THE WEEK IN CHESS 94 05/08/96 Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) Topalov victorious in the Lord Novgorod the Great Tournament
3) International Chess Tournament in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
4) Park-Hotel Bad Homburg International Tournament.
5) SMITH & WILLIAMSON YOUNG MASTERS
6) Letter by Denis J. Barry complaining to FIDE that Kamsky hasn't been paid.
7) Gausdal International, 26 Jul - 02 Aug 1996
8) Guiillermo Garcia In Memoriam. 1996 June. Cat IX (2454)
9) News from the Czech Republic by Martin Pribyl.
10) Dutch Olympiad Squad
11) Vienna Millennium tournament
12) Karpov interview translated by Martin Bennedik
13) From the pages of GM Ron Henley's Elista Diaries
14) US Open Press Release
15) Decin Open Tournament
16) European Youth Championships
17) IECG by Roberto Alvarez
18) 1996 World Open, Open Section
19) PCA WORLD CHESS RANKINGS
20) Danny Mozes Analyses
1) Introduction
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My thanks to Otto Borik, Vadim Kaminsky, Luc Enderli, Li Riemersma,
Danny Mozes, Martin Pribyl, Rune Djurhuus, Carlos H. Taboada,
Karlheinz Zoechling, Martin Bennedik, Paul Hodges, Roberto Alvarez,
Jan Vavrak, Sam Sloan and Eugeni K. Grigorian. Thanks to many others
I've no doubt forgotten and apologies that some material didn't make
it into a very crowded issue this week.
The E-Mail system was replaced here this weekend and that lead to
some delays in material reaching me. The sheer number of games
was the main reason for the delay however.
With material already flooding in for next week I must call a halt
to this issue!
Hope you enjoy it.
Mark
GAMES SECTION
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TWIC94.PGN
Novgorod tournament 9 games
SKA Tournament Biel 30 games
Credis Tournament Biel 12 games
Bad Homberg 5 games
US Championships missing game 1 game
SMITH & WILLIAMSON YOUNG MASTERS 66 games
Guiillermo Garcia In Memoriam Tournament 63 games
TWIC94DE.PGN
Decin Open Tournament
TWIC94EY.PGN
European Youth Championships Boys under 16.
European Youth Championships Boys under 18.
European Youth Championships Girls under 16.
European Youth Championships Girls under 18.
(I may put the games in for the other Championships
next week if there is enough interest.)
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)
2) Topalov victorious in the Lord Novgorod the Great Tournament
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Veselin Topalov won an extremely well contested 3rd Lord Novgorod the Great
International Tournament.
This victory will make up for his comparative failure in Dortmund a few
days before.
The only player to be truely disappointed with their result will be
Vladimir Kramnik. He will be the only player to lose rating points from the
event.
This is the 3rd event in the current series and Garry Kasparov, winner of
the previous two editions has confirmed that he will play next time.
Veselin Topalov resumed normal service at Novgorod. Undoubtabley the player
of the first half of the year he had a comparative failure in Dortmund
which was entirely due to losing three games in a row there. (they were all
exciting games, his uncompromising play, even when slightly below par cost
him points but surely won more supporters.) Here he was a little more solid
than in Dortmund and only lost one game (against Ivanchuk) whilst winning
3. He probably needs a rest to take stock of his achievements and ready
himself for further battles.
Second prize winner Vassily Ivanchuk had a patchy event. His loss to Judit
Polgar from a favourable position in round seemed to destabilise him for a
few days and he allowed a quick draw with white against Short and then
played a very dubious idea against Kramnik. He recovered well after the
last rest day to beat Veselin Topalov in a fine game and gained his revenge
over Judit Polgar in round 9. See Danny Mozes' analysis of his win against
Topalov.
Nigel Short knew that a level score would take his rating over 2700, he
appeared to be trying to do just that. What his play lacks in incisiveness
these days he more than makes up for with his great experience at playing
at the highest level. Another good result for him in Novgorod.
Boris Gelfand played another fairly solid tournament, he has great ambition
and is gradually recovering from his disappointment in the FIDE cycle a
year ago.
Vladimir Kramnik always gave the impression of being the strong player he
is. However he never quite managed to get into the run of things after his
loss in round 2 to Ivanchuk. He definitely plays much better when things
are going well and can get a little depressed after losses. Here he lost to
Ivanchuk, Topalov and Gelfand. A tournament to forget.
Judit Polgar has had a heavy tournament schedule over the last couple of
months. This has been prolonged exposure to the very best events, these
invitations will be very important to the development of her chess career.
She has without doubt proved that she is now one of the most mentally
strong players around, her standard of play does not fall with a loss and
in this tournament in common with many of her recent performances she has
recovered from bad starts. She has shown herself to be a tactically
fiercesome player. She will want to improve the soundness of her opening
repertoire and her technique which sometimes lets her down at this level of
play. I actually have little doubt that she will do so.
Round 8 (1996.07.29)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 34
Gelfand, Boris - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 62
Polgar, Judit - Short, Nigel D 1-0 58
Round 9 (1996.07.30)
Topalov, Veselin - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 22
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Polgar, Judit 1-0 42
Kramnik, Vladimir - Short, Nigel D 1/2 59
Round 10 (1996.07.31)
Short, Nigel D - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 47
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 32
Polgar, Judit - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 20
Novgorod (RUS), VII 1996. cat. XIX (2712)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2750 ** =0 == == =1 11 6.0 2776
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2730 =1 ** == == 10 01 5.5 2744
3 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2695 == == ** =1 == =0 5.0 2715
4 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2665 == == =0 ** =1 =0 4.5 2685
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2765 =0 01 == =0 ** 1= 4.5 2665
6 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2665 00 10 =1 =1 0= ** 4.5 2685
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3) International Chess Tournament in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
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My thanks to Luc Enderli who in spite of being mid house removal
provided many of the games from the event. Also to the Biel
news service which covered the event every day on the internet.
I will round up the results of the other tournaments next week.
SKA Masters
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Karpov wins the SKA Masters tournament from Vadim Milov.
For a long time it looked as though Jaan Ehlvest would
score a fine victory in the SKA Masters however he
lost to Oleg Romanishin in the penultimate round. Karpov
started slowly and only took the lead at the end of the
tournament. This is also a fine result for Vadim Milov who
was in challenging distance for most of the event.
Round 5 (1996.07.27)
Almasi, Zoltan - Romanishin, Oleg M 1/2 47
Andersson, Ulf - Miles, Anthony J 1/2 13
Glek, Igor V - Milov, Vadim 0-1 48
Lautier, Joel - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 42
Tukmakov, Vladimir B - Ehlvest, Jaan 0-1 46
Onischuk, Alexander - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 33
Round 6 (1996.07.28)
Karpov, Anatoly - Tukmakov, Vladimir B 1/2 67
Milov, Vadim - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 46
Lautier, Joel - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 47
Portisch, Lajos - Ehlvest, Jaan 0-1 77
Romanishin, Oleg M - Andersson, Ulf 0-1 19
Miles, Anthony J - Glek, Igor V 0-1 38
Round 7 (1996.07.29)
Ehlvest, Jaan - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 14
Almasi, Zoltan - Portisch, Lajos 0-1 51
Andersson, Ulf - Lautier, Joel 1-0 36
Glek, Igor V - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 17
Tukmakov, Vladimir B - Milov, Vadim 1/2 63
Onischuk, Alexander - Miles, Anthony J 1-0 47
Round 8 (1996.07.30)
Milov, Vadim - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 15
Almasi, Zoltan - Andersson, Ulf 1-0 42
Lautier, Joel - Glek, Igor V 1/2 34
Portisch, Lajos - Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 20
Romanishin, Oleg M - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 77
Miles, Anthony J - Tukmakov, Vladimir B 1-0 67
Round 9 (1996.08.01)
Karpov, Anatoly - Milov, Vadim 1/2 50
Ehlvest, Jaan - Miles, Anthony J 1-0 38
Andersson, Ulf - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 48
Glek, Igor V - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 26
Tukmakov, Vladimir B - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 48
Onischuk, Alexander - Lautier, Joel 0-1 47
Round 10 (1996.08.02)
Almasi, Zoltan - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 1
Andersson, Ulf - Glek, Igor V 1/2 1
Lautier, Joel - Tukmakov, Vladimir B 1-0 1
Portisch, Lajos - Milov, Vadim 0-1 1
Romanishin, Oleg M - Ehlvest, Jaan 1-0 1
Miles, Anthony J - Karpov, Anatoly 1/2 1
Round 11 (1996.08.03)
Karpov, Anatoly - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 1
Milov, Vadim - Miles, Anthony J 1-0 1
Ehlvest, Jaan - Lautier, Joel 1/2 1
Glek, Igor V - Portisch, Lajos 1/2 1
Tukmakov, Vladimir B - Almasi, Zoltan 1/2 1
Onischuk, Alexander - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 1
Biel SUI (SUI), VII-VIII 1996. cat. XVI (2630)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 S-B
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1 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2775 * = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = 7.5 2749 (38.50)
2 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2565 = * = 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2768 (38.25)
3 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2660 = = * = = = 1 1 1 0 = 1 7.0 2728
4 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2640 = 1 = * 0 1 = = 0 1 = = 6.0 2664 (33.25)
5 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2655 0 = = 1 * = = 0 = = 1 1 6.0 2663 (29.75)
6 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2620 = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2666 (28.75)
7 Glek, Igor V g RUS 2670 = 0 0 = = = * = = 1 1 1 6.0 2661 (27.75)
8 Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2600 0 0 0 = 1 = = * 1 = 1 = 5.5 2632
9 Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2580 = = 0 1 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 0 4.5 2569
10 Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2555 0 0 1 0 = = 0 = 0 * = = 3.5 2503 (19.00)
11 Onischuk, Alexander g UKR 2605 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 = = * 1 3.5 2498 (17.25)
12 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2630 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 * 3.0 2454
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Credis Tournament
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In the Credis tournament a solid start by Ian Rogers was
just the quiet before the storm, he proceeded to demolish
the field for a 2729 performance. This will probably get
an invitation to the SKA next year and will be a popular
victory. He plays (if memory serves) in a Category 14 event
later in the month.
Round 1 (1996.07.22)
Rogers, Ian - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 36
Gallagher, Joseph G - Zueger, Beat 1/2 29
Landenbergue, Claude - Sutovskij, Emil 1/2 38
Kelecevic, Nedeljko - Peptan, Corina 0-1 47
Casagrande, Harald - Campora, Daniel H 0-1 32
Gerber, Richard - Pelletier, Yannick 0-1 41
Round 2 (1996.07.23)
Lutz, Christopher - Landenbergue, Claude 1/2 31
Peptan, Corina - Casagrande, Harald 1/2 56
Pelletier, Yannick - Sutovskij, Emil 0-1 48
Zueger, Beat - Kelecevic, Nedeljko 1/2 66
Campora, Daniel H - Rogers, Ian 1/2 49
Gerber, Richard - Gallagher, Joseph G 1/2 59
Round 3 (1996.07.24)
Rogers, Ian - Peptan, Corina 1-0 27
Gallagher, Joseph G - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 75
Landenbergue, Claude - Campora, Daniel H 1-0 35
Sutovskij, Emil - Lutz, Christopher 0-1 66
Kelecevic, Nedeljko - Gerber, Richard 1/2 27
Casagrande, Harald - Zueger, Beat 1-0 25
Round 4 (1996.07.26)
Peptan, Corina - Landenbergue, Claude 1-0 54
Gallagher, Joseph G - Kelecevic, Nedeljko 1/2 44
Pelletier, Yannick - Lutz, Christopher 0-1 48
Zueger, Beat - Rogers, Ian 1/2 15
Campora, Daniel H - Sutovskij, Emil 1-0 30
Gerber, Richard - Casagrande, Harald 0-1 40
Round 5 (1996.07.27)
Rogers, Ian - Gerber, Richard 1-0 1
Lutz, Christopher - Campora, Daniel H 1/2 1
Landenbergue, Claude - Zueger, Beat 1/2 1
Sutovskij, Emil - Peptan, Corina 1/2 1
Kelecevic, Nedeljko - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 1
Casagrande, Harald - Gallagher, Joseph G 0-1 1
Round 6 (1996.07.28)
Peptan, Corina - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 1
Gallagher, Joseph G - Rogers, Ian 0-1 1
Pelletier, Yannick - Campora, Daniel H 1-0 1
Zueger, Beat - Sutovskij, Emil 1/2 1
Kelecevic, Nedeljko - Casagrande, Harald 1-0 1
Gerber, Richard - Landenbergue, Claude 0-1 1
Round 7 (1996.07.29)
Rogers, Ian - Kelecevic, Nedeljko 1/2 1
Lutz, Christopher - Zueger, Beat 1/2 1
Landenbergue, Claude - Gallagher, Joseph G 1/2 1
Sutovskij, Emil - Gerber, Richard 1/2 1
Campora, Daniel H - Peptan, Corina 0-1 1
Casagrande, Harald - Pelletier, Yannick 0-1 1
Round 8 (1996.07.30)
Gallagher, Joseph G - Sutovskij, Emil 1/2 1
Pelletier, Yannick - Peptan, Corina 1/2 1
Zueger, Beat - Campora, Daniel H 1/2 1
Kelecevic, Nedeljko - Landenbergue, Claude 1/2 1
Casagrande, Harald - Rogers, Ian 0-1 1
Gerber, Richard - Lutz, Christopher 0-1 1
Round 9 (1996.08.01)
Rogers, Ian - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 1
Lutz, Christopher - Gallagher, Joseph G 1/2 1
Peptan, Corina - Zueger, Beat 1/2 1
Landenbergue, Claude - Casagrande, Harald 1/2 1
Sutovskij, Emil - Kelecevic, Nedeljko 1-0 1
Campora, Daniel H - Gerber, Richard 0-1 1
Round 10 (1996.08.02)
Rogers, Ian - Landenbergue, Claude 1-0 1
Gallagher, Joseph G - Campora, Daniel H 1/2 1
Pelletier, Yannick - Zueger, Beat 1-0 1
Kelecevic, Nedeljko - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 1
Casagrande, Harald - Sutovskij, Emil 0-1 1
Gerber, Richard - Peptan, Corina 0-1 1
Round 11 (1996.08.03)
Lutz, Christopher - Casagrande, Harald 1-0 1
Peptan, Corina - Gallagher, Joseph G 1/2 1
Landenbergue, Claude - Pelletier, Yannick 1/2 1
Sutovskij, Emil - Rogers, Ian 0-1 1
Zueger, Beat - Gerber, Richard 1-0 *
Campora, Daniel H - Kelecevic, Nedeljko 1-0 1
Biel SUI (SUI), VII-VIII 1996. cat. X (2477)
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1 Rogers, Ian g AUS 2575 * = 1 1 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 9.0 2729
2 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2565 = * = = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 7.5 2601
3 Peptan, Corina wg ROM 2395 0 = * = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 7.0 2586
4 Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2530 0 = = * = = 1 = = = 1 = 6.0 2507
5 Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2410 0 = 0 = * = = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2482
6 Sutovskij, Emil m ISR 2565 0 0 = = = * 1 = 0 1 1 = 5.5 2468
7 Pelletier, Yannick m SUI 2440 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2480
8 Zueger, Beat m SUI 2460 = = = = = = 0 * = = 0 1 5.0 2442
9 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2545 = = 0 = 0 1 0 = * 1 1 0 5.0 2434
10 Kelecevic, Nedeljko m BIH 2475 = = 0 = = 0 = = 0 * 1 = 4.5 2411
11 Casagrande, Harald m AUT 2365 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 3.0 2311
12 Gerber, Richard f SUI 2395 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 * 2.5 2273
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* Zueger-Gerber was given as a draw on the www page but this didn't
agree with the crosstable.
4) Park-Hotel Bad Homburg International Tournament.
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Boris Alterman and Christian Gabriel shared first in the Park-Hotel
Bad Homburg Tournament in Germany. My thanks to Otto Borik for the
games from this event. Gabriel scored a GM Norm.
Probably the greatest point of interest of the tournament, certainly
judging from the Mail I have received is the participation of Sergei
Movsesian the 17 year old whose International rating has grown to
2635 in the July list.
Martin Pribyl gives some background:
Sergei lives in Pardubice (100.000 inhabitants) in the Eastern Bohemia.
His father works in a chemical factory which is world known for its
'Semtex' products. They have been living here since 1994 I think. He has
one younger brother, speaks very good Czech and English. One year ago he
worked together with IM Jan Votava on his chess. This cooperation
brought great benefit for the both players. Sergey has fulfilled 2 GM
norms: in Zlin (CZE) 10th category tournament in August 1995 and in
Lazne Bohdanec (CZE) (10 kms from Pardubice) also 10th category in
January 1996. Jan Votava has now also two GM norms: one from FST
Budapest 1995 and the second from the Czech Republic championship in
Turnov, June 1996. Votava's rating now is 2545, one year ago he had
2440.
Sergey comes from Tbilisi, Georgia. His parents are however both Armenians
and since January 1996 he has played for Armenia. In June he played Armenian
Championship, his result was not so good (5th place) and it is not clear
if he will play in the Armenian team on the olympiad. His rating is
2635, but he has no experience against strong players. He wants to play
for Armenia only if he could be on the first four boards. The first
board of the second Armenian team (youth team) was not acceptable to him.
He has won many open tournaments in the Czech Republic during last two
years. He played in the Czech Extraliga for Kolin (50 kms from Prague),
in the new League 96/97 which starts in October he will perhaps play for
Pardubice. Pardubice won 1st Czech League 95/96 and qualified for the
Extraliga this year. He plays also in Slovakia for Martin and in Germany
2nd League for Berlin, I think.
It is unclear to me why he is not playing for the Czech Republic, perhaps
due to the very bad situation within the Federation of the Czech Republic.
I myself 'fight' against many uncompetent people from the Czech Federation
(two years ago I fulfilled last IM norm requirement but nothing has happened
about it...).
Round 9 (1996.07.28)
Alterman, Boris - Boensch, Uwe 1/2 9 A13 English; 1.c4
Polgar, Sofia - Unzicker, Wolfgang 1/2 29 C83 Ruy Lopez
Slobodjan, Roman - Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 91 B30 Sicilian
Bezold, Michael - Gabriel, Christian 1/2 18 D36 Queen's gambit
Stangl, Markus - Hug, Werner 1/2 77 E60 Kings indian
Bad Homburg (GER), VII 1996. cat. XII (2528)
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1 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2590 * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 6.0 2646 25.75
2 Gabriel, Christian m GER 2565 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2648 25.25
3 Polgar, Sofia m HUN 2480 = = * 1 0 = = 0 1 = 4.5 2533 20.25
4 Slobodjan, Roman m GER 2520 = = 0 * 1 = 0 1 = = 4.5 2528 20.25
5 Movsesian, Sergei m ARM 2635 0 = 1 0 * = 1 = = = 4.5 2516 19.25
6 Boensch, Uwe g GER 2525 = = = = = * 0 = = = 4.0 2485 18.50
7 Bezold, Michael m GER 2495 0 = = 1 0 1 * = 0 = 4.0 2488 17.50
8 Hug, Werner m SUI 2445 = 0 1 0 = = = * = = 4.0 2494 17.50
9 Stangl, Markus g GER 2565 0 0 0 = = = 1 = * 1 4.0 2480 16.00
10 Unzicker, Wolfgang g GER 2460 = 0 = = = = = = 0 * 3.5 2455
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5) SMITH & WILLIAMSON YOUNG MASTERS
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IM Matthew Turner took first place with a last round victory after
IM Jacob Stisis from Israel could only draw his last round game.
Twelve year old Luke McShane just failed to make his first IM
norm after a marathon 7.5hr drawn game with Mark Quinn of
Ireland in the last round. Both players needed to win in
order to get the IM norm.
Final Scores:
Round 11 (1996.08.02)
Turner, Matthew - Bates, Richard 1-0 24 B50 Sicilian
Polak, Tomas - Hunt, Harriet 1/2 25 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Quinn, Mark - McShane, Luke J 1/2 98 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Ansell, Simon - Sylvan, Jacob 1-0 28 C50 Gioci piano
Rizouk, Ryad - Stisis, Yaacov 1/2 82 B53 Sicilian
Rotman, Daniel - Williams, Simon 0-1 37 C01 French; Exchange
Witley (ENG), VII-VIII 1996. cat. V (2365)
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1 Turner, Matthew m ENG 2425 * 1 = 1 1 1 = = = = 1 = 8.0 2535
2 Stisis, Yaacov m ISR 2365 0 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2498
3 Polak, Tomas m CZE 2445 = = * = = = 1 1 = = = 1 7.0 2460
4 McShane, Luke J f ENG 2385 0 1 = * = 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2428
5 Quinn, Mark f IRL 2350 0 0 = = * = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2431
6 Ansell, Simon ENG 2420 0 0 = 1 = * 1 1 0 = = 1 6.0 2396
7 Rizouk, Ryad f ALG 2385 = = 0 1 = 0 * 0 = = 1 = 5.0 2327
8 Williams, Simon f ENG 2350 = 0 0 = = 0 1 * 0 1 = 1 5.0 2330
9 Hunt, Harriet wm ENG 2315 = 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 * 0 = = 4.5 2305
10 Rotman, Daniel ISR 2345 = 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 = 4.5 2302
11 Bates, Richard ENG 2315 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * = 3.0 2195
12 Sylvan, Jacob DEN 2285 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = = * 2.5 2161
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6) Letter by Denis J. Barry complaining to FIDE that Kamsky hasn't been paid.
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Kirsan Iljumzhinov
c/o FIDE Secretariat
CH-1000 P.O. Box 166
Lausanne 4, Switzerland
[phone number not shown]
July 28th 1996
Mr. President,
Congratulations on the successful completion of the World Championship Match.
The chess world eagerly watched the match on the Internet. The interest in
chess has soared to new heights.
Mr. Kamsky has expressed his concern that FIDE has not as yet paid him his part
of the prize fund, (562,500 US dollars.) According to the contract, the prize
fund will be paid not later than 10 days after the closing ceremony of the
match, which was conducted on the 13th day of July.
I quote the contract "The prize fund is a fund, guaranteed by his Excellency
Mr. Kirsan Nikolaevich Iljumzhinov as the President of the Kalmyk Republic and
as the FIDE President."
Mr. President, please look into this matter and expedite the payment to Mr.
Kamsky. We would certainly appreciate your immediate response that the matter
has been taken care of. I'm sure you will agree that the reputation of FIDE
would be tarnished if the contract was not honored.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Denis J. Barry
c.c Willy Iclicki [phone number not shown]
7) Gausdal International, 26 Jul - 02 Aug 1996
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Rune Djurhuus reports the final results of this event.
There are ten games on the first of these URL of Rune's.
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~runed/turneringer.html
(Norwegian Tournaments, results and games)
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~runed/sjakk.html
(My chess page - main index)
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~runed/arnold96.html
(Arnold J. Eikre
gives more details.
Final ranking after 9 rounds:
1. GM Stefansson, Hannes ISL 2560 6.5 50.5
2. GM Har-Zvi, Ronen ISR 2495 6.5 49.0
3. GM Jansa, Vlastimil CZE 2490 6.5 49.0
4. Pedersen, Jan DEN 2335 6.5 47.0
5. GM Rausis, Igors LAT 2495 6.0 49.0
6. GM Ivanov, Mikhail RUS 2465 5.5 50.0
7. Pedersen, Daniel V DEN 2330 5.5 47.0
8. Schneider, Stefan SWE 2230 5.5 43.5
9. Henriksen, Geir Ivar NOR 2235 5.5 43.0
10. GM Westerinen, Heikki FIN 2430 5.0 48.5
11. FM Behrhorst, Frank GER 2240 5.0 44.0
12. Tonning, Erik NOR 2205 5.0 42.0
13. Thorgersen, Trond M NOR 5.0 42.0
14. Jensen, Jacob Bjerre DEN 2180 5.0 41.5
15. Johansen, Terje NOR 2375 5.0 38.5
16. Lindgren, Fredrik SWE 2205 5.0 37.5
17. Myhrvold, Rune NOR 2270 4.5 43.0
18. Husted, Peter DEN 2160 4.5 42.5
19. Engelbert, Chirstopher GER 2275 4.5 38.5
20. Johansen, Arild NOR 2155 4.5 38.0
21. Hellstrxm, Eke SWE 2170 4.5 36.5
22. Skare, Karl Andre NOR 4.5 30.5
23. Rxrvik, Jon F NOR 2180 4.0 44.5
24. FM Bergstrxm, Rolf SWE 2305 4.0 40.0
25. FM Schmitz, Manuela GER 2065 4.0 37.0
26. Schmitz, Andreas GER 2115 4.0 35.5
27. Engstrxm, Staffan SWE 4.0 35.0
28. Getta, Markus GER 2060 3.5 45.0
29. Neubauer, Sigurd NOR 3.5 38.0
30. Finjord, Ingjald NOR 3.5 35.0
31. Bokelmann, Jake GER 2095 3.5 32.5
32. Abootorahi, Roza NOR 3.5 32.0
33. Gatland, Erling NOR 2.5 34.5
34. Wicklund-Hansen, RichardNOR 2.5 33.0
35. Gaasland, Glenn NOR 2.0 33.0
36. Engbreten, Stein E. NOR 1.5 32.0
(36 players)
8) Guiillermo Garcia In Memoriam. 1996 June. Cat IX (2454)
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Carlos H. Taboada reports on the Memorial Guillermo Garcia Tournament
held in Santa Clara city, central province of Cuba. An all play all
14 player tournament.
The winner: GM Walter Arencibia CUB. The Ecuadorian IM Carlos Matamoros
get the final Norm of GM.
Country Tit W L D Total
1 Arencibia, W. CUB g 6 1 6 9.0
2 Matamoros, C. ECU m 5 1 7 8.5
3 Nogueiras, J. CUB g 3 0 10 8.0
4 Zapata, A. COL g 5 3 5 7.5
5 Becerra, J. CUB m 3 2 8 7.0
6 Garcia, Gid. COL g 3 2 8 7.0
7 Schussler, H. SWEDEN g 1 1 11 6.5
8 Herrera, I. CUB m 2 2 9 6.5
9 Pupo, E. CUB m 1 1 11 6.5
10 Pecorelli, H. CUB m 2 2 9 6.5
11 Andonovski, L. MAC f 2 5 6 5.0
12 De la Paz, F CUB f 2 6 5 4.5
13 Gonzalez, Renier CUB f 0 4 9 4.5
14 Perez, Rodney CUB f 0 5 8 4.0
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9) News from the Czech Republic by Martin Pribyl.
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The nominations for the Czech Olympiad side:
Czech Republic - men:
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Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2625 09.09.70
Babula, Vlastimil m CZE 2545 02.10.73 (2 GM norms)
Votava, Jan m CZE 2545 29.11.74 (2 GM norms)
Mokry, Karel g CZE 2505 07.02.59
Blatny, Pavel g CZE 2490 22.06.68
Haba, Petr m CZE 2485 06.01.65 (1 GM norm)
Captain:
Smejkal, Jan g CZE 2500 22.03.46
They all should play. This is the best possible nomination. Smejkal is
the non-playing captain (for the first time), but maybe it should be
better if he would play (in Moscow 94 he played board 1 with +2 or so).
GM Vlastimil Jansa works in Luxembourg as the national trainer.
Czech Republic - women:
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Krupkova, Petra m CZE 2325 23.04.76
Saljova, Silvie m CZE 2240 03.10.75
Ptacnikova, Lenka m CZE 2210 16.01.76
Svobodova, Michaela CZE 2175 13.11.66
Captain:
Vokac, Marek m CZE 2470 06.12.58
The women nomination is not the best what Czech Republic has. GM Eliska
Klimova-Richtrova 2315 (01.07.59), WIM Martina Holoubkova 2320
(26.04.75) and WIM Jana Hajkova-Maskova 2255 (26.05.64) will not play.
Women captain will be IM Marek Vokac. In the last Moscow 1994 Olympiad
he was active as the captain of the men team.
10) Dutch Olympiad Squad
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Subject to confirmation of the invitee the Dutch team for the Yerevan
Olympiad will be:
Jan Timman, Loek van Wely, Paul van der Sterren, John van der
Wiel, Friso Nijboer and, as playing captain, Genna Sosonko.
The Dutch ladies team will consist of:
Annemarie Benschop,Erika Sziva, Marisca Kouwenhoven and Esther de Kleuver.
IGM Roberto Cifuentes will accompany them as their captain.
11) Vienna Millennium tournament
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Millennium Chess Festival Vienna
9th to 17th of August 1996
On our Internet page on http://www.xpoint.at/schach/open.htm you will
daily get informed on what's going on.
Here is an overview of the most interesting events.
The festival's flagship is a
cat 18 GM tournament with the following participants:
Anatoly Karpov RUS 2775
Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2765
Veselin Topalov BUL 2750
Alexei Shirov ESP 2685
Boris Gelfand BLR 2665
Judit Polgar HUN 2665
Artur Yusupov GER 2665
Jaan Ehlvest EST 2660
Victor Korchnoi SUI 2635
Peter Leko HUN 2630
7 Open tournaments separated by Elo rating will be played at the Festival.
81 players have registered for Open 1 (above ELO 2400 and invited
Austrians). The rating average will be 2504 which makes it the strongest 9
Round Swiss Open Event at such a huge starting field we have ever heard
of.
Open 1 for players rated 2400+
starting list
1 Glek Igor 2670 RUS
2 Bareev Evgeny 2655 RUS
3 Almasi Zoltan 2655 HUN
4 Dreev Alexey 2645 RUS
5 Khalifman Alexander 2640 RUS
6 Smirin Ilia 2625 ISR
7 Chernin Alexander 2620 HUN
8 Epishin Vladimir 2620 RUS
9 Tkachiev Vladislav 2620 KAZ
10 Dautov Rustem 2615 GER
11 Ftacnik Lubomir 2610 CZE
12 Onischuk Alexander 2605 UKR
13 Hickl Joerg 2600 GER
14 Komarov Dimitrij 2595 UKR
15 Lputjan Smbat 2595 ARM
16 Psakhis Lev 2590 ISR
17 Zvjaginsev Vadim 2590 RUS
18 Lerner Konstant. 2580 UKR
19 Savchenko Stanislav 2580 UKR
20 Huzman Alexander 2575 ISR
21 Landa Konstant. 2570 RUS
22 Beim Valery 2570 ISR
23 Lutz Christ. 2565 GER
24 Hertneck Gerald 2565 GER
25 Kengis Edwins 2560 LAT
26 Godena Michele 2550 ITA
27 Baburin Alexander 2545 IRL
28 Maksimenko Andrei 2545 UKR
29 Ibragimov Ilda 2545 RUS
30 Palac Mladen 2540 CRO
31 Sveshnikov Evgeny 2535 RUS
32 Chekhov Waleri 2535 RUS
33 Kveinys Aloizias 2530 LTU
34 Adorjan Andras 2530 HUN
35 Horvath Csaba 2530 HUN
36 Kindermann Stefan 2530 GER
37 Wojtkiewic Aleksan. 2525 POL
38 Teske Henrik 2520 GER
39 Farago Ivan 2515 HUN
40 Horvath Jozsef 2515 HUN
41 Lau Ralf 2510 GER
42 Stanec Nikolaus 2505 AUT
43 Lugovoi Alexei 2500 RUS
44 Tischbierek Raj 2500 GER
45 Pavasovic Dusko 2495 SLO
46 Blatny Pavel 2490 CZE
47 Gyimesi Zoltan 2480 HUN
48 Galliamova Alisa 2475 RUS
49 Rothstein Arkadij 2475 UKR
50 Paehtz Thomas 2475 GER
51 Ruck Robert 2465 HUN
52 Henley Ron 2465 USA
53 Zueger Beat 2460 SUI
54 Podgaets Michail 2460 UKR
55 Raetsky Alexander 2455 RUS
56 Milov Leonid 2455 UKR
57 Danailov Silvio 2455 BUL
58 Seul Georg 2445 GER
59 Sotnikov Igor 2445 RUS
60 Barle Janez 2445 SLO
61 Polak Tomas 2445 CZE
62 Hall Jesper 2430 SWE
63 Almasi Istvan 2425 HUN
64 Marinelli Tullio 2425 ITA
65 Schneider Bernd 2420 GER
66 Tratar Marko 2420 SLO
67 Brendel Oliver 2420 GER
68 Lechtynsky Jiri 2415 CZE
69 Zude Arno 2410 GER
70 Lamprecht Frank 2410 GER
71 Sjodahl Pontus 2405 SWE
72 v.d. Vorm Teun 2405 NED
73 Pourtov Andrey 2400 RUS
74 v.d. Werf Mark 2400 NED
75 Mahdy Khaled 2390 AUT
76 Schroll Gerhard 2380 AUT
77 Gaertner Guntram 2380 AUT
78 Schlosser Michael 2380 AUT
79 Danner Georg 2375 AUT
80 Wittmann Walter 2370 AUT
81 Lehner Oliver 2320 AUT
rating average = 2504
bye,
Karlheinz Zoechling khzoech@xpoint.at
12) Karpov interview translated by Martin Bennedik
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"Now it is Kasparovs move"
Karpov does not fear his rival
After defending his Fide-Worldchampionship-title Anatoli Karpov is
ready for a match against PCA-Worldchampion Garri Kasparow. The russian
is playing in Biel at this time and he is very open to the media.
Q:Anatoli Karpov, when will the since 1993 lasting era with
two worldchampions be ended?
A:There are no details about a worldchampionship match between me and
Garri Karsparow now. We only spoke about a worlchampionship-match in
general. But there is nothing clear yet. While I was defending my title
against Kamski, Kasparow said that I was afraid of him. But that only motivated
me to clearly beat Kamski, of course. Then he said, that he is interested
in a worldchampionship fight against me. So I said after the match in Elista,
that there are no obstacles. Then again Kasparow said on a press conference
in Geneva, that he was not informed.
Q:Will there be a match in this year?
A:No, impossible. Not earlier than the beginning of 1997.
Q:How many rounds will be played?
A:That is not so important for me, 16 or 20 games make sense.
Q:With adjourned games?
A:I think in matches with adjournments like in Elista the quality of
the games increases substantially. But with or without adjourned games
is of no importance for me. Fischers idea is clever. Every move played
results in a time bonus. So you get rid of the adjourned games.
Q:So you are 100 percent willing to play a match against Kasparow?
A:Yes, I will be ready for a fight. Now it is Kasparovs move.
Q:Even if there will be a 20-rounds tournament with, say 6 players?
A:Why not?
Q:Are you also going for personal talks with Kasparov?
A:No, therfore we have our go betweens.
Q: Who is your favorite for the FIDE presidential elections in September
during the olympiad in Erewan?
A:The Brazilian candidate Jaime Sunny-Neto is my friend, but he is
not the right man.
Q:Why?
A:He does not have the right connections even in his own country.
Q:And the Frenchman Bachar Kouatly?
A:Kouatly is much better. He organized a lot of tournaments for example
the Worldchampionship 1990 in Lyon.
Q:And the ruling president, the Kalmyck Kirsan Iljumschinow?
A:I think it will be the best for chess, if Iljumschinow stays.
But it is important, that the FIDE team is reduced from 7 or 8
to a maximum of 5 persons. Then the choice of the president is no longer
so important, because the whole FIDE team becomes more important.
Q:I In Elista you were working not only as a player but also as a
journalist. Why?
A:I think it is better when the players are writing what they were thinking
during the game instead of others thinking about what we should have
thought. But the work was done by one of my seconds, Ron Henley.
I only helped him.
(interview Peter Hammer) with Tages Anzeiger.
Incidently Karpov's publisher's sent me this for use in TWIC
which segues in very neatly! It comes from Paul Hodges
and comes for a bok which has a working title of "Elista Diaries:
Karpov-Kamsky 1996" but does not solely deal with games from this
match - Karpov is primary author (having deeply annotated some
three dozen games so far).
Other books:
Karpov v Kamsky World Championship 1996 et al. by Byron Jacobs.
Tournament Chess Publications. 34 pages. UK pounds 4-99 OR $7-95.
(Available from Chess and Bridge, Chess Digest etc)
A book in the trends format. All the games from the match
presented without notes. Two or three diagrams per game.
A nice set of tables of the World Championship matches since
Steinitz-Zukertort. However it does exclude the two PCA matches.
and the Karpov & Kamsky electronic book produced by ChessTreasure
(http://www.netvision.net.il/~ChessTreasure) $34.99 which
has the games deeply annotated along with various statistics
and games collections surrounding the match.
13) From the pages of GM Ron Henley's Elista Diaries
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For me personally the match really started May 5, 1996 when I left my home
in New York, and boarded KLM Flight 644 to Amsterdam, which connected with
Flight 267 to Rome. At that time I didn't know where the World Championship
Match would take place, but I packed for a long trip, with the hope and
conviction in my heart that when I returned home Anatoly Karpov would have
successfully defended his World Championship title. We were still hearing
rumors about playing in Baghdad, but I was used to this type of speculation
by now. For one and a half years, since the semi-finals finished in Sanghi
Nagar (February 1995) we had heard various rumors about where the match
would take place.
When Anatoly visited me in New York in late March he said, "We will have a
three week training camp in Italy during May, and then we will go play the
match." I didn't press the question of where we would go play, as I figured
if I needed to know he would tell me. Also there was the likely possibility
that several bids were in the air. At that time, Montreal, Canada seemed
the most likely venue.
During his previous visit to New York, Anatoly had flown up to "La Belle
Province" to attend a Canadiens-Maple Leafs hockey game (Tolya jokingly
remarked that he was responsible for ending Montreal's early-season losing
streak), and spent the weekend with potential sponsors. The Province of
Quebec has a very active program for children, where chess is a subject
available in schools. Against this backdrop, it is interesting to look at
our relations with the Kamskys.
During the first six months relations were quite good, as both parties had
a common goal of arranging the match. In fact during one visit to New York,
Anatoly and I spent a wonderful evening in Brighton Beach, at the Kamsky
home
enjoying their hospitality. We ate a wonderful meal prepared by Bella
(Gata's stepmother), had drinks, and went for a stroll together on the
boardwalk. Later the Kamskys invited a few of my friends and I for dinner
to thank me for helping them in Sanghi Nagar. Much to my surprise, they
presented me with a beautiful (and clearly expensive) sandalwood chess set
from India! During these visits, I grew to respect the Kamskys as hard
working, family-oriented people. Nobody has given them a free ride, and
they have earned everything they have through sheer hard work. The whole
family is devoted to Gata's success.
When Gata first came to the US, Bella would read the chess books for him.
Now of course Gata speaks perfect English himself. Thus it was with a sense
of betrayal that I first heard stories about Rustam claiming Anatoly was to
blame for the match not taking place. Of course this was absolute nonsense,
as Anatoly was fighting many political battles in FIDE, and constantly
meeting with potential sponsors. I can also say, that Rustam's behavior
during previous events, was no big attraction or incentive to potential
sponsors. I myself understand that he lives and dies with Gata's success.
This is why even the slightest perception on his part that Gata is at a
disadvantage, will cause him to overreact. Thus his behavior is
over-protective, seemingly bordering on paranoia. The problems arise when
his behavior tramples on the rights of others, as it often does.
As for Gata himself, his chess playing strength has undoubtedly benefited
from having someone take care of everything so he could stay focused on
chess itself. In a very short time, he has established himself as America's
best player since the glory days of Bobby Fischer. But at some point, Gata
needs to accept responsibility and speak his own mind. As Viktor Korchnoi
once said, "I eventually found it was necessary to grow as a person, before
I could further improve at chess." Here of course I am referring to the
Protest filed by the Kamskys during the first half of the match where they
accused Karpov of receiving help from computer programs. The protest was
signed by Rustam and Gata.
As a Grandmaster myself, I have to ask Gata in all seriousness - "Do you
really believe in your heart of hearts that Anatoly was getting help from
computers during the match?" Any decent computer program in the world would
take about three seconds to win material in Game 7 with 35.Rxc8! Of course
as a chess player Gata understands this. But Rustam found him a
psychological lifeboat to salvage his sagging confidence, and Gata clung to
it. Before I drop the subject, let me state, at some point Gata must become
his own man!
Ron Henley
Elista, June 1996
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Source: "Elista Diaries: Karpov-Kamsky 1996"
Principle author: Anatoly Karpov
Publisher: R&D (Chess) Publishing
http://www.smartchess.com/chess/
This abstract reproduced in TWIC by permission of the Publisher.
14) US Open Press Release
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Here is the Virginia Chess Federation's first press release for this year's
U.S. Open:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
U.S. Open Chess Championship in Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia, August 4, 1996 =97 National and local chess officials are
expecting hundreds of the country's best chess players, as well as a
significant sampling of foreign competitors to play in the 1996 U.S. Open,
to be held August 4 through 16 in Alexandria, Virginia. This is the first
time the country's most prestigious open tournament has been held in the
national capitol area since the 1976 championship in Fairfax, Virginia.
United States Chess Federation (USCF) Executive Director Al Lawrence stated,
"The opportunity to combine a family vacation near one of the world's top
tourist destinations with playing in a world class tournament is very
attractive to chess lovers and their families." Advance registrants in the
97th U.S. Open include internationally known stars such as six time U.S.
Champion Walter Browne, Nick deFirmian and Alexander Ivanov, and the
youngest chess master in the country, 12 year old Californian Vinay Bhat.
The allure of the tournament was explained by Helen Hinshaw, President of
the Virginia Chess Federation, the tournament's local host: "The U.S. Open
provides average chess players with a unique opportunity to meet and compete
against internationally known stars. Unlike other sports like golf, in
chess, the U.S. Open is indeed =91open' to all comers. On many occasions the
U.S. Open has seen an amateur player play the game of a lifetime to topple a
professional grandmaster. At last year's U.S. Open, Jenny Frenklakh, a
fifteen year old girl from Monterey, California led the field for much of
the tournament. As she defeated renowned master players, she kept by her
side a pet stuffed animal. No other tournament in the world routinely
features this type of drama."
Hinshaw is expecting a healthy turnout for this year's tournament. She
notes that the 1976 event in Fairfax drew 567 players, and advance entries
for this year's tournament had already topped 400 earlier this week.
"Attendance will be further boosted by shorter satellite events held in
conjunction with the championship, and our innovative flexible scheduling."
The traditional championship schedule involves one game a day for twelve
days. This year the organizers are offering a variety of compressed
schedule options that will allow competitors the option of completing the
event in as little as five days.=20
=20
The U.S. Open is the oldest and most illustrious chess tournament in the
United States. Past winners of the U.S. Open include world champion Bobby
Fischer, Danish superstar Bent Larsen, Czechoslovakian hero Vlastimil Hort
and many other top professional players.=20
The main tournament is the centerpiece of a large festival celebrating all
aspects of the game of chess. In conjunction with this year's U.S. Open,
the U.S.C.F. will sponsor the first Chess Mentor Hall of Fame Classic
tournament. This invitational event will match veteran stars. Legends of
American chess Arthur Bisguier, Pal Benko, Arnold Denker and John Curdo have
confirmed their participation. Washington Post chess columnist Lubomir
Kavalek, former second to World Champion Bobby Fischer, will also play in
the Classic, filling in at the last moment for Leonid Shamkovich, whose
illness forced him to decline his invitation. GM Bisguier will also be
providing color commentary to games played by the top contenders in the U.S.
Open.
At the other end of the age scale, the U.S. Open will host the prestigious
Denker Tournament of High School Champions. Scholastic champions of all 50
states and the District of Columbia have been invited. Charles Gelman of
Falls Church, Virginia, a student at Annandale's Thomas Jefferson High
School for Science and Technology, will defend the title he won in this
event last year.
The U.S. Open Blitz Championship will be held on Saturday, August 10, a free
day in the regular U.S. Open tournament schedule. Director Mike Atkins
explained, "Blitz chess is an exciting variant on regular chess in which
each competitor is timed and given only five minutes to complete all moves
in a game." Like the regular U.S. Open, this tournament is open to the
general public.
The Open organizers will also conduct separate satellite tournaments on
most days, with a variety of formats and time limits. There will be
workshops on many chess related subjects, including chess and education,
computer chess, correspondence chess and tournament directing. Open
attendees will also have the opportunity to visit the U.S. Chess Center and
Hall of Fame at 1501 M Street in Washington, DC.
The controversial Gata Kamsky, by far the highest-ranked American chess
player, is expected to add drama to the chess gathering. Coming off his
grueling, unsuccessful recent World Championship match against Anatoly
Karpov, Kamsky is not expected to play in this year's Open, but he may
address an international chess workshop on Friday and the USCF Delegates
Meeting on Saturday, August 10. Sources close to Kamsky predict he will
deliver a scathing denunciation of the leadership of FIDE (the Federation
Internationale des Echecs), which initially attempted to hold the World
Championship match in Baghdad.
The Radisson Mark Plaza Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia will be the
headquarters for all U.S. Open events. The tournament site is easily
accessible to all Washington, DC tourist attractions, and tours will be
available. Players can enter to participate in the U.S. Open's "Busy Player
Special" schedule as late as August 12. For further information, call the
VCF at (703) 845-1010, visit the U.S. Open WWW home page at
http://www.vachess.org or send e-mail to rmahach@vachess.org or
lawson@sblegal.com
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Press kits with detailed background are available. During the tournament,
the organizers will issue one page FAXes and/or e-mail updates with the
tournament standings and breaking stories, with an emphasis on human
interest angles. To receive a press kit or to be placed on the FAX or
e-mail distribution lists, call (703) 978-9498, or send e-mail to
lawson@sblegal.com.
On request, the organizers will assist in arranging interviews with some of
the tournament's more interesting and colorful players. This can include
helping journalists find participants from their publication's circulation
area, or pursuing a human interest angle of special interest to their=
audience.
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15) Decin Open Tournament
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Another 'Open Soviet Union Championship' has finished, the North Bohemian
town Decin organized this year again international open tournament.
There were 90 players in the open A participated, the majority from the
former Soviet countries. 90% of the games (except some of 3rd and 4th
round) are in the PGN file, results in TXT files. There was one double
round, 3rd and 4th together one day.
The leading scores were:
1 SHERBAKOV, Ruslan RUS GM 2555 7.0 2382 9 7 +0.43
MEDUNA, Eduard CZE GM 2450 7.0 2389 8 6 +1.36
3 MOROZ, Alexander UKR IM 2500 6.5 2370 8 5.5 +0.06
MINASIAN, Ara ARM IM 2425 6.5 2368 9 6.5 +1.28
HASANGATIN, Ramil RUS 2380 6.5 2391 9 6.5 +2.18
6 CHERNYSHOV, Konstantin RUS IM 2470 6.0 2367 8 5 -0.12
BUTURIN, Vladimir UKR IM 2445 6.0 2327 9 6 +0.06
JIROVSKY, Milos CZE IM 2445 6.0 2341 9 6 +0.24
KHOLMOV, Ratmir RUS GM 2435 6.0 2326 9 6 +0.15
CHEREVATENKO, Roman UKR IM 2415 6.0 2339 8 5 +0.20
GORBATOW, Alexej RUS IM 2415 6.0 2394 9 6 +1.23
KONOPKA, Michal CZE IM 2405 6.0 2396 9 6 +1.41
SHURYGIN, Sergey RUS 2390 6.0 2389 9 6 +1.50
TOMESCU, Vlad ROM FM 2380 6.0 2336 8 5 +0.52
15 NALBANDIAN, Tigran ARM IM 2490 5.5 2376 9 5.5 -0.44
VAULIN, Alexander RUS GM 2485 5.5 2304 9 5.5 -1.16
HACHIAN, Melik ARM IM 2480 5.5 2328 9 5.5 -0.80
PRIBYL, Josef CZE IM 2460 5.5 2318 9 5.5 -0.71
ROGOVSKI, Vladimir UKR IM 2450 5.5 2307 8 5.5 -0.02
FILIPENKO, Alexander RUS IM 2430 5.5 2227 9 5.5 -1.34
MIRUMIAN, Vigen ARM FM 2430 5.5 2294 9 5.5 -0.62
SERGIENKO, Sergey RUS IM 2425 5.5 2343 9 5.5 +0.01
TOLSTIKH, Nikolay RUS IM 2420 5.5 2376 9 5.5 +0.46
FAIBISOVICH, Vadim RUS IM 2410 5.5 2369 9 5.5 +0.46
ARONIAN, Levon ARM FM 2390 5.5 2402 9 5.5 +1.18
NAVRATESCU, Catalin ROM IM 2375 5.5 2338 9 5.5 +0.55
PRANDSTETTER, Eduard CZE IM 2370 5.5 2382 9 5.5 +1.18
ORDIAN, Vrej ARM 0000 5.5 2362 9 5.5 +1.00
90 players....
In the B event:
Ranking of round 9 of Primat mesta DECINA 1996 - turnaj B
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB rating TPR W-We
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1. 4 KOLKIN, Michail 7.5 47.0 38.50 2050 2204 +1.46
2. 3 GRUNINA, Elena 7.0 43.5 33.25 2090 2118 +0.24
3. 1 KRAJNAK, Juraj 6.5 44.0 30.75 2193 2003 -1.51
8 BAUER, Jana 6.5 46.0 32.25 1988 2027 +0.47
10 NOVACEK, Karel 6.5 46.0 31.25 1952 2045 +0.94
17 MACHALEK, Bedrich 6.5 48.0 34.00 1942 2071 +1.55
7. 19 POLENSKY, Vladislav 6.0 42.0 26.00 1916 1959 +0.44
61 players...
16) European Youth Championships
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Li Riemersma reports:
European Youth Championship
In the Slovakian country town Rimavska Sobota, Ruslan Ponomariov
became European champion under 18. The boy from Ukraine is only twelve
years old, but competed in the hightest category, because he really
belonged there with his elo of 2550. As far as I know Ponomariov has
broken all records. At the age of twelve even Peter Leko was not this
strong.
Ponomariov, who was considered tournament favourite, lived up to the
expectations with an impressive eight points out of nine games. Still
this score was not sufficient for an unshared first prize. Mikhail
Kubilya from Russia defeated him in their personal encounter and
managed to keep pace till the end. Ponomariov, however, was awarded
the European title on account of his higher progressive score.
The next game is characteristic of Ponomariov, who owes most of his
victories to his outstanding technique. Against Holger Grund (2375)
from Germany he opts for an old variation of the Caro Kann that mostly
yields nothing. The little boy does not achieve anything in the
opening either, but in the endgame he stands head and shoulders above
his opponent.
Until move 18 the game is identical to Larsen-Addison, Palma de
Mallorca 1970, (½-½). In the next phase white manages to get a slight
edge. On move 26 black could take the h5 pawn, but after 27. c5 and a
subsequent 28. Td6 white would compensate himself for it by taking on
c6. After this moment the game moves on very slowly. White tries to
push through b4-b5. When this pawn advance finally takes place on move
45, victory is near. Even so it takes 13 more moves before Grund is
defeated. After 58. a5 the game is over, as black loses a piece,
because 58. ..., Na8 59. Rd7+ Kb8 allows 60. Rb7mate.
li riemersma
tel/fax 31.30.4211578
e-mail rili@xs4all.nl
Jan Vavrak reports:
- G12 won Alexandra KOSTENIUK. She belongs with her FIDE ELO 2295 to the best
20 in G20 category.
- G18 won Monika Bobrowska - she only was grandmaster from all participants,
and finally
- B18 won Rouslan PONOMARIOV from Ukraina. He increased his FIDE ELO 2550
by 9.8 points. He also belongs to the best group players of under 20 players
in the world. But he is only 13 years old. Maybe new Peter LEKO or KASPAROV
Final Standings (Round 9)
European Youth Championship '96 Slovakia, B-18
Surname T Elo ACF Fed Sco Progr Chg*10 Rp
1 PONOMARIOV,Rouslan (1) . 2550 UKR 8.0 41.0 9.8 2680
2 KOBALIJA,Mihail (2) m 2495 RUS 8.0 38.5 16.1 2691
3 RABINOVICH,Alexander (14) . 2295 ISR 6.0 32.5 24.0 2492
4 GRUND,Holger (6) . 2375 GER 6.0 31.5 7.8 2443
5 DERVISHI,Erald (15) f 2290 ALB 6.0 29.0 16.8 2431
6 CVEK,Robert (17) . 2290 CZE 6.0 28.0 11.4 2388
7 JOVANIC,Ognjen (9) . 2315 CRO 5.5 32.0 10.9 2405
8 MCHEDLISHVILI,Mikheil (7) . 2370 GEO 5.5 30.5 6.4 2418
9 SOCKO,Bartosz (3) m 2445 POL 5.5 30.0 -11.0 2342
10 VAN DEN DOEL,Erik (4) m 2440 NED 5.5 29.0 -8.9 2362
11 ISTRATE,Bogdan (21) . 2280 ROM 5.5 26.5 11.8 2374
12 SALMENSUU,Olli (11) . 2305 FIN 5.5 24.0 -7.0 2236
13 TUROV,Maxim (5) . 2410 RUS 5.0 29.5 -11.2 2321
14 MATIKOSIAN,Andranik (12) . 2300 ARM 5.0 26.5/2 2.3 2321
15 SURMA,Dmitrij (22) . 2275 BLR 5.0 26.5 1.6 2287
16 MASTROVASILIS,Athanasios (24) . 2240 GRE 5.0 26.0/1 6.2 2311
17 SIMACEK,Pavel (18) f 2285 CZE 5.0 26.0/1 0.2 2283
18 HNYDIUK,Alexander (20) . 2280 POL 5.0 26.0 5.6 2333
19 STAROSTITS,Ilmars (28) . 2210 LAT 5.0 22.5 8.4 2299
20 TJOMSLAND,Stig (25) . 2220 NOR 4.5 26.5 14.4 2336
21 MARCELIN,Cyril (23) . 2260 FRA 4.5 25.5 0.2 2260
22 BAGIROV,Rufat (19) . 2285 AZE 4.5 23.5 -4.2 2250
23 PINSKI,Jan (8) . 2320 POL 4.5 23.0/1 -8.8 2240
24 TURZO,Attila (10) . 2315 HUN 4.5 23.0 -16.2 2166
25 GALYAS,Miklos (16) f 2290 HUN 4.5 22.5 -10.6 2185
26 GROETZ,Harald (44) . 2280 AUT 4.5 20.0 -9.8 2193
27 KOMORA,Andrej (29) . 2205 SVK 4.5 19.5 1.4 2220
28 PAP,Misa (30) . 2195 YUG 4.5 18.5 0.7 2203
29 BEKKER JENSEN,David (31) . 2190 DEN 4.5 17.5 2.8 2221
46 players.
European Youth Championship '96 Slovakia, G-18
Surname T Elo ACF Fed Sco Progr Chg*10 Rp
1 BOBROWSKA,Monika (1) g 2325 POL 8.0 41.5 17.9 2531
2 ZIELINSKA,Marta (6) m 2240 POL 6.0 32.0/4 2.0 2263
3 BEKIARISOVA,Alena (13) . 2110 SVK 6.0 32.0 22.8 2324
4 VAJDA,Szidonia (3) m 2285 ROM 6.0 30.0 0.3 2287
5 DJINGAROVA,Emilia (15) . 2095 BUL 6.0 28.5 16.2 2259
6 KONONENKO,Tatiana (4) f 2275 UKR 6.0 28.0 -9.0 2139
7 KISS,Fernanda (8) . 2190 HUN 5.5 31.5 7.4 2254
8 GOLETIANI,Rusudan (5) f 2250 GEO 5.5 29.5 -5.6 2196
9 NILL,Jessica (11) . 2140 GER 5.5 25.5 -2.0 2116
10 BLAZKOVA,Petra (7) . 2215 CZE 5.0 31.0 -4.8 2171
11 GORDON,Viktoria (9) . 2175 UKR 5.0 28.0 -6.4 2109
12 TETENKINA,Irina (14) . 2105 BLR 5.0 27.0 1.3 2123
13 HAGESAETHER,Nina (17) . 2090 NOR 5.0 24.5 6.3 2156
14 IZDEBSKA,Maja (18) . 2065 POL 5.0 22.0 -2.8 2029
15 MOLCHANOVA,Tatjana (27) . 2000 RUS 4.5 24.5 2126
16 POMARLEANU,Ana (19) . 2045 ROM 4.5 22.0 -2.8 2011
17 ZHURINA,Elizabeta (2) . 2310 RUS 4.5 21.5 -15.4 2017
18 FONGERS,Joyce (22) . 2000 NED 4.5 20.0 2038
19 STANKOVIC,Tatjana (31) . 2000 YUG 4.5 19.5 1806
32 players.
Final Standings (Round 9)
European Youth Championship '96 Slovakia, B-16
Surname T Elo ACF Fed Sco Progr Chg*10 Rp
1 DOETTLING,Fabian (10) . 2300 GER 7.0 39.5 16.4 2473
2 SOLAK,Dragan (1) . 2435 YUG 6.5 35.0/2 0.3 2432
3 SMETANKIN,Stanislav (5) . 2385 BLR 6.5 35.0 10.1 2492
4 BERG,Emanuel (18) . 2215 SWE 6.5 32.0 15.5 2444
5 MOISEENKO,Alexander (4) . 2390 UKR 6.5 31.5 -1.0 2385
6 ACS,Peter (2) f 2410 HUN 6.0 35.0 2.4 2431
7 VEDMEDIUC,Serghei (41) . 2000 MDA 6.0 30.5 2445
8 HALKIAS,Stelios (9) . 2330 GRE 6.0 29.5 7.2 2430
9 BLEHM,Pavel (3) . 2395 POL 6.0 28.0 0.8 2406
10 HORVATH,Adam (15) . 2250 HUN 5.5 28.5 2.8 2278
11 WORTEL,Marten (44) . 2000 NED 5.5 26.5 2331
12 FEDORCHUK,Sergei (12) f 2265 UKR 5.5 25.5 7.1 2438
13 DOVLATOV,Sanan (28) . 2000 AZE 5.0 29.5 2313
14 GAPRINDASHVILI,Valerian (14) f 2250 GEO 5.0 26.5 -2.9 2220
15 KUNDIN,Alexander (16) . 2225 ISR 5.0 26.0 9.0 2352
16 BEKKER JENSEN,Simon (20) . 2200 DEN 5.0 25.5 0.2 2198
17 NOVAK,Pavel (35) . 2000 CZE 5.0 22.5 2227
18 BASTYS,Robertas (27) . 2000 LTU 5.0 21.0 2200
19 KALLIO,Heikki (31) . 2140 FIN 5.0 19.5 12.8 2258
20 HAZNEDAROGLU,Kivana (24) . 2095 TUR 5.0 18.0 12.0 2266
44 players.
Final Standings (Round 9)
European Youth Championship '96 Slovakia, G-16
Surname T Elo ACF Fed Sco Progr Chg*10 Rp
1 KALININA,Vladislava (10) . 2125 UKR 8.5 44.0 32.8 2575
2 CALOTA,Alina (9) . 2130 ROM 6.5 33.0 7.9 2210
3 KOROLJOVA,Valerija (5) . 2165 RUS 6.5 30.5 -1.0 2152
4 IONICA,Iulia (7) f 2140 ROM 6.0 35.5 2.2 2159
5 REIZNIECE,Dana (13) f 2060 LAT 6.0 34.5 14.1 2203
6 IWANIUK,Dorota (6) f 2150 POL 6.0 32.5 -5.4 2085
7 TARACHOWICZ,Alina (15) f 2045 POL 6.0 30.0 9.0 2211
8 RADZIEWICZ,Iweta (1) f 2270 POL 5.5 32.0 -11.1 2142
9 ANDREEVA,Natalja (8) . 2130 RUS 5.5 31.5 -5.0 2076
10 VOICU,Carmen (11) f 2115 ROM 5.5 30.5 -3.2 2077
11 LYSOVA,Olga (17) . 2010 RUS 5.5 29.5 -9.9 1133
12 RAPCSAK,Andrea (16) . 2020 HUN 5.5 28.5 -1.0 2001
13 CHARKHALASHVILI,Inga (20) . 2000 GEO 5.5 28.0 2056
14 KAPS,Darja (12) . 2065 SLO 5.5 26.5 -9.9 1189
43 players
SwissPerfect 2.5
Final Standings (Round 9)
European Youth Championship '96 Slovakia, B-14
Surname T Elo ACF Fed Sco Progr Chg*10 Rp
1 KOBYLKIN,Evgeni (2) f 2365 UKR 7.0 41.0 13.1 2551
2 KOKOREV,Dmitry (33) . 2000 RUS 7.0 32.0 2446
3 GEANTA,Horia (6) . 2220 ROM 6.5 35.5 11.8 2363
4 SHINKEVICH,Vitaly (1) . 2400 RUS 6.5 32.0 -7.0 2290
5 AKOPIAN,Varushan (13) . 2270 ARM 6.5 29.5 5.2 2378
6 KOVCHAN,Alexander (5) . 2240 UKR 6.0 34.0 4.4 2292
7 BAR,Roman (11) . 2145 ISR 6.0 25.0 0.5 2110
8 LANGHEINRICH,Ferenc (35) . 2000 2050 GER 5.5 32.0 2364
9 RACEANU,Valentin (8) . 2195 ROM 5.5 31.5 4.5 2257
10 VAVRAK,Peter (16) . 2105 SVK 5.5 29.5 5.5 2192
11 MAMEDOV,Chingiz (37) . 2000 AZE 5.5 29.0 2228
12 NAGY,Andras (12) . 2130 HUN 5.5 28.0 3.6 2220
13 SEBENIK,Matej (14) . 2125 SLO 5.0 28.5 -2.8 2088
14 JASIK,Krzysztof (10) . 2160 POL 5.0 27.5 -6.4 2033
15 AMESZ,Jaap (18) . 2000 NED 5.0 25.0 1281
16 PINTER,Erik (40) . 2000 1979 SVK 5.0 23.0 1907
17 JIRKVASHVILI,Otar (31) . 2000 GEO 5.0 22.5 2103
18 GOLDSZTEJN,Gildas (7) . 2200 FRA 5.0 22.0 -3.2 2083
19 FRAAS,Martin (26) . 2000 2060 SVK 5.0 20.0 1166
44 players
Final Standings (Round 9)
European Youth Championship '96 Slovakia, G-14
Surname T Elo ACF Fed Sco Progr Chg*10 Rp
1 MOSHIN,Cristina (8) . 2070 MDA 7.0 34.0 10.7 2337
2 ISMAILOVA,Parvana (7) f 2080 AZE 7.0 33.0 20.1 3202
3 DEMBO,Lena (14) . 2000 ISR 6.5 33.5 2130
4 POLOVNIKOVA,Ekaterina (33) . 2000 RUS 6.5 33.0 2172
5 POKORNA,Regina (3) f 2195 SVK 6.0 37.0 0.4 2186
6 CMYLYTE,Viktoria (4) f 2180 LTU 6.0 29.5 -11.4 1134
7 ROMANOVA,Ekaterina (35) . 2000 UKR 6.0 27.0 2208
8 GARA,Anita (2) . 2235 HUN 5.5 34.0 -8.3 2027
9 JACKOVA,Jana (1) . 2260 CZE 5.5 31.0 0.7 2240
10 SAMBORSKA,Marta (6) . 2115 POL 5.5 29.0 -5.5 1081
11 DRAICA,Iulia (15) . 2000 ROM 5.5 26.5 1980
12 KAULA,Ieva (21) . 2000 LAT 5.5 25.5 1094
13 TSURTSUMIA,Natia (39) . 2000 GEO 5.5 24.5 1997
43 players
Final Standings (Round 9)
European Youth Championship '96 Slovakia, B-12
Surname T Elo ACF Fed Sco Progr Chg*10 Rp
1 DROZDOVSKIJ,Juri (14) . 2000 2100 UKR 7.0 37.5 2348
2 JIANU,Vlad (2) f 2225 ROM 7.0 35.0 -3.3 1351
3 GASHIMOV,Sarkhan (4) . 2215 AZE 6.5 36.0 7.0 2478
4 VIOREANU,Bogdan (45) . 2000 1725 ROM 6.5 33.0 2243
5 OWCARZAK,Jerzy (35) . 2000 1900 POL 6.5 32.0 3122
6 SMEETS,Jan (39) . 2000 1679 NED 6.0 34.0/3 2327
7 RIAZANTSEV,Alexander (1) . 2350 RUS 6.0 34.0 3.1 2450
8 LUPULESCU,Constantin (6) . 2025 ROM 6.0 26.0 7.5 3219
9 MAXIMOV,Dmitry (31) . 2000 2160 UKR 5.5 31.0 2060
10 MITON,Kamil (3) . 2220 POL 5.5 30.5 -12.8 1121
11 MATJUSHIN,Gennady (30) . 2000 2100 UKR 5.5 29.5 2030
12 NIKOLOV,Momchil (34) . 2000 1900 BUL 5.5 29.0 1221
13 YASTREBOV,Alexander (46) . 2000 1900 RUS 5.5 25.5 2251
48 players
Final Standings (Round 9)
European Youth Championship '96 Slovakia, G-12
Surname T Elo ACF Fed Sco Progr Chg*10 Rp
1 KOSTENIUK,Alexandra (1) f 2295 RUS 8.0 43.5
2 JAVAKISHVILI,Lela (15) . 2000 GEO 7.0 33.0 2295
3 KOSINTSEVA,Nadezhda (19) . 2000 RUS 6.5 32.5/5 2178
4 RYBENKO,Ksenia (31) . 2000 RUS 6.5 32.5
5 CHEREDNICHENKO,Svetlana (8) . 2000 UKR 6.0 35.0 1296
6 ZAKSAITE,Salomeja (45) . 2000 LTU 6.0 34.5 1985
7 DRUZHININA,Olga (10) . 2000 RUS 6.0 32.0
8 STIRI,Alexandra (38) . 2000 GRE 6.0 30.0 3059
9 SHUKUROVA,Mekhriban (35) . 2000 AZE 6.0 28.5
10 KISONOVA,Katarina (17) . 2000 1953 SVK 5.5 29.5 3059
11 GARA,Ticia (2) . 2060 HUN 5.5 28.0
12 KISS,Emese (18) . 2000 HUN 5.5 26.0
13 AXIONOVA,Tatiana (3) . 2000 UKR 5.5 22.5
45 players
Final Standings (Round 9)
European Youth Championship '96 Slovakia, B-10
Surname T Elo ACF Fed Sco Progr Chg*10 Rp
1 RADJABOV,Teimour (27) . 2000 AZE 7.5 42.0 2361
2 GASHIMOV,Vugar (1) . 2250 AZE 7.5 35.5
3 GUSEINOV,Gadir (16) . 2000 RUS 7.0 36.0 2158
4 MURARIU,Andrei (21) . 2000 ROM 6.5 33.0 2133
5 WOJTASZEK,Radoslaw (42) . 2000 2000 POL 6.5 31.5 3064
6 SIMONJAN,Karen (29) . 2000 RUS 6.0 30.5 2085
7 SZABLEVSKI,Mikolaj (35) . 2000 1800 POL 6.0 30.0/2 3084
8 ANISIMOV,Pavel (6) . 2000 RUS 6.0 30.0 1159
9 AVETISIAN,Areg (10) . 2000 ARM 6.0 29.0 3084
42 players
Final Standings (Round 9)
European Youth Championship '96 Slovakia, G-10
Surname T Elo ACF Fed Sco Progr Chg*10 Rp
1 KOSINTSEVA,Tatjana (15) . 2000 RUS 8.5 43.5
2 CHISTJAKOVA,Tamara (7) . 2000 RUS 7.0 33.5
3 WOREK,Joanna (36) . 2000 1812 POL 6.5 35.0
4 ZDEBSKAYA,Natalia (37) . 2000 UKR 6.0 33.5
5 DATUASHVILI,Nona (8) . 2000 GEO 6.0 32.5
6 BERDIUGINA,Elena (5) . 2000 UKR 6.0 29.5
7 KOCH,Janka (14) . 2000 HUN 5.5 30.0
8 BRESLAVSKAYA,Galina (6) . 2000 UKR 5.5 29.5
9 STOJANOVIC,Andjelija (28) . 2000 YUG 5.5 25.5/1
10 TITAREVA,Tatiana (29) . 2000 LAT 5.5 25.5
11 SHIRALIYEVA,Fidan (22) . 2000 AZE 5.0 32.5
12 POZNANSKA,Katarzyna (19) . 2000 1600 POL 5.0 27.0
13 ANDRIASIAN,Siranush (2) . 2000 ARM 5.0 26.0
14 HAEUSL,Karin (12) . 2000 1450 AUT 5.0 24.0
15 STOJANOVIC,Nedezda (27) . 2000 YUG 5.0 23.0/2
16 NIKOLOVA,Adriana (17) . 2000 BUL 5.0 23.0/1
17 ZIOGAITE,Jovita (38) . 2000 LTU 5.0 23.0/2
18 SHIRALIYEVA,Fizza (23) . 2000 AZE 5.0 23.0
38 players
17) IECG by Roberto Alvarez
-----------------------
There has been a large reorganisation of the IECG (see my www pages)
or
ftp.pitt.edu/pub/chess/NEWS/iecg0703.txt
IECG are searching for some free space on an Unix server for running our
"IECG automatized routines". The ideal is an university. Besides, we
are searching for info about making a "mailing list" with LISTSERV OR
MAJORDOMO. Such "mailing list" will be public, and it will contain info
about IECG & ICCF activities. The list will be a "newsletter type" : the
users could not post message to the list, only the list-manager (me and
2 or 3 more of IECG/ICCF officials). The advantage of such mailing list
against an Usenet newsgroup is: the message posted to the list will be
read for all suscribers.
If you can help then get in touch with Roberto at:
roberto@alvarez.satlink.net
Roberto and others also reports that the FischerRandom match between
Torre and Ricardi was cancelled because of financial problems. Ricardi
was never poorly. Fischer is reported to have returned "home" to Budapest.
18) 1996 World Open, Open Section
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Leading final scores from the World Open from Sam Sloan.
Name rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 rd 6 rd 7 rd 8 rd 9 TOT
1 GM Yermolinsky, Ale 2672 W130 W 74 W 95 D 14 W 22 D 4 W 20 D 8 W 16 7.5
2 GM Goldin, Alexande 2645 W150 W148 D 29 D 61 W 97 W 24 W 4 W 21 D 3 7.5
3 GM Ivanov, Alexande 2659 D104 W149 D 48 D 35 W142 W 29 W 60 W 14 D 2 7
4 GM Smirin, Ilya.... 2627 W 84 W211 W 96 W 24 W 42 D 1 L 2 W 26 D 5 7
5 GM Serper, Gregory. 2609 W132 W217 D 16 W 63 D 14 D 26 W 46 W 23 D 4 7
6 GM Fedorowicz, John 2608 W133 D 52 W 50 W 29 D 36 W 15 D 16 D 22 W 21 7
7 GM Antonio, Rogelio 2580 W 99 W 39 W 70 D 10 D 16 D 64 D 47 W 30 W 22 7
8 GM Blatny, Pavel... 2574 L105 W214 W128 W 72 W 35 W 30 W 58 D 1 D 12 7
9 GM Rohde, Michael A 2573 W114 D190 W210 D170 W122 L 16 W 66 W 78 W 18 7
10 IM Hebert, Jean... 2560 W127 W171 W 49 D 7 L 58 D 45 W122 W 88 W 20 7
11 Young, Angelo..... 2446 W107 W126 D 36 L 17 W 98 D101 W 74 W 58 W 19 7
19) PCA WORLD CHESS RANKINGS
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For player rated 2500 and higher
Results up to August 1, 1996
Produced by Ken Thomson with ChessBase
Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Chess Union Int.
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2786 161
2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2779 156
3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2764 158
4. Karpov,Anatoly RUS 2755 153
5. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2745 179
6. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2728 164
7. Kamsky,Gata USA 2722 172
8. Polgar,Judit HUN 2691 187
9. Short,Nigel D ENG 2690 185
10. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2686 177
11. Ehlvest,Jaan EST 2675 134
12. Adams,Michael ENG 2666 171
13. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2666 184
14. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2664 152
15. Illescas Cordoba,Miguel ESP 2658 176
16. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2653 165
17. Salov,Valery RUS 2651 179
18. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2644 193
19. Yusupov,Artur GER 2642 116
20. Svidler,Peter RUS 2639 161
21. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2636 165
22. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2632 158
23. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2628 182
24. Speelman,Jonathan S ENG 2627 160
25. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2626 153
26. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2625 178
27. Almasi,Zoltan HUN 2625 139
28. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2621 198
29. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2619 146
30. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2618 142
31. Morozevich,Alexander RUS 2618 214
32. Kharlov,Andrei RUS 2615 170
33. Yudasin,Leonid ISR 2612 169
34. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163
35. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2610 166
36. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2606 180
37. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197
38. Huzman,Alexander ISR 2605 150
39. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188
40. Glek,Igor V RUS 2604 189
41. Malaniuk,Vladimir P UKR 2602 171
42. Nunn,John D M ENG 2601 176
43. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2599 179
44. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2599 173
45. Agdestein,Simen NOR 2599 235
46. Savchenko,Stanislav UKR 2598 152
47. Hracek,Zbynek CZE 2597 174
48. Epishin,Vladimir RUS 2596 129
49. Timman,Jan H NED 2596 165
50. Hansen,Curt DEN 2595 173
51. Korchnoi,Viktor SUI 2594 194
52. Leko,Peter HUN 2594 147
53. Fischer,Robert James USA 2594 197
54. Dorfman,Josif D FRA 2593 135
55. Sakaev,Konstantin RUS 2593 150
56. Polgar,Zsuzsa (GM) HUN 2592 176
57. Beliavsky,Alexander G UKR 2590 145
58. Lputian,Smbat G ARM 2590 224
59. Nenashev,Alexander UZB 2590 166
60. Sturua,Zurab GEO 2590 159
61. Rohde,Michael A USA 2589 190
62. Morovic Fernandez,Ivan CHI 2588 160
63. Tkachev,Vladislav KAZ 2588 145
64. Dautov,Rustem RUS 2588 163
65. Adianto,Utut INA 2586 186
66. Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLA 2586 197
67. Piket,Jeroen NED 2585 173
68. Gulko,Boris F USA 2583 161
69. Lautier,Joel FRA 2583 192
70. Novikov,Igor A UKR 2583 125
71. Ljubojevic,Ljubomir YUG 2581 146
72. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2580 164
73. Oll,Lembit EST 2579 180
74. Milov,Vadim ISR 2579 174
75. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2579 156
76. Pigusov,Evgeny RUS 2579 136
77. Dokhoian,Yury RUS 2578 162
78. Chernin,Alexander HUN 2578 146
79. Kurajica,Bojan BIH 2577 196
80. Gavrikov,Viktor LTU 2576 129
81. Bologan,Viktor MOL 2575 205
82. Sokolov,Andrei RUS 2575 154
83. Eingorn,Vereslav S UKR 2572 166
84. Smirin,Ilia ISR 2572 171
85. Huebner,Robert GER 2572 147
86. Ulibin,Mikhail RUS 2572 180
87. Zvjaginsev,Vadim RUS 2571 144
88. Dolmatov,Sergey RUS 2570 129
Tournaments processed for this list
CRO Pula open
YUG Budva Team's Champ
ROM Bella Crcva open
ITA Ischia IT Cat.14
FRA Cup France Team
DEN Copenhagen Politiken Cup
GER Dortmund IT Cat.18
NED Breda Dutch Team Play-off
RUS Novgorod IT Cat.19
USA Parsippany Champ. men Cat.13
USA Parsippany Champ. women
GER Bad Homburg IT Cat.12
SUI Biel SKA Tourn. Cat.16 (after 8th Rounds)
SUI Biel Credis Tourn. Cat.10 (after 7th Rounds)
20) Danny Mozes Analyses
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[Event "Super Tournament, Cat 19"]
[Site "Novgorod, Russia"]
[Date "1996.7.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Scheveningen, Classical, Nd7 System"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "ChessTreasure"]
{
Recent Game Long-sighted In-Depth Analysis or in short - Regalia by
Danny Mozes who leads the ChessTreasure Project.
Have pleasure at Treasure ,
URL: http://www.netvision.net.il/~ChessTreasure
}
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. f4
0-0 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Bf8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg2
Nxd4 {a novelty, moves played here before were: 15...g6 and 15...Na5} (15... g6
16. Qe1 b6 (16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qh4 {
1-0 Tiviakov,S-Ginting,N/Gausdal AC(4) 1992 (28)}) (16... Bg7 17. Rd1 Nxd4 18.
Bxd4 b5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qh4 {
1-0 Rivera,D-Llanos,G/Montevideo(5) 1992 (37)}) 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bd4 {
- Kovalev,A-Sokolov,A/Clichy op(7) 1991 (22)}) (15... Na5 16. Bg1 b6 17. Qh5 g6
18. Qh3 Bg7 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. Ndb5 {1-0 Sokolov,A-Jansa,V/Dubai ol(3) 1986 (38)})
16. Bxd4 b5 (16... b6 {is a humble move, yet, better}) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra7 Qd8
19. b4 e5 20. Be3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ne5 22. Nd5 Bg4 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. g6 {!!} 24...
Nxa7 (24... fxg6 25. Bg5 Nxa7 (25... Qc8 26. Rc7 Qe6 27. Rxc6 {+-}) (25... Be7
26. Bxe7 (26. Qf4 {leads to a draw} 26... Nxa7 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Nxe7 Qd7 {!} 29.
Bf6 Rg8 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qf8+ Rg8 32. Qf6+ Rg7 33. Qf8+ Rg8 {Draw}) 26... Nxe7
27. Qf4 Be6 28. Nc7 g5 29. Qe3 (29. Qxg5 {?} 29... Nc8 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. Ra6 Bc4
{=}) 29... Nc6 30. Nxe8 Nxa7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Qxa7+ Kh6 33. Qd4 { 1.30W }) (
25... Ne7 {??} 26. Rxf8+ {! +-}) 26. Bxd8 Rexd8 (26... Rbxd8 27. Nc7 Re5 (27...
Re7 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qxd6 {+-}) 28. Qf2 Re7 29. Qxa7 {+-}) 27. Qg5 Bd7 28. Ne7+
Kh8 29. e5 Re8 30. Nxg6+ (30. exd6 Bxe7 31. dxe7 Bf5 32. Rd1 h6 33. Qe3 Nc8 34.
Rd8 Nxe7 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Qxe7 Bxc2 37. Bc6 Bd3 38. Qd7 Bf5 39. Qd5 { 3.48W })
30... hxg6 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Bd5+ Be6 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Qh8+ Kf7
36. Qxb8 Re7 37. exd6 Rd7 38. Qb6 Ke6 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. Qc5 Ke6 41. c4 { +-}) 25.
gxf7+ Kh8 26. Bg5 Qd7 27. fxe8N Rxe8 (27... Qxe8 28. Nf6 gxf6 (28... Qe6 29.
Nxg4 Qxg4 30. Qf2 {+-}) 29. Bxf6+ Kg8 (29... Bg7 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32.
e5 {!!} 32... dxe5 (32... Qxe5 33. Qxg4+ Kh8 34. Qd7 Qd4 35. c3 Qe3 36. Bd5 {
! +- e.g.} 36... Qe5 37. Qf7 Rd8 {and now White mates in 4 begining with} 38.
Rg1) 33. Qxg4+ Kh8 34. Bd5 Qg6 (34... Nc6 35. Rf7) 35. Qd7 Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7
37. Rf7+ {+-}) 30. e5 Be6 31. Rg1 {! +-}) 28. Qf2 Kg8 29. e5 h6 (29... Be6 30.
Nf4 h6 (30... Bc4 31. e6 Bxe6 32. Nxe6 Qxe6 33. Qxa7 {+-}) 31. Bf6 (31. Nxe6 {!}
31... Qxe6 32. Rd1 (32. Bh4 {!} 32... Nc8 33. Rd1 {!} (33. Bc6 dxe5 34. Qg2 Kh8
35. c3 Nb6 36. Bxe8 Qxe8 37. Qb7 Nc4 38. Bg3 Be7 39. Ra1 {+/=}) 33... Qg4 34.
Bd5+ {!} (34. Rd4 Qd7 35. e6) 34... Kh8 35. Rg1 {!} (35. Rf1 { leads to a draw})
35... Qd7 36. e6 Qa7 (36... Qc7 37. Qf5 {!} (37. e7 Nxe7 38. Qf7 Nxd5 39. Qxe8
Kg8 40. Rf1 Nf6 41. Bxf6 Qb7+ (41... gxf6 42. Rg1+ {+-}) 42. Kg1 gxf6 43. Rxf6 {
+-}) 37... g5 38. Bxg5 { ! and if 38...hxg5 mate in 9 starting with 39.Rxg5})
37. Qf5 {! } (37. Qxa7 Nxa7 38. Ra1 {wins but slowly and with less elegance})
37... g5 38. Bxg5 hxg5 39. Rxg5 {followed by mate in 8}) 32... Qxe5 33. Bd5+ Kh7
34. Qf7 Qe2 35. Rg1 hxg5 36. Rxg5 Re5 37. Bf3 Qe1+ 38. Rg1 Qh4 39. Qxf8 Qe7 40.
Qf4 { 1.00W}) 31... dxe5 (31... gxf6 32. Nh5 Bg7 33. exf6 Bh8 34. Qf4 Kf7 35.
Qxh6 Rg8 36. Nf4 { 1.90W}) 32. Nxe6 {=}) 30. Nb6 Qc7 31. Bd5+ Kh7 32. Be4+ Kg8
33. Nd5 Qd7 34. Ne7+ {! once again Topalov succumbs to Novotny theme (sacrifice
on the crossroads of the opponent's pieces)} (34. Ne7+ Bxe7 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qg6
{+-}) 1-0