THE WEEK IN CHESS 85 01/06/96 Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) Dos Hermanas International Tournament.
3) FIDE World Chess Championships. Karpov-Kamsky in Kalmykia
4) Bobby Fischer to visit Argentina
5) Credis Nussloch Tournament in Germany by Gerald Schendel
6) BAWAG Tournament Vienna
7) 31st Capablanca Memorial Tournaments
8) 1996 Icelandic Championships by Einar Karlsson
9) Estonian National Championships 1996 by Mart Tarmak
10) PCA WORLD CHESS RANKING
11) Tournament Book of the Semi-finals of the Dutch championships on the net
12) Theoretical Review of a Dos Hermanas game by Norbert Friedrich
13) 39th International Team Chess Festival by Sinisa Joksic
14) 1st European Chess Club Cup for Women - final 96 by Sinisa Joksic
15) Columbus Midwest Memorial Open by Jim Bach
16) Forthcoming events.
GAMES SECTION
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Dos Hermanas International Chess Tournament 20 games
Credis Tournament in Nussloch Germany 30 games
BAWAG GM Tournament Vienna 20 games
Midwest Memorial Open 4 games
TWIC85 EXTRA SECTION AVAIALABLE on my WWW Site
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Icelandic Championships 30 games
Capablanca Memorial A Tournament 28 games
Capablanca Memorial B Tournament Correction 1 game
Capablanca Memorial B Tournament 28 games
Estonian National Championships 1996 55 games
1) Introduction
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My thanks to everyone who helped with this issue. My friends in Dos Hermans
who sent the moves every few hours for my www page, to Gerald Schendal who
at the end of a long day came up with the games from the very strong Credis
Tournament in Nussloch, to Lothar Karrer for the games from the BAWAG tournament.
To Einar Karlsson, Carlos H. Taboada, Ricardo A. Fridman, Mart Tarmak, Yvette Nagel,
Norbert Friedrich, Anjo Anjewierden, Jim Bach,Eugeni Grigorian for all that's new
in the World of chess.
This has been a great week. Very tiring as I updated my www page every day
on Dos Hermanas. It will be some indication of how hard people are going
to have to work on the Karpov-Kamsky match, its the waiting that hurts.
Chess has a lot going for it at the moment, Dos Hermanas was a great tournament
which will join an elite few others in chess history. But in the same week
Credis served up some great chess in Nussloch. We have a lot to shout about
and must start to promote the best of chess in the way that IBM promoted their
Kasparov Deep Blue match, something which the chess World has been notoriously
weak at. If the Las Palmas organiser's can realised their vision
in November to get Kasparov, Karpov, Kramnik, Anand, Topalov and possibly
Judit Polgar to play in a double round robin it ought to rank alongside
AVRO 1938 as a defining moment in World Chess (Kamsky may force himself in
their after his match against Karpov). Linares 1997 is a long way off but
the list announced earlier this week is mouth watering:
1 Kramnik (Rus) 2775
2 Kasparov (Rus) 2775
3 Karpov (Rus) 2770
4 Ivanchuk (Ukr) 2735
5 Kamsky (USA) 2735
6 Anand (Ind) 2725
7 Topalov (Bul) 2700
8 Gelfand (Blr) 2700
9 Shirov (ESP) 2690
10 Judit Polgar (Hun) 2675
11 Short (Eng) 2665
12 Adams (Eng) 2660
13 Yusupov (Ger) 2655
14 (Pending 2645).
They will have to sort some legal problems out with players who had a contract
to play last year for it to go ahead in this form.
One person who always attracts attention when he appears is the long lost
Bobby Fischer. He is about to appear in Argentina to promote his new
chess game FISCHERANDOM with a press conference later this month. I'm
sure that he will manage to get coverage that most events only dream
of. I grew up reading of his exploits and reading the book 60 Memorable
Games. I don't however agree that chess needs randomising at the moment
as the chess is so superb at the moment and showing no signs of imminant
death. I do wish he'd come back and play the real thing.
So on to next week, another TWIC and another great event. The FIDE World
Championships is no side event, it will occupy centre stage over the
coming month. I expect the match to be a very hard one.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
2) Dos Hermanas International Tournament.
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Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov both scored 6/9 to win
this, the strongest tournament of the year so far. It is common
in sport to hark back to a golden era when the players were
better and how standards have declined. It is now time to start
telling people that we are in another golden age, a piece of
living history, and that the chess is good.
Chess has had periods where few great talents have emerged and
others where they have been in great numbers. The 1930's saw
the rise of Flohr, Reshevsky, Smyslov, Fine, Botvinnik, Petrov, Najdorf,
Szabo and a large number of other fine players who started to
compete with the best of the players at the time such as Alekhine,
Capablanca, Euwe and the rest.
By the 1950's these were joined by the most stellar generation of them
all. Spassky, Geller, Tal, Korchnoi, Petrosian, Larsen, Stein, and finally
Fischer. They dominated chess for decades, Geller winning the last of his
Russian Championships in 1980. It shows a lot of the weakness of the
subsequent generation (Karpov excepted) that when Kasparov played through
his only title qualification series he played both Korchnoi and in the final
Smyslov. There were many good players around but few great. Now we have
those names, and they are arriving by the truck load. This tournament
brought together the modern greats, with only Karpov missing. Kramnik,
Topalov, Anand, Kasparov, Kamsky and Ivanchuk are certainly great players,
all but Kasparov are still improving, and in Topalov's case at an almost
unbelievable rate. Gelfand is close to this group, Polgar the strongest
Junior in the World (and the greatest women's player in history even
if she never plays again) Shirov has some thinking to do and Illescas
may be on the verge of something great too. This was a fine event, played
hard and compares with anything that has gone before.
My only worry about the event is that for a pure test it needs to be
longer. Probably 14 rounds minimum, the old 28 round Candidates tests
might be gone forever but a glorious feast could be had with a 10
player double round event. These are great times, do make sure they don't
pass you by.
Boris Spassky said that Kasparov wouldn't last ten years at the top, such
was the energy of his chess, and the dedication of his preparation. He
was probably correct that such a pace was impossible. Kasparov is not
the player of old, but he could not be so, he had to slacken off and
clearly has done so. His prodigious feats of memory and calculation
were his hallmark, his all-round mastery of the game was astonishing.
Since 1990 Kasparov has chosen tactics to be the predominant part
of his game. We no longer see the all court game which was typified
by his sheer control and mastery of 1.d4. He frequently won every
game in a tournament with the white pieces, and he never lost with
it. Then he took up 1.e4, this was more an indication of the kind
of problems he wanted to set his opponents rather than a change
in repertoire. He was happy to enguage in tactical slugfests with
his opponents, and recently he has often either won quickly or
drawn quickly with the white pieces. However in the last year he
has shown hitherto unknown weaknesses in tactics and memory, he gives
the impression of not having reworked his game to take account of this.
Until recently Kasparov has easily retained his number one spot, his
young rivals took turns to do well but still were not consistant. There
are signs that Topalov, Kramnik and Anand may get the consistancy to
exceed his rating soon. He will soon have to start taking care of
business again by upping his effort levels to match theirs.
One record has gone. Gary Kasparov lost only one game where he started
1.d4 since he became World Champion, that was against Karpov in their
1986 match. His last tournament loss with 1.d4 was, so far as I can
assertain, way back in 1983 when he lost to Boris Spassky in the Niksic
tournament.
The game was an astonishing piece of bravado by Kramnik, he sacrificed
a piece for a strong but nevertheless speculative attack. It seems that
23. Qe2 might have refuted it, certainly after 23. Nf3 there was no
defence. Kramnik even missed mate in four starting with 29. ...Bd3+
but the method he chose was pretty safe. Kasparov improved (?) over
Jakovich-Sorokin, Calcutta 1994 with 17 Be4 in this game.
The following round saw a great battle between Judit Polgar and Gary
Kasparov, Kasparov tried to kill Polgar but she found some nice defensive
moves. They entered a drawn ending which Polgar defended well up to
a point. She achieved Rook and Knight vs Rook. The trouble with this
ending is that a bad move by the superior side just means that another
method has to be found, a bad move by the inferior side is terminal.
This is why the 50 move rule is so important. It gives the defending
side something to aim for in what is a very stressful situation. But
Judit didn't hang on, she could see the end coming and analysed the last
few moves looking at the demonstration board rather than her opponent.
They briefly analysed the game afterwards.
Round 8 contained some fantastic chess. Kasparov may indeed have been
much better against Topalov but the Bulgarian defended extremely coolly.
Perhaps Kasparov lacked the direct approach at some point in the game.
After 36. ...e5 he even had to be careful. Great chess.
Kramnik brutely put Ivanchuk to the sword he only had a couple of
minutes left at the end as he calculated forced mate. His previous
3 or 4 moves cost a well spent hour.
Anand played a fine game against Gelfand who got into terrible time
trouble. His move 40 lost because of a series of interlinking pins.
Two of the three leaders had white, yet both seemed to struggle because
of fine equalising preparation by their opponents. Draws were the
consequence. Anand had Black. Kamsky wanted to get away for his match
against Karpov which starts on the 6th in Elista, but he has bad relations
with every top class player in the World, something he is going to have
to do something about. Anand who has played some tough matches against
Kamsky insisted on the game being played on the correct day. Kamsky came
out fighting, first he arrived late and there was no handshake, then
he went full speed for Anand's throat. When Anand resigned he simply
stopped the clock and allowed the arbiter to record the result.
Rustam Kamsky really must learn to keep his mouth shut if Gata is going
to get future tournament invitations. His crude speech at the official
dinner of the tournament where he compared Kasparov and Karpov to Hitler
and Stalin was stupid, ignorant, extremely disrespectful to the organisers
and sponsors of the event and just left a very nasty taste in the mouth.
Even if he believes this, he is not going to get any friends at all by
saying these things. The place to settle disputes with Kasparov and
Karpov is over the board.
So a fine event, the out of form Shirov probably playing the few truely
bad games of the event (probably his game against Ivanchuk has to be
the worst of the tournament) Polgar has shown she doesn't buckle easily
and will be glad to have played this event as an element in her development.
All this promises so much if the chess World can sort its terrible
battles out it will be a hell of a World title series.
Round 6 (1996.05.27)
Anand, Viswanathan - Polgar, Judit 1/2 44
Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 35
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 18
Kamsky, Gata - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 49
Shirov, Alexei - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 60
Round 7 (1996.05.29)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 19
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 30
Gelfand, Boris - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 46
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 22
Polgar, Judit - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 90
Round 8 (1996.05.30)
Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 42
Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 48
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Polgar, Judit 1/2 27
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 32
Shirov, Alexei - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 57
Round 9 (1996.06.01)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 36
Topalov, Veselin - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 25
Kamsky, Gata - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 36
Gelfand, Boris - Kasparov, Gary 0-1 57
Polgar, Judit - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 70
Dos Hermanas (ESP), V-VI 1996. cat. XIX (2715)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2775 * = 1 1 = = = 1 = = 6.0 2832
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 = * = = = 1 1 = = 1 6.0 2841
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2725 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 1 = 5.5 2793
4 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2775 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2787
5 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 = = 0 = * = = = 1 = 4.5 2723
6 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2735 = 0 1 = = * 0 = = = 4.0 2669
7 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 0 1 4.0 2673
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2735 0 = 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2632
9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 = = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * = 3.0 2592
10 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2675 = 0 = 0 = = 0 = = * 3.0 2593
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3) FIDE World Chess Championships. Karpov-Kamsky in Kalmykia
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Its nearly impossible to remember how this cycle started. The Interzonal
was one which saw the demise of Ivanchuk and Anand waiting on the results
of some all Russian pairings. It saw Kamsky recover from two down from
three to play against Anand. The Candidates Final was held well over
a year ago with Karpov beating Gelfand in a tough match in which Gelfand
collapsed only at the end and saw Kamsky simply destroy an out of sorts
Salov (whether he was out of sorts because of Kamsky's play or not is
open to question.) Since then Kamsky has played only two tournaments
and the big question is, what has he been doing?
If Kamsky spent last year preparing for Karpov then he could be in for
a very hard time. Karpov's repertoire is solid but lacking in any surprise
at all. He knows it well, but as we saw in the Short match, there is a key
to it. Kamsky had a hard time in Dos Hermanas, but this was not too much
of a surprise, he was generally quite solid, his losses to Gelfand and
Topalov were through his own blunders which is a worry as the sheer
reliability of his game is his big asset. The win against Anand will
have done his confidence good and in spite of the tournament being
too close to his match against Karpov may have served to play him into
form.
Kamsky can take immense pressure without his play collapsing. In his
two matches against Anand he was under pressure in almost every single
game. Yet he won one of these matches and in the PCA match in spite
of being under the cosh in most games only collapsed in the very last
game of the match. If he can drag the match out with long games without
blunders he may be in a position to cause Karpov some pain at the end
of the match.
Karpov is still Karpov. He has his own style and sticks to it. He is
very hard to beat and very experienced. He is not quite as reliable
as he used to be, this is the fate of all great players when they
enter their forties, but the experience and knowledge is a great compensation.
He probably starts as favourite but this may be based on the past
not on the resective merits of their games.
It seems to me that Dos Hermanas shows that those who have missed the
last years tournaments where Kramnik, Topalov, Anand, Kasparov and
Ivanchuk have been regulars are now at a disadvantage. Players like
Short have done well in this school whereas Gelfand has just started to
find his feet having missed out last year. Karpov and Kamsky have missed
out and so their form is hard to guage. The battle will be a tough one.
We will be well served during the match on the internet. I will probably
put the games on my site at some time during the following day. There
will be plenty of live or near live services to follow the games however.
GM Yasser Seirawan will host on the Strategic Game Network (SGN) on
weekdays lectures about the Karpov-Kamsky match. He will start June 6
(Thursday) from 4.00pm - 6.00pm PST. (This is midnight till 2.00am
UK time). You can chat and see his analysis. Those who are interested
have to download the Falcon Beta 2.01 chess player (this is free software)
which can be obtained by going to:
http://pegasus.grandmaster.bc.ca/FALCON/FALC.HTM
If this for one reason or another doesn't work out try through
http://www.tcc.net/chess/chess.html and look for Free Internet
Software of Falcon Chess Player.
Inside Chess will also have a degree of coverage:
http://www.tcc.net/chess/chess.html
ChessAssistant will have their new site up and running in time
for the match at
http://pc701-20.cs.msu.su
This will have the moves in half hourly updates.
The USCF page
http://www.websong.com/uscf/
also promises live coverage (we really need to see in all cases what
live means, Elista isn't the centre of the Universe!)
Also ChessTreasure promises live coverage with commentary.
http://www.netvision.net.il/~ChessTreasure
Having tried to cover Dos Hermanas with regular updates I wish everyone
luck, it is very tiring.
4) Bobby Fischer to visit Argentina
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BOBBY FISCHER TO PRESENT THE WORLD-WIDE LAUNCH OF HIS NEW GAME IN ARGENTINA
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World Chess Champion Robert James Fischer will be arriving in our country
Tuesday, June 18, having been specially invited by the Sports Institute of
the Province (of Buenos Aires), to announce the world-wide launch of his new game:
FISCHERANDOM.
Other geniuses such as Emmanuel Lasker and Jose Raul Capablanca attempted unsuccessfully
to revitalize chess with new rules. Now Fischer, after five centuries, gives life to a
radical change that will shake the world.
On Wednesday, June 19 (place to be named later), a press conference will
take place that has three main objectives:
1) Confirm July 11, at Pasaje Dardo Rocha in the city of La Plata, Argentina as the
chosen time and place for the presentation,
2) Make publicly known the rules of the new game, and
3) Present the participants of the First Exhibition Match: two-time Argentine champion
Pablo Ricardi and the first Asian Grandmaster, Eugene Torre of the Philippines.
Bobby Fischer, who caused a revolution with his new digital clock (used in the Return
Match for the World Championship against Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia in 1992) has been
working for years on this new form of chess to be presented here in our country.
If we look back for the last change made in the scientific game, history takes us to 1492,
when the Spaniard Ramirez de Lucena introduced castling in one move; previously it had taken two.
The innovative American's decision to choose Argentina as the site for
such a transcendental cultural and sporting event was due to the sincere admiration that Fischer
professes for our country. He has visited on four prior occasions (1959, 1960, 1970, 1971) and
the warm reception he always received here from chess fans led him to propose Buenos Aires as
the location for the World Championship Match with Spassky in 1972.
In the end, the match took place in Reykjavic, Iceland where Fischer took possession of the
World Championship crown he has never relinquished.
Fischer's next move, eagerly awaited by the entire world and bearing his hallmark of originality,
will be made in Argentina. As only the greatest have done, he is moving the world forward.
Information Center: Argentine Chess Club
Paraguay 1858 - (1121) Buenos Aires - Argentina - Tel.: (54-1) 813-9547 -
Fax: (54-1) 813-4402
5) Credis Nussloch Tournament in Germany by Gerald Schendel
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The International German Championships (IDM) are part of the
Chess Festival in Nussloch Germany. My thanks to Gerald Schendel
for his fantastic reporting during the event.
Round 6 (1996.05.26)
Dautov, Rustem - Hickl, Joerg 0-1 36 B06 Modern defence
Huebner, Robert - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 70 B67 Sicilian
Sokolov, Ivan - Piket, Jeroen 1-0 63 D46 Queen's gambit
Kindermann, Stefan - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 21 C43 Petroff defence
Lobron, Eric - Hracek, Zbynek 1/2 48 A25 English; 1.c4 e5
Slobodjan, Roman - Lutz, Christopher 0-1 43 B87 Sicilian
Round 7 (1996.05.28)
Jussupow, Artur - Slobodjan, Roman 1-0 43 E31 Nimzo indian
Dreev, Alexey - Lobron, Eric 1-0 30 A65 Modern Benoni
Hracek, Zbynek - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 25 C63 Ruy Lopez
Piket, Jeroen - Dautov, Rustem 1/2 42 E12 Nimzo indian
Hickl, Joerg - Kindermann, Stefan 1/2 26 A00 Irregular
Lutz, Christopher - Huebner, Robert 1/2 20 C75 Ruy Lopez
Round 8 (1996.05.29)
Huebner, Robert - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 46 C42 Petroff defence
Hracek, Zbynek - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 17 C07 French; Tarrasch
Sokolov, Ivan - Dautov, Rustem 1/2 61 D35 Queen's gambit
Kindermann, Stefan - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 41 B66 Sicilian
Lobron, Eric - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 20 D37 Queen's gambit
Slobodjan, Roman - Hickl, Joerg 1-0 45 B08 Pirc; Classical
Round 9 (1996.06.30)
Jussupow, Artur - Lobron, Eric 1-0 28 D42 Caro-Kann; Panov
Dautov, Rustem - Kindermann, Stefan 1/2 24 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Dreev, Alexey - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 35 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Piket, Jeroen - Slobodjan, Roman 1-0 42 D48 Queen's gambit
Hickl, Joerg - Huebner, Robert 1/2 50 B50 Sicilian
Lutz, Christopher - Hracek, Zbynek 1/2 56 E52 Nimzo indian
Round 10 (1996.05.31)
Dreev, Alexey - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 22 D36 Queen's gambit
Huebner, Robert - Piket, Jeroen 1/2 51 E08 Nimzo indian
Sokolov, Ivan - Kindermann, Stefan 1/2 41 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Hracek, Zbynek - Jussupow, Artur 1/2 27 C42 Petroff defence
Lobron, Eric - Hickl, Joerg 1-0 40 A41 Queen's pawn
Slobodjan, Roman - Dautov, Rustem 1/2 51 A04 Reti (1.Pf3)
Round 11 (1996.06.01)
Dautov, Rustem - Huebner, Robert 1-0 30 E12 Nimzo indian
Jussupow, Artur - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 14 D46 Queen's gambit
Piket, Jeroen - Lobron, Eric 1/2 45 E12 Nimzo indian
Kindermann, Stefan - Slobodjan, Roman 1/2 42 C81 Ruy Lopez
Lutz, Christopher - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 31 C88 Ruy Lopez
Hickl, Joerg - Hracek, Zbynek 1/2 36 A07 Reti (1.Pf3)
Nussloch GER (GER), V-VI 1996. cat. XV (2607)
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1 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2615 * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 0 = 7.0 2708
2 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2655 = * = = 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2704
3 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2670 = = * = 1 = 0 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2666
4 Huebner, Robert g GER 2635 0 = = * 1 = = = = 1 = = 6.0 2640
5 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2665 = 1 0 0 * = 1 = = = = 1 6.0 2637
6 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2650 0 = = = = * 1 = = = = 1 6.0 2639
7 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2570 = = 1 = 0 0 * 1 = = 0 1 5.5 2610
8 Kindermann, Stefan g GER 2575 = = 1 = = = 0 * = 0 = = 5.0 2574
9 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2555 0 0 = = = = = = * = = 1 5.0 2575
10 Lobron, Eric g GER 2590 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 = * 1 1 5.0 2572
11 Hickl, Joerg g GER 2580 1 0 0 = = = 1 = = 0 * 0 4.5 2544
12 Slobodjan, Roman m GER 2525 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 2.5 2403
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6) BAWAG Tournament Vienna
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Lothar Karrer send news of the BAWAG-GM-Tournament. Held in the
Jewish Museum in Vienna. The Category IX event was convincingly
won by Gad Rechlis of Israel with 7.5/9. His nearest rival was
ex-Candidate Alexander Chernin of Hungary.
The event took place 5-14 May 1996.
Vienna (AUT), V 1996. cat. IX (2469)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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1 Rechlis, Gad g ISR 2510 * 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2737
2 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2595 0 * = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2621
3 Stanec, Nikolaus m AUT 2490 = = * 0 1 1 1 1 = = 6.0 2591
4 Kindermann, Stefan g GER 2575 = 0 1 * 0 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2537
5 Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2495 0 = 0 1 * = 0 1 1 1 5.0 2509
6 Fauland, Alexander m AUT 2430 = 0 0 0 = * 1 = 1 1 4.5 2473
7 Hoelzl, Franz m AUT 2430 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 = 1 4.0 2430
8 Arakhamia, Ketevan m GEO 2480 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 3.5 2387
9 Stefanova, Antoaneta wg BUL 2370 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1.5 2207
10 Roth, Peter f AUT 2315 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 2135
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7) 31st Capablanca Memorial Tournaments
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My thanks to Carlos H. Taboada for the final results and games from this
excellent annual event.
Please note that on checking the final standings I worked out that
the result of the game Herrera,I-Bellon Lopez,JM (2) in the B Tournament
must have been incorrect.
Tony Miles finished strongly in this event to take first place by half
a point from Walter Arencibia.
GROUP A Cat. XII (2542) GM=8 GM=5.5
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Cienfuegos City (CUB), V 1996. cat. XII (2541)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 TPR SB
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1 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2635 * 1 1 1 1 1 = = = = = 0 1 1 9.5 2709 61.50
2 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2515 0 * = 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 9.0 2684 52.50
3 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2575 0 = * 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 8.0 2625 47.00
4 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2540 0 0 1 * = 1 = = = = 1 1 0 1 7.5 2598 44.25
5 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2495 0 = = = * = 1 = = = 1 = = = 7.0 2574 43.50
6 Garcia Ilundain, David g ESP 2550 0 1 = 0 = * = = = 0 1 1 = 1 7.0 2569 42.00
7 Wahls, Matthias g GER 2555 = 0 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2569 40.75
8 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2505 = 0 0 = = = = * = 1 = = = 1 6.5 2544 38.00
9 Rodriguez, Amador g CUB 2485 = = 0 = = = = = * = 0 = = = 5.5 2488 36.00
10 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2555 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 = * = = = = 5.5 2483 34.50
11 Becerra Rivero, Julio m CUB 2530 = = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = * = 1 1 5.5 2485 31.25
12 Garcia, Gildardo g COL 2525 1 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = = * = = 5.0 2455 32.50
13 Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2555 0 0 0 1 = = = = = = 0 = * = 5.0 2453 30.75
14 Gonzalez, Renier f CUB 2560 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 3.0 2329 18.00
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GROUP B Cat. VIII (2437) GM=9.5 IM=6.5
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Cienfuegos City (CUB), V 1996. cat. VIII (2438)
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12345678901234 TPR SB
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1 Mitkov, Nikola g FRM 2475 *00=11==111=11 9.0 2576 52.50
2 Rivera, Alberto m CUB 2415 1*0=0=1==11=11 8.5 2549 50.75
3 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2505 11*00==1===1=1 8.0 2519 49.50
4 Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto m CUB 2430 ==1*==0===111= 8.0 2525 49.50
5 Herrera, Irisberto m CUB 2420 011=*==0101==1 7.5 2496 46.75
6 Sariego, Wilfredo m CUB 2395 0====*1=1101== 7.5 2498 46.50
7 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2490 =0=1=0*1==0=11 7.0 2462 42.50
8 Vilela, Jose Luis m CUB 2435 ==0=1=0*=0==1= 6.0 2409 38.50
9 Hergott, Deen m CAN 2485 0===00==*101=1 6.0 2405 34.75
10 Galego, Luis m POR 2445 00==10=10*1001 5.5 2380 33.00
11 Diaz, Joaquin C m CUB 2410 00=0011=10*=0= 5.0 2353 31.50
12 Alvarez, Jose m CUB 2415 ==00=0==01=*== 5.0 2352 31.00
13 Leyva, Hector m CUB 2385 00=0==00=11=*= 5.0 2354 29.00
14 Alonso, Rene m CUB 2425 000=0=0=00===* 3.0 2227 18.25
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GROUP C. Cat V (2370) IM=8.5
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No. Player Tit elo W L D Total SB
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1 Paneque Pedro....... IM CUB 2370 4 0 9 8.5 53.25
2 Blanco Alvaro....... FM CUB 2415 6 2 5 8.5 51.25
3 Sieiro Luis......... IM CUB 2375 5 2 6 8.0 46.25
4 Clavijo Jorge....... COL 2380 6 4 3 7.5 48.00
5 Ricaurte Juan....... ECU 2365 6 4 3 7.5 46.25
6 Matamoros Carlos.... IM ECU 2430 4 2 7 7.5 45.25
7 Ross David.......... FM CAN 2355 2 2 9 6.5 41.25
8 Moreno Alejandro.... FM CUB 2420 2 2 9 6.5 40.50
9 Perez Rodney........ FM CUB 2405 4 4 5 6.5 39.75
10 Espinosa Julio...... FM CUB 2335 3 5 5 5.5 35.50
11 Ribeiro Fernando.... POR 2325 4 6 3 5.5 32.75
12 Pupo Emilio......... FM CUB 2435 1 4 8 5.0 30.75
13 Garcia Osmel........ FM CUB 2335 4 8 1 4.5 30.25
14 Hernandez Tania..... IM CUB 2240 1 7 5 3.5 20.00
Group D Cat. VII fem (2225) GMf=11 IMf=8
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No. Player Tit elo W L D Total SB
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1 Andonovski Ljubisa.. FM MAC 2260 9 1 4 11.0 71.50
2 Escobar Alder....... COL 2335 8 2 4 10.0 63.25
3 Dominguez Jose M.... DOM 2295 8 2 4 10.0 62.50
4 Lopez Carlos M...... FM CUB 2370 7 2 5 9.5 58.00
5 Ramon Vivian........ IM CUB 2220 6 3 5 8.5 51.00
6 Dominguez Lenier.... CUB 4 3 7 7.5 53.00 12 years old.
7 Arribas Maritza..... IM CUB 2270 4 3 7 7.5 45.25
8 Delgado Mairelys.... NM CUB 2170 3 4 7 6.5 41.50
9 Hernandez Yadira.... FM MEX 2215 5 6 3 6.5 39.50
10 Fandino Roquelina... FM CUB 2145 3 6 5 5.5 35.00
11 Li Manuel........... FM CUB 2380 1 5 8 5.0 36.25
12 Fierro Martha....... IM ECU 2165 3 7 4 5.0 25.75
13 Frometa Zirka....... IM CUB 2190 3 8 3 4.5 27.25
14 Frey Hugo........... CHI 2220 1 7 6 4.0 25.25
15 Rios Eyleen......... NM CUB 2150 3 9 2 4.0 22.00
8) 1996 Icelandic Championships by Einar Karlsson
----------------------------------------------
GM Helgi Olafsson has by far the best chance of winning the Icelandic
Championship of 1996 with 2 rounds remaining of the tournament. The players
take a break tomorrow (Saturday) and the last two rounds will be played
on Sunday and Monday. Olafsson's opponents in the two remaining rounds
are much weaker than his closest rivals. Hjartarson plays GM Stefansson
and IM Thorhallsson (who in fact has made his 3rd GM norm but needs to
lift his ELO above 2500 to get the GM title) while Olafsson's opponents
are both under ELO 2300. Petursson and Stefansson are in 3rd place after
9 rounds with 6 points. So we are looking at a very exciting last two
rounds.
Round 5 (1996.05.27)
Olafsson, Helgi - Leosson, Torfi 1-0 27 A04 Reti (1.Pf3)
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Hjartarson, Johann 1-0 42 E12 Nimzo indian
Vidarsson, Jon G - Thorhallsson, Throstur 0-1 35 C11 French; Classical
Ulfarsson, Magnus Orn - Petursson, Margeir 0-1 55 B53 Sicilian
Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor - Bjarnason, Saevar 1-0 37 C02 French; Advance
Jonasson, Benedikt - Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 69 B42 Sicilian
Round 6 (1996.05.28)
Hjartarson, Johann - Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor 1-0 37 C42 Petroff defence
Stefansson, Hannes - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1-0 53 C75 Ruy Lopez
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Petursson, Margeir 0-1 62 B66 Sicilian
Vidarsson, Jon G - Olafsson, Helgi 0-1 20 B40 Sicilian
Bjarnason, Saevar - Ulfarsson, Magnus Orn 1-0 40 E12 Nimzo indian
Leosson, Torfi - Jonasson, Benedikt 0-1 24 A00 Irregular
Round 7 (1996.05.29)
Olafsson, Helgi - Thorhallsson, Throstur 1-0 39 B10 Caro-Kann
Petursson, Margeir - Bjarnason, Saevar 0-1 67 D40 Queen's gambit
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Leosson, Torfi 1-0 38 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Ulfarsson, Magnus Orn - Hjartarson, Johann 0-1 29 B46 Sicilian
Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor - Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 61 B66 Sicilian
Jonasson, Benedikt - Vidarsson, Jon G 0-1 57 B42 Sicilian
Round 8 (1996.05.30)
Olafsson, Helgi - Jonasson, Benedikt 1-0 44 B30 Sicilian
Hjartarson, Johann - Petursson, Margeir 1/2 44 E49 Nimzo indian
Stefansson, Hannes - Ulfarsson, Magnus Orn 0-1 20 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Thorhallsson, Throstur - Bjarnason, Saevar 1/2 55 C17 French; Winawer
Vidarsson, Jon G - Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 1/2 65 C75 Ruy Lopez
Leosson, Torfi - Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor 0-1 26 E01 Nimzo indian
Round 9 (1996.05.31)
Petursson, Margeir - Stefansson, Hannes 1/2 27 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Olafsson, Helgi 1/2 12 E12 Nimzo indian
Bjarnason, Saevar - Hjartarson, Johann 0-1 55 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Ulfarsson, Magnus Orn - Leosson, Torfi 1/2 43 B06 Modern defence
Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor - Vidarsson, Jon G 0-1 41 C02 French; Advance
Jonasson, Benedikt - Thorhallsson, Throstur 0-1 39 C11 French; Classical
Gardabaer (Iceland) National Championship, V-VI 1996. cat. VI (2386)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Olafsson, Helgi g ISL 2485 * = 1 = = 1 1 = . . 1 1 7.0 2628
2 Hjartarson, Johann g ISL 2570 = * = . 0 . = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2507
3 Petursson, Margeir g ISL 2585 0 = * = 1 1 . 0 1 1 1 . 6.0 2518
4 Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2540 = . = * 1 1 1 . 0 = = 1 6.0 2482
5 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2450 = 1 0 0 * . = 1 = 1 . 1 5.5 2463
6 Thorhallsson, Throstur m ISL 2445 0 . 0 0 . * 1 = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2431
7 Vidarsson, Jon G f ISL 2340 0 = . 0 = 0 * 1 . 1 1 0 4.0 2336
8 Bjarnason, Saevar m ISL 2305 = 0 1 . 0 = 0 * 1 0 = . 3.5 2322
9 Ulfarsson, Magnus Orn ISL 2290 . 0 0 1 = 0 . 0 * = 1 = 3.5 2310
10 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor ISL 2180 . 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * . 1 3.0 2284
11 Jonasson, Benedikt f ISL 2280 0 0 0 = . 0 0 = 0 . * 1 2.0 2193
12 Leosson, Torfi ISL 2160 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 . = 0 0 * 1.5 2124
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9) Estonian National Championships 1996 by Mart Tarmak
---------------------------------------------------
The 64th Estonian Championship finished in Tallinn. The results
were surprising. Despite the fact that the first three places guaranteed a
place in the Estonian Olympic team for Yerevan the championship was one of
the weakest ever (FIDE III category, average rating 2308). Only two of the
ten best rated Estonian players (IMs Olav Sepp and Kaido Külaots) took part
in the competition. Among the participants was IM Hillar Kärner many time
Estonian champion who first time played at the championship in 1951.
Sergei Zjukin and Hendrik Olde tied for first place and they will play the
additional match of four games for the title. The third lucky player was Vladimir
Zavoronkov, a young player from Narva. Zjukin was free in the last round and
Olde had to draw with white pieces against Olav Sepp, the reigning and
six times Estonian champion. The pre-tournament favourite Sepp
played his last game in good positional style and won the game but may stay
out of the Olympic selection. Two places in the team were given to the GMs
Jaan Ehlvest and Lembit Oll and the team which include the three
Championship medal winners together with the Board the Chess Federation will
decide the six member of the team. Probably it will be IM Mihhail Rotsagov.
Hendrik Olde, the young vice-president of the Estonian Chess Federation
already made the statement to the press that he does not think that he is
the right man to play against the world top players and this way in the team
will be one place more for the Estonian IMs. At the last Olympiad Hendrik
Olde was the captain of the successful Estonian women's team. They were in the
sixth place but during the Moscow Olympiad the Estonian men team played even
on the higher boards than the women but because of the modest finish they
were on the places 15-18 together with Yugoslavia, Germany and Spain at the end.
The games are electronically available thanks to Mr. Jaan Narva.
Tallinn (EST), V 1996.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1 Olde, Hendrik EST 2275 * 0 = 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2403
2 Zjukin, Sergei EST 2365 1 * = = = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2393
3 Cheutshenko, Robert EST 2360 = = * = = 0 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 2357
4 Seeman, Tarvo EST 2320 0 = = * 1 = = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2361
5 Zavoronkov, Vladimir EST 2240 1 = = 0 * 1 1 0 1 0 1 6.0 2370
6 Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2400 0 = 1 = 0 * = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2310
7 Sepp, Olav m EST 2440 1 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 1 5.5 2305
8 Karner, Hillar m EST 2315 0 = 1 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 4.5 2239
9 Neff, Sergei EST 2340 0 0 0 1 0 1 = 1 * 1 0 4.5 2316
10 Shishkov, Andrei EST 2135 0 = 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 * = 2.5 2119
11 Voon,V ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1.5 2023
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10) PCA WORLD CHESS RANKING
------------------------
A new PCA Ranking list sees Topalov rise again. In all rating systems
there seems to be a lag. Its surely the case that Topalov has been
the best player over the last six months. The 7 members of the 2700
club now look clearly better than everyone else. Further down Short,
Gelfand and Ehlvest have all done well competing with these players
and of course Illescas has had a fantastic couple of tournaments in
Madrid and Dos Hermanas in their company.
For player rated 2500 and higher
Results up to June 2, 1996
Produced by Ken Thomson with ChessBase
Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Chess Union Int.
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2788 161
2. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2771 151
3. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2762 161
4. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2758 183
5. Karpov,Anatoly RUS 2752 150
6. Kamsky,Gata USA 2743 167
7. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2727 159
8. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2680 186
9. Short,Nigel D ENG 2677 197
10. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2673 180
11. Illescas Cordoba,Miguel ESP 2669 176
12. Ehlvest,Jaan EST 2668 138
13. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2665 151
14. Adams,Michael ENG 2664 170
15. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2659 186
16. Salov,Valery RUS 2658 182
17. Svidler,Peter RUS 2649 159
18. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2644 193
19. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2643 168
20. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2643 141
21. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2638 164
22. Yusupov,Artur GER 2634 114
23. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2629 182
24. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2625 178
25. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2625 154
26. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2621 198
27. Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2621 160
28. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2619 146
29. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2618 213
30. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2615 141
31. Speelman,Jonathan S ENG 2614 163
32. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2613 146
33. Glek,Igor V RUS 2612 180
34. Leko,Peter HUN 2612 140
35. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
36. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2610 166
37. Malaniuk,Vladimir P UKR 2609 177
38. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2609 182
39. Huzman,Alexander ISR 2609 148
40. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197
41. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
42. Dorfman,Josif D FRA 2602 128
43. Nunn,John D M ENG 2602 175
44. Yudasin,Leonid ISR 2602 169
45. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2599 179
46. Agdestein,Simen NOR 2598 235
47. Savchenko,Stanislav UKR 2598 152
48. Smirin,Ilia ISR 2598 175
49. Beliavsky,Alexander G UKR 2598 161
50. Hansen,Curt DEN 2597 173
51. Hracek,Zbynek TCH 2597 174
52. Epishin,Vladimir RUS 2596 129
53. Gulko,Boris F USA 2595 156
54. Fischer,Robert James USA 2594 197
55. Morovic Fernandez,Ivan CHI 2593 159
56. Polgar,Zsuzsa (GM) HUN 2592 176
Tournament processed for this list (April-May,1996)
ARM Erevan, AUT Staatsliga, Viena, BLR Minsk,
ESP Madrid, Dos Hermanas, GER Nuslos etc.
11) Tournament Book of the Semi-finals of the Dutch championships on the net
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anjo Anjewierden has made the following available on the net:
The tournament book of the semi-finals of the Dutch championships is
available through ftp at:
ftp://ftp.swi.psy.uva.nl/cbuff/books/nkk95.zip
This is a zip'ped PostScript file (170314 bytes; 88 pages; A5 format).
The tournament book contains all games and the most important games
analysed by the participants. The language is Dutch, although the usage
of figurine algebraic and Informant style symbols should give non-Dutch
readers significant clues on the main variations. Those who cannot
print PostScript can order the book by transferring DFL. 8,50 to
ABN-AMRO bank, account 42.65.85.089, att. A. Anjewierden, Enschede.
(NB. Printing the PostScript file yourself saves me a lot of hassle!)
12) Theoretical Review of a Dos Hermanas game by Norbert Friedrich
--------------------------------------------------------------
For years most of the attention in one of the classical slav lines
(1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5) was focused at
6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Lb4 8.e4 Bxe4 with complicated play. Now interest
seems to have switched to another piece sacrifice: 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5
8.e4 cxd4 9.exf5 Nc6 which was first seen in Huebner-Smyslov 1983.
Black hopes to draw a nearly equal ending. A problematic approach
since he has a worse pawn structure and has to fight against the bishop
pair. Topalov-Gelfand from Dos Hermanas 1996 gives a good illustration.
Norbert.Friedrich@uni-konstanz.de
[Event "Theory"]
[Site "Slav Defense "]
[Date "1996.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6"]
[Black "4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D17"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5
8. e4 (8. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 (70) Alekhine,A-Bogoljubow,E; Wch (03) Wiesbaden;
1929 - Intended Bogoljubow to play 8...cxd4 or 8...Bg6 after 8.e4 ?})
8... cxd4 9. exf5 (9. Bxc4 Bg6 10. Bb5+ Nfd7 11. Qxd4 a6 12. Bxd7+
Nxd7 13. Qxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Ke2 Bb4 16. Rd1+ Ke7 17. Bf4 Rhc8
18. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Piket,Je-Gelfand,B; Wijk aan Zee (13); 1996}) 9... Nc6 (
9... Bb4 10. Bxc4 Qd6 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Nc4 Qc5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Na2
Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Ne7 16. Qb4 Qxb4+ 17. Nxb4 a6 18. Nb6 axb5 19. Nxa8 Rxa8
20. fxe6 bxa4 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Kd2 Ke6 23. Rhc1 Kd6 24. b3 b5 25.
bxa4 bxa4 26. Rc4 Nf5 27. Nc2 Nd7 28. Rcxa4 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Nb6 30. Nxd4 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Shirov,A; Dos Hermanas (3); 1996}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. fxe6
fxe6 12. Qe2 (12. Bxc4 dxc3 13. Qxd8+ (13. bxc3 Nd5 (13... Qa5 14. Qe2
Qxc3+ 15. Kf1 Qxa1 16. Qxe6+ Kd8 17. Ke2 Qxa4 18. Rd1+ Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1
Bc5 20. Qf7 Re8 21. Qxg7 Nd7 22. Bf7 Rf8 23. Be6 Nf6 24. Qb7 Re8 25.
Qxa8+ Kc7 26. Bf4+ {1-0 van der Sterren,P-Petursson,M; San Bernardino
(op); 1992}) 14. Qd4 Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Ke2 Bd6 18. g3
Rb2 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rhb1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Kd8 22. Be3 Re8 23. Kd3 Re7
24. a5 Kc8 25. a6 c5 26. Rb5 Rc7 27. g4 Kd7 28. h4 Kc6 29. Rb8 Re7 30.
Rc8+ Kb5 31. Rd8 c4+ 32. Kd2 Bg3 33. Rxd5+ Kxa6 34. Bc5 Re6 35. h5 Bf4+
36. Kd1 Be3 37. Bd4 Bxd4 38. cxd4 Kb6 39. Kd2 a5 40. Kc3 Re3+ 41. Kxc4
Rxf3 42. Rd6+ Kb7 43. Kb5 h6 44. Rd7+ Kc8 45. Ra7 Rf4 46. d5 Rxg4 47.
Rxa5 Kb7 48. Kc5 Rg5 49. Kd6 Rxh5 50. Rc5 Rg5 51. Rc7+ Kb6 52. Rc1 Kb7
53. Rf1 f5 54. Ke7 Rg7+ 55. Kf6 Rd7 56. Ke6 Kc7 57. Rxf5 Rd6+ 58. Ke5
Rg6 59. Rf7+ Kd8 60. Rh7 Ra6 61. Rh8+ Kd7 62. Rh7+ {1/2-1/2
Huebner,R-Smyslov,V (07); Velden 1983}) (13. Qe2 Bb4 14. Qxe6+ Qe7
15. O-O Qxe6 16. Bxe6 Ke7 17. Bc4 cxb2 18. Bxb2 Rhd8 19. Rfd1 Rab8 20.
Kf1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bd6 22. Re1+ Kd7 23. Be6+ Kc7 24. Bc3 Bb4 25. Be5+
Bd6 26. Bd4 a5 27. Bc3 Bb4 28. Be5+ Bd6 29. Bc3 Bb4 30. Be5+ Bd6 {
1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Lutsko,I; Nikolaev zt; 1993}) 13... Kxd8 (13... Rxd8
14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. O-O-O Kd7 (16... Kf7 17. Kc2 Rd7 18. g3 h5
19. Be2 Rhd8 20. f4 h4 21. Bh5+ g6 22. Bg4 Bc5 23. Rhe1 Rd6 24. Re2 Nf6
25. Bf3 hxg3 26. hxg3 Rd3 27. Rf1 Nh5 28. Be1 Rd1 29. Bxh5 gxh5 30. f5
Ra1 31. fxe6+ Ke8 32. Re5 Rd5 33. Re4 Rdd1 34. Rf5 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Rxe1
36. Rxc5 Rxe6 37. Rxh5 Rg6 38. Re5+ Kd7 39. Re3 a5 40. Rd3+ Kc7 41. Kb3 {
1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Huebner,R; London URS-World (02); 1984}) 17. Kc2 h5
18. h4 Kc7 19. Rde1 Rhe8 20. Bg5 Rb8 21. Bd3 Nf4 22. Bc4 Nxg2 23. Reg1
Nf4 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Rxg7+ Kb6 26. Re1 e5 27. Bd3 Rg8 28. Rb1+ Kc5
29. Rbg1 Rxg7 30. Rxg7 a5 31. Rh7 Rg8 32. Rxh5 Rg3 33. Be2 Rh3 34. Rh8
e4 35. Rh5+ Kd6 36. fxe4 Be5 37. Bd3 c5 38. Rh6+ Kd7 39. Rh5 Kd6 40.
Rh6+ Kd7 41. Bb5+ Ke7 42. c4 Bf6 43. Rh7+ Kd6 44. Rh5 Bd4 45. Rd5+ Ke7
46. h5 Rh4 47. Bc6 Kf6 48. Rf5+ Kg7 49. e5 Rh3 50. e6 Bf6 51. Bd5 Re3
52. h6+ Kg6 53. Rf2 Bg5 54. Rf7 Kxh6 55. Ra7 Re2+ 56. Kd1 Rd2+ 57. Ke1
Rd3 58. Rxa5 Kh5 59. Ra8 Kg4 60. Rg8 Kf4 61. Rxg5 Kxg5 62. Ke2 {1-0
Kramnik,V-Piket,Je; Amber Rapid Monte Carlo (4); 1996}) 14. bxc3 Nd5 15.
Kd2 Bd6 16. Kc2 Kd7 17. Bd2 Rhf8 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. g3 Ba3
21. Rb1 Rxb1 22. Kxb1 Bc5 23. Bd3 h6 24. c4 Bb4 25. cxd5 {1/2-1/2
Illescas Cordoba,M-Gelfand,B Dos Hermanas (1); 1996}) 12... dxc3 13.
Qxe6+ Qe7 14. Bxc4 Qxe6+ 15. Bxe6 cxb2 16. Bxb2 Bb4+ 17. Ke2 (17. Kf2
Ke7 18. Ba2 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 Rab8 20. Be5 Bc5+ 21. Kf1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rb4
23. Rb1 Rxa4 24. Rb7+ Nd7 25. Bb3 Rh4 26. g4 Bd6 27. Bxg7 Rxh2 28. Ba4
Ke6 29. Bxc6 Ne5 30. Be4 Nc4 31. Kg1 Nd2 32. Rxa7 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Rh4
34. Kg2 Rxg4+ 35. Kf3 {1/2-1/2 Kishnev,S-Petursson,M; Bern op (08);
1992}) 17... Ke7 18. Bc4 (18. Ba2 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21.
Rxd5 cxd5 22. Kd3 g6 23. Bd4 Bd6 24. h4 a6 25. h5 Rb8 26. hxg6 {1/2-1/2
Shirov,A-Thorsteins,K; Reykjavik op (10); 1992}) 18... Rhd8 (18... Nd5 {
1/2-1/2 De Boer,G-Ninov,K; Groningen op; 1988}) 19. Rhd1 Rab8 20. g3 h5
21. Rd4 Ba5 22. Ba3+ Ke8 23. Rad1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rb1 25. Bd3 Re1+ 26.
Kf2 Kf7 27. Bc5 Ra1 28. Bc4+ Ke8 29. Bd3 Kf7 30. Bxa7 Ra2+ 31. Kg1 Ra1+
32. Kg2 Ra2+ 33. Kh3 Ra3 34. f4 Be1 35. Bc5 Rc3 36. Bc4+ Ke8 37. Bb4
Rc1 38. Bxe1 Rxe1 39. a5 Ra1 40. a6 Ke7 41. Rd2 {1:0
Topalov,V-Gelfand,B; Dos Hermanas (5); 1996} *
13) 39th International Team Chess Festival by Sinisa Joksic
--------------------------------------------------------
Budva May 18.-26.
A 150 odd teams with about 800 players participate in the Traditional
May's Chess Festival in Budva, town at the Adriatic coast.
Divided in ten grou, two of them, top's men and women, played for
Yugoslav cup. Men team played on four board with two reserves 6
roand swiss system. In one match team can take only one foreign
player.
Surprise winner was team from Cacak with only one grandmuster.
Actually they won by Buholz in front of "Cement" Beocin, who had
number 1, start position.
Final standing:
1. "Stocar Banka" Cacak 15.5 points from 24 games, (g Kiril
Georgiev, m Marinkovic I., m Paunovic D., m Vratonjic etc),
2."Cement" Beocin 15.5, (g Sokolov Andrei, g Popovic, g
Damljanovic, g Lazic etc),
3."Sahmatik" Beograd 14.0, (g Rublevski, g Ilincic, g Simic,),
4."Beko" Beograd 13.5 (g Sakaev),
5."Agrouniverzal" Zemun 13.0 (g Beliavsky, g Abramovic, g Vukic)
6."Partzan" Beograd 12.5 (g Komarov),
7."Montenegro Banka" Podgorica 12.5 (g Ivanovic, g Damljanovic,
g Pavlovic, g Raicevic),
8."Radonja Bojovic" Niksic 12.5 (without grandmaster),
9."Jedinstvo-Hivokomerc" Stara Pazova 12.0 (g Salov Valery, g
Kharlov, g Drasko, g Rajkovic),
10."JIK Banka" Beograd 12.0 (g Tseshkovky, g Cabrilo, g Kosic, g
Todorcevic),
11."Bozur" Pristina 12.0 (g Barlov, g Bogdanovski)
12. Nis 12.0 (g Martinovic) etc. 16 teams.
Women played on three board, with one reserve, 7 rounds one more
than men! Convince winner was "Agrouniverzal" Zemun, best women
team last few years in Yugoslavia. (Zemun is one part of Belgrade)
Final standing:
1."Agrouniverzal" Zemun 15.5 points from 21 games (g Maric
Alisa, g Galiamova, g Maric Mirjana)
2. Nis 13.5 (m Manakova)
3."Partizan" Beograd 13.0 (g Prudnjikova)
4."Rad" Beograd 12.5 (g Ioseliani, m Vuksanovic)
5."Gosa" Smederevska Palanka 12.5 (g Bojkovic, m Petrovic, m
Dragasevic) etc. 17 teams
The organization was not so good, unfortunately, as in previous years.
Extremely big scandal had been putting Vladimir Sakotic for the
chief arbiter in the Festival. Sakotic, who is an international
arbiter, created non-existant tournaments, where players received
new titles and improved their rating, too. The most famous was
"Trimex" tournament in Belgrade 1994. After this tournament two
players received GM title and, when FIDE discovered it, they took
away their GM title. Yugoslav Chess Federation punished Sakotic for
it for only one year, not to be arbiter and, they never told FIDE.
14) 1st European Chess Club Cup for Women - final 96 by Sinisa Joksic
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Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia) May 31. - June 2.
Results of the first round
"Empils" Rostov (RUS) - "Rad" Beograd (JUG) 2.5:1.5
g Matveeva Svetlana 2480 - g Ioseliani Nino 2485 1:0
g Demina Julia 2355 - m Vuksanovic Sanja 2285 0.5:0.5
g Shumiankina Tatjana 2350 - m Markovic Gordana 2285 0.5:0.5
g Stepovaiv Tatiana 2385 - m Nikolin Zorica 2185 0.5{0.5
"Gosa" Smederevska Palanka (JUG) - "Merani" Tbilisi (GEO) 0.5:3.5
g Bojkovi Natasa 2400 - g Chiburdanidze Maia 2515 0.5:0.5
g Gaprindashvili Nona 2380 - g Gurieli Nino 2360 0:1
m Petrovic Marija 2260 - g Khurtsidze Nino 2365 0:1
m Dragasevic Antonina 2185 - g Alexandria Nana 2300 0:1
"Agrouniverzal" Beograd (JUG) - "Bokstas" Plunge (LTU) 3.5:0.5
g Maric Alisa 2435 - m Baginskaite Kamile 2260 1:0
g Galiamova Alisa 2480 - m Safranska Anda 2255 1:0
g Maric Mirjana 2280 - m Ciuksyte Dagne 2245 1:0
m Maksimovic Suzana 2285 - Domarkaite Laima 2180 0.5:0.5
"Grandmaster School" Kiew (UKR) - "Elberfelder Wuppertal SG 1851"
(GER) 1.5:2.5
g Gaponenko Inna 2390 - g Kahiani-Gersinska Ketino
2390 0.5:0.5
m Zhukova Natalia 2355 - g Peng Zhaoqin 2410 0:1
f Vasilievich Tatjana 2270 - m Fischdick Gisela 2300 1:0
f Melamed Tatiana 2320 - m Olbrich Marina 2285 0:1
In second round will play:
"Merani" - "Empils"
"Elberfelden SG 1851" - "Agrouniverzal"
"Grandmaster school" - "Rad"
"Gosa" - "Bokstas"
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15) Columbus Midwest Memorial Open by Jim Bach
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The 1996 Midwest Memorial Open was held in Columbus, Ohio from May 25-27.
The Open section was won by FM Boris Men with a score of 5.5/6. GM Rosendo
Balinas of the Philipines finished clear second with a score of 5.0. Mark
Hathaway and Jim Mills tied for third with 4 points apiece, followed by four
players with 3.5 points in a field of 17 players. The tournament director
was Grant Perks.
16) Forthcoming events.
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29th International Chess Festival Biel - Bienne
July 20. - August 3
(Eleven Tournaments)
1. Invitation Tournament - CS-GM Tournament
July 22. - August 3. Cat. 16
g Karpov Anatoly (RUS) 2770
g Glek Igor (RUS) 2635
g Miles Anthony (ENG) 2635
g Almasi Zoltan (HUN) 2630
g Andersson Ulf (SWE) 2630
g Lautier Joel (FRA) 2630
g Morozevich Alexander (RUS) 2625
g Portisch Lajos (HUN) 2595
g Tukmakov Vladimir (UKR) 2595
g Romanishin Oleg (UKR) 2590
g Milov Vadim (ISR) 2585
g Hickl Joerg (GER) 2580
2. Credis-Master Tournament
July 22. - August 3. Cat. 10
g Rogers Ian (AUS) 2580
g Lutz Christopher (GER) 2555
m Sutovskij Emil (ISR) 2545
g Campora Daniel (ARG) 2540
g Gallagher Joseph (SUI) 2525
m Kelecevic Nedeljko (BIH) 2480
m Zueger Beat (SUI) 2465
m Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2450
m Petran Pal (HUN) 2440
m Maric Alisa wg (JUG) 2435
m Landerberque Claude (SUI) 2430
f Gerber Richard (SUI) 2355
3. Master Tournament Open MTO
July 22. - August 2.
Entry fee: SF 200.- (with FIDE-Rating) and SF 250.- (without FIDE-
Rating), free for GM and IM. Prizes: SF. 8.000, 6.000, 5.000,
4.000, 3.000, 2.500, 2.000, 3x1.500, 5x1.000, 4x700, 3x500, 3x400.
Best Ladies: 1.000, 600, 400; Senior 500; Junior 500; Schoolboy
500; without title 500. Best Swiss players: 1.500, 1.000, 700,
500, 300. Total prize fond: SF 53.500.-
4. Main Tournament Open HTO
July 23. - August 2.
Entry fee: SF 175.- Prizes: SF 2.500, 1.500, 1.200, 1.000, 2x800,
2x600, 2x500, 3x400, 4x200. Best Ladies: 300, 200; seniors: 300,
200; juniors: 300, 200; children: 200, 100. Best Swiss players:
700, 500, 300, 200, 100. Total prize fund: SF 16.500.-
5. General Tournament Open ATO
July 25. - August 2.
Entry fee: SF 150.- Prizes: 1.500, 1.200, 1.000, 800, 2x600,
2x400, 2x300, 5x200, 8x100. Best Ladies: 200, 100; seniors: 200,
100; juniors: 200, 100; children: 150, 50. Best Swiss players:
500, 400, 300, 200, 100. Total prize fund: SF 11.500.-
5. Rapid Tournament
July 20. - 21.
11 rounds swiss system, 30 minutes per player.
Entry fee: SF 60.- Prizes: 1.500, 1.000, 700, 500, 400, 300,
4x200, 5x100. Natural prize for all players with 6,5 points.
Best Lady 200; senior (1936) 200; junior (1976) 200; child (1980)
100; best player without title 100. Best Swiss: 500, 400, 300,
200, 100.
6. Lighting Chess Tournament
July 27.
Time table: Qualifications 16.00-19.00; Final 20.00
Entry fee: SF 30.- Prizes: 800, 500, 350, 250, 200, 3x150, 4x100,
3x50. Best Lady: 100, senior: 100; junior: 100; child:50. Best
Swiss: 200, 150, 100, 2x50.
It will be another four tournament: Junior Tournament with 10
players, Amateur-Chat-Tournament, Press Tournament and Garden
Chess Tournaments
Daily games comments by GM Vlastimil Hort.
The inauguration simultaneous July 21. at 16.00
Press-conferance July 9 at 11.30 a.m.
All information:
International Chess festival Biel
POB 105,
CH-2557 Studen
Tel. + fax +41+32+53-40-40
Tournament office from July 16: +41+32+23-33-20
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Category XII-Sigeman Wernbro tournament in Malmoe, Sweden
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A Category XII-tournament in Malmoe, Sweden (ten players, round robin) that will
take place between June 11 and June 19 1996. Among the players are IGM
Korchnoi, IGM Tony Miles, IGM Curt Hansen and IGM Hector. Play will take
place at the Savoy Hotel between 13 PM and 19 PM each day. Free
admission. The name of the tournament is Sigeman Wernbro Grandmaster
Tournament. This is the fourth tournament, previous ones have been won by
IGM Hellers (1993), IGM Hellers and IGM Hansen (1994) and IGM Ivan
Sokolov (1995). The tournament is sponsored by the law firm Advokatbyron
Sigeman Wernbro & Co and accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand among others.
Information: Johan Berntsen phone +46-40-15 03 88.
Best regards from Johan Sigeman (johan.sigeman@mbox 301.swipnet.se)
Imperial College hosts International Tournament
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Adam Raoof is running an IM-event in London's Imperial College.
It will be a ten player APA, cat 4 (2326+), and we have entries from
IM's Welling and Grooten (NED) Mike Franklin 2265 FM and John Richardson
2295, FM Ben Martin 2375, and possibly Tim Wall 2250.
If anyone is interested then they must confirm their entry by next week.
Adam Raoof