THE WEEK IN CHESS 237 - 24th May 1999 by Mark Crowther
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Contents 1) Introduction
2) Category 19 in Sarajevo
3) Lembit Oll 1966-1999
4) Category 14 in Israel
5) Category 12 in Katrineholm
6) Chess Oscar 1998
7) Capablanca Memorial
8) Diagonale Broadcast 21st May
9) Russian Club Championships
10) ICC Grandmaster Fights #1
11) Women's Zonal Tournaments
12) Curitiba Chess Club Championships
13) II Magistral de Vila Real de Santo António
14) News from the Philippines
15) Dutch Junior Championships
16) Hamburg City Championships
17) Estonian Championships
18) Norwegian Team Championships
19) Linares Open in Chile
20) Forthcoming Events
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Games section
Category 19 in Sarajevo 30 games
Category 14 in Israel 15 games
Category 12 in Katrineholm 45 games
Capablanca Memorial Elite 35 games
Capablanca Memorial Premier 1 35 games
Capablanca Memorial Premier 2 35 games
Capablanca Memorial Mixto 35 games
Russian Club Championships 216 games
ICC Grandmaster Fights #1 8 games
Curitiba Chess Club Championships 66 games
Santo António 45 games
1999 Philippine National Champs. 66 games
Indonesia vs Rest-of-the-World 32 games
Dutch Junior Championships 108 games
Hamburg City Championships 30 games
Estonian Championships 45 games
Norwegian Team Championships 167 games
My thanks to Dmitry Tyomkin, Jon Speelman, John Fernandez, Helder Rodrigues,
Luis Santos, Bobby Ang, Anjo Anjewierden, Rolf Sander, Mart Tarmak, Eirik T.
Gullaksen, Andrés Molina Rodríguez, Francisco Acosta of the Cuban
Chess Federation, GM Chess School and all those who helped with this issue.
A large number of high quality events this week. The top event is the
Sarajevo tournament and with two rounds to go its looking very promising for
Garry Kasparov. However it still has to be done and the last two rounds should
be exciting.
Hope you enjoy this issue
Mark
Garry Kasparov and Evgeny Bareev lead the Category 19 tournament in Sarajevo
with 7 of the nine rounds completed. The event runs Monday 17th-26th May. The
event has had lots of fighting chess so far and Kasparov, after a slow start is
looking good for his third consecutive impressive tournament victory. So far,
this is Bareev's best performance for a number of years. Kasparov has Timman
with black and Michael Adams with white still to play. Shirov and Adams are in
joint 3rd-4th place.
Round 2 (May 18, 1999)
Shirov, Alexei - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 39 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 54 C03 French; Tarrasch
Topalov, Veselin - Adams, Michael 1-0 61 A17 English; 1.c4
Short, Nigel D - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 36 C00 French
Sokolov, Ivan - Timman, Jan H 1-0 48 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 3 (May 19, 1999)
Kasparov, Gary - Short, Nigel D 1-0 40 E20 Nimzo indian
Bareev, Evgeny - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 43 E32 Nimzo indian
Adams, Michael - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 32 B81 Sicilian
Morozevich, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 57 C42 Petroff defence
Timman, Jan H - Leko, Peter 1/2 45 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Round 4 (May 20, 1999)
Shirov, Alexei - Short, Nigel D 1/2 32 A11 English; 1.c4
Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 61 C54 Italian game
Morozevich, Alexander - Timman, Jan H 1/2 18 C55 Two knights
Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 21 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Sokolov, Ivan - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 32 D15 Slav defence
Round 5 (May 21, 1999)
Kasparov, Gary - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 49 D10 Slav defence
Bareev, Evgeny - Leko, Peter 1/2 51 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Adams, Michael - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 57 C03 French; Tarrasch
Short, Nigel D - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 22 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Timman, Jan H - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 38 D15 Slav defence
Round 6 (May 23, 1999)
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 76 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Leko, Peter - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 26 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Morozevich, Alexander - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 70 C11 French; Classical
Sokolov, Ivan - Short, Nigel D 0-1 43 D58 QGD;
Timman, Jan H - Adams, Michael 0-1 41 C45 Scottish
Round 7 (May 24, 1999)
Kasparov, Gary - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 55 D10 Slav defence
Bareev, Evgeny - Timman, Jan H 1-0 41 D27 QGA;
Adams, Michael - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 22 C24 1.e4 e5
Topalov, Veselin - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 34 D11 Slav defence
Short, Nigel D - Leko, Peter 0-1 44 B10 Caro-Kann
Sarajevo BIH (BIH), v 1999 cat. XIX (2704)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 * = = . = 1 = 1 1 . 5.0 2849
2 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2679 = * . . = 1 1 = = 1 5.0 2860
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2726 = . * = 1 0 1 = . 1 4.5 2818
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 . . = * = = 0 1 1 1 4.5 2792
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2694 = = 0 = * = . 1 . = 3.5 2717
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2723 0 0 1 = = * . . 1 = 3.5 2703
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 = 0 0 1 . . * = = 1 3.5 2703
8 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2697 0 = = 0 0 . = * 1 . 2.5 2605
9 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2624 0 = . 0 . 0 = 0 * 1 2.0 2555
10 Timman, Jan H g NED 2670 . 0 0 0 = = 0 . 0 * 1.0 2385
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Grandmaster Lembit Oll, the number one Estonian player, died in the early
hours of Monday 17th May 1999. He was only 33 years old (he was born 23rd April
1966).
Oll became a Grandmaster in 1992 and at the time of his death was rated
2630, World number 42. His last tournament was in Nova Gorica, this spring,
where he was second behind GM Kozul. Oll was a strong Grandmaster and, for
example, his score against the 10 participants of the Sarajevo tournament which
started on his last day, was +13=18 -8 in Lembit's favour: Kasparov (2812) +0=1
–0, Shirov (2726) +2=6 –3, Morozevich (2723) +3=1 –0, Adams
(2716) +0=0 –0, Topalov (2700) +2=1 –1, Short (2697) +0=1 –2,
Leko (2694) +0=1 –0, Barejev (2679) +3=0 –0, Timman (2649) +0=3
–0, I. Sokolov (2610) +3=4 –2. Oll was a familiar face throughout the
World, especially on the international open circuit.
Oll lived in the suburbs of Tallinn and had two sons. However he was
recently divorced and that had influenced him a lot. After a farewell in the
Chesshouse in Tallinn he was buried on Saturday at the Metsakalmistu (Forest
Graveyard) in Tallinn. The same same graveyard where Paul Keres rests.
It had seemed that Oll had started to recover from his recent depression.
Oll was preparing very hard to play in the FIDE World Championships in Las
Vegas. In the last WC he reached the third round eliminating GM Morozevich on
the way. However at around 4-30am on Monday morning he jumped out of his
apartment window.
IM Dmitry Tyomkin reports: The 1st Israeli Supertournament was organized by
the Israeli Chess Federation and is took place in the Sol and Sisi Mark Center
and Garry Kasparov Chess Academy building in Tel Aviv 10th-19th of May. The
participants were the ten top Israeli grandmasters. 5 of them qualifed to play
the event by rating, (Gelfand, Smirin, Alterman, Sutovsky and Avrukh) four
(Mark Tseitlin, Huzman, Psahis, Zilberman) by their results in the Israeli Open
Championship that was held in April this year, and finally the Champion of
Israel in 1998 Liss was also invited.
The idea and a major part of the organization was down to GM Boris Alterman.
The event is a 9 round single round robin tournament. The time control is 100
minutes for first the 40 moves, then 50 minutes for next 20 moves, and 10
minutes for the rest to each player. There is a 30 second increment for each
move played. This time control is equivalent to the old 2h/40,1h/20,1/2h. 9
players in the event were born in former Soviet Union. This was the debute of
Boris Gelfand in a serious closed event in Israel as an Israeli citizen.
The event was won by Gelfand, Smirin and Psakhis all of whom scored 6.5/9
undefeated.
Round by round
Round 7
Round 7 was another great chess day! As I predicted the most exciting game was
Liss against Smirin. Liss tried to crush Smirin from the opening and got a very
dangerous attack after a piece sacrifice in the Sicilian. It looked like Liss's
attack was going to be decisive but then Smirin defended very accurately and
remained with material up. Finally he won on move 26. Psakhis showed the better
understanding of French Defence with black pieces against Sutovsky and beat him
after a nice counterattack. Finally, Gelfand did not get too much with the
white pieces against his second Huzman out of the opening, but later on he used
weaknesses in the position of his opponent and won. Tseitlin found very
interesting strategical idea in Gruenfeld with black and equalised. Then during
the last time-control Avrukh lost concentration and in a very complicated
position didn't use his chances and lost. Mark Tseitlin has had great
performance in this tournament! Alterman tried to crush underdog Zilberman and
was very close to the target getting into the ending with a pawn up. But he was
not on top form and let Zilberman to save the game. There are 3 players who
will fight for first place in the two last rounds. The top game tomorrow should
be Sutovsky-Gelfand. Emil will try to improve his bad situation in this
tournament, whilst Gelfand will look for clear first.
Round 8 This was the 8th day of the tournament, and it looks like
that all the guys are very tired including bulletin editor! But I decided to
stay with you today instead of sleep. One more day left to the end of this
celebration! All the top players didn't want to clarify the situation and added
half a point more to their standings. Psakhis drew quickly with Smirin.
Sutovsky broke his no-draw series and gave respect to Gelfand making a draw
with him in the early stage of the opening with white pieces of a Closed
Sicilian. Huzman got some opening advantage, but he wasn't too ambitious and
drew as well. Mark spent all the energy in his game against Avrukh, and made a
horrible blunder on 13th move against Liss, who got an easy point. Alterman was
very tired after a 7 hour game against Zilberman, opened safely with white
against Avrukh. In equal position he offered draw,but…Avrukh didn't plan
to go home this day so quickly and continued. Finally Alterman blundered
allowing a very nice tactical blow and lost a piece. He resigned at once. The
tomorrow last round will bring us these games games: Gelfand will try and crush
Psakhis with the white pieces, which is not so easy to do. Smirin with white is
a clear favorite in his game against Tseitlin. I guess that we will not get onr
winner in this tournament and first prize will be shared.
The Final Round by GM Alex Finkel and IM Dima Tyomkin
The last round was as usually happens was rich in quick draws. Liss with the
white pieces secured the fourth place with his draw against Alterman who didn't
manage to win a single game in this event. Gelfand quiet surprisingly offered a
draw after 17 moves against Psakhis. It is true that he got nothing in the
opening, but the position was still full of life, and he could have kept on
playing. After this draw both opponents tied for the first place and waited for
Smirin's result to find out if he will join them on the tie. Smirin(as a true
winner!) had a lot of luck in his final round game against Mark Tseitlin.
Tseitlin outplayed Smirin with the black pieces in Spanish, but instead of
slowly increasing the pressure he went for tactical complications and
blundered, missing a nice intermediate move after which he remained a piece
down and he then lost after an exciting fight. Zilberman came close to his only
win against, but an inaccuracy in the technical part of the game prevented from
him from escaping the last place. Avrukh, in nice positional style, outplayed
the rock solid Huzman and slightly improved his mood (and our's too!) after a
disastrous start to the tournament (I would like to remind you that he started
the tournament with ½ out of 4). A young soldier in Israeli Army he showed
his tremendous potential in his last two games. The Blitz Championship of
Israel took place after the closing ceremony. The majority of top players
(including about 20 GM's and 20 Im's!) took part. Clear first place was taken
by IM Michael Oratovsky with fantastic performance 9 of 11 (his only loss was
to Avrukh in the last round when nobody could catch him). 2-3 places were
shared by Avrukh and Alon Greenfeld with 8,5 points. I hope you enjoyed reading
my reports and I am looking forward to meeting you again on the pages of site
of Israeli Federation.
Round 7 (May 17, 1999)
Gelfand, Boris - Huzman, Alexander 1-0 39 D27 QGA;
Liss, Eran - Smirin, Ilia 0-1 26 B82 Sicilian
Avrukh, Boris - Tseitlin, Mark D 0-1 58 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Sutovsky, Emil - Psakhis, Lev 0-1 38 C12 French; Macutcheon
Zilberman, Yaacov - Alterman, Boris 1/2 79 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 8 (May 18, 1999)
Psakhis, Lev - Smirin, Ilia 1/2 11 D73 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Huzman, Alexander - Zilberman, Yaacov 1/2 23 E57 Nimzo indian
Tseitlin, Mark D - Liss, Eran 0-1 16 B50 Sicilian
Alterman, Boris - Avrukh, Boris 0-1 34 A48 Queen's pawn
Sutovsky, Emil - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 12 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Round 9 (May 19, 1999)
Gelfand, Boris - Psakhis, Lev 1/2 16 E12 Nimzo indian
Smirin, Ilia - Tseitlin, Mark D 1-0 52 C86 Ruy Lopez
Liss, Eran - Alterman, Boris 1/2 11 E54 Nimzo indian
Avrukh, Boris - Huzman, Alexander 1-0 41 D23 QGA;
Zilberman, Yaacov - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 47 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Tel Aviv ISR (ISR), v 1999 cat. XIV (2583)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2691 * = = = 1 1 1 = = 1 6.5 2737
2 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2652 = * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2741
3 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2564 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2751
4 Liss, Eran g ISR 2512 = 0 = * = 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2634
5 Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2575 0 = = = * 0 = = 1 = 4.0 2541
6 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2609 0 = 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 = 4.0 2537
7 Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2490 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 1 4.0 2550
8 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2616 = = = = = 0 = * 0 = 3.5 2499
9 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2612 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * = 3.0 2455
10 Zilberman, Yaacov g ISR 2513 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = * 2.0 2371
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The Category 12 tournament in Katrineholm (Sweden) took place May 11th-20th
1999. The event finished in a two way tie for first between Viktor Gavrikov and
Jon Speelman both of whom scored 6.5 points. They were half a point clear of
Ulf Anderson. My thanks to Jon Speelman for the games.
Round 1 (May 11, 1999)
Speelman, Jonathan S - Fedorov, Alexei 1-0 41 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Andersson, Ulf - Ibragimov, Ildar 1/2 29 D27 QGA;
Lutz, Christopher - Gavrikov, Viktor 0-1 62 B83 Sicilian
Berg, Emanuel - Cramling, Pia 1/2 78 B47 Sicilian
Laveryd, Peter - Lyrberg, Patrik 1/2 53 A48 Queen's pawn
Round 2 (May 12, 1999)
Ibragimov, Ildar - Speelman, Jonathan S 1-0 36 E13 Nimzo indian
Fedorov, Alexei - Berg, Emanuel 1-0 72 B40 Sicilian
Cramling, Pia - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 25 E32 Nimzo indian
Lyrberg, Patrik - Gavrikov, Viktor 0-1 22 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Laveryd, Peter - Andersson, Ulf 0-1 79 B20 Sicilian
Round 3 (May 13, 1999)
Gavrikov, Viktor - Cramling, Pia 1/2 56 E69 Kings indian
Speelman, Jonathan S - Laveryd, Peter 1-0 41 E67 Kings indian
Andersson, Ulf - Lyrberg, Patrik 1-0 18 E62 Kings indian
Lutz, Christopher - Fedorov, Alexei 1/2 42 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Berg, Emanuel - Ibragimov, Ildar 0-1 40 C47 Four knights
Round 4 (May 14, 1999)
Andersson, Ulf - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 14 A50 Benoni
Ibragimov, Ildar - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 27 D53 QGD;
Fedorov, Alexei - Gavrikov, Viktor 1/2 14 B80 Sicilian
Lyrberg, Patrik - Cramling, Pia 1-0 39 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Laveryd, Peter - Berg, Emanuel 0-1 51 B80 Sicilian
Round 5 (May 15, 1999)
Gavrikov, Viktor - Ibragimov, Ildar 1/2 18 A26 English; 1.c4 e5
Speelman, Jonathan S - Lyrberg, Patrik 1-0 24 E61 Kings indian
Lutz, Christopher - Laveryd, Peter 1-0 27 C00 French
Cramling, Pia - Fedorov, Alexei 1/2 33 E71 Kings indian
Berg, Emanuel - Andersson, Ulf 0-1 35 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Round 6 (May 17, 1999)
Speelman, Jonathan S - Berg, Emanuel 1-0 48 A10 English; 1.c4
Andersson, Ulf - Lutz, Christopher 1/2 68 E02 Nimzo indian
Ibragimov, Ildar - Cramling, Pia 0-1 62 A56 Benoni
Lyrberg, Patrik - Fedorov, Alexei 1/2 55 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Laveryd, Peter - Gavrikov, Viktor 0-1 42 B06 Modern defence
Round 7 (May 18, 1999)
Gavrikov, Viktor - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 30 A39 English; 1.c4 c5
Fedorov, Alexei - Ibragimov, Ildar 1-0 22 C34 Kings gambit
Lutz, Christopher - Speelman, Jonathan S 1/2 29 B12 Caro-Kann
Cramling, Pia - Laveryd, Peter 1/2 37 A40 Queen's pawn
Berg, Emanuel - Lyrberg, Patrik 0-1 75 B00 1.e4
Round 8 (May 19, 1999)
Speelman, Jonathan S - Gavrikov, Viktor 1/2 14 E12 Nimzo indian
Andersson, Ulf - Cramling, Pia 1/2 15 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Lyrberg, Patrik - Ibragimov, Ildar 0-1 37 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Berg, Emanuel - Lutz, Christopher 0-1 45 B82 Sicilian
Laveryd, Peter - Fedorov, Alexei 0-1 31 B76 Sicilian; Dragon
Round 9 (May 20, 1999)
Gavrikov, Viktor - Berg, Emanuel 1-0 49 A87 Dutch defence
Ibragimov, Ildar - Laveryd, Peter 1-0 29 A56 Benoni
Fedorov, Alexei - Andersson, Ulf 1/2 45 B20 Sicilian
Lutz, Christopher - Lyrberg, Patrik 1-0 41 C17 French; Winawer
Cramling, Pia - Speelman, Jonathan S 0-1 34 A40 Queen's pawn
Katrineholm SWE (SWE), v 1999 cat. XII (2532)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gavrikov, Viktor g LTU 2532 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2698
2 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2601 = * = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2690
3 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2623 = = * = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2647
4 Ibragimov, Ildar g RUS 2602 = 1 = * 0 = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2604
5 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2648 = 0 = 1 * = = = 1 1 5.5 2599
6 Lutz, Christopher g GER 2610 0 = = = = * = 1 1 1 5.5 2603
7 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2515 = 0 = 1 = = * 0 = = 4.0 2491
8 Lyrberg, Patrik m SWE 2409 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 3.0 2421
9 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2364 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 1.5 2278
10 Laveryd, Peter SWE 2420 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1.0 2193
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"64 Chess Review" magazine (editor-in-chief Alexander Roshal)
organised the Chess Oscars for the Best performances of 1998. They asked chess
journalists and experts for their opinions. (The "Oscar" tradition
was restored by "64" in 1996.) The received 271 lists from 57
countries. Anand and Morozevich were clearly the players of last year, Kasparov
finished in third but probably has already done enough at Linares and Wijk aan
Zee to be almost certain of the 1999 title (unless he loses a match later in
the year).
The final results were (top ten):
1.Anand — 3278 points
2.Morozevich — 2146
3.Kasparov — 1993
4.Kramnik — 1865
5.Shirov — 1853
6.Karpov — 764
7.Svidler — 736
8.Ivanchuk — 609
9.Adams — 510
10.Leko — 474
Others: 11.Korchnoi — 390, 12.Polgar J. — 360, 13.Short —
321, 14.Ponomarev — 221, 15.Gelfand — 217.)
(First place in the list — 13 points, second — 11, third —
9, fourth — 7, fifth — 6...tenth — 1.)
The 34th Capablana Memorial took place May 7th - 22nd 1999. The Category 12
Elite group was won by Tony Miles who was undefeated on 8.5 points. He was half
a point clear of Suat Atalik, Lazaro Bruzon and Julio Becerra Rivero. FM Lazaro
Bruzon scored a GM norm. Francisco Vallejo Pons won the Category VIII Premier I
group with 9.5/13, 1.5 points clear of Mikhael Pogaets. Cuban FM Luis Manuel
Perez won the Category VIII Premier II group with 9/13 a point ahead of
Alexandre Lesiege who recovered from a poor start to finish second on 8/11. The
Mixto group was won by Jose Alvarez with 10/13.
Coverage at: http://www2.cuba.cu/capablanca/
Capablanca Memorial - Elite Group
Round 9 (May 17, 1999)
Atalik, Suat - Miles, Anthony J 1/2 10 B78 Sicilian; Dragon
Bruzon, Lazaro - Comas Fabrego, Luis 1-0 62 C67 Ruy Lopez
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Vera, Reynaldo 1-0 32 A36 English; 1.c4 c5
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Baburin, Alexander 1/2 26 D27 QGA;
Nogueiras, Jesus - De la Paz, Frank 1/2 9 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Hoffman, Alejandro - Slobodjan, Roman 1/2 10 E05 Nimzo indian
Godena, Michele - Arencibia, Walter 1/2 18 B51 Sicilian
Round 10 (May 18, 1999)
Miles, Anthony J - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 32 A14 English; 1.c4
Arencibia, Walter - Comas Fabrego, Luis 1-0 39 A11 English; 1.c4
Slobodjan, Roman - Atalik, Suat 1/2 11 D77 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Baburin, Alexander - Hoffman, Alejandro 1/2 37 D36 Queen's gambit
Vera, Reynaldo - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 24 D36 Queen's gambit
De la Paz, Frank - Becerra Rivero, Julio 0-1 54 B31 Sicilian
Godena, Michele - Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 9 C03 French; Tarrasch
Round 11 (May 19, 1999)
Atalik, Suat - Baburin, Alexander 1/2 13 B19 Caro-Kann
Bruzon, Lazaro - Slobodjan, Roman 1-0 38 C78 Ruy Lopez
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Godena, Michele 1-0 39 C78 Ruy Lopez
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - De la Paz, Frank 1-0 42 E81 Kings indian; Saemisch
Nogueiras, Jesus - Arencibia, Walter 1/2 11 D27 QGA;
Hoffman, Alejandro - Vera, Reynaldo 1/2 15 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Comas Fabrego, Luis - Miles, Anthony J 1/2 19 D28 QGA;
Round 12 (May 20, 1999)
Arencibia, Walter - Miles, Anthony J 0-1 57 D10 Slav defence
Slobodjan, Roman - Comas Fabrego, Luis 1-0 40 B47 Sicilian
Baburin, Alexander - Bruzon, Lazaro 0-1 41 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Nogueiras, Jesus - Becerra Rivero, Julio 1/2 11 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Vera, Reynaldo - Atalik, Suat 0-1 36 D85 Gruenfeld indian
De la Paz, Frank - Hoffman, Alejandro 1-0 40 C03 French; Tarrasch
Godena, Michele - Morovic Fernandez, Ivan 1/2 19 C45 Scottish
Round 13 (May 22, 1999)
Miles, Anthony J - Slobodjan, Roman 1/2 10 A06 Reti (1.Nf3)
Atalik, Suat - De la Paz, Frank 1/2 31 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Bruzon, Lazaro - Vera, Reynaldo 1/2 9 E11 Bogo indian
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Arencibia, Walter 1/2 68 B85 Sicilian
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Nogueiras, Jesus 1/2 18 D10 Slav defence
Hoffman, Alejandro - Godena, Michele 1/2 9 E06 Nimzo indian
Comas Fabrego, Luis - Baburin, Alexander 1/2 52 A22 English; 1.c4 e5
Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999 cat. XII (2550)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2609 * = = 1 1 = = 1 = = = = = 1 8.5 2655
2 Atalik, Suat g TUR 2593 = * 1 = = = = = = 1 = = = 1 8.0 2633
3 Bruzon, Lazaro f CUB 2488 = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 0 1 = 1 8.0 2641
4 Becerra Rivero, Julio g CUB 2535 0 = 0 * = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2638
5 Arencibia, Walter g CUB 2520 0 = = = * 1 1 0 = = = 1 1 = 7.5 2609
6 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2613 = = = = 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 = 7.5 2602
7 Slobodjan, Roman g GER 2536 = = 0 = 0 = * = 1 = = 1 1 = 7.0 2580
8 Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2586 0 = 0 0 1 = = * = 1 = = 1 1 7.0 2576
9 Nogueiras, Jesus g CUB 2540 = = = = = = 0 = * = = = = = 6.0 2521
10 Vera, Reynaldo g CUB 2547 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * = = 1 = 5.5 2493
11 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2547 = = 1 0 = 0 = = = = * 0 0 = 5.0 2463
12 Comas Fabrego, Luis m ESP 2541 = = 0 = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 0 = 4.5 2440
13 De la Paz, Frank m CUB 2495 = = = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 * = 4.5 2444
14 Godena, Michele g ITA 2552 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = = = = = * 4.0 2409
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Capablanca Memorial - Premier Group 1
Round 9 (May 17, 1999)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Podgaets, Mikhail 1/2 30 C26 1.e4 e5
Franco Ocampo, Zenon - Rivera, Alberto 1-0 36 D32 Queen's gambit
Matamoros Franco, Carlos S - Abreu, Aryam 1-0 48 D14 Slav defence
Szekely, Peter - Otero, Diasmany 1/2 15 E06 Nimzo indian
Delgado, Neuris - Vilela, Jose Luis 1-0 28 B40 Sicilian
Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto - Hernandez, Roman 1/2 12 D14 Slav defence
Roeder, Mathias - Herrera, Irisberto 1/2 20 D93 Gruenfeld indian
Round 10 (May 18, 1999)
Podgaets, Mikhail - Roeder, Mathias 1/2 15 E15 Nimzo indian
Franco Ocampo, Zenon - Szekely, Peter 1/2 12 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Abreu, Aryam - Delgado, Neuris 1/2 1 B00 1.e4
Herrera, Irisberto - Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto 1/2 82 C18 French; Winawer
Otero, Diasmany - Matamoros Franco, Carlos S 1-0 44 B99 Sicilian; Najdorf
Rivera, Alberto - Hernandez, Roman 1/2 10 D14 Slav defence
Vilela, Jose Luis - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 20 D30 Queen's gambit
Round 11 (May 19, 1999)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Abreu, Aryam 1-0 47 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Hernandez, Roman - Herrera, Irisberto 1/2 9 D94 Gruenfeld indian
Matamoros Franco, Carlos S - Franco Ocampo, Zenon 1/2 13 D69 QGD;
Szekely, Peter - Rivera, Alberto 1/2 33 E06 Nimzo indian
Delgado, Neuris - Otero, Diasmany 1/2 54 C77 Ruy Lopez
Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto - Podgaets, Mikhail 1-0 41 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Roeder, Mathias - Vilela, Jose Luis 0-1 29 D27 QGA;
Round 12 (May 20, 1999)
Podgaets, Mikhail - Hernandez, Roman 1/2 18 E11 Bogo indian
Franco Ocampo, Zenon - Delgado, Neuris 1/2 22 D15 Slav defence
Abreu, Aryam - Roeder, Mathias 0-1 48 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Szekely, Peter - Matamoros Franco, Carlos S 1/2 11 A30 English; 1.c4 c5
Otero, Diasmany - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 56 C02 French; Advance
Rivera, Alberto - Herrera, Irisberto 0-1 42 B51 Sicilian
Vilela, Jose Luis - Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto 1/2 20 D59 QGD;
Round 13 (May 22, 1999)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Franco Ocampo, Zenon 1/2 11 D36 Queen's gambit
Hernandez, Roman - Vilela, Jose Luis 1/2 9 D55 QGD;
Matamoros Franco, Carlos S - Rivera, Alberto 1/2 47 D53 QGD;
Herrera, Irisberto - Podgaets, Mikhail 1/2 27 C92 Ruy Lopez
Delgado, Neuris - Szekely, Peter 1/2 10 A05 Reti (1.Nf3)
Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto - Abreu, Aryam 1/2 9 D35 Queen's gambit
Roeder, Mathias - Otero, Diasmany 1/2 17 D46 Semi-Slav
Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999 cat. VIII (2436)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Vallejo Pons, Francisco m ESP 2494 * = 1 = 1 1 1 = = = = 1 1 = 9.5 2606
2 Podgaets, Mikhail m UKR 2484 = * = = 0 = = 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 8.0 2519
3 Hernandez, Roman g CUB 2419 0 = * = 1 1 = = = 1 = = = = 7.5 2494
4 Franco Ocampo, Zenon g ESP 2463 = = = * = = = = = = = = 1 = 7.0 2463
5 Abreu, Aryam m CUB 2410 0 1 0 = * 0 1 = = 1 = 0 1 = 6.5 2438
6 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S m ECU 2458 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 = = 0 1 = = = 6.5 2434
7 Herrera, Irisberto m CUB 2450 0 = = = 0 0 * = 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2435
8 Szekely, Peter g HUN 2444 = 0 = = = = = * = = = = = = 6.0 2406
9 Delgado, Neuris f CUB 2417 = 0 = = = = 0 = * = 1 = 0 1 6.0 2408
10 Otero, Diasmany f CUB 2403 = 0 0 = 0 1 = = = * 1 = 0 1 6.0 2409
11 Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto m CUB 2430 = 1 = = = 0 = = 0 0 * = = = 5.5 2379
12 Roeder, Mathias m GER 2448 0 = = = 1 = = = = = = * 0 0 5.5 2378
13 Rivera, Alberto m CUB 2392 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 1 = 1 * = 5.5 2382
14 Vilela, Jose Luis m CUB 2396 = 0 = = = = 0 = 0 0 = 1 = * 5.0 2352
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Capablanca Memorial - Premier Group 2
Round 9 (May 17, 1999)
Perez, Luis Manuel - Schussler, Harry 1/2 15 B19 Caro-Kann
Gonzalez, Renier - Lesiege, Alexandre 1-0 65 B50 Sicilian
Gonzalez, Yuri - Vazquez, Renier 1-0 22 B00 1.e4
Garcia Martinez, Silvino - Garbisu de Goni, Unai 1-0 33 A86 Dutch defence
Dominguez, Lenier - Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel 1-0 76 B15 Caro-Kann
Gomez, Felix - Narciso Dublan, Marc 1-0 42 E11 Bogo indian
Gongora, Maikel - Perez, Rodney 1-0 59 B10 Caro-Kann
Round 10 (May 18, 1999)
Perez, Luis Manuel - Gongora, Maikel 1-0 18 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Lesiege, Alexandre - Dominguez, Lenier 1-0 53 D44 QGD; Botwinnik
Perez, Rodney - Gonzalez, Renier 1/2 1 B00 1.e4
Vazquez, Renier - Gomez, Felix 1-0 54 C63 Ruy Lopez
Schussler, Harry - Garbisu de Goni, Unai 1/2 13 A80 Dutch defence
Narciso Dublan, Marc - Garcia Martinez, Silvino 0-1 30 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Gonzalez, Yuri 1/2 43 A70 Modern Benoni
Round 11 (May 19, 1999)
Gonzalez, Renier - Perez, Luis Manuel 0-1 52 C26 1.e4 e5
Gonzalez, Yuri - Lesiege, Alexandre 1/2 43 B87 Sicilian
Garcia Martinez, Silvino - Vazquez, Renier 1/2 22 B40 Sicilian
Garbisu de Goni, Unai - Narciso Dublan, Marc 1/2 9 C47 Four knights
Dominguez, Lenier - Perez, Rodney 1/2 16 C42 Petroff defence
Gomez, Felix - Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel 1/2 52 A43 Queen's pawn
Gongora, Maikel - Schussler, Harry 0-1 39 C16 French; Winawer
Round 12 (May 20, 1999)
Perez, Luis Manuel - Dominguez, Lenier 1/2 6 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Lesiege, Alexandre - Gomez, Felix 1-0 37 A31 English; 1.c4 c5
Perez, Rodney - Gonzalez, Yuri 1/2 23 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Vazquez, Renier - Garbisu de Goni, Unai 1/2 34 C91 Ruy Lopez
Schussler, Harry - Narciso Dublan, Marc 1/2 7 D26 QGA;
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel - Garcia Martinez, Silvino 1/2 13 D24 QGA;
Gongora, Maikel - Gonzalez, Renier 1/2 46 B32 Sicilian
Round 13 (May 22, 1999)
Gonzalez, Renier - Schussler, Harry 1/2 15 B19 Caro-Kann
Gonzalez, Yuri - Perez, Luis Manuel 1-0 72 C78 Ruy Lopez
Garcia Martinez, Silvino - Lesiege, Alexandre 1/2 9 D27 QGA;
Garbisu de Goni, Unai - Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel 1/2 59 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Dominguez, Lenier - Gongora, Maikel 1/2 10 D02 Queen's pawn
Gomez, Felix - Perez, Rodney 1/2 8 D48 Meran Variation
Narciso Dublan, Marc - Vazquez, Renier 1/2 10 C45 Scottish
Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999 cat. VIII (2436)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Perez, Luis Manuel f CUB 2402 * 1 1 0 = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 9.0 2579
2 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2521 0 * 0 = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2516
3 Gonzalez, Renier m CUB 2408 0 1 * 1 = = 1 1 = = = = 0 = 7.5 2495
4 Gonzalez, Yuri f CUB 2386 1 = 0 * = = 1 1 = 0 0 = = 1 7.0 2469
5 Garcia Martinez, Silvino g CUB 2420 = = = = * = 1 = = = = 1 = 0 7.0 2466
6 Perez, Rodney m CUB 2406 = 1 = = = * 0 = = = = 1 1 0 7.0 2467
7 Garbisu de Goni, Unai m ESP 2414 = = 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2466
8 Vazquez, Renier m CUB 2409 0 = 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2467
9 Schussler, Harry g SWE 2455 = 0 = = = = = = * = = = 0 1 6.0 2405
10 Dominguez, Lenier m CUB 2479 = 0 = 1 = = 0 0 = * 0 = 1 = 5.5 2375
11 Gomez, Felix f CUB 2463 0 0 = 1 = = 0 0 = 1 * 1 = 0 5.5 2377
12 Narciso Dublan, Marc m ESP 2469 = 0 = = 0 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 5.0 2346
13 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2447 0 0 1 = = 0 = 0 1 0 = = * = 5.0 2348
14 Gongora, Maikel f CUB 2427 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 0 = 1 0 = * 4.5 2326
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Capablanca Memorial - Mixto Group
Round 9 (May 17, 1999)
Martinez, Daniel - Delgado Crespo, Mairelys 1/2 24 D66 QGD;
Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena - Hernandez, Tania 1/2 30 B31 Sicilian
Pina, Sulennis - Almeida, Omar 0-1 25 B30 Sicilian
Frometa, Zirka - Arribas, Maritza 1/2 8 A55 Benoni
Pazos, Plinio - Gonzalez, Jorge V 0-1 32 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Duarte, Tatiana - Sosa, L 1-0 28 C01 French; Exchange
Fandino, Roquelina - Alvarez, Jose 0-1 62 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 10 (May 18, 1999)
Alvarez, Jose - Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena 1/2 28 B39 Sicilian
Arribas, Maritza - Almeida, Omar 0-1 66 B27 Sicilian; Closed
Gonzalez, Jorge V - Fandino, Roquelina 1/2 1 B00 1.e4
Frometa, Zirka - Pazos, Plinio 0-1 29 E60 Kings indian
Hernandez, Tania - Duarte, Tatiana 1-0 41 B25 Sicilian; Closed
Delgado Crespo, Mairelys - Pina, Sulennis 0-1 43 B20 Sicilian
Sosa, L - Martinez, Daniel 0-1 39 D00 Queen's pawn
Round 11 (May 19, 1999)
Almeida, Omar - Delgado Crespo, Mairelys 1-0 40 D15 Slav defence
Martinez, Daniel - Hernandez, Tania 1/2 23 A65 Modern Benoni
Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena - Gonzalez, Jorge V 1/2 55 C40 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Pina, Sulennis - Sosa, L 1-0 45 B18 Caro-Kann
Pazos, Plinio - Arribas, Maritza 0-1 24 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Duarte, Tatiana - Alvarez, Jose 0-1 26 B40 Sicilian
Fandino, Roquelina - Frometa, Zirka 0-1 67 B15 Caro-Kann
Round 12 (May 20, 1999)
Alvarez, Jose - Martinez, Daniel 1-0 31 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Arribas, Maritza - Delgado Crespo, Mairelys 1/2 8 B40 Sicilian
Gonzalez, Jorge V - Duarte, Tatiana 1/2 7 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Frometa, Zirka - Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena 1-0 60 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Hernandez, Tania - Pina, Sulennis 1-0 43 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Pazos, Plinio - Fandino, Roquelina 0-1 26 C04 French; Tarrasch
Sosa, L - Almeida, Omar 0-1 42 A45 Queen's pawn
Round 13 (May 22, 1999)
Almeida, Omar - Hernandez, Tania 1-0 28 A70 Modern Benoni
Martinez, Daniel - Gonzalez, Jorge V 1-0 37 A56 Benoni
Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena - Pazos, Plinio 1-0 46 C08 French; Tarrasch
Pina, Sulennis - Alvarez, Jose 1/2 10 B26 Sicilian; Closed
Delgado Crespo, Mairelys - Sosa, L 1-0 53 B00 1.e4
Duarte, Tatiana - Frometa, Zirka 0-1 39 B15 Caro-Kann
Fandino, Roquelina - Arribas, Maritza 0-1 23 C02 French; Advance
Havana CUB (CUB), v 1999 cat. I (2253)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1 Alvarez, Jose m CUB 2368 * 1 1 = = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 10.0 2454
2 Almeida, Omar f CUB 2344 0 * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 9.5 2420
3 Martinez, Daniel MEX 2260 0 = * 0 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 9.5 2427
4 Arribas, Maritza wm CUB 2322 = 0 1 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2388
5 Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena wm ECU 2252 = 1 0 = * 0 = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2309
6 Pina, Sulennis wm CUB 2241 = 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2310
7 Gonzalez, Jorge V CHI 2100 = 0 0 = = 1 * 0 = 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2293
8 Frometa, Zirka wm CUB 2190 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 * = = 0 1 1 = 6.0 2228
9 Hernandez, Tania wm CUB 2211 0 0 = 0 = 1 = = * = = 1 = 0 5.5 2199
10 Delgado Crespo, Mairelys wm CUB 2298 = 0 = = = 0 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 5.5 2192
11 Pazos, Plinio m ECU 2366 = = 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 1 * 0 0 1 5.0 2157
12 Duarte, Tatiana wf BRA 2146 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 4.0 2120
13 Fandino, Roquelina wf CUB 2187 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 * 1 3.5 2082
14 Sosa, L PUR 2254 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 1916
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There is another broadcast of the Diagonale chess program tonight 21st May.
There will be an interview with Peter Leko and also Malcolm Pein will be on the
programme. They will also look at Kasparov v Short game from round 3 of
Sarajevo. You can listen to this and indeed the previous editions, check out
the web site at: http://www.tactiquenet.com
The Russian Club Championships take place in St. Petersburg, Russia May
16th-25th. The last Championships took place in Maikop in June of last year
with the winners being "Sberbank Tatarstan" of Kazan (this was the
event which saw Morozevich, who is currently playing in Linares, score 9/10 for
the Izmailov Chess Club of Tomsk.
"Himik" Belorechensk won the event with 31.5 board points, they
had a pretty balanced team of Dreev, Tregubov, Kotsur, Malaniuk, Poluljahov,
Beshukov, and Galkin. They edged out by half a point on 30 board points, the
team of "Siberia" Tomsk who were second and probably had the
strongest team (Zvjaginsev, Pigusov, Filippov, Landa, Fominyh, Khasin, and
Loskutov.) in third were another strong team, that of the Petersburg Kings
(Khalifman, Sakaev, Ionov, Loginov, Sergey Ivanov, Solozhenkin and Valerij
Popov) and they scored 29 board points.
Detailed Internet coverage: http://www.gmchess.spb.ru
Teams
Chess Club Murmansk (leading players: Vladimir Burmakin and Denis Yevseev)
"Himik" Belorechensk (leading players: Alexey Dreev, Pavel Tregubov, Vladimir
Malaniuk)
"Peterburg Kings" (leading players: Alexander Khalifman, Konstantin Sakaev,
Valery Popov, Sergey Ionov)
University Vladivostok (Alexander Semeniuk)
"Siberia" Tomsk (leading players Vadim Zvjaginsev, Evgeny Pigusov, Valerij Filippov)
Chess Club Voronezh (leading player Konstantin Chernyshov)
Novokuznetsk (leading player Sergei Iskusnyh)
Iskusnyh (leading player Sergey Volkov)
Sberbank-Tatarstan (leading players Sergey Rublevsky, Andrei Kharlov, and
Valery Yandemirov)
Round 1 May 16th
"Himik" Belorechensk 3,5:2,5 "Sberbank -Tatarstan"
"Peterburg Kings" 3,5:2,5 Chess Club Smolensk
University Vladivostok 3,5:2,5 Novokuznetsk
Siberia" Tomsk 4:2 Chess Club Voronezh
Round 2 May 17th
Novokuznetsk 2,5:3,5 "Siberia" Tomsk
Chess Club Smolensk 2,5:3,5 University Vladivostok
"Sberbank -Tatarstan" 2:4 "Peterburg Kings"
Chess Club Murmansk 1,5:4,5 "Himik" Belorechensk
Round 3 May 18th
"Peterburg Kings" 4:2 Chess Club Murmansk
University Vladivostok 3:3 "Sberbank -Tatarstan"
"Siberia" Tomsk 4,5:1,5 Chess Club Smolensk
Chess Club Voronezh 3,5:2,5 Novokuznetsk
Round 4 May 19th
Chess Club Smolensk 4:2 Chess Club Voronezh
"Sberbank -Tatarstan" 2,5:3,5 "Siberia" Tomsk
Chess Club Murmansk 4:2 University Vladivostok
"Himik" Belorechensk 3:3 "Peterburg Kings"
Round 5 May 20th
University Vladivostok 0,5:5,5 "Himik" Belorechensk
"Siberia" Tomsk 3,5:2,5 Chess Club Murmansk
Chess Club Voronezh 2:4 "Sberbank -Tatarstan"
Novokuznetsk 3:3 Chess Club Smolensk
Round 6 May 21st
"Sberbank -Tatarstan" 3,5:2,5 Novokuznetsk
Chess Club Murmansk 4:2 Chess Club Voronezh
"Himik" Belorechensk 3:3 "Siberia" Tomsk
"Peterburg Kings" 5:1 University Vladivostok
Round 7 May 22nd
"Siberia" Tomsk 4:2 "Peterburg Kings"
Chess Club Voronezh 1,5:4,5 "Himik" Belorechensk
Novokuznetsk 2,5:3,5 Chess Club Murmansk
Chess Club Smolensk 3,5:2,5 "Sberbank -Tatarstan"
Round 8 May 23rd
Chess Club Murmansk 4:2 Chess Club Smolensk
"Himik" Belorechensk 4,5:1,5 Novokuznetsk
"Peterburg Kings" 3,5:2,5 Chess Club Voronezh
University Vladivostok 1:5 "Siberia" Tomsk
Round 9 May 24th
Chess Club Voronezh 3:3 University Vladivostok
Novokuznetsk 2:4 "Peterburg Kings"
Chess Club Smolensk 3:3 "Himik" Belorechensk
"Sberbank -Tatarstan" 3:3 Chess Club Murmansk
Final standings
N Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points Place
1 Chess Club Murmansk *** 1.5 2.0 4.0 2.5 4.0 3.5 4.0 3.0 24.5 4
2 "Himik" Belorechensk 4.5 *** 3.0 5.5 3.0 4.5 4.5 3.0 3.5 31.5 1
3 "Peterburg Kings" 4.0 3.0 *** 5.0 2.0 3.5 4.0 3.5 4.0 29.0 3
4 University Vladivostok 2.0 0.5 1.0 *** 1.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.0 17.5 9
5 "Siberia" Tomsk 3.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 *** 4.0 3.5 4.5 3.5 31.0 2
6 Chess Club Voronezh 2.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 2.0 *** 3.5 2.0 2.0 18.5 8
7 Novokuznetsk 2.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 *** 3.0 2.5 19.0 7
8 Chess Club Smolensk 2.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 1.5 4.0 3.0 *** 3.5 22.0 6
9 "Sberbank - Tatarstan" 3.0 2.5 2.0 3.0 2.5 4.0 3.5 2.5 *** 23.0 5
John Fernandez reports: GM Peter Svidler demolished the field by 2 points to
win the first ever ICC Grandmaster Fights event on Sunday, May 23. Svidler
actually jumped out to an enormous start, and after round 4 his perfect score
had already clinched clear first, taking $250 for his efforts. GM Jeroen Piket
made an even score, which was good enough for clear second and $100. GM Emil
Sutovsky had a difficult tournament, losing both games to Svidler, but manged
to score 2.5, getting third place and $100. GM Babakuli Annakov played some
interesting games in the event, but took fourth, and $50 for his efforts.
The event was run on and sponsored by the Internet Chess Club
(http://www.chessclub.com) and organized and directed by John Fernandez. The
average rating of the participants was 2636 FIDE, or Category 16!! The Internet
Chess Club plans to run some more events like this in the future, for the club.
Any questions about the series can be directed to jfernandez@chessclub.com.
ICC (Internet), v 1999 cat. XVI (2636)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 ** 1= 11 1= 5.0 2883
2 Piket, Jeroen g NED 2619 0= ** 01 1= 3.0 2641
3 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2612 00 10 ** =1 2.5 2587
4 Annakov, Babakuli g TKM 2600 0= 0= =0 ** 1.5 2455
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The Eastern European Women's FIDE Zonal took place in Tbilisi (Georgia),
7th-17th May 1999. A 9 round Swiss system event saw the top seven qualify for
the Championships in Kishnev in September.
Qualifiers
1. Khurtsidze, Nino g GEO 2417 7.0
2. Khurtsilava, Inga m GEO 2259 6.5
3. Goletiani, Rusudan m GEO 2310 6.5
4. Bojkovic, Natasa g YUG 2424 6.5
5. Javakhishvili, Lela GEO 2181 6.5
6. Manakova, Maria g YUG 2344 6.5
7. Tkeshelashvili, Sopio m GEO 2321 6.5
.. etc
There are two further zonal event taking place at the moment.
The Saint-Vincent women's Zonal tournament Zone 1.1 with players from the
UK, France, Spain, Holland, Portugal, Luxemburg and Italy.
Coverage at:
http://www.netvallee.it/scacchi/women/1999/Default.htm
and at http://www.infcom.it/fsi
Zonal tournament 1.4. (POL, CZE, SVK, HUN, BUL, ROM) running 22nd-30th May
1999 in Ostrava (CZE). Details at:
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/1672/w14zone99/index.htm
Helder Rodrigues reports: The Curitiba Chess Club Championships are took
place 16th-23rd May 1999. Curitiba is in Brazil. Edson Kenji Tsuboi and Vitoro
Chemin won with 8/11. There are 5 games missing from the games file.
Round 1 (May 16, 1999)
Tsuboi, Edson Kenji - Dumont, Sadi Glasser 1/2 18 B42 Sicilian
Chemin, Vitorio - Achutti, Andre 1-0 50 D34 Queen's gambit
De Souza, Mauro - Limp, Eduardo 1-0 35 D36 Queen's gambit
Matsuura, Everaldo - Miranda, Marcio M.C 1-0 51 E12 Nimzo indian
Cubas, Jose Fernando - Crosa, Martin 1-0 20 B45 Sicilian
Dos Santos, Haroldo C - Pereira, Silvio C 1-0 60 A80 Dutch defence
Round 2 (May 17, 1999)
De Souza, Mauro - Chemin, Vitorio 0-1 41 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Limp, Eduardo - Dumont, Sadi Glasser 1/2 69 A46 Queen's pawn
Crosa, Martin - Dos Santos, Haroldo C 0-1 54 C47 Four knights
Pereira, Silvio C - Tsuboi, Edson Kenji 0-1 41 B59 Sicilian
Miranda, Marcio M.C - Cubas, Jose Fernando 0-1 38 D10 Slav defence
Achutti, Andre - Matsuura, Everaldo 0-1 25 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 3 (May 17, 1999)
Tsuboi, Edson Kenji - Crosa, Martin 1-0 77 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Chemin, Vitorio - Limp, Eduardo 0-1 39 D05 Queen's pawn
Matsuura, Everaldo - De Souza, Mauro 0-1 24 C29 1.e4 e5
Cubas, Jose Fernando - Achutti, Andre 1-0 37 B21 Sicilian; English attack
Dos Santos, Haroldo C - Miranda, Marcio M.C 1/2 21 D02 Queen's pawn
Dumont, Sadi Glasser - Pereira, Silvio C 1/2 17 C26 1.e4 e5
Round 4 (May 18, 1999)
Chemin, Vitorio - Matsuura, Everaldo 0-1 29 D05 Queen's pawn
De Souza, Mauro - Cubas, Jose Fernando 1-0 55 D18 Slav defence
Limp, Eduardo - Pereira, Silvio C 1-0 47 A80 Dutch defence
Crosa, Martin - Dumont, Sadi Glasser 1/2 55 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Miranda, Marcio M.C - Tsuboi, Edson Kenji 0-1 49 D97 Gruenfeld indian
Achutti, Andre - Dos Santos, Haroldo C 0-1 24 C01 French; Exchange
Round 5 (May 19, 1999)
Tsuboi, Edson Kenji - Achutti, Andre 1-0 24 B50 Sicilian
Matsuura, Everaldo - Limp, Eduardo 1/2 76 E14 Nimzo indian
Cubas, Jose Fernando - Chemin, Vitorio 0-1 27 B59 Sicilian
Dos Santos, Haroldo C - De Souza, Mauro 0-1 46 A46 Queen's pawn
Dumont, Sadi Glasser - Miranda, Marcio M.C 1/2 19 B12 Caro-Kann
Pereira, Silvio C - Crosa, Martin 1-0 44 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov
Round 6 (May 19, 1999)
Chemin, Vitorio - Dos Santos, Haroldo C 1-0 35 D12 Slav defence
De Souza, Mauro - Tsuboi, Edson Kenji 1/2 16 D82 Gruenfeld indian
Matsuura, Everaldo - Cubas, Jose Fernando 0-1 44 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Limp, Eduardo - Crosa, Martin 1-0 22 B07 Pirc
Miranda, Marcio M.C - Pereira, Silvio C 1/2 51 A81 Dutch defence
Achutti, Andre - Dumont, Sadi Glasser 1/2 26 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Round 7 (May 20, 1999)
Tsuboi, Edson Kenji - Chemin, Vitorio 1/2 65 B61 Sicilian
Cubas, Jose Fernando - Limp, Eduardo 1-0 29 B23 Sicilian; Closed
Dos Santos, Haroldo C - Matsuura, Everaldo 0-1 39 B30 Sicilian
Dumont, Sadi Glasser - De Souza, Mauro 1/2 19 C26 1.e4 e5
Crosa, Martin - Miranda, Marcio M.C 1-0 37 B12 Caro-Kann
Pereira, Silvio C - Achutti, Andre 1-0 20 B53 Sicilian
Round 8 (May 21, 1999)
Chemin, Vitorio - Dumont, Sadi Glasser 1-0 25 A48 Queen's pawn
De Souza, Mauro - Pereira, Silvio C 1/2 21 A81 Dutch defence
Matsuura, Everaldo - Tsuboi, Edson Kenji 1/2 0
Limp, Eduardo - Miranda, Marcio M.C 1-0 37 B07 Pirc
Cubas, Jose Fernando - Dos Santos, Haroldo C 0-1 38 C53 Italian game
Achutti, Andre - Crosa, Martin 0-1 35 B06 Modern defence
Round 9 (May 21, 1999)
Tsuboi, Edson Kenji - Cubas, Jose Fernando 1-0 38 B50 Sicilian
Dos Santos, Haroldo C - Limp, Eduardo 0-1 53 A46 Queen's pawn
Dumont, Sadi Glasser - Matsuura, Everaldo 0-1 43 C46 Unknown
Crosa, Martin - De Souza, Mauro 1-0 36 C02 French; Advance
Pereira, Silvio C - Chemin, Vitorio 1/2 49 B59 Sicilian
Miranda, Marcio M.C - Achutti, Andre 1/2 11 D45 Semi-Slav
Round 10 (May 22, 1999)
Chemin, Vitorio - Crosa, Martin 1-0 32 E62 Kings indian
De Souza, Mauro - Miranda, Marcio M.C 1-0 26 D05 Queen's pawn
Matsuura, Everaldo - Pereira, Silvio C 1-0 20 C45 Scottish
Limp, Eduardo - Achutti, Andre 1-0 26 D05 Queen's pawn
Cubas, Jose Fernando - Dumont, Sadi Glasser 1/2 0
Dos Santos, Haroldo C - Tsuboi, Edson Kenji 1/2 0
Round 11 (May 23, 1999)
Tsuboi, Edson Kenji - Limp, Eduardo 1/2 0
Dumont, Sadi Glasser - Dos Santos, Haroldo C 1/2 0
Crosa, Martin - Matsuura, Everaldo 1/2 24 B14 Caro-Kann
Pereira, Silvio C - Cubas, Jose Fernando 0-1 29 B53 Sicilian
Miranda, Marcio M.C - Chemin, Vitorio 0-1 32 B25 Sicilian; Closed
Achutti, Andre - De Souza, Mauro 0-1 24 C01 French; Exchange
Curitiba BRA (BRA), v 1999 cat. II (2287)
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1 Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2330 * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 2458
2 Chemin, Vitorio BRA 2280 = * 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2462
3 De Souza, Mauro m BRA 2369 = 0 * 1 1 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 7.5 2412
4 Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2380 = 1 0 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2411
5 Limp, Eduardo BRA 2409 = 1 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2408
6 Cubas, Jose Fernando f PAR 2198 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2360
7 Dos Santos, Haroldo C BRA 2275 = 0 0 0 0 1 * = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2288
8 Dumont, Sadi Glasser f BRA 2378 = 0 = 0 = = = * = = = = 4.5 2213
9 Crosa, Martin URU 2208 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 = * 0 1 1 4.0 2192
10 Pereira, Silvio C BRA 2287 0 = = 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 1 4.0 2184
11 Miranda, Marcio M.C f BRA 2285 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = * = 2.0 2025
12 Achutti, Andre BRA 2044 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1.0 1926
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Luis Santos reports: The Category 18 II Magistral de Vila Real de Santo
António started May 15th. The event was won by Yuri Yakovich who scored
7.5/9, he was a full 2.5 points clear of the rest of the field with Hamdouchi,
Frois and Teran all scoring 5 points.
Daily reports at: http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/
Round 1 (May 15, 1999)
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 8 B00 1.e4
Frois, Antonio - Rocha, Sergio 1/2 50 B14 Caro-Kann
Teran Alvarez, Ismael - Fernandes, Antonio 1/2 42 B80 Sicilian
Campora, Daniel H - Yakovich, Yuri 0-1 88 B31 Sicilian
Pinheiro, Jose - Santos, Jose P 0-1 23 A35 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 2 (May 16, 1999)
Yakovich, Yuri - Teran Alvarez, Ismael 1-0 74 A87 Dutch defence
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Campora, Daniel H 0-1 47 A45 Queen's pawn
Rocha, Sergio - Hamdouchi, Hichem 0-1 67 B42 Sicilian
Santos, Jose P - Fernandes, Antonio 1-0 38 A88 Dutch defence
Pinheiro, Jose - Frois, Antonio 0-1 27 A04 Reti (1.Nf3)
Round 3 (May 17, 1999)
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Pinheiro, Jose 1-0 23 B30 Sicilian
Frois, Antonio - Santos, Jose P 1-0 60 A12 English; 1.c4
Teran Alvarez, Ismael - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 14 B01 Scandinavian
Campora, Daniel H - Rocha, Sergio 1/2 53 B06 Modern defence
Fernandes, Antonio - Yakovich, Yuri 0-1 49 D40 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
Round 4 (May 18, 1999)
Frois, Antonio - Hamdouchi, Hichem 1/2 20 E60 Kings indian
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Fernandes, Antonio 1-0 46 A46 Queen's pawn
Rocha, Sergio - Teran Alvarez, Ismael 1-0 45 B40 Sicilian
Santos, Jose P - Yakovich, Yuri 0-1 41 D02 Queen's pawn
Pinheiro, Jose - Campora, Daniel H 1-0 36 E15 Nimzo indian
Round 5 (May 19, 1999)
Yakovich, Yuri - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 45 D10 Slav defence
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Santos, Jose P 1/2 83 B18 Caro-Kann
Teran Alvarez, Ismael - Pinheiro, Jose 1-0 38 A48 Queen's pawn
Campora, Daniel H - Frois, Antonio 1/2 37 B36 Sicilian
Fernandes, Antonio - Rocha, Sergio 1-0 39 E67 Kings indian
Round 6 (May 20, 1999)
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Campora, Daniel H 1/2 46 B07 Pirc
Frois, Antonio - Teran Alvarez, Ismael 1/2 53 A81 Dutch defence
Rocha, Sergio - Yakovich, Yuri 0-1 38 D01 Queen's pawn
Santos, Jose P - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 27 D14 Slav defence
Pinheiro, Jose - Fernandes, Antonio 0-1 27 E43 Nimzo indian
Round 7 (May 21, 1999)
Yakovich, Yuri - Pinheiro, Jose 1-0 25 A42 Queen's pawn
Teran Alvarez, Ismael - Hamdouchi, Hichem 1-0 26 A08 Reti (1.Nf3)
Campora, Daniel H - Santos, Jose P 1-0 50 B18 Caro-Kann
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Rocha, Sergio 0-1 60 A41 Queen's pawn
Fernandes, Antonio - Frois, Antonio 1-0 38 E71 Kings indian
Round 8 (May 22, 1999)
Hamdouchi, Hichem - Fernandes, Antonio 1/2 48 C24 1.e4 e5
Frois, Antonio - Yakovich, Yuri 1/2 56 E04 Nimzo indian
Campora, Daniel H - Teran Alvarez, Ismael 1/2 83 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Santos, Jose P - Rocha, Sergio 0-1 32 E17 Nimzo indian
Pinheiro, Jose - Stefanova, Antoaneta 0-1 31 D10 Slav defence
Round 9 (May 23, 1999)
Yakovich, Yuri - Hamdouchi, Hichem 1/2 24 D48 Meran Variation
Teran Alvarez, Ismael - Santos, Jose P 1-0 43 A02 Bird (1.f4)
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Frois, Antonio 1/2 20 D11 Slav defence
Fernandes, Antonio - Campora, Daniel H 1/2 42 C78 Ruy Lopez
Rocha, Sergio - Pinheiro, Jose 0-1 63 C60 Ruy Lopez
Santo Antonio POR (POR), v 1999 cat. VIII (2440)
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1 Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2565 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2699
2 Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2564 = * = 0 = = = 1 = 1 5.0 2469
3 Frois, Antonio m POR 2405 = = * = = = 0 = 1 1 5.0 2487
4 Teran Alvarez, Ismael f ESP 2367 0 1 = * = = = 0 1 1 5.0 2491
5 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2553 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 0 4.5 2427
6 Stefanova, Antoaneta m BUL 2452 = = = = 0 * 1 0 = 1 4.5 2438
7 Fernandes, Antonio m POR 2438 0 = 1 = = 0 * 1 0 1 4.5 2440
8 Rocha, Sergio m POR 2430 0 0 = 1 = 1 0 * 1 0 4.0 2398
9 Santos, Jose P f POR 2355 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 3.0 2324
10 Pinheiro, Jose f POR 2272 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 * 2.0 2238
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Bobby Ang reports from the Philippines.
1999 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
1999 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SSS Canteen, East Avenue, Quezon
City
GM Rogelio Antonio, Jr. (or Joey Antonio, as we all call him) won the 1999
Philippine National Championships in run-away fashion by scoring 6 wins and 4
draws for a final tally of 8/10.
The format for this year's championship called for an 11-round Swiss system
(open to all rated players) tournament to determine the top ten, who then
qualify for the grand finals, where they were to be joined by GMs Eugene Torre
and Joey Antonio in a round-robin tournament.
The eliminations started last April 1, 1999, and was won by IM Bong
Villamayor, followed by a massive tie for 2nd-10th places. In no particular
order they are: FM Luiz Chiong, NM Richard Bitoon, NM Joseph Sanchez, NM
Eduardo Ortiz, FM Petronio Roca, NM Rolly Martinez, NM Gerry Cabellon, NM Ben
Flores and NM Arlan Cabe.
NM Homer Cunanan had a sob story: after winning his last round game with NM
Jerry Nodado everybody thought that he had qualified, since his tie-break
points gave him the advantage over anybody with whom he might tie. The only way
he would miss out was if by some miracle the results of 5 games turned out a
certain way.
Sadly, this was exactly what happened (really uncanny - in the last game to
finish IM Chito Garma with everything to play for had a hallucination and
actually hung a whole rook against Cabe, allowing the latter to sneak into the
finals instead of Cunanan).
When GM Eugene Torre declined to take part in the grand finals due to his
on-going dispute with the Philippine Chess Federation, Homer Cunanan once again
thought that he had qualified, since he was the next-in-line. Sadly again, in a
special board meeting held on the starting date of the finals it was decided to
push through with an 11-man field and not to activate any of the reserves.
You can read detailed newspaper reports by Bobby Ang at his website at:
http://www.philchess.com.ph (see
"Businessworld columns" where you will find several articles,
background stories and annotated games about this tournament.)
Quezon City (PHI), iv-v 1999
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1 Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2558 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2441
2 Bitoon, Richard PHI 2393 = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2366
3 Sanchez, Joseph PHI 2131 = = * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 0 6.5 2353
4 Villamayor, Bong m PHI 2380 = 1 0 * = = 1 0 = 1 1 6.0 2291
5 Martinez, Rolly PHI ---- 0 = = = * 0 = = 1 = 1 5.0 2257
6 Ortiz, Eduardo PHI 2356 0 0 = = 1 * 0 1 = = 1 5.0 2221
7 Cabe, Arlan PHI ---- 0 = 0 0 = 1 * = 1 0 1 4.5 2221
8 Cabellon, Gerry PHI ---- 0 0 0 1 = 0 = * 1 1 = 4.5 2221
9 Roca, Petronio PHI 2362 = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 * 1 1 4.0 2148
10 Flores,Ben ---- 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 0 * 1 3.0 2108
11 Chiong, Luiz f PHI 2390 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 1922
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MATCH OF THE MILLENNIUM: Indonesia vs Rest-of-the-World
MATCH OF THE MILLENNIUM: Indonesia vs Rest-of-the-World Bali, Indonesia May
2-11, 1999
In Bali some chess enthusiasts organized this "Match of the
Millennium", pitting the 4-man Indonesian team of GM Utut Adianto, IM
Cerdas Barus, IM Denny Juswanto and GM Edhi Handoko and the rest of the world
team composed of GM Jaan Ehlvest, GM Eugene Torre, GM Erik Van den Doel, and GM
Darryl Johansen in a double round Scheveningen tournament.
There was no prize money at stake, and the games were unrated, so most of
the ROW players went to Bali with the full intention of taking a vacation. They
were surprised to find a well-prepared Indonesian side which was dead-serious
in winning the event.
Showing magnificent form, GM Adianto towed the Indonesian side to a 5-pt
lead before disaster struck in the penultimate round when they were blanked
4-0. Seeing their enormous lead shrink to a mere point, the host players went
to great lengths to hold the ROW team to a 2-2 draw in the last round and win
the match.
Round 1 (May 2, 1999)
Ehlvest, Jaan - Adianto, Utut 1/2 22 E29 Nimzo indian
Handoko, Edhi - Johansen, Darryl K 1-0 74 C15 French; Winawer
Juswanto, Denny - Van den Doel, Erik 1/2 25 E12 Nimzo indian
Torre, Eugenio - Barus, Cerdas 1/2 24 B17 Caro-Kann
Round 2 (May 3, 1999)
Barus, Cerdas - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 59 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Adianto, Utut - Torre, Eugenio 1-0 27 B42 Sicilian
Johansen, Darryl K - Juswanto, Denny 1/2 29 A20 English; 1.c4 e5
Van den Doel, Erik - Handoko, Edhi 1/2 80 C43 Petroff defence
Round 3 (May 4, 1999)
Adianto, Utut - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 34 E67 Kings indian
Barus, Cerdas - Johansen, Darryl K 1-0 54 E90 Kings indian; Classical
Ehlvest, Jaan - Juswanto, Denny 1-0 39 E89 Kings indian; Saemisch
Torre, Eugenio - Handoko, Edhi 1/2 30 D46 Semi-Slav
Round 4 (May 5, 1999)
Van den Doel, Erik - Barus, Cerdas 1-0 77 E12 Nimzo indian
Johansen, Darryl K - Adianto, Utut 1/2 30 D23 QGA;
Juswanto, Denny - Torre, Eugenio 1-0 35 D02 Queen's pawn
Handoko, Edhi - Ehlvest, Jaan 1-0 52 C45 Scottish
Round 5 (May 6, 1999)
Ehlvest, Jaan - Handoko, Edhi 1-0 38 C31 Kings gambit
Adianto, Utut - Johansen, Darryl K 1-0 44 A84 Dutch defence
Barus, Cerdas - Van den Doel, Erik 1-0 30 D85 Gruenfeld indian
Torre, Eugenio - Juswanto, Denny 1/2 60 A45 Queen's pawn
Round 6 (May 7, 1999)
Johansen, Darryl K - Barus, Cerdas 1/2 62 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Handoko, Edhi - Torre, Eugenio 0-1 52 B08 Pirc; Classical
Juswanto, Denny - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 60 A00 Irregular
Van den Doel, Erik - Adianto, Utut 0-1 25 B06 Modern defence
Round 7 (May 8, 1999)
Juswanto, Denny - Johansen, Darryl K 0-1 67 E61 Kings indian
Ehlvest, Jaan - Barus, Cerdas 1-0 63 B10 Caro-Kann
Handoko, Edhi - Van den Doel, Erik 0-1 35 C38 Kings gambit
Torre, Eugenio - Adianto, Utut 1-0 55 B11 Caro-Kann
Round 8 (May 9, 1999)
Adianto, Utut - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 12 E03 Nimzo indian
Barus, Cerdas - Torre, Eugenio 1/2 20 D48 Meran Variation
Johansen, Darryl K - Handoko, Edhi 1-0 39 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Van den Doel, Erik - Juswanto, Denny 0-1 30 B43 Sicilian
Bali IND (IND), v 1999
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1 Adianto, Utut g INA 2607 =2 +3 +8 =6 +6 +8 -3 =2 5.5 2684
2 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2593 =1 =4 +5 -7 +7 =5 +4 =1 5.0 2588
3 Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2557 =4 -1 =7 -5 =5 +7 +1 =4 4.0 2493
4 Barus, Cerdas m INA 2465 =3 =2 +6 -8 +8 =6 -2 =3 4.0 2543
5 Juswanto, Denny m INA 2465 =8 =6 -2 +3 =3 =2 -6 +8 4.0 2543
6 Johansen, Darryl K g AUS 2490 -7 =5 -4 =1 -1 =4 +5 +7 3.5 2450
7 Handoko, Edhi g INA 2435 +6 =8 =3 +2 -2 -3 -8 -6 3.0 2456
8 Van den Doel, Erik g NED 2535 =5 =7 -1 +4 -4 -1 +7 -5 3.0 2406
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Anjo Anjewierden reports: The Dutch junior championship took place in the
historical building "De Waag" in Leiden (May 3-11). Pre-tournament
favourites IM Ruud Janssen, trying to win the tournament for a fourth
consecutive time, and IM Sipke Ernst did not play a significant role. Thomas
Willemze took an early lead with 5/6 before he was stopped by Marten Wortel in
round 7. With two rounds to go there were four leaders with 5/7: Willemze,
Wortel, Joost Berkvens and Maarten Solleveld. Of these, only Berkvens withstood
the pressure, he won the last two games and claimed clear first with 7/9.
Desiree Hamelink is the new girls-champion. She is a fanatic supporter of
Dutch soccer champion Feyenoord (Rotterdam) and her dress at chess tournaments
consists of the Feyenoord outfit (we suspect she hardly plays in Amsterdam).
The other new champions are:
Boys U16: Jan Werle (after a play-off against Gabriel Molinari)
Girls U16: Arlette van Weersel
Boys U14: Jan Smeets
Girls U14: Marlies Bensdorp (after a play-off against Annemiek Willemze)
All games from all sections can be found at:
More detailed coverage of the Dutch Junior championships is available at
http://www.schaakbond.nl/index2.html
including all the games from all sections.
NED-U20 Leiden (NED), v 1999
NK Jeugd t/m 20 jaar
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1 Berkvens, Joost NED 2215 =24 +10 +19 = 9 + 2 = 3 = 4 + 8 + 5 7.0 2433
2 Van Beek, Lucien NED 2320 +21 +18 + 8 - 3 - 1 =13 +12 +11 + 4 6.5 2333
3 Willemze, Thomas NED 2249 +22 +14 = 4 + 2 + 6 = 1 - 9 - 5 + 8 6.0 2383
4 Ernst, Sipke m NED 2428 =11 +20 = 3 =16 =12 +10 = 1 + 9 - 2 5.5 2256
5 Van Delft, Merijn NED 2292 -14 +22 -11 +23 +16 = 8 + 7 + 3 - 1 5.5 2227
6 Janssen, Ruud NED 2445 -18 +21 +13 +11 - 3 =12 - 8 +14 + 9 5.5 2207
7 Vink, Nico NED 2252 =20 =11 +18 - 8 +17 = 9 - 5 +10 +12 5.5 2211
8 Solleveld, Maarten NED 2347 +16 +13 - 2 + 7 = 9 = 5 + 6 - 1 - 3 5.0 2300
9 Wortel, Marten NED 2281 =19 +23 +12 = 1 = 8 = 7 + 3 - 4 - 6 5.0 2287
10 Keessen, Aldert Jan NED ---- =12 - 1 +15 +14 =11 - 4 +13 - 7 +17 5.0 2172
11 Amesz, Jaap NED ---- = 4 = 7 + 5 - 6 =10 +14 =16 - 2 =15 4.5 2221
12 Middelburg, Tom NED 2266 =10 +24 - 9 +19 = 4 = 6 - 2 +16 - 7 4.5 2220
13 Jens, Jelmer NED ---- +15 - 8 - 6 =24 +19 = 2 -10 +21 =16 4.5 2152
14 Wempe, Joost NED ---- + 5 - 3 =17 -10 +24 -11 +23 - 6 +22 4.5 2109
15 Van Ruitenburg, Joost NED ---- -13 =16 -10 =21 =20 +24 =22 +19 =11 4.5 2028
16 Span, Paul NED 2260 - 8 =15 +20 = 4 - 5 +18 =11 -12 =13 4.0 2105
17 Lammens, Tim NED ---- =23 -19 =14 =18 - 7 =21 +20 +22 -10 4.0 1985
18 Snuverink, Jochem NED ---- + 6 - 2 - 7 =17 =22 -16 -21 +24 =23 3.5 2061
19 Rijnaarts, Sjef NED ---- = 9 +17 - 1 -12 -13 -20 +24 -15 +21 3.5 2004
20 Velema, Sander NED ---- = 7 - 4 -16 -22 =15 +19 -17 =23 =24 3.0 1979
21 Heltzel, Joost NED ---- - 2 - 6 =22 =15 =23 =17 +18 -13 -19 3.0 1960
22 Hendriks, Victor NED ---- - 3 - 5 =21 +20 =18 =23 =15 -17 -14 3.0 1935
23 Stange, Sven NED ---- =17 - 9 =24 - 5 =21 =22 -14 =20 =18 3.0 1938
24 Kommer, Bas NED ---- = 1 -12 =23 =13 -14 -15 -19 -18 =20 2.0 1833
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Rolf Sander reports: The first two rounds of Hamburg's Chess Championship
have been completed (the event runs 22nd-30th May). The leaders after the first
two rounds are GM Kempinski, IM Urban and FM Lamprecht, who managed to win
against GM Ftacnik in round 2. The organizers were very unhappy to receive
three cancellations of Grandmasters in the week before the tournament started,
so that it will be quite difficult to score GM norms for the GM candidates.
Apart from that, we see an interesting tournament with quite a few surprising
results.
There may be some internet coverage at the site of the Hamburg Chess
association: http://members.aol.com/HHSchV/index.htm
Hamburg GER (GER), v 1999
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1 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2533 +16 +18 . . . . . . . 2.0
2 Lamprecht, Frank f GER 2399 +14 +15 . . . . . . . 2.0
3 Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2444 +17 +19 . . . . . . . 2.0
4 Heinemann, Thies m GER 2483 +20 = 8 . . . . . . . 1.5 2531
5 Joecks, Christian m GER 2415 +25 = 6 . . . . . . . 1.5 2479
6 Stanke, Juergen GER 2315 +26 = 5 . . . . . . . 1.5 2623
7 Bach, Matthias f GER 2337 =12 +24 . . . . . . . 1.5 2682
8 Bekker-Jensen, Simon DEN 2360 +30 = 4 . . . . . . . 1.5 2507
9 Hansen, Sune Berg g DEN 2499 =21 +23 . . . . . . . 1.5 2499
10 Kopylov, Mihail UKR 2421 =23 +22 . . . . . . . 1.5 2504
11 Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2557 =22 +21 . . . . . . . 1.5 2517
12 Mueller, Karsten g GER 2558 = 7 =13 . . . . . . . 1.0 2300
13 Bekker-Jensen, David DEN 2263 =24 =12 . . . . . . . 1.0 2489
14 Bathke, Joerg GER 2225 - 2 +28 . . . . . . . 1.0 2377
15 Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2585 +28 - 2 . . . . . . . 1.0 2377
16 Heyken, Enno m GER 2325 - 1 +27 . . . . . . . 1.0 2372
17 Lindinger, Markus GER 2302 - 3 +29 . . . . . . . 1.0 2406
18 Loeffler, Stefan m GER 2385 +27 - 1 . . . . . . . 1.0 2372
19 Maahs, Erich GER 2203 +29 - 3 . . . . . . . 1.0 2406
20 Trisic, Alexandar GER 2317 - 4 +30 . . . . . . . 1.0 2314
21 Buhr, Carl Christian GER 2320 = 9 -11 . . . . . . . 0.5 2335
22 Hochgraefe, Markus GER 2329 =11 -10 . . . . . . . 0.5 2296
23 Pajeken, Wolfgang GER 2293 =10 - 9 . . . . . . . 0.5 2267
24 Reeh, Oliver m GER 2420 =13 - 7 . . . . . . . 0.5 2107
25 Voigt, Martin f GER 2257 - 5 =26 . . . . . . . 0.5 2237
26 Wilhelmi, Christian m GER 2446 - 6 =25 . . . . . . . 0.5 2093
27 Engelbert, Christoph GER 2211 -18 -16 . . . . . . . 0.0
28 Hegeler, Frank f GER 2356 -15 -14 . . . . . . . 0.0
29 Reddmann, Hauke f GER 2368 -19 -17 . . . . . . . 0.0
30 Sass, Andreas GER 2146 - 8 -20 . . . . . . . 0.0
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Mart Tarmak reports: This year's Estonian championships were played in
Tallinn without GM participation. Kaido Külaots won the title for the
first time who was the bronze medalist in the 1996 U-20 World Championships.
Second place went to five times Estonian Champion Olav Sepp and third place to
Aleksander Veingold. 1997 Amateur World Champion Olev Schults had a good start
and poor finish. Monika Tsõganova won her fourth women's champion's
title. The games of the men's tournament are available thanks to Ülar
Lauk.
Round 1 (May 1, 1999)
Kulaots, Kaido - Sergejev, Roman 1-0 34 B92 Sicilian; Najdorf
Sepp, Olav - Schuls, Olev 1/2 53 B31 Sicilian
Veingold, Aleksandr - Cheutshenko, Robert 1/2 56 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Seeman, Tarvo - Zjukin, Sergei 1/2 33 A12 English; 1.c4
Svirjov, Igor - Kiik, Kalle 1/2 116 A43 Queen's pawn
Round 2 (May 2, 1999)
Sepp, Olav - Kulaots, Kaido 1/2 33 B47 Sicilian
Sergejev, Roman - Veingold, Aleksandr 1/2 27 B89 Sicilian
Kiik, Kalle - Seeman, Tarvo 1/2 10 C47 Four knights
Schuls, Olev - Zjukin, Sergei 1-0 86 C55 Two knights
Cheutshenko, Robert - Svirjov, Igor 0-1 98 B06 Modern defence
Round 3 (May 3, 1999)
Kulaots, Kaido - Schuls, Olev 1-0 0 A00 Irregular
Veingold, Aleksandr - Sepp, Olav 1/2 21 E99 Kings indian; Main line
Seeman, Tarvo - Cheutshenko, Robert 1-0 32 A24 English; 1.c4 e5
Svirjov, Igor - Sergejev, Roman 1/2 17 D05 Queen's pawn
Zjukin, Sergei - Kiik, Kalle 1/2 37 B15 Caro-Kann
Round 4 (May 4, 1999)
Kulaots, Kaido - Veingold, Aleksandr 1/2 12 B67 Sicilian
Sepp, Olav - Svirjov, Igor 1-0 49 B06 Modern defence
Sergejev, Roman - Seeman, Tarvo 1-0 45 E68 Kings indian
Schuls, Olev - Kiik, Kalle 1-0 47 B06 Modern defence
Cheutshenko, Robert - Zjukin, Sergei 1-0 47 C92 Ruy Lopez
Round 5 (May 5, 1999)
Veingold, Aleksandr - Schuls, Olev 1/2 60 A70 Modern Benoni
Kiik, Kalle - Cheutshenko, Robert 1/2 42 E60 Kings indian
Seeman, Tarvo - Sepp, Olav 0-1 49 A38 English; 1.c4 c5
Svirjov, Igor - Kulaots, Kaido 0-1 33 D27 QGA;
Zjukin, Sergei - Sergejev, Roman 1/2 21 B81 Sicilian
Round 6 (May 6, 1999)
Kulaots, Kaido - Seeman, Tarvo 0-1 59 B15 Caro-Kann
Sepp, Olav - Zjukin, Sergei 1-0 31 B20 Sicilian
Veingold, Aleksandr - Svirjov, Igor 1-0 38 E94 Kings indian; Classical
Sergejev, Roman - Kiik, Kalle 1/2 17 B38 Sicilian
Schuls, Olev - Cheutshenko, Robert 1/2 79 C55 Two knights
Round 7 (May 7, 1999)
Kiik, Kalle - Sepp, Olav 1-0 57 A48 Queen's pawn
Seeman, Tarvo - Veingold, Aleksandr 0-1 40 B88 Sicilian
Svirjov, Igor - Schuls, Olev 1-0 28 E21 Nimzo indian
Zjukin, Sergei - Kulaots, Kaido 1/2 30 B67 Sicilian
Cheutshenko, Robert - Sergejev, Roman 1-0 39 E54 Nimzo indian
Round 8 (May 8, 1999)
Kulaots, Kaido - Kiik, Kalle 1-0 23 B00 1.e4
Sepp, Olav - Cheutshenko, Robert 1-0 38 B15 Caro-Kann
Veingold, Aleksandr - Zjukin, Sergei 1/2 8 D91 Gruenfeld indian
Svirjov, Igor - Seeman, Tarvo 1-0 45 A49 Queen's pawn
Schuls, Olev - Sergejev, Roman 0-1 44 B93 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 9 (May 9, 1999)
Sergejev, Roman - Sepp, Olav 1/2 27 D77 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6
Kiik, Kalle - Veingold, Aleksandr 1/2 6 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Seeman, Tarvo - Schuls, Olev 1-0 40 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Zjukin, Sergei - Svirjov, Igor 1-0 48 B06 Modern defence
Cheutshenko, Robert - Kulaots, Kaido 0-1 34 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3)
Tallinn EST (EST), v 1999 cat. VI (2385)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Kulaots, Kaido m EST 2426 * = = 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 6.5 2546
2 Sepp, Olav m EST 2397 = * = = 0 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 2509
3 Veingold, Aleksandr m EST 2475 = = * = = 1 1 = = = 5.5 2455
4 Sergejev, Roman EST 2376 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 0 4.5 2386
5 Kiik, Kalle m EST 2439 0 1 = = * = = = 0 = 4.0 2336
6 Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2440 1 0 0 0 = * 0 = 1 1 4.0 2336
7 Svirjov, Igor f EST 2346 0 0 0 = = 1 * 0 1 1 4.0 2346
8 Zjukin, Sergei EST 2398 = 0 = = = = 1 * 0 0 3.5 2304
9 Schuls, Olev f EST 2200 0 = = 0 1 0 0 1 * = 3.5 2326
10 Cheutshenko, Robert EST 2357 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 1 = * 3.5 2308
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IM Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: The Norwegian Team Championships were played
12-16th May 1999 in Langesund south-west of Oslo. The participants had
qualified from a regional series. The tournament was played as an 8-team round
robin. The organizers were Porsgrunn Sjakklubb. There was internet coverage (in
Norwegian): http://home.sol.no/~eirikgu/lagnm99.htm
The winners were Norway's traditionally strongest club, Oslo Schakselskap ahead
of newcomers Stavanger Sjakklubb. Bergens Schakklub, who won in 1997 and 1998,
had to settle for third.
Results (team points count first):
1. Oslo Schakselskap 26.5 game points 11 team points
2. Stavanger Sjakklubb 23.5 11
3. Bergens Schakklub 26 10
4. Akademisk SK Oslo 26 9
5. Randaberg Sjakklubb 18.5 6
6. Tromsø Sjakklubb 17.5 4
7. Porsgrunn Sjakklubb 16.5 3
8. Trondheim Sjakkforening 13.5 2
Best players:
Board 1: GM Einar Gausel, Oslo Schakselskap 4.5 / 6
Board 2: (IM) Frode Elsness, Akademisk SK Oslo 5.0 / 6
Board 3: IM Ivar Bern, Bergens Schakklub 6.0 / 7
Board 4: FM Petter Fossan, Stavanger Sjakklubb 5.0 / 7
Board 5: Arild Lauvsnes, Stavanger Sjakklubb 4.5 / 7
Board 6: Stein A. Aarland, Bergens Schakklub 5.0 / 6
Sub 1: Kristian Trygstad, Oslo Schakselskap 5.0 / 6
Sub 2: Joachim Berg-Jensen, Porsgrunn SK 3.0 / 5
Andrés Molina Rodríguez reports: The VI Linares (Chile) Open
started on May 21st. Players include e GM Jordi Magem (Spain), GM Pablo
Zarnicki (Argentina), GM Andrés Rodríguez (Uruguay), GM Alonso
Zapata (Colombia), GM Henry Urday (Perú), GM Gilberto Hernández
(México), IM Oscar de la Riva (Spain), IM Jorge Szmetan (Argentina), IM
Julián Estrada (México). After four rounds Pablo Zarnicki,
Gilberto Hernandez, Rodrigo Vasquez, Oscar De la Riva, Jordi Magem, Sergio
Slipak, Pablo Toloza and Luis Valenzuela are all on 4/4.
Further information at: http://i.am/linach
Dortmund Chess Days
As reported the Category 19 27th Dortmund Chess Days will see Viswanathan
Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Anatoly Karpov, Michael Adams, Veselin Topalov, Peter
Leko, Jan Timman and Ivan Sokolov play in the 8 player single round robin
event.
The Super Tournament will run 10th to 17th July (round robin) the other
events include a Master Tournament (cat. 10) and an Open from 9th to 18th July.
Venue the Main Opera House in Dortmund City Center. Those interested in playing
in the Open can contact (0049-231-2009265) for registration information, there
is a www site at: http://www.dortmund.de/chess
The players for the Master event have been announced, they are: Josef Pinter
(Hungary, ELO 2580); Adrian Michaltschischin (Slowena, ELO 2550); Arshak
Petrosjan (Armenia, ELO 2520); Michael Feygin (Ukraine ELO 2520); Klaus
Bischoff (Germany, ELO 2500); Eckhard Schmittdiel (Germany, ELO 2500); Alica
Maric (Yugoslavia, ELO 2484); Dirk Poldauf (Germany, ELO 2450); Arkadij
Naiditsch (Germany, ELO 2425); Gregor Mainka (Germany, ELO 2340)
Third Broekhuis Tournament
Eric van der Schilden reports:
For the third consecutive time Rotterdam will be hosting the Dutch Chess
Championship. The organizers claim to have found an excellent location: the
public library located directly next to station Blaak in the city centre. The
tournament will be played from May 29 until June 10 (last round and prize
giving). Rest days are June 2 and 7. Compared to last year, the budget has
shifted from starting fees toward prize money. The total prize fund has doubled
and amounts fl 60 000.-- now. The tournament will be covered with live games on
internet on:
http://www.nkschaken.nl
Participants
GM Predrag Nikolic (11-9-1960), rating: 2633
GM Loek van Wely (7-10-1972), rating: 2632
GM Ivan Sokolov (13-6-1968), rating: 2624
GM Jeroen Piket (27-1-1969), rating: 2619
GM Dimitri Reinderman (12-8-1972), rating: 2541
GM Erik van den Doel (15-5-1979), rating: 2535
GM Paul van der Sterren (17-3-1956), rating: 2535
GM Roberto Cifuentes-Parada, (21-12-1957) rating: 2529
GM John van der Wiel (9-8-1959), rating: 2526
GM Friso Nijboer (26-5-1965), rating: 2515
IM/WGM Peng Zhao Qin (8-5-1968), rating: 2452
Ruud Janssen (1-5-1979), rating: 2445
The average rating is 2549: category 12.
Jan Timman has decided not to play this tournament. It doesn't fit in his
preparation for the World Championship. Moreover he couldn't reach financial
agreement with the organizers. Despite Timman's absence, this tournament will
be the highest rated Dutch Championship ever. There are ten Grandmasters who
all have played in the tournament before: Cifuentes, Van den Doel, Nijboer,
Nikolic, Piket, Reinderman, Sokolov, Van der Sterren, Van Wely and Van der
Wiel. The field is completed by two wildcards: First Ruud Jansen, who impressed
by finishing fifth at the last World Junior Championship. Finally IM/WGM Peng
Zhao Qin. She received a wildcard for her results at the last Olypiad (bronze
medal on board one) and Candidates Tournament (fifth). Peng will be the first
woman ever to take part in the Dutch Championship.
Sokolov defends title It has to be noted that this will be the last time
that Bosnians Sokolov and Nikolic will be exempted from the "National Team
Rule". This rule says that players who want to play the Championship have
to be eligible for the national team. Both Bosnians have not expressed the
intention to play for the Dutch team (instead of the Bosnian team). Only if
they do so, can they play in the next Championship.
Brazilian Junior Championships
The Brazilian Junior Championships (sub-20 boys and girls) took place 20-23
May, in Brasilia Chess Club - Brasilia - Brasil. The favourites won: - f
Ricardo Benares won Absolut sub-20 (there were 43 players) - f Barbara Farhat
won Girls sub-20 (there were 10 players) Results and games are available at:
http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx.index2.htm
3rd Mind Sports Olympiad
The prize fund for this year's Mind Sports Olympiad has been set at 100,000
pounds. There may also be some additional prizes to be announced later. In
addition to the cash prizes the leading players will also receive the
traditional MSO gold, silver and bronze medals. There will be additional medals
for the leading juniors in each tournament. The prize funds for some of the
games are listed below. All figures are in pounds sterling.
Chess £20,000; Bridge £10,000; Go £8,500; 10x10 Draughts
£8,000; Othello £7,000; Chinese Chess £6,000; Scrabble
£6,000; Shogi £5,000; Stratego £5,000; 8x8 Draughts £4,000;
Memory Skills £3,000; Cribbage £2,000; Dominoes £2,000;
Intelligence £2,000
Prize funds for other games will be announced in due course. The detailed
tournament schedule will be announced on their web site
http://www.mindsports.co.uk/ in
early June and printed entry forms will be available shortly thereafter.
First Saturday, June
The next First Saturday events start 5th of June in Budapest. Tournament
types: 1. GM closed, cat.VII-VIII., 10-14 participants, 2. IM-closed,
cat.II-III, 3. ELO-closed, av. about 2100, 4. Scheveningen for the ELO-rating
/9 days, 9 games/
You can contact Laszlo Nagy about his First Saturday events. E-mail:
firstsat@elender.hu webpages: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat and
http://www.illawarra.net.au/chesscentral/
Tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59