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Feature section on 1998 Interplay US Championship
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Now includes Top 50 Correspondence and Quick Chess Players
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Issue 81
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New Kasparov Match?
The Week in Chess has posted an interview with Gary Kasparov in which he discusses a possible match, to be organized by Bessel Kok (Chairman of EuroTel), between Kasparov and the winner of the 1999 FIDE World Championship Tournament. Although not officially a reunification of the title, it is an event that many chess fans would like to see. When asked if he was taking the offer seriously, Kasparov replied, "Of course.". The arrangements would provide $2 million for the winner and $1 million for the loser. Kasparov was also asked about the WCC. His reply: " I do not know at this point if it has a future. " He also gives details on the Kasparov/Shirov match that fell through, including the Los Angeles option. Full Interview.
Tilburg Underway
This strong event includes Viswanathan Anand, Kramnik, Zvjaginsev, Korchnoi, Leko, Adams, Sadler, van Wely, Topalov, and Piket. Anand leads by a full point 3/4 of the way through the event. Standings after 9 rounds: 6.5 Anand, 5.5 Leko, 5.0 Sadler, Piket, Adams, Zvjagintsev; 4.5 Svidler, Kramnik; 4.0 van Wely; 3.5 Topalov; 3.0 Lautier, 2.5 Korchnoi. Anand has so far scored wins against Adams, Kramnik, Lautier, and Korchnoi. The event runs through November 4th. Official Site
Featured games now available in a java viewer!
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[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nxd2 14.
Nxd2 Qd6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nb3 Bh4 17. Nc5 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qh2 19. Bxc6 bxc6
20. Qxc6 f4 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxh5 f3 23. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rf8+ 25. Ke2
Qxg2+ 26. Kd3 Qxh3+ 27. Kc2 Qg2+ 28. Bd2 Qg6+ 29. Re4 h5 30. Rae1 Re8 31.
Kc1 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 h4 33. Ng5 Qh5 34. Re3 Kg8 35. c4 1-0
FIDE World Youth Event Underway
This event runs from October 25 through November 11. We'll be providing coaches' reports on the US team throughout the event. In addition, the official site is available at www.feda.org, or check the Live game coverage in Spanish (Look for the Marina D'or links)
. Round 8 Coach's report with photos now posted!
1998 Interplay US Chess Championship - Starts October 30!
1998 Interplay US Chess Championship Feature Section Our feature coverage includes live commentary by GM Michael Rohde during each round, the crosstable and results, and daily feature updates. The preliminary stage consists of two sections of 8 players each in a round robin format. The top two players from each section will advance to the Semi-Finals. After 3 rounds of 7, GM Nick de Firmian leads Group A with 2.5 points, and GM Alex Yermolinsky and 1997 FIDE World Junior Champion Tal Shaked are tied for the lead in Group B with 2 points each.
Americans Confirmed for Pan American Event
The USCF has confirmed that at least two U.S. players will compete in the 1998 Pan American Championship and Zonal Qualifier on Oct. 25-Nov. 5 in San Felipe, Venezuela. The two confirmed U.S. players are: GM Gregory Serper and GM Alexander Ivanov. he USCF offered the places to the players who qualified for but either turned down, withdrew from, or were alternates for the 1998 Interplay U.S.
Championship in Denver. The Denver tournament is the official Zonal Qualifier
for U.S. Zone 2.1 and the 16 U.S. players there will compete for the title of U.S.
Champion AND six places in the FIDE World Championship.
The October Top 50 Lists are now available online. GM Shabalov remains the #1 player in the US at 2701, with GM Boris Gulko moving into the #2 spot at 2700. Donald Cotten of California remained the #1 Correspondence Chess player at 2503. On the Quick Chess list, GM Max Dlugy took the top spot at with a Quick Chess rating of 2737, with GM Gulko is second at 2731 and GM Shabalov in 3rd at 2728. ON the Junior lists, 18 year old Felecan Florin of Illinois, newly qualifying, took the top spot with 2588, while 1997 FIDE World Junior Champion Tal Shaked dropped 5 points to 2555 but still held the #2 position. IM Igor Shliperman, who had been #1 on the August list at 2565, fell 21 points to 2544 and landed in the #3 place. The top Under 16 spot was a tie between 13 year old Dmitry Schneider and 14 year old Irina Krush, both at 2390. Krush and Schneider also tied for the #13 spot on the Under 21 list! (We apologize for the delay in posting these, but the extra work required for daily coverage of the Olympiad, the 1998 Interplay US Championships, and special reports from the FIDE Congress and World Youth events caused some delay. We expect future Top 50 reports to be posted the first week of each reporting period. The next lists are due in December.)
FIDE ASSIGNMENTS
Americans were named to several committee and officer spots at the recent FIDE meetings. E. Steven Doyle was re-elected as one of the 7 FIDE Vice-Presidents. New FIDE Representative William Kelleher was named Chair of the FIDE Ethics Committee. Details in the Official Press Release.
Editor's Note
By Duif ("Dove") Calvin
 This is it: the big one. The 1998 Interplay US Championships. 16 of the country's top players competing for the top title in American chess; US Champion. Our 1998 Interplay US Championship coverage includes live commentary from GM Michael Rohde during each round. We've just added a Who's Who with the player bios for all participants in this week's Chess Buzz.
Don't forget to check the Updates Page
each Monday to see just what we've added to the site.
One question we get every week from organizers: "Why didn't you cover my event in Chess Life Online?" or "Why didn't you link to our official site on the event?" The usual answer is the simplest--you didn't send us a press release! Although we do scour the Web for interesting chess news, we can't be everywhere. We're happy to provide links to official sites at the end of each news story, and to add news stories on important chess events--but we need to hear from you, preferably by Friday of each week for the next week's Monday issue! We know our readers would be interested in your news, so get those press releases in to [email protected]! One caveat: many of our readers cannot use frames (including blind persons with text to speech browsers). Also, our news columns are archived and continue to be visited over many months--nothing frustrates our readers more than following a link to a story that no longer exists. When you send us a URL, please make it a direct URL to the specific news page of interest, or we may not be able to include it. Thanks!
Until next time
--Duif
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