S 1100, 5) U$S 800, 6)U$S 600,
7) U$S 450, 8) U$S 350, 9) U$S 350, 10) U$S 300,11) U$S 300, 12) U$S 250,
13) U$S 250, 14 to 17) U$S 200.
It was not possible to obtain more than a few games (for the open tournament)
published on the official bulletins.
Roberto adds the following to the IM Norm query above.
I have received the official info from FIDE secretariat Mr.Casto Abundo
about the requirements for making title norms in open tournaments.
According to this regulations, Mr.G.German does not make an IM norm in the
"Miguel Najdorf International Tournament" (please note that this is contra-
dictory with the info supplied by the tournament arbiter and by the official
bulletins) because the time control was 2 hours finish.
The following info is published thanks Mr.Casto Abundo, and I think it will
be interesting for the chess comunity on the net:
CA>
In accordance with Title Regulations B.01, Art. 5.5, the rate of play of 40
moves in two hours followed by all the moves in one hour is permitted for title
results. However, only one such result can be used in support of a title
application.
CA> This is the fastest time control for title tournaments.
CA>
All the moves in two hours (Rating Regulations B.02 art. 1.1(b) is allowed for
ratings.
8) Piket vs Dreev in Monte Carlo
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In this best of 8 game match Dreev leads 3-1.
Monte Carlo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOTAL
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Piket, Jeroen g NED 2570 0 = 0 =
Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2670 1 = 1 =
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9) Estonian Women's Championship by Mart Tarmak
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Last weekend the Estonian Women Championship finished in Tallinn. WIM
Tuulikki Laesson became a champion for the second time with the excellent
result 8/9. She was Estonian champion also in 1993. WIM Monika Tsoganova who
was 1994 and 1995 champion finished second with 6 points. The bronze medal
owner is WIM Leili Parnpuu 5,5, followed by Kaja Paidla 5 and WIM Maaja
Ranniku, Valeria Ossipova and IM Tatjana Fomina 4. Maaja Ranniku who was
USSR Champion in 1963 and the sixth in the World Championship Candidates
tournament 1964 participated after the longer break. She did not draw a
single in this tournament. Until the last moment it was unclear whether
the only Estonian WGM Larissa Volpert would play. She is a professor at Tartu
University and who has only played in rapid chess tournaments in recent years.
She was the second in the 1955 World Championship Candidates tournament and
she played in every USSR women's championship 1947-1966 (champion in 1954,
1958, 1959).
After this championship the Estonian women's team for the Chess Olympiad
was confirmed and it is the same as two years ago in Moscow. Namely,
Tuulikki Laesson, Monika Tsoganova, Leili Parnpuu and Tatjana Fomina.
Without GMs they played very well in Moscow and finished sixth in front of
Germany, England, Israel, both Russian teams, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Poland,
Czech Republic, USA etc. With the good team spirit Estonian ladies are going
to repeat their success.
Included are all the games from this event which are made electronically
available by Jaan Narva.
Tallinn (EST), IV 1996.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Laesson, Tuulikki wm EST 2245 * 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2479
2 Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2280 0 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 6.0 2215
3 Piarnpuu, Leili wm EST 2245 = = * 1 = = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2170
4 Paidla, Kaja J EST 2090 0 1 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 5.0 2142
5 Fomina, Tatyana wm EST 2305 0 = = 1 * = 0 = 0 1 4.0 2112
6 Ossipova, Valeria EST 2065 = 0 = 0 = * 1 0 = 1 4.0 2094
7 Ranniku, Maaja wm EST 2170 0 0 1 1 1 0 * 1 0 0 4.0 2231
8 Abishova, Anna EST 2040 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * 1 = 3.5 2042
9 Golubenko,A EST ---- 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 * 1 3.5 2039
10 Brokko,M EST ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 * 1.5 1929
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10) 27th International Chess Tournament in Mataruska Banja by Sinisa Joksic
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Miroslav Tosic made his first GM norm. Dragan Solak and Aleksandar
Simonovic made their first IM norms. The tournament was previously
hosted in Vrnjacka Banja and this year was held from April 10th-24th.
Mataruska Banja (YUG), IV 1996 cat. IX (2460)
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1 Tosic, Miroslav m YUG 2415 9.5/13
2 Gyimesi, Zoltan m HUN 2545 7.5
Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2495 7.5
Cosma, Ioan m ROM 2420 7.5
5 Pikula, Dejan YUG 2455 7
6 Solak, Dragan YUG 2365 6.5
Cabrilo, Goran g YUG 2490 6.5
Simonovic, Aleksandar f YUG 2355 6.5
9 Simic, Radoslav g YUG 2490 6
Zontakh, Andrey m UKR 2580 6
11 Marjanovic, Slavoljub g YUG 2445 5.5
Damljanovic, Branko g YUG 2510 5.5
13 Radulski, Julian BUL 2470 5
14 Miljanic, Boro m YUG 2410 5
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11) First Saturday Tournaments March
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Szabo Zsolt reports the results and games from the March
series of First Saturday Tournaments in Budapest.
FIRST SATURDAY CHESS TOURNAMENT SERIES
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1996 MARCH 2.-15. GM TOURNAMENT CAT IX. AVARAGE 2465
GM NORM=9.5 IM NORM=6.5 FIDE Arbiter= Otto Dobos.
Budapest (HUN), III 1996. cat. IX (2464)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Keitlinghaus, Ludger m GER 2475 * = = = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2638 GM NORM
2 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2560 = * = = 1 1 0 = = = 1 = 1 1 8.5 2566
3 Tolnai, Tibor g HUN 2450 = = * = = 1 0 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 8.5 2575
4 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2440 = = = * = = = = = = 1 1 = 1 8.0 2553
5 Kogan, Artur m ISR 2485 = 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 0 = 1 7.5 2519 IM NORM
6 Namgilov, Sogto f RUS 2425 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2524
7 Totsky, Leonid m RUS 2430 = 1 1 = 0 0 * 0 0 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2523
8 Fogarasi, Tibor m HUN 2500 0 = 0 = = = 1 * = = = = = 1 6.5 2461
9 Gyimesi, Zoltan m HUN 2545 = = 0 = 0 = 1 = * = 0 1 = 1 6.5 2458
10 Volzhin, Alexander m RUS 2485 = = = = 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 = = 6.5 2462
11 Videki, Sandor m HUN 2460 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 0 1 1 4.5 2354
12 Hillarp Persson, Tiger SWE 2410 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 1 * = = 4.0 2327
13 Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2395 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = = 0 = * = 3.5 2294
14 Acs, Peter f HUN 2440 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = = * 2.5 2215
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FIRST SATURDAY CHESS TOURNAMENT SERIES
1996 MARCH 2.-15. IM TOURNAMENT CAT III. AVARAGE 2315
IM NORM=9.5p. FIDE Arbiter= Otto Dobos.
Budapest HUN (HUN), III 1996. cat. III (2315)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Jovanovic, Sasa D f CRO 2300 * 0 1 1 1 1 = = 1 = 0 1 1 1 9.5 2491 IM NORM
2 Molnar, Bela HUN 2360 1 * 0 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2486 IM NORM
3 Frolov, Denis RUS 2340 0 1 * = 1 0 0 1 = = = = 1 1 7.5 2370
4 Shovunov, Baatr RUS 2300 0 1 = * 0 0 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2373
5 Watanabe, Akira JPN 2255 0 = 0 1 * = = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2376
6 Nishimura, Hiroyuki f JPN 2325 0 0 1 1 = * 1 1 0 0 1 0 = 1 7.0 2343
7 Stillger, Bernhard f GER 2310 = 0 1 1 = 0 * 0 = 0 = 1 1 1 7.0 2344
8 Horvath, Gabor f HUN 2275 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 1 1 = = 0 1 6.5 2318
9 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2315 0 = = = 0 1 = 0 * 1 = = 1 0 6.0 2286
10 Navrotescu, Catalin m ROM 2370 = = = = 0 1 1 0 0 * = = 0 1 6.0 2281
11 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2365 1 0 = 0 = 0 = = = = * 1 0 = 5.5 2254
12 Szabo, Zsolt HUN 2370 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 5.0 2223
13 Bors, Tamas HUN 2150 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 1 0 * 0 3.5 2152
14 Borsavolgyi, Tamas f HUN 2375 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = 1 * 3.0 2099
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12) AEGON GAME
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My thanks to the man (I'm sorry I accidently deleted the E-Mail) for sending
me the correct gamescore for one of the round 3 games from AEGON.
13) Madrid Tournament www page.
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Javier Portela has announce the URL of the www page
for the Madrid Tournament. The games will be available
at http://www.net64.es/fma/madrid.html (altnough
http://www.net64.es/ can be contacted there are no
pages yet in advance for the event.) The games are
promised live although I suspect that they will be
manually submitted to the internet. It should be
a great festival of chess and is the start of the
usual unending round of brilliant events over the summer.
Dos Hermanas will follow pretty soon afterwards and then
away we go, virtually no quiet weeks!
Madrid Tournament (XVII Category) will take place in
8,9,10,11,13,14,15,17 and 18th of May. Games begin at 15:30 (Madrid time).
There will be live coverage of the games at
http://www.net64.es/fma/madrid.html
Players:
Topalov 2700
Gelfand 2700
Shirov 2690
Salov 2670
Azmaiparashvili 2660
Adams 2660
Korchnoi 2645
Illescas 2635
Morozevich 2625
San Segundo 2535
Last year the tournament was won by Korchnoi.
14) Strong Credis GM Tournament in Nussloch in May
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My thanks to Norbert Friedrich and organiser Gerald
Schendal for this:
Nussloch Credis GM-Tournament
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21 May - 1 June C r e d i s - G M T:
GM Dreev, Alexey RUS 2670
GM Sokolov, Ivan BOS 2665
GM Jussupow, Artur GER 2655
GM Hracek, Zbynek CZE 2650
GM Dr.Huebner, Robert GER 2635
GM Dautov, Rustem GER 2615
GM Lobron, Eric GER 2590
GM Hickl, Joerg GER 2580
GM Kindermann, Stefan GER 2575
GM Piket, Jeroen NED 2570
GM Lutz, Christopher GER 2555
IM Slobodjan, Roman GER 2525
The main sponsors of this chess festival are the chess club "SV 1930
Hockenheim", the Racket Center Nussloch and especially Credis.
Credis (Germany), a subsidiary company of the Swiss bank Credit Suisse, is
engaged in investment funds. In 1994, during the FIDE congress in Moscow, the
German chess federation presented Credis as its new global sponsor.
The festival includes:
17 May press conference with FIDE world champion Anatoly Karpov
presentation of the chess calendar "fascination chess 1997"
rapid chess match Karpov-Lobron (2 x 30 min.)
18/19 May international rapid chess open in the Racket Center Nussloch
11 rounds (30 min.), prize fund (guaranteed): DM 10,000
DM 2000 / 1500 / 1000 / 700 / 600 / 500 / 400 / 300 / 200 / 100
rating: DM 3 x 300 / 200 / 100
special: DM 3 x 300
registration by 13.00; round 1 begins at 14.00
IM registration fee free, GM registration fee and lodging free
Info: Dieter Auer (chess club "SV 1930 Hockenheim"),
tel.++49-(0)6205-6837;
fax.++49-(0)6205-17079
E-mail: Gerald.Schendel@t-online.de OR
101633.2744@compuserve.com
19 May simul with Artur Jussupow
20 May opening ceremony of the Credis-GMT: International German
Championship
exhibition: chess and art
27 May simul with Vlastimil Hort
1 June presentation ceremony
15) Open Norwegian Junior championships and the 1995 Junior Ch playoff
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My thanks to Jonathan Tisdall for the games and report
from this event. Sverre Johnsen typed in the games.
The event was held in Olso Norway. Alongside it
was the playoff between Nina Hagesaether and Helge Nordahl
for the Norwegian Junior National Championships which was a closed
event. The event was 31st March - 4th April.
The top results were:
Oslo (NOR), III-IV 1996.
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1 Johannessen, Leif Erlend NOR 2240 6.0 /7
2 Christenson,Flemming NOR ---- 5.5 /7
Hagesaether, Paal Vegard NOR 2205 5.5 /7
Gabrielsen, Stig NOR 2175 5.5 /7
Pandars,Maris LAT ---- 5.5 /7
6 Backlund, Anders SWE 2180 5.0 /7
Tjomsland, Stig NOR 2210 5.0 /7
Trygstad,Kristian NOR ---- 5.0 /7
Hansen, Torbjorn R NOR 2090 5.0 /7
10 Lie,Kjetil NOR ---- 4.5 /7
David, Rene GER 2240 4.5 /7
Kauko, Jussi FIN 2225 4.5 /7
Ciuksyte, Dagne wm LTU 2245 4.5 /7
Hilmarsson,Atli NOR ---- 4.5 /7
Andersen, Jackie DEN 2235 4.5 /7
... 56 players
Nina Hagesaether vs Helge Nordahl Norwegian Junior 1995 playoff
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Hagesaether, Nina - Nordahl, Helge 0-1 28
Nordahl, Helge - Hagesaether, Nina 1/2 20
Hagesaether, Nina - Nordahl, Helge 1/2 30
Nordahl, Helge - Hagesaether, Nina 1-0 31
The winner of this match gets a place in the next Norwegian
championships. Nina Hagesaether a young model last year also took part
in the final section of the Eileen Ford modelling agency
competition which is quite a big deal. Some regarded it as a
bit of a shame that she didn't qualify for the main Norwegian
Championships as this might have changed the public`s perseption
of what is a "typical" chess player.
Note that the playoff is for the 1995 title even though it is
1996.
Oslo (NOR), IV 1996.
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1 2 3 4
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Nordahl, Helge NOR 2270 1 = = 1 3.0 2283
Hagesaether, Nina NOR 2090 0 = = 0 1.0 2077
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16) Ontario Closed 1996 by Vojin Vujosevic
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The Ontario Closed took place in the Toronto Primrose Hotel and partly at the
Harbourfront Centre from January 20th to 28th. The games were sent to
me by Vojin Vujosevic and his wife typed the games in, my thanks to them.
He reports:
The 1996 edition of the Ontario Closed attracted a strong group of
players but as usual not all the best ones. The modest budget
influences the prizes and conditions so the players in remote areas,
do not come. Of course everything here is remote by European standards.
Relatively close to Toronto the city of Ottawa is 400 kilometres or 4.5
hour drive away. Most Canadian provinces have all the best players
concentrated in one big city. Ontario is an exception as the players
are spread over a very large area. Naturally, Toronto, our metropolis
of 4.5 million people has its fair share.
National master Hans Jung of Toronto, almost the lowest rated player in the
tournament, surprised all by winning the first prize and a spot in the
Canadian National Closed and Zonal to be played August 14 - 29 in
Toronto.
Toronto (CAN), I 1996. cat. III (2309)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Jung, Hans Rudolf CAN 2230 * = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 6.0 2442
2 Findlay, Ian T f CAN 2345 = * = = 1 0 1 0 1 1 5.5 2385
3 Dougherty, Michael CAN 2235 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 0 1 5.0 2360
4 Nickoloff, Bryon m CAN 2410 = = 1 * 0 0 0 1 1 1 5.0 2340
5 Teodoro, Eduardo CAN 2265 = 0 = 1 * 0 1 0 1 1 5.0 2356
6 Beckwith, Paul H CAN 2280 = 1 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 0 4.5 2312
7 Day, Lawrence A m CAN 2400 0 0 0 1 0 1 * = 1 1 4.5 2298
8 Livshits, Ron f CAN 2420 = 1 0 0 1 0 = * = 1 4.5 2296
9 Peckford, William CAN 2285 = 0 1 0 0 1 0 = * 1 4.0 2268
10 Campbell, Brett CAN 2220 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1.0 1967
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17) National Open Las Vagas by Sam Sloan
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BLATNY, SEVILLANO, ALEXANDER IVANOV AND DMITRY GUREVICH WIN NATIONAL OPEN
CHAMPIONSHIP IN LAS VEGAS
by Sam Sloan
Fifteen grandmasters and a total of 848 players converged on the Riviera
Hotel in Las Vegas on the weekend of April 26-28 to contest the National Open
Chess Championship in three sections, which featured a total of $35,000 in
guaranteed prizes.
After five rounds, the only player with a perfect score in the 244 player
open section was Grandmaster Alexander Ivanov. In an exciting last round
game, Nick de Firmian threw a wild theoretical attack at Ivanov, but Ivanov
defended resolutely and the game ended in a draw.
This enabled three others who had trailed by a half point going into the last
round to catch up. One of the last games to finish was a long endgame on
board two between Grandmaster Kaidanov and International Master Sevillano.
Sevillano finally won. On the other top boards, Yermolinsky drew with Gennady
Sagalchik, Kreiman lost to Dmitry Gurevich, Blatny defeated Serper and Browne
defeated John Watson.
In the last game to finish, Gabriel Schwartzman held a draw against Larry
Remlinger on board seven in a rook and pawn endgame in which Remlinger was a
pawn up.
Final results were:
First: Alexander Ivanov, Dmitry Gurevich, Pavel Blanty and Erico Sevillano
with 5 1/2 - 1/2.
Next were Nick De Firmian, Alex Yermolinsky, Walter Browne, Eduoard Gufeld,
Igor Ivanov, Gennady Sagalchik, and Leonid Filatov with 5-1.
Following them were Patrick Wolff, Gregory Kaidanov, Gabriel Schwartzman,
Boris Kreiman, Levon Altounian, Steven Odendhal, Tal Shaked, Larry Remlinger,
Mikhail Zlotnikov, Leonid Shamkovich, Ron Young, Artak Akopian, Gregory
Huber, James J. Maki, Spencer Lower, Marc Bernstein, and Scott Roods with 4
1/2 - 1 1/2.
Among the notables with 4-2 were Gregory Serper, Ron Henley, Marc Leski, Omar
Cartagena, John Watson, Rosendo Balinas, Christopher Chase, Thomas Kaiser,
and Anjelina Belakovskaia.
Scott Roods (2078) of Hawaii won the $1250 expert prize with one of those
fantastic performances for an expert, drawing Girome Bono (2453) and
defeating Shelby Anderson (2334), Steven Jacobi (2269) and Mark Reeve (2254),
The reasons why this event was held on this non-holiday weekend apparently
relate to the fact that the World Backgammon Championship and the World
Series of Poker were both held in Las Vegas on this same weekend. Several
masters, including International Master Elliott Winslow, Mike ("the Scrabble
Player") Senkiewicz and Paul Magriel were present but eschewed the chess
tournament in favor of the much larger prizes available in the backgammon
tournament.
Alan Losoff of Illinois organized this National Open Chess Championship,
assisted by a significant portion of the Illinois Chess Association, which
came to Nevada for this tournament.
1996 National Open Chess Tournament
Championship Section
Name rating rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 rd 6 TOT
1 Ivanov, Alexander 2659 W144 W 52 W 11 W 18 W 7 D 5 5.5
2 Gurevich, Dmitry 2630 W115 W218 W 37 W 35 D 6 W 15 5.5
3 Sevillano, Erico M 2555 H--- W231 W138 W 26 W 59 W 13 5.5
4 Blatny, Pavel 2553 W117 W105 W 98 H--- W 33 W 30 5.5
5 De Firmian, Nick E 2705 W 86 W 48 W 36 D 32 W 14 D 1 5.0
6 Yermolinsky, Alex 2657 W171 W 53 W 38 W 34 D 2 D 10 5.0
7 Browne, Walter S 2587 W116 W103 W 39 W 20 L 1 W 34 5.0
8 Gufeld, Eduoard 2561 W145 W104 L 25 W 73 W 88 W 36 5.0
9 Ivanov, Igor 2540 W210 W106 D 66 W134 D 41 W 35 5.0
10 Sagalchik, Gennady 2535 W119 W139 H--- W 65 W 12 D 6 5.0
11 Filatov, Leonid 2419 W223 W 80 L 1 W139 W100 W 32 5.0
12 Wolff, Patrick G 2694 W 87 D 49 W 72 W 63 L 10 W 41 4.5
13 Kaidanov, Gregory 2662 W114 W 51 W 21 D 33 W 16 L 3 4.5
14 Schwartzman, Gabriel 2585 W172 W 28 W 60 W 25 L 5 D 19 4.5
15 Kreiman, Boris 2563 W173 W136 D 41 W 66 W 17 L 2 4.5
16 Altounian, Levon 2519 W176 D 76 W 74 W 99 L 13 W 66 4.5
17 Odendahl, Steven M 2517 W120 W 77 D 99 W 49 L 15 W 65 4.5
18 Shaked, Tal 2499 W121 W 54 W 56 L 1 W 98 D 23 4.5
19 Remlinger, Larry A 2492 L 91 W225 W170 W 76 W 42 D 14 4.5
20 Zlotnikov, Mikhail 2440 W 57 W220 W129 L 7 D 44 W 68 4.5
21 Shipman, Walter J 2416 W123 W110 L 13 W168 W 69 H--- 4.5
22 Shamkovich, Leonid 2409 W147 L 56 W222 D 78 W 94 W 70 4.5
23 Young, Ronald M 2403 D 93 W234 W167 D 50 W104 D 18 4.5
24 Akopian, Artak 2396 W 58 W142 L 30 W109 W 57 H--- 4.5
25 Huber, Gregory 2365 W150 W170 W 8 L 14 D 31 W 84 4.5
26 Maki, James J 2347 W127 W222 D 31 L 3 W 78 W 88 4.5
27 Lower, Spencer R 2229 W157 L 30 W177 D 96 W153 W 60 4.5
28 Bernstein, Marc 2226 W159 L 14 W212 D154 W 96 W 61 4.5
29 Roods, Scott A 2078 D208 W227 W 70 L 41 W134 W 64 4.5
30 Serper, Gregory 2616 W113 W 27 W 24 D 59 D 32 L 4 4.0
31 Henley, Ronald W 2536 W118 W 73 D 26 D 42 D 25 H--- 4.0
32 Leski, Marc 2516 W 89 W 78 W 46 D 5 D 30 L 11 4.0
33 Cartagena, Omar 2508 W 90 W168 W100 D 13 L 4 D 44 4.0
34 Watson, John L 2492 W211 W219 W101 L 6 W 62 L 7 4.0
35 Balinas, Rosendo 2466 W146 W 79 W 83 L 2 W 43 L 9 4.0
36 Chase, Christopher 2425 W 92 W141 L 5 W106 W 45 L 8 4.0
37 Kaiser, Thomas 2401 W148 W111 L 2 W140 D 53 D 49 4.0
38 Belakovskaya, Anjelina 2400 W149 W169 L 6 W 79 D 50 D 51 4.0
39 Chow, Albert C 2382 W124 W143 L 7 W141 D 84 D 50 4.0
40 Frasco, Ronald S 2371 D235 W155 L 76 W160 W 75 D 53 4.0
41 Marrero, Denis 2357 W174 W 85 D 15 W 29 D 9 L 12 4.0
42 Anderson, Renard W 2341 W225 D175 W 81 D 31 L 19 W 93 4.0
43 Zilberstein, Dmitry 2330 D179 D126 W 86 W169 L 35 W113 4.0
44 Ruiz Gonzalez, Guillermo2300 W128 L129 W 87 W111 D 20 D 33 4.0
45 Weinberger, Tibor 2296 L181 W178 W112 W143 L 36 W117 4.0
46 Ammann, Philipp unr W184 W195 L 32 L 84 W171 W118 4.0
47 Guthrie, Matthew 2277 L153 W180 L118 W224 W115 W124 4.0
48 Walsh, Peter C 2246 W188 L 5 D119 D175 W172 W114 4.0
49 Kaptsan, Aron 2246 W189 D 12 W153 L 17 W 92 D 37 4.0
50 Van Tilbury, Craig 2241 D155 W183 W201 D 23 D 38 D 39 4.0
51 Bragg, David R 2240 W190 L 13 W120 H--- W154 D 38 4.0
52 Wallach, Kenneth T 2239 W191 L 1 W 90 L 94 W175 W116 4.0
53 Reuben, Stewart 2234 W 97 L 6 W211 W118 D 37 D 40 4.0
54 Ziegler, Kevin P 2189 W200 L 18 D181 W213 H--- W129 4.0
55 Miller, Ike S 2163 D216 L201 W188 W200 D 63 W131 4.0
56 Haessel, Dale R 2152 X--- W 22 L 18 L 98 W125 W 99 4.0
57 Ibragimov, Arthur 2077 L 20 W199 W218 W101 L 24 W102 4.0
58 Kangleon, Jesus T 2047 L 24 W239 L 73 W207 W105 W104 4.0
... 244 players.
18) The new PCA Rating List for May
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My thanks to Eugeni Grigorian for the new list up to May 1st.
PCA WORLD CHESS RANKING
For player rated 2500 and higher
Results up to May 1, 1996
Produced by Ken Thomson with ChessBase
Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Chess Union Int.
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2787 161
2. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2757 145
3. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2755 159
4. Kamsky,Gata USA 2754 165
5. Karpov,Anatoly RUS 2752 150
6. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2748 155
7. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2720 188
8. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2694 194
9. Adams,Michael ENG 2686 170
10. Ehlvest,Jaan EST 2680 136
11. Short,Nigel D ENG 2677 197
12. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2667 181
13. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2665 151
14. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2647 171
15. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2647 126
16. Svidler,Peter RUS 2643 161
17. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2643 168
18. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2642 174
19. Salov,Valery RUS 2641 171
20. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2639 148
21. Yusupov,Artur GER 2638 113
22. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2635 180
23. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2634 209
24. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2629 149
25. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2629 182
26. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2626 143
27. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2625 178
28. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2623 201
29. Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2621 160
30. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2621 198
31. Illescas Cordoba,Miguel ESP 2620 174
32. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2615 141
33. Epishin,Vladimir RUS 2614 138
34. Speelman,Jonathan S ENG 2614 163
35. Glek,Igor V RUS 2612 180
36. Leko,Peter HUN 2612 140
37. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
38. Hracek,Zbynek TCH 2610 174
39. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2609 182
40. Huzman,Alexander ISR 2609 148
41. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197
42. Malaniuk,Vladimir P UKR 2604 183
43. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
44. Yudasin,Leonid ISR 2602 169
45. Dorfman,Josif D FRA 2602 128
46. Nunn,John D M ENG 2602 175
47. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2599 179
48. Smirin,Ilia ISR 2598 175
49. Agdestein,Simen NOR 2598 235
50. Hansen,Curt DEN 2597 173
51. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab BIN 2596 175
52. Fischer,Robert James USA 2594 197
53. Morovic Fernandez,Ivan CHI 2593 159
54. Polgar,Zsuzsa (GM) HUN 2592 176
55. Nenashev,Alexander UZB 2590 166
56. Lautier,Joel FRA 2590 204
57. Rohde,Michael A USA 2589 190
58. Savchenko,Stanislav UKR 2589 165
59. Tkachev,Vladislav KAZ 2588 145
60. Oll,Lembit EST 2588 175
61. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2587 172
62. Adianto,Utut INA 2586 186
63. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2585 170
64. Novikov,Igor A UKR 2584 133
65. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2584 177
66. Piket,Jeroen NED 2584 188
67. Campora,Daniel H ARG 2580 179
68. Ljubojevic,Ljubomir YUG 2580 150
69. Pigusov,Evgeny RUS 2579 136
70. Kurajica,Bojan BIH 2578 196
71. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2578 203
72. Dokhoian,Yury RUS 2577 162
73. Gavrikov,Viktor SUI 2576 129
74. Timman,Jan H NED 2576 165
75. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2576 147
76. Maximenko,Andrei UKR 2575 186
77. Bologan,Viktor MDA 2575 206
78. Filippov,Valerij RUS 2574 164
79. Ulibin,Mikhail RUS 2572 180
80. Eingorn,Vereslav S UKR 2572 166
81. Georgadze,George GEO 2571 141
82. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2571 144
83. Dautov,Rustem GER 2571 160
84. Balashov,Yuri S RUS 2571 142
85. Sturua,Zurab GEO 2571 164
86. Romanishin,Oleg M UKR 2570 150
87. Chernin,Alexander HUN 2570 143
88. Dolmatov,Sergey RUS 2570 129
89. Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLR 2570 205
90. Kuzmin,Alexey RUS 2569 177
91. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2569 153
92. Gulko,Boris F USA 2568 159
93. Benjamin,Joel USA 2568 169
94. Razuvaev,Yuri S RUS 2568 136
95. Hickl,Joerg GER 2568 144
96. Hulak,Krunoslav CRO 2567 190
97. Petursson,Margeir ISD 2567 162
98. Huebner,Robert GER 2566 149
99. Kotronias,Vasilios GRE 2566 173
100. Psakhis,Lev ISR 2566 169
101. Hellers,Ferdinand SWE 2565 177
102. Xu Jun CHN 2565 169
103. Vyzmanavin,Alexey RUS 2564 185
104. Bischoff,Klaus GER 2562 159
105. Ye Jiangchuan CHN 2561 171
106. Van Wely,Loek NED 2560 207
107. Rozentalis,Eduardas LTU 2559 165
108. Dvoirys,Semen I RUS 2559 183
109. Magem Badals,Jorge ESP 2559 172
110. Dydyshko,Viacheslav BLR 2559 185
111. Notkin,Maksim RUS 2558 161
112. Vaganian,Rafael A ARM 2558 163
113. Rustemov,Alexander RUS 2558 187
114. Stefansson,Hannes ISD 2557 190
115. Lalic,Bogdan CRO 2557 132
116. Torre,Eugenio PHI 2556 168
117. Rogers,Ian AUS 2556 185
118. Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2555 184
119. Korneev,Oleg RUS 2555 192
120. Timoshchenko,Gennadi A RUS 2555 169
121. Gruenfeld,Yehuda ISR 2554 174
122. Milov,Vadim ISR 2554 172
123. Makarichev,Sergey RUS 2554 208
124. Lputian,Smbat G ARM 2554 228
125. Lerner,Konstantin Z UKR 2554 193
126. Ribli,Zoltan HUN 2553 123
127. Tukmakov,Vladimir B UKR 2553 188
128. Ruban,Vadim RUS 2553 161
129. Zaichik,Gennadi GEO 2553 191
130. Lobron,Eric GER 2553 218
131. Smagin,Sergey RUS 2553 193
132. Watson,William N ENG 2552 180
133. Shneider,Aleksander UKR 2552 173
134. Hort,Vlastimil GER 2552 166
135. Phominyh,Alexej RUS 2552 148
136. Spasov,Vasil BUL 2551 171
137. Sveshnikov,Evgeny RUS 2551 167
138. Sokolov,Andrei RUS 2551 154
139. Kaidanov,Grigory S USA 2550 195
140. Minasian,Artashes ARM 2550 220
141. Malisauskas,Vidmantas LTU 2550 156
143. Kruppa,Yuri UKR 2549 184
144. Moroz,Alexander UKR 2549 199
145. Yurtaev,Leonid KYR 2548 201
146. Fishbein,Alexander USA 2548 201
147. Ftacnik,Lubomir SLO 2548 168
148. Makarov,Marat RUS 2546 141
149. Alterman,Boris ISR 2545 164
150. Kozul,Zdenko CRO 2545 211
151. Yemelin,Vasyli RUS 2544 200
152. Beim,Valery ISR 2544 143
153. Ivanov,Sergey RUS 2543 189
154. Lutz,Christopher GER 2543 166
155. DeFirmian,Nick E USA 2542 184
156. Dzindzichashvili,Roman USA 2542 161
157. Yakovich,Yuri RUS 2542 167
158. Miles,Anthony J ENG 2542 180
159. Zagrebelny,Sergey UZB 2541 189
160. Wahls,Matthias GER 2540 169
161. Kengis,Edvins LAT 2539 143
162. Yandemirov,Valeri RUS 2539 182
163. Kupreichik,Viktor D BLR 2539 208
164. Miladinovic,Igor YUG 2538 173
165. Gurevich,Ilya USA 2538 185
166. Milos,Gilberto BRA 2538 179
167. Kharitonov,Andrei Y RUS 2537 118
168. Kuzmin,Gennadi P UKR 2537 181
169. Hertneck,Gerald GER 2537 171
170. Portisch,Lajos HUN 2536 165
171. Chekhov,Valery A RUS 2535 151
172. Christiansen,Larry M USA 2535 192
173. Vaiser,Anatoly V FRA 2535 180
174. Arkhipov,Sergey RUS 2535 177
175. Shabalov,Alexander USA 2535 210
176. Kapetanovic,Armin YUG 2534 178
177. Bagirov,Vladimir LAT 2534 130
178. Moskalenko,Viktor UKR 2534 185
179. Stangl,Markus GER 2534 201
180. Adorjan,Andras HUN 2533 172
181. Greenfeld,Alon ISR 2533 173
182. San Segundo,Pablo ESP 2533 155
183. Kveinys,Aloyzas LTU 2532 176
184. Hansen,Lars Bo DEN 2532 172
185. Khenkin,Igor ISR 2531 177
186. Ryskin,Alexandr RUS 2531 171
187. Gabriel,Christian GER 2530 179
188. Sax,Gyula HUN 2530 161
189. Brodskij,Michail UKR 2529 153
190. Wang Zili CHN 2529 225
191. Nogueiras,Jesus CUB 2528 156
192. Spassky,Boris V FRA 2528 149
193. Serper,Grigory UZB 2527 161
194. Ruzele,Darius LTU 2527 183
195. Cseshkovsky,Vitaly RUS 2526 199
196. Rashkovsky,Nukhim N RUS 2526 170
197. Conquest,Stuart ENG 2525 238
198. Gleizerov,Evgeny RUS 2525 139
199. Spangenberg,Hugo ARG 2525 165
200. Pinter,Jozsef HUN 2525 165
201. Anastasian,Ashot ARM 2524 202
202. Timoshenko,Georgy UKR 2523 180
203. Frolov,Artur UKR 2523 192
204. Wojtkiewicz,Aleksander POL 2522 153
205. Xie Jun CHN 2521 176
206. Wells,Peter K ENG 2521 215
207. King,Daniel J ENG 2521 197
208. Kovalev,Andrej BLR 2521 175
209. Fedorowicz,John P USA 2521 187
210. Renet,Olivier FRA 2520 207
211. Mukhametov,Eldar RUS 2520 197
212. Muhutdinov,Marat RUS 2519 215
213. Varavin,Viktor RUS 2519 190
214. Kudrin,Sergey USA 2519 192
215. Kindermann,Stefan GER 2518 144
216. Lin,Weiguo CHN 2518 229
217. Cebalo,Miso CRO 2518 211
218. Kuporosov,Viktor RUS 2518 132
219. Aseev,Konstantin N RUS 2517 158
220. Hjartarson,Johann ISD 2517 204
221. Maljutin,Evgeni RUS 2517 225
222. Meister,Yakov RUS 2517 223
223. Loginov,Valery A UZB 2515 182
224. Gofshtein,Leonid D ISR 2515 195
225. Van Der Wiel,John T H NED 2514 149
226. Ubilava,Elizbar GEO 2514 210
227. Iskusnyh,Sergei RUS 2513 205
228. Goldin,Alexander RUS 2513 175
229. Ibragimov,Ildar RUS 2513 201
230. Hresc,Vladimir CRO 2512 151
231. Ikonnikov,Vyacheslav RUS 2512 173
232. Chandler,Murray G ENG 2512 192
233. Cifuentes Parada,Roberto NED 2512 193
234. Kirov,Nino BUL 2512 159
235. Baburin,Aleksandar RUS 2511 183
236. Vakhidov,Tahir UZB 2511 158
237. Ivanov,Igor V USA 2510 200
238. Temirbaev,Serik KAZ 2510 166
239. Anapolsky,Sergey UKR 2510 222
240. Nijboer,Friso NED 2510 215
241. Van Der Sterren,Paul NED 2509 210
242. Smyslov,Vassily RUS 2509 177
243. Sulskis,Sarunas LTU 2509 207
244. Spraggett,Kevin CAN 2509 198
245. Hernandez,Gilberto MEX 2508 185
246. Gipslis,Aivars LAT 2508 143
247. Tisdall,Jonathan D NOR 2508 185
248. Khasin,Alexander RUS 2508 145
249. Chernyshov,Konstantin RUS 2507 210
250. Golubev,Mihail UKR 2507 168
251. Rechlis,Gad ISR 2506 184
252. Drasko,Milan YUG 2505 168
253. Brenninkmeijer,Joris NED 2505 186
254. Kiselev,Sergey RUS 2505 182
255. Marin,Mihai ROM 2504 178
256. Lanka,Zigurds LAT 2504 189
257. Shchekachev,Alexei RUS 2504 205
258. Sorokin,Maxim RUS 2503 196
259. Mikhalchishin,Adrian SLO 2503 169
261. Golod,Vitali UKR 2503 188
262. Handoko,Edhi INA 2502 177
263. Boensch,Uwe GER 2502 199
264. Sherbakov,Ruslan RUS 2502 145
265. Agrest,Evgenij RUS 2502 183
266. Palac,Mladen CRO 2502 191
267. Klovans,Janis LAT 2502 177
268. Chiburdanidze,Maia (GM) GEO 2502 170
269. Har-Zvi,Ronen ISR 2501 152
270. Nikolic,Nebojsa BIH 2501 146
271. Atalik,Suat TUR 2501 180
272. Hodgson,Julian M ENG 2501 199
273. Suba,Mihail ROM 2500 207
274. Chuchelov,Vladimir RUS 2500 197
275. Stirenkov,Veniamen RUS 2500 200
276. Palatnik,Semon UKR 2500 178
277. Popovic,Petar YUG 2500 159
278. Davies,Nigel R ISR 2500 184
Tournaments processed for this list
(January - April, 1996)
ENG Hastings Cat.13
ITA Reggio Emilia Cat.14
ESP Pamplona Cat.12
NED Wijk-aan-Zee Cat.17
NED Wjik aan Zee Cat.10
GER BundesIiga Rd. 7-9 team
ESP Linares 3-rd Anibal open
ESP Ubeda open
SUI Geneva open
SUI Bern/Zurikh match
SUI Festival Cup Bern
CZE IT Bohdanec Cat.10
EST Pjarnu Keres Memorial Cat.17
EST Pjarnu Keres Memorial Cat.10
YUG Belgrad Tournament of Peace Cat.16
RUS St.Peterburg Petrov's Mem. open
ESP Women World Ch. Jaen match
ISR IT Rishon Le-Zion Cat.13
FRA Cappela la Grande open
IND Calcutta open
USA Lexington Cat.13
HUN Budapest 10/11 GM open
ESP Las Palmas open
ESP San Roque Cat.11
YUG Belgrad Women IT
YUG Podgorica Ch.
GRE Kadritsa Cat.12
ISL Reykjavik VISA open
RUS St.Peterburg-Paris match
RUS Moscow Alekhin Mem. open
NED Ter Apel Cat.15
NED Amsterdam Cat.18
GER Bremen Team's cup
USA New York Chess in School Cat.13
RUS St.Peterburg Championship Cat.10
FRA Cannes IT open
FRA Cannes team's match
POL Brzeg Dolny Champioonship Cat.9
USA New York open
ARG Buenos Aires IT Cat.13
ARG Buenos Aires open
GER Bundesliga 12/13/14/15 Rounds
ISL Cardabaer Team's ch.
ISL Reykjavik Island-Israel match
19) BOOKS, BOOKS and more of then (08) by Bertrand Weegenaar
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Some books, more books, a lot of books.
One of the nice things about reviewing is that you get the books for free.
As a reader of reviews that's something I always had in mind, and now I'm
at the other side of this, I thought a reviewer wasn't able to help the
reader (it cost nothing, or 100%). But Mundial Press has started to grey
this black and white picture as publisher, by giving you, as reader of
this review column, a 46% discount on the book "Culture, Chess & Art by
Ned Munger". Please mail (WRITEWORK@AOL.COM) or fax (415-459-8656) with your
order referring to WIC/bookreview B.Weegenaar. It's absolutely worth it's
money. (Of course I'm open to other publishers for more offers to my
readers!?)
(Included in the games selection are some CC-games by Alekhine publicised
in Fernschach 4/1996.)
Now to the books! A lot of material from England where Batsford and
Cadogan published several books. Furthermore the Dutch publisher Van Spijk
published 3 new books. And there was more.
Special attention for the following books:
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OPENING
New Ideas in the Svesnikov Sicilian, Neverov & Marusenko, Batsford 1996
Playing the French, John Watson, Cadogan 1996
BIOGRAPHY
Schaakromanticus Najdorf, Siep Postma, van Spijk 1996
640 Best 64 Golden Games, Chess Informant, 1996
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I hardly buy chessbooks any more. The reason is obvious. But sometimes
publishers bring out books that are interesting without sending me a
reviewcopy:
640 Best 64 Golden Games, Chess Informant 1996
THE INFORMANT is the most highly respected series of games collections
ever published. For more then 30 years (65 issues) it has given the best
in chess games and analyses. It created a classification system for the
openings as well as endgames. It contributed greatly to spreading
professional chess over the globe. For it's anniversary the best 640
games, which in all volumes were choosen by a professional jury, are
published in one volume. To the reader, there is a great challenge,
picking their best from the 64 Golden Games. Great prizes can be won, but
your best prize is playing through these superb games (although it would
have even better if the analyses to these 64 Golden games had been
included in this volume as well!?) (For information on this book Chess
Informant can be reached by E-mail: informant@beograd.com)
Schaakromanticus Miguel Najdorf, Siep H.Postma, van Spijk 1996, 306 p.
(ISBN 90- 6216-170-7) Price: Dfl 29,90 (text in Dutch)
The Argentine chess nestor Miguel Najdorf hasn't produced an
autobiography. I'm happy that Siep Postma has created such an interesting
biography. The book is based on a lot of different sources. It gives a
broad view of the life and chess career of Najdorf, who played top class
chess for 50 years, and played more Olympiad games then any other player.
He took part in 4 Polish and 11 Argentine teams and never scored below
50%. In this very attractively laid-out book by van Spijk, stories about
his life, his tournaments and results are combined with 151 games and
fragments, all extensively analysed. I hope this book will be translated
quickly so that lots of other fans of romantic chess and in particular
Najdorf, can enjoy this work.
Minnaars van Cassa, Lex Jongsma, van Spijk 1996, 140p (ISBN
90-6216-109-X) Price: Dfl 29,50 (text in Dutch, games in figurines)
This is the third part of a trilogy of chess column selections by Henk
Mostert. The columns were by the hand of Lex Jongsma, and were published
over 25 years in the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. Knowledge of the Dutch
language is essential.
Lettisch gambiet, Deel 2. 3.Lc4, L.C.M.Diepstraten, van Spijk 1996, 246 p.
(ISBN 90-6216-118-9) Price: Dfl 40,00
Three years after the first part, the second part in Leo Diepstraten's
complete work on the Latvian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5) is published. The
first part was about the lines after 3.Nxe5, this volume focuses on the
most frequent sharp lines after 3.Bc4. (The last volume, will cover all
other lines on the 3th move) Especially after 3.Bc4 fe4 4.Ne5: d5 5.Qh5+
g6 6.Ng6: hg6 hair raising positions arise, where sometimes even extra
Rooks don't matter. Although Batsford published a book on the Latvian, in
the more then 3500 games which appeared in the volumes till now, the
Latvian is mainly a correspondence thematic opening, played by (a lot of)
specialist. But by studying this work all secrets on the greatest
challenge for Black 3.Bc4, can be found and maybe it will be White who
gets the sleepless (k)nights after 2...f5!?
New ideas in the Sveshnikov Sicilian, V.Neverov & P.Marusenko, Batsford
1996 , 144 p. (ISBN 0-7134-7809-8) Price: 12.99
I'm not a Sicilian player, and with White my only experience is with the
Morra- gambit. But the Svesnikov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6) always draws my attention because the lines are very
sharp, the resulting positions are dangerous for both sides. So, looking
for spectacul on the board, playing through these games that's garanteed.
Players like Shirov, Kasparov, Nunn, Kramnik and Topalov can be found at
the Black side of the board. In 14 chapters (31 deeply analysed games) all
different aspects can be found from 7.Nd5 till the very sharp (and by all
move tranpositions very puzzling).
New ideas in the Alekhine Defence, Graham Burgess, Batsford 1996, 128 p.
(ISBN 0-7134-7833-0) Price: 10.99
In recent time my admiration for the quality and depth of the Batsford
opening books has grown significant. The work done by Nunn, Burgess,
Gallagher, Kosten etc. has surprised me over and over. Batsford tends to
take lesser admired openings as item for the monographies, like the recent
books on the Blackmar- Diemer and the Latvian. As Graham stated in his
opening words, the Alekhine isn't very popular, although it occasionally
is used by strong players. Strange indeed because results for Back are
very promising, and unlike some "weaker"/obscure gambitlines, the White
opponentside is mostly very strong and well-prepared. Graham makes again a
lot of use of modern technics like large databases, Fritz for controlling,
superb typesetting and good textediting, which leeds to very recent
material. I'm also happy to know that the last proofreading was done by a
human, Graham's mother on Christmasday. ("Ouch son, what a nice present, a
book again!") The goal, which is the same as the other New Idea-book, is
to give an overview on developments in this opening from 1990 till now.
Especially the Kengisvariation 4...dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 has contributed to
Black's successes in this opening. Even in the older Alburt line after
4...g6 innovations have been done to improve Blacks play. The
introductions and conclusions (which ends all 13 chapters, together 23
games are extensively analysed) give a quick view on the problem-arias for
Black and White.
The Alekhine is popular in Dutch CC-circles, so I've added some games from
Dutch CC-championships.
Studies and games, Jan Timman, Cadogan 1996, 192 p. (ISBN 1-857-44126-5)
Price: $19.95
This is a translation of an original Dutch book from Jan Timman called
Schaakwerk I. Jan Timman is to most readers known as leading Dutch
grandmaster, who played in the world top for almost three decades. But Jan
is also a very strong chesscomposer who had won several
compositiontournaments. This work gives several examples how compositions
are born, during games, analyses or in a traintravel. Very trilling are
the analyses of the famous game Timman - Velimirovic, Rio de Janeiro 1979,
Interzonal Tournament (Rook + a-pawn versus Bishop + a-pawn) where this
bookdraw (according to Cheron and others) had to be won (and after this
game in several cases can be won) and of Timman - Kasparov, Moscow 1982. I
was able to enjoy this book for 13 years. Now it's your turn. GO FOR IT.
(hopefully Cadogan translates Schaakwerk II, attacking games and
endgamefinesses, sooner then it took Timman to create it: 8 years)
Winning Quickly with Black, I.Neishtadt, Cadogan 1996, 160 p. (ISBN
1-85744-039- 0) Price: $19.95
This book is a collection of 107 analysed quick wins with Black (less then
18 moves). The games are classified by opening. The reason why a game is
lost so quick in the opening, and this goes without saying for the other
volume as well, is for three reasons the autor divides: a) passive play in
the opening, allowing the opponent to take the initiative by sharp means,
b) significant positional errors when mounting an attack and c) direct
tactical mistakess. For this reasons the quickies are also very
educational. The analyses and remarks by the autor are of good level.
Winning Quickly with White, I.Neishtadt, Cadogan 1996, 160 p. (ISBN
1-85744-038- 2) Price: $19.95
The same as the above title, but now 100 games are presented where White
wins quickly.
Playing the French (New edition), John Watson , Cadogan 1996, 224 p. (ISBN
1- 85744-101-X) Price: $24.95
The earlier edition of this work from 1983 was a leading openingbook for
many Black players. "Playing the French" is devoted to Black's attacking
power in the opening, therefor sharp lines are choosen by the autor in the
1983-book. But after 13 years he still is on top of the matter and
presents a superb update, still believing in Blacks changes. Against 7.Qg4
(the mainline) still the Winawer is choosen although 7...0-0 was also an
actual continuation. Watson also has an eye for the theoretical and
practical work done by correspondence chessplayers, and lots of examples
from this practice can be found in this book.
All possible lines Black can face are reviewed, including 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5
4.b4, 2.b3, the positional lines against the Winawer, against the Tarrasch
he gives both 3...Nf6 and 3....c5 (can't choose John?).
My impression was little was missing to give Black a excellent start with
French discovery (the 224 pages are packet with lines and ideas), but I
found something White can use (no it's not the notorious
Winckelmann-Reimer): my chessfriend and fellow-editor Jonathan Tait
analyses in BCCA issue 127 (Summer '95) a game of his against my
countryman Adri Oomen. The line was a mainline Winawer with 12.Qd3 dc3
13.Rb1 0-0-0 14.h4 Nf5 15.h5 d4 16.Rg1!N. The line after 14.h4 isn't in
the book. The analyses to this game is also available in CCY #14 (S1
Editrice), but the attractive part of the analyses is the comment Jonathan
gives, which are lost in the Italian figurines. The line lookes very
promising for White (Jonathan heads his analyses with "A Bust to the
7...Qc7 Winawer?"). Mister Watson, what's your opinion on this? Hopefully
the Black fans won't have to wait till the next edition of this book. I
think this medium is also open for your comments!
(For those interested in getting a copy of the original analyses of the
game tait - Oomen can write to Jonathan Tait, The Forge, Chapel Lane,
Farnsfield, Newark Notts NG22 8JP, England. The game without notes,
together with some other examples are included in the gamepart of this
Books)
The Times Winning Moves 2, R.Keene, Batsford 1996, 96 p. (ISBN
0-7134-7944-2) Price: 6.99
After the first issue of this quiz collection, now the second part has
arrived. Raymonds dayly quiz for the Times (and other papers) are very
popular in England. In this booklet 240 positions are given on which the
reader are tested. The difficulty level is build up in 6 chapters. Those
readers capable of solving the problems in the last chapter are good
chessplayers.
Randspringer, Grunfeld-Indische Umwege und Sackgassen, Kania 1996, 40 p.
Price : DM 8 (text in German and English)
This German magazine always find interesting openingsubjects. This special
thematic issue contains three extensive analyse on anti-Grunfeldlines:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.g4; 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cd5 Nd5
5.h4(!) and 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4?! e5!!. Well if this is the
best White can do, you'll be the judge in your own chessgames, but your
opponents will be shocked. Other items in this intreaging magazin: the
Norwegian Defense, the Grob 1.g4; French with 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7!?
etc.
So if your boared with all the mainline stuff, get your hand on
Randspringer.
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Books reviewed in Books
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OPENING-THEORY
Winning with the Benko, Byron Jacobs, Batsford 1995, 144p. (ISBN
0-7134-7232-4) Price: 12.99 (51)
The complete Vienna, M.Tseitlin en I.Glazkov, Batsford 1995, 144 p. (ISBN
0- 7134-7606-0) Price : 12.99 (51)
The complete Benoni, Lev Psakhis, Batsford 1995, 256 p. (ISBN 0 7134 7765
2) Price: 15.99 (51)
The Smisch King's Indian, Joe Gallagher, Batsford 1995, 240 p. (ISBN 0
7134 7730 X) Price: 14.99 (51)
The Latvian Gambit,Tony Kosten, Batsford 1995, 144 p. (ISBN 0 7134 7619 2)
Price: 12.99 (51)
Nimzo-indian Defence Classical Variation, I.Sokolov, Cadogan Press 1995,
148 p. (ISBN 1 85744 120 6) Price: $17.95 (51)
Ruy Lopez Arkhangelsk System (C78), J.Konikowski, S1 Editrice, 1995, 283
p. (ISBN 88-86127-36-7) Price: 30.000 Lires (51)
Queen's Gambit Accepted (D20-D29), S1 Editrice, 1995, 179 p. (ISBN
88-86127-34- 0) Price: 26.000 Lires (51)
King's Indian Defence Smisch Variation (E80-E89), M.Tirabassi e.a., S1
Editrice, 1995, 330 p. (ISBN 88-86127-35-9) Price: 32.000 Lires (51)
Slav: Botvinnik Variation, Rini Kuijf ,Interchess 1995, 108 p. (Book: ISBN
90- 71689-80-8) Price: $25 (book + disk, NIC-limited edition to use
gamefile) (51) (Text in Dutch, English and German)
Sicilian: English Attack, Alexander Nikitin, Interchess 1995, 108 p.
(Book: ISBN 90-71689-88-3) Price: $25 (book + disk, NIC-limited edition to
use gamefile) (51) (Text in Dutch, English and German)
Das Mittelgambit im Nachzug, J.Konikowski and M.Gupta, Mdler 1994, 130 p.
(ISBN 3-925691-07-3) Price: DM 28 (51)
Angenommenes Damengambit I-II, E.Varnusz, Madler 1994, 328 p. (ISBN
3-925691-11- 1) Price: DM 29.80 (51)
Enzyklopdie der Aljechin-verteidigung Band A Der Vierbauernangriff, Erich
Siebenhaar, Verlag Reinhold Dreier, 1995, 294 p. (ISBN 3-929376-29-6)
Price: DM 34.80 (51)
Neuerungen im Slawisch, E.Varnusz, Dreier Verlag 1994, 104 p.(ISBN
963-04-4408- 9) Price: DM 19.80 (CAL-disk + 10 DM) (51)
Schara-Hennig Gambit, E.Siebenhaar and B.Weigand, Dreier Verlag 1994, 110
p. Price: DM 19.80 (51)
500 French Miniatures (II), Bill Wall, Chess Enterprises 1995, 117 p.
(ISBN 0- 945470-54-1) Price: $ 7.50 (53)
How to play the Dillworth Attack, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises 1995,
98 p. (ISBN 0-945470-52-5) Price: $ 9.95 (53)
1.Nc3 Dunst Opening, Bill Wall, Chess Enterprises 1995, 104 p. (ISBN
0-945470- 48-7) Price: $ 6.95 (53)
Tennison Gambit 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4, W.John Lutes, Chess Enterprises 1995, 102
p. (ISBN 0-945470-55-X) Price: $12.95 (53)
Panov Attack, Volume II, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises 1995, 127 p.
(ISBN 0- 945470-47-9) Price: $ 9.95 (53)
Beating the Sicilian 3, John Nunn & Joe Gallagher, Batsford 1995, 224 p.
(ISBN 0-7134-7844-6) Price : 14.99 (53)
The Big Book of Busts, Watson & Schiller, Hypermodern 1995, 293 p. (ISBN
1- 886040-13-3) Price: $22,95 (53)
E.C.O. Busted!, Sid Pickard, Hays 1993, 234 p. (ISBN 1-880673-92-4) Price:
$21,00 (53)
Das Winckelmann Reimer-gambit, Thomas Winckelmann, Tomwing Verlag 1995,
186 p. Price: DM 34.80 (55)
Fajarowicz-gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4!, Niels Jorgen Jensen,
Eleprint 1995 (2nd edition), 48 p. Price : DM 13,50 (55)
An opening repertoire for White, R.Keene & B.Jacobs, Batsford 1995, 144 p.
(ISBN 0-7134-7817-9) Price: 10.99 (61)
The Labourdonnais System in the Sicilian Defence (B32) , Adolf Neumann, S1
Editrice, 269 p. (ISBN 88-86127-41-3) Price : Lit.26.000 (61)
Pirc Defence Czech Variation 3...c6 (B07), F.Pieri, S1 Editrice, 203 p.
(ISBN 88-86127-38-3) Price: Lit.22.000 (61)
Blackmar Diemer Gambit, Gary Lane, Batsford 1995, 128 p. (ISBN
-7034-7725-3) Price: 10.99 (61)
1...Sc6 ...aus allen Lagen, H.Keilhack&R.Schlenker, SchachVerlag Kania
1995, 191 p. (ISBN 3-931192-01-6) Price: DM 26,80 (61)
Die Alapin-Variante in der Spanischen Eroffnung, Berhard Lach,
SchachVerlag Kania 1995, 62 p. (ISBN 3-931192-00-8) Price: DM 13.80 (61)
An opening repertoire for White, R.Keene & B.Jacobs, Batsford 1995, 144 p.
(ISBN 0-7134-7817-9) Price: 10.99 (64)
The Main Line King's Indian, John Nunn & Graham Burgess, Batsford 1996,
320 p (ISBN 0-7134-7835-7) Price: 17.99 (72+80)
Klassisches Nimzoindisch 4.Dc2, Norbert Heymann, Dreier Verlag 1995, 176
p. (ISBN 3-929376-32-6) Price : DM 26.80 (72)
Pirc Ufimzev Verteidigung Moderne Systeme, Helmuth Warzecha, Dreier Verlag
1995, 200 p. (ISBN 3-929376-15-6) Price : DM 21.80 (72)
Die Reti-Erffnung, Helmuth Warzecha, Dreier Verlag 1995, 212 p. (ISBN
3-929376- 16-4) Price : DM 24.80 (72)
The Giuoco Piano, E.Gufeld & O.Stetsko, Batsford 1996, 160 p. (ISBN
0-7134-7802- 0) Price : 12.99 (72)
Sokolski booklet, Marek Trokenheim Price : 1 booklet $10, each additional
booklet $5, all 10 booklets $40. (72)
Die klassisch Variante 4.Dc2 in der Nimzowitsch-Indischen Verteidigung,
J.Konikowski, Joachim Beyer Verlag, 1995, 112 p. (ISBN 3-88805-097-9)
Price: DM 19,80 (figurines) (80)
Petrosjan-System 4.a3 in der Damenindischen Verteidigung (E12),
J.Konikowski, Joachim Beyer Verlag, 1995, 164 p. (ISBN 3-88805-260-2)
Price: DM 20 (figurines) (80)
Der Trompovsky-Angriff im Damenbauernspiel, W.Gerstner, Dreier Verlag
1995, 205 p. Price: 34,80 DM (+10 DM for CAL-diskette with 2000 games)
(80)
ENDGAME-THEORY
Secrets of Minor Piece Endings, John Nunn, Batsford, 1995 (ISBN 0 7134
7727 X) Price: 17.99 (51)
Winning Endgame Technique, A.Beliavsky and A.Mikhalchishin, Batsford 1995,
192 p. (ISBN 0 7134 7512 9) Price: 13.99 (51)
Praxis des Turmendspiels, Victor Kortschnoi, Edition Olms 1995,103 p.
(ISBN 3- 283-00287-8) Price : DM 24,80 (61)
Analogien auf dem Schachbrett Teil 2 Endspiel, Walter Haas, Rochade Europa
1995, 160 p. Price : DM 9.80 (Text in German) (72)
Spelen met Eindspelen 1, Dame- en Pionneneindspelen, G.C.van Perlo,
Interchess 1996, 160 p. (ISBN 90.5691.003.5) Price: Dfl. 24,75 (80)
PLAYER MONOGRAPHS
Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, Batsford, 1995, 240 p. (ISBN 0 7134
7812 8) Price: 14.99 (51)
Capablanca's 100 Best Games, Harry Golombek, Batsford, 1995, (ISBN
0-7134-4650- X) Price: 10.99 (51)
Garry Kasparov's Fighting Chess, G.Kasparov, J.Speelman en B.Wade,
Batsford 1995, 312 p. (ISBN 0-7134-7919-1) Price : 14.99 (51)
Vishy Anand Chess Super-Talent, David Norwood, Batsford 1995, 144 p. (ISBN
0- 7134-7816-0) Price: 12.99 (51)
Taimanov's Selected Games, M.Taimanov, Cadogan, 1995, 198 p. (ISBN
1-85744-155- 9) Price: $19.95 (51)
Alexej Schirow, H.Wieteck, Rochade Europa 1993, 80 p. (ISBN 3-920748-07-7)
Price: DM 9.80 (51)
Gata Kamsky 2.0, N.Heymann, Rochade Europa 1995, 80 p. (ISBN 3-920748-20-4
Price: DM 9.80 (51)
Leonid Stein, H.Wieteck, Rochade Europa 1994, 64 p. (ISBN 3-920748-16-6)
Price: DM 9.80 (51)
Wer wird Kasparows herausforderer Jan Timman/Nigel Short, L.Steinkohl,
Rochade Europa 1992, 80 p. (ISBN 3-920748-05-0) Price: DM 9.80 (51)
Potpourri seiner Schacherzhlungen, E.Gufeld, Rochade Europa 1995, 80 p.
(ISBN 3-920478-19-0) Price: DM 9.80 (51)
Moderne Schachstrategie (D.I.Ossip S.Bernsteins Schach und Lebenlaufbahn),
S.G.Tartakower, Edition Olms 1985, 139 p. (ISBN 3-283-00177-4) Price: DM
34,80 (61)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice, David Bronstein & Tom Furstenberg, Cadogan
1995, 304 p. (ISBN 1-85744-151-6) Price: $19.95 (64)
Timman's Selected Games, Jan Timman, Cadogan 1995, (ISBN 1-85744-121-4)
Price: $19.95 (64)
Alexander Alekhine's Best Games, Alexander Alekhine, Batsford 1996, 304 p.
(ISBN 0-7134-7970-1) Price: 17,99 (80)
TOURNAMENT BOOKS
Sicilian Love, Polugaevsky, Piket and Guneau, Interchess 1995, 324
p.(ISBN 90- 71689-999) Price: $35 (51)
NBC 25 year, van Spijk 1995, (ISBN 90 6216 128 6) Price: DFL 29,75 (51)
Kurt Klar Gedenkturnier, H.Heemsoth, Mdler 1994, 119 p. (ISBN
3-925691-08-1) Price : DM 22.80 (German and figurines (51))
Jubilumsturnier 40 Jahre BdF, M.Gluth, 1995, 144 p. Price: DM 24 (53)
Julius Nielsen Memorial, J.A.Nielsen, Dansk Skak Union, 1991, 70 p. (ISBN
87- 983828-0-2) Price: $14 (53)
World Chess Championship Kasparov v Anand, Raymond Keene, Batsford 1995,
128 p. (ISBN 0-7134-7819-5) Price: 9.99 (55)
Kasparov vs Anand, Daniel King, Cadogan 1995, 128 p. (ISBN 1-85744-146-X)
Price: $12.95 (61)
Schach-WM 1995 Kasparow - Anand, Helmut Pleger & Andre Behr, Edition Olms
1995, 135 (124), (ISBN 3-283-00295-9) Price : DM 29,80 (61)
Schach Weltmeisterschaft 1995, W.Uhlmann & G.Trepner, Joachim Beyer
Verlag, 1995, 142 p. (ISBN 3-88805-099-5) Price: DM 25 (80)
BEGINNERS BOOKS AND SKILLS BOOKS. BASIC and ADVANCED
Think like a grandmaster, Alexander Kotov, Batsford, 1995, 188 p. (ISBN
0-7134- 7885-3) Price: 13.99 (51)
Technique for the Tournament Player, M.Dvoretsky en A.Yusupov, Batsford
1995, 240p. (ISBN 0 7134 7722 9) Price: 17.99 (51)
Planning, Neil McDonald, Batsford, 1995, 112 p. (ISBN 0 7134 7573 0)
Price: 7.99 (51)
Gambits, Graham Burgess, Batsford, 1995, 112.p. (ISBN 0 7134 7574 9)
Price: 7.99 (51)
Chess for Tomorrow's Champions, J.Walker, Cadogan ,1995, 144 p. (ISBN
1-85744- 195-8) Price : $14.95 (51)
A primer of Chess, Jos Capablanca, Cadogan 1995, 150 p. (ISBN 1 85744 165
6) Price: $15.95 (51)
The Times Winning Chess, Raymond Keene, Batsford 1995, 144 p.
(0-7134-7842-X) Price :9.99 (53)
Steve Davis plays Chess, Steve Davis & David Norwood, Batsford 1995, 112
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Guide to chess, Malcolm Pein, Batsford 1995, 128 p. (ISBN 0-7134-7814-4)
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Das Schachspiel, S.Tarrasch, Edition Olms 1992, 407 p. (ISBN
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Strategisches Schach, Edmar Mednis & Rudolf Teschner, Edition Olms 1995,
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How to win at chess, Daniel King, Cadogan 1995, 127 p. (ISBN
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Testbuch fr Meister von Morgen, G.Treppner & J.Konikowski, Joachim Beyer
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Cultures, Chess & Art, A collector's Odysses Across Seven Continents,
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