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This page is updated to help chess enthusiasts keep up with the latest news on U.S. players and major events. All grandmaster's names appear in bold, as well as other notable players in an event.
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1997 Chicago Open
The complete crosstable is given for the Open Section, 15 grandmasters
competed. The Continental Chess Association's seemingly ingenious "re-entry
system" can be seen in action. In the first round IM Rashid Ziatdinov
showed very little respect for WIM Anna Khan, and was duly
trounced on the black side of an Albin Counter-Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5).
IM Ziatdinov promptly exited the 4-day slow schedule and re-entered
the slightly faster 3-day event. In a tight first round encounter, Ziatdinov
bested U.S. Champion Alex Yermolinsky. Yermolinsky immediatly
pulled out for another try in the 2-day schedule on Sunday. FM Emory
Tate, however, nicked Yermolinsky for the full point bright
and early on Sunday. How often does the U.S. Champion lose the first round
twice(!) in one tournament? GM Walter Browne, six-time U.S. Champion,
found himself bested by GM Alex Shabalov in a third round Najdorf
Sicilian tussle. Walter re-entered Sunday's 2-day schedule plowing through
Yermolinsky's vanquisher, Emory Tate, to a 4-0 score. Walter finished
the day with a quick draw (a half-point ahead of the field) against returning
Chicago Open Champion, GM Gregory Kaidanov.
Monday morning, U.S. Champion Alex Yermolinsky defeated GM Walter Browne to reach five points with a clear lead while the others could only draw. GM Boris Gulko and GM Nick de Firmian drew themselves out of contention in the bloodshed of the final round: Kaidanov def. Yermolinsky; Shabalov def. GM Pavel Blatny; Browne def. GM Aleksander Wojtkiewicz and Ziatdinov def. GM Gregory Serper (all but Serper were in the running for first place!).
Open Section Crosstable
Name rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 rd 6 rd 7 TOT 1 Kaidanov, Gregory.....2695 D 30 W 33 W 61 W 14 D 3 D 2 W 5 5.5 2 Shabalov, Alexander...2624 W 40 W 23 W 51 D 12 D 7 D 1 W 14 5.5 3 Browne, Walter r/e....2604 W 52 W 36 W 47 W 13 D 1 L 5 W 10 5.5 4 Ziatdinov, R r/e......2522 W 69 L 10 W 19 W 28 W 35 D 7 W 20 5.5 5 Yermolinsky, A r/e....2698 L 36 W 52 W 55 W 47 W 21 W 3 L 1 5 6 Gulko, Boris..........2684 W 31 D 16 W 26 W 8 D 12 D 14 D 7 5 7 De Firmian, Nick E....2636 D 24 W 9 W 17 W 10 D 2 D 4 D 6 5 8 Fedorowicz, John P....2624 W 37 X--- D 10 L 6 W 33 D 16 W 21 5 9 Kudrin, Sergey........2614 H--- L 7 W 50 W 18 D 22 W 23 W 24 5 10 Wojtkiewicz, Alex.....2686 W 50 W 4 D 8 L 7 W 29 W 12 L 3 4.5 11 Ivanov, Alexander.....2663 W 32 W 22 L 14 D 29 L 17 W 33 W 26 4.5 12 Gurevich, Dmitry......2635 W 41 W 27 W 21 D 2 D 6 L 10 D 16 4.5 13 Psakhis, Lev..........2607 L 47 W 67 W 36 L 3 W 30 W 22 D 17 4.5 14 Blatny, Pavel.........2604 W 56 W 35 W 11 L 1 W 24 D 6 L 2 4.5 15 Blocker, Calvin.......2485 D 34 D 19 W 53 L 24 W 39 W 46 D 18 4.5 16 Kalikshteyn, Alexander2462 W 45 D 6 D 20 D 33 W 26 D 8 D 12 4.5 17 Chudnovsky, Jacob.....2369 W 64 D 59 L 7 W 49 W 11 D 20 D 13 4.5 18 Bereolos, Peter.......2353 W 68 L 21 W 45 L 9 W 48 W 36 D 15 4.5 19 Wheeler, Jerry T......2288 H--- D 15 L 4 W 56 D 47 W 49 W 36 4.5 20 Serper, Gregory.......2656 W 39 D 26 D 16 D 22 W 25 D 17 L 4 4 21 Ortiz, Eduardo N......2480 W 44 W 18 L 12 W 46 L 5 W 29 L 8 4 22 Manion, Josh..........2427 W 46 L 11 W 42 D 20 D 9 L 13 W 37 4 23 Karklins, Andrew......2400 W 58 L 2 L 33 W 34 W 41 L 9 W 46 4 24 Baczynskyj, Boris.....2370 D 7 D 37 W 44 W 15 L 14 W 35 L 9 4 25 Base, Alfredo.........2333 W 67 H--- H--- H--- L 20 D 45 W 44 4 26 Paschall, William.....2405 W 54 D 20 L 6 W 38 L 16 W 43 L 11 3.5 27 Chow, Albert C........2402 W 49 L 12 W 43 L 35 L 46 W 39 D 30 3.5 28 Adelman, Charles D....2370 W 57 L 51 W 48 L 4 D 43 D 34 D 31 3.5 29 Martinovsky, Eugene...2356 W 65 D 61 W 59 D 11 L 10 L 21 D 34 3.5 30 Szpisjak, Steven J....2324 D 1 D 48 L 46 W 42 L 13 W 53 D 27 3.5 31 Castaneda, Nelson.....2321 L 6 L 34 W 54 L 48 W 55 W 42 D 28 3.5 32 Lamb, Harry...........2306 L 11 L 46 W 65 L 43 W 56 D 48 W 45 3.5 33 Khan, Anna............2270 W 70 L 1 W 23 D 16 L 8 L 11 W 48 3.5 34 Dean, Jim H...........2239 D 15 W 31 L 35 L 23 W 50 D 28 D 29 3.5 35 Kreiman, Boris........2607 W 38 L 14 W 34 W 27 L 4 L 24 U--- 3 36 Tate, Emory r/e.......2499 W 5 L 3 L 13 W 52 W 37 L 18 L 19 3 37 Dandridge, Marvin.....2327 L 8 D 24 D 40 W 53 L 36 W 41 L 22 3 38 Wheat, James Frank....2321 L 35 W 56 D 49 L 26 L 45 W 50 D 43 3 39 Blankenau, Mike P.....2296 L 20 L 45 W 64 W 44 L 15 L 27 W 54 3 40 Ritvin, Stanislav.....2284 L 2 D 54 D 37 D 50 L 49 D 55 W 56 3 41 Puckett, Matthew......2284 L 12 L 49 W 58 W 57 L 23 L 37 W 55 3 42 Sandager, Stephen.....2278 L 59 W 64 L 22 L 30 W 68 L 31 W 53 3 43 Simms, Gary...........2260 L 61 W 58 L 27 W 32 D 28 L 26 D 38 3 44 Johnson, Ben C........2225 L 21 W 68 L 24 L 39 W 58 W 52 L 25 3 45 Sailer, Mike..........2221 L 16 W 39 L 18 D 54 W 38 D 25 L 32 3 46 Rajlich, Vasik G......2216 L 22 W 32 W 30 L 21 W 27 L 15 L 23 3 47 Palos, Osman..........2418 W 13 W 60 L 3 L 5 D 19 U--- U--- 2.5 48 Kaptsan, Aron.........2251 H--- D 30 L 28 W 31 L 18 D 32 L 33 2.5 49 Olson, David L........2063 L 27 W 41 D 38 L 17 W 40 L 19 U--- 2.5 50 Waymouth, Tom.........1921 L 10 W 71 L 9 D 40 L 34 L 38 W 58 2.5 51 Browne, Walter........2604 W 53 W 28 L 2 U--- U--- U--- U--- 2 52 Mariano, Cesar J......2321 L 3 L 5 W 67 L 36 W 54 L 44 U--- 2 53 Zaremba, Andrie.......2278 L 51 W 65 L 15 L 37 W 57 L 30 L 42 2 54 Jakstas, Kazimiera....2200 L 26 D 40 L 31 D 45 L 52 W 64 L 39 2 55 Boor, Carl R..........2094 L 60 B--- L 5 H--- L 31 D 40 L 41 2 56 Feltner, Cameron......2021 L 14 L 38 W 68 L 19 L 32 W 67 L 40 2 57 Alvarez, Tirso A......1845 L 28 H--- H--- L 41 L 53 W 68 U--- 2 58 Fleet, Eric...........1489 L 23 L 43 L 41 W 64 L 44 W 65 L 50 2 59 Sevillano, Enrico.....2585 W 42 D 17 L 29 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.5 60 Palatnik, Semion......2561 W 55 L 47 H--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.5 61 Tate, Emory A.........2499 W 43 D 29 L 1 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.5 62 Berry, Vince Willi....2222 U--- U--- U--- U--- W 65 U--- U--- 1 63 Brock, William........2069 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- W 68 1 64 Garber, Milton........1732 L 17 L 42 L 39 L 58 W 67 L 54 L 65 1 65 Brakey, Matthew N.....1561 L 29 L 53 L 32 L 68 L 62 L 58 W 64 1 66 Kappas, Luke L........1461 B--- F--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1 67 Peppler, A r/e........1385 L 25 L 13 L 52 B--- L 64 L 56 U--- 1 68 Kim, Jeffrey..........unr. L 18 L 44 L 56 W 65 L 42 L 57 L 63 1 69 Yermolinsky, Alex.....2698 L 4 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0 70 Ziatdinov, Raset......2522 L 33 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0 71 Porter, John..........2013 U--- L 50 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0
GM Patrick Wolff has weathered well the 8th Miguel Najdorf Tournament, finishing clear fourth with 5.5 from 9.
The site was the famous San Martín Theater, where the Fischer - Petrosian candidates match was held in 1971. The annual format: ten grandmasters are invited, five Argentinians and five foreigners. World Junior Champion GM Emil Sutovskij emerged equal first with local Chilean favorite GM Ivan Morovic. GM Hugo Spandenberg posted best result for Argentina, garnering clear third place.
# Player Country Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1 Emil Sutovskij Israel 2560 X 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½
2 Utut Adianto Indonesia2615 0 X ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 4½
3 Ivan Morovic Chile 2580 ½ ½ X 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6½
4 Pablo Ricardi Argentina2575 ½ 0 0 X ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ 3½
5 Pablo Zarnicki Argentina2560 0 0 ½ ½ X ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 3½
6 Vasilios Kotronias Greece 2590 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ X ½ 0 1 ½ 4½
7 Patrick Wolff USA 2575 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ X 1 0 1 5½
8 Hugo Spangenberg Argentina2550 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 0 X 1 1 6
9 Daniel Cámpora Argentina2555 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 X ½ 2½
10 Oscar Panno Argentina2465 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ X 2
R = 2562,5; Cat XIII
1. GM Dmitry Gurevich IL 106.00 2. GM Semion Palatnik TN 72.75 3. GM Gregory Kaidanov KY 71.22 4. GM Alexander Ivanov MA 65.19 5. IM Igor Ivanov AZ 64.85 6. GM Sergey Kudrin MA 64.80 7. GM Pavel Blatny CZE 63.25 8. GM Alexander Shabalov PA 62.50 9. GM Gregory Serper OH 55.72 10. GM Johann Hjartarson ICE 54.42 11. GM Walter Browne CA 52.83 12. Alexander Reprintsev VA 49.33 13. GM Nick De Firmian NY 42.33 14. GM John Fedorowicz NY 31.33 15. GM Alex Yermolinsky OH 28.92 16. IM Maurice Ashley NY 28.44 17. FM Emory Tate Jr IN 27.13 18. GM Larry Christiansen GER 27.00 19. FM Ronald Burnett NY 25.50 20. IM Jay Bonin NY 25.00 21. IM Enrico Sevillano IL 24.50 22. IM Leonid Sokolin NY 23.50 23. David Gliksman CA 22.33 24. Gilberto Hernandez MX 22.30 25. GM Joel Benjamin NY 17.00 UNDER AGE 16 1. Matthew Puckett AL 11.00 2. Todd Andrews TN 5.00 Steven Winer VT 5.00 UNDER 2400 1. Renard Anderson CO 15.33 2. Alex Dunne PA 14.00 Lionel Davis NY 14.00 3. Guillermo Ruiz GA 12.00 UNDER 2200 1. Jose Cabrera FL 12.00 2. Ameer Ghobrial MI 10.00 3. Robert Stetson AZ 9.85 1997 Grand Prix Events included for this update: EVENT, END DATE, ST., PTS., WINNERS: Tucson Open, 1/19/97, AZ, 15, Igor Ivanov; 14th Ann Bermuda Int'l, 2/09/97, 80, Johann Hjartarson; Middle Tennessee Open, 3/01/97, TN, 30, Semion Palatnik; Chess Emp Thurs GP, 3/06/97, AZ, 6, Igor Ivanov, Conrad Pabustan; Chess Emp March Champ, 3/09/97, AZ, 6, Igor Ivanov; Colorado Springs Open, 3/09/97, CO, 10, Renard Anderson, Alexandre Edrenkin, Thomas Halvey; Chess Emp Thur Night GP, 3/13/97, AZ, 6, Igor Ivanov; Smoky Mountains Chess Festival, 3/15/97, TN, 30, Alexander Reprintsev, Semion Palatnik; Stephen Booth; Ernesto Labate Grand Prix, 3/16/97, NJ, 10, Alexander Reprintsev, Mikhail Belorusov, Orest Popovych; 33rd Ann LERA Peninsula, 3/16/97, CA, 10, Arthur Arutjunian, Jonathan Baker; Kenan Zildzic; 40th Cincinnati Open, 3/16/97, OH, 15, Sergey Berchenko; Chess Emp Thurs GP, 3/20/97, AZ, 6, Igor Ivanov; Mid America Class Champ, 3/23/97, IL, 100, Pavel Blatny; 1997 Balboa Open, 3/23/97, CA, 20, Cyrus Lakdawala; 51st Nassau Grand Prix, 3/24/97, NY, 6, Jay Bonin; Chess Emp Thurs GP, 3/27/97, AZ, 6, Igor Ivanov; 6th Western Class Champ, 3/30/97, CA, 120, Pavel Blatny, Walter Browne, David Gliksman; Chess Emp Thurs GP, 4/03/97, AZ, 6, Alan Anderson; 18th Mike Sarnoff Memorial, 4/05/97, MO, 6, Robert Jacobs, Waldo Odak; 1997 New York Open, 4/06/97, NY, 200, Dmitry Gurevich; Seattle Spring Open, 4/06/97, WA, 6, David Roper; Greater Peoria Open, 4/06/97, IL, 10, David Mote; 9th Jose Capablanca Open, 4/08/97, NY, 10, Pavel Blatny; Chess Emp Thurs GP, 4/10/97, AZ, 6, Igor Ivanov; West Chester Open, 4/13/97, PA, 6, Alexander Reprintsev, Michael Bury; Marchand Open, 4/13/97, NY, 40, Alex Dunne, Lionel Davis; 1997 National Open, 4/13/97, NV, 200, Dmitry Gurevich; 28th Ann Southern Congress, 4/18/97, GA, 20, Gregory Serper; NY April Game/60, 4/19/97, NY, 10, Rashid Ziatdinov; Music City Open I, 4/19/97, TN, 10, Semion Palatnik; Music City Spring Open II, 4/20/97, TN, 10, Semion Palatnik, Todd Andrews; Ernesto Labate Grand Prix, 4/20/97, NJ, 10, Mauricio Camejo; Space City Open, 4/20/97, AL, 15, Matthew Puckett; 4th Space Coast Open, 4/20/97, FL, 40, Sergey Kudrin.
Games in PGN format with commentary by GM Patrick Wolff and GM Arthur Bisguier.
Garry deemed to avoid drawing Deep Blue into a theoretical battle after his Game Two debacle, where after being positionally outplayed for 43 moves he resigned a drawn position on move 45. Garry returned to theory in Game Six, because he was advised that computers play the resulting theoretical position badly, according to Michael Khodarkhovsky, a Kasparov team member. Apparently most programs wonder why they're behind a piece upon surfacing from the womb of the opening book. "... but Deep Blue has all of this programming to determine compensation. When Deep Blue reached the end of it's book ... we knew we were in good shape." stated GM Joel Benjamin of the IBM team.
In the closing press conference, Monty Newborn, Chairman of the ACM, waffled over whether Deep Blue would be able to recreate the moves and assessments of Game two again, based on the number of processors and the co-ordination involved. This prefaced Garry's turn at the podium and set the stage for inevitable ranting. Garry was first surprised by C.J. Tan's suggestion that they "persue their relationship on a less competitive level." Garry has never had much experience at public speaking directly following a loss as was made apparent in a lengthy question and answer session with the press. Garry previously dismissed IM Stefan Loeffler's questions at the 1995 Intel PCA World Championship, insinuating that no matter what was said it would be reworded for Der Speigel. Here, however, Garry encouraged Stefan's volley of questions, perhaps doling out more fodder for the cannon than necessary, as more than just Der Spiegel was watching. More American (and foriegn) TV news crews were gathered for this chess event than any since perhaps 1972!
"Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure." - Knute Rockne
1997 ACM match, New York
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Deep Blue 0 1 .5 .5 .5 1 3.5 2 Kasparov 1 0 .5 .5 .5 0 2.5
Last year's Philadelphia ACM match (1996) drew an incredible amount of attention when Kasparov lost game one. Crosstable below. Garry had offered a draw in game five, but the IBM team declined, as it was more important for them to know if the computer could handle the position. It couldn't.
1996 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Kasparov 0 1 .5 .5 1 1 4.0/6 2 Deep Blue 1 0 .5 .5 0 0 2.0/6
Archive of 20 Deep Blue games in PGN format.
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1st - 3rd: GM Tony Miles, IM Tal Shaked and GM Suat Atalik
4th - 5th: GM Alex Yermolinsky and WGM
Antoaneta Stefanova.
The First Hawaiian Bank Akamai Prizes went to new immigrant IM Ben Deng (Deng Kong Lian from China) who won $300 and Leslie Au, Reynods Takata and Bruce Martin, who split $100.
Highlights:
Third GM norm for Sanford Fellow Tal Shaked
First GM norm for Antoaneta Stefanova
International Master title earned by Ron Burnett
U.S. Open Champion GM Gabriel Schwartzman manages Club-Kasparov,
which was inaugurated during the Kasparov - Deep Blue Re-match. Registration
is free, and it's well worth a look. GM Danny King's notes
to the games of the match are highly instructive, and should still be available.
The
current U.S. Champion, GM Alex Yermolinsky, and the current Ohio
Champion, FM Boris Men, present the Yermolinsky Chess Academy in Cleveland
and Springfield, Ohio. Included on this page are Yermo`s
Diary, the World Open Feature
Presentation, and the Yermo
Chess School for Children.
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