THE WEEK IN CHESS 93 28/07/96 Mark Crowther --------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- E-Mail M.D.Crowther@Bradford.ac.uk OR mdcrowth@netcomuk.co.uk www http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/chess.html Tel: 01274 882143 --------------------------------------------------- 1) Introduction 2) Lord Novgorod the Great Tournament 3) International Chess Tournament in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland 4) Interplay United States Chess Championships 5) Park-Hotel Bad Homburg International Tournament. 6) FIDE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS YEREVAN ARMENIA 7) First Saturday Tournaments July 1996. 8) BENASQUE XVI OPEN INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT 06-07-96 a 14-07-96 9) Australian Masters Tournament 10) International Opens in Europe by Martin Pribyl. 11) 6th Smith & Williamson Young Masters 12) 1996 Canadian Open 13) GLORNEY & FABER CUP by John Henderson 14) Corrections 15) Universities World Championship Leon Spain. GAMES SECTIONS -------------- TWIC93.PGN ---------- Novgorod International Chess Tournament 15 games SKA Tournament Biel 30 games Credis Tournament Biel 18 games Interplay US Championships 40 games USA Women's Championships 45 games Bad Homberg International Tournament 35 games 6th Smith & Williamson Young Masters 3 games TWIC93EX.PGN Australian Masters 66 games Benasque Open Spain 50+ games Frydek Mistek open 50+ games Frydek Mistek Women's tournament 45 games TWIC93CO.PGN ------------ Infinity CZECH OPEN 100+ games TWIC93FS.PGN First Saturday July GM Tournament 55 games First Saturday July IM Tournament 55 games TWIC93GF.PGN Glorney Cup 100 games Faber Cup 60 games TWIC93LE.PGN Universities World Championships. 100+ games These sections are available at: Pittsburgh ftp site. (ftp.pitt.edu, group/chess/NEWS) (probably Monday) and straight away at my www site - http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/TWIC.html (note this is tilda mdcrowth, some terminals display this as a percent sign which won't work) 1) Introduction ---------------- My thanks to Christophe Bouton, Ian Rogers, Luc Enderli, USCF www site, Wolfram Schneider and Otto Borik (editor Schach Magazin 64), Patrick Rasenburg and Soeren-Bech Hansen, Joerg Harm, Jurgen Daniel, Adrien Hervais and Philip Boulet, Ian Murray. Martin Pribyl, John Henderson, David Ottosen, Jason Luchan and Rune Djurhuus. (I hope this is everyone as this issue has been a logistics nightmare with so much chess going on in the Summer.) A Massive issue. I don't have time even to tot up how many games there are in this issue. Lots of tournaments, lots of news I need a rest! The University of Bradford E-Mail system will not be working next weekend. Not sure about the www. If you need to send a message on Saturday or Sunday try my alternate E-Mail address. Hope you enjoy this issue Mark 2) Lord Novgorod the Great Tournament ---------------------------------- The second category 19 tournament of the year. After starting well Ivanchuk looks well on the way to totally imploding after a careless loss against Judit Polgar. This win gave Judit second wind and she moved up the leader table. Gelfand also is starting to struggle. Meanwhile at the top Veselin Topalov is starting to pick up the lost rating points from last week. I have greatly enjoyed the chess from this event. http://www.novsu.ac.ru/chess96/chess96.html is the official site for the event. Round 1 (1996.07.20) Short, Nigel D - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 26 Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 45 Gelfand, Boris - Polgar, Judit 1/2 28 Round 2 (1996.07.21) Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 40 Polgar, Judit - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 35 Gelfand, Boris - Short, Nigel D 1/2 36 Round 3 (1996.07.22) Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 33 Short, Nigel D - Polgar, Judit 1/2 50 Kramnik, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 51 Round 4 (1996.07.23) Topalov, Veselin - Short, Nigel D 1/2 51 Kramnik, Vladimir - Polgar, Judit 1-0 55 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 80 Round 5 (1996.07.25) Short, Nigel D - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 23 Polgar, Judit - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 43 Gelfand, Boris - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 61 Round 6 (1996.07.26) Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 34 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Short, Nigel D 1/2 13 Polgar, Judit - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 42 Round 7 (1996.07.27) Topalov, Veselin - Polgar, Judit 1-0 60 Short, Nigel D - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 61 Kramnik, Vladimir - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 25 Novgorod (RUS), VII 1996. cat. XIX (2712) ------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 ------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2750 ** =. =1 =. 11 =. 5.0 2865 2 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2695 =. ** =. == =. =1 4.0 2760 3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2765 =0 =. ** 01 1. =. 3.5 2712 4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2730 =. == 10 ** 0. =. 3.0 2664 5 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2665 00 =. 0. 1. ** =1 3.0 2667 6 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2665 =. =0 =. =. =0 ** 2.5 2607 ------------------------------------------------------------ 3) International Chess Tournament in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland ----------------------------------------------------------- A massive chess Festival is taking place in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland. (by the way I hope Biel is correct, I've always thought so, Bienne is correct I know, I have to say I'm a little confused.) I will round up many of the events next week. There is daily coverage of the results from the events at: http://www.bielnews.ch/demo/schach.html but my site is attempting to systematically get the games so also check that out. There are two major tournaments taking place, the SKA tournament which has FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov as its star and is a category 16 event. The early rounds have seen the best showing from Lajos Portisch since the Moscow Olympiad. I must express my gratitude to Ian Rogers for the games from rounds one and two and to Luc Enderli for his hard work in obtaining the games from the later rounds by fax. (a slight technical hitch meant that the fax for round 4 was not complete so the games will come later) I will update my www page as and when possible. SKA Tournament -------------- Round 1 (1996.07.22) Almasi, Zoltan - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 17 Andersson, Ulf - Tukmakov, Vladimir B 0-1 75 Lautier, Joel - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 20 Glek, Igor V - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 74 Romanishin, Oleg M - Milov, Vadim 0-1 36 Miles, Anthony J - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 60 Round 2 (1996.07.23) Ehlvest, Jaan - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 10 Karpov, Anatoly - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 50 Milov, Vadim - Lautier, Joel 1-0 34 Portisch, Lajos - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 40 Tukmakov, Vladimir B - Glek, Igor V 1/2 43 Miles, Anthony J - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 34 Round 3 (1996.07.24) Almasi, Zoltan - Milov, Vadim 1/2 73 Andersson, Ulf - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 14 Lautier, Joel - Miles, Anthony J 1-0 53 Glek, Igor V - Ehlvest, Jaan 0-1 61 Romanishin, Oleg M - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 36 Onischuk, Alexander - Tukmakov, Vladimir B 1/2 41 Round 4 (1996.07.26) Ehlvest, Jaan - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 45 Karpov, Anatoly - Glek, Igor V 1/2 22 Milov, Vadim - Andersson, Ulf 0-1 81 Portisch, Lajos - Tukmakov, Vladimir B 1-0 29 Romanishin, Oleg M - Lautier, Joel 1/2 21 Miles, Anthony J - Almasi, Zoltan 0-1 55 Round 5 (1996.07.27) Almasi, Zoltan - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 1 Andersson, Ulf - Miles, Anthony J 1/2 1 Lautier, Joel - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 1 Glek, Igor V - Milov, Vadim 0-1 1 Tukmakov, Vladimir B - Ehlvest, Jaan 0-1 1 Onischuk, Alexander - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 1 Biel SUI (SUI), VII-VIII 1996. cat. XVI (2630) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2660 * . . . = = . 1 . 1 . = 3.5 2779 2 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2775 . * . . 1 = = = . . . 1 3.5 2787 3 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2565 . . * . = 0 1 1 1 . . . 3.5 2777 4 Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2600 . . . * . . = . = 1 = 1 3.5 2747 5 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2655 = 0 = . * . . . = . 1 . 2.5 2637 6 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2640 = = 1 . . * . . . 0 = . 2.5 2642 7 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2620 . = 0 = . . * . = . 1 . 2.5 2625 8 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2670 0 = 0 . . . . * . = . 1 2.0 2565 9 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2555 . . 0 = = . = . * . = . 2.0 2542 10 Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2580 0 . . 0 . 1 . = . * . = 2.0 2563 11 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2630 . . . = 0 = 0 . = . * . 1.5 2465 12 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2605 = 0 . 0 . . . 0 . = . * 1.0 2417 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Credis Tournament ----------------- Round 1 (1996.07.22) Gallagher, Joseph G - Zueger, Beat 1/2 29 Rogers, Ian - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 36 Casagrande, Harald - Campora, Daniel H 0-1 32 Landenbergue, Claude - Sutovskij, Emil 1/2 38 Kelecevic, Nedeljko - Peptan, Corina 0-1 47 Gerber, Richard - Pelletier, Yannick 0-1 41 Round 2 (1996.07.23) Lutz, Christopher - Landenbergue, Claude 1/2 31 Campora, Daniel H - Rogers, Ian 1/2 49 Peptan, Corina - Casagrande, Harald 1/2 56 Zueger, Beat - Kelecevic, Nedeljko 1/2 66 Pelletier, Yannick - Sutovskij, Emil 0-1 48 Gerber, Richard - Gallagher, Joseph G 1/2 59 Round 3 (1996.07.24) Gallagher, Joseph G - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 1 Rogers, Ian - Peptan, Corina 1-0 27 Casagrande, Harald - Zueger, Beat 1-0 1 Landenbergue, Claude - Campora, Daniel H 1-0 1 Kelecevic, Nedeljko - Gerber, Richard 1/2 1 Sutovskij, Emil - Lutz, Christopher 0-1 1 Round 4 (1996.07.26) Gallagher, Joseph G - Kelecevic, Nedeljko 1/2 1 Campora, Daniel H - Sutovskij, Emil 1-0 30 Peptan, Corina - Landenbergue, Claude 1-0 54 Zueger, Beat - Rogers, Ian 1/2 15 Pelletier, Yannick - Lutz, Christopher 0-1 48 Gerber, Richard - Casagrande, Harald 0-1 1 Round 5 (1996.07.27) Lutz, Christopher - Campora, Daniel H 1/2 1 Rogers, Ian - Gerber, Richard 1-0 1 Casagrande, Harald - Gallagher, Joseph G 0-1 1 Landenbergue, Claude - Zueger, Beat 1/2 1 Kelecevic, Nedeljko - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 1 Sutovskij, Emil - Peptan, Corina 1/2 1 Biel SUI (SUI), VII-VIII 1996. cat. X (2477) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2530 * . . . . 1 . = . = 1 = 3.5 2576 2 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2565 . * = = . . = . 1 . 1 . 3.5 2656 3 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2575 . = * = 1 . . . . = . 1 3.5 2621 4 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2545 . = = * . 1 0 . 1 . . . 3.0 2568 5 Peptan, Corina wg ROM 2395 . . 0 . * = 1 1 = . . . 3.0 2550 6 Casagrande, Harald m AUT 2365 0 . . 0 = * . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2465 7 Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2410 . = . 1 0 . * . = = . . 2.5 2506 8 Kelecevic, Nedeljko m BIH 2475 = . . . 0 . . * . = = = 2.0 2372 9 Sutovskij, Emil m ISR 2565 . 0 . 0 = . = . * . 1 . 2.0 2399 10 Zueger, Beat m SUI 2460 = . = . . 0 = = . * . . 2.0 2399 11 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2440 0 0 . . . . . = 0 . * 1 1.5 2357 12 Gerber, Richard f SUI 2395 = . 0 . . 0 . = . . 0 * 1.0 2237 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Interplay United States Chess Championships ----------------------------------------------- Alex Yermolinsky won the 1996 US Chess Championships by a point from Boris Gulko and Grigory Kaidanov. Last week's leader Tal Shaked had a very tough run in to the Championships playing most of the stronger players in the last few rounds. He did at least perform above his rating, but this was a bad week for him. Anjelina Belakovskaia won the women's event, again by a point from her nearest rival Anna Gulko (Akhsharumova). Coverage on the internet was on http://www.websong.com/chess/uscf/ Round 8 (1996.07.22) Yermolinsky, Alex - Gulko, Boris F 1-0 42 Benjamin, Joel - Alburt, Lev O 1/2 49 Christiansen, Larry M - Shaked, Tal 1/2 97 De Firmian, Nick E - Ivanov, Alexander 1/2 44 Dzindzichashvili, Roman - Gurevich, Dmitry 1/2 61 Shabalov, Alexander - Khmelnitsky, Igor N 0-1 37 Ivanov, Igor V - Kaidanov, Grigory S 0-1 38 Round 9 (1996.07.23) Gulko, Boris F - Ivanov, Igor V 1-0 53 Kaidanov, Grigory S - Dzindzichashvili, Roman 1-0 42 Gurevich, Dmitry - De Firmian, Nick E 1/2 45 Ivanov, Alexander - Benjamin, Joel 1-0 36 Alburt, Lev O - Shabalov, Alexander 0-1 43 Shaked, Tal - Yermolinsky, Alex 0-1 43 Khmelnitsky, Igor N - Christiansen, Larry M 1/2 54 Round 10 (1996.07.24) Yermolinsky, Alex - Khmelnitsky, Igor N 1-0 73 Kaidanov, Grigory S - Gulko, Boris F 1/2 32 Benjamin, Joel - Gurevich, Dmitry 1/2 1 Christiansen, Larry M - Alburt, Lev O 1/2 49 Dzindzichashvili, Roman - De Firmian, Nick E 1/2 9 Shabalov, Alexander - Ivanov, Alexander 0-1 41 Ivanov, Igor V - Shaked, Tal 1-0 41 Round 11 (1996.07.25) Gulko, Boris F - Dzindzichashvili, Roman 1/2 15 Gurevich, Dmitry - Shabalov, Alexander 1-0 21 Ivanov, Alexander - Christiansen, Larry M 1-0 48 Alburt, Lev O - Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 46 De Firmian, Nick E - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 41 Shaked, Tal - Kaidanov, Grigory S 0-1 29 Khmelnitsky, Igor N - Ivanov, Igor V 1/2 61 Round 12 (1996.07.26) Yermolinsky, Alex - Ivanov, Alexander 1/2 38 Gulko, Boris F - Shaked, Tal 1-0 50 Kaidanov, Grigory S - Khmelnitsky, Igor N 1-0 31 Christiansen, Larry M - Gurevich, Dmitry 0-1 51 Dzindzichashvili, Roman - Benjamin, Joel 1/2 9 Shabalov, Alexander - De Firmian, Nick E 1/2 27 Ivanov, Igor V - Alburt, Lev O 0-1 52 Round 13 (1996.07.27) Gurevich, Dmitry - Yermolinsky, Alex 0-1 57 Ivanov, Alexander - Ivanov, Igor V 1/2 41 Alburt, Lev O - Kaidanov, Grigory S 1-0 48 Benjamin, Joel - Shabalov, Alexander 1/2 10 De Firmian, Nick E - Christiansen, Larry M 1/2 15 Shaked, Tal - Dzindzichashvili, Roman 1/2 10 Khmelnitsky, Igor N - Gulko, Boris F 0-1 53 Parsippany (USA), VII 1996. cat. XIII (2550) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2610 * 1 0 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 9.0 2686 2 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2615 0 * = 0 = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2632 3 Kaidanov, Grigory S g USA 2580 1 = * = = 0 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2634 4 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2570 0 1 = * 1 = = 1 = = 1 0 = = 7.5 2605 5 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2560 = = = 0 * 0 1 1 = = 1 0 = 1 7.0 2578 6 Alburt, Lev O g USA 2560 = 0 1 = 1 * = = = 0 0 = 1 0 6.0 2520 7 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2565 0 = 1 = 0 = * = = = = = = = 6.0 2519 8 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2555 = = 1 0 0 = = * = 1 0 = = = 6.0 2520 9 De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2575 0 0 = = = = = = * = = = 1 = 6.0 2519 10 Dzindzichashvili, Roman g USA 2545 = = 0 = = 1 = 0 = * = = = = 6.0 2521 11 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2565 = = 0 0 0 1 = 1 = = * 1 = 0 6.0 2519 12 Shaked, Tal m USA 2440 0 0 0 1 1 = = = = = 0 * 0 1 5.5 2501 13 Ivanov, Igor V m USA 2475 = 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = = 1 * = 5.0 2468 14 Khmelnitsky, Igor N m USA 2485 0 0 0 = 0 1 = = = = 1 0 = * 5.0 2468 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Round 1 (1996.07.17) Akhsharumova, Anna M - Burtman, Sharon 1-0 61 Khan, Anna - Levitina, Irina S 0-1 41 Levitan, Yuliya - Belakovskaia, Anjelina 0-1 52 Tverskaya, Julia - Epstein, Esther 0-1 47 Zitserman,Tatyana - Tsodikova, Natalia 1/2 17 Round 2 (1996.07.18) Belakovskaia, Anjelina - Levitina, Irina S 1/2 13 Tsodikova, Natalia - Khan, Anna 1/2 42 Levitan, Yuliya - Tverskaya, Julia 0-1 59 Epstein, Esther - Akhsharumova, Anna M 1/2 45 Burtman, Sharon - Zitserman,Tatyana 1/2 38 Round 3 (1996.07.19) Akhsharumova, Anna M - Levitan, Yuliya 1/2 32 Levitina, Irina S - Tsodikova, Natalia 0-1 46 Khan, Anna - Burtman, Sharon 1-0 54 Tverskaya, Julia - Belakovskaia, Anjelina 0-1 38 Zitserman,Tatyana - Epstein, Esther 1-0 67 Round 4 (1996.07.22) Belakovskaia, Anjelina - Tsodikova, Natalia 1-0 32 Levitan, Yuliya - Zitserman,Tatyana 1-0 43 Epstein, Esther - Khan, Anna 0-1 36 Tverskaya, Julia - Akhsharumova, Anna M 0-1 45 Burtman, Sharon - Levitina, Irina S 0-1 78 Round 5 (1996.07.23) Akhsharumova, Anna M - Belakovskaia, Anjelina 1/2 70 Levitina, Irina S - Epstein, Esther 1/2 12 Khan, Anna - Levitan, Yuliya 1/2 23 Tsodikova, Natalia - Burtman, Sharon 1/2 23 Zitserman,Tatyana - Tverskaya, Julia 0-1 61 Round 6 (1996.07.24) Belakovskaia, Anjelina - Burtman, Sharon 1-0 53 Akhsharumova, Anna M - Zitserman,Tatyana 1-0 49 Levitan, Yuliya - Levitina, Irina S 1/2 18 Epstein, Esther - Tsodikova, Natalia 0-1 71 Tverskaya, Julia - Khan, Anna 0-1 30 Round 7 (1996.07.25) Levitina, Irina S - Tverskaya, Julia 1/2 10 Khan, Anna - Akhsharumova, Anna M 1/2 100 Tsodikova, Natalia - Levitan, Yuliya 1/2 6 Zitserman,Tatyana - Belakovskaia, Anjelina 0-1 57 Burtman, Sharon - Epstein, Esther 0-1 59 Round 8 (1996.07.26) Belakovskaia, Anjelina - Epstein, Esther 1/2 54 Akhsharumova, Anna M - Levitina, Irina S 1/2 36 Levitan, Yuliya - Burtman, Sharon 1-0 45 Tverskaya, Julia - Tsodikova, Natalia 1/2 14 Zitserman,Tatyana - Khan, Anna 1-0 43 Round 9 (1996.07.27) Levitina, Irina S - Zitserman,Tatyana 1-0 44 Khan, Anna - Belakovskaia, Anjelina 1/2 19 Tsodikova, Natalia - Akhsharumova, Anna M 1/2 9 Epstein, Esther - Levitan, Yuliya 1/2 22 Burtman, Sharon - Tverskaya, Julia 0-1 37 Parsippany (USA), VII 1996. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Belakovskaia, Anjelina wg USA 2350 * = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2423 2 Akhsharumova, Anna M wg USA 2340 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2326 * 3 Levitina, Irina S wg USA 2420 = = * 1 0 = = = 1 1 5.5 2264 4 Khan, Anna USA 2165 = = 0 * = = 1 1 0 1 5.0 2348 5 Tsodikova, Natalia USA 2145 0 = 1 = * = 1 = = = 5.0 2298 6 Levitan, Yuliya wm USA 2220 0 = = = = * = 0 1 1 4.5 2203 7 Epstein, Esther wm USA 2245 = = = 0 0 = * 1 0 1 4.0 2243 8 Tverskaya, Julia wm USA 2195 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * 1 1 4.0 2162 9 Zitserman,Tatyana ---- 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 0 * = 3.0 2118 10 Burtman, Sharon wm USA 2110 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1.0 1816 --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Also known as Anna Gulko. She appears as Akhsharumova in the FIDE rating list. 5) Park-Hotel Bad Homburg International Tournament. ------------------------------------------------ My thanks to Wolfram Schneider and Otto Borik (editor Schach Magazin 64) for the games from this event. The sponsor of the Tournament is the hotelier of Park-Hotel in Bad Homburg. It is hoped that this event will run again next year. The event has been an exciting one with the lead being held with just one round to go by Boris Alterman and Christian Gabriel from rising star Sergei Movsesian. Sofia Polgar was in contention to win the event until near the end also. Round 1 (1996.07.20) Gabriel, Christian - Slobodjan, Roman 1/2 41 D47 Queen's gambit Movsesian, Sergei - Alterman, Boris 0-1 53 C16 French; Winawer Polgar, Sofia - Stangl, Markus 1-0 49 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf Boensch, Uwe - Unzicker, Wolfgang 1/2 22 D55 Queen's gambit Hug, Werner - Bezold, Michael 1/2 40 A07 Reti (1.Pf3) Round 2 (1996.07.21) Alterman, Boris - Gabriel, Christian 1/2 21 D36 Queen's gambit Bezold, Michael - Polgar, Sofia 1/2 41 A10 English; 1.c4 Boensch, Uwe - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 43 E73 Kings indian Slobodjan, Roman - Hug, Werner 1-0 70 C04 French; Tarrasch Unzicker, Wolfgang - Stangl, Markus 0-1 28 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf Round 3 (1996.07.22) Gabriel, Christian - Boensch, Uwe 1/2 59 D55 Queen's gambit Movsesian, Sergei - Unzicker, Wolfgang 1/2 43 C77 Ruy Lopez Polgar, Sofia - Slobodjan, Roman 1-0 48 C91 Ruy Lopez Hug, Werner - Alterman, Boris 1/2 15 A47 Queen's pawn Stangl, Markus - Bezold, Michael 1-0 41 A41 Queen's pawn Round 4 (1996.07.23) Alterman, Boris - Polgar, Sofia 1/2 45 D43 Queen's gambit Movsesian, Sergei - Gabriel, Christian 1/2 32 B07 Pirc Boensch, Uwe - Hug, Werner 1/2 42 E73 Kings indian Slobodjan, Roman - Stangl, Markus 1/2 68 B80 Sicilian Unzicker, Wolfgang - Bezold, Michael 1/2 26 B42 Sicilian Round 5 (1996.07.24) Gabriel, Christian - Unzicker, Wolfgang 1-0 57 C49 Four knights Polgar, Sofia - Boensch, Uwe 1/2 66 B83 Sicilian Bezold, Michael - Slobodjan, Roman 1-0 52 A21 English; 1.c4 e5 Hug, Werner - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 38 A48 Queen's pawn Stangl, Markus - Alterman, Boris 0-1 23 A29 English; 1.c4 e5 Round 6 (1996.07.25) Alterman, Boris - Bezold, Michael 1-0 40 A44 Queen's pawn Gabriel, Christian - Hug, Werner 1-0 40 E71 Kings indian Movsesian, Sergei - Polgar, Sofia 1-0 55 C54 Italian game Boensch, Uwe - Stangl, Markus 1/2 15 C41 Philidor defence Unzicker, Wolfgang - Slobodjan, Roman 1/2 48 B07 Pirc Round 7 (1996.07.26) Polgar, Sofia - Gabriel, Christian 1/2 31 Bezold, Michael - Boensch, Uwe 1-0 30 Hug, Werner - Unzicker, Wolfgang 1/2 16 Slobodjan, Roman - Alterman, Boris 1/2 20 Stangl, Markus - Movsesian, Sergei 1/2 40 Round 8 (1996.07.27) Gabriel, Christian - Stangl, Markus 1-0 41 Movsesian, Sergei - Bezold, Michael 1-0 83 Boensch, Uwe - Slobodjan, Roman 1/2 76 Hug, Werner - Polgar, Sofia 1-0 21 Unzicker, Wolfgang - Alterman, Boris 1/2 20 Bad Homburg (GER), VII 1996. cat. XII (2528) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2590 * = 1 = 1 . = = 1 = 5.5 2661 2 Gabriel, Christian m GER 2565 = * = = . = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2668 3 Movsesian, Sergei m ARM 2635 0 = * 1 1 = = . = = 4.5 2558 4 Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2480 = = 0 * = = 0 1 1 . 4.0 2542 5 Bezold, Michael m GER 2495 0 . 0 = * 1 = 1 0 = 3.5 2484 6 Boensch, Uwe g GER 2525 . = = = 0 * = = = = 3.5 2477 7 Hug, Werner m SUI 2445 = 0 = 1 = = * 0 . = 3.5 2490 8 Slobodjan, Roman m GER 2520 = = . 0 0 = 1 * = = 3.5 2472 9 Stangl, Markus g GER 2565 0 0 = 0 1 = . = * 1 3.5 2490 10 Unzicker, Wolfgang g GER 2460 = 0 = . = = = = 0 * 3.0 2455 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6) FIDE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS YEREVAN ARMENIA ------------------------------------------- More details on my homepage and next week. I hope to have the projected policies of the Kouatly ticket by then. (see my homepage for the platform of Jaime Sunye Neto. Elections a two horse race? The deadline for the announcement of tickets for the FIDE elections in Yerevan Armenia (in September during the Olympiad) passed on July 23rd. There were two tickets: Presidential Ticket of Jaime Sunye Neto * Jaime Sunye Neto (Brasil) President * Einar S. Einarsson (Iceland) Deputy President * Noureddine Tabbane (Tunisia) Deputy President * Ego Ditt (Germany) Vice-President * Steven Doyle (U.S.A.) Vice-President * Andrei Makarov (Russia) Vice-President * Emmanuel Omuku (Nigeria) General Secretary * Guenther Loewenthal (Netherlands) Treasurer Presidential Ticket of Barchar Kouatly * Bachar Kouatly (France) President * Anatoly Karpov (Russia) Deputy President * Roman Toran (Spain) Deputy President * Pedro Barrera (El Salvador) Vice President * David Hamoonga (Zambia( Vice President * Sun Lianzhi (China) Vice President * Morten Sand (Norway) General Secretary * Mohamed Mourad Succar (Lebanon) Treasurer Does this mean that Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will not be standing for the Presidency? Not necessarily. In a recent communique from 15th of July to all Chess Federations (which was not published on the FIDE Web Page) Iljumzhinov wrote: 3. "The Executive Council, held in Elista last month, recommended that the Yerevan Elections for the Presidential Ticket shall comprise the existing eight offices. Unfortunately, some members of the Executive Council acted beehind my back and decided to form a separate ticket. If I am to offer my ticket, then 16 federations shall be locked in further intrigue and be hostile to one another. The situation has plagued FIDE in recent years. In Paris, I agreed to become FIDE President because I love chess and wanted to save FIDE of its financial crisis. I am not interested and shall not take part in the intrigue among FIDE officials. In order to help restore unity in FIDE, I decided not to present my ticket for the coming elections. 4. The last two Congresses of Moscow 1994 and Paris 1995 established the fact that the General Assembly is the highest governing body of FIDE. These Congresses discussed and confirmed that the 1998 FIDE Elections shall be only for the offices of President and Deputy President. This decision was wise and I propose that the Yerevan Elections be held for only the offices of President and Deputy President." With the one hand (3) he says he is not presenting a ticket, and with the other hand (4) he's saying elections with tickets are a stupid idea. It seems that although the meeting in the Netherlands earlier this year came to an agreement that there would be tickets there is a very strong possibility that there may be a battle to see what kind of election takes place. As one person commented "There is horrible tradition for changing the FIDE statutes at the General Assembly without having the proposed changes on the agenda." (Is it Larry Parr who goes on about FIDE traditions!) However it is possible that if it is inevitable that Kirsan will lose that this will not happen. An interesting question is who will chair the General Assembly? I fear the answer will be Florencio Campomanes. I have been receiving a steady amount of information on the platform of Sunye Neto and more information will be added to the above file along with hopefully some indication about what Kouatly stands for in the next couple of days. The internet was probably in part responsable for the overthrow of Campomanes. It seems at least one side in the election will be campaigning there in order perhaps to put pressure on the delegates to make clear their position. 7) First Saturday Tournaments July 1996. ------------------------------------- My thanks to Joerg Harm for the games and results and his confirmation of the first table as being the results he was sent. FIRST SATURDAY CHESS GM TOURNAMENT SERIES AT BUDAPEST, IN 1996 JULY AVERAGE RATING=2416 FIDE VII CAT. GM NORM =8.0p. IM NORM=6.0p. FIDE ARBITER=Otto Dobos Budapest HUN (HUN), VII 1996. cat. VII (2416) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Malakhov, Volodia m RUS 2515 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2646 GM Norm 2 Cao, Sang m VIE 2445 = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 = 6.5 2523 3 Petronijevic, Zoran f YUG 2400 0 = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.0 2489 IM Norm 4 Lukacs, Peter g HUN 2475 = = = * = = = = = = 1 5.5 2446 5 Zifroni, Dov m ISR 2490 = 0 = = * = = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2444 6 Csom, Istvan g HUN 2460 0 = = = = * = = 1 = = 5.0 2411 7 Hoang Thang Trang m VIE 2360 0 = 0 = = = * = = 1 = 4.5 2385 8 Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2450 0 = = = 0 = = * 0 1 = 4.0 2340 9 Pedersen, Daniel Vesterbaek DEN 2330 = 0 0 = 1 0 = 1 * 0 0 3.5 2314 10 Ribshtein, Nati ISR 2270 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 3.5 2320 11 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2380 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 * 3.0 2270 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lukacs,P-Zifroni,D (8) was given as a draw in the crosstable but as a win in the games file. I've taken the official table as the correct result and altered it in the games file, but it looks like just a win for Zifroni and certainly no place to agree a draw. FIRST SATURDAY CHESS IM TOURNAMENT SERIES AT BUDAPEST, IN 1996 JULY AVERAGE RATING=2296 FIDE II CAT. IM NORM=7.5p. FIDE ARBITER=Otto Dobos Budapest HUN (HUN), VII 1996. cat. II (2296) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Borbjerggaard, Lars DEN 2220 * 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2496 IM Norm 2 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2395 1 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2435 3 Knezevic, Bojan f YUG 2380 = 1 * = = 1 = = = 1 1 7.0 2436 4 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2345 1 = = * = = 1 1 = = = 6.5 2401 5 Stevanovic, Vladan S f YUG 2300 0 = = = * = = 1 = = = 5.0 2295 6 Szeberenyi, Adam HUN 2130 0 0 0 = = * 1 = 0 1 1 4.5 2276 7 Todorovic, Jovan YUG 2365 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1 1 0 1 4.5 2253 8 Belotelov, Dmitri RUS 2230 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 3.5 2192 9 Kerek, Csaba HUN 2190 0 0 = = = 1 0 = * 0 = 3.5 2196 10 Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2395 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 1 * 0 3.5 2176 11 Kerek, Krisztian HUN 2305 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 * 2.5 2102 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) BENASQUE XVI OPEN INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT 06-07-96 a 14-07-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- My thanks to Adrien Hervais and Philip Boulet for the news and games from this strong international open. The 16th Benasque's tournament in the spanish Pyrenees has just finished in the 14th of july with the victory of the russian grandmaster Oleg KORNEEV, fifth elo of the tournament. This big tournament (321 players) is the strongest in europe in this period of the year: 28 I.G.M, 25 I.M, and 138 FIDE. A particular mention for the very good game conditions assembled by the organisers. Oleg KORNEEV is winner with 7,5 points on 9 possibles before Daniel CAMPORA also 7,5 points. Ruslan POGORELLOV (3rd) Mihail MARIN (4th) and Giorgi GIORGADZE (5th) came after in a group of 16 players at 7 points. Informations if you wish to enter this tournament next year: Casa de la Cultura BENASQUE (Huesca) SPAIN Phone/FAX (974) 55 12 89 For players over 2350 contact J.Miguel Royo Zaragoza Phone/FAX 34-(9)-76 22 35 12 FINAL CLASSIFICATION # Name Tit ELO Pts --------------------------------------------------------- 1.- 5 KORNEEV Oleg GM 2565 7.5 2.- 8 CAMPORA SIVORI Daniel H. GM 2545 7.5 3.- 33 POGORELOV Ruslan MI 2450 7.0 4.- 15 MARIN Mihail GM 2530 7.0 5.- 4 GIORGADZE Giorgi GM 2580 7.0 6.- 21 CIFUENTES PARADA Roberto GM 2500 7.0 7.- 24 KURAJICA Bojan GM 2490 7.0 8.- 19 BRODSKY Michail GM 2510 7.0 9.- 3 NOVIKOV Igor A. GM 2585 7.0 10.- 30 GEORGIEV Vladimir MI 2465 7.0 11.- 12 ANTUNES Antonio GM 2540 7.0 12.- 20 DELCHEV Aleksander MI 2510 7.0 13.- 1 KOMAROV Dimitri GM 2595 7.0 14.- 62 LODHI Mahmood MI 2355 7.0 15.- 27 KUIJF Marinus MI 2475 7.0 16.- 31 GONZALEZ GARCIA Jose MI 2460 7.0 17.- 44 FERNANDES Antonio MI 2410 7.0 18.- 39 ROEDER Mathias MI 2435 7.0 19.- 22 DE LA VILLA GARCIA Jesus M. GM 2495 6.5 20.- 14 ULIBIN Mihail GM 2535 6.5 21.- 50 DOBROVOLSKY Ladislav MI 2395 6.5 22.- 28 MITKOV Nicola GM 2470 6.5 23.- 32 KOMLJENOVIC Davor GM 2455 6.5 24.- 10 BECERRA RIVERO Julio MI 2545 6.5 25.- 40 WESTERINEN Heikki M.J GM 2430 6.5 26.- 67 COOPER Lawrence MF 2335 6.5 27.- 64 TORRECILLAS MARTINEZ Antonio 2355 6.5 28.- 16 TIMOSHCHENKO Gennady A. GM 2530 6.5 29.- 47 FORINTOS Gyizi V. GM 2405 6.5 30.- 13 NOGUEIRAS Jesus GM 2535 6.5 31.- 41 MOLLOV Elin MI 2430 6.5 32.- 2 PSAKHIS Lev GM 2590 6.0 33.- 11 KISELEV Sergei MI 2545 6.0 34.- 56 IVANOV Jordan MI 2375 6.0 35.- 25 CHATALBASHEV Boris MI 2490 6.0 36.- 37 MARTIN GONZALEZ Angel MI 2440 6.0 37.- 29 NARCISO DUBLAN Marc MF 2470 6.0 38.- 6 LALIC Bogdan GM 2565 6.0 39.- 55 ESLON Jaan MI 2375 6.0 40.- 71 GARCIA TROBAT Francisco 2305 6.0 41.- 17 IZETA CHAVARRI Felix GM 2525 6.0 42.- 26 IONOV Sergey MI 2490 6.0 43.- 46 BOJKOVIC Natasa GM 2405 6.0 44.- 7 SUTOVSKIJ Emil MI 2565 6.0 45.- 34 GONZALEZ Renier MF 2450 6.0 46.- 59 LALIC Susan GM 2365 6.0 47.- 49 GALLEGO JIMENEZ Victoriano MI 2395 6.0 48.- 54 FERGUSON Mark 2385 6.0 49.- 69 LEZCANO JAEN Pedro MF 2320 6.0 50.- 81 PITAM Ela MF 2255 6.0 51.- 80 GERSHON Alik MF 2255 6.0 52.- 60 STEFANOVA Antonaeta GM 2365 6.0 53.- 9 ARKELL Keith C. GM 2545 6.0 54.- 146 MARTINEZ GONZALEZ Crescencio 0 6.0 55.- 68 FERNANDEZ LOPEZ Felix 2335 6.0 56.- 148 BURRIELL ROSELLO Carlos 0 6.0 57.- 38 GALEGO Luis MI 2435 5.5 58.- 43 RODRIGUEZ VARGAS Orestes GM 2415 5.5 59.- 23 JANSA Vlastimil GM 2490 5.5 60.- 89 FONTANA SOTOMAYOR L. Javier 2230 5.5 61.- 61 MORENO RUIZ Javier MF 2365 5.5 62.- 48 BEREBORA Ferenc MI 2400 5.5 63.- 51 OMS PALLISE Josep MF 2395 5.5 64.- 82 BACHES GARCIA Guillermo 2255 5.5 65.- 53 McSHANE Luke J. MF 2385 5.5 66.- 95 CLARI MASCARELL Jose J. 2215 5.5 67.- 147 LILLO FERRER Jose M¦ 0 5.5 68.- 73 CRUZ-LOPEZ CLARET Carlos MF 2295 5.5 69.- 102 PES MATEO Angel 2200 5.5 70.- 94 PIZARRO SEGURA Eduardo 2215 5.5 71.- 100 FIERRO BOQUERO Martha L. MI 2200 5.5 72.- 137 SANCHEZ Nicolas 2085 5.5 73.- 57 LANGEWEG Kick MI 2375 5.5 74.- 206 OLIAS MU¥OZ Francisco 0 5.5 75.- 113 LAURITZEN Jesper M. 2175 5.5 76.- 157 COTS PALTOR Jordi 0 5.5 77.- 93 ANGLADA LOBARTE Jose Andre 2215 5.5 78.- 111 MAYER SCHWARTZ Rene 2175 5.5 79.- 58 BUCKLEY Graeme MI 2370 5.5 80.- 78 AYAS FERNANDEZ Antonio 2270 5.5 81.- 145 BAUTISTA SANCHEZ Juan 0 5.5 82.- 127 SALAMERO PELAY Fernando 2140 5.5 83.- 125 GONZALEZ AGUIRRE Luis 2145 5.5 84.- 140 PORTELA GARCIA-MIGUE Javier 0 5.5 85.- 87 MARIN-IONESCU Luiza MI 2240 5.5 86.- 101 HERREROS FERNANDEZ Miguel 2200 5.5 87.- 269 MU¥OZ ARANA Miguel 0 5.5 88.- 116 ALKAERSIG Oleg 2170 5.5 89.- 142 PALACIOS LATASA Elias 0 5.5 90.- 138 HUERTA MARTINEZ Alberto 2080 5.5 91.- 115 MELENDEZ FIERRO Juan B. 2170 5.5 92.- 154 BASAS GAMAZO Jose 0 5.5 93.- 326 LANA PRIETO Jose Ramon 0 5.5 321 players... 9) Australian Masters Tournament ----------------------------- Ian Murray sends the standings and games from the Australian Masters AUS, VII 1996 cat. II Melbourne 30.6.96 - 12.7.96 Melbourne (AUS), VI-VII 1996. cat. II (2283) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Nguyen Anh Dung m VIE 2480 * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2574 2 Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2510 = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2524 3 Solomon, Stephen J m AUS 2395 0 = * 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.5 2405 4 Leskiewicz, Maksymilian AUS 2175 0 = 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 2394 5 Rutherford, Simon AUS 2300 = 0 1 0 * = 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2346 6 Snape, Ian ENG 2230 0 = 0 0 = * 1 1 1 = = = 5.5 2287 7 Levi, Eddy f AUS 2260 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 5.0 2249 8 Chapman, Mark AUS 2360 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 4.0 2173 9 Smith, Robert W NZL 2275 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 4.0 2181 10 Khoze, Eduard RUS 2160 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 0 * = 1 3.5 2161 11 Curtis, Ry AUS 2045 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 = = * = 3.0 2129 12 Freeman, Michael NZL 2205 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = * 1.5 1981 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) International Opens in Europe by Martin Pribyl. ----------------------------------------------- With the arrival of the summer we see the proliferation of large International opens. Martin Pribyl from the Czech Republic sends news of a number of tournaments and Festivals. Czech Open '96 in Pardubice --------------------------- This year come to Pardubice 944 players from 30 countries, 4 tournaments were organized. The top Czech Open played 286 players: 14 GMs, 68 IMs. Many from the former Soviet Union. Some new norms from the Czech Open (not official): GM norms - Evgeny Nayer (RUS), Zoltan Gyimesi (HUN) and Korotylev (RUS) WGM and IM norm - Khurtsilava (GEO) IM norms: Zurek (CZE), Pcola (SVK), Manik (SVK), Kostin, Mirumian, Romanovich, Valenta, J. Hladik, Hasangatin WIM - Olga Sikorova-Cerna Pardubice CZE (CZE), VII 1996. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Infinity CZECH OPEN '96 20.07.1996 21:55 str.1.5 Vypis poradi po 9. kole KB.5 por. Los Prijmeni Jmeno Stat VT EloF EloN body Progres Bucholz Elo str ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 24 NAJER YEVGENY RUS IM 2480 0 7.5 41.5 54.5 2449.5 2. 36 MILOV LEONID UKR IM 2455 0 7 38.5 49.5 2402.5 3. 49 FISH GENNADIY UKR IM 2440 0 7 38 48.5 2398.5 4. 25 GYIMESI ZOLTAN HUN IM 2480 0 7 37.5 49 2431.5 5. 54 KOROTYLEV ALEXEI RUS IM 2435 0 7 37 52.5 2437.5 6. 51 KHOLMOV RATMIR RUS GM 2435 0 7 36.5 52 2425.5 7. 8 KAMINSKI MARCIN POL GM 2525 0 7 35.5 49 2397.5 8. 70 PROKOPCHUK EVGENY RUS IM 2410 0 7 34.5 48.5 2397.5 9. 14 SULSKIS SARUNAS LTU IM 2515 0 7 31 45.5 2356.5 10. 1 STOHL IGOR SVK GM 2560 0 6.5 37.5 53.5 2433.5 11. 2 SHERBAKOV RUSLAN RUS GM 2555 0 6.5 35.5 54.5 2422.5 12. 18 MOROZ ALEXANDER UKR IM 2500 0 6.5 34.5 51.5 2402.5 13. 19 BLATNY PAVEL CZE GM 2490 0 6.5 34.5 50.5 2403.5 14. 26 HACHIAN MELIKSET ARM IM 2480 0 6.5 34.5 49.5 2375.5 15. 46 ZUREK MILAN CZE FM 2445 0 6.5 33.5 47.5 2396.5 16. 41 ROGOVSKI VLADIMIR UKR IM 2450 0 6.5 33 45.5 2324.5 17. 42 PCOLA PAVOL SVK M 2450 0 6.5 33 43 2343.5 18. 20 TOTSKY LEONID RUS IM 2490 0 6.5 32 47.5 2369.5 19. 52 GALDUNTS SERGEY ARM IM 2465 0 6.5 32 45.5 2308.5 20. 39 STERN RENE GER IM 2450 0 6.5 31.5 43 2320.5 21. 21 BEZGODOV ALEXEY RUS IM 2490 0 6.5 31 42.5 2363.5 22. 7 SAX GYULA HUN GM 2525 0 6.5 30 45.5 2363.5 23. 77 MANIK MIKULAS SVK M 2395 0 6.5 30 45.5 2362.5 24. 47 STRIPUNSKY ALEXANDR UKR IM 2440 0 6 35.5 48.5 2411.5 25. 9 MALISAUSKAS VIDMANTAS LTU GM 2525 0 6 35 56 2419.5 26. 40 SHTYRENKOV VENIAMEN RUS IM 2450 0 6 34.5 48 2368.5 27. 59 FILIPENKO ALEXANDER RUS IM 2430 0 6 34 48.5 2366.5 28. 53 SERGEEV VLADIMIR UKR IM 2435 0 6 34 48 2374.5 29. 43 JIROVSKY M. MILOS CZE IM 2445 0 6 33.5 50 2390.5 30. 10 KAZHGALEYEV MURTAS KAZ IM 2525 0 6 31.5 49.5 2354.5 31. 35 STOCEK JIRI CZE IM 2460 0 6 31.5 48.5 2346.5 32. 44 BUTURIN VLADIMIR UKR IM 2445 0 6 31.5 46.5 2357.5 33. 30 CHERNYSHOV KONSTANTIN RUS IM 2470 0 6 31.5 45 2357.5 34. 64 MINASIAN ARA ARM IM 2425 0 6 31.5 44 2300.5 35. 67 LECHTYNSKY JIRI CZE GM 2415 0 6 31 42.5 2351.5 36. 50 VESELOVSKY SERGEY RUS IM 2440 0 6 30.5 44 2358.5 37. 4 VOTAVA JAN CZE IM 2545 0 6 30.5 43.5 2373.5 38. 15 KEITLINGHAUS LUDGER GER IM 2515 0 6 30 45.5 2363.5 39. 96 GISBRECHT EWGENI GER M 2370 0 6 30 43 2334.5 40. 5 BABULA VLASTIMIL CZE IM 2545 0 6 29.5 46 2362.5 41. 81 ARONIAN LEVON ARM FM 2390 0 6 28.5 42.5 2247.5 42. 55 OBODCHUK ANDREI RUS IM 2430 0 6 28.5 40.5 2298.5 43. 31 SHARIYAZDANOV ANDREY RUS M 2470 0 6 28 41.5 2314.5 44. 3 DYDYSHKO VIACHESLAV BLR GM 2545 0 6 27.5 42.5 2307.5 45. 102 FREISLER PAVEL CZE IM 2350 0 6 27 42 2301.5 286 players. Results derived from the games. Pardubice (CZE), VII 1996. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Najer, Evgeniy m RUS 2480 +170 +159 + 64 + 40 + 5 = 30 + 9 = 4 = 3 7.5 /9 2722 2 Gyimesi, Zoltan m HUN 2480 +147 +172 +169 + 68 - 9 + 82 = 23 = 8 + 29 7.0 /9 2651 3 Kaminski, Marcin g POL 2525 +137 =102 + 77 = 94 + 47 = 26 + 40 + 11 = 1 7.0 /9 2616 4 Milov, Leonid m UKR 2455 +142 +173 + 92 = 66 + 43 = 22 + 83 = 1 = 24 7.0 /9 2621 5 Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2490 +139 + 98 + 58 + 28 - 1 - 83 = 82 +163 + 72 6.5 /9 2569 6 Hachian, Melik m ARM 2480 +162 + 81 - 40 +173 + 99 + 64 = 28 - 32 + 47 6.5 /9 2541 7 Moroz, Alexander m UKR 2500 +151 +131 = 41 + 60 = 23 - 28 + 71 + 40 = 37 6.5 /9 2567 8 Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2555 +146 +119 = 23 = 43 +169 + 24 = 11 = 2 = 33 6.5 /9 2587 9 Stohl, Igor g SVK 2560 +127 +164 +158 = 21 + 2 + 41 - 1 = 22 = 14 6.5 /9 2598 10 Keitlinghaus, Ludger m GER 2515 +149 = 65 = 50 = 78 = 74 +121 =119 +133 = 53 6.0 /9 2488 11 Shtyrenkov, Veniamen m RUS 2450 +167 +165 =122 = 56 + 75 + 80 = 8 - 3 = 54 6.0 /9 2492 12 Sulskis, Sarunas m LTU 2515 +130 = 60 - 56 . . +176 + 90 + 64 + 28 5.5 /7 2609 13 Buturin, Vladimir m UKR 2445 . = 46 +168 +120 + 68 = 63 - 24 = 57 + 75 5.5 /8 2513 14 Pcola, Pavol SVK 2450 . = 95 +171 = 75 = 56 = 62 +175 + 43 = 9 5.5 /8 2497 15 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2525 +156 = 76 = 57 =116 =123 = 74 . +164 + 48 5.5 /8 2511 16 Totsky, Leonid m RUS 2490 +154 - 43 . +176 + 94 - 23 +125 = 72 + 76 5.5 /8 2521 17 Zurek, Milan f CZE 2445 . +120 = 47 +122 - 30 + 39 - 36 + 56 + 20 5.5 /8 2557 18 Gipslis, Aivars g LAT 2470 +175 = 69 +123 = 32 = 65 = 57 = 77 =113 =125 5.5 /9 2441 19 Pribyl, Josef m CZE 2460 +152 = 75 + 95 = 71 = 57 = 56 = 46 = 49 = 77 5.5 /9 2427 20 Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2520 +143 +113 = 72 - 24 + 78 = 52 =118 + 82 - 17 5.5 /9 2476 21 Vokac, Marek m CZE 2470 +138 +136 + 99 = 9 - 41 = 81 = 57 = 77 = 49 5.5 /9 2470 22 Fish, Gannadij m UKR 2440 . . =117 + 96 + 66 = 4 + 30 = 9 = 32 5.0 /7 2598 23 Kholmov, Ratmir D g RUS 2435 . . = 8 +117 = 7 + 16 = 2 = 30 + 35 5.0 /7 2642 24 Korotylev, Alexey m RUS 2435 . . = 30 + 20 + 27 - 8 + 13 + 36 = 4 5.0 /7 2645 25 Chernyshov, Konstantin m RUS 2470 +153 - 92 . +165 + 71 - 40 + 81 = 70 = 58 5.0 /8 2466 26 Jirovsky, Milos m CZE 2445 . =111 +121 + 49 = 82 = 3 = 55 = 54 = 39 5.0 /8 2505 27 Stocek, Jiri m CZE 2460 + 80 + 74 = 49 +155 - 24 - 47 . = 69 + 98 5.0 /8 2445 28 Stripunsky, Alexander m UKR 2440 . +129 + 78 - 5 + 46 + 7 = 6 = 35 - 12 5.0 /8 2528 29 Votava, Jan m CZE 2545 +150 = 94 - 71 . = 95 +172 + 50 + 55 - 2 5.0 /8 2479 30 Malisauskas, Vidmantas g LTU 2525 - 88 +163 = 24 + 72 + 17 = 1 - 22 = 23 = 41 5.0 /9 2461 286 players. Klatovy (Czech Republic) - 4th Festival --------------------------------------- Date: 29.06.96 - 07.07.96 A. Komercni banka Cup 1. Jurek, Josef m CZE 2345 18.08.54 7,5 of 9 2. Lechtynsky, Jiri g CZE 2425 25.11.47 7,0 3. Bazant, Petr CZE 2295 17.03.57 6,5 4. Vodicka, Vladimir f CZE 2340 25.01.62 6,5 5. Dolezal, Radoslav CZE 2275 06.06.77 6,5 6. Shurygin, Sergey RUS 2395 . . 6,5 7. Gross, Georg GER 2345 09.12.60 6,5 8. Kucera, Petr f CZE 2325 23.12.64 6,0 9. Doering, Robert CZE 2205 16.08.70 6,0 10. Havranek, Miroslav CZE 2280 22.12.53 6,0 11. Turner, Jan CZE 2240 18.06.73 6,0 12. Stluka, Petr CZE 2295 25.11.71 5,5 13. Kacirek, Petr CZE 2275 05.02.76 5,5 14. Svoboda, Milos CZE 2235 06.12.67 5,5 15. Musil, Vitezslav CZE 2260 15.04.52 5,5 etc. 78 players B. O pohar mesta Klatovy 1. Kracik, D 7,5, 2.-4. V. Danek, Parak, Sima 7, 5.-6. T. Vanek, Kovar 6,5 etc. 84 players Nachod (Czech Republic) - 2nd Open ---------------------------------- Date: 29.06.96 - 07.07.96 1. Jiruse, Josef CZE 2069n 26.02.72 7,5 2. Novotny, Jaroslav CZE 2280 26.01.65 7,0 3. Ringel, Zbynek CZE 2030n 19.03.79 6,5 4. Bugnar POL 6,5 5. Skorpik, Martin CZE 2041n 12.10.78 6,5 6. Novotny, Josef CZE 2220 03.01.51 6,5 etc. 66 players Nove Mesto pod Smrkem (Czech Republic) - Summer Chess School ------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 04.07.96 - 11.07.96 Organizer: Chess Academy Prague Tournament A1. 1. Navara, David CZE 2143n 27.03.85 4,0 of 5 2. Adamek, Petr CZE 2120 26.03.79 4,0 3. Herskovic, Radek CZE 1827 02.11.79 4,0 4. Ticha, Zuzana CZE 1928 17.09.72 3,5 5. Peltan, Zdenek CZE 2005 17.10.62 3,0 6. Lips, Frantisek CZE 1866 04.06.69 3,0 etc. 16 players Various chess lectures were presented by international masters Josef Pribyl (2460) and Ivan Hausner (2410). Prague - 13th Open ------------------ Date: 29.06.96 - 07.07.96 1. Belaska, Premysl CZE 2230 21.02.74 7,0 of 9 2. Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich m RUS 2410 . . 7,0 3. Jirovsky, Milos m CZE 2420 17.03.74 7,0 4. Rodin, Mihail RUS 2400 . . 7,0 5. Meduna, Eduard g CZE 2435 11.09.50 6,5 6. Chloupek, Stanislav CZE 2305 13.05.73 6,5 7. Malivanek, Jiri CZE 2180 16.04.69 6,5 8. Suran, Jan CZE 2300 20.03.77 6,5 9. Duchov, A. RUS 2295 . . 6,5 10. Iljushin, Alexei RUS 2415 . . 6,5 11. Lorenc, Oldrich CZE 2230 19.11.55 6,5 12. Hosticka, Frantisek CZE 2240 27.11.52 6,5 13. Lobach, Pavel V. RUS 2270 . . 6,0 14. Bauma, Jiri CZE 2155n 02.12.66 6,0 15. Kolin, Julius CZE 2230 16.09.45 6,0 16. Khromov, Vladimir V. RUS 2235 15.08.77 6,0 17. Vorisek, Jaroslav CZE 2210 21.10.77 6,0 18. Kuznetsov, Sergei RUS 2365 . . 6,0 19. Spanhel, Petr CZE 2215 25.03.62 6,0 20. Svoboda, Zdenek CZE 2170 01.08.56 6,0 21. Melich, Jindrich CZE 2170 02.09.50 6,0 22. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2410 . . 6,0 23. Hybl, Jaroslav CZE 2235 11.03.28 6,0 24. Petras, Milan CZE 2210 02.06.59 5,5 25. Johnsen, Sverre NOR 2175 16.07.64 5,5 etc. 136 players Frydek - Mistek (Czech Republic) - 12th International Festival -------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 21.06.96 - 29.06.96 A. Women Grandmaster Tournament =============================== Frydek Mistek (CZE), VI 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Ciuksyte, Dagne wm LTU 2245 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2404 2 Stjazhkina, Olga wg RUS 2200 1 * = = 1 1 = = = 1 6.5 2409 3 Kiseleva, Natalia wm UKR 2270 0 = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2361 4 Zayac, Elena wg BLR 2310 1 = = * = = = = 1 1 6.0 2356 5 Bobrowska, Monika wg POL 2305 0 0 = = * 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2312 6 Jackova, Jana CZE 2210 0 0 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 4.0 2199 7 Krupkova, Petra wm CZE 2300 0 = 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 4.0 2189 8 Dubinka, Inna wm UKR 2235 0 = 0 = 0 = = * = 1 3.5 2160 9 Svobodova, Michaela CZE 2150 = = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 1 3.0 2124 10 Stotskaja, Elena BLR 2170 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ B. International Open Tournament ================================ 1. Buturin, Vladimir m UKR 2445 19.11.43 6,5 of 9 2. Pinkas, Karol m POL 2375 13.02.50 6,0 3. Berezjuk, Sergej m BLR 2425 . . 5,5 4. Matlak, Marek m POL 2450 21.03.66 5,5 5. Kalinin, Oleg m UKR 2420 . . 5,5 6. Ulak, Slawomir POL 2255 24.11.65 5,5 7. Kopjonkin, Gennady m RUS 2345 19.06.65 5,5 8. Chernyshov, Konstantin m RUS 2470 11.06.67 5,5 9. Kislov, Mikhail RUS 2415 . . 5,5 10. Veselovsky, Sergey m RUS 2455 26.01.52 5,5 etc. 30 players Crosstable of the results from the games. Frydek Mistek (CZE), VI 1996. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Buturin, Vladimir m UKR 2445 + 2 +13 = 7 + 9 = 5 +15 =12 = 3 = 4 6.5 /9 2571 2 Pinkas, Karol m POL 2375 - 1 +24 =25 = 8 +10 - 3 +19 +16 +12 6.0 /9 2518 3 Kalinin, Oleg m UKR 2420 = 4 +18 =12 = 7 =11 + 2 = 5 = 1 = 6 5.5 /9 2480 4 Ulak, Slawomir POL 2255 = 3 = 8 =14 +13 =15 + 9 = 7 = 5 = 1 5.5 /9 2516 5 Matlak, Marek m POL 2450 =19 +23 =10 + 6 = 1 =12 = 3 = 4 = 7 5.5 /9 2470 6 Kopjonkin, Gennady m RUS 2345 =11 =14 +20 - 5 = 9 +13 +18 = 7 = 3 5.5 /9 2516 7 Berezjuk, Sergej m BLR 2425 +21 +29 = 1 = 3 =12 =11 = 4 = 6 = 5 5.5 /9 2437 8 Veselovsky, Sergey m RUS 2455 =16 = 4 =21 = 2 =20 =22 =25 +17 +15 5.5 /9 2447 9 Chernyshov, Konstantin m RUS 2470 +22 =12 =15 - 1 = 6 - 4 +29 +21 +14 5.5 /9 2431 10 Kislov, Mikhail RUS 2415 +28 =15 = 5 -11 - 2 +30 =20 +25 +23 5.5 /9 2453 11 Blehm, Pawel POL 2435 = 6 =19 =16 +10 = 3 = 7 =14 =12 =13 5.0 /9 2441 12 Ianov, Viktor m UKR 2415 +30 = 9 = 3 +22 = 7 = 5 = 1 =11 - 2 5.0 /9 2448 13 Kaunas, Kestutis m LTU 2415 +24 - 1 =17 - 4 +26 - 6 +30 +22 =11 5.0 /9 2363 14 Ivanov, Oleg m RUS 2430 =17 = 6 = 4 =16 =19 +23 =11 =15 - 9 4.5 /9 2373 15 Voloshin, Leonid m RUS 2420 +26 =10 = 9 +19 = 4 - 1 =16 =14 - 8 4.5 /9 2381 16 Vologin, Viktor m RUS 2325 = 8 =25 =11 =14 =18 +28 =15 - 2 =20 4.5 /9 2403 17 Valenta, Vit CZE 2320 =14 =20 =13 -18 +24 =21 =22 - 8 +29 4.5 /9 2361 18 Ivanov, Vladimir Ivanovich m RUS 2460 =23 - 3 =27 +17 =16 =25 - 6 =19 +28 4.5 /9 2325 19 Shurygin, Sergey RUS 2395 = 5 =11 +29 -15 =14 =20 - 2 =18 +30 4.5 /9 2371 20 Lybin, Dmitry m BLR 2425 . =17 - 6 +26 = 8 =19 =10 =23 =16 4.0 /8 2361 21 Szymczak, Zbigniew m POL 2330 - 7 +27 = 8 =25 =23 =17 =28 - 9 =26 4.0 /9 2293 22 Czerwonski, Aleksander POL 2400 - 9 +30 +26 -12 =25 = 8 =17 -13 =27 4.0 /9 2300 23 Dovzik, Juri m UKR 2400 =18 - 5 =28 +29 =21 -14 +27 =20 -10 4.0 /9 2278 24 Bolacky, Jiri CZE 2215 -13 - 2 =30 =27 -17 =29 +26 +28 =25 4.0 /9 2225 25 Gladischev, Oleg m UKR 2460 . =16 = 2 =21 =22 =18 = 8 -10 =24 3.5 /8 2328 26 Pastor, Karel jr CZE 2240 -15 +28 -22 -20 -13 +27 -24 +29 =21 3.5 /9 2207 27 Ivannikov, Oleg BLR 2090 -29 -21 =18 =24 -28 -26 -23 +30 =22 2.5 /9 2119 28 Jacko, Tomas CZE 2170 -10 -26 =23 =30 +27 -16 =21 -24 -18 2.5 /9 2134 29 Virostko, Petr CZE 2120 +27 - 7 -19 -23 =30 =24 - 9 -26 -17 2.0 /9 2089 30 Novosak, Jiri CZE 2230 -12 -22 =24 =28 =29 -10 -13 -27 -19 1.5 /9 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C. Open Moravian Championship ============================= 1. Rotshtein, Efim UKR 2310 . . 7,0 of 9 2. Kalod, Radek CZE 2340 08.08.78 7,0 Qual* 3. Kislov, Sergey RUS 2335 21.06.49 6,5 4. Korneevets, Alexander BLR 2325 13.12.63 6,5 5. Krivolapov, Konstantin UKR 2320 15.05.62 6,5 6. Velicka, Petr m CZE 2420 26.02.67 6,0 Qual* 7. Cvek, Robert CZE 2265 06.01.79 6,0 Qual* 8. Michalski, Olaf POL 2305 31.03.77 6,0 9. Biolek, Richard m CZE 2395 29.09.70 6,0 10. Klima, Lukas CZE 2215 04.10.77 6,0 etc. 86 players Qual* = qualified for the closed Czech Republic Championship 1997 D. Open Moravian Women Championship =================================== 1. Sikorova-Cerna, Olga CZE 2150 04.03.75 7,0 of 9 2. Kozlova, Olga RUS 2055 05.04.76 6,5 3. Dambravaite, Rita LTU 2145 09.05.73 6,0 4. Slepankova, Radka CZE 1953n 22.02.77 6,0 5. Dambravaite, Asta LTU 2135 . . 5,5 6. Grechanovskaya,Elena UKR 2135 02.03.74 5,5 7. Bogatkova, Tana BLR 2210 15.02.64 5,5 8. Minakova, O. RUS ---- 5,5 9. Morkunaite, Egle LTU ---- 5,0 10. Decka, Eliska CZE 1748n 06.07.82 5,0 etc. 24 players E. National Open Tournament - winner Josef Lys (ELO 2270, CZE) 9,0 of 9, 36 players F. National Open Tournament - winner Lukas Weissman (ELO 1960, CZE), 24 players 11) 6th Smith & Williamson Young Masters ------------------------------------ IM Matthew Turner and Jacob Stisis from Israel have the joint lead after six rounds of the Smith & Williamson Young Masters held at Aldro School, Witley, Surrey. Luke McShane, 12, is on a 50% score and needs a good winning run to achieve an IM norm. 12) 1996 Canadian Open ------------------ Results from http://www.ualberta.ca/~dottosen/.index.html (David Ottosen's page) # Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total 1 Spraggett(GM) 2600 +86 +49 +32 +18 +22 +2 +7 =3 +5 =4 9.0 2 Smirin(GM) 2615 +73 +47 +31 +6 +13 -1 +17 +11 =3 =5 8.0 3 Yudasin(GM) 2615 +74 +35 -14 +26 +63 +33 +13 =1 =2 =8 7.5 4 Hergott(IM) 2511 +87 +48 +63 =19 -14 +43 +32 +7 =11 =1 7.5 5 Day(IM) 2431 +75 -26 +82 +61 +42 +31 +8 +14 -1 =2 7.5 6 Gentes(FM) 2372 +77 +37 +45 -2 =43 +50 -14 +46 +32 +21 7.5 7 Frialde 2312 +79 +39 +53 =0 +27 +14 -1 -4 +22 +23 7.5 8 Ferguson 2276 +93 =29 +30 +16 +19 =11 -5 +35 +12 =3 7.5 9 Taylor(FM) 2456 +88 +51 +33 -13 -15 +59 =27 =44 +35 +37 7.0 10 Yoos 2445 +89 +50 -22 +52 -33 +40 =25 +27 +15 =16 7.0 11 O'Donnell(IM) 2426 +76 +52 +24 =14 +21 =8 +15 -2 =4 =13 7.0 12 Huber 2381 +78 +36 +43 -22 +44 -15 +64 +48 -8 +33 7.0 13 Gardner 2303 +120 +40 +56 +9 -2 +48 -3 =16 +28 =11 7.0 14 Ferrar 2301 +103 +65 +3 =11 +4 -7 +6 -5 =38 +41 7.0 15 Haessel 2187 +105 -56 +86 +55 +9 +12 -11 +19 -10 +38 7.0 16 Fielding 2059 +147 =0 +72 -8 +74 +21 =19 =13 +20 =10 7.0 ... 147 players. 13) GLORNEY & FABER CUP by John Henderson ------------------------------------- The U-18 annual team competition for boys and girls, the Glorney & Faber Cup, held in Glenalmond College in Perthshire, resulted in a double victory for the strong England team, their first double victory since 1983. With no Belgium Faber Cup team taking place, there was a Scotland II team which had three boys playing in it. Round 1 Glorney Cup (Boys) Group 1: Netherlands 5.0-0.0 Ireland; Wales 1.5-3.5 Scotland Group 2: Germany 1.0-4.0 England; Belgium 0.5-4.5 France Faber Cup (Girls) Group 1: Netherlands 0.0-3.0 England; Scotland 1.5-1.5 Ireland Group 2: France 1.5-1.5 Wales; Scotland II 1.5-Germany 1.5 Round 2 Glorney Cup Group 1: Scotland 3.0-2.0 Ireland; Wales 2.0-3.0 Netherlands Group 2: France 2.0-3.0 England; Belguim 1.0-4.0 Germany Faber Cup Group 1: Ireland 0.0-3.0 England; Scotland 0.5-2.5 Netherlands Group 2: Germany 2.0-1.0 Wales; Scotland II 1.5-1.5 France Round 3 Glorney Cup Group 1: Wales 3.5-1.5 Ireland; Scotland 1.5-3.5 Netherlands Group 2: Belguim 2.0-3.0 England; France 3.5-1.5 Germany Faber Cup Group 1: Netherlands 0.0-3.0 England; Scotland 1.5-1.5 Ireland Group 2: Germany 2.0-1.0 France; Scotland II 1.5-1.5 Wales Final pools (with carried forward scores) Glorney A: Netherlands 3.5; England 3.0; France 2.0; Scotland 1.5 Glorney B: Germany 4.0; Wales 3.5; Ireland 1.5; Belgium 1.0 Faber A: England 3.0; Germany 2.0; Wales 1.0; Netherlands 0.0 Faber B: France 1.5; Ireland 1.5; Scotland 1.5; Scotland II 1.5 Round 4 Glorney Cup Group A: England 4.0-1.0 Scotland; France 2.5-2.5 Netherlands Group B: Wales 4.0-1.0 Belgium; Ireland 1.0-4.0 Germany Faber Cup Group A: Wales 2.0-1.0 England; Germany 1.0-2.0 Netherlands Group B: France 2.5-0.5 Scotland; Scotland II 2.5-0.5 Ireland Round 5 Glorney Cup Group A: England 3.5-1.5 Netherlands; France 5.0-0.0 Scotland Group B: Wales 2.0-3.0 Germany; Belgium 4.0-1.0 Ireland Faber Cup Group A: Wales 2.5-0.5 Netherlands; Germany 0.0-3.0 England Group B: France 2.0-1.0 Ireland; Scotland II 1.5-1.5 Scotland FINAL SCORES GLORNEY CUP England 22.5/25; France 17.5; Netherlands 15.5; Germany 13.5; Wales 13; Scotland 9; Belgium 8.5; Ireland 5. FABER CUP England 13/15; France 8.5; Wales 8.5; Scotland II* 8.5; Germany 6.5; Scotland 5.5; Netherlands 5; Ireland 4.5. * Scotland II is a composite team to make up the numbers as there was no Belgium Girls team. Their score does not count for placings as two of three of the team were boys. 14) Corrections ----------- Jason Luchan saw that in TWIC 92. In the game Meyer-Nielsen from Gistrup (8), the 4th move looks like it should be Bd3, not Bd2 (which would be a normal beginning for an Exchange French). The names of the players in the game between Djurhuus and Gausel of round 9 of Politiken Cup were interchanged in the bulletin (and on the net site). This has been changed in my version on the web site now. Djurhuus was White and Gausel was Black. (Rune himself reports) Rune also reports the Norwegian Olympic team: 1. GM Simen Agdestein, 2600 2. GM Jonathan Tisdall, 2515 3. GM Einar Gausel, 2520 4. GM Rune Djurhuus, 2505 5. FM Espen Agdestein, 2375 6. FM Sverre Heim, 2405 Women's: 1. Nina Hagesaether, 2090 2. WFM Sheila B. Berntsen, 2115 3. WIM Ingrid Dahl, 2120 4. Ellen Hagesaether, 2045 15) Universities World Championship Leon Spain by Juergen Daniel ---------------------------------------------------------------- 53 players from 13 countries competed in the 4th edition of the Chess University Worldchampionship in Leon/Spain. Next to the individual titles there was a team-classification. (A team consisting of two men and one women). This title was finally won by Georgia, who had male bronce-medal winner Sichinava and second placed Nino Khurtsidze in their rows. Half a point behind finshed Spain, whose players GM Segundo and FM Cacho dominated the male competition for the whole event. Finally Cacho was first on tie-break, top seed San Segundo second (both 7/9). Third was, as already mentioned Roman Sichinava from Geotgia. While San Segundo was the only male GM playing, the ladies section saw six Women Grandmaster fighting for the title. Winner was the Chinese Wang Lei with the very good result of 7,5/9 followed by the well known Nino Khurtsidze/Georgia and Ilana Kadimova/Azerbaiyan. The general opinion was, that Leon hosted the best ever organised University Worldchampionship. Team-classification: 1. Georgia 19 points 2. Spain 18,5 points 3. Azerbaiyan 18 points 4. Germany 15 points 5. Switzerland 14 points 6. Yugoslavia 13 points 7. Peru 11 points