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Contents of Issue 21:
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.
Editor's Note
By Duif ("Dove") Calvin
Just as in any sport, chessplayers get on winning streaks that can keep them at the top of the news for weeks or even months at a time. Last year it was GM Yermolinsky who won both the
1996 World Open and the 1996 Interplay US Championship. This year, the name that keeps popping up is 19 year old IM Tal Shaked of Arizona. Not only did this rising young player earn 3 GM norms so far
this year (needing only one more to get the Grandmaster title), he tied for first in a prestigious April event, then went on to win the 1997 Interplay US Junior Championship. And now he's participating as
the US representative to the World Under 20 Championship--and tied for first in that event after 8 rounds. For more, see our Internationals News this week.
As far as our Website makeover goes, we're busy. I promise that next week, August 1st, you'll see several new features and a completion of our transition to the new art style. It's going to be a fun week, and busy for us all. I'd like to especially thank
Joan, Judy, Larry, Elliott, Jami, Eric and George in the USCF office, who have worked heroically to keep the content coming so we can provide you with fresh news and information for each issue.
Don't forget to check the Updates Page each week to see just what we've added.
Until next time
--Duif
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Recent World News
World Under 20 Championship | 1997 Canadian Championship | Biel Super GM Event |
US Jr Champion in lead at World Under 20 Championship
 After the first 8 rounds of the 13 round World Junior Championship being
held in Poland, American Tal Shaked is in a seven way tie for first place with 6 points. Those tied at the top
are: IM Ponomariov (UKR), GM Dao (VIE), GM Morozevich (RUS), GM Movsesian (CZE), IM Najer (RUS), and IM Danikas
(GRE). 13 more players are within a point of the top.
The biggest surprise has been Banikas of Greece who was ranked 23rd
coming into the event with a FIDE rating of 2450. Banikas defeated
Matsuzawa, Petry, Iordachescu, and Baklan and drew with Ponomariov, Krakops, Rowson
and Gyimesi. The biggest negative surprise is GM Avrukh of Israel, who
had been ranked 5th at the start but is now in 19th place. However, the
event remains highly competitive, and even Avrukh is only one and a half
points behind the leaders with vie rounds left to go. 78 players are
participating.
The 7th round showed a lot of movement. Coming out of the sixth, there
were three leaders: Morozevich, Ponomariev, and Najer. Morozevich of
Russia was ranked first and had been leading the event since round 1,
but lost in an interesting 7th round game to Dao of Viet Nam, to pull
Dao up into the group of leaders.
[Event "WChB20"]
[Site "Zagan POL"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Dao,Thien Hai "]
[Black "Morozevich,Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D19"]
1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 4. Nb1-c3 d5xc4 5. a2-a4
Bc8-f5 6. e2-e3 e7-e6 7. Bf1xc4 Bf8-b4 8. O-O Nb8-d7 9. Qd1-e2 Bf5-g6
10. e3-e4 O-O 11. Bc4-d3 Qd8-a5 12. Bc1-f4 c6-c5 13. Nc3-b5 a7-a6 14.
Bf4-c7 b7-b6 15. Nb5-a3 c5xd4 16. Nf3xd4 Bg6-h5 17. Nd4-f3 Bb4-e7 18.
Rf1-c1 Rf8-c8 19. Na3-c4 Qa5-b4 20. Bc7-f4 b6-b5 21. Bf4-d2 Qb4-b3 22.
Rc1-c3 b5xc4 23. Rc3xb3 c4xb3 24. e4-e5 Nf6-d5 25. Bd3xa6 Rc8-c7 26.
Ba6-c4 Nd7-c5 27. a4-a5 h7-h6 28. h2-h3 Ra8-b8 29. a5-a6 Rb8-a8 30.
g2-g4 Bh5-g6 31. Nf3-d4 Be7-g5 32. Bd2xg5 h6xg5 33. Bc4xd5 e6xd5 34.
Qe2-e3 Nc5-d3 35. Qe3xg5 Rc7-c4 36. Qg5-e3 Nd3xb2 37. Qe3xb3 Nb2-d3 38.
a6-a7 Rc4xd4 39. Qb3-b8 Ra8xb8 40. a7xb8=Q Kg8-h7 41. Ra1-a8 Kh7-h6 42.
Qb8-d8
1-0
In round 8, Shaked defeated the higher-rated GM Gyimesi of Czechoslovakia.
[Event "WChB20]
[Site "Zagan POL"]
[Date "1997.07.22"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Shaked,Tal"]
[Black "Gyimesi,Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E42"]
1. d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2. c2-c4 e7-e6 3. Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 4. e2-e3 b7-b6 5. Ng1-e2
c7-c5 6. a2-a3 Bb4-a5 7. Ra1-b1 Nb8-a6 8. Qd1-a4 Bc8-b7 9. Bc1-d2 Bb7-c6
10. Qa4-c2 O-O 11. Ne2-g3 Qd8-c8 12. d4-d5 Bc6-b7 13. e3-e4 Nf6-e8 14. Bf1-d3
f7-f5 15. O-O f5-f4 16. e4-e5 g7-g6 17. Bd3xg6 h7xg6 18. Qc2xg6 Kg8-h8
19. Qg6-h6 Kh8-g8 20. Qh6-g6 Kg8-h8 21. Nc3-e4 Qc8-d8 22. Qg6-h6 Kh8-g8
23. Bd2xf4 Qd8-e7 24. b2-b4 c5xb4 25. Ng3-h5 Na6-c5 26. Ne4-f6 Ne8xf6
27. Nh5xf6 Rf8xf6 28. e5xf6 Qe7-h7 29. a3xb4 e6xd5 30. b4xa5 d5xc4 31. f6-f7
Qh7xf7 32. Bf4-e5 Qf7-h7 33. Qh6xh7 Kg8xh7 34. a5xb6 a7-a5 35. Be5-d4 Nc5-b3
36. Bd4-c3 a5-a4 37. Rf1-e1 Bb7-c6 38. Re1-e7 Kh7-g8 39. Re7-g7 Kg8-f8
40. Rg7-h7 a4-a3 41. Rh7-h8 Kf8-f7 42. Rh8xa8 Bc6xa8 43. f2-f3 Kf7-e6
44. Rb1-e1 Ke6-f7 45. Kg1-f2 d7-d5 46. Kf2-e3 a3-a2 47. Re1-a1 Nb3xa1
48. Bc3xa1 Kf7-e6 49. h2-h4 Ba8-c6 50. h4-h5 Ke6-f5 51. g2-g4 Kf5-g5
52. f3-f4
1-0
1-0
Shaked's other results:
Shaked-Podkriznik 1-0
Tihonov-Shaked =
Shaked-Blehm =
Balogh-Shaked =
Shaked-Bagheri 1-0
Antoniewski-Shaked =
Shaked-Pederson 1-0
The event continues through July 28.
For current standings and all games, see the Official Website.
1997 Canadian Open Championship
Former British Champion Julian Hodgson won this year's Canadian Open Championship with a score of
8.5/10, winning $3,000. This event was also on the US Grand Prix circuit, offering 120 Grand Prix Points. Hodgson
scored 4.5 out of his last five rounds, including victories against GM Smirin of Israel and GM Shabalov of the US.
IM Kevin Spragget of Canada who had won the event in 95 and 96 was paired with Hodgson in the last round.
But he would have needed a full-point to tie for first. He settled for a draw and clear second, with a prize of
$1,500.
The 1997 World Open Champion, American Grandmaster Alex Shabalov, was the pre-event favorite, but with losses to GM Psakhis and Hodgson Shabalov managed to score
only 7.5 points and a six-way tie for third in the very strong event.
[Event "Canadian Open, 1997"]
[Site "Winnipeg, MB"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. Bf4 Qb6
8. Qc2 f6 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. Nh4 fxe5 12. dxe5 O-O-O 13. h3 Bg7
14. hxg4 Nxe5 15. Nhf3 Nxg4 {Æ} 16. Bxc4 Ne7 17. Bd3 Nc6 18. Rxh7 Rxh7
19. Bxh7 Rh8 20. O-O-O Nf6 21. Bg6 Ng4 22. Bh7 Bh6 23. Kb1 Bf8
24. Ka2 Bc5 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Qxd4 27. Ne4 Qg7 28. Nd6+ Kd8
29. Nxb7+ Ke8 30. Bg6+ Kf8 31. Nc5 Nge5 32. Bd3 Bc8 33. Bb5 Qg4
34. Bxe5 Nxe5 35. Nd3 Nc4 36. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 37. Qxc4 dxc4 38. Ne5 Kg7
39. Nxc4 Kf6 40. Nd6 Ba6 41. b4 Be2 42. Rd2 Bf1 43. Ne4+ Ke5
44. Nc5 Bc4+ 45. Kb2 Bd5 46. g3 Rh1 47. Nd3+ Kf5 48. Nf4 Be4
49. Ne2 e5 50. Nc3 Bf3 51. Nb5 a6 52. Nd6+ Ke6 53. Nc4 Kf5 54. Rd8 Be2
55. Nxe5 1-0
[Event "Canadian Open 1997"]
[Site "Winnipeg, MB"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. a3 Bd4 6. Nd5 O-O 7. Nf3 Bb6 8. d3 h6 9. O-O d6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11.
b3 Nh7 12. e3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bb2 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Kh2 Rae8 18. f4 Qd8 19. Rae1 Qd7 20.
d4 e4 21. d5 Ne7 22. g4 fxg4 23. Bxe4 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. e4 Qh7 26. Qg2 Qg6 27. Bd4 Rf7 28. Re3 gxh3 29.
Qxg6 Bxg6 30. f5 Bh5 31. Rg1 g5 32. fxg6 Rf4 33. Rxh3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Canadian Open 1997"]
[Site "Winnipeg, MB"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yoos, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 e5 8. d5 Qe8 9. g4 c6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Be3 Bd7
12. a3 c5 13. Be2 Qc8 14. Nf1 Ne8 15. Ng3 Nac7 16. b4 b6 17. h4 a5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. h5 f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Nxf5
Bxf5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Bd3 e4 24. Nxe4 Qe5 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Rb1 Nf6 27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28. Qg4 Qe7 29. Rb7 Re8
30. Qxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Rxc7+ Kf8 33. Bg6 Re7 34. Rxe7 1-0
Full details and all games at the official Website
Anand, Karpov at Biel SuperGM Event
Anand and Karpov lead with 2.5 out of 3 after three rounds at the Biel SuperGrandmaster event, a
tournament which has been notable for the number of decisive games. Anand has defeated Lautier of France and
Gelfand of Russia, while Karpov has full points against Lautier and the Swiss master Pelletier.
The Category 17 event runs through August 2nd.
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