1999 Interplay U.S. Chess Championships

Bulletin 3: August 25, 1999

(provided by the organizer)

Probably the biggest stunner of the round was Kudrin rolling up Fedorowicz in an 18 move B87 Sicilian. At resignation Fritz is announcing mate in 7. Serper claimed that someone was playing the imposter in his loss to Kaidanov and Benjamin took out Finegold. Ivanov-Dzindzichasvili and Gulko-Yermolinsky were perfunctory draws while Christiansen-Shabalov had a draw that held internet audiences entranced, convinced that Shaba was grinding down Larry.

Among the women, it wasn't a good time to be a leader. Both Marinello and Sagalchik fell. While Belakovskaia played well and had pressure for the material when Khan overstepped the time limit.

The internet coverage and new DGT boards have a ways to go before anyone will be satisfied. In the Christiansen-Shabalov game everything was going well when the board decided to play a bizarre 33rd move as black – the poor operator noted that the computer screen showed Shaba a piece down compared to the actual game and had to go to manual entry. It's been a struggle, but there is no doubt that these boards are the wave of the future.

ABSOLUTE CHAMPIONSHIPS – Round 3

Section 1

Gulko 1/2 - 1/2 Yermolinsky

Gurevich 1/2 - 1/2 Shliperman

Kudrin 1-0 Fedorowicz

Christiansen 1/2 - 1/2 Shabalov

Standings

2.5 Christiansen

1.5 Gulko, Gurevich, Kudrin, Shliperman, Yermolinsky

1.0 Fedorowicz, Shabalov

(27) Gulko,B - Yermolinsky,A [D27]

US Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 25.08.1999

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 a6 5.Nf3 c5 6.0–0 Nf6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 0–0 11.Nbd2 b6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Nc4 Bd5 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.Nfe5 b5 16.Nxd7 1/2–1/2

(28) Gurevich,D - Shliperman,I [B38]

US Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 25.08.1999

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.e4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0–0 8.Be2 d6 9.0–0 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.Rab1 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.b3 Qb6 16.Kh1 Rfc8 17.Rfd1 Qd8 18.Nd5 b6 19.Bf1 Rab8 20.Qf2 Qf8 21.Qh4 f6 22.a3 e6 23.Nc3 f5 24.Nb5 Bf6 25.Qh3 Rd8 26.exf5 exf5 27.Bf4 Be5 28.Bg5 Rd7 29.Nd4 Bxd4 30.Rxd4 Ne6 31.Bh6 Qf6 32.Rd3 g5 33.g3 g4 34.Qh4 Qxh4 35.gxh4 Bxf3+ 36.Bg2 Bxg2+ 37.Kxg2 b5 38.Rf1 bxc4 39.bxc4 Rb2+ 40.Rd2 Rxd2+ 41.Bxd2 d5 42.c5 Nxc5 43.Rxf5 Nb3 44.Bh6 Rd8 45.Rg5+ 1/2–1/2

(29) Kudrin,S - Fedorowicz,J [B87]

US Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 25.08.1999

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.0–0 b4 9.Na4 Bd7 10.c3 Nxe4 11.Qf3 d5 12.c4 Nc6 13.Nxe6 Bxe6 14.cxd5 Nd4 15.Qxe4 Nxb3 16.dxe6 Nxa1 17.Qc6+ Ke7 18.Qb7+ and Fritz says mate in 7 1–0

(30) Christiansen,L - Shabalov,A [C05]

US Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 25.08.1999

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.0–0 b5 10.Nf3 Qb6 11.a4 c4 12.axb5 Qxb5 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nh3 Nc7 15.f4 g6 16.g4 h5 17.Ng3 hxg4 18.Qxg4 Be7 19.Ng5 a5 20.Rf2 a4 21.Be3 Qb3 22.Rc1 a3 23.bxa3 Bxa3 24.Rcc2 Be7 25.Kg2 Ra1 26.Qf3 Re1 27.Rc1 Rxc1 28.Bxc1 Qb1 29.Qe3 Qa1 30.Rb2 Qa4 31.Qe2 Kf8 32.Ra2 Qc6 33.Ba3 Bxa3 34.Rxa3 Nb5 35.Ra5 here the new DGT board played Nxd4?? We still have a ways to go to broadcast these games!! We finished the broadcast manually. 35...Nxc3 36.Qb2 Ne4 37.Qa3+ Kg7 38.Ra6 Qb5 39.N3xe4 dxe4 40.Nxe6+ fxe6 41.Qe7+ Kh6 42.Qh4+ Kg7 43.Qe7+ 1/2–1/2

Section 2

Ivanov 1/2 - 1/2 Dzindzichashvili

DeFirmian 1/2 - 1/2 Seirawan

Finegold 0-1 Benjamin

Kaidanov 1-0 Serper

Standings

2.5 - .5 Ivanov

2.0-1.0 Serper

1.5-1.5 Benjamin, deFirmian, Kaidanov, Seirawan

1.0-2.0 Dzindzichashvili

.5 – 2.5 Finegold

(31) Ivanov,A - Dzindzichashvili,R [B91]

US Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 25.08.1999

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 b5 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nec3 0–0 12.a4 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bb7 14.axb5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 axb5 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Qxa8 Rxa8 1/2–1/2

(32) DeFirmian,N - Seirawan,Y [C11]

US Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 25.08.1999

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.h4 a6 9.Qd2 b5 10.0–0–0 Bb7 11.Rh3 Be7 12.Bd3 f6 13.Bf4 Bd5 14.Qe2 c6 15.Be4 Kf7 16.Nd2 Nf8 17.Kb1 Ng6 18.Bh2 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.g3 Rad8 21.h5 Ne7 22.Rhh1 Nf5 23.Nf3 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Qd5 25.Qf4 c5 26.c3 cxd4 27.g4 Ne7 28.cxd4 Rhe8 1/2–1/2

(33) Finegold,B - Benjamin,J [A41]

US Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 25.08.1999

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.h3 Bh5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 d5 7.Bg5 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nbd7 9.c3 c6 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.0–0 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.a4 Bg6 15.Qe2 Be7 16.Nd2 Qf4 17.g3 Qc7 18.Kg2 Rd8 19.Nf3 Kf8 20.Qe3 Kg7 21.h4 c5 22.Rh1 Bh5 23.Be2 Rd5 24.Rhg1 cxd4 25.Nxd4 Re5 26.Qf4 Bxe2 27.Nxe2 Qc6+ 28.Kh3 Re4 29.Qf3 Rd8 30.Nf4 f5 31.g4 Kh8 32.gxf5 exf5 33.Qg3 Qh6 34.Rae1 Bd6 35.Rxe4 fxe4 36.Rd1 Rg8 0–1

(34) Kaidanov,G - Serper,G [D38]

US Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 25.08.1999

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Bb5 0–0 11.dxc5 d4 12.Bxc6 dxc3 13.Qxb4 cxb2 14.Rb1 bxc6 15.Qxb2 Qf5 16.Rc1 Ba6 17.Qa3 Bd3 18.Nd4 Qg6 19.Rg1 Rfd8 20.Qb2 Rd5 21.f3 Rh5 22.Kf2 Rxh2 23.e4 Ba6 24.Nf5 Re8 25.Rcd1 Kh7 26.Rd6 Re6 27.Qd2 Qf6 28.Rd1 Rh5 29.Qd4 Rxf5 30.exf5 Re2+ 31.Kg1 Qxf5 32.a4 Qg5 33.Qg4 Qxc5+ 34.Kh2 Re5 35.Qd4 Qa5 36.Rd7 Be2 37.Rd2 a6 38.Rxe2 Rxe2 39.Qd3+ f5 40.Qxe2 Qxa4 41.Qe5 Qh4+ 42.Kg1 Qg5 43.Kf2 1–0

Women – Round 3

Results

Groberman 1/2 - 1/2 Airapetian

Sagalchik 0-1 Frenklakh

Shahade 1-0 Burtman

Epstein 1-0 Marinello

Khan 0-1 Belakovskaia

Standings

2.5 Belakovskaia

2.0 Marinello, Sagalchik, Shahade

1.5 Airapetian, Epstein, Groberman

1.0 Frenklakh, Khan

0.0 Burtman

(35) Groberman,E - Airapetian,C [C54]

US Women's Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 25.08.1999

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 h6 6.0–0 d6 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a5 9.b5 Ne7 10.Nbd2 0–0 11.Bb3 Be6 12.Nc4 Bxc4 13.Bxc4 Ng6 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Bxb6 cxb6 16.g3 Nxe4 17.Qe1 Nf6 18.Bb3 Qd7 19.Rc1 Qh3 20.Qe3 Rc5 21.Kh1 Ng4 22.Qe2 e4 23.Qxe4 Rf5 24.Qxf5 Nxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Qxf5 26.d4 Qg4 27.Nd2 h5 28.Rcf1 h4 29.Bxf7+ Kh8 30.gxh4 Nxh4 31.Bh5 Qxh5 32.Rxf8+ Kh7 33.c4 Qg4 34.R1f2 Ng6 35.Rg2 Qxd4 36.Nf3 Qd1+ 37.Rg1 Qc2 38.Ng5+ Kh6 39.Nf7+ Kh5 40.Rg8 Qe4+ 41.Rg2 Qe1+ 42.Rg1 Qc3 43.Rg5+ Kh4 44.Rxg6 Qf3+ 45.Rg2 Qf1+ 46.Rg1 Qf3+ 1/2–1/2

(36) Sagalchik,O - Frenklakh,J [D35]

US Women's Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 08.1999

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 0–0 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Nge2 Nf8 10.0–0–0 c6 11.f3 b5 12.g4 a5 13.Ng3 a4 14.h4 Qa5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.g5 Be7 17.g6 Nxg6 18.h5 Nf8 19.Rde1 b4 20.Qg2 bxc3 21.Nf5 g6 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Rxh7 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 Qb4 25.Rh2 Qxb2+ 26.Qxb2 cxb2+ 27.Rxb2 Ba3 0–1

(37) Shahade,J - Burtman,S [B35]

US Women's Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 25.08.1999

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.0–0 0–0 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Bg5 d6 11.Bxf6 exf6 12.Nb5 Qb6 13.Nxd6 Ne5 14.Nxc8 Raxc8 15.Bd5 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Qd3 Qc7 18.c3 Rd8 19.Qf3 a5 20.Rad1 Re8 21.Rfe1 a4 22.Nd4 Rc5 23.Qd3 Qb6 24.Qc2 Qa5 25.h3 f5 26.Qb1 Rce5 27.exf5 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Bxd4 30.Qe8+ Kg7 31.cxd4 Qxf5 32.Qe5+ Qxe5 33.dxe5 g5 34.Kf1 Kg6 35.g4 f5 36.exf6 Kxf6 37.Ke2 Ke5 38.Ke3 h6 39.f4+ gxf4+ 40.Kf3 a3 41.bxa3 b5 42.h4 1–0

(38) Epstein,E - Marinello,B [B74]

US Women's Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 25.08.1999

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Nb3 0–0 9.0–0 Bd7 10.f4 Qc8 11.Kh1 Rb8 12.Nd2 Bg4 13.Nf3 Rd8 14.Qe1 d5 15.e5 Ne8 16.Nd4 Bxe2 17.Ncxe2 e6 18.c3 a6 19.Rf3 f6 20.Rh3 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Qd7 22.Qh4 Bf8 23.exf6 Nd6 24.g4 Rbc8 25.Rg1 Rc2 26.Ng3 Re8 27.f5 exf5 28.gxf5 Qf7 29.fxg6 Qxg6 30.f7+ Kh8 31.Qf4 Rc7 32.Qe5+ Qg7 33.Rxh7+ 1–0

(39) Khan,A - Belakovskaia,A [D78]

US Women's Champs Salt Lake City, Utah (3), 25.08.1999

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0–0 0–0 8.e4 b5 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bf4 Qe8 13.Rad1 Nd7 14.Qc1 Kh7 15.e5 Nc7 16.h4 a5 17.Nh2 b4 18.Ne4 Ne6 19.Be3 c5 20.Ng4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 h5 22.Bxa8 Qxa8 23.Nh2 cxd4 24.Bxd4 Nxd4 25.Rxd4 Nxe5 26.axb4 axb4 27.Qc2 Qa2 28.Re4 b3 29.Qe2 c3 30.bxc3 Qxe2 31.Rxe2 Rb8 32.Re4 b2 33.Rb1 Rb3 34.Nf1 Nc6 35.Rc4 Ne5 White lost on time 0–1

NOTES

Local coach Javier Pinedo has set up a 5 minute tourney to be held on August 31 (Tues) in Alta A at 7pm. EF is free to Interplay Championships participants as well as other IMs and GMs. Cost to others $15. 5 round dbl Swiss. 1^st $100.00 2^nd $50.00 based on 10 paid entrants. See Javier on the demo boards or R Tanner if interested.

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