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Chess Weekly #14
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Istanbul
(Turkey) , Ch Europe
30.05-14.06.2003
Vl.
Malakhov, A. Graf, T.Kosintseva,
Z. Azmaiparashvili, P Cramling, V. Chmilite.
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Azmaiparashvili - 9.5; 2. Malakhov - 9.0;
3. Graf - 9.0; 4-14. Georgiev
Kir., Kharlov, Sakaev, Iordachescu, Kobalia, Sulskis, Sutovsky,
Aronian, Ivanchuk, Galkin, Moiseenko - 8.5...
The
European personal male and female championships has just ended
in Istanbul. The experience prevailed over the youth. The 43
years old grandmaster Zurab Azmaiparashvili, FIDE vice president
and president of the Georgian chess federation, won the male
tournament. The Sweden Pia Kramling became the female champion
after having been a title candidate in 80s. Kramling beat Viktorija
Cmilyte in tie break. Cmilyte is a wife to one of the world’s
strongest players, Alexei Shirov. Vladimir
Malakhov (the 2nd place) and tatiana Kosintseva (the 3rd place)
were the best Russian players. Vladimir could well have became
the champion because in the decisive game his opponent (who
was Zurab Azmaiparashvili) confused the moves and left his rook
under attack. However Malakhov allowed Azmaiparashvili to take
the move back according to his own conception of nobleness (which
contradicted to FIDE rules).
Games
commented by IM I. ODESSKY
Please see Chess
Weekly #13 for the Istanbul.
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Leon
(Spain) 5-9.06.2003
Leon
city acquired its original trademark in June 1998, when Gary
Kasparov in his match against Veselin Topalov tested his invention,
the ‘advanced chess’. When playing an ‘advanced chess’ game
a chess player may consult computer. Then the main time of the
match ended draw and Kasparov managed to win only in tie-break
when consulting computer was forbidden. The match arose a dramatic
attention of the chess community; among the many others an opinion
emerged that using a computer was leveling players’ class. A
year later Vishi Anand refuted this point of view convincingly
by beating Anatoly Karpov with a smashing score 5-1. The 12th
world champion is a player of the pre-computer age nevertheless
and the ‘iron second’ rather hindered his play than helped him.
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Games
commented by IM Barskij V |
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f6?? The
luck turned out from Alisa Galliamova dramatically
in this game! She was ahead of her competitiors
by a point and made only one draw in three games
remaining. 21. 
h5!
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