THE WEEK IN CHESS 88 24/06/96 Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
3) Willy Iclicki reports on the Elista council meeting.
4) NEW RATING LIST
5) DUTCH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
6) FISCHER RETURNS TO THE LIMELIGHT
7) Sigeman Wernbro Grandmaster Tournament
8) LINKS
9) Olympiad Teams
10) 1st SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL
11) 3rd Ischia Chess Festival
12) CHAMPIONNAT INVITATION DU QUEBEC 1996
13) Indian National A Championships.
14) Finnish Chess Championships 1996 by Jussi Tella
15) ABO Soest Open 1996
16) Open Bohemian Championship in Rapid Chess 1996 by Martin Pribyl
17) Politiken Cup
GAMES SECTION
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FIDE World Chess Championships 4 games
Dutch Championships 18 games
Sigeman Wernbro Grandmaster Tournament 20 games
International Tournament Ischia 3 games
Ischia International Open 2 games
Sheffield International Tournament 36 games
Politiken Cup 45 games
These sections will be on my www site and also Pittsburgh and in the compuserve forum.
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CHAMPIONNAT INVITATION DU QUEBEC 1996 45 games
Finnish National Championships 81 games
Finnish National Championships (Women) 21 games
Indian National A Tournament 120 games
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ABO Soest Open 1996 297 games
1) Introduction
My thanks to the BCF, Bob Wade, Christophe Bouton, Nadejda Kymenov,
Willy Iclicki, Jeroen and Bas van den Berg, Michael Greengard, Piotr
Nestorow, Roger Ken Hogkvist, Karlheinz Zoechling, Soren Bech Hansen,
Brian Stephenson, John Henderson, Adolivio Capece (L'Italia Scacchistica)
Yves Casaubon, Hugh Brodie, Arvind Aaron, Martin Pribyl, Jussi Tella,
Lars Zwisler and Rob van Aurich.
A complete failure of communications with the outside World delays
this issue 24 hours. Already new news is coming through which I'll
add to my www page. The deadline is long since passed so here is
the delayed TWIC88.
Hope you enjoy it
Mark
2) FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
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1) 6/6/96 - Karpov, Anatoly - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 56 Gruenfeld Russian Var.
2) 8/6/96 - Kamsky, Gata - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 65 Caro Kann Exchange Var.
3) 10/6/96 - Karpov, Anatoly - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 49 Queen's Indian
4) 12/6/96 - Kamsky, Gata - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 45 Caro Kann Exchange Var.
5) 14/6/96 - Karpov, Anatoly - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 23 Gruenfeld Russian Var.
6) 16/6/96 - Kamsky, Gata - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 29 Petroff Defence.
7) 18/6/96 - Karpov, Anatoly - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 71 Kings Indian Classical Var.
8) 20/6/96 - Kamsky, Gata - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 61 Caro Kann Main line.
9) 22/6/96 - Karpov, Anatoly - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 41 Gruenfeld Russian Var.
Elista RUS (RUS), VI-VII 1996.
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Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2770 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 2901
Kamsky, Gata g USA 2735 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 2604
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KAMKSY FATALY HOLED BELOW THE WATERLINE.
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Gata Kamsky`s challenge for the FIDE World Championships at first faltered, and then
died this week. The rot started with a second consecutive loss with the white
pieces. In World Championship chess you must press for a win with White and
hope to hold with Black, at least at the start of a match, if you start leaking
losses with white then you really are in trouble.
Kamsky's whole problem has been overambition. Rustam Kamsky expressed the idea that
his son would play a series of long games against Karpov to wear him out. This
is a fine idea in theory but it presupposes that Gata Kamsky can play without
error. Kamksy has been far too ambitious with the Black pieces and totally failed
to see the turning points in games four and six (and they occurred early) when
he had to concentrate on making the draw.
This over-zealousness and naivity has been his undoing. It is very much a reminder
of Bobby Fischer in Curacao in 1962. He went there convinced that he was going
to take the World Title after a wonderful performance in the Interzonal, but
his play lacked any incisiveness and he tried just too hard to meet his own
expectations. Kamsky is trying to win every game but just isn't playing well
enough for that. One hopes too that he doesn't take this intrusion of reality
as badly as Fischer, in personal terms I don't think he ever recovered from
the ruthless lesson he was taught in Curacao. It is especially hard to take for
those who are as monomaniacal as Kamsky.
Stylistically Kamsky needs to broaden, the whole Championship cycle has been
a tough one and he hasn't played enough International Tournaments. But also
its time for Rustam Kamsky to allow him to grow as a person, Gata Kamsky
needs to make his own decisions from now on. Only very few people can
live with controversy surrounding them in every event they play. Even
those who can pay some sort of price. Rustam Kamsky has batted very hard
for his son, he should be the one who recognises the time to let go.
Below is an interview with Rustam Kamsky, it is worth remembering that Gata
Kamsky is 22 years old. I think that Rustam should remember that too ....
Karpov's performance, whilst not flawless has been ruthlessly effective. A
man with a good feeling for matches he will surely take the opportunity to
inflict further misery, especially with an eye to the rating points he can
get from this match. He has calmly survived some dangerous play from Kamsky
and taken an excellent reward from that.
Izvestia Kalmykia 15 June, 1996
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Interview with Rustam Kamsky by Nadejda Kymenova
Christophe Bouton sends this article. He says that it was an interview
published in local press, in Elista. The irrevelant questions/answers are noted
(...). Nevertheless, more than 90% of the Russian is here. If some journalist
want to use this interview please cite the sources: (translation by press
center staff - took more than 3 hours)
Title of the story:
" We arrived in Elista not only to fight but also to find a future wife for our
son. " (R. Kamsky)
Q: How do you feel yourself in America and do you feel support in this country?
A: We represent ourselves here at the best degree. The first days of our
arrival in USA, we never felt any support from American side. After our
arrival, there only bad information about ourselves in the air. For example,
newspapers said that I was " a criminal and paranoid ". That's the way we were
presented to American audience. The last 3 years there was any photo or any
interview of us in the mass media.
(...) There is a great influence of Zionism in the chess business and in mass
media. They say that we are Muslims and it's terrible; we felt it specially
during the Gulf War. They said that Gata was a pawn of Saddam. Can you imagine
such a thing? It's just terrible.
Q: Do you believe in God?
A: Yes, we believe in Allah. And we pray before every game. But we do not need
anybody between Allah and ourselves. I promised that if Gata is the winner
50,000 dollars from the prize fund will be given to the building of a Mosque in
Elista.
Q: You've got a nice name. But it sounds like a pseudonym.
A: My father was a very famous film director of Tatar Drama Theater. His name
was Sabirov Gatualla Abdulovich. Then he got married and travelled along the
country because of his performances. With his wife (Fariha Abdrachitavana
Arlova), they both decided a name that sounds good because they were artists.
They choose Kamsky. Because of the name, some people think that we are Jews.
But it's not true, we are Tatar. As you know we have the common mongolian
roots.
Q: And what about the name of Gata?
A: Gata is the short version of Gataulla, my father's first name.
Q: When did you notice your son's skill to chess?
A: We came to chess not at once. After my divorce, I brought my son up from a
very early age. Since then, I always took care of Gata. (...) My forces were
concentrated on my son. When Gata was one year and a half he could go by
bicycle with the two wheels of course. When he was 2, he could read. At 3, he
could count from 1 to 10. At 5, he learned the tables of multiplication. At 6,
he got musical education and he could play. I decided to develop my son's
brain; that's why I thought him chess. At 9, Gata became candidate master.
Q: These facts show us that Gata is a wunderkind.
A: No, Gata is just a normal boy. All his successes are the results of hard
work. Any child may be attain the same successes if he works in such a way. The
system of chess classes was simple. I invited masters and candidate masters to
play against and I put 25 or 50 roubles on the table and said: " If you are the
winner, you'll take all the cash ". At the beginning of such classes, they won
all the games. But then, Gata started to win. And masters did'nt like. They
started to ask money for a draw. I did not have a lot of money at that time,
nevertheless I accepted it. At that time, I was a free lance photographer (...)
By the time, we were living in Leningrad and Gata only played in Juniors's
competition tournaments organised in this region by the famous trainer Vladimir
Zak. Step by step, Gata reached the finals. He was 8 years old. But at this
tournament, there were children from 10 or 12 years old, all candidate master.
Without title, Gata reached the middle of the field. It hurted our feelings.
(...) At 9, he beat a 18 year old boy: it was Epishin, now trainer of Karpov's
team. And then (...) we did not have masters tournament. For example in Minsk,
Kichinov, Sverdolsk we arrived to the tournament and they called from Moscow
saing that Gata was not allowed to play.
Q: But why?
A: Somebody at the top of the pyramid was afraid of the strong talent. But it
is not talent, it's only our strong work. I tried to struggle with such forces.
Dynamo club paid me to be my son's trainer and they gave Gata scolarship. But
still, Gata was not allowed to play masters tournament. Such limitations was
put on him when he was only 12. That was too young for him. Before defecting
for USA, I talked to the Dynamo's director, an important general and said him
that we were limited. May be he felt our feelings and understood that we were
about to defect.
Q: At 20, Gata became candidate for the World championship. Were you proud of
the result of your hard work? A: I had never dreamed about it. There was no
such aim in my life. (...) Only here in Elista, wonderful conditions were
created for this match. We are so greatful to Kirsan Iliumjinov, everybody is
so kind to us. We feel the support of the people and many of them are fans of
us. I hope God should help us. But if he does not help, we won't be very sad.
The only thing we want is to earn more money. We need it for the studies of my
son. Frankly speaking, I want my son to win but not that much. Even if he wins,
we will leave chess far from glory, noise and so on. I am dreaming that my son
should be a normal person with a good profession, interesting work, family,
children, a house with a garden and a dog.
Q: And what about World championship at the end of the year? If Gata wins in
Elista, he will play against Kasparov ?
A: We completly support the idea of Kirsan Iliumjinov. If the conditions are
fair, with a good prize fund we will play with pleasure, why not? Gata is going
to study 6-8 years to become one of the best 10 pro in the field he will
choose. This field will be medecine.
Q: Are you always making such high aims in everything?
A: It's not ambition but the wish of being protected in the life. And it is
possible only with high professionnalism. By the way, Gata is able to do it.
And he is ready to prove it. Here, in Kalmykia, in Russia, I would like to find
a young girl friend for my son.
Q: ?
A: I am quite serious. My plan is : we find a clever, modest, stay-at-home girl
from a good family 13 or 14 years old. The nationality does not matter. We make
a contact with the parents, take her with us to the USA where she, along with
Gata, will study at the University. A clever child from Russia is able to study
in an American University. The system of education there has got many steps.
The girl will get education at our expense. If Gata and she fall in love during
these years, I will not mind. I want to avoid bad and by chance encounters for
my son as long as mistakes of youth.
Q: In this case, you should take not one but at least three girls who are
excellent at school in order to have the choice.
A: Even if it is funny from your point of view, we could take even three. But
my wife would not agree. This is the first reason. I have to persuade her to
take even one girl. The second reason, we will not be able to supply three
because we will not have enough money. But one, I guarantee that when she will
be 21, she will be able to be independent. But we have to work very hard with
this girl during these 6/7 years. And then, Gata and this girl will be free. I
am ready to get acquainted with the parents of Gata's future girl friend to
start talks with them. I wish my son will be happy and I wish I have
grandchildren.
Q: Does Gata with this ?
A: It does not matter becaus I am the master in this house. It's up to me to
decide. He does not have even time to think about girls.
Q: Gata trusts you, it seems to me. There will be a time where he will be able
to live alone. Do you have the problem father against son conflict?
A: Gata is much clever than myself in everything. He is quite an independent
minded person, so don't worry about it. We do not have conflicts in the family
we are one whole with my son.
Q: How do you live in New York? Have you friends and interests?
A: We have bought a house with 6 flats and we are leaving in one of them. The 5
others are rented. We have equipped the cell with a tennis court (25 x 7
meters). We don't have a woman that makes cleaning etc. My wife Bella makes the
job. She is from Russia, she is 20 years younger than I. We got acquainted in
Leningrad, in the Chess School. She loves Gata as he were her younger brother.
It seems to me she loves me too. Bella studies at the University and now she is
in New York. We don't communicate with people, we don't have just time. We have
a rather boring atmosphere at home though we have many guests. (...)
Q: Gata's mother came to Elista not so long ago. Does he often meet her?
A: When tournaments take place in Russia, she always comes. But I don't let any
of the relatives to interfere with Gata during tournaments. But we never forget
our close relatives and we try to support them if we can. But about nephews,
nieces etc. I cannot support them. I don't have any right to waste my son's
money because he earns this money from hard work. Not every man can do it.
Q: Does your son has any other interest apart from chess? does he like any
other kind of sport?
A: He is a good gymnast, his boxing is OK, he used to train at karate but he
had to leave these sports. But now, morning exercises and running are
compulsory. He is fond of reading but he does not have time to read books and
newspapers.
Q: What language does he prefer for reading? English or Russian?
A: It does not matter. He knows both perfectly.
Q: Does you have a particular schedule?
A: Very ordinary. We used to get up early. Early to bed, early to rise makes a
man healthy, wealthy and wise. Gata runs every morning.
Q: (about if Gata runs in the street)
A: (...) In the West, in France in particular as Fernando Arrabal informed us,
they say that we , here in Elista offended and hurt somebody. This is made by
intention from those journalists.
Q: Are you the boss of the Gata's team? Who are the participants by the way?
A: Trainers are not from Russia, as you know. We suggested to Russian trainers
to come but they were afraid of consequences (pressed, no tournaments etc.) Two
of my nieces are cooking for the team. We take products in the market and
besides, the organisation commitee supplies products. The conditions in Elista
compared with other countries and towns we have played in are best. In
everything. We have not felt so good so far anywhere else. I convinced my son
that Kirsan Nikolaevich is the best organiser for chess. Because he really
takes care of his business. I am afraid that he might leave everything because
of all these squarrels and scandals in the chess world. Nevertheless chess
needs him. But he, can live without chess.
Q: How long do you know the president of FIDE?
A: Only since two months. The first time I saw was this year, in May, in Paris.
Then, we went by plane to Elista together. I watched him working. He sleeps
only 3 hours a day. (...) Kirsan does not think about luxury, I began to
respect him and to trust him. To my mind, he works for his Republik, for his
people. I have not seen such people very often.By the way, the character of his
brother Vasheslav reminds me my own brother's character Renat. By organizing
the World Chess Championship in Elista, your president has made a genius move.
Now information about Kalmykia is all over the world, India, USA, Japon etc.
It's a wonderful thing.
3) Willy Iclicki reports on the Elista council meeting.
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Here are the main news from Elista council meeting.
All there except Durao and Gobash.
1- Election. The deadline for candidacy has been move from June 22 till July 22.
The board will recommend the GA to accept a ticket of 8 people and not five as
per status.
2- Olympiad. Mr. Campomanes gave a report of his last trip to Yerevan. There
will be not problem to pay bills with credit card (VISA). There will be four
hotel including one four stars. The cuisine will be international at the level
of three stars. There were not electrical power failure or hot water problem.
The conclusion was very positive. Many european federations will join together
to fly to Armenia.
3- Finance. FIDE is expected to get 220,000$ coming from the prize fund from the
K-K match.
4- World Championship. The President said that he will announce before Yerevan
the venue and the conditions for the new WC cycle. He is in touch with many
sponsors. A draft concerning the new regulations has been send to all
federations for comment.
5-Relation and communication. Despite the goodwill shows by the President to
create a peacefull atmosphere, there are still personal problems between the
members of the Council like Kouatly with a big number of the members . But the
most important news was the peace agreement between the President and Makarov.
Since this meeting the members receive every two days faxes with news about
FIDE and the match.
4) NEW RATING LIST
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My thanks to the BCF and to Bob Wade for the new top 100 in the rating list.
I don't have the full list however so please don't ask me what your rating
is. (this happens again and again to me making me wonder if people can't
actually read)
RANK NAME T NAT JAN RAT BIRTH JULY RATING
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No.NEW RATING
1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2775 19 13.04.63 18 2785
2 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2770 12 23.05.51 12 2775
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2775 42 25.06.75 22 2765
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 40 15.03.75 40 2750
5 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2735 0 02.06.74 20 2745
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2725 0 11.12.69 31 2735
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2735 39 18.03.69 22 2730
8 Short, Nigel D. g ENG 2665 37 01.06.65 25 2695
9 Adams, Michael g ENG 2660 29 17.11.71 65 2685
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 38 04.07.72 41 2685
11 Salov, Valery g RUS 2670 11 26.05.64 23 2675
12 Glek, Igor V. g RUS 2635 46 07.11.61 66 2670
13 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2665 29 13.06.68 56 2670
14 Azmaiparshvili, Zurab g BIH 2660 27 16.03.60 27 2670
15 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2645 0 11.09.60 25 2670
16 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 24 24.06.68 42 2665
17 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2655 19 13.02.60 31 2665
18 Polgar, Judit (GM) g HUN 2675 29 23.07.76 09 2665
19 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2660 48 14.10.62 39 2660
20 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2650 19 29.08.76 55 2655
21 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2645 9 21.11.66 18 2655
22 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2630 30 17.06.76 57 2650
23 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2670 24 30.01.69 61 2645
24 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2610 53 15.10.74 33 2645
25 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2650 34 18.01.66 79 2640
26 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2635 18 03.12.65 51 2640
27 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2630 20 27.06.51 05 2640
28 Movsesian, Sergei m ARM 2580 70 03.11.78 51 2635
29 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2645 47 23.03.31 49 2635
30 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2635 66 23.04.55 65 2630
31 Leko, Peter g HUN 2625 23 08.09.79 32 2630
32 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2620 11 07.12.71 24 2630
33 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2630 11 24.03.60 09 2630
34 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2650 20 09.09.70 54 2625
35 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2615 43 21.01.68 14 2625
36 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2625 6 02.10.56 11 2625
37 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2645 16 11.07.65 60 2625
38 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2595 31 06.03.60 44 2620
39 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2615 50 17.12.53 35 2620
40 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 32 12.04.73 31 2620
41 Tkachiev, Vladislav g KAZ 2600 31 . . 24 2620
42 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2615 37 28.11.65 17 2620
43 Oll, Lembit g EST 2640 14 23.04.66 15 2620
44 Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2610 33 25.08.64 49 2615
45 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2625 38 14.02.73 45 2615
46 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2615 28 09.02.47 42 2615
47 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2600 40 15.05.74 36 2615
48 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2615 11 28.11.65 28 2615
49 Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2585 69 21.07.57 84 2610
50 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2565 55 11.04.58 74 2610
51 Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2585 31 30.10.57 54 2610
52 Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2605 10 27.05.63 41 2610
53 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2600 36 25.02.67 29 2610
54 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2625 11 18.07.77 23 2610
55 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2580 35 21.05.66 65 2605
56 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2570 64 07.10.72 49 2605
57 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2590 16 22.02.59 45 2605
58 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2565 31 30.10.63 41 2605
59 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2575 20 20.11.68 37 2605
60 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2580 38 03.09.75 35 2605
61 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2610 40 14.11.63 33 2605
62 Adianto, Utut g INA 2610 24 16.03.65 17 2605
63 Nunn, John D M g ENG 2605 20 25.04.55 12 2605
64 Gavrikov, Viktor g SUI 2605 22 29.07.57 04 2605
65 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2560 52 13.04.74 67 2600
66 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2590 63 14.12.71 36 2600
67 Hickl, Joerg g GER 2580 39 16.04.65 28 2600
68 Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2595 21 04.04.37 13 2600
69 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2585 0 15.05.67 09 2600
70 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2635 16 08.08.59 53 2595
71 Komarov, Dimitri g UKR 2530 84 01.12.68 46 2595
72 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2580 11 14.02.58 43 2595
73 Huebner, Robert Dr. g GER 2635 17 06.11.48 37 2595
74 Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2615 19 15.10.51 37 2595
75 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2615 9 18.09.64 19 2595
76 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2600 11 02.11.50 09 2595
77 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2585 18 04.05.70 34 2590
78 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2585 31 18.08.76 32 2590
79 Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2580 5 01.05.53 24 2590
80 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2575 33 24.03.63 22 2590
81 Timman, Jan H g NED 2620 64 14.12.51 22 2590
82 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2610 46 29.11.58 21 2590
83 Nikolaidis, Ioannis g GRE 2530 65 04.01.71 67 2585
84 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2540 56 01.03.67 55 2585
85 Lobron, Eric g GER 2590 32 07.05.60 42 2585
86 Sokolov, Andrei g RUS 2580 31 20.03.63 39 2585
87 Eingorn, Vereslav S g UKR 2580 41 23.11.56 38 2585
88 Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2590 62 23.05.62 37 2585
89 Ribli, Zoltan g HUN 2590 0 06.09.51 37 2585
90 Vyzmanavin, Alexey g RUS 2610 23 01.01.60 28 2585
91 Hellers, Ferdinand g SWE 2585 0 28.01.69 00 2585
92 Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2585 0 20.01.57 00 2585
93 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2570 49 27.01.69 65 2580
94 Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2595 37 15.03.46 55 2580
95 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2585 33 21.01.67 51 2580
96 Kaidanov, Grigory S g USA 2605 17 11.10.59 45 2580
97 Nenashev, Alexander g UZB 2595 64 25.08.62 43 2580
98 Giorgadze, Giorgi g GEO 2590 79 10.10.64 39 2580
99 Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2595 27 28.02.50 33 2580
100 Wolff, Patrick G g USA 2565 0 15.02.68 26 2580
101 Smagin, Sergey g RUS 2590 57 08.09.58 16 2580
102 Dokhoian, Yury g RUS 2580 0 26.10.64 00 2580
5) DUTCH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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My thanks to Bas van den Berg for the games.
Timman and Sokolov share first place. Report by Jeroen van den Berg
The last round of the Dutch Chess Championships brought a big
surprise. Jan Timman, leader for several rounds, was beaten by
Jeroen Piket, who was completely out of form during the event. He
kept his best play for the last round. Ivan Sokolov won easily
against Rini Kuijf and made 8 1/2 points, just like Jan Timman.
Of course Timman was disappointed.
Timman: "In any last round of a tournament one can get nervous.
I also felt some pressure and made a big mistake on the 36th move.
I should have played 36... Bd6 with a good game."
It was the first Championship for Timman since 1987.
Timman:
"And still it looks that there is no young player to take over. I was
not tested too much during this championship. Only in the last
round, against Piket. For the rest I was extremely positive about
the playing conditions. It was close to my home, which made it
very convenient for me."
Ivan Sokolov and Jan Timman will now play a match over four
games. Sponsor Wolters Kluwer announced that they will finan-
cially support this match. The sponsor withdraws after three
years and they feel somehow that it is reasonable when they can
say goodbye to a real champion. When and where the match will
be played is not sure yet. Sokolov looks forward to it.
Sokolov: "I don't have much experience in playing matches.
Playing a match against Jan will be a great for me."
Timman and Sokolov both received 8.500 Dutch guilders for their
first place.
Round 9 (1996.06.16)
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 38
Piket, Jeroen - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 27
Sosonko, Gennadi - Van der Sterren, Paul 0-1 20
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Bosch, Jeroen 1-0 37
Kuijf, Marinus - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 64
Hendriks, Willy - Timman, Jan H 0-1 37
Round 10 (1996.06.18)
Timman, Jan H - Bosch, Jeroen 1-0 29
Sokolov, Ivan - Sosonko, Gennadi 1-0 58
Nijboer, Friso - Cifuentes Parada, Roberto 1-0 31
Van der Sterren, Paul - Kuijf, Marinus 0-1 28
Reinderman, Dimitri - Van der Wiel, John T.H 0-1 29
Hendriks, Willy - Piket, Jeroen 0-1 30
Round 11 (1996.06.19)
Van der Wiel, John T.H - Van der Sterren, Paul 1/2 49
Piket, Jeroen - Timman, Jan H 1-0 44
Sosonko, Gennadi - Hendriks, Willy 1-0 25
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 35
Kuijf, Marinus - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 51
Bosch, Jeroen - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 37
Amsterdam (NED), VI 1996. cat. XI (2520)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2665 * = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2717
2 Timman, Jan H g NED 2620 = * = 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2721
3 Nijboer, Friso g NED 2475 = = * 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2656
4 Van der Wiel, John T.H g NED 2535 1 0 1 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 7.5 2651
5 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2570 = 1 = = * 0 = = 1 = = 1 6.5 2580
6 Van der Sterren, Paul g NED 2535 0 0 1 = 1 * 1 1 0 = = = 6.0 2554
7 Sosonko, Gennadi g NED 2515 0 = 0 = = 0 * = = = 1 1 5.0 2484
8 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto g NED 2490 0 0 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 1 4.5 2457
9 Kuijf, Marinus m NED 2470 0 0 0 = 0 1 = = * = 1 = 4.5 2459
10 Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2440 0 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 0 = 3.0 2351
11 Reinderman, Dimitri m NED 2495 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 1 * 1 3.0 2346
12 Hendriks, Willy NED 2425 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 1.5 2219
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6) FISCHER RETURNS TO THE LIMELIGHT
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Bobby Fischer returned to the limelight three years after his match against
Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia. Bobby Fischer provokes extreme reactions from
most chess fans. I'm very much of the school that found both his play
and his life-story fascinating (Bobby Fischer Profile of a Prodigy by Frank
Brady is an excellent and very balanced account of his career up to 1972) and
find it rather sad he won't return to over-the-board chess. (Brady quote "He
[Fischer] accepted an invitation to compete in the great Capablanca Memorial
Tournament to be held in Havana, Cuba from August 25th to September 26th. I know
some people who cried with joy when they heard the news.") This would certainly
be my reaction if he decided to play now. But the press conference and the
wait from 1992 suggests that Fischer doesn't have the commitment to work
on chess anymore, this press conference is Fischer effectively announcing his
retirement.
Whilst I'm sure that he has thought very deeply about the development of the
Fischerandom Chess I don't think that things have changed so radically in
over-the-board chess as he makes out. Fischer himself brought to new heights
the level of opening preparation required to compete at the highest level.
Fischer on the way to the World Title in 1972 studied at least as hard as
they do nowdays on the openings. Recent International Tournaments show that
there is still a lot of creativity possible in the opening, and some players
don't work especially hard on their openings. Karpov shows that you can get
by playing a limited series of systems and rely upon the middlegame for
results. Fischer's obsession with fixed games is certainly as a result of
personal observation during his own career (I don't quite believe it was
as rife as he says but it is certain that the Russian's did agree draws
with each other very frequently in those days) but the rivalry between Karpov
and Kasparov makes it impossible to believe they fixed games.
I think it was a big shock to Fischer when he came back against Spassky, it
is said that friends from throughout the World sent him masses of analysis
that was unlooked at during that match. The sheer volume of material probably
brought it home to Fischer that there was no way back to the very pinnacle of
World Chess (as a student of 19th Centuary chess Fischer should have known
that with Andersson's comments about his match against Morphy) but it doesn't
mean that he couldn't have competed at a high level. The message from
Argentina is that he has no will to do the work on the openings. His demeanour
against Spassky suggested that he did enjoy competing again but this didn't
last after the match, perhaps he enjoyed it too much?
One wonders what Reshevsky would have made of all this. Reshevsky struggled
against Fischer throughout the 60's when Fischer's superior knowledge of openings
had a direct effect on their results (remember Fischer winning in about 12
moves due to a piece of Russian analysis refuted a quite standard Sicilian
setup?).
So, its all over for Fischer, he leaves a legacy of superb games, one wonderful
book, and a life story packed with incident. I wouldn't be Bobby Fischer for
any money. His capacity to surprise, and also shock will remain but it would
be the biggest shock of all to see him play chess again.
BOBBY FISCHER MAKES HIS MOVE IN ARGENTINA (Press Release from Argentina)
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Bobby Fischer returned to Buenos Aires, Argentina after 25 years and it was as
if he had never left. At a press conference on June 19 in the Argentine
capital, the World Chess Champion was received by hundreds of journalists and
chess fans, many of whom had come from all over the world. It was apparent from
the feeling of anticipation in the room before he arrived that the Fischer
mystique is alive and well.
The object of the conference was to publicize the launch of Fischer's new game,
Fischerandom Chess, and to announce the match of Fischerandom Chess between
Philippine Grandmaster Eugene Torre and two-time Argentine champion
International Master Pablo Ricardi which begins July 12. Both players attended
the conference and displayed enthusiasm regarding the match and the new game.
Before taking questions from the assembled press, Fischer spoke out on several
topics. He apologized for bringing up subjects unrelated to Fischerandom Chess,
and he then began a counterattack on several companies that he claimed had been
defrauding him of huge amounts of money as well as trying to destroy his image.
He targeted the British publisher Batsford for releasing a forged and
unauthorized new edition of his renowned chess classic "My 60 Memorable Games",
for deliberately making erroneous changes in the text itself and for never
having paid him royalties for the book. He also attacked the motion picture
company Paramount, producer of the hit film "Searching for Bobby Fischer",
saying he never received "a penny" from the film. He also mentioned a CD-ROM,
"Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess", that had been made using his name unlawfully. He
strongly criticized US Secretary of Commerce Mickey Kantor for not protecting
his intellectual property rights in direct contradiction with Kantor's position
on Red China, which Kantor has denounced for alleged violations of
international copyrights. Fischer angrily accused the U.S. government of a
double standard and disgusting hypocrisy in this regard. He made the point that
his new, improved version of classical chess will eliminate the large amount of
study and analysis that are involved in chess. He stated that many games are
prearranged before the players begin the game, and that even the so-called
world championship matches between Russian players Kasparov and Karpov had been
prearranged, and that this would be impossible in Fischerandom Chess.
Fischer also ridiculed the U.S. government for indicting him and issuing a
federal arrest warrant in his name for his alleged violation of an executive
order by then President Bush barring U.S. citizens from doing business with
Yugoslavia. Fischer claimed one of the reasons the U.S. government has indicted
him and issued the arrest warrant, which is valid all over the USA, was to
prevent him from returning to the USA to get access to his enormous file on the
first so-called world championship match between Karpov and Kasparov so that he
could write a book proving that that match was prearranged move by move.
After making these impassioned remarks, Fischer answered questions from the
press for nearly an hour. In explaining the concepts behind Fischerandom Chess,
Fischer said that although the rules are basically the same as those of
traditional chess, each game begins from a different starting position,
randomly chosen by the Fischerandom Chess Computerized Shuffler, making
creativity and chess talent more important than analysis and memorization. He
also pointed out that due to such long hours in front of the computer screen
and with books, many top young players today, such as Kamsky, Kramnik and
Anand, wear thick glasses. He also mentioned that all of the study necessary to
play conventional chess made it into hard work, and that he had got into chess
in order to avoid work!
With many people wondering about the future of chess after the IBM computer Big
Blue beat Garry Kasparov earlier this year, Fischer's statement that computers
would be at a considerable disadvantage in Fischerandom Chess received a great
deal of attention. He stated that without access to databases of the millions
of opening variations in traditional chess, computers do not really play chess
all that well.
Now the world awaits the first Fischerandom Chess match which will commence at
Pasaje Dardo Rocha in the Argentine city of La Plata on July 12. The match
between Torre and Ricardi will be played until one player accumulates four
victories, draws not counting.
The appearance of Robert J. Fischer in Buenos Aires left no one disappointed.
After finishing with the questions, Bobby signed autographs for the dozens of
fans who had come to catch a glimpse of the legendary genius. Many of the chess
fans had clear memories of his last visits to Buenos Aires in the early
seventies. Fischer's popularity here was clearly shown as well by the intense
coverage by all the local media. Everyone is eagerly looking forward to Bobby
Fischer's next move, whether it be on or off the board.
RULES OF FISCHERANDOM CHESS
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A little known and long-discarded offshoot of Classical Chess is
the realm of so-called "Randomized Chess" in its various forms.
Fischerandom Chess (hereinafter referred to as "F.R. Chess")
stands for Bobby Fischer's new and improved version of "Randomized Chess".
F.R. Chess uses algebraic notation exclusively.
At the start of every game of F.R. Chess, both players' Pawns are
set up exactly as they are at the start of every game of Classical Chess.
In F.R. Chess, just before the start of every game, both players'
pieces on their respective back rows receive an identical random shuffle
using the Fischerandom Chess Computerized Shuffler, which is programmed to
set up the pieces in any combination, wi th the provisos that one Rook has
to be to the left and one Rook has to be to the right of the King, and one
Bishop has to be on a light-colored square and one Bishop has to be on a
dark-colored square. White and Black have identical positions. From beh
ind their respective Pawns the opponents' pieces are facing each other
directly, symmetrically. Thus for example, if the shuffler places White's
back row pieces in the following position: Ra1, Bb1, Kc1, Nd1, Be1, Nf1,
Rg1, Qh1, it will place Black's back row Pieces in the following position,
Ra8, Bb8, Kc8, Nd8, Be8, Nf8, Rg8, Qh8, etc.
In F.R. Chess there are 960 possible starting positions, the
Classical Chess starting position and 959 other starting positions.
Of necessity, In F.R. Chess the castling rule is somewhat modified
and broadened to allow for the possibility of each player castling either
on or into his or her left side or on or into his or her right side of the
board from all of these 960 starting p ositions.
Please note the following points:
a) In F.R. Chess, depending on the pre-castling position of the
castling King and Rook, the castling maneuver is performed by one of these
four methods:
1. By on one turn making one move with the King, and making one move with
the Rook ("double-move" castling).
2. By transposing the position of the King and the Rook ("transposition"
castling).
3. By making only one move - with the King ("King-move-only" castling).
4. By making only one move - with the Rook ("Rook-move-only' castling).
Clarification: In F.R. Chess, whether you "double-move" castle,
"transposition" castle, "King-move-only" castle, or "Rook-move-only"
castle, in all cases always both the King and the Rook jointly are deemed
to be castling, and to have castled.
b) In F.R. Chess when "double-move" castling, if the King is
standing on the square the Rook will occupy naturally you must move the
King first and then the Rook; if the Rook is standing on the square the
King will occupy naturally you must move the Rook first and then the King;
otherwise whether you move the King first and then the Rook, or the Rook
first and then the King is strictly your choice.
c) In F.R. Chess, when "double-move" castling either the King
jumps over the Rook or else the Rook jumps over the King.
d) In F.R. Chess, when "King-move-only" castling the King always
jumps over the Rook.
e) In F.R. Chess, when "Rook-move-only" castling the Rook always
jumps over the King.
f) "a"-side castling (0-0-0), and "h"-side castling (0-0) are the
F.R. Chess equivalents of Queen-side or long castling (0-0-0), and
King-side or short castling (0-0) respectively, of Classical Chess.
g) In F.R. Chess:
1. White's "a"-side castling (0-0-0) is performed with the hitherto
unmoved White King and the hitherto unmoved Rook standing to its left.
After White's "a"-side castling (0-0-0) the White King stands on c1 and
the aforementioned Rook stands on d1. Black's "a"-side castling (...
0-0-0) is performed with the hitherto unmoved Black King and the hitherto
unmoved Rook standing to its right. After White's "a"-side castling
(0-0-0) the Black King stands on c8 and the aforementioned Rook stands on
d8.
2. White's "h"-side castling (0-0) is performed with the hitherto unmoved
White King and the hitherto unmoved Rook standing to its right. After
White's "h"-side castling (0-0) the White King stands on g1 and the
aforementioned Rook stands on f1. Black's "h"-side castling (... 0-0) is
performed with the hitherto unmoved Black King and the hitherto unmoved
Rook standing to its left. After Black's "h"-side castling (... 0-0) the
Black King stands on g8 and the aforementioned Rook stands on f8.
h) When castling in F.R. Chess, you are not allowed to make any
capture(s).
i) When castling in F.R. Chess, no other piece(s), yours or your
opponent's, are allowed to stand between the castling King and Rook.
j) In F.R. Chess, when in check, you are not allowed to castle.
Or, put another way: In F.R. Chess you are not allowed to castle "out" of
check.
k) In F.R. Chess you are not allowed to castle into check.
l) When castling in F.R. Chess, your King is not allowed to move
through check, or shall we say any "checked" square (same thing), nor is
your King allowed to jump over you own Rook if and when said Rook stands
on a "checked" square. (A "checked" square is a square that is attacked by
one or more of your opponent's pieces.)
m) In F.R. Chess, after completing your first move of
"double-move" castling it is quite possible and not at all illegal for
your opponent to be in a position where, were it your opponent's move,
your opponent would be in stalemate, check, or checkmate. Should after
completing your first move of "double-move" castling one of these three
aforementioned situations exist you are to ignore it and make your
prescribed second move of "double-move" castling.
n) Exception: In F.R. Chess, when your first move of "double-move"
castling, or at least what could become your first move of "double-move"
castling, also constitutes a completely standard non-castling King or Rook
move, the choice of whether to proceed with your second move of
"double-move" castling or to consider your move as an already completed
non-castling move is yours to make. You signify your choice for the former
by first making your second move of "double-move" castling and then
pushing the app ropriate button on the chess clock, you signify your
choice for the latter simply by pushing the appropriate button on the
chess clock.
o) Suggestion: When playing a friendly game of F.R. Chess without
benefit of a chess clock, to avoid any possible confusion or disputes, it
might sometimes be a good idea to announce to your opponent just before
you castle, "I'm going to castle."
p) In F.R. Chess:
1. Once the White King has moved, White is not allowed to castle for the
rest of the game. Once the Black King has moved, Black is not allowed to
castle for the rest of the game.
2. Once the heretofore unmoved Rook standing to the left of the unmoved
White King has moved, White is not allowed to "a"-side castle (0-0-0) for
the rest of the game. Once the heretofore unmoved Rook standing to the
right of the unmoved Black King has moved, Black is not allowed to
"a"-side castle (... 0-0-0) for the rest of the game.
3. Once the heretofore unmoved Rook standing to the right of the unmoved
White King has moved, White is not allowed to "h"-side castle (0-0) for
the rest of the game.
Once the heretofore unmoved Rook standing to the left of the unmoved Black
King has moved, Black is not allowed to "h"-side castle (... 0-0) for the
rest of the game.
4. Any appearances to the contrary notwithstanding, you are not considered
to be castled or to have castled unless you yourself have actually
castled, i.e. performed the castling maneuver. In other words: If you
haven't castled, you haven't castled.
5. Once White has castled, White is not allowed to castle again for the
rest of the game. Once Black has castled, Black is not allowed to castle
again for the rest of the game.
q) Tip: In F.R. Chess, when it is momentarily impossible to
"a"-side castle (0-0-0) because of the obstructing position of your other
unmoved Rook, or vice versa, when it is momentarily impossible to "h"-side
castle (0-0) because of the obstructing posit ion of your other unmoved
Rook, do not be confounded. These are frequent occurrences in F.R. Chess.
Play proceeds in accordance with the rules in this rulebook.
r) Remark: In F.R. Chess, depending upon the starting position,
and how the game develops, it may often occur that in the positions
produced immediately after "a"-side castling (0-0-0), one, two, or all
three of the squares for White a1, b1, and e1 (for Black a8, b8, and e8),
and after "h"-side castling (0-0), one or both of the squares for White e1
and h1 (for Black e8 and h8) are not vacant, as they automatically are,
for example, in Classical Chess.
All the other rules are the same as in Classical Chess.
If you are ever in any doubt about the correct "before" and
"after" castling positions in F.R. Chess, please consult the following
tables, showing all (84) possibilities of castling, (42) for White, and
(42) for Black:
All twenty-one White "Before" and the one "After" position of "a"-side
castling (0-0-0):
Before: Kg1; Rf1, e1, d1, c1, b1 or a1. After: Kc1; Rd1.
Before: Kf1; Re1, d1, c1, b1, or a1. After: Kc1; Rd1.
Before: Ke1; Rd1, c1, b1, or a1. After: Kc1; Rd1.
Before: Kd1; Rc1, b1 or a1. After: Kc1; Rd1.
Before: Kc1; Rb1 or a1 After: Kc1; Rd1.
Before: Kb1; Ra1 After: Kc1; Rd1.
All twenty-one White "Before" and the one "After" position of "h"-side
castling (0-0):
Before: Kb1; Rc1, d1, e1, f1, g1 or h1. After: Kg1; Rf1.
Before: Kc1; Rd1, e1, f1, g1 or h1 After: Kg1; Rf1.
Before: Kd1; Re1, f1, g1 or h1 After: Kg1; Rf1.
Before: Ke1; Rf1, g1 or h1 After: Kg1; Rf1.
Before: Kf1; Rg1 or h1 After: Kg1; Rf1.
Before: Kg1; Rh1 After: Kg1; Rf1.
All twenty-one Black "Before" and the one "After" position of "a"-side
castling (... 0-0-0):
Before: Kg8; Rf8, e8, d8, c8, b8 or a8 After: Kc8; Rd8.
Before: Kf8; Re8, d8, c8, b8 or a8 After: Kc8; Rd8.
Before: Ke8; Rd8, c8, b8 or a8 After: Kc8; Rd8.
Before: Kd8; Rc8, b8 or a8 After: Kc8; Rd8.
Before: Kc8; Rb8 or a8 After: Kc8; Rd8.
Before: Kb8; Ra8 After: Kc8; Rd8.
All twenty-one Black "Before" and the one "After" position of "h"-side
castling (... 0-0):
Before: Kb8; Rc8, d8, e8, f8, g8 or h8 After: Kg8; Rf8.
Before: Kc8; Rd8, e8, f8, g8 or h8 After: Kg8; Rf8.
Before: Kd8; Re8, f8, g8 or h8 After: Kg8; Rf8.
Before: Ke8; Rf8, g8 or h8 After: Kg8; Rf8.
Before: Kf8; Rg8 or h8 After: Kg8; Rf8.
Before: Kg8; Rh8 After: Kg8; Rf8.
7) Sigeman Wernbro Grandmaster Tournament
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Victor Korchnoi won this event by half a point from Tony Miles.
I have the games and crosstable to round 6 so far and thanks
to Piotr Nestorow for these games.
Round 3 (1996.06.13)
Hansen, Curt - Hellsten, Johan 1-0 49 D15 Slav defence
Bator, Robert - Miles, Anthony J 1/2 31 D27 Queen's gambit; Exchange
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Ziegler, Ari 0-1 36 A48 Queen's pawn
Agrest, Evgenij - Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2 22 E32 Nimzo indian
Hector, Jonny - Cramling, Pia 0-1 35 B48 Sicilian
Round 4 (1996.06.14)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Hector, Jonny 1-0 41 D51 Queen's gambit
Miles, Anthony J - Agrest, Evgenij 1-0 62 A10 English; 1.c4
Cramling, Pia - Hansen, Curt 0-1 40 E11 Bogo indian
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Bator, Robert 1-0 61 E14 Nimzo indian
Ziegler, Ari - Hellsten, Johan 1/2 47 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Round 5 (1996.06.15)
Hansen, Curt - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 49 E17 Nimzo indian
Bator, Robert - Ziegler, Ari 1-0 34 E67 Kings indian
Hellsten, Johan - Cramling, Pia 1-0 41 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Agrest, Evgenij - Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel 1-0 59 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Hector, Jonny - Miles, Anthony J 0-1 39 B00 1.e4
Round 6 (1996.06.16)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Hellsten, Johan 1-0 56 D41 Queen's gambit
Miles, Anthony J - Hansen, Curt 1/2 24 D45 Queen's gambit
Bator, Robert - Agrest, Evgenij 1/2 43 A62 Modern Benoni
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Hector, Jonny 1-0 37 D44 QGD; Botwinnik
Ziegler, Ari - Cramling, Pia 1/2 44 A57 Wolga gambit
Malmo (SWE), VI 1996. cat. XII (2528)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2645 * . 1 . 1 = 1 . = 1 5.0 2778
2 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2635 . * = . = 1 . 1 1 1 5.0 2773
3 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2615 0 = * 1 . . 1 = . = 3.5 2596
4 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2520 . . 0 * = . 0 = 1 1 3.0 2495
5 Bator, Robert m SWE 2435 0 = . = * 0 . 1 = . 2.5 2481
6 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2505 = 0 . . 1 * . 0 0 1 2.5 2469
7 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2475 0 . 0 1 . . * = 1 0 2.5 2480
8 Ziegler, Ari f SWE 2440 . 0 = = 0 1 = * . . 2.5 2473
9 Agrest, Evgenij m RUS 2485 = 0 . 0 = 1 0 . * . 2.0 2410
10 Hector, Jonny g SWE 2520 0 0 = 0 . 0 1 . . * 1.5 2372
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8) LINKS
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Isle of Lewis Chess Tournament.
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http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~taileasg/Failte.html
Vienna Chess Festival in August.
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http://www.xpoint.at/schach/open.htm
Karlheinz Zoechling sends news regarding the Vienna Chess Festival
in August.
They have updated their Webpage, there are some new addresses and we
have installed an e-mail help so everybody who faces troubles with
registration will be supported.
We are planning to put the most interesting games of the festival
opens in our page for download. All of course in PGN format.
The open games of each round will be available after finishing of the
round. Additionally TASC will care for the games of the FIDE cat 18.
9) Olympiad Teams
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Soren Bech Hansen reports the Danish teams for the
Erevan Olympiad:
Men's team: IGM Curt Hansen
IGM Peter Heine Nielsen
IGM Henrik Danielsen
IM Erling Mortensen
IM Nikolaj Borge
IM Carsten Hoi
Women's team: Esmat Guindy
Tanya Stewart
Louise Fredericia
Christine Jensen
Denmark is only a little kingdom but allow me to be optimistic about
the performance of these teams. Denmark may become the best placed
Nordic team in both tournaments.
Israel announced its squad for the Armenia Olympics a little while
ago:
Yudasin, Smirin, Alterman, Huzman, Sutuvsky, Psakhis/Greenfeld
10) 1st SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL
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My thanks to Brian Stephenson for the games and to John Henderson for
additional information.
The 1st Sheffield International Chess Tournament has got underway at the
Octagon Centre of the University of Sheffield. The 10 player all-play-all
running from Monday 17th June to Friday 21st June is believed to be the
first International tournament to be held in Yorkshire since Scarborough,
1930.
Ben Martin scored his 3rd IM norm.
Sheffield (ENG), VI 1996. cat. IV (2334)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Martin, Benjamin f NZL 2375 * 1 0 = 0 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2454
2 Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2380 0 * = = = 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2408
3 Whiteley, Andrew J m ENG 2295 1 = * 0 = 0 1 1 1 = 5.5 2418
4 Kinsman, Andrew P H f ENG 2365 = = 1 * = 1 0 = 0 1 5.0 2373
5 Poulton, James ENG 2350 1 = = = * = 1 0 = = 5.0 2375
6 Shaw, John f SCO 2355 0 1 1 0 = * = = = 1 5.0 2374
7 Strange, Mikkel DEN 2245 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1 1 = 4.0 2300
8 Buckley, Graeme m ENG 2385 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2248
9 McMahon, Daire IRL 2260 = 0 0 1 = = 0 0 * 1 3.5 2262
10 Britton, Richard f ENG 2330 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 * 2.0 2114
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11) 3rd Ischia Chess Festival
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The 3rd Ischia Chess Festival took place from June 7-16th.
Ischia is a town near Naples in Italy. The main event was
a Category 14 International tournament. My thanks to Adolivio
Capece, editor, monthly magazine "L'Italia Scacchistica"
for the final standings. He reports that the three players
on 6 were all undefeated.
John Henderson of UK teletext had 5 games from the festival
and those are in the games section.
He additionally reports that the International Open was won
by Arthur Kogan from Israel on 7/8, a half point ahead of
British GM Jon Levitt.
Ischia International Tournament Category 14
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Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2585 31 30.10.57 6
Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2600 40 15.05.74 6
Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2650 34 18.01.66 6
Gofshtein, Leonid D g ISR 2540 20 21.04.53 4.5
Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2590 21 10.01.52 4
Tseitlin, Mark D m ISR 2545 23 23.09.43 4
Khenkin, Igor g ISR 2575 55 21.03.68 4
Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2615 43 21.01.68 3.5
Godena, Michele m ITA 2485 83 30.06.67 3.5
Hodgson, Julian M. g ENG 2615 58 25.07.63 3.5
12) CHAMPIONNAT INVITATION DU QUEBEC 1996
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Quebec (CAN), VI 1996.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Lesiege, Alexandre m CAN 2480 * 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 8.0 2752
2 Hebert, Jean m CAN 2435 0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2494
3 O'Donnell, Tom m CAN 2365 = = * = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2396
4 Ross, David f CAN 2355 0 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2347
5 Linsky, Oleg ISR 2315 0 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 4.5 2303
6 Schleifer, Michael CAN 2270 0 = = = 0 * 0 1 = 1 4.0 2202
7 Leveille, Francois f CAN 2365 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 0 1 = 3.5 2296
8 Girard,R ---- 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 2.5 2097
9 Moussa, A PLE 2205 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * = 2.5 2060 *
10 Filion,C ---- = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 2.0 2155
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Organised by the Federation quebecoise des echecs.
The arbiter was Yves Casaubon and the games and information
appeared on his www page http://generation.net/~casaubon
IM Alexandre Lesiege retained his title of CHAMPION DU QUEBEC
this is his forth win. (1991,1994,1995,1996)
* The Moussa given is Moussa,AE the rating list gives no clue
as to whether they are the same player, I'm assuming they are.
13) Indian National A Championships.
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Arvind Aaron sends the games from this A Championships which
were typed in by his father IM Manuel Aaron. His father is
incidently reporting on the Asian Cities Team event. 40 teams
are playing. Tashkent with 3 GMs and 2 IMs are favourites. The
budget of that event is, hold your breadth, $1.8 million!
Tiruchi Parameswaran won the National A Championships with 10/15.
It was held in Kasaragod.
Arvind Aaron reports:
Asian chess super star Viswanathan Anand of
Madras, India is getting married on Wednesday June 26
1996 to Aruna, daughter of a businessman owning a
large industrial house. Over three thousand people are
expected to attend the reception on June 26 at Rajah
Muthiah Hall, Madras.
The 33rd National `A' saw IM Tiruchy Natesan
Parameswaran make a big comeback to chess winning the
title after 1979. Parameswaran remained cautious and
was the only unbeaten player.
The event, which was postponed many times was
finally held at Kasargod, a northern district of the
Kerala. Kerala is the southern most state of India.
FM Thandalam Ravi, a veteran of many junior
titles in the Anand time, finally made his IM norm with
a nice performance.
It was organised by the All Kerala Chess Assn.
with many organisations pooling sponsorships for each
day. RPG, one of the leading business groups in
Eastern India sent a cheque for Rs.1,00,000 in response
to a letter seeking sponsorship.
Nine time national champion IM Manuel Aaron who
attended the championship as journalist and also made the
games bulletins criticised the event which was plagued by
drawn games.
Anand has pulled out of the Indian team to the
Yerevan Chess Olympiad. The six member Indian team will
comprise of D.Barua (seeded) plus the top five from here.
While the top six get retained for the next national `A',
the bottom 10 get eliminated and will come to the next
national `B' which is also scheduled at Kerala.
Vijay D.Pandit, Chess Historian, writes in the
Indian magazine Chess Mate:
Winning the championship after a gap
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IM T.N.Parameswaran (40), who played in the National
Championship after a gap of 10 years came into reckoning
with a TNT bang by setting a record of regaining the crown
after a long gap of 17 (1979-1996) years.
Did he set any world record in this regard? Let us
see where his feat fits into the world scene?
Oscar Panno (remember his scintillating game with
Ramdas Gupta in the 1956 Moscow Ol?) won the Argentine Chp
first in 1953 and then, 32 years later, in 1985. Similarly,
Leon Fernandez won the Cuban Chp. first in 1944 and then in
1976. Like TNT, sorry TNP, Panno and Fernandez won the chp.
on these two occasions only.
Evergreen Samuel Reshevsky won for the fifth time the
USA Chp in 1946 and for the sixth (and last) time in 1969, i.e.
after a gap of 23 years.
Gosta Stolz won the Swedish Chp. (second time) in 1928
and then, 23 years later, in 1951 (and went to score a hattrick
by wins in 1952 and 1953.
Georgy Tringov (Bulgaria, 1963-81) Arthur Davies (NZ,
1908, 1926/27) and C.H.O'D Alexander (Britian 1938, 1956) re-
gained his crown with a gap of 18 years.
TNP has equalled the feat of Olaf Barda, Norway (1930,
1947) and J.M.Aitken (Scotland, 1935, 1952) who regained their
respective national crowns with a gap of 17 years.
Kasaragod (IND), V-VI 1996. cat. VI (2375)
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1234567890123456
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1 Parameswaran, Tiruchi N m IND 2390 *==1======1=111= 10.0 2499
2 Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam f IND 2345 =*==1==10=1=10=1 9.0 2449
3 Ponnuswamy, Konguvel m IND 2395 ==*1=0110====1=1 9.0 2446
4 Ramesh, R.B f IND 2415 0=0*=1=110===111 9.0 2444
5 Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2445 =0==*====1===1=1 8.5 2420
6 Babu, N Sudhakar m IND 2445 ==10=*=0=11=10== 8.0 2391
7 Mishra, Neeraj-Kumar m IND 2390 ==0===*1=====1== 8.0 2395
8 Gokhale, C.S IND 2340 =000=10*111=1=== 8.0 2398
9 Hegde, Ravi Gopal m IND 2355 =110===0*====0== 7.0 2355
10 Mari Arul, S IND 2325 ===100=0=*01==1= 7.0 2357
11 Ravi, Lanka m IND 2390 00===0=0=1*10=11 7.0 2353
12 Tilak, Sharad S m IND 2385 =========00*==01 6.5 2324
13 Chattertee, Laltu IND 2240 00===0=0==1=*=1= 6.5 2334
14 Shetty, Rahul IND 2390 0100010=1====*=0 6.0 2302
15 Koshy, Varugeese m IND 2410 0==0=====0010=*= 5.5 2278
16 Kunte, Abhijit IND 2345 =0000=====00=1=* 5.0 2252
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14) Finnish Chess Championships 1996 by Jussi Tella
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Jussi Tella reports on the Finnish Chess Championships
1996. The games first appeared on his www site:
http://www.hut.fi/~jtella/sm.html
He hopes to cover further events in Finland on the internet.
The next event will be the The Heart of Finland tournament
in July in Jyvaskyla in the Middle of Finland, with many GMs
like Taimanov and Smyslov participating!
Finnish National Championships Helsinki (FIN), VI 1996.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Norri, Joose m FIN 2365 -11 + 6 +16 +18 + 9 + 2 = 4 + 8 = 3 7.0 2542
2 Westerinen, Heikki M J g FIN 2410 + 3 + 5 = 9 + 7 = 8 - 1 =11 + 4 = 6 6.0 2437
3 Keskisarja, Teemu FIN 2255 - 2 +13 =10 +11 = 4 =12 = 9 + 6 = 1 5.5 2412
4 Yrjola, Jouni g FIN 2460 =18 +15 = 8 = 9 = 3 + 5 = 1 - 2 +11 5.5 2398
5 Holmsten, Aleksei f FIN 2305 + 6 - 2 =18 =10 +15 - 4 +12 = 9 = 8 5.0 2366
6 Kokkila, Tero FIN 2210 - 5 - 1 +17 +14 +10 + 7 = 8 - 3 = 2 5.0 2348
7 Salmensuu, Olli FIN 2280 =15 +14 +11 - 2 -12 - 6 =13 +10 +16 5.0 2328
8 Sammalvuo, Tapani f FIN 2325 +13 =11 = 4 +12 = 2 = 9 = 6 - 1 = 5 5.0 2380
9 Tella, Jussi FIN 2310 +17 +10 = 2 = 4 - 1 = 8 = 3 = 5 =12 5.0 2383
10 Maki-Uuro, Miikka FIN 2265 +12 - 9 = 3 = 5 - 6 +16 +14 - 7 =17 4.5 2278
11 Puranen, Jukka f FIN 2300 + 1 = 8 - 7 - 3 +16 +18 = 2 =14 - 4 4.5 2323
12 Pyhala, Antti m FIN 2330 -10 +17 +15 - 8 + 7 = 3 - 5 =13 = 9 4.5 2297
13 Pulkkinen, Kari f FIN 2345 - 8 - 3 =14 =16 =17 +15 = 7 =12 =18 4.0 2246
14 Lassila, Erkki FIN 2190 =16 - 7 =13 - 6 =18 +17 -10 =11 =15 3.5 2211
15 Jouhki, Yrjo Markus FIN 2245 = 7 - 4 -12 +17 - 5 -13 +18 -16 =14 3.0 2196
16 Nouro, Mikael FIN 2275 =14 =18 - 1 =13 -11 -10 =17 +15 - 7 3.0 2174
17 Kekki, Petri f FIN 2350 - 9 -12 - 6 -15 =13 -14 =16 +18 =10 2.5 2114
18 Raaste, Eero J m FIN 2355 = 4 =16 = 5 - 1 =14 -11 -15 -17 =13 2.5 2149
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Finnish Women's National Championships Helsinki (FIN), VI 1996.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Paasikangas, Johanna wm FIN 2200 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 4.5
2 Puuska,H ---- 1 * = = = 1 1 4.5
3 Rantanen,T ---- 0 = * 0 1 1 1 3.5
4 Rautanen,S ---- = = 1 * = 0 1 3.5 2200
5 Kujasalo,M ---- 0 = 0 = * 1 0 2.0
6 Lindholm,T ---- 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 2.0
7 Lehtimaki Ristoja,A ---- 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1.0
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Finnish Championship Tournament 1996
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IM Joose Norri won his third consecutive title with 7.0/9. He started
the tournament with a loss with the white pieces, but after that he won
five games in a row and secured a clear one point lead. The other place
for Finnish olympics team went to GM Heikki Westerinen, who after many
years break took part in this tournament. Westerinen will be playing for the
18th consecutive time in the Olympiad this year, which is some kind of
world record! After that there were two players with 5.5 points and
five players with 5.0 points, so the tournament was as competitive as
expected. The tournament was the strongest ever Finnish championship
tournament, with the lowest ranked player having over 2300 points in
Finnish elo-list.
1. Round
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GM Westerinen scored a beautiful win against Keskisarja. The upset of
this round was Miikka Maki-Uuro's win over IM Antti Pyhala.
2. Round
--------
After this round only players with 2 out of 2 were Westerinen and
FM Jussi Tella, who won Maki-Uuro with a nice combination. Norri started
his rise towards the top by winning Tero Kokkila.
3. Round
--------
Young Olli Salmensuu came to share the lead by winning FM Jukka
Puranen with a sharp attack. Another beautiful finish was Pyhala's
mating combination against Yrjo-Markus Jouhki in a long endgame.
4. Round
--------
Westerinen took the lead alone by winning Salmemsuu in a long
endgame. On the second board GM Jouni Yrjola and Tella had very tough
time trouble scramble, the game was agreed draw when the same position
was on the board for the fourth time! Norri scored a fine win of IM
Eero Raaste, afterwards he said that this game was his best of the
tournament.
5. Round
--------
There were many draws in this round on the top boards. Only Norri
continued his rise by winning Tella in a very fine game, in which
maybe the most interesting opening novelty (11.-Bxf3!?) of the whole
tournament was played.
6. Round
--------
Yrjola won FM Aleksei Holmsten in a theoretical battle in Gruenfeld,
but the other GM Westerinen lost to Norri, who took his fifth win in a
row and who also took the lead of the tournament.
7. Round
--------
On the top board Norri and Yrjola played a fantastic tactical battle,
where Norri's queen sacrifice almost gave him clear advantage. Yrjola
defended well despite his bad time trouble and managed to draw the
game. Also lower boards saw some very well fighted games in this
rounds, with two games ending to a stalemate!
8. Round
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FM Tapani Sammalvuo tried to win Norri, but after a small opening
advantage he made some bad moves, that payed him the whole point. The
two GMs had a tough battle, in which Westerinen got the upper hand
after a long endgame. Keskisarja won against Kokkila, and he became
the favourite for the Bronze medal in the tournament.
9. Round
--------
Unbelievably many short draws ended this tournament, but Yrjola's win
of Puranen gave him the shared third place in the end.
15) ABO Soest Open 1996
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Rob van Aurich sends all the games and results from the ABO Soest Open
Chess Festival 1996. The main open section was won by Alex Wojtkiewicz.
It took place 15-19th May 1996.
plt nr naam score WP SB rtng lnd tpr
1 1 Alex Wojtkiewicz ......... 7.5 55.5 44.75 2550 POL 2511
1 2 Mikhail Rytshagov ........ 7.5 54.5 43.5 2495 EST 2526
1 3 Rongguang Ye ............. 7.5 54 43.5 2475 CHN 2558
4 4 Hway Ik Oei .............. 7 51 36.75 2205 NED 2316
5 5 Dennis J.N. Helvensteijn . 6.5 52 33.25 2230 NED 2308
6 6 Eric A. de Haan .......... 6 52 30.5 2211 NED 2346
6 7 Joost H.A. Hoogendoorn ... 6 51 29.75 2335 NED 2233
6 8 Tom A.R. de Gijsel ....... 6 50 30.5 2030 NED 2220
6 9 Guust C.J. Homs .......... 6 46.5 28.5 2193 NED 2163
6 10 Peter A. Koefoed ......... 6 44 28.25 1634 NED 2096
6 11 Remko J.H. van der Burght 6 43.5 26.5 2150 NED 2198
6 12 Jop P. Dekker ............ 6 42.5 26.5 1766 NED 2078
13 13 Vladimir Lazarev ......... 5.5 49.5 27.5 2445 RUS 2060
13 14 Petra Schuurman .......... 5.5 47 25.75 2090 NED 2082
13 15 Dick A. Floor ............ 5.5 45 24.5 2106 NED 2168
13 16 Pieter C. Buzing ......... 5.5 45 23.75 1979 NED 2187
13 17 B.F. Enklaar ............. 5.5 44.5 24 2390 NED 2080
18 18 Harmen Jonkman ........... 5 49.5 24.25 2325 NED 2194
18 19 Martin Hoerstmann ........ 5 46.5 22.5 2315 GER 2089
18 20 R.A. de Veen ............. 5 44 22.75 1785 NED 1997
18 21 Gerrit Meine Muis ........ 5 44 20.5 2028 NED 1949
18 22 Jos M.M. Nooyen .......... 5 43 19.5 2073 NED 2002
18 23 M. Smits ................. 5 43 19.25 1912 NED 1979
18 24 John Raymond Markus ...... 5 42.5 22 2215 NED 2022
18 25 J.H. Ranft ............... 5 41.5 22.25 1814 NED 1949
18 26 Keimpe Knijft ............ 5 41.5 20 1857 NED 1952
18 27 Fokke H.M. Jonkman ....... 5 40 19.5 2007 NED 1971
18 28 Robbert van Vossen ....... 5 39 18.25 1885 NED 1974
18 29 Ron Hofman ............... 5 38.5 20.75 2245 NED 1986
30 30 Willem D. Hajenius ....... 4.5 43.5 20.5 2055 NED 1888
30 31 Jef Verwoert ............. 4.5 43 19.25 1941 NED 2006
30 32 Thailo K.P.C. van Ree .... 4.5 43 17.75 1793 NED 1991
30 33 H. Boom .................. 4.5 42.5 18.5 1862 NED 1913
30 34 Johnny J.A. Cornelisse ... 4.5 42 19.75 1956 NED 1990
30 35 Jan Langenberg ........... 4.5 42 17 1870 NED 1891
30 36 Eddy van de Velden ....... 4.5 41.5 19.75 1870 NED 1793
30 37 Bart Karstens ............ 4.5 40 19.75 1928 NED 1827
30 38 Jan-Bart Abcouwer ........ 4.5 40 17.25 1890 NED 1939
30 39 D. Kudinov ............... 4.5 39.5 19 1944 NED 1917
30 40 Jim Stada ................ 4.5 38.5 17.5 1900 NED 1731
30 41 Frits Stegeman ........... 4.5 38.5 14.75 1876 NED 1852
30 42 J.E.M. Huyzer ............ 4.5 37.5 17.5 2003 NED 1821
30 43 Boris Friesen ............ 4.5 37.5 17 1744 NED 1862
30 44 A.G.L.(Ton) Mestrom ...... 4.5 37 16 1874 NED 1835
30 45 S.G.M.A. Brouwers ........ 4.5 36.5 15.75 1779 NED 1845
46 46 Paul R. Visser ........... 4 43.5 15.75 1775 NED 1811
46 47 Roderick A.C. Loeber ..... 4 41 16 1611 NED 1913
46 48 G. Bos ................... 4 38 16.5 1740 NED 1901
46 49 Aad de Bruijn ............ 4 38 15 1963 NED 1829
46 50 A.G.J. van Brussel ....... 4 37.5 12.75 1853 NED 1797
46 51 M. van den Nieuwendijk ... 4 35 13.75 1818 NED 1696
46 52 Joost Jansen ............. 4 31.5 8.5 1776 NED 1737
53 53 Rob van Wijk ............. 3.5 41 12.75 1800 NED 1796
53 54 Karl L. Baak ............. 3.5 39.5 13.75 1914 NED 1759
53 55 M.D. van Alphen .......... 3.5 39.5 12.25 1750 NED 1790
53 56 J.R.(Ruud) Winkel ........ 3.5 39 13 1849 NED 1851
53 57 J.H.(Hens) ten Thije ..... 3.5 36 12.75 1674 NED 1687
53 58 Paul B. Gould ............ 3.5 34.5 9.25 1764 NED 1742
53 59 J.J. van Swieten ......... 3.5 32 10.25 1618 NED 1693
53 60 David A. Beals ........... 3.5 31 9.25 1399 NED 1562
61 61 Pter Szkely ............ 3 47.5 28 2435 HUN 2283
61 62 Bram Otto ................ 3 40.5 17.5 1771 NED 1926
61 63 Arjen Loonstra ........... 3 38 9.75 1760 NED 1637
61 64 Ron G. Heeneman .......... 3 36 8 1693 NED 1610
61 65 Jos Titulaer ............. 3 34.5 9 1529 NED 1639
61 66 H.J.M.(Ben) Duivenvoorden 3 34 6.5 1607 NED 1623
67 67 M.J.B. Steverink ......... 2.5 35 7.75 1584 NED 1602
67 68 P.N. Snip ................ 2.5 30.5 5.75 1421 NED 1485
69 69 Marcel A. Wijnhof ........ 2 38 20 1426 NED 1705
69 70 Hans J.H. Kuijper ........ 2 32 5.25 1661 NED 1498
69 71 Ronald Brink ............. 2 27.5 2.5 1451 NED 1218
69 72 P. Mahabali .............. 2 26 2.5 1500 NED 1291
73 73 Andr van Dinteren ....... 1.5 30.5 8 1736 NED 1486
73 74 Brian Culverhouse ........ 1.5 27 4.25 1384 ENG 1369
75 75 Rob J. Prinzen ........... 1 35 16.25 1458 NED 1380
76 76 Hans Spronk .............. 0.5 26 0.25 1000 NED 848
77 77 Andrei Kovalev ........... 0 40.5 20.25 2495 BLR 2495
77 78 Gerhard Schebler ......... 0 40.5 20.25 2420 GER 2420
16) Open Bohemian Championship in Rapid Chess 1996 by Martin Pribyl
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Site: Prague, Czech Republic
Date: June 22 - June 23, 1996
Venue: TJ Sokol Vrsovice Praha, Vrsovicke namesti 2, Praha 10,100 00
System: Swiss 11 rounds, 30 minutes per game
Prizes: Total 17.600 Czech crowns, special prizes for the best junior,
senior, woman and player with ELO till 2000
Final standing:
Tit Name Fed ELO Pts Md BH Prize
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1. IM Jirovsky, Milos CZE 2420 8.0 66.0 3.500 Kc
2. IM Votava, Jan CZE 2540 8.0 63.0 3.000 Kc
3. GM Meduna, Eduard CZE 2435 8.0 60.5 2.250 Kc
4. IM Vokac, Marek CZE 2455 8.0 60.5 2.250 Kc
5. IM Konopka, Michal CZE 2405 7.5 63.5 1.500 Kc
6. NM Jirovsky, Pavel CZE 2305 7.5 61.5 1.200 Kc
7. IM Oral, Tomas CZE 2460 JUN1 7.5 60.5 1.000 Kc
8. IM Pribyl, Josef CZE 2405 7.5 59.0 800 Kc
9. NM Seleljo, Daniel CZE 2385 7.0 64.0 600 Kc
10. NM Zvara, Petr CZE 2310 7.0 58.0
11. Vorisek, Jaroslav CZE 2210 JUN2 7.0 54.5 400 Kc
12. IM Jurek, Josef CZE 2345 7.0 52.0
13. NM Chloupek, Stanislav CZE 2305 7.0 50.0
14. Inneman, Martin CZE 2280 7.0 49.0
15. FM Znamenacek, Kvetoslav CZE 2315 6.5 59.0
16. NM Suran, Jan CZE 2300 JUN3 6.5 59.0
17. Stoklasa, Jan CZE 2255 6.5 57.0
18. Vojta, Tomas CZE 2185 JUN4 6.5 55.5
19. Spal, Milan CZE 2220 6.5 51.0
20. Vavra, Jan CZE 2139n 6.5 47.0
21. Dolezal, Radoslav Jr. CZE 2275 JUN5 6.0 55.0
22. Hrubant, Ivan CZE 2190 6.0 52.5
23. Vojta, Pavel CZE 2020n JUN6 6.0 52.5
24. Hosticka, Frantisek CZE 2240 6.0 51.5
25. Janda, Pavel CZE 2085 6.0 51.0
26. Taborsky, Rostislav CZE 2185 6.0 51.0
27. Chrz, Pavel CZE 2275 6.0 50.5
28.WFM Kubikova, Hana CZE 2180 WOM1 6.0 49.5 400 Kc
29. Bechyne, Jaroslav CZE 2195 6.0 46.5
30. Vavra, Radim CZE 2170 6.0 42.0
31. Rehak, Pavel CZE 2090n JUN7 5.5 54.0
32. Pohorsky, Pavel CZE 2120 5.5 52.5
33. Sykora, Robert CZE 2130 SEN1 5.5 51.5 400 Kc
34. Matyska, Jiri CZE 2041n 5.5 50.5
35. Neuman, Petr CZE 2215 JUN8 5.5 49.0
etc. 68 players
Politiken Cup '96 / The VISA Nordic Grand Prix by Lars Zwisler
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The games from each round will be made available as soon as possible
on the www.
WWW: http://inet.uni-c.dk/~kbhsu/news.htm
Below are the round 1 results. They are hopefully complete. More
at the www site above and possibly at my own site. Also I hope
that I have sorted all the rated players out. My thanks to
Lars Zwisler for the games.
Round 1 (1996.06.22)
Aagaard, Jacob - Rasmussen,Per 1-0 31
Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn - Jorgensen, Stig E 1-0 33
De Firmian, Nick E - Kosebay, Osman 1-0 47
Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove - Johansson, Thomas 1-0 1
Gausel, Einar - Holst, Conny 1-0 34
Hansen SB - Petersen, Steen 1-0 39
Hansen, Lars Bo - Schultz-Pedersen, Jesper 1-0 29
Hartung-Nielsen, Jens - Marder, Simon 1-0 36
Hodgson, Julian M - Nilsson, Nils S 1-0 93
Korchnoi, Viktor - Haapasalo, Jukka-Pekka 1-0 40
Lyrberg, Patrik - Andersen, Ole Bo 1-0 16
Madsen, Dag - Zakariasson,P 1-0 52
Mortensen, Erling - Christensen, John 1-0 55
Petursson, Margeir - Andersen,Th 1-0 44
Rowson, Jonathan - Preuss, Flemming 1-0 20
Speelman, Jonathan S - Koskinen, Henri 1-0 26
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly - Bekker-Jensen, Simon 1-0 44
Brondum, Eric - Nicolaisen,E 1/2 29
Frederiksen,He - Holmsgaard, Henrik 1/2 75
Hejberg,Ca - Sylvan, Jacob 1/2 45
Henriksen, Bo - Steingrimsson, Hedinn 1/2 58
Nedberg, Benjamin S - Jelling, Erik 1/2 19
Nielsen,F - Fernandez Siles, Luis 1/2 44
Salo, Tapio - Kristensen, Leif 1/2 32
Andersson, Christine - Koch, Wolfgang Max 0-1 57
Bank, Pelle - Glek, Igor V 0-1 39
Bonnez, Finn - Tisdall, Jonathan D 0-1 63
Dahl Pedersen,He - Hartman, Christer 0-1 114
Djurhuus, Rune - Borbjerggaard, Lars 0-1 60
Eriksson, Ingela S - Antonsen, Mikkel 0-1 55
Guindy, Esmat - Bogdanovich, Grigory 0-1 36
Hutters, Tomas - Dahl Pedersen, Hans 0-1 71
Hyldkrog, Lars - Ksieski, Zbigniew 0-1 35
Klartansson,Da - Sorensen, Henrik 0-1 39
Kleopas,Ge - Hvenekilde, Jorgen 0-1 37
Ligaard, Morten - Hector, Jonny 0-1 75
Lobejko, Rafal - Maksimenko, Andrei 0-1 32
Lynge, Michael - Wells, Peter K 0-1 26
Nielsen, Carsten Juul - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 0-1 36
Nilsson,LK - Akesson, Ralf 0-1 34
Oksanen,T - Strange, Mikkel 0-1 25
Persson, Richard - Hoi, Carsten 0-1 31
Sanchez,Gi - Ostergaard, Jens 0-1 22
Tonning, Erik - Tukmakov, Vladimir B 0-1 58
Varberg, Kenneth - Gulko, Boris F 0-1 28