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Issue 79
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Olympiad News | Other International News
USA - China 2.0 - 2.0; Russia A Takes First
Our Olympiad report is divided into three sections:
Round by Round Standings (Final, 1 - 13) | Feature Reports from Elista (1 - 11)
Background Information
Where individual player results are shown, the first player listed had White. New report from IA Carol Jarecki Elista filed Sunday, October 11 in this week's Chess Buzz covers events at the FIDE administrative meetings. Also, all US team games for rounds 1 - 13 are now available in PGN format.
| Round |
Match-Up |
Result |
Standings
at end of
Round |
| 01 |
US -
Iran
Bd 1 Bagheri - Yermolinsky 0-1
Bd 2 Shabalov - Ghorbani 1-0
Bd 3 Khakpoor - Gulko 0-1
Bd 4 Kaidanov - Mallahi 1-0
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4.0 - 0.0 |
USA tied for 1st with several teams |
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| 02 |
US -
Kyrgyzstan
Bd 1 Shabalov - Yurtaev 1 -0
Bd 2 Moldovaev - Seirawan Draw
Bd 3. de Firmian - Imanaliev 1 - 0
Bd 4. Ilinsky - Kaidanov 0 - 1 |
3.5 - 0.5 |
7.5 USA, Argentina 7.0 Russia A, Romania, Sweden, Yugoslavia,
Moldova
6.5 Armenia, Others
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| |
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| 03 |
US -
Argentina
Bd 1 Sorokin - Yermolinsky Draw
Bd 2 Seirawan - Ricardi 1 - 0
Bd 3 Hoffman - Gulko Draw
Bd 4 de Firmian- Spangenberg Draw |
2.5 - 1.5 |
10.0 USA 9.5 Yugoslavia, Russia A
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| Rd 3: The US takes sole possion of 1st
Place. |
|
| 04 |
US -
Russia A team
Bd 1 Yermolinsky - Svidler Draw
Bd 2 Rublevsky - Shabalov 1 - 0
Bd 3 Seirawan - Zvjagintsev Draw
Bd 4 Sakaev - Gulko Draw |
1.5 - 2.5 |
12.0 Russia A, Russia B 11.5 USA, France, the Ukraine, the Netherlands,
Bulgaria, China, Hungary, Germany
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| Rd 4: #4 Seed USA loses to #1 Seed Russia A,
falls to third. |
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| 05 |
Russia
A - Russia B USA - the Netherlands
Bd 1 Timman - Yermolinsky 0-1
Bd 2 Seirawan - van Wely 1-0
Brd 3 Piket - de Firmian 0-1
Bd 4 Kaidanov - Nijboer 1-0
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2.5 - 1.5 4.0 - 0.0
|
15.5 USA 14.5 Russia A
14.0 Germany, Georgia,
Estonia, Lithuania
|
| Rd 5: USA sweeps the Netherlands, moves back
into 1st. |
|
| 06 |
Russia
A - Lithuania Estonia - Germany
USA - Georgia
Bd 1 Yermolinsky - Azmaiparashvili Draw
Bd 2 Georgadze - Shabalov 0-1
Brd 3 Gulko - Strua Draw
Bd 4 Supatashvili - Kaidanov Draw
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3.0 - 1.0 2.0
- 2.0
2.5 - 1.5
|
18.0 USA 17.5 Russia
A
16.5 The Ukraine, Bulgaria
|
| Rd 6: USA holds 1st by half a point |
|
| 07 |
Russia
A - Bulgaria Germany - Armenia
Russia B -
Switzerland
England -
Lithuania
USA - the Ukraine
Bd 1 Ivanchuk - Seirawan Draw
Bd 2 Gulko - Onischuk Draw (42 moves)
Bd 3 Romanishin - de Firmian Draw (40 moves)
Bd 4 Kaidanov - Ponomariov Draw (47 moves)
|
1.0 - 3.0 2.5
- 1.5
3.5 - 0.5
3.5 - 0.5
2.0 - 2.0
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20.0 USA 19.5
Bulgaria
18.5 Armenia, the Ukraine,
Russia A, Russia B, Belarus, England, China
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| Rd 7: The USA managed to hold its first
place position with a 2.0 - 2.0 decision against the very
strong Ukraine team. On Board 1, Yasser Seirawan and the
higher-rated Vassily Ivanchuk drew a quick (13 move)
game, then settled back to watch their teammates slug it
out. The #2 seeded
English team (Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Matthew Sadler,
Jon Speelman, Tony Miles and Mark Hebden) has had a bit
of rough going, but leapfrogged back to the top ranks
with a 3.5 - 0.5 defeat of Lithuania. Russia B also
scored 3.5 - 0.5 over Switzerland.
By the way,
American team strategy has been paying off, as team
captain GM Larry Christiansen has played 2625-rated GM
Kaidanov on board 4 in several rounds, and he's come
through with the 4 points out of 5 games. Shabalov has
been even more effective in terms of percentage on board
2, where he's scored 2 wins playing "out of
order" with a result of 3 points out of 4 rounds
played.
The American
team in rating order is: GM Shabalov, 2645; GM Seirawan, 2630; GM Kaidanov, 2625; GM Yermolinsky, 2625; GM de Firmian, 2605; and GM Gulko, 2585.
All six of the
American players had plus scores through the half-way
mark at Round 7.
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| 08 |
Russia
A - Belarus England
- the Ukraine
Russia B - Armenia
France - China
USA - Bulgaria
Bd 1 Topalov - Yermolinsky Draw
Bd 2 Shabalov - Georgiev 0-1
Bd 3 Spassov - Seirawan Draw
Bd 4 Gulko - Kolev 1-0 (37 moves)
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3.0 - 1.0 2.5
- 1.5
2.5 - 1.5
2.5 - 1.5
2.0 - 2.0
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22.0 USA 21.5 Russia A
21.0 England, Russia B,
France
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| 09 |
Russia
A - England Russia B - Bulgaria
the Ukraine - the
Czech Republic.
USA - France
Bd 1 Yermolinsky - Lautier Draw (15 moves)
Brd 2 Dorfman - Seirawan Draw
Bd 3 de Firmian - Marciano 1-0
Bd 4 Hauchard - Kaidanov - Draw
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2.5 - 1.5 3.0 - 1.0
3.0 - 1.0
2.5 - 1.5
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24.5 USA 24.0 Russia A, Russia B
23.0 the Ukraine
22.5 England, France,
Bulgaria, Germany, Armenia, Romania, Hungary
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Team Captain GM Larry Christiansen has filed a half-time report with GM Seirawan's Inside
Chess. He includes these comments:
I expect
the fight for medals to come down to the last round.
England is finally waking up and Russia can never be
counted out. The Armenians are always a presence at
medal time and the Germans have a very cohesive unit
this year. The final rounds promise to be very
exciting.
On behalf
of the US team, I want to thank all of our fans for
their enthusiasm and the USCF and its membership for
their strong backing.
GM Larry
Christiansen
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| 10 |
Russia
A - the Ukraine England - France
Bulgaria - Hungary
the Netherlands -
Israel
USA - Russia B
Bd 1 Dreev - Shabalov Draw
Bd 2 Gulko - Filippov Draw
Bd 3 Yemelin - de Firmian 0-1
Bd 4 Kaidanov - Shariyazdanov 0-1
|
3.0 - 1.0 3.0
- 1.0
2.5 - 1.5
3.0 - 1.0
2.0 - 2.0
|
27.0 Russia A 26.5 USA
26.0 Russia B
25.5 England
25.0 Bulgaria, Armenia,
the Netherlands
|
| Rd 10: The Netherlands had their third great
round in a row: after beating Tajikistan 3.0 - 1.0 in Round
8, Croatia 3.5 - 0.5 in Round 9, they defeated Israel 3 -
1 in round 10 to move back into the top 10. The USA split
their match with Russia B 2.0 - 2.0, but Russia A scored 3 -
1 against the Ukraine, leaving the Russia A team in first
place by half a point. |
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| 11 |
Russia A - Armenia
Russia B - the Netherlands
Romania - Poland
the Ukraine - Bosnia
USA - England
Bd 1 Yermolinsky - Adams Draw
Bd 2 Short - Shabalov Draw
Bd 3 Seirawan - Speelman 1-0
Bd 4 Hebden - Kaidanov 0-1
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2.0 - 2.0 3.0
- 1.0
3.0
- 1.0
3.5
- 0.5
3.0
- 1.0
|
29.5 USA 29.0 Russia A
28.5 Russia B
27.5 Romania, the Ukraine
27.0 Armenia, Germany
26.5 England, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, China
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| Rd 11: The seesaw battle for the Gold continues as the USA moves back into first place by half a point with a 3 - 1 victory over England, with Russia A in second and Russia B in third. Only two rounds remain in the event, and as the top three teams have already played each other, the decision will be based on how well each can do against those trying to climb up into the medal ranks . |
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| 12 |
Russia A - Germany
Russia B - the Ukraine
Armenia - England
the Netherlands - Bulgaria
China - Greece
USA - Romania
Bd 1 Shabalov - Istratescu 1-0
Marin - Seirawan Draw
Bd 3 Gulko - Dieter Nisipeanu 1-0
Bd 4 Ionescu - de Firmian Draw
|
3.0
- 1.0
2.0
- 2.0
2.0
- 2.0
3.5
- 0.5
3.0
- 1.0
3.0
- 1.0
|
32.5 USA 32.0 Russia A
30.5 Russia B
30.0 the Netherlands
29.5 the Ukraine, China
29.0 Armenia, Israel
28.5 England, Romania, Latvia, Cuba, Poland
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Rd 12: The USA keeps its half-point hold on first place going into the last round with a 3 - 1 victory over Romania. Russia A also scored 3 - 1 over Germany. All US team games for Rounds 1 - 13 in PGN format.
Featured Game:
Featured games now available in a java viewer!
[Event "33rd Olympiad"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[BlackCountry "ROM"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 Nc6 7. g4
e6 8. g5 Nd7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Qd4 Bb7 13. a4
bxa4 14. Rxa4 e5 15. Qd1 exf4 16. Rc4 Nc5 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Be3 Qb2 19.
Nd5 Bd5 20. Qd5 Rd8 21. Rc5 c5 22. Qc6 Rd7 23. Ba6 c4 24. Ke2 Bb4
25. Bb5 Qc2 26. Kf3 Qd3 27. Ba4 f5 28. Rd1 1-0
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| 13 |
Russia A - the Netherlands
Israel - Russia B
the Ukraine - Armenia
England - Poland B
USA - China
Bd 1 Yermolinsky - Peng Draw
Bd 2 Ye - Seirawan 0-1
Bd 3 de Firmian - Zheng Draw
Bd 4 Wu - Kaidanov 1 - 0
|
3.5 - 0.5
3.5 - 0.5
3.0 - 1.0
2.0 - 2.0
2.0
- 2.0
|
1st - Russia A
2nd - USA
3rd-4th - the Ukraine, Israel |
Rd 13 (Final): In the end, Russia A came through with a strong flourish as they defeated the Netherlands 3.5 - 0.5, while the USA could only get 2 points from its match with China,but still finishes with the Silver medal. Ukraine and Israel shared 3rd and 4th place.
(Russia A - Netherland results: Svidler-Timman 1-0; van Wely - Morozevich 0-1; Zvagintsev - Piket 1-0; Nijboer - Sakaev Draw.)
All US team games for Rounds 1 - 13 are available in PGN format. |
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Related Links:
FIDE Posts Agenda for 69th Congress
Along with the Olympiad, the 69th FIDE Congress (administrative meeting) will be held in Kalmykia in two weeks. The agenda is now available.
FIDE World Championship Tournament Postponed
The World Chess Federation (FIDE), in conjunction with the U.S. Chess Federation (USCF), has officially announced that it will hold the 1999 World Chess Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, in latebreaking news released October 10, FIDE had reportedly reached a compromise with current FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov, postponing the FIDE event until January, thus allowing Karpov to hold his title for a full year. In exchange, Karpov would agree to play with a seeding into the second round (rather than the semi-finals.) For additional details on that announcement, see IA Carol Jarecki's report from Elista in this week's Chess Buzz. However, since then GM Karpov has indicated that it is still not "100% certain" that he will play, and the timing is complex since the Wijk an Zee event would comflict with a January scheduling. The October 15 FIDE Press conference has also been postponed. At this point, all one can say for certain is that there has been an announcement that the event will be postponed at least one month.
This event will bring together about 100 of the world's top players in a knock-out format to compete for the title. Last year GM Kasparov was invited, but declined the invitation because he did not like the knock-out format. He is not expected to participate in the 1999 event, either. The total prize fund will be about $3 million, with a minimum prize of $6,000 for those eliminated in the first round, and about $650,000 to the eventual first-place winner.
FIDE Announces New Quick Chess rating
Beginning in February, 1999, FIDE will start a Rapid Chess rating list
for games between 15 and 59 minutes. Three digits will be used. K-
factor is still to be finalized.
FIDE FIDE elections and Appointments
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was re-elected President for the next 4-year term, as
well as the other incumbents, Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos
(Greece), Vice President Ummer Koya (India), General Secretary N.
Tabbane (Tunisia) and Treasurer David Jarrett (England). None were
contested so this was no surprise. However, the positions for Continental Presidents were hotly contested in the
European and Americas divisions. Under the new bylaws these posts carry
a lot more responsibility and prestige. Dr. Pedro Barreros of El
Salvador and Boris Kutin of Slovenia won. New US Delegate Bill Kelleher
was chosen to become a member of the Executive Committee as well as
Chairman of the Ethics Committee. Steve Doyle was appointed to one of
the two Vice President positions.
Changes to Format for FIDE Rating Lists
- Players on the monthly "top" lists will be considered inactive after 12
months and dropped from those specialized lists.
- The alphabetical section of the regular rating list will include all
living players who have a rating, flagging those who are inactive. The
separate inactive list will be discontinued.
- Players belonging to Federations which have not paid dues will also be
"flagged" on the alphabetical list and will not receive FIDE rating
services.
For more information on FIDE administrative activities at the General Assembly in Elista, see Chess Buzz report from IA Carol Jarecki in Elista.
News from the FIDE Conference in Elista
IA Carol Jarecki reports that William Paschal's application for the International Master title has been granted pending his rating going over 2400. Eugene Perelshteyn's was denied because the US Junior Championship was not accepted as a norm event for that year.
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Editor's Note
By Duif ("Dove") Calvin
 We're delighted once again to feature onsite reports from International Arbiter Carol Jarecki. You'll find her Reports from Elista in the Buzz for this week. Carol provides information on both playing conditions for the Olympiad and on FIDE administrative activities.
Don't forget to check the Updates Page
each Monday to see just what we've added to the site.
Until next time
--Duif
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