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Contents of Issue 27:
This page is updated to help chess enthusiasts keep up with
the latest news on U.S. players and major events.
Editor's Note
By Duif ("Dove") Calvin
We've reorganized our 1997 Interplay US Championships coverage to make it easier to go directly to the Finals info during the conclusion of this exciting event. If you haven't heard yet, GM Joel Benjamin and GM Larry Christiansen are facing each other in the best of 6 game Finals series. Winner gets $10,000--and the championship ring. We've also added a new feature: autoplay coverage of the Semis and Finals. One diagram per move makes the games easy to follow, and we include GM Rohde's live comments. The current game is shown live--previous games are available in the archives. Catch this great new way to review the event.
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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Page updated September 8, 1997
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Recent World News
1997 French Championship | Karpov-Kasparov match?
GM Anatoly Vaisser wins the French Championship with 11.0 points out of a possible 15.0 IM Christian Bauer was third with 10. IM Darco Anic was second with 10.5. GM Etienne Bacrot and GM Joel Lautier did not participate.
[Event "FRA-ch 1997"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vaisser, A"]
[Black "Relange, E"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nge2
O-O 8. f3 Nh5 9. Be3 f5 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Bxe4 Nf4 14. Nc3 a6 15. g3 Nh5 16. O-O Bh3 17. Rf2 Qe7 18. Bd3 c6
19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Raxf1 Nf6 21. Bg5 Qc7 22. Rd1 c5 23. a4 Qb6 24. Bxf6
Bxf6 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Qc3 Qc7 27. b4 cxb4 28. Qxb4 a5 29. Qb5 Rac8
30. c5 Rcd8 31. Rb2 dxc5 32. Qxb7 Qxb7 33. Rxb7 Rf7 34. Kg2 c4 35.
d6 Bf8 36. Rb5 c3 37. Rc5 Rb7 38. Rc7 Rxc7 39. dxc7 Rc8 40. Rd7 Be7
41. Nxc3 1-0
[Event "FRA-ch 1997"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anic, D"]
[Black "Neiman, E"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bg2
O-O 8. O-O a5 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Na6 11. h3 Nc5 12. Qc2 h6 13. b3
Re8 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. e4 a4 16. Rfe1 axb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Ra8
19. Bc3 Qd8 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 Ne6 22. Nf5 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24.
Nxh6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 c5 26. Kh2 Ra6 27. Re3 Nd4 28. Rd3 Qa8 29. Nxd4
Ng4+ 30. Kg1 cxd4 31. Bxd4 Re6 32. Qd1 Nh6 33. Bc5+ Ke8 34. Re3 Qc6
35. Qd5 Qa6 36. Kg2 Qc8 37. Qc6+ Kd8 38. Rd3+ 1-0
See Games and Coverage (in French)
The hot rumor this week turned out to be just that--pure rumor. A French organizer, perhaps inspired by their local championship, sent out press releases detailing a possible Karpov-Kasparov match for November, indicating that everything was set except the players' signatures. However, Mark Crowther of This Week in Chess reports that Kasparov's delegation (the PCA World Champion was in Argentina this week giving an exhibition match) assures him that no negotiations are underway and no signature will be forthcoming. This rumor made it a far as CNN, so you'll undoubtedly be hearing a lot about it over the next few weeks. It was further fueled by old reports that Karpov and Kasparov were in negotiations for a reunification match in Spain. So they were: late last year. But terms could not be finalized, and no match was scheduled.
Meanwhile--one rumor we reported several weeks ago has become reality: Karpov has indeed faxed in his acceptance of his invitation to the FIDE knock-out World Championship tournament at the end of the year. Although he had originally indicated displeasure with the conditions, the acceptance of many top players and the participation of the IOC appear to have made the event acceptable to the defending FIDE champion. (The breakdown of negotiations for a Karpov-Kasparov match may also have had an effect.) Kasparov has previously declined (Chess Life Online Issue 19).
The original plans were to seed both Karpov and Kasparov in to the SemiFinals phase of the knock-out event. However, with Kasparov not attending, several top players, including 4 Americans, have signed an open letter to FIDE requesting that the seeding be changed to equalize chances. The players signing the letter authored by French GM Lautier are: A.Aleksandrov, V.Kramnik, V.Anand, M.Krasenkov,
E.Bareev, J.Lautier,
J.Benjamin (USA), V.Malaniuk,
L.Christiansen (USA), S.Rublevsky,
B.Gelfand, A.Shirov,
B.Gulko (USA), P.Svidler,
V.Ivanchuk, A.Yermolinsky (USA)
Full text of the letter is available at THIS WEEK IN CHESS
The other American invitees are G. Kaidanov, G. Kamsky, Y. Seirawan, and T. Shaked (as 1997 FIDE World Junior Champion). 7 of the US invitees have indicated their intention of playing: GM Kamsky is reportedly concerned about a conflict with his University studies and has not yet decided if he will accept.
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